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

souri, will not go to Porto Rico. An
employee of the war department said
that they may not leave Camp Alger
at all He gave as his reason that the
officers and men carry more life insur-
ance than any three regiments in serv.
ice and the insurance companies were
exerting every influence to keep it out
of danger.
GEN. MILES reported by cable off
Hayti that she was moving along
well" with the expedition to Porto
Rico.
THE business failures in the United
States for the week ended the 22d num-
bered 1Ss, according to Bradstreets
report, against 220 for the correspond
ing week in last year.
ATLANTA, Ga, was decorated with
endless miles of bunting for the con-
federate parade on the cad. Mrs.
Stonewal Jackson, Miss Winnie Davis,
Mrs. John B. Gordon and Mrs. Cab
belle Currie, president of the Daugh-
those who occupied carriages. reso-
luton was passed to substitute for
1.-The war Of the the rebellion" the ex-
preston 1.-The civil war between the
states" Charleston, s. c., was Sc
next July.
SQUADS of natives have been put to
work at Santiago de Cuba, burying
the dead dogs and horses that laid
around and otherwise improving the
sanitary condition of the city.
THE Spanish minister of public in
strucEon, Senior Camazo, was given on
the 22d as authority for the statement
that peace, honorable to the Spanish
army, would shortly be concluded.
MAJ. GEN. MILES left Guantanamo,
Cuba, on the afternoon of the 21st, ac-
companied by about 5000 troops and
conveyed by a squadron of warship s
to capture the island of Porto Rico.
-SoA1E of our vessels on blockade duty
entered the harbor of Manzanillo d
few days ago and opened fire on the
shipping, destroying three Spanish
gunboats and blowing up storeship.
No casualties were reported on our
side.
IT was stated at Cleveland, O., that
the movement to form a big fish trust
on the great lakes by English capital
lists had been abandoned and that a
similar organization, backed by Amer
lean capitalists. would be formed.
AT Bowling Green, O., Charles Mel
son, colored. was convicted of murder
ing James Zimmerman and sentenced
to be electrocuted in the Ohio peniten-
tiary on November 4. Nelson mar.
rowly escaped lynching at the time OF
the murder.
j. CUNNINGHAM was shot and killed
and Daniel Mills was seriously wound
ed by two masked men in Cunning
hams saloon in Goldfe1d, COL, the
other day. The murderers fed with
out looking for any booty and it was
believed murder, and not robbery, was
their object. Posses secured the hills
for them.
WALTER BUSH, a st. Louis boy who
was visiting his grandfather in Phila-
delphia, was instantly killed the other
| night by grasping a live wire. He
opened window and stepped out upon
a small porch and caught hold of the
wire. AS soon as his hand came in con-
tact with the wire there was bright
flash and the lad dropped dead.
A CHIcKAMAUGA dispatch said that
among the troops to leave Camp Thorn
as for Porto Rico would be the Second
Missouri and Twent first Kansas regi-
ments
ARRANGEMENTS were made by the
Spanish tique company for
the transportation of the Spanish pris-
oners at Santiago to Spain, the COM
pany agreeing to carry and feed each
soldier for $40 and $50 for each officer.
completing the whole transportation
of them in 81 days from the 21st-
A BLAZE was started in the benzine
room of Unnerwher's sawmill at New
port, KY. and was probably caused by
an explosion. Within two hours the
flames, famed by strong breeze. had
spread two squares south and east two
blocks. Half hundred families were
rendered homeless. There were no
fatalities. The total loss was esti-
mated to be between S125, 600 and $780,
600, with but little insurance.
CAPT. GEN. BLANCo has denied that
Santiago was surrendered with his
consent and as a result Gen. Toral will
be tried by court-martiaI when he ar
| rives in Spain.
AT Nebraska City. Neb., Charles Toll
liver quarreled with his wife and at
tempted her life by shooting her with
a revolver, but the bullet only made a
slight flesh wound. Tolliver then fed
from the house and hanged himself to
a tree.
AN Infatuated mob stormed the coun-
ty Jail at Westville, Miss, killing w.
T. Patterson, who was confined therein
under the charge of numbering Law
renee Brinson. The Jail building was
fred and the building and the body OF
the prisoner were burned.
A DISPATCH from Manila stated that
Admiral Dewey sent q messenger to
the German admiral to inquire whether
| America and Germany were at peace
| or war. If they were at peace he
wanted the Germans to pursue a diff