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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26
BURNED TO DEATH.
Awful Accident to Five Children
Near Hamilton, Mo.
Parents Were Away from Home Attending
Dance-The Father Almost Made
Maniac and the Mother Is
Frustrated.

HAMILTON, Mo-, Nov. 23-The resi-
1ence of Snyder Neal, an old and high
ty respected farmer living in Daviess
county, about five miles north of this
place, burned Saturday night, cremat-
ing five children. They are:Carrie Neal,
aged IS; Hattie Neal. aged IL; Willie
Neal. aged 2; Clarence Neal, aged 5,
and Julia Neal, aged 3. Mr.. and Mrs.
Neal had family of eight children.
The youngest baby, and the eldest. a
boy OF Is, had accompanied the parents
to a dance at the house Of a neighbor,
about mile from their home. One of
the six children left at home, Nora,
aged nine, saved herself by jumping
from a second story window. The
others were afraid to jump and per-
ished in the flames.
The children retired at the usual
hour, and between nine and ten o'clock
were awaken by flames and smoke.
They rushed down stairs only to find
their way to the door blocked by fire.
Returning to the Der. they threw
a window up and Nora jumped to the
ground. She implored the others to
follow her but they dared not. few
minutes later Hattie, overcome with
smoke, fell from the window with her
youngest brother in her arms, in to the
front doorway, where the two persisted
within sight of their parents, who, at
tracted by the fire, had rushed home to
the rescue of their children. The
bodies of the other three children,
charred and burned beyond recogni-
ton, were found in the cellar after the
Ere had completed its work.
Mr.. Neal. when he reached his burn
ing home and saw the horrible fate of
ais loved ones, fell in n swoon, and has
been a raving maniac since, unable to
walk or to utter coherent sentence.
Mrs. Neal is completely Frustrated and
is in a serious condition, but no fears
for her reason are entertained.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26
knights of Labor for silver.

ROCHESTER, n. Y, Nov. 19.-At yes
terday afternoons session Of the gen.
eral assembly of the Knights of Labor
the committee reported as its recon-
mendation the following resolutions:
That in the opinion of the general assembly,
while monetary reform is fully provided for in
the 10th and 18th planks of our preamble. the
free coinage OF gold and silver. at the ratio OF
sixteen to one regardless OF the action of any
other nation. is important. looking toward the
ultimate success of the system we desire, and
for and support of free coinage as means to
the end we seek.
After a lengthy discussion the report
was recommitted, the general senti-
ment being that it was hardly as
strong an expression as the order
wished to make.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26
Field Has No Idea of retiring.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-Justice Fields
physical appearance and active partici-
patton in the proceedings of the SUI
preme court do not indicate that Presi-
dent Cleveland will have an opportu-
nifty to appoint Secretary Carlisle to a
vacancy on the bench. The Justice is
cooking remarkably well for a man
past so, and he follows the arguments
Of counsel as if he still enjoyed the
work. Officials attached to the court
nave no idea that the justice is think
ing of retiring.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26
RAILWAY BUSINESS.

Reports to the "Railway Age" Show No
Observation-Disclosures Expenditures
CHICAGO, Nov. 23t-The Railway Age,
II its issue of this week, publishes a
summary of reports received from zoo
railway companies and manufacturers
in all parts of the country regarding
the effect on business up to date of
Mr.. McKinley's election These show
t at though the railway business has
not picked up at all. but in parts of
the west and south west has been even
distinctly worse since election than it
was before, the railway companies as
a whole have materially increased their
expenditures. especially in increases
of shop forces and a very general ten
dency to purchase more freely. This
last fact is shown more conclusively
by the reports from manufacturers
than from the reports of the companies
themselves
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26
p THANKFUL FOE LOTS OF GOOD TH1Nes.

The parents had been attracted to the
play from the first, and had listened in
tently TO every word of the sermon
The mother still stood looking out the
window. The father sat by the fire,
and occasionally a broad smile would
pass over his face as the sermon pro-
crossed AT it's conclusion he turned to
his wife and said:
MARY. what do you think of that SER
mon?"
81 think" she returned, her face IL
lumined with both laughter and tears,
that it is true "a little child shall lead
them. You and ! have been enveioped
in cloud of late. We've been living in
the morbid delusion that our aff1ictlons
are greater than our blessings. But
Davy has shown US that they are not.
In thinking of the animals that died we
completely lost sight of those we have
left. And beInoa ming the low prices
this yesr we have forgotten the MACY
comforts and blessings we already
have. What do you say. shall we have
a Thanksgiving. Jack?"
Yes. indeed. we WILL" he returned,
springing from his chair with new aiac-
rity. III kill the biggest turkey on
the place, and we'll have father and
mother, and Mr.. Snowdon. and Cousin
Myra's family. Our little folks shall
have happy surprise for once. Now
you just hustle around, little woman,
and we'll have the most thankful
Thanksgiving we ever had"
."And. Jack. we'll send the Greens
basket Of things Only think how hard
it must be for them to get any cooking
done. And some good food will no
doubt do Mr. and Mrs. Green both gccd.
worn out as they are nursing their sick
children"
Fifteen minutes later the whole house
was in happy excitement and all hands
busy in the work of preparation. And
the next day score of hearts bea: in
happy enjoyment who would have
known no such pleasure had hopeful
little Davy not preached his thankful
sermon.-Nelfie Burns, in Ohio Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26
A ooueLE MURDER.
4 Clay County, Mo-, Widow and Her
Daughter Shot In Bed.

Daughter Sla0t In he'd
LIBERTY. Mo-, Nov. 19.-When VIII
liam Foley. son of Mrs John Foley, an
aged widow, who lived six miles north
of here, near Little Shoal church. re-
turned to his mothers house Tuesday
night at nine o'clock. after taking his
sister. Amelia, to the home of James
Morrow, he found that his mother and
sister, Fanny. aged 80, had been shot
dead while alone in the house and
that the place had been partly robbed
He at once gave a general alarm and
neighbors summoned Sheriff Hymer,
Coroner Sewer and others from here
to the scene of the tragedy.
In one of the bedrooms were the
bodies of the murdered mother and
daughter just as discovered and not
yet cold in death. Both were robed in
night clothes, which were saturated
with blood. The mothers corpse lay
upon the floor resting on the left side
and with her arms thrown up about
her face and head. The upper part of
the daughters body was sustained by
a death grasp on the foot of the bed in
the room and she had to all appear
ances pleaded with her murderer to
spare her life.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26
National w. c. t. U. Convention.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 19.-The last days
session of the National w. C. 7. q.
convention to-day was taken up large
Iy with the executive committees re-
port. Mrs Chaplin and Miss Melville
were elected editors of the Union Sig
nal Mrs Booth-Tucker, commander
in-chief of the Salvation army, spoke
for 80 minutes and her recital OF the
work OF the Salvation army moved
many to tears. The convention closed
tonight with a grand demonstration
NEE ting
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26

gregation. Katie checking baby Roy's
irreverent Growing with kisses. The
young preacher walked in with clerical
dignity, and entering the sacred ill.,
closure climbed upon the chair.
My frien'S," he began. diving a. once
into his discourse in uncercmoEious dis
regard of preliminaries. we're goin'
to have a Fhanksgivin' sermon. We
ought to be thankful for lots O. good
things we've got, say nothin bout what
we haven't got. The coolest way to be
thankful is to have a good dinner an
have comply an have a good time.
But we can't do that this year. We've
got just lots to be thankful for, though,
'thout the dinner. We've got papa, an
we ought to be awful thankful for papa.
An we've got mamma, an we ought to
be awful thankful for mamma. An
we've got grandpa an grandma, an we
ought to be JUS dreadful thankful for
them cause they are so old. An they're
goin' to spend lonesome ThaEksgivln'
all alone. cause nobody don't invite en-.
an they're too old to fix up for comp'ny.
An we've got MIR. Snowdon for a neigh
Dor. An Mrs. Snowdon went an died
an lef him all alone an he amt got
An we've got us kidses, an we ought
to be so thankful for US kids. cause
amt none of us got the dipthery like
the Green kids. An the Green kids
won't have 20 Thanksgivin', may be
not a mouthful. An we've got three
good horses to be thankful for"
"Davy." interrupted Susie, You mus
member one of de horses died"
SWELL, Susie. l amt sayn' nothin'
bout dead horses. It's the live horses
I'm talkin' bout. Three live horses
is good deal more count than one dead
one. I'm thankful we've got three
good, live horses 'sted of two or one or
not any tail, same's some folks. An
we've got seven milk cows. an twelve
slick little baby pigs. an twenty-three
just awful big turkeys
Here this grateful minister halted in
dead silence for an instant, as if a
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26
Ten saIIors Arc Drowned.

LONDON, Nov. l9.-The British steam
err Memphis, Capt Williams, from Mon
treal for Bristol, is ashore in Dunlough
bay, near Mizzenhead. on the south
coast of Ireland The Memphis struck
at ten o'clock last night Her crew
took to the rigging, where they re-
manned all night Thirty-seven of
them were rescued this morning in an
exhausted condition by means of a
line conveyed to the steamer by the
rocket apparatus of the life saving
crew. Ten of the ships company per-
iShed
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26
Canada Anxious for Reciprocity.

TORONTO, Ont, Nov. 19.-The Even
ing Telegram sent representative to
Canton to interview President-elect
Mckinley on matters that will be in
teresting to Canadians, but especially
as to his views concerning reciprocity
with this country. The MAJOR how
ever, was non-committal He re-
GREETED his inability to make any
prophecy as to the results of any reci-
procity negotiations
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26
National Grange Endorses Brigham.

WAsHIN6ToS, Nov. 19.-The National
Grange selected Pennsylvania as the
place OF meeting. The city has not
been named. Ohio. Indiana, Maryland.
West Virginia and Washington each
sought the honor. Unoficially, many
of the members of the grange met last
night and unanimously Endorsed John
ii. Brigham, of Ohio, for secretary of
agriculture. A committee was select
ed to formulate plans for urging the
appointment.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-26

SSSSS1enx~ . "
ing out of the win
dow. Not that she saw any of the beau
ties that lay outside in the glittering,
frost-ornamented world or the beauti-
full picture of the white fields set in
the ricn framing of dark green pine
forest. Her stare was wholly mechan-
zeal. for her vision was turned inward
and she was modify thinking of their
troubles. both the real and imaginary.
The day before of the farm horses
died. A few days before that a cow
died. Potatoes were only a few cents =
bushel, and this year they had ventured
largely in shat crop. Grain was low in
value. The price of hogs was going
steadily down. down, down. These were
some of the real troubles. 1t seemed
surely that the bottom was knocked out
of their prosperity.
Then her soul was equally narrowed,
for she had that way of fretting over
minor ills, over long array of imas5-
5nary woes. a new carpet had just come
home from the weaver's with the stripes
sxoven an inch nearer together than she
had ordered. This little trifie she had
worried over until it was magnified into
a great calamity. She was unable to
.;et her u new cloak this fall, as she had
intended. Her fall house cleaning was
still unfinished. There were actually
lily specks on the very window before
her now. which fretted her clearly soul
into peevish unhappiness. These. and
score of similar weighty evils, chafed
lser nerves on Ibis beautiful morning
until she was powerless to see that life
held one charm or blessing.
Added to the above woes the children
g., e.,
observance of Thanksgiving. But their
mother had told them emphatically that
they would not have any Thanksgiving
this year. That they had been so af-
Aicted by misfortunes they had little to
ibe thankful for. That not turkey or
.even Il pie would grace their table on
that day; every turkey must be sold to
buy necessities.
She predicted dark outlook for their
future, filling the infantile minds with
visions of CHASTITY want. Such words
coming from their mother were deeply
Impressive on all the children except
Davy, the little seven-year rebel of the
camp. Davy had no appreciation of
the ethics of such an unheard-of doc
trine. Davy liked a good dinner. And
not to have a Thanksgiving dinner!
not have turkey! not have piei not
have any company! Why. it was the
vicst heresy to all that was worth liv-
ing for.
Unlike his mother. there was not one
drop of melancholy blood in little Davy's
swift-fiowing veins. He was the very
embodiment of JOY and sunshine. He
cav life through mirror which re-
fiected back only pictures of bright
ness. His eager. vivacious. joy-loving
little soul was proof against despond-
ent infection.
As Mrs. Hoven stood looking out the
window in brooding blueness, her hus-
band came in from the barn and took a
seat by the FIRE to warm.
John Marsh passed just now" he
said. He says another one of the
Green children died last night of
tiphtheria. How terribly afflicted they
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-06-03
WEALTHY STAGE CELEBRATES.

Alexander Salvini owns property in
the United States, England and Italy.
His professional success. though not
ineteoric, has been very steady, Of the
sort that means wealth 20 man If
ability such as nc is
VI. u. Curtis made fortune out Of
"Snnl Of POsen," and few years ago
owned very valuable property in Cali
fornia. His troubles there cost him
over 100000. but he is said 20 have left
small fortune yet.
Charles Evans prosperity 10 due Z,
his ability as - book agcnt-on the
stage, for that character IN ~ Pnrlor
Match" proved a gold mine to him.
Now be Is one Of the proprietors Of the
Herald Square theator, and six figures
would be required to demonstrate his
prosperity.
Lotta IL accredited with owning valu-
nble real estate in every large city in the
United States. She is the wealthiest
woman in the profession. and although
SIC could live M deliberately M desired
nth her enormous income, she lives
Tiainly and IN anything but extrava.
rance. Her mother and herself are ~
shrewd pair Of ananciers IN pcttlcoatf
- exist.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-06-03
a REVOLVER
Carried 10y Soy Ends In the Fatal Shoe
ing Of Two Companions.

ing of Two Companions.
SEYMOUR Ind, May 3O.-A terrible
shooting ARRAY occurred at Hayden.
nine miles cast Of hero, which will re-
suit in the death OF two brothers. Carl
and Boyd Graves, aged 20 and - years
respectively. and sons OF Harvey NJ.
Graves, a we'll known and highly re-
spccted citizen. The young man who
did the shooting is Allen Cobbs. the
l9-year-old son OF Rev. Jesse w. Cobbs
He used n 32-calibcr revolver. The
trouble originated on Tuesday evening
at meeting held at Hayden 90 cele-
brate the victory won in the Pike road
elections on that day.
The Graves boys were the leaders Of
the jollification. Boyd Graves. It seems
caught hold Of Cobb's coat and twisted
him around in a rather rough manner.
and was demonstrated with for so do
ing Hot words ensucd. but before
coming TO blows bystandcrs interfcrcd
and the trouble was Tor Che time avert
ed. Thursday night. at an ice cream
supper the quarrel was renewed. Boyd
Graves being the aggressor. The above
result followed.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-06-03

THE property of the salvation army
in the United states is valued At near
Nv 5000. 600.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-06-03

The tornado struck Breckenridge. 70
miles from Springfield, Mo. DESTROYED
the mill and elevator and lightning
killed NJ. Jenkins and IT. Barnes. The
village Of New Minden. six miles from
Centralia, Mo, was DESTROYED by the
wind. There were $50 Inhabitants AM
no fatality details were .-iven.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-09

Mrs. Rhode Noah, Of this place, was
taken in the night with cramping pains
and the next day diarrhoea set in. She
took half bottle of blackberry cordial
but got no relief. She then sent TO me
to see if I had anything that would
help her. l sent her bottle Of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, and the first dose relieved her
Another of our neighbors had been
sick for about week and had tr1ed
different remedies for diarrhoea, but
kept getting worse. 1 sent him this
same remedy. Only four doses OF 1t
were required to cure him. He says
he owes his recovery to this wonderful
rsTnedy.-Mrs Mary Sibley, Sidney,
AIieh For sale by all druggists and
dealers. Benson, Smith & Co., Agents
for II. Z
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-09

Two million glass eyes are manutac-
tured every year in Germany and SWlI-
Zerland.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-09
FREAK OF DEAD
GIRLS SPIRIT.
Enters a Friend and Makes Her
Dance and Yell.
HOLME FAKE" DOCTOR ARRIVES.

Ha1f-Chfnese Girl Who Dies Under
Peculiar Cfrcumstances-Th Devil
Loves No Woman Who Loves Her
Child-A Cure is Effected, Etc.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-09

peculiar instance of a woman becom-
ceased person, and so real was the
hallucination to her that she really
believed her identity changed.
1t was on June 18th, when a half
Chinese girl in village few miles
away from Punaluu, died under some
what mysterious circumstances. 1t
seems that she had been the victim of
the Vaccinations of a kahuna.
She had friend in Punaluu by the
name of Kaanaana, the wife of the
Chinese store keeper at that place.
Kaanaana, hearing of the death of her
friend, fastened to place herself by
the side of her body to do what she
could in the way of preparing it for
burial
No sooner had she reached the house
where the dead girl was when she
began to act very strangely. Every
one feared her as she danced about
and flourished her arms over her head
for she appeared as one demented, with
her eyes bullying, out and her hands
working convulsively. This was kept
up at intervals all the time she was
at the house. It was finally learned
that she believed herself possessed of
the spirit of the dead girl who was pro-
testing most strenuously against the
circumstances which caused her prem
ature death. This spirit would not
remain quiet but kept demanding sat
isfaction at the hands of the kahuna.
People who saw Kaanaana in those
fits say that she must have suffered
intensely as paroxysm after paroxysm
of pain would pass over her face.
Three days later or on June 18th,
Kaanaana returned to Punaluu and
nearly set her Chinese husband into
a fit by performing Immediately upon
arrival home. He got the biggest fire
crackers he could and set them off in
front of his house to chase away evil
spirits, but they continued to reign
supreme in the head of Kaanaana.
There happened to be in ePunaluu
at the time Hon. Leicester Holme of
New York and l.. A. Ault of Cincinnati
who were waiting the arrival of the
w G. Hall to take them to Honolulu
after trip to the Volcano.
1t was decided between themselves
and some of the jolly jokers of Puma
luu that they should play the role of
two learned physicians from the States
go down to Kaanaana's house by the
sea and tell her that they had come to
cure her.
felt the woman's pulse and, shaking
his head obviously, started out with
the following:
els that your baby you have in your
arms?"
Answer-sYes."
do you love that baby very much? ?"
Eyes indeed I do" And with that
she Rugged the sleeping infant closer
to her.
A smile came over Mr.. Holmes face
as he said, "Well, that settles it. Ii
you love that baby the devil wont have
anything to do with you. He has
found it out and now you are free.
With that he tapped her head with his
thumb and foref1nger, and after utter
ing a few incoherent remarks over her,
took his hat and together with Mr..
Ault walked out upon the beach to
drown his laughter in the noise of the
breakers.
Whether through coincidence or
whether from the fact that the words
of the fake" doctor did have some
influence on the woman's mind, it re-
mains a fact to be marvelled at that
Kaanaana got over her fits and is
today a perfectly sane woman.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-22
RCIkEioun.

Owens Memorial NJ. f. Church. South
Services as follows: Sunday school at
9:l5 a. m. Preaching by DR.. G. II. Ray
at II a. m. and b. Rev. w. II. Edwards
a.. 80 p. IN.
Wright Memorlal-Subject for evening
service. Promises" Special revival SER
vice will likely begin on Sunday night.
Calvary Baptist Church-Rev. p. S.
c. Davis pastor-Sunday school at $3.50
a. M, William II. Rodman, Superintend-
ent. Preaching at II a. m. and p. m.
by the pastor.
Central Church-Services at II a. m.
by Rev. w. H. Edwards, who will
preach his farewell sermon. At 1880 p.
IN. the new pastor, DR.. G. H. Ray. WILL
preach.
Monumental NJ. E. Church-S Sunday
school at 9:15 a. m. Preaching by Rev
j. II. Amiss at IL a. IN. and { 80 p. m.
Court Street Baptist Church, DR.. A e.
Owen. pastor-Services to-day as fol-
lows: Sunday school at $3.50 a. m.
tor. Subject, "The Glory of God Has
Come. is Coming. and Will Come" At
7:S0 the pastor will preach a special
sermon 40 boys. Subject, Keep What
You Have" All boys from ten to TWEEN
ty-one are invited TO be present.