Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-10
GENERAL.

THE disease classed as cholera has
reached Fundao, near the Spanish
frontier.
IN Belgrade it was reported that
King Alexander will go abroad for sew
eral months, and that his father,
ex-King Milan. will act as regent
MAY day was quiet in general in Eu-
ropean cities, although at Hamme,
Belgium, there was some rioting; but
the police soon dispersed the mob there
and also at Berlin and Vienna
SOME time ago Luis E Torres. gen.
eral of the northern and western de-
partments of Mexico, started with 500
picked troops to subdue the Yaqui
Indians. The report has just come
that his force was ambushed and de-
feated by the Indians and 200 at least
killed and wounded.
A SHARP shock of earthquake was
felt throughout the district of Cardiff,
Wales, on the I'd. The distur bance
was so severe that crocIery and furni-
ture in many houses were overturned.
Forty miners in the Pnety Fridd dis
trict were so alarmed by the shock
that they fed in terror from the mines.
Little or no damage was done any
where.
ONE CHOuSdnd ilen nave DSGH us
charged from the Canadian Pacific
railroad service between Montreal and
Vancouver, owing to the slackness of
business.
FIRE on the grounds of the arsenal
at Mourillon the other night destroyed
the great saw mills connected with the
arsenal. causing loss of 81, 800. 600.
At one time the shipyards were threat
ened
THE international bimetal1ic confer
ence, under the auspices of the BIZ
metallic league, was called to order in
the Egyptian hall of the Mansion
house, London, on the I'd, the lord
mayor presiding.
A TERRIFIC boiler explosion occurred
in the Waltz rendering factory at Ham
merbrook, near Hamburg, killing five
meh and fatally in uring several The
building was demolished and the dead
and wounded were buried in the debris
sANGUINARY encounter between
wori:ingmen and gems d'armes is re-
port&d from Ziedlitz, Bohemia, the
trouble growing out OF the May day
celebration of the former. One work.
man was killed and a number injured
on both side.
ACCORDING to reports from the hydro
graphic Office 1.62S derelicts have been
seen in the Atlantic ocean in the past
seven years.
AN employee of the British embassy
at Paris, of the name of Vallaume, has
beaten the cycling record for six hours,
having covered in that time the dis
lance of III miles and 1, O22 yards
THE Sd was the last day for registra-
ton under the Chinese act and the
amendments thereto. 1t is learned
there has been general compliance
with the law in all parts of the coun-
try.
In Liege thirteen anarchists have
been arrested for connection with the
explosion of dynamite at the residence
of Dr. Benson, in the Rue de la Paix.
DIR. Benson is terribly wounded. There
are several deep holes in his chest and
his leg is broken. 1t is feared that he
cannot recover.
THE failures for che week ended May
were 233 in the United states, against
216 last year, and 35 in Canada, against
% last year.
The carpet. upholstery and cabinet
stores of Arnott & Co Qimited), of
Dublin, were destroyed by fire the otEer
night Three hundred employees, who
were sleeping on the premises, succeed
ed in escaping. The loss was estimated
at $1,000, 900.
A LATE San Salvador dispatch said
that battle had taken place between
the government troops and the revolt
ers in Santa Ana, in which Gen. An
tonic Ezeta, commanding the govern
ment forces, was victorious.