Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-08
GENERAL.

THOMAS j. MOONEY, who on August last
threw what was supposed TO have been
dynamite bomb on the deck of the National
line steamer Queen, has been acquitted Of
the charge on the ground OF insanity.
JUDGE L. V. MARTINEZ, of Tula, Mexico,
has been murdered. He was the highest
judicial authority.
The village of Valtota, in the north Of
Italy, has been destroyed by an avalanche.
A shocking loss of life was reported.
Twenty three bodies were recovered.
IT is reported that the Russian garrisons
on the Austrian frontier have been rem
forced during the last fortnight by several
brigades which are on a war footing. There
are four cavalry regiments near PlnczoI
which directly menace Cracow.
THE strike of the engineers and firemen
on the Burlin gton system took place on the
21th. No freight eng mes were taken out
and but few passenger trains were running.
Two accidents occurred owing to inexpe-
rienced men being employed as engineers.
THE British House of Commons has
adopted new rules, decreasing the cloture
mum Der to 100 and giving the Speaker power
TO suspend members.
THE connivance of General Boulanger
with the promoters of his election in the
districts where vacancies exist Is said TO
have been proved. The French Ministers
were considering the question Of Furnishing
him.
THERE were rumors recently that Captain
Beecher, son of The late Henry Ward
Beecher was in some way mixed up with
the opium smuggling scandals. Captain
Beecher is special agent of the Treasury
Department at San Francisco.
IT is stated on good authority that the
deficit of the late Norquay and Harrison
Government Of Manitoba will amount to
Sl25, 0O0
The freight brakemen on the Atlantic &
Pacific railroad recently threatened to
strike against the extension of the freight
division between Williams and Peach
Springs, Ariz, without extra pay.
GENERAL BRAGG, the new American Min
lister, accompanied by his wife and daugh-
ter, arrived in the City of Mexico on the
29th. They were met by committee Of
prominent American residents
THE sarcophagus containing the body of
Alexander the Great has been discovered
at Saida
PYNE, the member of Parliament who
was arrested In London, was convicted at
Clonmel, Ireland, of offenses under the
Grimes act, and sentenced to six weeks
Imprisonment without hard labor.
SOME talk or compromise of the Bur
linglon strike was prevalent on the Goth.
ALoNzo DIMMICK, the noted insurance
agent defaulter of Buffalo, who fled to Can
dUt 10 dNOlu lISO y lOI LII III P1 LoOnf
died recently at st. GATHERINGS, Ont.
ANOTHER avalanche in Italy has killed
many cattle and destroyed large number
of houses.
III. WILSON, the son-in-law of ex-Presi-
dent Grevy, who has been on trial for COM
plicity in the legion OF honor decoration
scandals, has been convicted and sentenced
to two years. imprisonment, to pay a fine of
5000 francs and to be deprived of his civil
rights for five years.
ALL the Powers have replied to the Rus
sian proposals concerning Bulgaria. Eth
gland, in her reply, declares that she is
unable to advise the Sultan to take steps
leading to the removal of Prince Ferdinand
before satisfactory measures are proposed
to settle Bulgaria's future after his re-
moVal.
The rumors of a compromise of the Bur-
lington railroad strike proved baseless, and
on the 1st the situation was worse than
ever. The Brotherhood had entered into
an agreement with the Knights of Labor,
and orders were given for the formers en-
gineers on the Reading road to SIR Ike in
aid of the Knights. The outlook was con-
sidered serious as it was probable the
trou bleS would involve other roads.