Western Kansas world., 1917-11-08

February, 1904, that destroyed the
business section of the city, occurred
recently on the big piers of the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad at its extensive
terminal at Locust Point, on the south
side of the harbor. The blaze was
believed to be of incendiary origin
rivate" John Allen, member of Con
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private" John Allen, member of Con-
gress from Mississippi for sixteen
years until his retirements in 1901 and
one of the picturesque figures of that
body, died at his home in Tupelo.
Miss, the other day.
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Herbert Bigelow, pacifist leader and
pastor of the Peoples Church" at
| Cincinnati, who was kidnapped at New
port, KY, just as he was entering
| hall to make an anti-war speech, was
| found at Florence, Ky, after he had
been stripped of his clothing, whipped
with a blacksnake and then dipped in
| crude oil.
Six of the ten German prisoners
| who escaped from the alien enemy de-
fention camp at Fort Mcpherson the
other night, have been captured by
agents of the department of Justice
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President Wilson has ordered an in
crease of forty-five cents a ton in bi-
| luminous coal prices at all mines
which put into effect the recent joint
agreement raising miners wages
about 10 per cent. The advance be-
| comes effective at once.
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The late John D. Archbold, Standard
| Oil magnate, left an estate of $3S,49S
247, according to the states appraisal,
completed at New York recently. The
state inheritance tax amounts to
| s1,526,129
| G1ocers are entitled to a profit OF
one to five cents on pound of butter
or dozen eggs, according to an agree
ment reached between Harry A.
Wheeler, Illinois food administrator.
and committee representing Chicago
wholesalers and retailers
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Profiteering by retail dealers in food
stuffs will be made impossible after
| November 1, the food administration
announced recently, under plan tc
cut off supplies to those not satisfied
with reasonable margins.
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Southwest.
Farmers in the vicinity of Guthrie.
Ok, are suffering heavy losses from
the death of live stock being pas
tured in corn and kaffir fields. The
animals sicken suddenly and die in a
few hours, and no remedies have as
yet been found that will save them.
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The charred body of Mrs. George
Bright, SO years old, was found by her
son in front of their home the other
day when he returned from Hereford
Texas. Her clothing caught fire from
a stove.
Two mess halls used by Companies
L and M, One Hundred and Forty-sec
, ond Infantry, at Camp Bowie, burned
at 1 o'clock the other morning. The
fire is said to have originated eithel
from defective wiring or an overhead
ed stove.
= Dynamiters wrecked the home of J
: Edgar Pew, vice-president of the Car
: ter Oil Company, in Tulsa, Ok, at
; O'Clock the other morning. The famil.
was asleep at the time and had mar
row escape from death.
: More than rs per cent of the Goa
' | miners in Arkansas have quit worl
1 because of Gov. Charles II. Brough'
| appointment of Millard Pendergras
of Altus as state mine inspector, ac
cording to reports received by S. A
. Bramlette of Fort Smith.
: -S- f. :.
i YaQui Indians defeated General Al
i nulfo Gomez, federal commander a
e Palama, Sonora, October %, accordin
> to a delayed message received at E
Paso No details were given.
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C. Foreign
- News of the capture of. Udine pr
: duced scenes of great enthusiasm
i Berlin and Vienna, according to a
= Amsterdam dispatch to the Londo
a. Exchange Telegraph. Orders were i
sued that flags be flown and Empero
William and Emperor Charles e,
changed congratulatory kilograms.
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in Count George Won HertlinS, the b
e. varian prime minister, has been a.
e pointed imperial chancellor of &c
,r many by the kaiser. Former Cha
S, cellor Michaelis has been named prin
s. minister of Prussia.
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A general census of the Germa
population of Brazil now is in progre:
of preparation. Hereafter it will