Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-12-26

Grant street, from Pine to Magnolia,
destroyed by fire. Loss, SIS, 900; in
suranee. se5, 600. ~
THE National Bank of Illinois at
Chicago, with assets amounting to Si5,-
600. 600, has suspended The causes, as
given by the clearing house committee,
were ''unwarrantable and injudicious
loans," through which the capital and
surplus had been imperiled-
An explosion occurred in a confec-
tionery mandatory at Casino. Italy.
on the 21st which killed seven people
THE failure was announced of the
Roseland Savings bank at Chicago on
the 2ist- The bank did business with
the National Bank of Illinois
ABOUT 500 masked men broke into
the jail at Mayfield, Ky, on the night
of the Goth and hanged Jim Stone, a
negro brute, in the courthouse yard
and then riddled his body with bullets
A TERRIFIC explosion of gas occurred
in a mine at Willzesba barre, Pa, on the
21st and over 20 miners were imprison-
ed in the earth, but IA were afterwards
rescued and hopes were entertained of
getting the others before the deadly
after-damp claimed them as victims.
THE American Federation of Labor
at Cincinnati on the 21st appointed
John Fernseth, of the Seamen's Inter
national union. as a committee of one,
with headquarters at Washington, to
look after labor interests in the ma
TONS capital After some routine
business the convention then adj
journed sine die.
THE Odd Fellows block at Elizabeth
port, N j., valued at 5000 900, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 10th.
A WAGON was struck while crossing
h. IL <>f I, H.. e. l =
ern road at Denison, Ia, and Mr..
Krual, farmer, was fatally hurt and
his wife was killed.
THE Choctaws have signed an agree
ment with the Dawes commission to
take lands in severalty, for the sale of
town lots and for the transfer of crimi-
nal jurisdiction to the federal courts.
Officials at Washington say that the
treaty with the Choctaws is very i'm
portant, as it is the entering wedge
which will dispose of the whole Indian
problem
AT the convention at Cincinnati on
the 10Th the headquarters of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor We're changed
from Indianapolis to Washington by a
vote of 1884 to 100 1t was also Or
dered that an assessment of one cent
per capita be imposed to secure an
eight-hour law.
Two boilers in the Kent Wooden Co. S
mills at Providence, R. L, exploded on
the 10th, killing four persons outright
and fatally injuring another.
THE Masonic hall, the largest build
ing in New Brunswick, n. J., was de-
stroyed by fire on the Dist Loss, $500,
OOO
BY the explosion of a piano lamp at
New York, which set the house on fire,
Aaron Goldsmith, his wife and three
children lost their lives.
Two Proctors, Dink and Arch, father
and son, were taken from the Jail at
Russellville, KY, on the night of the
18th and lynched and Arch's brother,
Bill, was shot to death in his cell.
They were all charged with the muir
der of Doc and Aaron Grafton. The
mob came from Adairvil1e and was
composed of about rs men.
THE interstate commerce commits
sioners made public their annual re-
port on the 18th. 1t recommends THAT
it be made penal offense for any per-
son to engage in the business of selling
interstate passenger tickets unless he
is an authorized agent of the carrier,
duly constituted such by written ap
pointment" Free passes are also de-
nounced. A number of technical
| amendments to the interstate com.
| merce law are also urged.