Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-26
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
A DISPATCH from Dirschau, Polish
Prussia, said that ten children were
recently burned to death in one house
at Preussich Stargard.
AT a conference at Hot Springs,
Ark, on the 21st between the man
ayers and the Representatives of Cor
bett and Fitzsimmons the Florida Ath-
letic club asked that the contest be
postponed until November II. Brady
acquieSced, but Julian would not Then
the contest was declared off. Brady
then said that Corbett would meet
any man in the world, Fitzsimmons
preferred, November IL. the man to be
named within twenty-four hours. Ven
dig announced that he would match
Maher against Corbett and find some
one to take his place against o. Donnell,
the contest between Maher and Cor
bett to be for $50. 900 side.
CARROLL d. WRIGHT, federal commits
sioner of labor, computes in his annual
report just completed, that the loss to
employees in esta blishments in which
lockouts and strikes occurred during
the thirteen and half years ended
June so, 1894, amounted to $3.50, 493, 2S2,
and to employers to 1914, 1926, S37.
BY All explosion of gas at the Knick-
erbocker colliery. operated by the
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron
Co., near Shenandoah, Pa, three per-
riously injured.
THE mining village of Stockton, Pa. !,
has been practically wiped out by fire.
There was high wind blowing at the
time, and before the fire was under
control, twelve dwellings had been de-
stroyed.
FIRE broke out on the Goth in Algiers,
La, and before the flames were finally
subdued, destroyed about 100 small
buildings and about twenty more pre-
tentious structures, including the
courthouse and number of handsome
residences: All the records of the
Fifth district (Algiers) were burned.
The loss will probably exceed $3.50, 600;
insurance light.
On the night of the 10Th, at Dough
erty, I. IT., three masked men entered
drug store and looted the safe and
cash tills. The robbers then went to
the store of Hugh Hardy and the
money drawer was rifled and articles
from the store taken. After inform
ing the residents of the little town
that when there was money enough in
sight they would call again, they
mounted their horses and rode away.
The boiler in N. K. billiards. mill on
Slough creek, % miles northeast of
Paris, Tex, exploded, killing the engi-
neer and seriously injuring five or six
others.
| DURING a fight at a colored cake
walk near Moorestown, n. j., James
Haggerty, colored, shot Charles Nc
Kim, Mrs. Silas Vessels, George Whit
taker and Charles Wiman, none of
whom were expected to recover. Some
one shot Haggerty in the back. His
wound was considered mortal.
! FREDERICK AWE, JR-, went down into
a we'll at Milwaukee on the 18th and
was overcome by gas. His father and
Charles Smith, his brother-in-law,t tried
to rescue the young man and also sue
cumbed to the gas. The three bodies
were recovered. Each of the men had
large families
THOMAS SLMHIR and Hans Hansen
were hanged at St. Quentin, Cal, on
the 18th for the murder of the second
mate of the American bark Hesper on
the high seas. They were going to
kill all the officers and seize the vessel
but were only able to carry out part
of their programme.
A FERRYBoAT having sixty passen-
gers on board collided near Cairo,
Egypt, with steamer which was al
anchor and capsized, and fifty of those
on board of her, mostly workmen
were drowned.
AT Hampton. S. c., William Blake
ST.. Jason Blake, Prince Graves and
William Frazier were convicted of the
murder of Raymond Mears. William
Blake was recommended to the mercy
of the court and sentenced to life i'm
| prisonment. The other three we re
sentenced to be hanged. As the con
stables wereson their way to jail with
the prisoners. they were overpowered
by number of men, who took Will
liam Blake and carried him to the
| woods and hung him to large pine
tree They were dissatisfied with the
verdict.