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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
VIII SHOW Great Proeress.

Washington, Nov. 21--The forth
coming annual report of the secretary
of agriculture, which is nearly ready
for transmission to the president, will
show a wonderful progress for this de-
partment during the year. Several of
the lines of new work and new investi-
cations undertaken by Secretary Will
son have proved extremely popular and
the results attained are of practical
value to farmers, breeders and fruit
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
Prison Did Not Reform Him.

jefferson City, Mo-, Nov. 21.-John
Grant, a convict sent to the peniten-
tiary from Kansas City, under sentence
of - years for burglary and larceny.
escaped last night by going over the
wall of the hospital yard. After get
ting outside he at once broke into no
less than five houses in order to get
clothing to take the place Of his stripes.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
To Look After the New Colo mics.

washington, Nov. 21.-Since his ar
rival Gen. D. B. Henderson has not
thrown out any intimations as to
whether or not he will favor the ap-
pointment OF committee to which
shall be referred all matters relating
to Cuba, Hawaii, Porto Rico and the
Philippines. It has been suggested
that as the foreign affairs committee
of the house already has plenty to do
it would be a good idea 10 frame new
nn1iffan
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
FRIENDS AGAIN ANXIOUS.
Vice President Hobart Shows No Improve
ment and Does Not Relish Food as
Much as Formerly.

Paterson, n. j., Nov. 21.-Vice Presi.
dent Hobart pa ssed fair night. He
awoke at eight o'clock and partook
sparingly of solid food. DIR. Newton
said that there was no improvement in
the condition of the patient. but he
would not say that there was any ma,
terial change for the worse. Mr.. Ho
bart does not appear to relish his food
as well as he did a week ago, and his
friends are becoming more anxious.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
MANY Women are Bald.

A barber of 81 years experience in
New York, one who seldom tolls in his
shop, but attends his patrons in their
homes, said to a newspaper man the
other day: 1.-THE general belief that
there are no bald women is false. Some
of the handsomest ladies in New York
society have not hair upon their
heads. I go to their homes once or
twice a month and shave their heads,
and regularly dress their wigs"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
Secret socIety trouble in Chicago.

Chicago, Nov. 21.-About $500 Chi
cago members of the Knights and
Ladies of Honor have seeded from the
organization because OF diss abstraction
with the management of the affairs of
the body by the supreme lodge Four
teen lodges in Chicago have withdrawn
and have set up rival concern which
is styled the German American FEEDER
alton of Illinois.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
Distance of the North Star.

The Lick observatory astronomers
tell us the north star is 255, 600, 900, 900
miles away. The Lick telescope and
photospectroscope have discovered Il
multiple stars. The star Mizar, the
middle star of the handle of the great
dipper, has a brilliancy 100 times great
er than that of our sun,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
Gang of Kansas Bank Robbers.

Topeka, Kan. Nov. 2L-Ba1k Com
missioner Breidenthal said last night
that an organized gang of bank rob-
bers is abroad in Kansas and warns
bankers to guard vaults. Six banks
have been wrecked recently and all of
the robbers have escaped Mr.. Breiden-
thai SAYS 200 armed men are securing
the country surrounding Parker, in
Linn county, pursuing the thieves who
blew open the bank vault there.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
Nine Have Died In once.

Since the beginning of the govern
ment five vice presidents have died in
Office. During the same time four
presidents have died in Office, two of
whom, Lincoln and Garfield, were as
sassinated. The mortality, therefore,
seems to have been greater among
those holding the second Office in the
government than among the chief ex.
ocutiveS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
Birds Are Indispensable.

French naturalist asserts that if
the world should become birdless man
would not inhabit it after nine years,
in spite of all the sprays and poisons
that could be manufactured for the de-
struction of insects. The bugs and
slugs would simply eat up orchards and
crODS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
CHARGE AGAINST METCALF.
Lieut.. Hall, of Lawrence. Says the Colonel
of the Twentieth Kansas Shot an
Unarmed, KneeIing Native.

Topeka, Kan, Nov. 21.-Lieut. Hall,
of Lawrence, formerly of the Twen-
tieth Kansas, in a letter to the Topeka
Journal to-day, makes the charge that
Col. Metcalf shot an unarmed and sup
plicating Filipino prisoner, and in sup
port of it furnishes an affidavit of Pri-
vate Husky, of company K, and First
Lieut.. A. NJ. Ferguson, of the Thirty
sixth infantry, United States volun-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
Continuance Performance.

It is said that in a mine near Butte,
Mont, live hundreds of cats that never
see the light of day. What grand
continuous performance in the concert
line there must be in that mine of ever
lasting night.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
HIS WIFE GETS 1T.
Admiral Dewey Transfers to His Bride the
Home Which Was Given Him by the
People OF the Nation.

Washington, Nov. 21.-A formal deed
of conveyance was to-day placed on
file transferring from Admiral George
Dewey to MIS-. Mildred Dewey, his
wife, the property, No. 1747 Rhode Is
land avenue, in this city, which was
presented to the admiral by popular
subscription. A nominal consideration
is named in the Instrument
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
The Ban VIM Not Be Given.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 21--The
Catholic church, through Rev. ]. j.
Glennon, coadjutor bishop of the do
cese of Kansas City, has set its seal of
disapproval on the charity ball which
it was proposed to hold in Convention
hall on Thanksgiving eve for the bene-
fit of the Orphan Boys home.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
Communication by CarrIer Pigeon.

Communication by Carrier Pigeon.
The government of New Zealand now
SENDS communications by carrier pig
cons between Auckland and Great Brit
ain island, distance across the water
of 80 miles. Theservice is controlled by
the post Office department.. The fee for
a single message is one shilling, and a
stamp for this amount has to be bought
at the post Office.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
Figures on the 1900 Census.

It will require $4,000 enumerators to
take the census of the United States in
June next, for it must be completed by
the first week in July. That means
that about 75,0OO,OOO people must be
recorded in 80 days, or at the rate of
$500. 600 a dav
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
Two Per.ons Dead In a Fire.

Wagner, T.. Nov. e1.-Two per-
sons died in the fire that destroyed the
St. Charles hotel. a large three-story
frame building. The fire was diecov-
cred on the second floor at midnight,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
Greatest In Kansas Ctty,s H,storx.

Kansas City, Mo-. Nov. 2L.-Kansas
City has in its numerous elevators and
mills no less than 1000, 900 bushels of
wheat. Never before in the city's his
tory has SO large q quantity of that
grain been stored here.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
Blunders VIII Happen.

a Buffalo man is under arrest for
whipping his sister, having mistaken
her for his wife. Blunders will happen
In the best regulated families.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24

w. c. Coleman, a negro, has started
q large cotton mill at Concord, N. c.,
which has 5. 200 spindles. Mr.. Coleman
Is said to be the wealthiest representa-
tive of his race in America.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Not Counting Manila and Santiago
There were 172 ocean disasters in the
year 1898, not counting those in which
Montoio and Cervera took part.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
Formulation of the world.

The ablest -statisticians estimate the
present population of the world at l.
800, 900, 900, which is an increase of
about 20, 600, 900 in the last seven years.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
Demand for Cooper Gents.

Though at present there are 1,UoU,-
300, 600 copper cents in circulation
throughout the country, the Philadel-
phia mint has to turn out 1000. 900 a
month to accommodate the demand
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
The Entire Jury Poisoned.

Sedalia, Mo-. Nov. 21.-The entire
jury in the McManigal murder case,
now on trial, was poisoned at noon to-
day. Jurors Payne and Satterwhite
are in serious condition and the trial
has been abruptly discontinued.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24

! There are now over $50, 900 words in
the English language acknowledged by
the best authorities, or about 10000
more than in the German, French.
Spanish and Italian ombined.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
His Signature Ia Valuable.

Judson w. Lyons, registrar of the
treasury, whose signature appears on
every piece of paper currency now be-
ing issued by the United States, is a
tall, robust colored man, with a high
forehead and square laws
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
The tunnels of the World.

If all the tunnels of the world were
placed end to end they would reach
distance of 514 miles. They number
about l. 142
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
old Husband and Younp Wife.

Old Husband and Young WIG.
A young Michigan wife is accused OF
feeding to her octogenarian husband
ground glass as means of getting at
his bank account.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-24
Released 500 Spanish Prisoners.

London, Nov. 21--The POSTS Madrid
correspondent says telegram received
from the Spanish consul at Manila
state Aguinaldo has released 500 pris-
ouera
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26
after the War, WhatP"

No one has argued with clearer in
sight the question of Americas duty
toward the Filipinos than DR.. Lyman
Abbott and in this weeks outlook there
appears from DR.. AbbottS pen no.
table contribution TO the current dis
cussion of this by no means exhausted
topic. after the War What" is the
apt title and the argument presented
is bound to commend itself to intelli-
gent public opinion.
In considering what shall be our pol
icy toward the communities put by the
war in our charge DR.. Abbott empha-
sizes the idea that there is only one
tenable point of view-the point of
View of duty. The responsibility for
the protection Of person and property
in the Philippines having fallen into
our hands, he holds that we are in
honor bound to discharge it manfully,
10 the letter, 1T was not the duty
of the Good Samaritan" says he, "to
leave his BUSINESS and devote his life
tu hunting for wounded travellers: but
when the wounded travellers cry came
to his ears, it brought a duty of hui
manity with it. The events of the
war laid both cuba and the Philippines
In our pathway; 10 pass by on the
other side ana leave them to their fate
because IL IL not for our interest to
set them on their feet would be only
one degree less criminal than to par
ticipate in the original robbery. We
are to ask ourselves, not what is our
interest, but what is our duty, and the
answer to that question is plain now,
as it was plain SIX months ago; it is
TO protect life and property, preserve
order suppress violence, establish ius-
tice founded upon law; in short, to Sc
cure in both Cuba and tho Philippines
substantial government If the
armed revolutionaries i'm Cuba had at
tempted to prevent our fulfllment of
his obligation by force, it would have
been our duty to disperse them by
Force. So long as armed revolutions
aries in the Philippines endeavor To
prevent our fulfillment Of this obllga-
tion by force, it is our duty to dispcrse
them by force This Is not war OF
conquest, any more than dispensing the
armed mob in Idaho is war Of con-
1uest. 1t is no more violation Of the
principle that government rests upon
he consent of the governed than the
Nar against secession in the South was
A violation Of that principle. The
Judgment Of a community cannot be
ascertained in the midst of a revolu-
ion. 1t is impossible to know what
Kind OF government the intelligence
he virtue, and the thrift of the island
If Luzon desire while It is overrun with
armies. Order is an essential pre-.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26
HUMAN NATURE STUDIES.
Did Great Things.

what kind of time are you having
this summer, jimmy
"Oh, out of sight! The family all away.
Father was the last to go. He went
north on business, and left me to take
care of the house Oh, yes, I'm strong
on that, you know. Haven't been there
since he left. That makes me think
I'd better go around tonlght--he's due to-
day"
James was right. His father had re-
turned and was sitting on the porch
smoking n cigar when his son arrived.
"Well how have you been getting along
for the last week?" Inquired the father.
"Oh, very well, considering" said
James, assuming the confident air of the
man that has done his duty. "a few
accidents about the house, but l fixed
them all right"
"YeS?"
"Yes-had burglars one night. Lucky
thing l was here-they might have stolen
half the house And the gas pipe sprung
"A leak, too But / discovered that in
time. And the rats! Why, we'd have
been Ovcrrun with 'em if l hadn't been
here to clean them OUT"
Him! that's strange" said his fa-
ther. II haven't heard any burglars,
nor smelled any gas. nor heard any rats,
and I've been here all the week. You
know I didn't take that business trip
after all."--Detroit Free Press.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26

requisite TO ascertalning what the will
Of the people is. The anti-imperialists
are quite right in condemnlng all wars
Of conquest as un-American. They are
wrong in regarding the war in Luzon
as q war Of conquest. 1t Is a war to
whose order the people of the United
States are responsible. When that or
der is established, It will be for us 10
ascertain what are the desires OF those
in the island who are competent to pass
Judgment on its future course"
The war against Aguinaldo is an in
cident merely in the lorge task of re-
construction forced upon us by the
war against Spain. It's end will leave
us simply at the beginning Of that
duty As DR.. Abbott well says:
Peace established. law respected and
enforced, order maintained industry
revived, life for time interrupted by
war resumed, and local self-govern
ment fairly initiated and the people
taught by object lessons what liberty
means, it will then be for us to do
in the Philippines what we have prom
ised to do i'm Cuba, leave the govern
ment and control of the island to its
people," Those people. if they should
then possess the capacity for gratitude,
would themselves ask for such adVan-
tageous sovereignty to continue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26
Send Nurses with the Army.

Surgeon General Steinberg seems to
have undergone a change Of heart
since the Cuban campaign. All last
summer it was apparent that he enter
tanned deep rooted objections TO the
woman army nurse. Perhaps the no
BILE and efficient service rendered by
the women nurses in camp was a fac
tor in reconstructing his ideas on the
subject. Al any rate he has issued a.
letter stating that he is unrestricted
as to the means of paying the nurses
to be sent out and has a long list Of
those VINO did excellent work during
the war and who are eager to go to
Manila. The surgeon general says ne
has been ready at any time to send as
many nurses as can be cared for and
utilized 1t is intimated that General
Otis is not in favor of receiving u
larger number although the total under
orders for service in the Philippines is
but Gfty-eight. The medical depart
ment advocates increasing the list
to 300, which will be one trained nurse
to ten sick men in the hospital. This
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26
HUMoR IN VERSE.
The Uppermost Problem.

Now here's a little problem that doth
veX the soul of man,
About as hard a problem as we've had
since we began;
Twill tax the word-mint nightly to
fashion out a word.
To name the automobile that is not bit
absurd.
'Tis rot alone a horseless cab as any
'Tis quite as dog and cat-less as a wagon
well can be,
1t has no horse-tEat's true OF course /;
but what man never knew,
It's equally devoid of mules, and has no
kangaroo.
'Tis horseless, muleless, zebraless, rhino-
CeroleSS, too,
'Tis leopardless and camel-less and SO all
through the zoo:
Nor is it fair TO name it for the poor old
spawned hack
Who's lost his job because of it, and cam
not get it back,
~ doesn't go all by itself hence "auto"
isn't right;
1t has a motive power, even If it's out of
sight
It's sometimes electricity, and sometimes
It's bcnzine
And one or two that we have known
smelt much of kerosene.
Electrccart? Benzinocart? which one Of
these will do?
Or is "The Kerosuneocart" euphonious ia
you?
Or are you just content to stand when
one Of them you CALL
And whistlo to tho driver, and not name
the thing at all.
-HarperS Bear.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26
Dwindling Calibers

My daddy's granddaddy, he carried a
gum
Its muzzle was wide as a door,
And engineered proper
Twas surely dropper
At sixty or seventy yards-or more;
He carried that gun
ITO lift it you'd think 1t weighed nearly
Frcm Delaware Dover to Fortress
Duquesne,
And straightway thereafter to Dover
again.
My granddaddy carried weapon, too,
Smooth-bored and wonderfully long;
Its bullets were round.
Twenty-four to the pound,
And twas blessed with back action
exceedingly strong;
And all the way through
From the beginning of 12 until Paken-
hams crew
Saw Tennessee rifles ablaze in the
cotton,
Its flint and its priming were never
forgotten,
And daddy-hs piece was a long brown
gun
or caliber ffty-six:
'Twould kill at a mile
In most elegant style,
Anu IL never IOTSOl 10 De Tree WIN
| its kicks.
Dad shouldered that gun
| Sometimes along early in sixty and one,
And the old piece was good for
Johnnie Reb still
When Ulysses and Robert e, took to
the quill
| And sometimes carry a weapon myself
| Krag-Jorgensen, '9S-
| It's caliher thirty,
| II never gets dirty,
I'll back 1t to puncture a IIarveyized
| plate!
| And I'll say for myself
| (Sometime when I'm done for and laid
| on the shelf,
That l and my own little six-shootlng
"Krag,"
Saw San Juan flying n star-spangled
flag.
| Raymond Evans. In the Sun.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26
Roosevelt Had the Advantage.

Thirty years ago" says George c.
lockwood the veteran New York photo
grapher, my studio was at Thirteenth
street and Broadway, tEen residence
section, At the corner, facing Union
Square, was the old Roosevelt mansion
where Governor Theodore Roosevelt
spent his boyhood.
Several years ago when the governor
was police commissioner he came into my
present studio and of course l personally
superintended posing him. After l had
fixed him in the chair and asked him
10 look pleasant, please l said, care
lessly:
II wonder whether you are the little
fat boy who used TO throw stones at my
skylight I'm Thirteenth street about thir-
ty years. ago?'
"Mr Roosevelt's eyes twinkled. That's
a long time ago, Mr.. Redwood, he said.
'Ita pretty nearly Outlawcd by this
time. But as l have the police on my
side now and I'm not afraid of being ar
rested, I'll admit that ! was the boy.
But don't let that make you spoil this
picture
1T didn't. for 1t was the hest likeness
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26

proportion seems small enough and as
report after report is cabled with
death rolls from fever and insufficient
care. it would appear to the public
which generally possesses humanitar-
ian instincts that, prominent in the ar
rangements for the swift transporta-
tion of the volunteers, should be the
preparations for sending nurses to
care for the sick soldiers in the distant
islands amid strange and unhealthy
conditions.
Many nurses who were discharged
from active service in Cuba are still
under contract awaiting orders to go to
the front whenever needed. While IL
cannot be denied that the distance
does lessen the horrors of camp
sickness and death to the average
American who happens to have none
Of his kin in the army, and that he Is
less shocked at the mortality record
than as II he read ii as coming from
Camp Meade or Chickamauga, it is
still true that every patriotic person
will breathe a sigh of relief If he is
assured that the boys in far off Manila
are not lying in desperate sickness
with no gentle womanly hand to ease
their suffering or cheer the homesick
hearts in their dying moments.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-26
The Reconstructed Thirteenth.

With yesterdays election of regi-
mental officers the reorganization OF
the Thirteenth may said to be COM
plete. Enlarged and reconstructed, its
membership representing happy
blend of veteran and volunteer, and
at it's head, in Colonel Watres. a man
whose motto and performance are to
succeed in every enterprise undertaken,
the Thirteenth enters with bright pros
poets upon new era in it's history of
splendid usefulness to the common
wealth and to itself.
The war with Spain both closed and
opened an epoch in the Thirteenth 5
history. It showed the error in u
scheme of organization not in harmony
with the composition of the regular
army; it revealed defects in tactics and
equipment which are marked for thor
ough remedy in the near future, but it
proved, above all, the incalCulable
worth of the National guard as Il radi.
ating center of military instruction
amongst nation of peace-loving civil
ians, and it gave opportunity for "A
display of soldierly patience and hero
ism among the volunteers enrolled
under the Thirteenths banner which
will remain for all time among our
most cherished local monuments.
The wars close necessitated the re-
construction which has since taken
place but in spite of some new faces
the regiment, in spirit no less than in
name. is still the old Thirteenth. 1t
will, in it's modernized, three battalion
form, recall to our community all that
fingers in traditions and glorious mem
ory about the eight-Company form
familiar in the past; and ii will more
over typify the spirit of enterprise and
expansion that is to be the dominant
note of the century so near to hand
We shall expect the new Thirteenth tC
be to the Guard at large what the old
Thirteenth was to it when it led the
regiments in both state and nation;
and we do not think it is eXtravagant
10 promise that Wher this leadership is
established there will be no trouble
about it's getting that much needed
new armOry