Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-10-01
Az anti-masonic congress has opened

group of French Canadians, the prince
bishop of Trent presiding. The object
of the congress was "to make known
to all the immeasurab1eness of the
moral and material evil the church and
society have suffered through freema-
sorry and to seek an antidote-"
THREE big rats attacked the two
months-old baby boy of Isaac Asher at
Baltimore. Nd, gnawing its face, head
and neck to such an extent that he
! died in short time. Mr.. Asher heard
the infant crying. and as he entered
the child's room the rats jumped from
the baby's couch and scampered off.
Tom WATSON. populist candidate for
vice president, has teiegraphed to the
New York World review of the po-
litical situation. in which he said that
Chairman Jones would make the blum
der of his life if he listened to the flu.
sion leaders and believes full popu-
list vote can be had for Bryan and
Sewall on the ticket.
The paymaSter of the Longda1e Iron
Co. was riding on an engine on the
Short Line railway near Charleston,
w. Va, on the 9th with So, 500 to pay
employees, when he was held up by
robber anu the money secured. Shots
were exchanged and the paymaster was
killed, the robber escaping. A posse
went after the robber and lynching
| was expected.
THOMAS KIDD. aged Ia, was murdered
at Dalton, O., on the 27th by his play
mate, Carl McIlhaney, aged seven.
The boys quarreled.
A DELEGATION of glassworzers from
| Marion, Ind, visited Maj. Mckinley at
Canton, O., on the 25th before break
fast. Then a delegation from Craw-
ford, Pa, which included students
from Allegheny college, arrived, fol-
lowed by a delegation of farmers from
! Wyandotte county, O., and another
delegation of citizens of Tifin and
Seneca county, o. The last delegation
presented the major with portrait of
Gen. w. II. Gibson, sent by his widow.
THE sawmil1 of Smalley Bros. &
Woodwork at Bay City, Mich, was
destroyed by fire on the odd.
The grand session of the Select
Knights of America opened at Peoria,
ILL.,, on the 22d, 400 delegates being
present
| EMANCIPATION day was generally OBJ
served on the 22d by the colored people
throughout the country.
NEAR Tickwa station, La, John
johnson. colored farm hand, about
midnight killed Mr.. and Mrs. John
Cotton and Mervin Stevens, aged II,
and seriously wounded Misses Agnes
and Lizzie Miller. Searching parties
were after him to lynch him.
w. II. GIsT, a jealous husband, killed
Charles Shropshire in Harry Brothers
| warehouse at Dallas Tex, on the ED.
| The dead man received the contents of
a revolver in his body, and his head
IL L
/ pistol and knife. Both men were
! armed. There were no witnesses to
the killing but Gist claimed it was in
self-defense. A telegram from Gist's
wife to Shropshire precipated the trou-
| BILE.
THE annual session of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows at Dallas,
Tex, adjourned on the 25th. The
| recommendation for revised Rebekah
ritual was adopted, as was the revised
ritual for the Patriarchs Militant. A
universal sign of distress for the Re-
bekah branch was adopted.
JOHN r. GENTRY, at Rig1ey park,
Portland, Me-, paced the fastest mile
!; ever made in harness and placed the
worlds record at o:OO11. It was be-
lieved that had he not had to contend
with the wind in his teeth in the last
|
in two minutes The time for the
| quarters were 2914, BOZ, 3Osl, BOZ.
A SPECIAL. from Pittsburgh. Pa, de-
MED the story that the Russian gov
eminent had stolen the secrets of the
armor-plate business of the Carnegie
company.
The Clyde line steamer Frederick de
Barry, from New York to Jacksonville,
n. c.. was wrecked at Kitty Hawk, n.
c.. on the 23d. The crew We're taken
off by life savers.
On the oath there were four legal
hangings in New Mexico. Dionicio
Sandoval was hanged at Albuquerque,
Perfecto Padilla and Rosario Hinged
were hanged at TERRA Amarillo and
Antonio Gonzales was hanged at Ros-
| well.
A NEW rule is to become operative on
| the Wabash railroad on and after Oc-
tober 1. A record will be kept of the
offenses of any employe and when six
have occurred the employe will be dis
charged and his situation be given to
the man who has earned the highest
number of white marks by attention
to his duties.
JOHN FITCH, co1ored, was 1ynched
near Chapel Hill, Charleston county,
Ala. He had broken into the room of
Miss Harrington few evenings ago,
but was driven away. He was after