Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-24


navy, that precautions be taken against
the possibility of hostile demonstra-
tions upon the arrival of the Spanish
cruiser Vizcaya-
SECRETARY WILSON. of the agricu1-
tural department, will probably have
dipping stations for cattle established
at St Louis and Kansas City.
The attorney general of Colorado
has furnished an opinion that there is
no law for women in that state drop
ping their maiden name on the simple
excuse of a wedding. The man is
nothing more than party to a con-
tract, he says, and cannot demonstrate
his mental superiority by forcing his
family name on the bride. The opin-
ion is sweeping.
TIE secret service of the treasury
department has discovered new coun-
terfeit $40 national bank note. 1t is
on the Hibernian national bank, of
New Orleans, series 1882. check letter
B, Rosecrans register, Nebeker treas
urer. It is Photographic production
of poor workmanship.
SECRETARY BLISS is in receipt of re-
cent letter from Gov. Brady, of Alaska.
descriptive of the lawless condition of
affairs at Skaguay and Dyea. 1t was
considered sufficient justification for
the immediate dispatch of the addi-
tional military force already author
lied to be sent to Alaskan territory.
JOSEPH LETTER, of Chicago. made an
emphatic denial that he disposed of
5000, 900 bushels of his May holdings
of wheat during the excited trading
of day or two ago. He was credited
with making a profit of $500, 900. He
said: 81 not only did not sell bushel
of wheat, but bought wheat. The cur
rent prices are only the beginning of
a range from S1.25 to $3.50 per bushel.
That is what l propose to sell my
wheat at"
THE United States battieship Maine
was blown up in Havana harbor at $40
on the evening of the 18th. the explo-
sion shaking the whole city. 1t was
estimated that over 100 of the crew
had been killed. Capt. Sigsbee tele-
graphed to the secretary of the navy
for a tender to be sent for the crew
and pieces of equipment of the cruiser
still above water. All the officers
were believed to be safe, but details
of the catastrophe were meager.
ALL records were broken at st. Louis
On change on the 18th when May
wheat advanced to $1.O31s. 21s cents
higher than the previous days close.
COLORADO is agitating for grand
patriotic demonstration in 1903 in
honor of the Louisiana purchase, of
which Colorado was part.
THE Burbank block and it's contents
at Pittsfeld, Mass, were destroyed by
fire. Loss, 100000, with insurance of
about $4,000
OWING to the money plethora the
T II
alton has decided to reduce interest
paid country correspondents from 215
to two per cent. after March 1. Two
years ago the banks paid five per cent.
A TERRIBLE explosion of fredamp oc-
Cured in the Verinigte Carolinen-
glueck colliery at Hammerly, Prussia.
on the nth. Thirty-seven bodies were
recovered. but it was believed that so
persons had persisted. Many other
miners were seriously injured.
The corn convention began at Chica-
go on the 10th. F. D. Coburn, of Kan
sas, was chosen chairman. After
speech by Mr.. Coburn. Mr.. Murphy, of
Chicago, presen ted information regard
ing the corn movement. j. R. Rippey,
of Missouri, and Col. Thomas w. Har-
rison, of Kansas, were named as two
of the mem bers OF the national eXecu-
tive committee. Plans were outlined
for extensive exhibitions of corn at the
Omaha and Buffalo expositions.
AS result of deep snow and severe
cold the bluffs and forests in north
Wisconsin are populated with large
gray wolves, driven by hunger from
their homes, a circumstance unknown
since early days The woods are
strewn with carcasses of poultry,
sheep and rabbits ravaged by them
and attacks on pedestrians have been
reported.
SMALLPOX has been declared cpl
denic in Middlesboro. KY. All saloons
and the public schools have been
closed and no lettering on streets is al
lowed. The mails are fumigated and
surrounding towns are closed against
the city.
Two thousand Dunkards from Iowa,
Missouri, Kansas and other western
states will join the Dunkard settle
ment in the Red river valley and Tur-
tie mountain region of North Dakota
in the early spring.
: THE passenger and freight steam
boat Ericsson which piled between
Philadelphia and Baltimore, Md, sank
in the Delaware river off Wilmington,
Del, on the 18th. The passengers
were all taken off.
CONSUL GENERAL LEE cabled from
Havana on the Is b that the number
of dead from the battleship Maine dis
aster was 26O with Officers Merritt
and Jenkins still missing.
THE report of the civil service COM
mission for the fiscal year ended June
so, 1897, has been presented to the pres
ident- 1t states that after an expert
ence of nearly Is years the hopes of
the advocates of the civil service law
have been largely realized and in prac-
tice the law has proved to be an effec-
tive force in the direction of economy.