Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-09-08

DURING the voyage OF the transport
| catania from Santiago to Montauk.
N. Y. the engineers Of the vessel found
| the coal in the after hold to be on fire.
The matches were closed and the fire
was kept under control until the
steamer reached Montauk and dis
| charged her sick troops, when the
chief engineer reported the coal again
on fire. The transport was then or
dered to proceed to New York to un-
load the burning coal. She had on
board also 800 cases of cartridges.
The feeling between the Cubans and
the Americans is getting more friendly
daily at Santiago de Cuba Gen. Law
ton believes that the selection of Gu
ban officers for important places in the
civil government will have good eff
feet and will accomplish the disband-
ing of the Cuban forces quicker than
any other scheme.
FIRE was discovered in the five-storv
brick building at St Louis occupied
by the A. Geisel Manufacturing COM
pany. which manufactured supplies
for wholesale TUNERS, and before the
flames had been extinguished the
building and its entire contents were
practically destroyed. Loss estimated
at $50, 600.
A GRIsT mill on the farm of Capt.
John Floyd Smith, on Choccolocco
creek, near Admission, Ala, got beyond
control and iran away" as it was
termed. Two large burr stones ex-
ploded on account of the heat caused
by the friction and wrecked the mill.
Curt Smith was fatally injured and
Will Chandler very badly hurt and
may die.
THE territorial free silver conven-
ton was held in Guthrie, Ok, on the
1st and resulted in the nomination of
Judge Keaton for congress. He was
already the democratic and populist
nominee for the same place.
The executive council of the Ma
tional Association of Naval Veterans
has issued an invitation to the sur
vivors of the confederate army and
navy to parade with the veterans in
Cincinnati on Septembe 6. It is the
purpose of the association to make a
reunion in the nature of a peace ju-
bilee.
THE ''middle-of- the-road" populists
will hold national convent ton at Gin
cinnati, commencing on the 5th.
The dry goods store of Philip HAITI
field, the largest at Dallas, Tex, was
destroyed by fire. Loss, $50. 900.
OVER 800 men of the Twenty-third
(colored) Kansas regiment arrived at
Santiago on the 31st-
THE hospital ship Olivette sank at
Fernandina, Ala, on the 31St. ALI on
board managed to escape.
THE vote on the Choctaw and Chick
asaw agreement, made with the Dawes
commission on April %. 1897, was off,
cially counted by the Dawes commits
sion and the governors and national
secretaries of the Choctaw and Chick
asaw nations at Atoza, 1. T. The Joint
commission reports that 2,164 votes
were cast in the two nations for the
said agreement and 1896 against it,
making a majority in favor of the rat
ification. The Indians of the two ma
tions are now reconciled and are Sc
Letting their homes for allotment.
LIGHTNING recently struck the resi-
dence of Robert Edgington, near
Heathsville, Ill. It entered the house
by way of a brick hue, tearing it down.
1t then struck Mr.. Edgington on the
hat, burning the top out OF it, and tax
ing downward course, tore his pants
leg and his shoe. Then it hit two of
his children, killing one girl, eight
years old.
ORDERS have been received at Annap-
oils, Nd, from the president directing
Admiral Cervera to make arrange
ments to proceed with his officers and
men back to Spain. The officers were
enthusiastic when they received the
news
HALvoR FLARIN, aged %, and Annie
Fillenar, aged Is, were drowned while
boating on Diamond lake near Grove
City, MINI. Two others in the boat
had narrow escapes.
The transports Allegheny and Pan
Their arrived from Santiago on the 31st.
On board were 625 men. of whom 145
were sick. Fourteen men died on the
voyage and all were buried at sea-
JAMES HINES, aged 16 years, of 2f07
Division street, St. Louis, was drowned
in the river at the foot of East Grand
avenue. He, with several other boys
in the neigh borhood, went swimming
during the day and got beyond his
depth.
THE Hong Kong press is authority
for the statement that 900 Spaniards,
including Is priests lost their lives
when the Spanish gunboat Leyte was
captured by a vessel belonging to
Admiral Dewey's squadron. The Span
iards boarded three sailing vessels in
an endeavor to escape from a possible
massacre by the insurgents and the
vessels foundered with all on board in
a storm which came up.
GEN. WILLIAM BOOTH, of the Saliva
ton army, telegraphed from London
to the car of Russia his profound
thankfulness to God for his majesty's
beneficent proposal in favor of uni
versal peace.
NEAR Carthage, Tenn, Sam McKin-
ney and his son-in-law, Ira Grissim,
met to settle an old trouble and Girls
sim shot Mckinney through the abdo-
men and killed him