Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26


shook the earth. fatally wounding
Ordnance Sergt. William Chinn, seri-
ously injuring his mother-in-law and
setting fire to the fort
In Brazil, Ind, Conductor Burnett,
non-unionist on the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois, was attacked by a crowd OF
strikers and badly beaten up
A SPECIAL excursion from Albion,
H., to Marengo, Ind, was wrecked
about 4 miles east of Oakland City,
Ind, on the Goth. The wreck was
caused by the breaking of the engine
trucks. The baggage car was turned
over and burst into splinters- Melvin
Stanley was killed beneath the wreck.
There were in all ten or fifteen injured
The excursionists were all members of
the churches or congregations OF Al
bion, Ill, and were on their annual
picnic excursion.
AT Newark, N. J., by the explosion
of boiler in Benjamin J. Achine's hat
factory, that shop and six frame tene
ment houses in the rear and on both
sides of the boiler house were envel-
oped in flames. 1t is believed that sew
eral lives were lost.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities of the United States for
the week ended July 20 showed an av-
erage decrease as compared with the
corresponding week last year of 1915;
in New York the decrease was %. 5;
outside, As.
A MOB of thirty armed men overpow-
cred the jailer at Woodvi1le, Tex, and
broke down the doors. They went to
the cell where William Griffith was
confined and took him out. Proceed
ing to the Southern Pacific water tank,
they hanged and shot him. One of the
shots fired into his body nearly cut his
arm off.
20 Oun's reporD were 236 in the United
States, against 467 last year; in Canada
"A. against 25 last year.
ALLEN MYERS, an alleged negro con-
juror, was set upon by mob of negroes
in Rankin county, Miss. He was fatal
ly shot by Ellis Hemingway, a jack
son colored man.
A DISPATCH of the 10th from Ports
mouth, Eng, said that a Trinity
house boat, having a crew of seven
trained wreckers on board, was en-
gagged in blowing up the wreck of the
yacht Azalia in the Solent, as it was
dangerous to navigation, when in some
manner dynamite cartridge exploded,
killing the seven men and Shattering
the boat.
THE federal grand jury at Chica go
have returned twenty-three indict-
ments in Judge Seamans court. In
the twenty-three indictments were III
Guided the names of about seventy
five individuals, who are charged with
violating the federal statutes during
the railroad troubles of the last three
weeks. District Attorney Milchrist
refused to give the names of any of
the indicted persons beyond admitting
that there We're several new indict-
ments against Debs, Howard, Kelihe-
and Rogers, the chief officers of the
railway union.
THE most serious fire of the year in
Minneapolis broke out on the 10th and
before it was extinguished had de-
stroyed property to the value of over
$50, 900, leaving in ruins one of the
finest market buildings in the country.
Thirty horses and thousands of fowls
were burned. The fire spread to the
livery stable, store and Office of S. 3.
Matson and the residences of Doll Mat
son and c. b. Howard, which were de-
stroyed, and number of other bust
ness and private buildings We're dam
aged. Several fremen and horses of
the fire department were Frustrated by
falling electric wires.
On the night of the 18th Gen. Miles
signed general order removing fed
eral troops from Chicago
IN STEAMBOAT, Turkey, alone the
death roll from the recent earthquakes
| amounted to over 200. The populace
| was in a state of panic owing to the
prediction of another earthquake on
| the 18th. The sultan had provided
tents for the homeless. The damage
done to property was placed at $685.
| 600, 600.
Two hundred sticks of giant powder
exploded in the midst of a party of
miners at the Stockton colliery at
Hazleton, Pa, on the 17tn and not
enough of the mems bodies were left
| for Identification. Twelve men were
believed to have been killed.