Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-05-12
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An official notice has been issued in Rome
warning Italians not to think of emlgratlng
to America at present, and especially to avoid
Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania.
George Ellis. aged %, shot and killed his
brother, Clifford Ellis, aged 30, about ten
miles from Paola, Kan, in a quarrel grow
ing out of law suit between them. Both
are farmers
A good vein of asphalt has been discov-
cred by prospectors near Rich Hill, No., and
il is claimed that it exists in large quantities.
There are only a very few of these mines in
this country.
The Louisville, KY, Courier-J Journal has
strongly written editorial showing why the
Ashland district, the state of Kentucky, nor
the nation can afford to have Breckenridge
sent back to congress.
The democrats did surprisingly well in the
Third Ohio district. In 1892 they elected
their candidate for congress by 4,3OO votes.
In last Tuesdays election they carried the
district by between 100 and 1900.
R. E. GoodeIl has completed the transfer
to the federal government of Evergreen lake,
sixteen miles from Leadville, Col. 1t is in
tended to establish there the largest hatchery
in the country, with capacity for 7,OOO,OOO
fish.
Cleveland, Ohio, has virtually rested under
military protection for several days and
nights. Rioting breaks out in places, but is
quickly put down, leaving a quiet season
until the next Italians and Poles make the
trouble.
st. Joseph, Mo-, is about out of coal and
the light company of that city expects to
have to quit work.
General Kelly and his army at Des Moines
are building RATS to float them down the
Des Moines river to Keokuk.
1t is said that the Rock Island Railroad
company has ordered all surplus cars out of
Pueblo, fearing that the Cripple Creek Coxey
recruits would take possession of them.
There is a movement started among the
millers to join the knights of Labor. The
first action was taken at Minneapolis while
Grand Master Sovereign was there during
the railroad strike.
terrible hurricane did much damage at
Huntington, W. Va, May 6. At Central
City, two miles west, more destruction &C.
Cured the railroad shops and round house
and many other buildings were destroyed.
Many smaller towns are already without
COAL on account of the miners strike. At
Lincoln, ILL.,, the asylum for feeble minded
children and water works, electric light
plants and others have almost exhausted
their supplies.
The most destructive storm of wind and
hail of late years visited Joplin, Mo-, May
4. Torrents of water swept along the
waterways and flooded low lying districts.
The hail did much damage to greenhouses,
gardens and trees.
Payment of the Strip millions to the
Cherokees is to commence not later than
June 4, as provided by the bill passed by
their legislature. Wholesale merchants who
have been carrying the Cherokee trade will
then reap their delayed harvest.
The Kansas state board of charities dis
missed the case against Superintendent
Hitchcock, of the state reform school, hold
ing that the charge was not sustained by the
evidence. Hitchcock was charged with cru
city. The investigation was in progress two
weeks.
The steamboat men on western rivers are
exercised over the prospect of
a coal famine. The supply is low and hard
to replenish because of the strike among the
coal miners. Several steamers are making
to burn wood until the crisis
is over, it IS said.
Representative Davis. of Kansas, when ap-
preached by Coxey for favors, told Coxey
that congress could not afford to do what is
as ked by Coxey in the face of the menace
of the presence of his army. That they had
better scatter and find something 10 do until
they had chance to vote.
The American board OF foreign missions
has sent pioneer party to Mashonaland
from Cape Town. If they make favorable
report it is expected that host of American
farmers will follow them to Mashonaland.
Many Americans have already settled in the
Transvaal and the country north of that re-
public.
Major Andrews, special agent of the inte-
rior department, is at Guthrie to look up
matters relative to the Kickapoo reservation.
He does not believe that the land will be
thrown open before fall. and the opening |
will be on instant notice, allowing no time |
for crowds to gather. Great chance for
friends with pointers"
decision in the circuit court at Memphis,
Tenn, has alarmed traders on change. 1t
is practically to the effect that in all sales
made upon margins, unless both parties act
ually intend to receive or deliver the amount
of grain involved in the contract, the trans
action is gambling, pure and simple, and
the money so lost cannot be recovered.
A crowd of striking brick moulders gath
cred at the brick yards of d. V. Purington
& Co. at Blue Island, Chicago, aud threat
ened to destroy the works. Non-union men
are at work in these yards under the protec-
ton of the sheriff, who, with his deputies,
met the strikers at the entrance with loaded
Winchesters and threatened to shoot the first
invader.
The senate committee on the five civilized
trives say in their report, that nothing will
do but the abandonment of the present sys-
TEN. 1t cannot be modified or reformed,
but better system must be substituted.
That this will be difficult to do the commit
tee freely admits, but because it is difficult
task is no reason why congress should not at
the earliest possible moment address itself
to the question.
The central portion of Lyon and the south
ern section of Usage counties, Kansas, were
visited by terrible storm on the night of
May 4. waterspout flooded the country,
and the devastation of the water was in
creased by an unparalleled ice storm, kill
ing cattle and running crops. At Reading
every window pane was shaft red, and at
Oliyet the same destruction is reported.
Several persons we're seriously injured.