Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERsoNAL AND POLITICAL.


PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
AN amended draft of Gladstone's
home rule bill has been submitted to
the liberal ministry.
THE Portuguese minister of war has
resigned owing to the failure of the cab
met to agree upon his proposed army
reforms The stability of the cabinet
was threatened.
THE crazy King Otto, of Bavaria, is
rapidly growing worse
Able BENEDICTINE SMITH. who was
well known in America, has died OF
pneumonia at Rome.
The populist members of the Califor-
mia legislature hold the balance and
they VOW that they will never vote for
either republican or democrat
Gov. MCKINLEY, of Ohio, called at
the White house recently and had a
short interview with the president.
Gov. BUCHANAN, of Tennessee, is in
dignant because Supreme Judge Turney
appointed substitute for himself
Mr. GLADSTONE is spoken of as likely
to be chosen for the orator at the open
ing of the worlds fair.
EXCITEMENT was caused in the Span
ish cortes by Deputy Salermon shout
ing for the republic when members
were cheering for the queen regent
GEN. HENRY GRAY, one of the few sur
viving prominent ex-confederates, died
recently at New Orleans He was close
to jefferson Davis and nearly defeated
Judah P. Ben amin in running for the
United States senate in 1859
IT is asserted at Washington that
Hon. James G. Blaine has been baptised
into the Catholic church by Cardinal
Gibbons
THE British garrison in Egypt is to
be reduced.
SIR JOHN BERNARD BURKE, author of
"Burke's Peerage," etc, died recently
in Dublin.
THE report that Mr.. Blaine has en-
braced the Catholic faith is denied by
his family.
IT is said that Father Corrigan has
spurned propositions made to him look
ing to the dropping of the case against
him
TAUBENECK, the populist chairman,
advises populists where they have the
balance of power in legislatures to in
sist on the election of their own candi-
dates
GEORGE GOULD has been elected presi-
dent of the Manhattan Elevated road.
j. Pierpont Morgan will take an active
part in the management of the company.
Hon. JAMES j. FARAN, one of the for
mer proprietors of the Cincinnati En-
quirer, died, aged 90 years.
MINISTERIAL affairs in France as
sumed an acute phase again over the
Panama scandals. The new govern
ment was sustained by bare ma ority
AFTER long illness Senator Gibson,
of Louisiana, died at Hot Springs, Ark.
SIR PRYCE-JONEs, conservative mem
Der of parliament, has been unseated
for corrupt practices.
LIEUT.. COUNT RENE DE SEGoNAC, of
the French army, has been placed on
the retired list in consequence of his
failure to give satisfactory account of
the death of Lieut.. Paul Quiquerez, his
companion in an exploring expedition
on the Ivory coast
THE emperor of China is preparing
to secure modification of the Geary
act
INSTRUMENTATION CLEVELAND denies
that he has offered the secretary of
state portfolio to Senator Hill.
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND says that Mgr.
Satolli has plenary powers and that
opposition to him will be opposition to
the pope and will not be permitted
Col. A. c. DAWES, for many years
general passenger and ticket agent for
the Burlington in Missouri, has re-
signed and gone south for his health.
AUGUST SIMON LUCE, French his
torian, is dead.
THE bishops decided to select coad-
jutor to Archbishop Kenrick, at st.
Louis, and forwarded three names to
Rome. Bishop Spaulding. of Peoria, is
believed to be the first choice. Bishop
Burke was transferred to ST. Joseph.
Dubuque will be made an archiepisco-
pal see.