Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
THE Irish ENJOYS and members of
parliament. j. j. O'Kelly, William Red
mond, John O'Conner and Henry Har-
rison have left for London Their mis-
sion is said to have not been SO success
full as they expected
GEN. BRoNsARr Won ScHELLENDoRF.
formerly German minister of war, is
dead.
A SHANGHAI dispatch says the Chinese
government has come to the conclusion
that the recent riots were not merely
Christian, but were also aimed at
the reigning dynasty in China
In an election riot at Bologna. grow
ing out CT the defeat of a socialist, one
man was killed and many others were
injured. Several persons were arrested.
THE London Chronicles Warsaw spe-
cial says that the Russian government
has forbidden Jews to emigrate and
that 100 Jews are held on the frontier.
CATHERINE N. SINCLAIR. the widow
of the tragedian, Edwin Forrest, died
at 90 West Eighty-fourth street. New
York, recently. She was "a years old.
Though once well known as the wife
of the famous star and later as an act
ress of no mean ability, her closing
years were passed in the darkest OBJ
security.
THERE is report that Mrs. Cora Belle
Fellows Chaska will apply for a divorce
from her husband, Sam Chaska- The
couple have one child.
THE new Canadian ministry has been
sustained by,a majority of 20 on vote
of confidence.
For the first time in nearly a quarter
of a century the city treasury of Phila-
delphia is presided over by democrat,
William Redwood Wright having as
sumed charge of the Office. The trans
fer was entirely informal
A STATUE of Henry Ward Beecher
was unveiled at Brooklyn on the oath,
the anniversary of his birth. He was
born June "a, 1918.
Iowa democrats met at Ottumwa and
renominated Gov. Boies.
THERE was a rumor in London that
Parnen had married Mrs O'Shea.
PARNELL was married to Mrs O'Shea
at the registrars Office at Steyning
near Brighton, England.
THE remains of Gen. Jackson have
been removed from his grave in the city
cemetery at Lexington, Va, to the
vault over which his monument is nov
building and which is to be unveiled
July 21.
DR. 7. G. TALMAGE, of Somerville
N. j. brother of Rev. T. Dewitt Tai
mage, is dead. He was one of foul
brothers who entered the ministry.
EMPEROR WILLIAM has devised a plar
for raising by lottery fund of 5000,
900 marks to be used in combating the
| evil of African slavery.
Col. THOMAS FITZGERALD, of thu
Philadelphia Item, who has been trav
cling in Europe for the last two
months, died suddenly in London from
an attack of la grippe CO... Fitzgerald
| founded the Item. He was the oldes
newspaper man in Philadelphia, beinf
| % years age.
REPORTS from England announce tn,
the actress She has recently lived il
England with her sister Minnie, who i
the wife of Osmond Tearle.
THE international postal congress
has decided that the next congress shall
be held in Washington
| PRINCE ALEXANDER, of Battenburg
| formerly Tul1nB prince OI bulgaria
who gallantly defeated King Milan i,
the Bulgarian-Servian war of 1885, i
dangerously i'll, suffering from an ulce
in the stomach.
AN important cabinet meeting wa
held on the Goth. The financial ques
ton was discussed and changes agreet
to in the treasury statement. New
bullion would not be coined into silve
dollars for some time, or until tn
minis had worked up the trade dollars
DIR. ISAAC L. NICHOLSON. of Philadel
phia, recently elected Episcopal bishop
of Milwaukee, has decided to accep
the honor.
JOSEPH A. MCDONALD, of Baltimore
has been elected president and NJ. j
McDermott, of New York, secretary o
the Master Plumbers National associa
| ton.