Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-06-03

WHILE Frank Hall, boy of IL years,
was in a wagon which was being loaded
at Dallas, Tex. the mules took fright
and ran away. The wagon struck a
post and parted in two, the boy being
dragged on the front wheels and soon
after dashed against telephone pole
and killed.
An earthquake shock occurred at
WHITEHALL and other places in New
York about 1915 on the night of the
27th- Dispatches from jefferson and
st. Lawrence counties stated that the
inhabitants were greatly frightened
and rushed out of their houses in their
\ night clothes. Windows We're shaken.
sashes broken and lamps overturned.
FRED BEEsON, on the ranch of Harry
Morse, at Sunol, Cal, was on an emer-
gency made cook In looking around
for soda to bake biscuits he picked up a
baking can and used some of the white
powder it contained. The dinner was
served Beeson soon afterward died,
another man was reported dying and
several others were dangerously i'll.
The white powder was arsenic.
GEORGE A. DUEY, who has been con-
nected with the Associated press at
Cincinnati and other places for many
Years, was killed the other night by
| Policeman Booth at Cincinnati. An
alarm of burglars was given. calling
Booth to the place. Duey was en- route
home at the time and refused to halt
when the officer shot him dead, mis-
taking him for one of the burglars,
who made their escape.
THE tol1gate warfare has spread into
Robertson county. KY. A band of raid
ers the other night swept over the coun-
| fu a ont TO To
those on Falmouth and Walford roads
The raiders sent note to the county
judge stating they would have their
rights or die.
/ THREE employees were injured as the
result of panic which followed the
breaking out of a fire at the jefferson
Chair Co.'s place in Chicago. The fire
caused a loss of $40, 900.
A FIREMAN and another man were
killed and the proprietor and two 9TH
ers injured by the explosion of boiler
| in Haney's sawmill at Glen Hazel, Pa,
the other day.
CHICAGo's annual census taken by
the directory company is nearly COM
pleted and will show a population of
1, 800, 900, an increase of 500, 900 since
1890.
SICK and discouraged over his inabil-
ity to meet payments on his home. Alex
ander T. Beckett, formerly clerk in
the National Bank of Illinois, which
collapsed few months ago, shot and
killed himself at Chicago on the Goth,
making the third suicide resulting from
the failure of the bank
CAssIUs M. BARNES was sworn in as
governor of Oklahoma at Guthrie on
the 26th.
/ WHOLESALE poisoning occurred at
a social gathering at Cave-in-Rock. Ill.
Shortly after supper 16 persons who
had eaten chickens exhibited symp-
toms of poisoning. Miss Lou S. Barger
has died and several others were not
expected to live DIR. Gregory investi-
gated the poisoning and decided that
tyrotoXicon in milk caused the poison
ing.
A DISPATCH on the 26th said that the
peace negotiations between Turkey and
Greece, with each of the powers self
ishly involved, were proceeding so
slowly that the belief was gaining
ground that the present armistice will
be raised and hostilities resumed
THE man Crawford, who killed Dick
| Whitse1l near Pleasant ton. Tex. few
weeks ago. committed suicide in jail
here by swallowing broken glass and
phosphorus.
AT Weldon, Ark, on the oath Carrie
johnson, aged II, shot and killed
| Walter johnson. Johnson was mar
ried the day before and the Johnson
girl said he had promised to marry her.
ADvICEs from Cuba were received by
the junta at Philadelphia on the goth
to the effect that Gen. Gomez will tenn
porarily resign as commander of the
insurgent forces and come to this coun-
try to confer with President Mckinley
on the Cuban situation. During his
absence Gen. Garcia will command.
THE Joseph Sommer Coal Co. has
notified the men employed in their
bituminous mines at Brazil. Ind, that
they would hereafter be required to
mine coal at Al cents per ton, reduc-
ton of four cents. The offer was re-
fused. and the miners abandoned the
mine. 1t was thought that other com
panies would make a like reduction.
MAN while walking around the cor
ridor on the 18th floor of the chamber
of commerce at Chicago on the 25th sud
denly drew a revolver, shot himsel1
and then jumped over the railing into
the court, $50 feet below. A letter in
the mans pocket showed him to be w.
+. Mittman. a dancing teacher.
MANY of the New England cotton
, mills are talking about shutting down
during the summer because of the
present unsatisfactory state of the
market.
GEORGE GREEN defeated Charles Nc
Keever in IS rounds at San Francisco
on the Goth. The contest was noted fo1
the terrific pace set by Green.
JACOB CONRAD, Joseph Bolum and
Carl Eisteben entered into a contest as
to who could drink the most whisky al
Carl Schoepler's saloon at Chicago or
the Goth. All three became uncon