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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
SEVEN KILLED.
Fatal Accident to n Construction Train ON
the Milwaukee & ST. Paul Road.

Fatal Accident to n Construction Train ON
the Milwaukee & St Paul Road.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, March The
bodies of seven mechanics employed in
the car shops of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & St Paul road at West Milwau-
kee are lying in the morgue, owing to
the criminal carelessness of n switch
man. They had just finished their
days work in the shops and were re-
turning to their homes in the city on
what is known as 1.-The workmen's
train"
The train was due at a point near
the union depot at 400 o'clock, as was
also the Watertown local. a passenger
train running for the accommodation
of suburban residents
The workmen's train was running on
a parallel track when the '1ocal'
reached Eighteenth street and ran in
upon the switch on a short track con-
Meeting the parallel tracks. Emil Bar
tel, the switchman. having left the
switch open
The result was that the local running
at the rate of fourteen miles an hour
crashed into the middle coach of the
workmen's train aad before the en-
gineer could reverse his machine
crashed into the center of the slowly
moving train load of mechanics.
The occupants of the coach had no
warning and in an instant were being
ground between the sides of the over
turned car and the ciader-covered road-'
bed. The car was demolished and two
others overturned.
Seven men were instantly killed
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
PARAGRAPHIC POINTERS.

Blaine having stepped aside, the
British lions tail is perceived to be
gradually untwisting itself
phi Record
The friends of Blaine who were
jubilant under conviction that he
would lead them to victory, are now
schC oling themselves to the task of
march, ng to defeat under HARRISON
Detroit Free Press.
Some of the Blaine men in their
disappointment talk of starting a
boom for Robert T. Lincoln. No doubt
would make better run than the
present locum tenens at the white
house. Globe
There was one democrat on the
jury that tried Quay's libel suit againss
the democratic journal at Beaver Falls
Pa. The fear was expressed that he
would hang the jury. 1t looks at this
distance as though the jury was COM
posed of a class of citizens who well
deserve hanging.-St Louis Republic.
The protest of democracy against
czarism and the suppression of debate
under Speaker Reed was a protest Of
principle. and the principle applies to
a democratic majority as forcibly as to
a republican majority. The tempta-
ton to pay the republicans back in
their own coin is a strong one, but il
should be firmly resisted-N. Y. World
Talk of woman's No! Why, it's
q mere fieebite compared with hirta-
tions now escaping from that political
coquette and iool of the republican
party If ever man dirted with the
height of his ambition, tits the fascin-
ating James A modern philosopher
hath said that the root of all evil is let
ter-writing. '.Blaine's letter." re-
marked fellow citizen last week, ire
minds me of one of those bombs they
send off be fore the real fireworks be
gin 1t is all sound and hurrah, but il
makes people devilish anxious to see
what is coming next Boston Herald
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
DARING ROBBERY.

Three Young Roaghs Attempt to Rob q
Kansas City business Man in His Stors
and Shoot Him Several Times
KANSAS CRY, Mo, March S-A wan.
ton and brutal crime was COMMITTEES
last night shortly before o'clock. w.
IL. Hackett, a prominent east side bus
mess man. VINO runs grocery at Ninth
and Bellefontaine, was standing at his
open money drawer footing up the
days receipts, when three rough look
ing young men, poorly dressed and
wearing every mark of the ruf6an. en-
tered the store and. proceeding to the
rear where Mr.. Hackett was standing
behind the counter of the butcher de
over the money which they saw him
counting.
Mr. Hackett, being partially deaf.
did not understand what was said and
stepped around the counter, at the
same time shutting the drawer, which
contained about S1S5 Fooled in their
attempt to secure the money, two of
the rufians drew their pistols and
opened fire on the defienseless man. A
fusilade of lead greeted Mr.. Hackett as
he stepped from behind the counter.
One shot probably the first. shattered
Ills WIlSG anu anOtQer Struck MIN De.
tween the eyes
Mr.. Hackett darted behind the bread
case, which stands next to the meat
counter, but the robbers attempted to
finish their bloody work by emptying
their revolvers at their victim, who,
screaming in agony, vainly endeavored
to shield himself. A third bullet struck
him in the right shoulder back of the
armpit and fourth struck him little
to the left and below the center of the
back.
Having finished, as they supposed,
their bloody work. the three robbers
darted out the door and disappeared in
opposite directions in the darkness
They were all three very rough looking
in appearance, dressed like tramps and
desperate characters in every respect
After being shot Mr.. Hackett stag
gered out of his store and help was
summoned His injuries are severe but
may not prove fatal
There were no actual eye witnesses
to the assault outside the four prin-
cipals. but a large crowd soon gathered,
attracted by the shots and cries. Feel
ing ran very high, and If the crowd
could have laid hands on the thugs
short work would have been made of
them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
sugar duty ga revenue excresceros on
50

sugar duty ga revenue excrescenoe on
the protective system"
Against this position the republicans
raise the objection that the benefits thus
arising are unequally distributed This
is admitted No careful publicist has
ever declared that a system Of taxation
could be devised not open to this OBJ
lection Aside from the fact that hui.
mainly can never expect to discover
perfection in its works there is another
fundamental truth involved in the coll
lection of revenue for the state which
must be met by the candid logiciaA
with the admission that his reason
fails here as it does when seeking de-
tense of punishment either by the state
or individual There Is no method OF
reasoning by which one may reconcile
what seems the necessary treatment
of criminals One explanation of this
is that the crime created an abnormal
condition. under which the accepted
rules of ethics do not apply. But ac-
cePting the present opinion that gov
ernmentS must raise revenues by taxa
ton, and seeking the best methods of
Indirect taxation, democrats have no
need to fear the criticism that their
propositions involve degree of injus
ltlce- Their claim is to reduce the peo-
pies unnecessary burdens Their OPP
ponents desire their increase. Demo
Gratis would tax the people for their
own purposes and would take nothing
from them not absolutely necessary
for government If the democracy
holds firmly to this position there viii
be no doubt as to the outcome of the
presidential contest. The people have
had enough of republican methods
Chicago Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
FOR REVENUE ONLY.
The Democratic Party Is a Unit on I'll
Tariff Question.

Tho Democratic Party Is a Unit on tho
Tariff Question.
Republican comment upon demo-
cratic effort to reduce the burdens Of
taxation lacks both honesty and intel
igence. When a democratic platform
denounces modern repu blicanism for
its policy Of protection-run-ma and
demands that return be made to the
democratic principle of taxation for
governmental rather than private pur-
poses republican organs denounce their
opponents. They prove that in the
tariff aimed at by democrats there will
be protection for manufacturers Then
they proceed to argue that, since this
protection is not afforded equally to all
industries, the democratic plan in
wolves injustice Let the organs be
held to strict discussion Of tariffs and
their influence will be diminish
The democratic party is essentially a
unit on the tariff question. Its posi-
ton cannot be successfully attacked.
There is no claim that the democracy
has announced the ultimate of rev.
enue reform, nor that it has solved
forever the question of financial re-
form To claim perfection and prac-
tice rascality is rather a republican
trait The democracy has been and
will be satisfied ty promoting such re-
forms as may be possible, and accept
ing the teaching of every new light
1t recognizes the real meaning of the
old-time declaration, embodied in the
first tariff bill, that in the collection of
taxes by the federal government there
will be always and necessarily an Incl
dental benefit to manufacturers of the
products taxed under an indirect sys-
tenn But they understand that the
protection thus afforded is an incident
of taxation rather than an excuse for
it Contrasted with this position,
modern republicanism teaches that rev.
enue is only an incident IN a system
which levies taxes for the purpose of
protection The distinction was clear
~ stated in the phrase OF ex-Congress-
man Cannon. in which he called the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
The Shah Averts a Speech.

No inconsiderable amount of amuse-
ment is derived from the perusal of
real or supposed fragments of the
account written by the shah of Persia
of his adventures in Paris during the
last universal exhibition. In one of
these extracts there is a description of
the visit paid to the Museum of the
Louvre by the Oriental potentate.
When Nazir-ed Din was we'll inside the
building y. Larroumet, OF the Fine
Arts department., manifested every APP
pearance Of being about to make an Off
cial speech. 81 fixed him with my eyes, -
the shah is reported to have written,
land. surveying him from head to foot,
/ said: 'Marcher NJ. Larroumet obeyed
with the alacrity of a soldier, and thus
time was saved as we'll as unnecessary
eloquence. -London Telegraph
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
RenubIican Steals.

During the Harrison administration
the repu blican party has usurped the
governorship of Nebraska, the United
States senatorship in Montana, the
governorship in Connecticut and a
United States senatorship in New
Hampshire, The record is consistent
in both northeast and northwest, but
in the northwest the law has vindi-
Gated itself against their usurpation in
at least one case, while in Connecticut
and New Hampshire law is impotent
against them In Connecticut they are
keeping in governor whose only title
to the Office is that of the fraud and
threats of force by which they pre-
vented the Inauguration of the gov
ernor elected by vote greater than
the combined vote of all other candi-
dates Their '.holdover" governor is
a usurper. and the state has no consti
tutional government 1t is controlled
by fraudulent dictatorship. st Louis
Republic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
BIG FIRE IN KANSAS CITY.
The Marsh Oil Works Burned-Losses
S15O.OOO.

Inc Marsh Ou works BurQed-IOSseS
S15O.OOo.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 3.-The
engineer of a Wabash switch engine
standing in the yards of that railroad
at the foot of Sixth street this morning
at 1850 o'clock saw little blaze creep
ing up around the smokestack OF the
City Lead & Oil Co He
blew his whistle long and
loudly in alarm The blaze grew
greater as he blew, his steam became
exhausted and the engineer fired up,
made more steam and blew again Ten
minutes afterward an alarm was
turned in to the fire department Ten
minutes later still second alarm was
sounded and quarter of an hour
afterward third
When the fire broke out this morn
ing the works contained machinery
valued at $50, 900. 40. 600 bushels of flax
seed worth about S35, 600, and in the
great iron tank, which rises to the
height of a four-story building, there
were stored 100000 gallons of 1inseed
oil The property is owned by
the National Linseed Oil Co,
represented here by f. C. and
E. A Marsh Mr.. Fred Marsh said
that if the loss were total it would
amount to between S155. 600 and $50, 0GO.
No insurance Is carried on the build
ings, the National Linseed Oil Co,
otherwise known as the Hnseed
oil trust having about fifty similar
institutions in the United States and
carrying its own risks The stock was
insured for sec, 900, all OF which is
placed with Chicago underwriters
The buildings and contents, with the
exception of tank IL, will prove an al
most total loss
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10

LONDON, March S-Mr. Foster, sec
rotary of the United States treasury.
arrived at Southampton on the North
German Lloyd steamer Spree this
morning and took the 20 o'clock train
for London He was not at all
seasick and already feels much bene-
flied by his trip Robert 7. Lincoln,
the United States n..ilster, and the
staff of the legation, were at the
Waterloo station in London. to meet
Mr.. Foster when the special steamer
train arrived The secretary, however,
came on a train that left Souenamptcx
ct q later hour.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10

way of doing when bothered This
calm. dignifed woman, with silvery
hair, daunted him. II always had an
idea" he thou., hit to himself. s'that
Lucy would dev elop into one of those
soft, round. laughing little women.
Great heaven. though, what has she
had to laugh at and grow fat over?"
Il saw your fathers funeral this
afternoon" he said, though 1 did not
know at the time whose it was"
''You did?" said Lucy.
Eyes, was at the well when it
passed." he looked intently at Lucy,
and she colored and her beautiful eyes
filled with tears.
. Lucy" he went on, something led
me here to-day. something told me
that l should still find you. Can you
forgive me? Can you wipe out the
past-make 1t as though it had not
been?''
20 WILL" she said, TREMENDOUSLY, cit
seems SO long ago. I am SO changed
SO old do not feel the same. Things
can never be the same again.
Not quite the same. 1 know" said
he, you have done your duty, and 1
have not; but still we can take up the
raveled threads, if you say so. and the
path down the hill may seem less bar
rem. Lucy, 1 hardly dare ask you to
believe me. but I have never loved
any woman but you. How shall it be?"
He thought more of what she had
been, and of what she might have been,
than of what she was = but when
she put her toilworn hands into his
and he saw the light of new dawn in
how f<,1 II !.
you wish, WILL" he felt that the future
held for them both supreme possibil-
it!es-Edith Mary Norriss, in Yankee
Blade
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
Cars Running in Inaiapa,o,,s

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, March An
the mule and electric cars we're run
ming yesterday as usual Receiver
Steel called the men together yester-
day morning and distributed free ride
badges to them The taking Up of
these badges by President Fren-
eel was what caused the men to
strike About a dozen motor men have
refused to return to work until fe
',scabs' have been discharged This
will probably not be done The con-
tempt charges against President Fren-
eel are being heard before Judge Tay-
lor in the superior court
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
RrEtJsb Grain Trade

Express. in its weekly review Of Who
British grain trade. says
English xhea1s are fat The average decline
IN prices for the week is Sd Foreign whests
average Cd lower. The inquiry from the con1i-
nent Is slaeSening- English -four Is heavy.
There are large supplies OF American -four which
has been undersellinz tbs English product sincs
the begsnning OF September The imports havo
been 5000 quarters IN excess Of the average
reouirements- Mailing barley Is neglected
Corn Is Sd dearer In London At Liverpool
prices sre unchanged Beans and peas are
steady AT to-day's markets English Eheats
were offered 81 d decline Foreign xhests were
rather frmer. Foreign 6oura were Down 81
Osts were Sd better
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
LOVE AT LAST.
Tho Story of a Noble Woman's
Self Sacrifice

a long white chalky road, winding
like q broad ribbon through the fertile
valley, and luminous now with the
light OF the July sun. On either hand
spread broad, cultivated lands; on
either hand, in the distance, rise the
Jagged hills.
silent road. though now and then
"a farmers light buggy spins past and
leaves cloud of white dust. The
chipnunks dart across it's broad
spaces, and the sparrows hold carnival
to their hearts content. Here and
there in the infrequent clusters of
trees on its border one hears the song
of an oriole or thrush. Here and
there one comes to a. grass-grown lane
leading to farmhouse.
From one of these energies, on this
hos afternoon in July. funeral pro-
~cession.
The shabby village hearse leads the
way. and is followed by long string
of still shabbier. enthusiastically
schaises and buggies carrying rugged
Aomespun folks in Sunday garb-with
faces dolorously composed for keeping
funeral holiday.
In the country funeral is an event
second in interest and festal POSSIBLE
ties only to a wedding The women
leave their milk pans and knitting, the
men theiS plows or horse trading and
unlimber themselves in social con-
verse.
After the decent ceremony they sit
in the front room" and inquire of old
neighbors. sons gone west" daugh-
tiers married away. and, if the deceased
is an old person, look retrospectively
o.. the time when they were all young
together, and wonder where Hannah"
is now, and how Sam" did, and if
~''Sf' ever quit drinking, and so on.
But we are getting along little too
East; our funeral procession is now
winding along the bit of the road called
sSewalfs gap. How well Lucy Harller
remembers the wide curve, with the
=otone wall bordering Farmer Jackson's
apple orchard, with the old stone well,
Che patch of green grass and the tall
trees giving kindly shelter to all Too
cell, alas! She shudders and draws
Sack into her corner OF the carriage as
they come to the gap" and SO fails to
ore a stranger horseman watering his
=steed at the old we'll The tears she
.sheds-tears that hurt, rather than heal
are not for the old man. going to his
Last bed. They are not for herself
Self has had little part in Lucy Hark-
~er's Life for the past eighteen years
ohey are rather for the memory of her
dead self-for a slim young girl who
stands by the old well, a girl with
saathfnl eyes of gray. and hair like
~cheStnuts in the sunshine. Beside her
is stalwart youth, her little white
hand is on his shoulder, and her sweet
face looks up to his with q blush born
~Of earnestness.
Not yet, Winr' she is saying. ..it
cannot be yet. Father" But VIII
frowns gloomily. and puts her hand
sway.
"Look here, Lucyr he Ays. 1--WE
can't go on like this. Do Il count for
nothing with you-or are you playing
with me?"
"Oh, Will. dear. you know that /
love You. Be patient They need me
so much at home. Father has been so
unfortunate, and"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
stnrved Him.elf to Death,

CHAMPAIGN. ILL., March 2-Hiram
Lee died in Paramount having starved
himself to death For more than five
years he has been an invalid greater
part of the time being unable to move
Some weeks ago a brother died, leaving
him s.. o0o. A few days afterwards he
received s., 200 as q back pension
Such a rapid accumulation OF wealth
completely turned the old gentleman's
mind and he refused to take any food
few hours after his death from self
imposed starvation the check was re.
ceiTed for The pension money, but il
was returned TO the government I'M.
signed
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
A Hunting Incident.

While two men were riding along c
creek in California they saw, some dis
tance ahead, doe and her fawn drink
ing from the stream. The bank was
very steep and the water quite deep at
this point. When the deer saw the
hunters they were startled, and, in at
tempting to turn, the little fawn los t
its balance and fell into the creek The
water runs very swiftly in this creek,
and Of course the fawn was carried
down stream, and the mother deer, ap-
parently losing all fear of the human
spectators, ran along the bank trying
to reach her offspring with her head.
Failing in this, she ran toward for
some little distance, plunged in, braced
her feet in the crevices of the rocks
and waited. Presently the fawn was
washed against her ana instinctively
clasped her neck with its forelegs, and
the doe carefully regained the bank.
There she lay down with the baby
deer, and, although the two men were
not thirty feet away, the doe licked
and fondled the fawn until it rose to
its feet. and then the two animals trot-
ted off into the adjoining woods.
Golden DAYS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10

The IdeaiLShe-"I want to get a
piece of ribbon that can be nicely tied
into a bow" Clerk-"Yes, madam. Per
haps you would like to see something
already made up?" She-''No. indeed
You don't suppose I would allow my
Fido to wear ready-made necktie, do
Clothier and Furnishex.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10

-Repartee.-"If a drink of good
whisky is not forthcoming bum will
DROP" said a weary looking tramp one
day last week in an uptown saloon 81
guess he'll drop anyway" said the
fresh bartender, as he brought down
the bung starter with telling effect
upon the head of the tramp. who was
shortly afterward taken to the hospital
for repa irs--Brooklyn Eagle
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
a FEW DONT'S.
FOR the Benefit of Both Old and Young
Students of Geography.

For the Benefit of Both Old and Young
Students of Geography.
Don't say Or write Austro Hungary.
The best writer's prefer Austria-Hun-
gary.
Don't call the Chinese ''Mongolians. -
1t is better to reserve the latter name
for the people that live north Of China
proper.
Don't speak of native of China as a
Chinaman. You would not say that
you had an Ireland man digging in
your garden. 1t is better to call John
Chinese.
Don't say that New York city is To-
Gated on Manhattan Island. Such a
misuse of the verb ''to locate" is trying
to the nerves of photographers Say
New York city is situated on Mahat-
tan Island.
Don't speak of China as our antip-
odes. Our antipodes is the point on
the other side of the world reached by
a straight line passing through the
place on which we stand and the CEN
ter Of the earth. Our antipodes is in
the ocean southwest of Australia. A
straight line from the United States to
China would ruiz through the upper
part of the earth's globe, not through
its center.
Don't forget that oriental names end
ing in ''an'' have the accent on the
last syllable, as Teher-an, Beloochis-
tan.
Don't say that the compass points to
the true north, for it doesn't, except in
certain places The compass points to
the magnetic north, which is at pres
ent considerably west of the north
pole. When Lieut. Greeley was at
Lady Franklin bay the declination of
his needle was found to be very great.
the needle pointing toward the mag
netic pole in direction nearly south
west.
Don't say 1.-THE Smithsonian Insti-
tute.'' The name is The Smithsonian
Institution.
When you are writing a novel don't
get your geographical facts so badly
mixed as to reflect discredit upon your
early training. In one OF the popular
novels of the day the Azores are allud-
ed to as in southern latitude. The
writer also introduced his hero into
the Antarctic regions in January, and
speaks Of the ''inky blacknesss" of the
nights he experienced there. Of
course anybody ought to know that
the month of January is the height OF
the Antarctic summer, and the entire
month is one continuous day.-Geo-
graphical MAGAZINE
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10

That was all For a moment Lucy
lived in the past, then she shivered
slightly and drew herself up-this man
with his well-cut clothes and self-pos-
sessed air was not the fiery dominat-
ing youth in jeans that she ,remem-
bered
And VIII, who felt his own differ
ence less, felt her difference more.
Good God!' he said to himself, '.she's
an old woman! Would she have grown
old like that working for me? It's
partly my fault, Isuppose," he shrugged
his shoulders impatiently. as he had q