Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-10-08
THE second quadrennial convention


of the National Association of Demo
cratic clubs was held at ST. Louis on
the Sd. about 1000 delegates and alter
mates from 1000 clubs being present
Chauncey E. Black, the president, called
the convention to order. Vice Presi-
dent Stevenson and Senator Money, Of
Mississippi, made appropriate speeches
The resolution Endorsed the Chicago
platform, denounced trusts. the single
gold standard and the coercion of en-
ployes to support any ticket At night
Mr.. Bryan made an address
A PARTY of freighters attempted to
ford tn. South Canadian river south
east of Earlboro, Ok, and getting in
the quicksand all of the wagons with
their loads were lost and several horses
also disappeared in the treacherous
sands. The men escaped with their
lives by hard struggle and several of
the horses were cut loose and managed
to get ont
The Spencer academy, located ten
miles west of Antlers, L T., burned to
ashes, and four Choctaw boys lost their
lives in the flames Several other stu
dents were injured through jumping
out of windows. The origin of the fire
was supposed to he incendiary.
JOHN A. mccullough, one of the most
prominent planters of Dallas county,
Tex, was assassinated recently, "a
buckshot taking effect in his breast
and side.
FULL advices from Cedar Keys, Fla,
late on the I'd showed the almost total
| destruction of the town and the loss of
| 80 lives. It was feared, however, that
| the loss of life at Cedar Keys proper is
- A.
| number of spongers and fishermen who
were drowned. The Mary Eliza re,
ported that nearly 100 vessels were
anchored on the sponge bar and thai
all of them but 20 were lost. AS these
boats carried from four to ten mep
each, the loss of life must have been
great. Reports from 76 surrounding
| towns showed that 81 persons were
killed and g. injured. These were the
| known casualties.
| A PASSENGER train was held up or
the I'd by masked men about 20 mile.
from Albuquerque, N. M. A deputy
| marshal on the train took in the situat
| ton and killed one of the robbers
The hold -up was failure financially,
the robbers securing no money.
PETERSON HINES found his wife at
| Perry Ferguson's home near Plano.
| Ill. and he instantly killed Ferguson
and morta1ly wounded his own wife.
THE steam gin of j. L. Moorehead at
Grapevine, Tex, with 16O bales of cot
ton, was destroyed by fire.
A RECENT Pittsburgh, Pa, dispatch
stated that the proposed big window
glass trust had collapsed.
THE large barge Sumatra foundere6
off Milwaukee on the both and fouI
men were drowned. She had load O,
railroad iron and the sea ran high.
The Minneapolis Baseball club de
feated the Indianapolis on the 1st and
won the Detroit Free Press cup. afte,
having captured the peDnant. This
score was ID to IL.
AT Readville, Mass, Jupe beat the
worlds record for two-year-olds. Time
a:13%.
| NEAR Holgate, O.. Nathan Spellman.
a drunken boarder in the home of Mrs
Kicker, a widow, attacked AIMS
Kicker, a girl II years old, and crushed
her skull. Spellman afterwards com
mitted suicide by severing his jugulai
vein with razor.
Mrs. JOHN filler, wife of farme:
near State Center, Ia, was found by
the roadside burned to crisp. 1t waf
supposed her clothing was igniteG
from a pipe she had been smoking.
GEORGE BARNUM, an old hermit and
brother to the late Snowman, p. T
Barnum. was found in his hut in the
woods near Harrison, Mich, with hi,
money gone and his head crushed in.
The semi-centennial of Iowa's state
hood opened at Burlington on the 1st
At an early hour cannon doomed from
the bluffs, bells rang and whistles
blew. The parade, the grandest ever
seen there, started at IL q. m. and wat
witnessed by $4,000 people. Gov
Drake and Vice President Stevenson
rode near the head of the column
Brass bands from all over the state
were in line. Floats representing the
progress of Town from 1916 to 1896 WERE
also in line.
WILEY HAYES shot and fatally
wounded Nathan Washington at Mon
ticello, Ark. Both men are negroe.
and the difficulty arose over a woman
THE Alamo hotel at Hot Springs
Ark, was destroyed by fire on tbs
both, the guests barely escaping with
their lives and losing all their persona
property.
The crops in northern and centra'
India have utterly failed for want o.
rain, and grain riots have occurred IL
many places as the result of the scar