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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-24

about tic1e for me TO jump for the road.
The horses We're tearing along the road
as fast a. they could run but / olamas--
81 for ths side OF the load and slid for the
ground.
The tail Of my stout hunting coat
caught on the top Of a sharp-pointvd
standard. ana there I hung 10 the carean-
Ing wagon that every minute threatened
10 upset and dump a load ot burning nay
on ne at every turn of The highway.
The fire was cracking and burning
hcfcely. and already / could feel the
flames. sun the horses ran, ana St1u ny
coat held me fast 10 that Seethlus mass
OF dTc. Ny trousers began getting IN
comforts bly, hot and tE.E observe "a with
horror that my coat Was on IRE. The
next moment the loose cartridges IN my
pockets began exploding from the heat.
and then / smeiied nay birds broiAns.
Nell, you were not Cremdted. sasd one
Of the listeners. wv hat happened next
Il had just made up my mind mat ( was
going 10 be roasted alive when the tail Of
my coat burned on and / was thrown in
to a ditch full of water on the road Pres
emily. when / had recovered my senses,
/ got up brushed The mud from my
clothes and resumed my journey without
stopping 10 see what had become OF the
horses. my gun ana the Old farmer. The
next morning l took the first train for
New York and thus ended one OF the most
exciting shooting trips / have ever had
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-24
Letters Noble son-in-Lnw II Thrifty
Harold Frcderick's cable Letter.

tidE0id tfcBerlck NAble Letter.
l am tempted TO repeat a story about
George Curzon which is absolutely anthem
tic because a sort OF international inter-
est attaches 10 his views Of money mat
tiers lie had rented a country mansion
from Vel known lady Of title, he having
the use Of the furniture, but not of the
plate. This involved his having 10 pro-
vide candlesticks. and he approached The
ladys agent with the demand of a pledge
that on the expiration Of his lease she
would agree TO take these off his hands
al two-thirds Of wh Z they cost hm. the
agent replied that be was unable 10 pledge
his principal. bat since Curzon displayed
so much feeling on the subject. he asSs i
what was the value Ct the candicstickr.
and discovered that they fifteen I'm NUM-
Der were Of Japauned tin. and cost forty
cents each. II was then solemuly agreed
90 pay 81 for the lot when Curzon leaves
This VIII. ! trGsJ rea~surc those wing
imagine that American bowers are invar-
iahly scattered TO the winds 10y the spend.
thrift aristocracy ot this eftete mon
arcEy.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-24
WILL MOVE MARCH FIRST.
Chamber Of Commerce Meets and
Discusses Its Future.
REORGANIZATION on FOOT



the Division of the state.
The response to a notification sent 70 Ell
rnensbsrs OF the Chamber q CONNER
that the special order u business al yes
teroay's meeting would be- Go decide apoa
the headquarters and future maintenance
OF the chamber. was not a Vsgy l.3eral
one. those who Eere IL attendance being
the men WHO are seen almost every week
at the gatherings OF the board 81 trustees.
The matter 81 securing new quarters
which had been referred 70 tbs h0ase COM
rnittee upon the notification Or Mr.. Collins
Of a restriction IN space and an Increase iu
sertsi, came up Ia a verbal report rs sir
Prosch. who stated that tie committee
WAS not PREPARED 70 offer any rafagntfletl-
dations. Several places that had been aug
sested had besn looked after oui tHe fe~
cult wa unsafisfaci0rY. either .u tae mat
ter OF location or price Secretary Ling
submitted q report upoa tue receipts and
expenditure or the chaFulser which was
followed BY a few remarks upon the inn
portanco o. maintenance 0f the chamber
b. President Graves.
SIR. Crane moved that committee 81
i've be appointed by the chalr - submit "a
plan for Increasing ihe revenues a@d nem-
Dership, which as seconded bv Mr. Da-
y!s=. The questions brought ouf q gen.ral
discussion upon the needs ~ toe chamher.
and when pat carried and IN. .feut
Graves named Mcssrs Davies. crane,
Prosch, Farth aud Brsokes. Tie matter
Of securing temporary quarters for the
chamber after March I. whca the present
Rooms viii be vacated. was left 10 'ne
house committee.
Duluth Wants u.
Under the head OF communication was
one from l.. Heueteau. manager Of ihe Iu-
luth Warehouse and Storage Company.
relative 10 the handling OF the products OF
the Pacific Northwest through Duluth. in
stead OF Chicago. The communication was
addressed 70 the secretary. and after re-
viewing the Organization of the Duluth
company. went on 10 say:
:, "in doing 50 Ne had in view the hand
ing or Nashington. Oregon ard Coast
products. We wrote 90 many Of your pro-
dncins houses h1t so far have been an
able to accom- E anything for tbr want
OF proper fat SOW. LEI u be plain. Our
Interests ard tous interests we believe are
paramount We think that The Coast
states adjacent he the Northern Pacific
and In any Ny connected with Astaftc
products ought 10 supply the country in
direct Ire 70 tho East. and thereby enable
US here III Duluth te compete WITH Chie4-
60 and the Coast products 10 the south az
you. For Instance. W think the Northern
Pacific and Great Northern ought - give
you rate 20 Duluth on "a pgo rata basis
of what tbs. charge Won &c Chicago where
you pr- ducts are called upon 10 pay trlh-
ute ara compete again FOR rates back 20
this territory
BESIDE 4 you could o. Joining with
Us tn appealing - he interstate commerce
4a.aa
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

SAMUEL WOODS, a Smelter at the
Whitman Agricultural company's
works at st. Louis, was asphyxiated by
gas in one of the cupolas. His duty
was to regulate the amount of molten
metal allowed to flow into the steel
cone where the iron is cooled. The
gateway which shut off the flow failed
to work properly and in order to
remedy this Woods entered the cupola
and was overcome by the gas.
CLAUD j. WILSON quarreled with Ed
M. Calkins in the Union Stock Yards
hotel at Denver Col, when Calkins
struck Wilson with his fist, knocking
him down. Wilson's head struck the
floor with great force and when picked
up he was dead.
PATRICK j. GIBSON had just said
goodnight to Miss Mary Burke, to
whom he was engaged to be married,
when an unknown assassin shot him
through the heart at Houston. Tex.
The young woman saw a man fleeing
away from the corpse, but could not
recognize him in the dark.
CHAREs WEBB, colored, who killed
Mallie Wade, a colored school-teacher,
in cold blood on May so, 1895, was con-
victed at st. Louis and sentenced to 80
years imprisonment In the pen1ten-
tiary. The two were lovers
A sKIFF, in which were r. p. Holly,
wife and infant child and a nurse,
Lulu Brown, was overturned in the
Ohio river. near Cairo. ILL.,, and the
nurse and child were drowned.
THE gold reserve in the federal treas
ury on the 27th reached S163. &c, 060,
the highest point in about seven years.
IN anticipation of the new immigra-
ton law going into effect, the rush OF
immigration to this country has star t.
ed. The Tartar Prince arrived at New
York on the 9th with 720 persons in
the steerage. The vessel comes from
Italian ports
BROKERS for the Letter crowd at Chi
cago forced the price of May wheat up
to SI.O5 on the nth.
THE big convention of stockmen at
Denver, Col, came to an end on the
9th with a barbecue at which buffalo
meat was among the viands cooked.
| So great was the crowd that the six
| tons of meat served was hardly enough
| to satisfy all. The next meeting will
be again held at Denver.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03
COAL PRICES TO GO UP.

tors VIII Raise 100000 by q Sweep
ing Increase.
CHICAGO, Jan. 3O.-When the coal
operators and the miners concluded
their conference in Chicago on Wednes-
day night the miners were 1000, O0O
ahead, and the peace that lowered
was beautiful to behold. The re-
suit was chronicled as the greatest
victory in the history of organized Ia
Dor. Now it appears that the opera
tors have not forgotten themselves in
passing around the good things, for
on April they will push up the whole
sale price of coal 25 cents at least and
perhaps more. That increase, it is
figured, will more than recoup the
operators for the $1,000, 900 outlay te
appease the miners.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03

SECRETARY GAGE says the demand
for new fractional silver coin is much
greater than the amount coined and
the treasury is compelled to pay out
worn coin. as the amount of new coins
manufactured has been estimated by
the appropriations made for the pay
ment of loss on recoinage of such coin.
The secretary wants authority to use
silver bullion in the treasury in the
coinage of subsidiary silver coin and
to recoin all worn and abraded frac-
tional silver coin. There is now in the
treasury about $7,O00,000 subsidiary
silver coin unfit for circulation.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03

The bureau of ethnology, in order to
preserve record of the Hawaiian Ian
guage, has had some native Hawaiians
in Washington talk into graphophones.
One of the Hawaiian songs and also
one of the speeches by the natives
have been SO preserved. Mr.. William
Churchill. ex-consul general to Samoa,
has also recorded one of the Malietoa
war songs, supposed to be about 400
years old. which has been handed
down to the Samoans from generation
to generation. The bureau of ethnol-
ogy in this manner has also preserved
the languages of number of Indian
tribes of the west.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03
Minor state News.

On January 30 Kansas was 81 years
old.
The municipal Indebtedness of Kan
sas City, Kan, is an even 81. 200, coo.
The contract for Ellis county's new
$13, 600 courthouse has been awarded.
The city hall and opera house at
Junction City, recently destroyed by
fire, will be rebuilt by the city.
Mrs. L. P. Moss, a school-teacher at
Lincoln Center, was fatally burned by
the explosion of lamp in her home.
Gov. Leedy's private secretary, E. C.
Little, wants the state to go into the
insurance business on a gigantic scale.
Fort Scott will soon have 1ong-dis-
tance telephone connection with all
the important towns of southeast Kan
SaS-
There are 50 high schools in the state
that prepare their graduates for direct
admission to the freshman class of the
state university.
Carelessness in running a freight
train caused a wreck on the Rock
Island at Clay Center which cost the
lives of three persons
L. d. Mckinley, of Topeka, a popu-
list cousin OF the president, has been
dDDOIAIcO CAIS1 DAy SlC1dA OF t4C OSc-
watomie insane asylum.
Within the last six weeks the state
treasurer has received $1,000. 600 in
taxes, which is the best record for tax
paying in the states history.
A Topeka telegram said populist
state officials and prominent populist
politicians have raised fund to start
a populist weekly paper at Topeka
that Miss Wheeler, matron of the state
insane asylum there had resigned
rather than face charges, is denied
Several young women students at
the state university have raised an en-
barge against liquor by refusing to as
sociate with young men who drink
Bonnie Surkaro, a seven-year-old
Hutchinson boy, has mania for steal
ing horses that are hitched along the
streets He will be sent to the reform
school.
MabIe Dougherty, school-teacher
while cleaning a dress with gasoline.
A lamp was upset and the gasoline ex-
ploded.
Agents of the Canadian government
have been in Sedgwick county solicit
ing settlers to locate in the Canadian
| northwest territory Free Transports
| ton and fine homestead of leo acres
are offered.
During 1897 the sum total of losses
paid in Kansas by all the life insur-
ance companies doing business here
was S4l3, 900. During the same time
S539, 262 was paid by one fraternal so
ciety-the A o. Z W.
There are in Kansas about 9 800
school districts Sumner county has
the greatest number, 1917; Butler sec
ond with 1e7 and Sedgwick third with
165.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03

THE National American Woman Suf-
frage association will hold its 30th an
nual convention at Washington, Feb
ruary 14-19, inclusive, in the Colum bian
theater, and it will be a celebration of
the 5Oth anniversary of the beginning
of the organized movement, in the
Seneca Falls woman's rights conven-
ton of 1S4S. 1t is intended to present
through the various papers and adj
dresses a comprehensive picture of the
extension of woman's work in philan-
thropy, reform, education, industry,
the several professions. legal, civil and
political rights.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Monument to Ex-Gov. Martin.

Ex-Gov- John p St John has started
movement for the erection OF a mon
ument over the grave of ex-Gov John
A Martin. In his appeal to the people
OF Kansas for funds, he calls attention
TO the fact that no suitable stone
marks the resting place of the dead
man. p L Bonebrake, of Topeka, is
named as treasurer to receive con tribu-
lions. The monument is to cost 81, 900
and ex-Gov. st. John wants it ready
for dedication on May so next
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03

THE naval appropriation bill will
contain three items, namely, 81, 600, OO0
for smokeless powder, $500, 600 for re-
serve ammunition and sos. 900 for the
establishment of a government pow.
der factory. The matter of having an
ample supply OF powder to meet the
requirements of our naval vessels in
an emergency has received careful con.
sideratiou from members of the com
mittee. AS long as the old style black
powder was in use supply could be
secured on short notice. but with the
general adoption of smoke1ess powder
the opportunities for speedy supply
are much reduced.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03
GRAND MASONIC CoNCLAvE.
Solomon's Temple May Be Reproduced
the Pan-American Exposition.

Solomon's Temple May Be Reproduced at
the Pan-American Exposition.
BUFFALO, n. Y, JAN 3O.-It is pro-
posed by leading masons here to make
one of the buildings of the Pan-Ameri-
can exposition on Cayuga island a re-
production of Solomon's temple, and tc
have a grand convocation of masons in
it. Masons all over the country have
written encouragingly of.the project.
There has been the same enthusiasm
manifested in the republics of the
southern half of the continent S. A.
Perkins, private secretary to Senator
Hanna, is now in the south awakening
interest in the scheme.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03

TALKING recently on the subject of
stomach removal prominent Phila-
delphia surgeon said: ut is not sur
prising that a man or woman should
be able to live without stomach.
The intestines can perform digestive
functions us we'll as the stomach. The
trouble is that the aid of the surgeon
is not invoked until the disease has
gone so far as to debilitate the patient
and render him unable to bear the
shock of the operation. Men can live
without any of the chief organs with
the exception of the heart and brain"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03

A MILITARY organization composed
entirely of young women has been
formed in Atlanta, Ga, and has APP
piled for charter. There are nearly
200 in the company. 1t was formed tc
take part in an entertainment for
charity, and United States officers in
Fort Mcpherson acted as drill masters.
The young women. dressed in white
duck uniforms. handled real muskets
and behaved themselves so we'll that
after the entertain ment they decided
to keep up their organization. The
young women are serious in their de
sire to become a part of the national
guard of the state.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03

A NEW JERSEY justice recently fined
Miss Emma Marshall, "a pretty Engle-
wood girl" SO and costs for kissing a
young man. The justice declared that
q young woman who kisses the man
she loves, or any other, where the &C
ton can be witnessed by accident or
otherwise, is guilty of disorderly con-
duct and grievously offends against
the laws and dignity of New Jersey.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03

THREE years have passed since the
Instruction began in Cuba. 1t has cut
down'our foreign commerce $50, 900. 900
a year, it is stated, entailed a heavy ma
tiona1 expenditure to prevent flibus-
tering and damaged the property of
Americans in Cuba to the extent of
millions
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03

IT is said in Boston that the voca-
ton of the drummer" is fast being
driven to the wall on account of the
growing use of the long distance tele-
phone, retailers getting into the habit
of using it instead of waiting for the
periodical visit of the commercial
traveller
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03

THE secretaries of 25 of the leading
fair associations in Indiana recently
met and passed resolutions in favor of
excluding from fairs all immoral
shows. They said they were never
troubled with such exhibitions until
after the worlds fair at Chicago.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03
Much Wheat WIN Re Saved.

ST. LOUIS, Jan 30.-An examination
Of the ruins of the Union elevator in
East St Louis, which was burned
Wednesday night, has been made and
at least 200, 900 of the $50, 600 bushels OF
wheat in the elevator can be saved.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03
The New ..Fashionv in italy.

LONDON, jan 30.-Signora Crispi.
wife of the former Italian premier, has
set the new fashion in Italy of appear
ing at outdoor festivities accompanied
by tame calf which, attired in rich
ly gilded coat of ve1lum with ribbons,
follows her like dog. Other fash
ionable ladies have followed her exam
Mo
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03

The John A. Saizer Seed Company. La
Crosse, Wis, have shipped within % days
1,4O0 barrels of their celebrated Salzer's
Earliest Weeks Market Potato to Texas
customers This potato has the reputation
OF being the earliest, the finest favored and
the heaviest producing early potato in the
country
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03

THE Paris exposition has allowed the
United States 800, 900 square feet OF
space, of which New York has applied
for $4,000 feet and Chicago for 2s1, 600
feet
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03

THE gold production of the United
States last year, according to the Wells,
Fargo & Co. estimate, was $63. 655, go,
an increase of So, 900, 900 over 1896. Col
orado led, with California second and
South Dakota third. Alaska is credited
with gold yield for 1897 of So. 571, 900.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03
District Schools Consolidate.

In Maxwell township. Stafford coun-
ty, six district schools will be abol-
ished and one central township school
established. The pupils will be con-
veyed to school in wagons each day.
The districts abolished are sparsely
settled and the action is taken to save
expense and secure a better school
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03
CURRENT COMMENT.

The coming Transmississippi exposi-
tion at Omaha, Neb., will have a site
of 220 acres and its irrigation exhibit
will embrace 40 different methods.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03
Knew He Was Insane.

William Repetto appeared before the
probate court at Newton and asked
that he be sent to the asylum He
said he was at times insane and de-
sired to better his own and his fam
ily'S condition
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03

THE executive order of President
Cleveland withdrawing nearly 10000
900 acres of the public domain for for
estry reservations will go into effect
March L
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03
May Prove Too Small.

The estimate by State Bank Commits
sioner Breidenthal that $50. 600, 900 of
farm mortgage Indebtedness would be
paid in Kansas during 1896 and 1897
may prove too small. In Sumner
county alone the net reduction was
S541,9 5S
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03
The Rabbit scalp Industry.

The time has expired in which Sum-
ner county agreed to pay bounty on
rabbit scalps- In all, S4,755.42 were
paid for is, 514 scalps, during a period
Of only two months. This amounts to
"a scalps for each quarter section of
land in the county.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03
CheerfuIIy Pad the Fine.

Mrs +. Smith, of Pawnee Rock, has
twice publicly chastised Prof. Crump'
ton, principal of the schools. for al
legged mistreatment of her children.
She was arrested and paid the fine
cheerfullV
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03
Rust of Ex-Gov. Robinson.

The bust of the late eX-Gov. Charles
Robinson, ordered at the states eX-
pense at cost of 81, 600. has arrived in
Lawrence from Chicago and as soon as
accepted by the state will be placed in
Fraser hall at the state university.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03
BARRIERS win Organize, Too.

A call has been issued for a state
meeting of Kansas BARRIERS at Topeka,
February 81. A state association will
be formed to secure Legislation against
incompetent workmen.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03
Inquiries About scnooi-Book Law.

Letters are being received by the
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton making inquiry about the work
ings of the new school book law. They
are nearly all from legislators of adj
joining states
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03

Where a man is too utterly trifling 60 do
anything else, he hunts up an estate of his
ancestors that he was cheated out Of
Washington Democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03

Lady lin dry goods store)-I'd like to see
some hose, please.
Clork Tan ex-hardware man)-Yes, mad
am With or without handles Chicago
Evening News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03

Use st. Jacobs Oil promptly and freely
And say goodbye to neuralgia Q
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03

No man was ever blamed for being a gen
tleman, but many have been falsely accuses
of it.-Chicago Daily News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03
To Get Jerusalem Ready.

Four Kans IS men from near Leba-
non, have left for Jerusalem, giving
for their reason that they want to
sweep the streets and get old Jerusa-
lem ready for the second coming of
Christ
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03

The first edition of the physiology
adopted by the state textbook COM
mission had over SO errors in it and
Superintendent Stryl1er had the pub
fishers get out a revised edition.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03

Stand straight and strong = st. Jacobs
Oil cures lame back-cures promptly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03

1t is not nearly always the richest people
who. have the finest horse and buggy
Washington Democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-02-03
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Hose Versus Hoes.

Hoods Pills cure all liver ills IS cents