Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-10

championship of the world and a purse
of 81, 500 is fixed to take place before
the National Sporting club at London
on October IL.
A BLOODY battle was reported as be-
ing imminent in the Choctaw country
between the full-bloods and squawmen
and Agent Window was hastily assem-
bling a force of armed men, There was
also report of a skirmish at Horse
creek in the Indian territory in which
squaws as well as their husbands took
part The war department ordered
Gen Merritt at Chicago to send troops
to Tushka homma and the troops were
sent forward.
THE Detroit (Mich.) Free Press lost
large part of its plant by fire on the
5th.
WEEK of carnival for the benefit of
the Cuban cause began at Music hall
in Cincinnati on the 5th, about 2, 500
people being present.
A. REM and his two sons were
drowned in the South Canadian, near
Guthrie, Ok, while attempting to ford
the stream.
A LARGE, block of wood was found
lying across the rails IL miles south of
Lancaster, Eng. an hour before the
car of Russia's train passed the spot
The police are investigating the mat
ter.
THE American mission at Hasekeny
was pi1laged in the absence of the mis-
sionaries and the United States minis
ter to, Turkey has made a demand on
the porte for damages.
THE miners strike at the Little
Muddy mine at Percy, Ill. was de-
clared off on the morning of the 5th.
The miners were granted an advance
of four cents per 20 bushe1 box
BERTRAM w. CLARIDGE, holder of the
Dupont trophy and champion live bird
shot of the United States, was defeated
at Baltimore, Md, on the 5th in match
at so birds by ]. A. r. Elliott, of Kansas
City, Mo-, by a score of 40 to At.
POLICE officers at Chicago were in
vestigating a case of wholesale infanti-
eide. Within few days the bodies of
three babes have been taken out of the
river at the Harrison street bridge,
and in one case an autopsy showed
that the infant had been thrown into
the river while alive. The police be-
lieve that baby farm is in existence
in the city on a large scale, from which
the infants are carried to the bridge at
night and thrown into the river.
MAJ.-GEN. MERRITT has issued cir
cular to the department of the Missouri
directing thorough course of military
gymnastics at the posts of his COM
mand and prescribing conditions to in
sure uniformity in the exercises.
Two cousins, named Ed McEachin
and Charlie McEachin quarreled while
out hunting near Baxley, Ga, and
turned their guns on each other which
resulted in the death of Charlie and the
iuflicting of proba bly, fatal wounds on
Ed.
A LARGE powder magazine exploded
at Buluwayo, Africa Five white men
were killed and many others injured
and scores of Kaffirs, camping in the
vicinity. were crushed to death by fly
ing fragments of rock. Many houses
were also wrecked.
A DISPATCH from New York stated
that Miss Edith Collins and Chauncey M.
Depew were engaged and that the mar
riage might be looked for in Novem-
her, Miss Collins has a fortune of S3,-
600, 600.
Two negro brothers named John
stone, near the Sac and Fox agency in
Oklahama, quarreled over an Indian
girl whom both desired to court and
one stabbed the other repeatedly in
the abdomen with a large pocket knife.
The wounded man was able to walk
100 yards and get his gun. with which
he fatally wounded the other and then
fell to the ground dead.
Mr.. WILLIAM ]. BRYAN gave out for
publication at st. Louis his letter of &C
ceptance of the populist nomination
for president of the United States.
CARROLL d. WRIGHT, United States
commissioner of labor, stated in his
recent annual report to the secretary of
the interior, that the work of the CEN
sus Office was now substantially COM
pleted and that the tables were in the
hands of the printers. He also stated
that he would be ready to report to
congress by December a plan for per-
manent census bureau.
THE Farmers and Merchants flour
ing mill at Montrose, Col, was burned
to the ground. Loss, $4,000; insur-
ance, $4,000
FIRE that caused the loss of three
lives and nearly 100000 worth of
property visited Ladonia, Tex, recent
fy. Nine houses, eight of which were
brick, situated on the west side Of the
public square, and much of their con-
tents were consumed.
CLYDE DAVIS. aged IA years, of ST.
Mary's, w. Va, was run over by the
Bryan special train. His mangled re-
mains were found on the track
RECENT advices from Havana stated
that Antonio Maceo, in an attack
on the trocha. inflicted terrible losses
on the Spaniards, more than 1000 be-
ing killed and wounded. The attack
was made at night and the Spaniards
were taken completely by surprise and
fell back four miles or more leaving
the trorha hands of fbo