Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-01

are still standing. Many persons We're
injured by the falling of the church
tower.
THE officers and crew of the Brazilian
warship Almirante Borroso, which was
wrecked near Ras Ghereb, have been
landed at Port Said. Only one marine
was drowned.
THE earnings of the Wabash for the
third week in May of this year were
1881, 956.61, against s21S, sS9.1 ID for the
corresponding week of last year, an in
crease of s24, O67.4s. This is a good
comparative showing for light season.
LIGHTNING killed seven blooded cows
in herd of eighty at Port Jervis, NY.
the other day.
RosALIE BUNTRoCK and her lover.
Fritz Erbe, who were convicted at
Magdeburg in June last of the murder
of two girls named hasten and Klage,
were executed in that city. Both were
beheaded. Reindeer, the headsman,
welded the sword.
FIRE at San Marcial, n. NJ, destroyed
twelve business houses in this place, in
Guiding the opera house and one bank.
THE run on the Peoples Savings bank
at Denver, Col, ended by enforcement
Of the thirty days rule.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended May 25 showed an average de-
crease of 9.3 compared with the CORE
spending week of last year. In New
York the decrease was 14.9
THE country from the Rocky mount
aims to the Mississippi river was thor
oughly soaked by the heavy rains of
the 25th and Goth. Unfortunately one
or two lives were lost.
THE question of worlds fair opening
on Sunday will soon be tested in the
courts.
THE Mercantile Financial Trustees &
Agency Co., of Melbourne, has sus-
pended payment. The nominal capital
of the concern exceeds 20,000,0 900, and
the British deposits amount to 81, $780,
600.
THE financial sensation on the Goth
was the failure of ex-Secretary of the
Treasury Charles Foster at Fostoria, o.
A number of other firms were dragged
down. Much distress, it was said,
would result.
THE gold reserve in the national
treasury is about 100000 short. It
will probably now continue to decrease
steadily, no offers of assistance being
received.
DUNs weekly review of trade says
that retail and jobbing business has
improved materially during the past
week.
MASKED robbers attempted to hold
up a Mobile & Ohio train at Forest
Lawn, ILL.,, but were frightened off by
the conductor.
THERE is rate cutting on the sly be-
tween the New Orleans Freight Traffic
association and the Western Traffic as
ISOLATION.
THE sensation in the markets recent
ly was the sudden jump in the price of
pork. which the clique had cornered
and was manipulating as it pleased.
A REPORT came from the Colville res
ervation in Washington that the In
dams had attacked party of govern
ment surveyors and murdered two of
them.
OLD union soldiers of Oklahoma are
indignant over the plan of Secretary
Hoke Smith for opening the strip,
which they claim will rob them of
their just rights.
THE problem of how to make the
awards is costing worlds fair officials
lots of sleep, many of the exhibitors
protesting against the plan which has
been agreed upon
4nhS. hISCA1O, WI1c O1 d
wealthy stockman of Charlottesville,
Ind, has eloped with John Sargent, an
employee of her husband The man is
ignorant and not even fine looking.
AFTER June 1 bonds of the Russian
government will be liable to duty,
whether exported from or imported
into that country.
THE business portion of Roclzlin, Cal,
was destroyed by fire and Alice Irish:
aged 10, was burned to death. Losses,
100000
The strike of telegraph operators on
the Fort Howard division of the North
western road was reported proving
somewhat of a fizzle. All trains were
running on time and several men had
applied for reinsta tement, but were re-
fused, as new operators were expected.
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.
The item stating that the Seanoard
National bank of New York was in
difficulties was d mistake. 1t was the
National Deposit bank that was in diff
fculties with the Seaboard National,
the latter having thrown out the De-
| post banks paper.
THE president has appointed E. D.
Mix, of Oklahoma, United States mar
| shall for Oklahoma. He has also ap-
| pointed United States attorneys and
marshals for the three districts of Okla
| homa.
! The Clover Leaf has withdrawn from
the Eastbound Passenger association.
A New YORK judge has decided that
pending the enforcement of the Geary
law 20 Chinaman who has been arrest
ed can be kept in jail.
| The administration is investigating
the report that Schaeffer, of Kansas,
who was appointed consul to Vera Cruz,
was not a citizen of the United States
at that time.
| SECRETARY GRESHAM has been in
formed by the Chinese government, so
it is said, that soon as the Geary law
is enforced all diplomatic relations be-
tween that country and the United
States will have to cease.
| ALEXANDER r. WEBB, an agent for
Mohammedans, is in the United States
negotiating for the purchase of land
upon which it is proposed to establish
Mohammedan colonies.
| The first open Sunday at the fair
was grand success in point of attend
ance, it being estimated at over 100, 600.