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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-01-22
War Proclaimed.

War was proclaimed in August, 1894,
against protection and governmental
favoritism in the tariff; fight to the
bitter end.
Mr.. Cleveland proclaimed Il
He also announces s.. o~n sniist-
ment as a pr;;ak:. III the army of at
tack. We quote his energetic words of
August 2S, 1894:
Il take my place with the rank and
file of the democratic party who believe
in tariff reform and know what it is
and refuse to accept the result embod..
led in this bin as the close of the war. 3.
This volunteer took his place in tie
ranks, but where is he now? He has
run away!
Has he sent substitute? If so,
who is that substitute? Has he fed
also New York Sun.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-01-22
AN AWFUL DEED.
Mrs. Hrdebrandt Kills Her Seven ChIt-
dren and Commits Suicide.

dreD and Commits Suicide.
MARYsvILLE, Kan, Jan. l6.-Mrs.
Joseph Hildebrandt, wife of farmer
living six miles south of this city, ad-
ministered poison to her eight children
yesterday forenoon, and then hanged
herself to a rafter.
Seven of the children are dead and
the other is not expected to live. They
range from to Ia years of age
The cause of the tragedy was un-
doubtedly poverty. Mr.. Hildebrandt
is sufferer from cancer, and is now
under treatment in Kansas City hos
pital. Mrs. Hildebrandt, it is supposed,
became despondent and possibly in
sane, because of her husbands s inability
to provide for the family.
The poison which caused the death
of the children was administered with
the morning meal. Shortly after they
had finished breakfast all of the chill
dren were taken i'll, and in a short
time four of them were dead. The
mother refused to go after medical at
tendance, and did not arouse the
neighbors. Finally one of the neigh
bors came in and, seeing the situation;
went after help. When he returned
he found three more of the children
dead end the mother missing.
A search was at once made, which
resulted in finding Mrs. Hildebrandt
in the barn, where she was suspended
by rope around her neck. Death
had come to her some time before her
discovery.
Mrs. Hildebrandt took q dose Of
poison at the same time she gave it to
her children, but it failed to cause her
death.
1t is generally believed that since
Mr.. Hildebrandt has been in Kansas
City the family has suffered for the
necessities of life. 1t was almost des-
titute when he left.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-01-22
ARE COMING THIS WAY.

A Report That the Bermudas Are the
English Squadron's Destination.
PORTSMOUTH, England. Jan. 1s.-The
flying squadron, consisting of the bat
tleship Revenge, flagship, Rear Ad-
miral Alfred I. Dale; the battleship
Royal Oaks, the first-class cruisers
Gibraltar and Thesus, and the second
class cruisers Charbydis and Her.
moine, together with six frst-class
torpedo boat destroyers, assembled at
Spitbead at noon to-day.
1t is reported that the destination of
this squadron, after leaving Bantry
bay. Ireland, will he the Bermudas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-01-22
OKLAHOMA FREE HOMES.
Tho House win Pass the Lacey Bill
Slightly Amended.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.-The "free
homes" bill, which was prepared by
Mr.. Lacey and which differs from the
Flynn bill only that it is general in
application and not restricted to Okla
homa, will be favorably reported to
the House with amendment. That was
decided at to-day's meeting of the
committee on public lands Flynns
bill, it will be. remembered, was or
dered reported without amendment.
Under the Flynn bill, none of the
settlers who have purchased lands Of
the government in Oklahoma, which
includes the great bulk of the settlers,
will be required to pay dollar of the
purchase money he has agreed to pay.
Nothing more than the customary
land office fees will be exacted.
Under the Lacey bill the release ex-
tends to all such settlers in every state
and territory.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-01-22
Funeral of the Hildebrandt..

MARYsvnLE, Kan. Jan. To- The
funeral of Mrs .Hldebrandt's eight
victims was held yesterday, and was
attended by more than 1000 people
from all parts of the country. The
bodies were all buried in one grave in
the Home City cemetery. The reports
that the family were destitute are
false. There was plenty to eat in the
house, and on the farm there were
about 1.500 bushels of grain, seven
horses, eight cattle and twenty-one
hogs.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-01-22
VENEZUELAN DISPUTE.
Commission VIII, Apparently, Prove 9
Useless Body.

COMMISSION VIII, apparently, Prove
Useless Body.
WASHINGTON, Jan. ls.-Aside from
the leisurely manner in which the
Venezuelan commission is arranging
to prosecute its work, there are other
indications that the administration
has become convinced that this august
body will not have the honor
OF setting the great boundary
dispute. While it cannot be stated
positively that this belief is based en-
tirely upon any specific reports from
Ambassador Bayard upon the subject,
yet there is reason to believe some as
surances of a satisfactory nature have
come to the state department that the
matter will be terminated shortly,
probably within two months, or be-
fore report reasonably can be ex.
pected from the Venezuelan commits
sion. and upon lines that will be un.
Objectionable to our government.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-01-22

JEFFERSON CRY, Mo-, Jan. 1s.-The
Bank of Newmarket, Platte county,
has been reported to Secretary of State
Lesueur by Bank Examiner Gordon
Jones as in a failing condition and
with impaired capital stock, and it has
in consequence been closed by the Sec
,etary- Mr.. j. HI. Hull of Platte City
has been named as temporary receiver.
The banks capital was SlO, 600.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-01-22
ALIENS RESOLUTION.

Detailed Vote of It's Passage by the
Senate.
Washington, Special: The adoption
of Senator Aliens motion for the free
coinage of silver at 16 to 1 in view
of the expected war over Venezuela
passed by a vote of sc to "a.
The following is the vote:
For Silver.
Allen, Mantle,
Bacon, Mitchell (Ore).
Baker, Morgan,
Bate, Nelson,
Berry, PaSco,
Blackburn, PETER,
Butler, Perkins,
Call, Pettigrew.
Carter Pritckard.
Chiffon, Roach,
Clark, Stewart,
Cockrell, Teller.
DUBOIS, Tillman,
Gibson, Vest,
Harris, Voorhees,.
Jones (Ark), Walthau,
Jones Nev). Warren,
Kyle, Wilson-36.
Ag inst Silver.
Allison, Martin,
Brice, Mills,
Burrows, Mitchell (Wis).
Caffery, Morrill,.
Cameron, Platt,
Chandler, Proctor.
Gallinger, Quay,
German, SewelI
Hale, Sherman.
Hawley, Smith.
Lodge. Thurston.
Mcmillan, Wetmore-24
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Fire in a Missouri Mining Camp.

WEBB CITy, No, Jan. lS.-The Mot
ley Mining company's camp in South
Carterville, the largest in the district,
was destroyed by fire at midnight last
night. The property was partly in-
sured and was owned by St Louis
Oarfies
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-01-22

Bounties for Argentine Sugar Exports
BUENos AYREs, Jan. 1.-THE cha m
Der of deputies has passed bill grant,
ing bounties tor exports of sugar.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-01-22

If the voters of this generation had
the spirit of the men of Its there
would be shaking up Of old dry bones
among the politicians 6f today.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-01-22

New Bishop for North Dakota.
ROME, Jan. 1.-THE Rev. Father
OGorman has been appointed bishop
of Sioux Falls. y. ID.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-01-22

Banks of issue are violation of the
Jefferson doctrine.
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"77v for GRIP.

Sold By Dru<gists. prepaid receipt ef rrcs,
sSc- fnr o., fnay e as.ortsd except
DH HrzrHEErS nAsukL (kuiarged ReSiset s4ILEBF
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-08-21
Where Jackson Fought a Duel

During the storm last week a large
red elm tree in front OF Tom Darden's
house, near town, was blown down
This elm was perhaps the most historic
tree in the country and was known ss
the ''Dickerson tree" 1t was situated
on the grounds whereon the famed
Jackson Dickerson duel was fought
years ago, and under it's spreading
branches Dickerson Feclined awaiting
medical attention after being mortally
wounded by Gen. Jackson The trunk
of this old tree measures only four feet
in length, while its branches measure
100 feet across Mr. Darden greatly
regrets the uprooting of this old for.
estry landmark k-Adairville Banner.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-08-21
ront as substitutes. Gibson's

front as substitutes. Gibson s
work brought him in close touch,
too, with many Of the state of1l-
GERS. some Of whom he knew quite
intimately. On his discharge
from the army he re-engaged in
business as barber, but failed in
Philadelphia in 1867, came west,
and in the summer of 1868 opened
a shop in this city. Gipson was
not only intelligent and well read
bit an unusually handsome man.
He was said by those who knew
him in his youth strongly to re-
semble his father. His skin was
very light for a negro, his head
finely formed and his features dis
tinctly aristodratic, with thin lips,
high forehead and arching Roman
nose. For nearly year before
his death he was too feeble too
work, and was cared for by the
local G. A. Il. post and friends
from among his old customers.
His death took place last Tuesday
night.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-08-21

equal in privilege and opportun-
ity, dependent upon each other,
and the prosperity OF the one is
the prosperity Of the other. 1t is,
as Mr.. Lincoln said to the com
mittee from the Workingmen's
association of New York in the
campaign Of 1864, prosperity is
the fruit Of labor" Prosperity ls
desirable, it is a positive good in
the world withal that some should
be rich; it shows that others may
become rich and hence is Just en-
couragemont to industry and en-
terprise. Let no man who IS
homeless pull down the house OF
another, but let him work dill
gently and build one for himself,
thus by example assuring that his
own shall be safe from violence
when built.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-08-21
1t Aided the Colonies.

King George took off his crown and
lei the cool air play with his feyered
brow.
''Yon say" ne remarked musingly,
''that Washington, Adams, Jefferson
and Hancock are the four leaders in
this rebellion"
Lord North bowed mis- head and again
referred to the dispatches from Amer
lea.
They are, sire" he replied
George HI. puffed out his checks.
a set OF adventurers." he cr.ed, con
temptuously; I'm crush them with a
single hand
Lord North slowly shook his head.
You forget one thing, SIRE" he
gravely remarked.
George III scratched his nose re-
flectively with his sceptre.
What is it?' ne asked, abruptly.
"You forget, SIRE" returned the min
lister, fastening his Majesty with a gilt
tering eye, "that it is absolutely i'm
possible for one king to get away with
two pair
And from that moment it was felt
in Court circles that the Royalist cause
was hopeless. s.-New York World
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-08-21
Bruce Called on Mckinley.

Hon. 3. X. Bruce of Everston,
Miss, ex- United States senator,
called on Governor Mckinley to-
day. Senator Bruce said /: ''The
outlook for Governor Mckinley
and the republican party is highly
encouraging in the south. lie
will carry West Virginia. Mary
land, North Carolina, Tennessee
and Kentucky, besides making
gains in other southern states.
The democratic politicians in the
southern states have until recently
been able to keep the south solid.
Hereafter you find the progressive
element of the south taking such
action as will advance the material
prosperity Of that section. They
want a protective tariff that will
build up that section; that will in
yite the manufacturers and will DO
for the states what it has done fol
the great northwest and west.
They look upon Mckinley as the
apostle Of protection. They also
want sound money instead of de-
prcciated silver dollars; they re-
gard Major Mckinley as the en-
bodiment of that idea also. The
colored voters of the country,
both north and south, are enthus-
iastlcally supporting Mckinley;
they know hlm to be their friend.
There has not been single public
issue tonching the rights Of the
colored people for the last quarter
of a century in which he has not
shown his interest in their behalf"
Dallas (Texas) Express.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-08-21
POINTER FOR BURGLARS.
\ Woman Who Is Afraid OF cling
Robbed and Goes Loaded.

A Woman Who Is Afraid of cling
Robbed and Goes Loaded.
Apropos of nothing | am reminded
Of an accident in the management OF
feminine skirts that revealed to me
4 secret that may prove a pointer to
burglars, says the Atlanta Constitution.
Recently a lady called at the house Of
and walked down the steps her maid
caught glimpse of her neither limbs,
which" she declares, were just as
knotty as you never did see. de-
clare, fore goodness" she said, relat-
ing the experience through hysterical
convulsions of giggles, "dey was sight
ter see and | said ter her, come here,
nam, an let me see what is the matter
with your legs.
Thus summoned the called returned,
closed the door mysteriously behind
her and whispered to my faithful SER
vilot:
You see, Pm so afraid OF burglars
and pickpockets that l stuff all my
money and diamonds in my pocket.
An, sure nough,' continues the
maid relating the tale, 1T was true,
fur | looked down an | never see the
like; great knots of stuff all over her
knees and calves Why, it looked like
she must er had her rings in they boxes,
they was such big Jumps, an | told her
didn't see how she could well walk"
Here the girl doubled up and shook
over the grotesque memory.
An asked her she said ''how she
do about her car fare when she goes TO
pay for it, and she said she just stopped
on street corner and hauled out
a nickel; but law sakes, when | told her
about lady here having her diamonds
stolen what you reckon she done? She
jerked off her big gold watch with its
gold chain an stuffed that down her
stocking an just thought if she kept
OH putin heavy things in 'em the
weight would pull them down an she'd
drop 'em all out"
The picture of this burglar haunted
lady has remained with me ever since
| heard of her Fancy carrying all these
knotty treasures about ones legs. jew
els may be all right for the bare ankles
of East India females, but to put them
to such grotesque uses seems strange
indeed. Fancy, will you, this modern
woman in trousers with knots here and
there impeding not only her locomo-
ton, but that Of the crowd with which
she necessarily comes in contact at the
eXposition-a sort of feminine barbed
wire fence that no man wants to get
stuck on.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-08-21
JAPANESE FACES.
How They Are Drawn an interesting

How They Are Drawn AN Interesting
Youth is indicated by the absence OF
all but essential touches and by the
clean, smooth curves Of the face and
neck, says the Atlantic. Excepting the
touches which suggest eyes, nose and
mouth, there are no lines. The curves
speak sufficiently of fulness, smooth
ness, rpeness. For illustrative pur-
pose it is unnecessary to elaborate feat
ure; for the age is correctly indicated
by the style of the coiffure and the fash
ion Of the dress. In female figures the
absence of eyebrows, also, indicates
wifehood; struggling tress signifies
grief; troubled thought is shown by an
unmistakable pose Of gesture. Hair,
costume and attitude are indeed enough
to explain almost everything. But the
Japanese artist knows how by means
of extremely delicate variations in the
direction and posi- ton Of the half-doZen
touches indicating feature to give some
hint of character, whether sympathetic
or unsympathetic; and this hint is sell
| dom lost upon Japanese eye. Again,
an almost imperceptible hardening or
| softening of these touches has moral
| significance. Still, this is never indi-
vidual; it is the only faintest possible
hint of physiognomical law. In the
| case of immature youth, boy or girl
faces. there is only general indication
| of softness and gentleness-th abstract
| rather than the concrete charm of
| childhood
In the portrayal of maturer types the
lines are more numerous and more ac-
centuated, in recognition of the fact
| that character necessarily becomes
| more marked in middle age, as the
facial muscles begin to shoy. But there
| is only the suggestion OF this change,
not any study of individualism. In the
| representation OF old age the Japan
ese artist shows lis the wrinkles, the
| holloWs the shrinking of the tissues,
| the "crow's feet" the gray hairs, the
| change in the line Of face following
| upon the loss Of teeth His old men
| and women show character. They de-
| ilSul us Dy Il CtTtSiu NOlu SWecLueSS
OF expression, look of benevolent re-
signation; or they repel us by an aspect
OF cunning, avarice or envy. There are
many types Of old age but they are
types Of human conditions, not of per-
sonalty. The picture is not drawn
from model; it is not the reflection
OF an individual existence; its value is
made by the recognition which it ex-
bibits of general physiognomical or
biological law. Here it is worth while
to notice that the reserves of Japanese
art in the matter of facial expression
accord with the ethics of oriental so
cie!y. For ages the rule of conduct has
been to mask all selfish feeling as far
as possible to hide pain and passion
| under an exterior semblance of smil-
ing amiability or impassive resigifa-
ton One key to the enigmas of Japan
| ese art Is Buddhism.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-08-21
Completely Extingaished.

The passenger in the tweed clothes
got up to take drink and when he
got back he found his seat occupied by
the man in the $7.SS suit, who had been
sitting on the wood box.
"I'd like to have my seat, please, .
said the tweed man.
"Your seat?" repeated s7.sS. "When
did you get reserved seat? Where are
you from, anyway"
New York" answered the tweed, i'm
pressively.
New York? New York? Huh. I'm
from Canton, Ohio
And the train rolled on with the New
York man sitting on the wood box
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-08-21
NOT A NOODLE.
The Farmer DID Not Care to Stop the
Wedding.

The Farmer DID Not Care to Stop the
Wedding.
| was standing on the corner OF
Hawk and High streets when frisky
looking old farmer came to me. says
writer in the New York World, and
said excitedly:
Stranger does a minister Of the
gospel live in yonder brick house
with the green blinds?"
The Rev. Mr.. Sawyer lives there, y
| replied.
Thank goodness" he said, with a
sigh.
Sickness in your family?' | asked
mo sickness there, stranger he
replied. "but daughter Libbie run
away from hum with feller this
mornin' Soon's I heard of it'll started
after 'em an got sight of 'em jes' out
side the city an KEEP sight of 'em till
they went into yonder house."
why don't you go into the house
and stop the wedding?" ! asked.
stop the weddin'? Me? Say. stran-
ger, do look like noodle? Do look
like a gawli that would kick at havin
thirty eight years of care an worry
lifted off his shoulders in minute?'
he asked sarcastically.
Not exactly" | replied.
Guess not, stranger. / jes' run after
the guilty pair to keep EN- from chang
in their minds. I'll jes' wait here as
happy as an angel with a new pair OF
wings till the happy pair come out,
then I'll give 'em my blessin' an hur-
ry hum an kill the fatted calf Stop
the weddin'? Nixey."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-08-21
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

''How strange it seems with so much
gone of life and love to still live on
Whittier
Fittingly might this be said by
fro-American in regards to the
death of their greatest benetactor,
Harriet Beecher Stowe. | call
her the greatest because while
others shared in the great work OF
expressing slavery, she wrote the
book that describes in every man
ner the horrible treachery of slav-
cry. The book being in the form
of novel it reached the masses of
the people and gave them a true
idea of the horrors of slave lite.
Perhaps it was through the read
ing Of this book that President
Lincoln, after wiping the tears
from his eyes, resolved to free the
race which it represents.
1t is true that at the same time
Garrison and Whittier devoted
their lives and time to this. great
work. Lowell and Longfellqw,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-08-21
AN IOWA NEGRO HONORED.

General Hancock G.. A. r. post
Of Sioux City conducted the fun
eral of one OF its oldest and most
popular members August 13. 1t
was that Of William Gibson, q
Negro barber and a man with as
remarkable a history as that OF any
pioneer of the northwest. His
first shop in this city was opened
in 1868. The town was then
frontier settlement. and Gibson, 5
place was by far the best in thai
part of the country. Scarcely one
of the early settlers but was num-
bercd among its customers. Glib
son, a character in his way, had
small difficulty in forming a more
or less ultimate acquaintance with
most of them, and had an mex
haustible fund of anecdotes o1
their doings and sayings with
which he regaled his patrons in
later years. His life in Sioax
City. however, was by no means
the strangest part Of his career.
He was born in 1923 on the Wit
ginia sido of the Potomac river,
not far from Washington. His
father, it is said, was a wealthy
farmer named Stephen Blackburn,
and his mother Mary Gibson, g
slave in the formers household.
Black burn took his son to Phiia
delphia while he was still quite
young and apprenticed him to 9
barber, with whom he remained
until the death Of his owner anG
father several years later. On
Blackburn's death he became
free, and at once opened a shop OF
his own. At the outbreak of the
war he was doing remarkably well
in a financial way, but gave up
his business to accept position
as steward on board a federal gun
boat, with which he afterwards
went to Roanoke Island on Burn
sides expedition. Later on he
was engaged as a recruiting ser
geant among the colored popula-
ton about Philadelphia, He was
considered one of the most eff
cient officer1n this capacity in the
employ 6 the government and
won g2den opinions from his su,
periHs. His task was a peculiar
ly difficult one from the custom
among those who were caught by
| the drafts to kidnap the coiored
volunteers and send them 10 the
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The Poor Romans.

1T is wonderful. said young Mrs.
Torkins, ito think of the progress the
world has made
Yes" said her husband, "one can't
help seeing evidences of progress
everywhere. If you walk out on the
streets you see electric cars and cleo
trio lights everywhere.
yes, whenever see an electric light
do feel so sorry for the poor Romans.
How they ever managed to read any
thing by the light of those spluttery
Roman candles is more than l can i'm
agine Washington Star.