Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-06-18
JOHN s. TURNER shot and killed his


cousin, Greene Turner, at the Halfway
house, near Middleboro, KY. recently
areene's brother, Sam Turner, was
killed at the same place ten days ago
ALI the parties are connected with the
Turner family of the Parlin-Turner
feud. Fifteen of the family have died
Of violence.
| S p. SHERIN, secretary of the ma
tional democratic committee, said
there were 2.OoO applications on file
tor seats in the section reserved for
newspaper men, while but 400 seats
have been provided.
| CHAIRMAN HARRITY and his associ-
ates held business conference in re-
| gard to the democratic convention on
the 18th. Harrity clings to the hope
that the silver men and gold men in
the national convention may be more
evenly divided than many seem to an
t1clpate. or one thing Mr.. Harrity
spoke with feeling of certainty, and
that is that there would be no bolt
from the convention.
The Taylorville, ILL.,, coal mining
works were destroyed by fire on the
morning of the 18th and So men were
entombed. After hours of suffocation,
all but three were rescued alive. The
fire, which was caused by an explosion
of gasoline, spread rapidly through the
mine, cutting off the men at work in
the lower levels Twenty mules also
persisted. The loss by fire will be $751;
600, fully insured
A BARREL of oil in the basement Of
Garische's bakery at Allegheny, Pa,
| exploded early on the morning of the
18th and enve1oped the structure in
flames. Mrs. Garische, aged "A, jumped
out of a window and was instantly
killed. The fremen found child dead
in his crib and 12-year-old girl was
so badly burned that she will die.
AT Houston, Tex, Archie Hall shot
his wife and her companion, C. T. OAR
by. Neither were seriously wounded.
Hall was arrested.
FIRE destroyed the building of the
American Horse exchange at New
York on the nth. About $50 valua BILE
horses persisted and 100 fine carriages
were also burned. The value of the
property consumed was estimated at
$500, 600. Among the horses destroyed
was Elisha g., trotting horse worth
81, 500, with a record of 2:1915.
The town of Tobac, Mex, was re-
Gently visited by tornado, accompa-
MED by waterspout Three-fourths
of the place was utterly destroyed and
ID dead bodies were taken out from the
debris and 30 more people were miss
ing and supposed to have been killed.
Many others were so badly injured
that the last rites of the church were
administered to them. Some of the
streets were eight feet in mud and
rocks that rolled down from the noun
tains.
WHILE force of men was laying
rails on the Hardwood Lumber Co. 8
railroad on the Big run in Webster
county, Pa, the car became uncon-
trollable and started down from the
top peak of the mountain with five
men aboard. Only one man was on
the car when it stopped. the Others
having been spilled out and killed or
seriously injured.
FIRE broke out in Woods printing
Office at Boston and nearly score of
women were on the third floor and cut
off from escaping by the stairs, but
Policeman Graham rushed into the
next building and climbs out on the
sill and lifted them into safety before
the arrival of the fremen. The spec
tators made a hero of the policeman.
JOHN WoLTER, at Chicago. went
home drunk, drew a revolver and shot
at his wife. The bullet struck his
stepdaughter Mamie and she fell to
the floor in dying condition. He
then aimed at his other stepdaughter.
Jennie, and she was hit in the stomach
and may die.
NINE women and seven men belong
ing to the Salvation army were jailed
at Decatur, ILL.,, for blockading the
street. Some of the friends of the
prisoners were worked up into a frenzy
by the episode.
THE mayor of Odel1, I'LL, has issued
proclamation forbidding all public
gatherings and closing down the
schools and churches on account of the
prevalence of diphtheria in an epidemic
form.
r. T. TYLER, a son of President John
Tyler, was prisoner in Richmond,
Va, on the 10th. charged with shoot
ing with intent to kill Jack Carr, a
young negro. Tyler is a dairyman.
The First regiment. Oregon national
guard at Portland was directed on the
9th to hold itself in readiness to be
ordered at any time to go down the
Columbia river and quell the fishery
distur bances The cannery and other
buildings of the North Shore Packing
Co., situated across from Astoria, had
been fired and other violence was