Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-04-09

fession in which he tells how and why
he put to death no less than 20 men,
women and children. He writes as
calmly and remorselessIy as he muir
dered, neglecting no detail 1t was
well known that Holmes put II per-
sons out of the world.
THE free silver democrats of Iowa
will make a determined effort to secure
the democratic nomination for presi-
dent for ex-Gov. Boies. He has tacitfy
admitted that he would accept the
nomination if it was rendered to him.
A SPECIAL from Thomson, the home
of Tom Watson, the center of popu-
list influence in Georgia, on the 5th
said that it was practically assured
that the republicans and populists in
Georgia would fuse this year and put
out candidates for state Offices and for
the United States senate.
THE clearing house returns for the
week ended April for the follow
ing cities were: New York. $500. $685.
O37; Chicago, Ss7. s37. 210; St Louis S19.-
ga. 500; Kansas City, IS, 740,6l3; St Jo-
seph. 81, O3s. 766; Topeka. $500. s35; Wich-
tia, S436, 514; Omaha, SO, sos, $50.
LETTERS received from the Canadian
boundary report the death in Rainy
river of Col. A. T. Naff, a United States
deputy marshal, and an entire party
of explorers, in all proba bly, eight men.
They were on their way to investigate
reports Of the timber stealing by Cana
dams along the boundary aud were
ascending the river in sleighs and
broke through the ice.
THOMAS BRENNAN was burned to
death while trying to put out a fire in
waste fume at Anaconda. Mont
About ten years ago he was champion
sprinter of the world. having an estab-
lished record of 70 seconds for 200
yards.
AT Clinton, Ill, on the Sd Ed Pollen,
formerly employed at the Illinois Cen
trail railroad, murdered his wife and
mother-in-law and then attempted sui
eide by throwing himself in front of
an eastbound freight train Jealousy
was given as his reason for committing
the horrible deed. At night great
| crowd of excited citizens assem- bied in
| front of the Jail. but Mayor McGill ad-
dressed them and said Pollen would
| die of his injuries and the crowd finally
| dispersed.
ACCORDING to Bradstreet's Financial
| Review on the 4th the first quarter of
1896 presented the largest list of actual
| failures in business in the United
| States, those in which liabilities ex-
seeded assets, ever reported for a like
| period. The total was Asia or 700
| more than in 1894, and ,443 more than
In the first quarter of 1898, increases of
1911 and ~ per cent respectively.
Liabilities OF those failing this year
amount to S62, 513, 900, an increase of 80
per cent, as compared with a year ago.
w. Fl. j. TRAYNoR, of Detroit, Mich,
supreme president of the American
Protective association, has issued cir
cular to the order at large upon the
political situation He declared that
the A. 2. A. has q cinch upon the pres
idential situation, and presented an
exhaustive plan for the complete po-
litica1 organization of the order from
the primaries up.
A TERRIFIC explosion of gas took
place in the No. shaft of the Lehigh
& Wilkesba Co., at Sugar Notch,
Pa, killing one person, fatally MUIR
ing another, and wounding five more.
PRESIDENT CREsPo, of Venezuela, has
issued a decree directing the erection
of bronze column in honor of the
citizens Of the United States who aided
Venezuela in the first struggle for n :
dependence. Venezuela has honored
the United States before by erecting
statue of Washington and projecting
another statue to President Monroe
commemorative of the Monroe doc
trinc.
A TERRIBLE explosion occurred in the
Giles mine, near Ward, COL, on the Sd,
in which three men were instantly
killed and two others badly hurt
When the men went to work they took
about so pounds of giant powder down
in the mine with them, and shortly
after they reached the bottom of the
shaft and went to work the powder in
some unknown way exploded.
THE Butler express on the West
Pennsylvania railway was wrecked
near Freeport, Pa, on the 1st and five
persons were seriously injured. The
accident was caused by the rails
spreading. The two rear coaches
jumped the track and went over an
embankmene Fire broke out almost
Immediately and the passengers mar
rowly escaped with their lives.
By the fall of an iron truss at a pa
vilion under course of erection at
Union Hill, 4. J., on the LIST, one man
was killed, one probably fatally in
jured and two seriously injured. About
35 men were at work almost directly
under the truss as it was being hoisted,