Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-15

FIVE p rsons were drowned in the
the 9Th by the overturning of their
boat during a gale
A MOB made an unsuccessful attempt
to take Nick Ray from the Edmond
ton- KY, jail They secured the
keys. but in trying to unlock Rays cell
the key stuck fast and the jailer had
time to arouse the citizens and the
mob was baked.
JORDAN, KY, was destroyed by fire
on the 9th, not business house being
left standing
CHARLES JOHNSON and Edward Schu-
bel were drowned in the lake near Chi
cago by the capsizing of their boat
through two companions jumping
from its side to have a swim in the
water.
Ten persons returning from picnic
in a wagon were run down by Fort
Wayne passenger train near Chicago.
All were hurt, one seriously. That
they We're not all killed was due to the
train going at a slow speed
GARLAND TRAVIS and William Way
were fishing in the Kankakee river,
near La Porte, Ind, when their boat
overturned and they were drowned.
TWELVE loaded freight cars were
ously injured by wreck on the NJ, K.
& T. railroad near Taylor. Tex.
THE boiler of a saw mill near Cabot,
Ark, exploded on the 10th and one
man was killed and another seriously
injured. The mill was demolished.
THE August returns to the statis-
tician of the department of agriculture
showed a reduction in the condition of
cotton during July from 92.5 to so. 1 or
~. per cent
A TORNADO struck Winona park. near
Warsaw, Ind, on the 10th and demol-
ished the amphitheater and desolated
the assembly grounds. Two persons
were injured.
THERE was triple lynching in Hahn
vile. La. at midnight and on the
morning of the 9th the bodies of three
Italian murderers were found swinging
from the rafters of a shed near the
courthouse. The men 1ynched were
Lorenzo Salad1no, Decino Socorro and
Angelo Marcuso.
THE Lehi III Valley Coal and Iron
Co. IS mammoth Logan coiliery breaker
al Centralia, Pa, valued at $50, 600, was
destroyed by fire on the Sth. About 80
men and boys were employed in the
mine. The cause of the fire was not
known.
Two farmers, named Farris and Quin-
lon, living in the Seminole country,
met on the road and attempted to set
tie an old feud by emptying their Win
chesters at each other. At the fourth
round Farris fell from his horse and
Quinlon came to Earlboro and reported
that he had killed him.
AFTER three preliminary trials,
Cyclist E. E. Anderson wheeled a mile
in 1:O3 over a plank path near ST. Louis
on the 9th. He was paced by loco
motive pulling a coach and rode a
wheel geared to o. Anderson could
have bettered this time few seconds
but he mistook the signals and slowed
up little too soon.
THE courthouse of Day county, Ok. !,
at Grande was destroyed by fire, to-
gether with all contents of books,
blanks, records, furniture, etc.
ROBERT HOPPER and Matte johnson,
whose bodies were found on the Louis
vile Southern tracks near Harrods-
burg, KY, were murdered, it has been
discovered. by five negroes, who were
playing craps at the time Both were
shot and their bodies carried several
hundred yards and placed on the track.
A negro man who witnessed the muir
der has told all about it. Robbery was
the motive.
Mrs. KATE LARSON was fatally
hacked with an AK by her insane sister
at Brooklyn