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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05
A Hazardous Surgical Operation.

oFhINOfIbI4D, LII, o0pI. ID
DR.. David Prince, Of Jacksonville, DIR.
Walter Ryan and DR.. George N. Kreider,
assisted by Doctors Townsend, Price, Con.
verse and Van Hook, to-day removed from
Mrs. Babara Steinbauer an ovarian tumof
Involving the pregnant uterus, which was
also removed, and weighing in the neigh
borhood of eighty pounds, Mrs. Stein.
bauer had suffered from this disease for
over three years, and the operation was
of Mrs. Steinbauer and her husband. While
the operation was one of extreme danger
and may yet prove fatal, the attending sur.
geons express themselves as well satisfied
with the operation.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05
A STATE-PRISON SENSATION.
Hundred Convicts in the Connecticut
State Prison Suffering the Pangs of Poison
-COrned Mutton the Supposed Cause--No
Fatal Consequences.

Fatal Consequences.
HARTFORD, Conn, Sept. 81.
Thursday afternoon, between three and
four O'Clock, one of the inmates of the Con.
necticut State Prison, at work in the shoe
shop, complained to the overseer of being
sick at the stomach, and be was immedi
ately. semitic the hospital steward for treat
ment. Barely had he reached the stewards
quarters when another convict who was
deathly pale also complained of illness, and
he likewise was referred TO the steward foI
treatment. Within a short time the mum.
Der of applicants from the convicts began
to increase rapidly, causing alarm and ap
prehension among the prison officials. All
the men showed unmistakable symptoms OF
poisoning. They were affected with grip
ing pains in the abdomen and stomach, dry
ness of the mouth, parching thirst, fire.
quent vomiting and severe retching. Within
an hour of the time that the first complaint
was made twenty five convicts were being
treated for poisoning The additions to
the ranks of the sick were frequent and
rapid, and ut six o'clock one hundred con.
victs were stricken. DIR. Warren, the
prison physician, was kept busy admins.
tering opiates and antidotes, and it was
1880 p. m. before all the afflicted had re-
covered. Medical treatment in some cases
and the antidote had an immediate effect,
while other cases were stubborn and re-
fused to yield. The majority of the con-
victs were kept in their cells, but four of
them were sol bad that their removal to the
hospital was necessary. After administer
ing to the wants of the men, Warden Ser
geant and his subordinates began to look
for the cause of the trouble. They exam.
ined the food that had been served to the
men at dinner, and concluded the poison
cmanated from the coTned mutton which
constituted the meat ration of the convicts
that day. 1t was purchased of the market
man who regularly supplies the prison, and
was considered unusually fine. The prison
officials never buy ,barreled corned meat,
but purchase sufficient to supply the re-
quirements of each day. In addition to the
corned mutton the only rations served the
men on Thursday were bread, potatoes and
water. The women prisoners were sup
piled with the same rations, but did not
rartake of them, preferring to save it fol-
the evening meal, so that they could have
II cold. IL was, however, taken from them
and they were not allowed TO eat it. War.
den Sergeant to-day visited the dealer
from whom the meat had been purchased.
and learned that he corns all of his OWL
meat in the same galvanized iron tanks.
From these tanks large quantities of meat
had been sold, but no complaint was made
except thet which came from the prison.
DIR. Warner, the prison physician, believes
the symptoms were those of zine or copper
poison, and may have come from the brine.
| The condition of the men to-day is much
improved, and many of them have been
able to return TO the shop, though some art
still confined to their cells.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05
sseretar, rsilsr,s Ad@ls.,en.

WASHINGTON, sept. Il.
Secretary Teller has admitted that he has
promoted several department messenger,
to the grade of 1900 clerkships-agrade EN-.
braced in the classified civil service as laid
down in the rules and regulations promuL
gated by the President. The Secretary de
fends himsslf,by saying he thinks he had a
right to make the promotions, because he
does notregard the rules relating TO competi
tive examinations as applicable to messen
gers appointed prior 70 July 16, whenthecivil
service law took effect. The Civil-Servics
Commission takes issue on this point with
the Secretary, and the matter will be laid
before the President. rse
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05
\. Louisiana LOTTERY company. Mali.

WASHINGTON, ID. C., Sept. y.
The Postmaster at New Orleans has noti-
fed the Post-office authorities here that he
has been ordered by the State Court to de.
liver mail matter addressed to the New Or.
leans National Bank intended for the Lot
terry Company, and has asked for instruc-
.tions as to what he shall do. He has been
directed to obey orders until it should be
reversed or modified, and to consult VIII,
the United States District Attorney at New
Orleans The latter official has been di.
rected to take the necessary steps for the
removal of the case from the State Court to
the Federal Court, and to move at once for
\ dissolution of the case.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05
Brutal Assault by an Uaknown Person.

News reached town this morning that
three men last night entered the house Of
Alexander Allen, four miles in the country,
and made murderous assault upon him.
He was brutality beaten, receiving deep
cuts and bruises about the head, and may
not recover. His wife and SON interfered
to help him and received several severe
blows from clubs in the hands Of their
assailants. Suspicion falls upon Charlie
Washburn, Ben Chambers and John Holt.
ner. Chambers has ESen arrested and the
officers have been searching for the others.
There is said to be . klzklux orgsnizatio1
IN that coantY.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05
DEATHS TERRORS.
rhe Effect of Approaching Death on q
Guilty Murderer-George Wallace, Whose
Death Sentence the Governor of Georgia
Refused to Commute Becomes n Raving
Maniac.

Guilty Murderer-George Wallace, Whose
Death Sentence the Governor of Georgia
Refused to Commute Becomes n Raving
Maniac.
SAVANNAH, GA, Sept. %.
From present indications the hanging of
ieorge Wallace, the colored murderer, on
Friday of this week, will be a horribly
Tagic occurrence. About ten o'clock this
morning the doomed mans aunt entered his
ell and showed him last nights dispatch,
which announced that Governor Mcdaniel
lad refused to commute the death sentence.
The news was evidently entirely unc=-
oected by the prisoner, and he appeared
almost stunned by the announcement. The
woman and the jailers tried to arouse him
from his lethargy, but their efforts proved
futile and he remained lying on his bed
muttering an incoherent tumble of words,
in which Masonic expressions were freely
lnterspersed. AT four O'Clock this afternoon,
however, Wallace's conduct suddenly
changed and he became maniacal in his
violent rage. Springing from his bed like
an Infatuated tiger he Invested himself of
every stitch of clothing and then tore the
garments into shreds. Tying the strips
together he threw one end over the
iron grating forming the top of
mis- cell and apparently intended be-
coming his own eXecutioner. Changing his
mind, however, he attacked the woodwork
of the CELL in a very few minutes succeeding
in wrecking everything inside. Fearing
that Wallace won I'd dash his brains out, or
in some way make way with himself, five
of the most powerful of the attendants
about the jail made a rush to overpower
the prisoner and shackle him. Realizing
their object Wallace picked up heavy
piece of timber, which he had torn from
the wall, and fought with furious despera-
ton, during which all of the turkeys were
more or less seriously hurt. Wallace was
finally overpowered, however, by sheer
force of numbers, and carried struggling
to a cold bath, into which he was plunged.
Its cooling effect was only temporary,
however, and tonight his heart-reudingr raw
ings are so loud that they can be heard a
block from the Jail, despite the thickness Of
the heavy stone wall. An extra guard is on
duty at Wallace's cell, but his freaks are
so sudden that self-destruction at any mo-
ment would not be surprising.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05

THE movement in favor of new
bankrupt law has been inaugurated in
Washington. Circulars have been sent
to all commercial bodies asking for
their views and suggesting that dele
gates be sent To a National Convention.
To be held in Washington this winter, to
consider the subject. New England is
expected to be solid for the Lowell bill.
IL Is claimed that il has been discovered
that petition purporting to come To-
Congress from ZOO New York mer-
chants, protesting against the Lowell
bill, was in fact n forgery.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05
shocking Fat. Of an old Lady.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept 81.
"A fatal accident occurred this evening oD
the East Tennessee, = irginia & Georgia
Railroad, about four miles from this city.
As the incoming passenger train was
rounding a curve a woman was seen walk
ing ahead on the track. The engineer gave
the alarm signal and reversed the engine
but the woman paid no attention, and was
struck by the engine and her body terribly
mangled. She was killed instantly, and
chinery of the engine when IL reached this
city. The lady proved to be Mrs. Lucy
Crow, sixty years of age. She was hard Of
hearing, and was not aware of the danger
until too late.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05
The Hordenskjeld Arctic Expedition Hearr
From.

-TIt.4t4rI COPENHAGEN, Sept II
Advices from Prof. Nordenskjold's eI
petition to Greenland are received via
rhurso, Scotland. They state the expedt
lion started from Autleiksivick September
1, end reached q distance of $50 kilometres
lnsand attaining height of 1000 feet above
have penetrated so far into Greenland.
The whole region is an ice desert, proving
there is no open water inland. Very valu
able scientific data were obtained. ALONG
the northwest coast q cold stream howt
which induces very low temperature, but
on the eastern side the weather Is not
severe and that coast r. accessible to steam.
ers IN autumn. Steamers VIII return Wa
Reikiayik.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05

Az old mill in Mcnarl County, ILL.,,
referred 10 Ia Abraham Lincoln's Life,
was burned the other night with all its
contents. Il was originally built in
1929. by William G.. Greene. who after
ward took Lincoln into partnership with
him. under the firm name Of Greene &
Lincoln. u was at this mill where the
old store was kept ut which Lincoln met
The early settlers Of lllinnis. The prop
rrty was If little value. except as n relic
Of the early life Of President Lincoln.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05

EX-SENATOR SHARON, who was re-
sently arrested just rs he was leaving
san Francisco. at the suit Of Miss Hill,
said To gentleman who called upon
him in Washington and showed him
the account Of the marriage agree
mcnt that the alleged agreement,
was n forgery. He added: IL never
wrote that nor anything like il in my
life II there is any such paper in cx-
istenco Il Is forgery. The man who is
putting the woman mp TO this is. under
stand. an cx-convict lie was convicted
at sydney. Australia. for forgery. and
Is n newspaper correspondent Of low
character.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05

As a result Of the split in the Green
back party Of Massachusetts, T.. Moody
Boynton Of the National Committee Of
The Grccnback Labor party. has issued
call for Grcenback Convention mt
Worcester. October 10. to nominate n
State ticket. The call protests against
the Convention in Boston rs without
precedent in the history of the party.
and also against the ratification Of Cen
rral Buffers statement that the mission
of the Grrcnback party has been ac-
Complishcd.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05

THE order Of Commissioner Price.
torbidding the continuance Of any of the
dances Of the Indian tribes. and requiring
that Indians who have two wives shall
at once abandon or give up one of them,
Il Is said creates great dissatisfaction
among the Indians. The Indians rc-
gently informed the Committee that.
whatever the Great Father ut Washing
ton might think about IL. they should
dance. As TO the order 10 give up the
second wife in tribes where dual mar
riagc has long been. the established Gus
tom, ono agent is reported as saying
that any attempt 10 enforce Il might re-
suit In n general massacre.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05

LAST winter the Treasury Department
at Washington was notified through the
Brazilian Embassy that the Brazilian
Government had reasons for believing
that the money Of that country was being
extensively counterfeited In the United
States. A Senate Committee made in
quiries, but was unable 10 get any def
mite information. Recently. however.
den OF counterfeiters was discovered
IN Philadelphia, for tho manufacture Of
south American money. and Il Is prob
able that the gang has been discovered.
ofwhose operations the Brazilian LeRa-
ZION complained The evidence against
them is said to be sufficient 10 insure
their conviction.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05

AT recent meeting Of the stockhold-
crs Of the Florida Ship Canal and
Transit Company, in New York, the
Board Of Directors were authorized To
make contract for the construction Of
The canal, the work to be- started at the
earliest possible day. The eastern
terminus Of the canal will DO in the
vicinity Of the mouth of 81. Johns River
and run across the peninsula mt the mar
rowcst point IL will be one hundred
and thiriy-siN miles long. two hundred
and thirty feet wide, and thirty feet deep.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05

The Dakota Constitutional Convcn-
lion adopted a section to the article on
corporations that "all railroad, canal.
and other transportation companies are
declared 10 be- common carriers. and sub
icct 10 Legislative control. and the Leg
stature shall have power 10 enact laws
regulating and controlling the rates Of
charges for transportation Of passengers
or freight 1T such common carriers from
one point 10 another in the State"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05

Ex-PosrMAsTEE CONLEY, Of Atlanta,
ia. had an interview with the Post
mastcr-Gcncral, recently, in regard TO
his removal. lie defended himself from
The charges contained in the Inspectors
report. ON which hc was removed, and
requested that he be rcinstated. Post
master General Gresham informed Con-
ley that his case was closed aud would
not be rcconsidcrcd 10y the department.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05

A CORRESPONDENT writes that upon
he occasion Of the visit by the New
England veterans 90 the scene Of their
battles In the Shenandoah Valley, re-
,cntly. the citizens, militia and Confed-
eratc Veteran Association At Winchester,
Va, turned ont on massc 10 receive the
Union veterans, and escorted them to
The court house. where they were well
,omcd by the Mayor and handsomely
entertained.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05

TIE Canadian Government has de-
cidcd that for the present il would DC
impracticablc To reduce the rate Of post
lgc 10 n uniform rate with that soon 10
20 into operation In the United States.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05

Hos. WILLIAM SEXTON. Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy under Gideon
wcllcs. died suddenly, at Hartford,
Conn. recently, Of heart disease, aged
4ivtV.tyyo
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05

THE comet recently observed by Prof.
Brooks. Of Rochester, n. Y. win be
visible in this country before Christmas
II Is the comet of 1912.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05
ADDIrIoNAL DISPATCHES.

1T Is understood that the Secretary of the
Navy has approved the action of the Court
Martial in the case of Captain F. r. Smith
and Lieutenant Daniel F. Davis, both of
whom were convicted Of gross violations of
the navy regulations, and sentenced to dis
missal from the service.
IT is expected at the Navy Department
that Lieutenant Harder, who was sent to
Siberia TO assist in the Jeanette search,
and who was afterwards ordered to bring
70 America the bodies of Lieutenant De
Long, DIR. Amber and Jerome Collins,
will leave Irkoutosk about the LIST of No
vember next, and will reach the United
States with the bodies some time in JAnu-
airy.
JOSEPH MEDnL, Of the Chicago Tribune,
was recently before the Senate Labor Com
mittee, in New York, and testified that he
believed the chief cause of the impecuni-
Gus condition Of the wage classes Of this
country was their own improvidence and
lack of thrift. Too many people were try
ing to get along without work. Those who
do toll squander the greater part of their
wages in drink and tobacco. Those who
have closely examined the subject have
stated that the working men spend at least
4OOOOO,OOO per annum for liquor and near
ly S2,OOO,00O for cigars and tobacco. The
money thus thrown away during the last
ten years would have been sufficient to pro-
vide a comfortable home for every family
in this country. Another great evil, he
thought, was the existence of wretched
! tenement houses.
TIE designation of Judge Ray, Chief Of
TIM Division Of Postal Laws and Regula-
tions Of the PostOfice Department, has
been rendered to the Postmaster General.
The Republican State Convention, of
Maryland, nominated Hart B. Holden, of
Baltimore County, for Governor; Washing
ton Smith. for Comptroller, and r. s. Mat
thews, Attorney General.
The Democratic State Convention of
New York, nominated Isaac H. Maynard
for Secretary Of State; Alfred c. Chapen,
Comptroller; Robert A. Maxwell, Treas
urer; Dennis O'Brien, Attorney General,
and Elnathan Sweet, Engineer and Sur
veyor.-
TEE other afternoon Cephus Atkinson, q
wealthy farmer residing near Lafayette,
Ind, left home on business, taking
his family, except q daughter, eighteen
years of age. Upon returning about six
O'Clock, the family were hori3ed 1t finding
the body Of the young lady lying in a pool
of blood in an upstairs room, with her
throat cut from ear to ear, while many
knife wounds were found on various parts
Iof her body.
COLONEL FRANK DAVIDSON, late Of the
firm of Marnaduke, Brown & Co, Of st.
Louis, suicided recently at Van Buren,,
Ark, whore he had been editing PeRer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05

JrNrs BRUTUs BooTH. the actor and
theatrical manager, is dead. He was
the cldcsts on Of the great tragedian,
md WINS sixty-two wears Of agc.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05

DANIEL WEBsTER's monument at
MarshGcld. Mass. has been defaced by
relic seekers.
National Republican., 1883-12-06
A VICIOUS BROADsIDE.
Gen. Atkins Indignant at tho Methods En-
plOyed to Defeat Him.
lie Accuses Speaker Carlisle and Others OF
Trcachery and Downright Fa1schood.

Con. J. d. G. Atkins, Of Tennessee, who
was the defeated candidate for the place of
clerk Of tho house, is in bad state of mind
over the result. He is outspoken and venom
GUS in his denunciation of the methods en-
ployed to defeat him. His account of tho
battle is not complimentary to Mr.. Carlisle
and he intimates that man may oven aspire
to the distinguished part of speaker, and yot
break his word. Gen. Atkins 10 one Of
the Tcnnesseeans who has been conspicu-
ous by long term of service in
congress. He was first elected in 1856, and
served two terms before the war. During
the war he was member of the confederate
congress, and since the war he has served
four terms in tho United States congress.
Since he was 81 years old he has been almost
continuously in high office, and 1t may be
presumed that he is strong man in
Tennessee He claims that au overwhelm-
ing majority of democrats in the present
house promised to voto for him. His success
full opponent was Gen. John b. Clark. of
Missouri, who has served fvo terms in con-
gress Gen. Atkins openly asserts that he
was defeated by shameless trickery. He said
yesterday, II want the people to know that l
would not have accepted tho clerkship of the
house with the conditions under which it Is
now occupied. l was simply beaten out of
IL by ring and by q BULLDOG
ing process that do not reflect
any credit upon the men who engineered it.
II all the members who were pledged to mo
had voted for me / should have been elected
by 25 majority, and, as it was, was elected
by majority of a. But the changes that
followed in consequence of the bullying pro-
cess that was employed were enough to beat
me- and that was the only thing that did beat
me. In fact, was beaten by ring organized
for that purpose"
In further conversation with friends Gen.
Atkins said that the ring" against him COM
prised, among others, Mr.. Carlisle, Mr.. Win
tersmith, .oud Mr.. Leedom. II had the
positive promise" said he, 'of Mr.. Carlisle to
vote for me for clerk, and yet in the caucus
he went right up and voted for Clark"
Gen. Atkins further intimated that num-
ber of Tennesseans who voted for Carlisle
would not have done so if they had antici-
pated the act of treachery. The general ia
certainly mad all through at the way in
which he has been treated, and there is nc
doubt but that he will project first class
row in the democratic camp on account OF
National Republican., 1883-12-06
DEPARTMENT DOTS.

Bids were opened at the Office of the supervising
ARCHITECT of the treasury yesterday for u steam
freight elevator for the assay Office New York The
lowest bid was that Of Copeland & Bacon, which
amounted to S2,466 Bids were also opened for a
steam freight elevator for the public stores build.
ing at New York. Otis Brothers were the lowest
bidders, at s5,272.
The secretary of the interior is considering the
feasibility Of employing some of the advanced pu-
pills at the Carlisle Indian school in subordinate
positions at the new Indian schools at Chilocca,
Indian territory, Genoa, Neb., and Lawrence,
Kas. In answer to a letter from the secretary,
Supt Pratt, of the Carlisle school, has expressed
himself in favor of the proposition. and has fur
nished list of pupils competent TO discharge the
duties of subteachers
The photographic Office of the navy has issued
q new pilot chart of the North Atlantic ocean for
the month OF December. II will publish these
charts monthly, and later weekly, If a sufficient
appropriation can be secured. They show the pre-
vailing winds and currents for the month and the
location OF any floating wrecks dangerous to navi.
CATION. The charts Will be sent to tho maritime
exchanges for distribution and to all United States
ship masters, and 1t is thought the information
contained will be found of great value to all
farers. tts.., ~. O u, Asf 40 L ps...ii tIf "
National Republican., 1883-12-06
Lonn E,hibltlon Ploturea Dutv Erer.

The secretary of the treasury has notified
the directors of the loan exhibition to be held
in New York In aid of the Bartholdi statue,
that foreign pictures intended for the exhi-
bition may be admitted free of duty under
section 2509 Of the act of March 3, 1888, IL the
association is properly authorized but in case
it is not, the exhibition hall may be bonded
as bonded warehouse at the expense of the
nasnniatinn