Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-10
THE WEST.


mitted by a discharged employe.
THE WEST.
A FIRE at Cambria, Cal, recently burned
the entire business portion Of the towI
with all provisions and the people wer,
destitute. The loss was $125,0 600; partly
insured.
IT was reported from Bloomington. Ill.
that the Ohio. Indiana & Western railway
had passed into the hands Of the ''Bii
Four" combine.
Labor party at Chicago have adopted 4
set of resolutions declaring that it wa,
not true that Socialists were opposed tx
trades unions, and declaring 1t the inter.
est of all wage workers to belong to labor
organizations whose purposes were to Sc.
cure the highest possible wages, to reducs
the hours of labor and to widen education
THE deep harbor convention met at To.
peka on the 1st and elected Hon. e. II
Mansur, of Missouri, temporary chairman
F. L Dana was made temporary secre-
tary. After appointing the usual commit.
tees they then adjourned till next day.
BY the caving in of a sewer trench in
Eau Claire. Wis, two men were killed, q
third fatally injured and two more badly
hurt
Four miners from Central Alaska who
have arrived at Port Townsend, Wash,
report $50 miners on the Yukon river l 900
miles from St Michael's island, suffering
for food and likely to encounter great pri.
vations this winter unless aided.
BENJAMIN C. JONES. only son of the
millionaire street railway magnate, j.
Russell Jones, of Chicago. has been ad-
judged insane and committed to the State
asylum at Kankakee. About six years OF
champagne and their accompaniment ef-
fected the result.
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. was recently
swept by disastrous fire which destroyed
forty-one buildings. Loss estimated at
$500, 600; reasonably insured.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, on the I'd was bril-
liantly illuminated and the houses deco
rated, it being the Inauguration of the
carnival. The trades parade and display
was a pronounced success, fully 8, 600 peo-
pie being in line, with floats etc.
STATES ATTORNEY LoNGENECKER has
begun habeas corpus proceedings before
Judge Baker to secure possession of Robert
Russell and Michael Foy, who are now at
Joliet serving terms. It was alleged that
these two men were engaged in the MUIR
der of Druggist Clark, who was shot dead
in his store on Harrison street several
months ago. and they are wanted to stand
trial for this crime.
peka, Kan. the whole day of the I'd was
occupied in making speeches and nothing
material was accomplished.
LATER returns from the four new States
indicate that the Democrats lose one Con-
gresham in Montana and elect the Gov
ernor; the Dakotas furnish Republican
Senators, and Washington has gone Re-
publican.
JOHN A. MARTIN, Ex-Governor of the
State Of Kansas, died on the I'd. His dis
ease was a mysterious one and at no time
were the physicians able to diagnose it
DESTRUCTIVE prairie fires were reported
raging in Mclean County, fifty miles
north of Bismarck, N. OAK. which were
driven by the wind at a speed of sixty
miles an hour. The town of Washburn
had narrow escape, the flames reaching
within the limits. Many of the farmers
lost all they had.
THE grand jury which Investigated the
charges of bribery against the Detroit
(Mich.) aldermen have brought in a
second indictment against Alderman
Lauder on the charge of accepting bride
in connection with the appointment of a
meat Inspector. The first Indictment
brought in against Alderman Lauder was
for a similar offense
The Socialists in convention at Chicago
on the I'd adopted a platform which will
be referred to the various sections
the country. An entirely new
con stitution was adopted for the party,
which will be known as the Socialist
Labor party.
JONAS A. SAUFLEY, one of the Oldest and
citizens of Miami, Mo-, died re-
Gently of heart disease.
The other evening at Leavenworth,
Kan, while Thomas Seymour was going
home on the rapid transit road, he got off
the train and was passing around it when
the train backed and struck him. He was
thrown under the wheels and instantly
killed.
THREE men were killed by Rock Island
trains in different parts of Chicago on the
Sd.
AN explosion in the Red Jacket shaft of
the Calumet and Hecla mine in the Upper
Michigan peninsula killed two men,
fatally injured two more and severely in
jured seven others. The explosion was
due to a miner striking charge of dyna-
mite with a pick.
The Priests of Pallas parade at Kansas
City on the night of the Sd was a very
imposing and grand affair Eighteen
countries were typi6ed in the beautiful
floats. The weather was perfect the
crowd was large and there was nothing to
mar the success of the occasion.
The wife OF Sheriff Sand, who eloped
recently from Little Falls. Oak, with
convict whom she released, has been
found at Casselton, Oak. The convict was
not captured.
TIE City Hail at East Grand Forks,
Oak, was burned recently. The fire Yves
credited to one of the two hostile factions
in the city.
The 'longs" have obtained an injunc.
ton in Judge Shepard's court in Chicago
against the delivery of Octo Der pork.
A HEAVY west-bound passenger train
went off the track at Cheyenne, Wyo, re-
Gently, consequent upon spreading rails
due to rotten ties. Four ladies were seri-
ously bruised, the conductor had his leg
broken and the porter had his head
cracked.
THE SOUTH.
EDWARD MANN, a well-to-do telegraph
operator at Louisville, KY, for twenty
years in the Western Union service, COM
mittea suicide recently by shooting him.
self through the head He was unreason-
ably Jealous and a surprise party given in
honor of his wife's birthday excited this
passion.
Rev. J. 81. N. DURAN, a Methodist min.
ioto Of