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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-23
Conditions i'm Kansas.

The people of Kansas are in debt,
many of them inextricably So 1t is
very impolitic for an editor to write a
three-inch editorial declaring that the
state is the cream of prosperity and
that every one who says to the contrary
Is a calamity howler. 1t is especially
iInpolitic to do this when the balance
of the paper is devoted to sheriff sale
notices closing out farms under mort
cages. You can't make man believe
he is prosperous when he knows he is
not, when he is hopelessly in debt and
the sheriff is standing over his effects
with an auction hammer.
The alliance is an impractical ele-
ment, but the opposition gains nothing
by an endeavor to stuff falsehood
down the voters throats when the lie
is so palpable and so thoroughly known.
Kansas is mortgaged for almost as
much as it would sell for under the
hammer. Taxes there verge on confis-
cation. Let parties meet the truth
squarely and point out remedy rather
than deny It No political party is re-
sponsible for the ieplorable state of
affairs in Kansas Why should any
party seek to cover it up? Deceit,
sham and false promises are a pooy pre-
text on which to bolster up one party
or sunder another. City Sum
day Sun
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unless Jney either invested 1t In legiti-
mate productive enterprises, or loaned
it out at two per cent?
Finally, few words In reference to
the depreciation of the peoples money,
which the American Banker affects to
fear 30 greatly.
In the first place. the people would
issue not promises to pay money but
money itself, full legal tender money,
thus putting it out of the power of those
who own what little gold there is in
the country to REASONABLY depreciate
their country's currency by putting a
premium upon gold A full legal tender,
absolute paper dollar will never. never
depreciate-
In the second place the American
Banker is entirely losing sight of, or
purposely ignoring, potential factor
which is in fact the solvent of the
problem. / will briefly state the law
governing the case, thus: The value
OF currency may be safely increased in
an Inverse ratio to any reduction of in
terest that may be made. / will go
further than that and affirm that if it is
not SO increased it will be equivalent
to contraction of our currency. Let
me explain Income-producing prop
erty is worth that amount of money
upon which it will pay the prevalent
current rate of interest, hence a farm
that will pay six per cent. upon 81, 0O0 is
worth $1,000. But if the current rate
of interest is reduced to two per cent
the farm at once becomes worth So, 900,
therefore a reduction of interest from
six to two per cent, accompanied by
an increase In the volume Of money to
three times the former volume, would
have the same effect as if two out of
every three dollars were retired from
circulation, interest remaining at the
present rates.
The American Banker need have no
fears but that the people know what
they want and just how it will affect
them, and it may also rest assured that
knowing what they want they intend
to have just that and nothing else
George c. Ward, in Topeka Advocate.
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AN EXCELLENT THING.

But it Ii Easy to See That the People In
this Country Are Not the Ones Bene-
flied.
1t seems to be pretty well established
that Europe is going to buy our securi-
ties as well as our grain This is, of
course, an excellent thing for the coun-
try. but it is mighty hard on the croak-
ers.-Kansas City Journal
What did the S74, 600, 900 in gold that
left this country go to Europe for last
year? Why, to pay interest on Amer
lean securities held in Europe. What
will the hundred million bushels of our
surplus wheat crop be used for this
year? Why, to do the same thing. Be-
tween us and the moneyed class of Eu-
rope, under the pressnt financial svs-
tenn, it is heads they win, and tails we
lose.-National Economist
sit is estimated that we pay for the
use of English capital $500, 600, 600 a
year.
what? Three hundred millions.
Why, that is about five dollars forevery
man, woman and child"
yes
What is it paid for?"
Interest on borrowed capital"
''On what?''
''On capital"
son gold?"
'Oh, no; we only have about twice
that much gold; it is paid on capital, on
borrowed credit
What was the use of borrowing
credit when we could make it?'
Don't know; John Sherman, the
great fnancier, has been running
things. "-Industrial Union.
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County Central Committeeman Of the
Peoples Party.

A. McCray, Mingona. Chairman
Medicine Lodge township-R. NJ. Sparks, r. j.
Taliaferro. E. r. Howard.
Sharon township-Perry Hill. VIM. Brown,
Leon z. Beals.
Elm Mills tOwnship-M. e. Roddy. S. I. Dicker.
son, B. +. Co1man.
Hazelton township-G. W. Drake, J. ]. King,
w. s. Ballard.
Lockard precinct-Jas. A. Lockard. J. 8. Jones
L. s. McElwain.
Nippewalla township-W. b. Springer, r. D.
Gaddie, G. J. Skeen.
Deerhead township-Clay McGrath, j. W. De-
Geer. L. G. Drury.
Sun City township-N. g. ROwley, Green Ad-
ANS G. H. Douglass.
McAdoO township-C. w. Wilson, VIM. Said
ID. T. McAdoo.
Mingona tOwnship-wm, Doles. J. d. PurseIl,
A. McCray.
Valley township-Lester White. Jesse Haw.
kins, J. W. Jones.
Cedar township. Elmore. l.. n. Presnall. d.
COnger.
ElwoOd township-R. u. Smith, E. Gibbs. VIM.
Jarvis.
Kiows townships H. Smith, J. G. watrous.
H. g. Waitner.
Moore township -Chas. Heskett. R. Clark. F.
Aetna township-T. d. Finley. L. H. Robertson,
Geo. Eckerf.
Lake City eownship-Noah Warsntan. f. A.
Lewis, j. w. LaDpin.
Turkey toWnship-M. H. Clements, E. A.
Clark, L. +. walker.
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The Masses Against the Clas.e.

Many fights have been lost to labor
They have been followed by others
like this skirmish in Grand Rapids
But they have all demonstrated that
organized labor cannot win through
strikes, while the law and law officers
are against them. Organized labor
must go down in inglorious defeat un-
less it abandons the strike as its favor
ite weapon and resorts to the ballot. It
must get into its own hands the powers,
patronage and franchises of govern
ment, and then it will rule without need
of strikes or violence, and now is the
time, from this hour, for labor to put
its dependence on the ballot This is
what it must come to at last, and now
is the time. The revolution can now
be made peacefully at the polls The
contest is of the masses against the
classes, and the former can now win if
they stand united, and our institutions
saved Grand Rapids Press.
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Read This.

New England, or any other section
of the country, is justified in opposing
such a scheme of plunder as the free
coinage of silver involves; and. unless
the American spirit of fairness toward
all sections and of interest in the gem
eral welfare of the people as whole
has disappeared from the democracy
and alliance of the west and south, the
republican party in those sections will
receive assistance in its fight to main
tain an honest dollar and the existing
financial status. s.-Albany Evening Jour-
nal (dem.).
The political bosses and their tools
who have for months maneuvered to
disorganize the alliance, can now con-
sole each other as best they can. It's
their funeral, not that of the alliance.
Southern Mercury.
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THE PEOPLES HOSTS

May Prepare Themselves to Meet the Com
bined Armies Of the PIutocratic Money
Power.
The enemy
Watch him.
Eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty
Who is the enemy?
Without beating round the bush, or
fine phrasing, the money power is the
enemy.
He has two armies, the republican
and democratic parties, in his service,
and when the people are quiet submis-
sive and docile these armies play at
fighting each other.
The beauty of it is that the rank and
file are in dead earnest, and the two
parties, or armies as the better in
formed John James Ingalls, calls them,
fight for blood.
struggle between them with ghoulish
glee, and says
Lay on Macdun,
And damned be he who first cries,
"Hold, enough"
The supremacy of gold-buggism, cor
porationism, landlordism, mortgage
lordism, railroadlordism, and all sorts
of capitalism, is equally safe with
either party.
The successes or failures of the 'two
great parties" are mere questions of
Office holding.
The money power smiles equally on
either set after the battle is over, the
spoils appropriated, and the successful
set tried to outdo the other in SUBJ
serviency to the common master-the
money power.
When, however, the ravages of the
money power have wrought havoc in
all parts of the country, have reduced
the toilers of the country to servants,
the wage earners to hirelings, and the
farmers to vassals, by degrees there
comes an awakening, and the wrath of
the plain, common people, SO slow to
anger, becomes terrible.
They form new combinations, and,
driven by an awful necessity, they con-
solidate their broken columns into a
single body, as was done at Cincinnati
on the Goth of May, 1891.
When this happens the money power
orders truce to hostilities between the
demo-republican armies, and commands
that instead of fighting each other they
for the time being unite against the
aroused people.-Pittsburgh Kansan.
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aIcAIIister's ExooIs,on

w. S. McAllister was expelled from
the Mississippi state alliance last week
for conduct unbecoming a gentleman.
Bro. j. b. West, who was present, saws
charges were preferred and read to Nc
Allister in the state meeting. He asked
for time to prepare his defense, which
was granted. When the time for trial
came McAllister appeared at the door
OF the state meeting and sent in some
papers to be read in his trial The body
refused to receive the papers notifying
McAllister to come in to trial and pre-
sent the papers on trial and give per-
sonal testimony as to the truthfulness
OF the charges against him He refused
Go enter and stand his trial, and the
body proceeded with the trial, expell-
ing him from the order.-Weekly Toiler.
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Money to Loan At Two Per Cent.

The government of the United States
of America will loan limited amount
of money on real estate security
at two per cent interest and on twenty
years time. A portion of the principal
to be paid each year and interest on
that repaid to be discontinued. Citizens
of the United States who are paying
heavy interest may have their mortgage
taken mp by the government by exc
cutting new mortgages to the United
States for two per cent No loans will
be made before July l, 1893 Every
one who expects to take advantage of
this blessing is expected to vote for it in
1s92.-Kokomo (Ind- Industrial Union.
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Within che Law.

Wild-Eyed Mani want lot of poi
son right OF.
Drug Clerk-It's against the law to
sell poisons to people who look as II
they wanted to commit suicide; but rs''
let you have bottle of DR.. D1do6l l.ye-
quet's elixir Of life. That seems to be
pretty sure death. Good News
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Spoiled His Little JolSe.-Fweddie
Talk about high-priced horses /
know of . horse that brought twenty
thousand dollars" Gawge-"Where
did he bring it TOP Fweddie-s'Yo
mean Cd th u. Yankee Blade.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-23

Elderly Maiden tout rowing with a
possible suitor and her little sister, who
Ii frightened by the waves)-Theodoral
II you are so nervous now, what seiLl
you be at my age?
Little Sister (meeklyl -Thirty-seven.
! suppose.-Life.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-23

There is band not . thousand miles
from here that possesses baritone
player who bids falr to become the per
Of Gilmore 'scelebraied player, Whittier.
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State Omcers.
Barher County Omcsra.
SOCIETIES.

n a. +. 4 A. NJ, Delta Lodge No y
"a Regular communications, first and
~ third Saturday evenings in each
N month. All afiliRting and nOu-aiIili-
ating masons In good standing, cordially in
Vitod 10 attend II. A. BURNETT, W. NJ.
I.W. Stout, Secretary.
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More CalanitY.

Jerry Simpson said that the entire
state of Kansas could not be sold for
enough to pay its Indebtedness. The
ever-truthful and reliable Topeka Cap
ital at once proclaimed Simpson a liar
and an enemy of Kansas. OF course
the honorable Jerry lost no sleep over
the matter, and is now fully sustained
by the census report Meanwhile the
citizens of that state are making up
their conclusion as to the difference
between a man who has the courage to
warn them of their true condition and
paper that seeks to deceive and mis-
lead. IN ational Economist
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CYPRUS CHAPTER No. 90, X. A. M, meets
in Masonic Hall every 2d and 4th Thursday
Visiting brethren cordially invited.
Z. d. PECK. sec'y.
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DELPHIA LODGE, No. 1l0, K. of p, meets ON
Monday evening of each week, at the X. of p.
hall. Visiting Knights in good standing invi-
led to attend. J. B. GANO, Q. G.
IRWIN II. STAFFORD, X. OF X. & s.
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n u q LORRAINE CHAPTER, No. 39
W. hS Ns Regular Communications, first
and third Monday evenings IN each month.
MRS. FRAECIs ELLIS, ". NJ.
MAMIE v. OBRYAN, Sec.
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The Charleston News and Courier,
and other papers of that illr, are BOOM
ing the democratic anti-sub-treasury
meeting to be held soon at St Louis.
It will, no doubt receive the hearty
support of the Topeka Capital and New
York Tribune National Economist
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n K D ELDRED POST, No. ia, meets
W. IA M I'd 4 4th Saturday I'm each month
OF the court house In Medicine Lodge, at p. N.
All comrades cordially invited.
L. T. WILLIAMS, Post Commander.
john W. UPPERMAN. Adjutant.
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CHURCHES.

PAPTIsT.-Preaching oaon sunday at IL a.
LIN. and at 30 p. m, at the courthouse. Sun
day school at 10 O'Clock, IN. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening OF each week. Rev. w. A -.
Cain. Pastor. Residence on Cor. Lincoln Ave.
and Cherry Streets.
NHRISTIAN.-Preach every Sunday at
~ ii o'clock, u. m, and 1880 p. m, by Elder
J. q. Nicholson. Prayer meeting every We'd
nesday night. Sunday school ut 10 o. clock q. IN.
every Sunday. Pastors residence at the par
sonage study at the chapel,
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.-Servicese every
AVA Sunday at 100 a. IN. and 1880 p. IN. Sun
day school every Sunday at 10 a. IN. Prayer
meetinh every Thursday evening at 1880.
Strangers invited. ID. w. PHILLIPs, Pastor.
DRESBYTERIAN.-Se every Sunday al
= II a. IN. and 1880 p. m. Sunday School at
10 .. m. j. b. NORTH, Pastor.
TATHOLIC CHURCH Services on End
~ sunday OF every month at Sherlocks hall.
at 1000 q. m. REV. BITTER Pastor.
GERMAN BAPTIST BRETHREN-Hold reg.
~ ular services at Mingona, Barber county,
the second and fourth Sundays in each month.
At Forrest school house on the second Sunday /;
Cedar Crock school house on the third Sunday.
BY Elders Shamberger, Smith and Neher.
OT. MARKS MISSION.-Sunday school at
NC3;30 o'clock on every Sunday afternoon, In
the q. A. X. hall. Children please come.
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@ " LOREN EDWARDS CAMP, No. 152.
OI $. of ", meets on 1st and 3D. Satur
day evenings OF each month, I'm X. of p. hall.
y. W. SNoDDY, Capt. W. G. Matthews Ist Lieu.
RoBT. CAMERON, LIST Seargent.
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ENSIGN ENCAMPMENT No. SO, 1. o. o. F
Meets nrst and third Friday of each month
Visiting PAtriarchs cordially invited to- attend
3. l.. ALLEN. II. p. q. X. HARRIS, q. =.
w. t. ROUSE, s.w. &c. wALsTAD, s.
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NAONINo. 81, ,REBECCA DEGREE, l. o. OF
Meets the I'd and 4th Wod. nights, each month.
MRS. N. ALLEN, N. q,
MRS. AUo. SCMIDT, Secy.
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A. O. U. W. Esss. Ess'y "a ISSS' SSS .tS S9 Friday iS
night. K. N. BYERLEY, NJ. w.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

PREsIDuHr. HENJAMIN HARRISON
United StatesSenators, ...........P.B Is. Plumb
Kansas, -. W. A. Petfer
Momber Of Congress, 9Th Dist. Jerry Simpson
Judge Of zIth Judicial Dist 49,. G. W Mckay
State Senator, 3eth District. Chester I. Long
Representative, Goth District. -. #. W. HickOx
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TOWNSHIP TICKETS.

EAGLE TOWNSHIP.
The Portland daily press., 1891-08-15
BRIEF JOTTINcs.

Yesterday was warm and agreeable.
The United States Gil steamer Maverick,
has left the harbor.
A large excursion will come over the
Grand Trunk and Maine Central roads to
day.
Rev. c. II. fainter of Chicago, Ills, sup
plies the pulpit of Williston church tomor-
row.
Steam yachts Halcyon and Trophy and
schooner yacht Adrian, were in port yester-
day. The Trophy has received an electric
light plant.
HThe August number of the "Official Time
Tables of the Maine Central Railroad" has
made its appearance and contains much that
is new. and interesting.
Mr.. Elliott G. Mitchell has contracted with
Manager Lothrop to furnish the programmes
for the season of 1S91-9s. The programme
will be printed in handsome form by Mitch
oil AZ RickfOrd,
The Portland daily press., 1891-08-15
THE BOSTON g. MAINE.
Chambers Onslaught on the Free
Pass System.

In regard to the Boston & Maine, Senator
Chandler and the pass system, an officer OF
the Interstate commission, being asked
whether the commission would make pubic
the answer, together with the list OF the
names of persons to whom passes have oeen
issued, when received, replied: The
answer will of course be accessible to
the pu bile, but IL may be doubted
whether the commission will deem it expedi-
ent or Just to furnish the list of names for
publication. You must know that the sub
ject is only informally before the commits
sion that it has been brought here by an in
dividual complaint, and that the information
that the Boston & Maine is about to furnish
will come at the request of the commission,
for the use Of the commission. and not in re.
Spouse to any formal proceedings. Under
these circumstances. if the commission
should make public the list of the passes.
the Boston & Maine Company might COM
plain that 1t was not right to make them
public without at the same time giving pub
licty to list of the passes which may have
been issued by competing roads," From
this statement it would appear that it is not
probable that Secretary Chandler will &C
complish his main purpose.
The Portland daily press., 1891-08-15
oth-2eth Election.
The 1st-10th-29th Maine Regiment Asso,
tiou chose the following officers.

Inc lst-lOth-29th Maine Regiment Associa-
tiou chose the following officers:
President--Hal twell L. French, Lynn.
Vice PresidentS-Elijah q. Gould. Portland
Murray Watson, Auburn; Cyrus Freeman Great
Falls, N. H.; Chas. III. Jumper, Lewiston; Hebron
Mayhem. Westbrook; Edwin w. Fowler, Boston
Jas. M. lockwood, Waterville.
Chaplain-freelon Starbird, Pennington.
Historian, Secretary and Treasurer John M.
Could Portland.
Commissary-James NJ. Stafford, Portland.
Executive Committee-Benj. M. Redlon, Port
land Rensselaer, Greedy, Portland; Ed. Nelson
Greedy, Portland.
The Ladies' Auxiliary Association present.
ed to the Regiment association flags and
household furniture for the building, the
presentation being made by Mrs. Matthew
Kennard.
The kitchen has now been paid for, which
leaves the association free from debt.
Mr.. Kenney photographed several of the
companies. Company K turned out tae
largest number of men, 90 in all.
The playing of Chandler's band was great
ly enjoyed. Mr.. Chandler was there and
played the cornet 1t was decided to COM
plete an organization of the old members of
the band and meet every year. as long as pos
sible.
The effoit has been made to learn what
Confederate regiment opposed the 10th Maine
at Antietam. Thus far the 4thiAlabama and
9TH Texas of Hoods division have been iden-
tilted as nearly opposite the 10th Maine,
The Portland daily press., 1891-08-15
DEATHS,

In this city, Simeon Anaias infant son of Celia
and A. ID. M'lntyre. aged months 10 days.
In Standisn, Aug. Is, Horace Meserye aged So
years 10 months "a days.
In Bridgton, Aug. z, John W. Fowler, aged rs
years month.
In Harrison. Aug Is, James Richardson, aged
about 80 years.
In Bridgton, Aug. IL, Daniel Thorn.
In Biddeford. Aug. ID, Albert p. Quimby, aged
II years months.
In Eliot, Aug. 8, Herbert Spinney, aged 80 yrs.
In Shapleigh, July 30, Mrs. Sally Lane aged
80 years.
In Rockland,. Aug. s, Benjamin Sargent aged
81 years months.
In Rockport. Aug. 3, George U. Annis, aged
SO years.
In Rochester, N. H., Aug. IL, Sarah A., widow
OF the late Daniel s. Boynton, of Buxton, aged
SO years.
1.-THE funeral Of the late William F. Farr will
take place on Sunday afternoon at $50 o'clock,
at his late residence, NO. halrs Court.
1.-The funeral service of the late Mary K.
Sprague will take place this Saturday afternoon
at o'clk. at her mothers residence, No. Al Stone
street. Burial at convenience of the family.
The Portland daily press., 1891-08-15
Dynamite In Well Digging.

A curious circumstance in connection with
the great artesian we'll at Trefethen's Land
ing was told the other day. At the depth of
II feet the drill was withdrawn and the
trimmer, for smoothing and rounding the
bore, was introduced. AS it reached the bot
tom it was lost in some assure. and all tf-
forts to recover it proved futile. 1t looked
as though the well would have to be aban-
doned, the water secured being meagre in
quantity, when an assistant, familiar with
dynamite, advised the use of that explosive.
After while several cartridges were located
at the bottom and exploded. The immediate
result was an immense flow of water where
before it had been so scanty. and success
took the place of failure. The rending
force of the high explosive undoubtedly
opened many seams, and tapped living
vein of water. :,
The Portland daily press., 1891-08-15
The PEOPLES SeryIces.

The series of services adopted by the Sec
ond Parish church for the present month,
the first of which was held last Sunday
evening, cannot help becoming very popular.
They are the same as those usel in Berkeley
Temple. Boston, which attract to that church
such immense audiences every Sunday even
ing. They were arranged by former pastor
Of this church and consist of responsive read
ings, fine music by the congregation led by a
double quartette and choir, with a short SER
mon, the whole giving complete outline
of some gospel theme. Strangers are always
welcome at all the services of this church.
The Portland daily press., 1891-08-15
JUMPED TO THE GROUND.
In This Way MRS. Mary Spear Took
Her Life Yesterday.

Mrs. Mary Spear jumped out of the fourth
story window of Greeley Hospital yesterday
afternoon about 5 80 o'clock. She was a
woman about 20 years old and demented.
She had been at the hospital for some time.
Coroner Gould was called. and after examin-
ing the circumstances. deemed an inquest
unnecessary She was alone in the room at
the time she jumped. This nurse had left
her room to get her supper. When she re-
turned, Mrs. Spear was missing. The nurse
looked out the window and saw her lying on
the ground. fastening dowa the nurse
found Mrs. Spear dead. Mrs. Spear had
husband, who is supposed to be working at
Cumberland Mills. She was placed In Greeley
Hospital ON account of insanity some time