Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-11-03

Oh INC S0th was purely VI CAS1A
character. The ceremonies opened
with the rededication of old INDIE
pendence hall, patriotic exercises be-
ing held at the historic building, the
anthem, MY Country, IT'S of Thee"
being sung by 5000 school children.
The mammoth trades display or civic
parade afterwards had $50, 600 men in
line. besides $50 floats and Ito bands of
music.
THE boiler in the Calumet and Hecla
boiler-house at Lake Linden, Mich,
exploded and killed three men.
OSCAR GARDER, the Omaha Kid, :"
knocked out Sammy Kelly at New
York in the fourteenth round of what
was to h ave been 25-round bout.
THE Tonkin River boiler and engine
works in Oswego, N. Y. were destroyed
by fire. Loss, $iO5, 900. The night
Waterman persisted in the building.
AARON BARTON, of Columbus, O..
while mentally deranged. shot and
dangerously wounded his wife and
then killed himself.
MRS. NJ. L. WEIR, 40 years of age,
burned herself to death at Austin,
Tex. She had been in i'll health for
some time past and was being treated
for melancholia. She saturated her
clothing with kerosene and applied a
lighted match.
BUSINESS failures in the United States
for the week ended the 2Sth numbered
2t9, according to Bradstreet's CONNER
cial report, against 2lS in the CORE
spending week of last year.
AN affidavit for registration was re-
ceived at Canton, O., on the 2Sth from
President Mckinley. In answering
the usual questions as to age, resi-
dence, etc, Mr.. Mckinley states that
his temporary residence is in Wash
ington, but gives No. s15 West Tuscar-
awas street as his real residence. This
is the old Mckinley homestead.
A PARIS dispatch to the New York
Evening Post on the 2Sth said it was
rumored that the democratic member
of the American peace commission.
Senator Gray, of Delaware, may re-
sign.
MANUEL MORRIS and Pete Autre.
both negroes. were hanged at Rich.
mond, Tex, for murder, being dropped
through the trap at the same time.
THE steamer II. A. Tuttle, grain
laden, from Chicago, was sunk in the
mou tn of the river, near Michigan
City, Ind. The crew was taken off by
the life-savers after "a hours of ex-
treme peril.
THE Second and Third battalions of
the Twentieth Kansas regiment en-
barked on the transport Indiana at
San Francisco for Manila. The two
battalions are commanded by Col.
Frederick Funston.
A GALE swept over the lower lake
regions on the night of the Goth and
the wind reached velocity of so miles
an hour. The yacht Cygnet. which
was anchored inside the Cleveland 70. }
breakwater, had her anchor chains
give way and she was dashed upon the
beach and pounded to pieces by the
waves.
A DISPATCH from Paris on the 27th
stated that the Spanish commissioners
would forego all further argument
about the Cuban debt and had agreed
that the article about Cuba in the pro-
toco1 should go forward into the final
treaty. All differences about Porto
Rico and the selection of Guam were
also said to have been arranged.
THE danger of war between Great
Britain and France has been averted,
the latter country having complied
with the demands of England and
agreed to withdraw Maj Marchand
and his expedition from Fashoda, 1eav-
ing the question of her right to foot
hold in the Bahr-elGhazel and to a
station on the Upper Nile for subse-
quent friendly negotiation.
THE 27th was military and naval day
at the great peace jubilee at Philadel-
phia. For three hours President Nc
Kinley watched the 25, 900 soldiers and
sailors march past his stand. Gen.
Miles was the chief marshal and the
pageant was a brilliant success. At
night a banquet was rendered Mr.. Nc
Kinley by the Glover club and late,
an informal reception took place at the
Academy of Music. The president
afterwards took the train for Wash
ington.
THE first annual Macon county OH
corn carnival was recently held, the
streets being thronged to witness the
imposing parade. which was made uI
of all manner of vehicles, decorated
deliberately with corn products. There
was great display of corn products
in the corn palace, where ladies served
food made from corn.
A RECENT storm battered Chicago's
lake front and the damage was esti.
mated at $s1, 800. Many clocks in the
upper floors of high buildings were
stopped by the vibration of the tall
structures.
The college at Ryan. L T.. was burned
on the 26th. All the pupils escaped.
McMoNRoE POWELL was fined ST., OO(
by Judge Murphy at ST. Louis the
other afternoon on a charge of wife
| abandonment Powell is about 81
years of age, a stock clerk employed
by the misunderstanding Lumber
company. The charge was preferred
against him by his wife.
Gov. TANNER received numerous in