Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-05-24
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ETHEN GREEN, IL years old. was
dragged to death by COW at Urbana,
H.. the other day. He was leading
the animal from the pasture and had
tied the rope around his waist. w hen
the cow became frightened and started
to run. The boy was thrown beneath
the animals hoofs.
A COMBINATION of the largest manu-
facturers of lamp chimneys in the
world and controlling absolutely the
output of the United States has been
practically completed, dispatch
from Pittsburgh, Pa. on the 18th
stated. The combination will have an
annual output of 100000 dozen lamp
chimneys.
THE publishers of the 46 German
daily newspapers in the United States
organized in Chicago the other day un-
der the name of the ''German-American
Newspaper Publishers associa ton
John Schroers. of the st. Louis West
liche Post. was elected president. and
Fritz Clogaur, of the Chicago Abend-
post, secretary.
RESOLUTIONS petitioning the peace
conference at The Hague to take ini-
tial steps in establishing a supreme
court of nations and asking the senate
to ratify an arbitration treaty with
Great Britain were adopted at pub
lie meeting held at Philadelphia on the
18th under the auspices of the Evan
gelical alliance and the National Re-
form league.
WAR department officials in WASH
ington are firmly convinced that the
end of the insurrection in the Philip
pines is at hand. The Filipino forces,
it was said are evidently so demOral-
lied by the persistent advance of the
Americans that they are ready to ac-
cept peace on the best terms they can
obtain.
AS result of the recent tornado
which passed over Delaware county,
Ia, four people were killed and three
others were fatally injured. Every
farmhouse in the track of the storm
| for a width of 40 rods was wrecked.
THE territorial live stock quarantine
board met at Guthrie, Ok, in joint ses-
sion with Col. Albert Dean, United
States live stock agent. of Kansas City.
and after thorough investigation de-
clared Noble, Logan and Oklahoma
counties to be free from all southern
| fever infection and issued an order al
lowing cattle to 60 from those counties
north and west, after being inspected
and pronounced free from cOntagion-
/ All cattle in counties south and west of
the counties named were quarantined.
The National Reform Press associa--
tion met in it's ninth annual session at
KANSAS City, Mo-, on the 10th, dele
gates being present from Iowa, Ne
braska. Florida, Texas, Kansas, Mis-
souri,, Mississippi and Pennsylvania.
The most important part of its work
was the promulgation of an address to-
the party by committee of five.
A DISPATCH to the New York Herald
from San Miguel via Manila on the 16t,
stated that the insurgent general,
Gregoris Del Pillar, believed that he
had been deserted by the Filipino gov
ernment and desired to surrender if he
can secure what he regards as honor
able terms from the Americans. The
insurgent hospital near San Isidro
was reported to be overwhelmed with
wounded.
Coll SUMMERS command encountered
a Filipino rebel force, estimated to
number .. 900 men. outside San Isidro.
A few volleys from the American troops
put them to fight and the Americans
captured the second insurgent capital.
Col. Summers then continued his adj
vance. pursuing the retreating rebels
for miles.
HENRY HUGGENS, negro. with two
others attempted to burn several barns
in the suburbs of Chattanooga, Tenn.
| the other night. They were caught
hours afterward by bloodhounds There
was great indignation over the deed.
JAMES CLEMMER was hanged at Nor
ristown, Pa, for the murder of Mrs.
Emma Kaiser, at the instance of her
husband, to get her life insurance
| money. Kaiser committed suicide in
Jail afterwards.
Mrs. JOHN O'KEEFE, wife of a sign
painter at Norfolk, Va, presented her
husband with three sons and the father
on the nth named them Dewey. Samp-
son and Schley.
A RECENT special from Akron, o..
said that an official of the Diamond
Match company stated that the absorp-
ton of all the Independent companies
by the Diamond company was practi-
cally assured.
A COAL and fuel famine was reported
imminent at Princeton, Ind, on ac-
count of the miners strike, the supply
being nearly exhausted on the nth
The little wood was beyond the means
of the poorer classes.
THE bodies of two Austrians. Joseph
Zurgnis and Joseph Brants, were found
partially consumed among the ruins of
the fire at the sugar refinery at Wau-
kegan, Ill
WILLIAM MAcDoYE was killed by
lightning at Brooksville. Pa.
ANDREW CARNEGIE left London on
the 10th for Skibo castle, Scotland, to
escape from the ARMY of mendicants
that every hour importuned him fo,
subscriptions to every conceivable OBJ
ject.
REV. j. c. HOWELL, who had been
conducting revival meeting at South
McAlester. /. T., was robbed of his
money. watch and all his clothing at
that place, being left without any ap-
parel to put on the next morning.
JOE ROBINSON, colored. was hanged
at Greenville, Miss. for the murder of
Lizzie Smith, a colored woman.
AT Canal Fulton, o.. the wall of a
schoolhouse was blown in during a
storm and nine pupils were seriously
injured.
TIE postmaster general directed the