Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09


| ington, armed with months leave of
absence. The general may resume his
seat in congress after a conference
with the president.
| THE attorney general OF Iowa rem
dered an opinion that the use of gaso-
line for lighting purposes is unla wfu1
| in that state.
A DOUBLE wreck occurred on the
| Burlington at Bridge, Ia A west
| bound freight ran in to aswitch and was
| derailed. The engine and seven ears
were piled up. An eastbound freight
| came along Immediately afterward.
| running into the wreck and Arthur
| Hickey and Frank Common. brakemen,
| were badly hurt. Hickey probably
| fatally.
HUNDREDS of persons were recently
| reported dying of starvation in Ha-
yana province, and in the towns of
| Caslida. San Antonio. Rio Blanco, Jib-
Ioacoa and Guanabacoa the situation is
pitiful.
| . COMPLAINT has been made by au-
thorities at Copenhagen. Denmark, of
| the uncfean condition of the cargoes
| of corn exported to that place by
American shippers Broken grains,
crushed and crum b1ed cob and dust
| and dirt in considerable quantities are
present in all consignments. The i'm
pure exports may have the effect of
stopping the trade.
A PLOT to murder Prince Ferdinand,
of Bulgaria, was discovered at Sofia.
A VOLCANO was reported in active
eruption near Atlin City. Alaska.
GEN. BLANCo. the former captain
general of Cuba, left Havana for Spain
on the 30th.
A NEW Mormon church near Vance
burg, KY, was burned by incendiaries.
THE Cherokee senate at Tahleeuah,
I. T., on the 3Gth refused to concur in
| the house, bill for a commission to
j treat with the Dawes commission.
The full-bloods are strongly averse to
any change and this action indicates
| that no treaty will be made between
| that nation and the United States.
THE Methodist general conference
of 1900 will be held at Chicago, the
| Methodists in that city having pledged
| $50, 600 as a guarantee that all expenses
| of the conference will be met
THE Coma1 sailed from New York on
| the 1st with 1900. 600 rations for the
destitute people of Cuba.
TIE attempt to effect coalition be-
| tween the states of Nicaragua, Hon
duraS and Salvador, under a common
| administration known as the United
| States of Central America, has failed.
Gen. Rega1ado, head of the party in
| Salvador against the union, usurped
the presidency and proclaimed himself
| chief exccut tive of Salvador and the
federal organizers formally dissolved
the union and the three states have re-
sumed their respective sovereignty.
| FINAL returns received from the va
| riOus counties on the const tn tiona al
amendment submitted at the recent
election in South Dakota show that
| woman suffrage was defeated by IL COS
votes and the South Carolina dispen-
sary system by 965, while the initiative
and referendum carried by majority
of little over 5000.
| ACCORDING to private advices re-
ceived at Vienna from members of the
diplomatic corps stationed at Constan-
tinople, a strong impression prevailed
there that a revival of the Armenian
massacres of three years ago by the
| Turks was imminent.
| Thirty SEVEN people were drowned
who were on board the British steam
er Clan Drummond, from the Clyde for
Cape of Good Hope, wrecked in the
| bay of Biscay.
| MRS. WILLIAM MANTELI., who killed
her husband and attempted suicide in
| Alameda, Cal, will recover She de-
| c1ared that they Guarreled and that he
| knocked her down before she shot him.
| THE business failures in the United
| States for the week ended the I'd num-
bered 312, according to Bradstreets
commercial report, against $50 for the
corresponding week last year.
The Virden, Ill, grand jury has re-
| turned ten indictments, involving "a
persons, for the recent riots at that
| place. Among those indicted is Gov.
! Tanner, for failure in responding to
the sheriff's call for military aid to
suppress the riots.
JOHN Gross shot and killed his
daugh ter. Tillie. and then shot him
self dead at his home near DEBORAH,
| la. The daughter was abort to leave
| home against her fathers wishes.
| SENATOR HOAR, in a communication
| to the Worcester Mass. Gazette on the
3Oth, strongly opposed the acquisition
of the Philippine islands by the United
States.
Gov. GAMBLER in a message to the
| Georgia Legislature urged that many
ex-confederate pensions be stricken
from the list and the state educational
fund be cut into deeply, as Georgia
would nave uuOIS lufid ~ COuiS2
| pay. q
THE National Municipal league
opened it's sixth annual conference at
Indianapolis, Ind, on the S0th. Its
purpose was to discuss the best meth
DDS of governing cities.
A FREIGHT train was wrecked near
GRANVILLE, Ill, on the Mobile & Ohio
railroad Fireman Ragle was killed,
| Engineer Goodwin scalded and Con-
ductor Bel and Brakeman Hunt seri-