Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-01

covered by insurance Three hundred
hands were thrown out of employment
HUNGARIAN peasants recently 1ynched
two youths caught stealing.
A FREIGHT train ran into q work
train at McKim's station on the Pitts
burgh & Western, near Pittsburgh, Pa.
Seven men were killed and eight
wounded ALI were Italians except
Engineer Houghton, killed.
TWENTY lives were lost in a collision
between an express and passenger
train near San Sebastian, Spain.
WELsHMEN imported to take the place
of strikers at Niedringhaus' mill. St.
Louis. refused to go to work.
RELATIVES will contest the will Of
Allen Thorndyke Rice, who died on the
eve of his departure as minister to Rus
STA, May, 1889.
The annual report of the govern
ment directors of the Union Pacific has
been published. The policy of extern
sion of the railroad was favored and
the management commended. The re-
port concluded with plea for leniency.
A PLAGUE of smallpox is raging at
Campeche. Mexico.
DAVID HASTINGS, formerly clerk of
markets at. Allegheny City, Pa, has
been arrested for embezzlement. His
stealings cover a period of eighteen
years and amount to over $50. 600.
The Italian quarter at Newark, n.
j., was brilliantly lighted in honor of
St Roca's day, when an explosion OF
fireworks took place. Eleven persons
were killed and about thirty injured.
MAJ. ECKLEs, an ex-officer of the
United States army, son-in-law of Gen.
Mason. was fatally shot by j. c. Saggs,
neighboring ranchman, on BALCONIES
creek, near Balcone, Tex
The jury at Buffalo, N. Y, in the
case of William Gould, Jr., of Albany,
charged with aiding in the embezzle-
ment of funds of the Albany City
national bank. returned a verdict OF
guilty. Sentence was deferred.
ORTIZ STEIN is out of jail at Atlanta,
Ga Members of the Y. M. c. A. inter.
ested themselves in his behalf and
secured his release. He gave them
what he said was a full statement OF
his life. Stein is sick in a boarding
house.
THE Labrador schooner Paisley,
Capt John Kane, with all hands, and
the Amazon, Capt James Nolin, with
three of her crew. have been lost al
sea.
ADvIcEs from Peru report the muir
der. on the river Maranan, Of four Cal
ifornians prospecting for gold. The
natives mistook them for ecclesiastical
emissaries and spies.
BUSINESS failures Dun's report) for
the seven days ended September "a
mum bered 244, compared with $50 the
previous week and 219 the correspond
| ing week of last year.
The Wisconsin Methodist conference
has voted 100 to 80 in favor Of admit
ting women to the general conference
as delegates.
A COPPER tank used for charging
soda fountains exploded on a wharf at
Detroit, Mich, and one man was fatal.
~ injured. The heat of the sun did it.
THE Gaiety theater, Liverpool,
England. has been destroyed by fire.
MooREHEAD, MCLEAN & Co, an EN-.
barrassed iron firm of Pittsburgh, Pa
have been granted an extension.
THE strike at the shops of the Amer.
lean Axe & Steel Co., at Beaver Falls,
Pa, and other places has ended. Some
of the shops went non-union and the
Federation of Labor declared the strike
off.
FIRE at Oak Cliff, the beautiful sub
urb of Dallas, Tex, destroyed thirteen
houses. The loss was $4,000; insur.
ance $40, 600.
S. d. WEBsTER's warehouse, the
largest in Chattanooga, Tenn, was
burned. The loss was estimated at
$500, 600.
JOE STEWART, a prominent citizen,
met DR.. E. Chisholm in front of a sa.
loon at Lewisville, Ark, and fred the
contents of uble-barreled shotgun
at him. Hard feelings had existed be.
tween them for some time on account
of Stewart having testified against
Chisholm in case in court in which
the latter was defendant
GOLD in paying quantities has been
discovered near Susquehanna, Pa
THE first snow of the season fell al
Leadvil.e, Col. on the 25th. 1t melted
at once.