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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
PRICE SAID TO BE $40, 900, 900.
Representative of Panama Canal Company
Sailed for New York to Dispose of the
Property the United States.

Paris, Dec. 30.-M. Lampre, secre-
tary general of the Panama Canal
company, sailed for New York Satur-
day on the French line osteamer
LAqpitaine, from Havre. He will
confer on his arrival in the United
States with a number of the Panama
company's American representatives,
and overtures for the sale of the ca
nal property to the United States
will then be renewed. In view of
the doubt existing in the United
States regarding the price the
Panama Canal company's representa-
tives intend to ask for the property,
the correspondent of the oAssociated
press made inquiries from the best
source of information on that SUBJ
iect, and is enabled to say that the
price will be, approximately, $4,000
BOO. This figures cannot yet be
given as the exact one, because the
company has not yet come to a
definite decision, but it will not be
appreciably higher.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
ANOTHER GREAT HOTEL.
tiful and Complete Hosiery
the Continent.

New York is to have another aag-
southeast corner of Fifth avenue and
Forty-fourth street. According to the
statements of those interested in the
venture it is to be the most beautiful
and complete hotel on the continent
With Delmonico's on one adjacent cor
ner and Sherry's on the other the ho-
tel will try to outshine its neighbors
in up-to-date appliances.-Just what the
cost will be is not yet determined. but It
was said that no expense would be
spared and that the expenditure would
che in the millions.
The syndicate that is to build the
hotel is composed of wealthy New
Workers, headed by DR.. William Sew
ard Webb, son-in-law of the late Will
liam 81. Vanderbilt. The site selected
extends 90 feet along Fifth avenue and
$50 feet along Forty-fourth street 1t
The hotel will be a skyscraper and
will have at least 400 rooms for the
accommodation of guests. Tt viii be
diversified and picturesque structure,
Astounding in loggias, balconies and
gables. If the expectations of the
promoters are realized it viii be the
t&llest hotel in New York. The main
floor will be finiSaed in onyx, mosaic
and marble. The private dining and
banquet rooms will be finished in gor-
geouS style.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
Minor State News Items.

John P. Hayden, the Irish member
of parliament recently imprisoned at
Dublin charged with melting a riot
and urging renters to ''rise," has a
brother in Topeka-Father Hayden,
Catholic priest.
Lanyou Bros. will erect and operate
zinc smelter at Neodesha, where
they hold extensive gas leases. This
is Neodesha's first factory of any
size aside from the Standard Oil re-
finery. The new smelter will have
5000 retort capacity.
About three O'Clock the other
morning shooting scrape occurred
at a masquerade ball in Kirwin.
Mack Shurtz and Charles Bingham en-
tered the hall and raised a disturb
ance, both being drunk. They refused
to leave when ordered out, and Shurtz
drew a revolver which, during a scuf-
fle with the manager, was discharged.
George Camp, who was sitting in the
rear of the hall, was shot just above
the heart.
Stepanor Kanzslki, of Hill City, who
was formerly head overseer of the
poultry farm of the car of Russia,
has been making some unique expert
ments in chicken raising. He mated
a chicken and a guinea, then the
chicken-guinea to Peking duck. The
result was mated to a turkey, then a
goose, then a peacock. The result
is three feet in height and has beau
tiful plumage. One of these birds has
been sent to the car.
Resolutions were adopted by the
state teachers association favoring a
compulsory education law and for
truant officers in every county. The
revision of the state tax law affecting
the public schools is urged. Recon-
mendation was made for the passage
of an act providing for the assess
ment of either state or county tax
for the support of the district schools
| in addition to the amount levied by
each school district.
Warden Jewett, of the Kansas peni-
Tertiary, is not pleased with his visit
to Yucatan, and did not purchase a
large supply of sisaI. The Irvine trust
| had knowledge of his departure and
| advanced the price to a point even
| higher than when Deputy Warden
! Thompson visited Yucatan a year
| ago.
| John Randolph, who died at Pitts
burg few days ago, was deputy OF
inspector. Chief Inspector Spencer ha:
appointed Mrs. Randolph, the widow
to fill the vacancy. Mrs. Randolph
| is the first woman to ever. hold tina
| kind of an Office in Kansas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
DEATH-DEALING wATERsPoUT
Two Hundred Persons Drowned at Safe,
Morocco, and the African Town
Damaged Enormously.

Tangier, Morocco, Dec. 3O.-A
waterspout has burst over the town
of Safe, Morocco. 1t inundated the
lower part of the town for the space
of IL hours, sweeping everything in-
to the sea. Two hundred persons
are reported to have been drowned.
There are no Europeans among the
dead. The damage to Safe is enor-
nous. Safe is n fortified seaport
town of Morocco. 1t has popula-
ton of $4,000, including about 1900
Jews. 1t is enclosed by massive walls
and has palace and a small fort.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
ONLY DELAYING REFORM.
duction VIII Sooner or Later
Prevail.

Those republicans that have been
advocating tariff reform, either
through revision or reciprocity, with
L good deal of earnestness are not de-
lighted with the situation in the tar
iff field as they find it. They. are con-
Einced, apparently, that efree trade,
Or anything like it, is quite as OBJ
noXious to those who shape republic
an policies as it ever was, and that
there is going to be no abandonment
of the protective policyyet awhile.
1t has become clear that any abate-
ment of tariff taxation through re-
vision or9reciprocity can be had only
by sacrificing the protected interests
and none of these interests is will
ing TO be sacrificed. Each of the ben
eficiaries of the protective policy is
entirely willing that any or all of the
others should make a sacrificial offer
ing of themselves, but he wants none
of it ON his plate, thank you, says the:
Binghamton IN. W Leader.
This is, of course, generally speak
ing. There are few individual eases
of men who are. prepared to forego.
the protection on their industries for
the sake of the wider markets such
sacrifice would bring them, but a
large majority of the representatives
of those industries refuse to see the
matter in the same light. Mr.. a. B..
Farquhar, of Troy, Pa, a manufae-
turer of agricultural implements, long
ago took advanced ground on the tar
iff question, and he is there yet, but
his views have not won sufficiently
wide acceptance to make them i'm
pressive.
There is, of course, no doubt that
the tariff will be reformed sooner or
later. The demand for reform is
growing, and it will yet be too strong
to be resisted. The movement to-
ward freer trade is checked some
what, especially ia republicanism, by
professed apprehension that tariff
changes will disturb our present pros
perity. This argument falls readily
from the lips of those who have al
ways insisted, for political purposes,
that the tariff law of 1898 brought
on the panic. Republican prosperity
! is sensitive and timid, and 1T is easy
to brighten it away. But the time
is coming, and soon, at that, when
this and other. arguments against the
abandonment of robber protection
will not serve. The national democ-
racy, united on this question, will be
able to make it uncomfortably hot
for the advocates of pickpocket tar
! ifs
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
The Frisco Spider WEI.

The Frisco railroad looks like a
great spider web. With the Memphis
line it now runs from Ellsworth, Kan,
to Memphis and Birmingham, Ala. 1t
runs from ST. Louis to Oklahoma and
from Kansas City and ST. Louis to
Dallas and Brownwood, Tex. Tt is
building to Spofford near Eagle Pass
ON the Rio Grande and to San Anto-
MIC. 1t hauls corn from Kansas and
Missouri, cotton from Oklahoma, Ala
bama, Tennessee and Texas, zinc from
joplin, coal from southeastern Kan
aas and timber from Arkansas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
LARGER SCHOOL BUILDINGS RE-
QUIRED.

oOwing to the recent large influx. of
population into Western Canada it
has become absolutely necessary in
many parts of Manitoba, Assinibpia
Saskatchewan and Alberta to in
crease the school accommodation. In
many places buildings have been
erected that are only half-occupied.
This is perhaps as good evidence as
will be found not only of their salts
faction with their present school sys-
tenn and their confidence that it will
remain as it is, but also of their firm
belief in the future expansion of the
country, in increased immigration,
and it further indicates that they
have little fear that the well estab-
lished rate. of births in civilized COM
munities will not be maintained
there.
The free homestead laws and the
cheap railway lands offer great in
ducements, which are opening up the
new settlements Agents of the Gov
eminent of Canada are actively at
work in different portions of the
States for the purpose of giving in
formation to possible settlers, and
advertisements are now appearing in
a large number of papers, giving the
names and locations of these Agents.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
With a Latter to Rooseyeit
"I NAME THEE MISSOURI"
With These Simple Words Mss Marion
COckren Christened the Great Battleship
Named for Her Native State.

Newport News, Va. Dec. 3O.-The
first-class battleship Missouri slowly
passed from the ways in the yards OF
the Newport News Dry Dock and
Shipbuilding company at HIP o'clock
Saturday morning. 81 name thee
Missouri were the simple words of
Miss Marion Cockren, daughter of the
senior senator from Missouri, as she
broke a bottle. of native wine against
the steel hull. There was no splash
of water, no bounding of the great
hull. She passed twice her length
from the ways into the water. Her
PROV seemed to skim the surface,
and then as the keel felt the sea she
sank to her water line in the historic
waters of Hampton roads. \
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
USED HYPNOTIC POWER.
Travelling Evangelists, Accused of Undue
Methods in Erecting Conversions, Driv-
Out of a Topeka Suburb.

Topeka, Kan, Dec. 30.-Rev. J. F. c.
Hill and wife, travelling evangelists,
haye been conducting revival meet
ingso in suburb of Topeka for a
couple of weeks. They have been
bringing in. converts by the score
Some of the religious people of that
vicinity claim to have discovered
that the evangelists were using hyp-
motto power to effect conversions, and
last night they broke up the revival
and drove the Hills from the hall
The evangelists declare that they will
open up a revival in some other sec
ton of Topeka.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
The Charity Clerk said to Be shor.

New York, Dec. 3O.-The city com.
missioners of accounts reported to
Mayor Van Wyck Saturday that they
had made especial examination of the
cash accounts of which Charles A
Alden was acting trustee and acting
treasurer for the commissioner Oh
charities, Mr.. Keller, and that they
found a shortage of So, 1S7. In the
absence of Mr.. Alden's cash and check
book the commissioners do not certify
to the exactaess of their findings
Alden went to Philadelphia December
81 and has not been heard from since
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
TO TRY 1T AGAIN.
Carnegie Preparing a Second Proposition
for Endowing a National University,
with Trust Bonds Omitted.

Washington, Dec. 30.-President
Roosevelt has received information
from Andrew Carnegie that is ex-
pected to enable him to Submit to
congress a form of gift of 100000
to the United States for higher edu-
cation. This offer will not be in
bonds of the United States Steel cor
poration, as formerly proposed. The
gift will probably be in cash or in Sc
curities drawing annual interest
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
OPPOSED TO MODERN IDEAS.
The New Ameer of AfghanIstan Says He
WIN Maintsin the Policy of ffis
Father.

Allahabad, Dec. 30.-At a great
durbar held at Catn1 recently the
Rmeer, Habib UIlah Khan, address,
'Eg the assembled chieftains, prom
ised to maintain the policy of his
father, the late ameer, in guarding
Afghanistan against foreign agrees
sion and lin preventing the introduce
ton of railroads, telegraphs, Euro
pean trade and education by missions
aries.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
warm Countries for Iongevit,

More people live to be centenarians
Gin warm countries than in cold ones.
sThe: German empire, with $4,000, 900
. inhabitants, has IT'S centenarians.
France. with 100000, has 21S. En-
gland has only LAG and Scotland 46.
Sweden has 10, Norway %, Belgium
S, Denmark 2, Spain 401 and Sw;tzer-
land none Servia. with a Population
of 2,25O,00o, has SIS people over 100
wears old.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
DROPPED TO THE BOTTOM.
An Accident to a Cage at a Mine Causes
the Death of Six Out of Eight Men
Who Were Ascending.

Hartshorn, I. T., Dec. s0.-At shaft
No. of the McAlester Coal company
here Saturday, while the cage. was
ascending with eight men it jumped
its guidings about 100 feet from the
bottom of the shaft. Six out of the
eight men were killed. They were
caught between the cage and the
buntings and their bodies dropped to
the bottom of the shaft. All killed
were Russians.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
OPPOSE THE SHIP SUBSIDY.
Popular Opinion Is Strongly Against
the Nefarious Republican
Measure.

In the recent action of the Illinois
State Grange, renewing that body's
opposition to the passage of the ship
subsidy bill, there is found continued
proof of the fact that public senti-
ment is unalterably against the meas,
ure in question and that strong pres
sure will again be brought to bear
in Washington to defeat the new bill,
SAYS the ST. Louis Republic.
The basis of this unehanging oppo-
sition to the ship-subsidy bill was
correctly stated in that sentence of
the resolution adopted by the Illi-
nois State Grange which declared that
the defeat of the bill was sought be-
cause the grange. believed cit to be
unwise and uni ust and special 2egisla-
ton, designed to favor a few moneyed
corporations at the expense of the
general public"
All the special pleading possible to
the republican group backing the
ship-subsidy bill Will not remove from
the popular mind this just conviction
that the measure is a syndicate meas
ure, placing a tax of many millions
upon the people in order that the
shipping corporations which inspired
the proposed legislation may be fur
Their enriched by subsidy. This truth
was made so plain in the Fifty-sixth
congress that the people are not like
ly to forget the teaching.
The present outlook, however, is
that the ship-sHkiay bill will be en-
acted into law. n11R1ican party
is virtually pledged 49, sage OF
the bill. President Roosevelt has
with more or less directness, in
dorsed the measure in his message
to congress. The spectacle likely to
be presented in Washington at an
early date is that of the passage %
the ship-subsidy bill in the face of q
popular opposition which, under prop
er conditions, should make defeat GER
| tain.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
Not on the Programme.

Carrie Nation, the Kansas joint
smasher, attempted to address the
state teachers association. Going up
60 the speakers stand, Mrs. Nation
sold President Sinclair that she had
been requested to speak by a large
number of the teachers. The presi-
lent informed her that he had heard
aothing of such a request. Without
waiting for an introduction Mrs. Ma
ton advanced to the front of the
platform and began to address the
teachers n.her usual style. She was
removed before she had fairly started.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
Legacy for Historical Society.

The largest beneficiary of the es-
tate of the late Richard J. Hinton,
journalist, author and soldier, who
lied recently in London, will be the
Kansas Historical society. It win re-
:eive the big collection of relics and
manuscripts owned by Col. Hinton.
These all have a bearing on Kansas,
more especially the manuscripts.
The colonel was a close friend of John
Brown during the early Kansas
troubles. He was a newspaper man
st the same time. He was in posi-
ion to pick up lots of stuff that
would be valuable, historically, later
IN, and with a newspaper mans in
stinct he gathered it in and pre-
erved it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
Where True Happiness Abides

Anew Jersey girl has applied to
court for an injunction to prevent a
young man from marrying another
girl. The growing scarcity of mar
riageable men in the east forces the
surplus of women to take desperate
chances. Mary Livermore's advice,
eco west, girls, go west" should be
needed. There true happiness abides.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
Trials of the National Aid.

The National Aid association which
was recently shut out of South Da-
kota, is fraternal organization
started in connection with the Farm
ers' Alliance in 1891. 1t has a debt of
$4,000 with no assets. Recently a
union with the Bankers Union, of
Omaha, was attempted, but it failed
because of the interference of other
orders. A receiver was then asked
for, but none has been appointed as
yet The order has about 5000 MEM
bers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
Owns Aguina1do,s. Rega1ia.

Richard II. Cooper, a private of the
Eleventh United States cavalry, who
has just returned from the Philip
pines, has brought with him the re-
gala which Aguinaldo always wore
on dress parade before the outbreak.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
Unhurt by a Fall Into a Well.

Leavenworth, Kan, Dec. 29.-While
Mrs. Ferguson, weighing $50, was
drawing a bucket of water from a
well the covering gave way and she
was precipitated to the bottom, a
depth of so feet. 1t required the unit
ed exertions of six men to bring her
to the surface. Upon reaching the
top she walked off, seemingly none
the worse for her fall and bath in
two feet of water.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
THIS MAY SETTLE IT.
Pro- Boer Meet ng at Topeka Cables to Lon
6OR Urging President Roosevelt and
Queen Wlhelmina as Arbitrators.

Topeka, Kan, Dec. 3o.-David Over
myer, Judge Waters and Gen. J. K.
Hudson addressed a big pro-BoeT
meeting in the opera house yester-
day. Mr.. Overnyer said the United
States ought to step in and settle the
trouble in the interests of humanity
and also in the interests of our com
mercia1 trade. Gen. Hudson de-
nounced the concentration camp sys-
TEN. Resolutions urging England to
name President Roosevelt and the
queen of Holland as arbitrator to
settle the war were adopted and
cahled to London.
With Letter to Roosevelt.
Amsterdam, Dec. 29.-As the result
of conferences between a clergyman
Rev. Mr.. Broekhuysen, and the Boel
leaders here, it has been decided to
send c. M. Vessels to the United
States in January bearing letter
from Mr.. Kruger to President Roose.
welt.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
When You Order

Bakers Chocolate or Bakers Cocoa ex-
anime the package you receive and make
sure that it bears the. well-known trade
mark of the chocolate girl.
There are many limitations of these choice
goods on the market.
copy of Miss Parioa's choice recipes
Address Walter Baker & Co... Limiteds'
Dorchester, Mass.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
Drought and Financial Panic..

A veteran weather observer in
Massa chusetts has written a magazine
article intended to demonstrate that
every severe financial panic has been
closely associated with a protracted
period of deficient erainfall.' This
theory will help on the irrigation
BOOM Q
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
Increase in Desertions.

Chicago, Dec. 3O.-The annual re-
port of Maj. Gen. ElwelloS. Otis, COM
mander of the department of the
lakes, was made public here Satur-
day. Gen. Otis calls attention to an
increase in the number of assertions
and calls attention to the need for
additional room for combining milf
tary prisoners.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
Has No Reason to Complain.

In Missouri, taking the entire state
as the basis of calculation, the aver
age annual salary of male teachers
in the public schools is 1926 a year
and of female teachers $500 a year.
oThe new woman in Missouri has no
reason to complain of the estimate
placed on her services in the educa-
tional field.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
Christmas Tree Caused a Fire.

Chicago, Dec. 30.-A Christmas tree
loaded with inflammable ornaments
and candles caused fire last night
that destroyed the Alexander apart
ment building, a six-story structure,
corner of Bowen avenue and Cottage
Grove avenue. The loss will exceed
S10O OOO
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
Needs oM,x an initiatives.

Senator Burrows, of Michigan, has
introduced a bill providing that in
case of legislative deadlock United
States senators shall be elected by di-
rect vote of the people. Should this
initiatory step. be adopted it would
not be long before the election of
United States senator's by the popular
vote would be made general.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
Veterans May Carry the Mail.

Washington, Dec. 30.-The president
at the instance of veteran associa-
tions has amended the civil service
rules applicable to the rural free de-
livery service, SO as to except from
the operation of the age limit veter-
ans of the civil and Spanish Amer
lean wars who file application for
appointment as carriers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
schley WIN Take No Further Action.

Washington, Dec. 3O.-As result
of conference held Saturday by Rear
Admiral Schley with his counsel, Mr..
Rayner and Mr.. league, there is rea-
son to believe no further action will
be taken by the naval officer to clear
his record of the stigma placed upon
it by the naval court of inquiry and
Historian MaclaY.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
Chicago's Biggest Sky scraper.

Chicago, Dec. 3O.-The First nfs
tional bank of Chicago has perfected
plans for the erection at Monroe and
Dearborn streets of an office build
ing much larger than any heretofore
constructed in Chicago. The cost of
constructing the building will be near
100000. The ground area will be
1eOX232 feet. 1t will be 16 stories
high.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
For a rrIp around the World.

II. D. Washburn and J. F. Enter
line, prosperous business men of
Downs, have started for trip around
the world. They expect to be gone
six months, and will visit the Hawa-
ian islands, China, the Philippines,
Egypt, Palestine, Cyprus, Greece,
Italy, France, England and many
other places.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03
To Inspect modern Asylum.

Henry J. Allen, Chairman Of the
state board of charities, will go to
New York to inspect the construc-
ton of a new insane asylum. The
board wants to build the Parsons
asylum on the latest plan, and Aliens
trip is to take look at q modern
institution