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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
CAN'T OWN THEM ALL.
The Morgan Hill Syndicate Told That 1t
Must Sc Wipe Out Railway Com
petition in This Country.

Washington, Nov. est is
known by government officials
that the Northern Securities compa-
ny owning all the stocks in the North
ern Pacific, Union Pacific and Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroads is on
ly the beginning of the scheme which
j. p. Morgan and James J. Hill have
in mind. Morgan's ambition is to
control the transportation lines of
this country, not only the railroads
but the steamship lines. Those who
have talked with Morgan say that
he regards himself as a benefactor in
trying to rescue the railroad proper
ties of the country from ruinous
competition, and that he believes
such a consolidation of railroad stock
win be beneficial to the whole coun-
try.
A close friend of President Roose-
welt, who discussed the question with
Morgan, pointed out to him that he
was taking the greatest step that
had ever been made toward govern
ment control of railroads. '.You may
be sincere, Morgan said this gentle
man, land you might succeed if you
were God. But no human agency,
except the government of the United
States, will ever be allowed to own
and control the railroads of the
United States. There are just two
alternatives to this question of trans
portation-competit or govern
nent control. When the people are
convinced or have good grounds to
suspect that railroad competition is
ended, they will insist on government
control. You are on most dangerous
grounds, and if you go forward in
this gigantic scheme you will precip-
itate the greatest political question
of the age, and bring the federal
government face to face with the ne
cessity of government control"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
NEW INDIAN DEAL.
commissioner Jones Says the Red Man
Must Dig for Himself and Live Like
Civilized Folks.

Washington, Nov. ga policy
shich, it is contended, win settle the
ntire Indian question within a gen.
ration is announced by Commission
It of Indian Affairs William A. Jones
n his annual report made public yes
.erday. His plan is to give the In
liam opportunity for self-support, the
anne protection of his person and
property as given others, throw him
ipon his own resources and to en-
iorce on him realization of the dig
iity of labor and the Importance of
building and maintaining home for
himself.
In the last ss years over $780,
5000 has been spent on an Indian
population not exceeding 10000.
Notwithstanding this, the Indian is
it'll on his reservation, being fed;
money is still being paid him, he is
rtin dependent on the government
.or existence and he is ''little, if any,
,earer the goal of independence than
lie was so years ago, and, if the pres
mt policy is continued, he will get
little, if any, nearer in 80 years to
come"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
SURPRISED INSURGENTS.
Sergt. Mcmahon and go Men Climb .
Precipice on Bohol Island and
ROut the Enemy.

Manila, Nov. e5,-Capt. Edward P.
Lawton's company oe the Nineteenth
infantry has attacked and captured
an insurgent fort on Bohol island,
south of Cebu, in the Vizayan group.
This fort was surrounded on all sides
by precipice and the only entrance
to the higher ground was guarded by
a stockade with a line of entrench-
ments behind it. Capt. Lawton sent
Sergt. Mcmahon and 20 men to climb
the precipice and attack the fort in
the rear. Sergt. McMahon's party
accomplished their task after three
hours climbing through the thick
underground of brush and vines that
covered the almost perpendicular
cliff. They took the enemy by sur
prise and drove them from the fort.
AS the insurgents escaped they had
to pass the remainder OF Capt. Law
yards. Here the enemy suffered ter
rible losses. The insurgents defended
themselves with both cannon and
rifles. The cannon were captured,
the smaller ones were removed,
while the larger ones were buried.
Capt. Lawton, in his report, makes
special mention for bravery of Sergts.
List and Mcmahon.
The local steamer Alerta, with 200
passengers, including some dis
charged soldiers from Olongapo, SUI
big bay, to Manila, is believed to
have been lost.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
HAVE PROVED TRAITORS.
Gen. ChaHee Learns That Several AnefIeas
Negroes Are Fighting Under Gen. Ca
balIos, the Insurgent Leader.

Manila, Nov. 23.-It has been Off.
cially reported to Gen. Chaffee that
the insurgent leader Caballos has 500
fully armed men, including a number
of American negroes, under his COM
mand in Laguna province, Luzoh. An
insurgent officer has just been cap
tured, carrying papers dated Maui
ban, Lag11na province, November IS,
and signed by Caballos. The prisoner
admits that Caballos has 1000 men
with him and contemplated attacking
Mauban. This probably accounts for
the fact that Thursday the telegraph
lines were cut near Mauban and in
several places the supporting poles
were found to have been removed.
Smallpox is raging in the southern
islands of the archipelago. The
United States Filipino commission is
preparing an act to compel every
body to be vaccinated.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
He Had His Reasons.

An officer in one of the English vol
unteer regiments, who had made
himself exceedingly unpopular with
the men, was coming home one even
ing when he slipped and fell into
deep water. He was rescued with
great difficulty by private in his
OWN regiment. The officer was pro-
fuse in his expressions Of gratitude.
and asked his preserver how he could
reward him. 1.-THE best way," said
the soldier, sis to say nothing about
it, But why?" asked the officer in
Because" was the
blunt reply, ''if the other fellows
knew I'd pulled you out they'd chuck
me in."-Youth's Companion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
cANADA's CAPITAL AROUSED.
Never Was There Such Excitement
Physicians' Association Try
ing to Explain.

Ottawa, Can, Nov. 25.-This city Is
stirred up as never before. Some seven
years ago the local papers published
an account of a man named George
H. Kent, of 40S Gilmour street, who
was dying of Bright's Disease and
who at the'very last moment after sew
eral of our best physicians had de-
clared he couldn't live twelve hours,
was saved by Dodd's Kidney Pills.
People who know how low Mr.. Kent
was refused to believe that he was
cured permanently, and the otherdaH
in order to clinch the matter the pa
pers published the whole case over
again and backed up their story by
sworn statements made by Mr.. Kent
in which he declares most positively
that in 1894 he was given up by the
doctors and that Dodd's Kidney Pills
and nothing else saved him, and furth-
er that since the day that Dodd's Kid
new Pills sent him back to work seven
years ago, he has not lost single min
ute from his work Che is a printer in
the American Note Printing Com
pany).
Mr.. Kent is kept quite busy during
his spare hours answering inquiries
personally and by letter, but he is Sc
grateful that he counts the time well
spent. Indeed he and his wife have
shown their gratitude to Dodd's Kid
ney Pills in very striking way by
having their little girl, born in 1896,
christened by the name of "Dodds."
Altogether it is the most sensational
case that has ever occurred in the his
tory of medicine in Canada and the
perfect substantial ton of every detail
leaves no room to doubt either the
completeness or the permanency OF
the cure.
The local Physicians have made the
ease of Kent and Dodd's Kidney Pills
the subject of discussion at several of
the private meetings of their Associa.
ton.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
YOUR UNCLE SAM WILL.
Colombian Government Formally Acknowl-
edges Its Inability to Guarantee Com
muuicatioH Across the Isthmus.

Washington, Nov. 23.-The report
of the Colombian government to the
effect that it is unable to guarantee
the integrity of the railway commu-
nication across the isthmus was pur-
posely developed by the United States
in order to make perfectly plain the
fact that the United States was thor
oughly justified in landing its forces
at Colon. With this formal acknowl-
edgment from the Colombian govern
ment of it's inability to maintain
communication, it becomes. it is said,
not the privilege, but the duty, of the
United States, under the treaty of
Granada, to guarantee that commune
cation, even though the use Of force
is necessary.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
HYPNoTISr DIsINTERRED.
,arl Athena Tax N Ont of His Coffin Meme
the Worse for Being 12O Hours
Underground.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 25.-Carl
theno, the hypnotist who was
,uried on q vacant lot at Eleventh
hight, was disinterred at nine o'clock
Saturday night in the presence of
several thousand spectators. The
coffin in which he took his long sleep
vas placed on a platform, and six
men lifted his body out and let it
:est on the blankets. An alarm clock
Was set off close to his ear, and be-
lore the bell had stopped ringing
Athena Beg to move. Finally he
opened his eyes, and the six men
lifted him to his feet. The crisp
night air revived him rapidly, and he
tried to ta1k to the crowd, but it was
so NOISY that he was compelled to
give 1t up, and asked to be taken to
the Baltimore huotel.
A doctor took Atheno's pulse and
found it registered at so. When he
was inferred last Monday night his
pulse was rs. At the hotel his tenn
,erature showed 100. His upper lip
vas split in the center from the, dry
less of the earth, and he had Most
probably 20 pounds.
Athena was given a bath at the
1otel, after which he sat down to a
unch consisting of three spoonfuls
If milk and one-half of a cracker. He
continued this diet for "a hours,
gradually increasing the quantity of
milk and food.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
WENT TO THEIR DEATH.
Eight OflciaIs Whe Entered q West Vir~
ginia Mine to Inspect 1t Never
Came Back.

Bluefelds, w. Va, Nov. 24.-Super-
intendent Walter O'Malley, of the Po-
cabontas collieries company, along
with the state mine inspector, William
Priest; A. s. Hurst, chief coal in
spector for the Castnor, Curran &
Bullitt company, of Philadelphia;
Robert ST. Clair, chief coal Inspector;
Morris ST. Clair and William Oldham,
sub-coal inspectors; Frazier G. Bell,
mining engineer, and Joseph Yard
well, manager of the Shanlokin Coal
& Coke company, entered the collier
les to examine the true situation in
regard to the recent explosion and
fire in the Baby mine. They have
not been heard from.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
WHAT WE ARE TOLD.

There Is eone millionaire in the
United States to every $1,000 inhab-
tants.
A factory at Deepwater. Mo. has
oeen obliged to stop by a shortage
Of SSater.
The pulgat, a Burmese measure, Is
The only foreign measure exactly
corresponding to our inch.
In ruling paper the worker, using
quill and ruler, 20 years ago. took
4,sOO hours to do the work now done
by machiDe in two and three-quar-
ter hours
I King Edward has lately attached
to himself Turkish attendant, one
Amin Ihrahim. The duties OF Amin
are in doubt, but he is said to owe
his appointment to his ability to pre-
pare an excellent cup OF coffee.
Count Tolstoi is not an obedient
patient. Some time ago his -physi-
clans told him not to walk or ride on
horseback, but he did what he
pleased, remarking;2 81 know better
than all physicians what is good for
me-" .
When the first Bible society in this
country was organized the English
language was spoken by only 10000
200 people. Now 1a0.00o.O00 people
speak it. Then the Bible was print
ed in so languages; now it is printed
IN 400 languages.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
LATEST IN TELEGRAPHY.
Professor In Colorado State University Has
Invention to Transmit and Receive
Messages Over Same Wire.

Boulder, Col, Nov. 23.-Dr. William
Duane, professor of physics at the
state university, has patented an in
vention by which a large number of
telegraph messages can be sent over
one wire and each return at the same
time. In the physical laboratory at
the university it is said he has had as
many as IS circuits working on tho
same wire and return all at the same
time. On any of these circuits the
Morse instrument can be placed and
used exactly as with the single wire
now in use. DIR. Duane'e invention is
based on the principle of synchroniz-
ing motors.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
HAD MANIA TO DESTROY.
William Rossman Breaks About $1,000
Worth of Plate Glass Windows in the
BusiRess Portion of Eaton, 0.

Eaton, O., Nov. 25.-Between mid
aight and Sunday morning about So
700 worth of plate glass windows in
the business portion of this town
we're broken by William Rossman,
who had recently been discharged
from the asylum for insane at Day
ton as cured. Rossman used stones
Tor demolishing 143 windows, 113 be-
ing large plate glass in the windows
Of business houses. Rossman is
member of prominent family. He
remained up all night deliberately
for his work of general destruction.
Rossman would have smashed all the
windows in the town had he not
been caught and, with difficulty, land
ed in Jail. His hands are badly cut
and he is being attended by physi-
cian. His mania before commitment
for insanity was the breaking Of win
lows.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
STEWART FIFE ARRESTED.
New Turn In the Famous Richardson Mar
der Case at Savannah, Mo.-Ths
Widow Probably Knows.

Savannah, Mo-, Nov. 23.-Stewart
Fife, who was a clerk in store here,
has been formally charged with the
murder of Frank W. Richardson, in an
Information sworn to and filed by
Lloyd w. Booher, prosecuting attor-
aey of Andrew county. Fife has not
been arrested, as he left here in juno.
Nobody in this county believes that
Mrs. Richardson killed her husband,
and expressions are heard every day
that she should never have been
charged with the murder. It is gen.
orally believed, however, that Mrs.
Richardson knows who killed her hus-
band.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
FAMOUS PAPER NO MORE.
Original Declaration of Independence, with
Its Stirring Text and Famous Sig
natures. Has Faded Away.

Washington, Nov. 23.@The famous
declaration of independence is no
more. The stirring text and the sig
natures of the members of the CEN
tennia1 congress have faded away.
This precious document is preserved
In a cabinet in the state department
library, but it is now practically moth
ing more than a large sheet of parch-
ment. on which no legible writing ap-
pears. Part of the words declaration
of independence" which were written
n large letters with many ornamental
fourishes are decipherable, but not
signature is visible to the naked eye.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
EMPLOYEES BADLY CRUSHED.
Elevator In q st. Joseph Dry Goods House
Fell Three Stories and Several
Deaths May Result

ST. Joseph, Mo-, Nov. 23.-The ele-
vator at the Townsend & Wyatt Dry
Goods company's. department. store
fell from the third floor, probably ia
tally injuring John Bannon, sales
man, Helen Ryan and Lillian Moy-
Ian, saleswomen. and seriously injur-
ing Arthur Burns. elevator boy. Ban
mons body was badly crushed, Helen
Ryan had both legs broken, Lillian
Moylan both arms broken, both of the
latter being injured internally. Ar
thur Burns may recover.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
Robbers Dragged Their victims.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 23.-Ado1ph
Carlson, an Armourdale joint keeper;
Louis Arlinger, his night bartender;
Tom Schwaber, a packing-house en-
ploye, and the saloon porter, were all
drugged and robbed in Carlson's own
place of business at an early hour
yesterday morning. The robbers Sc
cured 5000 in cash and checks calling
for $780,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
NIPS HIS ASPIRATIONS.
Secretary Root Instructs Gen Chanee to
Hold Aguinaldo q Prisoner and OPP
pose Effort Release Him.

Washington, Nov. 23.-Instructions
have been given Gen. Chaffee to OPP
pose any attempt made to secure
Aguinaldo's release on a writ of ha-
beas corpus. Secretary Root is de-
termined to nip in the bud any as
pirations Aguinaldo may have to ap-
pear before congress as a hero, and
directed Gen. Chaffee to continue to
hold him prisoner and to deny his
request to be permitted to come to
the United States.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
"PAssEs THE DEAD LINE"
A Southern Magazine Rejected a Serial
Story Wherein the Heroine Was Forced
to Marry Negro

Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 25.-Because a
beautiful young white woman, the
heroine in Sir Walter Besant's serial
story, "No Other Way" is forced to
marry a negro criminal, the Sunny
South, leading literary weekly of
the south, has announced the discon-
tinuance of the publication of the
story. The Sunny South declares the
story passes the dead line of southern
sentiment.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29

AOSo SeA uuS W On0 OF 1netr Own Race.
Shreveport, La, Nov. 25.-Tha par.
tlculars Of a sensational murder and
!ynchlng have just reached this city
from Herndon plantation, about eight
miles below Shreveport, on the Bos-
sier parish side of Red river. Frank
Thomas, a negro employed ON the
Amelia plantation, shot and killed a
14-year-old negro boy named Wilburn
over debt Of so cents. The killing
was witnessed by a. number of ex-
cited negroes. Yesterday morning
Deputy Sheriff Holmes arrested
Thomas and was proceeding toward
Shreveport with his prisoner when a
mob of 200 negroes and five or six
white men suddenly appeared in the
road, took possession of Thomas and
promptly strung him up to the limb
of a tree.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
DICTATES TO THE WORLD.
Gigantic Sugar Trust In Germany Forces
Down Prices and Alarms Euro
pean Traders.

London, Nov. 24.-The British sugar
ma mates assert that their investiga-
tons have revealed the existence in
Germany of great trust called the
"Kartell," which has been in existence
about a year and it is chiefly owing
to it's agency that sugar has been
forced down to it's lowest point in
the history of the industry and that
Germany is enabled to dictate to the
world the price of that commodity.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
Henry Watter.on i'm Earrest.

Sandusky, O., Nov. 25.-According
to a story which comes from an au-
thoritative source, Henry Watterson
has secured controlling interest in the
Cleveland World for thee purpose OF
using that paper to advocate his can
didacy for the presidency.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29

To Arrest the Deportation OF France.
Paris, Nov. 23.-The senate yester-
day adopted proposals supported by
the premier, NJ. Waldeck- Rousseau,
to appoint commission to study
the means to be taken in order to ar
rest the depopulation of France.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
DIR. Cartel Must Hang.

Butler, Mo-, Nov. 25.-The jury in
the trial of DR.. James L. Cartel for
murder of D. B. Donagon brought in
verdict of murder in the first de-
gree. The defendant was perfectly
unconcerned and read a newspaper
while the verdict vas read.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
An Ex-fresidential Candidate Dead.

Galesburg, ILL.,, Nov. 25.-A. J.
Streeter, well known IN agricultural
and political circles of Illinois, and
who came into national fame in 1855
as the union labor party's candidate
for president, died of diabetes yester-
day at his home at New Windsor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
A Boer omcer to Permanent.

Dublin, Nov. 23.-Col. Arthur Lynch,
who fought in the Boer army with
Botha, was elected to parliament yes
terday in the Galway district. The
vote was: Lynch, 1,247; Horace
Plunkett (unionist). 473. During the
campaign there was daily fighting and
rioting. 1t seems impossible that
Lynch should try to go to England to
take his seat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
To Eight CroxIer,s Promotion.

Washington, Nov. 25.-Before Capt.
Crozier, of Kansas, appointed to be
general and chief of ordnance, gets
his commission he will have to face a
fight led by the disgruntled army Off
GERS. There will be a determined
contest in the senate against his con.
firmatiOn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29

Jeffersonville, Ind, Nov. 23.-The
special grand jury selected to inves-
tigate the Rathbun insurance swiRdle
and murder case has returned an in
dictment against Newell c. Rathbun,
charging him with murder in the first
degree.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
A Federal Convict Escapes.

Leavenworth, Kan, Nov. 23.-John
Morgan, a convict at the federal
prison.. made a successful escape
while working in the quarry yester.
day. his absence not being discovered
until five p. m. He was sent up from
Leavenworth on the charge of unlaw.
fully selling government property
and had one year yet to serve.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
Died While Parents Prayed.

Chicago, Nov. 25.-Lester FREEZER,
aged five, died at his home, 4737 Pau
lima avenue, of diphtheria. while his
parents were kneeling at his bed pray
ing. They are followers of Dowie, the
faith curist, and refused to call a
physician.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
Cost of Czoieosz.s Trial.

Buffalo, N. Y, Nov. 23.-The ex-
pense incurred in the trial of Leon f.
Czolgosz, assassin of President Nc
Kinley, was S1.799.5o. OF this sum
$500 was paid to the attorneys who
defended him, $1,000 to the alienists
who examined him, S144 to the depu-
ties who guarded him and $3s for
pictures taken.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
REGINALD Yanderbilt to NARY.

New York, Nov. 25.-Reginald Van
derbilt, fourth son of the late Corne-
Illus Vanderbilt, will we'd Miss Kath-
leen Nelson, New York belle of re-
markable beauty, who Is yet in her
teens. Reginald Vanderbilt is a stu
dent at Yale.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
saloonkeeper Must Pay widow.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. ga jury
awarded Mary Garrigan a verdict for
$1,000 damages against Samuel Ken
nedy. Dell Rapids saloonkeeper, for
selling her husband liquor. Garrigan
became intoxicated and later commit
ted suicide.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
STOLE FROM MERCHANTS.
Arrest of Prominent Family at Pittsburg,
Kan, Creates q Sensation and I'm
earihs Numerous Thefts.

Pittsburg, Kan, Nov. 25.-George
Lane, his wife, 14-year-old daughter
and 1s-year-old adopted son were ar
rested by the police and placed in
Jail on the charge of robbery. Dur
ing the past year nearly every store
in Pittsburg had been robbed, and the
police were baff1ed. The arrest of
the boy in a store and his confession
unrayeled the mystery.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
Collision Between Hand Car and Train.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 25.-Word has
just reached here of the killing Of
Charles Anderson and Carl Lentz. sec.
ton men, and the injury of Section
foreman +. j. Smith in a collision
between a hand car and freight
train near Usage. City, Wyo.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-29
Negroes Wreck a kansas Joint.

Wichita, Kan, Nov. 23.-Eight ne
groes, armed with brickbats and re-
volvers, wrecked Eckert's saloon and
restaurant and the front Of the To-
peka Avenue hotel Tuesday night. All
the windows were broken. The ne
groes claimed to have been short
changed by the bartender.