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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

followed with solid vote for Harrison
| and little later Texas gave him
twenty-five votes it was apparent that
! the president would be renominated
| Cheer after cheer was given until men
| were fairly falling with exhaustion on
| the floor. Mckinley pleaded for order
| and silence was restored.
Mr.. Chairman and gentlemen of the
convention" said he, 81 N ove that the
rules be suspended and that Benjamin
| Harrison be nominated for president of
the United States by acclamation-'
The Harrison people gave one wild,
hysterical cheer of exultation and ap-
proval, but there were cries of mo, no:
roll call, roll CALL from the Blaine and
Mckinley delegates in various parts of
the hall. An enthusiastic Blaine man
made the point of order that the motion
of Mr.. Mckinley was not in order pend
ing a roll call
81 desire to say" said Mr.. Mckinley,
''that you can suspend any rule you
have got by a two-thirds majority, and
let us do it now"
just at this juncture various gentle
men surrounded My. Mckinley and a
hurried conference was held.
The latter again mounted the plat
form. beckoned for recognition and said:
''Mr. Chairman: Let me say one word
There are states, as I understand it,
that have not been reached which de-
sire to record their votes. and under
stand that they desire to record their
votes in the direction of my motion
Applause. 1 therefore, in order 70
enable them to do so, withdraw nv mo-
ton
-
from this time on showed steady and
significant gains for Harrison At the
end it was obvious that he was nomi-
mated by considerable majority, but
it required the clerks long time TO
foot up the result
''The clerks Will announce the results
Of the roll call" said Chair man McKin-
ley half an hour later, he having re-
sumed the chair in the interval
THE whole number OF votes" said
the clerk, lis 904H, the number neces-
sary to choice Is 45S Applause
Benjamin Harrison receives SIS lie
votes prolonged applause- James
G Blaine receives ISs Is lApplause.
Mr.. Mckinley receives 49, [CheerSl
Robert Lincoln vote and Thomas 3.
Reed votes. Applause
Benjamin Harrison having received
q maiority OF all the votes cast" said !
Chairman Mckinley. As the nominee OF !
this convention Shall he nomination |
be made unanimous?- IGreat applause |
and cheering, and cries of Eyes, yes,
let us make it unanimous"
'.Al in favor of making it unanimous /
say aye said the chairman There |
was a storm Of ayes Chairman Mo |
Kinley never pat the negative. 1T is /
unanimous" said he at 4:3j p m. and |
once more the convention went into one /
OF those scenes OF enthusiasm which !
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

A CLEVER artist in Chicago named
Carl Linden painted 81 bill so accur-
aeeiy That when secret service officer
saw IT he thought it was genuine bill
PINNED on the canvas, and when he
found out 1t was only picture he seized
1t as counterfeit. OF course picture
painted upon canvas could never be
passed as a bill on aoybody. and be-
sides, as the painting is valued at $3.50.
no one would exchange it for 81, and yet
1t Is said that as the law stands the
work is technically counterfeit. and
the artist is liable TO punishment for
Da;nt;ng it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

missioner of agriculture. In 1886 he be-
gan the publication of his present
newspaper, the Progressive Farmer,
and began organizing farmers
clubs throughout the state
In lSs7 he joined the Farm
ers alliance and was immediately
elected secretary OF the state associa-
ton December 8, 1889. he was elected
president of the national alliance and
reelected in 1890.
Col Polk was of great value to his
party as a stump speaker and was an,
able writer on topics of particular in
terest to farmers The peoples party
VIII meet in national convention in
Omaha July 4. and the probability Is
that had Col. Polk survived he would
have been nominated for president or
vice-president if the party should have
decided to put ticket in the field
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16
HARRISON AND REID.
The President Renominated by the
Convention at Minneapolis.
The Editor of the New York Tribune Com
pietes the Ticket-The Harrison
Supporters Exuberant Over
the Result.

MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, June 1.-THE
battle has been fought and Won and
the administration of Benjamin Harri-
SON Is sustained by the republican party
In the denomination OF the president
Tor second term But one ballot was
required The vote stood: Harrison
$50 1-6, Mckinley 1s2, Blaine 1sa, Reed
4, Lincoln /.
Rev. Wayland Hoyt, of this CITY.
opened the republican convention YES
terday morning with prayer
The call of states commenced Sem
aeor Wolcott, Of Colorado, presented
the name of James G. Blaine for presi-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

The error by which Mr.. Aldrich, who
mad written "a potent medicine for
gods and men," was made to read in
print "a patent medicine" etc, recalls
to Boston Transcript correspondent
that on another occasion the same au
thor wrote: Now the old wound
breaks out afresh," and was Mortified
TO learn by the types that he-a bach
elor-had said Now the old woman
breaks out afresh.''
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

DR. De RoEvER, keeper of the archives
In Amsterdam, announces that he has
found hitherto unrecognized Rem
brandt, representing the assembling of
the Batavi under their chief Claudius
Civilia, just before their revolt against
the Romans about a century before
Christ
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

SPECIMENS of the smallest known
species OF hogs are quartered at the
London Geological gardens. They
came from the southern part of Austria
IaA and are known as the .'pigmy hogs
OF the Antipodes." They are well
formed, frisly and are about the size Of
n muskrat They are real hogs, and
are not to be confounded with guinea
pigs, which are species of rodent
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

The floating island in Satawga lake.
near the town of Nottingham, VT, is
justly regarded as one of the greatest
curiosities in the eastern states It
contains about 100 acres of fertile land
and is sometimes found in one quarter
OF the lake and then again in another
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

A LADY is applying to the authorities
in Vienna for permission to disinter the
body OF her sister, who was buried ten
years ago, She lad very valuable
Jewelry buried with her sister, and be-
ing herself reduced in circumstances,
she has no other means of getting out
of her misery than by appealing to the
dead. Q
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

FROM an ancient account book found
at PASSPORT, Me-, it appears that in 1897
tobacco was sold by the yard in that
settlement. The limited purchasing
power of days wages at that period
is shown by the price of nails-1s s1Sd
pound. A days ordinary wages
would pay for about four pounds of
nails
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

RULE has just been introduced at
all the theaters of Italy by which the
performers are forbidden, under pain of
hne, to receive flowers during the rep
resentation or to notice in any way the
presence of the audience This will
now put an end in Italy to bouquet
throwing in the middle of a scene or at
the end of song.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

IN the tonbs of the Pharaohs have
been found very curious Representations
of the human eye in gold. Some of
them are left eyes and others right.
They are beautifully executed. the
brows, lids and pupils being carved out
OF little rectangular pieces of metal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

Cool as a cucumber is correct
scientifically. Investigators claim that
that vegetable usually has tempera-
ture one degree less than the surround
ing atmosphere
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

The most reliable authority on the
population of the earth makes it !, $780,
100000. The figures for China have
been reduced by 5000, 900. The in
crease since 1880 has been 70. 600. 600.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

The perpendicularity of tall monu-
ment is affected by the rays of the sun.
1t leans away from that luminary, ow-
ing to the expansion of the side on
which the rays fall
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

The Morse collection of japanese pot
terry, 1900 specimens, which has been
purchased for $4,000 by the Boston Mu-
scum of Fine Arts. is the finest in the
world
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

IT is no longer good company man
ners" not to have any choice or prefer
ence when asked by the host at dinner
to nominate something.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

The speed of the fastest railway is
not much more than half that of the
golden eagles fight. The bird often
makes 40 miles an hour.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

TERrULLIAN, who wrote about A. D.
195, said that kissing was first insti-
tuted for the purpose of discovering
whether the person kissed had been
guilty of tipping.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

HICKS PoND. in Palmyra, Me, is a
strange body of water. II is only
twelve acres in area, but is more than
one hundred feet in depth 1t has no
visible inlet, although a fair-sized
stream flows from it into Lake Sebasti-
cook The volume of its water is not
materially affected by either drouth or
freshet, and the water is always cold
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

DURING the last few months there
have been sold, to go out of Italy, 5000
paintings, about 1000 works of ancient
sculpture and $4,000 pieces of ancient
furniture, arms, etc.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16


in North Carolina
and was reared on q
farm He served in
the lower house Of
the North Carolina
legislature in 1860.
The next year he
entered the Confed-
crate service and
served during the
war He was elect
ed a member of the
legislature again in
1865, and in 1867 he
was appointed COM
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

A FRENCH scientist has devised a sus-
pended camera with which photographs
may be taken on ship when the sea is
running high.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

IN the Old Testament, although great
numbers of women are mentioned, the
age of but one is given. That is Sarah,
Abraham's wife.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16
CURRENT COMMENT.

CHINA, with all her 400, 900, 600 people,
has only forty miles of railroad
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

THE queen of England has ordered
two more jfe-sized pictures of the duke
OF Clarence, one for herself and one for
the prince of Wales
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

WARS during the last thirty-three
years have cost 2. 500, 900 men and 50, O0O,-
600, 900.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

LATE statistics show that out of Lon
don's 100000 inhabitants more than
100000 earn less than shillings fam
lily day.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

| 1EDSON<AL AND
| COMMODORE WILLIAM WALLACE HUNT.
ER, formerly of both the United States
and confederate navies, died at New
Orleans, aged 90 years
The republicans elected the two con-
| gressmen, state officers and majority
of the members of the Legislature in
| Oregon.
THE car of Russia and the emperor
! of Germany met at Kiel.
MARYLAND democrats send an unin-
structed delegation to the Chicago con-
| vention. Senator German is one of the
| delegates at large.
The Knights of Industry have ap-
pointed committee to visit the demo
cratic and peoples national conventions
at Chicago and Omaha respectively and
present its platform for adoption and
also ask that planks for eight hours
and other labor measures be inserted in
their platforms.
The Mississippi delegates to the Chi
cago convention are uninstructed, but
said to be for ex-President Cleveland.
Gov. MCKINLEY was elected 'perma-
nent chairman of the Minneapolis con-
vention.
Mrs. ROBERT T. LINCOLN, wife of the
United States minister to England, and
Mrs. Warner Miller were passengers on
the Inman line steamer City of New
York, which reached New York from
Queenstown the other day.
REV. SAM w. SMALL has been nomi-
mated for congress in the Atlanta (Ga-)
district on the prohibition ticket.
TEXAS democrats voted down reso-
luton indorsing Cleveland and her del
egates will go to Chicago uninstructed
THE noted Usage chief, En-Tsa-Wah-
Tah-In-Kah, died at Pawhuska of
Bright's disease. He was just closing
his second term as principal chief of the
Usage nation. White Horn, the second
chief, has assembled the throne.
SENATOR Hill has written a letter
withdrawing from the presidential con-
test in the interest of democratic har-
mony.
SENATORS CHANDLER and Hill, in the
of a subcommittee of the SEN
ate immigration committee heard
further from John L. Davenport respect
ing naturalization frauds in New York
During the inquiry Senator Hill asked
MIR. Davenport if he was the author of
7 he force BILL" soca1led, to which the
latter replied that he knew of no such |
bill. He had drafted an election bill |
presented in the last congress. He be- |
lieved in the bill as a generality. AS |
it passed the house 1t was not entirely |
to him, but he would like |
to have have had it become a law. He |
promised to renew it at some time.
EMPEROR WILLIAM. of Germany, has |
to Potsdam from Kiel.
PRESIDENT HARRISON was renomi-
mated for president on the first ballot
by the national republ convention
st Minneapolis. The vote stood: Har-
'ison, 535 1-6; Mckinley, 1872; Blaine,
50 1-6; Reed, 4; Lincoln, I. Whitelaw
Reid was nominated by reclamation for
The report that Senator Hill has with
}rawn from the contest for the demo
cratic presidential nomination is en-
ohatically denied
MINISTER T. ]. COOLIDGE, in a car
'iage sent for him by President Carnot,
If France, and surrounded by cavalry,
proceeded to the executive palace and
vas received by the president and cabi-
1et
IT is thought at Washington that
datch's anti-option bill will pass the
enate by from four to seven majority.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

The President of the Farmers Alliance
Fails to Recover.
WASHINGTON, June 13--Col L l.
Folk, president of the National Farm
ers' Alliance, died at 11:15 Saturday.
Mr. Polk was IS wears old was born
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16
An Inherited Atet.uda

Father-Your school report is geneF-
ally good. but you are marked very low
in department. Why Is that2
Boy always forget and stand on
one foot and rest the other on rail ing
or something when I recite, and teacher
marks me for that todd her couldn't
help II, and she said maybe inherited
it
Inherited it?~
YES. sir. She said that's the way
men stand when they are talking over
q baz"-Good Nevya
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

In dOolC1On TO Mr. Blaine, the state
department will lose another official
July 1, at which time Mr. Wharton's
resignation, now in the hands of the
president, will take effect Mr.. Whar.
ton goes to his home in Massachusetts
to compete for a seat in congress with
Mr.. Andrew.
JAMES RUFFIN, a colored laborer
crawled under box car at Texarkana.
Ark, and took a nap, when train
came along. hitched on to the box car
and took it along. Ruffin was terribly
cut up, but was not killed outright.
Both arms were cut off and one
shoulder crushed. His injuries proved
fatal.
RUMoRs of martial law created excite
ment in portions of Wyoming, especial
ly among certain classes. Some of the
so-called rustlers swear they will never
submit. but will hide in the mountains.
FOUR hundred track layers on the
Burlington extension west of Gillette,
Wyo., are on strike. They were max
ing S1.60 per day and struck for So
During a storm lightning struck the
house of Ralph Dukstra, near Edmond,
Ok, destroying house and contents and
fatally injuring one of his children.
WILLIAM j. PARsHALL, a wealthy
farmer of McClellantown, Pa, fatally
shot his young wife, mistaking her for
burglar.
Two shocks of earthquake were felt
recently at Canosa, town in the pro-
vinceSo Bari, thirteen miles southwest
OF Barletta, Italy. The shocks were felt
at Rome, though not severely.
: al
Cleburne, Texas, demolishing forty-two
houses DIR. Prescott and his wife were
crushed by their falling house and
fatally injured Several persons were
injured. Crops of all kinds were badly
damaged.
The North German Gazette, of Berlin,
referring to Chancellor Won Caprivi's
letter deprecating the project to hold
an international exhibition in Berlin
m 1896, urgently appeals to Germans to
see that German industry shall be
worthily represented at the Chicago
exhibition.
LooF, MCGOWAN & Co, wholesale
grocers of Memphis, Tenn, assigned to
w. w. Mcdowell and L B. Mcfarland
"a trustees The liabilities are s1e1, 900
and assets are placed at figure nearly
double that amount General business
depression. slow collections and the low
prices of cotton are given as the cause.
IHB canvas roof has been put on the
w1gwam IN which the national demo
cratic convention is to be held at Chi
cago Sergeantat-Arms Bright saws
every thing will be in readiness shortly.
MRS AGNES FRrrAG, of New York,
81 years old, committed suicide in her
room by inhaling gas. Her husband
Henry, 3S years old, a German me-
chanic, lost his job three months ago.
and three weeks ago their money gave
out and they We're unable to paw rent
Their landla6y told them to move and
threatened TO put them out. But they
had no money to move with, nor had
they anything to eat for several DAVIS
The husband is missing.
The failure of the Oriental bank in
London is said to be in no wav com
parable with the crash of Barring Bros
& Co, as the suspension had been to 2
large e2te ut discounted
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16
Reid for Second Place

had become so familiar to the proceed
ingS OF the dav
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16
Prison Statistics

Said the superintendent of the Texas
penitentiary, at Huntsville, to newly
arrived delegate;
You have the privilege OF working
at any trade you prefer
I'D like to keep on drivin' cattle TO
Kansas
Another gentleman ia the same in
stitution wanted to be a sailor.-Texas
SiftingS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16

Not That Kind of Faaily--Pro-
fessor-''This eccentricity you speak of
in your daughter. isn't it, after all,
matter OF he-edity?" The mother so
yerely,-..No. sir. I'd have yoa to know,
si-. there never was any heredity Ia our
carbohydrates Blade.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-23
EUROPEANS TALKED ABOUT.

II is ftty-nine years stnoe Nr. Glad
stone took has seat IN the house Of oogss-
mons.
TIE queen has lcnight~d tbs lord
mayor IL London. ooaf<rring upon him
the order Of 81 Michael and St George.
II i stated that the prince Of Wales
VIII visit Canada ns1t pear. and tina, hs
Will mare trip % the Pacific coast
over the Canadian Fscific railroad. atop
ping q. tire Chicago fair en- route-
JA9Ts Krzg HxEpH. tho labor oanst
date WHO was elected 10 parliament.
wso.ef % lake he oath WILTON, re-
rs0T;ny the cloth cap be baha.aaIiy
wear. but lie rp>axer made k.za us-'
cover
While The duchess Of Albany was do
t-ibgtgny prizes =. the ANIMAL sbor of
tie Cottage Garden society nj 5an6o~a
PARK. for terrier ran fross .he s5>~ss-
torA- a0Ensed The roysl Gals. az.d- s;xfse-
ing GA ,ts hind 1esA. begged for prize,
-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-23
SCRAPS OF INFORMATION.

II Il sad TIA. t4.s bes. walking pace
IL se~snty-Ave s.rps PER minute
TEIETr-TorE pouo1s os rsv s=zs<
rs<s twenty -7fse T,oosds rxz.ntS-
THE Hvss banana ~zs brought % tas
Uai:ed States ae<ss. aftJ years ara.
TgEgg are n~a-iy ,krrs ,Aoassnd
stitches n : pair Q. aznc-s<z~-. b-ootA
~ ice J~ch: has o~s1 Known 20
.rsTel zalis IA che minute .<n s~ovscA
AT ;As age Of forty = saas ssa.lly a.
tsssas Ia highest wssghs. = woman -
1tty.
i rE-Eaox tyzrsssss zasrat tAre>-
quarters 4 = aalse "a The eo.sss %. ga
&TefsZ@ @altA
&ozE aitsrs S.a-<s vessels sisss -.
S,exse.u E-o~ia ihAa thezse os al. osAss
fztsag1s cgsl isfEse-L
Tmx z14ae q skar bosts~ ., s~r-1s~ncs-
,sv~s consists % bsasAe 81 taEzseec
sssory rods ensuIae4 sad esz1a -
Ssxa1r w.tsa klls<r kspGA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-23
A CITY OF TOMBS.

Annoy, Where Four Million Bodies Arc
Buried.
Annoy bears the unenviable reputa-
ton of being the dirtiest and most un-
healthful city on the globe. The reputa-
ton is thoroughly deserved. What is
more unpleasant fact is the promise Of
the present tendency Of affairs to
lower and worse condition. The rea-
sons are obvious to q newcomer at
glance.
The city is built on the edge Of a
mountainous island and is exceedingly
old. Inscriptions on ancient tombs run
back nas far as the beginning of the
Christian era, and coins found in ac-
cidentally discovered graves date back
to dynasties from 500 to 1000 B. c.
During all this period the hillsides Of
the city have been Md as burying
grounds. AS the population increased
the houses encroached upon the ceme-
terry land, until finally the two became
hopelessly insermixed.
The United States consulate is re-
garded as q very superior locality. but
it is surrounded by over one hundred
tombs score OF large blocks Of
granite used IL and about it are old
tom bstones. On the hill Immediately
behind the residence Of F. MaEampo
the graves touch one another at every
point and form a solid white surface Of
rock, brick. porcelain and cement, COW
ering more than one million square feet
Near the Lam paw-de joss house thir-
ty thousand bodies are said TO have been
buried vertically to save space They
lie or stand in plot Of land OF as many
square feet Annoy proper and its su-
burbs have . living population Of about
one million and dead one of four and
. half times as many. The wells are
shallow and are sunk ON the edges Of
the graveysr6s, and even among the
tombs themselves ] have not seen one
whose water i. not muddy and dis
eolcred by the perpetual turning up 81
tAe soil
The city is q relic OF the past II is
walled the same as Ii was in the time
Of Confucirs 1t has no sewers what
ever. The streets vary from two TO six
feet in with; no wheeled vehicle can
use them An equestrian would ex-
ps-ience great difficulty u turning q
corner Here and there Is an open
space or plaza, dug out % IS 20 be
huge open cesspool; into Il tAe streets
discharge their filth. Y. Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-23
Tho NJ o,..p Of tn. TER.

Nancy Hanks IS queen Of the turf and
is likely 20 remain 50 fer some time 10
come A; Chicago. August l., she made
The wonderful record Of 27o7> OF the
Washington park oous>s-- retiring 20 the
shades AL hope for Maud : aud placing
q high marx for the good California
colt Sunol 10 aim a. Bucd Doole drove
her and she was accompanied on her
rorte by = running iorse driven oy
Fred Starr The fractional! time was
QuaYse-, Sl5s; n2lf. i.oSs.. ;hcee-Quar-
fArK i.0i.