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FIRE INSURANCE AND ARSON.
Tho Number OF Iucendiary Fires Regulates the
Premiums.

Tho Number OF Incendiary Fires Regulates the
Premiums.
The loss OF property in tho United States by
fire has declined steadily since 1893. In that
year the total loss was $167, 200, O00. The year
following 1t was $l42, 200. 900. In 1895 1t WAS
$40. 600, 900, and in 1896, Sl20,00O,0 900. At
the same time the value of material property
subject to destruction by fro steadily increased.
The total fire losses paid by insurance have been
decreasing for tho last four years in the same
ratio. In 1893 they were $lO5. OOO, 900; in 1894,
se5, 200, O0O; in 1895, $4,000, 900. and in 1896,
$40. OO0. 900.
Massachusetts,, while it contains no company
ranking higher than fifteenth in the amount Of
assets held by American and foreign companies
doing business in the United States, has. in con.
sequence OF its excellent insurance laws and
their strict enforcement. an average premium
rate OF 81 .O5 per 500 fire insurance. Iowa pays
$l.72 per 500. the difference being because OF
the greater risk in the Western State through
the organization In Iowa of the Property Own
ers' Fire Association, whose purpose Is TO, secure
preston OF incendiarism. In Massachusetts tho
office OF State Fire Marshal was established many
years aEo. The year previous there were only
the number Of incendiary. fires was Ito. In
1896 there were only 635 Of such fires. while the
percentage of. convictions to arrests was go:
Though the rule is not universal. II may be said
generally that the fires OF incendiary origin are
more damaging than those which arise from ac-
cident or neglect. The reason OF this Is to bc
found in the fact that incendiary fires arc started
usually at night or in the early morning, when
they have n chance TO spread. =
1t is popularity supposed that the proportion OF
incendiary fires to the total number Is larger in
the big cities than, in the country districts. but
the opposite OF this is true. Moreover. a fire
once started. whether Of incendiary origin or
not; in a house, barn. storehomsc. or isolated
building in the country, usually entails upon
the insurance companies total loss. while a total
loss in a city fire Is extremely rare. In States or
counties in which there are laws against
incendiaris,n. and such, laws are .vigor-
ously enforced, the fire risks of the
companies are very much reduced and
the premiums charged are more moderate
than elsewhere. In New York CITY, for instance.
there has been n steady reduction in Insurance.
rates and rebates. and there are indications OF u
like reduction in Brooklyn. There are $50 fire
insurance companies in the Unite States, and
the total amount OF risks written in n year
averages. $40, 900. 900, 900. The disbursements
OF American fire insurance companies and Of
foreign companies having American branches
amount to $3.50, 100000 in a year. OF which sum
$4,000, 600 is for losses. Sl5, 900, 900 dividends
to stockholders, and the balance expenses.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-11
4TUE SHIP AND IT'S R E
Tories OF THE QUEER TENEMENT
SOON TO BE TORN DOWN.

acadia and Customs OF nm ola Structure in
hamilton street, where Babios Are Made
r,.t with Ropea-The Progression OF Races
The Captain or the ship-Its Paimy Days.
All oyer New York can he found incxplicable
.,rcc,s. little t~horoughfares that start where
one would least expect, proceed q short distance,
ND then die an early and unlamentcd death Mt
IN, first meeting OF ways. Doubtless each had
ia own reason for existence, extending back
rcrhnps so far az when neiRhbors of New Am
s,crdam sought n short cut between rear doors
and with the tread of feet marked out the limo
,~hich years later was to be thanked with the
,.cming dwellings Of n city's workers. In time
tho origin Of the footway was forgotten, and
nnder a given name the quondam by-path took
its place in tho tanglo of thoroughfares which
vates the old parts of New York 80 intricate to
the untried explorer.
One OF these streets is Hamilton street. 1t
crosses from Catharine to Market street, what
should be the solid block between Cherry and
Monroe. Its but one block long and has u queer
little crick in its neck, where its original tracer,
whether human or bovine, for It may well have
been a COW path, turned aside for q hillock or q
stump. Ono might wander long about the east
aide never CHANGING upon Hamilton street; but
one could not wander upon Hamilton street
without cncountering and noticing its chief
characteristic, soon to DO destroyed-the Ship.
II rears its quaint mass near tho Market street
end OF the little street, some three full blocks
back from the place where land and water meet
ut the river front.
The Ship is not q craft; it is a building, or q
collection of buildings, which has stood there
longer than the oldest inhabitant OF tho region
can remember. There is no very old inhabitant,
by the way, for the population changes swiftly
IN that part of town, and the influx of new ma
tionalitics has driven out the Irish and English,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-11

ChicaEo's apparent Lead Is Explained Rather
Tnrdily.

The total registration in Chicago before the
election of last year was 377,3lS Tho'total reg
~istration of this city ut the same election was
33O,91G 1t has long been customary for those
familiar with the statistics of American cities
to reach an accurate total by multiplying the
registered vote by six in order to arrive at a cor
rect total of the population at any given time.
Multiplying the figures Of the Chicago registry
bysix would give as the population of that city
2,262, 00O. against $780, 900 as the population
OF New York. On the basis OF such figures it
would appear that the population OF Chicago
was larger than New York's population, II pre-
posterous proposition.
Actually the population OF this city is about
1000 OO0. and it was at last years election
somewhat less, perhaps-not far from 1850. 900,
the sum of the registry multiplied by six. Tho
population of Chicago is about l,70o.0 900, or q
New York, and some facts to which, public
knowledge in the Windy City is being directed
parity in. November last, There Is to be an
election for municipal officers IN Chicago
this month, and in advance Of it there I;
that 10000 names which appeared on the
rolls last fall in Chicago viii have to be
spending with these names could bcfound AT the
designated addresses; In other words, II has
been discovered that the men OF Chicago stroYc
hard iyc months ago, TO pad out a registration
list so large that i might ovCrtop the accurate
registration isl Ofthis cry. though the deduc-
ton OF 10000 names from the registry
lists in Chicago would apprcciably reduce
tho registry figures there. it would still
leave them somewhat in excess OF the regis
tratiOn Of this city in November last. But
nt the November election there were registered
5,725 women qualified to vote for university
trustees, but for no Other officials. With these
deductions the total registry Of Chicago and that
Of New York were substantially the same in
November, though the adult population in Chi
condition common 10 new cities. and the number
OF womon in Chicago Is relatively smaller Than
In New York. BY the last census there were
81. 900 fewer females than males in Chicago.
and the registry figures, therefore. are subject To
this deduction, which will show the Chicago
population to be about 100000.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-11
THAT COSTLY RATS NEST.
It Has Cost About 81. Counting Material
and Interest on Its Value.

From the Washington Post.
The famous rats nest, which was built out OF
five 800 United States Treasury notes in tho
end of an old box car on the Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad in 1868. again becomes u matter
u carpenter at Louisville, found these notcs
while tearing out the end of the aforesaid old
box car. While the notes were pretty badly
mutilated, there seems TO have been no difficulty
in determining their character, their dcnomina.
ton and date, and the issue and series to which
each .ulonRcd.
Upon the advice OF n friend Vccley took the
notes to tho Louisville Custom House. aud at
Department for redemption, but the department.
refused 10 redeem them. and, with the approval
or the secretary, they were returned TO him by
express in February, 1869. lie then sold them
TO one Julius Wclllnnn, a broker, for $500.
In March, 1863, WcllInan had them sent again
to the Treasury Department, and the matter
was referred to the First Comptroller, who de.
clded on the 3lSl day of July, 1850, that they
should neither be redeemed nor returned 10
Wcllman. Nccley then returned the money TO
ment from the Treasury department. Repeated
refusals were made until 1890, when n bill was
introduced in the Fifly.tlfth Congress- authoriZ-
Ing the redemption Of these notes. In each sue.
CeedinR Congress the bill has come up, but has
never vet been passed.
senator PasrO, from the COmmitte e on Claims,
has Just made ~ favorable report. declaring that
his committee Was impressed with the Justice of
the claim; that although more than twenty.
seven years have elapsed since the find and tho
at the lime, no claimant has appeared Tor the
notes, Each note Is plainly describsd and, in
the opinion of tho committee. the United Stats0
ought to redeem It's just obligations
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-11

the hanged infant struggled In the rope until
there was heard . heavy tread along the plat
form, and the sufferer was hauled in like q tfeh.
cried a feminine voice; "bad luck & We, v little
diyil. IT'S yersilf was born to DO hanged wan
Sx' these hes days az the rope don't break an save
Renewed yeiis haying died down. the reporter
S Sonnei W a 70 sn 10 tb II s E woman 4 n ssaS ,r Mrs; M e
wraps Of amazingly b~edraggled hair appeared
WHAT Is it yo wnntf" demanded the owner
els there a woman named Mcconnell living
"A wummuni There do DO none of them in
What arc you, then ~ asked tho reporter in
=" Me, / iti Begobs, I'll show you what I am.
I'm a lady, I am; ,wummuni Ay me Pat was
of such wrath that the unwilling offender Of
.h Being at length aPppsssedt,, the LADY said that
that the visitor would do we'll to try the main.
AN on the first floor yerl find old Terence
that's lived here these many years. He'll tell We
or the lady yer looking fer. lives here. What
movin,, in, I don't know me own neighbors amy
In the basement of the mainmast was an
pecred the bearded face Of q Polish Hebrew, and
looking up through the hatchway one saw faces
and one with a suspicion OF negro blood. Old
Terence was smoking his pipe at the foot OF the
hatchway, where tho reporter found him..
"McConnelli y said ne, "McConnnelli Not
this five year has there been a Mcconnell into
the Ship. 'Twss AL Irish Macs not so long back
McCroly, an a lot more which my memory has
lost. But they're oil gone. Not one OF them
that came In with old Terence is here now. It's
many a year back"
You must know q great deal about tho
place" suggested the reporter.
AMI do that; I do that. Foremost, main
mast, miZzcnmast, an jiggermast; I've lived In
nll of EN-. I've seen the fllin's of q hospital in
wan night of flghtin' here at q wake, an I've
helped marshal tho entire Ships crew to march
to tho polls with the straight ticket many n
year. It's all changed now. Half of the inhab-
itants doesn't vote at all, an them that does
votes as they damn pleases. All, It's not what it
used to be-"
"Howl long ago was It the first dago came I
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-11

A familiar LANDMARK disappeared when tho
old station at lakewood. on the Perth Amboy
road, Staten Island, burned down about ten days
ago. The building was u little dilapidated one
room wooden shanty. When II was first used as n
railroad station only two trains ran by 1t daily.
one each way. 1t was built about 1860, and was
abandoned about ten years ago. Since then II
has been used by traInps AS a shelter. The
station was on the old Vanderbilt estate. Close
by stands the house built and once occupied by
turned into a hotel, and many alterations have
been made, hut the room, with its old fashioned
open fireplace. where the Commodore used to
SIT with his friends is still In existence. Oak
wood ID called also Court House, because II
was the nearest station 10 the County Court
the first train each court day. lawyers coming
by later trains always got of at Court House
and walked through the oak wood to the real
Court House, two miles away.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22
Shooting Near Seward

Word comes up from Seward OF a
shooting that occurred down there last
Sunday which may result in the death
of the young man named Barngrover.
AS we get the story, Barngrover had
been waiting on a Miss Borderwick, a
young lady of that place not yet Is
years old, against the wishes of her
father. Sunday the two young people
were together out walking when upon
the girls father seeing them, he over
took them and forcibly tore his daugh-
ter away from Barngrover, Shaping
her face and otherwise using her very
roughly. To this Barngrover objected,
and in the scuff1e which followed, struck
Borderwick with piece of board. AT
this the angry father drew revolver
from his pocket, and as Barngrover
tarted to run. fired at him, hitting him
in back. uThe ball lodgedin the should
er blade, from where the physicians
afterwards extracted it. The young
people belong to two prominent fami-
lies of Stafford county,o and it is IN.
fortunate that their love making has
resulted in a shooting affair.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

WILLIAM PITT, in speech before
the British House of Peers, once SAID;
SHY lords and gentlemen: 10 levy q
direct tax of Z per cent, is danger
Gus experiment in free country ana
may incite revolt; but there Is a
method by which you can tax the
last rag from the back and the last
bite from the mouth without causing
a murmer against high taxes, and
that is to tax great many articles ID
daily use and necessity 80 Indirectly
that the people will pay them and not
know it; their grumbling will then De
of hard times but they will not know
that the hard times are caused by tax
alton" And this is the theory upon
which the republican party has been,
and proposes to continue, levying a
tax upon the people of these United
States. 1t has already melted revolt,
however, and that revolt Is fast
spreading throughout the land.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

NINE months ago thousands OF
workingmen were gathered up by the
railroads and transported free OF
charge to Neutrality-suspicious. in Can
ton to receive his pledges of imme-
date relief if he should be elected.
Four months after his Inauguration
and eight months after his election,
between 200, 900 and 100000 of these
workingmen stand idle about the
factories and the mines which have
been closed down, or from which they
have been driven by reduced wages,
louisville Dispatch.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22
Resolutions of Coincidence.
Great Bend. Kansas, July IA,

Great Bend. Kansas, July II, 1897.
WHEREAs-In the dispensation of
divine providence we are called upon
to mourn the loss by death of Mrs.
ellis. wife of our beloved Brother. C..
B. ellis, we as body express our
heartfelt sympathies for our bereaved
brother in this great affection, and
with him humbiy submit to the divine
wisdom of the Master.
REsoLvED-That copy of these
resolutions be furnished to our beloved
brother and spread on the Lodge
journal. also that they be published in
the city papers.
A. B. MILLER.
Com. w. P. COLES.
w. A. Rush.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22
Killed Near Ellinwood

About noon Wednesday word was
telegraphed up from Ellinwood that a
man was found murdered at or near
Ellinwood that morning. Also that
the coroner, sheriff and county attor-
ney come down Immediately. AT the
time of going to press no further par
ticulars are to be obtained.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

HERE is an opportunity for the gold
bugs: Let them all pike out for the
new gold fields of Alaska and leave the
balance of the United States to the
silver people. Both elements might
then re satisfied; but it would be
tough on the native Alaskans.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

a little girl was invited to take tea
with some old ladies and set off laden
with much good advice as to behavior.
When she returned home tired, but
happy. her mother inquired whether
she had been polite. ''Oh yes mamma;
we had jam for teal You know you
told me was not to take anything
the second time ESQ they asked me to
have some more. l said, No, thank
you.' Then they asked nae again, and
Isaid No more, thank you Then
they asked me another tihae, and said
L don't care for any more But when
they asked me again, l dlden't know
what to say, Then I remembered
what papa says, and l just said.
Damn 1t: no.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22
EDITORIAL BRIEFS.

LABOR organizations throughoutthe
land are passing resolutions denounc-
ing the appointment of Benedict
Arnold Powderly as the "greatest IL
suit ever offered to labor by national
administration"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

Master Eddie Hoffman, of Hutchin'
son, is visiting his cousin, Master Ed
die Gallup of Great Bend.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

Cash buying counts for more than
it ever did before. Aliens Drug Store
will abolish the credit system on
Angus. ]. and customers of the store
will be saved money by. the change.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

Eugene Telleaux, publisher of the
Western Homestead, in Wichita coun
ty was Great Bend visitor Saturday
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

An old saw: LAS d rule mans a
fool. When it's hot he wants it cool;
when it's cool he wants it hot-alWays
wants what he has not never pleased
with what he's got. l maintain that,
as a rule mans fool
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

The La Crosse Clarion tells of the
wedding of James Boes and Matte
Reed. aged % and lsyears, which oc-
cured on the street, in front of fur
niture store in La Crosse. on July 18th.
Both young people claimed to be from
Wichita, but had been working in the
harvest field near Albert, in Barton
county,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

Look up, Lift up" is the motto O.
the Epworth League-and the MAI
who pitches wheat from a header box
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

In neighboring town the local
newspaper gave notice that in case
a buggy whip was not returned TO
a certain place before its next issue it
would publish the name of the party
who took it. The place designated
was the back yard of a certain place
The next morning after tie notice
came out, the night having been
very dark, seventeen whips were
picked up in the said back yard.
Yet there are people who do not be-
lieye in advertising.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

The annual school meetings in the
various districts will be held this year
on July 10Th, at 2 p. m.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

Sunday afternoon Messrs John Wag.
ner, Austin Terrence, Charlie Christ
oph and Will Weisenburg, four of
Ellinwood's young wheelmen, came
up to the Bend and from there rode
out to the big irrigation ditch.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

Up to Wednesday morning the total
enrolment in the county normal was
104. The institute is proving very
interesting one.-so the teachers say,
and successful one 80 the professors
say, and likewise lovely one-so the
few young men among a whole lot Of
handsome young ladies say.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

Jim Rocks feft for Salina Wednes
day. to attend state meeting of the
colored Odd Fellows of Kansas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

School district No. 46, in Liberty
township, last week voted 5000 bonds
with which to build a new school house
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

When you call for mail at the post,
office mention your name-nOt the
number of your box. The postmaster
cannot hand out the boxes. they are
fixtures which he needs in his business.
inside by the names of the renters,
and not by their numbers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

Under ordinary circumstances we
have no objections to piano music, but
when we awaken in the middle of the
night and hear the neighbors humping
on the piano we do not consider these
ordinary circumstances.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

The old, old, story entitled EDELIN,
quent Tax List" will be running IN
the papers now for few weeks.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

A normal social will be held in the
park in Great Bend Thursday evening,
July %, 1897. Ice cream will be served.
A literary program consisting of songs,
addresses and Rotations will be given.
Ice cream 10c.
(InlT
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

Willie Hengist, of ST. Louis. is visit
ing with Charlie Beye's.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

The walk on the west side of Main,
leading to Santa Fe depot, has been
undergoing much needed repairs.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

Helen Brinkman. daughter of G. L..
Brinkman, of Kansas City, is out on a
me nth's visit to relatives.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

Mrs. Michael Sullivan, who has beer
visiting with Jim WEIGH, returned t.
her home in Wisconsin this week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

Miss Floy Gilmore returned last
week from her visit to Colorado, and is
again lat home" in the New YORK
store
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

Miss Bertha Cook, who has been at
tending college here, went to her home
in Lorimor, Iowa, Wednesday of this
week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

w. II. Zutavern is up near Albert
this week looking after the threshlng
OF some of Ny. Gillmore's wheat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

On Saturday. July 18th. Mrs. Julia
Ann Erwin, wife of @. w. Erwin, aged
Fl years, died of consumption. De-
ceased was one of the we'll known
young colored people of this city, and
leaves many friends to mourn her
death. Funeral services were held at
g. n m Sunday
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

The fellow who constantly forgets
past favors is generally hog enough
to SolIcite new ones.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

VIM. Roberts and Anna Andree,
both OF near Albert, were married at
LaCross on July 10th, by the probate
iud0as
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

Col. w. P. Feeder and Leon Roberts
of the Great Bend Sons of Veterans
camp, attended the Mother Bickerdyke
celebration at Hays CITY the first of
Tho ruooE
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

D. V. Hern of Belvidere, Neb., visit
ed with Crume L, sen's folks the first
of the week. Ie was going through
on his wheel
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-22

a census taken now would give
Great Bend upwards of 5000 inhabi
tants.