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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-23
THE MONDAY ASHORE.
Fishing Schooner Pulled or the Rocks
by the Belxnsp.

The tug L. A. Belknap arrived here
late yesterday afternoon. having in tow
the fishing schooner MONDAY of Boston,
Capt Sinnett which ran ashore at Cape
Porpoise on Saturday while attempting
TO enter the harbor. The schooner ground
ed on Folly Island Point and remained
there over night. Yesterday morning
the Belknap went up after her and after
breaking two nine-inch hawsers IN an
attempt to pull her of succeeded In get
ting her of the rocks. The schooner lost
her fore foot, but was otherwise unin-
jured. When she arrived here she was
not leaking very badly and after few re-
pairs will be able TO proceed on her fish
ing trip.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-23
GRAND TRUNK.

Notice change of time table on the
Grand Trunk railroad. Beginning today
the through train will leave at 8 p. m.
instead Of $50 p. IN.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-23
LARGE PURCHASE OF TIMBER
LAND.

Mefsrs. George a. Fitzgerald and L.
L. Mason of Portland. and e. l. Brown
Of Rumford Falls, have recently pur-
ohafei 1900 acres of timber land ON the
Kennsbec. II. 900 acrsa at the Forks. known
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-23
BRIEF JOTTINGS.

Bishop Healey confirmed at St. Jo-
seph's church, Biddeford. yesterday af-
ternoon, 1876 males and III females.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-23
Necessity Is the
Mother of hventton. /"

IT avas the necessity for an
honest, reliable blood purifier
and tonic that brought into
existence Hoods Sarsapa-
rlla. IT IS a highly concen-
frated extract prepared BY a
combination. proportion and
process peculiar to itself and
gfvfng to Hood SarsaparlIa
unequalLed carative poquer.
ITS quondsrfm record of cares has made
1t americas Greatest Medicine.
Rosy Cheeks - haze good
health and rosy cheeks, thanks TO Hoods
Sarsaparala. It buads me up and
saVes doctor Bills" Mary A. Burke,
East Car ST., indianapolis, Ind.
J6od1 SalsabmiM
IazzaslE55laY
Hoods Pills cure liver Ills; the nonirritatng and
only cathartic to take with Hoods saTsapariiis.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-23

Bears the signature of cHAs. H FLETCHER.
In use for more than thirty years, and
The Kind YoH Have Aisoays BoHgh.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-23
THE PRESS.
NEW ADvERrIsEMENrs TO-DAY.

Goss & Wilson.
III. I. Harmon & Co.
Atkinson Furnishing Co.
r. l.. Whitcomb.
owen. Moore & Co.
Oren H0oper's Sons.
City OF Portland.
Eastman Bros. q Bancroft
Co lector's Notice.
J. n Libby Co.
L. II Schlosberg.
ADJUSTMENTS.
Annual Bazaar.
New Wants. To let. For Salo, Lost Eornd
and similar advertisements win be found under
their appropriate heads on page T.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-23
cAsroR1A

Bears the signature of cHAs. H. FLETCHER.
In use for more than thirty years, and
The Kind YoE Have .4ipays Bought.
cASToRIA
Bears the signature of cHAs. II. FLETCHER.
In use ior more than thirty years, and
The Kind YoH Have -4lwcys Bought.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-23

n FULL FLOOD of Holiday shop
ping came in on
us this very day we should be Ill ready.
Sometimes in past years we've been
caught with short stocks of gift things.
Not so now. The goods are here in
great abundance.
JARpiNIERS. just opened a
complete coilec-
ton. Beautiful ware, graceful shapes,
curiously low prices.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-23

and shapes. Fern Dishes, Umbrella
Stands, Cuspidors, crisp and new.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17
REEDS BRIGHT THOUGHTS.
Some EpIgrammatie Excerpts From the
Denver Minister'S Sermons

Some Eplgrammatic Excerpts From the
Denver Ministers Sermons
All the people Of the United States,
il they WeEe friends, could live in
Texas.
A live man is more interesting than
any mummy. The mummy viii keep.
In making the transition from one
trade TO another q man has enough
time to become tramp.
If could invent laOOr-making ma
chine, would
/ expect that weU-fed, well-hOused
people will behave deceDtly. 1 am dis
appointed sometimes.
The tramp IS a warning to US that
our social system has failed.
There is no sadder face in Shakes
peare than some 1 have seen in Denver.
The most implacable judge Is a man
who has never thought, never read,
never travelled, never felt, never sin
ned
A man who says he never had a
doubt IN matters Of faith wears a No. 6
hat.
The insight of genius and the expert
ence OF men without genius agree.
A preacher who reads books Is so
rare that he is much forgiven.
Furnace heat, Office chairs and cleo
trio light are not an Unmitigated bless
ing.
We walk in old roads, not because
they are best, but because they are old.
Much OF the bad theology that at
fiictS the world has been COnCOcted in
q stuffy steam heated room.
The most Of the people who made the
bible did not have any sure hold on
dinner.
1 have lived to see socialism a re-
spectacle word and a socialist q re-
spectacle man.
Poverty and ignorance get together
and crime is born.
The cry of the people is not for stee-
pies.
The common school with the United
States flag on it is a long step away
from the old motto Of Cain: Every
man for himself"
am as ready to buy meat OF the
United States as to buy it of Mr.. Ar
mOur.
Some say the world is not habitable
and 60 out Of it.
It is not a comfortable world while a
single soul goes without
A small fight IN which a man gets
killed is a Waterloo to him.
1 believe death is a promotion, an in
cident OF life.
LAdGS cluA u uLAo anu INC hOACCo VI
cannon are a powerful diversion.
Isaiah and Whittier agree that God
is not getting feeble
In the map Of man much is marked
unknown"
All the law is boiled down into one
wOrd-love.
1t costs more to arrest, try, convict
and hang a man than to endOw a kim
dergsTten.
The fanatic can hide a thermometer
under his arm and show Us how the
mercury jumps, but that is only q sign
Of his personal, pr ivate fever.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17
ShernanviIIe-

EX-COunty Commissioner Felzien
and brother of Cheyenne county. spent
two days on the Beaver hunting this
week. They we're the guests of William
Kuhrt.
John Bray of GOodland was doing
business in Shermanville this week.
W J. Rooms wind mill blew down
during the gale Tuesday. Mr.. Kuhrt
helped fix it up.
Fred B. Glover of Kansas City, and
z. II. Tindell of Atwood, were transact
ing business on the Beaver this week
B. McCluskey's wagon loaded with
hay made a half mile run during the
wind storm Tuesday, and now lies in
ten fathoms of water. Barney says it
will he cheaper to buy a new wagon
than to get that one out.
William Healthier has left the Bray
ranch and located on the @. p. Russell
place north Of GOOdland. A gentleman
from Brewster has rented the Bray
place.
J. J. knight made a business trip to
Atwood Tuesday, returning Wednesday.
Joe McAdams was renewing acq uaint-
ances up the creek Wednesday.
Miss Annie Mcdaniel closed her
school Thursday to attend her brothers
wedding.
A L Pugh evidently believes in ex-
pansiOn judging from the large amount
Of land he Is securing, mostly under
the reservoir act.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.


KNOW ". That b. virtue Of the power vested
"A IN me by law, do hereby proclaim. that
there Wll Be a general election held IN the city
Of 6oodlau-d u the county Of sherman and state
Of Kansas, on TUESDAY the 9Th day Of APRIL A.
D. 1S9 for the election Of officers for said city;
and that the polls az said election VIII Be open
said day IN the respective ward Of said city for
the reception Of votes as follows. to-Vit= In the
tlrs5 ward at the court house In the Seeond
Har'- az llasaE'7 5rss olli91ng In the 4 bird
~ ard 10 the room the nrst door south Of TIE
GooDLA1D .EiEFrBL.Ic Office
And J. the undersignsd- mayor Of said city OF
GOodland- 90 hereby proclaim that the officers
Of said city 70 be elected At said election,
follows, to-Eit=
Police Judge
City clerk
City treasurer.
City attorney
City MARSHALL
City assessor
Street commissioner.
Treasurer Of the board Of education
One justice Of the peace for one year.
One justice Of the peace for two years
One constable for two years.
One councilman for the First ward one year.
One councilman for the First ward two years.
One councilman for the Second ward for two
years.
One councilman for the Third ward one year.
One councilman for the Third ward two years
One member OF the board Of education for the
First ward for one year.
One member Of the board Of education for the
First ward for two years.
One member of the board Of education for the
Second ward for two years
One mem Der OF the board Of education for the
Third ward for two years
And further to vote for OF against the purchase
By said city of GOOdland Of the opera house In
said city. together with the real estate upon
which the same Is situated, at a price not to ex-
coed three hundred dollars.
Done at GOOdland, Kansas, this Sth day Of
March, A. ID. 1892
Attest: B. F. BROwS, City Clerk.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17
La Blanche.

Last Friday night was the foul night
of the week again, and the Ed Linberg
dance was a failure, being but two
ladies to dance TO the two music boxes.
D. G. Wileman entertained friends
at Ed Linbergs aud Louis Gerards this
week, with banjo and side-splitting
songs.
J. B. Moore has replaced the chunk
under his cart seat with a spring.
I'D. Stone has gone to Kansas City
after q carload Of heifers he sold last
fall, as be was short Of feed and long
on blaekleg.
Ed Strand yet waits the arrival Of
that new disc drill before seeding
Ermine Carter is at J. d. Stones
while the latter is away, which will de-
lay his seeding the Lamphier ground
Sherman Wileman was down from
Goodland Sunday to see his father.
who is losing in flesh and strength at
q rapid rate on account Of cancer
Edwin Strand thinks better Of the
girl after returning his handkerchief
and is trying to get the mail route OF
on Jake Horizons hands, who thinks he
can bicycle it daily.
u. HuIstrom has bought q III foot
coyote hide robe Of @ c Mather for
81
D. Long, Ruleton's bTag shOotist,
went past your Uncle Fuller's early
Monday morning loaded for Smoky
ducks He waived alOft that hand, that
took that cash, for that quick sick"
tobacco that We can't GO
Those fellows that lstely displayed
their remarkable faculties for ignoring
q chariVari, may not have long 70 re-
feet on their errors, until tempted
HEain, for Winter is hanging on uncOm-
mOnlT late, around the lap % Miss
Spring
We ng1es cur items have been re-
printed "a ot1sr papers Nothing shat
gees 1sse items ere GorT lLz1-
-icr outside frizn1s are Tree - u-s s
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17
ne RaiIroad Commissioa's Report

The Railroad Commtssto1's Report
The railroads Of Kansas are capital
lied at the rate Of 81, $50 per mile,
according to the annual report Of the
state board Of railroad commissioners
inst issued The railway mileage IN
the state Is 3353.S9 miles. OF the
total capitalization, 1896 S42,5lS Is for
capital stock. S74A,268, 75l for funded
debt and S64O. O56, O5S Is in the shape Of
eurren6 liabilities. making q total
capitalization OF S1.62I, 10, 329.
The Santa Fe heads the list with the
largest net income Its surplus was
1855 COS %; the Rock Island, 81. 6S3,
5000: the Union Pacific, 81 -, 33I-l0;
and the Missouri Pacific, 81, O65, 1892
The gross earnings Of all the railroads
in Kansas was So, OH, 240.54- The gross
operating expenses amounted to ST.
600 2L36, making total net income
Of sIO,5O2, 726.T5-
The total number Of employees in all
departments, including general offices,
81 ,339, at an average daily compensation
Of sL84
Number of passengers carried earn
ing revenue, d 659, 99l; average distance
carried, 1914.
Revenue received from each passen-
ger, s1O5; received from each passenger
per mile, 2.156 cents.
Tons Of freight carried earning rev
enue, 1852, 363; average distance haul,
I72.O6 miles; average receipt for each
ton, SOB
Gross earnings per mile Of road,
S5.38O,74 Operating expenses per mile
Of road, S3,466.75.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17
ssIOHAL


Sod Of our fathers, knoan q ed.
Lord OF our far-Hung battle line
Beneath whose aWful hand We hold
Dominica over palm and pine
Lord- God Of hosts, be with Us yet,
E-sst we forget-lest We forgsti
The tumult and the shouting dies
The captains and the kings depart;
Still stands thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart,
Lord God Of hosts, be with US Jet,
Lest We f0rget-lest we forgetI
Far called, our uavies melt away
On dune and beadland sinks the ire
Lo, all or pomp Of yesterday
is one with NinsTeh and Tyre!
Judge Of the nations, spare Us yet,
Lest we foEget-lest We forget
If drunk with sight Of power we loose
Wild tongues that have not thee in awe
Such bOasting as the Rentiles use
Or lesser breeds without the Law
Lord God Of hosts, be with US Jet,
Lest we f0rgst-lest We fOrgeti
For heather heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube and iron shard,
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And, guarding, calls not thee to guard
For frantic boast and and foolish word,
Thy mercy on Thy people, Lord:
D. Z
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17

70 sTHE REPUBLIC7 and Banner bit
to -L.aBianehe items in REPUBLIC,n etc
The important thing, however. Is to
circulate the unmuZzled truth. which
your Uncle Fuller doesn't fear to do.
The smooth, round stone from the
brook Is OmnipOtent still. when 1t has
the OmnipOtence Of truth and justice
behind the viii.
We understand from good authority
that the family record has been looked
up TO one of our most prominent fami-
lies here, whose build Il of arrow
straightness, and every black -hair the
same The exposure is=thRt q grand
father was half Indian. and the sudden
news bad such a far-reaching effect on
the larchamOus dOw Of the mother
here, she Is likely TO change her name
to ''OId Lady Afraid of HERSELF
Spring wheat seeding has not even
begun with some, who fear a frost spot
in the ground.
Our conservative climate that seldom
goes to fatal extremes either way. got a
trIhing up in the air Tuesday. An ma
tUre, which had started in clear and
serene, was at once in a wild uprOar
The heavens we're darkened with heavy
clouds of dust. houses and barns shook
as they were pelted by the tempest.
W IRE FENCES gave way to the running
thistles. Hay, fodder and straWissued
forth and mingled with the tremend-
Gus turmoil. Some may have to build
a winter tributOry pasture when nature
IS restored to tranquility again
Your Uncle Fuller is now ready to
break-that young team of horses, hav-
ing just purchased a new set Of 81
harness. The public sentiment will ap-
Dlaud the change and join Us in pride,
when we tell you our other harness has
been in constant use by US for 10 years:
and don't know how long our T2-year-
old dad" had them before, for they
we're there when we came.
We have been asked so often if We
have moved that school house back yet
1t might be proper to state, moving it
once has brought such a crop of Incl
dents, we are harvesting to advantage.
by letting II alone. We want a decision
from the upper court, if it Is a crime to
be settled personally on two Of a school
board, when il consisted Of three which
jointly acted In the moving. AID exact
ly according to the annual meeting
vote. To move it back under those
conditions would be admitting it a
crime according to our view.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17
FROM OVER THE COUNTY.
BIuldroW.

MuldrOH-
Harve and Roy Robinson and J. @.
Jackson were at Colby Monday, return
ing Tuesday.
Mr.. Pugh, who lives on the old Clay
ton ranch, drove through here Thurs
day on bis way to the sale near Levant.
The first emigrant of the season
passed through here Wednesday head
ed toward the west.
G. A O'NesI sold a fat COW to J. B.
Penn, Of GOOdland, Thursday.
The young folks held their weekly
singing practice at Bruce Listers We'd
nesday evening.
David Robinson, Albert, Byron and
Elmer Lister, and D. W. DnIinger at
tended the sale near Levaut Wednes-
day.
T. S. Mcdaniel has rented the west
quarter Of the Blour's farm for the
coming year.
G. A O'NeaI started assessing Mon
day.
CT. Butler'e family have been hav-
ing a hard seige Of the measles, all of
them having had them excepting Mrs.
Butler. Mr.. Buffers case was the most
serious, but he is better at present
John Mcdaniel and Albert Grimes
have traded cattle.
". T. Clayton intends to move on
the COnkling place for the present, as
he has not made up his mind just what
to do since selling his place on the
Beaver.
G. a. O'NeaI bought two yearIing
calves Of 7. S. Mcdaniel.
The Shermanville correspondent
must be an expansionist, as in a recent
communication the writer annexed
Mr.. Buffers family to ShermanvilIe.
Mr.. Butler has always been a citizen of
MuldrOW.
Emmett Lister has a mason at work
plastering his house. d. ". Dillinger
was also helping him the first of the
week
E. c. Mewhirter is having bad luck
breaking his disc, having broken it
three times in the last week, cOmpell-
ing him to 90 to town as many times
for repairs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Lister visited at
II. @. Chambers near Brewster Sun
day.
The MuldrOw school closed Saturday
after a three months term. The child
rem were given treat.
Holmes gained a great reputation
lEOu us OcBICLADcL NdACs DuD cOL4C-
times there happens to be a March
gale, for instance Tuesday. 1t was one
Of the hardest winds that ever visited
this section Of country, ranking on
equal terms with the noted one last
spring Z. 9. Mewhirter's wind mill
went down and was badly wrecked and
others we're tried to their utmost en-
durance. Straw stacks were blown to
pieces and scattered for miles and sod
from roofs were picked up and thrown
for rods. Myraids Of thistIes dotted
the prairies in their mad rush with the
winds and in gigantic leaps cleared the
top Of buildings, stacks and even wind
mills, and a great mass of them lodged
against fences, making a formidable
breastwOrk that would be a security
against an attack Of Filipino insuT-
gents.
Meagre accounts Of wedding
reaches US as this letter is finished, In
which 7. s. Mcdaniel and Miss Mary
Lister are the principal parties. It
took place Wednesday evening at the
home of the brides parents.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17

The time seems to be approaching
when the various trusts viii have a
complete grip upon the nation. At
present only IL commodities are out
side the pale OF the vOraciOus monster
which threatens to do to the country
what the bhghting insect does to the
grain fields Of the farmer. With the
power Of combined capital the trust
Octupus Is attscking the very basis Of
the cOUntry's Institutions, and taking
away, We might say, the right Of the
common people to exist unless they 20
20 the exacting trust and pay its ex-
acting price for the neoessaries OF life.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17

At last It seems certain the country
IS TO be relieved Of bearing the burden
OF Russell A Alger as secretary OF war.
Marcus A Hanna, United States sen
at0r By purchase and manager OF VII
lam Mckinley, has seen the cloud Of
disfaTOr being cast upon the admins
tratiOn By the presence Of the war sec
Rotary and has said be must 60. What
Hams says generally goes with this
administration aud Ayers days in bis
present official capacity are certainly
numbered. Should the senator succeed
IN Kidding the country OF this mediocre
politician in Office many OF his past
i1iauities toward the people VIII be
rrrlLEan
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17

portation companies to enlarge their
sbops. ave have built many Of our
ossn cars and without a great Of extra
expense we could probably arrange TO
build AL Of our cars said General
Manager Parker OF the Rock Island
road President Stickney Of the Great
Western says that hereafter his con-
pany will build Rli its Own ears
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17

During the months of January and
February the income of Webb McNalI's
department of Insurance was S99, 3S7.OS,
more than twice the amount any Of his
predecessors collected in q whole year.
OF this amount, 55,O4284 was brought
In by Superintendent MCNall's two per
cent. tax law, which was passed by the
snPcial session
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17

A coal trust with a "cash capital" Of
S3,OOO,OOO,OOO Is the latest, chartered in
New Jersey, of course. The consumer
should feel grateful as the combine
will necessarily suspend its most earn
est operations for about eight months,
in favor of the S6,OOO,OOOOOO ice trust.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17

Superintendent Of Insurance McNaIl
did not relax any of his vigilence dur
ing the closing days Of his administra-
ton in dealing out the law to balky
insurance companies. About his last
official act was to take few hard falls
out of the State Life Insurance com
pany of Indiana
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17

Eleven soldiers died OF disease in the
late war to every one killed in battle.
In the civil war the ratio was but three
to one. No better argument could be
found uphOIding Gen. Miles charges
Of improper ratiOns, and the gross mis-
management Of the war secretary.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17

The Standard Oil company Is deny
ing the charge that they offered the
attorney general Of Ohio a $4,000
bride on the ground that the legisla-
ture would abolish the Office for less
amOuuf
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17

Possibly we viii get rid Of Alger after
all. Not because Of his iucOmpetenCy
or his embalmed beef record, but on
account of expediency. Hanna thinks
il Is good politics to drop Algy over
board and what Hanna thinks goes
with this administration.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17

An item allowing ex-Chief Justice
David Martin fee Of 81 900 for help
ing the state in the stock yards litigs-
ton was stricken out by the republi-
cans. Judge Martin devoted many
weeks to the case. But Jim TrOutmRn
Of Topeka viii get 81, 900 attorneys fee
cut Of the governors contingent fund
for revamping the silly charges against
Webb McNall. How glorious is "busi-
ness administration"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17

Census Director Merriam has about
10000 assistants to choose He IS eX-
pected to cinch Mckinley's renomlna-
ton, and hungry republicans with q
good local pull are eligible
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17

The discovery has been made by the
Kansas press that there are more cO1n-
ties in Missouri that have no saloons
than in Kansas, in spite Of the fact
that prohibition has been on the stat
ute books of Kansas for Is years.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17

The late Kansas legislature accOmp-
lished the least of any that ever assem-
bled in the state Senator HesSOn, rep,
said on leaving for his home: This
has been a legislature Of little things,
there has been very little done Of
which the members can look on with
DridP -
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17

From present indications Cuba will
cost US more than the Philippines.
Claims aggregating 81, 100000 have al
ready been filed against the United
States for losses incurred in Cuba dur
ing the late war.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17

Spain is so anxious to get hold OF
that s2OOOOOOO that the peace treaty
will be ratified by the queen regent,
without waiting for the Resembling
of the cOrtes.