Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-10-15
YHE American schooner Luther A.

Roby from Shiverie. n. s., for Phila-
delphia, struck on the Delaware coast
on the 18th while a terrible northeast
gale gas prevailing. Three OF the
crew lost their lives and five were res
cued after an awful experience with
the elements.
HARRY ST. JOHN, son of ex-Gov. St.
John, of Kansas, died on the 10th at,
Oklahoma City, Ok, of the grip. He
was under Indictment for the murder
of his wife.
AT Milwaukee on the 10th e. C.
Bald, of Buffalo, n. Y. defeated Wal
ter C. Sanger, of Milwaukee, for a
purse of $1,000. The struggle took
place on a half-mile track. the men be-
ing paced by tandem. Bald's time in
the two heats was 2:10 and a:O5.
MISS FANNIE BURGESS, a school
teacher. suddenly became insane while
teaching her school near Guthrie. Ok.
She kept one class reciting four hours,
asking them all kinds of wild ques,
tions, and finally Became SO violent
that the scholars fed for their lives.
ALBERT BRAY, aged SO, prosperous
farmer and a very religious man, living
near Noblesvi1le, Ind, cut the Threats
of his wife. his nine-year-o son Carl,
his two-year-old daughter Edna and
himself Bray, owing to sickness in
his family and some financial embar-
rassment, had lost his reason.
Two OF the best business blocks in
Corning, Ia, were entirely wiped out
by fire on the 9th. The blaze orig.
mated in Reinold's elevator. The
flames made quick work of this and
spread to two box cars in the c., B. &
O. yards. When one of the cars was
almost consumed it was discovered that
an unknown man had either persisted
IN the flames or had been murdered and
placed there by tramps. In less than
two hours the blocks were in ruins and
5000, 600 worth of property had been
destroyed.
FIRE at What Cheer, Ia, destroyed
the Reporter newspaper Office, the post
Office and several adjoining buildings
A MAN entered the bank at Hardee,
Ia. on the 9th, covered the cashier with
a revolver and demanded the proceeds.
He was handed over $500 and made his
escape.
THE morocco factories of Garrett &
Barr, Charles Baird Sc Co. and Wash.
ington, Jones & Co., at Wilmington.
Del, were destroyed by fire to the ex.
tent of $3.50, 900 and William McNeal, a
fireman, was killed by falling walls.
THE anniversary of the great fire
was celebrated at Chicago on the 9th
by an immense parade of the friends of
the gold standard, about $4,000 men
being in line. At night the friends of
free silver had their innings, and
marched over practically the same
route. Two great mass meetings were
held at night by both parties Chaun-
Hey M. Depew spoke at the gold stand
ard meeting. He was escorted to the
Coliseum by 800 wheelmen.
AT Mount Junction, Ga, Gus Will
liams, a populist negro, struck ticket
out of democratic negro voters hand.
The democratic negro struck Williams
and Williams fred at his assailant, but
missed his aim and shot and instantly
killed Engineer Middleton, of the Gen.
trail railroad, who was an onlooker.
Bystanders at once lynched Williams
and riddled his body with bullets.
The great fire at Guayaquil, Ecua-
dor, was believed to have been of in
cendiary origin. Some arrests have
been made. Many people lost their
lives during the conflagration, and the
losses were estimated at S54, 400, 600.
The populace was furious and demand
ed the prompt punishment of the
guilty.
The safe of the bank at Shelby, Neb,
was blown open and So. 100 stolen.
THE Bank of Clatonia, Gage county.
Neb., was robbed of 500 by being
blown open.
DIR. CARL NITZ. a physician at Chi.
cago, quarreled with his wife about
property matters and then stabbed
her with a surgical instrument in tho
| abdomen. For four hours he watched
her dying, giving her several other
jabs with the instrument and taking
notes of the effects, after which he
shot himself through the head.
FRANK JoNGAso, an Italian, muir
dered his sweetheart, Peppini Carini,
! at Youngstown, o., because she would
not marry him.
| GEN. LOUIS JULES TRoCHU. who be-
came governor of Paris at the out.
break of the Franco-Prussian war, died
/ recently at Tours, France.
THE Roanoke (Va.) Times printed an
open letter from 6. w. B. Hale, popu.
list national committeeman for Vir
ginia, to Tom Watson, asking the lat
ter to withdraw from the presidential
ticket.
! w. Y. ATKINSON, democrat, is re
elected governor of Georgia by ma
/ 49, 81