Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
REPRESENTATIVES, of the Gillian in
surgents in Washington assert that
Vallenar and all the Huasco valley are
in the possession of the insurgents or
constitutional government
A PRIVATE cable dispatch received
from Colon, on the Isthmus of Panama
announces the death of William Simms,
of Virginia, United States consul at
that port He was a leading repub-
lican politician of his state and figured
as the central target in the Danville
riot in 1883.
MINISTER OF MARINE UPPER, OF
Canada, contends that according to the
! line laid down by the last geodetic
survey the part of the Bay of Fundy in
| which the United States fishing boats
| were seized recently is clearly in
British waters.
SAMUEL d. SANDS, supposed to be the
| Oldest printer in the country, died re-
Gently at Baltimore, Md
| DIR. HENRY T. HELMBoLD, the
| ''buchu" man, has been placed in a
madhouse at Trenton, n. j., chained at
the ankles and wrists. His mania was
| considered incurable.
COLLECTOR ERHARDT, of the port OF
New York, has resigned.
THE republican national executive
committee met at the Arlington hotel,
Washington, on the 29th. Hon. M. S.
Quay rendered his resignation as chair
man and Col. w. w. Dudley rendered
his resignation as treasurer. Both
designations were accepted subject to
approval of the full national com.
mittee.
LETTERS from Guatemala say two at
tempts have been made on the life OF
President Barrillas and that revolu-
ton is inevitable. The dearth of corn
and other articles of prime necessity is
causing great suffering.
THE wedding of Miss Lincoln, daugh-
ter of Robert T. Lincoln, and Mr.. Isham
will take place early in September.
THE president has accepted the resig-
nation of Joel B. Erhardt as collecto,
of the port of New York and has desig
mated j. Sloat Fassett, of Elmira, n.
Y, as his successor.
The act of congress providing for the
adjudication of Indian depreciation
claims by the federal court of claims
will throw a large amount of business
on that body. Already more than 8, 5Ol
cases have been filed.
FRANK BROWN has been nominated
for governor by the Maryland demo.
Gratis.
THE president has removed the disa
bilities of Capt Armes The captain
it will be remem bered, got into trouble
by pulling Gov. Beavers nose over mat
tiers growing out of President Harrison's
Inauguration.
MEssRs. Dillon and O'Brien have been
released from Galway Jail. Neithe,
one showed much trace of having suf
fered from the confinement and both
seemed to be in the enjoyment of ex.
cellent health.
A TELEGRAM from DR.. William r
Harper announces that he accepts the
principalship of the entire Chautauqua
system of teaching. Chancellor Bishop
Vincent, however, still remains at the
head, and George E. Vincent will be
vice principal and the Chance1lor's as
sistant
THE motion of Sir Henry ParlSes in
favor of granting suffrage to women in
New South Wales was rejected, 81 tc
"a, by the legislative assembly.
O'DwYER GRAY, editor of the Free.
mans Journal, publishes letter in
| that newspaper saying that in view OF
the revelations of the Campbell lawsuit
and utterances of Dillon and O'Brien he
will henceforth reject the leadership OF
Mr.. ParnelL
THE reciprocity treaty with Cuba and
Porto Rico was proclaimed by the pres
ident on the 31st
MISS EMMA EAMEs, the operate art
ist. was married in London at the reg
istrar's office to the son of w. w. Storey,
the well known sculptor.
COMMISSIONERS MORGAN, of the Indian
bureau, proposes to take brief trip to
Europe for his health.
The Ohio republican campaign will
be opened by Maj Mckinley in the
western reserve, August %.
The retirement of Lieut.. J. T. Meigs,
of the navy. for color blindness has
been recommended by the naval retir-
ing board at Washington.
MISCELLANEOUS.
GRAssHoPPERs are reported running
| crops along the borders of Ohio and
Indiana.
AT Warren, O., Ed Caldwell, colored,
| and John Tumason, took refuge under
| a tree during a rain storm. Lightning
struck the tree and killed both men.
| Il
correspondent wires that the books OF
| the Keystone bank show that the $945,.
600 represented by due bills actually
went into that bank. This fact has
been established beyond a doubt by
Expert Helms and Wheeler, who have
been working at the books. The ex
| perts will not talk.
The culvert at Charlestown, Md, or
the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Bal.
timore, was washed out by a cloud
burst South bound freight III rar
into the washout and was wrecked.
Great damage was done to crops.
! WHILE preaching to large audience
at Houston, Tex, and when in the
midst of his discourse, some people or
the outside turned out the lights ano
rotten-egged Rev. Sam Jones and hi.
audience, most Of whom were ladies.
Hoes are dying in great numbers
from cholera in the vicinity of Water
loo, la. H. ]. Lachly, an extensive
farmer in Orange township, has onl,
seven animals left out of $50 which he
had three weeks ago.
| REPORTS from different parts O.
Placer county, Cal, show fifteen per
| sons have manifested Svmnfoms ~