Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-07-04

and, near Sandusky, o., connected by
| a railway with the big stone quarries,
fifteen loaded cars were being drawn
up the steep incline, when the engineer
lost control of his engine and the en-
tire train backed into the lake and
sank beneath the waters. The trestle
is about 10 feet above the dock and the
train hands in jumping were seriously
injured.
The ladies' single tennis champion
ship of the United States was won on
the Goth by Miss Juliette Atkinson, of
Brooklyn, in the championship match
of the tournament held at Philadel-
phia.
FIRE on the Goth in the fve-story
building at the southwest corner of
Franklin and Madison streets at Chi
cago caused loss Of between $500, 600
and $780, 900, the wholesale firm of A.
L. Putnam & Co., boots and shoes; c.
j. Cosgrove boots and shoes, and the
American College of Dental Surgery
being burned out.
THREE prisoners confined in the Jail
at Oklahoma City, Ok, made a savage
assault on the jailer on the Both and
dashed over his body and got out into
the street. Chief of Police Jones
opened fire on the men and perfect
fusillade took place, Jones being shot
dead and one of the desperadoes.
Casey, also being killed. A posse of
citizens was after the two men who
managed to escape.
THE oarsmen of Yale defeated the
men from Harvard for the thirteenth
time at New London, Conn.,, on the
2Sth. Harvard was beaten by thirty
five seconds. or nearly ten lengths
The distance was miles, on the
Thames, down stream. The official
time was: Yale, 21:30; Harvard. 22:O5.
A DISPATCH was received at New Or
leans on the 2Sth stating that the yacht
Nepenthe had been seized by the Span
ish authorities at uba and her two
owners, George Agar and Bishop Dud-
ley. members of the cotton and sugar
exchanges of New Orleans, had been
imprisoned on suspicion of carrying a
flibustering expedition. The matter
was to be laid before Secretary Olney
at once.
'BAD Tom SMITH, horse thief, in
cendiary and wholesale murderer, was
at jackson, KY, at p. m. on
the 2Sth in the presence of 5000 people,
who had come from miles around. He
made a speech on the gallows
SAN FRANCISCO was visited by a
severe fire on the eth, acres of ground
being burned over and over 100 fami-
lies made homeless. The fire started
in a box factory and the flames spread
rapidly. a number of wool ware
houses and wineries were destroyed.
One woman was burned to death while
attempting to save her belongings and
as number of horses were burned in
their stables. Probably So. 900, 900 loss
was suffered, with little or no insur-
ance.
A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Mime
apolis, Mimi, on the 9th in which six
6remen lost their lives and several
others were seriously injured by being
crushed under a falling wall. The
property loss consisted of the entire
demolition of the building occupied by
Mcdonald Bros, dealers in crockery.
The building was of four stories. The
total loss will aggregate over 500, 600;
insurance unknown.
On account of train robbers being
expected to hold up the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas express near Wagner. I.
T., Marshal Rutherford and a force of
deputies quietly got on the train at
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up to interview the bandits Either
through fear or receiving in tima ton
of the officers coming the bandits
failed to put in an appearance Guards
have been placed on all passenger
trains to protect the express and pas
sengers.
FIVE persons were killed by lightning
during thunderstorms throughout Ala
bama on the Goth. Thomas and George
Washington were killed while taking
shelter under a tree near Falkland.
Lightning struck the house of James
Hackney at Lincoln, killing him and
seriously injuring his wife. William
Methvine and his wife were driving
near Smiths Mills, when the buggy
was crushed by tree that had been
struck by lightning. Methvine was
killed and his wife received injuries
from which she died soon after.
A HOUSE in Adams county, O., occu-
pied by Dyas Matheny and a Mrs.
Pence, was blown to pieces by neigh
bors with dynamite and both were ter
ribly injured. Cause, disapprova1 of
the couple residing together.
AT South Enid, Ok, Register Patter-
son met Editor lien berg, of the Daily
Wave, newspaper, and quarrel ensued
caused by Izenberg publishing an ar
ticle rejecting on Patterson, when
Marshal Williams ran to separate the
men and Patterson shot the marshal
through the right lung and the marshal
shot fko ,an;cfar ho boad