Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-11

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an signed articles to fight Jim Corbett
at the Lenox Athletic club, New York,
within three months. The articles call
the gross receipts
| The business failures in the United
States for the week ended the 5th
numbered 1S9. according to Brad
streets commercial report, against pa
for the corresponding week of last
1year.
CoURIERs reported at Santiago that
Gen. Garcia had captured the town of
Mayari, near the north coast of Cuba,
taking $50 Spanish prisoners
APPLICATIONS for pensions as a re-
suit OF the Spanish-American war have
commenced to come into the Office of
Commissioner Evans. Ida NJ. Hook.
widow of William II. Hook, company
E, Second Wisconsin infantry, was the
first applicant. Seventy-one others
had also presented their applications
up to the 4th inst
The 4th was Indian dav at the ex.
position at Omaha. Neb. 1t was cele-
brated by the formal opening of the
encampment and parade and public
exhibition of Indian sports and cos
tunes by 700 Indians, representing so
western tribes.
| The steamer Fridtjof Nansen
brought 20 refugees to New York on
the Sd from Sagua, Cuba. some of
whom had been in Havana One woman
described the condition of Cuba's CAPT.
tai city as being deplorable and daily
growing worse. Four thousand recon
centrados were huddled at Las Fesos
and We're dying by hundreds, as moth
! n vas fr,-
eminent not hating food enough for
It's soldiers There was also said to be
much suffering at Cardenas and Ma
tanzas and provision stores were
guarded by soldiers to prevent lootinp
by starving people.
] SQUIRE MURDOCH. his son and John
Beech attempted to cross Otter creek.
near Osgood, Ind, with a four-horse
team. They were swept down stream
and drowned.
| CAPT Gen. MACHIAs. in command of
the Spanish forces in Porto Rico, teie-
graphed the Madrid government that
several American warships and trans
ports loaded with troops were off San
Juan and that he expected an attack
at any time.
GEN. SKATER sent to Washington
the following sanitary report for Au-
gust 1: Total sick, 4, $50; total fever
cases, 3,179; new cases of fever. $50:
cases of fever returned to duty, 679:
deaths on August 1. Is.
| The secretary of war has sent an Or
der to the commanders of all the
| United States hospitals granting a 30
day fur1ough to all sick and wounded
men in the service who are able to
travel and to furnish them with trans
portation.
The republicans of the First con-
gressional district of Maine held their
convention at Portland on the 3D. The
name of homas b. Reed was present.
ed to the convent ton and he was nom
mated by reclamation amid much en-
| thusiasm.
IN statement issued over his sigma
ture Bob Fitzsimmons said that he
had posted forfeit of So, 500 with the
sporting editor of New York news
paper for fight with Jim Jeffries, of
| California, before October 1.
| GEN. SHAFTER'S health report on the
I'd stated that he was caring for over
5000 people at Santiago, some of them
being Spaniards.
| COURT decision has rendered void
every teachers certificate issued in
Oklahoma territory since January 1,
1898, because of failure of the appli-
| cants to pass the REQ uired examination
| as to the effects of alcoholic drinks
| upon the human system.
| LIVE stock commission firm of Chi
| cago, which recently offered 500 in
gold to the best Judge of live stock
among the students of the Iowa agri-
cultural college, has increased that
sum to $3.50, and it has been decided to
one. making students of any state agri-
cultural college eligible to compete
The contest will be held at the Trans
| mississippi exposition at Omaha some
time in October.
EIGHTEEN volunteer regiments have
been designated to constitute Gen.
| Wade's provisional division. for service
| in Porto Rico. Among those named is
the Fourth Missouri.
AN accommodation train on the Biz
| mingham Mineral branch jumped the
track at curve at Birmingham, Ala,
on the Sd and one passenger was killed
and 25 injured.
| AT Germania. Wis, Mrs John Auer
put her two little children to bed and
visited neighbor. A lamp left burn
| ing exploded aud the little ones were
burned to crisp before they were res
cued.
The body of Canoy Hanks, wealthy
pioneer resident of Otoe county,
Neb., was found in a sandbar in the
Missouri river near Peru. Neb. The
coroner's jury decided his death was
due to accidental drowning.
THE town of Center Ridge, Ark. a
place of about 500 people. was de-
| stroyed by fire. only two dwellings be-
| ing saved. The fire was thought to
have been the work af incendiaries.
THE Dawes commission arrived at
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