Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-23

fences of several moonshiners in Jail
at Atlanta, Ga, in order that they
may enlist in the army They will
join the company OF moonshiners be-
ing organized by Capt Yancey Carter,
the noted revenue officer, who says
they are especially adapted to guer-
rilla warfare
The men who murdered and robbed
Mr. Garden and his wife and an old
man named Carlee, near Wetumpka.
Ala. were lynched at nine o'clock on
the 18th. The mob broke into Jail and
secured the prisoners-fve in number
and took them to the scene of the MUIR
der. Four of the negroes confessed and
the other told where he had the money.
He was compelled to find it and in a
few minutes. near the scene of the
crime, all five were swung up and their
bodies riddled with bullets.
LATE reports from the Philippine is
lands showed that the insurgents were
gaining victories over the Spaniards
and that Manila could be taken when
ever the signal was given. The Spanish
troops were underfed and were utterly
exhausted by incessant duty. The
health of Admiral Dewey's squadron
was reported excellent. Many foreign
warships were congregating in port in
anticipation of the downfall of Manila
| A PHILADELPHIA dispatch stated that
it is the desire of the national relief
commission that the Sunday preceding
the Fourth of July shall be devoted
largely to patriotic services in the va
rious churches of the United States
1t is suggested that at these services a
cash collection be taken for the SOL
diers and sailors and their families
| A SPECIAL from Glasgow, KY, said
that Caleb Gaines, colored was taken
from Jail at one o'clock on the morn
ing of the 10th and hanged to a tree.
He had assaulted four-year-old girl,
a day or two before and was then
saved from death by the mercy of the
victims mother. Fifty men on horse
back were the lynchers.
FIRE in Sailing, Hanson & CO. lum-
Der yard at Grayling, Mich, destroyed
5000, 900 feet of lumber. at a loss of
$50, 600; fully covered by insurance.
Fourteen dwelling houses were also
burned.
! A FIRE at La Grange. Mo-, on the
10Th destroyed ten business houses in
the center of the town. Loss, $50 600.
A negro was supposed to have been
burned to death.
| THE American warships Texas, Mar
blehead and Suwanee on the 18th bonn
! barded the brick fort and earthworks
| at Caimanera at the end of the railroad
leading to the city of Guantanamo and
demolished them. The Spanish fire
did no damage to our vessels.
The grand lodge of masons of the
state of Washington has passed a reso-
ton recognizing the colored masons
as mem bers of the craft. The act of
the white masons of Washington may
probably be followed by d similar pol
icy in other states.
The Interstate Grain Dealers asso-
citation met in annual convention in
Omaha, Neb. The association is a
union of the Kansas. Nebraska, west
ern Iowa and northwestern Missouri
| grain dealers.
WHILE seining in Flat Rock river,
near Columbus Ind, the other after
noon, Bert Krislar and Rollo Rucker
both aged %, were drowned.
| The main body of the social democ-
racy of America has given out it's plat
form, which was formulated during
the convention at Chicago. 1t de-
mands the collective ownership and
administration of all the means of pro-
duction and distribution; also the
| abolition of all inferior federal courts
and the abrogation of the power OF
| the federal supreme court to reverse
| the decisions of state tribunals. The
concluding plank is a declaration in
favor of direct Legislation.
| Four steamers, carrying $500 men,
being the second expedition to the
Philippines, left San Francisco on the
18th amid the cheers of thousands of
| people assembled on the docks.
1 ID NJ
was drowned in the Illinois river, op-
posite Riverside park. He went to
Havana on an excursion, went swim
was drowned before his associates
| could reach him.
FIRE at Charlotte, Ia, on the 18th
destroyed a hardware store, hotel and
| restaurant, bank, drug store and
| several other buildings. Loss, $50, 900;
partly insured.
Rev. MOSES KICKS, a negro preacher,
was taken from Jail in Monroe county,
Ark. the other night and lynched by
| a mob for an assault on a farmers
wife. The preachers father had been
Enched the previous night for COM
plicity in the Same crime.
| The marines under Lieut- Col. Hunt
| ington, aided by some Cuban insur-
| genus, dIIdckeo = SpeSui ISL camp doOut
| five miles from the American position
| on the shores of Guantanamo bay and
| completely routed them. One Ameri-
| can was wounded and two Cubans
! killed and four wounded. About 20
| Spaniards were killed. The marks
| manship of the marines was excellent.
| DISTINCT earthquake shock was
| felt at $3.50 a m on the 18th at Pa
ducah, KY; Memphis. Tenn; Evans
| Vile, Ind; Cairo I'LL. and other places.