Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-08-04
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The pope contradicts the rumor that he
was about to leave Rome.
An earthquake shock was felt in Scotland
Friday but no damage resulted from 1t.
A gang of boy thieves has been broken
mn in Cincinnati. The members we're about
- years old, but had planned to rob bank.
Good church people at Vincennes, Indiana,
are terribly worked up by having their house
of worship pasted over with gay circus
bills.
Rev, L. P. Mercer, of Chicago, in an ad-
dress at La Porte, Ind, shows lrreliglon
and ignorance as our national perIis and
the sources of anarchy and nihilism.
The striking employees of the Burlington
road insist that the strike will not be ended
unless the company makes concessI ons, and
boycott against the Burlington Is among
the things predicted providing an early COM
promise is not had.
Several cases of yellow fever are reported
from Florida.
It is authoritatively denied that Congress
man Randall has cancer of the stomach
In a free fight over the enforcement OF
prohibition at Harlan court house, Ken
lucky, five men were Wounded.
The condition of grain crops in Iowa, az
reported by the secretary of the State Agri-
cultural society, Is prime.
The father and mother of Anna Redmond
who was kidnapped last May, have not LOST
all hope of finding the child.
ga brace of Observation-Disclosures have beer
ious greenbacks on their persons.
The Cushman telephone will remain il
use at Superior, Wisconsin, despite the re
cent Injunction secured by the Bell Tele
phone company.
A petition has been circulated among New
York workingmen asking the president tt
remove Postmaster Pearson for defying The
eight hour law.
The late James T. Clarke, superintendent
of the Milwaukee and ST. Paul railway, be.
gan railroading as driver of team OF
horses in a grading party.
Forty prohibition clubs have been organ
lied in Chicago since January 1.
Rumors that Jay Gould had bought
Mackay's cable for 81 ,OO0, 600 are denied.
Gold-seekers are focking to Ishpeming,
Michigan. and that city is greatly excited
over a rich find of gold rock.
Linnville Combs, II years old, has been
imprisoned for life at Frankfort, Kentucky,
for killing his 3 year-old sister.
DR.. James Ridley escaped testifying at the
inquest into the death of Mr.. Vaudeville in
Tallamore Jail by committing suicide.
Great floods in the vicinity of Wheeling
and Pittsburg last week caused the loss of
twenty five lives and several hundred thous-
and dollars worth of property.
Henry s. Ives, the young financier, is
living at Niagara Falls, and takes an occa-
siopal walk on the American side.
After Emperor William and Grand Duke
Alexis had embraced on board the Hohen
zollern the young emperor was escorted to
the imperial yacht where he was met by the
car and the two held hugging and kissing
match.
The conference committees of the house
and senate have agreed upon the r,ver and
harbor appropriation bill. 1t provides for
the survey and location of the Hennepin
canal and for a survey of the ship canal to
connect Chicago with the Illinois river,
A man 60 years old has been sued by his
wife, aged Is, at Chicago, who wants to GET
her wearing apparel and personal effects out
OF her husbands residence. They lived to-
gether only three weeks and he kicked her
out. She says her father forced her to mar
~ him against her will
A man in Binghamton, New York, has
Just awakened after two-years' sleep.
Congressman Springer has introduced a
bill to tax the product of all trusts 40 per
cent.
Tho -, l..
and the corn crop in the state is looking
we'll.
8 The Ohio bicycle clubs are holdiAg a con.
eention at Toledo. Four hundred wheelmen
are present.
Secretary Bayard was severity criticised bv
Senator Hoar in the debate on the fisheries
treaty.
General Bragg, of the interstate commerce
has rendered an opinion against
the Lake Shore railroad for discriminating
in rates on oil shipments.
It is said that Pnkerton detectives have
been employed by nearly all the large rail-
roads of the country and have worked their
way into the labor organizations.
A man recently died in Chicago who had
not spoken % his wife for twelve years, al
though they lived together all that time. He
accused her of infidelity twelve years ago,
and since then has refused to speak to her.
The adultery case against Moore, the st.
Louis editor who eloped with Mrs. John w.
Norton, was called for hearing at Topeka
and he failed to appear, FORGETTING $50 bail.
It is generally conceded that Moore and his
paramour have skipped the country.
BOMB THROWERS.