Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-11-05
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The Chicago Times announces that hence
birth it win be penny paper'
Ex-President Cleveland was recently enter
nined at Buffalo by q club, several members
If which were his associates thirty years ago.
Persons connected with the relief work in
Hamburg report that house to house inquiry
1as shown 1900 w0rkinemen to be without
employment and 5000 small tradesmen to
be financially ruined. There have been seven
fresh cases of cholera.
Governor Thoms, of Utah, in his annual
report, says polygamy in the territory IS on
The decline He says he does not believe any
polygamous marriages have taken place dur
ing the year with the consent or permission
of the Mormon leaders.
The boiler of the steamer Wakefield in the
Potomac river blew up, killing three men
and badly injuring several others.
The London Chronicle announces that the
poet laureatship has been offered to William
Morris, and he has declined the honor.
Kansas City is threatened with a grain
blockade; New Orleans being the only mar
ket of egress open to her and it is likely to
be blockaded.
tended Elliott's Business college. Burlington,
Ia. is now bookkeeper for the National Bank,
Burlington, Kan.
to arrest George Bellstedt, desperate in
the Indian territory, and when he opened
fire they killed him.
agreed not to forward Russians nor Hunga-
rians to the United States, SO long as the
cholera exists in Russia and Hungary.
The state department has been informed
by the consul at Odessa, Russia. that the
cholera situation in that country has much
improved. The great heat has passed away.
The worst fire that St. Johnsbury, Vt, has
ever known ragged fercely for two hours be-
fore it was brought under control. In that
time several business blocks and large
| number of stores were destroyed.
During fire in boat supply store at
Pittsburg, Pa, eleven fremen were over
come by the fumes of burning oil and waste.
Two were taken out dead and the Others were
taken to homeopathic hospital, some of
them In serious condition.
Ernest Kunneth. IS years old, wealthy and
recluse, was found, October q, sitting at
his desk IN the library of his home at Mel
rose, suburb of Chicago, with his head split
open, dead. The crime was committed to
gain possession of valuable papers.
John ]. Ingalls, is convalescent, but upon
the advice of his physician decided to
give up his trip to Chicago, where he was to
have made speech for the republican ma
tional committee. Mr.. Ingalls, expects to fill
his remaining engagements in Kansas.
A runaway car on the incline plane at the
Phillips glass works. at Mapleton, Pa, ran
into crowd of passengers in the Pennsyl-
vania railroad station, killing Archie Dill,
William Temple and John Barclay instantly.
Misses Nerva Wilson and Daisy Banks were
seriously injured.
The report of the loss of the Roumania is
confirmed. A later dispatch says that 113
persons were drowned and only nine were
saved. The ROumanla's captain and pilot
are among the lost. There are large quanti-
ties of wreckage washing ashore all along the
neighboring coast.
the old State Line depot at Kansas City
has burned down. It was built IN 1866 and
was used as a union depot until the present
union depot was built in 1877. In early days
it was also used as hotel in connection with
its railroad usage, and many notables in his
tory have partaken of its hospitality.
In Colorado the democratic candidates for
electors and members of congress were with
drawn as early as October 10; but it was not
announced until the 9th, awaiting the ap-
proval of the national committee. This
leaves Joseph b. Mauphln, the candidate for
governor, the only Cleveland democrat in
the field.
Shortly after midnight at least fifty mount
ed men approached Dalton, Ga, from all d.
rections and threw out picket line. At a
signal the circle closed in, capturing the po-
licemen, and rode to the cabins of two col
ored men. Jack Wilson was killed by bull.
let and his wife badly beaten, and Tom Move
was severely pounded.
Diphtheria in an epidemic form is raging
ct Columbus, Ind. There are now about
fifty cases and three deaths occurred in one
day. During the last two months there have
been more than 100 cases and about twenty
deaths. A large number of people are leav-
ing the city and others are sending their
children to healthier localities.
The west bound passenger train on the st.
Louis d San Francisco railroad was wrecked
mile east of Phillipsburg, Mo-, October 25,
and the baggage car, smoker and two chair
cars were turned over. The baggageman
passengers more or less injured. A broken
rail was the cause of the accident.
Milwaukee has been visited by terrible
conflagration, the like of which has never
occurred in America, excep5 IN the cases of
the great Chicago and Boston fires. The fire
ragged from p. m. until II As p. m. and
consumed over thirty blocks of buildings.
Huge em5ers were carried by the high wind,
which was blowing at the rate of thirty-six
miles an hour, miles from the scene of con-
iagration and fresh alarms came in every
few minutes. It is known that four lives
were lost. and it may be that may more
met death. The loss is nearly S., 000, COO.