Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-24
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL. AND POLITICAL.
THE Virginia legislature has re-elect-
ed John w. Daniel United States sem
ator.
AN enthusiastic Oklahoma statehood
convention was held at Oklahoma CITY
on the 18th.
CONGRESSMAN MILLS was lying
seriously i'll at Washington. It was re-
ported that he was suffering from pneu-
monia, insomnia and nervous prostra-
in.
CHIEF JOEL B. MAYEs and Second
Chief Henry Cham beers, of the Cherokee
nation, have both died of la grippe.
The successors will be Downings
MAJ. MCKINLEY was no better at
Canton, O., on the 18TH His physician
positively refused to permit any body to
serious results were apprehended.
SAMUEL K. MURDOCH, formerly a we'll
known actor, but for number of years
adelphia on the 18th, aged rs years.
The secretary of state announces the
conclusion of a reciprocity treaty with
the British West Indies.
CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM L. WILSON, of
West Virginia, has been elected presi-
dent of Richmond (Va.) college by the
trustees of that institution.
The lottery question caused split in
the Louisiana democratic party conven-
ton which met at Baton Rouge on the
10th.
SPEAKER CRISP has appointed as dem
ocratic members of the committee on
rules, Messrs. McMillin and Catchings
This is de parture from the precedent
ACCORDING to a Paris paper the pope
| desires a policy of Cancellation in the
dealings of the Catholic church with
France.
CONGRESSMAN CULBERsON, of Texas,
| declares that he will not accept an
Interstate commerce commissioners
ship.
The president has nominated six of
the nine United States circuit judges.
Two of them are democrats
THE president has sent to the senate
the nomination of Stephen B. Elkins,
of West Virginia, to be secretary of
war.
THERE was considerable talk recent
ly in Washington of republican con-
tests of the seats of Senators Hill, of
New York; Brice. of Ohio, and White,
| of Louisiana. In the first case the
ground will be abandonment of the
| Office.
THE national prohibition convention
has been set for st. Louis June 30 and
80 next
| SECRETARY OF STATE SoPER, of Mich
! igan, has resigned because of various
charges of grave character. He con-
fessed his misdeeds.
THE anti-lottery democratic conven-
ton of Louisiana has nominated full
ticket with Murphy ]. Foster as the
candidate for governor.
The lottery democrats of Louisiana
have nominated Gov. McEnery and ex-
Gov. Wickliffe for the head of their
ticket
PRESIDENT GOMPERs and the other
officers of the national federation Of
labor have been reelected.
GEN. JOHN C. NEW, the United States
consul-general at London, presided al
the annual banquet of the association
of foreign consuls-
THERE was much improvement in thu
condition of Governor-elect Mckinley
of Ohio. on the 18th. He was not abl.
, to see callers however.
Ex-GOv. SMALLwooD, of the Choctav
nation, died recently of pneumonia
The congress of Bolivia has rejecte.
the treaty made by the executive o
that country with that of Chill.
The new Spanish tariff greatly re
,, duces the duties on exports conveyed il
Spanish vessels.
Both the king and queen of Denmarl
are suffering from influenza.
THE dowager Lady Deros is dead il
! London. She danced at the famou
ball given in Brussels on the eve of tn
battle of Waterloo. and was the las
survivor of that ball.
MISCELLANEOUS.
5 SMALLPOX has been added to the hol
4 rors of famine in Russia. Whole pro,