Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
The strike situation on the Sd was
comparatively unchanged except that
several other roads were tied up. At
ST. Louis passenger trains were NOV
ing but freight traffic was at a stand
still. At Detroit, Mich, all trains
We're moving except those on the Wa
bash. At Denver, Col, passenger
trains were running but no freight
trains. The Southern Pacific attempted
to break the blockade at Sacramento,
Cal, and there was violent demon
stration on the part of the strikers.
All trains were about to be abandoned
on the Union Pacific at Omaha, Neb.
The tie up of the Santa Fe yards at
Argentine, KAN, was more complete
than ever. Traffic at Chicago was in a
most deplorable condition, every effort
to raise the embargo being met with
every form of obstacle.
INDICTMENTS have been returned by
the grand jury against E. j. Edwards
and John Schriver, the newspaper cor
respondents who refused to answer
questions of the sugar trust investi-
eating committee on the ground that
it would be a breach of confidence.
They furnished bail in 81, 600 each and
were released.
IN Paris, A. A. Zimmerman, the
American bicyclist, was beaten in a
race at the Velodrome, by Holodroun,
a Belgian. The contest was an excit-
ing one.
AN incendiary fire in the large to-
bacco warehouse of Roland A. Bru-
baker in Lancaster, Pa, caused loss
of about $4,000. Insurance, 500, 900.
THE National Editorial association
of the United States opened it's tenth
annual session in the Auditorium on
the ocean front, Asbury Park, n. j.,
with over 1000 present. Walter Will
liams, of Missouri, was president.
FIRE originating in an explosion of
fire works destroyed the greater part
of the town of Honey Grove, Tex, on
the 4th. Loss about $4,000
IN Louisville, KY, by the explosion
of gasoline Monday night, Henry Zim-
norman was fatally burned, his wife
lost her life and their little baby boy
was badly burned about the head.
IN accordance with instructions from
the department Adm. Gherardi, COM
manding the Brooklyn navy yard, has
discharged 500 men. This is one of the
PTCdUcSU CuUS ever LII IIlc 1OTCc
The reason was the failure of the APP
preparation.
Ill feeling between A. P. A and
other elements in Butte, Mont, on the
4th, resulted in riot in which two
men, one a policeman named DAILY,
were killed.
A TERRIBLE drowning disaster is re-
ported from Mad, near Tobay, in north
A inl1 G
crossing the river Thies near the town
mentioned was capsized with 200 peo-
pie on board. It was reported that
about 100 of the passengers were
drowned.
AT Kansas City on the 4th the Mis-
souri, Pacific would accept nothing per-
ishable. On the Santa Fe, the Alton
and the Wabash freight business was
dead. The Milwaukee would take no
freight for Chicago and other northern
points. The above roads were sending
out passenger trains. The NJ, K. & 7.
the Blair lines, the Northwestern and
the Pittsburg & Gulf were running all
right.
THE Cuyohaga soldiers and sailors
monument was dedicated at Cleveland,
o., on the 4th.
FIRE on the 4th at Syracuse, II. Y,
DESTROYED a whole block of business
buildings, causing a loss of $50, 1000.
| The fire started in the store of Pohl-
man Bros, from unknown causes. The
| insurance only amounted to $4,000.
THE railway strike on the 4th was
unchanged, nearly all the roads being
very quiet on account of the national
holiday There was excitement at
Sacramento, Cal, over the state militia
| being ordered to drive strikers from
the depot and they refused, because they
were wanted to remove them by ply
steal force and not to fire. A number
of cars were burned by strikers at West
| Pullman. near Chicago.
AT Titusvi1le, Ind, John NJ. An
drews, a lad Is years old, was robbed
and murdered near his home. The
body was found shortly after midnight
with the throat cut and skull crushed
Two arrests on suspicion have been
made.
| THE Pullman boycott will be extend
ed to every road entering Kansas City,
the local A. R. u. having called on
every railroad man to quit work on the
9th.
On the afternoon of the 4th the most
disastrous fire Hudson, Mass, ever saw
broke out in Chamberlain's shoe fac
tory, Woods square. When discovered
| it had gained considera BILE Roadway
| and, with strong wind blowing, the
flames soon went beyond the reach OF
the local fremen and spread rapidly,
the factory being destroyed within hall
an hour. The fremen worked with a
| will, but their efforts were in vain and
| it was finally found necessary to blow,
up a number of houses to save the town
from destruction The loss is estimated
between $3.50, 900 and 81 ,Oo3, 900, mostly
insured.