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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

GILBoA, n. Y, was ravaged by fire re-
Gently. Loss, $3.50, 900; insurance, $780,.
900.
INSPECTOR BYRNEs, of New York, has
refused to apologize to the Woodruff
sisters for disparaging free love state
ments in his book.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended May showed an average In
crease of GIG compared with the CORE
spending week OF last year. In New
York the increase was $780,
THE remains of the murdered DR..
Cronin were laid to rest finally at Cal
vary cemetery. Chicago, on the 4th.
THE net decrease in circulation dur
ing the month of April was S499, 721.
BUSINESS continued to expand on the
London Stock Exchange during the week
ended May 8. In Paris business was
fairly active and prices firm. Securities
were strong at Berlin and Frankfort
Sugar was quiet at Havana.
MRS GENERAL GRANT declares that
she has never heard of proposition to
remove her husbands body from New
York City to Arlington cemetery, Wash
ington.
The building operatives of Ottawa,
Ont, have obtained nine-hour day.
A TRAIN went through burned trestle
on the Stickney branch of the Great
Northern between Holly and st. Francis
stations, MINI. No one, fortunately,
| was hurt.
ABOUT half a million people were
said to be in Hyde Park. london, on
the 4th, attending the labor demonstra-
ton.
The session of the Senate on the Sd
was cut short by the announcement OF
the sudden death of Senator Beck. The
House passed the Diplomatic and Con-
sular Appropriation bill.
| IT is positively denied that there has
been any robbery of an express mes
senger at Eagle Lake, Tex. or any other
point.
THE captain and four seamen of the
British ship Inchcape Rock, from San
Francisco for Liverpool, were washed
toverboard and drowned OF the coast OF
Peru recently.
THE President has nominated David
E. Bryant as United States judge for the
Eastern district of Texas.
THE British East Africa Company has
abolished slavery of all kinds
A SIMULTANEOUS strike has occurred
in the state railway factories in Vienna,
Prague, Pesth and Temesvar.
A SAILOR named Jordan, who tried t.
desert from vessel near Beaufort s
c., was seized by two man-eating shark
and torn to pieces before he could b
rescued.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08

LUDWIG HANSEN, a native of Ger
many, but an American citizen by
adoption, recently called at the State
Department and reported that when,
in 1881, he visited his parents in
the old country his papers were
inspected and pronounced regular.
Some months ago he decided to again
visit his parents. Upon his arrival his
papers were demanded and he was
washed to leave the country within two
weeks
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08

In the aunatic asylum at Dundrum, a
village near Dublin, Ireland, the pa
tients became furiously enraged the
Other day because their dinner beer was
cut off and threw their dinners at the
heads of their keepers, smashed the
crockeries and demolished things in
general The fire department was called
out to aid the authorities, and the water
being turned on in force the lunatics
were soon drenched into submission.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08

HARRY BETHUNE, the world famous
sprint runner, has gone to England to
claim his share of large fortune left by
an uncle in Scotland, who recently died.
George Bethune, his brother, State &C.
, Ologist of Washington, is also an heir.
Harry says that after receiving his in
heritance he will never race again. The
estate amounts to E175, 200.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08

On the arrival of the japanese steamer
in Hong Kong, March 26, from Nagasaki,
the bodies of eight deadJapanese women
were discovered in hole between the
engine room and the hold, having been
suffocated. They had slowed themselves
away with four other women and a male
attendant, being DESTROYS of leaving the
country and not having official permits
sion. The survivors were insensible
and much emaciated.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08

The state of siege on the island
of Crete has been raised and martial
law abolished. The Christians were
iubi1ant.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08

FRANK EVANS, aged thirteen, has been
sent to the Chicago county Jail for thirty
days for putting a snake in boat of
Solomon III. Durham, where it was found
by and gave Mrs. Durham severe shock.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08

THE streets of Hamburg, Germany,
are infested by night with gangs of rob-
bers, whose depredations have made pc
destrianism at late hours extremely un-
safe. The police seem to be powerless
to remedy the evil and the citizens are
about to take the matter in their own
hands to the extent of dealing sum-
marily without delay.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08

A BILL has been introduced in the
Spanish Cortes to prohibit the working
of boys under ten and girls under twelve
and to fix the hours of labor for all chill
dren.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08

THE strike of the employees of the
Great Southern & Western railroad in
Ireland ended through the efforts OF
Archbishop Walsh and Michael .Davitt.
Both sides are satisfied.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08

1T is stated that Prince Bismarck in
tends to make visit to England and
Scotland during the summer and that
Count Herbert Bismar was also going
for long stay.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08

Sioux Indians have been arrested for
starting destructive prairie fires on the
reservation in South Dakota.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08
Railway SURGEONS Meet.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 2.-The third
annual convention of the National As
ISOLATION of Railway Surgeons as
sembled at the ellis Opera House.
About 100 of the leading railway surgeons
of the United States are in the city
in attendance upon the convention.
The session was opened by prayer by
Rev. DR.. Vassar, of the First Baptist
Church. Mayor Holmes welcomed the
visitors to Kansas City.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08
Cost of Service Pensions.

the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives the Secretary of the Interior esti-
mates that it will require $50, SOC, 752 an
nua1ly to give service pension to every
survivor of the late war not now on the
rolls, 81, 642, ST. annually to increase the
pensions of those now on the rolls to IS
a month and 50, 776, 76S to the widows of
deceased soldiers; a total annual ex,
penditure of 500, 226. 337.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08

The French Ministry has decided to
make retrenchments in the budget to
the extent of 20, OOO, 900 francs.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08

THE Superior Court of Massachusetts,
has virtually decided in test case that
compulsory vaccination is lawful.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08

A CHICAGO syndicate has purchased all
the street railroads of San Antonio,
Tex, for 81, SOC, 600.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08
Melting Shows.

SPOKANE FALLS, WASH, May 4.-The
melting of snow in the mountains has
caused rapid rise in Cour d'Alene lake
and Spokane river and its tributaries.
Many families have been compelled to
move out of their houses on the low lands
In this city there is not drop of water in
the mains and no protection against
fire, the high water having washed away
the mains, which were laid at the bottom
of the river. A large force of extra
policemen were on duty all night The
mayor has advised property owners to
employ watchmen to guard their prop
ertV.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08
CURRENT COMMENT.

THE Delagoa Bay railway to the
Transvaa1 Republic is open.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08

During the labor demonstrations at
Pesth, Hungary. on the LIST riot oc-
CURED at the rolling mills. The mob
was charged by the military and several
persons received bayonet stabs- The
demonstrations in Germany were ex-
tremely quiet
Fifteen hundred bricklayers, stone
cutters and masons of Ottawa, Ont,
struck for nine hours work and ten
hours pay. The carpenters threaten to
strike for a similar end
ALI the carpenters of Knoxville,
Tenn, struck for eight hours work and
ten hours pay.
At Johnstown, Pa, the carpenters,
the bricklayers and the stonemasons
struck for nine hours and an increase in
wages
In Youngstown, O., the painters.
plumbers bricklayers and masons were
all granted advances in wages and nine
hours work.
Only one master carpenter at Lancas-
ter. Pa, refused the demands Of the
union. His men struck The hod car
rfers received advanced wagesL
The carpenters Of Fort Wayne, Ind.
have stxuck for nine hours . day and IS
cents an hour. The stonecutters we're
given eight hours without treuble.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08
A TEXAS HURRICANE.
Two Persons Killed and Several Injured BY
Falling BUILDINGS.

several
Falling Buildings.
WILLS POINT, Tex; May 5.-A hurri-
cane struck here at 1890 o'clock Satur-
day and every house in town is more or
less damaged. Two persons were killed
outright and several injured. The
killed are: Mrs. Bowen, caught under
a negro girl, fourteen years old,
daugh ter of Tom Mitchells
The injured are: s'Jack'' Ballard, in
jured internally, dangerous; son of M.
E. McManus, arm broken in two places;
Mrs. Mitchells, colored, mother of the
girl killed.
Mrs. Freeman's residence was blown
over, the family getting out just in time
to escape the fall. The Methodist
Church and public school building were
completely demolished, while other
churches were blown off their founda-
lions. A number of stores and resi-
dences were blown down, and nearly all
business houses unroofed and all their
goods badly damaged.
The hurricane also visited Mesquite,
Thornton, Terrell and other points in
its track, doing great damage.
Bishop Borgess. Dead.
KALAMAZOO, Mich, May 4.-Bishop
Casper Borgess., who was stricken with
paralysis at st. Augustine's deanery last
Sunday night, died at LILO o'clock this
morning, aged sixty-two. Bishop Bor-
CESS was born in Kappenberg, Germany,
in 1884, but came to this country with
his parents when quite young. He
received his education for the
priesthood in Cincinnati and for
many years was pastor of
st. Philomena'S Church in that city. He
was chosen to succeed Bishop Lefevre,
who died in 1870. Bishop Borgess., dur
ing his administration, established nine
charities in Detroit. In the spring of
1877, knowing that he was subject to
heart disease, he sent in his resignation,
and Rev. John Foley, of Baltimore. was
chosen to succeed him.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08
Exodusters Die.

RALEIGH, n. c., May 4.-Letters re-
ceived by negroes living at Tarboro
from other negroes who last November
went to Louisiana from Edgecombe
County, this State, say that seventy
eight of the latter have been drowned or
died there in the past fortnight, caused
by floods. This will do more than any
thing else to check the exodus.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08

made against the management of the
home and cruelty to soldiers as false in
every particular. There are LOO old
veterans at the home at present, and
nearly all of them belong to Brennan
post of the G. A. r:
In the United States Court at Topeka
the jury in the case of the Government
VS.. Woodruff, charged with embezzling
S., 900 while acting as deputy postmaster
at Lawrence, failed to agree, standing
six for conviction and six for acquittal.
AT Coldwater the other night DR.. G.
w. Prichard and S. NJ. Miles, an attor-
ney, met on muddy crossing and quar-
relied as to who should give the road. A
fight resulted, in which Miles struck
Pritchard on the head with a pistol,
which caused his death in short time.
Miles then fed. Both men leave fami-
lies, and bad blood lad existed between
them for some time.
FoUR children named Ritter, whose
parents committed suicide on the same
day at Wichita about four years ago ow-
ing to financial troubles, have just been
left fortune of 40, 600 marks each by
the death of their grandfather in Ger
many.
MOSES HARMON, publisher of the Val
ley Falls free love paper, Lucifer, who
was convicted in the United States dis
trict court at Topeka of sending obscene
matter through the mail, has been SEN
fenced to pay . fine of $500 and serve
five years in the State penitentiary.
Dr. s. s. NOBLE, of Wichita. has been
appointed member of the Kansas Board
of Dental Examiners.
rpAvr 0wrra Lawrence street car
driver, was recently stabbed three times
by = negro tough
NEAR Atchison the other day Arthur
Turner was probably fatally injured By
= rock from blast in > stone quarry.
, 1890-05-22
the GENEvIEvE TRAGEDY.
Bepse, the shoepherder. Apparently
Justih-d In His Act.

PrspLEroS, Or, May Further
particulars of the tragedy at the ranch
Of Charles Genevieve, ON Bear creek
this county, show that there was q sort
of general row with the herdcr, Charles
Bense, in which the entire family par
ticipa,ed. 1t started In a disagreement
with the herder over half u days
wages, which he claimed, and which
Genevieve refused to pay. Some words
resulted. and Bense retreated out of
the house and through the gate OF the
corrals adjacent, followed by Genevieye
and his wife and son. Genevieve shout
cd "Kill him." and the herder was at.
tackled with clubs and rocks by all three
OF his assailants. and forced into "A cor
ner where pair of shears lay. These
he grabbed and turned upon the boy and
Mrs, tenevievo, who were nearest.
lie stabbed young Gcnevieve In the
brenst, intlictinga a fatal wound. The boy
was game, however, and, according TO
the story of witnesses, relreated into the
house, secured u shotgun and returned.
The Gun was taken away from him by
Henry Hendrlck, who was present. and
the boy went In and lay down. Mrs.
Genevicve was stabbed in the breast.
and it is said is now lying in critical
condition.
Bense was arrested and Is now in Jail.
, 1890-05-22

C"toF@ hna<8lAo0s
ELLxssBURsn. WASH. May i5.--Ths
Grand Lodge 1. o. o. y. complsted IL
labors at T.. NJ. to-day, and adjourned
TO meet In Seattle on the second Tues
day In May. 1901.
The following officers were installed,
George b. Young. G. NJ, Of colfax; q.
II. Hasbrouck, ID. @. NJ, OF Tacoma;
DR.. w. q. Albin, O.. w, OF WnIia
Walla; w. II. Dunbar, grand
Representatives. OF Goldondaie; @. w.
Hall, grand treasurer, OF Seattlei l.. y.
A. Shaw, grand secretary, OF walia
Wallai Il. NJ. Spain, grand marshai. Of
North Yakima; Byron Young, grand
conductor, of Sumner; II. l.. Meade,
grand guard, OF Contraiia; 5. l.. valen-
tine. grand herald, OF Laconncr; Joseph
SIeeke, grand chaplain, OF ruyallup.
Grand encampment ofiiccrs-B. ..
Young, q. q. r.. OF North Yakima;
Alex. Mckay. q. II. r., Of walla walla,
@. u. NcviIls, q. :. W.. OF snohomisi !;
J. NJ. Stout, g. }. W., OF Scc.h X-sima !;
l.. y. A. shaw, grand secretary. of walla
walla; @, II. Hull, grand treasurer. Of
Seattle; j.. Taylor. q. NJ, OF Chehaiis;
i; Thomas, G. q. " Of 3i Newcastle. % ys''P' o =
Grand Chapter ID. OF R.--Mfs. Emma
Staw, grand nresident. OF Walla waila;
Mrs. Sarah Thurlow. grand vice presi.
don't, Of Seattle; Mrs. O. o. Bean, grand
secretary. of Tacoma; Miss Lulu
Ranck, grand treasurer, Of Vancouver;
Slrs. Maudc Eden, grand warden, OF
sprasue; Mrs; Ncttis Hollenbeck, q. C..
Olympia; Miss Mary Hoske, q. D. O., OF
Tacoma.
, 1890-05-22
A sport-Lovinw People.

~ SUPPOSE you have frequently
heard that Australia is the greatest
country in the world for athletic
sports" !" said Ned Hanlan, the oars.
man, while talking about the
worlds championship boat race at
Sydney yesterday. "But the facts
have not been exaggerated. 1t is
wonderful how people turn out TO
any kind Of sport-sculiing, horse
racing, wrestling matches or any
thing else. Why, l saw as many
ns 20, 600 people at a little sprinting
n,atcn once. Then, what do you
think of 10000 going To the horse
races? For that was the attendance
ono year when the Melbourne Gun
was run. The Derby In England
Isn't IA comparison 80 fhr as the
crowd II concerned. The crowds
ut " boat race are also phenomenal.
The people In Australia 20 ciuzy
over all sorts of spor;s.n
, 1890-05-22
rALoUsE CITY NEWS ITEMS.
Funeral Of Mrs. D. q. Wiley. who
died Suddenly Monday.

PsLousk CRY, WASH. May 30. The
remains of Mrs J. q. Wiley, who died
suddenly early yesterday morning oi
rheumatism OF the heart, brief mention
appearing In Yesterdays REVIEW. was
buried at o'clock this afternoon, and
were followed TO the grave by large
concourse Of sorrowing friends. The
services were held In the First Christian
church, Rev. X. H. Cook. rector, oiiiciat.
ing, assisted by Rev. J. U. AIlcr, a Pres.
byierian minister from Coifax, of which
denomination she was a member. Tho
corpse was covered with beautiful aora
designs, the tributes Of loving friends.
Deceased was an afiectionatc and low
ing mother and Kind and obligipg
noighbor. and was honored and esteemed
by all who knew her, aud out of respect
to her memory every business house and
saloon In town was closed during the
funeral. She was 81 years Of age. nnd
leaves fond husband and five children,
the youngest being but 3 weeks old. The
bhllbearers werci J. X. Mccormack, II.
d. Beam. A. l. Mcbride. James Fol-
iansby, J. X. Anderson, Herb Haskell.
, 1890-05-22
A VIGOROUS SPOUTER.
The Finest Flowing Well
Yet Struck.
PULLMAN is IN GREAT LUCK
A Thousand Pound Drill Thrown
Out by the Pressure Of
tho Water.

PULLMAN. WASH, May iA--Anothsf
artesian we'll was struck here to-day On
J. IL. Crawfords property ON Main
street, which in comparison makes the
others Insignificant. The lowest ssti-
mate OF its How per minute 10 800 gal
Ions, but as yet no accurate tsst has bs>u
made. II appears to be at least ten
times stronger than any Of the others.
and AZ they will raise the water
twenty feet above the ground, u n
believed this one will raise IL ton timcs
higher. or 100 feet. IL 10 ~ fest deep,
through solid rock, and although only
about 200 feet from Truss well, II has
none OF tho mineral taste which char
acterizes his well. When the drill struck
the vein the water came up with such
force us TO raise the drill. which weighs
over 1000 pounds, Notwithstanding the
hole being two inches larger in diamsess
than the drill.
, 1890-05-22
LOANS ON LAND.
Some OF the Provisions of Senator
stapford's Bill,

WAsnrSGros. May 2o.-Mr. Stanford's 5
bill. introduced in the senate to- day for
loans on land, provides for the establish
ment OF land loan bureau In the treas
ury department.
The secretary OF the treasury Is au-
thorized TO prepare United States circu-
lating legal tender notes, to be placed
TO the credit of the land loan
bureau. ANY citizen owning unncum-
oered land may apply to the bureau Tor
"A loan 10 be secured by "a lien ON the
land not to exceed half Of the assessed
value OF the land, no loan to be made
upon land of less value than 500. nor
III sums less than $50 nor for longer
than twenty years, The loans shall
bear interest at the rate of per cent.
payable annually, ana may be paid any
time IN sums not less than 25 per cent.
OF the amount The secretary of the
treasury shall cancel and retire notes
equal 10 tho payments made on the
loahs. In case oi u default of the pay
nient OF the interest or principal, the
chief OF the bureau may order fore
closure In the United States circuit court.
, 1890-05-22
soLDIEns CAN HAVE BEEn.
New Order Concerning bars q.
Army rostB.

WAsuSGroS, May l5.-1he secretary
OF war has amended the paragraph 329
OF the army regulations rs follows: The
sale or use of ardenp spirits or wines in
canteens is strictly prohibited, but the
commanding officer is authorized to per-
NIT light beer to be sold therein by tho
drink on week days and in rooon used
Tor no other purpose, and when
practlcnble III "A building apart from that
In which tho cantcen Is located. when
evrr he is satisfied that the giving TO the
men the opportunity of obtaining such
beverage within the post limits has the
effect OF preventing them from rcsorting
Tor strong intoNicdnts to places without
such limits, and tends toward tenn
perance and discipline among the
men. The practice OF what is known as
treating must not he permitted.
, 1890-05-22

OLYMPIA, Wash, May l7-The case OF
Lum Joe vs.. Maucrman. a suit for the
right of property, was to-day continued
until tic next term.
The case of Jones VS.. Howard, demur
rer, was argued and the case taken under
adyisement by the court.
In the case OF Aldridge VS. creditors.
the attorney Tor the defendants made a
motion for an order to set aside the
Judgement of rclea 80.
An order OF confirmation was mnde in
the case of Whitaker VI. Gay. The case
of Jones VI. Howard vas dismissed,
having been settled,
, 1890-05-22

Secretary Noble to-day gave an opin-
lon In response to II petition from lewis
Di2mcr and thirty-siN other residents Of
Washington who claim TO be bona ilde
settlers in unsuryeyed lands In that
state. They asked to be allowed 10 make
the surveys ON the deposit system and
this was granted. Tho land to bo sur
vcycd Is In township 10, range I. The
surveyor general of the siu,e is directed
to make contracts for the surveys
and is notified that II the
land lies within the limits OF the Sohh.
crn Pnciho land grant that company will
tc asked to share the expense. Tho po-
titioncrs in laying their case before tho
department, make some statements of
general interest. They affirm that the
agricultural interests Of tho state have
not kept pace with the growth OF the
large towns, because the surveyed lands
have not been equal To the demands OF
immigration.
, 1890-05-22
A DIFFICULT PROBLEM.
Application ofa Chinsman TO Practic
In California Courts

San FR.scisco, May i6.-Thls morn
ing Attorney chickenng made motion
in tho supreme court that Hong Yen
Chang be admitted TO practice. Tho
matter was taken under advisement.
Hong Yen Chang Is a Chsistianised
Chinam-n, who came to this
country several years ago. He en-
tered Harvard college, and af-
terward attended lectures at
the Albany, n. ". law. school, from
which he graduated, and was duly au-
thoriycd Ivy the New York supreme
court to practice In all courts OF that
state. The Justices afe In quandury
over the situation. The point involved
Is whether tho citizenship papers are
legal, even u they wero issued before the
, 1890-05-22
QUITE A aENsArIoN.
A Man Accused OF Bribery steps Into
n Political Meeting.


PESDLEEos. Or, May i7.-Messrs.
Thompson, Baker and Nevins spoke here
last night to a crowded courthouse. The
speeches were intently listened to,
j. Henry Brown, tho man who has
charged Pierce, the democratic oandi-
date for county clerk, with taking
bribes, was In attendance at the
meeting, and In u speech reiterated
the charge against Pierce. II was not
known that Pierce was in tho city, but
while Brown was making the serious
charge Of bribery against Pierce. the
latter entered the room amidst the Wild
est excitement. The scene was terribly
dramatic. After Brown had lin
ished his speech, Pierce walked
iorp ard, amidst tumultuous ap-
plausc, and denied the charges, and
denounced Brown as hired falsifier
and an assassin Of private character
Pierce had an affidavit sworn out to-
night, to the effect that he never offered,
or attempted to sell his vote for school
books in the year 1883, as charged by
Brown. This Is the only thing talked
oil in tmatilla county politics