Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-13
THE courthouse of Dav county. Ok.

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THERE was triple lynching in Hahn
gilie, La. at midnight and on the
morning of the 9th the bodies of three
Italian murderers were found swinging
from the rafters of shed near the
courthouse. The men lynehed were
Lorenzo Saladino, Decino Socorro and
Angelo Marcuso.
ROBERT HOPPER and Matte Johnston,
whose bodies were found on the Louis
vile Southern tracks near Harrods-
burg. KY, were murdered, it has been
discovered, by five negroes, who were
playing craps at the time. Both We're
shot and their bodies carried several
hundred yards and placed on the track.
negro man who witnessed the MUIR
der has told all about it. Robbery was
the motive
COTTON fields were reported burning
up in Loneoke county. Ark, on the 9th
through the hot and dry weather
Many fences and farm houses had been
destroyed. Convicts had been sent to
the scene to fight the fire.
AT Franklin. Ind. the two-year-old
son of John Walters fell from a hay
loft and received fatal injuries. The
father in going after a physician over
heated himself and his life was de-
SPARED OF, and the horse which he
rode was sunstruck and fell dead on
his return from the physicians house.
THE mining camp of New Pittsburg,
O., was reported to be the scene of the
most intense religious excitement.
! Families have been broken up and nu-
merous fights have occurred over the
matter. Three of the leaders were ar
rested and when arraigned they spat
upon the Justice. Two were placed in
| Jail and the third taken to an asylum.
The rouble, it was feared, would end
in bloodshed.
SEVENTEEN advocates of the Henry
George theory of the single tax We're
| languiShing in the Dover, Del, Jail on
the 9th and single tax leaders have
called for 100 more speakers to go to
| the place until the Jail is filed. The
call has been responded to by 500 vol
unteers, who are bent on vindicating
the freedom of speech in Dover The
authorities of the city ore opposed to
discussion of the question.
| Two farmers, Tom Hall and Terry
| James, became involved in difficulty
near Greenville, Ky. They came to
blows and both pulled their knives.
Terry James was stabbed five times
! and has died. Hall was cut in seven
different places and cannot live. The
men fought in the broiling hot sun and
were alop, when the Fl ght occurred no
witnesses being present.
THE national convention of sheriffs
at Denver, Col. on the 9th adopted a
resolution indorsing the curfew ordi-
nance and urging its enactment by the
municipal government of all cities,
towns and villages.
The boiler of a traction engine eX-
ploded at Anderson, Ind, killing one
man and injuring several others.
PoPULIsTs and democrats in Olxlaho-
ma have agreed on a close fusion on
electoral and all legislative tickets
IN Thomas Hurds animal show at
Chillicothe, O., Eddie Hurd, is months
old, came within reach of lion who
was chained near the entrance TO a
tent as catchy advertisement. and be-
fore the parents of the child could in
terfere, the lion seized the child by the
head and shook it like a terrier would
a rat. When the lion dropped the
child it was corpse. The affair
caused a panic in the grounds and
soon emptied them.
By a freight wreck on the Chicago,
! burlington * Northern road. near
Chadwick, ILL.,. one brakeman was
killed, another fatally injured and the
conductor badly hurt.
THE quarter centennial celebra ton
of the founding of Colorado Springs,
Col. began on the Sd and was to con-
tinue for week
! BILL DooLIN. the outlaw who escaped
from the United States Jail in Guthrie
Ok, was surrounded by deputy mar
shals at Newoka on the night of the
4th. A desperate fight took place, and
| during fusilade of shots Doolin es.
capped. Deputies T. NJ. Gregor and
Horace Reynolds were killed.
! AN incendiary fire at Knightsville.
Ind, originating in Salliday's grocery
store, completely destroyed three large
business rooms and considera BILE mer-
chandise.
BLOODY fight occurred among a
crowd of schoolboys at Buckville. Ark
recently. Robert Chew and Beaure-
gard Poole became involved in rough
and tumble fight and friends of both
belligerents joined in the fray. Pocket
knives were used and several of the
| boys were wounded. Poole was
| sta bbed in the breast and died of his
! wounds
THE Park theater, Tugby's museum
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