Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-02-21

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shot and almost instantly killed at
Zeiss' hote. in Philadelphia by James
p. Gentry, comedian of Golfers
Back Number" company. No motive
was known for the crime unless it was
jealousy.
A RECENT special from Hennessey.
Ok, said that an appeal for aid had
been issued by settlers in the strip.
Hundreds of families were absolutely
starving, eating prairie dogs and
horses. The suffering was unparalleled.
Cattle had been dying in droves as
result of the unprecedented ''northers"
which had visited the territory within
the past few weeks.
IT was stated at New York that the
bond syndicate managers had sold $780,
600, 600 of the new bonds, all that were
to be sold in this country, at about
1117O, to be paid for in currency or
checks. That meant a profit of about
50, SOC. 600, or 5 per cent for the mem
bers of the syndicate.
THREE children, aged 9, and
years respectively, lost their lives in a
fire at Lewiston, Mich. The children
had been put to bed while their father,
Eli Seymour, and wife attended Mac
cabees dance. When they returned the
house was in flames. When the fire
had been extinguished sufficiently to
enter the house, the children were
found dead side by side in bed.
Music HALL, the largest place of
amusement in Buffalo, n. Y. burned
on the morning of the 18th. The loss
was about $75,OOO
The Brooklyn trolley strike was Off
cially declared off after twelve-hour
session of the Knights of Labor leaders.
THE public school building at La
mont, Ia, was totally destroyed by fire
while school was in session. The fire
caught from the furnace. Alfred
Brown, one of the pupils. was fatally
pupil, had his leg broken.
NEW labor organization was formed
at Columbus, O., on the 14th, to be
known as the Independent Order of the
Knights of Labor. The officers are:
General master workman, William B.
Wilson, of Blossburg, Pa; general
worthy foreman, James L. Michaels, of
Pittsburgh, Pa; general secretary
treasurer, Charles R. Martin, OF Tifin,
o. The new organization, it was
claimed, would start with member
ship Of about &C. 900.
THE West Chester temporary home
at White Plains. n. Y, was totally de-
stroyed by fire on the night of the 18th.
The building contained 200 children,
ranging from 1 to Is years of age. The
fire originated from defective hue.
The little ones were sound asleep.
Most of the children's wearing apparel
was destroyed and they suffered in
tensely from the cold, but all escaped
uninjured.
The Waters-Pierce Oil CO.. ware
house, at Dallas, Tex, containing $780,,
600 gallons of oil was burned.
Two school children, brother and SIS
ter, aged 10 and ~ years, were frozen
to death in Clover district, near Par
sons, w. Va. They were found locked
in each others arms and the brother
had wrapped his sister in his coat.
A TELEGRAM from London on the 18th
said that 100 coroners' inquests had
been held in that city within the past
four days and in eighty of the cases the
intense cold was the cause of death.
Many deaths from the same cause were
reported from the provinces.
c. j. BOWMAN, agent for the Wabash
railway at Riverton, Ill, committed
suicide to avoid arrest for embezzle-
ment. 8
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities in the United States for the
week ended February Is showed an
average increase as compared with the
corresponding week last year of 81;
in New York the increase was 81.
COLUMBIA post, G. A. R., gave ban
quet at Chicago on the 14th and the
members of the ex-Confederate asso-
citation, of Chicago, were invited as
guests. Maj. Warner, of Kansas City,
past commander-in-chief, responded to
the toast ''1S61-1S65.''
THREE men have met death in the
past few days on the strip of land
added to Burt county, Neb., by acre.
ton on the Missouri river and the MUIR
derer cannot be punished since neither
Nebraska nor Iowa claim jurisdiction
over the disputed territory.
JOE LINGO was shot and killed near
Caddo, I. T., in a dispute over SIS.
FIRE broke out in the basement of
three-story wooden building, at Lynn,
Mass, on the 18th, and spread to ad-
joining property, entailing total loss
of 500, 600. Three men were killed, ten
injured and two are missing. supposed
to be burned in the ruins.
ors of the famous Gordon harvesters,
the first practical combined reapers
and binders ever put on the market,
died of paralysis at Rochester, n. Y,
aged So years
A FIRE which originated from some
oiled rags spread with great rapidity