Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERsoNAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
THE referendum instituted by the
liberal societies to learn. the sentiment
of the people on the suffrage question
was taken throughout Belgium on the
the Goth. The result was overwhelm-
ingly for universal suffrage.
IT is believed in New York that
Frederic R. Coudcrt will be named as
minister to France.
VICE PRESIDENT STEVENSON was ac-
corded hattering reception on his ar
rival at Washington.
MRS LEASE denounces the cabinet OF
the incoming administra ton as made
up of the represen tatives of plutocracy.
RICHARD OLNEY, the attorney general
in Cleveland's cabinet, refuses to let
photographers take his picture for the
newspapers
CARTER B. HARRISON secured the
democratic nomination for mayor of
Chicago during the worlds fair. His
platform is termed wide open" one.
ROBERT A. MAXWELL, of Batavia, n.
Y, is mentioned as the probable first
assistant postmaster-general under Mr..
Bissell.
EIGHT thousand people attended the
Blaine memorial meeting in Chicago
John M. Thurston of Omaha, John f.
Finerty and Judge Lyman Trumbull
were the principal speakers.
NINE. GREW, widow Of M. Jules
Grevy. formerly president of France,
died on the 1st.
PRINCESS KAIULANA, of Hawaii, has
arrived in this country. She will plead
her cause before President Cleveland.
Hon. HENRY f. SHERMAN. of Cleve-
land, O., died on board the steamer
Lain, while en- route for Europe.
PRESIDENT HIPPoLYTE, of Hayti, has
resolved to make tour of the country
with strong body of troops in order
to quel the incipient revolution.
EX-Gov. r. M. BISHOP, of Ohio, died
recently at Jacksonville, Fla.
CONGRESSMAN FRANK LAWLER wants
to be postmaster of Chicago He has
forwarded petition signed by 10000
persons
DESPITE the reports to the contrary
it is now said that Mr. Harrison has &C
cepted the invitation to deliver course
of lectures at Leland Stanford univer-
sity.
HONDURAS has experienced another
revolution.
MINISTERS from the United States to
foreign countries are sending in their
designations preparatory to retiring to
private life.
HoKE SMITH has sold his controlling
interest in the Atlanty, Ga, Journal.
IT is reported on good authority that
j. Waldo, vice president and traffic
manager of the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas, has resigned, and that the va
1a1 T.
Morrill,, of the Frisco
The Montana legislature adjourned
sine die without electing a senator.
The pope celebrated the anniversary
of his coronation with pomp and splen-
dor on the Sd.
THE federalists are defeating the
government on the Rio Grande do Sui,
in Brazil.
THE outgoing and incoming presi
dents made mutual calls upon each
other at Washington on the Sd In the
evening Mr.. Cleveland. was the guest Of
Mr.. Harrison at dinner.
THE free tin ore tariff measure passed
by the house struck snag in the sen
| ate.
In the Michigan senate the rules
were suspended to allow of action on q
bill appropriating $50, 900 additional
for the worlds fair exhibit. It failed
to pass.
| A PROMINENT Brazilian financier who
is making a tour of Chilli, says that ar
gentina is fomenting the revolution il
Rio Grande. She is supplying the fed
erals with arms and is trying to pick {
fuss with Brazil, in hopes OF acquiring
territory. He thinks that Chilli may
ultimately be involved.