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John C. HUBINGER.
Remarkable Career of q WeII-HnOJrn
Western Capitalist, Manufnct-
uref and PIaiIanthrOpist.

Among the leaders Of the progressive
element for which the middle west Is
famous, Mr.. John c. Hubinger. of Keo-
kuk, Ia, reignS without a peer As
q manufacturer, as an enterprising cap
jtalist and as philan thropist his fame
has spread over many states, and his
financial enterprises have developed
many obscure towns into progressive,
thrifty and wide-awake cities. Mr..
Hubinger, although but ~ years OF
age, can look back upon scores of COM
mercial victories. each one of which has
benefited mankind, for his liberality is
as bountiful as his business sagacity is
marvellous. Hes born in New Or
leans. La, his parents being of French
and German origin. When he was four
years old, his family removed to Ken
lucky, in which state young Hubinger
received a public school education. Al
most before reaching mans estate he
secured patents Oh a number of val
liable mechanical inventions, thereby
laying the foundation of his present
fortune.
BY inclination and force of circun3-
stances his attention was early direct
ed to the manufacture of starch by i'm
proved processes. and in the course Of
time he became the head of j concern
of dollars. But genuine ambition
never quite satisfied with existing con-
ditions, works ever toward perfection,
and after years OF painstaking study
and research Mr.. Hubinger has made >
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-23
JOHN c. HUBINGER.

discovery, which he considers the
browning event of his wonderful
career and which is embodied in a
new article of commerce. known as
Red Cross Starch (Red Cross trade
mark.) He is planning to distribute
millions of packages of this starch to
the housewives of America. at a merely
nominal price to the consumer. in order
to make its merits known without de-
lay. Thus, for but cents two large
Toe packages of Red Cross Starch may
be had, together with two magnificent
Shakespearean views printed in IL
beautiful coiors, or a Twentieth Cen
fury Girl Calendar; or for only 20
cents 10 packages of the starch and
the entire series Of eight Shakespearean
views and one Twentieth Century Girl
Calendar-views alone easily worth
s1.o0. Watch this paper for future
premium announcements. of which
every lady will certainly want TO taSc
advantage.
While Mr.. Hubinger viii devote his
best energies to the manufacture of
this new and wonderful starch. he will
not retire from the various financial
enterprises in which he is interested
street railways, electric lighting plants
and the Mississippi Valley Telephone
Co., with 10000 telephone subscribers
In Minneapolis and St. PauI-nor viii
his augmented activity interfere with
his social obligations and exercise of
the splendid hospitality which he dis
penses at his palatiaI Keokuk home
Mr.. Hubinger's family. consisting OF
himself, wife and four children, is the
pivot around which his activity re-
wolves, and while fond OF promoting
great enterprises. he is still fonder OF
his home circle, where he spends every
moment of time not taken up by busi-
ness or public cares.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-23
They VIII he Missed.

Topeka, Sept 19.-The city of Topeka
During the past two or three weeks
servant girls have been leaving Topeka
for Chicago singly, in twos, in threes
and in droves- They have given up
their places here and all that can be
learned from them is that they are go
contract at S. week. It is understood
that a Chicago employment agency
worked up the exodus. 1t is estimated
that 400 girls have accepted the Chicago
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-23
AS A MISSIONARY SEES Them
Filipinos Think All American Men
Are in Luzon.
THAT WOMEN DO THE WORK.

Kansas City Sept I'D. 5. Hubbard.
a Presbyterian missionary at Manila,
has written a most interesting letter to
his brother in Kansas City. If the is
lands fall into the hands of the insur-
gent army, he says, Spaniards and Am
orleans may look for fearful treatment
Looking at the natives from a mis-
ceedingly hopeful race. Aside from the
rough element. they are kindly dispos-
ed to US, apprcciative of kindness as a
rule, and intensely eager to learn the
English language. They are here in
every degree of morality and civiliza-
ton There are the extremes of wealth
and poverty; there are powerful and
educated minds from Colleges very
few-and those that are savagely super
stitious. The majority are people
easily led, fond of bright dress, music
and dancing, and quick to pick up new
customs: these are the cream of the
Philippines. From this they grade
down to fanaticaI sara ges, such as the
IgOrrotes, concerning whom not very
much is known, as Aguinaldo himself
dare not go among them
1.-The Filipinos will be transformed
people in fifty years. They are reach
ing out after knowledge, several hav-
ing asked me if Japan and the United
States were the same; while some OF the
prisoners will insist in believing that
the women in America are doing all the
work since all the men are over here
The negro troops which have arrived
here create 4 vigorous sensation and we
hope that the impression viii be lasting
and favorable
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Well Known ropekan Missing.

Topeka, Sept. 15.-Franl1 Brooks, a
well known citizen, who has been out
of employment lately, left Topeka a
month ago in search of position and
has not been seen or heard of since
His family and friends fear that he has
committed suicide. Mr.. Brooks was a
candidate for the republican nomi-
nation of mayor last spring.
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Ex-wicbitans in Kansas City.

Kansas City, Sept. 1s.-Former citi-
zens of Wichita, to the number of COZ,
will hold picnic in Troost park, Kan
sas City, Mo-, Tuesday, Sept. &c. The
following invitation has been issued:
''Al ex-Kansans, members of the
Wichita colony, whether residing in
Kansas City or surrounding towns. are
invited to attend the second annual pic
mic, to be given in Troost park. Tues
day, Sept. 20, from o'clock until sun
rise or later. Dinner at 5 p. IN. Don't
forget to bring well filed baskets All
Wichita people invited -
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Another Boom In OIL.

Chicago, Sept. 16.-Crude petroleum
vas given another boost of two cents a
barrel by the Standard Oil Company.
In the last three months the market
has advanced Is cents a barrel, and to-
days figures was at the highest since
1896. Excitement exists all over the
oil fields Of Pennsylvania, West Vir-
ginia, Ohio and Indiana as the result of
the advance. for the reason that opera
tors think conditions at present are
similar to those prevailing four years
ago, when the price was marked up to
ST. SO a barrel, and accordingly a fur
ther advance is expected.
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A New Deputy Warden.

Leavenworth, Sept 1s--Frank II.
Lemon. the new deputy warden OF the
federal penitentiary, has taken charge
of his Office. A clerk from the depart
ment of Justice at Washington takes
the position of chief clerk made vacant
by the resignation Of Mr. Allen
A number of improvements wiz be
made at the federal prison this winter.
an electric light plant VIII be put in
and improvements will be made in the
heating plant.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-23
K. G. Artillery to Salute.

Topeka, Sept. 14.-Adjutant Genera
Fox has issued the following order:
Pursuant to instructions of the gov,
ernor, salute of seventeen guns vii,
be fred by each battery of the Kansas
National Guard on the arrival OF AID.
miral Dewey at New York
IAN cannon will be put in readiness
and requisition for powder, cartridge
bags, friction primers, etc. made al
once.
Each battery will be mustered OK
the day specified and payrolls prepared
in triplicate for one days service tf
those actually on duty.
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SUES FOR BILLIONS
Boston Man Claims SOC. 200 Acres OF Lsno
in West Virzin.a.

Middlesborough, Ky. Sept 70
Henry 9. King Of Boston has brought
suit in the United States district cour1
at Abingdon, Va. for 500. 900 acres CT
land lying in Mcdowell, Logan ant
Aingo counties, W Va; buchanan
county, Va, and Pike county. Ky. The
defendants are the present occupants
OF the land The site OF the entire
town Of Williamson, W. Va. IS involv
ed. The land claimed by King is pGr'
of an immense tract of 300, 000 acres
lying in West Virginia and including
many Kentucky mountain eountie4
granted to Gen. James Swami OF Bos
ton at the close OF the revolutionary
war by Virginia, in reimbursement fOI
an immense fortune which Swami hat
spent in the cause OF the revolution
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-23
Commission Could Not Buy Him.

Ithaca, n. Y, Sept 16.-Your CORE
spondent is able to say on authority
that the Schurman peace commission
offered every possible inducement
short of absolute self-government tG
Aguinaldo was promised, as the price
for the restoration of peace in the Tag
alos tribe, a bonus of more than IS, 600
a year while the Taga1os remained
peaceful. He was told that he could
choose men from his tribe for the mi
nor municipal Offices.
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That IusuIt ia Germany.

Berlin, Sept 1o.--Though the gov
eminent has taken pains to preservi
its equilibrium the result of the Drey-
fus trial has tremendously shocked the
German people, irrespective OF creed
and politics. The bitter insult implied
by the utter disregard upon the part ol
the Renues court. of the official Reich
anzeiger's declaration of Dreyfus'
innocence is deeply felt here. Owing
to the peculiar relations with France
these sentiments have not found full
vent in the press, and the government
organs have even done their best &c
smother them. But in converse ton the
real feelings of the people, indignation
and almost contempt, are universally
and freely expressed.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-23
The unttsd statea Crnna

II all the wheat. corn, oats, barley,
rye, potatoes and hay raised in the
United States in the year 1898 were
loaded in carload lots Of ten tons to .
car, they would make railroad train
log, 100 miles long. being over thirty
and q third times the distance from
Boston to San Francisco, or a band OF
cars reaching four and one-fourth
times around the world. The hay
alone would fill continuous train OF
cars reaching about fourteen times the
distance from Boston to San Francisco
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win Redeem Pound Money.

Washington, Sept. 16.-The comp
troller of the treasury has held in eff
feet, that the finder of mutilated paper
currency is entitled to have it redeem
ed by the government The question
arose on the application of parties liv-
ing in St. Louis for the redemption of
50, $50 in mutilated paper currency
which they al1ege they have found Up
to this time, the department has held to
the contrary, and where mutilated pa
per currency had been sent for redemp-
tion by parties claiming they had found
it, the government has appropriated
the same without making restitution
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-23
Railroad to YeilviIIe, Ark.

Topeka, Kan, Sept 1s.-The report
comes from Yellvil1e, the heart of the
Arkansas zinc fields, that Charles S.
Gleed, of this place, has induced men
who have large holdings in the Santa
Fe and Frisco railroads to build a line
into that town. It has been decided
to extend the Eureka Springs & Selig-
man line, owned by Santa Fe and
Frisco interests, from Eureka Springs
to Yellville, distance of eighty-fve
miles
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-23
Insulting to Germany.

Cologne, Sept. 16.-The German
Trades Union association, on the mo-
ton of the president. adopted resolu-
ton not TO exhibit at the Paris exposi-
ton, declaring that the Rennes SEN
tence was an insult in its disregard OF
the official statements of Germany.
The press of the city, however, urges
German exhibitors to avoid hasty de-
cisions and to wait until other nations
have declared their attitude
Chief Locking Glass of the Comanches
is dead. Looking Glass was popular.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-23

The extreme delicacy of many seen
tiac processes is indicated by the re-
port OF DR.. Martin Flicker. German
Investigator, that the bacteria are ef-
fected favorably or otherwise by the
character of the glass containing the
water in which they are Suspended
Marked differences in the behavior OF
cholera germs were noted, according
to the kind of glass composing the YES
sells used. The degree of alkalinity i'm
parted by the glass to the water is
believed to be an important factor In
these experiments.
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Gen. otis wants More omeers.

Washington, Sept 16.-General Otis
has cabled the war department request
for additional staff officers for service
in the Philippines He asks for one
additional judge advocate general. two
assistant adjutants general, two in
spectors general, eight quartermasters,
nine cOmmissaries of subsistence and
two engineer officers The adjutant
general has called upon the heads of
these different bureaus TO designate Of
fesrs for this duty.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-23
Philippians Commission Ordered Home

PhlIlpplne IomnIsslon Urdered Home.
Manila, Sept. 16.-Colonel Charles
DENLY and Prof. Dean Worcester,
members of the Philippine commission
dent Mckinley asking them to return
as soon as possible. They viii embark
September &c. 1t is not known wheth-
er the clerical force viii return with
them or remain here. The commits
sioners had just moved into new offices
and had expected to spend some months
working on the establishment of NUM-
eipal government.
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Awful rhunderstorms in Jamaica.

Kingston, Jamaica, Sept 19.-Since
the passage Of the recent cyclone con-
tinuous series of thunderstorms have
been reported from the mountainous
districts. News of the latest casualty
is from Little London, in Manchester,
which reports its complete destruction
by lightning, but no fatalities.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-23
Strike Agitator Arrested.

London. KY, Sept. 1s.-G. w Pur-
cell. member of the national board OF
United Mine Workers, was arrested
here on warrant by the operators OF
the seven mines now on strike at Alta
mont and Pittsburg, KY, charging him
with inducing the miners to strike
while under contract He says the
board viii fight his case in the highest
courts. He is from Terre Haute, Ind.
The strike continues. The Lily mineS
men are out, affecting LOCO miners
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-23
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Photographing a BattIeship.

PhOtOgraphing q BattIeship.
We are more or less accustomed to
surprises in pictorial journalism, but
the current issue of Golfers Weekly
shows something entirely out of the
common. It contains remarkable pho
tographs, illustrating the trial trip OF
the new battleship Alabama. One OF
the pictures is a stern view of the cruiser
showing her heels" apparently taken
from the fighting top of the vessel, look
ing down upon the deck and the swir-
ing waters in her wake. The most in
teresting picture of all illustrates
prominent feature Of modern journal
isnl- It shows newspaper correspond
ents sending messages to their jour
mails by carrier pigeons thrown from
the bridge of the ship while far out at
sea-
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The Plague in South Africa.

Capetown, Sept. 1s.-In the cape
house of assembly the premier, Hon.
w. P. Schreiner, admitted that there
had been forty-two deaths from the
Burbonic plague at Magude, near
Laurence Marquee, Delagoa bay. He
said that every person attacked had
succumbed to the disease.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-23
Pope Urges Fertilization.

Rome. Sept 1s.-The Pope, while re
ceiving fifty pilgrims from Toulouse
France, today announced his intention
to address letter to the French nation
urging an immediate pacifcation fOl
the sake of humanity and 50 as not tc
compromise the success of the Pari.
exDOsitiOn
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Dreyfus VIII be Pardoned.

Paris, Sept. 16.-The Matin asserts
that the cabinet has agreed to pardon
Dreyfus and that the decree will be
signed September 10. Many of the
provincial papers publish articles in
sisting on the granting of a pardon.
The Figaro says that many officers of
the army are asking that Dreyfus be
pardoned
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-23
Si6RE,

Some doctors believe that man has
just so many hours to be awake, and
that the more of them he uses up in d
day the shorter his life viii be- a man
might live to be 200 If he could sleep
most of the time. The proper way to
economic time, therefore, is to sleep
when there is nothing better to do.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-23
Havana Carpenters to strike.

Havana, Sept. 16.-The carpenters
held large meeting and agreed to go
on strike for day of eight hours. The
secretary of the stevedores' organiza-
ton, who attended the meeting, prom
ised the support and cooperation of
that body. The strike of the masons
&c still IN
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-23
Was From Manhattan.

Kansas City, Kan, Sept. 1s.-A ca
blegram from Hong Kong says that
Corporal Lee, Twentieth Kansas, whose
death on the transport Tartar was re-
last week, was Robert III. Lee,
of Manhattan. His father is the Rev.
J. II. Lee, of Manhattan, Kan.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-23
Co4ton Seed nIarket

Bonham, Texas, Sept 1s.-Cotton
seed is now bringing SO per ton, and a
good deal is being brought in. Cotton
is ranging from six to six and half
about seven cents
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oldest kansas Drue Store Fai,s.

Leavenworth, Kan, Sept. 1s.-The
E. :. Humphreys drug store has gone
into voluntary bankruptcy. Claims
against the stock amount to Sc, 900.
The store was founded in 1861 and was
the oldest in Kansas.
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TOURING THE WORLD.
Many Kansas Soldiers Mustered Out .;
LIanila and Are Travelling.

Manila and Ire TFaVeIlng.
Kansas City. Kan, Sept. 1S.-Corpor
al Frederick A Hecker, a Kansas City
boy of company B, Twentieth Kansas.
and a party of Kansas soldiers did not
sail from Manila on the Tartar They
were mustered out in the Philippines
and, having received their travel pay,
are now on sight seeing trip to COM
plete the circuit of the globe.
Letters received from the Philippines
recently indicate that several others OF
the Kansas soldiers will remain in the
islands for time. Only few of them,
however, are enlisting in the new regi.
ments being formed there, most of them
engaging in business of some kind.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-23
Ohio Divine Honored.

Tiffn, O., Sept 16.-Rev. C. z. Miller,
editor of the Christian World, at Day
ton, has been elected chancellor of the
Heidelberg University.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-23

Pennsylvania Seeking a Butter Stan
dard--The Pennsylvania department
CT agriculture has been advocating the
necessity for butter standard and has
recently made analyses of 100 samples
OF butter collected in Philadelphia and
vicinity. Five grades OF butter were
tested, including boiled" Or process
butter. The average per cent Of watez
was about IL Per cent. of butter fat
about 50 per cent. cu-d between one
and two Per cent and salt about per
cent. Of the IS samples Of unmelted
butter examined, only one contained
q less than so per cent of fat, and only
six did not reach All So per cent bur-
ter-fat standard, to which any dairy
man, it is stated, can bring his butter.
The percentage of water, according tc
the results obtained, should not exceed
Il per cent at the very most. The
percentage OF salt is considered about
right when kept below 3 per cent.
Two thirds OF the samples contained
curd less than LOS per cent. Curd. in
all buffers it is stated, should be re-
ouceG below 2.Q5 per cent
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-23

verfeeding--Wheo any Find OF
bowel disease exists the cause may DE
traced to the food-usCally too much -
but some times too much green bone.
or letting the birds out, on stubbis-
fields may be the obstaclez As rule
oyerfeeding Is the cause. The remedy
is to change the food and reduce the
quantity. The males are also fat, and
II they are removed from the flock the
leg weakness viii disappear, as we'll
as the blindness. the real difficulty be-
ing spinal affection. The medicines
used should be avoided. as less food
and removal OF the males is all that is
necessaTy.-Ex-
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-09-23

Dryness and Root Injury.-The past
winter has been more disastrous than
any within the forty-seven years I
have been in the nursery business.
Vineyards have suffered equally with
orchards. BIackberries and old rasp-
berries have suffered almost total
loss. The young paintings of Loudon
are alive root and branch. Plum, pear
and cherry have not injured in the
root like apple, and are giving prom
ising bloom. About one-half the straw
berry beds are weakened or entirely
ruined The thirty-seven cold days OF
last winter aggregate 327 degrees be-
low zero. But WHY the frost should
have gone down seven feet is a mys-
terry 1 cannot fathom. True, the ground
was bare, but the excessive deep freez-
ing is beyond precedent The ground
was in good condition when it frozc
up, but the continuous evaporation
from the dry surface must have been
the cause of the root injury George
J. Kellogg, in Wisconsin Horticu!tur-
ist.
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Fig Insects Inportsa

F. The special agent OF the Agricultural
Department, Mr. Swingle, who has
been travelling in southern Europe and
Asia during the past season, has Just
returned, having accomplished several
things which may be advantageous to
American farmers and fruit growers
Two OF the most interesting items OF
Mr. Swingle's work have been date
palms and fig insects. In Morocco and
Algiers he studied the best varieties
or the African date palm and sent
over and made arrangements to send a
large number of small trees for plant
ing In the date section Of America
our arid southwest, where the dry al
kali conditions are very similar to
those in Africa, where this magnif1-
cent palm fourishes. The work IN figs
shows what intelligent perseverance
viii do and also shows the advantages
OF good quick transportation The
dried figs of Smyrna are Justly re-
nowned. They are large and perfect
and have the distinctive aromatic fig
flavor highly developed. Californians
have tried raising them, but while the
trees grew well, they were shy bsar-
ers and the fruit was imperfect It
was lASn seen tnaC the blossoms DIG
not evidently properly fertilize and in
Quiry developed that the fig growers
OF the Mediterranean annually brought
down limbs OF the wild mountain Capri
fig and tied them to the cultivated fig
trees These wild fig blossoms con-
tanned minute insects, which, crawling
from blossom TO blossom, fertilized tbs
Smyrna figs. making large, perfect
fruit, full Of seeds and highly favored.
Various attempts were then made "a
import these insects into California or.
chards. but without success; the in
sects died. But this year Mr.. SwiBgIe
kept sending by mail small lots of fer
tilted figs wrapped in tinfoil, until
finally the object was attained and
colony of the live insects was started
in California fig trees.