Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-01

Bellaire, GAINESVILLE & Cincinnati rail-
road were tied up by the sheriff of
Monroe county, at Woodfield, O., on
an execution for delinquent taxes,
amounting to So, 500. No trains ran on
the 27th.
WALTER @. GRESHAM, United States
secretary of state. died at Washington
on the 2sth, aged 81 years. of acute
pleurisy, complicated with pneumonia.
He rose to the rank of major-generai
of volunteers during the rebellion, was
for fourteen years United States cir
cult judge of Illinois, and held three
cabinet portfolios, postmaster-general
and secretary of the treasury under
Arthur and secretary Of state under
Cleveland.
SUPERINTENDENT BYRNES, iiof the New
York police, handed in his resignation
on the eth to the police board and it
was accepted.
CATHOLIC missionary workers are
about to start a movement of the
greatest Importance among the masses
-of population in Cleveland, o. 1t
might be called a Catholic Salvation
army movement, except that some of
the odd features of the Salvation army
will be omitted.
THE Ohio Steel Co., of youngstown,
O., has advanced the wages of all en-
ployes, over 1000 in number, 10 per
cent. The action was voluntary on
the part of the company.
AN earthquake recently wrecked the
town of Paramythi in Turkey. The
dead numbered fifty and the injured
800
OSCAR WILDE, the apostle of esthe tt
cism, was convicted in London of an
immoral offense and sentenced to two
years imprisonment at hard labor.
A SOUTH Chicago electric car crashed
into wagon containing five persons at
Seventy-ninth street and Yates avenue.
The wagon was demolished, one woman
killed, another woman probably fatal
ly injured and several others slightly
injured
LOUIS PENNE was drowned on the
Goth at Cleveland, o., by the capsizin g
of a boat in which he was rowing with
two companions. He was prominent
German citizen.
DEPUTY marshals had a fight with
Zip Wyett's gang of outlaws in Woods
county, Ok, recently. Wyett was
wounded and his hor Sc killed.
THE race for the claims in the Kick
apoo reservation came off at noon on
the 23d. Hundreds of women started,
and exhibited the same amount of
enthusiasm as the men. Every quar-
ter section has from two to a half doz-
en- claimants and long before night
many settlers were turning back dis
gusted at the fewness of the claims
and the miserable quality of what
there were.
The miners of the Pittsburgh, Pa,
district have practically given up the
strike for SO cents per ton and will GO
back to work at the operators terms OF
60 cents.
AN explosion of blast at the Smith
& Eastman section on the drainage
channel at Joliet, Ill, killed one white
man and two negroes.
Two young men and four young
women were padding about on raft
on pond near Effingham, Ill, when
it was overturned and one man and
two women were drowned.
HUGH MCCULLoCH, formerly secre-
tary of the United States treasury
died at Washington on the oath. He
was over go years ofage.
A RECENT st. Petersburg dispatch
stated that in the town of Kobueden
200 houses had been destroyed by fire
and in the village of Rushany 25o
houses were also burned. During the
CONGREGATIONS total of fifty persons
were killed and very many more were
injured.