Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-16


tional on the ground that it provides
for the appropriation of public money
to private corporations. This opinion
will probably kill the bill
DICK CARR who stole three hundred
horses from Wyoming ranges last sum
mer, was arrested at Sheridan, Wyo.,
after hard fight.
THE White Star steamer Naronic has
now been out nearly month and still
there are no tidings from her.
In the Panama trials at Paris n. Bal
hut created sensation by breaking
down and confessing his guilt
THE board of censors of the Chinese
empire have demanded the death Of
Houng Tchun, a member of the council
of foreign offairs, for treason in nego-
tiating the Pamir treaty with Russia
L. E. FORD, formerly conductor on
the Illinois Central, was hanged for
murder at Magnolia. Miss.
THE German reichstag regards the
naval appropriations with as little fav-
or as it does the army bill.
The child of Joseph Peters died OF
hydrophobia at Columbus, Ind. An
other child that was bitten recovered.
SEPTEMBER 90 has been fixed as Cath
Ollie education day at the worlds fair.
Arch bishop Spaulding will have charge
and Archbi shop Feehan will preside.
HANS CARLsEN and Henry Binder,
living near Hinckley, Ill, were drowned
the other day.
UNITED STATES officers propose to
stop the open defiance of law by Black
Jack" Yattaw, who for years has sold
liquor on Lake Michigan in defiance of
Chicago authorities
In the tunnel building under the
East river, New York, two workmen.
Arthuy Gum, of New York, and
Matthew Hart, of Montank, were over
come by compressed air and taken out
in a dying condition.
Boston was on the 10th visited by a
disastrous conf1agration, which burned
a whole block, caused loss of So, O0O,-
900 and killed several persons.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended March showed an average in
crease of 20 compared with the cor
responding week of last year. In New
York there was decrease of 80.
THE Mallory line steamer Concho
was ashore on a Florida reef and was
in a very dangerous situation.
A sTRoNG movement will be made for
year after the time now set for it tic
! close.
JAMES r. KEENE says there was not
word Of truth in the story that he was
trying to corner May wheat
ELIAS LORING, a Chickasaw Indian
murderer, was executed at Caddo by
being shot to death.
THE Glace Bay Mining Co., of Nova
Io -
of $500, 900 from the Whitney coal syn.
dictate.
THE pope is soon to issue letter tc
the French episcopacy urging the for
nation of party of republican Catho
lies in the chamber of deputies.
The Mary Pratt furnace at Birming
ham, Ala, was sold at public cutlery fol-
! $780,, 200, the purchaser assuming 6
bonded debt of 1000. The furnace
| has been in the courts for three years
| and idle all the while.
The Canadian Pacific is building g
new road to give it detour south from
| the Canadian border into North Dakota
| and so avoid snow.
| SHERMAN ARP, a negro, before being
hanged at Centre, Ala, sold his body
| for cents pound to doctor.
| IHE Salvat1on army Will build 500,
600 barracks on 5000, 600 lot at New
York
The Iowa state dairy commissioner
pronounceS the milk at Burlington very
bad.
AT a meeting of the stockholders O.
the Edison Electric Illuminating Co. i
was voted to increase the capital stocl
from 81, 900. 600 to 81, 900, O0O
A DIVIDEND of So per share has beer
declared by the Bell Telephone Co.
payable April 15
THOMAS E. MURPHY, the temperance
evangelist, was invited by William
Loescher, a German saloon-keeper t,
address the liquor dealers of Hartford
Conn, in a room over Loescher's ba
room. Murphy accepted, and spolk
after his regular meeting. Two-third
of the liquor dealers of the city were
| present.