Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-23

Gov. JONES has commissioned Miss
Emma Wilmington, of Hot Springs, as
an honorary colonel in the Arkansas
reserve militia This is the first APP
pointment of the kind ever made in
the state.
THE house of Patrick Leahy at Otta-
wa, Ont. was burned early the other
morning and Leahy and five OF his chill
dren. the oldest only nine years of age,
persisted. It was supposed that Leahy
dropped lighted lamp.
A LOSS of nearly ST, 600. 900 was caused
early on the morning of the nth by the
burning of the Hotel Dakota at Grand
Forks, n. D. It was large fve-story
structure that cost $3.50. 600. Two large
wholesale stores adjoining were also
destroyed.
THE Swiss general assembly has elect
ed Eugene Ruffy to be president of
the confederation. NJ. Mueller was
elected vice president. Both presi-
dent and vice president-elect are radi-
Gals.
BEGINNING with the new year the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway will
be operated from the roads Texas gen.
eral Office, located in Dallas. A. A.
Allen, vice president and general man
ager of the katy" and his entire Of
flee force will go there from ST. Louis.
The change is due to an order from the
Texas railroad commissioners, which
made the residence in Texas of an &C
tive vice president of the road neces-
sity.
THE A. F. of L. at it's meeting on
the 10th at Nashville, Tenn, decided
to admit negro unions.
THEODORE DURRANT was sentenced
to death on the 18th for the fourth
time for the murder of Blanche La
mont at San Francisco. One of his at
torneys intended to go to Washington
and make final technical fight based
on questions of federal and state law.
MRS. MARGARET HOGAN, aged IS, was
found murdered in her store at Mobile,
Ala. The place had been robbed.
A CONTRACT was being signed by
many Indians around Chelsea, /. T.,
authorizing Attorney &. G. Adams to
get permission of the government and
sell the Cherokee land in the territory
at not less than SIS per acre and pur-
chase land in Mexico at not over 60
cents an acre, the purpose being for
the Indians to emigrate by January 1,
1898.
SPARKS from a burning livery stable
at Daingerfeld, Tex, set fire to cot
ton warehouse 800 yards distant, and
between 900 and 1, 900 bales of cotton
we're burned. Much of the cotton be-
longed to farmers, none of whom had
any insurance.
EVERY business house, the schools,
the courthouse and all city offices in
Canton, O., were closed on the 14th in
tribute of respect for Mrs. Nancy ALI
| son Mckinley, mother of the president,
the last services for whom were per-
formed in the First Methodist church.
Many notable persons were present
from Washington and other places to
pay their last respects. After the fu-
neral services the Washington guests
| were entertained at dinner by Mrs
George d. Harter. and at eight o'clock
left on the special train for Washing
ton, the presidents car being attached.
THE mutilated body of j. S. Vanity,
wealthy farmer, near Des Moines,
Ia, was found in ditch on his farm
He had been missing Is hours and had
been killed by ferocious bull.
A NEGRO named Jake Asher, who
was said to have insulted some young
| marily dealt with by a party of out
| ragged citizens, who thrashed him ter
| ribly with cowhide. He was then
given Is minutes to get out of town.
A TERRIBLE sandstone ragged the
other day at Pearsall, Tex, and sur
| rounding territory causing all houses
and stores to be closed and the SUSPECT
| sion of business.
JEWISH congregations in Cleveland,
o., were much exercised over a sermon
preached by Rabbi Cries in that city
in which he urged the adoption of
Sunday as the Jewish Sabbath. The
| attendance at the Saturday services in
| the Jewish temple for long time has
| been very small.
AT a house party given by r. L.
| Califf at Jacksonville, Ca. the other
night, the conduct of Shaw Griffin.
who was drunk, became offensive and
he was requested to withdraw. when
he opened fire on his host and in the
fusillade of shots both principals were
killed. besides another man, and two
women were fatally wounded
THE controversy at Omaha, Neb., re-
garding the best method of calcula ting
| freight rates on shipmen is of live stock
has been solved by the freight depart.
ment of the Burlington & Missouri
River announcing that it will change
| its live stock rates from cents a hun
dred pounds back to dollars a carload
| on the 18th. The Missouri Pacific also
followed with a similar announce
| ment-
| A DISASTROUS fire almost wiped out
the town of Boyd. Tex. Half the bus
| mess, houses in the place were de-
stroyed. The fire was caused by boys
throwing lighted cigarettes in trash
barrel
| A TRAMP was killed in a freight
| wreck near Marion. Va, on the Nor
folk & Western railroad. Several car:
| were smashed and &C, 900 gallons of OF