Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-09-22

ORLANDO DUCKER, surgeon in charge
of the yellow fever hospital at Santi-
ago. issued a note thanking 'sthe noble
men. women, boys and girls in the
United States who have contributed
to the relief of our poor sick in Cuba"
MANILA dispatch on the 10th said
that Isabelle Artacho, a former rebel
| chief. was leading an army of $4,000
against Aguinaldo. A Jesuit priest
had been shot for persuading rebels to
desert Aguinaldo.
The Associated press correspondent
had an interview with Aguinaldo, the
| Philippine insurgent leader. at Malo-
los. He protested his undying graft
| tude to the American troops, but said
| they had come to the Philippines only
| to fight Spaniards, and as that task
| was ended. he expected and wanted
! the American troops to evacuate the
! island.
THE steamer Gloucester collided with
| the schooner Alice Jordan off Martha's
! Vineyard, Mass, and nine of the Jor-
| dams crew were drowned.
| DETAILS of the hurricane that visited
| the West Indies recently show that it
was the worst of the century. In ST.
| Vincent, out of population Of Il. 900.
over 800 were killed and 90, 600 were
INJURED and rendered homeless. The
island has been absolutely Quilted.
| GEORGE A. CHENEY, a well-known
banker of Crete, Neb., walked into the
elevator shaft at the Drexel hotel at
Omaha and was killed by the fall
BRIG. GEN. JOSEPH T. HASKELL,
hero of Ell Caney, dropped dead of
apoplexy soon after arriving at his
home in Columbus, O., with the Seven
teenth infantry.
THE American bark George F. Maui
son. out 135 days from Sydney, N. S.
W.. for San Francisco. was thought to
have gone down in the great storm
which prevailed off the Australian
| coast four months ago.
| LIEUT.. BLOW. who has charge of the
wreckage operations near Santiago
harbor, reports thatit is impossible to
save the Cristobal Colon. Great hopes
are entertained that the Maria Teresa
can be saved.
In the Connecticut republican state
| conventio Gov. Lounsburv was re-
nominated by large majority over
his opponent j. Addison Porter, pri-
vate secretary to President Mckinley.
THE queen regent prorogued the
| Spanish cortes on the 18th, thus ending
| a riotous session.
THE Cologne Gazette, in a leading
| editorial, declared that anarchists
| will no longer be tolerated in Ger
many. but they Unjust be made to carry
their evil purposes to foreign lands"
| A TERRIBLE hurricane swept over st.
Vincent island and the Barbados
Kingston, capital of St Vincent, was
reported totally destroyed. Over 500
lives were lost and $500 people rem
dered homeless
The contracts for the three new bat
tleships have been awarded. One yes
| sci goes to Cramps, another to the
Newport News Shipbuilding company
and the third to the Union iron works,
San Francisco. Each ship will be of
IL, 500 tons displacement, with coal
ing capacity of 1000 tons and a speed
of 1S55 knots
THE Philippine insurgents evacuated
the suburbs of Manila on the 18th.
They did SO in a grand march in which
nearly Is. 600 men took part, carrying
rifles. colors waving, bands playing
and shouting Viva Americanos."
viva Filipinos Hbres."
AT the session of the Sons of Veter-
ans at Omaha, Neb., on the 14th, De-
troit, Mich, was selected for the next
meeting place. A new ritual was
l
gree instead of three. The PROPOSE
ton to raise the muster fee from So to
SO was voted down. It was decided to
ask that one of the new battleships
| be named Lincoln.
STRESS was laid upon the fact at the
meeting of the Sons of Veterans at
Omaha, Neb., on the 18th that more
tatives of the order enlisted
in the war against Spain than from
any other organization. A net gain of
500 members has been made during the
last year, the total membership being
at present 80, 341, distributed among
LIS camps A surplus of over ST.. 100
has been added to the treasury of the
society.
The Spanish chamber OF deputies on
the 18th adopted the peace protocol by
vote of 49, to 4S. The senate had al
ready adopted it, so that it is now in
full force and effect.
w. D. BYNUM, chairman of the ma
tional gold standard) democratic
party, has resigned. George Foster
Peabody, of New York, was chosen as
his successor.
THERE was another uproarious ses-
sion of the Spanish cortes on the 18th
Count Almenas. referring to his state
ment on the 18th giving the names of
the generals he recently said ought to
have their sashes tied around their
necks instead of around their waists,
naming Weyler, Blanco and Primo de
Rivera, after which he also included
Admiral Cervera in the category, said
Gen. Linarcs was incompetent and
ought to be arraigned.
THE contract for supplying the navy
department with smokeless powder
has been awarded to two companies.
each to supply 500, 900 pounds The
contract is so cents per pound. the gov