Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-04-23


1t his home at Parkersbur9. W. Va. on
che 10th. He was once United States
/ senator.
Two iremen were crushed to death
by falling wall and several others
seriously injured in a fire which de-
stroyed the old depot of the Pennsyl
varia road at Philadelphia and en-
| tailed a loss of over $500, 900.
| THE plague news from China was
last reported as not alarming. There
was a great deal of sickness among
the European colony at Hong Kong,
but nothing very serious. It had
ragged there constantly for seven weeks
and the city was in an unhealthy state.
A fatal cattle disease had broken out
which had almost ruined the dairy
business.
TIE supreme tribunal of the Knights
of Pvthias closed three days session
at Denver, Col, on the 18th y de-
cision was rendered which affects hun
dreds of members throughout the
country. 1t was the case of Joseph
Gavin, who was expelled from the
Leadville lodge under the laws of 1894
excluding gamblers and drunkards
from the order. Gavin appealed on
the ground that he was a mem Der be
fore the law was passed. The tribunal
sustained Gavin's plea and ordered him
reinstated.
AT the city council meeting at Cedar
Rapids, Ia, on the 18th. the report OF
the outgoing city treasurer. j. c. Stod
dard, who has held the Office for almost
a quarter Of a century, showed a short
age of S12, 600. Where the money had
gone was mystery, as it was not be-
hot a,l 1.oI ia
by it.
DURING a performance at the Meyers
opera house at GAINESVILLE, Wis, on the
18th terrific explosion occurred near
the close of the second act. The light
apparatus was defective and blew up.
A property man was seriously mangled
by flying pieces of metal, but will re
cover. The entire company was Oh
the stage at the time the explosion oc-
Cured, but all but one escaped injury
and no panic occurred in the audience.
although the explosion shook the
theater and damaged the scenery.
FAILURES for the week ended the 18th
were. according to Dun's Review, 22s
in the United States, against a41 last
year, and SO in Canada, against 81 last
year.
THE 10th was the hottest April day
in Chicago since the signal service was
established in that city. The mercury
went to 81 in the afternoon, beating
April Is. 1894, by three degrees. This
was the record in the weather shop,
and it was several degrees warmer op
the streets.
NEWS of the arrest by Spanish Off
| Gals of Rev. A J. DiaZ, the American
citizen and superintendent of missions
| of the southern Baptist conven ton in
Cuba, has been received. No particu.
lars were given. but it was presumed
the arrest was on account of DR.. Diaz's
well known pro-insurgent proclivities.
Two granddaughters of Nelson
Bishop at Fall Village. Conn.,. aged
nine and eleven years, were burned in
their bed the other night.
ONE of the main buildings of the
Chicago Fireworks Co. at Gross point,
ILL.,. blew up recently. resulting ia the
death of two employees and the serious
injury of six more. The explosion was
thought to have been caused by some
grains OF powder being ignited by con-
cussion in the machinery.
The Maine republican convention
met at Portland on the 10th and
Thomas B. Reed, speaker of the lower
house OF congress, was enthusiastically
Endorsed for president The resolu-
tions said that Speaker Reed was OPP
| posed to the free coinage of silver ex-
cept by international agreement, and
believed the present gold standard
should be maintained until that agree
ment was secured; that he favored the
restriction of immigration, just ad-
ministration of the pension laws and
was an earnest friend to American
shipping.
SECRETARY CARLISLE spoke on the
currency question at the Auditorium
1T Chicago on the 18th before an audi
.nce that filled the great hall to the
attermost The address was delivered
nnder the auspices of the laboring men.
at the conclusion of the secretary's re-
marks Coin" Harvey, who was in the
audience, rose from his seat and began
to talk. There were loud cries of ''Sit
down." but Mr.. Harvey kept on. Final
iy several policemen started down the
aisle and Mr.. Harvey subsidized.
THE residence of Judge Alonzo
Irwin, seven miles west Of Selma, Ala,
was surrounded by negroes, who
threatened to murder the family
Sheriff Kennedy and a posse shastenec
to the scene and one of the negroes