Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

The men who robbed the Santa Fe
train near Cimarron were reported cor
nered by troops near Whitehead in the
Cherokee strip.
THE American fishing schooner
Lewis I'll. Giles was captured by Ca
madam cruiser for fishing within the
three mile limit.
The famous church at st. Anne in
Kankakee county, Ill, was struck by
lightning and totally destroyed.
A TRAIN on the Ohio Southern was
wrecked rounding curve near Spring
field, O., and many persons injured.
A RAILWAY train at Mount Olive, Ill,
under which w. l.. Van SICKLE was
trying to crawl, started suddenly and
Van SICKLE was killed.
A DYNAMITE bomb was exploded in
front of the residence of the public
prosecutor of Antwerp. No one was
injured.
The plumbers have been in national
convention at Milwaukee. A grotesque
thing was the decorating of the walls
representing the ''Giddy Plumber" and
his exorbitant charges and amorous
doings 1t provoked much wrath and
what was intended to be funny was
declared to be vile and ordered to be
torn down.
The wrecking of the British steamer
Durham off the Canary islands was at
tended by no loss of life.
THE army rifle contests will open
September Is at Fort Sheridan, Ill, un-
der the control of Capt F. d. Baldwin
of the Fifth infantry.
THE foreign consuls stationed at Port
Ill Costa tat fhnf
fever is prevalent at that port. The
Costa Rican government denies it.
FIRE broke out in the transportation
building at the worlds fair and would
have resulted seriously but for prompt
action.
A SERIOUS accident occurred to a
coasting train on the ice railway at the
worlds fair, a car jumping the track
One person was killed and several in
jured.
The Cunard steamer Servia ran down
the American ship A. McCallum in mid
ocean and she sank at once. All but
one of the crew were rescued by the
Servia.
THE courts have ruled that the in
quest conducted on the Ford theater
tragedy is not a legal one and it will
CHRIS EVANS, the wounded outlaw,
has had his left hand amputated in
the Jail at Visalia, Cal Sontag was
improving.
THE Baackes Wire Nail Co.. of Cleve-
land, O., has assigned Assets ample.
THE Citizens bank of Paramount. Ind.
has suspended.
A NUMBER of persons We're buried by
he of .olx 1
Keol>uk, Ia. Several were seriously in
jured; one under the ruins was thought
to be dead.
western was in collision with a coal car
| at Belle Plaine, Ia. The fireman was
killed No passengers were injured.
FIVE men were injured, one fatally,
by smash up ON the Nickel Plate road
at Hamburg, N. Y.
THE court of cessation at Paris de-
clared the sentences passed on Charles
! de Lesseps and others implicated in the
Panama frauds were illegal and the
| prisoners were ordered to be released.
GEORGE BUTLER, nephew of Senator
Butler of South Carolina and brother
in-law of ex-Chief Bushyhead of the
Cherokee patton, was probably mortal
4 ~ NOuuUSu Dy L rank 81. BOud1nOt near
Tahlequah, 1. L. 1t was an accident.
THE Chemical National bank. OF Chi
cago. has decided to resume upon the
conditions imposed by the comptroller
of the currency.
THE Union seminary has decided to
retain the services of Prof Briggs. not
withstanding his conviction for heresv.
The New York banks have decided
to issue clearing house certificates in
hopes of aiding financial matters.
| JOHN w. FIooD. of the Donohue.
Kelly bank. San Francisco, has been
! convicted of emoezzling sI64,O00.
FRANK ADAMS. alias James Henry,
is the name of the last convict to es-
cape from Sing Sing prison.
IT was German day at the worlds
fair on the 18th. The Indiana and
Arkansas buildings were also dedA
Gated. TIE events brought ont an i'm
Inense attendance
| a w. SMITH. ex-treasurer of Clark
/ county Ind. is said tn he n dof.rl<a-