Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-29

| of the great Alton GILL; bridge is COM
pleted Work is being pushed forward
on two others.
| THE navy department has received a
| telegram from Adm. Walker announc-
ing the arrival of the United States
steamer Chicago at La Guayra, Vene-
zuela. This makes three American war
ships now in Venezuela.
| CAPITALISTS of Sioux City, Ia, have
completed arrangements for flour mill
with 500 barrels daily capacity, to COM
pete with Minneapolis mills.
TRUE bills have been found by the
gr~ nd jury at Pittsburgh, Pa, against
Col. Hawkins, Lieut.-Col. Streator and
Surgeon Grim, of the N. 6. P, in the
Private Iams case.
| JOHNSON, the bicyclist, made an ex-
traordinary mile at Independence Ia,
on the a2d, doing it in 1:56 3-5.
BURGESS MCLUCKIE, of Homestead,
| swore out informations against Frick,
Lovejoy, the Pinkertons and others,
charging them with causing riot The
accused gave bond.
THE report of the British inspector
general of bankruptcy has been made
public The increase in bankruptcy
since his last report was due the collapse
Mckinley tariff act.
Ex-CHIEF OF POLICE JOHN c. AMBER
SON, of Somerset, KY, who has disap-
peared, is wanted for the assassination
of Editor Joseph B. Rucker.
THE Popolo Romano of Rome says
that all Of the brigands concerned in
the recent outrages in Sicily have been
captured.
THE steamer Len Cummings blew out
her standpipe near Charlevoix, Mich,
and Albert Tuvolt, a deck hand, who
was caught below decks, was scalded to
death, his body being literally boiled.
THE seceders from the Salvation army
in Canada have organized under the
name of 1.-THE United Christian Work
ers." P. w. Philpot, whose charges
against Gen. Booth led to the revolt,
has been elected president.
LIEUT.. PEARY and the whaler Kit
have arrived at Philadelphia.
THE liverymen of Chicago have
formed trust and put the price of car
riages during the worlds fair dedicatory
parade at S22 per day.
THE Union manufacturing works,
Battle Creek, Mich, have burned. Loss,
S125, 900.
A TERRIBLE panic occurred in Lud-
low street building, New York, where
Jews were celebra ting their New Year.
Four women were crushed to death in
the narrow stairway and nine were in
jured. Upsetting a candle caused all
the trouble.
OUT of total sales of cotton in Liver
pool the past week, amounting to &c.,
600 bales, $4,000 were American.
BOTH sides are stubborn in the strike
of the Denver tailors, but six firms
have signed the union scale.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended September % showed an average
decrease of 1913 compared with the cor
responding week of last year. In New
York the decrease was 1913.
THE Odd Fellows grand lodge at
Portland, Ore, tabled a resolution de-
claring saloonkeepers Ineligible to mem
bership.
THE presbytery of Cincinnati decided
by a large majority to put on trial for
heretical teaching one Of it's members,
Prof. Henry P. Smith, of Lane Theo-
logical seminary.
CANADA and Newfoundland are to
confer on trade and fishing matters.
COMPLAINTS have reached Deming. n.
NJ, from Las Polomas, Mexico, imme-
diately south, that the custom officials
at that place are selling large numbers
of American cattle which stray across
the line from day to day.
THE French consul at Chicagorecently
inquired what liabilities exhibitors at
the worlds fair will incur in case they
abandon their exhibits at the close of
the exposition. Assistant Secretary
Spaulding has replied that articles so
abandoned will be treated as unclaimed
goods.
THE Arkansas state burning board in
the last year and nine months has de-
stroyed securities to the amount of 81
645, s91. Sc.
THE railway station at Nancy, France,
was burned. Loss, 200,0 900 francs.
THE Russian forces near Khooloom,
China, have been repuIsed by the i'm
perial troops.