Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-31

PATRICK EGAN, nephew of the min
lister to Chill, was arrested at Spokane
Falls, Wash. when about to be
married. Egan was cattle king and
was about to wed Mrs Matilda Wilder,
widow of the late auditor of the
Spokane & Kootenai Reservation
Navigation Co. He was charged with
seducing Mrs Wilder's daughter.
A FIRE at Baier & Hamltons agricult-
ural works Sacramento, Cal, destroyed
$50. 600 worth of property.
Gross frauds involving millions are
said to have been unearthed already in
the province of Quebec by the ministry
which succeeded that of Mercier.
THE Philadelphia grand jury has ig-
nored the bill of indictment charging
Robert Clendenning and George A.
Hulm, brokers, with aiding ex-City
Treasurer John Bardsley in the en-
bezzlement of 81. $50, 900 from the city.
AN attachment for $4,000 has been
levied on Lowenthal, Livingston & Co..
shipping and commission merchants of
San Francisco, precipitating the failure
of the firm. The liabilities are about
1920, 900. mostly due to English firms
Ii HUNG CHANG, the Chinese viceroy,
is recovering from his attack of la
grippe and has renewed operations
against the rebels.
THE Pennsylvania Railroad Co. is
already at work laying an extra track
from Pittsburgh to Chicago for worlds
fair traffic.
GEORGE 81. PAGE, lessee Of the Lang
ham hotel, 1897 Washington street,
Boston. has assigned. Liabilities, $751;
| 600. There was substantially nothing
for the unsecured creditors.
NEARLY all the space allotted to Ger
many at the Chicago worlds fair has
been taken and more than the allow
ance will be needed
A sANITARIUM for the cure of the
| liquor, opium and tobacco habits was
opened by the Women's Christian tenn
perance alliance in Chicago.
WILLIAM BRENNAN, an old recluse hv-
ing just outside of Huntington, Pa,
was beaten insensible by unknown
men and then robbed of 81, 600.
THE grippe is becoming epidemic in
New York. Four of the city officials
are laid up with it.
The earnings of the Chicago, Mil
waulxee & St Paul Railway Co. for the
third week of December were $677, TIA,
an increase as compared with the cor
| TcSpOuulDR WICK 1dSU year VI S1ICsOs p.
| PHYSICIANS estimate that there are
upward of 1000 cases of grippe in Du-
buque, Ia. There have been very few
fatal cases.
THE Indiana coal miners strike has
ended in the complete defeat of the
men, who will return to work at the
old wages.
THE notorious Bob Sims band of out
| 10 Choofox fu Lob hof
three people dead, mortally wounded
two others, wounded three more and
burned the house. They proposed to
| burn other houses
Dun & Co. s trade review reports the
| business situation as good as ever and
| the great industries more than usually
! active.
A HOT conflict between Catholics and
| police and soldiers occurred in Pue bia,
Mexico as a result of the closing of
! four monasteries. One man was killed
and others wounded.
| Gov. FRANCIS, of Missouri has pub
lished an opinion of James o. Broad
head concerning the converting of the
| legislature, who says that it is optional
with the governor whether he shall re-
district the state or call the legislature
/ to do so. but that it must be done.
IN collision between a beer wagon
and cable car at Pittsburgh, Pa,
Benjamin Wise and Abner Edwards.
passengers, were fatally injured and
six others were more or less hurt
LATER reports show that eleven per-
sons were killed and four badly in
jured by the telescoping of the sleeper
Gibraltar at Hastings, N. Y. Only
three occupants of the car escaped.
THE Chicago grand jury has indicted
Thomas ]. Elderkin, Thomas Nelson
and Robert Lindholtz, officers and
members of the seamen's union, for
conspiracy.
IT is reported in Valparaiso that the
two men who confessed to participa.
ton in the Baltimore outrage will be
punished and that Chilli will settle with
| the United States.
The Canadian government has de-
cided to continue the payment of a
bonus to each new settler in Manitoba.
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