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

DOCK KELLEY, a negro, was publicly
hanged at Snow Hill, N. c., for assault
ing Mrs. Merritt, a middie-aged white
woman. The gallows was in the pub
lie square of the town. and ., 900 people
were spectators. His victim was seated
within few feet of the gallows.
CLARENCE REITH, the 15-year-old son
of Edward B. Reith. cashier of the
Adam Roth Grocery Co. at St Louis,
fell from the third floor of the build
ing down the elevator shaft and was
instantly killed.
An explosion of coal dust in the Sun
shine mine near Glenwood. Col, caused
the death of at least IL men, their
bodies being recovered in a horribly
mangled condition.
The Gulf passenger train was held
up by masked robbers at Twin Noun
tain, Col, on the night of the Sd and
the express car looted. Posses were
organized at Folsom and Trinidad to
pursue the bandits
THE new public library at Kansas
City. Mo-, was thrown open to the pub
lie on the 1st.
THE family of Henry Miller, farm
err near Metropolis, ILL.,, was recently
poisoned at breakfast by rough on rats
being administered in the scrambled
eggs The baby died. the father and
mother were not expected to live, and
four other children and servant girl
were dangerously sick. Nora, daugh-
ter by a former wife, was the only one
not taken sick. and she was suspected
of the crime, as she did not get along
we'll with her stepmother.
LIGHTNING struck Mrs. Guthrie of
Walnut Grove, Ga, while she had one
of her children in her arms, killing
her instantly and badly burning the
child.
Mrs JOHN DREW, a noted actress of
the last two generations, died at New
York on the 31st, aged az years.
FRANK HALL, a brakeman, was killed
at St. Louis by being crushed between
two cars.
JAMES BOGGs and James Ray were
hunting near Vandalia, Ill, recently
and Boggs laid down in c1ump of
weeds and was brushing away mosqui-
toes when Day mistook him for tur-
key and fred, inficting a probably
fatal wound.
The docket for the next term of the
United States supreme court, which
will begin on October II, is being pre-
pared. 1t contained up to the 1st 446
cases, showing an addition of So cases
since the court adjourned in May.
The ST. Louis conference of the Ger
man M. E. church was in session at-St.
Louis on the 1st, Bishop John H. Vim
cent presiding. The conference in
cludes four districts, viz: st. Louis,
Burlington, Ia, Quincy, ILL.,, and Belle
vile. Ill.
Il n a1o,s
Chicago, was tortured and robbed of
81. 900 by burglars at his home just be-
fore midnight. Three men bound him,
gagged him, and with matches burned
his bare feet until he divulged where
his money was.
THE National Holiness association
camp meeting will be held at Green
vile, Ill. September to II, inclusive.
Nearly 200 tents have been secured for
the use of those in attendance.
THREE of the most notorious crimi-
nails in the west managed to escape
from the ST. Louis Jail on the evening of
the 30th. They were ''Skippy" Rowan,
charged with murder; Buck" O'Maly,
horse and buggy thief, and ''Sport"
Hefferman, daylight crook.
THE dead body of a negro was found
hanging to trot line in the Arkansas
river near Robroy, Ark. He had evil
IDENTIFY been lynched and thrown into
the river.
RALPH MOORE recently killed his
grandfather and seriously injured his
two cousins at Mortonville, Pa. the
other day. Family quarrels were the
cause.
FIRES were destroying large areas of
valuable timber and threatening the
Of in, he VII Of
Sheridan, Wyo. Their origin was be-
Iieved to be due to the carelessness of
campers with their camp fires
A BIG hywheel burst at Burgess iron
works at Portsmouth, o., and a work
man was badly hurt. The mill was
set on fire, but it was soon extin-
guished. but the furnace was destroyed.
The mill will have to close until a new
hywheel can be secured.
| FRANK MUELLER was electrocuted in
| the Ohio penitentiary at Columbus on
the I'd for the murder of Mrs. Saluda
Miller, the wife of his employer.
WHEN President Faure returned to
Paris from Russia on the 31st another
bomb was exploded inside the railing
of the Madeleine church while the pro-
cession was passing, but nobody was
| injured by the explosion.
ALL the gambling paraphernalia
taken in the pool room raid at st. Louis
recently was burned, including one
| dozen poplar blaclxboards, 90, 900 tickets
and great quantity of chalk of vari'
| Gus colors and eraserS.
| BAR silver made a new low record in
the New York market on the 1st, the
quoted price being 81 4 cents an ounce,
making the value of the silver in the
standard silver dollar SO. 60 cents
The American Social Science asso.
citation began its annual session al
Saratoga Springs, n. Y, on the 30th.
/ There was a large attendance. repre-