Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-09-06
GENERAL NEWS.

GENERAL NEWS.
ROBERT J. made the fastest mile ever
paced in harness on the 31st at Fort
Wayne, Ind, lowering the worlds
record of 1904 to 2:O3sl.
THE governor of Indo-China reports
that on the night of the 27th Chinese
marauders murdered M. Chalet, French
collector of customs in Tonlxin, and
killed his wife and children. Troops
pursued the outlaws, but failed to cap
ture them. The French government
has demanded indemnity from the gov
crnment at Pekin.
THE Chicago & West Michigan fast
train was wrecked IL miles south of
Baldwin, Mich, by running into a herd
of cattle. The fireman and engineer
were killed. There were few passen-
gers on the train.
FOREST fires rage in the Puget sound
country and much valuable tim Der has
been destroyed. Lumber men think
the damage in Washington will aggre-
gate several hundred thousand dollars.
The SUBMITS of Stampede mountain
and other foot hills of the Cascades
along the Northern Pacific were ablaze.
The railroad had men at work with
two mountain engines and hose to pro-
tect snow sheds and other property be-
side that of the Stampede tunnel. Fire
was also raging near the mining town
of Wilkeson.
PERMANENT organization of the re-
publican state convention at Atlanta,
Ga, was not effected until late on the
afternoon of the 3Oth. A fight soon
sprung up over the nomination of a
state ticket. After many speeches, it
was resolved not to put up ticket.
Then the proposition to indorse the
populist ticket was defeated. Resolu-
tons were adopted and the convention
ended.
THE Wisconsin state board of health
was in session on the Goth at Milwau-
kee, considering the smallpox cpl
demic. It was believed that the turbu-
lent and infected district on the south
side would be under strict military
quarantine within day or two. It was
thought by some of the members that
between 200 and 1.5OO soldiers would
be needed to carry out the quarantine
restrictions. During a visit of mem
bers of the board to the infected dis
trict a mob of several hundred persons,
mostly women and children, followed
up their carriage, bowling threats of
vengeance and hooting at the occu-
pants.
A DESPERATE fight occurred at Chi
cago on the 2Sth which afterward grew
into riot and one man was killed, two
fatally wounded and five others hurt.
The whole thing started by man try
ing to collect rent of lodger who was
dilatory in paying. The police made
many arrests.
HEAVY fires were still raging on the
3Oth in the Trout Creek, Mich, district.
The Diamond Match Co. lost fully co.
100000 of lumber. and the hester
estate timber consumed was about 90
OOO,0 900 feet. The loss to homesteaders
was very great.
MASKED robbers broke into the house
OF DR.. Mercer at Beaver Falls, Va, and
after beating him and his son into in
sensibility, ransacl1ed the house. The
doctor may die.
THE grand stand and club house OF
the Chicago baseball park were de-
stroyed by fire on the Goth. The
park was deserted at the time and the
fire was thought to be inceadiary.
IN Detroit, Mich, on the 3Gth over
30, 900 Sunday school children marched
in the annual Rally day parade, and
afterwards enjoyed an outing on Belle
isle, where the exercises of the. day
<yere held