Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-08

guests OF a boarding mouse HdO narrow
escapes and it was feared that some of
! the aged did not escape. Loss, $3.50, 900;
partially insured.
THREE burglars broke into woman's
house at Denver, Col, on the night of
| the 3D., but she fought SO energetica1ly
and raised such an cutlery that they
had to retreat, although they rained
| blow after blow upon her head.
| NINETY-THREE colored converts were
baptized in the Ohio river at Owens
| boro. KY, on the 4th. Ten thousand
people lined the banks and two minis
tiers were kept busy for two hours.
RovING bands of hostile Yaqui Indi-
ans were reported committing outrages
along the valley of the Yaqui river in
Mexico.
FIRE broke out in the Singer Sewing
Machine CO. building at Louisville,
KY, on the 4th and did about $50. 600
damage. Five fremen were caught
under falling wall and severely hurt.
The fire was believed to be of incen-
diary origin.
FIRE broke out in wholesale gro
Gerry at San Francisco recently, com
pletely cutting the building and de-
stroying the stock just received for the
Christmas trade. Two iremen were
!
Loss, $15O,O0O.
BIG fire broke out at indianapolis,
Ind, on the Sd and destroyed the build
ing occupied by the natural gas COM
pany, then jumped to the medical col
! lege and thence to the Scottish Rite
building. The three buildings were
entirely destroyed, the masonic build
ing being one of the largest of its kind
in the country. Valuable masonic
documents were destroyed which can
never be replaced. Eighteen corpses
in the medical college were cremated.
Loss, $500, 900; insured
| D. NJ. CHISHOLM, of Keokul, Ia, was
struck by a train while crossing the
track and killed. His 3-year-old child
was also fatally injured.
AT Memphis, Tenn, Officer Parkin-
lzinson heard that Epps, a negro
roustabout, had a revolver and SIS
in stolen money and approached him.
Epps, drew the pistol and shot the
| officer in the stomach. The officer
chased the negro three blocks and then
borrowed a horse, but dismounted be-
cause of weakness He died soon after.
Epps crossed the river into Arkansas
and escaped.
THE sheriff of Sewer county, Tenn.
whitecap band who took part in the
battle in which three men were killed
recently. The Browns confessed and
gave the names of the others who have
now sworn to kill their betrayers, but
are kept in separate cells.
A POSSE captured Joseph Beck and
Patsy Beck, two members of the noto-
rious Cook gang of outlaws, and jailed
| them at Saltwater, Ok.
MICHAEL SALVADOR placed a dyna-
mite cartridge under house in which
Eugene Geneva and his wife were sleep
ing at Clinton Point, n. Y, and then
fired four shots through the window,
but missed his mark. Geneva and his
wife reached an adjoining house just
as the dynamite exploded. Part of
| the house and furniture were demOl-
ished and the man and woman were
badly bruised by flying debris. Sal
vatOr was the rival of Geneva in Italy,
and he had followed the couple to
America.
DUNs review of trade for the week
ended the I'd said that the season was
too far advanced for great activity,
but the volume of production was we'll
maintained. Breadstuffs were little
higher, but pork and hogs were lower.
Cotton was depressed. Waiting for re-
| tail trade depressed the textile manu-
facturers and concessions in price had
been made to effect large contracts.
AT Chil1icothe, O., on the I'd, John
S. Johnson, the world renowned
bicyclist. paced by a quad, rode third
mile in 80 2-5 seconds, and a half mile
in 81 2-5 seconds. over a kite shaped
track, breaking the worlds record for
that distance made by Sanger at
Waltham, Mass. recently.
FAILURES for the week ended NOvem-
Der ? CDun's report) were 249 in the
United States, against 35S last week;
and 80 in Canada against % last week.
A PORTLAND, Ore, dispatch stated
that the ship Fanny Dulard had ar
rived at Port Blazely, bringing news
that the Ivanhoe, which had been over
due a month, sank with all on board
September %. The IvanhOe was the
ship on which eX-United States Minis
ter to Bolivia Grant was a passenger.
| CHARLES SWEENEY, the eX-basebal1
player, who years ago made a phenom-
email record as pitcher in the Providence
club, and who afterward played as a
star in the ST. Louis and Cincinnati
teams, has been convicted of man
slaughter at San Francisco and will be
sentenced to term in the state peni
} tertiary. Several months ago Sweeney
| shot and killed Con- McManus during
ii drunken row in a saloon.