Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-11-07

The increase OF population OF Al
haamh is 20.8 per cent. and the uhA1el
b now given 1,S23,697.
General Weyber, the former captAAa
general of Cuba, has been appointed
captain general of Madrid.
Governor Beckham has approved Il,
nOn-pairEisan elections bill passed. q,
the extra session Of the Kentucky
legislature.
James Adams of Berkeley Springs
w. Va, who went to the Klondike
three yeiErs ago has amassed forttuns
which he estimates ait $5,00O,0O0.
The Oariboo Consolidated Gold Mine
of >.uesnelle hats shipped to New York
record brealOing ingOt weighing 75a
pounds and OF the value of $154, ,765.
President Kruger is expected TO ar
rive AIT Mar saililes,, France, Novembe9
ii and will remain aIt least a day. An
elaborate demonstration Is being pre-
pared in his honor.
The Chicago Historical Society has
q fine new building that cost $1S0. 900.
and IA Mbrary of over $4,000 bound vol.
umes and $4,000 unbound volumes,
besdes many busts, paintings etc.
The Russian emperor has contrib
ulted the sum of 81, 400 rubles from his
own pocket towards the study OF the
fOra of European Russia, Siberia,
Turkestan, the CAUCASUS and Crimea.
C. NJ. Cotterman, assistant superin-
tendant of the railway mail service,
with headquarters at San Francisco,
1oa, o.klokl
OF posts in the Philippine islands, TO
succeed F. w. Vadfbe. resigned.
The complete suppression of the
Dominican rebellion is officially an
nOunced. General Garcia has surren.
deuNed uncondi6ionany. Senator AotA
has been arrested on the charge OF
completely dn the movement.
Walter j. Bruner, secretary of the
Bruner Hardware Company of Kansas
tiOn was killed FGIday by the acciden.
tai dfschargt of a revolver. The trag-
0dy occurred about p hundred rnilaG
east of Guthrie.
The PuKman Company of Chicago
has buibt and shipped to Mexico two
private cars ito complete the special
train of four intended for Presbdemt
Diaz1s use. The two just forwarded
nire for the servants and horses of the
Neudicain president.
w. c. Scofield of Cleveland O., d I'll
ut the Midland in Kansas City, but not
seriously. He is the father in law o1
Frank Rockefeller and has been vds.
thng his ranch at Belvidere, Kansas.
His wife and son, T. r. Scofeld, and
the laitter's wife are with him.
The baHtleship Maine is TO be re-
moved from Havana harbor, as II in
considered an obstruction TO naviga-
Eon. General Wcod saw the Ancro.
bary of the navy, and after laying the
matter before mim in detail, secured
the Secrotary's consent for the remoV-
al of the wreck.
In Great Britain, only few monkh1
ago American petroleum had almost
y monopoly. From January / TO Au-
gust /, 1900, the imports We're 5000, ,0O0
galBons of American petroleum. The
reason for this is said to be the faCl
Ehat large Russian Oil fields have bce9
required by Englishmen.
The president and Mrs. Mckinley
accompanied by Secretary CortelyoU
DR.. RiXey and one or two clerks left
baLst Monday evening for Canton where
they will remain until election day
According to present plans the party
will leave Canton soon after the pres,
LdIent hats deposited his vote on NO
Wember 6, and will arrive in Washing
bon early ON the morning of NOvem
beG nth.
In almost destitute circumstance
Mrs Mary .Allen died Wednesday IN
Oovington, KY. AT one time she wa
Lhe leading lady Tor Joseph JefferwoI
In rip Van Winkle,' of which hel
husband was the dramabist. She aast
played with the elder Booth and Law
nence Barrett and ALSO with John Nc
OOlough. She was pensioned by Mr
Jefferson, and received monthly Ger
Iain sum from him.
Intense adverse feeling has been ez
cited at st. Thomas by renewal q,
the report that Denmark intends b
Bell the Danish Antilles to the Unite1
Bates. a metting of the council
has been convol1ed at ST. Croix for tn
purpose of making a formal prdtes:
The newspapers discuss the question
declaring in bold type, I'VE do no
wish to be sold" There Is no deSiTe
much less enthusiasm. among tn
popuhaufon. to bebo- mite,