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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
Trainman Badly Frozen.

Gus White, Missouri Pacific fire
man, was almost frozen to death on
his train near Hoisington, which was
delayed by snowstorm. He was un-
conscious when taken from the en-
CINE and his limbs will have to be am
putated.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
Former Pover in Politics.

j. w. Rush, formerly of Larned,
died recently at Lawton, Ok A few
years ago Rush was a banker and
immensely wealthy, but reverses took
it from him. He was a republican
state senator eight years and was
three times prominently mentioned
for governor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
An Unusual Jnnunrx.G

issued by the Kansas state university
at Lawrence, says the amount of
snowfall was more than ten inches.
The month. was 7.03 per cent. clearer
than usual and the run of wind 2,154
miles below the average
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
When Gen. Lee visits Topeka.

Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia. for
mer confederate, will lecture in To-
peka in a few days. Gen. Wilders s.
Metcalf will call the meeting to order
and introduce Gen. Frederick Fun
ston as presiding officer. On the aft
ernoon preceding the lecture Gov
Stanley Will give a reception to Gen.
Lee at the executive mansion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
wise as Solomon.

Two ladies contended for Prece-
dence in the court of Charles the
Fifth. They appealed to the mon
arch, who, like Solomon, awarded:
ssLet the eldest go first" Such dis
pute was never known afterward--
San Francisco Argonaut.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
while Rubbing His Hands.

George Hall, a wealthy merchant
of Blackstone, was out hunting and
stood the gun on the ground and
leaned the muzzle against his side
while he rubbed his hands to warm
them. The weapon was discharged.
killing Hall.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
Goa, Famine i'm western Kansas.

a telegram from Topeka Monday
said: A cc1l famine is being contend
ed with in the western part. of the
state. In Pawnee county the snow is
ten inches deep. on level. The coal
supply is, almost exhausted with a
poor chance of being Immediately re-
pleniShed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
VIII Lose Both Legs.

Charles Sommers. Missouri Pa
cific section foreman at Fort Scott
and father-in-law of w. p. billiard, a
prominent democratic politician, was
struck by train and received, injuries
which necessitated amputation of
both his legs.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
In BehaIf of Fun.tou.

: Congressman Scott, of co Kansas.
called upon the president and urged
that Gen. Frederick Funston be trans
ferred from the Philippines to come
station in this couutry. The request
was made on account of his fll-health.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
Two Women members.

The state bar association has two
women MEMBERSHIPS. Julia F. B.
Harris, of Wellington. and Mrs. Lizzie
S. Sheldon, of Lawrence.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
sad accident at Lecompton.

At Lecompton, Mrs. Brooke, the
aged mother of ex-President c. NJ.
Brooke, of Lane university, was per
haps fatally burned in her home. Her
dress ignited while sitting before q
crate.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
RIiseuided Farmer.

A farmer in Cherokee county who
allowed a man to put lightning rods
on his house "for a nominal sum, IN
order to advertise them," and put his
signature to a contract, found out
later that the signature was on the
business end of note for $500. Aft
er wrangle compromise was effect
ed and Mr.. Misguided Farmer got out
on payment of $175.-Topeka Capital
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
Causes Neglect of Lessons.

An Atchison physician says he does
not believe it is a good idea to have
libraries in the public schools. He
believes it results in the pupils read
ing too many stories. to the neglect
of their lessons.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
Shot Himself while Travelling.

A young man named Peck shot
himself through the head on the San
ia Fe passenger train near Williams
burg. Peck's home is in Gridley. He
was going from Kansas City.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
Thev.1l Ffght 1T ont.

James A. Troutman, candidate for
governor, and r. B. WEIGH, candidate
for justice of the supreme court, have
agreed to make the fight for an in
structed delegation to Shawnee coun-
ty, the defeated candidate to step.
aside.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
A PaoIa NAM. Predicament.

S. d. Johnson, of Pao1a, was arrest
ed at Topeka because he acted like a
crazy man. He had two yalises and
was filing them with snow when the
attention Of the police was called to
him.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14

Barbara went out, shutting the
kitchen door. She did not hear Mr.
Ward say: eff Morton goes on as he
has begun, he will become one of the
greatest preachers this country ever
saw"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
The Cause-

Circus Manager-Whars all the row
in the dressing-room?
Attendant-Oh, the man whe walks
barefoot on swords ran splinter in
his foot-Ohio State Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
New Electric Line.

Preparations are being made for
the construction of an electric rail-
way which viii connect Joplin, No.,
with Fort Scott, lola, ChanRte, Pitts
burg, Columbus, Weir City and Bax-
ter Springs. Kan. .
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
Election Law Attacked Again

The section of the biennial election
law authorizing the appointment of
county clerks by the board of county
commissioners has been attacked.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
New Mine Inspector.

By vote of 70 to 81, the Kansas
Society of Mines elected D. B. Cas-
selman, of Midway, over Edward Kee-
gan, of Pittsburg, as state mine in
SpectOr.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
Man and Team Killed.

j. H. Endicott. a prominent citizen
of lola, was killed by a train while
driving across the railroad tracks
there. His team was also killed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
First Negro Soldiers.

It always has been claimed that the
fist negro soldiery to see actual serv-
ice in the civil war was organized in
South Carolina. But this is now dis
puted by J. 81. Stearns, of Mound City,
who was an officer in colored battal-
ion recruited by Jim Lane in Kansas
in 1862. These negro soldiers were
mostly recruited in Linn county. In
September of 1862 they were sent to-
ward Butler, Mo-, to rid the country
of some bushwha ckers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
Had n Pocketknfves.

Harry ST. Clair was arrested at
Chester, Neb-, and taken5 to Mankato,
Jewell county, charged With robb2ng
the hardware store Of Horn & Fuller.
When arrested he had II pocket
knives,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
Little Dampness i'm SNOW.

Prof. Knerr, of Midland college,
Atchison, says eight inches CT snow
is equivalent to only two-thirds Of an
inch of water.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
Congressman Miller Chosen.

The members of the Kansas con-
gressional delegation elected Con-
gresham Miller as a member of the
general congressional committee.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
m Knusa. ~wreeH

snow Caused a Kansas wreck.
A train on the Leavenworth, Kansas
& Western was thrown q from the
track near Leonardville by snow and
ice. Two cars turned over, half
Clerk Ortman was injured )
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
They Condemned Capt. seaton.

The Kansas Society of Labor passed
a resolution criticising Capt. John
Seaton, of Atchison, for defeating the
''long train" bill in the last legisla-
ture. The society by resolution also
asked for a rigid Sunday closing law,
a state board of arbitration, against
the employment of te1egraphers under
21 years of age, child labor law,
eight-hour day, against government
by Injunction" and for union labor on
all public buildings.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
Rapey ELECTED Pre.idest.

The Kansas Editorial association ct
Manhattan elected the following Off
GERS: President, F. c. Raney, Fort
Scott; vice president, Mrs Belle Har-
baugh, Erie; recording secretary,
Grant Harrington, Hiawatha: CORE
spending secretary, J. E. .Iunkin, Ster-
ling: treasurer, o. W. Little, Almas
Delegates to National Editorial asso-
citation at Hot Springs, Ark, in April:
Anna Carlson, Lindsborg: J. E. Sat
terthwaite, Douglas; r. NJ. Chileot.
Wamego; J. 3. Cain, Belleplaine: VS.
L. Chambers, Stockton; Mrs. Belse
Harbaugh, Erie; A. F. Converse,
Wellsville; c. II. Norris, Olathe; j. g.
Royce, Phillipsburg; T. j. Schail,
Troy; II. C. Stevens, Topeka; .. A
Valentine. Clay Center; z. ". McGar-
rah, Manhattan; A. NJ. Wasser. Gil
rard.
Gov. Stanley and Mrs. Annie Diggs
and Master Lee Swisher were made
honorary members OF the association
Master Swisher is editor of the Chron-
icle, at Gypsum City. Every copy OF
his paper is printed with pen and
ink. He is IL years old.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
Kansas Man to the Front.

A recent Washington dispatch said:
Edwin M. Adams, of Mount City, Kan,
representing southwestern lumber in
terests, was before the house COM
mittee on commerce in advocacy of
the bill charging the powers of the
Interstate Commerce commission so
as to permit it to prevent discrimina-
ton and to enforce its rules for an
equalization of shipping facilities.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
BORN TO SERVE
By Charles NJ. Sheldon,
Author of ssIN HIS STEPS. "JoHN KINGS
QUESTION Glass; edward
BLAKE, - Etc.
CHAPTER III.-CoNrrNuEp.

Copyright, 1900. by Charles N. sheldon.5
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
Died To%ether.

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Fenner, of
Wabaunsee county, aged so and 20
years, had often expressed the desire
to die together when their sands of
life had run. And their wish was
gratified one day last week, only =
hours intervening. Mr.. Fenner died
first, and it is supposed that the shock
of his death caused the death of Mrs.
Fenner. They were buried in, the
same grave at the same time.-Kan-
sas City Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
The Phantom Ship.

While the captain of an English
steamer was standing on the bridge
of his vessel as it passed down the
English channel, thick fog came on
and he began to sound the fog-horn.
To his dismay, after he had sounded
the signal, he heard the "Boo-o-o'' Of
the horn repeated directly ahead of
him.
He turned his ships head sharply
to the right to avoid a collision and
sounded another warning. Again the
"Boo-o-o'' was returned. The vessel
was put back on it's former track and
the fog-horn sounded, with the same
result.
81 could not make it out" said the
captain, in narrating the story, land
strange feeling of superstitious awe
began to creep over me. just as ]
was giving myself one last pull to-
gether the lookout man called:
ats the old coo, sir!'
'And so it was-the cow kept in
the forecastle for the use of the
ship. Undoubtedly she took the
sound of the fog-horn for the cry OF
a companion in distress, and gave a
sympathetic response" = Youths
CompaniOn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-02-14
On Second Thought,

ST will,' she exclaimed; 81 will not
live with you another day!"
you'll leave me, will your" he
calmly asked.
"Yes, will
''When?"
''Now-right off-this minute
you'll go away?"
eyes, SIR
'I wouldn't If I were you"
'But I will. I defy you to prevent
me. I have suffered at your hands as
long as can put up with you"
"Oh, shan't try to stop you," he
quietly replied. ''I'll simply report to
the police that my wife has mysteri-
ously disappeared. They'll want your
description and I will give it. You
year No. shoes, you have an extra
large mouth, you walk stiff in your
knees. your nose turns up at the end,
eyes rather on the squint, voice
like a.
"Wretehl You wouldn't dare do
that!" she screamed.
AZ certainly will, and the descrip-
ton will go in Ell the newspapers
They glared at each other mo-
ment in silence. Then 1T was plain
to be seen that she had changed her
Misunderstanding Star.
Arizona republican., 1902-09-08
GAR, ALL ABLAzE,
 CONTAINED POWDER
Brave Conductor Risked Life to Pitch
 Off the Kegs.

Milton, Pa, September "A Phila- delphia and Reading refrigerator car containing 100 kegs of powder and seven barrels of naptha caught fire on a siding near the station here this morning.
 When discovered the end of the car in which the powder was stored was ablaze.
 A switch engine was attached and q flying run Of half mile to the out skirts of town was made, the flames by that time almost enveloped the car.
 Notwithstanding the awful danger. when the car was cut loose, William Houp. conductor, entered the car and threw off forty kegs of the powder.
 Finally the heat became so intense that he was driven out. In three min utes an explosion occurred, and the the car was blown to atoms.
 \ hole was left in the track idicating where the car had stood.
Arizona republican., 1902-09-08
AUTO DIAL THAT
 TELLS THE SPEED
Device to Show Spectators How Fast
 Machine Is Going.

Minneapolis. September 7.-Automo- bilists will not be allowed to complain much longer that the public is preju- diced against the horseless wagon, disposed to eXagGerate the facts and make the speed at which the auto is driven more than it really was.
 The man afoot or driving d horse will know the exact speed at which each machine is going. He will not have to conjecture as to whether the speed eX- cceds the limit set by the ordinance.
 Standing on the sidewalk he can tell at glance the speed of an automo- bile which passes. and should it be in excess of the prescribed limits may re- port it to the authorities if so disposed.
 E. J. Hodgson, q local architect, has devised a scheme that will without doubt solve the problem. He has just applied for patents on an automatic register tht will indicate the exact speed at which an automobile is being driven, most of the registers now in use are not reliable. hut MT. Hodgson claims to have removed the difficulty.
 The new registers particular value to the public lies in the fact that it will permit passers-by on either side of the street to tell the exact speed at which the horseless wagon is going. There will be two faces to the dial, which is
Arizona republican., 1902-09-08
IDENTIFICATION
 OF BARTHOLIN
The Body of the Double Mur-
 derer EIhumed
The Brother of His Murdered Fiance Recognizes It - The Confession Exonerates All Who Have Been Suspected.

Riceville, Iowa, September 7.-The body buried here yesterday, believed to be that of William Bartholin, was ex humed this afternoon and positively identified as that of the Chicago double murderer. The identification was made by William Mitchell, brother of Min nie Mitchell, one of Bartholin's victims. Detective Andrew Rohan of Chicago and Dr. A. J. Coey, a Chicago dentist who worked on the murderer's teeth.
 Bartholin had been working in the harvest fields and with a construction gang in this neighborhood since August 9th.
 The text of the confession left by Bartholin, as made public by Coroner Carpenter. is as follows:
 ITO whom it may concern-I want to state 1 am Bartholin the police are look ing l also wish to certify I had no assistance of any kind from any one. Thompson, Claffy and Counselman are all innocent as an unborn child and should be freed at once.
 II cannot go into details in regard to the crimes. They were not planned. Ii was all Minnie and l could do. My mind is wandering. Such a drop in life in a short time. Two months agp travelling in the best of company; today living the life of hobOes; murderer.
 "I intend to go into details and tell all, but l cant get my mind centered Even my handwriting is disgraceful.
 But above all things, I ask to clear everybody from under suspicion. There is no second party; l am the last. "(Signed( w. J. BARTHOLIN."
Arizona republican., 1902-09-08

placed in front of the automobile, the hands and numerals being large enough to indicate the speed at a glance. It will register a speed as high as so miles an hour. The larger hand will register the speed up to 36 miles an hour, while a smaller hand will indicate the speed up to the limit.
 In the case of an accident there will be no question as to what the speed oi the horseless wagon at the time of the accident occurred. The mechanism is so adjusted that while the larger hand moves back as the machine slows down another hand remains for five minutes at the figure indicating the speed of the automobile at the time the accident Cc- cured.
 When automobilists are required by ordinance to equip their machines with such a device as Mir Hodgsons and each machine is compelled to have plate on the rear inscribed with the number, making the identification of the driver easy, there will be no fur ther menace from reckless driving.
 The danger of having their licenses taken away from them will keep the chauffeurs within proper bounds. and will tend to eliminate all cause for prejudice or animosity on the part of the public.
Arizona republican., 1902-09-08

Havana, September 7,-The subjest of widespread interest here, and it has been generally recognized as of the greatest importance to the island in view of the present low price which is commanded by the two principal products of the island, namely, sugar and tobacco. The extremely small re- turns from these two products, which the Cubans had come to believe were the only things that could be grown on their fertile land, have caused them to seek other ways of gaining a livelihood, and one way has been found in cotton raising.
 Now that this product has come under a careful study the people who are Investigating it's possibilities are astonished at the promise which is held forth. The Sea Island variety can be grown here better, and in almost double the quantity to the acre., than in any other place of which there is any record. It seems incredible, but to begin with, it can be safely stated that on a farm of a cabelleria 0hirty- three and one third acres) the sum of $3,031.65 clear profit can be made over and above all expenses. These figures are not theoretical but have been proved by experiment. Sea Island cot tons minimum production in Cuba is 15G0 pounds of seed cotton to the acre, and the maximum is 2,000 pounds. and the latter is not at all infrequent. A cabelleria, then. calculating at the minimum production, will produce 50 900 pounds of seed cotton. This seed cotton will give one-fourth of it's weight in lint cotton, or 12,5OO pounds. At the latest report from Liverpool this cotton brought 27 cents a pound. which would mean $3,375.
 Out of the $3,S75 for which the cot
Arizona republican., 1902-09-08
THE GERMAN PANTHER
 IN THE HAYTIEM WAR
The Gunboat Sinks the Troublesome
 Crete-a-Pierrot.

Cape Haytien, Iiayti, September 7.- The gunboat Crete-a-Pierrot which was in the service of the Firminist party has been sunk al the entrance of the harbor of Gonaives by the German gunboat Panther. The details of the occurrence are lacking.
 The German steamer Markomannia. Captain Hansen, belonging to the Hamburg-American line, having on board arms and ammunition sent by the provisional government to Cape Haytien, was stopped on September ?. by the Firninist gunboat Crete-a- Pierrot at the entrance of the harbor of Cape Haytien and an armed force went aboard the steamer and took pos session of the war munitions in spite of the protestatiOns of Captain Han sen and the German consul. This was characterized as an act of piracy and the German government announced that it would demand satisfaction.
Arizona republican., 1902-09-08

marked decrease in the expectations of last year owing to high prices. now shows marked increase, the figures being $29614,210 for the seven months ending with July, 1902, against $2O, 731- 622 for the same months of 1901. The chief decrease in exports occurs in iron and steel, the total exports during the seven months of this year being $57,- 263,304, against $61,16O,73O in the corre- spending months of last year.
 On the import side nearly all the prin- cipal classes of manufacturers mater ials show an increase. Chemicals in creased in imports from S32. 591, 372 in [ months of 1901 to $3S SS1, ,577 in the same months of 1902; imports of raw cotton increased from 32,976, 4S6 pounds in : months of 1901 to 61 ASS, ,963 pounds in { months of 1902. the quantity having thus nearly doubled. Of fibers the i'm portations in the ' months ending with July, 1901. amounted to $15, ,3SO. .7S6, and in the corresponding months of 1902. $22.457, 293. Of hides and skins the fig ures of imports for the seven months of 1901 were $32, Al, 436, and for the corre- spending months of 1902, S33, ,795, ,OS2 h. dia rubber shows a slight decrease in importations. the total having fallen from 34,S99,446 pounds in seven months of 1901 to 30,3OS134 pounds in the same months of 1862, though the. figures of 1902 are considerably in excess of those for the corresponding months of 1900. Silk shows a marked increase, the total value of unmanufactured silk imported having increased from s19, ,732, ,OS3 in : months of 1901 to $22, ,1S6,S41 in the cor responding months of 1902. Tin shows an increase in imports of from A 39S. .65C pounds in : months of 1901 to 50,91S, 903 pounds in the corresponding months of 1902. Importations of lumber and man ufactured wood have increased from $SG53, 370 in months of 1901 to S1O.S19.- 2l3 in the corresponding months of 1902. and raw wool shows an increase in i'm portations of from $S,199, ,625 in months of 1901 to $12,O06,S5 in the correspond ing months of 1902.
Arizona republican., 1902-09-08
PHOTOGRAPH MAY
 RESTORE 4 BROTHER
Woman of York, Pa, Wants to Know
 About Major General Davis.

York, Penn, September Mrs. David Major, of 7S2 West York avenue, this city, has not heard from brother since 1860, when she was separa ted from him through the remarriage of her mother
 After the mothers death the son was taken charge of by man named Smith. and they went west
 An article in a magazine for August contained a portrait of Major General George w. Davis, together with a short sketch of his career without however, mentioning his place of birth or any of his antecedents. Points in the article led up to investigation by Mrs Majors s son. The remarkable resemblance be- tween Mrs. Major and General Davis, together with facts in relation to his life since, as we'll as his age, has created the belief that they are brother and sister.
 During the time Camp Meade. near Harrisburg, was in existence, General Davis was in charge of the engineering corps, but Mrs. Major heard of it too late to see him. he having left for Porto Rico. Since then she has made inquiry, but not directly to the war de- partment, where his lineage could have been asceTtained.
 Mrs. Majors maiden name was Sarah Ann Davis. The family came from England and settled in Scranton. A sister of Mrs. Major was recently heard from after twenty years of separation. She is now living in LIzerne county. Pennsylvania.