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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-30
LATER

John Boyd Thacher has declined the
democratic nomination for governor
of New York. This was the result of
the visit of Mr.. Thacher by the COM
mittee of five appointed at the meeting
the 22d to officially notify him of his
nomination.
The democratic convention for Mas
sachusetts, which met at Boston the
26th, was scene of wild disorder. The
silver men took possession of the hall
the night before and held it until the
next day, when they organized and
nominated George Fred Williams for
governor and C. T. Callahan for lieu
tenant governor. The gold men bolted
and in separate convention nominated
Frederick o. Prince for governor and
James Connell for lieutenant governor.
The largest American flag ever made
was strung over the streets of New
York, the Goth, by Mckinley & Ho-
bart club. The banner is II feet long
by 40 feet wide.
Rioting broke out afresh at Lead
vile, Col, the 27th, and number of
shots exchanged between the militia
and the miners.
Edwin Beatty, of CASTOR, La. while
eating his supper the evening of the
27th, had the top of his head literally
blown off by charge of buckshot fred
by some unknown parties.
The two-months-old child of Isaac
Asher, at Baltimore, Md. was attacked
by rats while the parents were absent
and was gnawed about the neck and
face to such an extent that it died in
short time.
Oct 9th and Goth, 1 s96. the Great North.
ern Railway will sell round trip tickets
at one fare plus So 90 from St. Paul and
Minneapolis in connection with eastern
lines to points in Northern Minnesota
and the Dakotas. Tickets good for &c
days. Free homestead lands, and farms
on crop payment. For further in.
formation apply to railway ticket
agents or address f. /. Whitney, q. T.
and L. A., st. Paul, Mimi.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-30
FASTEST OF ALL.
John X. Gentry PAGES q Mile at Port
land. Nc. in 200 LIZ.

John H Gentry PAGES q Mile at Port
land, Me-, in $500 LIZ.
Portland, Me-, Sept. rs. = Thursday
was an eventful day at the Rigby track
because the worlds pacing record was
broken by John r. Gentry, the mag
nificent horse pacing the fastest mile
ever made in harness and placing the
worlds record at only half second
over two minutes, or 2:OOh. Gentry
was driven by w. S. Andrews. His rec
ord before starting was 2:O1h, which
he made September at Glens Falls,
N. Y, in the second heat of a race with
Star Pointer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-30
Army of Cumberland Elect Omcers.

Rockford, ILL.,, Sept. 25.-The Army of
the Cumberland elected the following
officers Thursday: President, Gen. w.
S. Rosecrans; corresponding secretary,
Gen. 81. v. Doynton; recording secre-
tary, j. w. Stiel; treasurer, Gen. Fuller
ton: historian. G. G. Mifia.
Columbus, O., was chosen as the next
meeting place.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-30

Dallas. Tex, Sept. 23.-At the election
of officers of the sovereign grand lodge
Of the world, 1. o. O. F., Tuesday, Fred
Carleton, of Texas, was chosen grand
sire.
Dallas, Tex, Sept. 24.-At the morn
ing session of the Sovereign Grand.
Lodge of Odd Fellows Springfield. ILL.,,
was selected as the next place of meet.
ing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-30

The failure of the firm OF Darlington,
Quick G. Boyden, commission men at the
stock yards in Chicago, caused Fred
erick Boyden, member of the firm, to
commit suicide.
At the annual meeting n st. Louis
of the American Bankers association
Robert Fl. Lowry, of Atlanta, Ga, was
elected president.
A firebug destroyed the handsome
bathing pavilion at Narragansett Pier,
r. l.. the loss being $250,00O.
At Portland, Me-, John X. Gentry
paced the fastest mile ever made in har-
ness and placed the worlds record at
2:00H.
Burpee, Rumsey & Co., shoe manu-
facturers at Lynn, Mass, failed for
100000.
A monument on South mountain. a
few miles from Boonsboro, Nd, erected
to the memory of George Washington
in 1927, was struck by lightning and
badly damaged.
On the farm of Arthur Boyce in Mar
shall county, Ind, an apple tree has
borne three crops this season.
the Western Foundry company in Chi
cago in broad daylight, held up five men
who were in the office, took 81, 600 from
the treasurer's desk and got away.
William Callison, a stockman of Yer
sailles, Mo-, was robbed of So, 900 at East
ST. Louis. Ill.
Peter Kamm killed his wife at Buffa 10,
N. Y, with Ratchet and then cut his
own throat.
The entire business portion of Essex,
Ia, was destroyed by fire.
McGill university at Montreal, Que,
has issued notice refusing to accept
i'll future any more United States silver
or paper money in payment of scholar
ship fees.
The Argonia (Kan.) state bank closed
its doors.
Snow to the depth of several inches
fell at Deadwood, S. D.
There were 315 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the s5th, against BIT the week
previous and ZIG in the corresponding
period of 1895.
The National Council of Women of
the United States will hold its annual
executive meeting in Boston November
2, 3 and 4.
BY an explosion of gas in a colliery
near fremont, Pa. Jasper Newton and
his son-in-law, John Sogrove, were killed
and Charles S. Hoffstall and James Nor
ton were fatally hurt.
Albert B. Gibson, young farmer
near Ava, Mo-, shot and killed his wife
upon his own.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 25th aggregated
1857, Jos, 1854, against 5000, ,52S the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week in 1895
is 14.3.
Miss Elizabeth Almy, of New York
city, was left fortune of 81, 100000 by a
rich Cuban planter whom she nursed
through long period of illness.
Louis Gimm, of Pittsburgh, Pa, broke
the previous 24-hour bicycle record in
Chicago, making 4So miles and 1,517
yards.
During riot at political meeting
in Orestes, Ind, Joe Martin, Hosek Tenn
pleton and Sam Slavin were fatally
stabbed.
The entire plant of the Carnegie Com
pany's Edgar Thomson steel works at
Braddock, Pa, resumed operations, Civ
ing 1900 men work.
In the ftreman's tournament hose reel
races at Sisterville, W. Va, the worlds
record was broken by the Butler (Pa.)
team.
Gen. Carlos Roloff, who is accused of
aiding filibustering expeditions to
Cuba, was held to the grand jury in
New York.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-30
FOREIGN.


Ninety-three political prisoners were
ordered deported from Havana to the
Island of Pines and on the way they
were all shot by the guards.
Queen Victoria now holds the record
for long-distance reigning. she having
been on Englands throne 50 years and
Ill days.
The city of Kobe. japan, was wiped
out by fire and floods and storms and
earthquakes caused the loss of $500
lives and the destruction of millions of
dollars worth of property in northern
Japan.
Ex-Princess Kaiulani, of Hawaii, has
accepted the appropriation made her
by the last legislature and has given
written promise to follow the sug-
gestions of the Dole government.
Callias Bey, who recently married the
widow of P. T. Barnum in Bridgeport,
Conn. died in Constantinople.
The Canadian government has passed
an order providing for the opening of
canals on Sundays for the purpose of ia
cilitating traffic.
Eighty-seven Spanish troops that
started from Havana for Calabazar were
captured and killed by insurgents.
The Canadian immigration returns
up to the end of August show a falling
off to the extent of about ten per cent.
as compared with the immigration re-
turns of last year.
Reports received at Constantinople
say that 1000 Armenians at kemah,
near Erzingan, have been put to death.
In a speech in Liverpool MIR. Glad
stone urged the government of England
to take steps to put stop to the Ar
menian outrages in Turkey.
severe earthquake shock was ex-
perienced at Hilo. Hawaii.
In consequence of the spread of the
rebellion against Spanish authority,
the government of Spain decided to
send 5000 troops to the Philippine is-
lands.
A slaughter of Armenians is reported
at Kaiseriea and at Ghemarch. in Ana
tolia. The burning of Kharput is also
reported.
A terrific gale in the English channel
did an immense amount of damage to
shipping.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17
ANGRY BOYS CRIME.
An Oklahoma Youth, Furious with Rage,
Murders His Brother.

An Oklahoma Youth, Furious with Rage,
Murders His Brother.
Ell RENO, Ok, Sept. 1.-THE home of
j. S. Mathews, 80 miles south of here
in the Chickasaw country, was the
scene of terrible tragedy. Two sons
of Mr.. Mathews were playing together
and Barney, aged II, leased and irri-
tated his younger brother, aged l.,
until he became furious with anger
and after throwing a number of things
at his tormentor he ran into the house
and grabbed his fathers shotgun. just
as he came out of the door with it he
met his older brother coming in, and,
still beside himself with anger, he
pressed the gun against Barney's
breast and pulled the trigger. The
charge entered Barney's breast and
killed him instantly. The entire fam
lily are Frustrated over the terrible
affair. The youthful murderer has not
been put under arrest and probably
will not be, owing to his extreme youth
and the great provocation he was Ia
boring under
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17

W. E GLADSTONE. dlsgracefuI MOCK
cry, and some sovereigns ami govern
ments have given direct coun
tenance and support to the assassin
Indeed, the presence of the embassie,
at Constantinople is in itself sub
stantia1 countenance of support to him
and his guilty proceedings The coer'
cion which should long ago have been
applied to him might even now be the
means of averting another series OF
maSsacreS."
A dispatch from Constantinople pub
lished here asserts that wholesale
massacre of Christians is planned to
occur there within a fortnight and
that Armenians have been deported
from there on board ships and have
been drowned in patches. being shot
through specially constructed chutes.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17
NEUTRALITY MEANS DEATH.

Cubans Must Be Either for or Agains. the
Cause of Spain.
KEY WEST. Fla, Sept IA In future
there are to be no non-com batants in
Cuba, save women and children.
Havana advices received here state
that Maxine Gomez has isused de-
cree that all able-bodied men must de-
clare for Spain or Cuba If for Cuba,
they must join the army of independ-
ence, and if for Spain they must aban-
don their homes and take refuge in
the towns held by Spaniards. Three
days after this decree by Gomez a
similar edict was issued by Weyler,
and those who have hitherto been neu.
trail are now between two fires. In
each decree it is stated that men who
prefer neutrality will be treated as
enemies. Each decree also forbids the
gathering of sugar, coffee and other
crops SO long as war prevails. Advices
state that the DEGREES are being merci-
lessly executed by both the insurgents
and the SpaniardS.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17
FUSION IN MISSOURI.
Democrats and Populists Unite to Defeat
Mckinley in That State.

Democrats and Populists Unite to Defeat
Mckinley in That State.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 14.-After a session
of several hours the populist state COM
mittee, late Saturday afternoon,
adopted resolution to accept the
fusion plan for electors proposed by
the democratic state central commit
tee A subcommittee of three, of
which Chairman Roselle will be a mem
Der, will be appointed to confer with a
like committee of democrats as to the
districts which shall be included in the
fusion. The number of electors the
populists will get is four-three dis
trict electors and one elector-at-large.
The democrats are trying to secure the
consent of the populists to fuse on state
ticket and congressman. The popu-
lists may agree to this if they will be
given the Acknowledgements and rail-
way commissioner and four congress
man
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17
APPLE YIELD LIGHT.
This Years Crop Is Said to Be Little More
Than Half of Last Years.

This Years Crop Is Said to Be Little More
Than Half of Last Years.
KANSAS CITY, No, Sept. Ire.
ports from the fruit belt of south Mis-
souri, and Arkansas indicate that the
apple crop this year will be far short
Of last years yield. The estimate OF
the department OF agriculture places
the apple crop of that section at about
81 per cent. of what it was last year.
This estimate is believed, by the fruit
grower to be in excess of what the real
crop will net. They believe that the yield
of good apples will amount to little
more than half of last years crop. But
this shortage need not affect the price
of apples, for last year the apple grow
ing belt of New York and Michigan
yielded light crops. This year the re-
ports from those sections show that
the crop will be larger than ever.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17
LEADviLLE FACES RUIN.
Her Enterprises Killed by the Great Strike
The Unions Death Struggle.


The Unions Death Struggle.
DENVER, Col, Sept. t4-The Lead
lille strike and lockout is approaching
a climax which will end very soon
either in the surrender of the union OF
the complete prostration of business.
The Penrose and Bon Air mines have
closed down their pumps, which means
that a number of other properties
shall not work, because the combined
pumping plants are necessary to bea'
back the flow of water. The situa
ton threatens the financial fail
ure OF more than two-thirds OF
the business of the camp, the closing
Of many shops, and the shutting
down of smelters. The contest seems,
also, the life or death of the miners
union. If they fail now they will no
longer be held in fear. Terrorism ex-
lists in Leadville against which the
civil and judicial authorities are help
less. Should the government seek to
stop this terrorism by calling upon the
militia to preserve the peace while new
workers are imported. there will be
b1oodshed and destruction of property.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17
Castor on works Burned.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Sept. 14.-Fire
consumed the three buildings of the
Marsh castor oil works last night.
The damage is variously estimated at
from S35, 900 to 500, 900. The latter
estimate is placed upon it by Mr.. f. C.
MarAh, of the firm of Marsh Bros.
lessees of the esta blishment There is
S1OO, 900 insurance on the building and
contents. The origin of the fire is un-
known, but it is supposed to have start
I'd from spark from passing Santa
Fe locomotive.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17
DIR. DEARBORN STABBED.
Attempt Made to Kill the ex-President OF
the A. p. A. OF Missouri.

attempt Made to h1lI the eX-freSldent OF
the A. p. A. OF Missouri.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Sept. 13.-An un'
known man made an attempt last
night to assassinate Rev. DIR. John A.
Dearborn, ex-president of the Ameri'
can Protective association for Mis-
souri,. The assault took place at the
entrance to an alley on the west
side of Michigan avenue, between
Ninth and Tenth streets. DR.. Dear
born was stabbed three times and
struck over the right eve with a heavy
blunt instrument. His injuries are
serious, hut it is not likely that he will
lie. DIR. Dearborn attended meeting
of A. P. A. council No. 70, at the A. o.
q. W. hall on Ninth street, between
Tracy and Forest avenues, and was on
his way home when the assault oc-
Cured
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17
FRANCIS NEW SECRETARY.

y. w. Zeveley, State Librarian of Missouri,
Is Given the Place.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Sept. i4.-State
Librarian J.. w. Zeveley. late secre-
sary of the democratic state central
committee. has been appointed private
secretary to Secretary of the Interior
Francis. Zeveley has been active in
Missouri politics for number of years,
and is one of the best known OF the
younger generation of politicians His
retirement from the state committee
was entirely due to the fact that he
got on the wrong side of the financial
nueStiOn
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17
Florida Republicans May Give Way

PENSACOLA. Fla. Sept i4--Chair-
nan Hillman, of the repu blican state
executive committee, was here Satur-
lay and it is currently reported among
the sound money democrats that the
repu blicans will take down their elect
ors and give a united support to the
Pshner and Buckner electors; also
that sound money candidates for con-
gress will be put in the field and that
they will also receive solid republican
sI,ppOrt.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17
Fusionists Give UP South Dakota.

ST. PAUL. Mimi, Sept. 1.-THE ma
tional democrats of South Dakota are
certain to vote for Mckinley, all the
leaders having cast their lot with the
repu blicans- 1t is announced from re-
liable populistic sources that the popu-
lists concede the defeat of their state
ticket and have decided to devote all
their energies to capturing the legisla.
ture.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17
DUEL OF LOCOMOTIVES.
A Manufactured Collision Will BE One of
the Carnival Week Attractions.


the Carnival Week Attractions.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. IA head
end collision between two locomotives,
such as was exhibited recently in Chi
caeo, Des Moines. Ia. and other places,
will be given near this city Tuesday.
October 6, and will be one of the at
fractions of carnival week. Two CO.
ton engines, each with two box cars
attached, will be started toward each
other on a level stretch of track
several miles apart. The engines,
while going at full speed, will meet in
front of where the spectators are
maSSed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17

this communication
Mr.. Gladstone says
I'm my opinion, the
assassin, and not
his MohammedaD
subjects, is the au.
thor of the mas
sacres. From first
to last, their atroc
ity has no parable
in recent history
The action of Eu
rope is a miserable
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17
Afraid OF tine chicago Committee.

DENVER, Col, Sept. 1.-THE trades
and labor assembly decided to send a
committee to Mexico to investigate the
conditions of labor in free silver
country. This is done because it is al
legged by them the COMMITTEES recently
sent to Mexico by the Chicago assem-
bly, is under the influence of the gold
standard advocates.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17
A KENTUCKY REBELLION.
People of Washington County Are Up In
Arms for Free Turnpikes.

Arms for Free Turnpikes.
SPRINGFIELD, KY, Sept. 1.-THE
people of this Washington county
voted last fall to make the turnpikes
free throughout the county. As the
pixies are owned by companies, it is
necessary for another vote of the peO-
pie to assess taxes to purchase the
pixies. This vote has not yet been
taken, and the authorities cannot le-
gally stop toll gathering. This the
people of the county do not under
stand, and out of patience with delay
they have risen in rebellion and torn
down about all the toll gates in the
county,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17
Minor State News.

Fort Scott has built horse and mule
market.
Hutchinson will have a poultry show
December 1918.
The Rock Island railroad is building
a roundhouse at Caldwell.
Fort Scott will expend S55, 900 on
waterworks Improvement
A valuable vein of coal has been dis
covered ten miles west of Emporia-
Wilson, in Ellsworth county. is said
to be the greatest egg shipping point
in the west.
Charles Good died at Waldo the other
day. He weighed 500 pounds and
measured feet 6.
The latest government crop report
placed the condition of Kansas corn at
50 and of wheat at 20.
The Hiawatha schools have discarded
the Spencerian system of writing and
adopted the vertical system.
1t is said q fire departments from
over Kansas will attend the reunion
and carnival at Topeka Sept. % to Oc-
tober 3.
Gen. Merritt. in command of Fort
Leavenworth. says the troops at that
point will join the old soldiers at the
Topeka reunion.
The September state crop bulletin
credits Doniphan county with the high
est average corn yield in the states
bushels per acre.
Lon Holding and Judge Tucker. free
silver repu blicans, are publishing a
campaign paper at Wichita advocating
Bryan's election.
George W. Crane is trying to get the
courts to prohibit the American Book
Co. from doing business in Kansas on
the ground that it is a trust.
The s1st school year of the state uni.
versity at Lawrence opened on the 9th
under most favorable auspices An at
tendance of !. 200 was expected
Mayor Selig, of Lawrence, vetoed
curfew ordinance passed by the coun-
ell and all the youths and maidens OF
the town are singing the mayors
praises.
The city schools of Phillipsburgh
have been closed on account of an cpl
demic of diphtheria and children
under Is were prohibited from going
on the streets.
The Ellsworth Land s. Cattle Co.. in
Ellsworth county, was recently at
tached for debt The company owns
G. COO acres of land and fed 2,700 head
of cattle. on which they lost.
lola had three days gas carnival
recently. Large crowds of visitors
were in attendance and speeches were
made by Hon. Tom Watson, of Georgia;
Stephen A. Douglas. Jr.. Of Illinois.
and others
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17
0LADsToNE's BITTER WORDS.

England's @Grand Old Man. Says the Sultan
OF Turkey Is an Assassin.
LONDON, Sept. 14.-Hon. w. E Glad
stone has written still another letter
denouncing the sultan of Turkey. In
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17
Pearls in the Neosho River.

A number of valuable pearls have
been found in the Neosho river near
Burlington and Ottumwa lately. In
one case a stone was found which, it is
claimed, would be worth $500 with
nroDer setting,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17

Good Thing for Western Kansas.
The Amity irrigation canal and I'M
derfiow ditch has been completed and
opens a new era for western Kansas.
1t extends from Lamar. Col. to Coo
lidge, Kan, and waters a very rich
soil. 1t cost 81, OOO,0
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Daring Feat of TWO Convicts.

Daring Feat of Two Convtcts-
William Blay1ock and Charles Pound,
life prisoners in the state penitentiary,
made bold attempt to escape the
other day. They were working at the
bottom of 72O-foot mine, but daring
~ climbed up the air shaft to the top.
Just after getting out they were dis
covered and commanded to halt. but
instead of obeying started to run The
guards opened fire and a bullet struck
Blaylock, and he fell, mortally wound
ed. Pound managed to escape. Rlay
lock was sent up for life for killing
City Marshal Gordon, at Columbus,
and Pound was serving a sentence for
numbering his wife at Galena.
Another Police Commissioner Removed.
Gov. Morrill, appointed Orrin j. Pc
terson, son of eX-Sheriff Peterson, a
police commissioner OF Kansas City IN
place of o. Q. Claflin. resigned. Peter
son belongs to the Buchan faction and
the appointment was made, it is al
legged. to restore harmony in the re-
publican ranks in Wyandotte county.