Dodge City times., 1888-04-19


convention, which meets at Cincinnati OF
week later.
SENIOR CALINDEz, a wealthy Cuban me-
chant, has been kidnapped at his estate
Santa Rita, by bandits. 1t is reporte
that two planters have been kidnapped [
Remedies.
The people of Georgetown, d. c., cele
brated the inal guration of free-bride
communication with Washington, on th
10th. with speech making and a civil an
military parade.
On the 9th Empress Victoria and Prir
cesses Victoria, Sophie and Margare
visited Posen, Prussia, to inquire as to th
condition of the sufferers by the foods
and offer them relief.
The race for f1,000 between the yaw
Atlantic and the ketch Bridesmaid, fror
Southampton to Funchatl, Madeira, wa
finished on the 18th, the Bridesmaid com
ing in seven miles ahead.
In the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Ne,
York City, on the 11th, District -AttOrne
Fellows moved that the trial of Thoma
B. Kerr, for bribery, be set for the 2Oth
and the motion was granted.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL w. H. CHAP
MAN was wounded in the arm in fgh
with moonshiners in Lauderdale County
Ca. on the 9th. Eight Of the lawbreak
ers were captured, and the distillery de
stroyed
On the 10Th Nine. Diss De Bar, her hus
band, General Diss De Bar, DR.. Benz
Lawrence and his son Frank were ar
raigned in the Tombs court, New Yorl
City, charged with conspiring to defrau(
Lawyer Marsh.
MARKAU, commander of the Roumanial
flotilla, has been tried by court-martia
on the charge of embezzlement, convicted
and degraded from his rank and sen
fenced to ten months Imprisonment ant
to pay costs.
MAYOR HEWITT of New York City has
vetoed the ordinance by which the au
thority to display flags on city building
is vested in the Mayor unless otherwise
ordered by the board, denouncing it as
clumsy subterfuge.
The first annual banquet of the Upita
rian Club of New York City was held OF
the 10th. Among those present were Geo
VIM. Curtis, Dorman B. Eaton, eX-GOv
ernor Chamberlain, Robt. Collyer ant
Jno. B. Woodward.
In the New York Assembly the Woman
Suffrage bill was killed summarily. Mrs
Lille Devereux Blake, president of the
State Woman's Suffrage Association, has
called an indignation meeting at Albany
to consider the matter.
On the 9th the Comptroller of the Cur
rency declared a second dividend-fifteer
per cent-in favor of the creditors of the
Fifth National Bank of st. Louis, making
in all sixty-five per cent. on the claims
presented, aggregating $951 ,592.
On the night of the 11th James B. Mills
(colored), of Stamford, Conn.,, reported tC
the police that party of oystermen had
killed his wife and brutally beaten him.
and was promptly arrested on suspicion
of having done the murder himself.
On the 10Th Senate bill appropriating
S57, 900 for making survey and estimating
the cost of removing Smiths, Perry's and
Windmill islands from the Delaware river
between Philadelphia and Camden, was
favorably reported in the Senate.
COMMANDER McCAaLA of the United
States ship Enterprise thinks that our
Government is at disadvantage with
Morocco, because it has only a Consul
there, while all the Powers except Sweden
are represented bv ministers resident.
Irwas stated on the 10th that Prince
Bismarck had only secured temporary
postponement Of the betrothal of Prince
Alexander and Princess Victoria. The
Chancellor has lost public favor by his
rough and bullying procedure in this mat
ter
CoNsuL-GENERAL PHELAN is Of the
opinion that the Americans are very
foolish in opposing the Fisheries treaty,
as it secures for us more than could have
been hoped. The people of Nova Scotia,
with more reason, are all opposed to the
treaty.
MRS. DEGRAsslE BULKLEY. the young
woman who, while engaged to w. l.. Tren-
holm, son of the Comptroller of the Cur
rency, eloped with and was married to
young Bulkley, ended her existence with
poison, at her home in Washington, on
the 18th.
On the 9th the bark Reindeer. which ar.
rived at New York from st. Pierre,
Martinique, reported that when two hun.
dred miles off Bermuda she passed
through a water-spout which cut away all
her masts and rigging, and nearly sub.
merged her.
GEORGE BURTON, Of Ea st Liverpool, O.,
drove his wife from the house and in.
stalled dashing widow from Trenton. N,
J., in her place, on the 18th. The female
friends of the abused wife to the number
Of 800 drove the guilty pair away in per.
feet storm of stale eggs.
The movement to send to France q
statue of George Washington as a present
from the ladies of America is well under
way. The names of a statue committee of
prominent ladies will soon be published.
The French newspapers are unanimous in
the expression Of satisfaction with the
project.
In denying the motion to again submit
the case Of Gould and Sage to the grand
Jury, Recorder Smyth says such practice
would lead to disgraceful scramble be-
tween the enemies and friends of accused
persons which would be fatal to a firm,
steady and impartial administration of
justice.
n. DANIEL WILSON arrived at Tours, on
the 18th, as a member Of the General
Council, and proceeded to the principal
hotel with his colleagues. The guests of
the hotel, learning of his presence, ap-
pointed a committee to wait upon the pro-
nrietor and demand Wilson's expulsion.
Ihe proprietor refused TO comply with the
demand, whereupon the guests withdrew
|tom the hotel.