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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
Another .Harrowing,, Incident.

Miss Alice Roosevelt has returned
from the Adirondack mountains.
While driving 40 miles on a buck
board on her way to the station one
of the lines fell from the drivers
hand. Had the horses started UP
suddenly and got beyond control,
those occupying the blackboard would
have been dashed down the precipi-
tous sides of the mountains to GER
kin death. But the driver picked up
the incl
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
A REJECTED SUITOR'S CRIME.
George Wiley Shot Miss Dovie Flynn. Be
cause She Refused to Marry Him, and
Then Committed Suicide.

Marshall, Mo-, July 21.-George
Wiley shot and killed Miss DOVE
Flynn, stepdaughter of Richard
Dearking, Chicago & Alton railway
employee, at the latter's home here
at midnight Saturday night because
she refused to marry him and then
committed suicide. Wiley had inter
cepted Miss Flynn on her way from
a religious meeting and walked with
her to her home.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
DEFEAT OF TIE PRESIDENT.
Chief Executive Is Fooled by the
Vaccinations of Sugar Trust
Republicans.

The defeat of the Cuban reel
procity legislation is a great blow
to the administration of President
Roosevelt. His attempt to coerce
congress to do his bidding, which he
emphasized in two messages to that
body, has been spurned by large
faction of the republican party in
the interest of the beet sugar trust.
1t is now stated that the president
will call an extra session of con-
gress if action is not taken at the
present one. The members of the
beet sugar faction in the house of
representatives, joining with the
democrats, have passed the bill
reducing the cope cent. on Cuban
products, with another section added
which was insisted on by the demo-
Gratis, repeating the differential
duty on refined sugar. The repub-
lican members of the senate found
themselves in the same dilemma as
the members of their party in the
house of representatives. They were
compelled to take the bill as it came
from the house, with the democratic
antitrust section, or take the re-
spoRsibility of no legislation.
The democratic position is unique.
The members of that party voted in
the house and were ready to vote in
the senate for the presidents rec
ommendation for reciprocity with
Cuba. But knowing that this 20 per
cent. reduction on Cuban products
would, in the case of sugar, inure in
a great measure to the benefit of the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25

Hopkinsville, KY, July 21.-A con-
fagration- of unknown origin de-
stroyed the principal business block
in Cadiz. Trigg county. yesterday
Rawles' saloon. in which the fire
started, the Cadiz hotel, Cumberland
Telephone exchange, J. j. Cartons
dry goods store, II. NJ. Cartons
sons hardware store, the Bank of
Cadiz, E. P. Cobb's general store, Will
liam Lynch's dry goods store and C..
A. Chappell's grocery were con-
sumed. Loss, 100000; Insurance.,
$4,000.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25

trust, they compel at the same time
the repeal of the differential duty,
under which the trust is allowed to
collect about $6,OOO,OOO additional
tax from the American consumer,
and if the countervailing duties are
added, that sum can be multiplied
fourfold. This legislation, if enact
ed, would probably aid the Cuban
planter somewhat and would reduce
the price of refined sugar in the
United States by as much, or more,
as the sugar trust would gain on the
20 per cent. decrease of duty it would
pay on imported raw sugar from Cuba.
This double reduction did not suit
the sugar trust, nor did it suit it's al
lies, the administration senator's.
If President Roosevelt had really
wanted to aid the Cubans and strike
a blow at one of the great trust mo-
nopolies, why did he not recommend
the reduction of the tariff on refined
sugar equal to the advantage the
sugar trust would gain by the 90
per cent reduction on Cuban raw
sugar?
Havemeyer would not, of course,
under these circumstances, give a
large check to the republican cam
paign fund, but the consumer of
sugar in the United States would be
benefited, even if the collector for
the campaign fund had to hunt from
other trust quarters the necessary
cash to make up the deficiency.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
Lumber Industry Fourth.

Tie lumber industry stands fourth
among the great manufacturing oc.
equations of the United States, ac-
cording to a recent census bulletin
The steel industry is first, the tex.
tile second and the meat packing
third The lumber industry employs
a capital of SOL, 100000, men to the
number of 2S3, 200 and turns out g
yearly product valued at $3.50, 100000
This is ten times the value of the
lumber product turned out so years
ago.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
Sue1 Bin of the Future.

Experts of high repute say that
when the coal mines in both the
Americas and in Europe are exhaust
ed the stores of fuel in China will
serve the world for centuries. Chi
ncse coal and Chinese cheap labor in
future cycles may then keep -alght
the furnaces which maintain the in
dustries of the globe; and the Vel
low Peril will then become the Vel
low Benefactor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
The Dreibund and zweibund.

Victor Emanuel's visit to Nicholas
shows that there is good feeling be-
tween the dreibund and zweibund.
Those romancers who are starting a
general European war every few
days neglect to take the kings into
their confidence.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
Big Fire a. Colquitt, Ga.

Macon, Ca, July 21.-Fire yester-
day at Colquitt, Ga, destroyed IL
stores along the public square.
Among the buildings burned were
the post Office and the Masonic
temple. The. more important stores
were general merchandise establish
ments. The estimated loss is over
$4,000.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
s1upendous Project. of Our Time.

Officers of the Pennsylvania rail-
road announce that the enterprises
and improvements to which that
giant corporation is now committed
will cost at least $1OO,OOO,OOO. Such
figures would have staggered belief
in any generation before this one.
No task, however vast, appears to be
impossible in these days of colossal
plans, and the world goes spinSing
down the ringing grooves of change.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
Child Fell into the fire.

Nandalia, H., July 21.-While play
ing about fire that had been built.
to smoke away mosquitoes, the two
year-old child of Ben Woolsey, living
near SCHOONER, fell into it and was
burned so badly that it died of its
injuries few hours later.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
The Interesting Point.

Now that Mr.. Schwab has declared
that the allied properties of the
Urited States Steel corporation are
worth $1,4Oo,0 100000 it would be
interesting to know on what basis
of valuation the trust paws taxes
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
Bryan to speak i'm New EneIand.

Lincoln, Neb-, July pa speaking
tour of four weeks duration is the
programme mapped out by William
j. Bryan, who left Saturday night
for the east He will address 20 or
more democratic gatherings in the
New England states, chief of which
will be a meeting of the New En-
gland League of Democratic clubs
in Boston, July "a.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
The republican organs are quit

The republican organs are quite
exercised about revising the tariff, and
the republican leaders in congress have
declared that it can only be revised by
it's friends. But as these republican
friends happen also to be the friends
of the trusts, who are the chief bene-
ficiaries of protection, the opportunity
for the people to obtain relief from
that quarter is slim one.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
The Population of Kansas CITY.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 21.-Hoye's
Kansas City directory for 1902, which
will be issued about August 5, will
show a gain in the city's population
over 1901 OF approximately 10000.
The general manager of the COM
pany estimates the city's population
at 245350
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
Teachers Must Have Physiaues.

The city of Chicago has determined
to. compel all applicants for positions
as school-teachers in the public
schools to pass physical as well as
educational examination before they
ire licensed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
A Young woman Burned to Death.

Mitchell, Ind, July 21.-Miss Nellie
Grant, aged 25 years, daughter of a
wealthy New Orleans lawyer, was
burned to death yesterday at the
home of her grandmother, Mrs. Vir-
ginia Built, at Lawrenceport. Her
dress caught fire from a blaze which
started in the barn, where she had
gone to gather eggs.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
The beef trust is laughing i,

THE beef trust is laughing in
it's sleeve at the attempt of Mr..
Roosevelt's attorney general to stop
it's exactions. A giant trust with a
capital of 100000, 900 is said to be
organizing, to include all the pack
ing houses in the country. If Mr..
Roosevelt would order criminal pro-
ceedings commenced, how quickly he
could bring them to time.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
BurrIar-Proof vault stolen.

Palmyra, Mo-, July ia burglar
proof vault, designed to contain thu
BODY of III. W. Moore, a citizen of thi,
place. was stolen from the cemetery
The vault was taken there Thursday
night and placed near the grave
Yesterday afternoon. shortly before
the hour for the funeral, the vault
was disco7ered missing.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
-President Roosevelt should cea.

"fTtSIUtnI CEdSe
to cherish the delusion that the breath
of life still fingers in the Cuban tariff
policy. The foxy old republican sena-
tors are merely wondering whether
they hadn't better bury his 1904 can
didacy in the same cemetery lot.-Al-
bany Argus.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
The steel trust gives out it

The steel trust gives out its
profits for. the year as nearly S15A-
600, 900; $4O,OOO,OO0 more than last
year, and yet this is an infant indus
try sucking at the protection bottle
which republican congress has just
refused to stop Substituting through
the protective tariff.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
Born witt, the Nation.

Born with the nation on July 4,
1776, Perry Chesney died at his home
OH Copper ridge, in the Tennessee
mountains, on July 4. He was the
Oldest man in the United States and
was excessively proud that the
Declaration of independence was
adopted, as he expressed it, ''in hon.
or of his BIRTH
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
An Aged Farmer Devourea nv Hoo.

King City, No., July 21.-The. skull,
thigh bones and few pieces of cling
ing skin, the only remains of Will
liam York, wealthy farmer living
three miles southwest of here. were
found in a hog lot yesterday by the
mans relatives
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25

Admiration goes out to l+rs. Jora.
lemon, of Los Angeles, who has SUED
Senator Dorsey for S450,000 fol
breach of promise of marriage. Thai
is putting advanced womanhood a
about its proper figure. A few year:
ago woman in her modesty was put
ting her value at $1,000 to $25, 900
She is a pretty poor sort of wo
man who admits that her affections
are not close. up to the 100000 mark
Of course, it does not follow that &
man will be expected to pay such q
sum.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25

They have some leaky officials
at the war department, and we could
hardly blame Secretary Root for dis
charging the few democratic clerks
that have managed to slip in there.
but he will find this won't stop the
leak.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
The Woman Broke the RECORD.

New York, July 21.-At the Man
haitian beach track yesterday Lottie
Brandon paced by single motors
rode 31H miles in one hour. Liz
cites old record for women was 25
miles and 125 Yards.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Not a Second Cfncinnatus.
Cincinnatus was twice called from
IFS pillow. to lead the Roman army.
:rohje has decided that once will be
about enough for him.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25

The ton of coal the trust COM
pels the miners to dig weighs 2,700
pounds; the ton sold to the coal
dealers is 2,400 pounds: the ton sold
to the consumer is 1000 pounds, and
the latter thinks himself lucky if he
gets that much.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
Aiming for Life Sentence.

Jessie Morrison desires another
trial, since her first one cleared her,
the second resulted in a sentence for
i've years, and the third one for 25.
Miss Morrison must be aiming for
a life sentence.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
A Nervy Propositfon.

Secretary Moody, in the hardness
of his heart, ordains that Uncle
Sans sailors shall go to sea once in a
while and learn to walk a bridge
as well as they dance a german.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25

Little progress has been made to
ward extinguishing the fire at the
Jennings Oa.) well and it continues
to burn with all the fury that it dis
on last Tuesday night.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
Ninety Blocks Burned in Guayaquil.

Guayaquil, Ecuador. July 1e.-e
fire which broke out here destroyed
90 blocks on some of the principa
streets of the city. The loss OF
buildings and merchandise is est
mated ct $5,OOO,OOO.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
Morgan. Grave Danger.

If Pierpont Morgan purchases
Turkey, as now threatens, there will
De grave danger that before he gets
through he will be the "sick man" of
America
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25

will forget the vocabulary and the
five months will count for naught.
So [ repeat the advice for all care
worn teachers to pack-their carpet
bags and come this way, as the work
is light and the pay is good.
ut was rumored among the sol
diers that the teachers had warned
the native girls to beware of the
boys in khaki, as they were the scum
of the States. Indignation meetings
were held and the teachers de-
nounced in the strongest of English.
The other day one of the soldiers
filed up with native drinks until he
was fighting mad, and he then start
ed for the teachers residence for a
contradiction, apology or fight
1.-THE teachers were thoroughly
scared, and they treated him with
great courtesy. They assured him
they could not ina gine how it ever
Originated.
"Some of the pupils claim that
they did make the remark, however,
but do not think they will do so
again, as they are now good land
wise, and when they speak of the
SO1Ulor IN the future Unoy Will Unlnk
long and speak slowly"
How Republicans Love the Flag.
Ambassador Choate and Whitelaw
Reid, our special ambassador to the
court of ST. James, are. so English.
don't you know" that they have lost
track of the number of stars and
stripes in the American flag. The
press reports from London state:
much comment, humorous as we'll as
indignant, has been evoked from
many Americans here by the fact that
the so-ca2led American flags at Brooke
house are grossly incorrect in compo-
sition. The flag shows ten stripes and
25 stars! Americans are inclined to
regard with some amazement the APP
parent ignorance of Mr.. Choate and
Mr.. Reid as to the proper composition
of the emblems of the country they
represent. They do not relish the
prospect of the United States becom-
ing the target for British witticisms
on this score, and a movement is under
way to jog the memories of both am
bassadors and bring about a correc-
ton of the errors"
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-04

returned from Alaska. filled with en-
thusiasm over the chances for agri-
cultural development which he has
found Three agricultural experiment
stations have been established there.
the principal one at Sitka another on
the Renal peninsula and third In the
interior at Rampant. on the Yukon
river. The last year was considered
very successful as the stations sue
ceeded i'm maturing winter rye. for.
although the temperature fell to 20 de
grees below zero. this hardy grain was
protected by several feet of snow, and
when this melted il came out In per
feet shape. a new agricultural region
was discovered between the Yukon and
Prince William sound. covering belt
thirty miles wide and containing about
two million acres all excellent pasture
land. More than half could be broken
up and put i'm cultivation at small ex-
pense. The grass grows in some places
as high as mans shoulders. and
hiphigh grass is very common. Oats.
barley and spring wheat also mature
This authority believes we have sufii-
cient agricultural territory I'm that pos
session to feed three million people. or
a population larger than that of Mas
Standardization Transcript.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-04
T III f COU r | f r

properly be- considered part of the
America.
In the last ten or fifteen years city
Improvement societies have been or
ganized in many cities Of this country
in more or less futile attempt
To improve the appearance and SAM
tation of the American city. 1t Is
futile because the movement is organ
lied and directed by women. The may
or. council and various city officials
whose business ii is to keep the city
clean and personabIe. take only pat
ronizing interest in the women. their
despair and their efforts to mitigate II.
II is bad politics to pay any attention
To the requests of class who have no
influence whatever upon nominations
or elections III the same number of
influential men We're To become inter
ested in the Improvement of this city
in few months there would be some
vital changes for the better. There are
some hundreds of Lincoln women who
have tried from year to year to induce
the street commissioner and the health
officer to perform the functions they
are directed To perform. The sum of
their efforts is inconsiderable. II the
health officer is notified of an offensive
alley his efforts end with a request To
the abutting householders to clean it.
If he went further and compelled them
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-04

about the rights of the commonest
citizen to clean place to walk, to
unpolluted air and to a landscape un-
disfigured by staring signs of patent
medicines. Respect for deCency and
for appearances characterize the
streets of most of the large cities of
France and Germany. over here I'm
the home of democracy. such natural
but constantly alienated rights are ig
nored In the cities of Germany and
France where overhead wires are
used. they are attached to graceful.
slender iron poles curved ut the top
and made as inconspicuOus as possible.
Every company which has applied for
a franchise to the exclusive occupation
OF the streets of Lincoln is pirate
rugged. They operate here for the
purpose of making money out of the
people and they care for the appear
ance of the city nothing whatever and
there is apparently no city representa-
tive who has ability to make them
bear their share of the taxes. nOtwith-
standing the fact that they occupy
the streets and conduct their business
on the peoples property without pay
ing the rent which the merchant or
lawyer or real-esrate man must pay.
Therefore as the amount to be raised
annually is fixed sum the merchant
or lawyer or real-estate man must pay.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-04

Notwithstanding the grant of the
who occupies them.
\ monotonous background is desIr-
able but it should be clean and self re-
speeding. Everybody Who goes to Paris
is enchanted with the appearance of
the city. The dull grey tone of the
houses and blocks and their regular
outlines battle the first investigation
into the source of the enchantment.
Finally ii develops that the Parisians
the men and women who live in it and
they have given it a backgrounds col
or and function. Occasionally the city
blossoms into park or place. some
times the streets. like the spokes of a
wheel radiate from a beautiful mOnu-
ment. or Il noble vista is closed by Il
cathedral. a civic building, or a pal
ace. Or take a smaller town. the size
of our own small city. There are small
parks, the architecture is simple but
dignity is not lacking. and vulgarity. if
there is any, has been introduced by an
American. There are no splitting, loll-
ing groups of natives. The municipal
police keep this spectacle uneasy.
They do not remain long enough in one
ure Of the streets and thus can not
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-04
Alaskan Resources

Gold has been the tombstone of de
velopment in many of our national
possessions. and but for its glittering
lure some of the most productive sec
tons OF the country might still be
waste territory. When Alaska was Sc
cured by our government about all the
resources with which it was credited
We're fish and forests, and even those
though abundant in themselves, We're
not thought to be particularly avail
able. But the discovery of the precious
metal in large quantities drew thou
sands to that region, among them men
who had eyes for other possibilities
than the treasure stored in the earth
and the streams. The psychologist of
the department of agriculture has just
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-04

board at varying and untidy angles.
all this is sufficient to quench the
cheerfulnesS of the most hopeful.
The residence part of Lincoln is dig
nified by some noble homes, although
the pole fiend is still not absent. But
business is not so concentrated and
beauty is not wholly Obscured. At
least in the summer and spring-time
beauty is irrepressible indestructible.
Yet even here on a mans sacred home
demeSne from the axes of the men
who erect poles and fasten wires to
them for the telephone or electricity or
traction. the trees are not safe. If
limb essential to the symmetry of the
tree interferes with the wire or the
on the landscape the workman. with
out consulting the owner of the tree,
promptly cuts it off. Such vandalism
is encouraged by the absence of all
care for the appearance of the city on
the part of the city authorities, who
have the right but not the will TO
insist upon reciprocal duties from the
men to whom the city has granted the
middle and the sides of the street
without rent or anything but an in
considerable occupation tax.
The cities of Europe which faruOus
Americanism affects to despise hedge
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-04
LINCOLN'S JAGGED SKY LINE
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vironment is concerned there is need
for dignity. purity. or distinction of
any kind. In Berlin and Paris no one
is allowed To erect any pole or post on
the public streets that does not con-
tribute to the beauty of the city.
Street lamps in Paris are objects of
beauty. OF graceful shape and care
fully made, they bear no resemblance
to the ugly poles and slovenly wires
with which city lighting companies
disfigure the cities they are allowed to
operate in. In Lincoln a traction
company. II lighting company and a
telephone company have done their
worst to the city without any restric-
ton from the elected or appointed
agents of the city.
The downtown part of Lincoln is
city streets is the most dispiriting ex-
perience. Unless the heart is very
light indeed the sight of the dirty
streets. the blackened poles. the rows
of dirty. lazy Ioafers that line every
convenient Iounging place splitting to-
bacco and making their neighborhoOd
repulsive to the sight and smell, the
telephone and eleCtric-light wires
fastened to the buildings by bits of