Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-03-07

GENERAL.
P1corr. the London Times witness
after admitting to Labouchere and George
Augustus Sala having forged tho Par
nell letters, absconded. Judge Hammer
immediately issued q warrant OF his ar
rest His comics sion and flight intensified
the already excited public feeling con.
corning the matter, and from remarks OF
Judge Hammer it was expected 1urener
sensations would follow.
LETTERS from missionaries dated Zanzi-
bar. January q, have been received in
London. They give details OF third 70.
volt in Uganda and the murder OF q mis-
siouary named Brooks.
IT Is calculated that seventy lives were
lost in the recent gale in the North sea.
IT is predicted in Berlin that the open.
ing of spring will witness the most gigan-
tic combination OF workingmen's strikes
that Germany has seen in many years.
TWENTY-FIVE Protestant young lady
boarders at the Notre Dame convent
school at Toronto, Ont. have left because
of the efforts of the nuns to prosely tize
one of their number.
By the breaking of piston rod recently
an express train on the Grand Trunk was
wrecked near st. George, Ont, and a Pull.
100 feet high. Nine persons were killed
and thirty others injured, many seriously.
TIE German Government has, received
information from Washington that there
is no prospect of the United States COM
plying with the demand for the prosecu-
ton and punishment of Klein.
A BOY employed in a printing Office in
Vienna has been sentenced to six months
imprisonment at hard labor for repeating
stories concerning the death of Crown
Prince Rudolph at variance with the ofic.
ial announcements.
The preliminary statement of the Union
Pacific Railroad Company for January
shows earnings to be S. 91S. OOO-an in.
crease over January, 1888, $3.50. 200; ex-
penses, 81. 397 COo-increase, $1S, 200; sur.
plus. 1921. 0O0-increase, $172,O0
A BILL has been introduced in the Ca.
madam Parliament giving he Government
authority to hand over refugee criminals
to their respective countries, treaty or no
treaty. t-'.+t.t ~ -.
IT is reported that General Desbordes,
the French commander, has been MUIR
dered in Tonquin. No confii matory adj
vices have been received by the Govern.
ment. lf
THE German Government has forbidden
the issue in Germany of any part of the
Bulgarian loan, on the ground that Bu.-
garia has no recognized government
THE London Times of the 18th published
an apology for the forged Parnell letters.
The apology also included the letters at
tributed to Egan, Davist and O'Kelly.
THE Sultan of Morocco is arranging to
send a mission to Queen Victoria.
THE business portion of the village of
Lostant, five miles north of Wenona, I'LL,
was destroyed by fire early the other
morning, entailing loss of $50, 600. There
was no insurance.
AT Kewatin, Manitoba, recently, an
Indian boy, fifteen years of age, was fed
with whisky until he refused to drink any
more. He was then laid on his back on
the floor and the liquor poured into him.
He was found dead on the following morn.
ing, evidently choked to death.
A BOLD move TO break up Boulangism
was made by the French Ministry on the
2Sth by the suppression of the Patriotic
League and the arrest of it's leaders.
THE Italian Ministry, under Premier
Crispi, has resigned.
THE report of the Milwaukee & st Paul
shows a disbursement of s. $50. 703 over
the gross earnings. 1t was the most un-
favorable exhibit of any Western road.
IT is reported that the Gear is scandal
lied by the irreg liar life of his b. others
AMI has ordered Grand Duke Vladimir to
resign the commandership of the guards.
It is rumored that the Minister of War and
the Minister of Justice will resign.
TIE report of Sir Julian Pauncefote's
appointment as British Minis er to the
United States is semi fficially confirmed.
A DEsERrER from Wady Halfa reports
that Emin Pasha has again vanquished
the dervlshes with heavy loss in the Bahr
ell Gael Province.