Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-16
NUMBER 80.

England; Russia and France are said
to be preparing for decisive action in
reference to Turkey.
The Cuban junta in the United States
has recently invaded Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois and Missouri.
Actor j. K. Emmett secured a di-
vorce in New York from his wife.
whose stage name was Emily Lytton
President Faure of France is being
urged to confer the medal of the LIE.
gion of Honor on Sarah Bernhardt.
Great demonstrations were made in
Madrid upon official announcement of
the death of Maceo.
The fiftieth year of journalism of
Alexander Mcclure of the Philadelphia
Times was celebrated with banquet.
The Joint Traffic Railroad associa-
ton is to be investigated by the Sena-
torlal interstate commerce committee.
The monitor ram Puritan. lust placed
IN commission at the Brooklyn navy
yard, was thirry-two years in building.
On Nov. 3Oth the John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis. the largest seed po-
tato growers in the world received an
order for three thousand bushels of
seed popatoes from one firm in Texas
Senator Wolcott is in full charge of
the senatorial investigation of the pro-
dosed international silver agreement.
Conditions for extremely high prices
for wheat before another general har-
vest have not been SO favorable for
many years.
Three children of John Palingwest,
Irwin, Pa, played with coal oil in
front of an open CRATE, caught fire and
burned to death.
Scar Face Charley" a noted Modoc
Indian chief, has just died on the Qua
paw reservation from consumption.
aged over eighty years.
Senator Baker has introduced a bill
to pay the widow of Bishop w. Perkins,
the dead Kansas congressman, $50
per month pension.
Democratic senator's all agree that
nothing beyond the passage of the ap-
preparation bills can be accomplished
the present session.
The Lodge immigration bill has been
substituted for the house bill in the
senate. and will pass. America is not
to be the dumping ground for foreign
! outcasts, and restrictions will be
placed, too, on those who want admis-
sion. They must be able to read in
their native"language and to read the
| United States constitution. A motion
! To postpone until after the holidays
got only 13 votes-all Democrats
Senator Wolcott will be chairman of
the Republican committee on Interna-
tional Bimetallism.
Senator Chandler introduced a bill
providing for a 10 per cent reduction
of federal employees salaries.
Permanent national Republican
hapn toll oh ad in,
the Glover building, Washington.
\ report to Mayor Strong of New
York says that 1920 buildings in the
city arc unsafe.
James G.. TesL, the first MAYOR elect
ed by the people of Sedalia, Mo-, died
in Denver, Colo.
The British steamship kaisaw ar
rived at New York with $1,000 pack
ages of tea. most of the cargo from
China.
Ambassador Uhl's daughter, Miss
Lucy, was married at Berlin to Prof.
Guy Thompson of Harvard.
Sharkey's trainers testified in court
| that 1T was arranged to beat FitZsim-
mons out of the fight.
Alfred Nobe, the inventor of nitro
glycerine, died at San Reno, Italy.
The Illinois State Grange adopted a
resolution demanding that the legisla-
ture pass law making it a criminal
offense for any railroad to give or offer
public officials passes, also making it
criminal otfense for public officials to
accept or use passes.
The Massachusetts State Grange has
adopted resolution favoring Colonel
j. H. Brigham of Ohio for secretary of
agriculture.
The employees of the Pacific Rolling
Mills of San Francisco, numbering 125
men. are on strike because of a reduc-
ton in wages.
The first bill passed by the House
provides for the use of private postal
| cards
George f. Nelson has not been ad-
mitted as delegate of Congress from
Indian territory.
Secretary Herbert has appointed a
board to inspect work of the Carnegie
company that i said to be defective.