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Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-06-02

Portland. Ore. May 2s--Rev. DR..
Rocker. secretary of Monsignor Mar
tineli, papaI delegate to the United
States, who is now IN this city. an
nounced that the pope has appointed
Henry 7. Miller, chancellor of the
archdiocese of Cincinnati. to be bishop
of Ohio, and Rev. Henry Granjon OF
Baltimore, Nd. to be bishop of Tu-
cson, Ariz
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-06-02
MAY THENTHEIGHr.

Conference reports and appropriation bills
have and will have right of way as it is thought
the senate will try to meet the house resolution
to adjourn June g. There will be great pres
sure to crowd in other measures and some viii
likely succeed.
Ali parts of the postal appropriation are
agreed upon in conference except the pneu-
matte tube service item
The resolution providing for an investigation
of Cuban affairs was passed. 1t authorizes tbs
committee to visit Cuba if necessary.
The bill to issue patent to the land occupied
by the Sacred Heart mission in Oklahoma has
reached the house calendar, with chance &c
dodge through If opening occurs.
The military committee gives up the bill &c
increase the efficiency of the army until next
session.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-06-02

A special favorable report was mace to the
house on the bill to allow the prairie band of
PottawatoTnies in Kansas to purchase lands in
Wisconsin.
The commerce committee has reported favor
ably the bill providing for reports of accidents
roads engaged in interstate traffic of all
accidents to passengers or employees. with full
particulars of causes and circumstances.
The house in committee of the whole acted
favorably upon 19a private pension bills but
could not pass them because of the lack OF a
oIIO
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-06-02

A bill has keen introduced in the senate to
provide way to punish crimes against the
United States not committed within a state.
The bill is to unlock the difficulty the govern
ment is now in as to extradition Of an offender
from the United States to Cuba. Il was re-
ferrcd to the judiciary committee
The senate military affairs committee con-
cluded the military academy bill Under it the
appointment of cadets by the president is in
creased from thirty to fifty.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-06-02

The Indian committee reported the Creek
and Cherokee treaties as amended, with one
new amendment providing for court at Eu-
faua.
The committee on rules introduced a rule for
the early consideration of the two antitrust
measures. June was fixed for the vote on the
antitrust constitutional amendment, and June
on the antitrust bill.
The committee on the Louisiana purchase
exposition, in St Louis in 1903, reported the
exposition bill back to the house without any
Recommendation, for against.1
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
Author OF tho Law Talks.

Oscar f. G. Day, author of the con-
current primary law. is a newspaper
man by profession, being editor of tho
Minneapolis Tribune. In an article
in that paper the day after the prima-
ries, Sept. 10, he said: Every man
who has been even remotely identified
with professional politics in the past
was defeated. Three OF the best alder
manic candidates nominated avOwed
that they never would have encoLn-
tered the cumbersome processes and
devious strategy Of convention, but
would go before the people under the
new primary law.
1T has brought out class OF men
for candidates that would never run
before, and the success Of these men
will bring out a larger number Of their
kind at the next primary.
There were polled on this one pri-
mary election 1890 votes, and without
any friction, some district voting al
most the limit ul 400 votes allowed by
law to precinct
"Out in the country, where they had
never >urned out to caucuses, the farm
ers hitcned up their teams and drove
to town and nearly the entire country
vote was polleG.
"By combining registration and pri-
mary the expense 60 the people is not
greatly Increased and the $40 which
each candidate pays the county audit
or helps to meet the bills"
Two state senator's have laws
framed to present to the next legisla-
ture which the.- claim are 'modiflca-
tons and improvements upon the
Minnesota direct primary law. They
arc copies of other laws, all of them
fake In their nature, which were
passed in different states to delude
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
Chrlstiaulty Gaining.

At the recent church congress in
England the bishop Of Ripon congrat-
ulatcd bis audience that, during the
century now ending, the adherents Of
Christianity had increased from 200,-
100000 to 500,0OO.Oo0, and that Chris
tan nations now WELD sovereign in
flueRce over 900, 00o0 600 out of / ,4u0 900,
600 of the earth's population, but, says
the Episcopal Recorder, those who be-
lieve in the necessity of the new birth
Of individual souls and their personal
union with Chrigs will find but little
ground for encouragement in the state
ment, as they ask how many OF that
vast multitude of adherents are true
members of Christ.
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
Irnnortsh I,ninins Arc Hl-h.

Imported raisns will be high this
Chr ,simas. owing to a considerable
shortage IN the Malaga crop. A great
storm on September Is swept over the
famous Malaga raisin district doing
great damage not only to the grapes
still on the vines, but TO those that had
been cut and dried. This heavy storm
was followed by succession of cloudy
ard rainy days, which made is ira-
possible for the grapes to dry properly,
and besides rendered worthless large
quantity of grapes that were still on
the vines. 1t is Tow estimated that
the rnison crop is short fully 80 per
cent.--Washington letter Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
People Name the Candidates
When they Register.

"The Minnesota primary election
system marks new era in politics
and is revolution not even second to
the Australian ballot"
Thus said Senator Washburn Of Min
nesota, after he had watched the re-
suits Of the new direct, concurrent pri-
mary-eleetion law, used for the first
time in Hennepin county, Minnesota,
on Sept. Is last.
Ever since the public has been oper-
ating under a convention system it
has always been urged that If the peo-
pie would only take an interest in the
primaries and the caucuses there
would not be so many mistakes in the
selection of candidates. Ii this Is true,
then the most successful primary re-
form is one that will bring out the to-
tai vote. By the plan OF holding q con-
current primary on registration day,
Hennepin county brought out more
votes at the primary election than it
did at the previous general election,
the percentage being 10 in favor OF
the primary law. Therefore, from that
standpoint alone, it was success.
After the law was enacted by the
Minnesota legislature and before it's
actual test the principle found such
favor that it was made part Of Wis
consin's Republican platform, entered
into the party operation Of Oregon.
is being officially inquired into in In
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
Woman shoots at a Judge.

Springfield, O., Nov. 26.-Slrs. Bird
get Sullivan entered Probate Judge
James p. Goodwins Office this after
noon and shot at him with 32-caliber
revolver. The bullet lodged in box
containing papers two feet above the
judges head. AS soon as the shot was
fired the judge grabbed her; then a
terrible tussle took place. Mrs. Sulli-
van got the judges thumb in her
mouth and chewed it. Deputy Sheriff
John Sheets took her to Jail. Mrs.
Sullivan became enraged at the Judge
for committing her stepson, Frank
Schaefer, to the Columbus asylum.
This is the third time she has tried to
murder somebody.
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
Taxing Oxford IIniyersitr.

For many years the municipal author
tiles Of Oxford, England, have thought
the valuation put on their university
buildings for taxation purposes too
low. A new valuation has just been
made. by which the college properties
will &c assessed on values raised by no
less sum than G21,524 (S104,745).
The university will, OF course, resist
this attempt TO draw from their cof-
fers. and long and expensive litigation
may be expected.--Joseph II. Warner.
in Chicago Record.
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
REPUBLICAN SPECIMEN BALLOT.

away from the polls hundreds OF men
who, while not absolutely afraid that
their employers would discharge them
for being Of opposite politics, would
rather remain away from the polls and
not run any risks.
1T has been suggested that one reg
istration day be for democratic voters
another day for republican.
The same objection applies to that
Both these plans would cut down the
vote and give the party bosses oppor-
tunity to get list Of the party voters
and whip employers into line"
JOHN TALMAN.
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30

people into the belief that they were
direct primaries.
"One Of these senator's has a pro-
posed act ready providing that each
party committee can order direct pyi-
maries on any day, 20 be operated un-
der its personal supervision. That is
the way they will pretend to do away
with the evil OF the present law,
which permits any man to vote either
ticket"
There is no doubt, as Mr.. Day indi-
Gates, that many of the politicians are
quietly fighting the present law, but SO
well did the law take with the masses,
that while the politicians have striven
to secure an organization to repeal it,
the prospective Legislators are afraid
OF the public protest that would fol-
low, and instead of repeal, the law
will in all probability be extended over
the entire state.
In regard to the charge Of cumber-
someness made against the law by ma
chine politicians, it's author says: "At
first it was urged that the law was
cumbersome and it's machinery impos
sible of application. 1t would require
a ticket twelve feet long, not over
twenty votes could be po,led in an
hour; the vote could not be counted IN
q week, and he law was unconstitu-
ticnal. All these assertions have been
tested by actual trial and have been
shown to be totally without founda-
ton.
The ticket was eighteen inches
long, the voters voted more rapidly
than at general elections and the count
was accomplished in few hours. Ger
tain alleged improvements have been
suggested.
ut has been suggested that a voter
DC forced to make affidavit as to his
party and receive but one ballot. That
makes a public ballet and would keep
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
r,nds Outlaw Was n Convict.

Rawlins, Wyo., Nov. 24.-Sheriff r.
p. Kirk Of Ballinger, Tex, has identi-
fed the body of the outlaw shot by
Deputy Sheriff Neldrum at Dixon
Wednesday as that of Noah Wilker-
son. He was under life sentence in
Texas as accessory to murder.
Sheriff Kirk promises to spring a
sensation upon his return to Coleman,
Tex, where Wilkerson was confined.
The rifle and revolver of Wilkerson he
recognized as having been the proper
ty Of certain persons in Texas. who,
it is believed, aided the convict to es-
cane
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
FRAUD AMONG JAPANESE.
Immigrants Accused OF Swearing Falsely
to Essidenoe.

to Eesidenoe.
Vancouver, Z. c., Nov. 26.-Two
hundred and ninety Japanese immi-
grants secured passports this month
to enter the United States from British
Columbia. James Reed, acting United
States immigration commissioner. de-
clares he found On examining the pa
pers that a great many Of the Japan
csc had British naturalization papers
in their possession, setting out that
they bad been in Canada four years,
when .hoir Japanese passports showed
that they had left Japan but six
months ago. The Japanese who held
these fraudulent papers were fisher
men who had taken false oath OF
residence, unwittingly or by design, to
secure the standing OF British sub
jects, that they might fish in Canadian
waters, as no aliens can secure a fish
ing license. Commissioner Reed has
been instructed from Washington that
he cannot prevent these Japanese from
entering the Uuited States if they are
otherwise qualified.
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
Mckinney Goes 10 n Wcddlng.

Washington, D. c., Nov. 26.-Mrs.
Mckinley has decided not to accom-
pany the President and the members
of the cabinet TO Baltimore to-day to
attend the wedding of Miss Gary,
daughter of ex-Postmaster-Gene
Gary. Mrs. Gage and Miss Wilson will
go. The President and the cabinet,
after the wedding, will continue their
journey to Philadelphia, where they
are to attend the Union League ban
quet, tonight.
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
Turkey Defied by America.

Constantinople, Nov. 24.-The porte
has definitely rejected the request for
an exequato- for United States con-
sui at Harpoot. This refusal is re-
garded by the United States legation
as a direct violation of treaty rights,
and, consequently, despite the refusal,
DIR. Thomas H. Norton, who was APP
pointed by President Mckinley some
time ago to establish a consulate at
Harpoot, has been directed to proceed
IN hic nos.
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30

The speed trial of the Wisconsin"
suggests that if international races
between battle-ships were as readily
arranged as those events in which
yachts take part, the United States
would win good many prizes. Yet
1t is safe to assert that If they ever
meet foreign squadron in serious
encounter. these splendid new ships
of ours will not undertake to prove
their superiority by running away
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30

Thus far this season 1000 deer have
been taken to Bangor, Me-, from the
hunting regions north of the city
Nearly all Of them were owned by
hunters from other states. who have
taken them home. The number of
dead moose which have passed through
Bangor Is Sc, or within six Of last
years record for the corresponding Pc
Rod. The deer figures show falling
Off Of Isl from those Of last season.
This Is accounted for by the dry
weather OF the first two weeks of the
season. and by the fact that many deer
persisted in the deep SHOWS Of last
winter. There is plenty OF deer in the
woods, however, and it is likely that
the total kill for the season will be
we'll up to that of 1899.
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
The Minnesota Primary Law Increases
their Number

ignation Of Office, in a proportional
number OF ballots. the theory being
that no name should have the advan-
tage of appearing at the top on all the
ballots. Should other parties enter the
contest the number of tickets would be
increased, one ticket for each party 60
ing to every voter.
No "Cut-and-Drled" System.
Each voter marks one ballot only,
returning both ballots pinned togeth-
er as he received them to the judge,
who places them in the box. Later
the crosses on the marked ballot are
credited to the respective candidates
and the unmarked ballot is returned
to the city clerk If a voter blunder-
ingly marks both ballots, only the one
containing the greater number OF
marks is counted. AS Il result OF the
first primaries held in Minneapolis I'M
der the law, a much higher class OF
men became the duly nominated can
didates than ever before. Men who
had refused steadily to be drawn into
the "lcg-pulling" quagmire of old
style primaries and conventions now
came to the front and accepted can
didacy. A most significant develop
ment was the fact that every profess
sional oflice-seeker whose name ap-
pcared en- the ballot was rejected-a
contamination that never could have
been achieved under machine" rule.
In forty-eight hours everybody
knows who is nominated for every Of
flee in the county.
Affords Better Nominees.
Dnrh n,Aa tLn 1.a-Ast 81 o., &c n. 49,
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
Torture Farmer to Death.

Binghamton, N. Y, Nov. 26.-Austin
Hamilton, farmer who came to OK
ford from Rochelle, H., was tortured
to death by masked burglars. They
burned his hands to crisp in an eff
fort to make him confess. then crushed
in his skull with a hammer. Hamil
ton was alone in the farmhouse. 1t
was rumored that he had $4,000 hidden
on the premises.
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30

The longest electric railway in the
world Is to be built in Montana. The
proposed line IS from Billings 70 Great
Falls, some 200 miles. and the PLAZA Is
to operate it entirely by electric power.
which is to be supplied from gener-
afing stations on the Missouri and
Yellowstone rivers. The road would
have considerable traffic in coal, ores
and other heavy freights and would be
the first line with such traffic to be
worked by electricity.
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
sixteen Families Routed by Fire.

Chicago, Nov. 26.-Sixteen families
were driven from their beds by fire
in the University Building, Fifty-fifth
street and Lexington avenue, late last
night. Several persons narrowly es-
capped with their lives anu two women
of the building by their husbands.
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30

Whalebaek steamers are now being
successfully used on the Mississippi
river. The boats are arranged with
water tight compartments so that by
pumping water into or out of either
end, the craft can be trimmed as de-
sired. One boat was run full on a sand
bar to illustrate the working of the
scheme, and by the use of her pumps
and compartments got off in fifteen
minutes.
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30

The newest thing in the slot machine
line is a machine that charges the
storage batteries of automobiles. By
connecting the automobile to the ma
chine and dropping a quarter in the
slot the batteries may be charged in
few minutes. One Of the machines
is on exhibition at the automobile
show being held in New York city.
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
''Stick" in Soda Water Pays Tax.

The old, old joke about the wink at
the soda water fountain has received
a new lease Of life from the stern and
unjocuiar department. of internal rev.
enue. A few weeks ago one +. G.
Heinze, In the wsll-known and bust
ling metropolis of ManlEato, Mimi,
asked the collector If he would have
to pay the special tax as a retail liquor
dealer Y hs Ct a st. SccasiS"~
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30

The League against Seasickness is
q new French organization which
publishes a serious periodical, the
Journal du Nal dc Mer. largely COM
posed Of infallible prescriptions
against Seasickness. Everybody knows
such recipes. People who do not go
to sea find them very effective, and
as a rule they are entertaining. But
the French journal ought also to print
some fiction with less transparent
plot and a more agreeable climax.
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30

The country is now eagerly await
Ing the report of the Isthmian Canal
commissioners. who have been for
nearly two years investigating the
various routes proposed for the great
ditch which will some time connect
the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific
The report will be submitted to the
president next month, and by him
sent to congress. The probability Of
action upon its recommendation Is SO
good and the work involved SO stu
pendous as to make this one of the
most notable public papers of many
Sears
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
Chinese Rioters Lose Their Heads.

Hongkong, Nov. 26.-The Chinese
authorities in Ikumchuk have begun
exercising their power again and two
leaders of the recent anti-Christian
riots have been beheaded in the pres
ence Of the French consul. The Chi
nese officials have been warned that
they would be held responsible for fu-
ture outbreaks
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
Boers Arain In tho Eleld.

London, Nov. 26.--London hears dis
quieting news from the seat OF war in
South Africa to-day, and the fear is
openly eXpre3sol that Lord Kitchener
will have to reconquer the Orange
Free State before he can begin the
pacifcation OF the Transvaal.
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30

into the soda water which he dispenscs
from his fountain. The department
thought for two weeks and then an
nounced that. IL the brandy gin or
rum amounted to per cent OF the
soda water. the special ta- must be
paid. But it won't have to be paid II
the rum Is so small in quantity that
It merely gives a flavor" to the wa
ter.
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30

The sober judgment of humorist
may sometimes be more impressive
than the philosophy of an ethical
teacher. as when Mark Twain remarks
that Honor is a harder master than
the law. 1t cannot compromise for
less than one hundred cents on the
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30

Until C. few days ago Brown county,
Indiana, had neither railway, tele-
graph nor telephone facilities any
where within its borders. 1t is still
minus the two first mentioned neces-
stiles OF modern life, but q telephone
line has invaded Nashville, coming
from Columbus, in an adjoining
county.
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
Cabinet Meeting Is Held.

Washington, d. c., Nov. 26.-The
cabinet meeting was unimportant. The
Presidents message is almost COM
plete and there was some discussion
of the various recommendations it con-
tains. Secretary Hay reported that
the Chinese situation was progressing
favorably, but beyond this bare men
ton the subject received no attention.
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
DEMOCRATIC SPECIMEN BALLOT.

ment on the Minneapolis experiment
is the general opinion among all
classes that the finest aldermahic
ticket On both sides that ever faced
the voters on election das was nomi-
mated.
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
Irrigation Congress Elects President.

Chicago, Nov. 26.-The National IT.
rigation congress held three sessions
yesterday. two in Central Music hall
and the last and greatest in the Audi
torium. Thomas V. Walsh. the ia
nous miner and millionaire, was elect
cd permanent president.
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
Re,u,.. 10 Remove Va, wvot.

Albany, N. Y, Nov. Ex-Governor
Roosevelt dismissed the charges
against Mayor Van Wyck for alleged
connection with the so-called ice trust.
The governor takes the ground that
there is no evidence to warrant any
apfi0p
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
Czar.s Brain Ia Arcoted.

Paris, Nov. pa diagnosis Of the
Cars malady," says dispatch from
st. Petersburg to the Steele, Shove
that he has typhoidic enteritis. His
brain is affected and his intellectual
Cowers are endangered"
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30

Could there be finer tribute to
the American soldier than the follow
ing words of an English observer IL
Caina? He says that they have dis
Nnguished themselves not only in the
face OF the enemy, but equally so
against the temptations that exist III
city like PelIin under existing con-
ditions."
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30
Fourth Fair of Twins.

Syracuse, N. Y, Nov. 26-The fourth
pair of twins has just been born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Yeager, 1907 Park
street. All eight Of the children are
alive, and the two eldest are only z
years old. The couple has one other
child, the first one having been born
alone
The Yale expositor., 1900-11-30

An Italian OF Philadelphia has been
using a government mail bag as a
clothesbag. He is now resting in Jail,
while the secret service officers look
up the bags history.