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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-11

The net surplus in the treasury is
$1,000, 900, smaller surplus than has
been in the treasury within the men,
ory of the oldest officials.
The president appointed Hon. Will
lam D. Owen, of Indiana, to be super
intendent of immigration, an office
created at the last session of congress,
at salary of 81 900 per annum.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
True Bills Against the Elliotts.

At Columbus, o., the special grand
jury on Wednesday returned two in
dictments against w. j. Elliott and his
brother Patrick, each of which charges
them with murder in the first degree.
One alleges that jointly they did each
purposely kill w. F. Hughes, the aged
citizen who was shot by the stray bul.
let from w. j. Elliott's revolver. The
other indictment charges that the
brothers jointly did purposely kill
A. C. Osborne, editor of the
World, who entered into the death
struggle with p j. Elliott, in the hat
store. These indictments are based
upon decision, Of the supreme court,
to the effect that the intent to commit
a crime against the person of one man
follows the bullet and holds the perpe-
traitor responsible for the killing of a
bystander in the same degree as if the
fatal missile had struck the object aim
ed at.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
It Is Senator Palmer,

Wednesday the 154th ballot in the Illi-
nois legislature for senator was taken
and resulted as follows: Palmer, 1OS;
Lindley, 100; Streeter, /, Taubeneck voted
for Streeter. The verifcation of the
roll showed every republican voting for
Lindley, every democrat for Palmer,
Moore and Cockrell for Palmer
and Taubeneck for Streeter. son
the 154th ballot" said Speaker Crafts,
''the whole number of votes cast is 204;
necessary to choice 1OS. of which John
NJ. Palmer has received 103 votes [dem-
ocratic applausel. A. j. Streeter vote
and c. j. Lindley 100 votes, and here
by declare John NJ. Palmer duly elected
United States senator to represent the
state of Illinois in the congress of the
United States for the term of six
years."
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
ROBBERY SENSATION.

Wholesale Arrests of Men and Boys for
Breaking Open Cars and Stealing Grain
Grain Dealers Involved.
The police of Armourdale, Kan, have
succeeded in unearthing one of the big
ges. robberies ever known in the vicin-
ity of Kansas City. Since o'clock
Friday evening between twenty-five
and thirty men and boys of Armour
dale have been arrested charged
with breaking open grain cars on
the Rock Island and Union
Pacific railroads and stealing
grain. The stealing was done, it ap-
pears, by an organized band of thieves,
composed of boys ranging in age from
ten to eighteen years. 1t is thought
that this system of thieving has been
carried on for number of months past,
and thousands of bushels of grain have
been carried off. The names of grain
dealers who received the grain were
made know to the police, and the'arrests
of number of them will follow.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
PITTSBURGH FLAMES.
0Rs Blows Up Large Building and
Disastrous Connagration Follows.

GRs Blows Up Large Building and
Disastrous ConHagration Follows.
Wednesday night at 1880 o'clock a
heavy explosion of gas blew out
the entire rear of the j. r. Welden 81
Co. S building at the corner of Diamond
and Wood streets, Pittsburgh, Pa. In
moment the entire fve-story building
seemed to leap into a sheet of flame.
Every stream at the command of the
city was turned ON without avail, and
Allegheny was called to her aid. At
midnight the building was still burning
fiercely, with the entire stock of fine
stationery, pictures etc, total loss.
Several offices were also located in the
building, which was supposed to be
fire-proof The board of trade building
just opposite, containing the r. q. Dun
agency, customs house and other offices,
is now blazing in places, as are other
buildings across the street, but it is not
believed that the fire will spread The
Welden building is on the same site as
the ill-fated Wiley building, which was
blown down by cyclone one year ago
last summer, killing thirteen people.
AS idliNoOLlt OOdiA Va u hNtO
is about given up as total loss. Tho
r. G. Dun offices, board of trade, GUS
tom house and other offices have
burned, while the Germania bank
rooms are blazing. The Welden
and Germania bank, or chamber of
commerce buildings, were both COM
pletely destroyed. The Welden FIVE
story building was erected at a cost of
$780, 900, owned by David Gregg and his
heirs. Welden's loss on fine stationery,
books, etc, occupying the entire build
ing, is S125,O 200. Insurance S63, 900.
Loss on Germania bank building S75, 900,
insurance $4,000; Reineman's cafe,
saloon and building $4,000; Korn-
blum, optician, $4,000; Gain Brothers
shore store, $4,000. In addition to
these, there were other very heavy
losses suffered by Dun Agency, Carne-
gle Bro. S & Co.'s offices, chamber of
commerce, board of trade and also the
handsome interior of the Germania
bank, all of which will run the total
loss up to S50O,O 900. There is no doubt
that the fire started from a gas explo-
sion, rs the first known of it was when
the entire rear portion was blown out.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
The Power OF Gun-Cotton.

The history of gun-cotton from its in
vention in 1882 to the present time was
told by Prof. Munroe, at the Lowell in
stitute, Boston, the other evening in
lecture illustrated by the stereopticon.
Its tremendous power as an explosive,
and the safety with which it can be
handled when properly prepared, were
explained at length and many interest
ing statistics were given. 1t can with
out danger be cut and chiselled into
shape when in compressed form for
use as cartridges, and tons of it can be
burned without explosion and the fire
produced can be extinguished with
water. One volume of the explosive
gives 500 of the gas, and the pressure
developed by combustion is eighty-one
tons TO the square inch, and by detona-
ton 1917 tons, the latter being in con-
tact, however. The effect of the ex.
plosion of one particle on another is SO
rapid that it would take only one sec
ond for it to pass through 10000 feet OF
the explosive. Y. Witness.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
VESSELS WRECKED.
Others Missing and Thought to
Have Been Lost.
Seventy People Drowned and tho List
Constantly Swelling.

A foreign steamship, the name OF
which is unknown, was wrecked off
Start Point, near Dartmouth, near Dew
onshire, Eng, during the recent bliz-
zard. All the crew and passengers were
drowned. The British ship Dryad,
Capt. Thomas, bound from Shields for
Valparaiso, has also been wrecked off
Start Point. Her crew, consisting of "a
men and officers has been drowned. The
Dryad was an iron vessel of 1,035 tons
burden. She was built at Liverpool,
and was owned by j. B. Walmsley, of
that city. Among the schooners lost
off Start Point was the Lunesdale. -Four
of her crew were drowned. Her cap
tain was saved. The schooner Lizzie
Ellen was also lost and two of her crew
were drowned. 1t is already known
that at least seventy lives have been
lost off the coast during the blizzard,
and in addition at least ten men per-
ished from cold and exposure after
reaching the shore. 1t is feared that
the list of wrecks and the record of
lives lost is far from being complete, as
several vessels are known to be missing
Many points inland where the storm
was most severely felt, are still isolated
from the surrounding country, and
days must elapse before through
freight and passenger traffic are en-
tirely restored on the branch lines of
the railroads. The severity of the storm
and the difficulty of restoring the lines
of communication to their usual state
of usefulness may be judged from the
fact that an express train which left
Plymouth on Monday is still blocked
up near the Brent river. The passen-
gers are suffering severely from expos
ure. Gangs of laborers numbering hun
dreds have been sent from all directions
to clear the railroad lines in Devon
shire and Cornwall, where the snow
drifts have piled up so heavily that cut
tings twelve feet deep have to be made
through the snow, which is now frozen
into an almost solid mass. The loss to
farm stock is enormous, and will entail
much suffering among the farmers,
who have already lost considerable
money by the terrible weather expert
enced at the end of last year. The
water-mains at Plymouth are showed
up to such an extent that force of 300
soldiers from the garrison has been
sent to assist the water works employees
in clearing them to an extent which
will enable them to be used. As it is,
no water has passed through the mains
since Monday last, and water famine
is added to the other sufferings which
the people of Plymouth have had to
endure through the terrible blizzard
England.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
FOSTER GOES TO SPAIN.
His Mission Is tho Completion of n Reel
procitY TrentY with Cuha.

His Mission Ia tho Completion of Reel
procity Treaty with Cuba.
NEW York, March 14.-The fact that
Hon. J. w. Foster, ex-minister to
Spain, and James G. Blaine, Jr., start
ed for Europe last Wednesday on the
Teutonic was kept rather quiet,
and little save the fact that they had
gone was published. The mis-
sion of the former is an important
one and of general interest, for
he goes to Spain to further the reciproc-
ity treaty between the United States
and Cuba through the mother country,
Spain. Mr.. Foster has been prominent
in the reciprocity negotiations with
South American countries. His experi-
ence In Spain as minister and his con-
nection with the Latin-American coun-
tries has made him very valuable to
Mr. Blaine and the state departm ment.
1t is a well-known fact that the next
reciprocity proclamation will be with
Cuba, and Mr.. Blaine has bent his
greatest energies to this end. Mr..
Foster goes over to smooth out and ar
range some of the final mat
ters The sugar question with
Cuba is becoming of vital inn
portance The enormous produc-
tion of beet sugar in Europe has SO
seriously affected the cane sugar pro-
duction Of Cuba that, with the excep-
ton of the Spanish peninsula, Cuba is
completely crushed out of the Euro
pean sugar market. Hence the ISL
and is now practically dependent on
the market of the United States.
Cuba is bound up in this trade;
all her interests, such as plantations,
railroads and hundreds of minor indus
tries in the agricultural and mechanical
trades, depend upon it, and hence her
great desire for this treaty. Mr.. Blaine
has been very busy on it, and the de-
parture of Mr.. Foster means that the
negotiations are nearly completed.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
A COUNT FOR MISS BAYARD.
Bayard's Daughter to Wed
n Swedish Nobleman.

Ex-Secretary Bayard's Daughter to Wed
n Swedish Nobleman.
The wedding of Miss Mamie Bayard,
youngest daughter of ex-Secretary of
State Bayard, to Count Lewenhaupt, of
Sweden, is announced to take place
early in April in Wilmington, Del
Count Lewenhaupt is the eldest son and
heir to the extensive estate of the Lew
enhaupt family of Sweden. The head
Of the family, the groom-elect's
father, is prominent in the political
affairs of Sweden, and stands near the
king. He is an extensive ship-builder
The son came to America to study the
methods of ship-building. Through the
Swedish consul he met the Bayard fam
lily and the engagement with the young
est daughter followed, The wedding
will probably be as quiet as the social
prominence of the two families will
admit, and the cards will be issued this
week. The count and countess will re.
side in Stockholm.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
THE PRIZE MISER.
a Father Throws the Body of His Own
Child Into the River to Escape Funeral

a Father Throws the Body of His Own
Child Into the River to Escape Funeral
Expenses.
A dispatch was sent from Chicago
Wednesday night stating that the
Northwestern and Milwaukee and st.
Paul roads were investigating box
mystery at Manitowoc, Wis. A box,
presumably from Chicago, was taken
from a train there and subsequently
found near hole in the ice in the river,
and there was evidences that the con-
tents, supposed to be human remains, had
been thrown into the river. The police
department of Chicago have telegraphed
for further particulars, and u reply has
been received from the city marshal of
Manitowoc saying that the man who
carried the box has been found; that he
lives in Sheboygan, Wis, and that the
remains consigned to the river were
those of his child, two years old. 1t is
supposed he took this means of getting
rid of the body to avoid paying funeral
expenses
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
THE MOB WAITED
And when He Was wen, Hanged Him ts
T,ree.

And when He Was Wen, Hanged Him -
Tree.
The ending of a fearful crime and It's aw-
full sequence took placeWednesday night
about four miles north of Lavinia, Car
roll county, Tenn. Last Christmas Miss
Angie Bolton, q sixteen-year-old girl,
was dragged from her horse and Grim
inally assaulted by a neighbor named
Henry Sanders, aged 90. A
posse was organized to lynch
Sanders, but he escaped to
Texas, where he remained until few
days hgo. He was taken sick while in
Texas and came home last week in or
der that he might receive the care of
his family. The relatives of the girl
waitedSuntil he had recovered from his
illness, and Wednesday night mob
went to his home, dragged him from his
bed, and, needless of the screams Of
his mother and sisters, hanged him to
the limb of a tree within 200 yards Of
his home.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
INSANE HOSPITAL FIRE.

Six of the Poor Inmates Are Suffocated,
and the Balance, Nearly Five Hundred,
Turned Loose.
The Tennessee hospital for the in
sane, located seven miles from Nash
vile, caught fire at 1890 Friday night
in the rear ward of the male wing
There were twenty-eight inmates in the
wing at the time, and six were suffo-
Gated. At 1:15 a. m. the fine structure
is doomed, and the balance of the in
mates, numbering nearly five hundred,
have been turned loose. Gov. Buchanan
has ordered out the state militia, and
will leave for the scene on special
train.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
The Emperor and the Count.

According to Berlin dispatch every
body is talking about the new relations
of intimacy and confidence between the
kaiser and Count Waldersee. The opin-
ion is expressed that the emperor, on
looking around his list of effective gen.
erals, has come to the conclusion that
Waldersee is the best man for his lieu
tenant in the event of war. The favor
of the count also extends to the Countess
Waldcrsee, who, upon her visits to Ber-
lin, is showered with attentions by the
imperial family.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
The Police Camera.

A good deal of opposition is develop
ed in parliament to the home secretary's S
bill, which bill proposes to extend to
police the power of photographing
prisoners before conviction, they only
having the right now to photograph
after conviction. The provision in ques-
ton is regarded as infringing the princi.
pie that man is to be treated as inno-
cent until proven guilty.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

WASHINGTON, March 14.-Treasurer
Huston retured to Washington Friday
afternoon from visit to his home in
Connersville, Ind, and resumed his
duties at the treasury department. Mr..
Huston said he did not know how long
he would retain his present Office. He
rendered his resignation to the presi-
dent February "a in order that his sue
cessor might be appointed during the
session of the senate and he has not
heard from the president one way OF
the other since.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

20 nurt the ofiiciais Tnen the rioters
repaired TO tho back door, where
the police offered only slight resistance
and an entrance was made. The next
thing heard was firing within. Tho
mob was quiet and undemonstrative
throughout. No masks were used.
After completing its work of ven
geance on the Italians the mob marched
TO Canal street and disbanded Another
massmeeting will be held at Clay cir
Gle to decide what shall be done with
o'Malley, the private detective who is
accused of bribing the Jury.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
AMERICAN SHIPS.
Establishment of Splendid Line of Trans
Atlantic Vessels.

AtiAntlC VESSELS
The N. Y. Seaboard for the current
week says that Mr.. Austin Corbin will
establish the finest transatlantic
steamship line between this country
and Europe by building eight 12, OOO-ton
steel all American steamships capable
of attaining a speed of twenty-four
miles an hour, to run from MontaulI
Point, L. l., to Milford Haven,
England, in five days. 1t is
the intention, the article says, to take
passengers on board across the river
from New York bound for London,
whisk them down to Montauk Point in
the vestibule cars in two hours time,
send them over the ocean in five days
and land them in four hours after reach
ing the other side. Or, in other words,
to complete the distance between the
city of New York and the city of Lon
don in five days and six hours.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

The trial of nine Sicilians for the as
sassination of Chief of Police D. G.
Hennessy, in New Orleans, at 1925
o'clock on the night of October 15,
which has occupied the time of Section
B. Judge Bakers division of the Grim
inal district court since the 10th of Feb
ruary, was concluded Friday afternoon,
the jury bringing in verdict of not
guilty as to six of the accused, and
failure to agree upon verdict as to
the other three.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

LOUISVILLE, KY, March 14.-It is re-
ported here that w. II. Pope, former
teller of the City national bank, who
disappeared March 1, 1890, with S7O, COO
of the banks funds, has been caught.
An indictment has been found against
him, and it is believed the papers are
now in the hands of officers who know
where Pope is and will shortly return
him here. 1t is said that part of the
money will be recovered.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

TRAER, Ia, March 14-Two months
ago Ralph Pierce, a young man of this
place, became insane and was taken to
hospital in Ogden. Through careless
ness of the manager he escaped, and
for six weeks his mother has been car
rying on fruitless search for him.
Friday a telegram came stating the
body of the young man had been found
in q river near OGden.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
Floods and storms in Russia.

ST. PETERSBURG, March 14.-Floods
which have followed the recent heavy
snow-storms have destroyed one-half
the winter crops in many places in
southwest Russia. The Vistula has
overfowed its banks and has inundated
great part of Warsaw. The inhabit-
ants of that city are in distress owing
to the floods, the severity of which can
be judged from the fact that the ram
parts which form part of the fortifi-
cations have been in parts destroyed by
the rising waters.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
Capture of a Noted Rnndtt.

Ell PAso, Tex, March 14.-News
has been received here of the capture
Tuesday last of the noted bandit,
Guerdo Nevramont, who some time
ago entered jewelry store in Chihua-
hua and after killing the proprietor
robbed the store of large quantity of
diamonds and gold and silver articles.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
piratical pig-Tails Beheaded.

The City of Peking arrived Wednes-
day afternoon, twenty-five days from
Hong Kong and sixteen days from
Yokohama. Some 300 Chinese pirates
and robbers were beheaded in Kwan-
Toung province during the last few days
of the old Chinese year.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
A FORTUNE IN an old Coat.

When Judge H. NJ. Cooley died last
week at St. Paul, Mimi, it was sup
posed that he died penniless, but We'd
nesday his son picked up an old coat he
had been in the habit of wearing, and,
hearing something rattle, ripped open
the lining and discovered S9,7OO in GER
tificates of deposit and bank bills of
large denominations.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
The Hebrew Immigrant Fund.

Banker Jesse Seligman, of New York,
drew by cable on Baron Hirsch, OF
Paris, for 100000 francs, or 81, 4OO,-
900, which comprises the fund the in
come of which is to be used to assist
poor Hebrew immigrants in America.
The draft was Immediately honored.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

-Misled by Similarity of Sound
Customer-Sixty-fve dollars2 That's
an awful price for plain business suit
for man that pays cash on delivery,
Tailor-Cash on delivery? You misun.
derstood me, sir. said $9475.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
The Color Linz Drawn.

The Tennessee senate Wednesday
passed house bill requiring all rail-
roads, whether run by steam or cleo
tricity, to provide separate cars for
white and colored passengers, and to
see that the latter rode in the car pro-
vided for them.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
Grape culture in the United States.

The census of grape growing in the
United States shows that $155, ,661, 15O
are invested, 200, 7sO persons employed,
and about 400, 200 acres under cultiva-
tion, producing six hundred thousand
tons of grapes in 1889.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
Balllneall,s Body on Its Way Home.

OTTUMwA, Ia, March 14-A cable
gram received from Hong Kong an
nounces that the body of Senator Ba,
hngall has been disinterred, embalmed
and shipped ON the steamship City of
Rio for San francisco, where it is ex-
pected to arrive about April 4.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
Heavy Snow in the South

Special dispatches from dozen diff
ferent points in Texas indicates that the
heaviest snow in that state for three
years fell Thursday. In the Indian ter
ritory the fall of snow was unprecedent-
ed. Several points in Arkansas also re-
port an unprecedented heavy snow
storm.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
The Failure RECORD.

NEW YORK, March 14-The business
failures occurring throughout the coun-
try during the last seven days number
273, as compared with total of 265
last week. For the corresponding week
of last year the figures were 252.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

Yet 1t Was Pointed. -"You do not
seem to find any thing humorous in it,"
said DIR. Chargem, as his late patient
scanned his bill with furrowed brow.
''No, doctor, must confess find II a
fee-bil joke. Chicago Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
Aha, Mr.. Pullman.

The lower house of the Missouri leg
islature has passed bill taxing sleep
ing car companies 50 on each 500 of
gross receipts; providing for a fine of
81, 200 day for each failure to comply
with the law.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
NewfOundlanders starving and rreezipr

N0"iVuhuIs'huois oIdrVlhB ana Freezing.
A telegram from Bonavista, N. f.,
says that, owing to the failure of the
shore fishery, there are numerous peo.
pie there in deplorable condition,
hungry and almost naked. Some of
them are suffering from the dread dis
ease, diphtheria.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
Harrison Rags six Ducks

President Harrison walked into Ben
gies, Md, club house at $50 p. m.
Wednesday smiling broadly, and look
ing as if she were at peace with the
world. He had killed six red-headed
ducks. The president will remain until
Gaf,,rdau
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21
Rumored Ingurrection In emma.

Rumors OF an outbreak in Cuba reach.
ed New York Thursday. 1t is said that
the dissatisfaction is widespread and
will not only include Havana, but Ma
tanzas, Cienfugos and the most import
ant parts Of the island.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-03-21

Henry Hail. 10 years old, who killed
his wife last July, was Friday found
guilty of murder in the first degree,
with recommendation that he be sent to
the penitcntiary for life.