Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-12

A DISPATCH from London stated that
the mysterious and long-missing man.
known as Scott" who was jointly i'm
dicted with Alfred J. Monson for the
killing of Lieut. Marlborough, which
crime has been known as the 'Alia-
mont murder mystery" has surrendered
himself
REPRESENTATIVE DUNPHY, of New
York, has introduced a bill in the
house providing for the appointment.
by the president, of commission to
consist of four or more persons to be
selected from the different depart
ments of the government, to examine
and report upon the feasibility and de-
STABILITY of constructing a boulevard
from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans
The commissioners are to be elected
from the war. agricultural, post Office
oand interior departments
DISPATCH of the 5th said that the
sanitary condition of the Portuguese
warships Mindello and Albuquerque
was so bad that the Argentine govern
ment had insisted that those on board
the vessels should be landed at the
Lazzeretto or the vessels depart Yell
low fever recently broke out on these
two vessels and has caused many
deaths Aboard the vessels are Adm.
Da Cana and the other Brazilian refu-
gees from Rio de Janeiro.
DARLINGTON and Florence, S c., were
reported on the 5th as being no longer
in instruction, and the state troops
have evacuated those now famous To-
calities and proceeded to Columbia to re-
ceive their pay.
THE bodies of eight murdered Hunga-
rians were found in the woods near
Dawson, Pa, by some boys who were
going across the fields to school The
men were found lying in different sec
tions of the woods, and all had bullet
holes through their bodies. It is sup
posed these Hungarians were shot by
deputies during the attack on the
Broadfork works and crawled out into
| the woods to die.
SENATOR KYLE has introduced a bill
into the senate to prevent the manu-
facture of clothing in unhealthy
places. It is directed against the
sweating system 1t prohibits thessale
of clothing in one state made in
another in an uncleanly place, or in
rooms used for sleeping or eating, and
requires a tax to be placed upon all
clothing shipped out of a state, giving
the street and number of the house in
which it was made.
The sixty-fourth annual conference
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints convened in the Salt Lake
City tabernacle on the 9th.
IN Memphis, Tenn, the chancery
court ordered the sale of the Raleigh
electric railroad to satisfy creditors.
The Dukes of cigarette fame are the
principal owners
A BRICK wall of building on Broad
street, in Elizabeth, n. J., in process
of erection, fell upon gang of brick
| layers who were at work on scaffold
| on the opposite wall Five men were
rendered unconscious. It is thought
some will die. Several others about
the works were hurt by flying brick.
DUN's Review of Trade for the week
ended the 9th says that business has
improved since the presidents veto.
| Wheat has risen about cents by re-
ports of serious injury to the crop
| Corn has declined ~ cents. Pork has
1ssen so cents with lard a shade higher.
| FAILURES for the week ended April {
were 249 in the United States, against
1875 last year; in Cana d a, g. against 2s
last year.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended April 6 showed an average de
, crease as compared with the CORE
spending week of last year of 21.2; il
New York the decrease was 21.2; out
| side, 2LO.
THE three train robbers. J. L. Wy
rick, Thomas Brady and Albert Mans
ker. who killed Conductor w. P. Nc
Nally at Oliphant. November 8 last
were hanged at Newport, Ark, on thu
| 9th.
TELEGRAM from Uniontown. Pa
of the 9th stated that it had been dis
covered that the strikers had sto1e1
1000 pounds of dynamite from the new
reservoir on the mountain east o
Dun bar, and great destruction of prop
erty was expected. The robbery hat
caused great excitement in the cox
regions and many believed prepare
tions were being made for renewa
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