Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-05-12

on the highest authority that the dis
patch boat Hugh McCulloch heard of
the victory of Commodore Dewey when
it reached Mrs bay and had hurried
| to Manila fer dispatches. twas not be-
1ieved that the Americans had suffered
disaster, but had probably encountered
unexpected resistance.
| THE first congress of Cuba, elected
under the autonomist form of govern
ment, was formally opened at Havana
on the 9Th by Capt. Gen. Blanco. There
was an imposing military display and
| the captain general made a speech, in
the course of which he said that if the
declarations of the United States had
been sincere its guns to-day ought to
be saluting the first Cuban parliament
instead of threatening the lives of its
members.
THE 5th inst. was one of the most
exciting days ever known in the his
tory of the wheat market. May wheat
closed in Chicago at S1.50. Cash wheat
No. soft advanced Is cents on the
Kansas City market. There was an
advance of seven cents in Liverpool
and an advance in every market in
continental Europe. The advance was
not due to the manipulations of spec
ulators, but because the supply in
many European countries had been
exhausted.
THE United States torpedo boat
Ericsson discovered a force of men
building fort near Cojima, Cuba, and
notified the Wilmington. In less than
two minutes the Wilmington reduced
the fort to a shapeless wreck.
A SUPPOSED Spanish spy was cap
tured aboard the auxiliary cruiser St.
Paul at Cramps yard, Philadelphia
The suspect enlisted some days ago as
an oiler and almost from the time of
his enlistment was under suspicion
The London Standard on the 5th
said that there was growing impress
sion that Spain would favor some ar
rangement that would end the war.
The Madrid correspondent of the Lon
don Telegraph said he was assured
that the Spanish government would
cede Cuba to the United States, but
would not pay an indemnity, because
unable.
THE A. Fl. Terry post at Amsterdam,
N. Y, adopted resolution to amend
the constitution of the G. A. R. so as
to make eligible to membership all
who have served under the flag of the
United States in any war.
THE schooner Crown was lost off ST.
Johns, N. F., and her entire crew of IL
men were drowned.
MAY wheat on the 4th opened on the
Chicago board of trade at S1.21 and
then, by jumps, advanced to S1.3I.
CIENFUEGos, Cuba, was bombarded
recently by the United States warship
Marblehead and the batteries were
silenced. Havoc was played with the
buildings and thousands of the inhab-
itants were driven into the interior
The entire business district of
Northport, WASH, was burned at day.
light on the I'd. More than 40 build
ings were destroyed.
IRA RALEs. ten years old, was
drowned in the Ohio river at Camel
ton, Ind. While he was rowing a skiff
the craft capsized.
A LONDON dispatch on the Sd said
that news came from Madrid that
there was no idea of surrender there,
either in ministerial circles or among
the populace, but the war was to be
pursued with greater vigor. It was
the intention to throw the whole
united naval strength of Spain into
one supreme effort to crush the Amer
lean squadron in Gu ban waters.
GERMANY appealed to England to
join in collective note to Spain urg-
ing the Spanish government to sue for
peace. The appeal stated that
whether England agreed or not it was
determined by Germany, Russia and
Austria to join in such a note.
ARMoUR's glue factory at Chicago
was in danger of being burned on the
4th. The flames were checked with
0f eo1f 4
curled hair building, entailing a loss
of probably $3.50, 600. A panic among
the employees of the felt works.result-
ed in dozen persons jumping out of
the second-story windows, some being
badly bruised.
A LARGE barn, with one horse, one
cow and calf, large lot of corn, hay
and farming implements, on the Stock
well farm, near Evansville, Ind, was
destroyed by fire and Mary kohmes-
cher was arrested and admitted that
she set fire to the barn.
LORD SALISBURY had a conference
with Prince Hatfield, the Austrian
ambassador, the other morning. Lord
Salisbury suggested to the am bassador
that it might be advisable to send a
collective note to Spain. intimatiug
that enough had been done to satisfy
her honor and that the time had come
when it would be advisable to sue for
peace.
PART of the Passaic rolling mills at
Paterson, n. j., was blown up on the
4th. One man was killed and three
injured. The explosion occurred in
the boiler and gas section of the build
ing. The damage to the works was
SIS. 600.
GEN. PANDo, the commander of the
Spanish forces in the field, withdrew
the Spanish garrison from Bayamo,
one of the important towns of the
province of Santiago de Cuba, and Gen.