Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-23

Alexander SaIvini. the popular Ital-
Ian actor, died on December Is.

ian actCr, dleu on December Is.
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Out OF total vote of 188, 400 in the
state OF Colorado, Bryan's majority was
127 ,942. ~
senator Allison is said to be- in the
lead for secretary of state in McKin-
ley's cabinet.
Rev. I. De Witt Talmage denies all
rnmors that he is about to launch in
the matrimonial sea.
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The Daily Press is a new paper pub-
llshed at Topeka, recently started. It
is Populist in politics.
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The Kansas City World was sold at
sheriff's sale yesterday to satisfy
mortgage for $l3,O5O.97.
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The Senate has adopted the Cameron
resolution recognizing the Independence
of the Republic of Cuba.''
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Attorney General, Lie. Boyle has an
pointed j. Herrick, of Fort Scott, clerk
of the attorney generals office.
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William K. Vanderbilt contributed
S15O,OO0 to the republican national cam
paign. He will be amply repaid.
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Chauncy Depew has been deposed as
president of the New York Central.
J. Pierpont Morgan did the work.
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The city of Chicago is contemplating
scheme to raise revenue by levying
tax of $1.00 on every wheel within the
city limits.
Corbett and Fitzsimmons will get a
whack at each other on March IS if
some unforeseen circumstance does not
prevent it..
A trust has been formed to control
the entire Kansas output of coal this
winter. Look out for a rise in the
PAACO AdUSdS coal.
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G. l. Denny has sold the Harper SEN
tinel to II. D. johnson and j. A. La
mar, who will publish it in the future.
Denny Will remove to Illinois.
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About one fifth of McKinley's vote
was cast by persons Of foreign birth.
Less than one-elghth of Bryan's vote
was cast by foreign born voters.
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Nearly every town and city in the
United States is paving the way to-
ward popularity by organizing COM
pany to go to the aid of the Cubans.
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Representative DINGHY, of Maine. is
candidate for secretary of the treas.
ury. If Mark Hanna don't want the
job himself, Dingly's chances are not
poor.
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Henry S. Julian has been appointed
chief of police to succeed the late Chief
Irwin. Julian is prominent in Kansas
City politics and his appointment was
met with hearty approval.
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The funeral of exSpeaker Crisp cost
little less than 5000. The usual cost of
burying dead senator or representative
is about $4,000. Score another time for
Senator PETERS resolution.
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Mark Hanna has given it out that
pennsylvania will not get a place in
McKinley's cabinet, yet Pennsylvania :,
according to her population, was the
banner republican state of the Union.
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Secretary of the Interior FIR ancis is
the richest man In President Cleye-
lands cabinet. He was appointed to
succeed Hoke Smith who resigned be-
cause he entertained financial views
antagonistic to those of the admins
tration.
The city of Lynn, Mass, gave Nc
Kinley majority of 5000 in November
but at the late municipal election the
Popnlist candidate for mayor was cleo
ted by 100. This change is due to the
fact that so many laborers were thrown
out of employment since MeKinley's
election.
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Roswell g. Horr, the famous gold
standard advocate who met his supe-
rior on the rostrum in the person of
VIM. II. Harvey, in series of debates.
died at his home IN Plainfield. New
jersey, last Friday, December Is. He
has been active in American politics
since 1878.
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Representative Boatner. of Louisi-
ana, has introduced bill in congress
to increase the salary of the speaker of
the house to $4,000 per year and mem
bers OF the senate and house to 81 500.
The salary for senators and represen
tatives at present is 5000 per year.
which is too high as it is, and in the in.
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