Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-02

at New York from German editors all
over this country show that of the 5S1
German-American newspapers in this
country which discuss politics. 499 are
in favor of the present gold standard,
80 are for bimetallism or free silver
silver 80 are doubtful and that 80 per
cent. of the German-American voters
are in favor of the maintenance of the
present gold standard.
DEMOCRATS of Tennessee will push
Gov. Bob Taylor for president at Chi
cago.
THE Irish National Federation of
America has issued a notice to its
branches in this country of an Irish
race convention to be held in Dublin
on September l.
MRS. HELEN NJ. COUGAR, the famous
temperance lecturer and equal suffrage
agitator, was selected as the candidate
of the broad gauge prohibitionists at
Lafayette, Ind, for Encouragement
JOSEPH Cooking. who was awaiting
trial for the murder of his wife and
sister-in-law, was taken from the jail
at La Plata, Md, by mob and hanged
to a tree.
OSCAR BAKER killed young man
named Shultz with basel ball bat at
q
over the game.
AT Peters, Tenn, on the Goth there
was dynamite explosion that cost one
man his life and will be the death OF
at least two others Three or four
others were also badly injured. The
| large mill building in which the men
were working was completely demol-
ished.
n W n
was serving a murder sentence in the
reformatory at Pontiac, ILL.,, attacked
guard in an attempt to escape and
was killed by the officer.
THE boat race on the Hudson, near
Poughkeepsie, n. Y. on the Goth, be-
| tween the Harvard, Cornell. Colum bia
and Pennsylvania university crews,
1 was won by Cornell The official time
was as follows: Cornell, 1929; Harvard,
1882; Pennsylvania, 2O:11; Colum bia,
21:35.
A TRIPLE hanging took place in the
state penitentiary at Canon City, Col.
on the night of the Goth. the men be-
ing Thomas Holt, Albert Noble and
Deonicio Romero, who killed Police
man John Solomon in Trinidad.
Two bad freight wrecks occurred on
the NJ, K. & I. recently in Texas A,
Hearne Is cars Of ca tile bound for st.
Louis were ditched and 100 head OF
stock was killed, while at Granger
seven cars of merchandise were badly
wrecked and Brakeman Banhan seri
ously injured.
NEGOTIATIONS were being made al
San Francisco on the 25th for fight
to finish between James J. Corbet'
and Sharkey, the sailor who recently
had a four-round go with Corbet1
which was declared a draw. The
fight is to take place within six month:
for $40. 600 and the largest purse offered
by a club.
DEMOCRATS of Indiana in state con-
vention on the oath strongly Endorsed
free silver and Gov. Matthews for pres
ident.
The Georgia democrats met in state
convention at Macon and nominated
w. Y. Atkinson for governor. The
platform declared for opening the
mints for the coinage of silver at six
time of peace, favored the speedy pay
ment of the public debt and indirectly
condemned the A. p. A.
A CHICAGO, Milwaukee & ST. Pau
meat train, running so miles an hou
down Hayesville hill, near Ottumwa
Ia, jumped the track, totally destroy
ing !S cars of Kansas City meat. Et
Lindquiest was killed and Will kauff
man fatally injured. The trainmel
were unhurt.
JAMES ]. CoRBETT was all bu
, knocked out in four-round contest a
San Francisco on the cath with Ton
Sharkey, the champion of the navy
Corbett clinched Sharkey throughou
the entire fourth round to avoid pun
ishment and was greatly exhausted
when the round closed, while Sharke,
seemed fresh. The referee declared
| the contest a draw.
: A. j. PETERSON, foreman of a gani
of laborers at the Carnegie steel mil
at Pittsburgh, Pa, was killed by
molten mass of Stag falling on hi
head, which was crushed like an egg
shell. The flesh was also roasted OF
of his body.
A CYCLONE swept over a section o
country four miles south of Clayton
; Wis, recently and number of dwell
ings and barns were demolished On
man was fatally injured.
GEN. A. B. CAMPBELL, lawyer O
Los Angeles, Cal, has been sent to a
| insane asylum. He was formerly O
, Kansas and was a noted repu blical
orator.
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