Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
CAPT HIGGINsoN has been removed
from the command of the United States
steamer Atlanta for dilatoriness in sail
ing for Greytown, Nicaragua, and has
been ordered home. Capt. Bartlett
succeeds him.
SECRETARY CARLISLE has called for
the resignation of s. G. Brock. of Ma
con, Mo-, chief of the bureau of statist-
les, treasury department
WILLIAM E. CURTIS, director of the
bureau of American republics, has ten
dered his resignation to the president
MISSIONARIES predict that if the Geary
act is carried into practical effect the
Americans will be driven from China
and many will probably be killed.
ALL the members of the cabinet and
many leading democrats are urging up
on the president to make strong
recommendation for an income tax a
special feature of his first message to
congress.
THE movements of French troops
looking to a mobilization along the
frontier are having very disquieting
effect on Germany.
The president and Mrs. Cleveland
have moved out to their country house.
THE president has appointed Robert
T. Hough, of Ohio, to be solicitor of
internal revenue and John Daggett, of
California, to be superintendent of the
mint at San Francisco.
CONGRESSMAN WILSON, of West Vir-
ginia, who is to be chairman of the
committee on ways and means, is busily
engaged in framing a new tariff bill.
In the Bohemian diet there was col
lission between the Germans and Czechs
which ended in a scene of riot and dis
order.
The most important happenings in
Honolulu, recently is the appointment
of Thurston to succeed j. Mott Smith
as minister to Washington.
THE Presbyterian board of missions
vigorously denounces the Geary act
The Methodist Foreign Missionary so
ciety has decided to. make final appeal
to the president.
EX-SENATOR VAN WICK, of Nebraska,
suffered stroke of paralysis which
may result fatally.
CHARLES III. JONES, editor of the st.
Louis Republic, has resigned his Office
to Charles w. Knapp, president and
publisher, though still retaining his in
terest in the paper.
AT the unwilling of the monument to
William I. at Goerlitz the emperor OF
Germany insisted that the army bill
was of vital import.
JAMES E. MURDOCH, the well known
tragedian and teacher of elocution,
died at Cincinnati on the 10Th. He was
SO years of age.
UNOFFICIAL adviceS from Nicaragua
say that the government and the revO-
lutionists have agreed upon an armis-
tice.
A CABINET council at Vienna decided
upon suppressing the anti-Semetic and
Czech excuses.
Rev. WILLIS G. CRAIG, of Chicago.
was chosen moderator to succeed Rev.
Mr.. Young at the general assembly Oh
| the Presbyterian church of Washington
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS RoOsE-
| WELT is going to Terre Haute, Ind, to
investigate the recent post Office trouble
there.
| The Cumberland Presbyterians in
| general assembly at Little Rock, elect
| ed Rev. w. S. Ferguson, of Petersburg
| Ill, as moderator.
| REPRESENTATIVE GEORGE 7. HAM
BERT, of Lewis county, Kentucky, in a
| speech at Vanceburg accused the city
of Louisville with buying up the
members of the senate to pass
| it's charter, stating that members
of the legislature had been offered as
high as $4,000 for their votes, and
insinuated that quite number tool
| bribeS