Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-01-09
LATE NEWS NOTES.

Louisiana, the crime being laid to the
door of the Malta.
Blocks of Five" Dudley is attorney
in twenty-five of the thirty Congress
sional election contests.
A coach left the track on the L and
5 e. NJ near Georgetown, Tex Two
persons jumped and were killed.
Queen Victoria knighted the Chief
Justice of Sierra Leone, who is q
negro
1t is, stated that Sir Charles Upper
will Succeed Sir Mackenzie Bowel as
Premier of Canada.
An elevator in a Chicago building
fell five stories killing one man and
fatally injuring another.
Herman Rolling, Cincinnati hack
man, was beaten into insensibility and
robbed of 81 600 In gold The scamps
overlooked 81, 1000, the balance of his
fifty years saving.
Sheriff r E. Devan of Ellville, Miss,
was compelled to open his safe and
give three masked men $1,000 county
money.
Armenians are mnch incensed at
United SIXTIES Minister Terrell because
of his dispatches to America
A s., 600, 900 company has been or
ganized to develop gold mines in
Buckingham county. Virginia
Secretary Olney viii demand $780,
600 of Turkey for damages to Ameri-
cans at kharput and MaraSh.
Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio is
ifornia gold mines
Progress developed throughout the
South during 1895 was unpreced ented
in business history.
During 1895. L, GOO, 900 less bags of
Brazilian coffee were imported than
in 1891.
Soldiers and police had battle at
Bridgeport, Conn, at a New Years
dance over the seizure of beer.
Mayor Pingree of Detroit Is fighting
for eight street car tickets for a quar-
ter and universal transfers.
Venezuela is buying war supplies.
Alfred Ely Beach, editor Scientific
American, is dead.
kentucky Republicans are booming
Bradley for president.
A prematurely published interview
is said to have prevented President
Cleveland from placing Professor
James Bryce on the Venezuelan COM
mission.
Three Indians escaped from the
United States prison at Fort Leaven-
! worth.
Captain c. IA. Green gof the Seven
teenth cavalry has been retired at his
own request.
Friends of Carter FL. Harrison jr.,
have decided to urge the late Mayors
son to run for Congress.
Sidney Clarke, eX-Oklahoma Dele
gate, is heading several Statehood
movements in Was hin ptOn.
Arguments in the Captain Ewing
court martial were completed and the
f, case is in the courts hands.
! The New York Chamber of Com
| merce adoptedsa peace resolution and
sent it to President Cleveland.
| Constable Shelton killed Druggist
Patrick at Helena, Ark. It is said
that he shot while shaking hands with
! his victim.
! The Cretans have informed the for
/ eign consuls that they will not surren-
! der to the Turks.
/ The Leadville ice palace was opened
| to the public. The carnival will con-
tinue three months
Emperor William announced that he
will give his moral support to the
Beers of the Transvaal
The report of the NJ, K e T. hos
pital at Sedalia shows that 5,O54 pa
tients were treated during 1898.
strip of land in Franklin county,
| Missouri, sank SO deep that trees which
| stood upon it disappeared entirely.
III. III. Hlnde, member of the Mis-
souri, Legislature. and Miss Leila Cra-
| ven were married at Jefferson City.
The porte has returned an evasive
answer to the Ambassadors offer to
/ mediate with the Armenians of lei
| toun.
Willis Walker was shot and killed by
C. Thorp at Lark. Ind Ter. Walker
! was in Thorp's henroos5 disturbing the
! peace of the fowls there.
Friends of W. J. Carpenter at Ne
vada, Mo-. sang a hymn at the station
| upon his departure for his new charge
in Florida.
Mrs Della Gibson. an old woman,
was burned TO death at Houston, Tex
She had rubbed turpentine on her
arms for rheumatism and it caught
fire.
The Grocers' and Butchers Associa-
ton of Chicago has given an official in
dorsement of the Sunday closing move
ment and has started a vigorous cam
paign-
P Sheerin. secretary Of the Demo
cratic National committee. has received
and placed on file the applications OF
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