Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-16

parallel WIFI the EOnnSylFdnAG IdtA-
road tracks. and causing a landslide
extending nearly q mile over the
tracks. The slide occurred just as an
eastbound freight train was passing
and buried the tender of the engine
and seventeen cars. None of the crew
were injured.
THE ferry boat, Capitola Butt, run
ming between Sioux City, Ia, and the
Nebraska shore, caught fire from de-
fective hue in mid stream and burned
to the waters edge. The crew sue
ceeded in reaching the Nebraska shore.
The loss was about $40, 900, partially
covered by insurance.
A MURDER occurred at the county in
Urinary west of Find1ay, O., recently.
Abe Wise, a semi-paralyzed inmate,
aged 40 years, was the victim, and
John q. Karg. another inmate, aged rs
years, was the murderer. The two
men quarreled over a trivial matter
and Wise threatened to kill karg,
striking him over the head with a
cane. Karg went to his room and pro-
cured butcher knife and nearly sew
cred Wise's head from his body. With
the blood streaming from his wounds
Wise managed to get down stairs, but
died soon after. Karg washed him
self, went to his room and pretended
to be asleep when the superintendent
knocked at his door. Karg was placed
under arrest.
AT Briartown, I. T., Alex Simmons,
an Indian, committed suicide rather
than testify against a friend in muir
der trial
THOMAS JORDAN and Peter Augusta
were legally hanged at Canon City,
Col. on the evening of the 18th.
MAIL advices from Kodiak, Alaska,
by the steamer Topeka confirm the re-
port that the schooner C. q. White, of
San Francisco, was wrecked in gale
and snowstorm on Kodiak island in
Behring sea on April II. Eleven lives
were lost.
CHARLES JOHNSON. a post Office rob-
Der wanted in the Indian territory, es-
capped from the United States deputy
marshals between clean and Sala-
manca, N. Y. He was captured in
Brooklyn, and was being taken west
in an Erie train. He was handcuffed
to seat and had slipped his handcu ifs
and jumped from the train. It was I'M
| derstood there was reward of $2,O 900
upon his head.
FOUR policemen were injured and
one striker fatally shot in a riot at the
Illinois Steel Co.'s plant at South Chi
| cago on the sth.
A TERRIBLE tragedy was enacted on
| the sidewalk at Philadelphia on the
| 10th by August Topper. He shot Clara
Herhold twice and then sent bullet
into his right temple, killing himself
almost instantly. The girl was re-
moved to a hospital, where she died
half an hour later. Topper was des-
perately in love with the Herhold girl,
who was a servant in his family, but
his advances were coldly received as
he was married man.
NEWTON BRAGG, rancher residing
near Cheatteroy, Wash, came home
just in time to save his 2-year-old child
from horrible death. His wife,
driven insane from religious frenzy,
had built an altar in the woods near
the house. upon which she had secured
the little babe, preparatory to roasting
it alive. She was engaged in offering
up a prayer for her sacrifice when her
husband happily arrived.
| Soon after l a. IN. on the 18th a fire
occurred at 10 Sherman street, Chicago,
a cheap rooming house, in which one
man lost his life and ten others were
injured, four of them probably in a
fatal manner. The ire was quickly
eXtinguished.
JEM SMITH and Ted Pritchard fought
at London on the 10th for the heavy.
weight championship of England and
92OO side and a purse. In the first
round Pritchard had the advantage,
but in the second Smith got in a severe
| blow on Pritchard's body and soon
| knocked him out of the ring. Pritchard
was unable to respond to the call OF
time and the fight was awarded to
Smith.
Col. WILLIAM p. CRAIGHILL has been
appointed to succeed Brig. Gen. Casey
retired, as chief of engineers. y. S. A.
A DISPATCH from Kobe, Japan, stated
that cholera had broken out on board
the Japanese transports at Talienwar
on the Lao peninsula and half the
troops ships of the original Pc Chi L
expeditions were flying the yellow
flag. denoting the disease was aboard
of them.
Two armed bandits made a whole
sale raid through the country so miles
east of Guthrie, Ok. Near Tryon they
robbed McClelland of large sum O
money, then went to neigh bor'i
stable and stole two fresh horses.
number of other houses were visited
and the occupants held up. The,
reached George Ross place. near Dale
whom they robbed of $3.50, a watch ant
a gun.
A RIOT broke ont in tho br;oIx ,,o ~