Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE grand jury investigating the
lynching of Italians at New Orleans is
sued a voluminous report on the 5th,
virtually generating the 1ynchers and
declaring that the people were COM
PEELED to act because of the existence
of the Malta and its corrupting infiu-
ence in the administration of regular
justice.
EIGHT of the leaders of the late
troubles at Fortune bay, N. F., have
been arrested.
NOEL SoUs1, Theodore Forbes and
John Forbes, of Charlotte, N. Y, were
drowned in Braddock's bay, Lake On
tario, by the capsizing of boat.
THE famine in Madras continues. It
is feared the monsoon will fail, in
which event the distress will be intensi-
fed.
The United States minister at Berlin
has been instructed to bring to the at
tention of the German government the
case of Nicholas Bader, convict sent
to this country by the authorities of
Stanzacl, Germany.
THE great Arbuclxle building and adj
joining property at Pittsburgh, Pa, was
destroyed by fire on the night of the
5th. The loss amounted to $3.50, 600.
| The Christ NJ. E. church on Pennsyl-
vania avenue went down in the flames.
The American Medical association,
in convention at Washington, elected
DIR. N. S. Davis, of Chicago, president;
DR.. Willard, of st. Paul, secretary and
treasurer; A. Mclean Tiffany, of Balti-
more, first vice-president; J. o. Herper,
second vice-president.
| SECRETARY FOSTER has signed war
rant for 81, 654. I'll in favor of the gov
ernor of the state of Pennsylvania, this
| being that states share of the direct
tax fund
CASHIER BRANTLEY, of the land de-
partment of the Iron Mountain road,
with headquarters at Little Rock, Ark.
is alleged to be $40, 900 short in his ac-
counts.
MR. WILLIAM JACQUES, of Newton,
Mass, and his daughter were assaulted
recently by mob while out driving in
Florence, Italy. The daughter was Sc.
verely hurt in defending her father.
FIVE seamen of the schooner Atlanta
were lost in upper Lake Michigan of
Sable Bank.
In an explosion in a mine near Saar
brucken. Prussia, eight persons were
killed and seven injured
The twenty-ninth international Y
NJ. c. A. convention assembled at Kan
sas City, Mo-, on the 9th.
, Four children of Henry Hurrin, O.
, East Tawas, Mich, who started for {
sail have not been heard from since
and have probably been lost.
The Michigan house has refused t.
/ appropriate $4,000 of the direct ia,
[ fund for the Grand Army national en-
campment entertainment
, A CRANK named Charles ]. Dickson
has been arrested at New York for an
nouncing his intention to kill Jay Goul,
t unless he was paid $500 and Goul'
? made arrangements to distribute tn
/ rest of his wealth around.
a A DESTRUCTIVE fire ravaged propert
. at Long Island City on the night of tn
9th, starting in Doncaster's iron foundr
and burning thirteen blocks. The los
: was put at 81, 000, 900.
= FIRE at Winona, Mimi, DESTROYED tn
t entire plant of Schroth & Ahrens' Nil
Q Co. The loss was 800, 600; insuranc
0 between $40, 600 and ZOO.
!. The general tenor of the press CON
= ments on the report of the grand jur
q at New Orleans was condemnatory
; The report was considered APOLOGIZE
q of lawlessness in general.
}. JOSEPH BARoNDEs, the cloakmaker
Q union leader of New York, has bee
i sentenced to one year in prison for e,
l. tortion-
+ Mrs. GEORGE CARTER, living nes
e Louisa. KY, tried to poison her famil,
= All were saved by the physicians
# A FREIGHT train went through
/ trestle in Chicago suburb recentl,
g and the engine, several cars and tt
trest1e were burned