Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mall
Personal AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
THE Mississippi Constitutional Con-
vention decided to make the terms of
judges of the Supreme Court nine years.
JUDGE COOLEY has returned to Wash
ington to resume his duties as chairman
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion.
THE President returned to Washing
ton on the 18th from his tour in the
West
THE Canadian Government has re-
moved the export duties on logs
THE funeral of the wife of General
Booth. of the Salvation Army, took
place in London on the 14th and was
made q great occasion.
THE charges against Mr.. O'Mahoney
at Tipperary have been dismissed be-
cause Of that gentleman's illness
NEWARK, N. j., went Democratic at
the charter election.
The Socialists of Amsterdam met re-
Gently and demanded that real ruler
and not an insane King be put in con-
troll of the Government
THE Regenerators and Progressists of
Portugal have agreed to maintain an
expectant but benevolent attitude to-
wards the new Ministry. The Cabinet
has announced its determination to pro-
hibit the Republican press from using
scurrilous language regarding the King
or Great Britain
The British commander at the Zanzi-
bar station has been ordered to proceed
Immediately to punish the Sultan of
Vitu who, late advices show. was clearly
implicated in and probably directed
the recent massacre of Germans at Vitu.
CONSUL PHILIP CARROLL at Palermo,
Sicily, will probably be transferred to
some place beyond Italy. he having
ceased to be a persona grata to the Ital-
ian Government and municipality OF
Palermo on the strength of his COM
munications to the State Department
THE President has had his mind de-
finitely made up, it is stated, not to call
an extra session of Congress.
w. j. ROGERS. Democratic candidate
for Congress in the Second North Caro-
lima district has declined because OF
i'll health. No candidate to take his
place will be named as the district is
largely Republican.
In the recent election in Cha ttanooga,
Tenn. the Democrats secured only two
wards The new Board of Aldermen
will be eleven Republicans and five
Democrats
LIEUTENANT ALPHEUs R. FRENCH, the
sole survivor of the Black Hawk war,
died at Baltimore, Nd. in the eighty
second year of his age. He was born at
Chittenango, N. Y, November rs, 1908.
After the Black Hawk war he re-enlist-
ed and was ordered to Florida during
fhe o14 I, L =
injured in different battles.
THE funeral of General Belknap took
place at Washington on the 10th with
military honors The remains were in
tered in the Arlington cemetery:
PAYMAsTER GEoRGE A. DEERINa, of
the United States navy, was found dead
in his bed at his residence at Washing
ton. He had died during the night OF
heart disease.
The Minister of the United States at
St Petersburg says in regard to the al
legged persecution by the Russian Gov
eminent of the Hebrews that upon a
thorough investigation it is source OF
special qualification to be able to say
the reports are false.
ScoTCH Home Rulers are reported lis.
satisfied with Mr.. Gladstone and the
Liberal party and threaten trouble.
The Prohibitory laws of Kansas and
Iowa have both been declared null and
void so far as original packages are con-
cerned. They must be re-enacted I'M
der the privileges accorded to States by
the Wilson bill
JAMES PEAsE, who acted as General
Fremont's guide in 1916, was drowned
last week near Redwood City, Cal. He
was ninety-eight years of age and the
oldest resident of San Mateo County.
REAR ADMIRAL PORTER was reported
in a critical condition at Washington
on the 18th. He was suffering from
physical exhaustion due to old age.