Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22


Piscataquog river near Manchester, N.
H., in an old scow, without oars, de-
pending for the guidance of the boat
upon a board The men were unable to
control the old hulk, and in a short time
it was over the dam and three of the
occupants were drowned.
STRONG disposition on the part of
many subordinate leaders in the insur-
gent army to end the war by the ac-
ceptance of autonomy was reported at
Washington from Cuba Gen. Gomez,
personally. clings to the hope of indie
pendence. but he is almost alone.
IT was stated positively that Repre-
sentative McMillin will be appoin ted
to succeed Mr.. Harris in the United
States senate. This, it was said, had
been definitely determined upon among
the leaders in Tennessee and there was
general acceptance of the situation.
THE Empire state express on the
New York Central broke the worlds
record on the 10Th by making the dis
tance between Syracuse and Buffalo,
14s miles, in 1877 minutes.
THE reports of mortgage and loan
companies doing business in Nebraska
show proportion of Indebtedness paid
during the six months ended July 1
that is most extraordinary. A close
estimate of the aggregate places the
amount paid during that time at S2S,-
600, 900.
from the court room at Montgomery,
Ala, and lynched by mob for assault
ing woman and then fatally burning
her and her babe.
STORIES of the fabulous riches of the
Ixy1-1 l.,
in Alaska were more than proved true
when 40 miners arrived at San Fran
cisco with $40 pounds of gold dust.
Most of the miners were at the dig
gings only this single season. and
nearly all of them were tenderfeet.
LONDON dispatch on the 18th stated
that the United States commissioners
had been successful and that an inter
national conference will be summoned,
probably to meet in the United States,
and Great Britain would participate.
All the delegates will be uninstructed
in regard to the ratio, although France
favors 1917 to 1.
The 14th was the hottest day eyer
experienced at Guthrie, Ok, the Their
mometer registering 100 degrees in the
shade and a genuine hot wind blowing
Considerable damage was done to early
corn.
THE two large reservoirs in the Fish
kill mountains which supplied water
to the towns of Matteawan and Fish
kill, n. Y, burst on the 14th, owing to
heavy rains, and the water swept
through Duchess valley. causing much
damage. Five bodies were taken from
the wreckage of the flood and there
were thought to be three others be-
meath the debris of three houses swept
away.
WORD was received at Griffin, Ga,
on the f4th that Oscar Williams, the
negro assailant of the six-year-old
daughter of State Senator Campbell
had been lynched in a swamp 20 miles
west of that place by a mob of 1900
men, who had been chasing him since
the 10th.
MARYsvILLE. Ala, was greatly ex-
cited on the 14th and trouble between
negroes and whites was anticipated.
Sam Mckinney, a white man. shot a
negro farm hand named Jack Nance.
They had a disagreement and the ne
gro moved toward the white man with
an ak elevated and ready to strike
Mckinney drew his pistol and shot the
negro dead in his tracks. The negroes
of the neighborhood said they would
lynch the white man.
A DISPATCH from Nashville, Tenn,
said Gov. Taylor would in all proba-
bility appoint Congressman Benton
Mcmillan to succeed the late Isham G.
Harris in the United States senate.
MAKING GOMEZ has changed radically
his plan of campaign in Cuba. A let
ter from him was received in Washing
ton on the 14th. He tells that it is his
purpose to force crisis as speedily as
possible, and intimates that he regards
some quick, hard blows in the vicinity
Of Havana as vital to the cause.
ADvICEs from Constantinople up to
the 18th indicated that the sultan was
obdurate regarding the acceptance Of
the peace proposals. Edhem Pasha was
fastening back to Domolzos and the
furloughs of all Turkish officers have
been cancelled in readiness for a re-
newaI of hostilities between Turkey
and Greece.
The Minnesota board of pardons has
decided to withhold clemency from Cole
and James Younger, the Missourians
under sentence for the Mortified raid,
and they have still a life sentence be-
fore them.
THE National Republican league
convention opened at Detroit. Mich,
on the 18th. Not many of the noted
party leaders were present President
Woodmansee delivered an address and
Webster Davis, of the interior depart
ment, made a speech.
THE convention of the National
League of Republican clubs at Detroit,
Mich, on the 14th chose Omaha, Neb.,
for the next place of meeting.
MRS. EMMA SYMoNDs, the wife of an
engine filter at London, Eng, cut the
throats of her four children and then
her own. Mrs Symonds had been
drinking heavily since the jubilee.