Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-09

night at the Pomeroy and the Opera
House blocks at La Crosse, Wis. On
the third floor the powder and shells
Of company of national guards were
kept and when the fire reached them
the explosion was terrific. Six fire
men were injured. three seriously. The
loss will exceed 500. 600.
An examination of the books of the
water Office at Chicago by an expert
accoun tanG disclosed the fact that the
city had been defrauded out of S454, 9S5
in the past two years by unauthorized
rebates.
GEORGE BLoDGETT, head of the law
department of the General Electric
company at Schenectady. n. Y. was
shot by a burglar and mortally wound
ed at his home the other night.
JUDGE DALE, at Saltwater, Ok, dis
charged Thomas Latin, negro, on
trial for the murder of j. E. Morrow
and little daughter. without allowing
the case to go to the jury, as there was
really no evidence against him Nor
row and the little girl were killed with
an ak while sleeping in their wagon
by the roadside. and at the time Latin
was arrested the excitement was so
great that the officers had a hard fight
W fACCp hliI 1IOu1 yaCHCO.
A PRAIRIE fire did great damage in
the northern part of D county, Ok, a
short time ago. A number of persons
lost their homes and it was feared
some had persisted.
j. A. r. ELLIOTT, of Kansas City, Mo-
ex-champion wing shot of America,
was defeated in 1OO-bird shoot at
Omaha, Neb., by Frank Parmalee, of
Omaha Parmalee, killed 81 birds
while Elliott brought down only 81.
A BIG combine of river coal interests
promises to be effected, according to a
Pittsburgh, Pa, dispatch before the
new year. A committee is hard at
work considering schedules of prop
erty values as presented by the vari
ous companies The scheme proposes
the organization of one company, with
L capitalization of Sill 900, 900, which
will control the river coal interests
from lock No. 5 on the Monongahela
liver to New Orleans.
THE coast and geodetic survey will
soon publish new map of the gold
ields of Alaska.
THE bicycle rim factory of E. J. Lob
He'll at Marietta, O., has been burned
to the ground. Loss, $780, insur-
ance, $4,000.
FRED HORN, a 17-year-old boy, was
convicted at Ell Reno, Ok. for the MUIR
der of Alva Trip and sentenced to 90
years in the penitentiary.
The Hotel Balmoral on Mount Nc
Gregor. near Saratoga, n. Y, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 1st. Loss on
building and contents, $4,000.
Gov. OTERo, of New Mexico, recently
called on President Mckinley to urge
him to recommend statehood for the
territory in his message. Delegate
Ferguson is to introduce bill in con-
gress early in the session for state
hood and will work hard to have it
passed.
MARTIN THORN was convicted at New
York of numbering William Gulden-
suppe, his predecessor in the affections
of Mrs. Augusta Mack.
RECEIVER S. III. Fl. CLARK, of the
Union Pacific railway, announced that
he had been offered the presidency of
that road by the reorganization COM
mittee, but owing to ill-health he had
declined the position.
GEORGE SLATER was caught by a rod
in the Gate lumber mill at TeXarkana,
Tex, and beaten to death upon the
floor before the machinery could be
stopped.
THE National Prison congress of the
United States met at Austin, Tex. on
the I'd, in a four days session. There
were about 200 delegates from north
ern, eastern and western states in at
tendance.
A TRAIN on the Santa Fe railroad at
Supai Hill, n. M, got beyond con troll
of the engineer and two big mountain
engines and 26 cars few the track and
what was left of them was destroyed
by fire. Three trainmen also lost
their lives. The air brakes failed to
hold the train going down hill. It
was one of the most costly wrecks in
the history of the road.
FIRE was discovered in the SAWYER
paper factory at ST. Lous at $3.50 D. NJ
on the 1st and within an hour the es-
tablishment was in ruins and number
of adjoining buildings were badly
damaged. The general loss was esti-
mated at over $200,0
A FIRE-DAslP explosion took place in
the Frankerholz coal mine near HON.
burg, Germany, on the 1st. The bodies
of ten men killed and 45 in jured miners
were got out and more miners were re-
ported missing.
THE second trial of Adolph L. Luet-
CERT, the Chicago sausage maker, for
the murder of his wife was called be-
fore Judge Gary on the goth.
TRAIN on the Pittsburgh s. West
ern railway jumped the track at Cham
bins cut, Cleveland, O.. and before it
could be stopped crashed through the
bridge into the street below. The To-
connective and IL cars were demolished.
The engineer and fireman jumped.
GEORGE DOUGLASS. a negro who &C
cldentally killed Albert Grayer in at
tempting to murder another man with
whom he had quarreled over game of
craps, was hanged at Pittsburgh, Pa.
on the 30th. He expressed sorrow for
his crime.
JESSE MCADAMs, a drayman, shot and