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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-05-31
THE LABOR EXCHANGE.

KANSAS SITN, MO-, May II, lo9S'
EDITORS KANSAS AGITAToR: In a recent
edition of the Kansas City Daily Star appeared
a two-coumn article bearing the following
double-leaded heading:
"Coal Miners of Usage County Kansas, in
Starving Condition! Gov. Morrill, has Sent the
Labor Commissioner to Investigate" etc., etc.
The day following, the Star contained the
information that ''the labor commissioner of
Kansas had investigated the reported starving
condition of the miners of Usage county, and
that the situation was truly deplorable. p" The
reason assigned by the labor commissioner for
was mo demand for coal' CD.
At that date, and to-day, there are no less
than 900 idle brick-makers and burners in this
city, and, hence, no demand for brick. At the
same time, there 10, 900 families in the city
that, if the wage-earners in them were idle 80
days, would be in danger of being evicted into
the streets for the non-payment of rent; and
vet, there is no demand for houses (O.
The farmers are losing their farms under fore
closure sales because there is no demand for
their products. Funny isn't it?
Oh! when will the wage-worker wake up to
the fact that nature furnishes the raw material
necessary for the erection of a mansion for ev-
cry family in the world, and an abundance Of
food Necessary for their maintenance?
Labor, the creator of all wealth, and which
provides all the comforts of human life, receives
but bare maintenance of meagre existence,
and goes hungry, naked and homeless.
Capital exploits labor, and, in the form of
Plutocratic syndicates, nonopolizes the natural
resources, the raw material and the finished
products.
All the sacred relations of wife, mother, father
and child are trampled beneath the brutal feet
of might.
But, new civilization is being born. A
dastardly attempt is being made to strangle it
at birth by the ignorant enemies OF humanity,
but they will not succeed. The magic wand OF
progress has touched the mighty bonds of capi-
talistic slavery, and they crumble beneath the
light of reason. The day for the emancipation
of the masses of humanity from industrial serf-
dom is dawning. The bright SUN of the first
morning Of the twentieth century shall never
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-05-31
When loving hands will gather,

When loving hands will gather,
In memory of the brave,
Every blossom in the garden
To deck the soldiers grave,
The Lord will send His sunshine
And early morning dew
To open up the field flowers
To add their sweetness, too.
The tiny blue wild aster,
The poppy, with its red,
The dainty white field daisy,
Each will bow its graceful head,
And God, himself, thus scatter,
In the forest, dark and lone,
All the Nations glowing colors
Over heroes graves unknown.
Exchange
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-05-31
THE BOYS IN GRAY.

Twas more than three decades ago
A long, long time away
That we were jolly boys in blue
Now, we are boys in gray.
A poet friend has said of you,
"He's on the craft that sails
In glowing scenes of constant youth,
Where boyhood never fails"
So, at the end of many years
Along life's rugged way,
The blue has mingled with the skies,
And we are boys in gray.
The true and brave of all the hosts
That wore the blue and gray
And fought for what they deemed the right
Are done with war to-day
The rosy, round-limbed queen Of peace
Has broken wars array.
His hosts, disarmed, are silver-haired,
And all are boys in gray.
Will L. VIsScHER.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-05-31
SECRETARY GRESHAM DEAD.

Walter Q. Gresham, Cleveland's secretary Of
state, died, Tuesday morning. His disease was
similar to that of which James G. Blaine died.
The remains were taken to Chicago for burial.
Mr.. Gresham was three times member Of
the cabinet.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-05-31
FRANK w. ELLIOTT.

THE two items following are taken from the
Eupora, Mississippi, Sun:
The Sun has all the time taken the position
that financial reform should be made the main
issue, and that other questions should be prac-
tcally ignored in order that all friends of fnan-
cial reform may unite with us and help to gain
a great victory in the next national campaign.
Free silver without other legislation would
leave things in as bad, if not a worse condition
than they are, for, when you place more money
in circulation without altering the laws of dis
tribution and other financial grievances, you
place it where it, too, will flow into the money
centers.
These two items don't exactly "dovetail" :"
We agree with the Sun in the latter item. The
person who expects to reform the country OH
the financial line alone will be wonderfully dis
appointed if his policy is carried out.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-05-31

OREGON Republicans, in convention, have
declared against silver and in favor of gold
standard The Republicans of majority of
states will do likewise.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-05-31

A REPORTER for the Topeka State Journal
visited Leavenworth last Saturday, for the pur-
pose of interviewing the saloon-keepers of that
city. He also called on Morrills police COM
missioners. The reporter represented that he
was looking up location for saloon. He
inquired of each saloon-keeper what he thought
of the state administration, and all expressed
themselves as we'll pleased with it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-17

The music seemed to annoy the lady,
and, stepping to the door, she threw a
piece of money to the man and told
him TO go away, which he did at once.
On returning to the counter she said
that none of the pins suited her, but
that as some compensation for the
trouble she had given she would buy a
brooch. She accordingly chose one,
paid ten francs for it. and was leaving
the shop when the jeweler missed a
diamond pin Of great value from among
those she had been examining.
He accordingly stopped his customer.
who seemed highly indignant, and in
sisted on the jewelers. wife searching
her. which was done, but no pin was
found The jeweler sent his sister to
watch the woman, who was seen to en-
ter another jeweler's shop, ane was pre-
tending to make a purchase when the
organ grinder made his appearance.
AS soon as he began playing she
again threw him some money and or
dered him to move on, but the person
who was watching her perceived that
with the money she had given the man
a piece of jewelry.
This was at once made known to the
police, who arrested both. and found
on the man several articles o. stolen
iewelry,
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HAND.


n1ng-s aismembered arm lay buried.
They disinterred the shattered mem
Der. And here comes the marvellous
part of this story.
In the first place, they found the
hand in twisted position, similar to
that described by Mr. King They
took hold of it carefully and placed it
In an easy and natural position. At
the moment they were manipulating
the hand in this manner the distant
patient, not knowing that any person
was contei- plating an act of the kind
remarked to his nurse: "Some one is
fooling with my hand" From that
time he lost the twisted and cramped
sensation. The nurse, also being I'M
aware of the intention Of the lumber
men, soon after stepped over to the
yard to learn if anyone had gone to
the cemetery to fix Mr.. Kings hand
The employees had not yet returned.
When they did return a comparison Of
watches showed that when Mr.. King
made the exclamation above quoted they
were then placing the dismembered
hand in an easy and natural position
Mrs. King asserts that from the time Of
this act as related and vouched for by
the gentlemen named, her husband has
rested easily and has not since COM
planned of the imaginary constrained
feeling which before had kept him
awake.
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lble and the visitor feels his head grow,
dizzy with the tumult, he may know
that the roost is at hand. 1t presents a
queer sight. Every tree contains its,
big ungainly bundle of sticks that con-
stitutes the home of the heron The
trees are nearly all straight and slender
and branchless for the lower thirty feet
Or SO. Out ON the bare limbs. on which
rude, fagot-like nests are placed, are
huddled dozens, even hundreds, of small
herons, not yet able to fly. By twcs,
and threes they sit, and, with hungry;
Bquawlss. await the home coming of the
parent birds When the old birds are
seen approaching any particular home
the hungry faagelirgs tumble bur
riedly back into the nest, inst as boys
who have been told to stay at home
sneak in through the back door when
their parents gre spied returning. Tho
reason for this Is that the old ones sit
on the side of the nest and distribute
the feast to each child in the nest. II
only one is there and the others are not
quick enough: to get back in time, that
one takes the whole meal. This par
TALLY does not always go unresented.
1t happens continually that the little
heron who got the big dinner also gets
a big thrashing. The others will peck
and pull at him till he is sometimes
knocked to the ground, there to Shrek
until the parents come back.
All day long from dawn till dusk the
herons come and go. bringing SO many
IL ii
il seems as if the creeks would soon be
hepopulated. In n few weeks the Young
will be leaving the nests and finding
their own food. Then for few weeks
the great heronry, having ceased to be
a nursery, will become roosting place
for the whole tribe. At the end of the
summer the birls viii leave for
warmer land, and Merwin's woods will
be quiet again until the first warm days
of the next season bring back the
boisterous but home-loving race. For
two or three nights before the elnigra-
ton begins q tremendous din is kept
up from sunset until dsybrcak. 1t
seems as though the herons had got
out their guide books time tables and
rate schedules and were holding a con-
suItation over the route to take going
south. The gunners that haunt one
route. the HAWKS that hover around
another, and the poor living along
third. one can imagine, are all sug-
rested and discussed. When all is
ready the birds leave in separate bands
of fifty or more each, and several days
elapse between the time OF breaking
camp and the departure of the last
Hock
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-17
FLOCKS OF HERONS
t4athered Together in tho Woods
Near Milford, Conn
teace-Loving Cottssen Disturbed by the
= DIN from tho Heronry In the Mer-
win Woods-Each Tree Has ut
Least One Nest.

Sunse: and early morning are get
ting to be unbearable down our way, !"
SAID the owner OF a cottage on Welch's
Point, near Milford. Conn, to a New
York Sun correspondent. 1.-The young
herons have Matched out back in the
Merwln woods, and they yawp for grub
night and morning till you'd think
there were ten ncnageries all COM
Slned and all nearly starved. want
TO see II l can get together some men
with guns and clean the whole bowling
nuisance outl'
A group of townspeople had collected
to listen and as the speaker paused
they all broke out at once in threats Of
what they would do if any man at
tempted to interfere with the heron
colony. The cottager was assured that
the annoyance would last only a week
or SO and then he was told the history
OF the ancient heronry.
just how old the bird settlement is
no one will ever know, because it was
there when the town was first settled
in 1859. Ever since it has hourished
and even increased in size and the num-
Der of its inhabitants. Gunners and
taxidermists who want specimens of
blue heron occasionally kill a dozen or
so. and in the early summer morning
marauding egg-hunting boys clean out
q few nests, but the baby herons come
faster than the old ones die off all the
time. The heronry is situated in a
patch of narshy woods on the Merwin
farm, half mile back from the shore
road. 1t covers two acres. A heavy
growth of birch and oak supplies the
nesting places. Every tree has one
nest, and some of the big trees have
three and four nests.
Long before the visitor comes in sight
of the nests, before he leaves the road,
In fact, he hears the sound of a thou
sand discordant voices. Grunts, hoarse
cries, shrin squeaks, Kisses and croaks,
combine to make the din. AS the Wis
ttor works his way nearer the noise
becomes deafening. Those who have
not heard it would have difficulty in
believing that SO great a variety of
sounds could be made by birds. When
the racket has grown almost intoler-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-17
WILL RULE AUSTRIA.

Archduke Charles Louis and His Wife
Have Charmed the English.
The heirs to the throne of Austria
recently visited oueeh Victoria and
charmed the English population, for a
wonder.
Archduke Charles Louis is the eldest
brother OF the Austrian emperor and is
an ideal gentleman-diguiied and be-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-17

orue eyes. he Is fortunate enough to
be much thought of in his native land,
because he is kind to high and low and
takes an .indefatigable interest in art,
commerce and literature.
Archduchess Marie Therese is also
, favorite, something of an Aus
TRAN princess of Wales. She was a
young girl when she married her hus-
band, who was a widower with four
children. She has dark, dreamy eyes
and wistful expression. She repre-
sents the sorrow-changed empress at
all public functions. She is a sports
woman. an artist and capital rider, as
is the empress.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-17

sociates in the yard called upon him to
make inquiries as to his progress to-
ward strength and recovery. Mr.. King
was progressing favorably, but in the
conversation that ensued he stated to
his friend that he imagined he felt a
cramp and constrained feeling in the
hand which he had lost He said he
felt rs though it were twisted, and he
could not resist the feeling OF trying to
turn it to a natural and easy position.
This sensation had so ANNOYED him
that lie had slept scarcely any the night
before.
This part of the conversation was
then dropped Soon Mr.. Kings bust
ness associate departed. Without say
ing word to Mr. King of his inten-
ton, he enlisted the services of another
attache of the yard, and the two pro-
ceeded to the cemetery where 4M-
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O'BRYAN s. GORDON,

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Above rs North Main s..
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ATTORNEYS LAW.
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ATTORNEYS ATLAw.
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HIS SEVERED HAND.
M. King Could Not Rest Until It Wa
Made Comfortable.

Made Comfortable.
Peter King. luulerman of Grass
Valley, recently met with a terrible ac-
cident. whereby he lost one of his arms
in a planning machine. The severed
lirub was buried in such manner that
when subsequently disinterred il was
foand that the hand and wrist were
twisted The strange feature OF the
affair, according to the Grass Valley
Tidings, is the fact that King suffered
considerable pain until the buried
member was dug up and Strengthened,
when the cramp and strained feeling
entirely vanished.
The accident occurred over a week
&Co The other nornirr .cne OF his as
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-17

The Brooklyn Elevated Railroad
Co., whose lines connect the central
part OF the city with half dozen large
cemeteries, Is to put in the necessary
equipment to run funeral trains. Spe
cial cars viii be provided and large
elevators are to be constructed at the
stations adjoining the cemeteries and
at certain other stations.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-17
CLEVER ShOPLIETER.

Madane Was Nervous and tho Barrel
Organ Annoyed Her.
A well-dreSsed woman recently en-
tered Paris jewelers. shop and asked
to see some valuable gold pins. While
she was examining them a man began
playing barrel organ before the door.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-17

We have the only Carpet Duster IN tbs
West, and have tust scded machin~ry for
Cry cleaning Q: dresses OF every kind VITA
cut ripping foriisrs. Cbensiis and Cur
isins Of all styles cleaned and lusrssis~f
10 give sstisf4cti0n Oar references shs
lts' In the city. ofies-i1 y. Market 81
fActory-Ssi West Douglas sva
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-05

Ola medal given him ~ his grand
father Thomas Blake, the t~cstator,
which medal had been in claimants
possession in England up tc the pres
ent time, ever since the murde. OF his
father and his own abduction to that
country. Finally he announced that
he should prove the identity of the
claimant by the positive knowledge Ct
respectable witnesses who recognized
n well remembered him.
Mr.. Clayton made no statement
to h jury; said that he would
show that while the medal
shown by the claimant was genuine
the claimant could not possibly have
had it in possession in England; and
That while many Of the facts which he
claimed to remember were correct,
they must have come to his knowledge
IN some way unknown, and that the
claim set up was fraudulent.
Witnesses on behalf of the claimant
Charles Molier."
First to testify was Judge Crane
Anthony Crane-one of the most re-
spectacle men in the county. He
really believed hat he recognized
young Joe Blake in the claimant, and
so testified point blank. Ha~lf-a-dozen
more of varying credibility and stand
ing testified in the same manner al
most as decisively as Judge Crane.
Then the identity of the medal was
established by the silversmith who
made it.
All the facts as to the disappearance
of Jefferson Blake and his son were
taken as true, on the admission of the
opposite side.
Finally, Colburn offered the testi-
mony of Mrs. Myra Blake upon a sim
gle point. Mrs. Blake being a party
interested. the opposing attorney
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FIRST TO TESTIFY WAS JUDGE CRANE.
asked Colburn to state his one point.
Il wish to prove by Mrs. Blake,
may it please the COURT said
Colburn, 'sthat her husband on
going away with his son on the jour
ney from which he never returned, had
said to his son half in jest and half in
earnest: Joe. if robbers attack us,
hide your medal in your shoe;' that she
had not repeated those words to others,
and that the present claimant had re-
minded her of them on their first meet
ing, while accounting for his having
saved hat medal when his father was
murdered"
After a whispered conversation be-
tween Sam Blake and Clayton, the
latter announced that they would adj
NIT that fact without calling Mrs.
Blake
The court now inquired of Colburn
whether he was through with the tes-
timony in behalf Of the claimant, Col
burn said that he was, unless he should
afterward decide to call Mr.. Molier, a
witness who had already been sworn.
The defense making no objection to
this, court adjourned for dinner.
Then the by-standers began to talk:
most of them surprised to find the
claimants case so well sustained
Those who had before wavered now
began to change sides; and those who
had believed in the claimant now felt
sure he would be declared the lawful
heir. :
1t really did aprear as if Colburn
had made out his case, and
that-so far as the proof went
the claimant was clearly the long
lost Little Joe'' Blake. One man, ac-
customed to sustain his opinions by a
wager, offered to bet $40 the claimant
would win his case.
I'll take that bet, Reynolds said
an old lawyer of much experience.
But you may know something about
the case which l do not said Rey-
nolds.
mo, i do not was the reply. "But
I know that Clayton is a good lawyer;
and when he declines to cross question
such testimony as that, it means some
thing
When the pretended Joseph Blake
went to the tavern for dinner, he was
warmly congratulated by men who
would not have noticed him before;
and everywhere there were indications
that the verdict of the public, at least,
had been made ex parte, without wait
ing for the other side.
In. the afternoon, when the witnesses
for the defense stood up to be sworn,
there appeared only Charles Molier-
already sworn by the other side. and
not examined-and John Drake, hotel
keeper Of Cincinnati. And Clayton
announced that they had sent to Gin.
cinnati by special messenger for an.
other witness-not known as such un'
Til three DAYS since; and that he would
no doubt be present next morning.
(TO BE CoNTINUED.)
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tack, had fallen a victim. Her uncle
ing of his son; his lamenta-
tions in the last hour over
the absence of his cousin Nivette who
had been his faithful nurse in the
former attack; and his sons dying de-
%claration that she was his one great
regret on leaving the world. Then he
announced that Adolf, before dying
had sent for an attorney to prepare a
will, and had devised to his cousin his
entire estate-a very considerable sum
and stated that she would find in
closed with letter a copy of the will,
duly certified under the laws of Louis
lana.
After Vivette had sufficiently recov-
cred her usual composure, she wrote
a loving and grateful reply to Ler
uncle at New Orleans. Her next
thought was to write to her
father also. But where was he?
She did not know; and she must bear
this sad intelligence alone until
his return. 1t would have been most
natural for her to communicate the re-
ception of that letter and it's contents
to her afianced husband. so soon to
be united with her at the altar; but
she resolved to announce the death Of
Adolf and not his loving legacy: and
to make the latter a pleasant surprise
to her husband after their marriage.
When Gust heard of the death of
Adolf Molier. he was visibly affected.
He had not. at any time. felt such
jealousy of Nivette's love as to think
less of another for loving her: that
was in his estimation, a thing to be
commended: and not only on Vivette,s
account for the loss Of her cousin but
on his own, be felt much honest regret.
But preparations for the approach
ing wedding went on; and he and vi
vette were awaiting Christmas day
with bright anticipation.
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for trial, inquired what was
the point at issue. MI. Col
burn, attorney for the pretended
Joseph Blake, stated the o.
tents of the bill and petition at great
detail, announced that the will upon
which the suit was based had been
properly proven, that it was acknowl-
edged by the opposite party to be as
claimed,-the last will and testament
of Thomas Blake, notwithstanding
the estate to his grandson Joseph
Blake, then in court present; and that
the only issue was as to the personal
identity of the said Joseph Blake.
The opposing attorney. Mr.. Clayton,
admitted the will and concurredin the
statement that the only question at
issue was that of personal identity.
The court then announced that
under that state OF affairs a jury
should be called to determine that
question Of fact.
A jury competent to try the issue
was found with less difficulty thar had
been expected.
In opening the case to the jury Mr..
Colburn recited the history of the
Blake family with much detail. He
proposed to show that the claimant
under the will had full knowledge of
all the facts in that history in the most
critical details, including essential
facts known only to the other mem
bers OF the family; and that he well
remembered one essential fact known
! only to two persons in the world be
side himself: those persons were his
) father, Jefferson Blake, and his
mother, Myra Blake. And that this
: tact was direct proof Of the identity