The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-10-27
HISTORY OF A WEEK.
The Many Happenings of the Week
TerseIy ToId-Events Occurring
in All Sections.
COLUMNS REDUCED TO LINES.
Everything But Facts Eliminated For Our
Readers Telegraph
BreVities.
Thursday, Oct. 10.

John Leslie. aged IS. one of the old set
tiers OF bloomington, Ills, was killed by
Big Four switch engine.
The stranded steamer Newburn, which
went ashore near San Pedro, Cal, was de-
stroyed by fire.
A disastrous prairie fire swept the coun.
try southwest of Sound Lake station in
Mobiles county, Minnesota.
The body of James NJ McGhee, a
wealthy citizen of Pine Bluff, Ark. was
found. He had been assassinated.
r. D. West has been arrested at Mon
treal, Canada, for embezzling SIG, 900 from
a shoe firm for which he was bookkeeper
The grand lodge of Odd Fellows, in SEES
sion at Boise, Ida, reported that 43 new
lodges have been instituted during the
last year.
The grand jury adjourned at Decatur
Ills, ignoring the Sam l. Bush negro
lynching case because a former jury re-
fused to indict.
Wapakoneto, o., court house bonds
were sold to a Cincinnati firm for S51 OPS.
Bidders were present from eastern and
western cities.
Polanders and Italians held dance at
the city hall of Valparaiso, Ind A row
was started in which one man was killed
and Is severely wounded
The Elwood, Ind, window glass factory,
employing 300 hands, will begin opera
tions Saturday. the wage scale having
been satisfactorily arranged.
Fronia Williams, aged II, daughter of
the richest man at Metz, Mo-, took poison
and then cut her throat. Her father had
objected to her proposed marriage.
The coroner's jury at Jackson, Mich, is
still busy investigating the recent disas-
trous railroad wreck which occurred there
and trying to place the blame
The blooded horses belonging to the
late Senator Stanford were put up at auc-
ton at Washington The entire sale
amounted to 10000
V.M. Hollingsworth, H. l. Ricket and
j. M. Robinson of England, representing
a large amount of capital, have organized
an immigration company at Emporia,
Kan.
The large agricultural implement house
of Kries Bros. at Logansport, Ind. as
signed Liabilities are estimated at S25-
600; assets, $4,000, of which SIC, 900 is in
paper.
Thirteen of the crew of IL British steamer
which arrived at Boston from Portegso,
Mex. are sick with what is supposed to
be yellow fever. The vessel is held at
quarantine.
friday, OcG ~
Ex-senator Fair of California has dis
inherited his son, whose reported arrest
proves to have been false.
At Nashville, Directum trotted Il heat
in the free-for-all in 2:O5 IA, surprising
all previous race records
The gold reserve has fallen to $50, 1866, 083,
while the apparent balance of available
currency is $21, 1892, 582
Patrick r. Clancy, chief of police of
Champaign. Ills, has been indicted for
extOrting money from prisoners.
Mrs. j. H. Lathrop, wife of the first
president of the University of Missouri,
died at Kansas City, aged s. years.
Central Traffic association lines will
hereafter quote one fare rates for the
round trip on all trains to Chicago
Louis Hogan of Dubuque, Ia, "a years
of age. died at Georgetown College, d. c.,
where he was studying for the priesthood.
President TRIUMPH and Cashier Koet-
ting of the failed Milwaukee South Side
Savings bank were indicted by the grand
jury.
Agents of an English syndicate have
located at Emporia. Kan. They will buy
Kansas farms and sell them to English
men who can be induced to emigrate.
Settlers of the Cherokee Strip are crowd
ing into the towns hungry, cold. and
penniless. Every day brings news of
death from want and exposure The out
look for the winter is terrible
A pitched battle on the Mexican border,
in the Mexican state of Sonora, took place
between geniarInes and band of 10
ban its under Pancho Rivera One of the
bandits was killed and two of the soldiers
wounded.
Thomas Revett was acquitted at Water
loo, Ia, of the murder of Warren Black
well near Butler last April while attempt
ing to arrest him. Revett was a deputy
constable and claimed seIf-defense in
shooting Blackwell.
Mrs. II. o. Houston of Pine Bluff, Ark,
was awakened by a terrific noise attend
ant on fire opposite her residence, the re-
Election of which appeared in her room.
and became so much frightened that she
was stricken with apopIexy and died.
Saturday. Oct. 81.
A Tennessee horse thief was killed by a
pet bear which was chained in the stable.
In Palermo, Italy, there were 26 new
cases of cholera and two deaths.
A Shipment of S5,O0O.OOO in gold has
just reached New York from San Fran
cisco.
James Cobb of Quincy, Ills, has been
convicted OF assault 10 Kill dIIet Two ASu
had been found guilty of his crime.
The shortage of Orchard, the abscond-
ing clerk of the WeIls-Fargo company at
Cincinnati, is placed at $, 900.
Citizens of Charleston. No. sent dis
patch to Senators Vest AMI Cockrsll urs-
ing an Immediate vote on the silver repeal
bill
Three men robbed the safe in drug
store at Battle Greek, Mich, OF 800 IN
broad daylight
Willis E +Silhoite. a deserter- from the
Second Uhite.t States CIV dr. % Fort
Leavenworth. has been arreSts n Downs,
Illinois
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