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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-07-04
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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-07-04

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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-07-04
Passenger schedule of
The %. IL d a. Railroad
In effect May 26, 1902.

Close connectionseast aud west with
B. so. urains.
John L. McGraw. Geo. =. IIachmpI.
President. Genl MIR
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
IN PRISON p YEARS
President Roosevelt Grants O Pardon TO
William Dinkella, Who Was Perhaps
Wrongfully Convicted In 1880.

Washington, Sept. 27.-The presi-
dent has granted a full and uncondi-
tiona1 pardon to William Dinkella,
convicted in 1850 before a United
States consular court in Japan of
the murder of Charles 81. Abbott, the
first mate of the American ship Cen
tennial while lying in Hiogo harbor,
the prisoner being the second mate
of the ship. Dinkella has been in
prison for more than % years, two
years in Japan and over 20 years in
the Albany, n. Y. prison. He al
ways has insisted that the crime was
committed in the heat of passion and
when he believed his own life was in
jeopardy, the testimony showing
that the murdered man had beaten
and choked the prisoner almost in
to insensibility when the prisoner Sc
cured his pistol and shot Abbott
dead. The attorney general says
that in these circumstances the crime
could not have risen above murder
in the second degree, the maximum
penalty for which is fixed usually at
20 years. In view of this fact and
that of the uniformally good be-
havior of the prisoner while in the
penitentiary, a full pardon is grant
ed
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
BRAVE ARMY NURSE.
sen. Chafee Praises Miss Alice Kemmer,
Who Saved the Lives of Two
Smallpox Patients.

Washington, Sept. 27.-An instance
Of bravery and devotion to duty on
the part of an army nurse has been
reported to the war department by
Maj. Gen. Chaffee, commanding the
division of the Philippines. Nurse
Alice Kemmer, having been granted
leave of absence, voluntarily relin-
pushed the same and took upon her
self the care of two smallpox pa
tents in an isolation hospital. One
of the patients was the wife Of an
officer. the other an enlisted man.
Miss Kemmer had never had the dis
ease, nevertheless she fearlessly en-
tered upon her self-imposed task and
through the months OF April and
May devoted herself to the care of
the patients, living in the room with
the officers wife, the enlisted man
being in an adjoining room. With
never more than two hours sleep at
time, in intensely hot weather, the
nurse attended her patients day and
night and saved their lives. Gen.
Chaffee commends her bravery and
conscientious performance of duty.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
TO ASSAULT MAcIU FORTS.
Capt. Pershing Leads q Second Expedition
Against a NJ ORC Position In
Mindanao.

Manila, Sept. ga second expedi
ton against the Moro position at
Maciu, island of Mindanao, left Gang
Wears yesterday. 1t is in command
of Capt. John J. Pershing, of the
Fifteenth infantry, and is composed
of battalion of infantry, troop
of cavalry, three sections of artillery
and a detachment of engineers. The
engineers will construct a pontoon
bridge and corduroy trail across
the swamp which TANKS the land
side of the Maciu forts. This work
will occupy several days. Rats will
probably be used to attack the fort
from the lake side. The actual date
of the assault upon the forts is in
definite.
The sultan of Butig had been made
a prisoner by the American forces
and was subsequently released. He
furnished the Americans with horses
to transport their supplies.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
ROOSEVELT'S BAD LEG.
The Surgeons Yesterday Cut into 1t with a
Knife and the Bone Was Found
Slightly Affected.

Washington, Sept. 29.-Another OPP
Grafton was performed yesterday on
the abscess on the leg of President
Roosevelt. In the former operation
a simple needle was used to relieve
the trouble, but yesterday the sur
geons with knife made an incision
into the small cavity, exposing the
bone, which was found to be slightly
affected. The presidents case has
been progressing satisfactorily, but
it is believed by the physicians that
the further operation made yester-
day will hasten his complete recov-
ery
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
CYCLONE KILLED HUNDREDS.
In Sicily the Path of the Storm Was 124
Miles Long and Great Devastation
Was Wrought

Syracuse, Sicily, Sept. 27-For "a
hours before the recent cyclone burst
over the island violent storm ragged
on the eastern coast of Sicily. The
path of the cyclone was 124 miles
long and everything in the line of the
storm was destroyed. The sea swept
inland for several kilometers, doing
enormous damage. 1t is reported
from Modica (32 miles southwest
from Syracuse) that 100 bodies have
already been found, but that the
number of dead bodies swept away
by the torrent is unknown. The
newspapers express the belief that
some 400 people have been killed.
The torrent destroyed everything on
the ground floors in houses in the
lower portions of Modica. Bridges
and roads have disappeared, the dam
age amounting to many million lire.
The survivors of the catastrophe have
taken refuge in the hills. The disas-
ter is supposed to have been due to
a marine waterspout. The German
steamer Capera was wrecked at Ca
tania after a terrible struggle With
the waves.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
Latest Kansas Events.
An Illegal Verdict.

y jury at Abilene gave damages
of $500 against Robert Kenney in
a breach of promise suit brought by
Alice Biery. 1t was alleged I.y Miss
Biery that Kenney was the father
of her child: that he had repeatedly
promised to marry her, and that she
had even gone so far as to provide
her with wedding finery and then
refused to go with her to the preach
er. The jury got at its verdict in
just 20 minutes. But now an appli-
cation for a new trial has been made
1t is alleged that the jury arrived
at the sum allowed as damages by
each juror giving his personal idea
of what damages ought to be, after
which the sums were added together
and divided by II. The supreme court
of Kansas has held that this sort of
a verdict Will not stand; that it is
way of arriving at a conclusion which
fails to express the honest conv1c-
tions of a single juror.-Kansas City
Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
BIG Fire Mt Stockton. Cal.

Stockton, Cal, Sept. 29.-One of the
largest fires in the history of Stock
ton started here yesterday evening
in the agricultural pavilion. The
structure, together with all its con-
tents and two residence blocks, was
totally destroyed and three other
residence blocks were burned to the
ground with the exception of few
buildings. The approximate loss is
$500, 900, less than half insured. The
fire started through a plumber hunt
ing for leak in a. gas main in the
pavilion with lighted candle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
THE NUMBER INCREASES.
Serious Problem Confronts Uncle Sam In
Handling Debarred mmigrants-TwO
Very Objectionable Glasses.

Washington, Sept. 29.-The forth
coming report of the commissioner
general of immigration will show
that two classes of immigrants de-
barred from the United States by
law arrived here during the past
year in increasing numbers. One
class is those afflicted with conta-
gious and other diseases. The other
was composed of dissolute women
imported for immoral purposes.
With the first class the officials have
little trouble. Their Affections are
easily discovered, but the government
is necessarily put to some expense
in OBTAINING them until deported.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
STUPENDOUs SUMS.
Ware Gives Figures
from the Pension Department.
rhe System Has Cost Nearly Three Billion
Dollars Since the Department Was Or
gan,zed. Exclusive of the Nation
al Soldiers' Homes.

Washington, Sept. 29.-The annual
report of the commissioner of pen
sions, Eugene f. Ware. made public
yesterday, shows that the number of
names on the pension rolls still is
under the million mark, despite net
gain of 5,732 pensioners since 1898.
The total enrolment July 1 last was
999, 446, against 997,735 last year. The
total comprises 1886 soldiers and
260,637 widows and dependents. The
aggregate includes 1865 pensioners
outside the United States.
The number of death notices of old
soldiers, not now in the service, re-
ceived by the bureau during the year
was 50,12S, but only 27,O43 of them
were pensioners.
The report says that the death
rate among the pensioners for the
coming year will be about 10000 and
the losses to the rolls from other
causes will be about 5000. The total
amount paid for pensions during the
fiscal year was $137, 5O4,26 and the
yearly cost of operating and main
tanning the bureau and the agencies
outside of the payment of pensions
proper aggregates $780, 29. The
pension system, says the report, since
the beginning of the government has
cost $2,992, 5O9,O19, exclusive of the
establishment of the soldiers homes.
The pension disbursements by the
United States from July 1, 1890, to
June 80, 1865, were 500, AS, 444.
The following amounts have been
paid to soldiers, their widows, minor
children and dependent relatives on
account of military and naval serv-
ice during the wars in which the
United States has been engaged:
Revolutionary war (estimated),
$7O,OOO,O0O.
War of 1912 (on account of service,
without regard to stability, $45,-
O25,297.
Indian wars. 1s32-1S42 Con account
of service. without regard to disabiI-
ity), $5,S14,2O7.
War with Mexico Con account OF
service, without regard to disability.
$31, sci, 1893.
War of the rebellion, So, IA, SIS, 276.
War with Spain, 1925, 1874.
Actual total disbursements in pen
sions, So, 900, S54, 1902.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
TWO TELL-TALE CHECKS.
Circuit Attorney Folk Unearthed q Suspi'
cious Transaction in Connection with
the Doodle Aldermen.

ST. Louis, Sept. 27.-Developments
in the DOODLE investigation were
rather sensational yesterday, sub
poenaes having been issued at the
instance of Circuit Attorney Folk
commanding Broker James Campbell
and William Reed, his cashier, to ap-
pear in court and bring two checks
aggregating SAT, 800, dated November
81, 1899, and payable to Ed Butler, a
prominent local politician, and ex-
plain the purpose for which the
checks were drawn. 1t was found
on investigation by the grand jury
that both checks had been cashed
and returned to Broker Campbell.
The date of these checks was the
same as the day on which the ten
year lighting bill passed the house
OF delegates, for which 10 members
are said to have each received $4,000
for their votes. Up to late hour
deputy sheriffs were unable to serve
the SubpOenaes.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
A STORM IN SICILY.
Two Hundred Persons Perish in a TorDadt
"A Village Destroyed and Forty
Three Persons Drowned.

Syracuse, Sicily, Sept. ga storm
burst over the district of Santa Maria
yesterday and many houses were de-
stroyed. The stormy weather con-
tinues generally throughout Sicily.
1t is now believed that 200 persons
persisted at Modica during the
tornado. In one instance a family
of ten persons was drowned in bed.
The village of Sorti-lo has been prac-
tically destroyed and 43 persons were
drowned. The water rose in the
church to a height of - feet. Many
children lost their lives. There have
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
MAJORITY OVERWHELMING.
Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians Adopt the
Supplemental Agreement with
the Government.

Washington, Sept. 27.-Oficial tele
graph advices to the interior depart
ment announce that the supple
mental agreement negotia ted be-
tween the government and the Choc-
taw and Chickasaw Indian tribes has
been ratified by an overwhelming ma
jority by those nations. The sup
elemental treaty provides for the
sale of the coal lands, which aggre
gate 100000 acres, at public auction.
There will be no leases of coal or
asphalt lands. 1t also segregates not
over $40 acres for Sulphur Springs
under government control; provides
for the enrolment of all Mississippi
full-blood Choctaws and of the de-
scendants of all Mississippi Choc-
taws who have received patented
lands; and authorizes the Chickasaw
freedmen to institute proceedings in
the court of claims to determine theu
rights.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
A Strike in Flour nill. Av.r..d.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Sept. go
There will be no strike of the en-
ployes of the -four mills of Mime
apolis beginning October IS, for the
mills of Minneapolis will be operated
on an eight-hour schedule, instead
of under the present system of two
12-hour shifts. The men do not re-
ceive the same pay for eight hours
as the longer hours, but they have
expressed themselves satisfied with
the schedule of wages offered by the
millers and the best of feeling pre-
walls on both sides
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
FOR THE G. A. R. PARADE.
Com ander-in- Chief Torrance Orders That
Posts March In Companies of Single
Rank, 12 Files Front

Washington, Sept. 27.-The order
of Commander-in-C Chief Torrance,
prescribing the order and line of
march for the parade of the Grand
Army of the Republic to occur Octo-
Der s, during the encampment in this
city, provides that the head of the
column shall move promptly at ten
a. M, starting at the congressional
library building and disbanding after
getting well past the white house.
Posts are to march in companies of
single rank with - files front. The
distance between departments is
fixed at "a PAGES.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
MABINI AN RECONCILABLE.
Former President OF the Filipino Supreme
Court Still Refuses to Take the
Oath of Allegiance.

Manila, Sept. 27.-The transport
Sheridan, from San FRANCISCO, arrived
here Friday. She called at the is
land of Guam and brought here 35
political prisoners who took the oath
of allegiance to the United States.
Mabini, the former president of the
Filipino supreme court and Filipino
minister of foreign affairs, refused
to take the oath and was kept pris-
oner at Guam. No decision has been
arrived at regarding Mabini, but he
will probably be left at Guam indefi
uitely.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
BRIBERY IS CHARGED.
Anthracite Coal Companies Said to Offer
$4,000 tn Each Union Chat VIII Vote
to Return to Work

Scranton, Pa, Sept. 27.-District
President Nichols accuses Michael
Grimes, an eX-mine foreman, of be-
ing at the head of movement inau-
gurated by the coal companies to
bride number of mine workers To-
Gals for $4,000 apiece to vote to re-
turn to work. Mr.. Nichols declares
at the close. of his statement that
his "i1,formants stand ready to prove
their assertions in court Mr..
Grimes denies the Nichols statement
and the coal companies also say it
is not true.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
Wan. Roosevelt to End strike.

New York, Sept. EXPEDITIONS are
being circulated throughout the
country by the members of the va
rious organizations comprising the
American Federation of Catholic So
cieties asking President Roosevelt to
use his good offices to end the coal
strike. The petition does not ask the
president to interfere in a political
way. 1t simply asks him to use his
good offices as the first citizen in the
land to bring about settlement.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
LOWERED TIE DISCIPLINE.
Gen. Funston Says Aati-Canteen Legisla-
tion Has Ruined Soldiers and Enriched
Saloonkeepers.

Washington, Sept. 27.-Br;g, Gen.
Funston in his annual report of the
Department of the Colorado, declares
that the recent anti-canteen legisla-
ton of congress has lowered the dis
cipline of the army, ruined scores of
good soldiers and enriched saloon
keepers, gamblers and dissolute wo-
men. His report announces "a deplor-
able increase in offenses, particularly
desertion. attributed to the abolition
of the canteen and garrison life re-
strictions of men returning from fel6
service.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
An Attempt Made to Blow Up the Family
of Columbus Walton at South
st. Joseph.

ST. Joseph, Mo-, Sept. 29-An at
tempt was made last night to destroy
the family of Columbus Walton, of
South ST. Joseph, by the use of sew
eral sticks of dynamite. The family
lived over a store run by Walton
and the dynamite was placed under
the step of the front of the building.
The detonations were terrific and
were heard IL miles away. The
main part of the structure was de-
stroyed. but the family miraculously
escaped injury. The loss is $4,000.
The police have no clew.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
BURNED AT THE STAKE.
Negro Suffered an Awful Death at
Corinth, Miss.-The Victim Con-
fessed HIS Crime.

Corinth, Miss, Sept. 29.-Writhing
the flames of burning fagots, piled
high by hundreds of citizens, Tom
Clark, alias Will Gibson, a young ne
gro, was burned at the stake here
at late hour yesterday after hav-
ing confessed to one of the most
atrocious crimes in the history of
north Mississippi, the assault and
murder of Mrs. Carey Whitfield on
August 10 last. Before the torch
was applied Clark stated that he de-
served his fearful fate.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
Would Swell the Earnings.

An effort is TO be made to devise
some scheme by which the cash
earnings of the Kansas state peni-
tertiary may be increased. At pres
ent the expenses of the institution
are from $4,000 to $4,000 a month
while the cash earnings amount to
only about $1,000. 1t is thought
there is no reason why the institu-
ton should not be practically self
sustaining with so many men within
its walls who can be utilized as la
borers. At the coming session of
the Legislature a bill will be intro
duced providing for the increasing
of the state Irvine plant to three
times its present capacity.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
DRAWS the L,ne at .spe1lbinders..

Madison, Wis, Sept. 2s.-The Uni
Tersity of Wisconsin refused permits
sion to Senator Albert J. Beveridge,
Of Indiana, to speak in the univer-
sity gymnasium. The ground of the
refusal was that the university did
not want promiscuous ''spellbinders"
to speak there, and if the rule were
nfringed in Senator Beveridge's
ease, it would have to be broken in
other less desirable cases.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
Missouri Ticket Agent Shot.

Centralia, Mo-, Sept. 29-Ed Chap
nan, ticket agent at Browns sta
ton, five miles from here, was shot
known parties. He had told some
men who were intoxicated to leave
The premises in the early evening.
Later in the night as he sat at his
telegraph key a shot crashed through
The window. striking him in the fore
head and he fell back dead.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
Unveiled Statue to Kossuth.

Cleveland. o.. Sept. ga life-size
statue to the Hungarian patriot,
Louis Kossuth. was unveiled yester-
day in this city in the presence of
$4,000 people. The statue stands on
pedestal and is about 20 feet high
Addresses were made by Mayor John
son, Senator Hanna, Congressman
Burton and Gov. Nash. Addresses
we're also made in several foreign
tongues by eminent speakers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
1t Is Building Rapidly.

New York, Sept. 29.-Vice Presi-
dent George G. Ward, of the Com
mercial Cable company, who arrived
Yesterday on the steamship Celtic,
made the assertion on landing that
the United States will be able to open
up cable communication with Manila,
P. l., by July 4, 1908. Ward says the
cable is being made in London at the
rate of so miles a day, or 800 miles
4 week, and will be finished in March
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
Discharged for Impertinence.

W. L. Roney, carrier on rural
route No. 1 out of Marquette, has
been dismissed from the govern
ment service. The order for dis
missal came from the office of the
First Assistant Postmaster General.
The charge was that Roney had used
insolcnt language to superior Off
Ger. the superior officer in this in
stance being Congressman Long.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
Veteran of Two Wars.

Washington, Sept. 27.-Gen. Francis
J. Lippitt, lawyer and veteran of
the Mexican and civil wars, is dead
here, aged 90 years. He was captain
of the First New York volunteers in
the Mexican war and in the civil war
served as colonel of the Second Cali
fornia infantry. He was breveted a
brigadier general.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
The Oldest Living Settler.

The Alton Empire claims for Al
ton. in the person of William Brit
tain, the oldest living settler of Kan
sas and dates his arrival in the ter
ritory in 1854. Of course the claim
cannot be sustained. Col. 4. s.
Johnson. of Topeka. was born in
Kansas in 1882, and Kansas has
been his home ever since. while there
are others who came earlier than MIR
Brittain.-Kansas City Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
Famous Illinois Veteran Dead.

Jacksonville, H., Sept. 27.-Lieut.
James Mitchell, who was first lieuten-
ant of company G, Tenth Illinois,
during the civil war, is dead here,
aged IS years. He served in the
United States navy during the war
with Mexico on the United States
steamer independence.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
He Had to Explain.

Alexander Weaver, Of Derby, was
dissatisfied with the light sentence
given his son-in-law, who pleaded
guilty to stealing a span of mules,
and told some of his neighbors that
the district court was Eribed. Judge
Lawrence heard of the charge and
at once issued q subpoenae for
Weaver, who was taken to Wellington
and given an opportunity TO explain.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
Thompson a Prominent Nebraskan.

Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 27.-David E.
Thompson. appointed United States
minister to Brazil, is one of the
wealthiest citizens of Lincoln and has
twice been before the Nebraska legis-
lature for election to the United
States senate. He is attorney for
the c.. B. & o. railroad
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
Got on Her Nerves.

NJ. K. Dixon brought suit for di-
vorce at Coffeyville, alleging in his
petition that his wife had remained
away from home more than half the
time since they were married in 1899.
The defense of Mrs. Dixon is that the
home contained five step-children
who got on her nerves.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-10-03
They'll Talk on Taxation.

The arrangements for the joint de-
bate between w. J. Bailey, republican
nominee for governor, and w III.
Craddock, democratic nominee. have
been perfected. There will be two
debates. The first one will be in
Wichita October and the other in
Topeka October 13. The subject of
the debates will be the issue of tax
alton.