Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-05-05
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The seventy fifth anniversary of the insti-
tuition of American Odd Fellowship was ct.
singly celebrated in all important places
throughout the country.
Senator Martin and Representatives Brod-
| erick and Curtis were booked for speeches
| at the Odd Fellows ceremonies at Washing
| ton, on the seventy-6fth anniversary of the
order.
A German-American League club has been
| organized in Atchison, which will oppose
prohibition and woman suffrage. 1t is
claimed that these clubs are being organized
all over the state.
Messrs. Burke and Brown, editors of the
Oklahoma City Times-Journal, were SEN
fenced to each pay fine of $3.50 and ten
days imprisonment in the county Jail, for
contemptof court.
Coal oil has been discovered at Ashwick,
Somersetshire, England.
Attorney General Little, of Kansas. thinks
that telephone companies can be compelled
to receive and deliver written messages not
withstanding any contract between them
and telegraph companies.
Most of the Great Northern shopmen at
ST. Cloud, Mimi, who left their places, have
agreed to return to work, and nearly all have
done so. 1t appears that the men were in
duced to quit under intimidation.
At Kansas City there was search-light
exhibition. A neighborhood in Missouri,
twenty miles away, was greatly startled and
excited by the signs they saw in the heavens,
believing that the end had come at last.
Ashland, Wis, has had $4,000 fire in
the Vaughn library building, The library,
fine one, was damaged.
Public meetings are being held in Okla
homa to formulate demands for the removal
of Judge Henry w. Scott, by whom news
paper men are kept in Jail for criticising his
official course.
Senator Francis B. Stock bridge, of Mich
igan, died suddenly at the residence of his
nephew, j. L. HoughtelIng, in Chicago. The
senator expired while seated in chair in
his sleeping room.
A private dispatch was received in Kansas
from Mrs. Jerry Simpson stating her hus-
bands death was matter of short time.
Her only hope was that her husband might
recover sufficiently to be moved, that he
might die at home.
Coxey arrived in Washington and etched
his camp in Brightwood driving park, where
multitudes rode out from the city to see his
army. He freely predicted revolution if he
was prevented from occupying the capitol
grounds with his forces.
The Chemung river is fifteen feet above
the low water mark and rising rapidly. Base
ments of stores along Water street at Elmira,
N. Y, are flooded. All trains are delayed
by the high water at Corning, where it covers
the track to the depth of five feet.
President Hill, of the Great Northern, was
to a committee of citizens his
willingness to arbtrate with the men on a
strike at the same time that another citizens
committee was hooted out of a meeting of
the men they were urging to arbitrate.
The Cherokee delegates. Duncan and
Thompson, presented the vice president with !
a memorial of the Cherokee nation against |
the nations being taken into territory or |
state with Oklahoma. as suggested in the |
McRea bill now pending in the house.
Greece has had more earthquakes, destroy |
ing several towns. In addition to the many |
persons rendered homeless by the previous |
shocks there are now thousands of others !
who will have to depend on the government |
for shelter and sustenance. There is little |
1oubt that there has been great loss of life. |
The question of allowing the story of the
trial, as printed in
book form by Chicago firm, to pass through
he mails is involved in an application made
Tor its admission as second class matter.
The question is under consideration by the
attorney general. Decency if not law should
exclude it.
Herbert Gardner, president of the English
board of agriculture, says that infected ami
mails had been detected in such numbers in
,argoes landed in his country during the
oast few years as to prevent him being salts
led that reasonable precautions were taken
n the United States; to which any American
will say, Rats!
The fake dispatch from Kansas City, Mo-,
bout a school house being blown down and
many children killed, caused the wires to be
oaded for many hours with inquiries from
!bsent citizens or relatives of citizens. For
full day every train entering Kansas City
brought home some anxious people. Such
work is criminal.
Frank Hatton is dead. He was a veteran
# the union army; a well known newspaper
yorker, first becoming prominent while con-
lucting the Burlington Hawkeye. He was
postmaster general in Arthur's administra-
ion. He was only 48 years old and was the
'oungest cabinet officer in this government
kept Alexander Hamilton.
Coxey and Browne marched through the
treets of Washington, May 1, but were pre-
ented from entering the capitol grounds
With their parade. Both leaders evaded Off
ers and made their way to the capitol steps.
Both tried to make addresses Coxey was
uietly forced back and to the sidewalk and
eft to himself. Browne was more obstreper-
us and was arrested. The streets were full.
bill has passed the senate which pro-
ides for leasing the school lands in Okla
oma. The matter Is taken out of the hands
f the interior department and until the leg
stature can meet is placed at the disposal of
he governor, secretary and superintendent
f public instruction. A similar bill passed
he house. The secretary of the interior did
lot like the bill. as it was in the line of re-
axing the departmental hold in Oklahoma.
The St. Charles hotel at New Orleans, La,
me of the finest in the south, is partially de-
troyed by fire. Two hundred guests were
n the building, and how many were lost is
lot known at present. Two men jumped to
he pavement below and their brains were
ashed out. Women were taken from the
,uildIng in fainting condition. The fire
,roke out at II o'clock at night in the kitchen
nd assembled through the back elevator.
The hotel was built in 1856 at cost of ST.
10000. The loss will probably exceed $780,
90.