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BoozE disguised as patent medi- cines must hereafter pay the in ternal revenue tax on liquor.
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KILLED BIZ ASTRAIN.

Wednesday afternoon about b
o'clock while a westIbound freight
was in the yards,a man whb was
beating his way sell between the
cars and was run sover, five cats
passing over him. He was fiscoV
cred by the conductor Just west d
the water tank. Cnesleg wax com
pletely severed from fhe body AMI
he was otherwise badly mutflated
He was carried toIthk freight room
Of the depot and prs. Hayf AMI
Crisler were sumIIionfd. They diH
all that could be DONE for tile pooh
fellow but he diedHn p shortl timd.
Before he lost consciousness he gavt
his name as Mike GU bway, of James,
villes, Wisconsin, The body was
taken to R. o. Williarnsonb lunE
dertaking rooms a:lde the cbronot
was notified. An inquest wax
thought necessary ana the rdnains
were inferred in The Attica |cemeE
terry yesterday n1oriling. Attica
Independent. III L
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THE NEWTON. CASE.

The appeal in the Newton Bros.
murder case was argued in the SUI
preme court at Topeka Monday.
Both County Attorney Grifin,rep-
resenting the state, e,and G. M. Mar
tin, representing the defendants,
left for Topeka Saturday to be on
hand to argue the case.
Edward Clark Newton and
Mark Morris Newton were cow iCt-
ed in October 1904 of the murder
of Patrick King at the Old Kiowa
school house in the latter part of
July of that year, ,and are now Serv-
ing time in the penitentiary under
sentence of death which in Kansas
means life Imprisonment. If the
appeal is successful they will be
tried again. The defense claims
that they did not have fair trial
at the time on account of prejudice
which existed in the public mind.
The supreme court will prob
ably pass on the case within a
month.
Attorneys Martin and Griffin a l.
so attended commencement eXer-
cises of the StateUniversity at Law
renee on this trip. They expected
20 be home today or tomorrow.
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GREAT MORTALITY.

A group of members of the house
were showing disposition to joke
Representative Capron of Rhode
Island because of his rapid method
of putting through pension bills
Capron has broken all past records,
and as he gains experience he
breaks his own records. He ac-
cepted the railery of his friends
with his usual good nature re and
then spoke seriously for moment:
81 am glad to be an instrument
in the passage of these bills. You
gentlemen may not be aware of it,
but the records show that 729o Of
the benehciaries bf these pensions
die within year. The bills are
mostly for men who have reached
the last milestone and are nearly
all helpless" j."
The above was handed us by an
old soldier witha request that ii
be published and we do so cheer
fully, fully endorsing its sentiment
1t is an opportune time, however,
to observe in passing that many
rank injustices arise OUT OF private
pension bills. Many able bodied
we'll to-do men have been taken
care of through the private pensioz
bill by reason of political advant.
age while needy and disabled 5oli
soldiers receive a mere pittalce
There are EXAMPLES of lit here. a:
well as in nearly every community
Too often the private pension bill
is not aimed at the proper indivtd.
ual.
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COMMON SCHOOL GRADUATES
Seventeen Barber County Students Com
plete the Course of I9O5-O6.

Seventeen of Barber County's
young people received diplomas
last Thursday showing that they
have completed the course of our
common schools.
The highest grade made was by
Miss Clara Lewis of Kiowa. Her
grade is $50. Miss Lewis is IA
years of age. Floyd Hall of Dis
trict No. 29 was second with an
average of o2.8, and May Lands
of Kiowa is third with an average
of o2.
The school board of this city has
a standing offer of one years free
tuition to the pupils max ing the
two highest grades and different
colleges make an offer of free tut
tion to the pupil making the high
est grade.
The following are the graduates:
Dollie E. Hull George Whitton
Oracle Bissantz Elva Atwell
Opal Murlett Fannie Allen
Hattie Hull Floyd Hall
Jasper Morris Maggie Albright
Joe Nichols Earl O'Connel
May Lands Elizabeth Van Hook
Kate lands Robert Burgess
Marian Richardson Clair Lewis
Earl Evans Clara G. Groendycke
Ruth Fetrow Cynthia MCGUIRE
Lola Lichlyter Joy Neal
Allie Murphey Leland Edwards
Burtram Burton Elizabeth Lowry
Florence MacGregor Margaret Martin
Laura Farley Nellie Wright
Eron vii
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ATTORNEY GENERAL LOSES.

Attorney General Coleman lost
out in his $4,000 libel suit against
the Topeka State Journal. In the
campaign of 1904 tic State Journ-
al exposed the attorney gene raj,
secretary of state and state superin-
tendent in a Shady Comanche coun-
ty bond deal, wherein the three Of
f1cials bought some undesirable
securities with state school funds.
The inference was that there was a
rakeoff somewhere in the deal.
Coleman, Burrows and Dayhoff the
three officials to the transaction,
each brought suit for libel. They
carefully avoided going to trial
during the campaign but the first
trial, was finally pulled off last
week, resulting as above noted.
The jury was out only a short
time.
The victory is one which should
be universally received with rejoic-
ing, 1t has lately become a fad
among unscrupulous politicians
and men with shady records to
jump at every newspaper that pub
fishes the ws,with a libel suit,
and if courts and juries should
countenance such abuse of priv
lege it would not be long until the
press of the country would be com
rpletely muzzled and there would
be little known about what is 60
ing on in the vaults. Though it
was an expensive trial the State
Journal displayed remarkable
courage and it has earned the fore
most place among the newspapers
of Kansas.
The result certainly should make
that state house gang feel mighty
small.
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WILL CLARK INSANE.

p or nearly year Will Clark, son
ofUack Clark and wife of Mingona
township, has been ailing mentally
but his folks did not consider him
dangerous until recently when the
mania developed into violence.
During the past two weeks on diff
fereht occasions he attempted to
strike his mother and might have
done her serious injury had not
others been there to protect her,
and lshe did not consider it safe to
stay at home unless someone was
there to stay with her. This seemed
to anger him and, it is said, he
threatened the life of both his faith
er and mother. But the climax
was reached on Saturday night
when he attempted to shoot Ross
MCDonald,a young man who was
working for his father. He walk.
ed into the house and pointed a
cooked gun at Mr.. Mcdonald while
the latter was sitting on a chair.
Mcdonald let himself fall back
wards and quickly crawled into an
adjoining room armed himself and
kept out of Clark's sight. Under
Sheriff Purdy was teleph oned and
he and Deputy Frank Gordon went
out and arrested him, Sheriff Haun
being absent at the time. They
had some trouble in getting him to
surrender and 60 with them but
suceeeeded with strategy. From
the time that he made the unsuc.
cessfhl attack on Mcdonald until
the officers got him he was wild
declaring to everybody that he
would kill his victim. He awoke
the entire neighborhood, and the
community was considerably excit-
ed. The officers got him at his
bachelor quarters at 3 o'clock Sun
day morning.
He was tried before Probate
Judge Gleason Monday afternoon
and Abridged insane. He will be
sent to the Topeka asylum as soon
as permission from the institution
can be procured.
Dr.. 7. A. Cofema was appointed
examining physician and pronounc-
ed him insane. Drs. Donovan and
VanDewalker heard the evidence
and brought in a verdict finding
him spasmodically insane.
This action was not taken any
too soon. Will has long been af-
fected and it is almost marvellous
that he did not kill someone. 1t is
dangerous to allow an insane ma n
to be at large and no community
should wait until something des-
perate is done before complaining.
1t is hoped that he will speedily
recover.
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AND srI[L rHE4 cow.

Two more 8. o. p. sspirdnts have
been added to the long LIST. of "oi-
fetal announcements | Hugh
Rankin of Sharon towhshipi and e4
commissioner of the first |;districf,
takes chips in the she;iff game AMI
Murray Davis of Lake City town :
ship has been fed to believe thai t
he has a chance to be- nominated
for register of deeds. / |
From the things thkt disinterr
ested observer sees and hears, there Z
is every appear 4ance thh ht Mi. RAM
kin has a sure thing. At d confer[
ence recently held al aImong those
whose prerogative it il to pass OBJ
the eligibility 4f candI Idates it wab
decided that M edicinel Lodge waS
to be shut out Of the SherifF's racd
and that Mr.. R Rankin Tas astrongI
er man anyway and VIE learn froT
the chilly north winI1 and tho
dropping daisie es that fhe ex-comI
missioner was. promisdd the noni4
nation before. he invested a greenl
back in an announcenhnt. |
AS for Davis,the Halmist says
that he will not even aet respects
able start-that he Will be. giveH
enough votes in the conventioni td
make him feel like a statesman id
embryo and after it's all over I'D
will be patted On the: back andI
told that he is a good fellow and
now that he has a good start he
will land next time suEe. 1t worksl
like charm. If you don't 'tsbelievd
it, ask Tom Kenney. /
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-06-06

Concerning the low valuation of
lsabels town property, the Isabel
Herald says:
S. c. Grimes is away from home
and the article in the Index this
week cannot be replied to without
consultation with him. The fact
is,however,t the greater part of Isa-.
bells resident lots go in as farm
land as they do not appear on re-
corded plot of this town. rs. c."
Will tell the story when he gets
home from Ohio.
If that be true the trustee does
Isabel an injustice. If town lots
are listed as farm land the evil
should be corrected. The trustees
returns, however, show that only 2
acres within the corporate limits
are listed as farm land. Last year
80 acres were so listed and valued
at $2Io. Yet,including this farm
land" Isabels valuation is less
than $500 as against Sharon's
$Io,366. We must adhere to our
original proposition that Valleys
trustee is doing the city of Isabel
an injustice or else it is only about
oneffth or one-siXth as good a
city as Sharon. Our best informa-
ton is that the former fact is true.
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A RABBIT SLAUGHTER.

On Sunday fifteen of: the cityis
sharp shooters pdulged in q rab-
bit hunt on Jasl Dobbs' ranch a
few miles southeas of town and
as a result there are Io7 less tree
consumers on IL ranch. To make
the hunt successful Mr.. iDobbs fur
nished two teams and wagons and
600 feet of wireI The ends of the
wire were fastened to the hind AK
lie of each wagon and the sports
men followed behind the wiFe.
Before the hui ht proceeded, Jerry
Gano and Steve Ireland "chose up"
sides and it was agreed that the
side shooting tn E smallest number
of rabbits should give a 6 o'clock
dinner to the crowd. Of course it
is six o'clock any time between
1901 a. m. and E2 p. m. +
The respective Sides and indi-
vidual records, are as follows:
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BROWN-SP

James B. Brown and Emma C.:
Spicer were married at the home OF
the brides parents in Haz elton
township, May 29, I9o6,in the pres
ence of the near rela tives and a
few friends of the bride and groom,
Elder F. M. Ilo of Preston, Kansas,
officiating.
The bride is the accomplished
daughter of James T. Spicer, one of
Barber county's prosp erous farmers
an d stock dealers. Mr.. Spicer came
to this county II years ago and has
not only succeeded financially but
best of all he has made a host of
friends by his straightforward way
of doing business.
Miss Cora was born at Fair
mount, Va, and has made only
friends since she came to Kansas.
While easily the belle of Hazelton,
if a friend could say as much and
not thought to be fattering,she has
always been great favorite among
her numerous acquaintance, and
we do not envy her her good graces
by which she mas won the conf
dence and love of the youngest Son
Of William Brown, one of Barber
cpunty's pioneer citizens.
The groom needs no introduction
to the public. He was born in
Sumner county, Kansas, has Travelled
much and is well known here and
was in business in Byron, O. T..
quite while. He has been indus.
triouS and has acquired compe.
tence not equaled by many of the
Barber county boys.
Jim has many friends here who
! will be glad of his determine
tlon to settle down on his farm eas1
of Sharon and give his attention tt
farming and dealing in stock.
| At her wedding Miss Cora wa:
neatly and becomingly attired in Z
white gown, long bridal veil ane
white kid slippers, the groom wear
ing the conventional ,black with
white. silk tie.
| After the marriage vows were
taken an earnest prayer for Their
peace and prosperity was ffered
After congratulations were over th'
bride and groom preceded by the
| brides maid, Mary J. Stevens, anc
the best man,. C. L. Spicer, led th,
way to the dining room where ;
sumptuous dinner was served il
| Mrs. Spicer's own sweet way. Die
we enjoy it? Well / guess we did
| About so of the friends waited til
Ievening to go home. After repeat
led good byes and invitations VI
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L. M. AxLINE APPOINTED POSTMASTER

L. M. Axline, publisher of the
Cresset, was appointed and confirm
ed postmaster of this city last week.
Postmaster Titus will retire July
1st when Mr.. Axline will take
charge. The appointment does
not come as surprise to either the
politicians or the public. 1t was
known some months ago that
there would be a change and Post
master Titus,as soon as he was sat-
isfied that he could not be reap
pointed, promptly sent in his resig-
nation SO that his successor might
be confirmed before congress ad-
iourned.
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left the happy family to thdir .joy.
The following evening theI bridal
party were greeted Bg about 15p
of the groom's friknds at hia: home.
They were agreeAb1y enteHaineA
with music,ice cream and |cigarS.
About midnight the party lretireh
and left them to their peace all
wishing them a Long happy lifa
And SO may it be- "a
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AN ACCIDENT.

Mrs. VIM. L. Coryell met with
quite a severe accident last Friday
morning when horse,refusing to
be ght,pushed her down and
backed over her injuring her left
side, arm and leg. While no bones
were broken yet this is very pain
full afliction and shock to Mrs.
CoryeIl and because Of her advanc-
ed ape will be slow to heal.
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COLLETTE-HALL..

Myrtle Belle Hall, daughter of ].
f. Hall of Kiowa, was married at
Alva, Ok, last Thursday,May 31st,
to Ewing N. Collette,o one of Okla
homas efficient school teachers.
They will reside at Bacome, l. T.,
where both are employed in the
public schools.
The bride is a Barber county
fav orite and all of her friends hope
that her future life may be- blessed
with abundant happiness.
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KITTERMAN-YOUNG.
Mable


| VIM. Kitterman and Mable
Young drove through the wind
Tuesday to get a license to make
them one. Bill was dressed his
best and bore his most alluring
smile. The bride to be was as
Young and bright as ever and with
her Kitterman descended on the
Probate Judge with documents
that showed that Bill and his wife
to be were not elopers but just both
willing to hitch. The document
necessary to the consummati on Of
their hearts desire was forthcom-
ing and like the wind they hied
themselves back to Isabel, there to
round up Elder Thornton to pro-
nounce the tie that binds. Bill
wore at the wedding his indescrib-
able smile and we have been tol d
the bride was blushing. But any
way Bill and Mable are now mar
ried and the next item of interest
IN connection with this young cou-
pie will be mentioned at a later.
date. Isabel Herald.
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RICKMAN-TURNER.

\ Andrew Hickman and Minnie
Turner, both of Kiowa, were married
i'm the parlor of the Grand Hotel in
this city by Probate Judge Gleason
on Saturday, June end.
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Miss Amy Bucklin, who has been
taking music at the Southwestern
Kansas College during the last
year, returned to her home In Shar
ron township last Friday.
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+Arrived after sides organized.
The Gano side. will furnish the
dinner and the best part is that
Jim Dobbs and his invited guests
will be in on the feast.
P. S.-There are still plenty Of
live rabbits on the ranch. Il
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ODD FELLOWS ELECT.

Officers of Pioneer Lodge, No 17o,
|. O. o. F., elected May 20, 1906,
for the insuing term:
]. w. VanDewalkersN. u.
M. r. Winter, V. G.
J.V. Fishburn, Sec'y.
|. r. VanNess, Representative.
w. T. Collins, Alternate.
H. t. Woodward, D. D. G. M.
There will be work in the first
degree Tuesday, June II. All
members of the order in good
handing are earnestly requested to
attend.
J.V. FIsHBuRN. Sec'y.
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Jas. Mitchell lost a grey coat
Sunday,on the road between town
and his house south of town. Find
er will confer a favor by returning
to him or leaving at this Office.
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HARRI SOMEONE'S,

Arthur Harrison and Cora Jones
Iof Kio wa secured marriage license
on Saturday. The marriage is to
take place today.
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MATRIMONIAL.
PECK-WHITE.

Chas. E. Peck of Galesburg, Ill,
and Clara |. White of Attica were
granted marriage license the first
of last week.
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Mrs. C. B. Kinkaid WAS critical
ly ill with spinal affection Oh Sat.
urday but we are glad to know
that she is now out of ldaneef.
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| have several good. Registered
Hereford Bulls for said, They can
be seen at my place near Medicine
Lodge. V. S. Cook.
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People say that theIfnest grocer
les in town are at HIT. Wood
wards & Sons. Phone 3S.
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Kramer's Wanda, high patent
flour, is the best in the market.
Sold by H. D. Fair. |. Il
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For SALE-A new kj-roerh cot.
tage with bath, in splendid | loca !
tion. Easy payments, Address
M. N. Sample, JeffersdnyilleI Ind
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-06-06

For SALE-One Champion bin
der, seven-foot cut, harvested a4o
acres.-A. T. Tincher. ? miles
southeast of Sharon
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Kramer's Wanda, high patent
-four, is the best in the market.
Sold by II. D. Fair.
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Sheriff Haun took Charley Jar
EFT to the insane asylum at Topeka
last Wednesday. III
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Speaking about IhCubators, when
you get tired of theE one you have
60 to Chase Hdw. Cos. and get
one that is guaranteed to do the
work. No sitting up nights or
worry; it is self adjusting-just
feed it little oil once a day and
watch results. i
Louis Leonard, tesiding about
six miles northwest of town, slipped
away about month ago for a
good visit in Ohio, illinois and In
diana and is scheduled to return
home next week. The next time
Louis hides out and doesn't come
to the printshop and tell about it
first there will be trouble.
The city council adopted a reso-
luton at the meeting Monday night
proposing to put in| cement street
crossings on streets on which prop
erty owners on both sides put in
walks one block long or more.
This will entitle Main street ito at
least three crossing$as soon as the
present plank crossings are deemed
worthless,an one oh Walnut street
at the M. E. church lor schoolhouse.
The mayor and council are also
looking into the legal proposition
of compelling certain property
owners to put in walks in cases
where it is necessary to connect
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-06-06

When you are figuring on j sew
ing machine remember THAI the
New Royal and the New Home
are the leaders. Nd Others as
good. Adams & Co. sell them. ,
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MRS. JOHN RERNOlDs DEAD.

Mrs. Jno. ReynoldsIpassed| |away
at her home in Sharon, ,Kansas, Fri
day morning, Mayia5s 1906, after a
lingering illness ofIthHee months.
The deceased wds horn I'M the
year of 1852 near Boston, Kentucky.
She was at the time Of her death 81
years, three months and 23 years old.
She leaves a husband, two sons
and one daughteI, three Grand
daughters also fouf brothers and
one sister to mourn hsr loss, Ind a
large circle of nepheWss niecek and
trlends. II L #II x
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FouND-A ladyls black Goat.
Owner call at DR.. .$tout's and pay
IS cents for this notice and Get it.
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For sALn-5oo bushels ofprsagel
Cane SEEDS. w. Alfred x Son,
Sharon, Kansas. Ii
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The last entry in the republican
race for sheriff has betn recbrded
and it shall come to pafs when the
smoke of battle shall Have cleared
away, that the last shall be! first
and the first shall be last. Mark
the prediction.
The M. E. Ladies Aid society
take pleasure in thanking those
who aided them with their decora-
tion day dinner. Also the public
for their patronage. The receipts
for the dinner were SIS less $rI
expense leaving a BALANCE off 474I
The money will be used to build a
sidewalk around the church 4SecI
Decoration Day exetcises jwere
more largely attended ia Medicine
Lodge last Wednesday than they
have been for several years. The
procession to the cemetery was a
very large one and when the people
arrived in the Silent City few, if
any, of the graves were neglected.
The ritualistic services 3f the 6. A.
R. were held. In the !. afternoon
the program previouslyi advertised
was rendered at the opera house.
Rev. w. H. Moore was called in
on short notice to;deliver the ad.
dress and was equal to the dcca.
sion. His address was highly com.
pllmented by everybody.
Every republican in Kansas
should read and carefully consider
and investigate w. A. Whites re-
ply to Gov. Hoch's explanation of
the "Katy" deal. White is life
long republican; he isa gifted
writer and has no democratic tend
encies and we do not therefore ap-
peal to our readers, as q partisan
to read the article. The time has
come when men should lock at the
matter of employing men to Irun
their state in the same business
like, candid way that they do when
they employ men to work on the
farm, in the store, in the factory or
to manage a business. Party lines
are not recognized in business ave
nues, neither should they be in state
affairs when they conflict with the
D,,b1i. welfare
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-06-06

Wall paper at Adams al Co.
The very latest and all qualities.