Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-10-05
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of Hurried Readers.
Train robbers on the Mobile i Ohio rail-
road secured s., 500, but overlooked $4,000
At Omaha it is believed that q consolida-
ton of the Leavenworth, Topeka d South
western. which includes the Kansas Central,
has been made with the st. Joseph d Grand
| Island.
Another fissure is visible in the overhang-
| ing rocks at Quebec. and the cliff Is some.
what bulged out. The Kioska, at the end OF
Dufferin terrace, is also incllning over grad
| ually.
The old-she-one of the fsmous Bender
family. who committed so many murdert
| near Cherryvaie, Kansas, some twenty yeara
AGO, is said to have been discovered in Mich
| igan, and an Investigation is being made.
One Topeka mill shipped during Septem.
bsr eighty car loads of flour to England and
| Scotland.
Topeka is crowded with delegates to the
deep water harbor convention; very many
arriving Sunday and Monday.
The heater in the Wichita ice plant blew
up September 30. Eighteen men were in
the building, but no one was killed. Loss,
$4,000.
Collection of mail in large cities, and de-
livery of mail to large Office buildings, BY
use of pneumatic tubes connecting with the
postoffice is contemplated by the postoffice
department..
The coroner's jury in the case of the late
disaster to a Chicago suburban tram hold
Engineer Twombley and Fireman Lecloche
responsible for the wreck. They are both
under arrest.
Senator Plumb has discovered that the
Indian Office is discriminating against Cath
olics in appointments to places at Indian
agencies, and is making it hot for Commits
sioner Morgan.
Ex-President Strong declares that he
would not accept an offer from the Union
Pacific should it be made: that his heart is
with the Santa Fe stockholders, and he
would do nothing against their interests.
Kansas City, No., newspaper men have
held meeting and condemned the local
committees having charge of the bankers
convention; charging that there was lack
of courtesy toward the representatives OF the
press.
At Holland, Iowa, two tramps were dis
covered setting fire to depot. They were
chased, when they opened fire upon their
pursuers. One was disabled by shot and
both captured. 1t was then with difficulty
that they wee saved from being hung.
Last Saturday A. B. Campbell's chances
to be commissioner of pensions seemed to be
first rate. He had strong and numerous en-
dorsements, including governors of Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio and Kansas; as well as Gen.
eral William Warner.
A new regulation by the postoffice depart
ment permits the work of making up weekly
statements of money order bushes in local
postoffices to be delayed until Monday when
there is not time to complete it on Saturday.
Much of this work has been done on Sun
day.
Word comes from London that the first
consignment OF Chicago cattle has arrived
at Mains, and contracts have been made for
a portion of $1,000 head more during Octo-
Der. The plan of shipments to the interior
cities in the Continents nolonger doubtful.
An order has been issued to discontinue
the Railroad Y. M. c. A. at Topeka, and to
discharge the secretary and librarian, the
Santa Fe company having paid their salary.
The association will continue the room,
which the company leaves at their disposal.
JUDGE Love, of the federal court, at Coun-
Gil Bluffs, Ia,. has decided that branch lines
of railroads cannot suspend operations be-
cause they do not pay; that by obtaining
right of way and building the road the
railroad company is bound to continue it in
operation, even at a loss.
The condition of the Spring Valley, Ill,
miners and their families is represented as
most pitiable. School children are in
starved condition, and have not sufficient
clothing to make them comfortable. The
death rate is high. The poor officers can
not, or do not supply medical attendance
and remedies.
One of the Sisters of Mercy in st. Mary's
Catholic hospital and convent at Emporia,
Kansas, has been assaulted, and almost
killed. by a railroader named Murray, who
became infatuated with her while being
nursed by her in the hospital at Terre Haute,
Ind, and had followed her with propositions
of eiopement which she elected.
For some time brute has been soaring
ladies of Sabetha, Kansas. He has at last
committed a murder. Miss Eva Purity,
aged 20, was at her home alone. when she
was overcome with chloroform. drags ed to
a field, and at last nearly killed outright by
having crabolic acid poured down her throat
The brute was still at large at last dispatch.
The following Kansas postmasters, of the
presidential class, have been appointed:
David R. Gordon, at Abilene, vice A. q.
Buchanan, removed; Abraham Nelson, at
Arkansas City, vice Martin Sinnott, re-
moved; Abraham D. Opps, at Bird City, vice
C.. j. Kern, resigned; Dan Bradbury, at
Colby, vice J. M. Flke, removed; Warren h.
Fletcher, at Clay Center, vice E. Z. Wilson,
removed: William F. Grossbeck, at Concor-
Gfia, vice William H, Pepper. resigned Ben
jamin J. Smith, at Erie, vice Ira Sternber-