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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-06-13

The Reno county normal institute
opened Monday with an enrolment of
$50.
The Little River manufacturing Co
has been Incorporated to manufacture
and sell the Sprigg's patent bolt grip
at Little River, Rice county.
One of the questions asked at the
recent examination was. Name the
the state and county officers to be
elected this fall" There were seven
young ladies who could only uame one
of the entire list and that was the
clerk of the court. -Dighton Herald.
An anti-herd law campaign is on in
Logan county.
No new cases of smallpox have been
reported at AtchiSon for two weeks
and each of the twenty-one patients
now down with the disease seems Il
he in Il fair way to recover The
afflicted persons are all kept at the
pest house outside the city limits Sc
that there is in fact not Il single east
of smallpox in Atchison.
! Lawrence is considerably excited
over indications of a murder having
been committed on the banks of the
river n mile from town. Tracks lead.
ing to the spot were of two men and q
women. A derby hat was found with
two bullet holes in il. and bloody. and
the path Indicated that desperate
struggle had taken place. A boat had
been beached, as the banlS showed. at
the edge of the water Four shots
were also heard in the vicinity. Nc
clue as yet. and the river is being
closely watched for Il foa ter. which in
all probability will be found il due
time.
| The senior class of the law school of
the State university appeared before a
board of examiners appointed by the
district court Friday. The entire class.
thirty-twO-of them, were admitted To
the bar Saturday thereby giving MS
thirty-two new lawyers.
II. II. jackson of Galena, while
sleeping alone in his confectionery es.
tablishment, was beaten over the
head with a car coupling pin about 4
O'Clock Sunday morning and robbed of
his watch and $500 in money. When
found he was unconscious. vet i. is
thought his injuries will not prove
fatal.
All the kansans who know n. r.
NickeTson are glad to learn that his
salary as an officer of the Mexican Cen
trail road will be Sle,O u year lust
double the remuneration he received
for his services from the Santa Fe. To-
peka loses good citizen.
Nine years ago Miss Kelsh. the
daughter of well known farmer who
resides few miles from Atchison. left
home because She had some words with
her father. Since that time her mar
enls have heard nothing of her. Much
to the surprise of her friends. she came
back To Atehinson SATURDAY.. Since
leaving there she married an engineer
named Busch and lives near Denver.
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servants nurned To De.,h.

KANSAS CITY. Mo, June Turning Z.
gasoline at the house of Adam Long.
1925 Central avenue. yesterday after
noon is responsible for the burning
TO ,ieath of Nora KeviIl and Mary
Glynn, to domestics The Glynn girl
was - years old and had worked for
Mr.. Long three years. Nora Kevill
was - years old and had been en-
ployed by Mr.. Long two years The
fire was caused by filing the gasoline
tank while the stove was lighted.
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NO BANK TAX REPEAL.
The House Defeats the Cox and BrawIey
Bills by Big Majorities.

WASHINGTON, June :. - The Cox
amendment for the total repeal of
the ten per cent tax on state banks
was defeated yesterday in the house
l02-170.
A viva voce vote on the Brawlev
DILL was then taken and the bill de-
feated.
At the outset of the debate the
state bank men counted on 40 votes.
but their ranks were thinned by alb
sence and pairs.
The affirmative vote was entirely
Democratic. The negative was east
by eighty eight Republicans, seventy
five Democrats and nine Populists.
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Plunged into clear creek.

DENVER, Col, June o.-The Colora.
do Central train. which left here for
Georgetown at s:35 o'clock yesterday
morning, was wrecked one mile west
of Chimney gulch by the sinking of
rail at soft place in the track. The
train rolled into Clear Creek, and five
persons were injured.
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SOLOMON FOR CONGRESS.
First District Kansas P0puiists Nomi-
mated Him by AccIamation.

First District Kansas POpuiists Nomi-
mated Him by AccIamatiOn.
LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, June THE
Populist congressional convention,
held yesterday at Valley Falls. in
dorsed the Bewelling administration
demanded the free coinage of silver
at the ratio of III to /. resolved
in favor of graduated income tax
and referred equal suffrage to the
state convention. c. NJ. England, of
JeffTrsOn county: j. Lee Simpson, of
LeavenwOrth, and H. c. Solomon, of
Atchison, were placed in nomination
for congress, when the two first
named withdrew in favor OF Mr. Sol
Omon, who was then nominated by
reclamation. IL accepting Mr.. Solo
mon, who has been a Democrat and
expects to receive the Democratic
nomination for congress, announced
to the convention that he stood
squarely on the Omaha platform.
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TRAIN robbers IN TENAs.
Attempt to Rob "A Santa Fe Passenger
Train-One Bandit Badly wounded.

NIIempT IO ROD "a SANTA Fe Passenger
Train--One Bandit Badly wounded.
GAINESVILLE, Texas, June 9.-This
city is i'm a fever of excitement over
an attempt to hold up and rob the
north bound Santa Fe passenger
train ny four men who boarded the
train here.
Three policemen and one deputy
marshal who were on the train com
manded the men to throw up their
hands. The outlaws opened fire and
for five minutes an exciting battle
waged during which the bandits scat
tered.
One rObber was found to be NOR
tally wounded. He gave his name as
Arthur Oring. aged ~ years. The
wounded man Is in jail but refuses to
la IL.
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TO ACQUIRE THE CANAL.
rhe House Commerce Committee Favor

Ghe House Commerce Committee Favors
Backing the Nicaraguan Enterprise.
WASHINGTON, June 9.-It was decided
by the house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce to-day to re-
port to the house a bill for the ac-
quirement of the Nicaraguan canal by
the government and for carrying on
the work to completion. Senator Nor
gan's measure will be adopted, with
some changes which have been ad-
vised by the committee.
Representations that British in
huences are at work in Nicaragua
against the United States have had
the effect of fastening the work.
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Tarin Debate viii Go On.

WASHINGTON, June 9.-The prospect
for an agreement to close the debate
on the tariff bill is not very hopeful.
Mr.. Aldrich has assured the Demo
cratic managers there will be no un-
necessary delay, and that the debate
will go along to the satisfaction of the
majority without an agreement. The
Democrats do not feel satisfied, as on
there own side there is considerable
opposition to night sessions-almost
enough to make them hesitate to
force such sessions.
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WEBSTER CITY Iowa, June &c. w.
Faval, proprietor of large harness
store and an ex-city official, while in
toxicated last night was placed in the
city Jail. Early this morning he set
the building on fire and was burned
to death. He had twice before at
tempted the same thing
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KelIv on the MarcI,.

CAIRO. H.. June 9.-The shot gun
quarantine which has been main
tanned by this city for the past two
days against Kelly's industrial navy
has resulted favorably to the city.
Reduced to destitution and his men
deserving him in large numbers. Kelly
yesterday accepted a proposition from
a committee of citizens to march at
p. IN. He received two days rations
and transportation for his luggage to
the county line. 1t is supposed the
crowd will try TO reach a point on the
Ohio river neas Paducah, Ky.
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Lead and Zinc In Missouri.

JOPLIN, Mo-, June statistics
have been completed for the Uuitcd
States geological survey showing
the production of lead and zinc ore
for 1893 in the counties of Jasper,
Lawrence, Newton and Greene, in
Missouri. and Cherokee in Kansas
The total production in the five coun-
ties sold for 81, 447.255. Jasper county
leads with production of 1914. .099
pounds of zinc ore and 25.455. 1871
pounds of lead ore, value So ,26s, ,6l7.
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George to Work for simpson.

EMPoRIA, Kan. June Sit is stated
here on good authority that Henry
George, the New York single tax ad-
vocate, viii stump the Seventh con-
gressional district for Jerry Simpson,
on account of Simpsons sickness and
their deep friendship, they having
been drawn together by the simll-
arity of their views on economic and
political questions
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No Towns suent Away.

PORTLAND, Ore, June 9.-For several
days the air has been full of rumors
of whole towns of the upper Columbia
having been washed away, but relia-
bic information obtained from travel
ers who have recently come over the
whole route show that the reports
have been exaperated
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A Corner ON Annles.

CHICAGO, June s.-What few good
apples there are in Chicago are held
at $50 barrel-a price high beyond
all precedent. As there are 400 apples
in Il barrel this makes them worth
1eis cents each One South Water
street firm has all the stock there is
in the city and is holding the precious
fruit until it will be practically worth
it's weight in pOld
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Damage at Hutchln.on.

HUTCHINSON. Kan, June The Ar
kansas river has been on the rampage
here for twenty-four hours. 1t is the
regular June rise. augmented by the
recent storms and cloud bursts in
Colorado and the mountains. The
Kansas Salt company is the heaviest
loser by damage thus far, 10000 bar
reIs of stored salt being under water
and "a a consequence is ruined.
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Democrats snovad .r,,,.

CHICAGO, June 6.-Returns from a
majority of the precincts of the Fourth
Illinois district where an election was
held yesterday for judge of the SUI
prenne court, indicate the election of
Carter, Republican, by about 4. 900 ma
jority. The district has been Demo-
cratic for several years past by about
6,O00 ma ajority.
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A Methodist Pastor In D,srrace.

ABILENE, Kan, June 9.-The Rev
ID. w. Ross, pastor of a Methodist
church in Harrington, has resigned
and gone to Oklahoma. The Chris
tian Advocate SAYS that he has con-
fessed wrong doings and surrendered
his par chments rather than stand a
church trial.
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Fatally Shot by a burglar.

CHICAGO, June S.-John Schneider
ger, ye0ng butcher, caught an un-
known thief las: night in his shop,
when the man suddenly broke away
from him in the scuffie which fol
lowed, placed revolver against his
abdomen and fired. The thief made
his PScane
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A BIG TRUST INVOLVED.
The Union Warehouse Company of Brook
lyn in Il Receivers Hands.

New YORK, June 9.-Chancellor
McGill of New Jersey has ap-
pointed Asa NJ. Dickinson re-
ceiver of the Union Warehouse com
pany, which is the corporate name
for the big warehouse trust which
controls all the big stores and ware
houses on the Brooklyn water front
from Fulton street to the Erie basin
It's property is worth millions of dol
lars in the aggregate.
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Cremated Alive.

GUTHRIE, Ok. June S.-Moliie Sake,
and Indian woman, was burned to
death yesterday at her home in the
kickapoo country. The two boys of
the woman were playing about big
fire. As the mother was passing them.
one of the lads pushed his mother.
knocking her into the fire. Before
she could be rescued her flesh was
burned to crisp.
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Three Men Killed by One.

VELAsCo, Texas. June Austin
Edwards John Kelly and a man
named Nelson were killed yesterday
at Perry's landing by Edward Daniels,
who claims to have acted in self de-
Tense. He also says that the negroes
tried to whip his little brother and
when he demonstrated they cursed
and abused him.
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Fought with Carv,np Kn,xas

MINT SPRINGS. Ark. June s.-Gil-
more Kennedy and Collins Logan, two
well-known young farmers. came to-
gether with carving knives near here
as result of a disagreement at stag
picnic Gilmore was literally hacked
to pieces and died in the conflict
Logan was cut in the groin. which
may terminate fatally. Logan sur
rendered He claims the killing was
accidental
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Fire at sanitation. Missouri.

SEDALIA, Mo-. June THE busi
ness portion OF the town of Smithton.
eight miles east of here. was burned
at o'clock yeste rday morning. re-
sulting in the loss of between $4,000
and 500. 900. with only about one
fourth that amount of insurance.
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chlef Naganeh Dea.i.

DULUTH. Mimi, June Nagaueb.
the 100 year-old chief of the Chippe-
was, died on the Cloquet reservation
last night. He negotiated the treaty
of 1854 by which North Minnesota was
coded to the United States
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Baker Renominated.

COLBY, Kan, June s.-Congressman
Baker of the Sixth district was re-
nominated by the Populists. Resolu-
tions commencing the present state
administration and expressing faith
in the Omaha platform were adopted.
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MORE SHOTS AT MINE 40.
strikers Riddle the Coal Company's Omar
fnr ,lf

ters at BeVier.
MACON, Mo. June 9.-Major Gran
dali, general manager, and w. f. Muir
lin, superintendent of the Kansas and
Texas Coal company, and Deputy
Sheriff Rock came here this morning
and reported that hundreds of shots
were fired at the company's mining
camp at mine 46, near Bevier. last
night. The buildings were pierced
many times, but no one was wounded
The guards answered the shots, but
with what effect is not known.
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CONDITION OF KANSAS CROPS.
Agriculture for the Mouth 1ndiny
May 81. 1894.

me month of May in some respects
has been, for the State as a whole, es-
pecially as to wheat and oats, quite
unfavora able-chiefy from frosts on
the 18th, 10Th and Goth. and lack OF
general and soaking rains. While the
frosts appeared with about the same
severely in all the counties (chiefiv
damaging on the lower lands) it
scarcely affected any two fields alike.
as one would be severely in iured while
It's adjacent neighbor would scarcely
suggest there having been a frost.
Inc principal damage was supposed to
have been done to potatoes and corn,
but both have by their steady growth
and vlgOr since demonstrated that not
a hundredth part of the destruction
feared actually resulted from freez-
ing.
KANSAS WHEAT.
The one considerable crop that has
suffered from prevailing conditions
since the last report is winter wheat;
statements of its condition show that
IT is worse than one montA before from
10 To 90 per cent, and there is every
probability that 81 or even - per cent
IS not too large figure to describe the
general decline, which will include
numerous counties with but poor
prospect before, that now have prac-
tically none. Scarcely n fraction of
the total damage has been done by
chinch bugs, reported as doing some
mischief in various localities. it being
accounted for by dry weather" yet
IN great number of counties where
this was undoubtedly the case other
crops, such as corn and potatoes. have
grown IN manner most gratifying
and are repcrta& upon very bly,
indeed, while their planting and cul-
tlva:ion have gone forward. uninter-
uptedly, and the weeds arc in the
most thorough subsection ever known
ut this time of year. Eighty Of the
lO5 counties report the present stand
OF winter wheat as in a worse condi
ton than one month ago: - counties
report 1T ''about the same" or better.
During the last three or four days of
May there were heavy rams in many
places, but not general in character,
and in most instances too late TO BEN
eft much of the more dchilitatcd
wheat.
SPRING WHEAT.
For reasons stated IN the foregoing
the limited area of spring wheat, con
ihNh W JilS nOTJncfn counties, OUcrS
little prospect of any considerable
yield.
The conditions as TO oats are almost
identical with those of spring wheat.
The stand Is scattering. the plants fec
BILE, and with "a tendency to rema-
turc and very short heading.
CORN.
good stand, good growth. prOmis-
ing condition and unusual freedom
from weeds is the burden of
the information with reference to
corn. Here and there Slight or tenn
porary injury was done by frost, but
comparatively, and in the aggregate,
amounting to little. Tremendously
increased areas have during the
month been planted to corn. in 4 soil
not wet, but sufficiently moist to in
sure prompt termination and contin-
uous growth.
POTATOES.
In spite Of cOnSidcra Bile dana e nv
frost potatoes are generally promising
fairly well, and are fee from weeds.
FRUIT.
Frost damaged iruit of all kinds
more or less, but to no such extent as
was at first feared.
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MEDICINE LODGE, KANSAS,
KANSAS REPUBLICANS.
Major Morrill Nominated for Governor
Col. Blue for Congressman-at-Lar

Col blue Tor COngreSsman-at-L Large.
TOPEKA, Kan, June 9.-The Repub-
lican state convention nominated she
following ticket:
For Govcrnor-E. n. MORRILL, Of Hiawatha
For Lieutenant Goyernor-JAMEsA A Trout
MAN of Topeka
For Justice of the Supreme court-W. j.
JOHNSON of Minneapoh;
For Secretary of State-W. C. EDWARDS of
Pawnee
For Auditor-G GORGE E COLE OF Crawford
county
For Treasurer-OTIs L. ArHERroN of Rus
sell county.
For Attorney General-F b DAWES OF Clay
Center
For Superintendent of Public Instruction
EDMUND STANLEY OF Douglas county.
For CONGRESSMAN at Larger w. BLUE
The platform is as follows:
We your committee on resolutions beg
leave to submit the following report:
Reaffirming the Republican national plat
Resolved. That constant patriotism of our
party is in itself guaranty 10 the nation,
that the interest of it, defenders, their
WIDOWS ana orphans VIII be literally cared
for and we denounce their cruel and deliberate
betrayal by the present Democrat admins
tration
Second-We adhere 10 the Republican doe
trine of protection and believe that tariff laws
should protect the products OF the farm as
well as OF the factory.
1'hird-The American people favor bimetal-
ism and the Republican party demands the
use OF both gold and silver as standard money,
with such restrictions and under such provis-
ions. to be deter mined by legislation. will
secure the mainten Lnce of the party of values
of the two metals and that the purchasin
and debt paying power OF the dollar whether
of gold, silver or paper. shall be at all times
equal The interests of the producers of the
country, Its farmers and its working men de-
mand that the miuts be opel ed to the coinage
OF the silver of the mines of the United States
and that congress should enact "a law levying
a tax on lmportatiOnS OF foreign silver sutfi-
clent to fully protect the products of our own
mines
Fourth-We favor national and state lo is
latlon for the encourd cement of irrigation
F1tth-We denounce the present state ad-
ministration for its revolutionary tendencies.
its violation of the laws, contempt of the
courts. the corruption and incompetency of
It's onclaiS. It's gross mlSmanaEement OF the
state institutions and for the discredt it has
brought upon the good name of the state And
we pledged the Republican party and the
nominees OF this convention to n faithful and
economical diSchar of all official duties, 30
strict observance and an honest enforce
ment of law and to obedience to the mandates
of the courts
Stxth-To the N lintenance of these princi-
pies we invite the support of all patriotic
ci tiZapS
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Lewis Willis. president. and Salnnel
L. Jones. secretary of the Mckinley
tariff league. have issued a call for a
convention of eolored Republican
clubs to be held at Whithaft hall in
Washington July
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Six Sealing Vessels ,I,ss,n.

NAN FRANCISCO, June S.-The latest
news from the Japan coast is not en-
cruraging to sealers In addition to
tae four vessels known to have been
lost, it is reported that there are six
other sealing schooners which are
missing.
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Cbica go.

ST LOUIS. Mo, June s-Cattlc Receipts,
1000: market strong Hogs-Receipts, 900
market 10 l0c lower. choice heavy, 81 30 &
465: mixed, s4 2J04 81 light, t440G46l No
sheen
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coMMoNwEALERs LOST.
Twenty COxeyites Drowned i'm the Platte
River, Near Brighton, Colorado.

River, Near Brighton, Colorado.
BRIGHTON, Col, June 9.-Twenty-
five of the Coxeyites who set sail from
Denver in boats are missing as a re-
suit of their boat upsetting. 1t is
thought that about twenty were
drowned.
The number of names of the CoXey-
ties drowned in the attempt to navi-
gate the Platte river cannot yet be
told. The river was a raging torrent
and many boats were wrecked at the
BRIDGES
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Coloraao Miner. Foreea ont.

TRINIDAD. Col, June s.-0ne thons-
and strikers mar ched to the Grain
Creek coal mines last night aud the
miners working there came out in
body and joined the strikers.
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ROSEBERY'E LADAS VICTOR.
The British Premier Wins the Great
Derby Very Easily.

Derby Very Easily.
LONDON June Premier Rosebery's
bay colt Ladas at Epson yesterday
won the derby in a canter, and thus,
according to the story to which
world wide credence has been given,
the destiny which Lord Rosebery
mapped out. for himself when at
college has been fulfilled. he having
married the richest girl in England,
Miss Hannah De Rothschild, having
been prime minister of England and
having won the derby.
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Joe johnson and David Reed, two
rival claimants for a tract of land
north OF Perry. Ok. quarreled, and
johnson shot and killed Reed. John
son has been arrested
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Union Pacific Losses.

OMAHA. Neb., June 9.-The Union
Pacific headquarters announced yes
terday that the damage to its con-
nections in the Northwest by reason
of floods will exceed 81, ,O00, 900.
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STONED TO DEATH BY MINERS
The Engineer on an Indiana Coal Train
Killed nv Strikers.

KSIGHTsvILE. Ind, June THE
strikers stopped a coal train here yes
terday afternoon and killed the en-
gineer. William Barr of Terr, Haute,
with stones. The train was on the
Nandalia tracks