Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-05-03

from Philadelphia. where he was stop
ping on the 2Sth. to Gen. Otis in Ma
Mia, congratulating him on the
achievements of the troops under him
and the proposal by the insurgents for
a suspension of hostilities pending ne
yotiations for the termination of the
var.
CHEEK, 1. T., was wiped out by fire
;he other night.
THE mattrass factory and the rail-
oad depot at Peterson, Ill, were
ourned the other day. Twenty-Five
men were thrown out of work at the
nattrass factory by the fire.
ION ROBINSON, negro, was legally
hanged at Hillsboro, Tex, on the 2Sth
.or assault.
ABOUT Is months ago Lewis Wire,
farmer living seven miles west of
Iuthrie, Ok, took the Klondike gold
ever and departed for the northwest
territory. He came back a few days
lgo and he says not one mine in 1000
pays a dollar and that thousands of dol
'ars go into the mines where one is taken
,ut.
EARTHQUAKE shocks were felt in Fort
Bragg, Cal. on the 25th.
BY. an explosion of benzol in the
chewing gum factory of Fleer & Co. at
Philadelphia two persons were killed,
three men were seriously injured and a
score of others more or less hurt. No
fewer than 100 buildings in the vicinity
were badly damaged.
A LARGE barn belonging to Charles
Leibert, near Tamaroa, ILL.,, was de-
stroyed by fire. Eleven fine horses
were burned to death, a large quantity
of hay, 1,500 bushels of corn and much
farm machinery were destroyed.
AFTER being out over ten hours the
jury in the case of Mrs. Anna E. George
for the murder of George D. Saxton
brought in verdict of mot guilty"
at Canton, O., on the 2Sth. There were
loud cheers as the clerk read the words:
''Not guilty.
TWENTY thousand school children of
Kansas City, Mo-, assembled in Conven-
ton hall on the 2sth to attend the Band
of Mercy gathering. The like was
never before witnessed in Kansas CITY.
ARMY and navy officials at Washing
ton on the 2Sth were of the opinion
that the end of the Filipino insurrec
tion was in sight in view of the cable
gram received from Gen. Otis that
AguinaldO had requested a cessation of
hostilities to allow the summoning of
the Filipino congress to decide upon
the question of asking for peace.
j. Med. TRIMBLE, E. L. Martin and
Robert Gillham are no longer receivers
for the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf
railroad. Judge Thayer and Judge
Philips sitting together on the federal
bench at Kansas City, Mo-, on the 27th
named Samuel w. Fordyce, of ST. Louis,
and Webster Withers, of Kansas City,
to take charge of the affairs of the road.
A TORNADO struck Kirksville, Mo-, at
$40 p. m. on the 27th and a path a
quarter of mile wide was swept
through the eastern portion of the city.
Two hundred buildings were leveled to
the ground and up to the 2Sth so dead
bodies had been taken from the ruins. It
was confidently expected that the num-
ber of people killed would exceed 40.
Fire also broke out in dozen places,
but people were too busy in the work
of rescue to attend to the confiagra.
tionS.
ABOUT two thousand laborers in
Havana employed by the quartern.as
ter's department struck for higher
wages. All government work was
tied up as result of the strike.
| Mrs. JOHN BENNETT was burned te
death at Red Key. Ind, by the ex
plosion of natural gas.
SECRETARY LONG, of the navy depart
ment, sent letter to Capt. Coghlan. OF
the Raleigh. reprimanding him for his
recent indiscreet talk about the Ger.
mans at Manila.
THE transport Crook brought 35e
more bodies of soldiers who had died in
the campaigns in Cuba and Porto Rico
to New York on the 10Th.
THERE is strong probability. a dis.
patch from Cleveland, o., on the Goth
said, that within few days nearly 100
of the largest bicycle manufacturing
plants in the United States will be un-
der the control and ownership of one
gigantic company capitalized at $780,.
600, 900.
! EDWARD HEIsLER, bartender for John
Sweeney, who runs saloon at the
northeast corner of Eighth and Walnut
streets, st. Louis, shot and killed
George Kelly in the saloon during a
quarrel over a hat.
AGUINALDo's army defended Calum.
pit energetically on the 26th. indicat.
ing that the rebels were probably max
ing that place their last stand To the
surprise of the Americans the Filipinos
employed artillery in defending the
place. Gen. Macarthur captured the
portion of Calumpit lying south of the
river, the movement being attended
with much difficulty on account of the
jungle, heat and strong entertainments.
THE first national congress of the
Christian church convened in ST. Louis
on the 25th with about 200 ministers OF
that denomination present from differ.
ent parts of the country.
A MOB of 25 masked negroes broke in
the Jail door at Galena, Kan, at $3.50
a. m. of the 25th and shot to death
Charles Williams, charged with killino
Laura Canafax, negress with whom
he had been living.
Mrs. TETTAToN, a widow, and he,
four children were murdered and her
house, IL miles south of Maiden, Mo-,
was set on fire to conceal the crime. A
stepson was suspected of having com.
mltted the crime and was arrested.
A TERRIFIC wind and hailstorm visit.
ed the vicinity of st. Edward, Neb.. on
the night of the 26th. Many buildings
were blown down, live stock killed and
several persons more or less injured
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