Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Neil
PERsoNAL AND poLIrIcAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
! 1T is understood that the vacancies il
| the treasury department caused by tn,
resignation of Assistant Secretary
Crounse and Solicitor Hepburn will no
be filed until after the election. L
either fails of election to the Office fol
which he is running, he will probably
! be reappointed.
| THERE is much excitement in politica
| circles at Santiago, Chilli, owing to the
interference of the clergy with voters
Senators allege that priests refused con
fession in Chilli to any one voting fol
Issadora Ewazuriz.
| THE Vatican has written Mgr.
O'Reil1y acknowledging the receipt o1
the ST. Ann relics and practically adj
hitting their genuineness.
THERE is some talk of Emperor VIII
liam of Germany coming to the United
States next year.
LIEUT.. PEARY, who has returned from
the arctic regions, telegraphs that he
hoisted the American flag in latitude
81 degrees north, longitude "a degrees
west.
THE election in Maine occurred on
the 18th. Although by reduced major
tiles the republicans carried almost
everything, electing the governor by
II, ZOO majority.
AT all the Cath Ollie churches in Illi-
nois the priests read from the altar a
pastoral letter strongly denouncing the
Edwards compulsory education law and
calling upon Catholic voters to enforce
the demand for it's repeal.
Hon. JAMES G. BLAINE had failed to
register when the final session of the
board in his town was held, and there
by was disbarred from voting at the
state election.
All Poe, a Chinaman, was found dead,
poisoned, at Ottumwa, La. Highbind-
erS were suspected.
THE governor of Arizona estimates
the population at 10000. immigration
was desired.
Gov. FLOWER called out the state
troops to overawe the mob at Fire ISL
and. The injunction was dissolved and
after two days suffering the unfortun-
ate passengers from the Normannia
were allowed to land,
REAR ADMIRAL J. c. Howell, of the
United States navy, died at Folkestone,
England.
PRESIDENT DIAz has extended the
time in which corn may enter Mexico
free of duty.
THE report of physicians on the health
of Mrs. Harrison was that she was in
critical state from pulmonary trouble
and nervous prostration.
Texas republicans resolved to indorse
Clark, the nominee of one faction of
democrats, for governor.
MASSACHUSETTS republicans have
nominated William p Hall. of SPRING
field, for governor.
The democratic national committee
has issued an address congratulating
the party on the result Of the elections
in Vermont, Maine and Arkansas.
FIVE Of the Dalton gang of train rob-
bers were run down and captured near
Deming, N. NJ, including Bob, Amy
and Grant Dalton.
NEWS has been received that Arthur
Smith, a young man of Fargo, N. D.,
the woods near Detroit, MINI. When
last seen he was almost naked.
]. f. PETERS, farmer living near
Bondville, Ill, twas attacked in his
Darnyara By a .s bun and disem
Mrs. MARGARET SHEEHAN and her
daughter burned to
ieath at Stockton. Cal It was sup
posed the woman dropped lighted
kerosene lamp, which set the building
On fire.
CERTAIN dissatisfied democrats of
Kansas have called a convention to
meet at Topeka October for the pur-
pose of nominating straight out ticket.
The League of Republican Clubs met
at Buffalo, n. Y, on the 18th and was
by Clarkson and Mckinley.
JUDGE WERTs has been nominated for
governor by the New Jersey democrats.
LOUIS A. DENT, Secretary Blaine's
private secretary, has been appointed
consul to Kingston, Jamaica.
RETURNS of the Vermont election have
been received from the entire state.
Fuller (rep.), for governor, has 80, 100;
Snalley (dem.), 10, 526; Allen (pro.),
$3.50 Fuller's plurality, 1864 and ma
jority 1904.
RICHARD MANSFIELD, the actor, was
married to Beatrice Cameron in New
York
CLARKsoN was reelected president of
the Republican League of Clubs.
THOMAS H. WATTS, Encouragement
of the confederacy from 1862 to 1868
and then governor of Alabama until
the close of the rebellion, died suddenly
at Montgomery, Ala, of heart disease