Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-09


A TERRIBLE accident occurred where
by so Indians met death by drowning
near Laggan. 3. c., in the Rocky noun
tains, on the line of the Canadian Pa
cific railway. They were crossing the
famous Lake of the Clouds when two
canoes, filed with half tipsy Indians,
were upset and all their occupants sank.
A DISPATCH from Louisville, KY, on
the 4th asserted that ex-Gov- John p.
Altgeld, of Illinois, will be William ].
Bryan's political manager in the COM
ing campaign.
THE court of cessation at Paris
rendered verdict in favor of a re-
vision of the Dreyfus case. It ordered
a new court-martial to sit at Rennes
for the trial of the prisoner.
Two men were killed while crossing
the railroad at Newark, o., on the 4th.
THE famous old st. Charles theater
in New Orleans was destroyed by fire
the other night.
MEMBERS of the United States coast
and geodetic survey corps were recent
ly taking observations for the purpose
of determining the longitude of Mar
low, /. T., in order to run the official
boundary line between the Indian ter
ritOry and Oklahoma territory. This
boundary line is to be the ninety-eighth
meridian, and, while it has been APP
proximately fixed, the official line has
never been established.
The British steamer Banffshire, from
Wellington, n. H., was burned in the
Victoria dock, London, on the I'd. A
man on board was killed.
GEORGE x. NASH, the favorite of Sen
ator Hanna, was nominated for gov
ernor at the republican state conven-
ton at Columbus, o., on the Cd.
GEN. FUNSTON will be relieved from
duty in the Philippines and ordered
home for muster out with the volun-
teers.
THE Christian co1ored people of
Knoxville, Tenn, observed the I'd as a
day of fasting and prayer. Supplica-
tons were offered for freedom from mob
violence and for the lessening of crime
throughout the land.
RINGING resolutions were adopted at
the Transmississippi congress at Wich-
tia, Kan, on the I'd indorsing the
Louisiana purchase fair, free homes"
and the opening of Indian reservation
lands, statehood for all the territories,
establishment of two new cabinet
offices-mines and mining and. COM
merce and industry, and the establish
ment of a national academy for train
ing consular officers. taking their
appointment out of politics. Houston,
Tex, was selected as the next place of
meeting.
JAMES E. TowNLEY, aged ~, put gas
Oline on his bed at Kansas City, Mo-,
to kill bugs and in little while went
to see what effect the fluid had had.
He carried a lamp and held it close to
the bed, which burst into blaze and
enveloped him in flame. His cries
brought help and the flames were ex-
tinguished, but not until Townley was
perhaps fatally burned.
GEORGE STALKER, aged 23, shot his
father and mother and then sent a bull
let into his own head at Mayville.
Mich. 1t was thought the parents will
recover. Stalker died half an hour after
shooting himself. Young Stalker had
been drinking and his parents remon-
strated with him.
MAKING GOMEZ, the veteran leader of
the Cuban revolutionary forces, was re-
ported sick unto death in Havana with
a severe attack of asthma.
AN attempted rescue of prisoners in
the Jail at Leadville, Col, was frus-
trated by the vigilance of the officers,
who had been forwarned. A man, who
is supposed to be J. w. Breath, of San
Bernardo, Cal, was seen in the dark
ness to scale the high fence about the
Jail. When captured he fought like a
tiger and was shot through the heart
by Deputy Lechmere.
A FARMER named Wells, living near
Thorntown, Ind, while insane, threw
four of his boys into a well and then
attempted to drown himself in the
river. He was rescued and arrested.
Two of the boys are dead, another will
die, but the fourth was not badly hurt.
THE Chicago & Northwestern limited
train the other evening crashed into
the engine of suburban train at Des-
PLANES, IL miles west of Chicago, de
molishing both locomotives, killing a
colored man and injuring three train
men.
CAPT. BENJAMIN G. CAMERON, of the
life-saving station at Kenosha, Wis.
has been presented with silver medal
by the government for bravery and
gallant conduct in saving lives.
THE Physicians National Reform
league was organized in Toledo, o., the
other day with DIR. A. E. Kahlkoff as
president. The league will be national
in scope and will be for mutual benefit
It is understood to be an association OF
so-called advertising doctors-''
IN announcing his candidacy for the
United States Senate Gov. Jones, Of
Little Rock, Ark, said that he was in
favor of radical legislation to wipe out
trusts While still adhering to fres
coinage of silver he said the extirpa
ton of trusts will be the main issue
with the American people in 1900.
The Transmississippi commercial
congress opened at Wichita, Kan, OF
the 31st with 800 delegates in attend
ance and many more expected the mex
dau Vice President Prince of NeN