Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-06

acter, had been arrested by the sheriff
in Mitchell county, Va, when two
friends of Ray attempted to rescue him
and the prisoner and one of his friends
We're killed and the other was fatally
wounded by the sheriff and his deputy
A TERRE HAUTE, Ind, dispatch stated
that there was no truth in the report
that the Debs cooperative common
wealth idea is to be put into practical
test by starting a marching army to
Utah this year. 1t is true that Debs
desires to establish a cooperative COM
monwealth in some one of the western
states and that he looks favorably on
Utah, but it is not the purpose to get
men there by a Coxey sort of a move
ment.
WILLIAM EPPs, a colored jockey at
Leadville, Col, logged his ten-year-old
nephew so severely that he may die.
Epps caught the little fellow stealing
so cents, and taking him to his bed
room he tied him to the bed, gagged
him and beat him until he became I'M
conscious
THE Greek ministry, headed by NJ.
DelyanniS, which was blamed for the
recent disasters to the Greek arms in
Thessaly, was dismissed by King
George, and Nj. Ra1li, called the Gam
BETA of Greece, summoned by the
king to form a new ministry. This
somewhat quoted the people in Ath-
ems.
The Chicago News said that it was
common talk in Chicago society circles
that Marshall Field was engaged to
the widow of the late Gen. Phil Sheri-
dan and that the wedding would take
place in the near future.
NEAR B1oomer, Ok, Mrs. Martha b.
Pinson has given birth to five children
in one year and all are living. First
came triplets, which are named Faith,
Hope and Charity; and later twins,
named Alpha and Omega.
JOHN WAGNER, near Freetown, Ind,
apparently died of old age. Physicians
pronounced him dead; the under
tal1er prepared the body for burial and
relatives came to attend the funeral
but when the hour for the funeral ar
rived he was talking with his friends
| and asking to have his funeral post
| poned.
| HALL WRIGHT and son and another
| negro, all prominent colored farmers
| of Harrison county, Tex, were re-
| Gently ambushed and shot and Wright
| and his son were killed and the other
| party seriously wounded.
LIGHTNING struck the residence of
| Fred Mike at South Bend, Ind, de-
| stroyed the chimney and shocked the
| members of the family. The four
year-old daughter was thrown out of
| the doorway, and she lay in the yard
for several hours before discovered by
| a neighbor, the parents not having re-
| covered from the effects of the shock.
A CHALLENGE has been issued from
| Indiana Mineral Springs, Ind, on be-
! half of DIR. Tanner, the noted faster,
for a contest with any person for fast
| to a finish, each contestant only being
allowed a gallon of water per day.
The challenger has put up $4,000.
OLIVIA KUNZ, Is years old, dropped
dead in Wayman Crow school at ST.
| Louis on the 2Sth. A panic occurred
in the school room. Two physicians
were hastily summoned, but were I'M
able to restore the girl to conscious
| ness.
THE general executive board of the
| Knights of Labor has formally de-
| clared war against the American Fed
| GRAFTON of Labor on account of the
action of the National Brewery Work
ers' union, an affiliated body of the
| American Federation of Labor, and
| adopted an address to the members of
| the Knights of Labor throughout the
| United States.
The monument to Gen. Grant was
dedicated at New York on the 27th.
President Mckinley made an appropri-
| ate address. Gen. Porter delivered the
grafton and Mayor Strong accepted the
monument on behalf of the city. The
ceremonies were imposing, the land
parade being one of the grandest mill
tary parades ever seen in New York,
and the warships in the harbor fired
salutes.
WILLIAM G. KNIFFEN, who distin-
guished himself by gallant services in
the late war and who was member
of Grants staff in his trip around the
world, disappointed through failure
to receive his pension money, had just
sought the shelter of the soldiers
home at Quincy, ILL.,, when a check
reached him from the pension depart
ment for S11, 444, with the assurance OF
a good monthly sum hereafter. He
took his discharge from the home and
went to Chicago.
WILLIAM LUTZ, ~ years of age, was
recently ground to death under the
wheels Of a train near Brazil, Ind. His
head was severed from his body and
crushed to a jelly and his body was
cut in twain lengthwise.
THE discomfort in Athens was sale
to be growing on the 27th and the king
of Greece will be made the scapegoat
for the defeat of the Greek troops
Popular feeling was said to point to
revolution in favos of republic. The
king of Greece was said to be having
his castle in Denmark fixed up in case
he had to quit Greece by abdicatine
the throne or being deposed.
HARRY A. CAssIN, the cashier of tn.
Georgia, Loan & Banking Co.. at At
lanta, Ga, has confessed to being de