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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-22
thursdays Bank cIenrinm~.

Thursday's Bank CIenrings.
At Chicago-C1earings. s17. 42g. ISL New York
exchange, Ice rtemtpm. Foreign exchange: Posted
rates, S4.S3 and S4.S5N.
At. Memphis-clearings. $4Os. 49, balances.
AT New Orleans-olearings, sl2s597s
AT St. Louis-clearings. s., ISL OIL; balances
S406 pa
al New York-clearinss sls7.s4s slO. balances.
S.. $50. $50.
At Boston-clearinGs. slsI5i.4Ss: balances.
Si.103.372.
At Baltlmore-clearngs s2slss $50: balances,
$50 $780,
al Cincinnati-Clearings s.. sss 400.
LOCAL GRAM AND PRODUCE
Trade Much Better and Prices
Stronger I'm Several Lines.
The volume OF business this week without ques-
sion is a decided improvement over that of the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-22

I Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, GOO; shipments
| light. There were but few sale. The market
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
GENERAL NEWS.

AT the free-for-al1 pacing race at
the Columbus, o., driving park on the
9th there were four starters-Joe
Patchen. Star Pointer, Lottie Lorrain
and Badge. Joe Patehen not only won
the race on its merits, but paced the
fastest mile ever made in the Grand
circuit, equaling the worlds record of
2:0115. made by John r. Gentry al Glens
Falls.
A DISPATCH from Chicago stated that
an agreement had been reached be-
tween the important distilling and dis
tributing interests of spirits in the
United States for the control of output
and prices.
THE miners of the Ohio & Mississippi
Valley Coal 81 Mining Co., at Marion,
ILL.,, struck for a raise of ten cents per
ton for digging, secured it and re-
turned to work within two hours.
AT Philadelphia over $4,000 wheel
men had registered at the national
headquarters of the League of Amer
lean Wheelmen on the 5th. Owing to
rain the all-day run to Valley Forge
was abandoned.
= FoUR persons were burned to death
at Cincinnati the other morning in a
frame dwelling by fire which started
4hOIh Vic ca PASoiOAA "a q EdSOAAhC SLONCs
JOHN KENNEDY, an old man who had
lived the life of hermit every since
the death of his wife and two children,
was found by his neighbors in New
York half naked, bound to "a chair,
with his feet roasted so that he will be
a cripple for the rest of his days. He
said robbers did it and got all his
wealth.
CLARA HALL, 19S years old, and Lena
Herrick, Is, were drowned at Grand
Rapids, Mich, while bathing.
THE half mile match bicycle race be-
tween James j. Corbett, the prize
fighter, and Henry Maddox, at Asbury
Park, n. J., came off on the Sd Mad
dox gave Corbett about $50 yards in a
half mile dash. Corbett won amid
loud applause. Time, 1928.
THE mounted police of the northwest
territory are meeting all people bound
for the Yukon gold country at the
British line, beyond White and juneau
passes, and compelling all who have
not years supply of provisions to re-
turn to the coast.
THERE were prospects of trouble in
Chinatown, San Francisco, the high
binders having posted list of the
names of Chinese who had been con-
demned to death by the hatchetmen.
The list included many Chinese of high
standing in business circles at that
place.
THE Liquor Dealers association re
Gently petitioned the city council OF
Danville, Ill. to lower the saloon
license from $500 to 5000. threatening to
close all the saloons if the license was
not lowered. The council refused and
on the I'd all of the 40 saloons in the
city were found to be closed. it being
the day for the re 1ewal of licenses.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
THE TRADE OUTLOOK.

Bradstreet's Says 1t Shows Most Pro-
nounced Gains at Several Distributing
Points.
NEW YORK, Aug. 7-Bradstreet's
commercial agency says:
General trade shows most pronounced gains
this week at Chicago, St Louis and Galveston.
The feeling of confidence that general business
IS to improve IN the early autumn is marked
al these cities, and purchases of dry goods,
clothing, shoes and other staples have in
creased heavily, and are followed by a dispo-
sltlon to move prices up Purchases were re-
str1cted at Kansas City. Omaha and some
other northwestern points early in the
week, owing to extreme heat and fears of
damage to the Indian corn crop, but rains
and cooler weather have stimulated the de-
mand again. The movement OF general mer-
chandlse throughout the country is unQues-
tonaoIy larger than last week Cotton goods
and wooden industries are better on and the
stagnation in iron and steel has given way to a
growing inquiry and increasing output But
more significant still is the extraordinary ex-
pansion in bank clearings this week and last
month
There are PA business failures reported
throughout the United States this week. COM
pared with 80 last week; 269 in week a year
ago; 2O9 in the corresponding week of 1925: 1871
in the like week of 1894, and i14 in the first
week OF August. 1888
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.


A COMPREHENSIVE digest of official
opinions and decisions relating to pen
sions and bounty lands has been issued
by the department at Washington.
COMMISSIONER FoRMAN, of the inter
nal revenue service, has issued a cir
cular calling attention of collectors OF
internal revenue to the provisions OF
the Dingley tariff act relative to to-
bacco, cigars and cigarettes.
TERRENCE V. PowDERLY, of Pennsy1-
vania, formerly master workman OF
the Knights of Labor, took the pre-
scribed oath on the Sd and received
his commission as commissioner-gen-
eral of immigration.
THE state department at Washington
has paid over to an Italian official &c.
900 as indemnity for the lynching of
three Italians at Hahnville, La, by an
American mob.
ALTHOUGH Washington is practically
deserted by officials, applications for
Office still continue to pour in and the
clerks are rushed to brief and file
away Endorsements for Office.
INCITED by the newspaper publica-
tions recently made, some of the high
government officials at Washington
have been looking up the title to the
Klonkylze gold fields and say that they
are unquestionably within British ter
ritory, lying east of the 141st meridian,
which defines the boundary line, by
about 35 miles at least.
THE United States government has
sent an ultimatum to the Peruvian
government requiring the immediate
payment of the McCord claim of $50, 600.
THE commissioner of the general
land Office is having a new map made
of the Alaskan country, which will be
of the greatest value to persons con-
templating trip to the, gold regions.
1t will show all the rivers and lakes
and all the routes to the gold fields,
including those through British Co
lumbia. The maps will be out in a
couple of months.
THE British government has in
formed the American bimetallic com
mission that it will probably reply to
the proposals of the commissioners on
behalf of the United States in October.
THE Russian mission has been ten
dered formally to Ethan Allen Hitch
cock, of st. Louis, by President Nc
Kip1au
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
Minor State News.

The receipts of the state peniten-
tiary for July were 50, Ill and expendi-
lures S13,915.
The Santa Fe railroad is introducing
the block signal system between Holli-
day and Newton.
Ed Leedham, a farmer near Caney,
committed suicide the other day be-
cause his wife scolded him.
Senator Royal Mathews. of McPher-
son, will stand for the republican nom1
ination for congress in the Seventh dis
trict.
The entire national guard of Kansas
will encamp at Topeka during festival
week and one day will give sham
battle.
Senator Baker is kept busy at his
home in Leavenworth these days lis
tening to the opportunities of office
seekers.
The Hutchinson & Southern railroad
will extend from Hutchinson to Pat
terson. Harvey county, to connect with
the Frisco.
a cyclone near Russell the other day
demolished a new house and killed
two carpenters that were working on
the building
1t is rumored that the Missouri Pa
cific will extend a branch line from
Conway Springs through Wellington
to Arkansas City.
A tramp has sued d. A. Laws, of EN-
poria, for s., 900 damages The tramp
stopped at Laws house to beg, and the
bulldog tore him up. e
Since Gov. Leedy was indicted into
office there have been five deaths among
those directly appointed to Office either
by himself or other state officers
A RECENT democratic convention at
Laken developed bad blood and one of
the defeated Candidates publicly horse
whipped Editor Purcell, of the Index
There is a remarkable family near
Morrill,. It consists of 125 children
and grandchildren. and not one dead
The parents are both alive and strong
The state owes Atchison county S..
500 for the care of insane patients for
three years. and the county will pay
no more state taxes until this claim is
allowed.
Chester 1. Long says he will again
be a candidate for congress from the
Seventh district, and denies that he is
after the republican nomination for
governor
Judge Hazen, OF the Shawnee county
district court, decided that the statute
does not grant the right of appeal
from an order of the probate court re-
moving an administrator
The Staffiebach family, mother,
brothers and sister, in Jail at Galena
for numbering Frank Galbreath, are
said to have other crimes to their rec
ord Their tactics resemble the Ben
ders.
A telegram from biankota said 25
leading young popuhsts of Kansas
would emigrate to Utah this fan and
settle in different portions of that
state. with view, to controlling the
politics of the state.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
Made Quick Work of 1t.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug. Near
Spring Hill, Barbour county, George
Turner, negro farm laborer, entered
the bedroom of Miss Mary Robinson,
daughter of his employer, and at
tempted to assault her. He was fright
ened away. Before daylight, however.
"a posse was organized and the negro
run down few miles away. He was
quickly brought back to the scene of
the crime, iden titled and promptly
hanged to a tree in a neighboring
swami
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
Lands Will BE Saved.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Aug. THE
farmers of Blue bottom. near the Mis-
souri, river, are very much elated over
the fact that the government has al
lowed them an appropriation of S2O,-
600 to be spent in riprapping along the
river at that point. Many acres of
these fertile lands have already been
taken away by the force of the stream,
and some of the land owners there
have lost entire tracts.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
IN THE GRAIN BELT.
Outlook for Autumn and Winter Business
Most ENCOURAGING.

Most ENCOURAGING.
New YORK, Aug. S.-With a view to
learning as clearly as possible the con-
ditions existing in the various sections
of the country and the outlook for
autumn and winter business, the Dry
Goods Economist has just completed
an exhaustive canvass of the United
States. The most encouraging state
ments come from the great wheat and
corn producing belt, including the
states of Illinois, Indiana. Iowa, Kan
sas, Missouri, Nebraska, North and
South Dakota and Ohio. In all these
states the merchants are evidently
very hopeful, for crops are unusually
large and prices are high and likely to
be higher
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
Homeless and Penniless.

New YORK. Aug. SIN a small, I'M
painted shanty in Brooklyn lies the
emaciated body of a girl who died OF
starvation. 1t is that of Mamie Nc
Ga tn, II years old, once a very pretty
girl. The face is pinched now. and
shows the lines of two years of suffer
ing and struggle for existence She
died after roaming the streets for four
days. homeless and pennilesS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
APoIygamist extraordinary.

CHICAGO, Aug. 7.-Another warrant
charging bigamy has been served on
David Ellsworth Bates, who is in a
cell at the police station. 1t was
sworn out by James L. Mccarthy.
who said he was the father of
Mrs. Bates No. 3. The police say
Bates married at least seven women.
all of whom are living, and only one OF
them divorced. This makes the lean
and sallow-faced little bookkeeper a
polygamiSt extraordinary.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
PATCHEN WON THE RACE.
He Defeated Star Pointer and Paced a Rec
ord Breaking Nile.

ord-Breaking Mile.
COLUMBUS, o., Aug. Yesterday
was replete with surprises at the Co
lumbus driving park. The create st
surprise was the free-for-a1l pace.
There were four Starters-Joe Patchen,
Star Pointer, Lottie Eorrain and
Badge. 1t was the judgment of nearly
every horseman that Pointer would
win in walk. and few were willin @
to buy the field even at the odds Of
fered- But Pointer did not win.
Patchen not only won the race on its
merits, but paced the fastest mile ever
made in the Grand circuit, equaling
the worlds record of 2:0115, made by
John r. Gentry at GienS Falls
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
VIII Operate twenty Mines.

NEW YORK, Aug. Robert Reading,
superintendent of Edwin GOuld's Con-
tinental Mining Co and graduate OF
the Columbia University School OF
Mines. left here yesterday for Klon-
dixie via Denver, to take charge of a
mining expedition organized to work
90 claims in the richest portion of the
gold fields. The corporation is com
posed chiefly of Pacific coast capital
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
Assaulted a Deaf Mute.

BARBoURvILLE, KY, Aug. Jack
Williams was caught in the mountains
near Brush creek and lynched Thurs
day night by a mob. He and his
brother Tom were accused of assault
ing a deaf mute girl named Whey
Rays. Tom Williams was forced to
marry his victim. He is now in Jail
here and there are threats of lynching
him The crime was a shocking one
and there is much indignation.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
Greece at Turkeys Mercy.

LONDON, Aug. IAN Athens CORE
Bpondent asserts that the frontier line
upon which the powers have agreed
gives the Turks possession of the
Height, and also of the defiles of Kala-
makas and Xeriai. thus rendering the
defense of Larissa and the Salambria
valley forever impossible to the Greeks.
The correspondent says that this line
places Greece completely at the mercy
of Turkey
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
nIemorial Ahont Cold and silver.

LONDON. Aug. S.-An Important me
mortal, which has been signed by more
than $50 of the leading labor organiza-
tions of the United Kingdom, repre-
senting every industry. has been for
warded to Prime Minister Salisbury,
urging the government to heartily Co
operate with other powers in the cur
rent effort to secure by international
agreement stable par of exchange be-
tween gold and silver.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
DanxilIe.s saloon strike over.

DANvILLE. Ill, Aug. The drought
in Danville has been broken. Yester-
day afternoon four iquor>dealers ap-
piled for and received licenses There
was then a scramble for the city clerks
desk, and this morning over 40 saloons
were opened and the saloon strike
over Thursday night the council
again refused to lower the license, and
the association Immediately began to
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
Speeches That Were Never Delivered.

WAsHINGToN, Aug. 7.-Althougb
congress adjourned July pa, the Record
is coming out every day, burdene6
with speeches which were never de
1ivered. but are inserted under the
general order, leave to print" Most
of these speeches relate to the tariff,
and, as a rule, are prepared by first
term members who seem to have felt
that it is necessary to get their views
before their constituents.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
BIe EoreIen orders for Carnegie.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug Sit is re-
ported here that the Carnegie Steel
Co has received foreign order for
200, 600 tons of steel rails, one-ha1f OF
this immense tonnage being for the
Great Northern railroad of England,
SO, 600 tons for the Chinese government
and SO, 600 tons for Russia
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
written Contract. Are Valid

In an opinion recently rendered the
Encouragement says that where writ
ten contracts exist between school
boards and book firms. whet Their in city,
district or county. such contracts are
binding until they expire.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
Insurance War Averted.

CHICAGO, Aug. T.-Twenty-eight nom
nnion insurance companies yesterday
signed an agreement to restrict their
agents to commissions of Is per cent
and by this action averted what might
have proved disastrous rate war
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
Insane woman.s HORRIBLE Death.

TExARKANA, Ark, Aug. Mrs.
Caroline Ochs, wife of a railroad con-
ductor, saturated her hair and
clothing with kerosene oil, ig-
uited them and ran into the
ward. where she burned to death
in a few minutes She was recently
discharged from an asylum as cured
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
Misfortune Drove Him Insane.

a. L. Snyder. for many years. a
wealthy business man of Topeka, died
in the asylum recently Six years ago
he got into trouble with the plumbers
union and spent his fortune fight
ing 1T.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
An Extr. session Probable.

Gov. Leedy has stated that matters
were so shaping themselves as to
warrant him in calling a special ses-
sion OF the legislature in September or
October to pass a maximum freight
law and to strengthen the anti berry
law
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
They Ruy Kansas Butter.

Thousands of pounds of Kansas
creamery butter are purchased every
week by Kansas City packers and eX-
ported to foreign countries. In the
last two months Armour alone bought
in Kansas 2.6. 80 pounds, paying 1917
cents per pound.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
Wichita Ponds Finally Bought.

State Treasurer Hefie bower, who
held out for some time against the
state buying SO. 600 of Wichita bonds
with permanent school fund money,
on the ground that Wichita was al
ready too heavily bonded, finally gave
in and the bonds were purchased.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
The Only CoIored Woman Law

Topeka has the distinction of being
the home OF the only colored female
lawyer in y ncrica. Her name is Edna
Lytle, and She graduated recently from
the law department OF Il colored uni
versity at Nashville. Tenn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
Would Abolish Western school Dist

would Abolish Western School Districts.
In circular recently issued State
superintendent Stryker advocates the
wholesale adjustment of schools in
sparsely settled districts in western
Kansas and recommends a collection
and delivery Of pupils He says in
many districts there are but three to
five pupils.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
Depositories In Every County.

The various publishers who have
contracts toprovide textbook for Kan
sas schools have appointed G. W. Crane
and j. Z. Alberts, of Topeka. to establish
repositories in every county, where
local dealers can be supplied The
law allows local dealers ten per cent.
profit on books sold.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
santa Fe Making sIanx Imprevements.

Santa Fe Making Many Improvements
The Santa Fe railroad will spend
sl52, 200 in the erection of buildings
along its lines in Kansas this fall.
This. does not include smaller depots,
and other like improvements The
new buildings are: Winfield elevator.
S4S.o 900; Topeka shops, $4,000; Dodge
City depot. SS2, 1000; Argentine round
house, So, 600; Hutchinson depot. SILL
600. Newton shops, $4,000, Winfield
depot, So 600.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-08-12
supreme Court AUST Decide.

In the opinion OF State Superintend-
emit Stryker. a textbook contract is
only binding upon the school board
that makes it. He says no board can
bind its successor. The question viii
be taken to the supreme court.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03
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25 HOUSES WANTED

to supply applications now in hand to
rent; we'll located. Call and list your
property ut once.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03
FOREST MONSTERS.
some OF tho Giant Trees That Arc Found
In California.


Some OF tho Giant Trees That Arc Found
In California.
In the national parks and forest pre-
serves of California the big trees are by
1ar the most interesting and greatest
natural features. There are two yari-
etles-namely, Sequoia sempervirens,
ordinarily known as the redwood,
the tree which has furnished most of
the redwood lumber of commerce, and
the Sequoia gigantea, from which a
comparatively small amount Of similar
lumber has also been made. The for
mer is the smaller variety and grows
on tho foothills along the coast. The
latter attains considerably larger
growth, is, more strictly speaking, the
big tree" of California, and is seldom
found at lower altitude than 5000
feet
Scattered along the extent of the Ser
IN Nevadas from north to south are
many distinct and separate groups or
groves of Sequoia gigantea. These are
generally known by names significant
OF locality, as, for instance, "Calayer-
as" "Tuolumne, "Mariposa" and
Fresno" names of the counties in
which the groves SO called are situated.
The Tuolumne grove is in the Yosemite
park, and the Mariposa near by. This
latter is the ono most frequently visited
by tourists and contains the "Wawona"
"a tree with a hole burned i'll its base,
through which the stage road runs and
four horse stages arc driven without
difficulty-and the "Grizzly Giant, ;"
ono of the largest trees i'll the world
Tho stately grandeur of these enor-
nous and lofty trees is so impressive
that 1T seems quite fit and natural that
some of the larger ones should have been
lndividualized and honored with distfn-
gulshed titles. Nearly every state in
the Union and every distinguished gem
eral of tho civil war has namesako
among them. The General Grant" i'll
the General Grant park, and the Gen
eral Sheridan" of the Giant forest"
(situated i'll tho Sequoia park) are indi-
viduals of the largest size. 1t is difficult
to determine just which of the big trees
is tho largest, but these two and the
Grizzly Giant"-the gnarly base of
any ono of which will exceed 30 feet in
diameter-are probably the biggest trees
yet discovered
Tho trees often grow in such inacces-
sible mountain retreats that some of the
territory covered by them has never yet
been thoroughly and systematically ex-
plored. Outside the lands reserved by
tho government California lumber
company OWLS several thousand acres
of these trces-enough to last 40 years,
cutting many millions of feet per year
-Harper's Weekly.