Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-11

ern railway near Bristol, Tenn, by the
train jumping the track. Ten people
were hurt more or less severely.
A FIRE was discovered on the steam
boat City of Albany, lying on the Har-
lem river at New York. The boat was
damaged $500 A frame building
also caught fire and caused a damage
of 500, COO
THIRTY drunken negroes at Powers
station, KY, incensed because forced
to ride in the negro department on an
excursion train from Greensboro, made
a rush to get into the coach for white
people and scared the women, who ran
through the train. A deputy United
States marshal tried to quiet them
AS the train pulled out the negroes
shot all the windows out of one coach
and the white men emptied their re-
volvers into the negroes, who were
punched on the platform. 1t was be-
lieved that seven negroes were killed
and as many more wounded.
FIRE at Abel, Ia. consumed the opera
house and a number of other buildings
in the business portion. Loss, $4,000
to 100000; insurance, half. Fifteen
horses were cremated.
EX-Gov. ANDREW G.. CURTIN died at
Bellefonte, Pa, on the 18th, aged SO
years. He was one of the war gov
errors.
A MYSTERIOUS murder and suicide. or
double murder, occurred in Middle
town, n. Y, on the eth. John Tierney
was found with q bullet hole in his
right temple. His wife was lying near
him with a bullet hole in her left
breast, while a pistol lay few feet
away. The affair occurred in a cafe
owned and conducted by Mrs. Tierney.
BEATRICE Won DRESDEN made an as
cension on the Franklinville fair ground
at Buffalo, n. Y. on the 9th, and when
several hundred feet from the earth
fell from the balloon and was instantly
killed. Just before the accident she
was seen at the side of the basket try
ing to unfasten the parachute. The
body was i1nbedded foot in the
ground.
REPRESENTATIVES, of various wheel
companies have been meeting in In
dianapolis, Ind, for several weeks and
have completed an organization, which
will practically give them the monop-
oily of the wheel business of the coun-
try. The name of the new organiza
ton is the Commercial Wheel Co. 1t
is safe to say that 90 per cent. of the
factories between the Allegheny
mountains and the Pacific coast have
allied themselves in the new trust.
THE steamer Orinoco, from Bermuda
brought to New York Capt. Forbes,
Mate Joseph Conner and nine seamen
of the American bark Albemarle from
Baltimore which was burned at sea
September 10. The vessel caught fire
and the crew were compelled to take
to the boats and abandon the vessel,
saving nothing but what they stood in.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities of tho United States for
the week ended October 5 showed an
corresponding week last year of Ill;
in New York the increase was 1875: out
side New York the increase was 90.
DUN's review of trade for the week
ended the 9Th said that with the money
crops of the west and south declining
in value it was not strange that pur-
chases of manufactured products were
smaller than expected. The price for
cash wheat was small fraction higher.
Corn receipts were only a third as large
as last year. Pork products were weak
in tone, though only lard was quotably
| lower.
A FIRE broke out in the Kidder fur
niture building at Buckhannon, w.
Va, and spread rapidly. The furni-
ture building, feed store, hardware
store and half dozen frame dwellings
along Main street were soon in ruins.
The loss will amount to $50, 900, insured
for less than half that amount.
ARTICLES have been signed for fin
ish Fight between Tommy Ryan, of
Chicago. and Jack Dempsey, the Non
pareil.'' The men will meet at the
Auditorium Athletic club, of New Or
leans, December 12, for a purse of SIS.
900, weighing in at IA pounds at the
ring side.
AT Chillicothe. O., Oh the 4th Flying
Jib paced mile in 1:5S14, lowering the
worlds record.
SIX cases of smallpox are reported
to the Iowa state board of health at
Tabor.
THE San Francisco Chronicle says
that all federal employees in San Fran
cisco have received a circular letter
from the democratic campaign commit
tee, stating that officeholders they
are presumed to desire the perpetual
ton of the present administration and
that the democratic ticket may be sue
cessful. Each officeholder is requested
to contribute 2 per cent. of his yearly
salary to the funds of the party.
Sioux CITY was thrown out of the
Western Baseball league in the reor-