Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.

PERSONAL AND POLITlCALs
BLOODY rioting is reported in the
Argentine republic as the result of the
late elections.
| THE British parliament reassemb led
on the 9th. In the commons Sir Will
liam Vernon Harcourt and Mr.. Balfour
had debate in regard to Irish meas
| ureS.
| IT was believed that President Bar
rillos was going to continue in power
| by the use of the military.
THE Greystone club gave banquet
| in Denver, Col. on the night of the
Crittenden, of Missouri. were the lead
ing speakers. Letters from ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland, Senator Vest and others
| were read.
A CoLoRED editor in North Carolina
| is running for congress on the plat
form of compensation for ex-slaves.
THE Foster or anti-lottery democratic
faction of Louisiana has rejected the
proposition of the other branch for a
new deal all around.
JOHN J. KNOX died at New York on
the 9th of pneumonia
THE pope in recent letter to the
arch bishsp of Paris enjoins the imme-
date withdrawal of the electoral cate
chisms and declared that any political
exhortations on the part of the clergy
were distinct encroachment upon the
province Of the civil power, whether
monarchical or republican.
THE civil marriage of the Duke de la
Rochefoucauld and Miss Matte Mitch
ell, daughter of United States Senator
Mitchell, of Oregon, took place in Paris
on the 10th.
A MEETING of democrats was held in
New York on the 18th to protest
against holding the state convention
February %.
AT the funeral of Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon,
the eminent Baptist divine of London,
thousands were in procession and
mourning tokens were general
RUMoRs are current in Vienna that a
revolution has broken out in Servia-
THE religious marriage of Miss Mat
tie Mitchell, daughter of Senator
Mitchell. of Oregon. and the Duke de
la Rochefoucauld, of France, occurred
in Paris recently.
FRESH disturbances in Brazil are re-
garded as not improbable. The people
in several provinces are very uneasy.
GEN. BARRIos CARRILLo, command
ing the troops which were sent to fight
the Yaqui Indians, died the other day
in Sonora
THE empress of Germany was re-
ported on the 18th as suffering from in
huenza- The official statement is to
the effect that the attack is only slight,
nevertheless the empress is compelled
to keep to her cham Der.
Mr. GLADSTONE has sent a letter to
Sir William Vernon Harcourt in which
he pays high tribute to the character
and worth of the late duke of Clarence
! and Avondale.
THR military authorities Of Bilbao,
Xeres and Cadiz prohibited the holding
of any banquets or meetings in honor
| of the anniversary of the Spanish re :
public Of 1878.
AN appeal to the G. A. r. for contri-
buttons for statue in Washington to
the memory of Gen w. T. Sherman,
has been made by a committee appoint
ed at the meeting of the society of the
army of Tennessee
THE Marquette club of Chicago cele-
| brated Lincoln's birthday by a banquet
on the 12th. Senator Cullom was the
principal speaker. Regrets were nu-
merous.
THE anti-early convention democrats
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{ the 18th and were addressed by Con-
gresham John D. Warner and others.
Strong resolutions were passed
MR. BALFOURs home rule scheme
for Ireland is declared too complicated
| to be success.
| The British house of commons re-
1ected the amendment in favor of re-
leasing Dynamiters Egan and DAILY.
THE secretary of state is negotiating
a new treaty of extraditien with the
French government, the present one
being ANTICIPATED.
| ORDERS have been sent to Montevideo
by the secretary of the navy authoriz-
ing Adm. Gherardi to return to the
West Indies with the Philadelphia and
| the Concord.
| COL CHARLES D. MORTON, one of the
most extensive farmers of North Da-
dakota, has protested vigorously
against the passage of Washburn's
anti-option bill The merchants OF
Memphis, Tenn. have also protested.
THE Massachusetts, @. A. R by a
unanimous vote has indorsed the gen
era1 order Of Chief
Palmer protesting against the use OF
the confederate flag on any occasion.
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