Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02
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The Jones ves&ibule Sleeping Car company
b . new corporation that will eEec4 shoIo :
within few miles Of Denver.
Captain J. D. BARKER, OF Gifard, Kan, b
out IN card denying that he has withcrswn
from the gubefnatorial race in favor OF Sen
ator kmball or anybody else.
The First National bank Of Erie. Kan, has
been closed by the bank examiner. Ihe
Ewing bank failure at Thayer and bed noeeo
are the rumored causes of the failures
All southern Texas reports copious rain-
This insures both the cutton and corn crope
In all south, central and east Texas. Nearly
every section reports rain, some OF them
heavy.
Clark D. Frost returns to the management
Of the Montezuma hotel ut Las Vegas, N. n
All sorts of rumors are afoat about pros
pective changes in the cabinet; in connec
hon with the vacancy in tho state department..
A dozen fires occurred within few hours
1t Cleveland, O., and much damage wae
lone. The time each fire was started and
their location and distance from each other
shows that one man could have Get them al.
The taking of evidence in the controversy
between the Missouri river jobbers and the
interior iobbers of Kansas has been COM
pleted and the case set for argument July 2.
No case was ever tried in Atchison that at-
tracted equal attention.
Governor Gray, of Indiana, says he Was
not party to any arrangement which may
have been made by Indiana delegates to cast
their votes for Cleveland with the return ia
vor OF securing second place for himself; nor
did he wish that position.
Dams on Rock river from Rockford, Ill,
ap. through Beloit and GAINESVILLE, and towns
further north, are either broken or about to
break, and manufactures are greatly dam
aged. Many families are driven from their
homes.
A great gold rush has set into the the new
mining camp IN Mojave county, Arizona,
afty miles north of Kingman. Mining men
who have visited the new camp estimate the
amount of ore on the surface worth not less
shan 81, 00O, 600. The new town will be called
Silverado.
Superintendent Meserve, of the Haskell
institute at Lawrence, has, under direction
Of the Indian bureau, investigated the ghost
dance as practiced by the Arapahoes, and re.
ports that the dance is an improvement OF
dances of worship formerly practiced; an
advance in moral effects.
The western express from Philadelphia col
iided with q switch engine at Harrisburg, Pa,
wrecking five cars and the locomotive of the
train, causing the death of eight passengers
and the injury of twenty-five others. The
cause of the accident is believed to be q
wrong order by the train dispatcher.
Chairman Peel, of the house committee on
Indian affairs, has at last reported bill for
the opening of the Cherokee Strip, which, he
says, blocks all sooners, land grabbers, town
lot grabbers and claim jumpers. He has the
within month; and believes the bill will
pass.
A terrible stampede was imminent just be-
fore the adjournment of the Chicago conven-
ton, when three arc lights fell upon the New
York delegation. For time it seemed that
q calamity was certain to follow, as it must
have done had not the stampede been quelled
by the more cool headed portion of the au-
dience.
George II. Evans & Co., of Topeka, have
been awarded the contract for erecting and
completing with the exception of heating
the public building at Atchison,
Kan., at $6o,s7a. Cottonwood Falls, Kan,
limestone is to be used for facing all building
walls. The time for completing the work u
nine months.
visited Richford, vt. Tho booms in the
Mississquoi river broke and thousands Of
ogs went down the stream, entailing lo6s
which can hardly be estimated. Another
boom broke further up the river and two
niles of logs are coming down. 1t Is feared
hat the iron bridge and several buildings
will be carried away.
The Keystone limited on the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne d Chicago railroad was wrecked
vest of Valparaiso, Ind. Six cars and the
locomotive plunged over IN embankment.
The fireman was buried beneath the debr1s
md instantly killed. The engineer and
core of the passengers were injured, but
lone serious. General Floyd King, of Brook
yn, was among the passengers. He was un-
INJURED.
Heavy rains in thu vicinity of Chicago the
,ast week have again caused serious floods.
The main sewers are clogged up, with tho
esults of flooded Easements, and caused
much damage to property. The Chicago
liver overdowed its banks at kavenswood,
nd at midnight /, 400 houses were surrounded
y water three to four feet deep. The extreme
rest end of the city is in some parts lake,
nd the suburbs lying west and northwest
ave suffered greatly.
The Judge, sheriff and two commissioners
4 county C, o. T., have been notified to
cave the country or suffer the consequences.
hey are charged with conspiracy to defraud
DOR settlers. At Watonga, the county seat,
early every man Is under arms and the citi-
ems ale vowing vengeance against the OH
ers. Deputy Sheriff Andy Pickens was
rounded while trying to defend his chief
rom angry men. A call has been made for
roops to aid the officers in preserving the
eace and protecting property.