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

strike that might affect the 10, 900 men
employed by that corporation. Acom-
mittee was to wait on President Weir,
who, it was said, had cut down the
force but failed to curtail the working
hours
THREE cars were badly wrecked re-
gently on the Houston, East & West
Texas railroad by the bridge at Lima
creek, near Livingston, giving way
The passengers escaped in jury, but the
engineer was hurt
THE war department has sent out a
circular to the commandant of each post
to report on the condition of officers
serving at such posts, with a view of
placing those physically incapacitated
on the retired list at an early date
In the annual debating contest be-
tween Harvard and Yale universities
the latter won on the 1st, which prac-
tically settled the intercollegiate SUI
premacy this year as each has won
from Princeton.
WILL BENDY. colored, shot and seri-
ously wounded his sweetheart, Roxey
Wall, at Buna, Tex because she left
him. Constable Bibbo tried to arrest
Bendy when he, too, was shot and
Bendy made his escape. Philip Haines
tried to stop Bendy and was instantly
killed by the latter, who, continuing
on his way, met E B. Bone, another
negro, who, in turn, was mortally
wounded by Bendy. A posse started
after the murderer and found him at
the home of his brother-in-law. He
was led by the crowd to a suita bic tree
and swung up and then his body was
riddled with bullets
Mr. GARRISON on the Sd said: "Gov.
Mckinley will not be nominated by ac
clamation. because L can say positive
ly that Allison, Quay and Morton will
remain in the contest and SO surely
will Reed. Mckinley will fall from 80
to 100 votes short of enough to nom
mate at the start, and the field will
represent from 525 to $50 votes
Mr.. MANLEY, of Maine, claimed the
situation on the Sd to be as follows:
For Mr.. Reed, 162; for Gov. Mckinley,
275; for all other candidates, 217; con-
tested and doubtful, 95; Vermont, g.
This makes T57 delegates elected and
leaves 161 yet to be chosen. The con-
test is not settled vet, and can alone be
determined by the delegates when
they meet in convention at St Louis"
A PLAN was said to be on foot to re-
cruit the O'Connor guards, a Chicago
organization, to full regiment of !. 200
men, organized on the battalion svs-
tenn, with a full staff of field and line
officers and fight in the cause of Cuban
liberty.
SPONTANEOUS combustion in the
paint factory of w. A Fuller 81 Co., at
San Francisco, started a fire which de-
stroyed property valued by the under
writer's at S13O.0oO, but stated by rep
resen tative of Fuller and Co. to be
about $500, 000
GEN. GRosvENoR claimed on the Sd
that there were 495 delegates elected
for Mckinley, with only 456 necessary
to nominate.
THE contest of the Northern Orator.
ical league was held on the 1st at Chi
cago. The first prize was won by j. S.
Ingraham, of the university of Michi-
gan, who delivered an Grafton on Get
tysburg;'' Ii. L. Ward, OF the North
western university, was second; E. S.
Gabrielle, of Oberlin college. third; w.
T. Wilson, of the university of Chicago,
fourth; A. Ii. Sch midi, of the univer-
sity of Wisconsin, fifth; w. c. Keller,
of the university of Iowa. sixth.
JUSTICE ANDREWS. of the New York
supreme court. has appointed Alfred
Ely receiver for the Times Publishing
Co. in proceedings brought by the ma
jority of directors for a dissolution of
the corporation. The petitioners
stated that the capital stock of the
company was Si,25O, 900, that the assets
of the company were not sufficient to
paw its debts and that the company
was indebted in the sum of S316, no.
EABL GREY, co-administrator with
Cecil Rhodes, of the territory of the
British Chartered South African Co.,
arrived at BuluwaJo on the 30th with
strong escort The recent actions of
the insurgent tabeles have resulted
in infiicting such severe loss upon them
that Buluwayo is looked upon as being
practically relieved, and it was no
longer likely that the natives would
attack the town
THE epu blican state convention at
Atlanta, Ga, resulte d in split The
regular convention adopted platfor IN
eaffirming the principles of the repub-
lican party, the financial plank de-
clared strongly for sound money. The
boiling convention Endorsed two of the
delegates chosen to St Louis and
named two others as contesting dele
gates
The strike of the 900 employees of
the Electric Railway and Light Co. at
Milwaukee was inaugurated on the
night of the Sd, and as each car was
run into the barn, motorman and con-
ductor left it not to return until the
demands of the union for increased
pay, recognition of the employees or
ganization and several minor conces-
sions are granted. Serious trou BILE was
expected, as the company had been
, arranging to fill the strikers places.
The clearing house returns for the