Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-30

at Trenton. Ia. They lived on opposite
sides of the road. Elliott saw Miss
Kelly sitting with young man in
front of her house and shot her with a
rifle from his doorway. His dead body
was found shortly afterward in an in
ner room. Elliott was in love with
the young woman.
A ROYAL decree was read in the Span
ish cortes on the Gath suspending the
parliament
| A FREIGHT train on the Missouri.
Kansas & Texas railroad was ditched
at Red river bridge, near Denison, Tex
Nine cars loaded with 800 tons of coal
were derailed. The wreck was caused
by rails spreading.
A MEETING of patriotic women was
recently held at the home of Mrs.
Adlai E. Stevenson at Bloomington,
ILL.,, resulting in the formation of the
Army and Navy league of Mclean
county, whose object is to extend aid
and sympathy in every way possible
| to the soldiers of the United States in
| the war with Spain and to their fami-
| lies. Mrs. Stevenson was chosen presi-
dent.
| DR. TRANSMITTED, local observer of
| the United States weather bureau at St.
Louis, received notice from Washing
ton asking for volunteers to go to
South American waters and observe
the weather conditions at points about
the caribbean sea, in order that our
| war vessels may be warned In time of
the coming of the terrific storms that
rage in those waters at this time of
| the year.
A RECENT dispatch from santiago de
Cuba said that Cubans had brought in
| n no
Admiral Cervera was prepared to make
a desperate effort to take his ships out
of Santiago harbor at the first favor
able opportunity Every night the
vessels drop down the bay, prepared
| to embrace the first favorable oppor-
tunity to attempt dash past the block
aiding squadron. 1t was said to be the
Spanish admira's hope to save at least
a portion of his ships.
AMOS HAYS made an attempt to es-
cape from an officer while being taken
to Dover JAIL jumping from the steamer
Buttroff into the Cum berland river,
near GAINESVILLE, Tenn, and was
drowned. He was charged with steal
ing canoe.
The Spanish prize steamship Pan
anna. which was captured by the light
house tender Mangrove off Havana
on April %, was sold at auction and
was purchased by the United States
government for $1,000.
THE ed was Kansas day at the Oma-
ha exposition and the handsome state
building was deliberately decorated
for the dedicatory ceremonies. Gov.
| Leedy and staff and many prominent
citizens of the Sunfiower state were
present. Rev. A. w. Irwin. of Hutch
1nS doll he tt
F. Frost. vice president of the Kansas
commission, presented the building to
Gov. Leedy, who. in turn, presented it
to President Wattles, of the exposi-
| ton. f. d. Coburn and Silas Porter
addressed the crowd.
JOHN THOMAsCHUETZ was hanged in
the city Jail at St. Louis at 6:15 on the
morning of the 22d. The crime for
which he died was the shooting of his
sweetheart, Annie Rausch, aged Is, on
April 6. 1897. He wanted to marry
her, but because of her refusal he shot
| the girl.
THE Wells-Fargo and the United
States Express companies were trying
to locate 81. 900 in silver belonging to
| the government, shipped by them to
Silver City, N. NJ. The money was
sent from the United States sub-treas-
ury in St Louis on the night of May FL
and the last heard from it was when
it was receipted for at Kansas City.
ONE of the boats of the Russian ship
Bay of Naples capsized off Noumea,
a town in the French island of New
Caledonia, in the south Pacific ocean,
and Ia sailors were devoured by sharks.
LEWIS LOEsTUTrER, night Waterman
with Gentry's dog and pony show, ex-
hibiting at Marshalltown, Ia, met a
horrible fate the other night. He had
saturated his clothes with gasoline as
a disinfectant and in some way came
in contact with torch, setting fire to
his clothing. The flames were ten
feet high and he was literally baked
| he was taken to hotel, where he died
after three hours of agony.
A SENSATIONAL statement was pub
lished in London on the 23d that the
Germans had landed force at Manila
and taken possession of the city on the
plea of protecting the lives and prop
erty of the inhabitants against the
| insurgents and it was questioned
| whe ether the American army would be
| allowed to land.
MAYOR MAYBURY welcomed to De-
troit, Mich, an the 22d $50 delegates
to the annual convention of credit men
of the United States. The capital rep
resented in the association was fully
5000. 900, 900. Charles G. Dawes, comp
troller of the currency, was among
the speakers.
THE Illinois state building at the
Transmississippi exposition at Omaha,
Neb., was dedicated on the 21st in the
presence of Gov. John e. Tanner and
his full staff, the exposition committee
of that state and probably 10000 citi-