Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-13
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FRANK BUTLER was sentenced to the
penitentiary for life for the murder of
Dan Grayson at Selma, Ala The pc
culiarity about the case was that he
began serving his life sentence two
weeks from the day of the murder.
IT was stated that United States Sc
| cret officers had discovered that large
number of counterfeit 500 silver certi-
fcates had been produced in San Fran
cisco. The Call asserted that 5, 600 of
these spurious bills were sent into the
Klondike district and were readily ex-
changed for gold dust and their falsity
was not discovered until the returning
miners tried to pass them in Portland,
Ore.
GEN. BACON sent dispatch from
Walker, Mimi, on the 18th stating that
the Indians had been badly whipped
| and had left the country adjacent to
the recent fight. The settlers in the
neighborhood. however, felt very IN
| easy and were by no means assured
that the trouble with the redskins was
over
The total yield of this seasons pecan
crop in Texas was estimated at ), OOO,-
600 bushels.
GEN. GRANTS brigade. consisting of
the Fourth Ohio and the Third Illinois
regiment has been ordered to sail for
home, from Ponce. about October 10.
The annual parade of the Karnival
! krewe in Kansas City, No.. on the
9Th was a glittering success. The
| crowds along the line of march were
the largest ever seen. Handsome floats
and elaborate costumes were the fea-
lures of every division. The police
| preserved the best of order and every
person caught masked was taken to
| the police station.
/ In the recent battle with Indians at
| the southwest corner of Leech lake, in
| Minnesota, company F of the Third
| infantry put up gallant fight. While
| the so soldiers Gen. Bacon had were
unable to dislodge the 200 and odd In
dams from their strong position, they
made it very hot for them. Maj. Will
kinson. five soldiers and two Indian
police were killed. The loss of the In
| dians were not known, but a number
| were killed and many wounded. The
rumored massacre of Gen. Bacon's
| troops was unfOunded.
In Saline county, Ark, Joe McKin-
ney, young farmer. accompanied by
| his brother and a friend, eloped with
| the daughter of Charles Taylor, an
| other farmer. Taylor overlook the
party and opened fire with a gun,
without effect Mckinney returned
the fire with revolver, killing Tay-
| Tor. The party then drove on to Red
| field, where the clippers were married.
| After the ceremony all four surren-
| dered themselves to the police.
A BATTLE was said to have been
fought between troops under Gen. Ba-
| con and the Pillager Indians near
| Walker. MINI. There were conflict
| ing reports about the engagement,
| one stating that Gen. Bacon and his
men had been massacred. Reinforce
| ments were ordered to the scene at
once by the war department
YELLOW fever was reported epidemic
| in Mississippi.
JOSEPH MCMANUs. nine years old,
was instantly killed while running
| after wagon in ST Louis by street
| car approaching from an opposite di-
| rection. He was frightfully mangled.
DENVER, Col, on the 5th had a peace
| jubilee, in which returned soldiers,
| local military and other organizations
| participated in a parade and a sham
battle. At night was given the gor-
| geous pageant of the Slaves of the Sill
| yer Serpent. followed by ball.
IT was learned that the Labrador
mail steamer Leopard, with a crew of
| IS and IL passenge was lost during
| a severe storm off the northeast coast
| of Labrador.
| THE motormen of the street railway
| at Waco. Tex, recently struck for
| three hours reduction in a days work
| at the same rate of pay. The COM
| pany declined to accede to it.
A CoLoRfsD girl named Ella Williams
was crushed between the elevator and
| the shafting at the Centropolis fats at
| Kansas City, No, on the 5th. She
was looking down the shaft when the
elevator descended and struck her.
The gin of F. P. Godfrey at Forces
ton, Tex, was dynamited and wrecked
| and the steam ginning plant of Wilder
& Martin set afire and burned, togeth-
| er with 40 bales of cotton and 90 tons
of cotton seed.
FARMERS living ten miles north of
Perry, Ok, told of a wonderful drove
| of chicken hawks that had come into
that country in the past few days. It
was said the hawks were in one drove
| and numbered 5000.
HUNDREDS of Indians of the Tana.
Mantasta and Copper tribes were said
to be threatened with starvation by
| prospectors from Copper river. who ar
rived at Seattle, Wash, from Dawson.
The natives depend onsthe salmon run
on Copper river for their winter sup
ply of food. This year the salmon did
not come, owing to the cannery COM
panies on Lower river putting in mas
sive fish traps.
THE building formerly known as
"Ye Tavern" located at Fifty-frst
street and Cottage Grove avenue, Chi
cago, popular resort of visitors to
the worlds fair. was partly destroyed
| by fire on the Sd. Several persons had
| N rroxz eSoapas from Suffooatiop