Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-03-21
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News
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HE secretary Oh Tue 1nLGElOE ns1S EOe
voled his order of September 4, 1894.
directing that action upon all cases of
settlers who entered Oklahoma terri
ritory within the prohibited period be
suspended, where the disqualification
of the entry man was the controlling is
sue in the case. His revocation of the
order was caused by the failure Of con-
gress to pass pending legislation for
their relief.
CAPT. SHEPARD, chief of the United
States revenue cutter service, died at
Washington on the 18th.
REPORTS received at Washington in
dictate that the health of Justice Jack
son, of the supreme court, grows worse
instead of better. His resignation was
considered quite probable within a
short time.
SENATOR STEWART received the fol-
lowing dispatch on the 18th from the
governor of Nevada: Resolution of
legislature indorsing Sibley and BIZ
metallic platform passed and approved
this day.
CAPT. G. STENGER, of the steamship
Amsterdam, Netherlands American
line, has been presented a gold watch
and chain by President Cleveland for
his attempt to rescue the crew of the
schooner Maggie E. Wells, January IA,
1894.
THE post Office department has issued
fraud orders against the Mutual Saw
ings & Loan association of Austin,
Tex. who were working the bond issue
scheme. practically lottery.
SECRETARY GRESHAM has sent in
structions to the United States min
lister at Madrid to notify the Spanish
government that our government will
expect prompt disavowal of the nm
authorized act and due expression of
regret on the part of Spain for firing
on the United States mail steamship
Alliance and that immediate and posi-
tive orders must be given to Spanish
naval commanders not to interfere
with legitimate American commerce
passing through the channel near
Cuba.
CAPT. CRossMAN, of the Alliance, has
made an affidavit of the circumstances
OF his ship being fred at by Spanish
man-of-war and mailed it to Secretary
Gresham at Washington.
A PARAGRAPH in the legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation act
as of interest TO something over $4,000
fourth-class postmasters. It provides
that official bonds shall be approved
every two years and as much oftener
as may be deemed necessary.
COMMISSIONER LAMOREAUX, of the gen.
era1 land office, has determined at once
to make arrangements for the appraisal
and sale of the abandoned military res
ervations.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has appointed
official representatives of the United
States to attend the international
prison congress at Paris in June.
GENERAL NEWS.
AT Denver, Col, William E. Peck
shot six bullets into the body of
George R. Kroning, killing him in
stantly. A divorce scandal was the
cause of the tragedy.
THE people of Algonia, Ia, were re-
ported very much wrought up over
number of incendiary fires that have
taken place in that town. The military
was called out recently and they
patrolled the town during the night,
and an organization has been affected
TO secure the safety of the place.
ABOUT 5000 pounds of nitro-glycerine
exploded at the Hancock chemical
works, near Dollar bay, Mich, on the
18th. All the buildings of the COM
pany were wrecked It being during
the noon hour, only one man was
killed. Several were injured by flying
debris. The cause of the explosion
was mystery.
Two Italians at McGregor, Mimi,
qnarreled with a man named Jeanette,
who kept small store, about some
saw logs and shot MIN, tearing a gap
ing wound in his side. They then
blew the top of the head off his wife.
The murderers gave themselves up as
they were afraid of being lynched by
the woodsmen in the eighborhood.
The room presented sickening APP
pearance, the woman's brains being
spattered all about and her four young
children found shivering with terror.
A SPECIAL from Chippewa Falls,
Mimi, said that party of hunters dis
covered three men dead In an old
-shanty. The supposition was that they
had been hunting wolves, using poison
TO kill them and had accidentally got
the poison mixed with their food
AN official dispatch from Havana
says that the rebel band near Guam
tanamo has dispersed. Fifty of the
rebels were killed or wounded and six
Spanish soldiers were killed during the
engagement.
By the terms Of peace between China
and Japan, as understood in official
circles, the former country cedes to
Japan the island of Fornosa and
agrees to pay an indemnity of $3.50. O00,-