Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10


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TIM New Years reception Of Euaperor
William was without particular interest
Nh 00uvIE. tho Canadian land SUR
ing the Yukon country will report to the
Dominion Goyernment that tho boundary
line between British Columbia and Alaska
should be fixed at least four miles further
south than the point fixed by Schwatka-
THE public accounts of the Dominion of
Canada for the fiscal year 1875 show
that the gross debt increased during the
year from $373, 2S3, $40 to $3.50, 2S4,517.
AN Irish farmer who had taken place
from which the tenants had been evicted
was murdered on the highway near Balli-
nasloe, Ireland. recently by four men.
THE foods in Southern France have
caused enormous damage.
A SILK syndicate has been for ned by
some of the richest firms of London and
Lyons.
TIE Servian Skuptschina has approved
the new Constitution by q vote OF 494 to %.
lie Cortes Of Portugal was opened on
tbs I'd by the King in person. who de-
clared that Portugal would willingly join
in the anti-slave trade blockade Of East
Africa
FoUR Radical members of the Servian
Chamber OF Deputies have been urrested
for an alleged conspiracy against King
Milan.
JOHN HENNEKER HEAroN, member of tho
British House of Commons, expects to visit
the United States shortly to advocate
penny postage between England and
America.
ALARMING rumors prevailed on the I'd
regarding the position OF American resi-
dents in Hayti. Since the forced surrender
ID
were filed with abuse of the United States
Minister, Thompson, and it was said Amer
leans had been thrown into prison. Hayti
Minister PfeSton denied the alarming re-
ports.
GERMAN Liberal circles are much exer-
cised over q report that the Emperor has
conferred the order of the Black Eagle
upon Herr Won Puttkamer.
A GREEK who has arrived from Khar-
toum says that some months ago the
Mahdi's troops captured an Englishman
passing through the territory of the
Kabbabish tribe from the westward. He
did not know his name. The man was
| said by the Mahdi's men to be q lord. but it
| is believed that he is Neufeld. When
| the Greek left Khartoum he regarded an
early emeute among the Mahdi's followers
as imminent
SOME anxiety has been occasioned at
Panama by the crisis through which the
canal has been passing recently. Serious
| alarm, however, had not been felt, the
| faith in the ultimate successful issue of the
enterprise being great. Work continued
| steadily on the canal.
| THE hungarian maize ring syndicate is
| said to have collapsed, having lost 1000, 600
forms. Maize can be bought for half what
| the syndicate paid.
| A WORKMAN was burned to death and
| $50, 600 damage done by the destruction of
the Lincoln pulp mill at st. GATHERINGS,
Ont, recently.
| IT is reported in London that Lady Sails
bury will present Mrs. Joseph Chamber
| lain, nee Endicott, to the Queen at the first
drawing room.
| The Journal de st. Petersburg heartily
| Endorses the peaceful predictions OF King
Humbert of Italy and Premier Won Tisza
of Hungary on New Years day.
! GREAT anxiety was felt at Berlin on the
Sd regarding the health of Prince Bis
| marck.
| A SERIES of earthquake shocks followed
each other in Costa Rica on the night of
December %. At Alajuela eight persons
were killed and many injured
| AT Dublin on the Sd Judge Kelly in sen .
| fencing rioters to prison denounced the
| Government for its laxity in allowing
riots at evictions.
EXTREME cold prevailed in the Ekaterin-
burg district of Southeast Russia. 1t was
| estima ted that IT'S persons were frozen to
death. Near Tifl;s railroad train was
| blocked by snow and fourteen passengers
| froze to death.
THE LATEST.
By. the fall of house at Bastia, Italy
| which had been undermined by the floods
| twelve persons were killed. Much Other