Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-02
GENERAL NEWS.

NEAR Lawson, Ok, the house Of
John Clark, farmer, was struck by
lightning and his wife and two small
children were killed.
AT the L. A. w. races at Peoria, Ill
on the eth H. C. Wood. of Chicago, re.
duced the worlds bicycle half mile
record from SO seconds to Sc 4-5
A. G. Vanhess and G. {. Bicker, of Chi
cago, reduced the worlds half mile
tandem record from SO seconds to
81 2-5.
A CYCLONE struck West Louisville,
near Owensboro, Ky. on the eth. The
house of c. L. Clarke was wrecked and
Miss Pearl Hicks was Instantly killed
and Mr.. Clarke seriously injured.
church and many residences were also
destroyed.
AT Beirstadt station, near Colorado
Springs, Col. passenger train on the
Gulf road ran into an engine standing
at the water tank. Both engines were
wrecked and Engineer Shannon killed.
Engineer O'Rourke and Fireman Con-
nors were seriously injured. No Ias-
sengers were harmed.
In the federal court at Paris, Tex,
on the 27th five men were sentenced to
be hanged on Friday, September 4, for
murders committed in the Indian ter
ritory.
THE British steamer Lucerne. while
loading for eastbound voyage, was
discovered to be on fire at midnight on
the Goth at Liverpool and was scutticd
and sunk to prevent total destruction.
The fire was supposed to have been
caused by the explosion of lamp.
MARK HANNA's villa at Lakewood,
o., was entered by burglar at an
early hour on the Goth. The thief Sc
cured $500 worth of Jewels and SO in
money.
ARTHUR TAYLOR. colored, was hanged
at Mariana, Ark, on the Goth for the
murder of his wife last October.
FIRE started in the millinery store
of Annie Denton at Point Pleasant, w.
Va, recently, and spread to the HORT
opera house and five or six other
stores. all of which were totally con-
sumed. Loss, 500, 600; insurance small.
JOHN ii. WHITES recently arrived at
New York from San Francisco, having
made the entire journey on his bicycle
in 40 days, % hours and 45 minutes.
He rode 23-pound wheel geared to 6s
and his outfit weighed three pounds
THE failures for the week ended
June 26 Dun's report) were 217 in the
United States. against ESQ last year,
and PA in Canada, against % last year.
IRWIN FORD, colored, was hanged in
the District of Columbia jail on the
Goth for the murder of a white girl.
The crime was committed on May 4.
LYMAN TRUMBULL, ex-United States
senator, died at Chicago on the 25th
after long illness, aged SO.
A CYCLONE struck Creston. Ia, late
on the cath. The high school building
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church and other buildings suffered.
Property loss amounted to about SlO,-
600. and the streets were blocked with
debris. No lives were lost so far as
known.
LARGE areas of Marinette county,
Wis, have been devastated by grass
hoppers, whole fields of wheat, oats
and other grain having been eaten up.
P. B. EVANS, of Utica, O.. on the
night of the 25th shot and killed James
Arlington, of a party which came to
ring bells OF account of the marriage
of Evans daughter. The party had
been ordered off the premises. but said
they would go only when the bride
aud groom appeared and this angered
Evans.
THE two tramps who murdered
Sheriff Rogers were caught on the 25th
in a swamp. Two hundred and fifty
men surrounded them. The tramps
were taken to Glencoe, Mimi, where
they were locked in Jail There was
talk of lynching and special train
with company d, of the Second regi-
ment of Minnesota militia, was sent to
Glencoe to prevent any mob law.
John CLARK. of Chicago, laid Il,
wait for William Maroney and James
hartley, who had attempted to rob his
saloon, and when the two men again
came to the place and assaulted the
bartender, the saloonkeeper instantly
killed Maroney and fatally wounded
BARLEY