The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-06-16
IN FEW WORDS
A WEEKS NEWS FROM ALL SECTIONS
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ERIrything but Facts Eliminated For Our
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Columns to Lines.
Thursday, June g.
Floods continue to cause great destrua.
ton in the province of Bukowina, AustrARe
The officers of Platt county, His, hav4
offered a reward of $3.50 for the arrest and
conviction of Winfield Weaver, who as
saulted and outraged Miss Emma Sprague.
The existing government of Nicaragua
has not enough money to pay off the men
who fought for it and they are engaged in
robbiag.
The Times Herald, an afternoon news-
paper in Dallas, Tex, which has been in
the hands of receiver for several months,
was sold at public auction for $4,000
Dan Cheatham of Columbus, Ind, one
Of the most noted colored sporting men in
Indiana, and son of Elder Charles Cheat
ham, talented colored minister, cut his
throat with razor, severing the wind
pipe.
Charles Tiemer, aged 15 was stacking
lumber at Martinsville, Ind, when a II
foot stack of lumber fell on him, badly
crushing him and fracturing his skull
He will die from his injuries.
A primary election will be held at Leba-
non, Mo-, Saturday. July 1, for the Sc
lection of a postmaster.
Professor Charles E. Shelton Of Lin
coin, Neb., has been elected superintendent
of the Burlington public schools.
The Worlds temperance convention con,
tinued its session in Chicago Wednesday,
the session being presided over by Bishop
Fellows.
Robert Morton and William Williams
were seriously injured by being buried be-
meath a mass of rock and dirt in the coal
mine at Virginia. Ills.
Ed L. Stokes won his suit against
Casius S. Reed in New York for the re-
covery Of the property held as security.
Friday, June o.
v. L. GiIliland of LinesviIle, Pa, COM
mitted suicide by taking Iaudanum at
Alliance, o.
Western Thomas, president of the An
derson nail and rod mills, was married at
Muncie, Ind, to Miss Susanna Little.
Fred Bone, freshman in the Michigan
Agricultural college, was drowned in the
Cedar river at Lansing Mich.
The safe at Hurlmel's general store at
Lenzburg Ills, was robbed Tuesday night
of $500. 1t was evidently the work of pro-
fessional cracksmen.
The Neidringhaus sheet iron and tin
mills at st. Louis are closed down. Mr..
Neidrin9haus claims it is because of a
. scarcity of steel,
Alexander Light, farmer living near
Fertile, Ia, was killed by being thrown
from his wagon in collision with rum
away team.
There are 200 cases of typhoid fever in
norwood. Mich Four deaths have been
reported.
A 2-year-old son of Deputy Sheriff
Thomas Hanley at Ottawa, His, fell into
tub containing less than three inches of
water and was drowned.
James Scott, a farmer living near Alh-
ance, o., will probably die of injuries re-
ceived by hook he was using in rolling
saw log penetrating his body.
Warden Van Evera of the prison at Mar
quette, Mich, has been notified that
Thomas Kneebone one of the two prison
ers who escaped Sunday, is in custody at
Escauaba.
The Improvement company of West Su-
perior, Wis, won an ejectment suit
against Niles johnson and others, where
by about 80 so-called squatters must find
other homes.
The president has issued proclamation
officially promulgating the Russian extra
dition treaty. The proclamation is dated
June 8.
The railroads entering Chicago from
Cincinnati and Louisville are soon to
start cheap excursion trains for visitors to
the Worlds fair.
Nothing of startling nature was de-
veloped by the evidence in the Borden
trial Thursday.
The Travelling Mems Protective associa-
ton elected officers at Thursdays session.
The Knight of Honor, in session at Mil
waukee, elected their supreme officers by
reclamation.
William Myre, IL years old, was drowned
in mill pond Friday night near Menom-
inee, Mich.
Saturday, June 10.
Portland, Or, was selected as the place
of the next meeting of the Travelling MEMS
Protective association.
The students of the State Normal school
at Terre Haute, Ind, are in open revolt
against the president on account of the
removal of one of the professors.
Secretary Hoke Smith says that If aIlot-
ment of lands to Indians IN the Cherokee
Strip is improperly controlled by specuia-
tors q new allotment may be made, which
will delay the opening of the strip.
The Edinbnrg, Ind, starch works have
closed and will not resume operations 1t
is in the possession of the trust" The
Edinburg cabinet works viii close for six
months owing to dizziness of trade.
The Duke of Vefagua and party were at
Columbus, o., Wednesday and were re-
ceived by the mayor. In the afternoon
there was parade of $4,000 school chill
dren IN honor of the duke and in the eve
ming he was the guest of the Columbus
club at banquet.
The Rev. j. G. White. the anti Catholic
lecturer, was acquitted at Macomb, Ills,
on the charge of using obscene language
IN his lecture on the denominations OF
AuriculaF Confession"
The Michigan State Pioneer and Histor-
zeal society has elected the following Off
GERS. President, Alpheus Felch of Ann
Arbor: secretary. George H. Greene OF
Lansing; treasurer, NJ L Coleman Of
LANSING