Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-05-21
THE report of the advisory board of

greater part in a manner satisfactory
to the committee and also that he fully
Endorsed the principles of the A. p. A.
and the advisory board recommended
that the ban which had been placed on
Maj McKinley's presidential candi-
dacv be removed John ". Echols, OF
Atlanta, Ga, was elected supreme
president of the A. P. A; 81. 8. VIII.
liams, of Boston, supreme vice presi-
dent, and Mr.. Swain, of California, sue
preme secretary.
A FIRE that started in frame build
ing at Franklin City, W. Va, burned
25 dwellings
A DISPATCH from Council Bluffs, Ia y
on the 18th stated that it had rained
there continuously for a week and
that the loss to the city in sewers, paw
ing and bridges would run into the
thousands
ATLANTA, Ga, experienced serious
fire on the nth, a whole block being
destroyed, including the Markham
house. Loss. $500, 600.
GEN. GRosvENoR's statement on the
nth said that the conventions had
been held and the result was before
the people. He allowed Mckinley 500
delegates out of 91s-
THE north central part of Kansas
was visited by a tornado on the after
noon of the 18th. At Seneca four per-
sons were killed outright and many
in jured. The Grand opera house was
demolished and 25 residences RACED to
the ground. At Oneida three children
were killed and at Frankfort 200 peo-
pie were made homeless Frightful
damage was also done at Reserve, Sa-
betha, Falls City, Baileyville and other
places, and many people were badly
injured. Many farm houses were
blown down and much live stock was
destroyed in the section visited by the
storm.
EUGENE V. DEBs, was named for the
presidency of the United States by the
Chicago Labor congress on the 18th.
The resolution provoked discussion,
which consumed three hours, but it
was finally adopted by a slight ma
jority. 1t was recited in the resolu.
ton that labor should be solicitous
that a man be nominated who was
known to be friendly to workers and
wealth producers
Rev. MR. RHODES, living IL miles east
of Timpson, Tex, while blowing in his
field unearthed 80. 600 Mexican dollars
the money being buried in leather
IL.
FAILURES for the week ended the
18th were, according to Dun's Review,
e24 in the United States, against Eli
last year, and SO in Canada, against 81
last year.
THE barn of Mrs. Elizabeth Akin,
near Evansville, Ind, was burned re-
Gently, together with % mules, 49,
bushels of corn, 200 tons of hay and a
lot of farming indictments
D. w. SIMPkINs, of Mason City, Ia,
was bitten by mad dog Is years ago
and was recently suffering from hydro
phobia and taken to the county asylum
for safe keeping
JAMES MCGUIRE, employed at the tile
works at Ottawa, ILL.,, tabled his wife
81 times and then plunged the knife
into his own breast five times. Nc
CURE was jailed. His injuries, al
though serious, may not be fatal Jeal.
ousy was the cause.
FOREST fires round Atlantic City, N.
j., have destroyed many Gran berry
boys and reduced to ashes much tim
bcr.
AT Chicago Alfred Fields. a negro
convicted of the murder of Mrs Ran.
| dolph. was hanged on the 18th Joseph
| Windrath and Mic Marzden, who were
| granted short stays
| A FREIGHT train on the Iroh Noun
tain road was derailed 20 miles north
of Little Rock. Ark. and one tramp
was instantly killed aud another seri-
ously injured
BY virtue Of an execution issued
from the Choctaw courts, Austin Pus-
ley, negro and John Prola. white
intermarried citizen, received 139
iashes respectively on the bare back
| at Wi1berton, L T., on the 13th. Pus-
| ley was charged with stealing hogs
| and Prole with selling coal without
license from the Choctaw nation
THREE separate fires at one time in
Paterson, n. J., caused a Loss Of S2i3,-
600, with little insurance.
MRS HENRY SCHwATKA and her six.
year-old daughter We're shot and killed
| by Chinese cook on the 18th at Yreka,
Cal The Chinaman then committed
| suicide.
Gov. MATTHEWS, of Indiana. has
written letter denying that he is
straddling the financial question He
| SAYS he favors the maintenance of a
| double standard
JACK R ALEXANDER great-nephew
of jefferson Davis, late president Oh
the southern confederacy, was sho,
and mortally wounded on the 12th al
| his saloon In Paris XIV bv John