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a Philnuthropiat's VIII.

New YoRE, Dsc. s.-The will Of Daniel
B. Fayerwether, the millionaire leather
dealer, which was filed to-day, gives
S2,looooo to the different colle:ea, ana
s95, 900 to hospitals. %he,will was made
October lG, 1850, and has four codicils.
The testator died on Noyembar Is, 1890.
The executors are Justin Vaughn and
Thomas B. Rich. Z. 'g',i5st ly.,
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Another Man Gone Wrong,

SAGINAW, MIcu., Dec. G-Louis B.
Sanborn, member Of the Methodist
church, and always considered most
exemplary young man, left this city Sat-
urday night, having realized on forged
paper during the past ninety days TO The
extent OF over $4,000. Previous to his
departure he made an assignment to his
mother: His liabilities are egtlmated at
over 500 600 81 $500 -,,lE lff,f
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KILLED His Empio,e. and nims,ls,

CLEyRtASp, O., Dec. Sat yelling.
ton, Ohio, this afternoon S. Sage was
shot and killed by David Hoke, who
turned the weapon upon himself and
sent bullet through his head. Both
were old citizens OF the place. Sape
kept grocery and Hoke worked for
him. Sage had caught ,Hoke in the act
Of stealing groter,es apa had demanded
a settlement in a financial way. The
fear OF exposure and disgrace, 1t is be.
lieved, led Hoke commit the crime.
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LONDON, Dec. s.-The Cork Herald, re-.
ferring to Mr.. Parnell's determination
not to abandon the Irish leadeship, says
that unless united people force him 10
retire, the result wall be disorder and dis.
union in the party and evils to the coun-
Try the end OF which the present gener,
alton will not see, 5is
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Chlcago's Modest Request.

WAsHISeroN, D. q, Dec. S.-Repre.
sertatiye Taylor, Of Illinois, to-day in.
troduced bill making an appropriation
Of S4,o00,00o to provide for the erection
ofappblic building at Chicago upoh the
present site, with the stipulation that it
must be ready for occupancy by Janu.
ary !, 1898. = 81 i-j7.. :. 55ifs
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A Hat Firm FRlIs.

PHlLADELrnlA, Dec. s.-,The hat man
ufacturing firm, et price, Sherman & Co.
made sa assignment. to-day. Their as.
alignment precipisascd the failure OF
Frederick s. Sherman, a retail dealer in
hats and tara. A judgment note with
execution was this afternoon entered in
common pleas court No. l, by Roberts,
Cushman & Co., Of New York, for S7s,-
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Pnrncll Says 1t liz Ton

LONDON, Dec. S-Mr. William O'Brier,
sent a cable dispatch to Mr.. Parnellto.
day appealing to him to suggest some
way by which Ireland might be saved
rom destruction. Nj. Parnell replied
1T is now too late to rescue the seducefs
from their false position. shall be
rnna.n ~ - -. -. 4 -.
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Arorrible Calamity Averted.

KANSAS CRY, Mo, Dec. s.-A dyna.
pste pomp was found in front Of the
cashiers desk at the Union Depot yes.
terday. The bomb was composed OF a
quantity OF dynamite wrapped up in
greasy card board. 1ts explosion would
haye killed hundreds Of people. Il was
discovered by Baggageman Omar, who
sank it in the bottom Of the river by
orders Of Superintendent Nett,cton, 81
The Depot COMPANY. No one csri ex.
plain how or why the dynamite was
placed in the depot. n, !. b, 3, ,Z,.55I1ii
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CONGRESSIONAL news.
Mr. German UnduIy Excited
About the Election Bill.
MR.. HOAR'S CALM REJOlNDER,
Which Contains u Point-Bnsincss OF
tho liousc...C p0stoiliCe
CasC-..Nir. Smiths Pension
Bill..Washington Notes.

WAsnINGroN, D. c., Dec. S.-Alr.
Hoar asked unnnimous consent TO have
time fixed (Friday next at 4 p. my for
taking tho final vote on the Election
bill in tho Senate.
Mr.. Gray argued against the PROPOSE.
ton 10 fix the lime for taking the vote.
lie said they had come 10 the session
not ela,ed with tho late Democratic vic.
tory ut the pollu, but looking with SER
ions and earneatness to the condition OF
the country. nu thought he voiced the
sentiment OF every member OF the Dem.
ocratic party in both Houses, when he
said that they were perfectly. prepared TO
lay aside partisan views and 70 assist in
doing something to stay the greatest cal.
amity that had ever befallen tho Amsri.
can people.
Mr.. German said I'VE stand to-day,
Mr.. President, on volcano. The faces
Of the bankers and merchants are
blanched with fear. 10 man can tell
whether tomorrow or next day every
bank in tho great centers Of commerce
will not be closed by tho suspension OF
payment. would say to the Senator
from Massachusetts: Lay aside this bill,
which the country hss pronounced
against. II you persist in the C0urse
which has been marked out by the Sem
ator from Massachusetts,, the response
bility muet rest with the party in power.
II the Senator from Massachusetts forces
the consideration OF this partisan meas
ure, while bankruptcy aud ruin are
going on, he has the power to DO 1t; il
It had not been for the moving OF the
cotton crop from section hostile to the
bill, there would not be bank in Mas.
sachusetts able to pay its depositors.
uoAR REPLIES.
Mr.. Hoar replied to Mr.. German. For
four days the Senate had been listening
to Democratic speeches which those who
made them knew would not affect
single vote-speeches for mere delay and
obstruction. Ii tho Senator from Mary
land had any measure he thought would
allay the panic, or the menace to the
commercial prosperity OF the country
which had been begun when the cleo
tions were declared in favor OF his party
(the country having been before that in
poaiticn OF unexampled prosperity
why not vote upon the bill. After
some discussion, Mr.. Gray concluded bis
argument against the bill.
Mr Berry obtained the floor, and after
a short executive session the Senate ad-
journed.
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Special Dtspdtch 10 the liaeut1ehcer.
WAsHlSoroS. D. @, Dec. S-West
Virginia pensions: Origiusl-Eaos-s.
Browndsld, Parksfsburg; G George Blake,
Berkeley Springs; R. s. Morris. Hoode-
vile; G. Huley, Saltes. Increase.
w. Cox, Filler; David Parry, Mason
Joel Allen, Jo0eph's Mills; L. NJ.
Stevens, Grantsvilis, y:
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A Dnsbed Wire Trust.

CHICAGO, Dec. s.-The representatives
Of the barbed wire manufacturers met
this morning in response to a circular
gent out by ]. ". Gates, representing
St Louis wire works. Mr.. Gates was
asked the object OF the meeting and he
replied: ut is our intention to put up
the prices on barhed wire one cent per
pound and formBa trust, and we are
going Mt it in aSbusin ness.like manner"
The meeting liz held behind closed
Doors. = .lg|s3,lit Z 2 q ~: fiilis s-giS5 s1.l
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sllYerman & Co. Eail.

NEw York, Dec. s.-Robert r. Silver.
man and Philip Trautwein, composing
the Arm Of II. NJ. silverman & Co., deal
,ssssssa bats. caps and furs, No. II East
ls:n stte:SSs ;;s'sssssS.aS. ss;*s~. They claim
q capital OF SAG UoJ, u "dich S25. 900 was
borrowed money. Their statement on
March l. 1890. claimed assets OF Sl74,5Sl,
and liabilities Of S2G, 600. 1t is said they
bought considerably from Roberts, Cush-
man & Go. a tight money marke.
caused tho failure.
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Kuhns May Recover.

FoRr WASSH, 1sp', Dec, s.-Mary!n
kuhna, the murderer Of Cam.
pau, at Fostoria, Ohio, who
was arrested Saturday aight, 10
still living. Officer Kennedy IS at the
hospital, and although not out Of dan.
ger, there are hopes OF his recovery.
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BUFFALO, n. y, Dec. &.-Thia morn.
inc a: l.ehigh Valley locomotive ex.
pl6ded at Dale, Wyoming county. The
engineer, Thomas Maloney, Of Buffalo,
was killed and the fireman, whose name
was not learned, was fatally injured.
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JonSsTowS, Pa, Dec. S.-A bond ior
100000 has been entered on record in
this county against Delamater 4 Co. in
favor OF State Treasurer Boyer. The
hond covers Senator Delau,ater's inter.
esls in coal lands here.
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A HEEU'S DEATH.
Peter Dempsey kiiicd While Battling to
Save u Young Gtfl.
Wv York, Dec. S.-Peter De-

NEW YORK, Dec. S.-feter Dempsey.
;:;sss;ss; sssS!1 & 2s{sS!ssa !ss' s5I:Ss55 ;' ..
hSdiei, Sd1'j oiidaa ting Is SAVE .uasy
Allen, sixteen.year.old girl, from crim-
inal assault by two Poles in Brooklyn
last night, was probably fatally stabbed.
The young woman was standing in the
Doorway Of her house when two men
seized her and ware ABOUT to drag her
into the rooms Of one ofthem, when her
screams attracted Dempsey, who was
passing the house. He ran into the
way and battled with the two men. In
the struggle the girl ran into the street,
where her screams brought two officers
to the scene. They went into the hall.
way and found Dempsey lying uncon.
sclous, he having received three stab
wounds from the men. He was taken
home, and the physicians think he is
fatally hurt.
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Special Dispatch to the Inteuigalctr. .a *
Wtsn1AGroS, D. G., Dec. S.-John A.
Silence, OK Weyt Virginia, has been pro-
NOTED from six hlndred dollar to a
nine hundred dollar clerkship in the
General Land Office.
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To Kollevo the Strinvcucy,

LONDON, Dec. Sit is stated that one
million pounds OF gold will be shipped
from London to New York this week
ior the assistance OF the banks there. It
is doubtful II any assistance will be cent
by the Bank of France, ~
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Tube Works Damaged,

PlrTsBuReu, Pa, Dec. s.--Ihe oontin,
aptal tuba works, on Second avenue.
were damaged by fire this morning to
the extent OF S25 900. The mill will be
compelled to close tor, three weeks. Loss
covered by insurance.
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Postal Contrnctor Fnils.

BIRMlSauAM, CosN., Dec. s.-Postal
card contractor al Daggett was to-day
declared bankrupt. The amount OF
claims is unknown, but $4,000 or $1,000
waa reported at the hearing. Afr. Dag.
getts debts in this State will probably
exceed $4,000. X, r. ~
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a Qi.y Safe Robbery.

WAxAuAcnlE, TEA, Dec. s,-.saturday
night burglars entered the jewelry stors
OF ~. @. Woodluf and blew the safe open.
Iewelry, consisting of fine watches and
= diamond ring worth $4,000 to $4,000,
was SECURED. 'sE9.s y;
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new company in the face; hedge It about
with conditions that will drive 1t away
"Will this DO the result which the
future historian OF Wheeling will record
VIII this Council close lis career by
such unwise actionp" ~ =
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VALENCIA, Dec. s.-A bomb was
thrown last night at the residence OF the
Archhishop otthe diocess end exploded
under one OF the vindogs. Much dam.
age was done to the building.
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3D..
AaTos, III, Dec. S.-Henry Levy,
alias Samuel seelig, vas arrested in St..
Louis Saturday. seelig aud some com.
panions had planned to board the Chi
cago train on Tuesday at point between
here and st. Louis. One OF tho gang
was to cut the wires working to st. Louis
and to Chicago and when the train had
started he. was to uncouple the engine,
which would be- boarded by several Of
the gang and run up to Alton Summit.
While t4is was going on the rest Of the
gs9s Sss ss eS5 sSpsss a car ac
tfected ior the robbery Vas tie cut north
Of the city where, on ACCOUNT Of a heavy
grade, trsins going north run slowly,
The arrest Of seelig, however, frustrated
all the nlaEs, -tr t0-
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pnrnGIl WIN Send u AIlssion.

LONDON, Dec. S.--llr. parnsli will
send mission to the United States for
the purpose OF pl ,cing before the Ameri.
can people his side OF the controversy
that has arisen in the Nationalist partv Z.
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PARrs,.D ,.Dsc.s.-At the election held Il
this city yeatesday to f!l a vacancy in
the N ,nicipal conncil, AI. Creubonyal I:
the B 'nlangiss candidate, was elected 4
received ,259 Votes, ssainst l, ,24l for NJ.
Caly, q Posaibilis! Republics n, n ~ 3,Iet
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! Are you using Taylor's Best FlourY
II not, Try it. Iutp,8 I
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-12-15
Keep the Promises.

Time after time parties have 'swept
the country at election and gone to
Washington with the mistaken idea that
because the people put them on guard
the people gave them unlimited priv
lege. What a mistake! This assump-
ton led to Il policy of arrogance, selfish
ness and political folly and, rs result,
the party was swept out OF Office as COM
pletely as 1t had been swept in. This
has happened time after time and it will
happen again. The people demand re-
forms, and will gladly intrust their
cause to the party that seems to them
pure loyal and honest; but they will
drop that party like hot potato if they
find the same old mean, bigoted, tyran-
nical spirit that has made them despise
the old parties The farmers movement
promises much for America. Let us not
let it all end in promise. Let it be built
Gil principles so fair, broad and strong
that all lovers Of liberty will be attract
ed to it.-Rural New Yorker.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-12-15

Almost the first difficulty that besetS
people trying to govern for themselves
is the question of revenue. Where is
the money to come from: Taxes, the
bugbuar of all nations, also puzzle the
Swiss. His method of raising them in
some Of the cantons is alike interesting
and novel. No official assessment Is
made of property. Blanks are distri.-
uted to every house. to be filled in by its
occupants. The system is known as the
progressive" tax scale.
A, who owns $4,000 of property, pays
taxes only on half of it; B, who owns
$25, 600 worth, pays taxes on eight-tenths
of it; while G, with his 100000 worth
of property, pays taxes on the whole.
The result is that G pays not the proper
tional twenty-five times the amount of
AS taxes, but fifty times as much. The
income tax is managed after similar
fashion. The rich pay out of all pro-
portion to the poorer classes They
probably would not change places with
the poor, however, even to save what
they decry as unjust taxation. The
plan is not always apopular one. Leav-
ing every man to assess himself has the
disadvantage that the rich. with stocks
and bonds, sometimes do not make re-
turn of them. When Il rich Swiss dies,
however, the government control Of his
estate quickly makes amends for alAhis
past misdeeds in the way of assessments,
and every penny of taxes held back is
now deducted, together with compound
interest and fines. --Harper's Magazine.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-12-15
Driving White Slaves.

Horse car drivers and conductors in a
western city are agitating for a reduc-
ton of their hours of labor to twelve
daily. They complain that they are now
compelled to work sixteen and some
times eighteen hours a day.
Employees of a street car line in an
other city have been notified that only
ten minutes will be allowed them for
meals.
Both of these incidents have been re-
corded in the newspapers within a week,
and now we read that the Citizens Trac-
ton company, of Pittsburg, Pa, has
forbidden its conductors and drivers to
bry newspaper under pain of instant
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-12-15
To Fix the Boards.

Judge PETER, of Topeka, said to cor
respondent of The Kansas City Times:
1.-The peoples movement is pledged in it's
platform in the railroad commissioner
question. The board will either be abol-
ished entirely and the matters brought
before it settled in the legislature or a
new board to be elected by the people
provided for. The commissioners will in
all probability be elected by the people
and their powers extended. The state
board of agriculture has never been run
to suit the farmers. 1t has been nothing
more nor less than an advertising medi
um to get people into the state. and after
the immigrant arrives nothing is done
for his benefit. This board will be re-
modelled. The redemption of home
steads sold under execution is another
matter of Importance. Interest rates
are far too high, and the legislature will
take turn IT reducing tim"
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dismissal. The men have no leisure to
read while making their trips, but at the
end of every run they have wait Of
about twenty minutes, and the company
decides that during this interval they
must twiddle their thumbs rather than
peruse newspaper
When one reflects upon petty and de-
spicable tyranny of this sort one cannot
help deeply deploring that some corpora
lions have neither q body to kick nor a
soul to damn" Apparently the mana
gers Of such corporations have no faith
in a hereafter, although most of them
are doubtless conspicuous and shining
pillars of their respective churches
New York Telegram.
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Make No Mistake.

1t will require more time and much
analysis to determine satisfactorily just
what part the farmer took On election
day in discomfitiny all the political
prophets. His view is about rs follows:
He has not yet been given full credit,
north or south, east or west. for the pO-
tency of his influence AMI vote in the re-
cent campaign. He accomplished far
more within the two parties than has
been made to appear. He has toppled
dominant parties from control il several
states: he has made sure of respecta-
BILE farmer representation in both houses
of the next congress; but that is all of
less significance than the local revolu-
tions he has wrought in a thousand mi
nor political districts where change of
control has come with ali the unexpect-
edness of an earthquake.
1t can hardly be said broadly that one
party has gained or suffered more than
the other; but one thing the farmers
movement has proclaimed thunderingly,
namely the sheet anchor, the chief re-
lance of each party in the agricultural
vote, broke away on the 4th of Novem-
Der. The Republicans begin to realize
this: the Democrats have not done so
yet. 1t happened that the revolt took
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Organization in Ireland.

We have received special kilograms
announcing the formation Of a branch
Of the Gas Workers Union. and of fac
tory workers, male and female, in Drog-
heda. There were 904 members ell
rolled.
In Tullow, County Carlow, on Sun
day last another new union was formed.
and 154 members were enrolled.
In Limerick last week another union
was formed, and over 500 members were
enrolled. Mr.. John S. Kelly has taken
an active part in the work of organiza-
ton. London Labor World.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-12-15

the form of tremendous Democratic
victory. The measure of Democratic
success was as great surprise to the
victors as to the defeated. But the di-
recto,s of all the branches of the farm
ers' movement declare that the Demo-
Gratis will make the greatest mistake of
their lives if they interpret the result as
their own distinct party triumph.
York Sun.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-12-15
WELL WORTH TRYING.
The "Experiment' of Farmers Controlling
Law Making EOdies.

Law Making Eodies.
For the first time that the Farmers
Alliances OF this country have put in an
appearance as q distinctive political fac
TORN an important general election, they
have made remarkable showing, espe-
cially in Nebraska, Georgia, Minnesota,
Illinois, and most notably of all in Kan
sas, where their organization seems to
have been far more effective and COM
pact than that Of the trained politicians
of the old parties.
A striking illustration of the alacrity
and energy with which they have forged
to the front is also observable in Mis-
souri,. where of the legislature elect, con-
sisting of eighteen state senators and
$40 members of the house, fully two
thirds are farmers, a greater proportion
perhaps than was ever indicated before
in any legislative body. The legal pro-
f.assion is usually present in large force,
but in the Missouri house of representa-
tives there are not more than eighteen
or twenty lawyers all told.
The long standing theory that by
reason of their professional education
and experience lawyers were, of all
classes of citizens, best fitted for the
making Of laws is thus heavily discount
ed. At least the new and advanced idea
seems to have taken possession of the
public mind that the citizens who stand
most in need of remedial legislation and
whose claim is that their interests have
been most neglected on the floors of con-
gress and in their state legislatures, are
best qualified to determine what their
needs require and what should be done
for the general amelioration of their
condition.
Whether it is wise to put legislative
control in the hands of any particular
class is open to question. 1t will GER
tainly be open to grave objection if class
legislation prove to be the result. But
the experiment is we'll worth trying and
the outcome in Georgia, Kansas. Mis-
souri, and elsewhere will be watched
with a good deal of interest. It cannot
be doubted that popular sympathy is
with the farmers for the most part, and
it is to be hoped that they will succeed
in meeting the new responsibilities that
they have assumed as becomes good
citizens, not only alert to their own pro-
lection, but broad minded and sagacious
enough to consult the general welfare at
the same time and avoid mistakes that
might serve rather to aggravate than to
relieve the situation. Particularly de-
sirable is it, as they value their hopes of
future prosperity and the permanence of
their civil liberties. that they steer clear
Of visionary panacess fer the ills they
bear. Washington Post
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-12-15

In the Prussian mines lat .ear ..io
men out of $4,000 Tor abouI one out of
every 445) were mortally injured III ac-
cidents. This is considerable decrease
from the mortality Of 1888, when one
out of every 400 WIS killed. In the coal
mines the mortality from accidents was
about one in every $50, or 553 i'll a total
of PIG, 1873. Thi:ty-two deaths were
caused by premature explosions of blasts.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-12-15

The labor movement is part of the
great upward increment of humanity,
and it represents distinctly higher idea
than that obeyed l.. modern society: It
offers practical means of abolishing war
and poverty. Henry =. Lloyd.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-12-15

"7he decalOgae and the golden rule
hare no place IN q politicat campaign
The object is success. "--.J0ha j. In
gals.
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