Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-21

| CHARLES GURDEI. colored. a residents
| of Carlyle, Ill, hiccoughed necessarily
| for 90 hours and died. He virtually
| coughed himself to death.
THERE is proposition on foot 10 di-
| vide Alaska and create the territory OF
| Lincoln.
| WHILE a play was being given at
/ Robinson's opera house at Cincinnati
| on the night of the 18th the plastering
| began to fall from the roof, which
| caused the people to rush out In a
| few minutes the whole roof fell in.
| Three persons were killed and about
| 81 injured, some dangerously.
| A DISPATCH from Denver, Col. on the
18th said that the first snowstorm Of
the season began shortly before mid
night. A heavy fall was reported from
| the mountain towns.
AN orchestra at colored dance at
| Chicago refused to play until they were
! paid, which caused a fuss in which
/ raZors were used and six men were
badly slashed.
| Tom NEEDLES, of Illinois. formerly
| marshal Of Oklahoma, was appoin ted
member of the Dawes commission on
the 18th. He succeeded Montgomery,
of Alabama, whose resignation was
asked for.
| THERE were .96 business failures in
the United States reported by Brad
streets commercial agency for the
| week ended the 18th, against 279 in
the corresponding week a year ago.
| ADAM HUFFMAN, a farmer near Brim-
field, Ind, was strangled to death by
| burglars because he would not tell
where his wealth was kept.
| AT Lexington, KY, James T. won
the So, 600 stakes two-year-old running
race and smashed the worlds record
for FLIES, making the mile in .2:14.
| UNITED STATES SENATOR GoRAAN has
issued an open letter to Edwin F.
| Abel. publisher of the Baltimore Sun,
in which he offers to relinquish the
leadership of the democracy in Mary
land, provided Mr.. Abel will accept
| it and support the democratic ticket in
| the coming campaign. He also init
mates that he will forego his ambition
| to succeed himselfin the Z nited Sta ties
| senate if it can be shown that such a
| step is necessary to democratic success
| IN the parishes of Morehouse and
| Union, La, vast bodies of oak and
| pine timber have been destroyed by a
| fire said to have been started by camp
| hunters.
| THE London Globe stated on the 18th
| that the British government may be
! depended upon to maintain the gold
| standard inviolate.
| EVER since the appearance of yellow
| fever in Texas refugees from Calves
ton, Houston and other cities in the
| Lone Star state have been f1ocking to
| ST. Louis.
| THE American Humane association
had a meeting at Nashville, Tenn, in
which a resolution was passed de-
| nouncing DR.. Sanarellrs incubation
of healthy human beings with the
germ culture of yellow fever as legal
lied murder, as many of the unsuspect-
| ing victims had died with all the
symptoms accompanying the dread
| disease.
THE national convention of the Chris
tian church Disciples of Christi began
at Indianapolis, Ind. on the 14th and
will. continue until October 22.
| DURHAM, n. c., was visited by the
most destructive fire in its history.
Seven four-story wooden houses, filled
with tobacco, and eight dwellings were
| destroyed. Loss, $3.50, 900.
| NATION, Ill, held free street fair
recently, the business houses being
| decorated and two miles of booths oc-
| cupying the center of Broadway and
| Western avenue, containing exhibits
of agricultural and horticulture prod
ucts, domestic animals, merchandise
and mechanical appliances. 1t proved
a success beyond the wishes of the
most sauguine.
The bicycle road race from Lexing-
ton, KY, to Covington. Ky, distance
| of 80 miles, was won by J. d. Park in
hours, 35 minutes and 20 seconds.
| CHESTER SHEw, painter, was paint
| ing telegraph and electric light pole
at st. Louis when his right arm came
| in contact with live electric light
wire and for Is minutes he was sus-
| pended in midair, and as near eternity
as he ever will be again and miss max
| ing the through journey. He was res
cued, badly burned, by some firemen.
| The Toronto express on the Canadian
Pacific collided with freight and an
| engineer, one mail clerk and two
tramps were killed, besides many other
| people being injured.
| ABOUT 20 railroads were represented
at the annual convention of the Ameri-
| can association of General Baggage
| Agents which was called to order at
| Denver, Col. on the 18th by President
+. A. McWade, of the Pennsylvania
railroad. The question of securing
uniform regulations regarding the
transportation of corpses and the hand
ling of baggage from yellow fever dis
triets are among the subjects to be dis
| cussed.
THERE was riot among the prison
ers in. the st. Louis Jail on the 18th,
during which 20 negroes engaged in a
desperate fight among themselves
The jailer turned in the riot alarm to
the police, who overpowered the COM
| batants and placed them in dungeons.