Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-04
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
The Dowager Duchess Louisa, widow
of Duke Macmillan and mother OF
Duke Charles Theodore. head Of the
ducal house of Wittelsbach. died at
Munich on the 25th from influenza
MINISTER'S EGAN's son is representa-
tive in Chill of company which has a
claim of S.. SIS, 900 for railroad built
during Balmaceda's time.
THE Manhattan club Of New York
city gave Senator Hill reception and
banquet on the night of the 26th.
The cabinet spent two hours discuss
ing Chili's apology. A difference of
opinion developed as to the propriety of
accepting the offer without modifca-
ton The general feeling in Washing
ton was that Chili's proposition had
ended all danger of war.
ARCHBISHOP LANGEvIN died on the
Goth at Father Point. Can He was II
years old and was the first bishop of
the Rimouski diocese
Mr. CLEVELAND is reported to have
prepared letter of withdrawal from
politics. but to have withheld it at the
request of friends who are now study
ing the New York situation.
A SECRET conference of prohitionists
and other so-called reform movement
and resolutions were adopted for pre-
February 90.
that the masses Of the people are not
acquiescent in the apology to the United
States.
DR. WESLEY NEwcoMB died at Ithaca,
N. Y, on the 26th- He was one of the
leading conchologists of the world.
DR. ALFRED CARPENTER, the WELL
known English physician. died in Lon
don. He was the author of many med
ica1 works
BELvA A. LOCKWOOD, of Washington,
She will run for president if unani-
mously rendered the nomination by the
equal suffrage party.
QUEEN VICTORIA has made public a
letter of thanks for general condolences
on the death of the duke of Clarence.
CHAIRMAN BLoUNT, of the foreign af-
fairs committee, has announced for Mr.
Blaine that the Gillian trouble is at
an end. Gillian Minister Pereira's note
was said to have been especially strong
LII AtS CADI6SSiOnS I'll RoOO Will.
The twelfth annual meeting of the
National Farmers Alliance began at
Chicago on the 27th-
d. E. RAVENS, of Washington. has
been elected president of the National
Farmers Alliance, defeating Pre- sident
Powers. of Nebraska Adolph Dale
mand, of Nebraska, was elected secre-
tary and treasurer.
A CABLE from Santiago reports that
Minister Montt and the Gillian officials
were misled in some way as to the
negotiations and believed all was pro-
crossing quietly when the ultimatum
came.
IT is reported from Eagle Pass, Tex,
that Cara has invaded Mexico with 4,
600 men.
In response to a resolutiou of the Mis-
sissippi legislature Henry Watterson ad-
dressed the legislature on the 2Sth. He
said that the democratic party in con-
gress was perfectly united upon the is
sue of revenue reform and that this
would undoubtedly be the key note to the
present session and the leading issue Of
the coming presiden tia1 campaign. He
expressed no preference as between in
dividual democrats, but declared that
whatever ticket the coming national
democratic convention should nominate
would receive his hearty support
sixty New York democratic leaders
held conference on the night of the
Goth and entered vigorous protests
against the holding of the state con-
vention February %.
IT was stated that British conserva-
tives conceded a majority for Gladstone
in the next house of commons
The democratic members of the
house ways and means committee have
decided to attack various obnoxious
features of the Mckinley law in
separate bills.