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Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
A. Manufacturers to combine.

Louisville, KY, Aug. 23.-Charlea
D. Gates, president and general
manager of the Turnaday & Wool
worth Handle company, has returned
from New York, where he conferred
with capitalists who are promoting
a $25, 100000 trust, to take in all the
ak manufactures, the handle manu-
factories and the grindstone fac
tories in this country and Canada,
the plants to be operated under one
management.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
COULDN'T MAKE A HARBoR.
White Squadron Surrendered to the Blue
and the Game OF Naval Strait
egy Is Over.

Rockport, Mass, Aug. 25.-The
naval search problem on the New
England coast was terminated at $40
yesterday morning by the signal
surrender, demand and uncondi-
tional," from Rear Admiral Higgin-
sons flagship and the reply accept
surrender" from the fore truck of
the Prairie, Commander Pillsburys
flagship. The battle between the
blue, or defending squadron, and the
white, or attacking squadron, was
thus quickly ended eight miles south
of Thatcher's island. The enemy
had most signally failed to make
harbor, having for its objective
Sa lem
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
wallace Bishop Inferred.

Frankfort. KY, Aug. 23.-The Ken
tucky penitentiary mutiny incident
was closed yesterday by the burial
of Wallace Bishop, the leader of the
desperadoes. The body was in
tered in the prison graveyard at
Thorn Hill. Warden Lillard received
letter last night from Mrs. C. E.
Bishop, of Hammond, Ind, mother
of the dead man, saying: ken
tucky murdered my boy. Let her
bury him. What is lump of clay
to an outraged, broken-hearted
mother?"
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Only Patriotic Airs.

Washington, Aug. 25.-Ragtime mu-
sic will be barred in the parade of the
veterans at the G. A. r. encampment
The controversy on this point has
been finally settled by a decision that
the soldiers can have whatever kind
of music they desire. This means
that all the bands participating in
the march must play nothing except
patriotic airs.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
STILL FAR APART.
Senator Hanna Abandons Hope of
Ending Anthracite Strike.
operators Refuse to Yield One Iota and y
Settlement Is Imposs bile While Only
One Side Is Willing to

Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. 25.-United
States Senator Marcus A Hanna ar
rived in Buffalo yesterday from Mag
ara Falls. He was accompanied by
his daughter, Miss Ruth Hanna, and
her friend, Miss Phelps, of Cleve-
land. They were on their way to
Cleveland from Niagara Falls. After
drive around the city they re-
turned to Cleveland last night on
the boat. For the first time Senator
Hanna stated his abandonment
finally of all efforts to end the coal
strike. He believes that the oper-
ators should meet the miners in arbi-
tration.s 81 have exhausted my eff
forts" said Senator Hanna. Il have
done all in my power and can do no
more. / will make no further at
tempts, for it would be useless
He said there was no chance of ar
bitration so long as only one side,
the miners, was willing to arbitrate.
He gave it as his opinion that the
miners will not give in so long as
they are able to fight.
at will not be a short fight" said
he. "It will be prolonged and such
prolongation will mean not only
women and children dependent on
them, but it will have it's effect on
the American people. The longer the
struggle continues, the greater will
be the increase in the price of coal"
He said he considered the refusal
OF the operators to arbitrate as
final.
81 talked with Mr.. Morgan before
he went to Europe" continued the
senator, land before the strike was
fully under way. He deplored the
situation, but would take no active
part toward a settlement. His at
titude, in my opinion, is unchanged"
Decision of the Central Federation.
New York, Aug. 25.-President
Roosevelt will be asked to call spe-
cial session of congress to take ac-
ton to end the coal strike. This
was decided at a meeting yesterday
of the Central federation, represent
ing 100000 workingmen. A mass
meeting under the auspices of the
labor unions of New York city and
vicinity will be held, at which reso-
lutions will be adopted urging Presi
dent Roosevelt to Immediately call
congress to meet and decide upon
plans which will bring the strike to
a speedy termination.
The Peoples Alliance of Hazieton.
HaZleton, Pa, Aug. 25.-D. j. Nc
Carthy, chairman, and Mathew Long
and Harry Silverman, members of
the executive committee of the Peo-
pies alliance of Hazleton, went to
New York yesterday to endeavor to
put into operation some plan for
q, looking to a termination of the
strike. They decline to make public
their plan or to say whom they hope
to see in the metropolis.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
COSTLY TO OPERATORS.
In the Anthracite District 5000 Onicers
Are Constantly Employed to Guard
Idle Collieries.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Aug. est is
estimated that the coal and iron po-
icemen now guarding the idle col
leries in four counties of the an
thracite region number 5000. The
employment of so many special
guards has necessitated the expendi-
ture by the companies to date of ST.
100000. Besides paying the special
policemen a daily wage, the COM
panies supply them with food and
lodging.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Latest ! Kansas Events.
Recite. a Peculiar story.

Minnie a. Bushnell has brought suit
at Ottawa to set aside divorce re-
Gently granted her husband. ID. J.
Bushnell. The petition sets forth
that Mrs. Bushnell was induced to
sign an agreement for separation by
Bushnell's representation that he was
in compromising relation with
girl at Williamsburg, and that he
would remarry her-the plaintiff in
the case-as soon as the Williamsburg
affair could be settled. Bushnell is
said to have failed to carry out any
part of his agreement, and to have
deserted his divorced wife entirely.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
jail Guarded to Prevent a Lynchine.

Guthrie, Ok, Aug. 23.-The county
Jail at El Reno is heavily guarded
to prevent the lynching of Elish
Wheeler, aged 63, who yesterday was
convicted in the lower courts on the
charge OF outraging a 13-year-old
Sirl. He was placed under $1,000
snd and remanded to jail. There
is great excitement and lynching is
feared.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Says Redmond KILLED Her.

Topeka, Kan, Aug. ga woman
named Jessie Redmond, arrested here
for drunkenness, told the police that
she was the wife of the notorious
Kansas City criminal, Jim Redmond,
and that Redmond had often admit
ted to her that he was one of the
nlurderers of Emma Schumacher,
who was killed in a grocery store il
Kansas City in the winter of 1897.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Rose Is Working Hard.

Vernon Rose, the democratic NOM
inee for congress in the Seventh dis
trict against Congressman Chester L
Long, is conducting a very active
campaign. He is in the field all the
time and is speaking twice a day
most of the time.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Injured while Being Initiated.

Oklahoma City, Ok. Aug. 24.-Ed-
ward Hull, of Shawnee, is in the hos
fracture in his spinal column. He was
initiated at Shawnee by the Select
Knights and Ladies, and in the course
of the initiation he fell from
blanket in which he was being tossed
and sustained the injuries.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
school Fund Distributed.

The school population of Kansas
is 5OS,011 and the semi-annual distri-
button of the state school fund ag-
gregates 1929, ,524, being the interest
on S7,O0O,OOO permanent school fund
investment. This is A cents per
capita, an increase of five cents per
capita over the last distribution.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Cottonwood River Causing Alarm.

Emporia, Kan. Aug. 25.-The flood
situation along the Cottonwood river
near here is alarming. The Cotton
wood last night was at a standstill
at stage only few inches lower
than during the disastrous flood of
last June. Farms are de1uged and
homes are flooded, compelling bot
tom land farmers to flee from the
dangerous waters.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Claims Harris Recollection

Grant Harrington, who has charge
of the fusion Legislative campaign,
asserted that the fusionists would
elect so out of the 125 members of
the house and that w. a. Harris
would be returned to the United
States senate.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Drowned while SEEMING.

Harvey Baker. a farmer, was
drowned in the Kaw river a mile
above Bonner Springs. He with a
number of neighbors, had gone to
the river to seine fish. Mr.. Baker
had the outer end of the seine in
charge, and was swinging out from
the bank when he stepped off into a
pool over his depth.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Baptised Over 5000 People.

Rev. W. B. McNutt, a Baptist min
lister who died in Pratt at the age of
79 years, had been engaged in active
church work for half a century, and
during his career as a minister had
baptised over 5000 persons.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29

Constantinople, Aug. 25.-An I'M
perial order has been issued COM
manding that all the demands made
by the United States upon Turkey
be conceded and the relations be-
tween the porte and the United
States legation here have resumed
their normal condition
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Must Come Further West.

The center of corn production in
America is 81 miles southwest OF
Springfield, Ill. The crop which viii
be raised in Kansas this year viii
yank the center of corn production
a few leagues further west.-Topeka
Capital.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
oil .Gusher- Near Fort Scott

Fort Scott, Kan, Aug. 25.-The first
"gusher" gas well ever developed in
bourbon county has just been tested
at Harding, little town northwest
of here. 1t developed 100000 feet
capacity. This is east of the strip
known as the gas belt.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
BufraIo to observe mcK.nrey.. Death.

Buffalo, n. Y, Aug. 23.-Mayor
Knight has issued proclamation
suggesting that on Sunday, Septem-
ber IA, the first anniversary of the
death of President Mckinley, memo
rial services be held in all of the
churches in Buffalo and that the city
be draped with the flag of our coun-
try
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
The Negro Confessed the Crime.

Fort Scott, Kan, Aug. 23.-Jasper
Scott, the Kansas City negro arrest
ed for assaulting Mrs. W. H. Taylor
Thursday night, confessed last night
that he had committed the crime
The town is much excited and
lynching is imminent. The colored
people declare if an attempt is made
TO lynch Scott they will fight for his
life.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Tasted just Right.

Charles Marbel had a second crop
of strawberries on his vines near
Troy. They were not as plentiful as
the first crop, but were of good size
and tasted just right.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Much suKar Missing.

Duluth, Mimi, Aug. 23.-The dis
covery was made yesterday that 1O9,-
600 pounds of sugar belonging to the
sugar combine and stored in a Du-
luth warehouse is missing. The
sugar taken is valued at about 1000.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Roosevelt Acted as Godfather.

Newport, r. l.. Aug. 24.-President
Roosevelt over Sunday will be the
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Winthrop
Astor Chanler. The president came
to act as godfather to the infant son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Chanler and the child
was christened Roosevelt Ward Chan
Ter from a silver baptismal font pre-
Sented by the president.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Bigger Acreage Than Ever.

Despite the comparative failure of
the wheat crop this year, the farm
ers of the wheat belt are putting in
a larger acreage of the cereal than
ever They consider that it was
only exceptional conditions which in
terfered with the crop this year.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Married the Presidents Cousin.

Coburg, Kan, Aug. 25.-Miss Vivian
Sartoris, daughter of Nellie Grant
Sartoris and granddaughter of ex-
President Grant, was married here at
noon to Frederick Roosevelt Scoyel,
q cousin of President Roosevelt.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
A Pioneer of 1889.

Charles Swartz. resident of Lyon
county since 1889, is dead at the age
of so. He still occupied the farm he
homesteaded 43 years ago
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Fine STOCK at lows state Eair.

Des Moines, Ia, Aug. 23.-The en-
tries of cattle at the Iowa state fair
exceed by 100 those at the Inter
national Fat Stock show at Chicago
last winter. The dedication of the
live stock pavilion, erected at cost
of $4,000, VIII take place Monday
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
This Will Relieve Them.

A license tax imposed on Yelling
ton druggists by the action of the
city council of S1OO a year for sell
ing liquor and $500 a year if beer is
included, was declared invalid by Po-
lice Judge Shearman.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Record for Quick Corn.

Tanquarry brothers, who are ex-
tensive farmers near Beloit, claim
the record for quick corn. They have
well developed corn exactly Sc days
from the time they planted the
seed. They expect yield of 60 bush
els to the acre.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Has the Largest Acreage.

According to a statement prepared
by Secretary COburn, of the state
board of agriculture, 45S,000 acres
was planted to alfalfa in Kansas this
year, and it has a larger acreage than
any other tame grass.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29

st. Joseph. Mich, Aug. 25.-During
a fit of laughter yesterday Thomas
c. Garrett, aged 27. a drug clerk
from Chicago, lost his balance, fell
out of boat and the body was re-
covered in Is minutes, but life was
extinct.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Option on 1,7OO Acres.

It is understood that site for
the proposed s1o,Ooo,OOo cotton mill,
projected by southern and eastern
capitalists, has been selected at Hol-
liday, IA miles from Kansas City.
The promoters, it is said, hold an OPP
ton on 1,7OO acres of land at Holli-
day.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
For sDankinr His Wife.

the peace o. D. Dow, of Lebo, was
fined $40 and costs for spanking his
wife, just as he would two-year-old
boy, only harder"
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Curran Paid the Fine.

John H. Curran, secretary of the
populist state committee. who had
an alteration with Editor Fl. n.
Gaines, in Topeka, pleaded guilty to
the charge of assault Iand paid S25
6ne.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29

Washington, Aug. 25.-"If frost
will hold off another month beef viii
be cheaper by the holidays" That is
the promise of Secretary Wilson
head of the department of agricul
ture.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29

Lexington, KY, Aug. 25.-Ornsley
Covington and Charles Hunter, col
ored, and John O'Hara, white, were
killed by premature blast at the
city workhouse. O'Hara was man
ager of the works.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Rock Island May BE Interested.

1t is believed at Wellington that
the Rock Island is back of the scheme
which is being pushed to develop
salt mines in that vicinity.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Boy Killed by Lightning.

Grant Frame, aged seven, son of a
farmer near Jerusalem, Johnson
county, was killed by lightning as
he was entering his fathers barn. A
horse and three hogs were killed and
a brother stunned by the same bolt.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29

The boys who are confined in the
Topeka reform school complain that
they are not getting their fair share
of the food the state buys and pays
for. They say the officers of the in
stitution are getting the better of it,
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
OIL and Gas Wells brought in. -

Chanute, Kan, Aug. 25.-Six oil
and gas wells were brought i'm last
week in the Chanute gas field by the
companies operating here, making
a total now of 152 producers. Of
the six, two were phenomenal.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Big wheat Yields at HiIIsda1e.

Some big wheat yields are reported
around Hillsdale. J. T. Minnick
thrashed SO acres and the total yield
was 1859 bushels, an average of 36h
bushels per acre, and it was of stand
ard weight.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Against Political "PulIs.,

''The state board of charities will
endeavor to have bill passed by the
legislature next winter making it
misdeameanor, punishable by fine and
imprisonment, for a person to bring
political influence to bear to secure
the appointment of employees in the
various charitable Institutions said
Henry J. Allen, president of the
board. "The proposed law will also
make it crime for superintendent
to make political recommendations,
and the penalty win be removal from
office and a fine"
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Two Crops from One Field.

In Brown county, Morgan Walters
planted corn in his wheatfields imme-
diately after harvesting that grain.
He has now plowed it three times
and will have a good crop.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Eighty Bushels to the Acre.

Eighty bushels of oats to the acre
is the phenomenal yield of ten-acre
tract on the Isaac Baughman farm,
near Centropolis.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
NicboT. Win Not Resfgn.

Ernest R. Nichols, president OF the
state agricultural college at Man
haitian, has declined the presidency
of the Rhode Island agricultural col
lege recently offered him at an ad-
vance in salary.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Perish the Thought.

They are now. claiming that the
"pre-historic" skull dug up at Ian
sing belonged to an eN-convict. The
skull was found on the site of the
old prison cemetery.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29

Albany, Ind, Aug. 25.-Mrs. Minnie
Masterson, wife of James Masterson
was murdered here last night and
her husband is in Jail charged with
the murder. He denies the charge
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
One Cow Drought S61.65.

Lew Baker sent a cow from Com
anche county to the Kansas City
market which weighed 1870 pounds
and brought S61.50-
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
The Job Goes Begging.

The board of regents of the state
agricultural college is having a hard
time to find a man to take the place
of Prof. A. NJ. Cottren as professor
of agriculture and superintendent of
the college experiment farm. After
a trip through the east they first Of
fered the place to Prof. Gibbs, OF
Durham, n. Y. at a salary of 81, 500.
Prof. Cottrell's salary was $1,S0O. The
offer of the board to Prof. Gibbs was
refused. 1t was offered to three
others, who likewise turned it down.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Fnrmer Uses Motor Cycle.

J. G. McClun, a farmer near Caw-
ker City, uses a motor bicycle in
riding over his farm and the sur
rounding country. The machine
makes 35 miles an hour and cost 5000.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Marshall County's New Jail.

The new $4,000 Jail at Marysville
is nearing completion. 1t is located
on the public square alongside the
$40, 900 courthouse.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
stockmen's Picnic mt Kingman.

Stockmen from the southwest met
at King7nan for a two days annual
picnic. The programme included
women and boys riding contests.
cattle roping, hog-tieing and broncb~
riding.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
yarneu win Dig for Gas.

RI. Varnen, of Eldorado. will sink
a gas we'll on his farm adjoining town
and proposes to spend several thou
sands of dollars.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29

The Hague, Aug. 24.-The funds
raised by the national subscription
started to aid the Beers will be placed
at the disposal of the Boer generals
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29

Grandfather Before He Could Vote.
In Franklin county boy of 10 re-
Gently married woman of 40. This
woman had grown up son and. at
about the same time this son also
married. Now the son is father of
child and the Ottawa papers are
presenting the step-father as a rec
ord-breaker-as a man who became
a grandfather before he could vote.
Kansas City Journal.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
Township VIII Run a Railroad.

The Kansas & Southern railroad,
4 short line operating between Blaine
and Wetmore, has been placed in
the hands of receivers on application
of the Rock Creek township board.
The road was built in 1899 by the
Thayer-Moore Brokerage company.
of Kansas City. The township gave
them S31.500 in bonds and took stock
in exchange. The township board
contends the right to take the en-
gine and proposes to continue the:
operation of the road as soon as an
engine can be repaired. Representa-
tiveS of the receivers and brokerage
company are guarding the property.
Barton County democrat., 1902-08-29
The Field All to Himself.

Abilene has a unique industry en-
ploying 100 men almost night and
day who make all parts used in me-
chanical shooting galleries. merry
go-rounds, nickel-in-the-slot pianos
and military band organs. The con-
Germ is said to be the only one of
its kind in the world and is operated
by Charles W. Parker. His trade
field includes the two Americas, Eu-
rope, Asia and Africa and the islands
OF the sea.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-16
ST. LOUIS BooDLERs.

Another one of the st. Louis boodlers
has been convictcd-CoIonel Edward But
Ter. He gets three years in the peniten'
tiary. His crime was an attempt to bride
the city health officer in the matter OF
awarding a garbage contract.
One OF the convict's sons is a member OF
Congress.
Probably no city ever had more cor.
rupt or strongly entrenched ring than St
Louis. At last, however. the newspapers
and courts made It so hot for them that
one of the gang fled to Mexico. but firing
of his solitary life there, he returned home
ana made full confession.
In that way he was able to atone IN
some measure for his rascally conduct
while he was in the Board Of Aldermen.
The exposures made by him led to other
discoveries of wrong-doins. We suppose
Buffers case belongs to the latter class.
The lesson of the ST. Louis investigation
is that boodlers secrets will out, sooner
or later, IL the people show persistent
purpose to get at them.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-16
TELEPHONES.
EIGHT ON CONSTITUTION.

The expected has happened. Proceedings
have been begun before Judge Waddlii'
~ Norfolk. with the view Of testing the
raiiditv of the new Constitution OF this
ctstn 10 is asked to issue writ OF
prohibition forbiddng the State Board OF
Canyassers TO grant certificates OF cleo
.jcn 10 the candidates for Congress who
were elected on the 4th instant, because,
rs is alleged, the petitioners were not al
lowed to register. The preliminary no
tice is roturnable before Judge Waddiii
acre on Thursday.
1t would seem that this is the beginning
of the legal contest we have been expect
ing and against which the Virginia au-
tboritiee must be well fortified.
The State Board of Canvassers does not
meet until November 18th, and the term
of the members Of the Fifty-fourth Con
gross will not begin until March 4, 1908.
Ey the last date, if the Norfolk case be
not previously scattered TO the WINDS.
we should think a decision could be OBJ
>ained from the United States Supreme
Court Meanwhile. Attorney-General An
serson will have to make ready for what
possiblv NAV be a somewhat long and
tedious legal battle II he wants assistant
counsel The Legislature will give 1t to
him for the asking.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-16
For a Ship Railway.
(NeW York Press

If there is objection to spending $4,000
coo on ship canal. LET US build ship
railway for one-third the cost. or one
quarter. The obstacles in the way OF the
Eads Tehauntepec ship railway were IN
surmounsable. because the plan was 10
pull vessel bodily out of the sea. brace
1t UP on stills and haul IL on cars across
the isthnus, distance OF 10 miles. OF
course. no ship would long hold together
after such an experience. My idea is TO
float q vessel in a tank of water and haul
the tank This would not in the least
strain the vessel, no matter how uneven
the road might be.
BY means Of my tank ship railway ws
could pick up a vessel OF any size AZ
Hoboken and set it safely down in Lake
Erie In fourteen hours. All that Is neces-
sary is TO condemn one OF thu old roads
between here and Buffalo. widen the track
and bridges strengthen the road bed and
build the tanks. No sort OF mechanical
difficulty Is involved. I do not believe
this tank idea has been suggested BY
any other engineer Its feasibility IS az
once apparent. Across Panama. Nicara-
qua. or Tehuartepsc it would be IDEAL
and cost practically nothing in cornpaEE
son with canal. The saving in time
alone in ten years would repay the ef-
pcnditure.