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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
AIMED AT THE uONKS.
Platform Presented to Gov. Taft by New
Philippine Party FavOrs Expulsion
of Obnoxious Elements.

Manila, Sept. 2.-The Nationalist
party, which was formed recently, has
presented a copy of the platform of
that organization to Gov. Taft. The
platform, in brief, advocates the ear
lest and most ample autonomy and
the independence of the Philippines,
when the time is opportune, under an
American protectorate. It proposes
the encouragement of higher educa-
ton and industrial and commercial
expansion, and advocates the expul-
sion from the Philippines of elements
obnoxious to the welfare of the peo-
pie, which the local papers interpret
to mean the monks.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
FLOOD AT CLEVELAND.
An Unparalleled Rainstorm Does One NIL.
lion Dollars Damage In the Ohio CITY
No Lives Were Lost.

Cleveland, O., Sept. "A rainstorm
that begun at midnight Saturday
night wrought havoc all over the
city. Houses were wrecked, flooded
and keeled over. Many lives were in
peril and only heroic work prevented
great loss of life. The fall of rain
was the heaviest in the city's his
tory. Trains were delayed by wash
outs and street car traffic on many
lines was at standstill. The river was
was raging torrent. The property
loss at this hour is estimated at ST.
900, 900.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
IN FAVOR OF WOODS.
ais Claim Adjoining the Town Of
Lawton, Ok Sustained.
Acting Secretary of the Interior Holds
the Entry of Land to BE No Viola
tiOn of the Letter or Spirit
of the Law.

Washington, Aug. 31.-In the con-
test case of j. L. Calvert against
James r. Woods, coming from the
.Lawton, Ok, land district, and in
'volving entry No. 1, the acting Sec
rotary of the interior has rendered
decision refusing to order q hearing
on the case. The charges upon
which the contest was founded were
substantially that Woods entry was
made in violation of the homestead
law by reason of it's location on the
south line of the town of Lawton.
and that the entry embraces tract
a mile long and only a quarter of
mile wide, and was so taken for
speculative purposes and not Cor
agricultural purposes, and that the
entry was made at time when there
were large number of townsite set
tiers on the land who occupied it for
trade and business purposes.
The decision holds that the selec-
ton and entry of land adjacent to
the town of Lawton was not in vio-
iation of the letter or spirit of the
law and that the fact that there may
have been alleged TOWNSHIP settlers
on the land at the time he made his
entry does not affect Woods right
of entry. The land was not subject
to appropriation for townsite pur-
poses, nor was any person author
lied to enter upon it or occupy it
for purposes of trade or business, and
no such occupancy could operate to
defeat his right to enter. 1t is fur
Their held in the opinion that Woods
entry is not bad on account of the
form of the tract embraced; that the
special provisions of the act of May
2, 1890, do not control in this matter,
but that the general provisions of the
homestead law do. The .secretIry
says that under the act of June 6,
1900, making provision for the dispo-
sition of these lands, it is directed
that they shall be disposed of under
the general provisions of the home
stead and townsite laws of the
United States and that under this
law Woods location is valid.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
GOVERNOR OF PORTO RICO.
William III. Hunt, OF Montana, Appointed
by President Mckinley to Sue
coed Gov. Allen.

Washington, Aug. 31.-The president
Friday appointed William n. Hunt, of
Montana, to be governor of Porto
Rico.
William s. Hunt was born in New
Orleans, November S, 1857. His ia
Their was William Henry Hunt, sec
rotary of the navy under President
Garfield and President Arthur, and
minister to Russia
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Search for Francis Abandoned.

Pleasant Hill, Mo-, Sept. again
has 'Bossie" Francis, the murderer
of Miss Henderson, eluded his pur-
suers. The posse that chased the
murderer into thicket two miles
from here Saturday night did not
have him surrounded after all. At an
early hour yesterday morning the
posse disbanded and the chase was
abandoned except by a few adventur-
Gus spirits, who desired to continue
the hunt for the novelty and excite
ment of it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
HOWISON'S DENIAL.
The Admiral Says He Did Not Comment
Adversely on Schley-Schley's Lawyers
Dissatisfied with the Statement.

Washington, Aug. 31.-Acting Sec
rotary Hackett has made public a let
ter received from Admiral Howison,
dated Yonkers, N. Y, August "a, de-
nying the authenticity of the inter
view attributed to him in which is
made a comment adversely on Adj
miral Schley. The acting secretary
has, therefore, continued Admiral
Howison as a member of the Schley
court of inquiry, leaving the court
itself to determine any further ques-
ton as to his competency.
Admiral Schley's counsel, however,
is entirely dissatisfied with the posi-
ton of Admiral Howison as disclosed
in his letter. The lawyers hold that
it is not comprehensive denial of
the statements attributed to Admiral
Howison, nor, they say, does it dis
close sufficiently the admirai's free
dom from bias.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
Commissioner Hermann Disposed Of o..
662, 706 Acres OF tho Public Domain
During Last Year.

Washington, Aug. 31.-Hon. Binger
Hermann, commissioner of the gen.
eral land Office, has completed his an
nual report which shows that during
the year IL, 662EO6 acres of the public
domain was disposed of and that the
receipts of the Office were 81 ,942, 100.
The receipts exceeded those of last
year by $500, 402, and the land disposals
by 2,10S, 9OS acres.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Says the Strike Is Practically Lost.

Milwaukee, Sept. 2.-The members
of the Bayview lodge of the Amalga-
mated association listened to a state
ment by J. d. Hickey last night in
which Mr.. Hickey reported in detail
what transpired at the meeting of
the Amalgamated association officials
and the officers of the United States
Steel corporation. Mr.. Hickey says
the strike is practically lost, as 72 per
cent. of the mills are now working.
No action was taken by the lodge
here.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Appropriation. Cut Down.

Washington, Sept. 2.-Secretary
Root has cut down the estimates of
the army engineers for river and har-
Dor improvements during the next
fiscal year to an amount aggregating
more than S13.O0O,OOO. He believes
great deal of government money
is thrown away on some of the prof.
ects contained in the general river and
harbor bill.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Three Lxnchers Convicted.

Wetumpka, Ala, Aug. 31.-The jury
in the cases of John Strength and
Martin Fuller, charged with having
participated in the lynching of Rob-
ert White, negro, returned a YER
dict of guilty of murder in the second
degree and sentenced the defendants
to ten years in prison. This makes
three convictions in thcee cases,
George Howard having been sentenced
to life imprisonment a few days ago
after pleading guilty.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
VIII Ask Carnegie. Help.

: Delegates from institutions for the
blind in several states were in conven-
ton at Kansas City. Among other
needs they want a department for
the higher education of the blind in
colleges and universities and will ask
Andrew Carnegie for financial aid in
the endowment of these institutions.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Tho Futurity Won BY Yankee.

New York, Sept. 2.-The Futurity,
valued at about $4,000, of which the
first horse gets more than $4,000.
was won Saturday afternoon In bril-
liant style by Yankee in 1909 les.
Luxcasta was second and Barron was
third
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Admiral sampson Very Stick.

Boston, Sept. "A special from
Lake Sunapee, N. H, says chat unless
all the signs fail Rear Admiral Will
liam T. Sampson has gone through
his last campaign. Those who have
had the privilege of seeing him in the
last week say he will never be able
to appear before the coming court
of inquiry in Washington and that he
is a very ill man.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Kansas Boy a sufcide.

Luther E. Thrasher, a Kansas boy
and graduate of the state university,
shot and killed himself at San Fran
cisco. He was gauger in the gov
eminent employ, but had formerly
been a newspaper writer. The cause
of his act is said to have been de-
SpOndency.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Can n Paroled Convict Marry.

paroled by Gov. Stanley have married
since their release. The attorney gen.
era1 holds that these marriages arc
illegal and that the women who have
taken the paroled convicts "for better
or worse" have got the worst of it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Columbia Beats Constitution.

Batemari's Point, r. l., Sept. I'm
the first of the trial races to select q
defendant of the American cup, the
Columbia, the 1899 defender, gave the
Constitution, this years aspirant, a
decisive beating over 15-mile wind
ward race, winning by about four
minutes.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
School for Militia omcer..

A school for officers of the Kansas
national guard will be held in Tope-
ka four days, commencing September
II. The camp will be established az
the fair grounds and it is expected
that so officers will be present. The
legislature appropriated $1,000 to pay
the expenses.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Beers Blow Up Another Trair

London, Sept. 2.-Lord Kitchener
reports to the war ONCE that nine
persons were killed and II others
wounded, in the blowing up and de-
railing of the train which the Beers
destroyed Saturday between Water
val and Humans kraal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
low. TOWN suners by Fire.

Des Moines, Ia, Aug. 31--The bust
ness section of the town of Scranton,
Green county, 40 miles north of here,
was destroyed by fire at midnight
Thursday night. Aid was secured by
special train from Jefferson and
after an hours work the fire was
placed under control. Loss, $50. 900.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06

\ Mother Jumps Overheard with Her Child
New York, Sept "A mother com.
mitted suicide and killed her infant
child on the trip of the Campania
that ended at her North river pier
late Saturday. The woman was q
steerage passenger. Some mystery
surrounds the tragedy and the VIC
TINS.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06

A movement has been started by
the Grant club, republican organiza-
ton at Kansas City, to have a bat
tleship named Kansas, in honor of .he
state. The Kansans do not want the
name put on a cruiser or monitor,
but they want it to designate full
fedged frst-class battleship.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06

Disastrous Wreck ON the Great Northern.
Spokane, Wash, Aug. Silt is re-
ported here that disastrous wreck
occurred last night on the Great
Northern, 40 miles east of Kalispeu.
Mont. Seventeen people are reported
killed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Oil Wells i'm Kansas.

The geological bureau has prepared
an exhaustive report on the produc-
ton of petroleum in Kansas. The
production in the state last year was
74,714 barrels. There are now 100 pro-
ductive Oil wells in Kansas. Fourteen
old wells were abandoned last year.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06

Tragedy Also Causes Insanity.
Mrs kerns, whose husband was
killed by lightning near Baldwin City.
is still demented woman. She was
standing in the doorway and saw the
lightning strike her husband and three
horses. She ran to the spot where's
he was and in her grief carried him
about in her arms until the neighbors
arrived. She was crazed by grief and
gradually grew worse.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Drowned I'm an Old Quarry.

Sedalia, Mo-. Sept. Paul Sprague,
aged Is, was drowned in an old quarry
here yesterday. He was playing with
his dog, throwing + into the water.
when he slipped and fell into the
water.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Frank Strickland, Miner.

Frank P. Strickland, formerly sec
rotary of the democratic state central
committee, has gold mine in the
Wichita mountains, near Lawton.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
VIII Re-swim the Baebag.

Will Trembley, now city clerk of
Kansas City, who once swan the Bag
bag river in one of the Philippine is
lands, is billed to repeat his daring
deed in a river near Ottawa Septem-
Der 81. It will be at the annual re-
union of the Twentieth Kansas regi-
ment. Trembley has consented to do
the swimming.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Must Pay the Costs.

It is claimed that unless costs in =
divorce case are paid there is no di-
vorce. The lola Register published
list Of people who think they are di-
vorced, but, not having paid the costs.
according to the records, are not yet
free.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06

Mexico City. Sept. IN de Blowitz,
advance colonization agent for the
Roumanian immigrants, states that
1000 Roumanians are now en- route for
Mexico. Considerable doubt exists as
to the date of their arrival.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Aid for Theological Soho.

Mrs. Johanna NJ. Lovelace, of Tur-
ner, has offered to give 90 acres of
Kaw valley land, valued at $4,000, to
the Kansas City Baptist Theological
seminary on the condition that the
citizens of Kansas City raise $4,000 to
help purchase the old Fowler mansion
to be used as the home of the new in
stitution. The land Mrs. Lovelace has
offered lies west of Argentine. In
addition to that offer she has prom
ised $4,000 to be used in paying the
first years expenses.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
More Teacher. for Philippines.

Washington, Aug. 31.-The trans
port Sheridan left San Francisco
Saturday with a number of teachers
for Philippine schools. and the trans
port Sumner will follow on the 18th
prox. with another large delegation
of teachers for the same destination.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Hog. Fetch . High Price.

Sioux City, Ia, Aug. 31--The high
est price paid for hogs ON the Sioux
City market in seven years was
reached yesterday, when the top price
of $6-25 was recorded.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Kirkwood Get. a Powder Mill.

On a tract of land at Kirkwood.
three miles south of Pittsburg, viii be
erected an immense powder manufac-
turing plant. 1t will consist of three
large stone buildings and will be
equipped with the best and most
modern machinery. The works viii
employ about 800 men.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
No Suit Was Necessary.

Hutchinson, Samuel Proctor, of Ed
wards county, got his arm smashed
off by a water tank pipe which hung
too close to the car window. Tho
Santa Fe has paid Mr.. Proctor 81 900,
given Mrs. Proctor another 81. 1000,
and paid all of the expenses of the
accident.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
(,lev.l.nd to Re the Orator.

Pittsburg. Pa, Sept. 2.-Ex-Presi-
Sent Grover Cleveland has consented
to deliver the Grafton at Founders day
of the Carnegie institute, on Thursday
November Z.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06

John Jones, Mitchell county farm
er, sold his ruined corn crop of 100
acres to cattle feeder for 1925, who
will use it for pasture.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Aid for STATE Militia.

Kansas portion of the S1,000, 900
allotted to the various militia organ
izations throughout the United States
is S21 ,241.S2.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06

Miss Cordelia Henderson horse
whipped Thomas Archer, an attorney,
at Topeka She said Archer had Cos
siped about her.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
blue for Attorney General.

r. W. Blue, of Cherokee county, is
talked of for attorney general on the
republican ticket. There has been
talk of a federal judgeship in the ter
ritory for him, but be is unwilling
TO leave Kansas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06

State Treasurer Grimes and S. b.
Rohrer, of Leroy, will go into the bond
brokerage, loan and real estate bust
ness at Topeka.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Burton Gives Up y Good Job.

Senator J. r. Burton has resigned
the position of attorney for the Chick
asaw Indian tribe. He was appointed
to the position by Gov. johnson, of
the Chickasaws, two years ago. 1t
paid $1,000 a year
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Found Zinc Ore on His Farm.

William Kerr, a farmer living four
miles north of Perry, found evidence
that zinc ore exists on his farm. He
had some of the metal assayed and
it was pronounced to be of excellent
quality. Mr.. Kerr will soon begin
sinking a shaft, believing that the
experiment will reveal that metal ex-
lists in vast quantities.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06

The Choctaw Northern railroad will
build a line to Caldwell, Summer coun-
ty.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Money In Raising Onions.

Louis Bates took a half wagonload
of onions to Pratt with him, just the
lower box full, and took home a check
for 5000 for them. A man with q
windmill can irrigate a small piece
of ground and be sure of a crop Of
onions every year. Mr.. Bates sold his
at $3.50 per bushel and did not miss
the time it took him to raise them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06

Joe Young, pioneer settler of
Montgomery county, who in 1883 be-
came rich in western mining property.
but later lost it all and came back
penniless, is dying at the county
poorhouse near Independence
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Working for Collins Release.

Mrs. j. S. Collins, of Topeka, has
decided that the time has come to
make the first attempt to secure the
release of her stepson, John Henry
Collins. from the penitentiary. Young
Collins has been in the penitentiary
three years under a sentence of death
for the murder of his father. At the
time of the murder gossips intimated
that the stepmother knew more about
the crime than she cared to tell, but
this was discredited and young Col
Inns was implicated.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-09-06
Deae. the Bank Communist.

The Home Cooperative company of
Kansas City, Mo-, which was ordered
by Bank Commissioner Albaugh to
discontinue doing building and loan
business in Kansas, will resist the at
tempt to drive it out of business.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-28
FIGHTING JUDGE
DETECTS A THIEF AND POUNDS
HIM INTO SUBMISSION.
TOO MUCH FOR THE BAD HOBO
Shoe Store Robber Got a Beating and
Six Months in Jail for His Misdeeds
-Plucky Livingston Justice Takes
q Hand in Stopping the Raids of
Troublesome Migrants.
Especial to Inter Mountain.)

\CpeCldl 10 Inter MouIlldlll.J
Livingston, May 2S.-Judge FRANK
Bender had a lively experience yestar-
day with vicious hobo. The fellow had
stolen a pair of shoes from the Boston
store and was seen by the official sneak
ing up an alley with the booty under us
coat. He was hailed by Bender and
stopped.
What have you under your coat?'
asked the judge.
"A pair of Shoes" answered the hobo.
Where did you get emp
AT shoe store Where did you sup
pose l got 'em-at a meat Market was
the exasperating reply that decided Ben
der to run the fellow in.
He took hold of the fellows arm. and
the hobo promptly swung right hook
at Bender's head. Bender ducked and
side-stepped away from another punch
that would have torn his head off his
shoulders. The judge came back with
a gun, and the way he gently tapped
the hobo on the head influenced the bad
man to be good. He was given six
months in Jail to recuperate from that
"keptomania feeling"
The same day another hobo was caught
stealing a pair of trousers from Henry
Franks store. He was given 80 days.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-28
Letters Of Robert Morris Found.
Recently Acquired by Our Government.

ent of finance to the close of his term Of
Office. The next seven volumes are letter
books, containing official copies of all
the letters written by him while he man.
aged the government funds, from March
10, 1881, to November l. 1884. Private
business and family correspondence
make up the next four books, every
letter that he wrote being copied by
himself or his clerks into the ledgers.
These four books, from XI to XIII,
embrace the period of his financial en-
barrassments, which resulted from land
speculations in half a dozen states and
in the District of Columbia, and toward
the end of the thirteenth volume the let
tiers are all in his own handwriting,
being copied while he was in the debtors
prison. Many of these last are very pa
thetic, because they show how the man
who was the soul of honor and without
whose aid the revolution itself might ac-
tually have failed, was brought to dis
credit and humiliation. His friends
could not possibly help him. for the
law in those days consigned to Jail any,
body who could not meet his obliga-
tiOns.
Among the 5,726 letters are 63 ad-
dressed to George Washington, 70 to
John Jay, 81 to Benjamin Franklin and
II to John Adams. The last three books
are taken UP with minor matters.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-28
Tried Somomon's Plan.
New York -Tribune.)
Police Justice John ]. Mahoney. ,

Police Justice John ]. Mahoney, 4khi-
cago, gave a good reproduction the
Judgment of. Scion not long ago.3 Two
Germans had each other arrested on the
charge of stealing a fine dashund,
which they both claimed. THAT dog is
mine." said one. Il wouldn't take $500
for him. IA
Hes NINE" said the other. "IRhink
more of that dog than l do Of one pfkmy
children"
lone of you is mistaken" sad the
judge. Il cannot decide this mattef. I
will settle it by letting a policeman take
the dog out and shoot him.
"All right" said one of the claimants,
waving his fist in the fact Of the other
man. Just so you don't get him.
mo. don't kill the dog shouted the
T other man. He's too nice a dog to be
ruthlessly shot. Let the other man have
him; only l hope. your honor, that you
will make stipulation that he treats
him right"
THE dog Is yours" said the Judge to
the second man. "Iaks him home with
YOU"