Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-04

trepOt Tor the n0eed IOkay wine. was
ssriously burned rscenAy. only thirteen
huses remainfng. 81
5sWHLEs bloNing mp q pont6on bridge
At Looga, Russia, during military ma
neuvers eleven soldiers were killed by
a premature EXPLOSION
TIM. United States. ship Chaxleston-
hes been ordered back to Honolulu to
protect American interests in the Har
waiian islands
TIE nav United States war. ship San.
Francisco on its first trial trip from
Santa Barbara made an average of over
1917 knots per hour in . four-hour run.
TEN cars and IN engine Of . New
York Central fast freight were ruined
and the engineer and fireman injured in
. wreck near Fairport N. Y, the other
night ~
sEvEa, aldermen Of Biddeford, Me-.
have been arrested for ;connivance in
violating United 6tetes Election laws
TIE Adristic has been swept by
storm. Many vessels and their crews
were lost
! A DUEL was fonght near Bsifort.
France. between Heutenants Mil1ot and
Barutik LfeutenAnt lEil1ot reoefved q
severe slash on the arm. Several large
blood vessels were opened and the
wound will probably prove fatal
IsnrRNsE imports of certain Hines of
goods continue at New York in antici-
patton of tariff changes
The new count of the St Paul Pioneer
Press building shows no persons living
there. The first, or padded, count
enumerated ITO.
= DURING the races at Oskaloosa. Iowa,
fire broke out in the grand stand where
5000 people were o0ngregated The
entire structure was total ruin. The
loss was $15, 900. The occupants of the
stand escaped without injury.
The population of Pittsburgh is 1885,
473, an increase of 81, 0S4, and of ALLIE
gheny City 104, 967, an increase of &c, 2s5.
AN English syndicate is reported to
be seeking to purchase four OF the
largest factories in Rhode Island. SEN
ator Brice, of Ohio. is said to be inter
ested. s..,s ,;.....,.,,,.,.,- .....-,
A NUMBER of boys were playing on
the field near Hemmerstein, Prussia,
formerly used for military maneuvers.
when they found some cartridges and
thrust them into bonfire to hear them
explode. A frightful series of explo-
sions occurred and seven of the boys
were SO badly injured by the flying
fragments that they died soon after
ward. t.sst. .-9if-tt,. ..-.. tes.-s.
The Senate agreed to the conference
report on the resolution to apply the
unexpended balance of $45, 600 from the
Mississippi flood sufferers for relieving
reported restitution in Oklahoma. The
resolution was sent to the President.
THOMAS G. BOYLE, of Allegheny City,
Pa, was drowned in the surf at Atlantic
City, d. j.. recently. He was a promi-
nent business man, his father being
president of the National Insurance
Company, of Allegheny.
The leading horticulturists of the
United States, at a meeting in Chicago.
took steps toward appropriate repre-
sentation at the Worlds Fair.
FIFTEEN Cinnamon have arrived by
steamer at Victoria, B. c., from San
Francisco, where they have been re-
fused landing. They say they will
work their way across the sound into
Washington and thence south to their
original destinatio in San Francisco.
The switchmen's strike at the Chicago
stock yards ended on the 29th.
BOMBS have been exploded in the city
of Trieste, Austria A boy who tried to
extinguish burning fuse was killed.
BARRUNDIA, the Guatemalan revolu-
ZIONIST, who was on board an American
steamer, was killed recently by officers.
Captain Pitts, the commander, said he
would give up the refugee, upon which
Barrundia opened fire with his revolver
on the officers and was in turn shot dead.
THE abandonment of the Hot Springs,
Ark, military reservation has been
ordered.
THREE cable cars collided in the Wash
ington street tunnel in Chicago early
the other morning and all were badly
wrecked. Frank Metzger, an express
agent of ST. Paul, was killed.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for
the seven days ended August % num-
bered 1s9, compared with 1872 the pre-
vious week and Oil the corresponding
week of last year. Business was re-
ported good. though money continued
tight.