Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-08-28
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
THE post office department is extend
ing the long-distance telephone serv-
ice, and on the goth 1000 cities through
out the country secured long-distance
connection directly with the depart
ment-
THE commissioner of pensions has
had a statement prepared on the num=
Der of applications for pensions filed
since July, 1896 The comparison
shows that in July, 1896, applications
for pensions aggregated 2, s9s. while in
June, 1897, there were 40, 1859, largely
for increases and for widows and
minor children.
THE commissioner of pensions re-
Gently stated that the pension list was
increased by old soldiers marrying
young wives and that he hoped con-
gress would pass law to prevent pen
sions from being given to widows of
soldiers of the last war who married
the soldiers in the future.
IT is not improbable that official an
nouncement will be made in a short
time of radical change in the present
attitude of the pension bureau towards
pension claimants who had a confeder-
ate war service. Commissioner of Pen
sions Evans believes that if a claimant
served in any capacity in the confeder-
ate service, but later enlisted in the
union army, served there and was hon
orably discharged, it would be an in
justice to refuse him pension.
THE fourth assistant postmaster
general celebrated his return to Wash
ington on the 21st by appointing the
largest number of fourth-class post
masters ever named in single day in
fhn iSfo Of he or.fro har-a
being 466 made.
THE department of state at Washing
ton has been notified by the Belgian
government that an international con-
gress of commerce and industry will
be held at Brussels during the eXposi-
ton there, from September to IL.
GENERAL NEWS.
AN engine attached to heavy ex-
cursion train on the Chicago & Calumet
Terminal railway was derailed near
Riverdale, Ill, by a switch misplaced
by tramps. The passengers were
thrown from their seats by the jar and
Joseph P. Murray was probably fatal
ly injured.
JOCKEY ''SANDY" CLUTTER rode to his
death in the second race at the EXPOSE
ton track at Kansas City, Mo-, on the
23d. He was on Dazzle and got caught
stable turn-the scene of numberless
accidents before. Mulvihill's reckless
ride on Billy Underwood was the
prime cause of the accident.
JOHN c. BILLS, eX-state senator and
eX-mayor of Davenport Ia. and one of
the most prominent lawyers of Iowa,
committed suicide by shooting himself
at Davenport on the Esd. He was de-
spondent over failing health.
FOUR roll bers tried to loot the Saw
ings Deposit bank at Canton, O., the
other night, but were discovered by
the night Waterman, who opened fire
others escaping.
A DEPUTY sheriff and posse sur
rounded the house of Ed Williams, a
negro, near Baxter, Ark, who was
wanted for an assault on colored
woman. and, on his refusing to sur
render, the house was fired, the des.
perado shot and his body cremated in
the burning building.
Two white men were fatally cut
with knives by negroes at picnic at a
lumber camp near Kendall. Ark. A
posse went after the murderers and il
was suspected that the culprits had
been lynched.
JOHN WooTKA, a Creek Indian. who
was sentenced to death July Is by the
judge of the Eufaula, 1. T, district 70,
murder, and who fed, has been cap
tured and turned over to the Creek au
thorities and will be resentenced ano
shot as soon as court shall convene a.
Eufa ula-
WILLIAM ROWLAND, a street car EN-
ploye of Dallas. Tex, wanted Ida
Kalczkasski, farmers daughter liv
ing ten miles in the country, to marry
him, and, on her refusal, he killed the
girl and put bullet through his OWL
head.
JAMES R. QUIGLEY was kicked 81
badly by John O'Donnel at ST. Louis
on the 22d, in quarrel over a game O
quoits, that he died soon after being
taken to the hospital
AT the reunion of the survivors O.
the Army of the Potomac at Troy, n
Y. on the goth about 1000 of then
were in line in the parade. Presiden
Mckinley reviewed the parade.