Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-06

WHotEsAtE arrests have been made

IF persons at Anderson, Ind, for il1e-
rally dynamiting fish in White river
and other eastern Indiana streams.
SPECTATORS were pouring into An
ierson, Ind, on the 30th and leasing
arms in the vicinity on account of the
oil boom in that neighborhood.
! SIX negroes were lynched by a mob
1T SunnySide, Tex, on the night of the
18th for the murder of an old man, a
.hild and young woman. The
| .ynchers were mostly colored men.
The victims had been tracked from the
scene of the crime by bloodhounds-
When caught they made confession.
! A GREAT battle was fought at Veles-
limo between the Turks and Greeks on
the 3Oth and the Turks We're repulsed
with enormous loss.
| GEORGE LAvIGNE. of Saginaw, Mich,
is still the lightweight champion of
the world. He fought Ed Connolly, of
St. Johns, n. B., at New York on the
3Oth and sent him staggering into his
corner at the end of the 18th round,
hopelessly beaten. They were matched
to fight 25 rounds under 133 pounds
weight.
GIN PONG, a Chinaman, was hanged
at Spokane, WASH, on the both for the
murder of another Chinaman.
| MRS. SHOCK, an aged woman living
at Adonis, w. Va, was tortured by a
negro and a white man to make her tell
where her money was. They burned
her feet to crisp with candles, burned
her hair off and roasted one ear. The
woman will probably die. The fiends
secured $500 and escaped.
| THREE steamers landed 500 Irish
girls most of them between IS and %
years of age, at Ellis island, n. Y, on
the 29th. Representatives OF a Catho-
lie mission looked after them. Many
of the girls will go west.
AT ST. Louis informati was sworn
to by Michael Kelly. a discharged con-
ductor of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railroad, against Assistant General
! Manager Allen, of that road. charging
him with blacklisting. Kelly is a
member of the Order of Railroad Con-
ductors and they are backing him in
the suit. 1t is the intention to make a
test case and see if the blacklist sys-
tenn cannot be abolished.
A TRIP through every section of the
flooded district at Guthrie, Ok. on the
Goth showed over 100 houses entirely
gone. three times as many wrecked or
damaged, dozen business houses
wrecked and twice as many stocks of
goods mixed. The loss was fully $780,
900. Five hundred people are homeless
and twice as many have lost their
household goods and personal effects.
The deaths will probably not exceed 20
or 25, as many of those previously re-
ported drowned were afterwards found
in trees or in houses lodged down
stream.
The long and bitter contest for the
United States senatorship in success
sion to Mr.. Blackburn was ended at
Frankfort, KY. on the 2Sth, when the
repu blicanS of the legislature in Joint
session, elected DIR. w. j. Deboe, pres
ent state senator, who was recently
nominated by the republican caucus.
The Blackburn men refused to vote,
but were unable to break the quorum.
THE Cottonwood river rose rapidly
on the 2Sth through heavy rains and
the main supply pipe of the water
works system at Guthrie, Ok, burst
and a raging torrent swept over the
city, washing houses away and carry.
ing many people to their deaths. A
partial list of IS names was given OF
those known to have been drowned
and it was thought the number might
reach 100 Over 1000 people were
made homeless. Many bridges were
also destroyed by the flood
A FIRE recently destroyed Kleppish's
queensware store at Burlington, Ia.
causing loss of $780, on stock anC
So, 900 on building.
| FRANK DUHAMELLS. a worthless oh ar
acter, was given a job at the Lebo house
in Streator. ILL.,, in the garden anC
while Mrs. Lebo was preparing him
meal a little fve-year-old son of Mrs
Lebo asked Duhamells trivial ques
ton. when Duhamells seized a spade
and split open the child's skull. Only
the prompt action of the police in get
| ting the murderer out of the city pre-
vented d lynching.
j. o. SHACKLEY. who has returned tt
Guthrie, Ok, from Cuba, where h,
served two years in the insurgen
army. will address public meetings il
Oklahoma and attempt to recruit vol
unteers to aid Cuba.
| LONDON LOVETT Guarreled with hi
nephew. t. j. Lovett. near Leesburg
Va. and made towards him with
razor. when young Lovett grabbed
Ratchet and struck his uncle a fata
blow with it.
JACK BRIGHAM. a farmer near Padu
cab, KY, recently went insane and
within a short time after, three of hi
ten children also manifested simila
symptoms. The wife and mother wa
reported grief-stric1cn.
THE Westinghouse Air Brake Co
has posted notices in its foundry de
partment at Pittsburgh, Pa, announc
ing a reduction of wages ranging from
30 to 40 per cent.
AN electric car was thrown from tn
track at Portland. Ore. on the 27th
after which it plunged into slough
25 feet below. Four persons wer
drowned.
THE managers of Peter Maher an.
Tom Sharkey on the 26th met repre-
sentatives of sporting club and &C