Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-02-06
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At Helena. Mont. the depredations of horse
thieves have become so extensive that gang
of vigilantes has been organized to hunt them
down. A few days ago. in an encounter, four
! of the thieves were killed.
| James Beck. a newsdealer of Pittsburg,
| Pa, was fined $25 and costs for selling news
papers on Sunday. Eight others, charged
with the same offense. are held for later
hearing. The infornations were filed by the
Law and Order league.
Tim Mccarthy says there will be 5000 old
soldiers a. the Atchison encampment.
rate of one fare for the round trip has been
| granted by all railroads, and an excursion
| will be run during the encampment TO the
! Soldiers home at Leavenworth.
| Reports received at Guthrie, o. T., say that
owing to the recent cold weather and the
prevalence of la grippe. Indians of the differ.
ent tribes adjacent to Oklahoma are dying OH
very fast. Two weeks ago the Otoes mum,
| bered $40. Last week sixteen of them died
of la grippe.
The Kansas City Times company held an
election of directors which resulted in letting
out DR.. Morrison Mumford. He has con-
trolled the Times for many years, and now
charges unfair dealing upon those who have
SO summarily dispensed with his services.
| The West & Trice company. importers and
dealers in queensware, in Cincinnati, are
burned out with a loss to them of $780, 900 or
more; and loss of $4,000 to owner of the
building. Adjoining their store knost Bros.
| notions wareroomS was damaged, on stock,
| to the amount of $4,000.
They have captured an old man in New
| York, thrown him intoprison'and held him IN
haI no &c ha y-a
with hunger when he committed crime. This
| is the way they have of easing their con-
| sciences for letting SO many big scampS go
UNPUBLISHED and unprecedented.
Judge Hubbard, of Springfield, Mo-, has
| decided that women may hold office IN that
| state. A Mrs. Baxter was elected county
| clerk of Jasper county and her election was
| contested the case taken on change OF venue
| to Springfield, where she won. The only
| ground of contest was that the clerk-elect Is
| a woman.
I 1t transpires the executive officer of the
| Baltimore acted as paid reporter for New
| York newspapers during the Gillian reyolu
| ton, and that his dispatches were colored for
| Balmaceda's side of the contest: and further
| that Captain Schley, on learning this, sus-
| pended the officer from duty and confined
him in his quarters.
Now that congress has provided for COM
pletion of the allotment of the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe lands, the president and Secretary
Noble are in favor of opening the lands as
| quickly as possible, and the proclamation
will probably be issued not later than April l.
There will be more than 100000 acres lett
after the allotment.
The supreme court of Colorado has granted
stay of Judgment in the DR.. Graves case.
This means practically new trial for the
defendant. 1t will take at least nine months
for the counsel on both sides to prepare pa
perS, while over two years may elapse before
the case will reach its course with the su-
preme court. Graves will be released on
bail.
From st. Petersburg comes this incredible
story: The czarowich, presid u of the fam
inc relief committee, after listening to the
report of a member of the committee, who
had made personal inspection of one OF the
districts, and told of the terrible suffering,
calmly informed the member that he was ex-
aggerating and would not listen to the re-
port.
W. B. Mcconnell, ex-Unlted States senator,
believes that the present WGshington-Id Idaho
boundary line is about Thirty miles too far
east. The ex-senator, who Is now at the ma
tional capital, feels confident that he can Sc
cure from the secretary of the interior an Or
der for a re-survey. Should this idea prove
correct, Spokane would be in Idaho instead
of Washington.
The prospects for war with Chill has
greatly stirred up the military at Fort Leav-
enworth. Orders of some kind have Eeen
received from Washington and there seems
to be unusual activity among the officers and
soldiers. In case war is declared the cavalry
and artillery stationed at the fort will be sent
to the Pacific coas: at once. The infantry,
six companies will also soon follow.
Ferdinand Ward, the ex-Napoleon of f.
nance, who wrecked the firm of Grant &
Ward, will be free man in a short time. His
term in Sing Sing will soon expire. Ward
has learned the printers trade in prison.
From the prison printing Office Ward issued
on New Years beautiful and artistic souve-
mir calendar designed and executed by him
self. He has been quiet prisoner and short
ened his term by good behavior.
The single item of correspondence by tele-
graph in regard to CHILEAN matters has en-
rallied a very large outlay, amounting proba-
bly, to $4,000. At least $4,000 has been
spent for cablcgrams received and sent by
the Office of the secretary of the navy alone,
and this does not include the dispatches to
and from the bureau of navigation. The
state department cablegram tolls also amount
to very large figure, as the correspondence
with Minister Egan has been very vOlumlnous.
For many Sundays past the socialists of
Chelsea, England, have caused much trouble
to the police by the riotous meetings. Fifteen
hundred socialists assembled to hear speech
by Emma Ham, prominent leader of the
LaundresSes union. The meeting was very
dlsorderly. When the speaker began her adj |
dress she clasped her arms around a lamp
post to prevent the police from moving her. |
The officers summoned her to move on, but |
she refused, and an exciting struggle between |
herself and a police inspector followed. A |
general fight occurred and several policemen |
and civilians were injured.