Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-03
The home of Luther BRENNAN. a

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farmer, near Perry, n. Y, was burned
On the goth and the entire family, con-
sisting of five persons, were burned to
leath. The building was entirely con.
| sumed.s All the bodies were recovered
n a horribly eharred conditio n
THE nofficial announcement comes
from Canton. O., that President-elect
Mckinley has named as his private
secretary Charles G. Dawes, of Evans
ton, Ill.
THE courthouse at, Eastland, Tex,
and all the furniture was burned. The
records and contents of the vaults
| were thought to be safe. The law
library and other property of many
| attorneys, who had offices in the
courthouse, were destroyed.
LOUIS MAVERICK, an Austrian at
Kings camp, on the drainage canal. a
mile south of Summit. Ill. was stoned
to death and robbed of over S30So on the
towpath between the camp and Sum-
nit on the evening of the 2sth. Two ne
groes were arrested for the crime.
THE Philadelphia Press said on the
goth that the leading lockma kers of the
country had just perfected com bina-
ton to regulate the prices of locks in
general.
BoURKE COCHRAN made a speech at
New York at the Cuban exercises to
commemorate the execution of the
eight medical students by the Spanish
in Havana on Novem Der 81, 1871. The
orator took the ground that it was the
duty of this country to stop the masSa-
ere of people within sight of our shores.
and said that if necessary the Cubans
should be allowed to purchase their
freedom from Spain and that the
United States could guarantee the pay
ment of the bonds.
FRANK ERNE, of Buffalo. y. Y, on
the 9th won the title of featherweight
champion of the world by being
awarded the decision in 20-round
contest at New York with George Dix
On, the clever coiored man, who has
for so long held undisputed claim to
that pugilistic honor.
J. C. WATTS. cashier of the state
bank of Nicola, Ia, was said to be de-
faulter in the sum of $4,000. He lost
money specializing in grain. His bonds
men have made i: good.
TELEGRAMS from Huron. S. D.. Den
yer. Col. and Helena, Mont. reported
the 27th to be one of the coolest No
VEN Der days ever experienced. Spe-
cials from many points in Nebraska
said that a heavy snow ard sleet storm
occurred there. The loss of live stock
on the ranges will be heavy.
THE barn of w. w. Morton at
Augusta, Ga, burned on the 25th and
Is head of mich cows, ten horses and
three mules were burned to a crisp.
Some of the cows were registered stock.
THE general officers of the Worlds
W. c. T. y. issued an appeal from Chi
cago on the 27th to all officers of ma
tional, state, county and local unions,
asking them to raise funds for the Ar
menians by making house to house
canvass and to give their Christmas
presents, for the most part, to the
starving victims of the Turks, sending
the funds to Mrs. Helen NJ. Baker,
treasurer of the National W. C. 7. o..
the Temple, Chicago.
The London Daily Nails Berlin
correspondent said that the Grand
Duke Nicholas. of Russia, on a re-
cent visit to Vienna, took with him
a proposal for the partition of Turkey
among the powers, and to make Con-
stantinople free port, Russia to have
Asia Minor and England to have
Egypt
WALTER L. RHUE, i6-year-old boy,
VINO reS1OeQ Win MS parents IN BROOK
Ign, was killed in a game of football
at the Parde grounds at New York on
the Goth. The lad was tackled and
thrown heavily to the ground and died
soon after from an internal hemor-
rhage.
THROUGH a broken axle the rear end
of freight train was wrecked near
New Brunswick, y. j., on the 25th.
An express train soon afteftdashed into
the wreckage and the engine. mail and
baggage cars and two sleepers were
derailed. The passengers escaped with
few bruises, but the engineer and his
fireman were pinned under the engine
and were slowly scalded to death in
full view of every one.
SEVERAL. of the leading Madrid news
papers are bitter against Gen. Weyler
for returning to Havana and declare
him to be morally ruined They de-
mand that he be superseded in Cuba
by Gen. Azcarraga-
THE glass-workers' strike at Pitts
burgh, Pa, has ended, the men agree
ing to accept last seasons scale, in
stead of the advance wanted. and the
factories will start at midnight Sun
day, Decemb Der H.
A DISPATCH from Oklahoma City. Ok,
On the 25th said that the story sent out
a about the burning of Is people in the