Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-05-21
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A terrific cyclone, apparently 200 feet WIDE.
struck CORY, Pa, and did much damage.
The roof of q three story brick building occn-
pied by Stennitts & Mortferdges, on North
Center street, was carried 800 yards away.
A Des MONIES dispatch Gays that Iowa
farmers are discouraged. What little whea
and oats are planted look yellow, and unless
there Is . sudden change in the weather
great deal of the land viii remain implanted
this year.
The Third district convention at Emporia,
to name candidate for J. 6. Otis place.
took thirty odd ballots Monday evening, ana
Tuesday morning gave the nomination 90
Charley Curtis, of Topeka; u to % on the
Clover. Davis and Otis voted for the river
and harbor bill, while Baker, Simpson and
Watson, Of Georgia, voted against it
At the Milwaukee meeting of the Printers
Protective Fraternity delegates were present
from eleven states. The employment OF q
national organizer. who should devote all his
mined upon.
Again southwest Iowa is flooded and wash
outs reported on all railroads. Rain has been
falling In torrents. All creeks and rivers are
out of banks and bottom lands are under
water from one to ten feet. All seed now in
the ground is rotted.
The Missouri river has cut away 100 acres
on the west bank four miles above Omaha.
It is within fifty feet of Florence lake, and
should it break through the river would as
sumo its old channel, leaving the manufac-
turing suburbs on an island.
An attempt was made to wreck the through
express on the Chicago & Alton from st.
LOUIS by placing ties on the track on curve
at the edge of Marshall, Missouri. freight
train struck the obstruction and knocked 1t
off without derailing the train.
The colored members of the NJ. E. general
conference are working to have colored
bishop elected. The committee on episco-
pacy delays its report: and there is something
of conviction prevailing that no new bishops
will be elected by this conference.
The Women's Board of Home and Foreign
Missions of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church, at their twelfth annual convention IN
Independence, Mo-, adopted a resolution that
no funds controlled by the board be used to
support missionaries who use tobacco.
The smaller packers, known rs the nom
associates, who have been fighting Armour,
Swift and Morris, known as the associate
packers, in the Union stock yards litigation,
have combined under the name of the Inter-
national Packing and Provision company.
A lineman for the Chicago Telephone COM
pany received shock of electricity while
talking through a telephone during storm,
which rendered him insane. He does not re.
member anything about the accident, and
talks irrationally about telephones and wires
Near Cleves, O., freight train going west
and the Cincinnati and Lawrenceburg accom-
mediation going toward Cincinnati met; both
trains at full speed. All the trainmen except
one brakeman were killed; all passengers
injured and from five to ten OF them killed.
The spring rise in the Missouri river is
likely to stay on until the snow rise, usually
comes down in May, is likely to catch it. II
80 the traditional season of 1874 will be dupll.
Gated, and all low ground will be washed
over.
The Printers' Protective Fraternity at its
meeting in Milwaukee decided to retain the
mortuary benefit, and instructed Its COM
mittee on laws to report the necessary leglS-
lation to provide for strengthening that fea-
ture and for the better collection of mortuary
assessments.
All work on the Consolidated Tank Line
yards in Kansas City, Kan, has been stopped
on account of the water backing up into the
yards. The cellar in Kelley Bros cooper
shop has several feet of water, and the base
ment and first story of the Kansas City glue
works are submerged.
The excess of exports over imports during
the three years ending March 81, 1889, aggre-
Op u.
661. 459. The excess of exports over imports
during the past three years ending March 8,
1892 aggregated 1921, 49,, 1857, or yearly
average excess of 500, 732, 456.
John Creger, of Chicago, sued Court Val
ley Forge No. 1853, of i. o. 0. f., for $4,000,
claiming that while being initiated the OH
Gers of the lodge compelled him to Jump into
q supposed lake of fire to show his courage.
He says that instead of getting plunge IN
the lake, he was landed ON the door and proKe
his leg in three places.
Fifteen hundred Berlin workmen out of
employment held q meeting at brewery,
where number OF violent speeches were
made, and finally motion was made TO
march to the town hall and there demand
work or food from the authorities. At this
point the police cleared the hall and dispersed
a mob that had assembled outside.
While the Universalists we're holding
meeting in the new Week opera house at
Pittsbure. Pa, storm struck the building
and burst it out of shape and causing panic
among the congregation, in which many
people were badly bruised. The storm did
great damage all over the city, unroofng
many outhouses and destroying numerous
fences
Secretary Butter6eld, of the Kansas Re
publican league, announces that there will be
an official league train from Kansas to the
Minneapolis convention. It Will also carry
the Kansas delegates. It will probably 60 to
Kansas City over the Santa Fe and from
there to Minneapolis over the Rock Island.
Secretary Butterfield wants everybody going
on this train to notify him.