Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09

ENGLAND Is preparingto bring press
ure to bear on Switzerland to induce
that country to cease its prosecutions OF
the Salvation Army bands, most Of
whom are English.
ANOTHER plot against the life of the
Gar is reported to have been discov-
cred in st. Petersburg.
DIR. BARBOsA, the Brazilian Min
lister, estimates that the total expendi-
itures for 1880 will be 68, O00, 600 milres;
that the treasury balance will be g.
OOO, 600, and that the balance from the
interior loan will cover the deficit and
allow the completion of the interior
contracts.
a confirmation from st. Petersburg of
the Cars serious sickness from sud-
den terror.
gland, thinks the trouble with Portugal
| is only a passing cloud. He has said
so much in speech.
THE Servian SkupStchina has adj
| journed until February g.
KAISER WILLIAM, of Germany, has
sent friendly sword to Vice-Admiral
Commerell, of Great Britain, as SOU
venir of his late visit to Portsmouth.
The Khedive's Government will not
accept the proposition made by France
in regard to the conversion of the
preference debt and the conversion is
consequently postponed.
KING CARLOS of Portugal opened
the Cortes on the 1st, but the Chamber
of Deputies will not be organized until
the end of the month. Questions to
be submitted by the opposition con-
corning the internal and colonial policy
of the Government will be discussed
early in February.
BAD weather affected the calling
custom of New Years day in MANY
cities. There are many indications.
however, of the practice falling into
disuse.
WHEN the King of Italy finished
his address to the Parliamentary dep
utations at the Quirinal a man threw a
copper box with a lighted fuse into
their midst. He was arrested and said
he did it for revenge.
THE Royal Palace at Laeken,
Belgium, was destroyed by fire on the
LIST. A governess of Princess Clemen-
tine lost her life. There were reports
of incendiarism.
THE London Chronicle has report
that Nh. Parnell, at meeting of the
Irish party to be held Immediately be-
fore the opening of Parliament, will
fully deny O'Shea's scandal charges.
The United States squadron of evolu-
ton has arrived at Tangier, Morocco.
Seventy men are down with the influ-
enza. The cases are reported as Sc
we're and the disease is spreading. In
consequence of the prostration of the
crews the ships of the squadron are UNI
dermanned.
HENRY M. STANLEY left Zanzibar on
the I'd for Egypt. He was decorated
by the Sultan.
The Italian steamer Persia was
ashore on the island of Corsica on the
I'd. She had 139 passengers on board.
Six of them were rescued, but the fate
of the others was uncertain.
THE strike among the Belgian col
lieries is fast spreading. At Liege 200
miners have joined the movement.
The miners of Breslau, Germany,
have struck for nine hours as a DAVIS
work and unlimited output and higher
wages. The masters and the men are
negotiating for a settlement of the
trouble.
TELEGRAS1s from the American and
English eclipse expeditions to Africa
show these expeditions failed to secure
photographs on December 81 of the
corona owing to cloudy weather The
cable between Cayenne, South Ameri-
ca, and Trinidad is broken and no news
has been received from the eclipse
parties sent out by the Lick Observa-
tory and by the Royal Astronomical
Society to stations in South America.
THERE has been skirmish between
Turks and Cretans in which many
| were killed and wounded. Sixteen
wounded Turks were brought to Canea.
THE brigantine Czarowitz was run
down in the Mersey recently by the
White Line steamer Bri annie. The
ca. tain of the brigantine was drowned.