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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-23

Coffeyville, Kansas. Dec. 19.-Sat-
urday night band of about fifteen
masked men blew up the pipe line of
the Kansas Natural Gas Co.,. where
it crosses the highways ten miles
north of here. Five explosions were
heard, beginning at II midnight, and
follo wing each other about an hour
apart. The state militia may be
called out. The Gas Co., says it will
Immediately relay the pipe lines de-
stroyed.
No new developments in the war
on the Kansas Natural Gas Company
this morning. No arrests have been
made and none are expected on ac-
count of the dynamiting cases. Pop
ular feeling is generally against the
company. Some excitement was
caused by baseless rumor that the
militia would be called out. The
company can repair the shattered
pipe at a small cost.
Chanute. Kans.. Dec. 19.-The
officers oflhe Kansas Gas Protective
Association today said that they re-
gretted much the dynamiting of the
pipe line. 1t develops that the dvn-
amiters smashed the. line L. seven in
stead of four places, and that they
put to flight one of the gas company's
guards by poking a gun in his face.
Fifty or more Italians engaged 10
laying the pipe have left the county
terrified.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-23
ELLINWOOD.

E-o-c 're Leader.
E. D. Harrington of New York state,
is here on visit to his brother, Samuel
Harrington. northwest of town.
Mrs. Robt. Smart anil son, Jim, have
been here from Sawyer the past week,
visiting old Ellinwood friends.
]. c. Meyer an all around printer
from Chicago, is assisting in the Leader
office during the December rush. Mr..
Meyer is an adapt in the ''art preserva-
tive" and has certainly been a wonder
full help to this Office in getting out our
big holiday editions.
DR.. Burlow, who lived Ia this COM
munity for some twelve to fifeen years.
but who removed to Hoiyrood, Ellie
worth county, nearly two years ago,
died at that place Monday afternoon,
December IL, at fifty minutes past one
o'clock, Of the infirmities of old age.
The funeral took place this afternoon
from the German M. E. church, Ellin-
wood, and was in charge OF the Ellin
wood G. A. R. post, and the German
Militair Verein, in both Of which or
! CARNATIONS ne was an honored member
The funeral was largely attended. al
the deceased was widely known.
| DIR. d. F. Burlow Was born March
1872, at Cherlottenburg, near Berlin
Germany. and was therefore e3 year
old at the time OF his death.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wurm, wife Of Der
nsrd Wurm, died Sunday evening
December IL, at fifty minutes past nin'
O'Clock, at the family home eight mile
northeast of Ellinwood- Mrs. Wurm
had been very i'll for the past six months
with stomach trouble, snd most OF til.
i time was unable to leave her bed Sh.
was given the best of nursing and med
ical care, but the trouble was beyons
human skill to remedy.
The funeral took place yesterda,
morning at half past ten o'clock, from
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-23

A. L. Powell, of the south side,
has been over near Hoisingtor, NOV
ing house from the country into
that lively town.
Some substantial Improvements are
bcing made at the Episcopal church.
A new entry way is being put in, and
the cupola completed.
Mo;itz Reimer was down from
Olmitz Monday and deposited two
plunks in the DEMOCRAT till for
which he has our thanks.
Tohn Evefs was down from Paw
nee Rock Monday and squared up
for the HUSTLER for year. John is
the proud father of new handsome
ten pound boy, born Sunday. :
James H. Cheney, of this city, has
his picture in the Sunday Topeka
Carital, as one of the sextette from
the Kansas agricultural College winch
won a corn-judging contest over the
Iowa Agricultural College Students
| Lillian Mason was taken i'll befor e
the show Saturday night and it was
thought for a time that the play
would have to be called off Miss
Mason finally concluded that she
would go through with the per-
Torrance which she did but after 1t
was over she succumbed to nervous
prostration and was forced to remain
in the opera house all night. She had
sufficiently recovered by Sunday moor
Ito be removed to the hotel. The com.
Ipany is billed for Hoisington all thi:
week.
| Baptist Church Sunday Schoo
entertainment Friday night. Christ
mas services Sunday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-23
CAME A LONG WAY.
Mrs. Marley, Of Portland, Oregon. is
Treating With Prof. Larson.

Mrs. Markley arrived last night
from Portland, Oregon, to take treat
ment from Prof. ]. Austin Larson.
whose cures have caused such pro-
found sensation. here. She is a guest
of the Hotel Greene, and will remain
there until her course of treatments
are completed. Mrs. Markley is the
second patient to come from the Pa
Cific coast to take treatment from this
man since his arrival in Kansas six
teen months ago.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-23

inc. Heavy grades on the entire line
will be obliterated. The Belen cutoff
will make possible the avoidance of
the Colorado mountain grades. In
Chicago the track elevation will be
completed and there and in Kansas
City the terminals viii be greatly in
creased. The Topeka shops will be
doubled and will eventually employ
upwards of FIVE THOUSAND men. I'm
provements will be make in many
Kansas division points.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-23

Topeka, Kas. Dec. 20.-The
money from the sale of fifty thousand
dollars worth of bondswhich the San
ia Fe has issued, viii soon be devoted
to extensive Improvements and to
secure and purchase lines in Califor-
MIA, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and
Louisiana. Thousands of miles of
double track are to be laid i'm
mediately between Chicago and Joliet,
Florence, Kas. to Newton, Kas.
Joliet to Coal City. The completion
will be made of the Emporia cutoff
and the Belen cutoff. The Pecos
Valley will be over hauled and
through freight andPassengers routed
south from Hutchinson over this
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-23
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

MIS-. V. S. Musil OF E'linwood W as
10 the city Monday.
c. ]. and Fred. Ruch were down
from Beaver township on business
Tuesday.
A Dodd, on the Brinkman ranch,
3 came in Friday and subscribed for
the DEMOCRAT.
John Corngan' of Boyd, called FRI
day to renew on his DEMOCRAT for
another year.
ohn Dundas and son Fred were
north. Homestead visitors Monday to
the'county seat.
Frank Schenk of near Olmitz, and
David. Homer of the north side. were
callers at this Office Monday.
Domineck Kultgen was up from
Lakin township Tuesday and squared
up for the DEMOCRAT another year.
Cashier VIC Schneider, of the
Brinkman-Brackb bank at Olmitz, was
in the county seat Monday on bust
ness.
John Doherty, of near Ellinwood
and Dan Converse of Albert, were
among the Saturday callers at thi:
Office.
T. T. Kelly is getting into trouble
again. He was run down by a stree
car in Kansas City Friday and hi.
thigh broken.
H. w. Downey writes from Fresno
California to renew on his DEMocRAl
to 1906, with regards to all old GJea
Bend friends.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-23

Kansas City, Dec. 19.-The court
of appeals unanimously affirmed the
fine of one hundred dollars imposed
upon State Senator Sullivan for so
Letting a bride on the pure food
measure pending in the last legisla-
ture. Soliciting a brlb- is considered
a misdemeanor in Missouri.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-23

ST Josephs Catholic church, Ellinwood
R~y FIR. Enmerick officiating.
Deceased was born in Nes!phaiial
Prussia, July Is, 1919. She came to
America and Eilinwood in 1876, resid-
ing in the community until her death.
Besides her husband, she leaves seven
children, the youngest of whom is IA
years old, to mourn her departure.
May she rest in peace.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-23
CLAFLIN.
From the Clarion.

Word was received to-day that Mis-
Mary Stoskopf who had been a sufferer
for some time spaet FROM consumption,
died at 9 o'clock at her home near Du-
huque.
Claflin has few old maidens that
should be look ing to their laureis in the
matrimonial line, there is now only q
few short days left until their leap year
opportunities will be gone for another
four years: And just think what four
years will do to those already whitening
features.
We would like to see the people, in
town, and especially the business men
cut out their little differences and all
get together on q common level bust.
ness basis, and work together for the
good Of the town. What viii help one
will help others il We could but ali pull
in the same direction st the same time
Great Bend people are now wranRline
over the proposition as to whether or
not they will vote bonds to build new
school house, aud as is usual in such
cases there are come who are fighting
the proposition on the grounds that il
will cost somebody q few cents each
year Ia taxes, just as thopgh the proper
education of their children could be
naaeuro1 nv dollars and eauts
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-23

Washington, Dec. I9.-The annual
of the Interstate Commerce
com mission which was made public
today shows the past year to have
been unusually prolific of railroad
wrecks. During the year 1926 em
ployees were injured, 1867 were killed,
an increase of ten thousand injured
and eight hundred killed over nine
teen two. This year 8077 passengers
were injured, 400 killed, a total in
crease in deaths of "a and 1-2 per
cent in one year. Ten large wrecks
were responsible for % per cent of
the deaths. There were about six
thousand collisions during the year
and forty eight hundred derailments.
Among the causes are laxity in dis
ciPline, long hours, the employment
of inexperienced men, and the over.
taxing of facilities for handling
business. The commission urges the
ado ption of the block system
uniformly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-23

Toxic, Dec. IA Port Arthur
dispatch of the 10th says, General
Stoessel opened negotiations with
General Nogi, looking to the protec-
ton of the hospitals within the fort
ress. He furnished Noei plans of
the Notifications which showed the
position of the hospitals.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-23

The winter is one-third over, and
the days have about reached their
shortest, your coal bill will soon be
curtailed, and you will not miss the
price of this paper for year. Make
a present of years subscription, if
not to yourself, to some of your Kin
folks.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-23

Denver, Dec. 1.-THE Supreme
Court today threw out the entire vote
oEfour precincts in two wards on ac-
count of frauds. This opens the way
to offset the Democratic majority for
Adams for governor over Peabody.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-23
CONGREGATIONAL Church.

The Christmas festivities Nill be at
the Moses Hall. over the BTinhman
Bank at Z, Friday evening.
The congregation viii join in the
Union Christmas service Sunday
morning at IL. Musical Program,
with address by pastor at 7:30 P. M
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-23

Paola, KS. Dec. III. 1. Will
liams died here yesterday at the age
of sixty four years. Williams was
probably the heaviest man in the
state, tipping the scales at almost FIVE
hundred pounds.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-23

Washington, Dec. 19.-The presi
den today recopsidered his action in
dismissing Federal Judge Baker. of
New Mexico. He ordered the order
revoked, after giving Bake hearing.
The Judge, however, does not care to
serve longer, and has resigned.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-23

Mukden, Dec. 19.-The Japanese
received from Dalny today number
of heavy calibre guns of the newest
pattern. Thirty of them have been
placed in positions on the Japanese
left flank.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-23
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

Chicago, Dec. 17.-W. w. Kim
ball, the famous piano manufacturer,
is dead at his home here, of heart
disease.
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-23

L. E. Schilling was up from
Seward this morning and advanced
his DEMOCRAT up another notch.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-23

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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-23

A. L. Powell, of the south side,
has been over near Hoisington, NOV
ing house from the country into
that lively town.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-14
Worst orAnFxp.ri-nc--.

that every minute will he your last
Such was the experience of Mrs. ). ii
NewSon. Decatur. Ala. For , years,
she writes, Il endured insufferable
pain from indigestion, stomach and
bowel trouble. Death seemed inevitable
when doctors and all remedies failed.
At length l was induced to try Electric
Bitters and the result was miraculous.
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druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-14
TWO COUPLES COME HERE
FROM THE NORTH TO WE'D

1t is probable Il romance lies behind
Il double wedding that was performed
last evening by Rev. II. Il. W'IlAam~
at the parsonage of the First Metho-
dist church. Charles +. Favish. Of
Melville, Wis, was married to Miss
Mabel Page. of Grand Rapids, Mich,
and Fred Podwin. of Battle Creek,
Mich, to Miss Mabel Ward, Of Detroit,
Mich. The grooms represented them
selves to be travelling statesmen. Both
couples reached the city yesterday
morning, but the licenses were Sc
cured an hour apart The happy
quartet departed on the evening train
for the west On the Milwaukee road.
They stated thcV were bound for the
worlds fair. Mr. and Mrs. Favish will
make their home in Neilsville and Mr..
and Mrs Podwin at Battle Creek.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-14
RIVER RIPLETS.

The steamer st. Paul arrived in
Rock Island this morning at s o'clock
for St. Louis with 400 passengers on
board. About - people took the
steamer from this port. There was a
party of four members from Des
MoineS. who had purchased tickets
for st. Louis for the trip on the big
boat, but upon finding that the steam
er was crowded so much they decided
that the accommodations would be
unsatisfactory, and went by rail.
While all the boats going TO st. Louis
do an enormous business. the st.
Paul is probably the one most desired
by passengers. it being the largest of
the Diamond 10 line, and considered
the flower of the fleet.
The Quincy came in this morning at
about II o'clock bound for st. Paul.
She carried good cargo of freight
and quite a number of passengers,
most Of whom were returning from a
visit to the worlds fair. \ party of
30 from Canon Falls. Mimi. were ON
board the boat and got off here for
awhile.
The stage of water was SO all day.
Boats down were the st. Paul and
Winona; north. were the Ruth the
Purchase, Quincy and Winona.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-14
ALLOWED $3.50 FOR THE
KILLING OF HORSE ON RAIL

Henry Wolfring. of South Rock ISL
and, was allowed $50 by jury in the
circuit court this morning for the
killing of a horse by the Burlington
road Nov. %. 1901, in the alley at the
rear of Third avenue between Twenty
third and Twenty-fOurth streets.
Workings team was standing on a
switch track leading to the Hammond
Packing company's warehouse when.
il was alleged. Il car was backed in,
cutting off leg of one of the horses
and necessitating its being shot. The
road was sued fer S175. Searle & Mar
shall represented Wolfring and Swee-
hey & Walker the defendant company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-14
REPRESENTATIVE GIVES
CONGER A BAD REPUTE

Grand Rapids. Mich, June 14.-At
the conspiracy trial of E. d. Conger,
manager of The Herald here, growing
out of the water deal boodlery, ex-
Representa- tive Belknap testified that
Conger and other members of The
Herald staff tried to get from him 1884
cash and $1OO per month during his
third term in return for the papers
influence to secure his reelection. Be
fore this testimony was offered Repre-
sentative William Alden Smith was
called by the prosecution. He testified
that he had heard a story about an at
tempt to secure money from Belknap.
but he declared that his information
did not connect COnger with the
scheme.
Belknap, sworn directly afterward.
said that in 1892 the proposition was
made to him by W. X. Williams. of
The Herald. When he left the Office
in which he talked with Williams he
was approaced by Conger and Profes-
sor Swensborg, former part proprietor
Of The Herald, who urged the neces-
sity of The Herald's support. Belknap
said that he was followed into the
street, and the conversation between
him and COnger became SO heated as
to attract the attention of police
man. Belknap did not pay, he testi-
fed
Arthur S. White and ]. X. Johnston
testified against Conger'S reputation,
which they declared was not good.
Glen s. Barrett. stenOgrapher for the
grand Jury. read COnger's grand jury
testimony for the purpose of showing
discrepancies between that and his
testimony during the present trial.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-14
Lash Once More for Negroes.

Lexington, Ky, June 14.-POlice
Judge John J. Riley has revived the
whipping post for negroes. lie SEN
fenced Simon Scarce, Il 15-year-old ne
gro lad, to be whipped i'll the public
square. Scarce had struck white
boy. The court decreed that the boys
mother take the negro to the public
square and give him twenty lashes
with a buggy whip. In the presence of
Il crowd the mother administered the
punishment as directed. This is the
first time such an incident has been
witnessed in Kentucky since the civil
VAR.