Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-10-06
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rope is worried about it.
| Over one-third of the democratic member
! IF congress who were seeking denominations
| have been beaten in their district primaries
| Or conventions.
| The general japanese public is in favor of
| continuing the war against China IN deh-
| 4nce to all obstacles. and it is urged that a
desperate attack on Pekin be made.
| The democrats of Barber county have en-
dorsed the populist county ticket under an
arrangement which gives them the populist
vote for their nominee for representative.
| A man from Utah has been at the Kansas
City, Kan, stock yards trying to find train
| load of young hogs to supply the demand
| for them in Utah. He failed to find any but
fat swine.
1t is thought now that the worlds fair
medals will not be ready for exhibitors be-
| fore next spring.
The postofice department is figuring on
| the use of electric railways in large cities in
distributing the mail to far out districts and
! to suburban places reached by the car lines.
Chillicothe, Mo-, reports the finding near
| that place of three veins of coal in the same
boring; thirty inches, down 220 feet; thirty
six inches at 308 feet, and forty-eight inches
at 800 feet.
Thomas Eastabrook died at Olvet, Mich,
! September %. His active connection with
educational interests in Michigan dates from
about 1915. He was "a years of age, but still
! in the work.
China has ratified the new treaty with this
country.
An English syndic ste has options on all the
paper and pulp mills on Fox river. 1t Is
proposed to esta blish a general Office at Chi
cago in which the business of the mills will
be transacted.
The German government has entered a
formal protest against the new American
tariff on sugar; claiming that unoer it Ger
man producers do not have fair competitive
opportunities.
There are now more than LOO more en-
ployes in the Z. S. treasury department than
one year ago, and more than ever before IN
the history of the government. This is shown
I by the pay rolls.
At political centers the Hill-Lockwood
state ticket in New York is considered very
strong and well balanced; while Cleveland,s
personal friends are saying that they will
not do any thing to help elect it.
A Springfield, Mo-. special says: A great
influx of land buyers to Greene and surround
ing counties Is IN progress now. Dozens OF
homeseekers arrive here daily to take advan-
tage of available land in this section.
Prof. Dyche, of Kansas university, has re-
turned, happy in that his life has been saved,
though hissinstruments and collections
lost. He hopes to be able next year to make
his sixteenth trip inside the Arctic circle.
Chinese agents in Europe and the United
States have been ordered to purchase, forth
with. any warship they can. Two servicea-
| bic vessels were purchased at Buenos Ayres
on China's account prior to the Value battle
The congressional democratic committee
estimate the next house of representatives
Will have 100 dems, 156 reps. and 10 pops
The republican committees figures are 200
| reps, 147 dems and pops.
A Wabash railway train was wrecked Sep
TENDER 30 at Maumee the act of human
devils. Both enginemen were killed. The
express and baggage cars were broken to
pieces, but their occupants were not badly
hurt
E. G. Fish. assistant superintendent of the
Burlington route. was assaulted at the Kan
sas City, Mo-, union depot ana badly hurt;
The assailants were two strikers who asked
for certificate of good behavior and were
refused.
Congressman Peel. of Arkansas, has been
engaged as general attorney OF the Chicka-
saw nation at Washington to succeed Gen
eral II. E. Paine. The office pays $500
and 10 per cent of all claims and moneys
recovered.
The next annual meeting of the Interstate
Irrigation congress will be held in Kansas
City, Mo-, some time in Novem Der. 1t will
be one of the notable meetings of the year.
large display of machinery Will be had.
This is essen TALLY d Kansas association.
A Mexican named Modericos has just died
at Ingram. Texas. His relatives and init
mate friends assert most positively that he
was $50 years old, He has been married five
times, marrying his first wife 100 years ago.
He had three grown sons IN the war OF 1877.
Charles Martin, son of Hon. John Martin,
of Topeka, died at Hutchinson. Kansas,
September 26. He was receiver of national
bank at Hutchinson Senator Martin went
from Topeka to Hutchinson a SPECIAL
train, arriving a few hours before his sons
death.
AS soon as the death of Charles Martin
(Senator Martins SOM was made known two
applicants for his position as receiver of
national bank wired the com ptroller of the
currency. That official told about and said
that the two applicants would not be con-
sidered.
r. T. Van Horn, ex-member of congress
and for thirty years editor of the Kansas
City Journal, was succe 'sful at the republl-
can prim aries of his district and is the chosen
candidate of the party to succeed Represent
ative Tarsney. Mr.. Tarsney is again the
democratic candidate.
The most important thing accomplished
by the Peary Arctic expedition was the dis
covery of the iron mountain which Sir John
Ross had heard of in 1878, and which all
Arctic explorers since have looked for in
vain. There we're three masses of this noun
tain, which was apparently of meteorlc for
nation.
A terrible cyclone struck Little Rock. Ark,
October 2, devastating the business portion
of the city, killing several people ana 1nJur-
ing many more. The insane asylum, mile
from the city, is wrecked and many inmates
are supposed to be buried in the ruins. Sew
eral patients escaped, but were captured.
The penitentiary Is also partly demolished.
The convicts stampeded, but none OF them
got away. The loss of property alone ID estl-
mated at 81 100000.