Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-18

| fire by boys on the 18th and the flames
swept through the town and burned
two bridges and an elevator, causing a
heavy loss.
Two Italians fought duel in Lake
Front park, Chicago, on the night of
the 14th and the challenger, Botiste
| Me11eri, was shot to death by Joseph
Bernasconi. The duel was deliberate
ly planned, the men quarreling over
the subject of anarchy.
| THE police raided the gambling dens
| of Chinatown, in San Francisco, and
arrested 500 Cinnamon.
| NOTICE of ten per cent. reduction
| to take effect March 1, has been posted
! at the works of the Pennsylvania Steel
| Co. at Harrisburg, Pa. It will affect
| 5000 hands.
| CHARLES BRADLEY, prisoner being
taken to Jail at Paris, L. T., jumped
| from the train while handcuffed and
| made his escape.
SIX men were crushed to death in the
Freeman mine near Gouverneur, n. Y,
| by a cave-in. Each left large families.
r. E. KHPATRICK, a brakeman, was
| killed by the cars at Shawnee, I. T.
He was coupling and caught his foot
in a frog.
GEORGE VoLK and his brother, An
| drew, Of Wanatah, Ga, were instantly
killed by being struck by Pennsylvar
MIA accommodation train. Two ladies.
who were in the vehicle with them,
escaped with slight injuries, but the
team was killed.
THE League of American Wheelmep
in annual convention at Albany, n. Y,
on the 18th declined to admit profes-
SIGNALS, no matter of what standing, to
either full or associate membership in
the league and also declined by
heavy vote to allow local option for
Sunday racing.
A COMPLETE canvass of the Ohio as.
sembly was made by Joe Smith, the
confidential secretary of the president
elect. The result was that the sup
porters of National Chairman Hanna
were convinced that if special session
of the assembly is called to elect sue
cessor to Senator Sherman Hanna will
be elected by large majority.
The statement that the CAPT
toll at Springfield, Ill, is unsafe
badly frightens members of the legis-
1ature. Architects have declared that
the foundation is weak and the dome is
likely to fall any moment.
The cashier of the First national
bank at Salisbury, Pa, was held up at
noon in the bank on the 18th by ne
gro and made to hand over $500. The
cashier gave an alarm when the negro
left and the robber was captured and
the money recovered.
ARTHUR T. German, of Baltimore,
Md, who is said to be nephew of
United States Senator German, was
married at Detroit, Mich, on the 18th
to Miss Annie Waitman, of the Wood
Sisters Burlessue Vaudeville Co. The
marriage was performed on the stage
and the bride appeared in tights.
FAILURES for the week ended the 18th
Dun's review in the United States
were 267, against 32t last year.
AN incendiary fire at Plano, Tex, on
the 18th burned nearly 80 buildings, in
Guiding the business part of the city.
The loss was upward of 500, 900, with
practically no insurance. The post
Office was destroyed, but the mails
were saved.
THE boiler of Wyrick Bros sawmi1l,
near Magnolia, Ark, exploded and Cal
houn Wyrick, white, and John Lewis,
colored, were killed outright. John
Wyriclz, one of the owners, was fatally
scalded and six other mill hands were
seriously injured. The explosion was
due to want of sufficient water in the
boiler.
A TELEGRAM from Sitia, Crete, on the
18th reported that Is villages were in
flames and that the Christians We're
killing the Mohammedan inhabitants.
THE livery stable of f. NJ. Gilbert,
Jr., and the blacksmith shop adjoining
at Jeffersonville, Ind, were burned.
The contents of the stable were en-
tirely destroyed and eight horses per-
ished. The fire was supposed to have
been incendiary.
A FARMER went down into his potato
pit near North Branch, Mimi, and was
overcome by the deadly gas, two sons
and their mother also went in, one at a
time, to rescue the others, and were
likewise overcome. When help arrived
they were dead.
THE much-discussed fancy ball of the
Bradley-Martins came off at the Wal
dorf hotel, New York, on the night of
the 10th. The costumes were exquisite
and the function eclipsed every thing
of the kind that had ever taken place
before.
THE British bark Mark Curry was
burned in Port Iloilo, Philippine is
lands, with 200 tons of sugar on board.
AT Homan, Ark, Sam Leigh, a Is
year-old boy, shot and killed Adam
Cartwright, his stepfather. Court
wright, in jealous frenzy, assaulted
his wife with a c111b infictinO fatal