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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-08

people into the belief that they were
direct primaries.
Zone of these senators has a pro.
posed act ready providing that each
party committee can order direct pri-
maries on any day, 20 be operated un-
der its personal supervision That is
the way they viii 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 a 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 polled in an
hour; the vote could not be counted in
a 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.
1.-The ticket was eighteen inches
long, the voters voted more rapidly
than at general elections and the count
was accomplished in a few hours. Ger
tain aosaged improvements have been
suggested.
ct has been suggested that a voter
be forced to make affidavit as to his
party and receive but one ballot That
makes a public ballot and would keep
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-08
Aathor of the Law Talks.

Oscar F. G. Day, author CT the con-
current primary law, is a newspaper
man by profession, being editor of the
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 encoun-
tered the cumbersome processes and
devious strategy of convention, but
would go before the people under the
new primary law.
s.It has brought out class of men
for candidates that would never run
before, and the success of these men
will bring out 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 of 400 votes allowed by
law to precinct
"Out in the country, where they had
never turned out to caucuses, the farm
ers hitched up their teams and drove
to town and nearly the entire country
vote was polled-
by combining registration and pri-
mary the expense to the people is not
greatly increased and the SO which.
each candidate pays the county. audit
or helps to meet the bills
Two state senators have laws
framed to present to the next legisla-
ture which they claim are .modifica-
tions and improvements upon the
Minnesota direct primary law They
are copies of other laws, all of them
fake in their nature, which were
passed in different states to delude
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Fighting joe" wheeler.


General Joseph Wheeler graduated
from West Point in 1859. When the
war broke out he went into the con-
federate service, and at the battle of
Shiloh, where he commanded a bril-
gade at the age of twenty-six, he led
the charge which resulted in the cap
ture of General Prentiss' division of
the federal army. During that battle
he had three horses shot under him
and won his nickname of Fighting
joe" In July of the same year he
was given command of the cavalry
division of the army of the Mississippi
and in that capacity he took part in
some of the most desperate battles o
the war. During the war General
Wheeler was under fire in 500 Skin
mishes and no less than 200 battles.
After the surrender of Lee General
Wheeler opened a law Office at Wheel
ing, Ala. He served in congress con-
tinuously from 1882 until the breaking
out of the war with Spain. His career
since that time is familiar.-Chicago
Tribune.
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DOC. ta CAR, Ammunition.

In our English service the system
adonted for replenishing the ammuni-
ton of the troops engaged has consist
ed in selecting a certain number of
men to carry cartridges from the rear
nm to the firing line it having been
apparently supposed that it would be
possible for these men to move along
the line and to distribute ammunition
to those whose pouches were empty.
We very soon learned that such a sys-
tenn could not be of any use under
modern condition. The men carrying
up the ammunition would inevitably
be shot before reaching the front and
the men in the firing line would be LETT
with empty pouches. So we must find
some other method of solving this i'm
portant problem, which has also to DE
considered in connection with the ac-
ton of artillery. We know that at
Colenso it was impossible to keep the
guns, afterward abandoned, supplied
with ammunition, and with the pros
pect that the rate of fire of our guns
will be considerably increased in the
near future, this problem bids fair to
be more acute than ever In certain
foreign armies the services of specially
trained dogs have been requisitioned
to get over the difficulty These dogs
are fitted with a sort of saddle which
will carry a quantity of rifle ammun1-
ton. and are trained to race to the
front, and, arrived there, to permit the
soldiers to relieve them of their bur-
den- think it quite possible that 1T
may be found possible to keep infan-
try supplied in this manner, but some
other means will have to be found for
replenishing the limbers of our artil-
lery 1t is very probable that we shall
see dogs utilized in many other ways
In the fighting of the future For tn
stance. they would be very useful on
outpost duty to give warning OF an
enemy's approach, and If dogs were at
tached to our field hospitals they
would be of the greatest assistance in
searching for the wounded after an
action.-National Review
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-08
Christianity Gaining.

At the recent church congress In
England the bishop of Ripon congrat-
ulated his audience that, during the
century now ending, the adherents of
Christianity had increased from 200,-
000. 900 to $1,000. 900, and that Chris
tan nations now WELD sovereign in
fiuence over 500 900 900 out of ], 400, 900.
900 of the earth's population, but, says
the Episcopal Recorder, those who be-
Heve in the necessity of the new birth
of individual souls and their personal
union with Christ 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.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-08
People Name the Candidates
When they Register.

1.-THE Minnesota prfmary-electson
system marks a 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 election 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. If 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 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 ITO 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 its
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
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Imported Rai.In. Ar. High.

Christmas, owing to a considerable
shortage in the Malaga crop. A great
storm on September 15 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
and rainy days, which made is inn
possible for the grapes to dry properly,
and besides rendered worthless a large
Quantity of grapes that were still on
the vines. 1t is now estimated that
the raison crop is short fully 80 per
letter Brooklyn
Eagle.
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John Sherman.

John Sherman.
Raise only halfway up the mast
The flag today
Another great American
Has passed away
Through such as he the nation moves
To grander heights,
As sailors gain the ports they seek.
By starry lights.
Safe in his country's love he sleeps,
A proven man.
In all he did most earnestly
American.
Not at the roaring cannon's mouth
He found his fame,
But by upholding in her need
His country's name.
Equal are soldier and statesman
Or soon or late
Each gives his life unsparingiy
Unto the state.
Then honor him, and write his name
On G1ory's scroll
AS high as any there, and breathe
Peace to his soul.
c. G. B., in Chicago Record.
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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.
ut 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.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-08

The feet consists of four battleships.
eight cruisers, six gunboats. two tor
pedo boats and three sloops- The yes
sells with their armament and equip
ment are as follows: Battleships-
Centurion. 10000 tons, 696 men, forty
three guns; Barfeur, 10, 500 tons, 622
men, forty-three guns; Victorious, Il,
900 tons, 757 men, fifty-six guns; Ter
rible, 1920 tons. $40 men, forty-four
guns. Cruisers-Aurora, $500 tons,
4S4 men, twenty-six guns; Bonaven-
ture, 1850 tons, 312 men, nineteen
guns; Brisk, Ito tons, 273 men; six
teen guns; Endymion, 1850 tons, 544
men, twenty-nine guns; Hermione,
4,300 tons, 312 men, nineteen guns;
Iphigenia, $500 tons, 273 men, sixteen
guns; Orlando, $500 tons. 4s4 men,
twenty-eight guns; Undaunted, 5000
tons, 484 men, twenty-eight guns.
Gunboats-Linnet, 756 tons, ninety
two men, six guns; Peacock. 755 tons,
seventy-six men; ten guns; Pigmy, 755
tons, seventy-six men, ten guns; Plo-
yer, 755 tons, seventy-six men, ten
guns; Rather, us tons, seventy-six
men, six guns; Redpole, sos tons, sew
enty-six men, six guns. Torpedo boats
Fame. 275 tons, eighty men. six
guns; Whiting, 800 tons. eighty men.
six guns. Sloops-Algerine, ,050 tons
LOG men, ten guns; Daphne, /, 140 TONS
1873 men, eight guns; Phoenix, 1.050
tons, LOG men, ten guns. Total, &c.
696 tons, 6,9S3 men, ass guns. 2 H.
NJ. S. Forte is a second class cruiser
of 1850 tons displacement and 1000
tons horse power. She carries ten
guns, and her nominal speed is 1875
knots. She is commanded by Captain
E. P. Jones; and is on the Cape and
West African station. The first class
gunboat Partridge, of 72O tons, and is
also on the same station. She carries
six guns and seventy-five men, and is
commanded by Lieut.. and Commander
Allan P. Hunt.-Montreal Herald and
Star.
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DEMOCRATIC SPECIMEN BALLOT.

diana and enlisted the services of earn
est men who are even now working
for its adoption in New York. The
Minneapolis object lesson proved the
practical nature of the plan and its
friends from one end of the country to
the other are determined that its full
efficacy shall be brought to bear upon
the business of government.
Attraction for Voters.
The secret of the high merit of the
law is that it draws those men who
have hitherto held aloof from primar-
les, conventions and the polls, from
disgust at the time dishonored meth
DDS there obtaining, to take part in
the business of government. Under
the law nominations are not made by
conventions, but by the people them
selves, direct 1t destroys the power
of political machines and selfish en-
ployers to influence their dependents
through open threat or secret terror.
In the voting booth at the direct pri-
mary every voter can vote with secur-
ity How he has voted can never be
known unless he should himself choose
to reveal it.
Both parties hold their primaries on
the same day, in the same place and
concurrently, where the citizens vote
at regular elections. The regular reg
istration officers are behind their ia
bles and men irrespective of party reg
ister This double opportunity is one
of the magnets that draws It is a
time-sever. To hold primaries and
registration at one time has been
found in other states an excellent way
of increasing the vote at primaries.
Having registered, the citizen-Repub-
ncan or Democrat-gets two tickets,
one containing Republican and the
other Democratic nominees who had
been placed on the tickets through pc
tftions of not less than per cent OF
the voters casting ballots for the Office
in question at the last previous cleo
ton. There may be a dozen candi-
dates on the same party ticket for one
Office The name of each aspirant for
the place appears at the top under des-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-08

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 be assessed on values raised by no
less a sum than Ell. 524 t$104.745|.
The university viii, of course, resist
this attempt to draw from their cof-
fers, and long and expensive litigation
may be- expected.-Joseph H Warner.
in Chicago Record.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-08

Penns5lvanra Wants Whfpring-Post.
The Philadelphia grand jury, in its
presentiment recently, recommended
the restoration of the whipping post
for wife heaters and likewise the SUBJ
stitution of the lash in place of the
reformatory for youthful offenders.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-08
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
unjocular department of internal rev
enue. A few weeks ago one F. G.
Heinze, in the well-known and bust
ling metropolis of Maukato. Mimi.
asked the collector if he would have
to pay the special tax as a retail liquor
dealer II he put a stick" occasionally
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-08

into the soda water which he dispenses
from his fountain The department
thought for two weeks and then an
nounced that, if the brandy, gin or
rum amounted to 2 per cent of the
soda water. the special tax must be
paid. But it won't have to be paid it
the rum is SO small in quantity that
it merely gives flavor to the wa
ter.
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ample of Secretary Hay and next win
ter have all his servants in brilliant
livery. The uniform will be of a shade
known as Vanderbilt wine and will be
ornamented with silver buttons stamp
ed with the Dewey crest
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ment on the Minneapolis experiment
is the general opinion among all
classes that the finest aldermanic
ticket on both sides that ever faced
the voters on election day was nomi-
mated
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In China criminals and political
prisoners are ~beheaded- Some of the
executioners are SO expert that they
can arrange and behead a man in eiah-
teen seconds.
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a Mig onertory.

Austrniia's biggest offertory was TAX
en- mp at the conservation of the bishop
of Carpentaria in Sydney cathedral
It amounted to 500. and is perhaps
the largest on record
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Brt.s.h chm. squadron.

The British feet in Chinese waters
is commanded by Vice Admiral Sir
Edward Hobart Seymour, K c. B.,
and his flagship is the Centurion The
second in command, flagship Barfeur.
is Rear Admiral James A. T. Bruce
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rirs Drive. out s..ke.

A forest fire at Coibrook. a moun-
tain hamlet near New Haven, Conn.
drove hundreds OF rattlesnakes down
into the lowlands. and they bit and
poisoned cattle
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-08

medical corps which followed the Ger
man army to China
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-15
CORNER N August.
Reported That Attempt to Bring IL
About VIII he Made.

New York Commercial. May 10
Once more an attempt is being made to
work up corner IN August cotton. and
tho entire speculative element in every city
in which this staple In traded In is watch
ing it with undivided interest Previous at
tempts have been made to corner the small
supply Of the cash article which remains
in the last week in August This is done
by calling for the delivery OF the actual stun,
but generally these pyramids have come down
with a crash and burt the creators more
than they did the speculative community
whlch went short Of old cotton
IN nj other months except the summer,
a large crop and fair weather indications,
nut leading firm OF this city ~ credited
by some brokers with having planned to
corner The available supply IN this vicinity
Tor August delivery The stocks are small
and traders are apparently afraid TO take
my risks on the short side OF the market
although they believe that If no corner be
attempted, In the last few Days OF August tsarc
VIII be n scampering TO unload August con-
tracts by switching over to September II
business be allowed TO take It's normal course.
Several years ago tho August month was
marked IN ~ points or so above the other
summer months owing TO Just such situ-
alton as rs now threatened August futures
today ran up to g.S1 cents and July held nj
y oOH. whilo September ruled at S.52c, closing
at 8.41c, During one season II rs said there
were only about 10000 bales available for
delivery on August 81. and the bears wero
badly squeezed by a demand on the part of
me managers OF the attempted corner that
The real staple be delivered. This fact ac-
counts for the careful tab that is kent on
the amount of the floating stock and the per-
sons that buy 1t up.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-15

IMMuNlUoN.-P Powder. per keg. "a OOD
so blasting powder Sl.6l per key; droo
shot ngr sack sl.G5, buck $3.50.
hACpN~ Extra slort clear in sacks sic.
rSs9ilars S'aQS9sc; boxed hc higher; bellies
BAGGING AND TIEs-Bagging. 2-lb ss.c
2A-lb, Skc. Arrow ties. 81 iptIl 20.
CANDY suck, wrapped. hasts "a. eA364c
per 10. suecial sizes lac higher,
NANDLES-Star. full weight l2.c. Gran.
ne tuil weight ll4c; Electric lights lie
:, SEA ENf-Porilaud S2.75@S %; Rosendale
cuFFEE-Rio. FAIR. s,saioe: prime IOva
l9'ac' choice loAGiiite peaberry lac. Cor.
toNa ne Roasted conees: ArbCekle's AeiosA
,ases 1880 delivered Lion. l0o-lb cases.
d.eVc. APEX. 0Qc
SRAcKERs--A b c soda bulk boxes &c /.
lib cartons .Ac, ginger SNAPS Sc; creams
&c: stage blanks 6hc, cakes ano jumbles he
taoUR-Texas star AIMS: Tidal Wave
A.lO sea Fairy IS .7O Sea Nymph 81. SO. Sea
Jewel $50; rye -four s. 60. pumperniekel
~ special rates for shipments 10 interior
points quarter sacks are i0c higher than
tacks
FARINACEoUs GooDs-Grits. hom,nv ana
ofean meal IN barrels, s.. Sjde a9i nearI meal
m io-lb sacks, sl,f01l.S 50 psr bhl 81 Tour
sSeesi scotch oats S2,5o Friends oats " 50:
columbia a oats i.sSas.o0: Hawkeye oats 81 IS
LARD Refined ticrcS compound. s4c
ustees lo,lb cans %e higher: s-ib cans NV
hiaher. Bib cane ic higher
g, hAsssiis-rStandsrd, ilit9illec picnlc hams.
HoNEY=ia barrels sAasoc Ger xauos. 4.
S0lo cans attracted. 5gsc; in conab s9lie:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-15
nInnn'. cotton Revie,v.

Especial 10 Tho POSI-
Nov York May As. Mum. Son Co.
say in todaya circular;
Cotton dropped 10 II points on hne
weather. lower cables and Southern. Euro
poan and local selling. There were heavy
snlcs Of May against which it Is stated cot
ton VIII be brought from tho South.
Adyices from Augusta, Ga. aud Arkansas
report fue weather and the crop progressing
Tupelo Miss. reports: "Had perfect
weather here SO far. Entire crop Will be
planted this week. stu less acreage Will
be planted than anticipated"
Troy Ala, says Stands Of cotton good
Choppnr In progress"
Nayasota Texas. says: Crop three weeks
late
Savannah Ga. reports: Reports from
over 700 points in Georgia Alabama Mis-
sls8ippl ana portions OF North and South
Carolina and Florida Indicate about 10 per
cent increased acreage Fully 10 TO 20
per cent Increase In fertilizer used In
some Instances 81 per cent more Farmers
IN exceptionally good financial condition.
Very little cotton remains la warehouses;.
Continue to sell January and later months.
Wa think his ,rop s baug held up as much
as possible IN order to attract cotton 10
NcW York
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-15
Grain nnd rroyisions Elsewhere.

New Orleans, May 1i,--Hog products quiet
Pork. standard mess, 12.25 Lard, refined
fierce 6isg6N pure lard 7is. Boved meats
dry salt shoulders ~ sides 767is. Bacon
l04l2 Coltoe-Rio ordinary to fa'r SGtS4
R'ce-ordlnary TO good 2Sidtts Flour FIX
IRA fancy l0H3 IS patents 37563.65 Corn
meal 2 10 Bran So Hay-Prime "A 501lJ "a. .
choice Is 60 Corn-No . sacked rs
mixed 81; yellow 49, Oats No sacked 81
Kansas City, Nav N.-Wheat-Iuly SLAP
No. red 65d65is Corn-Juiy 34s. Sepiem,
Der 35la. Oats-Cash No white e6d2Gib
ReceirJs- Wheat q 900; corn 5000. oats So00
Shipmtnts- Wheat 20 100. corn 1000: oats 3A0O
New York, Nav Wheat-RHeipts 2o5
o0e; exports 2lo7iS spot firm: No red
1sss 20 b afoat; No I Northern 7i% fob
adoat No 1 hard 1855 70 b.: options were
@ July H sep Gen ro? gE SI HI5es oIa
1ffther steady Cotton seed Oh steady, prime
cIMdn so. MINI NoilnM ~, rs