Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-03

ALL was quiet on the Goth around
Manila except near Caloocan, where
the enemy's sharpshooters continued
to annoy our troops at close range.
One man of the Twentiet tn Kansas was
killed in Ariquina village, which was
burned on the night of the 25th. and
four men belonging to other regiments
were wounded. In the list of wounded
reported by Gen. Otis appeared the
following: Twentieth Kansas, COM
pany D, Privates Larry Jones, head,
serious; Campbell Scott, arm, severe.
REPORTS from Fort Worth. Tex, and
neigh boring country showed an alarm
ing situation on the 10Th from an cpl
demic of meningitis. Many schools
had been closed on account of the
ravages of the disease.
A CYCLONE passed over Evansville,
Ind. on the Goth, doing much damage.
THE transport Roanoke sailed from
San Francisco on the Goth for Manila
with full cargo of supplies for the
troops.
Tom ALLEN, the pugilist, shot and
killed Tim Confoy, a theater stage
hand, in the formers saloon at St
Louis. early on the Goth. A quarrel
caused the tragedy.
A TUNNEL on the St Louis & San
Francisco railway at Merrimac High
lands, is miles from st. Louis, caved
in on the night of the 25th two min
utes after passenger train had passed
through.
AGENT RYAN and Operator Wilson
at Mackinaw station, Ill, were
killed on the Big Four track near
fremont, Ill. They were returning
home from fremont on railway
velocipede and were ran down by a
train.
MISS STELLA SHEFFER, owner of a
dairy farm near Aurora, Ill, painted
her cows with paris green. on recon-
mendation of a druggist. to kill lice.
The vermin were killed and of a herd
of 40 cows but two animals survive.
The cattle, in licking their sides,
swallowed the poison in sufficient
quantities to kill them.
THE police of Paris on the 22d seized
10. 600 medals bearing the head of Due
d'Orleans and five mo1ds for striking
them.
DURING a fire, which for two hours
on the Esd threatened to annihilate
the entire packing-house district of
the stock yards in Chicago, one fireman
was killed and three others severely
injured, one SO seriously that it is be-
lieved he will die. The blaze de-
stroyed Swift 6 Cos. warehouse No.
z, directly in the center OF the pack
ng-house district and several of the
adjoining structures were slightly
damaged. The loss was estimated at
$4,000 The building. which was
eight stories high. was stored with
hams and bacon.
AT Coloma, Ind, revivalist named
Swope brought about a remarkable
state of affairs. He was said to have
exerted hypnotic power and the result
was a series of astounding ''confes-
sions." One woman has become in
sane and it was thought two others
will be. One young man confessed"
in public meeting that he had been
the cause of the ruin and death of two
young women and the ruin of third.
IMMENSE damage was done at Manila
on the fight of the 22d by fires be-
Heved to have been started by Filipino
insurgents, between 900 and roo resi-
dences and business places being
burned. Hundreds of natives were
made homeless There was some fight
| ing in the streets during the night and
a number of insurgent is were killed and
| several American soldiers wounded.
FERD w. PECK, United States COM
missioner to the Paris exposition, has
| decided that Samuel Kayser, director
of the Chicago Conservatory of Music
| shall have charge of the United States
| department of musical exhibits at the
exposition.
A TOTAL of 6e4 deaths in Chicago was
| recorded by the health department
| during the week ended February Is
This was the greatest number for any
one week in the history of the city.
| The greatest excess was among those
beyond middle life, there having been
| las deaths at over so years of age.
| The principal causes of the increase
| were pneumonia, nervous diseases, con-
| sumption and influenza.
GEN. BROOKE at Havana signed an
order appointing Lorenzo Portillo.
| director of the department of justice;
| Nicolas Heredia, director of public
| ducation, and Juan Lliteras, director
of the general record of property.
FLOYD MCFARLAND won the 15-miIe
indoor bicycle race at the Mechanics
pavilion. San Francisco, defeating
Harry Ell1es and breaking two worlds
| records. The time for ten miles was
1859 and for Is miles 3O:22.
E. CORBIGAN's Oh. g. The Bachelor
covered four miles in 7:1615 on the
| STOuHOS Oh GHe OdIIIOFuId Jockey Gu u
| at Oakland in race for three-year-
| olds and upwards, lowering the worlds
record 81 seconds.
| Gov. ROOSEVELT, of New York, cele-
brated Washington's birthday by affix-
| ing his signature to the bill to prevent
the desecrating, mutilation or i'm
proper use of the national flag.
The ranch owned jointly by J. B.
| Wilson and E. B. Conner. consisting of
| 400, 900 acres in Tom Greene county,
| Tex, together with %. 900 head of cat
| tie, has been sold to Calvin Sugg, of
Sugden, L 7. The price paid was
| $3.50, 900.
| AS the result of a fight over a game