Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-04

of the prince of Wales. the queen of
England will abdicate in favor of her
eldest son, who will be acclaimed as
Edward VII.
A FREIGHT train was wrecked on the
Chicago &c Northwestern railway near
Woodstock, H., and five men were
killed.
THE Baltimore team is the pennant
winner of the year in the National
Baseball league clubs, with New York
second, Boston third and Philadelphia
fourth. Neither of these clubs, if they
win or lose all of the games yet to be
played, can be disturbed from the po-
sitions they at present occupy.
THE Santa Fee railways agreement
with the Railway News Co provides
that no peanuts shall be sold on pas
senger trains in the shell. Conductors
were advised by circular to. see that
this rule was strictly carried out. The
peanut shells in the cars are considered
a nuisance.
DIR. EDWARD VINCENT, surgeon of
the Peary expedition, in letter to his
father, DIR. John A. Vincent, president
of the state board of health. of SPRING
field, ILL.,, charges Lieut.. Peary with
neglect, incompetency and general
fraud and says Peary fooled the peo-
pie to a large extent and mismanaged
the expedition"
IN Cincinnati Louis Miller, aged 40,
recently murdered his wife and then
killed himself. He was drunk and
jealous. Their children, two daugh-
tiers, aged IS and IL years respectively,
witnessed the double tragedy.
ROBERT j. is still the king of PAGERS.
IN O0G Y1aOn1o on fha
Qa.) mile track on the 27th he easily
defeated Joe Patchen two straight
heats, and then after Joe had with
drawn by agreement, paced a mile
with a running mate in 2:O2I, the fast
est third heat by two seconds ever
paced. In the first heat he finished in
a jog with lead of six lengths in
2:O54. The second was won by four
lengths in 2:O5I. The last quarter of
the third heat was in :29$l.
AT Lafayette, Ind, a Lake Erie &
Western freight train going east broke
in two on a heavy grade 3 miles from
town and the detached cars went rush
ing back into the city The Big Four
passenger train from Chicago had just
pulled into the Union depot on the
main track. Yardmaster Brightly saw
the danger and threw swith, turning
the wild train into side track. The
detached cars crushed into the Union
depot, entirely wrecked the building
and going through South street, ran
into the Fotteran company's shoe
factory. One man was fatally in
jured.
CAPT. HENRY HowGATE. formerly
chief of the weather bureau at Wash
ington, was arrested in New York on
charges of forgery and the embezzle
ment of S101, 257 committed in 1873 and
1879. The arrest is the result of
search which has occupied the atten-
ton of the United States secret service
for over thirteen years. Howgate.
who organized an arctic expedition in
1878, was arrested in 1880 in Washing
ton on the charge of embezzlement.
He afterwards obtained permission
from Judge Wylie to visit his home
with a bailiff. He escaped through
window and had since baff1ed all efforts
at recapture.
A PRESS reporter at Buzzard's Bay,
Mass, called President Cleveland's at
tentiOn to the news of Senator Hills
nomination for governor of New York.
1t was the first intimation the presi-
dent had had of the result of the Sara
toga convention, and when asked for
an opinion, said: Il am out of politics
now" The face of the chief executive
was study, but by no word of mouth
could he be induced to express either
satisfaction or regret.
Mrs. PEARY, wife of the explorer, in
an interview at Washington, said:
ut is mistake to allude to my hus-
band as a seeker for the North pole
His object has been and still is to de-
lineate the northern coast of Green
land. No one can tell how far Green
land extends nOrthward and if it goes
to the pole he will go there, too, but
no matter how high it runs he is deter
mined to follow it,
IT was rumored that DR.. T. E. lyman,
of Modesto, Cal, who mysteriously dis
appeared two years ago, had been
found at Reno, New. A citizen of Mo-
desto was positive that he saw lyman
in Reno three days ago. lyman has
been declared dead by the superior
court, and his estate, valued at $500, 900,
has been probated and distributed
among his heirs.
Bob FITZSIMMoNs knocked Dan Cree
don out in two rounds at New Orleans
on the Goth before a large audience,
establishing his claim as champion
middleweight. At the end of the fight
the referee announced Fitzsimmons'
challenge to Champion Corbett amidst
great applause.
AN empty baby carriage, to which
was tied q letter. was found on the