Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-27

letter in which he declares he will do
all in his power to enable suspended
national banks to resume.
| BY the collapse of building on which
they were working at Hicksville, L. l.,
seven carpenters were thrown into the
cellar and severely injured.
| CONGRESSMAN BURROWS claims sol
der, after having once been granted a
| pension, cannot be deprived of it by
suspension, reduction or re-examina-
ton, and he viii introduce resolutions
in the next house with particular refer
ence to settling the question.
| THE notorious Italian anarchist lead
er, Cipriani, who has been involved in
May day riots at Rome and elsewhere,
| has been ordered to quit France, as the
instigator of riots in Paris.
THE worlds fair directory has de-
cided not to return to the government
| the money derived from the sale of
| souvenir halves
| A SUGGESTION has been made to the
| superintendent of the mint that Sher-
man souvenir silver spoons be made out
of the bullion on hand.
BUSINESS failures the past week were
the most numerous ever reported for a
like period.
THE Russian exhibit at the worlds
fair was closed because of the boorish
| conduct of customs officials, who i'm
agined that bonded goods had been
sold.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended July 20 showed an average de-
crease of 5. compared with the cor
responding week of last year. In New
York the decrease was LIS; outside,
LA.
THREE alleged pals of Henry Starr,
| said to have been in the Bentonville,
Ark, bank robbery, have been capt
ured near Cherokee City, /. 7.
A THREsHING machine exploded at
Belen, N. NJ, killing the engineer.
M. j. BOWLING, editor of the Star, at
legs nor hands, has been arrested by
order of the village council for not
working poll tax.
THERE was no truth in the report
that Virginia state guards had been
killed in battle with outlaws.
DUN's weekly review says that while
money is still very close there is per-
ceptible improvement at some points.
A DISASTROUS fire at Long Island City
destroyed two blocks of business build
SEVERAL points in Illinois report
farmers working night and day cutting
oats comparatively green to escape the
army worm, which is now taking the
fields.
A CUT of SIS in round-trip worlds fair
rates has been made from points south
of the Ohio river.
TEXAS railroad passenger earnings
fO1 he RI cd 1oc Ch
slight increase over last year.
THREE of gang of Hebrew robbers
were captured by the New York police.
The gang would entice members of
their race to their room and beat and
rob them.
THE report of Internal Revenue In
spector Hart p that sugar planters will
lose nearly 500, 1000 by the Rescue
crevasse in Iberviue parish, La.
A GENERAL shutdown of the textile
mills of New England on account of
the financial stringency is in progress.
THE Minnesota supreme court has de-
cided that boycott directed against
an offending member of an association
is not only lawful but laudable
A PRIVATE letter from Ounalaska
states that the whaling steamer Belve-
dere was caught in the ice and after
being somewhat crushed was released
from her perilous position and taken to
Ounalaska for repairs.
The Canadian government has APP
piled to this country for the eXtradi-
ton of Alfred Morsett, at one time a
| broker in Quebec, but who committed
forgery and fed to the United States.
The Dominion government was the
| loser on his transactions.
LARGE consignments of the best
| wrapper tobacco have been seized at
Quebec, after passing through the Phil
| adeIpia custom house as filters. The
losses at the last place alone are said to
reach a million and half dollars.
| IN the United States court 1t Atlanta,
| Ga, the attorney for the Central Trust
| Co. filed bill to foreclose s14, 500, 900
mortgage on the Georgia Pacific rail
road. This is part of the reorganiza-
| ton scheme.