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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-14
Harper County AlIinnce.

Among other business transacted by
the Harper county +. A and l. u, in
session at Anthony during last week.
the following resolutions were unani-
mously adopted:
L. Resolved, That insurance companies
should be required to pay the full amount in
sured and said insurance companies should be
enjoined from doing any further business in
the state till such claims are paid in full.
2. Resolved, That We favor law making it
a criminal otfense for any representative of a
railroad company to offer a free pass to any
public oticeri also. making 1t criminal offence
for any public officer TO receive and ride upon
such pass.
g. Resolved, That the sinking fund for
school bonds should be loaned on good security
at the legal rate of interest.
4. Resolved, That law should be passed
prohibiting representation where no jurisdic-
ton is secured.
3. Resolved, That we, the Farmers of Har-
per county, in Alliance assembled, owing to
the fact that the republican candidate for rep
resentative received only $50 votes and the
Peoples candidate received l.73s, a majority of
179 votes, and that said representative was
elected on platform opposing the return of
John J. Ingalls, to the o. s. Senate. Therefore
be it further resolved, that we command our
State Senator from this district, Chester /.
Long. not to vote for John j. Ingalls,, and
further that copy of this resolution be sent
to Chester l. Long, also that it be printed in
the Bulletin. with a request that reform papers
copy the same.
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HOW THE PROPOSED REVISION
WILL AFFECT OFFICES
IN KANSAS.

The bills prepared by the senate re-
vision committee, as outlined in the
first report, have been submitted to
GOV. Humphrey. The retrenchment
and reform idea which runs through
them would reflect credit on our gran
ger legislature. The additional duties
imposed ON the lieutenant governor will
increase the salary of that official to
such extent that he can devote his
time exclusively to his Office. In honor
and Importance it will now rank next
to that of governor.
The new law provides that the lieu
tenant governor shall receive Sc per day
during the session of the Legislature,
and for his services as member of the
state board of assessors and such 9TH
er duties as are imposed on him Sl,5Oo
additional. The increase in the salary
of the lieutenant governor is the only
one in the entire list. The state officers,
whose salaries have always been too
low, were not changed.
The bills providing for the fees and
salaries of county officers, however,
makes sweeping reductions. The sal
airy of county treasurers are fixed as
follows: In counties having a popula.
ton less than 5000, 500 per annum;
between 5000 and 5000 inhabitants,
$1,000; between 5000 and 10 900 inhabi-
tants, 81 200; between 10000 and 15 1000
Inhabitants, 81 $50, between 900 and
10000 inhabitants. 81 800; between be-
tween 20, 600 and 5000 Inhabitants 81
900; between 5000 and 10000 lnhabi-
tants, 81, 200; over 10000 inhabitants,
$500. In addition to this salary, the
county treasurers will receive three
cents mile for the distance necessari-
Iy travelled in settling with the state
treasurer and necessary travelling ex-
penses actually paid out.
The fees Of county clerks are fixed as
follows: In counties haging q popula-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-14
ORGANIzATION OF HOUSE.

The House was called to order at
high noon by Secretary of State Hlg-
gins, and after prayers, }. B. Coons
was made temporary Chairman, and
Mr.. Hollenback of Comanche was made
temporary Chief Clerk.
An adjournment was then had until
8 O'Clock, p. NJ.
Upon reassemDling the following were
elected permanent officers: Speaker,
P. z. Elder, of Franklin Co.; Chief
Clerk. BENZ. Rich, of Trego Co.; Chair
man Fro tenn. for organization, Benz.
Machette. of Osborne Co.; Sergeant at
arms. S. w. Chase; Door Keeper, ia
cob Campbell.
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INGALLS, AND THE FARMERS

Chicago News: "Advices from the
seat of political war in Kansas are to
the effect that Mr.. ingalls, has practi-
cally abandoned the hope of reelection
to the United States senate. The
Farmers Alliance representatives in
the new legislature are refusing all
overtures looking to their return to the
republican fold, and will carry their OPP
position 10 Ingalls, to the extent Of nom
mating candidate from their own
ranks, who is nearly certain of election.
The rise and fall of politicians is fire.
quently rapid, but the rise and fall of
ingalls, IS one of the most unique and
instructive passages in American politi-
cal life. A few years ago the Kansas
senator was apparently at the zenith of
his popularity among the Kansas farm
ers. He prIded himself on the ''repub-
llcanism" Of his state. He was elected
to the honorable Office of president pro
tenn. of the senate as recognition of
valiant party service. There were few
republican senators who apparently
held more permanent or strong posi-
ton as party leader than ingalls,, and
his future was as roseate as Kansas
sunset
A casual student of politics might be
inclined to look to Kansas for the cause
OF the stupenduOns change that has oY-
ertaken ingalls, position and prospects.
He would look in vain. The change
was wrought by Ingalls, himself. His
political ruin was wrought by the
steadily contracting Darrowness of his
partisanship no less than by the sur
render Of the interests of his Kansas
constituents to eastern tax-grinders.
His hamboyant 'republicanism' took
on an eastern flavor IN exact proper
ton to the number of years he was al
lowed to pose as a representative of
the west. He worked on, Industrious
ly waving the bloody shirt when ever
there was the semlance of an oppor-
tunity. The Kansas ground-swell was
also at work, but the roar of the ad-
vancing waters was mistaken for the
music of adulsation and approval.
Kansas is cyclonic, atmospherically
and politically. 1t is just far enough
west to have ideas. When Ingalls,
ceased to represent ideas, the Kansas
farmer polished up their political gull
lotine. 1t is now ready for active oper-
ations."
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Referring TO the Behring sea contro-
yersy the Quebec Telegraph has this 10
say: 'Great Britain may as we'll un-
derstand that if there is war with the
United States, it will have to do the
fighting all alone, at least so far as Can
ada is concerned. If we understand
the views of the people of this country
Alright, they will not fight against their
neighbour. They do not believe IN tax
ing Yankee gore for the sake of any
number of sealskins. Once war
was declared, the reform party of Can
would, we believe declare for annexa-
tion to man; that is, if the Americans
conducted their business prudently,
and all of this would be done without
the slightest feeling of unfriendliness
To Great Britain"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-14

1t is currently reported that there
will be no inaugural ceremonies at
tending the induction of our state Of
ficers at Topeka this winter. That in
asmuch as they are holdovers, they
will be simply sworn in, and at once
proceed without any ostentation to their
respective stations. The reasons as
signed for this innovation are, that
such ceremonies are useless at any
time, and particularly so at this junct
ure. Coming as the above reasons do,
from republican sources, they cannot
fail on first sight to appear somewhat
ludicrous, and we cannot fail to re-
mark that we think the disappearance
of the 81, 600 majority of two years ago,
has had more to do with the Inaugural
ton of this contemplated system of
Jeffersonian simplicity in Kansas, than
has any desire on the part of the "hold-
oversi' to establish an era of financial
retrenchnsent and economic reform
within her borders. Had the old ma
iority retained ats hold upon the polit-
zeal destinies of or state, such radical
change as the above would have been
unheard of, and the "holdoyers" would
no doubt, have been lnducted with all
the ecIat and ostentation heretofore so
absurdly INDUCED, by the fanatIcal
party whom they represent.
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ton of less than 5000 inhabitants, $500:
between 1900 and 5000 inhabitants,
$500; between 5000 and 10000 inhabi-
tants, 81 900; between 10000 and $1,000
inhabitants, 81 200; between $1,000 and
10000 inhabitant, 400, between 20
600 and 900 inhabitants, 81, 800; be-
tween 5000 and $4,000 inhabitants,
81 800; all counties having population
more than $1,000, 81 800.
The salaries of registers of deeds are
not fixed, but are limited that they
will fall far below the old figures. The
compensation is by fees, but whenever
more than 500 is received for any
quarter, only one-half the excess goes
to the register, the remainder going to
the county treasurer, to become part of
the general county fund.
County attorneys are limited to ST.
200 per annum with fees in addition,
which have been materially reduced.
The compensation for clerks of the
district courts, sheriffs and probate
judge is regulated by the fees received,
as was done under the old law. Coun-
ty superintendent are limited to sal
airy Of 81 900 per annum in counties hav-
ing population of 10000 or over, the
minimum salary being $500 in counties
having population less than 5000.
The fees of constables and
justices of the peace and coroners re-
main about the same.
The bill dividing the state into TWEEN
ty-five judicial districts instead of thir-
ty-five saves the state $25, 900. The dis
tricts Will be composed as follows:
First Standardization, Brown and Doni-
phan counties.
Second-Douglass. jackson, jefferson and
Leavenworth.
Third-Wyandotte.
Fourth-Anderson, Franklin, johnson and
Miami.
Fffth-Bourbon, Crawford and Linn.
Sixth-Cherokee, Labette and Montgomery.
Seventh-Allen. Neosho, Wilson and Wood
son.
Eight-Coffey, Lyon and Usage.
Ninth-Shawnee.
Tenth-Marshall, Nemaha and Washington.
Eleventh-Clay, Geary, Pottawatomie and
Rily.
Twelfth-DicKinson, Marion, Morris and
Wabaunsee.
Thirteenth-Butler, Chase, Greenwood and
Harvey.
Fourteenth-Chautauqua Cowley and Elk.
Fifteenth-Barber, Harper and Sumner.
Acknowledgements.
Observation-Disclosures Saline, Ottawa.
Eighteenth-Cloud. Jewell, Mitchell and Re-
public.
Nineteenth-Smith, Phillips, Norton, Deca-
tur, Rawlins and Cheyenne.
Observation-Disclosures, Osborn, Rocks, Graham,
Sherman, Sheridan and Thomas.
Twenty Ellsworth, Russell, Ellis, Ire
go, Cove, Logan and Wallace.
Twenty-second-Rice, Barton, Rush, Ness
Lane, Scott, Wichita and Greedy
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Pawnee, Edwards
Hogeman, Ford Garfield. Gray, Finney, Kear-
ney and Hamilton.
Twenty-fourth-Reno, Kfngman, Pratt and
Kiowa.
enty-fifth-Comanche Clark, Meade, Sew
ard, Haskell, Grant, Stevens, Stanton and
Morton.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-14

The senate committee on appropria-
tions have agreed to the amendment to
the pension appropriation bill as it
passed the house, reducing the fees of
Ihe pension claim agents in increase
cases from SO to 50. This amendment
was offered to the bill in the house by
Representative Dockery, and it is esti-
mated that it will save annually to the
pensioners about 81 ,OO0,00 The senate
committee has even gone further in this
matter and reduced the fee under the
disability act recently passed from SO
In S5
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-14

Crcsset: Our candidate for state printer,
w. G.. Musgrove, seems to be getting along
nicely. He is the man for the place. Out OF
nil the candidates that we have heard mem
sioned 80 far, he is the only practical printer
of experience. He is careful and honest, and
IS a first-class buyer and manager and good
business man. We are glad our county alliance
recommended him."
Ere another INDEX appears, the Kan
sas legislature Will have named our
next state printer, and we trust that
the above compliment will not have
been born to blush unseen and waste
its fragrance on the Legislative air."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-14

The fifteenth annual meeting of the
Kansas State Historical Society will be
held in the hall of the House of Repre-
sentatives, at Topeka, on Tuesday even
ing, January 20, 1891, for the election
OF one-third the members OF the Board
OF Directors, and the transaction of
such other business as may come be-
fore the meeting. Addresses will be
delivered by Col. c. X. Holiday, Presi-
dent of the society, Hon. Edward Rus
sell, Rev. John G.. Pratt, and DR.. Peter
McVicar.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-14

The Deuber Watch company, which
has an immense plant at Canton, o.,
has made an assignment for the benefit
of its creditors. The establishment
employed over 1000 men and was con-
sidered very wealthy. This is the com
pany which discharged a number of
employees because they refused to vote
for Mckinley last November 1t looks
a little like poetic iustice.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-14

Judge Mckay, of our district court,
having received an annual pass over the
lines operated by the n. L. Il S. F.
railroad company, in this state, very
promptly handed the same over to the
secretary of the Harper county alliance,
during the past week for safe keeping;
thereby setting an example of that
healthy reform, which we trust will be-
come universal in and throughout the
entire country.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-14

For Christmas present, and as a re-
ward for their loyalty to protection"
the works of Carnegie. PhIpps & Co., of
Pittsburg, at the head of which is that
millionaire republican apostle of pro.
lection, Andrew Carnegie, has made a
ten per cent reduction upon the wages
of 1000 of its employees. Anut for the
Cresset to crack, after thoroughly i'm
buing itself with Dr. Miller's ideas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-14

1t is now being charged that money
is the factor that is to determine who
shall succeed Mr.. Evarts, of New Y DIRK,
in the United States senate. That
would certainly be nothing new; money
has been making senators for some
years, and will probably continue to do
80 until the senators are elected by
direct vote of the people, as they will
be in the course of time.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-14

Now comes the official notice that
President Harrison will be candidate
for nomination in 1892, and orders have
been issued to the the faithful in Indi-
ana to labor industriously toward get
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-14

Let those people who think the killing
of the Indians such horrible thing re-
member the biblical laws "He that
draweth the sword shall perish by the
sword Had the Indians not shown
their intention to kill they would not
have been killed.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-14

Wen wager a new hat that more rep
resentatives rode to Topeka the past
week. who paid their railroad fare, than
at any previous time since the organi-
cation of the state.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-14

1t Will be IN order for some member
of the majority side of congress to arise
and inform the people, wherein the
country is better off, from the fact that
that it assembled thirty-eight days ago.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-14

Congress may deter financial legisla-
tion until it is everlastingly too late.
If it does, woe be unto those who are
responsible for it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-14

The most significant event of 1890
was the revolt of the people against the
conspiracy of plutocracy with politi-
clans.
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MEDICINE LODGE, KANSAS.

AVE city AMI country pro-
ls
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SUGAR PLANTATIONS.

ERAL OF the crn+v
~ sorghum Sugar Works in NV pan
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GRAZING LANDS.


IL
u horses where $3.50
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CITY PROPERTY.

q
iactoies should not fal 20 write for particulars.
KANSAS AVE. TWO Doors FROM MAIN STREET.
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Il q rrlle in q. 90 Pos.ihlaf

The old fight with time on the trotting
track is so important one to the COM
fort and convenience of every American
that the loss of half second on the
record of Maud S. in 2.Sa is an event
which stirs far wider eddy of interest
than is bounded by the race track.
The swift mile made by Maud s. at
Glenville, Ohio, July 80, 1885, has now
stood as record for six years and over
"a longer period than any other like
record has remained unchanged since
226} was made in 1874, and was un-
changed until 1852. In 60 years no other
record has gone unchanged one-half as
as long, so steady are the changes by
which mile In three minutes has been
reduced to within St seconds of the 200
In the 7S years, since thousands of dol
lars were bet that no horse could trot in
less than than three minutes.
1t has taken 200 years of breeding and
training to bring the thoroughbred 24A
seconds abort of 400, and the mile in
1881 made by Salvador at Monmouth
Park is as yet only year old, Trotting
is bounded by this century. and 90 years
have seen an advance which arouses
speculation as to the possibility of reach
Ing that distant goal and far of bound Of
q mile in two minutes. If the records 90
on dropping as fast as they have for 4a
years past, during which 40 have been
cut off the slowly diminishing record,
this speed viii be reached in about 1910.
Philadelphia Press.
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about the eoldness of the night passed
around to the other side of the CRATE
and leaning one elbow on the mantel
stood facing her as she sank again into
her chair.
She asked him few questions about
her friends at the fort, which he
answered briefly. Conversation seemed
to grow more difficult every moment,
for he was not in talkative mood,
and working confusion with her eeA.
versational powers was the thought:
"He thinks sent for him.
An awkward pause fell at last upon
the one-sided conversation and a little
clock on the shelf ticlSed away with
loud persistence, May sat studying the
Goals inteptly and trying to gain com
posure enough totell him that she had
not expected TO see him this evening.
but personal remarks seemed to be be-
yond her Just for the moment She
knew that he was standing there look
ing gravely at her and the silence be-
came more unbearable every momen..
She raised her head with a proud little
gesture and looked him fully IN the
face. He was looking at her hands,
which lay in her lap, and she suddenly
became conscious that they were
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am just going, = he answered, and then
an awkward pause ensued May was
striving to recover her composure and
his embarrassment helped her little.
She was the first to break the silence
and then her voice was so devoid of all
feeling, except WEAKNESS, that it struck
despair to his heart.
''You have such an early start in the
morning that suppose you are be-
grudging every moment that keeps you
away from your bed, and so / suppose
I had better go on and not detain you. +"
She half turned as though to go, but
fingered seeing that he did not make
any motion toward going
He stood studying the carpet for a
moment and then looked up at her with
just touchof a grave smile on his
lips. "Miss Farwell," he began, 1--WE
used to be better friends than we have
been lately. am innocent of all in
tention of offending, andif have done
SO unconsciously, pray for forgiveness.
Can we not at least part good friends?"
May felt an impulse to descend the
stairs and give him her hand in
friendly good-by. but tightness about
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Rrf1ARioN CRANcJ


81 wish could express openly the con-
tempt that / feel for a few persons in
this regiment. / would know to whom
to express it, too. Ralph Armstrong
is one of natures noblemcn, if there
ever was one. have known him ever
since he was a boy of eighteen, and
that is more than any other woman in
the regiment can say" She sat down
and resumed in q calmer tone: His
father was brute, and when Ralph
was eighteen forced his twin sister to
marry man whom everyone knew to
be scoundrel. Ralph did all in his
power to prevent it, and left home on
the day of his sisters marriage, and
has never returned since. He went to
New York to brother of his mother,
who died when he was a little boy, and
that has been his home ever since. 1t
was through his uncle's influence that
he entered West Point. That is where
l first knew him. I had known his
uncle, Senator Weston, for several
years. He is ex-senator Weston now.
took an interest in him first
on his uncle's account, but as soon as
knew him on his own. He has been a
son that any father might be proud OF.
You know something of what his army
record has been and how nobly he
earned his promotion in '76. What
you do not know is how despicably
jealous some people can be, especially
some of the women of this regiment.
During the trouble of '76, and while
he was away in Montana, his sisters
marriage terminated in a tragedy. Her
husband, true to everyone's expecta-
tions, broke her heart It seems she
had spells of temporary insanity, andin
one of them it is supposed that she set
fire to their room. They were both
suffocated. She was Ralph's only sis
ter, and they had been inseparable un
til her marriage. He did not know thu
extent of her husbands outrages unit
after her death, and that tragedy ha
darlened his own life. He spent tn
next two winters in Washington, an
was persuaded by his cousin Edith
go q good deal into society. suppos-
he could have made a brilliant match If
he had chosen. | know several society
bellies that made themselves copspic-l- J.
GUS by their attentions to him. He WAS
melancholy enough at that time to
awaken the interest Of the romantic
ally-inclined young ladies, but he h:ld
no heart to offer any of them, and
much less to fiirt with them. So, MY
dear. the history Of his dark and mJs-
terious ways is all before yop, and what
do you think OF it?"
Given time to collect their thoughts,
most young ladies are adopts in the ilrt
of concealing them, and May almost
unconsciously had been giving her f'sa-
lures a long training in the art of ex-
preston. She had listened to her aunt
with the lxeenest interest and variety
Of emotions. bnt as the freight shene
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trembling. She changed their position
quieuy and spoke in as careless tone
as she cou.d commands:
II hardly expected to see you in
Washington society before tomorrow,
but suprose to a veteran Indian
fighter journey of seventeen hundred
ml.es is only small matter"
He raised his eyes from the contem-
plation of her nervous fingers and re-
turned her direct gaze. The color rose
in her cheeks after an instant and her
eyes fell, but little defiant lines ap-
peared at the corners of her mouth. A
sudden CLEAN came into his eyes and
crossing to the other side of the fire.
place he stood beside her chair before
answering.
II knew you did not expect me, /" he
said, "but l hoped that at least you
might be glad to see me-"
The captain certainly had way of
saying things with great effect, for the
defiant lines vanished from her face
and he had to bend his head to catch
the words:
81 am glad"