Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-12-13

han and PADDY Turteli, Known DIS inc
Saginaw-Kid, in Denver, Col, was red
hot from start to finish. In the third
rouad Purtell broke bone in his right
hand, and in the seventh one IN his
left, and in the twenty-first round he
threw up the sponge.
THREE masked men near Buchanan,
Ga, attempted to kill and rob Buck
Sammerlin, aged "A. The old man
fought and killed one of his assai1ants.
He was shot, however, and will die.
The other two robbers escaped.
A. J. BLACKWELL, of David, |. T.,
founder of the town of Blackwell, Ok,
about whom stories have been sent
broadcast stating that he was shaved
and tortured almost to death with steel
needles by Indians, has fled suit at
Fort Smith, Ark, for $50, 900 damages
against the Indian government for
false imprisonment.
CHIEF OF POLICE ARMSTRONG has de-
cided to allow no more prize fights IN
Denver, Col. The pugi1ists who have
been giving many so-called boxing ex-
hibitions there lately will be sent to
Jail as Migrants if they do not leave
town.
THE great San Juan, Mex, irrigation
enterprise is complete, and water will
soon be turned into the 900 kilometers
of canals that have been constructed.
This work, done under government
concession, cost $4,000 900 gold. The
water is secured by damming the San
Juan river 1t will irrigate vast areas
JOHN RILEY and William Bates, two
| mill men at Niles, O., had disagree
ment and decided to settle it by fight
ing with clubs. The fight lasted three
minutes and Riley was so badly hurt
| that it was believed he would die.
FRANK MEYERS, a convict who was
| brought to Lexington, KY, to testify
| in a court case, tried to escape at the
| jail door and knocked Deputy Wilker-
sen down as the latter was unlocking
| the door. Then he ran down the
| street, followed by Willzerson, who
| fred three shots, the last of which
| killed the fugitive.
BRADsTREEr'so Review of Trade said
| that the holiday season was bringing
increased activity to retailers. North
| of Kansas City reports were rather I'M
favora BILE because of the unreasonable
weather. The tendency of prices was
to increased firmness.
| FIVE people were overcome by coal
| gas at st. Paul, Mimi, recently and
narrowly escaped death. They retired
at night leaving the hampers closed in
| the coal stove. When neighbors broke
| in all were unconscious. It was thought
| two of them would die.
| A DISPATCH from Warsaw, Russian
| Poland, says that Gen. Gourko, the
| governor of Warsaw, received a tele-
gram from the Russian minister OF the
interior conveying to him an order of
! the car not to interfere with the
affairs of the Catholic clergy or to i'm
pose any orders upon them.
| A BODY-afterwards identified as that
of A. D. Barnes, proprietor of several
news and fruit stands-was found in a
shipping case in an alley at Chicago on
the 9TH. The body had been cut up to
fit the case. At the inquest the police
advanced the theory that the man was
murdered and the murderers had
boxed the corpse for shipment, but
fearing discovery had abandoned it.
MAN has been arrested at the Hua-
chuca mountains, Arizona, whom the
authorities believe to be John w. Hill
| mon, the nam whose life insurance GER
tain companies will not pay, as they
claim he is not dead.
| PROVISIONS for uniform rates Of post
age for United States mails sent to
every portion of the globe, with few
exceptions, are made in an order re-
Gently issued by PostmasterGe General
Bissell. The rates are 5 cents for each
half ounce of mail, except for Canada
and Mexico, whose domestic rates of 2
cents an ounce are applicable or to the
postal agency at Shanghai.
THE Alabama w. c.. T. o., which has
just closed a meeting at Birmingham
have decided to pay the expenses of q
woman to go to Montgomery to remain
during the entire session of the 1egis
1ature and lobby for the passage of &
general prohibition bill in the state
Only five counties have prohibition now
and a fund is being raised by the WON
en- to begin an organized fight to make
Alabama a prohibition state.
AT Chicago twenty-five drunken
United States soldiers, bound for For
Sheridan, took charge of train on the
night of the 5th as soon as it left the
station and after soaring the home
bound passengers thoroughly collected
in the smoking car where they engaged
in general fight. Many of them were
badly bruised and one soldier wa.
knocked senseless.
EARTHQUAKES have been felt daily
in the northern portion of Ecuado
ever since November 81. Much prop
erty has been destroyed and many per
sons have been injured.
THE national council Of Switzerland