Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-29

IT is settled that the army court or
inquiry, appointed to ascertain Col
Ainsworth's official responsibility for
the accident at Ford's theater. viii not
assemble until the grand jury shall
have concluded its investigation of that
affair.
IT is said that the HerschcH commits
| sion intends to close the Indian mints
but only conditionally on the repeal of
the Sherman act by the United States.
| THE Cataract bank. of Niagara Falls,
n. Y, has suspended Deposits amount
ed to S700, 600.
JUDGE HANFoRD, of the United States
circuit court, has decided that the anti
cigarette law of the state Of Washing
| ton is unconstitutional
MEMBERS of the Minneapolis, Mimi,
| fire department are accused of whole
sale purloining at fires
THE Camperdown and Victoria, two
| British ironclads, came into collision
off the isle of Cyprus in the Mediter-
ranean during the maneuvers. The
result was that the Victoria was sunk
with about 400 officers and men.
Among the lost was Vice-Adm. Tryon-
| ALONE robber boarded Rock Island
express near Virginia, Neb. He bound
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$3.50.
SECRETARY LAMONT has dissolved the
military court of inquiry into the Ford
! theater disaster and will leave investi-
cation to the civil authorities.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended June % showed an average de-
crease of sc compared with the cores
Pooling week of last year. In New
| York the decrease was 4. @.
| ONE man was killed and two badly
burned by a fire at Murray & Nichols
Spice Co.'S plant, West Polk street,
Chicago.
The Columbia and the First National
banks, of New Whatcom, Wash, have
closed their doors.
| SECRETARY MORTON has decided to
abolish the experiment farm, which
was esta blished by eX-Secretary Rusk
at Garden City, Kan.
THE coast defense ship Monterey has
been finally accepted, and the navy de-
partment will assume control of her
immediately paying over to the con-
tractors all of the fund that has been
held up as guarantee of the compile
ton of the vessel.
| THE Reading reorganiza ton plan has
failed.
| The Great Northern has issued new
mileage book, good to Pacific coast
points, at 81 cents mile.
THE Kansas railroad commissioners
are going to compel a wholesale reform
in freight charges on the part of the
roads in that state.
The drought in Europe is causing
widespread distress.
DIsBARMENT proceedings have formal
] " begun against eX-Patent Commits
sioner SimOnds
| EIGHTY-sEvEN special pension exam
liners were reappointed by the secretary
| of the interior.
| CHARLES T. PECK, ezz-labor com mis-
| Sioner of New York, and indicted for
burning state documents, failed to APP
pear for trial at Albany. He was re-
| ported to have fed to Europe.
| FRIEDMAN & FRIEDMAN, wholesale
| clothing dealers in Chicago, failed.
| Liabilities, 500, 900; assets about the
same.
DIR. r. P. GORDON, of Hebron, KY,
| who was jolted out of a cable car in
Chicago, while asleep, died of his in
| juries.
LEROY PAYNE's big livery stable at
! Chicago went into the hands of re-
ce1Ver. Inc place was 1OreclOSed upon
| by the Exchange national bank with a
| $50, 900 mortgage.
New YORK bankers all agree that the
| financial situation is rapidly improving
and that the outlook now is all right.
FOREST fires are raging in Colorado
with unprecedented fury and have al
ready destroyed a great deal of valu-
able property.
| STARR Sc CUNNINGHAM, Cherokee
commissioners to sell their bonds, were
in Chicago waiting for the arrival of a
New York bidder.
THE directors of the worlds fair have
completed the arrangements for having
religious services at the fair every Sun
day.
AT the worlds fair congress of bank
ers. a number of speeches were made
on the silver question by the advocates
and opponents of free silver.