Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-07

Il WOMAN ana nST TOUR cn1lOIGn WerS
found dead by asphyxiation in the
West Shore hotel. New York. on the
morning of the 1st She had regis
tered the previous nightas MRS. Caro-
line Razinius, West Point" The wom-
an, it was thought, had voluntarily
caused the tragedy.
DISPATCH to London from Rome on
the 1st said that the pope's weakness
was increasing and church dignitaries
were afraid that he would not rally
from the extreme feebleness he be-
trayed.
FIRE broke out early on the 1st at
Willow Springs, 10 miles from Chicago,
and destroyed nearly half the town
and made about so families homeless.
A RICH gold strike has been made on
Potosi mountain, in Colorado. The
vein was said to be wide and continu-
GUS and to run thousands OF dollars to
the ton.
The 18th annual convention of the
Missouri Valley Homeopathic Medical
association took place at Iowa City, Ia
DIR. L. c. McElwee, of st. Louis, was
elected president for the ensuing year.
A soUTHBoUND Rock Island passen-
ger train was held up at 1888 a. m. on
1.-The 1st near Chickasha, /. T., by five
masked men. They tried to blow open
the safe in the express car, but failed.
The car, however, was blown to atoms.
The mail bags were rified and all reg
tstered packages taken. The robbers
then lined up the passengers outside
and took all their valuables. Posses
were put on the trail of the bandits:
A TRAIN on the Boston & Maine rail
road met with an accident near Med
ford, Mass, and about 80 passengers
were more or less injured.
Boston has won the league pennant
for 1897 in the National Baseball league.
CHARLES II. PARKER, Jr., wealthy
farmer near Newton, Ia, committed
suicide by plunging head first into a
deep well. His only daughter was to
have been married the next day.
GEN. A. J. WARNER, of Marietta, O.,
has formally announced his candidacy
for the United States senate at the
hands of the Ohio legislature to be
elected this fall.
FIRE in a warehouse at Mobile, Ala,
destroyed the shed and damaged $50
bales of cotton.
IN a ten-round bout before the Amer
lean Sporting club at Scranton, Pa,
Tommy Ryan, of Philadelphia, was
awarded the decision over Jack Nc
Auliffe, of Brooklyn, the retired world
lightweight champion.
JOHN SHELLEY fell from a train near
Blue Mound, ILL.,, and while he laid
stunned the grass at the roadside took
fire and he was probably fatally burned.
j. III. IRWIN, owner of the Belcher
silver mine at Boulder, Col. shot and
dangerously wounded his wife and then
put bullet through his own heart.
The couple had been living apart and
Irwin was intoxicated at the time of
the shooting.
A MOVEMENT was said to be on foot
looking to the sale by the full-blood
Choctaws of all their rights in the In
dian territory and the removal of the
entire tribe, as far as represented by
the full-bloods, to track of land in
Mexico.
THE Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railway celebrated its silver anniver-
sary at Topeka, Kan, on the 29th. In
the big parade there were 5000 en-
p1oyes of the system from four states
and 200 floats, representing the evolu-
ton in commerce brought about by
the roads growth. Afterwards adj
dresses were made by officers of the
road to an immense crowd at the fair
grounds.
A DISPATCH stated that few DAYS
ago two strangers camped on John
Bowdam's ranch at Pearsall, Tex, in
search Of buried treasure, and dug up
an earthen jar containing SIS, 900 in
gold.
THE goth was a record-breaker in the
number of yellow fever cases reported
at New Orleans, the total being 25. AT
Edwards, Miss, there were "a new
cases and at Mobile, Ala, only four
were reported. Two suspicious cases
at McHenry, Miss. were pronounced
| by the doctors to be yellow fever.
THE fourth annual convention Oh
mothers took place at Chicago on the
2Sth. Mrs. j. N. Grouse called the
meeting to order. The subject of dis
cussion was mature study"
| A FIRE at Williams6eld, Ill, de.
stroyed two blocks of stores in the
| business district. Loss estimated al
| $35, 900.
! AT seven p. m. on the Goth the saw
mill of Newman & Spencer at Ironton
o., was discovered on fire and before
| the fire department reached the scene
the flames had extended to the mills
and lumber yards of the Pennsylvania
Lumber Co. The loss was estimated
at from $500, 900 to S4OO, OOo An area
of three squares in length and two
squares back from the river was en-.
tirely destroyed.
THERE was a crisis in Spain on the
Goth. The cabinet resigned and the
queen regent accepted their resigna
tions, but asked Gen. Azcarraga, the
premier, to continue in office until q
solution of the crisis was found.
The six-year-old daughter of Perry
E. Timberman at Bridgeton, Ind.
struck match in the barn loft, set
ting fire to the hay. The flames spread
SO rapidly that she was unable to es-
cape and was burned to death, as were