Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05
GENERAL.


ALL the lines III Inc Central Traffic As
ISOLATION, with the exception Of the Grand
Trunk, put into effect on the 18th the new
rate on dressed beef from Chicago to sea-
board points, which was adopted by the
Vanderbilt lines. This is a reduction from
65 to 4616 cents per 100 pounds. Stimuli
taneously with this reduction, livestock
rates, which were already down to 25 ceLIs,
dropped to 161l cents per 100 pounds.
IT is reported that the Emperor of Ger
many will meet the Gar of Russia in the
fall on Russian territory.
DISPATCHES from Mexico report 1850
lives lost by the recent floods at Leon and
Silao. The houses were made of adobe and
the soaking rains caused over 2, 600 of them
to fall, which was the principal cause Of
the loss of life. The damage amounted to
g, 900, 900 and the distress was extreme.
TIE motion of censure of the Salisbury
Government for its action under the Crimes
act in Ireland was defeated in the British
House OF Commons on the 26th by 366 to
273.
A VESSEL, supposed to have been an emf
grant ship, foundered in q storm of The
Cape of Good Hope on June 4. All on board
were lost.
FOREST fires near the Gulf OF Bothnia,
Sweden. were reported to have destroy ed
IS, 600 900 worth of property. An extended
drought was the cause of the fires.
DEFAULTER PITCHER of the Union Bank
of Providence, r. L, was arrested at Mont
real on the 10Th He had bought ticket
on the Allan line, and had intended to leave
for England. He was taken to his room
and cash notes amounting to 600, 900 were
found on him. He took his arrest coolly.
TEMPLE, the American bicyclist, met
with a serious accident while practiclng at
Amsterdam, Holland, recently. He was
going at top speed, when he fell from his
bicycle, striking the ground heavily. He
lay insensible four hours. He vomited and
was delirious. No bones were broken. but
he was fearfully bruised.
THE North German Lloyd steamer Wer-
ra, from Bremen for New York, which
recently went ashore at Dungeness, but
was assisted of and taken to Southampton
and placed in dry dock, after icing exam
ined and found all right sailed for New
York.
JOHN l. ROGERS, secretary of the joint
committee on base ball rules, announces
that the committee has unanimously voted
to take bases on balls from the error
column. The base on balls will remain as
a factor in the earned runs.
NINE Government officials of Seoul,
Corea, have been beheaded in the streets
by the populace. Foreigners have taken
refuge at the Consulatcs. The outbreak is
attributed to Chinese instigation.
The Chilcat Indians of Alaska are re-
ported insolent and troublesome. In a row
with a party of prospectOrs the chief was
killed, when his followers demanded the
life of Chief George. of the Sitka Indians,
who was escorting the prospectors. The
Chllcats finally killed George and the
whites were fearing massacre.
THE recent Presidential election in Mex
leo exhibited no opposition worth men,
tioning to the present incumbent, General
DiaZ.
The monsoon rains of India are fort
night overdue owing to the DETECTION of
the current to Burmah, where heavy rain
has fallen for ten days. The crop prospects
extremely serious on account of the
drought. Prices are rising.
The Mexican freight depot and adjoining
buildings in Paso del Norte were burned the
other night About seventy freight cars
were also destroyed, a large amount Of
freight be ng burned. Loss about 5000, 600.
PRINCE FERDINAND has RENTED the SEN
tence of imprisonment imposed upon Major
Popoff, who was convicted of completely in
the frauds in the Bulgarian War Office.
THE London Daily Ne1cS says that the
French Government has purchased Max
inns new repeating gun, which fires sixty
rounds minute.
A DISPATCH from Kronstadt, Transyl-
vania, says that's mob comprising 600 per-
sons made an attack upon legal commits
sion which was engaged in amalgama' ing
small agricultural holdings in FondVar,
| twelve miles north of Kronstadt. A judge
| and notary were wounded. The members
| of the commission made their escape with
difficulty. A bystander was killed.