Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-12

terms of the presidents order touching
places in the consular service which
are to be filed by tnon-competitive ex-
aminations, Assistant Secretary Rock
hill has been obliged to send out cir
cular IN answer to all applicants
An earthquake shock was expert
enced at Winon2, Ill, at 1:2O on the
morning. of the 9TH. Many people
were so alarmed that theyssat up until
daylight A good deal of damage was
and rock being shaken from the roofs
and there was scarcely a mine but
would have to exPend 500 or $500 tc
repair the damage.
AT Decatur, Ill. Charles y. Smith
was sentenced on the 9TH to be hanged
Novem Der % for numbering his daugh.
ter, Louise Smith, and his sister-in-
law, Edna Buchert. Smith heard the
sentence Gnmoved and quietly said
Thank you" At the last word from
the judge there was an outbreak Oh
applause and shrek from the prison
er's wife, the mother of the murdered
girl. ''Oh. the slayer of nay child has
got what he deserved she cried.
Thank God be has got his dEes- l am
SO glad, l am so glad. >
THE Kansas City trades Assem- bly, on
the 9th took decided step in the boy
eott against the Swift Packing Co.
statement of the facts in the case was
to be sent to the Federated Labor
union and every lab Dor organization in
the United States It was also decided
to send the boycott to the trades con
gress of Europe, which was the head
of the Ia Dor unions of France, Germany
and England.
The international atheletic contests
between Yale and Cam bridge at Man
haitian field New York, resulted in the
Americans winning all but three OF
the events. the BFitishers taking the 4
mile, the = mile and the mile runs.
AT the wedding of Fl. d. Gage, near
Sabula. Ia. three weeks ago there
were more than 400 persons. OF these
1O4 on the 9th were confined to their
beds, suffering the most in tense agony.
At the wedding feast pressed chicken,
prepared the day before, was served.
Another dish freely partaken of was
pork, and many inclined to the belief
that the victims were suffering from
trichinosis.
ONE of the largest fires that has ever
occurred in southeastern New England
broke out in one of the mills of the
Warren (R. L. Manufacturing Co..
just after midnight on the 3D. and be-
fore it was gotten under control it had
swept through three large cotton
mills, two warehouses, small sheds.
freight cars and other property, caus-
ing loss estimated at 1.125, 900. The
local fire department was totally mad
equate to cope with the flames and had
to appeal to adjacent towns.
IT was said at the treasury depart
ment at Washington that the case of
the Chinaman Gee Hop. who claimed ad-
mission into this country at San Fran
cisco on the ground that he was nat
uralized citizen of the United States,
presented no novel features. The law
was very plain on that point. The act,
approved May 6, 1882, provided that
hereafter no state court or court of the
United States shall admit Chinese to
citizenship, and all laws in conflict
with this act are hereby repealed
Gov. CUrLBERsoN signed the anti
prize fight bill on the Sd and prize
fighting in Texas hereafter will be
punished as a felony There was
much bitter feeling at Dalsls against
Gov. Culberson, Many usually con-
sentative citizens openly declared that
he ought to be burned in efigy. The
governor, however. was kept busy
opening kilograms from Maine to Cali
fornia congratulating him on the pas.
sage of the law.