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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-21

We note from the Norman Transcript
that Ed Burke, of that place, was recent
ly married Many of the citizens OF Col
onv will remember Ed as small boy,
but will wish for him much happiness on
his new voyage-Colonv Free Press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-21

Sam Henderson, of Lincoln township,
went down to Bourbon county the latter
part of last week, to buy a bunch OF
calves
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-21

Bert Brown and wife moved to Kan
sas City, yesterday.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-21

W. w. Pratt left for Paris, Texas,
Tuesday, to visit his son George till after
the holidnYs
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-22
PRAISE FOR GREAT BRITAIN.
Russia Scored at n Meeting of the
Anglo Association.

BOSTONt Aug 2t-The Rev. DIR. Robert
Stuart Macarthur of New York. was the
principal speaker last night at the initial
meeting of the Anglo American Associa-
ticn OF Boston. DR.. MacArthur's subject,
The Present Duty of Great Britain and
America" received but scant delineation
He traced the course of liber,y from the
Magma Charta through the Bill of Rights
TO the Declaration of Independence, and
asserted that mo throne of Gar or Queen
is higher than the chair OF the President
at Washington"
lie declared that the civilization of the
world had gathered about three great
bodies of water-irst the Mediterranean,
then the Atlantic. and now the Pacific
and he drew a picture of Uncle Sans
arm, the elbow leaning on the coast, the
forearm across Hawaii. the wrist on Ma
Mia, and the ten fingers reaching out for
the rest of the Islands. Russia he de-
nounced as greedy for actual mastery of
the whole world. He declared that it was
the lmckiest day of midas life when Great
Britain came to rule her, and he compared
the Beers to the American Indians. as
serting that they were simply pushed of
into the African interior by the march of
civilization. as the Indians have been in
North America.
Dr. Macarthur asked for a more rigid
administration of the United States i'm
migration laws and adjured all English
born men to become naturaliZed and use
their suffrage Doing that, he assured his
hearers. the Apglo-Saxon, in love and 10y
atty in the two branches, would make lib
erty progress faste- than ever before.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-22
THE ALLEGED ANARCHISTS.
officials Fail to Find Evidence
Against Michael Guido.

NEW YORK. Aug 21.-Capt. John J.
Howard, supervising inspector of the i'm
migration service. admitted today that
there was no evidence to connect Michael
Guido, one OF the immigrants detained
here on the suspicion of being an An
archist. with any anarchistic plot. Moth
ing had been found in his letters or eff
fects. so Captain Howard said, which would
even tend to show that the man was
member of any secret or political order.
OF theianonymous letters sent the Amer
lean Consul at Naples, in which the writer
mentioned Maresca, Captain Howard said:
1T is true that Commissioner Fitohie
has received a copy of the letter, but it
cannot now be made public The letter
was unsigned and as far as I know the
writer's name is not in possession of the
authorities. The letter states that Ma
resca was overheard to say that he in
tended to go to America and that he would
kill President Mckinley. This statement
was made BY Maresca when drunk, so the
writer says. Attention was also called to
the fact that Maresca intended to leave
Italy for the United States According to
the writer, it was thought that Maresca
would first go to some South American
port.
I'm this letter. and l may add in the
first telegram we received from Washing
ton in regard to the matter, no mention
was made of Guido. The only suspicious
circumstance in Guido's case was the fact
that he came to this country on the Kaiser
Wilhelm H. the same vessel that Maresca
came on, and that he was a stowaway.
This circumstance, coupled with the fact
that Guido knew Marasca, led to his de-
tention. In all probability he will be lib
Grated and allowed to land in this coun-
try.
AS to Maresca. l cannot say what evil
dence the authorities in Washington and
the Secret Service Bureau here have OBJ
timed +"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-22

they would give anything in the world
to get away from contact with the rela-
tives who know all about their past,
present. and future lives, and enjoy a
little peaceful solitude in a hall bedroom.
1t might be very wise plan TO furnish
places where they could do this respect
ably. The Middle Ages had their con-
vents, and probably many women entered
them more to get away from their mar
row, confined homes than anything else,
for some of the converts really did offer
very respectable field for a woman's
activity, and they do now. There is
nothing to take their place in Protestant
society. Perhaps. as the boarding and
lodging house system becomes more per-
feet. it Will be possible for all the people
who do not get on well with families Of
their own to have homes nevertheless. in
which they can be free and independent,
IL only in ore room.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-22

Among the various peculiar religious de-
velopments Of the present generation are
.homes" and communities" in which the
spiritually minded who are tired Of the
relatives with whom they have been living
can 90 and reside for a season, and get
change of scene and do the Lords work at
one and the same tiile. These establish
ments are generally originated by small
branches Of some household Of faith; who
pay the initial cost of setting up the home
and some of the running expenees. Such
was the Zion home established by Dowie,
OF Chicago; and gentleman of that city
has now brought suit for damages because
his wife left him and, taking her little girl,
went to live in Zion"
The cynical might say that home
which could be so easily broken up as that
was hardly worth the keeping. The opinion
is becoming more and more prevalent that
a couple only kept together by the strong
arm of the law or the more insidious force
of public opinion cannot make much more
than a very bad imitation OF a home for
each other or their children. There is
something about the family relation which
makes il almost uncomfortable whea 1t is
not all that it ought TO be. especially If
abe family be poor. 1t may be possible for
French duehesses and English great ladies
10 live amieably with husbands whom they
do not love, for they have their separate
apartments, Interests. and occupations, but
there is something squalid about that sort
OF thing in four-room fat. People have
to cwn 20 some sort OF affection for each
other II they have TO meet three times
day at table and share the same apart
men;s whenever they are at home; when
the wife must mend her husbands socks
and the husband supply his wife with mon
ey Tor each weeks marketing.
It therefore follows that, in middle
class American society. home must be
a real home or a place of torment. The
propensity which people occasionally show
10 get away from IL Indicates that 1t is
sometimes the latter. II quasi-rellgious
institutions afford place OF refuge for
people who need one. perhaps they serve
"A good purpose. It would probably be
good thing II there were more OF them,
without any religious label. There are
times in the lives OF most people when
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-22
WEST POINTERS IN CAMP.
Cadets Leave the Academy for Their
Annual Field Exercises.

PEEKSK1LL. n. Y. Aug. 21.-West
Point is nearly deserted tonight. The
| United States Military Academy Cadets
and n number OF enlisted men are sleep
ing under canvas at the State camp here.
1t is the annual field exercises and prac-
tiee march Of the would-be army lieuten-
ants. This year the commandment. Col.
o. L. Helm, is personally in command. In
heavy marching order the cadets marched
down this morning. leaving their quarters
at the reservation at 20 o'clock. II re-
quired three trips Of the ferryboat to take
all the men and horses across to Garrf-
sons.
1t was after o'clock before the real
march was begun. The State camp was
reached about IL o'clock and the small
shelter tents were soon pitched. The Of
ficers present besides Colonel Helm are
First Lieut.. W. Lassiter. OF the First Ar
tillery; First Lieut.. E. NJ. Blake. of the
Fourth Artillery. and Capt. ]. X. Thomp-
son. of the Fifteenth Infantry. There is
also a drum corps, hospital corps. ambu-
lance, wagon train and mountain guns.
which are carried in sections on the backs
OF mules and put together for firing on
the road. 1910
After camp was pitched this afternoon
the cadets made a rush for Peekskill. The
camp ferryman had already been apprised
of the appearance of prospective business
and half dozen rowboats did thriving
business. Fifty per cent Of the men were
in Peekskill and enjoyed an hour or so.
At o'clock there was field exercise by
the infantry. in which the companies
threw up entertainments and attacked each
other. It was a sham battle on small
scale and a number Of visitors from Peek
skill witnessed the maneuyres. After sup
per there was undress battalion drill.
The programme for tomorrow is: Re-
veille at 5 a. m, breakfast at $50. and
the general at $50. After camp is
broken the troops will move out in differ
ent platoons. and on the Albany post road,
three miles from camp. there will be an
attack. The mountain guns will be I'M
packed in the road, set up and brought
into play. and each man will have forty
nine rounds OF blank ammunition in his
belt. A lively sham battle will ensue. to
be terminated when the trumpet of the
commandapt sounds cease firing" Then
the march VIII be resumed and 1t is pro-
posed to reach West Point in time for
dinner at 1 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-22
HOW THE OREGON RAN ASHORE.
Details of the Accident Related by
One of the Crew.


FALL RIVER, Mass, Aug. 21.-Mrs. T.
D. W. Wood. of this city. has received a
letter from her son. Clarence Wood, war
rant machinist on the United States
cruiser Oregon. describing his experiences
on the battleshlp when size ran on a rock
in Chinese waters several weeks ago. The
letter is in part as follows:
I'VE encountered bad weather. with very
thick fogs. On the afternoon of the 2sth
We ran hard and fast on rock while going
at nearly full speed. The rock tore a rent
in the bottom on the port side fully TWEEN
ty-1ve feet long and about three feet wide.
"All our pumps were Immediately put
to work on the flooded compartments, but
they could make no Roadway. We had
eight pumps, throwing siX-inch streams.
and our two main circulators throwing
eightsen-inch streams. Things looked
pretty blue that night. Preparations were
made to abandon ship. and everybody was
supplied with life belt.
"Wednesday, the Fourth OF July, one
grand trial was made to gst her of. There
was steamship lashed on either side of
us backing at full speed. We backed full
speed ourselves. and the Endymion, a
large English cruiser. broke couple of
big hemp hawsers trying to start us, but
1t was no use.
THE next day. however, on an excep-
tionally high tide, the ship foated of her
own accord. and we steamed carefully into
deep water and anchored.
THE first man-ofwar to offer assist
snee happened to be a Chinaman, a very
natty little cruiser. The Russians and
Japanese were hard after her, but could
not catch her"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-22
NEBRASKA DROUGHT BROKEN
Corn Crop Estimated Mt Three Hun.
drcd Million bushels.

OMAHA. Neb.. Aug. 21.-Tmmense guam
titles of rain have fallen throughout Ne
braska. in the past forty-eight hours, fol-
lowing Il very warm period. In the esti-
nation of the leading grain men of the
State there is no longer ground for sp-
prehenslon concerning the corn crop of
Nebraska. They express the utmost con-
iidence that the yield will now approx
mate three hundred million bushels This
is not very high rate considering the
fact that the State has an acreage of
eight millions this year.
West Of Lincoln the corn has been dam
aged a good deal by drought The east
half of the State, however is away ahead
Of usual times. The Nebraska Grain AS
ISOLATION has received reports from every
county in the State today, and in SO OF
the 100 counties reports were very favor
able. They say large crop can row he
assured without another drop OF rain. The
farmers are making extensive preparations
to store the corn this fall. There will be
little Of it sold before next spring, end
very likely not until it is known positively
next year what the corn crop OF 1901
will be.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-22
The stewart SALVATION.

1t is no great surprise that Senator
Stewart has formally aligned himself with
the Republican party. The Senator has
been veering in that direction for year
or two. The reason he assigns for aban-
donlng bis former allies and uniting with
the party of monopoly and greed will not
be found a masterpiece of logic. There
may be a few people in the far West who
will be Influenced by his example, but on
the whole It is probable that his desertion
on so slight q pretext as he gives viii be
Of more advantage than injury to the al
lied forces who are opposing the re-elec-
ton of Mckinley.
MIR. Stewart has been insstent on all
occasions in his fight for silver in fact,
has been its most devoted champion in the
Senate, and while his change of party af1il-
iation will not have the effect OF causing
silver men TO follow his example it may
very plauslbly reconcile wavering Gold
Democrats to a renewal of allegiance TO
their former party and thus indirectly
promote the election of Mr.. Bryan. Sena-
tor Stewards complaint against the Demo
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-22

As it appears that telegraphic eommuni-
cation has been restored between Pekin
and Taku. we should now be able to Sc
cure news from the theatre OF war in
China without much delay It must be
remembered, however. that from Taku
every message must be sent to the cable
station at Chefoo by despatch boat. a mat
ter Of ten hours. AS only one round trip
day is provided for good deal OF time
is lost. Cable matter reaching Taku after
the boat leaves in the morning cannot be
fled for transmission at Chefoo until the
evening of the following day Hence, even
with the lire open from the base OF opera
tions to the front. news from Pel1In may
not be received in America for forty-eight
hours after it is placed on the wires st
the Chinese capital.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-22
SIGHTSEEING IN GOTHAM.
Cuban Teachers Visit Points of In
terest Around New York.

NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-Only one day
out of the long visit Of the Cuban teachers
to the United States was to be given to
the country's metropolis. and the LOO
teachers had locked forward for weeks to
today, when they were to see a great
deal in very little while. They had had
distant views OF the city from the trans
ports in the bay, from the ferryboa which
took them from the train on their Wash
ington trip. and from the steamboat on
which they went yesterday to West Point.
To-Day they were to make a first hand ac-
quaintance of the biggest town in this
half Of the world. and that was something
to think about beforehand.
The unique feature provided for the day
was the luncheon on the lawn Il Central
Park with speeches by the city's repre-
sentatives. Acting Mayor Guggenheimer
arranged for the lunch and the expenses
! were borne by merchants of the city in
terested in Cuban trade.
The Taurus was at Liberty Island shortly
| after Z O'Clock this morning. and the blow
| ing Of her whistles awakened the CubaHs
| cut OF sound sleep. The teachers we're
taken up the river to 129th Street, where
they found platoon of ten policemen.
With this escort they started for Grants
| Tomb at 123d Street. There Superiatend-
| emit Frye and the guides divided the party.
7 pCLtl0S the men Ou one sue anu thS VIC
men on another. The visitors gaZed at
| the huge grey pile with considerable awe.
! All of the teachers we're respectfully at
! tentive to the surroundings and said but
I little Those who did talk admired the
/ architecture ef the tomb and tried 10 spell
| out the inscription over the entrance.
When the doors leading to the Interior
OF the tomb were opened the women passed
in FIRST in single file. They circled silently
around the crypt. gazing down on the eof-
I fin. and then, without stopping, went out,
so as not to cause any delay in the line.
Superintendent Frye stood inside the door
way and explained in Spanish TO the teach
ers the tomb and its surroundings. When
the women had passed through. the men
had their turn and the whole party then
visited the Horace Mann School. in 10th
Street, and Columbia University.
The visit was followed by a trolley ride
to the Seventy-seeond Street entrance of
Central Park. The teachers then walked
through the park to the mall, where they
listened to an address of welcome Then
luncheon followed. and ride down Broad
wav TO the Battery completed the days
nropramme.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-22
Tru,hsuIness to Children.

One Of the marked characteristics OF
the present age is a certain sensitiveness
to the opinions of others. The ideas and
emotions of people never before consid-
cred important are being made into liter
airy material. Realistic fiction and the
study of psychology have impressed it
upon the mind of the world that nothing
is to be considered common or unclean.
fair example of this is a paragraph
in the humorous column of newspaper
II is a dialogue between two small chill
dren. and they are talking of grown
ups. Says the small boy:
They are such story telers. My ma told me
more'n twenty times yesterday if didn't stop
teasing fido she'd whip me- didn't stop and
she didn't whip
Seventy-dve years ago it was not con-
siGered a child's business to have any
opinion about adults. To be sure, he
frequently had one. but the adult did not
care. 1t was thought TO be a thing which
the youngster would outerow. Then,
after fifteen or twenty years Of misman-
ageme.t and misunderstanding the
parent suddenly woke up to the fact that
he hal thaHkless child" and was
greatly Mortified That his child should
love him was a matter of course, that he
should demonstrate his love for the child
ought to be unnecessary; the child should
take it for granted, and learn it by in
tuition. Now. miracles do not happen in
this world.
1t would be interesting to know how
many liars and false swearers and Eossips
have been made at one time or another
by this little parental habit of not keep
ing promises 1t is likely that it is the
origin of a great deal of slipshod and dis
honest work A child's instinct generally
is to take whatever a grown person tells
ii for absolute truth. If il learns that the
grown person does not always tell the
truth. its Judgment begins TO work on the
probable amount of truth or falsity in
any given statement. when a woman
tells her child that she will not give 1t a
coveted dainty. and then yields to re-
peated teasing. she is paving the way for
continual teasing in future. When a man
threatens to whip his son on ten occa-
sions, and nine times out Of the ten lets
him off. but on the tenth gives him a
severe beating the child has a perfectly
good reason for feeling i'll used.
The only safe way to deal with child.
a servant, an inferior, an equal, or any
body else. is to tell the straight truth
and keep every promise if possible. Any
other course is bound to result in en-
tanglements and discomfort, if not some
thing far worse.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-22
,no,I,.r omcinI subterfuee.

In its nervous hunt for subterfuges the
Administration has now resorted to the
theory that probably there is no response
BILE Government in China to make war
against or to make peace with; conse-
quently that there is no war but only an
informal invasion Of an enemy country
with an army, battles, sieges, lombard
ments. slaughter. and such things. Like
other fctions designed TO furnish excuses
for refusal to convene Congress, this one
will hardly hold water. There has not
been a day since the first act of war on
the part Of China when the control Of
the Empress Dowager has not been COM
plete in Pekin and everywhere else in the
Empire Her edicts have been regularly
transmitted to the Viceroys and have been
obeyec Her personal control over the
army has been absolute. It obeyed her in
numbering Won Ketteler and the japanese
Chancellor of Legation, and in the afro
cious attack upon the legations. Mr..
Conger has declared that laying the blame
for these and other things on the Boxers
is a pretence and humbug.
The Empress Dowager has been, and
probably today is, as much the Govern"
ment OF China as she ever was. and that
Government is still engaged in a bloody
war against the powers including the
United States. and against civilization and
humanity When this enthroned fiend
wished to leave Pekin the Chinese generals
carried out her orders, and the requisite
detachment of Chinese regulars was de-
tailed as an escort. and marched off with
her The no Government fiction is as
untenable and silly as the mo war" one
hes been all along
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-22
Mr.. BoutveiI,s Bolt.


IRON the buHdio LNIItS-l
George :. Boutwell, has passed his eighty-sec-
end birthday. lie has been Governor of Msssl-
chusctls Representative in Congress. Secretary
OF the Treasury, and United States Senator. 1t
is silly to speak of this man, full of years and
hoaors, as a mere disgruntled politician who may
be supposed to have left the Republican party
because he wanted something which he did not
get Those who attempt to treat his detection
in that manner show a lack OF conception OF the
higher motives which inspire political action
the kind Of motives which called Republicanism
into b..ii. and which earnest Republicans have
been proud to believe were the inspiration Of all
the great policies OF their party. Much As We
n'ay regret the decision Mr.. Boutwell, has reach
ed, much as we may disagree with the reason
ing which led to it, lie i entitled TO credit Tor
sincerity and to the respect which belongs to an
honorable opponent.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-22

(From the Baltimore SUM-
II is not good politics for any man-not even
the hero OF "Alone in Crha''-to fling ugly Cpl
thets at millions Of his ielow-citizens ard tn II
attempt to escape the responsibility for his utter
auces by a lame and illogical explanation. There
seems to be no remedy for "Teddy's" earruiiiy
except an interview with his Uncle Marcus Monzo
Hanna in the political woodshed, where perhaps
an energetic spanking may bring this bully boy
with a bad eye to a proper sense Of his folly
and wickedncss. His Uncle Mark ouiht 10 lose
no time in correcting him, otherwise the care
fally planned Republican campaign may collapse
wi h a crash and the party may be destroyed in
the wreck. Meantime the millions OF Democrats
whom this ncorrgibly bad boy has foolishly
afronted will continue 10 advocate the policy
which commends itself to their intelligence and
patriotism When the time comes in November
for them to take TEDDY out TO the woodshed
and teach him better manners they VIII give
him 4 dose of reparee which ne will remember
as long as he lives. Ianna's bad boy will realize
then that lie cannot say naughty things with
immunity about half Of tire white population OF
as big country % the United States Other
bad boys have been tanned before Teddy and
made to realize the error o. their ways. When
the disgusted Uncle Mark ard the indignant
Democratic voters get through with TEDDY he
will wish he had remained alone in Cuba shoot
ing fleeing SpaHiards in the back Tie aT,;eg Of
the American voter Is not easily aroused. bot
when it is at boiling point he is a much more
formidable proposition than The Spaniards whom
TEDDY slaughtered lin his mind at San Juan.