Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-05-13
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Secretary Hoke Smith has abolished the
Office of special agent of the Indian service,
saying it is wholly unnecessary.
The corporation of the city of London has
voted S12,5 as a present to the Duke of
York and the Princess Victoria Mary OF
Teck, in recognition of their betrothal.
Friends of the late Captain Wiltse, of the
United States navy. assert that he died of a
broken heart. caused by the shock of having
to pull down the Amencen flag in Homo
lulu.
Chancellor Caprivi has announced that
the emperor has signed the rescript dis
solving the reichstag and was only awaiting
the rejection of the army bill to promul-
gate it.
The Merrimac river is rising. One thou-
sand mill operatives at Lawrence, Mass, are
temporarily out of employment, and if the
river continues to rise thousands will be de-
prived Of employment.
Charles Breun, of Sioux City, one of the
best known and oldest grocery and fruit
merchants in the state was bitten on the
hand by a tarantula while handling bananas,
and is In q critical condition.
Ex-senator Perkins and ex-Delegate Har-
vey denounce in strong terms the proposed
say that its advocates are not in earnest, but
are simply working for delay.
Once more the Office of the Albany. n. Y,
Argus is in a state of siege. The doors are
barred and the city editor gave out his as
signments by throwing them to his reporters
from the second story windows.
Carpenters of Cleveland, O., demand a
raise of "a cents an hour and have quit
work. The contractors refuse to give the
advance unless to first class men, and the
unions demand it to DE uniform.
Duluth is experiencing coal famine. The
down bound gram feet, loaded with some
10000 bushels of wheat and fax, is having a
hard time to get fuel, while three steamers
that will 60 from there to the worlds fair are
in sore need of coal for the trip.
Fifty-seven Mexicans charged with viola
ton of the United States neutrality laws
were arraigned at San Antonio. Tex, before
the federal court Sixteen pleaded guilty
and forty one not guilty. All the accused
were officers in the Cara revolutionary
army.
Honolulu advices state that the volcano
Kilauea is active. The lake of fire that has
for some years confined itself to an area of
about twenty acres in the innermost crater
has risen fully ten feet and now the whole
center of about 100 acres is a mass of mol
ten lava.
In order to eradicate a false impression,
the worlds fair officials have issued another
circular to the public that drinking water |
and toilet rooms will be free to all visitors at
the fair. An abundance of water thor
ouRhly filtered may ba had in all parts of
the grounds.
st. Paul has big food, too. The Bohe-
milan fats are largely inundated and the |
district is nearly Gepopulated. In West st. |
Paul the flooded district has greatly in
creased. The vast lake, surmounted here !
presents a most dismal sight.
A receiver has been appointed for the /
Sioux City Rapid Transit company, owner of
the elevated railway. The line was built |
three years ago at a cost of $400, 900 and has |
$256, 900 bonded debt. The majority of the |
bonds are held by the King Bridge CON-
pany of Cleveland, which built the road.
F. L. Vasquez, Dominican consul general
ut New York, denounces the story of the at
tempt to steal the ashes of Columbus at the
worlds fair grounds as utterly false. He
declares that the ashes of Columbus have
never been sent to America, but are now in
the city of San Domingo carefully guarded.
A terrible cyclone swept over Washington,
o. Half the business portion is unroofed
and half of the plate glass Is broken. The
damage will be enormous, no lives SO far as
known, were lost. So violent was the wind
that horses ON the street were blown over,
and not an upright vehicle was to be found
anywhere.
A party of seven from western Kansas 60
ing to Chicago had nine great baskets filled
with eatables, and all carried valises and
bundles of blankets. They had heard of the
high prices which the Chicago hotel keepers
intend to charge, and did not propose to be
robbed by them. They carried enough food
to last the entire party eight days.
Here are a few pointers from a bill of
fare az laid down by the Casino restaurant
on the fair grounds: Radishes, % cents;
young turkey, with sauce, 60; spring lamb,
60: spring chicken, 80; pear frltters, so;
new potatoes, 80; new string beans, 40; new
asparagus, so, and stewed corn, 25.
slick scheme has developed at Denver
and suspected IL other places, which is in
tended to give free entrance in this country
by Cinnamon. The Chinese registering un-
der the Geary law register as many times as
possible, taking certificates of registry each
time, which they intend sending to China to
be used by Chinese there to gain the right to
land on our shores.
The east bound passenger train on the Big
-Four road, which left Chicago at 8 D. m. of
got beyond the control of the en-
Gineer when nearing Lafayette, Ind, and
went crushing into the depot building, pill
ing everything in indiscriminate wreck and
burying twenty or more people in the debris;
q large part of whom were persons standing
at the depot. Ten people were killed and
many more hurt.