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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-21
Satisfied with the Senate.

TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. ia letter from
Senator Plumb, addressed to the Legisla-
ture. accepting the election OF United
States Senator. was presented to the Sem
ate yesterday morning and spread upon
the Journal. After paying high compli-
ment to the energy and intelligence of the
people of Kansas, the Senator closed by
saying: "To represent such q people in
the Senate of the United States quite fills
the measure of my ambition. shall strive
to justify this renewal of their confidence
by renewed devotion to their interests as
., people, irrespective Of political divi-
sions, as well as to whist conceive to be
the highest interests OF our common
country.O
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-21

CAprAm f.. n RA1GsEx,. United States
navy, has been ordered to duty IS Conn
mandant Of the Brooklyn navy yard, and
Commodore George Belknap. now at the
Mare Island navy yard, has been ordered
to take command Of the Asiatic squadron
THE quarrel between Indian Commits
sioner Oberly and Secretary Villas was ne
fore the Senate Committee on Indian Ar
fairs recently when much Of the corre-
spondence was submitted.
THE President has nominated Commo-
dope George e. Belknap to be RearAdmiraL
Captain John g. Walker to be Commodore.
Commander Silas Casey to be Captain and
Lieutenant Commander James n. Fordyce
To he Commander.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-21
WASHINGTON NOTES.

COLONEL LAMONT says that the position
he will occupy after March 4 will be that
OF president of the Avenue Street Rail-
way Company of New York City.
TIE President has approved the act to
enlarge the powers and duties of the De-
partment of Agriculture and to create an
executive department to be known as the
Department of Agriculture.
JAMES G. BLAINE is reported to have de.
clared that agitation would 10 nothing to-
wards annexing Canada, but that at pres
emit efforts should be acquired toward Sc.
curing Cuba, both on it's health basis and
because OF its strategic and business inn
portauce.
THE Acting Commissioner of Internal
Revenue has asked Congress to appropri-
ate 500, 900 to cover a deficiency for the
salaries ana expenses OF agents and SUBJ
ordinate officers of internal revenue.
The Department of State has received
notice of death at his post of Mr.. Thomas
A. Robertson, consular agent of the United
States at Fusrth, Germany, on the 4th
inst. Mr. Robertson was a citizen of Mis-
souri,. He died of consumption, after an
illness of several months.
BARTHOLOMEW CoFFEY, agent Of the
Umatilla Indians in Oregon, has been re-
moved by q special agent of the Interior
Department on a charge of classifying his
vouche,s s.
The House Committee on Agriculture
has decided to report adversely the bill Tor
the development and encouragement Of
the silk culture in the United States.
BoIH houses of Congress met in the hall
of the House Of Representatives on the
18th when the returns OF the Electoral
Colleges were opened by Presiding Officer
Ingalls, and Benjamin Harrison and Levi
p. Morton declared elected President and
Vice. President Of the United States re-
spectively.
The Senate in executive session on the
18th confirmed the nomination of Norman
J. Colman, of Missouri to be the first
Secretary of Agriculture.
EX-SECRErARY WILLIAM WINDOW re.
fuses to either affirm or deny the report
that he had been offered the Secretary
ship of the Treasury by General Harrison.
A JOINT meeting Of Union and Confed-
crate veterans engaged in tho battle of
Chickamaugua was held recently In
Washington to take steps to preserve the
battlefield and mark the positions OF the
FORCES. An association similar to that OF
Gettysburg was decided on.
SENATOR palmer, from the COMMITTEES
ON Agriculture aud Forestry, has reported
fnvorably an amendment to the Agricult-
ural Appropriation bill, giving the Secre-
cary of Agriculture 800. 900 with which to
continue the experiments in the produc-
tion and manufacture OF sugar from sor.
Rhum cane and beets.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-21
PACKERS MEET.
Pork and Beef hen of the Missouri Valley
and Iowa Meet at Kansas City.

Pork and Beef men of the Missouri Valley
and Iowa Meet at Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 16-The cal
that was sent out by the secretary of the
Commercial Exchange calling a meeting
of packers of the Missouri valley and
Iowa to be held in this city yesterday, to
discuss the proposed change in east bound
rates on packing house goods and live
hogs, called together the representatives.
of most of the leading Western houses.
As has been stated the Chicago Board of
Trade has fled a complaint with the
Interstate Commerce Commission
against the existing rates, claiming q dis
elimination in favor of the Western pack
ers, and asking that the rates on live hogs,
east bound, be lowered and the rates ON
packing house goods be raised. Several
Eastern packers have also entered COM
plants, and the matter will come before
the Commission for Investigation.
The railroads as well as the Western
packers claim that the rates are fair and
just. and the packers of the Missouri val
ley and the West wish their side repre-
scented if the matter is to be pushed before
the Commission
Among those present were: j. h Wind
sor, of the Des Moines Packing Company.
Mr.. Bogue, of Sioux City; Mr.. Ha kison,
the manager OF the Sioux City Stock Yards;
Mr.. Souttei, of T. III. Sinclair & CO., Cedar
Rapids; Mr.. Foster, of John Morrell e.
Co., Ottumwa, Iowa; Freight Commits
sioner Mahoney, of Sioux City; Judge
Mason, OF Omaha, Railroad Commissioner
of Nebraska; MFR. Kinney, of Armour &
Cudahy, Omaha, and George A. Fowler,
F. 8. Treadway. of Armour's, Mr.. Gregory
and Mr.. Morris, of the Morris Packing
Company; C. 7. Allcutt and w. a Jen.
nings, of Al;cutt's, r. z. jennings and
Mr.. Altman, Of Dold's and other local
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-21

CHICAGO. Feb. Hit has leaked out
through some OF the local assemblies that
the Knights OF Labor as an Organization
are about to return to absolute secrecy.
George Schilling was asked about that
matter, and his reply was: III the
knights are going to become secret and
We can't keep the secret We shall not b
able to keep the main secret, which il IL
1t II any thing that the Knights will here
after be UNKNOWN" By another leader Il
IL plainly stated that the reorganization
Of the knights on the secret plan has
already begun
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-21

CHICAGO. Feb 15.-The policy of letting
the fire burn itself out in the Calumet &
Hecla copper mine has proved a poor one.
The smoldering flames gained Roadway
early this morning and a large portion OF
the mine filed with smoke. The miners
got ont Of the mine as soon as possible and
openings are being covered. The pros
poets are that a long and discouraging
fight against The fire already fought four
times will have to be gone through with
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-21
British Shin Lost.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15.-The British
ship, Anglo Indian, is reported lost at
Tamsui. during . heavy gale. The mate
and eight men reached the shore in
a boat, but were stopped by the natives
The captain left the sinking ship With the
remainder Of the crew, but nothing has
since been heard Of them and it il feHRed
they were lost The natives looted the
ship and then burned her.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-21

Secretary Fafrchild's Father DYING.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16-Secretary Fair
child left Washington yesterday for Case
novia, N Y, where he was summoned by
the intelligence that his venerable father
had been stricken with paralysis and wss
in dying condition.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-21
Favor.bIy reported.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-The Senate Com.
mitteo on Indian Affairs has favorably re-
ported upon Congressman Perkins bill in
behalf Of the Peoria and Miami Indians in
the Indian Territory; also favorably with
amendments granting right Of way to the
Cherokee Central Railway Company
through the Indian Territory. s
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-21
Hoisted An the Wrop~ Pl.c..

LONDON, Feb 16-Advices from Alden
state that it is reported there that the Cos.
sack expedition under II. AtchinoR has
hoisted the Russian nag at Sagallo IN
der an Anglo French agreement SaxaIlo
ID French territory.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-21

JOHN w. STREET. inventor of the inn
proved cattle car. died recently at Chicago
eyed dfty-two
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-21

TIE bond offerings ut the Treasury Ds-
partment on the eth aggregated $A97. 0oo
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-21
THE WEST.

some majority. Ogden is the first city in
Utah rescued from Mormon control.
THE strike of the engineers on the motor
line in Minneapolis, Mimi, has been COM
promised.
The Hessian fly is destroying the wheat
crop in Central Illinois. In some places
whole fields have been destroyed.
INSPECTOR BoNFIELD recently suspended
by Mayor Roche, of Chicago, has rendered
his resignation.
GENERAL RUSSELL A. ALGER has bought
the Pittsburgh and Lake Superior Com
pany's iron mine near Marquette, Mich,
for $500, 900. The mine has been a contin-
uous producer since 1871.
PROBABLY nothing could better show the
feeling that has been aroused against
Governor Church than the introduction in
the Dakota Legislature of bill changing
the name of Church County to McCor-
Governor Church's most bitter political
enemy.
PETER ROONEY. a blacksmith Of Chicago
was shot and fatally injured the other
night by Ferdinand Vecchione, an Italian
blacksmith, who caught Rooney climbing
through his shop window.
NEAR Galesburg, I'LL, on the night OF the
18th an express train on the Burlington
collided with a freight Express Messen-
ger Within, of Chicago, was instantly
killed and the conductor of the freight was
badly hurt, also q brakeman. The others
escaped.
THE Myers-McAuliffe prize fight. about
which much has been talked of, took place
at North Judson. Ind, on the 18Th. It was
q very tame affair and after sixty-six
rounds was declared draw.
A TERRIFIC explosion occurred at john
sons dynamite factory, near York, Pa,
recently. John Harlin. an employee, aged
thirty three years, was blown to pieces
and the factory totally demolished.
A NUMBER of stockholders in the Chi
Gently applied to the circuit court for q
receiver for that corporation. The capital
stock of the company is $500, 200. William
Haffner was appointed receiver.
CHIEF JUSTICE JOSEPH R. REED, of the
Iowa Supreme Court and Congressman
elect from the Ninth Iowa district has re-
signed his judicial position TO take effect
February S8. Judge Harvey, of Decatur
County. is likely to be elevated to the Su-
preme Bench.
AN Trust and Anti-Pool bill has
been introduced in the Minnesota Legisla-
ture. The penalties are made very heavy
ASSISTANT GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT
N. D. Roof, of the Northern Pacific rail.
road, died the other day from the effects
of injuries received at Tacoma, Wash. T.
Rev. FATHER DANIEL DoUGHERrY some
years ago q Catholic priest in Kansas
City, has begun the practice Of medicine
in Chicago, having renowned the priest.
hood.
TIE boiler makers in the employ of the
Risdon iron works at San Francisco have
struck on the ground that certain iron
plates being used in the repair of the
boilers OF the steamship Australia were
made abroad. The strikers contend that
they will not work in any shop which pro.
cures any portion of the boilers in the Eas
| or in foreign countries; that every thing
must be made on the Pacific coast
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-21

C. J. HuL1, an cid citissn Of Chicago
reputsd to be worth $4,0o0OoQ did II
Houston, Tex. recently Of Bdght's. disc
ease.
THE National Prohibition conference
mot at Louisville, KY. on the 18th.
A IRE on the corner Of Main and Gayosa
streets, Memphis, Tenn, on the night Of
the 18th inflicted q loss Of about 500, 900.
The principal sufferer was the Mansfield
Drug Company.
THE stock barn of D. Henry Reiman near
Emmettsburg. Nd, in which were several
valuable horses and great quantity Of
produce. was destroyed by fire the other
day. Loss. So 900; cause, incendiarism.
THE Official trial of tho new gunboat
Yorktown was made in Delaware bay re.
Gently and was pronounced . success.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-21
THE EAST.

TEE Pennsylvania anthracite coal trade
has 30 far improved that :. 600 more miners
have been set to work about Mount
Carmel.
The Wyeth drug factory, Philadelphia.
was destroyed by fre n the 10th. Loss
between 500, 600 and $500. 600; insured
George Powers, . fireman, was Killed ana
two other firemen were injured.
THOMAS NJ. NIcHoI, . noted Chicago and
New York politician. died in New York
the other day.
THr steamer Haytien Republic, whose
seizure occasioued the trouble with Hayti,
arrived at Boston on the 10th.
The total Of the losses in the John Wyeth
& Bros.' drug mandatory fire in Phila-
delphia was $456. 600; insured for SAC, 900.
The strike OF fremen and seamen on
ocean steamers at Liverpool has extended
to Boston, where several men have been
threatened by strikers.
..RED NosED MIKE" the notorious italian
murderer and robber who confessed inn
plication in two murders in Luzerne
County, Pa, has been found guilty OF
murder in the first degree.
WILLIAM ST. CLAIR, a clothing merchant
at Williamsburg, near Pittsburgh, Pa, was
fatally shot by burglar the other morn
ing.
THE third annual convention of the Ma
tional Association of Builders began at
Philadelphia on the 18th with $50 delegates
present
MAJOR WARNER, Communicating Chief.
g. A. R., was banqueted at Young's Hotel,
Boston, recently.
ONE man was killed and another fatally
injured and the tipple house and track
demolished by a runaway loaded coal car
at Galusha A. Crows mine near East
Brady, Pa, the other day.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-27
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

MYRoN W. WHITNEY, the famous basso,
was bricklayer seven years.
MRS. LANGTRY has been playing at Dub
lin Ireland, in THE Honeymoon"
THE latest debutante in Parish Nine. LIN
douzy, high soprano Of great brayura fac
ulty.
ANNIE LLOYD, a bright and well-hnown
child actress, has signed to support Barry and
Fay in Irish AristOcracy."
GA LIES SECRET" a new four act mei0-
drama by Charles NJ. belmont, is to receive
its initial performance at Chicago.
THE curtain for the Chicago Auditorium.
the largest opera house in America, cost
$4,000, and is the biggest i'll the world.
LEW DoCKsTADER, unable to make COM
binatiOn of minstrelSy and comic opera pay,
has given up his little New York theatre.
IT has been decided by the managers OF
Bronson Towards latest play, 'Shenan-
doah," to make the proposed London pro-
duction of that play at the Princess Theatre.
THE Grand Duke of Oldenburg has written
a drama in three acts entitled ''SchlOss Pa
rad" to be brought out at the theatre Of
Presburg, Germany. The author pays all
the expenses Of production.
GILBERT AND SULLIvAN's new opera,
''The GOndOliers," has been produced at the
Savoy Theatre i'll London. The opera was a
dig success. 1t is lighter and catcher" than
The Yeoman of the Guard"
LILY BELMORE, OF w llSOn BarTettS COM
pany has received no less than four offers
from American managers to break her pres
ent engagement. She says she will do nothing
unprofessiOnal but will stick to her contract.
NINE. PATTI was engaged at the COvent
Garden London, in 1861 at the munificent
salary of SO for each performance, or about
$4,000 for the entire season. She is to receive
during her present American engagement
$1,000 per night.
GEORGE ATKINS, an old-time actor, who
has visited every part of the world during
his time died in New York, recently, Of con-
sumption. Atkins was the original Greppo
in The Black Crook" having been brought
from Europe by Jarrett and Palmer TO play
the part.
THERE is much joy in the world of the
French comedians on account Of a decree
which has recently app AIRED in the journal
OffcieI TO this effect: M. MOunet-Sully,
societaire of the Coincide Franchise, is APP
pointed chevalier in the order Of the Legion
of Honor" This is the first time that an
actor has been decorated exclusively for his
artistic services.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-27
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

ALL the police in England number 81, 900.
PETROLEUM has been discovered in Queens
land, Australia.
No attempt will be made in Washington
to build State house for five years.
THE total number of paying visitors to
the Paris Exhibition was IS, 100000.
MARYLAND's 4SS canning factories en-
ploy %, 900 men and 1900 canmakers.
THE heaviest losses in the recent So, OOO 900
fire in Boston fall on English insurance
companies.
HOG CHOLERA is prevalent in Kansas.
In Greenwood County alone the losses run
up into the thousands.
EUROPE has an epidemic of influenza.
Thousands of people in the leading cities are
afflicted with the disease.
FREDERICK KRUPP, the German gun
maker, has given his employees 800, 900 to
help build themselves houses
MRS. MARY TAYLOR, the heroine of
MARY Had Little Lamb recently died in
Somerville, Mass, aged eighty-three.
THE French Government has forbidden
the sale in Paris of BOulanger'S photographs
which were everywhere displayed last sum-
mer.
THE Russian Minister of the Interior is
preparing a scheme to check the increasing
immigration into Russia, especially of Ger
mans.
The French railways during the six
months of the Exposition earned 81. 900, 900
over the earnings during the corresponding
period Of the previous year.
The Russian Government is building a
railroad across Siberia to the Pacific Ocean.
There will be 1900 miles OF track and 300
miles of river transportation.
AN average of a million letters are deliv-
cred by post in London every week day. In
the city districts there are twelve postal de-
iveries every DAY except Sunday.
THE engineer Of the Water Board in Bos-
ton reports that there were p, 600, 900 gal
Ions of water used for ire purposes in the
city during the las three days of Novem-
Der
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-27
RIVER PIRATES,
Eleven of Them Captured After an
Exciting Chase.

Eleven Mississippi River rirates-eight
men and three women-have been captured
below Cairo, ILL.,, by Marshal Malone and a
posse after an exciting chase. The gang had
come in a shanty-boat down the Mississippi
from Alton, and worked at various points
One night they made raid on the office OF
a stave-factory, on the Mississippi side of
Cairo, overpowered the Waterman and fire
man, blindfolded them, and blew the safe to
pieces carrying off $50 and valuable papers
Marshal Malone and a posse armed with
Winchesters, followed them down the river
in a tug, and brought them back with their
plumber. fight was imminent when the
tug with the officers was sighted by the fugi-
tlves, but the officers made them throw W
their hands and surrender
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-27

Lyman r. Casey, the second Senator elect
ed, was born at York, Livingston County,
New York, in 1887. His family removed to
Ypsilanti, Michigan while he was still very
young. He prepared for course of study i'll
the Michigan University, but mover entered.
While still young man he went into business
in the hardware firm of Teft, Kellogg &
Casey, in Toledo Ohio. The firm prospered
and in 1877 Mr.. Casey went abroad, and Dent
five years in European travel and study. In
1882 he settled in Darlington, Foster County,
Dakota on farm which now contains 5000
acres. He is Secretary and General Manager
of the Casey Darlington Land Company, Il
concern which owns or controls 100 900 acres
of land, and whose capital is put at $500, 900.
In person the new Senator is tall and SLENDER
with blue eyes, pale face, and black mus
tache. He lives in Jamestown, and has Il
wife and three children.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-27
THE CRONIN Case.
Verdict oftlle Jury in the Great
Murder Trial at Chicago.
Four of the Prisoners Found
Guilty and One Acquitted.

At last the great Cronin trial at Chicago is
ended Every one Of the five men charged
with the murder Of Dr. Philip H. Cronin e.
capes the gaIlows. One of them, John II.
Beggs. goes scot free. john Kun5e goes to
the penitentiaTy for three years Dan
CoUgnIln. the big ex-detective: Patrick
OSuIhyan. the iceman and Martin Burke
are condemned 10 life imprisonment After
long elaboration the jury rendered the fol-
We, the jury. find the defendant, John F.
Eeggs, not guilty.
We, the iuTc. find the defendant, John
kunze. guilty Of mansaughter as charged in
the Indictment, and fix his punishment at
imprisonment in the Pententiary for a term
Of three years.
We the jury find the defendants, Dan
COughl!n. Patrick OSullivan and Martin
Burke guilty Of murder in the manner ard
form as charged in the Indictment and fix
the penalty at imprisonment in the Peni-
Tertiary for the term OF their natural lives.
The jary was out seventy hours, but an
understanding WIS not arrived at as to the
guilt Of the foU" men found guilty until the
day before the verdict wa, rendered.
Previous 20 that time Juror Culver. one Of
the juror. insisted upon an acguittal. and re
fused 80 -.,n gID. The arguments brought to
ever. induced him 10 come 10 terms. and he
rcuct My Joined with the others il a verdict
OF Guilty. = - COughlin. Sullivan. Burke and
kuuHc. Culver made the fight for Begg5
on the ground that the State had confessed
that i had not proven the appointment Of
tn" secret committee which sentenced Dr..
CrOuin 10 death.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-27

Oi the two Senators just elected t. repre-
sent the State of North Dakata in the Con
gross Of the United States, Gilbert A Pierce
IS by far the best known. Although still
young man. his journalistic work and hi,
position as Governor Of the Territory of Da-
k0ta have given him a large acquaintance
Throughout the Union. 1t was while ne wa
9 Chicago newspaper man. III 1888. that hr
first visited Dakota member of a news-
paper excursion to Yellowstone Parl, Mr.
Pierce was appointed Governor Of Dakota. bv
President Arthur, his term beginning July
2 1854 Heserved until superseded by Louis
r. Church. Since the expiration Of his term
as Governor he has lived in Bismarck. Hi,
nomination for Senator was made by a,cla-
nation, and the Legislature wished him t.
have the long term" but in the drawing at
Washington, Senator Pierce drew Il tyyo-year.
and Senator Casey a fOur-year term.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-27

There will be three Eclipses this year, two
of the Sun and one Of the Moon-neither of
them visible in tn United States-and
Lunar Appulse
l. A Lunar AppuIse. June 3. The nearest
approach Of tie Moon to the Earth's shadow
occurs at III. 31nin. morn. Washington
time Whether a contact Of the Moon and
the Earths shadow (Umbral will occur IS IN
certain, owing to the uncertainty Of atnos-
pheric conditions If d contact occurs it will
be visible throughout the United States.
2 An AnnuIar Eclipse of the Sun, June II,
visible generally through the eastern CONT
ncnU.
B. A Partial Eclipse Of the Moon, Novem-
Der 26, invisible in the United States.
!. A Central Eclipse Of the Sun December
II, visible in the Indian and Southern Oceans.