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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY.
Odd Fellows Throughout the Country Gel
citrate the BIrthdaX of the Order.

Odd Fellows Throughout the Country Gel
citrate the Birthday of the Order.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 27.-Yester-
day was the diamond anniversary of
American Odd Fellowship. Just sew
enty-fve years ago the first lodge of
the order ever esta blished in the United
States, Washington No. 1, was opened
in the city of Baltimore with thirty
five members. One million initiates
throughout the country joined in doing
honor to the memory of that first in
stallation, from which the whole Amer
lean organization sprung. The cere-
monies in this city were exceptionally
elaborate, lodges from all parts of
Missouri and Kansas uniting in the
demonstration.
From St Louis, from Independence,
Mo, from jefferson City, Mo-, from
Leavenworth, Kan, from all over both
states, lodges, cantons and encamp-
ments came, filling all the trains with
their members and enlivening the
streets with their gorgeous uniforms
and glittering regalias.
At 1:30 the procession began to form
at the corner of Missouri avenue and
Main streets, and the promptness with
which the column was aligned spoke
volumes for the discipline of the men
and the skill and decision of Maj. Z. P.
| McCue, who was in command. Prompt
| ly at 2 o'clock the order to march was
| given and the parade began. All told
| there were not far from 600 men in line
The evening was devoted to a grand
| bali at the Broadway Casino and ban
quet at the Midland hotel
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03

From away up in British North America
comes the following greeting to DR.. R. Y.
Pierce, Chief Consulting Physician to the
Buffalo, n. Y. Mrs. Allen Sharrard, of
Hartney, Selkirk Co., Manitoba, whose
portrait, with that of her little boy,
heads this article, writes as follows:
I" take great pleasure in recommending DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription for falling of
the womb l was troubled with bearing
down pains and pains in my back whenever
1 would be on my feet any length of time. 1
was recommended to try DR.. Pierce'S Favorite
Prescription, which did with happy results
I feel like a new person after taking three
bottles of it"
As we have just heard from the frigid
North, we will now introduce a letter
received from the Sunny South The follow
ing is from Mrs. J. T. Smith, of Oakfqskee,
Cleburne Co, Ala She writes: Il was
afflicted and suffered untold pains and
misery, such as no pen can describe, for SIX
years. was confined to bed most of the
time. I expected the cold hand of death
every day. 1 was afflicted with leucorrhea-
with excessive howing-falling OF the womb
bearing down sensation-pain IN the small
OF my back-my bowels costive-sInartIng,
itching and burning in the vagina, also pal
pitation of the heart. When began taking
your medicine could not sit up, only few
minutes at time, l was so weak took
DR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription three
times per dav, I alsotook his Golden Medical
Discovery three times per day and one OF
DR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets every night ]
have taken seven bottles OF the Discovery
seven bottles of the Prescription and five
bottles of the Pellets / took these medi-
cines seven months, regularly, never missed
a day These medicines cured me. feel as
well as I ever did in my life. Four of the
best doctors in the land treated my case four
years. They all gave me up as hopeless
| they said l could not be cured, and could not
| live Through the will of God, and your
medicines, have been restored to the best
of health" Yours truly,
NJ q IT
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
M q Me.a Ell e

As a powerful, invigorating, restorative
tonic " Favorite Prescription improves
digestion and nutrition thereby building up
solid, wholesome flesh, and increasing the
strength of the whole system. As q soothing
and strengthening nervine g Favorite Pre-
scription is unequaied and Is invaluable in
az,Rying and Subduing nervous excitability.
irritability, nervous exhaustion, nervous
prostration, neuralgia, hysteria, spasns-
Chorea. or St. NitusS DaAce, and other dis
tressing, nervous symptoms commonly etten-
dant upon functional and organic disease OF
the womb. 1t induces refreshing sleep and
relieves mental anxiety and dependency.
Even insanity, when dependent upon womb
disease, Is cured by 1T
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a
scientific medicine, carefully compounded by
an experienced and skiIlful physician, and
adapted to woman's delicate organization 1t
Is purely vegetable in its composition and
perfectly harmless IN its effects Ia amy cOndi-
tion Of the SYSTEM For morning sickness, or
nausea, due to pregnancy, weak stomach, in
digestion, dyspepsia and kindred symptoms,
its use avin prove very beneficial
Dr. Pierce's Book t16S pages, illustratedi
on Woman and Her Diseases" giving sue
cessful means of Home Treatment, VIII be
mailed an plain eRUelope, securely sealed
from observation on receipt Of ten cents
to pay postage See the Doctors address
near the head of this article
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
A BLOW AT SWEAT SHOPS.

Chicago Health Officials Believe That
SMALLPOX Is Spread Through Them.
CHICAGO, April 2s.-Health Commits
sioner Reynolds has struck a blow at
the sweat shops, which he believes to
be instrumental in the spread of small
poX. He has addressed letter to the
large commercial houses which dealt
in readymade clothing suggesting that
they decline to give any more work
to outside shops unless the contractors
furnish proof that all their employees
and those who take work home have
been vaccinated. He says the reports
of factory and tenement house inspect
Ors show that not more than per cent
of these classes have been vaccinated.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and Improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figz is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you viii not
accept any substitute if offered
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
NOT SETTLED.
Efforts to Settle the Northern Pacific Strike
FRiI-Troub1e Ahead.

Efforts to Settle the Northern Pacific Strike
FRil-Trouble Ahead.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 27.-All eff
forts for a peaceful settlement of the
Great Northern Pacific strike have been
declared off, and the company and the
American Railway union have begun
to test their strength, and it may yet
end in bloodshed. The Great Northern
extends from this city to the coast with
many branches in this state, and the
Dakotas, and its 2, 495 miles of track
goes through considerable new coun-
try, where no other means of travel are
to be had, and where the conditions of
society allow somewhat rough ele-
ment to control affairs. The result in
that section, when the road begins to
run its trains with new men, will be
that there will be war to the knife.
The officials of the road secured the
issuance by the United States court in
this state and Dakota, and also in
Montana, of restraining orders order
ing the men not to interfere in any
way with the handling of the road.
Under this order deputies were
sent out on all mail trains, and,
beginning yesterday, they went out
on the freight trains as well.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
AT A sIAnpsIiIL
Remarkable Falling on In the Number OF
Immigrants Arriving.

NEW YORK. April 27.-Dr Joseph q.
Senner, the United States commissioner
of immigration, says that immigration
has practically come to a standstill-
This statement he bases on the judg-
ment that the number of emigrants
from America to Europe is now alb
normally large, and that the number
of immigrants is now abnormally
small He insists that large proper
ton of those who are now coming to
America, who have been coming dur
ing the last few months, are relatives
of those already here. often members
of the same family. The propects for
immigration, DIR. Senner says, are the
poorest of any year since the low ebb
of 1856. the traffic in prepaid tickets,
which for many years has represented
fully so per cent of all the sales of the
emigrant ships, having been entirely
wiped out
Our foreign-born residents the
commissioner says. are themselves
too deeply engaged in the hard strug-
gle for life to spare money to prepay
| the passage of their European relatives
| or friends to this country" Letters
| which go to Europe from America are
no longer full of brag. Each one of
| those who go back to their European
home announces his failure in Ameri-
| ca, which counteracts the most serious
efforts of dozen or more steamship
emigrant agents. They tell a tale of
woe and paint picture which the
| agents can neither successfully con-
tradict nor hide. To make matters
| palmer, DR.. Senner presents a table of
immigration figures in New York for
| October, November, December, jan
uary and February for three years,
emitting the period of 1S92-93, because
| of the cholera scare that existed then
and the consequent enforced stoppage
of immigration. The immigration of
the 1929 period, however, the COM
missioner says, exceeded that of last
] year by 2, ~. Following is the table:
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MUST REMAIN INDEPENDENT.
Telegraph and Telephone Companies Cam
not Combine Messages.

Telegraph and Telephone Companies Cam
not Combine on Messages.
TOPEKA, Kan, April 2S. -Attorney-
General Little has written an opinion
tosthe effect that telegraph and tele-
phone companies have no right to enter
into an agreement whereby one shall
refuse to transmit messages in the in
terest of the other. The case discussed
came from Ottawa, where the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Telephone Co. refused
to transmit a written message on the
ground that the telegraph company
would not permit it to do SO.
The Encouragement holds that as
the companies are independent of each
other, doing business under different
charters, they cannot enter into COM
bination of the character complained
of. The formation of such combina-
ton, he says, would be ground for the
forfeiture of the charters of both COM
NAMES.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL. APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a
blood Or constitutional disease, and in order
to cure it you must take internal remedies.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, and
acts directly On the blood and mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not QuacE
medicine. 1t was prescribed by one of the
best physicians in this country for years, and
the best tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination
of the two ingredients is what produces such
wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send
for stimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills, 25 cents.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
TRADE REVIEW.
The Strike of Coal Miners Had a Depress-
Effect Upon Business.
NEW YORK, April 2S.-Bradstreet's

a
q Effect Upon Business.
NEW YORK, April 2s.-Bradstreet's
says:
The general business situation throughout
the United States is less favorable, as is shown
by reports from more than fifty important dis
tributing centers A specially depressing in
fiuence is the strike Of 147,01O bituminous coal
and coke operatives in twelve states.
Buffalo, Cleveland, Chicago and Duluth
feeling the strike, the effect in vessel interests
at these ana other lake ports being very dicour-
aging. Duluth ore shipments are delayed for
want OF return coal cargoes and railroad COM
panies have begun to discharge coal train en-
ployes.
central, western and northwestern states re-
port material improvement in general trade
this week indianapolis and Kansas City: even
at those points the gain Is slight Activity In
the stock market is checked by the labor dis
turbances and the delay in reaching con-
clusion the tariff bill Professional
operators incline to depress the railway share
list by means OF short sales The market, how
ever, is narrow and subject to reaction
Industrial stocks, however, are strong, and
the large short interest in Chicago Gas sus-
tatns that stock in the face of adverse legal
proceedings The bond market is quiet but
firm Foreign exchange is dull, but on Friday
81, 2O0, GOD in gold was engaged for export to
France Silver had a speculative rise on
rumor that midas minis would reopen. but the
quotation for bars has receded to GA cents per
A feature at Chicago is in sales of dry goods
eQualing the average OF previous weeks, other
lines not making so favorable a report St
Louis reports its general business situation
fair, although characteriZing the demand as Of
a hand mouth variet-. The decrease in de-
mand from jobbers at Omaha and other points
in Nebraska is attributed to activity of farm
work. Trade at St Paul, Minneapolis and
Duluth as at other points further west is very
unfavorably affected by the tfe-up of the Great
Northern railroad Merchants at cities in
North Dakota Montana, Idaho and Washing
ton are carrying reduced stocks, purchasing
for needs only, and railroads traversing that
region report marked falling on in through as
ell as local shipments
FAILURES FOR THE WEEK
NEW YORK, April 28.-R. G.. Dun &
Co. s Weekly Review says:
The decrease in liabilities of firms failing still
continue, and the aggregate reported for the
third week of April was only &, 49,, 462 and for
three weeks OF April S. 988, 5S8 of which 81 8i0,-
9l4 were of manufacturing and So S4l,095 OF
trading concerns. The failures have'been very
equally divided as to sections, the east having
the larger number, with liabilities of s. ,0JO;
the south, g., 572, O00 and the west s. 13S, 0)0
The failures this week have been $50 in the
United States against 2l5 last year, for the
first time in many moAzhs showing a decrease,
and in Canada twenty six, against twenty two
last year. The list includes none Of great i'm
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
Many Business Houses Destroyed an
Horses Cremated at Tahiequah.

Many Business Houses Destroyed and
Horses Cremated at Tahiequah.
TAHLEoUAH, 1. T., April 27.-Early
yesterday morning the most destructive
fire that ever occurred in Tahlequah
originated in the livery stable of John
+. Wilson. A stiff south wind was
blowing. and in less than an hour four
teen places of business were in ashes
Thirty horses were burned to death in
the stable, many of which were fine ones,
belonging to members of the Cherokee
legislature now in session here. The
merchants affected had just received
large stocks of goods in anticipation of
the big per capita payment soon to be
made in this nation, and but little in
surance was being carried. The loss is
variously estimated at from $50 900 to
$75, ZOO, with perhaps $40, 600 insurance
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

MOTHS dislike newspapers as much
as the prepared tar paper.
RUGs when shaken should be han.
died by the middle, and not the ends
CAULIFLowER used for pickles should
be prepared by first boiling the vege
table.
A TEAsPooNFUL of powdered bora1
added to cold starch will tend to give
the linen an extra stiffness
POLE rings can be made to run easily
iby rubbing the pole with kerosene un-
til thoroughly smooth.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
VIII Soon Have Trains Running.

TOPEKA, Kan, April 3O.-Receiver
McC1elland has returned from , trip of
inspection over the Leavenworth, To-
peka s. Southwestern, between Leav-
enworth and Meriden. He says the
line will be put in order and trains
running within two weeks. The
trains will run from Topeka to Leaven-
worth, using the Santa Fee from Meri-
den to TOneka
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
Arrested After a Long Chase.

SANTA FE, n. NJ, April 3O-Sherif
Cunningham and Deputy Sheriff Page.
of Otero, have just returned from long
chase of 1, 600 miles after Danile Lis
neros, bringing their man with them.
He is one of the principal members of
the Las Vegas secret society, the ma
jority of whom are under arrest on
numerous charges of robbery and muir
der. He is accused of being implicated
in the hanging of a man named Macs
two wears ago.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
breckenridge OverruIed

WASHINGTON, April 3O.-Judge Brad
ley has overruled the motion of coun-
sci of Representa- tive W. c. P. Breckin-
ridge for a new trial of the celebra ted
Pollard breckenridge breach of prom
Use suit Bond was fixed at 500 for an
appeal which Breckinridge's counsel
gave notice would be taken to the
court of appeals of the District of Co
linn
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03

DULUTH, Mimi, April 2Z-Nearly
1900 men have gone to work this week
and last in the saw mills of this dis
trict, most of which are now in opera
ton. Not far from $50, 600, 600 feet of
lumber will be cut by these mills in
the year, of which some 40 per cent.
will be sent to the eastern and foreign
markets. Sales of lumber here for
Europe last year were 1000, 600 feet,
which will probably be equa1led this
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
MIS-. Lease Has Hear Trouble.

RICHMOND, Ind, April as-Mrs Mary
E Lease, the Kansas reformer, who
spoke here yesterday in company with
Mrs Helen NJ Cougar, was taken sud-
denly i'll last night at her hotel, and it
was thought for a while was dying. A
physician revived her, pronounced it
heart disease and she is now some bet
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
No Enidemic at strong City.

STRONG CITY Kan, April 2S.-Th e
medical authorities of Strong City and
Cottonwood Falls disagree as to
whether the tramp, who was placed in
the pest house here d few days ago, is
affected with the itch, SIN all-poX or a
bad case of measles, consequently ex-
element over smallpox and diphth liberia
has entirely subsidized at this place.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
Suicide of an Arkansas politician

PINEBLUFF, Ark, April 2s.-CoL Leon
Si1verman. formerly prominent poll
tician of Wisconsin. but recently res
ident of this city, committed suicide
here yesterday, shooting himself in
the head and breast He was rs years
old, and has been in a very Respondent
mood of late from unknown causes
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
A New YORK village in Ashes

BUFFALO n. Y. April 2s.-Fire in
the new village of Gosport, on the Falls
branch of the New York Central rail-
way, destroyed most of the buildings
on Main street within half an hour.
The bartender of the hotel persisted in
the flames
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, April 27.-To Rad
cliffe college, the women's annex OF
Harvard, the Grove Hall estate OF Mrs
Sarah IL Parker, of Roxbury, who died
last week, has been given The estate
has been held by Mrs Parkers famil 2
for $50 years and is valued at $50. 900
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
Two Negroes Hanged.

MANASSAS, Va. April 2s.-Jim Rob-
inson and Benjamin White were
hanged in the jail yard here to-day for
criminal assaults on two white women
in Prince William county last January.
There had been some talk OF trouble
with the negroes on the day of the
hanging, but there was no excitement
whatever.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
Grants Birthday Celebrated.

GALENA, Ill, April IS -Galena was
in holiday dress to-day celebrating q.
S. Grants birthday anniversary. Hun
dreds of visitors from surrounding
points thronged the streets and nearly
every building was more or less decor
ated. special train from Chicago
brought a party of guests including
Luther Latin Mills, orator of the day.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
Thirteen Miners Killed.

HAMBURG, April 3O.-While sixteen
miners were descending the shaft of a
coal mine at Bots de Luce, near Mons,
the cable broke and the cage contain
the men was precipitated to the bottom
of the shaft. Thirteen of the miners
were killed outright and three were
fatally injured.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
TWP BOYS as HIghwaymen.

MoNETT, Mo-, April 30.-Harry Hef
fernan and William Howell, aged IA
and Is respectively, last night held up
John Dean, a simple-minded young
man, robbed him of SIS, and then beat
him with club. Heffernan and How
ell were arrested.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
All ms TrembIei

Nervous, elderly ladies use this phrase to
describe their tremors, and highly graphic it
Is. Nerves ''atl in a tremble' are best tran
quilted and strengthened with Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. The Bitters is nervine
because it is tonic for the nerves, and tone
is what the nerves require if they are weak
insured by it, and it remedies constipation,
biiousneSS and malaria.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
The o1o CalIente Claim Reduced.

SANTA FE, n. NJ, April 3O.-United
States court of private land claims has
decided the Ojo Caliente land grant in
Rio Arriba county, claimed by Antonio
Joseph, delegate in congress, for about
SO, 600 acres. to be good for about 9,
600 and confirmed it for that amount of
land. This decision restores a bout 80.
600 acres to the public domain.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, April ga few
weeks ago H. Latham, of Del Rio, was
bitten on the nose by polecat AS a
result of the wound he has become
paraiyzed, and his death is expected to
occur at any time. He is unable to eat
or speak and is starving to death. The
case is exciting much interest in med
ical circles.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
Unemployed with a Red Flag.

EsCANABA, Mich, April 2s.-A mob
of 500 unemployed miners are parading
the streets of Iron Mountain to-day
carrying a red flag and demanding
food or work. The mayor will send a
committee to Lansing to plead with
Gov Rich for helm
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
Editor Elliott Takes Poison.

COLUMBUS, O., April CIV. j. Elliott.
the editor who is serving a life sem
tence for murder in the second degree.
lies in the state prison hospital in a
critical condition, the result, it is be-
lieved. of an attempt to commit suicide
by taking poisOn
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
Drowned in "a Rain RarreI.

MACON, Mo, April 3O.-A 6-year-ol d
boy named Earl Goodding was drowned
in an old rain barrel at La Plata, while
reaching into it with small bucket to
fill it with water. He lost his balance
and fell in head first, and was dead
when the family found him.