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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-07-26
News and Notes.

Hartman, the railroad magnate,
has given orders to the chiefs OF
the advertising departments of
his various roads. that an appro
priation. OF 50, 100000 for adver-
Using plr poses had been made
Evidently he believes in adgertis.
ing.
The Topeka Daily Herald.
which recently went into the
hands of receiver. has suspend.
ed publication. The Herald was
the official state paper. A re,
ceivers sale of the property will
be conducted Friday.
Rev. Schnacke returned to Me,
Phersoa this Wednesday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-07-26
NJ, 6. Church Concert.

There will be a grand concert at
the A, Q. U. W. hall August lst given
under the auspices of the A. M. E.
Church.
= Proceeds are for the purpose of
raising $4,000 to pay the debt Of
said church.
The ladies will serve supper, ice
cream and CONTEMPORARIES in the DIN
ming hallafter the concert.
Come one and every body and have
good time.
90 Price rs cents.
trustees A. NJ. E. Church.
Rev. S. W. Alexander pastor.
H. c. Sellers Secretary.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-07-26
SEWARD.

A good many farmers west of
. here. are not through harvesting
vet on account of the wet condi-
ton of the ground.
. LATE BurliDgame was at Kansas
City for several days last week.
S. W. Walters has a newswind
mill on his farm north of town
and it is a dandy.
. Mr.. and Mrs. Hays from Broad
Way Va. have been on a visit to
j. William Miller and family for
several days.
John Grimes lost fine stack of
wheat by lightning striking it and
burning it up.
Tom McGinty had..a good mule
kil'ei by lightning a few days
ago.
E. G. Hyter our popular Post
master has been sick for several
days but will keep up and around.
Mr.. Almond wheat buyer for
sthe Larribee Milling Co., is back
again and fixing up the elevator
getting ready for the new crop.
The boys have been having a
fine time going in swimmiDgssin a
pond near town. Asince the big
rains.
VIM. Clark lost a large stack of
wheat by lightning last week.
Better get them insured.
j. B. F. Smith has traded his
. farm property near this place for
a large ranch near Cimmaron and
will 90 into the business raising
hogs and cattle and not so much
wheat.
{, John Baur has assfne large new
barn built on his farm up near
RadiwiEe.
: Bell Eansher's little baby has
been very sick for some time and
, is getting worse all the time.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-07-26
PR0SECUTIOH;;- PERSECUTION

When the big sugar refinery was to
be built at Garden City, the Santa Fe
road, which, BY the way, made Garden
City, Clipped in" with some money to
help build it. If the new industry was
TO be a success, which it will not be,
then the Santa Fe would be the bene.
nclary, for every ton of beets hauled
In and every sack of sugar hauled out
would pay freight to the Santa Fe
road.
The Santa Fe has spent hundreds
and hundreds of thousands of dollars
IN the southwest in aiding enterprises
and building towns. No one ever be-
lore questioned the right of the road
TO help build towr that would bring
II business when built. The road had
as much right to do that as a citizen
mas TO contribute money to build
cnurch, or to erect a factory. But the
new school of reformers smelled a rat.
lhey went after the Santa Fe. and got
an Indictment against the road for
giving rebates, The jury construed
the donation as rebate" The nos.
slOle fines against the rod for this
horrible crime will amount to $1,000.
900.
IN other words, the Santa Fe must
not hereafter give aid or comfort or
announcement or cash to any enter.
prise that will build up the country
through which it goes, nor help in any
way the citizens of a town to deyelop
their industries. 1t was a business
proposition for the Santa Fe to helm
erect the sugar refinery. The Gazette
does not believe it was good business,
because it does not believe the beet
sugar industry will prove a success.
But that is neither here nor there
Inc Santa Fe and the Garden CITY
people take their chances on that and
tney know more about it than the Ga.
zette does. If the industry is a sue.
cess, 1t will not only inure to the bene.
III OF the people Of the upper Arkansas
valley In Kansas, but to the whole
country in general, and to the Santa
re railroad in particular. The gov.
eminent itself has been giving a bonus
70 the sugar growers all these years. a
part OF the time in cash to the pro-
oucers, and part of the time in
tarln on their products. The action of
the government in indicting the rail.
ROAD Tor doing exactly what the gov.
eminent itself has done for years and
is doing now is so inconsistent as to
be absurd.
AND II this is to be the policy Dur.
sued' and If this is the theory Of the
government in regard to the law pro.
nioiting rebates, where will the Santa
re ana every other pioneer road landP
FROM Topeka to Coolige and from
Newton to Arkansas City and Kiowa,
.nere Is not a town in Kansas that
mas not been given assistance BY the
santa Fe road. It has done something.
sometimes more and sometimes less
ior each and every one of them. but
tnere Is not one that has NOT been
neiped In local enterprises BY the
santa Re. II this policy Of the gov.
eminent Is to be carried out, there ID
not enough stock Of the Santa Fs to
pay the fines that can be assessed
!. AGAINST 1t unless the statute Of limita,
uoas mas run against the crimes
ana nisdsnsanerz. Lawrence, IA
49,. I. Il I, 4. .n.s3ef as t.F.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-07-26

Mrs. Daugherty of EIlinwood and
Miss Busch Of Wichita were 10 the
city Tuesday visiting ~ ,s q
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-07-26
PRIMARY FUSION WINS IN NEBRASKA.
Supreme Court so Decide In MandamuS
Proceedings Brought Before II.


Lincoln. Neb., July 24.-The
Democrats and Populists of
Nebraska have won their fight for
fusion on the tickets al the first
direct primary election, which
will be held on September third.
The supreme court of the state
today ordered a wit of manda-
mus to compel the secretary of
state to premit the fusion candi.
dates on the ballots.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-07-26
Negro Troops to Philippines

San francisco. CAL. July "a
The transport Buford, which j:
scheduled to sail for Manila to.
morrow, will carry the Twenty
fifth Infantry, one of whose bat.
talions figured in the Brownsville
incident. There going will re-
move practically all the negro
troops from the United States,
only q few cavalrymen being left
at West Point. ss ~
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-07-26
Saerameatal Service.

Next Sunday, July %, at II
O'Clock a m. the Quarterly Sacra,
mental service will be held at the
First Methodist church. and at 8
y. me- Presiding Elder Akin of
Mcpherson, Kansas. will preach.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-07-26

The Diamond gang plow is equip.
ped with dust prOof,removable hard oil
boxes. This advantage alone makes
the Diamond much cheaper than its
rivals. The Great Bend Hdve, &
lmpPt Co. "As-she Busy Corner"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-07-26

The August American Magazine is
a story number from beginning to
end. Even the leading article by
Lincoln Steffens is story. 1t is an
account Of the early life of Francis
J. Heney, the man who has prescott
ed "Abe Ruef and Mayor Sci mitz in
San Franciso and the and thieves in
Oregon and elsewhere. NJ. Steffens
describe Heney asia fighter who has
fought, and only for his life but for
his principles" In this article OF his
series Mr.. Stefens takes up Heney
as a fighter for his own life in the
wild west. The stories he tells are
exciting, and in some instances,
Dlooo curdllng.
The contributors Of fiction to this
story number are: Josephine Daskam
Bacon, Alice Hogan Rice, O. Henry,
Jane Dalzial Wood, Bernice Fearn
Young, Joe A. Ransom, Neva Lillian
Williams,
David Grayson writes a character
sketch Of "a country doctor. Ray
Stannard Baker tells more stories of
the white man and the negro in the
black belt of the South.
"The Interpreter" tells the inside
story Of making Of Roosevelt.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-07-26

Miss Elsie Wood has gone to
Mcpherson for a visit with
frierds.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-28
ADDITIONAL LOCAL MATTER
MRS. JOSEPHINE ALBRAHT
RECEIVES $1,000 DRAFT
Was Amount of Policy Held by Her
Late Husband in A. @. U. w.
Order.

Mrs. Josephine Albrant was
last evening handed draft in
her favor for $1,000, being the
amount of the face of the policy
held by her late husband Or. J,
Albrant) III the Ancient Order of
United Workmen, which was
drawn in her favor, in case of
death.
The draft was received yester-
day evening by W. E. Ferris,
recorder of the Bemidji A. o. U.
W. lodge, who received the draft
and necessary papers that must
be signed, having come from E..
+. Moore of Fargo, recorder of
the grand lodge of North Da-
kota. Mr.. Albrant was a mem
Der of Lodge No, SO, of ST..
Thomas, N. D.
r. J. Albrant died on Febru.
airy 3, 1907, and it took just three
weeks and three days to pre-
pare the necessary proofs of
death and pay the amount of the
policy in full.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-28
FlREMEN OVERCOME BY FUMES
Two Dead and Eleven Others Rem
dered Unconscious.

Two Dead and Eleven Others Rem
dered Unconscious.
New York, Feb. 2S-Two firemen
were killed and eleven others rem.
dered unconscious by fumes at fire
In basement Of building in Eighth
avenue. The condition of two others
Is serious. The dead are Adam Damn
and Harry F. Baker. .a..=.. -=.. d.
Damn and Baker had carried pipe
through the basement and into an
opening leading to a sub.cellar when
they called for water pressure. How
ever, when other firemen reached
them to assist in directing the hose
upon the blaze Damn and Baker were
not to be seen. Ammonia fumes
poured up through the hole and filled
the basement. The fire had melted
the coupling Of one of the ammonia
pipes connecting it with the cold stor-
age plant of the market. Rescuing
parties were formed and Damn and
Baker carried up from the hole with
difficulty. They died soon afterwards.
Each Of the rescuers succumbed on
reaching the outer air. Roll call re.
vealed the fact that Captain Bernard
Carlock was down in the hole, where
he had gone in search Of victims Of
the fumes and he was brought to the
surface. It is believed that he will
not recover. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-28
IN MONTREAL DISASTER.
Heroic Teacher and Sixteen Children
Perish.

Montreal, Feb. 28.-Asphyxiation
caused the deaths of sixteen children
and an heroic woman in the fire that
imperiled the lives of the 200 pupils
in the Hocholaga school of the Protes-
tant school commission, a two-story
brick structure lacking fire escapes.
The loss Of life occurred in the kim
dergarten, on the second floor. On
reaching the landing the children
found the lower hall full of smoke.
Into this they refused to descend. Hud-
died together on the stairway at first
they retreated to the rooms from
which. they had come
When the firemen arrived an extern
sion ladder was placed in position and
large number of children rescued In
this way. Soon the smoke grew so
dense that even the experienced fire.
men could not stand it.
Captain Carson tried to get Miss
Maxwell, the principal, to go down the
ladder, but she refused and rushed
back into the back part of the build
ing in search of others of the little
ones.
When the firemen finally were able
to make their way to the back portion
Of the building she-was found lying
On the floor with a little one beside
her,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-28
DEATH RATE DECREASING.
Jtatistics for 1905 as Announced by
Census Bureau. IS

jtatistlcs for 1905 as Announced py
Census Bureau.
Washington, Feb. 2s.-Out of only
iwo-fifths of the population OF the
United States more than 100000 lives
were offered up in 1905 as a sacrifice
to disease. Startling as this death
rate may seem it was less than that
for the preceding year, but was in ex-
Tess of the number of deaths regis
tered for any other year. This death
rate is lower than that of Ireland,
Germany and Italy for the same Pc
riod, but higher than that of England
and Wales, Scotland and The Neither
lands.
The death rate from nephritis and
Brights disease, apoplexy, cancer,
diabetes and appendicitis is increas-
Ing, while that from old age, bronchi-
tbs, commissions, peritonitis and scarlet
fever are decreasing,
The greatest death rate recorded for
any one disease in 1905 was that from
pulmonary tuberculosis, amounting to
66,770, while pneumonia follows close
ly with death rate of 39,06S, exclu-
sive of broncho-pneumonia. The much
dreaded cancer shows a steadily grow
ing death rate, the figures being a.
$50.
The above are the more interesting
facts brought out in report just is
sued by the census bureau giving the
statistics of mortality for 1905, to-
gether with revised figures for the
years 1901 to 1904, inclusive, for the
registration area of the United States
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-28
NO ERROR IN BOOKKEEPING
PROVEN BEYOND DOUBT THAT
BIG SUM WAS STOLEN FROM :
CHICAGO sUB-TREAsURY.

Chicago, Feb. 2S.-George w. Fitz-
gerald, the teller in the sub-treasury
from whose cage $4,000 disappeared,
has been given an indefinite leave of
absence by the authorities of the sub
treasury. 1t is said that Fitzgerald
has worried so much since the short
age came to light that it was consid-
cred best to relieve him from work
until he has in measure recovered
from the nervous strain.
Sub-Treasurer William Boldenweck
announced during the day that Deputy
Assistant Treasurer Bantz had COM
pleted his examination of the books of
Teller Fitzgerald and had proven be-
yond doubt that the $4,000 which
is missing was stolen. There is no
mistake in FitZgeralds accounts and
the error can not be accounted for
through any mistake in the bookkeep-
ing. Mr.. Boldenweck added:
'The money stolen was in large
bills and Mr.. Fitzgerald was the only
man in charge of these large bills.
We have, however, no clue to the per-
son who took the money"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-28
ROOSEVELT A FALsIFIER.
Accused Of Twisting the Truth In Re-
cent Address,

Accused Of Twisting the Truth in Re-
cent Address.
Cambridge, Mass, Feb. 28.-Pres-
ident Roosevelt, having run to earth
and pinned down several persons,
branding them as prevaricators, is
himself declared falsifier in that he
twisted the truth in his address at
Harvard on Saturday on college ath-
letics. His accuser is Professor Kuno
FRANKIE, the noted German scholar,
who sharply brought to a climax the
expected clash between the president
and the Harvard faculty on athletics
at the Cambridge institution.
Professor FRANKIE comes out in the
Harvard Crimson in a letter in which
some Of the presidents utterances are
called "a palpable misstatement of
the principles involved in the matter"
Professor FRANKIE objected in his
article chiefly to the statement by the
president that the withdrawal from
intercollegiate athletics by Harvard
would be confession of weakness
and sign of timidity."
The professor asserted that the
maintenance of intercollegiate athlet-
les is not essential to the preserva-
ton of physical bravery and prowess
among the student body at Cambridge
and that such charge is unjust. AS
proof he cites the dueling system in
vogue among the German universe
ties.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-28

session, will be appointed as Mr.. Shall
lenberger's successor.
The resignation of Third Assistant
Postmaster General Edwin G. Madden,
1t Is expected, will be submitted to
the president in a day or two. No
lntimation yet is given of his success
sor.
Postmaster General Cortelyou has
decided to appoint Alexander Grant a
successor to James E. White as gen
eral superintendent of the railway
mail service. Mr. Grant for several
years has been assistant superintend-
ent of the railway mail service. Gen
eral Superintendent White resigned
several weeks ago. 80
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-28
TEs1|FIEs FOR DEFENSE
WIDOW OF VICTIM WOULD JUS
TlFY HIS MURDER By
- -
:NE HER BROTHERS. >,
- I.su.-. l.. .

Culpepper, Va, Feb. 2S.-Mrs. Will
lam Bywaters, whose husband was
killed by her brothers., James and
Phillip Strother, on the night of Dec.
IL last, few moments after his mar
riage to their sister, was the principal
witness in the trial during the day.
She was placed on the stand by cOun-
sci for the defense and, although pale
and wan and being compelled to come
into court in an invalid's chair, she
maintained her composure and when
court adjourned for luncheon had COM
pleted her direct and cross-examina-
ton. Beginning with her early asso-
citation with the dead man and with
her love for him she told the jury Of
her betrayal under promise of mar
riage, of her pleadings with Bywaters
to make Preparations, of Bywaters' in
s1stence upon criminal operation, of
her refusal at first and then her agree
ment and visits to Washington in
company with Bywaters, where two
operations were performed. She de-
scribed how, when her condition be-
came known to her brothers and she
broke down and confessed, they de-
manded of her betrayer that he imme-
diately marry her.
In answer to a question she said
that she did not think Bywaters at
first intended to marry her. She de-
scribed the restless desire of Bywa-
ters to leave her within short time
after the ceremony and then of her
brothers opening fire upon him, but
was unable to give minute details Of
the shooting, as she was too overcome
by the excitement of the moment.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-28
IN AN AMENDED FORM.
House Denatured Alcohol Bill Report
ed to Senate.

House Denatured Alcohol Bill Report
ed to Senate.
Washington, Feb. %. = Senator
Hansbrough has reported from the
committee on finance the house bill
amending the denatured alcohol act
so as to afford an opportunity to com
binations of farmers and others to
erect small Independent distilleries for
the sole purpose of making alcohol to
be denatured. An amendment was
adopted by the senate committee
which will require that at each of the
Independent distilleries established
under the denatured alcohol act there
must be stationed government store
keeper who will superintend the de-
maturing process. Another amend
ment in the interest of tobacco manu-
facturers provides that rum of not
less than $50 degrees proof may be
withdrawn from bond for denaturiza-
ton only.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-28
GRAND DUKE IN PERIL.
Plot to Blow Up Russian Imperial
Train Is Fooled.

Plot to Blow Up Russian Imperial
Train Is Fooled.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 28.-The Novoe
Vremya publishes a sensational &C
count of the foiling of another plot
upon the life of Grand Duke Nicholas
Nicholaievitch, president of the coun-
Gil of national defense and second
cousin of Emperor Nicholas. This
plot is said to have been discovered
shortly before 8 o'clock Tuesday night,
the time scheduled for the arrival
here of the imperial train bringing
the grand duke from Tsarskoe- A
guard patrolling the track near the
station at the st. Petersburg end of
the line caught man dressed as a
workman In the act of placing wood
en- box in the middle Of the track at a
point 200 yards from the imperial pa
vilion.
Aided by the darkness, the plotter
escaped to the cab of an accomplish
near by and drove away.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-28
Logging at Litt|efOrk.

Littlefork Times: The Rat
Portage Lum Der company has
nearly completed it's winters
work in 67.24. Most of the men
have been paid off and Foreman
Brown expects to break camp
within week or ten days. This
completes the company's logging
operations in the vicinity of
Littlefork as their supply of tim
Der here is exhausted. About
three million feet was banked,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-28
RAILROADS TOO ARROGANT.
Senator Patterson Advocates Govern.
ment Ownership.

Senator Patterson Advocates Govern.
nent Ownership.
Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Pat
terson of Colorado, addressing the SEN
ate, made a plea for government own
ership of railroads He predicted that
such condition would be brought
about within the lifetime Of the pres
ent members of the senate, but did
not anticipate any speedy action in
chat direction.
The railroads, he declared, were
growing more arrogant each year and
rs he saw little or no relief in the
new rate law government control of
the roads would supply the only rem
edy. To show the value of his idea
Mr.. Patterson presented figures from
f7fty-nine countries showing the pres
ence OF government ownership in
some form and he say a steadily in
creas1ng sentiment in That direction so
far as the United States is concerned.
American roads he valued at be-
tween $11,000,000,0 900 and $12,000,000
200. They could be obtained by con-
demnation proceedings, the financial
end being covered by. a mortgage
backed by the governments guaran-
tee.
Mr.. Patterson ridiculed the idea that
a vast political machine would be
built up through federal operation of
roads. AS matter of fact, he de-
clared, railroad politics would be abol-
ished. Among the benefits to be
gained through ownership Mr.. Patter-
son mentioned extension of the postal
system, a postal express and equitable
rates. -