Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

News comes from st. Barnabee of a
young woman named Drechenel, who
has taken no food for sixty five days,
the only thing she can swallow being
little water or tea. Although very
weak she is still able to move about
and the doctors are puzzled about the
case.
THE president has made the follow
ing appointments, President James B.
Angel, of Michigan university; John
E. Russell, of Massachusetts,, and Ly-
man E. Conley, of Illinois, to be com
feasibility of deep water canal be-
tween the great lakes and the Atlantic
ocean under the act approved in March
last.
IN his annual report to the secretary
of the navy Surgeon General Tryon
discusses the new medical treatments
at length and gives a favorabl opin-
ton of the value of strychnia in the
treatment of pneumonia. He also says
that anti-toxine has been tried at the
Washington naval hospital with the
most favorable results.
Fl. II. HOLMES, who is accused of at
least six murders to get the insurance
money on the lives of his victims, was
found guilty at Philadelphia of the
murder of B. f. Pietzel
HALF the village of Lancaster, Ont,
was destroyed by fire on the Sd. Loss,
$4,000.
FIRE visited Arcadia, Ia, on the Sd
and only one store was left in the
town. 1t burned over an area of four
acres, taking with it six residences and
hotels, opera house, one livery barn,
one harness shop. two grain elevators,
one lumber and coal yard, barber shop,
post office, two drug stores, two sa-
looms, three general merchandise
stores, one furniture store, one hard
ware store, one butcher shop, one
vacant store room, one b DOT and shoe
store and four barns The estimated
loss was $55, OOO partly covered by in
surance.
JOHN d. ROCKEFELLER has written
a letter to the trustees of Chicago uni
versity in which he states he will give
the university $1,000, 900 for endow-
ment, payable January l, 1896, and a
further sum of So, OOO.O in amounts
equal to the contributions of others.
This makes the total amount of Mr..
versity 81, 425, OOO
THE Oak Ridge sanitarium at Green
Springs, O., four-story brick struct-
ure, was destroyed by fire recently.
The forty-eight guests, most of whom
were invalids, all escaped, many of
them having to be carried from the
burning building. The loss VIII be
about $40, 600, with $40, 900 insurance
THE monthly coinage statement
shows the coinage executed at the
United States minis during the month
of October to have been as follows:
Gold, S7,a15, 700; silver, $500, 900; one
cent pieces, $40, 500; total coinage, S., :
059, 200.
ADM. RAMSAY, chief of the bureau of
navigation, in his annual report to the
secretary of the navy, shows that dur
ing the past year 1912 men and 34S APP
prentices were enlisted in the navy.
Seven hundred and fifty men and 173
apprentices deserted, and of this num-
Der 63S men and 161 apprentices de-
serted in home ports.
SELLS Bros, the circus men, have
purchased the interest of the Barnum
heirs in the Barnum- Bailey shows
PROF. MOORE, chief of the weather
bureau, said on the 31st that rain fell
throughout the drought region from
New Mexico to England and that the
drought had been broken.
AT Jacksonville, Mimi, Ada Potter,
aged 20 years, and Nettie Vaguer, aged
9, were drowned in the Des Moines
river. The Potter girl broke through
the ice and her friend attempted to
rescue her. Two older sisters of the
dead girls tried to rescue them. and
both broke through the ice. They
were gotten out just in time, and by
prompt aid were rAsuscitated.
THE commissioner of immigrat ton,
in his annual report covering the last
fiscal year. shows tot.l immigration
for the year 25s. 531, which is less than
any year since 1879. Of these las, 600
were males.