Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-02-17
LATEST NEWS.
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Hurried Readers.

Colonel George A, Allen left Yuma, A. T.,
with a sackful of opals for exhibition at the
Midwinter fair at San Francisco. They were
taken from his opal mine, few miles north
of Yuma. One opal was valued at $500.
The Harrison International Telephone
company has decided to organize at once IN
every state and territory, proposing TO give
service at greatly reduced rates. At present
its instruments are used mostly on private
lines.
The Paris Steele says that Great Britain
has acted in Newfoundland, Egypt, NADIA
gascar, the Soudan and Siam as though the
world belonged to her, and that the time for
an explanation from Great Britain Is ap-
preaching.
The story that no more American canned
goods would be used by the French army is
officially denied.
Blizzard weather has been visiting nearly
all of this country for couple of weeks and
reached Kansas on the 18th. 1t was still in
good health and energy when it got here.
Robbers stole from an express car on a
Nevada railroad tin box containing funds
for paying the section men on that road.
They used shotguns TO persuade the express
messenger.
A Findlay, O., man left his family and run
off to Oklahoma with 17-year-old maiden.
His wife got 5000 aiimOny and the girls
father verdict for $4,000 damages. Pretty
costly devilment.
The Presbyterian mission house and
schools at Anadarko, in the Cheyenne reser-
walton, are burned. The teachers and In
dian scholars barely escaped with their lives,
but all clothing, furniture, books, ETC., were
destroyed.
James O'Neill, an Arkansas newspaper
man, died in sleeping car at Wichita. He
had just entered the car. A few years ago
he was wealthy man at Council Bluffs, Ia,
but was wrongly mated and ruined by ex-
travagance.
The Italian minister at Rio de Janeiro has
cabled the Italian government saying that
Italy. the United States and Great Britain,
through their representatives at Rio de Jan
GIRO, have refused to recognize the insurgents
of Brazil as belligerents
Stephen B. Elkins has been chosen presi-
dent of the Harrison International Telephone
company, which contemplates forming state
organizations for telephone service, to cover
the country. The Harrison system does
away with central offices.
The Colorado Cigar Manufacturing associ-
atiOn inaugurated a lockout at Denver be-
cause the cigarmakers refused, December l,
to accept 1213 per cent. reduction IN wages.
All the large shops in the city are involved
and about 200 men are thrown out of work.
The total amounts of different series of
notes outstanding are: United States notes,
$347, 681 DIG; treasury notes of 1890 $152,O7O,
908; national bank notes, $207 300, 036; gold
certificates. $77.093, 1853; silver certificates,
1886, ,5o4; currency certificates, $44,975,
600.
Excitement continues at Rainy Lake, on
the border beween Minnesota and Canada,
over the new gold fields there, on both sides
of the line. The nearest railway is 100 miles
away and many of the growing crowds live
in tents, although the mercury registers 20
to 30 below.
Tell W. Walton has been to st. Louis to
attend meeting of the executive committee
of the National Editorial association, where
and when plans were entered upon for the
annual meeting of the association, to be
held at Asbury park during the entire week,
beginning July l, 1884.
The house committee on Indian affairs de-
cided to report favorably on Delegate Flynn's
resolution, which directs Secretary Hoke
Smith to disclose to congress all his acts in |
connection with pasture leasing in reserva-
tons which are the subject of negotiation to
be opened to settlement. -
One hundred and forty-seven Percheron |
horses and three trotters persisted in the |
flames which destroyed one of w. L. Elwood's |
big stock barns at DeKalb. Ill. One hum |
dred tons of hay was also consumed. Tramps |
are thought to have started the blaze. Loss, |
$4,000; partially insured.
A cut Of 10 per cent in the wages of l, 800 |
workmen at the Riverside Iron works, at |
Benwood, w. Va, makes about IS per cent. |
reduction since August, several previous cuts |
having been made within the past few |
months. There is much discontent and talk |
of a strike among the men.
Grand Army post in Baltimore offers
q reward of SIS for the first case of
arrest and conviction of a resident ex-
union soldier upon the charge of obtaining
or attempting to obtain pension by fraud
ulent means The reward is to be paid to
the person giving the information.
The bill for the reinstatement of railway
mail employees discharged during President
Harrison S term was agreed to by the house
committee on judiciary. Some party dis.
cussion was aroused and Mr.. Broderick, of
Kansas, and some others gave notice that a
minority report would be submitted.
The supreme court of Kansas decides unan-
imously that Governor Lewelling has not
the power 10 arbitrarily remove Mrs. NJ. E.
Lease from the state board of charities The
decision says that 'she cannot be ousted ex-
cept for cause, and before being ousted she
is entitled to be heard in her own defense"
The decision does not name the proper tri-
bunal to hear such case.