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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29

TIE jury in the casea6f ]. o. Vervais,
Che St. Paul census enumeration, who
was charged with making false re-
<ursss, brought in a verdict of not guilty.
Ebis was said to be the first complete
trial of its kind in the history of the
country. The trials of the Minneapolis
enumerators, charged with conspiracy.
Nill be held shortly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29

SEVEN thousand dollars wills tfDundGh
&be hut of hermit on the banks Of the
Connecticut river. The m1ser died re
gently in squalor, and the &nrE of Prep
&fty is surprise.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29

Hon. Mr.. CHAPLEAU, Secretary Of
State FOR Canada, in an address deliv-
cred az Kingston, Ont, said that it was
Snpoesible to have free trade with the
United States and at the same time dis
efiminate against England. Capada
was, however, prepared for freer trade
relations with the United States. He
was in favor of full reciprocity with the
United States in natural products.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29
Still VERY Cold

VIENNA, Jan. 24.-The cold has con-
siderably abated, but in the eastern
provinces of Austria the temperature
is still very low. Four persons have
been frozen to death. a Gallician peasant
was attacked by pack OF wolves which
had been rendered desperate by hunger.
The man had a terrible struggle with
the starving animals, but was overcome
and davO11red
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29

LoSDoN dispatches say there appears
60 be no foundation for the rumors
which We're circulated recently to the
effect that some large financial houses
sere in imminent danger of serious
difficulties in consequence of the uncer-
tainty of Argentine finances.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29

the King of Abyssinia has asked the
French Government to give port near
Obock in return for the concessions
granted a French company to construct
end operate a railway from that place
g. che interior of Abyssinia.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29
A Monument For NIarmaduke.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan 24.-Rep-
resentative Underwood, of Lawrence,
has introduced in the House a bill pro-
viding for the erection of monument
over the grave of Ex-Governor John
S. Marmaduke. The bill appropriates
S., 600.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29

GOLD HUTCH" Chicago's celebrated
grain speculator, it is said, has lost $19,-
900, 600 in twenty years and has decided
Co retire from business. He has enough
3eft to keep his family from the poor
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29

BY the breaking of a dam ear90for
eissovn, N. j., the old bell foundry that
was used as an Office when the first
telegraph message was sent to Boston,
81 1885, was destroyed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29

4 BEL has been introduced in the Ar
kansas House to pension all ex-Confed-
crate soldiers or sailors, residents OF
Che State, as the rate of S25 to $1OO
pee annum, according to disability. II
Is proposed to levy a tax to pay for this.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

BELFoRr. France, had three earth
qualxes on the GOTH
The winter in the Northwest has
been unprecedentedly warm.
The French deputies have appropri-
ated $780, 900 more to relieve the suf-
ferers by cold and storm.
In Philadelphia all obstacles of the
Reading railroad terminal facilities
have been removed by official acts.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29

L. better than cure. and people who are sun5ece
TO rheumatism can prevent attacks by keeping the
blood pure and free from the acid which causes
the disease This suggests the use OF Hooos
Sarsxparilla. unquessionably the best BLOOD purr
Ter. and which has been used with greesSuccess
for this very purpose by many people
Hoods Sarsaparilla has also cured innumer1oie
cases of rheumatism of the severest Sort py us
powerful effect in neutrxlixing acidity OF the
blood. and in enabling the kidneys and liver 70
properly remove the waste of the system Try II.
NIB II you decide TO take Hoods Sarsaper,Ae
do not be induced 10 buy any substitute
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29

THE Moslems of Central Asia. ARE 4jro
4esting to the Car against thes e1RtHB8fgg
ing from the Koran, in Russia, of .thiH
essn verses ordered out by the UHtia
press censor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29
CURRENT COMMENT.

1T has been finally decided that 1--WE
buildings of the Worlds Fair will be
located ON the lake front.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29

Russia has protested, through its
German agent, against the harborine
ana employment of Nihilists by the
Bulgarian Government.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29

aHE colony OF Western Australia
opened its first Parliament at Perak0
1he Goth, and So, 100000 was asked bl
Che Governor for railways and Pub1iI
S4OrkS. have
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29

THE Minnesota Senate has adopted
memorial to Congress asking for tn.
passage of law prohibiting gamb1thI
in grain and other food products. h
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29

DELINQUENT subscriptions to the
amount of 81, 500, 900 will be sued for
by the Worlds Fair managers
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29

QUEEN NATALIE refuses to negotiate
with the Servian Regents and insists on
dealing with ex-King Milan.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29
Hoods
SarsapariIIa

Sold by all druggists ~ six for s. Prepared only
by C l. HOOD T. CO.. Apothecaries. lowell Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29


vide for the settlement of Interstate
irrigation questions, to prevent the pas
sage of measures inimical to the inter
ests of the people of this State and to
urge upon Congress the appropriation
of such sums of money as may be
reasonably devoted and ought to be de-
voted to the developing means of lrrl-
CATION in aid of actual settlers upon arid
and semi-arid lands which were taken
as agricultural lands
The failure of the American National
Bank at Kansas City, Mo-, resulted in
the suspension of the State Bank at
Downs, the State Bank at Cawker City
and the bank at Glen Elder.
Late post-office changes in Kansas:
Established-4go, Rocks County, John
B. Sicily, postmaster; North Cedar, JET
ferson County, George L. TOsh, post
master; Orange, Norton County, Eliza
beth A. Tyler, postmistress- Discon-
tinued-Enne, Rawlins County; Jasper,
Meade County: Turck, Cherokee County.
Coal and other supplies are being
shipped to the needy of Western Kan
sas. Atchison sent car load o. flour
10 Rawlins County.
A late fire at Horton destroyed q
number of business houses, including
the Bank of Horton, the Saulte1
block, Deirtsch Bros dry goods store
Craig Bros store, Hemplfilrs dry goods
store and the Commercial Office. Loss
estimated at $500, 900.
Mrs George Wilson of Ottawa, left
the house a few moments the othe.
morning and soon heard the report of q
pistol, causing her to return hurriedly,
when she found that her eight-year-old
daughter had shot and killed the baby
as it lay in the cradle The revolver
was not supposed to be loaded and the
little girl had gotten hold of it while
playing in the room
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29

tie wife.
| ARcIIBIsHoP IRELAND has forbidden
games of chance in church fairs under
his jurisdiction.
| A FEARFUL disaster occurred recently
at the Hibernia colliery at Gclscnkiro-
hen in Westphalia. Forty men were
killed and thirty injured.
THE st. Maurice Indians at Three
Rivers, Que. are destitute and dissatis-
fed. Influenza last year was quite
fatal, carrying off many heads Of fam
lilies and leaving many children to be
provided for.
THREE broken sections of a freight
train crashed together in a tunnel on
the Rio Grande road near Howard sta
ton, Col One trainman and two tramps
were badly hurt.
ANOTHER severe snowstorm visited
New York and other Eastern States OF
the 25th Communication was greatly
interrupted.
Ex-MINIsTER MINER has published q
defense of his actions in the events that
led to the killing of General Barrundia
in Guatemala. He says that Barrundia
was not so much political offender as
a common criminal. Miner contra
diets all the sensational stories Of at
tempts on his own life.
The London Stock Exchange wa.
quiet during the week ended January
a. Investors generally were averse t.
purchasing American securities. Con
tinental finances were generally quiet
! DEBATE on the -roposed closure rule
, continued in the Senate on the oath
The House was in committee on the
naval appropriation bill.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-07
40 thermometer at Perry's pharmacy in TIE Sos
ding recorded the temperature yssterday asfollowa


LOCAL FORECAST TILL 3 ?. H. SATURDAY
For southeastern New York. including Long Island
for western Connecticut and northern New Jersey
stationary temperature; northerly winds For Sunday
generally cloudy with occasional light rains: slightly
warmer. T. B. DUsS Local Forecast OnicisL
WARRINGTON FORECAST p. n SATURDAY.
The Of high barometer that moved from the
north upon the Allegheny Mountain districts with the
low that developed Thursday the coast south of Cape
atteras has brought cold northerly winds and sun.
shine. The low aren has started up the coast and ap
pears now east OF Nantucket Island. The winds
from Cape Cod to Cape Hattcras have reached the
force OF gales The conditions have prevented much
warming eastward OF the Mississippi River with
cloudless skies The low central Thursday
north of Dakota has only progressed to northern Mime
sofa. but tongue OF low pressure has extended from
1t south to Texas and Mexico Within this tongue a
cycionc. but us yet rainless. area has formed
Kansas It Is possible that it may develop into de-
cided storm. bringing rain and relief from the
drought now prevailing to the northeast. over the
upper Mississippi Valley and portions OF the lake
regions. Il has caused southery winds west OF the
Mississippi River aud the upper lakes and rise In
temperature except tn the northwest Of the cen.
tire. over Kansas. where fall almost cold wave has
occurred. Unsettled weather may DO expected from
the Ohio Valley northwsrd. owing 70 the impending
disturbance over Kansas which may develop and move
slowly toward Lake Erie with warm weather and rain
In its front.
For western New York. western Pennsylvania Yves,
Virginia and Ohio winds becoming southsrly;
fair weather. with cloudinsss and light rain
probable Sunday.
For New England and en,,!n Nsw Jo,k CONTINUED
soytriy Has t,oos.iy il; Jui' Htasr: na,mer anil
p,,LdL,y ydir GH Saadoy night
For The District OF Columbia. eastern PENNSYLVANIA
New Jersey. Maryland. Delaware. Virginia and North
Carolina. northefy Winds becoming variable; fair
weather; warmer by Sunday: probably fair Till sunday
MIGHT
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-07
KILLED ny HIS UIEES FARAMOUR.
His Brains Beaten Out with Cub and the
Bs,s Fired 20 Conceal the Crime.

BINGHAMToN. Nov B--An atrocious crime
was exposed at a Coropcr's inquest which was
finished at West Windsor to-day. West Wind
sor Is a small village about twenty miles east
Of this city. On Friday night last the barn OF
Richard Foote, u prosperous farmor In that
neighborhood. was burned to the ground.
Foote was away ut the time. and his wife ex-
planned his absence by saying that he went of
In the morning and had not yet returned.
The ncighbors were inclined not to be-
licve her story. and her apparent uneasi-
ness OF manner led them to think that
something was wrong. Their suspicious
proved to be we'll founded. Foote was u mid
dlc-aged man. and Mrs. Foote. who was much
younger than he. was his second wife. They
lived happily for time. and then Mrs. Foote.
tired OF being an old mans darling. encouraged
the attentions Of John Furinan. an old flame.
and the two became intimate. Their relations
wife auarreied frequently. Their last quar-
rel occurred on Thursday evening OF last week.
On Friday. morning. ut about . O'Clock. Foote
lowed by Mrs. Foote'S paramour. A short
time later FHrman entered the house and told
Mil sas th f hands wers spa
tered with blood. Mrs Foote went out tothe
barn and found her husband lying In q, stall.
Furman afterward went away. He returned on
Saturday morning at about o'clock. and pro-
which he pSIrSsd over
searehina tRe ruins Of sse BARN last Sunday
sa 5 q
pieces which Mi. Foote had carried. The. Cor
TSe Was
and Mrs; Foote finally broke down and con-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-07
1T WAS ANOTHER AUSTIN.
Orrln Austin's Sister Faints-A False Report
OF His sudden Death.

Orrin Austin. a retired clothing merchant
formerly connected with browning. King 4
Co.. left his house at 354 West Twenty third
street shortly after breakfast yesterday to take
walk. He had not been well. and his sister.
Miss Jane Austin. who keeps house for him.
was concerned on his account. About two
hours after his departure n stranger rang at
the door and asked Miss Austin. who happened
to answer the bell. II Mr.. Austin lived there.
She said yes. and he said:
well. he's dead. He just died at Eighth
avenue and Twenty second street."
Miss Austin tainted. She has heart disease.
and for some timo her life was considered in
danger, The return OF her brother alive and
fas
been summoned. a man had died at the place
indicated by the stranger who alarmed Miss
Austin. He was tall and slender like Mr.. Aus
ton. also. tho policeman who was, on hand ut
Eighth avenue and Twenty-second street after
he had fallen there and Just before he died
understood himto say his name was Austin
II know who lie is" exclaimed a bystander:
I'll go around and tell the family and he
reason. besides the name. for his mistake.
When hlr: Austin nicces saw the corpse at the
Twentieth street station the resemblance to
their uncle was 50 striking that + almost
the station they asked Undertaken Stephen
Merritt TO attend to the cast. and his wagon
h1a ony S Ind been ounS nf th ead
man s pockets.and his address was not known,
the body was sent 70 the Morgue. a gard In.
ssSribed on one side Miss MURPHY" and on
insxpensive watch were among hisfew effects.
He was comparatively well dressed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-07
TRYING DOORS At THE WINDSOR.
A Sneak Thief Caught Who May Throw
Light on Recent Hotel Thefts.

A neatly dressed. beardless young man was
seen by a chRmbermaid in the Windsor Hotel
yesterday afternoon trying the doors OF rooms.
The chambermaid told porter. and he and
the hotel detective gathered the young man in
and turned him over to Detective Shelley Of
the East Fifty-flrst street station.
The young man was weighted with keys
evidently stolen from several uptown hotels.
40. 200. and 2O4.. No. 40 belonged to a room
In the Windsor from which several articles
had been stolen.
The young man said he was James Wilson.
Then he remembered that he was really
Oscar Wilson OF an aforementioned number IN
East Fourteenth street. Besides the hotel
keys. he had two skeleton keys. satin-lined
photograph case containing three pictures OF
aprettH young woman with katherine Mo-
a Russia leather memorandum hook. and a
morocco pocket book containing s.
Hotel proprietOrs have been asked to come
to the East Fifty-iirst street station and iden-
tify tho young man and his keys 1t is con-
jectured that Wilson-ifthat is his name-may
have been bell boy.
Guests at the Murray Hill have been among
Schaefer. the billiardist. recently lost mascot
diamond ring belonging to her husband while
she was Mt the Coleman House
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-07
MIR. BURKE Fires At BURGLARS.
Their Midnight Visit Leads to . BlooA.
thirsty Threat by u Young Woman.

thirsty Threat ny u Young Woman.
Burglars who travel with horses and car
riage are the latest thing in West Orange.
Last Thursday morning about ? o'clock they
entered tho residence OF John Burke. the ale
brewer whose house stands on high terrace
in Llcweyn Park. West Orange. Entrance
was made through a kitchen window. As
lights were burning all over the house the
burglars had no difficulty in finding their way
about The first thing they took notice Of was
bottle OF Burgundy standing on the side
board. This they opened with a corkscrew
which they got out Of the table drawer.
After drinking half OF it they took a dozen
spoons and the bread knifo and proceeded to
the second story by way Of the front stairs.
The first room they tried, was the servants:
where two girls wore sleeping, Neither Of
getting anything there They next got some
THINKS from an nnoccupied bedroom AN, and were
Kept When Mrs Burke heard them and se1 WOKE Se
her hnsband He said
=, The sound Of footsteps in hasty retreat was
the only answer. MIR. Burke ran out into the
hall. Then he, ran back and got. a revolver
The back door To- r was vide VIDE onen He Ted shet
put OF tho door 6y WAY q showing that the
door and fired another shot there An ex-
clamation followed. and he heard the sound OF
carriage wheels going Rapidly toward the en-
following articles were found to DO missing:
One dozen spoons and forks one seasktn sacque one
bread knife. fur lined cloak. half bottle of
gnndy two umbrellas one redsilk nrckte. bodice
q ball dress. one pair Of boots. one corkserew one
handkerchiefs
Mr.. Burke thinks the thieves must have
found their way about readily. The only traces
they left were n SINAI u tin box. half filled with
tobacco. and the carriage tracks on the edge
Of the terrace.
One Of tho servants told the reporter yester-
day that she and the other girl had provided
who ventured within range would get his head
shotof. None OF the stolen property has been
recovered. Tho police are on the lookout
for II,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-07

concluded at thu mon recess. After recess
Mr. Fiero began tho cross. OF Examination. He
ss q TIE was
interllned in many places to give the Jury tho
deoo rsss signed saat had been a''ereo al'sr
Coroner William Kortz OF Catskil and Mr.
PS had ss sharp ts for hG@s and na fur
boy. lived in Catskiil. not very far from Kortz's
very derenSt s d Mpo KoTtz ocSasion
ally raided a melon patch in the fall
and Fiero was model young. man.
korsz family awoSe one mornas to lnd fine
Ground and Other eSldenee e ora 81 raid. On that
afternoon Willie Fiero said that Willie Kortz
had robbed the. apple tree. Willie Kortzs
hss heard p e AND Uns h Sns
Kortz meets Lawyer Fiero he remembers that
apple tree. or course Willie Kortz said that he
APPLES; 4 iew days ,aitei.TarS = man x .S
ApPRsss Ss W xii ras so one reason for Coroner
KortE's determined look when he took the
Witness chair. He told how he had gone. On
Bates. TO take Lotta's statement. She was
very weak. and after, giving him an outline Of
Nor stG5y m out 81 the
cont 9SCntin%sd the Goropor Mrs Heed told me
Lotta's condition was very serious George
raised himself Hp in bed and made no repIy. I
told him that he had better employ a skilled
adding to the crime he had committed He
wanted to know Il DR.. ErWay hadn't done al!
see that tie Eli had du medical Attendance Mea
returned to Catskiii, and the next day came
back to Leets with Justice Bennett and took
confession"
and Coroner Kort ire remem mi the appIe tree
and III fathers switch. and his replies were
very t6rt.
Didn't you tell George that he had better
uatinCIy.
No. SIR" snapped Coroner Kortz
Then Mr. Fiero became very curious to know
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-07
FORGERY OF Il uoMAN's NAME
The Chsrse l1aAs Against Frank n. Wso
aah Hts Defeace.

- Eeaak H. Wood. formerly clerk IN the en-
ploy OF Kountze Brothers. was put on trial yes
terday In the General Sessions before Judge
MARITIME upon an indictment charging him
with forgery In the first degree. Assistant
District Attorney Davis said that he expected
to prove that Wood. who was then a poor
young school teacher. met Mrs. Elizabeth B.
Raymond OF Brooklyn in a boarding house at
Saratoga in 1885. and enlisted her sympathy
by tale Of determined and unsuccessful
effort to rise In the world. Mrs. Ray
mond. who is considerably older than Wood.
became sympathetic and lent him money:
In the fall of 1887 Wood came to this city and
informed Mrs. Raymond that he was in dis
tress and had not proper clothing Mrs. Ray
mond had certificate OF twenty shares OF
Western Union stock. She endorsed this GER
tiflcate and authorized Wood to sell two shares
Of the stock and return to her the proceeds
with new certificate for eighteen shares. He
did not return to her the proceeds or the new
certificate. saying that they were In the safe Of
Mr.. Aaron T. Smith. in Kountze, Bros bank
ing house. Later. however, Mrs Raymond.
ern union GT Telegraph Gompany and found that
Wood had exchanged the eighteen share Ger.
shares. and had forged her endcrsement upon
these certificates and had sold them; Expert
MS be to
signature upon the certificates first with lead
pencil. and then hud written over the pencilled
It il understood that Woods defence will be
that Mrs. Raymond and no spent together the
money resulting from the sale OF the several
endeavor to show that there was an under
standing between them that she should first
should write over this signature In ink. with a
view to freeing both Of them Of the RESPONSE
hlity. Of signing the certificates, II possible.
imbursed the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany for the amount of the value OF the stock.
pany In u civil suit
Aaron r. smith testified yesterday that he
never had any certificate OF stock In the West
custodian for Wood
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-07
MURDER OF AN ACTRESS.
1t Was Mrs. Cartwright's Body that Was
Found on . Hallway Track In Chicago.

1t Was MRS. Cartwr1ghrs Body that Was
Pound on . Railway Track In Chicago.
CHICAGO Nov. 6.-The pretty young woman
who was found on the tracks Of the North
western Railway. at Artesian avenue. soon after
midnight on Wednesday morning. has been
identified as Mrs. Fannie Cartwright. an act
ress who was to have Joined the Fast Mail"
company in New Orleans to-day. Mrs. Cart
wright was % years old. Her husband died
here last January.
Deputy Coroner Oementss jury returned
verdict OF accidental death. and to-day the
city has been shocked by the shipshod and
superficial manner in which the inquest was
held.
There is no longer any doubtthat the young
woman was murdered and placed upon
the track. The parents OF the victim
are convinced that she was not run
she was found is d lonely one. and one never
passed by this woman on her way home John
afternoon. She told him. that she was on her
way home. The mangled body. with the knife
thrnsSs IN the breast n9d shondsrs w Was
engines had cut It in twain; -.
the actress between O'clock in the afternoon
sSs %S4ss wfss ae ssGs sass
were dry, as though they had been made many
sSs; fsssa shs ;ss =ss;s ss
later the b body was found. Not a drop Of blood
was on the ras or ties and yet the body was
The police. disregarding the verdict OF the
Coroner's jury. are making every effort to
discover the Three m ht W Were ar
leased to-day.