Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-06-11
FREE silver carried the democratic

| primaries in Texas on the 9th.
THE PhiladeIphia counsel for Capt.
| Wiborg, late commander of the alleged
f1ikustering steamer Horsa, have re-
eeived from Washington a petition to
President Cleveland for the pardon of
Capt. Wiborg. signed by A senators
and 143 mem bers of the house.
A LETTER has been received at Key
West, Fla, from Owen Melton, the
American captured on the schooner
Competitor. describing the atrocities
practiced by Spahiards on insurgent
prisoners confined in Moro castle and
Fort Cabanas. Cuba.
THE new flour warehouse of the
Anchor line, at Erie, Pa, was de.
stroyed by fire and the body of James
| Goodwin. the night Waterman. was
found in the ruins.
A DISPATCH from New York stated
that a powder trust, backed by many
millions of dollars, had been formed
by the Latin & Rand, the Hazard and
che Dupont de Nemours powder COM
| panies and as a result Of the com bina.
zion powder was advancing in price.
Two men died from the effects of the
neat at Chicago on the 5th. One was
| Christ Anderson, a saloonkeeper, and
the other was a Polish dock 1aborer.
The mercury did not go above 80, but
the humidity was very great and made
the heat terrible. Ernest Berkman
was also overcome by the heat in the
evening and will probably die.
| THE St Louis Republic on the 9th
printed an interview with Perry Heath,
of Cincinnati. in which he gave what
purported to be Maj. McKinley's posi-
| ton on the finance question, which is,
briefly stated, that whatever the re-
publican national convention ad opted
as it's platform would be the Mckinley
platform and intimat ting that a conces-
sion was likely to be made to silver
men. Mr.. Perry Heath also stated
that tariff would be the great issue of
the campaign.
THE United States Church army,
body like the Salvation army, has been
founded in New York. Col. Hadley
commands it and ex-Postmaster
Thomas M. James is treasurer.
JOSEPH WINDRATH was hanged at
Chicago on the 5th for the murder of
Carey B. Birch, receiver of the West
Chicago Street Car Co. &.
THE Boylston brewery. one of the
largest in Boston, was destroyed by
fire en- the 5th in As minutes. The loss
was fully $500.
THE next general assembly of the
United Presbyterians will be held at
Rock Island, Ill.
LADY HENRY SOMERSET was selected
president of the British w. C. Z. q.
The silver men had everything their
own way at the democratic state con-
vention at Lexington. KY. The dele
CATION to the national convention was
instructed for Senator Blackburn for
president.
ALEXANDER FL. MCGUFFY, author of
a series Of eclectic readers and spoilers,
known to the school children of sew
eral generations, died recently at his
home in Cincinnati of old age He
was 70 years old and was born near
Youngstown, O., of Scotch parents.
THE New York World p, b1ished
letter on the 4th from it's special CORE
spondent in Cuba describing the cold.
blooded butchery of more than 40
wounded and sick Cuban insurgents in
a hospital and of four prisoners after
the fight at Las Tomas de Junones.
THE international arbitration con-
ference opened a three days session at
Mohonk Lake, N. Y, recently. Ex-
Senator Edmunds. of Vermont, pre-
sided and about $50 represen tative men
and women were present. The gen.
eral subject discussed was the best
means of securing a permanent court
Of arbitration to determine questions
in dispute between nations and es-
pecially between the United States
and Great Britain.
A DETACHMENT of volunteers from
the Fifty Fourth Ohio national guard
were detailed to fire a salute on the
18th over the graves of 2, 500 confeder-
ate dead that are buried at Column
bus, o.
THE democratic state convent ton met
in Jamestown, n. D., on the 4th. The
delegates were instructed to vote for
free coinage of both gold and silver at
the ratio of sixteen to one, and to vote
for a candidate for president who
would stand on that platform.
A DISPATCH from the island of NADIA
gascar stated that Fahavalos had
burned the town of Antirabe and had
blockaded house in which some Nor
wegian missionaries were barricaded,
but. the French resident, with de-
tachment of Hovas, had raised the
blockade and during the fight 200
Fahavalos were killed.
Mr. AUSTIN CORBIN, the multi-mil-
lionaire, of New York, died on the 4th
from injuries received by the running
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