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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-07-03
OHIO'S OBJECT LESSON.

Local imperialism" is the term APP
piled by protesting Ohio Republicans
10 describe the iron rule of Senator
Hanna as the Boss Of their state organ
lZation and the source of power to
which all Ohio members of the Repub-
llcan party must look for whatever re-
ward or honor Is to come to them in
public life.
The term Is graphic one, admirably
fitting the case. 1t Is doubtful wheth-
or more aut0cratic figure has ever
been known in American politics than
that of Mark Hanna. He is not only a
dictator In Ohio. He is the One-who-
must.be- obeyed in the national coun-
ellis Of the Republican party. He is the
controlling spirit Of the national ad-
minlstratiOn, directing the Presidents
policies. He is the power behind the
throne, IN front of the throne, on both
sides of the throne.
It is instructive to remember that
Mark Hanna did not appear in Ameri-
can public life until that moment when
unamerican conditions demanded that
the American trusts should have a po.
lItical representative masterful enough
to see that their will was carried out by
the Government. Then Hanna came
into view, the man of the hour arriving
simultaneously. Up to that moment
he had devoted himself to money-mak-
Ing. He brought his commercial meth.
DDS into his public life.
The Hanna training of William Nc
Kinley for the presidency then began.
Mr.. McKinley's debts were paid by a
friendly syndicate under Hanna's di.
rection. A campaign fund contributed
by the trusts was lavishly used to in-
sure the election of Mckinley dele.
gates to the Republican National Con-
vention of 1895. Money and the politi-
cal power as the representative OF the
trusts enabled Hanna to insoIently die
tate the nomination Of Mckinley. A
gigantic slushfund brought about Nc.
Kinley's first election.
His utter subsersiency to the will of
the trusts as expressed through Hanna
made it certain that he would be re.
nominated. The same evil influences
compelled his reelection. Hanna. the
trusts and the mighty dollar have been
MIR. McKinley's stars of destiny.
Under the Hanna-McKlnley regime
it is DOW local imperialism" in Ohio,
the Presidents and Mark Hanna's
State. 1t means political death to op.
pose them in Ohio. Under this same
regime it is world wide Imperialism in
this Government foreign policies
The Republican who protests is con-
demned and punished as traitor. Un-
der this regime it will be national ion.
perialism and the complete repudia.
tiOn Of all true American doctrine in a
little while. The Hanna-McKlnley
partnership controls the Government
and the Republican national machine
and can compel things. The prospect is
ommous. Mark Hanna,s burly and in
sOlent figure 10 the most menacing that
has ever appeared in American public
life.-St. Louis Republic.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-07-03
IT DAZZLEs THE WORLD.

NO discovery in medicine ever Great
ed one quarter of the excitement that
has been caused by DR.. Kings New
Discovery for consumption. Its sever
est tests have been on hopeless victims
of consumption, pneumonia. Hemor-
rhage, pleurisy and bronchitis, thous-
ands of whom it has restored to per-
feet health. For coughs. colds. asth-
ma, Group. hay fever, hoarseness and
whooping cough it is the quickest, sur
est cure in the world. It is sold by the
Young Drug Co., who guarantee satis-
faction or refund money. Large bot
ties SOC and $1.O0. Trial bottles free.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-07-03

The democrats who are so
eager to ''go it alone" should
remember that they went it
alone before the Populist
party came into existence
and there didn't seem to be
any visible sign of a demo-
cratic party in Kansas. We
are no politicians. but it
seems to us that this is the
time above all others when
the elements opposed to re-
publicanism should stand to-
gether.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-07-03
An Author as Well as an Artist.

George Gibbs, whose charming pic.
ture on the cover of the Ladies' Home
Journal for July has so successfully
caught the spirit of summer days at
West Point. Is one of the growing band
of American artists who are also auth
ors. Hitherto bis special field has been
the naval side OF ocean life. He is a
young mana comparative newcomer
in the ranks where F. Hopkinson
Smith, Howard Pyle and Frederick
Remington are veterans. But his early
promise as an illustrator. as we'll as
a writer, is already bearing fruit.
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PROGRAM OF SUNDAY SCHOOL CON-
VENTiON.

Elm Mills and Valley townships S. S.
convention, July IA, 1901, to be held at
Amber:
10a. m.-Regular Sunday school.
ii a. m.-Preaching.-W. T. McLain.
II m.-Basket dinner in grove.
1:S0 p. m.-Song and prayer services
conducted by j. w. Brerer.
Up. m.-Who are responsible for sue
cess or failure of oar Sunday Schools?-
by j. o. Warren.
2:30-Recitatlon and Songs.
3p. m.-The Teacher as Soul Win
ner.-Eld. w. Il. McLain.
S:3O-Recltations aud Songs.
4p. m.-Reports of schools and mis-.
cellaneous.
4:4O-Who are without S. S. privilege
es?
5 o. m.-Election of officers.
5:2O-How to study s. S. lesson, led
By A. Roessler, followed BY Songs.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-07-03

In New York the admins.
tration has a rule of repre-
sentation without taxation
but when they get down to
Cuba and Porto Rico they
just reverse the phrase a lit
tie and make it taxation
without representation. Both
policies are mighty danger
Gus to a people who want
freedom.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-07-03
TROUBLES OF A MINIsTER.

To benefit others, Rev. j. T. w. Yer
non, OF Hartwell, Ga, writes: For a
long time I had running sore on my
leg. l tried many remedies without
benefit, until used bottle of Electric
Bitters and box OF Bucklen's Arnica
Salve which cured me sound and well"
Sores, eruptions, boils, eczema, letter.
Salt rheum show impure blood. Thous.
ands have found in Electric Bitters a
grand blood purifier that absolutely
cures these troubles. Satisfaction is
guaranteed or money refunded by the
Young Drug Co. Large bottles only
so cents.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-07-03

We believe the position of
the commissioners on the
Kiowa bridge question is
well understood by every
body in Barber county, but
it is necessary for the INDEX
again to set Alright a few in.
dividuals who seem to take
pleasure in denouncing the
commissioners for calling off
litigation. The commission
ers are business men and
they saw where this suit was
leading them. The suit was
expensive and everybody
who was familiar with the
facts in the case felt that the
county had no chance to win
the case. The commission
ers knew, also, that the SUI.
preme court could not reach
it for several years and
the lumber, being in a per-
ishable condition, would not
be of any value to anybody
when it was finally decided
where the ownership was
vested. It was at no time
claimed that the county at
any time had more than one
third interest in the lumber,
and in common justice and
reason the commissioners
could not expect it all. Com
missioners Rankin and Wal
ker, who were members of
the Board at the time the lit
igation was commenced, now
see the folly of it and their
action, in voting to dismiss
it, shows that they realized
that it was time to quit the
quarrel, the expense of
which would have fallen on
Barber county taxpayers re-
CARELESS of what the ulti-
mate dicision might have
been. The position of the
INDEX has all along been,
from the time the suit was
started, that it was very fool
ish and ill-advised. Certain
individuals who have more
regard for the men who are
responsible for the litigation,
than they have.for the well
fare of the county, have tax
en- occasion to criticise us but
that concerns us very little.
Our columns have spoken
our judgment and not one
inconsistent sentence can be
found therein. We are criti-
cised for saying the timber
was worth several hundreds
of dollars in one issue and af-
forwards that it was worth.
less. We made no such state
ment. We did say that the
lumber as it was at the time
of the compromise was worth
some money, but that after
the case would be decided, it
would be either stolen, car
ried away, or rendered value
less oy the elements because
it was in a perishable condi-
ton.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-07-03
A POOR MILLIONAIRE.

Starved in London because he could
not digest his food. Early use of DIR.
Kings New Life Pills would have saw
ed him. They strengthen the stomach.
aid digestion, promote assimilation,
Improve appetite. Price &c. Money
back il not satisfied. Sold by the J. 3.
Young Drug Co
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-07-03
NOTICE TO wHEELMEN.

There's positively no need to endure
discomfort by reason of chatting, sun.
burn, insect stings. sore and perspiring
feet or accidental bruises. You forget
these troubles in using Bucklen's Arni.
ca Salve. Infallible for pimples,
blotches, skin eruptions and piles.
Sold by the Young Drug Co., at 25c.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-07-03

WANTED: About 40 good farmers to
buy as many good farms in the best far
ming portion of Barber county and near
2 railroads. Prices ranging from So to
$12 per acre. Fol further particulars
call on or write w. e. Afford at Hazel
ton, Kansas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-07-03
THE TOPEKA DAILY HERALD,

The New Paper at the Capital to Start on
July LIST.
The Topeka Daily Herald will begin
publication July LIST. It will be clean,
readable evening newspaper with all the
local, state and general news. It will be
republican in politics and devoted to tho
interest of Kansas. Subscription price
by mail, 80 cents per month, $3.50 per
year. Send subscriptions to
The HERALD, Topeka, Kansas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-07-03

All kinds of furniture bought and
sold, stoves repaired, and second hand
goods of every description constantly
in stock. Store on North Main street.
FISHBURN & Co.
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SOL MILLER ON SALOONS.

Sol Miller. the veteran editor of the
Troy Chief, vigorously opposed the pro-
hibitory amendment in 1880 and used
his mighty pen fearlessly to bring
about its defeat. But his cause lost
and IL years later, short time before
his death he wrote this:
The saloon should never again be al
lowed to come back. There should be
no dens for tbs young people to learn to
become drunkards. There should be
no places to rob poor, miserable men
with diseased appetites, of the money
needed for the support of their famil-
les. There should be no holes for men
living miles in the country to spend
their nights in, while their starved
frozen horses shiver on the streets.
There should be no blear eyed, pot-bel-
he'd proprietors Of saloons to holG.up
every candidate for Office and force him
to contribute stir amount OF money
for the privilege of being a candidate.
Not the least evil of all was the effect
of the traffic upon the seller himself.
Not one saloon-keeper In a dozen was
ever fit for any other business after
having once followed that. He lost his
grip, became loafer, and went to the
dogs.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-07-03

The Harper News will be
removed this week to Jett,
Ok. Success to Bro. Finch.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-07-03
w. C. T. U. COLUMN.
conducted by the Ladies Of the W. C. T. [
JUDGE M,AULEY ON wH,sKy

| JUDGE M'AULEY ON WHISKY.
1t may afford some consolation to
Mrs. Carrie Nation and the Home De-
tenders to know that Judge McAuley
is in favor of total abstinence.
If l had my way" said the police
magistrate on the bench this morning,
as he sent 'plain drunk" to the work.
house, Il would not only close every
saloon in the country, Sundays and
week days. but would stop the sale of
intoxicating liquors in any shape for
any purpose whatever. would make
1t crime to manufacture the stuff.
"This may appear to be far.reaching.
but the sentiment is justified by the
sights and experiences in this court
room. Ninety five per cent of the cas-.
es tried here are direct result of whis-
key; the other per cent includes NOR
phine and cocaine fends, and the few
petty grievances that come before me
for adjustment. Mind, now, am not
saying anything against saloon men.
1t Is the stuff they sell that causes all
the trouble. There are very few peo-
pie in this world of ours who know
how to drink whisky, and this reminds
me of the kentucky colonel's OPINION:
One drink of whiskey,' said he, lis
enough. Two is one too many and
three are not half enough Of course.
we shall never see the day when whis-
key shall not be sold to anyone with
the money to pay for it, and Just so
long as it shall continue to be sold,
just so long shall we have police courts
and crime. There's nothing particu.
larry original about these remarks, but
their truth is borne in upon the mind
by the things we see and hear. The
woes that arise from the use of whisky,
the ruined men and women, the broken
families, the grlefs and tears, all aired
in this court, are enough to turn gray
the hair On a buffalo robe"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-07-03

EQUALITY TEMPLE, Rafhboue Sisters No.
- y. Meets every second and fourth Thurs
day evening Of each month.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-07-03

SYLVAN CAMP. No. 1131. NJ. W. of A.
Meets End and 9Th Thursdays OF each month
in 1. o. o. r. Hall. r. ID. GADDIE, v. C.
I. L. LINDLEY, Clerk.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-07-03

n 4 D ELDRED POST, No. ia, meet.
VI hi N, I'd 4th Saturday in each month
otthe court house in Medicine Lodge at r. n
Allcomrades cordially invited.
VIII. THOMSON, POstCommander.
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ANDHRONS.

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Ipair Brass Andirons, $2.75.
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pair Brass Andirons, S.. so.
Now .................$2.So
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DROP LIGHTS.

2 Very Fine Portable Drop
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Portable Drop Lights, COM
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Beacon Drop Lights,
74c., S4c., o4c.
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Sent Absolutely Free on Receipt
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Filling CIasH,s of Widows.

Attention is inytited again to the necessity
OF repeating the act. NJ jane. = 1883, which
swept away all ffrnita tioss as To. the filing
of widows claims under :the general law,
and brought aboht conditions which are a
standing invitation to file fraudulent claims,
the arrearages being SO, large and the
chances of detection so small. 1t is stated
that widows claims are usually filed with
in thirty days after the death of the SOL
der, but since the passage of the law of
1888 many claims have been filed by al
legged widows of soldiers that died or were
killed during the civil war.
Referring to slave marriages" the com
missioner says that with a shrewd and
competent attorney. backed by willing wit
nesses, the government has no chance, and
if the special examiners of the bureau en-
deavor to ascertain the facts the inter-
ested parties at once cry aloud that the
spies of the bureau are prosecuting the
poor widows.
number of Sample cases" are cited In
the report to show the vicious effects of the
law, and the commissioner states that
cases in Illustration gifts bad effects might
be multiplied indefinitely. He declares that
the law is an open Invitation to fraud, per-
jury and Misrepresentation; that the SOL
diers themselves get ne arrearages, and
that the claims of their widows should be
governed by the same rule.
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BARGAINS==speciai Prices.

Our stock repete with line of all the and oil goods to
heat and light making the home cheerful We otter many speca
Inducements. all good quality. but remnants to u.s.
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about per cent of the soldiers engaged in
that war had filed claims

about 6 per cent of the soldiers engaged in
that war had filed claims
Responsibility for Numerous Claims.
The commissioner states that he Is not
prepared to believe that those who engaged
in the war with Spain. many of them sons
of veterans of the civil war, were less pa
triotic than their ancestors, or more covet-
Gus, but in his opinion 1t Is the fault or
the system of pensioning, with its active
army of attorneys, solicitors and drummers,
who are practically licensed by the govern
ment with the promise of SO for each
claim allowed. n blame or criticism should
be attached to the soldiers who are impor-
tuned and persuaded that 1t is their duty
to file claims whether disabled or not.
The report presents some interesting de-
tails regarding the operations of these So
iicitors at San Francisco, Cal, when the
volunteer troops returned from the Philip
pine Islands for muster-out OF service; and
shows the persistency with which these
soldiers were followed up and oVerpersuad-
ed to apply for pensions.
The commissioner calls attention to the
,Insa tisfactory conditions attending the
legal and medical adjudication of claims
for pension.
Copious extracts are given from reports
of former commissioners, showing that the
same conditions have existed ever since
1865 and no argument is needed to show
that the expenditure OF such vast sums OF
the people's money should rest upon a sys-
tenn containing more of the elements of
protection to the government than can be
found in the methods now in force in set
thing pension claims.
For AscertaininG the Facts.
AS a remedy for the abuses which exist
in the present system the commissioner
most earnestly recommends the following
method of ascertaining the facts in pen
sion claims:
THAT travelling medical examining boards
be constituted, consisting of two skilled
medical examiners, one attorney and one
stenographer and typewriter. These boards
would meet at the county seat OF each
county, say twice year, and the claim
ants would receive notice in advance or
their coming. The movements OF the board
would be directed from the bureau and the
claimants can appear before this board
with their witnesses and the merits OF
their claims would be legally and medically
determined without any delay Further
details regarding this method Of ad1uoicat-
ing claims are given in the report.
The report shows that the principal Of
f1cials of the bureau are men who served
in the Union army; that seventeen of the
eighteen disbursing agents served in the
Union army, and that there are now 601
ex-Union soldiers and sailors, slxty-four
widows of ex-Union soldiers and sailors.
and many sons and Daughters of ex-Union
soiuiers and sailors employed in the bu-
reau and bureau service, each and all de-
sirous of doing promptly and generously
their duty under the law in giving the full
measure OF generosity of the government
to its lawful beneficiaries.
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Annual Report Of Commissioner
Evans.
OVER A MILLIoEN n ON THE LIST
Large Percentage IF Those in the
J "a &c
Recent Wars
BETTER METHODS SUGGESTED

Commissioner II. c. Evans, in his an
nuai report of the workings of the pension
bureau shows that the number of pensioners
on the roll during the fiscal year 1901 was
1,o41 ,321 as compared with 1893, $40 at the
close of the fiscal year 1900. During the
year Al 1922, names were added to the roll
and 43,5s6 dropped owing to deaths and
other causes. The average annual value
of pensions decreased from S13239 to
$131 81. The average annual value of the
Spanish war pensions was S15350, as COM
pared with S131s7 for all pensioners
There are four widows and five daugh-
tiers of the revolutionary war drawing
pensions, and ene... survivor and 1,521
widows drawing pensions for the war of
1872; 1,OS6 survivors and 3,479 widows draw
ing pensions for the, Indian wars previous
to. 1872; 7,56S survivors and s, 100 widows of
pensioners for the Mexican war, 233, 1876
army invalids and S6,54 army widows and
4,4S9 navy invaIias and 2,29S navy widows
and ESQ army nurses drawing pensions for
the war of 1861 Under the general laws;
and under the act of 1890, giving pensions
to persons unable to support themselves
who served in the civil war, there are
422, 4S1 army invalids and 13S490 army
widows and 633 navy invalids and 6,621
navy widows drawing pensions.
On account of the war with Spain 3344
army invalids and 1881 army widows and
211 navy invaids and 6S navy widows are
drawing pensions, making a total of all
classes of pensioners at the end of the fis
cal year of 997. 735. On account of old wars
prior to 1861 there are 1855 survivors draw
ing pensions and 13, l24 widows. Altogether
there are 249,0s6 widows on the pension
rolls.
The commissioner discusses at length the
faults of the present system of pensioning
and the difficulties in the way of determiu-
ing the merits of claims for pension and in
crease,
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Difficult Law to Administer.

Attention is directed to the friction and
unkind feeling that attends the administra-
ton of the act of August Z, 1882 which pro-
vides that the open and notorious miscon-
duct of a widow pensioner shall operate
to terminate her pension, but the absence
of such law, it is stated, would encour
age and permit such pensioners to dishonor
the memory of their soldier husbands while
still enjoying the bounty of the govern
ment. and on the other hand. the widow
who remarries loses her pension.
For the purpose of1carrying out the pro-
visions of this law tructions were issued
in 1856 to special examiners in the field to
take the depositionsp from the widow claim
ants showing whetherJithey violated the
act of August 7, 1881 These instructions
were in force untiioSep te1nber. 1897. short
ly after the PRESENT commissioner took
charge of the bureau;9swhen he modified
them by directionsot haerspecial examiners
must never question the claimant whether
she has violated the net unless the evil
Gence procured shall show that she has
been living IMPROPERLY sand then the in
Vestigation must befInade carefully and dis
cree thy, SO not to cause unnecessary
neighborhood gossip, or scandal. The com
missioner says thaaWhike the law is most
delicate and difficult one to administer, yet
he cannot recommend ito repeal.
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