Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-18

Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERsoNAr AND PorrTIcar

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
ED BROOKS, one of the publishers of
the Herald, was drowned in the river
near Charleston, Ill, while IN bathing.
CHILL has decided to grant the request
of the government of the United States
to appoint arbitration commissioners
THE sultan of Morocco received the
heads of three rebels who had been
slain in battle. Foreigners are be-
coming alarmed.
THE name of Mr.. Marshall Cushing,
the private secretary to Postmaster
General Wanamaker, is prominently
mentioned as probable successor to
First Assistant Postmaster-General
Whitfield, who is soon to retire.
LIEUT.. Gov. SHEEHAN has been
chosen chairman of the New York state
campaign committee.
ADvICEs from the Choctaw nation are
to the effect that the friends of Gov.
Jones concede his defeat by Jacob
jackson by a vote of 25.
GEN. JAMES w. DENVER died at Wash
ington on the 9th of blood poisoning.
He was rs years old. Denver, Col, was
named after him while he was governor
of Kansas.
A SENSATIONAL suicide was that of
Judge James c. Nornile at ST. Louis.
He had been severely criticised by the
Post-Dispatch for his administration of
the criminal court and brought charge
of libel against the paper Brooding
over the matter caused him to take his
own life.
kobe, the alliance candidate for
governor of Alabama, declares that he
will contest the election of Jones, dem
ocrat.
THE results of the supplementary
elections for members of departmental
councils in France leave a net repu Bile
an gain OF 195. The conservatives now
hold only six departments.
THE pardon of FL. Clay King by Gov.
Buchanan provoked great resentment
at Memphis, Tenn.
BALLARD SMITH, editor of the New
York World, has Withdrawn from that
paper.
HENRY B. RYDER, the United States
consul at Copenhagen who is under ar
rest charged with having misappropri-
ated the sum of 100000 kroners, has
confessed that he is guilty of embezzle-
ment
THE London Chronicles Rome CORE
spondent says that the pope's desire to
make an American cardinal at the next
consistory has been frustrated by the
divergence of views of Archbishops Cor
rigan and Ireland.
SENATOR CARLISLE has written to a
friend in Kentucky that he favofs an
ver
JUDGE PETER TURNEY has been nom
mated by the Tennessee democrats for
governor. The platform called for the
abolition of the penitentiary lease sys-
tenn.
j. " CoCkRELL, a brother of United
States Senator Cockrell of Missouri,
has been nominated by the Thirteenth
district Qll.) democrats for congress.
CAPT. HEALY, commanding the reveo
nue. steamer Bear. now in Alaskan wat
ers, has made a long report to the treas
ury department in regard to the cruise
of that vessel in Alaskan waters.
The vote of want of confidence went
against Lord Salisbury in the British
house of commons by $50 to 315. Glad
stone was summoned to form new
cabinet
JUDGE HUeH McCURDy was elected
grand master of the Knights Templar
at Denver, Col The next triennial con-
clave will be at Boston.
IT Is stated that the republican ma
tional committee will interest itself in
favor of Kobe, the peoples party nom
inee for governor of Alabama, whom
Jones, democrat, claims to have
defeated.
s@4- u + n
fusion and put the following ticket in
the field: Secretary of state, E. TEL. Gil
lette of Des Moines, formerly green
back mem Der of congress and Gen. Wea-
ver's partner in the newspaper business:
auditor of state, A. J. Blal1ely of New
ton; treasurer, Justin Wells of Eldora:
attorney general, Charles Mackenzie of
Des Moines; railroad commissioner,
James II. Burnett of Indianola.
HON. b. Il. SMALLEY, of Vermont,
has been made chairman of the demo
cratic committee, having charge of the
speakers in the national campaign.
GEN. n. G. DUNN, a well known club
man of New York and Washington,
committed suicide at Denver, Col. His
mind was disordered by drink and love
for a Mrs. Barnes.
WASHINGTON is almost deserted by
officials.
THE official count of the Choctaw vote
gives Jones, the progressive candidate
for principal chief. a large majority an6
gives the progressives - out of 20 rep
resentatives in the national council
TWELFTH Indiana republicans nolni
mated A. J. You, locomotive engineer
for congress.
| In the ChiclSasaw election Wolf, full
blood. defeated Harris, half breed, by {
small majority.
xzIsCELLANEOUS.
! TWELVE Cinnamon were landed nea,