Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
Personal AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
THE house ways and means commit
tee has ordered reports on bills placing
wool, binding Irvine and cotton bag
ging on the free list
WILLIAM ToLIvER and Minnie Stack
house were married on horseback in 8
pouring rain at Paoli, Ind.
ELECTIONS in Japan were attended
with bloody riots
The Pennsylvania repu blican asso.
citation, formed to defeat Senator
Quay's reelection within party lines
has issued an address to the people OF
that state.
ATTEMPTS to assassinate President
Montt and Gen. Canto, of Chilli, have
failed.
THE North German Gazette says
Chancellor Caprivi is using all energies
to get the education bill passed during
the present session of the diet so as to
prevent it being used for political CAPT
tai in the elections to be held in 1898.
THE French ministry resigned on the
18th as the result of an adverse vote in
the chamber of deputies.
The oldest daughter of United States
Chief Justice Fuller was married in
Italy recently to Colin C. Manning. son
of ex-Gov. Manning. of South Carolina
THE long talked of Balfour Irish local
government bill was introduced in the
British house of commons on the 18th.
Irish members and liberals hotly op-
posed it.
Gov. HoGG, of Texas, has issued a
proclamation converting the legislature
in extra session. March IA, for the re-
apportionment of the state, for enforc-
ing the constitutional amendments
submitted by the last legislature, for
preventing fraudulent railroad bonds,
for protection of live stock interests,
for prohibiting trusts and for electing
a United States senator and for other
matters.
HONOLULU papers of February 9
state that the elections of February 5
passed off quietly. The national re-
form party elected all of the five mobiles
on the island of Oahu, while the liber-
ais elected all the representatives in
Oahu, except in the First district
Bush, Wilcox and Ashford were
elected
DUNHAM WITHERs, the sage of
Brooklyn" as he is known in the turf
world, died the other day.
ADvICEs received from Fort Alesia,
the capital of the state of Cerea, Bra
I'll, state that disturbances occurred in
that state and that the people of the
capital drove the governor from the
city.
THE divorce case of Mrs. James G.
Blaine, Jr., was submitted to the court
in Deadwood, S. D., the other day.
MRS. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER declares
that her oldest daughter was married
at San Reno to Colin c. Manning, of
South Carolina, with her full consent,
when apparently on her deathbed.
The house ways and means commit
tee has decided to call up the tariff
bills the first week in March. This
may delay action on the silver bill.
The democratic factions of Louisiana
have practically agreed to submit their
differences to state primary election,
the stronger ticket to be the state
ticket
DETAILS of the revolt in Cera, Bra
I'll, show that the overthrow Of the
governor was accomplished only after
desperate fighting.
Mr.. DEACON, the American who shot
the destroyer of his home dead in
Cannes. France, the other night has
been held without bail. The guilty
wife is the daughter of the late Adm.
Baldwin, U. S. n.
THE president has appointed Frank
R. Cannon, of Oklahoma. to be COM
missioner from Oklahoma to the world S
fair vice John d. Miles, resigned.
MIR. JOHN JAY KNOX during the last
five years of his life had been engaged
upon history of banking in the United
States which was about ready to go to
the public at the time of his death
Mrs Knox will carry out the plans of
her husband by an early publication of
this, his last and most important liter
airy work.
THE Massachusetts, republican state
convention has been called to meet
April 1.
THE report that United States Minis
ter Reid had resigned is denied at the
state department. It is said on excel
lent authority that he has agreed to
continue his diplomatic service until a
reciprocity treaty has been concluded
between France and the United States.