Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-01

TIE British House of Commons. by Q
vote Of go 20 IS, agreed to grant q lump
sum Of eco 600, or as an alternative En- :
600 annually, TO build railways in Ireland.
THERE was a report that Mrs. Heron, an
American mis- sionary, had been com
demned to death in Corea for preaching.
She was from Jonesboro. Tenn. and went
with her husband to Corea about three
years ago. Nothing was known OF the
matter at the State Department, and
doubts about its correctness were exc
pressed.
GENERAL Won ScHELLENDORF. in q
speech at Koenigsberg the other day, said
that all fears OF war were groundless.
Ex-KING MILAN arrived at Belgrade on
the oath. He was met at the station by
his son, King Alexander, the Regent, the
members of the Cabinet and the foreign
representatives.
A wREcKING company has recovered the
cargo of the bark Midway, which was
wrecked in 1853 of Cape Henlopen while
bound from London to Philadelphia with
tin. lead and spelter. The metals are val.
ned at $50 600.
THE German Admiralty has uncovered
q perfect nest of corruption within the de-
partment involving many high officials.
A number of naval officers were arrested
at Berlin and at Kiel on the charge OF
wholesale bribery. One of these on being
taken into custody shot himself dead
n. DUPoNr, a BoulanGist member of the
Chamber Of Deputies, recently attempted
to make q speech at Port Liable, Finis-
terre, but was attacked by a mob and
stoned. A number of his teeth were
broken and he was driven away.
WILLIAM BUSHNELL, the noted embezzler
Of ten years ago, who was recently ex-
tradited from Chilli escaped from Detect
i've Reilly at Iquique while en- routs
home.
News from Ounalaska confirm the re.
cent reports Of the loss of the three whal-
ing -chooners James A. Hamilton, Otter
and Annie. No trace of them have been
seen in the Arctic and it is generally be-
lieved they are lost. They carried about
sixty officers and men.
A NEW sealing place has been found at
Sand Point, off British Columbia, where
British and American sealers have made
good catches.
The Brotherhood of American Railway
Brakemen held its annual session in Otta-
wa, Ont, recently with 200 de egates
present.
Mr.. AND MRS GLADSTONE celebrated
their golden wedding on the IS b.
BISHOP WALSH. of London, Ont has
been selected for Archbishop of Toronto
by the Pope.
The Union Pacific earnings for June
were $24 $40 larger than the same month
last year while the net earnings were
49,, G62 more.
SON of Marshall II. Twitchell, United
States Consul at Kingston. Ont. has been
arrested on the charge of being the masked
burglar who entered the residence of Mrs.
He was mere boy and up to the
affair bore a good character.
to October 2.
all the Polish railways for strategic pur-
poses.
The civil tribunal OF Paris has decided
that the Panama Canal Company can not
compel the holders of lottery bonds to pay
the outstanding installments.
The Standard oil monopoly is reported
to be buying up the natural gas lands of
Indiana with a view to squeezing the
natural gas companies when their present
supplies run out
LABoUCHERE's amendment to the Roy al
Grants bill was rejected by the British
House of Commons by sos to 156.
LIE SoIR, of Paris, asserts that Bou-
LANCER, fearing he will be condemned, is
gong to New York to avoid extradition.
The great British war ship Sultan.
which sank on rock near Malta some
months al go. has been successfully raised.
The officials of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company have notified the Trans
continental Association that unless the
subsidy from railroads is increased they
will cut rates and take all the freight they
can get. TWAS thong hit this was the pre-
liminary step to war against the Cana
dian Pacific road.
The wedding gift of Mrs. John w.
Mackay to Princess Louise was a pair Of
diamond earrings costing $4,000.
THE Yellow river of China has again
burst its banks. The authorities at Pekin
were dismayed.
THERE was a report current that Mary
Anderson, the actress, was really suffer-
ing from mental disorder and was con-
fined in a private lunatic asylum in Eu-
rope
IT is officially denied that there is any
yellow fever at Tampico Mex, a> had re-
Gently been reported.
BUSINESS failures Dun's repori) for the
seven days ended July 26 numbered 216.
including Canada. The previous wee&
20S failures were reported