Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-10-24
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Reports of rich gold finds come from the
Rabbit river country, Idaho, and miners are
aocking there.
Two big rows occurred on the same day
IN the Methodist ecumenical conference. The
British delegates seem to know of no other
way to conduct a discussion.
few weeks ago the court house of Wash
lngton. Ind, was burned. Detectives work
has resulted in the arrest of the county audi
tor for hiring two men to do the burning.
A cow lying ON the track ditched an engine
and thirteen cars of merchandise for Cali
fornia. on the Atlantic d Pacific, near Ma
vajo Springs. The fireman, Ed Clark, was
hurt.
George L. Sands has been appointed gen
eral Superintendent of the San Antonio d
Arkansas Pass system.
The new tin mill at Woods run, Allegheny
City, Pa, has commenced actual work; turn
ing out 100 boxes of tin plate day.
Many crafts have gone to pieces on Rock
away beach. and life has been lost to an ex-
tent not yet known. The waves rolled up
thirty feet high and carried away many
dwellings.
A steam barge with &C, 600 bushels of wheat
on board col,ded with a schooner and was
sunk, directly across the channel, at st.
George flats, near the Can buoy, below Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich.
The most remarkable feature of the educa-
tional bulletin just issued by the census BY
reau is the growth of the school enrolment
in the southern states. 1t speaks well for the
progress of the south.
The Rock Island has gobbled two more
ticket forgers IN Denver. The tickets were
issued to Navarro, twenty miles from Dem
yer, and were altered to read over the Union
Pacific to Portland, Ore.
William F. Thorne, who has been for three
years private secretary to Congressman Fer
kins, of Kansas, and who is Kansas man.
has disappeared from Washington. He ls
not just right In his head.
Russia has intruded upon Pamir, the ex-
tensive table land of Central Asia and part
of China. Russia has also crossed the line
of Afghanistan. There is nervous excitement
in European diplomatic circles.
Senator w. A. PETERS new book is out It
Is published by Appleton & Co. Its title is
subdivisions: 'Where We Are," SHOW We
Got There" and ''The Way Out"
The Santa Fe company has shortened its
line four miles between Kansas City and
Chicago by getting into the former place on
a new track of its own. The time between
the two cities is shortened thirty minutes.
The resignation of Governor Steele. OF
Oklahoma, opens up anew the aue que oa,n "
Guthrie, Oklahoma City and klnghsher eacn
has a candidate for governor.
The Beecher Memorial church in Brooklyn
has been dedicated. Its pastor is Rev: ). b.
Halliday. who was Mr.. Beecher's assistant.
It has a handsome oak pulpit, the gilt OF
newspaper men of New York and Brooklyn.
Renorts continue to be received of the
foods in the valleys of the Trent, the wye
and the Avon. Many farms in Monmouth.
shire have been devastated and the loss OF
crops ana cattle throughout that dlstrict nave
been very large.
The gale also traversed France, but In q
much milder form. Trees and chimneys
were more or less damaged IN Parls, ana tue
Rhine and other rivers, particularly IN sne
south of France, overlooked their banks, 90
ing considerable damage to crops ana houses
Frank S. Rowler, real estate Spectator,
Gas. tried for forgery IN Kansas Cty, NO.
The Jury rendered verdict OF guilty ana
fixed the penalty at ten years imprisonment. !:
While the jury was being polled hoWien snot
himself in the court room. The snot may
not be fatal.
There are thousands of dead fish along the
shores of the Mississippi, says Dubuque
<olI lou han TWENTY
years. leaving large numbers OF hsn In pools
which gradually dried and the fish have since
died. This state of affairs exists for miles
along the flver.
The bears have been on top in the Chicago
o.o;n nits AGAIN, The news was all In their
favor. aud they improved their opportunities
70 alno nrices. and especially in corn, with
the result of a decided slump in the value OK
that article, though there was a parta! re,
coyery later, whlle wheat reacted and closed
higher.
Naarlv 100 delegates to the Women's Chris
tian Temperance union state convention az
Bradford. Pa, were poisoned by sometnlng
they ate or drank at dinner IN Armoiy nan,
oroan,zation. Every physician in the city had
a.dozen or more patients to care Tor. Only
two cases arc serious.
The fast west OOuno express Va VIZ "
Pacific. for Sacramento, was wrecked on
curve where there was a fifty feet descent
from the track. One Pullman rolled down
this hank. The track had been tempered
with and It is believed that robbers hoped to
send the front end of the train down the hlii
10 ne to ro6the mail and passengers. AS no
one was killed and most of the traln Kept the
track there was no robbery.
A enthusiastic medium. nov Mrs. May
oard. of White Plains, N. Y, says that when
a Qiri in Washington during President Ian.
cofn's residence there. she held frequent
seances. with the president and Others, and
That Nh. Lincoln. although never expressing
sn 1r faith or belief. actually did, IN several
;n:tancea. follow suggestions received through
her from soirits, in his management OF pub
lie affairs. The other half of the story might
be that his plans, already formed, received
the endorsement of such Suggestions.