Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-07-11
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New wheat is selling at 40 cents in
Elk county.


SIX were fatal, have been reported at
Tronstadt.
Senator Kyle Thursday introduced &c
resolution calling on the Secretary of
the Navy for Information as to what
Admiral Walker had done, or was in
structed to do at Pearl Harbor, in the
Hawaiian Islands.
The Secretary of the Interior has
ruled the Pueblo Indians in Colorado
held such title to their lands as to.
withdraw the question of their land
leases from the jurisdiction of the In
terror department.
Mrs. Mer, i'll Baker of Montgomery,
Vt, hanged her four children Monday
morning. She and her husband had
trouble, and they separated, after
which she hanged the children. Mrs.
Baker has escaped.
Herr Barnav made his final appear
ance in Hamlet Monday evening at
Berlin. lie was greeted with cxtraor-
dinary enthusiasm. He intends to re-
tire from the stage for the present and
to take a long holiday in the south of
Europe.
Charles and Wilburn Pcbley. two
boys about years of age, disappeared
from their homes in Houstonia, Mo.
Saturday morning. rearching parties
have been securing the country all
night without success. 1t IS supposed
they have gone west.
AdviceS have been received from the
Inited States legation at Toxic, ia
pan. that the black plague or black
death prevails at Canton, China. and
that all vessels from several Chinese
ports TO Japan are quarantined under
an imperial proclamation.
Mr.. w. T. Roth of Il G. Dun's COM
mercial agency, in Louisville, KY, re-
ceived a telegram that his son, Regin-
aid Roth, while bathing at Pass Chris
tian NJ S., had been drowned. Regin-
aid Roth was travelling auditor of the
Standard Oil Company in the South.
The quarterly report of the hospital
at the Soldiers Home for the three
months ending June 80. shows the fol-
lowing: Treated at sick call, l,26I;
treated in convales"ent wards, IL;
eated in hospital. 80. During the
month of June there were eight deaths
in the hospital.
The Pope has appointed a commit
pursued by Mousignor SatollI in tho
United States and an early decision in
the matter is expected. 1t is under
stood the prelates composing the COM
mittee are favorable to Satolli and the
course he has taken.
The Bow Creek Irrigation Company
has filed articles OF incorporation with
the secretary of state, proposing to
IL, l.
tion and manufacturing purposes in
Rocks and Phillips counties. Head
quarters at Stockton, Rocks county.
Capital stock $4,000.
The damage To the Montgomery is
of such a character that it may take
the vessel out of commission for three
months or more. 1t is the opinion of
officers of the ship and the representa-
tives of the builders who accompanied
the vessel on her trial trip, that no
blame can attach to anyone and that
the break was purely an accident of
the kind which cannot be avoided.
At Saratoga, n. Y. the Music Teach
ers' National Association held a re-
union and was given reception at
Congress Hall Thursday evening. The
railway strike throughout the country
has so far seriously affected the at
tendance, as many delegates cannot
arrive for the formal opening to-mor-
row. At least 500 delegates were eX-
pected, but the number will not eX-
cecd 20C
1t is expected that, as the tariff bill
has passed the Senate, an order will at
orce be made restoring the old hour of
meeting IL o'clock Senator Coclrell,
chairman of the committee on appro-
priatiOns, will have charge of most of
the time thereafter. He says he be-
lieves that the bills from his commit
tee can be put through without resort
ing to early hours of meeting or sit
ting late.
Henry A. SalZer. manager of the
John A. Salzer Seed company. La
Crosse. Wis. is in Europe looking up
rare novelties in vegeta ables and new
things in the farm seed line. lie will
visit the celebrated farming districts
of France. Germany. England, Bel
gium, Russia and Bohemia. and the
customers of this wide awake firm can
congratulate themselves upon his
bringing along the cream of farm and
vegetable seeds that these foreign
countries offer.
The corner stone of the s1OO, 900 ex-
position building at the Illinois state
fair grounds at Springfield, Ill. was
laid Thursday afternoon with impos-
ing ceremonies. L. A. Goddard grand
master of the Illinois Masous conduct
ed the ceremonies under the auspices
of that order. lie was assisted bv the
full staff of grand officers and the
staff of grand officers of the knights
Tcmplars and odd Fellows of Illinois.
Right Rev. George Seymour offered
the invocation and Governor Altgeld
made an address of welcome.
Richard Croker and his two sons ar
rived at New York Thursday aboard
the Majestic in the best of health and
spirits. Mr.. Croker stated that he was
| feeling well and had splendid time
! consider ing his short visit abroad. He
would say nothing, however. Mr..
! Crocker was met at quarantine by
! Commissioner DAILY, Peter Meyers and
another friend who boarded the steam
er with DIR. JoDking. From the pier
| Mr. Croker was driven direct to Tam
1 many Hall, where the Fourth of July
celebration was in progress. His ap-
pearance there was greeted by en-
thusiastic cheering.
Sells Brothers circus is billing Kan.
sas and Oklahoma Territory.
How many persons were drowned
by the capsizing of the tug James u.
Nicol, off Sandy Hook Monday, is not
vet known. Tie exursionists were
from all over the East side, from Col
lege Point, from Brooklyn and even
Hoboken, and it is probable that some
of those drowned will never be report
ed or heard of again. The disaster is
rendered more narrowing by the fact
that most of the men were married.
| ieave large families. 1t is thought
that not less than thirty-six persons
perished, So far, however. only seven
| bodies have been recovered.
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