Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-04-02
LATEST NEWS.
Condensed for Convenience OF
Hurried Readers.

Condensed for Convenience Of
Hurried Readers.
The depot of the New Haven road in New
Haven, CT, is burned. The building con-
tanned the general Offices of the branches OF
| the road. They were Quilted. The loss Will
be about $4,000.
At Sidney, New South Wales, long pro.
cession of unemployed workingmen paraded
the city bearing at their head banner IN
scribed: 'sWork, or Bread for Our Starving
Wives and Children" There was no dis
| order.
ENGLISH newspapers insult this nation, not
its chief executive merely, by saying that the
stand our president takes for the protection
of its property rights and of national honor,
is only pose before the electors whose votes
are wanted.
A freight wreck occurred on the Erie road
at Mansfield, O., in which two engines and
twenty cars were smashed, entailing loss OF
$100, 600 and blocking the road for eight hours.
1t is officially stated at Odessa that re-
serve of 6,OOO, 600 quarters of grain remain In
the Caucasus from the crops OF 1881. Inc WIN.
ter and spring crops promise an abundant
yield, which, it Is hoped, will stave OH re-
newal of the famine.
Some months since Chicago claimed that
freight rebates on grain shipped to Kansas
City and St. Louis we're depriving Chicago OF
its rightful share. Now like complaints come
from the latter named cities, that the roads
are cutting in favor of Chicago.
The North Dakota democratic convention
decided that it was not wise to give the dele
cation positive instructions, but it was de-
clared the sense of the convention that Grover
Cleveland was prominently the best repre-
sentative of democratic principles.
Representatives of western packing inter.
ests met in Omaha. The stock yards and
packing houses at the various points were
we'll represented, and it is believed that the
organization will be of sufficient strength to
enforce the demands from corporations.
Senator Hill is said to have sent this mes
sage to Michigan: "Send an uninstructed
delegation that will vote with New York.
New York has always named the winner, and
it will do it this time. Michigan cannot az
ford to be elsewhere than in the camp of the
VICTOR"
A third successful dynamite explosion has
occurred in Paris in the house of q prosecut-
ing witness in another dynamite case. The
house was wrecked and several others dam
aged. No lives were lost. There have been
bombs discovered in other places; one with
lighted fuse.
An undervest containing $4,000 cash and
papers valued at twice that was left In
Turkish bath room, at the Palmer house,
Chicago, by ex-senator Thomas NJ. Bowen,
of Denver. 1t was found half an hour later
by Colored Attendant Watson, and returned
after Bowen had been terribly excited.
The distress prevailing in Northern Hunga-
~ among the peasants continues to grow
more critical. The government has taken
measures to aid the sufferers, but despite the
help extended by the authorities, there are
many expressions of discomfort. The discon.
tent has more than once resulted IN acts OF
lawlessness.
Lord Salisbury's recorded speeches and
writings prove his utter inability to recognize
ANYTHING honorable or worthy of respect IN
the government of the United States, past or
present He is utterly insensible to our rights
and disposed to dismiss them with sheer.
Somebody has got to back down, and it will
not be President Harrison.
After three days of investigation into the
Doodle methods of the Chicago city council,
the grand jury found true bills against seven
aldermen, charging conspiracy to commit
bribery. Asked if more indictments might
be expected the states attorney replied:
L
this time until the whole lot are indicted"
A cone-shaped cyclone struck the outskirts
of Bloomington, Ind. unroohng number OF
houses and the chair factory OF Shower Bros.
A number of girls working in the factory
were deluged with rain after the roof was
blown away and were badly frightened, but
escaped with little injury. An old lady by
the name of Mertz was badly hurt when her
house was blown down.
Respecting redemptions or exchanges OF
silver dollars, Secretary Foster says that the
department has not redeemed silver dollars
or silver certificates in gold or gold certih-
Gates: nor has it exchanged silver dollars or
certificates for gold or gold certificates. Sill
public dues are used freely in the discharge
of all government obligations.
The president has informed the senate that
he had replied to Salisbury's latest, that II
the government of Great Britain declines to
assist in the protection of the seals during
the arbitration of the claims of the United
States he will proceed to enforce the laws
and exclude poachers from the BehrIng sea,
if the military force of the Uuited States ID
required to accomplish it.
AS the result of the explosion of a boiler at
the works of the Laclede Friedrich Manufac-
turing company, st. Louis, four men
are lying dead, two are fatally injured and
two more seriously. The boiler exploded
was one of battery of six. which is supposed
ran out of water and was suddenly supplied
with cold water. the boiler house was COM
pletely wrecked, the five uninjured boilers
being unseated and piled in heap.
Orders have been sent west to advance rates
of insurance; to take no new business at
present rates and to get rid of old business as
fast as possible. Some of the companies
went into the year with big surplus funds,
but they did business at an Improbable rate
and had losses which simply wiped out the
surplus and made the owners of the stock
anxious to get into some business where the
risks were not so great. The order includes
the entire west.