Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-05-08


Sd of paresis, aged "a years He had
been confined to his room almost con-
stantly for two years.
REV. EDWARD FAIRFAX BERKELY, the
oldest Episcopal minister in the Mis-
souri, diocese, died at St. Louis on the
Sd. He was "a years of age, 20 of which
he had passed in the ministry.
The town of Pulaski, Va, and vicin-
ity was shaken up by an earthquake
soon after noon On the Sd. No damage
resulted, but the people were terribly
frightened.
The Atlantic d Pacific railway was
sold at Gallup, n. M. on the Sd for
S12, DOC, 600. The only bidder was Aldace
T. Walker, chairman of the board of
directors of the AJchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railway.
IT has been given out that the amount
of Cashier FL. II. Espe's defalcation from
the Savings bank of Radcliffe, Ia, was
about SIS, 600. Espe has disappeared.
JOHN V. CKsM. the famous Splinter,
died at Dies Aoines, Ia, on the Sd as
dicitis.
FRANK WILLIAMS, an 1s-year-old
newsboy, met his death by drowning
at ST. Louis. He attempted to board a
moving cattle train On the trestlework
of the Eads bridge and lost his footing
and fell into the river below.
A HEAVY snowstorm prevailed in
southwest Virginia on the night of the
I'd and it's effect On small fruits and
garden truck was disastrous.
A PARADE of the unemployed had
been largely advertised for the Sd at
Detroit, Mich, but of crowd of 2, 900
idle men who gathered at the rendez-
vous in front of the city hall only
ali or ed to he
shalled into the possession They car
ried rude banners, declaring I'VE want
work, not charity"
THE Chicago News said that it was
common talk in Chicago society circles
that Marshall Field was engaged to
the widow of the late Gen. Phil Sheri-
dan and that the wedding would take
place in the near future.
JAMES LEWIS, colored, charged with
assaulting a white woman, was found
guilty by jury at Fairfax, Va, and
the death penalty imposed.
THE Tennessee Centennial exposition
was formally opened at Nashville on
the 1st. There was a parade through
the city to the grounds, where. after a
prayer by Bishop Gailor and speeches
by President Thomas and Gov. Taylor,
at a given signal President Mckinley,
at Washington, touched an electric
button, and as the band played 'tHail
Columbia the machinery began to
move and the exposition was opened to
the world.
A MAN named Ray, desperate char
acter, had been arrested by the sheriff
in Mitchell county, Va, when two
friends of Ray attempted to rescue him
and the prisoner and one of his friends
were killed and the other was fatally
wounded by the sheriff and his deputy.
AUGUST NORMAN stopped at the house
of Knute Hillstead, a farmer near Lar
imore, n. D., while Hillstead was alb
sent, and during the night he attempt
ed to break into Mrs Hillstead's room
to assault her, but she barricaGed the
door. and because she would not adj
NIT him he threatened to kill all her
family and did cut the Threats of four
of her children, two of whom will die.
He afterwards assaulted the woman
and escaped.
JUDGE SANBoRN, of the United States
circuit court at ST. Paul, Mimi, has
denied the application of the first
mortgage bondholders for the appoint
ment of receivers for the Central
Branch, Union Pacific, with its extern
sions, the Atchison, Colorado & Pa
cific and the Atchison, Jewell County
& Western.
A TERRE HAUTE, Ind dispatch stated
that there was no truth in the report
that the Debs cooperative common
wealth idea is to be put into practical
test by starting a marching army to
Utah this year 1t is true that Debs
desires to establish a cooperative com
| monwealth in some one of the western
states and that he looks favorably on
u tab, but it is not the purpose to get
men there by Coxey sort of move
ment-
THE Greek ministry, headed by NJ.
Delyannis, which was blamed for the
| recent disasters to the Greek arms in
| Thessaly, was dismissed by King
George, and NJ. Ra1li, called the Gam
| BETA of Greece, summoned by the
| king to form new ministry. This
somewhat quieted the people in Ath-
| ems
| JOHN WAGNER, near Freetown Ind,
apparently died of old age. Physicians
pronounced him dead; the under
taker prepared the body for burial and
relatives came to attend the funeral,
| but when the hour for the funeral ar
| rived he was talking with his friends