Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-11-26
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Hurried Readers.
The hesd camp of the order Of Modern
Woodmen of America held it, eighth bien-
MEL session in Omaha during the week.
It Is safe guess that the organization of
the lower house of the Kansas legislature will
foreshadow the railroad legislation of the
next session. If river county man iselected
speaker missouri river rates" will not be
disturbed; but if a western man is elected,
look out.
The populists outvoted the democrats in the
Memphis meeting of the national alliance,
on the proposition of e!ecting new execu-
tive board. The vote, 1t is claimed, disposes
of Tillman and Macune, who acted for the
campaign.
The Homestead strike has been declared
of by vote of 101 to 81.
Work on coming the Columbian souvenir
half dollars is goir.g on. The first one made
was sold for $4,000.
A. L. Mason, a noted citizen of Kansas
City, Mo-, is dead. He was stricken with
paralysis at Chicago dnring the worlds fair
opening.
Natural gas from the Trenton rock bed,
upon which Indiana rests, has begun to rush
through the network of pipes with which
Chicago has recently been undermined.
Kansas City, Mo-, Is experiencing nota-
BILE religious revival. Sunday, November ~,
nearly 1900 young men and boys declared
their conversion. Union services were held
that day in the largest churches in various
sections of the city: EVANGELIST Mills direct.
ing and managing them all.
Fred A. Stocks, of Blue Rapids, Kan, a
clerk in the treasury whose appointment was
among the last things done by Senator
Plumb, il thought to have q chance to be
Appointed assistant secretary of the treasury,
to fill the place made vacant by the resigna-
ton of General Nettleton.
Louis Marke, or Marriott, of Seattle, Wash,
was arrested while landing from an ocean
steamer in New York with sixty-eight gold
watches concealed in a garment next his
life preserver. but which had numerous peck
cts. His smuggling will cost him dearly.
The United States court grand jury at
Kansas City, Mo-, is turning out indictments
against good many men who had the con-
troll of the REGISTRATION of voters in that city.
If published charges during the past three
months are a little bit true. there Is no doubt
some of these men will wear stripes anon.
The president requested Chairman Carter
to state that he has had no 'interview" since
election, and that he has said nothing that
has been attributed to him in the many
alleged interviews published. Private Sec
rotary Halford states that all the interviews
claiming to come from the president were
ridiculously false.
The Reform Press association has held a
meeting at Memphis, Tenn. It took meas
ures to establish permanent board to take
Obj khA pf iooI Mo
matter for the future. a bureau to act under
the national organization of farmers alli-
ance. It was stated that of the !, 500 reform
papers during the campaign TO will con-
tinue in existence.
Twenty-Five kegs of powder exploded with
q frightful roar and deadly consequences at
1916 p. M, November q, at Slanche mine,
of the West End colliery, IN West Virginia,
causing long list of fatalities. The explo-
sion wes caused by fixing fuse throwing
fire into a powder can. The rescuing party
have found two dead and ten badly burned.
some of them fatally. The explosion did
comparatively little damage.
Senator Carlisle is reported as saying: '.It
appears probable we shall find that there is
not enough money IN the treasury for the
needs of the government. We shall have to
see what congress does at this session. 1t
they do not repeal the Sherman law relating
10 tu0 puICudSo VI oIlN0I, duu oh0 ooSu OsACA
action as the situation demands. we may be
swamped. Upon these things depend the
calling of an extra session."
cyclone swept over the village of Red
Bud. Ill, about 3 o'clock a. NJ, November
II, destroying thirty-five houses, killing one
boy and injurlng fifteen others. Two
churches, the town hall, the Jail and q news
paper office were among the buildings leveled.
The storm came from the south, accompe-
MED by heavy rain, and swept path 200
yards wide through the town. There IS
much suffering among the homeless victims
A cave-in occurred at the HAZEL Dell coli |
liery at Centralis, Pa. operated by l. A.
Riley & Co.. whereby eight mon were i'm
prisoned in the mine. Two we're taken out |
very badly injured, one of whom has died
since being rescued. Shortly before o'clock |
D. m. the work of rescue began. and the |
work progressed 80 rapidly that in a short |
time the rescuers were able to communicate |
with the imprisoned men, and found that all |
were uninjured. They were shut up in |
cave, and 70 this fact is due their escape |
from instant death.