Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04

burned the OCner Inc CAUSE
was attributed to lightning.
THERE was an epidemic of hog chol-
era in the country around Carlyle. Ill
Nearly 1000 hogs died within two
weeks.
A MISSOURI PACIFIC passenger train
| ran into some empty box cars that had
been blown from the switch on to the
| main line at Stella, Neb. Engineer
Finucane, of Kansas City, Mo-, was
| killed.
THE business failures in the United
| States for the week ended the 10th
| numbered 1Ss. according to Brad
streets commercial report, against $50
for the ponding week of last
year.
| ALL the morning papers of Chicago
on the goth announced that on and
after August 1 their price would be
two cents copy. The increased cost
| of white paper and the enhanced gen
eral expenses due to the war were the
reasons given for the advance.
THE seventh annual session of the
| National Irrigation congress has been
called by the executive committee,
through its chairman, to meet in Chey-
| enne, Wyo. on the LIST, I'd and Sd days
| Of September next.
THE enormous corn crop of Nebraska
| was saved, after being in immine ut dan
| ger of complete destruction for several
| days, by heavy rains on the Goth which
| extended over two-thirds of the state.
| touching the counties which needed
| the moisture most in order to save the
| corn crop.
The navy department made public
| the reports of Admiral Sampson, Com
rly TO pf
| Evans on the battle of July which
| resulted in the destruction of the
| Spanish squadron at Santiago.
The war department feels that it has
reason to be gratified with the results
| obtained under the first and second
calls for troops by the president. A
statement issued showed that practi-
| :ally all the states had supplied the
| quotas called for in the two calls.
PROF.. G. f. SEYMORE, for 80 years a
! professor in the st. Louis high school
and author of works on mathematics
| and bookkeeping in the schools of
Kansas and Missouri. died at Ann
| Arbor, Mich. recently.
The war department received dis
| patch from Gen. Miles stating that he
| had made successful landing at
! Guanica, Porto Rico; that the Glouces-
ter had met with a slight resistance
and had fred few Shots but had
hauled down the Spanish flag and hoist
ed the stars and stripes.
| CLYDE DAVIS, mail carrier of Bea-
trice, Neb., was recently drowned
while swimming in the river there.
News reached Alton. ILL.,, on the 2sth
of the drowning of two boys at Portage
des Sioux. Mo-, named William Hen
| zleman, aged u, and Gus Echele, aged
IL. The boys were bathing in the
| Mississippi when Echele was seen to
be in danger of drowning. Henzle-
| man went to his assistance and both
boys were drowned.
| AN epidemic of rabies was reported
| prevailing in the vicinity of Nauvoo
ILL.,, and farmers were losing hogs and
| cattle.
| THOUSANDS of window panes were
| broken in Chicago during a heavy hail
storm on the 2Sth.
| JAMES A. YOUNG. ouartermaster SER
| geant of the Twentieth Kansas regi-
ment, was ordered under arrest at San
Francisco on the oSth by Col. Funston
charged with embezzling government
| property. It was alleged he had sold
| stores issued as food for the regiment.
| Young made the excuse that he had
| done only what every other commits
| sarv OF Camp Merritt has done all
| along.
| THE president has issued a procla-
| nation restoring the lands known as
the middle and west tern saline reserves
| in the Cherokee outlet to the public
domain.
| AT 1:4O a. m. on the 27th an explo-
sion took place in the nitro-giycerine
| house of the Hercules Powder company
at Pinole, Cal No one was in the
| building at the time. Later a crew
was sent to clear away the debris and
extinguish the flames, and at AIS a
second terrific explosion took place,
killing five men and fatally injuring
| many others. Some unknown miscre-
ant caused the first explosion and very
| probably the second also.
News reached Key West, Fla, on the
27th that the attempted landing at
Banes, Cuba, of a large expedition of
men and arms by the steamer Wander
er was frustrated by body of Span
ish cavalry, numbering 1000 or more,
and a sharp engagement ensued. The
| Wanderer was to have been met by a
party. of Cubans, who had evidently
| been driven off by Spanish forces be-
fore the arrival of the Wanderer.
THE Orphans home for Daviess coun-
ty, Ind, located at Washington. was
almost totally destroyed by fire. There
were about 40 children and adults in
the structure. but all fortunately es-
capped without injury.
GEN. SKATER reported on the 9th
that the total number of sick soldiers
at Santiago the previous day was 3,770;
total fever cases, 1924; new cases OF
) fever. $50; cases of fever returned to
duty. SIS.
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