Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-14

has prepared plan to make its en-
ployes stockholders in the company
and President Stickney has issued a
circular on the subject. inviting the
employees to become joint owners of
the road.
A sEYEN-FooT vein of exceedingly
rich gold ore has been struck in the
Red River mine at Acton, Cal The
vein is sprinkled thickly with free
gold. The report said that there ap-
peared to be tens of thousands of tons
of the richest ore ever struck in that
part of the state.
THE drought around Dubuque, Ia,
was reported serious on the sth. The
pastures were all dried up and farmers
are feeding hay to their cattle.
THE plant of the Zimmerman Pack
ing company at Portland, Ore, was
burned the other day. Besides the de-
struction of the meat in the building
some sheep were also cremated. Loss,
$50, 600.
ACCORDING to dispatches on the Sth
the drought was general not only in
Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Ok
lahoma and Arkansas, but in all of the
central and northern states, including
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennes-
SSS. hlnhCSObd tthO Vic OdhOtdo.
THE result of a four-handed duel
fought on country road a few miles
from Moultrie, Ga, was the death of
Henry Neismith, the wounding of his
son Nathan and an upheaval in a usu-
ally peaceful community, which sent a
mob of determined men and blood
hounds after those who did the shoot
ing, Henry Harris and his son Robert.
hoIiorod no
wounded.
THE first party of 70 of a number of
Mennonite colonists from Kansas were
stopped in Robertson county, Tex, the
other day by armed men, who threat
ened them with death and destruction
of property unless they turned back,
which they did. They will try to set
tie in some other portion OF Texas.
NEAR Sandy Springs, Md, William
Timmons shot and killed William Hin
ton, his father-iu-law. inflicted a
wound which will prove fatal to his
wife and also shot the wife of John
Hinton, his wife's brother, causing
serious but not necessarily fatal
wound. The shooting was the result
of quarrel between Timmons and his
wife.
The application for a hearing of the
Kansas City stock yards case was
argued ON the 18th before Judge San
born, of the United States circuit court
at ST. Paul, Mimi, and the lawyers
finally agreed upon stipulation for a
hearing about October1S before Judges
Foster and Thayer and the motion for
a hearing before Judge Sanborn was
withdrawn.
THE forest fires that have been rag
ing in Manitoba for the past three
days have broken out more furiously
than ever. Ten or 10 persons were re-
ported to have been burned to death
and the fire was rapidly spreading over
the boundary line into Dakota. Hun
dreds of thousands of dollars worth OF
timber, grain and farm buildings have
been destroyed.
THE Carnival pageant at Kansas CITY.
Mo-, on the 7th was parade of all ma
tions, glimpses of the life and customs
in other countries being shown. Uncle
Sam marched at the front, being seven
feet eight inches tall and dressed in
the traditional costume.
THE Seventh Day Adventists of the
southwest opened a two-weeks' meet
ing at Guthrie. Ok, on the 5th. Eight
hundred Adventists were present and
600 more were expected.
Four of crew of seven men were
recently drowned at North Long
Branch, N. j., by the capsizing of their
fishing boat. A huge wave struck it.
SIXTY villages near Tung Chou,
China, containing over $4,000 inhabit-
ants, have been destroyed by floods
and the people drowned or forced to
flee. Chinese authorities estimated
that Is, 900 to 10000 were drowned.
SEVEN houses in North Des Moines.
Ia, recently caught fire from blaze
in a barn in the vicinity. Loss, about
$4,000.
c. V. RODGERS, of East Dallas, Tex,
was probably fatally stabbed by a
negro at St Louis on the night of the
Yelled Prophets parade.
ABOUT % frame business houses and
residences were burned on the 9th by
a fire which broke out in the Dexter
park pavilion at the Union stock yards
at Chicago. Many horses also lost their
lives in the confagration, the number
not being known.
A SAN FRANCISCO dispatch stated
that Commander Darlington Booth alb
solutely denied the report that nego-
tiations were in progress for a union of
the Salvation army and the American
Volunteer
Two men were killed and ten injured
by the blowing down of big new ho-
tel az Lindsay park, Charlevoix, Mich.
The men were atwork on the structure
when storm caused it to collapse,
through not being properly braced.
CLEARINGs at the Kansas City, Mo-.
banks during the last nine months
have been enormous. The record, &C
cording to Bradstreet's, is 1891, $50, 1s3.
This is S27, $50, GAL in excess of the cor
responding period of 1896.
Two factions Of the congregation of
st. John Baptiste at Chicago quarreled