Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-02

THE British have occupied Corinto
and the Nicaraguans have ordered the
port closed to prevent the British from
collecting the indemnity claimed by
them from the customs duty.
MUCH excitement exis ted in the Sac
and Fox agency, L T., over the putting
in force by Gen. Thomas of the order
removing illegal settlers from the
reservation. Indian police have rounded
up 10 families and were driving them
from their settlements on the 2Sth-
a PORTION of the state insane asylum
at Watkins, n. Y, was destroyed by
fire early on the 2Sth. No. one was in
jured.
THE children of G. w. Warfe1d. two
girls and boy, living near Chico, Cal,
who were on their way to school in a
buggy, tried to cross Butte creek, which
was considerably swollen by the melt
ing snow The buggy was overturned
and all were drowned.
UNKNOWN footpads held up John
ONeill, of st. Louis, in the Baltimore
& Ohio southwestern yards at Pana,
Ill. and, after relieving him of money
and other valuables, tied him hand and
foot to the main track. In this posi-
ton he was found by the engineer and
fireman of a freight train, the engine
being stopped within 3 feet of the
PROSTATE man. O'Neill was in a stupor
when found and knew nothing of his
to his assailants.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities in the United States for the
week ended April % showed an average
increase as compared with the CORE
- -. -,
New York the increase was 25.7; out
side New York, g. 3.
WILLIAM ULMER started from Bluff
ton, Ind, to the Montpelier oil fields
with 72O quarts of nitro-glycerine in a
wagon. When miles from Button
the wagon wheels struck the root of a
which made a hole 60 feet across the
top and Is feet deep. Four or five
large oak trees were blown down and
carried distance OF 500 feet U1mer
and his horses were blown to atoms.
IT was reported on the Goth that the
British had occupied Corinto and that
the Nicaraguans would not pay the in
demnity demanded until compelled to
do so, in order to avoid being forced to
resign office.
Albert YOUNG, aged 6s, grand patri-
arch of all the American gypsies, died
at East St Louis recently and his body
was shipped to Saratoga, n. Y, for
final burial. Young's followers built
large pile of brushwood and placing
all his worldly possessions, including a
ST.. 800 wagon, $500 worth of harness,
silverware, etc, upon it, set fire to the
pyre, while the body lay in state a few
feet away.
A HAILsToRM swept through Wilson,
Bexar and Medina counties, Texas, re-
Gently doing much damage to resi-
dences and hundreds of live stock were
killed. The cotton and corn crops in
the path of the storm were destroyed.
subscription has been started at San
Antonio for the relief of the sufferers.
BURGLARS entered the store of Noah
Hertzler at Port Royal. Pa, and stole
cash, stocks and bonds worth about
$35, 5000.
AT Houston, Tex, DIR. j. G. Simmons
was called to see sick child at the
residence of Mrs. Robert Owen. He
had written the prescription when
Owen entered, and, without saying a
word, put pistol to Simmons; breast
and pulled the trigger. DIR. Simmons
fell dead. Owen then shot his wife and
left the house. Going to his hotel he
blew out his own brains. Owen was a
stockman and had been married about
eighteen months, and a short time ago
he and his wife separated. Mrs. Owen
may recover.
LEBANON, Pa, was visited by a dis
astrous fire, causing a loss of over 500,
900. It broke out in the boiler house
of the Reinoeht Lumber Co., in North
Lebanon, and was caused by spark
from furnace.
AT Cincinnati a corps of reporters,
accompanied by two detectives, broke
up spiritual seance by capturing the
spirit and the medium in the midst of
a manifestation. The medium, Mr.. L..
Marks. and his Undertaking. spirit,
Miss Dottie Stanford, of Indianapolis,
were arrested and locked up on the
charge of practicing a trick game.
The feat was accomplished by Selling
the materialized spirit upon a precon-
certed signal A large quantity of ma
terial for the make up of spiritual ap-
partitions was captured.
THE Knights of St George of the
United States and the Bohemian's Re-
ligious and Benevolent Fraternal or
ganization were holding a national
convention at Grand Rapids, Ia, on the
oath. Many delegates were present.
A DISPATCH to the London Chronicle
from Vienna said that the Russian gov
eminent had expelled Nine. Modjeska,