Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-08

THREE cars were dera1ed by .
burned tree which had fallen across
the track near Rockland, Tex, and a
man was Instantly killed
ALBERT MINER. at one time an inmate
of the soldiers home at Leavenworth,
Kan, was run over by a street car and
killed at Marion, Ind
The new government lock at Sault
Ste Marie, Mich, was Informally
opened on the Sd when the government
boats Hancock and Andy johnson.
which were crowded with invited
guests, entered the channel
JOSIAH GARDINER, a tramp, was
caught between a box car and a nat
car loaded with lumber at Lennox.
Mich, on the Sd and badly crushed
a bout the chest. He will probably die
from his injuries
THREE men were killed and another
man was fatally injured by the pre-
mature discharge of dynamite near
Whitney. Ont, on the 3rd- They
were employed on the Ottawa q Parry
Sound railway.
A FREIGHT train on the Oxford &
GAINESVILLE railroad went through q
bridge near Durham, n. c.. and then
took fire. The engineer and fireman
were fatally injured.
A BOLT of lightning killed 10 head
of horses belonging to j. A. Bradley,
at Edin burg, Ind
EMIL GRUBER shot his wife and then
committed suicide at Galveston, Tex.
AT CLAW. Ky, Tom Brown tried to
butcher his mother-in-law. his wife
and his baby by cutting them with an
ak. They will pro ba bly, die from their
injuries. Brown went to a neigh boris
afterward and asked to be shot, but
was arrested.
The speculative deal in Diamond
Match and New York Biscuit stock has
come to an end at Chicago by the fail
ure of the Moore brothers The Chi
cago stock exchange decided to ad-
journ for an indefinite period SO as to
prevent panic, if possible.
A WRECK occurred on the Big -Four
road at Indianapolis, Ind, on the Sd
and number of race horses belonging
to ]. E. Bush, of Louisville, KY, were
SO much injured that it was thought
none would ever race again.
THERE were four suicides in Chicago
on the 31st.
AT Columbus City, Ala, Maynard
Covans and Miss Proctor and Miss
Bishop took refuge in an old building
from storm, when the structure col
lapsed and Mr.. Covans and Miss Proc
tor were instantly killed and Miss
Bishop fatally injured.
A VICIOUS hog in Benton county
Ark, during the temporary absence OF
Mrs. Mary Smith. attacked the svom.
ans infant twins and her four-year-old
boy, who were playing in the yard, and
killed them.
The Columbus Buggy Co., of Colum
bus, o., made an assignment on the
LIST. The firm had branch houses in a
dozen leading cities of the country
The cause of the failure was said to be
the general business depression
Two Choctaw Indians became in
volved in a quarrel at Krebs, 1. T., and
they stabbed each other to death, lit
orally cutting each other to shreds.
The killing occurred in a beer joint
On ranch near Canyon City, Ore.
sheepmen and cattlemen engaged in g
bloody fight, resulting in the death OF
| five men.
Two passenger trains coilided on the
| Illinois Ger trail road at Birkbecl, neal
Clinton, Ill. on the 1St and two per
sons were killed and ten injured.
| PLANS have been perfected for an ice
| trust in Chicago. 1t will ultimately
| take in the dealers of all the large
cities of the country.
| FL. j. WHIGHAM, of Chicago, won the
| amateur golf championship of Americs
at Southampton. L. l., defeating Cham
| pion Mcdonald, of Chicago.