Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-11

| was on Qr0 recently. Inc loss 1OOCeO
up $500, 600. Two hremen were killed
and two seriously injured by a falling
wall.
| freight and passenger depots. Augusta,
| Ga, have been destroyed by fire. Loss
SIS, O00; insurance S54,
FIRE in Oxford, Ala, destroyed the
Arlington Hotel and six stores, causing
$50. 900 loss
| THE long overdue Anchor line steam
ship Ethiopia from New York to Glas-
gov, has been found. Her shaft was
| broken, and she had to proceed under
sail
IRWIN, ianitor, and his wife persisted
| in fire at the corner of Pennsylvania
| avenue and Ninth street Pittsburgh,
| Pa. on the Sd.
THE Rittenhouse Manufacturing Com
pany. of Passaic n. J., at the head of
which is Edward 81. Ammidown, has
failed with $500, 600 debt and $500, 600
assets
ONLY the hub and spoke factory was
destroyed by the fire at Anna, o.
THE conference with the Cherokees
with relation to the surrender of the
| Strip commenced at Tahleeuah on the
Sd.
THE country's mortgage indebted
ness amounts to $3.50, 600, 600.
SIX pauper women were burned to
death by a fire at the workhouse at New
castle-on-Tyne, England.
The Catholic Church and school at
Homestead, near Pittsburgh, Pa, has
been destroyed by fire.
| SEVEN workmen were killed and eight
badly hurt by the collapse of blast
furnace under repairs at the Illinois
iron works. Joliet, Ill
The fear that diphtheria would be-
come epidemic in Indianapolis, Ind. :,
has been real zed and cases are being
reported to the health department at
the rate of fifteen day.
| Rio DE JANEIRo is considerably agi-
tated over the wrecking of the Tribuna
newspaper Office by officers of the Gov
| eminent 't
| CHICAGO proposes to issue 5000. 900
| bonds for Worlds Fair purposes.
THE Zimmerman Opera House, En-
glewood. Chicago, burned the other
night. There was panic of hotel
guests but all escaped The loss was
about 500, 600.
! FOUR iremen were seriously injured
at Pittsburgh, Pa, being caught under
falling walls when Maggine's cracker
! factory was burned The loss was $125.-
900.
ST. MARY's Catholic Church, in a
suburb of Birmingham, Ala, has been
destroyed by fire.
THE Bank of England has reduced it's
rate of discount from six to five per cent
THE famous trotter Electioneer died
at the Palo Alto farm, Cal, recently.
ONE of the inoculated patients OF
Prof. Koch died recently in terrible
agony.
NAPOLEON MCDANIEL, convicted and
sentenced for life for the Cotton Belt
train robbery, recently made his escape
in company with a murderer from the
! Jail at Texarkana, Ark.
THE Cherokees have been offered 81,
52S 442 10 for the Strip
DELAMATER & Co., bankers, of Mead
vile, Pa, have assigned. The head of
| candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania
The Federal grand jury at Chicago
has indicted, along with two other men,
John M. Egan, president of the Chicago.
ST. Paul & Kansas City road, for viola
ton of the Interstate commerce law.
BUSINESS failures Dun's report) for
the seven days ended December num-
bered 3l2. as compared with 249 the
previous week and 316 the correspond
ing week of last year. Money contin-
.ued stringent
THE coal mine owners of Alabama
have refused to either advance the
wages of the strikers or confer with
the leaders of the strikers.
THE lockout of the hat trimmers OF
Danbury, Conn, which had paralyzed
the trade, ended by concessions on both
sides
THE warden of the State penitentiary
of Minnesota has been compelled to re-
sign for laxity of discipline. Among
other things he allowed Cole Younger
to leave the prison for time on parole.
CoHEN's corset factory, New York
has been destroyed by fire. The loss
reached $500, 600.
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.
| TIE eXnected rupture in the Irish