Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-11
GENERA


would range her forces against Germany.
The Danish papers treat the subject very
gingerly, but protest in an exceedingly
cautious manner against Russia's assump.
tions.
AN explosion of fireworks at q factory
in Paris recently caused the death Of about
twelve persons.
The loss of the Pacific mail steamer
Granada on the rocks at Punta Tejohan
Mexico, has been confirmed. The vessel
and cargo were worth $325, 600.
The May statement of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe road, including leased
lines and roads in which the Atchison has
one-half interest, shows gross earnings
y. 248, ,466; increase over the same month
last year, $253, ,O07; net earnings, $4S5, $50;
increase, $107, ,4S0.
The English have removed the French
flag from the house of Sultan Bountonkon
at Grand Bassam, Upper Guinea France
claims a protectorate over the Sultan's
territority. negotiations are proceeding
between England and France.
AN awful colliery accident occurred at
St Etienne, France, on the 3D.. Two
hundred lives were reported lost
CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEw and family were
passengers on the steamer Adriatic, which
sailed for Liverpool on the 3d.
AN excursion steamer was wrecked at
Winnipeg, Man., on the 4th. No loss Of
life occurred.
THE German gunboat Wolf has been
dispatched to the Marshall islands to take
back King Malietoa to Samoa, whom the
Germans carried of a prisoner two years
ago.
THEODORE SCHMIDT, the Dutch Consul
at Hamburg. has failed. His liabilities
amount to l., ,00O, 900 marks and his assets
to 5000, 900.
THE Massachusetts rifle team won an.
other victory in England on the 5th, this
time against the South London rife team.
defeating them by a total score of !, ,069
against ], 025 for the three ranges.
A RECENT fire in the Commercial docks,
London. caused a loss of $500, 600.
The midge-fly has made it's appearance
in the fall wheat fields of Ontario and
threatens to ruin what was before a prom
ising crop.
The statement of earnings aud expenses
of the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy for
the month of May shows an increase in the
net earnings of $674. 742. 81 and decrease
in the expenses for the same period of
$315. 66S. sc. The first five months of the
year show a net increase of earnings Of
1904 1O6 So
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended July numbered 2O2
compared with 215 the previous week and
PA the corresponding week last year.
PsOTrA, the American amateur cham.
pion. was defeatsd by Nickalls, of En-
gland, in the final race for the diamond
sculis at the Henley regatta
THERE was such tumult in the Spanish
Chamber OF Deputies on the 5th that the
police were summoned to quen the dis
turbances.
PORTUGAL. it is stated, has agreed to
submit the Delagoa bay dispute to arbi-
EIGHT versions were killed and. eleven
injured by collision near Cologne, Ger
many, on the 7th. caused by the blunder
of swifchman.
PEACE has been concluded between Ma
taafa and Tamasese in Samoa.
GEORGE o. JONES. chairman Of the Ma.
tional Greenback party, has ordered con.
ventions of the parties in the various States
one delegate and one alternate to attend
the National Greenback convention called
to meet in Cincinnati September ~.
THE Rome correspondent of the Inde-
pendence Beige says that the Pope at the
recent consistory advised that Cardinal
Lavigerie be selected as his successor.
THE Interstate Commerce Railway As
sociation was on the 7th generally be-.
loved to be at the point of dissolution.
The withdrawal Of the Chicago & Alton,
notice of a similar action by the Denver
& Fort Worth and the prospective with
drawal of the Union Pacific were founda-
tions for the belief
THE LATEST.
CHICAGO, July THE reduction in corn
and wheat rates from twenty-five cents
from Chicago to New York. applying only
on New York and Baltimore business, has
ofSv \.
Traffic Association roads and the trunk
lines and it is now certain that the re-
duced rates will be adopted by all roads
and to all seaboard points. The low tariff
will also involve the rates on oats, -four,
millstuffs and probably provisions
ALTOONA, Pa, July 7.-Dr. William
Robinson Finley died Friday, aged sew
enty-eight. He had practiced medicine
over half a century. He was a prominent
Mason. widely known throughout Penn.
sylvania.
CHICAGO. June THE prosecution will
endeavor to bring the men indicted for tho
Cronin murder to trial at an early date.
It was at first designed to await the in.
has been abandoned.
ZANEsvILLE, O.. July a-Heil D. Miller;
cashier of the Malta National Bank. is a
defauiter to the amount OF $S2, 600 and
probably $50. 600. His peculations have
extended over q number of years and were
carried on by pocketing the discounts of
the bank from day to day.
CAIRo, July Tin the encounters that
have occurred near Arquin between the
Egyptian troops under Colonel Wode-
house and the dervishes, 900 dervishes
have been killed and 700 others have
either been taken prisoners or have de-
serted.
LONDON. July IA conference has been
held between Lord Salisbury and Minister
Lincoln on the subject of the Behring sea
question. It is understood that they have
practically agreed upon terms which will
avoid further controversy over the inter-
ests involved in connection with these
fisheries.
WASHINGTON, July Census Commis.
sioner Porter has rendered the position of
special agent for the collection of statis-
tics Ut transportation to Prof. Henry c.
Adams, of Ann Arbor University, Mich.
The proposed appointment creates consid-
erable comment in political circles. as
Adams is unders TODD to be as vigorous an
advocate of free trade as Porter is pro-
tectionist.
SAN FRANCISCO, July The Musicians
Union, backed by the Federated Trades,
r-avartad auv uuiou hauds from 4. hin a.