Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-04-19
LATEST NEWS.
Condensed for the Convenience
Of Hurried Readers.

COTS, Kansas, suffered the loss of several
buildings by fire.
A steamer running between Saginaw and
Bay City, Michigan, ran into bridge, which
swept of its upper works. Eight lives were
lost.
The minor bosses of Chicago, those who
employ half dozen or less carpenters, have
formed an association with view of treat
ing with the strikers. This encourages the
strikers to hold out.
The congressional committee on private
land claims proposes new court, to have
jurisdiction of the numerous land claims in
Arizona and New Mexico, to consist of
chief justice and two associates.
Oklahoma City is reported to be overrun
with thieves and footpads.
The republicans of congress are still eau
cusing over the silver question and have, as
yet, arrived at no definite conclusion.
The upper Mississippi is down so low that
steamboats, can not run, and the lower Mis-
sissippi is up so high that towns are flooded.
The Mississippi, like the English language,
is somewhat freakiSh.
Boys employed in the Pittsburg, Pa, glass
works have struck for raise of 80 cents a
week. They get from 50 to S. week. Their
strike stops all work, as the men employed
are dependent upon their help.
Admirers of the late General Sterling Price,
of Missouri, who not long ago subscribed
1900 to erect monument in honor of that
confederate, have Just discovered that their
money has been squandered by the custodi-
ans of the fund.
The passengers of the "City of Paris" have
made up purse of 5000 for the gallant
captain and sailors who saved the vessel and
all on board by rowing 200 miles in small
boat for aid while the vessel hoated helplessly
on the open sea.
The senate worlds fair committee deter
mined to report the worlds fair bill favora-
bly, to the senate, with the name of Chicago
in the bill, but with Daniels amendment,
which provides for celebrations in Washing
ton and New York added.
The grand duke, Michael Mikelovich, son
of the grand duke Michael, and aid -de-camp
of the emperor, has been ordered to the eau
cacus for three years. This is due to the OPP
position of the car to the projected marriage
Netween his cousin apd daughter of Count
ignatieff.
meeting of representative workmen as
sembled at Berne, Switzerland, composed of
247 delegates, representing 10000 workmen.
Resolutions were adopted faVoring the form
alton of trades unions and sick and accident
insurance funds, and calling for amendments
to the factory laws.
Sixty-five cardinals have died since the
present pope became the head of the church,
and the sacred college is now composed al
most entirely of new men. Only sixteen of
the present cardinals were under the late
pope, and one of these is seriously Ill, while
several others are over 80 years old.
Samuel J. Randall died at Washington, D.
oil OiO
His death had been expected at almost any
moment for a number of days. He had been
an invalid for five years; but, up to twenty |
days ago, he believed he would get up again. |
He joined the Presbyterian church in Feb |
ruary.
A 5000 gallon water tank, weighing, with
its contents, over twenty tons, crashed
through the roof of the Park theatre, in Phil
adelphia, wrecking in its descent the paint
frame, some of the scenery and about one
half of the stage. The tank went clear
through to the cellar, where everything was
flooded.
Information from private sources is to the
effect that the car still remains in terrible
nervous condition, while the czarina is threat
ened with insanity. She is FRUSTRATED with
series of fits of violent vomiting, and she
fears that she may be poisoned in her food.
No account of her wretched condition is al
lowed to find its way to the press.
The secretary of war has transmitted to
the house a report of Captain Marshall, of
the corps of engineers, on the location of the
Illinois and Mississippi canal, in compliance
with the river and harbor act of August, 1888.
Captain Marshall reports that the detailed
estimates for the construction of the canal
will not differ materially from the estimate
of about six and one half millions already
made.
Stock men are shipping cattle into the
Cherokee strip in defiance of the presidents
Hundreds of train loads of
them are being sent there. The cattle are
being billed to Kansas, but when the cars
get there the car doors are opened and the
cattle unloaded there. 1t is estimated that
], 900 head of cattle are being shipped in there
every day in this manner in spite of the vigi-
lance of the military.
The Chicago strike is costing the men be-
tween So, 600 and $4,000 a week, but say
they are prepared for an all summer seige.
They have large Accommodations in their treas
ury, and they say that when this money Is
exhausted they can fall back on the national
Back of the national council is the
Federation of Labor, comprising nearly a
million men. They claim that they are sup
ported in their strike by every labor organ
IZation In the United States.