Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-25

JAMES ANTHONY FRoUDE, the noted
English historian and author, died on
the Goth at London. aged 76.
THE annual German social demo-
cratic congress opened at Bornheim,
suburb of Frankfort, Germany, on the
Goth in the presence OF an immense
gathering of workingmen.
A so-CALLED "Coxey army parade,
consisting of eight ragged men with q
wagon, went through Wall street, New
York, on the Goth. The wagon was
preceded by the leader, Carl Browne,
who was arrested and taken to police
headquarters.
IN placing in the Chicago county jail
on a charge of arson two Cinnamon,
United States Fire Inspector Cowie and
Fire Marshal Conway have brought on
a fierce fight between themselves and
the police on one hand, and some of the
most influential Cinnamon in the
United States, the prisoners being
among them, on the other hand. No
tees were posted in Chinatown on the
21st Offering $500 to any Chinaman who
would kill either Mr.. Conway or Mr..
Cowie
CLEARING house returns from the
principal cities of the United States for
the week ended October 10 showed an
average increase as compared with the
corresponding week of last year of 3. L;
outside New York the increase was rs.
THE federal grand jury at Chicago
on the 10Th returned an omnibus in
dictment against Debs and the officers
of the American Railway union and a
large number of persons charged with
participation in violence and the OBJ
r
on the different roads last summer. In
all sixty-nine persons were included
in the blanket indictments
DUN's review of trade for the week
ended the 10Th said that the domestic
trade reported by railroad earnings in
October was 81 per cent. less than last
year. Business had not yet reached
expectations and it was evident that
the loss of part of the corn crop and
the low prices of other great staples
had affected the buying power of mil
lions.
A LATE dispatch from Shanghai said
that the Japanese at the Yalu river
tried to surprise the Chinese under
cover of darkness but failed and re-
tired after desultory fighting at long
range. The Chinese claimed that they
inflicted losses on the japanese .ad-
vance guard.
A CRANK entered the Clinton Place
bank in New York recently and de-
manded 81, 600 from Paying Teller Hind.
The teller told the crank to wait. AS
Hind turned away the crank fred a re-
volver point blank at him and the bull
let buried itself in the woodwork. The
crank was seized and turned over to
the police. The officials of the bank
few days before had received postal
card from man saying he would call
in a few days for 81 900.
THE American Warehousemen'S as
ISOLATION at their convention at Cleve-
land, o., elected the following officers:
Phillip Cooley, of Philadelphia, presi-
dent; ]. r. Price, of Cleveland, vice
president and chairman of the execu-
tive committee; P. Thompson. of Kan
sas City, secretary and treasurer. The
executive committee was instructed
to select Philadelphia as the place for
the next meeting on the third Wednes-
day in September, 1895.
AT Crosby, Russia, large naphtha
spring became ignited in some un-
known manner and the flames spread
to number of buildings. Seventeen
worlzmen were burned to death.
BASEBALL men represen ting six cities
gathered together at Philadelphia on
the 18th and after six hours delibera-
ton announced the formation of the
American Association of Baseball clubs,
with a circuit made up thus far of Phil
adeiphia, New York, Brooklyn in the
east, and Chicago, Pittsburgh and Mil
waukee in the west. The eighth club
is to be located in St. Louis, Detroit,
Columbus or Buffalo, with chances
favoring the latter.
THE tug Monarch, which towed the
big log raft over the Columbia river
bar few days ago and arrived at San
Francisco on the 18th, reported the
raft total loss. terrible gale was
encountered and the raft went to pieces
the second day out. The raft contained
10000 spars and piles consigned to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Co. and was
valued at $50, 900.
A BALTIMORE e OHIO east bound pas
senger train ran over a dynamite cart
ridge near Bissell, a lonely spot about
Is miles from Pittsburgh, Pa, on the
18th. The fange of one wheel was
blown off and one end of a coach
wrecked. There were few passengers
aboard and no one was injured. An
examination of the track was made
and two more dynamite cartridges
were found on the rails. Had the train
been running fast it would have ex-
ploded all three cartridges and have
been totally wrecked.
DIR. GEORGE Won SCHMIDT, the Ger