Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-11

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Buenos Ayres, May General RQea
| has been elected president Of the
! senate.
Dover, Del, May 7.-One ballot was
taken in the senatorial election with
out result. The Republicans will eau
Gus tonight.
omaha, May THE G. A. r., depart
ment of Nebraska passed protesting
resolutions against the dedication at
Chicago of the monument to the Con-
federate dead.
Pmtsburg, May About seventy-five
head of horses were sold today at the
opening of the Arneheim sale. They
brought about $4,000. Prices ranged
from $500 to $500.
Canton, O., May THE opening of
the state encampment G. A r. OF To-
wa here is fairly pleasant with q thou
sand boys in blue Sons of Veterans
and members of the Woman's Relief
Corps.
ST. Louis, Mo, May IA sugar fam
inc is threa tened in the city and all the
wholesale grocers are frantically try
ing to pick UP even barrel or Two.
An advance of one-sixteenth cent has
just been quoted by the trust.
Rome, May king Humbert has
signed decree dissolving the chamber
of deputies and fixing May 26 as the
second ballots will be taken on June
2. The new chamber will assemble
August 2,
Denver, May 7-William Bolthon,
who was arrested yesterdy on the
charge of having sold a sailed mine
to George F. Wheeler, of West Virginia
was discharged today by Justice Howse,
who decided that the evidence was in
sufficient to hold him.
Lebanon, Pa, May 7.-Charles Gar
rett was hanged today in the jail yard.
One hundred persons witnessed the exc
cution. His death was due to strangu-
lation. The crime for which Garrett
was hanged was the brutal murder or
his wife on Sept, 10, 1894
Nashville, Tenn, May THE little
historic church built by General An
drew Jackson and his wife near the
hermitage in 1923 was badly damaged
by the storm yesterday. A tree was
blown upon it, crushing in the roof ana
the interior was badly damaged by
water
Chicago, May Twelve hundred
blast men, employed by the Illinois
Steel company, struck today ana the
strike is expected to extend to other De
partmentS. The men demand better
wages and former help claiming that
they are compelled to work unneces-
sarily hard.
Nashville, Tenn, May 7.-Tomorrow
augurated. The ceremonies will be held
in the hall of representative which has
been festooned with bunting and dec
grated with flowers and plants for the
occasion. A large attendance is ex-
pected from neighboring towns.
Little Rock, Ark, May Tt is learn
ed from reliable authority that big
mineral deals which have been on Tor
some time past with the English syn
dictate have been closed. This deal in
wolves the famous Morning Star mine
with a large tract in Marion county
The purchasing price is about 100000.
Buenos Ayres, May There was a
severe earthquake today at Mendon-
ca, capital of the province of that name
| The inhabitants were terror-strlcken
and fed from the town. Mendonca is
situated about fifty-five miles south
east from the volcano of Aconcagua.
| The place was destroyed by an earth
| quake in 1859.
Dallas Texas, May chairman
| Dudley has called a meeting of the
| executive committee of the Democratic
party of Texas at Dallas the 7th
| instant for the purpose of defining the
| position of the party on silver. He
! says the issue now must be met and the
party united for action next year with
| it's common enemy.
New York, May Judge Brown in
| the United States circuit court today
| denied the application for writ of re-
moyaI in the case of Collins P Hunt
| ington, president of the Southern Paci~
fic Railroad company, indicted in Cali
fOrnia for violating the Interstate COM
merce law, in having given pass over
the Southern Pacific railway to a man
named Stone.
Nevada, Mo-, May AT a masA
meeting of zinc smelter workers last
night committee was appoined to call
on the employers to demand an ad-
vance in wages in accordance with
promises made some time ago when the
cut was made to the effect that when
prices for ores advanced wages would
be raised. 1t is believed that if the de-
mands are not conceded 200 men will
strike.
Pocahontas, Va, May 7.-There is nc
mining today. The soldiers are having
a quiet reception and are mingling with
the people. The miners convention will
assemble today. No arrests were made
last night and all the men who are
charged with violation of the peace
have been discharged. Peace and quiet
prevail. The railway company is do
| ing practically nothing and no ship.
ments of coal are being made.
New York, May w. G. E. Zee has
been appointed by Chancellor McGill
| in Jersey City, receiver of the Columbia
| Straw Paper company OF Chicago. The
| concern has a business of 100000 out
side of its bonded liabilities. 1t has de.
| faulted recently in the payment of in
| terest The available assets are $50 900.
| There is also a mortgage against the
| company held by trust company
which has been foreclosed.
Hudson, N. Y, May IA riot has
broken out in the brickyard of Walsh
Bros, seven miles above this city, and
| the sheriff of Columbia county has been
! called upon to Quell the disturbance.
Last evening the body of James Nc
| CURE, hand on a brick barge loading
at the Walsh Bros, dock, was found In
| the river. There is a belief that Mcguire
was thrown into the water by infuriat-
ed Italians, all of whom were drunk
yesterday, and demanded an increase
| in wages.
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars Bail.
London, May oscar Wilde was re-
| leased on bail today after furnishing
personal bond for $4,000 and two sure
| ties in Sc $50 each. One of his sureties