Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01
LATEST NEWS.

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Condensed for Convenience Of
Hurried Readers.
The Duke of Sutherland is dead.
The peoples party state convention OF
Wyoming decided to fuse with the demo
srate, the latter Offering to vote for Weaver
md Field electors and the former to vote for
he democratic state ticket
Furniture operatives, numbering 5000. in
Cincinnati are demanding union control OF
| inc business. commencing with ten hours
pay for nine hours work. A combination OF
| strike and lockout is about to result.
The body of ]. B. Hickok Wild Bill has
been found to be petrifed. 1t was recently
| removed. at Dead wood, when this discovery
was made. New York museum agents are
attempting to get the petrifaction at any
price.
Sir William johnson Ritchir, chief justice
of the supreme court of Canada, ID dead,
aged 50 years.
Our young friend, Miss Helen Frew, who
took course of Shorthand at Elliott's Bush
ness College. Burlington, Ia, is now private
Y. N. C. A. of Chicago.
Colonel Patrick Gilmore, the world re-
nowned proprietor, manager and leader OF
the band bearing his name, ID dead. He
died at the Lindell hotel, st. Louis, at 6: 45
p. m. September "a, of heart failure, due to
indigestion.
county, n. D., which are supposed to have
been started by cattle thieves, who take adj
vantage of it to stampede the herds. The
fire is said to be nearing the Missouri river,
where it will be brought to halt.
President Harrison, on account of Mrs.
Harrison's sickness, asked Vice President
Morton to stake up the duties assigned to
me on the official programme, that all posi-
BILE hOnors may be shown to the veterans who
may gather this week at the national capital"
A number of people in Cincinnati were re-
Gently poisoned by the use of impure milk,
bought IN the regul' r way of different milk
men and dealers. Some of them died. TIE
milk was found TO contain all manner of
denominations put there to enhance the
quarts sold.
There have been no arrangements yet con-
cluded for holding tho international none
tary conferences. Correspondence on the
subject of the place for the meeting was in
terrupted by the cholera scare, and it is now
as uncertain as ever where the confer, nee
will be he'd.
Secretary Rusk has declared all quaran-
tines of cattle in the entire country, as against
pleuro pneumonia, at an end. He says the
last case in the United States was full six
months ago and that there is no possible
danger now except from re-:ntrodIction of
the disease from foreign ports.
Dr.. ]. H. McClelland, the local representa-
tive at Pittsburg. "a, on the state board of
health, has been IN need of funds to take
steps against an outbreak of cholera. II. C.
Frick, of the Carnegie Steel company, fur
nished him with $50 900 as loan, without
interest, until the next meeting of the legis-
lature.
5 Rockaway Beach, the old famous summer
resort on the Long Island coast, has been
completely wiped out by fire: The fire broke
out at II :25 p. M, September 20, and de-
stroyed over 100 frame buildings and left 100
acres mass of ruins. As far as known only
one person lost their life. The place is over
run with thieves, who are carrying away
everything that was saved from the flames.
The fire is believed to he the work of incen-
diaries, and the loss is estimated at over
100000.
A wreck on the Santa Fe, of the missouri
River night express, ':due at Topeka from the
WeSo dt 4 sOO de ILL.,, SepIeIIlOor Il, OcCurTeU
between Usage City and Barclay, on a
straight piece of track at the end of small
bridge, where the roadway is only about
three feet above the level of the prairie. The
tram consisted of twelve cars. The engine,
baggage, mail and express cars went down
the embankment and were terribly wrecked;
the engine was buried almost out of sight,
and two of the cars, the smoker and day
coach, were telescoped but did not 60 over
the bank. The three sleepers did not leave
the track. There were four people killed:
Ed. Maher, engineer; James Chiddlck, fire.
man Frank Baxter. Express Messenger;
Jack Blumberg, express guard. There were
35 others hurt, a few of them quite seriously.
About 225 people were on the train, but
there were but a few in the day coach and
the smoker. There was in the express car a
million dollars belonging to the Mexican
Central railway on the way to Boston. Rob-
berry was the object of the wreck. Spikes
and fish plates had been removed and were
found out in the grass; also the tools with
which the work was done. which had been
stolen from the section mems tool house at
Barclay. The reason that the robbers did
not show up was that the wreck was worse
one than they had figured on, as the express
car and mail car were, with the engine, bro
ken to pieces, and buried under the wrecked
train; 90 that the robbers could not have
found the treasure had they tried. General
Superintendent Nickerson has offered re-
ward of 81 Geo. and Claim Agent Foulks has
advised General Manager Robinson to offer
5000 for tine capture of the guilty parties.
Among the most severely hurt are Conduc-
tor r. r. Donohue, IF Topeka; S. G. Kelly,
mail clerk Mrs. Mary Lyman, of Blooming
ton, Ill. /; Mrs. Mary E. Reed, of Great Bend
II. S. Foster. postalc!erk; Mrs. Jessie Grant,
of Pedro, Mo. j. B. Osborn, of Kansas City.
Mo-, and C. B. Kinney, of Kansas City. At
the time this report is made up 1t is not GER
tainly known whether there are other dead
bodies under the wreck. All the passengers
we're brought to Topeka on a relief train and
cared for by the railroad company.