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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-20
How Dakot. was Ruined.

The Territorial government of Dar
kota was Overwhelmingly Republican,
and it not only spent all the money it
could get but ran the Territory in debt
and discounted the revenue for several
years to come, 50 that both of tho
Dakotas are now practically bankrupt
Neither has any money on hand, both
are heavily in debt and in both the
estimated expenses are greatly in excess
OF receipts at the highest rate of taxa
ton permitted by their constitutions.
Both are driven by the shameless predi-
gality of Mellette's Territorial govern
ment to the dire necessity Of closing
schools and colleges for lack OF money
to keep them open.-Aberdeen Is d J
Republican
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-20
MUCH CONFUSION.
The Rush Into the Sioux Lands-Many
Claimants to Each Lot.

The Rush Into the Sioux Lands-Many
Claimants to Each Lot.
PIERRE S. D., Feb. 13.-Tuesday af-
ternoon Colonel Lassen, in command of
the military at Fort Pierre, received an
official telegram from the War Depart
ment officially announcing the Presi-
dents proclamation opening the Sioux
reservation and that the military forces
should be withdrawn. Information to
this effect was sent to the daily papers
of this city, and Immediately extra
copies were putout announcing the fact.
Vehicles of all kinds were Immediately
called out and packed with men of all
classes and there was an exciting race
for the reservation. Every body who
could get transportation joined the ex-
cited crowd, and those who could not
ride walked. In thirty minutes the town
was practically deserted; stores closed
and business almost suspended.
At Fort Pierre the situation is serious.
The bulk of the crowd first struck that
village and Immediately commenced to
claim town lots, there being as many as
ten claimants to one lot.
AT CHAMBERLAIN.
CHAMBERLAIN, S. D., Feb. 13.-The
situation ON the town site west Of this
city became more complicated than ever
last night when large party of persons
from along the Milwaukee road arrived
with force of surveyors and began at
once running lines regardless of the
rights of prior settlers, Indian lands or
any thing else. A meeting was held by
the several claimants for the purpose Of
adjusting the differences, but COM
promise could not be made and the fight
for the possession from this time on
promises to be most bitter. Many set
tiers are putting UP buildings on lands
reserved for the Indians in severalty,
but they are being elected.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-20

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 12.-Shortly
after eight o'clock last night the rag
store belonging to 81. j. Hey, on the
alley between Main and Delaware, OF
Third street, was discovered to be on
fire. The building, which was a one
story frame, burned like finder and in a
moment the flames had reached the
stable adjoining, in which were eight
horses The most desperate exertions
on the part Of the crowd only resulted
In saving two of the horses, the others
being burned to death before they could
be reached. Both buildings were totally
destroyed, the loss, horses and ali,
amounting to about S7OO
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-20
The NEW AuTocRAr.

An Arbitrary RuliAg Designed - Crush
tho Rights Of the Minority.
Politicians seeking party advantage
shift their ground as rapidly as the law
yer celebrated in the old spelling-boo
when he learned that 1t was his own MOI
the farmers OK that was gored.
Republicans were able through the
presence of every Congressman-elect to
the House Of Representatives to organ
ize that body, but the majority was 50
slender as not to constitute . working
force as it is called, and the 'party's pur.
pose is to unseat every Democratic MEM
Der where contest has been made. The
House is as yet without rules, and the
Democratic demand is that in . matter
SO important as the report of the COM
mittee on elections action shall not be
taken until rules are adopted The
minority does not propose to be at
the mercy of Speaker who in
his brief service has exhibited .
despotism and partisanship without
precedent in the history of the
House. Lacking a quorum, the Re-
publicans nevertheless proposed to
push the resolution for unseating Jack
son, of West Virginia, and, pursuing a
policy ancient as Congress itself, the
minority abstained from voting. The
call of the roll showed that a quorum
was not present. The Speaker, how
ever, went outside of the journal and d.
rected the clerk to record various mem
bers as present, not because the call dis
closed their presence but because he
chose to take the evidence of his senses.
AS all precedent in Congress is against
his proceeding, as Blaine and Garfield
are recorded in opposition to this exer-
else of power by the Speaker, and as
Reed himself when in the minority had
declared on the floor that 'sthe constitu-
tional idea of a quorum is not the phys
ical presence of majority of the men,
bers of the House, but . majority of the
members present and participating in
the business of the House," intense ex-
element was naturally caused by the
Spe aker's extraordinary conduct
So arbitrary and unjust is the Speaker
that it was his purpose to enforce his
ruling without the permission of appeal
or debate, but he was compelled to give
way at the demand of Republicans like
Butterworth, who realized the extraor-
binary character of the ruling and were
unwilling that so revolutionary proc
ess should stand without full debate.
If the functions of the Speakers eye
are to be enlarged, and in addition to
determining who shall be heard upon
the floor, he is also to determine by his
visual sense when a quorum of the
House is present, the value attaching ID
a working majority will disappear, and
the minority, observed or unobserved
accordingly as the Speakers eye is will
ing to operate, will be shorn of one ele-
ment of potency. The business of the
House would be greatly facilitated nc
doubt by rule which would compel all
members present to vote unless specific.
ally excused, but such has never been
the practice of the House, and if a
change is to be made after one hundred
years of precedent the House and not
the Speaker should make it. Reed needs
q gun, not gavel-ChicagO Times
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-20
The Duke Sentenced.

PARIS, Feb. lathe Duke of Orleans,
son of the Count and Countess of Paris,
who came to Paris last week with the
avowed intention of enlisting in the
French army, and who was then arrested
on the charge of violating the law exil-
ing from France all pretenders to the
French throne, was again arraigned be-
fore the tribunal of the Seine to-day.
He was adjudged guilty of violating the
law and was sentenced to two years i'm
prisonment.
The Duke will be allowed to remain
in the conciergerie for few weeks be-
fore being removed to Jail. The Gov
eminent grants him this privilege in
order to give him an opportunity to ap-
peal from the sentence of the courts
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-20
Word About Farm Mortgages.

A proposition by Democrat in the
Senate the other day to compel the CEN
sus enumerators to compile record of
the farm mortgages of this country
brought every Republican to his feet -
vehement protest There was no de-
mand for any such thing. Mortgages
were evidences of wealth. No poor man
had any thing to mortgage. And so on.
Now, if the proposition had been to COM
pile statistics showing how the former
may be enriched by paying taxes for the
benefit of the manufacturers, not Re-
publican would have objected. That
would have been in harmony with the
falsehoods which sustain the protective
system. The farm mortgages of this
country reveal and prove the lie. Some
day they will be enumerated.-C Chicago
Globe
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-20
An American syndicate.

MeSTREAI, Feb 13.-The property of
A. w. Morris & Co, manufacturers of
binder Irvine and cordage, who assigned
some weeks ago. is offered for sale. The
probable purchasers are a syndicate Of
American manufacturers. This is the
only important factory of the kind in
Canada, and by this deal the syndicate
will secure the contcol of the Canadian
market. When the assignment was
made the firm offered to pay 100 cents
on the dollar in two years, with interest,
offer was accepted by the Canadian cred
itors but refused by the English creditors
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-20
Excursiouists in q Wreck.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Feb. 13.-By a col
Hsion on the Alabama & Great Southern
road near Coaling between a south
bound special excursion train, consist
ing of twelve coaches carrying over a
thousand people, and the north
bound Tuscaloosa accommodation
train, Engineer Edward Doolittle
of the special was killed and some
ten or fifteen persons on the accommo-
dalton were hurt The trains were
running at great speed and both engines
and the baggage and several other cars
were demolished. The excursion train
was en- route to New Orleans None Of
the excursionists are reported killed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-20
Hit Fatally with the Tonxs.

est Sitter, an eighteen-year-old stepson
of Hon. William McLennan, of this
city, at a boarding house started quar-
rel with James King, who repeatedly
asked him to desist. but finally made a
move to resent the insults, when Sitter
picked up pair of heavy iron tongs
and threw them at King, the points PEN
etratinS Kings skull above the left ear
to the depth of four inches, causing a
fatal wound. The weapon remained
sticking; in the wound until Sitter with
drew it and struck his victim another
blow in the face with his fist. Sitter es-
capped, but officers and citizens are after
him
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-20
NEGROES FOR OKLAHOMA.


The Advisability of Making tho Territory
Small Negro State.
The Republican newspapers are doing
all they can to encourage the movement
OF negroes to Oklahoma. They proba-
bly, foresee in the near future a new
State with dusky member Of Congress
and couple of Senators. 1t is some
what astonishing what a paradise Okla
homa has become since the idea OF pop
ulating 1t with negroes was made pub
lie. 1t now has all the finest qualities
OF the best land in the Union. when,
Immediately after its settlement, it was
universally pronounced to be worthless
1t might be cruel, SO far as the quality
OF the country is concerned, to fill Okla
homa with negroes. and yet it would be
. good radiance for the rest of the Union
II a hundred or two thousand negroes
could be placed there, where, among
themselves, they could develop their
own peculiar nature, where they could
practice social equality without him
drance.
The negroes have a certain right to a
portion of the country in Indian Terri
tory. AS is known, in 1866 the Govern
ment bargained with the Cherokees and
Sreeks for large strips of land lying on
their western borders, to be used for the
settlement of freedmen and friendly In
dams. The bargain was never con-
cluded, but, in a moral sense, the South
ern freedmen have right in this de-
partment of the Indian Territory.
It would be capital thing all around
IL there could be established small
State which should be settled, owned
and governed wholly by negroes. 1t
would permit experiments as to their
eapability for self-government and
would allow them a chance to depend
ON themselves which they have never
Jet had. 1t is only in a community.
whether State or a Territory. COM
posed exclusively of negroes that their
real value can be determined. 1t is
true that i'm history it is shown that in
no modern instance has the African
made any considerable advance when
NOS connected directly with the white
element 1t is, however, possible that,
in country like Oklahoma, colored
men who have had the advantages of as
ISOLATION with the white race. and who
would be in close contact with the SUI
perior civilization of the pale-faces.
might attain q considerable develop
Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-20
Kansas Immigration.

OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 12.-The Kansas
Immigration Bureau in session here
voted to have 100, 900 pamphlets printed.
1t will this afternoon ask the Trans
missouri Railroad Association. to give
immigIan ants half rates and lower the
rates on household goods
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-20

As an invigoratng, restorative tonic,
soothing cordial and bracing nervine, for
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has no
equal In fact, 1t is the only medicine for
the peculiar weaknesses and ailments Incl
dent to females, sold by druggists, under
ers, that it viii, ia every case, give satisfac-
ton or its pricc (s1O6) viii Be promptly
refunded It improves digestion, invigorates
the system, enriches the blood, dispels aches
and pains, produces refreshing sleep, dispels
melancholy and Nervousness, and builds up
both the flesh and strength Of those ire
duced below a healthy standard. 1t is q
legitimate medicine a beverage. Con-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-20
IA promiaent Republican Congress

"A promiaent Republican Congress
man Is said TO have answered, when
asked what the majority proposed to do
with regard to the tariff during the pres
emit session: 1--WE propose to do nothing
but talk about it With the Repub-
lican manufacturers of New England
clamoring for free raw materials and
the farmers Of the West bowling for re-
duced duties, we can not afford to make
. record --Philad alpha Telegraph
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-20
Advnnce I'm COrn.

ToPxKA, Kan, Feb. 12.-While corr
has gone down point in Baltimore and
shows signs of weakening in other mar
kets. J. I. White, of Ottawa County, re-
ceived an order for fifty cars at 1914
cents, an advance of IN cents, March
delivery. This advance is ascribed tc
the recent concession in corn freights
known as the emergency rate.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-20

tains no alcohol to inebriate no syrup or
sugar to sour or ferment in the stomach and
cause distress 1t is as peculiar in its
marvellous, remedial results as in its COM
position Therefore, don't be put of with
some worthless compound easily, but dis
honestly, recommended to be "a Just as good"
that the dealer may make more profit Fa-
vorite Prescription is Incompatible. The
manufacturers unprecedented offer to guar
antee satisfaction in every case, or money
refunded, ought to convince every invalid
of this fact. A Book, ON WomanS Ailments,
seal, in plain envelope, for ten cts. in stamps
Address, WORLDS DISPENSARY MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION, 663 Main St, Buffalo, N. Y.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-20
Collier Shut D0wn.

ASHLAND, Pa, Feb. 1.-The Phila.
de1phis & Reading Company's North
Ashland colhery shut down indefinitely
to-day, throwing 500men and boys out Of
employment
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-20

Az tn best TOT n
producing eve.ywhR
e9S1es. BeastIfal
I-FRFa Crop4.
35packages Eatheet
49, sae s s fssndii1.
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p packaees ChoicsI
and PLANTS.
Send for Rroe Ca1nlagUe
eoafajns everything ~
lawn. garden and farm
JOHN 4. 0ALZER
La Croaoe. W H.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-20
INTELLECTUAL WOMEN.


R. v.
and pronounced corrective all fmae
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-20

n 6. CIVIL SERyICEi How 70 get Govern
vs. - me Clerkshlp paying SIS 10 $50 month,
lady gent. 700 clerks to be appointed for Census
work. book of full particulars only 50 cents Ad-
dress G. =. FRY. Box 445. Washington, d. G.
u1NA10 xH1S RARZB SvEy -ya
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-20

&TaUf eV AGENTS Wanted fog the
= IN 66u Only Genuine New Stanley and
needed. Outfits exchanged free. VIII pay write
Tor special facts to PUB Cos st Louis No.
01HAH IKE xARE1 svU1 .y0UA
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-20
NV s ! kzGE I! $: FEDS

AFo thD BEST for Al soils and cline.
prcducinG sverywhee Eariy Vege.|
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-03-06
Power of Prayer.

G. 81. Spurgeon says: "Some
little time ago poor woman came
to my vestry IN deep distress. Her
husband had fed the country. She
told me her story, and a very sad
one it was. I said: There is
nothing that we can do but to kneel
down and cry to the Lord for i'm
mediate conversion of your hus-
band.' We knelt down and prayed
that the Lord would touch the
heart of the deserter, convert his
soul, and bring him back to his
home. Some months after she re-
appeared with man whom she in
troduced as her husband. He had
come back a converted man. On
comparing notes we found that the
very day on which we had prayed
for his conversion he had stumbled
upon stray copy of one of my
sermons. He read it. The truth
went to his heart. He sought the
Lord, and as soon as possible re-
turned to his wife. He and his
wife we're received among US. That
woman does not doubt the power
Of prayer"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-03-06
The Samaria of To-Day.

From an illustrated article or
"Some Wayside Places in Pales.
tine," in the March Century, we
quote the following: II am free
to confess that I did not meet the
proverbial good Samaritan as ]
journeyed through this much-favor'
ed country. If one meets tile,
of the soil he will sidle off as far as
the narrow path will allow, and
scowlingly watch the travellers ap.
proach. The offer of a plaster will
bring him to a standstiH.
"sHow far is it to Nain?'
'God knows comes the fervent
answer.
"'How long will it take to 90
there p
"'As long as God pleases,' he
answers, with a sbrug of his shoul-
ders and a pull at his pipe.
"tShall I reach there by noon p
't'If God permit
"'But may I hope to make the
distance in an hour p
"'As God may Direct he
answers, walking away.
"'Is Mai n distant, or is it very
near p
There he answers, moving
his finger through a wide arc. Il
one extracts a more neighborly
spirit than this from a Samaritan
he must have the mysterious power
of a derylsh.1
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-03-06
Audrain County.


A number of men have left Au-
drain county within the past few
years, to seek a home elsewhere,
thinking, perhaps, they could bet
ter their condition in life by get
ting cheaper lands, or more con-
genial climes, etc. But few there
are who have realized their antici
pations. Many in time have float
ed back poorer in this worlds
goods, but wiser by sad experience.
Many many more would be glad to
get back, but their business affairs
will not permit it, while the last
one OF them, when they admit the
honest truth, will say: 81 have
found no better place to live than
Audrain county,"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-03-06
IowA's NEW GOVERNOR.
Railways and Prohibition Dis
cussed in His Inaugural
Address.

DEs MONIES, 10. Feb. .H.-In his
inaugural address, which the new
ly elected Democratic Governor,
Boies, delivered this afternoon, he
proceeded to take up, one by one,
the most important public ques.
tions at present agitating the peo'
pie of the State of Iowa, discuss.
ing them at great length. Con
cerning the railway situation he
said: "Prior to our present laws
the users of transportation We're
at the mercy of the railway com.
panies. They abused their power
and to gain more dividends, in
dividual and public rights were
alike sacrificed" Coming to the
question of prohibition, the Gov
ernor said that the prohibitory
laws had been despised, disregard.
ed and ignored in most of the large
cities of the State from the day o.
its birth down to the present time
The use of intoxicating liquors as 6
beverage had been diminished
Millions and millions of the capi.
tai of the citizens had been invest
ed in the business, and then it had
been coldly wiped out without Ell
fort to compensate those who were
ruined thereby. Whenever the
law had been enforced owners had
been impoverished. In his judg.
ment the chief obstacle to the en-.
forcement of the law lay in the
fact that it was a cruel violation OF
one of the most valuable of human
rights. 1t was impossible to read
the platform of the respective
parties without reaching the con-
clusion that no political issue was
ever more clearly defined, more
thoroughly disclosed and better
understood by the masses than
that relating to this question, in
the campaign which preceded the
last election. The people of Iowa
had through the only medium
known to them for settling political
issues, passed judgment on this
question. They were, therefore,
bound in honor to furnish for those
localities desiring it most care
fully framed license law. The
greatest care should be taken, OF
course, to keep the traffic out ofthe
hands of improper parties. What
Iowa needed was practical legisla-
tion on the subject. Legislation
that was broad enough to cover
more than the views of a single
class.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-03-06

Not many things in the earth, the
water and the air that are out of
the reach of photography. A flash
of lightning has frequently been
photographed. Not long ago a
French scientist with a camera and
an electric battery got a good
picture of the bottom of the Medi-
terranean sea. And a few days ago
a photographer in Pennsylvania
obtained a negative of the bottom
of an oil we'll in which had been
exploded a glycerine torpedo. The
instrument was lowered LOO feet
and illuminated with an electric
fash light, the result being a dis
tinct picture of a curious cavity in
the earth fourteen feet long and
seven feet deep. In view of the
valuable scientific uses of photog-
raphy, we may almost overlook
the fact that it has produced the
amateur photographer.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-03-06

T. l.. Miller writes the Chicago
Tribune, showing the profits on
exports of American cattle to be
over $22 per head. He also gives
figures showing that British cattle
fetch about $3.50 per 100 lbs. more
than the American, and suggests
that if the American breeders and
feeders viii breed and feed for the
top of the market, they can cove,
|s1.6O of this difference, which
would give, according to the
figures shown, about s14 per 10C
pounds for a dressed carcass, or 70,
a well bred and we'll fed 1,W
pound steer at Chicago, the price
would be S10O.-Kansas City Live.
Stock Indicator.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-03-06
ARRESTED FOR FORGERY
Had Blank Checks on Mexico,

GALLA1IN, Mo-, February 81
o. F. Drew, who formerly travel
ed for Bucklln & Co., has been ar.
rested for passing forged check
upon D. II. Davis, a druggist Of
this place. Drew was located in
St. Louis and the arrest made IN
that city. His preliminary exami.
nation was fixed for March 10.
Drew Is about 25 years of age,
of an Intelligent countenance,
wears gold eyeglasses, q silk tie
and fashionable clothing. Upon
his person were found blank checks
on banks in Brookfeld, Mexico
and the Farmers Exchange Bank
of this city, which is an evidence
that he contemplated going into
this line ofbusiness quite extensive.