Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-14


vision of the Mormon church at Salt
Lake City, was arrested at the instiga
ton of a New York newspaper on the
charge of unlawfuIly living with his
fourth plural wife. 1t is understood
that other cases will be brought against
high Mormon church officials.
WHILE William Reinhard, wife and
five children were crossing the railroad
at Colum bus, o., in a carriage a Big
Four passenger train dashed into them
and six were killed and the other one
was badly injured. The horse was
ground to pieces
THE news from Austin, Tex, on the
9th regarding the food in the lone star
state was that IS people were known to
be dead, 25, 900 refugees were herded in
towns, that 10, 900 to Is, 900 square miles
of fertile farming country were under
water and that the property losses eX-
ceeded SIS, 500, 900. The worst was
thought to be over and the sufferers
were being rescued by boats and relief
distributed.
CHARLES KNAUss, aged IS, shot and
seriously wounded Mrs. Dieffenderfer,
aged 26, at Allentown, Pa, and then
killed himself. The youth was infatu
ated with the woman.
HERBERT NJ. HARTMAN, of Long Is
land, won the amateur golf champion
ship of America at the Onwentsia links
at Lake Forest, Ill, on the Sth.
AT meeting of the citizens in Kan
sas City, Mo-, on the night of the Sth
$50, 900 was subscribed in half an hour
to bring the next democratic national
convention to that city.
HOWELL, the American oarsman of
Trinity hall, Cambridge, beat Black
staff, of the Vesta Rowing club, in the
final heat at the Henley royal regatta
in England on the 18th for the diamond
SOULS, of which Howell is the holder.
THE Christian Endeavor convention
at Detroit, Mich, on the 18th suffered
much discomfort from the rain. Reso-
lutions were authorized protesting
against opening national eXpositions
on Sunday and against the seating of
Con Brigham III. Ro berts,
of Utah. A plan was also under con-
sideration to charter steamships to
carry endeavorers to England at a
straight fare.
HANS BROWN. 60 years old, and his
sOn-in-law, Thomas Nilsson, 33, at
tempted to drive a team of horses and
dairy wagon through Turkey creek.
near Kansas City, Mo-, early on the
18th and both men and horses were
swept away in the raging torrent of
water and drowned.
GEORGE W. JULIAN, the famous abo-
litiOnist, died at his home in Irvington,
Ind, on the 18th. In 1859 he was can
didate for the vice presidency on the
free soil ticket and was delegate to
the first repu blican convention at Pitts
burgh in 1859. He served several terms
in con greSS.
THE Mohawks. democratic organi-
cation said to comprise 600 wigwams
and over so, 900 active members, was in
secret session at Buffalo, n. Y, recent
Iy and elected officers and adjourned
to meet next year in the city selected
for the national democratic conven-
ton, one week prior to that conven-
ton. Steps were taken to begin i'm
mediately the work of organizing new
wigwams. The resolutions adopted
denounced trusts and monopolies, in
pose militarism.
THE events of the Christian Endeavor
convention at Detroit, Mich, on the 9th
were the addresses of the president
and the secretary. 1t was estimated
gates had arrived, aside from visitors
who were not endeavorerS. Secretary
Baer in his report said: 1.-The official
enrolment is 55,S13 societies, with a
total membership of $500, 600. The
Christian Endeavor Tenth Legion now
numbers ii, 700 members, who are Civ
ing not less than one-tenth of their in
comes to Cod
4 tod
500 people, of whom $50 were women,
| employed in the factory of the Illinois
Can company at Chicago, which was
burned on the 9Th. Flames broke out
in the third story and the employees on
the floors above were cut off and
crowded to the windows, many pre-
pairing to jump. The ladders were
quickly run up to the fourth story and
fremen kept the frenzied prisoners in
order. Loss, $3.50, 600; insurance, $685.
900.
! ALL former flood disasters in Texas
river districts have been eclipsed by
the appalling calamity central in the
vicinity of Sealey and Brookshire. 1t
is estimated that 200 lives have been
lost and the number may be larger.
The property loss will reach into the
millions. Thousands of people were
starving and Gov. Savers wired the
federal government from Austin on
the 9Th an appeal that it would order
| vessels to go up the rivers and distrib-
ute ratiOnS.
EIGHT lives were lost in storm at
Crookston, n. D., and much damage to
property was done.
BISHOP JOHN P. NEWMAN, of the
Methodist Episcopal church, died at
Saratoga, n. V, on the 5th, aged IS.
AN engine on the railroad at Tiptop,
| W. Va. exploded and killed three men.
THE United Christian party of Iowa
met at Des Moines on the 4th and nom
mated C. D. Heacock, OF Brighton, for