Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-05-16
NEWS NOTES.

rive nunureu FOllSh ldDOrerS, most
of them in a starving condition, have
demanded work of the mayor of
Grand Rapids, Mich.
The Republicans of the Fifth In
Diana congressional district have nom
mated Jesse Overstreet of johnson
county for congress on the eleventh
ballot.
Half of the people of Norway, Me.
town of 5000 inhabitants, are home
less in consequence of the confiagra-
tion that swept over that place
Wednesday night.
Major George W. Steele, ex-governor
of Oklahoma territory, now living in
Marion, Ind, was nominated for con-
gress by the Republicans of the
Eleventh district on the fifty-ninth
ballot.
James Jeffreys the oldest engineer
in point of service on the Chicago and
Northwestern road, was instantly
killed in collision near Eau Claire,
Wis. Three other employees were fa-
tally injured.
In Coldwater, Mich, while eXercis-
ing Walkers ccle brated stallion Cart
ridge, 2:1414, became frightened and
kicking himself loose ran away, tear
ing off his left hind foot He had to
be chloroformed to death.
John Williamson, wife and five
children, at Youngsboro, Ala, par
took of salmon for supper from can
opened some days previously. They
all fell into convulsions almost i'm
mediately. The two youngest chill
dren died in frightful agony. The
others of the family are in a pre-
cariOus condition.
Superintendent of Foreign Mails
Brooks has ordered that packages of
live bees be admitted as samples to
the mails hereafter dispatched from
this country for French Congo, includ-
ing Gaboon, Diego-Suarrez, the North
ern port of Madagascar, Mayotte,
French establishme nts in India and
Cochin China, the island of Guade-
loupe and its dependencies.
J. w. Darling of Northeastern Me
Pherson county, Kansas, claims to
have one of the most extensive dcpoS-
its OF fire clay in the country. 1t is
nearly forty feet thick and of finest
quality.
The twenty three members of Com
pany B of Galvin's commonweal army,
who were arrested at Russell, Pa, for
attempting to capture a Baltimore
and Ohio freight train, were sentenced
to twenty days in Jail.
Mrs. All Chong,. wife of San Fran
cisco merchant, decamped for China on
the steamer Oceanic, taking $40, 900 of
her husbands money. The robbery
was discovered by All Chong shortly
after the steamer sailed.
George Decker a well-to-do rancher
of Shasta Valley, Cal has been placed
under arrest for the murder of his
wife and child, committed twenty
seven years ago 1t is suspected also
| that Decker is responsible for the re-
cent death of his second wife and
grandchild.
jealousy caused Albert WoOdley of
of Pittsburg, Pa to kill Mrs. Jennie
buchanan and then attempt suicide.
Julius hwabacher, son of the.
wealthy distiller of Peoria, ILL.,, has
been arrested for burglarizing a house.
The ranchmen living in the neigh
! borhood of Aspen Junction, Col, have
organized an association to protect
themselves against the invasion of
J tab sheep, and will resort to desper-
/ ate measures if need be.
Thompson Run, Pa, coal miners,
who were granted a raise at the be-
| ginning of the strike and who have
since been guarded by armed depu-
ties while at work, have joined the
strike through sympathy.
In riot that occurred on Knox
Vile & Ohio passenger train near
Knoxville, Tenn, Sheriff Burnett was
killed and six others were injured.
Burnett's brother was killed in the
same manner one year ago.
The coal strikers threaten to inter-
fere with industries in Maryland. If
the mines are not worked for con-
siderable time the injury to business
here may be great as the supply of
coal in Baltimore is said to be limited.
A Lexington, Kentucky, telegram
says that the women who have been
! outspoken against Breckenridge will
now use other methods. A petition
signed by the women of the Seventh
district will soon be sent to Colonel
breckenridge in Washington. asking
him to withdraw from the contest for
the nomination.
United States Consul Braida, whose
eXquator was withdrawn by the Mica
part he took in the effort to organize
provisional government at Blue
fields. has been temporarily rein
stated.
Information in possession of the
bureau of American republic shows
that abundant rains have fallen along
the line of the International railroad
and in the district of Laguna, Mexico.
This fact insures a good cotton crop
this year.
General O. o. Howard was elected
president of the National Temperance
Society, to succeed John Wanamaker,
of Philadelphia.
Government officials at Kansas CITY
are getting numerous letters com
planning of the operation of swindling
lottery companies.
1t is said Senator Wolcott of Colo
RADIO has been offered the position of
general counsel of the New York Cen
tral railroad at a salary of $50, 600.
Frank Dimon. sheriff, and James
Lee, clerk of Q county, Ok, have
traded places, with the consent of the
governor.
The Courier-Journal denounces
Colonel w. c. p. Breckenridge and
opposes his return to congress
The ordnance department of the
army is now conducting, at the SANDY
Hook proving grounds, compe titive
trial of six pound machine guns to as
certain which is best suited for army
uses.
In Chicago Mayor Hopkins has an
nounced his intention to nominate
President Harper of the Chicago uni
versity to fill a vacancy on the city
school board. The idea of the mayor
is to establish a close connection be-
tween the public school system of the
city and the university.
United Mine workers officers saw
that everything points to success and
speedy end of the strike.
Senator Gordon has introduced in