Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12

confined to her bed. Harvey Boone
bribed her nurse to drug her. and while
she was stupefed he came to her bed
side with minister and license and
they were married.
A BRIDGE at Kertsch, Russia, which
had been weakened by flood. collapsed
recently. number of people were
crossing when the bridge fell, and 3S
of them were drowned.
THE queens speech was read to the
British lords and commons at London
on the 9th and parliament was pro
rogued until October 6.
JACK WILLIAMS was lynched near
Barbourville, KY, for assaulting a
deaf and dumb girl.
A CALL has been sent out to the state
presidents of ex-Slaves' Pension asso-
Citations for a national convention tc
be held in Nashville, Tenn, September
90, 1897.
THERE were 214 business failures in
the United States for the week ended
the 9Th, according to Bradstreet's re-
port, against 800 for the corresponding
week last year
A NEGRO farm laborer, named George
Turner, attempted to assault his en-
ployer's daughter in Barbour county,
Ala, was caught by a posse a few
hours after his escape and then
promptly hanged to tree in a swamp.
THE two largest silver mines in Utah
the Ontario and Daly-have been
ordered closed, owing to the decline of
silver. The mines gave employment
to 700 men.
A TERRIBLE disaster occurred recent
ly at Kremen tchung. Russia. a town
on the river Dneiper. Owing to the
high stage of water in the river
women's swimming bath anchored
along the bank was swept away. The
bath was occupied at the time by 400
women, 200 of whom were drowned.
FIFTY leading society ladies of La
fayette, Ind, moved the electric cars
and gathered in fares for the benefit of
the Young Mems Christian association.
Thousands patronized the lines, and
many paid extravagant fares for
brief ride. No change was returned by
the handsome collectors.
ONE hundred women employed as
Wrappers in the Rhenia silk mills at
College Point, L.. l., made demand
for an increase of wages and for the
unemployment of the men who struck
two months ago in consequence of a
reduction of so to 40 per cent. in wages.
Both were refused and the women
struck.
GERALD ALLEN. aged 20, poured hot
coffee on the breast of man named
Miller to awaken him. in a squatters'
camp near Linn Grove, KY. Miller
then seized pistol and killed Allen.
CHARLES DIETz, of Philadelphia, quar-
relied with Katherine Skollen, his
sweetheart, shot her, probably fatal
ly, and then killed himself.
THE long-standing breach in the An
cient Order of Hibernians in the United
States, which occurred in 1854, has
been closed and the 1915. 600 mem bers of
the order are again affiliated under one
head. The union was effected at a
joint conference of the national officers
of the rival factions held in Atlantic
City, y. j., on the 9Th.
IT was reported at Ardmore, I. T.,
on the 4th that the Kiowa and Conan
che Indians were putting on war paint
and a general uprising was feared.
THE three Pamble sisters and Miss
Adams were drowned in Skunk river
near Lancaster, Ia, the other evening
while bathing.
THE report that Chief Quanah Parker
had been killed and robbed by gam
bier was false. It originated in the
fact that the chief was one of several
Indians who had trouble with outlaws
and that Running Antelope, Co
manche, was injured by being thrown
from his horse.
A CLOUDBURST occurred at Castle
Rock, Col, on the 4th which caused
the most serious flood ever known in
that section. Plum creek became a
raging torrent and not less than 100
bridges on that stream and its tribu-
taries were washed away. The dam
age to wagon roads will cost the coun-
ty thousands of dollars.
THERE were five victims of the heat
at Cincinnati on the 4th and 23 prostra-
tons
JACK OVERHEARD, of New Orleans,
was given the decision over Spider"
Kelly at San Francisco on the 4th
after go rounds of fighting. overheard
sustained his reputation as a rusher.
He was the stronger of the two. and in
close work may fairly be classed as
superior to Kelly.
THE returns at Tahlequah, j. T.. on
the election for the Cherokee council
show a majority for the nationals over
the Downings in both houses. The
nationals are composed mostly of full
bloods and are bitterly opposed to al
loCmenV. 1T is tnougnG CnaI no treaty
will ever be reached with the Dawes
| commission.
DURING a fight between tramps and
the crew of Sioux City & Pacific
| freight train between Sergeant Bluffs
and Sloan, Ia. Brakeman Harry Rob
| ison was thrown from the top of car
and may die. The tramps were beat
| en- off
| E. r. Moses, of Great Bend, Kan.
| has issued the official call for the sixth
national irrigation congress to be held
at Lincoln, Neb., September $500