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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18
NOT STRONG ON DATES.
for \. VI. f. Ministry Re-
iected by BishOu Tanner

MEMPHIS. Tenn. Nov. 1T.-Bishop T.
A. Tanner. presiding officer of the African
Methodist Conference here today turned
down nine young men recommended for
preacher by the Committee on Education.
They were asked to give the date OF the
flood. Eight were dumb. and one answered:
The Galveston flood took place this year"
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LADENED WITH GOLD.
The steamer Oregon Arrives nt seat
tie From Nome.

SEATTLE. Wash. Nov. 1.-THE steamer
Oregon has arrived from Nome with 1i5
passengers and $500 600 in gold. The Ore
gon was compelled to put to sea on az
count of severe storm. leaving seventy
FIVE Of her booked passengers on the
beach. Arrangements were made to bring
them down on the Centennial which was
to leave Nome day or two later
The loss of the steamer Rube l.. Rich
ardson on November 9, on a reef below
Sinrock City. is reported by the Oregon's
officers. The crew was saved.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18
Cheerful Philosophy.

From the Philadelphia North American)
Hawkins takes his defeat for Congress as a
high personal compliment
"Why?"
'.IIe says his townsmen must he very anxious
to enjoy his society they would have voted to
get rid Of Kim
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18

We are panied to learn that Smith also
is to leave the Cabinet. Next we are
afraid We shall hear that Wilson is of a
retiring disposition. Heavens! Gr,ggs.
shall VIC do for amateur diplomats in a
case of emergency? The Russian Gov
ernment ought to protest against this
loss to the service, and VI. de Wollant de-
mand his passports Immediately, if not
sooner.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18

II is reported that the experts of the
Census Bureau are working night and
day to evolve some reapportionment
scheme which will cut down Southern
representation. without the appearance
of such an intention, and correspondingly
Increase the delegations of safely Re-
publican States
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18

1t is said that fifty millions of the two
hundred and fifty million British Govern
ment loan is to be subscribed in New
York. 1t is a pleasant thing to be able
to lend your mother a little loose change
in her old age
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18

Within a few days the Beers have only
raided and broken twenty places On the
railway between Bfoemfontein and the
Orange River. From this we learn that
the Beers are quite as thoroughly crushed
and disbanded as our own Filipinos under
the iron-shod hoof of Otis.
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Mr.. Plat.
Pres ]

From the New York Press)
Isn't there anybody In the Republican orglt-
izaticn who can stop this crazy Old man right
Iow before il is too latei
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We feel little bit sorry for Mr.. Lyman
]. Gage. The reporters never do get him
quite right, which is perhaps his own fault
in not making himself comprehensive to
them, or to anybody else. Some of his
own party papers have represented him
as favoring the issue of paper money by
the Government in his address before the
School of Jurisprudence and Diplomacy
the other night. This was a great outrage
upon the Secretary. What he really did
say was that the Government lends Its
credit to the banks, the banks issue the
money, and SO the money is good. II the
Government used its own credit and is
sued its own paper directly the money
would be bad. \ lunatic could appreciate
the memorable logic of the Gage PROPOSE
ton
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18
Most Assuredly.

tFrom the Portland Argus.)
The Mckinley second term is going to he the
golden age for the trusts.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-18

Mr. Cookers Committee on Vice is not,
as most people will suppose. the Executive
Committee of the Tammany Society.
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Our Great Little Ones.

The proprietors of the Philadelphia
| journal known as the Saturday Evening
Post" recognizing the great value to their
other periodical, the Ladies' Home Jour-
nal," of the late Ruth Ashmore's Side
Talks With Girls" have apparently de-
termined upon 4 series of Side Talks
With Men b. Infants in Arms" Evil
IDENTIFY not a cradle of prominence in the
land is to be spared.
The Hon. Albert ]. Beveridge was nat
urally the first contributor. His essays
on How to Succeed in Life" How to
Become a Great Statesman" How to
Begin Career at Fifty" attracted wide
attention. Later on we are to have "A
Two Years View of the United States
Senate, by Senator of Twenty-four
Months"
Eckles. Of course. came next. Eckles is
the pailid youth with the red spot of
genius blazing marrily in each cheek, who
superintendent the national finances during
the second Cleveland Administration.
Having practiced law from his birth un-
til he hoped into the inside waistcoat
pocket of the Consecrated One, Eckles
naturally had nothing to learn as Comp
troller of the Currency, and he now pro-
poses to bestow his knowledge upon the
public. He writes of banks and banking,
and in his first paper tells the money
kings of the country precisely how their
great institutions are being run. Later
on ne will point out their errors.
It is difficult to guess who will follow
Eckles, but the managing nurse Of the
Saturday Evening Post" unquestionably
has other little ones in view. The Hon.
joseph w. Bailey has not yet explained
the causes of the Democratic defeat, and
Lieutenant Sartcris has failed to advise
the Eurorean powers as to their course in
China. Falling these. however. our Phil
adelpha contemporary could not do bet
ter than secure an expression of opinion
from the bright young son of Minister
WI on the Mistakes of American Do
mestics."
The Saturday Evening Post" is val
liable factor in American journalism, and
we are glad to know that it has con-
siderable circulation in Washington. This
circulation will be greatly increased Ii
it continues TO exploit the infant prodigies
of whom the Capital City is SO proud.
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THE TIMES. in all its editions. Morning. Even
ing. and Sunday. will be sent to one address
for FIFTY CENTS pr month. Addresses changed
q often a desired.
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insight is gained into the capacity of each
student for particular branches of the
missionary labor an insight which is
turned 10 account when the time comes
for assigning him to his sphere OF work.
Even this does not exhaust the occu-
pations of those very full three years.
Many missionarys lot is east In places
where no medical aid is forthcoming 1t
is. therefore. of the highest Importance
that he should know something of m dit
cine, theoretical and practical. "A little
learning may be "a dangerous thing
but it is infinitely better than ncnc at all.
when man is struck down With fever in
some remote station and no other hsip IS
near. The students attend lectures on
medicine and surgery learn something Of
dispensing and visit the outpatients' &C.
partment of neighborins d:spensiry-
Some enter Livingstone College Ter IL
term or two to get further medical train
ing. These are not, however. labeled as
medical missionaries. The sOcie;y rsC0s-
nizes by that title only those who have
obtained a full diploma in medicine.
ANY little odds ard ends of time
that may remain can be usefully employed
in the carpenters shop Or The printing
press within the college grounds. Other
manual accomplishments have been known
to come in useful The society possesses
choice photograph OF a missionary in
Central Africa in the act of mending his
boots. The act is typical of many which
the pioccer missionary would do well to
learn. Your first duty will be to build
your own house'--so ran the committees
Instructions to northwest Canada mis-
sionary some years ago.
such is the home training OF the can
didate who is to become clerical mis-
sionary. The society has of late years
recognized that rather less is needed for
men who are not 20 be ordained and are
destined for work among the less cul-
tured races. These short course men go
out into the mission field as laymen. AZ
a rule under a senior missionary. II the,
do we'll in this capacity they are. ofte,
brought home TO receive further training.
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FROM 0ooDLAND.

Conductor ]. 7. Joyce left for a trip
east last week.
Train Dispatcher c. F. Smith was a
visitor at Denver last week.
Fireman J. F. Mcmillan has quit
and will look for greener fields.
Brakeman George Copley returned
last week from q visit in eastern KAN
sas.
Conductor Joe Lustig is on his car
again. He was on and for about two
weeks.
Engineer George Ameck. of Trenton,
Mo-, is learning the road on this divi-
sion preparatory to going to work.
Engineer James and Fireman Robert
son brought their engine here from the
Pueblo run for repairs.
Engineer Jim Griffin has returned to
the Denver run with engine 576. which
received some light repairs while here.
The 1856. of the passenger service, En-
gineer Ryan's favorite, was sent to the
Chicago shops for a general overhaul
ing.
Engineer w. S. Agnew has given up
the 545 on the steam shovel and will
run out of Goodland. Engineer Pat
Brown succeeds Agnew on the o4o.
The pile driver came in from the
east Sunday and was sent to the west
end to do some work on several bridges
Engineer Dave Pringle with the $40 is
pulling the train which is in charge of
Conductor Thomas.
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Women Phil PIows

[F'rom the Philadelphia Inquirer
Hitching women to plows and using
them as beasts in the fields is a new
wrinkle in the napkin of civilization.
In civilized America the custom is es-
tablished in all its literal details-women
are being formed into teams and harness.
ed to heavy plows. which a surly son of
ease in the shape of a man TRANQUILITY
drives through his fields as most of US
have seen horses and mules driven on
American farms.
The place in America where women are
used as draught animals is next door to
the United States-up here in the north
west territories, in and around Manitoba.
The women are of the Russian peasan-
try Imported into Canada BY the Cana
dian immigration bureau to furnish labor
for the Manitoba farming districts They
are of that class of Russians known as
About 1000 Doukhobors. male and fe-
male, have been invited into Canada by
the immigration agents in Russia. They
form a big settlement in the northwest
territories, and naturally are inclined to
be clannish. They form communities and
settlements of their own and carry on
followed in semi barbaric Russia.
They bring many of the most primitive
of the old world traditions and customs
with them, among them being the mas
culine notion that the female is made to
lord and master shall give to her The
hitching of women to plows is one of the
many Instances of his adoption of this
comfortable error.
Wooden Jokes are used, and to these
YokeS a span OF women are harneSSed.
There may be six or eight women to one
plow.
These Doukhobors use oxen and horses
on an equal footing with their women.
when they have any of the former. If a
man is rich enough to afford he
Is likely to harness it in the same team
with five or six women. He is willing to
exchange woman for an OK or a horse
and trades of that nature are not I'M
common among the tribe, even here in
Manitoba, civilized America.
And the women never think of complain
ing. They see nothing wrong in their de-
graduation. They have known no other
life. and it has not occurred to them to
demand any other. They are back a few
centuries in the progress of civilization.
Western Russia has been too dark and
too slow for them to see or learn the
rapid strides their sisters have taken
big, heavy-hsted, dull-browed lords has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-15
FROM Las VEGAS.

Fireman Miller has been transferred
from Las Vegas to Ration.
Frank Meyers has relieved Engineer
Holman on the Rincon pusher.
The mother of Engineer John Nc
Lean, Of Ration, died recently in
Omaha.
Engineer A F. Eames is still quite
a sick man, at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Sam Smith.
Engineer P. w. Montgomery secured
a sixty-days' leave of absence and left
Ration for California.
Freight trains going south carry an
average OF about $40 tons; those going
north usually haul ITO tons.
Conductor Chef Clark and wife
have returned to Ration from a visit
to Mrs. Clark's parents in ST. Louis.
Engineer J. a. Baker has been trans
ferred from Ration to Trinidad for
mountain service on that side of the
hill.
Helper Snyder. of the blacksmith
shop. who has been in the hospital at
Topeka, undergoing treatment for his
ears, has returned to the city.
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MR. R1P1EY's DENIAL.
Santa Fe President Expresses Him
self on Reported Increase
In Wages.

President Ripley of the Santa Fe cor
robOrates General Manager Nudge con-
corning the reputed increase in train
mems wages, in the following state
ment:
THE statement that the Santa Fe
has raised the wages of it's trainmen
Is per cent. or any other per cent. is
not true. The committee representing
the trainmen has been in session with
our officers for two weeks, during which
many details OF the schedule have oeen
discussed and amicably arranged.
Some of these details relate to hours
of work, and we have granted some al
lowances for extra work. because it
seemed just to do so, but there is no
advance in the wage schedule, which is
now and has been as high as we can
afford TO pay, and as high as paid by
other roads in our neighborhoOd and
competing with US. We are trying to
get a little higher rates, but it seems
impossible to get advance enough to
half make good what we shall have to
pay in the way of enhanced prices for
material, and there will be nothing left
toward increasing the income either of
the men or the company. The men rea-
lie this, and they remember, too, that
unlike other labor, their pay was not
reduced in the hard times from 1893 to
1897, when the owners of the property
got little or no return"
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in it's relentless course. But its doom
is sealed. Through it's own develop
ment capitalism will fall and be super
seeded by collectivism. 1t is the next
great step in the evolutionary progress
of civilization.
'"The people should operate every de-
partment of the municipal government.
Il believe that these things should be
Incorporated in our charter: The mi
tiative and referendum; proportional
representation; the imperative man
date, or the right of recall of officials
by their constituents; the right to own
and operate all public utilities; the
election of the superintendent of high
ways by the people
The mayor recommends the munich
pal ownership of public utilities, de-
claring that corruption under this sys-
tenn is minimized. He believes that the
control of the water should be under
the city council as well as the fur
nishing of gas and electric light. In
speaking of the fact that many chill
dren cannot attend public schools
owing to lack of clothing, the mayor
recommends that in all such cases
clothing should be furnished by the
city. He further urges the adjustment
of contract labor in the city depart
ments-
A free reading room for working peo-
pie is one of the recommendations in
the inaugural, and it is also urged that
municipal conduitS for wires be laid
under ground. IN recommending new
CRY charter the mayors socialistic
ideas are given prominence in the fol-
lowing: IT am one of those who believe
that every city should have absolute
home rule In all matters Which do not
conflict with the rights Of other cities,
and that the limitations placed upon
cities by the legislature should be re-
moved as far as possible"
For the first time in the history OF
American politics." he said, the polit-
ical contest here was one between the
old and the new theory of government,
for the first time the question of social
ism was the issue.
THAT it was not defeated was be-
cause of certain conditions in our in
dustrial life which make socialism nee
essary-conditions which have yet to be
met and remedied, and which can be
remedied only by the application
of socialism.
Mayor Coulter of Haverhill in his in
augural address said:
In the presence Of these and many
other facts incident to present indus
trial conditions the Social Democratic
party asserts its aims to be the social
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-15
F. B. Montgomery Resigns as Com
mercial Agent at Kansas City.

Kansas City, Jan. 15.-Frank B. Mont
gOmery, commercial agent for the San
ia Fe at Kansas City, has resigned and
on February 1 will assume the duties
of traffic manager for the Mccormick
Harvesting Machine company at Chi
cagO. He viii have entire charge of the
traffic, reporting to the president of the
concern. The matter has been under
Amusement for some days and on Fri
day Mr.. Montgomery decided to accept
and his resignation was forwarded to
Chicago.
Mr.. Montgomery first became known
in Kansas City as the travelling repre-
sentative of the Nashville, Chattanooga
& st. Louis railroad. His ability as
traffic man soon becaxae apparent to
those with whom he had business rela-
tons The packers at that time were
a source of much solicitation and dur
ing one of his periodical visits George
Fowler & Sons Packing company Of
fered him the traffic managership OF
that company, and in May, 1892, he as
sumed the direction of the freight af-
fairs of the concern, succeeding U. S.
EppersOn, who had been promoted. He
continued to handle the freight affairs
of the Fowler company until January,
1897, when he became commercial agent
for the Santa Fe, with headquarters in
Kansas City, which he relinquisheS on
February 1.
Upon whom the mantle of Mr.. Mont
gomery viii fall is a matter of con-
lecture, but the long service with the
Kansas City territory and its shippers
eminently fits W. T. Treleven for the
position, and it is believed that his
name will be considered. Mr.. Treleven
has been with the company for a num-
Der of years and has never been found
wanting in his zeal for the good of the
Santa Fe road. He started as a, clerk
and was afterwards a solicitor. and in
the latter position his work attracted
much attention, his popularity among
the shippers was phenomenal, and he
was a hard nut for his competitors. He
was afterwards taken into the office and
made chief clerk, which position he has
filed with consummate intelligence and
skill, and as the successor of F. B.
Montgomery he would be acceptable to
the shippers and receivers of freight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-15
WILL sCALPERs cor
Commission Agreement of Railroads
Said to Be Their Death Blow.

Chicago. Jan; .15-An the offices now
occupied by ticket scalpers throughout
the country will soon be for rent for
other purposes. The agreement of prac-
ucally all the railroads nos to pay com
missions on sales of tickets by anybody
will drive all brokers out of business
more quickly and surely than any law
that could be passed by congress. In
fact, this agreement renders anti
scaIp1ng law unnecessary
Nobody knows SO well as railroad Off
Gals that they have always been the real
supporters of ticket scalpers. In fact,
some railroads have really owned scalp
ing. offices, starting them for the purpose
OF beating, rival roads which. they knew
were regularly furnishing other brokers
with tickets and paying them big COM
missions on sales. There have been cases
when the brokers were obliged to divide
their commissions with railroad officials.
1t is well known that the agreement of
the leading officials of all railways not
to pay commissions to ticket agents will
also decrease the income of some general
passenger agents. In some cities the COM
missions of ticket agents amounted in the
past to several hundred dollars a week,
and the ticket agent was compelled in
certain cases to divide the commissions
with those. above him. If he refused to
do so-which rarely happened-another
ticket agent was appointed. That kind of
business will not be done on the rail-
roads in the future.
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been the only thing they knew in all the

been the only thing they knew in all the
centuries.
1t was on account Of their simple, eco
nomic ways that the Doukhobors were
invited here by the Canadian authorities
They were deemed desirable because they
seemed to have no ambition beyond hard
labor. Social ambition is unknown to
them They live to work, even as they
work to live. The Canadians picked them
out, accordingly as the best material pos
sible for pioneers upon western Canada 8
vast, unsettled agricultural lands
Just what the dominion government
thinks of them remains a mystery yet.
1t is morally certain that sooner or later
the daughters of civilization in nefghbor-
~ communities regarding the prostitution
of their Russian sisters to slavery and
drudgery in the harvest fields.
The government can not ignore this de-
mand when it comes. 1t will be interest,"
ing to watch the official hand Of civiliza-
ton fall upon the supplemented Russians
and strive to break them of their racial
characteristics, the growth of thousands
of years.
You must not harness women to
plows," the government will say.
Why not?" will reply the Doukhobors,
in stupid surprise. They are good. able
But they are something more than
that They are women, mothers of your
children. They have souls and minds as
good as yours. They have the same right
to independence and more right to an
easy life, since they are the weaker of
the sexes. Take care of them and work
for them Let them stay in the house
and make you comfortable there"
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INDIAN TERRITORY LINES.
Bill Authorizing Consolidation Intro
duced In Congress.

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Jones of
Arkansas has introduced a bill authoriz-
ing railroad lines in the Indian Territory
to lease or consolidate continuous lines
under certain circumstances.
1t provides that 1t shall be lawful for
any railroad company created or exist
ing under the laws of the United States
and operating a line of railroad either
wholly or partially in the Indian terri
tory to purchase the railroad and other
property of, or to consolidate with, any
other railroad Incorporated under the
laws of any state or territory of the I'm
tied States whose lines may now or here
after form a continuous line of railroad
either directly or by means of an inter-
vening railroad, with that of the COM
pany so purchasing, upon complying with
the regulations and requirements of the
laws of the state or territory in which
such, road is located, applicable to such
purchase or consolidation.
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THAT TITUS ROAD.
Kansas Senator Maps Out Proposed
Route Connections.

Guthrie, 0. T, Jan. Ex-senator A
J. Titus of Anthony, Kas., the presi-
dent Of the Denver & Oklahoma rail-
road. says the line will run in a due
southerIy course from Kiowa, Kas.,
where it will connect with the Pan
handle division of the Santa Fe and the
Kiowa branch of the Missouri Pacific
Tt is probable that from Kiowa the
line will follow the Medicine river val
ley for a distance. crossing the Rock
Island at Greensburg, and thence to
Dodge City.
The line from Kiowa south is now in
course of construction toward the south
line of Woods county, o. T. From
there its projectors hope eventually to
push the line to Kingfisflrr, and there
making connection with tne present
line of the Santa Fe and Rock Island,