Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-06-16
GENERAL. NEWS

n FESTIVAL was in progress in a tenn
pie at Tien Tsin, China, when the in
fiammable materials strung inside
caught fire and a terrible panic en-
sued. Men and women struggled for
the exits and trampled the weaker ones
and the children under foot. Over 100
people lost their lives.
The American National Association
of Masters of Dancing, in session at
New York, elected j. w. Hawkins, of
Mansfield, o., president. Three new
dances were selected, the figures of
which will be kept secret until the
opening of the season.
Four railway washouts, a S25, 900 fire
and host of minor losses epitomized
the results of the severe storm which
prevailed in Denver and southeastern
Colorado on the night of the 10th. 1t
it was feared that ranchmen had lost
heavily in stock and buildings by the
flood caused by the cloudburst. Many
families in Denver had to abandon
their homes.
A DISPATCH received at Simla, India,
on the l1th announced serious trouble
on the northern frontier and the mas
sacre of a number of British soldiers.
1t was thought that notorious fana-
tical priest, hostile to British influence,
was at the bottom of the affair.
THERE were 256 failures in the United
States for the week ended the 11th, ac-
cording to Bradstreet's report. com
pared with 234 for the corresponding
week of last year.
JAMES FRENCH was hanged at the
county Jail at Rockford, ILL.,, for the
cold-blooded murder of his wife last
July.
Miss LEoNA GOODMAN, a popular so.
ciety belle, was killed in most shock
ing manner at Rover, Ark. The other
night party of young men and women
were out serenading and went to a
house where young teacher named
Lipp was stopping. When awakened
by the serenaders Lipp deliberately
fred pistol shot into the party and
the bullet struck Miss Goodman in the
neck, causing instant death.
PASSENGER train which left Ha-
vana for Matanzas the other day was
blown up by insurgents and many OF
the Spanish soldiers and others or
board were killed. The insurgents
had connected dynamite with electric
machines.
MILWAUKEE dispatch stated thai
the Pewabic, which was sunk SO year.
ago in a collision with the Meteor, with
valuable cargo of copper, has at las
been located off Thunder bay. Many
divers have lost their lives in an at
tempt to find the wreck.
FIRE totally destroyed the Bell grair
elevator at David City, the largest il
Nebraska outside of Omaha, and the
city electric light plant Loss, S37, 900
REV. SAM JONES recently began
three weeks crusade against the evil
of Des Moines, Ia. Audiences of 500
to 5000 crowd his tent at night
FRED BALDRIDGE, young man on
bicycle, was fatally injured at Evans
vile, Ind, recently by collision Will
the carriage of Banker Philip c. Deck
er. The coachman made a move I.
turn a corner and Baldridge turne,
out to pass. The coachman change,
his mind and ran into and over the bi
cyclist.
AT Yelvington. KY, Jerome Smeath
ers, his wife and seven children wer
poisoned by paris green. The poisol
was on shelf and mice got at it an,
some of it got into bucket of waite
below. One child was reported dead
two others dying and it was though
none of the others would recover.