Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-12-03
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Occurred in the course of the fete.
4 ATRAMP was released from lumber
car 81 Plain field, n. j., on the 2sth who
had been standing up for seven days
without food or water. The man was
unconscious. but viii recover. The car
was locked at Ottawa. Can.
AT ball of a militia regiment at
Newark. n. j., Spanish flag was torn
down and the Cuban banner raised in
its place. The incident has been re-
ported to the Spanish embassy.
SALES of No. 2 red wheat for May
| delivery were made on the Toledo, O.,
produce exchange on the 2sth at 81 per
| bushel amid loud cheering.
| The Indians of Red River and Eagle
counties, Choctaw nation, L T.. who
were playing a game Of baseball, quar-
relied and used the butt end of their
bats on one another, 20 or 80 being in
| jured. Two have died and several
more were in serious condition.
p. J. KELLEY, a jeweler at San Jose,
Cal, and his wife were fatally
wounded and one of his children got a
bullet in her arm, caused by Kelley's
attempt to murder his family through
jealousy s
R. PRITcHARD WOODWARD left New
York on the 2sth on a donkey to ride
to San Francisco in payment of an
election bet.
Tom SHARPE, the town marshal of
Sadieville, KY, got drunk on Than ks
giving night and went to dance and.
because there were not enough women
present to suit him, demanded his
money back. On being refused by the
proprietor, Sharpe shot him through
! the head.
A NUMBER of drunken Polanders at
Duryea. Pa, who were cele brating
Thanksgiving, got into a fight and be-
gan shooting at one another. Three
men were fatally wounded.
The Empey & Woodland grain ele-
vator at ST. Paul, Mimi, was burned.
There were about 400 bushels of
grain lost.
In the ten-mi1e road race of local BIZ
cyclists at New Orleans to decide the
| city championship Robert w. Kennedy,
4 spectator, was run into by one of the
wheelmen with such force that his
| neck was broken.
A CoNsTANTINoPLE dispa tch to the
London Daily News on the 9th said
that fresh massacre with 500 victims
was rumored to have occurred near
Diarhekir.
| FAILURES for the week ended the
9th Dun's report) were 800 in the
United States against 279 last year,
and SO in Canada. against Al last year.
| THE general council of the Seine.
France, has adopted resolution to
ask the government to convene Euro
pean congress to arrange for a gradual
disarmament.
BILLY GALLAGHER put Harry Slater
20 sleepi in seven rounds at Los Angeles,
Jal. The men were matched for Is
:ounds, but Gallagher outpointed his
opponent at every stage.
AT Athens, Greece, terrible storms
ind floods have occurred and many
| persons have been drowned.
| NEARLY the entire business portion
IF the town of Leavenworth, Wash.
| headquarters of the Cascade division
If the Great Northern railroad, was
burned on the 26th. The fire originat-
ID in the office of the forks hotel and
.odgers had narrow escape from Gre
nation.
SHORTLY after nine o'clock on the
Goth fire was discovered on the third
1oor of the Peoria house, the oldest
MOTEL in Peoria. Ill. The fremen, after
fight of nearly three hours, were
che fire commenced spreading. No
fatalities occurred. though there were
4 mum Der of narrow escapes. Many of
the guests lost their baggage.
The state board of canvassers has
com pleted the canvass of the vote on
presidential electors in Nebraska. The
figures are: Bryan. 115, 625; Mckinley,
1O2, sos; Palmer. 2, T97; Bentley. 73S; Lev
ering, 1,196. Bryan's plurality, ID, 060.
A DISPATCH from Breslau said that 80
persons were killed in colliery explo-
sion at Zengorze, Russian Poland.
SMITHS planning mill and lumber
yard at Washington was destroyed by
fire. Loss. $50, 900.
MANY thousand dollars worth of
timber, logs, houses and fences have
been consumed by forest fires around
Middles boro, KY.
AT a church supper at Minter, Ala,
dispute arose between Gus Cooper
and Anderson Adams over five cents,
and Cooper killed Adams with stick.
Two men were killed and several
others injured by an explosion in a
mine near Fort Duchesne, Utah.
AS the result of some of the football
games played on the Goth by the uni
versities of Missouri. Kansas, Iowa and
Ne br-aSlxa he panpant of the Wesferu