Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

-FOUR men were killed recently IN a
freight wreck near Walkerton, Ind.
| THE governor of Texas has issued a
quarantine proclamation, to go into
effect May Is, preventing the intro
duction of splenetic or southern fever
into that state by railroad shipments
or otherwise.
A. d. MCDONALD and James Ma
brinto, miners in the Rarus mine, near
Butte, Mont, were crushed to death in
the shaft of the mine while coming up
from the bottom in the cage. When
half way up Mabrinto tainted and fell
over the side of the cage and it is sup
posed knocked Mcdonald off Ma
brinto's body was dragged up along
the timb ers until torn into shreds and
the pieces fell to the bottom of the
shaft. McDonald's body was also hor-
ribly mangled and disem boweled. Ma
brintO was single man, but Melon
aid leaves a widow and five little chill
dren.
Snow was 10 inches deep on the level
at Gaylord, Mich, on the morning of
the 18th.
THE national council of the Catholic
Knights of America convened in Oma-
were present from every state in the
union.
RECENT advices to bullion brokers in
New York city from London stated that
contracts for future delivery of 3, 500, 900
! ounces of silver bullion were made
there in April. This goes to prove that
London dealers are confident of a ma
terial increase in the demand for the
white metal.
THE towboat City of CHARTERS, owned
by the Evansville Contracting Co., of
Evansville, Ind, burned to the waters
edge and sank on the 18th at Ironton,
O. The fire originated in the rear end
of the kitchen, and owing to heavy
wind which prevailed all attempts to
save her were futile. The crew saved
their personal effects She was valued
at SO, 900 and was partially insured.
By the collapse of a brick building
in process of being torn down at Chi
cago, five men were injured, while
nearly a dozen others had narrow es-
capes. The injured were buried under
a mass of bricks and mortar. The fire.
men responded to the call and soon
dug them out. They were sent to the
hospital
The May government crop report,
issued on the 10th makes the condition
of winter wheat 800 per cent. A
month ago the condition was STA per
cent, and year ago S1.4 per cent.
FRAUDS of the grossest nature in the
pay rolls of the department of public
works at Chicago have been uncovered.
Dead men, Commissioner Kent de-
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and their names forged to time checks
Names have also been duplicated, and
residences located where there were
vacant lots 1t was estimated that
$1,000, 600 had been stolen from the
city in this manner.
A DISPATCH from New York on the
10th said that Charles E. (Parsonl
Davies has issued a reply in behalf Oh
Joe Choynski to Steve O'Donnell's chal.
lenge, through Brady, offering to make
a match for 81, 500 side, nine or ter
weeks from the time of signing articles
the contest to take place before the
club offering the largest purse. Davies
inclosed check for $500.
PATRoLMAN WILLIAM C. WILLIAMSON
of the Madison street police station
New York, was held up and robbed anc
murdered by three men in Allen street
on the 18th at an hour when the thor
oughfare was crowded with people
Though dozens of persons were eve
witnesses of the deed, not hand was
put forth to assist the victim or to pre-
vent the escape of the assassins.
A LARGE colony of stone worker:
from Bavaria have arrived in Edge
mont, S. D., where they will be EN-
ployed in manufacturing grindstone.
from the local quarries.
A FAST freight was thrown in the
ditch by broken wheel and ten car:
were piled up in confused heap near
Hornellsville, n. Y, on the 18th One
of the cars contained horses that were
being taken east to enter the races
| There were eighteen horses in this cal
that were attended by their grooms
Three men were killed in the wreck
AL of them being grooms, and severa
others injured. Ten of the horses tina
we're in the car were killed.