Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-04-25
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There Is to be big meeting of railway
conductors at St Louis, May II.
Arepublican meeting, consisting of white
men, was held at Charleston, S. c., the other
day; the first ever held there. 1t is said to
be largely the outgrowth of the alliance wave.
Hale w. Parker, (cOlored), who has been
appointed alternate worlds fair commits
sioner at large, by President Harrison, is
man of considerable prominence among
those of his race.
General Francis B. Spinola, who raised
brigade of New York soldiers and entered
the war as a brigadier, Is dead. Since the
war he has been much in politics, having
served in the last three congresses.
P. p. Elder was made vice president, for
Kansas, of the commercial congress; Case
Broderck the Kansas member of the COM
mittee on resolutions, and o. 81. Bentley OF
the committee on order of business.
Extensive preparations were made at Ell
Paso for meeting on the bridge over the
Rio Grande of President Harrison and Pres
lent Diaz President Harrison was first
wired and gave his consent to such ameetlng.
cyclone did great havoc near Torreon,
Mexico. A train was caught in the accom-
panying hail storm and the coaches nearly
demolished by the great nail stones. Several
persons on the train were injured and one
killed.
Russia has been spending enormous sums
in the construction of strateglcal railways
and in this and other ways the arrangements
for transportation of large bodies OF Russian
troops to the Austro- German frontier are al
most completed.
Len 7. Smith, of Leavenworth, Kansan
since 1857, died at the City of Mexico OF
heart trouble April 10. He was with party
of excursionists who left Leavenworth for a
three weeks trip through Mexico. The party
started for home Immediately.
The first reports seem to show that Prince
Bismarck failed to carry the election for
member of the reichstag, having three COM
petitors; and that a supplementary election
will be required. confined to the two highest;
whose votes were about equal.
Every house in Argentine, Kan, is crowded
full and real estate men have many appllca-
tons for the first vacant place that Will hold
a family. 1t is, therefore, a puzzle where
the families are to be housed of the 100 add
tional men soon to be employed at the great
smelteY.
The Duke of Marlborough, in contribu-
ton to the FUrtnightly Review, states that
| while American wages to railroad men are
PNhAN
| yet freight and passengers are carried In
America at one-third what Is charged IN
| England.
In spite of the peaceful utterances of gov
eminent officials in Europe, everybody
| knows that Russia is making extensive pre-
| parations for war and that her rivals are
| on their side making counter preparations
for the great struggle that must sooner or
| later take place.
Colonel Charles Ogden Wood, of Indiana,
| who took the Second company of Indiana
volunteers into Camp Morton, and was at
| one time major of the regiment raised by
General Lew Wallace, died here of pneumo-
mia. His remains were inferred at Arlington
Sunday afternoon.
The American Live Stock exchange has
brought suit in the Kansas City, Kan, dis
| trict court against the individual members
| of the Kansas City Live Stock exchange for
$4,000 damages The suit grows out of
the expulsion of the American company
from the Kansas City exchange.
Claus A. Spreckles vehemently denies that
| there has been any agreement to control
| sugar production or divide territory between
the Spreckles refneries and the American
| sugar trust. He says that he never has re-
ceived any proposition to do so, and would
not consider one if received.
serve notice on those who have intruded upon
| the Chickssaw reservation. If the intruders
| do not heed the secretary's notice troop OF
! cavalry will be sent to hurry the departure
| of the invaders. These intruders are princi-
| pally cattlemen, with sprinkllng OF squat
J tiers.
The commercial congress gathering at
Kansas City comprises at its opening session
| delegates from all the western and most OF
I knE1 faA ont
evening before the opening, that Senator P.
| B. Plumb would preside. H. B. Kelly, the
| originator, calls the congress to order and
delivers the opening address.
The executive committee of the board of
| lady managers of the worlds fair has as
| sumed to remove Phoebe Cousins from being
secretary of the board. Miss Cousins laughs
| at this, disputing the authority of commit
tee of the board to remove her. The trouble
| has arisen from disposition OF too many OF
the board to boss things.
At Galveston the president opened his
| speech with: Weclose tonight whole week
| of travel, a whole week of Misunderstanding,
whole week of talking. l have before me
| 1000 miles of hand shaking and speaking
| and am not, by reason of what this week has
| brought me, in voice to contend with the
fine, but rather strong, gulf breeze, which
pours In upon US tonight, and yet 1t comes
to me with fragrance OF your welcome.
The Kansas senate is in session as a court
of impeachment to try Judge Theodosius
Botkin. This is the fourth Impeachment
trial in Kansas. In 1852 the governor, sec
rotary of state and auditor were tried and
the two latter found guilty: in 1872 Judge Il.
G. Wtbb was impeached by the house and
date fixed for his trial by the senate, but ne
resigned and the senate did not convene; in
1874 State Treasurer Hays was tried and
found guilty.