Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-26

A PASSENGER train was derailed early
ON the 21st near Gray1ing. Mich, by
train wreckers, but fortunately no on-
was Injured The wreckers had
chopped off the ties and pried in the
rails Three men have been arrested
ANTONIO CUAzE shot and killed his
| wife and mother-in-law at a ranch Il
miles from Aspen, Col Jealousy was
the cause
The Pennsylvania Railroad Co. is
making war on tramps and one even
ing landed 90 in Jail 1t was estimated
that 1000 tramps were in camp be-
tween Greensburg and Altoona, Pa
AT a mass meeting called by Evan
gelist d. L. Moody at Chicago on the
21st a resolution was adopted appeal
ing to the Christian citizens of the
United States to observe October as a
day of fasting and prayersto Almighty
God to interpose and allay passion in
the throes of the great conflict which
the nation is undergoing.
LEADvILLE, Col. was reported quiet
on the 21st, the city being full of state
troops and practically under military
rule Five dead bodies were lying at
the morgue and half a dozen persons
were reported wounded as the result
of the previous nights 1awlessnesS
The property damaged by the dynamite
amounted to S25. 600. The back bone of
the strike was thought to have been
broken.
JOHN BOYD THAcHER, the democratic
nominee for governor of New York,
issued a statement on the Goth declar-
ing that he was against free silver,
but would vote for Bryan and Sewall
for regularity. and fight the campaign
on state issues only, thus creating one
of the most curious situations ever
known in politics in that state
STRIKING miners attempted to blow
up the Coronado mine at Leadvi1le,
Col. early on the morning of the Goth.
A brisk fusillade of shots between
those guarding the mine and the
strikers followed the explosions. The
city was said to be in panic of fear.
The local militia has been called out
and the situation was extremely war
like.
THE police have found by accident
in an old trunk left at Is Sedgwick
court, Chicago, three years ago by Jo-
seph Bestman, an anarchist. enough
dynamite to have destroyed an acre of
property and taken the lives of hum
dreds of people Bestman was said to
be now living at Dallas, Tex, and the
police there were wired to arrest him
DAN MCLEOD and Frank Ledbetter
were killed on the nth at Victor, Col ,
by an explosion in the Independence
mine They drilled into blast that
had failed to go off.
THE British foreign Office has given
out semi-official notice stating that
public feeling in Great Britain has
been SO outraged by the shocking
events in Constantinople that the gov
eminent would never be supported in
siding with the porte, and if the powers
cannot see their way to adopt means
to cooperate to end the carnage in the
Turkish dominions, the only course
opened to Great Britain was to stand
aside and hope for more satisfactory
state of affairs
THE formal opening of the campaign
was inaugurated at Canton, O., on the
18th Seventy-five train loads came in
to the city Maj. Mckinley rode in a
carriage with some of the speakers
during the first parade Before the
parade dozens of delegations, headed
by their bands. marched to Mai. Nc
Kinleys residence and short speeches
were made
IF Spain was to have a serious re-
verse in Cuba, the Carlists claim that
the downfall of the present regency
! would follow Immediately, and that
Charles VII would be triumphantly
placed upon the Spanish throne with
little or no trou BILE