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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09


4 Ban Agreed Upon IN Relaeien TO Okln-
honA Towa sites
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1--Messrs Stru-
bic, of Iowa, Perkins, of Kansas, and
Washington, of Tennessee, constitute
ing the subcommittee of the House
Committee on Territories, met yester-
day to consider the Oklahoma Town
Site bill introduced by Judge Perkins
December lS- They agreed to report
the bill favOrably to the full committee
at its next meeting, and made but few
changes in the original text
The bin as-agreed upon provides that
three commissioners shall be appointed
for each portion of the public lands
settled upon and occupied as a town
site under section Is of the act Of
March last; that the commissioners,
wherever called upon by any of the oc-
cupants Of a town site, and the money
Tor the entry of such town site is
furnished shall enter at the proper
land Office at the minimum price, the
land so settled and occupied, not ex-
ceeding One-half section for each town
Site, IN trust for the use and benefit of
The several occupants, according to
their respective interests; that the
commissioners shall be actual residents
of Oklahoma; that whenever there is Il
contest between d homestead claimant
and the occupant of a town site for
any portion of the tract sought to be
entered, it shall take precedence of the
ordinary business of the Office and be
heard and determined as soon as pTac-
ticable by the register and receiver of
l,xaA lcfr at 80 ,t~
to the General Land-office, it shall he
made special and disposed of by the
Commissioner as soon as the duties of
his Office will permit, and so, also, il
an appeal be taken to the Secretary of
the Interior, that all town site appiica-
tions heretofore filed in the proper
land office shall have the same force
and effect as if made under the prOviS-
ions of this act, and upon the appllca-
ton of tue commissioners such town
site entries shall be allowed in the
name of the commissioners as trustees
upon the applications therefor filed,
but nothing in the act shall be con-
strued as extending the rights of
the town sites or of impairing
rights heretofore secured under existing
law; that the compensation of the
commissioners shall not exceed Sc per
day; that the commissioners shall have
power to administer oaths and to issue
Subpnnaes; that the Secretary of the
Interior shall issue the necessary rules
and regulations to the commissioners
to be appointed, that there shall be re-
served to all religious organizations the
lots now occupied by them. and that
there shall be reserved TO municipal
corporations for parks and public
buildings all unoccupied lands.
The provisions of the act continue in
force until the Legislative Assembly
that shall meet under the Territorial
Government, which may be established
by Congress over Oklahoma Territory,
shall make provision for the execution
of such trusts and for town site entries,
provided that all cases then pending
shall be disposed of under the provi-
SionS of this act.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09
ATTEMPTED MURDER.


Another Attempt the Ltfe OF Fnther
Kelly, OF Oneida. n. Z.
ONEIDA, N. Y, Jan. Z-The life Of
Rev. Father James A. Kelly, of ST.
Patrick,s Church, was attempted earlv
this morning. The assassin was only
prevented from accomplishing murder
by the loud outcries of the wounded
man. After striking the first blow he
| fled in the darkness.
This is the second attempt to do
away with Father Kelly within three
months The first attempt was by
poisoning. The affair offers no pos
sible solution, in spite of the fact that
detectives have been working upon it
for some time. 1t has been said that
there is woman in the case, but there
is nothing in the pastors known asso-
Citations to confirm the superstition.
Father Kelly was aroused about $50
by summons on his door. He hastily
drew on his clothing and descended to
the hallway. In answer to a query. the
stranger outside said that the priests
services were desired at deathbed,
and asked to be admitted Father
Kelly unbolted the door and opened
it cautiously to get glimpse at the
stranger.
At this juncture the latter threw his
weight against the door, forcing it in
ward and securing a partial entrance.
At the same time he struck Father
Kelly blow on the head with heavy
instrument. The forcing of the door
had prepared him for the attack, and
the fact that the priest saw the blow
coming and lodged promptly saved his
life. If the blow had hit him Squarely
his skull would have been crushed. AS
it was the blow was glancing one and
made an ugly scalp wound.
Father Kelly grappled with his as
sailant and cried ..Murderi' The as
sassin got away and took TO his heels.
In the scuffie ne dropped his weapon.
Father Kelly, weak from the loss OF
blood and the shock of the excitement,
sank to the floor. There the fright
ened heusekeeper found him.
He was lying across The doorway in a
pool of blood. A rod of iron about
three feet long and an inch thick lay
near him. 1t was the weapon used by
his assailant a doctor was at once
summoned and the wound dressed
Father Kelly only suffered hom ner-
yous prostration and loss of blood. He
says be can not identify his assailant.
Father Kelly on October s last drank
the sacred wine and soon afterward ex-
perienced severe burning sensation
in his stomach. He was assisted into
the sacristy, and, suspecting that he
had been poisoned, swallowed an
emetic at once. DIR. Bailey, who was
summoned, saw that the symptoms
were those of arsenic poisoning and
administered antidotes-
1t was believed that there was de-
liberate attempt to poison the priest
and there was universal indignation
among people of eli denominations.
No one knew what could have impelled
the attempt, and the detectives had
only the slightest clew. The wine,
robes and other priestly appurtenances
are kept in small room off the altar
and in this room burned matches were
found on the table where the bottle
stood. Traces of arsenic were also
found on the table near the bottle, as
though some of the poison had been
spilled while being poured.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09
scnup KEPURT.
The December Crop Report shows . Gee
Average Yield.

The Decembef Crop Report shows Gee
Average Yield
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4-The Decem-
Der report of the Department of AgTi-
culture contains detailed statement
of the estimates of the principal CO.
reals, by States, including area, pro-
duct and values.
The reported area of corn is 78, 3d.
651 acres. This represents an increase
of q per cent. over the acreage of
1855. The wheat acreage is 1928 $50
acres, 2 ITO per cent. greater than the
aggregate of 1888. The revision
of acreage gives smaller
area in Iowa, Nebraska, Oregon and
Washington, and larger breadth in
Kansas and Dakota Dairying and
me production have for years been
encroaching on wheat growing on the
eastern side of the great spring wheat
belt, as former reports have shown.
Wide fluctuations in the breadth of
wheat in Kansas, Illinois and other
States. occurring from year to year, are
the result of variable meteorological
conditions. Economic considerations,
especially changes in market value,
also affect peculiarly the distribution
Of wheat.
The acreage of. oats is placed at IT,
462, 80 acres, an increase of less than
2 per cent
The yield per acre of corn is very
nearly 81 bushels, or one and one
tenth bushels less than the product of
1879 and is largest rate of yield
since 1880. The product as estimated
is 2,112, 500. 900 bushels. The largest
yields are west of the Mississippi Iowa,
taking first rank in the aggregate pro-
duced and yield per acre, 349, 966, 600
bushels. 39.5 per bushel per acre.
The yield per acre of wheat is nearly
1873 bushels, or one-tenth of bushel
greater than the November average of
yield per acre. The variation from
the current expectation of the last six
months is not over 1 per cent. The
total product as estimated is 100, $780,
600 bushels.
The product of oats is 751 SIS 900
bushels at the rate of pa bushe per
acre. The aggregate of all cereals is
about 8, 460, OOO, 600, or at least fifty
three bushels per capita.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09

OFFICER HALLIHAN, Of Chicago, ar
rived at the home of James LEM, q
| peddler just in time the other evening
TO prevent LEM hanging his wife. The
rope was around the woman's neck.
MRS. ADDIE MARQUIS. wife OF
Lieutenant-Gevern Marquis, OF
Ohio, died at Bellefontaine on the Goth.
Mrs. Marquis was formerly resident
of Cincinnati.
LOUIS HITLER, errand boy for the
Orange Judd Farmer, of Chicago, has
been arrested and has confessed having
stolen money from the papers mail fol-
two months.
TUBES, the Western Union telegraph
man, has been ordered by the Chicago
court to answer the questions in the
suit brought by Photographer Randall
for being blacklisted.
ON the Panhandle road, near
Kokomo, Ind, a collision between a
freight and passenger train occurred on
the 3lst. Several of the trainmen were
killed and injured.
TODD PECK, telegraph operator on
the Chicago s. Milwaukee road, was
killed at Decatur, Iowa, recently while
assisting in switching.
JAMES e. MOORE, charged with cir
culating reading matter pertaining to
the Louisiana lottery scheme, has been
assessed $50 and costs by Magistrate
Bradwell at Chicago.
CHARLES III. FAXON, of Jefferson
vile, Ind, committed suicide ON the
day of his marriage.
PAUL YOUNG, aged twenty, COM
mitted suicide at Canton, O., while
sick with influenza.
FATHER DAMIEN, of Creighton Col
lege. Omaha, Neb., is dead.
THE ''robber gas bill'' has been We
coed by Mayor Noonan, of st. Louis.
ABOUT fifty men attacked the temple
of the Pentecost band at Tuscola, ILL.,,
and broke its windows with stones.
Fifteen men and women, members of
the band, were in so-called frances at
the time of the attack
OTTO LEUTH, aged seventeen, who
outraged and murdered little girl in
Cleveland, O., has been sentenced to
be hanged April Is.
The Chicago Conservatory of Music
and Dramatic Art gave an impromptu
entertainment recently in honor of
Adelina Patti.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09
The Car Alm..t . Maniac.

LONDON, Jan. 3.-Reports are accu-
mulating of the elaborate precautions
observed at st. Petersburg against the
approach Of any person, other than his
immediate household and attendants,
to the presence Of the Car. The
guards in and about the palace have
been increased tenfold. His Majesty
is in state of alarm bordering on
frenzy and those who have been num-
bered among his most intimate frieAds
are actually afraid to go near him, lest
his terror assume critical phase.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09
THE SOUTH.

JAMES A. SMITH, lawyer of Man.
gum, Greer County, Tex. was killed
recently by the accidental discharge of
a revolver his friend, Walter Farmer,
was trying to take from his pocket.
JUSTICE LAMAR has notified Rich
mOnd, Va, committee that other duties
would prevent his delivering an Grafton
in that city on Jefferson Davis and that
he regretted it very much.
WHILE digging in the sand at Jack
son, Tenn, four little children were
buried by fall of the bank. Only one
was taken out alive.
DANIEL M. BOWMAN, ex-editor of
the Woodford (Ky.) Sun, was killed re-
Gently by falling off a train on the
MOnOn road.
FIVE hundred hemp producers and
workingmen of Lexington, KY, have
sent a petition to the Ways and Means
Committee against any change in the
present tariff on hemp.
A MULE caused the derailment of
a passenger engine and three coaches
twenty miles from Pine Bluff, Ark,
the other night. Several passengers
were bruised but none seriously injured.
AN 1utOT-SCdC0 CdCCl0Llou s COnVon-
ton has been called to meet at Fort
Worth, Tex, March II.
THE aldermen of Frankfort, KY,
have enacted an ordinance prohibiting
the sale of cigarettes. The law is
being strictly enforced.
BY collision in a thick fog west of
Savannah, Ga, two engines were
wrecked and six persons slightly in
jured.
W1LMoRE HALL, colored, has been
hanged at Louisville, Ca, for the MUIR
der of ]. L. Evans, white man. He
confessed.
| AN unfinished trestle on the Brier-
field, BIocton s. Birmingham (Ala.)
railroad fell the other morning, carry
ing down twenty-five carpenters.
David J. Webb and Carl Mark were
killed and twenty others were injured.
TRAVEL has been interrupted and
railroads much damaged by heavy rains
| in Arkansas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09
TEE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
THE Senate Committee on Canadian
Relations held a session in New York
City on the 30th and listened to state
ments of Gloucester, Mass, fisher
man who advocated retaliation. Eras-
tus Wiman consumed the rest of the
day with plea for reciprocity with
Canada.
REAR ADMIRAL KIMBERLY has been
ordered home from the command of the
Pacific station January 25. Commo-
dore George Brown will succeed him.
ONE of the witnesses examined be-
fore the Ways and Means Committee
recently was a glass manufacturer
named Macbeth who wanted free
trade.
A RUMOR was current in Washing
ton on the 31st that Mr.. Randall's con-
dition was much worse. Inquiry at his
house was answered by an emphatic
denial from his family. Mr. Randall
was much better and was out of bed
and attending to his correspondence.
ABOUT six thousand of the general
public attended President Harrisop's
reception New Years day, in addition
to the Diplomatic Corps, the Judiciary,
Army and Navy, etc.
ROBERT G. BLAINE, brother of the
Secretary of State, and who for the
past eight years has been curator in
the Agricultural Department, has re-
ceived the appointment as deputy first
auditor of the Treasury Department.
THE Pan-American congress resumed
its sessions in Washington on the I'd,
but as none of the committees were
ready to report the body soon adj
jOurned.
THE public debt decreased during
the month of December SO, 12S, O95. 80.
1t now stands, less cash in the treas
ury, 81, O52, 952, 911.33
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09
Portugal Nay Apologize.

LONDON, Jan. 3.-fersons in official
circles profess to see indications that
Portugal has decided to apologize to
England for the acts of Major Serpa
Pinto, and especially his conduct IN
hcisting the Portuguese flag on British
protected territory and causing the
British flag to be hauled down It is
conceded that if Portugal shall do this.
England can insist upon nothing fur
Their without mourning the suspicion of
the powers that the ostensible object
of her quarrel with Portugal is entirely
foreign to the real one, concerning
which some explanations should bo
forthcoming.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09
Heavy Rains.

LITTLE Rock. Ark, Jan. "A
steady rain has leen falling all over
the State for the past three days, caus-
ing interruption to railway travel and
serious alarm. No trains have arrived
from st. Louis over the Iron Mount
ain railroad for forty-eight hours,
owing to washouts, while tie track
is under water for miles. The
Cotton Belt route, running from
Pine Bluff into Texas. is also be avy
sufferer and the sale of tickets to points
south of Texarkana was ordered SUI
pended to-day, the southern end of the
road being inundated for miles.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09
Salfsbarv sick

LONDON, Jan. 1.-The MARQUIS of
Salisbury has la grippe in 4 severe
form. He was taken yesterday week.
but as the strictest secrecy was en-
Joined upon all persons in the Mar
quis' household as to facts relating to
his health it was not known that he
was i'll until Thursday, when he was
threatened with collapse and the Queen
sent Sir. William Jenner to attend him.
He was then kept In bed three DAYS
and has been kept in his room ever
since .Pneumonia is apprHhendod md
he is physically untitled for q str1ekl6
with very seyem diseaa
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09
THE LATEST.

A LETTER containing $4,000 has
been stolen in transit between Vienna
and Pesth.
A NEW customs tariff is being pre-
pared by the Russian Finance Minister.
It will take effect July 1.
SECRETARY WINDOW has ordered
the transfer of s2O,OO0,O 600 in gold coin
from San Francisco 10 New Y ork, there
being too much gold at the former
place.
CAPTAIN Couch, of Oklahoma City,
is in Washington.
The railways in Holland have re-
stricted transportation, employees being
sick with influenza.
THE commission of French engineers
to investigate the Panama canal has
arrived on the ground.
w. A. WALKER, United States At
torney for Wisconsin, has resigned.
ALL the Jamaica railways have been
taken by an American syndicate
THE imperial cables from Bermuda
to Halifax will be completed in June.
MRS. BRENNAN, of Holyoke, Mass,
bers of her family in order to obtain in
surance on their lives, is dying in the
Jail at Springfield, Mass, of Bright's
disease.
In an encounter between Yaqui In
dians and Mexican troops at Guchorri,
Sonora, Mexico, several Indians were
killed.
ONE span of new iron bridge at
Holyoke, Mass, was blown down the
other day and one man was killed and
two others injured. Thirty workmen
managed to escape to other spans in
time.
THE Spanish Ministry has resigned.
THE Colombian gunboat La Popa
has seized another United States vessel.
THE white lead trust has recently
advanced prices three-quarters of cent
per pound. In addition it has made
better terms to jobbers, based on the
quantity of goods handled. The ar
rangement is that the firm which
handles COO pounds of lead is giveE
a rebate larger in proportion than is re-
ceived by the firm handling 0O,0OC
pounds.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) foi
the seven days ended January mum
bered 80.
A DISASTROUS snow slide occurred
at Sierra City, CAL, recently. Two
houses and q church were torn to
pieces, involving the loss of about eight
lives s. SCI
tEw Yonx last year spent "a, o., ooc
On her public schools.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09
Eight Lives Thought to BE Lost in Cali
fornia Snow Slide.

MARYsvILLE, Cal, Jan. IA disaS-
trous snow slide occurred at Sierra City
yesterday. Particulars are meagre,
but as far as can now be ascertained
the dead are Mrs. 1. T. Mooney, Miss
Ethel Langdon, Mrs. r. Rich and her
little son and daughter. The force of
the snow slide was SO great that
trees in its path were moved down as
if they were stalks of grain. The num-
Der of the dead may reach eight. Two
houses and church were torn to pieces
and several buildings were moved.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09
GENERAL


AT the initial performance of "Joan
dare" at Paris, the funeral pyre in the
play became ignited and Sarah Bern
hardt tainted, but was not injured.
QUEEN OLGA, of Wurtemburg, was
reported suffering from an attack of
influenza.
BRADsTREET reports 11,719 failures
in the United States for the year 1889,
with liabilities of $40, 359, 400 and as
sets of $40, 500, 769. This is the largest
number of failures and greater liabili-
ties than for any year in the past three
years. The increase in the number of
failures over 1888 is 1882: increase in
liabilities, $40, III, OsS; increase in as
sets, SIS, 599, 1858.
OF ninety-one Socialists on trial for
six weeks at Eberfeld, Germany, forty
seven were acquitted of conspiring to
disturb the public peace and the others
were sentenced to imprisonment for
from fourteen days to eighteen months.
EDWARD HANLAN is out with re-
ply to Jake Gaudaur in which the Cana
dian says he will row Gaudaur single
scull race for from $1,000 to SIS, 900, the
race to be rowed before next July.
LORD SALISBURY was one of the vic
tins of la grippe.
Dom PEDRO continues utterly pros
trated. The doctors have advised that
efforts be made to rouse him by con-
versation, but he does not respond to
any ones questions.
A PAPAL Consistory was held on the
3Oth. The Pope delivered an allocution
in which he emphasized his censure of
the Governments Ecclesiastical Trusts
bill and condemned the deposition Of
the Bishop of Altamura, Italy.
A DISASTROUS fire occurred in
the industrial schools at West Ham,
near London, recently. Twenty-four
lives were lost. The buildings were
almost totally destroyed.
REVENUE returns indicate surplus
of $4,000. 600 in the years finances of
the United Kingdom.
GOVERNMENT troops claim COM
p1ete victory over the rebels in Saliva
dor.
The remains of the poet Browning
have been laid to rest in Westminster
Abbey.
THE Berlin Tageblatt claims to have
positive information that DIR. Peters,
the African explorer, and the nsemhera
(of his party are alive.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09
Non-PartI.an W. g.

CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 1.-The pro
visionaf committee of the non-partisan
W. c. T. u, composed of Mrs. Ellen
J. Phinney, of Cleveland, o.; Mrs.
Ellen NJ. Watson, of Pittsburgh, Pa;
Mrs. Harriet G. Walker, of Minneap-
oils, Mimi; Mrs. Florence G. Porter,
of Old Town, Me-; Mrs. Matte NJ.
Bailey, of Shenandoah, Iowa; Mrs. J.
r. Webster. of Monmouth, ILL.,, and
Mrs. Harry White, of Indiana, Pa,
have issued call for National meet
ing at Music Hall, Cleveland, on Janu-
AIRY p, for the purpose of organizing a
National association.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09
Another Vessel Seized.

NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Another vessel
flying the American flag has been
seized by the Colombian gunboat, La
Popa. Advices were received by l..
Scheppe s. Co., of this city, yester-
day, saying that their vessel, the
Frederick l. Scheppe, had been seized
while calling for cocoanuts on the San
Bias coast. She was taken to Carta-
gena, where she is held. A dispatch
from Washington says that the State
Department has little information in
regard to the seizures recently made by
the Colombian Government, but TINT
full particulars are expected daily
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09
A Rrfeantina Sunk.

LONDON, Jan. 4.-The White Star
Line steamer Britannia ran into the
brigantiDe Czarowitz, in the Mersey,
and the after part of the brigantine
was cut clean away and she rapidly
filed and sank. The Britannia sue
ceeded in saving all hands from the
Czarowitz, except the captain, who
was drowned.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09
Plenty of Wool.


Boston, Jan. 4.-The Boston Com
mercial Bulletins annual Geographic
canvass of the wool supply in The
United States shows heavy in
crease over last years. The de-
tailed and classified reports from
the markets and the growers show a
total supply in dealers hands of TO-
OO0, 900 pounds domestic and Is, 0O0, 900
pounds foreign against SO, O00, 600 do
nestle and 10000 foreign in 1883.
The New York and Philadelphia
stocks are less than last year,
but Boston shows an increase of
II, Zoo, 900 pounds of domestic wool and
most of the small markets follow the
lead Of the chief wool market of the
country. The imports of clothing wool
coming from abroad show decline of
ne arly 10 per cent.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09
The snanish Nainistrx Resien.

MADRID, Jan. 4-The Ministry has
resigned. Senior agasta will attempt
to form new Cabinet on a basis that
will reconcile the various liberal groups.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-09
A New Sugar Factory.

A charter has been filed with the
Secretary of State for another sugar
factory to be built = Bngman. The
capital stock Of the company Is Ssoo, 900.