Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-05-02
GENERAL NEWS.
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Hurried Readers.

ana thence by steamer TO san L IdutlS-
go at the same rate as quoted by 9TH
er lines from the Missouri river.
The cruiser Columbia went into
commission Tuesday. Captain Sum
ner made "A short address, cOmpi-
menting the builders of the craft.
The Columbia will go TO the League
Island navy yard in about week.
Will f.. Burr. .Ir.. ex-cashier of the
st. Louis National bank, who was al
legged To have embezzled from the
bank some $50, 900 of its funds, has
made within the last week cash settle
ments of all his financial obligations
Prince Colona. the husband of the
daughter Of Mr.. John w. Mackey is
not in dris as reported. His lawyers
have no knowledge of an ainicable set
tlement having been arrived at in the
litigation in progress between the
prince and princess.
The large wooden mills situated at
Ivanova, about sixty miles from Via
dimeer, have been burned The dam
age amounts to ! $50, 600 roubles Ten
persons were killed or injured during
the conflagration and 200 people
One hundred and twenty-five color
ed miners and their families passed
through Pttsburg, Kan. Thursday
via tine Memphis route on their way to
birmingham, Ala, where they will be
distributed among the various coal
mines in Alabama to take the place of
striking miners in that section.
The once notorious saloon which
has been the cause of several sensa-
tional incidents at Burlington, Ind.
was wiped out of existence Thursday
night by mob violence. A crowd OF
100 men battered in the front doors,
cmptied the liquors in the gutter and
burned the furniture in the street.
Frank Collins, colored. and Levi,
Holder were sentenced Tuesday tc
hang at Fort Smith, Ark, July /;
next, Collins for the murder of another
negro in quarrel at dance in the
Creek nation in 1891, and Holder for
the murder of his partner, George w
Beckford, while trapping in the Indi
an country in 1891. ,s.a
The second annual national confer
ence of the German Young People.
Society of Christian Endcavor Of tn,
United States closed at Tiflin, O.
Thursday night with the election o.
the following officers: President, Rev
g. Berner, Buffalo: vice president
Rev. j. Guessing Sandusky, O.: secre.
tary, \. w. Rhinchart, st Louis; treas
urer, II. Muckhel, Detroit
AZ Cincinnati Tuesday Judge Taf
OF the United State, court rendered q
decision against the conStitutionalitN
of the Nichols law Of Ohio, which au
thorizes the taxation Of the CAPITA
stock of telephone, telegraph and cX
press companies, in proportion t,
their portion of property located il
the state. The judge held that il
attempted To tax the capital stock a.
market value, which il clearly uncon
stItutional.
The tpanish pilgrims whose pill
grimagcS To Rome have extended owe
the past fortnight have given money
contributions To the pope aggregating
1000, 600 francs. The bishop Of Au
ton. France, has been elevated to tn,
Cardinalatc. The Vatican is informed
that although the bundersrath will
reject the bill passed by the reichsta.
permitting the return of the JeSuist
To Germany. the Berlin govcrnmcn
has decided To grant that permission
Co members of other orders that have
been expelled.
There were several slightcr shock
of earthquake Monday night at Athen
and on the next day. Telegrams re
ceivcd from the shaken districts rep
resent an appalling condition o
affairs. Whole villages are in ruin
and the survivors are camping out. in
many eases entirely without food
The totalnumbcr of deaths is 227, @
which 1870 were killed at Melesin;
alone. The king and Prince Nicholas
accompanied by their suites, arrive,
at noon Tuesday at village near At
Atlanta. They proceeded on horse
back in order to visit several of tn,
ruined villages.
1t is stated by gentleman VIII,
knows the presidents views on tn,
subject that the president will not in
ltiate any action whatever in regar,
To the Coxcy movement against Wash
ington, unless the District commits
sioncrs notify him Of their inability I,
preserve the peace ana protect tn
lives and property of the people of tn
District. He expects the local author
tiles to handle the question in the frs
instance, and to consider it himsel
only in the event they confess thei
ina ability to cope with the situation
and appeal to him for assistance from
the government.
viii Eaton, aged 20, was killed a
der singular circumstances. Mrs
Brown, wealthy lady, received
note through the postoffice demand
ing that she leave 5000 in n certain
place near her residence or her hous
would be blown up. The officers wer
notified and an envelope containing
lot of paper was placed at the plac
demanded. At the appointed time
man was seen taking il and ordere,
To surrender. lie started to run an,
several shots were fired, the fugitiv
railing dead. lie was found to be tn
son of john Eaton, one of the best an,
most respected men in the city.
Another petition has been present
ed to Mr.. Asquith, England's hom
secretary. praying for the discharC
of Mrs. Maybrick from prison. and
number Of aflidavlts are also submit
ted, to the effect that for many wear
Mrs Maybricll was a confirmed opium
cater, and was also addicted TO the us
of arsenic.
At Helena, Mont, Judge Knowle
of the United States district court. i.
sued an order against James Hoga
. and other Great Northern strikers rt
quiring them TO show cause Aplil 3
why an injunction should noC be is
sued restraining them from interfeI
ing with the operations of the road.
Miss Miriam Welch was killed an
!. 7. McLenthen and Miss Baily wer
fatally injured by rear end collision
Saturday on the Williamsport & Mort
Branch railroad, near Pennsdale. Pa
The Brazilian insurgents hav,
been released from the Uryuava,
f,1a m tinn CT Ia fio, md ho,.o