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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-20

ernor Leedy didn't like it either and
vetoed it.
Just what plans will be followed to
prevent railroad act from passing this
time is not known but it is probable
that much the same general plan of
campaign will obtain no matter what
tactics. are used. # enough amend
ments can be sandwiched in and riders
Jacket or any law cam be made in
operative or. unconstitutional although
the caucus may be able to enact it.
The Populist members who have ar
rived do not seem to think that any
action that can be taken by those op-
posed to railroad legislation, whether
it is the Republican minority or an out
side lobby, can prevent such a measure
from passing.
w. F. Brown, representative from
Pratt and chairman of the house COM
mittee on railroads at the last session
of the legislature, in speaking of the
matter, said:
Il haven't been here long enough to
find out what outside influences are at
work. I don't know that there will be
any at all. 1 think that the members
are much of the same mind that they
were two years ago at the regular ses-
sion.'
What was the lobby's plan Of action
then?''
THAT I don't know, but I know that
something prevented a bill from pass
ing. You can't tell me that there was
no outside influence at work when I
know that men were in favor of a bill
and supporting it all morning and up TO
noon and then when they came back
at O'Clock from dinner they were dead
against it and everything else.
h1 411y fa6 h9 ok fJ7o
committee all right but when they got
it back in the house they amended and
changed it and cut it all to pieces. The
same men are here that were before. I
think some kind of a bill will pass
though"
Representative Lot Ravenscraft says
of the lobby:
Il don't think that those fellows can
do anything. I don't think they will
try very hard. I don't know anything
about their plans and care less but
their probable course will be to let mat
ters go or to seem to and then try to
beat anything that passes in the
courts
Senator L. P King said: 'I don't
know how such matters are worked and
have no idea as to how they will pro-
ceed. I have an idea though that any
lobby that may work on railroad mat
ters viii not appear to be active. They
will lay low and not appear to oppose
anything but win be on the lookout for
flaws in the bill and for men that show
signs of being weak kneed.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-20

Richards of Fort Scott, attorney for the
Missouri Pacific for its southern kan
sas lines and T. N. Sedgwick of Par
sons. attorney for the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas, who stopped at the Cope
land.
Early this morning Mr.. Richards went
down to the Throop to call on Mr.. Wag-
gener. and on the way down he i'm
proved time by shaking hands with
representative whom he CHANGED to
meet. Mr.. Sedgwick stayed on guard
at the Copeland. Later in the day a
general meeting took place in which the
manner of handling the fight against
any railroad legislation was discussed.
Mr.. Waggener was in charge of this
matter for the railroads two years ago
at the regular session. At that session
no law was passed. Two bills were in
troduced, one in the senate and one in
the house. The lobby got in its work
both were amended and changed. Both
Senator Harris, the author of the orig
anal senate bill and w. H Brown, the
author of the house bin, were displeased
with the final bill that passed and so
expressed themselves at the time. Gov
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-20
the order named:

the order named:
A railroad bill.
Such laws as are necessary to intro
that I mean that there are number of
useless offices in existence under the
state government which should be abOl-
ished. I refer particularly to the board
of pardons and the board of public
works"
The last legislature failed to make ap-
propriations for the board of public
works and also failed to make sufficient
appropriations for certain clerical posi-
tions in the state house. This manner
of doing things does not meet the ap-
prOvaI of Senator King. He says:
Where it is desired to accomplish
anything in the reduction of salaries L
am in favor OF passing a law upon the
subject specifying just what is meant
by the legislature and not dodge the is
sue by failing to make appropriations.
am in favor of abolshing the board of
public works entirely. I also have the
same opinion with reference to the state
board of pardons and have voted in ia
vor of the proposition a number of
times.
7 am fully satisfied that the senate
will get together at once and that there
will be no difficulty in securing the pas
sage of the laws which the POpuIists
generally favor. I think there is no
question about the passage of an equit-
able railroad bill and am confident that
duce civil service reform in the state in
stitutiOns
A reduction of the fees of the state
printer. y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-20
Pauline Halls Kiss.

Perhaps the incident of an afternoon
of incidents happened shortly before the
proceedings were over A queenly look
ing woman, dressed agnificently, with
a bearing that attracted the attention
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-20
The Best Daily in the Best
State, Etc, Etc.

The railroad lobby arrived last night
and is in a committee of the whole dis
cussing ways and means today.
B. P. Waggener who is counsel for the
Missouri Pacific for northern Kansas
came in last night and stopped at the
Throop. He was followed by J. H.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-20
SENATOR KINGS IDEA.
What the Special Session of the Leg
islature Ought to Do.

Senator L. P. King Of Cowley county
is not disposed to favor the considera-
tiOn, by the special session of the legis-
lature of subjects which can convenient
ly be left for the regular session to dis
pose of and has in mind three or four
important measures which he thinks the
legislature, at this time, should dispose
of without delay and thep go home.
Senator King favOrs the passage of
bills upon the following subjects and in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-20

IT IS HERE.
The Railroad Lobby TO Prevent
the Passage
OF Hurtful Anti-RafIroad Legis-
IatiOn is Now On
THE BATTLE-GROUND
Bale Waggener is the General
of the Forces
Installed at the ThrOOp and the
Copeland.
THE GENERAL PLAN
Is to Load the Bill Down With
Amendments
And UncOnstitutional PrOvi-
sfons That Will Wreck 1T.
SOME CLEVER WORK
Will Be Done by the Brainy and
Skilled Lawyers
OF the Railroads and the Fight
is a Gay One.
The State Journal Will Tell
You All About It.
Only 10 Cents a Week by
Carrier
Or Thirty Cents a Month by
Mail.
The Best Daily in the Best
State, Etc, Etc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-20

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The oasis., 1898-09-03

Yuma Sentinel The price of bur ros has gone up five hundred per cent during the past week. The little animals are now in demand for pros pecting purposes.
 Republican: J. F Hendrix has re- ceived a sample of gold ore from a mine he is interested in in the Brad shaws. The men at work on it have developed vein fourteen inches wide which roughly assays s90 per ton. The specimen at hand, MT. Hendrix says, assays about $500 ton, Mir Hendrix is also interested in the tailings of the Crowned King mine. P. B. McCabe shipped 1000 pounds of the tailings east, and on being treated by the Fort Wayne process, returned S33.
 An exchange says: Of the sl25, ,000,- GOO produced by the mines of the west last year, 10 per cent, it is estimated, went to pay transportation, 37 per cent to mine owners and l5 per cent to smelting works, the remaining 3s per cent having been paid out for labor. It would be difficult to find any other industry that returned during the year 37 per cent to the in- vestors. Aside from these large pro- fits to the smelters and investors, these revenues and wages paid work men, the aid mining extends to other industries of the country must be considered, and in this respect it is hardly of secondary importance It is universal helper.
 Globe Belt: Miles w. Gibbons, late superintendent of the Kasser Gold Mining company, took his departure yesterday morning for PlaceritOs, Ya- yapai county, to take charge of a gold property in which he is largely in- terested. During his connection with the Kasser company, in which he is stockholder. Mir Gibbons has devel- oped the property from the condItio of a prospect into a producing mine of much value and has made many substantial improyements-paid for largely out of the proceeds of the mine making it the best equipped property, aside from the two leading mines, in Gila county. MT Gibbons many friends in Globe wish him a full measure of success in his new field of operations.
The oasis., 1898-09-03
AlININo NEWS.

una Se0tlnel. The BldlSuell mlue at Picacho was started up last week and was making rapid strides in the production of bullion when the freshet Sunday afternoon swept the pipe line away, necessitating another delay of several days.
 Citizen: Local assayers report dull times, but little prospecting having been done because of the exceedingly long and dry weather from which the country has suffered, but now that all water holes in the mountains are again full, an active resumption of prospecting and development is anti cipated.
 Prescott Courier: The Storm Cloud mill is pounding away on s25 rock from the Storm Cloud mine. MT. Tulleyren, who is the representative of W. c. Press of Chicago, has another steam stamp en route to add to the mill. He contemplates the immediate construction of a wagon road from the mine to the mill.
 Star: For the year 1897 Arizona's increased copper output was propor- tionately greater than that of any other copper producing state Her output for the present year will be much greater than last year. Her gold output will be surprise to the country, for it ought to be double the output of last year.
 Wilcox News: MT. Sylvester Por- ter of Dos Cabezas, was a welcome caller at the Range News office yes terday We learned from him that mining matters in the neighboring gold camp are looking up. MT. Metz, general manager of the Climax mine, mine has twenty-twO men at work on the property, running drifts to con- meet wiuzes at depth of 250 feet. The mine is said to look better and better.
 Arizona Republican; MT. E. J. Bonsall, the mining expert, arrived in town yesterday from the Vekol mine on his way to look at some mining properties near Jerome The Vekol, MT. Bonsall says. is promising mine. They are engaged in increasing the mill facilities for extensive work this fall and winter. Of the new process with which an experiment has been concluded at the Vekol and of which much was expected, Mir. Bonsall says it was aluring, but not practical. Even if it had been all that was claimed for it, 1t would not have been profitable. It was too short lived with the eating away of the pans by acids and electricity.
 Journal-Miner: W. w Vanderyilt, who returned yesterday from visit to the Sterling Placer company's property at Walnut Grove reports rapid progress being made by the con- pany in getting their machinery in position. The company has about s70,0O0 worth of machinery on the ground and expect to have it in posi- tion ready to start up within a week. Several eastern capitalists who are interested iu the enterprise are at Walnut Grove watching the opera tion of placing the machinery in posi- tion. Among those there are A. G. Spalding, the celebrated baseball sup ply man known wherever the national game is played. The success of this enterprise means very much for Ari- zona as it will furnish the solution for working placer ground, where a .s 1
The oasis., 1898-09-03

Sweets to the sweet" Gunther's fine candies to your best girl. Buy her box from James Mix & Co.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-26

osse of much interest to home
..tsrs has Just been decided in
~. district court, says the Lewis
W., Tr;bune. On May 9Th, 1896,
T"vi Dixon purchased from Geo,
Allan the improvements on 100
.nres of unsurveyed government
I'D .;ght miles north of NespeTce,
and took possession thereof. He
marked offhis lines by stakes, mon
,m.nts and burrows, comnsenced
the erection of a house, did some
Moving and set posts. On October
18th, 1896, five months after, dur
;,,o the absence of Dixon, Allen
yinke and family went upon the
land and took possession. Attor-
ney Reid instituted an action of
forcible detaiper for Dixon in the
nrebate court. Danford, Burleigh
4 Green appeared for Linke.
Judge Stookey decided the case
AGAINST Dixon and his attorney ap-
realsd. and the case was tried on
Saturday by Judge Piper and a
iury, and after a few minutes delib-
erationthe jury returned a verdict
for Dixon. Judge Piper, over OBJ
lection, ruled that such actions can
never initiate any title to govern
ment land thereby, and that one
who leaves land with the intention
of returning does not abandon it,
This case decides the question that
a bona fide locator of a homestead
claim, in actual possession and
reasonably complying with the
law, will be protected in his pos
session by the. state laws and
courts.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-26
i Offices-Scheuerman Block,
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

of
Pacific nd Arctco and its tributaries.
gold fields
ppc stockholders locate develop claims in
the public
will
twill Alaska
by that district
the most prominent
sionan O
Presided w. Pratt Editor
Herbert Upper
Turw President Seattle Cracker and ANDY Company
Janes
Reference: Spencer Cashier National Bank of Commerce. Seattle
j. O. COURTRIGH7, Local agent
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-26

the mouth of Stewart river Feb, 6,
! and reads as follows:
II have just finished eating a
lonely supper, as Dillon and Har-
grave are 30 miles up Stewart river
prospecting, and Judge Sullivan
has removed permanently to Daw-
son in hope of getting some law
practice. From a man who came
from there today I learn that he is
not doing anything yet. He is with
a party from Walla Walla.
"a Pendleton party of two are
located in cabin near us. There
were three men ia the party, but
one, (Jackson) a brother of the ed
itor of the East Oregonian, started
one morning to go to a camp 10
miles away and he has never been
heard of since, although two
months have passed by,
"Our party are all we'll and
hearty, but heartily sick of the ev-
erlasting winter. The weather has
been milder since | wrote in De-
Gem Der. The lowest then was 6S
degrees, now it is about 80, and the
days are growing longer rapidly.
For time the days were so short
that one could hardly bid a man
good morning until he would have
to bid him od-night and get to
cabin.
"The mines on the Klondike are
turning out we'll and seven or eight
millions will be shipped out this
spring. But it is no place for the
'chee checker as the newcomer is
called) to go, as the whole region
there is covered with claims, even
| where is no hope of gold, to sell to
| tcnderfeet.
eve prospected on Henderson
creek, which empties into the Yu-
kon here, and got nothing, We
had the same ill-luck across the
Yukon, Ahere we went % feet to
bedrock, so we thought we would
try a new creek, So miles up the
Stewart river, where Dillon and
| Hargrave are now at work. The
surface there goes five cents to the
pan and believe we may do we'll
| The creek heads just across divide
from Indian river, which empties
into the Yukon just above Dawson
and which is very rich.
"The fear of famine on the river
has passed away. There will be
little suffering except with the
scurvey, which is very prevalent all
along the river. As for mails we
have none. There is a party O.
carriers $50 miles up the river
which probably have some of your
letters, but they don't seem to come
over two or five miles day. One
or two of their party were drowned
and they were out Of grub when ]
last heard from them.
II have received one letter, Aug.
ust 80, from you and since then
dead silence, except rumor that
Uncle Sam and Spain had had a
little scrap and that Cuba is free
We all exclaimed: 'Vive Uncle
SAINT and 'Vive Cuba librep
II shalt send this letter out by
an individual who is returning to
Seattle, and it will probably cost
me one dollar. Such is the Cana
dian mail service"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-26
Rolled Over a Precipice.

Early Thursday morning Henry
Clark and G.. A. Short left Colfax to
visit farmer on Union fiat, says
the Commoner. The two men had
not gone more than a mile from
the city when the horse which
Clark rode slipped and commenced
bucking. One lunge and the ami
NAL fell into barbed wire fence.
A strand of the wire caught the
horse around front leg and the
right ankle of the rider. Bound to-
gether, the two slipped down the
steep bank until the edge was
reached when the wire broke and
the tive rolled over the bluff to the
riders death.
When Mr.. Short saw the two
slipping towards the edge of the
bluff he cried for Clark to jump;
but the rider evidently did not hear
the warning. AS quickly as pos
sible Mr.. Short got down the TWEEN
ty-toot bluff to the side of his part
ner, who was entirely submerged
in the creek. He was taken from
this position and a farmer, who
happened to be passing, was left in
charge of the injured man while
Short hurried to town for medical
aid. DR.. Cotfey was soon on the
scene and in q few moments the
man was being conveyed to the
hospital.
An examination of the wound
showed that the skull had struck
a stone and was shattered. The
center of the wound was in the
crown of the head. Every means
possible were used to recover the
man, but it was of no avail. He
passed away without regaining
consciousness.
The deceased has been in Colfax
and neighborhood for about five
years. AS yet no one has been
found who knows much about him
further than that he was a quiet,
honest, hard working man Of about
80 years. He has sister residing
some where in Colorado. 1t is
thought his father is living too.
He has trunk in his room at the
Tennessee hotel. This will be
opened by the proper authorities
and further knowledge of the de-
ceased may then be learned. His
remains will not be buried until
his relatives are heard from,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-26
Registration Books Open.

The re .istration books for the annual
school election, to be held in June, are
now open, and in the hands of Mrs. G.
O. Morrell, clerk OF the district, at her
residence on Alder street. 1t is hoped
the ladies entitled to vote will register,
as every vote is earnestly desired.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-26
Practicing Law at Dawson.

Mrs. B. F. Harvey has received
a letter from DR.. Harvey which
orlngs the latest news from the Col
TAX party of Klondikers, says the
oommoner, This letter is dated at
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-26
Now lot of picture frames at less
than half price at Vests.

LOST, between Odd Fellows building
and Congregational church, plain gold
ring. Initials engraved inside. Liberal
reward for return to this Office. lw*
The Hub Clothing House is now show
ing the most complete line of up-to-date
hats that has been in Pullman for some
time, ~-l9tf
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-26

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND
W active gentlemen or ladies to travel
for responsible, established house in
Eastern Washington. Monthly $65.0O
and expenses. Position steady Refer
ence. Enclose self-addressed stamped
envelope, The Dominion Company,
Dept, Y, Chicago. -lzt28
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-12-07
NOT A COWARD!
The Strange Eject OF Nervous StraIa
on = Brave Little Soldier
I'm Cuba.

Nervous excitement is responsible
for much that might pass for cow.
ardice. The author of "a Cuban Expe
dition" speaks of one dreadful day.
when he and his comrades sat in a wet
ditch and waited, concealed, while the
Spaniards were SO near that escape
seemed almost impossible.
The discomfort of our predicament
up to the middle in mud and water.
with the rain pouring down on us
was at the moment unfelt, in our OK.
citement and eagerness in watching
the enemy. Little Joe Storey, who waS
next to me, was trembling all over.
Suddenly he grasped my arm and whis-
pered: #....st.
"Oh. what shall I do? must scream
or fire off my rife! can't help itl''
l, too. felt that he would do either
the one or the other. and l whispered
back the first thing that occurred tc
me. '.. i'''
Storey" said, "if you make the
least noise. I'll stab you to death!s Is;
Then l told him to keep his eyes
closed. and try to think of something
else. until he heard the first shot fired.
After that he might shout as loudly a.
he liked. put one arm about his neck
and drew him close to me. There.
trembling. he rested like quiet child.
Presently his excitement wore of, and
he became used to the situation; then
he was heartily ashamed of his break
down. " u -
But Storey was not q coward. he
was a gallant little soul in action, and
only his tortured nerves were respon-
sible for this temporary revolt.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-12-07
WIVES NEEDED.
Necessity Compels Relaxation OF hi
sOSnyist Cecil Rhodes Rule
iR South Africa. ....s

British South Africa is sadly in nee6
Of wives, according to late accounts
from that land Of diamond mines and
millionaires. The chartered company
of which Cecil Rhodes;is the head has
for years frowned on the idea Of mar
riage among it's mounted police. civil
servants and other employees. This OBJ
lection has rmountcd to practical pro-
hibition. and is we'll known TO have been
the result Of Rhodes misogynist views,
he being a confirmed woman hater. In
the past yenr or two number OF his
hest men have left the company's serv-
ice rather than subscribe to Sir CeciI's
peculiar notions to the extent of re-
naming single for life. The result has
been that other leading members Of the
chartered company have taken the mat
ter up. They pointed out that Unless
reversal Of policy were manifested
things would soon assume serious as
pect. as important affairs would be left
in the hands of the least reliable of the
company's servants. Sir Cecil gave the
matter due consideration. and. finding
that the protest had most substantial
grounds. has surrendered. According
ly an edict las gone forth among the
chartered company's officials promis-
ing that preference in promotion will
be given to married men. and advising
all those who can 10 so to enter forth
with into the bonds of matrimuny.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-12-07
SAID CONCERNING MOTHER.

All am my mother made me.--John
Quincy Adams.
The future destiny of a child is al
ways the work of the mother.--Na.
poleon.
Mothers are the only goddesses in
whom the whole world believes
French. ~.
Blessed is the child that is brought
up at the mothers knee, which is God's
ultar-Ladies' Home journal.
In all this cold and hollow world, no
tount of deep, strong deathless love
save in a mothers heart,-Felicia He
mans.
] consider that the mothers OF u
country mold it's citizens; determine
its institutions and shape its destiny.
Matthew Vassar. .
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-12-07
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