Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-25
MAJ. CHARLES W. F. DICK, of Akron,

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cepted.
AT Philadelphia on the goth Edward
| Gibbons died from the effects of blow
over the heart by Samuel S. Perry dur
ing friendly boxing match and Chris
tian Kie1necker also died as the result
Of boxing match with Frank Connol-
| IL. Arrests will be made.
| JAMESON MCCLURE, Chickasaw In
! dian, threw himself in front of train
at Perry, Ok, and was killed. Three
| years ago he killed Joe Paul on account
of the latter's wife, and the deed drove
Mcclure to insanity.
FIRE at Peoria, Ill, destroyed the
Conigslky block and damaged the Muir
ply and Farrell blocks. Loss, SIS, 900.
IN the case of Joseph r. Dunlop, the
Chicago newspaper publisher, the
United States supreme court has issued
its mandate and Mr.. Dunlop will have
to serve two years in prison and pay a
fine of So. 900 for violation of the postal
laws.
JESSE GARRETT, the wealthiest young
man at Dycusburg, KY, shot himself
in the abdomen with a small revolver
because his sweetheart refused to kiss
him good night. He was reported dy-
ing and the girl was Frustrated.
The large Touring mill of Bamble &
McKinnett at Lafontaine, Ind, was
burned recently and carload of flour,
5000 bushels of wheat, 1000 bushels of
corn and 1000 bushels of chop were de-
stroyed.
THROUGHOUT Arkansas, Tennessee
and Mississippi many lives were re-
ported lost on the 10Th through the
floods and the railroads were heavy
sufferers. It was reported also that
the levee at Hill House, Miss, had
broken, flooding the farms in that To-
cality.
A MOB of $50 men, which it was re-
ported had been formed for the purpose
of lynching James M. Gordy, who was
jailed at Georgetown, Del, on the
charge of numbering woman, alleged
to be his wife, did not put in an APP
pearance on the night of the 18th.
The sheriff had taken the precaution
to have the Jail strongly guarded.
A WRECK occurred at Laketon juno
ton, Ind, the fast westbound express
on the Erie railway crashing into
Wabash locomotive and piling up the
engines and express cars in a chaotic
mass. Both engines were shattered
and part of the express went into the
ditch. Only one man was injured.
PATRICK PAINE, proprietor of the
Iron Mountain hotel at Monroe, La,
on the 10th shot and fatally wounded
his wife and made an unsuccessful at
tempt to kill his little child and James
McCabe, a bill collector, and was him
self shot and seriously wounded by
McCabe. Paine was jealous of his wife.
CAPT. DAY, of the United States
army, who recently returned from
Japan, reported the death of the crown
prince of Japan, who was heir appar-
emit to the throne. The death of the
crown prince was being kept secret in
Japan.
The Austrian government received
advices on the 18th that the Austrian
gunboat Sebenico had sunk a Greek
schooner with cargo of munitions OF
war and a number of Cretan insurgents
on board. The schooner was hailed
by the gunboat and the insurgents on
board in reply opened fire on the Sc
benico, whereupon the latter turned
| her guns on the schooner and sank her.
TELEGRAMs from all points in the
| northwest on the 18th indicated that
| an the rivers had turned to raging tor
rents. At South Dakota along the
Missouri and other rivers the settlers
were fleeing. An Omaha, Neb., dis
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rushing into the Missouri, carrying
with it the debris of wrecked bridges
and farm yards in its valley. From
! Iowa came stories of ice gorges on the
Des Moines river at Fort Dodge and
Madrid, flooding miles Of the bottoms
and doing great damage.
AT his home in Boston, William T.
Adams (''Oliver Optic'O was lying in a
critical condition on the 18th from a
complication of troubles which, com
bined with naturally weak heart, had
brought about state from which no
hope of recovery was given by his ply
stefan.
1GNACIo FRANCISCO DE LA CRUZ GAR
CHA, who was said to be the Oldest man
in the United States, died at Los An
geles, Cal, on the 18th, aged III. He
was a Mexican, but came to the United
States when he was 25 years of age.
He had documents which sustained his
claim to such an advanced age.
WHEAT sold for 81 at st. Louis on
the nth, the highest price paid there
during the last six years.
WHILE the gunners of the Russian
ironclad Cessoi Ve1iki were practicing
recently at Canea, Crete. gun burst.
blowing the top off turret. Fourteen
men and one officer were killed and 16