Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-15

issued the 10th. made the condition OF
winter wheat II. 1 and of spring wheat
97.S. The condition of oats was "a. q
per cent.
A PASSENGER engine, while standing
in the Panhandle yards at Logansport.
Ind, on the 9th, without any person
on board. ran away Only for the
promptness of a switchman, who threw
her on to a siding, the engine would
have struck passenger train. As it
was, she collided with switch engine,
killing Fred Schulz, the engineer, and
badly wounding Pat Gray, fireman.
BLANKS are prepared at the treasury
department at Washington for use of
persons who have claims against the
government for the refund of the in
come tax The refund will be made
under section 1920 of the revised stat
utes, which authorizes the commits
sioner of internal revenues on appeal
to refund all taxes enormously or lille
gally collected. Every dollar of the
income tax already collected will be
repaid to the persons from whom the
collections were made
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities in the United States for the
week ended June showed an average
increase as compared with the CORE
spending week last year of 25. s; in New
York the increase was 33. O; outside New
York, 1874.
THE great relay bicycle race of the
red and blue between Chicago and New
York, was finished at 1856 o'clock on
the morning Of the 8th. The actual
/ I. z
utes. This has broken all American
records for relay race.
A DISPATCH from Houston, Tex, on
the 9th said that there seemed to be no
possibility of avoiding the rate war
which has been impending for month
past The Katy was accused of giving
secret rates as low as 16 cents from ST.
Louis on carloads. The withdrawal
of the Santa Fe from the southwestern
association showed the drift of events,
and within two weeks rate war would
be waged vigorously on Texas rates.
Two farmers living 13 miles south
east of Pond Creek, Ok, quarreled over
the settlement Of pasture rent, and as
one by the name of Snider turned
around to leave the other man, Henry,
back. The murderer was arrested.
A WRECK occurred on the Mill road
of the Little Bay Lumber Co. hear
what is known as ''Happy Hollow in
Calhoun county, Ark. The engine
jumped the track and three men were
killed outright and several others in
jured.
The conference of arbitration con-
cluded its session at Lake Mohonk, n
Y, on the 9TH, with the discussion Of
the question of enlisting an education
in favor of a peaceful settlement of
international controversies. A declar-
alton of principles was adopted and a
request was preferred that our govern
ment take steps looking to the consum-
nation of treaty of arbitration be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain.
A TRAMP stopped at the farm resi-
dence of J. E. Simmonds, Is miles
south of Guthrie, Ok, and demanded
food. Mrs. Simmons, who was alone,
went into an outdoor milk cellar to
get the food, when the tramp locked
her in and proceeded to rob the house,
finally setting fire to it as he left
Neighbors attracted by the fire broke
open the cave door and let Mrs. Sim
monds out. A large posse searched for
the tramp, but unsuccessfully.
A SPECIAL from Sturgeon Bay, Wis,
on the 9th said that the tug John
Evenson was sunk off Foscora by the
steamer Weston Stephenson. Martin
Boswell of the Evensons crew was
drowned. The remainder of the crew
were rescued