Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-12-05

In Washington i5 is reported that
General McArtLhr must have rein
forcements to cope with the Filipinos
who are increasing in numbers and
harassing the Americans at all points.
An Atchison man was attacked
last week by wild cat white out
hunting. He climbed tree after i t
thinking it to be a coon. A farmer
rescued him by shooting the animal.
The last report from the Philip
pines shows the total number of
Americans killed or wounded in the
Philippine war from July 1st 1898 to
November Oath, 1900 to be 4 1858.
The total number of deaths is 2 500.
Preston Porter. father Of the young
uegro .hc was burned at the stake
in Colorado has appealed 10 the
courts in Kansas 20 ask the state OF
Colorado for damages for his sons
death.
Congressman j. NJ. Miller of the
4th district says he intends to intro
duce bill in congress providing that
those who can neither read nor write
shall not have the right of suffrage.
A Chicago man wrote to Gov. Stan
ley wanting him to tind home sights
for ten or fifteen families and among
other things asked how far the home
sights were from a township and
from railroad.
Governor Stanley is ascertainiug
whether mob violence is increasing
| in states where the death penalty is
not inflicted and will recommend
that Kansas restore capital punish
ment if he fiGds such to be the case.
There are forty prisoners in the Kan
sas penitontiary under death sen
| tence.
| In south Africa al, the generals
than Kitchener are being sent homa,
and the newspaper correspondents
are being forced out. Even now, be-
fore Kitchener has obi aiLe ed full sway
the homes of Beers who are absent,
presumably at fighting men, are
being razed, their crops are destroyed
and the women and children OF their
families are driven into the n6 arest
British garrison town.
The Kansas State society of Lab I
offer the following suggestions to the
next state Legislature.
To establish free employ ment
lagenay.
To provide for safety catches or
cages in coal shafts.
To require merchants to provide
chairs for clerks.
To make mine inspectors inspectors
Of weights and measures at coal
mines.
To provide for the examination and
licensing of stationary engineers and
firemen.
To provide for the inspection OF
i steam boilers.
To provide for civil service in state
insti.u tions.
VIM. j. Bryan was in Chicago this
week in consultation with Chas. A
Towne. He has rested from the work
of the campaign and looks like new
man. Mr.. Bryan will continue TO re
side in Lincoln, Neb. Concerning
politics he says:
81 expect to remain in politics as
long as / live. / shall continue to
advocate and work with both tongue
and pen for the principles for which
have fought so long.
To the question of what he thought
of the proposed reorganization Of the
democratic party, he said:
81 have nothing to say on that
subject at this time. When the op-
portunity comes for me to express
myself I shall be heard. / shall
write my views out carefully, in or
der hat my position may not be mis-
undl rstood have neither the in
clination nor time to do so now.
81 have received innumerable ffers
for my services compromising op-
Opportunities in nearly all the voca-
tions of life, but l am not lookio g
for position-not now"
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