Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-02-11
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Alaska is asking for home rule, which
shall include law by which public land
may be taken up by actual settlers.
Enthusiastic members OF the house ART
| firmly impressed with the belief that Mr.
| Cleveland favors not only the annexation OF
Hawaii, but of Canada.
Nothing has transp1re to change the prev
| alent sentiment in administration circles
IN favor of annexation. Indeed, Secre-
tary Foster is believed to be more thoroughly
welded to that course than ever.
Twenty-seven victims have now been mum
bered in the fatalities resulting from the oil
explosion at Alton Junction. The injured
ones are nearly all in very bad condition
and dozen or more deaths will follow.
Mrs. Whitney, wife of William c. Whitney,
of Mr.. Cleveland's cabinet, died in New
York February 5.
The Kansas City Clearing House associa
ton voted 500 to the family of A. 2. 1ngle-
man, who was killed by the robbers who
made a raid upon bank at Waverlv. KAN,
last week. Ingleman was farmer living
The Kansas senate has asked that all vet
Grams of the war of the rebellion shall be
granted pensions, to be paid, with all other
pensions and the interest on the war debt,
by graduated tax on the large estates of
the country.
A fire, caused by a gas explosion in eel
lar, destroyed the double five story tenement
house No. 423 West Twenty ninth street, New
York, which was occupied by twenty fami-
lies. One man was killed and seventeen
other persons were badly injured.
The state text book contract in Minnesota
expires this year. There is no bill before
the state legislature, now in session at st.
Paul, for the renewal and the indications
seems to be that the people, after fifteen
years of state uniformity, will 60 back to
the county or district system.
Zante suffered a second series of earth
quake shocks, destroying many lives. Sew
eral villages were entirely destroyed. An
enormous tidal wave swept up from the har-
Dor, smashing small craft against the sea-
wall and sending the water two feet deep
along the street on the harbor 'front.'
William c. Whitney is being roundly scored
for having sold out his friends on a stock
deal. He is accused of having given point
erS to buy distillers and that he unloaded the
stock upon his friends before the big drop
came. 1t is limited that Presldent-elect
Cleveland is quite heavy loser IN the deal.
Five kegs of powder exploded in a coal
mine near GAINESVILLE, 0. Forty men were
at work near the scene of the explosion and
all were knocked down and stunned. Two
of them will die. James Young was hurled
fifty feet and so severely hurt that he can
scarcely recover. The damage to the mine
was slight.
DR.. T. T. Graves, convicted of the murder
of Mrs. Josephine Barnaby and sentenced
to death in Colorado, is ut liberty and is
practically free man. He was taken from
the penitentiary at Canon City to Denver,
where bonds were soon prepared and the
prisoner set at liberty. DR.. Graves bond
was fixed at $4,000, which amount was easily
obtained.
1t is reported at Leavenworth that Sena-
tor Baker will soon introduce bill in the
Kansas senate to do away with the board OF
police commissioner; for cities of the first
class. 1t is said the matter has already been
placed before the senator's, a majority of
whom are in favor of the movement, and
that also a majority of the sspresentlves are
of the same opinion.
The blizzard was general one. Dakota,
Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa and Colorado
shivered with US. In Minnesota and Da-
kota, the mercury went down from 20 to &c
degrees further than it did here, and still
colder weather is looked for. Throughout
Kansas a Uniform temperature of from
to degrees below zero prevailed. 1t is feared
that cattle will suffer.
General Thayer, ex-governor and ex-
United States senator, is lying sick at the
humble home of an old soldier at Lincoln.
Neb., who h I'd been his messenger. His
wife died recently. His sons are in the south
and not aware of his illness and if any of
the politicians who profted by his favors
know that he is sheltered in this humble
abode they have failed TO offer him filter
place.
The pallbearers at Mr. Blaine's funeral
were Senators W. d. Frye and Eugene Hale,
of Maine, and John T. Morgan, of Alabama;
Thomas B. Reed and C. A.
Boutelle, of Maine, Robert d. Hit, of Hi
nois, and Henry 81. Bingham, of Pennsyl-
vania; General Thomas Ewing, of Ohio
Tohn Hay of Washington; Joseph II. Man
ey, of Maine; Alnet f. jerks, of Brook
yn; z. V. P. Ely of Boston.
The commercial interests of Hawaii are
practically all with the United States, and
although the sympathie5 of the native popu-
alton, under the influence of the members
IT the royal family, are undoubtedly with the
English, still the property interests of the
sland will eventually control Its destiny.
That interest is in favor of political moor
ooration with the United States. Americans
OWN most of the property in Hawaii.
The officials at the British admiralty deny
hat British warsh1p5 have been ordered to
proceed to Hawaii from Australia. The
Corvette Garnet, mounting fourteen guns,
eft Acapulco, Mexico, on January 7, bound
or Honolulu. She had orders to proceed
rom Honolulu to Esqulmault. These Or
lers have been countermanded, and instruc-
ions have been sent to the commander of
he vessel to remain at Honolulu until the
roubles there are settled.