Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-24

TIE National Oil Co.'S mill at Corsi-
cana, Tex, was recently destroyed by
| fire, together with a large quantity of
| cot ton seed.
ONE of the congresses in the mines
near South McAleater. T., blew up
| recently. wrecking the compress and
| destroying considerable property.
THE concrete roof of the lecture
room of the state university at Char
lottesville, Va, collapsed on the 10Th
burying five workmen under the ruins.
Two were fatally injured and the 9TH
ers were seriously hurt.
| A BATTLE occurred at the Bell Ellen
mines in Bib county, Ala, between
whites and blacks, which resulted in
| the death of two men and the wound
| ing of two others, caused by a deputy
sheriff attempting to arrest negro.
| A DISPATCH from Springfield, Ill, on
the 10Th stated that 300 coal miners
had struck for an increase from 321<
cents to 40 cents per ton, and that it
| was probable all the miners in that dis
trict would be called out
B. F. FOSTER, grand secretary of the
grand lodge of Odd Fellows, died at
| his home at Indianapolis, Ind, on the
10th.
THE town of Carney. 16 miles east of
| Guthrie, Ok. was held up on the night
of the 18th by six masked bandits and
| the store of Trader Fouts was ran
sacked and $500 in money taken. Fouts
| and his son were taken a mile from
| town and bound to a tree. Three
posses started in pursuit of the rob-
| berS-
| THE Joint Traffic association at Chi
Lcago has declared a boycott against the
7 Clover Leaf because the line cut rates
and gave sleeping car and chair car
| privileges to holders of second-class
tickets.
| The big steamer Australasia was
burned on Lake Michigan and now
lies at the bottom of Whitcfsh bay. 1t
was valued at $50, 900 and was loaded
with cargo of 1000 tons of coal for
Milwaukee. The vessel and cargo are
counted total loss. The crew were
saved.
| OVER 10, 600 railway employees parad-
ed in Cincinnati on the 18th, with pres
idents, vice presidents, general mana
gers and other general officers in
line. The demonstration was in favor
| Of sound money"
| A FIRE broke out in the large ware
house of the chemical and fertilizing
works at Alexandria, Va, on the 18th.
The total loss was estimated at $780,
600. Fifteen small buildings near the
wharves were destroyed.
| A THREE-YEAR-oLD child of John
Morse, residing near Hopkinsville, KY,
fell into an open fireplace while left
| alone and was burned to death. Other
| children were playing near, but were
too badly frightened to call help.
SPEAKER THOMAS b. REED, of Maine,
spoke at Fort Wayne, Ind. on the
| 18th, but was unable to resume his
| speaking tour the next morning on ac-
count of his voice giving out
The Army Correspondents and Art
ttists' memorial was dedicated on South
mountain on the 10th with military
and civic ceremonies Gov. Lowndes,
Gen. Boynton, George Alfred Town
send and others made speeches On
| the monument are the names of LOG
| war correspondents, IL southern CORE
spondents and 80 sketch artists It is
| SO feet high and 40 feet wide, and
| through its open arches it affords ex-
| tensive views of the battlefield country
| toward Washington and of Antietam
and Harper's Ferry.
| THOMAS E. WATSON on the 10th for
warded papers to Kansas from Thorn
| son, Ga, notifying the secretary of
| state to take his name as nominee for
vice president from the head of the
Breidenthal populist ticket Mr. Wat
sons name will appear only once on the
| official ballot in Kansas, and that will
be at the head of the middle-of-the-
road populist ticket.
SCOTT BENSON, commercial agent of
| the Illinois Central Railroad Co, has
sent in his report as to the ravages of
hog cholera along the Central lines in
Iowa He reports loss of 40 per cent
| of hogs from Jessup to Fort Dodge.
| The disease prevails at Alden, Iowa
| Falls, Williams, Blairsburg and other
points. Farmers are alarmed and are
| shipping unfattened hogs to market.
| THREE firemen We're killed and six
badly injured at a fire at the chemical
warehouse of Gilmour & Co., at Mon
trea1, Can. The financial loss is $780,
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THE international Typogra phical
union, in session at Colorado Springs,
Col, reelected w. Il. Prescott, of To-
ronto Ont, president and chose John
w. Brentwood, of Denver, Col, for sec
rotary treasurer. A law for a nine
hour worl-day was ordered to be voted
on by subordinate unions and So. 500
| was voted to prosecute a boycott against
a printing firm of Kansas City. Mo.
Syracuse, n. Y, was chosen as the
next meeting place.
Two men held up the saloon of Chris
| Bauer at Galena. Ill, and killed the
bartender and rifled the cash drawer.
The sheriff and a posse started in pur-
| suit of them.
THROUGH a misunderstanding of an
| order to the north and south bound
trains on the Florida Central & PENN