Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-11-10

CHARLES NELSON. colored, was cleo
trocuted at Columbus. o., for murder.
A TERRIFIC explosion the other night
was heard throughout the three coun-
ties of Muskingum. Morgan and Guern-
sey in Ohio. The shock rocked build
ings in GAINESVILLE like an earthquake.
All efforts to discover whence the
shock originated proved futile.
A MAN apparently so or s. years of
age, who registered at the Jefferson
hotel at Cleveland, O., day or two
ago as John Jones, Boston, was found
dead in his room. An empty vial and
a note told the story of a suicide. The
note was as follows: my name is
Smith; live in Boston. Am out of work;
let the gravedigger do the rest
A DISPATCH from Paris stated that
the emperor of Germany a short time
ago offered Spain 800, 900, 900 for the
Philippine islands and Spain held back
to see what terms she could make
with the United States.
A CALL has been issued for national
Christian citizenship convention to be
held at Washington December IS to Is
next The subjects to be discussed
are suffrage, bull fights, marriage laws,
Sabbath observance. etc. in our new
colonies.
THE passenger steamer Pacific was
burned at the Grand Trunk wharves
at Co1lingwood. Ont, and the railway
freight sheds, filed with Canadian and
American goods, were also destroyed.
The Pacific was valued at $65, 900 and
was insured for S25 500. The loss from
the burning of the freight sheds was
very heavy. The steamer was operated
between Collingwood and Sau1t Ste.
Marie, Mich, stopping at way points.
THE transport Panama, with several
hundred Americans aboard, whose loss
had been reported from Santiago, ar
rived at Havana from that port on the
Sd and landed seven American passen-
gers. including some military officers.
She then left Havana for New York.
1t was reported the Panama had about
400 sick men on board.
THIRTEEN houses were burned by a
recent fire at Middlesboro. Ky.
The city tax budget of New York,
amounting to S93. $50. os2, was passed
by the board of estimate and appor-
tionment.
THE Cotton Belt fast freight No. 10,
north bound, was wrecked near Oge-
nav, Ark. The drawhead pulled out,
fell down, and four cars of cotton and
dry goods were completely wrecked.
No one was hurt.
FIRE broke out in the warehouse of
the Chattanooga (Tenn.) Boat Oar COM
pany's factory the other night and de-
stroyed $50, 900. of the finished oars.
The Office building was also burned,
with all furniture. The loss reached
$50, 600; fully insured. The plant and
machinery were saved.
BUSINESS is paralyzed in Monterey,
Mex, on account of yellow fever.
The Richmond, Ind, Ministerial as
ISOLATION has entered the fight now on
in Indiana between the friends of the
state and non-state schools. A letter
to each of the ministerial associat ions
in the state has been prepared. asking
for cooperation in the work for favor
able legislation for denominational
schools.
STATES ATTORNEY WIMBIsH has filed
his report with Gov. Gambler at At
lanta on the claim set forth by Georgia
that 1.500 square miles of territory
lying in Tennessee and North Carolina
belongs to the first named state. He
goes over the case as far back as 1899
and says the question is still an open
one and is matter for the courts to
decide.
THE lockout of the 600 employees of
the breweries in Denver. Col, has
ended, the men conceding the right of
employers to discharge men at will
and the employers granting the men
a nine-hour day without reduction of
wages.
NANCY j. BARGER, a centenarian, of
Center county, Pa. died recently, aged
106 years and one month. She fell and
broke a limb and owing to her ad-
vanced age the injury would not heal
THE four-year-old child of William
Wiikey tumbled off the wagon being
driven by his father at Mount Vernon,
Ill, and the heavy vehicle crushed
the life out of him.
The transport Peru, which arrived
at San Francisco from Manila, re-
ported that when she left the Philip
pines there were /, 500 sick among our
soldiers and the surgeons were dis
mayed at the progress that smallpox
was making.
The Woman's Board of Foreign Mis-
sions convened at Springfield. Mass,
on the I'd. Nearly $50 delegates were
present.
REV. DR.. GARDNER, interpreter OF
the Chinese bureau at San Francisco,
was informed by friendly Cinnamon
that the Highbinders had decided at a
recent meeting to take his life. DIR.
Gardner has been most persistent in
breaking up the trade in slave girls.
M. LEE CLANCY was run over and
killed by an Illinois Central train at
Cairo, Ill. He was crossing track to
step aboard the Cotton Belt train.
when the fast nail knocked him down
and horribly maDg1ed him.
THE commercial club of Kansas City,
Mo-. will set actively to work to get
up big farm products show in new
Convention hall some time next fall
and annually fhereafter. The show is