Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-11-18

Kwellu, Africa
COMPARATIVE quiet reigned at Will
mington, n. c., on the 18th, but move
ment was begun by the new white
municipal officers to rid the town OF
turbulent negro leaders and several
were taken to the trains and sent away
with instructions not to return.
A TRAIN on the Lehigh Valley road
crashed into another train going the
opposite way on the same rails, be-
tween Newport and Fairview. Pa, and
five trainmen were killed and four
others badly injured. One of the
trains had orders to take a switch, but
the breaks refused to work and the
engineer lost control of the train. The
passengers were badly shaken up.
WRECKERs who arrived at Nassau, n.
P, on the 18th brought with them
stores from the stranded vessel off Cat
island which established beyond a
doubt that she is the Infanta Maria
Teresa. As the vessel is looked upon
as being derelict, the wreckers
claimed the right to seize the stores
which can be saved. The vessel lies
between two reefs, on smooth bottom.
FIRE in the general store of C. A.
Stearns at Hanover, Mass, was fol-
lowed by a terrific explosion, which
blew out the sides of the building,
killing four men and iniuring over a
dozen others
The Pueblo (Col) Chieftain on the
18th contains lengthy protest
against being required to remain
longer in the service at Manila signed
by 4s of the Colorado volunteers.
The protest said that since landing
the men had not eaten a de-
cent meal unless they paid for it out
of their own cash and that had the
Spanish forces remained in their
trenches on August Is they would have
had little trouble in defeating the at
lacking force, so utterly exhausted
were the men from continuous duty
and weakened from hunger.
EIGHT negroes were killed and three
white men wounded on the 10th in the
riots at Wilmington, N. c. A commit
tee of white citizens-who had ordered
the negro publisher of the Record to
leave town. because he had printed an
editorial defamatory of white women
proceeded in body and demolished
the printing plant and burned down
the Office. All the colored munich
pal officers were made to resign and
white men were selected to fill their
places.
THE Creek returns were all in on the
10th and showed that the treaty had
carried, the council being in session at
Okmulgee, I. T. Chief Ishparhecher
threatened to burn towns in the Creek
nation along the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas railway and to kill the people
who voted for the treaty.
NEGOTIATIONS were in progress in
Pittsburgh, Pa, for the formation of a
corporation, capitalized at about $780,
900. 600, that will take in all of the
local breweries. The intention of the
promoters is to merge the interests of
the 16 breweries in Allegheny county
and operate them as one great COM
pany.
AT Alva, Ok. George Lout, farmer.
went crazy and killed his wife with an
AK. He then entered room where
his three children slept, but as he
raised the ak one of them awoke and
the insane man dropped the weapon,
went to his room and cut his own
throat.
BURGLARS, who left no clew of their
identity, nearly cleaned out the little
village of Danforth, ILL.,, the other
night The post office and Cole &
Hagon's grain Office were broken int
and the doors of the bank vaul were
blown open, but the burglars were un-
successful in forcing the bank safe.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT, republican,
was elected governor of New York by
plurality of from Is, 900 to 90. 900.
A DISPATCH from Nebraska City.
Neb., on the Sth said that ex-Secretary
of Agriculture J. Sterling Morton
voted the straight republican ticket.
as he announced he would in speech
at repu blican rally.
BRINNING's elevator at Leroy, ILL.,,
burned the other night.
RUSSIA, it was reported, had made
representations to all the European
governments, excepting Great Britain,
concerning American rule over the
Philippines. 1t was reported at Rome
that the Italian government was re-
quested to join in presenting a note to
the United States regarding the con-
troll of the Philippines. No informa-
ton has been given as to the exact
tenor of the proposed note, but it was
generally understood that it would be
a request for leniency toward Spain,
with perhaps an implied threat of in
tervention.
THE transport Newport sailed on the
sth from San Francisco for the Philip
pines Among the troops to go was
the Twentieth Kansas regiment.
NEGROES at Pana, ILL.,, where the
mining trouble is, were stated to be
continually shooting off their guns
and soaring the women and children,
and things were in such a state that it
was dangerous for Gny one to go out
at night in the mining district Citi-
| zens said if something was not done
soon there would be an outbreak and
every negro and operator would be