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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-14

Three foul murders-one Of woman
and a number of unsuccessful at
tempts, not to speak of plots interrupt
ed by the police; Europe shaken from
end to end again and again; govern
ments aroused to degree where a
combination against the danger seems
in immediate. prospect-such is the rec
ord Of four years Of European anarchy.
Carnot, Canovas, and Elizabeth-near-
ly one year. And while governments
are planning the snakes eXtermina-
tion its fangs are ever ready to strike
again-a monster which kills innocents
for the sake of the horror created-and
boasts that it is done lin the interests
of humanity" The assassination OF
Empress Elizabeth of Austria at Cen
eva by Anarchist Luchini is the third
successful attempt on the lives of rul-
ers since June, 1894. President Carnot
of France was stabbed at Lyons on
June "a, 1894; Canovas del Castillo,
prime minister of Spain and virtually
ruler of the country while he was in
Office, was shot and killed at Santa
Agueda on Aug. 8, 1897. All three as
sassinations were the work of men who
loudly proclaimed themselves anarch-
lists and their deeds the result of their
convictions, and the assassins were all
three Italians, circumstance which
Immediately after the three assassina-
lions caused furore against that race
in the countries which had suffered.
Spread Through All Europe.
France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Aus
tria and Spain have each been shocked
again and again by more or less sue
cessful attempts on the lives of their
rulers since anarchy-"The Interna-
tional" societies and their outgrowths
came into existence some thirty years
ago. Great Britain has been singular
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-14
EUROPE'S RECORD OF ASSASSINATION.
Agents of Anarchya1y
HOtbed-Threc Successful Mudrs Were All Natives of
"Sunny' List of the Recent Crimes.
btainable, might be too startling for

obtainable, might be too startling for
belief.
Half century of growth has made
anarchy thing to be shuddered at, the
basis of crimes which have robbed land
after land of it's rulers and their advis-
ers and turned the joy Of more than
one jubilee into grief.
Originator OF Anarchy.
Responsibility for all this can be
traced to one man, the originator OF
anarchy, Michael Bakunin. A Russian
army officer of aristocratic family,
Bakunin left the army in 1885 at the
age Of q to spread his ideas Of gov
eminent. He first went to Berlin and
Dresden and later, in 1S4S, turned up
at the Panslavist congress of Prague,
which ended in an insurrectionary
movement, promptly quelled by the jul
dicious use OF grapeshot.
In May, 1S49, after travelling about
in disguise, Bakunin appeared again in
Dresden during tie uprising there. He
was taken prisoner by the Prussian
troops and condemned to death for in
citing the populace to burn the govern
ment buildings. Austria wanted the
man for offenses of like nature coEl-
mitted within it's borders and he was
turned over to that government. Hard
ly had he been secured by Austria be-
fore Russia claimed the prisoner. He
was turned over to the country Of his
birth, where he was held prisoner for a
number Of years. Through the bag
Cling over governments for possession
Of his person, Bakunin escaped the fate
which Prussia had ordained for him
in the sentence of death. Later he was
seen in Japan and again in London.
Record Of the Crimes.
Here are some of the most import
ant attempts of anarchy to rid Europe
of its rulers, some successful, but most
failures in that they came short Of
their purpose:
Emperor Francis Joseph Of Austria
was attacked by Anarchist Libeney on
Feb. IS, 1858. The emperor was walk
ing on the ramparts at Vienna, when
Libeney, a Hungarian tailor in whose
fragile brain the roots of anarchy had
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-14
MessSgM

with S &C j e t y
End all organ
ization!" is the
cry of the thou
sands of mad
men who form
the unorganized
IN d a IL t h e
more dangerous
a + m y W b / C n
battles the strong
hands of Euro
pean G o v e r n
ments. kill the
ru | ers; W l tn
them out of the
~ ay humanity
will be happy"
IS the S | o g a n
which | m p e | s
the fanatic to
throw the bomb,
fire the pistol
and plunge the
dagger.
| The followers
of t h e S e m a d
precepts crowd
the CT t | e s and
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-14

ed safely through similar experience.
another nihilist, Berezowski, being the
woud-be assassin. The pistol again
came into play in 1879, when Alexander
Salovleff, during period Of nihilistic
disorders all over Russia, shot at the
car in the streets of st. Petersburg.
This nihilist carried capsules Of poison
in his mouth, but neglected to swallow
them. He said he had been chosen by
lot to kill the car.
Assassination OF the Gear.
The final and successful attempt or
nihilism on the cars life occurred ON
March 10, 1881. Two bombs were
thrown at the imperial carriage, the
first by Rysakoff, the second and fatal
one by Grenevitsky The emperor was
out to view the parade Of the Marine
Corps. The event had been planned
far in advance and nihilism had plen-
ty Of time to arrange what was to be
a grand movement to end the cars
life. Mines were laid in streets
through which the carriage might pass
and adherents literally supplied with
hand bombs to throw in case the mines
failed. AS the carriage approached the
koff pressed forward through some
workmen shoveling snow and threw
the first bomb. 1t fell behind the car
rage, tearing out the back and wound
Ing two cossacks. The emperor step
ped out of his carriage, and as he did
so the second bomb thrown by Creme
whisky, fell and exploded at his feet,
breaking both his legs and penetrating
his abdomen. The emperor died two
hours after the explosion Of the bomb
at his feet. Fragments of the bomb
killed and wounded people in every di-
rection, the bomb-thrower himself be-
ing killed The successful attempt
was the result of widespread plot in
the Russian branch of anarchistic Eu-
rope. Five of the conspirators were
hanged.
Italy seems to be the hotbed Of mod
ern anarchy. Santo, Golli and Luchini,
the successful assassins of three rul-
ers killed since 1894, were born in It
ally and spent much of their time there
acquiring the ideas which prompted
them to their dastardly deeds.
Nor is the knife the weapon of Ital-
ian anarchists alone, for it is favor
lite with believers in the creed the
world over. The file, or three-cornered
dagger manufactured from file, the
weapon Of the empress assassin, is a
favorite. One of this class, found in
the effects of Anarchist Lingg of Chi
cago, is now in the curio collection of
well-known Chicagoan. The three
cornered steel is about seven inches
long, securely fastened in a wooden
handle. The sheath is section of
broomstick, through the center OF
which hole is bored.
The anarchistic assassin is moved to
his awful crimes by idleness. His mad
ideas of revenge against rulers, big
and little, are invariably conjured
while he is out of work. Seeing no
hope in life he first decides to take his
own life Then comes to him the dew
ilish secondary thought: "These kings
and plutocrats are responsible for my
| death, so I'll just take one of them
along with me to the other world"
This he promises his fellow miserables
that he will do, and he keeps his
word.
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skins, but principally out of sheep
skins. The secret is in curing the
skins, which has always been kept in
Italy, where all the finer and better
grades of strings are made There
are, however, several concerns in this
country which turn out musical strings,
and they make very good grade,
though they do not compare as yet with
the Italian strings"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-14

ly free from at
tacks ON it's
ruler by anar-
chists, although
men with other
kinds of mad
ness have been
busy there as
w IL as else
where. Down
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FACTS ABOUT FIDDLE STRINGS

Actually Made OF Sheepskin and NOT OF
Feline Vlscera.
(Erom the Washington Star:) ut
has always been belived that violin,
harp and banjo strings were made out
of the viscera of the cat" explained a
teacher of music, "but l have consid-
cradle doubt that there ever was
string so made. The gut of cat is
no more suitable for such use than that
OF a mouse, and as far as my investiga-
ton goes has never been so used. Vio-
lin strings are made of many kinds OF
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-14

corona. It's density has been believed
to be less, even than that of hydrogen,
and Professor Nasini's investigation OF
the element discovered by him indi-
Gates that 1t actually possesses this pc
culiarity of lightness. 1t is, then, the
lightest substance known.
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Experienced 1t.

Poeticus-"Have you read Shakes
peare's Loves Labors Lost?" Cyni-
cus-"No; but I've taken girl to the
theater and had her talk to the man
next her all through the show."-1TcA
Bits
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-14

Another Solar Element on tho Earth.
The discovery in certain rare earths
found in Norway of the element he
lium, previously known to exist only
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-10-14

would-be assas-
sin was Juan
Olivia, a cooper,
with anarchis-
tic ideas of gov
e r n m ent. He
shot twice, the
hullets 6 OF n 6
vide, and was
executed for his
trouble. A wait
The times., 1898-08-30
The Cession of Jamaica

To the Editor of The Times:
While Neville Lubbock asserts in London that
In his opinion the cession Of jamaica to the
United States would be of immense advantage to
its people he does not mention any benefits that
the United States would derive from the posses
sion of Jamaica. Its population in 1881 was:
Blacks, 444,1s6; colored, 1l1,07I; coolies and
Chinese, Ills, and whites, 1882, about two
and half per cent OF whites. The slaves were
manumitted in 1884, the government compensat-
ing the owners by paying $500 head for them,
but the abolition of slavery the ruin of
Jamaica, and from being the brightest jewel in
the British crown it went down to almost a
drag upon the British government. In the past
twenty years it has been recovering somewhat,
its exports being S7,745,2s5, mostly sugar anil
fruits to the United States. Its exports how
ever are not fourth of what it produced in
slave times, and Anthony Trollope, in his work
on the ''West Indies and the Spanish AIain,' gives
the reason as follows: ''In Jamaica savage nature
is fast resuming its dominion over deserted plan
tations, and the woods swarm with half naked
negroes living the indigenous fruits of the
soil, and scarcely one degree removed from their
original barbarism in Africa. TO the understand
ing of intelligent and rejecting men who are
superior TO the partisan and sectional issuts OF
the hour these considerations cannot fail to ap-
peal with controlling force, for If the United
States as compared with the Spanish American
republics, has achieved an immeasurabe super,
iority in all elements of greatness, that result
is eventually due to the rigid and inexorable re-
fusal of the dominant Teutonic stock to debase
its blood impair its intellect, lower It's moral
standard or peril its institutions by intermixture
with the inferior and subordinate of man. -
| do not think that need Jamaica. We
have weekly communication with II from New
York by the Atlas line of steamers, and that is
sufficient. However, one source of its trade with
Cuba smuggling. will be sadly impaired when
we occupy the Queen of the Antilles A rail-
road was constructed from Kingston to Poyt An
tonic few years ago, mainly to aid this business
for the enormous Spanish duties in Cuba made it
very profitable. Better let England keep Jamaica.
and when its cranks start out to ameorate the
condition OF the negro in the United States lei
them come via Jamaica. DOYLE.
The times., 1898-08-30
LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN.
There VIII Be Some Lively Contests
Mt Their Session

Toronto, Ont, Aug. 2s-The Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen will meet in this
city on September T. the session lasting
for several days. The convention is ex-
pected to witness a lively contest for
the successorship to F. p. Sargent, as
grand master the selection for which lies
between Frank Arnold, now secretary of
the association. and j. ]. Hannahan.
There will be fight also over pro-
posal to move the Brotherhood headquar-
ters from Indianapolis to Cleveland or
Buffalo. Members of the Brotherhood
throughout the Eastern portion of the
country are unanimously in favor of a
change.
The times., 1898-08-30
He Was n REGULAR.
From the Chicago Times-Herald. }

NfIon tfe OhlcaGo IlTnes-H Herald-1
Blair. regular. said TO be of the Seventeenth
was shot through the groin at El Caney July l.
Two wounded men of the Seventy first New York
fell beside him in worse shape than he. They
could not move. He could a little
A Spanish sharpshooter on their right had the
range OF them as they lay there, their comrades
having pushed Although down, the three
men his target.
''Spiti" and one OF the bullets cut 4 lock of
hair from Blair's forehead
Spit again and one Of the New Workers
WINGED IS his shoulder was cut.
Blair for n time could not locate the fellow,
but finally discovered him 800 yards distant up
a tree. He was incautious and displayed him
self in taking aim Blair had his gun beside
him and with one shct brought him down.
Then. wounded in the groin as he was, he
crarled 900 feet TO his enemy TO get his canteen
of water and 900 feet back, not touching it him.
self, and poured it down the throats Of the two
Ned Workers
He died holding the drink to the lips of one
OF them. His only remark as TO his journey was:
I'm regular. You fellows have homes
One of the New Workers survived to return
home and tell the story Of this hero's end
The times., 1898-08-30
PROBABLY LOST IN A GALE.
Fourteen Sailors Believed to Have
Been Lost on the Superior.

Mackinaw City, Mich, Aug. 2.-1t is
believed here that the lives of fourteen
men, the crew of the steamer Superior,
have been lost in a terrific gale which
struck her and her consort, the San
dusky, off Poverty Island yesterday.
The Sandusky arrived here this morn
ing and reported that the last seen Of
the Superior she was struggling in the
violent gale and flying signals of dis
tress. The Sandusky is a schooner and
was in tow of the steamer. She could do
nothing to render assistance to her con-
sort, finding it all she could do to make
her own way against the gale.
The two boats were about fifteen miles
out from Poverty Island when the storm
struck them. The Superior labored with
her load for time, and then the line
parted. 1t was impossible to pick it up
again. The Sandusky was badly thrown
about and quickly drifted out of sight of
the other boat.
The times., 1898-08-30
WHAT Do The CHILDREN DRlNK7

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you
Tried the new food called GRAIN-O? 1t ID
dehcious and nourishing and ta kes the place
children the more health you distribute
through their systems. GrGin-O is made OF
pure grains, and when properly prepared
tastes like the choice grades uf coffee, but
costs ainut ene-qliar ter as much. all grocers
cell It. sc and ESQ 5a27-te
The times., 1898-08-30
PRISONERS BREAK JAIL.
Lock the Keeper in the Cell Room
and Make Their Escape

Middletown, N Y, Aug. 29.-Twelve
prisoners escaped from Goshen Jail early
this morning. saving a hole in the cell
door and eoaxing the only keeper into the
cell room, where he was brutally pounded
and choked by James w. Croum, a bike
thief, of Scranton and Louis Blackma n.
of Port Jervis.
The men took his pistol and keys. They
then released all of the other prisoners
held there for trial, and. having locked
the keeper in a cell escaped. Ward, one
of the prisoners, was afterwards captured
in d haymow and another, Johnson, gave
himself up.
The times., 1898-08-30

The dinner-dance given by Mrs. Calvin
S. Brice at Beaulieu Saturday night was
one of the brilliant events of the Newport
season. The table decorations Were in
white and green and a dance, in costume.
later ON. The vaudeville feature of the
occasion was executed by a poetical dis
ciple of Terpsichore, who impersonated
Venus, a water sprite, Ophelia, and
Spring.
The times., 1898-08-30
$500 Excursion 10 the sea- $500
hhOre vim PennsYIYenia Railrnal

For Atlantic City. Cape May, Ocean
City and Sea Isle City. Tickets on sale
for II a. m. and 12:45 p. m. trains Fridays
and Saturdays until September 10, 1898
good to return until the following Tue.
June a.
su.tu. ktha m. mon. wed&frip. .m.,ntl Sept ~
The times., 1898-08-30

Miss Caffery. daughter of Senator Caf-
ferry, of Louisiana, was the lucky winner
of beautiful gold and jeweled ring cas-
ket at an entertainment given at the
White Sulphur Springs on last Wednes-
day night.
The times., 1898-08-30
HEROES FROM MARYLAND
Pitiful Stories of Their Suffer-
ings Are Told.
WOULD NOT ENLIST AGAIN
should America Declare War in the
Future 1t Is Doubted if the State
ribIe Conditions at Tumpa-FOOd
That Aggravated Typhoid Fever.

Baltimore Aug. 29.--It Is almost a fore
would again be involved in war with an
other country, the volunteers from this
State would be scarce. One thing is GER
tain, the men who volunteered to fight
for their country against Spain would not
again offer their services to Uncle Sam.
The stories of the sick soldiers of the
Fifth Maryland who were brought here
pitiful to hear.
One of the sick soldiers at the City Hos
pital said this morning:
Some one ought TO be made to pay for
our dead men and our sick. We Were
camped at Tampa in three feet of sand
with public dump on one side, 1000 head
of stock on the other, and in front. the
only decent place on the grounds. little
| shady spot where some times we would
lie down and try to find some little com
| fort. The stencil from the dump and the
stock was something frightful."
DIR. HouIton Indignant.
| DR. Samuel S. Houlton, one of the ply
| sicians on the hospital train, was indig-
nant at the inhuman treatment the sol
| dier boys received. He said:
Imagine all the combined horrors OF
! the century being enacted at one place
and you will be able in some degree tc
understand how l felt when our trair
pulled out of Huntsville. The camp al
Huntsville is high and dry, but / an
| ~. 80.
| to all the drainage of wet weather..
II did not see the hospital. but l saw
| what came out of il and I never want tc
witness such sight again. 1 had chargs
of two cars, loaded only with typhoid pa
tients. 1t was a pitiful sight. Men whc
went 10 the front strong and healthy
| composing a formidable army of patri
| ots were returning emaciated and weak
| their bones protruding, their cheeks sunk.
en-, their eyes duh and heavy-absolutely
| as near to the grave as men could gel
without finishing the trip. II was some
thing awful. r
The Food OF Typhoid Patients.
Two of the first men who came on my
car were typhoid patients almost unable
and desperate condition, what kind OF
| food do you think these men were carry
! ing with them? Nothing but hardtsch
biscuit and piece of salt meat each. The
| idea of feeding sick men on such stuff is
primarily evidence of something wrong
| but for typhoid patients TO be fed the
| truck was little less than murderous
| They should have had no solids at all
| Typhoid should be fed with liquid foods
| Yet these men told me that was al
| they had for several days.
These same mem told me that they
| had been lying in a hospital tent. II
which stood several feet OF water.
The condition of the men who came
on the train was awful. The tongues
among the typhoid patients were sc
parched and cracked that they looked like
| alligator skin. They had absolutely nj
proper medical attention, and, in fact
were reduced to such a condition thai
we fully expected to finish the trip home
with number of them in the baggage
ear
The times., 1898-08-30

Senator Hanna has been enjoying few
weeks rest, outing in the West, but will
return to Cleveland Wednesday. Presi-
dent Mckinley. who will arrive in Cleve-
land Tuesday or Wednesday. for few
days rest, at the home of Col Myron i.
Herrick, it is understood, will be guest
at Senator Hanna's home before his de-
parure from that city.
The times., 1898-08-30
ARMIES OF THE WORLD
What Success of the Cars
Proposal Would Mean.
MILLIONS NOW UNDER ARMS
SquadrOns and BattaIions That May
No Longer Figure Among the Re
sources OF National POsver-Mili-
tary and Naval strength of ii
Earth's Leading Powers.

In the event of the acceptance by the
powers of the Cars proposition for
universal disarmament. millions of men,
trained in the art of war. will be returned
10 the peaceful vocations of life. France
heads the list with an active army and
reserve of 2.0i3, $50 officers and enlisted
men. Germany is second. with an army
OF regulars and reserves of 1853. .052 men.
Russia comes next. with standing army
and an armed reserve force of i,145, ,52a
! In the event of a general call to arms
| the relative standings of these countries
would be materially changed Russia
could put into the field in round num-
| bers 100000 men; Germany could mobil-
| ize 5,166.5s2 officers and men, while
| standing army, could raise but 4,800, 600
soldiers.
| The standing army and reserve force of
Austria Hungary is given as S7s.616 men.
with war strength OF 1767.O The Ital-
| ian standing army and reserves number
TIC. 720 officers and men with a war posi-
bility of slightly over 100000. Great
| A~4ieiii mas d idLu IofSo VI OnIy Z-V,I5J
| officers and men. but this force could be
| largely increased in time of war by
call upon the home countries and colo
| MES The Smallness of England's land
forces is explained by the many thous-
! ands of men in her navy as sne Is the
| ranking naval power of the world and it
requires an immense force of men 10
| man her hundreds Of war vessels.
| Turkey has a standing army of 1s9, So
men and her war fooing is given as L.
OIL, S62- Little Switzerland has an active
! army of l37. .S35 officers and men and one
of the best systems in the world - mob
| IiZing an emergency force
The times., 1898-08-30

Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Walsh and Miss
Walsh are among the prominent Wash
ingtonians who are spending the season
at the Virginia Warm Springs.
The times., 1898-08-30

Miss Rosa Katz. of Baltimore, and Miss
Blanche Kahn, of Louisville, Ky, are
visiting the Misses Cohen. at 1130 Eighth
Street northwest, and will be pleased to
see their friends Wednesday evening, Aug.
The times., 1898-08-30

Mr. and Mrs. s. B. Salomon, Miss Tes-
sic Salomon, and Miss Bessie Stern have
returned from Piney Point.
The times., 1898-08-30

At the german given during the past
week at the Old Sweet Springs of Vir-
ginia, Miss Macdonald, of Washington.
was present in picture gown of pink
and white.