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Barbour County index., 1898-11-09
Close of the Omaha Exposition.

Omaha, November 2-The Trans,
Mississippi and international EXPOSE
ton closed it's doors at mid'ni CHIT
Monday. The closing hours of the
enterprise were the most brilliant in
the history of the five months ex-
hibition. 1t is estimated that $4,000
people crowded the grounds. Tt was
Omaha day and every body was there.
The grand total of attendance since
the opening will considerably exceed
2,600,0O0. The exposition was finan-
cial success, something over $400, ,Oe0
remaining to be divided among the
stockholders. A fraction less than
$2,000,000 has been received, and
81 1,300,0 900 expended.
The concessions paid the exposition
S360.000 and the exhibitors 5000 600.
Eighty thousand dollars were re,
ceived from other sources. The high
est number of people in any one day
was on the opening day of the peace
jubilee, when President Mckinley
spoke, 9S,7S6 persons being present
On that occasion.
The exposition owed 100000 when
the gates were opened; $390,000 were
subscribed for the exposition, and all
but $4,000 of that amount paid in.
In addition, corporations donated
100000. 1t is estimated that the
subscribers should receive back about
50 per cent of their subscriptions
Monday afternoon the mama cement
gave banquet to a large number of
invited guests. President Wattles. f.
Eosewater, manager of the depart
ment of publicity and promotion:
Mayor Moores, y. T. Lindsey, w. N.
Babcock and others spoke.
Barbour County index., 1898-11-09
ABsCONDER ARRESTED.
He Had StO Forty Lone Thousank
Dollars From u Bohemian Bank.

ST. Louis, November 2.-After a
chase across two continents, Lambert
Wilt, chief comptroller of the Bung-
lau Savings Bank at BungbunZlau,
bohemia, with his wife and her aunt,
Was ARRESTED at the Hotel Roseacre
Monday ON the charge of his having
absconded with 10000 guldens,
equivalent to $41, ,420. The arrest was
iEstigation of W. Sesmesky, pians,
dealer at 642 Blue Island avenue, vho
is stockholder and the Western
agent for the Bunglau bank, and who
had been instructed to search for
Wilt.
Wilt has been married one year
and is 38 years old. His father is
prosperous merchant at Bungbunz-
lau. On August 6 Wilt and his wife,
accompanied by her aunt, Blaja Null
lei, left home on vacation for his
health. They travelled through AUS
tria and came to America, landing art
Hoboken, October 8, where he wired
his mother of their arrival. Mean
while the bank officials had discov,
cred a shortage of 1900 guldens,
and were searching for Wilt. His
message home gave them clew that
he was in America, and they notl-
fed their Western agent.
Wilt travelled through the East and
finally went to Chicago, whence he
came here last Thursday evening.
detective was behind him two days
throughout his sojournings. The de-
tective arrived here Sunday and ar
rested the party of three Monday.
Wilt had $100 in United States money
and he and his wife both had large
amount of Bohemian money conceal-
ed in their clothing. Wilt admitted
that he took $4,000 guldens, but said
he did not take the balance of the
amount credited to him. He said
friends at Hoboken had advised him
upon landing that he was being
hunted. The detective took the three
back to Chicago at 9 o'clock Monday
night.
Barbour County index., 1898-11-09
A Toothache ricrobe.

DIR. Herz's discovery of an anti.
toothache microbe is the latest whim-
sicaiity of science reported from Ger
many 1t is whimsicality, however.
In appearance only; for, according to
the discoverer, the microFbe in ques-
ton not only stops the pain without
destroying the nerve but also fixes
the tooth if it should have become
loosened in its socket, thus making it
possible to introduce a permanent
filling. With microbes curing tooth
ache, making butter and purifying
water of malignant bacteria there il
no telling what these animalcules
may not be trained to do.
Barbour County index., 1898-11-09
lord Munek and vincent scully.

Lord Monck, at one time governol
Of Canada, sat in the house of COM
mons for am English constituency.
An Irishman himself, he was very pa
80 izing to the Irish members.
Meeting Vincent Scully. the member
for Tipperary, in the lobby one night.
he slapped him on the shoulder and
said, Familiarity: "Well, Scull, how
are you?" The other, annoyed by
this form of address, rejoined: II
will thank you, my lord, not to de-
prive my name of the last letter. Or,
ST you do. pray add to it your own
and call yourself Monkey" Vincent
Scully once gave utterance in the
house to a ludicrous confusion OF
thought. A landlord had been muir
dered in Tpperary. and, during
discussion in regard to the crime, an
attempt was made to prove that it
was agrarian Mr.. Scully spoke OF
the murdered man in terms OF the
highest praise. "He was much be-
7..Sesi," said he; "he distributed food
70 the starving people. and ne man
had less right to be murdered"
Barbour County index., 1898-11-09
Desperate Attempt AT suicide.

Cleveland. o., November "A des-
perate attempt TO commit suicide was
made early Monday by Rose Laurer,
aged %, of No. $40 Lake street, and
j. H. Cleckner, aged 80, of No. 264
Case avenue.
The couple walked out to the end
of the dock of the Cleveland Yacht
Club, at the foot of Erie street, and
tied themselves together with strips
torn from a bed sheet. They then
jumped into the lake. Two Lake
Shore railroad detectives were in the
vicinity and witnessed the act. They
at once ran down and dived into the
icy water after the couple. The man
and woman had already sunk several
times, but were finally rescued after
a long struggle on the part of the
detectives. Both were taken to a hos
pita1.
Cleckner is a conductor on the
Cleveland & Pftfsburg road. BEYOND
saying that they We're tired of living.
the couple would give no reason for
their attempted suicide.
Barbour County index., 1898-11-09
SHORT RIB SQUEEZE.
p. D. Armour Reported to Have
Been Caught.
A PRIVATE SETTLEMENT MADE.
The Deal Engineered by an English
Syndicate-Price Rose One Dol.
lar and Forty Cents I'm q
Few Hours.

Chicago, November 2-P. D. Ar
mour gave up snug sum Monday, as
the result of little squeeze in Octo-
Der short ribs, if the gossips on
change know whereof they speak. 1t
was the last day of the October de-
livery, and ribs, which could have
been bought with comparative ease
on Saturday at $3.50 per 100 pounds,
and on Friday as low as $5.121z, were
apparently scarce, with the price
soaring up toward 81. The price was
only stopped at $675 by private set
element Of about 100000 pounds.
There is no telling where the deal
would have gone had the people run
ming it pushed it to extremes. They
demonstrated their absolute control
of the situation. 1t was the culmlna-
tion of deal by a syndicate of what
are known as the English" packers
with a number of concerns associated
with them said to have been against
John Cudahy and p. d. Armour
though his representative denies it
and has been under way for some
thfng like two months.
just who constitutes the syndicate
Is not yet public property, but it in
ciudes Swift & Co., the Chicago Pack
ing Company, the Continental Pack
ing Company, the international Pack
ing Company, and probably the sew
eral commission concerns, which are
made up of the people largely inter
ested in the packing companies
named.
The acting head of the combination
Npn g Co. o1 10
of the Anglo-American Packing Com
pany. Up to Saturday night, all of
the members of the syndicate had
ribs to sell for October delivery at
$3.50.
Monday morning there were prac-
tically no offerings, and on the buy
ing of not to exceed 225,0 pounds
by Logan, Lamson and other COM
mission concerns, the price was put
up from n normal opening at $5.67h
to about $6.62k. A. H. Farnum, to-
ward the latter part of the session,
was credited with buying 100, 900
pounds at $6.75, and a few minutes
later 1t was practically confirmed
that a private settlement had been
made on 2,050,000 pounds at $675.
MacClean, who acted for the people
running the deal, confirmed a private
settlement on this quantity, but re-
fused to say with whom the settle
ment had been made.
1t was generally understood that
Mr.. Farnum had some thing to do with
this particular deal and mine out of
ten of the people in the provision pit
believed that Mr.. Armour had finally
come in, after stubbornly standing
out on big short line. The quantity
of ribs on which a settlement has
been made was raised by common
gossip to 3,O50,0OO pounds after the
close. No one but the people in direct
interest know just what settlements
were made privately Monday on the
basis of closing prices.
Barbour County index., 1898-11-09
Live StockRecord. Rroken.

Kansas City, Mo-, November O.
Kansas City has had some big weeks
in her stocker and feeder business
heretofore, burt nothing to equal last
weeks shipments. There were pur-
chased here and shipped back to the
country for the week ending last Sat
urday 943 cars of stockers and feed
ers, 1889 head.
This is record breaker and ex-
ceeded the shipments of the week
ending October s, which was the
biggest up to that time, and reached
031 cars. OF the shipments last week
Kansas got 446 cars, Missouri 29S
cars, Nebraska II cars, Iowa 40 cars.
Illinois SO cars, and other states 29
cars.
Barbour County index., 1898-11-09
State May Tax Foreign Corporations.

Washington, November 2-The
United States supreme court today
announced it's decision sustaining
the constitutionality of that feature
Of the tax laws of New York which
lays a tax on foreign corporations
doing business in the state, accord
ing TO the capital employed. The
case was instituted against James
Roberts, comptroller of the state of
New York, to test the law and vacaIte
an assessment made on the capital
of large Western drug house hav-
ing a branch in New York city. The
lower court sustained the validity of
the law, and the supreme court now
affirms this decision. Judge Shiras,
III announcing the courts opinion,
said the law was settled that a state
may impose such coalitions for per-
mftting a foreign corporation to do
business within it's limits as it may
Judge expedient, and that it may
make the grant dependent upon the
payment of a specific license tax, or
a sum proportioned to the amount of
its capital used Within the state
This was not, the court held, dis
elimination against the products of
outside states.
Justice Harlan announced the dis
sent of himself and Justice Brown
He said the former decisions of this
court had been uniform against state
laws which favored domestic firms,
corporations or persons as against
those from other states. If each
state set up a system of special taxes
on these outside bodies, then it
would. in the aggregate, amount TO a
sort of protective tariff system, over
coming the freedom of trade betwees
the states.
Barbour County index., 1898-11-09

-
'I want to enter protest. pro.
test against the unwritten theory
that girls should be brought up insids
Of four walls" says a writer in the
New York Sun. 1.-The trouble - In
the attitude of grown-up people. Why
do they not let little girls play out q
doors as q matter of course? Tbs
trouble is that when q girls love Of
light and air and sunshine and the
sky is so strong that it won't be de-
MED, everybody talks about II
Grandmother shakes her head: !:
grandfather wags his, but in q pleas.
ed way, because the girl is full oe
love for the things he loved, too. But
he was allowed to love them uncon-
sciously and healthy, as matter Of
course. The girl has to insist on he1
right to the open air.
THE consequence is that she 4
made self-conscious. She gets intro
spective. She puzzles over herse {.
She wants to play where and what
she pleases, and she wonders why thia
simple desire sets the family by the
ears and the neighbors to whispering.
In 80 cases out of hundred little
girls intuition may be depended on.
She will have to be guided and train
Cd like any child, but she will make
q pretty good choice of plays. When
was a little girl, always had q
&nife. / played marbles, had a top
made kites and flew them, and played
ball with unceasing fervor.
crow, what 1 am trying to get al
,&>a 80 JS Iva ii 4,,c>
aoout little girls who play such
games. In the name of all that il
sound and healthful. why? The re-
suit is that such girl either gives
it all up and settles down to books
and lack-lustre plays sacred to the
attention of little girls, or she over.
does the matter out of blind, childisl
defiance. Then everybody calls her q
tomboy, and all the complacent
mothers of simpering, giggling little
pocket editions of womankind-never
mind mixed metaphors-are always
surprised that the tomboy turns out
womanly and dignifed and loveable.
"All of this. naturally, applies ts
girls living in smaller towns. The un-
fortunate children of cities, boys al
well as girls, miss their birthrigh,
of outdoor life. But there are thou
sands and thousands of girls all over
the country who have as good right
TO the woods, meadows, and the joys
mentioned in the rich gentleman
will as the boys have. 1t is their right
to bask in the smiles of the good
brown earth, for the earth does smile
And it is their right to do this with.
out being looked upon as queer %
ungirlish."
Barbour County index., 1898-11-09
A Prominent BusInes. Wan Accused.

Hopkins, No., November 2.-Mr.
Carpe, of Allison, came to Hopkins
Monday and swore out warrant for
Colonel NJ. t. Jersey, charging him
with running Carpeis' 15-year-old
daughter, who has been clerking for
Jersey for Several months. Jersey left
home last night, telling his wife he
was, going to Maryville, and has not
been apprehended. Colonel Jersey
owns store at Allison, is justice OF
the peace and postmaster. and is
worth considerable money. He is
about Al years of age and has an in
valid wife.
Barbour County index., 1898-11-09
THE OCCUPATION OF CUBA.
Troops May Not Start Start for Havan,
For q Month.

Washington, October 31.-No def
mite determination has been reached
as to the date when the troops now
at Savannah will be sent to Cuba. A
prominent administration official said
last night that General Lees corps
would be dependent, to certain ex-
Spanish forces in evacuating the is
might sail this week and they might
not sail for month.
1t Is the intention of the adminis-
tration, however, to lend General
Lees corps in Cuba before the firss
of January. That date has been fixed
definitely as the time for the final
evacuation of the island by the Span
ish authorities to obtain an extension
of the time until the first of Febru-
ary, but the proposition was declined
by The American commissioners.
arrangements for the landing and
camping of the American forces
practically have been completed In
Cuba, although some of the details
have not been worked out yet. The
recall at this time of Colonel Hecker
and Colonel Lee from Havana il sim
ply TO secure their and here IL the
working out of these details.
General Fitzhugh Lee came to
Washington from Richmonsf last
night but remained only until an ear
ly train this morning. His business
was purely private and he called
upon no war department. officials.
Impor'tant orders will be sent him
carly this week relating to the gov-
ernment of his corps but az yet the
war department has not disclosed
their nature.
Barbour County index., 1898-11-09
Troops May be Called out.

Little Rock, Ark, November 2.-It
is reported that troops Will be sent
to Cleburne county to quell the dis
turbance there that is being caused
by moonshiners. The proba bilities are
now that none will be called upon
unless it be United tSates troops, as
the state militia, outside of the Sec
ond regiment, which is in the United
States service, is disorganized, and no
citizen soldiers are available. The
governor has issued a proclamation
Offering a reward of $100 for the ar
rest of every person committing law
ieSsness in Cleburne county, and he
hopes this action will have a good
eject.
From reliable report received here,
the situation is very serious. The
moonshiners are waging a relentless
war on the informers, or the law
abiding element. In some cases
houses and barns have been burned
at night, live stock of all kinds be-
longing to informers have been killed
and farm implements and other prop
erty broken to pieces and destroyed
wherever found. Notices have been
posted on the doors of informers'
homes warning them to leave the
county and remain away. The in
formers are guarding their homes and
property night and day, and their
crops are going to ruin in the fields
Cleburne county is isolated and has
long been the home of moonshiners.
1t is many miles from railroad and
affords an ideal haven for the illicit
distiller.
Barbour County index., 1898-11-09
Mrs. Botkin want. an Early trial.

Sam Francisco, November Mrs.
Rotkin's desire for an early trial will
probably be gratified. The district
attorney says his first move will be
10 send to Delaware for witnesses
from that state. He says probably az
many as half a dozen persons wouE.
be brought from Dover, and that he
would make an effort to secure the
attendance of John p. Dunning, hus.
band of the dead woman, as a witt
ness.
Barbour County index., 1898-11-09
Cattle Thieve. Arrested.

Guthrie o. T., November 2.-E. Tai
bert and Alexander Stanton vaere
brought here last evening and lodged
in the federal jail ON the charge of
wholesale cattle stealing in the Oss re
Indian reservation, where whole car
loads of cattle have lately been stolen
and shipped to market.
Barbour County index., 1898-11-09

"Wot,s de use o. wakin' up dis way
at o'clock in de morning. inquired
Flooding Pete indignantly. WELL
answered Meandering Mike, "I take
30 much comfort out o. doin' nothin'
dat I thought I'd like to git an early
start. Washington Star.
Barbour County index., 1898-11-09

eve must do something to make
the public forget the Dreyfus affair.""
said one French official. II know it,
replied the other. But there's only
ore way to do it, and don't see how
we can think up anything more scan.
falous to offer them. .n-Washingto
Star. i,
Barbour County index., 1898-11-09

"Young man. said the peripatetic
evangelist, do you ever reflect on
death ?" IL do" answered Chollie.
aHorrofies me, too. So doosid, COM
mon-"-andianapoiis Journal.
Barbour County index., 1898-11-09

Thirty-seven governors, as many
legislators and a new house of repre-
sentatives will be elected November
Barbour County index., 1898-11-09

First Girl-"I wac in front last
night, dear, to see you play Juliet" !"
Second Girl-"Yes, know you wore;
but you needn't have talked 90 loud
all through my best scenes" First
Girl-"Oh, but you must be mistakes.
dear; IT couldn't possibly have been I.
L never talk in my sleep."-Punch.
Barbour County index., 1898-11-09

Customer-"Do you think this med
icine will have the desired effect?"
Druggist-"Oh. yes; I'll guarantee
1t to work like a charm" Customer
'But I have NO faith IN charms"
Druggist Neither have I."-Chi-
cago News.
Barbour County index., 1898-11-09

Mr.. Wilkins-Do you believe in an
nexation?
Miss Bidsley-Oh, Arthur. this il q
sudden But If you can gain papaie
consent I will try 70 learn 70 lose
you Concord Monitor.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-16
RATES TO OMAHA.

Chicago, April II. Rates and ar.
engagements on account Of the Omaha
exposition were completed today by
the Western Passenger association
lines. The rates are more liberal
than those for the Chicago exposi-
ton.
Summer tourist tickets will be sold
at so per cent of double locals to
Omaha from all sections OF the coun-
try, With final return limit to No
vember Is.
From all association points east of
Colorado a rate of one fare and a
third will be made for the round "trip
from June / until October 30, with a
30 return limit, provided, however,
that in no case the rate from the fol-
lowing points to Omaha shall be less
than 500 from Chicago, S17 from Pc
Oris, SIT from st. Louis, $25 from
Colorado common points and $15.75
from st. Paul and Minneapolis.
For the opening ceremonies a rate
Of one cent a mile will be made from
all paints within $50 miles Of Omaha.
From points beyond the $50 mile
limit, the rate will be one fare for the
round trip. All tickets of every char
scter through Omaha, il either d.
rection, will be made good for stop
over at Omaha not to exceed five days
The minimum rate for any round
trip ticket is to be so cents.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-16
State of Kansas, !
Phillips County, 90

State of Kansas, 30
Phillips County, 90
8. N. Duvall being duly sworn on
his oath says: Il WAS appointed water
commissioner OF the city of Philips
burg, Kansas, on the BON day Of
Aprll 1897, succeeding Frank Gray.
There was due from j. Y, Royce az
that time certain sums OF money for
water rental. On the lst day OF July
1897 ether sums became due, called
on j. q, Royce for his water rentals
during the year 1897, but did not
collect them. During this time Il E.
Brainerd issued no permits for water
nor receipts for the payment of mon
ey, but entered i'll the ledger such
Items Of debts and credits as ! re-
quested. When reporting no Collec-
lions from j. Q. Royce with others,
u. Il. Brainerd requested me not to
annoy nor torment the said j. @.
Royce, as he, Brainerd, did not wish
to do anything to annoy said Royce,
as he (Royce) was his (Brainerd's)
competitor. Brainerd during this
time was chairman of the water COM
mittee. The charges made against
Mr.. Royce were such IS believed
we're due from him. On March 4th
1898, ! received payment for the
amount which Royce claimed due for
the year 1897. I presented the full
account to Royce, but he refused to
pay it, and asking Bralnerd's advice
he suggested settling on Royce's fig
ures, although such settlement was
not in accordance with the rules OF
the city, was anxious to collect up
all money due, and hence made such
settlement, as 1 did with other dis.
puted accounts. S N. DUvALL.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of June 1895.
SEAL r. FRANK ST1NsoN,
Notary Public.
My commission expires Oct. 10, 1899
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-16
State of Kansas, 90
Phillips County, 3D.

Phllllps county,
George W. Cole being duly sworn
on his oath says: l was appointed
water commissioner of the city OF
Phillipsburg, KaDsae, on the 9Th day
April 1896 I then purchased a new
ledger, and entered therein the &C.
counts of patrons Of the Phlllipsburg
water works, and charged up in said
ledger all accounts no to July |, 1896,
az | believed consumers owed. At the
expiration of my term Of Office, |
turned all looks, papers, and money
over to Frank Gray, my successor.
At no time during my term Of Office,
did Il. e. BraInerd issue permits for
the use of water nor receipts for mos
les paid in on account of the use of
CITY water. Nor did e. e. Brsinerd
make any entries in the books Of
water accounts.
GEondE w. Cole.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day Of June A. D. 1898.
SEAL II FRANK STINsoN
Notary Public,
My Commission expires Oct. IL, 1898.
State Of Kansas, G.
Phillips County, %
Frank Gray Ueing duly sworn on
his oath says Il succeeded George
W. Cole, as water commissioner Of the
city of Phillipsburg On the 2lst day
April 1896, said Geo. W. Cole turned
over to me all books, monies and &c
counts in his hands as such water
commissioner. L have examined the
ledger referred to by ex' Commission
or Cole in bis affidavit made this day,
and find that the account of j q.
Royce in said book up to July l, 1886,
is in the hand writing as [ believe, OF
George W. Cole. At no time during
the year that l was water commission
err did e Il. Brainerd issue permits
for the use of water, nor receipts for
the payment of money The entries
in such ledger were made by e. e.
Brainerd during my term Of office at
my request and suggestion and the
charges made for water were such as
| believed were due from consumers.
FRANK GRAY.
Subscribed and sworn. to before me
this 18th day OF June, A. D. 1898.
SEAL r. FRANK STINsoN,
Notary Public.
My commission expires Oot IL, 1899