Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-07

ELLA BRENNAN and Anna Wander
wall, aged nine and seven years re-
spectively, were killed by a car while
crossing the Chicago & Alton tracks at
Chicago on the ed The girls were on
their way to school
AT Buena Park, Cal, Harvey R
Moon attempted to lead a bull out to
pasture, but the animal knocked him
down and soon stamped his life out
Moon was an old soldier and served in
the One Hundred and Sixteenth Indi-
ana infantry.
THE city of Guayaquil, in South
America, was recently visited by one
of the greatest fires in history. The
blaze lasted AZ hours and five people
where known to have lost their lives
The custom house was burned with
81, 600, 900 worth of goods and about
two-thirds of the business property
was destroyed 1t was estimated that
Is, 600 persons were rendered homeless
and 30, 600, 600 sucres' worth of property
was consumed by the flames. A bill has
been introd uced into the Colon bian
congress, appropriating $40 600. 900 in
gold for the benefit of the suff erers-
A GANG of so Italian la borers became
panic stricken on an electric car at
Newark, n. J.. on the I'd, through the
flashing of a battery, and they tum-
bled out while the car was under full
Roadway and one man was killed, one
fatally injured and four others seri-
ously hurt
Two men were killed and four others
badly injured by an explosion in Pack
err No. 2 colliery at Ashland, Pa. They
were engaged in driving a tunnel and
the blast went off
ToUGHs armed with rifles, clubs and
canes terrorized the residents and
pedestrians of Ashland boulevard, Chi
cago. on the night of the 3ist After
throwing lampblack and pepper into
the faces of pedestrians and breaking
hundreds of dollars worth of window
glass, the gang wound up in the
Eighteenth ward, where there where
three riots before midnight
JUDGE ELMER S. DUNDY, for SO years
federal district judge for Nebraska,
died at Omaha.
THE greater part of the business por-
ton of the town of Manila, Ind, was
wiped out on the 1st by fire Two
blocks of frame business houses were
consumed. The town had no fire de-
partment. The total loss will be over
$4,000, on which there was but So, 200
insurance
THE Dallas, Tex. county grand jury
nave found an Indictment against Mark
Hanna for corruption and bribery. 1t
is charged that he telegraphed an offer
of $40. 900 here for the electoral vote of
Texas. The grand jury is endeavoring
to get the Western Union Telegraph
Co. to give up certain kilograms in or
der that it may prosecute others on
similar CHI argos.
THE schools at Galesburg, ILL.,, have
been closed on account of the preva-
lence of diphtheria.
ming Valley traction line near Wilkes
barre, Pa, in which one woman was
killed and two women and a bow were
seriously injured. The car jumped the
track and turned over, pinioning the
four passengers under the wreck.
Two masked men entered Christian
Hanschild's saloon at Cleveland, o., and
held up the proprietor and three men
who were drinking. After rifiing the
pockets of their victims and the cash
drawer, Hanschild got possession of his
revolver and Shot one of the thieves,
but they both escaped.
On a railway train running from a
Beattyville, KY, repu blican rally Jerry
Cardwell, town marshal of Jackson,
and John 6. Hargis fought with pis-
tolls. Hargis was killed and Cardwell
badly wounded. Hargis was a son of
ex-State Senator Hargis. and Cardwell
is the son of ex-senator Thomas Card
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