Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-15


Stab, of Tomkinsville. L. L. saw a
man packing articles. At Staib's ap-
proach the thief stepped into large
refrigerator. Stab locked him in and
notified the police. It was not day,
and after the me q had been in a small
cell for an hour he asked to be put back
In the ice box.
JOSEPH WEIssHAUER was arrested the
other day at New York charged with
bringing home food. cooking and eat
ing it himself and leaving his wife and
two-year-old child to starve.
PHILLIP TAsHLEY, Dane convicted
by the United States court of killing
John Sanders, United States soldier,
at Huachita, year ago, was hanged
at Tucson, Ariz.. on the 9th. He made
ocular remarks, danced jig and then
said, Let FER go, Gallagher"
WHILE a gang of workmen were ex-
cavating on the line of street railway
at Lexington, KY, one of them struck
what appeared to be piece of pipe,
but which proved to be 64-pound
dynamite cartridge. A fearful explo-
sion followed, and five OF the six ne
groes in the gang were blown to atoms.
THERE were five deaths and 20 or
more prostrations in the two Kansas
Citys on the 9th. In ST. Louis the
death list reached ten; Chicago re-
ported 16 deaths and ten cases critical.
Six died from the heat at Cincinnati;
three at Lafayette, Ind; seven at n ew
York; two at Indianapolis, Ind, be-
sides three more cases of prostration
considered fatal. Fatal cases were
also reported from other cities.
hnm a
negro, attempted to outrage white
trated in his designs. He eluded ar
rest until the 9th, when he was cap
tured by mob of unknown men and
shot to death.
JOHN LEWIS, a farmer living near
ging well. The windlass which he
was working broke ana he fell into the
we'll head first.
Two daughters, aged six and eight,
of David Harmon, asfarIaer nearSpring-
field. O., were burned to death by an
explosion of coal oil while starting a
fire.
The bodies of 1aan and woman, APP
narently dying, lying side by side on
q raft of logs aaeered to the shore near
the village 81 California, was found a
few nailes abeve Cincinnati. Near the
raft the dead heay Of "a infant was
taken from the water. The man and
woman were alive but unable to speak.
Both their wrists were cut and bleed
ing ana ether wounds indicated an at
tempt at suicide
AT Cincinnati ca the 8th there were
TIVE fatal cases ct sanstreke and Louis
vile, KY. reported one death and
many nfostratiens. Nine children
afea suddenly st New York through
tAe heat Tive deaths also occurred at
Indianapolis.
AZ Darlington, Ok, the seat of the
agency of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe
Indians, over 3.eee red 1aen aad women
were reported in secret council and
people near them fear trouble. On
July j q 1ass was passed by the late
Legislature prohibiting Polygamy
among the Indians and an outbreaks
nay eeehr over the enforcement of the
aeve law.
EREp ReSAf,. the professional high
diver, dived frafa . ear en- the Ferris
wheel at Chicago the ether night after
sit had reached q height of 125 feet.
he misealeulated the distance and in
saFhing int the net used in breaking
The fail struck ca his hips. Physicians
summoned stated that he had received
severe eeneassien eff the spine and il
was feared he night not recover.
a DISPATCH from Cleveland, o.. on
the eth stated that the fEilroads had
begun te seize coal ca account of the
miners strike, nc matter to whom il
was consigned. Many nanufacturing
adjustments Ia that city were said
Z be seriously embarrassed by the
proceeding and would probably have
t. e1ase aaven fof xant of coal.
THE sanitariam Of DR.. Johnson, OF
Missionary Ridge, Tenn. was strucl
by lightning during a storm and to
tally destroyed. The inmates were re
moved with some difficulty.
On his Goth birthday Martin Var
BurSn Gendes laid bis head on Bur
lington track at Denver, Col. on the
5th before train and found death
He had made and lest large sums as q
ranchman in Mitchell county, Kan.
Mrs. JANE GEORGE, of Hot Springs
Ark, became partially demented
caused by the extreme hot weather OF
the eth. and jumped into well so fee
deep, but was rescued by neighbors
The reason sh0 gave for the act wa.
that she wanted to keep cool.
A FREIGHT train on the Pittsburgh 6
Lake Erie railway was derailed a
Falston, Pa, and ten cars were precip
itated into the Erie river. Fort,
tramps were on the train and one deas
and three injured were taken out ant
six others were reported missing.
AT st. Louis on the Sth the thermom
eter showed 100 degrees on the stree
and seven people died from the heat
one man attempted suicide and Their
were at least four out of the man,
prostrations which will prove fatal.
Two aeronauts. named Prof. Georg
Weston and III. Section, were fearful,
injured while attempting an ascension