Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-02
GENERAL.


spector, was shattered by dynamite at
Chatham, Ont, recently, supposed by saloon
men.
| By an explosion of gunpowder ct Brest
LItovsk, in Russian Poland. the other day
| eleven persons were killed and thirty in
| jured.
ITALY has expressed a preference for
Spanish Intervention in Morocco, in case
| disorder occurs.
THE lives of two hundred men were
placed In jeopardy by an explosion in No.
5 shaft of the Wellington collieries, Vic
toria, B. C.. on the 24th. The work of res
cue proceeded vigorously and 1t was
| thought no lives would be lost
SPECULATIoNs IN sugar and coffee have
| led TO several suicides at Hamburg, Ger
| many.
THREE earthquake shocks were felt at
Cobau, Guatemala, December 16, wreclxing
the few stone buildings in the place. The
| ether buildings ESCAPED.
IT was reported in Ottawa, Can, that the
British Government had brought much
pressure to bear on Canada to force her to
| modify her terms on the fisheries question.
THE members of the Nicaragua canal sur
vey have completed over a quarter of their
work and have been given every honor by
the President OF that Nation.
THE Crown Prince and Princess of Ger
many celebrated the thirtieth anniversary
of their marriage at San Reno on the 25th.
ADvICEs from Crete say the British Con-
sui has demanded the dismissal Of the
Governor OF the island and the payment of
an indemnity of e20, 600 on account OF the
illegal liberation by the Governor of the
murd erer OF q British seaman.
SEVERAL heavy commercial failures at
Amsterdam are reported. The most i'm
portant of these is the embarrassment OF
the house of Nose Ezschiel's Sons, bankers.
which has been il existence and excellent
repute for more than a century.
PERMISSION has been granted to ex- Queen
Isabella to reside in Seville.
The Marine Board of Sunderland, Eng,
has suspended for six months the certih-
cate OF Captain Paynter. of the British bark
Embleton, for cruelty to seamen on re-
cent voyage from San Francisco to Sunder-
land
IT is stated that Timothy Sullivan has
written in prison a volume entitled "a
Poets Lays in Tullamore," which he has
dedicated to Balfour
THE defalcation OF the Norquay Govern
ment, of Manitoba, is likely to prove much
beyond what was at first even limited
at, as already Premier Greenway has dis
covered "a deficit of over 100000.
KENNEDY and F1tzgibbons. of Tarbert,
County Kerry. Ireland, have been SEN
fenced 10 six weeks each at hard labor for
acting as president and secretary respect
lively of proclaimed National League
meeting at Tarbert in November.
LATER developments in the affairs of the
defunct Central Bank, of Toronto, Ont, is
the departure of d. Mitchell Mcdonald, one
of the directors, for the United States with
his family 1t is said that he has ranch
in California which requires his attention.
THE Car has refused TO permit the Or
leans Princes to join the Russian Imperial
guard.
The negotiations for a treaty of COM
MERGE between France and Italy have ter
minated, Italy being willing to give only
small favorS.
The large iron works at ST. Etienne,
France, have suspended. 1t is thought the
municipality of Paris will take steps to
keep them in operation.
THE French Court of Appeals has de-
cided that priest IN France is entitled to
marry.
The recent explosion in the No. 5 shaft
of the Wellington collieries near Victoria,
B. c., caused the death of twenty-six white
men and about thirty Cinnamon.
The French steamer Suez has foundered
at sea, after having been in collision.
Twenty of her crew were rescued and
landed at l. Sbon.
A VIOLENT snow storm prevailed through
out New England, New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Quebec and Ontario on the 25th and
Goth. The drifts were tremendous, render
ing travel impossible. Of the coast YES
sells were flying signals Of distress, and
many fears were expressed concerning the
safety of human life. the storm being the
severest known for many years.