Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-12-10
LATEST NEWS.
Condensed for Convenience OF
Hurried Readers.

The New jersey Central railroad is being
equipped with long distance telephones in ali
it's signal towers: to make the operation Of
the road independent of teiegraphers in case
of strike, which is threatened.
Petroleum refiners and exporters are load
| ing every available craft for French ports in
| order to get into that country before Janu-
| airy 1, when the new heavy import duty
which France proposes to impose upon oul
oil will take effect.
General Rosecrans has experienced some
| improvement since he was taken to Fortress
i Monroe. and it is now expected that he will
soon be in a condition to endure the fatigue
| of removal to California, where it is hoped
| he may fully recover.
Brigadier General benjamin w. Brice, re
tired. died at Washington, d. c.. aged u
years.
Prospectors are going out from Guthrie tc
examine the alleged gold fields in the WITCH
ita mountains.
Daughters of Chief Justice Fuller and JUS
tice Brewer will be among the Washington
debutantes this season.
The slight earthquake felt at Chattanooga
seems to have been entirely local, and scien-
lists call it mysterious and shrug.
Ohio parents are trying to get some sort
of Judicial airbrake on the easy process by
which their weanlings warm up, then cross
the river to Covington, KY, and marry.
Four little girls at WoodvilIe. Miss, were
playing under the bank of creek, when the
high bank above them caved upon them. Two
were killed and the others were seriously in
jured.
The Chicago trade and labor assembly
adopted resolutions, in the form of memo
rial to President-elect Cleveland, urging him
to call an extra session of congress for the
repeal of the Mckinley law. The resolutions
declare the assembly to be IN favor of free
trade and ask Mr.. Cleveland to hasten the
time when the custom house will be known
only in history.
December 1. the quarantine against south
ern cattle expired by Limitation, and after
that all southern cattle will be admitted to
the hitherto quarantined states until next
March. This freedom Texas will profit by
more this year than ever, as there Is an in
creased number of cattle being fed on corn
and cotton seed in that state this season, and
many of them will be ready for market in
the next sixty days.
The Missouri Pacific passenger train, north
bound, jumped the track about one and a
half miles from Arkansas City, Ark, No
vember 30, and the baggage car and two
coaches left the track. The car next to the
baggage car rolled down an embankment
of about twelve feet and turned over. injur-
ing twelve or fifteen passengers. The cause
of the wreck was the giving away of the ties,
allowing the rails to spread.
At midnight. December 1, Jay Gould was
unconscious, and an hour later it was stated
that he was in the same condition. 1t has
been determined that he is suffering from
consumption, and that he is doubtless now
IN his last illness. His life may be pro-
longed for some days, but the days are we'll
nigh numbered and the limit of his living
may be said now to have been narrowed al
most to an hour.
Later.-Jay Gould died at 9:45 a. m. Fri
day, December 2.