Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-17

A SEVERE windstorm visited Indian
spolis, Ind, and vicinity on the 10th.
unroofng houses. blowing down trees
and outbuildings and iniuring a num-
Der of people. one child being reported
killed
FIVE hundred Polish 1aborers, most
of them in a starving condition, have
demanded work of the mayor of Grand
Rapids, Mich
JAMES JEFFREYs, the oldest engineer
in point of service on the Chicago &
Northwestern road, was instantly
killed in a collision near Eau Claire,
Wis. Three other employees were IA
tally injured.
AS the result of the storm on the 9th
the streets OF Saltwater, Mimi, were
impossible in the business portions A
conservative estimate places the total
damage at $50, 600. Above Dutchtown
there were holes in the side hills thirty
feet deep
THE telephone exchange at Toledo,
O.. was destroyed by fire on the night
of the 10th.
REPRESENTATIVE MEYER. of Louisi-
ana, has introduced bill for a new
post Office at New Dreams, at limit
| of cost of 50, 600, 600
| A GREAT scare was caused by infor-
nation that the rebel party in Samoa
was in the brush about 2 miles from
| Apia and was about to attack the town.
The natives made immediate prepare
| tions to resist, while the foreigners ar
ranged to board the ships in the har-
Dor. Both British and German war
vessels got ready and had armed par
ties prepared to land and it is believed
that their presence will be effective in
preventing bloodshed for the present
LATE news from Hawaii stated that
number of prominent royalists had
| set June / as restoration day. That
they expected to be fully armed by
that time and, if no help was received
from the United States, they intended
to make an attack on the provisional
i government.
Two thousand delegates and visitors
arrived at Dallas, Tex, on the 10th to
4 attend the general convention of the
| Southern Baptist church, and at least
10, 900 more strangers were expected.
LAFAYETTE RICHIE, colored, murder
er of William Stephens in December,
1892, was executed at Gainesboro,
Tenn. The condemned man died pro-
testing his innocence. Stephens was
|
| money.
A BOMB was exploded at the residence
of Pierre Mason, hat manufacturer.
in Paris. France Nobody was injured
but considerable damage was done to
windows in the neigh borhood.
Two thousand employees of the Pull
man Palace Car Co. quit work on the
| 18th, the men demanding a restora-
ton of 1915 per cent cut in wages
last year.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended May II showed an average de-
crease as compared with the CORE.
spending week of last year of "a. 2; in
New York the decrease was AZ. 6; out
side, %. g.
THREE hundred union carpenters
have gone on a strike in Newport and
Covington, KY, on account of a reduc.
ton in wages
THE failures for the week ended May
Il were 2O6 in the United States. against
257 last year, and At in Canada, against
% last year.
BRADsTREET'S review of the state of
trade for the week ended May IL said
that warm weather had stimulated
farm work as well as sales in season
able lines of merchandise, but the tariff
uncertainty makes merchants buy for
present needs only. The miners' strike
had caused many industrial shutdowns
throughout the country.
A DISPATCH from st. Petersburg says
Arrests have been made on a large
scale as the result of the discovery OF
an organization with widespread con.
nections called THE Friends of Polite
al Liberty" Hundreds of persons are
| fn have haan anC
among them are a number of promi
nent officials.
JUDGE HARRISON, of Louisiana, pres
ident of the Southern Baptist conven
ton, called that body to order at Dallas
Tex, on the 18th. in the immense
tabernacle fitted up for the purpose
and holding s, 600 persons
A DISPATCH from Buenos Ayres say!
commerce is paralyzed from the Low
price of products and the high golt
premium