Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-04-22
NEWS IN BRIEF.

NEWS IN BRIEF.
The price of beef is advancing in al
the Havana stores, and there is meat
famine in all parts of the island.
The Crisp. Smith silver debates have
been discontinued on the advice of Mr..
Crisp's physician, who says the ex-
speaker is threatened with heart
failure.
Advices from Gwelo, Matabeleland,
say that Il terrible explosion of dvna-
mite occurred at the Eagle Reef store
near that place, and that 200 Matabe-
les were killed.
An imperial trade has been issued,
commanding all Turkish students now
abroad to return to Turkey. The OBJ
lect of this order is to prevent these
students from joining in the young
Turkish movement.
The United States Supreme court
decided again III the case of L. NJ
Montgomery of Tennessee, a letter
carrier, that it was no defense to set
up that the letter from which he alb
stracted money was decoy letter.
Secretary Morton expects to cover
100000 back into the treasury
during his four years in the De-
partment of Agriculture Congress
| appropriated that much more for the
farmers than Mr.. Morton thinks thew
ought to have.
Baron Won Schrader, master of GER
cnonies at the Prussian court, died
from the effects of the wound inflicted
by Count Won Kotze, formerly court
cham6erlin, during the duel fought
Thursday near Potsdam.
Judge Henry Garland was shot and
fatally wounded near Guthrie, Ok by
j. Hunt, claim contestant.
The temper of the Spanish people is
such as to alarm tourists and Amer
leans are all leaving the country.
A favora bic report has been ordered
by the House committee on territories
ON the admission of New Mexico
Bishop William b. Campbell, col
oIed, was acquitted of cmbezzlement
of church funds, upon trial in Cleve-
land, Ohio.
Jury in New York in the case of the
Bermuda filibustering expedition
acquitted the defendants in eight
minutes.
Two masked robbers shot John Hays
dead In his brothers store at Puente,
Cal, because he refused to open the
safe.
George Proutman, aged %, of St
Louis, shot and killed Blanche Simp-
son. aged 10, because she broke their
engagement.
The House Invalid Pension commit
tee has recommend pensioning the
heirs of Quantrell's victims.
petitioDed for an opportunity to take
up the Dawes Indian territory organi-
cation bill.
Indiana mine owners have been ar
rested for issuing metal checks which
pass as currency.
Nathan d. Clark, Boston shoe dealer,
committed suicide.
Federal prison at Fort Leavenworth
contains 413 prisoners.
| Esther Cleveland has passed a case
of measles on to her sister Ruth
Governor Jones of Nevada is dead at
the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
j. Reuben Phillips of South Caro-
lima, violater of revenue laws, has
been pardoned by the President.
The steam tug George W. Childs,
| NHlS bCCdhS HOGOTlOuS dS q nllDuS-
terer about a year ago, is once more
in the service of the Cubans, and on
Friday left Cape Florida with an ex-
petition for the island. There were
over 100 men in the party, half of
whom were Americans.
A Toledo, Ohio, man claims to have
discovered the original Egyptian pro-
cess of mummyfying remains, and
medical IN nd &c 4ol
ing with great interest the effects on
the corpse OF Able c. Weeks.
Samuel f. Filsen, for years foreman
of the composing room of the Globe,
Atchison, Kan, was found dead at his
home. Physicians say that death was
due to heart disease brought on by the
excessive use of tobacco.
At New Hampton, Iowa, Herman
Boak, stone mason, shot and killed
Mike Bartz, his father-in-law, and
fatally wounded the latter's son and
young daughter, as the result of a
divorce suit begun by Mrs. Boak.
A sachel containing S2,OI5, belong
ing to the Gleason Lamp Manufactur-
ing company, New York, was stolen
from the bank messenger on Broad
way and Walter Price and James
scott, the messenger and his friend,
are under arrest for completely.
At Millican, Tex, John Brooks
went to the train and caught his
daughter, Mollie, and A. C. Worrels,
clipping, when he shot the girl dead,
seriously wounded her lover, and then
went to the quarry where he worked
and sitting down on a box of dyna-
mite blew himself to atoms
Colonel Ingerson preached to the
Militant church of Chicago Sunday
lie repeated what he has said hmm
merable times.
The Matabele rebellion is spreading
Buluwayo is prepared for an expected
attack
Five masked men made futile at
tempt to rob and wreck an Iron
Mountain train at Gad's Hill, Mo-, by
means of misplaced switch, but an
extra, an engine and cab, came ahead
OF the regular train, when the men,
being foiled, mounted their horses and
got away.