Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-04-22

THE deep water committees from
Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma met
with a like committee appointed by
Gov. Culberson at Austin, Tex, on
the 10th. Gov. Leedy, of Kansas, ad-
dressed the meeting and said that the
people of his state were in need of re-
duced freight rates and that. if they
>ould not get them, they proposed to
build a state road from Kansas to the
gulf.
CAPT. DANIEL HAYNES, formerly
claim agent of the St. Louis South
western railway, was convicted at Pine
Bluffs. Ark, of embezzling $40, 900 of
the company's money.
WILLIAM HARRISON. an employee in
the coal mines, near Harrison, KY, at
tempted to commit suicide by shooting
himself through the breast with a
pistol, after trying to kill his wife and
her father-in-law, who escaped and hid
themselves. He was jealous of his
wife.
A DISPATCH from New Haven, Conn.,,
said that Clarence Verril1 had broken
the strength record made by Charles
Chadwick, of Yale, recently. Chad
wick's total was 1,63S kilos Verrilfs
was 1875. Verrill is a scientific school
freshman. He weighs only 145 pounds.
FOUR boat riders went over the dam
at Ottumwa, Ia, the other night.
Lizzie Fird, 10 years old, was drowned.
The man rowing lost control of the
boat.
A PROPOSITION has been made to the
Cuban junta at Washington by rep
resentative of the American Volunteer
league, an organization with branches
in Kansas, Missouri, Texas and at least
20 western states, mostly composed of
the militia, to put Is, 900 American sol
diers in Cuba within 90 days, Ito
march from one end of the island to
the other and to lick every Spanish
force in the way" The offer was being
considered.
The st. Louis Dairy Co. was found
guilty in the United States district
court at ST. Louis of having imported
contract labor and will have to pay
81. 900. the penalty provided by law.
The complaint in the case charged that
on May IA, 1892, the defendant COM
pany contracted with one Edward T.
Nulls. then a resident of Worcester,
Eng, to come to St. Louis and engage
in its service as dairyman, and that
the sum of 500 was advanced Nulls to
enable him to pay for his passage.
A FINANCIAL. delegate of the Russian
government at Paris, speaking in re-
gard to the American bimetallic COM
mission. said that NJ. De Wits fnan-
cial policy was now definitely accepted
by Russia, which is irrevocably COM
mitted to the gold standard. The
delegate added that in his opinion
Great Britain, Austria and Germany
would place insuperable difficulties in
the way of the adoption of interna-
tional bimetallism.
ONE of the most picturesque struc-
lures in New Orleans, known as the
Moresque block, was totally destroyed
by fire on the 18th. Its walls were
built entirely of iron, in Moorish de-
sign.
DoTTIE FARNswoRTH defeated Helen
Baldwin in the 25-mile bicycle race at
Detroit, Mich. Time, 1:OS:3O.
WHILE on a lake near Nashville,
Tenn, attending to their fish nets,
John Bridges and John Brennett were
drowned. The wind was strong and
the waves so high that the boat was
overturned.
JOHN SwERING was fatally shot by
Henry Erb in a saloon at ST. Louis on
the 18th. The killing was caused by a
quarrel over politics. Erb was jailed.
Two young men, Otto Snyder and
his cousin John Snyder, were drowned
at Eldora. Ia. the other night. They
went out to sail boat and not return
ing search was instituted and the
boat was found capsiZed. The bodies
were not found.
A DOUBLE hanging occurred at Jer-
sey City. n. j.. on the 18th. John
Mackin, Jr.. was hanged at 1O:Os a. m.
for killing his wife and her mother
and Paul GEM was hanged at 11:1O a.
m. for numbering Clara Arnim because
she refused to marry him.
THE conference of the Epworth
league of the Indian and Oklahoma
territories met at Oklahoma City re-
Gently with a large attendance.
LOTTIE Z. BATES, aged Il years, was
found tied in chair in her home al
Boston with a bullet in her heart. He,
clothing had been saturated with kero
sene and set on fire. Two tramps were
arrested for the crime.
A TORNADO struck the country near
Hamburg, Ark, recently, doing con
siderable damage on Richardson's
plantations. Three houses were blown
down, negro woman fatally injured
five cows killed by flying timbers and
miles of fencing We're carried away.
A HORRIBLE tragedy was enacted or
the 18th at the home of Edward Rey
nolds in Oakland. r. I. Mrs Reynolds
her husband and adopted daughter
| Servilla, were brutality murdered anc
the house set on fire, presumably by
| Martin Mowery, the hired man, wht
is undoubtedly a raving maniac, anc
was afterwards found hiding in a barr
near Oakland and placed under arrest
A MEETING of Colorado wheelme1
took place at Denver the other nigh
to consider the proposition of secession
from the L. A. w, but, after storm,
| debate. secession was defeated and res