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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-05-08
On motion adjourned
g. Chas E dodge, Clerk

| IOot
e. Chas E dodge. Clerk
After. adjournment new board.
commenced and proceeded to elect
its officers. Present Young, New
combe, McMullen. Sans, McKin-
ney. Gwinn, Collins. Morrison.
Rubart and Cox.
On motion the rules we're sus-
pended and Porter Young was
elected president for the ensuing
years. A Newcombe was elected
vice president and Chas E Dodge
was elected clerk
The bill of E L Chapman; treas.
urers salary $50, was the allowed.
On motion eight. $500 bonds
humber eleven to eighteen inclu-
Esive we're destroyed. BY FIRE. '.
Oh motion'tbe matter Of .diplo-
mas was left'with supply commit.
tee ." 49,.
On motion j H Jennison was
elected enumeratot for the. ensu-
ing wear at the same ptice be was
fDaid last year. Bill Of S A New.
combe for coal s45.85' was then
allowed :. =.
On motion board adjourned to
meet on the call Of the president
Chas. E. Dodge. Clerk
Mike Hickey and A. H MAYER
we're in frow Olmhz Saturday
evening. o, 80. -.
marriage license lssued ADrI
80. 1908 Charles Lapping, Ellin.
wood. age37 and katherine Con-
roy Ellinwood, age %.
:. ProfN f Daum. supt of schools
at Lakih, was here Monday.
Mr. Daum was for several years
supt of schools Of this city.
Mr. and Mrs Ed Panning visited
south of Larned Sunday. Return
ING they abandoned the auto at
Larned and cameihome on No. 8.
on account Of the rain. : =. d.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. H; .Pelter
returned Saturday evening from
several months visiting at Los
Angeles. and other..points in Cali
fornia. ., -.
Mrs WA Coates returned to her
home in, Kansas 'Citv Sunday.
morning after a'week's visit here.
with her parents; Mr. and Mrs
Albert Allison and family
Mrs Moses Campbell is here
from California for a'visit with
Mrs L. Seeber. Mrs Am. Button
and other former neghbors and
friends Mrs Campbell lived in
Clarence in the eighties ,
Will Armstrong, chief Of our
fire department is iD. receiptof a
letter from ..Mangelsdorf Bros of
Ellinwood thanking them for their
assistance and endorsing a check
for.tWenty f7e dollars which they
ask to be distributed among the
fire boys.as o token of their per-
sonal appreciation Of. the service
of the company during the fire in
that city
The Democratic congressional
committee of this district met at
Briggs Hotel Monday afternoon
for a conference. S. |. Hale Of
, Lacrosse and W. P. Morrison Of
| Sterling. candidates for the con-
} gressional nomination were pres
ent. DR. r II Meade Of this city
! was endorsed BY those present as
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-03
MILLIONS FOR THEATERS.
The Enormous Theatrical Industry OF
New York City.

There is a theatergoing crowd III
Nav York which numbers one huhuieu
thousand people nightly. IL we 'dhe
into consideration all sorts ana cohul-
tions of theatres, this number IS prop
ably a low estimate; for there are N
Vulnerable foreign playhouses, obscure
stock companies and unnoticet: bui
nrosnerous vaudeville and burlesque
shows which steadily attract their own
custom in the metropolis. There are
about forty theaters of tirst-ciasS
standing now running in New YORK
city.
BOX office receipts at both the
.leei,inoate" and the vaudeville houses.
taken the year round, will amount TO
something in the neighborhood OF SIX
million dollars per annum. ferhapa
even this is n low estimate. vi al
kinds, there are five thousand actors
pIaying in New York city-perhapS SIX
thousand Some of these actors ORA"
salaries as high as $1,000 week Tor
season of twenty weeks some OF
the shows-such as THE Man of the
Hour'-take in $4,000 n week each for
a season Of fifty-two weeks straight.
All these oddly associated facts
bring up an interesting train oil
thought. They dimly reveal why New
York is the theatrical center CT inns
continent; why actors from every
state in the union flock to the
metropolis to hunt work: why the ora
matte writer's Of the whole world are
anxious to obtain a New York near :
ing: why all the individual brains OF
the whole country. so employed, are
building theaters and designing cos
tunes and writing music here IN TINS
main city. 1t is a gigantic INDUSTRY,
if we view the array of figures ana
the facts back Of them. There seems
to be no end of production. "A hun
dred thousand brains are busy about
the New York stage, thinking out de-
vices. studying gestures, experimenting
with electrical effects, painting scenes.
rehearsing tones and vOices-going
through all the little endless duties OF
reproducing humanity for humanity to
gaze at and enjoy. 1t is a Wondeclcl
energy Iavished upon a transient af-
fair; all the more wonderful because IL
is so fatally transient.
IF the reader gains some idea OF the
enormity Of this enterprise from what
has been said here, the foregoing para
praphs will not have been written in
| vain. The opening of Belasco's new
theater, the Stuyvesant. at any time a
notable event in the history of the
American stage, brings home to the
American public sense of the lnl-
mensity of the native theatrical in
dustry-and as far as New York Is
concerned this growing and spreading
is all the more emphasized by the fact
that within the next two years al
least four more legitimate playhouScs
will he built.-New Broadway Maya
Zin
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-03
AHEAD
J. Ogden Armour Won Out
Saturday on Wheat.
Credited With Giving James D.
Patten His First Defeat.
Wheat Breaks, Owing to Great Ship
ments From Argentine.

Chicago, Feb. 81 Ogden Armour
is believed to have made s3,oG3,0oO Sat
urday rs the result of his speculationS
in wheat. His victory marked the first
defeat of James d. Patten in the most
speculative gambling contest with the
food resources the country has yet
seen here.
Armour, who believed the resources
of the country were even greater than
the consumption, has been a persistent
seller. Patten bid the market up for
months, but break of cents forced
him to let go his holdings, greatly to
Armour's advantage
Wheat for May broke cents at
&c IA. Only last Tuesday 1T sold as
high as $1.02. The immediate cause OF
the slump was found in the Argentine
shipments for the week
These were 5,40S,0OO bushels, which is
the largest quantity ever exported
from the country in q single week, and,
as the Argentine Republic has raised
the largest crop in it's history, it Is
predicted that Europe will soon be de-
luged by wheat from that source and
holders will not be able 10 find a
market for the supplies that have been
piling up at leading centers of ac-
emulation.
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Mrs. Hoxie Loses Her Suit
Against Mrs. Walker.
Jury Doesn't Think Widow Stole
Husband Joe's Affections.
Fail to See Way to Give Mrs. hoxie
the $4,000 Asked.

Exeter, n H, Feb. 2.-The famous
$50, 900 alienation suit brought by MIS-.
Abbic Hoxic against Mrs. Mary F.
Walker has been won by the latter.
Saturday morning at 11.2o the sealed
verdict, brought in by the jury at I
a. NJ, was opened in the presence of
opposing counsel. 1t was in favor of
Mrs Walker, the handsome widow,
whom Mrs. Hoxe charged with steal
ing the affections of her husband Joe.
Joe Hoxie was a carpenter who had
been employed about the estate of the
wealthy Mrs. Walker. His wife made
sensational charges, based in part up
on alleged telephone conversations
overheard between her husband and
the woman she brought suit against.
The evidence heard in court was not
near so spicy as some of the 1rate
Uife's allegations, but in the address
of her counsel to the jury this possible
lack was amply made up.
The case was tried before Judge Pike
and jury, and because Of a postpone
ment through a jurors illness extend
ed over quite a long period. 1t went
to the jury at sos 2. M. Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-03
Ceion LeB Gooden,

Death claimed one of Gardeners for
mer well-known merchants and resi-
dents Sunday morning when Celon
LeB. Gooden died at his home on Lin
coin avenue. For some time Mr.. Good
en- had been in poor health and for
the last few weeks had not been ir
such good health as formerly. Sunday
morning when Mrs. Gooden went to
his room she found him sitting in a
chair and life was extinct, death prob
ably resulting a few minutes before
and caused by heart trouble. He was
born at Laconia. n. H.. in 1S43. and
came to Gardiner in 1884. where he
enga ged in the dry goods business,
which he followed until a few years
ago. He was at one time interested III
shipping and was also president of the
Merchants National Bank of this
city until it dissolved. He was a
prominent Odd Fellow and was inter-
ested in all it's branches and held Of
fees in all. He is survived by wild
ow and two daughters, Misses Edna
and Ruth The funeral arrangements
will be announced later. 1t Is request
ed that there be no floral offerings.
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Mrs, Mary B, Nash,

After an illness Of about week
with congestion bordering on pneumo-
MIA, Mrs. Mary Il. Nash died late Sat-
urday night at her home on Lincoln
street. About a year ago Mrs. Nash
suffered a shock but from this had
nearly recovered. Mrs. Nash was born
in Gardiner May 9, 1925, the daughter
of Andrew and Mary McCausland. two
Of Gardeners original settlers. She was
married to James Nash and one son
was born to them, Bert Nash. who
died several years ago. Mr.. Nash was
one of the leading wood manufac-
turers in this city and owned the
store now run by Preble &. Keene, al
50 the wood working shop now occu-
pied by J. Frank Holt. One brother.
Fred McCausland Of Long Beach, Cal.
survives. The funeral will be held
from her late home at 2 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon.
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THAW AT MATTEAWAN.
Will Be Given the Same Treatment AS
All Other Inmates.

Matteawan. n. Y, Feb. 2.-Harry X.
Thaw arrived here Saturday night ana
was Immediately assigned to the Cd
servation ward of the State hospital
criminal insane, where he will remain
for a week or two, until the authorities
can note his mental condition ana
make some definite arrangement for
his future stay in the institution.
The new patient passed the night III
a small iron bed in a dormitory where
about so other men are quartered. An
attendant constantly is on guard 10
prevent any Of the men from aris-
ing.
The arrival of the train bearing the
ThaW party at Fishkill landing causel
quite a connection to the little town,
PhotOgra piers from New York CITY
had come on an earlier train anu d
dozen flashlight charges were exploded
as Thaw, accompanied by Deputy
Sheriff Bell and Attorneys Peabody
and O'Reilly, stepped from the private
car in which the journey from the city
had been made. The party hurried 10 d
waiting carriage and the drive to Mat
teawan was begun.
When Dr. Robert 3. Lamb, medical SUI
perintendent Of tie hospital. was told
that Harry Thaw had been committed
to the institution, he said the prisoner
would be given no special privileges while
here.
The first thing VIC will do with nm
said DR.. Lamb. las with all patients, Is
to place him in the observation ward
there to remain for q week or two, or
possibly longer, until we note his mental
condition. This is the customary plan
and il will be adhered to in his case
Then we can, after studying ms mental
arrangement assign him with some 1uds-
ment to some particular ward in the hos
initial. He cannot have any special quar-
tiers, for all the patients here are treated
alike.
During the day Thaw will associate
with the other men, and dine at the table
in the main dining room. ThaW VIII De
given no special work to do. lie can
take daily walks in the large court, ana
if he Is so disposed, can have tobacco anc
dainties sent to him. or he can. on ar
order accompanied by the cash, procure
any articles he desires for his comfort II
Fishl5in rhc hospital is now crowded
far above its capacity. We have tls pa
ticnts and the institution was originally
MANNED to hold only $50. Eight years
ago. before the Dannemora State hospi
tai was built, we had 51S patients"
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"HoLY oHosTERs" RETURN.
Forty Of Elijah Sandford's Followers
Arc Back at S!iloh.

Durham, Me, Feb. 2.-(SpeciaD.-
About 40 of the Holy Ghost and Us
disciples. who left here on the bark
Coronet to meet Rev. Frank w. Sand
ford on the yacht Kingdom. returned
here today. Sanford exchanged YES
sells with them and with the newly re-
paired and freshly provisioned COrenet
is now believed to have started on a
cruise around the world. The Kingdom
will be taken to South Freeport at once
and withdrawn from commission.
There was no special celebration in
honor Of the return of those who came
back. 1t is customary on such occa-
sions to decorate the buildings of the
Holy Ghost" colony with flags. but
there were no decorations on this occa-
sion. the only observance being a pray
er service Elder Holland. who stands
next to Sanford in authority and is
commonly referred to as Moses" was
among those who returned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-03

The vegetables are grown indoors ana
The arc light travels, by means OF u
small motor, from end to end of the
building 1t is said that these plants
look as healthy and vigorous as those
grown under the sun.
new silk mill is being planned for
Chicago to cost half a million dollars
The machinery will all be motor-driv-
ell.
The latest timepiece is the electric
clock 1t requires no keys. any num-
Der can be regulated from a central
station and it is more reliable than the
ordinary clock.
For the past six months the General
Electric Company has been using
! 500, 900 pounds Of copper a week.
A dispatch from Berlin states that
preparations are being made to cleo
trify all German railroads. the start
will be made in Bavaria where go
miles of track win he electrified. The
next in line will be the roads between
Berlin and Hamburg. Germany viii
lead the world in this respect.
The largest dam in the south has
just been finished. 1t is thrown
across the Yadkin river 81 miles from
Salisbury, n. c., and is 46 feet high
and 917 feet long. The minimum flow
Of water gives 5000 h. p, which
makes it second only to Niagara as a
source Of mechanical energy. The
electric power generated will be trans
mitted to neishboring cotton TOLLS and
factories.
a young Lyons scientist announces
that he has discovered 4 method of
transmitting electrical energy without
wires. A miniature car, running on
rails, was recently propelled a distance
of 200 feet Experiments a'e still be-
| ing conducted.
a new cable line. 1900 miles in length,
win CONNECT New York city with IIa-
vana, Cuba.
"A new wireless station is being in
stalled at the League Island Navy
Yard at Philadelphia.
y new electric road will soon be con-
structed between Geneva and Dothan.
Alabama, at cost of half million
dollars.
AT Newburg. ~ ". the Pattekill will
be damned and used to generate 1900
electrical horsepower. The water
rights have been secured.
The Mount Hood Railway and Power
Company of Portland. Oregon, has be-
gun work on its 100000 power plant
on the Sandy and Bull Run rivers
The largest steam turbine in the
world, with normal rating of 10000
Il. p. is being constructed by the Gen.
eral Electric Company for use on the
Pacific CoaSt.-Electric News.
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Rev, F. Sanford Remains
In ST. Thomas, ". |.
Seeking Recruits as Well as
Money Among Planters.
His Big Yacht Kingdom Arrives
Saturday at Portland.

Portland, Me, Feb. 2.-The Rev.
Frank w. Sanford, leader of the Holy
Ghost and Us Society. has been locat-
ed at St. Thomas, West Indies.
Sanford and a small band Of follow
ers left Shiloh, the headquarters of the
sect, last June, when famine threat
ened. They will remain in the West
Indies in an effort to enlarge their fol-
lowing and replenish the society's
funds.
They have been missing for long
time, and their whereabouts renamed
unknown until the yacht Kingdom,
formerly the Rebecca Crowell, arrived
here Saturday. Then was It also
learned that Charles F. Holland, sec
ond in command of the faithful and
Elder Jewell had decided to remain IN
the West Indies with Sanford.
The self-styled Elijah and his fol-
lowers have decided that the West In
dies offer far better opportunities Tor
securing recruits and funds than the
New England states.
1t Is reported that many wealthy
planters ana cOlll!iltTCIdi iileii III anu
about jamaica. st. Thomas and other
West Indian ports have become inter-
ested In the doctrines of Sanford, AMI
his Holy Ghosters. and have pledged
themselves to assist financially in the
work.
News of the famine that threatened
Sanford and his little flock last sum-
mer was obtained at that time from
Frank Thompson, an ex-Shilohite.
Thompson said that many at Shiloh
openly rebelled, and that their action
caused the sailing of their leader to the
Holy Land for the purpose of intercel-
ing with the Almighty for the success
of himself and his disciples in their
missionary work.
Several of the elders remained &c
urge Shilohites to remain steadfasf
Alarmed at the assertions from the
fold, Elders Holland and Jewell sailed
on their vessel. the Kingdom, from
this city Oct. q for the West Indies
where they were joined by their leader
after he had visited Palestine.
There were on board the Kingdom
As people, of whom 16 comprised the
crew.
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SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Presiding Justice Henry c. Peabody
of Portland has surprised York coun-
ty rum sellers by giving the first Jail
sentences in this county for years to
offenders found guilty in the supreme
court Of breaking the prohlbtory law.
Marcel Metaver of Biddeford was fined
s400 and given two months in Jail ana
Napoleon Quarter of Biddeford was
sentenced to serve two months and
also fined $500 and costs.
A verdict for s1O5O for the plaintiff
ir WaicZenko VS.. oxford Paper Co. OF
Runford Falls was read in the SUI
preme court at Auburn at A. NJ. Sat-
urday. 1t was returned sealed by the
jury at s P NJ. Friday, after being
out less than four hours. The suit
was for $4,000. A motion for a new
trial has been filed in the case of
David Lebrecque VS.. the Hill Mfg Co.
in which the jury gave the plaintiff
s3OS2s1.
Jerry Grover, a well-known resident
of Bowdoinham, died Saturday. Mr..
Grover, who was very near 10 years
old, had not been well for some time.
A widow and two sisters, Mrs. Amasa
Polly and Mrs. George Rideout OF
Bowdoinham survive. Pneumonia was
the cause of death. Mr.. Grover had al
ways lived on his farm on the Fulton
road. and was regular attendant at
the Universalist church. He was one
Of the old stock of BOwdoinham resi-
dents and will be greatly missed.
Fire Saturday ruined the Episcopal
church and parish house at Sanford.
causing q loss estimated at $4,000. The
piano. organ, hymn books, altar fur
nishings and everything in the interior
of the church were destroyed. The
cause of the fire is not known. There
is partial insurance. The two buildings
were connected and were built less
than six years ago. Bishop Goldman OF
Portland sent an architect Saturday
afternoon, before the ruins We're cold.
to plan for the erection of new
church at once.
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THE BATTLEsHIP FLEET
Receiving Some Hospitality in the
Strait as Elsewhere.

Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan,
Feb. 2.-The officers and men of the
American fleet, now that the WarShips
are safely riding at anchor. are begin
ming to enjoy hospitality ashore. Of
fetal visits have been exchanged and
yesterday guns We're booming all day.
Admiral Thomas returned the visit of
Admiral Simpson, the head of the
Chilean delegation, who came here on
the crusier Chacabuco, to Admiral
Evans, and there We're cordial greet
ings on both sides
The officers of the fleet have a de-
sire to call at Valparaiso, but this will
be impossible. Admiral Evans says lie
will pass close enough to see and be
seen by the watchers on shore.
There is great enthusiasm here and
a hearty desire on the part of the res
iGenlS to make the stay of the Amer
leans an enjoyable one. A banquet
was given on the Chacabuco today and
ball has been arranged for tomor-
row at the residence Of the American
consular agent. Moritz Braun. Rowing
competition between the various cham
pion crews of the vessels also are be-
ing arranged.
1t has been reported that an army
pilot was to pilot the fleet through
tie strait, but it is announced that the
officers Of the ships are the only pi.
lots necessary.
During the last three days Of the pas
sage to this port the fleet encountered
occasional fogs and rains. In the morn
ing Of the 3lst, Cape Virgins was sighted
and at neon, in single column the flee
passed imrressively into the great water
way. The Chilean signal station a
Dungeness signaled: Enter Chilean wa
ters distinguished American seamen. ;
pleasant VOYAGE
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Sharks Electric.

The Southern Pacific railroad VIII
electrify its trans-bay lines at san
Fancisco. The contract has been let
for a power house at Fruitvale to cost,
with overhead work and substations,
nearly 100000 The Southern Pacific
does an immense suburban business
and the cIectrification is being watched
with interest.
Electricity has supplanted steam in
large cotton mill near Birmingham,
Alabama. There are 1000 spindles
operating.
Throughout Vienna electric clocks
regulated from central station, are be-
ing installed. Each clock has for
dials. They are placed on high iron
poles, at street corners.
Figures presented to the Institute of
Electrical Engineers show that the net
saving over steam by the use of cleo
tricity on the railroads Of the United
States averages s63S per mile. If APP
piled to all the railroads it would ef-
feet a saving Of S13S,50O,00 per annum.
TIL, Vcsta No coal mine at Cali
fornia, Pa, has So miles of stationary
railroad track down in the mine, over
wnicn % electric locomotives draw
trains of 100 steel cars to the surface,
each cor carrying three tons of coal.
Twenty-four miles of additional track
can be moved to suit the location of the
workers.
The organization of company to
open one of the largest slate quarries
in the world, is nearly completed at
Bangor. Pa. The quarry machinery
will be entirely motor-driven as cleo
tricity has been found to be the most
flexible of all power.
a Long Island farmer who is inter-
ested i'll raising winter vegetables is
tryin-out novel electrical experiment
An electric arc light is used as a noe
turnal substitute for the SUMS rays.
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Some More SIM
plified Spelling,

New York, Feb. The "simplified
spelling board has done it again A
further list Of words which should be
changed according to its ideas was is
sued Saturday This second list contains
15 words. Here they are:
Axe. ale. agast. alfabet. autograf. au-
tum. bedsted. bihliosrafy. hioGrafy, boro
hid. bildlrg, Clmpain, cantor quire,
offer. COCO, colleag. colum. condit coun-
terfit. cuTteoLs, curtesy. cllm. olet. Get
tor. diafram. dout. dun, eg. excede
loren. forflt. fUrlo, Eastly. COST. gard
gar1ian. haranE. high. INDEBTED. Hand. lie
LAM, leag. lin. mum, pamfct. paragraf
fonetic, foLograf. fotoglaf. tisis. tisic
procede. redout, redoutable. redouted
sent. sion. s:ssors. sithe. siv. slight. solen
soveren, succede surfit. telegraf. telcfone
th'im. tung. wier. wierd. yoman.
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Anniversary Sermon.

Rev. J. Langdon Quimby of the
Congregational church Of this city be-
gan his 18th year as pastor Of the
church yesterday and a large audi
ence listened to his sermon and show
ed their appreciation for his faith
full and untiring work during his stay
here. He has brought the church well
up. has had erected practically new
edifice and made other improvements
that are all deeply appreciated. For
his text yesterday he took "The
Things That Lay Before"