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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-05-08

indicates a general satisfaction with the
wool schedule, and has not received a sim
gle complaint in regard to the bill gem
orally from the farmers.
1T cannot be expected" continued Mr..
Steele, that any genuine prosperity and
stability will come to the country until
this tariff matter is settled and rates on
all articles adjusted permanently The
trouble was after the enactment OF the
Mckinley law, that the people did not al
low sufficient time for conditions to prop
erly adjust themselves and to allow the
law to show its full power, before they
overwhelmed the country with an adverse
criticism and demanded a trial OF low
tariff. The people of the country nave
had opportunity to see the free trade the
DRY put into practical operation and have
found it wanting. and now we hope that
when this present bill is enacted into law
they will be patient and allow the new
law to thoroughly adjust itself to the con-
ditions of the country, before passing
final judgment on its merits We conn
IDENTIFY predict that it will bring prosper
ity to the country. but it is not reasonable
to suppose that it can work miracles. or
that it can Immediately place the county
upon the footing and prosperous OASIS
which we had worked up to and enjoyed
through many years of continuous protec-
ton prior to the adventef the Wilson law
The country has demanded return to the
protective system, and no class has made
the demand stronger in this line than the
farmers. Now when the system Is put
into operation. let US give it the necessary
time, after the past years of tearing down
the protective walls of the country, to
gradually bring confidence and the hum
of industry, which has been through his
tory the accompaniment of a protective
tariff. @=S---s .=---+----r -
Under free trade, or a low tariff, the
producer or manufacturer has no assur-
ance what the prices for his products Will
be. The prices regulated by the
floods of material and manufactured ar
ticles which are unloaded upon our shores,
the products of the pauper labor of Eu-
rope; he is thus timid about pursuing this
line of industry to his full capacity for
fear it will leave him in debt by finding
his markets occupied by foreign goods;
thus his operations are circumscribed and
/ his purchasing power reduced to mini
mum and many of the people who sold
him their products find themselves with
out a customer. Such an instance multi
piled by thousands largely accounts for
the loss of the home market in this coun-
try"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-05-08
Member Ways and Means Committee
Hon. I. r. bod 2e.

Free traders are apt to sneer at the idea
of a tariff on farm animals, wheat, barley,
eggs and other products of the farm, and
call attention to the limited amount of
such imports. Ii they are intelligent. such
sneering is insincere; if impracticable doc
trinarians, they know no better. Without
a duty on wheat, it can be brought from
Argentine to New York at less expense
than from Nebraska; barley is brought
from Canada in spite of ordinary duties,
and cattle from Canada and Texas. Wool
was brought from Australia, Cape Colony
and several South American States when
the duty was II cents per pound, and
since il came in free, with free shoddy in
it's wake an amount in a single year,
equal to the entire clip of the United
States. has flooded the country, sending
prices below cost of production and a
butchers block, to expectation and to
death by neglect: reduced the value of
those remaining and almost eliminated
value from the pasture lands of farm and
range The manufacturers who were
promised so much benefit from free wool,
greater variety. cheaper cost, a larger out
put and a foreign market, have been over
run by enormous quantities and depre-
ciated qualities of manufactured foreign
goods. not admitted free. but at lower
duties and the result has been the shut
ting down of mills until al one time three
fourths of the factories were imperative,
artisans and laborers out of employ, con-
sumption of farm products reduced, conf
dence destroyed. panic intensified and ev-
cry interest of the country affected. The
wool growers and manufacturers alone
have lost more by this experiment of free
woods and lowered wooden duties than the
sum represented by the increase of the ma
| tional debt during Cleveiand's administra-
ton And who has gained? Nobody The
| quality of clothing is reduced more than
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-05-08
VIEWS OF THE MEN WHO FRAMED IT.
Leading Statisticians and Agricultural Experts
Also Commend It.
Measure Agriculture Ever Presented
o Congress.

The following expressions from leading
agriculturists, statisticians and statesmen
relative to the Dingley bill and its rela-
fion to the agricultural element of the
community and to agriculture itself. will
be of interest to every reader, whatever
his occupation. The class of men select
ed for this expression of views includes
men whose training as students of agri-
culture from a practical and statistical
sta ndpoint of actual practice in prepar-
ing the bill itself, renders their consensus
of opinion upon this measure extremely
valuable
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-05-08
Hon. ]. II. RriRharn.

II think the farmers generally without
regard to political associations are rather
anxious to see measure like the Dingley
hill passed, in order to see what the result
will be related to themselves. Even
those who have not heretofore believed
very much in the policy of protection to
American industries, want to see this bill
pat into operation in the hope that it will
afford them relief, and if it does they will
be very thankful. If it does not afford
the relief desired then they will turn
their attention TO something else. So far
as l am individually concerned, l have
always been an advocate of protection to
American industries. As a farmer. / have
felt that the agricultural interests have
not always been fairly treated in tariff re-
visions In the Mckinley bill. agriculture
received better treatment than in any 9TH
er measure, previous or subsequent, ex-
eept the Ding,ey hill. l had much to do
r,ersonally with the shaping of the McKin-
lev bill as related to the agricultural
schedule, being called upon by Major Nc
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-05-08
Signs Of Better Times

While the revival of industry from the
depression caused by the Democratic tarin
is slow, as was foreseen by all lnteiiigenI
men. it is, nevertheless. progressing STEAD
lacking that the hard times are passing
away. and better conditions returning to
all classes of trade and indrstrS.-San
Francisco Call.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-05-08
Southern Farmers Prosperous

Hon. J. Pope Brown, president of the
Georgia State Agricultural Society. is re-
ported al saying that 1.-The farmers OF the
State are in better condition than they
have been in twenty years." Mr. Brown
is a farmer, progressive, successful ana
PROSPEROUS. He ought to know and we
believe he is very correct.-Houston Home
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-05-08
Steady Business Improvement.

A good many people are complaining
that business is no better than it was be-
fore the election. There has certainly
been no boom, and men of small means
find 1t about as difficult to get money as
before; but there is certainly an improve
ment in financial conditions, and people
with good collateral and gilt-edged credit
can secure money for legitimate opera
lions at a lower rate of interest than ever
known before in this country.
If people will exercise a little patience
they may yet witness a marvellous bust
ness recovery as the result of the health
Ter political and industrial conditions
brought about by the inauguration of
Republican President and the passage of
a protective tariff.-Minneapoiis Tribune
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-05-08

The interest on our public debt lncreas-
ed 80 per cent during Grover Cleveland
second term in office, but the interest IN
Grover Cleveland and his party during
that time decreased more than 30 per cco'
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-10
CAUGHT By THE TIDE.
A Boy Fishes Too Long In One Place ant
Has q Struggle For Life.

A Boy Fishes Too Long In One Place and
Has Struggle For Life.
John Murray, who is IA years old,
hired a rowboat on a recent Sunday
morning at ThompsOn's boathouse at
the foot of Hudson Square park, Hobo
ken, N. j., and went fishing.
After trying his luck at several spots
on the river he rowed up close to the
Fourteenth street ferry house and drop
ped a line there. While he was fishing
his boat drifted under the ferry bridge.
The tide was rising rapidly, and when
he concluded to quit he found that the
space between the end of the bridge and
the water had decreased so that his boat
could not pass out.
He then pushed the boat along under
the ferry house and began shouting for
help. His cries were not heard, and he
then bethought himself Of pounding on
the floor above him with one of his
oars.
Captain Heffner, assistant superin-
tendent Of the ferry, heard the pound
ing, but at first he was at q loss to know
whence it came. Finally he heard Muir
ray shout. He then ordered several
planks in the floor Of the ferry house
torn up, and Murray was pulled
through on the pier.-New York Sun.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-10
One Member of the Postal Congress.

Among the most interesting Of the
foreign delegates to the postal congress
at Washington is the Hon. John Gavan
Duffy, postmaster general of the Aus
tralian colony of Victoria and eldest
son of old Sir Charles Duffy, the asso-
ciate of Daniel O'Connell and founder
of the Young Ireland party.
Sir Charles repeatedly suffered impris-
onment for his services to the cause of
Ireland, especially for his revolutionary
utterances in his influential Dublin
newspaper, The Nation. On one occa-
sion Sir Charles and the entire staff of
the paper were jailed by the viceroy,
Lord Clarendon, whereupon Lady Wilde,
mother of the ignoble Oscar, and Mrs.
Callan stepped into the breach, estab-
lished themselves in editorial control OF
the paper and continued to bring it ont
day by day, until finally it was sup
pressed by the British authorities.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-10
JAPS FIGHTING OPIUM.
They viii Attempt to Stop the Use of
In Formosa.

They VIII Attempt to Stop the Use Of 1t
In Formosa.
The Japanese government has issued
a law for the control Of opium smoking
in Formosa, the large island sur
rendered to it by China. This is in ac-
cordance with the policy announced at
the outset.
Instead Of interdicting the use Of the
drug altogether, except for medicinal
purposes, the authorities sanction its
employment 10y persons judged to be in
curably addicted to the habit. Such per-
sons are to receive licenses after medical
examination. All business connected
with the manufacture and sale Of the
drug or of apparatus for smoking it is
to be limited to license holders.
Penalties in the form Of penal servi-
tude and fines, ranging from 300 to
200 yen Japanese dollar), are pro
yided for the restraint Of unlicensed
sale, manufacture, and SO forth, and all
persons not furnished with licenses are
required to deliver up any opium OIL
opium smoking apparatus in their pos
session.
The government undertakes to pay q
proper price for articles thus surren-
dered and threatens that any failure tc
hand them over will be punished with
imprisonment not exceeding year OF
with fines up to $50 yen. 1t is estimated
that over 900, 900 Chinese in Formoss
use opium. Exchange.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-10
Bet His Life and Lost 1t.

Tom Marshall, a sheet writer in st.
Louis poolroom, died unexpectedly un-
der unusual circumstances recently.
just before the Algol race at Memphis
Marshall backed Algol, remarking as
he paid his money, 81 will bet my life
on that horse, he looks SO certain OF
winning"
Algol lost to Linda, and when the
result Of the race was announced Mar
shall fell down in his seat and shortly
afterward was found to be unconscious.
He was taken to his room, and ply
sicians attended him. They found that
he was suffering from heart failure,
and usual restoratives failed to quicken
that organs action. He sank gradually
till he died.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-10
RAN WILD ON THE HILLS.
Ho Wore n White Sheet and Frightened
the Farmers.


The wild man Of Eden township,
near Oakland. Cal. has been captured.
He is now safely housed in jail. lie
gives the name Of u. j. Koop and says
he is q messenger of the Lord. Keep is
known as the ghost of the Eden hills. "
Not long since Koop. who was work
ing at San Leandro, became possessed
of the idea that he was the worst sinner
IN earth and that he should hide him
self from the world. The first thing he
did was to abandon his clothing and
then baptize himself in huge tank, al
lowing the water to fall upon his body
for an hour.
Securing an old sheet, he wrapped it
about him and then roamed the bills.
During the day he hid in the brush and
at night wandered around, frightening
the farmers and their wives. Many
complaints were made to the authori-
ties. A posse was organized and a
search made.
The town baker, while going out at
daybreak, saw an apparition gliding
across the street. He was terrified and
fed. Farmer Driver and his son saw
what they believed to be ghost walk
ing in ravine near their home. They
came to town and told Of the strange
sight. Then the posse located him and
arrested him. Koop said he was obeyine
the commands of the Lord and felt that
it was his duty to roam like avid man
and avoid the people of the earth. He
has been committed to an insane asylum.
San Francisco Examiner.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-10


The Light brigade Of Billville is in q mighty
muss.
The boys went to barbecue an ended in q
fuss,
An we're havin a court martial that's a-settip
day an night,
An these here are the charges that they re
maxim left nm right:
Sergeant Slattery. salt an battery;
Colonel Boxer, playin poker;
Captain Kidders, huggin widders;
Major Mazcs, full a. blazes;
General Dearin, high toned swesrin;
Corporal Goldbraids, kissin old maids;
Colonel Shakedown, dancin breakdown;
General Loudshout, cleanin crowd out.
I tell you, but it's lively. There was never
nothin like.
You can't tell any minute where the lightnin's
goin TO strike.
We're enjoyin the proceedin's from the top rail
Of the fence,
For we're holdin court in Billville ut the gov.
ernment's expense.
Atlanta Constitution.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-10
Swallowed Her Teeth.

Miss Josie Glynn, the l7.year-old
daughter of Squire Glynn of Alton,
Ind, recently received very serious in
juries. The young lady rushed across
the dooryard to drive some chickens
out Of her flower beds and was caught
in the mouth by clothes line and
thrown backward, her head striking a
stone SO forcibly as to leave her uncon-
scious for nearly ~ hours. When the
young lady was picked mp. it was found
that she had lost eight teeth, which
were torn out by the clothes lire, some
Of which it is feared she swallowed. -
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-10
BIG SULPHUR DEPOSIT.
A Mine In Washington Which Promises
TO DO bonanza.

70 DO Al BONANZA.
Mining and agricultural interests Of
the northwest are mrcli interested in
the opening OF sulphur mino 40 miles
southeast of Tacoma and IL miles from
Buckley, on the main line OF the North
ern Pacific railway. Phc discovery is
considered to be most important consid-
ering the fact that very little sulphur is
produced in this country, while the de
mand is large and growing rapidly.
The supply now comes chiefly from
Sicily, from which island 1875, 023 tons,
valued at So, 500, 600, was imported dur
ing 1896.
Two years ago Frank Lowe Of Orting
was out prospecting i'll the mountains
of Pierce county when he came across
some huge powders Of soft, greenish
yellow rock. He broke off pieces for
analysis, finding that tho rock ran 4C
per cent in sulphur. A little investiga.
tion revealed that if a mine could be de-
veloped it would be better than an or
dinary gold mine, since the Sicilian sui
phur runs only 20 to 35 per cent ant
then by melting process is brought NJ
to 95 to 80 per cent pure sulphur. The
claims taken up by Lowe have since
passed into the hands Of the White Riv
er Sulphur Mining company. A control
ling interest has been sold to New Yorl
and Philadelphia men, who are nov
carrying ON development work and pre-
pairing to begin regular shipments il
the early summer Chicago Record.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-10
LIONS IN THE CELLAR.
A Farmer Finds Some Queer Tenants In
the Basement of His House.

A Farmer Finds Some Queer Tenants In
the Basement Of His House.
The cellar Of house inhabited by
human beings is a strange place for
wild beasts to make their home, but
they did it back in the hills near Sunol,
Alameda county, Cal, where Antonio
Nunez, a farmer, lives with his family.
Antonio is thrifty and industrious
man and has prospered. Not long ago
he moved from his old home into an
other house that had not yet been occu-
pied For several days after the family
moved into their new home they heard
strange sounds coming apparently from
the cellar. Nunez determined to make
An investigation.
Though courageous, Antonio is dis
Greet, and he called in a few friends to
his assistance. Armed with shotguns,
they made their way into the cellar.
They had hardly reached the side of the
stone walled place when from under
meath the stairway bounded splendid
specimen of California lioness. Be-
fore shot could be fred the animal es-
capped through the open door. A second
later, and the lion, big, ugly beast,
made jump for the stairway. This
time Antonio was ready and killed the
animal at the first fire.
While his friends stood guard at the
doorway Antonio made a search under
meath the stairway and found four cubs.
They were very comfortable. having an
overcoat and quilt for q bed. .-Ex-
change
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-10
Cut on Her Daughter.

The will of Maria Josefa Martinez Of
Yonkers, N. Y, was fled recently in
che surrogate's court at White Plains
She left $4,000 worth Of personal
property, which she divided equally be-
tween her two sons, Manuel J. and
Frederick r. Martinez, Jr., allowing
nothing to her daughter, Rosa Isabel,
wife Of Francois Boissy rAuglas Of
France. The two sons are appointed
executors Of the will.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-10
MVEFEATED
For Three Years He Suffered = Could
Hardly Breathe at Nighttime Nostrii
Closed for Ten Years.

Mr.. A. NJ. Ramsey, of De Leon, Texas,
was sufferer from Catarrh in its
worst form. Truly, his description OF
his sufferings seem little shOrs 1t mar
velous. Instead of seeking nis e-ssfs
glad for the nights coming, he went 10
Il with terror, realizing that another
long, weary, wakeful night and .
struggle to breathe was before him.
DE LEON, TEXAS
Mssvs. Lippman Bros, .Sdpannsh, Ga.
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In fact. dreaded TO see night come. Now
sleep soundly in any position all night.
am so years old, but expect soon TO be able
to take hold of the plow handles. feel glad
that was lucky enough to get 7. T. p, and
heartily recommend it to my friends and the
public generally.
Yours respectfully NJ RAMSEY.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, ,,.
County of Conanche,
day, personally appeared "A. NJ Ramsey, who,
after being duly sworn, says on oath that tho
foregoing statement made by him relative to
TIE virtue OF p. r. 2. medieine; is H;crv true;
Sworn to and subscribed before M. this,
J. NJ LAMBERT, p,
Comanche County, Texas.
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The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-10
PEOPLE IN GENERAL.

Nine. Nordica recently made her
promised temperance at the Opera in
Paris as Elsa in "Lohengrin.
Aroostook, Me-, now has Free Bap-
tist clergywoman, the first, IL is be-
lieved, in Maine. She was recently
ordained.
The Greek General Smolentz is 45
years of age and graduate of the best
military schools. He is considered the
most expert srtillerist in the Greek
army.
Sarah Bernhardt, who has always had
a morbid dread Of fire, is attempting to
have all her stage dresses made Of fire.
proof material.
Professor Berkeley, colored, Of Clafiin
university, south Carolina, is candi-
date for the consulship Mt Stuttgart
He speaks German and French fiuently.
Mr.. Balfour has assigned e750 of tho
royal bounty this year to the two sur
viving daughters Of William Carleton,
the Irfsh novelist, who are in poverty.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-10

General Nelson A. Miles went to Jer-
sey City on recent afternoon and re-
covered the soarfpin stolen from him
while he was guest at Taylor's hotel
ON Feb. 10 last. The general did not
prosecute the thief. He stated that he
desired to sail at once for Europe and
could not appear in the police court.
The thief is Thomas Corcoran, a colored
hallbOy at the hotel.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-10
IlkE lUTICE 7

That We are sole agents I'm Pawtuclet and
The Blackstone Valley for the celebrated
salt Glazed Granite sewer Pipe. The superi-
ority or THIS pipe over all other "a es ~
demonstrated from the fact that the city OF
luMtucketatter carefully Inspecting gveral
dlneront makes OF pipe determined 20 usu
ana nave used ms pipe Tor several years in
preference TO all others.
We carry n large stock nj all times, which
We Will sell in any amount ut the lowest
price
We also wish To inform YOU that we are
licensed Drain Layers and Plumbers and
will be pleased To furnish you estimates on
making new sewer connections or repalying
% Il ones.
If youhave any new Plumbing TO do or any
repair work 10 be looked after, give as -
trial.
w, are prepared 10 do everything in the
line of Modern Plumbing and House Heating
according 10 the latest and most scientific
principles.
We put in Chandeliers for Gas or Electric
lighting and are Electric Engineers in every
line.
We carry full line of Engineers Supplies,
and do brass finishing and mil work OF ~
kinds. f.
We are manufacturers agents for line of
Steam Pumps, also for the celebrated Ini- :
proved Welsbach Light. In fact, there IL
nothing new in our line that we do act
thoroughly investigate, and all the bert
modern ideas are incorporated into cav
business.