Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-09-03
LATEST NEWS.

LATEST NEWS.
Condensed for Convenience al
Hurried Readers.
An earthquake was felt in Bermuda ani
he south of France last week.
The Lackawana people have sent beck Il
other places tho men they had bfought n
from tho east to man the Buffalo yarlds, anf
al the old men save five have returned b
work.
An explosion occurred in the Park Sir
mine, near Brid3eton, 0lamorRanehire
Wales, ON August 26 in which many minen
lost their lives. The explosion was felt fol
ten miles around.
ChnleEa has made lis appearance in Lon.
don, and two deaths were reported on tn
26th from The disease. The most thorough
sanitary precautions are being taking
throughout the city.
The number of dead found by searching
parties in the Parkslip mines reaches no
Kanses City, Kan, has had $4,000 fire.
At one time the Armour packing houses were
in danger.
Canadian authorities are also exerting ever
energy to prevent cholera to gain landing
place at their ports.
The street car system of St Joe, Mo-. con
sisting of fifty-six miles of electric railway
has gone into the hands of q receiver. The
majority of the stock is owned in New York
We are pleased to learn that W. 81. Whit
lock ono ~ fho h<,va urhn attended El1i0kffs
Business College, Burlington, Ia, now has
IN excellent position in Chicago at 81 200 .
year.
Daniel Dougherty, the renowned Philadel-
phia lawyer and orator, Is lying in critical
condition at his home in that city. Attend
ing physicians say that there is hardly pos
sHblhty of his recovery.
Attempts to scare the workmen in the Car
negie mills continue daily. Notices have
been thrown over the enclosing fences telling
the men that unless they quit work at once
they must take the consequences.
ship in the Mediterranean sea was sail
ing on smooth water when suddenly e sea
began to boil and foam violently. TIE dis
turbance lasted ten minutes and was thought
to be caused by submarine eruption.
Fifty-four of the leading miners who took
part in releasing the Tennessee convicts en-
ployed in the mines have been indicted, will
be tried and most of them will serve one to
seven years a. state convicts themselves.
Crazy King Otto, of Bavaria, is approach
ing the end of his reign at least and proba-
bly, the end of his life. He is in the last
stages of the result of excessive cigarette
smoking. and has sane intervals no longer.
Hotel Belmont at Sulphur Springs, N. c.,
Is burned. Many guests were in the hotel,
but all escaped without injury, though many
lost personal property. The hotel cost over
100000 and was owned by northern CAPT
talists.
A hunting party of four young men have
been found murdered on the banks OF Caney
creek, Indian territory. There Is nothing to
tell who did the deed, but the purpose evi-
IDENTIFY was robbery, as all their valuables
were missing.
Miss Gertie Carmo, the balloonist, who
at Detroit, Mich, was killed by falling to the
ground from her balloon, a distance of 300
feet There was large crowd present to
witness the ascension.
The Kansas City Journals s cent vote for
the most popular K. of P. captain resulted IN
the sale of nearly $4,000 copies of that paper.
Captain Charles haber, of the First Mis-
souri,, received e, 191 votes; the next highest
being Captain F. g. Newsletter, Of the First
Kansas.
number of Usage Indians captured q
man named Oliver White, who was travelling
overland with horse and wagon, cut OF his
hair, stripped him of his clothes, bound him
hand and foot, tied him to on upright post,
and committed other lndlgnlties. Omcers
have left Guthrie, o. T., to arrest the Indians
for mistreating white man.
About 40 more switchmen at Buffalo quit
because they were asked to handle freight
from yards nov worked by ron-union men.
Grand Master Sweeny said about this: Il
did not order them out, they went out OF
their own free will I do not want them
me if the strike should not prove
This is significant.
Fire broke oat in tie kitchen of the resi-
dence of Eli Potter, retired merchant. at
the corner of Eight street and State avenue,
Kansas City, Kan, and the building was en-
tirely destroyed, as was also the residence OF
William Albright, city clerk Potter's loss
is $4,000: insurance. $4,000 Alpright's
loss, &, 900; insurance, .60a
Ten xhousand eight hundred Knights par
ticipated N the grand parade at Kansas City
Tuesday, which was one hour and forty min
utes passing given point The weather was
delightful during tho parade, and bright uni
forms, cleaning helmets, flashing swords
and battle axes, dancing plumes and feathers
and flying flags presented an imposing and
ut the same time brilliant spectacle. The
parade was Witnessed By quarter of . mil
lion peeS2e.
Fire hseke out dn q restaurant on West
Sixth street. Kansas City. Kan. and spread to
HE livery stable of Daniels d Comfort, which
was quickly consumed, thence spread to the
Ven Forsett block and the Armour viaducs
~hich leads to the packing house cattle shedA
Tho viaduct was only partially destroyed.
The Van Forsett building, which has q
numerous tenantry, was destroyed. a. were
all the other buildings in the same block, in
GLIDING large neet Of gambling houses and
pool rooms. Los, $4,000.