Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-10-22

or the I.th by SIX masked Oan01tS and
the store OF Trader Fouts was ram
sacked and $500 in money taken. Fouts
and his SON were taken a mile from
town and bound to a tree. Three
posses started s-ia-spursuit of the rob-
bers.
THE Joint Traffic association at Chi
cago has declared a boycott against the
Clover Leaf because the line cut rates
and gave sleeping car and chair car
privileges to holders of second-class
tickets.
THE big steamer Australasia was
burned on Lake Michigan and now
lies at the bottom of Whitcfish bay. It
was valued at $50, 900 and was loaded
with q cargo of 1000 tons of coal for
Milwaukee The vessel and cargo are
counted a total loss. The crew were
saved.
OVER 10000 railway employees parad
ed in Cincinnati on the 18th, with pres
idents, vice presidents, general mana
gers and other general officers in
line. The demonstration was in favor
of.'sound money"
FIRE broke out in the large ware
house Of the chemical and fertiliZing
works at Alexandria, Va, ON the 18th.
The total loss was estimated at $780,
OO0 Fifteen small buildings near the
wharves were destroyed.
A THREE-YEAR-OLD child of John
Morse, residing near Hopkinsville, KY,
fell into an open fireplace while left
alone and was burned to death. Other
children were playing near. but were
too badly frightened to call help
SPEAKER THOMAS B. REED. of Maine,
spoke at Fort Wayne, Ind, on the
18th. but was unable to resume his
speaking tour the next morning on ac-
count of his voice giving out
The Army Correspondents and Art
fists memorial was dedicated on South
mountain on the 10th with military
and civic ceremonies. Gov. Lowndes,
Gen. Boynton, George Alfred Town
send and others made speeches. On
the monument are the names of log
war correspondents. IL southern CORE
spondents and 80 sketch artists. 1t is
so feet high and 40 feet wide, and
through its open arches it affords ex-
tensive views of the battlefield country
toward Washington and of Antietam
and Harper's Ferry.
THOMAS E. WATSON on the 10th for
warded papers to Kansas from Thorn
son, Ga, notifying the secretary of
state to take his name as nominee for
vice president from the head of the
Breidenthal populist ticket. Mr.. Wat
sons name will appear only once on the
official ballot in Kansas, and that will
be at the head of the middle-of-the.
road populist ticket.
THE tug Niagara was run down in
the North river at New York on the
10th by the steamboat Magenta. The
tug sank three minutes after the COLI
sion. The crew jumped into the river
and two were drowned.
SCOTT BENSON. commercial agent Of
the Illinois Central Railroad Co., has
sent in his report as to the ravages OF
hog cholera along the Central lines in
Iowa. He reports loss of 40 per cent.
of hogs from Jessup to Fort Dodge.
The disease prevails at Alden, Iowa
Falls, Williams. harrisburg and other
points. Farmers are alarmed and are
shipping unfattened hogs to market.
THREE firemen were killed and six
badly injured at a fire at the chemical
warehouse of Gilmour & Co., at Mon
treal, Can. The financial loss is $780,
600.
! A PITCHED battle occurred at Hunts
vile. Tex. between six negroes over
family matters and two on each side
were killed.
THE international Typographical
union, in session a. Colorado Springs
Col, reelected w. Il. Prescott, of To
ronto, Ont, president and chose john
W. Brentwood, OF Denver, Col, for sec
retary-treasurer. A law for a nine
hour work-day was ordered to be voted
ON by subordinate unions and So. SOC
was voted to prosecute a boycott against
printing firm of Kansas City. Mo
Syracuse, n. Y, was chosen as the
next meeting place.
Two men held up the saloon of Chris
Bauer at Galena, ILL.,, and killed the
bartender and rified the cash drawer
The sheriff and posse started in pur
suit of them.
THOMAS w. FERRY, ex-United States
senator. died suddenly at Grand Haven,
Mich. on the 14th, aged 90.
- THROUGH a misunderstanding of an
order to the north and south bound
trains on the Florida Central & PENN
sula railroad they had a head-end col
Hsion near Swansea. s. c., on the 14th.
The engines of both trains were de-
molished and the tender of the south
bound engine telescoped into the COM
bination mail, baggage and express
car Express Messenger w. D. Lines
and Mail AGENT T., A Thomas wera