Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-27

NEAR Lincoln, H.. Louis McAfee, a
leading farmer, was fatally shot by q
tramp whom he had previously fed.
DAVID BALLINGoNIA shot and fatally
I'M Ured Mrs Rosalie DaVjdosa and then
killed himself at Chicago on the SD.
Balllngonia was quarreing with Anglo
Davidosa, husband OF Resale, about
some money loaned.
TIE Chicago police believe that H.
H. Holmes, the Philadelphia insurance
swindler, accused of the murder of the
PietZel children in Toronto, Ont, and
other crimes, murdered the Villa ms
sisters while living at Chicago and viii
make every effort to have him taken
to that city. They hold that the bones
and ether articles found in the stove
in Holmes old store will form the basis
for the strongest evidence.
THE Defender and the Nigilant sailed
on the 22d for the second time, under
the auspices of the New York Yacht
club, in a cup race. The contest was
designed to furnish a basis OF judg-
ment to the American cup committee
for the choice of the Defender in the
international race this fall. The De-
fender won both times.
SEVENTEEN Indians were recently ar
rested in Hoback CANYON for breaking
the game laws of Wyoming. After
wards the Indians tried to escape and
sixteen of them were shot dead. 1t
was said that unless troops got to the
scene soon every settler in the vicinity
was liable to be massacred.
The greater portion of the business
section of Silver City, n. NJ. has been
destroyed by a food, but SO far as can
be learned no lives were lost. The
Santa Fe railroad lost several bridges
and was badly washed out.
SECRETARY HOKE SMITH has request
ed Acknowledgement Harmon to direct
suit to be brought for the recovery of
1850 acres of land enormously patent
ed to the St Louis, Iron Mountain &
Southern railroad.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY REYNOLDS, in
a pension appeal case denied on the
10Th, held that a claimant who filed
his claim while deserter had no status
to apply and that his pension could
only date from the fling of another APP
plication, subsequent to his discharge.
PRESIDENT CLEvELAND's last baby
has been named Marion.
THE failures for the week ended
July 10 Oun's report) were 256 in the
United States, against 236 last year,
and 80 in Canada, against Al last year.
JAMES L. TRAvERs, colored, was
hanged in the United States jail at
Washington for the murder of Lena
Gross, his colored mistress, in Novem-
Der last. Travers quarreled with the
young woman and cut her throat. He
was about % years of age and his
mental capacity was extremely
limited. He was executed upon the
scaffold which launched Charles j.
Giteau into eternity.
AT Wadena, Mimi, Charles Feehan,
a prominent politician. was partly
hanged by mob for abusing his fam
lily.
WILLIAM HOSEA BALLoU, vice presi-
dent of the American Humane society,
will make an effort to stop the pro-
posed bull fight at the Atlanta eXposi-
ton. He has served notice on the man
agement that unless prompt denials
are received from the authorities that
such exhibition was to be permitted
he will institute injunction proceed.
ings, or cause the arrest Of all con-
cerned.
THE national convention of the Bap-
tist Young Peoples union convened at
Baltimore, Md. ;. on the 18th, with 1O,-
900 delegates present.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities in the United States for the
week ended July 10 showed an average
increase as compared with the CORE
spending week last year of 2G. @; in New
York the increase was 80. l.; outside
New York. 1910.