Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-14

r. b. LANGDON q Co., OF minneapolis,
Mimi, have secured a 81 600, 600 canal
contract in Arizona. The country to
be irrigated is 400 900 acres, mostly in
Maricopa county, and the water is to
be obtained from the Rio Verde. The
canal will start above Phoenix and will
be ITO miles long.
JUDGE EWING, of Chicago, rendered
a decision recently that citizen of
the United States cannot acquire title
to real estate by inheritance when the
inheritance has to be traced back
through alien ancestry, for the reason
that such alien ancestry is without in
heritable blood, which is necessary to
transmit an inheritance from one per-
son to another.
THE bureau of immigration at Wash
ington has received from official sources
personal descriptions of PIT anarchists
of various nationalities who have been
expelled from France from time to time
since 1890. Commissioner Stump has
sent copies of these descriptions to all
immigration officials. Copies will be
sent to police officials throughout the
country to assist them in identifying
criminals.
MARSHAL LoDERBACK and a detach-
ment of police, of Brazil, Ind, have
arrested six strikers who are supposed
to be implicated in the killing of
Engineer William Barr, east of Har-
mony on the Vandalia, and the injur-
ing of two other trainmen, and the ar
rests of twenty-five others are ex-
pected to follow. It was said one of
those arrested had made confession
divulging the names.
BILL DALTON, the notorious outlaw,
was killed at Giddings' ranch, 80 miles
north of Ardmore, I. T., on the sth.
AN attempt was made to hold up and
rob the northbound Santa Fe train near
Gainesville, Tex. Three policemen on
the train ordered the men to throw up
their hands. The outlaws opened fire
and for few minutes an exciting bat
tie was waged. One robber was NOR
tally wounded. The others escaped.
A NUMBER of Coxeyites were recently
drowned in trying to navigate the Platte
river in Colorado. OF one boat load of
eight, six are said to have been lost.
Many others are believed to have been
drowned from boats being wrecked at
the bridges.
DUN's review of trade on the Sth said
that the outlook for business seemed
little better on the whole, but the i'm
provement was not great. Railroad
tonnage was larger in live stock and
cereals than a. year ago. Wheat and
corn had risen in price. Pork prices
were unchanged.
MAIN street, of Bonner's Ferry, Ida,
was reported on the Sth as under wa ter
from to feet. Bonner's Port, where
all the business houses are located, was
completely deserted. The old town
was big river, with terrific current
down the street. More than twenty
buildings have been washed down the
river.
G. w. FovAL, proprietor of a large
harness store at Webster, Ia, was
burned to a crisp on the morning of
the Sth. While intoxicated he was
placed in the city Jail, which he set on
fire. with the result noted. He has
twice before attempted the same
thing.
THE village of Foster, ILL.,, was excited
over death from poisoning and sew
eral more threatened. Mrs. Sophia
Dwellinger, wife of a prominent farm
er, died from drinking coffee supposed
to have been poisoned. A number of
! neighbors also drank the coffee and
were almost Immediately Frustrated.
SLEAhlNI nOuS0 1OT U1S week
! ended June showed an average de-
crease as compared with the CORE
spending week of last year of 22.2; in
New York the decrease was 27.2; out
| side, 1910.
Nor a car load of coal had arrived in
Lexington, KY, for a week ended the
Sth and there was positive coal
| famine there.
THE case of J. w. Lynch VS.. Keaton
ct al, involving the title to part of the
townsite of Ponca City, Ok, has been
decided at Washington in favor of
Lynch. A hearing was denied the
protestants on the ground that their
allegations failed to come within the
rule in cash entry cases. There are
also 600 residents on the quarter sec
ton involved, including various bust
ness properties, to the estimated value
of 100000.