Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-07-11
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Fonr deaths from sunstroke reported At
osockton, Cal, in one day. The mercury
Inc estimated gross earnings of the Rock
1Maad's entire system for tho month of June
rte $1,z61.6S2 an increase, as compared with
Last year, of S129, ISL.
grasshopper parade halted upon tho
mock Island railroad tracks in Colorado and
tne engine could not make its friction drivers
cack 70 the rails. So the hoppers held up
Tho tribunal of tho Seine sentenced
herman named Schneider to five years. i'm
Rnsonment for taking photographs Of
french Notifications. The trial took place
with closed doors.
While salute was being fired on the reve-
nue. cutter Andrew Johnson, lying in Chicago
har6or, gun exploded, injuring number
OF the crew.
The exports from Sheffield, Eng, during
the quarter ending June 81, show decrease
OF $55O.000, compared with the correspond
ing period last year. The decrease is due to
the Mckinley law.
The widow of Sir John Macdonald has
been enobled by the queen and will hence
forth be known as Countess of Earnescliffe.
The news was received by Lady acDonald
with great pleasure.
At Beaver, O. T., W. D. Rosden has fled
three complaints in the district court on be-
half of the government, alleging trespass of
cattle upon the western part of the Cherokee
strip. and setting damages at $4,000.
Tbs Russian rice crop will be bad and there
will be no surplus for export. Large Ger
man orders have been sent to the United
States and Canada. It is reported that Rus
STA Il also purchasing supplies in America.
Madame Philo, who jumped from car
window while being taken from Chicago to
Denver to answer the charge of forgery, has
been retaken, and has confessed; stating that
she committed the crime to shield her lover
from disgrace.
The secretary of the treasury received q let
ter from Grand Master Workman Powderly,
Knights of Labor, renewing the case of
the discharged plate printers, intimatina, 80
it Is said, that the Knights of Labor will ap-
peal the case to the president.
An Indian runner claims to have discov-
eerd that the water in the new lake in the
Colorado desert comes from the overflow of
the Colorado river by the way of New river.
This seems to assure the railroad people
that their track is IN no danger.
Nearly 400 miners are out of employment
at Collinsville, Illinois. The shut down is
caused by an attempt of the mining COM
pany to compel the miners to sign yearly
contract which would evade the law requir-
ing weekly payment of wages.
The London, Eng, Baptist association has
passed resolutions regrettlng the baccarat
o1okin kho of oil
instead of beng the leader of immoral forces,
should be the leader and inspiration of the
moral forces of the empire.
Peavy & Co.. of Chicago, have leased the
Santa Fe elevator in Atchison. The elevator
has capacity of $4,000 bushels. There is
only one larger one in Kansas, and that Ia
on the Union Pacific track at Kansas City,
which is also controlled by Peavey & Co.
Tho Saar river in Alsace- Lorraine and
Rhenish Prussia has overfowed its banks,
flooded the valley and almost destroyed one
of tho finest wine crops that region has seen
for years. The visitation is great shock to
the people of the valley, who are stripped of
everything by the inundation.
Soldiers have been warning cattiemen to
remove their herds from the Cherokee strip.
They also request the owners OF cattle and
others to refuse any collector of Crutchfeld,
of the Cherokee nation, any money whatever
for the alleged privilege to Craze upon the
strip.
The new land court met at Denver to or
ganize and plan its work. The territory in
its jurisdiction is Colorado, Wyoming. Utah,
Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona. The
court was created to adjust and finally settle
the title to lands acquired under old Mexican
and Spanish grants before this part of the
country was acquired by the United States.
The secretary of state of Illinois has issued
q license to the North Chicago Elevated Rail-
way company, capital stock SO. 000, 900, to
construct and operate elevated railways in
Chicago to various suburban points. The
incorporators are mere i2ureheads and rep
resent q syndicate of New York, Boston and
Philadelphia capitalists, whose names are
withheld.
Prince Adolph, of Scaumburg- Lppe, has
been winning an unenviable standing among
his fellow officers of the German army since
his marriage to the kaiser's sister. The
young prince has assumed such an air of ar
rogance and superiority that the other Of
ticers of his command have united in q gen.
eral plan to ignore hun socially and in every
way that respect for his military rank will
permit.
Four blocks of frame buildings burned in
the center of La Grande Ore. The fire started
and many OF the guests escaped with difficult
ty. Among them were United States Sena-
tor Dolph and family, Mrs. Dolph losing
q valuable diamond necklace and q gold
watch. The total loss is about sly, 900; in
surance. $4,000.
Several cases of death from absolute want
among the poorer classes have occurred at
Berlin, which have been covered up by the
authorities as being entirely attributable to
disease The socialists are taking advantage
of the general discontens to SOW their doc
trines broadcast and expect to reap the har.
vest at the next election of the reichstaQ.
Military. as well as police, are kept vigilant
for ngns of riot