Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-20

ON the alleged charge of having committed
extensive embezzlement of money belong
ing to the Minerva Publishing Company.
t'WHITEY" RYAN, of Brooklyn. who
fought such a desperate ring battle with
Jack Murray, on Berian's Island, last
September. was again seen in ring cos
tune on the 18th, his opponent being Jim
Farrell, Of Philadelphia. He succeeded
in knocking Farrell out in nine rounds. A
purse of $3.50 was awarded the winner.
rHE WEST.
DAVID L. FOrHERINGHAM has comprom-
ised his case against the Adams Express
Company for false imprisonment. He sued
for sec, 600 and obtained judgment for
10000. This was cut down by the court
to $12, 900 and tho threat Of further legal
proceedings forced him to compromise at
1890
THOMAS AxwoRTHY, defaulting city
treasurer Of Cleveland, o., who is now in
London, has made a proposition to return
$160, 600 to the city and in two years to
repay his bondsmen il prosecution IL
dropped and he is permitted to return to
America.
ALL the lines and property Of the Gen.
trail Iowa railroad in Iowa have been con-
veyed by deeds from p. Lomax, special
master, to . corporation known as tho
Iowa Central railroad of Illinois, and .
purchase deed of 81, 765. 600 has been given
to the Mercantile Trust Company, Of New
York. due in 1922.
BY an explosion Of dust at the grist mill
of David Oliver, Chicago, on the morning
of the 18th, three men were killed and sew
diately took fire. Tho loss was $50, 900.
Many buildings III the vicinity were much
damaged.
ONE of the proprietors Of the Schufeldt
distillery, Chicago, recently blown up
with dynamite, expressed his belief that it
was the work of the whisky trust and not
of Anarchists, as at first alleged.
AN explosion occurred in shaft No. 2 of
Garfield coal mine at Canon City, Col,
recently, resulting in the instant death of
Henry Wallace, the mine foreman, and
Peter G.. Howay and the fatal wounding
of ten or a dozen others.
THE investigation of Commissioners
Cooley and Morrison at Chicago led them
to believe that the Interstate Commerce
law was extensively violated secretly.
Judge Cooley stated that rigorous pun
ishment would he melted out to those found
guilty Of violating the act.
The annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor began at st. Louis on
the 18th.
THE striking switchmen of the Pennsyl.
vania railway at Toledo O., have returned
to work at the terms offered by the COM
pany.
The Sanitarium at Youngstown, O., was
destroyed by fire the other morning and
eight patients were carried out on cots.
BY the bursting of a water main on Ham
over street, Cleveland, O., the other day
several houses were undermined and the
street was damaged. Loss, about $50. 900.
CoLoRow, chief of the Southern Utes,
ia6 ,%r III ~~vsn h.
succeeded by the chief of the Uncom.
pahgres. He was the leader in the Meeker
massacre and in the Colorow war of 1886.
GOVERNOR OGLEsBY has refused to par
don Joseph G. Mackin, who was sentenced
three years ago to a five year term in the
penitentIary for Zine work" and ballot
box frauds in Chicago. His friends had
been actively engaged for some time past
in an endeavor to secure his pardon.
THE Chicago Opera House caught fire
shortly after the audience left on the night
of the 10Th. The fire was confined to the
auditorium and caused damage amounting
to So, 900.
ILLINOIS Department Commander Sex
ton has suspended Chicago Post No. T. G.
A. R from the organization. The sus-
pended post was charged with having
made unnec essary and illegal collections
of money.
IHE Northwestern Breeders Association
held its annual meeting in the Palmer
House. Chicago, on the 18th. The attend
ance was large.
E. L. HARPER, vice-president of the late
Fidelity Bank, of Cincinnati. now in the
penitentiary, has become suddenly insane.
and has been removed to the prison asylum
and locked up.
THE Central Interstate Baseball League
held a meeting at Springfield, ILL.,, on the
18th. Six cities were admitted: Spring.
field. Peoria, Quincy, Davenport, Terre
Haute and Evansville. Henderson Ridgely.
of Springfield, was elected president Of
the league, and j. G. Corbitt, of Peoria,
secretary. Another meeting will be held
January II at Peoria and two cities adj
mitted.
OUTRAGEs by Whitecnps were still being
perpetrated in the vicinity of Toledo, O.,
man being half hanged and then cut
down and numerically dashed.
THE SOUTH.
DIR. NATHAN n. GORTER has entered suit
i'll the Superior Court at Baltimore Md.
against Robert Garrett, claiming S30, 900.
The suit is stated to be based ON a claim of
$2o, 00o for professional services rendered
Garrett dui ing his trip around the world
TIE Arabian Nights" Theatrical Com
pany has been stranded at Louisville XIV
THE satiOn al murde rS 1T RirminOhap,