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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1898-01-01
[ First published in WESTERN KANSAS WORLD,
January L. 1881
Sileriff'S Sale.

In the District Court of Trego county, Kan
The Hays Land and investments Company.
plaintiff,
n. L. Moore, ct al, defendants.
By virtue of order of sale TO me issued
out of the aforesaid District Court, will on
Tuesday. February list. 1893.
at the hour of 10 o'clock Il. m. at the front
door of the court house in the city of Wa
keeney. in the county and state aforesaid
offer at public sale and sell to the highest
bidder. for cash in hand. all the right, it'll
and interest of the several defendants in the
above entitled action in and to the following
described real estate, to-wit:
The west half of the northeast quarter and
the north half of the southeast quarter CT
section 49, township IL. range %. west of the
9th p. NJ. in Trego county. Kansas. with all
the appurtenances thereto belonging. to Ie
sold as the property of the several defeEC-
ants in said action and subject to the right
CT redemption provided tor by said orcer
of sale.
G w. LYNN.
Sheriff of Trego County. Kansas.
BY s. D. Thompson, Deputy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1898-01-01
East Side Rumblings.

Alva Cutler lost his famous horse
Dexter.
Such wind as Thursday makes us
ask about your fire guards.
The colds have come during the
holidays, consequently it is hoped
school will not be interfered with
quite so much.
Base ball on New Years between
Ellis and Trego county. AS soon as
they are thoroughly organized we will
give names of players and results of
games
You missed too much when you
missed the McDonald's song and
dance at the literary Tuesday night
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1898-01-01

This is the season when our farmer
readers select their reading matter
for 1898, and it comes to us almost as
a duty to advise every farmer in this
country to include The Kansas City
Indicator in the list, without fail We
know of no calling that has journal
which represents it better than The
Indicator represents good farming
Its usefulness is manifest on every
page and in every column, and it's
Special Farmers Institute editions,
published monthly. and sometimes
twice month, consist wholly Of the
experiences of practical farmers who
work on thefarm. There is no edit
ing, no Theories, no sidewalk farm
ing and no professional farm writing
in them. They are just an Interchange
of opinions on farm topics among
farmers themselves. BY all means
see 4 copy of this weeks Indicator.
and the Special Farmers Institute
edition that accompanies it, and then
free to applicants. Address the In
Dictator Publishing Co., Kansas City,
Mo.
We desire to call our readers s3tten-
tion to the new advertisement of G.
l. Verbeck which appears in this is
sue and which bears an announce
ment we are sorry to see. Mr.. Yer
beck has long been one of our most
substantial business men and relia-
BILE dealer, carrying a large stock of
general merchandise suited to the
country and his customers needs as
well as within reach of their purses.
This immense stock is now to be clos
ed out as Mr.. Verbeck has decided on
business venture which makes this
step necessary. Patrons of his estab-
lishment and the public in general.
we are certain, will regret to hear of
this as his eighteen years of continu-
Gus service as a purveyor of general
supplies has given him an insight into
the wishes of his patrons and a knowl-
edge of the class of goods necessary to
supply their wants which is of the
greatest advantage to both buyer and
seller and which cannot be acquired
by a new dealer except by long
years of costly experience. We hope
Mr.. Verbeck will have d successor who
will be live business man, compe-
tent to keep up the establishment So
highly advantageous to the commune
ty, the loss of which would be almost
irreparable. Mr.. Verbeck may locate
elsewhere, but we sincerely trust he
will remain here where close, accom-
mydating attention to an honorable
and successful business and where his
public spirit as Il citizen has made
him necessary part of the commune
ty in which he has so long lived.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1898-01-01


Smoked hams at Bakers
Our old friend Mccarthy is quite
sick
Baker has some firsL-ratc lard cans
he will sell cheap
Superintendent Peacock is visiting
schools this fine weather.
Rev. Lee Greer, of Brownell, made
US pleasant visit, Thursday
j. II. Ford shipped a number of
brooms to Minneapolis, Kan. last
week.
OR. III. Burns, Of Oallah, was in town
the fore part of the week on land bus
mess.
Miss Susie Henkel entertained a
number of her young friends at cards
Thursday evening.
o. c. Lewis, manager Of the ALI
ance Exchange store at Hill City, was
in town on Monday.
Genial Cal Bascom, of Ellis, was in
the city Monday and favored US with
a call. Call again Cal.
J. T. Ford and daughter, Ella, spent
the holidays at Minneapolis. Kan,
the guests of Mr.. Ford's sister.
B. E. Grim shipped in thorough
bred Red Polled bull from Garnett,
Kansas, Sunday. He's beauty.
Joe Halblelb. Of Riverside, a jolly
good fellow. was in town Monday and
Tuesday and paid us an appreciated
visit.
Uncle Josh Musgrave, of Ogallah,
made US substantial call last We'd
nesday which was heartily appre-
ciated.
Taken up.-Bay colt, four white
feet. Owner can get same at Adolph
Schwanbeck's, miles west of Wa
Keeney.
DR.. A. L. Browne, the Russell den
fist will be at the Ferris house. jan
uary "a to p, prepared to do any work
in his line
For Sale.-One thoroughbred Here
ford bull, coming vearling. One high
grade Hereford bull. George Young,
Utica, Kan.
VIM. Bower, the merchant prince of
Collyer, called at our tepee and made
us feel good by paying his subscrip-
ton. Thanks.
George Young bought thorough.
bred Hereford bull calf of w. J. Skel
ton Monday last. The sire of this
calf weighed 1900.
The financial condition of our bank
will be found in this issue. 1t shows
the bank to be in a very prosperous
condition. Read it.
Eek Allen, who is clerking in a gro
Gerry store at Junction City, spent
Christmas with his parents, Mr.. an6
Mrs. A. p. Lawrence.
Erie Morgan CLOSED successful
term of school in district No. 43 yes
terday. He will now become pupi
himself for three or four months
Sam Riley called ON US last Wednes
day. He informs us that his son-in
law Gish, who has been sick for som,
time near Ellis, is now recovering
A. T. Harvey made us a pleasant
visit last Wednesday. Mr.. Harve,
raised good crop of oats last season
which he is exchanging for corn, ever
up.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Walsh, of nortl
of Collyer, entertained royalty OF
Christmas day. Covers were laid 70
fifteen and the table was decorated
with carnations and pansies-
NOTICE. would like to hear from
some one who can locate me on de
6irable quarter of school land, rem
me good place or sell me land on tn
eswheat plan." w. B. Robinson.
ENTERTAINMENTS There will b
an entertainment at the Willco
school house on Friday evening, Jan
uary 7th. Come one and all and he'll
to make the entertainment success
We are glad to note that prosperit
has struck our fellow townsman, Ere
Olson, who goes to Cove City as fore
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1898-01-01
Prices Right.
Quality Guaranteed.

The superiority OF Chase & San
born's Teas and Coffees secured the
Worlds Fair contracts.
G. G. BESToR, Agent
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1898-01-01
Just Received at
3 e s TOR

Cabbage
CranberrieS
Table Cutlery
Pocket Cutlery
Pure Buckwheat Flour
Log Cabin Maple Syrup
Heinz Pure Mince Meat
Heinz Pure Apple Butter
Heinz Preserves and Pickles
Celebrated Platt Canned Goods
The herald., 1898-03-25
A COFFIN SHIP

Many words of warning have been ut
tered against rushing to Alaska in un-
seaworthy craft. So great has been the
travel in that direction that every vessel
that could be secured has been pressed
into service. The matter of staunchness
was not inquired into If the vessel would
float while in the home port it was suffi-
cient.
Proper care has not been exercised
with respect to the capability Of the nav
igators in charge of the vessels in the
Alaskan trade. Men who because Of
their inefficiency or their bad habits
could get nothing to do in ordinary times
were accepted without question.
There have been several wrecks and
considerable loss Of life arising from
the conditions since the rush to the Klon-
dixie began, but the most aggravated
case has been that of the Helen w. Almy
which was wrecked last Monday in plain
sight of the port it sailed from-San
Francisco. The vessel is total wreck.
not worth salvage, and all on board, forty
in number, are supposed to have been
lost.
The Almy was a coffin ship. She was
launched in 1859, and long ago was con-
demned as unseaworthy. No marine
company would insure her. Her timbers
We're scandalously rotten; ID short her
condition was a by-word among sailors.
The herald., 1898-03-25
Reward Offered

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald
Since our obliging city council leglslated
value into dog muzzles, 1t is a matter of
surprise how quickly the mad dog scare
died out and lost it's power to terrfy Since
the sale of muzzles began not a mad dog
has been seen, heard of or talked about.
Where, Oh, where, did they go to so sud
denly? Did they ever exist except in the
hysterical Imagination of some timid SOU.
or in the minds eye of some muzzle mer-
chant? Was there ever the least necessity
for that hysterical ordinance, which ad-
vertisedf this locality as a mad dog town
If not, why should that needless law re-
main in force to torture dogs and to poster
and annoy their owners? Why should the
penalty of death hang over the dog which
weareth not muzzle; and why should the
people be taxed for the benefit of muzze
merchants? Is business so bad 1t needs to
be artificially stimulated by legal enact
men.si?
Is our council justified in passing such
absurd. needless and foolish laws? To one
Of ordinary sense 1t would seem not and
to demonstrate that the aforesaid hysteri.
cal ordinance has no necessity for exist
ence reward of S., United States gold
coin," is hereby offered for dog in, this
city afflicted with genuine hydrophob.c
madness. C. SEVERANCE
Los Angeles March %.
The herald., 1898-03-25
Sheep, Cattle and Timber

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald:
In your issue of March 24th read under
the head of "Sheep and Cattle" San Ber-
nardino Items. that the board OF supervise
ors of that county have by resolution ex-
pressed desire to have the forest reserva-
tion of that county opened for sheep and
cattle pasture, to the devastation Of the
said forest. Now this idea is entirely
wrong. am an old sheep raiser of San
Rernardino county and well acquainted
with the mountains of that section. From
the wear 1875 up to 1881 kept my sheep in
the San Bernardino mountains every sum-
mer, and during that long period did not
once see forest fires, such as those which
have devastated these and other forest
reservations since the sheep have been BAN
ished from the forests. For one who knows
much about sheep this state of affairs Is
very easy of explanation. Sheep do not
feed on mountain trees or shrubbery. such
as pine, cedar, oak, ironwood, manzanita,
The herald., 1898-03-25
PRIMARY LAW INVALID

The supreme court of California yes
tions known as the Stratton primary
law, to be unconstitutional, and Its
whole machinery falls to the ground. All
the justices concurred in the decision
except Beatty, who was out Of the city
The dullest layman may comprehend
the decision and it's foundation. A
clause of the state constitution provides
Every act shall embrace but one sub
ject, which shall be expressed in its
title" The title of the Stratton law de-
clared it to be IAN act to regulate pri-
maries and for other purposes. u
The court says: Under the cloak OF
other purposes every conceivable kind
Of legislation could hide and thrive in
the body of the act, and thus the con-
stitutional provision be set at naught."
In this state, when these words, other
purposes are found in the title of an
act of the state legislature they accom-
plish nothing"
Certainty. out Was tHeTe 10 IudH III
all the membership Of the last legisla-
ture who was familiar with the provis-
ions Of the state constitution-who had
read the instrument, even? 1t is al
most incredible that such a blunder
should have been made. So palpabe is
the error that it nearly seems as II the
fatal words 'and for other purposes" had
been inserted in the title with the ex-
press purpose Of rendering the act in
valid.
The clause of the constitution already
referred to also provides: IF any sub
ject shall be embraced in an act which
shall not be expressed in it's title, such
act shall be null and void only as to so
The herald., 1898-03-25
/ VERDICT OF RETR1BuTIoN

Seldom, II ever, in the history Of ma
and profoundly impressive scene beer
witnessed than that in the United States
senate yesterday. Moved by no common
impulse, but rather by a positive in
spiration, Senator Thurston gave voice
to the yearning anguish of the Cuban
reconcentrados and to the good hope AMI
faith of Christian America, which insists
that the DEVILS work must be stopped.
The fact that the senator, while dis
covering the awful situation, which he sc
eloQuently revealed, had himself suffered
grievous personal loss, naturally
added to the magnetic effect of his great
speech. While this personal sorrow
which has been shared by a nation S
sympathy, was stoically repressed, ii
seemed that it was a silent inspiration to
the fearful force of the truth that he
laid bare.
The lines Of barbarous deviltry and
Christian wrath were clearly drawn.
IT say that the time has come when
muskets ought to go with the food.
Such is the deliberate verdict of one who
has studied the situation from every
point Of policy and provision.
While Senator Thurston in this speech
has sounded the cry for retribution
which will find ready response in many
million American hearts this morning
=, 1,a aI,
at the door of the Republican admin
istration for having SO long pursued a
policy Of anxious vacillation with one
eye winlxing at the Spanish butcheries
ties.
An everlasting disgrace lies at the door
Of the American people today, and Sen
ator Thurston was not slow to voice
one voice Of dissent-that voice is the
voice of the money changers" This SOL
emn confession came from loyal Re
publican, from one who went out of his
way to testify his allegiance to the presi-
dent, and yet his admission is all too
palpable.
Who are the money changers? What
Is the power behind the president that
has so long palsied the arm of righteous
wrath, prostituting it to the service of
Wall street? AS it was in the beginning
1t is today. The spirit of the president
was and has been Hanna. The vision of
the truth has been shadowed and OBJ
scured by the base considerations of a
money-grubber. Hanna and the money
power elected the president Shall the
shameful debt be never redeemed? Is
not the voice of the American people too
strong, too true, to be any longer re-
sisted?
The herald., 1898-03-25
WAR OR PEACE IN A BOX

At one time the result Of the presi.
Dental election of 1876 seemed to depend
upon the returns from a single interior
county In Florida, and during an entirs
night tens of thousands of people al
over the land waited In nervous ex-
pectancy in newspaper and telegraph
offices, for the arrival at the capital OF
the tally sheets, consigned to a messen.
ger on a slow-g going stern wheel steamer
on the st. Johns river.
1t was not a little singular that such
momentous consequences should ever
seem to depend upon utilities and en-
vironment so incongruous.
Almost paralleling 1t, however, was
the journey from Key West to Washing
ton. completed last evening. Of Lieutsn.
ant Mark, bearing the official report OF
the naval court Of inquiry upon the
Maine disaster. He Travelled on a tralr
having right Of way over all others or
the line, and yet to the millions Of ex-
pectant people in this country his
progress seemed slow.
The issue Of war or peace was supposed
to be contained in the little dispatch
box he carried.
The herald., 1898-03-25

III not incompatible with the public in
terest."
The presidents explanation will be ac-
cepted. 1t is recognized that this is not
the time to quarrel with him, or with any
other executive officer Of the govern
ment.
1t is not time for carping criticism or
for censure.
1t is a time for patriotism without
an eff"
Mr.. McKinley's motives, as we'll as his
official conduct, will become fair sub
jects for consideration after the business
in hand has been disposed Of.
That business is:
To put a speedy stop to the most bar
barous war that has ever been waged
In the western hemisphere. Indian meth
DDS not excepted.
To rescue thousands Of reconcentrados
from the awful fate of the half million
Of their fellows who have already sue
cumbed to the pangs Of hunger.
To fill the stomachs of the survivors
of Spanish brutality and barbarity with
food, and their hearts with hope.
To drive their prosecutors from the
island, and to post an announcement
upon it's outward sea wall that European
monarchs must hereafter keep of the
grass
To then hand the fair land over to
it's rightful owners, with an injunction
to organize the kind of government that
best suits their ideas, with liberty of con-
science as the keystone of the arch ana
universal suffrage as the basis of 10y
atty.
This accomplished and American man
hood vindicated, the demands Of human
ity and civilization satisfied, it may be in
order to ask the president and the party
he represents few pertinent questions
regarding the attitude of both since the
st. Louis convention declared that Cuba
should be free.
Until then unity in essentials, liberty in
non-essentials, and charity for the off,
cials of high degree who will need 1t.
Just now the order is to form on the
commander, and this we will all do with
alacrity, not forgetting that an attack
upon him is an attack upon US.
The herald., 1898-03-25
A SPECIAL NEWS SERVICE

The Herald has a special and exclusive
telegraph service that 10 unequaled by
any paper west of Chicago with the
single exception Of tho San Francisco
Examiner.
Not only IL to be found in these pages
tho full report of the Associated Press.
the greatest newsgathering agency in
the world. but an exclusive service from
special correspondents at San Francisco.
Chicago, New York, and Washington,
who have exceptional advantages by
their connection with the greatest news
papers in those cities.
The full reports Ofthe ASSOC ociatcd Press,
day and night, amount in all to an aver
axe. Of $4,000 words. These are daily
suppleme ented in The Herald by exclusive
dispatches, which vary from 800 to aOOO
words per day,
The herald., 1898-03-25
THREATENED AMBUSH

Defeated in his purpose Of thwarting
the will of the people directly, in the
matter Of the San Pedro appropriation
Mr.. Huntington now seeks to accom-
plish his purpose by means indirect.
The amendment Of Senator Stewart,
offered yesterday. is obviously wanting
in good faith, and intended to precipi-
tate fight in the committee and hope
less division upon any scheme of COM
promise.
In the improbable event Of an agree
ment, and a report favorable to the
division Of the appropriation, the
friends Of the Southern Pacific wizard on
the floor may be depended upon to dis
matter" and on that ground secure its
elimination from the bill. under the tacit
understanding that was some time ago
arrived at not to consider anything un-
der that classification.
The significant circumstance will be
noted, that whereas one ground of op-
position to the San Pedro appropria-
ton was that the work could not be
done for the sum named, 1t Is now pro-
posed to build two breaKwaters without
exceeding its limits.
And. again, to provide against the
possible contingency Of being taken at
his word, provision is inserted placing
additional restrictions within the dis
cretion of the secretary of war. This
should be known as the Stewart guillotine
amendment, intended to finally place
San Pedro's neck under Mr.. Alger's
sharp blade.
The herald., 1898-03-25
EXILES

Exiled from home! The far sea rolls
Between them and the country of their
birth;
The childhood turning impulse of their
souls
Pulls half across the earth.
Exiled from home!. From all familiar
things
The low-browed roof. the grass-sur.
rounded door,
Accustomed labors that gave daylight
wings,
Loved steps on the worn floor.
Exiled from home! Young girls sent forth
alone
When most their hearts need close COM
panioning;
No love and hardly friendships may they
own,
No voice of welcoming.
Blinded with homescls tears the exile
sstands:
To toll for alien household gods she
comes;
A servant and stranger in our lands
Homeless within our homes.
New England Magazine.
The herald., 1898-03-25
WATCHING WITH GRIEF

When the treaty Of Paris was ar
| ranged in 1888, Spain possessed Florida
and the whole of the gulf coast, besides
the vast empire stretching westward
from the Mississippi. France soon ac-
quired Louisiana, only to subsequently
surrender 1t to the United States. A
little later Spain's grasp upon Mexico
was relaxed, and in the course Of time
she was without other possessions in
the western hemisphere than Cuba and
Porto Rico.
In the preparation Of the treaty that
onies Spain was represented by
Count Amanda. She was then an ally OF
France, and naturally expected that
country's good offices in the safeguard
ing Of her large interests on this conti-
nent. In letter to his sovereign, imme
diately following the ratification Of the
treaty Spain's representative made use
of this prophetic language:
This federal republic is born a pigmy.
A day will come when it will be giant,
even colossus, formidable In these
countries. Liberty of conscience, the
facility of establishing a new popula-
tion on immense lands, as well as the
advantages Of a new government, will
draw thither farmers and artisans
from all nations. In few years we
shall watch with grief the tyrannical
existence of this same colossus
Far though 1t may have drifted from
the great principles upon which this
COLOSSUS" was established, it cannot in
truth be said that it has ever been
tyrannical in its attitude toward or treat
ment of other nations, much less Spain.
For more than half century it
stood like stone wall in defense of the
rights of Spain to the insular possession
of Cuba, giving notice that was needed
that no other European power should lay
hands upon it-a policy that would have
survived until this day but for the bar
barous tyranny of Spain in governing
it's subjects on the island-a tyranny and
oppression that has at last revolted the
conscience of Christendom, and rendered
intervention duty to God and to HUI
manity.
That Spain will watch with grief" the
existence of "this same colossus" is no
longer left to conjecture. The colossus
promises speedily to become ominously
assertive.
The herald., 1898-03-25
THE FIRE BOND ELECTION

To Judge from past experience the city
council will jeopardize the success of the
fire bond election If it couples with it a
proposition to vote $4,000 bonds for
bridge Improvements. But the latter
measure is probably needed, and the
amount involved is SO small that it would
create needless heavy expense to call a
special election for the bridge bonds
alone.
The coupling of the fire and school
bonds together at the last city bond cleo
ton made the good suffer with the evil.
The school bonds We're defeated by a
large majority, and the fire bonds went
down in the wreck, despite the undis-
ter was surely needed.
The situation now, however, is the
same as it was then, with respect to the
fire bonds, and when the election is held
the proposition should be carried un-
animously. The city needs new equip
ments; and the proceeds Of the fire
bonds, besides providing these, will give
the city it's own engine houses where
rent is now being paid, at an annual saw
ing to the city of several thousands of
dollars.
One thing should be insisted upon and
clearly understood, and that Is, that a
portion of the annual saving accruing
through the voting of the bonds shall be
placed in a sinking fund to meet the same
securities when they become due. This
was one of the original reasons urged in
favor of voting the bonds, and the people
should insist upon it's being retained.