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Meade County News.
JOHN D. PEBBLE, Publisher.
MEADE, - - - KANSAS.
His satanic majesty may not run all
the newspapers in the country, but no
one can deny the fact that no newspa
per can be printed without the aid of
the "devil." -
The chief French railroads have re
moved all the advertising billboards
from along their routes, so that the.
many strangers who visit France this
year will be able to scan the beauties
of the landscape without incessantly
being reminded of the virtues of wares
they do not need. Americans will
Bote the reform with pleasure, and
may be moved to say, with Sterne,
"The order this matter better in
France."
President Frost of Berea College
tells of the success of a Kentucky
mountain girl who taught school in a
particularly unpromising district. A
native observer praised her enthusias
tically, saying that to look at her you
would think she was having "the fin
est kind of a time." Possibly some
teachers in favored regions miss ths
highest success because to look at
them you would think they were hav-.
ing the worst kind of a time. '
Value of Diamonds. An idea of
the great increase in the cost of dia
monds imparted by the labor of pol-,
ishing and mounting, as well as by the
profits of traders, may be obtained
by comparing their price at the mines
in South Africa with the pncesjn the'
jewelry shops. A diamond weighing
one carat, mounted in a ring may cost
the buyer ?100 or more, but at Kimber-
ley the average value of diamonds is
only $6.33 per carat. The value, of
course, varies with the size and purity,
of the stones, but the total value of
the 22,343 carats of diamonds found;
in the Transvaal in 1898 was only;
212,812, an average of 9.32 per carat
Puerto Rico's exportation of coffee,
is larger in volume than that of any;
of the other native products of the is-!
land, and, according to Gen. Roy;
Stone, much of the coffee is sold as;
genuine Mocha and Java. The aver
age Puerto Rican agriculturist, what-!
ever his deprivations otherwise, is
usually the possessor of a coffee-patch
which he cultivates, and from which
he secures a sufficiency of the berry to
supply the needs of his family. He
bakes the berries till black, and
pounds them into powder in a mor
tar. The beverage resulting there
from has the color of ink and the
consistency of broth. Since the close
of the war, some of the natives have
learned to prepare coffee for drinking
purposes after the American fashion;
but most of them practice the ways of
their fathers.
In the light of recent discoveries one
of the greatest wonders of the heavens
appears even more 'wonderful. There
is a small class 'of variable stars, less
than twenty in known number the
most conspicuous member of which is,
Algol, the "Demon" of the Arabs
which at brief intervals suffer a partial
eclipse from the interposition of dark
or invisible companions revolving
around them. Mr. Roberts of Cape
Colony and Mr. Russell of Princeton,
working" independently, have lately
hown that all of these bodies are sur
prisingly light in their composition,
hardly more than whirling clouds. In
only one case can the limiting density
exceed half that of water, and in six
cases it is less than one-tenth that of
water. The average is one-sixth that
of water. This density these stars can
not exceed, although they may fall far
below it. The density of our sun com
pared with water is 1.41. The possibil
ity exists that the Algol stars may
each have a denser nucleus surrounded
by an enormous cloudy envelope.
The border line between gifts and
bribery has been so often crossed that
scrupulous officials seldom accept a
gift of .intrinsic value. A late presi
dent of the United States, who had
nearly two hundred curious and his
toric canes, used to say that such gifts
necessitated the offer of neither "the
ministry to England nor the post
office at Podunk." Not all gifts, how
ever, are of suspicious complexion.
For example, the check of one hun
dred thousand dollars recently sent to
the president of a street railway com
pany by certain prominent members of
the corporation was a notable token of
their trust in his integrity and of their
appreciation of his devotion to the in
terests of the corporation and the pub
lic. The gift Is probably the largest
ever made by a corporation to a single
salaried officer. That the recipient not
many years ago was a brakeman, and
that he owes his permanent advance
ment to no influence but his own in
dustry, ability and faithfulness, is suf
ficient protest against the too common
assertion that boys of today have "no
chance."
The reciprocity treaties recently ne
gotiated by the executive have not
found favor with the senate. In the
of the arrangement with the Ar
gentine Republic the time limit fixed
within which the treaty must De rati
fied passed without action by the sen
ate. Those with England relating to
the West Indies would have lapsed in
the same way had not the British gov
ernment agreed to an extension of the
time. The time limit in the French
treaty was March 24, but it was ex
tended with the consent of the French
government. ,
Evidences of the preparation for the
grand national contest for control of
the government during the next four
years are now to be found everywhere.
Caucuses and conventions for the elec
tion of delegates to local, state and na
tional conventions draw the attention
of every man of whatever party to the
culminating political duty which he Is
to perform in November. Discussion
of "issues" grows warmer, and con
sideration of statesmanship of pros
pective candidates becomes eager and
pointed. ,
Senate Conferees Yield to the Hojse
Bill in the Main.
MAKE A UNANIMOUS REPORT.
Washington, April 19. After extend
ed meetings a unanimous agreement
was reported by the house and senate
conferees on the Hawaiian government
bilL The senate conferees yielded to
the house measure as a whole, although
a number of amendments were made.
The prohibition of saloons in Hawaii
as provided by the house bill is retained
in a modified form, in effect leaving1
the matter to local option. The house
provisions as to the land laws are re
tained, including the amendment re
stricting the amount of land to be held
by a corporation to 1,000 acres.
The bill establishes a complete form
of government for the islands, with a
governor and other executive officers,
a legislature of two branches and a
judicial branch consisting of a supreme
court, circuit courts and inferior courts.
The bill provides that Hawaii shall be
represented in congress be a delegate
who shall have a seat in the house of
representatives with a right to debate
"but not a vote. The delegate to con
gress is to be chosen at an election of
the people. There is no tariff provision
in the bill, as the tariff laws of the
United States are extended over the
island and the territory of Hawaii is
specifically made "a customs district of
the United States," with ports of entry
at jlonolulu, Hilo, Mahukona and Ka
hului. The Chinese on the island are given
one year to obtain certificates of resi
dence, but the conferees struck out the
amendment providing "that all Chinese
and other Asiatics" arriving since the
island was acquired by the United States
shall depart within one year or else be
deported by the government. This
latter provision was omitted in view of
the belief that the Japanese have se
cured a treaty status in Hawaii and
that their forcible deportation by the
United States would invite a serious
and needless breach with Japan.
Gold Fields of Laton.
San Francisco, Cal., April 19. The
transport Tartar brought advices from
the Philippines up to March 6. One of
the reports from Manila is that Wil
liam Odun, who is spoken of as a
miner of large experience, has return
ed from a prospecting trip in the dis
tant coast of Vigan. He showed rich
specimens of gold and declared that he
had located a ledge of quartz as rich as
anything in Colorado or California.
He is organizing a company of ex-sol
diers and will go into the mountain
districts of Vigan to secure claims.
In an interview in the Manila Freedom,
Odun says:
"Never before did I .see such indica
tions of mineral wealth. I have
traveled from the Klondike to South
Africa and I am convinced that there
is not a much richer mineral country
in the world than the island of Luzon."
Crippled Hoy's Gratitude.
Kansas City, April 18. Frank Mills,
the little crippled boy who was so
wonderfully helped in the children's
ward of the Women and Children's
hospital last year and for whom the
children of the fourth grade room of
Humboldt school bought a rocking
shoe which euables him to walk with
out a crutch, walked a mile, with only
the help of a cane, to recite to the
children a poem of gratitude for his
recovery, written for him by his grand
mother, Mrs. T. S. Conger, of Chandler,
Oklahoma. -
The children knew of the intended
visit, and had purchased two beautiful
potted plants for Frank a white
spires, and an Easter lily. The little
boy spoke his piece with wonderful
expression and feeling, and when, he
closed a stanza with the words "But
today I walk, you see," he walked
proudly across the room to emphasize
the words.
Destructive Wind Storms.
Dallas, Tex., April 17. A cyclone
struck Eoyse, Texas, at midnight and
it is believed -that several lives have
been lost. Eight houses were wrecked.
A man in a buggy was lifted from his
seat and blown 100 yards. Telegraph
and telephone lines were destroyed.
Royse is thirty miles north of Dal
las. Wichita, 'April 17. On Sunday after
noon there was a high wind north of
here. Wires were down and all sorts
of wild rumors prevailed. Dispatches
were sent to the Monday morning
papers, giving rumors and guess work,
but they were mostly wrong. At Put
nam, a small place this side of Newton,
three buildings were destroyed and at
Burrton two buildings were blown
down. That is about all of it.
Topekans Make a Good Strike.
Topelca, April 17. Word has been
received from Circle City, Alaska, that
three Topeka men, C. A. Chance, W.
F. Culver and Frank Lange, have made
a big gold strike there. . They' went to
Alaska two years ago as the represen
tatives of the Topeka Prospecting and
Mining Company, a local concern. F.
M. Newlands, president of the com
pany, will leave here in a few days for
Circle City.
Only 85,000 Boer Troops.
RomeJ April 17. In an interview,
Jonkherr Fisher, one of the Transvaal
commissioners, is-alleged to have de'
clared that the South African republics
are willing to make any sacrifice in
order to preserve their liberty and in
dependence, They - did not wish, . he
declared, to add to their territory, but
merely to retain it and to live peace
fully at' home. The republic had only
25,000 soldiers and Great Britain was
exaggerating the numbers in order to
magnify her victories.
EXPRESS COMPANIES WIN.
Not a Unanimous Opinion by the Supremo
Court.
Washington, April 18. -The supreme
court decided the cases involving the
stamp tax as it applies to express
packages, the question involved being
whether the shipper or the carrier
shall pay the express charges on pack
ages. The opinion was favorable to
the express companies. There were
two cases before the court involving
the ' question, but the opinion was
based on a case from Michigan, which
came to the supreme court from the
decision of the state supreme court
adverse to the claims of the express
companies.
Quoting the section of the law im
posing the tax upon express company
receipts, Justice White said:
"There is nothing in this provision
which by the widest conjecture can be
construed as expressly forbidding the
person upon whom the taxes are cast
from shifting the same by contract or
by any other lawful means."
Justices Harlan and McKenna dis
sented from the opinion on the ground
that the "war revenue act imposed
upon the express company the duty
not only of affixing at its own expense
the required stamp upon any receipt
issued by it to a shipper, but of can
celing such stamp."
For Amendment on Trusts.
Washington, April 19. The subcom
mittee of the committee on the
judiciary agreed to report a proposed
constitutional amendment, which pro
vides that congress shall have the
power to define, regulate, control, pro
hibit or dissolve trusts, monopolies or
combinations, whether existing in the
form of a . corporation or otherwise,
and which further provides that the
several states may continue to exercise
such power in any manner not in con
flict with the laws of the United States.
The necessity for this amendment
grows out of the fact that it is held by
the supreme court of the United States
that manufacture and production are
no part of interstate commerce and
cannot be reached under the interstate
commerce clause of the constitution,
even though monopoly in manufacture
indirectly affects or controls such com
merce. Thsrefore, monopoly in manu
facture is not restrainable by congress,
even when it controls the output of an
article of necessity to all the people in
all the states and fixes the price at
will.
Tills Probably Require Salt.
St. Petersburg, April 17. The Czar
and Czarina are in Moscow. Extraor
dinarily persistent rumors are current
in Moscow that the Czar will issue a
manifesto containing an ultimatum to
Great Britain demanding that she con
clude peace with the Boers forthwith,
under threat of occupying Cabul and
Herat if Great Britain fails to comply.
No reservists are at present allowed to
take unlimited leave, but probably the
orders to the reservists are connected
with the projected summer maneuver
in the central provinces, in which 200,
000 troops will participate and at
which Emperor William is expected to
be present.
Old Men in the Departments.
Washington, April 17. The report
from the Treasury called for by a reso
lution of the senate shows that there
are 331 emyloyes between 60 and 64
years old; 100 between 65 and 69 years;
fifty-six between 70 and 74 years;
twenty-four between 75 and 79 years
and ten who are over 80 years old.
In the Interior department there are
162 employes between the ages of 65
and 69; fifty-eight between 70 and 74;
twenty-eight between 75 and 79, and
four who are over 80 years old. The
total number of employes in the de
partment is 3,255.
Customs Keceipts at Manila.
Washington, April 18. The division
of customs and insular affairs of the
war department gave out for publica
tion a comparative . statement of re
ceipts at the customs port of Manila,
during the years 1893 to 1897, inclusive,
with the receipts of the port in 1899.
The receipts named comprised ton
nage, taxes, import duties, export
duties, fines, seizures, etc. The re
ceipts by years were: 1S93. $2,109,540;
1894, $2,385,269; 1895, 52,268,234; 1896,
$2,421;532; 1897, $2,916,870; 1899, 53,825,
150. Rain Fall in Colorado.
Denver, Colo., April 17. A mixture
of rain and snow has been falling in
cessantly throughout the state of Col
orado Saturday and Sunday and, with
the exception of intervals of several
hours, the stormy weather, has been
continuous for eleven days. Previous
to this there had been but little mois
ture for months. ; Now fear is being
expressed of the possible damage that
may accrue from it- Several small
washouts have occurred and news of
greater ones is expected.
Iowa's Building and Lou Law.
Des Moines, la., April 18. Governor
Shaw says that he will sign the build
ing and loan bill, passed recently by
the legislature. Managers of the loan
associations have made strenuous ef
forts to have the bill vetoed, claiming
that it is unconstitutional. The bill
reduces the interest from 12 to 8 per
cent, and, it is maintained by associa
tion officials, practically invalidates
existing cc-atracis.
Early Spring in Alaska.
Victoria, B. C, April 17. Warm
weather in, the north is breaking ' up
winter trails and the river is open in
many places. Navigation will open
two or three weeks earlier than usual.
High water flooded the mines " at Do
minion and Hunker creek.
During the winter typhoid fever has
raged at Nome. There have been
thirty rteaths from the disease, and
300 cases. It is also stated that many
persons perished on the way from Daw
son to Nome. - . ' ' '
GREATEST HEREFORD SALE.
Ninety-Six Sold for an Average of
$671.
IMPORTED BULL FOR $3,100.
Chicago, April 21. The greatest auc
tion sale of Hereford cattle . ever held
in America has been held this, week at
Dexter Park amphitheater, Union stock
yards. It broke all records of auction
sales of any breed since the Cochrane
sale of Shorthorns in Dexter Park in
1874. The sale was a dispersion of the
of the champion Fairview herd of Here
ford cattle owned by F. A. Nave, of
Attica, Ind., and in this sale, occupying
two days, ninety-six animals sold for
864,415, an average of 8671 each. The
purchasers are from thirteen states and
Canada. Among the bulls sold was the
famous "Daje," champion over all
breeds in 1898 and 1899 at 57,500,
The imported bull Viscount' Rupert
brought $3,100, and imported Bruce
SI, 400. Perfection, a 16-months-old
calf, brought 51,300. Seven cows sold
for 514,300, among them being Russett
and Theresa, at 53,000 each, imported
Lady Help at 52,500, and Dolly Fifth at
82,100. In all, twenty bulls brought
$19,095, an average of 5954 each, and
seventy-six cows, 845,330, an average
of 8596, making a grand total of ninety
five animals for 564,415, a general aver
age of 8671 a head for the entire herd,
all ages, old cows and young calves
included.
Flood Troubles in the South.
New Orleans,- La., April 23. New
Orleans has ceased to regard the flood
situation as a temporary inconvenience
and that instead of the worst being
over the evil has just begun. There
are now within the gates of the city
no less than 500 waterbound travelers,
who are not only unable to return to
their homes now, but who do not
know when the will be able to leave.
Partial reports of the damage have run
the figures up into the millions and
taking into consideration the losses,
real and resultant, the amount foots
up to an enormous figure.
The Illinois Central railroad system
has incurred damages which will
amount to hundreds of thousands of
dollars, and the end is not yet. There
is no telling when the trains will be
able to run. The same state of affairs
prevail on the other southern roads.
The streams are still rising and rains
continue to fall.
Americans to Do it AIL
Philadelphia, April 23. E. F. Walker
of this city and J. H. McCleary of Rich
mond, representing prominent capital
ists of Philadelphia, will go to London
where a conference will be held with
Russian military officials. They will
then proceed to Faris and Berlin for
conferences with other Russian officers.
It is understood that the new railroad
cannot be constructed at a cost less
than $90,000,000. Should the contract
come to this country the responsible
positions in the actual construction of
the railroad will be filled by Americans.
All heads of departments for the plan
ning and all foremen required for the
laying of the railroad will be taken
from American offices and workshops
and only American material will be
used.
Young Japanese Coming.
Tacoma, Wash., April 23. An officer
of the steamship Goodwyn, in from Ja
pan, says that - the steamers Bramer
and Tacoma, now en route, are bring
ing 2,200 more Japanese to those land
ed at Seattle and Tacoma within the
next week or so. ' Most of the Japan
ese brought by the Goodwyn are under
25 years of age, and all are of slight
physique.
Right of XVn j Not Secured.
Managua, Nicaragua, via Galveston,
April 23. The Diario, the official or
gan of the Nicaraguan government,
declares editorially that President
Zelaya and the members of his cabinet,
in their recent interviews with the
members of the United States canal
commission did not express any inten
tion to cede sovereignty over any por
tion of Nicaraguan territory for a canal
route. The paper also asserts that the
government is not disposed to sell its
sovereignty over the route. -
Free Homes Bill on May Third.
Washington, April 20. The house
this evening, by unanimous consent,
made the free homes bill an order for
May 3. This means that the bill will
become a law, the unanimous consent
given insuring but little opposition.
There is no danger in the senate, which
has frequently passed a free homes
bill. Free homes advocates are jubi
lant and justly so, after their long
fight. Oklahoma may now., be more
certain than ever of the house's favor
able action.
Other Countries Have Like Claims.
Washington, April 23. The greatest
trouble is that Turkey, whose govern
ment is really friendly to the United
States, would probably like to, pay the
comparatively small amount due to
the United States, but can not well do
so without affronting .other govern
merts, whose similar claims have been
ignored for years. Almost every Chris
tian country holds similar claims
against Turkey, amounting to millions
of . dollars, ' and similar promises to
pay- -
Mrs. J. S. Robb's Flans.
Chicago, April 21. Mrsi J. S. Robb,
whose testimony before the Congres
sional industrial commission in this
city created a sensation on account of
the stand which . she took against the
labor unions, gave out Ihe details of a
plan by which she expects to organize
thousands of ' wives of . worktngmen
throughout the country, together with
the non-union in a movement against
what she terms "trades union tyran
ny." She will hold mass meetings of
Tvcrkingmen's wives. .-,."
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
TV hat is Being Done In The Fifty-Sixth
General Assembly.
- APRIL SEVENTEEN.
The Senate received a reply to its request
that the president send a statement of the ex
pense ol the Philippine commission. The
statement is itemized nnd aggregates 1117.185.
The Senate passed the bill granting soldiers
of the Mexican war pensions of ili a month in
certain cases.
Senator Hoar addressed the Senate in -a
lengthy speech on the Philippine question. ' '
Senator Thurston (Neb.) is the author of a
bill to limit the word '.conspiracy" and the use
of restraining orders, as applied to labor dis
putes. It limits indictments for conspiracy to
such acts as would be criminal if done by any
person: and that no such act shall be consid
ered a restraint of trade.
In the house the naval appropriation bill was
discussed.
The naval bill carries 13,000,000 more than
any previous naval bill. .
APRIL EIGHTEEN.
The naval committee reported to the Senate
the resolution providing for medals for dis
tribution amour; the officers and men of the
North Atlantic aquadron, at a cost of 25.000.
The foreign relations committee reported
favorably on the convention extending the time
six months in which Spanish residents of the
Philippines can elect whether they will remain
citizens of Spain or become citizens of the
islands.
The house continued consideration of the
naval appropriation bill.
A joint resolution was adopted by the house
authorizing the secretary of the interior to ex
hibit the printing relics at the New York
printing exposition. May S 1 1 June 2.
APHIL NINETEEN.
President -McKinley sent a message to both
houses of congress asking for prompt action to
be taken upon a necessary provision for the
government of Puerto Rico from May I, the
time when military control of the island roust
cease, under the law which takes effect on that
date, and the complete installation of the civil
government which the law provides for.
Senator Foraker immediately offered a joint
resolution which is Intended to meet the presi
dent's recommendation.
The Senate naval committee reported a bill
authorizing the president to buy from Spain tb
ten-thousand-ton, steel, floating dry dock no
in Havana harbor.
Senator Piatt has a bill which is intended to
provide for the payment of the individual
debts of the Osnges. Senator Piatt introduced
a bill providing for allotment of the lands of
the Osaiee reservation in severalty.
Senator Chandler introduced a bill for the
protection in their rights of colored voters in
all the states.
The house has made a special order to act
upon the free homes bill on May S.
The is a bill in the house to advance Generals
Joe Wheeler, Fitzhugh Lee and James H. Wil
son to the rank of brigadier generals in the
regular army and then retire them from service.-
The debate on the naval bill drifted into
politics and for sometime there was danger that
partisan rancor might culminate In a sensa
tional scene.
Mr. McRae (Ark.) has introduced a bill au
thoriz.ng the construction of an electric rail
way, connecting outh McAlester with several
neighboring towns.
APRIL TWENTY.
The Senate passed the house bill relating to
allowance of exceptions. It provides that in
case or disability of the trial judge in any
cause, his successor may pass upon motions for
a new trial and sign bills of exceptions.
The commerce committee reported a joint
resolution for estimates of cost for a canal for
navigation between Lake Michigan and the
Illinois river.
There is a bill in the Senate to grant a pen
sion of $50 a month to General Longstreet, for
service in the Mexican war.
The committee of the house having the Nic
araguan canal bill in charge has stricken out
the provision for the ' fortification," thus pro
viding what is expected to be a compromise
which will aid in passing the bill.
A bill was passed authorizing the revenue
bureau to redeem or make allowance for reve
nue stamps spoiled or destroyed or improperly
or unnecessarily used.
The Nicaiagiian canal bill will be given con
sideration early in May.
APRIL TWFNTY-ONE.
Senator Hale (Me.) introduced a bill appro
priating s'5 1.OOJ for the purchase of l.00 acres
of land near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for naval
purposes.
The army affairs committee reported the bill
to confer rank of lieutenant general upon the
senior major general.
President Frye announced the appointment
of Senators Carter of Montana and Harris of
Kansas, as members of the board of visitors to
the West Point military academy.
The Senate passed the joint resolution pro
viding for the administratis n of civil affairs in
Puerto Iiico, temporarily.
Senator Piatt (Ct.) introduced a bill for the
payment of the Osages' debts to traders from
the Osage trust fund.
The naval appropriation bill received a heart
blow in the house when the limit price to be
paid lor armor place was so changed that no
nrst-clnss plate can be procured.
Commerce committee substituted the Sherman
bill for the bill passed by the Senate for the
construction of the Pacific cable It provides
for construction by contract while the Senate
bill is for constru.tion by the government.
Poll Tax For Voters.
"Washington, April 23. The senate
has under consideration the conference
report on the Hawaiian civil govern
ment measure. Mr. Cullom made an
extended explanation of the changes
in the bill. The report was the sub
ject of sharp criticism. Final action
upon it was postponed. A long dis
cussion took place over a provision
requiring the payment by the residents
of Hawaii of a poll tax of 55 before
voters could be registered.
Sale of Galloways.
Kansas City, April 23. The sale of
the Galloway cattle at the stock yards
did not come up to the expectations of
the owners. The cattle were the prop
erty of the Brookside Farm Company,
and were the best of their kind. Forty-four
head were sold. This is the
first sale of Galloways that has been
held here for some time. Sixteen
bulls brought81,700, the average being
8111.87; twenty-eight cows sold for
83,9.10, with an average of $141.07. The
entire forty-four head i.old for 85,740,
with an average of 8130.45.
Travel to South Africa Restricted.
London, April 23. In consequence
of Sir Alfred Milner's dispatch to Mr.
Chamberlain urging a cessation in the
stream of tourist travel to South
Africa, the various tourist companies
have withdrawn their prospectuses of
trips to the South African battlefields.
The Daily News says: 'j9rthe urgent
request of Lord Wolseley, implicit
instructions have .been issued by the
government for '. Vie restriction of
travel to the South African ports."
A Suggestion From Roiila.
St. Petersburg, April 23. In discuss
ing American-Turkish affairs, ' the
Novoe Vremya says: "The Porte could
easily avoid undesirable reprisals by
asking for the friendly mediation cf
neighboring European states. In the
present international . controversy,
friendly intervention is possible upon
the basis of the Hague convention,
and such intervention would undoubt
edly both serve the cause of peace and
save Turkey from troublesome com
plications." Mrs. Stanford's Latest Gift.
Sacramento, CaL, April 21. The Bee
says that the Leland Stanford mansion
in this city, has been presented by
Mrs. Stanford to Right Rev. Bishop
Grace of the Catholic diocese of Sacra
menta end his successors together
with an endowment fund of $75,000
invested in interest-bearing , bonds.
The mansion is to be known as the
Lathrop-Stanford Children's home and
is to be used in any educational way
which will realize the ideas cf Mrs.
Stanford. -
; The Cimarron calaboose is used for
storage of grain.
Sterling is talking of becoming a city
of the second class. -
. A hardware store is burned at Logan
with a loss of $5,500. "
; G. T. Mead, of Spivey , was killed by
.bis team running away.
; A big pipe organ is being built in the
Baptist church in Winfield.
John James, Sr., hung himself with
a strap, in his barn near Alida.
; S. W. Hough and his wife, of Colum
bus, were poisoned by canned corn.
; The Fifth district W. C. T. U. met in
annual session at Abilene last week. -
". Shoughnassee, the famous Pottawat
omie chief, is dead. He was DO years
old.
The Kansas state Sunday school con
vention will be held in Atchison, May
8 to 10.
; There are sixty-two women in the
graduating class of Kansas University
this year.
Some Kingman county farmers held
a meeting and decided to establish a
creamery.
.' Len Glanville, of Hutchinson has
fallen heir to a valuable estate near
Utica, N. Y.
Secretary Barnes of the state horti
cultural society says that fruit pros
: pects are good.
During March the- Kansas peniten
tiary received 81 convicts and only 27
were discharged.
Montgomery county has more money
on hand than the law allows to be de
posited in banks.
There were seventy-one volunteers
for the Spanish war who were Kansas
University men.
Labor Commissioner Lee Johnson is
! commencing to prosecute contractors
who fail to observe the eight hour labor
law.
James Harris, now one of the literary
lions of London, in 1873 took a special
course in oratory and literature in
Kansas University.
The output of berries in Doniphan
county is a big item in the production
and this year berry grower.8 report the
right kind of prospects.
Robbers tried to blow up the Mis
souri Pacific safe at .El Dorado, but
failed. .They then cut open and rifled
the mail sacks in the depot.
At Milton ville two of the Heald boys
married two of the Comfort sisters, and
at the same time two of the' Comfort
boys married two of the Heald sisters.
The waterworks system owned by
the city of Coffeyville cleared 81,075.59
from January 1 to April 1. The receipts
were $2,100 and the expenses about
81,000.
George Helwig, an old resident of
Labette county, died and the coroner's
jury said his death was from arsenic
poisoning. The evidence is kept se
cret. The officers of the Leavenworth Light
& Heating company have information
of a fraudulent issue of 140 bonds for
81,000 each, now in circulation and
offered for sale in Chicago.
H. L. McNurney and Ethel Bacon, of
Butler county, were to be married, and
on the same day, while riding, the
horses ran away breaking the bride
groom's collar bone and bruising the
bride severely. They were married on
schedule time.
' Frank V. Elliott of the Troy Times
recently convicted of libel, was sen
'tenced to 120 days in jail and to pay
;$109-fine and costs, - After being in jail
two hours he was liberated on an ap
peal bond, on order of Judge Wells of
the appellate court.
E. Haworth, professor of geology at
Kansas University, says he knows of
at least a hundred assays of ore taken
from different mines around Galena
and there has never been any trace of
gold and very slight indications of sil
ver found.
)
Governor Stanley has named Mrs. J.
: K. Hntlson of Topeka, and Mrs. S. R.
; Peters of Newton, to be members of
. the women's board of managers of the
: Pan-American exposition to be held in
Buffalo, N. Y., from May 1 to Novem
ber 1, 1901.
Wm. Reynolds came to Stafford coun
ty twenty years ago with but little
: capital. He is now building a fine res
idence in St. John, besides which he
owns several farms.
! The board of regents of the state
: normal elected officers as follows: F.
;S. Laribee, of Stafford, president; C. A.
' Ross, Burr Oak, vice president; S. H.
I Dodge, Beloit, treasurer; John Madden,
'secretary. A contract for the erection
of a gymnasium was given at $7,175.
An additional 83,000 is to be expended
in equipment.
The Hoffmans of Enterprise, propose
to plant 50,000 catalpa trees ' in the"
Smoky Hill bottoms. They will plant
four feet apart each way. They do
this as a ten years' investment and ex
pect big returns.
The Turners of Sabetha have had
their hall seized by the sheriff and their
' bartenders also. - They will make a fight
in the courts.
The Kingman county Live stock as
sociation has decided to have another
picnic this year. Last year's picnic
drew immense crowds.
' Members of the Twentieth Kansas
living in the two Kansas Citys propose
to form a permanent local organization.
There about 200 of them.
Burlirgton's accepted plan for its new
court house is a duplication of the court
house at Junction City, built of mag
nesian limestone. The architect's fig
ures are $38,000.
Prof. Martin, of Kansas University
has finished mounting a specimen of a
common reptile of the Mesozoic age
which measures twelve feet across thf
back.
Ancient esann r Xxndon.
- St. Dunstan'a is an Interesting anrl
handsome church. " The nresent fahria
was erected In 1471, but it stands on
the site and Is built partly on the foun
dations of an older church erected by,
St Dunstan himself. Since Dunstan.
ministered in this parish no fewer thatf
sixty-two parish and district churches
nave been built in Stepney, which has
now become a bishopric. Within tha
memory of persona still living the par
ish had a non-resident pluralist rec
tor and an average congregation ot
thirty.
when a wife hints at Easter bon
nets we may look for a touch of spring.
When it comes to courting a girl, the
tailor is not always a successful suitor.
As a rule when a man suffers from,
ennui he makes a lot of other people
tired.
Millions for Baseball.
A million of dollars are spent every
year for baseball, but large as this is,
it cannot equal the amount spent in
search of health. We urge those who
have spent much and lost hope to try'
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It
strengthens the stomach, makes diges
tion easy, and cures dyspepsia, consti
pation, biliousness and weak kidneys.
Some people are so well known that
they can?t even borrow an umbrella.
Are Ton Using Allen's Foot-Ease?
It Is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample Bent FREE. Ad
dress Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y
m, i . i -
j. ne eievator man is continauiiy run
iDg people down.
A Mother's Tears i
" I Would Cry Every Time I Washed
My Baby."
"When he
was 3 months
old, first fes
ters and then
large boils
broke out on
my baby's
neck. The
sores spread
down his
back until it
became a
mass of raw
flesh. When
I washed
and pow
dered him I
would cry, realizing what pain he was in.
His pitiful wailing was heart-rending. I
had about given up hope of saving himi
when I was urged to give him Hood's Sarsa
parilla, all other treatment having failed.
I washed the sores with Hood's Medicated
Soap, applied Hood's Olive Ointment and
gave him Hood's Sarsaparilla. The child
seemed to get better every day, and very
soon the change was quite noticeable. The
discharge grew less, inflammation went
down, the skin took on a healthy color, and
the raw flesh began to scale over and a thin,
skin formed as the scales dropped off.
Less than two bottles of Hood's Sarsapa
rilla, aided b7 Hoot"s Medicated Soap and
Hood's Olive Ointment, accomplished this
wonderful cure. 1 cannot praise these
medicines half enough." Mrs. Gueeenot,
37 Myrtle St., Rochester, N. Y.
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