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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

EDWARD VALvIs, an artist, was struck
by train in New York City and killed.
The report sent out from Oklahoma
City stating that bloody battle oc-
CURED on the Canadian between farm
ers and cowboys, wherein five farmers
were killed and several cowboys wound
ed, was wholly without foundation.
The ocean steamship Partisan ran full
into an iceberg in a fog off Newfound-
land, but was not seriously injured. A
panic was narrowly averted.
THOUSANDS of acres of valuable tim
Iber in Northern Wisconsin have been
destroyed by forest fires, which are still
spreading.
THE Austrian Agricultural Exhibition
opened at Vienna on the 18th, the EN-
peror presiding. France and Germany
were well represented.
Two pronounced cases of leprosy are
reported in the Chinese colony in
Chicago.
MINING riots are reported in Portigul
and Spain. The whole province OF
Biscay has been placed under martial
law.
A PLAGUE of locusts is devastating
trans-Caucasia- A quarter of a million
OF acres OF agricultural Land at Tifis.
El11savetpol and Baku have been raw
aged by this insect
The Kentucky Derby at Louisville on
the 18th was won by the Kansas City
horse Riley, owned by Corrigan and rid
den by Murphy, defeating the favorite,
Robespierre. by nearly two lengths.
1T is reported that James Bell. a
Cherokee, living near Vinita, ]. T..
will be the first person to test the
forty-third section of the Oklahoma
bill as it applies to Indians becoming
citizens of the United States
The sentence ON Commander Me-
Gala, of the Enterprise, was three years
suspension. The pecuniary effect was
loss of half pay. or about 81, 400 year.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22

INTRIGUEs for the succession to Mr..
Gladstone are at the present moment
very active, writes Edmund Yates Mr..
Gladstone was taking very little part in
the business Of the House, and, there
fere, it was necessary that the claim
ants for the place should put themselves
much in evidence. All that was set
tied, he believed. was that Lord Gran
vile would be shelved with Mr.. Glad
stone and that Earl Spencer would be-
come titolar leader of the party. The
rivalry between Sir William Vernon
Hancourt aud Mr.. Morley has been tenn
porarily arranged by assigning to the
member for Derby charge of the opposi-
ton to the TitheS bill and by giving to
member for Newcastle the same func-
tim with regard to the Land Purchase
bill
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22
Tn. Other Delegate. SURPRISED.

BRUSSELS, May 1.-THE independence
Beige says that at the last meeting Of
the Anti-Slavery Conference, now I'm
session in this city. Mr.. Terrell, the
United States Minister, objected to the
proposal made by Baron Lambermont,
Belgian Minister of State, to levy duties
on imports into the Congo basin. Mr..
Terin urged in support of his objection
that the Anti-S1avery Conference was
not qualified to revise the decisions of
the Berlin Conference. The other dele
gates to the conference, the Independ-
ence Beige says. are surprised at the OBJ
lection raised by Mr.. Terrell
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

CLEARING house returns for the week
ended May II showed an average in.
crease of 1872 compared with the CORE
spending week of last year. In New
York the increase was 800.
MONEY was plentiful and discount
was 1A@1 in London during the week
ended May II. Railway securities were
largely dealt in, owing to Parliament
allowing companies to split ordinary
stocks. The Continental bourses were
reported active, though uneasiness was
expressed over the effect of tariff and
financial changes pending in America.
The Havana sugar market was dull and
heavy.
THREE hundred Russian Jew tailors OF
Philadelphia have struck for the recog-
milton OF the Cloakmaker's Union and
for the discharge of American girls.
BY the explosion of one of the boilers
OF steamer at Marseilles, France, three
sailors were killed and four badly in
jured.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN, the eccentric,
arrived at New York on the 18th, well
ahead of time on his trip around the
world.
JAMES CARR, father of President Rob
ert Carr of the West Virginia Senate, is
taking steps to begin suit as one of the
heirs OF the A. T. Stewart estate. He
always knew of his relationship to
Stewart, but did not think there was
any thing in it until lately.
AN anti-Semitic meeting was held at
Halle, Germany, at which Deputy Som
enberg was the principal speaker. Riot
ing broke out between Socialists and
anti-Semitics and the meeting was dis
solved by the police.
AT the next Papa1 consistory three
new Cardinals will be created.
II is reported that the Argentine loan
will be arranged in England.
1T is again asserted that j. F. God
dard, third vice-president of the Santa
F'e, has retired.
- MARGARET ISABELLA, daughter of
hon. James G. Blaine, was married to
Walter Damrosch, son of the late mu-
stefan, at Washington on the 18th
THOMAS MCCHEANE, consular agent of
the United States at Portsmouth, En-
gland, has committed suicide at South
Sea castle, near there, by shooting him
self with revolver.
The Senate on the nth passed bill
sppropriating $500, 600 for a statue to
General Grant. An exciting day was
passed in the House, Mr.. Bynum, of In
diana, introducing a personal matter
when the tariff was under considerat ton
and using some strong explosives, which
caused an uproar and led to his censure
before the bar after vote of 1926 to 1O3
had been taken.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22

TIE libel suit of $4,000 brought by
Attorney Albert Knettles, of Minneapo-
lis, Mimi, against the Pioneer Press
was thrown out Of court by Judge Hicks
In favor of the newspaper. The point
In question was whether a newspaper
had the right to publish statement or
a question when that statement was
hbelous in itself, even though the pub
LEGATION OF it was accompanied by no
malice Judge Hicks decided that it had
such right and that the fact of the mat
ter being privileged exempted the news
paper from it, and the paper could not
be compelled to rest its case on the trut tn
OF the privileged publication.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Texas Prohibitionists have nominated
full State ticket.
MAJOR WIssMANN bombarded Lindi
May 10 and captured the town.
SENATOR Brown, Georgia's Senator,
has failed to appear during this session
and it is generally understood that he
will resign on account of continued ill
health. The present Governor of
Georgia, General John B. Gordon, will,
it is said. succeed him.
The Parnellites snatched victory in
the House of Commons on the 18th, the
second reading of the Irish Agricultural
Laborers' bill being agreed to without a
division. The Governments usual sup
port was absent when the measure was
sprung.
SENATOR WoLcoTr, of Colorado, was
married at Buffalo, N. Y, recently to
Mrs. F. NJ. Bass, daughter of the late
James Fl. Metcalfe.
The Senate on the 14th confirmed all
the Oklahoma nominations.
REV. SAM SMALL has announced him
self as a candidate for the Georgia
House from Fulton County.
The Republicans decided not to put
up a candidate in RandalPs district,
leaving the election a walk over for
Vaux.
THERE was small outbreak against
the Brazilian Provisional Government
at Porto Allegro recently. 1t was sup
pressed after number of persons had
been wounded.
THE President has approved the Okla
homa Townsite bill.
NELSON II. DAVIS, Brigadier-General
United States army, died on the 18th.
He had just arrived at Governors Island,
N. Y, to visit friends, and was apparently
in good health. On entering General
Tomkins' Office he was stricken down by
an apoplectic fit and expired.
JUDGE DRUAlMoND, who was succeeded
by Judge Gresham in the United States
Circuit Court, died recently at Wheaton,
Ill, aged eighty years.
IT is said that Henry M. Stanley is
engaged to Miss Dorothy Tenant, a
young English artist.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22

The steamship Werra, of the North
German Lloyd Company, has reached
New York, having on board Director
Strauss, of Vienna, and his we'll known
orchestra. There are forty-six in the
party. A party of friends and admirers,
among whom was the Austrian vice.
consul, went down the bay to meet the
party and bid them welcome.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22

A LARGE number of firms in Pennsyl-
vania intend to engage in beet sugar
culture this year and if the venture is
successful it will probably take the
place OF corn and wheat hereafter.
Claus Spreckels is expected to be large
purchaser of the crop when it is grown.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22

THE Common Council of Chelsea,
Mass, has reconsidered its vote to petit
lion the Legislature to change the name
Of the town because of the expression
dead as Chelsea"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22

HoN. j. G. CARLISLE was nominated
to succeed Senator Beck by the Demo-
cratic caucus at Frankfort KY. All the
candidates withdrew, excepting Carlisle
and Lindsay, the final ballot resulting
as follows: Carlisle. 72; Lindsay, 43.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22

A CONTRACT has been signed between
the German Government and the East
African Steamship Company, which will
receive 600, 900 marks annually for line
of steamers from Hamburg to Delagoa
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22

r. II. NJ. SIsTARE, member of the
broker firm of George K. Sistare Sons,
which recently failed, has been arrested
in New York. Richard Herkshere, of
Philadelphia, on whose warrant he was
arrested, says he had $112, 200 worth of
bonds which were embezzled.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22

BURGLARS recently entered the mount
ed police barracks at Macleod, in the
Canadian Northwest, and carried out the
safe to a swamp quarter of a mile off,
where they broke off the doors and Sc
cured the contents, getting away with
81 600
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22

The directors of the Chicago Board Of
Trade have adopted a memorial to Con-
gress asking that the United States
steamer Michigan be replaced by a new
and suitable vessel
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22

HERREN WAREHoLD, Haspelmath and
Ieuby, officers of the German navy.
have been convicted of receiving brides
from contractors and have been sem
fenced to terms in prison.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22

THE race between Kemp and Mclean
for s2O0 side and the sculling champion
ship of the world took place on the
Paramatta river, near Sydney, N. S. W.,
recently. 1t was won easily by Kemp.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22

CHARLES RANDOLPH. ex-secretary of
the Board of Trade Of Chicago. who dis
appeared some time ago, is at Portland,
Ore. He could not tell how he left Chi
cago, his mind being a blank.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22

SENATOR GoRMAN has been chosen
chairman of the Democratic Senators in
place of the late Senator Beck.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22

JUDGE STEWART, of Baltimore, Nd,
has delivered an opinion in the case of
Stevenson Archer, ex-State Treasurer, in
which he held that Archer can not be
tried for embezzlement-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22

The famous Ogden residence, which
escaped from the North side fire, Chica-
go, in 1872, is to be torn down to make
way for the great Newbury library. The
building was landmark.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22
CURRENT COMMENT.

England to Nova Scotia and the Barba-
Ices for duty.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22

The Gar OF Russia has decided e
make Theodosia the future commercial
port of the Crimea.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22

JUDGE GUNIsoN, of Erie, Pa, has de-
cided in a damage suit that common
tickets are not good on limited trains.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22
Kansas state Charities.

TOPEKA, Kan, May 17.-Treasurer
Jacob Stotler, of the State Board of
Charities, has settled with the State
Treasurer for the current expenses of
the various charitable institutions for
April The following warrants were
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-22


penses for the month to have been
80, 293. and the total cash receipts
50, 5O1.51.
A MEMBER of the soldiers home at
tempted suicide at Leavenworth the
other afternoon by lying down full
length on the tracks of the Leaven-
worth, Topeka & Southwestern railway
and awaiting the coming of a train. but
was discovered by the engineer in time
to stop the train. He was under the in
fuence of liquor and expressed the de-
sire to be killed by train running over
him.
THE Atchison street railway, which
was sold to John Weber, of Des Moines,
last November for $50, 600, has again
been sold, this time to II. j. Ransom. of
Des Moines, representing Boston people.
The consideration was Sis. 600.
WALTER s. BARNES, a justice of the
peace and prominent local politician,
recently pleaded guilty to forgery at
Tertiary for one year by Judge Still
well.
A LATE fire at Bronson, Bourbon
County. destroyed property valued at
S12, 600. Father Shaffer, an aged gen.
tleman of the town. fell dead while con-
veying goods out of a burning building.
KANSAS is growing $4,000 more acres
of wheat this year than it did last
SALIVA business men have organized
a Commercial Exchange to forward the
interests of their city.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-06-05
A Far-of Star.

1t is difficult to conceive that the beau
tiful dog star is globe much larger than
our sNn, yet it is fact that Sirius is a
sun many times more mighty than our
own. This splendid star, which, even in
our most powerful telescopes, appears as
a mere point of light, is in reality globe
emitting so enormous quantity of light
and heat, that, were it to take the place
of our sun, every creature on this earth
would be consumed by its burning ray.
Sirius shining with far greater lustre
than any other star, it was natural that
astronomers should have regarded this as
being the nearest of all the fixed" stars,
but recent investigation on the distances
of the stars has shown that the nearest to
us is Alpha Centauri, star belonging to
the Southern latitudes, though it is prob
able that Sirius is about fourth on the
list in order of distance. For though
there arc about fifteen or twenty stars
whose distances have been conjectured,
the astronomer knows that in reality all
of them, save three or four, lie at dis
tances too great to be measured by any
instruments we have at present.
Astronomers agree in fixing the dis
tance of the nearest star at $4,000, ,000,-
900, 900 miles, and it is certain that the
distance of Sirius is more than three and
less than six times that of Alpha Centauri,
most likely about five times; so that we
are probably not far from the truth if We
set the distance of Sirius at about 100,
900, 900, 600, 900 of miles What a vast
distance is that which separates us from
that bright STAR, words and figures Of
themselves fail to convey to our minds
any adequate idea of its true character.
To take common example of illus
trating such enormous distances: 1t is
calculated that the ball from an Arm
strong 100-pounder quits the gun with
the speed of about 400 yards per second.
Now if this velocity could be kept up il
would require no fewer than 100, 900, 000
years before the ball could reach Sirius.
Il Chambers Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-06-05
IN THE DOME OF THE CAPITOL
A Remarkable Echo and a Curious
Character in Washington.

When visitors climb the tortuous stair
case to the dome of the Capitol at Wash
ington, voice gives them friendly greet
ing when they are at a particularly steep
angle of the stairs. Many Young cou-
pie have been startled by this greeting as
they look up at the whispering gallery
above and over at the pigmies on the
fioor of the rotunda below. They look
at the black walls about them and the
dark stairs winding above and conclude
that it is another of the remarkable Cap.
itol echoes; until another greeting
reaches them, and through an arch in
the wall they see the old man who lives
in the DOME
A curious character is this old man of
the dome. He is tall and well-built
man, with remarkably bright eyes and
clear, ruddy complexion, and would
scarcely be called the "old'' man except
for his white hair and beard. With his
CHEEKY good-day he sometimes disturbs
cosy couple, but he is so Sociable and
good natured that they cannot complain,
and few words with him awaken the in
terestof the stranger He is an old phil
osopher, in his way, student OF human
nature. From his high perch he looks
down each day at the statesmen passing
through the rotunda from House to Sen
ate and from Senate to House. Out of
the high windows he gets bird's-eye
view of the city.
The old gentleman is one of the inhab-
itants of the dome by authority. He
does not actually live, eat and sleep in
the dome, but his days are spent there
the year around. Every hour that the
dome is opened he is there, and when he
goes away he locks all the doors behind
him in his winding way down and hands
his keys to the night watchman. 1t is his
duty to see that no vandalism befalls the
building nor harm comes to visitors. If
his sudden appearance is sometimes a
shocking interruption to affectionate
demonstration by young people who hope
in the future to climb the winding stairs
of life together, his presence is also an
insurance of safety from injury or rude
ness. As a philosopher he never sees
anything it is not necessary to see, and
never tells half what he sees. He is not
an ordinary policeman who goes his in
quisitive rounds. He used to be on the
Capitol force years ago, and after he had
retired from the force he was given a
Judgement in the dome. His castle in the
air is the archway to the first gallery of
the rotunda. above the frieze work, which
is now closed off He has the cracks
stopped to keep the wind away, and on
a shelf in one corner of his narrow niche
he keeps an ever exchanging store of books
which he gets from the National library.
Sitting there he can look over the top of
his books and command view of the
staircase, and his books are his compan-
ions on dull days. The life in the dome
has had strong influence on his acute
mind, and he is one of the most interest
ing characters of the many at the Capt.
| tol
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-06-05
An Elephants Revenge.

John Murphy, of Philadelphia, agcd
twenty-five, an elephant keeper for Fore
paugh's circus, was viciously attacked
and seriously injured by one of herd o.
elephants which he was driving from III,
circus ground to the Suydam street rail
road station in New Brunswick, N. j
During the afternoon Murphy had occa
sion to discipline the elephant while guild
ing him to the ring from the menageri
tent
While Murphy was riding beside hin
on the way to the station the elephant
suddenly reached out for him with hi
trunk, and, winding it about the man
ierked him from his horse and dashed
him upon the ground. The infuriated
beast attempted to crush the keeper undel
his feet. He stepped on one of Murphy
ankles and crushed the bone, and woult
have mashed his body had not the mani
cries attracted the other keepers, wht
drove the animal in with the herd
Murphy was taken to the Wells HospitA
with crushed ankle and three broker
ribs.-[New York Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-06-05
Death Ceremonies of q Woman.

The Cuanza River is the home of many
crocodiles and the bathing place of num-
bers of the hippopotami. The crocodiles
are very bold, and often attack persons
who go near the edge of the water.
Scarcely week passes that several ma
tives do not lose their lives at Cunga by
being caught by these animals.
remember upon one occasion, when
passing in canoe a few native houses
along the river, hearing loud noise, which
sounded like the wailing of a woman.
1t was very similar to that l had heard at
native funeral several days previous,
and | suspected death had occurred
here.
Upon inquiring of the two natives who
were padding the canoe, | learned
through many gestures and few words
that a woman had been killed by q croc-
odile
had the canoe stopped and went up
to the houses. Here | saw women with
painted faces dancing and uttoring in
descnbable walls. Again gestures were
brought into use, and the house contain
ing the body was discovered. Upon en-
tering l was shown the body of a woman
with several large lacerations upon the
chest, the women present, at the same
time, exclaiming the native word for
crocodile.
afterwards learned from men who
could speak English that on the evening
before woman had gone to the edge of
the river to fill jug of water, and as she
stopped over crocodile grabbed her in
his mouth and started for the opposite
bank.
When it came near the middle of the
river it raised its head above the water
and actually shook telc woman in the air.
1t then went on the shore opposite,
where four or five others of its kind were
ready to assist in devouring the body,
and would have done so had not som
men closely pursued the crocodiles with
a canoe and driven them away, thus Sc
curing the body, badly mutilated.
doubted parts of this report, but it
was fully corroborated by several men.
There is no doubt about the boldness of
the animals. / have seen Portuguese
and natives both refuse to cross small
stream by narrow bridge few feet
above the water for fear crocodiles would
attack them Baltimore American.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-06-05
Growth of England's Population.

The increase Of the population in Eng
land and Wales is stii4 very rapid. Accord.
ing to the statistics for1S89, iOst published
by the Registrar General. the D.gths in
that year were 9S5A79, and the deaths
SIT, 96S, an increase of 357,21 within
the six months, without allowing for III
migration. That is good solid colony
added to the population every year. The
total number now exceeds 5000, 900, OIL
six times the population of Ireland, which
was once much more than half our own.
The births of men exceed those of women
by 16,411, so that the disproportion be.
tween the sexes in favor of women is due
entirely to emigration and occupations
abroad. But for these intervening causes
the number of the sexes would be nearly
equal, the excess of male deaths being
more than fourteen thousand. At the
present rate of increase the population OF
England and Wales will in 1870 be al
least sixty millions--rather formidable
prospect if it were certain that rates would
keep steady. There is, however, no Ger
tainty of the kind.-[London Spectator