Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03

GOWN Cy q LOCOMOTIVE anu SWO AnCA
were killed and the rest were more or
less seriously injured.
The home of w. 81. Rudolph at Apex,
Col, was destroyed by a snowslide and
the whole family was carried away.
The father saved himself and search
ing party rescued a six-year-old son
alive, but the mother and two other
children were not found
THE San Bruno hotel, an old land
mark near San Francisco, was burned
on the Goth and the porter OF the hotel
persisted in the flames
THE First Baptist church of Scran
ton. Pa, was burned on the 29th-
FOURTEEN miners were killed by an
explosion of gas in a mine near Mazar-
ron, Spain.
Four men were badly burned. one
perhaps fatally, by the explosion OF
boiler in the basement of the Chicago
Tribune.
SIX prisoners escaped from the Jail at
Canton, O., the other morning by saw
ing the bars of window.
MRS MARY MCINTYRE. a wealthy
widow 80 years old. was found MUIR
dered in her home at Pana. Ill. on the
29th. Her body had been chopped al
most to pieces and every thing of value
had been carried away by the muir
ierers.
The American Missionary associa-
ion has issued an appeal from New
York to the Congregations churches
If the United States to observe Feb
.uary - as Lincoln Sunday.
The frame portion of the Norton
Brewing company's establishment at
Anderson, Ind. was burned, causing
oss of $50, 600.
The report reached Mount Pleasant,
Tex. that whitecaps had posted notices
IN Morris county. about 80 miles from
there, for the negroes to leave. and
threatening violence if they did not
comply. It was stated that the co1ored
population were very much excited
and some were preparing to leave.
AS result of conference between
Sow. Gen. Brooke and Gen. Leonard
Wood, governor of the military depart
ment of Santiago, the customs receipts
1t Santiago will not be used in other
provinces, but will be mortgaged to
defray the cost of works now under
way.
ANDREW MOORE, a desperate of the
Cherokee nation, killed three men at
Whitefeld. I. T., the other afternoon.
He is Choctaw Indian with a bad
record. He had an old grudge against
the men and walked deliberately up
to them and shot them down in sue
cession and then escaped.
The Chicago packers, Swift & Co.
and Libby. Mcneil & Libby, as the re-
suit of the criticisms made against the
fresh meat furnished during the war,
on the 27th announced that they would
jointly pay 500. 900 to anybody prov
ing that chemicals were used to pre-
serve any beef packed by them.
SEISMIC disturbances were very vio-
lent in the southern part of Greece on
the 27th. A number of houses fell and
in many places the Inhabitants were
panic-Stricken.
INCENDIARIEs set fire to the school
house in Summer City, Tenn.
THE steam canal boat j. C. Austin
ran on the rocks off Norwalk, Conn.,.
and sank. together with her consort.
the David b. Fisk, loaded with coal.
Five persons lost their lives.
The citizens of Asheville, n. c.,
were startled by the fearful jar and
noise of a dynamite explosion that oc
cured in the blacksmith shop of the
city quarry, demolishing the shop,
Killing one person and dangerously,
One of the workmen had been directed
oy the foreman to thaw some dynamite
the smithy forge and the explosion
followed.
REPORTS of 63 officers. representing
more than a dozen regiments, scores
IF companies and thousands of SOL
Tiers. were laid before the special in
festigating commission. at Washing
ION, showing bat the beef furnished
The soldiers was bad. COrned beef es-
.apes without great censure, but
canned roast beef and the so-called
resh beef with which the soldiers
sTere served is denounced without ex-
ception.
THE Commercial hotel at Hillsboro,
Tex, was destroyed by fire and two
men were cremated. It was feared
also that another man was under the
ruins.
The robbery of over $50. 600 from
PARIS bank in London was the sensa-
ton a short time ago, but it took a
dramatic turn on the Goth when the
chairman of the bank announced at a
meeting of the shareholders that s4O,-
600 in the biggest notes had been re-
turned to the bank by post
A SPECIAL from Mount Olive, Ill, on
the 25th said that Peter Novak. a Croat,
his wife and three children were
burned by a coal oil explosion. A boy.
six years old, and babe of four
month were roasted to death. The
third child and the mother were fatally
burned. while the fathers injuries
were serious.
THOMAS TEAsLEY, aged SO years,
died of commissions in Mounds, ILL.,.
the other evening and during the
night three grandchildren, two girls,
aged eight and ten years, and a boy,
aged 1a years, were taken dangerously
sick. The next day the father of the
children was stricken with severe
sickness. There was a strong sus-