Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-05-17


roads mentioned in the report are the
Hannibal & st. Joseph, the st. Louis.
KeOkuk & Northwestern, the Kansas
City, st. Joseph & Council Bluffs, the
Chicago, Burlington & Kansas City
and the two narrow gauge lines-the
Burlington & Northwestern and the
Burlington & Western.
JOSEPH HARVEY at Howard City,
Mich, the other night killed his wife,
his uncle, Robert Pierson, and his
grandmother, and mortally wounded
his three-months'-old child and his
father-in-law, Logenslayer, and finally
shot himself, infiicting a wound which
was expected to prove fatal. He was
employed in a furniture factory and
was only 20 years of age. The cause of
his terrible acts was not determined.
THE Filipino insurgents assassinated
nj. Dumarais, a Frenchman, who had
crossed their lines under flag of truce.
He was negotiating with the Filipinos
for the release of Spanish prisoners.
This action may cause a demonstration
by France.
A wATERsPOUT occurred the other
afternoon in Marshall county, Ky, be-
tween Benton and Dexter. Fencing
was swept away and grading crops de-
stroyed.
A BREAK in the Erie canal was dis
| covered at Spencerport, n. Y, and
water from the canal rushed in tor
rents upon that village. Great dam
age was done to lumber yards and
buildings and quantities of lumber
fnafa6 nnrn ba,. of fo,p,c vxa,a
completely submerged and the lower
part of the village was like vast lake.
THE building at 1216-1S Union ave-
nue., Kansas City, Mo-, occupied by the
Newby Storage and Transfer company.
was destroyed by fire on the evening of
the 10th. Foreman McNellis, of the
fire department, became entangled in a
live wire and was electrocuted while
several of his comrades looked on in
horror, but were powerless to save him.
The loss was over 100000.
ADJT. GEN. CORBIN sent cablegram
on the 9th to Maj. Gen. Otis at Manila
requesting him to inform the war de-
partment at once of his plans for the
return to this country of the vol
unteer regiments now in service in the
Philippines.
THE United States cruiser Nashville
arrived at st. Louis on the 10th and
| fired salute of 81 guns, which was re-
sponded to by battery A, Missouri ma
tional guard, and the whistles of all
the river craft and factories. The
Nashville was met down the river by a
feet of steamers loaded with excursion
| lists and escorted up to the city. The
| mayor welcomed the cruiser and ex-
| tended the freedom of the city to the
crew.
REPORTS received at Manila stated
that the Filipino congress recently held
a meeting at San Isidro. A quorum
was not present, but those present ex-
pressed a strong desire for peace.
OKLAHOMA cattlemen were indignant
at the action of the Kansas and Mis-
souri, live stock boards in quarantining
against Oklahoma and Indian territory
cattle. While Kansas had an open sea
son this year, Oklahoma kept her line
closed. and it was pointed out that the
federal authorities, after a thorough
examination, declared the territory
free of all splenetic infection.
AMELIA KoENIG. six years old. at
tempted to cross the tracks in front of
a rapidly moving electric car at st.
Louis and she was struck by it and
thrown high in the air. Falling on the
track, the car passed over the uncon-
scious child, with crunching sound
that was heard by the passengers, and
her death took place soon after.
THE United Confederate Veterans be-
gan its ninth annual reunion at Charles
ton, $. c., on the 10th. The feature OF
the day was the parade of the veter-
ans, 10000 being in line, and the ex-
ercises at the Auditorium.
Gov. THOMAS, who had been away
from Denver, Col, on his return wired
Adjt. Gen. Corbin at Washington that
the reported interview concerning Col
Orado volunteers was ''false and ma
licious." He said he told the inter
viewer that, as the Spanish war had
terminated, the volunteers should be
permitted to return home.
FULLY so, 900 Galician emigrants were
said to be bound for the United States.
POSTMASTER MCLAUGHLIN, of James
town. o., with some boys. was putting
a ''tick-tack" on the window of the
home of L. E. CHM, when the latter,
thinking to frighten the BOYS in fun,
fred through the window and killed
Mclaughlin.
| A CONSTRUCTION train on the Pitts.
Durgh & Western road went through a
trestle near Newcastle, Pa. the other
morning, killing two men and injuring
number of others, some of whom NAV
| lie.
| A CABLEGRAM was received at Wash
| ngton from Admiral Kautz on the 10th
stating that all was quiet at Apia,
| Samoa.
The largest fire in the history of Mas.
'illon, o., gutted Russell & Co. IS mann
moth thresher and engine plant the
'ther night, destroying property valued
1t fully $500, 900. Albert Bamberger. a
yolunteer fireman. was killed by a fall
ing wall and Christian l.. Baatz. a
workman. was probably fatally in
jured.
| IT was officially stated that SO per
cent. of Illinois wheat had been winter
killed.
SIX masked burglars overpowered the
watchman and engineer at the Bavari-
an brewery at Wilmington, Del, and
then blew open the safe, securing
| 81, 406.
| FIVE men were seriously in jured, two
probably fatally, in boiler explosion
at the New Jersey steel and iron works
at Trenton, n. j.
The postmaster general directed the
postmaster at San Francisco to take
| ont nf ha r,,a;1S