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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-12-13

California viii astonish and interest
visitors TO the Worlds Fair of 500,
with two elegant railway ears made
enti ely from the trunk of single
tree The work is in progress. and
not only IS the scheme perfectly prac-
ticable, but the trunk must lie re-
duced Il little to bring it to the right
size for passenger cars The tree is
to be bored and sawed down. accord
ing to the method in use. precautions
being taken to have it fail so as not
to splinter: then out of the best part
of the length of passenger cars The
work is then to proceed by making
one side fiat for the bottom, cutting
in the doors and windows. then boring
saving, and adding out the interior
rounding the roof. polishing and fin
fishing. The bark and all the part
cut out will be made into souvenirs
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-12-13

Otriches are po1ygamous. one male
having several wives. The females in
each family lay their eggs in one nest
and go off sporting while the male re-
mains at TIE nest to do the hatch
ing.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-12-13

sit hsre with my sweet cob-y,fpe-
Old friend. how good you are.
Yet how / wish had the cr~sh
To buy clgsr1
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-12-13

surprised at the last to find how theyi
know about all the affairs OF your
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-12-13
Word

Word from cbe Other Shore
Blessed be God, there is a boat com
ing from the other sides Transports
ton at last for our souls from the
other shore; everything about this gos-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24

The Secretary OF war Gives sths Results
!, Of HIS Observations Daring HIS VS.
70 20 the Islhnd.

Washington, March 2i.--Secretary
Root yesterday afternoon give to
President Mckinley the results Of his
observations Of affairs in Cuba during
his recent trip to the island.
Secretary Root was not prepared to
venture an opinion as to just when
he believed this government would
grant complete independence to the
Cubans. He pointed out how 1T
would be necessary that the municipal
governments should be firmly estab-
lished on working basis, after which
attention would be given to the Sc
lection of constitutional convention
for the purpose of framing consti-
tuition for the island and its adoption
by the people. Following this, and
the establishment of a firm govern
ment in the island, the secretary felt
would be time for the formal recogni-
ton of the independence OF the is
land and the withdrawal Of the assist
ance and supervision of the author
tiles of the United States.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
AUDAcI0US ROBBERY.
Clever Thieves Take $4,000 from Rail.
road Clerks Who Were Conveying It
to this Bank OF France.

Paris, adarch 21.-An audacious
robbery of 100000 francs was COM
mitted Tuesday from the Northern
railroad. The company, which three
times weekly deposits large sums
with the Bank of France, sent G30,-
900 francs Tuesday, of which amount
100000 francs was in small bills. This
was placed in satchel and the money
was conveyed from the station to the
bank in q cart, which was in charge
Of two clerks. Before they started,
one of the clerks placed the satchel
beside the coachman. Two men then
approached and engaged the atten-
ton Of the clerk and coachman, while
third man picked up the satchel,
and bolted with 1t. The loss was not
noticed until it was too late to ap-
prehend the robbers.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
Mother Seal and Baby.

Near Anacape, California, one day
recently, the skipper of sloop cap
tured a young seal, and succeeded in
getting IL on board unframed. When
the sloop made for Santa Barbara,
the mother seal appeared. She swan
about the vessel uttering piteous cries,
while the captive barked and whined
in response. At Santa Barbara the
youngster, enclosed in bag, was care
lessly left on deck, when the mother,
who had followed the vessel some
so miles, revealed herself in person
and voice, and her offspring, as II in
answer to appealing promptings,
wormed himself to the side of the yes
sci and tumbled overheard. The
mothers sharp teeth made quick work
with the imprisoning bag, and in a
trice her baby was free. We are not
told the sequel of the story, but 1t is
to be hoped that the mothers love
and devotion were appropriately re-
warded.-Youth's Companion.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24

In Saxon and medIacval times, even
after the introduction Of wheat and
other cereals, there can be little doubt
that acorns were regularly used by
the poorer peasants for the purpose
of making bread, and not only IN sea-
sons of scarcity, but ~ general artA-
Gle Of food. Oak trees were then
chiefly valued because Of the acorns
which they produced. In the Anglo
Saxon Chronicle for the year 1i16,
which Is described On q very calam-
itous year, the crops being spoiled
by the heavy rains, which came ON
Just before August and lasted TIL
Candlemas,' II Is expressly recorded
as an aggravation Of the heavy
time" that ''mast was also SO scarce
this year that none was to be heard
of in oil this land on in Wales" Ihs
days Of mast bread are happily gone
forever; and even barley bread, In
common use during severe winters
not SO many years ago, has now
everywhere given place to that OF the
finest wheat -four" The fruit of ONE
member of the same order is, how
ever, highly valued. We refer, OF
course, TO the hazel, SO abundant In
our woods and hedgerows. To 60 o.
nutting is still as popular pastime as
in former years; but the old customs
in connection with II ere rs obsolete
as the use of acorn bread. No one wiz
now be found, with the good Vicar OF
Wakefield and his honest neighbors,
to "religiously crack nuts on Michael
mas eve."-Longman's Magazine.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
The WORK Of Hawks.

One female bird in her first season
took 800 rabbits, three hares and two
magpies and the next year 210 rab-
bits, two leverets, II cartridges, four
magpies and two squirrels. Ono
owned by the late Mr.. T. ]. Mann, OF
straightforward, caught in one season
100 rabbits, nine pheasants, one hare.
one partridge, three squirrels and II
water-hens. Another which belonged
to Sir Henry Boynton, 1854 head. A
goshawk will go on catching rabbit
after rabbit, or take five or six birds
in succession, for they do not tire like
falcons. Nothing comes amiss to
them. Hares, landrails, pheasants,
rabbits, waterfowl, ducks, rats,
stoats, weasels, mice, even n hedge
hog is not despised. Their headlong
courage is simply astonishing They
will charge into quickest hedge till
they have to be cut out, or dive among
rocks and boulders. Capt. Bland, OF
Draycott, near Stoke-on-Tent, had o
goshawk which stuck to q hare till
II twice rolled head over heels. Then
the hawk few after 1t again, and was
shaken off, while the hare escaped in
to flock of sheep. The same bird,
pursuing q rabbit, few right down q
large hole in the side of quarry and
dragged the rabbit out Of 1t. The
"smash" with which big hen Cos
hawk goes into an evergreen tree af-
ter a pigeon sounds as IL q football
had been violently kicked into the
branches.-London Spectator.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
oor Hirhest Mountain.

It appears that the highest noun
tain in North America In named
Mount Mckinley. The peak is in
Alaska, about 200 miles from the
coast Of Cooks inlet, and its altitude
h so,l63 feet. Mount st. Elias, which
was formerly believed to be the high
cst, has an altitude of 1904 feet,
while Wrangel mountain comes next
with 3 height Of 1880 feet. Mount
Eairweather, whose shapely peak SO
long served the Pacific whaling feet
"a ita most familiar landmark, il 49,
1o2 feet in height.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
GREAT FUTURE EXPECTED.
Navy Department Thinks Guam VIII Ds
IN Important Commercial Center
Schroeder 20 Succeed Leary.

Washington, March 22.-Lieu'enant
Commander Seaton Schroeder, at pres
ent secretary Of the naval inspection
board, has been selected to succeed
Capt. Leary as naval governor of the
island of Guam. The naval depart
ment expects q great future for Guam
in commercial way. Beside being n
naval station, all the Pacific army
transports are expected hereafter to
touch ut the island to and from Ma
Mia; the projected Pacific cable will
have a station there; mercantile
coaling station will, 1t is thought soon
be established and this will attract
merchant vessels, othat Guam " i'll be-
come regular port to coal for the
shipping in the eastern seas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
Poisoned Mt n Church Dinner.

Sycamore, ILL.,, March 2l.-Fifty per-
sons, old, young and middle-aged,
were poisoned yesterday at chicken
pie dinner given by the members of
the Baptist church. The dinner was
largely attended, but shortly after
eating several of the persons became
violently i'll. Every physician in this
section is doing his best to save the
lives Of the people. Investigation so
far has failed to reveal the cause.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24

Washington. March 22.-war DEPART
ment officials deny recently published
statements that Gen. Otis campaign 10
costing upward Of 1000 men n month.
According to the official records since
the American occupation, June /, 1898,
TO February II, 1900, the actual NOR
tally in the army in the Philippines
was 65 officers and 1,46O men, n total
Of 1925, or Mt the rate of "a deaths
month. Up to December 1, 1899, the
total number of deaths were IS OFF,
GERS and 1893 men. OF this number,
AZ officers and $40 men died by vio-
lence, and 10 officers and 500 men died
of disease. Most Of the deaths by
violence occurred In battle. There
were, however, 1877 deaths from vio-
lence outside Of actual hostilities. 1t
il singular fact that more than one
half of the latter class were caused
by drowning. The total number of
wounded without fatal results during
the period covered by the report was
1,767.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
Sir Rsdvera Butler Dismissed tho Guest.

Btr Redvera Butler Dismissed the Guest.
Sir Redvers Butler Is credited with
being Of that type of officer whose
butchers bill" Is rather more likely
than not to be large. That he is not
q person who will allow any ordinary
considerations to. swerve him from
what lie thinks is his duty was
shown Mt a dinner in his house not
long ago. A certain well-xnown man
was present, and told IN anecdote
which was 80 "off color" that the
ladies' were excessively displeased and
distressed.
When dinner was over Sir Redvers
rang the bell.
"Mr. AS carriage" he ordered when
the butler appeared.
II do not expect my brougham 30
early" said Mr.. A., and there was
CLEAN of defiance in his eyes.
Sir Redvcrs did not reply, but he
took Mr.. A. by the arm and led him
gently into the hall. at is time for
you to CO." he said quietly, and his
guest went.-N. Y. Press.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
WIN ne 4 nIission.ry Exhibit.

One Of the special features Of the
ecumenical conference on foreign
missions to be held in New York in
April will be missionary exhibit.
Material is being gathered from every
missionary land in order to wildly
present, through the eye, the social
and moral conditions Of the peoples
among whom the missionaries are
laboring. 1t will be the endeavor also
TO make it rs far rs possible a pro-
gressive exhibit, showing the results
Of 100 years of missionary effort.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
Tha Negro in nualnaa,.

During the last 80 years the negro
business menin the United States have
made gratifying progress. There are
now at least 5000 of them, the term
''business man" being interpreted to
include all with stocks Of goods to
sell and all others who have at least
$500 ofcapitalinvested. Thirty-six cap
italists are reported with about $780,
600 invested. There are four negro
banks and several large insurance
companies. Thirteen colored building
and loan associations are reported.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24

feconf test At the Iowa expert
*|1i station Of the shrinkage Of corn
81. crib developed the following
On October IS, 1898. 1000
.ntI. a ear corn wers hunled and
.<... "a ctib constructed 70 make
1rtr> condition normal In the
M '1,1 months The loss was nine
&s1I I1f De next ihres months
s. Ma1 arc per cent; for the
II.1 no1IIs Ibr1e per cufs
a. ~ i|f1| 4onihr ? -
I|t 1.1rt11't loss Hs1 40
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
A Town wlthou, Taxes.

The taxpayers Of Guilford, Conn.,.
are enjoying some Of the blessings Of
the millennium. The town has voted
to levy no tax for the present year.
The people of tax-ridden municipali-
ties will envy those Of Guilford, who
for q whole year, will enjoy immunity
from those woes Of city life, the tax
assessor and collector. How 1t has
managed to get rid of those burdens
is not stated, but 1t should be for the
benefit Of other places less fortunate
in this respect.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
New Plan for Rural Free Dellvery.'

A joint resolution introduced into
the Iowa senate calls for still further
extension Of the rural free delivery
system. Il asks congress to amend
the postal laws 30 as to provide that
carriers on star routes shall deliver
and collect mail from boxes by the
roadside. Senator Macarthur declares
this win prove of great advantage to
the rural population and that the ex-
pcnse und delay would be much less
than by the regular rural free delivery
service. The delay would not be
great.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24

Washington, March as.-Gen. 10
Wheeler, It Is said, will be made q
brigadier general in the regular army
and sent to command the Department
Of the Lakes, which has been Temporal.
rily under the command Of Gen. Wade.
It is said the president has had under
consideration for some time the ap-
pointment of Gen. Wheeler and Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee to be brigadier generals
in the regular army. Gen. Lee, 1t Is
said, will be given command Of the
Department Of the Missouri, or the
Department of Columbia, both OF
which are at present without COM
manders.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24

Washington, March 2o.-The SUI
preme court Of the United States has
rendered IN opinion in the case of the
Wnlters-Pierce Oil company against
the state of Texas, affirming the de-
cision of the court of civil appeals Of
the state Of pexas. The case involved
the constitutionality OF the antitrust
law in Texas, which was sustained by
the opinion.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
Kansas City . Southern Railroad.

Chicago, March 22.-The Tribune
to-day says: The stock of the Kansas
City & Southern railroad, the reor-
ganized Gulf property, will be placed
in q voting trust, composed of the
largest interests in the road. Ac-
cording to the present plan the new
company will issue S3o,Oo0,OO0 first
mortgage .O-year three per cent. gold
bonds. The capital stock to be issued
will aggregate s51,0OO,OOO. OF this
amount $21,OO0.OOO will be four per
cent. non-cumulative preferred and
$50, 000, 900 common.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
Barbsd Wire and war.

One Of the strange results Of the
war in South Africa is an increase in
the price of barbed wire in America.
It is certain that there is an enormous
demand for barbed wire in South
Africa, and the market there has been
almost entirely stripped of the stuff.
The wire is used by both Beers and
British in strengthening kopjes and
field positions. It was found useful
for the purpose during the Cuban in
surrection and again in the Philip
pines.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
Iudia's Huge Famine expenditures

London, March 22.-The India Office
has issued its annual financial stute-
ment. This shows q surplus for $780,
1900 Of $l2,765,000 and an estimated
surplus for 19OO-l9Ol of 100000. The
famine expenditure for 1soo-19O0
worked out at s10,275.0O0. II is esti-
mated that the famine expenditure for
1900-19O1 viii be $16,675,0O0
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24

New York, March 22.-Cap'. Nc
Cluskey, of the detective bureau, said
that Miss Harriet T. Clogg, otherwise
Mrs. Busnau, formerly Of Baltimore,
who was arrested last night after re-
turning from Europe, had confessed
to him that she had been engaged in
swindling by means Of checks. She
was locked up with her two-months-
old baby, which she took with her to
police headquarters.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
For q Railroad Trust In Cuba.

Montreal, Can, March 22.-Sir vii.
liam Van Horne, ex-president II the
Canadian Pacific railway, has gone to
Washington city to meet some Ameri.
can capitalists with whom he is as
ISOLATED in project for the con 'olida.
ton of all the railways in Cubn. 1t Is
understood that for the devel .pment
Of this project Sir William has $25,.
O00, 900 at his disposal.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
STATE OF OHIO, CrTr or TOLEDO, :.
I.uCAs COUNTY.

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner OF the firm Of I. j: Cheney
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dol
lars for each and every case Of catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use Of Halls Catarrh
Cure. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day Of December, A. D.
lSS6. A. w. GLEASON,
[Seal1 Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. F. j. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
oood Reason TO Ne supsrstltIous.

"Superstitious!" he exclaimed. "Of
course / am superstitious. 1 sat down
to dinner as one of a party Of 10 once
on the 18th OF the month and Is
courses were served"
"And one Of them diedP'
allow soon after the dinner?"
Thirteen years after. Oh, I tell
YOU, when 10 sit down to dinner it's
a dead-sure thing that somebody il
going to die some time."-N. Y.
World.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
To Reiiict Bank Leans.

Washington, March ga bill re-
stricting national banks from making
loans to their officers was favorably
acted on by the house committee on
banking and currency. The measure
has been urged by the comptroller Of
the currency, on the ground that
many bank failures were caused by
ill-advised loans to officials OF the
banks. The expected large increase
of small banks. under the new finan-
cial law, is said to be additional rea-
son for the restriction Of loans to
bank officers.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
HE WAS MISQU0TED.
Biahop Hurst Says He Did Not Announce
That President Mckinley Would Teach
In the American Univsrsiiy.

Philadelphia, March 2l.-Bishop
Hurst, who is presiding over the New
Jersey Methodist Episcopal confer
ence at Millville, denied the published
statement that he had announced TO
the conference yesterday that Presi.
dent Mckinley had accepted the chair
Of international law in the American
university at Washington. The bishop
expressed his regret that he was mis-
quoted and directed his secretary TO
telegraph n denial to the president.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
DEWEY TAKEN SICK.
The Admiral Had an Attack Of Indigestion
aud Was Too III to Appear at
Reception.

Savannah, Ca, March 21.-The pro-
gramme for the entertainment of
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey was broken
last evening by the illness of the adj
miral. A public reception had been
arranged for the hours between nine
and II o'clock and 5000 persons gath
cred at the De Soto hotel to greet
the distinguished visitors. But the
admiral was too i'll to appear and
the function had to be called off. The
admirars attack, which is Of indiges-
ton, occurred on board the revenue
cutter Hamilton, while the party was
ON q trip down the river and harbor.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
Took Her Husband's Glove"

Chicago, March 21.-Three hours
after the shooting of Miss Annie
Strother, cashier Of a restaurant,
early Tuesday, Mrs. Charles Smith,
wife of q well-known saloonkeeper
with whom Miss Strother Is said to
have associated, was arrested and
made a confession, saying she had
shot Miss Strother because the lat
ter had taken her husbands love.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
Objection to the Farm for Consumptivss.

Denver, Col, March 22.-Since the
announcement that n national asso-
citation had been organized to estab-
lish huge farm of 1000 acres near
Denver for the use of consumptives,
the greatest opposition has been
aroused, until to-day the health COM
missioner declared that such action
would not alone be detrimental to the
public health, but be deadly menace,
owing to the fact that the class of tu-
bercular patients could not be re-
stricted to the convalescent.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
H.v. a Ma,or,.v of Elrhteen.

Washington, March 20.-Beginning
the congress with majority Of 10,
the republicans in the house now
have n majority, over all, of IS, with
q further increase in sight in the
near future. The present member
ship of the house Is as follows: Re-
publicans, 1855; democrats, $50; popu-
lists, 8, and silverites, 3. This was ac-
complished by unseating democratic
congressman, and there are five con-
tests to dispose of.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
New Use for wireless Teiegraphy.

Wireless telegraphy has had new demon
stration for usefulness by the captain OF .
lightship, who used it after ordinary signal.
had failed to notify the shore authorities OF
danger. In like manner Hostetter's Stom.
ach 'Bitters, the famous dyspepsia cure, acts
when all other medicines fail. Its superior
ity is quickly felt in the renewal OF strength.
It regulates the bowels, improves the appe-
tite, and cures indigestion. Try 1t.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
PREFERENCE FOR SOLDIERS.
In the Civil Service Lat Veterans OF the
Civil, Observation-Disclosures and Philippians
Wars VIII Come Fret.

Washington, March 22.-The senate
committee on civil service has au-
thorized q favorable report upon the
bill introduced by Senator Platt, Of
New York, giving preference 10 SOL
diers of the civil war in positions in
the civil service of the government.
The committee recommends an
amendment including soldiers Of the
Spanish war and of the war in the
Philippines.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
GoEBEL'S SLAYER NAMED.
Prosecution Says That "Taliow Dick"
Combs, . Mulstto. Il the Person Who
shot Down the Kentuckian.

Lexington, Ky, March 21.-Thc
man who is accused of having fired
the shot which killed William Goe.
bel in the statehouse yard at Frank.
fort on January 30 is "Tallow Dick
Combs, mulatto, who is now living
in Beattyvillc. He formerly lived in
Winchester, where he was arrested
for some offense and made his escape.
His partner WIS q black negro named
Hockersmith.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-03-24
For n Soldiers Hospital.

Washington, March 22.-Representa.
tive Little introduced q bill eppro.
priating 100000 for soldiers hos
pital ut Hot Springs, Ark, at which
shall be admitted soldiers Of oil the
wars of the United States, including
the Spanish war, who desire treatment
of the peculiar diseases for which the
waters of the springs IRE efficacious.