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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-01-11

heads. In the north wooden yoke
is much in favor. 1t rests across
the shoulders and is considered to
be a handy continuance for women to
use in carrying coal, water or vege-
tables. But in middle Germany,
the basket is the fashionable thing
The girl children are taught to wear
it at an extremely early age, and
they grow up to their life of burden
with strong backs and sturdy legs
According to this observing wo-
man, another plan of saving the
poor horse is to harness women and
dogs together in front of small wag
ons. The dog takes one side of the
wagon-tongue and the woman an
other, and together they manage to
haul considerable load. If there
are two dogs, they are hitched in
front, and the woman goes behind
and pushes.
But it really seems that women
ought not to complain of lack of
appreciation in Germany. Aside
from the recognition of her qualities
as burden bearer she is in great
demand for outdoor field labor.
About the only things in this line
which they do not do are tying up
bags after they have been filled at a
threshing machine. and driving a
horse. These are sinecures held
sacred to men. But a woman mows
and rakes hay she is esteemed a
good hand, also, at digging potatoes,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-01-11

rescTaIh Mem. Neither DO they now pr0rnYE$
us any substantial relief. They have agreed
together to ignore in the coming campaign
every issue bat one. They propose to drown
the outcries If plundersd people with tie
uproar of a sham battle over the tariff, SO that
capitalists, corporations, national banks, rings,
trusts, watered stock, the decentralization of
silver and the oppression of the usurers may
all be lost sight Of. They propose to sacrifice
Mammon: to destroy the multitude in order
to secure corruption funds from the million
ARE.
Assembled on the anniversary of the birth
day of the nation, and filled with the spirit Of
the grand generation who established our indie
pendence, we seek to restore the government
of the republic to the hands Of 1.-THE plain peo-
ple,r with which class il originated.
We assert our purposes to be identical with
the purposes of the national constitution-to
form a more perfect Union, establish justice.
insure domestic tranquility, provide for the
common defense, promote the general welfare
and secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves
and our posterity."
We declare that this republic can only en-
dure as q free government while built upon the
love Of the whole people for each other and
for the nation; that it cannot be pinned tn
gether by bayonets; that the civil war is over,
and that every passion and resentment which
grew out OF it must die with it. and that we
must be in fact, we are in name, united
brotherhood Of free men.
Our country finds itself confronted by con-
ditions for Which there is no precedent in the
history of the world. Our annual agricultural
productions amount to billions Of dollars in
value, which must within a few weeks or
months be exchanged for billions of dollars Of
commodities consumed in their production.
The existing currency supply is wholly made
Quate TO make this exchange The results are
falling prices, the formation of combines and
rings and the impoverishment of the producing
classes We pledge ourselves that If given
power we will labor to correct these evils by
wise and reasonable legislation, in accordance
with the terms of our platform.
We believe that the powers Of government
In other words, Of the people-should be ex-
banded las in the case of the postal service) as
rapidly and as far as the good sense of an in
teligent people and the teachings of expert
ence shall justify, to the end that oppression,
injustice and poverty shall eventually cease in
the land.
While our sympathies as party of reform
are naturally upon the side of every PROPOSE
ton W i1ch will tend to make men intelligent,
virtuOus and temperate, we nevertheless re-
gard these Observation-Disclosures as they are
as secondary to the great issues now pressing
for solution, and upon which not only our in
dividual prosperity, but the very existence of
free institutions decends, and We ask men
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-01-11
Referendum.

The state is being canvass ed and
organized to secure Direct Legisla
tion through the Initiative and
Referendum and to establish politi-
cal equality through Proportional
Preferential Representation. For
terms and dates address.
j. G. BUCHANAN.
Sec. Reform Club,
Pittsburg, Kas.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-01-11

and It is IA common thing to see one
down on her knees in the damp
earth, gathering up these vegeta-
bles. A woman is also considered
a clever person at collecting stones
out Of plowed ground, at pulling
sugar beets, at binding and loading
sheaves of wheat, aud feeding IA
threshing machine, and at pulling
up weeds.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-01-11
WOman.s Field in Germany.
From the New York sun.

some one who is not so well off as
ourselves. If women get discour'
aged once in while, and think that
man is rude animal because he
lets her stand in street car, she
has only to turn her eyes to Ger
many, and she will be comforted.
A woman who has been travelling
over there has got so stirred up over
it that she has been writing letters
which are warranted to harrow up
the soul Of every sympathetic wo-
man, and at the same time spread a
benign glow of content through it.
She declares that it gave her a
strange sensation to see women
worked with less humanity than a
gentle hearted driver would show
toward his horse.
There are" she says, various
devices for saving the poor, poor
horse in rural Germany. The chief
of these is huge basket, abb ut
yard high, with capacity OF nearly
two bushels. 1t is intended for a
woman's back. 1t would probably
fit quite as well on mans back,
although this is merely my indlvid-
ual judgment. as the experiment
has not been tried in years. 1t is
not so pretty as blue coat with
red wristbands, or nice, shiny
musket, but in the course of year,
it will take a good many tons OF
apples and POTATOES into town. 1t
is harnessed by strap over each
shoulder. When the basket is once
in place, the woman can move along
at right good gait
"She will often 60 a number OF
miles without stopping to rest, it is
30 hard to get the thing up on her
back again should she once take it
off. A man, however, will some
times help her do this, should he
happen to be in the vicinity, and
the women themselves are very kind
to one another, but | have seen wo-
men struggle till the perspiration
stood in great beads on their fore
heads to get their loads off the
ground and up to their shoulders,
while half dozen men stood by
and talked about hard times and
bad weather Day and night the
roads seem full of these burden
bearers. Some have been late and
have to walk home after dark, and
others have to get up long before
the sun in order to get to market by
daybreakt"
The American woman admits that
many of the women are strong and
in the prime of animal life" Their
heads are bare, they wear one short
skirt, and they step out with long
stride, apparently as tireless as a
machine. But many are old and
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-01-11

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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-02
DISASTERS ON LAND.

Startling Chapter of Deaths by Railroad
Accidents. Explosions, Fires. Etc.
JANUARY
10. ~ miners killed by gas explosion at Como.
Colo.
10. A freight train dashed into sleigh loaded
with people at Lonsdale. Il. l.. killing 8,
manning Z.
II. An oil tank exploded on wrecked freight
train near Alton. Ills. killing 81 people, in
juring nearly 100.
FEBRUARY.
o. A lives lost by the burning of a Iunatfo
asylum at Dover, \. Ii.
ii. 10 men crushed to death by falling rocks at
marble quarry in West Rutland, Vt.
Is. persons killed by the falling walls of
burned out store in Chicago.
APRIL.
/. Fatal hotel fire at Bradford. Pa; deaths.
10 deaths by fire damp explosion in the Nell
son shaft at Shnmokin Pa
Z. Omen killed by the crushing Of a building
at Romeo. Ills.
20. In gale the intake end Of the Milwaukee
tunnel, under Lake Michigan. was wrecked
and II men drowned.
9. 10 killed and many injured in a wreck on
the big Four" road.
]. II killed, injured by boiler OK posion on
steamer OHIO. Mississippi river.
IA. 10 miners killed hy falling down shaft at
the Calumet and lIccla mine. Michigan.
IL. deaths by the explosion of II generator In
giucos. factory at Geneva, Ills.
JUNE
Z. The rUrs Of Ford, old opera house Wash
in;;ton. where l.iacoln Was assassnatcd.
fell, carrying down hundreds of govern
ncnt clerks who worked in the building: %
killed, injured over ~.
IA. y stroke OF lightning killed four brothers
named Wright. who were standing under
q tree at Adrian. 40.
20. deaths at 4 fire in Duluth
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-02
CYCLONES, EARTHQUAKES, ETC.

Phenomena of Wind and Wcather-Star-
thing Disturbances of Nature.
JANUARY.
81. Destructive and fatal earthquake on the
island of Zantc, Greece.
MARCH.
q. a hurricane caused loss of life and proper
ty Mt Tamatoy, Madagascar; ~ vessels
foundcred in the harbor.
8. Earthquake shock in New York city.
o. Severe earthquake shock at Railway, n. j.
Id. Earthquake shock on Long Island.
% S20OO,0O0 damage by a cyclone in MISSISSIPPI
pi: Is deaths.
"a. An earthquake caused loss Of several lives
and destruction of property in Colombia.
APRIL
8. Destructive earthquake in Scrvia.
II. Great havoc by cyclones in Iowa, Illinois,
Nebraska. Kansas and Missouri: many peo-
pie killed or injured.
II. The island of Znnto again visited by a de-
structivo earthquakes; tho city of Zante and
many villages destroyed.
IL. Tho town of Boles, Ark, DESTROYED by a
cyclone; killed. many injured
2o Two cyclones swept over Oklahoma; over
100 lives lost.
2S The town OF Cisco, Tex, wiped out by n cy-
clone: 30 killed and 40 injured.
JUNE.
g. The town of Woodington, o., nearly de-
molished by n wind and rain storm; l death.
II. ~ deaths in n tornado which swept over
Jefferson county, Kan.
JULY.
o. Pomcroy, Ia, destroyed by q tornado; SO
killed. 60 fatally injured and $50 MANNED
AUGUST.
70. Fierce gale on the Now England, New York
and Jersey coasts; vessels and hotels
wrecked, many deaths.
q. West India hurricane devastated the
South Carolina and Georgia coasts; appall-
ing death lists in Savannah, Port ROYAL,
Beaufort and neighboring islands; the
steamer City OF Savannah, from Boston,
wrecked on the South Carolina shoals.
SEPTEMBER.
Z. people killed by n tornado ut I.ockport
La.
OCTOBER.
= terrible storm on the gulf coast; over Q, 600
lives lost, damage several millions.
NOVEMBER
IL. Tho town of Kuchau, province Of Khoras.
san. Persia, destroyed by an earthquake;
over 1900 lives lost.
10. Furious windstorm on the coasts Of Great
Britain and France: heavy loss Of life at
sea and extensive damage to property.
n. Earthquake shocks in northern New York.
New England and Canada.
DECEMBER.
l. Blizzard and cold wave throughout tho
northern states.
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e. South Chicago lost 200 buildings by fire;
5000 people homeless and damage over
$G00.0OO.
SEPTEMBER
i. Tho Thornton Worsted mill at Providence
was burned; loss, S225 900.
10. Tho exhibition building at Spokane. WASH,
burned: loss, 100000.
Elevator burned Mt Mount Vernon, Ind; loss,
Sl00,0CO
II. 20 buildings burned at Scheu CITY, Mo-:
loss, SS0.0OO.
e. Lumber plant burned ut Red Wing, Mimi;
loss, Sl:D,00O.
% Tho Purcell Co.'S malt houses burned In
Chicago; loss. Si00.OO0.
25 Large fire at ST. Joseph. Mo-, dynamite
used to stop tho flames; loss nearly $780,
600.
OCTOBER.
2. Farnhan Street theator burned in Omaha;
loss, S25O,OOO.
IL. 30 buildings burned in the business district
of Sioux City, H.: loss about S5O0,OOO.
10. 30 buildings burned at King City, Mo-: loss
SlU,NO
A S20O,OO0 fire at Detroit.
L. blocks, including factories and dwellings.
burned in New York city; loss, 81, 10000.
TO- Fire caused damage Of $4,000 at Spring.
field, Ills.
% S20O,000 fire in tho AK and Tool company.
works ut East Douglass. Mass; 1000 men
thrown out OF employment.
~. The Chautauqua Lake Ice company and
the Pittsburg Storage company burned out
in Pittsburg; loss. S85O,OOO.
NOVEMBER.
/. a S20O,0OO lumber mill fro at Dixon, O..
q. Romnn Catholic church ut Iron Mountain,
Mich. destroyed by fire; the pastor, Father
Cnvicchi. fatally burned.
Z. The business district of Danvers, Ills.
nearly wiped out by fire.
g. The Iyceum theater in Memphis burned;
L. Friedrich factory burned at Utica, Ills:
loss, S20O,OO0.
H. The Schmalzricd block burned In Mem.
phis; deaths; loss nearly Sl,000OOO.
l5 Tho Page tlourmills and other property dc.
stroyed by fire at Fergus Mills. Mimi; loss,
100000.
Is. The Western Warehouse and Storage com.
pany burned out at Kansas City; loss
S10.0OO.
81. The Masonic and Odd Fellows building
and Watts Opera House burned at Stark.
vile, Miss; loss, 100000
%. Several blocks burned at Springfield
Mass; loss. St50,0OO.
20. Edison, Moore & Co.'S dry goods store
burned in Detroit: loss, sSOO,0G0; Z employ
ecs killed.
"a. The Henrietta theator, the Chittenden
hotel and auditorium. and tho Park the.
alter destroyed by fire at Columbus, O.;
losses over 81 100000.
%. The William voorhis dry goods store, the
Kister hotel and other buildings burned at
Hannibal, Mo-; loss, $4,000.
49, business block burned in Oil City;
deaths; loss on property, $4,000.
DECEMBER.
l. Thornton Worstcd mills burned In Phila.
delphia; loss over S2.}50OO.
2. a S4OO,0n fire in the business district OF
Baltimore.
4. Tho New York Locomotive works Mt Rome,
n. Y, valued ut SJO0.000. almost totally de-
strOycd by fire.
a $4,000 fire at Corsicana, Tex.
q. The steam engineering department., Nor
folk navy yard burned loss, $4,000.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-02
THE WORLD OF SPORTS.
The Most Important Games. Races and
Battles of 1893.

The Most Important Games. Races and
Battles of 1893.
MARCH.
u. Ed Smith defeated Joe Goddard in IS
rounds at New Orleans.
D. Bob fitzsimmons whipped Jim Hall in
rounds ut New Orleans.
z" oxford crew defeated Cambridge in IS min
utcs 4; seconds; Thames course
MAY.
10. Diablo Won the Brooklyn handicap Mt
GraveScnd, n. Y.
20. Jim Hall defeated Frank Slayin in A.
rounds in London
g. Frank Ives defeated John Roberts ut bill
lizards In London.
~ Lowlander won the Suburban hantlcap
Sheepshcad Bay, ~ "
"a. Boundless won tho American Derby at Chi
cago.
2s +. w. Golf won the all round athletic cham
plonship OF America ut New York.
w. Yale beat Harvard in the annual boat race
at New London, Conn.
AUGUST
T. George Dixon defeated Eddie Pierce for
the worlds feathcrwcight championship MT
Concy Island.
3d. Domino won the $4,000 Futurity stakes nj
Sheepshead Bay, \. Y.
OCTOBER.
Z. Inc American yacht Vigant won the first
race In the contest for the Americas cup
over the English yacht Valkyrie by min
utes 4S seconds
U. The Nigilant won the second race over tho
Nalkyrie by ~ minutes IS seconds
ID. Inc vigilant won the third race against
the Valkyrie by 40 seconds, deciding the
contest
ID. Directum trotted mile In 2:O5Il ut Nash
vile; new worlds record for stations.
NOVEMBER
z. Directum, king of trotters. defeated Mas
cot, King OF PAGERS, at Fleetwood Park N Y
Z. John S. Johnson, bicyclist, with living
start. rode mile in minute IS 3-5 seconds;
worlds record.
q Directum defeated Alix. queen of racing
frotters, Mt Fleetwood Park in straight
heats; best mile trotted in o:CS.
10 iale defeated Harvard ut football score 0
too.
90 Princeton defeated Yale ut football: score.
OtON.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-02
RECORD OF CRIMINALS.
Sinful Doings of Men of Violent and Evil
Lives.

Sinful Doings of Men of Violent and Evil
Lives.
April.
20. Frank w. Roll and Thomas Pallister, two
condemned murderers. escaped from tho
New York state prison at Sing Sing.
JUNE.
8. men raided the Peoples bank at Little
Rock and secured $4,000.
SEPTEMBER.
IL. 20 masked men held up n Lake Shore train
near kendallville. Ind, and rifed an ex-
press safe Of $4,000.
II. negroes lynched at New Orleans for
shielding the murderer of n judge.
"a. Train robbers foilcd at St. Joseph, hIo.. by
train load of policemen: robbers shot
dead.
OCTOBER.
q. Hon. Carter ii. Harrison, mayor of Chicn-
go, shot dead by n man named Prcndergast
NOVEMBER
g. Lawyer Francis II. Weeks, the defaultinc
specnlator, sentenced to 10 years hard la
Dor.
To- Robbers carried Off valise containing
$4,000 from the Office OF the Indiana, ILL
nois and Iowa Railroad company in Chi
cago.
DECEMBER.
2. highwaymen robbed several passengers
and employees ut Luzernc station, Ia, on
the Chicago and Northwestern.
Joseph Ii. Louis, head bookkeeper for ~ j.
Schloss IL Co. Wholesale clothiers. New
York, attempted suicide and was arrested
for dcfalcation said To amount To $1,000
I. The South Bend dndJ National bank
robbed OF Sl5,0C0 in broad daylight.
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4killcd and 100 injured by the dcrailment of
etrain on the Long Island railroad ut Park
vile, n. Y.
q. Lightning struck a circus tent at River
Falls, WIS. and killed people,
JULY.
g. killed md over 70 injured in a collision on
the West Shore road at Ncwburc n Y
10. IL persons killed and 10 injured during the
burning of Il cold storage warehouse in tho
Worlds fair grounds.
II. A locomotive crashed into n crowded street
car in Chicago, killing passengers.
81. men killed and badly injured by the ex-
plosion of n farm engine boiler near Now
ark, o.
D. seamen killed by the explosion of n grcn-
ado on the German armor clad steamer Ba-
den at Kiel, Germany.
o. Tho reservoir of the Portland (NIe.) Water
company burst; 2 houses crushed, people
killed.
70 pleasure excursionists drowned by the
swamping of a rowboat in Swansea bay,
Port Talbot, Wales.
IA killed and II Injured In the burning of the
Senate hotel, Chicago.
IT, passengers killed in railroad accident at
Milton, Va.
70. MIR. l.. j. Bovec, his wife and daughter and
U young ladies whilo driving to church at
Leroy, n. Y. were instantly killed by an
express train at II railway crossing.
r. 10 killed and lG injured in collision on the
Long Island railroad at Newtown.
III. ~ killed and many injured by the collapse
of bridge on tho Boston and Albany road
near Chester, Mass
SEPTEMBER.
o. A runaway electric car In Cincinnati killed
people: 40 injured.
Z. IL killed and 10 injured in head end COLI
sion ut Colehour, near Chicago.
10. killed and 20 injured in n rear end COLI
sion at Manteno, Ills.
". An express wrecked by an open switch on
the Wabash ut Kingsbury, Ind: IL killed.
8. rs miners drowned in the Mansfield mine,
Michigan. by break in the bed of the
Michigammc river.
OCTOBER,
10. Terrible rear end collision Of Worlds fair
excursion trains on the Michigan Central at
jackson: II killed, 10 injured.
IL. 3 killed and injured by Il dynamite explo-
sion at Emington, Ills.
~. head end collision on tho Grand Trunk at
Battle Creek. Mich, slaughtered IS people.
NOVEMBER.
z. Boiler exploded in street car stable in
New York city; people killed. 10 injured.
o. Cargo of dynamite exploded at the quay in
Santander, Spain: nearly 900 people killed
and injured.
4. 10 workmen drowned from an overloaded
sailboat in New York harbor.
z. Anarchists threw bombs into the opera
house at Barcelona; 30 killed, 80 injured.
o. IL Killed by n rear end collision on the Rock
Island and Pacific in the streets Of Chicago.
IL z men burned to death and badly injured
in hotel fire ut Beaver, Pa.
DECEMBER.
q. men killed at slate quarry at WEIGH
town, Pa. by tho breaking of n cable.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-02
CALAMITlES AT SEA.

Marine Disasters Caused by Collisions,
storms, Fires, Explosions, Etc.
FEBRUARY
8. 81 people drowned by the loss of the British
steamship Trinacria Off the coast of Spain.
U. Norwegian bark Alice went ashore mt Long
Beach. N. j.: sailors drowned.
April.
e. sailors drowned by the capsizing of tho
fishing schooner Gcnesta Off Barnegat.
MAY.
IA. The steamer City of Hamburg run down the
ship Countess Evelyn off the Cornish coast;
% lives lost.
II. - lives lost in n storm ON Lake Eric
JUNE.
70 Tho British battleship Victoria sunk I'm col
llsion with the battlcship Campcrdown in
the Mediterranean sea; over 400 lives lost,
including Admiral Tryon.
AUGUST.
3. The pleasure yacht Rachel on Like Georoe
sank and carried down 0 people,
20 Tho Reading companys collier Panther
ana barge Lykens Valley wrecked off South
ampton. n. V; II drowned.
SEPTEMBER.
D. The liaytian warship Alexandra foundered
OIL Cape Tiburon, Hayti, carrying down 50
souls, among them a company of distin-
guished fIaytian diplomats
OCTOBER.
IA. Disastrous storm ON tho great lakes: tho
propeller Dean Richmond lost mt Van Blu
rem Point, carrying down Is of her crew.
the captain. his wife and children
NOVEMBER
!. Steamship City of Alexandria burned Off
Cajimar, Cuba; 81 people drowned while
trying to escape.
o. "a castaway sailors drowned Off Point aux
Barques. Lake Huron. by tho swapping of
boat.
9. British ship Jason wrecked Off Highland
Light Mass, In n gale; 25 scamen lost.
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general: Hilary A. Herbert of Alabama.
secretary OF the navy; Hokc Smith Of
georgia, secretary Of the interior; Julius
Sterling Morton OF Nebraska, secretary OF
agriculture.
u. non. THOMAS f. Bayard Of Delaware ap-
pointed United States ambassador to Great
Britain, tho first appointment under tho
title ambassador
APRIL.
10. The Duke of Veragua. lincal descendant
OF Columbus, arrived ut New York.
I. Dean William Lawrence chosen Episconal
bishop OF Massachusetts to succeed Phillips
Brooks. lately deceased.
o. Joseph II. Blount appointed minister to
Hawaii.
10. Tho 1nfanta Eulalio OF Spain arrived In
New York.
3. MRS. James G. Blaine, widow of Secretary
Blaine, sailed for England. where she will
reside permanently.
z. James Gordon Bennett seriously injured
by falling from II coach in Paris.
JULY.
9. The Duke of York prince George of Walcs)
and Princess Victoria May of Teck mar
ried in London.
Z. Congress met in extraordinary session.
~. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes celebrated his
eighty-fourth birthday.
SEPTEMBER
D. Augusta Bartholdi, the sculptor Of the Lib
erty statue in New York harbor. arrived in
that city from Europe
Z. Ex-king Milan of Servia stricken with ap-
oplexy.
IL. De Lesseps, tho Panama canal protector.
released from prison at Paris.
NOVEMBER.
H. General Master Workman r. " Powderly
Knights of Labor, resigned
DECEMBER
l. j. X. Sovereign OF Iowa installed general
owl, T.
.. Congress met in regular session.
o. The president again sent TO the senate tho
name OF William B. Hornblower OF New
York for Justice of the supreme court.