Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-04

THE North Dakota house of repre-
sentatives passed a bill on the 27th ex-
tending the period of residence in that
state from three months to one year
before action for divorce can be begu..
THE plant of the Middlebranch, Port
land & Diamond Cement Co. at Canton,
o., was burned recently. It was val
ued at $2OO,O00 Over 100 men were
thrown out of employment
a PROMINENT business block in Fort
Wayne, Ind was burned on the 2Sth,
entailing a loss of S125, 900. Three fire.
men were caught under falling walls
and dangerously hurt.
A BROOKLYN syndicate on the 27th
bought for 100000 the property for
merly occupied by Rev. 7. Dewitt Tai
mage as a tabernacle.
FoR the first time in SO years an In
dian will be hanged in Georgia next
month His name is M arcellus Lowry,
Glynn county.
clan, who landed at Key West, Fla, Old
the 27th from Cuba. stated that there
were 5000 cases of yellow fever in Ha-
vana and $50 deaths daily.
WILL IDEAS, co1ored, convicted of
criminal assault, was hanged in the
Jail yard at Louisville, Ga, on the
Goth.
AT Como, Ill, Ferdinand Stutzke,
farmer, while drunk, slashed Mr.. and
Mrs. S. j. Wilkins with a knife. Mr..
Wilkins cannot live, but his wife may
recover.
THE Nebraska house has passed a
bill providing for the issue of non-in-
terest bearing state warrants, which
are to be receivable in payment of
taxes and debts due the state. 1t is
known as the state scrip or fat money
bill, and is patterned after a similar
law existing in Mississippi.
THE strike of the tannery hands at
Chicago was thought to be over, as
they agreed on the 26th to return to
work and leave their grievances in the
hands of the state board of arbitra-
ton.
JOHN HANLoN, an engineer on the B.
& o. Southern road, was cut in twain
above the hips by his engine near Oh
ney, Ill. He had crawled under it to
do something and did not set the air
brakes and it started up.
FRITZ ROWsLER, a Sa1oonkeeper at
Chicago, was found dead in his place
of business on the 26th. Beside him
lay the body of his wife. twas be-
lieved that he shot his wife and then
committed suicide through jealousy.
The plant of the B. p. Clapp Ammo
MIA Co. at Cincinnati was destroyed by
fire, on the 25th. The place was sur
rounded by the flood from the river and
the firemen had to ride out in skiffs to
get the hose near enough to play on the
flames. The fire was caused by the
high water coming in contact with
lot of unslacked lime, which set fire to
some chemicals.
AN incendiary fire at Palmer, Tex,
destroyed IA frame business houses, oc-
cupied by % firms. The business dis
trict was practically wiped out.
The report that DIR. William Steinitz,
the chess player, had died is untrue.
He is still in a hospital in Moscow suf-
fering from a serious mental malady.
THE payment of the Cherokee freed
men began at Vinita, I. T., on the 23ds
each freedman entitled to draw getting
$1Ss.
A NORTHBoUND train on the Chicago
& Eastern Illinois road and the Colum-
bia Heights race train on the same
road collided with a Calumet electric
car at a street crossing at Chicago on
the 25th. The motorman and two pas
sengers were instantly killed, two
other passengers probably fatally in
jured, and the car smashed into kind
ling wood.
THE supreme court of Indiana de-
cided against Helen M. Cougar in her
suit against the election officers to
compel them to receive and count her
ballot. In pronouncing the opinion of
the court Judge Hackney said that
under the Indiana constitution women
cannot vote, and that this provision of
the constitution is not in conflict with
the constitution OF the United States.
SEVEN business houses on Main street
in Millbank, s. D., were burned to the
ground the other night. 1t was feared
that a man named Andrew Vyg, who
was rooming over Molish's bakery,
where the fire started, had been burned
to death.
THE body of the murderer of Anton
Sheep and his bride, killed at Tindall,
S. D., the other day, has been found.
He was Frank Bende, neighbor, and
after killing the Sleeps he drove away
and shot himself. He was found on
the return of his team.
A CINCINNATI dispatch on the Gath
stated that not less than 81. 600, 900 loss
by floods to lumbermen and farmers
was the rough estimate for the Monon-
gahe1a valley. On the Ohio there was