Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-19
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A twenty minutes wind storm did mucl
damage at Cleveland, Ohio.
Congressman Anderson, of Kansas. offerec
resolution IN the house for reference. re
voking all leaves of absence, sickness ex
cepted, from and after July Is.
Kansas, during the past week, has beer
getting fine rains in spots, numerous shower,
IN places, with not much of the state skipped
entirely; yet there is much of the state thai
mas been needing more than It has received
There are seventeen members of congress:
from Georgia and South Carolina who repre-
sent 10 all only 66,607 votes, whereas one
member from Kansas represents 81, 465 votes
and one from Minnesota represents s4.373.
The gross receipts of the postoffice at Kan
sas City, Mo-, for the quarter ending June
1880, have been Sill, 219. Thisis an increase
OF $l2,743 over the corresponding period last
year.
General A. B. Nettleton, of Minnesota. has
been selected as assistant secretary of th-
treasury, under the provisions of the execu-
tive appropriation bill, increasing the num-
Der to three.
A cyclone at Lake McCarron, near st.
Paul, and Lake Gervais. killing many people.
first reports being indefinite, but range from
ITO to 200 lives lost. A pleasure boat wit
$50 people on board was capsized.
A great fire has ragged in STEAMBOAT quarter
OF Constantinople. The confagration began
In timber yard and the flames, famed by a
strong wind. spread rapidly to the adjoining
property. Fully 1000 houses and shops have
already been DESTROYED.
Ground has been broken for the Corpus
Christi d South American railway. Work is
now in progress at both ends of the first divi-
sion, which will be completed IN ABOUT nine
months. The Mexican and United States
authorities participated, and an international
salute was fred across the Rio Grande.
The department of state, at the suggestion
of Secretary Rusk, has effected an arrange
ment through Minister Lincoln for the ap-
pointment of three veterinary inspectors for
the purpose of inspecting all American cattle
landed in Great Britain. One will be sta
toned at Liverpool, one at London, and one
at Glasgow.
Comrades of the G. A. R., who have here
tofore purchased their round trip tickets to
Boston, are now confronted with the fact
that competition between the railroad lines
has made the rates less than some of them
have paid. The round trip from Chicago
is offered at SIS, and is likely to be lower
before the date of departure.
]. c. Adams, the slayer of Captain W. L.
Couch, now out on $1,000 bail, has been
arrested again at Oklahoma City for threat
ening to kill DR.. Higgins, a contestant of
the Couch Adams claim. Adams also fenced
up one of the principal streets of the city
and the Indignation and excitement concern
ing the matter is entense.
Four counties of Maine-Somerset, Waldo.
Rexford and Franklin-have had a disastrous
cyclone. The Sandy river railroad bridge,
near Phillips, was blown from its abut-
ments into the river. Many barns were
blown down all through Franklin county.
Houses and barns were blown down in great
numbers in the other counties named.
The Louisiana senate sets aside the gov
that legislation was provision for an amend
ment to the state constitution, it is, by the
terms of the constitution, an independent
act of the legislature; not requiring the sig
nature of the governor and, consequently,
not within the scope of his veto power.
At Cherokee, Kansas, an original package
man from Kansas City was about to open,
when he was interviewed by special COM
mittee of citizens, with a request to take his
stock back to Kansas City. He offered to
leave 1t to vote of mass meeting. A
meeting was called and out of 200 voting
only four favored the opening. The ''agent'
then left.
All the st. Louis roads have announced
$40 rate from Kansas City to st. Louis
and return. Such a rate having been
by Chairman Goddard, of
the Western States Passenger asso-
citation. The rate was demanded by the
Missouri Pacific as a protection against the
$3.50 round trip rate now in effect between
Kansas City and Chicago.
In the late dispatches and correspondence
about cattle dying in southern Kansas and on
the strip, the Kansas dailies have Cedarville
and Carbonate both mixed up with Cedar
Vale. The loss of cattle near Cedar Vale
continues, and the regulators" who are
charged with the death of Gibson and Frazier,
boldly assert that others contemplating i'm
porting cattle to that region have had ample
warning in the fate of these men.
Major General John c. Fremont died at
Washington, D. c., July IL. HIS sickness
the previous Tuesday from ex-
,essive heat of that day, followed by chill
On Friday, when peritonitis developed. He
was n years and months old. Mrs. Ere
mont and daughter were at San Diego, Cal:
MS son Frank at Fort Smelling. Lieutenant
]. c. Fremont, of the navy, and his adopted
Mrs. Colonel Porter, were present
1t his death.
The railroad commissioners have made
public their decision following the late hear
ng of the petitions from the alliances of the
state. The petitioners asked the board to
bring about lower local freight rates for |
yrain from Kansas points to points on the |
Missouri river. The commissioners say that |
here is no grain shipped to Missouri river |
POINTS ON local tariff, that all Kansas grain |
5 shipped on through rates, the Kansas roads |
.etting portion of the through rates: con- |
equently lower local rate would be of no |
Ialue to Kansas farmers.