Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-09-01

the American wire works at Cleveland.
O., which for some time threatened to
extend to every mill of the American
Steel & Wire company, will soon be
thin of the past, something along
the line of settlement being brewed,
but both the strikers and the company
officials were noncommitta1 on the
matter.
THE Spanish transports San Fran
cisco, San Augustin and Colon left
Santiago on the Goth for Spain with
4,65S Spaniards, including Is officers
and their families and four priests.
Eight men died on the way to the
ships. Their corpses were checked
Off as passengers, the transportation
company thus being enabled to collect
the passage money.
A SPAN in the Mason City & Fort
Dodge railway bridge at Lehigh, Ia,
which was being repaired, fell under
the weight of train. The engine
and four loaded coal cars dropped 40
feet into the Des Moines river. En-
gineer White was injured in the back.
Fireman Kalde stayed in his seat and
was uninjured. Their escape from in
slant death was miraculous.
News was received at San Francisco
on the Goth confirming the reported
loss of the steamer Stickeen Chief by
an explosion and the probable loss of
43 lives off the Alaskan coast
IN accordance with the determina-
ton of the administration, the Comal
sailed from Tampa to Havana on the
25th with L, 900, 900 rations for distri bu-
ton to the starving people of Cuba.
Supplies will be furnished to other
Il
jurisdiction of officers of the army as
emergency may demand.
The United States transport Vigil
lancia passed Sandy Hook. N. Y. on
the 25th. She had the Twenty third
regiment of colored infantry, from
Topeka, Kan, on board, bound for San
tiago.
IT has been definitely decided that
the Corbett-McCoy battle will take
place at Cheektowaga, N. Y, October 1.
GEN. MERRITT was reported as being
in absolute control of Manila as mil
itary governor. Gen. Otis has succeed
ed him as commander-in-chief of the
American forces. Quiet prevails and
there appeared to be a desire to COM
ply with the new rules and regulations
prescribed by the Americans Gen.
Merritt has organized provost courts
and Col. Jewett has been appoin ted
chief Judge.
GEN. JAMES a. WILSON has assumed
control of the district of Ponce, Porto
Rico. and has ordered that all saloons
shall be closed for three days, with a
view to quieting the existing disorders.
They will be opened ubsequently I'M
der special regulations.
THE thirty-second annual convention
of the Universal Peace union opened at
the Peace temple at Mystic, Conn.,, on
the oath to continue for four days.
THE feature of the programme of the
23d at the biennial encampment of the
Knights of Pythias at Indianapolis,
Ind, was the big parade, participated
in by all the uniform rank and subor-
dinate lodges. The number of men in
line was eStima ted at - 900.
The republic state convention at
ST. Louis nominated G. A. Finklen.
burg, of st. Louis. for supreme Judge,
long term; Edward Higbee, of Lam
caster, supreme judge, short term; w.
S. Hathaway. of Mexico, for railroad
commissioners, and John r. Kirk. the
present incumbent, for superin tendent
of public instruction. T. J. Akin, of
Humansville, was elected chairman of
the state epublican committee.
ANOTHER case of genuine yellow
fever has developed at Franklin. La,
st. Mary parish, and the Louisiana
state board of health has again de-
clared rigid quarantine against all
the towns in St. Mary parish.
PLATFORM over the new city well
at Clinton, Ill. gave way the other
afternoon, precipitating a number of
men Is feet below. Daid Thomson had
his skull crushed by the fall and was
reported dying. John Patterson was
seriously hurt, and may not recover.
The accident was due to the careless
laying of the foundation.
THE Fifth Missouri has been trans.
ferred from the Third to the First
army corps and ordered to Lexington
Ky. The regiment may go to Cuba.
JAMAICA is preparing petition to
the British government requesting
permission to endeavor to arrange for
annexation to the United States
FIFTEEN thousand people saw Marti.
mas, at the long odds of 40 to l, win
the great Flu turity stakes at Sleeps
head bay, n. Y, on the 23d, High De-
gree coming second, while the public
choices were nowhere.
CAMP typhoid has proved bonanza
to undertakers at Chickamauga, Tenn,
and an average of ten volunteer SOL
diers have been laid away every day
in the national cemetery there.
AT Memphis, Tenn, the fifth trial
OF A. K. Ward, charged with forging
notes to the amount of nearly $3.50, 900.
resulted in verdict of guilty and the
defendant was sen fenced to three years
| imprisonment
The Chace, Stafford and Wampoao
cotton mills, represent ting $50, OOO
spindles, have been shut down, and
the weave room of the Westamoe mills
was also reported idle. Other mills
| will be shut down soon.