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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-05-15
APPOINTS A WOMAN
Governor Gives the Fair Sex Rep.
resentation on the Ander.
sonviIle Board.
WAR MADE ON THE GERMAN CARP
Also on Unauthorized Corporations
Bold Case OF Hazing at the
'Varsity-State Notes.

Lansing, Mich, May 11.-Governor
Bliss chose woman as one Of the
commissioners TO erect the monument
to Michigan soldiers who died in the
Confederate prison at Andersonville.
The bill passed by the legislature, APP
propriating $4,000 for this monument,
did not specify that one of the men,
bers should be woman, but the gov
ernor compllmented the Woman's Re
lief corps, which, by purchasing the
grounds on which the prison stood,
made it possible to erect the state
monument The board is as follows:
Mrs Jennie Carpenter, of Saginaw;
Il. S. Jameson, Of Marine City, and
George \. Stone. of Lansing. The gov
ernor has nominated Mrs May Stock
ing Knaggs, of Bay City. TO succeed
herself on the board Of the industrial
school for girls.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-05-15
He Wars on Germs an Carp.

Lansing, MAY 11.-For two days Ed
Gilman. of Detroit, has been in Ian
days Ed Gilman, of Detroit, in Ian
sing waging war on the German carp.
He left for home after having induced
the house game committee to report
favorably n bill to permit the catch
ing of carp with net in all the waters
of the state. carp are an unmitigated
nuisance" he said. They have in
creased so rapidly that they are over
running our waters. They are the hogs
Of the water world, and do incalcula-
BILE damage to the spawn Of useful
fish
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03
1T WAS NO SURPRISE.
Victor MurdOk'S Election as Congress.
man Was Accomplished With
Little Effort.

The republican machine, as predicted
by the Index several times before the
election, had everything its own way
last week. Victor Murdock was elect.
ed by about 10000 plurality. His
majority over all the candidates is
about 1000 Only about half of the
vote of the district was cast and fully
80 per cant of the stay at home votes
were democrats and Populists.
Notwithstanding that Murdock's
election was all the time conceded,
there were several surprises connected
with the election While Murdoch
carried every county in the state by
reason of the divided opposition his
entire vote was much smaller than the
usual republican vote.
Another surprise was the practical
disintegration of the Peoples party.
The greatest surprise was the tre-
mendous gains of the socialist par
party. Last year their candidate for
congressman received 500 votes in the
district. This year at special election
and in a busy season they polled
nearly 2OOO
0In the light of the foregoing facts
theirs is no longer any need of a Popu-
list organization. The membership
has drifted elsewhere. Seme have gone
back to the republican party but most
of them have gone to the Democratic
and Socialist parties.
This turn Of events insures bright
future for the democracy of Kansas if
1t maintains its present integrity and
continues to adopt progressive plat
forms, OF which there is little doubt.
The total vote in the county was 831
LESS than half. Last fall there were
1895 votes returned at the county clerk g
office and the total vote was about
1850. About fifty ballots construed to
be void we're not recorded last fall.
There was only one void ballot this
spring. That one was cast for w. l..
Coryell in this township.
The following is the vote by precincts
in Barber county:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03
Board of Equalization.

The county commissioners met as a
Board of Equalization at the county
clerks Office on Monday and are still in
session.
The most important change made in
valuations was the lowering Of real es-
tate 20 per cent in the south half of
Sharon township. This puts it back
where it was before the raise made last
year at the suggestion of Hugh Rankin,
then commissioner, who resides in that
township. The raise created so much
dissatisfaction that mass meetings
were held and committees appointed to
appeal to the commissioners for relief
They we're heard on Monday and the
Board decided that it was right to fix
the valuation uniformly over the entire
township and therefore reduced the
south half to the same basis as the
north half. This leaves Sharon town
ship still higher than many of the 9TH
ers but the adjustment lis satisfactory
to Sharon people.
The Board is going over all assess
ments thoroughly but only small chang
es have so far been made.
They will complete their work today.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03
STORMS AND FLOODS!
Catastrophes Unparalleled in Kan.
SaS History. Heavy Losses.

Rains and tOrnadoes are still regular
visitors in this country and last Friday
one of the twisters came dreadfully
near striking Medicine Lodge. Enough
Of it struck the outskirts to take the
grandstand on the fair grounds and the
way 1t blew in the heart of the city
was sufficient to send most OF the popu.
latiOn into their cellers.
The damage caused by the elements
in other parts Of the state has been
great. On Saturday North Topeka was
under water and many lives were lost.
Emporia, Abilene and many other
cities suffered much damage.
Kansas City was flooded also and the
loss of life is estimated In the hundreds.
The Union depot was standing in eight
feet Of water Monday.
The Missouri and Kaw rivers were
higher than ever before in their history
and the territory submerged for miles
around. The loss of property extends
into the millions. Railroad traffic in
many places was entirely shut off.
Farther north in Dakota and Montana
there were snow storms. Even here
the weather was cold enough on Sun.
day aud Monday to make overcoats,
and fires in our stoves feel very COM
Portable.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03
School Meetings.
w. T. COLLINS, Adj.

People who liYe in country school
districts should not forget that their
annual school meetings occur on June
18th by virture Of new law passed by
the legislature. IF the district is not
prepared to transact its business this
early the meeting should be held any
way and an adjournment taken to q
specified date. The state superintend-
ent has just informed the county super
intendent that this can be done with
out posting notice for the adjourned
meeting.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03
Vote of Thanks.

At special meeting of the G. A. r.
on Saturday evening vote of thanks
was rendered the patriotic people of
Medicine Lodge and vicinity, and
especially Waldron Chase for the use of
his piano, the speaker, the Medicine
Lodge band and those who furnished
vocal and instrumental music, for their
assistance in the Decoration exercises
on Decoration Day.
JOHN MACGREGoR.
Commander.
w. T. COLLINS, Adj.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

From the foregoing table it will be
seen that the populist candidate re-
ceiVed only IL more votes in the county
than the socialist candidate. That
ratio IS maintained throughout the
district. In the city of Wichita Mr..
Roessler received more votes than did
Mr.. Babb, although Babb received
more in Sedgwick county.
In some formerly Populist strong
holds In this county Mr.. Babb did not
receive vote while Clyne, the Demo-
cratic candidate. received the usual
P0pulist majority. Only one town
ship In the county-Elm Mills-gave
Babb more votes than Clyne.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

Miss Margaret Forsyth departed last
Wednesday for her former home in
Canada. Before she left the members
of the Methodist choir and the Epworth
League gave q farewell reception and
surprise in her honor at the residence
Of Mrs. VIM. Palmer. The choir pre-
sented her with Q beautiful clock
and the League gave her . fne gold
EpWorth pin. Mrs. A. ~. Houchin
made the presentation speech In behalf
Of the choir. and Miss Matte Watkins
presented the PIN in behalf Of the
League. Miss Edna Hall accompanied
her for the purpose Of continuing her
musical course They have not def
nitely decided when they will return.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

A letter received by E. s. Rule
from l.. A. Beals of Fruita, Colorado.
states that he is well pleased with
Colorado and that himself and family
are in good health but that his father
who spent the winter in California
but who ia now at fruita with him,
is in very poor health. He says there
are projects for all kinds of fruit ex-
cept peaches. They were killed by
the hard freeze last winter. He sends
his regards to all his old friends In
this part of the country and says he is
not homesick and does not care to
come back to Kansas and face the
hot winds and drouths.-Sharon Ad-
vocate.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

An example Of partisan llttleness In
an ordinary news item appeared in
the machine organ OF this city last
week. In It's account of the capture of
the horsethief who traded a stolen
mare to Kinkaid and johnson, it stat
ed that the stolen animal was recovered
through the efforts Of Mr.. KinKaId
when the fact is that Sheriff Haun re-
covered the mare. Ii this had been a
mere oversight it might be passed
without comment but when it is re-
membered that the editor had full
kn0wledge OF the facts. had himself
previously published them correctly,
and only published the falsehood to
deprive a democratic sheriff OF the
credit due him. 1t is InexcusabIe. This
is one OF the ways in which q news
paper can take mean advantages OF
q public officer. A sheriff is entitled
to great credit for apprehending Grim.
inals and he ought 20 be given that
credit when he does 1t. regardless OF
whether he be democrat or q republi-
can.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03
Annual Convention.

The Eighteenth Annual convention
OF the Barber and Pratt county Picnic
Association will ba held at the Amber
school house on Elm Creek on Sunday,
June q, 1908. at O'Clock p. M, for
the purpose of electing officers for the
ensuing year and arranging for the
picnic which will be held the first Sat-
urday in August. All Sunday schools
are entitled to two. delegates. Let rs
haYe q full representation.
PARIS HTTTLE, President.
GEO. SELLERS, Secretary.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

We are compelled to have . few more
teachers for fall schools at once. The
only agency In the u. s. which refunds
registration fee in ease you fail to Sc
cure q position. Write at once for
we need you. Schools supplied with
competent teachers tree OF cost. Ad-
dress with stamp.
American Teachers Association.
j. l.. GRAHAM. LII. D. MGR.
Memphis. Tenn.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

D. w. Travis, of Pratt, the state fish
commissioner, was here on official
business Wednesday. He has received
several complaints from this county on
alleged violations of the fish laws, such
as seining, trapping and using explo-
sives and he came down to Investigate.
Before he left he appointed G. M Ross
deputy for this comfy who will keep
a close watch on fishermen. The pen
atty for violating the fish law IS very
severe and care should be taken not to
owe rstep. And yet there is such a
thing as being too cranky in this
matter.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

r. I. Keller was Gp from Hazelton
last Wednesday. He says they were
muchly disturbed down there on cleo
tiOn day by terrific hail storm. A
great many windows in business and
dwelling houses were ruined. Ralph
says that hail insurance is booming as
q re suit Of the storm.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03
ONLY ONE STATE FAIR.
The Kansas Legislature Recognizes the
Hutchinson Fair as the State Fair.

Below we print copy of the law
passed during the meeting of the
Kansas legislature last winter, recog-
nizing the Hutchinson fair as the State
Fair of Kansas:
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Kansas:
Section L. That the Central Kansas
Fair Association is hereby authorized
to police it's fair grounds and to- en-
force the rules and regulations of said
association.
Section 2. That the fairs held and
the premiums awarded by said asso-
ciation shall have the same standing
as those given by other states.
Section 8. This act shall be in
force and take effect from and after
IS publication in the official state pa
per.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

Chester Martin is preparing to
practice law. He is reading In his
fathers law office. Chester completed
the high school course in this city this
spring and has laid the foundation for
a brilliant future.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

Mr.. aud Mrs. r. H. Frederick of
FAIRY, were in Alva Monday, on a
trading expedition. They are old
time friends Of the editor and we're
visiting Mrs. DeGeer.-Alva Record.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

Mrs. w. H. McCage went to Alva on
Monday to visit her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Purcell.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

Ben Hlghfsld and the MeCaskey
girl who disposed of stolen horse to
Kinkaid s. Johnson few weeks ago,
were captured at Whltedeer, Texas by
Sheriff Oates of Woods county, Okla
homa, little over week ago, and are
now In custody at Alya.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

DR.. j. T. Cushenbery has fitted up an
office at the Young Drug store and has
closed his Office over the Bank. Leave
all calls at the Drug Store.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

Sharon, Moore and Hazelton town
ships were we'll represented at the
meeting of the Board of Equalization
on Monday.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

Claude E. Walter, foreman of th'
Sharon Advocate, visited with hom,
folks Sunday.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

The state fair of Kansas this year
will be held at Hutchinson, September
IA to 49,. Drop a card to Ed M. Moore,
secretary, Hutchinson, Kansas, and he
will mail you premium list.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

Doctor D. f. Tedrow last week re-
celyed notice that his pension has been
increased from $45 TO $55 per month.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

f. l.. Gordon has grass for 500 cattle,
three everlasting streams Of water in
pasture, good grass and well fenced.
WIN take them on liberal terms.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

F. E. Reads mother departed last
week for her home in New York.
Caddy, her granddaughter, went with
her.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

Mrs. Chester |. Long entertained
the Monday Afternoon Club last We'd
nesday. The members speak highly of
the manner in which they were enter
tanned.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

The weather was very disagreeable
crowd nevertheless. The exercises
were very entertaining. in. Tincher
made the memorial address.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

Ed Adams departed on Monday for
a visit with his brother at Lakin.
Kansas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

Get your bran and shorts at III. D..
Fairs. 75c and 85c per 100.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

Mrs. l.. T. Wilson came up from
Alva last Friday to visit with her sister,
Mrs. Eugene Youmans. She returns
ho me today.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

The receipts at the Methodist dinner
on decoration day were $85.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

Prof. Snepardson will go to Marys-
Vile, Marshall county, Kansas, next
Monday, where he will be in a teachers
normal institute through June. He will
then work through July in the normal
In Harper county, and will conduct the
normal in Ford county at Dodge City,
through August.-Anthony Bulletin.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

Miss Mildred Gauo Is visiting at
Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

Best flour on earth-kramer's big
K. Only Soc per sack at II. D. Fairs.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

DR.. Hammond's Dental Office is over
Halls Fl Ardware Store.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

Hand wanted by day or month";. C.
Alexander, Eagle township.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

Lewis w. Thompsonrecelvedt the sad
news Of the death OF his sister, Mrs.
Gale, residing at Clinton, Illinois, May
23rd. She died On the 21st but Mr..
Thompson did not receive the message
until the day of the flneral-two days
after her death. Mrs. Gale visited here
last summer. She was 20 years of age.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

Senator Long made the memorial
address at Anthony on Saturday.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03

Don't forget the dance tomorrow
night.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-06-03
o666066o 6o66osS5oo6o6UO
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Remember the dance at the opera
honse tomorrow night.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-02
HAY SENDS WARNING.
Protest Against Any Power Gaining
Territory in Violation of
Picking Treaty.

Washington, April 27-After hear
ing from President Roosevelt Secre-
tary Hay cabled a note to China
through Minister Conger at Picking
protesting against Russia or any other
country acquiring a foot of Chinese
territory, and warning China of what
the consequences will be if she permits
the alternating of any part of the en-
pre-. The president left the matter
entirely in Mr.. Hays hands Copies of
the note were sent to all the powers
that signed the Peking treaty.
Cabled instructions also have been
sent to Minister Conger at Picking to
express to the Chinese authorities the
dissatisfaction of the United States
with Russia's demands and our hope
that China will not accede to them.
London, April est is officially
announced here that the Chinese GOV
eminent has sent to the Russian GOV
eminent at ST. Petersburg a formal
refusal to grant the latter's demands
IN regard to the evacuation of Man
churia
Picking, April 2S.-Minister Conger
has sent note to Prince Ching, the
grand secretary, protesting against
two features Of Russia's proposed
Manchurlan agreemen, which are con-
sidered particularly antagonistic to
American interests.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-02
TERRIBLE COLLISION.
Crashes Into Work Cars in Kan
sas-EIeven Men Killed.

2 Buffalo, Kan, April 2s.-A north
bound Missouri Pacific stock train
crashed into the rear end of a work
train just north of this town at seven
o'clock Sunday evening and II men
were killed and rs injured. Ten of
the latter are seriously and four
q bably fatally hurt. They were
Greeks and Italians, excepting one,
Peter Fry, an American, who has
lived here several years and was
boss on the work train. The cause
of orders.
The work train consisted of fat
ears and a caboose, all filled with ID
borers. The~men on the fat cars
escaped by jumping, but hardly a
man in the caboose escaped. The
work train was backing into town for
the night and running at a good
speed. The heavy freight engine did
not leave the track, but plowed the
work train off the track, leaving lit
tie of it except car wheels and
kindling wood. Doctors of Buffalo,
assisted by townspeople, did heroic
work among the injured until the
wrecking train with surgeons of
Neodesha and a corps of half a
dozen physicians from Cofeyville and
Independence arrived. The dead and
injured were taken to Coffeyville. the
latter to be temporarily cared for at
the hospital there. The scene of the
wreck for several hours looked like
battlefield by the dazzling light of
the burning debris, with dead men
strewn about upon the ground where
they had been left after being taken
from the wreck
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-02
OBTAINS NO RELIEF.
Supreme Court Refuses to Consider
Test Case of CoIored Man of Ala
hama Because Political.

Washington, April 28.-The United
States. supreme court. Monday decid-
ed the case of Jackson w Giles VS..
the board of registrars of aNfontgom-
cry county, Ala. Giles is. a colored
man, who was denied the privilege of
registering as voter under the new
constitution of Alabama, and the case
was brought to test the validity of
the portion of the state constitution
bearing upon this question. The re-
lief sought was denied on the ground
that the case was political.
Justice Holmes, who delivered the
opinion, said that for the court to
interfere would be unheard of relief
in cases presenting only political
questions.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-02
Preferred the Hogs.

They tell good one on prominent real
estate man of Waurika Some time ago he
carried a prospector over on Beaver Greek
to show him a certain claim. He told the
man that it was an exceptionally fine claim
that the land did not overflow, and that
he would sell it to him for 81, GOO The man
looked around and discovered some red
mud way up in a tree and asked the real
estate man what caused that mud in the
tree tops if the land did not overflow. The
agent promptly replied that there was a
kind of hog raised over in the Chickasaw
country which used to range on the creek
and that they rubbed the mud on the trees
The prospector took look over the land,
glanced up in the tree again, and told the
Waurika man that he wouldn't take the
claim, but that he would give him 81 600
for couple of those hogs.-Kansas City
.Tournaj
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-02
After Four Months in Bed.

Powersville, Ky, April 27th.-Mrs. J. ].
Monson, who has been i'll for over eight
years, says:
Eyes, it is truly wonderful. I am SO years
of age and for the last eight years | have
suffered with acute Kidney trouble.
Il tried all the doctors within reach and
many other medicines, but got no relief till
| used that new remedy, Dodd's Kidney
Pills.
Il was confined to my bed for four months
this winter and had such g, pain inmy side
[ couldn't get a good breath. l had smoth-
ering spells, was light-headed and had given
up ali hope, for l didn't think | could live
long.
After | had taken few of Dodd's Kid
ney Pills | began to improve and [ kept on
till now, as you can see, [ am well.
i have been up and down doing my own
work for some time now and haven't felt
pain or weakness since
Il praise the Lord for my wonderful res
toration to health and will always recon-
mend Dodd's Kidney Pills"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-02

Honolulu, April 27-Advices re-
celved from the orient by the steamer
Dor1c state that mutiny broke out on
the American ship Edward SewaI at
Woosung. Capt. Quick was unable to
cope with the mutineers and he sent
Tor assistance to the United States
Datfleshlp Oregon, which was in the
harpor. Marines were sent to the ship
and the malcontents were argested
and taken from the ship. The Edward
SeWali Is now on her way to Honolulu.
She is owned by Arthur Sewall, Of
Bath, Ne.