Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-05

1IGONISH, N. 3, was almost wiped
out by fire on the 31st Seven blocks,
including all the principal places of
business, were destroyed.
A TRAIN struck carriage containing
Fred Lamoreaux. his wife and two chill
dred at crossing near Worcester,
Mass Mr.. Lamoreaux was killed and
the others will proba bly, die of their in
juries-
AN accident to the engine on the
Pixies Peak Coli cogwhee1 railroad
rendered the air brakes useless and it
tore down the mountain side at ter
rife speed. The conductor applied the
automatic air brakes to the passenger
coach and stopped that, but the engine
was beyond control. The engineer
and fireman jumped and saved them
selves The engine finally went over
a bowlder and exploded.
MICHAEL HEENAN, aged 60, quarreled
with his wife at Dorchester, Mass,
about money and then crushed the
woman's skull with an ak and after
wards cut his own throat with a razor.
AT the Occidental Athletic club in
San Francisco. on the 2sth, before a
crowd of 5000 people, Joe Choynski
knocked out Joe McAuliffe, the mis-
sion GIANT" in the fourth round. The
affair was to have been an eight-round
60, but McAuliffe was completely out
matched by Choynski
MRS. MARY E. LEASE, of Kansas,
spoke at Rushville, Ind, on the goth
and in an interview she said she had
espoused socialism as the coming form
of government, and will, after the cam
paign. begin propaganda for social
istic principles. She has abandoned
all idea of entering the ministry.
The supreme lodge, knights of
Pythias, at Cleveland, O., refused the
request for the restoration of the Ger
man ritual by a vote of LOG to 8. The
request was only made by a few
lodges.
THERE was trouble between the
squawmen and fu1l-bloods of the Semi
mole nation in the Indian territory, and
troops from the First cavalry at Fort
Cary reached the scene on the 2sth
barely in time to avert general fight
The full-bloods and squawmen had a
desperate battle recently in which
three full-bloods were killed and sew
eral squawmen seriously injured. The
trouble was caused by the full-bloods
having passed a law expelling all
whites from the nation.
Ii HUNG CHANG, the grand old man.
of China, arrived at New York on the
2Sth and was given a reception BETTING
MS n1gn rank Inc North Atlantlc
squadron doomed salute in his honor
and the distinguished Chinaman was
afterwards taken to the Waldorf,
where he will stop while in New York,
and a special guard of policemen was
thrown around the building.
AT a joint debate at Englantine,
Ark, between Congressman Dinsmore,
of the Fifth Arkansas district, and
Jerry Seaman, local populist candi-
date, the latter called the former a
liar during the heated discussion,
when Dinsmore struck Scanlan and
Immediately Scanlau's friends attacked
Dinsmore, with the result that the
congressman will be confined to his
room for several weeks.
The barn of Norton McDougal, near
Warner station, in Henry county. Ill,
was fired by tramps. Three horses. Is
tons of hay and 1, 400 bushels of grain
were consumed
The Ohio Falls Car Manufacturing
Co. at Jeffersonville, Ind, which in
time of prosperity employed ;, 200 me-
chanics and laborers, will shortly sus-
pend operations
IT was understood at the Chicago re-
publican headquarters that Col R. C.
Kerens, national committeeman from
Missouri, would be requested by Mr.
Hanna TO look after repu blican inter-
ests in railroad circles throughout the
country