Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-09
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THE Cologne Gazette denies that Queen
Victoria took Emperor Frederick's diary
away with her, and wonders that German
papers repeat the absurd story.
1T is announced that the National As
ISOLATION OF Wrought Iron Pipe Manufac-
turers has collapsed. Early in last May
the incompatibility of ideas among the
members reached such fever heat that the
twenty-five. firms comprising the associa-
ton quietly withdrew, studiously keeping
the dissolution profound secret.
JOHN HAGGERT has been appointed Post
master-General of Canada, and Hon. Ed
ward Dowdney Minister of the Interior
and Superintendent General of Indian At
fairs.
MAUD S. made practice mile on the 31st
at Fleetwood park in 2:125<, being driven
very easily after the half, which she made
in 1:03. This breaks the Fleetwood record.
INTEL IGEECE from Zanzibar makes it
probable that the ''White Pasha" is Enin
Bey. The Mahdi had threatened to attack
him, which threat Emin Bey met by a bold
move in advance of himself.
THE mill and lumber yards of the Eddy
Manufacturing Company, three miles from
Ottawa, Ont, were burned recently. Loss
on mills, $1,000, and on lumber. $40, 900.
William Hobbs, aged eighteen. was burned
to death and several men were badly
burned while escaping from the mill.
A CONFERENCE of the executive COM
mittees of the Union and United Labor
parties was held at Chicago on the 1st to
see If some settlement of their disagree
ments could not be reached. The Union
Labor men would accept no compromise
and the United Labor committee therefore
withdrew.
The public debt statement for July
showed a decrease of 81 ,137, 29S during the
month.
DURING the gale of the 31st at Tifin, c. the
west wall of the nail works was blown
down and other buildings damaged greatly.
The tents of the Trans Atlantic circus
were blown to shreds. Thousands of dol
lars worth of damage was done in the
country to outbuildings and the fruit and
crops.
The Inman lines new steamer City Of
New York left Liverpool on the 1st ON her
first voyage to New York. A large crowd
of people were at the landing stage and
pier-he to see her depart She carried
1000 passengers, among them James G..
Blaine and his wife and daughter.
NJ. DELESSKPS at n recent meeting of tho
Panama shareholders said that the di-
rectors were pledged to open the canal in
1890.
nounced that it will join the sugar bounties
convention if the United States and Brazil
do.
THE Governor of Victoria opened the
Centennial Exhibition at Melbourne on the
1st with great pomp and ceremony.
THOUSANDS of deaths from cholera in
Chang Chon, China, have occurred in the
last three months.
TRIALS by jury in the cases of Anarch-
lists in Austria and Hungary have been
suspended for year.
GENERAL DRENTEIN, Military Governor
of Kieff, Russia, has been murdered by a
Nihilist.
THE catch of fish in Canada last year
was valued at SIS, 2S0, 600. The exports to
the United States aggregated 81, 717,0O0.
IT is announced in Berlin that the EN-
perors Of Austria, Germany and Russia
will meet on the Austrian frontier in the
fall.
NINETEEN Chinese pirates were killed
recently by Chinese troops. They had
been the terror of the seas for five years.
THE Turkish Government has sent pro-
test to the powers against Italy's Occupa-
ton of Massowah.
THE seizure of railroad property by the
Peruvian Government caused energetic
protests. The roads were built entirely by
foreign capital, a good deal of which was
American.
THE Parnellites left the House of Com
mons on the close of the debate on the
Commission bill on the I'd, after Healy's
amendment had been defeated by 2S3 to
20.
A RUSSIAN cruiser has been ordered to
Behring's Straits, to prevent English and
American vessels from fishing in Russian
| waters.