Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-09

al Racine. WIS, on the 80 DIV one OF
the elephan is that became ugly. The
animal broke away and chased the
whole police force and an excited crowd
of citizens.
A THOUSAND people gathered at
Doyline, La, on the Sd and witnessed
the burning at the stake of William
Street. negro, who attempted the
ruin and murder of Mrs. Parish, who
was reported in a most critical condi-
ton. The flames were started at one
o'clock and in ten minutes the negro
was charred mass. 1t was a sicken-
ing sight.
WoRTHINGToN Military academy
(EpiscopaD near Lincoln. Neb., was re-
Gently burned. Loss, S62. 600; insured
of brick and stone. 81 stories The
from fiue, and, being beyond the fire
limits, nothing could prevent the de-
struction of the building.
THE Madrid correspondent of the
London Morning Post SAYS that Senior
Leon Y Castillo, the Spanish ambassa-
dor to France, at his recent conference
with the queen regent and Senior Sa-
gasta, was officially charged to ask
peace on such terms as would protect
the self-respect of Spain.
NEAR Muscatine, Cleburn county,
Ala, Kilgore and Barnes, two farm
ers, who had been at war over line
fence, shot each other and it was re-
ported that both would die. Kilgore
was tearing the fence away when
Barnes shot Kilgore fell. but man
aged to reach his gun and shot Barnes
before he lost consciousness.
THE attention of the Madrid public
on the 1st was absorbed in the condi-
ton of the Bank of Spain, which was
considered more serious than any re-
verse of the war, inasmuch as the i'm
possibility of the bank to help the
government means impossibility to
continue the war with the United
States.
JAMES UNDERWOOD, a travelling jew
elry salesman, met an awful death
while in the store of a customer at ST.
Louis the other afternoon. Thinking
it was drinking water. Mr.. Underwood
plunged glass into two-gallon crock
containing cyanide of potassium and
drank it off. In less than Is minutes
he was dead.
that the American feet at Santiago de
Cuba had cannonaded the batteries of
the harbor and also had brush with
the Spanish warships there and that
the advantage appeared to be with
the American feet. Naval officials at
Washington. however, discredited the
news, and said it was almost impossi-
BILE. under the circumstances, that Com
modore Schley should have forced an
entrance into the harbor, in view of
the dangers which would have to be
surmounted.
THE story of the capture of the AL
fonso Kill, sent out from Key West,
Fla. was mistake. She chased the
st. Paul, but the latter got away by
being the faster boat.
The Transmississippi exposition was
opened at Omaha, Neb., on the 1st.
There was grand civic parade three
miles long. President Mckinley
touched an electric button at the white
house and started the machinery and
sent a telegram of congratulate to
the president of the, exposition. At
night pyrotechnic display on the
most elaborate scale took place in the
exposition grounds.
MAIL advices received from Australia
contain a brief account of the cannibal
outrage in New Guinea. They attacked
a peaceful village. carried off all the
women and captured and killed IS
men, ten of whom they ate.
RETURNS of the vote for officers of
| the International Typographical
| union, which was taken in all chapels
in the United States, resulted in the
election of Samuel B. Donnelly, of
New York, for president; ]. w. Bran
wood. of Denver, secre tary-treaSu
George w. Harris, of Chicago. orgaui-
| ger. and j. q. Cain, of New York, dele
gate of allied crafts to American Fed
| Grafton of Labor.
Gov. CULBERSoN has issued procla-
nation declaring that no cattle in
Greer county, Ok, shall be moved into
any portion of Texas west or north OF
| the state quarantine line prior to No
| vember Is, 1898.
| Two freight trains on the Pittsburg
& Gulf road collided near Decatur,
Ark. and Fireman Williams. of Pitts
| burg, Kan, was killed. Several ears
and one engine were demolished and
it took several hours to clear the wreck.
FREDERICK HALL, a cratemaker, lv-
ing in the district called 1.-The Potter
les" in Staffordshire. Eng, murdered
his wife and five children with a hill
| hook and then committed suicide.
| A RECENT confagration at Peshawir,
which was not mastered in "a hours,
destroyed 1000 houses and did damage
| to the extent of about $50, 600. 600.
This was supposed to be the record fire
| of India
| Col. G. C. SMITH, deputy quarter
master general, received orders from
Washington instructing him to cease
purchasing mules until fur Their orders.
| Twelve thousand mules have been pur
| ol,nSod in the St I.oI1iS rnarIxot The