Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-29

it is proposed to show the distinguished
Chinaman the choice ships of the
American navy under the best circum-
stances
PROF. ANDREE arrived at Tromsoe,
Norway, on the oath from Danes island,
aboard the Virgo, having abandoned,
for this year, his attempt to cross the
Arctic region in a balloon.
A THOUSAND workmen from the %
potteries of East Liverpool and seven
car loads of farmers from Knox county
called on Maj. Mckinley at Canton. o.,
on the gath. The republican nominee
for president made an address on pro-
lection and sound money,
TROUBLE was reported on the cath in
the Choctaw nation over the election
of Green McCurtain as governor. His
residence, Is miles west of Fort Smith,
Ark, was guarded by 40 men against
an attack by the Buzzard party, COM
posed of the fu1l-bloods. who opposed
his election.
Two tramps went to a section house
on the Fort Worth & Denver railway
near Texline and murdered the wife of
the section foreman and robbed the
house of $50 and 81, 500 in pay checks
and then fred the place. One tramp
was caught, but the other tramp es-
capped.
THOMAS E. WATSON, the populist
candidate for vice president of the
United States, sent long telegram to
the New York World on the Esd in
which he declared that William j.
Bryan's only hope of being elected
president was in the solid vote of the
south and west, and that if Bryan is
slected the peoples party will have
done it.
THE state board of health of Colo
RADIO, in its annual report, holds it a
duty to stop the indiscriminate trans
portation of sick people. which, it is
alleged, propagates disease, and pro-
poses that invalids be required to OBJ
tain permits before they can travel in
Colorado.
THE national encampment of Union
Veterans at Binghamton, N. Y. elected
Charles w. Wood, of Worcester, Mass,
commander-in-chief.
THE boiler of the steamer Manitou,
at Clark's lake, at Jackson, Mich, ex-
ploded while carrying over 100 pas
sengers to train. The engineer and
two others were badly, but not fatally
scalded. A number of passengers
jumped into the lake but all were
rescued.
WILLIE GRAY, a negro Is years old,
was hanged in the Jail yard at Mobile,
Ala, on the 21st. He murdered John
ndburg, February Is, and secured
less than 81 He confessed his crime
and attributed his downfall to whisky
and gambling.
A CLoUDBURsT struck Mogollon, n.
NJ, recently, drowning John Knight
and an unknown Mexican, rendering
about 100 families homeless and badly
damaging the property of several min
ing companies. Hardly business
house in the town escaped damage.
AT the national soldiers home at
Milwaukee, Richard Bottled, aged 7S,
formerly of the United States navy
and William 1. Gordon, once of COM
pany d, Ninth Ohio infantry, were as
sisting each other up the steps of the
main building when both fell back
ward to the stone tagging and were SO
badly hurt that they died shortly
afterward.
A TELEGRAM from Tarrisa, Greece,
said that the Turkish troops had mas
sacred 80 old men, women and children
in the villages of Trambuno and Kom-
inc, Macedonia. The troops carried
off the crops and burned both villages
NEARLY 5000 people Assem- led in
the convention hall at Saratoga. N. Y,
on the goth to listen to the address of
Baron Russell. of Killowen, lord chief
justice of England, on international
Arbitrat ion," before the American Bar
association.
INCENDIARIEs fred the Cartwright
house at Creston, Ia, and the building
was totally destroyed. Several guests
had barrow escapes from suffocation.
The biennial conference of the Quak
ers of the United States and Canada
began at Philadelphia on the 10Th.
THE Kelley league began it's sixth
annual national convention at Indian
apolis, Ind, on the 10Th.
SENATOR THURsToN came out with
card on the 10Th stating that, as Mr..
Bryan had denied that he had ever
been an employee of the mine owners,
he (Thurston) accepted Mr.. Bryan's
denial and took that way of letting
the public know it.
The body of Paul Rose, Weld coun-
ty, Col, catt!eman, who was murdered
by cattle rustler recently, has been
found buried in the sand near the Col
orado-Nebraska line. His herd was
found in possession of AL Cochran,
king of the cattle rustlers of Colorado
and Nebraska. Cochran was jailed at
Greeley. Threats to lynch him have
been made.
DALLAS BRUCE, a white man of Caro-
line county. Va, attended the recent
confederate reunion in Richmond and
then disappeared. A search for him
resulted in the finding of the body cut
into pieces and packed into several
pickle barrels at the house of his negro
mistress Each portion of the body
had been put into the bottom of bar
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