Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-06

adjoining one both got burned down in
consequence and Perletrice is in trou-
bic with the police, the insurance com
panies and the humane society.
Two Choctaw Indians became in
volved in quarrel at Krebs, /. t., and
they sta bbed each other to death, lit
orally cutting each other to shreds
The killing occurred in a beer joint
On a ranch near Canyon City, Ore,
sheepmen and cattlemen engaged in
bloody fight, resulting in the death OF
five men.
A TERRIBLE fire was reported raging
in Libau, Russia, on the 31st. Several
streets were in flames and the firemep
were unable to core with the situation
Libau is seaport town of Russia Oh
the Baltic. It's population is between
% 600 and 10000
WILLIAM T. HARRITY, until recently
the chairman of the democratic ma
tional committee, made the announce
ment at Philadelphia on the 31st thai
he had retired from politics
THERE were four suicides in Chicago
on the 31st.
ARDMoRE, Ok, received its first bale
of cotton on the both and it sold for
seven cents. A premium of $50 was
paid the owner for his enterprise.
THE political campaign of 1896 was
opened at Madison, WIS. on the 3ist
in the presence of 5000 people, Senator
John M. Thurston, of Nebraska. and
Clarence S. barrow, of Chicago, pre-
senting the respective sides of the cur
rency question.
Two men were fatally injured and
three others severely burned by the
explosion of. tank at the Standard
Oil IS works at Cravens Point, Jer.
sey City, n. J..
FAILURES for the week ended the 31st
(Dun's report in the United States
have been PSI, against 26I last year,
and 40 in Canada. against % last year.
A RUMoR that Queen Victoria intend
ed to abdicate in favor of the prince of
Wales is current in London.
AN explosion of gun cotton in the
chemical works at Mas & Wa1dstein
at Newark, n. j., did considerable dam.
age to buildings. Fortunately, the ex-
plosion did not occur during working
hours, so there was no loss of life.
LIGHTNING set fire to the barn on the
dairy farm of William McGregor, west
of Findlay, o., and the structure was
destroyed. It contained 25 fine Jersey
>.
J mails were unavailing and they were
| cremated.
GEORGE WILSON was executed by the
federal authorities in the Jail yard at
Fort Smith, Ark. for the murder of
| Zachary Hatch. He protested his in
nocense to the last
AFTER six weeks trial at Agram.
Austria, of the Stenjeve band, number
| ing SO persons, charged with Is MUIR
murders and rObberies, 10 mem bers OF
| the band, including two women, have
| been condemned to death, nine others
| have been sentenced to periods of one
to 20 years penal servitude and eight
were acquitted.
DIsPA TCHEs from Mellette and other
points in South Dakota stated that q
terrible hailstorm swept over a stretch
of country 60 miles long and five or sly
wide, beating the shocked grain to the
ground and in many villages breaking
all the windows on the side toward the
storm.
The board of regents of the agricul
tural college, the governor of Okla
ho1na and the territory veterinarian
have declared that Texas fever exists
in Oklahoma and have ordered certain
sections Of the territory quarantined
A CLOUDBURsT occurred near Steu-
| benville, o., on the 3Oth and 200 people
were rendered homeless, the water
rushing down the valley and carrying
! everything before it. The damage
will aggregate 800, 600.
THOMAS WATSON is out in strong
editorial in his paper at Atlanta, Ga,
stating his grounds for accepting the
populist nomination for vice president.
1t is regarded as an u1tinatum that he
will not withdraw.
THE official stenographer of the
democratic national convention at
Chicago declares that Senator Hills
amendment to the currency plank was
adopted, although the senator believed
the contract clause was defeated
A ROME dispatch of the 3Oth stated
that Father Martinelli, prior-general
of the Augustinians, has been appoint
| ed successor to Mgr. Satolli as papal
ALLOCATE to the Roman Catholic church
in the United States
W. E. BURT, of Austin, Tex, killed
! his wife and two children and placed
their bodies in cistern and then dis
appeared. The foul smell caused the
crime to be discovered.
ARTHUR SEwALL, the democratic nom
inee for vice president, was inter
viewed at Bath, Me-, on the both and
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