Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-07

Two separate and distinct celebra-
tons marked Labor day in Chicago
The labor congress had parade and
picnic and the building trades also had
a parade and picnic. No red flag was
perHaitted to be carried. New York
had no parade, but everybody observed
the day as they thought fit At Cleve-
land, o., there were 10000 men in the
parade. At Boston over 10000 men
participated in the parade. At Philadel-
phia the letter carriers parade includ-
ed 1000 men and PostmaSter-General
Wilson reviewed it. All the principal
cities of the country observed the day.
FIRE broke out in the four-story fur
niture store of L. P. Peck & Co., at
San Antonio, Tex, on the I'd and
burned until the entire stock was con-
sumed and the building destroyed
The loss on furniture was between
$4,000 and 100000, on fixtures SIS, 900,
on building $45, 000. Some stores ad-
joining suffered small losses.
AN awful accident near Woodlawn
station, N. ", occurred on the I'd on
the Sea Beach railroad runaway en-
CINE crashing into an excursion train,
smashing the rear car into kindling
wood and injuring Fifty people, some
Of whom will die. Four cars were set
On fire and destroyed
THE wholesale clothing store OF Shell,
Rosenbanm Sc Steefel was burned at
Rochester, n. Y, on the I'd. The total
loss was estimated at Sis. 600,
AN eastbound freight on the Penn
sylvania railroad was wrecked by a
broken axle miles west of Hunting
ton, Pa, recently. Twenty cars, loaded
with coal and bridge iron, were entire
ly demolished. A brakeman was
caught under the wreck amid INSTANTLY
killed.
AT the Mattewan asylum for insane
criminals in New York recently Mrs
| Halliday, an attendant, was nearly
murdered by two crazy women pound
ing and scratching her and pulling hel
| haircut.
THE family James Reed, of Lou
don county, Tenn, and a number o.
others who were attending a birthday
| parity ait Reeds house recently were
| poisoned soon after eating dinner 'anC
several were reported as likely 60 die
Tlhe, doctors did not know whettlsJr the
poisoning was caused from verdigris o.
ky eating a watermelon that had been
| poisoned to catch thieves.
OFFICERS of the s. o. U. w. indig
u1antly deny the dispatch sent from
4 verge Of Bankruptcy. The latest sta
tistics go to show that the order wa
never in more prosperous condition.
A BAPTIST missionaries report that: al
u the missionary stations in western
Il China have receRtlv been leoted b,
i mobs, and t46 missionaries, man WON
1 en- and children, have been driver
L away, escaping oEfEy with their lives.
Il THROUGH rivalry between two tn!
4 lines at Duluth @finn., onattge 1st
collision occurred by which the tn:
| Medinah struck the tug Pathfinder an
sunk her in 14tfGsst of water All tn
hands were saved but the fireman
The captains of both tugs veere after
wards arrested
JENA DAHL, dazghter of "a ffarme
living near, Westtield, S. D., wanted t
gain the love of Henry Halseth,
neigh Dor, and sire gave hiEn a low
potion which ~s2Be got of a medium
/ The,young man became seriously i'll
the medium deca@ped and the girl di
not get the maH2s love. The potion
contained strychGine.
The steamers Christopher Colnm bus
the whale back, and John A. Elk, bot
heavily loaded with passengers, collid
ed at the mouth"o the river at /
o'clock on the night of the Both. ]
panic ensued, In switch many wer
!, more or less injured. The JohnA Di
! had her sides broken in, and every pas
senger on board w8s thrown from hi
q feet.