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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-07-14
BLAND AS HE WAS.
ONE OF THE PLAINEST MEN IN
THE COUNTRY.
His Recent Death Caused Widespread
sorrow-Plain Everyday Farmer Who
Came Near to a Presidential Nomina-
tIOn,

The late Richard Parks Bland was
born near Hartford, KY, Aug. 10, 1885.
He received an academic education.
He moved to Missouri in 1855, thence
to California, and thence to that por-
ton of Utah now Nevada. He located
at Virginia City and practiced law.
He was interested in mining opera
lions in California and Nevada. He
was county treasurer of Carson county,
Utah territory, from 1860 until the or
ganization of the state government Of
Nevada. He returned to Missouri in
1865, and located in Rolla, where he
practiced law with his brother, G. G.
Bland, until he removed to Lebanon,
in August, 1869. He continued his
practice there. He was elected in the
Forty third, Forty-fourth, Forty-ffth,
Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, Forty
eighth, Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, Fifty
first, Fifty-second and Fifty-third con-
crosses. He was elected to the Fifty
fifth congress as a silver democrat, re-
ceiving 24,6O5 votes, against 1884
votes for T. D. Hubbard, republican,
and 1,467 votes for ]. II. Steincipher,
populist He was elected to the Fiji
ty-sixth congress by handsome mar
gin.
Mr.. Bland was never more interest
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-07-14

He chews a quarter Of pound OF to-
bacco day. He is poor, honest and in
dependent. He lives on farm near
Lebanon, which, he says, he would sell
for the value Of the Improvements. His
house is built of red brick and Is two
stories high. His family consists of a
wife and six children. His oldest child,
a girl OF 20, is at school in Washing
ton. The younger children run around
barefooted and are healthy and happy.
Mr. Bland is 81, and his wife, who is 43,
has the placid, quiet face of a Madon-
ma. She believes that her husbands
chances of landing in the white house
are slim, and so far as she is concerned
she would rather continue to live on
the farm. She does all the homework
herself. One hired man is kept, and he
eats with the family. The great silver
agitator is plain-looking. He has a
plain, sallow face, with a square fore
head, running into a baldish expanse
surrounded by blonde hair. He has a
rough, brown beard, slightly touched
with gray, cut in the plainest way, and
the hoarse voice which comes over 1t
has sort of twang in 1t which car
ries out the plainness of its owner.
Bland dresses plainly, and he prides
himself on being one of the plain peo-
pie. He is one of the few Congress
men who make farming pay. He has
one of the largest apple orchards in
this country, and for some years has
been making more out Of his apples
than his congressional salary"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-07-14
A GENTLE HoRsE-BREAKER.
Something About the Early Efforts OF
the Famous Rarey.

the Famous Rarey.
Next to Alexander the Great, who
in his youth subdued Bucephalus, per-
haps the most famous of all horse
breakers was John Rarey, the Ohioian,
who died at the age of 3S, after having
amassed a fortune by his skill. With
the awakening of his mental energies
the boy realized that there was some
thing wrong in the prevalent method
of breaking horses. His childish soul
recoiled at the cuffs and blows with
which drivers were wont to subdue
their animals. Throughout his school
days the subject Of his compositions
was MANS Best Friend-the Noble
Horse" His most ambitious enort
was a rhyme, in which he sung the
gospel of Kindness, patience and firm
ness" in dealing with the brute crea-
ton. The turning point in his boyhood
came on his twelfth birthday. HIS
father, now an extensive dealer In
horses, presented to him an unbroken
pony, which the lad proceeded to train
after his own ideas. Little attention
was paid to his maneuvers with the
pony until the neighbors began to
flock to the farm to see the animafs
almost human antics. The boy had
trained the pony until there seemed to
be nothing beyond its intelligence. But
while family and neighbors applauded,
the result was attributed to the ponys
abnormal cleverness rather than to the
boys skill in training. His success
with the pony encouraged him to I'M
dertake the education of his neigh
bors' unframed horses. Gradually he
found himself master Of prosperous
and attractive business. For miles
around his boyhood home pupils
sought instruction in his method OF
training. All this came about while he
was still in his teen.-St. Nicholas.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-07-14
American Spanish.

Manila Correspondent New York
Tribune: What seems remarkable to
me is the ease with which Americans
pick up Spanish and the confidence
they seem to have in their linguistic
abilities. Many of them appear to
think they are more masters OF Span
ish than it would be possible for any
Spaniard to become master OF English.
Mr.. - has only been in Manila few
months, not more than a half dozen
all told, and the ease with which he
rattles of Castilian is someth ng amaz-
ing, as the following will slbw: Mr..
- Ito jeweler on the Esd plta)-Me
watchee muchee broken. md chez dir
tee, me wantee watchee fixee. You
sabe, see? Jeweler-Yes, l understand.
The gentleman SSer there will fix your
watch.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-07-14
AN ANCIENT DEED.
An Original Grant of Land Conveyed by
William Penn.


A deed from William Penn came to
light in Chester recently, says the
Philadelphia Press. 1t is dated 17O2,
and, owing to it's great antiquity and
excellent state of preservation, is an
object of much curiosity. An inter-
esting feature in connection with the
deed is that the original grant of land
conveyed by Penn was made to Thorn
as Minshall, and the property is now
held by Thomas Minshall, descend
ant, the deed never having passed out
OF the Minshall family. The grant is
in Middletown township, Delaware
county, and consisted Of 1853 acres of
land. The parchment is huge affair
and connected with it by blue string
is the seal of red wax, four inches
across. The face bears the inscrip-
ton: 1859. Truth, Peace, Love and
Plenty" In the center are three ears
OF corn and vine.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-07-14
"PRETERNATURAL SUSPICION"
A Frenzy of Frenchmen Which English
men Cannot Comprehend.

men Cannot Comprehend.
The frenzy Of suspicion-"preternat-
ural suspicion" as Carlyle called 1t
into which Frenchmen, when excited,
are apt to fall, is most difficult Of ex-
PLANTATION, especially to Englishmen,
who cannot even comprehend why
Frenchmen should believe that Eng
lish gold is expended upon the Dreyfus
agitation, and consider the belief either
fictitious or simply silly, says the
Spectator. The belief with thousands
is not fictitious at all, and the French
are one Of the shrewdest of European
races. possessing besides that touch OF
humor which should prevent any one
from believing that an unbroken egg
has been poisoned. We confess that
suspiciousness bothers us, who have
watched French politics through
lifetime. If it were always directed
against one set of enemies it might be
interpreted as mere form OF hatred;
but this is not the case. There is
more suspicion in Paris Of French
Jews at this moment than of English
men, and as much suspicion OF Very
grave and reputable class-the Hugue-
nots-as of either. The feeling is often
set down to ignorance, but classes OF
Englishmen who are quite as ignorant
are comparatively free from it, and
the French populace suspects above all
men those who live their lives all day
and every day under their microscopic
ewes
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-07-14

leper. Rooml" You go ahead and
do your duty and God will take care
of your reputation How dare you DIS
trust him? You have committed to MIN
your souls. Can you not trust MIN
with your reputation? Get down on
your knees before God and settle the
whole matter there. That man whom
God takes care of is well sheltered.
Let me charge you, my friends, to
make right and holy use OF the tongue.
II Is loose at one end and can swing
either way, but it is fastened at the
other end to the floor of your mouth.
and that makes you responsible for the
way it wags. Xanthus, the philoso-
pher. told his servant that on the NOR
row he was going to have some friends
to dine. and told him to get the best
thing he could find in the market, Inc
philosopher and his guests sat down
the next day at the table. They hau
nothing but tongue-four or hve
courses Of tongue-tongue cooked IN
this way, and tongue cooked in that
way, and the philosopher lost his pa
thence and said to his servant, Didn't
tell you to get the best thing in the
market?" He said: II did get the best
thing in the market Isn't the tongue
the organ of sociability, the organ of
eloquence, the organ of kindness, the
organ of Worship"
Then Xanthus said: Tomorrow l
want you to get the worst thing in the
market" And on the morrow the
philosopher sat at the table, and there
was nothing there but tongue-four
or five courses Of tongue-tongue
in this shape and tongue in that shape
and the philosopher again lost his
patience and said: Didn't tell you to
get the worst thing in the market?"
The servant replied: 81 did; for isn't
the tongue the organ of blasphemy,
the organ OF defamation the organ Of
lying?"
Oh, my friends, employ the tongue
which God so wonderfully created as
the organ of taste, the organ of deglu-
tition, the organ of articulation, TO
make others happy, and in the service
of God. If you whisper. whisper good
encouragement to the fallen and
hope to the lost. All, my friends, the
time will soon come when we will all
whisper! The voice will be enfeebled
in the last sickness, and though that
voice could laugh and shout and sing
and halloo until the forest echoes an
swered, it will be so feeble then We
can only whisper consolation to those
whom we leave behind, and only whis-
per our hope of heaven.
While l speak this very moment
there are hundreds whispering their
last utterances. Oh, when that SOL
emn hour comes to you and to me, as
come soon it will, may it be found
that we did our best to serve Christ,
and to cheer our comrades in the earth
ly struggle, and that we consecrated
not only our hand but our tongue to
God. So that the shadows that fall
around our dying pillows shall not be
the evening twilight of glittering
night, but the morning twilight OF an
everlasting day.
This morning, at half-past four
o'clock, looked out Of my window
and the stars were very dim. | looked
out a few moments after, and the stars
were almost invisible. looked out an
hour or two afterward. Not a star
was to be seen. What was the matter
with the stars? Had they melted into
darkness? No. They had melted in
to the glorious light of a Sabbath
morn.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-07-14
.R,nrsrr in a Running Race.

From the Chicago Post: Whats
the matter?" demanded the crowd
when there seemed to be hitch in the
proceedings at the athletic carnival.
1--WE have just discovered ringer in
the long-distance runA,ng race" an
swered the manager. His experience
is such that he outclasses them all"
"Who is he?" was the cry. "A Fill
pino in disguise, was the reply.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-07-14

A Newfoundland dog. guarding a
warehouse in Buffalo,had to be dubbed
into submission by the firemen before
they could enter the building to extin-
guish the fire.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-07-14
SEEKS THE NORTH POLE.

Prince Luigi, the Duke of Abruzzi,
who is now on his way to the north
pole, is the only royal parsonage who
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-07-14
FanltIess Starch.

Best and goes farthest, gives stiffness and
elasticity. No sticking, blistering or break
ing. Every grocer sells it, nearly every
body uses it. 10c a package.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-07-14

Spinsters should rejoice when it
rains cats and dogs
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-27
A QUESTION OF IDENTITY.
May BE This That Commissioners
Hearing Is to settle.

The preliminary hearing in the cases of
Capt. Benjamin D. Greene and Col. John
F., Edward H. and William T. Gaynor,
that had been scheduled to take place
Dec. %. as announced in the Morning
News dispatches. has been postponed a
week.
The hearing was to have taken Place
before Commissioner Shields to whom
Greene and the Gaynors the alleged con-
spirators. surrendered a few days after
the presentmeut of the indictments against
them.
Capt. Cassus E. Gillette. who went on
to New York as a witness at the hearing,
has returned and seems to regard 1t as
improbable that he viii be required to at
tend the adjourned session of the court
of the commissioner. He appears to think
that whatever evidence the government
desired him to give may be obtained just
as readily from some one else, conversaut
with the same facts, and living In closer
proximity to the place in which the ex-
animation is to be held.
To Morning News reporter, by whom
he was seen at his residence, Capt. Gill
lette said that he was just as much in the
dark as to the real meaning and purpose
of the examination as is anyone. He went
to New York under orders and as a witness
and he'd no official connection with the
prosecution of the charges before Commits
sioner Shields. He did not know why the
defendants had demanded a hearing or
what end they have in view, nor did he
know what course would be followed by
the government.
A remark that Capt. Gillette let fall in
the course of the short interview with
him may serve though as a partial ex-
PLANTATION of the course of the defendants.
IT appears that when defendants who have
been indicted in one district are arrested
on bench warrants in another district and
state, they have right to demand a hear
ing before a commissioner and to require
the government TO establish their identity
with the persons named in the indictment.
Until this establishment of identity is sat-
isfactorily made. they may object legally
and effectually to being brought from the
one district to the other. To the casual
observer 1t would seem that the defend
ants had waived air questions of identity
by their appearance before the commits
sioner and voluntary offer to give bond
for their appearance at the next term of
the court here. If this be not the meaning
of the course pursued by the defendants,
however, ID is difficult to see or under
stand just what they are intending and
striving to accomplish by their demand.
District Attorney Marion Erwin left Ma
con for New York last night, for the pur-
pose of attending the adjourned hearing
before Commissioner Shields on Saturday
and to look after the interests of the gov
eminent on that occasion. From the in
terest the prosecuting officers of the gov
eminent seem to be taking in the mat
ter, 1t may be that there is more of i'm
port in it than is apparent on the sur
face.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-27
WILL FILL THE VACANCIES.
Mr.. NJ. J. soIomOns to Go on Park
and Tree CommissiOn.

Mr.. VI. j. SoIOmOnz to Go on Park
and Tree Commission.
Mayor Myers will make his nominations
20 Council tonight to fill the two va
cancies to take place in the Park and
Tree Commission Jan. l, as the result
oe the expiration of the terms of Chair
man P. d. Dafin and Col. George A.
Mercer. II is pretty well understood that
Chairman Daffin viii be named to sue
coed himself. He was one of Mayor Ny
ers first appointees TO the commission
four years ago and his intelligent devo-
ton to the work of the commission IL
well known.
Ii is expected that Mr.. NJ. j. Soiomons
will be named TO succeed Col. Mercer. The
latter's inhrm condition physically is suf-
ficient to furnish an excuse for his re-
tirement though he has taken very ac-
tive interest In the work of the commits
sion since his appointment, about eighteen
months ego 10 succeed Mr.. w. w. Cor
don, Jr, resigned Mr.. Solomons is sec
rotary and treasurer of Inc Chatham Renl
Estate and Improvement Company. and
having had many years experience in the
real estate business, he is well aware of
the advantages 90 be derived from beauti-
flying and improving the city. Both APP
pointments viii be for six years.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-27
WANTS PAY ron HIS PISTOL.
An Unusual Petition Presented to
Council.


Attorney w. Fl. Boyd has petitioned
Council TO reimburse his client, William
LaCount. colored, in the sum of Sc, this
being the value placed upon a revolver
said to have been taken from LaCount by
the police authorities on the occasion of
his arrest on the charge Of carrying con-
cealed weapons some months since.
LaCount received a sentence of six
months on this charge. the petition states
which he has recently finished serving
Having completed his term he demanded
his revolver from the police, but was in
formed that 1t had been turned over to
Solicitor General Osborne TO be used as
evidence.
Upon a request being made upon the so
licitor for the weapon the latter stated
that it had never been received by him.
As the police are unable to return La
Count his revolver his attorney claims
that the city should reimburse him to the
amount of its value, which is placed at
S.
There is little likelihood that the request
will be granted, as il might establish a
precedent, If the city We're called upon
to pay for all the old revolvers taken by
the police from tough citizens, the expense
would amount to quite an item in the
course of a year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-27

PRITCHARD-W WHITE WEDDING.
An EARLY Morning Marriage at st.
Johns Church.


An early morning wedding was cele-
brated yesterday a st. Johns Church. the
contracting parties being Miss Virginia
Barnard White and Mr.. Paul Fitzsimmons
Pritchard. The marriage was a very
quiet affair, only the members of the two
families and a few intimate friends being
present. The church was beautifully dec
GRATED with palms. carnations and smilax.
The bride was lovely in a dress of pur-
pie Venetian cloth, with nat to match, and
carrying a bouquet of hyacinths. Miss
Zaida White the sister of the bride, was
the maid-of-honor, and MIR. G. Noble Jones
was best man. The ushers were Mr. w
Latham Pritchard and Mr.. Parker White
The ceremony, which took place at s
o'clock, was performed by the rector, Rev.
c. H. Strong Immediately after the cere-
mony, the young couple took the train
for New Orleans.
The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr.
Steele McAllister White, and is a young
lady of charming personality. The groom
is the son of Mr.. William R. Pritchard
a well known rice planter of this city. For
the last two years he has been in the en-
ploy of one of the large rice milling COM
panies of Louisiana. After spend q few
days in New Orleans, Mr.. and Mrs. Pritch-
ard will go to Crawley, La, their future
home. The couple received a number of
handsome presents.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-27

Recorder Hartridge Went Through
the List in Short Order.

the List IN SNORT
The Recorder had another busy day yes
terday, being called on to dispose of cases
against ffty-sx prisoners, who were on
the docket for various crimes.
While charges of being drunk and disor-
derby predominated, there were many that
were more serious; among these was that
of Walter Grant, colored, who was up for
reckless riding. He ran over a little girl
at the corner of State and Bull streets on
Christmas day He was given the option
of paying IS or spending ten days at hard
labor. He paid the fine.
Fred Gordon, who was charged with as
sault with intent to murder R. Cooley, an
account of which appeared in the Morning
News of yesterday, was turned over to the
Superior Court. Henry Jacobs, who had
been mixed up in the same affray, was
charged with disorderly conduct. and
given the choice of paying SIS or going to
Jail for thirty days. Not having the
money, he was locked up.
Tom Jefferson, who attempted on
Christmas day to shoot officer A. NJ.
Broome, was sent TO Jail for ten days,
as he was unable TO pay the S. that would
have secured his release. Rufus Brown.
another negro, who attempted to cut
Broome was also given ten days In jail,
as he was unable to pay fine of IS. Wal
ter Davis, another negro who had designs
on the life of Broome and snapped his pis-
toll at him twice In his efforts TO shoot
him, was turned over to the City Court.
The case of Willie Foster, who is up for
robbery by force, was continued, as was
also that against James Reed, charged
with assault with intent to murder H. H.
Stats of sol Charlton street. whom ne at
tackled with a knife Christmas afternoon.
Lottle Griffin, colored, charged with as
saulting and cutting Louisa Harper, was
turned over to the City Court.
L. NJ. Meyers, young white man who
Is charged with having thrown the brick
that struck Fred Newson, was also be-
fore his honor, but his case was continued
Newson is said to be seriously hurt, and it
is not improbable that he may die from
the effects of the wound.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-27
POLITICIANS DISCUSSED 1T.
Talked of the reconciliation Be-
tween Osborne and McDermOtt.

Talked of the Reconciliation BE-
tween Osborne and McDermOtt.
The announcement in yesterdays Morn
ing News of the reconciliation that had
been effected between Solicitor General w
w. Osborne and ex-Chief of Police Frank
McDermott and of their agreement to as
sist each others aspirations in the poliJi-
cal hereafter occasioned considerable COM
ment among the politically inclined
The politicians were unwilling to discuss
the question for publication, but il was
very evident that, irrespective of factional
utilization. they were fully alive 10 its po-
l,tical significance, and that they expected
results in the shape of other combinations
and reconciliations to flow from it,
The time Is drawing near when one of
Tie most notable political battles in the
recent history of the county the contest
for the nomina ton TO the Office of solicit
tor general will be fought, and both sides
are laying their pans and marshalling
their forces for the combat. The change
IN political sentiment chronicled on yes
teCday is but the precursor of other
changes of The like character that are to
he expected.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-27
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BICYCLE RACKS MUST GO.
The Mayor Orders the Sidewalk Or
dinance Enforced.

uAnAnce ENFORCED.
Mayor Myers has decided that the ordl-
nance relating to obstruction of sidewalks
must be more strictly enforced. The con-
templated enforcement is directed chiefly
against the bicycle racks, which have be-
come very numerous of late and on ac-
count of which there have been some COM
plants.
Notice has accordingly been given in the
Morning News that all distractions in the
shape of bicycle racks and other en-
croachments beyond the limit provided by
ordinance must be removed by Jan. 2, 1900,
or the parties SO offending viii be placed
upon the docket by the city marshal. The
ordinance in question provides that ii
may be lawful to display goods wares
and merchandise upon the sidewalks in
front of places of business, provided that
not more than two feet six inches from the
wall or front of such places of business
is taken up. 1t seems that some of the
bicycle rack people have been exceeding
the limit. Nearly every other retail es-
Establishment in the city now has a bicycle
rack in front, and as these racks face TO
wards the sidewalks bicycles and racks
together frequently form an obstruction.
Mayor Myers, when asked about the mat
ter yesterday, said that the bicycle racks
are used for advertising purposes. There
is nothing in the ordinance which contem-
plates the use of the walks for advertis-
ing purposes" said the Mayor. 'fUnless
the racks are kept within the limit and
arranged so as not to obstruct the walks,
they will be removed altogether"