Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-10

THE Prime Minister OF Japan mas resigned
and has been succeeded by the Minister of
| Agriculture and Commerce
THE Early Closing bill Ito compel all
stores to close at eight p. n.y. was over
whelmingly defeated in the British House
| of Commons. 1t was not Endorsed or Cd
posed by the Ministry.
MOUNT ETNA (Sicily) is reported in a
state of activity, but the eruption has not
| yet assumed a serious aspect.
| ARCHBISHOP WALSH, OF Dublin, threat
ened 10 resign if he is compelled to enforce
| the Papal decree.
| MORE DEGREES from the Vatican in refer
ence to the Irish agi alton are expected.
| CARL SCHURz had an interview with
Prince Bismarck at Berlin the other day.
The Senators of the French Extreme
Left, at a meeting recently, almost unani-
mously condemned the Boulangerist move
ment
| DIR. MACKENZIE has ordered for the EN-
peror OF Germany new alum mum canula
with shield twice the usual length, the
object being to relieve the trachea from
| pressure. The Emperor was reported i'm
proving on the ID.
AFTER a debate lasting several days the
Italian Chamber of DEPUTIES has rejected
| the bill for q REIMBURSEMENT of the local
| taxes. Signor MagiIani, Minister of FL
nance and of the Treasury. will probably
resign in consequence.
A DISPATCH from Zanzibar confirms the
| theory that Stanley has bent his steps to-
ward Wadelai, via Makua Wells, to avoid
some swamps, and, therefore, Emin Bey-s
party would fail to hear of him.
MAIL advces of the I'd brought the first
| authentic details OF a wholesale murder Of
Chinese miners in the Snake River country,
Idaho, nearly one year ago. Eleven China
men were barbarously murdered by gang
~ yh0 fro ~,
from the bluffs and then robbed their
camp. Several arrests have recently been
made.
REV. CHARLES II. STURGEON, who is Wis
iting Bournemouth for the benefit OF his
health, has written letter in which he
says he is i'll and worn out, and that he is
hardly able to keep on at all.
NEWS has been received in London from
| Albert Nyanza, Africa, to the effect that
Bishop Parker and Rev. Mr.. Blackburn re-
Gently died of fever at the Unyiro mission.
THE Argentine Minister at Vienna de-
clares that the reports of failures in Buenos
Ayres are greatly exaggerated; that they
are only small local failures in the capital
and the provinces.
IT is reported that an outbreak has oc-
Cured in Macedonia. The Servian and
Greek portions of the population arc said
to have united to oppose the authority of
Turkey.
LATER advices concerning the attack by
natives on the expedition of the German
explorers Kund and Tappenbeck, in the in
terror of the Cameroons country. show that
seven members of the expedition were
killed and thirty wounded. The explorers
lost all their journals and collections.
EDITOR O'BR1EN was again convicted
under the Crimes act at Loughrea, Ireland.
on the Sd and sentenced to three months
Imprisonment.
HUGHES BROS, wholesale dry goods,
Toronto, Ont, have suspended payment.
Their liabilities are $3.50 600. The Bank of
Commerce was creditor for $3.50, 900 and
$50, 00o was due firms in Great Britain.
THE London and Liverpool branches of
the National League have declared their
confidence in Mr.. Parnell, and say they
will disregard the Papal rescript.
A REPORT current in Vienna that the
Austrian Government is about to ask the
delegations to grant an extra credit of $751;
600 600.
MAJOR PoPoFF, who was convicted OF
embezzling funds belonging to the Bull
garian War Office, has been sentenced to
four years. penal servitude. NJ. Boneff and
the other prisoners implicated in the defal-
cation were each sentenced to terms of i'm
prisonment varying from five to twelve
months.
CHIEF JUSTICE GAIT, at Toronto, Ont,
recently, in granting thu application for a
writ of habeas corpus in the case of Morse,
wanted in Rochester N. Y, for attempted
murder, expressed the opinion thai tele-
gram from an American officer was not
sufficient authority unon which to arrest a
criminal under the Extradition act.