Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-04

Duo dOrleanS, the supposed son OF the
Comte de Paris, is not really his son,
but the child of an Italian jailer sub
stituted secretly for the daughter born
to the wife of the comte-
GEN. A NJ WEST. who was on the
greenback ticket for vice president
with Gen. Butler in 1884 died at Holly
Springs, Miss, on the 3oth, aged &c
years.
A SPECIAL dispatch on the Goth from
Shanghai says: The Chinese army at
Wi Ju, on the Value river, which is OPP
posing the advance of the main Jap
anese army in Corea, has mutinied.
The men are throwing away their
| arms because they have no ammuni-
ton, being cut off from their base of
supplies. The Chinese defenses have
completely collapsed, and are now only
a farce. There is panic in Picking,
and the very name japanese inspires
terror everywhere. China is perfectly
helpless.
A DISPATCH from Pittsburgh, Pa, of
the Goth said that every tin-plate fac
tory in the country would shut down
at night and there was no indication
as to when they would be again put in
operation. There was a wide differ
enee between manufacturers and work.
men on the subject of wages.
ct Chaslza, 20 miles south of Mimic
apolis, Mimi, Louis d. Sharf and his
family of five children, while going
home from the fair on tie 18th, drove
| upon the ferry to cross the river. 1t
being dark, he drove too far and the
pole knocked down the apron, and the
team and family drove overheard into
the river. Sharf saved himself, but his
wife and five children and team were
drowned.
THE standing of the clubs in the Ma
tiOnal league at the close of the season
on the both was as follows: Baltimore,
sos; New York, .667; Boston, .629;
Philadelphia, $50: Brooklyn, .533;
Cleveland, .527; Pittsburgh, 500; Chi
cago, 1872; st. Louis, .424; Cincinnati,
.419; Washington, 81; louisville, $50.
THE steamer Ohio cotlided with the
schooner IrontOn 10 miles north of
Pressure Isle. Mich, on the Goth, and
sank inside of half an hour. The crew
of sixteen took to the boats and were
picked up by the schooner Moonlight.
The Ironton sank soon afterwards.
Two of her crew were picked up by the
steamer Charles Hebard. The remain
der of the crew are not accounted for
as yet. The Ohio was propeller of
S51 net tons, valued at $3S, ZOO. The
Ironton was a barge of 742 tons net,
valued at $4,000
jim HALL, the pugilist, has issued a
challenge to fight any man in the world,
Corbett barred. Hall expresses u pref
erence for fight with Fitzsimmons.
JACOB ZAHND, a well known con-
tractor from Chicago, who erected sew
eral of the big worlds fair buildings,
and who afterward went to San
Francisco and Sao1JraH contracts
Midwinter fair buildings. committed
suicide in a lodging house there re-
Gently. He turned on the gas and was
Smothered. He was known to have
been respondent on account of finan-
cial losses resulting from his contracts.
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.
THE grand jury al Washington have
found true bills against Have meyer
and Searles, OF the sugar trust, and
Allen l.. Seymour, a stock broker, for
refusing to answer questions put to
them by the senate sugar trust investi-
eating committee.
THREE masked men held up the
Southern Pacific train soon after mid
night of the 1st near Maricopa, Ariz.
No shots were fred. The Wells-Fargo
express messenger reported the rob-
bers got $50, but there was rumor
they got away with $4,000 in gold.
THE republican deadlock in the
Twenty first Pennsylvania district has
been broken by the nomination of d.
B. Heiner, of Kittaning, on the 325th
ballot.
THE residence of 3. 3. Pierce, of
Wilmot, Wis, wac destroyed by fire re-
Gently. Three sons, with ages ranging |
from % to 81 years. and Il daughter Is
years old persisted in the flames.
The German government has made a |
strong protest to the secretary of state |
against the tariff act which imposes an |
additional duty of one-tenth of a cent |
per pound on sugars imported from |
those governments which pay an eX-
port bounty on the article to their pro-
ducers. The German government |
holds that it violates the spirit OF !
treaty arrangements between the two
governments
IN Rochester, n. Y, three men were |
buried by the caving-in of a sewer lead
ing from the state hospital through |
Goodman street. Ferdinand Ritz, A
years old, and Charles Howard, 80 years
old were killed. j ohm Kick was rescued.
The accident was caused by removing
braces before it was safe to do so.
So CONFIDENT is Japan, according to
reliable authority, of achieving the
conquest of China without serious
trouble that the japanese officials are