Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12
GENERAL.

DIR. MACKENZIE, in q letter to DR.. Krsuse
denies that he said that regency would
have been probable il he had admitted
that Emperor Frederick was afflicted with
cancer.
THE British and French Governments
propose after January next TO work the
Franco British submarine cables Jointly
and increase the facilities.
CHARLES A. AsEBURNER, OF the United
States Geological Survey, has received an
offer from the Shah of Persia TO take
charge of the Persian engineering corps.
THE st. Louis, Alton & Springfield and
St Louis & Central Illinois railways have
been consolidated
THE Theater des Bouffes, at Bordeaux,
has been destroyed by fire, causing loss
OF ]. 00O, 600 francs. Nobody was injured.
TIE state OF siege which was proclaimed
some time ago in Cuba having accom-
plished its purpose-the suppression OF
brigandage-lt has been suspended. In its
place there has been promulgated a special
law to secure the repression OF brigand-
age
FEARS for the Atlantic steamer Assyria,
wreckage of which was picked up on the
Nova Scotia coast, have been dissipated by
the vessels arrival in England
The subscriptions for a Government loan
OF e3, 0OO, 600 at Calcutta amounted to twice
the sum required.
THE Liberal successes in the municipal
elections in Italy have alarmed the Vat
lean. The Pope, who is opposed to the in
tervention of the clergy, will counsel them
to abstain from future elections.
The session OF the Spanish Cortes was
suspended on the 4th.
THE ruler of Mysore, India, has offered
to the English Viceroy to raise and main
tain a suitable militia ry force to be trained
by British officers to aid in the defense of
the empire.
RIO TINTo shares fell II francs in Paris
recently and all copper shares were heav-
lily offered, owing to reports that a strong
opposition had been formed in London
against the existing syndicate.
THE Pan-Presbyterian Council opened at
London on the 4th, Lord Calrpes presiding.
Mr. Matthews, of Quebec presented a
1000 600 communicates, equivalent to 90
600, 900 adherents.
AN expedition is being formed at Berlin
for the relief of Emin Bey.
THE National Republican Committee for
mally notified General Harrison of his
nomination for the Presidency at Indianap-
oils on the 4th.
A DISPATCH from Christina, Norway, of
the 18th says: The United States war ship
Emf erprise ran on the Mole. off Droebak,
to-day, colliding with great crush. There
was no pilot on board at the time The
vessel is not leaking. One hundred tons
of coal have been discharged, and the guns
have been shifted aft to tighten her stem.
WRIT of error has been granted by the
United States Supreme Court in the case
of James Albert Newsome, who was con-
victed in the Federal Court at Waco, Tex,
for the San Angelo stage robberies. 1t
was generally believed that the wrong man
was convicted, and a petition for pardon
was signed by several Of the Jurors.
THE war on dressed beef and packing
house products still continues with una
bated vigor and there is no immediate
prospect of settlement 1t is generally
conceded by freight men that the rates
will yet 60 lower and that the rates on
other commodities will be cut before very
long.
THE O'Donnell libel suit against the Lon
don Times ended in favor of the newspaper.
Egan declared the letters connecting him
with the murder conspiracies were Evil
famous concoctions.''
THE locust plague in Algeria is becoming
worse. Sixty thousand laborers and 1000
soldiers are powerless. The whole country
is devastated and it Is feared that famine
and pestilence will result
KING MILAN, of Servia, has been d.
vorced from Queen Natalie by the Church
Synod.
THE disorders at Seoul, Corea, have been
ended. They were caused by stories that
foreign cannibals had abducted native
children.
THE monument to Francis Scott Key, the
gift of the late James Lick to the city of
San Francisco, was unvailed on the 4th.
Eleven of Keys descendants were present.
THE LATEST.
FIRE destroyed $500 600 worth or proper
ty IN New York on the morning of the 9TH,
breaking out in the Century office,
East Eighteenth street
A CONSTRUCTION train on the Elgin, Joliet
q Eastern road was wrecked recently
near Joliet, ILL.,, by Instructions on the
track. Three italian laborers were killed.
Engineer Wright was fatally scalded.
By collision between passenger trains