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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12
TRAIN ROBBERY.

Masked Men Hold Up Train In North
Dakota.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, June 9.-The North
ern Pacific eastbound passenger train
which arrived here last night was
robbed by masked men near New Salem.
n. D., Saturday night.
Two miles east Of New Salem and
twenty-five miles west of Mandan the
engineer and fireman were surprised by
two masked men elm bling over the
tender and backed by big revolvers, or
dering the train stopped. The COM
mand was obeyed-
Express Messenger Angevine, hear
ing shots fired forward and suspecting
something, hid 5000 in money from the
safe. locked the small safe, put out the
lights and ran back to New Salem.
The mail Car was first tackled by the
robbers. Only one mail agent was in
the car and he Immediately obeyed
orders by turning over the mail matter,
consisting of forty-seven mail pouches
and seven registered packages. Anum-
Der of registered letters were rifled and
then the two robbers turned their at
tention to the express car. This they
found deserted much to their chagrin,
and mistaking the fireman for the mes
senger, ordered him at the point OF
pistols to open the safe. He protested
that he knew nothing about it and
finally satisfied the robbers.
Then the train backed to New Salem
and finally came east. The express
messenger remained incognito and got
on the train as it left New Salem.
The passengers were not touched.
One put his head out of the window
during the delay, but was told to get his
head back and bullet whizzed past his
head as reminder that orders had bet
ter be obeyed.
A posse of men with the sheriff,
mounted and armed. left Mandan on a
special train for the scene of the rob
berry.
The robbers compelled Engineer
Kiimartin to break in the door of the
postal car. Only two masked men were
seen at any one time, and suspicion:
are rife that only two were engaged il
| the work
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

PRINCE BISMARCK is exceedingly an.
noyed at the manifest determinstion
of the German residents of London
to make a demonstration in his honor
on the occasion of his forthconiap
visit to the English capital, and win
endeavor to evade pablo welcome
at the hands Of his countrymen if posi-
bic. 1t is understood that a large sum
of money has already been subscribed
by prominent Germans in Loadon to de-
fray the expense Of what they intend
shall be reception befitting the occa-
sion of the visit of the master spirit in
the creation of the German Empire, and
it will be difficult for the ex-Chancellor
TO escape an ovation at their hands
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

THE Salvation Army is adopting "a
new departure in establishing labor
bureaus in many districts of London, at
which no charge for registration is to
be made. The Salvationists are also
promoting cooperative workshops and
farms as means of employing the
working classes who are verging ON
criminality. With this view new
corps, known as the criminal brigade,
will inffuture await outside prisons for
discharged prisoners, and offer them a
chance to begin an honest life afresA.
General Booth has also been instrn-
mentalin establishing Salvation Navy
river Seine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

The Prince of SAKE NIeiningen,
brother-in-law of the Emperor, who
was visiting at Coblentz, was taken
suddenly i'll at his hotel at that place.
The attack is attributed to the injuries
he received by the upsetting of car
rage in which he was riding with EN-
peror William on the 25th ult., at
which time the Emperor sprained his
foot. Three doctors were summoned to
attend the Prince, and they advised
that he be Immediately removed ITO
Perrin
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12
American Live C.sta. Barred.

LONDON, June "a deputation from
Scotland visited Mr.. Chaplin, Minister
Of Agriculture, and asked him to modify
the restriction against the importation
of American cattle. Their chief argu-
menr was the scarcity of stock
cattle in Great Britain and the
absence of pleuro-pneumonia in
America In reply to their request Mr..
Chaplin said that the bulk of the farm
ers of Great Britain favored restriction.
He was unable, he declared, to hold out
the slightest hope of any modification
of the present regulations governing tbs
importation of cattle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12
AnpIrIoNAI. DIsPArcHEs,

THE silver market was strong in Lon
don during the week ended June Z.
Mexican dollars were 47d. American
securities were irregular. There was
excitement in copper. In Paris the
bonrse was firm and active. Prices were
steady at Berlin; at Frankfort quiet
and weak. Sugar was firm at Havana.
DISORDER has broken out among the
Somah tribes and there has been fight
ing and looting of Meurkaand and Kis-
maya. The Sultan of Zanzibar has sent
reinforcements. The great tribe of
Yaos at Kilwa has declared hostilities
to all Europeans.
AFTER stormy meeting of the Cen
trail Labor Union at New York the So
cialist members withdrew and an
nounce6 their intention of forming .
separate organization.
EXTENSIVE smuggling has been going
on for some time by collision with Of
ficers Of the Inman steamship line and
parties in New York. Several arrests
have been made and startling develop
ments are expected when the receivers
are apprehended.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended June showed an average in
crease of 27-0 compared with the CORE
spending week of last year. In New
York the increase was 28.7.
REvoLrs are reported in the gold
mines of the Russian millionaires
Basilewski and Bartaschoff, Siberia.
caused by starvation wages. A troop Of
Cossacks was beaten of and two super
intendents were killed
THE text of the proposed Louisiana
Lottery bill, as laid before the Legis-
lature OF that State, makes provisions
for annual payments of 81, 600. 900 to the
State.
THE Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has expressed an opinion that grain
rates from Texas and Kansas points are
unreAsonably high.
THE deeds of the cottage occupied by
the President at Cape May last summer
have been presented to Mrs. Harrison.
The gift is a handsome one, the cottage
containing twenty rooms
EUGENE 81. COwLEs, son Of the late
Edwin Cowfes, editor Of the Cleveland.
O., Leader. was shot and seriously
wounded by E. c. Hale, his brother-in-
Lac, at Montreal, Can, recently. The
trouble grew out of family matters,
Cowles being accused of misconduct
THE Senate on the 7th transacted .
miscellaneous lot of business. The
House passed the Silver bill as adopted
by the caucus-yeas, 1876; nays, 1l9.
Eight Republicans voted with the
Democrats against the bill and one
Democrat voted with the Republicans
for the bill.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

THE second mass meeting of Harvard
students was stormy one. The com
mittee of investigation was severely
condemned by several speakers for de-
clining to employ a detective, but a mo-
ton to appoint a committee with in
structions to hire detective was lost.
The meeting then adjourned. Tt was
stated at the meeting that if some de-
.cisive action were not taken the faculty
would abolish athletics at the mniver-
.sity. The result of the meeting causes
much disappointment to the friends OF
Harvard.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

Mr.. PADDOCK has introduced in the
Senate a bill providing for the inspee-
ton and storage of grain for Interstate
shipment All railroad companies en-
gagged in Interstate commerce by the
$erms of the bill are required to con-
struct elevators and storehouses for the
storage of grain along their respective
lines at places to be designated by a
State board.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

On the occasion of the jubilee of a
Russian regiment as the Gear was
leaving the Casino the officers and
privates rushed together through gate
way with the intention of giving him an
ovation. The gateway being narrow a
great crush resulted, during which two
soldiers were killed and one seriously
injured
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

THE Berliner Tageblatt says that
Chancellor Won Caprivi has sent COM
-munications to the various Powers of
Europe, informing them that the utter
ances of Prince Bismarck since his re-
tirement from Office concerning affairs
in Germany are merely expressions of
the opinion of private gentleman
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

AT Prudential, Austrian Silesia, 400
striking weavers captured by storm all
the factories running and compelled all
operatives to leave. Gendarmes dis
persed the mob after a stubborn fight,
I'm which several were wounded, but the
intimidated workmen were afraid to re-
turn to work
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12
Crawford.s Commission.

TOPEKA, Kan, June Ga voucher
for SIS, 974. 90 has been issued by the
State Auditor to Ex-Governor Samuel j.
Crawford, State Agent of Kansas at
Washington, being 10 per cent of 5 per
cent of the net sales of public lands in
Kansas. This was Mr.. Crawfo-d's COM
mission on extra school lands which he
claimed from the Government
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

SIR GEoRGE BURNS, one of the pro-
moters Of the Cunard line Of steamships,
died at his residence ON the Clyde, Scot
land, recently. He was ninety-hve
years of age.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

ALL the delegates to the anti-siavery
conference, in session in Brussels, with
the exception of those representing the
. United States, have formally adhered
to the Congo tariff as defined by the
convention.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

JUDGE SMITH, of the Illinois circuit
court at Ottawa has decided that the
Esher adherents in the Evangelical
Church were not the legal church and
has enjoined the trustees at Naperville
from excluding the anti-Esherites.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

JUDGE TUIEY, of Chicago, lectured
the police for arresting men on sus-
picion. holding them for long periods in
'sweat boxes" He was unaware of any
law which authorized such proceedings.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

A COYOTE bit four men near A1bu-
querque, N. NJ, about month ago.
Three have since died of hydrophobia.
The life of the fourth is not rendered
miserab BILE by insurance agents.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

ANOTHER conflict between Arnauts
and Servians has taken place at Pris-
tana, Macedonia, in which forty Servi-
ans were killed and 200 taken prisoners
by the Arnauts.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12
CURRENT COMMENT.

A PErARD was discovered in the letter
box of the Military Club in Paris re-
Gently.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

GOVERNOR HILL, of New York. has
signed the bill making the Office OF
the sheriff in New York q salar1ed one.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

The Governmental of Germany, France.
Russia and Switzerland have signed the
treaty for the repression of Anarchy.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

THE Republican Congressional Cam
paign Committee has elected Congress
man Belden, Of New York, chairman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

FlAck's Sentence ConArmed
NEW YORK, June THE Supreme
Court, general term, has affirmed the
ssntenr ex-Sheri6 Flack.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12

Elector for Cleveland for President
FIRE at Washington avenue and
Fifth street, Kansas City, Kan, early
ON the morning of the 9TH completely
destroyed what is known as the ''Ryus
corner" The Ryus Planning Mill was a
complete loss, and the lumber yards of
the Chicago Lumber Company were con-
siderably damaged
7. f. CoLwELL, proprietor Of Topeka
bakery, recently deserted a crippled
wife and sundry creditors and skipped
for parts unknown.
The assessment of the Kansas rail-
roads by the State Board of Railroad
Assessors has been completed. The
total mileage this year is s,762; last
year it was 6. 40, an increase during
the year of forty-two miles. The
valuation placed upon this property
this year by the assessors is $50, S63, $751;
So; last year it was S57. 513. 451. SIS, an in
crease during the year of $3.50, los. o.
The Railroad Commissioners have re-
affirmed their decision that express
companies can not establish arbitrary
limits for the delivery of parcels con-
signed to patrons in cities and towns,
but must deliver such goods to all par
ties without discrimination.
FREDDIE, the six-year-old SON of Mr..
and Mrs. J. II. Leonard, of Topeka, was
recently killed by 3 runaway horse.
DURING a late thunder storm Henry
Corn's house at Humboldt was struck by
and destroyed. Mrs Corn
was somewhat injured.
Mrs. PErERs, widow Of Roadmaster
Peters who was killed in the Derby
wreck on the Santa Fe, has been pre-
scented with purse of 500, made up by
the railroad employees.
An original package" house was
opened at Fort Scott recently and ran
thirty minutes, when it was closed by
the marshal
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

squattsd horse by the rein: Get OF,
miss. Why don't you get off?"
She seemed strongly fixed in the saddle,
and even when she and the horse both
lay fiat. she was nseparable from her
seat.
aAre you glued fast?" the officer asked
as lac tugged at her arms.
-No-nOt glued, she gasped; @On1y
buttOned on!"
And indeed she was. Determined not
to be thrown by her spirited steed, she
had devised scheme of fastening herself
to the saddle. But hereafter she viii use
it only on horse THAI caVOrts without
lying down.
Nobody thinks of objecting to the ut-
most jauntiness in little girls costumes,
and more and more the miniature bellies
become Veritable dolls for their mothers
to decorate and embelIish. The examples
given in the last two engravings show
that Kate Greenaway styles have gone
out OF high vogue, although still seen
frequently, and that there is a revival Of
sashes. Tt is mOdish now TO let your
youngsters hair fall loosely, with an air
of disorder, yet with the ends curled care
fully enough, too. The tight, separate,
candle moldy curls Of our mothers earlY
years are not in favor nor is the bare
forehead which used to be admired as an
evidence of pFecOcity any longer seen
with really stylish" girls. The hair
hangs in tossed bang to the eyebrows,
and In an Outspread mass over the 8 Oul-
ders. No matter how much this nav Of
fend grandma or do violence to grandpa's
notions, the fashionable mother is OBJ
durate. ItshOuId be mentioned, too, that
the renewed use of big-bOwed ribbon
sashes is also INDUCED in by girls who
are as big as their mothers. For such
maidens, at pretentiOus parties, the Al
satan" gown is making great stir In the
world of fashion, for in style it is uni
versllly becoming. The popularity con
sists in the fact that the ful1-howing
skirt is made without any foundation
whatever, while the front Of the skirt is
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

burning indignation I felt against this
dreadful stepmOther.
But can yOu-WilI you"
Most certainly. All you have to do is
to tell me his name and place of resi-
dence, and date of death.
Lester Hargreave, WhitmOre Park,
Leicestershire. He died the seth of De-
cember, 1875
Thank you. L viii bring a copy Of
your fathers will on Saturday. hope
you trust me, Miss HargreaVe?"
In whom else should have confidence,
if not in you? Yes Indeed, I trust you.
But you must be magician, Mr.. Dudley
if you can do that.
saw she was totally ignorant of bust
ness affairs and felt the more enchanted
at her guilelessness. Taking one Of her
hands from my arm, where 1t was still
resting, and raising it to my lips, May
/" 1 asked, dOubtingly.
There was no denial in those flashing
gypsy eyes that met mine now so archly.
I kissed her hand once, twice, thrice-each
time with increasing ferVor-then let
sYou are my own sworn knight, you
know, she said, as though that were ex-
cuse enough.
and you, being my liege lady, and
thus encouraged, I continued, may I
claim something more when my task is
done?"
You may, sir knight. When that time
comes, ask what you will, and L"
The sentence was not designed to be
completed. With a startled cry, she
sprang as far from me as the very linn
tied space allowed. A shadow fell on us.
Mrs. Hargreave stood there shutting out
the sunlight.
George! What are you doing here,
and who is this gentleman? He is no &C
quaintance of mine-or yours" She
spoke in a voice tremulous with what
might be anger; but to me it more resem-
bled fear.
This is-Mr. Dudley, mother" The
girl spoke with painful effort
I bowed; so did Mrs. Hargveave.
The introduction thus effected was
alike embarrassing to all.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

hidden under an Alsatian bow of very
quaint ribbon, with designs In cas- hmere
colOrings on a cream foundation and an
edge of dark crimson satin. This ex-
Gulsite ribbon reaches almost to the hem
of the skirt. A smaller bow Of tbs same
is used to form kind Of berthe on the
bodice above a deep pointed cOrslet of
apricot silk,
The little girls, Of course, wear their
AIsatian BOWS behind, in the usual way
with the broad ribbOn-or sometimes
whole width Of soft siIken fabric origin
ally meant for dress material-enwrappi
them around.
With all respect to the grandmothers of
my readers, let me write that I have be-
fore me the plate of a wretched little
fiirt, dated 1929. The parting Of her hair
leaves triangular patch on the top of
her head, with one point at the forehead,
which is a high one. The side-locks thus
separated she has massed into two
punches of outstanding curls, which hide
her ears and encroach upon her temples
to the corners of her eyes. The top lock
she has tied into crazy-fan pattern,
upright and Japanese-lOoking. About
her brow and passing through the side
curls she has bound a chain. clasped with
jewel just below the center Of her fore
! head. Big earrings show, although the
/ little ears from which they hang are hid
| den. Her dress-fTOck, she called it's
/ cut from Just over the round of the shout
/ der straight across the chest and back.
! The short sleeves are pulled out so far that
/ the outline of sleeve is not followed
/ by the broad white rufie that sets out
/ from the e dge of the neck, so this rufie
! passes horizontally across her figure from
| shoulder to shoulder while the edge Of
/ the ruffie makes still longer horizontal
from the tip of one puff to the other
/ Just to look at Miss 1929! From the waist
! up she looks like a very ornate baby s
/ basket with a wide friII over the top, and
a very large blby sitting therein. All,
/ but the skirt. It Is what you call full,
and it is what you call plain. It just
/ iauntiIy sets out over what you call
hoops, and it is slightly bell-shaped. 1t
stops Just In time to show wee pair of
white sIippered feet, bound over the in
step and about the ankles with ribbon,
and it sWayed prettily, too, when the
little feet danced, I'll be bound! Over
her bare arms are drawn Bernhard"
/ gloves. Not called Bernhard then, of
! course. Far be it from me to spe k of
/ any Iady's agel And she peeps around
J the curls that shadow her eyes, and the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

fitted for winter, and is a most fruitful
source of neuralgia, deafness, and other
eraniaI ills. Numbers of women admit
this, but still go on wearing 1t because no
other bOnnets are made. If some popular
lady had the courage to start wearing one
of the lovely Granny" bonnets that chill
dren now wear, they would speedily be-
come the rage. They admit Of endless
combinations and variety, they make a
pretty face ten times pTettIer, and soften
q plain or elderly face wonderfully. If
we were once used to seeing our big girls
wear them as we'll as our babies, we
should all admire them, and far greater
comfort and fewer colds would be the re-
suit.
Despite all the protests made against
the wholesale slaughter of brilliant
pIumaged birds for dress purposes, FASH
iOnmOngers persist in bringing forward
feathers for trimmings, and women con
tinue to wear them. Not content with
adjoining hats with humming- birds they
are now making in New York entire vests
for bOdIces of the gay, brilliant plUmage
Of these beautiful little creatures. The
feathers are arranged in various patterns,
and, though the cOlOrs are vivid, their
appearance is never garish. The bOdices
thus adorned are delightfully."- varied and
proportion ately expensive, but their cost
illness viii soon be overcome or rather IN
expensive substitutes for the humming-
DlEu l6dtuGEb VIII UQuD1U5S B6 1ltLL14
that viii make a sufficiently good effect
for the majority of wearers, In various
shades Of green, which are not difficult to
obtain, such a vest might be made to look
effective, while for an outdoor costume
even pheasants' feathers might be utilized
for the purpose, If women Will persist in
clothing themselves with the plUmage Of
birds, as the use Of these latter and some
other varieties would involve no special
slaughter on account of fashion.
Equestriennes afoot have become a
common sight in New York City, and they
are to be seen, in their variations of the
conventional horseback costume, walking
to and from the stables around Central
Park. They look like those herOines
which Old-fashioned nOyelists and drama
lists used to put into their romances, and
/ who were ever being saved from deadly
/ periIs by the OppOrtune heroes. But
B these New York maidens of the saddle
are more utiliterian. One of them was
/ on a frsotiOus horse, and the beast
/ pranced, SHE'D, reared, plunged and
/ seemed determined to throw her on. She
/ kept her seat in most determined man
! ner At length the beast gave unmistaka-
/ bic evidence that he Was going to lie
/ down and roll over
Help. help, the girl cried, showing
for the first time any fright.
1t was no pale and poetic young man
who responded, but q burly park police
man Eho said as he seized the nov
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07
Trials Of a BackwOOds Teacher.

"a good many years ago, when I was
a country pedagOgue back In the State
of Maine, said Prof. Knowlton, Of the
boys high school, 81 was hearing my
class in spelling, when I gave 0V# the
word 'cuticle' to big, lymIsaatie girl.
Slowly she drawIed out:
" Gu Gu, til ii, cut, Gle. Gle, GU
tickle
'I corrected her pronunciation and
asked for the definition. She looked
around her blankIy, as if In search for
something to spur her memory, when,
after a moment or two Of silence, I said:
Why, what Is it that covers your
hands and face?'
Looking quietly at each hand, her
face frightened up, and she replied:
Oh, yes, frecklesP San Fran
cisco Examiner.