Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-11
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1ne maryland Legislature has repealed
the charter OF the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road Employees Relief Assoc. alton, to take
effect In one year.
ORDERLY SERGEANT FRED CAssIUs. of
the marine corps at the Charlestown navy
yard, has disappeared. 1t was alleged that
irregularities involving several thousand
dollars had been discovered.
w. <. MEsTAR has been nominated for
Congress by the Repu blicans of the Fourth
Mississippi district.
The other morning two convicts, of con-
Wet train No. 3, on the Galveston, Harris
burg San Antonio road, tried to escape
near Sheldon, Tex, when the guard, named
Fox, shot Convict j. c. Thomas with fatal
effect. The deceased was sent to the pen
itentiary from Marion County with four
years sentence. During the melee the
other convict escaped, with posse in close
pursuit
JUDGE JACKSON, In the United States
Circuit Court. at Louisville KY, recently
affirmed the decision of the lower court ia
the West Virginia habeas corpus case
against the State Of Kentucky for posses
sion OF the Hatfield prisoners. This was
the second victory for kentucky.
KENNEDY PORTER, son OF Ex-Governor
Porter. OF Tennessee, was fatally shot at
Paris, KY, on the 9th by Will Edmunds
The origin of the difficulty was supposed to
be the attention Of young Porter to Ed
munds' sister.
NEAR Paris, KY, the other night light
ming struck a large stock barn on the farm
OF Matt Howard, and the building was
burned to the ground, killing a hundred
head OF stock, some Of the animals being
exceedingly valuable.
THE citizens of Ell Paso, Tex, claim that
Mexican engineers in Paso del Norte are
working on the Rio Grande river so as to
throw the current over to the American
side, causing much damage.
FIRE in Baltimore, Md, the other morn
ing destroyed two coal oil storage ware
houses and several thousand barrels OF oil,
dong $4,000 damage.
GENERAL
AT Celaya, Mexico, on Easter Sunday,
during the progress Of bull fight, an
incendiary fired the building. Eighteen
women and children were burned to deatn
and fifty or sixty seriously and fatally
hurt. The male spectators escaped by
breaking through the walls.
The dervishes Of Latilet, Morocco, have
proclaimed holy war against the Sultan.
w. REID LEWIS, the American Consul at
TanRier, has received a reply from the
Moorish Government declining to accede to
the demands Of the United States with ref.
erenoe to the persons under Consular pro-
lection imprisoned at Rabat.
ADvICRS from Bokhara state that the
Grand Vizier Of that State has been MUIR
dered by native. The Ameer ordered the
murderer and his accomplice TO be executed,
and they were hurled from a tower $50 feet
high.
UNITED STATES MINISTER PHELPS 10
Southampton, Eng, on - otn FOR a yaca-
ton trir, :, - INC United States.
The British naval training ship Martin,
manned by boys, went ashore of Ports
mouth, Eng, recently and was much
damaged.
BRITISH medical papers agree that the
disease Of the Emperor of Germany is
quiescent and that he is gaining strength.
THERE were reports. well authenticated,
in Berlin on the 5th that Prince Bismarck
had resolved upon resigniRg the Chancel:
loEshIn owing TO q disagreement with the
Emperor, who wanted to marry his daugh-
ter, Princess Victoria, to Prince Alexander,
OF Battenburg. late Of Bulgaria. The news
OF Bismarck's proposed resignation created
great excit ment
BUSINESS failures tDunis report) for the
seven days ended April s, numbered for
the United States, 1919: Canada, -; total
227; compared with 223 the previous week
and 23 the corresponding week Of last
year.
The italian Cabinet has decided to stop
military operations in Africa during the
summer. A special colonial corps will re-
main at Massowah and the rest of the
troops will return to Italy.
FATHER KENNEDY AMI sixteen farmers Of
County Cork have been convicted of at
tending National League meeting in a
proclaimed district, and sentenced to three
months Imprisonment.
TUE Chrossoie's correspondent at Rome
says that in consequence OF recent letter
from Cardinal Gibbons the Congregation OF
the Index Expurgatorious has dec ded not
TO condemn Henry Georges writings
A FRENCH Anarchist named Morel has
been arrested in Genera on a charge OF at
tempting 70 blow up with dynamite the
Church OF the sacred Heart at Montmartre.'
q suburb OF Paris.
LAURATE, the French artist, whose car'
cature Of tue funeral Of Emperor William
was suppressed, has comm. tied suicide IN
the Seine At PARIS He was in destitute
c.rcnmstancs>.
THERE wasa sharp demand for discount
In tue London money market during the
week ended April :. arising from the con-
version OF the three per cent. cnnsols. In
Paris the bourse was firm with tendency
to rise In Germany the bourses were
strong and firm.