Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-03-26


room of the Santa Fe railway at
Ladonia, Tex, on the Goth and severe
ly cowhided DIR. Hancock, physician,
for prescri bing whisky. About 500
lashes were administered to the doctor
| It was reported that warrant will be
sworn out for the arrest OF the women
who participated.
A BERLIN dispatch stated that Iep-
rosy was spreading rapidly in the Bal
| tic provinces and that the Prussian
diet was about to improvise special
asylum for the afflicted
A FREIGHT train on the Illinois Cen
| trail railroad at Coffeeville, Miss
| broke in two and then came together,
| wrecking four cars and instantly kill
| ing three men and fatally injuring an
| other.
| THE London Stan dard understands
that the British government does not
| propose, as result of the resolution
| passed by parliament the other day
calling attention to the evil effects of
| the fall in the price of silver, to take
| any steps in the direction of an inter-
| national bim etallic conference. but
| that it is willing to consider the OPEN
| ing Of the Indian mint to the free coin
age of silver il the countries of the
Latin union are disposed to reopen
their minis in the same way.
Trustworthy information has been
received at New York from Havana
that the battle fought few days ago
In Pinar del Rio, which the dispatches
sent out with the sanction of the press
censor described as a Spanish victory,
was in reality lamentable defeat for
the forces Of Gen. Weyler, and it was
said that this last defeat will so add to
the dissatisfaction against Gen. Weyler
that either his resignation or recall
will follow.
LEFT at home alone in Versailles,
KY, William Harris, aged six, and
Harvey Smith, aged five, found pistol
belonging to Smiths father. They
fought over the possession of it, and
the pistol went off, killing Harvey
Smith
M. MELINE, the French protectionist
leader in the chamber of deputies. re-
Gently presented a motion that the gov
ernmeEt open negotiations for the
bringing about of an international
monetary agreement.
The officers of the steamer Horsa,
who were recently convicted of carry
ing an armed expedition to the Cuban
insurgents, were on the 18th sentenced
by Judge Butler, of the United States
court at Philadelphia. to imprison
ment from eight to sixteen months and
to pay fines
GEORGE DIXON, of Boston, defeated
Jerry Marshal, Of Australia. in seven
rounds at Boston on the 18th.
BOILER exploded at McLurkin's
mill near Caledonia, Ala, and three
Ill e.,
injured. The cause was an imperfect
safety valve.
DURING recent snowstorm in the
Russian province of Orel $50 persons
were frozen to death In one night.
MRS. LUKE FISH. of Anderson, Ind,
gave birth to twins. making the fourth
pair in five years.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made by
the Ohio brigade, Knights of Pythias,
to hold an encampment the fourth
week in August, 1896, and they have
issued an invitation to all brigades
throughout the supreme jurisdiction
to join them in a general encampment.
THE M. E. conference in session at
Philadelphia on the 18th voted lit to
SO to admit women as lay delegates to
the general conference.
FIRE totally destroyed the compressor
mills OF the POOrman mines at Burke,
Ida, causing $500. 600 loss.
AT Belleville, Tex, on the 18th Glenn
Strawther and Buck Chappen were
hanged at noon for murder.
A HOT battle between the forces I'M
der Col. Hernandez and the Cuban in.
surgents under Bandera and others
was reported from the neigh borhood
of Candelaria and Pinar del Rio. The
insurgent loss was said to have been
800 killed and wounded. Capt. Guer-
zero was killed on the Spanish side, be-
sides five soldiers, and sc were wounded.
THERE was big meeting on the 18th
of the Bimetal1ic league at London,
and 1t was determined to continue
active communication with the BIZ
metallists of France, Germany, Aus
tria and Belgium in order to promote a
great campaign in all the industrial
centers.
A MILWAUKEE dispatch on the 18th
stated that the combination of -four
millers in the northwest, the move to
organize OF which so much has been
said and denied regularly by those di-
rectly interested, had gone into effect,
and as result of the formal organ
ization of the combine, flour had adj
vance.
ABOUT LOCO more tailors struck on
the 18th at Chicago in support of the
strike RECENTLY inaururated by the