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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-06-26
CALDWELL FOR SILVER.
Another Prominent Republican

Another Prominent Republican for
Popuiist Platform.
Hon. Henry G. Caldwell, senior Unit
ed States Circuit Judge for the Eighth
Judicial Circuit of Colorado, first made
District Judge by President Grant, and
promoted to the Circuit Judgeship by
President Harrison, wrote a letter
under date of st. Louis, April 80, to an
old army friend, now in Denver, in
which, among other subjects, he speaks
freely and frankly upon the silver ques-
ton. The letter was written without
any supposition that any part of it
would be given to the public, but the
friend to whom it was written, who
is an ardent silver man himself, as
sumes the privilege for the sake of the
good cause to make public part of
what the judge writes about silver.
Judge Caldwells utterances are bold,
clear and unequivocal. The following
is from the letter:
The country is about entering upon
another struggle for the protection of
the rights and the promotion of the in
terests of the laborer and producer,
which is, in my judgment, of even more
moment than the first. 1 have been
surprised that the issue has been
so long delayed. The fight ought to
have been forced years ago on the line
of absolute and unqualified free coin
age of gold and silver at the ratio of 16
to 1, without regard to the action of
England or any other foreign power
If we are subservient to England in
our financial policy, why not in other
matters? The financial policy of a ma
tion determines it's strength and pros
perity and the nation which consents
that another and competing nation may
regulate it's financial policy will find
its producers impoverished and it's in
dustries destroyed, and the nation itself
will soon be little more than a mere
dependent. Of the power to which it
surrendered the most vital function of
government. If we are not capable and
able to establish and maintain our own
financial policy we ought to haul down
old Glory which you fought to gall
lantly uphold, and turn the government
over to Queen Victoria, or ask Canada
to annex US. The president has thrown
down the gauntlet of battle. 1 trust
the silver men in all parties will take
it up. I am happy in the belief that
platforms which mean anything or
nothing on the silver question, will in
the future go for nothing with the
members of all parties. The people
have been deluded and deceived until
their eyes are open. There has sprung
up among them hostility to such plat
forms, which the empty and perfidious
hypocrisy of set phrases never fails in
tne end to inspire"
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Missouri on Wheels.

SEDALIA, NO., June 2O.-Thc "AIis-
souri, on wheels convention met at the
court house yesterday afternoon. The
convention was called to order by
Judge u. +. Bailey, who stated the
object of the meeting, which was to
effect an organization to advertise the
resources of Missouri to the world by
sending throughout the country a
train of cars laden with the natural
and manufactured products of the
state.
kilograms and letters from the
boards of trade and merchants ex-
changes of st. Louis and Kansas City
were read and after a number of ad.
dresses the convention adjourned.
The board of managers organized by
the election of u. +. Bailey of Sedalia,
president; w. NJ. Simms, Kansas City,
secretary; w. III. Owen, Laclede county,
treasurer
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That Cooperative Railroad.

The railroad organizations can easily
build a railroad across the continent.
if they will organize it on basis that
will guarantee the public against ex-
tortion. Let them place in deeds to
right of way a guarantee of not over
cent mile, passenger rate, and not
over one-half present freight rates, that
no officer shall draw over $4,000 year,
that the road shall never be stocked
for over specific sum per mile, nor
be bonded for over a specific sum, and
that when the expenses shall be paid
and per cent paid on the actual outlay
to construct and equip, that all sur
plus shall be paid into the school fund
of each county according to the mile
age, and right of way, and donations
OF land. labor, ties and bonds will be
given such road enough to build and
equip it where it goes through a set
tied country. Put out stock at SO a
share, to pay for labor and material
in stock. and these $40 shares, made
small for convenience, will soon be cir
culating equal to cash. will help COM
merce, and Il they ever pay per cent
dividsnds, which they win do II no
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NUMBER 6.
A TERRIFIC STORM.
Many Houses Wrecked at Hartford, Kan,
Twelve People Injured.


EMPoRIA, Kan, June 1s.-A fright
full tornado occurred at 4:2O yesterday
evening at Hartford, fourteen miles
south of here. Twelve or fifteen
houses were totally destroyed and
many others damaged.
The storm struck the town from the
southwest about o'clock and swept
through the southeast part, destroying
houses and barns, uprooting orchards
and twisting off large shade trees, cut
ting a clean path about ninety feet in
width, leaving nothing but founda-
tions of houses and stumps of trees be-
hind. Not less than fifteen residences
were totally destroyed, hardly a YES
tige remaining in most cases. So far
as can be learned about twelve per
sons were injured. Some, it is
thought, must die of their hurts,
but none are reported as killed
outright. The list of injured SO
far as can be learned is as fol-
lows: j. a. Lawson. probably fatally,
and his wife seriously; Mrs. Mary 4.
Rawson, very badly, her daughter,
aged 10, badly cut in the head and an
other daughter, aged is, not SO serious
ly; Mrs. Ii. Il. Smith, seriously. Many
others were hurt, but none seriously.
Among the residences destroyed were
those of Mrs. NJ. T. Rawson, Judge w.
j. Combs, Captain Collins, L. +. Dud-
ley, j. A. Thompson, w. j. Root, God
frey Schwartz and others. Stuckey's
flour mill and barns were also de-
stroyed. The residence of Clarence
Cooley had the roof lifted off and de-
molished. A popularity of the storm
was the clean cut path il made. In
some instances part of a house was
swept away as if cut by an immense
cleaver, the other portion remaining
standing. No reliable estimate can
be made of the damage. Some put it
as low as $1,000, others say it will
foot up three or four times this
amOunt
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Left to n Iiorscnan.

MEXICo, No, June 2D.-The will of
William West, who died in this city
several months ago and left an estate
valued ut $50, 900, is being contested in
the Adrian circuit court. West ii 5ed
to be 92 years old, and few years be-
fore his death lie bequeathcd nearly
all his property to his youngest son,
Billy West, the race horse owner. The
other children, some of whom received
81, are the plaintiffs in the case to
break the will. They claim that the
defendant, Billy West. exercised un-
due influence over his father. and that
is why he fell heir to most of the
$50, 900 estate.
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THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
What Will the National Platform Have
to Say About 1t?


What will the National Peoples par
ty convention add to the Omaha plat
form-if anything. What, If anything,
will it cut therefrom? These questions
are now being asked. They become
more interesting as the time for the
convention draws near. Some changes
will undoubtedly be made when the
convention meets. 1t is to be hoped
that nothing will be deducted from the
Omaha platform. While the main fight
will be conducted on the financial
plank, land and transportation should
not be kept entirely in the background
Then there will be the temperance
plank. We ought to have good one
one that will say just what we mean
Nine-tenths of the membership of the
Peoples party is made up of temper
ance people. Yet our national
conventions have dealt with the
liquor traffic just like the old
parties. We must not be afraid
of the whisky trust. We must not
shrink from the saloon power. We
should deal with the question with the
finance, transportation and land. The
writer would like to see the following
plank in the national platform of our
party next year:
Real prosperity and happiness can
never be fully restored to the people
while the liquor traffic is legalized by
the government. We are in favor of
absolutely abolishing the whole system,
which stamps as legitimate this evil,
and we promise to destroy the traffic
utterly as soon as intrusted with con-
stitutional power as represented by the
votes of the people. We would pass
stringent prohibitive laws against the
manufacture, sale, transportation or
importation of all malt or spirit liquors.
We would enforce such laws immedi-
ately after their passage and thereby
annlhllate the traffic root and branch" ="
1t is certain that such a plank will
be presented to the convention next
year. That it, or something equivalent
to it, will find place in the platform
is almost as certain. Knowing what
is right the party will not finch from
the task OF declaring therefor. There
will be few who will say that it is
unnecessary to raise such a question
and that it will lose votes. But do we
want the votes of people who are
friendly to the liquor traffic? l think
1t would bring us a hundred votes
where 1t lost one. But If it would never
bring US vote it is right. That is
paramount P.J.D.
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Want IT Rack.

At one time when Andrew Jackson
was president there was surplus of
S2S, ,101, ,633 in the United States treas
ury. Instead of loaning this money to
favorite bankers, without interest, as
did Grover Cleveland, Jackson prorated
it and returned 1t to the people of the
states from whom it had been col
lected. Mississippi received of this
money $3S2, 1886. Now that the treasury
is empty and Rothschild is running the
finances of this country. it is proposed
to require the twenty-eight states shar-
ing in the distribution to return this
money to the general government.
Nothing has been said as yet about re-
quiring the banks, which still hold
about SIG, 100000 of the peoples money
which Cleveland turned over to
them in 1887. to return this amount to
the government Peoples
Messenger.
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KANSAS SILVER MEN.
Convention of the State BimctaIIic
Topeka-Coinage at I6 to \.

Convention of the State BimetaIIic NJ
Topcka-Coinage Mt 10 to 4.
TOPEKA, Kan. juno 19.-The free
silver conference. under the auspices
of the Kansas Timetable league, was
called to order at o'clock Yesterday
afternoon at Representative hall by
4. c. Shinn of Ottawa, vice president
for Kansas of the National league
There were about sevcnty-five men anc
n half dozen women present. The au
dience was made up largely of Popu
lists. although it was not a partisan
meeting. There were three dis
tinguished visitors from abroad-Con
gresham Joseph c. Sibley of Franklin
Pa, and Mr.. and Mrs. Pierce Humbert
of Boston. Mr.. Humbert is the city
surveyor of Boston. He and his wife
stopped off here with Mr.. Sibley.
Congressman Sibley made the prin.
cipal address, after which resolutions
were adopted demanding the free
coinage of silver at 16 to without any
international agreement, and ap
pointed a committee to organize the
free silver forces of the state for the
campaign of 1896.
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CONDITION OF CROPS.
Report of the Weather Bureau for the
Week Ended June II.

Report OF the weather Bureau Tor the
Week Ended June II.
WASHINGTON, June 20.-The weather
bureau in its report of crop conditions
for the week ended June Il, says:
THE past week has been generally
favorable to crops except in the Ohio
valley, New York and portions of New
Englrnd, where rain is much needed
and drouths are becoming serious in
some sections.
Harvesting of winter wheat has
become general, except over the north
ern portion of the winter wheat belt
where it will begin this week. In
Oklahoma and Southern Kansas har-
vesting has been completed.
reports from the Dakotas, Mime
sofa and Iowa indicates that the out
look for spring wheat, which is now
beginning to head, is excellent.
Corn continues in excellent condi-
tion in the Southern States and is
growing rapidly in Kansas, Nebraska.
Iowa and Wisconsin, and while the
crop is generally doiag well elsewhere,
it would bc improved by rain in the
Ohio valley states.
'-Frosts caused damage to fruit end
vegetables in Idaho and Montana and
possibly III Southeastern Oregon
where heavy frosts occurred
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CLEVELANO'S BLUFF.
Even His Own OhicehoIders Are Against
Grover.

Even His Own OhicehoIders Are Against
Grover.
On April 26 Mr.. Cleveland wrote a
letter to Gov. Stone of Mississippi, in
which he takes occasion to warn the
appointees under his administration
that they will be summarily bounced il
they do political mischief"
In this letter Grover complains OF
certain officials who industriously
abuse those under whom they hold Of
fee. That is. some of Growers ap-
pointees, it seems, have been criticis-
ing Grover too severely, and he gives
them the following warning in his let
ter to Gov. stone:
I'm the interest of good government
such officeholders must not be sur
prised IL they are summarily dealt
with"
Now, this is a timely warning. II
you free silver Democrats wish to hold
on to the offices Grover has bestowed
uopn you, it is expected of you that
you are to be clans and keep your
mouths shut. You crossroads post
masters. must keep mum, and If you
dare criticize his kingship, Grover l.,
potentate and imperial paunch toter
Of America, your official heads will fall
in the basket. Therefore, you are
expected to keep still, shut up, attend
to business strictly, keep out of poll
tics, and If you can't say words of
praise of Grover, then keep mum.
Grover has ordered his cabinet on
the stump to assist Wall street In edu-
eating the people in the beauties OF
the gold standard. He tells them tc
go and they goeth. and If they refuse
to go. then "in the interest of good
government they must not be sur
priped II they are summarily dealt
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ST. Louis, Mo, June 2).-United
States Commissioner Gray has issued a
warrant against Francis NJ. Rhodes,
alias Peter Rhodes, which charges him
with perjury. Rhodes it wealthy
farmer and money lender residing at
Macon City, Mo. The issuing of this
warrant will be followed by n civil
suit, so say the government officials,
in which they hope TO recover nearly
$4,000 from Rhodes, which they
claim he obtained from the govern
ment by means of fraud.
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certifinat. of Memh.r.hin-

Commander VanDeryoort has had de-
signed and has now in press a beauti-
full Certificate of Membership In Legion
of the Peoples party. 1t is suitable to
frame and preserve always 1t COST
only 81. and any one taking five orders
gets one free.
Special rates to newspapers, recruit
ing officers and Legion scouts. The
only available plan to raise money for
organization and 1896. Every true Peo-
pies party man should send at once for
one.
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KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN.
The Old Parties Are Playing a Subtle
Game just Now.

tame just Now.
Rapidly multiplying events demon
strate conclusively that the unscrupu-
lous manipulators of the democratic
and republican parties are doing ev-
erything in their power to stop the
landslide now coming into the peoples
party, by sending out orators to advo-
cate any fad, provided it draws the at
tention of the people away from the
peoples party, and the heroic battle it
is making for the rights of mankind.
The country was never so full of new
tangled schemes and plans of relief as
now. Yet none of them charge those
who have made the laws, with being
responsible for their effects upon the
people. Neither do they attack nor
support any existing political party, or
point to the ballot box as the place to
remedy existing evils. Their acts DEM
onstrate that the sole object these ora
tors have in canvassing our towns and
cities, is to persuade the people tc look
elsewhere for relief than to an intelli-
gent and Independent ballot. Look to
us and our scheme or plan, but stay
in either of the old parties" is their
motto. If these gentlemen, who wear
good clothes, ride all over the country
in Pullman cars, stop at the costliest
hotels, and live on the fat of the land.
yet never take up collection, would
explain to the people who pay all this
expense, and why, they would, maybe,
relieve themselves from being classed
among the other tools of plutocracy.
The peoples party is set firmly on the
Omaha demands, nothing more nor
less. We warn our people everywhere
to beware of these preachers of strange
doctrines, however attractive they
may dish them up. If any man is op-
posed to the Omaha doctrine" let
him take a back seat in our councils
Southern Mercury.
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Accident on Lookout Mountain.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June 20.-A
car on the Lookout Mountain Incline
railroad jumped the track while com
ing down the mountain about 200 feet
from the Point hotel w. i. Mitchell,
president of the Third National bank
of this city, and author of dollars or
What?" I'd NJ. NJ. Henderson both
jumped and received probably fatal
xyOunds
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TAUBENEcK HEARD FROM.
The Peoples Party Is Common Ground
for All silver Advocates.

w. w. Mullins, Nashville, Tenn:
Dear Sir--Your kind letter, with clip
pings, in regard to the dispatch sent
from Indianapolis to Chicago was re-
ceived yesterday. No. There is not one
word Of truth in the report. 1 defy any
person to prove that ever publicly or
privately favored the idea of Populists
joining the silver Democrats. 1 have
spent too much time and work to get
people to leave the old parties and /
shall not only not raise my hand to get
them to go back. but shall do all can
to prevent them from doing so. have
always seen In fayer Of making the
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Killed by a sherin.s Posse.

WICHITA, Kan, June 1s.-Word re-
ceived here from Fort Reno says a
sheriff's posse in 90 county killed the
Indian supposed to be the one who as
saulted Mrs Lewis a week ago. The
killing has stirred up the Indians to
such an excitement that an outbreak
is feared
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CONFESSED THE MURDER.
Edward Anderson Tells How He Murdered
Swan Peterson.

ERIE, Kan, June 2O.-Edward An
derson, the man under arrest for the
murder of Swan Peterson, made a full
confession to-day. lie says he had
been staying at Petersons house for
several days previous to the murder.
On the evening of June he followed
Peterson to the barn and there slew
him with n hatchet, and afterwards he
had thrown the body in the manger.
He searched the house, but found no
money or valu1bles, except the clothes
in the trunk, which he took, together
with Petersons team and wagon,
which he sold and which led to mis-
arrest. Robbery is the only motive
given. There is fear of Anderson be-
ing lynched, but a heavy guard is kept
over the iail
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AN AWFUL TRAGEDY.

A Kansas Farmer Brains His Two
Babies and Then Commits Suicide.
ST. FRANCIS, Kan, June 1s.-A hor-
rible tragedy was enacted about nine
miles northeast of st. Francis Saturday
morning. Frank Williams, a farmer,
attempted to murder his wife, Miss
Alice Smith and William Smith, and
afterward beat the brains out of his
two children with hatchet, a little
girl aged about 5 and a boy about G
years, and then blew his own brains
out with a revolver.
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with Have we a czar or a Caesar in
the white house Grover will soon be
calling for not only the official heads
but the physical heads of those who OPP
pose him before many moons.-South-
ern Mercury.
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KANSAS CRY, Mo-, June 19.-Tom
Butterweck, 10 years of age, and his
brother George, aged Is, sons of
well known farmer who lives two
miles west of Quindaro cemetery. were
struck by lightning and killed while
at work in q field on their fathers
farm yesterday afternoon
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FarrIs Ha. IIIs Maiority.

LEBANON, Mo, June 20--John w.
Farris, chairman of the Laclede county
Democratic committee, announced to-
day that he had received favorable re-
sponses from more than a majority of
the LA Democratic county chaIrncn in
regard to his circular asking them il
they were in favor of calling Demo
cratic state convent s.r the discus
sion of the financial question.
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Lead and Zinc Mt GaIena. Kan.

GALESA, Kan, June 2o-The output
of ore from the Galena district last
week was 73I, ,9lO pounds of lead ore.
value, SIT, 900; and 1910 900 pounds OF
zinc ore, value, si3.Gsl. 20; total value
of output, O.5si.eo This Is the
largest yield ever made in one week S
time in the history of this entire r1in-
inc district
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Mining on Boggr Creek.

GUTHRIE, Ok, June ls.-Three COM
panies have begun work mining gold
on Boggy creek. Yesterday three tons
of the stuff worth 81, 900 was washed
up. The excitement increases and
new camps are being started daily.
Hundreds of people are still rushing
to the new fields.
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A Kansas Official In Trouble.

ELLSWORTH, Kan, June 1s.-Irving
Black, treasurer of school district 2s,
this county, was to-day arrested for
embezzling 81, 400 from the district.
He was bound over in $500 bonds. This
IS another case growing out of the
Treasurer Dick defalcation of last
October
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pa,rollnr for Frllbu.terer..

WAsHISGToS, June eO.-The Raleigh,
which was ordered from New York to
the Florida coast to prevent the de-
parture of flibustering expeditions
against Cuba, has arrived at Key West,
which she will make her base of ope-
rstions
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Aluminium for Europe.

PITTsBURG, June ls.-Captain Z. A.
Hunt, acting for the Pittsburg COM
pany, has secured contracts for sup
plying the aluminium for the construc-
ton of torpedo boats for foreign coun-
tries and other military contrivances
in use by England, Germany and
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An Old opponent OF BlaIne Dead.

THE DALLEs, Ore, June 20.-Colonel
Joseph s. Lang, formerly receiver of
the land Office at this place, died last
night, aged 60 years He was once
prominent in politics in Maine. almost
defeating as an indr-~adent candidate
for congress the la 1mes G.. Blaine
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For Dick Bland for President.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, June 20.-Cole
county Democrats in convention as
sembled passed ringing free silver
resolutions and elected four delegates
to attend free silver convention yet
to be called. Dick Bland was indorsed
for president.
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The bank aristocracy is bidding de,
lance TO the government.
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II all history don't lie plutoeracy
must go Il It requires force to make it
90,
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For the party's sake" has got to be
for Wall streets sake.