Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-07-21
GENERAL NEWS.

A GREAT celebration was held in
Marquette, Mich. the other day in
honor of the unveiling of bronze
statue of Father Marquette, the ex-
plorer and priest whose name the city
bears. A feature of the parade was a
band of 80 Indians on horseb back,
dressed in feathers and war paint.
The announcement has been made
authoritatively that William d. Felts
will make an aerial excursion from the
summit of Pixies peak to Colorado
Springs, Col, distance of ten miles,
on an air line, and drop of 5000 feet.
In making the flight Mr.. Felts will
use series of rigid aeroplanes,
modelled after the wing of a condor,
the great South American bird.
AT Laibach, Austria, two earth
quakes occurred on the 18th. Damage
was done to many buildings and the
people were panic-stricken.
THE Moors who assaulted and robbed
the agent of an American firm in Tan
gier, Morocco, have been punished, the
two United States warships having
produced a salutary effect on the au-
thorities.
NEAR West Point, Tenn, a few davs
ago Miss Rome Williams was found
brutally murdered in the woods near
her home. Anthony Williams, who
assaulted her, was captured near
Pruitton, and on the night of the 18th
he eXpiated his crime in the streets of
West Point in the presence of 500 peo-
pie. He was riddled with bullets and
his body burned to ashes Before shot
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and stamped to death.
IT was recently rumored on Wall
street that the Standard oil combine
was rapidly absorbing the sugar trust.
AUGUsT WEHRHEIM a Chicago real
estate man, was robbed by card sharps
of 81, 200 in brace faro game.
THE seventh international conven-
tion of the Baptist Young Peoples
union of America began at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, on the 18th with about
1000 delegates present, 200 being from
Kansas.
The crossing OF. electric light and
telephone wires caused n fire in the
fifth story of the Central block at
Pueblo, Col. on the 18th. Loss, $50, 900.
THE stage coach. en- route from Colo
and containing IL passengers was over
turned on Cheyenne mountain. Several
persons were injured, including j. c.
Walsh, of Warrensburg, Mo-, whose
back was seriously hurt. q.
BLACKWELL, Ok, will have railroad,
known as the Kansas, Oklahoma &
Gulf, connecting with the Frisco at
Gale, Cowley county, Kan. The road
will be S5 miles in length and will pass
through the most productive portion
of Kay county.
LIGHTNING struck the state militia
camp ut Peekskill, n. Y, on the 12th
taking the Y. NJ. c. A. tent as. its OBJ
ject One man was killed and many
others were badly hurt.
AT New Straitsville, O., eight cars of
coal standing upon siding were let
loose by unknown persons and ran
half mile down grade through a
switch, making a complete wreck.
The officers have offered $500 for the
arrest of the guilty persons.
GENERAL MASTER WORKMAN SovER-
EIGN, of the Knights of Labor, will or
ganize 200 new assemblies in Indiana.
Michigan and Ohio. The membership
will be limited to wage-earners who
are advocates of free silver. The pur-
pose is to organize industrial classes for
effective work in future campaigns.
A FIRE broke out on the 18th in the
bakery of Edward Manner at Jersey
City N. j., and spread so quickly to a
tenement that w. A. Zeigler, his wife
and three children were overcome be-
fore they knew their danger. The fire.
men rescued them, but two of the
younger children were dead when re-
moved from their cots.
CoMPTRoLLER WALLER, of Chicago, is
trying to drive the shylocks out of
business. They are money-lenders who
secure most of their clients from the
employees of the city hall who are in
need of money. These money-lenders
have a set rate of ten per cent q month
for accommodation" loans