Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-04
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Masked men in Colorado killed $50 sheep
and l0l blooded rams, because of encroach-
ment OF sheep men on cattle range.
Debs and his three associates have given
bail and are out of jail. Their case comes
up IN court again at the Septen1 Der term.
Engineers who took the place of strikers
on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad
are frequently shot at in their cabs. One has
been killed.
Prairie fires in Bureau county, H.. have
run over and destroyed many fields of oats
and wheat, with heavy loss to farmers in
many localities.
According to the labor correspondent of
the London board of trade, there were 692
strikes and eight lockouts in the United
Kingdom in 1892.
The populists of the Kansas Second dis
trict named Hon. Jerry SlmDSon for. re-etec-
ton to congress, at their Hutchinson con-
vention. 1t was done in one minute.
The great American heart pulsated with
car loads of provisions from every quarter
to the burned out people at Phillips. Wis,
enough arriving in two days to last a month.
The indian Territory miners strike is de-
clared off, the miners accepting the compa-
ny's terms. Work at Krebs has resumed.
This prevents the anticipated riotous trouble.
Captain Robley Evans, q. S. A., has been
ordered to the command of the New York,
the finest ship in the navy. Captain Evans
ls one of the youngest of his rank in the
service.
disastrous conf1agration has destroyed
1000 houses at Cottel, town in Bulgaria
tornado wrecked the town of Waconda,
y. l., July 20. First reports say that many
persons were injured.
China is rapidly adding to its war NUM-
tions and emigration to America is practi-
cally stopped; men may be needed at home.
The senate has passed a bill to divide the
InGian Territory into two judicial districts.
1t will be opposed in the house in its present
form.
Princess Bismarck fell from her bed on
Sunday, July %, and was rendered uncon-
scious by the fall. She has since remained
that state. Her condition excites alarm.
Mayo college, the leading educational in
stitution of north Texas, in Delta county,
was destroyed by fire July 3d. Loss, $780,
600.
1t is remarkable that the disastrous fires in
northern Wisconsin have all occurred
July p. Iron River W burned on that day
in 1892; Fieldville in 1893, and Phillips in
1894
Ship loads of sugar are arriving at New
York to get the raw sugar to American re-
hneries before an advance tariff duty is put
on. full ships cargo came in last Sunday
from Egypt.
Governor Tillman, of South Carolina, has
issued proclamation that the dispensary
law is in full force and will be enforced, not
withstanding decisions of the courts to the
contrary.
The secretary of the interior has ruled the
Pueblo Indians in Colorado hold such title
o their lands as to withdraw the question of
their land leases from the jurisdiction of the
interior department.
The executive council of the Kansas state
government has turned to the state
board of health the $1,000 left on hand from
the $4,000 appropriation to prevent cholera
from coming into the state.
pressure is made on Governor Level
ling, shared in by populists as we'll as others,
to institute an investigation of the state pen
itentiary provided by law; that is by
joint committee of the two houses of the
Legislature.
Fires were started in the works of the ILL
nois Steel company at Chicago, July 26,
which has been shut down since the begin
ming of the railroad strike. The plant has
resumed with full force, giving employ
ment to about $500 men.
The caucus of democratic senators who
voted for the senate bill and stand by it still,
being all but Hill. Murphy and Irby, demon
strated the fact that there are wide differ
prospects Of being passed.
The senate conferees on the tariff bill we're
still, on July 3d. firm in the demand that the
house must accept the senate bill; giving as
the most potent reason that nothing short
of that would secure final m ajority vote in
the senate. The probability was then that
the house conferees would not accept the
senate bill.
Senator Martin is not eligible to be ap-
pointed judge of the Eighth circuit; the DO
sition he has been striving to reach. The
constitution prohibits the appointment of
senator or representative to any civil office
which has been created or the elnOluments
thereof increased during the term for which
he was elected.
The louisiana senators say that the sugar
trust would now be independent of Louisi-
ana planters and put such price on their
crop as they pleased; because they have al
ready purchased abroad enough raw sugars
to keep retinerles running until the new law
takes effect; purchased it in anticipation of
new tariff rates.
Willie Rain, 14year-old boy, was killed
by an elevator in the Masonic building in
Topeka. He was operating the elevator by
reaching for the lever from the outside,
expecting to jump in the car while it was
moving. He was caught between the car
and the first landing, and life crushed out of
him without breaking bone.
At the grand night parade at Denver of
the Imperial Council of the Order of the
Mystic Shrine, the entire line of march was
thronged with spectators who had assembled
to witness the unique affair. The gay uni
forms of the marchers, the colored lights,
pyrotechnic displays and many strange fea-
lures combined to make a notable spectacle.
The tariff did not 90 back to conference
as speedily as the caucus arranged for. Villas
had withdrawn his motion that the confer
ence be instructed to strike out the Is cent
differential duty on refined sugar, in order
to let the plan of referring back succeed.
This was blocked by Senator Washburne,
who made the same motion. Speech max
ing was again on tap of course.
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