Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-09-29

Soo an aoSOlubo SnuG-00Wn OF the mills
represented was decided upon. This
action was taken because of the over
production of yarn The shutdown
will be indefinite.
SEVENTY men were entombed in the
Empire coal mine at Brownsville, Pa.
on the Esd by an explosion of gas
Eight miners were taken out dead,
| three others were more or less I'M ured
and the balance fortunately escaped
by traversing 1 a miles of underground
passages The scene at the mouth of
the mine was heartrending, caused by
the women shrieking and the children
wailing for their loved ones.
SEVEN persons in the families of
Breckenridge B. Smith, a prominent
druggist, and John s. Smither, of Yer
sailles. KY, were taken dangerously
i'll the other night from poison in but
termilk they drank for supper.
CAPT. CHARLES A. WORDEN, of COM
pany 81, Seventh United States in
fantry, who died from the effects of
malarial fever contracted in the cam
paign before Santiago, was buried on
the 22d at Paramount cemetery, Den
yer. Col. with military honors. Friends
of the deceased, it was said, believe he
would have recovered had he received
proper care during his ten days deten-
| ton in quarantine at Tampa, Fla,
after his arrival from Santiago.
THE National Carriage Builders as
ISOLATION elected officers at its recent
session in St Louis. d. M. Perry, of In
dianapolis, Ind, being chosen presi-
dent and Henry C. Mclean, of Will
mington, Del. secretary-treasurer. L.
F. Tebbetts, of St. Louis, was made
vice president
OCTOBER 10 has been agreed on for
Transmississippi exposition at Omaha,
Neb.. with one cent mile from all
points in Missouri.
JENNIE HICKEY, a 13-year-old school
girl, was found murdered on the break
| water at Thirty-sixth street, Chicago,
the other morning. An .expressman
was charged with the crime.
The secretary OF war inspected the
hospital and regimental quarters at
Camp Poland, Knoxville, Tenn, on the
21st and reviewed the enlisted men.
He afterwards made a. speech to the
officers, saying that the commanders
of camps were responsible for the con-
| dition of their camps, and If the men
| were not well cared for they would
have to answer for it.
AT Findlay, O., the other night
freight engine and IA cars were ditched
and the engineer and brakeman were
| killed.
MICHIGAN republicans renominated
Pingree for governor at the state con-
vention at Detroit on the 21st.
The five-year-old son of James Ferry,
| of Morris, Ill. was burned to death
| while playing with matches in barn.
Ne, s.1- III
stated that a fire destroyed Is stores
smaller buildings.
THERE were over 100 typhoid fever
| patients in the division hospitals at
Camp Meade, Middletown, Pa, on the
| 10Th.
The southern part of Spain has been
| visited by terrible floods. At Herrera
| 80 persons have been drowned A
| great number of cattle have persisted
| and the olive harvest was lost, espe-
cial1y in Seville and Granada There
| have been many deaths in other parts
of the flooded districts.
| AT the recent reunion of the Nine
| teenth Michigan regiment at Constan-
| tine, Mich, Gen. Shafter. who was It's
colonel during the civil war, gave a
| brief description of the Santiago cam
| paign and said that all the hardships
| of the troops under his command and
| the deaths could not be avoided under
| the circumstances.
| THE sand sucker Maud Preston
burned on Maumee bay, five miles
| from Toledo. O., the other morning.
| The crew escaped in boats
AT a mine at Mount Olive, Ill, a
mass of coal, slate and rock fell down,
| burying Fritz Hubert and killing him
| instantly. It took nearly an hour to
| clear the debris away and recover the
| body.
A DOUBLE murder and suicide took
place near Churchville, w. Va. The
| murderer. Wardy Wolfe. impelled by a
sudden hallucinatien, shot his brother
and father, killing both, and then
| turned the pistol on himself with fatal
| effect
THE sovereign grand lodge. L o. o.
| F., at their meeting at Boston on the
Goth, elected Alfred S. Pinkerton. of
| Worcester. Mass, grand sire; A. c.
| Cable, of Ohio, deputy grand sire; j.
Frank Frant. of Baltimore, Md, grand
secretary. and Richard Muckle, of
| Philadelphia, grand treasurer. Detroit.
Mich. was chosen as the place for the
next session.
| AS result of the announcement of
| four cases of fever at New Orleans on
the 21st, Texas has slapped on an alb
solutely rigid quarantine against all
| freight from that city. Both South
ern and Texas Pacific roads are thus
| tied up.
SPONTANEOUS com bustion of dust in
a grain elevator at Toledo. O., caused
| an explosion and big fire in which
| eight persons lost their lives and eight
| others will die from the terrible burns
| and bruises with which they were
| covered The heat from the burning