Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-21

come TAX Tor the eXlgenc1eS OF war.
He makes an elaborate argument in
favor of an income tax and urges that
The law which was held by the supreme
court to be invalid be placed in opera
ton by resolution of congress
JACOB MEYERS and wife were fatally
burned while burning cornstalks at
Marion, o.. the other day. The wom-
ans clothing caught fire and her hus-
band lost his life in trying to save her
THE pioneer group of colonists left
Chicago on the 18th to settle on the
Salvation army land in Prowers coun-
ty, Col. Twenty-Five families were in
the party. Each family will be as
signed a ten-acre tract of land,
house, horse, COW and agricultural
implements and will be provided with
supplies for Immediate wants.
THE flying squadron returned to the
anchorage at Fort Monroe, Va, on the
18th, having completed its maneuvers
to the satisfaction of its commanding
officer, Commodore Schley.
| PANA, Ill, perhaps the leading coal
mining town in central Illinois, was
reported on the 18th as being in the
midst of coal famine. Not pound
of coal had been raised since April L.
The Accent scale had practically shut
Pana out of the market. The opera
tors insisted that they could not COM
pete with those of the northern dis
trict and pay the advanced scale.
| THE business failures in the United
States for the week ended the 18th
numbered 215, according to Brad
streets commercial report, against 1876
for the corresponding week of 1897.
| THE National league baseball season
opened in St Louis, Cincinnati and
Louisville on the 18th. Rain prevented
the games at Boston, Washin gton and
Philadelphia.
The steamer Memphis, owned by the
Viclsburg & Yazoo River Packet com
pany, burned to the waters edge at
the landing at Vicksburg, Miss, and
is total loss. The boat had no freight
on board.
Two children were suffocated and
third so badly injured that there was
but slight hopes of its recovery as the
result of a fire at Philadelphia on the
18th in the house of George Dugan.
| c. 0. WINKERT, of Kern county. Cal.
said the United States government had
secured options on enough cattle in
the west to sustain an army of 100, 900
men for IL months. No contracts have
been made, but prices have been fixed,
and, in the event of war with Spain,
the government will be amply supplied
with beef for its troops at a moderate
figure.
THE ve-pigeon shoot between Fred
Gilbert, of Spirit Lake. Ia, and Frank
Parmalee. of Omaha, at Watson's park,
Chicago. on the 14th, was won by Gill
bert, who killed Sc out of 100 birds.
Parmalee's score was SO. The match
was shot for the Dupont cup, held by
Gilbert.
MRS. RUSSELL SAGE and Mrs. Wal
worth, regent of the Daughte of
the American Revolution in the
state of New York, have offered to
purchase and fit out a hospital ship
for the government. They have been
told that the department appreciates
their motive, but that for the present
one ship only for the sick and injured
will be required.
A DOUBLE tragedy occurred at Aus
tin, Tex. the other night. John Wide
grove, % years of age. shot and NOR
tally wounded Julius Hansen, aged %,
and then killed himself. The two
men were formerly partners in bust
ness and were said to have had bust
ness troubles.
IT was reported on the 18th that
| provisions in Havana had doubled in
price.
IN the opinion of Gen. Miles the
time for mobilizing the army has ar
rived. He wants the greater part OF
the army at Chickamauga park, near
Chattanooga, and has made an urgent
recommendation to the secretary OF
| war that the necessary orders be at
once issued.
THE strike of the union prin tiers and
electrotypers in the book and job
prin ting trade in New York has as
sumed serious aspect 1t threatens
to involve over 5000 workmen and
nearly all the printing houses in the
city. A fight was being made against
the employing Electrotypers' associa-
ton and the Typothete-
THE report of the agricultural de-
partment at Washington for April
made the average condition of winter
wheat Sc, against Sill last April. The
average in Missouri was 81 and in Kan
sas 1O1 on April 1.
| DUBUQUE, Ia, has been selected as
tae of the IL kite stations to be estab-
lished in the United States. The
weather bureau will send there a spe
cial scientist and an elaborate scien
tific outfit.
| FIRE destroyed II horses, seven pug
gies and three carriages in Seeber <
billiards. livery stable at Benton. Ill.
Five frame buildings adjoining were
also destroyed.
The 22 cotton cloth mills of New
Bedford, Mass. which have been
closed since January II. when the s, 00C
operatives struck as the result of a ten
per cent. reduction in wages, were
opened on the 18th to give the strikers
an opportunity to return All the cor
porations started their machinery, but
in MANY of the mills barely a quarter