VOL. 1.
DS FORTHE SBLUIERS
nerican . Commanders Enforce
Teetotalism in Havana, .
IVATES THINKIT A HARDSHIP
Nof Even the Sale of Deer to Enlisted
Ren in Canteen or Cafe, Is Permitted
y Proprietors Fined and Their Places
Closed.
fAvaza, March 2.--The American
iitary authorities in “üba are try
e to make the American soidiers
re teetotalers by stopping the sale
beer at post exchanges and closing
he bars in Havana and Marianao for
blling beer or wine to privates or
n-commissioned oflicers. The pro-
rietors of such places are fined $5OO,
are allowed to re-open after three
on giving bonds,
e private soldiers, especiaily the
iteers, think it a hardship that
may not buy beer when the offi
[>f their regiments are unvestrict
ipecilly as the volunteer oflicers
gmPacdcship for their men and
b flasks for them.
5 rs stand now the American
g mnot gat a drink, not ¢ven
'? lout breaking the law or
,‘- ome one else to break it,
’ fess, all regulations to the
@ notwithstanding, they will
lnd the present regulations so
' that they can get only the
brands of rum and brandy sur
tiously brought into camp.
4 Sunday night seven cafes were
sed in Havana inciuding., as already
bled, the Aibisu andthe Tacon. The
ormer was closed for keeping open
after hours, the latter because its pro
prietor, a Spaniard named Gonzales,
was said to have sold lignor to a ser
cgeant.
AFTER THE STOCK YARDS.
The Missouri House Tried to Rasih the
Rates Bill
JERFERSON City, Mo., Marech 2.—The
house committee on agriculsure sub
mitted its majority and minority re
port on the Prather bill this morning
to fix rates for feading and yardagc of
tock in public stock yards. The mi
ity report, favorable to the pass
he bill, ¢hme up first on a
sybstifute the minority
kj ebiialEs o
THE WICHITA TRIBUNE.
HANNA TO RETAIN HIS SEAT
senate Commiiiee on Electlons Makes a
Report—Minority KEanter 2. Protest.
WasnixéroNn, March 2.—Senator
Chandler, from the committee on priv
ileges and elections, presented to the
Senate a report of that committee on
the charges of bribery in the election
to the Senate of Hon. M. A. Hanna,
as made by the Ohio senate: The re
port sets out that no direet remon
strance setting out that M:. Hanna
was not clected or ought to be expell
ed by the Senate has been received by
the Senate. He also shows that no
one has appeared before the committee
and that no papers has becn received
beyond the formal report of tee action
of the state senate. Notwithstanding
these failures the commiitee has inves
tigated the charges.
[t finds that “there is no prcof sub
mitted either that (1) Mr. Ilanna was
elected Senator through bribery, or
(2) that he had any agents engaged in
carrying on his canvass for the Sen
ate who were directly or impliedly
authorized by him to resort to cor
rupt methods or to any form of wrong
doing: or (3) that he had any personal
knowledge of the facts of this case. It
may be said that there is no evidence
which fairly tends to prove either of
the foregoing propositions.”
In view of these facts the committee
on privileges and elections have
reached the conclusion that ‘‘the
United States Senate is not called
upon to take any action in the prem
ises.
A minority report signed by Sena
tors Turley. Pettus and Caffery was
presented by Senrator Turley. This
report tales the position that a furth
er investigation should be made and
enters quite fully into the statement
of the case presented by the Ohio
senate. The minority contend that
the attempt on the part of Boyce to
buy Otis’ votce for Hanna is clearly
proven by Mr. Hanna. - ‘‘Seventeen
hundred ahd tifiy dollars,” the report
continues, ‘“‘was paid in cash by Doyce
to Campbell as attorney for Oti s
Bovce agreed to pay $1.750 more when
Otis reached Columbus and a balance
of $6,500 if Harna was elected.
MARYLAND'S GIFT TO SCHLEY.
Admiral Presented With a Magnificent
Diamond Meda®
BarTivore, Md., Mareh 2. Rear
Admiral! Winfield Scott Schley re
ceived yesterday from the people of
this, his native, state a superb testi
monial of the esteem in which he is
heid by the people of Maryland. The
testimonial proper took the form of a
magnificent gaedal of gold and dia-
WICHITA, KANSAS, SATURDAY, MARCII 4, 1899.
ALL OF THEM TURNED LAOSE
Cases Against Alleged Kansas City
Train Robbers Dismissed.
THE PROSECUTOR DESPAIRS,
Gives Up Hope of Convicting Ryan, Polk
and Others After Failure to Win in
the Jesse James Case, Which Was the
Strongest the State Had.
KRAXNSASCITY, Mo., March 2.—This
morning Prosecutor James A. Reed
dismissed all the train robbery cases
on the crimingl court docket and at 10
o'clock W. W. Lowe, Andy Ryvan and
Charles Polk left the jail free men.
The cases dismissed were against W,
W. Lowe, Andy Ryan, Caleb Stone,
Charles Polk, Jack Kennedy, James
Flynn. George C. Bowlinand **Evans,”
so that, in spite of the many train
robberies that have been committed
in this county in the last vear or two,
there is not a train robber under ar
rest or indictment in the county.
Before the criminal ecourt opened
this morninz W. W. Lowe, the self
confessed train robber, sat in the of
fice of I'rosecutor Reed in charge of
Officer Kennedy. Assistant Prose
cutor Thomas Mastin was there,
taking from the safe the revolvers
used by the robbers in the Leeds hold
up. Lowe handled them and talked
about them. When an old fashioned
revolver was brought out that was
found by the police beneath the mat
tresses of the bed of Caleb Stone l.owe
took it and said:
““That’s the gun [ held down on the
express messenger, this way.”
He leaned the pistol across his fore
arm and showed how it was done.
A moment later Prosccutor Reed
went into court and said to Judge
Wofford:
‘“Your Honor. I wish to dismiss all
the train robbery cases on the docket.
My reason is that the strongest case
we had was against Jesse James, so
far as evidence is concerned. As he
has been acquitted by a jury. I think
it is a useless expensc to put the state
to the trial of others indicted on the
same charge.”
“The clerk will enter dismissals,”
said Judge Wofford.
W. W. Lowe put on his hat and
walked out. He was asked what he
intended to do.
“I really can’'t say,” he said. *“I
di%)'t expect thjs. But I'll go to
wotk somewheri and ljve straight.
Nolmore train roj fer me.”
Ak o= Pollc were
HAPPENINGS IN KANSAS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO DWEL
LERS IN THE SUNFLOWER,
The Weeks Review of Personal and Gems
aral News Condensed to Paragraphs.
KHANSAS I'ITEMS OF INTYRIIST.
This has been such a long, eold win
ter that spring would be awfully wel
come.
Nothing in Kansar is going up any
more rapidly than the price of broom
~orn.
It is rumored that Superintendent
Stryker will go in‘o the newspaper
business.
None of the superintendents ap
pointed to the state institutions ever
touch liquor.
The press agent of the company
which claimed to have discovered gold
out in Trego county ix negleeting his
duty.
There are more medicine @ompanies
and traveling doctors making Kansas
now than the state ever known before
&t this season.
It is almost time for the barefooted
kids to make contracts to drive the
town cows to and from pasture daring
the summer months,
Although the bargain sales of judg
ments for taxes were well advertised
in Kansas they wera not marked by
any great degree of suceess
According to the papers in the east
ern part of the state the thermometer
one night last week went as low as 5
degrees below zero. But the ground
hog saw his shadow in that arctic re
gi()[l. \
It was recently announced that the
peach buds in Kansas were all killed,
A later bulletin, however. says that
some of themm weathered the storm all
right. This is good news to the aver-
age Kansan
The Alma Enterprise announces that |
this spring it will publish a list of all |
the persons in Wabaunsee county who |
pay personai taxes, Logether with the |
amonnt on which they pav. It will, !
indeed, make a bit of very interesting
reading. |
There was but one jury trialfat the
recent sestion of th: distriet geourt in |
Lincoln county, which was fhe short- |
est one held there jor yvegls. Short |
sessions appear to jhe vegk-common ‘
= v R
KANSAS LEGISLATIVE PROCLEEDINGS
Topeka, Feb. 21.-- The senate, in commitiee
of the whole, recemmended for passage the fol- |
lowing bils: :
- A bill to fix the terms of court of ihe Hth
and 87th judicial distriets. |
A bill regulating the fees of Labette county
offieials. |
- Regnlating fees and salaries of efficials in |
‘i McPherson county. ;
An act compensating the official stenographer
of the second judicial district. :
Relating to elections in Eureka. :
Detining certain school districts in €Green
wood county.
_Relating o schoel districes in Hodgeman and
IPinney eounties. |
Vacating 4 bloclt in Clinton, Douglas coun
ty.
" Disorgenizing school dlstrict Ne. 27 in Grant
- county. . ‘
[.ezalizing the acts of the superintendents of
publie instruction in Greeawood and Elk eoun
ties in disorganizing joint school disteict 37, '
- Relating to a county high school in Bourbon .
county. f
Disorganizing school distriet 91 in Linn coun
ty. |
Topeka. I'eb. 22.—Governor Stanley today
signed the bill through which the state legtsla
ture aims to relieve Kansas farmers of the ex
actions of the binding twine trus., .
The house did nothing but consider bills un
der general order in coramittee of the whole to
day. The right of the forenoon sessionn was
upon a bill formally abeolishing the board of
pardons and giving the governor power at his
own discretion to appoint a clas<ifying clerk
who shall have charge of all applications for
pardon. B 7
About all the house was for abolishing the
board and upon a vote for adoptdn only four
men voted to retain the present system.
When the house was called to order this
merning Gregory of Osage made a motion to
adjourn. He said that not a legislature in the
nation had the brazen disregard for the mem
ory of the revolutionary struggle and itsmen
to oon an work on this national holiday. 'T'he
peopte, he said, would not respect the legisla
ture for continuing its work on the birthday of
George Washington. The motion was voted
down. :
The house adjourned after transacting con=-
siderable business.
Topeka, Feb. 20— The senate ways and means
committee has recommended for passage the
foliowing pension bills:
Appropriating #l.OOO to Mrs, Mary Usher, of
Topeka, whose husband was killed while as
sisting in moving a boiler from the Moeser
company’s factories to the state house.
Paying C. E. Shaffer $23) for injuries incurred
by being stabbed by an ‘inmate of the insane
asvium. N
Paying Mrs, Sarah E. Ash ssoo—formerly
matron of the reform school -for injuries re
ceived by the fall of a step-ladder upon which
she was at work.
The senate ways and means committee has
decided uvon one feature of the miscellaneous
appropriation bill. which will contain an ap
propriation of $23,000 to reimburse the railroads
and private indiwviduals who subscribed the
funds for the Kansas exbibit at the Omaha ex
position.
Two vears ago the legislature declined to
make appropriations for the exhibit, but public
spirited citizens came to the rescue and Kansas
was represented.
Topeka, Feb 2t --(Governor Stanley today
signed the following house bills: J
An act to authorize and require the county
cemmissioners of Shawnee county to issue
bonds to refund certain indebtedness of the
county.
An act to change the names of certain »av-
SOns. 8 it gy ! 5
An uet to disorganize school district nunkber
79 in Graham county and attach it to di.\'jl‘l(?[
No. si.
An 2et to take pert of school district No. r'} in
Riley courty and attach it to district NoJd)3 in
(lay county. L
All consideration of senate bills in the%cnate,
except messages from the house, and jpll con
sideration of house bills in the housey except
messages from the senate, and excepting in
both instances appropriating bils, will
1001 Wednesday. No business will t
acted by either house, except the ('nt‘l~4
of messages from the Governor, afty
e R .10
i Fort Seott is fecling good over the
. discovery of an eleven fool vein of jack
- ore near that town.
, An effort is beinge made to have an
- assistant attorney general appointed
for Montgomery county.
. Karsas is to be spared Bob Bur
'dette in the future. He will marry
wenithy widow, at Pasadena, Califor
nia.
A let of the brandy destroyed in the
~burning of the Brenner wine ware!
. house at Dohiphan was close to ten
vears old.
' The Methodist church people of
: Atchison give “"lap suppers.” Those
participating are not supposed to act
kittenish.
. An exchange says that Kansas farm
- ers place great reliance on the weather
| predictiong of lHicks. They do when
they turn out true.
; Speaking of that binding twine fac
tory at the state penitentiary. the edi
“tor of the Lincoln Republican rises to
‘remark that “a little freer use of
' hemp might be good for that institu
: tion and for the state at large.”
i
It was in Atchison that a clab of
voung ludies asked for a dispensation
from the church ailowing them to in
dulge in card playing through Lent in
order that they might be enabled to
finish their series of whist. whieh was
in progress.
No eclass of people in the state feel
greater interest in the preservation
and care of the reecords and relies in
charge of the State Ilistorical Society
than the newspaper men. By their
effort the Society was created. and it
is large!y owing to the interest they
have talken in the matter that it has
grown to such proportions.
The society people of Goffs and Wet
more who enjoy dancing are determin
ed to never again attend a mask ball
in Goffs. The young men thoroughly
advertised one. and it was attended
with a crowded house of people from
the towns and country all around.
One of the costliest and most unique
masks was worn by a young ecolored
girl, but the young men and ladies
didn't know it until the masks were
removed. and the dance ended,
Ixeursion ates via Santa Fe Route.
! On Jan. 17 and Feb. 7 and 2?1, March
' 7 and 21, the Santa Fe will sell round
»I trip tickets at the very cheap rate of
!one fare plus $2.00 to all points in
| Arkansas, Arizona, indian Territory,
.Lhinn_mm_&fla\foma aonid Texas
t ase at
» tratis
{eration
.
)
“ Durability is
Better Than Show.”’
The wealth of the multi
millionaires is not equal to
good health., Riches without
health are a curse, and yet the
rich, the middle classes and
the poor alike have, in Hood's
Sarsaparilla, a valuable as
sistant in getting and main
taining perfect health. It
never disappoints. **
Scrofula- Three years ago our son,
now cleven, had a serious ease of scrofuls
and erysipelas with dreadful sores, discharg
ing and itching constantly. He could not
walk., Several physicians did not help for
sixteen months, Three months’ treatment
with Hood's Sarsaparilla made him per
fectly well. We are glad to tell others of it.”
MRrs. Davio Lamrp, Ottawa, Kansas.
Nausea - * Vomiting <pelis, dizziness
and prostration troubied me for years.
Had nenralgia, egrew weak and could not
sleep. My age was against me, but Hood's
Sarsaparilla cured e thoroughiy. My
weight increasedfrom 125 to 143 pounds. [
am the mother of nine children., Never felt
so well and strong since | was married as T
do now.” Mns. M. A. Warenrs, 1520 334 St.,
Washineton, D, ¢,
Eczcma-—" We had to tie the hands ot
our two year old son on account of eczema
on face and limbs, No medicine even
helped until we used Hood's Sarsaparilla,
which soon cured.)” Mns. A. Vax Wyek, 123
Montzomery Street, Paterson, N, J.
Jfi)@ S a/cda/m% {q
LTS
Hnnd‘s_ Pills cure liver ills; non-irritating ard
the only cathartic to take with Hood’s Sarsapuarilla.
His Pitecws Lament.
Leslie Keith, the Scoich litterateur,
who was visiting Ireland in the fifties,
saw the most squalid-looking beggzar
he had ever gncountered sitting with
his back to the wall. 1/nlike his com=-
patriots, this man was strangely sl
lent, so Keitk asked if he were beg
ging. “Of course it’s begging I am,”
the man replied. *“Bnut sou do not ut
ter a word,” said Keith, *‘Arrah, is it
jokin’ yer honner is wid me?” said the
beggar. “lL.ook here,” and he held up
the tattered remnant of what had once
been a coat; “don’'t vez see how the
skin is spakin’ through the holes in
me clothes, and the bones eryin’ ont
through me skin? T.ock at me sunken
cheeks and the famine that's stari
in me eyves! Man alive, isn't
gin’ I am with a hnadred
N()o ;))70