Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-05-17
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George Francis Train completes his tour
around the world upon the arrival of the
steamship Etruria IN New York. Is left
England on May IL. He beats all previous
records as a globe encircler.
Fifteen two-story business houses of the
village of Elliottville, N. Y, have been de-
stroyed by fire. There was no fire depart
menlt and assistance was given them from
Salamanca and Bradford. The loss is about
$4,000.
Captain n. c. Hawkins, chief revenue Off
Ger, with a posse of twenty men, left Mid
dlesborough, Ky, to capture illicit stills in
the Cumberland mountains, and they have
failed to return. It is feared that they have
met with foul play from the moonshiners.
Strikers at Chicago furniture factory, 625
of them, have secured satisfactory terms and
have gone to work.
The Akron. Ohio, tornado destroyed sew
enty-fve buildings. The list of hurt reaches
eighteen, while there are many families with
out shelter of their own, who are housed and
cared for by their neighbors.
The house committee on war claims has
reconsidered its action in deciding to report
adversely the bill appropriating $SS2, $50 to
reimburse Kansas for money expended in
settling the claims of citizens of that state
for property destroyed by the confederate
forces during the late war.
The river at jefferson, Texas, is still rising.
caused by back water from Red river. There
are miles and miles of lowlands flooded. The
loss in stock is great. The large, substantial
bridge, known as Misley's, was swept away
and all communication with the lower por-
ton of the county is cut off.
The tariff measure now before the house of
representatives is almost certain to have
vnfo in 10 e. a.
passage. The sugar interest, it was thought,
might prevent this, but it is now believed
that even those who opposed the bill on ac-
count of its sugar schedule, will vote for it.
A Maine judge has rendered the first deci-
sion under the recent original package deci-
sion of the supreme court. He said that in
absence of proof that the title to the LIQUOR
In question was to remain in the shipper un-
til delivered that the title passed to the per
son who ordered it when it was placed in the
hands of the common carrier.
The latest reports On the condition of the
growing crop show the present condition as
follows: illinois "a per cent. Indiana 66J%. |
Ohio So, Kentucky sc, Missouri 81, Kansas
VI, Michigan a, Wisconsin rs. Condition of |
winter wheat May 1, 1889: Illinois 100 per
cent, Ohio 50, Indiana 9816, Kentucky 99. |
Missouri 1O1, Kansas 116, Michigan SO, Wis |
consln 80.
The Singer sewing machine factory, at |
Elizabeth, N. j., is burned down. It had
$500 employees, 1900 of them men, witt =
weekly pay roll of $4,000. The main Lrn;Ida
ing, which covers several acres Of. Ground
went first. The loss of property W. s Lounui
to several million dollars; and y II alueQ I'M
means OF living to an army rs TroTer - sa,
not be computed, Vi "01N0A' 0"N
George W. Crane 4 Co.. of Topeka, print
ers and olank 9SoH publishers, have made an
assignment !hT.r liabilities are $40, 000 |
more; ohae Collections have been bad and |
the pV.ny has been carrying heavy load |
since TIE establishment was destroyed by fire |
over p year ago. Judge A. B. Quinton was |
appointed temporary assignee.
There Is apparently good authority for |
the statement that the government of the /
United States and Great Britain are now /
further apart in their negotiations in regard |
to the qeestion whether or not the Behring !
sea is closed sea, than they have been at
any time since the negotiations were begun.
The United States maintains that it is a
closed sea and was made so by the treaty of !
of 1925, while the British government con-
tends that that treaty does not at all cover
the case.
The board of directors for the Kansas pen
itentiary have awarded the contract for the
output of the ''pen'' coal mine to w. E.
Thomas, of Leavenworth. Mr.. Thomas gets
all coal mined, with the exception of that re-
quired for the ''wagon trade and that needed
by the state institutions, and pays therefor
as follows: Six cents per bushel for lump
and CRATE, cents per bushel for nut and 2
cents per bushel for pea during the months
of April, May, June and July. During the
remaining months he pays Ga cents per
bushel for lump and CRATE, with no change
in the price of nut and pea coal.
The Colby convention, by tie, vote re-
fused to receive report from its committee
on credentials seating all uncontested dele
cations; then, on another vote, the same
was carried 81 to Sc. The reports
were offered by the committee on each con-
tested delegation separately, Jewell county
first. The report on this soonest Immediately
seated Hanback, delegation, with right to
vote on other reports of the committee. Then
reports on contests from Mitchell and Rocks
counties were made, seating both delegations
from each of these two counties, giving each
delegate half vote. Wallace county was
then given to McLennan delegates. This
gave the field against Turner twelve majority.