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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-19

Tie army engineers who latef gave hear
i'm, ON the question Of thc hcig' OF the proposed
new bridges across the East Rrcr have reached
the conclusion that they SHOULD h. not less thln
l45 feet above the water at high tide IN the
middle Of the span. This is ta feet higher than
the present bridge. whereas al the plans OF the
Fast River Bridge Company hive been made on
tho silpposiiion that no create height would dc
required The report Of the egincers Is now bc-
fore Secretary Elkins, and no doubt an attempt
will H. made o. induce him modify tins part
Of il. II would seem that the height OF the New
York and brooklyn Bridge ought to tc accepted as
a standard for all subsequent cons;rucuohs IL
that T. too low. il is too late for any alteration
now 4 few Vc,scs-but ony a fcw-have -
house their topmaS;S in order TO pass beneath II.
II they have 10 do this for p.sSng one bridge IL
will he no extra trouble 9 lcn in trim for passing
other, further mp stream. or ourSc f." large Ncs-
-,ls enter the Enst River by thc way OF Hen "a'e
few, that is which would have 10 lower inaNtS
10 reach their destination. No undue hardship
should bc imposed upon the capitalists who con
Template the enormous expense involved IN Drug
ing the East River: but serious changes in The
plans already made and an increased cost VIII De
involved, il the height Of A feet is insisted on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-19
THE TALK or THE DAY.

.Tho Boston Herald takes exception to sam Jones's
statement that there is vast amount Of sin and
cuture IN Boston. 1t thinks he ought TO have said
culture and sin
IN No Mood for Sympathy.-The mIlkman gathered
himself up from the ruins 81 his demolished wagon.
en,on,hed ont The dents IN his hat. wiped from his
WHISPERS the dripping fluid that had drenched his lace
when the catastrophe came, gave one glance at the
runaway horse disappearing down the street. srvsysl
tho tiry-whie paddles that represented MS Stock Ia
trade and turned to the crowd. -,
An rye cot 10 ,ay.@ he observed. rolling up lbs
coat sleeves and speaking In the tone 81 man ac
cutomed to calm; sa dot , t ssr e no ' ne eryns
over split milk IS going TO get his blamed Ieao
punched "-lCMcago Tribune.
1t is tod in an English religious journal that
clergyman recently oiclated for n brother clergyman
Being anxious 10 know what impression he had made'
he asked the clerk Was my discourse pitched In too
high hey; ] hope did shoot over the heads OF
the people, No. you didn't do that. SIR Was II
a suitable theme asked the clergyman fes. it was
about right Was It too long ~ no. but II was
long enough glad Of that for. 10 tell You The
truth, the other day, rs | was getting THIS sermon
ready my dog destroyed four or five lnges and that
has made It much shorter ooh. SIR" said the clerk,
could you let vicar have pup o that ere dog y
farm editor received the following story and sent
It TO the column collector. who returned 1t be-
he knew It stated facts and not hction a horti-
culturist had missed many apples every night.
finally, ne set WaCn, eNPtcAlns HaP nN's".
bor's boys In the dim night light he saw limbs q
apple trees shaking and then he heard the fruit falling
lie had seen enter the orchard. Nonpuss'Ni ne
crpt up ell Z, the Shaking uec He saw hedgehog
descend from The tree roll the apples until Us
hac, WIS laden with the fruit attached by ne qulS
and wabble or. The farm editor didn't doubt inc
story. but wondered what m Insect eating ahlhM
wanted With apples. For the worms trium'
phanty explained the curb Embellishments News
Election Day came lat" rs possible In the caeh
dar this year. and THANKSGIVING comes A. early as
possible II IS understood that there are people IN the
country who have thought for ten days past that
there Is particularly good reason for put Ing IanAs
giving near Election Day this year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-19

According to the figures received and estimates
made by ln-pcctor-Gcncra Dumont, of the Steam
boat Inspection Service, the number OF passengers
carried on the steamboats, Of the country during
the last year reaches the enormous total of six
billions, six hundred and fifty millions. The total
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-19

The friends OF the College OF the City OF New
York are strongly urging change of location
for that institution The uptown movement
which has drawn in both Columbia and the Uni
vcrsity. and produced substantial ycsults, has
reached the institution maintained by the city
4 ncv site somewhere in the ncghborhood Of
Nncteth-st Is suggested and building that
will accommodate 5000 pupils is talked Of Tho
alumni Of tie college seem to be in earnest, but
they ar" apparently willing that the city should
bear all The expense Of making such change as
Is propoSct
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-19

Some of "Doss" McIaughns friends think that
he would mare good United States Senator. ana
that such an lonor would fifty crown his career.
The suggestion il calculated to provoke a smile
but why is il more fantastic than the candidacy Of
Chairman Murphy? Edward Murphy is the Demo-
cratic boss of tie city of Troy Hugh Mclaughlin
Of the city of IEoolllyn and Brooklyn is several
times bigger than Troy. Both men have made
their regulations rs political managers, and though
Mclaughlin has never been chairman of the State
Committee he is commonly regarded as ore of the
shrcwdcst politicians in the Democratic ranks AZ
Boss Mclaughlin will control two Senator'S AMI
seventeen Assemhlymen in the next Legislature, it
is plain that he is in position to put forward
claims and press them in a practical way.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-18
SCIENTIFIC sPL,NTERs.

The moon moves 3. ss3 feet a second.
A CUBIC foot Of newly fallen snow
weighs So pounds, and has le times the
bulk Of an equal weight of water.
DURING the heavy gales the waves of
the Atlantic are from twenty-four to
thirty-six feet in height-hah above
and half below the mean level of the
sea-
The star Sirius, which is shown to be
about double the size Of our sun, emits
from forty to sixty fold more light than
the sun, owing to its matter being much
more diffused.
WAVES exert force of one ton per
square inch when they are only twenty
feet high. At Cassis, France, granite
blocks of fifteen cubic meters have been
moved by wave force
In his own laboratory Mr. Aitken cal
culated $4,000. 900 of dust particles in a
cubic inch of air, near the ceiling 49,
0O0. 600. and above a. Bunsen flame the
infinite number of 4S9, OOO, 900.
THE Investigations recently made of
the inhabitants of what arc known as
the Colorado cliff jewellers have led
scientific men to believe that they wen
occupied by q race OF people fully ten
thousand years ago.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-18
T!LDEN'S BIRTHDAY.
Democrats Celebrate it with . Ban,

Democrats Celebrate it with . Banaos&
and Speeches ut Denver.
DENVER. Col, Feb 1o.-The d.
mocracy were represented at the ban
quet of the Greystone club in this city
last night in honor of Samuel ]. Til
denis birthday.
After o'clock the Broadway thea
ter began to I'LL rapidly with parties
in full evening dress. every available
seat being occupied before the opening
address by President Mckinley.
At the head of the table of honor So
the president of the Greystone club.
with Gov. Boies and ex-Gov-
Crittenden in the places of honor
upon either hand, then ex-Gov. Alva
Adams. of Colorado; Hon J. D. O'Brien.
of New Mexico; Hon David Overmeyer,
of Kansas; Hon. Charles A Clark. of
Iowa; Hon. Robert j. Smith, ex-presi-
dent of the Iroquois club of Chicago;
Wyoming; Hon. Caldwell Yeaman, of
Colorado. and ex-Gov. J. b. Grant, OF
Colorado.
President Mckinley delivered the adj
dress of welcome for the Greystone
club. He was frequently interrupted
by applause
Hon Alva Adams. ex-governor OF
Colorado, followed with a few remarks
in answer to the toast The West IN
Politics"
Many other speakers responded to
toasts and letters were read from ex-
President Cleveland, Senator Vest and
ofhorS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-18

her rob you of one shilling of the rev.
enues of this estate
''And you would have me risk the
fortune have won for just piece of
siclly sentiment. Now, once for all,
my lady, tell you that you shall never
meet your children, even if their death
were needed to prevent you"
Suddenly she leaped to her feet. Her
eyes blazed with fury. It seemed i'm
possible that one so frail could show
such vehemence in passion.
s'Oh. you base coward" she cried.
''and it is for such a thing as you that
have wrecked my soul. Inhuman that
you are, does Lord ArundePs murdered
body never cry for vengeance, does my
broken-hearted husbands ghost never
haunt your pillow, do my wronged little
ones
He rose and walked towards her with
hand outstretched and eyes fixed on
hers with glance that seemed to pene-
trate her soul.
'tBe calm! Be sti1l!''
She shrank from him with a pitiful
terrified look, and burst into paroxysm
of sObS.
Never taking his gaze from her, he
seized and rang the bell, and on the APP.
pearance of a stout, british country.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-18
CONTROLLED BY A. clique.

That In Said BY q Colorado Banker TO BE
the Case With the Prices Paid For silver
bullion.
CHICAGO Feb 10.-Charles E Nc
Cornell. a banker of Montrose, Col, in
an interview here yesterday said:
Prices paid by the government for
silver bullion uneer the present coinage
are controlled by clique or ring of
spectators who raise or depress silver
quotations at their own pleasure o.
for their own profit / do moi make
this charge from hearsay or sumor.
1 know it to be q fact and ann
personally acquainted with some
OF the men composing the com binatioH-
Some western silver men are in it, bus
it is made up chiefly of eastern speculae
tors. The mint buys silver twice =
month, receiving sealed bids BY some
means but unknown to themselves the
manipulators of the silver market al
ways knew these dates of purchase far
in advance of anyone else. Between
the dates on which the government
buys silver the price is repressed, but
when the United States is in the
market as a purchaser quotations 60
up and the ring takes the profit Not
only is the government mulcted ii this
way, but the silver producer on a small
scale who does not get into the ring is
simply robbed Many members OF cone
gross are fully aware of the existence
of this silver clique and know all abont
its manipulations If they do not share
in the profits"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-18
A KIEPTOMANlAC.
II Was Held rs No Defense In . New 70
C0urt.

II Was Held rs No Defense In q New York
Court.
NEW YORK. Feb. 13.-There was a
sensation in the Lee avenue court in
Brooklyn when Mrs. Mary Dover, a
member Of one OF the oldest families in
Williamsburg, was sentenced to ten
days imprisonment for shoplifting.
Mrs. Dover went into Mysteries and re-
NAMED in that condition for fully an
hour. She was allowed to go homo in
the custody of an officer to take leave of
her husband and children, aud was then
sent to Jail Several Brooklyn trades
men appeared against Mrs Dover.
She was charged with stealing toy
bank from Broadway store; with car
rying off two sacques from q Fulton
street establishment and with obtain
ing various article of clothing on false
pretenses from other tradesmen. She
applied to the storekeepers for con-
tributions in goods or money for the re-
lief of a poor widow, Mrs OKeefe. and
her three small children. She secured
shoes. hats, Undertaking, etc. The
storekeepers upon investigation dis
covered that Mrs. O'Keefe was q myth.
Mr.. Dover paid for the articles that his
wife had stolen. She was sent to Jail
for obtaining the other goods on false
pretences
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-18
SAD ACCIDENT.

The Son of Gen. Byron Sherry Instantly
Killed Ey Failing From q Third Story
Window at Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Feb 13-In the
midst of an entertainment which had
overcrowded the main auditorium of
the Central high school building young
Pinair Sherry, eldest son Of Gen Byron
w. Sherry, of this city, came to a ter
rible death last night The unfortunate
boy fell from window to an iron
deck, three floors below, breaking his
neck
The Platonian Literary society gave
it's sixth annual open session last
night in the main auditorium
of the high school building
on Locust street near Twelfth A
great crowd attended Nearly every
one of the 500 pupils was there, and
what with these and their parents and
friends the capacity of the great room
was overtaxed People stood packed
in the aisles and upon the stairways
leading to the room. On the rear seats
people stood up, endeavoring to get a
sight of the stage. The windows about
the sides and rear of the room were
filed. too, people standing in some and
utilizing some as seats
Plnalr Sherry went to the entertain
ment He was among the late ar
rivals and got no further into the
crowded room than the aisle at the
eastern side. Pinair found a seat in
one of the east windows, which was
open, and Frank Markward stood near
him.
Sitting in the window with young
Sherry was Charles Parker: When the
first half of the programme was nearly
finished young Sherry stood up in the
window and attempted to lower the
upper sash, leaning outside. his over
coat resting upon his left arm He
pulled the upper half of the window
partly down, lost his balance, and,
without word or sound. fell back
ward, a distance of about forty feet
and was instantly killed He was
about eighteen years of age and en-
ployed as clerk in the Times count
ING room
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-18

Bill Introduced Into Congress Granting
All Public Lands to tho Several States
and Territories.
WASHINGTON, Feb 13.-Mr. Busey
has introduced a bill granting to the
several states and territories of the
United States in trust for the use of
the occupants thereof all public lands
now belonging to or hereafter acquired
by the United States. except military
and other reservations and land needed
for public buildings Section of the
bill provides that each state or terri
tory on becoming a state shall first in
corporate in its constitution an article
forever forbidding the practice Of
polygamy or the incorporation
of lotteries or other gambling
devices or corporation for immoral
purposes and shall provide by law a
commissioner Of lands, whose duty it
shall be to care for, improve and lease
said lands to citizens of the United
States and bona fde occupants for an
annual cash rental, with a proviso in
the lease for reappraisement at least
once every ten years. and such i'm
provements made by tenants shall not
be taken into account Ten per cent
of the annual rental shall be paid into
the treasury of the United States an
nually.
When state or territory has COM
piled with the provisions of section ,
the secretary of the interior is directed
to issue a paterft conveying in trust
forever all public lands within its bor-
ders, and turn over all effects of the
land Office or officer therein and close
such Offices
Section of the bill reserves all lands
belonging to the United States from
this time henceforth from sale, and
they shall not be subject after the pas
sage of the act to entry settlement or
occupation except as provided The
measure was referred to the committee
on M bile lands
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-18
SHERMAN TO BE HoNoRED.

Grand Army Men allied Upon to Assist In
Erecting . Statue to the Generals Mem-
CRY.
WARRINGTON, Feb. 1S-An appeal to
the Grand Army of the Republic for
contributions to aid it to erect a statue
in Washington to the memory of Gen
W T. Sherman has been made by q
committee appointed at the meeting of
the Society of the Army of Tennessee on
October and last The appeal con-
cludes as follows:
I'VE request that every state depart
ment commander make a special ap-
peal to his command. and we ask every
post to appeal to it's own memb beers and
have each one contribute something.
ne matter if it is only five or ten cents.
1t is not the amount we look at it is
the fact that when the statue is erected
in Washington every soldier who sees
1t will feel that it is a part of his
effort"
The following are the members of
the committee: Gen 6. NJ Dodge,
president; Col F. F. Howe. treasurer;
Gen ]. w. Noble, Col d. 3. Hender-
SON. Maj G. 81. Heford, Col w. Nc
Crory and Col Cornelius C. Adle, sec
rotary.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-18
SIXTY SKATERS RESCUED.
They Were Drifting Out to Lake Erie on
an Island OF Ice.

They Were Drifting Out to Lake Erie on
Island OF Ice.
CLEVELAND. Feb. IA dispatch
from Sandusky, O., tells of peculiar
accident that happened there yester-
day. The steamer American Eagle is
accustomed to make trips during the
winter from the Lake Erie islands to
Sandusky. Yesterday afternoon she
came into Sandusky Bay, breaking her
way through ten inches Of ice. A
large number of people were skating
upon the ice in the bay at the time.
The vessel in her progress detached a
field of ice, upon which over sixty
people were skating. 1t rapidly
began to drift out into the lake, and
before the skaters realized their
danger it was impossible for them to
reach ice connected with the main
land. Their screams attracted the at
tention of the people on shore and also
the crew of the American Eagle. The
captain turned about and skirts put OFF
from the landings All the skaters were
rescued after half hours brisk work,
the docks being lined in the meantime
with an excited crowd of spectators
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-18
THE QUEENS SPEECH.

The Address From the Throne at the
Opening of the British Parliament
LONDON, Feb 10-Parliament reas-
sembled yesterday. The queens speech,
opening the session, was read by royal
commission.
1t was substantially as follows: The
queen was much touched by the
expressions of sympathy on
the death of the duke OF Clar-
ence; her relations with foreign
powers continued friendly; the sealing
dispute with America was to be re-
ferred to arbitration; the estimates for
the ensuing year had been prepared
with due regard to economy; proposals
would be laid before parliament in re-,
gard to local government in ireland;
a bill would be introduced extending
the advantages of assisted education in
Ireland and also one for relieving the
pressure on elementary public schools
in England; and amending the law with
respect to the liability of employers for
injuries sustained by employees
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-18
BRAZIL IN BAD SHAPE.

The Report Comes Via London That such
is the Condition of Affairs.
LONDON, Feb. IA dispatch to the
Times from Rio Janeiro states that at
fairs there are in a very bad shape not
withstanding the fact that the election
of Gen. Paixotto to succeed Gen. Da
Fonseca as president of the republic
was thought to indicate that peace and
prosperity would once more prevail
throughout the country, another revo-
luton is imminent Three ministers
have handed their designations to the
president and this is taken as an indi-
cation that the government is break
ing up.
At Pelotas in the state of Rio Grande
do Sui the feeling between the police
and the government troops is very bit
ter and it is feared a conflict may oc-
cur at any moment The government
land telegraph lines between Pelotas in
the state of Rio Grande do Sui and
Porto Allegro, the capital of the state,
have been cut
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-18
SURGEONS FUNERAL.
Thousands Present to Pay last Tributes u

Thousands Present to Pay last Tributes a
Respect.
LONDON, Feb lathe last memorial
service over the remains of Rev.
Mr.. Spurgeon was held Wednesday
night The Metropolitan tabernacle
was crowded and the services, which
were not concluded until after mid
night. were solemn and impressive.
Yesterday morning majority of the
shops in the vicinity of the tabernacle
were closed as mark of respect to the
dead minister and the buildings gener-
ally bore mourning emblemS
The funeral services yesterday morn
ing opened at IL o'clock. The MEM
bers of Mr.. Surgeons family at pres
ent in London. the mayor of Croydon,
several members of the house of COM
mons, Baroness Burdett-Coutts and
Populations from sixty religious bodies
were among those present After the
singing of the last hymn that Mr..
Sturgeon had announced before he was
taken sick, ''The Sands of Time Are
Sinking" Rev. Mr.. Pierson, the Amer
lean minister who filed Mr.. Surgeons
pulpit during the latter's illness, made
most eloquent address He dwelt
at length on Mr.. Spurgeon's powerful
influence. A cedar of Lebanon had
fallen, he said. and while the crash of
its downfall shocked the whole land,
no such vast vacancy had been felt in
the church in a century. He concluded
by drawing parallels between the work
done by Mr.. Spurgeon and that per
formed by John Wesley. After the Of
fering of prayers and the singing of
hymns Mr.. Pierson pronounced the
benediction.
After the religious ceremonies had
been concluded the people present
formed in line and slowly fled before
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-18

Bladon was going to spoil our little
scheme. What a tiger the old fellow
is"
''Isn't he? He toppled George and
me over like nine pins, and even then
nearly got his hand upon the horses
bridle.''
(which would all tend to assure Mr..
Hayter that delay would be dangerous -
Mr.. Hardcastle chuckled.
That was the last anyone in England
saw of Paul Hayter.
Lady Arlington, thoroughly repent
ant, retired to the Dover house, where
she died a few months after the excit-
ing scene of Hayter's fight and her
emancipation.
She claimed to have acted under the
spell of this accomplished ruffian's mar
velous hypnotic powers, sacrificing at
his will child. husband and honor-a
story which Wanda devoutly believed
and the others charitably accepted.
Lord George Arundel, now Earl OF
Arlington, married Kate Evesham, and
Harry shortly afterward led to the altar
the Lady Wanda
Glastonbury is great city now with
wide streets and magnificent residences.
and there to this day lives Harry Eve
sham with his charming wife and grow
ing family-rich, respected, loved by
the poor, who never go empty from his
door, still in the vigor of life and with
l hope many years of happiness before
him.
Not to know Mrs. Evesham in Glas.
tonbury argues yourself unknown. She
is the idol of old and young, and yet SO
unassuming has been her manner that
her friends would be as astonished to
learn that she was an earIs daughter
as they would to be told that she was
the heroine of such q dramatic story As
involves the career Of NuNBER SIx's
SISTER.
y. IrHE EsD.l
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-18
A Heroine Meets Death.

WHEELING, w. Va, Feb ia terri
BILE accident occurred at Gamer on, near
this city, in which two beautiful young
girls. daughters of William C. Criswen,
a wealthy citizen, lost their lives-one
of them while heroically attempting TO
save the other. Essie and Georgiana
Criswell, aged respectively Il and 16,
were walking along the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad tracks and while attempt
ing to cross in front of a west bound
train Essie fell, when the engine was
almost upon her. Georgiana. seeing
her sisters danger. rushed to her res
eue She, too, stum bled and was struck
bv the locomotive and both were killed