Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


EDWIN BooTH, the actor, died early
on the morning of the 18th.
A STATUE to Nathan Hale, the Amer
lean patriot spy, has been unveiled at
New York.
THE Infanta Eulalia arrived at Chi
cago on the 9th
tradition treaty has reached the presi-
dent and it will go into effect June "a.
ATTORNEYS of Oklahoma have sent to
Washington a protest against the APP
pointment of Ross as associate justice,
moral character.
GERMANY is taking vigorous meas
ures to repress socialism.
ENGLAND paid Sir Charles Russell a
fee of $4,000 for six weeks attendance
at the Behring sea conference at Paris.
Col. BRoADHEAD, the new minister
to Switzerland, has received his final
instructions at the state department
and will sail next week.
OHIO repu blicans renominated Will
liam Mckinley for governor by acclama-
ton.
notice of the intention of the Russian
mission here to an embassy.
A PLOT is said to be on foot at Homo
lulu to put the deposed queen back on
her throne June II.
: Ex-Gov. SIMON b. BUCKNER, of Ken
lucky, is said to be booked for minis
ter to Italy.
The president has approved and pro-
mulgated the new Russian treaty. 1t
goes into effect June 25.
NATIVES repulsed the French in the
guerrilla war now being waged in
Dahomey.
THE president will certainly recon-
mend to congress the imposition of an
income tax at its extra session.
Gov. FIsHBACK, of Arkansas, has
sent communication to a New York
paper replying to attacks on the south
in reference to negro education with
facts from the federal census.
THERE is bitter personal fight on
between Congressman O'Ferrall and
w. r. Alexander, rival candidates for
the democratic nomination for governor
of Virginia. Bloodshed was threat
ened.
TROUBLE is expected in Samoa, in
which the United States will be mixed
up with the Malietoa and Mataafa
native factions.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has an
nounced a large number of appoint
ments among them being that of Jacob
Child, of Missouri, to be consul at Han
zow, China.
THE belief has come to be a general
one in Hawaii that a protectorate will
be established by the United States.
WHILE Prince Bismarck was presid-
ing over the Association of Land Own
ers, Ah1wardt, the anti-Semitic, re-
peatedly interrupted him, until he fin
ally resigned the chair.
PETER PIERPET, of Indianapolis, has
been appointed one of the board to APP
praise the value of the property of the
intruders on the Cherokee strip.
WoRTHINGToN FORD, said to be a mill
ionaire, has been appointed statistician
of the treasury department.
EUGENE FIELD, the Chicago editor,
was given an honorary ga. NJ" at
Knox college, Galesburg, Ill.
The official records show many more
designations of fourth-class postmasters
under this administration than under
Harrison's during the same length OF
time, but removals have been much
less.
PROF. JOHN III. EINNEY has been in
augurated as president of Knox college
at Galesburg, Ill. He is said to be the
youngest college president in the United
States.
Mrs. FRANK LESLIE expects soon tc
be relieved by divorce Of her husband
Willie Wilde.
THE secretary of the interior has APP
proved of the reinsta tement of Adolph
Erdman, of Missouri, and Thomas a.
Stocl1slager, of Oklahoma, in the pen.
sions bureau.
JAMES GORDEN BENNETT was critic
ally i'll at Paris from injuries received
in fall.