Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-20

NINETY earthquake shocks were felt
in South Australia during the three
days preceding the 18th. The disturb
ances were particularly severe at
Kingston, where the buildings were
damaged and.some of the inhabitants
have taken to living in tents for safety.
In June large party of farmers
from Marshall county, KY, emf
CRATE to New Madrid, Stoddard and
Dunklin counties, Mo.
FIRE broke out in the courthouse at
Lexington, KY, on the 14th and in
hour nothing remained but walls
Harris beautiful statue, woman Fri
umphant.'' bought by Lexington wom-
en- for 81, 900. was in the rotunda and
was destroyed. The records were
saved. The courthouse was built ten
years ago at cost of 500, 600.
STEPHEN e. MALLORY was elected
United States senator at Tallahassee,
Fla, on the 14th en- the 25th ballot.
The new senator is the son of the late
Stephen r. Mallory, who was elected
United States senator from Florida in
1851 and resigned in 1861, ON the seces-
sion of his state.
A TERRIBLE railway disaster befen
Russian military train on the Valka
Jurjev line Sixteen cars were smashed.
Two officers and nearly 100 soldiers
were killed and 60 others were serious
ly injured.
EMILE CHARLOTTE LANGTRY, known
throughout two hemispheres as the
Jersey Lily" ex-English professional
beauty and actress, has secured di-
voree from her English husband, Ed
ward Langtry. in the Lake county, Cal,
court, on the ground of desertion.
A DISPATCH on the 18th stated that
rains for Sc hours had again flooded
Middlesboro, KY, and thousands of
acres of growing corn were under
water.
A THIRD negro was reported to have
been lynched near jeff, Ala, the other
night for being implicated in the
wholesale poisoning of the Kelly fam
lily.
LAUGHEAD & MADEsETTE's planning
mill at Uniontown, Pa, was burned re-
Gently. Loss, $55, 900; insurance, $25,-
900.
FIRE broke out in the antitrust
strawboard and paper mill at Tama
City. Ia, and the portion of the mills
known as the straw cutting and beat
ing rooms was destroyed. Over 100
men were thrown out of employment.
oCho chAuEli IlCOOiAS VI U1lC
Funeral Directors association of Mis-
souri, was held at st. Louis. The pres
ident of the association said that their
efforts were to bring the funeral to as
near a stage of absolute simplicity as
possible.
FIRE destroyed the post office, hotel,
telephone Office and several other
buildings in the little village of Marsh
land, Wis.
FIRE destroyed the Spring Mountain
coal breaker at Evansville, Pa, and 500
men and boys were thrown out of work.
THE ambassadors of the powers pre-
sented collective memorandum to the
Turkish government on the 18th pro-
posing an armistice between Turkey
and Greece on the basis of the negotia-
tions for peace in progress through the
powers.
A CONSTABLE left Jackson, La, for
Clinton, La, having in custody negro
named Charles Jackson, charged with
attempting to wreck a train, when he
was surrounded by an armed body of
men and the prisoner taken away. The
next day the negro was found dangling
from tree.
RICHARD FLICK, Guy Flick and John
Burns were arrested at Deadwood, S.
D., by Special Officer Wilson, of the
secret service of the United States,
charged with mutilating gold coin.
For the past month that city has been
flooded with lightweight gold coins,
some of the $40 gold pieces being short
from So to S..
EARTHQUAKES occurred recently in
the Leeward islands, in the West In
| dies, killing many colored people by
| burying them in the ruins of their
| houses. In a brick church the congre-
| cation was caught by the collapse of
| the walls and 50 were crushed to
| death.
| TYPHooN II. w on the Kentucky Derby
] at Louisville on the 18th, Ornament,
| the favorite, taking second place, and
DIR. Catlett finishing third.
| RAIN fell In torrents during the
night of the 18th at Parkersburg, w.
Va, and no trains were run on the B.
& o. railroad, owing to the bridges be-
| ing washed away at Cairo.
| WHILE boating on the lake at Chi
| cago Matthew Roche and his little
nephew, Harry Flynn, attempted to
exchange seats and the boat capsized
and the boy was drowned. Albert
| Mattarl, who was in the crowd at the
waters edge, suddenly pitched for
| ward dead, owing to excitement in
watching the drowning boys strug-
| giles.
| GREECE has formally consented to
| abandon Crete, to recognize the plan
! of autonomy for the island arranged
by the powers and has accepted the Of
| fer of mediation of the powers for the
settlement of the complication with
| Turkey.
THE Mississippi Valley Cottonwood
| association, IN session at ST. Louis, de-
cided to advance the price of all grades
of cottonwood lumber 50 per 1000 feet
| owing to the destruction of cotton