Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02
NEWS BREvITIES.

Cholera has reached Paris. Eight persons
died with the disease in q manufacturing
suburb, five miles north of the city.
For the first time in many democratic con-
ventiOns, Henry Watterson was not on the
platform committee. He was left off at his
own request.
The Coliseum at Omaha will seat II, 900
people aside from the delegates to the con-
yention. which meets in it July 4. to nomi-
nate a peoples party national ticket.
A dump at a mine in the Silver Plume dis
trict of Colorado, slid down the mountain
side DESTROYING buildings and machinery of
several mines, entailing loss of $4,000.
Jaw Gould passed through Denver, June
q, on the way to Wood River, Idaho, where
he will spend some time in search of health.
He says his journey has no business signiti-
canoe.
Professor DAVID R. Boyd, formerly of Van
vert, o., and for four years past superinten-
dent of the schools at Arkansas City, KAN.
was elected president of the Oklahoma state
university.
A special dispatch from Tacoma to the Eco
de Italia, an Italian paper OF New York.
says that the four Italians killed at Ledro,
WASH, were not lynched, but were killed by
land slide.
It is said that Jay Gould will complete the
Kansas City, Wyandotte d Northwestern rail-
road, according to the original plan, to the
Black Hills country and the southern part OF
the Dakotas.
The gavel used by Chairman Mckinley at
Minneapolis, which was made and presented
for that purpose by school children, has by
the request of its donors been presented to
the president.
Rava9es of cholera in Persia and Turke
stan are fearful. The streets of Turbatyshan
are strown with unburled corpses, and the
inhabitants, as many as can, are heelng
from the town.
Two more deaths have occurred of victims
of the Harrisburg, Pa, railroad disaster,
making twelve in all. Eleven are still In
hospital, the rest of the injured being taken
to their homes.
In the municipal election held in Rome the
Liberal candidates. including ex-Premier
Crispi, were victorious. Signor Crispi says
he will devote the rest of his life to the well
fare of Italy and Rome.
Unitarian churches, quito number of
them have united in requesting that the eX-
position buildings at Chicago be kept open
on Sunday, but that it be silent exhibition,
with no machinery running.
Hundreds of quarter sections lie unclaimed
in county II, Oklahoma, showing what vast
horde of spectators rushed into that country
on opening day and kept actual settlers out;
The land is as fine as any IN Oklahoma and
is yet open to settlement.
Mr.. Jordan, NJ. P, was attacked by . |
crowd of Parnellites on arriving in Limerick
10 address an anti-Parnellite meeting. Nh. |
Jordan was struck on the head. his hat being |
smashed in, and he was obliged to take |
refuge in the railway station.
The laborious work of the permanent re- /
life committee at Titusville, Pa, goes on un- |
abated, feeding, clothing and finding homes |
for the sufferers. The amount received from
outside subscriptions amounts to N9,WO.
This il shout one-half of what Is needed.
The editors of the Post, Vossische Zeitung, |
Borson Courier, Taggsblatt and other Berlin
pspers were interviewed on the subject BY |
They all said they had all written SO much in |
favor of Mr.. Cleveland that nothing re-
NAMED to be said.
the VILLAGE of Dauphin, suburb of Chicago,
are buried beneath food, and thousand
or more houses between State street and
Ale Michigan are at the mercy of the waves,
which a strong northwest wind has forced
through the basement and first floors
MEXICO has repealed her tariff of - cents
busheI against American corn and commis-
ZION houses In Kansas City already nave Or
ders for Loo cars of that cereal to be dehv-
ard IN the City of Mexico before July L
At Guthrie a two-story brick and stone ho-
tel, upon which the finishing touches had not
been nut, suddenly collapsed and fell IN 9
beap Ia the cellar and street. The cause OF
The accident was defect in the foundation
A severe thunder storm occurred At Somer
,et. KY, and general store was struck by
I;0htnine, There were 50 people in it. Two
keos of powder exploded, throwing heavy |
m safe through the roof, and woundin8 eli
~ occupants of The room. It = thoushs
many viii die