Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-04-07
The Touring mill at PittsfeId, Ill,

The Touring mill at PIttShetd, Ill,
has burned. Loss. 500, 900.
A DISPATCH stated that Grant G. Gill
lett, the absconding Kansas cattle
plunger, had failed in his hotel venture
at chihuahua, Mex.
THE Nicaragua canal commission
will make its report April 10.
NINE persons were severely injured
in a collision at New York between
| the ferryboat Pierrepont and the tug
Argus The tug struck the ferrybo
Gu tting I'M to the women's cabin.
The Kansas City. Pittsburg & Gulf
railroad went into the hands of re-
ceiver at 11:30 o'clock on the night of
the 1st. Judge Gibson, of the circuit
court in Kansas City, Mo, named as
receivers j. Med. Trimble, counsel, E.
. L. Martin, vice president, and Robert
Gillham, general manager of the road
The receivership was q friendly one
and will favor the reorganization plan
now pending.
JOE CHoYNsKI. the pugilist. a New
York dispatch stated, has retired from
the prize ring forever.
IN Kansas City, No. 314 deaths oc-
Cured during March, 50 of them be-
ing caused by pneumonia.
THREE thousand union bricklayers
struck at Philadelphia for higher
wages.
a CHEYENNE, Wyo.. dispatch stated
that ontracts had been let for the
shipment over the Cheyenne & North
ern railroad of 1869, cars of southern
cattle to the ranges of northern Wyo-
| ming and southern Montana
AN English syndicate proposes to
purchase the leases to nearly 1000. 900
Of Ion ~ he
kee nations in the Indian territory.
THE price list of the combined Ken
lucky distillers, just issued, a Louis
vile dispatch said, has caused furry
among dealers in whisky. Prices of
some brands are quoted at an advance
of so per cent. and a few are held for
| almost 100 per cent advance. This
means that every drink at the bar will
advance about five cents.
SIX masked burglars entered the
house of. Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Crocker
at Denison, O., and bound and gagged
them. Mr.. Crocker was tortured by
putting lighted matches to his feet to
compel him to reveal the hiding place
of his money and Mrs. Croker was
subjected to barbarous indignities.
The robbers secured only S97.
jim REED, negro, was hanged at
Kansas City, Mo-, on the 30th for MUIR
dering his sweetheart. Susie Blakes-
! ley. He expiated his crime on the
| same scaffold on which his father had
been hanged for the murder of Jim
Reeds mother.
THE Burlingt ton passenger train, due
at Kansas City at 4:O7 p. M, was
| wrecked at Parkville, Mo-. on the 3Oth.
It was feared that F. T. Norton, of
| Missouri City, would die from his in
| juries. About II passengers were
more or less hurt. The wreck was
caused by the spreading of the rails.
WILLIAM X. VANDERBILT, New
York dispatch said, has presented his
son. William K, Jr., with $4,000. 900
as a wedding present. The latter is
about to marry Miss Virginia Fair, VIII o
has SIS, 600, 600 in her own right.
THE legislature of chihuahua, Mex,
| refused to grant the petition of
several thousand ex-confederates for
the pardon of Mac Stewart, the con-
| federate veteran under sentence of
death for killing a policeman in Parral
| two years ago. Thousands of dollars
| have been spent in Stewards behalf by
| the cOnfederates of the United States
| and a personal appeal was made to
President Diaz about year ago.
A TRIO of murderers-named Rich
| ard Hale and Thomas Johnson, white,
| and Sam Rivers, colored-were hanged
at Troy, Ala, on the 31st for the bru tai
murder of Mrs. Meyers and her daugh-
| ter-in-law. robbery being the motive.
| IT was reported on the 3Oth that
only four persons were drowned when
the steamer Rowena Lee sank near
| Tyler, Mo.
4 Ratf
line, one from Springfield. Ill, and the
other out from St. Louis, collided at
Haynes, ILL.,. on the 30th. Dr. E. W.
Porter. of Jerseyville, Ill, and a bag
gageman were fatally injured and sew
eral others severely hurt The engi-
neers and firemen of both trains jumped
and escaped without a scratch. The
two trains met with terrific force,
| hurting the passengers into heaps and
| smashing the cars, which were piled
| up.
GEN. MACARTHUR's division pushed
| on toward Malolos on the Goth and at
night went into camp four miles from
the city. During the day there were
several brushes with the enemy, but
the insurgents finally fed, after burn
ing several villages. The roads were
| strewn<> with household goods and
clothing belonging to the Filipino s
and the country around presented a
| picture of,desolation.
The schooner Stella Ehrland, with a
party of scientists sent out by the
Smithsonian institute to investigate
animal life in the tropics. was wrecked
off Lower California The men were
saved, but all their collection was lost
The steamer Rowena Lee, with
about 81 passengers aboard, besides
her crew, exploded opposite Tyler,
Mo-, on the 29th and Immediately sank
with all on board. except Capt. George
CarveH and one of the crew. 1t was