Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-02-22

Cudt AmeAle ESIVoS Ondl1er, I've HoVt-i-
list, was engaged to be married to
Prince Trou betskoi.
COMMITTEES, representing 100 heads
of families of Chicago, New York and
Massachusetts,. have been delegated to
investigate Tehama county, Cal, for
the purpose of founding a colony.
A MAN named Crumpton, in Rabun
county. Ga, was suspected of having
reported an Illicit still to the revenue
authorities, and a night or two ago as
he stood near the window of the din
ing room of his house bullet crashed
through the window, struck him in the
side, passed through and entered the
heart of his daughter, who was stand
ing near him, and she fell dead. The
father also died soon afterwards.
AT Pratt's mine in Alabama. where
the state couvicts are worked, William
Stain back, a notorious negro MUIR
derer serving life sentence, made an
assault upon John Crook, the mine
boss, plunging coal pick three times
into Crooks back and head, beating
out his brains, causing instant death
Stain back then made q desperate eff.
fort to escape, but was shot to death
by the guards.
THE Buckeye glass works at Martin S
Ferry, w. Va, were totally destroyed
by fire on the 10th. Loss, $50, 900; in
surance one-third
AT a mine in Repu bile, Mich, the
men were coming up in the skip from
work when it caught and turned over
on them. killing four and seriously in
juring several others.
AT Russell Springs, KY, Morgan
Smith, while drunk, slashed Joseph
McElroy across the throat with a knife,
nearly decapitating him and causing
instant death.
A FIRE at Dunfeld, Mich, on the
14th nearly wiped out the place, stiff
breeze blowing at the time
THE clearing house returns for the
week ended February II for the follow
ing cities were: New York, SOL, 496, 955;
Chicago, $40, $50, O48; st. Louis, $22, 1919, :
O4O; Kansas City, IS, 643, 400; ST. Joseph,
81, 289, 553; Topeka, S277, 961; Wichita,
1896, 1873; Omaha, "a. 1872, 664.
GEORGE JONES shot and killed his
sweetheart, Leah Martin, her mother,
Mrs. w. j. Martin, and then put bull
let into his own head, at Centerville,
Ia, on the 18th. The scene in the
house indicated that Jones had gone
there and had quarrel with the girl,
and that her mother interfered be-
tween them; that Jones shot the mother
first and then the daughter.
A PASSENGER director on the Penn
sylvania road at New Brunswick, N. j..
tried to prevent a man from crossing
the line on account of the approach of
fast freight, when the man became
angry and gave the railroad employee a
push which sent him under the wheels.
The employee died soon afterwards.
The man was arrested.
THE failures for the week ended Feb
ruary IA Dun's report were 321 in the
United States, against 27O last year,
and 81 in Canada. against 81 last year.
A PLOT to lynch Scott Jackson,
Alonzo Walling, William Wood and
the Gasker brothers for the murder of
Pearl Bryan was disclosed on the 18th
by letter received at Muncie, Ind. 1t
said that at least 1000 men would take
part in the killing. It was said that
unless the murderers were taken to
Kentucky the mob of 1000 would bear
OOWA OI GlO Jdl1s dFuco
with Winchesters, and lynch the men.
The Gasker brothers are supposed to
have rowed Pearl Bryan down the
Ohio on the night of the murder, just
before she was decapitated.
AMBROSE THOMAS, the director of
the famous conservatory and composer
of "Mignon" and Hamlet" died in
Paris on the 18th at the age of IS years.