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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-24
uNscRuPuLous PARTlsANs.
Republicans Unregxrdfui OF the Interests
Of the PSonle.

Republicans Unregardfui of the Interests
OF the People.
The country is still in broad grin
over the beautiful manner in which
Tom Reed and the republicans were
''put to sleep" by Speaker Crisp when
the question of passing the seigniorage
bill over the presidents veto came mp
in the house the other day.
When Mr.. Bland brought up the sub
ject there was great glee among the
republicans Their leaders, with srnil-
ing faces and chuckling lips. eagerly
gathered in consultation. laying their
plans for the fun they expected to have
at the expense of the democratic side
of the house. They would set their
opponents by the ears; they would
''egg" them on; they would give them
plenty Of time and plenty Of room, and
they expected the fur and dust to fly
and the democratic party to split wide
open. So engrossed were they in dig
ging this pit for their opponents that
the speaker, in accordance with the
rules, had ordered the vote, the first
name on the roll had been called, and
the republicans were buried in their
own pit before they could bat their
eyes Their weak, dazed and wholly
Intellectual efforts to 'extricste them
selves make one of the most ludicrous
chapters In congressional history.
Their little plot which was thus frus-
trated, was in keeping with their entire
course since the democracy assumed
power Since the 4th of March, 1898,
the repu blicans have never made a
movement which did not look to the
advantage of their party rather than to
the good of the country. 1t matters
not how grave has been the public ne
cessity, or how serious the demand for
craftsmanship and patriotism rather
than political intrigue and partisan
ship. the repu blicans have never risen
above desire to tie the hands of the
party in power, to divide it with dis
sensions, and to protract and intensity
the evils from which the country was
suffering and from which it was crying
for speedy relief, because by so doing
they thought they could arouse the
wrath OF the people against the demo
Gratis.
They pursued this policy of obstruc-
ton and irritation with reference to
the repeal of the Sherman act, voting
for 1t at last when they could no long
er prevent a vote, and Immediately aft
erward making a concerted effort to
prevent the recuperation of the coun-
try by insisting that the business de-
preston had not been due to the Sher-
man act, but to the fear of tariff re-
form, proceeding. at the same time,
with systematic efforts to incite q fear
of tariff reform.
They are pursuing the same policy
with reference to the tariff bill, doing
all they can to prevent settlement of
tariff legislation because they believe
that continued uncertainty, no wever
| much 1t may injure the country, will
, also In jure the democratic party.
Their plan in the house to get up a
long wranGle over the seiGniorage bill
veto was simply another effort to make
party capital at whatever cost to the
common good, which is now so depend
ent upon financial stability and integ-
rity.-Louisville Courier-JournaL
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-24
HOUSE AND HOME.


Where is the house. me house we lover
BY Geld or river, square or street,
The house our hearts go dreaming of.
That lonely waits our hurrying feet;
The house to which We come, we come,
TO make that happy house our home
Oh dear dream house! for you I store -
A medley of such curious things.
AS wise thrush goes counting DER,
Ere the glad morn OF songs and wings.
When q small nest makes all her heaven,
And q true mate that sings at even
Up those dim stairs my heart will steal,
And quietly through the listening rooms,
And long in prayerful love viii kneel,
And in the sweet-aired twilight glooms,
Will set curtain straight, or chair,
And dust and order and make fair.
oh, tarrying time, hasten, until
You light our hearth fires, dear and warm
Set pictures on these walls so chill,
And draw our curtains 'Rainst the storm,
And shut us in together, time,
In a new world happier cline,
Whe Their our house be new or old
We care not; we will drive away
From last years nest its memories cold,
And ali be gold that once was gray.
Oh, dear dream house. for which we pray.
Our feet come slowly up your wayi
Katherine lyman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-24

home. The mans evil face flushed and
paled, and he gave me a vindietive look.
He addressed himself to Mr.. Bostoclz.
my business is with you, sir. I
want nothing with these people, -
With a slight pause, he continues:
81 was at Boutellier's, in New Or
leans, yesterday. For the first time,
he refused to advance md anything. 1
only asked him for a hundred dollars.
He said you had stopped the account"
1T has been so long since 1 heard
anything of you
THAT you thought 1 was dead-eh?
You hoped SO, no doubt If you'd
taken the trouble to send to Boutellier,
he'd have told you that your money
never stayed very long in his hands,
lie Fevre whispered excitedly in my
ear:
What the devil does this mean?
Since have been there. the old man
has deposited thousands of dollars in
that bank, and not a cent has he
drawn from there. Who is this fell
1ow?'
Tell me what you want" said the
planter. you promised me years ago
that you would not come near me
again. Go, now, and trouble me no
more"
Give me two thousand dollars
first
Mr.. Bostoclz turned to LIE Fevre.
Make a check on Jacob Barker,
New Orleans. for the amount payable
TO bearer"
! Nothing that had thus far happened
had greatly surprised me. L knew
about this man what was not known
M Cbralie or LIE Fevre; and, while she
stood in con sternation by her fathers
chair, the overseer did not cease to
regard the interloper with threaten
ing looks, as if he only wanted little
more pEovocation to attack him with
his fists. Amazed as he was by the
direction about the check, he went into
the other room, prepared it, and
brought it back on book with pen.
Mr.. Bostoc1 signed it with trembling
fingers.
! Give it to him.
The overseer took it and threw it
upon the lounge. The man who lay
there glanced at it and thrust it into
his pocket.
go" said the planter
Pretty soon; don't hurry me. You
must remember that we haven't met in
many years. All your own fault; you
would have it so. Now you have COM
PEELED me to come here to get money,
you've got to acknowledge me-
~No-nor'
You will! You're likely to die be-
fore I do; and where shall / come for
money then? You know was only a
boy when we moved from here; 1 might
find it hard 60 get myself recognized
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-24
a Negro murderer Lynched.

JEFFERSON. Tex, May Is. Henry
Scott, colored, who was arrested yes
terday for the murder of his 6-year-old
stepdaughter, was delivered by the
magistrate to the deputy sheriffs to
take to Jail in this city. On their way
to town they were encountered by q
mob of about 100 negroes, who took
Scott into an adjoining swamp and
hanged him to an oak tree. where he
remained till found by the sheriff late
in the evening. The negro confessed
the murder and said his reason for muir
derinp the child was that she was the
cause of frequent quarrels between
him and his wife.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-24
SHEEP FROZEN IN MAY.
Disastrous SnowstOrm for Three Days IL
California Foot Hills.


SONORA, Cal, May Is The snow,
rain and wind storm that prevailed in
the Sierra Nevada foot hills the past
three days was deadly to sheep. The
road from Sonora up to Strawberry
station, distance of thirty-two miles,
is lined with dead sheep. The storm
was unusually severe for this time OF
the year and the sheep having been
sheared before entering the county
were unfit to meet the wintry blasts
At one place 1000 sheep were found
frozen to death in one heap where they
had tried to find shelter among the
trees. The snow was two feet deep on
top of them. There are thousands of
sheep farther back in the mountains
and they cannot be reached on account
of the snow, but there is hardly pos
sibility that they can be alive If they
did not freeze to death during the
storm they will die of starvation be-
fore the snow meltS.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-24
TARIFF AND WAGES.
Facts and Figures Which Strongly Con-
denim the Protection Policy.

Facts and Figures Which Strongly Con-
denim the Protection Policy.
j. Schoenhof, the well-known tariff
writer. has been following up line of
inquiry upon which he entered some
two years ago. with results which
should be instructive to victims of the
protectionist delusion.
Taking the census returns of manu-
features. he shows that the average of
wages and the average increase in
wages from 1880 to 1890 is much great
er in the unprotected and exporting in
dustries than in the highly protected
industries In neither class does he in
clude any industries except such as are
classed as manufacturing by the CEN
sus bureau Wages in seventeen I'M
protected and exporting industries in
1890 ranged from s407 to s676 per head.
while IN eight highly protected indus
tries the range was from SS14 to 1867.
The increase in wages over 1880 in the
unprotected industries ranged from So
to SIPS per head the average being SIS.
while in the protected industries the
increase ranged from $40 to ST, aver
aging SOL.
From further examination of the re-
turns 1t appears that wages paid in the
man uf0cture OF articles made from raw
materials carrying the highest rate of
protection averaged in 1890 S414 for
males and s276 for females In the
manufacture of articles advanced from
first stage to articles finished for use
the average for males was S570 and for
females 1916. Mr.. Schoenhof presents
tables taken from the census showing
the number employed and the wages
paid in occupations under these and
other heads, all of which go to show
very clearly that the tariff has nothing
at all to do with making high wages in
this country.
MIR. Schoenhot directs attention to
the fact that sugar refining. which en-
joys protection equal to four times
the entire labor cost Of refining, pays
an average of only 1858 per head in
wages, while meat packing. which is
not protected. at all and which expor is
largely and completes directly with
foreign ''pauper labor" pays an aver
age of $3.50, and wholesale slaughter
ing pays an average of 5000. In the
unprotected building trades the range
is from 1928 to 1852, against an average
of only GAIA for males in the manufac-
lures which arc most favored by the
tariff lsws--Chicago Herald
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-24
Three Wisconsin Dams Give Way.

HUDSON, Wis, May 1s.-The Jewetts
mills. the new Richmond and the Burk-
hardt dams went out to-day. causing
much damage. Several bridges are out,
including the lower bridge, which cost
originally S25.0 superintendent
Scott, of the Omaha, estimates the dam
age to that road in washouts and 9th
erwise at upward of $4,000 The
Omaha trains are again running The
Wisconsin Central lost 500 feet of track
bY one Washout.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-24
CHAPTER XIV.
MY FATE

Until nearly evening of the next
day was solitary in that house. I'm
usual out-of-door labors kept LIE Fevre
away from early morning till dark;
and neither Coralie nor her father ap-
peared at the breakfast or dinner
table.
''De ole massa powerful sick in de
night said one of the women who
waited on me. :. Pears like he done
git no sleep, and Missy Coral up an
down wild him. Tell us what we do
for yo', sah an we do um.'
1 strolled down to the bayou and
strolled back. 1 tried to get interested
in a book, and threw one after another
aside. Was it the Natural longing for
her who had now become necessary to
my existence?-or was it the restless
ness provoked by the shadows of COM
ing events?
Coralie-always Coralie. She had
taken possession of me; could think
of nothing else. I have ventured upon
no description of her face and form; L
will not. She was all that Mr.. Dorion
had said of her, and more.
But who was it that thus thought of
her and hoped for her? A poor adveQ-
turer, with few paltry dollars in his
pOChGGs d dO t1llo LI1OLlcdG
upon her fathers hospitality.
Aye, indeedi-waS that my position?
Be it so. The other side of the ques-
ton quickly appeared. There was
danger eatening-danger to Coralie
The very air was full of it, since the
ill-omened visit of the previous night.
did he say anything about you, Corry?'
was her fathers anxious question.
What oh Sbo boua III oO1,11
he say?-what was it that he had
threatened to tell all through La
Fourche?-the threat of which had
forced Mr.. Bostock to the humiliating
confession that this scoundrel was his
son.
Evidently the mysterious terror that
brooded at Pierce Bostock's heart
largely concerned his daughter. The
man who sought her must seek her
under this cloud. He must take his
risk. Was prepared to do this?.
Was l prepared? Yesi 4 thousand
times yes. 1 would face anything,
dare anything, for her. I exulted,
with q fierce exultation, to know that
there must be some sacrifice on my
part. 1 wanted something to dare,
something to suffer for her sake.
The parting words of LIE Fevre on
the previous night REQUIRED to me.
THE old man couldn't live without
her. I've sometimes thought that the
love of her is all that keeps him alive.
Many promising young fellows, the
sons of the wcalthiest planters about
here, have tried to court her, but he's
driven them all off. He has seemed to
be in perfect terror of her falling in
love with anyone. But he needn't
have troubled himself SO far. She
hasn't cared 4 straw for any of them. !"
Would it not be so with me, both as
to the father and daughter? I could
not tell. But l resolved to quickly
find out. Events were fast shaping
my course, and the startling occur
renee of the evening before had en-
boidencd me to speak out
1t was almost sunset when she came
down from her fathers chamber,
wearied from loss of sleeps languidly
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-24

MEADOW LAKE, Mimi. May IA
cold storage building, recently erected,
has been wrecked by dynamite and an
attempt made to fire another similar
building The trouble is attributed to
the opposition to the sale of liquor in
the village
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-24
FRO DE Continued

ALL waste pape- IA the United States
department of stale, which is of PR
vate or diplomatic nature, is burned in
the open fireplace in the secretary'a
own room
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-24
Assistant surE.-Gen. BaiIex Dead.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. May 1s.-Col- Jo-
seph C. Bailey, assistant surgeon-gen-
era1 United States army and medical
director of the department of Texas,
stationed here, died of heart failure at
an early hour yesterday morning on
Southern Pacific train west Of here.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-24

around here. It would be easier near
vicksburg; but 1 want the witnesses
right here, in your own family. Tell
these people who am"
"You are oneeof the devils who has
helped to make my life miserable, :"
was the despairing cry of the planter.
'sWi1 you tell them?"
ssNo."
every well. All La Fourche shall
know the whole truth tomorrow.
Mark me-the aohole truth, say!"
He turned to depart. Again he was
recalled.
''Do you promise to keep that secret?
Do you promise never to return here?''
81 will keep the secret. will not
return here in your lifetime-provided
you keep my account good at LIE Bou-
tellier's. Now tell themi'
''Hold me up, Dorr-Le Fevre, stand
back; this scoundre1 must be satisfied
and silenced. He wants me to tell You
that he is my son, Conrad Bostock.
That is true, acknowledge it,"
His head fell on his breast; his
| breath came hard and labored. His
daughter placed her arm about his
neck, and put her vinaigrette to his
| nostrils.
The gambler got up and looked with
malignant triumph at the group.
Chats all, I believe he drawled.
''Coralie. I'm quite happy to have SO
fine girl for sister. You won't see
your dear brother again for some time;
that is, if your dutiful father behaves
himself. Come and kiss me, my chick
| emf
The girl gave cry of disgust, and
| put out both hands to keep him off. I
started toward him; but LIE Fevre was
too quick for me. The abundant
wrath that he had been storing up for
the last half hour could no longer be
restrained. His powerful arm shot
out straight from the shoulder, and
Conrad Bostock sprawhed his length
on the carpet. He rose, confused and
bleeding, caught one glance at the
angry countenance of the overseer,
snatched his hat and disappeared.
The planter seemed unconscious of
what had last happened. He raised
| his eyes and looked around him.
us he gomez" he eagerly asked.
eyes, father. What was it.
Ssh, child, don't ask me anything.
he say anything about you, Corry?''
''He wanted to kiss me-the odious
beast!-and good Mr.. LIE Fevre struck
him.
I'm sorry for that; Conrad is re-
vengefu1. But he said nothing about
your
mo, father
The planter seemed greatly relieved
| at the answer.
I'll go to bed, now, child. I am very
weary with all this
Wheno Coralie had withdrawn with
him, LIE Fevre sat and stared blankly
at me.
whats all this?" he blurted out.
felt the shadows descending over
this house: I knew now that they
would involve me, for too plainly did
see by the anxious inquiries of Mr..
Bostock that Coralie was concerned in
the mystery-and Coralie was becom-
ing all the world to me. The hard,
rugged nature of the overseer was
crossed with hearty human strealzs;
the events of the night had shown that
he was true friend to this old man
and his child. So l told him all l
knew of Pierce Bostock and his way
ward son, and all that Mr.. Dorion had
told me of them. He listened atten-
| lively, and shook his shaggy head.
This is ali new to me-" he said.
"What in Satan's name it means, /
don't know. But 1 do know that if
catch that scoundrel about here I'll
duck him in the bayou
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-24
Kept 1t Up Too Long.

It is good time for the republicans
to pause and see how foolish they have
been in committing themselves to the
position that any bill the democrats
might pass would ruin the country.
They have been irreconci1sble all
through. finding each revision worse
than the preceding. and growing shril-
Ter as the evil day of the passage of
some bill approached. In this way
they have burned their bridges behind
them They cannot now fall back on
the protective features left in the bill
and say that these have kept the coun-
try from going to the dogs, where it
will yet surely go If the wicked DEM
ocrats are allowed to do any more tariff
revising. They have so thoroughly
overdOne the bugaboo business, and
staked their all on the irredeemabIy
bad character of the Wilson bill, that
they will find it very hard to keep up
their Mysteries in the future. Even if
they try to, they will find the business
public SO sick of the thing that they
sill soon have to quit it-N. Z. Post
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-24
Tom Reeds reputation as a Jonal

Tom Reeds reputation as a Jonah
gas been well sustained by the result
"a the Third Ohio district Reed has
elected more democrats to congress
taan he ever put out OF it by abuse of
Lae powers of speaker.-St Louis Re
rublic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-24

rcopyrtsht. 1895. by A. N Kellogg Newspaper co1
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-04
weather Observat,ona.

The following are the observations for the
Agricultural Department Weather Bureau
for yesterday, Dec. 3..,sstaken at 8 p. III.
18th meridian time, the observations for
each station being given in this order
Temperature, direction Of the wind. state of
the weather:
Boston. 2S degrees, W. clear; New York.
36 degrees. NV, clear; Philadelphia. 3S de-
grees. " clear; Washington, 81 degrees. NV.
clear; Albany, 20 degrees s.. clear;
Buffalo, 36 degrees, ", cioudy;s Detroit, &c
degrees. W, clear; Chicago, 2s degrees.
W, clear; st. Paul. "a degrees. SW,
clear; ST. Vincent, IA degrees, S, clear;
Huron, Dak., 80 degrees, W. clear; Bis
marck, "A degrees. W, clear; Jacksonville,
62 degrees NE cloudy
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-04
WANTS HIS SHARE.
An Interesting Suit for Subdivision of
Damages.
Especial to thB DRESS. }

Rockland, December a-The. important
referee case before Judge A. r. Savage
of Auburn, has been in progress here
today, and is the outgrowth of quite a
noted suit gainst the government. In
1888, the granite firm of Strout, Hall &
Ban gs were awarded a contract amount
ing to 1851, 900 for furnishing the base
ment and sub basement of the Congress-
ional Library building at Washington.
General Davis Tillson Of this city, un-
der. them, took a portion of arthe con-
tract. In the latter part of 1888, Con-
gress repealed the act providing for the
building, and Stout, Hall & Bangs
brought suit against the United States
in the Court of Claims, and four years
later, in March, 1898, they got judgment
in the sum of. $66, 600 for breach OF con-
tract. The hearing today was to settle
a dispute over the division of this mon
ey, General Tillson claiming that his
share should amount to $4,000, or more
while the firm Of Stout, Hall q Bangs
declared it is only little over half
that amount Hon. G. E. Littlefield ap-
peared for General Tillson, and Colonel
Fogler of this city and Hon. w. T. Haines
of Waterville for the firm. Judge Saw
age reserved his decision.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-04

ST. Johns, N.F,. December 3.-The fish,
ing schooner Magnolia, Of Gloucester,
Captain Mason, with crew of IS men.
was driven ashore in Fortune Bay, No
vem Der 27th, while halibut fishing. The
crew escaped, but every man was more
or less injured. The cabin stove was
knocked over, and the vessel burned to
the waters edge.
Schooner Maud Gillian, with crew
is missing. and it's believed she was lost
in the same gale.
. The mail steamer Virginia Lake, Efrom
a northern port to Hart Island, reports
uuprecedepted storms. The sehooners
Dreadnaught and Alice were driven
ashore. at Griquet, Poreupine, Little Bay,
and are a total loss. Thirteen vesselh
were more or less injured at Tw'illingate.
The coast 8 strewn with wreckage
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-04
A HEATED SESSION.
Rockland City Fathers Differ in Their
Opinions.
Especial to the PRESS. }

Especial to the PRESS.)
Rockland, December g. The Decem-
ber session of the city government, held
tonight, was an exciting session. One
of the matters taken up was the ordering
Of new contract for street lighting.
The present Illuminating power is cleo
tricity of 1900 candle power, for which
the sum of S67 per year fer each light Is
paid, the Knox Gas and Electric Compa-
ny being the contra ctors. 1t was found
utterly impossi bic for the city to get
another contract under such favorable
terms, the company's figures being 80 Ia
cents per light, or 500 per year. moon
light ule, a lower rate than either
Bath or Portland, which have the same
power. 1T was finally voted to draw up
a three years. contract with the Knox
Gas and Electric Company at these terms.
There was a heated discussion in the
lower board which, however, concurred.
Another matter which caused a heated
discussion in the Board OF Aldermen
WIS that OF Judge Gordon NJ. Hicks,
who, at the last meetinasof- the city gov
ernment, presented claim for damages
which he alleges his property on Cam
den street sustained wien the sidewalk
and roadway alterations were recently
made. The joint standing committee on
streets hadsa conference withJudgeHieks
this afternoon, and an agreement was
proposed which was satisfactory to both
parties. 1t was known and freely dis
cussed- before the hoard that lawsuit
would result il this agreement, which
was TO repair certain claimed damage
did not pass, but it was finally voted
to Law the matter on the table. The
street commissioner was severely CEN
sured by one member of the board.