Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-10-06

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caused the tragedy.
A DISPATCH to London from Rome on
the 1st said that the pope's weakness
was increasing and church dignitaries
were afraid that he would not rally
from the extreme feebleness he be-
trayed.
FIRE broke out early on the 1st at
Willow Springs, 16 miles from Chicago.
and destroyed nearly half the town
and made about so families homeless.
A RICH gold strike has been made on
PotOSi mountain, in Colorado The
vein was said to be wide and continu-
Gus and to run thousands of dollars to
the ton.
THE 18th annual convention of the
Missouri Valley Homeopathic Medical
association took place at Iowa City, Ia.
DIR. l.. c. McElwee. of st. Louis, was
elected president for the ensuing wear.
A soUTHBoUND Rock Island passen-
ger train was held up at 1880 "a. m. on
the 1st near Chickasha, l. T.. bv five
masked men. They tried to blow open
the safe in the express car, but failed.
The car, however, was blown to atoms.
The mail bags were rifled and all reg
lstered packages taken. The robbers
then lined up the passengers outside
and took all their valuables. Posses
were put on the trail of the bandits.
A TRAIN on the Boston & Maine rail-
road met with an accident near Med
ford, Mass, and about 30 passengers
were more or less in iured.
BOSTON has won the league pennant
for 1897 in the National Baseball league.
CHARLES II. PARKER, Jr., a wealthy
farmer near Newton, Ia. committed
suicide by plunging head first into a
deep well. His only daughter was to
have been married the next dav.
GEN. A. j. WARNER, of Marietta, O..
has formally announced his candidacy
Tor the United States senate at the
hands of the Ohio legislature to be
elected this fall.
FIRE in warehouse at Mobile, Ala.
destroyed the shed and damaged $50
bales of cotton.
IN ten-round bout before the Amer
lean Sporting club at Scranton. Pa.
Tommy Ryan, of Philadelphia, was
awarded the decision over Jack Nc
Auliffe, of Brooklyn, the retired worlds
lightweight champion.
JOHN SHELLEY fell from a train near
Blue Mound, Ill, and while he laid
stunned the grass at the roadside took
fire and he was probably fatally burned.
Il. ii. IRWIN. owner of the Belcher
silver mine at Boulder, Col, shot and
dangerously wounded his wife and then
put bullet through his own heart.
The couple had been living apart and
Irwin was intoxicated at the time of
the shooting.
MOVEMENT was said to be on foot
looking to the sale by the full-blood
Choctaws of all their rights in the In
DIAN territory and the removal of the
entire tribe, as far as represented by
the full-bloods, to track of land in
Mexico.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railway celebrated it's silver anniver-
sary at Topeka, Kan, on the Goth. In
the big parade there were 5000 en-
ployes Of the system from four states
and 200 floats, representing the evolu-
ton in commerce brought about by
the roads growth. Afterwards ad-
dresses were made by officers of the
road to an immense crowd at the fair
grounds.
DISPATCH stated that a few days
ago two strangers camped on John
bowdam's ranch at Pearsall, Tex. in
search of buried treasure, and dug up
an earthen jar containing $4,000 in
gold.
The 10Th was a record breaker in the
number of yellow fever cases reported
at New Orleans, the total being 25. At
Edwards, Miss, there were "a new
cases and at Mobile. Ala, only four
were reported. Two suspicious cases
at McHenry, Miss, were pronounced
by the doctors to be yellow fever
IHE fourth annual convention OF
mothers took place at Chicago on the
2Sth. Mrs. j. n. Grouse called the
meeting to order. The subject of dis
cussion was nature study
FIRE at Williamsfield, Ill. de-
stroyed two blocks of stores in the
business district Loss estimated at
$50, 600.
AT seven p. IN. on the 29th the saw
mill of Newman & Spencer at Ironton,
u, was discovered ON fire and before
the hre department reached the scene
the flames had extended to the mills
and lumber yards of the Pennsylvania
Lumber Co. The loss was estimated
at from $3OO,000 to S400, 900. An area
of three squares in length and two
squares back from the river was en-
tirely destroyed.
THERE was a crisis in Spain on the
10Th. The cabinet resigned and the
queen regent accepted their resigna-
tions, but asked Gen. Azcarrapa. the
premier, to continue in office until a
solution of the crisis was found.
The six-year-old daughter of Perry
E. Timberman at Bridgeton, Ind.
struck a match in the barn loft, set
ting fire to the hay. The flames spread
so rapidly that she was unable to es-
cape and was burned to death. as were
also two horses.
The National Irrigation congress at
Lincoln, Neb., on the 29th was surfeit-
ed with papers on irrigation topics.
Action was taken for a permanent
organization of the association. Hon.
w. j. Bryan addressed the meeting in
the afternoon and at the night session
Mrs. Booth-Tucker, of the Salvation
army, spoke on The Farm Colony of
the Salvation Army"
A TRUST among the retail grocers of
Des Moines, Ia, was said to be in pro-
cess OF formation. The plan is to buy
20 or so of the best concerns in the city
by syndicate and then kill the rest
by ruinous cut in prices.