Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-06-10

DAVID WILSON, colored, was hanged
at Morristown, n. J., for chopping his
wife to death with an ak.
THE New York chamber of commerce
has adopted resolution recognizing
'sthe Importance of an early enactment
of a proper pooling bill. so that rail-
roads may exercise the right which all
other corporations and citizens enjoy
to make contracts with each other"
JAMES LEWIS, co1ored, was hanged in
the Jail yard at Fairfax, Va, on the 4th
for an assault on white woman.
COLUMBUS G. RUSSELL, ayoung farmer
near Harrisburg, ILL.,. has been arrest
ed on the charge OF putting poison in
the coffee, whereby his mother-in-law
lost her life and his wife, from whom
he was separated, was made deathly
sick.
THE United States troops at Fort
Sheridan. Ill, were reported as being
in state of revolt. They marched out
of their mess tents and refused to par
take of the beef hearts and hvers,
which they say is the bill of fare 365
days in the year.
THE Springfield company of militia
was sent to Urbana, o., on the 4th by
the governor to protect the negro who
y
onment the day before for criminal as
sault, but they seemed to excite the
mob so much that they were ordered
to return to the depot. Immediately
after the jail was broken into and the
negro brute was soon in the hands of
the mob and hanging from tree.
THE tug Andrew III. Green was
blown to atoms at AS a. M. on the 5th
at Chicago by the explosion of her
boiler and no trace of her crew could
be found and there seemed to be no
doubt that the five men known to have
been on board had persisted.
THE entire plant of Jones & Laugh
lin at Pittsburgh, Pa, has been closed
down on account of the strike and 81
500 men are idle. The strikers re-
solved to stand firm for their demands.
FARMERS in Shelby county. ILL.,, be-
wall the ravages of the cutworm in
their young crops, making it neces-
sary to replant many acres. Chinch
bugs have also appeared in the oat
fields.
Tom CLARK, negro ex-convict, shot
and killed at Kansas City, Mo-, on the
night of the 4th Mrs. Elizabeth Hatch,
mortally wounded her daughter, Eliza
beth Williamson, and slightly wound
ed another woman. The Williamson
girl had refused to live with Clark any
longer and had gone home to her
mother. ALL the parties were colored.
Gov. HASTINGS. of Pennsylvania, on
the 4th signed the Weyler bill to pro-
tect. employees of corporations in their
right to belong to labor organizations.
THERE was said to be gigantic plan
on foot of New York capitalists to form
a pool to buy up $50, 600, 600 gallons of
whisky in bond in Kentucky. The
amount of money required to carry the
whisky will be nearly $50, 900. 600.
The plan implied advancing the price
of the stuff.
A MOB attempted to break into the
Jail at Urbana, O.. on the night of the
Sd and lynch ''Click' Mitchell, the ne
gro who had assaulted Mrs. Eliza
Gaumer, white woman. The negro
a short time before had been taken to
the courthouse and sentenced to 60
years Imprisonment for the crime.
For two hours the militia fought off
the angry mob and finally the troops
fired at the crowd. Two citizens were
killed and seven wounded. The eX-
element in the community was intense
and more trouble was expected.
A SEVERE wind and rainstorm oc-
Cured throughout the northern por-
ton of Texas on the Sd. Many resi-
dences were blown from their founda-
tions in different cities and the ripen-
ing grain and other crops were badly
damaged.
THE head camp of Modern Woodmen
had parade at Dubuque, Ia. on the
Sd, 1000 being in line, and it was wit
messed by a big crowd, 81 special trains
being run to the city.
The United Confederate Veterans at
Admission, Ala, have prepared an adj
dress, which will be sent to every
camp in the association, protesting
against inviting G. A. &. men to their
reunions. The protest is not based on
hatred of the men who wore the blue,
but because the United Confederate
organization is bound up in the confed-
crate idea and union soldiers can have
no sympathy with the confederates'
objects.
THE National Business league sent
out on the Sd a letter from Chicago to
prominent business men in over hun
dred' different cities of the country
asking for their immediate action in
urging the United States senate to dis
pose of the tariff question before June
Is. The object was to get the letters
or memorials signed by the leading
business men of the country sent to
the league headquarters and then have
them presented to the senate as fast as
received.
FIVE big tanks, contain ing $4,000
gallons of water, fell five stories from
a building in course of construction at
New York and h1 led two mon .,16or
thousands of tons of debris. The con-
tractor, architect and inspector were
arrested, charged with homicide. The
mortar used was said to have been
mud.