Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-25
BEND, KANSAS THURSDAY, April. rs. 1889.
PRINCE FERDINAHD, Of Bulgaria, =
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PRINCE FKRDINAHD, Of Bulgaria, =
soon to be betrothed to an Orleans Prin.
cess.
CHoLERA is epidemic in the Philippine
islands, and out OF !. 500 cases 600 have
proved fatal
FATHER McFADDKN, the Irish priest ar
rested for completely in the murder Of Po-
lice Inspector Martin at Gweedore, Ire
land, has been admitted to bail
THE Boulangist leaders in Brussels have
decided to remain quiet during the exhi-
bition, provided the Government adopts .
similar course.
THE river Thiess in Austria has burst
its banks. The adjacent country is flooded
and the Banat province is threatened with
inundat1on.
HUNGARY has again been visited by
snow storms
The Seville (Spain) cathedral is again
in tottering condition.
A DYNAMITE petard was exploded in q
church in Valencia, Spain, on the 18th.
The altar was damaged, but nobody was
hurt
IT is stated that Russia demands 45, 600
roubles of France on account of the bonn
bardment of Sagalic.
SEVERAL Russian artillery officers have
been arrested for plotting against the
Gear.
THE Mexican authorities of Lower Cali
fornia have issued formal warnings to
American fishermen to keep out OF Mex
lean fishing ground.
The Duke OF Edin burgh continues to
suffer from severe fever.
THE Shah of Persia will visit the Czar
of Russia May 1921 and will then go to
Berlin to pay his respects to the Emperor
of Germany.
A SPECIAL from Colon says that Presi-
dent Nunez has published letter in
which he declares that Colombia will not
renew the DeLesseps concession when it
expires in 1892, and hopes the United
States will finish the canal
THIRTEEN families at Falcarragh, Ire
land, who had been evicted, but who had
returned to their homes, have been again
evicted.
The steamer Missouri rescued the pas
sengers and crew of the Thingvalla line
steamship Danmark. bringing $40 of
them to Philadelphia and leaving the
others at Azores. The Danmark was
badly damaged by the breaking of a shaft
and the bursting of the engine pipe.
FEARS were expressed for the Monon-
gahela war ship, which left San Francisco
for Samoa. April 16 she had not arrived
and was several days overdue.
The imperial family has returned to st.
Petersburg from Gatschina- Extra pre-
cautions were taken for the safety Of the
party. More arrests have been made of
artillery off GERS concerned in the Nihilist
plot recently discovered at Zurich.
A FORCE Of Soudanese recently attacked
and defeated a party Of Egyptians from
Suakim, who were building a fort at Port
Halaib. The Egyptians lost ten killed and
on the steamer Agami and have return ed
to Suakim.
BUSINESS was quiet on the London Ex-
change during the week ended April 20.
English railways advanced one per cent,
Americans were weaker. An attempt to
borrow So, OOO, 900 to restart the Panama
canal works resulted in failure. The
French and German bourses were firm
with Governments advancing
THERE was riot Of street car drivers al
Vienna, Austria, on the 21st. Several per-
sons were injured and many arrested.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended April 30 showed average increase
of S3 compared with the corresponding
week of last year. In New York the in
crease was S.3.
A DISPATCH from Berlin says: Germany
comedies the principle of absolute nom
interference in Samoa, end the natives are
| to be left free to choose their rulers
No claims for compensation for German
subjects are mentioned in the Statemen
| and practically the work of the confer
ence is limited to defining exactly the
powers of Consuls in regulating trade anC
shipping, etc.
The number of deaths from yellow fever
at Rio Janeiro averages 100 day. A
Santos the plague was also raging fur
| iously.
TIE LATEST.
BERWICK, ILL.,, April 22.-Two men wer'
| killed and three injured in the wreck of
mixed train on the Central Iowa railroad
| Saturday night near here. The wreck wa
| caused by the breaking of wheel th
| train was going over the bridge at Ceda
creek. Two cars were hurled into tn
creek and took fire, burning the bridge
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