Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-04-11
GENERAL NEWS.
Cleaned from the Four Corners of
the world and Condensed in short
Paragraphs for the Convenience of
Hurried Readers.

this, $780, 900 is in the way of railroad
bonds.
Mrs. Gilla Cumbert. aged oC years,
died at st. Joseph, Mo, Tuesday from
extreme old age. She had been res
ident of st. Joseph since 1S45.
The steamer China, arriving Mon
day at San Francisco from China and
japan, brings the interesting rumor
that son has been born to their i'm
perial majesties, the emperor and en-
press of China.
Rev. Oscar Mitchell, NJ A. was or
dained to the priesthood in the Epis-
copal church at Boston Monday. He
is young colored man, and is the
trst of his race to be ordained into
the Episcopal church of New Eng
land.
Mr.. Theodore A. Rockfort, whose
office is at $50 Broadway New York,
and who came to Cincinnati to be
treated for consumption, was found
by his physician sitting in his chair
dead, Monday afternoon in the Grand
hotel, supposedly from heart disease.
1t is learned at Springfield, ILL.,, that
the appeal in the celebrated case of
daniel Benton" alias William New
by, convicted IN the United states dis
trlct court there for presenting fraud
ulent pension claims and sentenced to
term in the penitentiary, has been
dismissed in the United States SUI
premc court at Washington.
Unless Governor Waite intcrferes, a
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the penitentiary at Canon City some
day during the week beginning April
-. The supreme court Tuesday SEN
fenced Thomas Jordon. William Nes-
nit and Santiago Torrez, murderers,
IN whose cases stays were granted but
To whom new trials were refused. to
be hanged at that time.
Katie Lally, the 3-year-old daughter
OF John Lally, of No 73l Minnesota
avenue, Kansas City, Kan, died Mon
day from the effects of poisoning. The
enid was playing with some cOmpan-
ions the day before. They decided TO
play doctor, and one of the children
scraped particles from an electric
hght carbon. and mixing it with wa
ter gave 1T to the Lally child, who
was taken Sick soon after and died de-
spite medical aid. Shortly before her
death she said that she had not want
ed TO take the medicine" but that
her pIaymates forced her to take ii.
Mrs. Mary Antonio Castro Majors.
member of the well known Califor-
MIA Spanish family of San Francisco,
began suit for breach of promise in
the United States circuit court against
Harry :. Cowell. son of the we'll
known Santa Cruz millionaire lime
king, Harry e. Cowell. The woman
sues for $50, 600 and will contest fer a
share of his wealth. which she de-
clares belongs to their child. Mrs.
Majors is the widow of of Robert Ma
jors, very well known citizen of San
ia Cruz, who was fatally shot five
years ago. 1t was during Majors last
illness, she says, that Cowell began to
come to her house, and after her hus-
band death paid her marked atten-
ton lasting through several years
The foulest murder in the history of
Pomroy, o., was committed there
about midnight. Eliza beth, the di-
vorced wife of Dr. Richard Slaughter,
was found dead on the next door
nelghbor's porch with three bullets in
her head. She lived alone, and was
40 years old. Neighbo Clayton Stahl
and wife, on returning from an enter
tainment, fell over her body at their
door. She is supposed to have run to
the nelghbors when attacked, and was
murdered while trying to get in at
their door. The body shows marks of
kicks. The front door of the dead
yYnT IN pVa7G
the lamp burning. Nothing was dis
turbed. The object of the murder is
n mystery. She was peaceable wo-
man ana well liked. There is no clue
to the murderers.
a terrible battle has been fought in
the kingdom of Bornu, Central Sou
dan. Rabah, the former slave of Zob-
her Pasha, with an army numbering
$4,000 men, invaded the kingdom. He
was opposed by the sultan of Bornu at
the head of large army. During the
battle both sides sustained heavy
losses, and the sultan of Bornu and
Rabah were killed, fighting desperate
ly at the head of their troops.
The regular spring term of the ma
tional congress opened Monday eve
ming at the City of Mexico. President
DiaZ has finished his message and will
deliver it to congress at the openinC
session. The message will discuss at
length the silver and financial situa-
ton of the country. The department
of promotion of the federal govern
ment is in receipt of quantity of in
teresting statistics bearing on the cul-
tivation and shipment of Mexican or
anges. These statistics show that a
big trade is being built up in the Unit
ed States in this product. During the
months of January and February of
the present year about 300 car loads
OF oranges werelshipped to the United
States from the state of Sonoro alone.
A large number of car loads of the
fruit have also'been shipped from the
states of Nueva1Leon and TamaulisDas
to Chicago and other markets in this
country.
The New York Herald's Managua
dispatch says: The Nicaraguan gov
ernment has declared it will with
draw tomorrow the exeauators of
American British consuls here. The
cause for this action is alleged to be
their interference in the Bluetields
affair.
AT Lexington, Ky, Saturday. in n
bloody fight on Fourth street, Jack
Sloan received bullet in the head
Charles Williams (colored) was shot in
the thigh. and Pat Taylor also receiv-
ed shot in the thigh. About twenty
shots in all were fred and great eX-
citement prevailed. The trouble arose
over horse trade.
L. G. Rathbone of Hamilton. O.. was
nominated for congress Saturday nv
the Republican convention of the
Third district, to Ill the vacancy
caused by the death of Hon. George
Houck.
At Denver, Saturday, detectives ar
rested James B. Goodwin, wanted in
Carmi, Ill for absconding with S16,-
600 in funds belonging to the county
and school fund. He was living under
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