Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-26
GENERar-

Logua, Cuba There was no loss o. life-
MAJOR TEMPLAR. OF the British army,
who was recently tried DIV court-martiai
on the charge of having divulged army Sc
crets. and who was bonorabIy acquitted,
will be paid 3D. 600 as compensation
THE Fisheries Ratification bill has been
read second time i'll the Canadian Parila-
ment.
IN the City of Mexico the other night an
Italian was robbed of more than $40. 600 in
notes. The porter OF the house was ar
rested on suspicion.
JOHN DILLON. the Irish Nationalist. was
arrested at Dublin On the 17th.
JOHN Barring. one OF the members of the
great English banking house Of Barring
Brothers, died in London recently.
IT is reported that the establishment Of a
regency for Belgium is imminent
THE bankruptcy case of Colonel Maple
son, the operate manager. was heard in
the Bankruptcy Court at London on the
nth. His liabilities were stated TO be
e42, 40. He has no available assets.
REPORTS from Lugo. Switzerland. are
that renewed activity prevails among the
Nihilists, who are reorgauizing with the
intention OF presently beginning new oper-
atoms. Lukewarm adherSnts have been
dism ssed and a committee has been formed
for the purpose OF aiding convicts to escape
from Siberia. Several escapes have been
effected.
TIE German Bundesrath has voted to
expel from the country Herr Bernstein, the
editor: Herr Gothelar, the publisher, and
two sub-editors of the Social Democrat.
The GGaloiS OF Paris says that at the re-
quest of the Empress Victoria the French
doctors Pean and Fauvel and the English
doctor Evans will go to Charlottenburg to
examine the Emperor, whose condition on
the 18th was precarioSs.
ARRESTS of Nihilists still continue to be
made secretly in st. Petersburg. Many
prisoners are said to be su bjected to torture
and made insane.
THE Pope, owing to protests of Cath
Ollie Poles, has ceased to negotiate for the
establishment OF an entente with Russia
BRADLAUGH, the English agltator and
member of Parliament, was mulcted in
$500 damages libel at London recently
for saying that Lord Salisbury had given
a check for S125 for promoting Trafalgar
square meeting. The check was given for
a breakfast to the unemployed of the East
End.
JOAQUIN BUENo, it was reported from
Rio JaneIro, Brazil recently raided a num-
Der of Indian villages. The Indians fed,
when Bueno and his men poisoned the food
and water left behind. The result was that
SEQ Indians died il one village and 800 in
another.
The voting on the petition for the repeal
of the Scott Temperance act took place on
the 18Th in the counties of Bruce, Dufferin,
Dundas Huron, Norfolk, Renfrew and
Smcoe, in Ontario. and resulted in favor
of the repeal by large majorites.
AT Ennis, Ireland, recently the sentences
of three tradesmen convicted of boycotting
were. appeal increased from three to
six months Imprisonment.
THE AZof war squadron Of Russia is to
be reinforced by twelve torpedo boats to
be made in France.
SHAKEsPEARE's chair was sold at auction
in London the other day for e120.
AN avalanche has destroyed fifty meters
Of the railway in the Tyrol, over which
Queen Victoria proposed to go to reach
Berlin.
IT is reported that the Pope has instruct
ed Archbishop Walsh to compile report
on the National League of Ireland for COM
parison with Mgr. Persico's report.
FOUR provinces il Cuba have been de-
press brigandage.
Province OF Quebec on the morning of the
10Th.
IT is reported that the mobiles of Georgia.
Asia Minor, have formed conspiracy
against the Gar and numerous arrests
have been made.
AN explosion occurred at the st. Helen
colliery, England, recently, by which sew
enteen persons were killed and several in
jured-three, it was feared, fatally.
EMPEROR FREDERICK has given orders
for the prosecution of all newspapers guilty
OF insulting the Empress.