Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-09
THERE is said to be a great scarcity
Of Observation-Disclosures in New York city.

ELLIS B. CHIIDERs. ex-treasurer OF
the Creek nation, was convicted at
Muscogee, I. T.. for completely in the
S93, 900 Creek warrant fraud.
A STEAM pipe exploded on board the
steamer Alamo, of the Mallory line,
at New York. killing the engineer and
five of the fremen and badly iniuring
passenger. A panic followed the
explosion among the passengers and
many jumped to the pier.
The massive block of skyscrapers,
Nos 253 and 259 Broadway, New York,
was almost totally destroyed by fire
early on the morning of the 5th. The
fire began in Rogers, Peet & Cos.
building, then spread to the Home
Life Insur ance company's building,
which was 16 stories high, and after
wards to the Postal Telegraph CON,
pany's building, a stories. The loss
was estimated at over $1,000. 600.
ALMOST the entire business portion
of Eufaula. l. T., has been burned.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, is preparing for
the A. F.aof L. convention on the 18th.
THIRTY-oNE men started in a siz4-day
bicycle race in Madison Square garden
at 1905 a. m. on the 9TH.
A LANDSLIDE caused bad wreck on
the New York. Susquehanna & West
erng RAILROAD near Smartwood, n. j.
Three trainmen were badly injured
and the road blocked for hours.
DUEL to the death with revo1vers
took place at Jackson, Ky, on the
night of the 4th between C. C. Runyon,
marshal of Jackson county, KY. and
Alfred Allen, a we1l-known character.
They fought over an old difficulty and
both were killed.
The Baptist association of Oklahoma
and the Indian territory. by unani.
NOUS vote, agreed to divide into two
Sc parate organizations, one for each
territory.
THREE men were killed by boile.
explosion in the sawnill of the Colo
RADIO COOPERATIVE company, a social
istic organization near Montrose. Col.
THE supreme court Of Minnesota has
decided against the old settlers law,
which provided that veterans should
receive preference in all public ap-
pointments.
MILTON CLARK, who is employed at
the university at Louisville, Ky, to
take care of the dead bodies brou ght
to the place for examination, sold his
own body on the 4th for the thirty
third time to physicians fer dissection.
Whenever he is in sore need of money
he sells his body
FIRE destroyed eight business houses
at Hamburg. Ark, entailing "a loss of
nearly 90, 600.
THE Sixth Missouri volunteers in
camp at Savannah. Ga, have been or.
dered to EN- bark for Cuba
ADvICEs from New South Wales said
that the steamer Culgon had sailed
from Sydney with a cargo of provi-
sions for Admiral Dewey's feet at Ma
Mia. The cargo consisted soof 5000
carcasses of mutton, $50 of lambs, 125
tons of potatoes, 81 tons of on ions and
% tons of carrots.
GEN. MILES has prepared the draft of
a bill providing, for afegalar standing
army of LOG, 900 men.
The recent election in Macon, Ga.
to decide the question of prohibition
was won by the ''antis."
T Col r. Z. VAN HORN and his wife
celebrated the golden anniversary of
their marriage at their beautiful home
near Kansas City, Mo-, on the I'd. The
colonel has represented the Kansas
City district in congress and is an old
time newspaper man.
A DISPATCH from Wymore. Neb.,
stated that the feeling in the Interior
of Nebraska against holding another
exposition at Omaha was very bitter
on account of the heavy loss of trade
| incurred by the small cities, their
usual patrons having made their pur-
chases at Omaha while attending the
exposition.
The home of Hiram Biggs, a farmer
living near Perry, Ok, caught fire and
Biggs, his wife and three children
were burned to death.
A PRICE has been placed on the head
| of every footpad in Kansas City, Mo.
The edict has gone forth that any po-
liceman who brings in highwayman,
| dead or alive, will be promoted. This
| announcement was made by the board
| of police commissioners.
| AT a special meeting of the South
| western Passenger bureau at st. Louis,
! at which all the roads were represent.
/ ed, homeSeekers' excursions were de-
| cided upon for the first and third Tues
days during January, February and
March, 1880. on the same basis of ex-
cursions in effect during December.
This arrangement carries with it the
use Of the Sebastian form of ticket
| one-fare rate was also made for the
meeting of the National Live Stock
association at Denver, Col, January
24-27, 1899; Sebastian form of ticket to
be used for this occasion also.
/ FIRE destroyed the main building of
the Lincoln normal university, three
miles from Lincoln. Neb.s Loss, $780,
600; insurance, S25, 900.
THERE was a runner in political cir
c1es to the effect that Andrew d.
White, the present ambassador to Ger
many. may be transferred to England
by President Mckinley and another
New York man sent to Berlin.