Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-12-21

Wayne, Ind, that If he was elected
delegate to the next republican ma
tional convention he would support
Harrison if he was candidate. The
balance of the Indiana delegation was
for the ex-president, he said.
CHIEF JUSTICE T. L. SNoDGRAss. of
the Tennessee supreme court, fired
two shots at John R. Beasely, law
yer of Chattanooga, Tenn, one of
which took effect in the arm. Mr..
Beasely was seriously hurt, but not
fatally.
JONAS G. LEDT, aged SO, and his
wife, Melinda, aged 60, of Souderton,
Pa, while on their way to church in a
carriage were struck by the Buffalo
express train on the North Pennsyl-
vania railroad near their home and re-
ceived injuries that resulted in their
death.
At two o'clock on the morning of the
10th fire broke out in the Mexican vii
lage at the Atlanta (Ga.) exposition,
but the flames were extinguished be-
fore any great damage was done.
Three or four persons were injured in
fighting the flames.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, Mrs. Malinda
Burns, young mnlatto woman, fired
a bullet into her husbands brain with
probably fatal result. The woman
was quickly arrested and her victim
removed to the hospital. Mrs Burns
said that since her marriage to Burns
two years ago her life had been a con-
tinual round of abuse from the hands
of her husband.
The conductors and motormen of
Philadelphia were waging war for an
increase of wages, shorter hours and
the privilege of belonging to the Anal
gamated Association of Street Railway
Employees, and it was decided to inau-
gurate a strike on the 18th and tie up
the street car lines.
Two packages were received at Chi
cago on the 10th directed to P. D. Ar
mour and George M. Pullman respec-
lively, and the packages were finally
turned over to Post Office Inspector
Stuart for inspection. They proved to
be Internal machines, which, had they
reached their destination and been
opened without suspicion by the men
for whom they were intended, would
have probably blown them into
eternity.
In quarrel over game of billiards
at Pittsburgh, Pa, William Parker,
colored, was struck over the head with
billiard cue in the hands of man
named Porter and almost instantly
killed. Porter made his escape.
JACK HARRIS, an aged invalid of
Ham burg, Ala, was left alone at home
while his family attended his only
daughters marriage. Upon their re-
turn the bridal party found the house
in ashes and the old man burned to a
crisp.
THE members of the Clothing Con-
tractors Mutual and Protective associ-
alton have repudiated the contracts
entered into by them with the mem
bers of the United Garment Workers of
America in New York last July and
strike involving 10000 tailors in New
York city, Brooklyn, Brownville and
Newark has been precipitated.
COIN HARVEY on the 18th launched
his new political party at Chicago, to
be known as the patriots of Ameri-
ca" It's special mission is to advance
the cause of free silver. The national
officers are: w. Fl. Harvey, first ma
tional patriot; Charles III. Mcclure, ma
tional recorder, and James F. Adams,
national treasurer. On the first Tues
day of next April an election will be
held and new set of officers chosen.
A side order, called the Daughters of
the Republic, is also to be started. It's
membership will be confined to the
gentler sex, and the head of it will
carry the title of first woman of the
republic"
The New York Morning Advertiser
on the 10th said that Levi P. Morton
was an avowed candidate for the pres
idency, and that while he does not pro-
pose to personally exert himself, he
will be pleased to have the New York
delegation stand firmly for his nomi-
nation at st. Louis, as did the famous
306 for that of Grant in 1880.
GEORGE w. MCCAMMoN, Adams Ex-
press agent at Farmersburg, Sullivan
county, Ind, has defaulted, taking
with him So. 500 of the company's money
The Weir pillow shops at Monmouth,
Ill, were almost destroyed by fire on
the 18th. The loss was $3.50, OO0 Three
hundred men were thrown out of work.
CHAIRMAN CARTER, of the repu bIican
national committee, has issued the
formal call for the national convention
at St Louis, June 16, 1896.
THE Eighth Street Methodist Episco-
pal church, one of the finest church
edifices in Little Rock, Ark, was des-
troyed by fire on the 18th. The fire
started from the furnace. Two fire.
men were caught among a mass of
burning timbers and badly burned.
Al Robins was pinned beneath some
joists and his legs burned nearly off,
He will not recover.
POWDER magazine at Arlon, Bel
gian Luxembourg, exploded recently
and killed seven men.
ADvICEs from Madagascar stated
that mob of g. 600 Hovas had attacked
and destroyed the Christian mission at
Ramainandro, but that Missionary
MacMahon and his family, occupying
the mission, had succeeded in esca ping
unframed. A force of 600 French