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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-05
Review of Trade.

NEW YORK, Dec 1.-R. q. Dun &
Cos weekly review of trade says:
Business has not improved, though
there is very little change except in
the shrinkage of prices which period
of inactiou naturally causes. After
the extraordinary buying of the sum-
mer and early fall marked decrease
was inevitable and it is yet too early
in most branches to judge how far the
future was anticipated in purchases.
Retail stocks are still reported full in
nearly all branches, with delayed
distribution in many on account of
unfavorable weather. The movement
of crops is only fair, both cotton and
wheat being largely kept back in the
hope of higher prices, and there is
prevalent feeling that foreign imports
will fall off
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-05
THE U. s. ARMY.
Never I'm It's History Has Its Present
Fine Condition Been Surpassed.

Never In It's History Has Its Present
Fine Condition Been Surpassed.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Secretary Of
War Lamont has submitted his annual
report to President Cleveland.
The report shows that the expenses
OF the war department for the fiscal
year ended June 80, lse5. were S52,-
es7. $50. The appropriation for the
current fiscal year is $40. 466, 571, and
the estimate for the following year is
S51, Gas, 643
The secretary calls attention to the
reduced appropriation for the pay de-
partment for last year, which left the
paymaster general without sufficient
the last month of the year. The sec
rotary gave his personal note to meet
the deficiency of S24, 900, and recon-
mends an appropriation to REIN burse
him.
''The army" says Secretary Lamont,
els better fed. clothed and housed
than ever before, and the policy zeal
ously pursued of promoting the per-
sonal comfort of the officers and men
has resulted in devotion to the ser
vice which is everywhere apparent
1t can be said with confidence that
never in its history has the present
condition of the army been surpassed. :"
The number of enlisted men IN the
army, as shown by the report, is
25, $50, and the effective list is placed
at 90, 554.
mendatiOn of last year that the Pres
ident be authorized to appoint ten
cadets at large to the Military Acad-
envy at West Point each year, to fill
vacancies caused by the failure of rep
reSentatatlveS to appoint.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-05
DEPARTMENT OF WAR
SECRETARY LAMONT RE-
PORTS ON THE ARMY.
Points Out the slowness OF Work On
Coast Defenses-At the Present Rate
of Progress It WIZ Take Seventy
Years to Complete Plans Approved.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-Secretary CT
War Lamont has submitted his annual
report to President Cleveland. The
feature of it is showing of the ta-di-
ness with which the plans for coast
defenses and ornaments are being car
ried out 1.-The original plan," says
Secretary Lamont, contemplated an
expenditure of 1882, 500 by the end
OF the present year. The actual ex-
pendttures and appropriations for
armament and emplacements have,
however, been but $40, 6S1 ZOO. The
average annual appropriation for these
two objects has been less than 81 $780,
OOc. The work has therefore been
conducted at about a seventh of
the rate proposed. If future ap-
of guns, mortars and carriages
be no larger than the average
authorized for the purpose since
1888. it will require twenty-five years
more to supply the armament of the
eighteen important ports for which
complete projects are approved. If
the appropriations for the engineer
work are to continue at the rate of the
annual appropriations since 1890, it
will require seventy years to complete
the emplacements and platforms for
this armament for the ports referred
to. It rests with Congress to deter
mine by its appropriations the period
which shall elapse before our coasts
shall be put in satisfactory condition
of defense. The amount required for
the eighteen ports is about SIS, ZOO, 600,
and the entire work can be completed
within ten years"
The report shows that the expenses
Of the war department for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1895, were $751;
9S7,7SO. The appropriation for the
current fiscal year is $4G, 466, ST., and
the estimate for the following year is
$51, Gas, 643.
The secretary calls attention to the
reduced appropriation for the pay de-
partment for last year, which left the
paymaSter general without sufficient
funds to meet the army pay roll for
the last month of the year. The Sec
rotary gave his personal note to meet
the deficiency of $24, 900, and recon-
mends an appropriation to reimburse
him.
''The army" says Secretary Lamont,
sis better fed, clothed and housed
than ever before, and the policy zeal
ously pursued of promoting the per
sonal comfort of the officers and men
has resulted in devotion to the SER
vice which is everywhere apparent.
It can be said with confidence that
never in its history has the present
condition of the army been surpassed.
The number of enlisted men IN the
army, as shown by the report, is
25, $50, and the effective list is placed
at 90, 554.
Secretary Lamont renews his recon-
mendation of last year that the Pres
ident be authorized to appoint ten
cadets at large to the Military Acad-
envy at West Point each year, to fill
vacancies caused by the failure of rep
resentatatives to appoint.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-05
THIRTEEN PERISH.
Fatal Result of q Cavern at q New
York Mine,

York Mine.
CARMEL, n. Y, Nov. 3O.-An acct
dent resulting in the loss of thirteen
or fourteen lives occurred at the
Tilley-Foster mines little after 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Fore
man Patrick was descending into the
pit to take the time of two gangs of
laborers, numbering about thirty five
men, who were working at the bot
tom, when a vast weight of earth and
rock slid with the force of an ava
lanche from the mouth of the pit to
the bottom. a distance of 300 feet.
The earth crashed over the men with
tremendous force. Out of one gang
of eleven only five came out alive, and
three of the men employed in another
gang were taken out dead. Several
of the work were severely injured.
Many accidents have occurred at the
Tilley Foster mine, but none has been
attended by so great a loss of life as
this
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-05
Fourteen miners Crushed to Death.

CARMEL, N. Y. Dec. IAN acct
dent resulting in the loss of thirteen
or fourteen lives occurred at the
Tilley-FOster mines little after 8
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Fore
man Patrick was descending into the
pit to take the time of two gangs of
laborers, numbering about thirty-five
men, who were working at the bot
tom, when a vast weight of earth and
rock slid with the force of an ava
lanche from the mouth of the pit to
the bottom. a distance of 800 feet.
The earth crashed over the men with
tremendous force. Out of one gang
of eleven only five came out alive, and
three of the men employed in another
gang were taken out dead. Several
of the workmen were severely injured.
Many accidents have occurred at the
Tilley-Foster mine, but none has been
attended by SO great a loss of life as
this
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-05
THE MARKETS.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Dec7 Wheat offerings
were Iht to-day and they sold readily at about
the usual pri 'es with two three elevator
men taking all the offerings. car OF No. 2
red wheat-the only which has been re-
ceived for several days-solI al $50 Gems
Hard " heat-No. 2 SIC: No. 3, ste; No 4,
4Sc; rejected, Sic; grade so @33c eoft
Wheat-No. 2, 6S1sc; No. ), &c; No. j, 81 SIC;
rejected, 45@5Oc: grade, $50 IOc, Spring
Wheat-No. 2, SIC; No. 3, o4c; rejected, 40@47c;
white spring, 59@j4c.
Sorn-No. ,. BIC; No. 8. pc; No. 4. 2Ic; no
grade, &C..
Oats-No. Z, 17Kc; No. e.15hc; No. l. 14@I41zc;
no grade 1901. No. white, 19c; No. ) white,
1.c.M
Rye-No. q 3Sc; No. 8. 3 O; No. 4, Soc
Bran-46@47c per cwt sacked: bulk, &c less
Hay-Timothy Choice, O@11; No. 1, So SOC
$50; No. 2, $5.50@7.5J; fancy prairie, S7@L50;
choice, Sj@65J; No. /, $].25@ rs No. 2 Sl50@5;
packing hay, $3@4.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-05
Fraker,s Health PrecarIous.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo-, Nov. S0.-A
fellow prisoner of DIR. 6. w. Fraker
has written to Captain j. L. Farris,
Fraker's attorney, that the doctors
health is precarious and that his doc
tors in Richmond report that he is af-
f1icted with an incurabie case of
Bright's disease. The letter says that
at times Fraker is out of his mind He
has asked that DR.. j. Nj. Allen of Lib
erty be called to see him. His attor-
ney here will see that the request is
attended to.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-05
DEATH BEFORE DIVORCE
Peter McGeOch of Lard Corner Fame
Shoots Himself.


Shoots Himself.
MILWAUKEE. Wis, Nov. 2s-Peter
McGeoch, millionaire, known through
out the country as a daring specula-
tor and keen financier, the man who
ran the great lard corner in 1883 and
lost millions in its collapse, shot him.
self this morning at his home on Ma
tional avenue, just out side of the city,
and was found dead in the bath room
of his his house at 1885 o'clock. He
had placed the muzzle of revolver in
his mouth and fired. The bullet took
an upward course and penetrated the
brain.
McGeoch's domestic troubles I'M
doubtedly led him to take his life. It
was announced yesterday that his
wife was about to bring suit for di-
vorce on the ground of Incompatible
ty of temper, and it is well known to
their acquaintances that their married
life had not been happy and they had
lived apart for some time.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-05
Meade Is Found Guilty.

ATCHIsoN, Kan, Nov. 90 The trial
of E. c. Meade, ex-superintendent of
the Atchison public schools, who de-
frauded confiding widows and unsus-
pecting school teachers out of vast
sums of money, deserted his wife and
children, and eloped with his young
lady clerk, has terminated in a verdict
of guilty. He will be sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-05
Death of a Football PLAYER.

WICHITA, Kan, Nov. 3O.-Jesse
JENNIE, of the Eureka football team,
died yesterday from injuries received
in the football game at Eureka be-
tween that team and the Lewis acad-
envy team of this city. Mr.. Jenne was
making a run with the ball, when he
was tripped, and the entire field of
players ran over him. In the fall his
head was caught under his right arm,
injuring his spine to such an extent
that complete paralysis set in. ~
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-05
BUSINESS REVIEW.
A slight shrinkage of Prices ooeurs
From Natural Causes

-
From Natural Causes
NEW YORK. Nov. 30.-R- g. Dim q
Cos weekly review of trade says:
Business has not improved. though
there is very little change except IN
the shrinkage of prices which period
of inaction naturally causes After
the extraordinary buying OF the sum
mer aid early fall a marked decrease
was inevitable and it is yet too early
in most branches to judge how far the
future was anticipated in purchases
Retail stocks are still reported fun IN
nearly all branches, with delayed
distribution in many on account OF
unfavorable weather. The movement
of crops is only fair, both cotton and
wheat being largely kept back in the
hope of higher prices. and there is =
prevalent feeling that foreign imports
will fall off.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-05
senator IIurs Lecture.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Nov. Ex-senator
Hill was greeted by an audience of
about 400 people at his first appear
ance as public lecturer in this city
last night. The prices of admission
to the theater were too high and that
is given as au explanation for the
small attendance, The audience con-
sisted mainly of old-line Democrats
who entertained Senator Hill during
the day. The lecture was on the sub
ject of Liberty
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-05
SUGAR BEET WHISKY.

Illicit Still Run by = Nebraska Farmer
Which Made Fifty Gallons q Day.
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 30.-The vast
yield of sugar beets in Nebraska and
the inability of farmers to dispose OF
the vast quantity as rapidly as con-
venient have provoked some peculiar
violations of the revenue laws A still
has been captured in Sherman county
from which whisky was being made
from the beets. 1t was owned by
Charles Riedel. a farmer. The quality
of the whisky was good and fears are
entertained by revenue officials that
others will engage in the business
The still had a capacity of fifty gallons
day. An old cook stove and
vacated sod house composed the estabf
liShment
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-05
A MINE TR lie SETTLED.
Rich Hill Men Receive 3 Compromise In
crease in Their Wages.

RICH HILL, Mo-, Nov. SO.--Superin-
tendent w. B. Williams of the Rich
Hill Mining Company returned from
st. Louis yesterday, where he had
gone to lay the grievances of the
miners before higher officials Of the
company. After the strike of two
years ago miners were cut down to
forty cents a ton for digging coal
with promise of restoration to fifty
cents when business should get better.
The miners held a meeting last Sun
day and decided to strike if they were
not restored. Yesterday a compounds
was effected. the miners receiving
fifty cents for all coal under 81 feet
and forty-five cents for all coal over
that thickness.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-05
Train Wrecker Convivted.

LINCOLN, Neb, Nov. s5.-The jury
in the George Washington Davis muir
der case returned verdict OF guilty
of murder in the second degree The
crime for which Davis has been con-
victed on his third trial was wrecking
the Rock Island passenger train near
Lincoln on the night of August 20,
1894 Eleven people were killed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-05
China yvul Build Her Own Railways.

LONDON, Nov 3o.-Special dis
patches from Shanghai say it is re-
ported there that no railway conces-
sions have been granted to foreigners
in China and that the Chinese govern
ment intends henceforth to keep the
railway building in ITS own hands.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-05
shooting At . Charivar,.

NEVADA, Mo-, Nov. 30.-Last night
at charivari near Moundviile, shot
gun was fired into the house and q
young lady was severely wounded.
Three young men, Harris, Adams and
Roseberry were arrested on the charge
of having done the shooting.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-05
Chisholm DISCHARGED and Rearrssted.

LAWRENCE, Kan, Nov. 30. = Fred
Chisholm, the negro arrested here for
abducting Rose Thouvenal, a white
girl, from Warsaw, No, was discharged
to-day by Judge Benson on a writ of
habeas corpus, and married the girl
at once. He was then rearrested by
the sheriff of Franklin county as q
fugi. i've from justice.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-05
HiccoughIng himself to Deatb.

VANDALIA, No, Nov. 30.-Judge d.
d. Rose, president of the CurryvfIIe
bank, nine miles east of here, has been
hiccoughing constantly for the last
week, and although several doctors
have attended him they can do moth
ing for him. His death is hourly ex-
pected.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-05
Captain Roemer Goes to Cuba.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. NoA. 2s.-Captain
Thomas Rosser Roemer of the Busch
Zouaves, contracting agent of the
and it is said he has gone to Cuba to
join the rebels and drill them. He
left ostensibly for Atlanta week ago.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-05
Asphyxiated by Coal Gas.

PLATTE CENTER. Neb., Nov. 30.z
This morning the Rev. A. Heinrich and
his wife were asphyxiated by gas froHs
their hard coal stove. MIR. Heinrich
was found dead and his wife was dv-
ing when neighbors forced the door.
They came from Louisville, KY, sew
eral years ago. Several children living
1 Denver have been notified.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-12-05
Chicago Board of Trade.

CHICAGO. Dec 1.-The following is the range
Of prices of the grain and provision market on
ti,n boa ri of trade:
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-05-30
Notice for Publication.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
RTH YAKIMA, WASH, May 13, 1895.


NORTH YAKIMA, WASH, May ID, 1885,
Complaint having been entered at this Office
by John 4. Ryan against the heirs OF Charles NJ.
Parkhurst. deceased, for failure to comply with
the requirements of the desert land laws of the
United states in support of his claim TO the ne
= and nwl4 Of sec II, in twp II, n 20 e, on
which said entryman, now deceased, filed des
ert entry No. 200. on the 10th day OF August 1891
contestant alleging. with view to the concel
lation of said entry that he is credibly informed
that the said Charles NJ. Parkhurst died some
time during the fall of 1894; that the only sur
yiying heirs OF the said Charles NJ. Parkhurst.
deceased, are his wife, Mrs. Jennie Parkhurst,
and his son, Roger Parkhurst, a minor child,
aged about five years; that no administrator
has been appointed to administer on the estate
of the said Charles NJ. Parkhurst, deceased; that
the widowed wife. Mrs. Jennie Parkhurst, is
the natural guardian of the said minor sou,
Roger Parkhurst, and that the present where
abouts of the said heirs of the said Charles NJ.
Parkhurst, deceased, are to contestant un-
known: that the said Charles NJ. Parkhurst,
now deceased, wholly failed during his life as
claimant of the land embraced in said desert
entry No go, to comply with the requirements
of the law in the matter of the improvement
and reclamation of said land aud that said land
was In its original desert condition at the time
of said claimants death; that during the year
1893 said claimant was not resident OF the
state of Washington in which state lies the land
embraced by said desert entry No. 800, and that
no yearly proof was made thereon during said
year 1885, as required by law; that the said
heirs, to-wit: Mrs Jennie Parkhurst and her
minor son, Roger, continued and do now reside
without the state OF washington, and that Mrs
Jennie Parkhurst, neither for herself as heir of
the said Charles NJ. Parkhurt, deceased, nor as
guardian for her minor son, Roger Parkhurst,
nor has any one for either of said heirs, made
any improvement by way OF retaining said
land, as required by law, and that the land yet
remains in Its original desers condition, no
work of any description or character having
been done on said land or any part thereof, by
way of retaining the same or otherwise, the
said parties are hereby summoned to appear at
this Office ON the 26th day of July, 1885, at 10
O'Clock, a. m, to respond and furnish testimony
concerning said alleged failure
myl6je13 A. F. SMELLING, Register.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-05-30
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Gen. James B. Hawley, ex-secretary Of
the treasury, died at Hot Springs, s. D.,
on May "a.
Oscar Wilde has been convicted Of
bestiality and sentenced to two years i'm
prisonment at hard labor.
]. Ii. Bellinger, leading citizen OF
Colfax and well known throughout the
state, died at his home May 10, of paraly-
sis.
Ex-Collector James Lotsn and Seid
Back, the Chinese merchant prince, of
Portland, have been found guilty OF
smuggling.
The income tax has been declared un-
constitutional by the supreme court.
This decision may nullify excise duties
on whisky, tobacco and other articles,
and be far reaching in stultifying the
present means OF obtaining revenues.
The island OF Formosa has declared its
independence and organized republican
form of government. Japan will probab-
ly object to seeing the fruits OF her victory
thus skipping away but the steps
she will take have not yet been outlined.
Hugh McCulloch, secretary OF the
treasury in 1866 and again in 1885, died
in Washington, May "a, aged So years.
1t was during the first financial admins
tration of Mr.. MeCulloch that the floating
obligations of the government, amount
ing to billion of dollars, were quietly
| funded.
Late advices indicate that j. J. Hill
will not have smooth sailing in getting
possession OF the Northern Pacific as
Brsyton Ives and his associates, who are
a power, are vigorously opposed to such
course, and will endeavor to obtain
possession of the road and make Ives
president.
The Merchants National bank, of Seat
tie, closed its doors last week upon pre-
sentation OF draft for $4,000. The
bank has been weakly for some time past
and was the only financial institution in
Seattle that was assisted by the clearing
house during the heavy strain of 1894.
Upon hearing of the failure local wag
said it reminded him of old Judge Nell
cons cali-liYed all winter to die in the
spring.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-05-30
SGlal Valley Irrigation CO.

The Company's Canal is a finish
ed proposition and all paid for.
The Company floated all its bonds
before the panic paralyzed the
country. 1t is free from annoying
floating Indebtedness and is a
solid, substantial enterprise, SELL
ing land on its merits to those
who investigate and buy on its
merits. 1t has land to sell, all
plowed ready for crop, and near
to station on the Northern Pacific
railroad. You are invited to come
to North Yakima, from which city
you will be taken at your request
and shown the land, free of cost
or charge to you.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-05-30
yOTICE...SHERlFP'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE.
In the Superior Court of Yakima County, State
of Washington.
Seatco Manufacturing Com |
pany, corporation,

In the Superior Court of Yakima County, State
of Washington.
seatco Manufacturing Com
pany, corporation,
Plaintiff,
Benjamin Rosencrance and
Mary G. Rosencrance, his wife,
Defendants.
BY virtue of writ of execution. order of sale
and decree OF foreclosure issued out OF the said
Superior Court in thePaboye entitled eetion, on
the 9th day of APRIL 1895, in favor of said plain
tiff and against the said defendants BENJAMIN
principal sum of twelve hundred twenty four
and 72-l0Oths ($i22i.72) dollars, with interest
thereon from the Sth day of April, 1895, until
paid at the rate OF eight per cent per annum,
and costs of suit amounting to $l74.0T, aud in
creased costs, and commanding me to levy upon
and make sale thereof. and whereas the said
Judgment Is foreclosure of real
estate mortgage given by the said de-
Rosenerance to Seatco Manufacturing Company,
a corporation, plaintiff herein, upon the follow
ing described real estate situate In Yakima
county, state of Washington, to-wlt: Lots Nos
two, 2 and three, 3, section twenty -four, "a.
township nine. 2, north of range twenty eight,
%. east of Willamette Meridian, containing
sixty four and seventy one-hundredths acres,
6+70, together with all and singular the tene-
ments Entertainments and appurtenances there
unto belonging or in any wise appertaining.
Notice Is hereby given that in obedience TO
said command have levied upon and will on
Saturday, the LIST day of Iune. 1895, between the
hours OF O'Clock a. m. and p. m, to-wit: At
the hour of O'Clock p. m, of the said day, at
the front door of the count house in the city of
North Yakima, Yakima county. Washington,
sell at public auction to the highest and best
bidder for cash. all of the above described real
estate, or q sufficient amount thereof to satisfy
said Judgment, interest, costs and increased
costs A. L. DlLLEY,
Dated this sOth day of April, 1895.
1875 Sheriff of Yakima County. Washington.