Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-03-21

strong winds recently. The Coosa
river, near Eufala, rose out of
its banks and carried the house OF
Jacob Anderson down the stream and
three inmates were drowned Hundreds
Of cattle were drowned and barns
wrecked and many deaths were thought
to have occurred.
FIRE at Cleveland, O., on the 18th
burned the World newspaper and the
A. N. kellogg Newspaper Co. and two
other manufacturing firms in the same
building. The loss on building was
$40. 900; insurance, $1O.O The Cleve-
land World lost $50, 600: insurance, S40,-
900; the Kellogg Newspaper Co., S41,-
600; insurance, $21, 600. The other
losses were about $40, 900; fully insured.
The origin of the fire was a mystery.
WHILST Catillos Sancodl was asleep
in the City of Mexico Mariz Gracia, out
of a desire for revenge, drenched him
with petroleum and afterward set him
on fire, resulting in the awful death of
Sancodl.
THE roundhouse of the Wabash rail-
road in Toledo, o.. was burned to the
ground on the 18th. A wall fell in,
burying twelve men under it, Two OF
them were instantly killed and third
died soon after being taken out. The
others were badly hurt, one probably
fatally. The property loss was esti-
mated at $4,000
SPAIN has sent a courteous reply to
Secretary Gresham demand that there
shall be no more such repetition of her
warShipS firing on American vessels
and saws that there shall be no further
cause of complaint on that account.
JOHN L. SULLIVAN, ex-champion,
says he will challenge the winner of
the Kilrain-O'Donne1l fight.
Fort GIBSON, /. T., is excited over
the development of several cases of
smallpox there, and compulsory vacci-
nation and quarantine will be adopted
at once.
BRADsTREEr's trade review on the
10th reported quiet demand and a small
volume of business The dry goods
trade continued depressed. Bessemer
pig iron, cotton, wheat, corn, oats,
pork, lard and sugar all advanced in
prices. The south had gains in the
ssales of leaf tobacco and a better de-
mand for naval stores.
THE Violet, with the presidential
party on board, left Norfolk, Va, on
the 18th bound for Washington.
THE United States grand jury in ses-
sion at Guthrie, Ok, has summoned
almost every member of the last 1egis-
lature, the sergeant-at-arms, clerks
and doorkeepers to appear before it.
It is charged that much corruption
existed in the assembly and lobby and
that over $4,000 was expended in
in furthering legislation.
LESS than forty delegates were pres
ent when the conference to outline the
proposed new national party was re-
sumed at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 18th.
S. D. Wood, the chairman, presided,
and several addresses on the temper
ance question were delivered. The Sec
ond Tuesday in March, 1896, has been
fixed as the time for another confer
ence in Pittsburgh, at which arrange
ments will be made to hold conven-
ton the following June. At this con-
vention it is proposed to launch the
new party upon platform and present
a presidential candidate.
ABOUT 200 angry Poles, men and
women, stoned St. Hedwig's Catholic
church at Chicago and five policemen
on guard were cowed, but on arrival
of reinfOrcements. the rioters were
driven off. There had been trouble in the
parish for many weeks. Father Barr
inski was driven away three weeks
ago and the church was closed and
locked for two weeks and the parish
toner's determined to oppose reopen
ing of the edifce. They denounced
the priest and declared they would
prevent him from celebrating mass.
After order was restored the priest
conducted the service under guard of a
detail of police.
EX-Gov. CAMPBELL, of Ohio, at dinner
on the 18th, drank some water and sud-
denly rose foaming at the mouth. ex-
claiming: My throat is burning" A
physician was Immediately summoned
and administered antidotes. Investi-
cation showed that the servant had
placed a bottle of ammonia in the ice
chest and it had leaked into the drink
ing water.
THE steamship Miowera. from Au-
stralia, brought reports of terrible
hurricane which swept over the Fiji
islands Suava, the capital of Fiji,
was in ruins, having been the center of
the hurricane. The food supply of the
people was almost entirely destroyed.
The governor of the islands had voted
money to meet the more immediate
necessities.
AT Shreveport, La, T. A. Daught-
rey, who shot and killed Charles Cham
bers, prominent citizen, some days
ago, committed suicide in his cell in
the Coddo parish jail