Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-06-03
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A report comes from Colville reservation.
| In Washington, that the Indians hsve at.
tackled party of government surveyors and
murdered two of them.
Fire destroyed twelve business houses In
San Marcial, n. NJ, including the opera
house and one bank. The loss is 5000,
fully covered by insurance.
decisive battle has been fought between
the revolutionists in Nicaragua and the gov
eminent forces and the latter were driven
from the field with great loss.
TIE National Equal Suffrage ASSOCIATION
will concentrate Its forces on Kansas next
year. 1t WILDE the greatest suffrage cam
paign this country has ever seen.
Over 0.OOO people visited the worlds fair
on Sunday. May %. Many of the buildings
we're closed.
The New York Herald is to be organized
as a cooperative business, with every man
employed having an interest in its earnings.
The Centerist party, the leading opponent
of the German army bill, is split into fac
tons, which is expected to insure govern
ment success at the coming election.
The department of justice ruled some time
ago in reply to questions propounded by the
postmaster general that the worlds fair
postofffce must be closed on Sunday.
The administration is investigating the re-
port that Schaeffer. of Kansas, who was APP
pointed consul to Vera Cruz, was not citi-
zen of the United States at that time.
The Astor Place bank, of New York, at
tached hes.Domestic Sewing Machine COM
pany, claiming that the company had mis-
represented its assets In obtaining loan.
Lawrenceville, ILL.,, was visited by wind
storm which destroyed the court house and
two business houses. Many residences were
badly wrecked and then deluged by water. q
Major C. II. Jones, late of the ST. Louis
Republic, is SAIL to be negotiating with the
eastern stockholders of the Kansas City
Times for controlling interest in that paper.
The west bound Missouri Pacific passen-
ger train was held up by six men, on May
"a, thirty miles west of st Louis, and robbed
of over 5000. posse is after the bandits
An order has been issued by the war de-
partment transferring company D, eighth
cavalry, Captain E. A. Goodwin, from Fort
Meade, South Dakota, to Fort Leavenworth.
The Swiss exhibit at the worlds fair is
closed, because the commissioner in charge
became offended over the arrest of one of
his employees by the United States author
ties.
The silver jubilee of the Right Rev. Will
liam McCioskey, bishop of Louisville, was
deliberately celebrated by the Catholics of
that city. The bishop received many hand
some presents.
At meeting of trades and labor men of
Chicago, President Lineman boldly advised
workingmen to break down the fences of
the worlds fair if it should be decided not
to open it on Sunday.
Secretary Gresham has been informed by
the Chinese government that as soon as the
Geary law is enforced ali diplomatic rela-
lions between that country and the United
States will have to cease.
Discharged mechanics from the Santa Fe
shops at Argentine are claiming that the
reason given-lack of work at this season
is not the true one; but that they are let out
because they we're active in the late strike.
A commissioner from New Zealand is visit
ing joints in the cities of Kansas, quietly
making observations of the workings OF the
laws of prohibition. One means of taking
notes which he employs is by using kodak.
The Winter Wheat MilIers' League of
America, in annual session at Toledo, is
working for the extension of foreign market
for American flour, SO that one-third of the
-four.
A peculiar and fatal accident occurred on
the Wisconsin Central railroad At Gray's
Lake, Wis, by the leakage of a large GUAM
THY of gasoline, which caught fire, resulting
in the death of one man and severe injuries
to others.
The Pennsylvania system and the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern have simulta-
neouslv Dromised q two weeks Law off DUR
ing the season, with free transportation to
Chicago, to every man employed and their
families.
The Miners International conference at
Brussels adopted a resolution in favor of
eight hours as a working day. The confer
ence then proceeded to discuss the question
of a universal strike to enforce the eight
hour system.
Assistant Attorney General Colby made
has report to the secretary Of agriculture on
the weather bureau investigation. The evil
dence shows, says the report, that property
of the government has been taken from the
bureau for private use or illegally sold.
The most celebrated sire of trotting racers
in Kentucky has just died at Lexington of
old age. Dictator Was bred by Jonathan
Hawkins, Walden, n. Y, and foaled in 1858.
He was a full brother to Dexter. Among
his noted descendants are Nancy Hanks,
Direct and Jay-Eye-See.
A wind storm parsed over Indiana and did
much damage. In the eastern and southern
portions of the state the wind blew with the
greatest force. At Jacksonville many
houses were nnroofed and trees were blown
down. As En- God the roof of the American
Tin Pl works W ~ blown Of and the build
ing otherwise damaged.