Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-11-02
LATEST NEWS.
Condensed for theC Convenience
of Hurried Readero-

| Railroad Magnate Huntlngson-s dau8hte.
Clara is really married to Prince Halzfeldt.
| The switchmen of the Chicago d G rea
Western railway prevent any freight traffic
by q strike.
| II is considered to be 'tnews" of sufficient
| importance to get on the wires, that Boston
Brute Sullivan is drunk and quarrelsome
most of the time.
| It transpires that the crew of the steam
ship Earnmore, while drifting in an open
boat three weeks, eat OF the bodies OF two
of their number who died.
Electric street railways which use storage
battery cars are about to be tied up by an
injunction against their use while the courts
decide as between patentees Gtigant
Dispatches from the City of Mexico say
that earthquake shocks have been felt over
large part of that country, but no damage
or loss of life is reported.
Acting Secretary Batcheller has appointed
Milton F. Holland, of Washington. to be
chief of a division in the auditors Office.
Mr.. Holland is well known colored lawyer.
Mrs. T. J.. Richardson, wife of the late
commissioner of the Guthrie, Ok, land
Office, has been killed by the explosion of a
gasoline stove.
A Washington special says that the chair
man of the Virginia democratic state COM
mittee practically comedies that his party
ticket will not be elected.
Settlers in No Mans Land have burned
the range of the Scotch cattle syndicate.
destroying all feed for their cattle, which
have begun to die of starvation. The loss
will be enormous.
The Kansas State Academy of Science, in
session at Wichita, visited kingman and ex-
amined the rock salt being mined there,
and expressed their satisfaction at the pro-
duce of the industry.
Drunken men with money in their peck
cts, going home at N ght from their bust
ness, are nightly beaten and robbed on the
streets of Kansas City, Mo. Occasionally
one is killed or is missing.
At Franklin, Pa. two young men filled a
piece of gas pip with giant powder and left
it where school CHI ldren handled it. 1t ex-
ploded. Eli ghteen of the children were in
jured, and it is feared that TOUR of them will
die.
The foundrymen and machine manufac-
turers of Pittsburg, Pa, have decided not
to concede the 10 per cent. advance in wages
demanded by the moulders. The decision
is regarded as final, and long strike is an
ticipated.
Jay Gould is reported as saying at st.
Louis that the proportion of tonnage to
revenues, of the great railroads, is one-third
more than last year: and so, though rates
are not entirely satisfactory, they are not
altogether bad.
At the Mound City, Kansas soldiers re-
un on, J. D. Snoddy made speech in which
he Enthusiastically scolded the Kansas del
eea!ion in congress-, IN the presence OF two
of them. Senator Plumb and Mr.. Funston,
ronraSeDfafiva Of SpO6dv'S district
The Russian press, in commenting on the
steady increase in the efficiency of Ger
many's arms, urges the st. Petersburg gov
eminent to at once add largely to the
strength of the Russian artillery stationed
along the German frontier.
Railroads of this country are, just now,
nearly all blocked with moe freight than
they have rolling stock o, engines to handle.
The pennsylvania Rail ID freight traffic is
paralyzed by gorge of freight: and though
exceptionally well stocked, feels the prevail
ing car famine.
The All-American excursionists spent last
Sunday at Omaha. reaching that place from
Sioux City. In Nebraska. at small sta
ton, was small camp of Indians, who gave
the South Americans complimentary war
dance. This was their first sight of North
American aborigines.
line Abilene Dank. at Abilene, Kansas,
owned by G. II. Lebold and J. M. Fisher,
has suspended. Local deposits 500, 1000: as
sets in real estate and notes $4,000 A
number of business men are sufferers, and
the dispatch says that business is practi-
cally paralyzed.
The interstate commerce commission, in
session at Washington, has heard arguments
in the case of the Chicago board of trade
against the Chicago & Alton Railroad COM
the roads is that they discriminate against
live hogs in favor of packing house products
in fire. ght rates from Kansas City and other
western points to Chicago.
Fort Pierre, across the river from Pierre,
8. D., has quite town on the military
the inhabitants now being un-
der commands from the government to |
vacate. The town is principally upon a |
section of land which is to be transferred to |
the railroad if conditions are agreeably set
tied: or, otherwise, it will come in market |
as other public lands. In either case the
settlers will be compelled to vacate.
Merchants of the great cities of England
are holding public meetings and otherwise
a fight against English rail-
ways which are said to collect excessive
freight chars es, and to disc inmate in their
tariffs aga INST individual patrons, and
against certain localities. Parliament will
be asked to institute commission with SIM
liar pawers to those exercised by the United
States interstate commerce commission.
Better Than Oklahoma.