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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-09
Mrs. KfChmaf Burned

Last Sunday morning, at their home
eight miles southwest of Plains, Mrs.
Fred Krchmar started the kitchen
fire with some kerosene. Gas for.
ming in the stove caused an explosion
and she was terribly burned about
the lower part Of the body but extln-
guished the flames by plungiug into
a tank of water. The house caught
fire and was consumed with all its
contents, Mr.. Krchman not being
able to secure clothing. Neighbors
anived and did what they could,
bringing them to town where the lady
was placed under the care of phisi
clan
Her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron
Blue, arrived from Claflin last Mon-
day and her brother came Thursday
morning. The young people were
married Aug 1st and had been only
a few daysat their new home-Plain:
Journal.
Mrs. Krctmar died from the re-
suit Of her burns Friday evening ant
was buried at Plains Saturday after
noon.-Claflin Clarion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-09
7 rain Strikes Auto.

Last Friday morning as F. B
Hohl was coming from Bushton to
Claain in his automobile he met with
an accident that came near costing
him his life, but as it is, it cost HIM
his automobile. 1t was at the Cross
ing a mile east of town that the
accident happened. Mr.. Hohl
started 10 cross the track and did not
notice that passenger train No. |,
which was late, was so close, The
high banks on each side of the road
at this crossing cutting off the view
Just as the front Of the auto got on
the track he noticed that the engine
was only a few feet away. Mr.. Hohl
realized that he didn't have time to
get 10 the clear, 50 turned his car
toward the engine and jumped The
engine struck the auto throwing it 10
one side OF The track. The pilot on
the engine was torn off and the air
brake connection broken, causing
all the brakes to set, stopping the
train As the auto was knocked
from the track it caught fire and
when the train came - stop the
pullman sleeper was right beside the
burning auto and before the train
could be started again the coach was
badly burned and it looked for 4
while like the coach would b. en-
tirely consumed by the flames.
Mr.. Hohl escaped without injury
other than a quite painful burn or
the hands, caused by trying to save
tn. tires on the auto. He was sue.
cessful in saving one, and it wa
when he took hold Of another, tina
be was burned. The auto was en-
tirely wrecked and everything thai
would burn was consumed by the
fire.
The crossing at this place ha!
always been terror to people VIII
travel this road every since the aut,
came into use here. The banks ar,
so high on each side of the roat
that 1t is impossible to see anyon
approaching from the other direction
and the railroad company should b
compelled to cut these banks down
Clahin Clarion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-09
Republicans and the Negroes.

William T. Vernon, the negro
Register of the Treasury, is to
have his political head chopped
off by President Taft, the Lord
High ExecutlOner of the Repub-
lican party. There is no charge
that Vernon has not attended to
his duties, but he is from Kansas,
and as his influence proved worth
less in that state to stem the In
Surgent tide he is to be political
ly decapitated and j. C. Napier,
a negro of Nashville, Tenn, is to
be installed in his place. The ap-
pOintment Of Napier is expected
to. bring the Tennessee negroes
back to their original Republican
allegiance. From this may be ad-
duced that the Republican use of
the negro is what can be got out
Of him politically, The faithful
service of Vernon will not save
his political head, nor will like
service of those other negroes
who have been appointed to ftd-
eral offices, unless they can show
results at the primaries and elec-
tiOns that suit the Republican
leaders who use them for their
own aggrandizement.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-09
Comfort -hermes.

Edward NJ. Hermes, of st. Pet
er and Paul, and Miss Mary Z.
Comfort, Of route six, Great Bend
were quietly married Monday
morning by Father Weikman, at
the parsonage, in the presence
Of a few intimate friends. Miss
Clara Musil and Mr.. Bernard Com
fort attended the young folks.
After the ceremony they depart
cd for Wichita and Oklahoma
points for a visit with relatives,
after which they will return here
and will likely 90 to Colorado to
1--we. The groom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. John HermeS. He
was born and raised in the vicin-
ity of EllinwOOd. He is consider
I'd a fine young man, industrious
and honest. The bride is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Comfort, of Great Bend township,
who have lived here many years.
She is an estimable young lady
who counts as her friends all who
have the pleasure of her acquain-
tance. The families of the con-
acting parties are among the
leading citizens in their respect
i've localities, and the young folks
start in lief with a bright future,
and the best wishes Of their many
friends.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-09
Does This Affect You?

The council has given notice
that all persons who feel them
selves aggrieved over the assess
ment of their property in Sewer
District No. 3, should present
themselves at the council meeting
on September 18th, any time af-
ter 9 a. M, and state their griev-
ances. Unless you appear on that
date and enter your complaint no
change will be made in your as
SeSsed valuation.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-09
GLADDEN..

Miss Ada Walker, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Walker,
prominent south side cOlOred peO-
pie, was married Tuesday of this
week to Will GLADDEN., a son of
VIM. GLADDEN., formerly with the
Hulme mill, but now in the regu-
lar army service as a chaplain.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-09
Withdraws From The Ticket.

Mr.. W. H. Russell, of Wash
burn precinct, who was nOminat-
ed in the primary election for
Probate Judge on the Republican
ticket, has withdrawn from the
race. Mr.. Russell at no time was
a candidate for the office, and
was nominated against his will.
He recently stated that he would
not accept the office if elected.
This leaves at this writing two
vacancies on the ticket represen'
tative and probate judge.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-09
Salt.

Friday morning a representa-
tive of the Dispatch was invited
by Mr.. A. H. Baker to take a
drive with him out to his farm
southeast of the city in the bot
toms. Col. Baker is an encyclo,
pedia of knowledge when it cone
to all things pertaining to real es'
tate generally, and to matters i1
this line in particular in Barton
county, and with Others sthingl
that the BUSINESS people Of Hos
ingtOn would strike sOmethinc
rich by putting down a hole y
the Bottoms near the city.
Mnlle out with Mr.. Baker W,
were shown a spot of ground IL
a wheat field where evidently sal
from below the surface was fore
ing itself out into the open, ane
was spreading over the soil de
strOying vegetation.
Some portion of this .surfae'
matter was examined and founs
to be impregnated strongly wit
salt. Further experiments sI|
to be made and the results w
be given from time to time
Hoisingtonn Dispatch.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-09

County Commissioner Murphy
Is laid up for few days with a
bad limb, caused by being kicked
by a horse. Mr.. Murphy was in
town Wednesday morning. On his
return home the horse he was driv
ing became frightened at an en-
CINE standing on the siding near
the round house, and blazed away
kicking through the dash board,
and striking Mr.. Murphy on the
shin. He had medical attention
at once, but has a very sore limb.
j. M. Riegel and family, for
merly of the Seward neighbOr-
hood, are now located in Hutch.
inson.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-09
"ButlerO" Don't Go

The state board of health prohibit
ed the sale of buttero in Kansas but
Prof. E. H. S. Bailey, chemist for the
board, does not think it is sufficient
and he has"exposed Ruttero iu a
in statement just given out. He
says it is not only illegal to sell but
tero but as matter of fact there Is
nothing to it, that the same results
can be obtained without its use.
"8uttero" is the preparation which
is advertised to make two pounds OF
butter out of one. The board OF
health holds that this constitutes
adulteration and that it is in the ma
ture of a fraud. Prof. Bailey has
analyzed the preparation and reached
the conclusion that it has nothing 10
do with increasing the amount OF
butter.
GAS matter of fact he said,
'Buuero' has nothing to do with II,
for the very same results can be OBJ
aimed without its use. i have taken
half pound of butter and half
pound of water and by patiently Stir.
ing these two ingredilnts together
produced pound of adulterated but.
ter which holds the added haf pound
of butter perfectly" Anyone can dc
the same without having even seen
'Buttero.' Simply bear in mind. tha
you have no more butter than yol
started with but have adulterated hal
a pound of butter with half a pounC
of water. 1t is true that the product
ion will spread over more bread thar
the original half pound Of butter ant
saving may be made in that way
but an equal saying with no work
can be made by using only half as
much butter on ones bread"
The preparation referred to hal
7 quietly advertised all over Kansas ant
: the board of health has been doinI
everything possible to P.event it
sale. 1t fears the unscrupulouS peo
: pie will get hold Of the recipe an
| hat such adulterated butter will &c
! on the market for the real thing.
> "Butter prepared with any OF thes
i compounds can easily be detected b
anyone" said Prof. Bailey. "Simpl
4 melt some in small glass in he
t water and the melted mass will the
!, be seen to consist of about half watt
L with the butter floating upon it"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-09
Mrs. Claude Wharton Dead.

The friends of the Wharton
boys, formerly with the c. Sam
uels Co., in this city, will deeply
regret to learn of the death Of
Mrs. Claude Wharton, which Oc-
Cured at Ottawa last Friday, Of
consumption. The Wharton boys
left here a little over a year ago.
During their stay here both the
boys and Mrs. Wharton made a
great many friends.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-09

The fire department was called
out Tuesday evening by a report
sent in from the MauSOlf home,
out close to the west school build
ing, but before the department ar
rived it was all over.
Andy Cell, of Clarence town
ship, was in Hutchinson Monday
on business.
Mrs. F. NJ. McInnes and chill.
dren are visiting in Ellsworth this
week.
Mrs. Frank Hammond and the
children have returned from a WIS
: It with home folks at Haven.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-09

Mrs. John Murphy, mother of
P. E. Murphy, accompanied by
her daughter and husband, Mr..
and Mrs. John Manning, have
returned to their home in Chilli
cOthe, No., after a pleasant visit
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Damn Left
the first of the week to look over
the Laramie country IN Wyoming
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-09

1t was ordered that insurance
be taken out on the east and the
west buildings
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-09
School Board.

The Board of Education met
Monday evening with all mem
bers present. The general fund
was drawn on for overdraft on
High School, said Overdraft to be
determined by clerk and treasur-
er. The following bills were al
lowed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-27
Gnnerai

BUTTER-Firm; receipts, 1854 pack
ages; specials, per h., 28ha
8ac.; extras, NAa2Sc.; thirds to firsts,
24a2c.; state dairy, finest, &c; common to
prime, 22a2614c.; process, specials, 5hc.;
seconds to extras, 2~2a25c.; factory, Sec
onds to Hrsts, 22a2ahc.: imitation cream
cry, 24a25c.
CHEESE-Easler; receipts, 10,0S2 boxes;
state whole milk, specials, 14&at6c.; fan
cy small white, 14Ac.; fancy large white,
l4Ac.; fancy small colored, 14Mc.; fancy
large colored, 14Ac.; average prime, 1874
14c.; fair to good, 12ka13Ac.; common, 9A
an1ac.; state SKINS, specials, 12c.; fine,
1o4 a11Ac.; fair to good, 7Aa91kc.; common,
6a61sc. full skins. 2ha3hc.
EGGS-Steady on high grades; receipts,
q, 314 cases; state, Pennsylvania and near
by, hennery, whites, 3oa33c. gathered,
whites, 25a30c.: hennery, browns, 2a28c. /;
gathered, browns, 22a25c.; fresh gathered
extra firsts, 2Oa2lhe.; flrsts, ~1sa19c.; sec
onds, 16a17c.
POTATOES Easy; Long Island, per
bhl,, s1.5a1.62; Jersey, $l.25a1.6 81; southern,
81. &a1.37.
HAY AND sTRAW-steady; timothy,
per hundred. CSC. as1. 20; shipping, 9Oc. /;
clover, mixed, zoe. as1.05; clover. 6oaS0c. /;
long rye straw, 60a65c.; oat and wheat, so
a56c. half bales, 2hc. less.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-27
DEMOCRATS IN
HOME STATE
MOCK BRYAN

Grand Island, Neb., July 27.-No
doubt remains today that William
Jennings Bryan, who for twenty years
ruled Nebraska Democrats, has been
swept into at least temporary OBJ
security by the men who once raced
to do his slightest bidding. Before
his defeat was made certain Bryan
was forced to endure many sights.
He was left unnoticed in his seat,
while obscure men were forced into
prominence.
Amid a tumult of cheers Permanent
Chairman Smyth Of the Democratic
state platform convention read the re-
suit of a test vote of the gathering,
practically taking from Mr.. Bryan the
Democratic leadership Of Nebraska. 1t
also showed conclusively that Bryan's
issue of county option stood no chance
Of adoption.
The vote came on a motion made by
Congressman G. NJ. Hitchcock, a can
didate for the senatorial nomination,
which In effect was to eliminate the
Introduction Of platform planks with
accompanying speeches unless submit
ted as a section of the majority or mi
nority report Of the committee on reso-
lutions.
Mr.. Bryan as a delegate was on his
feet at one with a protest and offered
an amendment that would modify the
intent of the original motion. The
Bryan adherents denounced the Hitch
cock motion as gag rule"
Chairman Smyth ordered a roll call
on the amendment, and the gathering
was silent as the voice of the counties
was called that would determine the
strength Of Bryan. When two-thirds
had beer called foes of Mr.. Bryan real
lied that he was defeated, and a wave
of cheers that drowned the roll call
began. AS Chairman Smyth finally
read the result, 465 against the amend
ment to 1914 In favor Of it, the dele
gates sounded a fresh volume Of cheers
that seemed to indicate their relief
from the uncertainty that had existed
as to the strength which Bryan might
develop in the convention. The ortgt-
nal motion of Hitchcock then was
adopted.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-27
SEN. QUINN is
ASSAILS STEEL
CORPORATION

Olathe, Kan, July Ex-senator Al
bert B. Cummins In his speech here
attacked the United States Steel cor
poration. Before leaving for his home
In Des Moines he said he would fill no
more speaking dates until Aug. 2. The
heat and the strenuous work of the
campaign in Kansas have Slapped his
strength.
Senator Cummins said in part:
you will remember that In 1901 the
Carnegie company of P1ttsburg sold its
plant to the United States Steel cor
poration, organized that year. The
steel corporation paid the Carnegie
Steel company 100000 600 for its plant
and business. OF this incomprehensible
sum Andrew Carnegie received $780,
100000 in the bonds Of the corporation
and his associates in business received
the remainder.
What was the plant worth? That
is not a subject longer In dispute. 1t
has been most infinitely investigated.
The highest value any reasonable man
would put on 1t In 1901 was $50, 10000,
and the United States Steel corpora
ton paid to Andrew Carnegie's COM
pany $420,0O0,000 more than 1t was
worth, more than would be required to
reproduce it with every modern i'm
provement known to the business.
Now, why did the United States
Steel corporation pay $500, 100000 0 more
for this property than 1t was worth? l
will tell you. 1t was shown hat over
a series Of years the Carnegie company
had been making profits that would pay
interest on $500, 100000, and the United
States Steel corporation had enough
confidence in Its own power and in the
friendship of men like DaIzell of Penn
s%ylvania, Payne of New York, Aldrich
of Rhode Island, Hale of Maine and
Lodge of Massachusetts to be sure that
In the years to come it would be able
to earn interest upon the $500,000,000 it
was then paying to the Carnegie Steel
company. This is the secret of that
transaction"
Senator Cummins then told of the
company's reorganization, and said
that $1,000 600 Of Its capitalization
was pure water.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-27
Not What He Expec4ed-

"Oratory is a gift, not an acquire
ment," said the proud politician as he
sat down after an hours harangue.
II understand said the matter of
fact chairman. Were not blamin'
you. You done the best you could."-
Detroit Free Press.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-27
WEATHER

Observations of the United
States weather bureau taken at
& d. M, Yesterday follow:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-27

Grows Genial.
"How do you like Tipton?"
HE seems cold and reserved"
HE does at first, but he soon thaws.
After you have met him a few times
he will come up and slap you on the
back and ask you for a dollar, just as
cordial as can be-"
The Washington herald., 1910-02-27

'MET a 1910. as Harvard sa-
wants have named our latest
celestial skyhooter, belongs to
the genus hobo. according TO
The Washington herald., 1910-02-27
Confederate Half Dollars.

II you happen TO have a Confederate
half dollar coin concealed about your
person don't spend it or lose it. for it
may be worth several thousand dollars.
Recently a New Yorker wrote to a
newspaper that he possesses one OF
these coins. of which only four were
minted. and said he valued 1t at $1,000.
He thought 1t was the only one extant.
But a few days later Joseph Hyde
Pratt. state geologist. living at Chapel
Hill, N c.. wrote that he also pos
sesses one of the Confederate half dol
lars. Still another claimant came for
ward. but his coin has been pronounced
copy" Tt appears that four OF these
half dollars were coined and then the
Confederacy changed its monetary
plans. One OF the coins was presented
to President Jefferson Davis Of the
Confederacy. The New Yorker men
toned says he thinks his half dollar is
the identical one which Davis owned.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-27

among scientists. including the un-
dersigned, that this blanket has been
stolen from the sun 1910 passed
perihelion. the nearest point OF old
Sol. on Jan. II. the day after Inness
sprinkled its tail with salt At that
point it was less than 100000 miles
from the sun, and it would have been
easy for one of the outriggers of its
widespread tail to snatch off the Nava-
10 blanket as the comet swept past.
At present the comet is about 12O.-
100000 miles from the sun. so there is
little chance for a recovery Of the stolen
property. The comet, we are told. is
now about 165.000.O00 miles from the
earth; hence we are safe from that
almond odored cyanogen peril
A 1910 is. travelling at the rate of for
ty-one miles a second. 2.460 miles a
minute, 147,60O miles an hour, 3,542,4oO
miles day This is considerably faster
than the terrestrial hobo travels. even
though he catches the blind baggage
OF the Twentieth Century Limited or
the twenty-four hour St. Louisan. The
reader will observe that it is pretty
difficult 10 keep track OF this comet.
for not only does it sl1yhoot at a most
stupendous speed, but il seems to have
no fixed orbit. Astronomers at the
Lick observatory in California. who are
making strenuous efforts TO classify
and salt down this comet for future
reference, say that it seems to be trav-
cling in a parabola, which is an open
curve that does not return into itself
From this we deduce that Comet A
1910. whatever else it may be. is not
an Australian boomerang.
Candor compels me to admit that
Professor Harold Jacoby of Columbia
university. who spied upon a 1910
with the naked eye from Riverside
drive and West Seventy-sixth street,
New York, several evenings when the
comet was close enough to the earth
to be thus visible, claims that its orbit
has been roughly found" whatever
that means; but, alas, he hints that
there is no assurance that it viii ever
come this way again. So. comet catch
ers. save your salt for Halley's comet,
a highly respectable aviator with a
known orbit which will pass nearest
the earth about the middle OF May.
But let us not weep because Comet A
1910 is disappearing. perhaps forever,
into the Vastly void. It sat for its pho
tograph before it left US Messrs.
Parkhurst and Slocum OF the Yerkes
observatory made two negatives, which
are positively good likenesses, and
when color photography is perfected
the world will be enabled TO get a
tangible tail hold on Comet A 1910 by
pereeiving those auroral bands.
Farewell. A 1910. a long farewell. and
somebody please pass the sailed aim
onds 4. SAPP.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-27

tunnels to Long Island hourly. 40 to
SO. These figures give some slight
idea as TO the magnitude Of the pas
senger station.
Already the New York Central and
New York, New Haven and Hartford
roads have electrified their service
from a point thirty-five miles from
Grand Central station. their terminus.
This station IS being rebuilt upon a
scale almost as grand as the Pennsyl-
Vania station.
Recently the writer had letter from
a friend Tho lives in a small city and
does not fancy metropolitan life. This
friend wrote. "New York is a good old
place ant II is easy 20 get out OF. +"
Verify New York win be easy both 20
get out Of and 10 get into when these
two epoch marking terminal plants be-
gin doing their full days business-the
New York Central at the old stand
and the Pennsylvania at the new site.
The Washington herald., 1910-02-27
Comic CometiC Curiosity
Concerning Comet A 1910
Spp Eabound umOr Calls This Tailed erloper
ErrAh Exotic. With No Visible o Support

an Intellectual effort to arrest this hobo
and give it hours to leave town, for
Director Frost of the Yerkes observa-
tory in Wisconsin has reported that
the spectroseope shows sodium on the
comets tail. Whether this is the chic
ride of sodium. otherwise common table
salt, is not set forth in the indictment.
but I am positive from my own init
mate knowledge Of human and comet
nature that Dr. Inness considered this
comet a bird" when he discovered it
on the wing and that he tried to catch
II by putting salt on its tail.
But the professor also found cyano-
The Washington herald., 1910-02-27
wonen Must apsolarsg ciuars

Collector Loeb has issued a new set
Of customs regulations for the port Of
New York which he hopes viii facili-
tate the passing Of passenger baggage
on the piers and gain for 1t the reputa-
ton Of being the best managed port in
the United States.
Hitherto men and women have been
allowed TO bring in free of duty 800
cigarettes or fifty cigars apart from
their 500 allowance per head without
having TO state specifically for whom
they were. In future ali passengers
VIII have to declare their cigarettes
or cigars TO be solely for their own
use, both men and women. The users
must also be more than eighteen years
old
Passengers are also notified that Of
fering to bribe a customs official is a