Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-13

chief had passed into Matanzas prov
ince and was marching toward the
capital.
HENRY JONES, a colored convict in
the state prison at Michigan City, Ind,
was hanged shortly after midnight of
the 9th for the murder of fellow-con-
vict who had testified against him in a
trial.
The Seminole council at Wewoka, 1.
T., passed two important bills. One
was townsite law incorporating the
town of Wewoka, and another reso-
luton appointing a commission to treat
with the Dawes commission.
A DISTINCT shock of earthquake was
felt the other evening at Ellzo, Willis
ton, Blackville and Wagners, towns in
Barnwell county. S. c. A rumbling
noise accompanied it.
A LETTER has been published from
Senator Cullom, of Illinois, to the sec
rotary of the Tariff Reform league at
Newark, N. j., in which the senator
states that he favors a permanent
tariff commission and hopes an amend
ment of that nature will be incor-
porated in the Dingley bill now before
the senate.
WILLIAM BRYAN, a supposed cousin
and robbed near Cando, n. d.
WHILE Misses Katie and Matte
Steele, sisters, and Andrew Brogar
were returning in a skif from party
to their home. near Bardwell, KY, the
craft was overturned in the Missis-
Sippi river. The sisters were drowned.
but BrOgar escaped.
A STATUE to Gen. John A. Logan
will be unveiled at the lake front at
Chicago on July &c.
A DISASTROUS fire visited Kevanee,
Ill, recently, half of one of the bust
| ness districts being burned out. No
human lives were lost, but seven valu-
able horses in livery stable were ere
| mated.
The national festival of the North
| American Gymnastic union opened at
| ST. Louis on the 9th.
| IT has been decided by the chamber
| of commerce, the real estate and the
mining exchange of Denver. Col, to
have an international gold mining con-
vention July z, and next
JACOB l.. JOHNSON. a colored ex-
| preacher, was hanged at Somerville.
| N. j., on the 9Th for numbering Annie
| Beekman. He died protesting his in
| nOcence.
THE fourth annual convention of the
south and west grain and trade con-
| gress commenced at Kansas City, Mo-,
| on the 5th. Addresses of welcome were
made by Mayor Jones and others.
FIVE more anarchists, convicted of
| participation in the bomb outrage on
June last at the feast of Corpus
| Christi at Barcelona, Spain, have been
| shot. They shouted, Long live an
or. t1yy,, 1cf haf0 fla< -
| given.
The engine of c. & A. freight train
blew up at Kansas City, Mo, on the 4th
| and Engineer Roberts was killed and
| Fireman Pardoner fatally injured.
A FIERCE battle occurred between
| the Greeks and Turks at Avail be-
| tween Velestino and PharSalos, on the
| 5th, in which the Turks were defeated,
both sides suffering heavy loss. The
Greek princes received an ovation from
the army when the fighting was over
| 1t was reported at London that Russia
had begun to take action in the direc-
| ton of mediation, but the difficulty
was that Greece would not accept the
Russian terms.
A COLLISION has occurred off the coast
| of Scotland between the British steam
| ers Coldynee and Gringoe. The Colby
nee sank and II of her crew were
| drowned.
| A. G.. FoNTANI, who opened an Italian
savings bank in Pittsburgh, Pa, six
months ago, has disappeared and the
| bank has been dismantled. The bank
| was said to have done good business,
besides the depositors four societies
| keeping their funds in the bank.
Twelve warrants have been sworn out
for FOntanIS arrest.
| THE trial in the case of George Harris
| against the Modern Woodmen of Amer
| lea for $40, 900 damages for an alleged
| injury while being initiated into the
order ended abruptly in the United
States court at Dubuque, Ia. by Judge
Woolson ordering the jury to return a
| verdict for the defendant
| MAJ. GARRISON, commander-in-chief
of the G. A. B.. left Omaha, Neb., on
the 4th for two weeks trip to visit
! the different departments of his com
mand.
WHITECAPs went to the house OF
| Walter Price, a negro, in Greenville
| county, S. c., and forcibly dragged
him out and Mary Rochester, a white
woman, and gave them an unmerciful
whipping.
In freight collision at the east end
of the Clinton Qa-) bridge the other
morning two locomotives and several
cars of the Chicago & Northwestern
railway were badly damaged and Con
ductor Thomas Scott was killed.
The fight for the 126-pound cham
pionship at Birmingham, Eng, be-
tween Larry Burns, of New York, and
Harry Greenfield. the Englishman
was won by Greenfield. who fioored
Burns in the eighth round by blow
on the jaw.
THE annual convention of the Ma
tional Association of Railway Surgeons
began at Chicago on the 4th. An ad
dress was delivered by the president,
| DR. T,utZ of ST T,o,1iS