Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-22
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Two thousand delegates and hundred
thousand visitors are expected to attend the
national convention of the North American
fTurnerbund at Cincinnati, Ohio.
There has been but two days without rain
at Johnstown since the catastrophe. 1t has
been raining so much since the wreck was
fred as to hinder the burning.
James M. Gamble, principal owner of one
OF Cleyeland's street car lines, was found
dead in his bed at Chicago hotel, from
drinking carbolic acid.
All but thirteen of thirty-fve wedding
guests were poisoned by eating ice cream
made In copper vessels, at Milestone, n. j.
Some OF them are seriously sick.
Chicago detectives sent to New York to
identify Maroney and Mcdonald, did not
know them, and they were discharged.
Cardinal Gibbons is about to ordain
Randolph Uncles, at Baltimore, Nd. as a
priest in the Catholic church. He is the
first colored priest in the United States.
collector of internal revenue for Kansas,
and become manager of the Leavenworth
Daily Sun.
The valley of the Rhone IN southeast
France is flooded. The memories of 1910
when 1000 houses were swept down that
current are brought up by this flood.
The stricking dock laborers along the
Clyde in Scotland number 5000 and show
no signs of weakening. The strikers stop
ped and set fire to van in which provisions
were being carried to imported laborers.
The divorce proceedings between Senator
Sabin and his wife prove to have been mutu-
ally agreed upon: and his provision for her
future support satisfactory to her and her
friends.
Friends of Chester A. Arthur have erected
a $4,000 monument at Rural cemetery, be-
tween Troy and Albany, New York. They
have fund of $4,000 on hand to erect
statue of the ex-presNent In New York.
State agent. T. D. Thacher, of Kansas, has
made his report on the mining, manufacture
ing and agricultural interests of Kansas to
the bureau of statistics at Washington. 1t
is the first report received, and is praised as
being model report.
Charles A. Williams, of the Minneapolis
Tribune, formerly of the st. Joseph Herald,
has sued the st. Joseph Gazette for $4,000,
for libel. The Gazette stated that Williams
wrote the disrespectful article, which was
published in the Tribune, concerning Mrs.
ex-Presidenu Cleveland.
There seems to be no further doubt that
John W. Hilimon has been fully identified;
and George J. Baker says that the differ
ences between the insurance companies and
the parties who captured Hillmon have been
settled. The public is yet kept in ignorance
of where Hillmon is kept hid by the author
A cyclone Is reported as having struck
Uniontown, west of Fort Scott. Two women
and four children were drowned. The
storm seems to have commenced as far west
as Barber county. That part of Fort Scott
known as Belltown, in fact all of North Fort
Scott, was entirely under water. Bridges
are gone on many streams, and railroads
are useless.
Woodruff, alias Black, one of the parties
in custody charged with having hand IN
the Cronin murder, makes new confession
every few days; each being partly consist
which would fit in with information other
wise gained. None of Noodruff,s talks
have implicated Judge Michael Boland, of
Kansas City, Missouri.
Breadstuffs exports from the United
States during May past aggregated IN value
50, 762, 1854. against S7,529,S 1913 in May 1883,
and for the eleven months of the current
fiscal year Sill ,0i5,697, aga INST Ill, 55S. 1853,
during the corresponding eleven months of
the preceding fiscal year: Exports OF the
principal articles of provisions during May
mast agregregated in value o,692,
against 81, 166, 1887 in May, 1888.
The Neosho river is on big tear. Great
quantities of harvested wheat and oats have
passed Parsons on the high tide. The Wal
nut and Whitewater are very high. augusta
is flooded, stopping trains on both roads.
The Santa Fe depot and buildings in the
lower part of town are flooded. At lola all
small streams are out of their banks.
Tracks are washed out, and crops on low
land ruined.
Buffalo Bills benefit exhibition at Paris.
for the Johnstown fund, was attended by
the Prince and Princess of Wales and their
children, Price Albert Victor and Princesses
Maud, Louise and Victoria: Mr.. Whitelaw
Reid the United States minister: Mrs. Levi
p. Morton. wife of Vice President Morton,
and most of the prominent members OF the
American colony in Paris. AS result of
the performance the sum of $1,000 was added
to the relief fund.
Tuesday p. m, the day Pennsylvania
voted, General Palmer, chairman of the
prohibitory state committee. claims that
there will be a majority in the state for the
amendment. He figures out majority OF
10. 500 in the state after allowing an adverse
majority of &c. 100 IN Philadelphia. From
careful diagnosis of the situation by the
Observation-Disclosures. it is believed that the
amendment will be defeated by majority
of not less than 10000 or more than 10000.
Better Than Oklahoma.