Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-11
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Marzano, Commanoer-ln-Cnlero or the 1tnxrna
forces.
ANOTHER Ministerial crisis was reported
In France on the 3Oth caused by the defeat
OF the Government in motion for the
revision OF the constitution. The motion
was really a Boulanger questica. The
Ministers Immediately resigned, and 1t was
reported President Carnot had requested
NJ. Floquet to form Cabinet The vote
was 26S to 237.
A POWDER magazine IN the fortress on
the island OF Santa Maura, Greece, ex-
ploded recently causing fire in the for
tress. The loss Of life was not known. Tho
inhabitants Of the island deserted their
homes.
TIE German Emperor's amnesty decree
has been ISSUED. The offenses 10 which it
applies are insulting the sovereign, crimes
and misdemeanors in the exercise Of civil
rights, insulting or resisting officers OF the
law, disturbing the public order, press Of
lenses and infractions OF the law Of public
meetings.
the British steamer Swallow was
wrecked February - OF Namoa island,
China, by str king on the rocks. The
captain and number OF the crew and pas
sengers saved themselves by clinging TO
rigging, but thirty-one persons, who put
OF from the wreck in a small boat are sup
posed to be lost.
AMERICAN securities were fat on the
London Exchange during the week ended
April /. Other securities were IN de-
mand. In Paris the bourse was steady un-
til the end OF the week, when the minis
terial crisis began to be felt In Germany
the bourses were quiet.
CLEARING house returns for week ended
March 81 showed an average decrease OF
25.5 compared with the corresponding week
OF last year. In New York the decrease
was PA.
The bark British Princess has been
wrecked of Caminha, Portugal, twenty
three persons being drowned. 1t was re-
ported that Spanish customs officers pre-
vented the saving Of a number OF lives by
firing upon u Portuguese lifeboat which
had gone to the rescue.
AT Hetherarus, Hungary, 40 houses
have been burned and 200 persons rendered
homeless. Two lives were lost in the
flames. The villages Of Mezo, Bereny and
Hundsdorf have been destroyed by fra
CLINTON, Mo-, April lon December ID
last the people OF Clinton and Henry Coun-
~ voted on the question Of local option. II
resulted in victory for the ''drys." The
last retail saloon c.osed It's doors about the
middle OF January. The Anheuser- Busch
Brewing Company and the Lemp Brewing
Company have each continued to sell beer
by the case here ever since, claiming that
they had license to do so until next Octo.
Der. At the present sitting of the grand
jury several indictments were brought
against these parties, and Friday
morning the case Of the State
VS.. William Schroth, agent for the An
heuser-Busch Company was called. Tho
defense took the ground that the election
in Clinton was not legally called; that the
law requires all the city aldermen TO be
notified, which was not done, and the city
records show that the body which ordered
the election was not legally constituted
body under the law, and had no authority
TO order such an election. This point, as
we'll as other irregularities, was proven to
the satisfaction OF Judge De Almond, who
found for the defendant This decision
does not affect the county outside of the
city OF Clinton, where the Local Option
law will still remain in force.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 1.-The Texas
Traffic Association met at noon yesterday
and adjourned at two O'Clock to meet at
Galveston, Tex, on April y. The session
was devoted TO a discussion of matters per-
tanning to the association ITSELF matters of
interest TO the public being laid over until
the next meeting The members of the as
ISOLATION are not very much exercised over
the action of Attorney General Hogg, of
Texas, in bringing suit against the asso-
citation, charging il with conspiracy as
q combined effort on the part of the rail-
roads to defraud the people OF their rights
ana a menace tending towards monopoly.
The association accomplished every thing
it sought 10 accomplish during the meeting
in the city, with the exception of fixing
lumber rates TO Colorado points.
EFFINGHAM, ILL.,, April Mrs. Henry
Lane, wife OF farmer living a few
miles from here, was killed by her
husband last night, and he shortly after.
wards committed suicide. From the story
Of the children it is learned that
Lane started 10 hight his pipe near the
kitchen fire, when his wife objected. The
quarrel grew violent, when Lane seized a
knife and stabbed her fatally in the side
When he observed the effect of his muir.
derous blow, he went to the barn and
hanged himself
FORT GIBSON, /. T., April John Camp
bell, q brakeman on the Little Rock & Fort
Smith railroad, running on the new extern.
sion, met with fearful accident, yester-
day, causing his death. While attempting
10 jump aboard the train his feet slipped,
and before his predIcament became known
to the train men, his body was under the
wheels. Both legs were cut of below the
knee. He died in few minutes. He had
no relatives except brother in Pine Bluffs.
SCHEME OF THE ELAINE CLIQUE.