Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-01-21

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search was made and instead of five
bodies being discovered, 16 were found.
j. A. r. ELLIOTT, of Kansas City Mo-,
defeated j. D. Gay, the crack pigeon
shot of the south in 1OO-bird match at
Pine Grove, KY, on the 10th. Elliott
killed 90 and Gay 90 out of 100.
Two men in wagon crossed the
Jersey Central track near Hopewel,
n. Y, on the 10th and were killed by
local train running into the wagon.
The train was delayed short time,
when the fast B. & o. express dashed
into the local train, splitting the locals
last car in two and setting two others
on fire. The baggage master on the
local was probably fatally hurt and
about a score of passengers were in
jured.
LATE on the night of the 10th tramps
took possession of Newkirk, Ok, and
saloons were robbed of money, whisky
and beer and private residences entered
and many things taken. Five of the
tramps were arrested.
SENATOR SHERMAN visited Mai. Nc
Kinley at Canton, O., on the 18th and
after the conference told an Associated
press representative that he had ac-
copied the secretaryship of state in the
Mckinley cabinet.
EUGENE BERoNsoN and wife entered
police headquarters at Detroit, Mich,
on the 18th and confessed that Boron
son had in 1894 embezzled SIS, 900 from
the Akron S5 Canton Stone Co., whose
Chicago manager he then was. The
woman tainted during her husbands
recital.
A PARTY of masked men went to the
home of merchant near Macon, Ga,
and demanded his money. He attempt
ed to defend himself and the would-be
robbers fred at him and killed his wife.
THERE was great rejoicing at Perry,
Ok. and vicinity over the news of the
passage of the free homes bill, the peo-
pie celebrating by shooting off their
guns and blowing whistles.
WILLIAM FRIEND, a young farmer
near Bedford, Ia, was recently arrested
on the charge of poisoning his young
wife. Indignation over the crime ran
high and there was talk of 1ynching.
The official returns showed that up
to the evening of the 18th there were
1884 cases of the bubonic plague in
Bombay and 1856 deaths from the dis
HoNo
in the streets and there was often
difficulty in burying the dead, through
want of help.
THOMAS c. PLATT was named as the
republican candidate for United States
senator at Albany, n. Y, on the 18th
by a vote of LAT to for Joseph II.
Choate.
AT Foun tain Park, near Column bus
O., a train on the 18th killed Fred
Donley and Mime Reed, badly injured
Lizzie Reed and killed their horse and
smashed the buggy.
IT was said to be understood that
President-elect Mckinley had practi-
cally decided upon James Wilson, of
Iowa, for secretary of agriculture.
THE dowager empress of Japan died
on the 18th of lung disease. aged "a.
Four men were blown to pieces at
Ward, a small mining camp 30 miles
from Boulder. Col. They had been
drilling some holes and were proceed
ing to fill them with giant powder
when the explosion happened. It was
thought they must have dropped the
box containing the powder. 1t was
to join the remains of the
victims, as they were in shreds and un-
recog niZable.
received news through private chan
nels that Gen. Gomez, had stormed and
captured the important city of Santa
Clara on January 8, and was moving
on Havana with 49, 900 men.
PAUL VANDERvOORT, of Omaha, Neb.,
president of the Populist Reform Press
association, has called the next annual
meeting at Memphis, Tenn, on Febru-
airy %. and A. Rozelle, of Missouri,
secretary of the same association, has
called meeting at Kansas City on the |
same date, the object of which will be |
the org anization Of a new association.
GEN. CARLOS RoLoFF, secretary Of |
war of the Cuban republic, was ar
rested at New York on a warrant sworn
out by the Spanish consul, in which |
the general was charged with viola
ton of the neutrality laws in connec-
ton with an alleged fibustering ex-
petition to Cuba.
ONE man was killed and three badly |
INJURED by the breaking of pump rod |
which fell and struck them in the shaft |
Of mine at Wilksbarre, Pa.
THE monetary conference at Indian |
apolis, Ind, on the 18th adopted the |
report of the resolutions committee |
and adjourned sine die. The resolu-
tions favored the maintenance of the |
gold standard, the retirement of United |
States notes and a banking system |
with an elastic currency and an execu-
tive committee was appointed to pro-