Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30

yard in that city was tied up on the
2ed. The strike was for higher wages
and to force concessions by the manu-
facturers.
SOUTH CHICAGO electric car crashed
into wagon containing five persons at
Seventy-ninth street and Yates avenue
The wagon was demolished, one wom-
an killed, another woman probably IA
tally injured and several others slight
~ injured.
Louis PENNE was drowned on the
Goth at Cleveland, o., by the capsizing
of boat in which he was rowing with
two companions He was O prominent
German citizen.
AT Morehead, KY, Marshal More
head and two deputies in a fight while
attempting to arrest William Sturgill,
noted desperate, riddled him with
bullets, killing him.
The Waverly hotel at Hot Springs,
Ark, was destroyed by fire. It was full
of guests, among whom were a number
of cripples, totally unable to help
themselves. They escaped uninjured,
but a number lost all their clothing
save what they had on. Those who
happened to be in the bath house at
tached to the hotel were panic-stricken
and lost their wardrobes. The colored
night porter. William Barton, who was
sleeping in the attic, persisted in the
flames.
The Central Bimetallic league. of
Memphis, Tenn, has issued an address
to the people of the United States call
ing for a convention in Memphis on
June 12 and 13, of those in sympathy
with their aims, and requesting that
delegates be sent to the meeting from
every town and community in the
union. The address also urges the
people to form bimetallic clubs. The
object of the convention is to formulate
some definite plan of action.
AN earthquake recently wrecked the
town of Paramythi in Turkey. The
dead numbered fifty and the injured
$50
OSCAR WILDE. the apostle Of sestheti-
cism, was convicted in London of an
immoral offense and sentenced to two
years imprisonment at hard labor.
WHEN Loretta Hannigan, aged 10
years, died last March at New York,
from the effects of criminal maiprac-
tice, David T. Hannigan, her brother,
vowed that he would avenge his sisters
honor by killing Solomon II. Mann. the
manager of tailoring establishment,
in which the girl was employed, who
had ruined her. He met Mann re-
GENTLY and fred two shots at him from
a revolver. One of the bullets pierced
Mann's skull. over the right eye, and
penetrated the brain.
AT Guthrie, Ok, u P. Smith, an al
legged preacher, was convicted of steal
ing meat and remanded to Jail to
await sentence to the penitentiary.
He feigned sickness and when allowed
the freedom of the Jail corridor made
good his escape.
A DISPATCH from Guthrie, Ok, on
the oath said that the honest settlers
were returning from the Kickapoo
country Disguised, sore and mad.
Everything of any value in the entire
reservation had been taken by sOOnerS
All the wild stories of bloody battles
and violence have been exploded, the
opening simply having been bowling
farce, with no tragedy whatever.
A RECENT Chicago dispatch stated
that wire had gone up 20 per cent. and
if jobbers were correct prices would
go still higher. The manufacturers
had withdrawn all quotations and
were declining orders of consequence
| for immediate delivery.
CHAMPION JAMES J. CORBETT was
mad on the gath at Bob Fitzsimmons
because the latter did not appear at
New York to attend the meeting to
which he had been summoned by
Joseph II. Vendig, representative of
the Florida Athletic club, under whose
auspices the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fight
was arranged to take place. When the
| champion found Eitzsimmons did not
intend to appear, and that he had not
paid the SIS, 600 deposit guaranteeing
his appearance in the ring, Corbett
said he would give Fitzsimmons till
I the next day to comply with the agree
ment and if the fight was called off he
| (Corbett) would poke Fitzsimmons'
nose at first sight.
THE Opera House block, the Vivant
hotel and several other buildings of
Antiaco, Wis, were swept away by fire
on the 22d. A number of hotel guests
had to jump from the windows and
several received severe bruises in con-
| sequence.
FURTHER details received at Madrid of
| the loss of the Spanish steamer Gravina,
wrecked off Mantilla, Philippine ISL
ands, during a typhoon, showed that
| los persons were drowned. Only two
Of those on board were believed to
| have been saved.
Two young men and four young
women were padding about on raft
on pond near Efhngham, ILL.,, when
| it was overturned and one man and
two women were drowned.