Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-14

in tow of the steamer Hiram w. Sib-
ley. foundered in Lake Superior off
Michigan island. The vessel sprung
leak and the pumps could not keep the
water down. The loss was about
$50, 900.
A TUNNEL was being constructed by
the Mexican National railroad near
Monterey when a premature explosion
of blast occurred, killing four men
| outright and wounding ten others seri-
ously.
The stables OF DIR. W. I. Frady near
Marietta, Ind, were destroyed by fire
the other night and 43 horses in his
care for training and eight of his own
horses were cremated.
GEORGE MORGAN was hanged at Oma-
ha, Neb., on the Sth for the murder of
Ida Gaskill. He died protesting his
innocence.
AT country dance at Greenville,
Ala, William Ekof shot a man dead
for dancing with his sister and also
killed another man who attempted to
| arrest him. He then escaped, but was
thought to be badly wounded, as sew
eral dancers fred at him while getting
on his horse.
HENRY SMITH, aged four, was left to
take care of his baby brother while his
parents went to the fields to pick cot
ton near Opelika, Ala, but he wearied
of his task and killed the badly with a
stone.
THE Indian government, in reply to
a further pressing invitation by the
English cabinet to consider Senator
Wolcott's proposals, has answered that
it cannot reopen the question of the In
dian currency, and it will not be a
c,.fx 70 fho -
for the free coinage of silver. In we'll
| informed English circles, a correspond
ent said, Senator Wolcott's mission was
considered abortive.
THE livery barn of George Martin, at
Allison, Ia, burned the other morning
and nine fine horses persisted.
FIRE at Medford, Ok, DESTROYED
nearly all the west side of the. public
square. Loss, $50, 900, with little IN
surance.
Mrs. ELLEN MCGINTY died in great
agony of hydrophobia, at Decatur, Ill,
on the 5th. Last November she was
treating pet dog for the mango, when
he bit her on the left forearm, tearing
out piece of flesh about three inches
square.
A PORTION of the platform of the
Kansas City & independence Rapid
Transit railway depot at Kansas City,
Mo-, gave way, on the evening of the
9th, owing to the rotten piling, and
fell 25 feet, carrying so people down.
Of these 81 were known to have been
injured and four deaths at least may
result from the accident.
THE ST. Louis and Chicago express
on the Chicago & Alton railroad was
held up near Kansas City, Mo-, on the
night of the 9th by eight masked men.
The bandits made some of the train
men hand over their own money. A
freight train came up soon afterward
and frightened the robbers off. Eight
sticks of dynamite were found in the
express car and fuse which had failed
to work. Nothing of much value was
taken in the express car.
FIVE hundred thousand acres of fine
land along the Big Piney, La Barge
and Fontanelle creeks and Green river,
Wyoming, which have recently been
surveyed, will be thrown open to set
Element under the United States land
laws after November 1.
THE 6. A. r. of Oklahoma is trying
to get the abandoned military reserva-
ton near Oklahoma City for a soldiers
home.
The Flower parade took place at
Kansas City, Mo-. on the 9th. 1t con-
sisted of handsomely decorated equip
ages filed with beautiful women. The
Priests of Palias ball took place at
night.
AT Moscow, Ia, two men were in
stantly killed. another will probably
die of his injuries, and four others re-
ceived painful injuries. as the result of
an explosion of the engine boiler in a
mill.
BY the explosion of gasoline stove
at Chicago two women were probably
fatally burned and another one serious
~ injured.
The Priests of Pallas opened the au-
tumn carnival at Kansas City, Mo-, on
the night of the 5th by grand pag-
cant Of 20 floats, representing subjects
from Andersen's fairy tales. The num-
Der of spectators which viewed the
procession was estimated at 800, 600.
THE October term of the United
States supreme court will begin ON the
18th. There are 466 cases on the
docket, as against GIG at the beginning
of the October term last year, of which
3S3 came over from the last term and
SO have been added during the courts
vacation.
THE conven ton of the Association for
the Improvement Of Western Water
ways opened in Davenport, Ia, with
fair attendance. All the heavy
| river interests were represented, the
| delegates being from Pennsylvania.
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Ten
nessee. Texas, Missouri, Minnesota,
Illinois and Iowa.
SoLLY SMITH, of Los Angeles, Cal,
| was given the decision over George
Dixon, of Boston. in a 2O-round fight
the other night at San Francisco. The
| match was virtually for the champion
ship of the feather-weight class, and
| Smith is now af tho TOY,