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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08
Summary Of the Daily News
WASHINGTON NOTES.


THE United States encouragement
recently decided that a deserter could
be re-enlisted after receiving a full
pardon, but the judge Acknowledgment.
al took exception to the opinion of the
attorney-general and held that a de-
serter could not be re-enlisted. Acting
Secretary Meiklejohn has asked the
attorney-general for another opinion.
The case which caused the ruling was
that of Daniel T. Thompson, who was
convicted of deserting from the Sew
enth infantry, sentenced to a years
Imprisonment, received a pardon from
the president and then desired to re-
enlist.
SECRETARY GAGE and Attorney-Gen-
eral McKenna have issued a joint cir
cular to collectors and customs officers
and United States attorneys and mar
shals relative to the enforcement of
the Chinese exclusion laws. The issu-
ance of the circular is due to the fact
that there have been complaints that
Chinese were being smuggled into the
United States.
The treasury department figures
show a total immigration into the
~ nlLcu OJdJeS IOT Ine IDOUJu Oh
of i4,774, against II, All for the CORE
spending month last year.
The statement of the federal treas
ury showed deficit of $14, ,351, 794. OF
for the month of August. The total
receipts for the month were but S1S,-
948, ,2O599; while the expenditures were
S33, ,295, 900.
JOHN &. WOODS, superintendent OF
mails at the Louisville, KY, post office,
has brought suit against Postmaster
General Gary and the post Office de-
partment authorities, to prevent them
from removing them from the service.
The case will probably be test of the
power to remove government official
embraced within the civil service rules.
SECRETARY BLISS is taking great in
terest in the forestry problem, and is
watching the developments in the sys-
tenn of employing agents with assigned
districts for the complete supervision
of the segregated tracts. The results
so far attained are regarded with sat
isfaction
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08
STRIKEI YES, STRIkElI

A Miner Who Refuses to Strike Is without
the Pale of sympathy and a Cowardly
Slave.
In letter to a newspaper Mr.. In
gersoll said:
The question of wages for the coal
miners ought to be settled by the en-
ployers, and it would be if the en-
ployers were civilized.
1T is very easy to ascertain what
wages ought to be paid. 1t is easy to
find how much it costs for good.
wholesome food, for decent clothing,
When this is found it is easy to say
what wages should be.
when men work all day and just
get enough to keep life in them so that
they can work the next day; when
nothing can be saved; when old age
can have only rag and crust; when
youth of industry ends in poverty
and want; it is about time for the de-
cent, the intelligent, the humane to
assist the children of toll.
Il do not blame the miners for strik-
ing. They must strike or starve. All
l blame them for is not acting together.
Every miner in the United States should
strike and then. if they demand only
the reasonable, they will succeed.
my sympathies are with the men
and women who toil-to whom the fu.
ture promises nothing but work and
want-nothing but failure at last.
'As the employers are not civilized
enough to act fairly, advocate gen.
eral strike-a claim for fair and rea-
sonable wages, and hope that all
miners will have sense enough to join.
1 know of no other way for them tc
protect themselves. If they are rea-
sonable, a vast majority of the people
will be with them. So say success II
tho strife
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08
MORE SOCIALISM.
Laundries to he Erected In New Yorh
Where Poor Women Can Do Their Wash

Laundries to BE Erected in New Yorh
Where Poor Women Can Do Their Wash
ing.
The question of erecting public
laundries where any woman may &C
and do the washing for her family by
the payment of a few cents, is now
agitating the minds of the Citizens
union of New York. The same sub
ject was broached last year by the As
sociation for Improving the Condition
of the Poor, but without definite re-
suits. This plan of having public
laundries where the admission fee Sc
cures the use of tubs, driers and all
the conveniences with which the place
is supplied, is by no means impracti-
liable, as the scheme is in full and
satisfactory operation in many
large European cities. At st. Mary
lebone, London, public bath
and a public laundry under the
same roof were opened last year by
the duke and duchess of York. The
laundry is divided into a washhouse,
drying. ironing and mangling rooms.
The washhouse is divided into "A COM
partments. in each of which are two
| tubs with hot and cold water. scrub
bing boards. pals. ETC., with four
steam wringing machines under the
| charge of a special officer. The dry
ing room is heated by fiues from two
large coke furnaces, and is furnished
with "a separate drying horses Two
steam mangles, large ironing table.
| two gas stoves for heating irons and
two radial drying horses make the
ironing room complete in its appoint
ments. The whole place is ventilated
with large air exhaust fans and light
| ed by q lantern roof.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.

With No Provision for Direct Loans They
Would Simply Pile Up q Treasury Surplus
and Thus Contract the Currency.
For three years the Express has
made a steady fight for postal savings
banks and urged this as one of the
most essential demands of populism
and we have also urged. as one of the
most essential features of the money
question, a system of government
banks through which the money thus
accumulated should be loaned directly
to the people at a low rate of interest
and on real estate security making the
government absolutely safe, while at
the same time the borrower would not
be subject to the impositions and high
rates of interest fixed by corporations.
The movement we inaugurated last
winter to have state legislatures re-
quire banks to give security for de-
posits, startled the banking fraternity
as nothing else has done for half CEN
tury, and the general feeling of dis
trust among the people being a we'll
founded lack of confidence in banks
has led to the retirement of such vast
sums of money from the usual channels
of trade that the bankers are very
plainly feeling the stringency.
Millions of dollars have been hidden
away or locked up in safety deposit
vaults that would have been deposited
with a government bank and with
proper laws and regulations thus kept
in circulation.
Until the distrust in banks became
so marked and general that deposits
were being withheld by almost every
body, the banks strenuously opposed
any measure looking toward postal
savings system, but as it became evil
dent that confidence could not be re-
stored to an extent which would bring
deposits to the banks, then the senti-
ment in favor of a postal savings sys-
tenn took shape that assures its becom-
ing an issue for immediate solution.
This situation should encourage ev-
cry populist to use renewed efforts for
securing proper solution of the ques-
ton.
Had the question of requiring banks
to secure depositors never been agi-
tated in the different states we are
confident the present general agita-
ton for postal savings would not have
occurred.
If the people are successful in secur-
ing adoption of plan for direct loans
to the people it will be the greatest re-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08
Minor State News.


A big cold storage plant will be
erected at Lawrence.
Tiger BilI' Campbell, of Wichita.
wants the republican nomination for
attorney-general next year.
THE proper officers recently counted
the cash in the state treasury and
found S911, ,74S.1s on hand, all that
ought to be there.
The Sedan school board refused to
use the books prescribed by the new
textbook law, and the matter will be
taken into the courts.
A. L. Smalley, independent prohibi-
ton candidate for sheriff of Wyandotte
county, became suddenly insane while
on visit to Ottawa recently.
The barn of Farmer A. j. May, near
Pittsburg. was burned by an accidental
fire and $500 worth of wheat, only
partly insured, went up in the flames
A distressing accident occurred near
Cheney the other day. While Mrs
George w. Scott was milking in a
pasture she was gored to death by q
ferocious bull.
Gov. Leedy returned from his Ohio
trip last week. On the 1st he addressed
the soldiers reunion at Arkansas City
and on the Sd spoke to similar gath
ering at Concordia.
Three freight trains collided on q
high grade near Stillwen the other
day, killing the fireman and fatally
| scalding engineer Dad" Ross. Traffic
was blocked for several hours
Hundreds of cattle near Parson:
have been quarantined because of the
existence of Texas fever there 1twa:
scattered by cattle that had beer
smuggled in from the territory.
All Kansas railroads will obey Judgs
/. Randolph's injunction as to live stocl
| rates, but the case will be appealed.
Miss Emma, daughter of ex-senator
81. B. Kelly, of Mcpherson, announce
her intention of going to Klondike
She is "a.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08
GENERAL NEWS.

AN English syndicate has taken
charge of Depew, the New York Cen
tral railroad town near Buffalo, n. Y,
under an agreement that they will
build not less than $50 houses during
the coming year. 1t is proposed to
make Depew the model town of the
United States.
A CLoUDBURsT converted the streets
of Needles, Ariz.. into a veritable river
on the Sd. nearly every house in the
town being more or less damaged.
A MOVEMENT is on foot at San Fran
cisco to organize a national league for
the propagation of Christian socialism.
THERE were 1913 business failures
reported in the United States by Brad
streets for the week ended the Sd,
against 1856 in the same week last
year.
The amount of money in circulation
in the United States on September 1
was 81, ,665, $50, ,O9S, which is $12G, SO. 464
more than on the same date last year.
The greatest gain was in gold. which
increased from S57. .S52, 594 to S521, S4S,-
SOS.
The Bank of Durand, ILL.,, failed to
open its doors the other day and
Charles Horton. cashier and general
manager of the institution, has disap-
peared, after having forged the names
of prominent farmers to ~ notes for
various amounts.
THE long -drawn-out senatorial con-
test at Winfield, Ia, in which Kopp, of
Henry county, and Palmer, of Wash
ington county, equally divided the
Al IL e.. a.. f.1,-
the Tenth district, ended in the nomi-
nation of Palmer by acclamation. The
end was reached after q, ,O2l ballots had
been taken.
AT Mexia, Tex, on the I'd Tom Clark,
charged with attempted assault on a
Toung girl, was indicted and sentenced
% 30 years in the pcnitentiary SO hours
after the crime was committed.
THE last Minnesota Legislature
passed law allowing taxpayers until
The middle of next year to pay their
taxes for the current year, and as a re-
suit there is such stringency at Duluth
hat one-third of the police force has
been dismissed, park and other i'm
Drovements are stopped, five fire en-
zine houses will be boarded up and
hose municipal employees who retain
heir places will be paid in orders fol
many pay days.
NEGROES have purchased Wick park
Houston, Tex, and they propose t
mold a national exposition there il
September, 1S9S, for the colored peopl,
If the United States.
THE Farmers National congress a
st. Paul, Mimi, selected Fort Worth
Tex, as the place for the next meeting
A DISPATCH from Montreux, Switzer
iand, announced that an asylum fo
the insane, which was in course o
erection there had collapsed, buryint
number of workmen in the ruins
seven dead bodies had been recovered
ind seven men seriously wounded haG
oeen removed from the wrecked build
ng.
THE threatened miners strike in tn
Oes Moines, Ia, district eliminated ol
the ist, and all miners except abou
300 employed in the Christy, Flint Val
lev & Des Moines Coal s. Mining CO..
mines, went out. 1t was decided t
stand by the demand for 81 q ton
About 800 men are out
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08
Prosperity.

The wheat crop of Kansas in round
numbers this year is 80. 00O, 900 bushels.
1t is estimated we can market 81. .OO0.- :
600. Should we average 60 cents a
bushel to the farmer, this will yield
S21, ,000, 900, which is $1,000, 900 less than
the annual interest Kansas owes on
her mortgaged Indebtedness. This
million and ten more millions which is
due on note and book accounts will be
more than made up out of the corn
crop. From Wall street, bankers,
money loaner's. note-scalper's and
curb-stone brokers' point of view. this
is prosperity. Pittsburg Kansan.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08
SHORTAGE STILL GROWING.

Oefaulting Cashier OF the Durand Oll1
Bank Got Away with Everything In
Sight.
DURAND, Ill, Sept. 5.-Another batch
of forged notes amounting to S12, 900
came to light in the bank of Durand
case yesterday. The safe of the insti-
tuition failed to respond to the time
lock, SO that it is still unknown
whether or not Norton, the cashier,
disposed of the deposits, amounting to
$50, 900, before disappearing.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08

KANSAS STATE NEWS.
OF Interest to School Patrons.

At Manhattan the new textbook
contractor refused to accept in ex-
change from the officers of school
district some books that were only
slightly damaged, declaring that only
whole books would be taken. The
school district brought suit to compel
the acceptance of the books. The
case will be watched with great in
terest as it involves thousands of dol
lars in the exchange of books.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08
Endeavorers Elect omcers.

Third district Christian Endeavorers,
in session at Lawrence, elected these
officers: President, George L. Robin
son.. Paola; secretary, DR.. Mitchell. OF
tawa; junior superintendent, Mrs. Effie
Parker, Olathe. At the Seventh dis
trict convention held at Council Grove,
Miss Ella c. Scott, Burlington, was
chosen president, and Edna S. Sisler.
EmpOria, secretary.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08
Kansas Miners Agreement.

FORT SCOTT, Kan, Sept. 5.-J. II.
Durkee, of the Durkee Coal Co., with
mines near Weir City, has entered in
to an agreement with all the miners
employed by the company whereby
they are to be conteuted with their
wages for two years from date Each
miner signed the agreement and in
case they go out in two years they for
felt their last months pay
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08
Live Stock Men Organize.

A state organization of live stock
men was formed at Emporia with j..
w. Robinson. Eldorado, president; w.
w. Miller, Usage City, vice president;
George Plumb, Emporia, secretary,
and W. P. Martin, Chase county, treas
urer. A resolution thanking Attor-
ney-General Boyle for his work in the
railroad injunction suit was passed.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08
Twelve Miner. Meet Death.

GLENwooD SPRINGS. Col. Sept. s.
at six o'clock last evening an explo-
sion of coal dust occurred in the old
Sunshine mine, owned by the Colorado
Fuel & Iron Co., - miles from here,
killing IL Italians and one American,
Francis McLoud The IL bodies were
soon recovered, all badly mangled.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08
Youthful Eloner. Come to Grief.

Two 15-year-old girls and three
young boys, of Kansas City. Kan. re-
Gently ran away from their homes and
started to bum their way to Mexico.
After walking two days and night
they were overtaken. footsore and
weary, at Shawnee, Kan, and taken
back.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08

From Topeka there have been sent
out over the state 10000 new text
books for use in the district schools.
They would weigh $50, 900 pounds and
fill 80 freight cars, and cost the pur-
chaSerS &45O. 900.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08

While temporarily insane, Mrs Mi
.hael Fox, of Boonville, Mo-, took. a
fatal dose of laudanum- A widower
and three children survive.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08
Where the Eight-Hour Law Applies

Attorney-General Boyle has decided
that the eight-hour law does not apply
to any state officers; in other words,
to any person whose duties and COM
pensation are fixed by the legislature.
Only laborers and mechanics can claim
the privileges of the law.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08
A Terror to Jointkeepers.

Sheriff Longfellow, of Wyandotte
county, is carrying terror to the joint
keepers of Kansas City and Argentine.
Seventy joints have been raided, over
S., 900 worth of liquors poured into the
cutters and costly saloon furniture and
fixtures piled up in the Jail yard.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08
Clarkson Seeks to Enioin McNalI.

Harrison Clarkson, the Topeka man
who made rates for all insurance COM
panies doing business in Kansas until
Insurance Commissioner McNan got
after him, has brought suit to enjoin
McNall from interfering with his busi-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08
Enormous sum for Pensions.

During George w. Clicks four-year
term as pension agent at Topeka he
paid out to old soldiers the enormous
sun of $50, ,772, 363. During Clicks pre-
vious term, from 1855 to 1889, he paid
ont only S24 5Sl 5S1.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08
The InvItation Recalled.

Congressman Jerry Simpson was in
vited to address the Harper county
populist convention, but Senator Titus
and Judge Mckay made such fight
against it that the central committee
withdrew the invitation.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08
Frank Brown to succeed Bristow.

1t is said Frank l.. Brown, of Gar
nett, will succeed j. l.. Bristow as Sec
retary of the republican state commit
tee. Bristow did not resign when he
went to Washington last winter, but
he is expected to do so, soon.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08

The attorney-general has declared
invalid the action of dissatisfied pat
rons of the Hope school district who
held a new election and organized
graded school. State Superintendent
Stryker had said the action was proper.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08

AS result of serious objection to
the rules of the textbook commission
in regard to exchanging new books for
old ones, county repositories in central
Kansas are accepting all books in ex-
change. regardless of condition.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08
THE WORLD AT LARGE.

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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-12-24

ue CulCdSO CuSu DIy OOOuS
Store opens ten days special
winter sale on cloaks, Jackets,
ladies' hats and all winter goods
, at cost, Monday next. Remem-
Der, this is all actual cost price
sale and continues fol ten days
only. Call early before stock is
broken.
J. K. Best, Of Biwabik, was in
the city Monday.
All kinds of Toys for Christ
mas at the Iron Range Cigar Fac
tory.
The school ma'ams left Satur--
day and Monday for their re-
i spective homes for the Holiday
vacation.
Buy your Holiday poultry of
5he Mesaba Meat company. The
finest line ever shown on the Me-
saba range.
Paddy Mcdonnell, the Duluth
contractor, is in the city this
week.
Trade at the Bee Hive store
and save money.
Assistant County Attorney J.
D. Taylor attended to legal mat
ters on the Vermilion the first OF
the week. : .sxs:. ! H.. H.. =: !.
| Fancy Chris tmas Beet, Fresh
ELobsters and New York Counts
for the Holidays at the Mesaba
Meat company.
A. Haw|zinson, G. E. Bailey,
J. Costip, Jr. and G. c.. Hell
mu h have been formally uotified
to file an appearance before the
District Court on January 10th,
t. respond to their names at the
petit jury roll call.
When making your Holiday
purchases do not forget that
Talboys & Campbell are showing
an elegant assortment of suita-
bic goods. Every thing from a
penny toy to the finest toilet cas-
es and fancy crockery.
F. W. Amsler and son went
to Duluth Wednesday, where
Mr.. Amsler will have a noted
specialist operate upon a diseas-
ed eye Of the boys.
Christmas Cards and Books al
A. Jefford's News Depot.
D. E. Cuppernull left yester-
day for Utica. where he spends
the Holidays at Mrs. Cupper-
nulls home.
You need not go to Klondike
to get gold or silver. Make il
by purchasing your goods at the
Iron Range Cigar Factory.
E. G.. Hilliard, representing
the Marshall Wells Hardware
Co., Duluth, attended to busl
ness matters in the city Wednes
day.
Mems, ladies and children's un
derwear, very cheap. Bee Hive
Capt. W. H. Wicks left yester
day for Iron Mountain, Mich% tt
spend a short Holiday vacation
at his old home. During his ab
sence his position with the Vir-
ginia Light & Water company
will be illed by r. w. Amsler
formerly superintendent of tn
plant.
Abe Levine, Of Tower, attend!
to business matters in the city
this week.
J. Burt Pratt left Saturday TO
St. Paul, where he spends tn
Holidays at the home of an un'
Gle, His sister. Miss Harrie
Pratt. who attends school a
Hamline, will also spend he:
Holiday vacation al the sam
place.
Holiday poultry, meats, gam,
and oysters at Me saba Meat Go
Editor and Mrs. A. E. Bick
ford and Mrs. E. E. Bickford, O
Hibbing, will eat Christmas din
, ner as guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. P. Schipley in this city