Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-07-21


before been SO intense as this summer.
The thermometer has gone away above
100 degrees. There have been numerous
fatalities. Near Indio few days ago
a freight car on a side track caught
fire from the heat of the sun and was
blazing before it was discovered and
extinguished.
NEWS of the sinking of the Chinese
torpedo boat Hee Ching at Port Arthur
few days ago was published at Kobe,
Japan. It was stated that there were
i18 men on board, not one of whom
was saved.
THE Official Gazette at Madrid on
the 18th published royal decree tenn
porarily suspending throughout Spain
the rights of individuals as guaran-
teed by the constitution. The publ
cation of the decree was generally ac-
cepted as convincing proof that Spain
was ready to sue for peace.
JAMES B. KEAToN. the democratic
congressional nominee. was declared
the nominee of the democratic, popu-
list and free silver republicans j n their
joint convention at Oklahoma City on
the seven ty fourth ballot, after the
most stubborn political convention
ever held in Oklahoma. The result OF
the last ballot stood: Keaton, 242; Cal
1ahan, 70.
GEORGE STONE. of San Francisco,
was elected president of the National
League of Repu blican clubs at the
session at Omaha, Neb.
THE business failures in the United
States for the week ended the 18th num-
bered 23S, according to Bradstreet's
report. against 247 for the correspond
ing week in last year.
SHIPPING men at Seattle, WASH. be-
lieve that the Pacific Coast Steamship
company intends to establish a line to
Manila.
ADvICEs from San Juan de Porto
Rico showed the inhabitants of that
place were greatly alarmed. They ex-
pected the port to be attacked by the
Americans any time. The terrified in
habitants were fleeing into the int.
rior and it was said the city and sub
urbs were practically deserted.
THE British schooner E. r. Nicker-
son. which was captured by the Hor-
net. Hist and Wampatuck, off Cape
Cruz, while attempting to run the
blockade into Manzanillo, was brought
to Key West. Fla, on the 18th by prize
crew under Lieut.. Dougal. She had a
cargo of provisions, hogs. goats. etc,
and crew of negroes and two passen-
gers on board.
T. d. ROWLAND, after eating dinner
at a hotel in Chicago, gave $500 bill
to waiter in payment. The waiter
was unable to obtain change for the
bill from the cashier and went to the
elevator and thence out of the hotel
building. He has not been seen since.
AT Pierceton, Ind, the other night
whitecaps marched to the residence of
William Keller, pulled him from his
bed, out of the house, barred his back
and with blacksnake whip gave him
SO lashes- Keller was in the habit of
getting drunk and whipping his wife.
AT Omaha. Neb., on the 18th 1SOO
men from Cudahy's, 600 from Swifts
and 100 from Hammond's packing
houses went on a strike. It was as
serted that the strike would be made
general.
Two negroes. named Jim Redd and
Alexander johnson, under sentence of
death in the Jail at Mon ticello, Ark,
for murder, were filed with bullets
by mob who broke into the Jail and
fired at the murderers in the cages in
which they were confined. Johnson
was killed and Redd fatally wounded.
By the explosion of boiler in the
Niagara starch works at Buffalo, N
Y. the building was wrecked, six per-
sons were killed and 26 injured. Two
other persons were missing and were
supposed to have persisted.
Two engineers, a fireman and
brakeman were killed in a head-end
collision few miles south of Decatur,
Ala, on the Louisville & Nashville
railroad. The two trains met with
terrible crash that demolished both
engines and reduced many cars to
splinters-
Gov. TANNER, of Illinois, is author
ity for the statement that direct ad-
the effect that 100, 900 and possibly
200, 600 more troops would be called for
as soon as the last installment could
be got out of the way.
DISPATCH from Manila stated that
the insurgents reported to Admiral
Dewey that the German gunboat Irene,
in Sudic bay, refused to persuit them |
to attack the Spaniards on Grande is
land. whereupon Dewey promptly dis |
patched the Raleigh and Concord to in |
vestigate the matter On entering the |
bay the American vessels opened fire |
on the forts and the German ship |
steamed out. The Spaniards soon sur
rendered. The Irene explained that |
she interfered sin the cause of human. |
ity."
THIRTY telegraphers and expert cleo
tricians. who were recruited at Kansas |
City. Mo-, for the volunteer signal |
corps, left the other night for Wash !
ngton to join the signal and engineer |
corps of the army. It was expected |
they would be ordered to Cuba or Porto |
Rico.