Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-03-28
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st. Patrick's day was celebrated in nearly
every city of this country. q
When the sun crossed the line there was
cyclone, remarkable hail storm, and tor
rents of rain in Florida.
A body of Rebels, numbering 500 men,
made an attack upon Bobo, China, overcame
the garrison and sacked the town, killing the
French officials. Several Europeans escaped
by swimming the river.
Ex-senator J. J. Ingalls, expresses his con-
vlctlon that the Peoples party movement
VIII result In victory in national politics, to
De brought about by combination of the
west and south as against the east and north,
on economic questions.
The Brazil Nail Steamship company has
recently made contract for the transporta-
ton OF forty six locomotives recently ordered
from manufacturers in this country by the
railway companies of Brazil.
The senate did not reach, before adjourn
ment, the appointment of James Hill, the
negro postmaster at Vicksburg, Miss. But
If President Harrison appoints him during
the recess, he will serve at least until con-
gress reassembles.
Miss Ewing, the eight foot Missouri girl,
who recently started out to appear IN the
museums of the west, is very sick in Denver,
and it Is thought probable that she will be
compelled to give up her exhibitions for the
present.
There are still so many ignorant people
who believe that the United States licences
the sale of liquors that 1t has been decided
necessary, and the treasury department has
issued manifesto stating that liquor tax
receipt Is in no sense a license to sell.
An unknown steamer ran into the United
States receiving ship Vermont at the Brook
Ign navy yard, tearing great hole in her
hulk. The unknown steamer was ocean
bound, and it sheered around and made for
the lower bay with all possible speed.
Secretary Blaine and Private Secretary
Halford both said, upon reading the dispatch
that the president had decided to retalate
against Germany for the prohibition of
American pork in that country, that neither
knew anything about such decision.
Bishop Keane, president or the Catholic
university at Washington, in st. Patrick's
day address in Baltimore, said: ''Ireland's
banner will trail in the DUST until clean hands
raise it aloft again. The land of purity OF
life demands pure life to say to her mil
lions, Follow me-"
The snug sum of S2,O95, 900 has just been
covered into the treasury as the pronS on
silver coinage under the silver act or last
summer. About S35,0OO,OOO has been DIS:
burSed in treasury notes for the purchase OF
bullion under this act and 100000 ounces
have been coined monthly into silver dollars
The governor general of Cuba has ordered
that commissions, similar to the one already
formed in Havana, shall be established IN
each of the principal towns on the island
for the purpose of making arrangements Tor
the Cuban exhibits for the grand lnterna-
tional exposition to be held in Chicago IN
1892
Mr.. Letter, the Chica,o fair commissioner,
is in Berlin making arrangements for Ger
many's exhibits in the Colum blan exposition.
He is receiving very encouraging reports
from all sides, and there is a great desire
manifested on the part of traders and manu-.
facturers everywhere to send specimens OF
their goods to America.
The will of Senator Hurst states that he
recognized that his wife is legally entitled to
one-half of his entire estate. it being all COM
munity property, and he also bequeaths to
her absolutely the remaining one-halt. Fro
vision is made that if Mrs. Hearst marrleS
again, one half of the estate reverts to her
son, William r. Hearst.
The revolutionists IN Chilli, having the
fleet, have destroyed two or more towns on
the coast In their bonn bardment of lqulque
there was property destroyed to the value OF
100000 in gold. At Pisagua 1000 clti-
zens, including women and children. were
killed by grape and shell from the SHIPS ana
the town was destroyed by ire
The Presbyterian church of Japan has
made some changes in the creed accepted by
the more western church. 1t IS common
claim among japanese Christians that the
spirit and meaning of Christianity in its
broader and more universal scope has never
been properly com pretended among western
nations and the faith needed to be trans
ported to Japan for final development and
perfection.
Ex-Mlnister Foster has gone to Spain to
explain to that government that the reel
procity feature of the Mckinley law does
not permit of letting tobacco into this coun-
trv free of duty. The Spanish minister at
Washington had blocked the reciprocity
treaty for a demand for free tobacco IN ex-
change for free flour. Our government Is
only willing to concede free sugar, which
comes under the law.
Prince Jerome Napoleon was the son of
Jerome Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon l.,
and king of Westphalia, and his wife, Eliza
beth Patterson. The prince was born in Bal
t1more, Nd, in 1882, was graduated at the
United States military academy IN 1852, and
served on the Texas frontier. He resigned
from the service on August Is, 1854, and was
appointed lieutenant of dragons IN the
French imperial army.
An official of the state department is
quoted as saying that whatever indemnity
there should be for those of the killed at New
Orleans, who were citizens of the United
States, Louisiana would be responsible for
TO their families, but any responsibility for
those who we're citizens of foreign country
that there might be, would fall upon the
United States, and that congress only has
power to deal with that subject.