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

The sensational story sent out from
Ottumwa, Ia, to the effect that Gov.
Drake was on his death-bed at his
home in Centerville was denied by his
son-in-law and physician, who said that
the governor had never been in a crit
ica1 condition, and that he was improv-
ing rapidly.
THE men at the Reading iron plant
at Danville, Pa, who recently struck
against reduction of wages, have
finally agreed to accept the reduction
and go to work. Seven hundred men
were affected.
THE grand stand at the White Horse
race track near Lancaster, Pa, gave
way just as the winning horse passed
under the wire. There were fully .
600 men, women and children on it and
hundreds of them were buried in the
debris. Over 200 were in jured and four
killed
NIGHT Waterman at Homestead,
n. j., heard woman shrieking Il am
burning up; save me" He rushed to
her rescue, beat out the flames and
picked her up, but she was dead. 1t
proved to be his wife, who was the
victim of lamp explosion.
OFFICERS of the Florida Fruit ex-
change, who keep themselves posted
on the condition of the orange crop
throughout the state, estimate that the
crop this fall will amount to between
$50. 900 and 200 900 boxes.
THE Illinois coal miners convened at
Springfield on the 9Th, passed a scale
of wages and resolved to endeavor to
organize all miners now working and
to get them to come out.
THE driving rod of the locomotive OF
e. 49, p H.
train out of Las Vegas. n. NJ, broke
and killed Fireman Dankston and
painfully injured Engineer Under
wood.
FIVE lives were lost and scores of
persons sustained serious injuries. 81
of them being fremen, in an explosion
which took place during the burning
of the Northwestern grain elevator at
Chicago. Either the bursting of a
boiler or the explosion of mill dust
caused the awful havoc. The build
ing was of composite construction and
the explosion caused a perfect bonn
bardment of thing, bricks, CSC, at al
most white heat, leaving little of the
building save the framework and a
great pile of blazing wheat. The loss
was estimated at $500, 900, fully in
sured.
GRACE BUXTON, five years old, of
Pleasant Ridge, O., was instantly
killed by lightning and branch of a
tree with leaves which fell on the lit
tie one as she was struck was photo
graphed in black across her breast.
FORTY-TwO houses, many farm build
ings a quantity of grain and a number
of cattle We're destroyed by fire at the
village of Polbach, in Germany. Three
of the inhabitants of the village also
lost their lives during the confagra
ton.
ALEXANDER l.. JAMES, an actor, and
E. j. Curtis, a clubman, fought duel
at short range on Wabash avenue, Chi
cago, on the 4th. Although a dozen
shots were exchanged, neither of the
duelists was seriously injured. The
trouble was over a woman.
The sensational information was re-
ceived at San Francisco by a steamer
| from Honolulu that if the first steamer
from the United States brought the
| news that congress had adjourned with
out annexing the Hawaiian islands the
American flag would be placed on all
government buildings and the Hawaii
/ an republic declared to be under the
| protection of the United States.
ANNIE WHITENING, a Pawnee Indian
| sQuaw, has filed suit at Guthrie, Ok,
for divorce from Allen Whitening, and
asks to have restored her maiden name
| of Annie Comerunning. She charges
Allen with cruelty and with failing to
properly clothe and provide for her.
ABOUT 200 girls and women struck
work on the 4th at the Fulton bag and
| cotton mills at Atlanta, Ga, because
the president proposed to put negro
women to work with them. Some time
after the men employed in the mills
walked out in sympathy with the fe-
male operatives in obedience to the or
ders of their union. This forced the
] closing down of the factory. About
| 500 men. women and children were
affected by the strike.
| A ST. LOUIS dispatch on the 4th
stated that operators on Change who
had been predicting dollar wheat saw
many indications of a realization Of
their hopes.
The eight big Chicago gas compa-
| MES have consolidated under the name
of the Peoples Gaslight & Coke Co.
The capitalization of the new company
is $25, 900, 900.
The Rock Island passenger train,
Chicago bound, was recently stopped
by hailstones near Ottumwa, Ia which
| fOIIeo on the track In the cuts. Everv
| window in the train was broken Crops
We're cut to pieces.
ID. G. GAMERTsFIELDER and Marshall
Aunspauz fought with pitchforks near
Coshocton, O. Both of Aunspauz's
eyes were gouged from the sockets and
the pitchfork thrust into his abdomen.
He will probably die.
FIRE broke out in E. 7. Bells store
at Lewisburg, w. Va. destroyed a
hotel, two banks, two drug stores and
ten other buildings. Loss. SIS. 900: in
surance. SEA. 1000. The fire was incen-