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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
IS t. FOUNDED ON MYTH?
Dr.. Lyman Abbott Thinks That the
Book Of Genesis Was Written
by an Unknown Prophet.
SAYS MOSES WAS NOT THE AUTHOR.
The Noted Divine Says Genesis Deals with
q Period Over 1000 Years Before the
Time of Moses and Was In Existence
Loug In Advance of the Time of Noah
Two Accounts of the Flood.

Boston, Jan. 2s.-Dr. Lyman Alb
bot, discussing Genesis in the course
of lecture in the Lowell institute,
said his point of view in discussing
the Old Testament was that of mod
ern literary or scientific criticism.
'"The book of Genesis was supposed
to have been written about 1,45O years
before Christ" said the lecturer, "but
it deals with a period 20 or 25 CEN
turies before the time of Moses. Sup
posing then, that Moses wrote the
book of Genesis, how did he obtain
the facts found in the book? Ny own
opinion" continued DIR. Abbot, 'is
that it was written by some unknown
prophet as sort of introduction to
the Bible"
He called attention to the two sep
arate and distinct acts of the deluge,
and said that to him Genesis seemed
like an edited book rather than a
written book. 1t was known to be
in existence long before the time of
Noah. what were the resources if
not legend and myth?" he asked.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
TO BE THOROUGHLY AMERICAN
More About the Washington Statue to BE
Presented to France Grateful Rec
ogniriOn of Past Favors

Washington, Jan. 2s.-The WASH
fngton Statue association, of which
Mrs. Justice Field is president, and
the object of which is to present to
France statue of Washington, COM
memorative of the gratitude of the
women of America for the aid rem
1ered to their country in it's infancy
and hour of need by France, has just
received a concession from the mu-
nicipality of Paris of a site for the
statue on the beautiful Place de lena.
The monument will be thoroughly
American, in that the statue was
modelled in this country by American
sculptors and has been cast in bronze
by an American company. Moreover,
the pedestal was designed by an
American and will be executed in
American granite. The incident
chosen was when Washington took
command of the army at Cambridge,
and he is represented with uplifted
sword, invoking Divine aid. The
statue has been fully paid for, but
several thousand dollars are still
needed for the completion of the
pedestal and for the expenses Incl
dent to the unveiling, and the asso-
citation hopes for the prompt co-opera-
tion of all the patriotic women of
the United States in raising the addi-
tional amount required.
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WOULD TAKE HIS PLACE.
Unique Offer Made to Rev. g. NJ. Sheldon,
the Topeka Pastor, by e. w. Howe,
of the AtchisOn Globe.

Atchison, Kan, Jan. 2S.-E. w.
Howe, editor of the Atchison Globe,
makes a proposition in the editorial
columns of his paper that he take the
place of Rev. Charles NJ Sheldon as
pastor of the Congregational church
in Topeka during the week he is run
ming the Topeka Capital as a Chris
tian newspaper. Among other things
Mr.. Howe says:
"Rev. Sheldon's desire to publish a
newspaper for a week is evidence that
he does not believe a sufficient amount
of religion is injected into the col
umns of the newspapers. Neither is
there enough common sense or ability
in the average sermon. If we fail to
make out as much of a case against
preachers as Rev. Sheldon makes out
against newspapers we will buy a
Bible and join the church"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31

licitors OF the eastern roads in all parts
of the United States, Canada and Europe.
This will affect nearly $4,000 men.
The abolition of all forms of commits
sions heretofore paid for the sale of tick
cts over these roads. This will affect the
incomes of 10000 agents and eliminate the
scalpers.
The establishment in Chicago and New
York of joint auditing agencies that will,
apportion to each road an agreed per-
centage of the total competitive business.
Later the heads of these departments
may be abolished and the work done by
clerks who will report to the two joint
agencies.
The establishment in New York of q
board of control made up of persons rep
resenting the Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania,
Morgan and Hartman properties, the
rulings of this board on all questions to-
be final.
The abandonment of a number OF
through fast passenger trains put in ser
vice in the last few years as the result
OF sharp competition.
The establishment of common schedules
for passenger trains between Chicago and
New York and between all principal ter
mfnals of the combinations roads in the
territory east of this city and st. Louis.
The abandonment of all fast freight
trains and the fixing of common time for
these trains between competitive termi-
nails.
ing is given as the cause of the CONSOLE
dation, as the owners are determined to
pool II the purchase of every road in the
country is necessary to obtain that end.
If these sweeping reforms are, in
fact. inaugurated, the railroad prop
critics, or investments, affected will be
placed upon exactly the same foot
ing as are the properties, or invest
ments, forming the other industrial
establishments now called trusts"
That is to say, competition between
the owning capitalists having been
entirely eliminated, the capitalistic
side of these railroad properties will
have become socialized in kind of
one-sided or jug-handled socialism
wherein the capitalists will combine
| and cooperate against the general
public and the employees will continue
to compete with each other for en-
ployment.
The triune basic demands formu-
lated by the peoples party relate to
land, transportation and money.
Henry Georges single tax, coupled
with public ownership of public utili-
ties, Will cover the issue of land,
transportation and trusts. The
money plank should demand the coin
age of both gold and silver, upon
equal terms, at the ratio of sixteen to
one, the abolition of banks of issue
and the issuance by the government
of full legal tender paper money, re,
ceivable for all debts and dues, public
and private, in volume sufficient to
meet all demands for use and ex-
changeable at the option of the gov.
ernment in gold or silver, but not
redeemable in gold or silver at the
demand of the holder. To these de-
mands should be added one for the
Inauguration of a system of govern,
ment saving banks.
Add to these a demand for direct
legislation through the initiative and
referendum and we'll sweep the coun.
try. GEORGE c. WARD.
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OBJECTIONS TO MR.. SCOTT.
Opponents of the West Virginia Senator
Claim He Used Unfair Methods to
Secure His Election.

Washington, Jan. 2s.-The senate
committee on privileges and elections
met Saturday to hear arguments by
counsel in the case of the remon-
STRANGE against permitting Hon. Ma
than b. Scott, of West Virginia, to oc-
cupy his seat in the senate. The prin-
cipal objection to Mr.. Scott urged by
protestants was based upon the con-
tention that he received only As votes,
Of one less than majority, and that
ne secured his election by causing the
suspension of two members of the
legislature who were afterwards given
seats, thus reducing the membership
rom 81 to 95. Much was also made
IF the circumstances that two of the
members of the state senate by which
ne was elected were officers in the
1olunteer army.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITiES.

A new railroad will be built from
Muscatine to Independence, la.
Citizens of Pine Bluff, Ark, held a
big mass meeting and organized to
resist the order for compulsory vac
cination.
A Chicago & Grand Trunk locomo-
tive blew up at Edwardsburg, Mich,
killing the engineer, fireman and con-
ductor.
Charles Z. Macrum, former United
States consul at Pretoria, sailed from
Southampton for New York Saturday
afternoon.
Citizens of Andrew county, Mo-,
held a big jollification at Savannah
over the completion of the new court
house there.
Eighteen cars of fine cattle were
purchased at Findlay, O., and will be
shipped to South Africa for Gen. Bull
ler's army.
Bourke Cochran, the New York
democrat, proposes to support w. j.
Bryan for president if the latter will
declare a truce on the silver question
until 1904.
1t was reported that six Americans
had been shot near Guaymas, Mex,
by order of Gen. Torres, who accused
them of aiding the Yaqui Indians.
The American consul will investigate.
4 convict named Reynolds, who
killed guard and escaped from the
Canon City (Coi.} penitentiary, was
captured at Florence and a mob
lynched him before officers could get
him back into prison.
Mrs. John d. Rich, the Chicago
tried for the murder of her husband
in Juarez last May, was adjudged
guilty yesterday by the Mexican court
and sentenced to serve IA years in
prison.
On account of the prevalence of
smallpox in the Indian territory the
Cherokee national board issued a
proclamation urging all to be vacci-
mated. The proclamation says small
poX exists in nearly every town in the
Cherokee nation.
The steamer Peking, which arrived
recently from Manila, had the bodies
of the following Twentieth Kansas
boys: Company B, Private Lewis w.
Ferguson; company +, Howard A.
Olds, Musician Oscar G. Thorne; COM
pany !, Private George William Va
nell.
The Indiana state health board is re-
ceiving reports of the wide spread of
smallpox over the state. A telegram
from Bloomington announces five
cases among students at the Indiana
university. Probably 20 counties have
eases. In eight counties the postal
authorities have ordered all mails
tumigated.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
YOUNG. PHILIP ARMOUR DEAD.
Son OF the Great Chicago Packer Passed
Away While On Visit to Califor-
mia with His Family.

Chicago, Jan. 2S.-The news of the
death of P..lip ID. Armour, Jr., young
est son of the millionaire Chicago
packer at Montecito, near Santa Bar
bara, Cal, came as a complete surprise
as it was known that when he left for
the Pacific coast he was in the best of
health. The first news. came to j.
Ogden Armour, his brother. Young
Philip went to California few weeks
ago with his wife and two children in
the hope of benef ting his young sons
health. Philip was not known to be
sick until the telegram came announc-
ing his DEATH. He was 81 years old.
J." was part owner of the packing
plant of Armour d Co., in this city.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
PROPHECY FULFILLED.
Karl Marx and Edward Bellamy Clearly
ForetOld the Lines Upon Which
Socialism Would Come.


While the people generally have
centrated capital, there were not
wanting wise men over a quarter of
century ago who saw the dangerous
trend of affairs and spoke warning
words.
Among these seers was Karl Marx,
who in 1867 wrote concerning con,
centrated capital as follows:
Along with the constantly dimin-
ishing number of the magnates of
capital, who usurp and monopolize all
the advantages of this process of
transformation, grows the mass of
misery, oppression, slavery, degrade
ton, exploitation; but with this, too,
grows the revolt of the working
class always increasing in numbers,
and disciplined, united, organized by
the very mechanism of the process of
capitalist production itself.
1.-The monopoly of capital becomes
fetter upon the mode of production,
which has sprung up and fourished
along with and under it. Centraliza-
tion of the means of production and
socialization of labor at last reach a
point where they become incompati-
bic with their capitalist integument.
This integument is burst asunder.
The knell of capitalist private prop
erty sounds. The expropriators are
appropriated"
This is an oracular utterance, but
out of it can be gathered the facts
that Karl Marx saw the end from the
beginning. He saw that the larger
capitalists would absorb the smaller.
that wealth would continue to be
segregated and that financial op-
preston OF the people would cause
revolt and revolt would destroy the
trusts.
This thought was more clearly ex-
pressed by Edward Bellamy in 1887 in
his famous book, Looking Back
ward" which is supposed for the
sake of the narrative to be written
by man living in A. d. 1000.
This suppositious dweller in the
dawning year of the twenty-first GEN.
tury says:
Early in the last century the evolu-
ton was completed by the final con-
solidation of the entire capital of the
nation. The industry and commerce
of the country, ceasing to be con-
Quoted by set of irresponsible cor
porations and syndicates of private
persons at their caprice and for their
profit, were intrusted to single SYM
dicate representing the people, to be
conducted in the common interest for
the common profit. The epoch of
trusts had ended in The Great Trust.
In word, the people of the United
States concluded to assume the con-:
duct of their own business, lust az
one hundred odd years before they
had assumed the conduct of their own
government"
Both the writer's quoted were con-
sidered dreamers in their day, but
the trend of events seems to indicate
that they were in reality prophetsy-
Chicago Dispatch.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Bradley May Contest the Seat.

Frankfort, KY, Jan. &S.-Gov. Tay-
lor was presented with a statement
of the proceedings of the legislature
in the election of United States sem
ator, and asked for certificate for
Blackburn as senator. Gov. Taylor has
not yet acted on the request, and it
is rumored that ex-Gov. Bradley will
contest Blackburn's claim to the seat
by reason of complications arising in
the Legislature growing out of the
governors contest
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
BOUND THE EMPLOYEES.
Masked Robbers Entered a Chicago House
and After Blowing Open the Safe
Got Away with @1,7OO

Chicago, Jan. 2S.-Three masked
:obbers entered the factory of DR..
Peter Fahrney & Sons last night,
pound and gagged four employees of
the concern, blew open the safe and
escaped with $1,7OO in currency and a
considerable amount in notes and
other valuable paper. The explosion
shattered the safe and made a COM
plete wreck of the office. The whole
neighborhood was aroused by the de-
tonation and shock
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Damage suits Acgregating s1ab.ooo.

Wichita, Kan, Jan. 2S.-Seven dam
age suits against the Rock Island rail-
road, amounting to $135,OO0, are set
for trial in the district court here this
week. The cases will occupy probably
a month of the term. These cases are
the result of wreck on the Rock
Islands Douglass avenue crossing
here in September, 1899, when three
persons were killed and six seriously
in i11rad
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
To Test the Kansas Liquor Law.

ST. Joseph, Mo-, Jan. 2s.-The pro-
hibition statute of Kansas is to be
thoroughly tested by wholesale liquor
dealers of ST. Joseph and Kansas City,
says a liquor dealer in this city, and
the agent who is to make the test is
S. Taub, arrested in Troy, Kan, for
selling liquor in violation of the law.
1t is said the liquor interests are con-
tident they can now defeat the pro-
hibition feature.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Denver store Collapsed.

Denver, Col, Jan. 2S.-One-half of
the three-story building at 1437 and
1439 Lawrence street, occupied by w.
"A. Hover & Co., wholesale druggists,
collapsed Saturday. the three floors
above the street level, with their con-
tents, dropping into the basement.
The building had been overloaded,
causing the joists to break.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Agricultural College CLOSED.

Perry, Ok, Jan. 2S.-The smallpox
situation in Oklahoma and Kansas has
become very grave. The agricultural
and mechanical college at Saltwater
has been closed. All northern Okla
homa has quarantined southern Kan
sas counties, and business seems to be
at standstill. 1t is now claimed that
Blackwell has 500 cases.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
No Charters for Healing Concerns.

Magnetic healing concerns hereafter
will not be permitted to operate under
the sanction of the Kansas laws. A
half dozen of these enterprises have
made application for charters and
have all been held up. Unless dis
covery is made that requires the board
to issue them charters, their applica-
tions will be denied
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
rar,v Conveut,on Cal,ed.

: Harrisonville, Mo-, Jan. 2s.-The re-
publican congressional committee of
the Fifth Missouri district called a
congressional convention to meet at
Harrisonville, March IL, to nominate a
republican candidate for congress and
elect two delegates and two alternates
to the national convention.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
All Schools Near Topeka CIo.ed.

Topeka, Kan, Jan. 2s.-The subur-
ban and rural district schools adjoin-
ing Topeka have been closed on ac-
count of the prevailing epidemic" :"
In one of the largest schools less than
so pupils, out of an enrolment of
more than 800, have attended during
the past fe w days.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Ignoring the Ouarant,ne order.

A report from Arkansas City said
that no effort is being made by the
Cowley, Sumner and Harper county
authorities to enforce the state quar-
antine order against Oklahoma. Com
mercial intercourse there is proceeding
as usual. All are rebelling against
and ignoring the order.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
About 1000 school. in Cuba.

Havana, Jan. 2s.-Mr. Frye. super
intendent of public schools, is in re-
ceipt of reports showing that S79
schools have already been organized.
Reports are coming in at the rate of
IS day, and it is expected that the
number will reach 1000, representing
100 900 children.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
England Buying More Than Ever

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 2S.-The big
gest order for mules for use in the
Transvaal yet placed in this market
by the British government, is now
under consideration here. Local firms
are also said to be bidding on furnish
ing the British with 1000 horses, to
replace those sent to South Africa.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Another "Cattle King'' Missing.

Considerable excitement was mani
tested at Kinsley when it was re-
ported that cattleman who lives a
few miles east of there had departed,
also that several hundred head of cat
tie, upon which mortgages were held,
were missing. Kansas City commits
sion firms had representatives there
looking for both cattle and man.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Brown win Study Tammany.

E. E. Brown, of Parsons, leader of
young Kansas democracy, will leave
in few days for New York to investi-
gate the workings of the Tammany
organization with a view of getting
pointers of value to him in organizing
strong democratic association in
Kansas
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Increasing the Dividenfi..

Akron, O.. Jan. 2s.-Beginning Feb
ruary 1, the quarterly dividend of the
American Cereal company will be in
creased to two per cent, a raising in
the annual dividend from six to eight
per cent. The capital stock is $780,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Gymnasium In q Church,

The Young Mems league of the
First Congregational church of Kan
sas City will start a gymnasium and
reading room in the basement of that
church. The rooms will be open to
all, no restriction of membership to
the church being made.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Watson Gets a New Coa,ing Station.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-Admiral Wat
son reports that he has taken posses
sion of IsbSlla coaling station, and es-
tablished a marine garrison there un-
der command of Lieut.. Long. 1t is on
Basilan island and has a deep harbor.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Fire ina Kanaa. Toe.

I.ongton, Kan, Jan. 2S.-Three busi-
ness buildings, the post Office and the
rink. on the west side of Main street,
were destroyed by fire. The stocks Of
goods are almost q complete loss-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
It Is ParaIyzing Business.

A Wichita dispatch said that small
pox in that city and adjacent towns
was paralyzing business. The entire
southern line of this state, east of
Wichita, is under guard by shotgun
patrol. Guards are stationed at all
railway stations along the line with
instructions to turn back any persons
who are coming into Kansas from the
territory.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Drank from the wroue Bottle.

c. l.. Carpenter, farmer, bought
bottle of whisky and one of carbolic
acid at Minneapolis. He started home
and at the Santa Fe depot took a big
drink from the bottle he supposed
contained whisky, but he got the
wrong one and died in terrible agony
before medical aid could be sum-
moned
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
aot a17.ooO from : wlsconsin De

Madison, Wis, Jan. 25.-The bank of
Deerfield, 16 miles east, was robbed of
about $1,000 last night The vault
was blown open with dynamite The
robbers escaped.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
MEDICINE LODGE, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 81 1900
A SUMMARY OF KANSAS EVENTS.
The state Editoria, Association.

The Kansas State Editorial associa-
tion in session at Fort Scott elected
the following officers: President, L.
F. Randolph, of Nortonville; secre-
tary, Conner Daviess, of Concordia;
treasurer, F. c. Raney, of Fort Scott,
and vice president for each con-
gressional district. Delegates to the
National Editorial convention: At
large. Arthur Capper. District dele
gates-Ewing Herbert, Frank Elliott,
Charles Sprague, w. T. McElroy, Mrs.
Belle Harbaugh, H. H. Lusk, w. F.
Hill, ID. A. Valentine, II. A. Perkins,
Miss Edith Merideth and E. J. West
gate. The editors left for a trip
through the zinc-mining fields of
southeast Kansas and southwest Mis-
souri,. At Galena they were given a
reception.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Decided Against Mr.. Osborne.

S. Q. Osborne, of Garden City, had
religious antipathy against vaccina-
ton for smallpox and he refused to
obey an order of the board of educa-
ton compelling children to be vacci-
mated. His children were barred from
school and he appealed to the district
court, which sustained the school
board. He has now appealed to the
supreme court
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Plead for Kan.aa sorrhum.

Gov. Stanley and Secretary Coburn,
Of the board of agriculture, signed
letter to James Wilson, secretary of
agriculture, urging government aid
In the production of Kansas sorghum
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Wichita to Have = Man D.not

Bouri Pacific railway land on which
the railroad will this summer erect
$4,000 depot, to be of white stone and
two stories high
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Distres.lng Accldent .t . cro.,,..

Two miles west of Golf a freight
train struck the team and buggy of
Bert Cole at crossing. The horses
were killed and rig demolished and
Cole received internal injuries.