Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-05-30
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The compositors and working force OF the
Guthrie Daily CAPITAL are on strike. The
Grievances are that the Capital company,
composed of moneyed men and governments
Office holders, refuse to pay the compoeisofS
the regular price.
Sienor Nocoteri, Italian minister of the
interior, Is making a determined Onslaughs
upon the anarchist societies throughout Italy.
he has ordered every project in the prov
inces to make raids upon the local clubs I'M
til they are extermlnated.
Martin Farrell, of Western New York, was
thought to have been slain in the war OF l6IA
Last week his son. George Farrell. who had
been adopted by the McCabe family OF Cox
umbus. Ind, found his aged sire IN tho Sol
dlers' Home at Dayton, q.
Corn is now selling at Rio Grande City,
Texas, at SO a bushel Mexican money, or
about $50 American money.
Xavier Long, farmer living near Falls
City, Neb., had his corn cribs fired by an
enemy and I, 200 bushels of corn were burned.
The fire was put out before it reached ten
cribs with {, 900 bushels in them.
The trial at Bari, Italy, of 179 members OF
the Mala Vita society has ended. Fourteen
members are acquitted. while 165 members
are sentenced to terms OF imprisonment
varying from six months to fifteen years
Miss Julia McMichael, the 2l-year- old
daughter of wealthy Denver real estate
broker, was found in Chicago, by relatives.
working as q domestic in private family.
She wrote from Chicago to her mother.
Baron Hirsch is negotiating for 5,0O). 200
acres of land in the Argentine Republic upon
which to colonize Jews. Baron Hirsch may
l. In hsnkh a nu0
that the initial experiment must be made In
a milder climate.
The we'll known Jewish fnancier, Herr
Goldberger, director of the International
bank, of Berlin, who recently arrived at
MOSCOW. Russia, to establish a branch of the
Berlin house, was ordered by the police
to quit the the city in twenty -four hours.
The majority report of the committee of
the Denver congress on organization named
George T. Anthony, of Kansas, as chairman.
The minority objected because Anthony
opposes free coinage of silver, and named A.
C. Ferry, of Utah. The congress elected
Ferry.
Three tons of powder and two tons of dy-
Mantle. in q magazine three miles from
Dallas, Texas, exploded by stroke OF light
ming. A number of houses were demolished,
but no one killed. Houses in Dallas were
shaken. windows broken and church bells
rung.
An attempt to expel ex-Queen Natalie
from Servla was resisted by students at BEL
parde. the place of her residence, who were
encouraged and assisted by merchants and
citizens. A conflict between the students
and soldiers resulted, In which two students
were killed.
The condition of the treasury was discussed
by the president and his cabinet, and it is
understood that the conclusion was reached,
if possible. to pay of the ~ per cent s. oonas Us
extending the time of their payment as sug-
gested some weeks.
Bots City, Idaho, has been washed out by
water from cloud burst up the gulch. Con-
siderable damage was done to the United
States government buildings and parade
grounds. The city loses heavily by the de.
struction of the flume. It Is estimated that
the loss will reach $4,000.
The adverse balances against the United
tates and the heavy imports OF last summer
are getting we'll paid off, end there is dimin-
ished demand for European exchange. This
is likely to continue to such an extent that
the Bank of England will have to offer, per-
haps as high as 2 per cent. premium Tor our
gold, or stop reaching for it.
A terrific storm passed over Paris, causing
considerable damage and creating much
alarm. During the passage OF the storm
huge waterspout formed and burst in the jar
dine des Tuilieries, uprooting trees, destroy
ing lawns and flower beds and washing away
pathways. CONSERVATION prevailed in the
neighborhoods most attacked by the storm.
Alphonso Taft is dead. He died at San
Diego, where he has been sick some time.
a. IN, (oh
secretary of war and as attorney general.
Later he was United States minister to AUS
tria and afterwards to Russia. Both depart
ments at Washington, of which he had been
the head, were draped when the news was
received.
While not desiring to enter controversy
with Ex-Governor Boyd on the subject, the
president desires to have it understood that
he did not have any discussion with that
gentlemen on his recent visit to Nebraska
in regard to the merits OF the gubernatorlal
contest in that state, and also he SAID moth
ing to any one there against or in favor OF
the interests of either candidate.
The details of the cyclone in Audrain coun-
ty, Mo-. are heartrendlng; four were Killed.
ously hurt At some of the places it looks a.
though it had literally raine1 dead horses,
hogs, chickens and geese, in many cases the
chickens being picked nearly clean. Where
the storm did its most destructive work there
was not q thing left, while trees, horses,
barns, wagons, reapers. mowers, plows, turn
iture and everything else being literally torn
up and broken into fragments.
Many thousand dollars worth of crops were
annihilated by a heavy hail storm, which Tell
to q depth of from six to eighteen inches in
narrow belt of territory crossing northern
Texas. In the vicinity of Gainesville. where
wheat averaging thirty bushels per acre was
nearly ready for the reaper. not head is
left standing. The damage in the locality OF
Gainesville.is at least S1OO, 600, while several
othAr sections report damage nearly as great.