Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-29

Two distinct shocks of earthquake
were felt in Saratoga, N Y, the other
morning. Buildings shook and there
| parts of the city. The alarm among
| the guests of the big hotels was great
for time. and many feared to return
/ to their beds.
BoYCE SPILCHER, who lived near
| Glendale. Mich, was visited recently
by several Of his neigh bors, who tarred
| and feathered him and rolled him in
| the sand He had slandered certain
! women and was ordered to leave town.
He left.
/ The Tudor iron works at East ST.
Louis closed down three of its depart
ments, letting out $50 men, on account
| of the scarcity of coal, and it was
stated that unless supply of coal was
obtained within a few days the entire
mill would shut down, throwing 900
men and boys out of work.
THE Casino summer theater at Ra-
mona park, Paducah, KY, was burned
| while performance was being given.
when the fire broke out the audience
was panic-stricken and probably 100
were injured by being burn@dor tram
pied upon. The buildi6ga being covered
with tar as paper, was acrAasss 81 flames
PETER WAssELs, alias Terrible
Pete" was hanged in the county Jail
yard at Wilkesbarre, Pa, on the 22d.
Wassels shot at a man, but missed him
and killed Joseph Kupersavage.
Rev. PETER HAvERMANs, the oldest
Catholic priest in the United States.
died at Troy. N. Y, on the 22d. He
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| to America in few months.
THE Chicago sugar refinery, which
uses 400 tons of bituminous coal daily,
has suspended operations because of
| the high price of coal.
| THE fifth annual convention of the
national union of German Christian
| Endeavor societies opened at st. Louis
on the 21st with nearly 500 delegates
present. -
| WHILE employed in pitching wheat
| to thrasher, George Maclzey sudden
| ly became insane and attempted to
| take the lives of a number of men at a
| farm near Chelsea, I. T. The intense
heat was supposed to have affected his
brain.
AFTER J. r. Sovereign, general mas
| ter workman of the Knights of Labor,
| had been speaking for ten minutes to
| miners at Pocahontas, Va, on the goth
about the strike, the mayor issued a
| proclamation forbidding all public
meetings of more than three persons,
and Mr.. Sovereign was obliged to stop.
Mr.. Sovereign stated that 100 business
men of the place had apologized to
him for the. mayors action.
THERE was little change reported on
the 21st in the strike of the coal miners
| in the Pittsburgh, Pa, and the West
| Virginia districts. The expected meet
| ing of the board of arbitrators did not
take place. owing to the non-arrival of
some of the members. The B. & O..
railroad has laid an embargo on all
West Virginia coal and orders have
been issued to hold all coal at junction
points, as the railroad company want
ed to keep a ten-days' supply always
| on hand.
DR. MARION DoRsETT, of the depart
ment of agriculture at Washington, has
arrived in Clarinda, Ia, to officially ex-
| pertinent with the use of anti-t toxin
serum as a preventive for hog cholera
| THE Wichita and Caddo Indians at a
council held in Oklahoma came to the
| conclusion that 100 acres apiece was not
| enough land for them to live on. They
| elected delegation to go to Washing
ton and try and get $40 acres allotted
| each member of the tribe.
MRS. LOVEY ALDRICH, one of the seven
surviving widows of the revolutionary
| soldiers who fought in the war of 1776,
died in San Diego. Cal. She was 9s
years old.
Afford Comes and Ramsey Crosby,
| two Choctaw Indians, were convicted
| of the murder of old man Goings, an
uncle of Afford Goings, at the Sulphur
| Springs, i. T., court and were both
sentenced to be shot on August 21.
DISPATCHES received at Atlanta, Ga,
on the Goth confirmed the report of the
lynching of DIR. Rider, who murdered
Miss Sa1lie Owen at Talbotton year
ago. The action of the mob was as
cribed to the indignation of the people
| at the case being continued.
A RECENT dispatch from India stated
| that the famine still continued there
and that people were dying by hun
| dreds daily of starvation.
A LONDON dispatch on the goth stated
| that, through the negotiations of the
American bimetallic commission, aided
| by representatives of France, Great
Britain will probably agree to partici-
| pate in a conference to be held at
Washington next fall.
a CIRCULAR was issued from PeOrla,
! ILL.,, on the Goth by Grand Master Sar-
| gent and Grand Secretary Arnold, of
| the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men, to all subordinate lodges denom-
mating the present coal miners strike
a contest between labor and corporate
capital and asking the firemen to con-
| tribute literally to the assistance OF
/ the strikers.
Two men entered McWilliams' bank
at Odell, ILL.,, on the Goth and ordered
| Cashier Van. Buslxirk to hold up his
hands and pass over the cash, but he
j ora hlad his r-orol var and thar holtod