Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-04-22
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Great excitement was created on the
streets of Chicago Friday by runaway
cable car which could not be stopped and
| which finally was wrecked in tunnel.
| general uprising of the natives against
| Christians is threatened in Corea, and
| prompt steps have been taken by our state
| and navy departments to avert bloodshed.
The first accounts of the fight in Salina
| to protect the negro Hudson from the mob
said that ]. Z. Bristow and I. F. Carver
were among the number seriously injured.
The Charleston, s. c., presbytery has re-
| fused a young woman's desire to join the
| church because her duties at telephone
/ exchange require her to work two hours on
Sunday.
Blount. of Georgia, whom the president
sent to Hawaii. gave the order to haul down
1.-THE American flag.
The discovery at Mount Sinai of the Syr-
ian text of the Four Gospels is of great in
terest to scholars and Bible students.
Mexico has wiped out the only known re-
naming village of the Aztec race, and is
now engaged in discriminating their friends
and sympathizers, who also rebel against
big taxes.
Judge Foster is not in danger. The sur
gical operation was performed successfully,
but in moment of alarm the judge tele-
graphed for his wife. She reached Indian
apolls promptly.
The Peruvian government has taken the
initiatory steps toward complying with the
demands of the United States that repara-
ton be made for destroying one of its con-
sular agencies.
The treasury department is advised that
s., 400 900 in gold was withdrawn from the
New York sub-treasury for shipment to Eu.
rope. his la.ge shipment reduces the gold
to 81, 600 on hand.
The Santa Fe shopmen at Topeka paid
no attention to Mr.. Frey's notice to go to
work April ID, or call for their discharge
checks. A few non union men only among
the strikers went to work.
Seventeen foreign war ships had arrived at
Hampton Roads on Sunday the 18th. That
is the rendezvous for the grand aggregation
of sailing forts which are to do the Column
bian act in New York harbor.
The crown prince of Austria will visit
the exposition next summer. Just now the
prince is making lelsurely tour OF the
world on an Austrian man of war. He ex-
poets to reach Chicago in August.
Fifteen English journalists have arrived
in New York from Liverpool. They are the
vanguard of delegation of English edl-
tors and proprletors who are coming here
for the opening of the Column ian exposition.
The English, Scottish and Australian
chartered bank has failed with liabilities of
98, 900. The only reason given for the
failure is that there has been for several
weeks a steadily increasing withdrawal of
deposits.
A senator who IL member of the COM
mittee on privileges and elections stated that
he was of the opinion that the senate would
send committee to Kansas to see if any
one had been legally elected to the senate
by the last legislature.
Lakevlew, a Chicago suburb, was shaken
by violent boiler explosion. The boiler
connected with Albert Fuchs greenhouses
burst, tearing the boiler house to pieces,
shattcring an acre or more of glass roofing
and seriously injurlng the fireman.
The bril- presented to the Mexican congress
imposing export duties on coffee, hides,
skins, ore and hennequen, is not to become
law, having met with such remonstrance
and d1sapproval from the progressive ele-
ment of Mexico, who are interested in build
ing up trade with the United States and
other countries, that it has been withdrawn.
Continuous rains have mastered the worst
fires in the western part of Scioto county,
OHIO. The loss will not be AS great es first
supposed, but still will be very heavy to the
timbermen. In Greenup county, KY, the
losses are far greater, especially near Lewis
county. Several large walnut groves are
among the timber destroyed near Argentum
and Beunettsville.
One of the workings of the Deadwood
Terra mine, one of the great Home Stake
group, is on fire and is burning fercely. The
fire started in the 200 foot level and it is
feared is eating It's way to the workings of
the other miues, which are all connected. 1t
is impossible to flood the mine, as the fire is
on the 200 foot level and there are four
levels below. reaching depth of 400 feet,
with laberynthine workings IN all directions.
First reports of storm in a wide territory
give meager accounts of damage and disaster
in four states. In Kansas, Parker, suffered
severely in both life and property Walnut.
town between Usage Mission and Fort Scott
also, and three small towns in Brown county.
In Missouri: There was much damage by
foods as we'll as wind In ST. Louis; and in the
region about Sedalla property was destroyed;
al Page City three persons were killed. In
Iowa, Akron was devastated, as was West
field; and in Nebraska it struck Page. In
southeastern Kansas and IN Missouri the
wind was from the southwest; IN Iowa and
Nebraska it was from the northeast. 1t Is
not yet stated which way it blew IN Brown
county, Kansas. Lieutenant Jennings, at
the Topeka Weather service station, said,
early in the day, that Topeka was too near
the center of the vastly wide storm to be
likely to be endangered, but that there would
be immense damage in nearly all directions
from there during the day. 1t is probable
that many other places than those first heard
from are sufferers. Telegraph wires were
disabled in all directions.