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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

LOCK morgan, went TO WOTK IDlS
week as brakeman on the Rock Is
land.
Republican county convention al
the court house, Great Bend, Satur-
day, the 2Sth-
YOUNG MAN, see the elegant line
of Easter suits at $500 and $1,000 at
Lundblade & Bolinger's.
Joe Sprinkler was up from Ellin-
wood, Thursday. to assist in crying
the Jas. A. Baird sale.
w. F. Klein & Co. have about 35
head of 1, 2, and year old mules for
sale. See them for prices.
The best place for hungry person
to get something good to eat is at the
City Bakery.
We are pleased to chronicle the
receipt of subscription renewal from
r. J. Torrance, of Ray, Kans.
Little Girls bring your dolls and
have them fitted with pretty hat.
Millinery Emporium.
w. A. Brouse has added another
smile to our countenance, bv going
on the DEMOCRAT subscription list.
Republican congressional conven-
ton comes next week. Likewise ''all
Fools Day." No reflections on April
first.
A new department in the big De
partment Store of Lundblade & Boil
inger's was opened this week-A
Bargain Basement.
The best music al instruments made
pianos, organs and all stringed or
reed instruments can be found at
Hooper's.
/ have another fresh car of Texas S
Red Seed Oats. Call and secur e
your seed at prices to suit.
. S. A. NEwCoMBE.
The local Elks will go to Hutchison
Saturday evening of this week, leav-
ing Great Bend at 5 p. m. and return
ing Sunday morning. Anyone desir-
ing to attend should see Ed. Chapman.
Sig Jacoby, now of Albert, but who
will shortly open up big general
store at Olmitz, was caller on the
DEMOCRAT, Thursday. Watch for
his big ad.
P. H. Brack will have big sale of
stock and farm implements at his
farm 8 miles north and one east OF
Otis, On Tuesday, April 7th. 1t will
will be well worth attending. See
bills for particulars.
+. Herman Colgrove, of Marquette,
Kans., brother of Miss Colgrove,
was in the city several days last week
visiting his sister, and sgd Morrison,
with whom he served in the Goth
Kans., in the Philippines.
James Gaunt this week bought the
w. B. Cornell ranch, just south of
the Arkansas river bridge, to take
possession April 1st Consideration
S16,060. The ranch comprises a
section of the best river bottom land.
Dillon Wilson and Grace Page,
both of this city, were married at
Wichita on March 18th. Both are
Great Bend young people, the bride
being the daughter of Police Judge
Page, and Dillon the youngest son of
Ex-Sherif F. D. Wilson.
James A. Baird, who had a sale
yesterday, will move to Rawdon, Ok,
during the next few days, where he
will conduct farm. His brother,
Chas. S., has been up from Rawdon
a week or more assisting Jim to get
ready for the move. The good wishes
of the DEMOCRAT are with the Baird
boys.
William Kelley, a former Great
Bend miller, but now partner with
w. E. Carr in the Monarch Mills at
Hutcbinsoa, has been nominated for
council on the Independent ticket,
5th ward, Hutchinson. Here's hope
ing VIM. success. He will make a
safe councilman.
Notice
Ea A. Clark machinist, formerly
with g. r. Moses Nero. Co., has
taken charge of the Great Bend
Foundry and is ready for any busi-
ness in his line.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27
A. C. Fair is Dead.

AIethinks in Heaven they talk In rhyme
CARRIE SCENE.
A. c. Fair is Dead.
Just as we go to press, Thursday
afternoon, We learn that A. c. Fair
passed away, at the home of his broth
er, In the second ward.
For SALE-A lady's saddle-cheap
Enquire at DEMOCRAT Office.
Dwelling house for sale or rent.
Apply to c. F. Diffenbacher.
c. ]. French, the fruit tree man
was down from Pawnee Rock We'd
nesday.
Remember the MILLINERY OPEN
ING on Friday and Saturday, March
p and % at Lundblade & Bolinger's S
Do you want a piano or organ:
Hooper has 'em and sells 'em cheap
Do not buy until you investigate.
Christina Panne visited with neigh
Dor Peck's last Saturday and Sunday
giving whistling lessons.
Fancy factory and home made
candies, nuts and CONNECTIONS a
Rathbun & McConnell's.
s1.9S will buy one dozen cabinet
photos at Wallace's photo car as fine
as can be made.
R. w. Unger was shown the
mysteries of the w. o. w. Tuesday
evening.
The oil wagon will call at your
house and fill your wants-and your
cans.
You can always find all kinds OF
the best homemade candy, fresh, at
the City Bakery.
We want it distinctly understood
that Great Bend is prepared to take
good care of all comers, on April ID
John Norris and wife have moved
from Hobart, Oklahoma, to lola,
sRocK FOR sALE-We have ten cal
loads of first class white rock for sale
See us for prices.
w. F. KLEIN & Co.
The fire sale will be removed anc
continued after Thursday in the Bar
gain Basement-at Lundblade & Boil
inger's
Joe Shaffer, our efficient city mar
shall, is taking a vacation and has
gone east. His place has been taker
by Mr.. Randall.
Wallace, photographer, for a short
time only, will make the greatest re
duction on high grade photos eve
made in Great Bend.
Having sold my farm to Jas. F
Gaunt, to give possession April 1st
for the next 10 days will offer five
or six pair of farm mules, well broken
good size, on terms to suit the pur.
chaser. w. B. CORNELL.
County Superintendent Aldrich is
not only the most popular young man
in the county among the school
marms, but also among the ladies in
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

Great Bend, Kans., Mar. "a, 1908.
Hall of Great Bend camp, No. 26,
N OOW
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
THE OUTLOOK IN LUMBER
LEY LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIA.
T1ON LOOKS FOR GOOD BUsI-
NESS NEXT YEAR.

The lumber business In Minneapolis
has been satisfactory during the year
and the outlook for the manufacturers
for 1904 is good. J. E. Rhodes, sec
retary Of the Mississippi Valley Lum-
bermen's association, says:
The past year has certainly been very
satisfactory. To be sure the combined
product of the Minneapolis mills is not as
large as for several years past. And in
fact the cut is likely to be curtailed sew
eral million feet. In 1902 the total cut
was 466, 244, 600 feet, but this year it will
be 451, 100000 feet, falling off Of 14,244,00O
feet. AS a matter of fact this years cut is
the smallest since 1896.
The reduction this year is due to two
causes. First there is the loss of time by
reason of the high water which prevailed
during the spring and the summer And
then several of the smaller mills, notably
the w. Hill company's plant and the Nc
Mullen company's mill, have closed out.
The Backus-Brooks company, too, has
changed its policy Of running day and
night and only ran days this year. The
volume Of shipments was nearly equal to
the output sales of last year. This leaves
a shortage in the stock on hand as COM
pared with that Of January, 1903.
Minneapolis manufacturers are looking
forward to plenty Of business next year.
They base their calculations on the highly
developed condition of the country districts
in all the nearby states. In former years
the lumber product Of Minneapolis was
distributed thruout a large section of coun-
try. including between ten and thirteen
states To-day the increase in population
and the consequent increase in the con-
sumption Of lumber makes it possible. tc
distribute the same amount of lumber
within a much smaller radius and this Is
of course, advantage in many ways tc
the Minneapolis manufacturers.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30

TOWN TALK

If it is made of Leather Barnum has 1T.
715 Niccllet.
Colonel c. T. Trowbridge of minneapolis
will address Grand Army campfire New
Years Day at Pennington, Mimi
A small block Of high grade first mort
gage gold bonds bearing per cent interest
be secured by addressing 1899, jour
nal.
Fred l.. Gray company, Guaranty build
ing has handled over $500 accident cases
during the present year, under its LIABILITY
policies.
Deposits made in the Participation De-
partment of the Minnesota Loan and
Trust Company, 31S Nicollet avenue, on
or before the 9Th Of any month draw in
terest from the first
representative of Luciano Conterno's S
band of New York is in the city to nego-
tiate for band concerts at Lake Harriet
next summer. He will appear before the
park board next Monday.
Henry Thompson a South Minneapolis
saloonkeeper, pleaded guilty In police court
this morning to selling blackberry brandy
containing salycilic acid He was given the
minimum fine of $25 and costs.
valhalla Grove, No. 4S, will initiate a
large class next Friday evening, JAM l,
at the hall, Washington and Cedar ave
nues. The Mistletoe degree team will be
there to confer the second degree. G.
H. W. Brown, assistant to V. d. Jones,
city passenger agent of the Great North
ern in Minneapolis, left to-day for Su-
perior. He Is succeeded by II. o. Moore,
who has been agent for the company at
Rolla, N. D.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
BoERs MAY GO TO MONT.
CAPTAIN O'DONNELL BELIEVES
COLONY OF 400 FAMILIES
COULD BE INDUCED TO COME
TO THE NORTHWEST.

A colony of Beers may settle in
Montana as the result of confer
ence held yesterday { In st. Paul by
General Joubert and Captain w. S.
O'Donnell, late of the Boer army,
with President J. J. Hill of the Great
Northern railway. The Boer repre-
sentatives were trying to learn swheth-
er they could secure good land In
Montana under the homestead law.
Captain O,Donneu said, after the
conference, that if conditions in the
mountain state were as favorable as
he was led to believe, he might in
duce four hundred families to go there
from South Africa. The recent out
break Of yellow fever near Tampico,
Mex. had frustrated a plan for start
ing Boer colonies in the Diaz repub-
lie. He himself thought that the
epidemic was not a permanent bar
rier, and that the land in Mexico was
unusually fertile; but; the Beers. had
evinced a decided objection against
taking chances with Yellow Jack.
Captain O'Donnell and General
Joubert who lectured in Minneapolis
few weeks ago, will address the An
cient Order of Hibernians at Mozart
hall, st. Paul, Jan. IS. and will then
start for Montana.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
PATTI SINGS
THIS EVENING
SHE HAS BEEN TAKING "A GOOD
REST HERE.
The Diva Is in Superb Health and
Voice and Is Enjoying Her Present
Trip with the Enthusiasm Of a
Young Girl.

This evening will witness the final
and only appearance in the northwest
of the greatest singer that has ever
lived, Ade1ia Patti.The Patti retinue
reached the city yesterday and in addl-
tion to the members Of the company,
the diva was accompanied by her hus
band, Baron Cederstrorn, a handsome
young man Of charming personality.
PATHS maid, the faithful Karoline
Burn1eister and her secretary, Miss
Butler. as we'll as her travelling COM
panion, Mrs. George Baird, were also
Of the party.
Patti did not rise until noon, but
her suite of apartments at the West.
where she will remain until after the
concert. She is in superb health and
voice, and has never had such large
and such enthusiastic audiences, as
have greeted her on this trip.
Indeed, she surprised her friends
and gave her managers the greatest
concern while in Toronto, recently, by
accepting an invitation to go skating
on a private park there. She drove
out with her husband thru three miles
Of crisp, clear air, put on her skates
and for two hours frisked over the ice
like young girl. After the sport of
Journed to the house, where luncheon
was served and then the party was
driven back to town in time to prepare
for the evenings concert. This may
have been a risky thing for the aver
age prima donna to do. but for Patti
it was merely a lark, and it is said that
she never sang better than on that
evening.
To-night's concert will be given at
the international auditorium, and on
account Of its big seating capacity, all
who desire to hear the great diva will
doubtless be able to secure seats.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
IS COAL UP TO GRADE?.
SCHOOL BOARD FEARS 1T MAY
BE GETTING SOMETHING ELSE
FOR YOUGHIoGHENY CON-
TRACTED FOR.

: 1t is question with the school
board whether. Of coal billed as
Youghiogheny coal is necessarily
what it is purpoEted to be. For sew
eral months the school directors and
other officials have been dissatisfied
with the qublity of coal delivered as
YoughiogheS}y, and yesterday the
board brought the matter to an issue
by holding up a 8bill for $500. The
dealer objects to producing the rail-
way bills of lading on the ground that
it will give the "coal trust some
pointers as to where the coal is OBJ
tanned.
The matter Of the study Of current
history was referred to the commit
tee on text books. Principal D. H.
Painter of the Adams school suggests
the use of the Little Chronicle, which
he has tried with success, while Prin-
cipal Joseph Jorgens of the Jackson
school is of the opinion that the daily
newspapers would prove most salts
factory.e @=xxz+s,- -; fss2- e$=a
The, monthly report Of Superinten-
dent C. M Jordan showed an increase
in the enrolment during December of
279, making the total S8, 1874.
teachers were accepted: Louise schi-
bursky, Hawthorne; Mildred Cressy,
Seward. The following appointments
were made: Sarah L. Walker, Frank
lin; Julia Hynes, Hancock; Joan d.
O'Brien, Prescott; Avis Wescott, Sc
ward; Mae Kendall, Sheridan. ~
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
FIGHT FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT
LEAGUE PREPARES
TO PUSH IT WITH VIGOR.
Wineroom Laws Violators to be Fol-
lowed up-Well Known Citizens on
the City Advisory Committee, Whose
Immediate Work Will Be Direction
OF Home Protection Work.

Following it's campaign of educa-
tion the Anti-Saloon League for Min
neapolis will take up active work to
promote law enforcement, Mlnneap-
oils has had crusades and crusaders
but the movement now to be launched
has more diverse and more representa-
tive interests behind it than any of its
predecessors.
One of the recent circulars of the
league thus outlines the idea underly-
ing the movements:
We are not now proposing to undertake
the work of rescuing the fallen, or of keep
ing the young out of temptation, both OF
which lines of work are being done as well
as they can be by other organizations. but
we do propose to bring to justice those
who make business of trapping boys anC
girls to their ruin and we propose te
break up their business, a work which, SC
far as We know, no other organization Is
attempting to do
This means that a determined at
tack will be made on violators OF the
wineroom ordinance which is not nov
strictly enforced.
1t also means that the authority FOL
operating saloons on Sunday and after
II p. m. will be looked into.
Low variety theaters where liquor IL
sold and where abandoned women are
openly employed will afford another
llClu Lux 1l1fCoI16cIIAoA1s
In it's new work the league will have
the cooperation of the following wei
known citizens who will serve as the
city advisory committee: J. M. An.
derson, w. w. .Bardwell, David c. Bell
Walter N. Carroll, Fred B. Chute. Sey.
mour S. Cook, George D. Dayton, W. +
Decker, George f. Elwen, Care.
Emerson, O. J. Gilkerson, w. S. Har.
ris, Professor A. E. Haynes, #. w. Ly
man, Professor Sven Oftedal, G. Z
Rickard, c. H. Ross, G. A. Smith, 9
L. Sawyer
Several gentlemen who were invited
to serve, have not yet been heard from
but it is presumed that the commlttet
will be somewhat larger when all re
| plies have been received.
! This committee has grown out OF tn
mass meeting held under the auspice
| Of the Anti-Saloon league in the Ly
ceum theater a few weeks ago.
1t is understood that the immediate
| work Of the committee will be to di
rect the "home protection" work o
the league, outlined at the Lyceun
theater meeting. 1t will also be ex
pected to decide what further steps i
will be wise for the league to take
| from time to time, for the suppression
of the evils that infest every great city
especially those growing out of, an,
related to, the liquor traffic.
Immediate steps will be taken to or
| ganize the committee and to begin tn
work for which it has been appointed
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
DEATH OF HERMAN IROl1.
PIONEER RAILROAD MAN OF ST.
PAUL PASSES AWAY AT AGE OF
n AT ST. JOsEPH's HOSPITAL.

Herman Trott. prominent among the
pioneer railroad men of Minnesota,
died yesterday of paralysis at st.
Joseph's hospital. st. Paul. He was
IA years old.
Mr.. Trott came to this state in 1866,
when he helped to organize Pine
county. Two years later he removed
to st. Paul. His first railroad post
was that of land connnissfoner for the
old st. Paul & Pacific company. He
obtained the same Office with that
company's successor, the st. Paul.
Minneapolis & Manitoba railway,
afterwards Incorporated with the
Great Northern. Mr.. Trott was sub
sequently appointed land agent Of the
Northern Pacific road.
He went to the Pacific coast in 1890,
lived at Sea Haven, Wash, and at Ia
coma, and came back to St Paul three
years ago. @
In 1864 Mr.. Trott married Miss A. B..
Goettel, who died in 1901. They leave
nine children-Charles c. Trott of
Milwaukee; George L., Herman A.,
Louise B., Sarah, Laura M. and Char
lotte r. Trott, and> Mrs Fred Reid, all
of st. Paul, and Mrs. Charles K. Mel
rose of San Mateo, Cal.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
WAS AT .DREYFUS TRIAL

Minneapolis Teacher Bearing captan's s
Name Talks of New Trial.
Miss Anna L. Dreyfus, a Minneapolis
teacher who bears the family name of
Captain Alfred Dreyfus and who was pres
ent at Rennes, France, when the captain
was tried for the second time and found
guilty, believes that the reopening of his
case Will result in proving his Innocence
and in restoring him to the French army
with promotion.
The pardon that the captain received
the same day that he was last convicted
has been small consolation to him, says
Miss Dreyfus. He feels that, being inno-
cent he is entitled to his rank In the
army and to the respect and recognition of
his fellow officers and the public. Altho
aware that the reopening of this case
would stir up strife, he believes that 1t
is not a personal matter but q matter OF
justice, a case whose correct djus tment
would have widespread and even inter-
national results, because the origin Of his
persecution was prejudice against the
Jews
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
WINTER SPORT AT LAKE
HOUSE PARTIES AT NIINNETONkA
CLUB HOUSE ARE VERY POPU-
LAR THIS YEAR.

The Minnetonka club has addressed
a circular letter to the members call
ing their attention to the advantages
the club offers for winter outings. The
clubhouse was originally planned for
an ice yacht club and this and other
sports may be. enjoyed nowhere to
better advantage than at Minnetonka.
Sleighing parties, followed by suppers
at the clubhouse, are becoming very
popular among the members. House
parties on Sundays and holidays also
are frequent, as they can be arranged
at a small expense. If the party is
large enough to warrant the addi-
tional expense, the club furnishes mu-
sic for dancing. in the evening. Mem
bers contemplating such parties are
requested to communicate with the
steward, who can be reached by tel
ephone at the clubhouse, or with one
of the members of the house com arr1it-
tee, so that the necessary arrange
ments may be made.
There will be an informal dancing
party at the club on Saturday eve-
ming. Music will be provided. It is
planned to give a. series of Informal
parties at the club during the winter.
Trains leave the st. Louis depot at
$3.50 and 6:15 p. M. Members are
requested to notify the steward if they
expect to be present.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
A "BIG MUSICIAN
7hibaud Belongs in That Class-He Is a
So Master

- Master.
Jacques Thibaud, the violinist who is to
make his first appearance in Minneapolis
next Tuesday night with the Minneapolis
symphony orchestra, Is the sort of artist
that belongs with the big musicians. His
first recital in New York attracted large
proportion of the violin players of. the
city and of lovers of violin music.
In appearance Thibaud Is more than
ordinarily good looking and is usually
carefully tailored and barbered He cares
little for those fads and eccentricities
which dear to the heart of many
musicians, and is Of SO genial q tempera-
ment and so full Of canaraderie that he
was the idol Of the quarter during his
student days in Paris.
His art is so perfect and there is such
ease in his every climax that the listener
entirely forgets the depth Of art required
to make such intricacies pass off so easily.
His appearance with the symphony or
chestras Of Boston, New York, Philadel-
phia Chicago and Minneapolis have been
heralded all over the country.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
CAN'T LOAF IN COURT
Police Court Spectators Are to Be Care
... fully Investigated.


Police court discipline Is to- be greatly
improved after Jan. L and the usual horde
Of spectators will be handled in a way
that may surprise some of the regular
attendants. For a long time the court
sessions have been attended by many per-
sons evidently attracted by idle curiosity.
Among these men the officers have de-
tected sprinkling of suspicious charac.
ters, who loaf about the room forenoons
and work their wits afternoons and eve
nings.
After the first Of the year the courtroom
will remain locked until time for court
to convene. An officer will be at the
door to keep sharp watch on the crowd
and If certain persons come day after
day they will be asked to give their seat
to some other person. In the meantime
their record will be looked up by officers.
Court Officer Martin Burfening says
he knows at least twenty men who have
done nothing but attend court for the
past three months, and proposes that they
be compelled to find some other loafing
place.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
HALvoR's HORSE BOOKS
An Agricultural Paper Explains How J.
;y Advertised Stevenson.

Home deny that they have Disseminated
in favor of Congressman Steenerson as
a distributor of horse books, A Wash
tngton dispatch in I he Jo.urn.a a !
stated that the congressman was much
embarrassed by requests, which were sent
to him because Farm, Stock and Home
named him as the only member from this
state who had the books for distribution.
The editors Of that paper say that in an:
swer to a question from one of Mr.. Steen-:
erson's constituents his name was men,
toned Just once, and very inconspicuous-
ly. They dtsclai1n any intention to annoy
or embarrass Mr.. Steenerson or slight
the other Minnesota congressman
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
ACCUSED OF KEEPING GRIPS
Madge Rolston Arraiened on

Madge Rolston Arraigned on a
Charge of Embezzlement.
Madge Rolston, a sales agent living
at 2500 Central avenue, was arraigned
In police court this morning on q
charge Of embezzlement preferred by
w. Q. Brown, her former employer.
was continued. ss s..s,
Miss tRolston was an agent for
Brown some time ago and was fur
nished with two travelling cases and
sone. samples. She quit working for
him some time ago and Brown says
she refused to return her travelling
outfit,
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS

Overcoat Thief Found Trying to Sell
PIunder-He Gets 40 Days. =s
John Kelley. one of the many over
coat thieves infesting the cheap 1odg-
ing houses, was sent to the work
house this morning for forty days.
Kelley took an overcoat from a 1odger
at the American house and was ar
rested while attempting to sell 1t In
a secondhand store.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
CATHOLIC WORK AT EXCELSIOR
1t VIII Be Pursued In Church Of st. John
the Baptist, Recently Pur-
-------- .---- chased - -----

Services in the Church Of st. John the
Baptist, recently purchased by Archbishop
Ireland from the Universalist society," will
be held Jan. 1 at 10:30 a. m. This will
inauSurate> the regular Catholic services
at Excelsior This New Years service
is open to all. The new congregation is
to be in charge of the. diocesan mission
ary band, of which Rev. Joseph F. Busch
is the superior and Rev. George A. Arc
tander the associate member. The In
tention is, If possible" to develop Excelsior
as the headquarters for. the diocesan mis-
sionary work in the diocese of ST.. Paul,
as the latter Is done chiefly in the winter,
whereas the demands at the lake will be
greatest in the summer season.