Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-02
THE WEST.

FOUR thousand Sioux Indians camped at
Cheyenne agency on the 22d, waiting to
treat with the Sioux Commission. A visit
among them revealed the fact that they
were generally opposed to signing the
Sioux bill, at least one-half the adults
fatty refusing, and the remainder being
undecided as to what they would do.
The Wisconsin Republican convention
to nominate candidates for State offices
will be held at Milwaukee August %.
A BOILER explosion at Tell City, near
Evansville, Ind, killed Charles Meyers,
laborer. The fireman, William Mckinley,
was fatally injured.
THE Iron Molders Union of North America
at it's closing session in st. Louis on the
23d decided to put the nine hour day into
effect April 1, 1889.
A FEW days ago A. Lund and brother
and four others left San Pedro, Cal, in an
open boat for trip around the Catalina
islands. Later the boat was found bottom
up on the island, and it was thought the
six persons were drowned.
THE joint meeting of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, Firemen, Switchmen
and Brakemen to consider the Burlington
strike began at Tootle's Opera House, st.
| Joseph, Mo-, on the oath. The proceedings
| were secret.
THE San Francisco grand jury declares
that the criminal classes control politics
and calls for action in cleansing the Chi
nese quarters.
REV. JOHN F. BROOKS, a noted Presby-
terrain divine and seminary teacher of
Springfield, ILL.,, and one of the founders
of the Illinois College at Jacksonville, died
recently, aged eighty-seven.
| RoSSLYN, Wash. T., was almost entirely
destroyed by the recent fire. The loss
amounted to $500 Much restitution
prevailed.
THE shoe factory of Krappendorff, Dit
man d Co., Cincinnati, six story build
ing, was recently destroyed by fire. Loss,
! $4,000; insurance, $161 600.
AT Morley's station, Cal, the other day,
James Mason, a veteran stage-driver,
! bought fifty pound box of giant powder,
sat on it and touched the explosive off.
| The coroner gathered up twenty pounds of
him in a basket.
| WISCONSIN Union Labor men declined to
fuse with the Democrats and nominated
Dr.. Powell. of La Crosse, for Governor.
A BURGLAR entered the suburban resi-
dence of Hon. Columbus Delano, ex-Secre-
tary of the Interior, at Mount Vernon, o., the
other night. The noise aroused the house
hold and the venerable Secretary, now in
his eightieth year, arose, procured re-
| volver, confronted the intruder and drove
him from the premises.
| OWEN G.. LOvEJOY, son of the noted
Abolitionist, has been nominated for Con-
gress by the Democrats of the Seventh
| Illinois district.
THE Burlington offer to compromise the
strike was rejected by the conference re-
Gently held at st. Joseph, Mo.
RUDOLPH SEvIC, a gunsmith, was ar
rested as an Anarchist at Chicago on the
10Th. 1t was reported that Internal ma
chimes were found on his premises.
THE Democrats of the Eighteenth Illinois
district have nominated A. w. Hope for
| Congress.
JUDGE BREWER has granted temporary
| injunction against the Iowa Railroad Com
missioners. He laid down the law that
unlimited power did not exist in the Legis-
lature or in the Board to fix rates.
INDIANA White Caps, after whipping two
women in Crawford County were fired on
and put to flight by citizens in ambush,
Three of the White Caps We're seriously
| wounded.
CONGRESSMAN O'NEILL and Miss Kate
Robinson were married at st. Louis re-
Gently without any trouble on account OF
Mrs. Moore, who had declared herself
O'Neill's wife.
Six tramps were found smothered to
death in box car of grain on the Omaha
& Republican Valley road, forty miles
from Omaha, Neb., ON the 26th The car
had been derailed and overturned in an
accident.
THE SOUTH.
Two men were killed and two fatally in.
jured by a boiler explosion in the coal
shafts Of Williams s. Moss at Henderson
KY, recently.
A. g. EDISON, a prominent Choctaw In.
dian, living north OF Gainesville, Tex, fell
from a well bucket in which he was being
drawn up from the well on his place and
his neck was broken.
Ten trainmen were killed by a collision
on the Northfolk & Western railroad nea,
Lynchburg, Va, recently.
Two negroes misplaced a switch neal
Chattanooga, Tenn, recently on the East
Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia. The engi-
neer and hre1uan were fatally injured. The
negroes were arrested.