Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-26


THE WEST.
JOHN GALLAGHkR died at his homo
in Butte, Mont, recently from the eff
fects Of injuries received in a brutal
prize fight with G. III. Warte.
b. NJ. CHAMBERS, who shot and
killed Lawyer Frank ]. Bowman, has
been released on bail In the sum Of
e5O, 900.
THE Cronin trial ended at Chicago
on the 18th. Coughlin, O'Sullivan and
Burke were sentenced to life imprison-
ment, Kunze to three years, while
Beggs was acquitted.
THE United States livery stable at
Trinidad, Col, was destroyed by fire
the other night and forty horses per-
ished. Loss, $25, 900.
ROBERT S. DALTON was instantly
killed and frightfully burned by the
current from two electric light wires on
the Lake Shore railways train shed at
Toledo, o.
THREE men were blown to pieces in
the Osceola mine near Calumet, Mich,
recently by the premature explosion Of
a blast.
THE Ohio Supreme Court has decided
that the biennial elections amendment
to the State Constitution was not
legally adopted.
Two brothers were blown to pieces
in the Cleveland mine near Ishpeming,
Mich, the other morning by the de-
layed explosion of a charge of dyna-
mite.
The capital stock of the Omaha
Street Railway Company has been in
creased to s., OOO, 600.
The warm, unreasonable weather is
said to have been instrumental in
closing up two clothing establishments
at Minneapolis, MINI. One was the
large Rothchilds clothing house, the
other ]. B. McCristle's merchant tailor
store.
A FREIGHT train on the Denver &
Rio Grande road broke into three parts
on heavy grade near Walsenberg,
Col, the other night and in the COLI
sion which followed the engineer and
fireman were killed and seven cars
wrecked.
PRATT COUNTY, Kan, voted the
500, 600 sugar bonds, Notwithstanding
the recent scandals.
made in Salt Lake City in connection
with the recent developments before
the grand jury. All gave bonds.
WILLIAM S. HARRISON, nephew of
the President and assistant to the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul gen.
eral freight agent died at River Forest,
Ill, recently. aged twenty-five.
GEORGE CLARK, aged nine years,
was run over by cable car and killed
at Sioux City, Iowa, the other morning
while on his way to school.
INVESTIGATION of two years of the
accounts of the suicide secretary of the
Milwaukee school board shows short
age Of $40
THE Grand Portage Indians of Min
nesota who were in danger of starving
have been relieved by the Government
agent.
THE Western States Railway Pas
senger Association was dissolved at
meeting of the general managers of the
lines at Chicago on the 18th.
THE Meade-Va Bokkelen Company,
commission merchants, dealing in
California fruits at Chicago, recently
failed for $3.50, 600. The assets were
much less.
EX-CONGRESSMAN JOSEPH LYMAN,
of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was stricken
with paralysis while at his Office. His
chances of recovery were slight.
BY an explosion in a rolling mill at
New Philadelphia, O., recently one
man was killed, another badly hurt and
part of the building wrecked.
ONE of the last places reporting the
inf 10
THE winery, distillery and stock of
liquors Of the Fresno (Cal.) Vineyard
Company have been seized for alleged
violation of the internal revenue laws.
The property is valued at $500. 600.
CULVER, the recalcitrant Cronin
juror, has brought suit against the
Chicago Herald for S25, 900 damages
for libel.
A SAD accident occurred during re-
hearsal of a Christmas entertainment
at the Tilden public school, Detroit,
Mich. The gauze clothing Of a num-
Der of girls became ignited and eight or
nine were burned, one fatally.
THE Prohibitory law has passed both
houses of the North Dakota Legisla-
ture.
THE Guernsey-Scudder Furniture
Company's building at Third and Lo-
Gust, st. Louis, burned recently. The
loss was heavy.
JUDGE BREWER, in the United
States Court at Kansas City, decided
adversely to the Beales claim to the
Maxwell land grant of 10000, 900 acres
in New Mexico, etc. 1t was said an
appeal would be taken to the Supreme
Court. The decision affects Kansas
City land company that bought the
Beales claim.
THE SOUTH.
THE bank of Gallatin, Tenn, has
assigned with $50, 900 assets and $4O,-
600 liabilities. The depositors will be
paid in full.