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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
Prisoners Break Jail.

PERRY. Ok, July 23.-Two noted pris-
oners were liberated from Jail here
Saturday night. One was Bud Appling,
alias California Cyclone, who was in
jail for numerous crimes, and the other
was Clay Davis, one of the most noted
horsethieves of the territory. A fire
occurred just at the time the prisoners
escaped. The guards attention was
directed to the confagration and the
outlaws took advantage. with the as
sistance of a hand from the outside,
and made good their escape
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE First regiment, l. N. g., was
called to arms at the Pullman works
on the Goth by a rumor that riot was
IN progress. Investigation showed that
the report was caused by a crowd of
women and children who had hurled
rocks, mud and insulting epithets at
the Pullman laundry girls. One of the
non-union girls attempted to escape
and was chased several blocks by
the crowd. She finally escaped and
the troops soon caused the crowd to
come to order.
A DISPATCH states that steamer has
been sunk off Sterlitanak, province of
Oofa, Russia, and that 100 persons
were drowned
IT was rumored about San Francisco
on the goth that negotiations were
pending between the strike leaders and
the railroad officials and that the strike
on the Southern Pacific will be settled
in a day or two.
THE steamer G. b. Montieth struck a
snag near greensboro, KY, and sank.
One child was missing. A panic was
narrowly averted, as the boat carried
a large number of Sunday school chill
dren.
DUN's review of trade for the week
ended July 90 said that the effects of
the great strike had not yet worn off
The financial situation was a little
brighter, because the exports of goods
had been resumed. Wheat had de-
clined cents for the week. Corn had
advanced shade, with no reason for
the advance, for the prospects are ex-
cellent for a large yield Cotton de-
clined fraction.
THE bodies of two unknown Mexicans
have been found on the ranch of Pedro
Garcia. in Preside county, Tex. In
the right hand of one was clasped a
knife. while beside the other was a
cacti cutter, these two instruments
showing by what means the bloody
work had been accomplished. It is sup
posed shat the two settled differences
in duel to the death, with no seconds.
AT Oxford, Ala, mob of thirty
whitecappers went to the home of
Jack Brownlee, colored, shot his house
full of hole, beat the doors down and
took him to the woods, where he was
stripped and whipped almost to death.
He was ordered to leave the country.
He has not been seen since, and he is
thought to have been killed. Political
causes are alleged
FOREST fires were burning the town
of Partridge, Mimi. on the 18th, and
the Hinckley fire department had been
called on for help. 1t could not go,
however, as that village was in danger.
Everything in Partridge was burned.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
Marlborough Pardoned.

The governor, at the recommended
ton of the board of pardons, has par
doned James H. Marlborough, who was
serving in the penitentiary under a
sentence OF death for killing L. D. Col
lier at Emporia in 1886. The petition
in his favor was said to be the strong
est ever presented to a governor of the
state. 1t was signed by United States
senators, congressman, clergymen and
other prominent men, Endorsed by the
late Senator Plumb, by John J. Ingalls,,
E. n. Morrill,, the judge, prosecuting
attorney and eight of the jurymen who
tried the case, besides thousands of other
persons in Kansas and especially North
Carolina, where young Marlborough
was raised.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

IN the 1000 meter bicycle race at
Paris on the 22d Zimmerman, the
American, won easily.
PRESIDENT DEBs and the other A. r.
u. leaders have issued an appeal to the
public not to ride in a Pullman ear I'M
til the Pullman company does justice
to its employees. There was no sur
render in the fight against that COM
pany, and every lawful means, the ap-
peal stated, would be taken to press
the contest.
On the 23d war was reported as al
most certain between the japanese and
Chinese over the Corea question.
THE Chickamauga meeting of the
Grand Army of the Cumberland has
been postponed for one year, so that it
will occur at the same time as the ded-
ication of Chickamauga park.
GEN. A. j. WERNER, president of the
American Bimetallic league, has issued
call for a conference of those in SYM
pathy with its objects at Washington
on August 16.
THE police on the 22d arrested twenty
nihilists in st. Petersburg. No reason
was known for the arrests, but it is
conjectured that they We're due to the
discovery of a plot against the life of
the car.
Gov. TLLMAN, of South Carolina,
stated that he would issue his procla-
nation on the 23d reopening the dis
pensaries on August 1. He said that
he was determined to enforce the law
more vigorously than ever.
THE Constantinople correspondent of
the London Standard telegraphs that
Notwithstanding the attempts at con-
cealment, it is clearly established that
over a athousand persons lost their
lives during the recent earthquakes.
IT was stated on the ed that the
resident had, in addition to Carroll
D. Wright. commissioner of labor,
chosen Judge Lyman TrumbuI. of
Chicago, and a prominent New Yorker.
Who has always taken deep interest
n the cause of labor, to serve as
members of the committee to investi-
gate the Chicago strike.
THE Nicaraguan assembly has de-
,lared the entire Atlantic coast of the
country to be under martial law and
ordered the chief executive to main
ain Nicaraguan sovereignty over the
Mosquito territory by all possible
means
Two unknown men were struck by
train at the eastern end of the Gal1at-
Yin tunnel on the Pennsylvania rail-
road near Altoona, Pa. They were
ground to pieces. The remains were
not identified.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
HEAP BIG MEDICINE
a Pair of Striped Stockings Ton@he Eaa
and Sold fn r-ivs. Ponies.

a Pair OF Striped Str,- kings Wone4he EsaSS-
and Sold 20 rive Ponies
A returned LewistOnian fell to talk
ing over a revolver that he carried in.
the arrest ofoa desperate in New Mex
leo and then he diverged and told a
Journal man this story:
Once when we were going down in
the Indian territory, as we rode out OF
the village we passed the house where
New Brunswick girl had just come to-
live in the little prairie village There
had been considerable joking about.
the new arrival, and as we passed she
came out to hang up her washing on
the line. 1 rode little red pony-one-
that had snapped n shotgun for-and
when l saw the New Brunswick girl
hang up pair OF the longest, biggest,
striped stockings 1 had ever seen,
rode right up into the yard and under
the clotheS-line and seized those stock
ings and pulled EN- off the line snd
rode away. All the trip down across
the hot plains and over the rustling
buffalo grass the boys plagued me
about those stockings had put them
into my trunk and kept them 1 don't.
know what took them for or why I
kept them. Well, we got down into
the territory and among the Indians
They are great gamblers you know
and we bet with them everything we
had We raced and won from them all
the money and blankets they possessed
The blankets were United States
army blankets, but we can use them
by cutting out the u s. At last we
came down to foot runners and the In
dams Thought ont their man. He was.
/ tall, broad-chested and long-limbed-
10 = laSs
runner was nothing compared with
/ him Why, he was the best physical
man ever saw He looked at our man.
and his thick lip curled in derision-
He no good get mani
The savage was stripped to his
skin. looked at our man.
Jake said, Won wait a minute
| Then l went and got those stockings
! When 1 brought them out they created
/ the biggest kind of a sensation, and
the curiosity to touch them was some
thing comical.
They Just wanted to put their hands
on them to see what they were l did
not let them satisfy their curiosity,
but carried them through the crowd as
if they were holy relics.
Jake, put those on and run with
them 1 said
why, 1 can't run with those on,
he said.
- Yes, you can. Don't you see that
they are mvstified?'
He put them on and, though he was
a large man, they came clear to his
hips. We pinned them up, and he
started with the big Indian. 1t was
plain by the faces of the greasers that
they had lost all faith in their man as
against the striped stockings. The.
/ Indian ran a little distance and then
fell behind with his eyes fixed in terror
on those flying stockings. He was
beaten. And do You know l sold those
stockings to the Indian for five ponies
/ and a rife. Lewiston (Me-) Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
POISON IN CHERRY BEER.
Two Children Die from Drinking the De
cOction-Two Women Very Ill.

Two Children Die from Drinking the De-
coctiOn-TwO Women Very Ill
PATTERSON, n. J., July 23--Rene
Baker, years old, and Nellie Baker,
years old, are dead, and Mrs. Moriuus
Baker and Mrs. Isabella Laugenberg
are dying from the effects of cherry
beer, which they drank Saturday night.
Mrs Baker had sent to a nearby
grocery store for a bottle of cherry
beer, and the women and children
drank it. A short time afterward all
were seized with spells of vomiting,
and one by one they became helpless.
The children were first to succumb.
Coroner Wiley is of the opinion that
the poison was generated by the cherry
b<lrlr
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
His Life Improbable.

George d. Bowling. a nephew of ex-
Sheriff Bowling, OF Kansas City, Kan,
committed suicide in Kansas City, No,
the other night by taking strychnine.
He was less than 80 years of age and
his father at one time was prosper
Gus merchant of WyandOtte, who left
a snug sum to each of his children.
Young Bowling spent all of his part in
a few years in fast living and was
driven to earn a livelihood at hard
work, but he could not hold job any
length of time. He was said to have
never tasted drop of liquor, but kept
bad company. He closed his ill-spent
career by paying his last niclzle for
StrVchnine
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
Clippings.

Sam Houston's grave in the little
cemetery at Huntsville, Tex, is in so
shabby condition of neglect as to ex-
cite regret on the part of many Texans.
There have been propositions before
the legislature to remove the patriot
remains to Austin, the state capital,
and to erect a monument over them,
but nothing definite has ever been done
Silver was a full legal ten der until
1916 in England, when the gold stand
ard was adopted
The United States has a lower per-
centage OF blind people than any other
country in the world
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
5GCICea1lN-
L. W. ROGERS.
Editor Railway Times

IN OF DEBS-
New YORK, July 23.-Now that the
bitter railroad strike is over the leaders
of the local labor organizations are
taking up the matter of securing the
proper defense for Eugene V. Debs,
president of the A. r. L. This activity
is in accordance with an appeal issued
by President Gompers, of the American
Federation of Labor which will be
published in the August number of the
American Tolerant. the official organ
of the federation. 1t reads as follows:
Eugene V Debs stands one of the most
conspicuous and interesting figures before the
country. None doubt his honesty and devotion
to the cause OF the wronged against the
wrongdoers. Yet he is in Jail awaiting the
action of the United States courts upon
He is requested to appear before
four different courts located hundreds
of miles from each other, at and the same
time He is under indictment for conspiracy
for obeying the instructions of his organiza-
tion and requesting the railroad men to quit
work to aid their struggling fellow worknlen-
The corporations have their claws ready to
faSten upon the body of DebS, not simply to
try and crush him, but they hope to force the
men of labor into silence and slavish subrlis-
sion.
That purpose cannot, dare not and viii not
succeed. DebS must be defended, and ably
defended. In person at this time ne repre-
Sents the rights of labor. Eugene V Debs
is poor man; he has no money; his trial
and preparation for it will require 4 cOnSid-
cradle amount, and We know that the work
erS of the country have never vet been
appealed to in vain to help the cause OF Justice,
humanity and right All unions should con-
tribute. We ask all laboring men to open sub
scriptionS for the '-Debs Legal Defense Fund
BY order of the executive committee of the
American Federation of Labor
SAMUEL GOMPERS, President
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
MEMBERS of the house committee on

MEMBERS of the house committee on
interstate commerce think that the
laws governing contracts with en-
ployes of companies engaged in inter
state commerce should provide that
corporations should not discharge men
nor cut down their wages without due
notice, and that on the other hand
men should not be allowed to stop
work without notice to their employers
They would not interfere with the
rights of employees to strike in body
or otherwise, but would prevent the
6tranding of commerce, as well as
sympathetic strikes entered upon with
ont notice
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26

LAUGHTER at friends joke sent
1ssac Hood, 65 years old, to the Pennsyl-
vania hospital at Philadelphia recent
1y, suffering from dislocation of the
jaw. Hood met friend who told him
something that made him laugh. But
as he laughed a look of pain came
over his face. His jaw was fixed and
rigid. Home-administeredr estoratives
were found to be of no avail, and in
alarm Hood was taken to the hospital,
where the surgeon pressed under the
patients ears; a sort of click was
heard, and Hoods jaw was itself again.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26

REPRESENTATIVE FLYNN, of Okla
homa, who has been interested in se-
curing the opening of the Kickapoo
country, stated recently that the allot
ments having all been made there was
nothing to delay the opening of this
land by the middle of August. There
were about 300 Indians given allot-
ments, leaving something like 500
homesteads for settlers. The interior
department is hanging back waiting
for the McRae bill to pass, providing
that public lands shall be sold at auc-
ton, as there would be disgraceful
scramble under the old law for so few
homesteadS.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26

JOHN ARMsTEAD, an Ohio farmer, re-
Gently bought farm on the northern
line of Lumpl1in county, Ga. While
digging foundation for new house,
he upturned an earthen jar, in which
he found 5000 in gold coin, bearing
date of 1860 1t has been ascertained
that Henry McGrath, who owned the
farm before the war, had that much
gold coined in the Dahlonega mint in
1860, but what became of it no one ever
knew. There is no trace of the family
now,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
Santa Fe Train Held Up.

GUTHRIE, Ok, July 23.-At an early
hour yesterday morning a Santa Fe
passenger train was held up by two
masked men near Red Rock. The rob
bers entered the express car and pre-
senting revolGers caused the messenger
to stand and deliver a package of
money and some other packages, but
the value is unknown. There is no
cleW to the bandits.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26

ARBITRATION by mutual consent, not
by compulsion on one side, has been
tried in Boston this year with excel
lent results. The bricklayers asked
45 cents an hour, and the contractors,
owing to dull times, offered but 35
cents. The matter was submitted to
an arbitrator who weighed the con-
ditions carefully and fixed the rate at
~ cents. The figure was accepted in
good faith by both sides, and it Will
hold over next year.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
FOREIGN FRAGMENTS.

In New Zealand cats are used to de-
stroy rabbits
LAST year Is, 1o2 patents were applied
for in Great Britain
THERE Is a law IN Germany forbid
ding resturanteurs to serve beer to
people who have eaten fruit.
Ok the wall of the south aisle Of
Hereford cathedral. in England, is pre-
served the celebrated ''Mappa Mundi''
date circa 12s2-13OO). The map is
chiefly filed with ideas taken from
.sncient historians
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
Killed in a Quarrel.

John Coffey. a coal miner and local
labor leader, was shot and killed in a
joint at Leavenworth the other even
ing by Ed. Donohue, an eX-deputy mar
shall. Coffey called Dohohue a scab
herder, which led to the quarrel. Both
men were drinking. Coffey's body was
taken to the home of his parents, who
refused to receive it, owing to his con-
duct of late, which led his mother to
discard him
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26

THE pension expenditures during the
last fiscal year amounted to $140,O OO,-
600, or S25, 900, 900 less than than the es-
, innate, and they are not expected to
reach any larger sum during the pres
ent year. 1t is doubtful, indeed, if the
annual pension expenditures will ever
again exceed this limit as the law now
stands
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26

THE investors in railway securities
are faring badly. During last year
over GO per cent. of the total railway
stock in the country paid no dividends,
and over 10 per cent. of the mortgaged
bonds paid no interest, while the out
look for the present year is still worse.
There are 1873 railroads in the hands of
receivers because their earnings have
not come up to their expenses, and
others are lowering on the verge of the
same misfortune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
He Eel Fifty Feet.

YORK, Me-. July cav. L. Bake
manager and one of the proprietors
the Albracea hotel, York harbor, was
on top of a windmill yesterday oiling
the machinery, when the wind shifted,
causing the wheel to revolve and knock
Baker off. He fell distance of so feet
and was instantly killed. He leaves
nd frun nhildr-an
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
4 Glorious Victory.

Mrs. De Style-T've got ahead Of
Mrs. De Fashion at last
Eusband-How?
Mrs. De Style-At Mrs. De Fashions
last party, two of the guests tainted;
but at my grand reception last night,
the crush was so great that six of the
ladies had to be carried out, and one
lad to have doctor.-N- y. Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26

AT Albany N. Y, the subcommittee
of the suffrage committee of the con-
stitution convention has decided to re-
port to the full committee adversely
all propositions tending toward female
suffrage, except that allowing the
question to be submitted to vote OF
the electors of the state at the next
general election.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
Must Omen Their Sbops.

CHICAGO, July 23.-The strike at Pull
man will be brought to focus this
week. Notice has been served on man
ayers of the car works that unless
they make an effort to open their shops
all troops in that vicinity will be with
drawn. The exact date given for this
opening could not be learned, but
officers of the First regiment believe
that Wednesday will be the limit.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26

THE bill introduced by Senator Mar
tin to furnish all the soldiers homes OF
the country with the Congressional
Record and copies of the session laws
and copies of all executive docu-
ments, passed the senate on the nth.
The inmates of the various homes had
asked for the passage of the bill.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26

r. w. BELL, of Freeport, Ia, an engi-
neer on the Illinois Central, saw lit
tie girl on the track at Council Hill,
Ill, few evenings ago. After revers-
ing the engine he rushed out upon the
pilot, seized the child in his arms, and
saved her. The passengers presented
a purse to him.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
Kansas Pensions.

Pensions lately granted Kansas vet
Grams: Original, George w. johnson,
Leavenworth. Additional, Marshall
Meal, Hartford. Increase, John Harlan,
Burlington; Wilson Turney, Hiatville.
Original widows, ETC.. Mahala j. Nelly,
Leavenworth; Hester A. Gordon. To-
peka. Widows Indian wars, Mary A.
Tennis Larned
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
Mail Clerk Arrested.

C. E. Dimmitt, mail clerk running
on the Kansas City, Wyandott & North
western railroad, was arrested at Kan
sas City, Kan, the other day on the
charge of ri1ing registered letters. He
was taken to Leavenworth and COM
mitted to jail. He resides in Kansas
City, Mo-, and has wife and two
children.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
Sam Rim5le for Congress.

ABILENE. Kan, July 22.-The demo-
Gratis OF this county will support Sam
Kiu1ble. of Manhattan, for the demo
cratic nomination for congress at the
convention at Concordia. August II.
The sentiment in favor of a nominee
who will stay in the field is strong,
and no talk of fusion on John Davis
meets with favor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
Found Dead in the Roadway.

CoFFEYvILLE, Kan, July 23.-J. w.
Walls, lately of Kentucky, who resides
5 miles south of this city in the terri
tory, was found dead on the roadside
yesterday near his home. Death was
caused by a shot through his left
breast from q Winchester. Suspicion
points to one Frank Bone, citizen of
the territory. Bone is now under ar
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
a Veterans Suicide.

John w. Taffe, of Kansas City, Kan,
committed suicide in the Midland hotel,
Kansas City, Mo-, the other night by
taking morphine. He was about 60
years of age and leaves an invalid wife
and three grown children. He was
Respondent because i'll health prevent
ed him from working. He carried a
heavy life insurance.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
College Rurned.

The North dormitory of the South
western Kansas college, at Winfield,
together with all its furnishings, was
destroyed by fire the other morning.
The fire was supposed to be the work
of an incendiary. Loss about $1,000,
partly covered by insurance.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
ChIoroformeI and RobbetI.

SIOUX CITY. Ia, July 23--Manager
Jimmy Manning and Treasurer Dennis.
of the Kansas City baseball team were
chloroforned and robbed in their room
in the Garretson house here Saturday
night Manning mourns the loss of
s4OO. while Dennis is SIS poorer than
he was Saturday night
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26

AMONG the petitions placed before
the New York constitutional conven-
ton was one signed by $4,000 working
men for an ant:-conspiracy law.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26

WILLIAM ALLEN, of Norristown, Pa,
drank quart of whisky at three
Eulps the other day and put his family
to the expense of funeral.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26

SINCE the price of oats has been COM
parative1y higher than the price of
wheat, the products manufactured
from oats have been adulterated by
mixing them with products of wheat.
The manufacturers of oat meal have
been buying large quantities of wheat
recently for the purpose Of increasing
the weight and cheapening their out
put. A great deal of wheat is being
used in the commercial foods that are
placed upon the market. 1t certainly
Is an abnormal state of affairs when
the grain which, rated by its intrinsic
value, stands high above every other
cereal gets so low in price that it can
be used as an adulterant of foods.