Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-11

COL. Ohm HENDERSON, general cOHn>
sci of the Florida Central & Peninsula
railroad, was appointed by Coy. B1ox-
ham, of Florida, to the place In the
United States senate left vacant by the
expiration of Senator Calls term The
legislature will choose regular Euc-
cessor next month
A TREMENDOUS rainfall in Alabama
on the 9th did great damage. In the
interior of the state hundreds of bridges
were swept away and considerable
havoc wrought to crops.
Mrs. NELLIE PRAYER, of Brainerd,
Mimi. on the 9th confessed to the MUIR
der of the nine-year-old son Of David
Maxwell, for whom she kept house,
and was sentenced to prison for life.
She said she tied the boy in the barn
and then fred it, because the boy was
troublesome.
d. n. BoATEsI, acting minister and
consul-general of Greece in New York,
has called upon all Greeks in the
United States in the name of their
king to go back to their country, as
their fatherland needs them to fight.
Gov. LORD, of Oregon, has appointed
ex-senator Corbett United States sena-
to fill the vacancy caused by the fail
ure of the legislature to elect at its
recent session. Mr.. Corbett represent
ed Oregon in the United States senate
from 1866 to 1872.
A HEAVY snowslide started from a
mountain peak near the Morgan mine
at Park City, Utah, and struck a bunk
house in which nine miners were sleep
ing. Only five of the men were rescued
alive.
THERE were wild scenes of disorder
in the Oklahoma senate on the 9th
and President Johnson and Senators
Brown and Learned resigned, declar-
ing that the body was too corrupt for
honest men to be connected with it.
AT the crossing of two roads at Bir-
mingham, Ala, two freight trains coll
Hded on the 18th and an engineer and
tramp were fatally injured and several
more trainmen badly hurt.
The Palmer family, consisting Of
four brothers aged 16, 81, 81 and 81
years, who lived on a farm near
Toluca, Ill. was wiped out recently by
measles.
The Park theater, the oldest play
house in Indianapolis, Ind, was de-
stroyed by fire on the night of the 18th.
Loss, 100000 Several spectators were
seriously injured.
REV. Mr.. CARNEY, of Otaka, Ok, was
compelled to leave town for beating
his wife. The church of which he was
pastor compelled him to resign.
EVERY union plasterer and hod-car-
rier at Chicago went on a strike on the
9Th with the intention of remaining
out until the bosses agreed to pay the
old scale of prices of $3.50 a day for
plasterers and $3.50 for hod-carriers.
AT the Howard e. McAlhster Poland
China swine sale held at Jefferson, Ia,
the male Happy Union was bid in for
$4,000. Average price for sale Of boars
and sows, 1925 each.
JOHN DAUGDRILL was hanged in the
Jail at Gadsden, Ala, on the 5th for
killing j. I. Bates, drummer.
AT Arlington, I. T.. on the Rock Is
land, freight wreck destroyed IL
freight cars.
A FIRE at Worcester, Mass, on the
5th destroyed the Day and Goulding
buildings and but little property be-
longing to the firms in them was
saved. Seven fremen were injured by
falling walls Loss, from 100000 to
$500, 900.
A TORRENT of water on the 5th car
ried away the track near Hills, sta
ton on the B. & o. Southwest railway,
and an express was stopped by the
washout. An extra freight train soon
after dashed into the rear of the ex-
press train and three or four persons
in the rear sleeper were badly injured.
Doctors were hurried to the wreck from
Loveland, o.
AT secret meeting of tin plate man
ufacturers in Pittsburgh, Pa, the
American Timed Plate Manufacturers
association was ignored and new as
ISOLATION, to be known as the Associa-
ton of Tin Plate Makers of the United
States, was formed. IT was decided to
materially lower prices, provided 90
per cent of the manufacturers should
sign the agreement by April 6, when
another meeting will be hold here.
THIRTY members of the Idaho 1egfs-
1ature sent to the United States senate
on the 4th a protest against seating
William Heitfeld as United States SEN
ator from Idaho, alleging that he was
fraudulently elected.
Drew near Pine Grove, Ky. Lakes
used a Winchester and Drew a shot
gun and the men exchanged shots at q
distance of 125 yards. The tragedy
was the outgrowth of an old grudge.
GEORGE BAKER and Nathan Moultrie,
farmers, while going home from Evans
vile, Ind, got into a drunken row.
Moultrie attacked Baker with a knife
and the latter used a shotgun. blowing
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