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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27
TIE LATEST.

THE President has pa doned Benjamin
Hopkins, the hank defaulter of Cincin-
natl, on the ground of iIl-health.
OLIVER DIrSON. whose name is house.
no d word wherever music is sung or
taught, led on the 21st at Boston, aged
seventy seven years. His death was due
to bra n trouble.
THE New Yo' k Herald published SEN
sational DRY from Inlianap Ills, Ind,
w tn reference to a conspiracy to assassin
ate the President elect. No credit was at
tached to it.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended December 20 numbered
81 as a ainst 300 the previous week and
29o he corresponding week Of last year.
THE six story picture frame factory of
Strobel & Co., Cincinnati, iurned early on
the morning of the Odd. Several firemen
were killed or fatally wounded by falling
walls, also two Lystanders. Loss, heavy.
The bu lding was burned year ago.
A CHEMISTS assistant named Pas!re
Beaus>ier has been arrested charged wit 1,
Poi Soning six cen per Ions in Havre,
France. 1t is >upro ed that his motive for
the crime was a desire to ruin h en-
10y r and o. tain the busin sss hins IL.
THOMAS Hunter. jailer Of Port Town
send, Wa b. T., was overpowered, gagged
and rel eyed of his keys and pistols bv
FIVE prisoners the other night before he
could raise an alarm The pIi Soners made
their escape, locking the jailer i'll a cell.
A DISPATCH was re .eived i'm Lond N on
the 21st f, ON st. Thomas. West Africa
8 Ting that Stanley and Emin Pasha had
a rived on the Aruw mi. Tippoo lib also
sent word to Zanzibar that the explorers
wtre safe.
IT is stated that National hank notes,
redeemed at the Trea ury Department,
have aga got into circulation L, som
mysterious manner they filled to reach
the macerator, where it was intended they
should be DESTROYED
DR.. s. A. RICHMOND. who murdered COL
onel ]. w. Strong, editor of the st. JOSEF h
Herald. June IS, 1886. has returned from
Camargo, ILL.,. to the asylum at st Joseph
40.
The French steamship Mar settles, which
sal ed from Bordeaux, Novem. er e5 for
New Orleans direct with a full cargo OF
merchandise and 36S passengers. was sew
eral DAYS overdue and fears for h.r safety
were en- ertainei.
The Independence Beige, OF BRUSSELS an
n unc that President and Mrs. Cieve-
land will visit Europe soon af er the ex-
piration of Clevelsnd's term OF Office and
that they will remain for some time in
tat city.
In the Senate on the 21st the resolution
offered by Mr.. Plumb calling on the Secre-
tary of the II ca ury "a to the purchase of
bonds since March 4. 1885. was taken up
and agreed to. The Tariff bill was further
considered and numb of minor bills
were passed. The Mica -ua bill was re.
ported from Committee of the Whole in
the House. but q vote was not taken.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27
TIE EAST.

Two shifting engines on the Concord
IN. H.l railroad colIided the other day,
and Engineer James Williams was killed,
Engineer Frank Flanders badly injured,
and Fireman Quimby less severely hurt,
The Naugutuck river of Connecticut
was reported swollen by the avy rain
and mills had to stop at Seymour. Build
ings in Ansouia were flooded. Considera-
bic damage was feared.
THE coal boat Coal Valley, owned in
Pittsburgh. was sunk on the Ohio river
1he other day by striking huge log.
GovkRNoR BEAVER, of Pennsylvania.
has ress tied James II. Jacobs. sentenced
allow an investigation as to his sanity.
AT New York recently passenger who
landed from the steamer Etruria tr ed to
smuggle in So. 900 worth of diamonds
They were discovered and seized. The
man was said to be Southern merchant.
The officials would not give his name.
''CHIEF," the big elephant, was killed by
strangiing at Forepaugh's circus, Phila-
delph.a, on the 10th. The animal had
grown exceedingly vicious aud had killed
three men in recent years.
john g. WHITTIER, The poet, celebrated
his eigh'y-second birthday at Oak Knoll,
Mass, ON the 18th.
GREAT damage was reported at Scran-
tom, Pa, on the 18th, caused by heavy
rams and q rise in the Lackawanna river.
Damage was also reported at Carlisle and
W,lkesbarre. In the more E astern States
. blizzard was reported on the same date.
MUNICIPAL circles in Philadelphia are
much torn up by q statement made by Mr..
Graham q member of the Select Council,
that he had been offered Doodle to further
m elevated railroad scheme.
THREE wO kmen were killed by the
blowing out of q furnace at the Ed ar
Thompson steel works at Pittsburgh, Pa,
the other night. The molten metal was
thrown over their bodies almost roasting
them alive.
ANN O'DELLA DIss DEBAR, the spiritu-
alist, was released from Blackwell's island
ON the 18th, where she had been confined
six mouths for defrauding Lawyer Marsh.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27
THE SOUTH.

TIE body Of little Irene Hawes the third
victim, has been found in the lake near
Birmingham, Ala. It was weighted down
with railroad iron.
A RACE war was reported at Wahalak
Miss, on the 18th, caused by the killing
and wounding of about ten white men in
an attempt to arrest negro
The latter and his friends took to the
swamps and armed whites from all quar-
ters were arriving to exact vengeance.
JAMEs G. MORFo RID, aged ninety three,
the last of the ''Old d tenders" of Balti-
more, Nd, died on the 18th.
REWARDS of 81 800 have been offered for
the capture of the Duck Hill (Miss.) train
robbers.
MINERS of the Texas Pacifie Coal Com
pany in e ath County attacked the store
house recently during the strike troubles
and ridd 81 it with bull S. The new men
were badly beaten. The Governor was
appealed to.
RACE troubles are reported in the vicinity
of jackson, Tenn. A white man was
fatally wounded in one of the conflicts and
several negroes were stabbed.
w. w. SMITH, one of g Justices of the
Arkansas Supreme Court, died the other
night at Ii tie Rock from consumption.
AN inventory Of the estate of the late A.
8. Abell. founder of the Ba tinore Sun,
was probated recently. By his will the
Sun newspaper was bequeathed absolutely
to his three sons. The total appraised and
assessed va ue of the estate, not inc!u ling
the good will Of the Baltimore Sun, is So
o., 765.13. Various gratuities amounted to
$oOO,OO0.
JUDGE Edmund WADDELL, JR-, Repub-
lican candidate for Congress IN the Third
Virginia district, has served contest no
tice on George D. Wise on the ground of
oh struction of voters.
HARrsFIKLD s. ROE, furniture dealers Of
Fort Worth, Tex, have assigned. with
$S0, 900 liabilities and $54, 600 assets.
THE executive comm ttee of the National
Republican League has called the Ma
tional CO vention for February . and
March at Bait more.
By the derailng OF train near Houston,
Tex, the other lay, three men were HI led
and four seriously injured.
A NEW epidemic has broken out on the
horse ranches of the Lower Yellow stone
river and is spreading with great rapidity,
1t affects the glands OF the throat and jaw.
"HUNGRY JoE," the noted New York
confidence man, has been sent to the
Maryla ID reni entiary for nine years for
swindling Baltimore man out of 81, QUO.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27
Hopkins f'arGloned.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-The President
to-day returned to the Attorney G, neral
the papers in relation to the appiica ion
for the pardon Of Benjamin. Ho, kins, of
Oh o, under sentence for embe zzling and
mi>applying the funds of a National
bp"k, with tho following endorsements:
The condition of this convict's health IS
such, appears from examination
which I have set on foot, thai the quest on
is presented whether he shall die in prison
OF at homn. On this presentation, / am
viii ing t. al he shall spend his few remain
ing DAYS anon his friends regardless of
any other consideration connected VII b
the case And on this ground alone his
pardon is gran: ed. !"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27

WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.-Postmasters an
pointed in Kansas yesterd.y were:
Charles Reckley, Bloom- Ford County: A.
r. Leefrom, Connors Station. wyandotte
County; l. +. Smith. Elm City, Labette
County' w. ). 3 ultz Ivanhoe, Haskell
county. Missouri: John ". Fitch, Brad.
Ieyville. fancy County; Charles w. Paden-
Ergo. Newton County; Thomas Kelly,
Knoxville. Ray County; Mrs Sarah Z
6o:linger. Marble Hill, Bolliueer C,unsv
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27
A Thrifty Pole.

WLKEsBARRE, Pa. Dec. 81 "A Polish
farmer named Schillin xxi, of very miserly
b bits. stole lumber from the fence of a
negro named Mccarthy, and with it made
a coffin. in which he burr. d in his cellar
the deal body of his ssven-year-old
daughter
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27

THE three-year-oid hay Colt Galofe. .
famous yoang English raoer,a has sbeen
purchased by Americans for s., 600. Milton
Young, OF Ksntucky, has offered 10000
for Ossory, brother Of Ormonde.
South CAROLINA has finally passed q bill
giving the Railroad Commission power to
fix rates Of transportation for freight and
passengers, to prevent unjust discrimina-
ton, etc.
The house Of Martin Regain, three miles
north of Huntington. w. va, was burned
to the ground the o her night, and Reg ans
two children and his aged mother were
burned to death.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27
WASHINGTON NOTES.

THE President has approved the act
making deficiency appropriation for con-
tingent expenses for the House of Repre-
Sentatives.
THE subcommittee Of the House Com
miItee on Private Land Claims has agreed
to report favorably to the full committee
the joint resolution looking to the relief Of
the settlers on the Maxwell land grant
THE President has nominated Leon o.
Bailey to be district attorney of Indiana.
Bailey is the man who collected the affida-
Wits that General Harrison said q dollar q
day was enough for a work ng man. and
his nomination was somewhat of q sensa.
ton.
SENATOR FARwELL has introduced a bill
for the reorgani zatinn of the navy, so as
to do away with present injustic 8.
THE Inter-S ate Commerce Commission
began a hearing on the 18th of the tariffs
and ella sihcatons Of the Southern Rail-
way and Steamship Association.
AMASA 8. PAUL, administrators of the es-
tate OF the late Edward s. Paul, has en-
tered suit in Washington against Senator
Cullom, of Illinois, for 10000 the suit
growing out of the death of Prof. Paul,
who was ridden down and fatally injured
by Joseph Cha .e, a negro coachman in the
employ of the Senator.
SEVERAL representatives OF Southern
railroad lines testified recently in Wash
ingtou before the Interstate Commerce
Commission as to their tariff and rate
methods. All acknowledged lack Of con-
formity to the letter of the law
The Secretary OF the Navy has sent out
circulars inviting proposals for the con-
struction OF a .OO0-ton arnored coast de-
Tense vessel.
THE Consul ar and Diplomatic Appropri-
alton bill, as prepared by the House Com
Inittee on Foreign Affaus, appropriates
- ~. 525-$1;440 less than that OF this
year.
DR.. NEMoNA AUGUSTA, Ambassador of
the .11aytien insurgents to the United
States. and Charles A. Jackson OF New
Yorh, his attoi ney, were in Washing on
recently at. tempting to interest this Gov
ernment:in the cause Of the insurrectiOn-
lists.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27
Tie WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary OF the Daily News
CONGRESSIONAL.


AFrER the introduction Of several bills
In the Senate on the nth the resolution Of
Senator Riddleberger for the reorganization OF
tho Senate on Janu .ry was laid before the
body and Mr.. Riddieberger in brief speech
severely criticised President Protein. Ingalls,.
Leave was finally granted Mr.. Riddleberger TO
Withdraw his resolution. The Tariff bill
was discussed at some length and
Two conference reports agreed to. Adjourned.
=. In the H use bill was passed incorporat-
ing the American Historical Association. The
Holiday Recess resolution was presented and
agreed to. Under the call Of States q number
OF bills were introduced. Mr.. Springer offered
a resolution making the Senate bill for the adj
mission OF Dakota a continuous special order,
which was adopted and the House adjourned.
WHEN the Senate met on the 18Th the
resolution for evening sessions was taken up
and an amendment offered that the regular
hour for the meeting Of the Senate be eleven
O'Clock a. m, which elected q spirited discus
sion. The resolution finally went over one day.
The Tariff bill was then considered until ad-
5ournment. The House, in Committee Of the
Whole, proceeded to consider the Legislative
Appropriation bill. debate on which continued
until adjournment.
THE Senate on the 18th passed the House
bill Incorporating the American Historical So
ciety with amendments. Senator Edmunds in
troduced resolutions that the United States
Government will look with serious concern and
disapproval on the connection OF any European
Government with the construction or control
OF any ship canal across the Isthmus of
Darien or Central America, which was
referred. The Tariff bill was then discussed
until adjournment. The House agreed to the
conference report retiring General Andrew j.
Smith with the rank Of Colonel. After the trans
action of minor business the House went into
Committee of the Whole on the River and Har
Dor bill, and pending its consideration ad-
journed.
The Senate on the Doth non concurred in
the House amendments to the Direct Tax bill
and ordered conference. It was agreed by
unanimous consent that voting on the Tarin bill
and amendments should begin at one o'clock
January %, when debate should close. The
resolution for a holiday recess from December
"a to January was adopted. After disposing
OF several resolutions the Tariff bill was
taken up an debate resumed. It was finally
laid aside and all the pension bills, ninety in
number. passed, occupying fifty minutes. Ad-
journed.. After concurring in several confer
ence reports, the House. In Committee of the
Whole. took up the River and Harbor bill,
which was Considered until adjournment.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27
To He Hanged.

WILMINGTON, Del, d C. 21-In the case
of William j. Calhoun, convicted Of rape,
committed on Catherine Utz, November II,
Calhoun was sen encei to-day to be
hanged on Friday March - next
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27

The COngre <sional Immi grafton Inyesti.
cation Committee opened its inquiry at
Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 21st
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-13

II Is eeneraiiy conceded thai Repre-
sentative springss's bill for tbs admis-
sion Of Dakota. Washington. Montana
ana Nev Mexico will fail 10 become .
lav. Il hes fev friends. and nobody 81
Washington seems to care mnsh about
Il. The Democrats viii not posh 10 BE-.
cause they never intended that IL should
pass, and the Republicans gill not push
u because they regard It - . suotsrfues
on the part Of ths Democrats designed
10 sniff from Democratic to Rspstliesn
shoulders ths responsibility fsr The fail
uss 70 admit DAKOTA. Tue fate Of
bill without friends can readily be fore
sen.
Tbs Springer bill 10 not really 90 ad-
mission bill. II simply provides for sbe
holding Of constitutional conventions
In the territories 70 which u applies,
and expressly siipoiases that the tssri-
tories shall not be admitted 10 the IN
Ion without the passage OF additional
acts by congress- After ell the provis-
Ions Of the bill are complied With. ooa
eress might refass TO admit the terrific
ries, or might rsfass 10 admit any one
Of them while admitting the others.
Its sole purpose 10 10 enable the Demo
cratic stump speakers to deay the ssssr-
tion that the Dsmorfs 10Y 10 hostile 10 the
sdmission OF new states.
II IL becoming painfully apparent that
the present session will be ~ barren Of
results for ths territories ~ President
Cleveland himself could d sire.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-13
rmg CsAsr sssssss sILL.

Tho bill introduced 10 The senate BY
Mr.. Dolph providing for the sppsopria
tion Of q iafas sam Of money for the
erection o. coast defenses has been fAv-
orabiy considered by the committee on
coast defsnsss. I. Ia probable that the
bill will pass the senate. though u may
be modified 10 some respects. Il is ex-
tfemely doubtfol, however. whether 10
viii be regarded favoraeis by the house.
Of representatives. Tue Democrats are
Invariably nissardiy In appropri AtinR
money for she navy or for the erection
Of coast defsnscs, and II IL altoaesher
probable that proposition 10 sxpend
more than one hundred and twenty i've
million dollars 10 make oar osasss Sc
easo viii give the friends % the admin
issratioa a cold chill. They will no,
consider the fact that this amount 10 to
Be expended al Different times daring
. pesicd OF twelve years and that the
annual drain on the treasury will b.
Comparatively insignificant. They will
Look only At tho total amount witch 4,
II proposed 10 appropriate and vill Lift
thsir hands in holy horror as they cen
template IL.
The Democrats we're formerly aocns
e,ned 10 sdsr a. reason for sasir hos
tility TO expenditures for the navy or
fs coast dsfsnses their fear that the
money appropriated would be missp-
Piled by the Republican oili,isls through
vsose hands 10 would pAss. With q
Democratic administration In power.
however, this excuse Ia no longer avail
able. Democratic representatives can
MT assert that they are afraid 20 en-.
trust the expenditure Of any am cunt Of
money 20 the immaculate officials VITO
owe their app ointment 10 pfssideot
Cleveland. They are complied 90 seek
esher excuses. and most OF these which
they fiud are extremely isme one.
Some u the more candid Of them even
admit that al explanation Of their op-
position must be sought 10 ths innate
hostility which the Democratic party
fesls toward avsrything tina, Ia intend.
% 10 increase the force or iignity OF
the national government.
Ii 10 clear tha, the Dosph bill will
fare badly In the houss. smail ~ ih.
Democratic majority Ia shs, BODY 10. is
Ia large enough 10 defeat any measure
looking TO tbs appropriation of money
for the rsotee,ien Of our sea board
cities. The treasury saspins is too
precious for Dsnocrs.ic cAmpaisn pur-
poses 20 be frissered a~ay in sry
saca manner. 1, most be kepi intact
until tae voice raised 10 favor q free
trate swsrs 10 its fail volare and
makes all the nsise that Is sxpse,
si e u.
We may have wresehea rcstal ser
vice. reisine navy and ANTICIPATED srd
crumhllns aefeoses for ear great ei,ies.
bal the Surplus mast noi be touched.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-13
NOTHING ssR rrssr serxp.

TIE pclya bill for the erection o,
cast ist' nsss provides t0s the erection
o, fsrtiasasloas tos The defense q San
D:eSs, san Francisco and Portland.
Teese are apgaresily the oaly fseiac
coast gorts which are eonsisersd worth
defsntsns. Tie ether seaeoNrd si.sss
Of the raesas snas BE shsllea ard shat.
tsrsd 10 As srsat &C extent a. hossiie
Foreigners nsy icsise, bat San Fran
cisso. San psssa aad Portland s=as. Be
proseeses.
I, mesi have Assa an sxsrsasiinsry
esarse Of reasoning ~hica led Ssesiar
.Ds.ph 10 the eoaelnssan thsi forsisss
sians ssca'a be crested at Portland
while pcsss sossi saeald te isss en-
isrsly uaaefenssa. fortisGA Is nxszr.
ally gsSaessss frem attach. Tie ce.
lamssA riyss hAs weais es acre lissiy
20 sesr . hesaiis ireGsisa Avay fssa
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ruu sn1P syAgrAx 0scCaxs a cnsw AND
ssits-gusssAis OF wM. xnAzrg
Ahn NM. A. s,kNrR-

ass.lay Cs~v. Pest is.sslIee~s-.l
Tie seie Spartan whose cspiain has
has 80 much trazble ~sth lie Coast
Sesmrns pnicc. his rseu assertirs him
TO ioin ttAi Body, came down fscgn
Seattle last uisbi, sscG,et q cru md
ssiiRd FOR San frAre.scc With great siee.
Captain fsil;s. ssmGSrder Of tie
spsfsas. Vas !ahslsr,. az IA vss tie
svew~d pzspcse o. tie eaiee 60 ssate
hin coxs 80 n. ~ al sse Iissss Of The
nve sailors vaa deserted Al Sosstie--.n-
ssSsd the men werp ssigged tbroaa b
h rsessn,i5. aseni % the s1ip Oursrs
Assccssfscr. nj tesy we're ros al rrica
usea estser. It's setien % the ansss. Ia
thss matter 6e~s nns eemseot stssif 20
iessrs a fair rssy. Thes@ ave nsa
seo tefs IRE Spartan 81 Seattle tad
sseeeS srstglss viii Csrssfn Pegits-ser
the rcsse trfy 81 ssn fsxresscc. Tsey
we're tntaset 90 irAys tie ssis ey .h-
sSs1s aSsnl 81 Sss,isf. &c osSsx 70 be-
scus neseess o. tie aslaa vahssi
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RAILROAD CHANCES,
TEE y. o G. COMPANY WINDING Up IFS
DusfN1xs-RcADRHD CBAsors N
1HE OFFICIALS CF fnR
O., L. o. AND .. .. ..

Hearing various rumors about con-
tempiatsd changes In the mapacement
Of the Seattle. Lake Shore and Z stern
Railway, . rep.r.sr called on Mr.. d. H.
Gilman yesterday to Rss q statement
from him Of The facts. Mr.. Gilman
said
"Ihs Puget sonnd Construction CON-
pany g. n oorperasi IN formed uuter tte
laws Of Washington I, rfitory TO per
form q certain specific undertaking,
ard that vas to build q railroad from
Seattle to shs coal miuss In SQaak Val
ley fot certain consideration. q. NJ.
sheafe is general mansger OF the con
stractlon csmpaBy and J. q. Scursy.
chief engineer. The mission for which
that company vas formed has ssou nc.
eompiishsd. aud on March 49, the con
struction company viii tarn the CON-
ple,ed road over TO TIE rA,iread oou
pany and % cat OF business, 10 having
Completed its contract. Another cous-
psny. the Seattle and Eastern Consssuc-
ton COMPANY. has / sen orgsns, q TO so
oa With the work of railroad puiidi' G
from the sQaak coal miges eassssri,
and wili succeed The Pases soand Con-
s,rnctien Company. After the Is. b, the
oompis ted road, ipssssd Of being oper.
siet by the construction company, utii
be OPERATED by The railroad Q smpauy's
Own officers. Ihe offi,ers OF the Seattle
aud Eastern Construction Company are
Ffanhlin N. Jones. president; A. Mach
insosh, vics president; W. II. Thoraell,
saai OF. and H. n. Msfadden. treas
urer."
''hov is u about the changes Of or
GERS. Mr Giimsrr'
Il suppose whsn ths Seattle snd Z Vi.
ers Csn-truct,on eopp,nv gets ready
for business ~ ~iii select ITS ofii sr..
osner han "a 80 already elsstsd. Fur-
thsr tia. that do cot wish to seeak at
this time"
Not satisfied TO bs pns Of in thi, CAV,
the rrportes bnussd 40 auolher man
veii pasted IN rsiifssd circies. vho ssis:
"Mish tie closing no ef the q strs Of
the fress Sosod Corss'ue tsu 90 spany
Asssrs. Sh.afe. seorry. Oviugs ard
others oil he ogen TO eng s1ement. AZ
l aederstAnd ~. W. H. tsarneii vtil be
general mAasser of tie road. aud Fred
Alien aadaor. Paal Nnt r. OF Spokane
Falls. - 10 ks chief engineer. and Q
namees Of ~teer ci AnScs vi. De made"