Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-06-06
GENERAL NEWS IN BRIEF
PARAGRAPHED CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned from the Four Corners of
the World and Condensed in Short
Paragraphs for the Convenience of
Hurried Readers.

Hurried Readers.
Reports from the melon raisers of
georgia show that there are only 21.-
600 acres in cultivation as against 25,-
600 last year. The crop will be two
{ weeks late.
Representative Bailey, of Texas,
Will again bring forward his resolu-
ton questioning Secretary Carlisle's
authority to issue bonds to meet cur
rent expenses, in case another bond IS
sue is determined on.
fhe s,I'-e, " of the treasury has
awafueu 10 + hert Graeber, of Bell
VILE, ILL.,, silver life-saving medal of
hopor in recognition of his brave ef-
1ofts IN rescuing four women from
drowning in the Okaw river in Illi-
nois in 1898
The senate committee on Indian
affairs Friday authorized a favora BILE
report on the bill providing for the
opening of the Uintah and Uncompa-
ghre Indian reservations in severalty
to the Indians and the opening of that
remaining to settlement
The efforts of the authorities of Jop-
lin, Mo. to apprehend the firebugs
who have been burning mining plants
In that district ere meeting with sue
cess. Charles Freeman was arrested
Sunday at Webb City, and George
Gordon, Monday, at Galena, Kansas.
Other arrests will follow.
Assignee Hubbard, of the Union
Loan and Trust company, which
failed last summer, stated in court
Friday at Sioux City, Ia, that the lia-
bilities of the company are $1,000, 900,
and that the creditors, who are most
ly eastern people will not get over 5
per cent of their claims.
L. E. Shattuck, who has a national
reputation of being the first breeder
of fine Merino sheep in the United
! States, died at his home in Strawberry,
Mo-, Sunday afternoon, of Bright's
disease. Mr.. Shattuck took more pre-
mlums at the worlds fair than all
other sheep men combined.
High water is playing havoc gener-
ally along the river course near Spok-
ane Falls, Wash. The river is MANY
inches higher than ever before Dur
ing the past three days several bridges
have been washed away. No lives
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escapes from drowning are reported.
1t was stated at Chicago Friday that
NJ. c. Mcdonald, the well known sport
ing man, is candidate for congress
to succeed Allen c. Durborow State
Senator E. II. Noon has been the
avowed rival of Durborow in the
Fifth district and is, it is stated, pre-
pared to retire in favor of Mcdonald.
Archdeacon Nouri, of Babylon, an
nounces his intention OF suing the
United States government for So, ,OOO,-
900 damages, for being wrongfully
placed in an asylum by DIR. G. S.
was an embassodor from the Queens
Malabar subjects, he demands the in
tervention of Great Britain.
There were renewed disorders in the
public square at Sofia, Thursday
| The Sturbances, however were not
serious. The military authorities
have placed guards over the residences
of all the political leaders. A strong
feeling prevails in the provinces
against the change in the ministry.
The prefect of Sofia has been threat
ened with violence
Sheriff Singo of Brazil, Ind, has re-
ceived instructions from Governor
Matthews to use his influence to pre-
vent the moving of trains by miners
Thursday night a crowd of strikers
pushed box car on the main track of
the Vandalia, stopping west bound
freight, which was supposed to be
hauling coal, but none was found and
! the train was released.
The Loomis Coal company of Macon,
Mo-, has delared its mines open for
work. but engaged no miners. The
strikers have their guns stacked at
their camp outside the coal company's
fence, and the officers fear conflict
at any time. The negroes have plen-
ty of guns at their quarters, and the
coal company's hired guards and dep
uty sheriffs are well armed.
| H. Blumenthal cut big swell in
EmForia, Kan, By renting store
room, having it repainted, papered
and shelved, and depositing In the
bank draft for 200, then borrow
ing all he could, and running various
bills at various stores. The draft
proved worthless and the contracto, S
and others are eager to get look at
town.
The New Y ork Herald's Valparaiso
| dispatch says: Senor Don Claudio Vi
cuna, who was elected to succeed Bal
maceda as president of Chila, has been
sentSnced by the court IN Santiago to
fifteen years exile. The dispatch also
states that the commission on COM
merce has conferred with the minister
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port duties will be payable in curren-
cy. The government has determined
to guarantee the banks issue
A Bueuos Ayres dispatch says: Ad-
miral Mello says the revolution has
only begun. He also says cores
pondent of the London Times offered
money and aid in procuring ships if
the revolutionists would embrace the
monarchial cause. The offer was re-
fused by the rebels, Mello saws, on the
| ground they had forsaken their fami-
lies and homes in order to fight for re-
publican principles and nothing Q
would induce them to alter their po-
| sition.
Two weddings occurred in Oberlin
last week, all of the star performers in
winch were more than so years of age.
The czar of Russia has issued a
ukase that deprives all ministers. gov
ernors and other high dignitaries of
the power hitherto freely exercised of
appointing and dismissing their offic-
ial subordinates of all classes, and es-
! tablishes under the car a direct su-
4 pervision by the special COMMITTEES of
control which existed for few wears
under Car Nicholas After Novem-
Der 18th the question of appointments
and dismissals must be referred to
! this committee.
( John Kane Of Pslatka. Fla, was
shot and killed by Ernest Wolfe Mon
day afternoon Wolfe is a German
and member of the A. P. A., while
Kane was an Irish Catholic Wolfe is
under arrest.
Superintendent Pratt, who has had
4 charge of the construction of the o.