Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26

! of food, though it was thought the gov
| ernment has some prospect of coping
| successfully with the situation.
DIPHTHERIA prevails to an alarming
extent in the vicinity of Hopetown,
Woods county. Ok. and the entire sec
ton has been quarantined.
A DUEL occurred after dark on the
| main street of Marietta. I. t., on the
21st and William Gore, a bystander,
was seriously wounded and James
Barnett was shot in the neck. Owing
to the darkness and confusion the prin-
eipals could not be found, but they
| were thought to have been Claude
Washington and either his uncle, Will
Washington, or Henry Foster on the
other side. The trouble was caused
over an alleged theft of cattle.
NEAR McLoud, Ok, James Turner, a
farmer. was shot and killed in his door
yard by Chauncey Huskey, the 1s-year-
old son of the postmaster of Sweeney
vile. Huskey was arrested. and mar
rowly escaped 1ynching at the hands
of the neighbors.
RECENT floods have completely de-
vastated the town of Hamilton, Wash.
No lives were lost.
DURING football game at Chicago
on the 21st David NJ. Wright was
thrown to the ground and received IA
tai injuries. The ligaments of his neck
were snapped and he received a con-
cussion of the brain.
REGULATORS called James Kelly from
his house at GAINESVILLE, Tenn, on the
night of the Goth and shot him. The
home of Nick Lyle was also visited,
Lyle and his farm hands being called
out and one of the latter slightly
wounded.
BANKER JOHN L. FARwELL has
wrecked the Sullivan County IN. H.l
Institution for Savings by bad finan-
ciering, and the poor people of the
place have lost nearly ST., OOO 600 of
their deposits.
C. G. ODELL went to a telephone at
Los Angeles. Cal, when he uttered
shrek and died in few minutes from
an electric shock. A trolley wire had
broken and crossed the telephone wire.
Two torpedo boats collided during
the maneuvers of the French navy off
Cape de la Chevre and one was sunk
and it's crew reported as missing.
MERCER Pa, was devastated by fire
on the night OF the 18th, the loss being
estimated at 100000.
FIRE destroyed the home of Mrs.
0Ohu OISOhs H0dI fdTud, ILL. anu O0r
remains were afterwards found among
the ashes.
AMY DoTY locked her six-year-old
panion in her room at Tampa, Fla,
while she attended a minstrel show.
The children set the carpet on fire and
smothered to death.
JOHN r. GENTRY, the fastest PAGER in
the world. was sold for SO, 900 in New
York on the 10Th. His record is 2:OO%.
His race record is c:Oi%. He is 1872
hands, foaled in 1889, bred by 81. 6.
Toler, at Wichita, Kan. His sire is
Ashland Wilkes, dam Dame Wood, by
Wedgewood.
A RAILROAD train was blown up be-
tween Punta Bravo and Candelaria, in
Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Gen. Weyler was
at Candelaria for a short time on the
10th, and it was believed the authors
of the explosion supposed him to be on
the train which was blown up, but he
had left several hours before the eX-
plosion. The engineer. fireman and
conductor of the train, six soldiers and
several passengers were wounded.
SELDOM BLooMQUIsT, farmer living
| near Dawson, Mimi. shot his sister-in-
law, Mrs. John Bloomquist,a and then shot
hlhSSI1. uylHS DlOOIu-
| Iuist, it was thought, will recover. No
cause was known for the crime.
Mrs. MARY STEVENS. chaplain of the
Illinois grand lodge. Daughters of Re-
bekah, while conducting the devotional
exercises of the grand lodge at Spring
field, Ill, on the 18th was stricken
with heart failure and died in ten min
utes. She was 20 years old.
Four prisoners confined in the coun-
ty Jail at Pomeroy, o., for various
crimes dug their way out and escaped
Bloodhounds were put on their trail.
JAMES FL. CKILDs was shot and killed
at San Francisco by John Miller. car
penter, while attempting to prevent
the latter from numbering Miss Nellie
Ryan. Miller was crazed by drink and
| jealousy.
A DISPATCH from Wallace, Ida, on
the 18th said that ruin was king in The
Cpur d'Alenes. Floods have created
havoc everywhere. Buildings have been
swept away and many miles of railway
track washed out. The town OF Kings
ton was also reported as being afioat-
The dead bodies of James Ware, aged
30, and Mrs Ella Ricketts,, wife of AL
bert Ricketts,, both of Bloomington,
I'LL, were found lying on the viaduct
across the Chicago & Alton railway.
There was a bullet hole in the fore
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