Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-07-28

river at Morton, Mimi, Barbara and
Rachael Gale. Martha Lorenz and
Alvina Refs, all under 30 years of age,
were drowned.
A TORNADO struck MiEol, n, D., the
other night, demolishing IL buildings
and injuring a number of people, but
no one was killed. The county hospi-
tai was destroyed and several of the
inmates badly injured. At Carleton,
N. d., the same storm destroyed 90, 600
acres of wheat
THE Sixth Missouri infantry. raised
under the second call, has become q
part of the volunteer army of the
United States, the last company being
| mustered in on the 22d, according to
St Louis dispatch.
JAMES CLARK, an escaping prisoner
from the workhouse at St. Louis, COM
| mitted suicide to prevent capture.
After begging the guards to let him
escape, Clark told them he would kill
himself if they approached him. An
instant later ne plunged INTO the river.
THE London Saturday Review pre-
dicted a s'war of determination be-
tween Americans and Cubans six
| months after the conquest of the is
land" 1t added that Cuba will cor
rupt its American governors. and the
reign of the American boss is not like
ly to be exemplary. The cost of the
| whole proceeding will be more than
$3.50. 600, coo, and the game is not worth
the candle"
The French steamer Olinde Rod
riguez was taken into Charleston, S.
c., in charge of a prize crew from the
cruiser New Orleans. She was cap
tured off San Juan, Porto Rico, MAX
ing for the harbor.
j THE United States domestic postal
service is to be extended to the Ha-
| waiian islands as soon as the United
States flag is raised there.
THE southbound Santa Fe train was
held up near Saginaw. Tex, by masked
men on the 2fst. The robbers failed
to get into the safe, as there was SO
much shooting done on both sides.
The express car was shot full of holes
and the engineer and firemen were re-
ported missing when the engine was
taken into Houston. It was thought
they were killed, as there was much
blood on the engine.
AN Official dispatch to Madrid from
Porto Rico said $50 cases of ammuni-
ton exploded there, killing Il persons
| and wounding many others.
JASPER SIMPSON while resisting
arrest shot and instantly killed ]. B.
| Grady and L. S. Hill. deputy United
| marshals, near Jensen, Ark.
BURGLARS broke into the post office
| at Radcliffe, Ia. just before daylight
| on the 10Th and exploded the safe with
| dynamite. The explosion awoke the
! postmaster, who fred at them. The
| burglars returned the fire and severely
| wounded the postmaster. It was
| thought large sum had been taken
| by the burglars as the safe was used
| by the people of the vicinity as de-
| pository for their money.
Four girls were drowned in Utah
| lake near Payson, Utah, on the 10Th.
| The girls were floating on plank,
when one fell off and the others tried
| to rescue her.
| SYLVESTER SCovEL, the New York
| World correspondent at Santiago,
tried to make himself part of the
commission to raise the stars and
| stripes over Santiago at it's surrender,
| but the guards forced him to retire.
! This so angered him that he pushed
his way through the crowd to Gen.
| Shafter and slapped his face. The
| correspondent was at once put under
arrest.
| The British steamer Newfoundland,
| loaded with food supplies. was cap
| tured by the Mayfower off CienfuegeH,
! into which harbor sac was heading.
| A prize crew was put on board of her
| and she was sent to Charleston, S. c.
| A DISPATCH to the New York Journal
on the 10th stated that Caimanera and
| Guantanamo had surrendered and 4, 600
| Spanish soldiers laid down their arms.
| The gun boat Sandoval was among the
| rof, 10 Of he
| Marblehead, sent an officer to notify
| the Spaniards of the surrender of San
| tiago and gave them four hours to
| haul down the Spanish flag.
| BANDMAsTER JOHN PHILIP SoUsA has
| been rendered the position of captain
| in the United States army and he has
| signified his readiness to accept. He
| will be the musical director of the
| Sixth army corps, attached to Gen.
| Wilson's staff.
TIE Kansas soldiers at Camp Alger,
near Washington, who were recently
| poisoned by eating hash. had nearly
all recovered from the effects on the
| 21st.
THE patriotic COMMUNICATIONS in
| New York, anxious to show their feal-
| ty to the land of their adoption, were
| said to be getting up a movement to
| present the national government with
| battleship, armed and equipped.
THE state board of health issued a
| proclamation to-day placing the whole
| of Jackson county, KY. and each Of
| it's Inhabitants under a rigid quaran-
| tine from the outside world on ac-
count of the many cases of smallpox.
Hoe cholera has made its first ap-
| pearance for this year in the section
around Mason City, Ia FL. NJ. Messer
| has lost his entire herd. The disease
anneared evan more xirulent than Last