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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23
Free Sugar.

Mckinley, and the other protection
lists, are boasting of what they have
done for the American people. by max
sugar free. They point with pride to
the fact, that sugar has been cheapened
to the consumer. by the amount of the
tariff which has been removed, and
claim the gratitude of the American
people for what they have done.
This is all very good of itself, but
when we examine the Mckinley bill''
we find that the American people have
paid dearly for this concession. For
while the Mckinley bill removes the
tariff from raw sugar, it increases the
tariff on other dutiable articles, ON an
average 333 per cent. We have free
sugar, but we pay so per cent. on in
grain carpets. More than 80 per cent. on
woolen clothing, fannels, glassware,
lamp chimneys, ETC.; 60 per cent. ON
handkerchiefs, and 100 per cent. on tin
plate. But" we are told by McKin-
ley, 'the American consumer does not
pay these duties, they are paid by the
foreign producer" How consistent
this claim is, in view of the fact, that
the sanity Mckinley claims such great
credit for cheapening sugar by removing
the tariff.
Will some of these tariff saints, who
are such tremendous friends I'D of the
laboring classes, please explain how il
is that the duty on sugar was tax, and
that by removing it the article was
cheapened by the exact sum of the duty
removed, and at the same time The
duties Oh wool and woolens, tinplate
etc., are not a tax, but are paid by the
foreign producer? If these conflicting
claims of the pToteetioaists are not ths
proofs of gross demagoguery, they art
of gross ignorance; and in either cast
point out those making them as wholly
unfit to be trusted by the American
people with positions of power. The
fact is the infamous Mckinley bill was
that class was the mill owner class
In order to have plausible pretexi
for this, it was necessary to reduce the
revenue at some point, and sugar wa:
chosen as the point to operate ON. botl
because the people of the south were
chiefly interested in this product
and because it is chiefly a farmers
industry. Having consumated the
infamy. these saints t?l having
SO often humbugged the Amer
ican voters, thought they could Go il
again, by posing as the friends of the
laboring classes, and claiming credit TO,
cheapening sugar. But they will fine
that the American farmers are not sucf
fools as they have supposed them to be
and these sanity ~ hypocrites will bt
compelled to step down and out.-Th,
American.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23

ToPEkA's dam enterprise is having a
little difficulty IN coming 10 dam COM
pletion. The dam company, which ex-
pected to have the raging Kaw properly
damned within short time has had its
operations damned by the interposition
Of a dam ordinance which the dam
company does not like. The dam con-
struction is at standstill, and unless
the dam projectors obtain relief from
the restrictions of that dam ordinance
they viii not dam the Kansas river
The Topeka papers, which desire to see
the dam business proceeded with, are
inclined to dam the eouncilmen who
passed the dam ordinance.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23

OLD DAN ANTHONY, the Leayen-
worth Times proprietor, who has for
years done the dirty work for the repub-
lican, party but who claims to have de-
serted the old hulk in the hour of its
extremity, was horsewhipped on the
streets of his own city last Wednesday
by Ex-Mayor Fortescue, because of the
villainous attacks the Times made upon
the ex-mayor's private record, during
the recent city campaign. Old Dan
ran for his ''swamp angel" the weapon
with which he has MANNED more than
one of his fellow men, and started gun
ming for the whiper. Dan is old, but
awful wicked, AID we look for more
trouble yet over the ehorswhipping affair.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23
VOLUME VIII.
THE EAGLE SCREAMS.

am the American Eagle,
And my wings flop together,
Likewise 1 roost high
And eat Bananas raw.
Rome may sit on her
Seven hills and howl,
But she cannot
Sit on Me!
Will she please put that
In her organ and grind it?
/ am mostly bird of peace,
And 1 was born without teeth,
But I've got .talons,
That reach from the storm
Beaten coasts of the Atlantic
To the golden shores of the
Placid Pacific.
And 1 use the Rocky Mountains
AS milestone to sharpen them on
never cackle till
Lay an egg;
And 1 point with pride
To the eggs I've laid
In the last hundred years or so.
I'm game from
The point of my beak
To the star-spangled tip
OF my tail feathers.
And wnen L begin
To scratch gravel,
Mind your eyes!
Pm the Cock of the Walk,
And the Henbird of the
Goddess of Liberty.
The only gallinaceous
E pl,t1ibus ltnunl
On record.
Pm an eagle from Eagleville,
With a scream on me that makes
Thunder sound like
Dropping cotton
On still morning,
And my present address is
Hail Columbia,
u. S. A.!!-New York Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23

offices open ''AT LEAST one day in each
week. and shall receive in payment for
such time as they thus keep their offices
open the same pay per day as they re-
ceive for field work" !" which is, We are
told, 81 per day. At that rate the
county surveyor has it within his
option to keep his Office open every day
in Tie week, which would make the
Office pay salary of 81 ,24s.0O per year.
besides the other fees. Some one post
Friend Markey.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23

THE New York Methodist conference
has voted overwhelmingly that women
shall not be admitted to the general
conference as delegates. Is Metho-
dism the same all the country over;
or do we have select branch or spec
ial dispensation in Kansas?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

Mr.. HARRISON travels on free spec
ial trains; when Mr.. Cleveland was
president and wished to go anywhere
he bought ticket just as ordinary peo-
pie always do. No comment is neces-
sary.-Larned Eagle-Optic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23

In THE Illinois legislature humor-
Gus statesman introduced a bill to COM
pei railroads to carry ''hog killer" On
every passenger train; the duty of the
"hog killer'' being to club passengers
who pay for but one seat and occupy
two. Not bad bill, by the way.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23

FREE coinage of silver stands cut
prominent among the principles advo-
Gated at the Kansas City Western
States Commercial Congress this week
The south and west are unit on this
question.-Pawnee-R Rock Leader.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23
CLARENDON.

From "Sand Burr"
David Reaugh went up to the Bend
last Tuesday.
Henry Ward was up to the county
seat this week.
David Reaugh says there are great
many fish in Cow creek this spring,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23

A MEASURE known as House bill
No. 2l4,'' Was passed at the last ses-
sion of the legislature which provides
that county surveyors must keep their
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23

IN MAINE, where prohibition has
been the law for a generation, judge
of a municipal court has just been re-
moved from Office by the governor and
council for continued drunkenness,
which goes to show that water will in
toxicate if used to excess.-K. G. Star.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23

ONE of these two things must be
done: The volume of currency in cir
culation must be increased to meet the
demands of the increasing business of
the country, or there must be check
put to the growing business. Which is
best, and how to accomplish 1t, is what
is puZzling the people.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23

The first person to vote iii the fourth
ward al Leavenworth Oh Tuesday was
Mildred Ann Clay, a colored woman
los years old. And she stuck in a
democratic ticket toe. She was old
enough to have known how to vote.
She had reached the age of discretion,
and when our cOlored voters reach her
age they will all vote as she did.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23

The DEMOCRAT will next week con-
tain an article OH 1.-The Kansas Farm
er as he is Affected by PrOtectiOn," :"
from the pen of Almerin Gillett, a
prominent farmer of Lyon county, who,
although lifelong republican, cannot
stand idly by and see the interests OF
Kansas farmers made to pay tribute to
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23

MRS. E. MOSES, of Creswell town
ship, tells US that she has two three
legged cats. They are now over year
old and are sound every way except
being minus one hind leg. She says
they are good mousers and can run as
swiftly and cut up as many pranks as
any four legged cat in the country
Arkansas City Democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23

THE republican machine in Kansas
has thrown prohibition overheard. All
the first class cities of Kansas-except
Topeka-are being run on the high
license system. We understand that
Topeka will also soon get the benefit of
the Kansas India rubber prohibition
iniquity. Democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23

I'VE are convinced that this country
must look to the tried principles of de-
mocracy to bring it out of political
Chaos" says the Salina Evening News
heretofore republican in politics.
And suiting the action to the word, the
News comes out strong for democracy
and calls upon all other republican
organs to ''Get in Line"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23

THE simplicity Of our forefathers on
the tariff question almost passes belief
in this day of McKinIeyism. The
stately old gentlemen who met in the
first congress selected carriages as lux
uries on which to levy the highest duty
in the first tariff law. This high tariff
on carriages was placed at Is per cent;
and then the fOrefathers thought they
had done something in the high tariff
line which would lay burden ON the
rich. But we have outgrown the ideas
of the fathers. We bear duties ten
times as high as their carnage duty,
and we are even told that the tariff is
not tax.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-08-14

THEY WANT CASH.

Sioux Indians Determined to Accept
Nothing Else as Pay for Ceded Lands.
CHAMBERLAIN, S. D., Aug. l2.-There
promises to be considerable kicking
when the government begins to pay the
Sioux Indians for the lands ceded to the
United States about one year ago. In
all there were about 11,00O,000 acres
that the Sioux relinquished to the gov
eminent, and in pay therefor the In
dams are to receive various goods, such
as plows, harrows, COWS, horses, wag-
ons, etc. The Indians are not pleased
at the prospect of receiving this sort OF
pay for their lands, and there is certain
to be protest made against paying
them IN goods that will be of no earthly
use to the majority of redmen. They
want their pay in cash, and appear de-
termined to accept nothing else. It
will be remembered that the Indians in
Wisconsin recently protested against
being paid their annuities in agricul-
tural implements, etc., and their action
was closely watched by the Sioux, who
would much rather have the cash than
the agricultural implements.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-08-14
MUCH PROPERTY DESTROYED.
Camp Douglas, Wis, Suffers to the Ex-
teut of $15O,OOO.

Camp Douglas, Wis.,, Suffers to the Ex-
teut of S15O,OOO.
New LISBON, Wis, Aug. 12.-Camp
Douglas is in ruins. At about D. m.
the cry of fire was raised. It seems that
a lamp exploded in Buffmire's saloon,
but the flames had been nearly smoth-
cred, and thinking it was all over the
crowd left. The fire took a new start
and in about ten minutes was beyond
control. The fire spread rapidly through
several business houses till it reached
the Camp Douglas hotel. 1t then crossed
the Omaha tracks and set fire to the
Commercial House and the depot. The
soldiers out at their camps were noti-
fed and assembled and succeeded in
saving nearly all the goods in the hotel
and stores, besides the whole of the
business part of the village. Many
dwelling houses were burned, there
being nothing left but few residences
in the southwestern part of the town.
The wind blew from the south and kept
the fire burning so rapidly that the fire
engines from Mauston and Tomah.
which had been sent for, reached there
too late. The total loss is estimated at
about S15O.0OO.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-08-14
Found in q Sod shanty.

IA INQUIRE, N. D., Aug. 11.-Gris-
void, La Moure county, sixteen miles
north of. here, was the scene Of an oc-
currence which looks like murder.
Mrs. Herman Boelter, 90 years of age,
who was keeping house for her father
5i1-law, Wilhelm Boelter, while her hus-
band was working out for wages, was
burned to death in bed, the sod shanty
evidently having been fired. The barn
was also burned, and separately from
the house. Old Wilhelm Boelter is
missing, and it is thought that he may
be found in the ruins of the barn.
iBoelter left a note in q stick stuck in
the ground, but being poorly expressed
the meaning cannon be fully determined,
yet many think he set fire TO the dwell
ing after killing his daughter-in-law and
has taken his own life. The coroner
has gone 10 the place. sas$8
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-08-14
AM IOWA TORNADO.
The Southern Part of the State visited
by Severe Storms.


by Severe Storms.
OTUMwA, Ia, Aug. 1.-THE intense
heat of the past few days which caused
the prostration Of workmen in the city
and in the country, eliminated in
cyclone which swept through Southern
Iowa from Humeston northeast. At
Humestcn the damage was perhaps the
greatest of any place in the path of the
storm. Cars were blown off the Keo-
kuk and Western railroad, the round
house was demolished, houses were un-
rooted, smaller buildings blown away,
trees were uprooted and wheat and oats
in stack was scattered in every direc-
tion. Unknown hav fields and grain
fields were swept level as floor, and
corn in the fields was prostrated, Great
ing great damage.
At Corydon the large court house was
unroofed and the offices damaged The
Methodist church was damaged and the
ilepot blown down, while crops and
smaller buildings shared the same fate
as everywhere else in the track of the
storm.
Cttumwa was in it and the ominous
looking clouds drove many people into
the cellars. The stores OF A. D. Moss
and A. H. Peterson were unroofed, as
was also the large warehouse of Harper,
Mclnti"e & Co., and portion of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy round
house was unroofed. while number of
smaller buildings and residences suf-
tered likewise.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-08-14
RAN INTO A FREIGHT.

Grand Rapids and Indiana Train
Wrecked-Two Killed.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Aug. 12.-The
fast passenger train No. 5, running on
the Grand Rapids, and due here from
the south at 2.10 a. m, ran into a
freight at the Briant siding, about
forty-fve miles south of this city at
1850 a. III. The freight was backed onto
the siding from the main track at the
time. Engine No. As, on which Engineer
Daniel Dick and Fireman Thomas
Brown were at their posts of duty, and
the baggage and express car behind it
were ditched, but the remaining coaches
remained on the track unchanged, with
the passengers uninjured beyond the
severe shock. The engine toppled over
on its side Immediately after the crash,
and as the monster machine went
over, the engineer and fireman both
jumped from the cab. Engineer Dick
was found dead few moments later,
his body being crushed under the ten
der. Fireman Brown was found crushed
and bleeding in the debris unconscious,
but alive. He was internally injured,
and died at o'clock.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-08-14
TO PROTECT AMERICANS.

More Warships Being Sent from the
United States to Chinese Waters.
NEW YORK, Aug. 11.-A special from
Washington to The Herald says that the
navy department is arranging to
augment our strength in Chinese waters
as rapidly and effectively as possible.
Instructions have been sent by the
Alaska steamer which sailed from San
Francisco Saturday for the Marion to
proceed at once from Behring sea to
China. 1t is also stated that instruc-
tions were also sent for the Alert to
follow the Marion. It is not ;mproba.
ble that the Charleston may also be or
dered to join the Asiatic station. These
orders indicate that the government is
alarmed at the situation in China and
is fastening to send all the vessels that
can be spared for the protection Ut
American citizens. and interests in
China,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-08-14
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DOMESTIC TROUBLES.
An Iowa Couple Attempt to Elope, But
the Girls Parents- Interfere,

MARsHALLTowN, Ia, Aug. 12.-About
the most sensational domestic episode
this city ever witnessed has just oc-
Cured here. Mrs. DR.. Rose Upson,
secretary of the Iowa Pharmaceutical
association, was the principal character
in the affair. She has a daughter,
Stella Martin, by former marriage, q
girl about IS years old. George Brock,
young blacksmith and boilermaker,
has been paying his respects to the
daughter for over year, but under
serious difficulties. The affection is
mutual and steadfast between the young
people, but the match is bitterly op-
posed by the girls mother, in which she
was seconded by her second husband,
Earl Upson. Tuesday night young
Brock caused hack to be driven to the
Opson domicile to get Stella's trunk and
clothing, she having ostensibly deter
mined to leave home and marry him.
The doctor and her spouse set
upon upon young % Brock, got him
and. while Upson held him, the doctor
proceeded to lash him furiously over
the head and face with a horsewhip
winch she wore out, lash and stock, be-
fore she got through with him. The
young fellow struggled fercely TO free
himself, punching y pson's face till his
eyes were blacked and his face and
clothing smeared with blood. Brooks
face was gashed and scanned and welted
terribly by the blows from Mrs. Up
sons we'll welded weapon. Dr. Rosa
and Mr.. Upson were arrested for assault
and battery at s clock a. m A justice
was hust2 2~@-Sout of bed and held them
for preliminary hearing, bonds being
furnished. All the parties are widely
known and well respected.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-08-14
Sir Hector Langevin, a Member
of the Canadian Cabinet
Resigns.
It was Entirely Unexpected and the
Sensation of the Day in
Dominion Politics,
he Denies All Charges of Favoritism
Made Against Him-Other Res
ignations May Follow.

OTTAWA, Ont, Aug. 12.-Sir Hector
Langevin has resigned from the min
istry. The resignation is undoubtedly
due to the persistent charges of favorit-
ism in letting of public works contracts.
Sir Hector's resignation proved verita-
BILE bombshell in political circles and is
the sensation of the day. 1t was totally
unexpected at this stage of the pro-
teedings in the investigation now going
On. Before the privileges and elections
committee Sir Hector read lengthy de-
fense. He said he would preface it with
the statement that he had resigned in
justice to his colleagues in parliament
and the committee. His statement was
very voluminous. He denied emphat-
ically all the charges preferred against
him and asserted his innocence in the
most positive manner. 1t was alb
solutely false that he had ever received
$1,000 from Owen E. Murphy; he had
no relations whatsoever with Murphy.
With regard to Mr.. Peters, who said
he gave Sir Hector $4,000 in
1887, the minister said he had no
recollection of the transaction. Even if
the payment was made for election pur-
poses, as Mr.. Peters had declared under
oath, it must be remembered, Sir Hec-
tor pointed out, that this alleged occur
renee took place six years after Mr..
Peters had ceased to perform work of
the public works department. Sir Hec-
tor reviewed all the evidence in most
comprehensive manner. He denied that
he had ever protited by any of the con-
tracts and had never had private deal.
ings with any contractors or anybody
inconsistent with his position as minis
ter cf the crown. It is rumored that
Hon. Thomas McGreevy, member of
parliament for West Quebec. who is
also mixed up in the public works scan.
dal, will resign his seat.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-08-14
Tho Lowest for MANY Years.

NEW YORK, Aug. l2.-The effort to
form syndicate for the purpose Of as
sisting the Union Pacific financially
seems to have been abandoned and the
general opinion on Wall street seemed
to be that receiver will be appointed.
The stock was sold in large blocks and
the closing price was 80 IA, the lowest
price touched n Tor many years: Efforts
Sage on the syndicate subjent was un-
successful. ,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-08-14
Fraudulent Building and Loan Asso.
citation Scheme Unearthed
in Chicago.
Thousands of People in All Parts Of
the United States Taken in
- by the Swindlers.
The Managers Of the Association
Thought to Have Got Away with
About $35O,OOO.

CHICAGO, Aug. 11.-Alfred Downing,
N. H. Tollman and three young women
clerks, occupants of the Office Of the
National Capital Savings Building and
Loan association of North America,
room IS Rookery building, were ar
rested by United States Ma1shals Hitch
sock, Allen and Charles, and the entire
spistolary contents of the place taken to
the Office of United States District At
torney Milchrist. Downing and Toll
man were taken before United States
Commissioner Poyne charged with u.s.
ing the United States mails for fraudu-
lent purposes, and placed under $4,000
bonds for hearing Thursday, Aug. 20.
The three clerks, Misses Downing, Bar
tholomew and Wadley, were notified
that they were wanted as witnesses at
the hearing. 1t is charged that the men
who have been conducting this associa-
ton have swindled thousands of people
from every state in the Union and taken
in from 100000 to $3.50, 900 and given
not one penny in return. There are
still two men at liberty, they having
disappeared several weeks ago. These
two men, it is believed, got away with
most of the funds.
The Mode of Operation.
The association sold shares for 80
cents each with a payment of $11.O5
each month for ninety-six months, at
the end of which time $4,000 loan
would be paid for. There WAS a mem
bership of $50, an appraisement fee of
$40 and $45 for three months payment
in advance. The books of the associa-
ton show that it's agents in all the states
were active, but the most active were
in Omaha, Denver, Des Mcines, Port
land, Me-, Galveston, Olympia. San
Francisco and Minneapolis. Up to
within several months ago the associa-
tion did big business in Philadelphia,
where, however, the authorities got
after the manager and drove him away.
One of the peculiar features of the case
Is the Endorsement of the scheme by the
Bradstreet and Dun agencies. The
officers of both these agencies examined
the association and its affairs. but the
evidences of prosperity were 80 great
that the agents made favorable reports.
Indiana, Kentucky. Ohio, Pennsylva-
mia, New York and the Southern states
were worked, but the bulk of the VIC
Tins live in states west of the Missis-
sippi.