Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-10

THE boiler in Caldwelrs tile factory near
Rushville. Ind, exploded the other morn
ing, killing William Caldwell and Norman
E. Condo and fatally injuring Ed. Larkin,
Joseph Wolf. Allen Lakin, Jordan Games
| and son.
| THE business portion Of Keithsburg, Ill,
was destroyed by FIRE recently. Loss
heavy.
The Wisconsin Democratic State coz
vention was held at Madison on the Isl.
The platform strongly irdorsed the Ad'
N illustration OF President Cleveland.
| The union brewing coopers of Cincinnati
have been locked out for boycottlug non
union made beer.
Two men were killed and three wounded
by locomotive running into a handcAr on
a curve near Elko, New. recently.
THE coal shovelers of Chicago decided on
the LIST to str Ike against nOn-union men.
Efforts were being made to hire Italians.
TERENCE MULLEN, who served eighteen
months for trying to steal the body OF
President Lincoln, has been placed in the
Santa Fe, N. NJ, penitentiary for defraud'
| ing the Government OF land.
/ ~NJofAsAA DCAOCtdCS uSt0 thS'' 'OS"SN
| convention at Omaha on the ID. Delegates
were instructed for Cleveland.
IKE Iowa Democratic State convention
was held at Dubuque on the 81 The dele
gatiSn was solid for Cleveland.
The Illinois Republican convention,
which met at Springfield on the I'd, in
dorsed Judge Gresham for the Presidency,
THE celebrated case between the Pull
man and Wagner Car Companies in regard
| to the vsstiblue trains, has been decided by
Judges Gresham and Biodge:t at Chicago
| in favor Of the Pullman Company, cnjoin-
! ing tho Wagner Company from further
use of these cars.
WILLIAM CARSON, son OF the famous
| Kit" Carson, shot and killed q man at
| Fort Garland, Col, iI self-iefense recent
ly, the man attacking him with = bowie
| knife.
ALEXANDER SULLIVAN, counsel for the
striking Burlington engineers and firemen,
says that the report circulated that the
''O' strike had been declared oil, was
| without foundation. There will be no such
| action taken" he said. "until after the in
vestigation by the Interstate Commerce
Commission is concluded"
THE brewery employees of st. Louis have
decided not TO strike against the employers
nor to do any thing that will give the latter
a chance to act against the union.
Two men. while jumping from an east
bound train at BeuicIa Cal, the other
night, fell overheard from the pier in the
darkness and were drowned. The body Of
one recovered proved to be that OF Fred
Shaw, of Eureka Springs. Ark.
GENERAL MARTIN BEEN shot himself dead
at Stanton, Neb., recently. His married
life was unhappy and this was assigned as
the cause Of the suicide. BEEN was Il
| well-known Chicago lawyer and dis
| tinguished himself in the late war by strik
ing acts OF gallantry.
A CONCERTED attempt was made to wreck
a o. train at Chicago on the night OF the
Sd. a switch was thrown and fifteen cars
derailed aud set on fire. The conductor was
found shortly afterwards bruised and in
sensible by the side Of the track, and he
reported that three men had beaten him
and wrecked the train.
WHITE CAPS gave W. H. Toney a terrible
beating at English, Crawford County, Ind,
recently. His recovery was doubtful. He
was prominent and wealthy citizen, but
WAS accused Of abusing his family.
The Illinois Republican, convention nsm:-
mated Joseph W. Fifcr for Governor.
Lyman B. Ray for Northumberland,
7. n. Pearson for Secretary of State, c.
". Pavey for Auditor, Charles Becker for
Treasurer, and George R Davis, Senator
FarweIl W. +. L. Hadley and, Horace s.
Clark delegates 1t large to the National
convention.
INDIANA Republicans met at Indianapolis
on the "a and nominated delegates to the
National convention instructed to vote for
Ben Harrison for President.
OVER ten million feet Of lumber was de-
stroyed in the yard OF the Chippewa Lum-
Der Company at Big Rapids, Mich, by fire
On the Sd. Loss. sl20, CO.,
By collision near Sorrento Ill, recently
between passenger and freight train,
two men were killed and several badly in
jured.
THE cracker factory at Los Angeles, Cal,
and II. Webber's residence were destroyed
by fire the other night. One loan persisted.
Loss, .65, Coz; insurance small.
a STORM blew down several houses in the
new town of Berring, Iowa, On the Santa
Fe railroad. James Myers. Of Memphis,
No., was killed in q falling building.
a HORRIBLE and mystic, ious affair was
RE- orted from Arlington, Neb., On the 4th
A barn on the Freese farm was DESTROYED
by fire, and in the RUNS were found the
bodies of seven persons. The hired man
was missing and a suspicion existed that
he had committed terrible crime.
JUDGE ARNOLD KREKEL, United States
Judge for the Western District Of Missouri,
has decided to retire from the bench.
Judge krekel has been for some time in
poor health.
THE Mississippi river passed its record
Of high water at Winona. MIMI, ON the
4th. All the mills were closed and much
Inconvenience was experienced.
PLEURoPNEUMoNIA is reported among
cattle at Maple Creek, NJ. T. 1t is claimed
that the disease has alse appeared Ut w ood-
pecker.
THE SOUTH.
GENERAL WHIT ADAMS Westminster Of