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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-24

The Committee Of Awards Of the Worlds Fair
are daily in receipt OF complaints from exhibitors
at the delay in the issue OF the medals awarded
them by the committee. As yet the design OF the
medal OF award has not been agreed upon. The
latest modified design of the artist st. Gaudens. Is
now before the Senate uadrO-centennial Com
mittee for It's final artistic decision. In the mean
time. after loss already Of three months. COM
plants are becoming more numerous and frequent,
especially from foreign exhibitors, who cannot
derstand the of the long delay.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09
PROPOSED BOND ISSUE.
The Question Being Discussed Among Of
ficials at the Capital.

The Question Being Discussed Among Of
ficials at the Capital
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-There are diff
ferences OF opinion among treasury of
fcials as to the probabilities of another
bond issue. Neither Mr.. Carlisle nor
Assistant Secretary Curtis is willing to
admit that there is any real cause for
alarm in the present financial sit
uation. 1t is known, however, the
president and his advisers are
watching with eager interest every
change in the financial situation,
and that every phase of it is being
carefully and thoroughly studied.
Notwithstanding this solieitude, it is
believed it is the Judgment of the
president that the situation does not
furnish any just apprehension, and
that better times may be confidently
expected soon From this point of view,
1T is argued the passage of the pending
tariff bill is sure to result in prompt
and general revival of business, and
that in consequence there will be
large increase in the government rev
enues- Receipts from customs, which
for many months past have been grad
ually growing less, it is believed, will
show a marked improvement from the
very first, and will continue to increase
until normal conditions have been
reached.
1t is contended that notwithstanding
the fact the gold reserve had reached
the low water mark of about $50. 600, 900
the government is really far better able
to meet its obligations to-day than 1T
was just prior to the February bond
issue. There are some, however, who
take less hopeful view of affairs.
They observe the gold reserve, which
six months ago was brought up to its
normal condition by an increase of $780,
600, 900 in the public debt, again melt
ing away, and already reduced to a
point S13, OOO, 600 below the lowest point
reached prior to the February bond
issue.
It is argued should the pending tariff
bill become a law and go into opera
ton even as early as the middle of the
present month no material increase in
the revenue could reasonably be ex-
pected earlier than next December, for
the reason the tariff bill will have
passed too late in the season to realize
any considerable amount from the fall
importations. The treasury figures
show there is now in this country at
least a six months supply of sugar, so
little may be expected from that
source. This is true also of whisky.
The statistics of the internal revenue
bureau show the tax has already been
paid on over 5000, 600 gallons of whis-
ky in excess of the amount upon which
the tax had been paid one year ago.
Therefore, but little relief may be eX-
pected from this source before Decem
Der.
The only course, therefore, it is con-
tended, will be to a bond issue, and
there are many well informed persons
who believe if this congress does not
pass prohibitive resolution before ad-
journment, 100000 or more will
soon be issued. That there would be
no difficulty in placing any reasonable
amount even at the premium eXacted
in February, seems apparent from the
fact that the February bonds are be-
ing sold at premium of Ley per cent.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09
UNCLE REuegN.s ADVICE.
Suggestions for Young Men Contemplating
College Course.

Suggestions for Young aIen Contemplating
College Course.
Before entering upon college course
Uncle Reuben would advise all young
men to carefully observe the following
suggestions:
that when yachting, and an accident.
occurs You can save yourself by swim
ming.
Have at least one hand-to-hand en-
counter with bear, or convert your
self into a sheaf of grain and pass
through thrashing machine in order
to harden yourself for a game of foot
ball.
Take one seasons training as a prize
fghter-and be prepared for a hazing.
Be sure and have the mumps before
leaving home. and don't forget to be-
vaccinated- 1t may save a great deal
of bother.
Be sure to learn to play some position
in baseball nine, and have all your
fingers put out of joint while they are
young and tender.
Steal away with your fathers rank
est pipe and learn to smoke. It's bet
ter to be sick at home with mother to
comfort you, and then the extras for
doctors bills will not be so large. Fa--
Their sometimes kicks about those ex-
tras-
1t might be well for you to learn to-
play the guitar, mandolin, violin, bass
viol, flute, cornet-in fact make a brass
band out of yourself before entering
college, so that you would have more
time to devote to your studies
You might take a course in some
newspaper Office, as you may be called
upon to contribute to- the college
monthly, and, of course, you could not.
spare any time from your studies to-
devote to society news, etc.
This is vast field, and might men
ton many other things, but take this
for starter, and perhaps the other
things will suggest themselves to you
Detroit Free Press
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09
KANSAS CROPS.
Their Conditions Has Improved Very Much
In the Past Ten DAYS.

in the Past Ten Days.
TOPEKA, Kan, Aug. 6.-The Topeka
Capital yesterday published crop re-
port CLEANED from sixty-seven of the
los counties in the state, which shows
the condition to be great deal better
than was supposed a week or
ten days ago. The report shows
that the wheat is turning out
much better in nearly all parts of
the state than was expected. Many
counties that were expected to pro-
duce practically none have enough for
bread and seed, and those in which 4
fair crop was promised have yielded
most bountifully. 1t looks as if the
rs, 600, 900 bushel estimate of the state
board of agriculture will be considera-
bly, exceeded.
The corn crop has been materially
reduced by the dry weather. In the
eastern counties it is practically I'M
damaged and will yield abundantly.
West of Topeka few fields have entire
ly escaped damage. and, on the other
hand, few have been entirely ruined.
Nearly every corn county will have
enough grain to feed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09
Minor State News.

A new pest is reported in southwest
Kansas, known as the alfalfa louise,
which is doing much damage to that
crop.
Roy Ritz, II years old, was probably
fatally injured at Wichita the other
day by the accidental discharge of a
pistol which he was carelessly handling.
George Cartwell and Lewis Baird,
Cowley county farmers, recently quar-
relied over trespassing stock which re-
suited in Cartwe1l emptying two loads
of shot into the body of Baird. Baird
may recover.
Hon. Ben H. Clover, formerly con-
gresham from the Third district, has
gone back to the republican party,
and ex-State Senator 81. 3. Kelly has
announced his intention of stumping
the state for the populists.
Charles Freeman, a farmer residing
near Beverly, went to Salina the other
day to purchase a threshing machine,
but fell among the Philistines and lost
all his money, about $500, in a game of
poker He returned home and commit
ted suicide by shooting himself
Miss Ellen Lunney, aged 10, swore
out a warrant against Eugene Nc
Enroe at Norton, charging him with
criminal assault, and during the pre-
liminary examination she drew a re
volver and shot McEnroe three times,
killing him instantly. She was ar
rested.
The past week heavy rains have
fallen in the eastern part OF the state.
Albert Lolly, a boy about Is years
cid, attempted to jump on a moving
freight train at Independence the other
day when he fell under the wheels and
was killed.
The democrats will open state head
quarters in Topeka on the 18th, after
which time both Chairman Richardson
and Secretary Pepperel1 expect to re-
main in Topeka throughout the cam
paign-
Orders were lately received at Atchi-
son to lay off all the Rock Island forces,
and that no passenger or freight trains
would run to Atchison on account of
the tracks being washed out
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09
FADS IN JEWELRY.

THE fashionable yachting pin Of
yore has given place to the belt buckle
OVAL buckles of plain, dull-surfaced
silver, across which is enameled a
dainty little flag, are the latest
THE latest sleeve links are long and
wedge-shaped, the white surface be-
ing sprinkled with the tiniest of silver
stars.
FINE thread OF white metal which
passes through the hair and holds in
place delicate pair OF butterfly wings,
beautifully enameled, has captured
the feminine heart
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09

STANDING on four-inch cornice 154
feet above the ground, Jerry Donovan,
a house painter, carefully painted the
gilded cross on the steeple of church
at Salem, Mass. He had his paint pot
in one hand and a brush in the other,
and occasionally he turned to make
faces at the crowd gathered below
The man was drunk and it was with
difficulty that he was lured down from
his dangerous situation. When he
grew sober enough to understand the
risk he had run it crazed him and he
has been sent to an insane asylum.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

INSPECTOR j. w. NIGHTINGALE, of the
department of justice at Washington,
arrived at Cleveland, o., on the Sd, to
take charge of the investigation of
the accounts of United States Judge
Kicks, against whom charges have
been made by the Central Labor Union
# that city.
A BUCYRUs, O., special on the Sd said
that a west-bound freight on the Penn
sylvania broke in two, the parts col
1iding. A car of coal oil and one of
gasoline took fire and consumed half
the train, also destroyed about 500 feet
of track. Four tramps were stealing a
ride on the oil car and all were burned
to death.
THE Colorado state veterinary and
sanitary board has decided to quaran-
tine New Mexico and Texas sheep.
Gov Waite has issued proclamation
prohibiting sheep from those states
from entering the state without a clean
bill of health from State Veterinarian
Greswell.
THE steamer City of Holland, with
passengers aboard, was beached at
Holland, Mich, in heavy gale. The
boat was badly damaged and the pas
Sengers rescued with difficulty, but all
we're saved The boat is a new one and
| cost $3S. 900.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities of the United States for the
week ended August showed an average
decrease as compared with the CORE
spending week of last year of 21.3; in
New York the decrease was 35.7.
FAILURES for the week ended August
2 (Dun's report were 219 in the United
| To- CT inf Ia
A, against 81 last year.
| Two more members of the notorious
Cook gang of bandits were killed neal
| Sapulpa, ]. T., on the I'd by United
| States marsha1S.
THE lumber district of Chicago OF
the I'd was visited by a second fire
which for time threatened to rival in
destructiveness that of the day before
Before it was subdued it had wiped oui
rhe yards of the John Sprey Lumber
TO-, A. J. Mclean, cedar posts; P. Par
,-eil. cedar posts In addition to the
! lumber yards the wooden bridge over
the Chicago river at Ashland avenne
vas totally destroyed.
THE three members of the strike
commission appointed by the president
will hold a meeting at Chicago on An,
gust Is for the purpose of taking testi
mony and to consider suggestions and
arguments in relation to the recent
strike.
FIVE men robbed bank at Chandler
| 40 miles east of Guthrie. Ok, on the
3oth, getting all of the currency on the
counters, about $500. The sheriff went
in hot pursuit and about 10 miles out
| the bandits made stand and nearly a
hundred shots were exchanged. One
bandit was shot through the hips and
captured, the rest escaped. A citizen
was also killed.
CEsARIo SANTo, the assassin of Pres
ident Carnot, was put on trial in the
assize court at Lyons, France, on the
I'd. He was very defiant in his answers
to the judge.
The indications are now favorable
for the early resumption of all the
mines now idle ON the line of the Ches
apealze & Ohio, and those at the Star
Furnace have already gone back at the
old rates.
A TERRIFIC rainstorm swept over
western Lincoln county. Col, on she
}1st. doing considerable damage to the
| Union Pacific railroad, several hundred
| ,eet of track being carried away.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09
national Encampment G. A. r.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug. 6.-MOre than
1900 committeeman, comprising the
citizens executive board of Pittsburgh.
are hustling for all they are worth to
make the twenty eighth national en-
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic. to be held September 10 to
-, a success. Indications are for a
tremendous turnout of veterans. More
than 900 of them have been assigned
to free quarters. to say nothing of the
5000 to IO.o00 who have reserved paid
quarters, and the 5000 resident Grand
Army men who Will not need to secure
accommodations.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09
Clippings.

That quality is of more Importance
than quantity is shown by the fact
that Wisconsin has received one million
dollars more for her butter product
than Michigan. although the latter has
produced forty-five million pounds to
only forty million pounds in Wiscon-
sin
the plains with Fremont's expedition
in 1S45, is reported to be living at Tel
ll1ride, Col, in destitute circumstances.
Petitions praying the federal govern
ment to grant him a pension are cir
culating in Colorado and California.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
Personal. AND PoLrrICAL.

| A DISPATCH to Shanghai dated the
31st stated that naval battle had been
fought between the Chinese and Japan
csc fleets. The japanese sank the Chi
nese warship Chen Yuen, and two large
cruisers, supposed to be the vessels
built for China by the Armstrong;, were
captured or destroyed by the japanese.
The Chinese fleet engaged carried near
Iy LOCO men, and large number of
them were reported killed or drowned.
REPRESENTATIVE BoEN, of Minnesota,
has introduced a bill to abolish nation
al banks. He would make it unlawful
to charter bank or provide additional
currency for those already chartered,
and directs the secretary of the treas
ury to withdraw all deposits of public
money from the banks and return it to
the treasury.
| NOTHING definite was accomplished
by the tariff conference on the 31st,
but the senate conferees seemed in
clined to make concessions. AS to the
sugar schedule there was no indication
that the senate would recede from its
position.
| JUDGE JOSEPH HOLT, who was Judge
advocate general of the army and at
one time acted as secretary of war,
| died at his residence in Washington on
| the first.
| THE democratic convention of the
| Seventh South Carolina district have
renominated Representative John S.
Henderson for sixth term in congress.
No agreement had been reached by
the tariff conferees on the 1st, al
though it was reported that it was al
hand and would be compromise on
the points in dispute
THE report of the sugar Investigate
ing committee was presented to the
senate on the I'd. The main report ex
onerates Secretary Carlisle. 1t also
says that there has been no testimony
that the sugar schedule was made NJ
in consideration of any money paid fol-
campaign purposes. The committee
reports in the negative whether any
senator specu1ated in sugar stock dur
ing the discussion of the tariff bill
Summing up the committee says nc
senator was corruptly influenced in
She consideration of the tariff bill.
THE democratic tariff conferees die
not make as marked progress on the
I'd as they had hoped when they went
into session. Members of the confer
ence say that good feeling still exists
and that there is the same reason fol
the belief in an ultimate anicable set
| Element.
A DISPATCH from Tien Tsin, China
says that all deserters from the troop:
marching to Taku will be beheaded.
Advices from Ecuador are to the
| effect that the congress intends to de
monetlZe silver and adopt a paper cur
rency based on gold.
THERE was no truth in the story
cabled from Buenos Ayres on Angus
1 to the effect that 5000 insnrgent
troops were marching upon Porto
Allegro, the capital of the state of Ric
Grande do Sui.
REPRESENTATIVE BLAND has intro
duced resolution instructing the com
mittee on ways and means to report /;
bill placing all sugars on the free lis
and for raising 500, ZOO, OOO. revenue b.
The income tax.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09
Teacbers Are Incensed.

ATCHIsoN, Kan, Aug. 6.-The teach
ers of this county are up in arms
against Stryker, member of the state
board of examiners. At the recent
county teachers examina ton, out of
forty-six applicants, twenty-One failed
Nearly all went down in mathe-
matics- And it is claimed that
the problems were taken from an
arithmetic of which Stryker is the
author, and are not to be found in any
of the text books used in our common
schools. Much dissa tisfaction is felt
toward Stryl1er and there is move on
foot to get him removed from the state
board of examiners
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09

THE 200 Catholic pilgrims who re-
Gently made visit to the shrine OF
Our Lady of Guadalupe at the City of
Mexico, for the purpose of offering up
prayers for rain, arrived at Durango.
Mex, on the I'd. On the day following
their prayers the heaviest rain in four
years fell throughout the state, and
many of the pilgrims will be kept busy
for some time to come repairing the
damages done to their ranch proper
ties by the overhows.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09
FIRE IN A MAN-oF-wAR.

Flames Discovered in the United States
Cruiser Marion, at Ailejo, Cal.
ALLEJo, Cal, Aug. Ga fire occurred
on the United States man-of-war NJ a
rion about 7:30 o'clock and it was three
hours before the flames could be ex-
tinguished. The vessel is built of
white oak and the fire ragged fiercelv.
The cause of the fire is unknown, but
it is supposed to have originated in
some waste, which was thrown be-
tween the ward and shell rooms. How
the waste caught is mystery. The
fire had been burning for three hours.
The loss amounted to s.. 900.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09

JOHN G. NEUMIsTER, as deputy city
Clerk of Chicago, has been served with
bill for 1926, 600, which the Columbian
Exposition Salvage Co. claim is due to
it from damage to property in jackson
park, caused by mobs and rioters July
last. That was the date when several
structures of the worlds fair wers
swept away by fire. An immense num-
Der of shippers have fled claims against
the city for damages occasioned by the
strike. The gross amount asked is
already well up in the millions.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09

WILLIAM III. TOMBSTONE, of Philadel-
phia, has brought suit against Hall &
Garrison to recover $27, 3O7 80. He says
that in May, 1892, the defendants en-
ployed him to go to Chicago and secure
the concession for the erection and
operation of a tower in jackson park
during the worlds fair He got it.
He says he was engaged 1872 days, and
that his services were reasona bly, worth
800 per day. His expenses were S14,-
114.6s. During his ninety days stay in
Chicago he says he was obliged to
spend $4,000 in dinners and sundry
other expenses in securing the good
will of the fair officials
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09

Mrs. DIR. SPENCER, of Bourbon, Ind,
has just been joined in wedlock to her
eleventh husband. She is but A years
of age. The career of Mrs. Spencer is
believed to be a most remarkable one,
and her penchant for making a collec-
ton of husbands is only equaled by
her ability to annu1 marriage con-
tracts
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09

THE Spanish consul at Marseilles has
autographed to his government that
cholera is epidemic there, that the num-
Der of deaths daily is large and that the
authorities are concealing the actual
situation. The government has Or
dered that stringent precautions be
taken at Spanish ports on the frontier.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09

THE San Francisco Examiner was re-
Gently circulating petitions to congress
asking that mo extension of time, on
any terms whatever be granted for the
payment of the Pacific railroad debts,
but that Immediately in default in
meeting the matured bonds the mort
cages be forec1osed and the roads bid
in by the government and run as ma
fiOnal enterpriSeS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09

THE Chino sugar factory, the largest
factory and refinery in the United
States. was started up on the Sd at
Chino, Cal. With this seasons addi-
ton to the plant, made at cost of
$3.50, 200, the factory will use 1000 tons
of beets per day and it's daily output
of refined sugar will be 14O tons.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09
Jerry Simpson.

WASHINGTON, Aug. GERRY Simpson
revisited Saturday the scenes of his
greatness and chatted with members
who had gone to the house, although
it was not in session He says that he
thinks that he has exhausted the N ed
zeal virtues of the springs and that he
is preparing tt go to the seashore.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09

SENATOR PETER has introduced a
bill providing for the appropriation OF
$500, 600 for the irrigation of arid lands
in the west. The preamble to the bill
recites that the magnitude of the work
is too great for individual settlers to
undertake, and instructs the secretary
of agriculture to undertake, without
unnecessary delay, by means of en-
bankments and excavations, such res
ervoirs ebasins as will most effectu-
ally gather and store water in all tilla.
BILE portions of North Dakota. South
Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma
and Colorado not now supplied by irri-
cation.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09
Destructive Fire at Marion, Ind.

MARION, Ind. Aug. 6.-Fire broke
out here last night and destroyed
Seer's lumber yard, including plan
ing mill, Touring mill of Mark, Burge
& Lake, Fanser's drug store, Culber e
sons saloon, Shields wholesale fruit
depot, Henry Beshore's grocery, Ste
vens' saloon, Fists bakery and restau-
rant and number of box cars on the
Panhandle road. Loss, S75, 900.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09
Freieht Reductions.

The sweeping reductions in freight
rates ordered by the state board of rail-
road commissioners on all classes of
freight took effect August 1. but the
railroad companies announced in ad-
vance that no attention would be paid
to the order and the Encouragement
will institute suit to compel compi
ance with the same.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09
A HORRIBLE Death.

RUSSELL. Kan, Aug Conrad Hoff
man, Russell county farmer, met a
horrible fate while working with a
threshing machine Saturday. He at
tempted to slide from a stack to the
feed board of the machine, but slipped,
instead, into the cylinder. Both of
his limbs were horribly mangled and
were soon after amputated. The man
died a few hours later
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-09
nfancIed by a Rat.

The 4-year-old son of Alfred Meier,
city engineer of Atchison, awol1e his
parents the other night by frantic
screams. When the mother went to
his room, she found the child on the
floor by an open window in a hysterical
condition and wringing his hands,
which were covered with blood. A
doctor was summoned, and it was
found that rat had gnawed the child's
arms in most horrible manner.