Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-18
The Columbia National bank of Chi

@ago failed on the 11th-
THE New York Central engine 999,
which made a record of 100 miles an
hour, beat the record by doing mile
In thirty-two seconds, which is equival-
ent to 1921 miles an hour.
THE big 1evee at Lakeport, on the
Mississippi, broke the other morning,
flooding portions of Arkansas and Mis-
sissippi
FIRE at Spring Lake, Mich, started
by spark from a passing steamboat,
caused confagration which destroyed
half the town
THE committee Investigating the
misconduct of Theodore Thomas, music
al director at the worlds fair, recon-
mended that he be dismissed.
A POLICEMAN and four members of a
drunken mob were killed in collision
at Durango, Mex.
THE number of Cinnamon complying
with the registration law was 5000
about per cent.
FRANCIS 81. WEEKS, New York law
yer and defaulter, has fed. He owed
margins to brokers and lost trust funds
in speculation.
New YORK banks make a better show
ing than for over year.
THE United States coast survey
steamer was reported aground in the
st. Lawrence.
THE liabilities of Robinson & Co., the
suspended bankers of Wilmington, Del,
are placed at 1926, ZOO and assets at $780,
600. The Knights of Pythias had a
large amount of the orders money in
the bank.
THE great sewing machine trust has
era1 details had been arranged and the
ombination of five companies had been
believed assured the Domestic people
care to consolidate.
AT meeting of the local directory
of the worlds fair it was decided to
open the worlds fair on Sunday,
May 81.
A TORNADO swept through Livingston
county, Mich, doing great amount of
damage to farm property.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended May II showed an average in
crease of 100 compared with the CORE
spending week Of last year. In New
York the increase was 1919.
QUITE number of bank failures in
Indiana resulted from the suspension
of the Columbia National of Chicago.
THE whisky house of w. FL. Thomas
Sc Son, an extensive concern at Louis
vile, KY, has failed. Liabilities over
$500, 900; assets as much.
TROUBLE with the Navajos has been
averted by the intervention of Chief
Black Horse, who has succeeded in get
| ting the murderers of Ranchman
| Welsh delivered up.
Two masked men held up Mobile &
Ohio train at Laketon, KY, but got very
little.
JOHN CARLISLE and Charles LuttreQ
| were hanged together at Sherman,
Tex, for the murder of w. T. Sharman,
April 20, 1892. They belonged to a
gang of which James Brown was lead
er. Brown was the turfman killed at
Garfield park, Chicago, last year.
THE Robinson bank at Wilmington,
Del, has failed.
ALL enlisted men will be required
this year to participate in target prac-
! tice.
THE drought of the last few weeks
has caused great loss of farm and
market garden products in the south of
England. Grain, vegetable and fruit
crops are whitening throughout wide
strips Of country.
S. Z. K. PRIME, of crop report fame,
in an interview says the financial con-
dition OF the farmers of the west and
southwest is of the best.
The New York Herald charges that
| there is pool among the eight trunk
lines.
| RUSSELL SAGE has sued Henry S.
Ives, the Napoleon of finance" for
s27, 440 balance on promissory note
for 100000.
| A SPECIAL says a colored woman cut
off the ears of another colored woman
in Newbury county, S. c., in jealous
dispute.
EARTHQUAKES continue to occur al
most daily in Sicily. Near Palermo,
i Trapani and the island of Ustica, off
the Sicilian coast, were shaken violent
ly. Many buildings were injured and
are likely to fall should the shocks be
repeated.