Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-12-26

railroad will shortly place fleet of steamers
upon Lake Chapala.
Representative Mansur. of Missouri, de-
scending the stairway lea Him.. from his room
at Wizards hotel, slipped and sprained his
hip.
In the United States court at Springfield,
Mo-, Jesse NJ. Jennings, ex-postmaster of
Forsyth, was convicted of rifiing registered
letter.
1t is now definitely known that only twelve
persons persisted in tho Louisville, KY,
disaster. The total loss is now estimated at
$500, 1000.
Kit Carson, jr., son of the famous old
stOut OF the same name, killed his father
in-law ard mother-in-law at La Junta,
Colorado.
The safe belonging to erchsntile finn
and considerable sum of money secured.
No arrests made.
Fire in S. D. Hess dairy farm at Bay City,
Mc1., destroyed the barn and eighty-hve
head of cattle. Two farm hands had narrow
escapes, Loss, $4,000.
Australian influenza, which is similar to
the grippe" has made its appearance in
California. In Oakland, Alameda and other
towns, hundreds are afflicted.
A dispatch from Williamsburg, Ia, says a
whoe block in t e business portion of the
town was burned by incendiaries. Loss part
ly covered by insurance.
An epidemic which attacks its victims in
the joints is aitcc cling attention and defying
the skill of Balhmore's medical fraternity.
1t is said to b, new form of la grippe.
i c. Wood DAVIS, of Kansas, who is in
Washington. is urging the Kansas delegation
to support the 'Butterworth BILL" for the
purpose of preventing dealing in option. on
grain.
Mrs. D. A. Harvey, wife of Delegate
Harvey of Oklahoma territ Dry, formerly of
Topeka, is spending the winter in Washing
ton. Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey are at No. 1909
L street.
Henry W. Moore, the st. Lonis newspaper
man who figured in the Moore Norton
senting the New York World in Washington
this winter.
Lawrence Wilson, formerly assistant ad-
jutant general of the G. A. R., Wit en- it had
headquarters IN Topeka, was this week pro-
NOTED to 81 400 clerkship in the interior
department.
UIited States Msrshal Dickerson, of Paris,
Tex, landed thirty three Indian territory
desperadoes in the Dttcoit mich. house of
correction, with sentences ranging from two
to twenty Ave years.
The epidemic of influenza in upper Austria
Is serious. The number of people disabled
is very great, and the disease has attacked
the horses, many of which are Frustrated and
some of which have died.
A boiler in Collects saw mill a. Rid9eville,
Ind, exploded, instantly killing William
Wise, engineer; William Collect and James
Clawson, and fatally injuring Isaac Nichol-
son. Two other men were also wounded.
The epidemic of influenza in St Louis is
becoming very pronounced, and physicians
report hundreds of cases under treatment.
City and government employees, business
and professional men are prost. ated in many
cases.
In the trial of ex-Treasurer Peake for en-
bezzlement at Kansas City, 1t was proven
That Peake had been drunk from the spring
till the fall of the year in which the defalca-
ton occurred, trusting everything to his
clerks.
The passenger en- the Santa Fe, out-t ound,
vas derailed two miles north of Cherryvale.
Four coaches were burned MP. Only the
combined car, mail and baggage, with tbs
engine. were saved. twenty-five persons
were injured.
Russia has been visited by eight national
famines during tie present teutury-in 1SOl,
10O0. 1871, 1872, 1888, 1910, 1853 and 1891. In
addition TO these there have been several
nroyincial famines "a severe, If not - extern
siye. az those which affect the whole popula-
ton.
Senator John Durbiu, of Wyoming, says
cattle thieves are running cattle raising in
that state, and that civil war will be the
nett thing between honest cattlemen and the
rustlerr, who ara growing more numerous
and audacious.
The heirs of Thomas D ngan, governor OF
the New York colony in 16Y0, are preparing
claims aRainet millions of dollaIs' worth OF
nrooerty in the heart OF that city.
The comptroller of the currency made an
..esesrneut OF 100 Per cent on the sharehold-
~ 81 IT, City National bank q Hastings,
Neh. md N assessment OF 76 Fer cent on
- sksreholders Of the First National bank
q Ellsworth. Kan.
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