Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-24

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md crashing down the mountain. A
fireman. brakeman and tramp were
killed and several other trainmen were
more Or less injured.
The California legislature adjourned
| sine die at 1913 a. N. the 10th with
out electing a United States senator.
THERE was riot in Laredo. Tex,
on the 10Th, owing to the removal of
smallpox patients to the pest house. :
mob of 500 or 600 Mexicans interfering
with the board of health in their work.
United States troops were called for.
A FREIGHT train struck horse on
the track near Clipper Gap, Cal. and
the engine was ditched, the engineer
and fireman were scalded to death and
another man was badly burned.
SERIOUS conflicts between the police
and people have occurred recently at
Havana, resulting in several deaths
on both sides and the wounding of
many. The police are in bad favor
with the people. owing to the inter
ference with the demonstration in
honor of Gen. Gomez
PATRICK WALSH, ex-United States
senator and mayor of Augusta. Ga,
died at his home in that city on the
10Th of nervous prostration.
AT GUTHRIE. Ok, a woman by the
name. of Greenfield shot and killed
Merit Hickey, man we'll known in
sporting circles in Oklahoma, Kansas
and Missouri Jealousy was the cause.
EDWARD C. BECKER. a capitalist of
st. Louis, has purchased the ST. Louis
Browns from the cred tors, who bought
the clubs assets recently at sheriff's
SALE
IN wreck on the Louisville & Nash
vile railroad near Wheeler, KY,
caused by landslide, the fireman
was killed and the engineer injured.
THE London Evening News on the
18th published the following dispatch
from Manila: Gen. Wheaton has COM
pletely routed the Filipinos and has
occu pied Pasig, Taguig and Pateros.
Several hundred of the enemy were
killed and as many more captured.
Gen. Otis said it was the greatest VIC
tory since February 5. The Americans
will now press toward Aguina1do's
headquarters.
EAsTBOUND passenger train No.
jumped the track just west of VolIand,
Kan, on the nth on the Rock Island
road. throwing the tank, baggage car
and smoker down a bank and leaving
| the chair car and baggage car partly
tipped over. The train caught fire,
the flames destroying the combination
baggage and mail car, two coaches
| and a chair car. Twenty-six passen-
gers were injured, two seriously. Ex-
press Messenger Freeman was Gre
| mated.
THE first train from. Denver since
February 81. consisting of the rotary
and four engines, reached Como, Col,
on the 10th. They had been an entire
| week going from Grant, a distance
of % miles. The rotary attacked the
high line the next day and the rail-
| road people expected to reach Brock
| enridge in about ten days and Lead
vile within four or five weeks.
A DOZEN dwellings were wrecked at
| Birmingham. Ala, by tornado.
The Texas Cattle Raisers' association
closed its session on the 18th at Fort
| Worth. A resolution was passed pro-
testing against the railroads abolish.
ing feed in transit. r. j. Cieburg, of
| Corpus Christi, was elected president
and j. {. Loving, of Fort Worth, Sec
| rotary.
| The murderer of Mrs. Anthony Steig-
| Ter, of Mount Lookout. O., whose dead
| body was found in her home by her son
on the 18th, has been found in Albert
Luken, boy of IS. living with his
widowed mother in Clifton. Luken
was arrested on the 10th and made a
full confession. saying his motive was
robbery. He got about $40.
| EMMETT AYREs, who is under convic.
ton for murder in the second degree,
and James Mackey. cattle thief, es-
capped from the county Jail at Denver,
Col, by saving their way through the
| bars of window.
| NEW ORLEANS was excited recently
over the work of incendiaries who
have made successive attempts to fire
different Catholic institutions within
a short time.
| A WRECK occurred on the main line
of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley road
IS miles east of Greenville Miss, by a
freight breaking down a trestle
Seventeen cars were demolished, but
| none of the crew was seriously hurt.
A BOILER exploded on the British
cruiser Terrible while on her way
from Malta to England. killing a
badly scalding several others.
THE snow bound train on the Chey-
enne & Northern at Wheatland, Wyo.,
was abandoned by the company Off
| Gals and steps were taken to rescue
passengers by means of sleds-
In fight over candidates at Grand
avenue and Natural Bridge road, ST.
Louis. bud" Price, negro. and Ed
| ward Osterhide were shot and almost
| instantly killed. It was alleged that
lex-Detective Jack Williams did the
shooting.
JOHN SHERMAN, the ey-secretary of
state. was reported on the 18th to be
suffering from pneumonia at Fort de
France, Martinique No serious results
were feared.
THERE was meeting of knit goods
manufacturers, represen ting plan is in
all SectiouS of the eouufrv aft Nav