Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-05


WALTER MCCoRkLE, % years of age,
married and divorced, refused whip
ping in police court at Evansville. Ind,
on the Goth and was sentenced by
Judge Winfrey to the Indiana reforma-
tory for from one to three years. He
came from one of the most esteemed
families in the city but seems to be
degenerate.
Two wel1-shooters were blown to
fragments and two other men were
badly injured by the explosion of a
torpedo near Bradford, Pa.
A TERRIFIC windstorm followed by
rain and hail, swept the Soldier valley,
near Onawa, Ia, the other night leav-
ing death and ruin in its path. Leslie
Furne, aged ten, was killed and half
dozen persons were fatally injured.
Everything in the path of the storm
was carried off the face of the earth,
| trees being torn up by the roots and
buildings scattered to the four winds of
heaven.
J. Med. TRIMBLE, E. l.. Martin and
Robert Gillian are no longer receivers
for the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf
railroad. Judge Thayer and Judge
Philips sitting together on the federal
bench at Kansas City, Mo-, on the 27th
named Samuel w. Fordyce, of St. Louis,
and Webster Withers, of Kansas City,
to take charge of the affairs of the road.
POLITICS gave way to patriotism at
the annual banquet at Pittsburgh, Pa,
on the 27th of the Americas Republican
club in honor of the birthday of Gen.
Grant and instead of the names of such
prominent republican leaders among
the speakers as Mckinley, Harrison,
Reed and Sherman, the army and navy
had the call and the guests of honor
| were Gen. Joseph Wheeler and Admiral
Winfield S. Schley.
PRESIDENT FROST, of Berea college,
Richmond, KY, received letter from
K. D. Pearson, of Chicago, rendering
another gift of $50, 600 to the endow-
ment fund of the Berea college on the
same conditions as the former gift.
This makes 500, 600 he has donated to
this institution. The announcement
occasioned great rejoicing at Berea,
the school being treated to a holiday
and the citizens parading with brass
band.
A TERRIFIC rain and windstorm struck
27th, completely demolishing 81 dwell
others from their foundations. Not a
building was left standing in the
storms path. Eleven people were
killed outright and many others were
more or less injured.
AGUINALDo's army defended Calum-
pit theoretically on the Goth, indicat-
ing that the rebels were probably max
ing that place their last stand. To the
surprise of the Americans the Fi1ipinos
| employed artillery in defending the
place, Gen. Macarthur captured the
portion of Calumpit lying south of the
| river, the movement being attended
with much difficulty on account of the
jungle, heat and strong entertainments.
OwENsvILLE, ILL.,, was recently much
excited over what was thought to be a
case Of leprosy. A thorough investiga-
ton was to be made.
ABOUT 800 houses of the town of
Gula, in the Kombon district of Buda-
pest, were recently burned. The
charred remains of seven women and
| four children were recovered from the
ruins and it was feared that there were
more victims.
NEGOTIATIONS were being made at
| Pittsburgh, Pa, for merging the Ma
tional Steel company, the American
| Tin Plate company and the American
Steel Hoop company into a single stock
company. The ultimate object is to
| combine all iron and steel interests of
| the country. A rough estimate of the
| capitalization of this vast combine was
placed at $500, 900, 600.
EDWARD HEIsLER, bartender for John
| Sweeney, who runs a saloon at the
northeast corner of Eighth and Walnut
| streets, ST. Louis, shot and killed
George Kelly in the saloon during a
quarrel over a hat.
The body of Otto Goette was I'M
| earthed by the spring rains on his
ranch in Arapahoe county, Col, on the
25th. He had been murdered some six
months ago and 1000 of his sheep were
| probably sold and the money kept by
| his slayer.
THE state asylum for the feeble
| minded at Glenwood, Ia, was destroyed
| by fire the other night. Loss, S25, OOO
| No lives were lost.
IT was announced in Iowa political
| circles on the Goth that Federal Judge
| Caldwell, of Arkansas, judge of the
| Eighth circuit, would soon retire on
| account of failing health.
Gov. POINTER, of Nebraska, is del
| uged with letters from parents of mem
bers of the First, imp1oring his aid in
securing the immediate return of the
regiment from the Philippines.
| THE transport Crook brought $50
more bodies of soldiers who had died in
the campaigns in Cuba and Porto Rico
| to New York on the Goth.
| NICHOLAS TIEDMAN, a farmer, was
killed by lightning at Jacksonville, Ill,
| the other day.
THE commencement of actual work
on the harbor at San Pedro, Cal, took
| place on the Goth when President Nc
Kinley, in his library at the white
/ ho,.Sa 1,racSod an electric hutton vvh oh