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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-04
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GREAT BEND IMP. Co.

Word was brought to Great Bend
Saturday, that on Thanksgiving night
Mrs. Ola Stickney. in the north part
of Homestead township, took a
half ounce of carbolic acid by mis-
take which may prove fatal. She has
been separated from her husband
about four'years, having been married
seven or eight years ago to Lemon
Stickney. She has little daughter
about four years old.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-04
The telephone system for this city

The telephone system for this city
has been somewhat upset for the
past few days. The central Office
has been moved from the light plant
to rooms over the postofice. Mana
ger Lindas promises that it will not
happen again for while.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01

city is Overwhelmingly Democratic.
The organization known as Tammany
has a tremendous and deserved hold
upon the lives and affections of the
people. 1t needs but to get rid of the
abuses that have fastened upon it in
the past to make it irresistible. If the
voters were convinced today that the
return of Tammany to power would be
accompanied by the abolition of police
blackmail and by strict economy and
efficiency in the administration of pub
lice Office, the majority of it's candidate
for mayor in Greater New York would
be in excess of 100000.
To place itself in that position and
to convince the people that it will
maintain it sincerely is the task of the
local Democratic leaders of New York
city. Upon their success or failure in
it will depend the event of the coming
municipal election, which is second only
in Importance to the presidential con-
test of next year.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
ENGINEERS RETAIN
THEIR PRESENT RANK
President Declines to Heishten Status
of Civil Engineers in the Navy.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept 30
After a conference with Secretary
Moody at the White house today, the
president rendered two decisions i'm
portant to the navy. On the recon-
mendation Of the secretary, the presi-
dent has declined to authorize an In
crease in rank of the civil engineers.
In his letter to the president, the sec
rotary points out that under existing
laws the civil engineer corps has a
larger proportion of captains and COM
manders than the line and that under
the proposed change the proportion of
captains and commanders in the civil
engineer corps would be much greater
than that of any other staff corps with
the exception Of chaplains and pro-
fessors Of mathematics. The secretary
adds that rank in the navy "appertains
to the line alone, signifying, as it does,
military authority and command"
The president also has sustained the
secretary in declining to approve the
application of Col George c. Reid, ad-
jutant and inspector Of the marine
corps, to be retired with the rank Of
brigadier general under the same OPP
GRAFTON of the law which has been used
to retire army officers with advanced
rank. The secretary declined to make
any recommendation in this case, be-
cause he did not desire to stand in the
way Of an officer with a creditable Civil
war record being promoted and retired.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
SPANISH WAR VETERANS
HAVE A NEW CHIEF
Col. Harold C. McGrew Is Elected and
the Organization Adjourns.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Sept. 30.-Col.
Harold c. McGrew, of indianapolis, was
elected COMMUNICATIVE chief of the Ma
tional Army and Navy Spanish War
Veterans today. There were no other
candidates. Col. McGreW has been
senior vice commander of the veterans.
Capt. c. S. Andrews, junior vice COM
mander, was elected senior vice COM
mander, and Col. Lucien F. Burpee, OF
Waterbury, was chosen junior vice
commander.
Lieut.. l. n. Kinney. of Bay City,
Mich, was elected judge advocate gem
eral; Capt. Fred c. Kuehnle. OF New
York city, inspector general; Dr. Frank
w. Hedley, of Cincinnati, surgeon gen.
eral, and Rev. w. Fl. 1. Reeney, L. S. N,
chaplain general.
The business of the convention was
wound up with the selection Of cOun-
ell of administration as follows:
Connecticut, Averill (navy); New
York, Young, Limbach, Grant; Massa-
chusetts, Murphy; Indiana. Durbin:
Virginia, Skepworth; New Jersey, Hill
ton: Ohio, Heinz; Maine, Carver; Dis
trict Of Columbia, King; Pennsylvania.
Maths.
After the newly elected officers had
been sworn in by Capt. Hilton. of New
Jersey. the convention adjourned
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
Contemporary Comment
Mcclellan at Antietam.

The New York Stats Zeitung, COM
menting on the failure of President
Roosevelt to mention the name of Gen.
Mcclellan at Antietam-although he
mentioned others whose services We're
much less OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to ac-
cept the statement; of the Republican
newspapers that the omission was an
oversight, maintaining that the presi-
dents zeal for historical research and
his reputation as historian of neces-
slty must have made him acquainted
with the history of the great war.
There is simple test in the matter.
The president, if it was merely an over
sight, should say SO frankly; his speech
was delivered on historic ground, was
of a historic character, and not the Off
hand speech of a day, to be forgotten
tomorrow. Let him issue an addendum,
correction or revision, undoing the in
Justice done to Gen. Mcclellan. Editors
know that 1T is not unusual for Presi-
dent Roosevelt to issue additions or
corrections to his speeches before de-
livery. 1t would in no wise injure him
to correct blunder, after delivery
Albany Argus.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
THE cocKNEY MUSE.

Mr. Rudyard Kipling is at it again.
He has been writing poetry. In spite
Of the warning contained In the fate
that overlook Alfred Austen, Mr.. Kip
ling sought inspiration in the events of
the Boer war and has been tickling
Pegasus with club. There is going to
be some difference of opinion as to the
literary value of the latest production
Of the British-Indian writer, but 1t is
very sure that 1t has no abiding worth.
There Is nothing of the ring of 1.-THE
Absent-Minded Beggar" in the new
poems, nor is there anything of the
sonorous quality Of 1.-The Recessional"
in the output. Kipling has plagiarized
his own Fuzzy Wuzzy'' and put the
Boer in the place of the black man.
If Kipling doesn't put a stopper on
his muse he will lose his market pres
emily. He wrote much good prose. His
Indian tales are unique and human, but
If he is not headed off by his publish
ers he will be putting Mulvaney into
verse and then we will have to repudi-
ate him and all his works. The public
stood for "Stalky & Co.," but If Kip
ling continues to Ripple in puerile verse
and more puerile prose we will be
minded to reiterate the things that
were said of him when he wrote his
American notes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
THE SITUATION IN NEW YORK,

The candidacy of Lewis Nixon for
the Democratic nomination for mayor
Of New York has the merit of bringing
out a clear and positive enunciation Of
the issues in that city. The effort has
been and still is to make it appear that
all the virtue of the community is
massed on Sne side and all the vice on
the other in each municipal campaign.
If this were true it would be a heavy
indictment against the community as a
whole, because the party which is
dubbed the party of vice has been in
control of the city during the greater
part of the last half century. The truth
is that at the present time the Idea of
local good government has become SUI
preme in both of the parties contending
for the rich prize of control in Greater
New York.
Mr.. Nixon says very plainly and
truly: "The battle will be won or lost
on local issues that are old enough to
have gained a permanent hold on the
public mind. These issues are police
blackmail and that mercenary spirit
that breathes dishonesty in public serv-
ice. To them may be charged all the
party's recent loss of local prestige.
The Democracy has not been beaten on
these issues by Republican votes alone
by any means. It has been beaten
chiefly by Democratic votes" He adds
what is absolutely true, that all the
other issues in New York city are I'm
favor of the Democratic party, and that
lis return to power is secure as soon as
the people are assured that 1t is right
on these two questions.
The best assurance that can be given
will be the nomination of a candidate
personally clean and pledged to give to
the people honest and efficient govern
ment. Such man was nominated two
years ago when Edward M. Shepard
made the race against Seth Low. At
that time the party had been in had
hands and local affairs had been badly
conducted. Police blackmail, or the
protection of vice for a subsidy paid to
the police force, was In full flower.
Public offices were conducted for the
greatest benefit of those who held
them. rather than for that of the peo-
pie. Therefore the people revolted, not
trusting at once that the nomination Of
Mr. Shepard was a guarantee for the
future.
Another such nomination this year,
especially with bold declaration like
that made by Mr.. Nixon, would go
long way to assure success. New York
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
WHAT COAL WAS
PRODUCED IN A YEAR
Statistician Parker Gives Not Only tho
Amount bu the Value.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 3D.
A preliminary statement showing the
coal production Of the United States.
prepared by Edward w. Parker, statis-
tician. has just been issued by the
United States geological survey. It
shows that for the first time in the his
tory of the United Sthates the produc-
ton Of coal has reached a total of over
SOO,OOO,O0O short tons. the actual show
ing being 3OO.93O,859 tons, valued at
$573,13S,843
The output OF anthracite coal
equivalent to 41,289,595 short tons), a
decrease of 23,376.850 long tons. or al
most 40 per cent from 1901. This de-
crease was due entirely to the suspen-
sion of operations by the strike in the
anthracite region. The value at the
mines of the anthracite product In 1902
amounted to sS1,016,937, as against
$112,504, 020 in 1901. The average value
of the marketed coal sold during the
year at the mines was $3.50 per long
ton, the value in 1901 having been
$2.O5.
The output Of bituminous coal
amounted in 1902 to 259.641 ,O64 short
tons, valued at 1922, 49, 06, as against
225,S26,S49 short tons, valued at $685.
406, 449 in 1901. The production Of BIZ
luminous coal in Pennsylvania in 1902
exceeded that of 1901 by 15,755,874
short tons, which was not sufficient to
overcome the great loss in anthracite
production.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
THE SHAME OF MINNEAPOLIS.

Is there to be no end to the disclos-
ures of grating by members of the
last administration in Minneapolis?
Charges are now made freely and open
ly that certain members of the last
city council held up the railroads be-
fore passing ordinances granting
street vacations and terminal rights. 1t
is said that the grand jury is investi-
eating the charges and that indict-
ments are to be looked for
1t is astonishing how prevalent
grating becomes when it is once start
ed by an administration and officials
get taste Of public plumber. The
Ames administration must have been
rotten to the core. 1t has been demon
strated that the police department was
corrupt from top to bottom and many
of the principals in the grating game
have been sentenced to punishment.
Now it appears that not only did the
executive and administrative branches
of the city government levy blackmail,
but that the legislative branch, seeing
how easy it was for the officers of the
city to plumber the helpless and the
criminal took a hand In the game and
boldly demanded personal remuneration
for the granting of rights belonging
to the public.
1t Is to be hoped that the grand Jury
will find material upon which to base
indictments, for there is no doubt that
there was crooked work done by the
Ames council. They deserve to be
punished on general principles for per-
hitting Ames and his crowd Of police
blackmailers to work as they did-for
it is inconceivable that men Of sense,
familiar with the governmental affairs
of the city, should remain ignorant of
what the police were doing.
1t is due the city and the state that
the last one of these official blackmail-
ers should be sought out and branded
with the infamy of his acts. The
shame Of Minneapolis reflects on the
state. 1t may be wiped out only by
showing to the world that the judiciary
stands for decent public sentiment and
that the city of Minneapolis Is ready to
return to decent standards in the judg-
ing Of right and wrong.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
STEEL CORPORATION
OFFERS A GUARANTEE
Subscribers to Stock Are Given an OPP
portunity to Sell Out.


NEW YORK, Sept 3O.-The follow
ing circular was issued today alter the
meeting of the finance committee of the
United States Steel corporation:
New York, Sept. 30, 1903.-To the
officers and employees OF the United
States Steel corporation and of it's
subsidiary companies, who subscribed
for the preferred stock Of the corpora
ton pursuant to the circular letter of
Dec. 81, 1902: The finance committee
sees no reason to change it's opinion as
to the intrinsic value of the preferred
stock subscribed for pursuant to the
said circular letter, but of course 1t
recognizes that the decline in the mar
ket or selling price naturally may oc-
casion anxiety in the minds Of the
subscribers under the circular.
Accordingly. it deems it proper now
to diSpel approximations of loss by the
following additional offer or guarantee:
The corporation will, at any time dur
ing January or February, 1908, pay to
every subscribing officer and employe
who shall have retained this stick for
the full period of five years and other
wise complied with the terms of the
circular, $3.50 per share for the stock,
less the rebates and benefits he shall
have been entitled to under the circular
(not including benefits received on ac-
count of differences between interest
and dividends which he will in any
event retain). provided he wishes to sell
the stock for that price at that time
BY order of the finance committee,
-''Richard Trimble,
Secretary"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
NEW YoRk,s PROBLEM.

When Herr Conried, the new man
ager Of the Metropolitan opera house in
New York city, made UP his mind to
produce "Parsifal" he was doubtless
very well aware that his decision would
precipitate musicians war that would
agitate two continents. But what he
failed to realize was that the decision
would throw Gothamites into a most
alarming flutter of uncertainty. par
sifaP' begins about o'clock in the aft
ernoon. 1t continues far into the night.
What" demands the borough of Man.
haitian (and not even Miss McFYimsy
could throw more feeling into her
voice., what are we to wear?"
For Miss McFlimsy's plight is Goth
ans plight precisely. Fashion, provi-
dent dame though she be, has neglect
ed to provide for the occasion. Even
ing dress?" queries those anxious for
any sort Of a solution. Before six
o'clock" shudders the orthodox. "Aft-
ernoon dress?" suggest the same anx-
ious ones. "And leave our diamonds at
home" object those to whom the Met
ropolitan is indebted for its gIittering
horseshoe.
What the situation demands, Of
course. is an arbiter of elegance; a
man whose position in Gothams social
world is so assured and whose taste In
the matter of dress Is SO absolutely
above reproach that his decision would
be final. But provided with everything
else under the sun, New York's 400"
lacks Petronius. Mr.. McAllister
might serve were Mr.. McAllister alive.
but unfortunately he is not alive and
nobody has stepped into his irreproach-
able boots. 1t is true that the members
of the smart set might follow the ex-
ample of those pilgrims who have seen
the opera at Bayreuth and attend in
their simplest gowns; but, aside from
the fact that it prefers tc lead rather
than follow, opera has never spelled
music for the 400" If it's members
find that they must attend "ParsifaP
for "ParsifaPs' sake, it is quite prob
able that they will stay at home.
But it's an ill wind that blows no.
body good. Frau Wagner's loss NAV
prove the tailor's and the modiste's op-
portunity. From out of all this worry
there may be evolved a dress that will
answer satisfactorily the demands of
the situation "Parsifal" has created.
Future generations, indeed, may con-
fuse Bayreuth defeat with a sartorial
victory. 1t is even possible that Herr
Conrieds coup may be forgotten in a
tailor's triumph. And in such a deveI-
opment Frau Cosima will surely find
her revenge.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01

be avoided by anything short of ma
tional humiliation, is foolish.
There are plenty of commercial bat
ties waiting for us in the future. There
is no war probable, and. there is none
possible that should have it's rise in a
commercial inspiration. This is one Of
the Chicago vagaries that is worth
more than passing fling of sarcasm,
because it might tend to disturb the
cordial relations between two great
peoples who are naturally trade rivals
but are and intend to remain the best
Of friends.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
Congressmen's Pay.

If 500 week is not enough for a
congressman to live on, and if the cost
of living is high and getting higher, it
would seem to be the part of wisdom
for the statesmen to do what they can
toward reducing the cost of living be-
fore asking for increased pay. They
might reform the tariff, for instance.
That would open the way for a reduc-
ton in the cost of a thousand and one
necessaries of life, and would benefit
not only the congressman, who are con-
sumers, but the whole country at the
same time. The fact is that the tariff
and other laws of Republican make,
have created fictitious and unreason-
able values and increased the cost of
living.-Savannah News.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
PERSONAL MENTION.

Gov. Van SAINT spent yesterday at Alex
andria and is expected to return to this
city today.
Ryan-W. C. Napier, New York; H. D.
Hellemount. Winnipeg; II. c. House, New
York; w. G. Turner. New York; w. A.
Patterson. Boston; T. w. Hinde Chicago;
G. W. Little, Chicago; Max Perwien, Mil
waukee; II. Tromford, Winnipeg; T. J.
Solway, William Ralph, Ypsilanti.
Merchants-E. M. Dahlby, North
Branch; S. D. Seavey, Superior; J. M.
Shelton, Shonerock, Tex; J. X Wood,
Alaska; c. s. Pingle. Winnipeg; w. H.
Morse, Crookston; F. NJ. Dickinsons South
Bend; ]. H. Charities, Lewistown, Mont.
c. A. Morey, Winona; e. K. Barr La
Crosse; A. H. Dutton, Butte; ]. R. How
ard. Sank Center; B. 7. Van Allen, Chi
cago; A. e. Henderson, Bemidji; E. E.
Jones, Mankato; r. B. Dear, Superior; J.
S. Page, Tacoma; j. M. Rowe, Fargo.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
TODAY'S WEATHER.

Minnesota-Fair and cooler Thursday;
Friday fair, light to fresh northwest
winds.
Upper Michigan and Wisconsin-Rain
and cooler, followed by fair in afternoon
Thursday; Friday fair, fresh northwest
winds.
North and South Dakota-Fair and
warm Thursday; Friday fair
Iowa-Fair Thursday and Friday.
Montana-Fair and warmer Thursday;
Friday fair.
st. Paul = Yesterdays temperatures,
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, st. Paul, w. E. Oliver, observer for
the twenty four hours ended at o'clock
last night-Barometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation. Highest tempera-
ture, 65; lowest temperature, go; average
temperature, g.; daily range, 5; barome-
ter 27.S9; humidity, 90; precipitation,
.02; p. m. temperature, '64; p. m. wind,
south; weather cloudy.
YeSterdaX,S Temnera lures
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
May Get Even With Teddy.

The Springfield Republican raises the
awful possibility that some forty years
hence somebody will deliver an grafton
On the San Juan battle field without
mentioning the name of Col Theodore
Roosevelt, of the Rough Riders.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
It's a Strenuous Life.

The merry upper class men of the
colleges are very busy these days.
Trembling freshmen are being ducked
in watering troughs and are being in
troduced to such delicacies as bread
dough and red pepper, washed down
with pleasing mixture Of beer and
milk. 1t is a strenuous life for all con-
cerned.-Evening Sun.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01

There be thieves who take awful
chances with fate. There, for in
stance, are grafters in the Chicago
city hall, according to Mayor Harri-
son, and they know that the building
is liable to fall in on them any day.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
Dividina Race Suicide.

The state training school at Red
Wing, Mimi, has adopted a spanking
machine for children instead Of the
laborious and Old fashioned hand
power application. With incubators
for babies and a spanking machine
for children the facilities for avoiding
race suicide" are increasing.-New
York Sun
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
Among the Merrymakers
Its Little Defect.

Friend-How IS your perpetual motion
machine getting along?
Haggard but Enthusiastic Inventor-Tt
Is perfected. but all one little detail and
l shall have that mastered in a few
Friend-What is that detail, may I
ask
1nventor-The machine won't quite
start itself yet-Chicago Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01

No labor union will find it good pol
icy in the end to take hostile attitude
toward persons enlisted in the service
of the United States government, or
toward the state militia. Every act or
expression of this sort is one of infinite
injury to labor.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
A Painful Impression.

EYES," he said. at get my looks from
my mother and my brains from my
father"
I'm sorry you told me this" she said
"Why?"
Because 1t gives me the impression
that your parents were painfully lacking
in generosity to their only child. "-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01

The news that the legislature of New
Jersey has been called in special ses-
sion is the first intimation that New
Jersey has any legislature. Most peo-
pie thought that its government ex-
listed only by common consent of the
trusts that nest there.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
Shameful Waste.

What do you think of old Uncle Peter
devfsing all his money for the erection
OF a mausoleum over his remains?" said
the first needy relative
Awful replied the second. Its just
a willful WASTE
Huh! 1 call it wasteful will. "-Phila-
delphia Press
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
Cruel,

when he proposed to me I was de-
lighted, of course" confessed Miss An
Teek, .'but 1 tried not to let my face
show him what my answer would be-
And did you succeed?' asked Miss
Pepprey
No: he found his answer there"
"Ah! Read between the lines, 1 sup
pose. '-Philadelphia Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
Besides. It's a Strenuous Job.

The president has a chance to pla-
cate the unions and reduce his flesh at
the same time by becoming a walking
delegate.-NeW York Mail and Express.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
EYES Prior Discovery.

"By observing the fall of an apple"
remarked the moralizer, Newton discov-
cred the law of gravity"
Yes, rejoined the demoraliZer, "and
thousands Of years previous Mother Eve
discovered the gravity Of the law by biting
an apple Chicago News
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01

Great is Shaw, of Iowa. He sent So
100000 to New York the other day in
suit case carried by a department
clerk. The finish Of Shaw would have
been awful if it had occurred to the
clerk that he needed a couple of mil
lion dollars worth of cigarettes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
AL Seeing Eye.

Who was 1t who saw the handwriting
on the wall, Freddie?" asked the Sum
day school teacher.
1.-THE landlord, ma am quickly re-
piled the little boy who lives in a fiat
Yonkers Statesman.