Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-11-06

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THE great horse show at Chicago
opened on the 1st, 10000 people being
| present.
JUDGE THAYER, of the United States
court, heard arguments at St Louis
on the 1st on the question of the pro-
lection of cattle shippers pending the
appeal of the Kansas City Stock Yards
company vs. the new Kansas law. 1t
was decided that rebate checks should
| be issued and the cattle shippers would
| thus be protected
| AN engine collided with a train on
the 1st near Leipsic, Germany, and 30
| persons were injured, six of them prob
| ably fatally
AN unknown man was taken out of
the river at Arkansas City, Ark Iron
| weights were attached to his legs and
arms and a bullet hole was in his
breast.
THE Texas state fair and exposition
at Dallas closed on the 31st. 1t was a
success from the beginning.
WHEN the congregation at the First
Methodist church at Clark and Wash
ington streets, Chicago, assembled for
service on the night of the 31st in
stead of the customary choir a brass
band played lively selection in waltz
time and the audience cheered heartily.
The. demonstration by his flock was
not frowned on by the pastor.
THERE recently arrived at Seattle,
Wash. over the Northern Pacific rail-
way 22O dogs, which are to be used in
hauling provisions into the Yukon gold
fields.
NEAR Perry. Ok, George and Jack
son Elan, two brothers, fought with
knives, over a girl with whom both
were in love. Both will probably die
from the injuries received.
FIVE desperadoes, confined in the
Jail at Deadwood, S. D.. overpowered
the jailer, assaulted his wife and es-
capped.
THE Nebraska university football
team defeated the Missouri university
IL at Lincoln, Neb., on the 3Oth. The
score was Al to o.
THE Tennessee Centennial exposition
closed at Nashville, Tenn, on the 3Oth
by a magnificent display of fireworks
and concert.
LIEUT. PEARY's six Eskimos, who
were left at the American Museum of
Natural History at New York by the
arctic explorer, have been sent to
Bellevue hospital in dangerous ply
steal condition. through the weather
being too warm for them.
A NEW YORK dispatch stated that
prdcClcdIly all Oh Uuo Outgoing room
for the transportation of cattle on the
regular transatlantic lines has been
cornered by a syndicate composed of
English cattle buyers and P. d. Ar
mour, of Chicago.
THE jury in the trial of DIR. jefferson
d. Goddard for the murder of Laundry
man Fred ]. Jackson at Kansas City,
Mo-, was dismissed on the 31st bv
Jugde Longan as they could not agree,
six being for conviction and six for ac-
quittal
A DISPATCH from Port au Prince,
Hayti, said that the German minister
at that place had taken down his flag
and three German warships were ex-
pected there to demand an indemnity |
for the illegal imprisonment of Ger
man citizen.
FIRE destroyed the Mount Vernon |
On. " day nursery. The children |
were safely carried through the smoke |
by the nurses.
CHAIRMAN ALBERT Mort, of the L. A. |
w. racing board has issued special |
bulletin at Baltimore, Md, to racing |
men and promoters of road racing call |
ing their attention to the fact that the |
league regards racing on the public |
highways as illegal.
MERTON ALLEN died at Sioux City. |
Ia, from swallowing the composition |
filing of tooth. The stuff contained |
poisonous ingredients, for peritonitis |
soon set in.
REV. GILLIAN, of the Christian church |
at Mintonville, KY, preached a SER
mon in which he affirmed there is no |
devil. The congregation took offense |
and the reverend gentleman was eject
cd from the house and about 20 pistol |
shots fired after him.
A POSTAL clerk named Walter R. |
Houghton has been arrested at Chey-
enne, Wyo., for stealing registered |
package containing Sl4, 600 mailed by |
a Chicago bank. Houghton confessed |
and offered to return the money if the
prosecution was dropped, but threat
ened that if the officers would not agree
to that the money would be burned
A FLYwHEEL in the Alabama rolling
mills, at Gate City, Ala, burst while
going at the rate of 100 revolutions a
minute and a piece flew out into the
yard over 100 feet away, where Lind