Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-06-23
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William Walter Phelps, ex-ministar to
Germany, died at l 80 a. M, June IL, at
Englewood, n. j.
J. P. St. Johns old partner, 1. o. Picker
ing. who headed the last prohibition state
ticket, was again named as candidate for
governor by the prohibition convention at
Emporia, June II.
o. S. Circuit Judge Thomas, holding court
at Leavenworth, Kan, sentenced the three
leaders of the Colorado wealers, who stole
train and were arrested at Ellis, Kan,
June 2, to forty days in Jail.
The river is now cutting in the business
portion of East Atchison, and the several
buildings north of the tracks are being
moved to place of safety and brick school
house Is now being torn down.
Mrs. Anna Diggs worked too hard at the
two state conventions, and other meetings
which she attended during convention times
and was laid up by it. She was reported to
be seriously ill on the 14th and later.
The Kansas City Journal says that Ben
nett. Cannon and Artz have all deserted
their gang of wealers in camp at Kansas
City, and that the growing discomfort In ths
camp is likely to result in disbanding the
''army."
General Sanders has been prohibite from
visiting his army, now held prisoners by
Marshal Nicely on the government reserva-
ton, and he is on the warpath, saying all
manner of mean things about the United
States marshal.
Congressman Hatch has succeeded in get
ing his anti-option bill before the house.
at Perry, o. T., grand stand broke down
with 500 people on it, during ball game.
Many were injured and one little girl fatally.
A young scamp calling himself the son of
II. R. Nickerson, late general SUPERINTENDENT
of the Santa Fe, is under arrest in California
for ENLIGHTENMENT. II. R. Nickerson has
but one son and he is with his father.
In the deficiency bill the department of JUS
tice receives sos. 278, mostly for fees of United
States courts. The largest appropriation is
s., 314, 522, for the postoffice department. Of
this 81, 540,174 goes for mail transportation
by railroads.
Some of the Sanders army, with later ar
rivals from Cripple Creek, scared the Mis-
souri, Pacific officials at Kansas City so that
extraordinary precautions we're taken to pre-
vent the capture of train by them, near
independence. Mo.
General Henry Bennett, of the Denver
wealers, now at Kansas City, was introduced
TO the Kansas populist convention by G. c.
Clemens, and made a speech. A contribu-
ton was taken up to assist Bennett to move
on; Sl02 was raised.
Horse stealing is going on at an alarming
extent in Oklahoma and the Indian Territory
now. 1t is said that there is an organized
gang, mum bering over 200 men, who are To-
Gated in every town in the territory and espe-
cially those remote from railroads.
In lull in the populist state convention
the roll of counties was called for the pur-
pose of securing pledges for the state cam
paign fund. The delegation from each
county subscribed from $40 to 500 each. the
total amounting to several thousand dollars.
The pump house at the Alverton coke
plant of Mcclure & Co., at Greensburg, Pa,
has been blown up with dynamite. The ex-
plosIon was terrific and the building was
completely wrecked. The strikers are held
responsible for the outrage, and the perpe-
traitors are said to be known.
Miners at Mount Olive, ILL.,, forcibly pre-
vented coal cars to be moved. and when
deputies arrested a few of them forcibly re-
leased them. Upon statement OF the case
by the sheriff to the governor the Seventh
regiment of militia left Chicago on spe-
cial train in the night, to assist the sheriff.
Laf1in & Rand's powder mill, one mile
from Platteville, Wis, containing more
than 400 kegs of powder, exploded in the
evening just after the employees had left the
premises, and no one, so far as known, was
hurt. The roof was carried a quarter of a
mile and left in sections in the tops of trees.
John Ingalls, has received lucrative Of
fers to take charge of an important metro
politan newspaper as editor-in- chief and
has left for New York to confer with the
managers. He expects, however, to actively
participate in the campaign this fall under
the direction of the republican state central
committee.
The North Enid, o. T., Town company
offers South Enid, the government TOWNSHIP,
to remove the entire town to North Enid, to
occupy as many lots as they now do. and
people will unite with them in building up
one good city. The offer covers the deposit
of 1000 as security.
Governor Hogg, o. Texas, has started on
trip for the north and east and will deliver
addresses in behalf of Texas in half dozen
northern cities. He is engaged to deliver an
address before the Tammany society in New
York on July 4. 1t is believed that Tam
many is grooming Governor Hogg as candi-
date for vice president.
The arrival of the Elks at jamestown, n.
Y, from all sections of the country exceeds
any attendance of the events of a grand
lodge meeting that ever has been known in
the history of the order. There were about
120 lodges represented on the ground the
first day, and over twenty states. -Four hun
dred lodges are expected.
Special trains will be run from Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pitts
burg, Cincinnati, Indianapolis. Chicago,
Milwaukee. Minneapolis, Nashville. Kansas
City, st. Louis, Omaha and DIS Moines to
the Denver meeting of republican leagues,
which meets June &c. Secretary Humphrey
estimates the attendance from 5000 to 5000.