Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-18

rear CEuru busco,, c. 81. Truck, of
Bloomfield. Ind, WAS killed and Brake
man Shel1iner. of Peru. was badly in-
jured. Five cars were demolished
| &. NJ. b TIDD, OF ST. Louis, stated
day or two ago that Alaska as a gold
/ field is one mammoth swindle into
which thousands of American eagles
have been sunk never to be redeemed.
It is impossible for me to picture the
pitiable condition of nearly 90, 600
penniless fortune-hunters scattered
| throughout the Alaskan region and
unless the government turns its atten-
to their condition there will be few
left to tell the tale next spring.
| The manufacturing plant of the
American Cutlery company at Chicago
on the 18th was damaged SIS, 600 by
fire. Five hundred employees were in
the building, but all were rescued.
| SUMMERFIELD DENNIS. a negro boy
not IL years old, was legally hanged at
Snow Hill, Nd, for killing his step
father, who had whipped him for be-
ing lazy.
were returning from bathing near
Angola. Ind, the boat capsized and
Leonard Roby, Auburn Rempis and
Miss Lena Rempis were drowned in
| 20 feet of water.
| GEN. SKATER sent the following
sanitary report for August IL: Total
number of sick. 300; total number of
fever cases, 2,340; total number of new
cases. 221; total mum Der of fever cases
returned to duty, 279.
| THE two-masted Spanish schooner
| Salve Maria, of about so tons, was
wrecked on the shoals near Key West.
Fla, on the 18th. She was a total
loss. Her crew was saved.
THERE was fight for two hours be-
fore daybrealz at Cape San Juan, Porto
Rico. Eight hundred Spaniards at
tempted to retake the lighthouse.
which was in possession of 40 of our
soldiers. We had one man wounded
and the enemy had 100 killed and were
| forced to retreat
Ed SHANNON at Central City, N. D.,
shot Judge GiddiDgs and Jack Wear,
beat his wife over the head with a re-
volver until he thought she was dead
and then committed suicide. The trou-
BILE was caused by his being jealous of
his wife.
| WOLFE CooNE, full-blood, and Watt
Duncan, half-breed, were nominated
] for principal and assistant chiefs of
| Il i. Il.
nominations mean that the full-bloods
will bitterly resist any changes pro-
posed by the United States
In the midst of a raging tvphoon
with a tremendous downpour of rain,
a. Spanish force, estimated at 5000
men, attempted to surprise the Amer
lean camp near Malate. Philippine
islands, on the night of the 3lst Our
! plckets were driven in and the trenches
assaulted. Men ran right up to the
attacking Spaniards and moved them
down with regular vo1leys. The enc
my was repulsed and retreated in dis
order. Gen. Merritt gives the casual
| ties as nine killed, nine seriously
wounded and SO slightly wounded
The Spanish loss was 200 killed and 800
| wounded.
A COMPLETE surprise was furnished
in the first days races at the L. A. w.
national meet at Indianapolis, Ind.
Owen Kim le, ''Old Kaintuck," proved
the two-mile champion of America,
time 4:05. Taylor was second, Bald
third and Cooper fourth.
| AT New York Policeman Henry Haw-
| ley, while in a drunken rage, shot his
wife, his mother, his four-year-old
son. his six-year-old daughter and then
| himself.
| TwFNTY-oNE states and three Cana
| dian provinces were represented at the
| recent session in Detroit, Mich, of state
and provincial boards Of health of
North America.
| A HEAD-ON collision occurred at Will
loughby, o., between a special car on
| the gainesville & Eastern suburban
| line and regular motor. Misunder-
| standing of orders caused the accident.
Eleven persons were injured, many
seriously, but none fatally.
| INFORMATION was received at San
| Francisco that II persons had persisted
in Alaska in a party calling themselves
| the Columbia Exploring company.
| A TELEGRAM was sent to Gen. Miles
| on the 18th giving him directions as to
| tariff and other charges in the island
| of Porto Rico. The new duties will be
| similar in general outline to those put
| in force preliminarily at Santiago.
NJ. d. DAVE died at his home near
Beverly, KY, recently of malarial
fever, aged Il years He was one of
| the organizers of the Grange move
| ment. and was the first grand master
of the order.
THE three transports which sailed
! from San Francisco with Gen. Merritt,
! but which were delayed at Honolulu,
arrived at Cavite on the 9Th. The
monitor Monterey also arrived.
GEORGE WELLS, colored, was fatally
| stabbed in the neck by William Grey,
| also colored, during a quarrel at St.
! Louis over the misappropriation by
| Grey of a few cents belonging to
Wells.
THE board of survey appoined to re-
! port upon the circumstances attending
the informal issuing at San Francisco
| of blankets, shoes and clothing by
First Lieutenant L. C. Smith, regimen
| tai quartermaster of the Twentieth