Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-09-07

saves Harvey county 81, 100.
Dave Leahy says that Boyle beat
Stanley to the miners with that "mes-
sage of hope"
The worst charge that the republic
cans have made against Judge Mo-
Kay is that he is satisfied with his
salary.
Congressman Ridgely converted
Coin Harvey when he was In the real
estate business with him at Ogden,
Utsn, in 1888.
The Manhattan Nationalist has
discovered that Gov. Leedy is to
blame because the Secretary of War
did not order any of the Kansas
white troops to the front.
The latest republican kick is that
Popu ist conventions do not ''reso-
lutte" in favor of reduction of sslar-
les. They don't need to, as they have
already acted In that matter.
Seventy four liquor licenses are in
force In Topeka, all of them baviug
been taken out since July 1. the date
on which Gov. Leedy's police COM
missioners retired.
Chairman Albsugh, of the republl-
can state committee, admits that he
will lose his own county this year
when he predicts that Cl-n Fairchild
will be the next speaker of the houes.
Congressman Curtis is tickling the
ears of eastern capitalists by telling
them that he will be reelected by
5000 and that the republican state
icket will get 10000 msje rity.
The Union Pacific viii comply
with the request Of the board of rail
road commissioners and put a pass
enger train on the Salina branch be-
tween SalinR and Plainville, by Sep
tember /.
A republican says that the state
convention nominated a Swede to
catch the Swedish vote, a German
to catch the German vote. but defeat
ed the negro because they had his
people anyhow.
The only paper in the state which
does not appreciate the advantage
of the textbook law is the Concor-
dia Empire. Its editor was school
teacher once but quit to establish
second rate newspaper. His wall
sounds very familiar as it is in line
with that set up by all Republican
papers year ago. The measure
is SO popular with the people though
that all of these papers have quit ex-
cept the Empire. 1t is constitution
ally opposed to making any effort to
keep up with the times.
A Chicago man has written the
following to Governor Leedy with
reference to the Twenty-third Kans.
(colored.) This superb regiment
took coffee at the Erie station yes
terday. l was member of the fa-
nous Twenty-third Ohio that fur
nished two Presidents, yet l must
say that the Twenty-third Kansas,
as regiment shoald be the pride of
the state and it would make the soul
of John Brown rejoice to see the
good behavior, discipline and above
all the intelligence and polite man.
ners of this regiment, officers and
men. Twenty-three cheers for the
Twenty-third Kansas from the old
Twenty.third Ohio.
The Kansas Salt Works at Hutch
inson has reduced wages from 81 so
to $1.30. During the Cleveland ad-
ministration the wages paid were
$l.5O but after Mckinley was in
augurated the above reduction was
made. After war was declared and
while the high wages were being
offered to harvest hands the CIeve-
land administration wages were paid
in order to hold the employees.
Now that danger along this line is
passed, the reduced rate il again
put into effect. Republican papers
pointed to the war increase as an
undisputed evidence of prosperity
but the decrease wholly escapes their
attention.
October 10 to 18th is set aside for a
peace jubilee at the Omaha exposi-
ton. The following are especially
invited: Pres. Mckinley, and mem.
bers of his cabinet; members of the
supreme court and the judges of the
circuit court; members of the United
States senate and house of representa-
tives; ambassadors and ministers o