Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-05-28
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The French forces in Tonqun have cap
tured pirate stronghold, killing 125. There
were also killed in the engagement fifty-three
French soldiers and five officers.
There is fearful destitution among food
sufferers up and down the. Arkansas rive.
from Pine Bluff. Steamers ara carrying out
the people and taking relief to those there.
Turkey Valley, in Greer county, Tex. had
terrible cyclone, demolishing everything,
even to d1gou's: in its path. Deaths ara
numerous; hardly anybody escaped injury.
Judge Bailey, of Esu Claire, Wis, has
affronted certain of his people In his deci-
sions and has been given ten days to leave OF
hang: in notice upon him signed "White
Caps"
In the Sangamon bottoms. Illinois, several
thousand acres of wheat and corn are under
water. Stock has ell been driven to the
bluffs; yet numbers of cattle have been
drowned.
Snow to the depth of two to five inches has
fallen in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and
Vermont. The fruit crop and vegetation Of
oil kinds have been greatly damaged. The
temperature is very low.
The Irish National League of America has
sent an address to the Irish people demand
ing unity in Ireland as a condition of con-
tinued contributions and support from friends
of Ireland in this country.
In the nine months from June, 1891, to
April. 1892, the number of pensioners ON the
ro1lc e-S len 70 no
number is likely to reach full million be-
fore the next session of congress.
Reports Of damage from the storms are
coming in from all over the northwest, the
rains in Minnesota and the Dakotas having
been especially severe. Violent wind storms
have greatly increased the damage.
Boston has so many deaf mutes that Gov
ernor Russell, of Massachusetts, has ap-
pointed Henry Everett Babbitt, a deaf and
dumb man. as justice of the peace, for the
benefit of litigants similarly affected.
Five hundred people in the vicinity of Ches.
ter, H., have been rescued from drowning
and are quartered in hotels, barns and in
stalls at the fair grounds. Tents have been
forwarded to that point from Springfield.
At Oswego. N. Y, fire destroyed several
elevators and lumber yards. Six elevators
went in the first hour of the fire; which
jumped to an island piled full of lumber and
burned it all. Most of the elevators had grain
in them.
At review of the troops at Spandau the
emperor of Germany gave sudden order to
the mayor to close the schools and let the
children attend the review. Within fifteen
minutes 5000 children were on the drill
ground.
By the explosion Of Burlington freight
engine near Deadwood, s. D., Engineer
Rhinehead and Fireman Wilson were in
stantly killed. Head Brakeman Nelson was
fatally injured. The cause of the explosion
is unknown.
In one place on the Canadian river, in
Oklahoma, more than 800 forest trees were
twisted from the ground, wrapped around
each other as wisp of grass and deposited
in pile on the prairie, forming q most
unique, but a terrible sight.
One thousand men are at work ballasting
up the track of the Santa Fe's Chicago line.
The road has almost an air line with heavy
fills and cuts and is determined that it will
suffer no more from washouts if rock and
riprapping will prevent them.
Kansas City shippers are trying to find out
the cause of shrinkage in weight of grain
shipped to New Orleans. They find that it Is
greater when the grain is transferred from
one car to another at st. Louis or Memphis,
and some of them refuse to ship except in
through cars.
The Columbian Passenger association,
composed of representatives of all lines CEN
tering in Chicago, has issued a circular re-
commencing reduced rates on all lines to
enable people to attend the dedicatory services
of the Worlds Columbian exhibition, Octo-
Der II to i3.
Cleveland captured the democratic conven-
ton at Kingfisher at the start and remained
in the lead. The resolutions are for home
rule for Oklahoma and better public land
year; for election of United States senators
by direct vote.
The cases against Thomas Miller, of the
and ]. J. johnson, general agent
of the Rock Island, indicted at Chicago for
giving discrimina ting freight rates, have been
dropped. The shippers who we're given the
rates, and who testified before the
federal grand jury, refused to give evidence
in court.
The congressional committee to investigate
worlds fair affairs says: The provisions
made for water supply, sewerage, fire. police
and electric system for rapid transit, and for
the attractive landscape features are COM
menGed without stint as worthy tribute to
genius and enterprise of the wonderful city
of the northwest.
Thousands of acres of wheat lands in the
Mississippi bottoms of Union and Alexander
Illinois, are flooded by the overflow
of the river. Farmers are fleeing to the hills
and the merchants at the river landings are
removing merchandise from their stores IN
skiffs. There is much suffering, and the loss
Of property will be great.
The total value of our foreign commerce,
imports and exports of merchandise conf
bined, during the three years ending March
81, 1889, was 81, 269, zoe, 1873, and during the
three years ending March 81, 1892, was S.
Isl, BOZ, O23, an excess in favor of the past
three years ending with March 81, 1892, of
l874, 602, SA.
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