Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-04

GENERAL

GENERAI.
TIE story that Mgr. Persico. in his 70.
port to the Pope on the result Of his inves.
tigation of Irish affairs, had asserted that
the Irish Nationalists had formed a plot
to kill him il he returned to Ireland il
pronounced purely imaginary.
THE immense oil stores of Tietgan q
Robertson, at Hamburg. have been de-
stroyed by fire. The loss was estimated at
$500, 600
THE inspection of the pictures of n.
Speitan. which are to be offered for sale at
Paris, began on the 9th. The parlors
were crowded with aristocrats. Among
those present was the Due d'Aumafe. It
Is understood that Mr.. Vanderbilt has Of
fered 81. SOC, 600 for the collection. One of
the Rothschilds il prepared to give a high
figure for the Angeles.
PRINCEss LOUISE, aged twenty-five
years, daughter OF the Prince of Wales.
has been betrothed to the Earl of Fife.
her fathers bosom friend and the Queens
neighbor at Balmoral Castle. The Earl is
past forty years OF age.
q. PIMPLE, q farmer OF Manitoba, has
sued the Canadian Government for 81, 600
damages for ssizing two threshing ma
chimes made by Minnesota convicts.
The Canadian Government has reduced
the export duty on pine logs 80 cents per
1, 600 feet, board measurement
IT is not thought likely that there will
be a yacht contest this year fcs the Amer
lea cup owing to q disagreement over
the new rules.
THE recent unexpected rise in the price
of iron caused great rejoicing among tho
mediate revival Of business and period
of prosperity. The demand for rails.
wrought iron pipes, sheet and bar iron has
experienced q marked increase in the past
ten days.
QUEEN CHRISTINA ascended 100 feet in
an air balloon at Madrid on the 2Ssh. 1t
was her first ascent The balloon was
christened "Maria Christina"
MURRAY'S MAGAZINE announces that
Prince Albert Victor, oldest son of the
Prince of Wales, has been afianced to
Princess Victoria, of Prussia, q sister Of
the Emperor of Germany.
GERMANY has bought majority of the
shares of the Swiss Western railway, and
has replaced the French by German di-
rectors.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended June % numbered 215.
compa1 ed with 220 the previous week and
POI the corresponding week of last year.
CARLoTTA PATTI sister of Adelina, died
on the 2Sth. She was a singer Of consid.
cradle repute.
THE dock laborers at Marseilles. France,
have gone on a strike.
A PRIVATE in an Italian regiment, in q
fit of madness, the other day killed the
major and wounded a captain and others
in Naples. He was finally killed with q
revolver.
PRINCE DANILO, son of the reigning
Prince, has been declared the heir appar-
ent to the throne of Montenegro.
MAIL advices from West Africa confirm
previous reports of the shocking priva-
tions to which Henry M. StanIy has been
subjected. It is stated that the explorers
hair has turned snow white that his
clothes are in rags and that he is without
shoes. being oblige to use skins to cover
his feet.
A MOB assaulted the police at Clonakilly.
Ireland, on the Goth. After a hand-to-
hand fight the police were ordered to fire
and two of the crowd fell seriously
wounded. The police took their prison or,
Patrick o Brien, M. p. for Tipperary, to
Dublin. The trouble was caused by
O'Brien attempting to hold a meeting.
BUSINESS was fairly steady and quiet on
the London Stock Exchange during the
week ended June 20. American securities
were neglected. Political rumors had a
In Paris prices were generally weak.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended June 90 showed an average increase
of 35.5 compared with the corresponding
week of last wear. In New York the in.
crease was All
THIRTY-sIx buildings and church were
burned at Luneburg, Germany, on the
30th. Loss, 12.000, 600 marks.
THE LATEST.
BERRYvILLE, Ark, June 30.-Bonaparte
Terry, a noted character and principal in
the Terry Wagner feud which has been
Missouri for years past and through which
many lives have been sacrificed and
Thomas Allen, aged sixteen, were
some days ago arrested for robbing
a store at Viola, Mo Allen weakened and
confessed, duplicating Terry and others.
Monday Allen was released on bond.
Terry's friends threatened that his hide
would not hold shucks when they got
through with him, and as he has not been
seen since then it is supposed they have
murdered him. Parties are now search.
ing the neighborhood, as Aliens bonds.
men offer a large reward for him, living
or dead.
DENVER, Col, June 31-T. l. Mason, an
escaped convict from the Jefferson City
(Mo.) penitentiary. is in Jail here, having
been arrested by detectives Hogg and
Thompson. Heis fifty y-eight years of age
and was sentenced in 1877 10 ten years tor
manslaughter. Previous to that he had
robbed his brother in San Francisco and 1t
was through the latter that he was caught.
He was passing through the city and saw
his brother on the street The police were
given q description and made the arrest
Mason keeps his mouth closed and the au-
thorities are in telegraphic communication
with Jefferson City.
LONDON. June 30-A dispatch from
Delagoa Bay reports q serious state of af-
fairs there. arising from the railway trou-
bles. Part of the railway has been de-
stroyed by the Portuguese An English
engineer who tried to defend the works
was fred upon. The foreign residents arr
greatly alarmed. They are crowding 20
the British Consulate for protection. Th.
Portuguese have placed a British inter.
prefer under arrest The English resi-.
dents demand his release.
NEW YORK. June 30.-At meeting O.
the trustees Of the American cotton see.
oil trust it was decided to defer consider
alton Of the dividend question until tn
next annual meeting. An approximst
statement was presented at the meetin
however, showing that the trust ha