Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-08-19
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A tornado passed near Spring Lake, eight
miles from West Superior, Wis, which took
large pine trees out by the roots like brush.
Reports from all the stations in the prov
ince of Manitoba indicate that there will be
an exceptionally good crop of wheat, very
much larger than was raised last year.
The unemployed of New York city, said
by Secretary Evans of the American Fedora
ton of Labor to number 10000 men, are
| to have parade to give an object lesson OF
the condition of labor.
A mass meeting of the unemployed at Sc
dalia asked employers to give preference to
heads of families. City and county officials
| were asked to undertake every dollars worth
of public works possible.
! crowd of 'ssilver men, of Golden, Col,
hung the president in efigy.
| Speaker Crisp has roll made of members
| who want to take their turn to talk about
silver. The roll has already about 100 names
on it.
| The Omaha division of the Order of Rail-
way Ielegraphers are going to apply for a
receiver for the order. The Omaha men are
| having trouble with Chief Ramsey.
Congressman Broderick, of Kansas, and
| Burns, of Missouri, are at work to secure an
| appropriation to keep the Missouri river
Secretary Smith now answers parties inter
ested in the opening of the Kickapoo reserva-
| ton that nothing will be done about it until
| the work of opening the Cherokee strip is
| over with.
Governor dwellings, wife is so i'll with
fever that he has been unable to attend to
the duties of his Office. While her sickness
has been growing in severity, it is not thought
to be OF a dangerous nature.
The distilleries belonging to the whisky
trust will be shut down as result of the gov
eminent order requiring the payment of
taxes IN currency; which the officers of the
trust say is an impOssibility.
The Iowas prefer to have the $2,40O which
was appropriated by congress out of their
funds to buy farming implements, in cash.
They say as the money is their own they
ought to have the spending of it.
W. C. Perry's friends in Washington and
at his home in Fort Scott seem satisfied that
his appointment as .. S. district attorney is
sure. If true. then Orr and Eaton have put
themselves out by the bitter fight between
them.
Controller Eckles was asked by Buffalo.
n. Y, national bank if the use of certified
checks as currency was lawful. Mr.. Eckles
replied that he knew of no legal objection.
Such checks for S. and $40 are being used all
over the east.
County Attorney Boone, of Wichita, will
not allow the county to pay any costs in the
prosecution of joints not commenced under
his own direction. This is to shut off prose-
cutions by attorneys employed by the State
Temperance league.
Carter Harrison, mayor of Chicago, said
in speech the other day: "There are 2O0,-
600 people in Chicago to-day unemployed,
and almost destitute of money. If congress
does not give us money we will have riots
that will shake the country"
Drouth conditions have been quite general,
doing damage in Illinois, Wisconsin, Ken
lucky. Ohio, Michigan and the Dakotas. On
the Pacific coast the weather has been gen.
orally favorable, except that in the interior
of California heat ripened fruit too rapidly.
Over 100000 worth of property was de-
stroyed by fire at Minneapolis, Mimi, Sun
day p. m, August 13. Over 200 houses were
destroyed, leaving 1,50O people without shell
ter. The fire was upon Nicolet and Boom
islands, and on the main land above these
islands.
AS the supply of marketable cattle in the
country is said to be much lighter than this
time last year, there is no occasion for coun-
try shippers and ranchmen fretting them
selves about getting their cattle in, and by
stringing their shipments along they help the
market.
It the case against the Topeka club the cir
cult court at Topeka handed down a decision
that the club is not an illegal body. Judge
Johnson, of the circuit court, was assisted in
the trial by Judge Hazen, of the district
court, and Judge Humphrey, district judge
at Junction City.
A reliable New York money broker stated
that he sold $4,000 worth of currency for
$31 800. Western railroads were in the mar
ket for currency at per cent. Currency of
all kinds commands a premium ranging
from 20 to ~ per cent, with occasional
transactions at even higher figures.
Howard H. Greer, Arthur Hancher, express
messenger, and John Beck, clerk at the Oc-
cidental hotel of Wichita, are arrested and
have confessed that they robbed the express
wagon in that city recently. They turned |
over 5000 of the $1,000 they got and say
that the rest was the share taken by negro
who was in the deal, and who has disap- |
peared.
The International socialist congress re-
jected resolution offered by Norwegian del |
egates, that a universal strike be started |
Immediately, and a war is declared. The |
resolution was supported by representatives |
of only four nations, while the representa- |
tives of fourteen nations voted against it. A |
Belgian amendment in favor of aiming to |
suppress militaries by Withholding the sup
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