Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16

ILL.,, on the Cn1cagO, burlington &
Quincy railroad, A. L. Spencer. en-
gineer. of Chicago, was killed and
Fernando Jacobs, a stockman from
Sterling, Ill, was fatally injured.
Five other men were more or less in
jured-
GREAT excitement prevailed on Blue
stone river. near Hinton, w. Va, re-
Gently on account of the mysterious
poisoning of the fish in that stream.
Three men died from eating some fish
caught from the river. A number of
persons and cattle have also died from
| the effects of drinking the water.
V. w. ALLEN. who came in from
Lynn and Borden counties to Fort
| Worth, Tex, on the 10th, reported de-
structive prairie fires on the plains.
| Thousands of acres of pasture had
been completely destroyed The cat
| tie losses were supposed to be heavy.
A TORNADO struck the town of Fort
Branch. Ind, the other night and
wrought great damage. The furniture
store of Ezra Lowe was demolished.
The residence of Elder O1iphant was
completely wrecked. Barns and other
outbuildings were smashed into splin-
tiers and trees by the hundred blown
down. Several narrow escapes from
| death were reported.
| THE report reached Key West, Fla,
on the 9th that United States auXil-
larry gunboat sighted four Spanish
warships in St Nicholas channel head
| ing in the direction of Havana. Naval
| Officers thought that there was much
speculation as to whether the ships
were a part of Cervera's feet which
did not enter Santiago or some of the
ships from Cadiz.
| A wATER-LADEN barge and her crew
of five men, in tow of the steamer
Leonidas, were lost. The Leonidas
and her charge were en- route to Key
West, Fla, to supply the army and
navy, when the vessel encountered
severe storm off the coast of North
Carolina, and during the gale the
hawsers parted and the barge went
down.
THE Madrid correspondent of the
London Daily Mail on the 9th stated
that there was little doubt now that
Spain, seeing the hopelessness of fur
ther continuing the war, was approach
ing the powers with view to obtain
ing an honorable peace.
JUDGE J. T. GRINNELL dropped dead
on the Sth at the Illinois Trust and
Savings bank in Chicago. He was IA
nous for the record he made as states
attorney during the prosecution of
the Haymarket anarchists.
A DISPATCH from Cape Haytien on
the 18th stated that the American war
ships at Santiago de Cuba bombarded
the batteries at the harbor with de-
structive effect, the Notifications be-
ing practically demolished and
si1enced. The American fleet next at
tackled Aguadores, a small town east
of Santiago. and some American ma
rines were landed and had brush
with a column of Spanish soldiers.
The Americans entrenched themselves
at Daiquiri and landed heavy siege
guns. preparatory to moving them to
Santiago and laying siege to the city.
A SPECIAL from Chenille, w. Va, on
the Sth stated that the jury returned
verdict of not guilty in the indict-
ment in which Mrs. Atkinson. wife of
the governor, was a co-defendant on
the charge Of forgery.
SUGG Bros, the wealthy Indian ter
ritory cattlemen, have bought the herd
and ranch of E. T. Conner in Iron
county. Tex. The herd consists of
about i5. 600 cattle. The price paid was
not known.
j. NJ. GUFFY has been made demo-
cratic national committeeman from
Pennsylvania in place of William F.
Harrity, who was depoSed on account
of his anti-silver views.
AUGUST SHRADER, the long-haired di-
vine healer. arrived in Terre Haute.
Ind, recently on a bicycle, hatless and
shirtless and without money. He
claimed to have been robbed of his
money at Vincennes, and at Sullivan
he gave his shirt for a meal. His man
ager. he said, took all the proceeds OF
their tour of the middle western states
year ago.
The seventy-eighth session of the
general convention of the New Jerusa-
lem church Sweden borgians) of the
United States began at Cleveland, o.
on the 18th. Delegates were present
from nearly ali parts of this country,
, as well as several from foreign lands.
, THE town of Vinita, I. T., was re-
Gently incorporated by Judge Springer
, under the municipal laws of Arkansas,
, which have been put in force in the
, Indian territory by congress.
: THE Burlington Qa.) baseball club
has disbanded. The players were paid
60 cents on the dollar and released.
element and bad weather was the
cause.
J. w. ETTING, a prominent livery
man of Hot Springs, Ark, killed his
wife and then committed suicide the
other day. He used razors and their
throats were slashed in a horrible
manner.
THE election on the 9Th in Oregon
. resulted in a victory for the entire re.
publican state ticket Z. T. Geer, re-
pu blican, for governor, will have q
. plurality Of at least 5000 and it may