Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

AN unconfrmed dispatch reached
Berlin on the 10th that North Ger
man Lloyd steamer had foundered and
that $50 persons had been drowned.
Neither the name of the vessel nor the
locality of the alleged disaster was
given.
IN the international cricket match
at Philadelphia between the team of
the English universities of Oxford and
Cam bridge and the team of the uni
versity of Pennsylvania the latter won
by the. score of AS to 345.
THE provincial synod of the Church
of England in Canada, in session at
Montreal, Can, rejected motion to
authorize the use of the revised New
Testament in churches under it's con-
troll.
THE Washington Post on the 18th
printed an editorial, which was evil
IDENTIFY inspired, stating that under no
circumstances would the administra-
ton allow the gold reserve to dwindle
down to the point of danger and that
the government would keep the ma
tional credit safe if bonds to the ex-
tent of $500, 900, 600 had to be issued.
NEAR Green Pond, Ala, j. D. Catch
ings and Sidney Black burn were pay
ing attention to the same young wom-
an. Recently they met at her house
and desperate hand to hand struggle
followed. Blackburn got his pistol
out and fired three shots in rapid sue
cession, the first taking effect in Catch
ing's forehead, the second in his temple
and third in his heart, producing in
slant death. The young woman was
an unwilling witness to the tragedy.
AN exhibit of roads of various ma
terials and forms of constr uction will
be prepared in the exposition grounds
at Atlanta under charge of the office
of road inquiry of the federal depart
ment of agriculture.
| The two yachts, Defender and Valky-
RE, started in for the third race on
the 18th and few minutes later the
British yacht dropped out of the con-
test and the American yacht went over
the course alone. Commodore Arthur
| Glennie, Lord Dunraven's representa-
tive announced that the reason the
Valkyrie did not sail was because of
noncompliance with the contents of
Lord Dunraven's letter to the Amer
ica's cup committee relating to the
crowding of excursion steamers. Had
we been assured that the course would
have been kept clear for even FIVE min
utes before the starting time we would
have sailed The Defender winning
the three races, the Americas cup
stays in America.
AN attempted train robbery occurred
at Curtis, Ok. At that point four
masked men erawled on to the South
ern Kansas track and covering the
section hands with revolvers com
1 PEELED them to pile ties on the track
and draw the spikes from several rails.
The engineer of the westbound passen-
| ger train seeing the situation stopped
his engine and two of the bandits GOV.
/ cred him with revolvers, while the
other two went into the express cal
and compelled the messenger to open
| the safe. The railroad officers assert
| that the robbers got nothing. The
| train then went to Woodward, where
an alarm was given and posse organ
lied to pursue the robbers.
i WHEN the three horses, Robert J.
/ John r. Gentry and Joe Patchen
i scored for the opening heat, it was es
i timated that nearly 1000 people were
on the ground at Louisville, Ky, or
the 18th. Robert j., the great son Of
Hartford, came off victorious, but fol
the fact that Joe Patchen went int
the air when within 40 yards of the
wire, in the fourth heat. there nigh
| possibly have been another ending
| The fourth heat. which was paced in
2:0411<. established a new record, beat
| ing the fastest fourth heat ever paceC
or trotted BY any horse.