Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
EMPEROR WILLIAM left Scotland on
the 14th for Norway.
The house of lords has passed the
Irish land bill
WILLIAM HOFFMAN,. a participant in
the councils of the congressional party.
declares that Minister Egan is playing
into the hands of Balmaceda to antag-
onize the English, who are sympathiz-
ing with the revolutionists-
The fall of the Bastile was celebrated
in Paris on the 14th by immense de-
monstrations.
THE Chicago Daily News says: Back
of the negotiations now going on to
unite the local democracy of Chicago is
well formulated plan to present the
name of Chief Justice Melville W..
Fuller for the presidency when the
opportune time arrives" The News
article argues that Hill and Gray may
destroy Cleveland
PRESIDENT HARRISON recently met
Cardinal Gibbons and told him that
while church matters were not usually
public concern, he resented the inter
ferences in American affairs as pro-
posed by the Cahensly petition and
thought the cardinal took the correct
ground.
THE rebel cruiser Magallenes is re-
ported to have defeated Balmaceda's
feet battering the boats up badly.
MRS DR. j. HOLLOWAY, of Spring
field, O., has fallen heir to 81. 600, OOO
left by her uncle, Sir James Boxendale.
an English knight
Gov. JAMES E CAMPBELL was renom-
mated by the democrats of Ohio on the
first ballot The vote stood: Camp
bell. sos 5-16; Neal, 1874 9-16; Kline, Sc;
johnson, 1.
The Glasgow weekly Citizen gives
currency to a report that Carnegie had
purchased Scottish estate and intend
ed to settle down as laird.
A DISPATCH from Naples says that
Mrs Mary French Sheldon. the plucky
American woman who headed an ex-
ploring party to the heart of Africa,
arrived at Naples July IL. She was i'll
from the effects of a fall received just
before leaving Africa.
THE Italian government has reduced
by Is, 900 francs each the salaries of the
Italian ENJOYS at London, Berlin, Paris.
Vienna, ST Petersburg and CONSTANT
nople and the salaries of some others
by 5000 francs each, thus effecting an
annual saving of 200, 900 francs.
GEN. j. S. GARRISON was a passenger
on the steamship City of Paris which
arrived at New York on the 18th from
Europe.
THE instruction in Arabia against
Turkey is spreading
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Times says the decree resembling
the prohibition of American pork takes
immediate effect. The government
gave the cham bers assurance that pre-
cautions had been taken against trichi-
nosis. France thus hopes to escape the
retaliation possible under the Mckinley
law.
IT is said that Lord Salisbury has Of
fered to pay the Portuguese the sum of
200, 600, 900 francs in consideration OF
the surrender to Great Britain of all
the possessions of Portugal in southeast
Africa
NINA VAN ZANDT, who obtained
some sort of notoriety during the an
archist troubles at Chicago, has been
married to an Italian named Malato.
GEN. B. E. KELLY, 1.-THE hero of Phil
ippi," died at Oakland, Nd, recently.
He had been suffering for some time
from the effects of an old bullet wound
received at Philippi during the late
war. He was "a years of age.
PRESIDENT DIAZ is very i'll. He suf-
fers from insomnia.
CONSIDERABLE excitement existed in
Paris over the defeat of the ministry
by coup of the Boulangists in the
chambers. Later the ministry was sus.
tanned.
PRESIDENT HARRISON and party will
visit w. j. Arkell, of Judge, at Mount
McGregor, N. Y, August Is.