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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27


Judge Lacombe, in the United
States circuit court in New York,
granted temporary injunction which
restraints the consolidation of the
Missouri, Kansas G Texas railway
with the Kansas & Pacific road The
Missouri, Kansas e Texas trains run
into Kansas City over leased lines
from Parsons, using the Kansas &
Pacific from Parsons to Paola and
the Memphis the rest of the way.
"a consolidation plan was arranged by
which the Kansas & Pacific stock
was to be exchanged for common
stock of the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas. Several minority stockhold-
|ers objected to the terms of the sale
and brought the suit ito prevent it.
Judge Lacombe. in his opinion, says
that the apparent value of the road
was reduced as plausible excuse for
selling it at a price below its real
worth.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
Fort Scott Lop. on Additions.

The aggregate area of Fort Scott
will be reduced almost one-half by
the city council, which will throw Off
nearly all the boom editions of 1885,
8S. The extent of the fictitious boom
is illustrated by the fact that the ex-
cluSion of twO-ffthS OF the present
area of the city will throw but about
200 people out of the city limits, and
will deprive the municipality of but
$44s of city taxes. The city engineer
has recommended that 16 additions be
thrown out, in order to avoid the ex-
pense of keeping up the streets and
bridges in them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
Arouses the Martlal Ardor.

The Chinese atrocities have aroused
the martial ardor of Kansas patriots.
They stand ready at a moments no
tice to clean out the Chinese empire
and scatter Mongolian gore all over
darkest Asia. At least six such have
written to Gov. Stanley. Two of
them have companies already raised
and three others express the hope
that if a call for volunteers is issued
they may be permitted to organize
companies. The letters all are based
on the anticipation that Mckinley
will issue a call for troops.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
A SUMMARY OF KANSAS EVENTS.
A Case of Wonan's F.ishfalns.s-

A Case of WomAn's Faiehfulness.
A sorrowful case of woman's faith
fulness is reported from Hutchinson.
Some weeks ago Mrs Cora Poucher,
living with her husband in Illinois,
was induced to come to Alden, this
state, by her parents. The parents
did not like their daughters hus-
band and proposed to separate them
for good, SO when she wished to re-
turn they refused to give her money
or let her go. But when a letter
came from Illinois announcing the
husbands illness, Mrs. Poucher ran
away. On Saturday she landed in
Hutchinson with her clothes torn and
haggard of face, having beaten her
way thus far in an empty cattle car,
after walking from Alden to the rail-
road. She was helped at Hutchinson
and by this time, no doubt, has re-
joined her lord and master.-Kansas
City Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
ccn a rres.pas.er Rece,v. Damages9

William Robinson, young negro,
tried to steal ride from Kansas City
to Topeka on a Union Pacific freight
train At Bonner Springs the train
men ordered him to jump off. The
train was going 20 miles an hour and
he refused to leap until it was slowed
down, whereupon a brakeman hit
him in the head with a lump of coal,
knocking him off the train. He was
severely injured and has sued for S.
600 damages. The question involved
is whether he can recover, being a
treSpaSSer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
SCANDAL UPON SCANDAL.
Another Instanee OF Republscan
Rottenness in Public
once.

It is well known that the present
head of the treasury bureau of sta
tistics is preparing the campaign
textbook of the republican party.
Such scandalous DISREGARD of the
proper duties and dignity of that bu-
reau has never before been shown.
There have been charges made of par
tisan use in the past, but these
charges have never been proved to
such an extent as to affect the cor
rectness of the returns issued by the
bureau. There have been issued. un-
der official sanction, interpretations
of commercial and Industrial returns,
favoring a particular policy or meas
ure. and when Charles Foster
was secretary of the treasury the
head of the bureau permitted vio-
1ently protectionist interview to be
circulated as a treasury document
although it was well known at the
time that the matter had been pre-
pared by another hand. Such exhi-
billions of improper political activity
by the bureau have been rare, how
ever, and have never failed to bring
down criticism on those who were re-
sponsible.
Secretary Gage must bear the full
responsibility of causing the present
scandal. He removed a man of expe-
rience to make room for political
hack, whose only qualification was his
service during the campaign in run
ming literary bureau for the re-
publicans. From the beginning this
partisan has used the bureau for par
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27

The movement towards unity of eff
fort in foreign mission work seems to
be gaining strength. Since the last
Presbyterian general assembly, which
declared 1.-THE object of foreign mis-
sions is not to perpetuate the denomi-
national instincts of Christendom, but
to build up on Scriptural lines and ac-
cording to Scriptural principles and
methods the kingdom of our Lord
Jesus Christ" and form union
churches for allied work. number
of Presby terians have been quietly
working to bring about this xesult
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
The sheriff Won't Do It Again.

At Pratt jointkeeper was con-
Victed and sentenced to a term in
jail Sheriff Gibbons, however, per-
mitted the prisoner to remain with
his family most of the time and did
not lock him up as he should have
done. At the expiration of the prison
er's term the prisoners wife sued the
sheriff for the price of board and
lodging for her spouse, alleging that
the sheriff was drawing pay from the
county for the prisoners keep, where
as in fact he was living off her. She
was awarded judgment for $21.60, but
the sheriff has appealed to the district
court.-Kansas City Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
U.ury ON Chat,el mortgages.

At the convention of the Associa-
ton of Officials of Bureaus of Labor
Statistics, in session at Milwaukee,
Commissioner johnson, of the Kansas
state bureau, gave the result of an
investigation made by his Office into
the operation of money loaning
through the chattel mortgage system.
He found that the rate of interest
charged ranges from 10 to $50 per
cent. per annum, the average being
somewhat over $50 per cent. Loans
at this exorbitant interest are made
on all sorts of securities.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
Clear and straixhtforward.

Upon all phases of all the questions
involvedin the issue Of imperialism the
democratic platform is clear, straight
forward, admirable. There is no eva
sion, no juggling. After reading these
vigorous yet moderate and sane utter
ances no one can have the slightest
doubt either as to the principles laid
down or as to how the democratic
party interprets those principles into
policies. The evils are defined and
the remedies of justice. liberty and
American fair-dealing are proposed
explicitly and fearlessly. Upon the
other grea. issue, monopoly, the plat
form is again clear, straightforward,
admirable. Instead of incoherent raw
ings and indefinite promises, there is
sanity of statement, avoidance of con-
fusion between corrupt and legiti-
mate uses of capital and a demand for
real reforms-for publicity, for the
constitutional extension OF law, and
above all for the ending of monopoly
fostering tariffs Cincinnati En-
|qutrer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
1.-THE DOLLAR BEFORE THE MAN..

of the governed is asserted by person
called an emperor or by person called
a president or by parliament or by a
congress.
The material thing is the assump-
ton of supremacy-of sovereignty
by some person or number of persons
over other persons whose consent is
not given and who are not consulted.
It is the utter negation of the Amer
lean doctrine that sovereignty resides
in the people and not in others assum-
ing by divine right or the right of mere
might an authority above that of the
people.
This is the imperialism which has
been set up in Washington over dis
tant peoples. 1t is an imperialism
which the American people cannot per-
NIT to be exercised in their name over
other peoples of the earth without
incurring great risk that it will soon
be exercised over. themselves.
To quote once more from the plat
form:
I'VE assert that no nation can long en-
dure half republic and half empire and
we warn the American people that i'm
perialism abroad will lead quickly and
inevitably to despotism at home.''
Substantially the same thing was
said by Abraham Lincoln, but it is not
the mere dictum of any man or body
of men. It is an eternal truth rooted
clear down at the bottom of human
nature.
He who accepts the principle of des-
potism is fit subject of despotism.
Men may laugh at that, but let them
remember that some things are re-
garded with tolerance to-day which
would have been rejected with indig-
nation and horror hardly more than
two years ago.-Chicago Chronicle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27

tisan purposes, and he is now occu-
pied in preparing the campaign hand
book. Such a function is as remote
from those proper to the collection
of commercial statistics as they
would be from the conduct of a
church, and the knowledge that this
hack is engaged in the task is suffi-
cient to bring into discredit his activity
in statistics of trade as issued by the
treasury. Since Mr.. Austin has been
in office he has not added single fea-
ture to the tables as formerly issued,
save that of throwing discredit on the
whole by his evident intention to
make himself useful to his party.
The worst feature of it is that the
tables are discredited abroad as we'll
as at home, and it is not strange that
so little regard is paid by statisticians
of Europe to the work now done I'M
der our government.-N. Y. Post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
To Crown Emperor william.

The German emperor has not yet
been crowned, although he has
reigned for IL years. 1t has BOW been
settled that the 2OOth anniversary of
the foundation of the kingdom of
Prussia is to be celebrated at Konigs-
berg by the coronation of his majesty
and the empress, and the festival will
last for a week. All European sover-
eigns will be invited to the ceremony,
which will be of magnificent descrip-
finn
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
New Yerk.s Dog Cemetery.

The burial of Major, the $500
water spaniel, who died il the New
York veterinary hospital last week,
calls attefGion again to the only dog
cemetery in the world. 1t is at Harris
dale, within easy reach of New York,
and consists of 35 acres of undulating
grass land, veritable arcadia.
Ninety-three dogs and cats lie there,
their graves being placed in rows
like those of human beings. Major
was buried in a rosewood coffin and
he is to have marble tombstone over
him
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27

New York insurance officials have
ordered an advance in rates ranging
all the way from so to 100 per cent.
The losses during the last IL months
have been so unprecedentedly large
that the companies not only have
been unable to earn any profits but
have been compelled to draw upon
their SURPRISES. Of course the adj
vance must be heavy burden both
to property-owners and tenants, but
if this precaution had not been taken
it would only be a question of time
until many would go to the wall
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
WIN Back Rev. III. James.

Rev. T. Fl. James, the Methodist
minister at Oakley, lately returned
from London, where he had gone to
claim a large fortune which he found
involved in a legal tangle, will vigor-
ously fight the case. He has been as
sured by many of his friends that
they will help him to secure his
rights, and two wealthy men in Kan
sas City have offered to furnish the
money and $4,000 is at his command
with which to proceed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
Where s.Sun Time" Rules.

The public has become SO accus-
toned to standard time," as adopted
by the railroads, that other time is
rarely recognized. But it is matter
of interest that in court practice
''ssln time'' continues to rule. Case
and Comment cites three compare
lively recent cases in which the ques-
ton arose, in which the supreme
courts of Georgia, Nebraska and Iowa
have held that legal time is that OF
the local meridian
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
wbere Gov. stanley Is Fishing.

A special containing 70 members of
the Sterry Fishing G Hunting club,
of Kansas, arrived at Colorado
Springs and left for Wagon Wheel
gap to establish a camp for several
weeks outing. Coy. and Mrs. w. E..
Stanley and daughter and Congress
man and Mrs. Chester I. Long are
among the 20 participating in the eX-
petition. Hunting and fishing are eX-
cellent where the camp was formed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27

A telegram was received at Salina
from Judge S. J. Osborn, speaker of
the Kansas house, telling of his safe
arrival at Plymouth, Eng. Judge Os-
born was sent to England by friends
of Rev. Mr.. James, and does not yet
know of James return to Mcpherson.
It is probable that he will be com
municated with and asked to remain
and look into the James estate.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
Two Railroad. ordered Sold.

The federal court has issued de-
crees for the sale of the Salina &
Southwestern road to satisfy a mort
gage and accrued interest, amount
ing to $1,1T3,2O1, and for the sale of
the Solomon Valley road to satisfy a
claim for $739, 1899. The roads run
through Saline, Cloud, Ottawa and
Mitchell counties and have been con-
Meeting links with the Union Pacific
system.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
Reunion of the First Kansas.

The First Kansas regiment will
celebrate the anniversary of the Will
son creek battle at ST. Joseph, Mo-,
August 10. Among the prominent
men invited are Gen. Powell Clayton,
ambassador to Mexico; Gen. John w.
Halderman, Col. o. E. Learnard and
Col. d. r. Anthony. The First Kan
sas, out of 500 men in action, lost $50
killed and wounded.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
He Put His Foot In 1t.

Oscar Gorton, one of the wealthiest
farmers in Lincoln county, met with
a bad accident while threshing on his
farm. The cylinder of the separator
became stopped up, and Gorton at
tempted to push the wheat through
the machine with his foot, which
got caught in the machine and was
badly ground up.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
Isaac q. Reed Dead.

doned from state prison Isaac G..
Reed, the Wellington lawyer-murder-
err, on the ground that he was about
to die. Reed died of consumption
last week at his home in Pennsylva-
MIA.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
Offers to Endow Bethany.

President Carl A. Swensson, Of
Bethany college, Lindsborg, received
an offer from DIR. D. X. Pearsons, of
Chicago, to endow Bethany with $685.
900 provided the college raises an adj
ditional ST., 900 before July 1, 1901.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
New Way to XIII Chinchbues.

The farmers of Smith county have
found a way to kill ch,nch bugs that
are infesting the corn fields again.
It is by fermenting cornstalks. A
row or two of corn is cut around the
edge of the field and laid in little
piles at short intervals. In a short
time the green corn ferments and
when eaten by the bugs kills them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
Where Bryan Is Strong.


Bryan shows his greatest personal
strength in the fact that he is to-
day, as he has ever been, utterly with
out political machine. Other men
IN American politics stand or fall for
reasons outside of their personality.
David Hill, for instance, is geo
graphical location. Mr.. Mckinley is a
kind of syndicate. Roosevelt. stands
Tor an ideal of civic righteousness.
Mr.. Croker is an impudent appetite.
quay is a system of wireless teleg-
raphy. But Bryan is Bryan, and Bry-
an is his prophet. More power for
good or evil rests under Bryan's black
SLOUGH hat than under any other sim
gle headpiece in America. BRYAN is
machineless. not because he abhors
the machine. but because he ignores
1T. He would not know what to do
with captains and ieutenants. II his
party should begin to turn from him.
Bryan could not call: "What. no.
warder, let the portcullis fall" in a
score OF states and check the stam-
pede. IT oratory would not stop the
panic, the multitude would have to
leave him as it came to him. After
which he would go on lecturing until
that gave ont. and running for the
senate till that gave out, and for con-
gress till that gave out, when he
would return to his law Office and
continue as he was in the beginning,
an honest, hard-working: ordinary
country lawyer, with an extraor-
binary voice and forceful. direct,
plausible way of putting short An
glo-Saxon words that often moye
juries but are not so thrilling in
briefs.-Will Allen White. in McClurg's
Magazine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
Growth OF Methodism in EneIapd.

Twenty-seven out of "a districts of
the Wesleyan church, Eng, show an
increase in members the last year ag-
gregating. 5,216, giving a total of full
members of 452, 442. The finances are
in good shape.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
Sustained the sherin's Action

Sheriff Smith, of Comanche county.
refused to accept a $4,000 cash bond
from C. N. Dougherty, a cattleman
charged with assaulting his 11-year-
old adopted daughter, on the ground
that the bond was insufficient. Dough
erty asked the supreme court to APP
prove it, but his application was de-
MED.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
OVARIAN TROUBLES.

Lydia e. Pfnkham's Vegetable Compound
Cares Them-Two Letters from Women.
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM II write to
tell you of the good Lydia E. Fink
hams Vegetable Compound has done
me. Twas sick in bed about five weeks.
The right side of my abdomen panied
me and was so swollen and sore that
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
New York's Health Preservers.

Square miles of sea gulls in New
York bay swoop down upon the gar
bage dumps twice day, and are said
to be invaluable in preserving the
health of the city.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27

The Farmers Advocate, of Topeka,
was sold by Col. T. w. Harrison to a
syndicate of populists, Carl Vrooman,
j. n. Curran, of Parsons, and Frank
Peltret, of Wichita. Peltret is owner
of Jerry Simpsons Bayonet.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27

Members of the state live stock
sanitary board take issue with Gov.
Stanley's recent declaration that one
good veterinarian could do the work
now performed by three men. They
say the legislature will increase the
membership of the board instead OF
decreasing it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27

Two sons of Ii Hung Chang are
studying under a private tutor in
Washington, preparatory to entering
the Vanderbilt university, Nashville,
next fall.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
Barton County Democrat.
Will = STOKE. Editor aad publisher
GREAT BEND. KANSAS.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Cost OF Cable Messsge to China.
Tt costs $1.65 a word to telegraph
from New York to Shanghai, with no
allowance for address and signature.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
Royalty. Son a Letter carrier.

Henry E. White, letter carrier in
the Cleveland CO., post Office, is a son
of Gen. Sir George White, who COM
manded at Ladysmith. He came to
America about 10 years ago.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27

The two-year-old daughter of Will
Lapham, of Wichita, was run over by
a street car, her left arm being cut
off and other injuries inflicted. 1t
was thought she could not recover
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27

During June State Oil Inspector
Spencer collected $2,O4o in fees and
paid out 1914 in expenses, including
salaries. The balance, $1,134, was
turned into the state treasury.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27

Santa Fe put negro to work on the
section and some thrashers chased
him out of town with the Injunction
to not return.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
Expense- of Running Boston Year.

In Is years the expenses of admin
STEERING the municipal government OF
Boston has increased from $685., 900
to S2s, 1926, 900.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
Library to Cost S1.60O,0OO.

The directors of the Brooklyn pub
fic library have started movement
for the establishment of a central
library to cost over $1,500,00O.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27

S. F. Feist, of the Thirty-second In
ippines recently, is Fort Scott bow.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
DRY weather Cut Grass short

Many cattle were being driven
from pastures around Solomon and
shipped because of the short grass
supply. Dry weather had burned the
grass.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27

The fusionists of the Miami-John-
son senatorial district nominated ex-
Attorney General John T. Little, of
Olathe, for senator.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-Iwassi sick for
two years with falling of the womb, and
Inflammation of the ovaries and bladder.
was bloated very badly. My left limb
would swell SO could not step on my
foot. Ihad such bearing down pains 7
could not straighten up or walk across
the room and such shooting pains would
go through me that thought I could
not stand it. Mymother got me a bottle
of Lydia E. Pinkhamis Vegetable Com
pound and told me to try it. took six
bottles and now, thanks to your won
derfu1 medicine, I am well woman"
-MRs. ELSIE BRYAN, Otisvi1le, Mich.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
Sd Paul Wants a ConventIo

st. Paul Wants q Convention Hall.
st. Paul citizens are making plans
for az convention hall and auditorium
with seating capacity of $4,000. to
eover space 15Ox15O feet.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27

could not walk. The
doctor told my hus-
band I would have to
undergo an operation.
This I refused to do
until I had given your
medicine a trial. Be- 4