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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04
HOISINGTON.
From the Dispatch.

From the Dispatch.
A. Shultz, Pete Eitel and Ed Ba-
ker have purchased new pianos.
A stranger was robbed of $50 in
town on Thursday OF last week.
DIR. Koch has bought the Ora
Brewer farm for 1900. Ora will 60
to Oklahoma.
JAS. Stitt has been threshing his
wheat this week. 1t turns out about
twenty bushels to the acre.
Part of the wheat on w. Whaley> s
farm is being threshed this week. 1t
yields about % bushels per acre.
The tents south of town with their
lewd inmates were given three hours
notice to leave, Sunday. They left.
The wheat yield seems TO average
from II to 10 bushels per acre. Some
fields will 20 over 80 bushels per acre.
Jim Peugh is having a good cub
stantial residence built on East First
street. This looks little suspicious,
Jim.
Frank Coleman is enjoying a visit
with his brother, William, who Is con
ductor ON road running out of Atchi-
SON.
The HoisiDgton camp meeting will
commence September 10Th aud last
for ten days. Rev. NJ. Haney will
conduct il.
w. F Philips. of Graymont, III
inois. arrived in Hai-ingon last night
and is looking after his property IN
terests here.
E L. Harvey had three horses
killed by lightning ON his farm in the
northwest part of the county cou-
pie of weeks ago.
Crap games seem to flourish in out
of the way places, and the local sport
who has sure thing has touched the
harvester for various sums.
Wheat is declining in price right
along, it now brings from IS to 90
.cents ia the market. The farmers
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04
are able to bold the crop and most OF
them will do so.

are able to bold the crop and most OF
them will do so.
Hoislngton is great tor amusement.
She will spend thirty or forty dollars
| night on the merry, 90 round, and
have as much left for the other deli
cacies on the side.
J.-H. Bitner is threshing some of
bis wheat Oh the Putham farm this
week. 1t Yields about so bushels
per acre, weighs so pounds and he is
selling some of it for 81 cents.
Work on the big irrigation ditch
continues right along. although with
not a very large force at present. 1t
will be some time yet before the water
can be turned into the bottoms.
w. w. Sowards threshed a pant of
bis wheat this week. The yield is
good, being over % bushels per acre
and the quality is excellent, testing
50 pounds to the bushel. He received
the top price at the nill-56 cents.
Barton county is getting her name
up as a terror TO evil doors. It is re-
ported in the daily papers that it was
q Barton county mob that went down
to Halstead and administered coat
of tar and feathers to a man who very
richly deserved it.
Work on the Hollywood extension
of the Santa Fe railroad has been alb.
andoned for good. We were talking
with the superintendent of the bridge
and building department at Newton
the other day and he informed US of
this fact. 1t was the desire of the
company to build this extension and
all arrangements had been made to
this end when the Union Pacific noti-
fed them of contract entered into
some years ago, and which was I'm
known to the present Santa Fe off,
Gals until it was brought to their no.
tice.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04
Old Soldiers, Oomrads Take Notice.

Old Soldiers, Oomrads Take Notice.
Birthday picnics for the month of
August:
At home of James Huckeby near
Seward, Saturday. August 9th. (For
birthday, August 7th.)
JOINT picnic of ]. Tullis and Isaiah
Pelsor, August 10th at home of J..
Tullis (Campbell's old ranch.)
Joint picnic of H. c. Kretzer and ].
R. Ewing and John H. Rhodes will be
held at John Kell's grove in north
Pawnee Rock township. August 18th.
AT home of A. L. Whitcombe in
Great Bend city on August 10th.
Ae the home of John r. Logan in
Pawnee Rock August z2nd.
At the home of Charles Gano in
Pawnee Rock on August 2eth.
For convenience if any of the COM
RAIDS wish, they may celebrate on same
date. In doing SO please send word to
the secretary in time to have the same
published.
P. r. CORY, Secretary.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04
EXCURSIONS
Ef!lIlk<SS a|
ISl!IIS|

Knight Pythlas Supreme Lodge, Indian
apolis, Ind.
Rate Salts for round trip. On sale
August 70, 20, and zIst. Final limit
August 10th, may be extended to Sep
TENDER 10th.
g. A 3. National Encampment, Cinoinatti,
Ohio, Sept. 9th.
Rate szI.5o for round "trip. On sale
September 2. 8, and and morning
of 5th. Limited to September 18th
with extension to October end.
American Wheelmen Meet, Indianapolis.
On sale August 9TH and 9Th. Rate
one fare plus $500 for round trip.
Final limit August sth.
w. ToRREY. Agt., SANTA FE RouTE.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04

Private John P. O'Connor, of til e
sd Neb. volunteers now at Chickamau-
ga. gets out the latest: Backward
turn backward, o Time in thy fight,
make me child again just for one
night. I am so weary of sole-leather
steak, petri6ed bareback sledge could
not break, tomatoes and beans in
watery bath, sow belly as strong as
Goliath of Gath. Weary of starving
on what can't eat. chewing up rubber
and calling it meat. Backward, turn
backward, for weary ] am, give me a
whack at my grandmama's jam. Let
me drink milk that has never been
skinned. let me eat butter whose hair
has been trimmed. let me have once
more an old fashioned pie then I'll go
forward to Porto Rico and die"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04
CLAFLIN..
From the Banner

FROM the Banner
The HeIfrick boys have purchased
j. Case theshing engine.
B j. Meyers will soon commence
the erection of fine residence north
of Mr.. Looney' residence.
Not vacant house in town and in
several instances one roof shelters two
or more families. We need more
residences aud business houses.
Charles O'Bleness Jr. has rented
the Ed. Grizzel farm, which was here,
tofore farmed by s. G. Yeo. Mr..
Yeo will move to Stafford county
A girl baby arrived at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson early Fri.
day morning and Mr.. jackson is
happJ as man over the first born.
Despite the report that the Santa
Fe: has abandoned the work on the
branch road from Hollywood west, the
company is shipping in material
every day.
Probate Judge Breeder hes pur-
chased the Evenson house now occu'
pied by Mr. Lathrop and will move
it onto bis lots in the west end of
town. Dir. Church will occupy the
property.
Clafin and Olmitz crossed bats at
Hoisington last Saturday resulting in
score of 19 to Is in favor of Oimitz.
Our pitcher hurt his hand and from
that on the Olmitz fellows found in
him an easy mark.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04
For Sale.

A fine 160 acres, four miles north of
Pawnee Rock. Price, 1850; 81, 900
down, balance in year at per cent.
Owners share of 20 acres fine corn goes
with land. There is 100 acres under
cultivation: has best well in county
and fine limestone quarry, which takes
up but half acre. Call on James
Tarpy. four miles north of Pawnee
Rock, or write NJ. Tarpy, 40 Main
street, Peoria, Illinois. II 20,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04
OUR NEIGHBORs.
ELLINWooD.

From the Leader.
The infant boy of Mr.. and Afrs.
Steve Sanko died Wednesday even
ing at six O'Clock.
Fall piowing has commenced ID
some places. but the ground is very
dry and a soaking rain is needed be.
fore much in that line can be accom-
piished.
The wheat in this neigh borhood is
OF exceptionally good quality, testing
on an average little over so pounds.
Inc yield is from IL to 20 bushels, as
rule.
Word comes that Ollie Swariz, Who
has been working at Cheyenne, Wy
oming. has Joined the Montana vol-
unteer cavalry, and is now on his
way to the PHILIPPINE islands.
Ii. E Turk, who has been i'll for
some time with a complication of
troubles, is not any better. and his
many friends are greatly worried over
his condition.
The 18-monlh old infant of DIR.
and Mrs. S. j. Thomas. west of town
died of dysentary and summer COM
plant. The funeral took place on
Sunday afternoon.
We are sorry to learn that II. l..
jackson met with a painful accident
Monday evening. He fell out of
hay NOW at his farm, breaking a
couple of ribs and being otherwise
bruised.
The Ellinwood school board met
last week and selected, the following
corps Of teachers for the ensuing year:
Principal1Albert Dickens, End In-
termediate Dept -Marcellus Miller,
LIST. intermediate Dep' .-Miss Julia
Miller, Primary Dept. Miss Lucinda
Brewer.
A little volunteer took up his resi-
dence Saturday at the home of Seigel
Book and wife, north of town, and
Seigel was in setting up the cigars
He believes with Henry Back and
Joe Sprinkler that 10 these stirring
times of war. what the country needs
is, more boys.
Some dozen Migrants have been
arrested here the past week. and after
a sojourn in the cooler. have been run
out of town. On account of large
number of strangers here, the city
marshal and assistants are holding
the buns and disturbers level. In
view. of the outrages committed in
the county recently all suspicious
strangers should be made to give an
account of themselves or nit the road
Charley Archer met with quite an
accident yesterday morning. He Was
caught in the belt of threshing ma
chine. his face scratched and cruised,
and his hand badly mashed. The9
wounds were dressed and Charley is
getting along nicely. By singular
it was just two years ago
to the dav. when he was seriously |
crushed while working with thresh-
or and laid up for some time.
DIED:-At his home seven miles
east of Elliuwood, on Thursday July |
II, 1898 at eight O'Clock a. M, Carl |
Roth. aged II years and two months.
Fbe funeral services were conducted |
Friday morning from the Evangelic
church, Ellinwood. by Rev. BONN
tengel. MIR. Roth was born in Ger
many on May 20. 1927. He came to
his country in 1886. and settled on a
arm east of town. where he resided
Until his death. An aged widow, four
OBS and one daughter survive him.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04

Every person who has learned to
ride bicycle will be willing to ex-
claim, with the poet: II hold it trne
whate'er befall, I feel 1T when I'm
bruised the most. tits better TO have
wheeled and fallen than never to have
wheeled at all.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-08-04
ALBERT,
HEIZ Err.

Additional Lands.
w M Hilton lex a r r. ne or $40 T II Ri So 81
W w Hartshorn ne qr... 2 90 ID 81
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-08
PROHIBITION DAY IN KANSAS.
The Three Great Temperance Organ.
izations Urged to Observe
Sunday, March 20.

Topeka. Kas., March 7.-(Special) Secre-
tary 7. Stephens. of the Kansas State Tenn
perance Union, to-day issued the following
Kansas, calling upon them to observe Tenn
perance Sunday, on March 20:
ITO All Friends of Temperance Through
out Kansas.
The birthday of Neal Dow. March 90
has been set apart by the National and
1t be observed in every part of the world
as Prohibition day. The last official act
of Miss Frances E. Willard was to issue
the call for the celebration of this day.
The Kansas State Temperance Union
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
and the Good Templars of Kansas unite in
asking all persons who are opposed to the
saloon to arrange for the celebration of
Prohibition Gay in all the cities of Kan
sas. Let there be special programmes ar
ranged with special temperance music, and
let temperance and prohibition be discussed
from various points of view.
The national officers of the W. c. T. U.
have also appointed March 20 as a general
memorial day for their late president, Miss
Frances E. Willard. Wherever 1t is thought
best let the exercises take this form.
Prohibition statistical material for these
programmes can be obtained by sending
address and inclosing stamp to T. E. Ste
phens. 7o3 Jackson street. Topeka, Kas.
For music and general temperance infor-
nation send address and stamp to the W.
T. P. A. the Temple. Chicago. III. Also
send 10 cents to the last address for me-
mortal number of Union Signal. which will
give abundant data for a Frances Willard
memorial service. J. W. GLEED.
president State Temperance Union.
ELLA w. BROWN,
President Kansas W: e. T: U.
Grand Chief Templar. 1. o. G. IT,
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-08
GREEN men ARE SANGUINE.
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING OF COL
ORED REPUBLICANS.
Stirring Speeches by Men Well
known as Party WOrkers-MuE-
wumpfsm Denounced-Many
Political Meetings.

The Third Ward Colored Republican Club
held rousing meeting last night in the
hall at S21 West Twelfth street. The hall
was crowded with negroes. DR.. E.Burchard
made the first speech. He said the next
mayor should be a Republican. If Jones
were nominated he could not be elected,
but Shannon Democrat would be the
next mayor; he would appoint the election
commissioner and that would mean re-
turn Of Owsleyism. John ]. Green could
be elected If nominated. and he was a Re
publican. DIR. Burchard said he thought
that when the Republican party chose a
mayoralty candidate Thursday it would
wump newspaper that had never supported
Republican candidate for anything.
W: H. Harmon. negro. said that Re,
purity could not advocate the candidacy
of Jones. Mayor Jones. he said. had said
once in a speech that he wished all old SOL
diers had died on the battlefields.
That alone makes me hate him." said
Mr.. Harmon. ut was the old soldiers that
made us free"
Colonel A. A. Jones. negro. spoke Wig
said more than 80 per cent of the negroes
of Kansas City were against Jones and
would show it by their votes.
E. B. Kratz said that the mugwump Star
was saying that Jones during his admins
tration had stayed at home and attended
to business.
II admit that" said Mr. Kratz. "but his
business has been to build up a machine
for his own reelection. From the moment
that he put his foot in Office he has
schemed for that end. He has fixed it SO
that thirty-four out Of forty-three members
of the Republican city committee are hold
ing office in the city hall, and Jones can
summon them to his office at any moment.
1t is our duty as Republicans to resent this.
We have talked against political machines
for years and no man has done more to
build up a machine than Jones. If he is
nominated he will be defeated. John ].
Green can be elected"
At the end of the speech of Mr.. KratZ a
negro proposed three cheers for Green, and
they were given.
DIR. c. P. Cathcart said 1t would be impoS-
sible to elect Jones. because he was mug
wump. supported by mugwump newspa-
per- and the Republicans wished a mayor
whose Republicanism could not be ques-
toned.
r. E. Lee Bailey, negro. said Jones
was a very unpopular candidate two years
ago; he just won by scratch and Green
got several thousand more votes than
Jones. Mr.. Bailey recalled that it was
Wallace Loves vote that defeated Minor
Bass negro. for marketmaster. and Love
was now managing the campaign of Jones.
Bailey quoted facts to show that Jones
had been the enemy of the negro and Green
had been the negro'S consistent friend.
George w. Strope. candidate for alder
man from the Third ward. spoke. and the
meeting then adjourned to meet again to-
night and march in body to the Third
ward Republican rally in the hall at Ninth
and Central.
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-08
U. B. CONFERENCE.
Appointments for the Winfield and
Hutchinson Districts Were An
nounced Yesterday.

LOT tnc
Hutchinson Districts Were An
nounced Yesterday.
Hutchinson. Kas., March 7.-(Special)
The United Brethren conference for the
Winfield and Hutchinson districts closed
here to-day. The conference sermon was
preached yesterday at the First NJ. E.
church by Bishop Mills. of Denver. The
stationing committee reported the follow
ing appointments. and Winfield was select
ed as the place for holding the next an
nual conference:
The following appointments were made:
Hutchison district-H. S. Regal, pre-
siding elder. Wichita, J. G. Rogers;
Burns, J. Barricklow: Sedgwick, E. j.
Williams: Mcpherson. T. R. Sprague; Will
low Grove. Z. r. Myer: Hutchinson, G. r.
Jackman; Little River. P. H. Blinn; Maize,
cent. ]. ]. Maxey; Union Chapel. w. L.
Hinshaw: Sterling, r. B. Smith: Garden
City. S. W. Foulk; Cimarron, John Nor
rison; Hudson. l.. G. Garman: Liberty
Chapel, H. H. Zigler. Evangelists: G. w.
Tuttle. P. Milligan, G. NJ. Beltz. William
Rose: j.. H. Manning. S. Garrigus and C.
A. Hendershot.
P. Smith; Winfield. ]. R. Horner: Null
w. T. Snyder: Corbin. c. E. Heisei: King,
man. ]. n. Ewards; Danville. T. S. Cum
ningham; Attica. c. E. Farney: Coldwater,
o. p. Myers; Wellington. A. Burrill; Beau
mont. j.: A. Sanders; Greenridge. w. II.
Porter; Turon. j. W. Burket: Greensburg.
d. A. Williams. Admitted to the confer
ence: ]: E. Wilson. D. a. Williams and
]. F. Harrison. Elders ordained: ]. N,
Edwards, n. II. Shull and 3. F. Ford
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-08
KANSAS REPUBLICANS NOT AGREED
AS TO A CONVENTION DATE.
MATTER TO BE DECIDED TO-DAY
CHAIRMAN SIMPSON FAVORs NAMING
A TICKET IN JUNE.
Hessin Forces Seem to Favor . Later
Date-Meeting of the State Com
mittee To-day Will Attract
All the Candidates-
kansas News.

Topeka, Kas, March 7.-(SpeciaL) The
Republican state committee will meet here
tomorrow night and fix the date and place
for the state convention. Besides the mem-
bers of the committee, the meeting Will
attract all of the various candidates ana
a big lot of politicians from every section
The advance guard has already arrived
Among the candidates already here are
John Seaton, for governor: Frank Nelson,
for state superintendent; George Cole. for
auditor, and Frank Grimes, for treasurer.
The various other candidates are expected
tomorrow morning.
There promises to be lively time in the
committee over the questions of date and
place. The majority of the advance guard
favor an early convention. They say 1t is
unwiSe to wait until the fuSioniStS hold
their convention for the purpose Of profit
ing by their mistakes. Their argument Is
that the Republican party doesn't need to
wait to see what stand other parties take
on certain questions; that is big and broad
enough to lead the van.
Chairman James Simpson holds this
opinion. kansas Republicans know what
the platform should contain right now,"
said he land they also know about what
the opposition platform will be, so what Is
the use of waiting?" He said he believed
the majority of the committee would favor
an early convention, probably before June
Is. although he had not consulted any OF
them.
Il would not write any of the members
asking for their views" said he, "as 1t
would SAVIOR of bossism. 1 apprehend that
when the members get here. fresh from the
people, they will meet and talk the matter
over and do whatever is in the interest OF
the party
United States Marshal Sterne and United
States Revenue Collector Sutton favor
July convention. They will lead the fight
for that month.
Sterne is openly backing Senator Hessin
for governor and from all appearances Sut-
ton leans that way. too. This leads poll
ticians to believe the story circulated some
time ago that Senator Baker had gone be-
hind Hessin. William Martindale. of En-
poria, is here to watch things. A deiega-
tion from Hutchinson came in tonight for
the purpose of capturing the convention for
their town. They have received consider
able encouragement. and believe they will
get what they came for. Topeka also
wants the convention. and Hutchinson will
have hard time defeating her.
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-08
ANOTHER COMPANY BARRED
AcNaIl Refuses to License the Ham
burg-Bremen Fire Insur-
ance Company.


Topeka, Kas., March 7.-(Special) Just
in order to warn the insurance companies
that he is still on earth and monarch of all
he surveys. State Insurance Superintendent
McNall to-day notified the Hamburg-Bre-
men Fire Insurance Company, one of the
largest foreign fire insurance companies in
existence. that he would refuse to license
1t to do business in Kansas for the ensuing
year. This action was taken after a rather
animated correspondence between McNail
and the general agents of the company in
this country. 1t seems that McNall has
caught the company patronizing an alleged
The bureau, he claims. is now being op-
Grated by Charles E. Eldridge. a relative of
Clarkson. The Hamburg-Bremen company
agreed some months ago to drop the
bureau, but McNall got hold of some cor
reGpondence which convinced him that the
company is still patronizing it. After re-
viewing the evidence in his possession in a
letter to the general agents, Witkowsky &
Affeld, of Chicago. to-day, McNall con-
clrdes:
There is no question in my mind but
that you. as general agents of the Ham
burg-Bremen Fire Insurance Company
after you were forbidden from patronizing
Mr. Harrison Clarkson in the matter Of
rates and classifcations. accepted the
first available opportunity to not only vio-
late the law of this state, but the rules of
this department by employing another in
dividual who is engaged in tine same kind
Hence 1 shall decline to license the Ham
burg-Bremen Insurance Company to trans
act insurance business in this state for
the ensuing year."
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-08
STAMPEDE FROM DAWSON.
Big Crowds Leave There for New Dig
EinEs on American and Rose
bud Greeks.

Victoria. B. c.. March Nv. Nichols.
just arrived from Dawson. confirms the
reports of big strikes on American creek
and a stampede to that place from Daw-
son.. He reports rich strikes on Rosebud
creek, fifty miles this side of Dawson.
Prospectors took out "a to Sc to the pan
and the news reaching Dawson. big
crowd started for the new diggings. The
creek is lined with tents and is said to be
very rich.
The steamer Willapa returned from the
West coast points to-day. She brings news
that sealers are experiencing very heavy
weather and many have been obliged to
return to port. So far catches have been
very small.
Seattle Wash, March Thomas Elliott,
a recent arrival from Dawson City, says
that when he reached Big Salmon river, he
found the Canadian police excited over
gold strike made on the Big Salmon. A
halfbreed connected with the mounted po-
lice sank three holes in different parts OF
the river bar, and dirt averaged $3.50 per
pan.
Kansas City journal., 1898-03-08
PUPILS ENTERTAIN PUPILS.
Western Conservatory of Music Pu.
pills Give a Concert at Train-
ing School.

ing School.
There were a large number Of visitors,
including several prominent educators from
a distance and many pupils from the var
ious ward schools. at the entertainment in
the large auditorium of the Manual Train
ing high school yesterday morning. The
entertainment was given by the pupils of
the Western Conservatory of Music, as
sisted by Miss Mae B. stearns and Miss
Edith Pell. The programme consisted of
piano doet. entitled, "Belisario,' by Misses
Josephine Silver and Hattie Johnson, which
elected much applause: a soprano solo, en-
titled, "Sogno D'Amor. by Miss Pell, in
which that young lady did great credit to
herself and was complimented with
hearty encore: quartette of pianos in
ladies. Misses Mary Dryden. Josephine Sill
yer. Nettie Anderson. Hattie Simpson,
Florence Vance. Jennie Leayitt. Edna
Odor and Anna Mack, participated, two at
each instrument; an appropriate selection
by Miss Stearns. Kansas City's popular
reader and elocutionary artist; concluding
with THE Storm March," by the same
number of the programme.
Professor Morrison, principal of the
school. extended an invitation to the visit
orS at the exercises to make tour of in
spection through the building and view
the children at their studies, and through
his courtesy some 200 persons were
given the opportunity of seeing the inside
workings OF this big institution where all
branches of manual and Industrial training
are taught.
The school gives similar entertainment
every Monday morning, to which all
patrons of the school and those interested
in educational work are invited.