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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

According to the last report OF the
bureau of Statistics, breadstuffs ex-
ported during August were valued at
S13.854,311, against an amount valued
at ss.571,9 74 exported in August, 1895;
and the exports during the eight
months ending August were valued at
sol. $40 200, against $73,0S5,79o, and
during the two months ending August,
SIG, 2s8, 27s, against $1s,o72.SS7, during
the corresponding period Of the
preyious season. During August
q es3. 0O4 bushels of wheat were
exported, against 4,243.ss7 bushels
in August, 1895; and during the
two months ending August 1923, 46e
bushels were exported, against $685.
463 bushels in the two months ending
August, 1895. Corn exported amounted
to 8, AIS, $3.50, against ASSISTS bushels in
Ars,.st, and 14,334,1S0 against 1858,
435 bushels during the two months
ending August. Other grains exported
in the two months ending August, COM
pared with the same two months Of
1895, were: Rye, 993,349, against 1872
bushels; oats, s,OS4,436. against 1885,
159 bushels; barley. 2,754,424, against
790,1e0 bushels. In the same two
months were exported 2,S17, 313, against
1,9s7,TS3 barrels Of -four; 5,O96,215,
against 5,083,055 pounds of oatmeal;
47,7ss, against 3S.247 barrels Of corn
meal for the two months ending Au-
gust, 1895.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20
Captured in Oregon.

Word has been received at Hamilton,
Ohio, that Lewis Vanhise, wanted at
Westchester, Ohio, for murder, Is
under arrest at Salem, Ore. Lewis Van
hise was indicted by the Butler coun-
ty, Ohio, grand jury in October, 1891,
for the killing Of old man Cutler, aged
76 years, at Harris saloon, in West
chester, September, 1891. The kill
ing was cold blooded and brutal af-
fair. Vanhise was raising a disturb
ance in the saloon, and old man Cutler
stepped up to him and asked him to be
more quiet. Vanhise pulled his re-
volver and struck Cutler fearful blow
on the temple, fracturing his skull.
The affair happened at o'clock in the
afternoon and Cutler died the next
morning. Vanhise fled the country and
I'D to about two months ago could not
be located Sheriff Bruck and Prose-
cutting Attorney Smith took up the
case, and to them belongs the credit
of the capture. Vanhise is also want
ed for skipping a $500 bond on case
of horse stealing in June, 1887.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20
Dark Hints at q Father.

AS Mr.. Ernest Graft was hunting IN
a strip of woods on the outskirts oil
Jasper, Fla, the other day, his dog be-
gan scratching the ground near fallen
tree. Mr.. Graft made an examination
and found a human foot protruding
from the ground. The body was buried
in a shallow grave and so decomposed
as to be unacceptable. Nearly COW
cred by brush and dirt were found a
girls hat, some underwear, and shoes
and stockings. The articles were recsg'
nized as having been worn by Lily
Gauntling, the 16-year-old daughter OF
Claiborne Gauntling, well-to-do citi'
zen of Jasper. The searchers also
found buggy robe, which belonged to
Claiborne Gauntling. Six weeks ago
the girl was missed and her father
said she had gone to Georgia. Gaunt'
ling has been arrested, but asserts his
innocence. 1t is believed that Gaunt-
ling killed the girl to prevent her &C.
cusing him. The feeling is bitter
against him and there are threats o
lynching.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20
It is learned that the Savings Bank

It 10 learned that the Savings Bank
examiners week ago advised the trus-
tees to ask for Marsh's resignation as
treasurer, and that the meeting Thurs
day was for the purpose of accepting
it. Marsh is said to have been heav-
lily interested in the stock market and
to have lost most of his fortune. The
Savings Bank commissioners Thursday
night announced that not a dollar Of
the bank funds had been touched.
Wednesday night trustees of various
trust funds met, and Marsh, their
treasurer, was unable to produce those
funds. The shortage in these funds is
now estimated at $150,0O0, which, be-
sides his private fortune of 100000,
has been sunk in stock speculations.
He was hit especially hard by August
money stringency.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

The effect of electricity on projectiles
while in flight has been illustrated by
some recent trials of the Swiss army
rifle. During this trial strange de-
Elections of the bullets were noticed
mat could not be accounted for until
It was discovered that an electric line
paralleled the range. Experiments
were made by building a line of four
steel cables the full length of the
range, 7S0 feet, and about 12o feet from
It. When these cables carried heavy
current of electricity the lateral defiec-
ton for this distance was about 70 feet.
For a longer range the DETECTION was
much increased; with artillery and
range of 5000 feet, the DETECTION from
the true line is claimed to reach the
enormous amount Of IA degrees. 1t u
not stated whether the deviation is to-
ward or away from the electrical ca
oles.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

There are some queer things about
the law. A postoflce safe was robbed
in California, Mo-, some time ago. In
such case the department pays $2oo
each for the conviction Of the persons
engaged in the robbery. There were
five persons engaged in the affair, but
the authorities had no clew to the men.
It happened that the guilty persons
were in a saloon some time afterward.
One of the crowd got into dispute
with a farmer, who killed him. IT
turned out that the man killed was the
ringleader and had the bulk OF the
booty on his person. His death re-
suited in proving the completely in the
robbery of the four other men. The
men who captured the four have been
ellowed $500. The farmer made appli-
cation for 5000, but the court has decid-
ed that he cannot get it, because the
head robber was neither arrested nor
convicted. He was simply dead-and a
postoffice robber has to be taken alive,
to win reward.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

roles for the actresses ere those in
which she appears as her every day
self, with the additions of force or
sweetness, or establishment Of dress,
but the opportunities to reflect flnesse
or intellect and the study Of human ma
ture are few. Attempts have been made
Of late to give to the stage strong new
role, but these have invariably degen-
Grated into depicting depraved side
Of woman's character. Even Camille,
for years considered as the strongest
female role in the drama, has been
condemned for this reason. There are
so many better traits in woman that
would serve the dramatist and bring
forth admiration in place of pity and
adherence" concludes Miss Daven-
port, that 1t is to be regretted that the
playwright, who so understands men,
should be so little conversant with the
character Of women"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

Lackaye and Maurice Barrymore. Luck
less, indeed, says the New York Her
aid, Is the wight of ordinary mental
caliber who tumbles In between them
when they are in bantering mood.
Such hapless mortal was for long
time one of the regulars" in the
Lambs. He drank whenever he was
asked, and talked pretty nearly all the
time. AS is sometimes true of actors,
the personal pronoue dominated his
conversation. He was forever convers-
ing about himself. But he never treat
ed. One evening the subject of his lay
was his intention to write the story Of
his own life.
whats that?" asked Lackaye.
"My autobiography" replied the COM
placent young man who mover invited
his friends to drink.
with the accent on the 'bi?" quer-
led Barrymore.
NO" said Lackaye, quickly. with
the accent on the ought to-"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

the H. w. Williams Meteors for the
season of 1S93-94. Weber & Fields en-
gagged her for the Russell Brothers Co.
for the season of 1895. and she created
a very favorable impression by her
clever imitation of the Bowery girl
Next she went with the Rentz-Santley
combination. under the management Of
Abe Leavitt, playing the principal girl
parts in the first part and burlesque,
and also appearing in her specially.
Miss Scott is playing dates at present.
She is Of attractive form and features,
and her character work, as we'll as her
singing, readily win her audiences.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

brains with carbine Thursday after
noon. The bank examination was in
progress, and he had an appointment
to meet the trustees. When they met
they found note saying that Mr..
Marsh's body would be found at his
summer house at Annisquam. They i'm
mediately ordered the bank closed for
the day, and sent a messenger to An
nisuuam, who found Marsh nervously
pacing back and forth in his home.
The messenger returned to the bank,
and shortly afterward Marsh sent his
servants on errands. When one re-
turned he found Marsh's dead body in
the cellar with a hole in the head as
large as baseball. Near him was the
message: IF you think man Is a
coward to do this you had better try
it."
BEGINNING early Thursday afternoon,
half a dozen men arrived from Bos-
ton and were conveyed at once to
the bank. These men have been with
the bank trustees, who declare that the
bank is all right, and that they Will
issue a statement.
One-fifth of the valuation Of GloI-
cester was on deposit with the bank.
Mr.. Marsh was director Of the estate OF
George H. Rogers, in whose counting
room he was brought up. He was OF
literary and aesthetic tastes, an anti
auarian and founder of the Gloucester
Historical society. His residences at
Gloucester and at Aunisquam were
iuxuriously fitted UP.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20
Quarrel Followed by Murder.

Mrs. Seemin l.. Axe of Omaha was
found dead at an early hour the other
morning in the street Of Council Bluffs,
Iowa. She had been shot in the head
four or five times. Any one OF the
wounds would have probably proved IA
tai instantly. A careful search was
made where the body was found, but
no clue could be discovered. There
were no traces of a struggle. Mrs. Axe
was a dressmaker, about so years OF
age. It is believed she was murdered
to prevent her from telling something
damaging to the murderer. One man
says he heard the man and woman
quarreling about 9 o'clock the night
previous, and heard the man call the
woman a liar. The motorman says he
saw a man and woman struggling in
the vicinity about II o'clock, and heard
at least two pistol shots on his return
trip soon after midnight.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

1t is often asked If actors feel the
emotions they portray on the stage.
CoQuelin, the great French actor, says
they should not, as acting is the art OF
make believe, and that while the ar
fist is moving his auditors to tears he.
himself, should be absolutely cold and
unmoved. That, he says, is art. Other
celebrated actors urge the contrary.
Mounet-Sully, for instance, declares
that unless the actor feels emotion
himself his tones must have a false
ring. AS regards courtships and
marriages between members Of the
same dramatic company, comparatively
few occur, which perhaps bears out M.
Coquelin's argument. 1t seems, how
ever, only natural that, after being al
most constantly in each others COM
pany for nine months out of the year,
and most of the time exchanging ten
der sentiment on the stage, the love
spark spoken of by the poet should
burst into flame.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

The wheat crop in Manitoba is not
thrashing out as well as was expected,
and the government has revised It's es-
innate, reducing the amount to some
thing less than 100000 bushels,
against 100000 last year. The
acreage under wheat was little short
Of 100000. This does not include
wheat of the northwest territories.
Not to exceed 100000 will be avail
able for export.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20
A. H. DOWNEN.

in Denver the other day. After q
search of his room had revealed large
amount of booty, he confessed to fully
fifty hold-ups in the suburbs Of the
city, as we'll as the murder Of one
man, Joel Ashworth, and Of man and
woman in California. He says he
served seventeen years in the Califor-
mia penitentiary for stage robbery and
grand larceny, but was never arrested
for the murders. The Ashworth muir
der was committed in June last, and
has ever since baffled the police de-
partment. Downen says he was try
ing to hold the man up. He says he
will plead guilty of murder, and wants
to be hanged rather than serve more
time in the penitentiary.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20
Debut an Easy Matter.

For q young woman who has to work
for her livelihood there are few call
ings or professions which are so at
tractive as the stage. 1t is compar-
atively easy career to enter upon since
NO long years Of study are necessary.
When / say study Is not necessary,
mean that the manager does not de-
mand of the debutante a diploma as
she would have to furnish before enter
ing any of the other professions. Pre-
paratory study for the stage is, of
course, highly necessary, but girl
possessing beauty Is far more likely to
find favor with the average manager
than the girl who, by dint of study,
has the theory Of acting at her finger
tips and has rehearsed every important
part in the classic repertoire. Beauty,
or at least good looks, is absolutely
necessary to the young woman enter
ing upon a stage career. 1t does not,
indeed. insure her success If that be
her only gift, but the possession of it
materially helps her to attain the end
she Is seeking. There have been, no
doubt, instances that have been ex-
ceptions to the rule, but in most of
these exceptions a homely face has
been Illuminated by genius. Eleanora
Duse is an example. She is by no
means beautiful in face or figure. Her
face is almost plain, and yet one is so
spellbound by the genius of the actress
that at times one thinks her beautiful.
wits in the Lambs Club.
There are some nerciless wits in the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20
Other members

a native of st. Louis. Other members
Of the family were also actors, and she
evidently inherited the taste for the
stage, for she began to recite and imi-
tate while almost in her infancy. She
is a very pretty, plump little girl, ad-
mirably suited for ingenue work, and
her success is unquestionable. She
will play in the Lyceum stock COM
pany the roles formerly taken by Eff
fie Shannon and Katherine Florence.
Perhaps-like Miss Florence-she will
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

"You don't appear to be making
much Roadway with your new town."
mo; six hundred settlers arrived on
Wednesday last, but all were born edi-
tors and wanted to start a newspa-
per. If we could only get three farm
ers and couple Of mechanics, per-
haps we could open business"
1t goes without saying that an au-
thor, to succeed in literature. must
have "The Red Badge Of Courage" in
no limited measure.-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20
A Record Breaking Lady's Man.

A Record Breaking Lady's Man.
"You may talk about ladies men"
Brigham Young surveyed an assort-
ment of his families as he thought this
thought.
But rather hatter myself that
I hold the lady's man championship
for the civilized world"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20
A Cbild,s Heart in Spirits.

Among the bizarre articles offered
for sale recently at the Hotel Druot,
Paris. was child's heart immersed in
a Jar of spirits, and, although ninety
seven years had passed since the or
gan was placed in its transparent re-
ceptacle, every portion of it, right and
left auricle and ventricle, and even a
portion of the aortic arch, was in Q
perfect state of preservation.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

Doctor" said he, I'm victim OF
insomnia. I can't sleep if there's the
least noise, such as cat on the back
fence, for instance"
"This powder will be effective" re-
piled the physician, after compound
ing prescription.
when do 1 take it, doctor?
"You don't take 1t. You give II to
the cat in a little milk."-Odds and
Ends.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

Prince Hilkoff ordered $4,000 Amer
lean watches for Russian railroad en-
ployss. He will have some fun II he
tries to compare all Of them with a
company clock.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20
JESSIE MACKAYE.

Stage Whispers.
Louisville prohibits obscene" 18th
ographs.
Modjeska has just passed her 50th
year Of life.
LA Dame aux Camellias" has passed
it's one thousandth performance in
Paris.
Mrs. Inez Sprague, wife Of ex-Gov.
Sprague, of Rhode Island, will shortly
go on the operate stage.
A new theater in Berlin has green
room arranged like the saloon of a
steamer, and room for the press
representatives, where authors, NAN
ayers ard players meet.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

CURRENT SAYINGS AND DOINos
OF STAGE FOLK.
Fanny Davenport not Satisfied with the
Position of Actresses on the Program
Easy for Pretty Girl to Make Her
Debut.

AMY D A V e NJ
PORT thinks that
the women on the
stage ought to have
as good parts to
play as the men,
but they don't.
plays with strong
m a | Q character
parts are innumer-
able" says Miss
Davenport, "b u t
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

Falk with the unsuccessful man long
enough and he will be sure to tell you
that there was time wien he was
making $4,000 year, and had all his
expenses paid.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20
A NIlsinterpretation.

1.-THE principle upon which human
affairs are and ought to be conduct
ed" said the thoughtful man, SIS the
greatest good to the greatest num-
ber.'"
Eyes," replied the malcontent, the
only trouble that l see is the preva-
lent impression that what is meant is
the greatest number of dollars.
Washington Star.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

And what do you think! 1t is an
nounced that the gay and ever fair
Lillian Russell is about to take her
fourth plunge into the troubled sea of
matrimony. Lillian Of course denies
1t, but her three ex-husbands say they
wouldn't wonder bit If it was true.
And she has golden bicycle, too,
which no man can ride.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

A citizen of Macon county, Mo-, last
week paid $40 which he had borrowed
forty-six years ago at 10 per cent, on
which he had paid interest to the
amount of $116.25.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

Here is real sweet girl. The other
day she fell headlong into a vat con-
tanning sixty gallons of molasses at
Newton, Mass, and she has been quite
stuck up ever since.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

The Somerville lawyer who bought
cord Of hard wood, unsawed, for his
crate fire this winter, hasn't burned
any of 1t yet. He gets plenty warm
enough saving it.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

Carrie Scott was born in Paterson,
N. j., Feb. IA, 1870. Her first
appearance on the stage was made
in a small role, with Harry Web
ber's company, at the Harlem
theater, New York, in 1891. The fol-
lowing season she appeared in her spe-
cialty, playing dates until she joined
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20
THE MURDER RECORD
FIENDISH DEEDS DONE BY
SATAN'S SLAVES.
treasurer Marsh of the Cape Ann Saw
ings Bank Kills Himself in Despair
Denver Man Confesses to Hefnous
Crimes-Other Mad Deeds.

HE attention Of the
police has been
called to a couple
of young men who
have worked Tole-
do in the interest
of what appears to
be a cold blooded
crime. They were
we'll supplied with
money, and were
evidently DESTROYS
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

Pussy people generally weary them
selves more than they annoy others, a
fact that is one of natures compensa-
tons.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20
KANSAS.

Only those who have reisure for .
subsequent rest receive benefit from
vacations
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

There is no use arguing with a man
who draws wages from the other side
Of the question.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

Pretty Jessie Mackaye.
Jessie Mackaye, another pupil OF Mr..
Sargent's, is related to the late play
wright manager Steele Mackaye, and Is
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

Mrs. McGinnis-'Now, Patrick, when
we call on the O'Reagans place don't
forgit yer etiquette"
Patrick-"Indade, an 1t isn't the
loikes ov yur ould man t forgit so i'm
portant a duty. Shure an OF hav'
pint ov 1t in my inside pocket"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20
Bank Cashier Suicides.

Treasurer George F. Marsh, life and
soul of the Cape Ann Savings bank,
Gloucester, Mass, whose deposits are
more than s3,O25,O0 and trustee Of
funds amounting to 100000 more, in
Guiding those of the Gilbert hospital
and Gilbert Old Peoples home, COM
mitted suicide by blowing out his
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

Of securing information relative to a
woman who could easily be induced TO
leave the city. They gave it out at
first that they were going to start .
swell boarding house. But their real
mission developed when they had
shipped Myrtle Dean, Millie Capner,
Eva Gray and Mary Williams to Chi
cago, buying tickets for them at Mus
kegon, Mich. They induced Nellie
Parmeter and Rose Elliott to go to
the same place in Chicago. Little sus-
picion was attached to their visit and
operations until travelling man rec
ognized one of them as man who
was run out of Omaha. He is recog-
nized as one of the leaders of a gang
Of insurance company defrauders who
has operated in the west for several
years. Their plan is terrible one. In
Chicago, their headquarters, they take
out heavy insurance policies on the
lives of the women members ct the
gang. The woman's life being once
insured, she goes away from home.
She sends no word back to the man
posing as her husband and in time de-
tectives are employed to search for
her. The result is that a body is
found that tallies very closely with that
of the body of the missing woman
when she disappeared. 1t is believed
the women sent to Chicago were to be
employed as substitute bodies after the
old scheme worked by this man in the
west, and which has come to light on
several occasions in Chicago within the
last three years.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

Two Dead and One More Will Die.
George Gore and Frank Martin, min
ers, and Deputy Sheriff Tatum, assist
ed by ]. Sullivan, a jewelry drummer
from Bessemer, engaged in deadly con-
flict at Belle Ellen, near Blocton, Ala
Sama, the other day. The officer made
an attempt to arrest Gore, for whom he
had warrant. Gore resisted and fired
two loads of heavy bird shot at the
officer. Tatums pistol twice snapped,
but he finally got it into play. and just
as Gore fired the second shot his pistol
killed Frank Martin, who had come to
Cores assistance. By this time Sulli-
van had come to the aid of the officer
and shot Gore dead with pistol. Sew
eral others were slightlywounded. A
mob gathered and made demonstra-
lions against Sullivan and Tatum, but
the latter finally won the field. Gore
ran q blind tiger" and had boosted
that he would kill the officer who at
tempted his arrest
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-20

wits in the Lambs Club.
There are some nerciless wits in the
Lambs Club. Two IF them are Wilton