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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-31
RElCHSTAG OPENED.
The German Emperor's Address to MS
Legislators.

The German EmperOr's Address to MS
Legislators.
BERLIN Oct 23.-The Re ichstag opened
yesterday. Herr Won Boetticher read the
EmperoI's spe' CT from the throne. The
address says:
The active attention of the present
Reic 1stag has been especially directed to
the securing of peace abroad and al hom,.
and the tasks of the 'rthcoming session
will be in the same direction, When the
Reich stag met in 1887 he foremost object
was the consolidation of the defensive
powers of the Fatherland. The Reich
stag with patriotic appreciation of the
situation. applied itself thereto Your
cooperation to this end will be
again claimed. In order to develop the
efficiency of the army and its readiness
for action in accordance with whatever
circumstances may arise, and thereby
impart to the efforts of the Emperor and
his exalted allies for the preservation of
peace, the weight which is their due in
the council OF nations, bill will be
presented by amending the military law
of May 2, 1874. 1t will provide for a
fresh dstrI button of the army and is in
tended to readjust in the interest of the
training and conduct of the army the in
eQua!iiies of organization which have
arisen through strengthening the army
and the displacement OF troops from time
to time. From this cause and the corre-
spending expansion of the naval power
arises the additional expenditure set forth
in the budget
The financial staten ent to be submitted
will present a not inconsidsrable increase
in the matricular contributions of the sew
eral States to the army compared with
those of the current financial year.
Nevertheless, these contributions will not
greatly exceed the sums banded to the
Federal States from the imperial revenue.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-31
Notes..

It is an item in feeding stock to AVOID
waste as much as possible as this admits
Of the keeping Of more stock; and, prop
erIy managed, the more stock it is possi-
bic to keep, the larger the quantity of
manure.
j. r. WolfskIll, Of Winters Cal, re-
Gently dug sweet potato that weighed
twenty EIGHT pounds.
Every straw stack that is not properly
capped and we'll made is liable to injury
before the winter is over.
More than twenty counties in Kansas
have each this year raised larger corn
crop than all the New England States
combined.
Farmers who thought it would not pay
to raise tomatoes at twenty cents a; bushel
delivered at the canning factory, are be.
ginning to change their minds. This has
proved about their best paying crop this
year. They get the money for it. too, at
the time when there is no other crop that
m be profitably placed in the market
There will probably be a big tomato crop
planted next year in this vicinity.-Osags
City Kan People
To keep eggs for Matching purposes
place them in q location of the cellar to
prevent freezing. and turn them half
around twice a week.
As n rule, the more tips and branches
you can have the larger will be the crop
Of fruit
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-31
MOUND CITY MONUMENT.

Old Soldiers March and Plumb and An.
thony Speak ut the Unvafling at Mound
City, Kan.
MOUND CITY, Kan, Oct 26-Over LOCO
old soldiers were in the city and marched
through the streets in honor of the quar-
ter centennial OF tn battle here and the
unvailing of the monument to the dead.
At two O'Clock over five thousand people
went to the cemetery north of the city
to witness the unvailing of the monu-
ment, which is built of fine granite
and is one of the finest in the State. II
marks the resting place of fifty Union
soldiers, most of whom lost their lives in
che battle of Mine creek. The monument
proper is eleven and one-half feet high,
surmounted by the figure of Union SOL
der six feet high. 1t is set upon terrace
Of two and one half feet high, making the
monument from base to top twenty feet
high. The size of the base is six AID a
half feet and its weight 90 600 pounds It
was built at a cost of 81, 500 with money
appropriated by the Government
The unvailing ceremonies included ad.
dresses by Senator p. B. Plumb and ex-
Governor George T. Anthony. occupying
about two hours. w. o. Fuller, Jr, re-
cited an original poem entitled ''The Vol.
unteer Soldier" which brought forth long
applause from the attentive audience.
The services were read from the G. A. r.
ritual, conducted by Post Commander A.
W. Burton with Rev. I. Stephens On as
haplain.
A grand camp fire was hold at the opera
houss last night. State Auditor Tim Nc
Carthy presiding. Addresses were made
by Senator Plumb, Noble l. Prentis. Con-
gresham E. P. Funston, Governor George
T. Anthony, Colonel James d. Snoddy
and others.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-31
Driven or BY Troops.

WICHITA. Kan, Oct 24.-The people OF
King fisher, Ok, are excited and the town
is crowded with an unruiy mob of railroad
hands, driven there by United States
troops. The survey of the Rock Island
road, now being built to Fort Reno, crosses
the dividing line between Oklahoma and
the Indian reservation, about seven miles
south of Kingisher. A large gang of
men have been grading and laying track,
and Tuesday the west line of Okla
homa was reached. Here United States
troops were congregated to prevent further
progress. The railroaders proposed contin-
uing their course, and it was only after
some personal conflicts that the laborers
were driven back by the soldiers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-31
INDIAN LANDS.

Tho Investigation of the Cherokee Vues-
tfon Leads to an Important Discovery ~
to the Powers of tho President
SAC AND Fox AGENCY. l., Oct za-
The visit of the Cherokee Commlssf ION to
the Iowa and Kickapoo agencies is full of
DEVELOPMENTS vital to the Cherokees, Is
not onlv the Strip, but even the entire
tract of the Cherokees may be involved
through the present negotiations. The
Iowas, Kickapoos, Shawnees, Cheyennes
and Arapahoes have no title to the lands
thew now occupy and the Government
NAV throw open to settlement these lands,
giving the Indians the alternative of tax.
ing their present reservations in severalty
or being removed.
During the recent visit of the Commits.
sion to the Iowas, these Indians were
made to understand this and they ex-
pressed preference for removal TO giving
up their tribal relations. The Kickapoos
and Cheyennes are of the same mind.
By article 10 of the treaty of 1886 with
the Cherokees. these tribes can be re-
moved to the 100000 acres now occupied
by the Cherokees. The provisions Of this
article were not analysed until recently by
Commissioner Wilson and may lead TO
sensational results. 1t states that any
Indians friendly to the Cherokees and
adjacent tribes may be settled on unoc-.
cupied lands east of the ninety sixth de-
gree within the Cherokee country on such
terms may be agreed upon by any such
tribes and the Cherokees subject to the
approval of the President of the United
States.
Should any such tribe or band of 1ndi-
ans settling in that country abandon
their tribal organization, they shall be in
COR pora ed into and ever after remain a
part of the Cherokee Nation, on equal
terms in every respect with the native
citizens. Should they preserve their trib-
al organ cation they can be set apart on
100 acres Of land each.
A further provision is that such tribes
can not be settled east of the ninety si1,h
degree in the Cherokee country without
first, the consent of the Cherok re Council,
unless the President of the United States.
after full hearing of the objections Of
fered by the Council to such settlement,
shall determine that the objection are in :
sufficient, in which casa he may authori1 :
the settlement of such tribe east of the
ninety sixth degree of longitude.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-31
General C. w. Babcock Dead.

LAWRENCE. Kan. Oct. 23-News has
been received here of the death of Gem
eral {. W. Babcock at st. Louis where a
few days ago he had a surgical
operation performed at one Of the
city hospitals. General Babcock
was one of the earliest, most
prominent and well-known settlers of
Kansas. He was a brother of President
Grants private secretary. He was one of
the most active Free State leaders under
Governor Robinson's regime. was several
times a member of the State Legislature
and was for some years Adjutant- General
of the State. He was born in Franklin
County. Vermont April 81, 1880.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-31
MAJOR BURKE.

Burke; they were pledged to various
banks of this city, and when their
fraudulent character was discovered they
were returned to Hart, and he refunded
the money he had borrowed upon them.
Consequently Hart is SO, coo out of pocket
In Oh dience to a mandatory order OF
court, calling for dispa' ches sent from the
city to Major Burke, in London, since the
bond investigation has been going on, j.
Allyn, manager of the Western Union
Telegraph Company in this city, was be-
fore the grand jury and it is undersi God
submitted the dispatches specifically
called for. 1t is believed. however. that
they did not contain any thing OF impor-
lance to the State
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-31
"A Railroad Collision.

ELIzABsrHTowN, KY, Oct. PA coll
lision yesterday morning near Lynn land
station on the Louisville & Nashville rail-
road between two passenger trains re-
suited in the death of one man and the
serious injury of six or seven others. Van
D. Heissen. OF Millstown. KY, was the
most seriously injured. death resulting in
few hours. The others batly hurt were
Rev. j. NJ. Bruce, of Gleason. right arm
broken near shoulder; j. Nj. Wheeler,
Worthington. KY, fractured arm and in
jured internally; Mrs. B. A. Green, dis
located shoulder; Elder w. F. Rogers
disiocated shoulder and badly burned !;
Ed Jeffries and wife, of Green County,
and four children were seriously injured
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-31
FARM NOTES.

The rich black liquid that flows Oft from
the barn ard contains the wealth of the
farm. Use absorbent material and save it.
One advantage in stalking your trees
when they are first set out is a straig liter
growth can thus be obtained, and there is
also less danger of the wind loosening the
roots or blowing the trees down.
All plants that are set out in the fall for
a permanent patch, such as raspberries,
blackberries, etc, should be cut back to
within six inches of the roots. Canes that
are left on will be of no advantage next
season.
In feeding wheat, corn. oats, buckwhe at
or other cereal grain, throw it down /
the litter of the poultry house, cover it
up, and thus make the hens work for thoir
living. The exercise thereby gained is an
important factor to prolific egg produc-
ton.
Instead Of exposing the corn fodder in
the fields it should be stored under cover
as soon as dry enough, and it would be an
advantage to have it in the barn before it
gets wet, which, however. is not always
possible, but the less exposure to rain the
better.
One principal reason why house plants
often do not make a thrifty growth is
that the air is too dry and warm. By
keeping a vessel of water on the stove
This can, In q great measure, Dc aVOl00Qs
and by airing whenever the weather will
permit better results are possible.
1t is claimed that if q grape vineyard is
plowed to the depth of four or Eve
inches very late in the fall in a thorough
manner, so as to turn all of the grapes and
leaves that have fallen completely under.
the rot may be prevented the next season,
as the fungus does not live for more than
q " ear in the berries.
It would pay to build good roads from a
strictly financial consideration and il done
by taxation would bs good investment
for the citizens of the country in an in
creased value of the country. The in
crease in the value of the property and
real estate would amount @ very much
more than the It of the 10 ids-Rural
World.
Plows and other tools should not be left
out or stored away with no protection tc
the polished parts. A few minutes work
will put a coat of paint or varnish over
them. and often save hours of work in
getting them in condition in the spring.
There is plenty of time now to do all that
is necessary, while in the spring work is
pressing.
If a new garden is to be made, or a
change made in the old one, SO that new
ground is to be taken In, so far as possible
the work should be done in the fall, so
that plenty of time can be had to get q
sufficient amount of available plant food
incorporated with the soil The manure
applied must be thoroughly rotted and
fined, and then well Incorporated with the
soil. SO that the soluble portions can be
reached by the roots of the plants.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-31
Work of Wreckers.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Ger. Pa north
bound freight train. No. so ON the Lake
Erie & Western railroad was wrecked at
Kokomo at four O'Clock yesterday morn
ing. The engine struck an obstruction at
the outskirts of the city and with eight
or ten cars was thrown from the track.
Twelve oil cars exploded in quick success
sion setting fire to the box cars attached.
Two cars of merchandise and four of coal
were consumed. Engineer Mehl, Fireman
Edward Burnett and Head brakeman
John Spellman were thrown be-
meath the oil cars and burned 80 q
crisp The accident was the work OF
wreckers, this being the third attempt
made in that vicinity.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-31

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 23-The steamship
Belgic arrived last night from Hong Kong
ana Aokonoma- Japanese advices report
600 people drowned and 12I injured during
the hoods OF September IL, and that over
thousand houses were swept away and
thousands Of acres of crops DESTROYED. In
a review of the calamities caused hv foods
during iheyear 1885, The Japan Mail saws:
incomplete returns show that twelve
procedures have been devastated, e.41s
people deprived of means OF snhsict., -,
More than So 600 houses have been sven,
away or submerged. 155 coo acres Of cons
DESTROYED, about 500 bridges washed
away" eo
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-31
Destitution in Dakota,

CHICAGO, Oct 26-Captain j. 81. Wall
lace, of Faulkten, S. D., sent by Faux
County, to receive aid for the suffering
farmers. is now in the city. s'For four
years." he says, 1.-THE amount Of rainfall
in our county has been unusually
small and during the past season
scarcely any rain fell from seed time until
harvest The crop has grown lighter,
until this year the failure is complete and
the people are destitute. In North
Dakota there are three counties and
in South Dakota four others beside
my own which are in a similar
destitute state There are in Faux Coun-
ty nearly 5000 Inhabitants, the greater
majority farmers Of small means
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-31

CATION end returned
three more indict-
ments, two of them
being against ex-
Treasurer f. A. Burke
for forgery in utter
ing as true forged
bonds of the State.
The forgery is UNDER
stood to have con-
sisted in havingnum.
bered the Con titu-
tional bonds that
were negotiated by
Maurice Hart for
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-31
West Gives Bonds.

CHICAGO. Oct. 24-James ]. west ex-
editor of the Times, gave bonds in the
sum of s., 500 in Judge Jamieson's branch
of the criminal court yesterday to
answer for his appearance whenever the
State should choose to put him ON trial on
the charge OF everlasting stock of the
Times Company with fraudulent intent
for which he was indicted.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-31
Rereaxed Rrouns.

OMAHA, Neb., Oct 24.-In the fourth
game of the Missouri State championship
series. played here yesterday, the Kansas
City Club scored . creditable victory over
the ST. Louis Browns. the former winning
with IA TO the Browns &
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-31
BURKE INDICTED.

The Grand Jury Returns Two Indictments
Against Major Burke.
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 24.-The grand jury
Yesterday resumed the State bond investi-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-23
BRIEF BUT INTERESTING.

Last year there was imported into
Germany from the United States $751;
600 marks, ($2, 091 ,500) worth of jewelry,
on which the duty was 127, 900 marks, or
1.55 per cent, against the rs per cent
levied in this country.
An Aberdeen firm has Just finished
magnificent granite sarcOphagus, 10 be
placed in Highgate cemetery, London,
in memory of Mrs. Henry Wood. the
novelist. 1t is an exact counterpart of
the tomb of Scipio AfricanuS at Rome.
The demand for large stones for side
walks exceeding sizes for ordinary fiat
cars has led the New York Central to
build special car for their transporta-
ton. An ordinary fiat car will carry
stone only ten feet in width, while this
one will carry stone twenty-SiX feet
long and fifteen feet four inches wide.
Two hundred and six clergymen of
Philadelphia, representing twenty-four
denominations, signed the call for Mon
day evenings mass meeting in favor of
the constitutional prohibitory amend
ment. Scoffers who do not believe in
sumptuary laws express surprise that
while taking twenty-four different
roads in their doctrines and their inter-
pretations of Holy Writ.
The companions of the military order
of the Loyal Legion have in contempla-
ton the erection in Philadelphia of a
library and museum building, which
will be the largest of it's kind in the
United States, if not in the world. 1t is
proposed to spend 100000 upon the
edifice, in which will be housed books,
papers and memoranda brought out by
the civil war, and arms and relics gath
cred from battlefelds. war ships and
Notifications.
Few babies. not excepting even royal
ones. can have more impressive
christening than did tiny Owen Burke
in Philadelphia the other day. ''Name
it Sarah Agnes, if girl, and Owen, if
a boy" said the courageous mother as
she prepared to take chloroform before
undergoing one of the most critical
operations known to surgical science.
The baby was brought into the world
by Cesarian section in the presence of
a couple of hundred physicians and
nurses, and was promptly christened in
conformity with the mothers request.
Plucky Mrs. Burke is recovering, and
the boy is lively youngster.
James Sutton, twenty years old, of
Haydentown, Fayette county, Pa,
for his school teacher, Miss Egan, did
not seem to be reciprocated, mailed her
a letter in which he said he would take
his own life if she refused to accept him
as sutton. Then, without waiting for
the letter to be delivered, James sat be-
side tree on the homeward path of
his sweetheart, and put bullet through
his head. He apparently intended that
Miss Egan should be the first person to
discover his lifeleSs body, and she actu-
ally was the third on the scene.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-23
OVERWoRKED JUDGES.

Death has been making such serious
lnroads upon the supreme bench within
recent years that the unusual mortality
is suggestive of some special cause.
When Justice MATTHEWS was ap-
pointed, few years ago. he was just in
the prime of life, of robust constitution,
and a long career of public usefulness
was predicted for him; but he has sue
cumbed, as Chief Justice WAITE and
others did, to the pressure of overwOrlS,
and instead of occupying his seat on
the bench which he adorned, he is lying
in his coffin to-day. There are no men
connected with our public service who
perform such onerous labors as the
judges of the supreme court of the
United States. A visitor to the supreme
court room will be impressed at first
glance with the tired appearance of the
gentlemen in black gowns, and when
one considers the Wearying character
OF the work they do, it is no surprise
that they have fatigued look. Nor is
it wonder that few years of such
fearful drudgery, in the bad atmosphere
that generally prevails in the capitol
building, should bring the strongest of
them to the grave. Congress must do
one of two things to relieve the supreme
court of the deadly burthen it bears
either to increase the number of judges
or limit the appellate jurisdiction of the
federal courts, so that the number of
cases appealed each year will not ex-
coed the working capacity of the court
of last resort.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-23
TIED UP.

It is very evident t;y this time that our
journalistic friend, WHITELAw REID, is
not favorite in the senate, or his APP
p0intment as minister to France would
ha We been confirmed as promptly as the
OIL erS that were sent in at the same
time. The hitch in the confirmation is
significant of the fact that there is al
ready breach between the president
and his party in the senate; otherwise
Mr.. REDS appointment would have
been confirmed. Although the admin
istration is scarce two weeks old, this is
the second tie-up it has had IN the SEN
ate. In the first disagreement the
rebelliouS senators compelled the presi-
dent to withdraw SCHUYLER name,
and it looks as if they propose to do the
same thing in Mr.. Reds case. 1t is
evident, however. that the president
realizes the peril of submitting too
readily to senatorial dictation so early
in his administration. and will probably
make an issue with the senate on this
appointment. 1t is understood well
enough by the public that the real fight
is being made against Mr.. BLAINE.
The senate virtually ignores Gen. HAIR
RIsoN and recognizes the secretary of
state as the real head of the administra-
ton. There promises to be lively en-
counter, which can be viewed with a
good deal Of complacency from our
standpoint.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-23
Information for Lamp Owners.

New York Mail and Express.
The portion of the wick which is in
the oil reservoir should be Enclosed in a
tube of thin sheet metal, open at the
bottom, OF in cylinder of fine wire
gauZe, such as is used in miners safety
lamps QWenty-eight mesheS to the
inch).
The oil reservoir should be of metal
rather than of china or glass.
The oil reservoir should have no feed
ing place nor opening other than the
opening into which the upper part Of
the lamp is screwed.
Every lamp should have proper ex-
tinguishing apparatus.
Every lamp should have broad and
heavy base.
Wicks should be soft, not too tightly
plated.
Wicks should be dried at the fire be-
fore being put into the lamps.
WickS should be only just long enough
to reach the bottom of the oil reservoir.
Wicks should be so wide that they
quite fill the wick-holder without hay
ing to be squeezed into it.
WickS should be soaked with Oil be-
fore being lit.
The reservoir should be quite filed
with oil every time before using the
lamp.
The lamp should be kept thoroughly
clean: all oil should be carefully wiped
off, and>aIl charred wick and dirt re-
moved before lighting.
When the lamp is lit the wick should
be at first turned down, and then slowly
raised.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-23
A GROWING CAUSE.

1t does not seem that there is an over
estimate of the significance of the re-
cent election of a member of parliament
in one of the forty-eight London con-
stituencies. The vote was very full,
and the home rule candidate had some
GOO majority in place of the usual thou
sand or more for the Tories. This
amounted to revolution in popular
sentiment. A general election would
evidently wreck the SALISBURY adj
ministration and restore GLADSTONE.
The London Times has been the agent,
in its crusade against PARNELL. of a
wonderful achievement for the patriot
statesman, and given home rule in Ire
land a phenomenal impetus. As an
evidence of the change of the popular
current, it is stated that the singers
upon the variety stage and in the con-
cert halls now make their topical al
luSions to PARNBLL and GLADSTONE
laudatUry in place of abusive, as here
tofore. This is not of moment, except
as a straw showing the drift of the
popular mind.