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The Meeker herald., 1897-06-12
Swiss Referendum Voting.

One instructive aspect of the working
OF the referendum In Switzerland Ia pre-
sented by the Journal des Econooastes.
1t sets forth the action of the voters NO
laws more or less socialistic submitted
to them during the last score Of years.
Seven such laws have been approved-re-
lating to state control Of factories, the
state monopoly Of alcohol, insurance
against accident and sickness, etc. But
many more laws. going to much greater
extremes, though passed by large major
tiles Of the deputies, have been decisive
ly rejected by the people. Thus pro-
posal that the state take over the Cen
tral railroad was voted down, 2S9 600 to
ls1,.sU. An insidious law to give the
state power tO make uniform regula-
tions" in the various trade was disap-
proved-l5s,O 900 votes to l35.0OO. The
assertion of "the right work" was de-
nied-3Os, 900 to 5000. The creation Of
q monopolistic state bank was refused
-265, 900 to 195,OOO. Other instances
are given, the conclusion from the
whole being that the Swiss popular vot-
ing has been. all told, favorable to
economic liberty. 1t also infers that
the people have sounder and more con-
servative views than their representa-
tive. There are some curious sides to
this. Deputies are elected from certain
cantons time after time, seeming thus
to have the full confidence of the elec-
tors. Yet the laws which they propose
are as regularly voted down. This
throws strange light on the theory Of
the representative system; but we could
show in our country anomalies as great.
-Ex,
The Meeker herald., 1897-06-12
Austrian Life Insurance.

In Austria the man who loses both his
hands in an accident can claim the whole
of his life insurance money on the
ground that he has lost the means OF
maintaining himself. Loss of the right
hand reduces the claim from 70 to 80 pei
cent. of the total.
The Meeker herald., 1897-06-12
SENT FREE!

To any person interested in humane
matters. or who loves animals, we will
send, upon application, copy of the
Alliance, the organ Of this society. In
addition to it's intensely interesting
reading, it contains list Of the vaiu-
able and unusual premiums given by
the paper. Address
THE NATIONAL HUMANE ALLIANCE,
van United Charities Building, New York.
The Meeker herald., 1897-06-12

st. Louis publishers have sworn OF
advertising their newspapers in dlrec-
tories. Press and Printer would like to
hear from publishers and printers who
have been benefited BY patronizfng sim
liar ia.-Press and Printer.
The Meeker herald., 1897-06-12

Tho highest waterfall in the world is
Cholock Cascade, at Yosemite. Cal.
which 10 1854 feet high or just half a
mile,
The Meeker herald., 1897-06-12

A Western editor who resently Joined
press association states that the initia-
tion fee was 81 and the irrigation fee
S.. Massachusetts members of the
craft should be thankful that they live
in a region whose inhabitants are COM
paratively free from drouth.-Press and
Printer.
The Meeker herald., 1897-06-12

Tho titles of the writings of Mr.. Glad
stone oil % pages of the British Museum
printed catalogue.
The Meeker herald., 1897-06-12

The first British telegraph patent was
granted in the year that Queen Victoria
was crowned. 1887.
The Meeker herald., 1897-06-12
We agree with Corporal Tanner that

We agree with Corporal Tanner that
if war be necessary we can raise tho
men and the money to fight it, but We
also believe that 1t is always wise to
wait until the other fellow makes war
necessary.
The man who puts up his money on
..sure thing" skin game. with the expec-
tation of getting somebody else's money
and winds up by losing his own, de-
serves no sympathy.
-.
The story that Messrs. ]. Wanamaker
and Chauncey Depew intended starting
a department political party with bar
gain counter attachment lacks confir-
nation, and probably originated with
some enemy whose only desire was to
rub salt on the political sores OF those
eminent gentlemen.
-"
General Nelson A. Miles didn't get
there time enough to see them fight. but
he has been lunching with both the
Turkish and the Greek officers.
Within two hours two persons were
struck by lightning and killed, in the
same house, in Louisiana. Sometimes
lightning does strike twice in the same
place.
The suggestion that candidates for
the U. S. Senate should be required to
submit their claims to a, primary elec-
tion of their respective parties is so good
that the politicians will hardly permit.
-
| 1t is enough to make real American
blush for shame to read that exAmeri
can William Waldorf Astor- has
paid So 500 for the use of a house from
which he and his family and q few
friends can view the Queens Jubilee
procession, in London.
-
No matter what either side may say,
the principle issue in the greater New
York municipal campaign will be the
$40, 600 600 year that will be spent to
run the big town.
Americans who are disposed to regard
the job of king as snap" should care
fully study the troubles Of King George,
of Greece.
Probably the Sultan thinks thata man
who has just licked Greece, and has a
harem and the European powers to con-
tend with is in no condition of mind to
deal with an Angel; hence his objection
minister.
-
| Mrs. Kicker, who was an applicant
for the position of U. S. minister to
Columbia, declined to allow her name
to be presented for another place when
"Birdie" Hart, of W. Va, walked off
with that, thus setting an example that
ought to be followed by other pie
hunters.
-.
Kentucky is bound to have trouble of
some kind on hand. Having gotten rid
of some of its legislative squabbles it is
now wrestling with free turnpike mobs.
-
Speaker Reeds policy is cutting both
ways, and it may cut deep enough to
make enough republicans unite with the
democrats and populists to put an end
to it.
There seems to be a doubt, in the
mind of some of them, US to whether a
senator or representative does wrong
when he CANDLES in the stock market
on information officially obtained.
Those doubts should be removed by
heroic methods.
~
An Austrian physician is talking up
agent. The virtues of the birch rod is
an old story in many families.
A Western editor who resently Joined
The Meeker herald., 1897-06-12

Sixteen ounces Of gold are sufficient
to guild = wire that would encircle the
earth.
The Meeker herald., 1897-06-12

A teaspoonful Of microbes contains
more than 100000 individuals.
The Meeker herald., 1897-06-12

The pulsation of an infant Is from
100 to 14O per minute. Of IN old man.76
to so.
The Meeker herald., 1897-06-12

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change. Ban Francisco. Gala, where contracts
for advertislng can be made for II.
The Meeker herald., 1897-06-12

The suggestion that candidates for
the U. S. Senate should be required to
submit their claims to a, primary elec-
tion of their respective parties is so good
that the politicians will hardly permit.
The Meeker herald., 1897-06-12

An Austrian physician is talking up
the virtues Of birch sap as a remedial
agent. The virtues of the birch rod is
an old story in many families.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24
QUINCY oARRIEs BOSTON.
The Popular Young Democrat Reelected
Mayor by 1000 Plurality


Mayor by 1000 Plurality
Boston, Dec. 22.-Mayor Josiah NJ
Quin cy. democrat, was reelected yes
terday BY a decreased plurality over
ex-AIayOr Curtis, his opponent OF two
years ago, although the city went re-
publican at the state election last
month The attempt TO split the
democratic vote IN the city by vigOr-
GUS work on the part Of Thomas Riley,
running as an Independent silver
democrat, proved futile. His rallies
were crowded and his audiences ep-
parently intensely loyal, but less than
200 voters supported him at the polls
The total vote for mayor, with one
precinct missing, is as follows: Quincy
(dem-), SO, 7O7; Curtis (rep.), s., IA;
Riley Bryan dem, 2, SIS.
Mr. Quincy was originally a repub-
Hcan, but became a democrat on the
issues Of recent years. He is one Of
the group of young men in Massaehu-
sets who have revOlutionized the poll
tics Of that state during the last few
years He is, moreover, the repre-
sentative Of a distinguished family,
whose history is interviewer with that
of the nation since the foundation Of
the government, and he is a man of
education, ability and force Of char
actar
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24
TO TAX JUDGMENTS.
The Law Passed by the Last Legislature
VIII Take Efect January rs.

The Law Passed by the Last Legislature
VIII Take Eject January 10
TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. 16.-0n January
Is, law passed by the last legislature
Of Kansas, viii go into efect-prOvided
its constitutiOnality is not successfully
assaiied-which viii require a tax TO
be assessed on all money judgments
rendered in the state courts This
law is bound TO cause considerable
CONSERVATION among the holders
Of money judgments IN Kan
sas- One Of the most uneomforta-
bic debts on earth is deficiency
debt on real estate. This particular
kind Of debt IS where real estate has
been sold under mortgage or deed of
trust and fails to bring the face value
of the mortgage Then the trustee or
mortgage tries to collect the bal
ance by judgment These defcieny
judgments are the ones aimed at
By the legislature which passed
the law and it was the evident intent
to tax them out Of existence The
only way that holder Of such a judg-
ment may evade taxation under the
law is to relinquish the Judgment and
If II goes 70 tax sale the debtor may
bid It IN for the tax and eTa9e his debt
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24
ON THE INCREASE.
New York sun says More survivors Are
Drawing Pensions Than There Were Real
Teferanz-

New York sun says More survivors Are
Drawing Pensions Than There Were Real
Veterans.
NEW YORK, Dee. 22.-In a review Of
the operation Of the pension bureau,
the New York Sun stated that there
are more alleged survivors OF the war
Of the rebellion actually drawing pen
siOns than were actual survivors of
the struggle The total Of pensions
on account Of the war Of the rebellion
Is, according to the report Of the pen
sion commissioner, 947, 542, of which
65, 500 are children and p, $50 are de-
pendent fathers, mothers, sisters or
brothers. Deducting these from the
total, there remain S54, IA survivors
and widows drawing pensions, or 49,
rs more survivors and widows
than there are actual survivors and
widows, who, under any circumstances,
could legally draw pensions. The
pension rolls show that 733, 527 persons
are drawing pensions from the govern
ment as the survivors of the war of
the rebellion. That is 6, 4O5 more ''sur-
YivOrs" are drawing pensions than
there are actual survivors.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

American Federation OF Labor Denounoas
the EIeasure-PostaI Savings Endorsed

American Federation OF labor DenounOes
the 1Ieasure-PostaI Savings Endorsed.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 2I.-When
the Federation Of Labor met yester-
day a resolution relative 20 legislation
on the postal savings bank system was
laid before the convention by the com
mittee on resolutions. The resolution
Endorses the bill pending before con-
gress favOring the establishment Of
postal savings banks, with the clause
relative to the national banks stricken
out The resolution was adopted.
A strong discussion over the resolu-
ton reported favorably by the COM
mittee, indOrsing independent pOliti-
cal action and declaring against in
functions, was participated in by Nc
CURE, the author Of the resolution;
Kreft, Yarnen and BrennOck, and af-
ter defeating an amendment offered
by Kreft, the resolution was adopted.
The resolution In regard to the free
coinage Of silver at sixteen to one was
taken up and a substitute on the Gage
bill was adopted as follows:
Resolved, That we declare ourselves most
positively opposed to the Gage financial bill,
recently introduced in congress By the secre-
tary Of the treasury It is q measure that, II
adopted as q law. viii only all the more firmly
rivet the gold standard on the people Of the
country and perpetuate its disastrous effects in
every form
Resolved, That we pronounce the Gage bill
an undisguised effort 10 retire our greenback
currency and all government paper money
with view TO the substitution Of national
bank notes in their stead and thus fasten the
national bank system for years upon the Amer
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24
WAR ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.

Protestant Ministers of Lincoln, Neb., Have
Organized to Wage Vigorous Crusade
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 22.-Lincoln
ministers have begun vigorous cru
SADIE against the Christian Scientists,
who have become 50 numerous and
prosperous here that they have Just
bought a $50, 600 building that a Prot
estant denomination had sold over its
head The crusade takes the form OF
castigatiOn from the pulpit, together
with social Ostracism- One minister
Sunday called upon God to ''smite
these bloody slayers Of innocent chill
dren" and arraigned them as teachers
Of deception, as crushers out OF human
tenderness, as the deadly enemy Of
the Christian church. He denounced
them as CfFsprings of welded false
hood and atheism and as creeping into
the Christian churches for the purpose
OF disOrganizing them and gaining
converts
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24
pNIpING Up China.

England and France. 1t Is said, VIII Fol-
low Germany and Russia.
LONDON, Dec 21--It is reported that
part Of the British far eastern squad
ron viii occupy Wei-Hai-Wei, China,
in connection with Japan, and that
France viii follow the lead of Ger
many, Russia and Great Britain and
seize the most available of the Chinese
seapOrts left open In all OF the CONT
mental capitals. Russia's occupation of
Port Arthur, China's old naval strong
hold, is regarded as tautamOunt to
permanent seizure and reply to Ger
many's action.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24
NEW MOVEMENT FOR DURRANT.

The Condemned Murderer's Case May
Again Go to the Federal Supreme Court
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2L-The father
Of Theodore Durrant, the condemned
Emmanuel church murderer, says:
1--WE have not given up the fight for
my sons life We will try to get
writ OF error from the state supreme
court to the United States supreme
court. If this is denied we can 90 di-
rect to the latter court and make the
application, that is if we can raise the
money. for the expense of this long
litigation has impoverished US
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24
COMMISSIONER EVANS VIEWS.
Head OF the Pension Bureau Appears Be
fore the Civil Services Committee

Head OF the Pension Bureau Appears Be
fore the Civil Services Committee
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-COmmissiOner
of Pensions Evans yesterday appeared
before the senate committee on civil
service and retrenchment, which is
conducting an investigation into the
operation Of the civil service system.
Mr.. Evans was questioned at length
by Senators Lodge and Pritchard about
the civil service system and its appli-
cation to the pension Office force He
expressed the opinion that the law did
not accomplish the results its friends
insisted that IT did. The best men in
his Office were those who had come in
under the so-called ''spOils system. 5"
They did their duty and expected
to hold their positions by so do
ing The pension examining boards,
he said, ought not to be in the
classified service, as it was desirable
to secure men as members of such
boards who had had wide surgical ex-
perience-army experience, if possible
and such men would not enter into
competition for the places with young
men just out Of college.
The commissioner thought some re-
form would have to be enacted, or the
country would have the infection of a
civil pension list He believed il was
a mistake to include in the classified
service the special examiners, medical
boards, chiefs of divisions and all 9TH
ers receiving salaries exceeding 81, 400.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24
MISS HERBgRT A SUICIDE.
Daughter OF the Ez-Secretary of the Nav
Drivrn Insane ThrouEh Sickness.

Daughter OF the EK-Secretary OF the Navy
Driven Insane Through Sickness
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Miss Leila
Herbert, the only unmarried daughter
Of ex-Secretary Of the Navy Hilary A.
Herbert. who presided over his house
during the last Cleveland administra-
ton, committed suicide yesterday by
jumping from a third-stOry window
at her residence. Miss Herbert had
been i'll since last September as a re-
suit Of a fall from her horse in the
country near Washington, and was re-
Gently put in the care Of a nurse She
had been suffering from melanchOlia
as a result of the accident, which
promised to make her a cripple for
life She was very popular in Wash
ingtOn and was an especial favOrite OF
Mrs. Cleveland's-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

The state live stock sanitary COM
mission reports that in 1896 total Of
1S3, s45 cattle were shipped into Kansas
from the south, while this year clear
anees were given for 424, 2z9, exclusive
Of those shipped from the Kansas City
market. The commission is unanimous
in the opinion that Kansas has received
500, 900 cattle from other states and
Mexico for feeders or to Craze in west
ern Kansas. A large proportion were
calves and yearlings, which viii be
grazed in the western half Of the state
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24
A. 3. CAMPBELL's SAD END.


The Ex-Kansas Preacher-PoIitician Com
mits Suicide in a Chicago Hotel
CHICAGO, Dec 22--Gen- A r. Camp
bell, ex-adjutant general and ex-chap-
lain OF the states prison Of Kansas, for
years one Of the most noted repu blican
orators and lawyers of that state, com
mitted suicide IN a Clark street hotel
last night BY taking morphine He
left letter to the coroner and a viii
bequeathing his few valuables to rela-
tiYes- He had been in the hotel for a
week, having registered there as from
Santa Monica, Cal, at which place he
formerly lived ana where he recently
aftemnte6 suicide
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24
PHOTOGRAPHED A THOUGHT

Thomas a. Edison Announces Another
Wonderful Invention By Means OF Roent-
gen Rays
NEW YORK, Dee. 2O.-ThOmas a. Edi-
son. Jr., has photographed a thought
At least he feels so confident that he
has done so that he Is going on with
his experiment By means of the
ROentgen rays applied to the back Of a
mans head he photographed round OBJ
jects, which Edison believes to be the
quarter of a dollar upOn which the
sub ject had, according to directions,
concentrated his thoughts. This i'm
age was secured on an extremely sen
sitive plate, the making OF which Is
Mr.. EdisOn's secret
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24
THE WIFE CAN TESTIFY.

Attorney General Of Kansas says Woman
Nay Be Voluntary witness Against HeI
Husband
TOPEKA. Kan, Dec. lT--COunty At
tOrney Carl Of Rush county called
On the attorney general yesterday znd
asked Il = wife could testify against 8
husband IN case she went on the stand
voluntarily Mr. Smelling held that
she could o = Newcomer was AZ
rested n Rus8 eOn1sE for assault mp
On = young gyomaE- tHe settled the
ease by mar ing her. but later &C.
serted hsr snd che county attorney
VIII prosecEte kim on tbs Old charge,
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24
Proposed vIeksburr sIiIisary PARK.

WASHINGTON, Dec 91-The war de-
partment is encouraged over the pros
pect Of establishing a national mill
tary park similar to those OF Gettys-
burg, Chickamauga, Antietam, and
Shiloh on the site Of the siege OF Viclzs-
burg. The house. committee on mill
tary affairs has decided to inspect the
property, extending over /, 200 acres, in
the vicinity Of Vicksburg, which was
occupied by the troops during that IA
nous siege
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24
IRRIGATION CANAL.
A Proposition for ReclaimIng the A
Lands OF the West

A Proposition for Reclaiming the Arid
Lands OF the West.
TOPEKA, Kan, Dec Glow. Leedy
has given his Endorsement to a scheme
proposed by Percy Daniels, a Kansas
surveyor, for retaining the arid lands
OF the west by building a canal from
the sources of the Missouri to the Red
river in Texas The purpose of the
canal wOuld be to divert the flood of
waters of the Missouri river, imPound
them, and let them down when wanted.
The canal would tap the Missouri river
at Milk river, in Montana, and empty
into Red river in Texas It would be
about LOO miles I0ng and the esbi-
mated cost is $500, 600, OOO To raise
this money the promoters Of the
scheme urge that an income tax be i'm
posed.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24
THE TRAVELLERS WITHDRAws.
LOng-Drawn-Out Controversy Over Busi-
ness in Kansas at an End.

LOnE-DraFF n-OuE Controversy over Busl-
ness in Kansas at an End.
TOPEKA, Kan, Dec 21.--SOmething
Of a sensation was created this morn
ing by the arrival of a letter from
President Patterson, of the Travellers
Insurance company, of Hartford, Conn,
notifying State Insurance Commission
er McNan that the company had de-
cided to withdraw from business in
Kansas rather than submit to the exam
inatiOn Of its assets, which McNalI pro-
posed to make. President Patterson
stated that he had notified all agents
in Kansas to close up accounts and
send IN their supplies This will end
the long drawn-Out controversy be-
tween the company and the Kansas
insurance department The Travellers
last year received about S4S, 600 in pre-
miums from Kansas and paid about
SIG, 900 in losses
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

In 1894 the city council Of Mankato
enacted an ordinance making the sing
ing OF whistling of after the Bali"
between six a M and ten p m, mis-
demeanOr with 8 fine Of 80 cents for
each Offense. Now the city attorney
has been instructed to draft an Ordi-
nance placing ban on "a Hot Time
in the Old Town" with a similar pen
atty.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24
soME KANsAs HAPPENINes
Kan.as ana the Omaha EzpositIOn.

Gov Leedy has addressed letters &c
a number Of prominent Kansans ask
ing them if they would accept places
on q commission to be appointed to
raise funds for Kansas display at the
Omaha exposition next year In the
letter, he says that the legislature last
winter refused to make an appropria-
ton for that purpose, after he had re-
quested it to do 50, and that If any
money is raised for 8 Kansas exhibit
it viii have to be done by voluntary
subscription with no hope Of return
from the state
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24
WILL ASK FOR HER DOwERY.
Mrs. George " Pullman to Make Her sons
aIiIILonalre. DespLte the VIII.

Ms Gccree v Pullman 10 Maze Her SONS
AIiIlioBaires Despite the VIII.
CHICAGO, Dee. 22.-MrS. Pullman,
has decided not to abide by the viii,
but TO insist on her dover. BY the
viii she would receive $50, 900 cash, the
homestead here and the income during
her life from 81, $50, 600. Her dover en-
titles her to- So, OOO, OOOin personally and
a life interest in one-third Of the realty.
These figures are based on larger es-
innate Of the estate than announced
Just after the death. Mrs. Pullman's
object is not to better her own condi-
ton, but to make millionaires Of her
sons, who would receive only fair in
comes under the will
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

ALBAST, n. Y, Dee. 21--A certificate
Of incorporation was fled yesterday
with the secretary Of state by THE
American Congregation, the Pride Of
Jerusalem The object is to aid and
assist INDECENT and needy Jews of al
natiOnalities resident IN Jerusalem and
Palestine, by means Of dues, dOna-
tons and collections
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-12-24

The Missouri Pacific station agent at
Gaylord refused to comply with the
law compelling railroads to give q
round trip pass with every car Of live
live stock. He was arrested and the
case will be carried to the supreme
court to test the laws validity