Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-06-27
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Parliament viii be prorogued August G.
The national board of control of the
Worlds Columbian exposition has confirmed
Director General Davis appointment of J..
F.V. Sklf, of Denver, Colo, as chief of mines
and mining bureau.
Farmers of the Chickasaw nation have or
ganized an association to make the railroad
company pay for stock killed. Much loss
has occurred and not dollar has ever been
paid them for damages.
Judge Rlner. of the United States circuit
court, overruled the motion for a new trial,
and sentenced Carl Benson to hang Novem-
place in the Leavenworth Jail
Advices from Shanghai say that the en-
peror has issued an edict ordering the imme-
diate beheading of all persons concerned in
the recent not and massacre.
A cloud burst at Neumanville, Tenn. made
q small rivulet . raging torrent 800 yards
wide, which swept the buildings, stock and
soil out of q narrow valley. The people
climbed the ridge near by.
| A grand reQuium mass was celebrated IN
the city of Mexico for ex-Emperor Maximil-
| ian and the two generals, Aexia and Mira
mon, who were shot with him. on the twenty
fourth anniversary of their death.
says: Tho prospect that the Cheyenne ana
Arapahoe country will be opened to settle
ment this year, has been growing, ever since
the Sd of March last, less and less every day.
Prof Snow has issued a report of his work
among the chinch bugs. The report covers
many letters from parties who have used the
| infection in their fields, and the success of
the plan is shown by dead bugs in ali cases.
Latest dates from Hayti show that blood
still freely flows at the order of Hippolyte,
who mercllessly slaughters numbers of his
political opponents daily, with only the basis
of suspicious rumors. and with no form of
trial.
While banquet of 142 covers was in pro-
gress at Baird college, at Clinton, No, light
ming struck the building. No one was hurt
and the damage to the building was slight.
This is the second time lightning has struck
the college.
glacier, the formation of untold years in
the mountains of Tyrol, formed dam which
held back the waters, making large lake.
This dam gave way the other day and valleys
below were flooded, all property therein be-
ing destroyed.
From New York to Kansas City. andDfar to
the north and south, the rains of the the 18th
and 18th made dangerous slippery rails and
wet wires. The Western Unions wires in
the great territory indicated we're practically
useless except at rare intervals.
A tornado at Cairo, ILL.,, did considerable
damage, unroofing great many houses, tear
ing up trees by the roots, blowing them across
railroad tracks and knocking wires down.
L. N. Lass, the derrick boat, was blown
from the banks across the nver onto the
sandbaf.
The company which has q contract with
the United States to take given number of
seals yearly from Alaskan waters has filed
protest against the agreement entered into
with England for closed season. The COM
2any complains that its rights have been
overlooked.
The treasurer's statement issued June Is
shows that the cash balance is $44. Ale, 600, of
which SO O29 600 is on deposit with national
banks and Sc, 600 is in fractional silver,
deducting which items the net cash balance
is but 81, 235. 600, which is the lowest figure
yet reached.
A waterspout fell on the mountains in
which is situated the Conception silver mine,
in the state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico |
Eight persons were killed and a large mum.
Der were wounded. Much property was de-
StrOyeQ ana the mime was OaQly Oan6SeOs
Many mules were killed.
cyclone lit down in Sedgwick county, |
Kansas, and took one house. At about the |
farms near Lathrop, Mo-, leveii1c grain and |
fences at each touch of the earth, but did not |
fall upon any buildings. Another hit Beaver |
county, Oklahoma, at the same hour.
Under orders from the executive, carriages |
are not permitted to drive on the streets of |
Santiago after midnight under penalty of /
$50. A decree has also been issued prohibiting /
groups of more than three persons standing |
together in the streets. squares or public |
Of SIS ~ ~
The Montezumas, the royal family of an
cient Mexico, have a we'll kept genealogy
dating back more than 500 years. For 365
years every member has been pensioned by
tho Mexican government: each succeeding
form of government continuing the pensions
without question. Among these pensioners
are several in the ranks of the nobility of
Spain.
Secretary Rusk. of the department. of agri-
culture. visited the Chicago stock yards and
instituted a meat inspection bureau. This
bureau will most critically examine all hog
meats intended for export. The secretary
believes that as soon as 1t can ee officially
shown that American hog products are GER
tainly healthful, European markets will be
opened to them.
During the Kansas salt investigation be-
fore the interstate commerce commission, |
at Kansas City, Traffic Manager w. N. Sage,
of tho Rock Island road. stated that four bill
lion tons of freight crossed the Rock Island
bridge over the Mississippi river annually,
while only one-third billion tons crossed all the
Rock Island bridges over the Missouri river.
He also said that the east bound business IN
the Rock Island lines was 2, COZ, 600 pounds
per day, while the west bound was only !, &C.,
600 pounds.
GENERAL AARKErk