Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-20

A MILITARY plot against the French
government was discovered in Paris
on the 14th The Matin said the plot
was only for the purpose OF changing
some of the government officials with
out touching the president of the re-
public.
MURDERER JOHN MILLER, the hunch-
back, was hanged at San Quentin.
Cal, on the 18th He was nearly de-
capitated by the rope.
THE barge Churchill. loaded with
ore from Duluth, sank in the rough
water off Waukegan. Ill, and the cap
tain and a deck hand were drowned.
The police at Alexandria, Egypt,
arrested nine Italian anarchists who
had plotted to assassinate the emperor
of Germany on his way to Jerusalem
THE Atlantic Transport company's
steamer Mohegan was driven ashore
off the Lizard on the south coast of
England, and out of 200 persons on
board only 81 were said to have been
saved
EXECUTIVE business occupied the
closing days session of the grand en-
campment Knights Templar at Pitts
burgh. Pa. on the 14th. An amend
ment to the constitution was adopted
providing for a reduction in the per
capita tax from five to three cents
The new grand officers were installed
with impressive ceremonies
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY was the guest
of st. Louis on the 14th. From the
time of his arrival until he left the
city he was accorded an almost con-
tinuous ovation. He reviewed the pa
rade and addressed a large crowd at
the Merchants exchange and drove
through the city. At night he spoke
for Terre Haute, Ind.
THE Austrian government is arrang-
ing to have floating exposition of its
manufactures Ships will be sent to
the countries of the orient and the
Austrian manufactures shown and sold
to the natives at prices fixed by the
exhi bitors.
FRED, the young son of 81. E. Sheyer.
president of the Indestructible Post
company. at Brazil, Ind, while riding
his wheel collided with a team and
was badly injured. When he recovered
consciousness it was discovered that
he was totally blind.
OFFICIALS in the service of the
United States weather bureau, repre-
senting nearly every state and terri
tory in the union, held a meeting at
Omaha, Neb., on the 18th, Prof Willis
Z. Moore, chief of the bureau, being
the presiding officer.
Two boilers in the state asylum for
the dangerous and criminally insane
at Tonia, Mich, burst the other day.
killing Harry Hanley, of Saginaw, and
fatally wounding Jack Hogan, both
inmates. Two other inmates were
also hurt.
THE candy and cracker factory of
the Winn-Johnson company. and paint
store of T. c. Burke, at Macon, Ga,
were burned. Loss, 1925, 900.
THE United States Leather company,
it was rumored at New York, will en-
deavor to lower the price of hides and
advance that of leather by closing
many, if not all, it's tanneries and de-
pend mt industries because the cendi-
tions of the leather trade are unfavor-
able all over the world.
WHILE kicking about some dirt at the
city dump, at Leadville, Col. Frank
Burkhart unearthed a cave, in which
he found some very rich ore exposed.
The officers were at once notified. and
upon investigation found robber
cache, from which they extracted SO
sacks of gold and silver ore, evidently
stolen from different mines. It proved
to be worth $4,000.
Gov. TANNER, of Illinois, issued a
proclamation calling for the observ-
ance of Wednesday, October 70. as La
fayette day, and recommending on that
day that homage be paid in all educa-
tional institutions in the state to the
memory of Lafayette by a rehearsal
of the French patriots heroic and I'M
selfish deeds.
MISS VIOLA KATHRYN CLEMoNs. the
actress. was married at New York on
the 18th to Howard Gould, son of the
late Jay Gould.
A PEACE party composed of Gus Beau
lieu. Father Aloysius, Red Blanket and
another Indian. left Walker, Mimi,
on the 18th for Bear island to ask for
an immediate council with the hostile
Indians and persuade the men wanted
to give themselves up. Inspector
Tinker thought the situation looked
brighter; newspaper correspondents,
however, declared that Indians were
moving north in large bands and that
serious times were ahead.
THE L o. G. T. met recently in an
nual session. at Danyille, Ill
CORA SMITH. who was serving life
sentence at the Anamosa Ua.) peni-
tertiary for numbering her father, COM
mitted suicide by swallowing spiders.
JESSE JAMES, Jr., was placed under
arrest at Kansas City, Mo-, on suspicion
of being concerned in the recent Mis-
souri, Pacific train robbery near Leeds
WILKINSON OsBURN was drowned in
one foot of water in Clear creek, near
Porter. Ark, the other day. He was
nearly 100 years old.
FIVE men were killed and IL injured
by an explosion of gas in colliery No.
8. at Coaldale, Pa. on, the 18th.
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