Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-28

West Albany have been destroyed by
an incendiary fire. Much valuable ma
chinery was lost About 1000 men will
be thrown out Of employment
THE French crops are in critical
condition. The home supply will fall
short by 90. 900, 900 hectoliters. If the
present rainy weather continues the re-
suit will be disastrous to the farmers
THE financial situation of Portugal is
aggravated by the disappearance of
small notes from circulation and the
substitution of larger bank notes which
it is difficult to change Changers are
advertising for silver and gold.
JOHN BARDsLEY, city treasurer of
Philadelphia whose method of deposit
ing the city funds in the keystone and
other national banks is now a subject
of investigation, has rendered his resig-
nation.
THE Boston News bureau says: eve
hear from good sources that the liabili-
ties involved in the assignment of Mr..
Joseph Davis will amount to So, 600, 600
and that fifty cents on the dollar may
be realized by the creditors
A TACK combine is announced.
P. H. CHEATHAM and John Wha1ey,
two planters, fought duel near Liber-
ty Hall. S. C. Both were severely
wounded.
OSULLIvAN, the iceman, convicted OF
the Cronin murder, says he will not
confess until the Illinois supreme court
announces its decision.
| The Steele, of Paris, reaffirms the
truth of the reported Itata agreement
and says that the Gillian steamer will
be taken into United States port and
| that when she arrives there an eInbar-
go will be placed upon her.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for
the seven days ended May 81 num-
bered 254, compared with 237 the previ-
Gus week and 222 the corresponding
week of last year. Trade was gener.
ally healthy.
AN explosion at the Pratt mines, Ala,
killed ten negro eonvicts and a free
miner named Tom Moore.
DURING April s5,0O1 immigrants ar
rived in this country, against "a, gig in
April, 1890. OF the immigrants arriv-
ing last month, Germany furnished %,
755, Italy Is, 1913, Ireland 9, 4S2, England
and Wales 5,543, Austria Hungary 8, zoe,
Sweden and Norway $500 and Russia
4,272.
THE Botkin impeachment case at To
peka, Kan, resulted in the Judge being
acquitted
The Bank of England has reduced
its premium on gold, the demand being
considerably easier.
THE machine shop and bolt works OF
the Knoxville (Tenn.) Iron Co. were
burned the other night Loss, $50, 600
UNION sailors drove off all the non
union men hired by the captain of the
steamship West Indian at San Francisco
THE troubles on the Queen & Ores
cent route have been adjusted by Chic:
Arthur of the engineers and Chief Sar
gent of the fremen.
d. E. POWERS, attorney for Plenty
Horse, asserts that he secured evidence
at Pine Ridge, which will positively &C
quit his client of the crime of murder
ing Lieut. Casey. American Horse, ont
of the head and influential chiefs of tn,
Sioux tribe, will be a witness for the
defense.
WALTER JOHNSON was hanged a
Petersburg, Va, for rape on Elizabeth
Majors. Johnson's neck was broken.
; ALBARIGo ARNoNE, aged 20, was NOR
; tally wounded by Giuseppe Cangro, OF
East One Hundred and Twelfth street
: New York, during quarrel. Tn
murderer escaped. ALI the parties il
, the tragedy are Italians.
WILLIAM 81. WANAMAKER, one o
Marsh's bondsmen, offered reward o
1000 for the arrest of the fugitive an
, has employed detectives to run hin
down. Marsh is an absconding banke
of Philadelphia
= A PASSENGER train on the Mono
route was wrecked near Lafayette
Ind, by broken rail, but no one wa
badly injured.
, AT Monte Carlo a banker of Municl
, named Speckart committed suicide be
. cause of heavy gambling losses ST
suicides have occurred at Monte Carl
since May 1.
The society of American civil engi1
, GERS is in session on Lookout mountain
Tenn.
: HENRY SPRINGER, colored, was hange
4 before 8, 200 people at Magnolia, Miss.
. ADDITIONAL DIsPATCHE&