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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
TREASURY RAID.

A Syndicate Formed to Extract Many
Millions on Account of Import Charges
PHILADELPHIA, April 10.-One of the
most gigantic raids ever made on the,
United States treasury is that which has
been organized by the importers of hat
trimmings, ribbons, laces, satins, silks.
and pushes If the syndicate which
has the scheme in charge shall be sue
cessful in its efforts, the Government
will pay out of the treasury about SIS
600. 600 or $40, 0O0, 600 in refund of duties.
The United States Supreme Court gave
decision short time ago in the fa--
nous Eidelhoff case, where a suit had
been brought to secure a refund of Gus
toms duties paid at the rate of so percent.
which is the rate of duty on all silks,
whereas they should have been taxed
but 20 per cent The Supreme Court.
Justices decided in favor of Eidelhoff at
the lower rate, and the Secretary of the
Treasury accepted this decision as ap-
plying to other similar cases that the
department had contested and lost In
fact it had been tacitly understood that
this was to be test case. Importations;
appraised at about SIS, 600, 600 were in
volved in this decision, and the syndi-
cate is entitled to a refund of so per
cent upon the amount of duties paid,
which will net it over 81. 600, 600.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
QUEER CRIMINALS.

In 1866 pig was burned at Fontenay
aux Roses, near Paris, for having eaten
a child.
In 1856 a judge at Falaise condemned
a sow to be mutilated and hanged for
eating child.
In 1889 a horse was solemnly tried be-
fore the magistrate and condemned to
death for having killed a man.
In 1894, during the witch prosecutions
in New England, dog exhibited such
strange symptoms of affection that he
was believed to have been ridden by q
warlock, and he was accordingly hanged.
CRIMINAL" animals frequently ex-
plated their offenses, like other male
factors, on the gallows, but subsequent
1y they were summarily killed without
trial and their owners mulcted in heavy
damages.
In the fifteenth century cocks were
somewhat credited with the power of
laying accursed eggs, from which sprang
winged serpents. In 1874. at Bale,s q
cock was publicly accused of having laid
one of those dreadful eggs He was
tried, sentenced to death, and together
with his egg was burned by the exc
cutioner in the market-place, amid .
great concourse of people.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
CIipDfngS,


The climate of Asia is becoming colder
than it formerly was, and its tropical
animals and plants are retreating south
ward at slow rate. This is true of
China, and it is also the case in Western
Asia Formerly, when China was well
wooded and the people few in number,
wild animals would abound--New China
Herald
You know how numerically Won crit
icise other people; other people criticise
you in the same way. You laugh at the
attempts of other people to hide their
faults from you. and they laugh at you
for the same reason.-Atchison Globe.
When it takes fellow eighteen min
utes to assist girl to don her sea1skin
sacque, the natural inference is that he
hopes to be more than q brother to her.
At Huntington, W. Va, young man
who had escorted a young lady to the
theater fell a sad victim to the PERM
cious habit of going out between the
acts. About the second time he went
out to see a man his fair companion
arose, invited friend to accompany
her home, and gracefully retired SEN
sible girl
The great things of life do not wear
US out half so fast as the petty miseries,
which are q sort of mental mosquitoes
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

The defalcations of William S. Oar
ling, in connection with the embarrass-
ment of Plummer & Co, of New York,
are said to amount to $500, OOO Darling
has absconded
THE Bayliss Tramp bill has passed
the Iowa Legislature. 1t will clear the
State of tramps, so they say.
STANLEY deprecates the presence of
"buccaneering" sportsmen in Africa,
who wantonly kill game so that they
may braggishly display the trophies in
England and America.
NoRwALK, O.. was visited by a de-
structive storm on the evening of the
sth. The umbrella factory of Sprague
q French was blown down. killing one
girl and injuring several others
A RAILWAY train was thrown down
an embankment at Frankfort, GERMANY,
recently and twenty-seven workmen in
jured.
SIX warehouses in the Faubourp St
Honore, Paris, were burned to the
ground recently. The Russian Church
adjoining the warehouses was slightly
damaged and i've persons were injured.
PETER WEIsHAUPT, aged thirty-three
years. was found hanging from q tree at
Leetsdale, Pa. the other morning.
Some time ago he joined the Economics
and from that time has been Respondent
because, according to the laws of the
society, he could not marry.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
the NEW REPUBLIC.

Rr..u tn Have = Constitution Patterned
Amer That OF the United statea-
Rio DE JAxKIRo, March 1a-The Pro
visional Government having decreed All
the great popular measures so long de-
manded by the people. the necessity fer
which caused the revolution Of Noven-
Der Is, 1SS9-such as the abolition OF
slavery forced from the imperial gov
eminent in 1889, the separation OF
church from state, liberty OF worship,
freedom of the press. secularization OF
the public cemeteries, naturalization OF
foreigners, stc.-is now trying to avoid
the danger and Inconvenience attending
the adoption of a constitution. In other
words. the men now at the head OF al
fairs desire to begin where the United
States finished, and SO take advantage
SON they have nominated a number Of
well known specialists to frame a con-
stitution which is to be presented to the
constituent assembly. The work of
registering voters-al men of twenty
one years of age that know how to read
and write-is being pushed rapidly. The
proposed constitution will be given to-
the press so as to be amply discussed by
all. By this means the trainers hope to-
present one just as much like the Amer
lean constitution as is consistent with
the character of the Brazilian people
1t is proper then to submit it for adop-
ton to a direct vote of the people. If it
is adopted the new assembly will be-
come legislative body. If it is re-
jected the assembly will be a constit-
uent BODY
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

THE appointment of General Miles to
the Maior-Generalship in the army va
cant by the death Of General George
Crook. was said to be largely due to the
influence Of the Pacific coast delegation
in Congress- General Miles was an es-
pecial friend of Senator Squire, of Wash
ington. and that statesman made it his
business to secure the cooperation of
the entire Pacific coast delegation in
Congress, in urging upon the President
the appointment of General Miles. Sen
ator Squire was obliged to hasten in
cab to Senator Stanford's residence in
order to get that Senator to sign the Pc
tition. just prior to his departure for his
California home 8Eas
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill, April, ia.
fierce storm swept over this place az
eleven o'clock Tuesday night, doing
heavy damage to property. Although.
only one person was injured, number
had narrow escapes. The wind came.
from the northwest and the path
OF destruction was about half a mile,
wide The Catholic Church. q larre
structure. gave way before the blast and
fell into shapeless mass. The houses.
of N. Rafferty, and Martin Bieter. which.
adjoined the church ON the west were
blown over, their occupants escaping in.
their night clothes without injury.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

THE reply of Cardinal Manning, OF
England, to the fluctuations on his jubi-
lee from American prelates was cordial
expression for the prosperity of the
Catholic Church in the United States.
THE break in Atchafalaya levee, two
miles south of Simsport, in Point Coupee
parish, was reported 600 feet wide and
seven feet deep. The town of Simsport
was about two feet under water.
THE election at Providence, R l., for
Senator and six Representatives favored
the whole Democratic ticket ex-
ranging from 1874 to 532. This insured
Democratic general officers in grand
committee of the Legislature.
The steamer Handy Boy was wrecked
on the Saginaw river at East Saginaw,
Mich, by striking the center pier of the
Flint & Pere Marquette bridge. Seven
persons lost their lives. The captain
and steersman were arrested for crimi-
nal carelessness.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended April IL showed an average de-
crease of 2. 9 compared with the cores
ponding week of last year. In New
York the decrease was 81.
In the House on the 18th, the con-
tested election case of Wadde1 VS..
Wise, from Virginia, was settled in
favor of Waddell by party vote.
THE New York building strike ended
in a compromise.
JOHN DILLON, the noted Irish leader,
has sailed from New York for England.
SYRACUSE. n. Y, is passing through
an epidemic of measles Nearly every
physician in the city has a score of cases
on hand.
IN his confession, duplicating two
others with himself, Isaac Sawtelle de-
clares that the murder of his brother
took place in Maine in a piece of woods
near Lebanon, where the body was
found. He states that the conspiracy
was formed for the purpose of getting
from his brother an acknowledgment of
a full release of all claims against the
estate of their mother.
A GENERAL strike of switchmen oc-
CURED on the Milwaukee, Lake Shore &
Western railway on the 18th. Passen-
ger trains were being hauled over the
Northwestern road from Appleton to
Milwaukee. The cause of the strike
was a demand for increased wages
THE North German Gazette devotes
considerable space to the Stanley-Emin
dispute. The article condemns Stanley
and highly praises Emin- In the mean
time Stanley continues to denounce the
Germans for alleged overreaching bust
ness in East Africa.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

THE Northern Society of Georgia has
adopted constitution. The objects
are described as social intercourse
among Northern men resident in the
South, the dissemination of reliable in
formation, the Encouragement or coun-
teraction of inconsiderate action or
speeches tending to estrange any por-
lions OF our country, and the develop
ment of the resources of the South.
Discussion of politics or religion at any
of the society's meetings is punishable
by expulsion. 'f3f t
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

SENATOR CULLoM has reported favor
ably from the Committee on Interstate
Commerce the bill to amend section -
of the Interstate Commerce act The
amendments provide that the Commits
sion may require the attendance of wit
nesses and the production of documents
from any place in the United States at
any place of hearing fixed by the Com
mission; also that the testimony may be
taken by deposition upon motion by any
party to the case or by order Of the
Commission.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
FOUR BOYS KILLED.
Shocking Accident BY Falling Rock at
Webb CITY, Mo,

webb City, Mo.
WEBB CITY, Mo-, April 1O.-About $50
o'clock yesterday afternoon three boys
"A. ID. Cannon, the SON of an old and
respected citizen, Ed Soverns and the.
son of the Widow Stone, each about
fourteen years old-were digging lead
ore out of the wall of an old caved in
mine, when an immense slab of rock
fell, burying them alive and at
the same time throwing Joe Wright,
who was standing on the rock watch
ing the boys. into the bottom of the
pit Wright's arm was broken in sever
al places and he received such internal
injuries that he died in two hours A
large number of people fiocked to the
scene of the disaster. and many viking
hands went to work to rescue the buried
boys After five hours battle with
the rocks all three were taken out dead.
Soverns' head was crushed into shape
less mass and Cannon and Stone met
death by Suffocation.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

The other day at Galena, ILL.,, mother
and daughter stood at the altar together
and both took upon themselves the vows
of wedlock, the grandmother of the
junior bride acting as bridesmaid. The
parties. male and female, to the unique
affair were: William E. Hammond, of
Dubuque, and Mrs. Mary ]. Redding-
ton, of iJo' Daviess County. and Louis
Bourineim, of Warren, and Miss E. j.
Reddington. The first named lady was
on the shady side Of fifty and her daugh-
ter was a comedy maiden of twenty.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

RUSSIAN authorities acted with con-
siderable severity in Furnishing the dis
orderly students Fifty-five at the Agri-
cultural Academy at Moscow were sent
home and three were expelled; twenty
were sent home from the st. Petersburg
University and two were expelled from
the Neurological Institute; thirteen
sent home and two expelled from the
School of Forestry, and fifteen sent
home and two expelled from the Veter-
mary School at Charkoff
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

SECRETARY PRocroR has issued an
order directing that record be fur
nished and kept in the War Department
OF services efficiency and special quail
dcattons. personal habits. etc., of Of
dcers of the army below. sae rank of
Colonel. including the condition of their
comm ands and percentage of assertions
fherefrom- This novel step in the way
OF army reform is based on the custom
OF the German army chiefs Of keeping q
constant record of the special attain
ments akd qualifications of each officer
1t is desiened to ill . Wanttthat has of
late years been seriously felt in the
army whenever it has been necessary to
send an officer on some special service
for which peculiar qualifications are re-
auired.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


The election at Kansas City, Mo-, on
the Sth went in favor of the Democrats.
A waterworks issue was involved and
probably had something to do with the
result
w. w. WARDEN died recently at Wash
ington. He was a newspaper man and
was private secretary of President John
son.
BwAN1-HERI and Ichasi, the insurgent
leaders, and remnant of their follow
ers have surrendered to Major Wissman
in East Africa.
MUNICIPAL elections occurred in Ohio
on the It'll. A light vote was polled,
showing Democratic gains
The Premiers of Germany, Austria
and Italy are expected to meet soon in
Austria
MUCH talk was created at Washington
by Congressman Phelan, of Memphis
Tenn, sending challenge to fight a
duel to Colonel Fleming, of the Knox
vile Sentinel, which challenge Flem-
ing declined.
THE California Prohibition convention
has nominated General John Bidwell
for Governor.
Miss ANNIE HEAsLIrT GOULD, of Au-
burn, n. Y, daughter of the late Thomas
Gould, noted young society woman, a
graduate of Wells College and friend
of Mrs. Grover Cleveland, has run away
and married George L. Winters, her
coachman.
COLONEL JOHN ARMAN, of Chicago, died
recently at San Diego, Cal, of nervous
prostration. He was seventy years old,
a native of Plattsburg, N. Y, and in
former years was the brightest orna-
ment of the criminal bar of Cook Coun.
ty, Ill
THE Iowa Senate has refused to dis
turb the Prohibition law, the license
bills being thrown out.
SIGNoR SAFFI, who, with Mazzini and
Armellini formed triumvirate in 1915
when the people rose in rebellion and
drove Plus TX. from Rome and estab
lished republic, is dead.
The Pan-American Congress has
adopted report recommending a Gus
toms union under certain restrictions.
THERE was a riot at Valencia, Spain,
on the 18th. caused by the arrival of the
Carlist leader, Marquis Cerralbo. The
mob attacked the Carlist Club and tried
to burn church and sack the Jesuits
College. Several persons were wounded.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has approved
the Silcott Deficiency Appropriation bill
The reprimand administered by Gen
eral Schofeld to Lieutenant Steele TO,
striking Private Wild was rather mild
ONE, much to the disgust of the private
THE Senate has confirmed Lewis A.
Grant to be Assistant Secretary of War
Brigadier-General Nelson A. Miles te
be Major-General, Colonel B. II. Grier.
SON to be Brigadier-General, Major T.
Il. Stanton to be Deputy Paymaster
General and Frank Buchanan to be
marshal for the Eastern district Of
Missouri.
The election to fill the vacancy
in the English House of Commons TO,
the Carnarvon district caused by the
death of Edmund Swetenham, Conserv.
alive, resulted in the return of Lloyd
George, Liberal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mall.
CONGRESS.

CONGRESS.
THE entire session OF the Senate on the til
was devoted to debate on the Montana cleo
ton case. n % final action being reached.
When the House met MI. Morrill, (Kan.,
moved to suspend the rules and pass with
q substitute) the Senate Dependent Pen
sion bill. The substitute provides ser
vice pension Of s. per month to soldiers
or who are dependent. After a lengthy de-
bate the motion to suspend the rules was
lost by a vote of 1853 yeas to 81 nays, not the
necessary two-thirda. Among the dis
passed was one for public building at ga
lima, Kan, at q cost Of SIS 900, and bill tor
two additional land offices In Nebraska
The Naval Appropriation bill was then con-
sidered until adjournment
In the Senate on the sth Mr.. Morrill, (Kan.)
reported back the House bill to admit free
of duty articles intended for the St. Louis
Exposition in 1890 that might be imported
from Mexico. The bill was amended to read
'.and other American Republics and the Do
minion of Canada and the bill passed.
After disposing of resolutions the Mon
tana case was taken up and further
debated but laid aside and the Antitrust
bill taken up and passed as it came from the
Judiciary Committee. %. The House passed
several bills of minor importance, and bill
making an appropriation to cover the Sill
colt dedication passed The Naval Appro-
priation bill was then considered In Com
mittee of the Whole until adjournment
THE Senate on the 9Th passed the House
bill appropgiating SIS 900 to reimburse mem
bers for the Silcott defalcation, and then re-.
sumed the Montana case. After several
speeches the matter went over. The CHI
nese Enumeration bill was then taken up
and, after some talk on the subject, went over
without action and the Senate adjourned. :.
In the House the Senate bill passed admit
ting free of duty articles intended for the St
Louis Exposition In 1880 from Mexico and
other American Republics and Canada. The
Senate amendment to the Oklahoma Town
site bill was agreed to and the Naval Appro-
priation bill considered in Committee of the
Whole until adjournment
THE day ia the Senate on the 10th was oc.
cupied almost exclusively in debate upon the
Montana election case. Immediately after
prayer the House went into Committee OF
the Whole on the Naval Appropriation bill
When the committee rose the bill was favor.
ably reported, and pending further action
the House adjourned
AFTER routine business on the 18th the
Senate resumed debate on the Montana case,
which occupied most of the session. SEN
ator Hawley reported the House bill for the
Worlds Fair at Chicago with amendments,
and after an executive session the Senate
adjourned until Monday. The House took
up the Virginia contest OF Waddel against
Wise and after debate the case went over.
An evening session was held to consider
pension matters, but the attendance was SO
small that 1t was characterized as merely a
debating society.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

THE House Committee on the Judici-
airy has completed consideration of the
Torrey Bankruptcy bill introduced by
Representative E. b Taylor, of Ohio),
and ordered it to be reported favorably.
"A number Of amendments have been
made, but they are simply corrections
and changes of phraseology and do not
affect the principles of the bill Mr..
Culberson, of Texas, will submit a
minority report and urge the substitu-
ton OF his own bill which is short
measure, providing for the discharge
within six months after bankruptcy of
any bankrupt who has in good faith as
signed to trustee all OF his property
not exempt under local law.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

MR. GLADSTONE, addressing number
of Populations at the railroad station at
Tring recently. said the Governments
Irish Land Purchase bill was in a fishy
condition. judging from the manner Of
its reception even by the friends of the
Government It would be awkward, he
said, if after the loan had been made
the debtors should repudiate on the
ground that they were forced to borrow.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

BARON FERDINAND RorHsCHILD's man
sion at his country seat at Yalesbury,
England, has been partly burned.
Among the property destroyed was
picture by Gainesborough valued at $780,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

A COMMISSION Of officials of the min
istries Of public instruction and police
have made an inquiry into the recent
riots among the students at the ST. Pc
tersburg chronological Institute. As
a result OF their investigation twenty
eight students will be expelled from st.
Petersburg. The other students who
were arrested for, taking part in the
demonstrations have been released.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
StanIeY At Cannes,

LONDON, April 13.-Henry NJ. Stanley
reached Cannes to-day. lie was received
by Sir William McKennon, chairman of
the Emin relief committee.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

THE House Committee on Coinage,
Weights and Measures has ordered a
favorable report on bill for the RECON-
age of worn subsidiary coin.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

THE Canadian Parliament has raised
the penalty for polygamy from two to
five years This is aimed at the Nor
mons settling in Manitoba.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
A Morocco Horror.

madrid. April "a large box was re-
Gently brought from the interior of Mo-
rocco to the port OF Mastigan for ship
ment When it was opened CHASTITY
sight was revealed In the box packed
closely together were the bodies of six
teen young women. one man and a ne
gress- All the victims had been decap-
itated and their heads were missing.
The bodies were embalmed and had
evidently been in the condition in
which they were found for long time
The slaughter had been to all appear
ances the work of some Pasha, who
thus visited vengeance on his harem for
unfaithfulness
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

Vienna recently. They pillaged the
Jews and set fire to wine shop.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

The lower House of the Iowa Legis-
1ature has passed the Australian Ballot
Reform bill
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

HER GRUENEwALD.f Rome correspond
ent of the Frankfort Zeitung, has been
expelled from Italy for attacking the
triple alliance. n Br) ~
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

FRENCH papers are urging the French
Government to renew its demands for
the evacuation of Egypt by the British.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
THE demo CRAT
WILL e. STOKE. EDITOR
AND PROPRIETOR
GREAT BEND, KANSAS
CURRENT COMMENT

DR. KSArPE, the German Consul At
Samoa has been placed upon the retired
list tFrs ia ID
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17

THE lumbernenso of Canada have united
in vigorous protest against the pro-
posed increase of duty on American
pork.