Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-10-13
LODGE KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13 IS

THE schooner Antelope, coal laden.
In tow of the steamer Hiram w. Sib-
ley. foundered in Lake Superior off
Michigan island. The vessel sprung a
leak and the pumps could not keep the
water down. The loss was about
$50, 900.
A TUNNEL was being constructed by
the Mexican National railroad near
Monterey when a premature explosion
of blast occurred, killing four men
outright and wounding ten others seri-
ously.
The stables of DIR. w. T. Frady near
Marietta, Ind, were destroyed by fire
the other night and 43 horses in his
care for training and eight of his own
horses were cremated.
GEORGE MORGAN was hanged at Oma-
ha. Neb., on the Sth for the murder of
Ida Gaskill. He died protesting his
innocence.
AT a country dance at Greenville,
Ala, William Ekof shot a man dead
for dancing with his sister and also
killed another man who attempted to
arrest him. He then escaped, but was
thought to be badly wounded, as sew
eral dancers fired at him while getting
on his horse
HENRY SMITH, aged four, was left to
take care of his baby brother while his
parents went to the fields to pick cot
ton near Opelika, Ala, but he wearied
of his task and killed the bady with a
stone.
THE Indian government, in reply to
further pressing invitation by the
English cabinet to consider Senator
Wolcott's proposals, has answered that
1T cannot reopen the question of the In
dian currency, and it will not be a
party to the reopening of the mints
for the free coinage of silver In we'll
informed English circles, correspond
ent said, Senator Wolcotts mission was
considered abortive
The livery barn of George Martin. at
Allison, Ia, burned the other morning
and nine fine horses perished.
FIRE at Medford. Ok, DESTROYED
nearly all the west side of the public
square. Loss, $50, 900, with little IN
Surance.
! Mrs. ELLEN MCGINTY died in great
agony of hydrophobia, at Decatur, ILL.,,
on the 5th. Last November she was
treating pet dog for the mango, when
he bit her on the left forearm, tearing
out a piece of flesh about three inches
| square.
A PORTION of the platform of the
Kansas City & independence Rapid
Transit railway depot at Kansas CITY.
Mo-, gave way, on the evening of the
9th, owing to the rotten piling, and
fell 25 feet, carrying so people down.
OF these 81 were known to have been
injured and four deaths at least may
result from the accident.
The st. Louis and Chicago express
on the Chicago & Alton railroad was
held up near Kansas City, Mo-, on the
night of the 9Th by eight masked men,
The bandits made some of the train
men hand over their own money. A
freight train came up soon afterward
and frightened the robbers off, Eight
sticks of dynamite were found in the
express car and fuse which had failed
to work. Nothing of much value was
taken in the express car. "a
FIVE hundred thousand AIRES of fine
land along the Big Piney, La Barge
and Fontanelle creeks and Green river,
Wyoming, which have recently been
surveyed, will be thrown open to set
tlement under the United States land
laws after November 1.
THE g. A. r. of Oklahoma is trying
to get the abandoned military reserva-
tion near Oklahoma City for soldiers
home.
The Flower parade took place at
Kansas City, Mo-. on the 9th. 1t con.
sisted of handsomely decorated equip
ages filled with beautiful women. The
Priests of Pallas ball took place at
night
AT Moscow, Ia, two men were in.
stantly killed, another will proba blv
die of his injuries, and four others re-
celved painful injuries, as the result of
an explosion of the engine boiler in a
mill.
by the explosion of a gasoline stove
at Chicago two women were probably
fatally burned and another one serious
ly injured
The Priests of Pallas opened the au-
tumn carnival at Kansas City, Mo-, on
the night of the 5th by grand pap-
cant OF 20 floats. representing subjects
from Andersen's fairy tales. The mum
Der OF spectators which viewed the
procession was estimated at 100000
THE October term of the United
States supreme court will begin on the
18th. There are 466 cases on the
docket, AS against GIG at the beginning
OF the October term last year, of which
3S3 came over from the last term and
S3 have been added during the courts
vacation.
TIE convention of the Association fo,
the improvement of Western Water.
ways opened in Davenport, Ia, with a
fair attendance. All the heavy
river interests were represented. the
delegates being from Pennsylvania
Mississippi. Louisiana, Arkansas, Ten.
nessee, Texas. Missouri, Minnesota
Illinois and Iowa.
SoLLY SMITH. of Los Angeles, Cal,
was given the decision over George
Dixon, of Boston, in a 20-round fight
the other night at San Francisco. The
match was virtually for the champion
ship OF the feather-weight class, ano
Smith is now at the top.
The sixth general convention of the
international Brotherhood of Black
smiths took place at New York on the
5th at Teutonia hall. John Slocum. O.
Kansas City, grand president, in hi.
report, made two important recon
. mendations. namely, that the organ
ization should join the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and that it take III
the eight-hOur question.
HENRY GROWER, a negro, was taker
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