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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
THE mother of Fanny Davenport, the
actress, died recently while undergoing
a surgical operation at Canton, Pa
THERE is no truth in the assertion
that Henry M. Stanley and wife have
separated.
IT is stated in Washington that Col
w. w. Dudley will probably resign as
treasurer of the Republican national
committee during the meeting in Phil.
adelphia-
The monument to Gen. Stonewal
jackson was unveiled at Lexington,
Va, on the 21st, the thirtieth anniver.
sary OF the battle of Manassas.
Hon. JERRY SIMPSON, of Kansas,
spoke at Birmingham, Ala, to a good
audience. He made a speech against
both the old parties. He declared that
John Sherman was the arch enemy OF
the human race and the alliance had
determined to defeat him in Ohio
FRANCE does not take hold with any
vim the idea Of her exhibit at the Co
lumbar exposition at Chicago Lead
ing merchants took occasion to advert
unfavorably to recent tariff legislation.
LIEUT.. Col ]. E. ToURrELoTTE, for
merly Gen. Sherman's chief of staff,
died at his home in Lacrosse, Wis, re-
Gently.
EMPEROR WILLIAM of Germany re-
Gently assembled Cape North, the north
ernmost point of Europe, on the ex-
tremity of the island of Magero, separ-
ated from the mainland of Norway by
a narrow channel
The Japanese government has ap-
pointed commissioners to the worlds
fair.
Ex-Gov. DAVID S. WALKER, of Flor
ida, is dead.
The shah of Persia is very ill
REV. c. 81. STURGEON shows signs of
Improvement
THE agents of the Gillian congress
sional party in Washington discredit
the report of recent engagements off
Huasco and also the report that the
Esmeralda fred on the French vessel
Volta
JAMES c. FERGUSON, formerly presi-
dent of the board of trade of Indian
apolis. Ind, died at San Jose, Cal, re-
Gently.
THE education bill has passed the
third reading in the British house of
lords.
MINNEsoTIANs propose to try to raise
500, 600 additional for the worlds fair
exhibit.
Dom PEDRO, ex-emperor of Brazil, is
able to leave his bed in his residence in
Vichy, France.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30
ADDITIONAL DmPArcHEa

Mrs. SUSAN M. KEY, wife of Bishop
j. S. Key of the Methodist Episcopal
church south, died at Eureka Springs,
Ark. recently of heart trouble. She
has been an invalid for several years.
THE Columbia Oil Co., with an i'm
mense plant at "a to 81 Erie street, Chi
cago, and with branches at Memphis
and Owatonna, Mimi, after a brief ex-
istence of six weeks has collapsed.
The three plants were worth 81 600, 900.
HENRY M. STANLEY. the explorer,
has met with serious accident Ac-
cordlng to information from Muerren,
in the Alps. where Mr.. Stanley is stay
ing with his wife, the explorer has
fractured his left ankle bone by acct
dentally slipping while mountain climb
ing:
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended July 25 showed an average de-
crease of 2.6 compared with the cor
responding week of last year. In New
York the decrease was 1876.
The pope has approved of the exhi-
bition of the ''holy coat" at Treves and
has sanctioned the forgiveness of the
sins of pilgrims journeying there.
Three steamers, each with 900 pilgrims,
have arrived from America.
Two excursion cars on the Cincir natl,
Hamilton & Dayton were wrecked by
a freight train crushing into them at
Middletown, near Dayton, O., on the
night of the 25th. Three persons were
instantly killed and large number
wounded.
EMPLOYEES thrown out of work be-
cause of dull times caused by the Nc
Kinley law set fire to cork factory at
Evora, Portugal Great damage was
done.
RAINS have fallen in northwest India,
averting the famine that was feared.
Two excursion trains met in collision
at St Mande, France, on the Goth.
Forty-nin persons were killed and 100
injured.
A DISTINCT shock of earthquake was
felt at Evansville, Ind, on the night of
the Goth, extending into Kentucky.
Much alarm was caused.
RICHARD NEwcoMBE. the well-known
New York lawyer. is dead
By the collapse of the condensers at
the chemical works at Gateshead, Eng,
six men have been crushed to death.
THE lake schooner Helena was sunk
and one seaman lost in a collision with
a steamer near Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
ATTEMPTS by unknown parties have
been made on the lives of Mime. Con-
Stans and NJ. Etienne and NJ. Treble,
French government officials. illuminate
powder was concealed in packages re-
sembling Roman Catholic prayer books
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30

ADv1cEs received from Stanley Falls
tell OF canniba1ism among the ma
taves. and of an armed expedition
against them. Natives along the Lo-
mani river, who had blocked the stream
with hundreds of armed canoes, killed
and ate fifty natives friendly to Eu-
ropeans An expedition composed of
ten Europeans and fifty Arabs soon
after left Stanley Falls to punish the
cannibals and after a days battle sue
ceeded in routing them and occupying
their villages. Hundreds of the rebel
1ious natives were killed and wounded.
The same advices also state that the
Bakumas around Stanley Falls are re-
turning to cannibalism and that several
Of them have been court martialed and
executed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30

AT Leyden, Holland, recently, in
81 Peters church the memorial erect
ed there In honor of Rev. John Rob-
anson, pastor in Holland of the pill
grim fathers, and one of the pas
sengers of the Mayaower was unveiled
N the presence of number of Amer
leans now travelling in Europe and
others. The exterior of the old church
was decorated with flags and flowers.
MISS Edith Palmer removed the cover
which enveloped the memorial, a hand
some tablet suitably engraved, and, as
1t was unveiled, three flags were hoisted
and saluted, the first the Dutch ensign.
then the stars and stripes and finally
the British union jack.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30

The preliminary report of the COM
missioner of internal revenue Of the
operations of the bureau for the
hscal year ended June 80. 1891, shows
that the total collections from all
sources OF internal revenue for the
year were STAG. 035 1916, against S142,-
5s4' 500 during the preceding fiscal year.
The cost OF collection for the fiscal year
Just ended will aggregate 81, 1913, 900, or
about SOS, 600 more than during the pre-
ced1ng year. The internal revenue re-
celpts from the tax on whisky amounted
TO SIS, 52S. 926. against 81, 1S1, 6s5 during
the preceding year; fermented liquor.
US, sos, 1919, against $50, OO3 534; tobacco.
2,T96. 27O, against $50, 95S, SCI.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30

The New York Journal of Finance
contains some rather interesting fig
ures relative to the remarkable decline
which has taken place during the past
year In the price of seats in the stock
exchange OF that city. A year ago
these seats sold at S21, 500, whereas now
they are worth only about $17, OOO
Consolidated memberships have gone
from S40O to S24O; seats in the cotton
exchange have gone from $3.50 to s415,
while in the coffee exchange they have
shrunk from $3.50 to $3.50.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30
Father OF Nebr ska Dead.

PLATTsMoTTH, Neb-. July e3--Jerry
Hutchinson died yesterday aged So He
was a member of the famous Rock
Bluffs election board when Nebraska
was admitted rs state He thought
lessly took the ballot box home with him
when he went to dinner on election day,
and that action was the basis of noted
contest 1t was found that if Rock
Bluffs was counted the new constitu-
ton would be defeated and Nebraska.
remain a territory. Willet Pollenger,
an able lawyer, succeeded in having the
Rock Bluffs totals thrown out thus
adopting the constitution, which re-
suited in the admission of the state.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30

HE new American steel steamer
Charles w. Wetmore, Capt Saunders,
which sailed from Duluth, Mimi. dur
ing the latter part of June, arrived
at Liverpool the other day. The
Wetmore is an inland built steamer
and her cargo, which consisted of 95, 900
bushels of grain, is the first grain
cargo shipped from a lake port di-
rect to Liverpool without being re-
handled. Her route was down the
lakes from Duluth, through the We'll
land canal and thence down the ST.
Lawrence river and across the Atlantic.
The success of the voyage is evidence
that the proposition to establish direct
communication between European and
other ports and Chicago is entirely
feasible.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30

FRANCE has two illustrious invalids
on her hands just now. Gounod's health
has become SO badly shattered as to
forbid his doing any work whatsoever,
and his physicians have denied him the
sight of callers. The other distinguished
sick man is De Lesseps, whose hold on
life is regarded as very slight He is
81 and lacks physical vitality to rally
from the illness that has Frustrated
him
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30
TO HOLD THE WHEAT.
The Farmers' Alliance Said to Be Engineer
ing Vast Scheme.

ing Vast scheme.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, July a4-St Paul
has been made the headquarters of a
national movement by the United Farm
ers' Alliance of the country to corner
the entire wheat crop Of the United
States At No. 317 Wabash street for
several days a large force of employees
has been engaged in sending out circu-
lars with the view of having not only
the alliance men of the United States,
but all classes of farmers, keep back
their whea: crop until the bears have all
been killed off and prices have been ad-
vanced to high point In other words,
the alliance press bureau, the reform
press bureau and state press bureau are
working together, endeavoring to unite
farmers of the United States in a gil
gantic wheat trust in which the pro-
ducers shall be the stockholders and by
which the spectators and wheat buy
ers viii be squeezed to the wall
AT the head of the movement which
has its headquarters in St Paul, is
George NJ Muller, editor of the State.
and a prominent alliance man A cir
cular reciting the benefits of comb iua-
ton and urging the formation of the
trust has been made public
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30
Prize Fight Declared On.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 23.-The Hail.
Fifzsimmons fight, announced for last
night was formally declared off
A conference between the manapemen&
of the entertainment and others which
closed at 1-30 o'clock resulted ;-
this decision on account of .l,.
positive action of Gov. Nerriam
In calling on the state mili.;.
to aid the sheriff in enforcing the Law
and his order to the sheriff that the L.
must be enforced The manarer,.,.
saw that to attempt to carry out their
plans would provoke serious t-,,,l,1.-
they postponed the fight indefinitely.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30
Situation at SteeIton.

HARRISBURG. Pa, July 21.-The stu
alton at Steelton is considered rather
serious. The company has started up
No furnace, which had been banked.
and the men at work were principally
colored men. A raid is threat
ened- There is a report that
the Bessemer mill will be run
ming to-day, but the management is as
yet undecided on this It is expected
that /, 400 men will be at work as the
applications for employment were nu-
merous- The men at the Lochiel works
are still out. the proprietors having re-
fused to sign the scale
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30

DR. ANTONIO FLORES, president of
the republic of Ecuador, wishing to
celebrate his birthday by some act of
charity, granted a pardon to eighty
seven prisoners in the penitentiary of
the republic; but it appears that the
convicts did not turn the presidents
rlemency to very good account for for
iy-six of the eighty-seven were behind
the bars again before the end of the
SveeLS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30

The manuscript letters of Goethe to
Frau Won Stein are offered for sale by
Goethe's grandson, who asks $37, 900
for them English and American bid
ders are competing with the German
government to secure the letters.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30

THE New Orleans mint has COM
menced coming dimes for the first time
since 1885 and will turn out 100, 600
dimes daily. 1t is said that this order
Is due to the recently introduced dime
savings bank, which has locked up so
many of these coins as to render them
scarce and insufficient for business
nr1rn0SoS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30

GEN. OBIERNE. of the Barge Office at
New York, has issued an order for the
release OF the stowaway. Frank Frein-
eran, alias Frank Sherman. allowing
the boy to land. A cousin of the boy,
Mr.. L. II. Kierthmer, made affidavit
that the boy was born in Milwaukee
and that his mother was living in Chi
cago at the present time. Frank was
under orders to be returned to England
under the immigration laws.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30

EDWIN LEE BROWN died at his home
in Chicago the other day. He was the
first president of the Illinois Humane
society and was also at one time presi-
dent Of the International Humane asso-
ration
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30

BILL for the suppression of inebrie-
ty is being prepared in the German
bundesrath. The emperor takes the
iiveliest interest in the scheme and has
ordered that the progress of the meas
ure be reported to him during his trip
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30

THE Gladstonians turned the ables on
the conservatives in division of Cam
bridgeshire by electing their candidate
for parliament
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30
Found to II. Color-Rlind

WASHINGTON. July 2f--Lieut John
f. Meiggs, of the United States navy,
son of the old OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
is to be retired He stands exceedingly
well as an expert in ordnance matters,
and was recently ordered before a
board to be examined for promotion
Then, strange to tell, discovery was
made which showed that he was tech
nically disqualified to remain in the
service He was color-blind- This was
unknown to himself as well as to the
department He has been in the navy
twenty-nine years. thirteen of them at
sea, and never felt the defect in his
vision
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30

THE state comptroller of California
proposes to have the California worlds
fair appropriation tested in court be-
fore he pays out any money.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30

r. c. DUNCAN, of Washington, who
was acquitted of attempting to murder
his wife in Wales, has been removed to
an aSylum
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30
CURRENT COMMENT.

THE statement that Mrs. James
Brown Potter had been married to
Kyrle Bellew is pronounced false.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30

Frazier & Co. S grocery and ware
house and Quinet's carriage factory,
Montreal, Can, have been burned Loss,
500, 600.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-30


to the stone floor beneath, a distance of
thirty feet He fell, striking upon his
head and shoulders. At the time he
did not apparently suffer much and
the indications were that he would
ultimately recover. About three weeks
ago he suddenly died. Conclusion of
the brain was the cause.
AS a result of the Howell, Jewett &
Co. failure at Atchison sixteen lumber
yards in various parts of the country
were turned over to the assignee to Sc
cure eastern creditors, and an agent
harvested 1000 acres of wheat in
Western Kansas that had also been
turned over to creditors.
The other evening Ralph Wilkerson
and Clarence Jones, aged 9 years, were
wading in the Kansas river at Topeka
and getting beyond their depth were
swept down by the current and
drowned. Eddie Jones, twelve-year-
old brother of one of the boys, made
desperate attempt to rescue his brother,
but did not reach him before he sank.
Ella, the daughter of Rev. John
Presnel. the Methodist minister at
Baker. was thrown from her horse the
other day and probably fatally in
jured.
Frederick Dittman, a Leavenworth
night Waterman, went to sleep in an
clubhouse the other night and fell for
ward into hole three feet deep break
ing his neck He was found dead next
morning.
In the case of Edward Belden, SEN
fenced to be hanged at Wichita, July
"a for murder, the president has COM
muted the death penalty to imprison-
ment for life. The crime was commit
ted in Oklahoma
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-07-17


One of the late matrimonial engage
ments is said to be the outcome Of dar
ing little piece Of repartee ON the part of
the young woman, who has enjoyed the
reputation of being not only wit. but
beauty and belle as well. Although quite
young, she was known TO have declined
the honor of matrimonial alliance with
several of the best so called catches" Of
the season, and it began at last TO be III.
mored that her mind and heart were set
on one of her admirers who had not, as
yet, the temerity to come to the point
However that may be, the young man in
question was her partner In one of the
Harvard assemblies during last winter.
and during the intermission for supper
was seated with her in asequestered nook,
far from the madding crowd Apro.
pos of something that had been said, he
asked her laughingly il the report were
true that she had refused all the eligible
men in her set She blushed vividly for
a moment, then suddenly raised be-
head, looked him full In the face, and
said pointedly: -Yes, it is true--present
company accepted" Its, perhaps, need
less to state that they remained in the
"sequestered nook" during the rest Of the
german, and that the young lady wore a
sparkling solitaire on her left hand within
few days. Rumor also has it that the
above conversation was overheard by one
of the discarded suitors, who forthwith
"gave it away. boston Gazette.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-07-17

s. II. Clifford. New Cassel, Wis, wa
troubled with Neuralgia and Rheama-
tism his stomach was disordered, his
Liver was affected to an alarming degree
annette fell away, and he was terribly
reduced in flesh and strength Three
bottles of Electric Bitters cured him.
E Shepherd. Harrisburg. Ill had a
running sore on his leg of eight year S
standing. Used three bottles Of Electric
Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklen's
Arnica Ealve. and his leg is sound and
well. John Speaker, Catawba, o., had
five large Fever sores on his leg, doctors
said he was incurable. One bottle Of
Electric Bitters and one box Bucklen's
Arnica Salve cured him entirely Sold
by ths City Drug Store.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-07-17
No Alibt.

An old colored man was up in the
police court charged with stealing one
chicken from the coop of his neighbor
and the attorney for the defense was get
ting along swimmingly.
May it please the court, he said, we
expect, nay, we are positive, we can
prove an alibi in the case of this pris-
oner.
@Is dat me. boss?" put in the prisoner.
@Yes, that's you.
@Well, boss, ] specs you knows yo'
business bettern does, boss, but fo' de
Lawd, you CANT prove no alibi on me,
boss; haint fetched a drop O. muffin
strongern coffee sence las spring a var,
when went up to de mo'ners bench an
speenced igion, deed haint, boss.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-07-17

How Ro Deceived coa6ding Wife
Over the Wires.

OhSA thC WAtes.
mo one who has ever been telegraph
operator in a large hotel doubts the entirn
truthfulness of the old saying that all
men are liars, he remarked as he fin
ished sending a dispatch and added the
receivers check to IT, i wish you could
see the sort of business that goes over my
wire here day after day. 1t is enough to
establish beyond doubt the theory of the
total depravity of man. Last summer
drummer stayed at this hotel for a couple
of months, and every morning lac re-
ceived a dispatch from his wife in Roch-
ester and answered by dispatch every
night, in which he gave a complete
account of his doings during the day.
After this telegraphic bombardment had
fellow came into the office here one
morning and handed me SEQ I'm
going up to Waukeska for a week, said
he, and | want you 10 look after my
business here. You understand about
how my affairs have been running.
guess, and you can handle them Just as
well without me for few days. Re
member, / am hard at work here. Don't
let me stay out too late at night, you
know, or do anything that sober, in
dustrious, and devoted husband ought
not to do
well, / became that Rochester
woman's husband by proxy. Every morn
ing receive dispatch from her, and
every evening I answered it, sent the
truent husband to church twice on Sun
day, and permitted him to go to the thea
ter twice during the week. Upon his re-
turn from Waukesha he began sending
amatory dispatches to woman at that
point. One morning he handed in dis
patch to be sent in duplicate to his wife
in Rochester and to a woman in Cincin-
matt. noticed that the message ended,
Your own loving husband, Bert, and
Immediately called his attention to the
slip. Do you want the word "hus-
band to go to Cincinnati also?" asked.
oh, yes, he replied as he lighted cigar
make it double header. If my last
weeks work pans out well, I'll soon give
you chance to save a little work by
sending triple headers. Chicago Mail.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-07-17
Tough story.

%Isay," said man to his butcher,
that last piece of steak i bought of you
must have come from steer old enough
10 vote.
was it toughS 2"
fought Wen, / should say It was.
could hardly cut it.
@Oh, is that all? Well, you ought tn
have heard another man kicking a day
or two ago. He bought piece that he
said was so tough he couldn't get his fork
into the gravy
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-07-17
RernarIxabIe Facts.

Heart disease is usually supposed to be
incurable. but when properly treated q
large proportion of cases can be cured.
Thus Mrs. Elmira Hatch, of Elkhart,
Ind, and Mrs. Mary L. Baker, of Ovid,
Mich, were cured after suffering 20
years. s G. Lenburger, druggist at San
Jose, III says that DR.. Miles New Heart
Cure, which cured the former, worked
wonders for his wife. Levi Logan, of
buchanan Mich, who had heart disease
for 30 years, says two bottles made him
feel like a new man DR.. Miles New
Heart Cure is sold and guaranteed at the
City Drug Store.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-07-17
WE CARRY THE LARGEST STOCK OF

Come and convince yourself before pur-
chasing elsewhere.
We import and receive all our goods
direct. All our WHISTLES come direct
from United States Bonded Warehouses.
We are known to sell The best &C. 90 Whis-
key In the market, and are able at pres
ent to offer better article than ever be-
fore purchased for the money. We are
the only place in the city where you can get
ALL KINDS or CoRDIALs.
We believe in large sales and small prof
IT'S Special attention paid to all city and
country orders. Give US call and be
convinced,
n B.--Families supplied with Bottled
Beer at short notice, at
STRAUSS'S
dec5iy 10 Market Space