Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-30

mond, Va, took place the other day.
| MILES MCDONALD, employed by the
Long Syrup company at st. Louis, dived
from the Eads bridge on the 25th for a
wager and badly injured himself.
| A CLOUDBURsT and heavy rain inter
fered materially with the reunion of
| the rough riders at Las Vegas, N NJ.
Col. Roosevelt, when he arrived, tum-
bled from the platform of his car into
a yelling mob of his old command and
the governor of New York entered into
the spirit of the occasion. At the cleo
ton of officers Col. Roosevelt was made
honorary president and Lieut.. Col.
| Brodie president. The people of New
Mexico presented Col. Roosevelt with
| a gold medal as a souvenir.
a DESTRUCTIVE rain and hailstorm
visited BARLEY, Neb., and vicinity on
the afternoon of the 25th. Four miles
to the northeast of the town not
stalk of corn or spear of wheat was
left standing. Thousands of dollars
damage was done.
BROOKLYN was said to be on the eve
of a big street railway strike.
FIRE damaged the chemical works
at Camden n. j., to the extent of
300, 600.
a PARTY of five men started from Big
Timber, Mont, by boat for Bismarck
and three of the party were drowned,
one of the men being w. L. Thompson,
Of Kansas City, Mo.
Miss FRANKIE FLORMEN has diScov-
cred an ore vein 200 to 900 feet in width
and nearly mile long near Atlin City,
Alaska, and she and her friends have
located claims the entire length.
TwIsTER struck Bradley, Neb., on
the 25th and partially wrecked the
place. Several people were hurt and
some stock killed.
BENJAMIN PARROT was hanged at
Hamilton, Ont, on the 23d for the muir
der of his mother last February. He
went home under the influence of
liquor, quarreled with her and killed
her with an AK.
Gov. PINGREE gave out a public
statement at Detroit, Mich, on the Esd
that Secretary Alger was a candidate
for United States senator for Michigan
and that the platform of his campaign
would include the features of opposi-
ton to trusts and a declaration in IA
vor of senatorial elections by direct
vote of the people. Secretary Alger,
at a subsequent interview at Chicago,
confirmed the statement Of Gov. Pin
gree.
A SMALL twiSter passed near Beaver
City, Neb., on the 22d. 1t wrenched
barns, sheds and windmillS and scat
tered hay stacks in all directions. The
wind was accompanied by a deluge of
rain and hail, the latter being a foot
deep in some places. Crops were dam
aged considerably.
j. G. JOHNSON, of Peabody, Kan,
was deposed from the office of general
attorney of the Modern Woodmen of
America, and j. w. White, of Rock
Falls, H., was appointed to the posi-
ton.
THE International Missionary union
closed its sixteenth annual session on
the 21st at Clifton Springs. N. Y.
JOHN MoRRIsEY and Dwyer Foster
were run down by Chicago, Rock Is
land &c Pacific train at Fourteenth and
Clark streets, Chicago, on the night of
the 22d. Morrisey was killed and
Foster severely injured.
MINERS on the lands of the Boston
Iron and Timber company, Carter
county, Tenn, have unearthed a vein
of lead So feet in width and it has been
uncovered 235 feet in length. 1t is con-
sldered a most valuable find.
JACOB HOFFMAN, a farmer residing
ming as he was taking load of hay out
of a field. The horses were also killed
and the hay fired.
GEN. OvENsHINE. commanding the
Second brigade of the army in the
Philippines, has reported upon the &C
ton of his command in the first fight
with the Filipinos.
THE furnished room house kept by
Mrs. Mary Caldwell in Seventeenth
Street, New York, was badly damaged
by fire early the other morning and
three of the inmates were burned, one
fatally.
THE street car strike at Akron, O.,
was settled. Ten hours are to consti-
tute a day and small advance in
wages was conceded to the employees.
The union was not recognized, but fu-
ture disputes are to be arbitrated.
CAssIUs G. FOSTER, retired Judge of
the federal court for the district of
Kansas, died at his home in Topeka,
Kan, on the 21st. His health had been
falling for mum Der of years.
GEN. OTIS recently received a letter,
signed by Filipino women, declaring
that if all the native men were killed
the women would still keep up the
fight against the Americans.
THE international congress, called
for the purpose of taking steps to sup
press the so-called white slave traf-
de-" otherwise the international traffic
N girls, opened in London on the 21st
lnder the presidency of the duke of
Westminster.
TERRIFIC rain and hailstorm passed
over Ames, Ia, early the other morn
.ng. smashing half of the window lights
N town. A barn north of the city was
struck by lightning and burned to the
ground. Seven head of horses were
killed.
A LETTER from Dawson, dated May
20, said that the cleanup for the pres