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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22
.PEck.s BAD BOY.

Warrant Issued For the Arrest of Labor
Commissioner Peck. of New York-Hc 10
Accused of Burning Offcial Papers.
ALBANY, N Y, Sept flats o'clock
yesterday afternoon. at the request of
District Attorney Eaton a warrant was
issued for the arrest of Charles E. Peck,
commissioner Of the state bureau of
labor statistics, and his stenographer,
Ebert Rodgers, by Justice Gutman- It
Is for a misdemeanor punishable by five
years imprisonment for destroying
records
The charge Is that statistics received
by Mr. Peck from manufacturers OF the
state upon the effect of the Mckinley
tarifr on wages have been removed from
his Office and destroyed
The proceedings leading M TO the is
suance of the warrants were begun
before Judge Gutman behind closed
doors. Those present were Dis
trict Attorney Eaton, Corporation
Counsel Delhanty and ex-senator Nor
ton Chase Among the persons who
were subpoenaed and who gave the tes-
timony on which the warrants were is
sued were William Dennison, ianitor of
the private house where Mr. Peck and
Mr.. Rogers have rooms. Servant Jail
who has charge OF Mr.. Pecl1's rooms,
and Miss Schaefer. a clerk in the bureau
of labor statistics
The facts secured from Mr. Dennison
as learned by an Associated press re-
porter, are that two weeks ago an ex-
pressman brought about twenty-five
packages, each about two feet long, to
the house where Mr.. Peck boards and
he, with the man who was with him,
carried them up to the rooms of Mr..
Peck and they Were afterward stored in
the private bath room The packages
remained there till last Sunday,
On the afternoon of that day Mr.. Rog-
ers told Janitor Dennison he wanted to
have the packages burned in the house
furnace that night Mr. Dennison said
that that was his night off, when Mr..
Rogers gave him 81 to do the work. He
consented and shortly after o'clock
that night Mr.. Dennison carried the
packages down 10 the cellar from Mr.
Beck's bath room, and, starting a fire
in the furnace, kept feeding it steadily
with the contents of the packages until
twenty minutes past 3 o'clock Monday
morning.
Mr.. Rogers made all the arrange
ments with Dennison. Some of the
packages were thrown in a vault, but
most of them were burned. Nearly all
of the paper burned was blue sheets,
which were the same color and size as
those sent out to manufacturers asking
for returns on the effect of the tariff
It is not known just how the burning
OF the papers leaked out.
Norton Chase said after the warrants
had been issued that he had proof that,
if not all, part of the tariff circulars re-
ceived by Mr.. Peck for his report had
been burned.
Commissioner Peck said last night
that he had just been served with no
tice to answer the warrants in police
court He said: THE securing OF the
warrants is the elimination of the fight
by anti-Hill democrats and it is all they
can expect henceforth from these quar-
terS'
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22
ADDITIONAL DIsPATCHEs

By the explosion Of an old boiler at
Staples. a village in Ontario, seven men
were killed.
A BAD fire broke out recently in the
Brooklyn navy yard, destroying the en-
gines intended for the cruiser Cincin-
natl. The loss was $500, Zoo.
EMPEROR WILLIAM was thrown from
his horse and narrowly escaped being
crushed. The horse stumbled into a
ditch concealed by grass.
By the capsizing of a rowboat at
Chicago on the 18th two women and a
man were drowned.
A MAN named Thompson is under ar
rest at Manchester, England, charged
with attempting the murder of women
in connection with a matrimonial bu-
reau.
MILITIA circles were excited in New
York by warrants of arrest for the kill
ing of Michael Broderick in the Buffalo
riots
| EX-PREsIDENT CLEVELAND has adj
dressed a letter to Frank G.. Poston, OF
Tennessee, denying that he besought
Gov. buchanan to spare 81. Clay Kings
life i'll his letter of sympathy to Kings
niece.
| AN Internal machine was sent to Gov.
Flower, of New York, recently. It's
suspicious appearance prevented its OBJ
| ject. It was filled with powder and
matches.
| A HEAVY decline in cotton receipts is
observable at New Orleans and other
southern ports.
| COLONY of Dunkards, mostly from
different parts of Missouri and Illinois,
have purchased 1880 acres of land in
the San Bernardino valley, near the
town of Rialto, Cal
MooNsHINERs have been discovered
doing an extensive business in the heart
of New York city.
OVER 100 houses in different parts of
Memphis, Tenn, have been condemned
as unsanitary by the board of health
and the owners have been notified to
rae and burn them within five days.
MILLIONAIRE MAcKEY has given up
his fight against the Monon and the
Pennsylvania
THE fishermen along the entire coast
of Texas have struck for increased
wages
CHAMPAIGN (Ill.) merchants have de-
ton.
THE division on through rates for
merly existing between western Indi-
ana and Missouri river points have been
restored.
MANY G. A. r. men did not go to
Washington for fear that they might be
quarantined If cholera should spread
throughout the east
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22
RESTRICTING IMMIGRATION.

Measures to BE Adopted to Restrict I'M
migration to This Country Pending the
Epidemic
Loon LAKE., n. Y. Sept. 15.-The
president received in his mail an opinion
from Attorney-General Miller concern
IL the powers of the executive in pro-
viding against the dreaded cholera in
vasion- The Encouragement says he
believes the president has the fullest
and freest power under the circum-
stances and that there is sufficient legal
authority for the issuance OF procla-
nation assuming radical jurisdiction in
the matter. The president outlined an
order to be issued by the treasury de-
partment- Secretary Foster and Attor-
ney-General Miller viii prepare the or
der and submit it to the president for
his approval
Soon after receiving the opinion of
Attorney-GeneralM Miller concerning the
power of the executive in taking meas
ures to prevent the introduction of chOl-
era IN this country, the president wiged
Secretary Foster that the attorney-gen-
eral had decided it possible TO restrict
immigrants even to the point of abso-
Lutte prohibition The president told
the secretary if the steamship companies
persisted in sending to this county in
migrants from foreign countries he
would take action to restrict them ac-
cordingiy.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22
NORMANNIA's PASSENGERS.
Their III Luck Lasts Until They Reach
the Mainland.


the Mainland.
Lone ISLAND CITY, L. L, Sept. IL
The train carrying the passengers from
Fire island who availed themselves of
the railroad facilities for reaching this
city arrived here shortly after o'clock
yesterday afternoon. The passengers
were met at the depot by a large crowd
of their friends They were all COM
pletely tired out, and did not care to
talk much about their experiences. All
described their experience as terrible
NEW YORK, Sept iT.-The AZ pas
sengers of the Normannia which it had
been decided should leave Fire island
for Hobollen on the Cepheus were
brought aboard by the tug Ribble. The
tide was low, and when within half a
mile of the ocean the vessel went hard
aground on the bar. After delay of
two hours the tide rose sufficient to
float her, and her nose was again point
ed to the ocean 1t had been under
stood that DR.. Weight had decided to
send all the passengers by boat, but
after the start the absence of Senator
Mcpherson, A. NJ. NJ. Palmer, L. Lew
insai and others was noticed.
There was much Indignation when
the fact became known. as any of the
passengers would have willingly paid
their own expenses if allowed to go by
way of Babylon to Long Island by rail-
There We're thousands of men and
women on the Hamburg's company's
pier, at HobolSen. when the Cepheus
hove in sight. The vessel was soon tied
up, and as the passengers ran down tire
gang plank they were welcomed lily
friends in waiting.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22
INTERESTING MEMORIAL.

Presentation OF Medal to . Late Con-
federste Oficer For Saving Federal
Prisoners From GuerrflIas-
KEoKCK. Ia, Sept 16.-Yesterday be-
gan the joint reunion of survivors OF the
First Iowa cavalry and Nineteenth
Iowa infantry. 1t will close tonight
with a banquet rendered by the citi-
zens- On their way to the front in 1861
these regiments rendezvoused at Keo-
kuk and encamped on the present site
of the beautiful Rand park The chief
feature OF last evening was the pre-
sentation OF the Graves medal Sep
TENDER %, 1864, Lieut. J. w Graves,
of company a, Third Missouri cav
airy, with forty confederates. while
escorting under flag. sof truce
Capt ]. 7. Foster and sixteen men of
the First Iowa cavalry, were surround
ed by detachments of Todd's. Ander-
sons and Quantrell's guerrillas in a
lonely spot about twenty miles from
Lexington, Mo The guerrillas num-
bered about $50 men, and were in COM
mand OF the notorious and merciless
Jesse James and Cole Younger Having
halted both detachInents marching un-
der the nag of truce the guerriIlas de-
manded OF Col. Graves that he i1rmedi-
ately surrender TO them the federal SOL
diers- This, he felt, would be to hand
them over to be massacred, and with an
honor and valor that were chivalric he
defiantly declined to do so. Riding in
front of his men and addressing the
guerrilla leaders, Lieut. Graves said
that the men they asked to be surren-
dered were in his charge, and that If n
shot WAS fred or an attempt made to
inJure them he and his men would die
in defense of their trust and the
federal soldiers This courageous
declaration quailed the guerrinas,
and they sullenly departed. with
out being able to crafty their
brutal taste for murder and blood
They insisted, however, that the feder>-
al soldiers should at once proceed to get
within their own lines, and they fol-
lowed them for some distance, hoping
for 2 safe opportunity to attack them.
Lieut. Graves is now editor OF the Lead
er at Graham, Tex. The medal is a
beautiful creation of gold studded with
diamonds, and is inscribed thus:
With our lives we will defend our trust
Presented 10 Lieut. j W. Graves. company
=. Third Missouri cavalry. C 6. A, by Tire OH
GERS and men Of the First Iowa cavalry United
States veteran volunteers. in commemoration
OF his valor on September ., 1854, when with
his command Of forty men he saved Capt J. 7.
Foster and sixteen men OF the First Iowa caval-
~, whom he was escorting under q flag of truce,
from being murdered by band of outlaws near
Lexington, Mo
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22
Turned the syriaas Back.

CAPE CHARLES. Va. Sept 17.-Thir-
teen Syrian emigrants, holding first
class tickets for Suffolk, Va, via Nor
folk, were stopped at Cape Charles by
the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio
railroad authorities owing to the quar-
antine established against New York
Two OF the humber in broken English
claimed that all had been in America
two years, having lived at Greenville,
S. C. The fact of their having first
class tickets IS regarded as suspicious,
for they are as unwashed lot Of
Ish1aaelities Is ever sean The lot VIII
be returned % New York today
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22
a l:riaee knoc.sed Dawn.

WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, Sept 16--The
scaffolding OF the Terminal & Belt line
bridge across the St Louis river was
torn away by a tug yesterday afternoon
and the whole bridge fell Four men
were more or less injured Foreman
Hudson, of the King Bridge Co, Gin
cinnati. was taken out of the river in
an unconscious condition His left
wrist was dislocated and arm broken,
and he received also internal injuries
which are likely to prove fatal He is
at the St Francis hospital. still uncon-
scious. The other injured men are at
the contractors camp at St Louis, Wis.
twenty miles from here
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

EIGHT thousand river district miners
OF Pennsylvania are out on a strike
against one-half cent cut in wages.
COSTA RIGA was reported in the throes
of revolution.
The engineer of Il Chicago suburban
train was killed and several passengers
injured by the derailing of the train.
Four drunken policemen gave the
American consul at st. Johns, N. F.. a
severe beating. The offenders are in
jail.
PUBLIC and Sabbath schools have
been closed in Anna, H., owing to the
prevalence of diphtheria.
a SUDDEN rise in the Nile river has
caused alarm among the engineers at
work there.
IT was expected that federal troops
would be used to suppress the disorders
in the Choctaw nation. Rumors of ad-
ditional murders were prevalent.
WHILE trying to save their catch of
fish four Newfoundland fishermen were
drowned in a violent gale. A schooner
and her entire crew were lost.
The finest body of timber in Wash
ington state is on fire and it is feared
many parties who were gathering
shuckle berries are hemmed in The loss
will amount to millions
The board of health at New York on
the 14th announced that Asiatic cholera
had obtained a foothold in the CITY.
Five deaths had occurred, undoubtedly
from the disease
HE British ship Golden Horn went
ashore off the south end of Santa Rosa
island. No lives were lost.
The Choctaw troubles quieted down
as result of the conference at Nc
Alester.
INSPECTION of cattle and hogs killed
Tor export will be begun by the agri-
cultural bureau at East st. Louis Octo-
Der l.
HE Great Northern has given notice
OF withdrawal from the Western Traffic
association.
4 MAN named Gland died at Empire.
New The doctors reported it genuine
cholera
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22
RIOTERS INOICTEO.

The Grand Jury at Pittsburgh Hands
Down True Bills Hugh O'DonneH Is
Charged With Murder.
PITTSBURGH, Pa Sept 1.-THE grand
jury yesterday handed down true bills
against forty-nine participants in the
Duquesne riot They are charged with
unlawful assembIage in connection
with the trouble at Duquesu E
on August f. The informationt
We're ali nslde by f T. Lovejoy,
secretary of the Carnegie Steel Co, be-
fore Alderman McMasters- The cases
against the Homestead men were also
before the grand jury, but VIII not be
returned until next week.
Hugh ODonnell, of Homestead, was
arrested yesterday on the charge OF the
murder of Detective Klein He was
committed to Jail His application for
release will be heard in the criminal
court to-day.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22
SURPRISING the Facts.

WASHINGTON. Sept ia gentleman
who resides in New York city, and who
has been here for few days. wired his
family physician asking if there were
more cholera cases in New York
than reported in the papers He
explained that his family had not
returned from their summer outing.
and he would not have them return
if cholera is assuming alarming proper
tons The answer was that there are
to-day over fifty cases of cholera in
New York city. and for commercial and
other reasons the facts were being sup
pressed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22
GiiDDInES.


Rev. John II. Coleman, a methodist
minister of Troy says that his father
and his uncle are the oldest twins now
living in the United States His father
is a farmer of GloversvilIe, n. Y, and
his uncle is Methodist minister of Fon
du Lac, Wis They are 93 years of age,
have never been sick day. and do
not know the taste of liquor or tobacco +"
Robert H Folger. of Massil Ion, O, is
claimed to be the oldest practicing at
torney in the United States He was
born in Chester county, Pa, in 1919, and
began the practice of law thirty years
thereafter.
Sometimes it is worth while to pity
the sorrows of the poor old ex-million-
aire- The creditors of the Sprague
estate get. all told. - per cent on an
estate appraised at $50, o00. 900. Ex-Gov
William Sprague is now a town consta-
bic and Anasa Sprague IS sheriff OF
Kent county, Rhode Island. Only a
few years ago the Spragues were the
only really great men in their state
and their wealth appeared boundless-
The women of Texas are raising
money with which TO place statues of
Houston and Austin and busts of Bowie,
Crockett, Travis and Fannin-ai cele-
brated Texas historical characteristic
the state building at the worlds fair.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22
The Presidents Wife

LooN LAKE, \. Z. Sept 16--Mrs
Harrison was reported by DR. Gardner
as being a tribe better this morning,
with indications of a natural absorb
ton OF the fluid in the
chest cavity. The president and
his household seems TO be en-
couraped ut Mrs. Harrison's present coz
dition. but il Is plainly evident TO their
intimate friends that they havslittle
or no hope of her recovery The doe
tors no longer conceal their anxiets
and practically admit that the case has
gone beyond the point where mediSins
CT human skill can further avail
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22

BERNHARDr, who was recently in Brus-
sells, expressed herself there with con-
tempt regarding the cholera Indeed,
according TO the London News. she felt
sure there was no such malady. There
might be an atmospheric state favoring
its production in unhealthy people, but
that was all The cholera microbe
seemed to her the most absurd child of
the human imagination She is willing
to go to any cholera stricken town to
give benefit in favor of the so-called
victims of cholera Sarah's breezy in
difference to cholera shows she is crank
on the subject, like many others who
have the public ear. Cholera is not a
nervous disease which may be bluffed
away, but is caused by specific virus,
which, when II reaches the lower bowels
is just as likely to knock over the bold
est as the most timid.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22

Col. j. I'll. KING, a government of
fetal interested in rain experiments,
was in Pierre, S. D., recently. Asked
when the experiments We're to be made,
Mr.. King said: You folks have been
having SO much cold rainy weather out
this way that we can't make any expert
ments~until this condition of things
changes. am here to look the ground
over, and will probably remain a week.
If in that time l think the conditions
are favorable for experiments, they will
probably be made a little later on.
Taken altogether, hardly expect any
experiments will be made this fall, and
the whole matter will be postponed un-
til next summer"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22
REAR END COLLISION.
Grand Army Excursionists Meet With a
Accident.

Grand Army Excursfonists Meet with an
Accident.
CLEVELAND, O., Sept ia rear end
collision occurred between two sections
of G. A. R. excursion train on the
Baltimore & Ohio road at Kent, o., yes
terday morning. Two sleeping cars
were badly damaged and several pas
sengers were hurt, though not serious
~. The injured are:
Henry j. Knopp, Elgin, H., cut about
head.
Mrs. Julia NJ. Rhodes, of New Mexi-
co, injured in back and internally.
Unknown woman, arm broken and
injured internally; unconscious when
taken from the wreck.
Mrs. Isabel Fuller, Pawnee City, Neb.,
trampled on
Mrs. Bowen, Lincoln. Neb., three
fingers cut off and hand smashed.
P. J. Hall, Memphi-, Neb., badly
bruised and injured internally.
Jesse D. Scott. L. Fontaine, Ind,
nose broken and arm injured.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22

THE census bureau has issued a bulle-
tin on the color and nativity of the pop
ulation of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michi-
gan and Minnesota. Of the total popu-
lation of these states as whole, over
q years of age, 10. SO per cent. are aliens
and 64-23 per cent. of these have been
naturalized. while ISL per cent. have
taken out their first papers. Of the
aliens in Ohio So 43 per cent. cannot
speak the English language; in Indiana,
26.10 per cent; in Illinois, so. 24 per
cent; in Michigan, 2T.99 per cent; in
Wisconsin, 10. % per cent, and in Min
nesota, 24.26.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22

REPRESENTATIVES, from five tribes of
Indians met at Pine Springs, A. T., to
protest against the government forcibly
taking Indian children from their pa
rents and sending them to eastern
schools MANY chiefs wanted to go on
the war path. Utes, Pah Utes, Walla-
pals and Yava Subai tribes were repre-
sented at the council. Over forty Wal
lapais families have gone into the
mountains hundreds of miles from their
sold homes. They will resist all at
tempts to take their children to school.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22

GEN. GREEDY, of Arctic fame, is said
to look more robust and energetic to-
day than he did just eleven years ago,
when he started on the expedition in
which he experienced such terrible suf-
ferings He is little gray now, but
apparently as well as ever OF the
other survivors, Lieut.. Brainard, who
was promoted from a sergeantcy
through the influence of Gen Greedy, is
stationed in New Mexico; Breiderdeck
is an inspector in the New York custom
house, and Long, Connell and Frederick
are employed in the weather service.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22

THE Southern Pacific railway has re-
Gently subscribed for $50, 900 of worlds
fair stock. The various transportation
lines of the country have taken an
aggregate of about $1,000, 900 of the
stock
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22

SPEAKING of big hats and your grand
fathers hat, New York hatter has
just made hatSas in size. The length
and width are 81 by ~. This, he
says, is the size necessary to the COM
fort of the man with the biggest head
in town
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22

IT is said that in New York city 5000
chattel mortgages on 5000 saloons are
held by twenty brewers distillers and
wholesale liquor dealers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22
CURRENT COMMENT.

1T is said there has not been a case of
cholera anywhere in Austria or Hun
gary.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22

Two hundred bales of cotton have
been billed from San Antonio, Tex, to
Japan.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22

A BRAKEMAN at Uniontown, Pa, hav-
ing slipped on a banana peel, accused
man of throwing it down with the in
tention of injuring him. The accused
promptly shot the brakeman dead.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22

THERE is a lighthouse to every four
teen miles of coast in England, to every
thirty-four miles in Ireland and to every
thirty miles in Scotland.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22

IT is rumored that the Reading has
arranged close traffic alliance with
the New England and the Boston &
Maine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22

CAPT. BERGMAN, of the American
Steel Barge Co., is investigating the
Texas coast, looking to secure harbor
for the whaleback ships.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22

JANE CAKEBREAD is said to have re-
Gently made her 300th appearance in
the London police courts. She holds
the London record
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22

CHoLEytA among the troops is delay
ing the war in Afghanistan between
the ameer and the rebellious tribes.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22

DURING the visit to Chicago at the
time of the dedication of the worlds
fair building in October President Har-
rison will be the guest of Harlow N.
Higinbotham, president of the expo
Sition.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22

THE Janeway, of Philadelphia, and
the Cresswell, of New Brunswick, N
j., plants are reported to have been
taken into the wall paper trust.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22

A BoTToMLEss bog exists in Malta
wamkeag, Me. Several bridges have
been built upon it, but each in turn has
sunk from sight.