Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-10

The boiler in Caldwelps tile factory near
Rushyille, Ind, exploded the other morn
| ing. killing William Caldwell and Norman
| z. Condo and fatally iDjuring Ed. Larkin,
Joseph Wolf, Allen Lakin, Jordan Gaines
and son. ss-
FIRE recently destroyed the office Of the
Daily Ledger, including the blndery. and the
| Homestead, weekly agricultural paper, at
| Des Moines, Iowa. Both offices were a
comrIete loss, as was also a three-story
| building belonging to W. H Weare, which
they occupied. The total loss was about
$4,000
Two girls named Stokes and Williams,
while wading in a pond near Tilson, Ill.
tho other day, fell into an old stock well
and lost their lives.
REPRESENTATIVES, of the National Farm
ers' Trust gathered in convention at Tope-
ka Kan, on the 1st.
The business portion of Keiths burg, ILL.,,
was destroyed by fire recently. Loss,
heavy.
The Wisconsin Democratic State con-
vention was held at Madison on the 1st.
The platform strongly Endorsed the AID
ministration OF President Cleveland.
THE union brewing coopers of Cincinnati
have been locked out for beg cotting non
union made beer.
Two men were killed and three wounded
by locomotive running into q handcar on
curve near Elko, New. recently.
THE coal shovelers of Chicago decided on
the 1st 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.
NEBRASKA Democrats held their State
convention at Omaha on the I'd. Delegates
were instructed. for Cleveland.
The Iowa Democratic State convention
was held at Dubuque on the I'd. The dele
cation 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
10 the vestiblue trains has been decided by
Judges Gresham and Blodgett at Chicago
in favor of the Pullman Company, enjoin-
ing the Wagner Company from further
use of these cars.
WILLIAM CARSON, son Of the famous
''Kit'' Carson, shot and killed a man at
Fort Garland, Col, in self-defense 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
"Q'' strike had been declared off, 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 Benicla, 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 a
wellknown Chicago lawyer and dis
tinguished himself in the late war by strik-
ing acts OF gallantry.
A CONCERTED attempt was made to wreck
a "Q' train at Chicago on the night of the
Sd. A switch was thrown and fifteen cars
derailed and 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. Fl. Toney terrible
beating at English, Crawford County, Ind,
recently. His recovery was doubtful. He
was a prominent and wealthy citizen, but
was accused of abusing his family.
THE Illinois Republican convention no1nl-
mated Joseph w. Fifer for Governor,
Lyman B. Ray for Lieutenant-G overnor,
I. N. Pearson for Secretary of State, c.
W. Pavey for Auditor, Charles Becker for
Treasurer, and George r. Davis, Senator
Farwell, w. F. L. Hadley and Horace S.
Clark delegates at large to the National
convention.
INDIANA Republicans met at Indianapolis
on the I'd 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, $4,000.
THE SOUTH.