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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02
SENATE ADOPTS
Teller Resolution Passed By a
Majority Of Fifteen
Cotton Mills Opened. Postal Banks
Leedy Defe m d ed. Lie Out Some.
where. Kansas Prosperity.

That the United States senate has
opened the preliminary battle for 1900
is conceded by everyone. The deci-
sive victory of the silver forces in the
senate can admit of but one reason
able construction, i.e.: that silver is
an exceedingly live corpse, and that
1900 is to witness battle of financial
giants.
After a prolonged debate, during
which almost every senator on the
floor took occasion to place himself on
record on the money question, the
senate Friday evening adopted, by a
vote of AZ to %, the Teller resolution.
The resolution is a re-affirmation of
that of Stanley Matthews in 1873, and
is as follows:
''That all the bonds of the United
States issued, or authorized to be is
sued, under the said acts of congress
hereinbefore recited, are payable, ,prin-
cipa1 and interest, at.the option of the
government of the United States in sill
yer dollars of the coinage of the United
States containing four hundred and
twelve and one-ha1f grains each of
standard silver; and that to restore to
its coingage such silver coins as 1e-
gal tender In payment of said bonds,
principal and interest, is not in viola
of the public faith nor in derogation
of the rights of the public creditor"
During the course of the debate
Senator Stewart, referring to Secre-
tary Gage, said he believed the Secre-
tary to be an honest mau-a man who
would not rob a bank-but it was diff
cult for Mr.. Gage to look at this ques-
tion except from the standpoint of a
banker. He thought it unfortunate
that the President had placed the
treasury department in charge of
bankers. But he was glad the Presi-
dent had thrown off the cloak and
made the issue directly with the peo-
pie.
Mr.. Cannon of Utah criticised the
President for attending banquets of
mil1ionaires in New York, perusing
his menu bound in gold and then de-
c1aring in favor of paying govern
ment obligation in gold, in violation
of the nations right to dictate what
money they should be paid in.
Mr.. Jones of Arkasn2s began his
speech in support of the resolution by
criticsing the position taken by Mr..
Allison of Iowa. He thought the res
olution would square1y align those who
held the various financial beliefs. He
said the advocates of the resolution
proposed to pay the full pound of
flesh due, but absolutely not a bit
more. He made the broad statement
that no Democrat, Silver Republican
or Populist had ever declared in favor
of paying government obligations in
deprecated currency.
Senator Harris recorded his vote
among the yeas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02
ISSUES A
STATEMENT.
William Jennings Bryan Writes
ofHis Trip to Mexico.
Says That People are FIOcking from
Mexican Progress IL Dne to silver.

New York, Jan. 29.-W. J. Bry an
has given to the people his impression
of the republic in which silver is the
standard money. Summarized the
statement is as follows:
First-That Mexico is a delightful
place to visit. Travel on the main
lines is as safe, as comfortable and as
cheap as in the United States.
Second-Whi1e our nation has more
inhabitants and greater wealth, we
cannot surpass the Mexicans in hospi-
tality or in the courtesy which they
extend to strangers.
Third-That the Mexican authori-
ties entertain very friendly feeling
toward the United States.
Fourth-That Mexico is as firm as
the United States in support of the
Monroe doctrine.
Fifth-That President Diaz is en-
tirely deserving of the ecomiums be-
slowed upon him by his own people,
and by resident Americans.
OAAbA hdb lhC PuOAAC HlCu VI McA-
leo are not inferior to our own in in
telligence, education and general in
formation.
Seventh-That the English Ian
guage is being taught more and more
extensively each year.
Eighth-Mexico is making substan-
tial progress in education.
Nineth-That the free coinage of
silver is entirely satisfactory to the
people of Mexico. Having had a
chance to test the system thoroughly,
and to study other systems, find no
disposition to change it.
Tenth-That Mexico is more pros
porous today than ever before.
Eleventh-That the wages are not
only higher on an average than ever
before, but still rising.
Twelfth-Real estate is rising in
Mexico. Public and private improve
ments are in progress.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02

A somewhat unusual suit has been
brought in the Missouri court of ap-
pea1s over the custody of Elmer Lewis,
an orphan, whose parents lived at
Solomon, Dickinson county, and whose
paterna1 grandfather lives in Abilene.
The child lives with his maternal
grandparents and is sickly and these
grandparents are averse to giving
him up. BY his fathers will, however,
the fathers father, DIR. A. Lewis, OF
Abilene, is his guardian and executor
of the estate, which consists of 50 ,OO(
life insurance. This, too, goes to DIR
Lewis in case of the child's death be
fore the graAdfather's. The contes
is beween the grandparents on botl
sides of the family as to which shall
possess the child. The court has takei
original jurisdiction through habea
| corpus proceedings.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02
WILL MAKE SILK HERE.
French manufacturers Will Establish
n Plant at Bethlehem, Pa.


New York, Jan. 27.-Silk manufact-
urers in this country and abroad will
be greatly interested in move about
to be made by Dunlan & Co., of Lyons,
France, to recover their American
trade. The Frenchmen intend TO es-
tablish a branch plant in South Beth
1ehem, Pa, and to turn out there the
me goods now made only in Lyons.
Members of the firm say there will be
no wholesale cut in prices, and that a
war in the trade is unlikely. Home
manufacturers, however, will undoubt-
edly be affected to some extent by the
operation of the Bethlehem plant,
where the looms will be started on
April 1.
Dup1an & Co are among the largest
manufacturers of silk in Lyons. Be-
fore the Dingley tariff became opera
tive they had a profitable trade in this
country, but that law has operated so
favorab1y for American manufactur-
ers that the Frenchmen found their
trade going to their Yankee rivals.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02
WOULD HAVE THEM.
hut Says Postal Banks Should BE
Heavily Guarded.

The senate committee on postoffices
and post roads has recently had under
consideration the advisability of estab-
fishing the scheme of postal savings
banks in the United States.
The discussion was general and the
only conclusion reached was that Sem
ators Mason and Butler should prepare
the bill, which could be used as base
for future deliberations This was
done because of the fact that there
were large number of measures be-
fore the committee, all looking to the
same end. 1t is intended that the bill
to be prepared by Messrs. Mason and
Butler shall supplant all these, and
they were requested to have it in shape
to be taken up at the next meeting, to
be held a week heuce.
A communication was read from
Postmaster General Gary making sug-
gestions regarding the details of the
Legislation proposed. Among other
provisions urged by him was one Civ
ing the largest possible discretion to
the postmaster general in putting the
new system in operation. Mr.. Gary
stated that in his opinion the tendency
is to make the interest rate too high.
"The downward tendency of interest
rates is unmistakable, said he. He
thought rate too low preferable to
one too high, and suggested two per
cent as prudent and reasonable rate.
He also suggested the Importance of
providing certain postoffices or SUBJ
treasures as repositories for the post
Office funds because of the impractic-
ability of making repayments from
Washington in case all the depositor.
les should be located in Washington.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02
Would Publish The List.

Senator Cannon, of Utah, has de-
vised plan to throw light on the PEN
sion business and prevent frauds. He
introduced bill recently which di-
rects the secretary of the interior to
at once prepare list of all pensioners,
the date of their entrance into the SER
vice, when discharged, present post
Office addresses, date of increases of
pensions, etc.
In the casss of widows and orphans
the names and service of those on ac-
count of whose service the pension is
to be paid are required to be published.
The act provides that this publica-
tion shall be in pamphlet form, each
state and territory to form separate
pamphlet. Each newspaper Is to be
provided with all the lists in the terri
tory covered by such newspapers. and
these are to be sent by the department
without solicitation.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02
We Are Prosperous.

Within the past six weeks the state
has received in taxes nearly ~ mil
lion dollars. Half the taxes are due
in December and the other half in June.
From the amounts that have come
from county trcasurers it is estimated
that 20 per cent of the state taxes for
the year have been paid to the county
treasurers. In this connection it is
interesting to note that the western
counties of the state are paying their
taxes fully as well, if not better than
the eastern counties.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02
COTTON MILLS OPENED.
Located at COndOva, Ala, and Employ
One Thousand Persons.

Located at COndOva, Ala, and Employ
One Thousand Persons.
The Indian Head cotton mills just
completed at Condova began operation
Friday, employing 1000 persons. The
mills are the largest in the state, con-
tanning $4,000 spindles and 1o, 900 looms
with an annual consumption of 10000
bales of cotton and representing an
investment of 100000.
They were built and are owned by
Boston capitalists, who are now pre-
pairing to double the capacity of their
plant, making it probably the largest
in the south. The output which is
course grade cloths, has been sold for
several years ahead in China, and will
be shipped thence asrapidly as prepar-
ed. Proximity to the cotton and coal
supplies caused the mills to be located
in North Alabama.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02
CORN STALKS VALUABLE.
Made Into CeIluIOse Sells for "a. 90 q
Ton

MADE Into CeIAuIOSe SELLS fOF ~ 90 q
Ton.
The farmers of Kansas will be in
tere ested to know that the finest grade
of ce1lu1ose can be made out of corn
stalks.
The despised corn stalk, which for
all these years the farmers have burnt
as of no account, just as the cotton
planter used to throw aside the seed of
that plant as va1ue1ess, at last turns
out to be of such worth as to pay
handsomely for marketing.
Kentucky farmers are selling it
readily for 81 per ton, and on an acre
producing 40 bushels of corn there will
be at least two and half tons of
of stalks. The uses to which the
stalk is being put is one of the most
extraordinary agricultural discoveries
of this day. At present there are but
two factories in the country that are
equipped for making ce1lulose out of
the material, one 'of which is located
at Owensboro, KY.
Ce1lulose is the pith of the corn
stalk; its uses are varied and wonder
full and it has a market value of 400
per ton. War vessels are lined with
it, and whenever a vessel so lined is
punctured with shot, the contact of
the water with the cellu1ose causes
that to swell, closing the aperture and
preventing the water from entering
between the ships inner and outer
walls.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02
Harris Against IL.

Senator Harris has written private
letter to a friend in Topeka in which
he states that he will use all his efforts
in opposing the bill introduced by Sem
ator Platt to do away with the state
department of insurance and have all
insurance business placed under the
control of a national superintendent.
The agitation of this bill is of vital
importance 10 the firemen of the state
because if it is passed it will do away
with the fireman's tax of per cent,
which is levied on the gross premiums
received. AS is perfectly natural the
firemen are organizing to protest
against the passage of such a bill.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02
Be Patient With The Old.

"Why should that old lady care"
heard a girl say the other day,
whether or not her hair is turning
grey? What possible difference can
it make of what color is the hair of an
old, old woman? Why, she must be
most eighty"
In the case in question the lady, crit
icised was on the border-land of seven
ty, but to sixteen she might as well
have been a hundred. Age and youth
are relative. To the very young, years
count for more than they do to the old
er, who have lived longer and have
learned that the soul does not grow
old with the body. myself feel pity
for elderly people who are ashamed of
their age, and are so week as to try to
hide it, but don't like to see young
girls unsympathetic. Try, if you can
to fancy yourselves in the position of
some of your e1ders-of women who
remember, but do not look forward. AS
you go tripping on, with light steps,
imagine what it would be to totter
little, to see dimly, to hear family, to
feel worried at every little pain and
mishap, to reach the days when "the
grasshopper is burden"
All this should make you very pat
lent and gentle with old people. There
is nothing more beautiful in this world
than 10 observe the tenderness of some
girls toward their aged relatives.
Dear grandmother cannot thread her
needle so easily as she used to do, and
is sensitive on the subject and does not
like to be too obviously helped, to have
Attention called to her failing eyesight
which she so much regrets and does
not like to admit. There are two ways
of meeting the difficulty. Matte,
kird-hearted girl without much tact,
wilEexclairn: sset. R1anyL What per-
feet nonsense for you 70 fuss over that
needle! You know you cannot find
the hole where the thread should go
in; your eyes are too old; give me the
thing; I'll thread your needle" The
intention is most excellent, but the
old lady is hurt and stiles a sigh.
She had young eyes once and she has
the same independent spirit still.
Edith, in the same circumstances,
manages in a different fashion. She
simply threads dozen needles and
leaves them all ready for grandma
NINA in her needle book, saying pleas
antly, at saves so much time, dear, in
these busy times, to have ones need
les ready and waiting."-Harper's
Round Table.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02
Lie Out Somewhere.

Frank Shane of the State Board of
of Charities, says that the story that
Miss Louise Wheeler, matron of the
insane asylum, had resigned, was a
fabrication pure and simple. He said
she had not and would not resign and
would not be asked to do so; and at
present was merely absent on a vaca-
ton. The case against DIR H. S. Will
lard, who was recently arrested charg.
ed with mutilating the records, has
been dropped, according to Mr.. Shane's
statement.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02
TELEdRAPHIC BREVETIES.

Bread riots in Italy necessitate the
calling out of the Reserves.
The Socialists of Jackson county,
Mo-, will nominate a ticket for the
elections this fall.
Secretary Gage is again reported to
be i'll, and unable to appear before the
House Committee on banking.
The Bellevil1e, ILL.,, wife murderer,
Shannon, is under sentence to be
hanged at Wheaton on February 18th.
An aged couple of Bloomington, ILL.,,
John NJ. Scott and wife, fall heir to
$25,OOO,OOO through the will of Imply
Clarke.
The faculty of Princeton College
declares that it will support the Uni
versity "gin mills, and it don't care
who knows it.
The citizens of Brooklyn hold a
meeting and protest against the pro-
posed reduction in the postal service
OF greater New York.
The widow of DR.. Thomas ]. Cogley
presents to Hanover College twenty
thousand dollars to endow chair of
physics in that institution.
The Hanna Republicans of Ohio are
red hot after Grosvenor's scalp. The
fight is based on Grosvenor's opposi.
ton to the election of Hanna.
A Portland, Ore, bank robber is
driven off without cent by the cash,
ier of the Citizens Bank. The cash
Ter got the drop on the robber.
A movement is on foot at Hartford
Conn, for the erection of suitable
monument to Henry Clay Work, author
of Marching Through Georgia"
Charley Lobdell wants to find out II
advance who is to be the candidate,
for election to congress on the repub
lican ticket. He has a scheme in which
he hopes to get the people to vote il
March as to their choice of candidates
for those positions.
Wisconsinis experiencing an except
iona1 blizzard. Snow to the depth o.
eighteen inches has fallen and will
the wind blowing at the rate of fft.
miles an hour, great drifts were form
ed In the streets of Milwaukee, making
travel almost an impossibility.
The Interstate convention of Goa
miners and operators in session a
Chicago, adopts a resolution makinI
the acknowledged days work through
out the five states represented, eigh
hours on and after June 10, provide
that the same shall have been establish
ed and in operation on and after Ma
to the satisfaction of miners and OF
orators.
The steamer Oregon sails for Alash
with $50 passengers and 1850 tons {
general merchandise and baggage o
board. Fifty head of live stock wa
also part of the cargo. No less tha
800 people who applied for passae
were refused, and hundreds of tons {
freight Is lying on the docks waitin
for transportation to the gold fields.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02

The year 1898 will begin and end on
Saturday.
Linco1n's birthday will fall on Sat-
urday. and Washington's birthday on
Tuesday, Decoration day and Fourth
of July on Monday and Christmas on
Sunday.
Labor day will be September S.
Thanksgiving should be November ~.
First Sunday in Lent, February a.
Palm Sunday, April 3. Easter Sum
day, April 10.
The Jewish year s659 will begin at
sunset of Friday, September 16.
On July the 123d year of American
independence will begin.
The four seasons will begin on
these days in 1898; Spring, March 70;
summer, June 21; autumn, September
D; winter, December II.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02
Negro Education.

In the senate of Mississippi a few
days, since, it was suggested to abol-
ish Alcorn college for co1ored boys, but
no attention was paid to it. The Meth
odist conference, in session at Yazoo
City, became uneasy and appointed a
committee of seven of its most prom
inent members to visit the legislature
and protest. The committee appeared
before the legislature and spoke ear
nestiy for continued appropriations
and were roundly applauded. 1t was
admitted that Mississippi is doing more
to educate the negroes than any state
in the Union, and the Methodists will
get what they ask for their college.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02

George cross and wife, of Abilene,
will give away everything they pos
sess, start Immediately for Africa,
trusting in the Lord for safe transpor-
tation and plenty to eat. The Lord
may, however, expect a man to use the
brain given him, as well az tis mouth,
to get food, and if there are no 1unatic
asyiums in Africa some provision
should be made for q county poor
farm.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02

Wellhouse and Son, of Leavenworth
large apple growers, have LOO rabbit
traps in their Usage County orchard,
1,6O0 for their three orchards in Leay-
enworth county, and 400 for their Mia.
mi county orchard.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02

A movement is on tap at Lawrence
to send Prof. L. L. Dyche with his
museum to the Paris Exposition in
1900. 1t is said to require $4,000.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02

Shawnee County Republican officials
are acquitting joint keepers by the
dozen. How about this7 Where does
Leedy come int
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02

Eugene v. Debbs will lecture in To-
peka on February 4th.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02

A Mitchell county man, J. N. Grau,
will display a bunch of fine Merinosat
at the Omaha exhibition.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02

Superintendent Stryker objects to
the Eugene Ware and "George r.
Peck" stories in the school books.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-02

The State Temperance Union meets
in Topeka on February 1st and 2ad
Kansas is receiving some beautiful
and handsome boquets from her east
ern critics.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-22
EVENING SCHOOLS OPENED.
A Marked Increase In the Number Of Pupils in
the Evening High School.

The public evening schools were
opened last evening with about the
same number of pupils as last year,
that is. for the advanced and common
schools; but there was a marked in
crease in the attendance at the evening
high school. A new principal was in
charge OF this school last evening, Mr..
Frederick A. Jones, who succeeds Mr..
Griffin. While there We're 500 pupils
registered before, there were $50 more
to register last night. Mr.. Jones and
two OF his assistants were busy during
all OF the time from 7:30 o'clock until
after $50 o'clock in taking care OF the
new arrivals. The total number OF
pupils up 10 date is about $50. but still
more are expected, SO that there may
be nearly as many as last year.
t,f the ether schools that opened last
evening. there are Ia common evening
schools. six common and advanced
brought together i'm the same buildings,
and three advanced schools maintained
separately The annexation of Olney-
vile has brought two new evening
schools into the city, but as one OF the
old schools on Orms street has been
discontinued. the net gain i'm the num-
Der OF evening schools is only one. The
new schools i'm OlneyVille. the Killingly
street and the Plainfleld street. Were
visited last evening by Messrs. Stark
and Cranston Of the evening school
committee.
All the schools will be down TO rou-
tine work i'm a day or two, and II ~
probable that the schools will be kept
open later than usual In order 20 make
up the time lost i'm the delay in open
ing
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-22
THE OFFICIAL COUNT.
Completed BY Board Of Carassers and Shows
Msyor Baker Had 3414 Plurality.

The official count OF the votes cast in
Providence at the resent election has
been completed and this morning the
board of canvasscrs and registration
made up the recapitulation of the votes
cast for the general ticket, with the
following results: For mayor, Baker
se75; Ballard, ll2l; Olney, 526i; Wood
237: defective SIS; grand total. 15.S12.
For. city treasurer. Ballou 1902
Granger 10.059; Thornton. lO6G. For
harbor master. Bucklin. 1896 Murphy,
6492: Studley. 323 Workman. l047. For
oversecr Of the poor Cummings. SJ65 (.
LawtOn. SOS. Lee. 1876: Moran 1909
The of cial count OF the vote cast for
congressman throughout the state is as
follows First district, Bull, 2,26S
Hogan. 61li: Theinert. il17. Tilley. iS2
Second distsict. CaprOn, 9041; Garvin,
$500; Dana, 1908: Smith. 4s9. The sol
dior vote for the First district was
Bull. %. Hogan. 25: Theinert. :. For
the Second district, Capron, 2S; Garyin
-, Dana, ID.