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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30
M'KINLEY DOWN SOUTH.
How He Was Received at the GEORGIA."
Chautauqua.''

How He Was Received at the '.Georgia"
Chautauqua."
ATLANTA, Ca, Aug. 22-Mr. McKinley's
reception at the Georgia Chautauqua yes
terday was something remarkable. Mr..
Mckinley was led to the stand by Henry
w. Grady and was introduced in an elo-
quent speech of hearty welcome by Judge
Van Epes, of Atlanta, one of Georgia's
brilliant young men,. A singular fact is
that Van Epes is a revenue reduction man,
yet no heartier welcome could be made.
In the course of his remarks Judge Van
Epes said:
1.-THE. truth is that the young men of the
South are growing impatient of the fact
that it is reasonable to look at the other
side of a great question seriously affecting
their interests.
when in the Chicago convention the
honorable gentleman put aside tempting
chance to be President and ruler of Co.
O00, 900 people, saying in substance: Il can
not accept nomination without violating
my own self-respect, in the abuse of my
sense of personal loyalty and friendship
to Mr.. Sherman he fixed public opinion
as to his lofty character and shed glory
around American citizenship.
"Differ as we may on party questions,
we share a National pride in him, which Is
irrespective of party affiliations; the same
which we do not hesitate to avow of such
men as Linceln and Grant and COnkIing
and other kingly men, who have illustrated
the dignity and glory OF American man
hood.o
These and other similar sentiments were
loudly applauded.
A more attentive audience was never.
gathered together, and judging by the ap-
plause, the people were in sympathy with.
the speaker. All his. points were heartily
cheered, and when, toward the end, be
urged that on this question there be no
South, no North, the audience arose as one
man and cheered to the echo.-
At the conclusion of the speech all
pressed forward to meet the distinguished
Ohioan and their reception was hearty.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30

b s. II. PosT, grain dealer on the New
York Produce Exchange, in business over
thirty years, and previously reported to
be worth $3.50, 600, has been unable to meet
his obligations He is short of the market
5000, 900 bushels of wheat and his losses
are $3.50, 600.
DURING a celebration at Bradford, Pa,
the other night in honor of Governor Beav-
er and the Northwestern Pennsylvania G.
a r. Association, Edward Buell. was COM
pounding 'cetored fire in a gas pipe, when
it exploded, killing him instantly. Robert
Hurley and w. G. Curtis were also killed.
Half dozen others were badly hurt
RICHARD C. HARRIS, wholesale paper
dealer, New York City, has made an as
signment with S., 600 preferences
THE fozrth annual convention of the So
ciety of American Florists was in session
in New York on the 22d with delegates
from many sections of America.
HON. J. G. BLAINE addressed a large
Republican meeting at Bangor, Me-, on
the 23d. His speech was devoted princi-
lally to a comparison between the indus
tpial classes of England and the United
States and a criticism of the changes pro-
posed in the Mills bill
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30
THE SOUTH.

THE Baltimore police recently captured
forty-seven Cinnamon in a raid on gam
bling dens.
CONSIDERABLE damage was done in
Northern Mississippi by local storms re-
! Gently, and the cotton crop in Tennessee
| has been soaked and much harm is feared.
MAJOR MCKINLEY, the Ohio Congress
man, addressed the Georgia Chautau-
qua" at Atlanta on rhe 21st in defense of
| a high protective tariff.
| CONGRESSMAN HERBERT has been renom-
| mated by .aoclamation by the Democrats
of the Second Alabama district, this max
ing his seventh successive nomination.
JUDGE j. 20. ABBOTT has been nominated
to succeed himself by the Democrats of the
Sixth Texas Congressional district
THERE were five cases of yellow fever
and one death at j Jacksonville, Fla, on the
21st.
THE prInGfpal coal companies of Ken
lucky and Virginia have formed a COM
bination with "a, 0Oe, 600 capital to control
the output OF !, 800 acres of coal lands and
garge quantities of iRon lands.
THE Exchange Bank at Dardeneiie,
Ark., has been closed by the United States
Marshal on attachments for $15, 900. It is
Thought depositorS will not suffer.
SIXTEEN new CAGES OF yellow fever were
reported at jacksonville, Fla, on the sd.
TIE rice market at New Orleans has as
sumed a strong tone and prices have adj
vanced three-fourths of a cent on account
of the damage to the crop by the recent
storm.
NEAR Monticello, Ga, the other day, at
. Baptist association meeting, desperate
fight occurred between the Tyler and the
Malone families and their friends. Thirty
shot We're fired in less than one minute
AID James Malone and Sam Tyler were
instantly killed, Ed Tyler mortally and
Walker Malone and several others severe
ly wounded.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30
KANSAS STATE NEWS
LIQUOR shipmenrs Prohibrted.


A certain liquor house in Louisville, KY,
having issued circular, which is being
widely distributed in Kansas, in which
they say, in effect, that anybody has a
right to import liquor into the State of
Kansas and sell it in unbroken packages,
citing a number of legal decisions and the
opinions of two prominent lawyers in sup
port of the declaration, Attorney General
Bradford has written a lengthy letter in
which he expresses surprise at the opin-
ions of the lawyers that liquors can. be
shipped TO Kansas by outside parties and
disposed of in unbroken packages, and
that the parties to whom such goods are
consigned can dispose of the same in the
original packages without being liable to
the provisions of the Prohibitory law. The
Attorney-Generalh holds that the decisions
referred to are entirely irrelevant, and
after citing cases in point he says: ut
makes no difference how these goods get
into the State of Kansas. If after the
goods are here and in the hands of con-
signees, who are authorized to sell them
for the purposes specified in the statute,
the police power of the State of Kansas
may absolutely prohibit the sale of these
goods, and in the language of the Supreme
may interfere to the extent of destroyin g
the goods that the health and morals of
the community may be protected" The
Attorney General calls on all county at
torneys to arrest and bring to trial all
persons who may bring into the State
liquors for sale, no matter whether outside
parties or others, and all parties who may
offer to barter or sell such prohibited arti-
cles in Kansas are warned that the law
will reach them and that they will be held
amenable for any violation of it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30
THE EAST.

:MroH4EL MURPHY, aged ,tweaty three,
aEas killed by being shruack. on the jugular
vein ,hy.a pitched ball while playing base
J ball at Rochester, n ". the other day.
GoUHER1EU1 NORRIS, one of the famous
old New York Morrises, q nember of the
famous old family of that name, died at
New York On the Goth, aged seventy five.
TIE coroner hts decided that the man
found dead in a doorway Near the REsook-
lyn bridge entrance, New York, was not
murdered, but conn oitted suicide
NIEDLIEGER, SCHMT Co.'s malt house,
with 30, Geo bushels of malt, two large ice
houses and a boat yard at Rondouf, N. "
were destroyed By fire recently. Loss.
100000.
DAN LYONS was executed at New York
on the 21st. . He murdered an athlete
named Quinn in a quarrel over a woman.
July 8, 1887.
THE seventh anniversary of the great
ChaQtauqua IN. " literary and scientific
circles took place on the 90, over five
five hundred persons passing under the
arches,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30
WASHINGTON NOTES.

SECRETARY OF WAR ENDICoTT has gone
o to his home in Salem, Mass, for a rest of
about two weeks.
MRS. CHARLOTTE SMITH, president of the
Woman's National Industrial League, has
written Chairman Ford, of the immigration
investigation, that syndicates exist in New
York,and Boston for the purpose of sup
g plying girls arriving in this country for
houses of ill-fame. Agents of the syndi-
cate, she says, frequently go about and
assistiin this nefarious business.
BFIGAD1ER4GENERAL ABsALoM BAIRD,
Inspector General of the army, has been
placed ION the retired list. Colonel Roger
A. Jones was appointed to succeed him
with the rank of Brigadier- General.
THE State Department has received a
communication from United States Consul
Seymour, at Canton, China, in which he
says that any natives who have embraced
the Christian religion have been severely
persecutad. Most of the victims are menu
bers of the American Baptist Union.
The President has returned to the Sem
ate without approval bills granting PEN
sions to John w. Reynolds, d. Lustman,
Sarah A. ANDERSON James E. COOLER and
Mrs. Margaret Todd and the bill for relief
of p. E. Parker and of the sureties on the
bond of Franklin Travis, defaulting col
) lector of internal revenue; also the
House bill f0rrelief of w. s. Carpenter, a
former railway postal. clerk.
" THE act for improving the mouth of the
Brazos river, Texas, has become law
without the Presidents signature.
THE tall tower Of the new Church of the
Covenant, Washington. fell recently,
crushing in the entire front of the adifice
and causing $4,000 damages.
THE President on the 23d sent message
,totCongress having reference to the re-
lection Of the Fisheries treaty. He pro-
posed enforcing the Retaliation act against
Canada and recommended further legiSla-
rtien in frIrtheraRne OF the object of that
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30
Iowa RepubIicans,

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Aug. 23.-The Re-
publican State convention met here yes
terday morning, with full delegations
present. After completing its temporary
organization, with Major j. II. futile, Of
Des Moines, as chairman, a recess was
taken until two p. M O
At the opening of the afternoon session
Hon. Lafayette Young was made perma-
nSnt chairman. Mr.. Young addressed tha
convention, reviewing chiefly the p~litical
situations All nominating speeches were
waived. Hon. Frank T. Jackson wass re-
nominated for Secretary of State. Hon.
ton for State Auditor. A formal ballot
for Treasurer renominated TwonlbIY bv =
vote of $50, BeesOn, 465.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-07-06
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

SMALLPOX of a virulent type has mads
its appearance at Buuton Station, Tenn.
A BOLD attempt was made TO burglarizs
the postoffice at Franklin, Tenn, on the
night of the 1st Thieves entered by q
window and rified the cash drawer, only
securing S7.25.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal, has an artesian
well which yields over 100000 gallons
of water daily.
Mrs. SIDNEY SMITH SWAMI, the wealth
lest woman in Maryland with the ex-
ception of Miss Garrett, has sued her hus-
band, Donald Swami, for divorce on the
ground of unfaithfulness. Mrs. Swami
inherited 2O,OOO,OOO
! In the Senate on the 30th, the appropria-
ton for White river, Ark, was increased
from $4,000 to $4,000. No particular
changesi were made in the other apprO-
priations for Arkansas rivers.
IT is expected that the Senate will add
to one of the appropriation bills the House
bill making appropriation for refunding
the direct taxes levied at the beginning of
She rebellion.
THE argument in the suit to recover from
defaulting Treasurer Tate's bOndsmen has
begun at Frankfort, KY. An effort Is be-
ng made to excite sympathy on the plea
1
E247, 900 than to improverish number Of
good citizens.
! PARAGOULD, Ark, was visited on the
night of the 1st by one Of the most destruc-
tive fires ever known in northeast Arkan-
sas. BY hard lighting the angry flames
were finally extinguished. but the magic
lefty Of Arkansas came near being totally
! DESTROYED Women and children half
lclothed ran frantic through the streets.
Loss, $62, ,OO0
IT is estimated at the Treasury Depart
ment that there was decrease Of $780,
600 in the pu0lie debt during June and a
decrease of S112,9JO,OO0 in the debt for the
fiscal year ending on the 50th. The total
lreceipts during the year are estimated at
$3.50, ,0OO, 900 and the total expenditures at
lS27S, ,0OO, 600, leaving a surplus Of S9T, ,O0O,-
loco.
/ IN answer to the letters of Gov. Lee, of
Virginia, claiming strip of Tennessee
two miles wide adjoining the Virginia
line, Gov. Taylor has answered that the
lquestion is considered by Tennessee as
Hong since being adjusted, and respect
fully declines TO take any steps toward re
lopening a question which has been 50 long
regarded by the State of Tennessee as per-
lmanenuy settled.
| AS AN evidence of the growth of the
business of Jonesboro, Ark, the postmas~
tier on the S0tb TecsiFsd notice from tbs
department at Washington that his salary
Ibad been raised 60 1890 per ARuum. THIS
makes TIE seeeR4 IRgesss 70 tss years
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-07-06
AWFUL DESTRUCTION.
Further Particulars of the Damage
wrought by the Late Floods in Mexico.

Further Particulars of the Damage
Wrought by the Late Floods In Mexico.
CITY OF MEXICO, June Photographic
communication having been restored be-
tween Leon and SilayO, on the line of the
Mexican Central railway, particulars Of
the terrible food that occurred in that
district have been obtained. A telegram
from Silayo says: 'It commenced rain
ing on the 18th instant, and continued a
heavy dOwnpour for twenty-four hours.
About three hundred and twenty FIVE
houses have been destroyed. The station
buildings are occupied by homeless peo-
pie, who are unable to obtain any thing to
eat except watermelOns and fruit found
floating in the water. Several dykes have
given way, and the whole country around
is flooded. AtLeon, on the night Of the
18th, the people, believing them
selves safe from the food, went to
bed in those parts of the town
where the water had not found its way,
The food increased during the night;
houses tumb bled in rapidly, and as the
buildings fell the unfortunate sleepers
were either crushed to death or drowned.
The rains continued necessarily until
Wednesday, the 20th instant, AMI it is es-
timated that fully seven hundred persons
persisted. One hundred and eleven bodies
have been recovered without moving any
ruins of houses, wherein are supposed &c
be hundreds Of bodies buried The total
number Of houses destroyed is estimated
at two thousand, and the pecuniary loss
at g, ,O0O, 900.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-07-06
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"


A negro once gave the following
toast: DE late Gubernor oh de State
he come in wild berry little Opposition:
he got out wild none nj all.
Hotel Clerk Front! Show Mr..
Hayseed up TO No. 13r Mr.. Hay
seed Thirteen is an unluclsy number,
Mister!n Hotel Clerk well you may
pay before you retire, II you like. "
Ptck
Wife Cat Niagara Falls) How
grand and awc-inspiring it all is,
John" Husband drawing long
breath) )-"Yes, but don't talk my
dear; ] want to listen to the roaring
waters. ~. y. sun.
Young Wifc-"Yes, father always
gives away expensive things when he
makes presents" Husband So /
discovered when he gave you away"
And then he went to his library 20
draw check for the monthly millinery
bill.
Tin glad salvation's free!' shout
ed man, as he jumped up in the con-
gregation. You may well be, brother"
observed an old deacon who knew hts
man. because you'd never get your
consent 30 pay for SntihUiIIe
Nct0s.
beg pahdon. mum, but You
dropped your vail in the-the lift,
said the bell-boy 20 the departing
guest, narrowly watching the effect Of
his words james, - said the pleased
New York lady to her husband, give
the boy two shillings. lie takes as
for English people. ~ CAicago Tribune.
Western papers are discussing the
vital question, What makes d mans
trousers bag at tho knces?n and no
one has thought 10 advance the theory
that il is because the man wears the
trousers We don't know Of any thing
that will make "a mans trousers bag at
the knees quicker than wearing them
-NoyTisto1CH Herald.
Deacon Denchficld--"Seeh here Mr..
Diapason. did you have steam Tump
on the organ this morning? thought
you were trying to lift the roof OF the
church Organist -"That's all right
The pastor is trying TO overcome a
quick temper that is sore trial to
him, and he told me he'd give me O. If
I'd drown the choir 30 that he couldn't
hear EN- sing single squeak Dur
detfe.
How delightful il Is cut hers in the
country exclaimed Miss Cushing
ton. The sweet smell Of flowers. tho
gentle breath Of kino, the pure, brac-
ing air, and the merry songs OF the
birds-just listen 70 the drumming Of
that woodpecker! How romantiol
'.W lodpec6crs be dIruedr said Unclo
Heery; -th1t amt no woodpcckcr; it's
cn that typewriter ga that the new
boardcr brought down from the chy
Yesterday She's ~ II oil day long,
Bsa0i 4rGHsgy.Pt
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-07-06
SUBSCRIPTION: Sl.OO Per Year.
PERSONAL AND lMPERsoNAL.

"A man who has lately become
prominent in Detroit, more especially
in police circles, is alleged to have
married twenty-one women at different
periods of his enterprising career.
1t seems almost incredible that the
Parisians pet centcnarian has seon
Danton and Robespierro, and that
Washington did not die at Mount Yer
non until thirteen years after NJ.
Chovreul was born!
- General Boulanger goes to tho
barber once week, pays the artist
ten francs and gives five francs to the
assistant. He never speaks, and the
barber, knowing his preference, does
not presume to open a conversation.
The shop is near the Louvre.
Russell Sage is the director of
three banks, and it is seldom that he
misses a meeting. For each meeting
that he attends he receives ten dollars.
Mr.. Sage, it is said. calculates that
the money he earns rs a bank director
will pay his butcher and vegetable
bills.
Miss Minnie Freeman, the Nebraska
school teacher whom the blizzard made
famous, has decided to mako California
her home for the future. She has re-
ceived 81, 700 in cash from the sub
scription raised for her benefit, besides
two costly gold watches, three diamond
pins and many pieces of jewelry.
Mrs. Azubah +. Ryder, Of Orring-
ton, Me, who is one hundred and four
y. e,
scatter flowers in the open grave at a
memorial service of George Washing.
ton. She has large and interesting
correspondence with young and old
persons all over the United States.
Richard w. Thompson, OF Indiana,
eX-Secretary of the Navy, has probably
bcon longer in active public life than
any man living. lie was an able and
popular Whig speaker over fifty years
ago, and was elected to Congress about
that time. Apparently there arc still
many years of active service in "Old
Dick"
Mr.. Cope Whitehouse, son OF the
late Bishop of Illinois, has been made
Commander of the Order OF the Os-
manli by the Khedive OF Egypt ~ a
recognition of his services to the coun-
try by showing the Practicability Of
the use Of the FayOum basin and reser-
voir for the surplus waters of the Nile
and as means of adding largely to
the cultivable area of tho Delta.
Ono of the greatest men Georgia
ever produced, says the Baltimore
american, was Governor John Clark.
His portrait adorns the wall Of the
State House, and yet, perhaps, not a
hundred Of the present generation
know any thing OF his history, while
hogs wallow and chickens scratch
above his neglected grave. century
hence who will remember any thing Of
the local celebrities who now strut
vainly on the stage Of life.
In respect of patronage, the posi-
tiOn of Postmaster-General is now the
most important in the Cabinet. The
fifty thousand postmasters who are re-
sponsiblc for their appointment 10 the
chief of the department are supple
mentcd by an immense number Of
clerks who serve at Washington, on
the railroads, and as examiners and
inspectors all over the country, and
the Postmastcr-General is to the peo-
pie at large almost rs influential as the
President himself.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-07-06
A REIGN OF TERROR.
The Island of Cuba Overrun With Bandits
Rich Planters Captured and Held for
RansOm-A Reign of Terror Prevails.

The Island of Cuba OVerrun With Bandits
Rich Planters Captured and Held for
RansOm-A Reign of Terror Prevails.
HAVANA, June 29.-In Ahrens, near
Cienfuegos, Daniel Cueto, rich planter,
has been kidnapped by an unknown bandit,
supposed to be from the Montagas gang.
His family has been advised by one of the
gang that Cueto is held in an unknown
place until $12, 600 in gold is paid for his
ransom. Unless the money is promptly
sent, he will be murdered. On Tuesday
night while FIR ancisco Garcia Castro, of
Havana, was sitting at his door, he was
assaulted by three men, who, after rob-
bing him, stabbed him three times in the
back, inhicting fatal injuries. The rob-
bers escaped. Nine negroes have been
arrested, and are now in Jail in Alfonso
DOce, charged with a triple murder onla
cocoa plantation, Province OF MHtanzas.
Mrtcial Ochanez, noted bandit, be-
longing to Manuel Garcia's band, has
been captured while travelling by rail
from HOzo Redondo to San Felipe, two
small cities near Havana. A hangman,
accompanied by a strong guard, has left
Havana tC execute in Mata mas the
CrespO mrr6erers. He carries the gar
rOte with him.
A special f1Gm Puerto Principe says
that seven armed bandits assaulted Felix
Berenguer. a rich planter residing near
the Minas Village, and demanded fifty
gold ounces, threatening murder If the
money was not paid. Barenguer had not
that amount in the house, and was obliged
to deliver the amount in cattle and live
stock, which the bandits b5'dly drove
along the roads. News OF the affair was
telegraphed to the Governor of Puerto
Principe, who set troops on their tracks.
The troops captured one bandit, whn
made full confession, and said the rob-
bers were going to capture a son of Abel
De VarOna, another rich planter who is
residing on his estate, Santa Rita, near
Berenguer's. AS soon as Varuna got this
information he set out to Puerto Principe
with his whole family under military pro-