Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-08-21

of desperate struggle. A close search
failed to reveal the whereabouts of the
murdered mans head.
THE demand for stockers and feeders
in Nebraska has become so heavy since
the new corn crop was assured that I'M
heard of prices have been reached for
that class of cattle and for the first time
in the states history a train load of cat
tie was shipped west from Buffalo, N
Y, for the Nebraska market
A PASSENGER train was held up be
tween Edmond and Oklahoma City,
Ok, at 1915 a. m. on the nth by six or
eight masked men and the express car
looted. The passengers were not mo-
Tested.
THE town of Ostrow, in the province
of Seidloe, Russia, was destroyed by
fire, 400 houses being burned and 4, ZOO
people made homeless. -Four persons
lost their lives and many children were
reported missing and thought to have
persisted in the flames.
An explosion of fire damp in coal
mine near Pennington, Ill, on the
10th resulted in the killing of one
miner Thomas Martin, and the serious
injury of two others
THE steamer Belgica left Antwerp
on the 10th with the Gerlache antarc-
tic expedition on board. The crew of
had on board provisions for two years.
A ROME special on the 10th said that
the pope would excommunicate Prince
Henry of Orleans and the count of
Turin, as dueling is forbidden by the
Roman Catholic church.
DETECTIVES recently found an illicit
distillery in Chicago turning out So
gallons of ''moonshine" whisky day.
A BIN that held 1000 tons of coal
burst in the Edison Electric I1lumi-
mating Co.'S building at Patterson, N.
J., and buried two men under it.
JAMES A r. ELLIOTT, of Kansas City,
Mo-, defeated Sim Glover, the Roches-
ter, n. V, crack shot, at the Rochester
driving park on the 14th and won the
title of champion wing shot and cap
tured the handsome trophy of the Kan
sas City Star that goes with the cham
pionship. The score was 90 to "a.
CONGRESSMAN ASHLEY B. WRIGHT fell
dead at his home at North Adams,
Mass, on the night of the 18th.
THE Sac and Fox Indians recently
visited the Otoe Indians near Perry,
Ok, and had a dance and feast on dog
soup.
Z. GEORGE, United States senator
for Mississippi. died in Mississippi City
on the 14th. He had been near deaths
door since last winter.
HEAVY hailstorms around Pueblo.
Col, on the 18th damaged the rail-
roads and stopped the trains from rum
ming.
THE count of Turin and Prince Henri
of Orleans fought a duel with swords
at Paris on the 18th. Prince Henri re-
ceived two serious wounds in the right
shoulder and in the right side of the
abdomen. The count of Turin was
cd in h.r iraf nd Tho al
was the result of criticisms on the
Italian army.
A NEW YORK telegram said leading
bicycle manufacturers of England and
the United States were forming a trust
to control prices.
The Cuban insurgents gained vic
tory in Matanzas province recently
and not only defeated the Spanish
troops with heavy loss, but caused
Gen. Weyler, the commander-in-chief,
to beat a retreat and killed Gen. Mo-
lima.
Ten young women of the best fami-
lies of Seviervi1le, Tenn, whipped a
young man named Story, drove him
out of town and threatened to hang
him if he returned. He made a practice
of speaking disparagingly of young
women.
AN average increase of So ton has
been made in the price of structural
steel at the mills in Cleveland, o., within
the past few days and it was expected
that the price might go up So ton
more within the next so days
A NORWEGIAN railroad laborer at
Omaha. Neb., has long been ailing
from complaint which was supposed
/ to be eczema, but which is now de-
clared to be leprosy.
SPARKS from an engine ignited a
pile of shavings at furniture factory
in San Francisco, resulting in the total
destruction of the factory and contents.
MANY eastern ''tenderfeet'' who
started for the &londike region were
reported as being stranded at Tacoma,
| Wash, and elsewhere on the coast.
In the fight at Waterbury, Conn, be-
tween Dan Murphy, of that city, and
ALT Hanlon, of England, the former
| knocked the latter out in the 18th
round by 1eft-handed hook on the
jaw. The match was for Is rounds
| AT the emancipation celebration
given by cOlOred citizens at Little