Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-17

nents- Eleven bodies were taken out
dead and it was estimated that Is
more were still buried under the piles
| Of snow.
SIXTEEN Chicago skaters were car
Tried out into Lake Michigan on ice
IAoes on the 18th. Ten were rescued,
but it was feared the others would be
lost.
| ABOUT 1000 men were laid off at
packing houses at Omaha, Neb., on
the 18th to await the return of moder.
ate weather, as the recent cold snap
had greatly reduced the receipts of
cattle.
FIRE recently burned in the Aldrich
lumber yards at Gouverneur. N. Y.
for three days, 100 men in relays be-
ing unable to extinguish it. the cola
hindering the work. Loss, alb out $780,
900.
| THE heat on the 18th knocked out
many more American soldiers at
Manila than did the Filipino bullets.
fully 20 men of the Kansas regiment
being taken to the hospital.
| GEORGE GRAFT, who led dozen pris-
onerssin an attempt to break Jail at
Fort Dodge, Ia, was shot by Jailer
Flint The other prisoners then re-
| turned to their cells
A LONE highwaym en-. after holding
up stage between Santa Barbara and
Los Olives, CAL, robbed hunting
party of seven men of all their money
as they were driving along the road.
| JOHN BOYLE, section foreman at
Fort Bragg, Cal, while suffering from
delirium tremens, dropped lamp on
the floor and set fire to his cottage.
His two grandsons. aged five and
| three years, were burned to death.
| CHRIST church. at Boston. relic of
revolutionary days, from whose steeple
| were hung the lanterns that started
Paul Revere on bis long ride, had
narrow escape from destruction by
! fire on the 18th. The flames, forth
nately, were confined to the rear of the
church.
! The governors mansion at Frank
| fort, KY, was totally destroyed by fire
on the 10th. The fremen were disa-
bled by the intense cold. to which
trouble was added frozen pipes and
cutting off the water supply. Most
of Gov. Bradley's valuable personally
| was saved.
| The national military convention
met at Jacksonville, Fla, on the Sth.
| WEBB MEEK, a prominent resident
of Carrollton,' ILL.,, was frozen to death
while returning from his farm near
that city.
AN explosion in the japanning de-
partment of the Baxter stove works at
| Mansfield, O., caused fire with loss
of 500. 0OO with only a fraction as
much insurance. The fire burned with
terrible severity and within an hour
nothing but the walls remained.
BUSINESS failures in the United States
for the week ended the 10th numbered
1913. according to Bradstreet's report,
against 27S in the corresponding week
| of last year.
AN explosion in still of the Atlas
oil refinery at Buffalo, N. Y, caused
loss of about S25, 900.
THERE was an earthquake with pro-
bounced vibrations at Mayfeld, KY,
on the morning of the 9th.
| MAYOR JONES, of Kansas City, Mo-,
has accepted the invitation of the Fire
Brigades' union of Great Britain to the
Kansas City fire department to partici-
pate in the international tournament
at the Paris exposition in 1900, repre-
| senting on that occasion the whole
United States. The trip of the fremen
to the French capital will necessitate
the expenditure of $4,000, and this
sum has been guaranteed by the bust
ness men of the city.
HENRY K. FORTUNE. a resident OF
Muchakinock. near Oskaloosa. Ia, was
frozen to death on the night of the
sth. 1t was 80 degrees below zero.
THE village of Foresport, N. Y, was
destroyed by FIRE the other morning.
BECAUSE armed insurgents intimi-
dated his workmen at San Rogue in
the Philippines, Admiral Dewey or
dered the insurgents to leave. They
obeyed. but burned the village.
THE British steamer Marteliow, from
New York for Hull, had her chief Off
Ger and boatswain killed, seaman
drowned and ner captain and second
officer injured during the fearful
weather experienced while on her way
across the Atlantic. The steamer also
lost her boats and ventilators and was
otherwise damaged.
THE residence of Tom Shamrock
burned near Ardmore. I. T., and Mary
Williams, colored, a domestic, per-
ished in the flames.
FIRE at Sapulpa, i. T., destroyed
nearly half of the business portion of
the town. Loss, SIS, 600.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, reported % degrees
below zero on the Sth; Bismarck, n.
D., SO below, and Williston, n. D., 40
below.
IT was reporIeo on tne otn Jnat
coal famine was threatened through
out Kentucky.
Bob FITZsIMMoNs and Jim Jeffries
signed articles on the 10th at New
York for fight some time between
April "a aud May &c. before the club
offering the largest purse The fight
is to be for 25 rounds or to finish. if
| that can be arranged.
JOHN WEITH, aged 37years, carpen-
ter, was found frozen to death in mis-
sleigh in the suburbs of Buffalo. n. Y,
the other night.
FIRE in the tenth district school on