Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-08-28

tenseIy dark, and only the crash of falling
buildings, the roaring of the winds and the
sound Of the rushing waters told of the
destruction going on. In many streets and
yards the water was over head deep and peo-
Die escaping from their tottering and tumb-
ling homes we're compelled to drift of on
hastily improvised RATS. In the vicinity of
the Beach hotel the bath houses, immense
papodas, and saloons were washed away,
and the basement of the hotel was flooded.
All the street railway tracks on the beach
and the tracks of the narrow guage Texas
& Mexico railway were torn away. Nearly
every bridge in the city went down. On the
schooner "Laomi Perkins" was wrecked
and all but one of her crew of six lost.
There was a great deal of quiet work and
many mysterious movements among the
officials of the Rock Island and Lake Shore
trains, aud one freight train. The
detectives of the road were at
work On the case all night. One of
the attempts was to wreck the Chicago u
Rock Island train which left the Van Buren,
street depot a. 1880 at night, bound for
Omaha and Council Bluffs. The train con-
sisted of an engine with five coaches and
two sleepers, all filled with passengers. A
three-pound iron wedge was placed in the
guide near the cylinder head, which blew
out the head and bent the frame Of the
guide, totally disabling the engine. While
this was being done the theater train, which
left an hour later, passed the Omaha train,
when an attempt was made to wreck it by
turning the signal light in the rear, and was
only discovered by accident in time to pre-
vent the Omaha train from crashing into it
from behind. The third attempt, which was
successful, was made on a freight train at
Fifty first street. The Williams are dis
charged switchmen and they have been ar
rested.
Frank Deman, Bohemian labOrer, mur-
dered his wife and shot himself az their
home, in Chicago. Frank Kubaha, young
man, heard the report of q revolver in the
adjoining house, which was occupied by the
Demans; and a moment later saw Deman
rush from the back door into the alley wild
ly brandishing revolver. Kubaha glanced
through the window and saw the form of
Mrs. Deman PROSTATE on the floor, bleeding
from wound IN her left breast. He ran
after ths murderer end attempted to arrest
him, but Deman turned and fired at him.
Kubaha turned back into the house and at
tempted to revive the wounded woman, but
hia efforts were N vain and she died in 8
few moments. He called the neighbors,
who soon congregated and surrounded the
murderer, who seeing that escape was cut off
pointed his still smoking weapon at his own
breast and fell shot through the heart. He
died almost instantly, Deman was about
sixty years old and his wife tifty-fve. The
couple had three SONS who were employed
in the Maleable Iron works and we're toler-
able we'll TO do. They have lived pleasantly
so far as known, and no cause is given for
the fatal quarrel.
The National association of ex- Prisoners
of War in session at Buffalo, N. Y, selected
Chica 90 as the next place of meeting. The
following resolutions were adopted: Re
solued, That this association accepts as q
measure of substantial, though tardy JUS
tice to their comrades, the bill reported from
the invalid pension committee of the ma
tional house of representatives by Mr.. Nor
rill, of Kansas. Resolred, That COM
the president of this convention,
be authorized to investigate the
present pension laws, with view to their
amendment in the interest of all disabled
ex- union soldiers and sailors; and that said
committee be authorized to confer with tho
pension committee of the Grand Army of
LILO IsepuOAc upon III QuesClOus requiring
cooperation. The election of officers re-
suited as follows: President, Major John
McElroy, of Washington, D. c.; vice presi-
dent, DR.. John T. Walton, of Buffalo, N. Y;
second vice president, William D. Lucas, of
Des Moines, Ia, chaplain, Charles Dickson,
of Connecticut; treasurer, James A. Ben
field, of Boston; historian, Frank E. Moran,
of Philadelphia: executive committee. F. A.
Cleveland and DR.. E. C. Summers, of Chi
II hon % T~ n
Noble, of Chicago.
Sometime ago Acting Secretary Fairchild
instructed Mr.. Krites, chief of the division
of abandoned property, to carry into effect
the provisions of the act of congress author
izing the secretary of the treasury to deliver
to the rightful owners certain articles of
jewelry, etc, captured by the United States
army during the civil war and deposited in
the treasury department. Mr.. Krites has
accordingly prepared rules and regulations
which will govern the restoration of all such
articles, and has just concluded an examina-
ten of all articles on deposit. They are con-
tanned in two boxes, and consist of silver
ware, jewelry. portraits, watches, etc. One
o. the boxes contained nearly 500 watches
gold, silver and brass-aud number of jack
knives, pocketbooks, letters, etc. These
were mainly taken from prisoners of the
war who died in hospitals around Washing.
ton, Cape Lookout and Elmira, and were
deposited in the treasury by Gen.
eral Ketchem. Some of them. however,
belonged to union soldiers who died during
the war near the place designated. The
other box contained a lot of articles captured
by General sherman's troops in Camden,
South Carolina, in the early part of 1865.
They consisted of family plate, jewelry, etc.,
which had been deposited in the bank at
Camden by Mr.. McRae, and other wealthy
residents of chat section. When the union
army approached thet own an effort was made
to transfer the articles to place of safety
but it did not succeed, as the troops came
upon the scene while the transfer was being
made. Many of the principal articles be-
longing to Mr.. McRae were restored to him
by special act of congress in 1882 An inven-
tory has been made and it is thought the
articles can only be identified by their
owners. They will be restored upon applica-
ton, accompanied by satisfactory evidence
of ownership.
ANARCHISTS CONVICTED.
The Jury Finds Them Guilty of Murder