Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
GENERAL-

South Wales, Australia.
A PLOT is reported to have been discov-
cred at Constantinople to depose the Sui
tan and seat his brothers heir on the
throne.
A SENSATION was created in railroad
circles by the removal of all passenger
conductors On the Buffalo. Rochester and
Pittsburgh divisions OF the Buffalo, Roch-
ester & Pittsburgh railroad. The sweep
was thorough one.
EMIL TREITEL, one Of the largest grain
dealers in Berlin, has suspended. His lia-
bilities amount to 5000, 900 marks. The
failure affects the corn exchanges Of
Vienna, Pesth, Amsterdam, Paris and
New York.
IT is reported that King John of Abys-
sinia has been defeated and slain in battle.
The British man-of- war Calliope has
arrived at Sydney, N. S. W., all safe from
Samoa. She reports the floating of tho
Nipsic, which was not greatly damaged.
THE temperance cause in Canada re.
ceived severe blow on the 4th. Twelve
counties and two cities in Ontario and
Nova Scotia voted on the question whether
the Scott Prohibition law should continue
in force or not Every county and town
that voted declared that the act should be
withdrawn by majorities of from 200 to
5000.
NEWS has been received of 81. M. Stan.
ley and Emin Pasha up to last February.
They were then on their way to Zanzibar.
accompanied by many hundreds of men,
women and children.
ONE hundred and forty Alsatians have
been fined 600 marks each for failing to re.
port for service in the German army.
A BAILIFF was shot dead at Coleraine,
County Londonderry, Ireland, recently.
The murdered man had charge of a farm
from which the tenant had been evicted.
THE death of King John, of Abyssinia,
has been confirmed.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended April numbered 222,
compared with 240 the previous week and
227 the corresponding week of last year.
THE River Nile was reported rapidly
falling and the outlook for Egypt was
serious.
A STORM which demolished many houses
and started several fires ragged throughout
Southern Hungary on the 9TH.
MAGGIE MITCHELL, the actress, has OBJ
tanned divorce from her husband, Henry
T. Paddock The main charge was
adultery.
A NEPHEW of Ex-President Guzman
Blanco, of Venezuela, has been arrested
while trying to escape to the United
States on a charge of forgery, by which
he secured $4,000
dreds of houses have been destroyed by
fire at Surat The loss is placed at f200 .
600.
A BAD explosion occurred in coal mine
at Anthracite, Manitoba, recently. A
dozen miners were more or less in ured.
GREAT distress is reported by the stop
page of work on the Panama canal. Good
order, however, prevails.
WoU KwANG PEI, formerly of the Chi
,hoe oh nd of
Shanghai, advocates the expulsion of every
American in the service of China as q
reprisal for the exclusion of Cinnamon
from America. In a memorial on the sub.
ject he refers with contempt to the Amer
lean navy, which he declares would be
powerless in an aggressive movement.
MONEY was reported plentiful on tho
London Stock Exchange during the week
ended April 6. All manner of syndicate
schemes were being f1oated. The Paris
Bourse were reported firm and active,
which was also characteristic of the Ger
man bourses.
A SEVERE snow storm and blizzard pre-
vailed in Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
New Jersey and other Atlantic States on
the 9Th.
The Dowager Duchess of Cambridge,
aunt of Queen Victoria, died recently.
She was born July %, 1897
| ended April showed an average increase
of 5.S compared with the corresponding g
week of last year. In New York the in
crease was 3.&
THE LATEST.
PANAMA, April S.-Since the suspension
of work on the canal over 5000 laborers
| have been sent home from the isthmus. A
consular investigation shows that there
tho ino M
| the works who are in q destitute condi-
| tion. Some deaths from starvation have
already been reported and it is feared thai
many more will occur if prompt measures
are not taken by the West Indian Govern
| ments to send the people back to theil
| homes. Negroes and women and children
| are the worst sufferers. Despite the great
| distress good order prevails.
| WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April s-A bad
| explosion took place at the coal mine al
| Anthracite last week. Choke damp which
| had accumulated in an unused chamber
| invaded a gallery in which large gang
| of miners were working, and coming in
| contact with their lamps, caused a terrific
| explosion. A dozen men were more OF
less injured, three being dangerously
| burned and bruised.
| CHICAGO, April Little Ef6e FILLER.
| aged ten, daughter of Mrs. w. A. Filler,
l Oh ATkdnSaS Nlty, h6us, p" dS INV" II AAOA
| a cab at Dear born and Van Buren, streets
| Yesterday morning and killed. Mrs
Filler, with her two daughters was on the
| way to Columbus, O., to visit her husband
Mr.. Filler went to Columbus recently tt
assume the superintendency Of the infirm'
| ary there.
| TRINIDAD, Col, April S-Early Satur'
day morning two passenger trains, eact
| drawn by two engines. collided on ths
Santa Fe railway while rounding curve
| The four engines were piled in heap, ane
one express car was telescoped. tramp
was killed and another is missing
Engineer Joe Hare was probably fatally
hurt
| LocKPoRr. N. Y, April 7.-Collector o
Customs q. w. Cutler at Suspension
Bridge has reported for prosecution thu
| Michigan Central. West Shore and Crane
Trunk Railway Companies for violatin;
the alien contract labor law there. Al
| the companies had been warned by
| special Government agent months ago.
BoRDENTowN, n j.. April L-Davit
Kline an old shoemaker, lies in dying
condition from drinking coffee which con
tanned rough on rats His wife is sup
posed to have administered the poison
She has fed Detectives are looking fo
her.
Fort DODGE Iowa, April I.-Sherii