Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-09


the floor and hauled it away, leaving
desks and books piled in heap out
side.
A HEAD-END collision occurred ON the
Iron Mountain railroad miles north
of Little Rock, Ark, between the
Texas limited passenger train and a
stock train Both engines were de-
morished and the express messengers
and mail clerks were pinned in the
debris for over an hour and were
taken out seriously injured. Nome OF
the passengers were hurt.
The steamer Joe Peters was reported
sunk 20 miles below Memphis, Tenn,
near Robinsonville, Miss.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has issued a
proclamation designating Thursday,
November 90, as Thanksgiving day
A MISSOURI, Kansas & Texas passen-
ger train " as wrecked near DenisOn,
Tex. on the Sd The engineer was
killed outright and thirtytwo pas
sengers were injured. The mail, bag
gage and express cars and three coaches
were injured. The derailment was
caused by an open switch.
THE Pittsburgh Cincinnati express ON
the 3. & O., commonly known as the
cannon ball." jumped the track on a
bridge over creek near Wheeling, w.
Va, on the 3D., owing to broken
fiange on a wheel of the smoking car.
The mail ear, smoker and Pullman
parlor were completely demolished.
So far only two deaths have happened.
The exact number of injured was hard
to get reliably. Nine were taken to
- ~ "a
Wheeling hospital, while a number were
at houses near the scene of the acct
dent. Of those who were hurt several
will die.
TIE Massachusetts, horsemau, Col.
John E Thayer. has bought the trot-
ting stallion Baron Wilkes, 2:1S by
George Wilkes. dam by Belle Patchen,
by Mambrino Patchen. Price, S25, 600.
THEODORE DURRANT was convicted
at San Francisco on the 1st of the MUIR
der of Blanche Lamont in Emanuel
Baptist church. The jury was only
out twenty minutes and arrived at the
verdict on the first ballot. When the
foreman of the jury announced the
verdict men cheered and women wept
and the tumult continued for some
time before order could be restored
AS there was no recommendation to
mercy, Durrant will be sentenced to
death. Notice of appeal has been given
by his attorneys.
A New YORK dispatch said that a
large increase in the rates for trans
porting money by express order went
into effect on the ist. This increase
was said to average 25 per cent. be-
tween points east of Chicago, and even
more to points west of that place. This
increase of rates is regarded as another
blow in the warfare waged for some
time past between express companies
and the state and national banks
throughout the country, and which
banks.
In the district court at Guthrie. Ok. i,
A. w. Foot was sentenced to seven
years in the penitentiary for burglary.
Foot is graduate of tie Nebraska
state university and was superintend-
ent of schools in a number of towns in
Nebraska and Missouri. After going
to Oklahoma he met with reverses.
REPRESENTATIVE of the American
Railway union failed to reach an agree
ment with President Hill, of the Great
Northern railroad, and tie-up of that
great system was expected from ST.
Paul, Mimi, to the coast.
w. M. HAGERTON, living near Alden,
Ia, was fatally stabbed by the father
of Miss Smiser, to whom he had been
paying attentions, and whom he had
ruined.