Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-12-26
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Many cattle starved by reason of the snow
| covering the ranges of southern Colorado,
and in New Mexico.
An official of one of the interested roads
SAID be would not be surprised to see the rate
drop to So from Kansas City to Chicago.
The corporation of the city of London
voted the sum of $500 guiueas for the pur.
nose OF providing a wedding present for
Prince Albert Victor of Wales and the
Princess Victoria Mary of Teck.
The river Mersey and its chief affluent, the
river Irwell. overlooked and inundation has
done much damage. Many of the lower
parts OF the city of Manchester. which 10 sit
uated on the Irwell, are overdowed.
An order has been Issued by the secretary
of the navy that hereafter all the information
concerning the movement of naval vessels
shall be given tn the press by Assistant Sec
rotary Solely and by no other officer.
At Pueblo. COL. the severest storm ever
known ragged for six hours. Wires of all
kinds are down. and traffic is generally sus-
pended. A blizzard is blowing. Two houses
were blown down, but fortunately no one
was hurt.
A Rome cable says that a new volcanic is-
land, 500 meters in length. has appeared
southwark of the Island of Pantellaria, near
the scene of the submarine upheaval of few
months ago. Vessels are warned to give tho
place a wide berth.
A London dispatch says: Minister Lincoln
arrived in London this week from his CONT
mental tour. There is reason to believe that
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rison in a few days. Minister Lincoln is IN
the best of health and spirits.
According to the World, Wall street lost
fully 100000 in money, bonds and stock
by the Field failure. No one seems to know
what has become of the money and securi-
ties, and further they do not know whether
they are ever going to get anything back.
It is figured that the value of the Christmas
presents sent from this country to Europe in
the form of money and merchandise is S.
O0C 600 annually. 1t ia probably safe to say
that this ia about five times the value of the
gifts that come this way from over the sea.
Senator Gallinger, of New Hampshire.
has introduced bill, mandatory upon every
official of the United States to at once dis
charge every person who is not citizen by
nativity or who has not fully completed his
naturalization; and hereafter to employ none
such.
A hurricane swept over the camp at Alder
shot, England. and did a great deal OF dam
age. So great was the force of the gale that
the glass roof of the barracks was blown
completely off and smashed to pieces. Every
building in the grounds we're more or less
damaged.
Mayor Shepherd, of st. Joseph, NO., is
alarming sick. He has been taken to his
hrCk in 7 Ia
grip followed by symptoms of paralysis in
his arms, and the doctors say that to regain
his health he must have absolute rest and the
best of care.
The cruisers San Francisco and Charles
ton are both under sealed orders in Pacific
waters. The first, at San Francisco, is
crowded with arms and ammunition; it ia
enough to equip the Charleston when
the two ships meet, the Charleston coming
from Honolulu.
The coal miners strike at Butte City. Col
orado. virtually ended when forty Austrian
miners began loading coke on cars. The
men we're protected by an armed posse: The
next step will be an attempt to work in the
mines. The Italians will oppose this, and
another fatal fight will be the result.
Edward M. Field has been taken out of
private asylum for the insane on warrant,
on a charge of larceny: thus will the ques-
ton of his insanity be duly adjudicated. The
district attorney asserts that no man charged
with crime can avoid prosecution by being
confined in a private insane asylum.
It is wired from Tahlequah, I. T., that the
have agreed upon terms of
transfer of the Cherokee title to the outlet,
which agreement had been referred to the
Cherokee council. It gives about $9,0O00 GO
for the title, and there are other considera-
1f - h
Cherokees.
The cargo of the British bark Ochtertyre
was seized by the collector of customs at
ware and was shipped to Portland from New
York by way of Antwerp in violation of the
statute prohibiting the shipping of domestic
IN foreign vessels between two
American ports.
The River improvement convention, held
"a Kansas City, Mo-, arranged to make the
permanent, and permanent
executive committee was appointed. Those
Mis- sourl are: Isaac M. Mason
IF st. Louis, and G. f. Putnam of Kansas
City. Kansas-T. Dwight Thatcher of To-
Kansas.
Hon. Thomas Burlington, president of the
council, has taken the oath of office |
u chief, but is still acting as president of the
,ounciL Chief Burlington was a strong sup
porter of the late Chief Mayes and in his ad- |
he will adhere closely to the |
policy of the dead chief. Chief Mayes was |
strongly opposed to the sale of the lands of |
he nation, or any part of them.
The secretary of state announces the con- |
fusion of q commercial treaty of reciprocity |
,etween the United States and all the British |
Vest Indian islands and British Guiana, and |
70 the LIST of January next the president will |
ssue proclamation announcing the details |
# the convention. The agreement includes |
pecial arrangements with Jamaica, Barba-
oes aud Trinidad and the Leeward islands.