Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04

THERE was an epidemic of hog chol-
era in the country around Carlyle, Ill
Nearly 1000 hogs died within two
weeks.
ADMIRAL CERvERA has written a pa
thetic letter from Annapolis, Md, to
his countrymen at no me begging that
peace be made before Spain is utterly
destroyed" There are also limitations
that some unpalatable truths have been
told by the admiral that would sur
prise all Europe if the statements made
ever saw the light of day.
THE New York Herald's European
edition on the Goth stated that the
Spanish government had received
telegram announcing the surrender of
Manila to Admiral Dewey. A dispatch
from Washington of the same date
said that the war department would
not be surprised to learn that Manila
had surrendered to the combined
American military and naval force.
ALL the morning papers of Chicago
on the Goth announced that on and
after August their price would be
two cents copy. The increased cost
of white paper and the enhanced gen.
eral expenses due to the war were the
reasons given for the advance.
THE powder mill of F. T. johnson at
Troy, Pa. was blown up on the 2Sth
and the owner was killed.
NEWS reached Alton, Ill, on the 2Sth
of the drowning of two boys at Portage
des Sioux. Mo-. named William Hen
zleman. aged II, and Gus Echele. aged
II. The boys were bathing in the
Mississippi when Echele was seen to
be in danger of drowning. Henzleman
went to his assistance and both boys
were drowned.
NEWS from the blockade along the
south coast of Cuba on the 2Sth con-
f1rmed the report that Tunas de casa
had been invested by the troops of
Gen. Gomez The Cubans attacked the
place simultaneously with its bonn
bardment by the American mosquito
feet.
THE war department received dis
patch from Gen. Miles stating that he
had made a successful landing at
Guanica. Porto Rico; that the Glouces-
ter had met with a slight resistance
and had fred few shots, but had
hauled down the Spanish flag and hoist
ed the stars and stripes.
AN epidemic of rabies was reported
prevailing in the vicinity of Nauvoo,
Ill, and farmers were losing hogs and
cattle.
THIRTY-ONE men were arrested and
taken to Texarkana, Ark, recently
for Illicit distilling and five stills were
destroyed in Pike county, Ark.
THE Cherokee and Delaware Indians
of the Indian territory have been con-
Quoting negotiations with the view OF
buying the canal aud lands of the So
uora and Sinaloa Irrigation company
on the Lower Yaqui river, in Mexico,
and have concluded to move to their
new location in October.
GEN. GARCIA, at the head of his Gu
Ian forces, encountered a Spanish
force on the 25th of five officers and sc
men from Holguin. who surrendered.
CLYDE DAVIS, mail carrier of Bea-
trice. Neb., was recently drowned
while swimming in the river there.
YARD engine on the Norfolk s.
Western crashed to a freight train
while both were going at a rate of 2C
miles an hour on a short curve in
Cleveland, o. William OFT was in
stantly killed and f. G. McCle1land
was so badly crushed that he will die.
The men were stealing ride. Both
engines were wrecked and several cars
derailed.
TYPHOID fever continues to spread
among the regiments at Camp Alger
Notwithstanding the strenuous and
| unceasing efforts of the medical Off
GERS on duty there. Ten new cases were
discovered on the goth, making a total
| of SO since the oath.
PRESIDENT SANBORN called the an
nual session of the United State:
League of Building and Loan associa
| tions to order at Omaha. Neb., on the
27th. Mayor Moores delivered the ad
dress of welcome. President Sanborr
| responded briefly to the welcome and
| then read his annual address. Secre
| tary Cellarius afterwards made his an
nual financial and statistical report.
THIRTY thousand acres of crops were
destroyed Or greatly damaged by {
| hailstorm in Coddington county, S. D.
on the night of the 9th. The scope
| of the storm was six miles wide anG
! about 25 miles long. Many farmer:
lost every acre of grain.
NATHAN SMITH. in charge of the
postal establishment for Porto Rico
went to Newport News, Va, for the
purpose of sailing on the st. Louis fol
his destination on the island. He car
ried an outfit of stamps and all blanks
and books necessary to transact E
money order and registered letter bus
mess. The rate of postage between
the United States and Porto Rico vii
| be two cents.
COMPANY F, Thirty-third Michigan
volunteers, issued the first American
/ nouSpan mar mn hill he'd in C,1ha If wa.
edited and printed by members of the
| company and bore the title of Com
pany + Enterprise.
A FIGHT over a woman at a festiva
the other night at Elko. a mining vii
j lana near McArfhllr O. resulted il