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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18
MISLEADING STATEMENTS.

The republican press copies such stuff
as this, from the New York Press:
Irish potatoes. in eight farming states.
average 254 cents a bushel; in eight
manufacturing states IS cents bushel.
being 12l per cent. higher.'' 1t is true,
and the truth is strong alliance argu-
ment. The farmer is given just enough
for his potatoes to keep him alive, and
the eastern workingman is charged all
lie can afford to pay. The railroads and
middlemen get 80 cents a bushel for
handling potatoes, while the farmer
only gets 25 cents for raising them.
Another argument is: "Oats in eight
farming states, worth Is cents per bush
ell; IN eight manufacturing states, So
cents per bushel, or "a per cent. higher. u
In other words, the farmer is allowed
Is cents bushel for raising, threshiDg
and delivering his oats on board the
cars, and the railroads and spectators,
who have no toll and no risk, get II
cents bushel for taking it to market.
They say that lover production" has
cheapened potatoes. 1t is false. POta
toes are generally too high in the east
and too low in the west because rail-
roads put their freight rates at prices
which rob the producer and the cOnsum
er. When potatoes are worth IS cents
in Pennsylvania they ought to be worth
rs cents in Kansas. When oats are
worth 80 cents in Pennsylvania, they
ought to be worth 2S cents in Kansas.
When alliance men study these ques-
tions, and complain at such highland,
ed robbery, they are called anarchists.
When they propose some means of
holding their produce, and of sending
it TO market as the market demands it,
they are called fools. When they try
to check railroad extOrtion tn ey are
called regulators. But just now the
farmers are doing a lot of thinking, and
such silly quotations as the above will
not blind them very much.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18
LET US FORCE THEM TO DO
THEIR DUTY.

Eagle: The Leavenworth Times is
tired of the workings of the police COM
mission In that city. We are glad of it.
The Eagle raised the fight on the policy
OF such government as soon as the bill
was introduced in the legislature that
made it law, at which time we de-
clared the system 'unamerican, I'M
republican and undemOcratic," which
phrase has been quoted thousand
times by newspapers and in platforms.
But, like prohibition, it is one of the
isms of the republican party of Kan
sas, endorsed by the bosses, and the
kicking of the people availeth nothing.
The present legislature refused to even
relieve Wichita of this outside, out
rageous tyranny, after the city had
practically unanimously petitioned for
relief. The Eagle has declared over
| and over again that an investigation
would show that the law was begotten
| of rottenness and that only rottenness
could come out of it. But it did no
good. Neither will Col. Anthony's
| present howl.
1t has been foreordained, predestinat
ed, and 1T is but destiny, that the re-
publican party must continue to take
up with isms until it sinks beneath the
load. Anthony himself has advocated
search and seizure" procedure
which no civilization outside of Russia
would tolerate. Through the rule Of
crankism Kansas has lost Ingalls, anC
five republican congressman. Under
the same rule next Will go the state
senate and state administration. The
alliance even has too much poliUica
Smartness to give the republican party
chance to unload, and therefore de
MED resubmissiOn because it would re
unite the republican party. The ALI
ance house would have proved a mes
of political fools in offering any sucl
opportunity for the healing up of The
breach in the republican ranks. The
Capital says that reSubmissiOn Is dead
1t may indeed be sick, but it is not hal
so sick as the republican party of Kan
oto, anu llOG u6tll oO ucdu dS Will UO III
bosses.
Take your medicine, colonel; there
has been no stronger advocate IN Kan
sas of all these delightful disturbing
isms than yourself, including those o.
municipal female suffrage, commission
rule for cities and prohibitory laws, en-
forced by search and seizure. But Lei
us tell you that the tOp-heavy concern
will take a tumble, unless your bos
rule goes one step farther and makes i
legally obligatory for every citizen O.
Kansas to join the church and to vOt,
the straight republican ticket, with /;
proper system of fines and police com
mission to enforce it; we see in such
law the only hope for our party's flu
ture supremacy. There are number:
Of ignorant democrats and uneri1ight
} ened alliance men all over southwest
ern Kansas that don't know what is
and what is not good for them, IN TIT
way of politics, of drinks and of rellg
ion, and they, and all such, should b
forced into the right party and KEEP
there by such wholesome enactments a
the prohibiJory and police commission
laws.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18
From Coates.

ED. INDEX: L have seen that Streeter de-
clares himself in favor of the force bill in order
to be elected U. S. senator by the republican
party. l say let him go down with them and
the rest of the traitors. 1 would be in favor
of the following force bill: Let the people
elect the U. s. senators by direct vote, then
let them elect their chairman as president of
the U. s., ana then elect the vice president,
and then take the veto right away from presi-
dent and give it to the people, by placing a
copy of any bills passed by both houses, with a
petition against it in every postOfice, to remain
there thirty days. If said petitions then are
returned with over half the names of the legal
voters against it, let the bill be called vetoed.
That is my kind of force bills.
Yours for success J. BIRCuFR
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18

a Swede named Lars Peterson, has
made the following dying confession:
Two years ago, while working at the
Silverhorn packing house, at Sioux City,
he killed man named Larson Har-
strum, while they were cleaning the
killing room, and threw his body down
the chute with the carcasses killed that
day. Near morning he took the body
to the chopping blocks, cut 1t In pieces,
covered it with salt and ran them in
the cooling room among piles of pork
left there for months. He burned the
clothes in the furnace. He lived in
Sioux City two months after the muir
der and then went to Tacoma. No
body knows what afterwards became
of the body. 1t may have been sold
and eaten for pork.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18

Ed. INDEX: The Cresset copies ex-
tracts from Mr.. Chamberlain, without
comment, which indicates that they are
endorsed by that paper Read careful
iy the following extracts:
THE government must have revenue, and I
-uDlnlt whether the present tariff law-McKin-
ley bill-does not embody more of the princi-
ole of voluntary contributions than any rev
enue system that has ever been devised mas
much as nobody is compelled to con tribute
who does not choose TO do so. On the other
hand, IL anybody chooses to indulge in costly
wines and fragrant tobaccOs, silks, laces lew
| elry and other costly fabrics of foreign nro-
| duction, let them dance if they will and pay
! the piper"
The editor of the Cresset condemns
he Mckinley bill when he endorses the
above extract with gusto. There is no
truth in it, even if 1t did come from
Mr.. Chamberlain. of the New York
| Evangelist. l believe Mr.. Axl1ne
ought to read the bull, and get DR.. Mil
Ter to read it. The duty is higher in
proportion on cheap goods than on
higher priced goods. Please read this
part of schedule K, and tell us what
you think of it:
Inc 0fsI 6lRnI ucl0S In schedule n pertain
! TO wool aud rags. The next three pertain to
woollen and worsted yarns. On the cheapest
grade tunder SOC. per H. the old rate was lOc.
and 30 per cent. The new rate 211sc and 81 per
cent. This increase of 17lsc. per 10. is on 25c
wool, an increase equivalent to 20 per cent ad
valorem. On the highest grade of yarn lover
4lc per I'D the old rate was 1ec. and IS per
cent. The new rate is 3Slsc and 40 per cent.
This gives an increase of u little less than 90
per cent. on Acc. yarn. The next three items
are wooden or wOrsted cloths, shawls, knit
fabrics. On the cheapest grade mot over SOC.
Fer h. the old rate was l0c and IS per cent.
New rate 33c and 40 per cent On &c goods
ON the highest grade lover 40c per lb.) the old
rate was Zoe. and IS per cent. Nev rate, 44c.
and 90 per cent. This gives an increase ga,
45c goods of 90 per cent, ad valorem. The
next three items are blankets, hats of wool.
and fiannels for underwear. On the 26c. goods
the increase amounts TO 81 per cent, ad yaIor-
EN-. On the higher grades lover 5Oo.) the in
crease is considerably less"
WM. GARRISON.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18

Republicans will denounce the two
alliance men i'll the Illinois legislature
for voting for Palmer, They denounce
themselves in the same breath. A des
perate effort was made TO secure the
votes of these two men for a republi-
can, and when IL could not be done, the
republicans threw aside all semblance
of principle, and allowed the tail to
wag the dog for two months. Repub-
lican honor in the contest did not loom
up to any visible extent. The whole
republican outfit, with one or two ex-
ceptions, was ready to vote for an ALI
ance man. Don't abuse alii9nce men
when your party is so anxious to vote
for them.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18

The Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska
railroad, which was built through this
state with Kansas money, has been
sold to the Rock Island, and stockhOld-
ers lose everything. 1t was originated
by the Rock Island, and was simply a
scheme to make Kansas build the road
and give it to the Rock Island.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18

Republican papers are rejoicing over
a letter purporting to have been writ
ten by a man who had joined the ALI
ance, and therefore refused to pay his
debts. THIS letter is the meanest kind
of republican deception. J. G. Bent
ley is republican; he Is a brother of
State Senator o. II. Bentley. The
statement was made to mislead, and to
cast a slur on the alliance. 1t is bald
headed republican trick, and is only
on par with the many tricks of the
e. o. d.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18

Boss Reed had his pets pretty well
subdued. AS he closed the term of con-
gress with little speech, every republi-
can cheered HIM wildly. Before the
next congress is in session a month
there will be howl by some of these
same parrisans because the democratic
speaker will use some of the power the
republicans blindly bestowed on Reed.
Speaker Elder, of the Kansas legisla-
ture, is being roundly abused by repub-
licans for things not one half as ar
bitrary as Boss Reeds rulings.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18

Detroit Free Press: Jerry Simp-
son says that his recent election ex-
penses were just $3.50. He says that he
does not intend that his expenses while
in Washington attending to his public
duties shall cost him over $50 pei
month. He neither swears, drinks
chews nor takes snuff. He expects tC
have nice little bank account when
his term expires"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18

John NJ. Palmer was elected as United
States senator from Illinois, by the leg
istature last week. No better selection
could have been made. Streeter, by
his unworthy promises to the republi-
cans, proved himself unworthy of the
place. Palmer stands pledged to carry
out many reforms advocated by the ALI
ance. Streeter has, since the election,
made a fool of himself by denOuncing
the alliance. He was rule or ruin
man.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18
Complimentary.

HEBRON, IND, March 0, 1891.
ED. INDEX: The INDEX of March 4th has
reached me. Will say 1 was somewhat sur.
prised at the date of the copy. 1 am sorry ]
C annot secure copy of your valuable paper
containing the bold bank. robbery. am well
pleased with your paper and think that it can
not be surpas sed by any paper that ever had
the privilege of reading, published in south
west Kansas, which 1 entered in the fall of
"a. Twas on the ground where Ashland now
stands, when there was nothing to be seen but
prairie dogs, but now stands one of the incest
little cities in southern Kansas. Thanking you
for past favors, L remain. Truly Yours,
7, WEPTCU
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18

Prof. y. ). Goss, who made the col
lection of birds now on exhibition at
the state house in Topeka, fell dead at
the depot in Neosho Falls on Tuesday
of last week. His collection now be-
longs to the state, but no other person
will ever be allowed to make any addi-
tiOn 70 the collection.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18

Carnegle's big steel works at Brad
dock, Pa, have been closed indefinitely,
and 1000 men thrown out of employ
ment. Carnegie is the blatherskite who
said that if Harrison were elected he
would hasten home and advance wages
20 per cent, and within ten days after
Harrison was inaugurated, FASTENED
to cut wages % per cent. We would
like to see his profits cut 80 per cent.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18

The first of April is nearly here, and
the INDEX wants to predict that sugar
Will not be two cents erpound cheaper
after that time than it is now. Two
cents a pound tariff comes off of cheap
sugar, but we believe it is solely in the
interest of the reliner.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18

The Alliance Waterman is the name
of new paper that comes to our table
this week from Marshall, Mo-, pro
claiming the alliance principles, and a
dyed-ln-the-woo reform paper. 1t is
trimming full of well-worded editorials
spicy news and good advertising pat
ronage. Messrs. Gardner Il Son, its
proprIetors, have our best wishes fol
success, and that they will see that old
Missouri gets in line for '92.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18

The most conservative estimates
place the deficiency at sixty-eight mil
lions, but ninety millions would proba-
bly, be nearer correct. This means that
our public debt is increasing at the
rate of over seven millions dollars a
month. Raise the taxesl Pile on the
tariff! The people can stand it. They
have to do so. But the day of retribu-
ton is coming.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18
STRAY HORSES.

STRAYED from my farm, IL miles west of
Medicine Lodge, last fall. three head of horses
described as follows: One blue rean mare,
about years old; one q light roam yearIing
horse colt; one q strawberry roam mare or 10
shoulder. Brand dim, II | viii pay 81 per
head for locating. G. W. HENDRICKsON,
4ltf Medicine Lodge.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18

\ mob at New Orleans broke into
the Jail, Friday night, and killed eleven
Italian murderers belonging to the
Malta. The mob was afraid the jury
would not convict.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18
About Paints!

It is the best econo-
my to use the very
best paint, especially
for outside work. for
the reason as every
one very well knows
that this climate is
very severe on all
paints used for exter-
ior work. causing the
common cheap kinds
to chalk and fade, CIV
ing, after a very short
time, no protection to
buildings, and being
unsatisfactory in eV-
cry way. Believing
the best is the cheap
est always. we are
again offering for the
spring trade The Old
Reliable Mound City,
strictly Pure Mixed
Paints in all the new!
and desirable shades.
We have sold this
paint for three sea-
sons, and it has never
failed to give perfect
satisfaction, from the
fact that it is not al
mush filed with Span
ish whiting, Barytes
or common clay, but
is strictly pure French
Zinc and Lead mllled
with finest colors. If.
you are thinking of
painting anything this
season, call and see us.
as we are prepared to
do you good. Our line
Of Fine Varnishes,
Oils, Buggy Paints,
White Lead, ColOrs.
Artists Tubes, Brush
es, in fact everything
pertaining to the paint
business is full and
Complete.
Respectfully.
Day &Records.'
List Of Letters.
THE following letters remain uncaIled for at
i the postofIice in Medicine Lodge. for the
Polly Pucket, John L. Ruble,
John H. Butts, David Blakely,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18

The air ship won't fly yet, but the
money of the stockholders is being
called for in a manner that must make
them feel weary.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18

The type fOundries have formed
trust. The type users have been doing
trust business so long that they are
about busted"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18
Stray CATTLE.

Strayed from my ranch on Big 4s.
Mule creek q number of cattle
branded o (circle) on left hip and
left jaw; slope of right ear. will -1AA9A-
pay 81 per head for locating
Ala FRED B. EIKLOR
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18
HORSE FOR SALE.

have good farm horse for sale at a.
a bargain. Have no use for him. WnldS-
trade him for cattle. 42tf
J. o. HAHN.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18

1t is said that Mills, of Texas, will be
the next speaker of the house.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18
Stray CATTLE.
$4,000 REWARD,

will pay the above reward for the arrest
and conviction of any person killing or uniaw-
fully handling any stock branded triangle H
"a belonging TO +. c. Hubbell & Co., or for
eSzany information leading to said arrest and
conviction. JAS. A LOCKARD, Manager
Lodi, Barber county, Kansas. IL
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18
2TRAXEO.

From the ranch of W. B. Tyler,
during the month of November. -
yearling steers branded S on right
hip; yearling heifer branded 81 xn6au..nl.
on either nip; / two-year-Old steer branded 2
on left hip-dehorned with swallow fork in
each ear. Will pay 81 per head for locating
37m3% w. B. TYLER. Aetna, Kas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18

Chicago is oyerrun with men hunting
work. A bread riot is threatened.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18

Wyandotte county, Kansas, has
"White cap" outrage.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18
DEHORNLNG.

7 WILL dehorn cattle for any per- 7Sa.sm
! son who has such work to do. l &@&5S3
have a new and complete schultz.
and will guarantee satisfaction. Ad--@1uAA-
dress, ALLIANCE DEHoRNING COMPANY.
S9t4 Lake City, Kansas.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-11-19
THEY DON'T LIKE CLEVELAND,

But Senator Irby Says South Carolina
Alliancemen Would Vote For Him.
CHARLESTON, Nov. IS S-United States
Senator elect, ]. L. NJ. Irby, who defeated
Wade Hampton, said to-day:
There is not one of the democratic
candidates more Objectionable to the
farmers alliance than Cleveland on ac-
count of his views on the silver question,
but am confident he will be nominated,
and, when he is, I believe the alliance
men Of South Carolina will fall into line
and support him almost to a man. There
may be a few who will not amount to
much. The farmers alliance men of this
State are democrats, and they may be re-
lied upon to vote for the democratic NOM
inee if it be the devil"
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-11-19
WHAT Mr. GALES SAID
Something Of the y. N. c. A. Meet
ings Here.
The Thing to Do Is for All TO Helm tho
AS; Ociati0D.
A TALK ABOUT DURHAn,s cR0w7u
VINO Come and Go-Brief Brew
Ties OF Interest to All Readers
of The Globe.

Mr. 'aies spoke TO goodly number of
DoyS yesterday afternoon about "a how
That wasn't afraid of anything" They
gave him close attention and AT The con.
c.usIon OF Tie service most of them ev.
pressed desire 10 Eecome christians
Seven Of them remained to talk with tho
secretary personally and give him their
names thereby declaring that they would
speak tt. heir parents and pastors in ref
erence 10 uniiiEg with the church. How
long halt ye between two opinions >"
was the question which Mr.. Gales pro-
pounded to the men who gathered to hear
MIN last night. His address was thought
by many to have been the best of the Sc
rles thus far. He spoke of peculiarly ia
Vorabie surroundings of Gods ancient
people and contrasted their condition
with that of America. He also drew
striking parallel between the idolatrv of
the chosen nation and the idolatrv of the
so-called christian nation of America in
boWlng down to idols of gold inscribed
with the motto In God We trust" He
also spoke of the evils Gf the liuuor traffic
ana said that he could not pray "Thy
Kingdom c. ms" and then give his con
sent to traffic which was seeking TO
subVert that kingdom At the corclu-
sion OF the service TWO inQuirers remain. d
ard one Of them proics,ed faith in Christ
ana promised to unite with the church.
Our business men are earnestly re,
qucsted to close in tim3 for the meeting
or at least arrange for portion Of thei1
force to get Off by O'clock tonight as
quite number Of young men have urged
as an excuse for not attending the meet
ings their inability to leave their places
of business in time.
Rev. j. l.. White will conduct the
prayer meeting to morrow afternoon at
4 o'clock and it is earnestly hoped that
many of our people, especially the la
dies, will attend.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-11-19
IN THOSE DAYS.
A Little History About an Old Contract
in Iron.

Little History About an Old Contract
Several years ago the city of Goldsboro
made contract with Moffitt Hodkin &
Clark, of WatertOWn, n. Y, to furnish
water to the city for fire purposes, for an
annual rental of $2,5OO They asked
time and time again for an extension of
their franchise, and finally abandoned
the contract. The city brought action
and the case was before the federal court.
At the last term it was decided to hear
the case in chambers, and yesterday l. F.
Dortch, Esq, city attorney, and T. II.
Balm, city clerk, went down to New
Rerne, where the case was presented be-
fore Judge Seymour last night 1t is
learned that there is no doubt as to the
judgment being in favor Of the city, but
at this writing it is not known whether
the full amount sued for, $4,000, will be
the amount or not. The grounds of
complaint was that after the failure of
the construction company to comply
with the contract the price of iron ad-
vanced, and in consequence the city was
under the necessity Of making another
contract at a higher rental, viz: So, 100,
this to run for twenty years; therefore
it was cOntended that the company was
liable for the difference.