Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-04

1t was thought she could not recover.
Mahoney was jailed.
A QUARREL over live stock deal al
San Antonio, Tex, between George
and Morgan Brown, stock men, and
Sam johnson, livery stable keeper,
resulted in the killing of the Brown
brothers by Johnson.
SIXTEEN prisoners broke out of jail
at Tecumseh, Ok, and escaped on the
goth
Two freight trains collided near
Birmingham, Ala, and a tramp was
killed Both engines were badly dam
aged and six cars demolished
Four choir boys and the choirmaste,
of ST. Johns Episcopal church OF
Charlestown, Mass, were drowned in
Lake Matappan by their boat capsiz
ing on the Goth
THE boiler in the Office of the Even
ing age at Houston, Tex, exploded on
the eeth, killing three persons and bad
ly injuring another. THO explosion
was caused by letting cold water liz TIC
the empty boiler
A SPECIAL from Havana to the New
York Journal on the 2ath stated that
the revolutiouists had formally notified
the people at Havana that plans had
been completed to wipe out the city
by means of dynamite this summer, if
it be necessary, in order to drive the
Spanish troops from Cuba
THREE fleeing whisky peddlers CAP
tured a locomotive at Mikesukey, l.
T., and forced Waterman to run
them westward into Oklahoma They
then knocked the Waterman on the
head and turned the engine loose and
after a mad run of 60 miles it stopped
near Okla homa City, Ok.
AT Pittston, Pa, the roof of the Red
Ash vein of the Twin shaft gave way
and 100 miners were buried alive. The
mine was known to he unsafe and
the men were sent down to brace it
with timbers- 1t will be DAYS before
the men can be reached and the belief
was that ali of them were crushed to
death. Women and girls tainted at
the mouth of the shaft when told that
there was no hope for the miners
buried.
AN attempt was made upon the life
of the shah at Teheran. Persia, on the
27th. 1t was unsuccessful and the as
sassin was arrested on the spot. He
proved to be member of the Babi
Mohammed secret society.
The Tippecanoe club, of Cleveland.
O., went to Canton, the home of Gov.
Mckinley, and inaugurated a big
parade on Une Z|In TO rdClIy MS nOInl-
nation for the presidency. Congress
men Taylor and Grosvenor were among
the speakers and Gov. Mckinley re-
sponded by enunciating and defining
repu blican principles.
OSCAR BAKER killed a young man
named Shultz with a baseball bat at
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, during a quarrel
over the game.
FIVE thousand women of Starsc
county, O., paid their respects to Maj.
Mckinley, his wife and his mother at
Canton on the Goth.
- IRWIN FORD, colored, was hanged in
the District of Column bia Jail on the
Goth for the murder of a white girl.
The crime was committed on May 4.
CARL ALBRIGHT was hanged al
Marshfield, Ore. on the Goth for the
brutal murder of his wife last January.
JOHN R Gentry paced a mile in 2:O3sz
at Red Oak, Ia, making the fastest
mile ever made in June.
FRED DEXTER, aged 16, was accident
ally drowned while bathing near Clin-
ton, Ia.
ARTHUR TAYLOR, colored, was hanged
at Mariana, Ark, on the Goth for the
murder of his wife last October.
BEN BRUSH easily won the Latonia
derby at Cincinnati on the oath.