Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-11-16
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SOIlO0t1S00IOIC OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
of Hurried Readers
Santa Fe stock has risen from 30 to 35x
during the week.
Sunol, Senator Stanford's filly. has low
ered the three year-old record to 3:IOH, beat
ing Axtell's time.
Berlin socialists have decid. I'd upon n oan-
eral cessation of work on May 1 to male a
demonstration in favor of eight hours work
per day.
There is a movement to create ''South-
ern Pacific nation," to include Australia
and neighbour! colonies.
The Paris exposition has been formally
closed, but as there are many tickets out
standing the buildings will be kept open for
several weeks.
1t is wired from Mexico city that it is
rumored there that United States Minister
Ryan Will not return to the Mexican capital.
Mrs. Caroline Donovan, of Baltimore.
aged A years, has given $4,000 to John
Hopkins university to found a chair of
English literature.
Alexander Sullivan, the Chicago LAWYER.
implicated in the Cronin murder, has been
re eased from his bond, as the grand jury
failed to indict him.
All trans on the Denver & Fort Worth
road were stopped by snow. Railroad cuts
in parts of New Mexico and Colorado are
blocked full of dead cattle and sheep.
2 The st. Petersburg Svee says that China
IL arming her troops on the Russian frontier
with repeating rifles, and that the soldiers
are being drilled by German officers.
The anarchist demonstration at Chicago,
at the anniversary of the hanging of the
Haymarket murderers, was tame affair;
after all the preliminary buster.
Four square miles of the military reserva-
ton of Fort Hays, Kansas, has been turned
over by the war department to the interior
department., and this becomes public
lands.'
An important witness in the Cronin trial,
Mrs. Mandy Morgan, has been sand-bagged.
She was unconscious for an hour, but recov-
cred. Her life was saved by a big roll of
hair on the back of her head.
Colonel A. NJ. Swope was killed by Colo
mel Cassius Goodloe, and Goodioe is badly,
perhaps fatally shot. The fight occurred in
the postOffice at Lexin ten, Ny. Both are
very prominent polite ans.
Mrs. Henry Brunk. Brown county, Kan
sas, farmers wife, has been killed by
the farm year and half. He was drunk.
He afterwards killed himself.
In New York the democrats elect their
state ticket, while it Is believed that the leg
lslature is republican,: viz.-senate, q re-
publicans and IL democrats: assembly, 81
republicans and 81 democrats
The anarchists celebrated at st. Louis in
commemoratiOn of the execution of the Chi
cago anarchists, but the affair was decidedly
tame and not what the incendlary circulars,
distributed broadcast, Indicated it would be.
IL many other Kansas counties, one or
more democrats. independent or combined
opposition candidates were elected over re-
publican nominees, while some counties
that had a hard fight, like Doniphan, elected
full republican tickets.
Governor Humphrey has issued an order
that, upon the call of a sheriff or mayor
upon q company of the Kansas National
guards, such company shall assemble at its
armory and report to the governor for or
ders.
In Iowa the democrats have elected gov
ernor. while the rest of the state ticket Is
republican. The Register Republican, says:
ssReturns from every Legislative district show
that the next legislature will stand:-Senate
Republicans, %: Democrats ~. House:
Republicans, 50; Democrats, Al; doubtful, l.
The Peruvian government has authorized
a contract for the construction OF railroad,
either broad or narrow gauge, from the Isk-
tile and rich wine growing dlstrlctS OF Inc
department of Moquegua to the port OF Ao'
This authorization includes the rlght 70 con-
struct any branch roads deemed desiraoie'
The bodies of two cowboys have been
brought into Trinidad, Colorado, who we're
frozen in the late blizzard. Four other men,
belonging to the same party, are missing,
and it is believed that they are dead. 1t Is
reported that twenty men are missing from
this range. and 1t is feared many OF them
will never oe found.
Teleorams we're received from Washington
at the National w. C. T. o., at Chicago, both
affirming and denying the statement when
had been made by Miss Willard IN her
opening speech, that Vice President Morton
had permitted bar to be put In his new
hotel building at Washington. tempest
resulted in the meeting, but the matter was
finally laid on the table.
Among the decisions filed by the supreme
court is one upon the appeal of the Topeka
Water Supply company in the case brought
by that com pany aga INST the city OF Potwln
place. to enjoin the construct on and use
of a system of sewers which empty filth ana
excrement into the Kansas river above the
wells of the company. The district court
refused. upon a trial of the case several
months ago to grant the Injunction prohio-
ting the construction and use OF the sewer.
This Judgment the supreme court now re-
verses.