Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-18
RI ARTHUR, Tex, is now a seaport

The steamer Oswald on the 18th, deco
rated with flags, entered the ship ca
nal, which has been completed, and
steamed through. She was royalty
welcomed by the population.
An earthquake was felt at Lisbon at
nine p. N. of the 18th.
GEORGE GEAURES and Tony RiXes, two
young men, were struck by lightning
and instantly killed at Baltimore, Nd.
They took refuge under tree during
storm.
AT Chicago on the 18th the annual
conven ton of the Kreigerbund and the
annual reunion of the Deutscher
Kreigerverein commenced. The for
mer includes veterans of the German
army and the latter veterans of the
Franco-Prussian war. There was an
imposing pageant on the streets and
much singing at Sharpshooters' park.
Two police officers were murdered at
Denver, Col. on the 18th by a recruit
belonging to the Thirty-fourth infan-
try. The murderer escaped, but a re-
ward has been offered for him dead or
alive.
A DUEL to the death occurred at Dali
las, Tex, between Policeman Raw
ings and Charles A Daniels. The lat
ter was under the influence of liquor.
Eight or nine shots were fred and
many plate glass windows were shat
tered. Rawlings lived ten minutes and
Daniels an hour after the shooting
stopped.
The strike of the employees of the.
American Smelling and Refining COM
pany's plants in Colorado was declared
off at a meeting of the smeltermen's
in aT 1o ha
ton was taken upon the recommends
ton of the executive committee of the
strikers.
AFTER knowing for two short years
what it is to be a millionaire many
times Alex. Mcdonald is again poor
man. The reign of the Klondike king
has ended and he has shouldered his
pick and started out as poor miner
leaving his bride in Dawson, Alaska,
with horde of creditors for whose
benefit all his mining interests have
been assigned. He was not at all dis
heartened and declared it was too much
worry to be a millionaire.
IT was reported from Montezuma,
Mex, that when Gen. Torres learned
that his nephew had been killed by
the Yaquis he promptly ordered 40 In
dian prisoners that had fallen into his
hands in a recent engagement to be
taken out and shot.
Four fremen lost their lives in a
blaze at the Mercer Chemical company's
building at Omaha. Neb., from comm
in contact with live wire.
A HURRICANE recently broke over
Porto Rico and other West Indian is
lands and did appalling damage. hun
dreds of houses being demolished and
food stores destroyed. Meager advices
reported a large number of persons
killed. At Montserrat, in the island of
Guada1oupe, 102 persons lost their lives.
In many towns few buildings were left
standing. Gen. Davis, the governor
general of Porto Rico, cab1ed an ap-
peal to Washington for means to as
sist the distressed.
LIGHTNING struck the barn of Engel-
bert Jeersly near Camp Douglass. Wis,
destroying it and killing his two sons
and seriously injuring his wife.
A TIDAL wave at Valparaiso, Chill,
lid immense damage.
A STREET car was wrecked early on
the 9th at Cleveland, o. Residents
within a radius of 1 p miles were awak-
ened by the roar and sprang from their
beds to seek the cause. The car was
blown from the track and badly de-
molished, but nobody was hurt. The
explosive used evidently was nitro
glycerine. There was no clew as to
the identity of the miscreants who
committed the outrage.
A FIERCE wind and rainstorm at
Bessemer, Mich, destroyed several
business houses and moved the opera
house and % dwelling-houses from
their foundations.
OWING to the prevalence of southern
or splenic fever among the cattle of
Washita county, Ok, Gov. Barnes is
sued proclamation quarantining that
| county and forbidding the taking of
cattle from that county into any other
part of the territory until October 10.
SECRETARY Roof on the 18th sent out
| to all mayors of cities of more than
$50, 600 population an appeal for assist
ance for the sufferers from the recent
| tornado in Porto Rico.
THE monthly report of the statisti-
clan of the department of agriculture
at Washington showed the average
| condition of cotton on August 1 to have
| been 81. There was decline durin q
July amounting to two points in Mis-
souri,. On the other hand there was an
| improvement of two points in Okla
homa and the Indian territory. The
| averages on August 1 were as follows:
| Missouri. Sc; Oklahoma, so; Indian ter
ritOry, 90.
| a STREET car ran off the Prairie street
| bridge at Merrill, Wis. on the 18th
d ropping into the river 20 feet below.
| The car was completely wrecked. Sew
eral persons were more or less injured.
THE Smeltermen'S union at Denver,
Col, voted almost unanimously to con-
tinue its strike until the American
Smelling and Refining company agreed
to pay the wages awarded by the state
| board of arbitration.