Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-08-27
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coach on passenger train on the Balti-
moro IL Annapolis short line was derailed,
four miles from Baltimore, and a cOlored
woman killed and fifteen persons injured,
three fatally.
At Gloucester, N. j., during a running
race horse fell and seven Others, with their
riders, piled up on the track. All the riders
but one were taken to a hospital in an un-
conscious condition, and some of them will
die.
The 18th and 65th regiments of the New
York militia were held in readiness at their
armories in Buffalo and were sent out to pro-
tect railroad yards and trains leaving the
armories between 1 and 1 80 a. m. of Au-
gust 16
It is authoritat,vely stated that James g.
Blaine will speak in the coming campaign in
the state of Maine.
The cholera returns for all Russia show
that {, $40 new cases and 3,07 deaths were re
ported in one day last week.
Shipments of Texas cattle have been
arriving at West Indianapolis, Ind, and
native cattle are dying there, near the stock
yards, of Texas fever.
Dubuque's street railway company threat.
ened to discharge any motorneer joining Q
labor organization and boycott has been
declard against the company.
A locomotive on the track of the Iron
Mountain railroad, IN Memphis, exploded
killing both enginemen. Windows were
broken for some distance along the streets.
At Coal Greek, August 20, as company F
was coming down the mountain side they
were attacked by 1000 miners. A battle en-
sued in which fifteen miners we're killed.
The soldiers were not injured.
Amalgamated association strikers at
West Superior. Wis, fifteen of them, caught
two men who had left the association and
gone to work in the mills, killed one of
them and the other is thought to be fatally
hurt.
In the railroad districts of Buffalo and its
suburbs, stores, saloons, eating houses, etc,
are refusing to sell eny thing to eat to either
mllltlamen or non-union railroad men.
They are acting upon orders of union boy
cotters.
The battle of Coal Greek, Tenn, is at an
end, the miners having surrendered to Gen
eral Carnes at 4:30 p. NJ, August 10, and
General Anderson returned to his command.
and wounded.
According to the decision of Acting Secre-
tary Chandler part of the town of Edmonds,
0. T., is built on land that belongs to E.
Townsend, who had entry at o'clock on the
day of opening to settlement, and the town.
site people located on it four hours later.
At Washington Park, Chicago, August II,
Nancy Hanks won the title of Queen of the
Turf by beating her own record of 2 :O9, and
also Maud s. record of 2:OS%, in the unpre-
cedented time of 2:071 without once leaving
her feet, and in the presence of 10000 spec
tators.
Bud Lindsay, tho ruffian leader of the
Tennessee miners, turns out to be contemp-
tible character. Citizens got hold of him
and prepared to lynch him, but let him off
because of his AFFECT begging, and upon his
promise to point out all the leaders in the
late miners mob.
Forty milkmen in Akron, Ohio, have been
arrested for adulterating milk. There 10
evidence that sallcylic acid and borax have
gradients rendering it indigestible to infants
are responsible for the increased mortality.
Many infants have died.
A tram of burros from the Nedras mines,
state of Sinaloa, Mexico, loaded with $50, 900
worth of silver sulphides and guarded by
twenty men, was attacked by fifteen bandits.
Three of the guards were killed and the rest
left bound, while the roboers drove off the
burros with the loads of treasure.
Woodville, three miles from Jackson,
Mich. is sinking. 1t is part of a space
half mile square, undermined for coal.
The mines were recently abandoned because
they had become flooded. The inhabitants,
and the Michigan Central railroad people,
whose track crosses the tract, are greatly
alarmed.
the territory of the Western Freight associa-
ton will be restored September 1. The re-
duction was designed to give relief to Eau
Claire lumber dealers as against competitors
at other points, but, as the reduction was met |
from all points, the Eau Claire dealers found |
themselves in the same relative position as
before.
News come from Guthrie, o. T., that the |
Iowa Indians have left their allotments and |
have gone to live with their cousins, the |
Otoes. They say their reason for this is that |
here has been received by them from the |
coming Messiah revelation to the effect |
hat in order to receive proper consideration |
from him when he comes they must close |
heir civilized methods of life and return to |
he old methods.
An attack was made on Camp Anderson,
1t Coal Creek, and there was severe fighting. |
3atling guns were brought to bear on the |
miners with deadly effect, many being killed |
md wounded. General Anderson was cap
ured by the miners and it is feared that he
will be hanged by the infatuated mob. At
Knoxville the court house bell rang tho riot |
all, and men lined the streets cursin2 Gov
,rnor Buchanan for his weakness and the
miners for their madness. Citizens are vol
to 60 to the scene OF the trouble,
out there is not enough guns to arm them.