Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-06-13

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

| RUSSIA mas warned the turkish gov
eminent that Christian massacre in
Crete would unite the whole of Europe
against Turkey.
rounds at Washington that Chicago
would be made the democratic head.
| quarters for the coming campaign.
ALEXANDER H McGUFFY, author OF
a series of eclectic readers and spoilers,
known to the school children of several
| generations, died recently at his home
in Cincinnati of old age. He was 7g
years old and was born near Youngs-
| town, O., of Scotch parents
MRS CLEVELAND and her children
left Washington on the 4th for the
presidents summer home at Gray
Gables on Buzzard's bay, Mass The
president will follow soon after the
| adjournment of congress-
A WASHINGTON evening paper indie
| pendent as to politics, pu blished on
| the 4th this paragraph: THE opinion
is held in very high quarters that even
President Cleveland and bers of
his cabinet will not support the dem
ocratic ticket if a silver man is nomi-
mated, but will vote with the repub-
licans if they adopt a gold standard
platform at St. Louis
THE democratic state convention at
Stanton, Va, on the 4th adopted a
free silver platform and wanted Sena-
tor Daniel as one of the. nominees on
the presidential ticket
SPEAKER REED recently informed
Senator Lodge that he had given no
countenance to the use of his name for
the vice presidency and that under no
circumstances would he accept the
honor.
THE international arbitration con-
ference opened a three days session at
Mohonk Lake, N. Y. recently. Ex-
Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, pre-
sided and about $50 representative men
and women were present The gen.
eral subject discussed was the best
means of securing permanent court
of arbitration to determine questions
in: dispute between nations and es-
pecially between the United States and
Great Britain.
The silver men had everything their
own way at the democratic state con-
vention at Lexington, KY. The dele
gaticn to the national convention was
instructed for Senator Blackburn for
president.
THE democratic state convention
met in jamestown, N. D., on the 4th.
The delegates were instructed to vote
for free coinage of both gold and silver
at the ratio of sixteen to one, and to
vote for candidate for president who
would stand on that platform.
IT was stated at Washington on the
4th that Mr.. Mckinley would make no
| answer to the query sent him by the
Catholic clubs, asking whether he
twill in the event of his election to the
presidency discriminate against Catho-
lies on account of their religious be-
lief"
IL z
the 5th stated that Gov Bradley denied
| that he had withdrawn a presiden-
tial candidate and said that his name
would be presented to the St Louis
convention. The special also stated
that a movement had been started for
Gov. Bradley for vice president
The St Louis Republic on the 9Th
| printed an interview with Perry
Heath, of Cincinnati. in which he gave
what purported to be Maj. McKinley's
position on the finance question, which
| is, briefly stated, that whatever the re-
| pu blican national convention adopted
as its platform would be the Mckinley
platform and intimating that conces-
sion was likely to be made to silver
men Mr.. Perry Heath also stated
| that tariff would be the great issue of
| the campaign.
SENATOR HILL was said to be an
avowed candidate for tenn orary chair
| man of the national democratic con-
vention at Chicago
The democratic primaries In Georgia
on the 9th resulted overwhelmingly in
| favor of silver.
PRIMARIES We're held by the demo-
| Gratis of Indiana on the 9th In most
| places the silver men swept everything.
| Gov. Matthews was Endorsed for presi-
| dent
| WHIrELAw REID, editor of the lead
ing republican newspaper of the
| country. after three hours of close con-
| sultation with ex-Gov. Mckinley. at
Canton. O., announced that the repu b.
ican campaign would be fought on the
1 tariff issue. He said that the money
| question was su coordinate.
II was said at Washington on the
7th that plank in the St Louis plat
/ form will denounce the veto power
| and pledge the candidate for president
not to use the veto
FREE silver carried the democratic
| primaries in Texas on the 9th.
| NJ JULES SIMON, the celebrated
| statesman and former prime minister
| of France, died on the Sth of neurosis
/ of the stomach, aged s: years
THE veteran actor Frank Mayo. who
was on his way east with his company,
died on a train just before reaching
| Omaha Neb-, ON the Sth- Death re-
| suited from paralysis of the heart
MISCELLANEOUS
THE Worcester, Mass, police located