Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND potIrtcAI

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
MICHAEL FITZGERALD and his band
of forty-three industrial delegates have
arrived in Washington The delegates
are the most intelligent in appearance
of any of the armies of the unemployed
that have reached that city. They have
petition to present to congress, but
have not as yet made any plans CON
corning the manner of presenting it.
The petition is strongly socialistic in
its nature, and goes much further than
the Coxey plan.
THE house committee on election of
the president and vice president has
voted to make a favorable report on
the bill of Representative Tucker, of
Virginia, providing for the election of
United States senator's by direct vote
of the people. The report was agreed
upon by nearly unanimous vote.
NJ. CAsIMIR-PERIER, premier, and the
other French ministers have handed in
their designations to President Carnot.
THE Timetable league at Washing
ton declared itself as unalterably OPP
posed to the further issue of interest
bearing bonds and in favor of the free
coinage of silver and gold at ratio of
Is to 1. 1t recommends a system of
currency that will insure a per capita
circulation of $50, declares it the duty
of the secretary of the treasury to coin
the bullion now in the treasury and de-
mands the issue of $3.50 goo, 600 of non
interest-bearing notes of small denom-
nations.
ADvICEs received at Vancouver, B.
c., on the 23d stated that the trouble
that had been brewing in Corea had
broken out and Chinese soldiers were
being poured into the country. Three
thousand insurgents, fully armed, sur
prised the governors palace at Sing-1a-
Too and put him and forty officials to
death.
c. H. j. TAYLOR was confirmed by
the senate for register of the District
of Columbia.
GEN. DANIEL HASTINGS was made the
unanimous choice of the convention
for governor at Harrisburg, Pa. Wal
ter Lyon was nominated for lieutenant
governor and the rest of the state
ticket was made up as follows: Auditor
general, Amos Mylin, of Lancaster;
secretary of internal affairs, James w.
Latta, of Philadelphia; congressman
at-large, Galusha A. Grow, of Susque-
hanna, and George F. Huff, of West
moreland.
DIR. TALMAGE, pastor of the Brook
lyn tabernacle, had narrow escape
from death on the 23d. When 80 miles
from Pueblo, Col, as the train ap-
preached a small bridge the engineer
saw that it was in bad condition. 1t
was too late to stop and so he pushed
on full steam and crossed it with a
rush. The piers had been washed
away, leaving only rails to hold up the
bridge. The passage of the train
practical shook it to pieces SO that it
would be impossible for another train
to get over without accident.
THE seventy-fifth birthday of Queen
Victoria was celebrated in England on
the 24th.
Mr.. GLADsTONE's right eye was sue
cessfully operated on for cataract on
the oath.
THE senate bribery investigating
committee on the oath began an in
quiry into the connection of the sugar
trust with the tariff legislation. E. j.
Edwards, author of the HOLLAND let
ter in the Philadelphia Press, was ex-
amined. The committee sat behind
closed doors.
Gov. FLOWER has vetoed the bill pro-
GIlc VI OA
public buildings.
| THE senate committee on Indian af.
| fairs has authorized a favorable report
on the bill providing for the opening OF
the Uintah and Uncompaghre Indian
reservations in Utah.
| SENATOR PERKINS has introduced in
the senate bill intended to grant the
use of Springfield rifles and their equip
ment now on hand and not needed fel
use by the regular army, to the militia
of the various states and territories
| These arms are to be distributed upor
the requisition of the governors of the
various states but are to remain the
property of the United States. They
are to be charged against the appro
priation to provide arms to the militia
The senate bribery investigating com
mittee has sent the testimony taken il
the first part of its inquiry relating t.
attempted bribery of Senators Kyle ant
Hunton to the printer and expects t.
report to the senate within a few day
the result of it's investigation. 1t i
understood the report will entirely ex
onerate Senators Hunton and Kyle il
the matter.