Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-06-06
GENERAL NEWS.

Miss EMILY FAITHFUL, the well
known friend to women. died at Lon
don recently, aged so. She had Ia
bored earnestly during her life in
opening avenues of employment to
women who were forced to work for
living.
THE convention of the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen at Galesburg,
Ill, on the 1st, adopted a system OF
state legislative boards to look after
legislation friendly to railroad labor
in the several states 1t also adopted
the Cedar Rapids plan of federation,
com bining Brotherhoods of Engineers,
Firemen, Conductors, Trainmen and
Telegraph Operators.
THE New York World on the I'd pub
lished a telegraphic poll of the next
congress upon the silver, tariff and in
come tax questions. Out of lit mem
bers sc favor free coinage, A bimetal-
lism and II the gold standard. On the
tariff % are against any change, So
favor moderate changes and SO want
radical changes. On the income tax
40 favor the principle and ~ oppose it
and a great many evade answering the
question.
Two hundred and fifty quarts of
nitro-glycerine being taken up the
Little Kanawha river by employee Jim
Hines exploded Immediately opposite
the largest mill in Parkersburg, w. Va.
The men had just quit work, but sew
era1 were stunned and badly cut. Man
and boat were annihilated. Several
people were injured by falling ceilings,
glass, runaways, etc. The damage to
property. including mills, churches,
steam boats. etc, will reach $75, 1000.
A DISPATCH from Des Moines, Ia, of
the 3Oth stated that in q number of
places in that county seventeen-year
1ocusts, the scourge that impoverished
the northwest number of years ago,
had made their appearance. Last sea-
son it was announced by scientists
that the locusts might be looked for
this summer.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities in the United States for the
week ended May 81 showed an average
increase as compared with the CORE
spending week last year of 1872; in New
York the increase was 20.4; outside
New York, SO.
ATTORNEY THOMAS TYRE fell from q
fifth story window at Lebanon. Ind,
recently and alighted upon his baby in
its carriage. The little one was killed
instantly and Tyres neck was broken.
He was cleaning a window in his office
when he lost his balance and fell.
THE boiler of the Ecuadorean gun.
boat Sucre exploded recently, killing
the commander and fourteen men and
1njuring seventeen more. thirteen IA
tally. At the time of the accident she
was carrying troops to Machala to- at
tack the rebels.
SIR WILLIAM VERNON HARCoURr
Chancellor of the British excheQuer
has formally replied to a memorial
forwarded by influential financiers in
the following terms: You may rely
upon it that her majesty's government
will give no countenance to any
change in the fundamental principles
of our monetary system, nor in any
discussions in which they may br
called upon to take part will they ad
NIT any doubt as to their intention
firmly to adhere to the single GOLD
standard"
LORD RosEBERY's horse, Sir Visto
won the English derby on the goth;
T. Cannon's Curzon was second ano
Sir J. Blundell Naples Kirk Connell
the favorite, third.
DOUGLAS HENDERSON and Frank def.
'rey were hanged at Murphysboro,
Ind, on the 31st for the murder OF
James Towle at Carterville last winter,