Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-01-20

ARCHIE LoCKELEY, colored. a triple
murderer, was hanged at Richmond,
Va, on the 18th.
MOSES GAINES, a negro. % years old,
was stabbed to death at the Armour
packing-house in Kansas City, Kan. on
the 14th. The murderer's name was
Joseph Williams The stabbing was
the result of a trifiing quarrel about
standing room.
In a fire at Roberts hotel in New
York Lesley Stanley and his wife were
suffocated by smoke.
THE feeling against the large depart
ment stores in Denver, Col, was re-
ported to be spreading to the secret So
cieties. The trades and labor organi-
cations have already pledged to with
draw their patronage from them.
THE Southern Express company at
Atlanta, Ga, was sent a mysterious
package containing 3,700, which was
supposed to be conscience money. 1t,
refused to receive it and put it's detect
ives on the case to find the thief who
now wants to make restitution.
AARON DICKSON was jailed at Clarks-
Vile, Tenn, in default of 500 bond,
for breaking into grocery and steal
ing food to keep his family from starv-
ing.
FOREIGN mission boards of the United
States and Canada met in conference
at New York on the 18th.
THE Mccullough block, one of the
finest office buildings in Davenport. Ia,
was destroyed by fire the other night.
A DISPATCH from Columbus. O., n
the 18th stated that the opposition to
Hanna was defeated in his election,
but it proposed to fight now against
his being seated for the long term.
His enemies say they have not the time
to interfere on the short term, but
they will press the bribery charges to
the United States senate.
The situation was reported as being
serious in Havana on the 18th. The
Spanish general was obliged to throw
a Gordon of troops around the United
States consulate, as there was fierce
rioting in the city and the mob de.
nounced the United States. The
United States warships at Key West,
Fla, were ordered to be in readiness
to go to Cuba should occasion demand.
ADvICEs from the orient stated that
the japanese transport steamer Mara,
bound tothe Peccadores, was wrecked
and about 80 lives lost. Only five sea-
by a steamer. The vessel struck upon
an uncharted rock.
EDWARD TooMEY was shot through
the brain by Edward billiard, an eX-
bartender at st. Louis. The murder
was cowardly one and was caused by
! Toomey happening to be in the com.
pany CT a man a day or two previously
| who had had fuss with billiard.
THE reported massacre of white set
tiers at Earlsboro. Ok. by Seminole
Indians in revenge for the recent burn
ing of two of their tribe by enraged
white settlers turned out to be I'M
founded. Mr.. Springer, Judge of the
| United States court in the district
wired on the 18th, however, that many
| people were leaving the border towns
| for fear of the Indians and that the
Indians were collecting for some IN
lawful purpose.
A PERRY, Ok. dispatch stated tina
the allotment of the lands of the Otter
and Missouri Indians had begun an6
would be completed in two months. Tn,
| allotting agent assigned to this work il
| Miss Helen 2. Clark, who is one-eightl
B1ackfoot Indian. These Indians al
ways have opposed allotment, but Mis-:
Clark, who is the only woman who has
ever been assigned to such a work, ha
gained their confidence and is proceed
ing with the work. This spring tn,
| allotted lands will be opened to wilit'
| settlement
In the joint session of the Ohio legis
lature on the 18th Marcus A. Ham;
was formally elected United State
senator for the unexpired term of Sec
rotary John Sherman and for the ST:
1 Woo from a nx-f Nv ir,,.
ity of one vote.
JAMES ENGLAND was asphyxiated b.
coal gas in his home at St Louis OF
the 18th. His wife was reported dyin.
at a hospital and his two children
| were in a serious condition as a resul
| of the fumes from a small coal stove.
| HADLEY A. SUTHERLAND, a negro VIII
murdered Mrs. Wre.en, the wife of
barber, in a quarrel, was electrocute
at Sing Sing. n. Y, on the 10th.
JUDGE GRossCUP. of Chicago, it wa
said, will be rendered the vacancy o
the interstate commerce commissio
by the president.
The New York Herald on the lit
said that Thomas A. Edison had acc
dentally discovered what he believe
to be a new metal which will do ava
with the slow and costly process c
making malleable iron.
NINE men from Dawson City. Alaska
arrived at Port Townsend, Wash, o
the 10th bringing advices up to Decen
Der 9. All said that while provision
were scarce there would be no starvs
ton. The coolest weather reported a
Dawson was 55 degrees below zero.
1NcENDIARIES set fire to a fran
building at Shawnee, Ok, the othe
NIGHT nd n, he 4 A
houses were in ashes. Several familie
, living on the upper floors of the built
ings had narrow escapes in trying
, save their household goods. The me
chants saved a larger portion of the
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