Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
JAPAN has raised the ire of Spain by
Selling the Pellew islands.
DANIEL M. BROWNING, of Illinois, has
been appointed Indian commissioner.
DANIEL n. MORGAN, Of Connecticut,
has been appointed successor to E. FL.
Nebeker, as treasurer of the United
States.
A LARGELY attended meeting of the
Massachusetts, Church union has unani-
mously indorsed the nomination of Rev.
Morgan Dix for the bishopric made
vacant by the death of Rev. Phillips
Brooks.
EDITOR VAN SENDER, of Paducah,
KY, has been appointed private secre-
tary by Secretary Carlisle.
THE Tennessee legislature has adj
journed sine die.
TEXAS house of representatives passed
the bill for the protection of employees.
MANUEL GONZALES, ex-president OF
the Mexican republic, died in the City
of Mexico.
THE Chinese commander in Yuan and
40 drill instructors, who have been
trained in the military methods of
Europe, have been ordered to KaSh-
gari, to prepare for the defense of the
Pamirs against Russia.
EEPERoR FRANCIS JOSEPH has been
advised to defer his visit to Buda-Pesth
until after the unwilling of the Honved
monument, May 81. The festival will
be strongly national, and it is feared
that the appearance of the emperor
might cause some display of disloyalty.
THE information is given that j. o.
Smith, of Ohio, has been selected by
Mr.. Cleveland to be commissioner of
internal revenue.
DESPITE the opposition of the govern
ment, the Nova Scotia legislature has
passed the woman's suffrage bill, and it
now goes to a committee to be per-
fected.
THE governors of southern states met
in conference at Richmond, Va, on the
18th, to consider immigration and other
matters. A permanent organization
was effected.
DESPITE strong opposition the nomi-
nation of Eckels as comptroller has
been confirmed by the senate.
JOHN A. BELL, managing editor of the
Detroit Free Press, died recently of ty-
phoid fever.
M. STAMBOULOFF, prime minister of
Bulgaria, has had an audience with the
emperor of Austria.
AMONG those who called at the White
house recently was Gov. Mckinley, of
Ohio.
SECRETARY MORTON says the reason
for the dismissal of the brother of the
late Hon. James G. Blaine was because
he was occupying sinecure, doing ab-
solutely nothing for $4,000 year.
THE Italian government. it is said,
will take measures to prevent the pa
pacy drifting further in the direction
of democracy.
COMMISSIONER BLOUNT at Honolulu
ordered the United States forces to va
cate Hawaii pending an investigation.
There were rumors that the japanese
would seize the islands. This, however,
was not likely, las it would be considered
| an act of hostility to the United States.
GRAVE political troubles are reported
| from all parts of Peru.
THE New York Times announced edit
orally that the paper had changed
hands and that henceforth it would be
conducted as democratic newspaper,
the democratic party having through
the election of Mr.. Cleveland come to its
way of thinking. In local matters the
paper will be independent.
| THE Texas legislature has passed the
convict labor bill.
| CHARLES LONGFELLow, son of the
poet, died recently at Boston after a
lingering illness. Miss Longfellow is
suffering from severe attack of rheu-
| matism.
| IT transpires that in ordering the
| United States flag pulled down in Ha-
wall Commissioner Blount obeyed Or
| ders received before he sailed.
| IN consequence of the news to the
effect that China is gathering arms and
other warlike material in Chinese
| Turkestan adjoining the Pamir coun-
try, Russia has sent a force of Cossacks
and artillery to reinforce the garrison
at Tioultcha.
THE young King Alexander of Ser
via overthrow the regency and as
sumed full reins of power. He ordered
a general election and was supported
by the army and apparently by the
people. Grave fears of the future were
expressed should Russia avail herself
of the opportunity to exert her in
fuence against Austria.
In replying to deputation, Mr.
Gladstone said he favored imperial fed
GRAFTON, but that pending measures pre-
vented legislation on the subject.
AHLwARDT, the anti-Semitic, failed tc
produce his discriminating documents
which he promised the German reich
stag.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE gold drain on the treasury is sc
heavy that the administration will have
to face the question of issuing bond:
again very soon.