Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-29

from eating the flesh of a diseased
COW. The mother and four children
We're dead and the father and the re-
naming child were reported conva-
lescent.
LILLE and Laura Moore, sisters,
daughters of a farmer in Ra bun coun-
ty, Ga, were killed by their cousin,
Seymour Keener. Keener fell in love
with Lille Moore. The girl rejected
his advances. Keener met the two
sisters on the highway, and drawing a
revolver deliberately murdered them.
| Citizens gave chase and the murderer
was soon placed in Jail.
A COURT martial was held at Preze-
myal, Austria, which tried twenty-six
hussars for the murder of sergeant.
Three non-commiSsioned officers and
ten privates, who were chosen by lot
to do the deed, were sentenced to death,
and the remainder to Imprisonment for
life. The condemned men were shot
at once.
A FIRE on the Goth at Seattle, Wash.
destroyed $500. 600 worth of property of
the Consolidated Street Railway Co.
c. 3. BIRCH, cash receiver for the
West Chicago Street Railway Co. at
wounded at an early hour on the 23d
by man who attempted to rob him of
the days receipts. The cashier was in
a wire cage, but had left the door
open. The burglar went in and de-
manded the money in the drawer. Mr..
Birch reached for his revolver and was
Immediately shot. He fell to the floor,
but managed to fire one shot, which
went wild. The burglar fred three
more shots into his body, and then
emptying the cash drawer escaped.
By the explosion of steam valve in
the whaleback steamer Christopher
Column bus, off Waukegan on the night
of the 22d, two men were killed and
thirteen badly injured. 1t was the
homeward run to Chicago of the whale
back in it's opening summer excursion
to Milwaukee About $50 souls were
aboard. The accident was caused by
the vessel getting up more steam than
the limit to which its boilers were adj
justed SO as to reach Chicago harbor
before rival steamer which had
short time before passed the Christie
pher Columbus The passengers were
very badly frighteded.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities in the United States for the
week ended June 81 showed an average
increase as compared with the CORE
spending week last year of %. 0; in New
York the increase was SO. 1; outside
New York. 1872.
AUGUST BERGMAN, who murdered his
brother Julius in Sterling on February
%, 1898, was hanged for the crime in
the Morris county Jail at Morriston, n.
J., on the Goth. When the drop fell
the body bounded into the air Is feet.
He was pronounced dead after nine
minutes from strangulation.
NEGOTIATIONS have recently been
opened through agents in China OF
American interests with view to hav.
ing China secure from American CAPT.
to secure the Chinese war indemnity
of 200, 600, 600 taels to Japan.
THE Usage Indians have always dis
liked the negro race and kept them
out of their reservation as much as
possible. They have now determined
to be rid of them for good, the national
council recently having passed the fol.
lowing: THAT from and after the
passage of this act the negroes resid.
ing witL;c TIE Usage nation shall be
ordered to get out. Any citizen of the
Usage nation shall be subject to fine
of $50 for the employment of any negro
on this reservation" The attorney
general of the nation has issued
proclamation that this law will be en-.
forced on and after July l.