Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-07-04
GENERAL NEWS IN BRIEF
Photographed CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned from the Four Corners of
the world and Condensed in Short
Paragraphs for the Convenience of
Hurried Readers.

General Clement A. Evens has with
drawn from the canvass for the Dem
ocratic nomination for governor of
Georgia. This leaves the field to w.
II. Atkinson.
Saturday afterday afternoon 1000
striking miners at McKeesport. Pa.
representatives of thirty-five pits, and
and 1000 men decided to return to
work under the Columbus scale.
E. NJ. Abbott, a veteran printer,
died Saturday at Dubuque, la. He had
set type there for thirty-seven years,
and was a brother of General j.
Abbott, senator from North Carolina.
J. P. Walters, of Dalton, Ill. died
Monday morning at Creston, Ia, aged
SO. He was a noted abolitionist and
co-worker of Allen P. Lovejoy in the
underground railway thlrty-flve years
ago.
The Hyatt school slate factory at
Bangor, Pa. was DESTROYED by fire
insurance $4,000. Three hundred
worlmen have beed thrown out of
employment.
A New York morning paper says
Richard Croker, the ex-leader of Tam
many hall, is coming back to New
York. He will sail from Liverpool
next Thursday, it is said, and arrive
July 4 or 5.
During storm Saturday afternoon
near Coffeyville, Tenn, two farmers
were struck by lightning and instant
ly killed. The clothes were burned
from their bodies and the flesh cooked
on their bones.
wind storm Sunday night did great
damage to property and crops near
Tiffin, o. 1t completely destroyed a
large orchard on the Vannetts farm
and Samuel Stein was fatally crushed
by falling tree.
At Chicago, Mrs. Carrie Beed, book
keeper of the George Thamer Lumber
Company, was shot five times and kill
ed Thursday afternoon by man sup
posed to be her husband. The muir
derer at once committed suicide.
1t is reported that John j. Ingalls,
will accept the editorship of the New
York Commercial Advertiser next fall
His delay in accepting the offer is said
to be due to his desire to engage in
the coming campaign in Kansas.
The torpedo boat Erickson was
towed over the LeClaire rapids by the
Irene ID. Saturday, and arrived at Dav-
export, Ia, at 3 o'clock. She will lay
over there a week, receiving finishing
touches, and will then be taken down
the river.
Carl Browne appeared at the capitol
Satul day with a handful Of CoXey's
campaign badges and attempted to
Distribute them, but was stopped by
the police under the law forbidding
the distribution of advertising matter
in the capitol.
Kelly has succeeded in thoroughly
arousiDg the sympathies of the work
ing classes at Louisville, Ky, and is
making hay while the sun shines y
He will get away from there with a
neat sum. lie spoke Saturday night
at National park.
4 William A. Simsrott. late treasurer
and secretary of the Switchmen's Nut
ual Aid Association, has left Chicago
He was discharged from an inel rate
asylum and quietly took his wife and
said he did not tell where he was 90
ing, but he said he would be absent a
month.
Frank Elliot, a young man but IS
years of age. shot himself at his home
in Fort Scott Monday morning. He
cannot recover. Dependency over a
love affair is supposed to be the cause
for the deed. This was the second at
tempt he had made on his life in
twelve hours. His sister ended her
own life two months ago and his ia
Their killed himself in that city three
years ago.
Erastus Wiman has obtained an or
der, returnable on Friday, to show
cause why he should not have a STAY
of proceedings pending his appeal.
A couple of lady evangelists who
have been holding services in Rohrcrs
hall, North Ottawa, are now d,ligent-
" laboring on the streets in mission
airy work. They herald the interest
ing fact that the Lord will come on
essarily short have redoubled their eff
eloquent speakers and formidable in
3
There is considerable speculation
again at Excelsior Springs, Mo-. over
the now famous DIR. Eraker drowning
case. A representative of the insur-
Hnce companies has been there inter
viewing some importa ut witnesses and
has stated that two persons are now
there who will swear that they saw
the missing man at the worlds fair
and elsewhere after he was supposed
to have been drowned. The informa-
ton seems to be of more reliable
character than any yet obtained. Fol-
lowing this statement we'll known
citizen there says he saw letter of
recent date that was written and
signed by the doctor, but refused to
tell who had received the communica-
ton.
The decoration of the French acad-
envy has been conferred upon Profes-
sor w. NJ. Sloane, of Princeton college,
American commissioner to the inter-
national athletic congress which
closed at Paris Saturday.
A violent wind and hail storm swept
over Chillicothe, Mo-, Sunday after
noon. Lightning struck several barns
reported. Trees were blown to the
ground, grain and corn fields were
blown fat and the wheat harvest will
be considerably retarded. Hail stones
two inches in diameter fell, greatly
damaging small fruit.
Sir Matthew Baltic Begbie, chief
justice of British Columbia, is dead
Unless the cutting of the Missouri
river at ST. Joe, at the foot of Jules
street, near the Francis street depot,
can be speedily checked. it will be
only question OF time until the track
of the Kansas City, st. Joe & Council
Bluffs railroad will be swept away.
The threatened danger was noticed
Saturday morning for the first time by
the railroad officials, and they at
once took active measures to prevent
further damage but without any APP
parent success, as fully eighteen feet
e l.