Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-04-30

THE greater part of Cripple Creek
COL. the famous mining town. was
burned on the 25th. All the theaters,
dance halls and sporting resorts were
destroyed, together with the post of
fee. the First national bank. the Mid
land railroad depot and trestles, the
Times newspaper office and many
stores An angry woman in a dance
hail threw lamp at her lover and
started the fire. The loss was roughly
estimated at over 81. 900. 900.
AT midnight on the Goth a mob of
armed men entered the Jail at McMinn-
Vile. Tenn. dragged the jailer from
his bed and forced him to give up the
keys William and Victor Hills were
then taken from the jail, carried on
horseback five miles from Nc Minnville
and hanged. The Hills boys were
guilty of murder and the work of the
mob was the result of feeling that
the courts We're too slow in disposing of
the men.
THE Vieja mine in the Santa Eulalia
district, Mexico. caved in few DAYS
ago when SIS men were at work. OF
these Is escaped and 67 were buried.
Thirty-seven have since been taken
out, seven of whom are dead and 80
seriously crushed, and many will not
live. There was very little chance of
recovering the other 80 miners under
the earth.
MR. BARNEY CULLEN and his wife
were burned to death in their home
near Chester. n. Y, on the Goth.
JESSIE LINDLEY and Bette Black
ford, prisoners in the county Jail at
Oklahoma City, Ok, committed suicide
NV .fxfr To, 81
SIMON HAssELBACH, aged 20, and his
son William engaged in a drunken
quarrel at Union City, Pa, on the 24th
when the son seized an ak to kill his
father and the old man drew his re-
volver and shot his son and then sent
a bullet through his own temple. Both
will die.
A CYCLONE struck Salem. Va, on the
Gath, blowing down houses and barns
and uprooting trees In one house de-
molished woman and her five-year-
old son were taken out dead from the
ruins and four others were seriously
hurt, one of whom will die from the
injuries received.
Two young children at Evansville,
Ind, found a can of insect powder and
ate of it and death soon relieved their
sufferings
THE manufacturers of wire and cut
nails, who recently had conference at
Chicago, have decided to raise the price
of both kinds Is per cent on May l.
THE congress of bimetallists at Brus-
selr closed by adopting M. Beernaert's
proposal that the congress should be
declared permanent until the question
of bimetallism had been solved.
THE 22d was the seventh anniversary
of the opening of Oklahoma to settle
ment and was observed as a holiday
generally throughout the territory. In
Guthrie all business was suspended
and athletic games, baseball and races
were held at the state fair grounds.
AT the territorial college at Saltwater,
normal school at Edmond and univer-
sity at Norman appropriate public
exercises were held and largely at
tended.
IN recent interview Grand Master
Workman Sovereign, of the knights of
Labor, said that r. P. Bland would not
get the united support of labor men
for president
R. Z. ANDERSON was recently dis
charged by his employer. Horatio
Buckley, because he did poor work on
his farm in Greer county, Ok Ander-
son then went to town. bought Win
chester and shot Buckley, and when a
posse attempted to arrest him he shot
two OF the leaders and kept the others
at bay for four hours surrendering
only when his ammunition ran out
He was jailed at Mangum, but there
were threats of lynching.
MISS FRANCES E. WILLARD sailed for
England on the 23d to attend the an
nual convention of the Worlds
Women's Christian Temperance union,
of which she is the president Before
sailing she issued an appeal In behalf
of the prosecuted and suffering people
of Armenia. urging that the W. c. T.
q. of the United States raise $50, 600 to
aid in the relief work which is being
! carried on through Miss Clara Barton
THE Massachusetts, democrats in
state convention at Boston named ex-
Gov. w. E Russell as their choice for
the nomination for president The
chairman of the meeting made a speech
in favor of sound money.
The republican state convention held
at Staun ton, Va, on the 23d elected
delegates to the national convention at
St Louis, instructing them by strong
| resolutions to support Mckinley.
EDWARD KARLESKIND shot his wife
| in the head three times and then cut
| his own throat at Meadville, Pa ON the
ODD jealousy was the cause for the