Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-12-02

3 half mile from Chesterfield, Ind, eX-
ploded on the Goth. Every animal in
the vicinity was instantly killed and
the houses in the town were movei
from their foundations AMI windows
broken. At Dalesville. two miles away,
much damage was also done. The jar
Of the explosion was felt for Is miles
IN all directions. Several men were
badly injured.
THE general assembly of Georgia
met on the 25th listened to the chap
lains prayer and Immediately ad-
iourned. This will cost the state
81, 500 for its pay. The legislator
On the oath had refused to pass mo-
ton to adjourn over Thanksgiving
lay.
A PETITION to the senators of the
United States was issued from the
headquarters of the Irish National al
lance in New York on the 26th
against the adoption of an arbitration
treaty with England. The petition
will be circulated over the country by
the A. o. ii. and other Irish American
societies.
DECEMBER wheat sold at 81 in Chica-
go on the Goth, but the price soon
dropped.
A FIRE the other morning at Kittan-
ming, Pa, destroyed the Merchants
national bank. the Armstrong Water
company's building, hardware store.
a dry goods store and a house furnish
ing store. A number of persons were
also badly hurt during the fire.
SIMON THUMPKI, Pole. fell into a
vat of hot water at the Nelson Morris
dressed beef works at st. Louis and
received injuries which will probably
cause his death. The water was nearly
waist deep and, although he was at
once pulled out by fellow-workmen,
the whole lower part of his body was
frightfully scalded.
JERRY JOHNSON, a negro, was lynched
the other evening near Screven. Ga.
He was in charge of officers and was
being taken to Jail when a crowd of
armed men rode up to the officers and
the negro was made the target for a
number of rifles and his body perfo-
rated with leaden balls. The negro had
been arrested for stealing a mule.
A BROKER of Providence, r. l., had
Lee Pitts, a negro Pullman car porter.
arrested at ST. Louis on the charge OF
robbing him while asleep in berth
near Odin. Ill. The negro had taken
$40 from Hills pants pockets and was
in the act of taking package contain
ing $50, 900 from his inside coat pocket
| when Hill awoke and grabbed him.
THE New York Express published
| the following on the 25th: 'Within
| ten days Corbett and Fitzsimmons will
| sign articles for another battle for the
| heavyweight championship of the
world. This positive statement was
made by William J. Connor, one of the
| <.I &c - 4 ~,
bett, and William A. Brady, who is
| Corbett's manager
FIRE broke out in the dormitory OF
Tougaloo (Miss.) Negro university the
| other night and $40, 600 damage was
done. Students saved the other build
| ings. Forty-three students and six
teachers lost their personal property.
| TOMMY RYAN knocked out Australian
Jim Ryan in five rounds the other
night at Elmira, n. Y. The men were
matched to fight 20 rounds at 154
| pounds.
THE Bimetallic league in England is
about to issue manifesto defining its
position and policy in view of the re
suits of the recent negotiations be
tween the United States monetary
commission and the British govern
| ment. The executive committee of the
league is divided on the question Of
ratio, a portion favoring 16 to 1917 to l.
| while others believe that the best pol
icy would be to commit the movemen
to a ratio approaching the commercial
one.
A TELEGRAM from Marathon, Tex.
on the 25th said that terrific prairi,
fire was raging in Brewster and PreSi
diO counties. The fire covered an are;
larger than the state of Connecticut
The region was along the Rio Grande
about 100 miles wide by nearly 20
miles long. Hundreds of head of cat
tie and sheep have been burned and
large amount of ranch property de
stroyed.
A DISPATCH on the 25th from Charles
ton, w. Va, said that the Vanderbilt
interests had scheme on foot amin,
at the control, through the Chesapeake
& Ohio railroad, OF the soft coal mar
lSets of both the east and west. Ever
part of the enterprise, from the owner
ship of the coal lands to final deliver
of the product, will be managed b,
, one head, representing one interest
: AN unknown negro was killed b
lynchers near Black Shear, Ga, tn
other afternoon, his body being liter
! ally riddled with bullets. He had as
, saulted a 17-year-old girl
JOHN E. LIGGETT, president of tn
Liggett & Myers Tobacco company, O
St. Louis, died at his home in that cit
5 the other night, aged ~ years. Hi
: wealth was estimated at $4,000. 900
e THEnational Organization commute
: of the midd1e-of-the-road faction c
: the populist party, in convention a
: St Louis, issued an address asking tn
I national committee to meet with ther
at St Louis on January II to try an
Y restore harmony in the party. The
q also recommended that the platforl
:, for 1898 and 1900 should demand abs