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Mower County transcript., 1897-06-23
campaign on the subject of money,

campaign on the subject Of money,
here is money question that makes
all others seem small in comparison.
AS Prof. J. J. McCook said in The
Forum. in 1892: Il do not belong to
the Prohibition Party; but anybody
who can see must know that, consid-
cred merely as question of social
economy, Of dollars and cents, of tax
bills and public convenience general
ly, the drink question is the question
of the day.
All that we got back for this
tremendous yearly outlay consists of
a constant supply of maniacs, i'm
beetles. criminals, and prostitutes,
disturbances Of the peace, neglect of
children, poisoned veins, dulled
brains, spiritual powers deadened,
and, by way of compensation, some
tickled palates and some questionab bic
merriment. It's big price to pay
for small whistle
II the ginmills were closed for one
year and the money now going into
them were saved for other purposes,
here are some of the things that
might be done with it:
The wages Of all wage-earncrs in
the country might be raised ten per
cent: ten first class educational in
stitutioDs could be endowed with
s.. 900 900 each, and so trade and in
dnstrial schools with 81 100000 each:
the Nicaragua canal could be paid for
l$lO0, 600, ,OOO: ten frst-class BATTLE
ships. ten steel cruisers. and the
force TO man them could be paid for:
one trunk-line railroad could be
bought or built, and the biggest
trust 10 the country. with ali its
privileges and properties. could be
bought out-all this in a year. II
the saloons were closed for single
presidential term, the saving to the
country in that time would be nearly
s.. 900, 900. 600, or about $3.50 on an
average to every family.
That is what the Prohi bitiUn Party
is Offering for votes this year-$36d
per family. Where is their another
party with ''boodle'' enough to meet
such an offer as that? And the beauty
OF the offer is that every voter has
the chance of getting that. not for
his own family alone, but for every
other family as well. vTbat is what
national Prohibition means in dollars
and cents.
Are you ''for it or ag'in it,?
Mower County transcript., 1897-06-23
". C. 7. I. COLUMN
What Twelve Hundred Million
Dollars Year Does and
What it Might do.

In the ''Prohibition Handbook for
this year, compiled by George B.
WaldroD. a careful estimate is made
OF the direct and indirect cost Of the
liquor traffic, SO far as it can be reck-
oned in dollars and cents.
The aggregate cost is 81, ,2SS, ASS. l13,
the 1890 being the year for which the
estimate is made.
The total production Of wealth in
this country for the same year was
$l3, $40. 931, 1856. One dollar out OF
every $l1 produced was therefore an
absolute and irrecoverable waste, be-
cause of the gin-mills. This waste,
OF course, was tax On all producers,
since the producers have to pay all
the bills sooner or later.
The farmer, with mortgage On
his farm, strainiDg his back TO make
both ends meet. was forced to work
one hour out Of II. to plow one furrow
out OF II. to harvest one acre out Of Il
to keep the ginmills running. This
was true whether he drank or not, for
labor pays all bills, and this bill OF
the ginmills is always paid whether
or not mortgages are.
The mechanic. in whatever line OF
Work. struck one blow out of II, put
in one days work out Of II. or nearly
fine weeks work ont OF the year, to
keep the ginmills in operation.
The capitalist, the merchant, the
professional maD, who complains OF
bad business and hard collections,
every time they put $ll as profit into
the bank pay one dollar as tribute
to the ginmills.
When the apprupriat OF the fed
eral government were run UP to $780,
ooO, eco year, there Was CONSERVATION
abroad but the highwater mark of
Congressional appropriations of all
kinds never yet amounted to one-half
the sum which the productive Ia Dor
OF this country is taxed in order to
keep the saloons open and 1iourishing
When We paid our old soldiers $780,
OOO, 200 var for pensions, We were
paying for the liquor business nearly
eight times as much. When taxes
are three per cent, they are pretty
high: but tax Uf DiDe per cent On
the productive power OF the nation is
paid, not to preserve law and order,
not to protect life and property, not
to keep Old Glory waving in honor
and majesty: but to sustain the grOg-
shops, which are perpetual menace
to law and order, to life and property,
and to the perpetuity of our national
glory.
Ii the campaign this year is to be
Mower County transcript., 1897-06-23

In the action before Mr.. Justice
Robinson charging Miss Christina
Springer with slander OF Mrs. Charles
Almonte, the parties met before the
proceedings were concluded, and set
tied their differences in friendly
manner. Miss Springer signed a
statement, regrettiug anything she
might have said against Mrs. Al
monte, and to the effect that same
did her an injustice. On the other
hand Mrs. Almonte signed a state
ment regretting anything she might
have said rejecting on Miss Springer.
These were witnessed by Counsel
on either side, and made part Of the
recor1 in the proceedings.
The meeting Of the state fremen
at Little Falls Closed Thursday. Our
Austin companies were represented
by Thomas Dugan. chief; NJ. Asher,
NJ. J. Mayors, A. II. Bushman.
The name Of John Hoehn was pre-
sented for president and he was elect"
ed without opposition. This fixes
the place of next meeting at Chaska
Thomas Dugan Of Austin was pro-
noted from second to first vice presi.
dent without opposition and this &C
cording to custom will give Austin
the meeting in 1899
Il. M. McWhorter was elected vice
president OF the Universalist state
convention at Minneapolis and Rev
A. J. Torsleff was elected alternate
preacher Of the occasional sermon
J. G. Haynes, chairman Of the bust
ness committee, read his report, in
which he referred to the $500 which
is to be given to help pay the debt
upon the new church at Austin, re-
Gently erected. One-half the amount
will be given now and the other
half later.
Rose. orange, chocolate. vanilla
lemon and stra wberry favored Ice
cream for sale in any quantity by Grip
man Bros. Wholesale and retail.
These hot days remind US that
Gripman's Ice cream is the best in
the city. Try it and see,
Mower County transcript., 1897-06-23
Low Rates to New York, via the
Baltimore & Ohio r. r. Music
Teachers National AsSO.
ciatiOn,

Sldk1Oh.
June 21 to Is, inclusive, the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad will sell Ex-
cursion Tickets to New York at rate
of fare and a third for the round
trip on the certificate plan, account
above meeting. On this basis the
round-trip fare from Chicago will be
$2a70.
Tickets will be good for return ieav-
ing New York until July l, 1897.
The B. & O. is the only line via
Washington.
Stop-over Of ten days will be allow
ed at Washington, D. c., on return
trip, by depositing tickets with B. &
0. Ticket Agent at Washington.
For further information call on or
address B. n. Austin, Genl Pass'r
Agent, Chicago, ILL.,
Mower County transcript., 1897-06-23
Special Sale on Trunks This Week
United States Postomce.

LUTHER, Mich. Feb. "a, 1892.
DR.. @. D. WARNER. Coldwater. Mich
Dear Sir:-I was afflicted With
that < common lt!11 scourge-'lagrippe;" :"
ing from which could get no relief
until upon the recommendation Of
Rev. E. L. Odle I bought a 25 cent
bottle of your "White Wine Of Tar,
(which afforded immediate relief.
I have taken two bottles and now
consider myself cured. and l always
recommend it to all my friends who
are similarly afflicted. for / know it
to be good.
Very Truly Yours &C..
ERNEST NICHOLSON, Pm.
Mower County transcript., 1897-06-23

Belts were 3ec this week l9 cents
Mems best lOc Rockford Socks this week ...
Underwear for Men, were &c. this week. 10 cents
Mems checked Jumpers were Soc this week. 25
Mems best White Shirts were 81 co. this week 4S cents
Mems linen Collars were l5c this week..... u cents
Mems Fine Fedora Hats 81 50 kind, this week. sl25
Mems Or usher Hats 7c kind this week only 33
Stiff Hats were 81 So this week only IS cents
Straw Hats were $lOO this week only .... 50 cents
Straw Hats we're Soc this week only ...... 25
Mems CAPS the soc kind, for this week only. 25 cents
Mems Pants were 81 25 this week only .... 624
Boys Knee Pants s CTS this week only 10 cents
Mems Tan Shoes 81 50 this week only. 1.25
Mems Tan Shoes So so, this week only =. lis
Mems Tan Shoes, S.. Co., this week only. 250
Mower County transcript., 1897-06-23
Low Rates to New York, via the
Baltimore & Ohio r. r. Elo-
cutiOnists National Ass.
OciatiOn

June "a to 30, inclusive, the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad will sell Ex-
cursion Tickets to New York at the
rate Of fare and a third for the
round trip on the certificate plan, ac-
count above meeting. On this basis
the round-trip fare from Chicago will
be $23. 20.
Tickets will be good for return leav-
ing New York until July I, 1897.
The B. & 0. is the only line via
WashingtC n.
Stop-over Of ten days will be allow
ed at Washington, D. c., on return
trip, by depositing tickets with B. &
0. Ticket Agent at Washington
For further information call on or
address B. n. Austin. Gen'l Pass'r
Agent, Chicago, Ill.
Mower County transcript., 1897-06-23

National Convention Young Peo-
pies Society of Christian En-
deavOr-San Francisco.
For the above the Chicago Milwau-
kee and St. Paul Railway will sell one
way tickets at 1856 June 20. 80 and
July l, ? and 3rd, 1897, final limit for
return Aug. 18th, 1897.
CHAs. ". SNERE. Agt.
Mower County transcript., 1897-06-23
A Whole Family.

Rev. L. A. Dunlap, of Mount
Vernon, Mo-, says: MY children
were affiiced with a cough resulting
from measles, my wife with cough
that had prevented her sleeping,
more Or less for five years, and your
White Wine OF Tar Syrup has cured
them ALL"
Mower County transcript., 1897-06-23
Austin Steam Laundry.

Patronize home Institutions and
have your laundry work done at the
Austin Steam Laundry in the highest
style of the art. No chemicals used.
Laundry delivered free OF charge.
Give US trial. T. NJ. BURNHAM,
Proprietor.
Mower County transcript., 1897-06-23
ElkS At MINNEAPOLIS,

July 9th. for their eleventh an
nual reunion and Grand Lodge meet
ing. For this occasion the Chicago
Great Western Railway (Maple Leaf
Route) makes rate Of almost one
fare for the round trip. See ticket
agents for rates and further jnforma-
ton,
Mower County transcript., 1897-06-23
Does it Paw

To trade in Austin? Have you
noticed the quotations on butter and
eggs ia this weeks TRANSCRIPT by
Mcbride The Grocer? Five gallons
Oil, IS eents;::fve gallons gasoline, 40
cents.
Mower County transcript., 1897-06-23
California

can be reached via Chicago Great
Western Railway for very small
amount of money nu account Of the
Y. P. S. {. E. Low rate tickets will
be on sale June 20. & 50. July !. 2f&
3rd. See Maple Leaf Agents.
Mower County transcript., 1897-06-23
Not Dead But Dyeing.

Gents suits dyed, s3.0u; cleaned and
pressed, sl.OO, and up. Special low
prices on ladies and children's gar
ments. AUSTIN DYE WORKS,
-22 Next door to Steam Laundry.
Mower County transcript., 1897-06-23

Three papers week for two dol
lars These are the TRANSCRIPT
every Wednesday and the Minreapo-
lis Tribune twice a week, every Tues
day and Friday, with the latest news
of the world A splendid offer for
everyone of our subscribers. IT
Mower County transcript., 1897-06-23
Mems Fine Suits.
ITEMS Furnishing Dept.

Special for this week. 50 dozens of colored fancy
Shirts, made in all styles soft bosoms and
aundered, with detached collars and cuffs,
in all the newest and latest effects and
coorings worth 81 co. our special low price
for this week NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ..-..... 4s cents
Don't miss this.
Mems best sc Overas for this week .... 3S cents
Mems unlaundered white Shirts. the .5c kind,
this week. ............................ 3S cents
SOC silk Tecks and Fourin Hands, this week.. 25 cents
Mens working Shirts the kind, this week 80
Mems all wool 81 50 Sweater. this week. IS cents
Mems s. 90 Bicycle Pants this week. 9S cents
Mems SuSpenderS. were lSc. this week cents
Mower County transcript., 1897-06-23
To St. Louis and Kansas City.


from Austin direct for St. Louis, Kan
sas City and Peoria is over the Iowa
Central Railway. making direct con-
nections in unlon depnts at these
points with lines cunyerging
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-25

THE great globe which is to be the
feature of the Paris exposition is now
nearly completed. Elevators and
stairways will run to nine tiers or
floors, from which a section of the
globe can be seen. 1t will thus be pos
sible to follow the equatorial line, the
temperate or the arctic and antarctic
circles and make a thorough study of
the earth's surface. Every place of
any note will be given and all towns of
5000 inhabitants, while larger towns
will be marked according to scale.
Various colors will be employed to
distinguished them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-25

THE problem of how convicts shall
be kept at work without competing
with free labor has seemingly been
solved by the law which went into eff
feet January last in New York. This
provided that all state institu ions
should purchase their supplies from
the prisons, if such could be manufac-
tured there. Since the law went in to
operation acquisitions were received for
over $750,0OO worth of goods, which
guarantees the continuous employment
of convicts. AS it costs but $500, 900
annually to maintain the prisoners
they are thus made self-sustaining.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-25
TELEGRAPHIC BREyITIEs.

In a quarrel at Huntsville, Mo-,
James Dunn, colored, stabbed Merritt
Smith to the heart
Yale won the football match against
Princeton at New Haven, Conn, by q
score of to o.
II. S. Coburn. of Cedar Junction.
Kan, was mysteriously missing and
with him 81, 800 in cash which he had
lfet home with to buy a farm near La
mar, Mo-
In the football game between the
Pennsylvania and Harvard university
teams at Philadelphia on the goth the
score was: Pennsylvania. Is; Har-
ward, g.
Leong Hong Hoo. a Chinaman ar
rested at Palmyra Mo-, on the charge
OF not having the necessary admission
papers. was ordered deported by United
States Commissioners Moore at Hanni-
bal. No
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-25

THE United States circuit court of
appeals in st. Louis recently handed
down an opinion that the boycott was
not legal weapon. Judges Sanborn
and Thayer said that men had no
right to form a conspiracy to deprive
a company of its rights to manage it's
own business, but Judge Caldwell dis
scented from his associates in a lengthy
opinion. in which he said: 1.-THE ONLY
weapon of defense the laborer can ap-
peal to is the strike or boycott or both
These weapons they have an undoubt-
ed right to use SO long as they use
them in a peaceable and orderly man
ner"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-25
DEENAN APPEALED TO.
Retcha ms Relatives Ask the Prosecutor to
Investigate the Mysterious Death

Eetcham ms Relatives Ask the Prosecutor to
Investigate the Mysterious Death
CHICAGO, Nov. 21.-The Prescriptions
which Dr. De Veney prepared in his
treatment OF John b. ketcham are the
subject of close scrutiny by the police,
the coroner and DR.. Noel. There are
half a dozen of them. and If given as
directed by the physician, could have
done Ketcham no harm. but in the
hands of persons who desired to
misuse them. the medicines might
have become instruments of death.
1t is for the purpose OF deter
mining whether or not these prescrip-
tions were improperly used that the
inquest was again postponed States
Attorney Deneen and James E. Pur-
nell, legal representatives of the rela-
tives of Ketcham. were in conference
Saturday morning. Attorney Purnell
said he would ask the states attorney
to employ the machinery of his office
for the purpose of arriving at a salts
factory explanation of Ketcham's
daa
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mall
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
The Louisville fKv.) Courier-Jo urnal
stated on the 18th that Mr.. j. r.
Sovereign resigned as general master
workman of the Knights of Labor in
order that he might push his candi-
dacy for president of the United States
in 1900 and to that end he was assigned
to the position of field worker"
Ex-SECRETARY JOHN w. FOSTER has
been designated by the president as a
special plenipotentiary to treat with
Canada concerning all matters of dis
pute now pending between the two
governments.
THE government at Washington on
the 10Th signed the new postal treaty
adopted by the recent universal postal
congress. It takes effect January /,
1899.
1t was reported that Speaker
Thomas B. Reed may resign from con-
gress at the end of the coming session
and leave Maine and become resident
of New York. so as to secure the back
ing of the delegation of the Empire
state for the republican nomination
for the presidency in 1900.
A SPECIAL to the Chicago Tribune
from Washington on the 18th said that
Attorney General Mckenna's appoint
ment associate justice of the SUI
preme conrt to succeed Justice Field
has been formally decided upon by the
president and heartily approved by
the cabinet.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-25
NOVEL MURDER DEFENSE.
Frank Novak's Attorneys Have an InCen
iOus Theory, II They Can Prove It

Frank Novak's Attorneys Have InCen-
iOus Theory, IT They Can Prove It
VINToN, Ia, Nov. GA novel de-
Tense has been adopted by the lawyers
of Frank Novak, who is accused of the
murder of Edward Murray during or
soon after the destruction of Novak's
store by fire the night of February ,.
An attempt will be made to prove that
Novak was awakened by the fire only
after the gases thereby generated
had so unbalanced his mind for the
time being that he had wandered too
far away to return. Murray's death
will be explained, if possible, on the
theory that the same gases which had
demented the one had overcome the
other and that the cerebral clot attrib
uted by the prosecution to a blow by
NOvak had teen caused by fall down
stairs when Murray lost consciousness.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-25

PROF. E. STONE WIeGINs, of Ottawa,
Ont, believes that the aerolite which
fell near Binghamton a short time ago
and is alleged to have contained a
piece of iron with hieroglyphics was
b message from Mars He said: INV
opinion is that stones have for many
thousands of years fallen from space
upon the earth which contained writ
ten characters Many nations speak of
their sacred books as having fallen
from Heaven and as the earliest i'm
portant records were preserved in stone
it seems probab BILE that the idea origi-
mated with aerolites, like that of Bling
hamtOn -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-25

A NUMBER of representative women
have taken hold of the project for es-
tablishing in Washington a great ma
tional university on the lines suggested
by President Washington. They have
started out in practical manner by
seeking TO raise the first $3.50. 900 nee
essary fos the erection of an admins
tration building to form the nucleus
of the university and hope to be able
to lay the corner stone on February
%, 1899. Their purpose in the interim
is to urge the matter continuously on
the attention of women all over the
country. They intend likewise to in
ferest all school children In the work.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-25

ACCORDING to a dispatch from Osh-
kosh, Wis, the worlnouse, as a specific
for the tramp evil, has proved effica-
cious in Winnebago, in that state. 1t
has saved the country during the past
year 81 900 a month. During 1896
tramps cost the county SIS, 399.65. The
cost of maintaining the workhouse
the past year was SIS, sos. 0S. In 1896
there were 6, 1919 tramps handled in
the county. In 1897 the whole number
was S24, a decrease of 5,375. The en-
tire cost of building the workhouse,
purchasing the site and equipping it,
was 81, 400, so that it has been saved
several times over the first year.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-25
ANOTHER DURRANr STORY.
The Famous Murder Case Assumes a y
and Sens ationaI Feature.

The Famous Murder Case Assumes a New
and Sensational Feature.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21.-That the
Durrant case has led to dark tragedy
is the belief of Rev. William II. Tubb,
father of Attorney George .Tubb, who
helped in the fight to save the con-
demned man. Attorney Tubb has
been missing since last June,
and the thorough search of
his family has failed to find
any trace of him. Now it is believed
foul play has ended his life, and it is
intimated that he found the real muir
derer of Minnie Williams and Blanche
Lamont and was slain by him.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-25
PLUG TOBACCO TRUST.
Combinat fon of Leading Manufacturers in
Process of Formation.

Combination of Leading Manufacturers in
Process OF Formation.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21--A plug to-
bacco trust is in process of formal ton.
It embraces the Lorillards, Paul Sorg,
the Liggetts and nearly all of the
principal plug tobacco manufacturers
in the country. The parties named
have already signed an agreement to
pool properties and manufacture. The
capital stock will be SI2, 200, 600. 1t
will be issued pro rata to the leading
companies Some of the smaller fac
tories, notably in Kentucky. will be
appraised by experts and purchased
outright by the trust 1t is estimated
that the combination will be able to
reduce the present cost of plug tobacco
manufacture 80 per cent
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-25

A REPORT was recently made by
United States Labor Commissioner
Carroll ID. Wright that the padrone
system of Italian slavery, with all its
attendant miseries, is being carried on
as extensively and successfully in Chi
cago to-day as ever, Notwithstanding
all denials- An investigation has
proved that fully 90 per cent of the
Italian laborers in that city are under
the absolute control of padrones
These poor wretches are the white
slaves of the masters. He must vote
as directed, eat what is allowed him
and in every conceivable way do the
bidding of his owner.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-25
OF Imaginary Origin.

LARNED, Kan, Nov. 21.-The stories
sent from here to various newspapers
about the alleged disappearance of the
village of Roze1 in hole in the ground
has been positively ascertained to have
been of wholly imaginary origin and
has caused much amusement in this
town and throughout this section.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-25
A chance for Tobacco Experts.

WASHINGTON, Nov. e1.-The secretary
of agriculture proposes issuing series
of farmers bulletins on tobacco, and
has issued a circular soliciting contri-
buttons from experts He promises to
reward those whose contri buttons are
accepted at the rate of SIS per LOCO
words, but suggests that no one essay
should contain more than 10. 600 words.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-25
TWO CHILDREN MURDERED.
The Father Found with His Throat Cut, blu
Unable to Explain the Grimes.

The Father Found with His Throat Cut, but
Unable to Explain the Crimes
OCoNOMOwoC, Wis, Now 21-Willie
and Lille Cornwel, aged six and four.
respectively, children of Ernest Corn
we'll, were found dead in their bed at
six o'clock this morning, while Corn
wells throat was cut from ear to ear,
but he was still living. Cornwell
was able to talk, but said he did not
know whether he committed the MUIR
der or not. John Lewis, . boarder at
Cornell's, who had been drinking with
Cornell, has been arrested.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-25
Sew High school at WellIngto x,

WELLINGTON, Kan, Nov. 21.-The
formal opening of the Sumner county
high school in this city included pub
lie exercises at the high school build
ing, which consisted of addresses by
President A r. Taylor, of the Emporia
state normal school. The school has
already an enrolment of 26T.