Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-09

fire on Lake Ontario on the 5th. The
steamer St Joseph sighted the burn
ing steamer and for over an hour kept
two streams playing upon the burning
craft, but to no purpose. and to avoid
being burned to death those on board
the Hodge jumped into the lake. All
were picked up by the St Joseph's
crew.
MRS. ROBERT YOUNG, residing with
her hus band and family at Donnel1son,
Ill. locked herself and her ten-year-old
daughter in bedroom and, after
saturating the bed with kerosene, ig-
nited it, burning herself and daughter
to death. The house was entirely con-
sumed. The husband, who occupied
another apartment, succeeded in get
ting their other five children out of the
building alive. Mrs. Young was be-
lieved to have been temporarily insane.
SIDNEY RANDOLPH. a negro, charged
with the murder of little Sadie Buxton
at Gaithersburg. Nd, was 1ynched by
a mob who overcame the sheriff and
forced him to surrender the keys of
the jail. The negro protested his in
nocence to the last. Afterwards
rumor arrived at Gaithersburg that
the colored people were organizing
and threatened to lynch the father of
the murdered Sadie Buxton and the
deputy sheriff got 200 men under arm!
to guard Buxton from harm.
EX-Gov. WAITE made a dramatic exit
from the state populist convention at
Denver, Col, on the 4th, accompanied
by So delegates. The ex-governor rep
resented the minority faction from
| Arapahoe county, which were not al
lowed seats in the convention. The
boiling Waite faction held another
convention at which the ex-governor
was elected to head the contesting
delegation to the national convention
at ST. Louis.
THE labor congress in Portland. Ore.
indorsed exGov. Pennoyer for the
nomination for the presidency by the
Chicago democratic national conven-
ton and a resolution was passed ad.
dressed to all labor unions in the
United States. requesting that their
influence be used to secure Pennoyer's
nomination.
The canal boat Kirk was burned at
her wharf at Loclzport. n. Y, on the
Sd. Loss, $50. 0oO; partially insured.
The fire was caused by the explosion
of a tank of gasoline on board.
THE midsummer carnival was held at
Salt Lake. Utah, the queen of the car.
nival being crowned at the county
building. The floats represented the
states industries.
| The body of Edward Anheier, a
switch tender in the railroad yards OF
| Logansport, Ind, was found with his
head severed and his pockets rided.
The authorities claimed that Anheier
was sandbagged, robbed and his body
placed upon the rails to cover up the
crime. He was 20 years old.
THE latest cholera news from Cairo,
Egypt, stated that 4. 419 cases were re.
ported for June and 3.598 deaths
CREzENzo MERoLA, who murdered
Emanuel Loro, was hanged for the
crime at Scranton. Pa. on the 1st.
A. w. BARRs and others, charged
with flibustering in connection with
the steamers City of Key West and
Three Friends, were discharged by the
| United States commissioner at Kew
| West, Fla, on the ground that the evil
! dence was not sufficient to hold them.
GALVESTON, Tex, had $50, 600 fire
on the I'd. The Mallory line sheds,
extending from pier "a to pier 2S,
| burned together with contents. A
train of &c empty freight cars on the
| track was consumed. In one shed was
stored 5000 bales of jute and large
amount of baggage, ties and general
merchandise. Spontaneous com bus.
ton was given as the origin of the fire.
The corner stone of the monument
to be erected to the memory of Jeffer.
son Davis was laid at Richmond, Va,
on the I'd with impressive ceremonies.
Gen. Stephen d. Lee. of Mississippi
was the orator of the occasion. It was
the last day of the reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans associ-
| alton.
RUFUS BUCK, Louis and Lucky Davis
Naomi July and Sam Sampson, mem
bers of the Buck gang, were hanged a,
| Fort Smith, Ark, on the 1st.
AN explosion occurred in the arsena
near Fort Moselle, Germany. and 4:
men were killed and 100 others badly
injured
Ar three o'clock on the morning O.
the Ist another cavern occurred in the
Inflated Twin shaft at Wilkesbarre
Pa, and drove the rescuing party back
The rescuers were reported as making
very little progress in getting toward:
the bodies of the entom bed miners
THE Red Star packet boat Rahma
nieh, bound from Suakim to Suez
broke her shaft, drifted upon a rec
and foundered. Sixty persons were