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LEFT HIS CHILDREN TO BURN.
Five surocated In u Fire at Hutchinson,
Kansas.

HUTCHINSON, Kan, March 2l.-Five
children were burned in bed here this
morning while their father slept in az
adjoining room.
The house occupied by John Moore
burned and his children were dead
from suffocation before they were
reached. Mrs. Moore was away from
home.
The fire Is thought to have started
from q lamp explosion, as a lamp had
been left burning in the children's
o When Moore awoke his bed
"a or fire and he rushed from the
building, shouting that his house was
IN fire and the children were burned.
Firemen arrived in a few minutes. but
could not enter the building until the
flames were partially checked Then
they found the five children side by
side in their bed upon the floor, all
dead. The bodies were not badly
burned.
The dead children were Carl, aged
~; Mary, aged 10; Pearl, aged g;
Charles, aged Z, and Lee, aged 3 years.
The house was a two-story struc-
ture and the family all slept down
stairs. There were only we rooms
on the ground floor. A connecting
door was directly between Moore's
bed and where the children were
sleeping.
Moore's actions after the fire cause
much comment. As soon as he gave
the first alarm he got a horse and rode
madly away to where his wife was
staying. He was either crazed from
fright or neglected a chance to save
his children. The Moore family moved
here from Emporia about three week
ago,
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-24
FRIENDS OF FALLEN SOLDIERS.
Adiutant Generar Has Located Relatives
OF All but Five.

of All but Five.
Adjutans General Barry has sent out
inquiries to locate the relatives of the
Nebraska soldiers who have died in
foreign lands and has heard from all
except relatives of the following:
George +. Hansen, Company A, First
Nebraska, Mr.. Stallknecht, Copenha-
gen, Denmark.
John Black, Company B, First Ne
braska, g. Black, Millerton, Pa.
Gustaf +. Edlund, Company B, First
Nebraska, Charles Blixt, Omaha.
Walter w. Hogue, Company &, First
Nebraska, j. A. Hogue, Milligan, Neb.
Frank Seeley, hospital corps, Mrs.
Ann Seeley, Santa Barbara, Cal.
1t is believed that Gustaf L. Edlund
had two sisters living in Omaha, but
they have not been heard from since
the report came of Edlund's death.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-24
A SUNDAY SESSION.
Beef Inquiry Board Meets at Fort Leav,
enworth.

Beef Inquiry Board Meets at Fort Leav,
enworth.
Fort LEAvESwoETH, Kan, March 81.
The board Of inquiry heard the testi-
mony of one witness yesterday and
left at 4:l5 p. m. for Chicago. There
were but two sessions of the board
here and all the witnesses were army
officers who had seen service in Cuba.
Sergeant Edward Mason OF the First
cavalry, was examined yesterday
morning.
Did you as commissary sergeant or
acting commissary sergeant for the
regiment draw any refrigerated beef
at Tampa or Lakeland?"
Il did, sir"
"What occurrcd?"
THE meat we received was in mp.
pesrancc fine, but II was undoubtedly
chemically treated. One morning !
went down to the refrigerating car tc
draw meat, and I objected to the mp.
pearance OF it. An agent of Armour
& Company was there. do not know
what his name was, lie told me n,
the time that this meat had beer
treated with what was called prescrv
aline. 1t was as II 1t had been painted
over with something like paratiile
wax. There wasa light coating on
the outside Of the meat. ! objected &c
the color of the meat and refused t.
accept IT,"
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-24
TO PAY SPOlIATlON CLAIMS,

The Treasury Bsgins settling the 100
Year Ola French Damage Cases.
W~AsHINaroS, March 20 The treas.
ury department has begun the settle.
ment Of claims against the govern
meat for which appropriation wa
made in the omnibus claims bill passed
at the last session of Congress. War
rants aggrsgating about $3.50. 900 al.
ready have been issued TO the benc-
ficiaries and it is expected that the
whole amount carried by the act, ap'
proximately $1,000, ooo, including the
French ~spoliation claims
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-24
Probably Fatally shot.

Ray, the eight-year old son of f. h.
Estabrook of Norfolk, was shot in the
left lung recently. The doctors are
probing for the bullet, but he is not
expected TO live. Some boys were
shooting at "a tin can near the Union
Pacific tracks and young Esta brook,
who happened to be passing, received
u bullet in the lung. 1t is supposed to
have glanced from a rail.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-24
CLAIM WORTH MUCH MONEY,
A Kiondike Miner Refuses 100000 for
His Gold Mine.

a KlOndike Miner Kefuses 100000 FOR
His Gold Mine.
Fifteen years ago j. w. Finnegan.
of Chadron, and George Johansen Of
Dawson City, Alaska, were railroad
men employed on an Illinois railway.
They met recently in Chadron for the
first time in fifteen years and com
pared notes. Mr.. Finnegan is at pres
ent a passenger conductor on the Elk
horn railroad, and Mr.. Johanscn is the
owner of a claim in the heart of the
Klondike region, for which he has re-
fused an offer of SlO0, 900, and is in
terested in several other mines in that
rich go~ld-bearing district.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-24
%, 900 for . Y. W. G. A. Home.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. March 2l-Col.
onel James l.. Alternately, president
OF the Alternately Furniture company,
has offered to give S. 900 toward the
building Of a home for the Young
Women's Christian association in this
city IL some one will give u suitable
piece OF ground on which to erect ths
building,
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MILLER REPULSED { N.
Insurgents At Iioilo Lost 200 In an Al.
tack on the City.

Insurgents at Iioiio Lost goo In an At
tack on the City,
MANILA, March 2l.-The mountain
band it'll Of Panay island recently
threatened a serious attacs upon Ilo-
lilo, but the were repulsed with a loss
Of 200 men by General Miller.
McNeil's battalion Of the California
regiment. under Lieutenant Colonel
Duboce has been ordered to embark
upon the Indiana tomorrow, in order
to reinforce the garrisons OF the towns
of Bats and Baguyan, upon the east
coast of the island of Negroes, where
Colonel Smith is in command. This
is only a measure OF p~recaution, as
Major General Otis says he does no.
anticipate trouble.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-24
VIII Practice Law In Manila.

). II. Steel, a prominent attorney Of
the Butler county bar and a citizen of
David City, has started for Manila, p.
l., to take up the general practice of
law there. Mr.. Steel is well known
throughout the state as a republican
politician, having several times man
aged the Hainer congressional fight.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-24
apple King Passes Away.

ATCHIsoN, Kan. March 2l.-John NJ.
Downey, living at Sugar Lake, Mo.
died yesterday Of brain fsver, aged CO
years. He was known as the apple
King and was one Of the proprietora
Of the Reece & Downey orchard, on
Of the very largest In the ccuntry.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-24
To Crush the khanrA.

LONDON, March 2i.-An Anglo
Egyptian expedition. will be under.
taken next autumn to finally dispose
Of the khalifa Abdullah and the other
dervish leaders In the Soudan.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-24
Ten Years in Prison.

Az Tekamah Judge Keysor, before
hdjourning court, sentenced John
Odam, who had been convicted of bur
glary on two separate counts, to ten
years in the state p~enitentiary.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-24
BEEF INQUIRY BOARD.
Armour Packing House Employees ut
Kansas city Heard.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. March 20 The
army beef court devoted two hours
this morning to hearing the testimony
of several men who are now employed
IN the canning rooms OF Armour's
packing house. These witnesses were
taken before the court to refute the
testimony Of a former cmploye' wh,,
had sworn that a great quantity OF
~apned roast beef had spoiled In the
packing house last spring before "
,ould be shipped
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-24
HUNTER SHOOTS HIS BROTHER.
Young Man Dies From the Academia,
Discharge of a Gun.

D~IscharRe OF a Gun.
Word has just been received from
Oak Hill, twenty southwest of Clay
Center, that Phillip Deter was acct
dentally shot in the leg by his brother,
Charles, and died from the effects. 1t
seems that the two brothers were
about to start on a hunting trip and as
one took down the gun, which was
loaded with buckshot, it was discharged
with the above result. They are sons
of j. e. Deter, postmaster and merch-
ant at Oak Hill and an old settler in
the county.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-24
CASUALTY LISTS.

A London Dispatch says Seven Americans
We're Killed and Thirty Wounded.
LONDON, March GA dispatch from
Manila says: In the fighting of sun
day the American loss was seven
killed and thirty wounded, They
were Washington and Oregon volur-
teers and Twenty-second infantry
regulars.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-24
Mr.. SHERMAN NOT so WELL,

The Doctors Discouraged Over the Er
secrstsry's Condition.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 21.-The
condition OF ex-Secretary John Sher-
man, who is a passenger on board the
American line steamer Paris, is not
favorable. He is much weaker and
the doctors are discouraged.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-24
Fire Destroy, Radlx Hotel.

NEWTON, Kan. March eo,-The
Radix hotel of Burton burned last
niyht, Loss, 81, 000.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-24
Mormons In st. Jossph.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo, March 22.-TherJ
are four Mormon elders from Utah inv
this city distributing tracts written
by Congi essman Roberts of Utah
The Latter Day Saints have denounced
them and adopted resolutions against.
them. The elders demanded a hear 4
ing from Rev. II. O. Smith, pastor Of "
the Latter Day Saints church, and hS
has granted them the building for
three nights. He will reply to them
on the succeeding nights. Two Of the
Mormons, Elders William IL. Atwoodl
and William Is. Smith, preached last
uight
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-24
Gun Ends Their Quarrel

CHICAGO, March 2i.-Charles L
Backman, an engraver, shot and NOR
tally wounded his wife. He then sent
. bullet into his own breast, dying
almost INSTANTLY.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-24
EVEN CUT OFF HIS TOPKNOT.
CoreA's Emperor Now Wears q Usiform.
Cut In American Fa.hioh.

TACOMA, Wash, March 22.-Accord-
ing to advices from the Orient the en-
peror OF Corea has caused a sensation
by appearing in a full uniform cut in
American fashion. His attendants.
have also been attired in American
style. The emperor, it Is stated, has
cut of his topknot or short queue
which from time immemorial has
adorned the Coreansemperor's head
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-30
GREAT LEGAL VICTORY.
Value of an HOnOred Trade Name Up
held by the United States
Circuit Court.

The California Fig Syrup Co., of San
Francisco. has just won legal victory
which is of utmost public interest, as it
esta blishes judicially a fact long recog-
nized officially that the name or the
title of an article is valuable property,
entitled to the same protection as chat
tells or commercial paper. The COM
pany mentioned manufactures an eX-
cellent laxative which has been extern
sively advertised and acquired valu-
able reputation under the name Syrup
of Figs" or Fig Syrup" Trading on
the reputation of this remedy other
manufacturing concerns applied the
same name to laxative medicines made
by them. The California Fig Syrup
Co. took the matter in the United States
courts and obtained a permanent in
junction, of which the following is the
text:
1T is thereupon ordered. adjudged and
decreed. that the Injunction and restrain
ing order heretofore made herein be con-
tinued until final decree herein, and to that
end that an injunction be issued prayed
for in the bill of complaint herein, strictly
comma nding and enjoining the defendants,
Clinton E Worden & Company, a corpora
ton, J. A. Bright, 7. F. Bacon. E. Little,
c. J. Schmelz and Lucius Little. and each
and all of them, their and each and all of
their agents, employees, workmen, serv-
ants. attorneys and counselors. from max
ing. using or selling any liquid laxative
medicine, marked with the name Syrup
of Figs or Fig Syrup. or any colora bic
Imitation of the same: from making, uSing
or selling any laxative medicine put up in
boxes, wrappers or cartons having on the
same the name Syrup of Figs or Fig
Syrup or any colorado imitation of the
same; from making, using or selling any
liquid laxative medicine put up in boxes.
wrappers or cartons, as to be like the
cartons, wrappers or boxes used by COM
plairant in connection with the liquid lax
ative medicine made by it, to be
a colora BILE imitation OF the cartons marked
Exhibit a, and filed in this case, being a
carton, box or wrapper used by complain
ant for its liquid laxative medicine, marked
and named Syrup of Figs or Fig Syrup
| from making, using or selling any box,
wrapper or carton as a wrapper or case for
| a liquid laxative medicine, bearing upon it
! the figure of a branch of a fig tree with
| leaves and fruit, and surrounded by the
words in a circle San Francisco Syrup OF
Figs Company. San Francisco, Call or any
| similar words or figures, or any colorado
imitation of such a symbol or mark, or
| from making use OF, in any way, IN connec-
| ton with a liquid laxative medicine the
name Syrup of Figs Co.. or from using
any name whereof the words Fig Syrup
Co.. or Syrup of Figs CO. form part as
/ a business name of a company, or con-
Germ, corporation engaged in the bust
| ness of making and selling laxative med
icine."
This decision is of far-reaching i'm
portance to all manufacturers whose
| as protection to the public whose con-
| fidence naturally rests in a large meas
ure upon the name of the goods it buys
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-30
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIES.

The first celebration of the Fourth
of July in Hawaii under American
sovereignty is to be made a memora bls
one.
The Official Gazette of Spain an
nounces that the effective active army
for the next financial year has beer
fixed at los, 900 men.
By the capsizing OF a boat in Yellow
stone river at Graycliff, Mont, thre.
men lost their lives One of them wa
w. s. Thompson, of Kansas City, Mo.
Bank Commissioner Breidenthal ha.
issued a call for a statement from stat
and private banks in Kansas, showing
their condition at the close of bushes
June %.
The government Of the South African
republic, according to dispatch to tbs
Daily Mail from Rome, is ordering
large quantities of rifles from Italian
firms for immediate shipment.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-30
SAGE OF SAWHAW SAYS

An upstart isn't apt to get very
far up.
You can't even work a slot machine
without push.
Beware of scrapes when brushing
against the world.
Being habitually weary is not evil
dence of retired habits.
He who woos a coquette goes from
attraction to distraction.
1t might pay man to retrench be-
fore he reaches the last ditch.
Most of the sour grapes in this
world are the fruit of other mems la
bors.
Castles in the air and their archi-
tccts also are often without visible
Means Of support.
The poor man doesn't mind reserved
pcws in the churches, but he hopes
there are none in Heaven.@Chicago Dis.
ma Itch
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-30
SHE GOT. 1T.
But 1T Took the Bystnnders &c
See the Humor OF the
Situation.

a lot of people were present at an auction
sale of japanese goods the other day
How much am l bid for this exquisite
vase" asked the auctioneer, holding 1t
above his head
'-One dollar" responded an elderly lady,
sitting in one of the front seats
That's a shame" cried the man with the
hammer. This vase, as a work of art, Is
worth four times the sum. Why, look at IL.
Will an intelligent audience allow such q
sacrifice:
"A dollar and a quarter" came In the
same womans voice.
well, we'll, well! Can't you see that this
is 4 treasure, and you stand here and allow
it TO be given away for such paltry sum :"
"A dollar and half" Again II was the
same bidder speaking.
A dollar and half The very idea y!
calculated the auctioneer. Il never saw the
like. Come, good people, what is the mean
ing of this? One of the mikados special
designs sighted in such a manner! 1t is a
reflection on your taste
"A dollar seventy-fve," said the solitary
bidder.
Il cannot let it go for that" was the
mans reply 1t is too costly, too precious,
and too rare in pattern. Wake up, or I'll
put it back in the box"
Two dollars" the woman said.
well, it doesn't seem as if can get any
more, so here goes. Two dollars-once,
twice, three times! Sold to a lady there at
that shameful figure
The lady stepped up, paid for and received
her vase, and departed, apparently without
noticing the smiles of the audience.-Cin-
clnnaI Enquirer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-30
THE MYSTERY DEEPENS.
1t Is Now Believed at Wichita That Miss
Belle Slavin Was Murdered
in the Bank.

Wichita, Kan, June %. j. c. Slavin
and his nephew, Austin Akin, are now
carrying on an investigation of the
mysterious death of Miss Belle Slavin,
who was found dead in the National
Bank of Commerce Thursday morning.
They are confident that the girl was
murdered. but have not the slightest
clew to the murderer. Austin Akin
said: st doesn't seem to me an acct
dent. She was right-handed. but the
wound was in her right temple and
the revolver was found in her left hand,
loosely clasped. This causes the be
lief that she was shot and the revolver
placed in the wrong hand, as the man.
whoever he was, became confused.
Her money was missing, too. What be-
came of that?'' j. K. Cravin. insurance
agent, who was in the bank at noon
Wednesday and had her do some work
for him, said: ''She was in cheer
full mood when I saw her. This man
who had an engagement with her
when she was to do some typewriting
late, as she mentioned in her letter, is
guilty of the crime. If he was some
Wichita business man he would GER
tainly have come around and explained
himself before now. That is why ]
know it must be a stranger. and all
evidence trends toward the fact that
ne shot her
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-30
AT The RETAIL STORES.
Taken from the Dry Goods Economist
New York;

Taken from the Dry Goods Economist
New York;
White serge jacket suits adorned
with gilt braiding and gilt buttons.
Detachable revers of white pique
with broad vale to be worn with Elton
Jackets.
Displays of white summer millinery
accompanied by white ostrich feather
boas.
Wash suits, prettily trimmed. and
separate pique, duck and linen skirts for
girls.
Two-toned trimmed sailors in combi-
nations of blue, brown, gray and black
with white.
Feather boas in all the light shades
to accompany foulard and other sum-
mer costumes.
Stitched crash hats for golf or cycling
trimmed with crepe de chine, quilts and
plaid scarfs.
Manila hats for morning wear in
white and colors, decorated with dotted
malines, gauze and quilts.
Evening gowns of white silk APP
pliqued with sprays of flowers. and
their foliage made of colored chiffon
and outlined with silk OF gold cord.
Broad collars with revers attached
made of tucked or@hemstitched lawn or
nainsook deliberately trimmed with
valenciennes lace or batiste embroid-
cry.
Dressy costumes trimmed with broad
lace founcings, scantily applied, with
| their lower scalloped edge outlined with
a narrow chiffon ruching or a silk
fringe.
Organdie gowns in shades of hello
trope, blue and pink, with an abun-
! dance of black or white lace trimming s
in the form. of bands, deep founcings,
gimps and appliQues.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-30
A PAINT MANS STORY.
He Had Line of Lies That Was Good
Enough to String Most
Anybody.

This drummer travels for a paint house
and as II was up to him he told the fol-
lowing:
am organizing a new stock company,
business and go to clipping coupons for a
living. l was in Mexico not long ago.
think 1t was the trip before last, when
ran across the most remarkable thing IN
the paint line that / have ever seen. 1 was
riding through. the most forlorn bit of
country that it has ever been my misfor-
tune to be cast into. / came to little
house. 1t was very peculiar affair, and
noticed that although it was adorned with
q coat of red paint, the paint seemed to
man working with a mortar and pestle. l
asked him about the house and most par
tlcularly about the paint. He then told me
that he was an inventor; that ten years
before he had invented what he called as
bestos paint-a paint that would not burn
He built a house and laid on a thick coat
of his newly-found preparation. Shortly
afterward the interior of the house caught
fire and burned up entirely, leaving the
paint standing. After he had cleared away
the shingled roof had been and lived COM
fortably inside the four walls of paint for
three years. He then accumulated enough
money to build up the house inside the
paint again. He did so and nailed the paint
on to secure the interior OF the house from
see i, ever SINCE he said. How would
you like to buy some slices of stock in my
invention%
81 Immediately bargained for New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, North Dakota and Michi-
gan and am now organizing my company.
Can L sell you some shares of stock or
even some territory:"
While the remainder of the company were
looking for their weapons, the paint man
made good his escape.-Detroit Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-30
IMPORTANT DECISION.
United States Judge Philips Holds Thai
the Insurance Policies of Suicides
Must Be Paid.

Kansas City, No, June 27.-Judge
Philips, in decision in the case of Rosa
B. Jarman against the knights TEN
plars and Masons' Life Indemnity com
pany this morning, held, first, that I'M
der the statute governing assessment
insurance companies it was no defense
against the payment of the policy that
the insured committed suicide, un
less it was shown that he contem-
plated suicide at the time he was
insured; and, second, that changes in
the rules of the company made after
the policy was taken out would not
affect the payment of the policy. This
decision is of great Importance to in
surance men. Lawyers have estimated
that this ruling will cost assessment
companies at once about 100000.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-30
STATEMENT FROM PINGREE.
His Emphatic Denial of Secretary AIger''
Declaration That the Governor Fa-
vered McKinIey's denomination.

Detroit, Mich, June 27.-Gov. Pin
gree to-day made statement brought
out by Washington dispatches which
quoted Secretary Alger as saying that
Gov. Pingree is for President Mckin-
ley first, last and all the time" Said
the governor:
If Gen. Alger said that it is his opinion from
his point of view. The question whether am
for Mckinley lies with the president, not with
me. If Gen. Alger knows that President Nc
Kinley is opposed to territorial expansion. and
is not advocate of the murders and
the destruction being visited upon the in
nocent Filipinos, he has a right to say thai
L am for Mckinley. II Gen. Alger is informed
that Mckinley is opposed to trusts and to legiS-
iation which fosters, creates and encourages
them, then 1 closer to the opinions OF
Mckinley than has generally been believed
If Gen. Alger is assured that President Mckinley
is not in touch and sympathy with the diSrepu
table political methods of Mark Hanna and his
friends and deprecateS such leadership, then
am for Mckinley. The question of whether
favor Mckinley is of no consequence in thi,
senatorial matter, but 1 for Mckinley in
everything he does which L consider right and
against everything he does which I consider
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-30
Two Kansas Bows Missing.

John Finch, aged IA years, who lived
with his father on a farm near La
Cygne, mysteriously disappeared from
home the night of May last and has
not been heard from since. The -
year-Old son of Mrs. Mary E. Johnson,
of Ottawa, ran away from home re-
Gently and his mother asked the Off
GERS to find him. Mrs. Johnson said
her boy was persuaded to leave by Q
woman of bad character.