Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-06-27

thirteen badly injured. lt was Inc
homeward run to Chicago of the whale
back in its opening summer excursion
to Milwaukee. About $50 souls were
aboard. The accident was caused by
the getting UP more steam than the
limit to which its boilers were adjusted
SO as to reach Chicago harbor before q
rival steamer which had short time
before passed the Christopher Colum-
bus. The passengers were very badly
frightened.
FISHERS powder mills, at Krebb's
station, Pa, exploded at an early hour
on the morning of the 23d. Fortunate
ly there were no workmen in the mills
and no one was hurt The building
contained 2, 900 kegs of giant powder
and a quantity of dynamite, and the
conclusion was so great that towns 35
miles away felt the force of it.
AT New Bedford, Mass, an electric
car containing sixty passengers left
the track, rolling over and hurting
thirty people, two of them fatally.
A TERRIBLE boiler explosion occurred
at Moses saw mill. near Spring Hill, 6
miles south of Hope. Ark. Joe Collins
was killed and Mr.. Bret and his two
sons and many others injured.
PAsCHALL AUGIER, a 12-year-old boy,
was almost instantly killed at the ball
ground at Terrell. Tex, by being struck
by feul ball The boy was watching
the game and was standing too near
the batter. The ball struck him in the
back Of the head, crushing the skull
A CONVENTION of the United Irish
societies of Chicago was held on the
23d. After electing officers action was
taken on the call for cOnvening a con-
gress of the representatives of the Irish
national cause in consequence of the
resignation of the Rosehery liberal
ministry and the peculiar situation in
which that event placed matters con-
corning the welfare of Ireland
NEAR Tunnelton. w. Va. on the 2tSt
lightning struck a dynamite magazine
and an awful explosion followed. Sew
eral persons were killed and much
property was damaged.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities in the United States for the
week ended June 81 showed an average
increase as compared with the CORE
spending week last year of 900; in
New York the increase was 80. L; out
side New York. 1872.
REV. FRANK KING, colored. of Port
land, Ark, became infatuated with
Deacon William Toney's wife and
trouble arose between them. When
they met on the street recently the
preacher shot Toney in the abdomen.
He was locked up and after dark
mob of Infatuated negroes repaired to
the lookup, took King to a tree and
lynched him.
The officers of the National La Dor fed
Grafton in Indianapolis. Ind, were said
to be preparing a call for meetings to be
held in every city in the United States
on the both for the purpose of denounc-
ing the Debs decision. President Nc
Bride, of the federation, will sound the
keynote with a rousing speech against
the decision. The object is to secure
the passage of law by the next con-
gress defining the right of working
men and abolishing government in
junction.
A HORRIBLE tragedy occurred on the
plan alton of Hon. j. b. Hebron. at
Burgette, Miss, recently. Henry
Taylor, colored, tied his wife. and bru-
tally chopped her head from her body
with an AK and then took his child and
cut off it's head also with the AK The
murderer then changed his bloody
clothing for clean suit, took a weeks
rations allowed by Mr.. Hebron and
left for parts unknown. The bloody
deed was prompted by jealousy.
ANTHONY JOHNSON, colored, was 1c-
gally hanged at Dumas, Ark, on the
21st for murder.
A RECENT dispatch from Dallas, Tex,
said that D. A. Stewart had let a con-
tract calling for $4,000 worth of
dressed lumber which was to be used
in the construction of the big amphi-
theatcr to be reared for the Corbett-
FitZsimmons fight next October. Dan
Smith, of New York. has been appoint
ed press agent of the syndicate behind
the contest. Such was the faith in the
ability of Stewart and his conferees to
bring off the big battle that fund of
$50, 600 had been subscrib ed and put in
the bank to the credit of the construc-
ton and promotion departments of the
enterprise. !"
IN the presence of the greatest ag-
gregation of warships ever gathered
together at one time, the celebration
of the opening of the great Baltic
canal. linking the North and East seas.
began on the 10Th, when the emperor
of Germany and all the represen tatives
of the nations assembled at Hamburg,
and great state dinner and concert
on an island in the Alster basin were
followed by tour of Hamburg harbor
and the departure of the kaiser for
Kiel on his yacht.
EARLY on the morning of the 10th
while Alva Reidel, Hattie Reidei and
Hattie Litz were at work in laundry