Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-27

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neer. Patrick Jerrel. and seriously in
jurine Will Robbing and George
Broyer Jerrel was blown about 80
feet and was badly mangled.
A NEWSPAPER published in English
has appeared at Havana.
The Santa Fe railroad, it was re-
ported at San Francisco, Will be e1.
tended to that city.
BUSINESS failures in the United
States for the week ended the 21st
numbered 213. according to Brad
streets commercial report, against 205
in the corresponding week OF last year.
THREE men were terribly mangled
at Duluth, Mimi, by an explosion of
dynamite. They were working on a
scow on the government canal, blow
ing up an old hulk. The diver was
thawing dynamite over a small engine.
Twenty-Five pounds exploded, blowing
the engine and boiler to pieces and
literally tearing the bodies of the
three men to atoms.
ACCORDING to decision of Federal
Judge Springer at Muscogee, I. T., in
the case of William Tiger, a Creek con-
victed of murder, there is no court in
the universe that now has jurisdiction
to impose the sentence of death upon
him." This peculiar condition of af-
fairs was caused by the Curtis bill.
JOE OFT. who pleaded guilty of kill
ing his wife, was hanged in the Jail
yard at Granite Falls, Mimi, at 1:27 a.
M. on the Goth. This was the first exc
cution in the history of Yellow Medi-
cine county.
BILLY WALKER, the pugilist, who
was knocked out by Andy Dupont the
other night, died at Omaha, Neb.,
after having been unconscious Sc hours.
The charge against Dupont will be
changed from prize-figh ting to murder.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY on the Goth
went to the First regiment armory at
Chicago. where he spoke briefly to a
meeting of railroad employees and
afterwards held an informal reception,
shaking hands with them as they fled
by him. The president then went to
the Auditorium, where he was pre-
sented with a memorial in favor of in
ternational arbitration, to which he
replied favorably after hearing it read.
At night the president took the train
for Washington.
THE extensive plant of the Texas
Drug company in Dallas, Tex, burned
on the goth. Loss estimated at $500, 900.
WILLIAM 81. BRANToN, grocer at
Youngstown, O., on the night of the
10Th shot Constable Jenkins, then sent
bullet through the brain of his wife
and afterwards shot himself. The
tragedy was caused by Mrs. Branton
leaving the murderer on account of ill
treatment and the constable replevy-
ing her clothes.
THE liberal congress of religions con-
OF 1o No1 he
AN agitation has commenced in Ger
many against the high duties and
numerous restrictions by which the
government has nearly stopped the
importation of live animals and greatly
increased the price of meat products.
A LODGE of the Order of Elks. COM
posed of colored men, has been organ
lied in Cincinnati Grand Exalted
Ruler Calvin will take no action un
less the new lodge undertakes to use
the name B. P. 0. E.
The tunnel on the Cincinnati South
ern at Hartman, Tenn. caved in on
the 10Th, stopping all trains.
The grand lodge of Kentucky ma
sons, at it's session at Louisville on the
10th, unanimously adopted the resolu-
ton reported by its special committee,
which recommends non-in tercourse be-
tween the grand lodge of Kentucky
and the grand lodge of Washington,
because of the action of the latter in
recognizing negro lodges.
A STORM at Trinidad, Cuba, swept
many houses away and drowned eight
people and many animals.
THE Vermont legislature on the 18th
reelected United States Senator Proc
tor by an overwhelming vote.
COMMANDER DARLINGTON BOOTH, of
the Volunteers of America, announced
at Cleveland, O., that he has about
perfected plans for a new organization,
to be known as the Fedora tion of
Christian Workers, which will be COM
posed of branches organized all over
the country. The members are to be
Christian workers in the churches, who
are to be banded together and their
especial talents for doing some kind of
religious work developed.
A WET. binding snow began falling
at Kansas City, Mo-, early on the 18th
and continued with undated fury all
day. Telegraph and telephone COM
municatiOn was considerably damaged,
but the movement of railroad trains
was not materially interfered with.
The storm caught many poor people
without fuel and much suffering was
reported. Reports from the surround
ing country showed that the storm
was quite extensive.
WILLIAM LEoLIN and his ten-year-
old son were frozen to death six miles
west of Florence, Col.
AT a medicine dance held at Mile
creek, 1. T., by full-biood Indians, Ben
Lewis was killed and Charley and Will
liam Brown were mortally wounded.
The participants in the tragedy were
drunk.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY witnessed the
great in bilee Darade T. Chicapo on the