Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-17

Terrible Disaster at Martinique the Most
Appalling Calamity.

Legislation Of Importance Dealt
With by Consress-Shadow
Cast by the Venezuelan EN-
broSlio About to Be Lifted
End of Boer War.
fore 1902 began and the end of the Boer
war was even more welcome. because it
time of perfect peace. AS the days drew
near the Ambassadors from the farthest
ends of the earth came to London. al
ready overcrowded by visitors from all
lands. The ceremonies, retaining nearly
al the medieval formalities, were care
FULLY planned and infinitely rehearsed,
Wnlie the public rushed eagerly to buy
seats erected along the line of march and
the nobility of the realm concerned them
selves with the ceremony in the Abbey.
ne KING came up to London in very i'll
heaith- On the oath of June he took to
MS bed. and on the following day a CO.
terle OF the most eminent physicians and
surgeons of the realm determined that an
operation was necessary to save him from
death of an ailment closely resembling
appendicitis. On the 25th Sir Frederick
Treves performed the operation. and for
many days the King lowered between life
and death. Coronation gayety gave place
to gloom, thousands of visitors including
some of the ambassadors, returned home.
Hundreds of tradesmen who had antici-
pateo large profits found them selves inn
poVerished, and expectant sadness
prevailed throughout the empire. Slowly.
however, the King began to improve, and
on August the ceremony took place
Religious Movements in 1902.
There has been perhaps nothing more
striking in the religious history of the
year just closed than the disposition of
religious bodies of different names to
get together in the practical prosecu-
ton of their work. Nothing decisive has
yet come of the movement for union
OF the Methodist churches North and
South, nor of the Northern and Southern
made The project for bringing together
the Congregationalists. the Methodist
protestants and the United Brethren has
made hopeful advance.
Finally, the year has been one of gen.
erous giving. The most renarka BILE single
instance is found in the Methodist
cnurch Three years ago. watch
night, there went out from SPRING
field church a call for a twenty-rnillion-
dollar fund for the development of Meth
od1st religious and educational work.
pie assembled to watch out the Old Year,
was made the official announcement of
the completion Of this noble fund. 1t Is
a great achievement. which fttingly
crowns the closing year.
The November Elections.
The general elections of November re-
suited in the election of the Fifty-eighth
Congress as follows: Republicans EOS;
Democrats, 17S.
November 4.-Of the states in which
United States Senators are to be chosen
the following elected Republican legisia-
lures: California, Connecticut, Delaware.
Idaho. Illinois. Indiana. kansas. Michi-
gan. New Hampshire. New York. North
Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota.
Utah. Washington and Wisconsin. Demo-
cratic legislatures were chosen in Colo
RADIO, Florida. Missouri, Nevada, North
Carolina and South Carolina.
The following state governors were
elected: Alabama. William D. Jelks'-
Oem.): California, Dr.. George C. Par
dee. (Rep3; Colorado. James H Peabody
(Rep); Connecticut, ADRIAN Chamber
lain (Rep): Idaho. John T. Morrison
(Rep): Kansas. Willis J. Bailey CRep-);
Massa chusetts. John L. Bates (Rep-);
sofa. Samuel r. Van SAINT" (Rcp.); Me-
braska, John H. Mickey (Rep.): Nevada,
John Sparks Dem. Silver; New Hamp-
shire, Nahum ]. Bachelor (Rep): New
York. Benjamin B. eOdell. Jr.s (Rep.):
North Dakota, Frank White" (Rep.):
Pennsylvania. Samuel w. Pennypacker
vim (Dem-); South Carolina. Duncan C.
Hayward (Dem-); South Dakota. Charles
N Herreid" (Rep); Tennessee. James
B. Frazier (Dem.); Texas, Samuel w. T.
Lanham Oem.): Wisconsin. Robert NJ.
LaFollette' tRep.): Wyoming. De Forest
Richards (Rep.).
~tSe-eiecteQ.
New York City gave Democratic plu-
rality of 121. COO
Prince Henry's Visit.
-Four days later and on the Same day
Mrs Stone was released. February %.
Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of Kais-e
er William of Germany, landed in New
York. and as the nations guest was ac-
corded a grander welcome than ever
given a foreign visitor. He came to rep
resent his brother at the launching of
his yacht. the Meteor, built by an Ameri-
can firm and christened by Miss Alice
February Is. On the 9th the Prince, his
suite and the diplomatic corps at Wash
ington attended session of both Houses
of Congress in the Senate Chamber, at
which Secretary of State Hay delivered
his memorial address in eulogy OF the
late President Mckinley. During the re-
mainder of his visit the Princes special
train bore him westward. as far as ST.
Louis Milwaukee and Chicago. south as
far as Chattanooga, where a brief but
welcome awaited him at
every stop. He sailed for home on
March IL. leaving a pleasant Impression
Of himself behind and bearing with him
a favorable idea of America
Troubles in China.
To the story of 1901 belongs the bloody
Boxer outrages and the retributory
of Tien-Tsin and Picking by
the allied forces of Russia, England
Germany. France. Austria, United States.
italy and Japan. The flight of the En-
press Dowager with her grandson. the
court and the tedious negotiations ar
tending the settlement occurred Il, ~.