Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-03-14

DHE Japanese captured the coast
forts near Yin Kow, the port for New
| Chwang. The first division of the
japanese army attacked force of TO-
coo Chinese. under Gen. Sung. at Then
| Chwang Tai. For four hours fierce
battle ragged, but the Chinese were de-
feated after losing 1000 killed or
wounded. The Japanese loss was only
ninety killed or wounded.
| GEN. LEWIS NJ. AVER, leading figure
| In the Kansas war and member of
the South Carolina secession conven-
ton. member of the confederate con-
gress and personal friend of Jefferson
Davis, died at Anderson, S. c., aged II.
| Mrs. MoLLIE CARRUTHERs, the wife
of well to do farmer at Roxton, Tex,
gave her three children dose of NOR
| phine. Her husband detected the
heavy breathing of the children and
| physicians were summoned, but could
do nothing for the two youngest and
both died. The Oldest, a girl Of IA,
was recovered. Mrs. Carruthers ad-
mitted after her arrest that she had
given the children the morphine for
the purpose of getting them out of
| trouble and that she intended to follow
| them. 1t developed that she and her
husband were on bad terms and that
she had been carrying on a secret cor
respondence with another man and the
woman and her lover had planned
to destroy the children and leave the
country.
WHILE blast was being made in
stone quarry at Birdsboro on the 9th
800 pound rock fell on George Ream-
slime, fracturing his skull. He died
the next day. John Lloyd was badly
injured.
AN attempt was made to wreck the
midnight passenger train on the New
York, Chicago & st. Louis, near Val
paraiso, Ind, recently. A pile of ties
was placed on the track and the engine
struck the obstruction and the track
was plowed up for 200 yards. That
was the fourth attempt on different
roads in that vicinity.
FAILURES for the week ended the Sth
were 234 in the United States against
24s last year.
DUN's review of trade for the week
ended the sth said that prices had not
risen and that there was no gain, on
the whole. but some loss in wages; but
there was an anticipation of an i'm
proved demand for goods in general.
Wheat had risen g cent because of ru-
states. Corn had declined n cent, but
pork, lard, hogs and beef were higher.
A LETTER received in Philadelphia
from the steward of the missing Amer
lean bark, Portland Lloyd, which left
Junin for New York, stated that while
the ship was going out OF Junin sew
eral Peruvians appeared on deck and
the captain and most of the crew were
killed by them and the meu at the
wheel, seeing they were at the mercy
OF desperate men, purposely steered
the vessel on rock and wrecked it.
Nearly all on board were drowned.
The Peruvians were revolutionists who
wanted to seize the vessel for use
against the government.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities of the United States for the
week ended March showed an
average decrease as compared with the
corresponding week last year of 6.s;
in New York the increase was TO-. 2; ex-
elusive of New York the increase was
"A.
THE suit for divorce brought by
Charles Glasscock against Carrie w.
Glasscock, his wife, in which Senator
Stewart, of Nevada, was named as CO.
respondent, was dismissed in the equity
cOuTG dG washington OlGSScOck ndQ
charged Senator Stewart with improper
relations with Mrs. Glasscock and the
senator had denied the charge and
claimed collision between husband and
wife for the purpose of Matchmaking
him.
AN epidemic something like small
pox was raging in Mud Creek, in Floyd
county, KY. Two hundred cases were
reported and the epidemic was very
severe on middle-aged people. Ten
deaths were reported on the 9TH in less
than three hours. Many families have
at least one member i'll.
OFFICIAL dispatches state that the
Cuban province of San Krie1 has been
declared in state of siege. The cap
tain general has asked the Spanish
government that reinforcements for
the island be sent direct to Santiago de
Cuba, equipped and ready to take the
field. The cruiser Mercedes will take
1900, 600 cartridges to Cuba from Spain.
The government troops came upon
large party of Cuban insurgents near
Ullao and succeeded in routing them.
A DISPATCH from Kingston, Jamaica,
stated that there was full-f1edged
active revolt in the northern province
of the republic of Hayti and that Presi-
dent Hippolyte, having failed to raise
funds, by means of loan, finds it diff
fcu1t to carry on effective military
operations against the insurgents.