Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-04-12


Carpenters in Cleveland are strik.
ing for eight hours day.
The Cuban assembly has yielded to
the inevitable and dissolved.
1900 carloads of cattle are to be
shipped from Texas to Wyoming.
Filipines have the delightful
choice between assimilation and ex-
The war department will exper-
iment with the Marconl system of
wireless telegraphy.
The casualties in the Philippines
from February 4 up to date are 1S4
killed and 976 wounded.
Mrs. Lease attended a spiritualist
meeting in New York Jay Gould's
ghost appeared clad in rags.
Arrangements are being made for
q cable match between American
and English chess champions.
Detroit, Michigan, is to adopt
city ownership of street railways as
suggested by Governor Pingree.
Provisions are being made by the
United States to obtain full and
definite information about the
colonies.
GiIlet has quit the hotel business
at chihuahua, Mexico. He may
handle cattle in Peru. He is said to
have 100000.
The official gold badge of the fire
has been presented to
Miss Helen Gould in honor of her
work during the Winsor fire.
Game and fish abound in Cuba,
especially in the region of Santiago.
The U. S. navy made some good
hauls and had some exciting chases
there.
Opponent of municipal ownership
of street railways in Detroit, Mich,
have appealed to the courts to pre-
vent Gov. Pingree from adopting
municipal ownersh ip.
Warren F. Leland, the proprietor
of tie Winsor hotel recently destroy
ed by fire, died April 4th of eppen-
dicitus. His wife and daughter were
both victims of the fire.
Miss Virginia Fair and VIM.
Vanderbildt were united in marriage
at noon April 4th. Miss Fair is %
years old aud her husband Is but 20.
This marriage unites millions.
Baron Edmond Rothschild recent
ly won 100000 at Monte Carlo. His
brother-inlaw made q haul of $40,
900 and Alfred Belt, another noted
gamb er millionaire won $4,000.
A giant steel aud iron trust has
just completed organization. 1t will
be known as the Republican iron
and steel company, with head quar-
ters in Chicago, and capital of$55,
100000.
About so years ago two sisters mar.
ried two brothers at Asbury N. J.
The two women recently died with
IN few hours of each other, and
we're followed to their graves by their
aged husbands.
TIE cannon taken from the Viz
caya has been secured by the city oi
Golena ILL.,. and will be placed on q
mound in Grant park near the bronze
statue of Gen, Grant. The gun
weighs 81 tons, is Is feet long and is
of 81 inch bore.
The bodies of s36 soldiers of the
Spanish war, were buried in Airing.
ton cemetry April 6. President Nc.
Kinley and his cabinet were present
at the ceremony, together with many
other officials and vast concourse
of people.
Gov. Pay nter Of Nebraska has
vetoed a bill endorsing the Philip
pine conquest. He says: ssI car
not stultify myself and the calm
judgement of the thinking peopl,
of this commonwealth by givins
official approval to the statemen
that the war of conquest now carriet
on IN the Philippines is in defens'
OF the principles of our governmen
aud is adding new glory to our flag.
The Senate. promptly passed the
bill over the veto, but like effor
failed in the house. the populist
voting solidly to sustain tn
Governor.