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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-05
Barton County Ticket
A WEEKS PROSPERITY ITEMS.

The Muncie, (Ind.) pulp mill
closed down, throwing two hum
dred men out of employment.
All blast furnaces in the Ma
honing and Shenango valleys
closed down September 29th.
The Republic Iron Co., Muncie,
Ind, have notified it's nut and
bolt workers OF a,-reductiOn Of
fifteen per cent.
Sweets Steel Co., at Syracuse,
N. Y, have made a cut in wages
averaging about twelve per cent.
Depression is the given cause.
The International Packing Co.
has closed it's plant at the Chi
cago stock yards throwing about
one thousand men out Of en-
ployment.
Iron ore mines at Watts Sta
tion, Middeesboro, KY, have
been closed down and hundreds
of men thrown out Of employ
ment.
A dozen meat markets were
closed at Bridgeport, Conn, last
week. Trust prices on meat and
ice didn't leave the little ones
any incentive. And there you
are.
All the salried men except a
watchman and a shipping clerk
have been laid off at the Repub-
lie Iron and Steel company's
works. The entire plant is idle
and one thousand men out of
employment.
About thirty thousand opera
tives in the textile and silk in
dustries OF Paterson, n. j., are
idle. The full dinner pail we
hear SO much about, apparently,
has not,yet materialized.
The steel and wire trust is ''re-
adjusting wages again. When
the workers out at the American
mill count up, they find they are
''shy" five to fifteen per cent.
The trust magnates need the
money, and SO they just with
hold said percentage from the
pay envelopes.
And then, the strike of over
one hundred and twenty thou
sand coal miners in the Pennsyl-
vania anthracity regions grows
each day.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-05
a Ealsa God.

Jehovah Mckinley, the giver of
prosperity, must be god because only
a god could give what he claims he has
bestowed upon the people OF the
aited States.
When the president of the United
States and a oominee FIR reelection,
publishes and is pc. mitted by bis party
o publish himself god. aud slan5ers
the creator and rulor of the universe
BY an assumption of divlne power. it Is
time for peo lie to stop and think.
Where are the ce regents of deitys
Who will accept aud endorse Mckin-
ley's claim as tue glver OF prosperity
to our people7
The tool of russ. of imperialism
and Of milits rism, he is the ef1sy of
Caesar in-the hand of the Catilines of
the repabIlc.
By the election of Bryan. brains and
patriotism viii take precedence of
boodie and partlsanshIp n our national
politics; then labor will no longer. fear
the cormorant. nor capital ihe COM
mune.-K. c. Star
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-05
TWO KINDS OF EXPANSION.

Teddy Roosevelt INSISTS tnat
the democratic party ought to
endorse the az. ;-,.,ioa OF the
Philippines for ,..e reason tiao
Thomas Jefferson, the founder of
the party, favored the expansion
involved in the Louisiana pur-
chase. The two transactions
are in absolute contrast. Jeffer-
son purchased for $15, 900, 900
the vast domain of territory
which constitutes the west CEN
tral portion of the United States;
he obtained peaceable possession
OF the territory, and it being
sparcely inhabited at the time,
has since been settled and now
affords homes for millions OF
American citizens whose indus
try and thrift have contributed
vastly to the resources of our
country.
While Jefferson made an excel
lent trade in the purchase OF
1903, the same cannot be said
of McKinley's Philippine deal.
We paid $2O,OOO,O00 for the
Islands, got a very doubtful
title, which it has already cost
$1S5, 100000 in money and sew
eral thousand lives to defend.
And although the total area
Of the Philippines is only about
one third larger than K ansas,
the population is six times as
great, the islands being Fl we times
as thickly settled as the state OF
Illinois. The climate is tropical,
the population dense and the
people hostile to our rule.
The Louisiana purchase was
divided into territories which
ultimately became States in the
American Union, while it is pro-
posed to govern the Philippines
as colonies.
Thus it will be seen that there
is really no similarity between
the expansion policy OF Jefferson
and the so called expansion Of
Mckinley. They differ widely on
every point of comparison.
Jefferson's expansion might be
| likened to the farmer who buys
a piece of land adjoining his own
and for which he has need, OBJ
tains peaceable possession Of his
purchase and makes a profitable
use of it. The Philippine deal
may be likened to a farmer who
would go many miles from his
home to a piece of land that was
in dispute, buy out one Of the
contestants for more than the
property was worth, spend ten
times the original cost in litiga-
tion, have his sons killed in the
row, and at the end be far worse
of in every way than in the be-
ginning.
The farmer who followed JEFF
erson would be called a wise and
prudent man; the Mckinley far
mer, if he still insisted that he
had followed a proper course.
would be in luck if his friends did
not take him before the probate
Judge on a lunacy writ.
Such is the difference between
the two kinds of expansion
Eureka Messenger.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-05

Rampfe eefaGlen unb mein Weib lift on
gebro@enem Qer5en 9etorben. Mber
i9 perbe mid ni9t er9eben. SD tperbe
Bis 5unr Gnbe Wiberifonb leiften. Ser
arieg mirb niht uufb0ren.A l1nb bic
Nepublif, tpefde fol9e WGnner auf5u<
tpeifen bot, uirb unter freunbliber 3u=
ftimmung Mc&inleb's nit einem Sc
beritri4 manmettirt!"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-05

Four years ago many of the
most influential democrats Of
the eastern and middle states
deserted the democratic candi-
da aud aided in the election of
Mex in:ey This year more than
30 per cent. OF those democrats
are back in line and enthusiastic
in their support of Bryan.
Four years ago many silver re-
publicans in the west and north
Left the republican party and
supported BRYAN. This year
not 10 per cent. OF those republi-
cans have gone back to the gold
standard republican party. Be
sides this, hundreds OF the most
influential republicans OF the
eastern and middle states have
this year cut loose from their
party because of it's Imperialism
XpansiOn and trust ideas, and
| are supporting, on the stump
and with their means, the demo-
cratic ticket. All of these things
mean that Bryan will carry
practically all of the states he
did in 1896, beside many of the
eastern, southern and middle
states He will be elected, and
we believe, by a larger electoral
vote than Mckinley got in 1896.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-05
A Full Vote Win Win,

If the fusion forces in Kansas
poll their full vote this fall there
is no question as to the result in
the Seventh Congressional dis
trict.
l. 1896 Simpsea had. zo,sSo sotss
Long had 20 a66 ss,,es
Simpsons maj z.92S votes
Ia 1895 Long had 80 or votes
Simpson Casa votes
Longs maj .......-. I.7SS votes
The above shows that Long
had less votes when he was elect
ed two years ago than he had
four years ago when Simpson
beat him by 1923 votes. This
proves cOnclusively that the
stay at home vote two years ago
caused Simpson $ defeat there
having about 5000 of the fusion
vooers stayed at home. \ full
vote this year will elect Claude
Duval by at least 5000 majori-
ty. Let every populist and
democrat go to the polls and
vote, and the district will
no longer be misrepresented
by Chester l. Long, and the re-
publicans, tariff barons and the
trust magnates will lose a very
faithful servant in congress, and
the starving Porto Ricans will
not be burdened by a tariff.vLa
Crosse Chieftain.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-05

EVERY voter should ask him.
self two questions: ssDo favor
this republic or the empire?"
."Do [ favor a currency con-
trolled blythe people or a cur
rency controlled by the banks.''
The answer to those two queS-
tions should decide how the ci6i-
zen should vote.
SAM SHATrUcK, one Of the
pioneers of Barton county, is
the fusion nominee for County
Commissioner in the I'd district.
He is a resident of north Home
stead township and has thor
ough knowledge of the needs
OF the entire county. Mr.. Shat
tuck will receive, besides the
democrat and peoples party
support, the support of many
republicans who recognize in
him a man exceptionally well
qualified to look after the public
interest.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-05

JAMES W. CLARKE, the demo-
crat and populist candidate for
County Attorney, is the busiest
candidate in the field this week.
He is not eIectioneering, how
ever, because he has on his hands
the multitudes of duties that fall
to the secretary of the county
fair association. However, while
Jim is recording entries, selling
tickets, locating concessions and
holding a general supervision
over that public enterprise-giv-
ing it his entire time and atten-
ton this week.-Mrs. friends in
every part of the county are
rallying to his support in such
numbers and with such enthusi-
asm as records a most pleasing
tribute to his popularity. Mr.
Clarke will get out among the
people during the balance of Oc-
tober, and his voice will be heard
in the interests of Bryan and
Breidenthal in every township in
the county before election day.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-05

ID. L. Armstrong, e3itor of the
Great Bend Beacon, is the fusion
candidate for County Printer.
Under "a special act OF the state
legislature, applying to Barton
and two other counties, the
question of the election of q
county printer, to serve two
years, was submitted last fall,
and adopted in this county by
an overwhelming majority. The
democrats and populists, in
joint convention, selected Mr..
Armstrong for their nominee,
and he is entitled to their sap
port. There is no question
whatever as to his superior
qualifications for the office. He
has been the appointive official
printer in past years, and filled
the office satisfactorily. The
DEMOCRAT has been the official
paper for the past few years and
believing that the honors should
be passed around, We declined to
enter the contest for the nomi-
nation, and urge that Mr.. Arm
strong be given the loyal sup
port of the united fusion forces.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-05

Hon. NJ. w. CoBUN, the demo-
crat and populist nominee for
representative in this county, is
well known by all our people. He
has, in former years, served the
people in the capacity of repre-
sentative with eminent satisfac-
ton; being in all his acts true to
the interests of the farmers of
Kansas, earnest in his advocacy
of the right, and gaining by his
ability an hono-ed position as a
leader in the house of representa-
tives. Circumstances are such
that Mr.. Cobun cannot devote
much of his time to the campaign
this fall. His heart is with the
people, however, and we believe
thai be will get the large majori-
ty Of the votes Of barton county.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-05
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

For President,
WILLIAM j. BRYAN.
For Vice President,
ADLAI E. STEVENSON.
For Congressman, 9TH District,
CLAUD DUVAL.
For Senator. 35th District.
GEORGE B. ROSS.
Kansas State Ticket.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-05

For Governor JOHN W. BEIEDENTHAL
For Lieutenant Governor MAJ. A. M. HARVEY
For Secretary of State sABE FRAKEs
For State Auditor .... E. J. WEsTGATE
For State Treasurer ......... CONWAY MARSHALL
For Sup't of Insuraue ...W w WEB MCNALL
For Attorney General. HUGH p FARBELLY
For State Sup't of Schools. ..-..- LEVI HCMBAReKR
For Associate Justice ......, >. DAVID MARTIN
For Congressman at Large -. -. j. D. BOTKIN
For Pre- sidential Electors,
J.B. FUGATE, G. P. CARsrENsON.
H. j. RoETZEL, j. D. GosH"RN,
r. W. TURNER, JAMES FALCON,
TAYLOR RIDDLE, F. NJ. BRADY
G.. H NICHOLAs, JAMES BECK
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-11-02
BoERs ARE ROUTED.
Lord Roberts Explains That the Ja.
cObsdaI Affair Was Due to BOel

Lord Roberts Explains That the Ja-
cObsdaI Affair Was Due to BOer
Treachery.
London, Oct. 31.The war Office has
received the following from Lord
Roberts. dated at Pretoria, Oct. 49,:
Knox successfully engaged Dewet
Oct. 27. During the Boer retreat Knox
caught Dewet in the Rensburg drift.
The Beers lost considerable and left
two guns and three wagons in Knox's-
hands. Another ammunition wagon
was blown UP by shell. The Brit.
ish casualties were nil"
Referring to the Jacobsdal affair.
Lord Roberts says 1t was due to the
treachery Of lie inhabitants who ad-
mitted the Beers to their houses at
night. They opened fire at daybreak.
Fourteen men We're killed and thir-
teen were wounded, mostly Cape
Highlanders. Troops dispatched from
the Modder river drove off the Beers.
The houses Of the treacherous inhab-
ftants were destroyed. Commandant
Bosnian was killed.
Lord Roberts calls attention to the
increasing inclination of the better
class OF Beers to cooperate with the
British to secure peace, since they
find that guerrilla warfare is visited
with heavy punishment"
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-11-02
CHINESE EXCLUSION.

Attention of LaborinE Men Called to
the Fact That the Existing Law
VIII Expire Next Year.
New York, Oct. 81. The Chinese
exclusion act will expire in 1901, and
unless we are alert Cinnamon will
pour In upon u.s. Chairman James
Mcguire of the central labor union,
made this announcement before a
meeting OF that body. His remarks
created a, sensation. IT wish to give
this timely warning" continued the
chairman. $50 that laboring men and
women throughout the United States
shall take measures to have another
exclusion act bill passed. Visit your
congressman and see how he stands
on the question. Put him on record. !"
The meeting resolved to call the at
tention OF all the trades to the ex-
clusion act.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-11-02
MINERS GO TO WORK.
Resumption of Operations mt a Ma
jOrity of the Collierfes

Resumption of Operations mt Ma
# jority of the Collierfes.
Hazleton, Pa, Oct. 31.-operations
were resumed yesterday morning at
majority of the colleries in the Hazle-
ton district, and they will be contin-- J
ued in full blast for the next two
months. The strike is still on at the
mines of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre
Coal company, located at Audenried,.
Honeybrook and Green Mountain.
one Of the officials Of the company
said that the company informed the
men that it will abolish the sliding
scale and agree to pay the 10 per cent
increase until April !, and the officials
did not know why they refused to re-
port. The mineworkers claim they
want a written guarantee in this re-
spect. The Oneida and Derringer COLI
liertes of Coke Brothers & Co. are also
idle because Of some misundersta
ing on account Of the notices posted
by the company. All hands will prob
ably be at work tomorrow.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-11-02
NEWS IN BRInr.
Overflow From the Waros in . Ger
Fl sdensed Form. ss f8 II

Overflow From the Waros in Oon.
.335 sdensed Form. g
5s It is said the queen Is contemplating
another visit to Ireland. a "
Terry McGovern has been matohsA
to meet Kid Broad Of New York at
Tattersalls, Chicago, Nov. 1s, in a six.
round contest at catch-weights.
isaiah Rummel Of Union township,
Elkhart county, Ind, claims to have
paid President Mckinley the first at
ever earned. ,i4
/. The hope of an heir is once more
stirring among the Russian people,
for it has leaked out that before long
there will be another addition to the
royal family.
Prince Hohenlohe cites as the prin-
cipa1 reason for resigning the. fact
that he had noticed for some time
growing desire to ignore him on im-
portant occarions.
Acting Secretary of Agriculture
Moore has detailed +. K. Haywood,
an assistant in the chemistry division
to make complete examination of the
waters of the government reservation
at Hot Springs, Ark.
Unusual fogs are prevailing in st.
Petersburg, and numerous accidents
in the open streets are reported. The
traffic on the Neva river is hindered
so much from this cause that 1t has
all but entirely stopped. Il
Exporters in the Kehl district OF
Germany explain the present dullness
Of trade by saying that on account
of the approaching presidential elec-
tion in the United States there are no
American orders coming.
James Ruddy, few years ago one
of the best known turfmen in the
West, and with his brother. Watson
Ruddy, proprietor Of a large racing
stable, died at Aurora, I'LL, of typhoid
fever, aged fifty-five years. Is
The stay of the Brazilian president
In Argentina will be extended until
Nov. 1. The city Of Buenos Ayres Is
to be en- fete for another week. In
speeches hitherto delivered at ban
quets and other functions no allusion
has yet been made to the political OBJ
ject of the visit.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-11-02

,AbscOnAing Teller says Ho 10 dlAA
the suspense II Over.

ISL the Suspense IL Over. hi S
Boston, Oct. 81. Cornelius i. Alvord,
/ Jrs the absconding note teller Of the
First National bank In New York city
{ who is charged with obtaining $4,000
from the bank, was arrested here by
Chief Inspector William B. Watts OF
this city and Detective Armstrong OF
New York in an ordinary lodging
house at the corner OF West Newton.
street and Burlington avenue. When
arrested Alvord, who knew Detective
Armstrong said he was glad the sus-f
pense was ended and was willing to.
go back to New York without papers.
He sat down on the bed and smoked
q cigar, and was only dressed in his
underclothing at the time. He after.
ward dressed quickly, and. packing q,
few underclothes In a valise, he was
ready to go. IA hack was called and,
he was driven to police Headquarters.
and after being measured ard photo
graphed under the Bertillop system
%was. taken to New York on the s
O'clock train. When asked what he
had done with the money he said:
well, 500. 900 is whole lot Of money,
but 1t goes easy In referring to
horse races he said he had backed
horses. but never on race tracks. and
had owned fast horses himself. He
said he had lived his life and had
taken life to its full at the rate Of
$4,000 a year or more. He said he
would not make any fight, would
throw up his hands, take his sentence
and after that was over would come
ont in the world again He said he
ball and that he had nothing with
which to make restitution. Being
searched at police headquarters only a
few dollors were found in his pockets.
which he was allowed to keen. He
sent telegram to lawyer in New
York asking him to meet the train
when It arrived in New York.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-11-02
GERMANY,s HORSES.
Tkose Not Yet Shipped Fron Gait.
fornia to BE Held There.

Those Not Yet shipped 5Frosn CAli.
fornia to BE Held There.
San Francisco. Oct. 2S. The opera
lions Of the German commission sent
TO California to purchase horses ana
supplies for troops in China have
come to a close. and under instructions
from the home government the COM
mission will leave San Francisco on
Friday next. OF the large number Of
horses purchased only part have been
shipped, and the 1,160 animals ac-l
3cepted and ready for shipment, will
not be sent. The Frankfort, which
has been specially fitted up for re-.
:ceiving horses, sailed yesterday with
out them, and the Verona, which was
under charter, has been released.
What will be done with the horses
has not yet been decided upon. In
huenxa has broken out among them,
and this Is given as one Of the reasons
whysAthe horses are not to be sent at
the present time.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-11-02
.swINDLERs ARRESTED.
Railroad Companies and Scalpe
Extensively Worked.

Railroad Companies and scalpers
1'tg3 Extensively Worked.
4 Chicago, Oct. 2S.-Two alleged swim
dlers, who. by means Of clever forger-
les and bogus passes are thought to
have within the past three years SEE
cured thousands Of dollars from rail-
road companies and scalpers in all
parts Of the United States. We're ar
rested here last night. G. G, Rosan-
berg and E. P. Ashby are the names
given by the prisoners. They were ar
rested at the Dearborn street station
as they were about to board train
for Cincinnati. In two valises which
they carried were found hundreds Of
passes bearing names Of railroad Of
ficials, all Of which are thought to
be forge cries, together with many rub
ber stamps and letters containing sig
natures from which they were made.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-11-02

New York, Oct. 31.-By a series of
terrific EXPLOSIONS following a fire in
Tarrant's wholesale and retail drug
store at the southeast corner S4f
Greenwich and Warren sereets, huns
dreds Of men and women were injured
and many killed. Both sides Of War
rem street, between Greenwich and
Washington, were laid in ruins and
buildings for blocks around We're
wrecked in all degrees. For half
block to the north and south of War
rem street, the west side of Green
wich street and the east side of Wash.
ington street are almost as hopelessly
wrecl.ed as is the short Warren street
block Of 100 feet frontage. In all
something like forty places of business
are either wholly or partially de-
stroyed. Never in the history of New
York has there been an explosion
which E&
Wrought Such Havoc
so far as mere property loss is con-
csrned. AS to the loss Of life there
are indications that lead to the belief
that 1t will prove to be much less
than in some other similar districts,
as for instance the Park Place calam-
ity of several years ago. Many of
the injured, however, will not recover.
OF the number of those killed OUT
right there is at present no possibility
of making even an approximate esti-
mate. It Is thought, however, from
what information can be gathered that
there are at least thirty bodies in the
ruins. The blast Of fire that followed
the explosion and was with difficulty
got under control late in the after
noon. left the wide area Of ruin so
hot that search for the dead was I'M
possible All that is known is that
in the Tarrant building, as well as In
oil the others and in the street, there
was numbers of people, and that
many Of them are under the
Great Mass of Debris
which fills the street for over a block.
The list Of missing so far reported is
comparatively scanty. Tarrant's big
seven STORY drug house had been long
regarded by the entire neighborhood
as little better than powder maga-
zine. It had been common talk among
businehss men and the employees Ia
the business houses in Warren, Green-
wich and Washington streets. that
should Tarrant's place get afire there
would be but one thing to do and that
would be to run. At the first rumor
that the dreaded event had come, that
the place actually was on fire, people
poured out of the nearby houses and
fled. Furthermore, the time of the
accident was just the hour when many
Of the employees were out at their
monday meal, and this also undoubt-
edly saved many lives. In addition to
this there was an interval between the.
first explosion, which was compara-
lively light, and the second one, which
was terrific and did most of the dam
age. - "a
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-11-02
Noa-UNIoN MEN AssA1LED.

p . : : 4
Strikers Throw Cobblestoncs and
Cause Much Disorder.
Shamokin. Pa, Oct. %. - Fifteen
hundred angry men, women and chill
dren assembled in the Cameron col-
liery and as the non-union men left
for home they were assailed by vol
leys Of cobblestones. Although every
one Of the workmen had been sworn
in as special policemen and We're
armed, they did not shoot into the
mob. which was led by four women
carrying American flags. In escort
ing Paul Iklinger. the breaker boss,
from the mine, his brother, Constable
Joseph Klinger, fired one shot at a
crowd on bridge because they hurled
rocks at the pair as they traversed q
railroad. Following the shot. part of
the mob chased the brothers into the
city limits.