Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-04
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary OF the Daily News
wAsHINGroN NOTES.

Summary OF the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
AT tho Treasury Department it was de-
rnied that Solicitor Hspburn's opinion that
rthe Chinese Restriction act did not pro-
-hibit Chinese from passing through the
United States to other countries had been
approved and that such permission had
tbeen given Mr.. Hepburn gave such an
opinion six weeks ago, but Secretary VIM
dom never gave it his official sanction
WILLIAM WALTER PHELPS, of New Jer-
.sey, has tsen appointed Minister to Ger
,many.
THE Treasury Department has issued
AcircuIar prohibiting collectors OF customs
from issuing certificates of expectation
for American bags which are entitled to
free Entry on their return, such practice
4being Illegal
THr War Department is in receipt OF
dispatches confirming he press reports OF
trouble with the FIethead Indians near
MissouIa, Mont.
A SWEEPING general order has been is
sued by Secretary Tracy, requesting an
.entire reorganization OF the business
rsnethods Of the Navy Department
The United States steamer Adams now
at Honolulu. has been ordered to Samoa
to replace the Alert and Nipsic. now en-
route to the United States.
j. II. HOLLENDKR, who was recently ex-
rpelled from Guatemala by the Government
of that country. has laid grievances before
Mr.. Blaine.
CoslMoDoRE GREER, now on his way
home from Europe. has been appointed
president of a. board to revise the organ
ization. tactics and drill of the navy.
In the criminal court at Washington on
Hho 0Qfh ho 1oS Of ho
route cases were disposed of, the district
attorney entering a nolle pros. in each.
This action was taken because the princi-
pal cases against Brady, Dorsey and 9TH
-ers having failed there was no hope of
-convicting the minor participants
FRED DoUGLAss has been appointed Min
lister to Hayti.
captain MEREDITH, of Chicago has
i. been appointed chief Of the bureau OF en-
craving and printing.
ROBERT w. HUNTER has been appointed
collector of internal revenue for the Four
teenth district of New York.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has issued an or
der forbidding the sale of liquor on the
camp grounds of the District National
Guards.
THE EAST.
The Lehigh Valley railroad Company is
figuring on a through line to New York
via Newark, N. J.
A PARTY of seven pleasure seekers were
run down by a tugboat at Albany, n Y,
the other evening. Only one of the party
escaped. the rest being drowned.
The river channel above the railroad
bridge at Johnstown. Pa, was opened on
the 26th for the first time since the terrible
flood of May 81.
JOHN T. ROBBINS and Henry F. Hall,
iron and steel manufacturers of Philadel-
Tphia, have failed with $12O, 000 liabilities
land $40. 600 assets. s4s
HARVARD UNIVERSITY has conferred the
following honorary degrees: LII. D.,
Francis Parkman, Edward j. Phelps, Jo-
siah Parsons Cooke, Samuel Chapman
Armstrong and David A. Wells; D. D.,
honoris causa, Thomas L. Elliott; A. M. D.,
honoris causa, Oliver Wendell Holmes
George w. Havens, Jonathan Baxter and
Hiram Harrison, from Illinois.
GENERAL SIMON CAMERON, the well
known statesman, whose life extended
over ninety years, died at Lancaster, Pa,
on the Goth.
A TERRIBLE collision occurred on the
Pennsylvania road near Latrobe on the
18th. Three freight trains were wrecked
on a bridge spanning a creek. A load of
lime took fire. intensifying the disaster
1t was thoughtthat forty lives were lost
many OF the unfortunates being tramps
who were stealing a rine.
MRS. LIZZIE BRENNAN, aged fifty, is
under arrest at Holyoke, Mass, charged
with poisoning her husband and two sons
for 20. 600 insurance money.
THE committee at Johnstown has issued
an appeal to persons holding relief funds
tor the forwarding of the monev. Dona-
tions have been held back for various
reasons and the work at Johnstown has
soeen seriously hampsred thereby.
THERE was sensational finish to the
Cornell and Columbia boat race at New
London, Conn.,. on the 9Th. On getting
out OF their boat six.of the Columbia crew
fell in a dead. faint from exhaustion.
Three were in a serious condition. physi-
-cians being hastily summoned.
APPLICATION has been made at New
York for an order directing the executors
-of the will Of Louis c. Hammersly to nav
to the Duchess of Marlborough S1O0 900
from the accumulated income of her late
husbands estate, she being in need Of the
-cash.
GEORGE LoRING BROWN, once a noted
painter Of this country, died at Maiden.
Mass. recently, aged seventy-five.
A HANDSOME monu ment to Captain John
Mason. who ended the Pequot war in Con-
Conn, recently.
The weavers at the Narraganse.t mills,
Fall River, Mass, struck the other day
because Of the discharge of q SUBJ over
=seer.
FLOODS in Northern New York have
washed out the railroads and caused the
'wrecking of nine cars at Redwood N. Y.
GEORGE w. WHITE, we'll known busi-
mess man of Philadelphia, who is promi-
7nently connected with several benificial
associations, is said to be short in his ac-
counts as treasurer of the Order of Tonti
and it is understood that warrants for his
arrest have been issued charging him with
sbeiDg defaulter to the amount of SAC, ,O0o
Four men and two women were recently
found dead in a disreputable resort at
Paterson. N. j., all having been asphyxi.
ated by the fumes from q gas stove.
YALE won the fourteenth annual eight.
soared race at New London, Conn.,, defeat
ing Harvard. The course was four miles:
time for Yale, $3.50; for Harvard. 2I :55
The record now stands: Yale, victories.
e defeat Hsrvard, 6 victories, 8 defeats.
MARIA MITCHELL, the motel astronomer
-oi mn. Mass, is dead. She was born in
SNAntuckor Mass I'm 1919