Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-11-01

GENERAL.
Two beautiful daughters Of game
keeper have been found in forest near
the girls was severed, while the other
was pinned to the ground with spike
driven through the abdomen. The motive
Of tho crime was supposed to have been
jealousy.
A CLUB house in Moscow, Russia, col.
lapsed the other day, and large number
of inmates persisted beneath tho ruins.
Sixteen dead bodies were recovered.
MUCH resentment was reported as being
felt in Servia against King Milan, who
had obtained a divorce from Queen
Natalie. It was thought the ex-Quaen
would be . guest Of the Cxarina at St
Petersburg.
TIE Franco-Chinese commercial conven-
ton passed its first reading in the French
Chamber of Deputies without debate.
GERMAN courts have declared illegal the
embargo on DIR. Mackenzie's book. It was
said the Emperor himself was in favor OF
the book circulating in Germany.
FIRE in Chatham, Ont, the other morn
ing destroyed a planning mill and q car
riage and harness shop, causing 81, 900
loss.
THE Emperor Of Germany sent . per-
sonal telegram to NJ. de Giers, the Russian
Minister, congratulating him on the fif-
tieth anniversary of his entry into public
life.
HoHNBURG, the retired German officer
who was arrested at Nice while mailing .
Lebel cartridge on the charge OF icing q
spy, has been sentenced to imprisonment
for five years and the payment Of q fine OF
ST. 900, and he will not be allowed to stop
in France for ten years from the e1pira-
ton of his sentence.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for
tho seven days ended October Is numbered
254, as against a4 the previous week and
216 the corresponding week last year.
THE schooner Caldwell, of New York, 10
reported lost in tho Caribbean sea, with
probably the loss OF nineteen lives.
II is stated that several lines of Amer.
lean goods have been boycotted in China,
petroleum and -four being the principal
articles. The Chinese Times contains .
letter from Pekin officials threatening re-
taliation for the passage OF the Exclusion
act.
THE new English salt trust has put tho
price Of common salt from 60 cents to s. %
per ton and lump from s. 90 to S3.75.
THE Babylonian exploring expedition Of
the University OF Pennsylvania, which
left Philadelphia last summer, has been
wrecked in the Grecian Archipelago. None
THE Russian papers denounce the di.
vorce procured by King Milan, of Servia.
as illegal, and all uphold Queen Natalie's
protests.
REV. JOHN FLEMING died at Troon,
Scotland, the other day. aged ninety years.
He had been a minister seventy years and
conducted religious services to the last.
He was the author Of numerous theological
works and was an associate and co-worker
with DR.. Thomas Chalmers in literature
and religion.
THIRTY thousand men employed in the
Derbyshir (England) collieries, have been
conceded an advance OF 10 per cent. in
wages.
A COSSACK has been arrested near Tifis,
Russia. He has disguised as an officer and
had bombs and poison on his person. He
was awaiting the arrival OF the Cars
train when arrested.
The German Admiral has re-established
q naval garrison at Baggymio, Zanzibar.
Three German messengers sent to the
Mpwepta settlers have been murdered on
the coast.
CLEARING house returns for week ended
October q showed an average increase Of
I2, compared with the corresponding
week of last year. In New York the in
crease was "a.
TIE whaling bark J. A. Rowland, from
Fox Island, in the Pacific Arctic ocean, re-.
ports about dozen whalers fast in the
ice. The whalers belonged to New Bed
ford, Mass.
BUSINESS was quiet on the European
bourses during the week ended October p.
In London American railroad securities
were weak and unsettled.