Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-19

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TIE directors Of the Missouri PAci0s
railway have declared the usual quarterly
dividend Of one per cont =
NEGOTIATIONS are said to be ON foot for
q new agreement between England and
Germany regarding East Africa
n. FERRY's organ states that Germany
is about to place an army corps on the
Belgian frontier and reinforce the troops
in Alsace-Lorraine. The Autorite pub
fishes q report that II. De Freycinct.
French Minister of War. intends to double
the strength Of the army corps stationed
at Nancy.
WILLIAM p. SHAW, general manager OF
the Columbus, Hooking Valley & Toledo
railroad has resigned. He is q nephew of
the recently deposed President John w.
Shaw.
The official report concerning the wheat
crop of France shows that Z, 16O, 900 hectares
were sown this year against g. 189, IA
hectares last year. It is estimated that the
yield will be Ill AGO, 218 hectolitres against
IS, TAO, 72S hectolitres in 1888.
THE steamer Rothesay recently sank
the tug MORA near Rockville, Ont, and
two lives were lost
CAPTAIN WIssMAN's police have de.
stroyed the town of Kondutchi, between
Bagamoyo and Dare -Salaam. Captain
Wissman wished to punish the inhabit-
ants OF the place for having supplied the
insurgents with arms.
A SIBERIAN explorer has left Pekin with
the intention of penetrating Thibet. He
is accompanied by a Chinese escort. His
route will be along the great wall of China
to Ian Chow and Lake Kokonova.
Two hundred and ffty-six nominally
Boulangist candidates were nominated for
election to the French Chamber of Depu-
ties.
IT is stated that q majority of the
French Cabinet disapprove the circular
recently issued by the Minister of Justice.
NJ. Thevenet, in which the clergy are re-
minded that they are prohibited by law
from taking part in the elections.
A MONUMENT to the French soldiers and
sailors who fell in the Franco Prussian
war, built by national subscription, was
unvailed in the Place de Fontenoy at
Paris on the 18th. Admiral Krantz. Min.
lister of Marine, was present.
PATRICK DELANEY, in prison for being
implicated in the Phoenix Park assassina-
tions, has petitioned for his release as a
reward for testifying in favor of the Lon
don Times.
THE largest drawbridge in the world il
the new bridge over the Thames, recently
opened by the New York New Haven &
Hartford railroad, the draw being 500 feet
long.
IT is feared that the pilot boat Ambrose
Snow No IL has been lost as nothing has
| been heard of her since September Z.
| when pilot left her to bring a vessel into
New York. The Snow had two men on
board.
M CoRvELLAINE, the proprietor of the
| cartridge factory at Antwerp in which the
recent disastrous explosion occurred, has
been arrested.
CHAKIR PASTA, the Governor of Crete,
| has issued a fresh proclamation to the
Cretans, threatening with severe punish.
| ment any one assisting the insurgents
AMERICAN securities were in demand on
| the London Stock Exchange during the
| week ended September IA. A financial
crash was thought to be imminent in the
Argentine Republic. The French and
| German bourses were unsettled.
THE trial trip of the new cruiser Balti-
aud will net Messrs. Cramp g. Co. con-
siderable bonus.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended September IA showed an average
increase of 10 compared with the CORE.
spending week of last year. In New
York the increase was so.
The King Of Holland has again weak.
ened and his condition was serious on the
18th.
ENGLISH dock yard laborers and their
friends had grand demonstration at
Hyde Park London, on the 10Th to cele-
brate the successful ending of the strike.
THE American brewers have projected
| a gigantic syndicate, or pool, to protect
themselves against the entertainments OF
| the English beer syndicate.