Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-22

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and the bodies left unburied, which
had caused an outbreak of cholera
The sultan had decided to sent COM
mission to investigate, SO it was said.
AN organization has been perfected
ut Chickasa, /. T.. to devote its tirhe to
getting the Kiowa, Comanche and other
Indian lands opened to settlement as
soon as possible. A petition was being
circulated for that purpose which will
be presented toGongress.
A SUCCESSFUL attempt at train wreck
ing was perpetrated on the branch road
miles south of Eunice, La. The. OBJ
struction caused the engine, baggage
car and passenger coach to turn over.
Fireman S. Geiger was killed and En-
gineer Joseph Maulden seriously in
jured0
FIRE destroyed brick business house
in the heart of Houston, Tex, on the
18th. Loss on stock OF goods in the
building, etc, 500, 900; total insurance.
$57, 900. Another fire at the same time
wrecked a boarding house; loss, 50, 500:
no insurance.
ITALIANS employed on the Roaring
Creek & Charleston railroad, near Elk
ms, w. Va, about forty in number
were reported tearing up switches and
doing other damage. They were on
the verge of starvation through their
wages not being paid.
Two brothers named Boyd at Lula,
Miss, killed a man each on the main
business street on the 10th, the tragedy
being the result of an old feud.
DIR. JAMES H. MCCosH, the venerable
eX-president of Princeton university,
died on the 10th through old age.
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secretary of state for foreign affairs
detailing the atrocities perpetrated by
Turks on the Armenians, some of the
soldiers admitting that they killed 100
persons each. Twenty or thirty Arme-
persons were burned to death with kerr
osene in their houses.
REV. CARLOS MARTYR has resigned as
pastor of the Sixth Presby terian church,
Chicago and will devote himself to
local crusade against municipal cor
ruption.
CHARLES MITCHELL, the pugilist,
writes the London Sporting Life that
he intends to come to America, and
that he may challenge the winner of
the Corbett-Fitzsimmon fight.
CITIZENS ofoMuskogee, I. T., have Of
fered reward of 81, 500 for the arrest
of Bill Cook, Cherokee Bill, James
French, Skeeter and James Turner.
This amount will supplement the re-
ward Of $500 offered by the government,
the $3.50 offered by Chief Harris and
rewards which it is hoped the express
companies may be induced to offer.
THE twenty-first annual convention
of the w. C. T. U. opened at Cleveland,
o., on the 10th, delegates being present
from every state in the union. Reports
of officers were read.
ROBERT FITZSIMMONS knocked out
Con Riordan, his sparring partner, on
the night of the 10th at Syracuse, n.
Y, in the first round of his usual ex-
hibition. which closed the programme
of his vaudeville show. The blow was
a Highlander and caught Riordan
squarely on the chin, and he sank
on the stage. Fitzsimmons was ar
rested shortly after midnight. Riordan
died at 3:15 the next morning.
CHAMPION CORBETT has commenced
training for his fight with Fitzsim-
mons. He ran twenty miles on the
18th and was in excellent condition.
O'Donnell, who was formerly with
Fitzsimmonso in Australia, is teaching
| COrbett how to avoid Fitzsimmons'
Knockout blows.
WHILE F. NJ. Murphy, the temper
ance advocate, was Speeding to large
audience at Hartford, Conn.,, recently,
! flames were discovered behind the or
gan and panic ensued. In spite of
the efforts of Murphy and others every
! one crushed through the exits and sew
eral ladies tainted in the excitement,
! but there were no casualties. The
loss was SIS, 1000.
| THE directors of the Western Base
| ball association met at Rock Island,
| ILL.,, on the 18th and awarded Rock
Island the pennant for the season of
1894. All the clubs were represented
except st. Joseph, and that organiza-
ton being in arrears, was notified to
make up the deficiency or stay sus-
Ppended The league was reported
prosperous and the salary limit for
1895 was advanced from $500 to 5000 per
month: Rockford, Sioux City and DEN
yer were applicants for membership in
the association.
GEORGE HOWARD, vice president of
the American Railway union, presented
a proposition to the knights of Labor,
| in session at New Orleans. for the con-
solidation of all the labor organiza-
tlons into one vast body, under single
board OF management and with ANAL
| gamation of in terestS. He said that if
such plan were adopted labor would
| be IN position to have its wrongs re-