Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-11-08
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'up and relieved OF his revolver, watch, star
and club, together with what money he had.
Chillicothe, Ills, has lost the principal bust
ness part of the town by fire.
Two hundred dollars reward is offered in
Arkansas for testimony that will lead to the
conviction of any person who may be guilty
of violation of the election laws.
The peasants of southern Russia, being
goaded thereto by the brutality of the gov
eminent officials, have risen in rebellion, and
though poorly armed are making show of
fight.
Commander-in-Ch Chief w. G. Veasey, of the
G. A. R., has announced IN general orders
the appointment of Comrade William Loeb
rem, of Minneapolis, as judge advocate gen.
eral.
The war department has decided to expend
$11 900, 900 in fortifying Boston harbor.
Chicago court holds the anti-pool selling
laws unconstitutional, because they except
Gales within the enclosures of race courses,
thereby giving special privileges.
The next capital locating act of the Okla
homa legislature is to be in favor of King
fisher; but the governor will find the same
objection to it he did to the Oklahoma City
bill.
The Italian consul general declares that
the new American tariff law Is favorable to
Italian interests, and will lead to marked
increase in Italy's trade with the United
States.
Many Cubans are emigrating to Venezuela.
The Venezuelan consul at New York says:
Venezuela Is a very rich country, and we
have plenty of room for double the amount
of I0ha Infants we nave At present.
The steamship Leon, of the Mallory line.
with cargo of cotton from Galveston, had
a fire which seven engines could not put out
by pumping water into her hold, as she lay
at her pier IN New York. The ship had to
be scuttled and sunk.
A disastrous prairie fire has swept over the
Platte bottoms. 1t is said to have been set
by an engine on the Fremont, Elkhorn d
Missouri Valley road, at a point four miles
east of Fremont, on the farm of w. II. Har-
vey. Probably 1000 tons of hay, worth S4,-
900, upon which there is no insurance, we're
destroyed.
The northern Cheyenne commission, COM
posed of General Nelson A. Miles, B. B.
Smiley and Zeph Zerfass, has completed its
conference with the Sioux and Cheyenne In
dams at the Pine Ridge agency, in regard to
the transfer of the Cbeyennes, in a satisfac-
tory manner, and left for the Tongue River
agency, Montana, to complete its labors.
The United States minis coined during the
year ending June 30, 1890, 1868, OIL pieces.
The total amount of metallic and paper
money in circulation exclusive of the hold
ings of the treasury on June 30, 1880, was
81, ABE, 61O,6l2, a per capita of S22.O9, against
81, $3.50, Ais, 091 at the commencement of the
fiscal year, an increase in circulation of $780,
1872, 521.
Drury Underwood, a well known business
man of Kansas City, Mo-, while out driving,
was struck by the Alton express and instantly
killed. Mr.. Underwood was president of the
Exposition Driving Park association, the
Kansas Missouri Interstate Fair association,
and a prominent contractor and brick manu-
facturer. He was also a member of the
Kansas City Gun club and an active patron
of amateur athletic sports.
General Manager Summerfield says he
thinks that no further attempt will be made
to get the trains of the Kansas City, Wyan-
dotte d Northwestern into the Kansas City
Union depot under the contract with the
Union Pacific. but that the matter Will be
deferred until Jay Gould takes possession of
the road. 1t will be a year and a half, &C
cording to Mr.. Summerfield, before Mr..
Gould can get possession of the Northwestern.
The state grand jury of Missouri has handed
in a sweeping denunciation of the whole
grand jury system, and called for its abol-
ton. The report declared the grand jury a
superhuous adjunct to criminal jurisprud-
ence, and asserted that in most cases it
binders and delays the administration of
justice, while it affords the members, when
so inclined, the opportunity to crafty malice
or blacken the reputation of reputable men.