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tanned at any time during the fire.
which ragged from Saturday morning
until Tuesday night, when the Andes
left. On that night the fire was still
smoldering.
The loss sustained by the fire is es-
timated at SJ,OO0,OO0. The fire is sup
posed to be the work of an incendiary.
Great destltution prevails, and it is
fortunate that the Andes had a large
cargo from New York for that port
This was landed in time to relieve dis
tress, and commanded a ready sale
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tried the seven Supervisors charged
with corruptly granting franchises and
lowering assessments Of certain cor
porations, held to-day that the prose-
cution must prove actual corruption.
The Supervisors contend that they
were guilty only of judicial error,
which anyone may make. The Prose-
cutting Attorney admits that under the
decision it will be impossible to punish
the Supervisors.
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Settlers Secured in Their Titles.

SANTA CRUZ, Oct 2-The cele-
brated DepeauX case, involving Soquei
land of 10000 acres, to the value of
S2OO0,OOO, in which Elizabeth Peck
asked for letters of administration, was
decided in the Superior Court by Judge
Logan to-day adversely to the plaintiff
The decision was a very lengthy one
and terminates litigation in which 600
settlers were involved. They are now
secured in their titles
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SOnntag Resigns.

SAN FRANCISCO, oct. 2.-In order
to reconcile the warning factions of the
local Republican party, Henry z. Sonn-
tag, the nominee of the Spear-M ahoney
wing, has resigned from the ticket and
has requested that his place be filled
by the nomination of Supervisor c.. l..
Taylor, who is the nominee Of the
Spreckels' wing.
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Prairie Fire Causes Great Loss.

HURON Is. d., Oct. "a prairie fire
yesterday and last night caused great
destruction between Milwaukee and the
Northwestern tracks, three miles west
of Broadland and south of Wolsey
and east nearly to Valley Junction.
Immense quantities of hay and grain
We're burned. John Snyder and the
Smith Brothers each lose 400 tons of
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Death of an Editor.

EUREKA, Oct "a. j. Wiley. editor
of the Humboldt Times" died this
morning from a complication of dis
eases. inflammatory rheumatism being
the principal cause. He had been i'll
two weeks. Mr. Wiley was a Native
Son, aged 80 years. He leaves a widow
and two children. He was one of the
lest known men in this county.
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State of Siege Proclaimed.

PARIS, Oct. 2.-The Figaro" pub
fishes advices from Antrananarivo
capital of Madagascar, saying that the
Hoova insurgents have made an attach
upon General Galleni, in command of a
French party traversing the forests y,
route to the coast. Three porters of the
party were wounded. In consequence
Of this state of siege has been nrol
claimed bV the French
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A Miners Fatal Fall.

REDDING, Oct. 2-B. Reynolds, a
miner employed at the Hart mine, fell
a distance Of ninetysix feet from the
2oo-foot level to a landing below this
afternoon, being instantly killed The
cause of his fall is unknown. He leaves,
a widow
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Ivory Again Remanded

LONDON, Oct. 2.-Edward J. Ivory
alias Bell, the alleged dynamiter ar
rested in Glasgow and transferred ia
the London police, was araigned 70,
the second time this morning. No new
evience was forthooming, and the pris-
oner was again remanded, pending sub
sequent developments in the case
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Bicycle Record Lowered

DENVER. Oct. 2.-On a soft track
wet in places, Clint r. Coulter lowered
the worlds record for an unpaced mile
to-day, making the distance in 1.5o1-5
which is ! 10 seconds under all previ
Gus records. He rode a patent rachel
geared wheel, with four sprockets. the
gear being 81.
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German VIII Speak for Bryan.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 2.-The state
ment that Senator German would take
the stump in Mr.. Bryan's interest was
confirmed to-day by Chairman Harry
Welles Rusk of the Democratic City
Executive Committee
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Steamship Al-ki.

SEATTLE CWash), Oct. 2-The
steamship Al-ki arrived in port this
afternoon. The A1-Ki's master says the
reported serious damage to the propeller
consisted only of a broken blade, caused
by collision with a log. The vessel
was beached at Yess Bay, and the ne
ceSsary repairs made.
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Hotel Destroyed by Fire.

DENISON (TeX), Oct 2.-This morn
ing at 1:oo O'Clock the City Hotel at
Ladonia was destroyed by fire. Three
guests perished-Mrs. James Knann
who was visiting; Johnny Mcfarland !.
boy about II years of age. and Miss
Carey Mcfarland, about Is wears old
Several bOarders narrowly escanad
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Suspicious of Poisoning.

OAKLAND. oct. 2.-Mrs. Annie Moo
ney, widow living at 1920 Fifteenth
street, died suddenly this morning
When found she was frothing at the
mouth. There was some suspicion of
poison, though no cause for suicide is
known
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Republican Nominee for Assemblvman

RIVERSIDE. Oct 2.-F. T. Linden
berger of Winchester was to-day chosen
by the Republican County Committee
to fill the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation Of G. =. Cole. Republican nom
inee for Assemblyman from this dis
trict
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Failure at New York.

NEW YORK, Oct. lesser Broth
ers, wholesale dealers in clothing, failed
to-day, with liabilities estimated at
S150000. The firm stood well in the
trade and were reputed to have cap
itaI of S1500O0
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Treasury Gold Reserve.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-The Treas
ury gold reserve at the close OF busi-
ness to-day stood at $123, $50. 56I. The
Withdrawals of Thursday and Friday
at New York We're S23S.5 There
was received $6S6.000 in gold in ex-
change for currency
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Voorhees, Not Seriously III.
WASHINGT(.>

WASHlNGIl-> 99.-Senato.
voorhees, son and Private Secretary,
James Paxton Voorhees,, who resides
in this city. says the statement tele-
graphed from Terre Haute as to his
father being very i'll at Mackinaw are
entirely unfounded.
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CORWIN'S MILLINERY Newly 1yea77zss e'3354 Dts', ID
6O7 j STREET. AT p6I14iAR 5ilti4fEF Ft1cfs

hay and much grain 1t is estimated
that 5000 bushels of wheat and 10000
tons of hay have been burned, some
farmers losing all they had.
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PLUSH CAPES,
Special at $40.

To say that the garment is
elegant is mild way of eX-
pressing it. and you will agree
with us when you see them and
consider the price. Made of a
fine quality silk plush, 81
inches long, lined with heavy
black rhadame; has high. roll
ing collar. The front and col
lar edged with thibet fur. full
sweep and ripple, and hand
sOmely braided over entire sur
face of cape and collar with
sOutache braid, interlined with
beaded pattern.
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IRISH POINT
BUREAU SETS,
S5C, ST., ST rs.

These are extra value four
piece sets Of the popular Irish
point effect, consisting OF
scarfs 18X54 inches. one Dol
lie 12XI2 inches, and two Dol
lies 3x3 inches. Brighten and
beautify your chamber. The
cost is small.
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EMBROIDERED
HANDkERCHIEFS,
3 for soc.

The prettiest ever produced.
Sheer Lawn and new designs,
a combination handsome and
dainty. Ask to see them and
you will concur with us.
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THE NoNPAREIL.

Fashion decrees that dress
distenders or imprOvers are in
order this season. We have
them in a dozen different
STYLES. made from hairclOth
tampico and curled hair. sat-
een-covered. Back Pads, Hip
Pads, Dress Forms, etc., which
weigh from one TO three
ounces, and produce a most de-
Sirable form.
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5000 YARDS
JAPANESE SILKS,

We are now prepared to
supply your wants in Silks for
fancy work, etc, in this 21-
inch wide silk, In ALL coll
ORS, including black and
creams. Holiday season ap-
proaches, and this will meet
many requirements in fancy
work for gifts.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-23
Here is the cost:

] threw in the labor for a good cause.
From our dooryard to the hogpen is
zoo feet. For eight months of the year
my wife was carrying out the swill, if
we men folks were away. There was
an average of IL pals day for some
body. Walking the 200 feet IL times over.
or 2,4OO feet day, in eight months,
counting 20 days to month, gives us
EOS days, and 499. 200 feet in a year. In
25 years this amounts to IL, 4S1 900 feet,
or 1854 miles walking; at 80 miles
day, this would occupy nearly 70 days.
In 25 years one might have to eXpeEd
SIS for trucks and repairs. Anyone who
carried the swill would earn about 20
cents a day. Young married man, do
you wish your wife to work for 20 cents Il
day and board herself, when if you have
a truck standing by the door you can
take it right along on your way to the
barn without extra steps?-Rura1 New
Yorker.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-23
THE SWILL BARREL.
Most of It's Contents Can Be Utilized by
Poultry kaisers.

Most of Its Contents Can Be Utilized by
Poultry Kaisers.
Everything that usually goes to the
swill barrel can be turned to more
profit on the farm if it is put in proper
condition for feeding the poultry. Po-
tato and turnip parings boiled are good
to put with the mixed food. All table
scraps make the very best of food;
even the meat bones can be crushed.
and will more than pay for the trouble
in the increase of eggs. The butter
milk used in scalding state, or sour
or sweet milk the same, add increased
nourishment to the mixtures men
toned. The whey, when curd is made.
can also be utilized the same way.
Whole grain should be fed at even
ing. Wheat, barley, buckwheat, corn
and rye are valued as respectively
enumerated. The fowls show a prefer
ence for corn, but if fed too literally it
will soon make the hens too fat for prof
liable egg layers. OF course. excessive
feeding of wheat will have like ten
dency, but in not as quick or so marked
a degree. The aim in feeding laying
hens, to induce continued egg produc-
ton, should be to furnish as great a
variety of food as possible, and when
the season will not permit the hens to
secure plenty of insect food, green-cut
raw bone should be given, as it is prop
erly recognized as the missing link in
egg production in winter. Char cob
of corn in the oven occasionally, and
let the hOcks have it. Crushed oyster
shells or sharp gravel should always
be accessible to the hens. Water is a
great essential. All the foods named
can be given to growing chickens, and
in addition cracked corn. Chicks will
require more liberal feeding and often
er than fowls, as they are making flesh,
muscle, bone and feathers at the same
time, thus requiring a good supply of
varied and nourishing diet. Wheat
screenings may supply bulk, but very
little nourishment. Damaged grain
of any kind should never be fed tc
poultry.-Colman's Rural World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-23
WATER HYAcINTHS.
A Simple Plan Which Has Saved the
Lives OF Many Bees.

A great many bee-keepers are
troubled with their bees going into wa
ter buckets, troughs for watering stock
and other places, where they are in the
way, seeking water, and in the warm,
dry weather we all know they consume
great deal. / want to give plan that
will do away with all this annoyance.
says r. P. johnson, in the American Bee
journal. Take whisky barrel, saw it
in two in the center, and locate it in POI
sition TO suit, no matter if in the hottest
of sum- Fill half full of well rotted ma
nure or rich soil, then procure some
bulbs of the water hyacinth (Ponte-
deria grassipes); place them in the
tubs, and fill with water. In three
weeks the top of the tubs will be COW
cred with the foliage of the plants, and
under the foliage the bees crawl and sip
water without let or hindrance, never
bee getting drowned. The whisky bar
rel, if sawed down, after being sawed in
two, say six inches off the top of each
would do better, the roots would strike
the water sooner. In the absence of the
barrel, any good, stout box will do. 1t
is best to start the plants where you
have only two or three bulbs, in
smaller vessel, and transplant to the
larger vessel as they grow larger. To
keep through the winter, keep the roots
always moist. They should be put into
a greenhouse and kept moist during the
winter, or they can be taken to the eel
lar, the tub inverted on the ground, and
they will come out all right in the
spring. Remember, when you put the
plants in the water they are planted,
the roots will find the soil below in due
time, and when the long, full spikes OF
superlatively beautiful flowers appear.
no praise can be too high for them.
After they begin blooming you can get
half a dozen fine spikes any time you go
for them. When the tub gets too full,
they must be thinned out, or they will
quit blooming. Keep the tub full OF
water, as it eyaporates rapidly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-23
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

Careful feeding produces a good
growth and healthy condition.
To raise good horses in the best pos
sible way it is essential to start right
and end right.
The way to make farming profitable
is TO keep land and stock in healthy.
vigorous condition.
In selecting breeding animals pre-
fer those from regular breeders 10
preference to those that are transient.
Even on the farm no two horses have
the same value-one will be worth
more than the other in some recogniz-
able way.
One advantage with a well formed
animal is that it does not require a
great deal of fat to make good APP
pearance.
Rich food given too soon or in too
ierge quantities after the sows farrow
will cause the milk flow to be too rich
and too observation-disclosures Union.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-23
FARM WATER SUPPLY.
why Every Good-Sized Farm Should Have
Deep Well.

Deep Well.
Few farmers remember how much
they appreciate a cool draught of wa
ter, fresh from the we'll or fountain
in summer, when providing for the live
stock. Too often the tank or trough
is filled but once in "a hours. The pigs
too often have access to the drinking
places of the larger stock. Positive
detriment to the stock results when
the water is not always of an inviting
temperature.
AS rule, digestion is aided more by
good water ever in the reach of the ami
mails than any other one article. The
quality is much better if possible to
furnish it free from surface impurities.
The deep wells which are sunk now
100 feet or more below the solid rock
strata will do much to abolish the evils
attending the surface water. Where
the expense is great on account Of the
depth OF 500 feet or more, cooperation
of small farms is advisable. A town of
900 or more people in some parts of the
west is supplied by two or three deep
wells, with no serious consequences.
from two to four farms might be sup
piled by a partnership well, where
brains governed the management.
Double fences for few rods, to keep
the stock separated by healthful dis
lance, would be the chief considera ton.
Such reserve wells, too, would prove
often very convenient every month in
the summer, even when the surface
wells are filled. avoiding the removing
of some of the stock long distances
from the pasture for watering.
Each 16O-acre stock farm should have
deep we1l.-Farm. Field and Fireside.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-23

is Mckinley still in favor of the
Mckinley bill? IF not, does he favor
lowering the protection of campaign.
fund contributors IN. Y. World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-23
IGNORANCE OF M'kiNLEY.
The Republican Nominee Has No Knowl-
edge of Financiering.


edge of Financiering.
McKinley's admirers made haste to
give him an opportunity to make some
remarks regarding the Coliseum per-
formance, and he improved the opportu-
nifty without hesitation IN the style TO
which he is addicted.
The Coliseum crowd had just COM
pleted its unique job by nominating he
Maine protectionist, all-around monop-
olist and bosom friend of Senator Frye
and the late Mr.. Blaine, when Foraker
club drew up before the Canton joss
house and ELECTED timely speech
from the occupant of that shrine.
After uttering sufdry words in very
solemn and impressive style about a
struggle greater than that of the civil
war-a struggle To preserve the honor
Of the government. contest in which
patriotism is above party and national
honor is dearer than any party name
the great oracle went on to say:
1.-THE currency and credit of the govern
ment are good now and must be kept
good forever. Our trouble is not with the
character of the money that we have, but
with the threat to debase it. We have
the same currency that we had in 1892,
good the world over and unQueStioned by
any people,"
Here we have the same ignorance of
economic principles, the same ignoring
of notorious facts, that have character
jzed all of McKinley's utterances ON the
currency question.
The republican candidate is unable TO
see anything amiss in the system which
eliminated in the act of 1890 providing
for the purchase of silver with new
emission of legal tender notes and pro-
1ucing the disastrous panic of 1898.
Our currency was not good the world
over and unquestioned by any peopl,.
In 1892. The silver act of 1890, in the
passage of which Mckinley took an act
We part, had shaken confidence and
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-23
Mr.. HANNA.s PROFITS.
McE1inley's Manager Has 3 Pull on the
Trusts.

MckInley's Manager Has Pull on the
Trusts
The Philadelphia Press recently COM
planned because the new iron ore pool
had increased the price of ore by 80 Per
cent. withou. increasing the wages of
the mine workmen. This enthusiastic
supporter of Mr.. Mckinley and Mr.. Hanna
was pointing out that the tariff duties
on iron and steel products were in dam
ger because of the number and the exac-
tions of the combinations recently
formed in the iron and steel industry.
1.-THE various iron and steel trades"
said our Mckinley contemporary,
(which are raising prices by combiua-
ton may find themselves stripped OF all
protection" We quote also the follow
ing:
1.-The iron ore combination has advanced
prices and not wages. It is unjustihabie.
The steel billet com bination, like that in
ore, by raising prices. has affected all
branches of steel manufacture. 1t has add
ed to the cost of the farmers steel wire.
The prices of long list OF articles to the
consumer win be advanced by its action
But the Press must know that Mr..
Hanna, who organized the iron ore pool,
needed money for the expenses of Mr..
McKinley's canvass. Mr.. Hanna is the
president of The Chaplin Iron company.
which owns the great Chaplin mine.
This mine stands second on the list of
ore producers, and its output last year
was $4,000 IONS. The pool advanced
prices ON the basis of an increase from
$3.50 to 81 per ton for Bassemer ore.
The Chaplin mine had its allotted share
of this increase, and Mr.. Hanna is in
terested in other iron mines.
1t is plain that the increase of about
one dollar per ton has very preceptibly
enlarged Mr. Hanna's income. As we
have said, he wanted money for McKin-
ley's canvass. He said a few days ago
that the canvass had cost him S100, 900
and that only $4,000 had been con-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-23

IL inches high, and with a compass saw
cut out the door A. The piece removed
will answer nicely for a shutter, and
may be hinged as indicated. For venti-
lation saw out spaces B B B, covering
them with screen wire. Make the COW
er c out of any thin boards. The adj
vantage of such a coop is that it ex-
cludes rats and other .'yarmints,' while
allowing ample ventilation. I have
seen a double coop made on this order
out of a box too large for a single coop.
Painted yellow for body color, and top
red, it was a snowy and attractive fea-
ture of the poultry yard.-G. w,
Waters, in Journal of Agriculture.
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tributed by other friends of his candi.
date. Well, the additional profits OF
his investment in the Chaplin mine anc
other iron mines and associated in
terests, procured by means of the pools
increase of price, have at least been
equal, we presume, to his expenditures
on McKinley's account.
IF it is true, as the Philadelphia Press
asserts, land the Press is his friend anc
McKinley's friend.) tina: he and his poo
associates did not increase wages, why
should the Press complain? Was not
the money, or part of it, spent in pro
curing the nomination of 1.-The advance
agent of prosperity?" Would it have
been so expended if it had been paid &c
the mine workmen in additional wagesf
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-23
FARM AND GARDEN.
HANpY sWILL TRucK.
One Can BE Made at Home at q Cost of
Three Dollars.

One Can BE Made at Home at Cost of
Three Dollars.
I have homemade swil truck which
I like very much. I bought an oil bar
rel, knocked out one head and bored a
hole opposite the bung hole and of the
same size. Then, at a blacksmith's.
I got two old buggy wheels with boxes
in, and the iron part of a buggy axle,
and had the blacksmith take piece out
of the axle and shorten it so that it
measured two feet nine inches between
the hubs. I had the axle for two inches
back of each shoulder rounded, it being
square, and showed it through the holes
in the barrel, until the ends were at
equal distances from the barrel; then /
ewedged all around the axle with some
soft wood, such as pine. Then made
q frame, see 2, two feet eight inches
from outside to outside, in
width, and which may be of
any length desired. Two irons.
3, of the right length to bend around
the axle, were bolted to the frame.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-23

caused a reduction of more than $780,
100000 i'll the net treasury gold long be-
,ore the presidential election of 1892.
BY the admission of far ADLER re-
publican leaders than Mckinley that
act produced distrust and was the i'm
mediate cause of the panic.of 1898.
All competent judges know that our
currency has been unsound ever since
The war issues of legal tender notes.
They know that it's unsoundness was
confirmed and perpetuated by the half
repeal of the resumption act in 1878 and
The provision that redeemed legal ten
t.ers should not be eXtinguished.
They know that the endless cham
thus forged was put in motion by the
republican silver act of 1890. They know
that the currency will never be sound
until provision is made for the eXtin-
guishment of redeemed notes and for
taking the government out of the bust
ness of providing credit currency.
They know that the republican doc
;rine that government should provide
sach currency is the source of the
whole brood of errors in regard to
money which has kept the country in
turmoil for 80 years and produced two
great panics, not to speak Of less seri-
Gus ones.
Mckinley knows none of these
things. He actually believes, if we may
credit his repeated utterances, that
there is nothing wrong with our cur
iency and that the only thing needed to
make it absolutely perfect is more
taxes for the enrichment of protectees.
Is this the kind of man to lead in 3
struggle to preserve the honor and
credit of the government? Is he the
man to guide those economic reforms
which we must have before we can be-
cid Of an unsound currency and the
whole black brood C panic-breedirg
errors and heresies which always ac-
company an unsound currency?
Far from it. Sound fiEanciers. sound
democrats cannot support Mckinley.
the ignorant, more than they can
support Bryan, the silver attorney and
repudiator. They cannot vote for
either OF these ''advance agents of pros
perity" for classes at the expense of the
masses.-Chicago Chronicle
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-23

international Lesson for July sc, 1896
Gods Promises to David-a Samuel =:
Ale.