Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-01-10


til the Japanese shall have occupied
Pekin.
THE Cushman United Telephone Co.,
of Chicago. has been incorporated with
a capital stock of $40, 1000. 600. The new
company will likely compete with the
Bell Telephone Co.
NEAR Whitehaven, Pa, two persons
lost their lives and car of sheep were
slaughtered in a recent wreck on the
Lehigh Valley railroad.
In a railroad collision in the Alta
mount tunnel near San Francisco, En-
gineer Harry P. Hubbard was pinned
under his engine and for three hours
was slowly cooked to death by escap-
ing steam.
THREE of the crew of the wrecl1er
Samson lost their lives when the
schooner vas driven against the rocks
at Point Bonita lighthouse, near San
Francisco.
THE little town of Nebo. I. t., was
visited by three men, who robbed the
stores of Tucker & Walker and Rogers
Bros, broke open the safes and fred
the buildings. The town is in ashes.
THE village of Orlu. in the canton of
Aix-les-Thermes, Pyrenees, has been
partly overwhelmed by an avalanche.
which has destroyed four houses and
twelve barns. The bodies of fifteen
persons have been recovered from the
ruins of the buildings.
LOUIS GALLOWAY, co1ored farmer,
together with his wife, were found
dead near Edwards, Miss, on the 9th,
about 100 yards from their cabin. In
dications are that both were beaten to
death with clubs. Galloway was in
town the day before, and carelessly ex-
hibited about 500, which is supposed
to have led to the murder.
THE home of Daniel White, colored,
near Williamson Station, Ky, was
totally destroyed by fire recently.
Four children, who were asleep in the
building, were burned to death. White
and his wife escaped with their baby
in their night clothes.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities of the United States for the
week ended January 4 showed an av-
erage decrease as compared with the
corresponding week last year of 4. 6; in
New York the decrease was 80; outside
New York the decrease was 81.
BARRETT SCOTT, the missing ex-treas-
urer from O'Neill, Neb.. was positively
declared by the sheriff of Fairmont,
Mimi, to have passed through that
city on the Sd, bound east on a train.
Orders were sent to arrest him.
A FIRE at the Southern Illinois Hos
pital for the Insane occurred early on
the 4th. No lives were lost, the fire
commencing in the roof giving ample
time to get the patients out. The loss
was large.
A VERY bad explosion of powder oc-
Al IL
Rainey Co. at Uniontown, Pa, recent
ly. At least six foreigners were seri-
ously injured and one other fatally
hurt. The men carelessly handled
key of powder and it exploded. The
building was torn to pieces and the
men were blown so yards in all direc-
tions.
THE failures for 1894 Oun's report)
were 10, SS5 in the United States and
1856 in Canada. The liabilities. United
States, $172, 992, $50; Canada, ST, 616,215.
DUN's review of trade said that prices
of commodities were at the lowest level
ever known, and while production was
much greater than year ago consump-
ton had not kept pace with the output.
But wheat and cotton were suffering
from the accumulation of stocks, the
crops being large.
IT has been ascertained that 322 fish
ermen belonging to Hull, Grimsby and
Yarmouth were lost in the recent gale.
THE charges against Charles D. Clark,
recently appointed United States dis
trict judge, of taking fees from both
parties to litigation, were heard by
United States Circuit Judge Luston at
Chattanooga, Tenn, and Mr.. Clark was
completely eXonerated.
FRED T. TAYLOR, member of the
Washington legislature, will introduce
a resolution at the coming session re-
questing the senators and representa-
tives in congress from that state to
have Mgr. Satolli, the papal delegate,
removed from the United States.
TwENTY-oNE coal mines in the Pitts
burgh, Pa, district were idle on the
18th and it seemed probable that many
more would close down. The miners
refused to work at the rates offered,
claiming they could not make living.
The situation was growing serious.
CONGRESSMAN BURROWS has been
nominated for United States senator
from Michigan on the second ballot by
the repu b1ican caucus.
IN Boston Raphaelo Mareno, 80 years
old, was found dead in bed, and
Raphaelo Mareno, his cousin, and
Raphaelo Sireno, Sr., and Raphaelo
Sireno, Jr., were found unconscious in
their rooms from inhaling illuminat-
ing gas which had escaped from a
1eaky main in tenement house.
THE strike at the Homestead pa