West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-11-29
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THE General Assembly OF the Knights OF
Labor has begun it, annual session nc In
dianapolis, lnl. Reports were read showing
q vast decline In the membership OF the Or
der as wtll as an almost empty treasury.
THE ChickaSaw Indians are on tho point OF
an intor-tribal war 10 determine who shall bo
Governor OF the Nation in place of Governor
Guy, who was recently assassinated
MISS BELLE BR1DEwELL, teacher IN n
school at Streator, H., was so badly kicked
In the breast by boy whom she attempted
to punish, that she died in few minutes
JuDGE WOOD, in indianapolis, Ind, drow
the attention OF the Fe leral grand jury 10 n
reported conspiracy TO influence voters on
large scale by the us OF money, and recon-
nended an investigation.
. A PACKAGE containing $1,000, shipped to
Tacoma, Washington Territory, by tho
Northern Pacific Express Company, has
been stolen by one or tho clerks, who has
fed.
PETER SHIvHLY, OF Tordatown. Ohio, who
Is seventy-eight years old, deliberately killed
his aged wife. ] be couple had been married
for sixty years and had always lived peace
hLly. Mira Shiyely was eighty.thrco years
old
MEMBERS Of the mtrderous gang known
rs Paid knObhers have lynchcd five men nc
Ozark, Mo, who as witnesses were instru
mental in having David Welker the Bad
khOb5ers' chief sentenced 20 be hung.
OFFICIAL returns froin oil but fifteen
counties place the Republican plurality In
Kansas at $1,000, making it the tanner Re
publican State OF the Union.
A WEeT VIRGINIA construction train, car.
rying seventy men, was wrecked by drove
Of cattle rushing on the track. Nine men
wero seriously injured and one killed out
right
FHrTz ANsC HlAG, who wns TO have heen
executed dt Los Angeles Cal,. for the murder
OF Mr. and Mrs Hitchcock at GHfdeH Grove
in January last and who also confessed 10
the killing Of julius FeuRh. n re ghbor in
Butte county, in 1885, committed suicide two
days before the execution by taking strych-
nine.
THE Chattahoochee Valley expos ton has
been opened at Columbus, Ga.
CArrAiN JOHN MILLER, n farmer living
roar Jamestown Indian Territory, who had
She name q having l,il Cd irty-two mon, has
been shot ana Killed by Z nant hamed jun
Ab.os, whom he attack with d gnifs
MA'uE TAwN, Allie Redmln ani Emma
Nickens, s1rce young & ris were caught by n
train az Crclovi le Ohio. Miss lawns lex
was cut of and Allie Redman was horribly
nangled, both dying, willie their compinion
escaped with serous ia uiea
LENDAUEn BnoTHEas 4 CO., the largest
wholesale clothing firm I'm Chicago, have
failed for $751; 6j2.Cs.
10 is estimated that % least 1000 bushels
pf corn hatwean Eyanariia end Green River
Ind. have been rdined by the Overflow of
tie Wabash and Ohio Rivers.
HESnY w. kiNG, JR.. son Of q million
nniro clothing dealer Of Chicago. was shot
dead in an Omaha fNeb) hotel BY woman
clciming tO De bis wife.
THEBr aro indications Of hard winter In
hlluquerguc. Nuw Me1iuU, which may pansa
los Of miilIoiis 0f dollars to stock growers
JOuy Coos. Of Berea Village. Ohio. was
struck W th q stone bY his son Joseph while
toying 20 stop hght between the latter and
b. rother Louis The fathers neck was
broken md be died Instantly,
MR CLEMENT HANBURY. brother of ord
Hanbury. of London, England. was found
dead boo his bed ON his ranch at Brady. Texas
lie was very oid, and lived alone ten miles in
Che country
ALREADY fatal Billiards have begun i'm
western knnfas and tic people have been
compelled 20 leave their homes from fear of
starvation. Ness City. Dight0n. Scott CITY
and many other towns are almost dopOpu-
lated The people have had NO crops and
are hcartbrOkCn