Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-06-04

The car of RuSSia,S coronation on the
dodynsxy plain, near Moscow, terri
ole panic ensued, resulting in over 200
people losing their lives by being
.rampled upon. 1t was resolved to
provide a hearty meal for 500. 900, but
there was such an immense crowd
waiting to be fed for SO many hours
that suddenly they pressed forward to
get at the food and swept everything
before them, the police being power
less before the rush, and numbers of
weak and hungry peasants fell.
A FoUR-YEAR-oLD child of j. L. Kreg-
wer, of Falkland, Ok, went into hog.
pen and picked up little pig, when
ing it down and biting off part of its
face and tearing out one eye. It will
die.
'.BRIcK'' PoMERoY. the noted journal
list and author, died at his Brooklyn
home on the both from dropsy.
THE situation in St. Louis was
summed up by the Republic on the
29th as follows: ST. Louis-Identified
dead, 1876; unknown dead. IS; missing,
50; fatally injured, 10; seriously in
iured in hospitals, 401; estimated in
jured outside of hospitals. 1000; prop
erty loss, estimated, $4,000, 900. East
St. Louis-Identified dead. ITO: I'M
known dead, 6; dying. 6; missing, 10;
seriously injured in hospitals, 200; es-
timated injured outside of hospital, p
600; property loss, estimated. SIS, 600. 900
FIRE recently destroyed the large
public school building at Austin, Tex,
entailing loss of $50. 600. The fire
was of incendiary origin. the building
having been saturated with coal oil.
The great fight between the two
branches of the A. o. u. w. of Iowa,
which has ragged for many years, has
been amicably settled, all the legal
proceedings on both sides being dis
missed in the courts. Both branches
will probably unite.
THE Cuban constitution was recently
stolen from the frame in which it hung
at the fair in Madison Square garden,
New York. The instrument was signed
in Cuba by President Cisneros and &c
mem bers of the government of the
new republic.
U. E. HENRY, of Oshkosh, Wis, was
recently arrested at Columbus. Ind,
for splitting ST. and SO bills in half
and FASTING the different halves to-
gether and passing them as $40. His
room at a hotel was searched and i'm
plements were found for doing the
work.
FAILURES for the week ended the goth
were, according to Duu's Review, 239
in the United States. against 215 last
year, and 20 in Canada, against 81 last
year.
THE Chicago post Office census gives
the city population of 1,76O. 900, an
increase of 200. 900 over that of last
", &c nn
933 regular letter carriers. The in
crease is a little over IL per cent
THE schooner Albion brought news
to San Francisco of the proba BILE loss
of the schooner Lincoln in Alaskan
waters The Lincoln had on board
about 80 persons, all of whom have I'M
dou btedly lost their lives. Most of the
passengers were gold seekers.
WILLIAM STEINwAY, of New York,
president of the German-American
Sound Money league, has sent cir
cular letter to every German American
newspaper in America asking for edi-
torial utteranceS on the money ques-
tiOn. Mr.. Steinway expects to receive
the results of his poll in time to utilize
the information in both national con-
ventions.
The Norwegian bark Broderon was
wrecked near ST. Paul's island IL the
gulf of St. Lawrence early on the 9th.
A thick mist and a heavy sea prevailed
at the time. The captain and four
others were drowned and five men
were saved.
Two tramps took refuge in a farm
er's barn at Henderson, KY, during a
storm and the place took fire and Gre
mated them and three horses. Smok-
| ing or lightning was thought to have
been the cause.
AT San Jose, Cal, early on the eth
Col. McGlincy. Mrs. McGlincy, Mrs.
James Durham. James Well. James
Briscoe and Minnie Schesler were
| found murdered by being shot or
hacked to death with a Ratchet. The
only being in the house who escaped
alive was a-month-old baby. James
Durham, the husband of one of the
victims, was suspected of the crime,
family quarrels being thu cause.
The schoolhouse at Rush Hill, Mo-,
vas crushed by a windstorm on the
nth and SO children were reported
killed. At Mexico, Mo-, seven persons
we're killed and % injured by the same
| storm.
THE Methodist Episcopal conference
1t Cleveland, O., on the Goth held in
stallation ceremonies for the three new
bishops. At the afternoon session the