Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-07-07

i, WHILE Mrs. Sarah Cole was passing
through her house, at Devers, Tex,
during thunderstorm. a bolt OF light
ming came through the center, killing
her instantly.
| A SLIGHT earthquake shock was felt
at Los Angeles. Cal, shortly before
midnight on the Ist No damage was
reported.
| ALBERT MOSCOW, a German, was
drowned in the river the other night
at St. Louis while bathing. He got
| the cramps.
A SPECIAL from Sherman, Tex, on
| the 1st said that the first bale of cot
| ton of this seasons growth had been
ginned at Pearsan. Frio county. 1t
| was sold at auction at San Antonio
and will be shipped to President Nc
| kinley to be made into gun-cotton for
the battleship Texas.
THE International Temperance con-
gress was convened at Prohibition
park, Staten island, n. Y, on the 3Oth
and was to continue in session one
| week.
AS the result of a long-standing feud,
| Amos Lynch and Floyd Della fought
duel in the highway near Cory0on,
Ind, and Della was fatally wounded.
MRS. DORA KLEIN, widow aged "a.
was found dead in a we'll on the 30th
at st. Louis. Ever since her boy vol
| unteered and left with the Missouri
troops Mrs. Klein has been grieving
and it was believed that in a moment
of temporary alteration of mind she
committed suicide.
ALLIE WALSH murdered his mother
| near Lake City, Mimi. by crushing her
skull with an AK. The young man was
recently confined in the Rochester in
sane asylum, but was released as
cured. It is supposed that sudden
return of his mania was responsible
for the deed.
A LARGE number of Missouri and
Kansas newspaper men gathered in
Kansas City. Mo-, on the 27th and left
for Omaha, Neb., to attend the exposi-
ton as guests of the Missouri Pacific
railway. All of the newspaper men
resided on the lines of the Missouri
Pacific and the road courteously offered
to take them to Omaha in special car.
Two sharp earthquake shocks were
felt on the 2sth at Reiti. Italy. The
worst one was at one a. m. It lasted
nine seconds and a number of build
ings were damaged. The Gardiner
barracks were rendered uninhabitable
and the whole population was panic
stricken. At Castel Franco a number
of people were injured and one child
was killed.
MRS. w. FL. LAWYER, Mrs. Maggie
Dodson and five children, on the 3Oth
were poisoned at Kansas City, Mo-, by
eating ice cream. 1t required ten
hours hard work on the part of a
physician to save their lives.
MICHAEL SCHwAB, the anarchist, died
at Chicago on the Goth. Schwab was
held responsible with Parsons. Spies,
Lingg, Fischer, Engel and Neebe for
hurting the dynamite bombs on May
4, 1886, which caused the death of seven
policemen in the Haymarket riot. The
punishment melted out to him was life
i'm Imprisonment, but in 1898 he was par
doned and estored to citizenship by
Gov. Altgeld.
AN attempt was made by seven I'M
known men to blow up the government
magazine at Portsmouth, Va, at $50
o'clock the other morning, but, fortu
nately, the marine guard discovered
the intruders in time to prevent the
destruction of a large amount of pow
der and fixed ammunition. rs we'll as
the lives of the Waterman and marines
who live on the premises.
LATE Manila adviceS said it was sup
posed the German warships would pre-
vent the bombardment of Manila and
that the Spaniards had determined to
fight to the death and that desperate
fighting was expected when the Amer
lean troops arrived.
BRITISH subject recently from Ha-
vana stated that reign of terror ex-
listed at the Cuban capital. Capt. Gen.
BlancO has issued a proclamation an
nouncing that anyone daring to eX-
press an unfavorable opinion of the
present policy of the government will
be summarily shot without trial or in
vestigation. Famine was stated to be
imminent and it was thought the city
could not possibly hold out six weeks
longer.
Tons of mail matter for the soldiers
and sailors operating in Santiago prov
ince and with SIMPSONS feet were
stored at Tampa, Fla, on the 30th
awaiting transportation.
THE honorary degree of doctor of
laws was conferred on the goth by
Yale university at New Haven, Conn.,,
upon William Mckinley, president of
the United States.
THE Rock Island Qll.) club of the
Western Baseball association. having
received information that the Dubuque
club had disbanded. voted also to dis
band. as they feared collapse of the
league.
The Iowa prohibition state conven.
ton at Des Moines nominated COM
plete state ticket Delegates from the
W. C. T. U. organization were present
and pledged the ticket their hearty
support.
MAJ. GEN. WESLEY MERRITT sailed
on the Newport from San Francisco
on the Goth to join Admiral Dewey
and to act as governor general of the
Philippine islands