Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-13

THE Duke of Montpensier, of Spain,
connected with the Bourbon pretensions,
died on the 4th.
A SHORTAGE has been discovered in
the accounts of Peter L. Dudley. recent
~ general passenger and freight agent
Of the Cincinnati Northern railroad.
Liquor was the cause.
TIE Canadian authorities officially
declare that there will be no difficulty
in settling the boundary between Alaska
and British Columbia.
A DRILLING point which fell $50 feet in
q mine at Kingston. Ont, the other day,
perforated the brain of miner, causing
instant death.
THE certificate holders of the National
lead trust have voted to reduce the cap
ital from $50, 400, 600 to $50, Oo0. 900.
Mr.. PARNELL, it is said, will ask Par
lament to inquire into the Times-Pigott
conspiracy.
THE dock laborers of Newport and
Monmouth. England, have struck for
London wages.
THERE is great Improvement noted in
the industries of Ireland.
OVER 100 Cinnamon were drowned by
a waterspout on January Z, in Nankin.
THE Duke de Montpensier left a fortune
of $50, O0O, 900.
The edge tool manufacturers are re-
ported to be arranging combination to
control the entire trade.
A TERRIBLE mine explosion occurred
at Aberyschan, Wales, on the 9Th. Three
hundred men were imprisoned, two
thirds of whom were rescued alive, the
rest being dead.
MANY dangerous icebergs are reported
TWENTY-FIVE companies of London
dock owners have signed the agreement
recently made to fight the labor unions
of men employed in handling freight
and in other dock occupations.
TIE confirmation of the Samoan treaty
by the United States Senate afforded
general satisfaction in Berlin. Count
Herbert Bismarck called upon Minister
Phelps and congratulations were ex-
changed upon the ratification of the
treaty.
GovERNoR-GENERAL SALAMANCA, of
Cuba, was reported seriously sick on tho
9Th.
HENRY M. STANLEY has been elected
a member of the Russian Geographical
Society.
CARDINAL PEccI, brother of the Pope,
was reported dying from pneumonia on
the 9th.
Il. NJ. SECRETAN and others connected
with the collapse of the Societie des
Metaux, Of Paris, have been ordered to
be handed over to the correctional police
to be dealt with.
Tx Bank of Paris will issue Rus
sian loan February 20.
THE schooner Minnehaha, oil laden
from Philadelphia. January 81, for
Providence, r. l., is believed to have
been lost. There were seven men in
the crew.
The Due d'Orleans, eldest son of the
Conn e de Paris, was arrested on the 7th,
charged with violation of the French
Exclusion law. There were reports in
Paris that Royalist uprising had been
nipped in the bud by the Princes arrest.
By the explosion of a cylinder of the
boilers of new British cruiser at Mar
gate, England, two men were killed and
ten injured.
Ten thousand colored people in Can
ada have sent tho Governor-General a
loyal address.
BUSINESS failures Oun's rcport) for
the seven days ended February num-
bered (including Canada) 331, compared
with pol the previous week and SOB the
corresponding week of last year.
THE Mexican quarantine against hogs
from the United States has been re-
moved.
THERE was a collapse in the pig iron
market of Scotland owing to the tenn
porary suspension of payment by M. S.
Wells, a prominent broker.
1T is reported that ex-King Milan is a
victim Of melancholia. His gambling
debts trouble him and he threatens
suicide. He has to be closely watched
at all times.
LA FRANCE accuses England of insti-
eating an attack on French caravan in
Africa.
MAJOR PANITZA and four of his accom-.
pliccs in the plot to assassinate Prince
Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, are reported to
have been shot.
GENERAL SALAMANCA, Governor OF
Cuba, is dead.