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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-14
A Touching POme.

Father, dear father, come home with me
now !for ma has some carpets to beat; she's
got all the furniture out in the yard, from the
front door clean out to the street. The stove
must come down and be put in the shed, and
the yard must be cleaned for some grass, for its
time to clean house and the DEVILS to pay-and
the front windows need some new glass. Fa-
ther, dear father, come home with me now, and
bring some bologna and cheese; it's most IL
O'Clock and there's nothing to eat-I'm so hun
cry Pm weak in the knees. All the dinner
we'll have will be cold soaps and such,
and we'll have to eat standing up too; for the
table and all are in the back yard oh, l wish
that house cleaning was through. Father, dear
father, come with me now, for ma is as mad as
a Turk; she says that you're only lazy old
thing, and that she is going to put you to work.
There's painting to do and paper to hang, and
the windows and casing to scrub, for its house
cleaning time and you've got to come home and
rcvel in suds and cold grub.-EX.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-14

THE Champion of Freedom and Right, Of
fetal organ of the Illinois Liquor Dealers
State Protectiv. association, says that Carter
Harrison, the new mayor of Chicago, has saved
the saloon keepers of that city upwards o. $9,-
900.
TIE report comes from Chicago that the
wave of prosperity has struck that city, and
that the saloon men are active that there ale
over 600 new applicants for license, and that,
in all probability, there will soon be 1000 new
saloons in Chicago. "Prosperity," indeed
GLASGOW has owned and managed her street
car lines and other vast public plants for years.
The revenues are so great that the city pays
no taxes. The rates are but fraction OF those
charged in America. The system is perfect
success How long time will it take us pro-
eressve Americans to get this idea into our
heads ?--New Occasions, Chicago.
Fourteen savings banks, with not less than
10000 depositors, have failed since Mr.. Nc
Kinlev was inaugurated. Probably 90 per
cent. of these poor people voted with J. Pier
pont Morgan because they imagined they be-
thew now see the difference between owning
bank and supporting one. banker is bank
er. A depositor is Zone who has confidence. y
Some day we may decide to establish United
States postal savings banks. You never heard
of Uncle Sam failing, did you New Occa-
casions.
WE are gravtly informed that railroad hold
ings have recently suffered decline in value of
more than $40, 600, ,ooo This decline is due to
the supreme court decision against railroad
pooling. How did this decision affect the value
of railroad property? Did it lessen the trac-
ton power of locomotives or take the paint and
varnish from the cars 1t did not. The prop
erty is lust as valuable as ever. Stocks have
declined, due to fear that the decision would
compel competition. The railroad owners
have abandoned the theory that competition is
the life of trade. They know there is no profit
in competition and are fighting for cooperation.
Some day the people may discover that they
have been strangled by the competitive system.
New Occasions.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-14

vote the Republican ticket, and leave the old
mountaineeis to be Democrats.
Being asked whether black labor was settled
in the mines of West Vagina, the Senator re-
piled that it was He said:
"Firmly. 1t is as effective as white labor,
and does not combine and conspire, and the
negro spends all he makes, while the Italians
and Poles send every cent out of the country"
1t is frank admission for the Senator to
make, that West Virginia is to be saved to the
Republican party by the negroes, and that these
negroes are to be firmly established as the chief
labor in the coal mines of the state. They GER
tainly have the great qualification which the
money lenders delight in, and that is as the
Senator said they spend all they make" We
know of no higher qualification for the class OF
labor required iu the presence of the gold stand
ard The laborer who spends all he makes is
already a slave, and 1t is slave labor to which
capital must turn to save itself even temporarily
from being absorbed by the dealers il gold.-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-14
Why Not :?

If the government can create money for the
bankers, why not for itself and the people?
If the greenbaclss are money, how can the
power of the government to create money be
denied?
If the greenbacks are not money why did the
bond-h holders everlend the government any mon
ey, having lent nothing but greenbacks?
If the greenbacks are not money, why have
the soldiers ever been paid, having received
nothing but greenbacks?
If greenbacks are not money, why have the
millions of debts that have been settled with
ereenbacks ever been paid?
If bank notes are good money, are not the
government notes much better?-The Pilot.
WHY don't you send the AGITAToR to some
of your weakened friends?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-14
NO. S..
Mckinley is Worried.

WASHINGTON May Io.-An important con-
ference took place at the White House this
morning by the president, Secretary Gage and
Mr.. Conard Jordan, assistant treasurer in charge
of the sub-treasury in New York city.
The consultation was relative to the slow but
steady growth of the gold shipments abroad
during the last few weeks.
Senators, representatives and ofice-seekers
generally were held in check while the presi-
dent discussed the financial problem. The
participants in the conference we're extremely
retcent when interviewed on the subject, but
enough is known to justify the statement that
the president is seriously disturbed by what he
fears is systematic assault upon the gold re-
serve similar to that which so harassed Mr..
Cleveland. Just what policy the Mckinley ad-
,ninistraton will adopt to meet the raid upon
the gold reserve is still under consideration, and
Mr.. Jordan was summoned to the White House
to advise with the president as to the best plan
to be adopted.
Under existing laws there is no protection
for the government against an assault on the re-.
serve. 1t is the opinion of the treasury Of
spectators who find the United States the
cheapest and most profitable market in which
to obtain gold.
France England, Russia and other financial
centers of Europe protect their gold by putting
up the price to such point that it ceases to be
profitable for speculative purposes. European
and American bankers are not ignorant of this
peculiar condition of affairs and many of them
do not hesitate to take advantage of the oppor-
tunites to speculate in American gold
1t is believed that the present administration
will be severely taxed in its efforts to combat
the bankers and brokers who are about to re-
peat the tactics they resorted to during the last
administration, when the gold reserve was SER
iously depleted. The subject was under con-
sideration at the cabinet meeting to-day, and it
is understood that the administration will urge
the Republican in the senate to all diligence in
securing the the prompt passage of the tariff
bill with view to making way for such 6nan-
cial legislation as may hereafter be advisrbleto
meet the emergency. member of the admin
istration remarked today:
''We do not propose to make the mistake
made by Cleveland He came into power on
the tariff issue, but instead of making his fight
on that issue he took up the money question,
upon which his party was hopelessly divided.
The Republican party is today divided on the
money question, but we are united in favor OF
the passage of tariff bill. Press Dispatch.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-14
From The Star and Kansan:


Municipl ownership of public utilities seems
to be making headway in Pingree's state OF
sixty-nine electric light plants in chartered
cities, twenty-five are owned by the cities;
while of sixty water plants i'll the cities
ffty-two are owned by the public About the
same proportion holds good in the villages,
where of seventy-nine electric light plants
twenty-four are owned by the villages; and OF
ninety-three writer works plants eighty-one ale
public property. Private ownership of public
utilities has got to go-and it is going
If Thomas Jefferson were alive now and
preaching the same doctrines he held century
and more ago, he would be denounced as rev.
outionary socialist or dangerous anarchist.
The very thought of real human liberty and
fraternity frightens the people who are prohtlng
by unjust conditions; and Jefferson was about
as advanced thinker in his time as Debs aud
Lloyd are to-day.
Gold has been going to Europe at the rate of
a million dollars day lately, and Mckinley is
already trembling in his boots for fear he will
have to issue bonds as Cleveland did to replen-
ish the reserve If somebody could only get
into that place who had nerve enough to pay
out silver to the gold gamblers! A single dose
would cure them elfectualy.
Does the world exist for the pleasure of the
favored few, or for the good of all? That IS
the question socialism has all answer for.
What change of heart the Republicans have
experienced since they passed the Mckinley
bill. with its free raw sugar, tea and coffee!
Now they want to tax the breakfast table like
thunder to get enough money to run the gov
ernment
Jerrv Simpson seems to have broken the DEM
ocratic party in the house of representatives
squarely in two i'll the middle Thirty-two OF
them voted with him iii favor of the resolution
instructug Speaker Reed to appoint the COM
mittees, and thrty-three with the Republicans
against the resolution
Speaking of the overwhelmingly Republican
legislature in New York the Commercial Ad-
vertizer of New York City, says: cit has made
war upon property, war upon industry and war
upon thrift" Certainly nothing much worse
than this has ever emanated flom the eastern
plutocratic press in condemnation of Popullst
legislation in Kansas.
Wheat is going down again, as the little
blaze of war in Greece bids fair to die out with
out becoming general confagration. Did you
ever notice, though, that wheat is always high
est when the crop has passed out of the farmers
hands? The people who eat bread pay the big
prices for -four all right, but the fellows on the
boards of trade who cultivate their brains reap
the profits. What crazy sort of civilization
it is, anyhow. Starves the honest toier and
surfeits the willy schemer.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-14
Then How Can Banks.

If the government can't keep gold to redeem
its paper, how do the banks expect to do so?
The government is stronger than the banks and
its credit is better than that of all the banks
combined.-People's Paper.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-27
HOOd'e Dill do not cause pain OF
AAOOu = Il IIISgripe All druggists. 25C
SOUTHERN LOAN SETTLEMENTS.
LOnns Made 10 Borrowers Due at
once Under the state Law.

Loans Made 10 borrowers Due at
Once Under the state Law.
Atlanta, Ca. July 26.-Judge Lumpkln
issued an order in the Southern Mutual
Building and Loan case to-day which is
of general interest, as the business of the
association extended over so many states.
He authorized the receivers TO make set
tlement with borrowing members and d.
rected on what terms such settlements
should be made. The company having
failed and being now engaged in winding
up its affairs, loans to borrowing stock
holders under the law are due.
The receivers reported that a large num-
Der of such borrowers would voluntarily
settle if the receivers We're given author
ity to close up accounts with them. The
general rule for settlement allowed by the
order of the court was to charge the Dor
rowing member with the amount received
by him with interest from the date of his
taking the loan to the date of settlement
and to credit him with the amounts paid
for premiums and interest, with interest
thereon from the date of payment to that
of settlement.
There being a class of borrowing mem
bers who did not pay premiums technically
so called, but who were required to carry
and pledge as security for their loan two
shares of stock for every one hundred dol
lars loaned, the receivers were authorized
in making settlements in such cases o
consider the amounts carried to the loan
fund of the association from payments on
one-half the shares so pledged as equiv
alent TO the premiums paid on the loan.
on settlement the premium shares are to
be cancelled.
In order to facilitate settlements and
save costs and expenses, the court al
lowed as to shares Of a borrower pledged
for loans other than shares treated as
premium shares, that in settling their
loans the receivers might allow a credit
TO such borrowers Of twenty pcC cent. of
the amount paid on such shares which
was carried to The loan fund OF the asso-
citation, this amount 10 be treated as an
advance ON the shares in the final decree.
The privilege of settling on this basis is
allowed by the court to those who settle
promptly and without litigation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-27
TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
Three English Players I'm the Games
at LOngwOOd.

Three English Players I'm the Games
at LOngwoOd.
Boston July 26.-The tennis tournament
opened at Longwood to-day. All but two
Of the forty odd players turned up and
played their matches. including Messrs.
Mahoney. Evans and Nesbitt, the three
English players who have come over to try
conclusions with the Americans.
Each of the foreigners won his match,
Eaves having the easiest time, while Mes
bitt had to work hard. The former al
lowed his opponent, Ever. just one game
in three sets, but Nesbtt had his hands
fun with c. w. Lee, an old reliable Long
wood PLAYER In this match Nesbitt scor-
ed 1l3 points TO his opponents 1874
Mahoney, perhaps the best of the three,
had by no means an easy thing with VIII
Eston, another Lougwood man, and at one
time the Englishman showed signs of GO
ing to pieces In this match both men
scored % passes. while Mahoney made
a total of Sc points to Williston's CO.
The playing of the foreigners proved
the attraction of the afternoon and their
style was watched with interest. The
match tomorrow between w. A Larned
of Summit, n. j.. and Mahoney will
doubtless be the most interesting of the
tournament.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-27
WATER AND LIGHT PLANTS.
The Attorney Generals Opinion on
the Question of Taxation.


Atlanta, Ga. July 26.-The attorney gen
eral this afternoon drew up his formal
opinion as to whether water works and
gas and electric light plants conducted by
municipalities could or could not be held
liable for state and county taxation such
as is levied on private properties doing
business of a similar character.
The constitution in regard to the ex-
emption of public property not used for
private or corporate income is quoted. The
constitution exempts nothing. but pro-
vides that the legislature may in cases
like the above. The legislature has ex-
empted property Of the kind described 10y
the constitution. The attorney general
holds that though plant be owned by
a municipality, not only for governmental
purpose, but in its social or commercial
capacity for the convenience and COM
fort of its citizens, Il is none the less pub
Tic property and therefore exempt He
quotes a Georgia decision which says
public property is not taxed whether in
come be derived from IL or not" Conclud-
ing the attorney general says; "Inas-
much as "A system Of water works. or a
gas and electric light plant which belongs
60 city is public property, and as the
proVisO 30 the above quoted paragraph of
the constitution. and to section 79S of the
code Of 1852 does not apply to public prop
erty ! do not think that the same would
DE subject 20 state and county taxation
without additional legislation"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-27
FISHING TRIP ENDS FATALLY.
WALLACE MAXWELL LOSES HIS
LIFE NEAR FERNANDINA.

The Deceased the Second Son of SUI
perintendent Maxwell of the r. C..
and +. RniIrOad-WOuId Have
Graduated at the University of
Pennsylvania at the Close of the
Next Tcrm-LOst His Life by Get
ting Beyond His Depth-His Conn
PnniOns Unable to Save Him.
Fernandina, Fla, July 26.-The sad news
of the drowning Of Wallace Maxwell
reached the city this afternoon. Wallace
was the second son of Capt. D. f. Max
well. superintendent of the Florida Cen
trail and Peninsular Railway Company. He
left Fernandina this morning accompan-
led by N. A. Williams and Charles Her
nandez for a fishing expedition at South
End. and while the three, assisted by a
hired man, were pulling a seine in the
surf on the beach this afternoon at /
o'clock they got in water over their heads
and Maxwell was drowned He dropped
the seine line and told the young men, who
were within a few feet of him to help him
They swan to his side and the foremost
Of the party grabbed at him but missed
him. He sank but when he rose again to
the surface, he tried to save himself by
taking ahold of Williams, which resulted
in almost drowning the latter. When he
was free Hernandez and Williams made
every effort to get Maxwell ashore, but
could not and they had drfted far out
into the water and had a narrow escape
in getting back to land.
A tug is at work In the river. and the
beach is being patrolled tonight with
search lights in the hope of recovering the
body.
Maxwell was at home from the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania on a vacation He
had only one term more before graduatin
IN medicine. He was a bright and prom
ising young man, and had a host of
friends, who deeply sympathize with his
heart-broken parents. Capt. Maxwell is
in South Carolina, but will arrive on a
special train tonight
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-27

CAN'T FIND JOHN TYLER COOPER.
Friends Say He Is i'm Hiding UntiI
the Governor Returns.


Atlanta Ga. July 26.-sheriff Nelms IS
greatly puzzled to find out what has be-
come of John Tyler cooper, who was once
mayor and who afterwards was adjudged
guilty of defalcation while clerk of the
county commissioners.
A short time ago the supreme court sus-
tanned the findings of the court below,
which left the accused subject to fine Of
$500 and a term of three months i'm Jail.
The governor is being appealed to TO COM
mute the latter portion of the sentence.
Until the last, Cooper has felt hopeful,
and he has frequently been seen on the
streets since the decision of the supreme
court was rendered. Saturday Judge Cand-
Ter ordered the sheriff TO arrest him and
enforce the sentence, but the deputies
since then, though they have tried hard.
have been unable to find their man.
Coopers friends say he il merely lying
low till the governor returns from his
trip to Tate Springs Cooper will willingly
pay the fine, but shrinks from being jail
ed. Meantime he is out under heavy bond,
/. b. Folsom and c. j Weinmaster being
his bondsmen. Unless he surrenders him
self they will have to pay.
The judge says he does not know why
his order has not been enforced while the
sheriff contends that Il did not reach him
Until three hours after IL had been issued.
in the meantime, he SAYS, Il ran thrOug h
the clerks office. Frank Myers employ ed
in that office, Is a brother in-law of the
condemned man. Cooper has recently
been living much Of the time al the house
OF his brOther-in-law. Sheriff Nclms says
he has telegraphed in an directions TO
have Cooper Appreciated. but without
success. People friendly to the eN-mayor
claim that he has never left the city, ana
will appear when the governor reappears
and passes on his case They confess
that they feel apprehensive OF the result.
I since a man who is out in the woods is
not in a position, ordinarily, TO expect
executive clemency. SIN. I'm such cases
II has been occasionally extended.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-27
FAIR TRIAL FOR FLANAGAN
CHANGE OF VENUE DENIED AND
JURY SWORN IN.

Only Four Panels ResOFted To 10 Sc
cure It-Twenty Witnesses SUM
mOned For the Statc-The Town
Quiet and No General Talk Of
LynchtnE Heard-MrS. George A.
len and Her Husband the Firs-
Witnesses TO Take the stand.
Decatur. Ga, July 26.-Edwin Flana-
cams trial for murder commenced to-day.
Glenn & Rountree. counsel for the defend
ant, moved for change of Venue. Mr.,
Glenn held that an unprejudiced jury
could not be gotten in DeKalb county.
Judge Gambler overruled the motion.
Mr.. Glenn made the plea that The prison
er was insane at the present time. and
could not be tried for life. Judge Gambler
did not think so.
Flanagan pleaded not guilty.
The jury was chosen from four panels
In an hour. About twenty witnesses were
summoned Mrs. George Allen, a witness
for the state, took the stand first, and told
Of the killing as she saw it.
George Allen testified next. He corrob-
GRATED Mrs. Aliens statements.
The town is very quiet and there is no
general talk of lynching
Mr.. Glenn stated tonight that there
was no possibility on earth of his client
being lynched. For" he stated, people
only want to lynch a man when there Is
danger of his acquittal, and in this case
there is none. In DeKalb county there is
not the slightest danger of anything of
the kind. If anything favorable should
turn up in the prisoners favor then
lynching might come soon enough, but at
present l consider him safe enough in the
Decatur jail"
The crime for which Flanagan must
answer was committed In the vicinity Of
Poplar springs, on the Consolidated street
railway line, running between Atlanta
and Decatur at the home of George AL
len.
In October, 1895, he met little Leila Allen,
a child of 10 years. He at once be-
came attached to her and learning where
she lived went Immediately to her father
and asked for board at his house.
Mr.. Allen agreed to board him, as Flan-
agan represented himself to be pros
porous contractor in the employ of the
Standard Oil Company.
on the night of Dec 81. 1895, while the
family was at the supper table, Flanagan
went TO his room, took drink of whisky
secured his pistol and returned to the din
ing-rom AS he entered the dor, he be-
gan to fire promiscuously at those in the
room At the first fire George Allen fell
on the for unconscious having been shot
in the neck Mrs. Allen, mother of
George, was the next victim. She was
instantly killed
Miss Ruth Slack was struck by a ball
and died about week later. George Allen
recovered.
Flanagan emptied his pistol and remain
ed on the scene. He made no effort to
escape. The neighbors soon arrived,
caught and held him. until Sheriff Austin
of DeKalb county arrived and he was car
ried to the Fulton county Jail.
On Feb. IA. 1897. he was placed on trial
in Decatur His attorneys. Glenn Roun-
tree, assisted by George c. Spence and w.
A. Fuller, entered a plea of insanity at
the time of the trial. This trial contin-
ued for six DAYS and the jury brought in
a verdict Of sanity. A new trial was ask
ed for and granted. This commenced to-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-27
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