Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-10-01
GENERAL. NEWS

GENERAL NEWS.
THE National league baseball season
closed on the 27th, the games sched-
uled for the day at Chicago being pre-
vented by rain. Baltimore, for the
third successive time, wins the pen
nant; Cleveland is second and will play
the champions in the Temple Cup Sc
lies. Cincinnati has to be content with
third place, while Boston beats Chica-
go by a nose in the race for fourth
place.
On the Philadelphia & Reading road
near Milton, Pa, an empty engine and
tender coilided with heavily laden
coal train, throwing IL cars off the
track and burying Engineer Mitchell,
of the former. beneath the ruins Fire
man Kelly, of the same engine, Jumped
off, but was SO badly injured that he
died.
THOMAS GoRMAN and Mat Carney
were cremated in a log hut near Lam
sing. Ia. 1t was supposed they quar-
relied and overturned the lamp
MISS FRANCES E. WILLARD, of the
Worlds w. C. T. u, has sent out an
appeal to the local unions in the Unit
ed States to organize meetings to pro-
test against the Armenian masacres
and also to raise money for the suffer
ers and send it to Mrs. Helen NJ Barker
at Chicago
GEORGE DIXON, of Boston, and
Tommy White, of Chicago, fought 90
rounds to draw on the 25th in the
Broadway Athletic club, at New York.
Preceding this fight Danny Mcbride.
of New York, and Johnny German, of
Long Island City, fought ten rounds,
and the referee gave Mcbride the de-
cision.
DUNs review of trade gives the num-
Der of failures for the week ended the
25th in the United States as SIS,
against 216 last year, and in Canada
80, against so last year.
THOMAS WILLARD, aged so, started
across the Ohio river from Wheeling,
w. Va, in boat with his son and two
girls, aged Is and IA, and when in the
middle of the river he rocked the boat
to brighten the girls and it capsized.
The man and one of the girls were
drowned.
A CONSTRUCT, ON train of 12 dump
cars on the Butler & Pittsburgh rail-
road went over an sO-foot EN- bankment
near Butler, Pa, owing to the failure
ofthe brakes to work One man was
killed and a number were injured.
A FREE fight occurred during po-
ltical demonstra ton at Elwood, Ind,
on the 25th in which Joseph Martin,
Samuel Salvin and Hosea Templeton
were probably fatally stabbed and a
number of others were hurt
REV. STANIsLAUs KAMIsKI, of Buffalo,
n. Y, was selected for bishop of the
Polish Roman Catholic church of
America by the convention at New
York.
FL. BENDERs, of. Carlyle, ILL.,, was
elected grand commander of the Select
Knights of America at the conclave at
Peoria, Ill. on the Gath.
The Western Baseball league cham
pionship season has closed. the clubs
standing in the following order:
Minneapolis first, Indianapolis second,
Detroit third, st. Paul fourth. Kansas
City fifth, Milwaukee sixth, Colum bus
seventh and Grand Rapids eighth.
HARRY. M. CONWAY was killed at
Chicago on the Gath by his wife, who
Immediately afterwards committed
suicide. The tragedy was caused by
his attentions to another woman.
FELIX HALE, a negro blacksmith at
Ambia, Tex, shot and fatally wounded
his wife and killed himself His wife
had separated from him and he tried
to induce her to live with him again
and her refusal caused the tragedy.
AT the 24-hour bicycle race at the
Coliseum at Chicago on the gath c. w.
Miller did so miles in the remarkable
time of 1:54:25 SIS the previous record
being 2:11:6 As.
JAMES r. WADDILL, of Missouri, was
elected president of the National In
surance Commissioners association, in
session at Philadelphia.
MARITAL law was declared in Lead
vile, Col. on the esd. The United
States troops at Fort Logan were also
appraised to be ready to take the field.
Miners from Aspen. Cripple Creek and
the San Juan district were said to be
gathering at Leadville and threaten to
burn the city and wipe out the militia.
An attempt was made by the strikers
to destroy the water works, but a
strong military guard had been posted
there and frustrated the attempt.
THE Army of the Cum berland elected
the following officers on the gath at
Rockford, Ill: President, Gen. w. s. Rose
Grams; corresponding secretary, Gen
H v. Boynton: treasurer, Gen. Fuller
ton; historian, C. 6. Mifia- Columbus.
O., was selected as the next meeting
place.