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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26

Word came to Great Bend Tues
day that farmer near Ray took a
man out to his place Sunday, to help
in harvest. That evening the fellow
assaulted the farmers daughter. then
skipped out. The whole neighbor-
hood is said to be up in arms seeking
the human brute.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26

Newcombe carries a special line of
threshing coal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26

Chester Nichols and wife, and o.
w. Devine drove out to Heller Satur-
day night, during the rain. When
they got as far as Henry Miller's
they drove into the Miller barn.
But they were soaked to the skin.
Mrs. Nichols and o. w. found a com
fort, made of highly colored calico,
and wrapped it about them. The
next morning it would be hard to tell
which of the two was decorated with
the most varigated colors.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26

House for rent. I. F. Hess
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26
Engineer Carr has been laid off on
account of illness for few days.

Engineer Carr has been laid off on
account of illness for few davs.
John REIN left for Colorado We'd
nesday to be gone week or ten
day.
The Local NJ. W. A. camp is
preparing to hold a county picnic
soon.
Miss Clara Buckland is spending
few weeks in the Colorado
mountains.
Master frankie Richards, OF
Hutchinson, is here on a visit with
Great Bend friends.
Mrs. Cassell, daughter of d.
Turner, returned to her home in
alabama this week.
DR.. A. C. Daniels; of Bedford, Pa,
has been visiting the family of A. B.
Riddle the past week.
Mrs. Louis Zutavern has been con-
fined to her bed with illness for the
past two or three days.
Services at the Episcopal church
next Sunday at l j a. al. and 8 p. IN.
REV. @. BEfSEY.
Master Willie Patterson, son of
Frank Patterson, is here visiting
friends, from Weatherford, Oklahoma.
FoR SALE-A big, heavy work
team. See VIM. Remick, at
"Remick's Rest" opposite Hotel
Greene.
Our old friend, S. S. Shields, of
Maherville, is reported growing more
feeble each week. He suffers with
paralysis.
c. Samuels, of the c. Samuels Co.,
arrived from Chicago Monday, and
will spend a few days among old
friends here.
Jake Miller has orders from
Topeka for a number of pictures of
threshing and harvesting gangs in
operation.
Jimmie Cheney is home from the
State Agricultural College, at Man
haitian, to spend the summer with
the home folks.
Sheriff 7. r. Johnson left on Tues
day for the Colorado mountains He
may stay most of the summer if his
health improves. Deputy Sheriff w.
p. Cons has. charge of he sheriff's
Office during Dicks absence
The statement that w. w. Culver
has been exonerated by the courts
from the charge brought against him
by the Farmers G. ain and Live
Stock Association, will be good news
to the many friends of the family
here.
A business man and one who desires
the liquor business controlled as it
was here last summer, desires US to
ask chow the cause of temperance is
promoted by permitting the SALOONS
to put up screens in front of their
bars?"
Probably the greatest amount of
water that ever fell in half an hour,
in Great Bend, fell Wednesday of this
week, from lis to 2:45. 1t came
down in sheets-not showers-and
probably an inch and three quarters
of rain fell in 80 minutes.
HELP-All parties wanting harvest
hands write to S. c. Speer Manager,
Queen City Employment Agency, 3I0
College ST., Springfield, Mo. Giving
wages paid per day, number hours
worked, and whether with or without
board.
Frank Wheeler and Sarah Porter
were married at the residence of the
brides brother-in-law, Wednesday
afternoon at u o'clock. They will
visit few days with the brides
parents at Pawnee Rock. Mr..
Wheeler is employed with the Moses
Bros. Mill and Elevator. They will
be at home on South Main street
after July L.
You will observe by the results of
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26

That walk on the north side of For
est avenue, on the half block opposite
the DEMOCRAT Office, is getting in
worse condition every day. A new
stone or brick walk is badly needed
there, also the crossing from the old
Buckland corner to the school grounds
needs digging up out of the mud.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-26

Frank Porter has had word of the
death of his uncle, Moore Porter, at
Bellefontaine, Ohio. Mr.. Porter
was 70 years old and had formerly
been prominently identified with
public affairs in his section of Ohio.
He was for nineteen years superin-
tendent of the Logan County
Infirmary.
Editor Townsley of Great Bend is
visiting in New York city. In let
ter published in his paper last week
he tells of seeing the picture of a
young lady in Broadway studio who
was made to undress by means of
electricity right before his eyes.
Now, where do you suppose his wife
was while this was going on! And
what do you suppose become of that
plug hat?-Sterling Journal.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
GAS EXPLODES IN A MINE.
One Hundred Men tOm and
Were Barely Rescued From
Certain Death.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, April Am ex-
plosion of gas occurred Friday after
noon in No. S mine of the Lehigh &
W~ilkesbarre Coal Co. in the southern
part of this city. A force of voluD-
teers was quickly organized and went
to the assistance of the miners sup
posed to be ~imperilled below. When
they reached the foot of. the shaft
they made their way to that portion
where the men were supposed to he.
They were met by some of the mine
bosses, and informed that there had
been an explosion in No. 3 slope in
the third east gangway of the mine.
There were 100 men working in that
portion Of the mine, and for q time it
was feared they were lost The res
cuing parties, however, found them
all within half an hour, and 20 was
burned or in any way injured. They
had been working their way to the
foot of the shaft from every portion
of the mine.
The explosion was caused by a mi
ner with a naked lamp trimming into
a body of gas. Several doors were
blown down and considerable brattice
work was wrecked. Succeeding the
explosion there was a slight fire in
one of the working chambers, but
this was speedily extinguished. Apart
from the wrecked doors and airways
no other damage was done to the
nina
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10

all, loyalty on the part of Erin, is al
ready practically assured, because of
the adherence to the measure of the
sors among the party at present in
power in England.
The land problem in Ireland was
very tersely stated when William
O'Brien said: where the lands are,
there are no people; where the people
are, there is no land" The farmers of
this country, with their broad acres,
will readily understand the situation,
at least in part, when it is stated that
there is on the average only five acres
under the pillow for each farmer ESQ
called) engaged in raising crops. But
there are some farms of really respect
able proportions, which means, to
reach the average, some very tiny
farms, mere garden plots in perhaps
the majority of cases. Now add to this
the fact that those who have occupied
the land have not been allowed to w
it. The whole of the Emerald isle was
originally farmed out in great estates.
The great landowners surely would not
sell when they so clearly saw that the
only limit to renting values was the
difference between the gross annual
value of the farm and the cost of mere
subsistence on the part of the occu-
piers. The Gladstone land bill of 1881
took from the landlords the privilege
of fixing the rents, and partially cured
the abuse. The present act goes fur
Their, indeed right to the root of the
matter, and aids the tenants in ecur-
ing the fee to their lands. 1t will cost
England something. 1t is estimated
that it will be a matter of a sum just
under 3d. 00, 900 per annum. This, how
ever, will be partially compensated for
by the reduced cost of Irish administra-
ton, perhaps to the extent of quite
two-thirds of the cost. But peace, con-
tentment and loyalty on the part of
the Irish people would more than re-
pay the entire cost if all had to come
out of the treasury without hope of
being reimbursed.
MAURICE CLIFTON.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
BLUE JACKETS WERE LANDED.
A Detachment From the Cruiser Atlanta
landed In San Domingo to Guard
81 American Consulate.

Cape Haytien, Hayti, April 3.-The
situation in Santo Domingo City is
critical. The commander of the Unit
ed States cruiser Atlanta, which has
arrived at Santo Domingo from this
port, yesterday, landed a detachment
of so blue jackets to guard the Unit
ed States consulate general in that
city. A shell fired last night by the
Dominican cruiser Presidente, which
is on the side Of President Vasquez,
fell on the German consulate. A bat
tie lasting three hours took place yes
terday morning between the govern
ment troops and the revolutionists ON
the banks of the River Ozama which
flows into the Caribbean sea at Santo
Domingo. A hundred men were killed
or wounded. President Vasquez de-
mands the surrender of Santo Domin-
go city, but the revolutionists are dig
posed to resist up to the last moment.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
TORNADO STRIKES INDIANA.
English-Farm Houses In
storms Path Destroyed.

English, Ind, April Am a lorna
do that struck three miles of here at
noon Friday Mrs. George Cunningham
was killed and her ~ten-year-old son
suffered a fractured skull. Their
house was blown down upon them.
The path of the storm was 100 yards
wide and a mile long. Three farm
houses were destroyed. A farm hand
was perhaps fatally injured in a fall
ing barn.
In the Washington district one end
of a school building that housed 40
children, was blown in, n child be-
ing fatally injured by a flying brick
and several others sustaining painful
injuries. In Washington the old
Christian church was blown down,
the plate glass windows blown in and
much minor damage was done. The
property loss there is estimated at
$25, 200.
At Oakland City the south wall Of
the Oakland City Manufacturing Co.'S
building caved in. o. S. May, an en-
ploye, was buried under the debris,
receiving injuries that may prove IA
tai.
At Alexandria Oscar Cummings was
perhaps fatally injured and his ten
year-old daughter was instantly
killed, a tree being blown upon them
as they were passing along the high
way,
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
PAY OF SCHOOL TEACHERS.
Differences Shown In Pedagogic
Compensation in Various Part
of the Country.

"The people have done more for the
teachers of New York city than has
been done for any body of teachers in
the world,'' writes Prof. McAndrew,
principal of the girls high school, in
the Worlds Work.
AS for teachers in general, the rec
ord is usually after this fashion:
"Crates, of Mallos, was the first to
teach grammar in Rome. Having had
the misfortune to fall into a sewer,
thus breaking his leg, he was thence
forward considered good for nothing
but to be a teacher"
Horace mentions Orbillius, the most
famous teacher of his time, only to
confer on him an immortality of con
tempt.
The first American schoolmasters,
say the historians of education, were
also grave-diggers, street-sweepers,
and were employed in other occupa-
lions similarly looked down upon.
Maine, in cities of more than 5000 in
habitants, pays teachers $44S q year
upon the average.
The cities of this state pay 1868 to the
average teacher; the cities of Massa-
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10

pie in the government of themselves.
The additional problem for Great Brit
ain is to secure loyalty on the part OF
the Irish to the British government.
Bv means of the Irish land bill re-
Gently introduced in parliament by
George Wyndham, chief secretary for
Ireland, it is confidently expected that
the first of these problems will grad
ually find solution. 1t is ever thought
by some observers that the passage of
this bill will pave the way for political
reform, the second of Ireland's prob
lens. What England desires most of
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
TRIED TO STEAL THE SAFE.
Thieves Loot d House on n PrOmf-
nent Street in ST. Louis While
NeishbOrs Calmly Look On.

St. Louis, April 4.-Three men drove
up to the home of John Babor, at No.
4o07 Page avenue, Friday afternoon
about four o'clock, and while neigh
bors watched their operations. ran
sacked the house, securing $1S in cash,
a gold chain, a diamond and an en-
eral stud, valued at about fifty dol
lars, and 25 cigars.
With the neighbors still watching
them the men carried a safe, weigh
ing about five hundred pounds, out
of the building and they would have
made way with it had not the horse,
which they were driving, become
frightened at a white quilt, which
covered the safe. 1t contained $500 in
cash and $500 worth of jewelry, as
we'll as many valuable papers. 1t was
hurled to the pavement, and wrecked,
but the robbers did not stop to exam
inc it's contents, and escaped.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
BEHIND THE BARS AGAIN.
Thomas Keegan and sTOpeka Joe'
and Two Other Post officer Rob-
bers in Jail Again.

Toledo, O., April 4.-Thomas Kee-
gan, who, with Topeka" Joe and two
other post Office robbers, made a SEN
sational escape from the Toledo Jail
in 1901, has been landed behind the
bars here again, to answer to the
charge of robbing the West Toledo,
post office. Keegan was caught in Los
Angeles. Cal. last October.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
INDIANA MAN APPOINTED.
A., A.. winsIOyy Goes to Guatemala
City as Secretary OF the
American Legation.

Washington, April 3.-The state de-
has Tiled the position Of
of legation at Guatemala
City by the appointment of A.. A.
Winslow, of Indiana. This post was
held by j. w. Bailey, of Kentucky,
who was in company with young God
frey Hunter when Fitzgerald was
shot. Bailey was given an indefinite
leave of absence.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
AN ALL-FOOLS' DAY PRANK.
1t Was Carried Too Far, with the
Result that One of the Per-
p~etrators is Dead.

New York, April 3.-An all-Fools'
day prank has resulted fatally here.
George Wallace, aged IA, dying from
a blow on the jaw, inflicted by a man
who had been tornented by jokers.
Wallace was watching boys who were
tieing tin cans to the coats of pass
ers by when one of the latter ac-
cused Wallace of tieing a can to his
coat tail and struck him on the Jaw,
f%racturing his skull.
William Bagley, aged II, a plumb
ber's helper, has been arrested
charged with a%ssaulting Wallace.N
Bagley says the boy threw a brick at
him a, i he retaliated by striking him
in the mouth.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
MEXICAN GOVERNOR MOBBED.
In the Resulting Riot -Four Men Were
Killed and a IarRe Number of
Persons Wounded,

Monterey, Mexico, April 3.-During
the celebration here of the victory of
Gen. Diaz' republican troops over the
French at Puebla on April 2, 1857, aft
er the ~disbanding of a grand parade
on the Zaragosa plaza, a mob of about
$4,000 citizens who are partisans of
Francisco Reyes, who is one of the
opposing candidates of Gov. Bernardo
Reyes, late minister of war in Presi-
dent Diaz' cabinet, marched in a body
to the residence of Gov. Reyes and
began to heap abuse upon the gov
ernor, greeting him with the shower
of stones and yells of death to
ernor in the meantime called upon the
police by telephone for protection,
and a squad Immediately responded
and began the work of dispensing the
mob.
Pitched Battle Ensues.
A pitched battle ensued, in which
stones, sticks andpistols played prom
inent parts. A large number of shots
were exchanged between the police
and the ~riotous mob, and when She
mob had dispersed it was found that
two policemen and two citizens had
persons more or less seriously wound
ed. 1t is impossible to learn the names
of those killed. 1t is also impossible
to estimate the number or obtain the
names of those who were wounded, as
the mob managed to make off with
their wounded comrades. Late in the
day quiet had been restored through.
out the city, although there is an I'M
dercurrent of i'll feeling toward Gov.
Reyes which may yet assert itself
and trouble is not unlikely to break
out afresh at any moment.
Reyes, Popularity on the Wane.
Ever since the retirement of Gov.
Reyes from the cabinet of President
Diaz, where he filled the portfolio of
minister of war and since his resump-
ton of the duties of governor of Nue.
vo Leon, he has not enjoyed his for
mer popularity, and there have been
many circulars posted throughout the
city favoring the candidacy of Fran
cisco Reyes for governor. Although
Francisco bears the same name as the
governor there is no family cornec-
ton whatever between them. The
liberty which has prevailed during
the present campaign of the various
candidates for governor of the state
of Nuevo Leon is out of the ordinary
and for some unknown reason Presi-
dent Diaz has pursued tie policy OF
9shands off, and left the candidates
to work out their OWL salvation.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
Mean Hit 1t Clergyman.

A certain Philadelphia clergyman,
who is very highly esteemed for his
many good qualities, is noted for
preaching sonorifc m His CON
gregation lately gave him a new pulpit,
a very ornate piece of furniture, and
it bears this motto: "He giveth his
beloved Sleep"
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
WOMEN AND CHILDREN FLEE.
Steamer Jamaica Brings Report
That the Revolution In Honduras
Is Spreading Along the Coast.

Mobile, Ala, April 4.-The Norwe-
gian steamer Jamaica, Peterson, mas
ter, from Puerto Corte, Honduras, re-
ports that upon the capture of Puer-
to Cortez, March %, began an exodus
of inhabitants, many men and 60
women and children leaving on the ia
maica and being landed in Guatemala.
The revolution has spread along the
nnaSI
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
VICTOR MURDOCH NOMINATED.
Named to Succeed Long In
Congress-.

Great Bend, Kas., April 3.-Victor
Murdoch, of Wichita, was to-day NOM
by the republican convention
of the Seventh district to succeed
Chester I. Long, who resigned the Of
fee on being elected to the Office of
United States senator to succeed Will
lam A. Harris. Mr.. Murdoch is hush
ness manager of the Wichita Eagle.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
NEW YORK LAWYER ARRESTED
Attempt to Bride Charged Against
the Business Partner of DIR. r..
C. Flowers Son.

New York, April 4.-Lawyer George
Edward Mills, the business partner of
the son of DR.. Richard G. Flower, was
arrested, Friday, OF the charge # at
tempting to bride Assistant District
Attorney Caravan, who is the prose-
cutor in the case against DIR. Flower.
1t is alleged he offered Mr.. Garvan ST.
$50 for the five original indictments
against Flower. Mills was held in
S., 1000 bail for examination.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10

chusetts, $72s a year; the cities Of
Pennsylvania, $52s. In the latter state,
as a whole, women average 1904.
The average (monthly) salary for
the country is SAT for men, $50 for
women.
Lewis Elkin, of Philadelphia, has just
left a fortune whose income is to be
used in pensioning worn-out teachers.
In that city this work is no longer to
be left to chance or left undone.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
ESCAPED AGAIN ON HANDCAR.
Five Masked Men Wrecked n Safe al
JudsOn. Ind, and Secured
About $4,000.

Terre Haute, Ind, April Alive
masked men blew open the safe of Nc
Phillips store at Judson, Friday
morning at four o'clock. They Sc
cured about $4,000 in money and notes
and got away on a hand car.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10

Victor Murdoch, of Wichita, Kas.,
was nominated by the republican con-
vention of the Seventh Kansas dis
trict, on the I'd, to succeed Chester I.
Long, who resigned the Office on be-
ing elected to the office of United
States senator to succeed William A.
Harris.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
Change of Con.uIs at Montreal.

Montreal, April Maj. Allensen
Edwards the new United States zen
sui general arrived here Thursday
and will take over the office at once.
Maj. B%ittinger, who r~etires, has left
for his home in Missouri.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
COGHLAN NEEDS A COLLIER.
American Admiral Reports Truxill0
Captured BY RevoIutionIsts.

Washington, April 3.-The navy de-
partment has received the follow
ing ~cablegram from Admiral Coghlan,
dated Guatemala, April 1:
Following sen oy Marietta en-
route Belize for stores, Raleigh ar
rived Truxillo 2Sth. Panther returned
from Puerto Cortez reports Truxillo
captured by revolutionists Gath. Our
interests protected, conditions unset
tied. Communication uncertain. and
another collier needed. Brutus near
ly empty"
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
A Desperate Suicide.

~Carlinville, ILL.,, April A stranger.
supposed to be Edward Faulkner, Of
Shelbyville, Ind, committed suicide
Thursday afternoon, by jumping in
front of passenger train No. 2 ON the
c., P. & st. L. Railroad, near Challa-
combe.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10

Kingdom and Jay Gould, aged Is and
IA, started from ST. Louis, on the I'd,
over the railway lines controlled by
their father, George Gould, for the
purpose of studying railway opera
ton. The father accompanies them
on their novel trip.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
From Michigan to Boston.

a costly removal is about to be
undertaken by j. NJ. Longyear, of
Marquette, Mich. At a cost of $780,
900 he built a palatial home in that
city. He has become so embittered
against the city for allowing a rail-
way to run near his property that
he will move his house, stone by
stone, to Boston, which project will
almost reach the original cost Of the
Sfr1cfrre
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10
Old Treasury EmpIoye Dead.

Washington, April 4.-Stephen N.
Buynitzky, assistant chief of the Gus
toms division of the treasury depart
ment, who has been connected in re-
sponsible positions with that branch
of the service for IS years, died here
to-day, aged 70.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10

Senator James P. Clarke and Con-
gresham S. B~rundige fought on tie
streets of Little Rock, Ark, on the
I'd. The trouble arose over a news
paper interview given out by the con-
gresham. Neither was seriously in
iured.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10

pie to secure in Ireland. The first de-
sideratum, first because SO closely al
lied to the Observation-Disclosures problem,
is a beneficial change in the manner OF
holding land. The second demand is
for an effective voice of the Irish peo-
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10

Col. Nicholas Sem, of Chicago, sur
geon general of the Illinois national
guard, was appointed, on the 1st, by
the federal government o represent
the United States at the International
Medical congress, to be held April 20,
i'll Madrid, Spain.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10

President Roosevelt spoke to 5000
persons at Chicago, on the I'd, in adj
vocacy of the Monroe doctrine. He
advised Americans to speak courte-
ously of other nations and carry a
big stick-meaning the navy-thereby
inSuring peace,
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10

Indiana miners agreed, on the 31st,
to refer the principal point in dis
pute, the employment of expert shot
1irers in certain mines, to President
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers
and Walter S. Boyle, the Chicago OPP
orator. The feeling is that a strike
will be averted.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10

The vote of bituminous miners in
Indiana On the ultimatum of opera
tors that last years agreement !e
signed, was canvassed at Indianapolis,
on the 30th, and showed a majority IN
favor of rejecting the ultimatum.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-10

Hon Leslie NJ. Shaw, secretary of
the treasury, was the principal speak
err at the Kickapoo club banquet in
Peoria, Ill.,, on the 31st. He advo-
Gated laws encouraging the associa-
ton of capital on legitimate lines.