Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

By an explosion of molten iron in
foundry in SaXony six men were in
stantly killed.
A RUMoR was current in the treasury
at Washington that Mexico contem-
plated stopping the free coinage of sill
yer.
THE Atlanta, Ga, chamber of com
merce has petitioned the president to
call congress together Immediately to
discuss the finances.
YALE defeated Harvard and Column
bia in the boat race at New London,
Conn. 1t was Yale's third consecutive
victory.
THE village of Augusta, Calhoun
county, Mich, having a population of
600, was wiped out by fire, which start
ed about 2 o'clock in Church's bakery
from an overheated oven.
THE result of the fight between con-
victs and guards at Folsom, Cal, is
three men dead and one fatally wound
ed. One of the Sontags was the leader
of the outbreak.
AT the Honestake mine at White
wood, S. D., trench caved in and six
men were killed by being buried under
the earth.
A QUESTION has been raised as to
whether Gov. Altgeld, of Illinois, has
ever been properly naturalized.
NEAR Breckenridge, Tex, masked
men attempted to rob San Antonio e
Arkansas Pass train. Fireman Martin
was shot to death. One of the robbers
was captured by the fearless conductor.
ANOTHER movement is on foot at New
York for Reading reorganization.
SERIOUS charges of discrimination
have been fled against a number of
roads entering Chicago by local mer-
| chants.
| AT Atlanta, Ga, Miss Julia Force
was declared not guilty of the murder
of her two sisters, Miss Florence and
Miss Minnie Force. This result was
reached under the conviction that Miss
Julia Force was a monomaniac on the
subject of her Entertainment by her
| family. She now goes free as she has
not been lawfully declared lunatic.
! CHOLERA advices from Mecca show
| that there We're 900 deaths from the
disease in that city on the Goth. This
is the largest number yet reported dur.
| ing the present epidemic.
Gov. ALIGELD was hanged in effigy
| at Naperville, near Chicago, on account
of his pardon of the anarchists.
1T is said that the Pullman car shops
at Detroit, Mich, may be permanently
closed. The works employ 1000 men.
THE sealing catch in the north Pa
cific this season is fully as large as the
previous year. The catch of twenty
| nine vessels so far heard from is % SOC
| seals
THERE was another big break in
| wheat prices on the goth, the figures on
the Chicago market being the lowest
ever recorded.
j. ID. MAY, the Texas train robber
has made full confession.
NEAR Wharton, !. T., Manuel Herrig
a daring youth, attempted, single
| handed, to hold up a Missouri Pacific
train, but was beaten and captured by
the conductor.
THE international Epworth league
met in convention at Cleveland, O., or
the goth.
THE grand jury at Decatur, ILL.,, in
dicted none of the lynchers of Bush
and Judge Vail at once ordered special
jury drawn to take the matter up
CHICAGO claims AGO, 900 population
for 1888, 400, 900 more than New York
has
SECRETARY LAMONT has approved the
allotment of arms, ordnance stores
lquartermasters' stores and camp equip
ment to the militia of the states and
territories The appropriation for this
/ purpose was $500. geo and the allotmen.
| was the same as last year.