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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-20

Is it Elkhorn, or the hornless elk
they call Fitzsimmous
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-20

Genuine BARGAINS ia every
thing in the line ] keep. When Isay
bargains / mean it. Come and see.
W. L. JONES, Jeweler.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-20

City Band Fair-Nov. ed.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-20

Try the INDEPENDENT.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-20

COMMISSIONER OFFICE.
Martinsburg. w. Va, Oct. %, 1897. !
In re.
Catharine a Becker, Adm X of j, A.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-24
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
Condemned Proceedings of the Senate and
House in Extra Session.

House in Extra Session
In the senate on the 18th Senator Davis
(Adinn.) reported from the foreign relations
committee resolution empowering the presi-
dent to take steps for obtaining the release Of
Americans confined in Spanish prisons in Cuba
The senate was afterwards a deadlock over
the resolution of Senator Harris (Kan.) to pre-
vent the disposal of the government lien on the
Union Pacific railway under the terms of an
alleged agreement 1t finally went over In
the house Mr.. Simpson tkan-) introduced
resolution for investigating the sugar trust
The deficiency appropriation bill was sent to
conference and the house then adjourned
THE attention of the senate on the 18th was
taken up with the resolution of Senator Harris
Chan-) relating to the pending judicial pro-
ceedings against the Union Pacific road. but
no conclusion was reached and it finally went
over. The joint resolution accepting the invi-
tation of France to participate in the Paris ex-
position of 1909 was passed No business was
transacted in the house, motion to adjourn to
the next day being agreed to Immediately after
the journal was read
THE Harris resolution relating to the Union
Pacific railroad was again discussed in the SEN
the 10th. An executive session was then
held and afterwards an adjournment was taken
until the next day The house agreed to the
partial conference report on the general de-
fciency appropriation bill and then concurred
in the senate amendment fixing the limit of
cost of armor plate for the three battleships
now building at $500 per ton On motion of Mr.
Broderick (kan- the senate resolution directing
the secretary of war to issue 900 tents for the
use of the Grand Army encampment at Leaven
worth, Kan, next October, was adopted The
house then adjourned until the 10Th.
THE senate spent the 10Th in discussing the
resolution of Senator Harris (kan-) relating to
the Union Pacific railway. Senator Morgan
(Ala) spoke in favor of the resolution and SEN
ator Stewart (Nev-) in opposition to it Sena-
tor Thurston (Neb) also opposed the reSolu-
ton The final conference report on the gen.
eral deficiency bill was adopted in the house
and then Mr.. Dingley announced that he de-
sired to present the conference report on the
tariff bill. Applause on the republican side
greeted the announcement and Mr. Dingley,
after failing in his effort to secure time for a
vote. commenced his speech. Mr.. Wheeler
(Ala-) opened the debate for the democrats
Mr. Payne IN. W closed for the republicans
After IL hours of continuous debate the report
was adopted by a vote of 1S5 to 11S and the
house adjourned until the 21St
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-24
TO ENTER KANSAS CITY.
Positive Statement That the Frisco VIII
Run Over the Osceola d Southern
was injured.

Positive Statement That the Frisco VIII
Run over the Osceola Southern
Tracks.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July Git is al
most certain that the St Louis & San
Francisco railway will be running
freight and passenger trains into Kan
sas City this year. Conrad Miller, of
Bangor, Pa, president of the Kansas
City, Osceola & Southern railway, and
General Manager Josselyn are driving
over the 40 miles of country between
Osceola and Bolivar, Mo-, the present
southern terminus of a Frisco feeder
from Springfield 1t is announced with
authority that two surveyors will be
ordered Immediately with the view
of ascertaining the cost of the long
talked-of extension, which, with the
Frisco, will give another Kansas City
st. Louis and Kansas City-Texas line.
The Frisco will enter Kansas City over
the tracks of the Kansas City, Osceola
& Southern railway. The deal has
been in contemplation for some time,
and it is announced that it will be con-
summated without further delay.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-24
THE LOGAN CEREMONIES.
Notable Guests Already I'm Chicago-Grea1
Military Display Sure.

Military Display Sure
CHICAGO, July 81. Distinguished
guests who are to take part in the
Logan monument day ceremonies
Thursday have already arrived
Among them are Secretary of War
Alger. The arrangements for the de-
monstration are under full Roadway.
The committees and subcommittee
which have assumed charge of the
various details of the preliminary
work, are holding morning, afternoon
and evening sessions, and their plans
are well advanced The civic and mill
tary features promise to surpass those
of any similar demonstration that
has even been held west of
the Allegheny mountains Ten thou
sand soldiers in arms, 1000 veterans
who followed the lead of the COM
mander whose deeds are to be perpetu-
ated in bronze, 5000 members of uni
formed orders to which Gen. Logan
belonged during his lifetime and
multitude of civilians organized under
various names will march in the pa
rade, which is to be the spectacular
feature of the unwilling of the monu-
ment in Lake Front park.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-24
First Salvation Army Colony.

LAMAR, Col, July 30: Commander
Booth Tucker, of the Salvation army,
in company with James A. Davis, gen.
eral industrial commissioner of the
Santa Fee route, and John E. Frost,
land commissioner of the Santa Fe, is
looking over lands in this country with
a view of selecting a location for one
of his colonies. He has selected
southern Colorado, and will secure 5O,-
600 acres of land under some of the
large canal systems for the location of
the first colony. He is reported to be
backed by John D. Rockefeller.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-24
STUBBORN FACTOR.
Perry Belmont Says England Alone Blocks
Bimetallic Action.

Perry Belmont Says England Alone Blocks
Bimetallic Action.
New YORK, July 20.-Perry Belmont,
who has just returned from Europe, in
a carefully prepared interview, had
this TO say on the money question:
In regard to the present attitude of Europe
toward international bimetalliSm. there are adj
vocsites of it in France. England and Germany
as there were year ago. but the advocacy has
not increased in volume or intensity. Neither
France nor Germany will join with US in placing
gold and silver a parity, unless England
leads the way. The continued increase in gold
production. the surplus last year and this year
of British incomes over expenditures, the con-
tinued supremacy of England in commerce and
of London as an international money market
have the effect of purSuading the parliament
that the present coinage, currency and financial
system is good, even though there is distress
in nd
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-24
JEAN INGELOW DEAD.

A Popular English Poet OF By-Gone Day
Passes Away in London.
LONDON, July 21.-Miss Jean Ingelow,
the well-known poet and novelist, died
here last night in her 9th year.
Jean Ingelow was born in the quaint old town
of Boston, Lincolnshire. Eng. When she first
came before the public, in 1850, by publishing a
volume of Poems by Jean Ingelcw,'' she
speedily found echo in the heart of the Eng
lish people and recognized by the critics
as u genuine poet A generation or more ago
it believed that Miss Ingelow had been
sent to succeed Mrs Browning One critic has
said that her poetry then ranked above Tenny-
sons and next Longfellows, both in En-
gland and America The announcement of her
serious illness at that time would have had
conspicuous mention and caused widespread
regret but when it came last fall it attracted
so little attention that many persons Will learn
only by her death that She had been i'll
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-24
CASHIER HELD UP.
The Would-Be Robbers Are Baked, How
ever, and Landed in Jail.

The Would-Be Robbers Are Baked, How
ever, and Landed in Jail.
ODELL, Ill, July 21.-Two men en-
tered McWilliams' bank yesterday and
Ieveling revolvers at the head of Cash
Ter Van Buskirk, ordered him to throw
up his hands and pass over the cash.
Van Buskirk seized his revolvers from
a shelf under the counter and raised
them to shoot at the intruders when
the robbers opened the door and
escaped. The cashier at once ran
to the door and gave the alarm
People on bicycles, horses, wagons,
buggies and afoot followed the
would-be robbers, who ran to the east
of town, where they jumped into a
buggy driven by two boys They
drove the horses hard until they saw
that the pursuers were gaining on
them, when they leaped out of the
buggy and made for the cornfields.
Hundreds of people were soon on the
scene. They surrounded the fields and
after several desperate attempts to
get away, the miscreants were caught.
Numerous shots were fired, but no one
was in jured.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-24
WITHOUT A FLOCK
Rev. T. Dewitt TalmaEe VIII Not Return
to His Washington Church.

Il.
His Washing ton Church.
WASHINGTON, July Glowing to dis
sensions among the members of the
aristocratic First Presbyterian church,
Rev. DR.. Dewitt Talmage will not re-
turn to Washington to take charge of
his flock. The fact is, the church does
not want him. The majority of the
members claim that DIR. Talmage
has far from realized their expecta-
tions, and that he has not built
up the church as he should have
done. In fact, the church has
less members and is worse off
financially than ever before. DIR. Tai
mage has not received farthing from
the church for his services SO far this
year. This, however, is according to
the terms whereby the doctor managed
to get a church in the nations capital.
Considerable feeling, both for and
against DIR. Talmage. has been stirred
up. The church is now in charge of
DIR. Sunderland.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-24
VIII Reappotnt ys1l,ns.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 19.-John
Hayes, inspector of detectives, will
act chief of police until L. n. Val
Inns becomes a citizen of Kansas City,
if the present plans of Commissioners
Scarritt and Gregory are not changed.
Mr.. Vallins has not been given up by
the commissioners, and it is their in
tention now to reappoint him next
January, when he will have been in
Kansas City the lawful period of time
to make him a voter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-24
UTAH'S ANNIVERSARY.
Fifty Years Ago Brigham Young Reached
the Salt Lake Valley.

the Salt Lake Valley.
SALT LAKE CITY, July 2O.-The peo-
pie of y tab will celebrate on July "a
the semi-centennial anniversary of the
arrival of Brigham Young and his
band of pioneers in the valley of the
Great Salt lake. The president of the
United States with his cabinet has
promised to be there if congress adj
journs in time. William Jennings
Bryan will also be there as president
of the Transmississippi congress and
there will be thousands of excursion
lists, of Mormon pilgrims from many
states and of represen tative western
men. The event is one of intense local
significance as well as of considerable
national interest.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-24
UTAH'S CELEBRATION.
Half a Century Since the Pioneers Entered
the Great Valley.

SALT LAKE CITY, July 21.-Yesterday
marked the half century since the
pioneers, under the leadership of the
Mormon apostles, first entered the Salt
Lake valley and founded this common
wealth. The day was celebrated in a
manner which leaves no doubt of
the reverence in which those
pioneers are held by the people of the
state. The phalanX of veterans that
marched from Pioneer square to East
Temple street and later to the taber-
uacle, there to receive their gold
badges, was an impressive sight
These men redeemed the deser. and
founded state, and they were the re-
cipients of every honor that could be
bestowed upon them
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-24
Nebraska,s Crop Status Excellent.

LINCOLN, Neb., July 2O.-Nebraska
will this week complete the harvest
ing of one of the largest wheat crops
in its history. The quality is excel
lent and the yield per acre above the
average. In addition the acreage was
almost one-third heavier than usual
The corn crop, too. is one-fourth larger
than any previous corn crop ever plant
ed in the state, and the indications are
for a full crop throughout the state.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-24

the original house to sell reliable bicycles at
low prices direct to the rider. They have
built up large business by their honorable
their customers. They ask the public to be-
heve that the house which leads and con-
trolls the best source of supply is the best
house to do business with.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-24
Reunion of Kansas Regiments.

LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, July 21--The
reunion of Kansas regiments was fixed
to be held at Lawrence in September,
but Col W. f. Cloud, president, has
changed the. meeting place to Leaven-
worth during the state G. A R. re-
union. The association includes the
Second. Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth,
Ninth. Eleventh and Twelfth Kansas
regiments
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-24
shake Into Your shoe.

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instantly takes the sting out of corns and
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Write to Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-24

BERLIN, July aO.-According to spe-
cial dispatch received here Emperor
Nicholas has telegraphed the sultan
demanding the immediate evacuation
of Thessaly and threatening that other
wise Russian troops will cross the
Turkish frontier. 1t is said here semi
officially that all the powers excepting
Great Britain have consented to this
course.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-24

There are 100000 words in the English
language, and most of them were used on
Sunday by a woman who discovered after
coming out of church that her new hat was
adorned with a tag on which was written:
Reduced to shillings If pence.'-Tit-
Bits.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-24

'Did you tell that young man not to call
here any more?" asked Mabels father, Sc
verely- Mo- ''Whhy not?" 4 didn't
think that it was necessary. 1 don't see how
he could cali any more, now. He calls seven
times a Observation-Disclosures Star
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-24
A BfcxcIe saddIe.

about today
Texas Tim-About a week ago he saw an
ad in paper fer saddle that sold fer So,
so he sent the V, an they sent him darn
toy saddle fer rockin' horse.-Up-to-Date.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-24

Editor-''AIr Cose, your jokes have lost all
their humor here of late What's the
trouble:' Joe Cose-'! guess I'm not well.
PHILADELPHIA North American
The morning times., 1897-01-17
Not From Esop,

Once upon time Dining Dhad, a holy
man, was filled with a desire to Ameli-
crate the Condition of the Race. He
Prayed great deal and Preached a great
deal. So much in fact that he had very
little time for Thinking, or for inquirinc
into the Actualities of the Case. The
People listened patiently, but be could
not see that things We're getting any bet
ter.
Therefore he besought his gods earnest
ly, day and night, that they would reveal
to him the True Way.
After many years he was told that he
must go into the mountains and fast and
pray, as by no other means could the
object he sought be obtained.
With his soul full Of thankfulness and
hope, Dihng Dhad betook himself to the
mountains, and, building himself hut
among the rocks remained for long time
in Communion with Himself, thus acquir-
ing a large stock of Fantastic Ideas, with
which he finally returned to his people,
whom he gathered about him to hear the
secrets which had been revealed upon the
mountain.
But when he announced the subject Of
his lecture they arose and said with one
voice:
Never mind, oh, Dining Dhad, the gods
spake truly when they sent thee into the
mountains; we have been doing very nice
ly while you were gone. You should go
back
And they left him.-Detroit Evening
News.
The morning times., 1897-01-17

society and drag them down to his own
level once more Tie board of managers
may object but can do nothing, for the
parent is the legal guardian. Not So with
tie Board Of Children's Guardians. The
law creating this board holds that the
need for public support beSpeaks the need
for public control, and the splendid work
so quietly done under it proves tile claim
TO be not only Just and right, but bene-
ficial both to the children and the COLL
munity at large.
The Eoard OF Children's Guardians began
active work July i, 1898, and its ap-
preparation for the fiscal year, ending
June 80, 1897, is S27 400, this TO cover
all expenses attendant uI on securing the
children, placing them in ONES and insti-
tut ons, hoard clothing. medical attendance,
visiting and Transferring them from place
10 place when necessary. In every great
citythe eforcesoperatingt 10 the disadvantage
or the children OF the poor are many and
Iotenr, and this sum expended for their
benefit under official control is none too
great. The tosal number of wards on
the first OF the present month was 322,
o: whom forty-une are in institutions where
lOard is being paid, seventy are in family
a
III free family homes, and twelve are other
wise self-supporting.
some of the waits are bright, dainty, re-
fined, and pretty CROUCH to do credit TO
any family, and for these children il is
lot a very difficult matter TO find good
homes Those who are boarding in private
families are but bidine their time, while
the loard is on the lookout for homes in
which TO place them. The least desirable
o. all are placed in institutions for the train
ing necessary TO fit them for family life, to
which they are promoted on good behavior
and in due time.
Like the great Guardian of us all, the
United States, through the Board Of Chill
dren's Guardians, is no reSpecter OF per-
sons; lie knows neither creed nor sect
nor color. All children, white and black
alike, are rescued from want, misery, de
Eradiuginfluences andcverythng thattends
10 imperil them body and soul. Preference
is given to children under eight years Of
age, and once a writ is secured after
proper investigation directing the board IL
take possession Of the child, the whole
matter having been sifted in court and
the judge having decided that the child
is a fit subject for the board, then let
guardians, natural or otherwise, fall back,
for Uncle sam raises lis protecting arm
and becomes responsible for the personal
welfare Of the little one, the Stars and
Stripes wave in triumph over its head
and tile eagle screeches for a soul saved
from degradation to which it shall return
nevermorei
Visiting the children with the agent of
tie board, Mr.. H. W. Lewis, I could but
compare more than favOrably the well-fed.
well-dressed, happy, healthy looking young
sters in their new found homes with the
many dirty. tattered urchnS that We
passed on our way, and | wished that the
board had millions a. its disposal instead
OF few thousands. Great care is taken
in selecting boarding places for tie little
ones. The moral characters Of the fami
hes n which children are placed must
The morning times., 1897-01-17
NEW CURE FOR CANCER.
Russian Physician Asserts He Has
Discovered a Certain Remedy.

New specifics for old diseases have been
so uncommonly frequent Of late years that,
however respectable the medical authority
may be under whose wing a new cure is
introduced, one can hardly be too cautious
or skeptical about receiving it. Still, in
incurable diseases any CLEAN of hope is
welcome, any surcease of sorrow afforded
to the patient is a distinct gain. The idea
that cancer may at some future time he
come durable is more or less universal;
the belief thatit can now be made amenabIe
to successful treatment is exclusively Rus
sain. The physician who bids cancer pa
tients hope is Gospodecn Dcnisenko Of st.
Petersburg and whatever verdict his col
leagues, who are now taking the matter
up. may finally bring in, it seems to be ad-
mitted that be has made out prima facie
case.
DR.. Denisenkos specific is a plant that
grows all over Europe; botanists term it
chelidoniun nagus, simple-minded English
people call it swallo W wort. 1t possesses
a milky, saffron -colored juice. which in
some countries is used by the peasants for
the purpose of Kidding themselves or warts.
The first time Dr. Densenko drew 9tten-
tion to this cUre-it WAS about twelve
weeks ago, in the medical review of Y ratSh
he merely asserted that it could also he
employed with satisfactory results gainst
the external growth of cancer, just as the
peasants used 1t against warts. A new
communication of his has just appeared
in the same review, in which he further
maintains that it can be taken internally
with excellent effects. For this purpose,
however, it must be specially prepared, IN
aSrnuch as the juice in its natural state
contains two potent poisons.
DR.. DeniScnko describes seven cases of
cancer which he has treated by means Of
swallow-wort juice. -Four of these We're
external cancerous growths upon which
surgical operation was for various rea-
sons out the question. The doses Of the
new specific were necessarily very small
at first and were very gradually increased.
The photographs of the results which the
physician has published, together with his
article, show the effects of the clIelidonium,
which finally removed every trace of cancer
The three Other instances were of cancer
in the stomach. The patient was unable
to retain any but liquid nourishment when
the doctor began his cure After course
OF treatment by swallow-wort he could eat
bread, minced meat, hard-boiled eggs, etc,
and every trace of the cancerous growth
had disappeared.
Such in brief is the prima facie case.
The ma litter is low, so to say, sub judice,
and, as often occurs, the thesis may be
weighed and found wanting. But it ma v
also happen that some fire may be found
where there is so much smoke, and this
result W ould be cordially welcomed all over
the world