Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-30
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GraSeh0pperR have destroyed the corn and
vegetation of all kinds in Williamson valley,
sixteen miles northwest of Prescott A. I.
They. appeared in ssNafms and are the first
in Arizona for years
Ex-State Treasurer holland arrived at JEFF
fefson City, Mo-, and gave himself up to the
warden, of the penitentiary to serve two
years' sentence for embezzling state funds.
He will be employed in the clothing depart
ment q accountant.
Southwest Texas ID again appealing for
aid. The country is without grass or water,
crops are total failure, and the live stock
stated unless assistance is given the poor
people starvation will result
Mr.. Frick's condition at midnight, July Is,
was unchanged. He was suffering some pain.
but the physicians are still hopeful OF an
early recovery.
A terrific storm passed over Philadelphia
July %, doing nearly 500 600 worth of dam
age. Buildings were unroofed, houses blown
down, and six persons injured, but not seri-
ously. The heat was intense before and after
the storm.
A sensation has been caused By the an
nouncement at Chicago that the Santa Fe
will make a rate of So from Chicago 10 Den:
yer on account of the trienuial conclave OF
IuG I>ulXutS 4CmplhIs ObAlCI NOo0o oA0 AAAS~A
with CONSERVATION at this startling cut
High winds and heavy rains are general
in Great Britain. The storm came in from
the Atlantic and reached Scotland first. It
travelled in q southeasterly direction, deveL
oping into gale. From many parts of the
coast minor shipping casualties are reported.
The member of the Dalton gang who was
killed while robbing the NJ, K. & I. train at
Adair, !. T., last week, was Jack Walton. He
was at one time o mine owner in Arizona,
but for the last two years has been holding
up trains and stealing horses and cattle for q
living.
The sympathetic strike movement among
the workmen In the employ of the Carnegie
mills Is assuming alarming proportions. The
latest is the coke workers of the II. c. Frick
Coke company will strike. This will cut OH
the coke supply and insure complete sus-
pension.
C. Wood Davis is in Washington. He says
that there was a disposition among some of
the senators to talk the anti-option bill to
death. Also some of the senators who felt
compelled to vote for it if it reached vote
would like to see it 60 over, but in his judg-
ment the bill would pass.
terrible cyclone swept over the province
of Raviglo, in the northern part of Italy, de-
and it is believed many lives were lost. A
village of 1900 inhabitants was completely
destroyed and the people buried in the ruins
of their homes. Troops have been sent to
help recover the living and the dead.
The railroads running from Kansas City to
Denver are more than ejoiced over the pros
poets of heavy business incident TO the tri-
ennial conclave of the Knights Terplar in
Denver. Already several of the roads have
received applications for service from differ
ent points, and in some instances it has ex-
ceeded the most sanguine expectations.
Bay City, Mich, has been visited by ter
rible contiagration. The fire started in Miller
d Turner'S manufacturing establishment,
destroying It, and swept onward with mighty
force, licking up house after house until, at 9
o'clock p. M, upwards Of 300 dwellings had
been destroyed and the fire still sweeping to-
wards the eastern limits of the city. At 10
o'clock p. m. the fire was under control.
Thirty blocks were laid bare and 2, 500 build
ings destroyed. A woman and two children
are supposed to have been burned to death.
The entire loss will reach upwards of &c.
100000.