Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-01-11

car 6G IN CEOSSAAS III E1WOO0s 4uus, nuKA-
ing the people in all directions, several
being seriously, if not fatally. injured.
Two persons lost their lives by fire at
Wheaton, a suburb of Chicago. Two
houses were burned and the inmates
es capped with nothing but the clothing
they had on.
A DISPATCH from Havana to a news
agency at Madrid on the 9th stated
that band of rebels exploded dyna-
mite under a train on the Neuvitas
Puerto line containing 500 passengers,
several of whom were injured. Troops
arrived and dispersed the rebels, who,
the dispatch asserted, were about to
massacre the passengers
SIX persons were killed and two 9th
ers were injured through switch be-
ing left open, by which an express
train dashed into a freight train at
Chillicothe, 0.
A FIRE at Hermann, Mimi, destroyed
the Frogner and Washburn hotel, the
Enterprise newspaper Office and several
other buildings All the secret orders
of the town lost everything.
SECRETARY HoKE SMITH has notified
the members of the Dawes commission
that they will be called to Washington
soon to give their views to the senate
and house committees on the Indian
question.
THE laundry attached to the Cook
county, ILL.,, poor house and insane
asylum at Cunning was destroyed by
fire at one o'clock on the morning of
the 4th. Loss, $25. 0OO
A SHAFT was being sunk at the Luke
Fiddler colliery at Shamokin, Pa, on
the 9th and four men had gone to the
top to touch off blast below by cleo
tricity. All went we'll and they were
being lowered when the rope of the
bucket in which they were caught and
the men were pitched headlong down
the shaft to instant death.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities in the United States for the
week ended January 3 showed an av-
erage increase as compared with the
corresponding week last year Of IA;
in New York the increase was IL. 4; out
side New York the increase was Is
The monster Park No. 2 colliery, at
Trenton, Pa, owned by Lentz, Lilly
& Co., was destroyed by fire. The
origin of the fire was unknown. It
was valued at about 100000, and gave
employment to ZOO men and boys.
A LARGE audience filed Central
Music hall at Chicago on the 5th and
listened to various practical sugges-
tions offered to aid the suffering Ar
menians. Cablegrams to the queen
and czar requesting the intervention
of England and Russia to prevent
further outrages by Turkey were read
and directed to be sent. Immigration
to the United States of the Armenians
was advocated in a heartily applauded
resolution.
The Central hotel of Altoona, Pa,
was destroyed by fire early on the 5th.
Many of the guests were taken out of
the upper windows by the fremen and
it was thought all escaped safely. One
fireman was killed by falling wall
The loss will reach close to 5000, 600.
RUssIAvLLE, Ind, had an exciting
time with mailman on the 5th.
Joseph Callxins, who has been mental
ly unbalanced for some time, at
tempted to kill his wife and child with
an AK. The victims escaped after re-
ceiving a terrible beating. Constables
and neigh bors then undertook to cap
ture the maniac but Calkins swung his
ak with appalling effect, Officer Sims
being killed and several injured. He
was finally overpowered.
By fire caused through an explo-
sion of natural gas six people of fam
ily were asphyxiated at Columbus, O.,
on the morninV of the I'd.
ADDITIONAT. DISPATCHES.