Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-07-07
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A tornado struck St. Johns university at
| Collegeyille, Mimi, June p, totally wreck
! ing the industrial school and all of the out
| buildings. Damage, $4,000.
The lower house of congress has passed
| bill providing 100000 to pay Indian depre-
dation claims. As the judicial department
will oppose the measure it is not at all GER
| tam to become a law.
The lower house of congress has passed
bill to give the same weight and effect to the
oathS OF private and non-comm lsSloned OIL
GERS in pension cases as is given to the Oaths
| OF commissioned officers.
There no longer seems to be much doubt
| IN Paris that the presidents assassination
was the result of anarchist conspiracy to
| avenge the deaths of Valiant and Emil
| Henri, the two recently executed anarchists.
| The senate entered upon its fourteenth
| week on the tariff bill July 2. Speaker Crisp
| arranged SO that nothing would interfere
with action on the tariff soon as it gets
back from the senate.
Every industry in Chicago was put in the
hands of six men acting as union" COM
| mittee, given absolute power to cause nine
tenths of the union workmen of Chicago to
quit work. Who rules this country, anyway
The tenth annual encampment of the Mis-
| souri, division Sons of Veterans was held at
| Sedalia, commencing June 25. The attend
ance was unusually large. The Ladies' Aid
| society held its annual session at the same
time and place.
The Santa Fe shops at Topeka were closed
| at 10 a. m. of July 2, because it was learned
| that general strike there had been ordered
| to occur at noon.
Judge Halett, of the United States circuit
| court, issued order restraining the Pull
man strikers or other persons from interior
| ing with the operations of the Santa Fe Rail-
way company with employees within the
/ confines of Colorado
1t is believed in Atchison that John J. In
| gals will accept the editorship of the New
York Commercial Advertiser next fall. His
delay in accepting the offer is said to be due
to his desire tC engage in the coming politi-
cal campaign in Kansas.
While the Columbus O., fire department
was drilling on Bro street. the immense
water tower toppled over and crushed into
surrey, killing James II. Frederick, Mr..
Fredericks wife and a gentleman named
Rigby, who were in the surrey, escaping.
The interior department denies the item
so generally published stating that the Kick
apoo allotments have been completed and
| that reservation likely to be thrown open to
settlement. If the cattlemen continue
to rule they will have the grass of '95 before
the reservation is opened.
1t is impossible in the COM pass of the news
department of weekly paper to even men,
ton all the outrages on persons and property
that have been daily occurrences almost
everywhere between the Pacific coast and
Indianapolis and Cincinnati. The strikers
have many fends among them.
A request for troops subject to call has
been forwarded by Secretary Smith to the
secretary of war, on the ground that pros
pecting parties are preparing to overrun the
Blackfoot Indian reservation in Montana.
The department has determined to allow no
prospecting on the reservation.
Senator Hill calls the attention of the
country to the fact that $685., 100000 of prop
erty in govern ment bonds would be exempt
from the operation of the income tax law.
And government bonds being exempt, he
thought the states should have the right to
make their bonds non-taxable also.
Rev. Bernard Kelly is in receipt of mes
sage from Govern or Mckinley stating posi-
lively that he cannot leave Ohio at the pres
ent time, and will. therefore, not be able to
visit the Chautauqua assembly at Ottawa as
he had previously promised. He says this
decision Is casued entirely by his official
duties.
J. z. Rora back, the superintendent Of
terminals at Kansas City, has given the 1,200
to 1900 strikers there his ultimatum which
is that if they do not report for duty on call
they never again get Employment from
the Santa Fe company. He also said orders
to the same effect have been sent to all divi-
The Nebraska supreme court has at last
decided the case OF the Fitzgerald and Nal
Tory Construction company against the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway, and in favor of the
construction company. The Judgment is
large one. 1t will be rememb ered that the
construction of the D. M. A. through
Kansas is part of the claim in this case.
Wabash train No. g. from St. Louis, pre-
sented dsmantled aDd dilapidated appear
ance when it reached the Kansas City union
depot Monday night. All the glass one
side of the train was broken out and the tops
of the cars were deeply indented, as if rocks
had been dropped upon them. The train
encountered terrific hail storm at Hardin,
Missouri.
General McCook, in com pliance with or
ders from Washington, left Denver for Trim
idad with troops. Strikers at Trinidad have
been doing more crime than elsewhere,
against the two railroads there which are in
charge of the courts. Their last act before
troops went there was to surround party of
deputy marshals sent there by the court and
disarm them
project for an electric railroad between
Washington and New York city has been
brought before congress in bill for the in
corporation of the National Rapid Transit
Railway company. Ex-Representative
Hemphill of South Carolina, and Washing
ton capitalists interested in the road.
They claim that the limits of speed by steam
LOGON OtlOn have been reached, while by
electricity speed of 120 miles an hour is
practice BILE.
Three Rock Island Passenger trains we're
held by strikers at Blue Island, Chicago
suburb. Nearly 300 passengers, including
many women and children, passed Saturday
night and Sunday with very little food and
less water and suffering under the hot rays
of a summer sun. The strikers forcibly pre-
vented the suffering, sweltering passengers
from getting water from the village water
main. What little the passengers found in
the village to eat cost them ten prices.
GENERAL MARK ELS.