Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-03-12
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Neal Dow, who is nearly SO years old, has
Jus. recovered from an attack of the grip.
Hon. Thomas Ryan. American minister to
Mexico, says that the Mexican authorities at
tach less Importance to the Cara revolution
than do Americans to band of train robbers.
The Minneapolis (Minn. journal states
that the binding Irvine trust will advanne the
price for next season. The profits of the
trust last year were s., 10000, and increased
profits are expected next year.
C. W. Budd, of Des Moines, defeated Cham
pion e. D. Fulford, of Philadelphia, in q
shooting match at Chicago. for 500 side.
The conditions were 100 birds each, American
association rules. Budd killed So Fulfosd, 81.
The total population of Brooklyn, N. T.,
according to the late census returns, with
the exception of one distinct, is 953, 1913. The
missing district will probably bring it up to
955, 600 The federal census for 1880 was
806,342
Senator Hill, of New York, has, it is said,
to the date he was sworn in. January 7; al
though the books of the secretary of the son.
ate show q credit to the senator from March
4, 1891.
A daughter has been born to Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. PETER, Jr., of Cofeyville, Kan, who
are spending the winter at Washington. Mr..
PETER is now private secretary for his father
and was formerly publisher of the Coffeyville
Journal
Thomas e. Rawlings, Joint freight agent of
the Missouri Pacific and Hannibal d st. Joe
roads, at St. Joseph, Mo-. has been discharged,
being charged with drawing more money in
pay checks to his under helpers than the men
received.
W. B. Myers. of Carthage, Mo-, and presi-
dent of an artificial gas company. will shortly
make formal proposition to the Atchison
city council, agreeing to light the city free OF
charge if given permission to lay pipes in
the streets of Atchison.
Ten boxes of giant powder caught fire and
burned without exploding. in the American
Nettie mine at Ouray, Colorado. There were
100 men in the mine at the time, and if the
powder had exploded a great loss of life
would have been the result.
BY dynamite explosion at North Grove,
Indiana, a small town south of Peru, the only
saloon in the city was blown to atoms. For
two years past the temperance element has
been trying to have the saloon moved and
the feeling was very bitter against it.
A wreck On the Baltimore Il Ohio, near
Clarksburg. w. Va, injured fifteen people,
two probably fatally. An axle on the driving
wheel broke and fell under the train and
threw the solid vestibule train, except the
sleeper, against stone embankment.
The Guatemalan consul general at New
York has received this dispatch: 1.-The ma
tional assembly has declared elected Genera!
the republic. Perfect peace and tranquility
reigns throughout the whole country"
In spite of the immensely of the building
provided for the display at the worlds fair.
it has been necessary to enlarge it. Chief
Ives says that two foreign nations alone have
asked for as much space as the great building
affords, leaving nothing for the rest of the
world.
Senior Mont, the Gillian minister, has in
formed the secretary of state that in conse-
uuence of his election as deputy for Peturia,
in the provence of Aconega, he will soon ne.
linquish his present diplomatic position, but
that he will probably remain In washington
until his successor shall have been appointed.
Four men were killed and six wounded BY
a boiler explosion in d. C. FarrelPs saw mill
bers weighing 800 pounds we're hurled over
1900 yards. The conclusion broke windows
and stopped clocks for miles around the
scene. The explosion was heard fifteen miles
away.
The shoe manufacturers of San Francisco
have decided that in case of strike or boy
colt in any factory committee shall investi-
gate and report in five days. II the COM
Inittee finds no reasonable cause for strike
or boycott within one week every member OF
the association shall discharge his union
workmen.
At New Orleans fifteen persons. officers
and employees of the Louisiana State Lottery
company, indicted by the grand jury TO.
alleged violation of the anti lottery postal
law, were arraigne6 before Commissioners
Wright ana placed under bonds of 500 each
to appear at the next term of the circuit court
a. Trenton, n. j.
Queen Victoria's chronic rheumatism has
been more troublesome this winter than ever
before; she suffers from still other ailments;
she has been afflicted with domestic bereave-
ments, and her spirits are 80 low that she
cannot glve due heed to the affairs of state.
Her physicians have recommended her to try
various climates, aud she has tried them with
out much benefit.
Action will be taken at Brussels to prevent
BELGIAN mine owners from exporting their
product to England, and thus aid in the de-
feat of the English miners who, on March II,
viii cease work for a fortnight. theft object
being to 80 restrict the output as 70 cause the
consumers to pay better prices and thus at
ford the mine owners no excuse to carry into
effect their contemplated reduction in wages.
Recent appointments of Kansas men include
Prof. McAlister, of the Cawker City SCI ools,
to be superintendent of the Indian school at
Hoppa agency in California: Prof. Atkinson:
formerly of the Haskell Indian school at
Lawrence. to be superintendent of the Indian
school at Messelaro, N. NJ; Thomas s. Jew
eli. formerly of Olathe, who has been in the
Annapolis naval academy, to be assistant
paymaster in the navy.