Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-06-06

DISPATCH from Frankfort, KY,
stated that the Roman Catholic. socie-
ties all over the United States have de-
cided to ask the presidential aspirants
the direct question: 'tIf you are elect
ed president will you favor legislation
against the interests of the Roman
Catholic church?' It is intended to
exert their influence against the A p.
A. movement
A FoUR-YEAR-oLD child of J. l. Kreg-
wer, of Falkland, Ok, went into a hog
pen and picked up a little pig. when
the old hog attacked the child, knock
ing it down and biting off part of its
face and tearing out one eye. It will
die.
THE post office department at Wash
ington is daily in receipt of complaints
about letter carriers in the west-par-
ticularly in Missouri, Kansas and Tex
as-making the occupants of houses
come out to the sidewalk to get their
mail
AT the free feast given in honor of
the car of Russia's coronation on the
Hodynsky plain. near Moscow, ter
rible panic ensued, resulting in over
2, 1000 people losing their lives by being
trampled upon. 1t was resolved to
provide hearty meal for 500, 900, but
there was such an immense crowd
waiting to be fed for so many hours
that suddenly they pressed forward to
get at the food and swept everything
before them, the police being power
less before the rush, and numbers of
weak and hungry peasants fell
THE situation in ST. Louis was
summed up by the Republic on the
goth as follows: St Louis-Identitied
dead, 1876; unknown dead, IS; missing,
%; fatally injured, 10; seric lsly in
jured in hospitals, 4O1; estimated in
jured outside of hospitals, 1000; prop
erty loss. estimated, So. 600, 900 East
St Louis-Identifed dead, 10; I'M
known dead, 6; dying, 6; missing, 10;
seriously injured in hospitals, 200; es-
timated injured outside of hospital, 2,
600; property loss, estimated, SIS, 900, 600.
THE great fight between the two
branches of the A. o. u. w. of Iowa,
which has ragged for many years, has
been amicably settled, all the legal
proceedings on both sides being dis
missed in the courts. Both branches
will probably unite
The Cuban constitution was recently
stolen from the frame in which it hung
at the fair in Madison Square garden,
New York. The instrument was signed
III SuDd ny ITGSloeuG SlSDeTOS anu ~
members of the government Of the
new republic
U. E. HENRY, of Oshkosh, Wis, was
recently arrested at Columbus, Ind,
for splitting 81 and SO bills ia half and
FASTING the different halves together
and passing them as $40. His room at
a hotel was searched and nipple ments
were found for doing the work
DURING a recent entertainment in
the town hall at Belmond, Ia given by
members of the high school a lamp in
the wings was overturned and the
scenery caught fire, precipitating a
panic. The hall was crowded and the
people struggled, fought and trampled
each other in their efforts to get out
Miss Cecilia Finch, who was on the
stage, had her clothes burned off, and
it was feared that she would die from
her injuries.
THREE hundred feet of the roadway
OF the Northern Pacific sunk in Bu-
mars lake, near Aitl1in, Mimi, and 90
feet of water washes over the spot
where heavy trains were recently run
ming. Workmen were laying a new
track north of the old one.
THE schooner Albion brought news
to San Francisco of the probable loss
of the schooner lincoln in Alaskan
waters. The Lincoln had on board
about 80 persons, all of whom have I'M
doubtedly lost their lives Most of the
passengers were gold seekers
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