Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-10

Chicago Telephone Co, was killed at
Nonquitt. Mass, on the 5th by the ex-
plosion of bomb.
Two men and two women lost their
down their skif at Little Rock, Ark,
and throwing them into the water
THE national conference of the peo-
pies party commenced at Nashville,
Tenn, on the 5th, about 400 delegates
being present. The anti-fusion senti-
ment was reported as being strong.
AT Cincinnati on the 5th there were
IL deaths from the hot weather, max
ing 81 fatalities in three days
AT Gloversville, N. Y, on the 5th
Arthur A. Zimmerman, paced by a
triplet, made an exhibition mile in
200. He also went half mile against
time in :5715.
The suns rays beating down through
a skylight at Detroit, Mich, the other
afternoon caused the blowing out of
two automatic fire plugs and the tor
rent of water released damaged the
dry goods stock of Sloepe1 81 Co. and
the clothing stock of the Peerless Man
ufacturing Co. to the extent of 500, 600.
The plugs were set to escape at a tenn
perature of 40 degrees
SPECIAL dispatches from Bombay on
the 5th stated that from 600 to 1000
rioters were killed during the recent
rioting in the vicinity of Calcutta Ma
tive officers put the death roll as high
as 1.50O.
THE business portion of Erie, Ill, a
village of about 500 inhabitants. was
almost entirely wiped out by flames,
caused with the explosion of fire.
cracker in a grocery Thirteen bust
ness houses were destroyed
AT Leadville and several other places
in Colorado heavy snow fell on the Sd
and covered the ground to the depth
of an inch.
AT Hollenwood, Tecn-, J. D. Blank
ship was killed instantly and three
others were shot fatally in fight 1t
was the result of a feud.
LAKE ANN, Mich, village of 500
people, was almost totally destroyed
by fire on the 4th- Seventy-five fami-
lies were made homeless and, as every
store in town was burned, there was
not food enough for even one meal
for half of them.
The grand high priest of the Royal
Arch Masons of Virginia has issued
a circular denying admittance to Penn
sylvania Royal Arch Masons into any
Virginia chapter. The trouble was
brought about by a Pennsylvania chap
ter refusing to admit member of a
Virginia chapter.
EX-Gov. JOHN EVANS died at Denver,
Col, on the Sd He had long been
identified with the states interests
GEN. WooDFoRD, the new minister to
Spain, will leave New York for his
post on July 2S.
JUDGE CLAYTON has handed down an
opinion at South McAlester, 1. T., in
the Indian citizenship cases. He says
in accordance with their laws are en-
titled to be enrolled.
JAMES NJ. BURGIN and his wife were
found murdered in their home near
Bentonville, Ark. Robbery was pre-
sumed to have been the motive. There
was no clew to the murderers.
A WILD man which haunted the pine
forests in Dawes and Sioux counties,
Neb., was captured the other day
while asleep. He apparently knew
nothing when examined by the board
of insanity.
WHILE revival was recently in pro-
gress at the church at Grassy Plains,
N. Y, Julius Whitehead, aged IL, and
other youthful unbelievers, attended
to make sport. Julius began to sneeze
artifcially, and after a pulpit rebuke
sneezed the harder, but when he tried
to stop he could not, and physicians
said that he was liable to sneeze him
self to death.
A VOLCANIC eruption occurred six
miles from cambridge, o., on the I'd.
First came rumblings like distant thun-
der and the earth began to tremble
and crack in innumerable places and a
number of small trees were swallowed
up in the assures and large volumes of
smoke issued from them. The resi-
dents of the neighborhood were badly
frightened
EMMA OCHsNER, ten-year-old girl,
threw her hand across an electric light
guy wire while watching funeral
procession pass at Joliet, Ill, and was
instantly killed. Her father was hor-
ribly burned in an effort to rescue her.
LAKE BRATIsCH, near Galatz, Rou-
mania, became swollen by rains and
burst its embankment and 60 soldiers
and many women and children were
carried away by the torrent and
drowned.
FIVE Indians were reported dead at
Malone's Point, on Mile Laos lake,
Minnesota, on the 1st, and several 9TH
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