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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24
The Dwarf Trees Of Japan.


One of the very interesting things
seen at the Paris Exposition are the
dwarf trees which the Japanese horti-
culturists are showing, and which are
attracting much attention. Pines,
thujes and cedars, said to be one hun
dred or one hundred and fifty years
old. are only eighteen inches high.
and with such specimens it would be
easy to have coniferous forest on a
balcony. These arboreal deformities
are produced by great labor, and if the
truth is told about their ages this work
OF arresting the trees development
and forcing it into contorted forms
must be persisted in by several genera
tions of foresters. All this painstaking
is hardly paid for by the beauty of the
resulting abortions, but a look at these
trees will explain where the fantastic
forms come from which serve as
models for the plants we see on the
lacquered trays. bronzes and embroi-
deries which come from Japan
don Telegraph.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24
CRISPI AND THE POPE.
The Italian Prime Minister Delivers al
Important Speech.

The Italian Prime Minister Delivers an
Important Speech.
ROME, Oct. 16.-A banquet was given to
Prime Minister Crispi at Palermo last
night Signor Crispi delivered an address.
He touched upon the reforms necessary in
the educational system and promised
measures for the education of the poor.
Crispi declared that it was necessary to
combat all persons high or low who were
seeking to undermine the political edifice
of I,aly. The temporal power of the Pope,
although it had existed for centuries.
had been only transition period.
Rome existed before it and would
continue to exist without it Complaints
or threats, either from home or
abroad, would have no effect. After as.
serting that the Pope possessed perfect
religious liberty and was only restr icted,
and less harshly than in other Catholic
states, from encroaching upon the sphere
of National right. which is the right of
reason, Signor Crispi exclaimed: Let
the Church. now free, endeavor to frighten
Prometheus with the thunderbolts of
Heaven. Our task is to fight in the cause
of reasonD
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24
AN ALABAMA RIOT.
Terrible Fight in q Small Town Res Asfne
in Several Fatalities.

Terrible Fight in q Small Town Res 1l.dng
in Several Fatalities.
ATLANTA, GA, Oct. 16.-At Dothen, Ala,
a riot occurred between Alliance men and
townspeople which resulted in the death
of two Alliance men, the mortal wounding
of two city marshals and the serious
wounding of five other Alliance and
townsmen. The trouble grew out Of mat
tiers connected with the Alliance Ex-
change, located at Dothen, refusing to
pay a tax on drays as required by
law. G. N. Stringer, manager Of the
Alliance Exchange, resisted arrest and
then had Marshal Downing arrest
ed for assault At the trial a
large number of people were present from
the surrounding country and the result
was conflict between two officers, the
two Stringer brothers and another Alli-
ance man named Newbury. s. NJ. Stringer
was shot dead. B. Stringer was mortally
wounded; a stranger named Walker,
killed by a stray bullet; Marshal Down.
ing and another officer named Powell, ia
tally wounded; Lew g. Stringer and a
man named Waddock, badly hurt The
war was general for a time The conflict
was the result Of an old trouble.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24

time we cordially congratulate you on the zeal
with which you emulate the example of your
predecessors, faithfully treading N their foot
steps. whilst ever widening the field opened
By their apostolic labOrs. Most joyfully
have we welcomed the expression which
you and the other bishops convey to
us of your loyalty and devotion to
the Apostolic See. We desire, in return. to
assure you that. like our predecessor OF blessed
memory, we, too. bear an especial love toward
you, our brethren and the faithful committed
to your care. and that we pray fervently for
your prosperity and welfare. gathering com.
fort, meanwhile, no less from the readiness OF
your people to cooperate in all manner OF
good works, than from the examples of sacer-
dotal virtue which daily set before them.
In regard to your wish that some representa-
tives from this city should in our name be
20 it, the more willingly because their presence
will be especial mark both of our esteem
and benevoience and of that bond of faith and
charity which unites pastors and people to the
Supreme Head of the church.
In conclusion we earnestly pray to G ID, pro-
tector and guardian of the Catholic cause that
under the prosperous and favored public instf-
tutions by which you are enabled to exercise
with freedom your sacred ministry, your Ia
country. And as pledge of our special affec-
ton, we lovingly impart Apostolic benediction
to you, to our venerable brethren the bishops
of the United States and to all the clergy. and
to all the faithful committed to your charge
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24

HELENA, Mont, Oct. 16-The Repub-
lican canvassing board in Silver Bow
County has re jected the vote in " hat is
known as the 'dinner-paip' or railroad
precinct where. the Democrats had a ma.
jority Of ia. This action if upheld by
the courts will give the Repu blicans the
solid delegation of eleven members from
Silver Bow County. and a majority in the
Legislature on joint ballot Marcus Daily.
chairman of the Democratic State Com
mittee, has applied to Judge DeWolfe for
a writ of mandamus to compel the can
vassers to count the rejected precinct
The majority of Toole, Democrat, for Gov
ernor is not seriously affected.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.

Descent to Death on Cincinnati's Incline
Plane Railway-Nine Passengers Meet q
Terrible Fate.
CINCINNATI Oct. 16 The most appall-
ing accident ever known on the inclined
lane railways of this city happened yes
terday between twelve and one O'Clock.
It was on the Mt Auburn inclined plane,
which lies at the head of Main street and
reaches to a height of between $50 and 800
feet in a space of perhaps 2 600 feet or less.
Nine persons were first reported killed.
Two cars are employed-one on each
track. They are drawn by two steel wire
cables that are wound upon a drum at the
top of the hill by an engine located there.
Nine passengers had entered the car at
the foot of the plane and number were
in the other car at the top. The passage
of the ascending car was all right until it
had reached the top, when, to his I'M
speakable horror, the engineer found that
the machinery would not respond and
that he could not stop the engine. Only
one result was possible.
The car was arrested by the strong
bumper, which stops its progress, and as
the engine continued all its force was ex-
pended on the two cables, and they
snapped like wrapping thread under its
enormous power. Then the car. with its
nine inmates locked within, began the
descent of that frightful slope. What
were the feelings and thoughts of the fated
nine may hardly be imagined
The crash at the foot of the plane was
frightfuL A cloud of dust arose that hid
the wreck from view for a moment but
when it was dispelled the scene was hor-
ribIe.
The iron gate that formed the lower end
of the truck on which the car rested was
thrown sixty feet down the street The
top Of the car was lying almost as far in
the gutter. The truck itself and the floor
and seats of the formed a shapeless
wreck mingled with the bleeding and
mangled bodies of the nine passengers.
Two were taken out dead. One, mid
dle-aged lady with gray hair, was recog-
nized as Mrs. Ives. young girl of
twenty. Miss Lillian Oskamp, daughter of
Mr.. Henry Kneiss, teacher. living at IA
Euclid avenue, died soon afterward.
Five Others were injured. perhaps ia
tally and one man escaped miraculously
with but slight injury. The names of
the injured are not yet fully ascertained.
Hon. J. B. HOLSTER and Mr.. McFadden
are said to be two of Them. Judge Hollis
ter is nearly seventy years old and can
hardly survive such a shock.
Judge W. NJ. Dickson was on the car.
and being too old to escape from such a
terrible shock was one of che first of the
wounded to die. He was a we'll known
attorney, retired for a number of years,
and was q warm personal friend Of Presi-
dent Lincoln.
The list of dead stands: Judge William
Dickson, Mrs. Caleb Ives, Miss Lillian
Oskamp. Michael Kneiss, Joseph Hook.
stetter, Joseph McFadden. The wounded
are: Charles McFadden. foot crushed:
Mrs. Hostetter, cuts aid internal injuries;
Mrs. Joseph McFadden.
The Mount Auburn inclined pane was
the oldest in the city. Il was built TWEEN
ty-one years ago and this is the first acci-
dent ate nded with loss of life at any of
the four inclined planes that are in con-
slant use.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24
The Montana Crisis.

HELENA. Mont, Oct. 16 There has been
no new developments in the Silver Bow
contest to-day, save that, instead of the
Republicans getting in their entire legis-
lative delegation. they only get in
six members. but that number is
sufficient to overcome the DEM
ocratic majority which showed
on the face of the returns. The general
opinion among lawyers is that the Silver
Bow canvassers had no authority to go
back of the returns and that the court
will decide in favor Of the counting of the
ballots as returned by the judges of cleo
ton. The Democrats are very outspoken
in denouncing the action of the canvas.
6erS.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24
General Hartranfr Dead.

PHILADEfPHIA, Oct 1S-General John
+. Hartranft, Ex-Governor Of Pennsy:va-
MIA, died at his residence ut Norristown at
noon yesterday. His illness, which The
physicians agree was a elimination of the
result of q diseased condition of the
Kidneys, from which he suffered for
several months first took an alarming
turn last Friday, when he was seized with
chill Wednesday neght there was OBJ
served a marked change for the worse and
DR.. Reed informed the family for the first
time that recovery was impossible. Cen
erai Hartranft was ffty-nine years old
ne served through the late war and one
term as Governor of Pennsylvania. besides
noioing many other important positions.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24

tOr was -IoOtlng It' x. FRANK I'efflgreac.
over the Iowa bluffs in the direction OF the Da-
kota line. hundred miles Mr.. PettigreW
walked. When he reached Sioux Falls he
found himself in time to take a pre-em ption
claim just west of what is now the business
center. Common report credits Mr.. Petit
grew with having made quarter
OF million by his real estate specu.
lations. He is one of those restless men of
great schemes who keep right along under full
sail He may be worth twice the estimate or
not half of it. Nobody can tell. He is the
moving spirit in the motor line, in the stock
yard and packing enterprise, in the wooden
mill and in a dozen other things. He is the
typical Dakota hustler. He will not altogether
be stranger in Congress, having been a dele-
gate from the Territory in 1880. 1t is said he
Will share the distinction with Senator George.
OF Mississippi, OF being the homlIest man n
the Senate
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24
THOSE RERATiNos.
What the Government May Do to GET
Back Its Money.

What the Government May Do to Get
Back Its Money.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16-It 10 learned taht
Secretary Mobiles decision in the rerated
which, as indicated in the Senator's letter
to the Secretary. it is held that his rerat-
ing was unlawful was arrived at some
weeks ago (though not made public) and
he established a precedent which has since
been followed by the Department in a
number of similar cases.
Senator Henderson, it is said, has occu.
pied a somewhat different position from
majority of the pensioners rerated by
Commissioners Black and Tanner, and
particularly those who occupy official po-
sitions in the Pension Bureau. His case
was considered and an increased pension
allowed him without any application
on his part or in fact, any knowl.
edge. that his case was being con-
sidered with a view to an in
crease until he had received his certifi-
cate from the Commissioner of Pensions.
Without drawing the arrearages that the
certificate showed was due him. Senator
Henderson at once wrote to the Secretary
of the Interior inquiring whether the in
crease in his case was made in accord
ance with law. The Secretary in response
forwarded to the Senator a copy of q de-
cision which he had just made in his case,
in which it was held, as before stated,
that while the Senator was wholly blame
less in the matter, the rerating and in
crease were in direct violation of law.
Thereupon Senator Henderson promptly
: returned the certificate to this department
that it might be cancelled
'One important difference" said an Iu-
terror Department official t'be tween Sem
ator Manderson's case and the other
cases, particularly those of the pension
officials, is that he first sought to ascer-
tain whether the rerating was lawful, and
having found it was Illegal promptly re-
turned the certificate without dra wing the
money. Another distinctive feature in
Senator Manderson's case is that he made
no application for rera ting. While this
is also true of some others, it is not true
of large number. 1t is learned that
there are twentv-one of the employees of
the Pension Office whose ratings have
been increased 1t is said that among the
first duties the new Commissioner will be
called upon to perform will be the recov-
cry of all moneys illegally paid on pension
claims"
The Commissioner undou btedly has the
right, and in those cases where the money
has been placed beyond the reach of the
law the Government can apply all future
pension payments to the liquidation of
the debt So far, however, no attempt
has been made to recover any of the
money so unlawfully paid. A number OF
the twenty-one employees of the Pension
Office whose pensions were rerated and
increased have left the Government SER
vice since this action was taken. A large
proportion of the number, however, are
still in Office, and it, therefore, will be
comparatively easy to compel payment
by withholding both salary and pension
until the debit il cancelled.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24
An AbOrtiye Shit.

OEs MONIES. Iowa, Oct 1S-The Schlitz
Brewing Company last spring commenced
SUI. against the sheriff of Johnson County
anu members OF the Temperance Alliance
for $1,000 damages for loss on a small
quantity Of beer which was seized from, !.
car just shipped. The case was to be a test
case and the suit a precedent for securing
damages from officials all over Iowa for
beer seized under the Prohibitorv Iawand
it came up yesterday in the Federal cour,.
Judge Shiras threw it out at once for Iacp
OF Jurisdiction and declared that the
brewing company was trying TO viola.e
the laws OF Iowa under the protection of
ths United States Court
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24
isritish Grain Trade.

LONDON, Oct. 16 The Mark Lane Ex-
press in ats weekly review of the British
grain trade says: English wheat is
placed on sac freely though prices are
unsatisfactol =. The inquiry is improving
and it is gen orally expected that prices
will recover from 2s to So during 1888
Foreign wheat is firm and the supply is
small California is Cd dearer. Amer
leans must be disappointed at the lack OF
European inquiry for new red, buyers
preferring Russian, of which 200, coo quar-
tiers is being shipped weekly and is read
lily absorbed. The demand for -four is
ireshening. Barley has advanced. Cow
On the small exchanges 10 frmer."
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24
I4Es MARITIME CONFERENCE.


OBJECTS OF the international Gathering AZ
.sS Washington.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16-Delegates TO the
international maritime conference which
opens here to-day have arrived. The
gathering embraces about fifty members,
representing twenty-three OF the more
important maritime nations that furnish,
perhaps 80 per cent. OF the tonnage of the
world In fact no maritime country of
any Importance is without represents.
ton, except Portugal The conference
expires by limitation on the 31st Of Janu-
airy, next and even then it is doubtful il
the members will have finished the work
laid out for them.
The chief object Of the conference is tc
secure agreement upon an improved code
of marine signals with a view to Increased
safety of navigation The subjects to be
discussed fall under the following heads:
Marine signals to indicate the course of
vessels in fog mist. snow, and at night
together with rules of the road to prevent
collisions; regulations to determine sea-
worthiness of vessels; the proper load
line of vessels; the proper marking line
of vessels; the saving of life and property
from shipwreck; tests of the efficiency of
officers and seamen; the laying out of
lanes for steamers in frequented waters;
night signals for communicating informa-
tlon; warnings OF approaching storms;
reporting and destroying abandoned ves-
seFs; notices of danger from rocks and
changes OF fights, buoys. etc the devils
ing Of uniform system Of buoys and the
establishments of maritime. commission.
The function would be to gather and diff
fuse information Of value to navigation.
Foremost among the subjects to be
brought forward is the adoption Of new
and more exact means to show in fog
what Girec!i ion a vessel is moving.
A number of American naval officers
have conducted experiments on this SUBJ
ject, and their reports will be of great
value to the congress. The lights now
used by sailing vessels are declared
by naval experts to be practically
worthless for the prevention of col
lisions. Navy officers here take great
interest in the coming conferen ce,
about the Importance of which
they say there can be no question. Herr
Schviking. a noted autborit on maritime
law, will be the leading German delegate
at the conference. He has been instructed
to ask the congress to extend its pro.
gramme beyond the technical questions
and consider international maritime laws
of Importance to principles relating to the
settlement of disputes about the Behrine
sea fisheries. Owing to the present limits
of the programme Herr Schviking will
propose subsequent special conference
on excluded questions
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24
SOUTH DAkoTA's SENATOR'S.

The Men Who will Represent the New
State of South Dakota in the United,
States Senate, Gideon q. Moody and Il.
Frank Pettigr-w - Brief Sketches OF
the SenatOrs-Elect.
PIERRE, S. D., Oct. 1S.-The Legislature
met in joint session yesterday and pro-
ceeded to canvass the vote for United
States Senators. They declared Gideon
G. Moody and R. Frank Pettigrew the
Senators, and amid rousing cheers the
Legislature adjourned until January next.
Gideon c. Moody is New Yorker by birth.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24
LEo.s LETTER.

Letter From Pope Leo XIII. to Cardinal
Gibbons In Relation to the Coming
Catholic Centennial and the DedIcad -,
OF the Catholic University at Washing
ton.
BALTIMORE. Nd. Oct 19.-The Sun pub.
fishes the following translation of the
letter of Pope Leo to Cardinal Gibbons
with reference to the coming Catholic
Centennial:
The great love for country and religion which
you and our brethren, the bishops of the United
States, have SO often and so nobly manifested
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24

GtOeOn Z. Moody. DIeU people Cne Dec
laraton of Independence and the South Dakota
memorial for Statehood. 1t difficult to
tell which of these great papers aroused the
strongest emotion. Judge Moody wrote the
memorial.
The Black Hills corner OF the new State
claims Judge Moody, but there was nothing
sectional or local about his selection for tho
Senatorship. He is the new States big man.
R. Frank Pettigrew is one Of the men who
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24

WHO is Dr. A. T. Shallenbergera He is a
prominent physician of Rochester, Penna-,
who graduated at Jefferson Medical Col
lege in 1916. In 1S47 he announced the the
ory that all Malarial disease was caused by
living germs in the blood and demonstrated
its correctness by his Antidote for Malaria,
which cured when all else failed. The
microscope now reveals these germs, and
Physicians accept the fact. If you have
Malaria in your system, get the medicine
and he we'll
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24
LISTENS song of rejoicing.

LISTEN-a song of rejoicing.
Hearts that were heavy are glad.
Women, look up and be hopeful.
There's help and there's health to be had.
Take courage. o weak ones Respondent,
And drive back the foe that YOU fear
With the weapon that never will fail you.
o, be of good cheer,
for when you suffer from any of the weak
nesses, irregularities, and functional
arrangements" peculiar to your sex, by
the use of DR.. PIerce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton you can put the enemy of ill-health and
happiness to rout- 1t is the only medicine
for women, sold by druggists. under a pos
tive guarantee of satisfaction in every case,
or money refunded. See bottle-wrapper.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24
Serious Allegation Against q Sheriff and
His Deputies.

DENVER, Col, Oct 19.-In the District
Court Thursday evening a sensation was
created by the filing of an affidavit by
the States attorney alleging that SO
long as Sheriff Weber or any of his depu-
ties were allowed to summon veniremen
or have any thing to do with the case OF
James and Charles Connors. OF this city,
who are charged with conspiracy to rob
the Denver & Rio Grande express, the
people could not get an impartial trial.
for the reason that the officers favored
the cause of the defendants. The court
appointed 8. NJ. Cottren and J. N. Daily
to act as elisors in the future proceed
ings of the case.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24

blessings bestowed up
on your country by
Divine Providence and
at the same time raise
up in the memory OF
t n e m a monument
which will be an honor
to yourselves and a
lasting benefit to your
fellow-citizens and to
the country at large.
And, therefore, w e
gladly unite with you
in returning thanks to
God, the author of all
niffn A. 4Io
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24
Rather a Sweet Smack.

Young husband Ito his pretty wife
after the reception at General Blank's)
Why, the General acted just as
though he was going to kiss you.
What would have done if he had
kissed you?
Wife-I would have smacked him
right in the mouth.
Husband (meditatively)-Yes; that's
what thought Epoch.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24
Another brown Missing

Ahotner brown Missing.
CHICAGO. Oct 1S-The News says W. II.
Brown, real estate dealer, is at present
out OF the city and is said to be a de.
faulter to the extent Of S., 200. Many of
his patrons, as we'll as the police. axe
anxious 10 learn of his whereabouts
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24

war service, during
which he rose from
private to Colonel Of
a Hoosfer regiment.
He is a South Dako-
tan by final mature
choice. His residence
in the Territory
dates from 1864,
when, fresh from the
J var, he arrived in
= Yankton. At the cell
ebratiOn of the last
Fourth of July in the
new State there were
read to the assem-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-24


"walked into Dako-
ta." He is no t
ashamed of it. Mr..
Pettigrew is a Yer
monter. T w e n t Y
years ago he came
West. He was Just
out of school, and
not too well supplied
with means. When
h e reached Sioux
City he inquired the.
stage fare to Sioux
Falls. An hour later
t h e making Of a
United States Sena-