Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-02-21
GENERAL NEWS.
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the World and Condensed in Short
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the world and Condensed in Short
Paragraphs for tho Convenience of
Hurried Readers.
BY the falling of an elevator Sun
day afternoon in Sprague, Warner &
CO. grocery at Chicago, Michael
Laughlin was instantly killed and
Paul Stern was badly hurt.
The World says that Tom Gibson. a
Hlawatha boy who studied telegraphy
went to Chicago and worked on the
board of trade, and has made 500, OOO
by lucky deals
The county commissioners of Wyan-
dotte county have adopted resolutions
Tor the building of a new 500, 900
bridge across the Kansas river at Tur-
ner, few miles this side of Kansas
City.
A commercial agreement between
France. and Bolivia was signed at
Paris Friday. Bolivia comedies the
most favorC el treatment 10 France,
and France comedies the minimum to
Bolivia.
1t is reported that b. II. Payne of
agent of the Missouri Pacific railway,
is soon TO be made assistant general
passenger agent of tie Union Pacific
& Omaha.
Murray Gilbert, on trial q Paducah,
KY, for the murder of Officer Cal
Smith, on October 3rd last, was ac-
quilted Saturday. There was no pos
tive evidence, but very strong circum-
stantial proof.
The Berlin Reichsanzeiger publishes
a LIST of commission of sixteen ap-
pointed to inquire into the silver oues-
ton. The list includes Herrs Arendt,
Bamberger, Kordoriff, Mirbach, Alst
and Schlorlemes.
AT Newark, n. Y, Friday fire in
the old warehouse CT P. Ii. Preston .&
Co., caused loss of $500, 900 worth of
linseed oil. The elevators and mills
OF the firm were destroyed. The prop
erty was insured.
At Monte Vista. Col, Tuesday morn
ing, Ed Smith, % years old stabbed
his father, r. NJ. Smith. inficting a "a
tai wound. The son, who was intoxi-
Gated, became enraged when his IA
ther reproved him for drinking.
The house committee on public
lauds has approved Mr.. Kyle's bill to
supply deficiency in the land grant
to the university of Mississippi, by
empowering the governor to give title
to the university to not more than 81
040 acres, or one township.
ExSecretary Benjamin Tracy sum-
med up the evidence in the John Y,
McKane case for the prosecution Sat-
urday. Justice Bartlett then charged
the jury, and they went out at half
past o'clock. At midnight they had
not arrived at verdict, and were
locked up till morning.
The attorneys of ex-Banker Reid of
Kansas City, Mo-, whose case was set
for trial in the criminal court there
Tuesday, applied for change of
venue, and Judge Wofford sent the
case to Cay county, where he will be
tried at the April term of court. His
bond was fixed at 1000.
The fishing smack Emma. of New
London, Conn.,, with ten men aboard
is believed to have foundered off Fire
island IN. W in Monday nights
storm. Another smack reports hav-
ing seen the Emma Tuesday strug-
CLING with the heavy seas, but lost
sight of her soon afterwards It is
probable that she was blown out 10
sea or down the Jersey coast.
The snow storm of Sunday was gen
eral from the Rockies to the Atlantic
The western, central and northeastern
states are all blanketed in white. In
Kansas the storm was the worst seen
In many years. Snow fell to the
depth of II inches and was accompa-
MED by driving wind that caused it
to drift badly. Railroad traffic was
almost entirely suspended on all
roads, while in the cities street and
electric car traffic was impossible. No
deaths are reported up to Tuesday. In
Oklahoma the storm gave vent to all
its fury and the new settlers in the
Cherokee Strip suffered greatly. At
| Red Rock James, Blount and
family are aim st frozen to death.
Mrs. Fannie Spencer, homesteader,
~ miles from Cross, was found frozen
stiff. James Mulligan, living 4 miles
south OF Perry was frozen to death,
| and his partner died Is minutes after
being found from exposure At Ponca
Mrs. Cramer and her children were
| found in coyotes burrow ten yards
| from the house, frozen stiff. Col. Hen
| ry Melton, a cowboy. was found near
Newkirk, dead under his horse. a
family named Sears, living near Wood
| ward, were found frozen to death. II
| is thought that after the snow melts
| that many dead settlers along with
hundreds of dead cattle will be
| found. At Cross, Sherman Stone and
family were found with their throats
cut from ear to ear, and on a table
near was found the following note
'Wood all gone; Monte frozen to
death; the rest of us freezing; hav
| killed my family and now kill mysel1
to prevent further suffering. God
have mercy on u.s. Stone was a
homesteader and lived in a tent. Al
Galveston, Tex, the thermometer reg
istered 1S degrees below zero, with ice
two inches thick and ground frozen a:
| hard as rock, it rained, sleeted anC
showed, and Sunday night northel
| blew at the rate of forty miles al
hour. Cattle suffered severely in tn,
western part of the state. Chicago
suffered severely and all railway traf
fic was stopped. Missouri, Iowa, Ne
braska, Wisconsin, New York, Michi
| gan and Kentucky, have all suffered
| from the effects of the worst storm il
many years. Wires are down::and full
details cannot be obtained at present
| Frank w. Randolf, one of the bes
known attorneys of Kansas City, Mo
| died as his home there Monday. Ty
| phoid fever, superinduced by la gripp,
was the cause. He was born in Ma
rysville, Mo-, in 1861. In 1890 he wa
the assistant city counsel of Kansa
City. He was prominent Knigh
Templar and Mystic Shriner.
The police of Atchison, Kan, tool
Mrs. Franklin out of car of house
hold goods billed to Omaha, Tuesday
She was beating her way from Deca
tur, H.. She had S25 and had bee
put in the ear by her husband, VIII
did not want to pay her car fare. Sh
had been in the car three days an
nearly frozen.