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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-06
HELPED NAME PARTY.
Milwaukee Man Was on Com
mittee that Suggested
Name Republican"

In the death Friday of George +.
Lynch at the age of 10 years Milwau-
kee and the state of Wisconsin lost
one of their most remarkable charac-
ters. For more than half a century
Mr.. Lynch had been identified with
the march of progress in this state,
and not the least of the exploits of
his life was his participation in 1854
in the convention of II men who
met at Ripon, Wis, and named the
Republican party.
Mr.. Lynch was born at Roxbury, ~.
Y, in 1927, and in his boyhood was a
playmate of the late Jay Gould. He
was educated at the Delhi Institute,
Delhi, n. Y, where he was a school
mate of General Edward S. Bragg,
For a year before he came West he
was publisher of a weekly newspaper
at Delhi. He was the first settler at
Brandon, Wis, where he cleared away
the forest and built a home, to which
he later brought his mother and her
family. He built the first mills at
Brandon, Mazomanie and Ripon. He
married a niece of Colonel George H..
Walker, one of the best known of the
early settlers of Wisconsin.
Mr.. Lynch came to Milwaukee in
1850 to engage in laying a street rail-
way, the first one in the city. While
at work on this railway he invented
the ball bearing which is now used
extensively in automobiles, bicycles
and wagons. In a retrospective ac-
count of his life, written few weeks
before he died, Mr.. Lynch gave the
following account of the naming of
the Republican party:
Il remember just as well as if it
were yesterday that evening in Ripon,
back in 1854 when Alvin E. Bovay
and 16 others of us met in the little
old schoolhouse My sister was teach
er of the school, and after she had
dismissed her pupils that afternoon
Bovay arranged for the political meet
ing. He was the brainiest man in the
entire community, and the thought of
giving to the proposed new political
party, which would combine the ele-
ment of all parties that were opposed
to the extension of slavery, the name
Republican had long been in his
mind. He had suggested it to Horace
Greeley with whom he was on init
mate termssand who was then editor
of the New York Tribune, the lead
ing Wing organ in the country. But
that little schoolhouse meeting Of
ours gave the party it's birth.
"a remember meeting Bovay on the
street that afternoon. you've got to
come to our meeting in the school
house tonight" said he. We're. going
to organize our party went. |
became a Republican that night and
have been oneeve since. ~
81 was quite an ardent politician
then myself, and had strong convic-
lions about the slavery issue. At the
meeting l suggested that we call our
party Democratic Republican,, and
there were other suggestions, but
Bovay won out. And 1t was largely
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-06
Cup For Motor Boats.

James Gordon Bennett has given a
$1,000 cup for a motor boat race from
New York to Bermuda, and the Motor
Boat Club OF America will hold the
contest
The boats will start on the Hudson
river, New York, June 8, and the
finish will be off the clubhouse Of the
Royal Bermuda Yacht club at Hamil-
ton, Bermuda.
Mr.. Bennett gave the cup without
any restrictions whatever, simply ask
ing that it be used to encourage the
building and racing of seaworthy
boats. He asked the aid of the Motor
Boat club In making the race sue
cess, and the club promptly accepted
the custody of the cup.
Entries for the race are limited to
boats propelled by an internal cOmbus-
ton engine One of these is being
built by Eben Stevens, owner of the
Sis, the winner of last years Marble
head race. Stevens has given a $3.50
cup for the Marblehead race.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-06
When 1t Failed to Work.

There is at present serving a term In
the penitentlary at Moundsville a for
mer official of the postoffice depart
ment convicted of graft" on many
counts. The delinquent in question had
always been most friendly with the
Washington newspaper correspond
ents, and when he was arrested and
lodged in Jail at the national capital
there was rush of the newspaper
men to the jail they being confident of
securing an interview.
The accused, however, refused to be
seen, and his message to them was
most characteristic:
"Ten them" said he to the warden
that am not in."-Ridgway's
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-06
The Terrors of Indigestion.

A squire of Andover decided to take
into his employ a brother of Patrick,
one Of his hired men. The terms were
made with Pat before his brothers ar
rival. and the following conversation is
a specimen of what they agreed upon:
Squlre-I'll pay your brother $3.50 a
day. Patrick.
Patrick-Yls, sor; yls. sor. And will
he ate himself or will ye ate him?
The squire thought Mike had better
eat himself. -Harper's Weekly.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-06
DiSingenuOuS.

The butcher was busily attending
to his customers when nice little
boy approached the counter and, with
innocent manner, asked:
Have you any dry herring. sir?"
yes, my son, answered the butch
er, looking benevolently down at the
nice little boy.
Nice Little Boy-Aw! why don't you
give 'em a drink?
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-06
Listen,

And remember the next time you
suffer from pain-caused by damp
weather-when your head nearly
bursts from neuralgia-try Billiards.
Snow Liniment. 1t will cure you.
A prominent business man of Hemp
stead, Texas, writes: II have used
your liniment. Previous to using
1t ! was a great sufferer from Rheu-
matism and Neuralgia. l am pleas
ed to say that now I am free from
these complaints. / am sure ! owe
this to your liniment" Sold by ]. H.
williams. m
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-06
Just Like n Woman.

What sex is a motor car? Should it
be spoken of as he, she or 1t? For in
stance, a man was overheard in a hotel
dining room saying TO his companion,
a woman, Eyes, she's a forty horse
power Walter car" The woman at
once protested against his speaking of
the Walter as "she." Then he told her
that it had bonnet worth $50, and she
quit arguing.-Jervls Auto Letter.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-06

due to his facile pen and his connec-
ton with the leading newspapers in
the country that the quarrel inside OF
the Democratic party resulted in
having the name Republican formal
ly adopted by the new party, first in
Wisconsin, then in Maine and in
Michigan, and later throughout the
country. milwaukee, News.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-06
Stick to the Farm.

With modern periodicals and the
distribution of every class of read
ing matter, the farmer has every op-
portunity for mental development.
The education of the progressive far
mer is superior to that of the rank
and file of metropolitan men of
wealth.
There always will be some poor and
half-starved men among farmers, but
this class is far less prominent upon
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-06
Notice TO Creditors.
Ohio Circuit Court.

UhlO CIRCUIT COURT.
Y L. Moseley, assignee of l.. r. Bar
nard, Plaintiff,
VS..
L. T. Barnard, ct al, defendants.
All persons having claims against
the assigned estate of l.. It. Barnard
are hereby notified to present same
to me at my office in Hartford, KY,
properly proven, on or before We'd
nesday, the 9Th day of March, 1907,
or they will be forever barred.
Given under my hand this Febru-
airy ~, 1907. F. L..Felix,
TIA Master Commissioner.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-06
Obiiging.

Agent-This is the automobile you
want. You never have to crawl I'M
der 1t to fix it.
Speaker-You don't?
Agent-No. If the slightest thing
goes wrong with the mechanism, it
instantly turns bottom-side up.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-06
Coach warner Want. Football Twelve

OOhch "
Ex-COach Warner of the Cornell foot
ball team has declared that he Is in
favor of having twelve men comprise
the football team. He said he had
found it difficult under the new rules
this season to formulate plays with
eleven men and that he was convinced
that a better game could be played
with twelve men.
He illustrated his remarks with a
diagram showing how on the offense
the drawing back of a linesman for a
plunge revealed the purpose and weak
ened the line. On the defense he
showed how easy 1t was to draw off
the meager secondary defense by a
fake play. An extra man in the rear,
he contended, would balance the de-
Tense and make the game more a
match on even terms.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-06
Not Like some other "Turfmen.Y

The purchaser of Sweet. Marie does
not intend to use her as an advertise
ment for breakfast food. brand of
gelatin or chewing gum. He's moth
ing but a hOrseman.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-06
Gasoline Trinnnhnnt.

There will be lot of new features In
next seasons automobiles. but the in
ventor of perfect deodorizer has not
yet made good.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-06
Says Football Players Were bought

Says Football Players Were bought.
President G. w. Dabney of the Uni
versity of Cincinnati has received the
bulk of the blame for the last seasons
disastrous showing by the football
team, 1t is charged that he barred the
best players in his strict Interpretation
of scholarship requirements. President
Dabney has given out rather heated
explanation and defense of his atti-
tude.
'In 1905" said he, ''men were brought
here and given $50 game-bought
like so many horses or mules. No repu-
table university will allow outside men
to come and take places in this way of
men who should be given the privilege
of playing. Rhodes and Yeardley were
ringers and were brought to Cincinnati
especially to play football. Yeardley
went to school here, but Rhodes never
attended classes that know Of"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-06
Illinois Game Note.

Illinois sportsmen are finding consid-
cradle consolation in the poor season
for ducks and geese by killing many
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-06

TOMMY BURNS AS A LACROSSE PLAYER.
play lacrosse on the Pacific coast this
winter. A few years ago he was a
member of a we'll known Canadian
team. and reports indicate 1t was then
that he showed possibilities Of becom-
ing pugilistic star.
Some ring experts say that Burns, If
he puts on twenty or thirty pounds Of
additional weight, will be able to give
Jim Jeffries a warm argument.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-06
aae SPORTING WORLD


Tommy Burns, the clever "heavy
middlewelght' fighter who will fight
Philadelphia jack O'Brien again in
the spring, is an able all round athlete
Not only as a football player, but also
as a lacrosse player, he has won lau-
.rels.
Burns, as a means of keeping in
shape for ring battles, has decided to
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-06
he DESERVES A CHROME.

The Index is proud to announce
that Representative Gesner voted
right on one bill last week. He
actually voted for the 2-cent fare
bill. 1t is the only time he ever
cast his vote on the side of the peo-
pie and it is evident that he ''heard
from home" since voting against
the anti-pass and direct primary
measures. His vote on the fare
proposition was genuine surprise
for, according to the Topeka pa
pers, he was one of the representa-
tives who talked the Stiffness about
a lowering of fares crippling the
service, but whatever his private
sentiments were, it is refreshing to
note that he was on the side of the
people once. Of course, it was
known in advance that the senate
would block the measure, but Jus t
the same we are going to give our
representative credit for getting
right on one measure before quit
ting the seat of government.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-06
DRY" AT KIOKA.

For the time being, at least, Kio-
wa is dry town. The owners of
the buildings in which saloons were
being conducted were notified by
the city marshal of that city that
the business would have to quit
and in compliance with the order
the jointists moved their stocks and
Kiowa people who want their
mornings morning" now have to
get it in the same manner as the
people of Medicine Lodge get it.
The sentiment of law enforce
ment seems to be spreading every
where. Public officials from the
attorney general down are needing
the vox populi as thundered down
fromf the polls in November and
sentiment is continuing to crystal
lize.
County Attorney Cloud does not
say whether he had or had not a
hand in the Kiowa closing, but in
response to a question, he aid,
''you may say that the policy of
this administration is law enforce
ment."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-06
AN ANTI.PASS COMPROMISE.

The state senate agreed on a
compromise anti pass measure last
Friday. The bill is bad mixture
and capable of CONSTRUCTION"
After excepting railroad employees
and their families, the board of
railroad commissioners and their
clerks, surgeons and nurses and at
tendants in caring for persons in
jured in wrecks, the following
clause was tackled on:
Section 3. The word"employee,"
as used in this act, shall be constru-
ed to include all persons who de-
vote their principal time, skill and
energy to the service of the railroad
company by which they are en-
ployed, and who receive a stated
and remunerative salary therefor,
and to exclude all but one local at
torney and physician and surgeon
in any one county, and all others
who do not ot,depend primarily upon
such employment for livelihood.
1t is contended by most authori-
ties that this will entitle one at.
torney in every county to a pass
from lines passing through the
county. Some authorities claim,
ho wever, that an attorney is not
entitled to pass unless he is will
ing to stand on the proposition that
he depends primarily upon such
employment for livelihood.
Still other authorities claim that
the bill is SO torn up with special
privileges that it will be declared
unconstitutional as class legisla-
ton. which appears very likely.
Anyway it is far from genuine
anti-pass measure.
The house passed a genuine an
ti-pass measure, but as it is now up
to them to either accept the senate
compromise or get nothing, it is
quite likely thatit will be accepted.
The primary bill and the freight
rate and passenger fare measures
are still in the balance, and if
adopted at all, will be so amended
as to be Intellectual. Great is the
Kansas Senate!
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-06
A CITY ELECTION:

Elsewhere is the ordinance of the
mayor and council calling a city
election for Monday, April 1st. Our
citizens had almost overlooked the
fact that there was to be city
election this year and if there has
been any medicine made up to this
time it has been attended with the
utmost secrecy. Generally our city
elections have been very spirited
and the ones who were unfortunate
enough to be elected always got the
worst of it. To serve the city with
out salary, in its present financial
condition, is no picnic. 1t is hoped
that there will be no contest this
year. Present indications are that
it will be difficult to find men who
will serve, but one can never safely
forecast. There may be something
doing any, moment. The present
administration have served the city
faithfully and are entitled to the
good will of every citizen, but if
the words of some of them are to
be taken as final it will be hard to
draft them into the service for two
more wears
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-06
A SUIT FOR DAMAGES.

A damage suit brought by C. E.
McConaughy, who resides a short
distance southeast of this city,
against ]. L. Cant of Mingona
township, occupied the attention of
Justice Cole on Monday. The
plaintiff claimed that defendant
sold him horses December 2, 1905,
that defendant gave mortgage to
secure payment; that in May 1906,
he paid the obligation, that he re-
quested plaintiff to release the
mortgage and that plaintiff failed
to do so for more than 80 days af-
terward. Wherefore he prayed for
damages to his property in the
sum of $Ioo, damages to his credit
in the sum of $50, attorney fees
$25 and costs of suit.
Defendant claimed that he had
arranged with Geo. Dugan, then
assistant cashier of the Citizens
Bank. through whom the business
was done, to release the mortgage,
that he had believed the mortgage
was released until short time ago
when plaintiff called his attention
to it, and as soon as he learned that
it was not released he lost no time
! in releasingit. He testified that
plaintiff did not call his attention
to the fact that it was not released
until a short time before bringing
suit.
A jury composed of H. H. Case,
H. H. Mccoy and P. A. Pi nkerton
Heard the evidence and returned a
verdict in favor of the plaintiff in
the sum of $1I5. Mr.. Cant ap-
pealed the case to the districtcourt.
The law provides that a mort
gagee; who fails to release a mort.
gage, after it is satisfied, within 90
days after being notified to do So
by the mortgagor, is liable to
the mortgagor in the sum of $Ioo.
Mr.. Cant will contend in the dis.
trict court, as he has in the Justice
court, that he did not know that the
mortgage was BOT released and
had no intimation until about the
time suit Was brought.
J. N. Tincher was plaintiffs at
torney and Seward I. Field defend
ants.
To an ordinary individual. it
looked like small affair to occa-
sion a law suit.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-06
GOING TO JERUSALEM.

John Handrub of Nippawalla
township has decided to quit work
for awhile and see some of the
world. He is building two large
rooms to his house and has rented
the farm to Tom Mounsey for a
year, and as soon as he closes UP
some business affairs, will leave on
a sight seeing trip. We are inform
ed that he will visit the principal
coast cities of America and then
take sail for Europe and after
spending some time there<will go
on to Jerusalem to become ac-
quainted with that great city.
If there is anyone on earth who
deserves vacation,it is JohnHand-
1ub. He has stayed with old Bar.
Der through thick and thin and has
something to show for his energy.
We wish him a pleasant journey
and on his return, we believe he
will be able to tell Bryan a fe W
things that the distinguishedstates
man overlooked in his travels
abroad.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-06
MRS. FERGUSON INSANE.

Mrs. A. Ferguson who has been
under treatment several months for
mind affection, became violently
insane last week. Her condition
became SO bad Friday night that
her husband. assisted by several of
the neighbors, could not control her
and the sheriff had to take charge
of her. On Saturday she was pro-
nounced insane before Probate
Judge Garrison. DR.. Coleman was
the examining physician and the
jury was composed of Jas. Dobbs,
]. A. Wise, ]. D. Mathews and DR..
]. w. VanDewalker..
Mrs. Ferguson's mind has been
affected ever since the death of her
daughter, Ruth Hood, in December.
She was taken to the Wichita hos
pltal for treatment and returned
home much improved but during
the past two weeks it was very ap-
parent that her reason was leaving
her. Her mania extends to all sub
Jects and she is hard to control.
On Sunday she got out of the Jail
into the sheriff's Office, knocked
down the stove pipe and before
Sheriff McCracken got hold of her,
succeeded in covering him with
SCOT. She is very talkative and
imagines at times that someone is
trying to kill her children. At 9TH
er times she requests people to kill
them.
She will be taken to the asylum
in a few days where it is sincerely
hoped that she will recover.
Mr.. Ferguson has had a very sad
experience during his wife's sick
ness and he certainly has the Deep
est sympathy of the entire COM
munlty.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-06
NEW TAX BILL.

After this year Kansas will be
governed by new tax law. The
Davidson tax bill was signed by.
the governor last week and it will
become operative next year. The
important changes are the abolish
ing of the state board of assessors
and the state board of equalization
and creating instead a state tax
commission of three men to be ap.
pointed by the governor. It will
be the duty of the tax commission
to assess all railroad property of
the state and to have general su-
pervision of municipal assessors,
and to discharge all other duties
now performed by the state boards
OF the assessors and equalization.
The county commissioners of the
several counties will be required to
appoint a county assessor in each
county whose duty it will be to as.
sist and direct the various town
ship assessors, to see that property
is properly listed for taxation, etc.
Failure on the part of any official
from the state commission down is
liable to punishment. In the end
there is no improvement on the
present system. The worst feature
of the new law is the creation of a
county asses sor and still retaining
township assessors, which virtually
puts two men on the county pay
roll for doing the work of one. The
measure is a house senate compro.
mise, like all the other general laws
passed by the legislature this year.
Compromise measures between two
legislative factions invariably pro-
duce mongrel laws.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-06
70 BOOM MEDICINE LODGE.

Our esteemed friend, Hon. George
Eckert of Aetna, has an interesting
contribution in a recent number of
the Mail & Breeze which we take
the liberty of re.publishing here
with. To us, the closing paragraph
is especially enticing for it puts a
hitherto unthought of hope beneath
our aching bosom:
Notwithstanding our natural
modesty, we can not refrain from
reproducing Georges irony:
Editor Mail and Breeze-Medi-
cine Lodge is the most nicely stu.
ated town in the Southwest. We
know, Mr.. Editor, how you love
that town. We all know its splen-
did people and we ought to do all
| we can to boom it. Several worthy
inhabitants are making laudable
efforts in that direction and we old
timers ought to help in the good
work. To do this it is only nee
essary to show the natural resources
of the place. Let me mention a
few which have come to my notice.
The beautifulsit would make
it a splendid summer and health
resort. According to the Index
there was found nearthere not long
ago a colony of cave dwellers.
This fact should attract a great
many scientific tourists and other
lists to Medicine Lodge. Possibly
an anthropolegist, after examina-
ton of the cave dwellers, might
find among them the three wise
men of the East and this would
surely increase the throng of curl.
osity seekers. Another scheme:
The Cresset, your old fame, has
discovered that the Mormons have
no saloons and are the most thrifty
and law abiding citizens in the
United States. Why not bring a
colony of them here? I personally
believe with the Cresset that two
or three wives would keep any man
from drinking. Why not fight the
devil with water and ice?
Last week the Index editor dis
covered a cat and mouse Destroy
ing a guinea pig. Other curiositles
could be found by diligent search
and the government might be in-
duced to locate government mu-
scum of natural history here. that
would help the boom along inn
mensely. The Index editor might
be made custodian as recognition
of his services to the town and then
the position would sort ofcheer him
up during his long and apparent
ly hopeless wait for the postoffice.
George Eckert, Aetna, Kan.