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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-26
RESULT ~ THE DEFEAT

of the bill. The stories which have
been sent out from here stating a pur-
pose TO present bond amendment
nave, therefore, back Of them only the
belief on Mir. Sherman's part that such
an amendment would be desirable if it
could be adopted, or if 1t could be
offered without endangering the main
question.
Ii is believed that if the voting on the
amendments can be begun early in the
session Friday the final vote can be
reached by Saturday at the latest. and
the bill sent to the house of representa-
tiyes for its action. When the house
shall have acted upon the bill. adjourn
ment until the beginning of the regular
session on the first Monday in Deem
Der Will be in order. There is very
little doubt that this adjournment will
be taken, although the Democratic man
ayers OF the senate have not yet given
the subject sufficient consideration to
feel justified in making an official an
nouncement. They have been in con-
terence with Speaker Crisp, of the
house, who advises adjournment when
lLC ANy yFd4 DLlA oAiu4A DC us kJOoSO VI. ACO
general is the desire on the part Of SEN
atOrs and members
TO GET AWAY
that it would be next to Impossible to
hold quorum Of either house in Wash
ington, even should it be attempted. 1t
was at one time believed that there
would De an effort to pass the bill for
the extension OF the Chinese exclusion
acg. but that probability has been avert
Ell. Senator Perkins, Of California, who
has taken an active interest in this
matter as has also his Democratic col
league, Mr.. White, has asked the men,
bers OF the committee on foreign reIa-
tions 10 postpone their report upon this
bill until Mr.. White shall be able to be
in the senate and take part in the dis
cussiou. ana lie is led to believe that the
request will be granted. As Nh White
is de-ained in California by important
business, 1t is more than likely that the
bill will not be reported until the con-
vening of the regular session. Mr.
Perkins says there Is sufficient of the
Appropriation carried by the Geary law
to seud the highbinders and Chinese
gamblers out OF the country, ana he
thinks there will be no great injury to
any one if they should be exported De-
fore the proposed change in the law is
made.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-26

90 -.s-.-ees ~. FOurtl, Page.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-08

| Matt Ryan, ST., OF Leavenworth. die,
recently from blood poisoning brought OF
from scratch on his leg. BY the dealt
OF Mr.. Ryan, Leavsnworth loses one O
its oldest and most progressive citizens
For thirty years he took leading par
In shaping the affairs of the city anG
gave much OF his means to inaugurats
new enterprises. Mr.. Ryan started here
as butcher, then branched into cattle
dealing by which he acquired large
fortune. He leaves an estate worth
about half million dollars most Of
which is in buildings, coal mine and
bank stock. Mr.. RYAN was born in Ire
land about seventy-four year ago. He
leaves wife and six children. All OF
his family were at his bedside when he
died.
Independence letter: Since the re-
cent bank robberies and the numerous
attacks upon banks, especially those
along the nation line, the attention OF
the proprietors had been turned to-
wards device of some kind that would
render banks and stores more secure
from intruders. The institutions of
this city has adopted plan which will
no doubt afford ample protection. 1t
consists Of an electric bell circuit be-
tween the four banks and four of the
business houses in different parts of the
town. In each institution included with
in the circuit is placed an electric bell
and In the floor near the desk of each
employe is BUTTON which, when press
ed, causes the bells in other buildings
to ring, spreading the alarm. If gang
of outlaws should enter any of the banks
OF this city help could at once be sum-
moned and the robbers, instead of es-
Gaping, would find themselves covered
with Winchesters.
Atchison Champion: There was a
very touching case of poverty in an i'm
migrant at the depot Sunday night.
She was doubtless direct from Ger
many, and was accompanied by two
small children. A ticket was in her pos
session to Plattsmouth, Nebraska, but
she did not have cent of money. Her
children, aged about five and three years
OF age, were very near starved to death,
and were crying for something to eat,
she meanwhile, endeavoring to pacify
them with words. At last the men
about the depot questioned her but could
not understand what she said. Finally,
though, she explained to them by signs
SO they could understand. A purse was
made up and the mother and little ones
treated to feast. It is needless to say
that they did ample justice to the feast,
and the thankfulness of the mother was
plainly depicted on her countenance,
though she could not speak it with her
lips. .......
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-08
A Metal That Hardens Steel.

The reason why the mixture OF
tungsten with steel gives the latter
so great a degree Of hardness that it
readily scratches glass anG quartz
seems to be revealed by a discovery
recently made in Germany A def
nitely crystallized compound of iron
and tungsten has been discovered,
the crystals being so hard as to
scratch topaz.
Tungsten is brittle white metal
almost as heavy as gold. The crystals
formed bv it's combination with iron,
in the proportion Of one atom Of iron
to two Of tungsten, are silver-gray
and very brilliant.
1t is thought that when tungsten
is alleged with steel, some Of the
compound just described is formed in
the mass, thereby producing the re-
markable increase in the hardness Of
the steel.
This is an interesting example Of
the value that one metal may lend to
another, for, until the discovery that
it could be used in hardening steel,
tungsten, although it occurs in con-
siderable abundance, was practically
useless and without value.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-08
OsbOrne's Praise of Higgins,

1t has been the policy Of Mr.. Osborne
to declare ex-Secretary Of State Higgins
the arch conspirator of Kansas. In view
of Osborne's special bitterness since the
late war, it might be interesting to know
just what he thought of Secretary Hig-
gins in November last. Soon after the
election Mr.. Higgins wrote the secretary
elect offering to give him all the aid and
assistance in his power in familiarizing
himself with the duties of the Office and
requested him to make the Office his
headquarters. In his reply to this let
ter under. date of November %, written
from Stockton, after thanking Mr.. Hig
gins for his kind offer, Mr.. Osborn said:
eff, through energy, I may in time be
able to render the state of Kansas as eff
fcient service in the Office of secretary
of state as we have enjoyed for the past
four years, shall be satisfied"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-08
The Sharp People of Cape Cod.

A story Of sharp legislative prac.
tice comes from Cape Cod. It also
illustrates the cumbrous methods OF
town government on that old-fas b.
Toned peninsula. Some of the citi-
zens of certain town believed that
they saw remuneratiye enterprise
in raising behring's in a fresh-water
pond near the sea, with which it had
once been connected by small creek
now filed up Thereupon they Pc
titioned the legislature for license
to use the waters of the pond, at the
same time giving notice of their ap-
plication to the local authorities, as
required in such cases. The sleepy
town authorities were so slow in call
ing a meeting to consider the question
of assent or protest that they were
anticipated by the passage Of the
bill The meeting was held, never
theless, and angry protests were put
on record against giving to a few
persons natural advantages that
rightly belonged to and should be en-
joyed by the many. Undismayed by
the storm they had provoked, the
gentlemen interested in the pro-
pagation of herring have petitioned
the Harbor and Land Commissioners
for permission to Omen the old water
way from the sea.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-08
More Common Sense i'm Politics.

Kansas City, No., Journal
The people of Kansas worked the
greatest political revolution ever known
in this country year ago, yet not a
single thing has come of it but office
holding, expenditure of the peoples
money, and by methods that have not
conduced to the good order or good
name of the state, to say the least.
There is no patent on good govern
ment. 1t can come only through good
agents and good methods. Theories as
to finance, economy and all that-re-
forms, if you prefer the word-can only
come through laws, or the absence of
them. The ordinary common-sense meth
dds of life applied in voting for law
makers, would settle all these with the
minimum of friction and the maximum
of good order.
Why can it not be done? Or why is
it not done? Simply because in party
matters we throw away all the common
sense we employ in everything else, and
vote for the loudest talker, the most in
6ated windbag that for the time frets
the public ear or vexes the quiet of
neighborhoods. To see such men as we
could name having the power in state
from these methods is source of alarm
and of great public danger. There is
only one remedy-more common sense
and less passion in politics.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-08
Wasting Time,

An old farmer died in a little vii
lage in the neighborhood Of Paris.
His fortune, the fruit of years of
pa tient toll, was invested in nice,
compact little farm. A nephew, be-
Iieving himself to be heir, called a
few days later on the lawyer, and be-
fore saying word about the success
sion thought it only right and proper
to shed few tears.
!"Poor uncle" he murmured; $50
kind, so affectionate! To think that
/ shall never see him again"
The notary allowed the young man
to give full vent to his sorrowful
emotions, after which he quietly ob.
served
Il suppose you are aware that your
uncle has left you nothing?"
WHAT exclaimed the nephew.
suddenly changing his tone. '1'm
not down in my uncle's will"
mo"
''Then why on earth did you let me
stand here weeping and making
fool Of myself for good half hour?"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-08
The Cost of Extra Speed at Sea,

Atlantic speed has risen oan aver
age of twenty knots at sea, to be
beaten this year, it is confidently ex-
pected, by the twenty-one to twenty
two knots Of the new Gunarders. To
secure this extra speed an enormous
increase in size is required; the neces-
sity for this increase is easily seen
from simple calculations on the laws
so clearly laid down by Mr.. Froude.
To put these laws into popular Ian
guage, one per cent. increase speed
over given VOYAGE requires two per
cent. increase in length, six per cent.
increase in tonnage and fuel, and
seven per cent increase in horse
power.
Because a torpedo boat has been
constructed to run the measured mile
at twenty-five knots it is generally
supposed that mere increase of size
sufficient for seaworthinesswo would pro-
duce vessel which could cross the
Atlantic at the same speed.
So it could, provided we could re-coal
every twenty-rOur hours or 900 miles;
but it is the necessity Of carrying the
fuel requisite for five days steam, or
3, 900 miles, which imposes such gil
gantic dimensions on fast Atlantic
steamers, insomuch that it will be
found that no one of our fast men-of-
war could cross the Atlantic at full
SDeed
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-08
Wildcat Banks.

The recent failure of a large num-
Der Of banks in the West should
prove lesson to the public. Under
the present banking system only the
stockholders and depositors in these
institutions will be affected; no per-
son who holds currency issued by
any one of these banks can possibly
lose dollar but under the wildcat
bank system to which the Democrats
are pledged, the failure Of these
Western banks would have involved
the community in the loss Of mill
ions Of dollars. But as it is only the
burnt child that breads the fire, we
suppose we must have the wildcat
system in order to make the present
generation appreciate the banking
system we now have.-Dolgeville Her
aid,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-08

confidence, and they had abundance of
orders. Labor was we'll employed at
good wages. The whole country seemed
to be entering upon a period of genuine
prosperity. In just few months there
has been a great change. Banks are
falling one after another. Business men
are, many of them, in trouble. A feel
ing of distrust and uncertainty seems to
be settling over the business men of the
entire country. Merchants are reducing
the size of their orders.
Manufacturers seem to be alarmed.
They act as if threatened by some inn
pending danger A few of them hope
for the best. The vast majority of them
fear the worst. This is not because gold
is leaving the country. 1t is not on ac-
count of stringent money market. 1t
is simply because these men fear that
radical changes are about to be made in
our tariff laws and that those changes
will be made by men who are enemies of
home industry and who will willingly
see that industry sacrificed in support of
simple theory, which they have been
for years teaching. No doubt their fear
are well grounded. The democratic
party is to-day controlled by visionary
free trade advocates. Thus far, every
effort to frame new tariff bill has been
made by men who are pronounced free
traders. Every utterance of Grover
Cleveland thus far is in favor of their most
radical demands. When man starts
out with free wool, free coal, free iron
ore and free tin plate, his case is hope
less. Still worse, when he will gravely
advocate tax on sugar, tea and coffee,
his whole theory of tariff duties is wrong.
in the line of that above in
dictated will simply shut up our shops
and factories and bring ruin all along
the line upon all other occupations.
Business men see this and on that
account are full of forebodings. Was
there ever such another change pro-
duced in the business spirit of any ma
ton as has taken place in this country
since the election seven months ago.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-08
slams Real Ruler.

Her Majesty the Queen Consort OF
the King of Siam bears the distinc-
tioE of possessing less beautiful fea-
lures and more sound intelligence
than any of the women that surround
the Siamese Court.
Though officially unprecedented as
the Royal Consort, Her Majesty is
nevertheless practically supreme ID
influence, if not in authority.
The King has been her constant
companion since boyhoOd. and there
is absolutely nothing he would deny
her in order to complete the happi-
ness Of his clever wife; in fact, it is
said that, were she to desire it. he
would without hesitation abolish the
time-honored custom Of his country
by casting aside the other wives OF
his harem.
King Chulalonkorn often relies on
her wisdom and sound judgment in
affairs Of the Empire rather than on
the advice Of the Priyy Councillors,
although supposed to ne we'll Versed
in the subtle arts Of diplomacy and
statecraft.
The Queen possesses the smallest
feet Of any grown woman IN the
world. Her boots have very low heels,
and are heavily embroidered with
pearls and paste diamonds
A large Partisan house supplies the
majority of Her Majesty's shoes and
charge her ON an average two guineas
pair for them.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-08
Protection i'm South Carolina.

In rejoicing over the proposed
building of a $780, 900 factory in a
neighboring town, the Charleston
News and Courier, one of the ablest
Southern organs of tariff reform"
declares that "the day is not far dis
tant now when South Carolina will
not only manufacture every pound of
cotton it grows, but will have to i'm
port from other States to supply the
demands Of its mills. The record for
the past few months is new mill
every week" That illuminating
atrocity" known as the Mckinley law
scattered its blessings with an i'm
partial hand. The State that gave
John G. Calhoun to free trade and
secession is equally favored with the
rest Of the Union.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-08
How it Works.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
We tear from Uncle Sans ledger 8
page giving the balance of trade favor.
ing us for the first four months follow.
ing the passage of the Mckinley act
and the balance against us for the first
four months of 1898, following the dem
ocratic victory, with free trade legisla.
ton highly probable:
As result of republi- As result of prospec
can policy $5S, $40, 3S in tive democratic policy
our favor. $S6, SS33 91S against us.
You take your choice at the polls,
but the silent law of cause and effect
runs remorselessly on.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-08

If suspensions are being ordered
throughout the country as numerously
as they are in Kansas it will not take
long to complete what the patriots of
the Bourbon administration call ''purg-
ing the lists" The Topeka pension
agency is *he largest in the United
States, but it is falling rapidly away
under the rule of democrats. Strange
as it may seem, great many old SOL
diers in Kansas voted last fall for this
sort of deal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-08
inst the Thing.

A wag was on a visit to lunatic
asylum, says the Buffalo Express. and
as the physician In charge was taking
him about. it happened that several
of the wilder patients were screaming
in chorus
Zone of the hardest problems I
have to deal with" said the doctor,
sis to find employment for those In
my charge. They are so much better
of, you know, iftheY are occupied in
some way"
r Doctor" said the visitor, after a
moments thought, ''why don't you
set them to inventing college 7ells?"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-08
Cattle ON Board ship.

Cattle are carried on the spar,
main and steerage decks A large
steamship like those now used carries
from 200 to 1900 head. The COM
partments are just large enough to
let the animals lie down or roll about
a little The beasts are tied in these
Immediately they ara driven aboard.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-08

A stout rope is afterwards put about
the animate horns then passed
through hole in a three-inch board
at the head of the stall and knOtted
on the other side. Fresh straw IS
put into the stalls every day, and
the animals are well fed and watered
during the voyage.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-08

N. ROBBINS, populist leader of Of
tawa county, says: 1--WE can never
carry on successful campaign with the
peoples party tainted with corruption,
Doodle, bribery and dickering for spoils
Of Office. I consider our present state
officials as corrupt and dangerous to the
progress of reform as ever the republi-
can plutocrats were"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-08
Fear Radical Changes.

Kansas City Gazette.
In October, 1892, the factories of the
United States were running full time.
Business men we're active and full OF
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-08
THE SOLDIER HATERS.
RENEWED EVIDENCES OF BIT
TER ANIMOSTTY.

The Old Rulings Governing the Appoint
msnt Of Pension Boards Have Been
side-Tracked and None but Democrats
Are Now In 1t.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-08

THE only reason some men never
have a second wife is because they
don't have a chance
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-08


the state penitentiary shows great fall
ing off in numbers. The greatest num-
Der ever confined in the penitentiary of
Kansas was in 1884; on June 80, 1887,
the count reached 978, and in March,
1886, the number was 812, which Is the
lowest in recent years. At the present
time a report dated June 81, shows to-
tai of 1913. OF this number there are
white males $40, white females s, black
males TT, black females 10, Indians g.,
Mexicans 2. 4
From Valley Falls: A violent rain
and wind storm came up from the north
west, accompanied by terrific and con-
slant FISHES of lightning. The storm
lasted for nearly two hours, during
which time several houses were unroofed,
and Lungstrum's tank factory was blown
to pieces. The Workman hall was I'M
rooted and parts of the roof carried a
quarter of a mile away. Almost the en-
tire furniture of the lodge room was
ruined. Many, trees were blown down,
but no loss of life is reported The nv
e. at this place is rapidly approaching
high water mark ~ -
From Parsons: The assets of the city
bank of Angel Matthewson & Co, as
turned over to the assignee for the bene-
fit of creditors, includes ninety six pieces
of business property and 102 farms,
ranging from forty to 764 acres, all un-
der cultivation. About thirty of the
creditors met at the city hall to discuss
the matter OF the appointment OF an as
signee. The legal fraternity of the city
was well Represented. Considerable dis
cussion was INDUCED in regarding the
failure and the chances of creditors to
recover their holdings.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-09
Thanksgiving Proclamation.

The president has issued the fol-
lowing Thanksgiving proclamation:
BY the President OF the United
States OF America-A proclamation:
While the American people should
every day remember with praise and
thanksgiving the divine goodness and
mercy which have followed them
since their beginning as a nation, it is
fitting that one day in each year
should be especially devoted to the
contemplation of the blessings we
have received from the hand Of God
and to the grateful acknowledgement
of His loving Kindness.
Therefore, /, Grover Cleveland,
president of the United States, do
hereby designate and set apart,
Thursday, the Both day of the present
month Of November, as q day of
thanksgiving and praise to be kept
and observed by all the people of our
land. On that day let us forget our
ordinary work and employments and
assemble in our usual places of wor-
ship where We may recall all that God
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-09
First publication November o, 1S93-5w,
Case number 1888.
SheTiii'S Sale.

| STATE OF KANSAS, Ne,
Phillips County,
In the district court Of Phillips county:
g. W. E. Griffith, trustee, plaintiff \
vs.
John L. Rhoads, Eliza A. Buell., formerly Eliza
A. khoada, Francis M. Rhoads, Mrs. Francis
d. RhOads, Jacob II. Rhoads, Randolph NJ
Rhoads, Jehn L. RhOads, Jr, Mary A. Rhoads,
Walter Q. Rhoads, Nancy A Coon, and -
Coon, her husband, Il. II. Corney and - Cor.
ney. her husband, and The Western Farm
Mortgage Company, corporation, and H. L.,
Perkins, trustee, Nancy A. Judd and G. p.
Judd, defendants.
Public notice Is hereby given, that under, and
by virtue Of the Judgment rendered in the above
entitled action, In and by the abOve-Ramed court
and Of an order Of sale issued on said Judgment,
to me directed and delivered, will, on
MONDAY, DECEMBER 18th, 1893,
at the hour OF O'Clock p. IN. of said day, ut the
east door OF the court house In Phillipsburg, in
the county OF Phillips, state Of Kansas, offer at
public sale and sell to the highest bidder for cash
In hand, the following described real property,
namely:
The west half OF the northwest quarter and the
southeast quarter Of the northwest quarter and
the southwest quarter Of the northeast quarter,
all In section number thirty'two, 80, township
number four, 4, range number twenty %, west Of
the 9th p. M.
All In the county Of Phillips, state of Kansas.
Said property has been levied upon and is to be
sold US the property Of the above-named defend
ants.
Dated this 9Th day Of November, A. D. 1893.
q. Il. UTTER,
Sheriff OF Phillips County.
MCCORMICK Il Cox, Attys for Plf.