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The age-herald., 1900-04-28
THE WEATHER.

MA-sHOwERs sATUR AND SUNDAY: BRISK TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-08
About HATS,

You can't Judge a man by the clothes
h wears, but you can very often give
a pretty good estimate Of his character
by the hat he wears Up comes a man
with a wide trimmed soft felt hat Of
light color, and you set him down as a
man usually Of free and easy manners
who talks nuently and learnedly about
steers. But ii is the high crowned silk
tile that Is characteristic. Out west
here 1t 10 chiefly worn for advel Using
purposes when 1t Is worn ut all. 1t
shows that the wearer considers that
he Ia not as other me,l-is not Of com
mon clay. 1t Is usually worn for the
purpose Of showing that he who sup
ports it is a professional man, and us
ually his profession Is that Of patent
medicine yender, a preacher or a bunco
steerer. We have not been able to
understand why the men who give
holy advice to eschew evil associations
are not more careful of their compan-
ions in hats. However II is but fair
to say that usually even in all the
above mentioned professions, the high
hat is not usually worn by the "home
product" except In TIE case of he
medicine men. Occasionally a banker
is guilty, but not usually until Re
leaves Kansas fields, A lawyer is also
an occasional offender, but the habit
seldom attacks a real, sure.e enough
lawyer. 1t usually fastens on some
jaCkleg pettifogger.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-08

London, Feb. 4.-Mr. Wyndham's re-
mnrkable declaration in the house OF
commons that Great Britain will have
In n fortnight 100000 regulars in
South Africa, 1000 Canadians and Aus
tralians and 10000 South African vol
untecrs Is received with wondermcnt.
OF this total Of $4,000 troops, with
452 guns, all are now there, with the
exception Of about $4,000 that are
hhoat. Beyond comparison this 10 the
largest force Great Britain has ever
put into the field. At the end of the
Crimcan war she had scrnped together
10000 men. Wellington al Waterloo
had $4,000. Mr.. WyndhNm's speech
was the strongest defense the gov
eminent has yet put forward as to
what has been done and Is being done,
The general tone of the morning PHI
pers is that his figures will Hstonish
the country. Roughly speaking, only
10000 men are at the front, Ten
thousand others have been lost and
10000 are shut up at Ladysmith. Ex-
Guiding these, there are 10000 troops
who have not yet been in action, in
addition TO those at sea. Why so
many electives have not yet been en-
gagged is explained by the lack of land
transport and the organization ofsup-
plies, TO which Lord Roberts Is devot-
Ing his experience and Lord Kitch-
ener his genius for details II seems
as though the weight Of these masses
must destroy the quilibrium which
now holds the British forces station
Ary wherever they are in contact
with the Boer army Lack OF trans
,ort and organization will not explain
adequately why when generals at the
front request achievements they get
them in rather small numbers.
knowledge is slowly penetrating to
London that large gnrrisons must be
kept in Cape Colony TO hold down the
Cape Dutch, who. as everyone knows,
outnumber the British residents three
10 two.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-08

DEER jim: 1 heer thar is sum tawk ov
the arnikist partirannin yu for attorney
general next fawl. | hoap 1t is not sou,
The idee of yu, lawyer an a Christian
an as | understand an activ wurker in the
church, of leeven the deer ole parti that
stands fur temprence an relljun an phree'
dun fur awl men-espeshelly II tina hev
organized themselves into trusts an haV
mummy an voat our wal sa the idee of
yure jinin that part Of cut throts au be-
comm leeder amung them an runnln
fur awfs is moRr than 1 kin bear. Now
listen tn me Jim and doant you do it.
Well toald yuin mi last that | wud
tell yu about Jerry Simpson in mi next.
In 1890 when the alliance went into pol
lyticks tina nominated him fur Cawngres
He lived at Medison Loj in the woods an
wuz clothed with desire tn represent
the big Seventh In Washington he mite
ov had on soX but the Hutchinson New
sed he didn't. 1t wuz sed he didn't no
how to spell the name of his oan town,
Well TO the shagreen ov our deer parti he
got elected. Then we comforted our
selves with the thnt that he didn't no
enutf to find his WA tn Washington that
he wud be jis as apt tn land in SauFran-
cisco as there Moar over thar ar many
of our leedin statesmen believe that il
nun of the congressman elected ever got
tn the carItol that our country Wud be
better of. Jis LEI the president ard the
coarts run things, think miselfit wud
be gud idee to commence now and let
Mckinley expand. But to Tesoom, Jerry
got thar, an Gu sho yu that he wuz dein-
gerus man, them fellers in .cawngress
wuz afrade of him from the very start.
WHY sir, Jim, when Jerry wud Else from
ihG sect and SO, Mr. Speaker, the Rpeeker
Mt Tom Reed, that mighty man Of heft
an lSrnin, that man that IS said tu hev
ruled Cawngress with an iron hand so
nifty Woz his power, yes sir that giant OF
inteleckt wud tremble in his sect as he
saw Jerry rise. And viii did he tremble?
Because he node thar wuz sumthing
about Jerry that wuz liable to go of be-
fore he sot down, an II it did sum body
wud be apt tu git hit, an 1t seemed it
wuz moar apt 10 be hun thut got hit than
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-08
Death Before Disgrace.

Dodge City, Kansas, Feb. p w. II,
Pearce, manager of the opera house
and manager of the York-Key Mercan-
tile Company, Of this city, committed
suicide this morning by shooting him
self. He left the following letter to
his brother-in-law: George, cannot
face the accusations that will be made
against me. If were not broken down
ncrvously would do it. Even though
7 cleared myself eventually, ] wol Id
be ruined any way. Be kind to Minnie,
God bless her, and dear little Gail, al
so Nina and yourself Good bye, and il
I am doing wrong, God in His infinite
mercy, forgive me. HABRY."
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-08

Indication would seem to indicate
that II Joan Bull and Uncle sam could
really lick the balance Of the world
that upon the latter would devolye the
big end Of the Job.
&*~
Observe 10 you please that the two
big Boston banks that failed recently
were National banks and that the de-
p0sitoTs lost their money and just the
same 81 Reno county lost her cash IN
National banks, Verify we have the
best banking system on earth
$50
The Expansion" fad ia getting u
Vrlfe faded, BY the way don't we
Americans whoop her up Hanna when
we start craze. We have observed
another thing, the harder We whoop
the quicker we get tired. As the inl-
periallsts stop to get their breath IL
happens to occur to them what In He'll
'goland we are going to do with some
twenty million more nigsers when we
get them,
-.
Is 1t any worse for the government
to furnish idle people something in
which to invest their labor than TO fur
nish idle capital bonds in which to In
Vest itself and upon which labor must
pay the INTEREST," If capital didn't
have so many bonds TO get into 1t would
employ labor itself, which would be as
we'll as for the government 10 do II. If
it don't cause you too much fatigue 20
think, turn this idea oVerin your mind
few times. 1t doesn't seem TO
amount to much ut dlrst but IL you
wrestle with 1t white you will find
that the longss you "wa.l9r' !. tho biz
ger 1t will get.
So
The crazy imperialsts are beginning
to talk subsidy for ship building, OF
course they know when they talk about
cheaper ocean freight and the glory OF
shipping the cheap products of our new
possessions to this country and the
cheap products of this country to ouI
new possessions in American bottoms
that 1t is not the ocean freight we pay
that hurts US but he domestic freight
They know that II costs abort -four
times az much to Geta pound Of freight
from Galveston TO Hutchinson as from
Liverpool to Galveston, Our Kansas
imperialists likewise know it costs $l,4(
per 100 pounds TO get freight from Gal
weston to Hutchinson, while IL costs
but about 81 80 II get, the same freight
from New York to Hutchinson. Their
when our tongues are out foot from
paying domestic freight, they tear thell
tunics for subsidized competition in thu
foreign carrying trade
O. B. COPELAND.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-08

THE United States industrial COM
mission has interviewed John d. Rock
efeller in its investigation Of trusts and
industrial combination, and especially
an thew rpi~te To the oil industry. Itls
interesting to folloW Mr. Rockefeller
through his answers to thls committee
as showing the tendeney0f big, success
+ full industries towards consolidation
and cooperation. He says, "tbe chief
advantages from industrial ,OonShina-
ti0ns are they which can he derived
from a cooperation Of persons and ag-
.gregatiOns OF capital. 1t is too late to
argue about advantages of Industrial
COMPUTATION. They are a necessity"
While he further argues that they are
a necessity on gigantic scale and tine
country is coming to it, he does mot
phlosophdze upon the effect they will
haN9 on the masses while she trusts are
IA private hands; yet his arguments, az
VII such arguments In favor of big COM
bi1ations do. inevitably tend towards
government ownership as the oHly rem
edy OF saving the people. AS surely as
every road led to Rome, so does every
argument In favor Of trusts and colnbi-
nations lead to socialism Coming Ma,
ti0n.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-08
SCHOOL NOTES.

Over 200 eight grade pupils took the
examination January 25 and 20 Some
Of the manuscripts srbm ted are very
line. The class Of 1900 promises to be
the best IN the history of the county
Miss Margaret IIalloran Of Highland
No. 80, near Haven, VIII give a box
supper February 9 sp. m
Jno, W. CASTOR has put pupils
reading circle library into bis school.
So has MISS Emma Huffman, Olive
Cutlery and Cora Nelson during the
past week, The library work has had
a great revival.
The law governing county institutes
should be changed but not repealed
The man who brands II as fraud 10
ignorant of the law, or else he has been
eft behind By tne more progressive
teachers-lhe institute goers, The
county superintendent has prepared Il
different plan for institute work fol
the coming summer, The work VIII
be graded and every teacher viii be re-
quired to wOrp in certain grade and
complete said work before she can EN-
ter another The average Kansan
must labor during tue hot months any
way. Not many Of us can 60 10 the
mountains
Miss Vera Gallery returned TO her
school near Haven last Saturday
The examination Tor common school
diploma will b. held March nth fol
ortholraphy, reading, geography, wrl
ing and physiology, on March 3lsL iul
arithmetic, grammar, civil government
aud history. There will be another tx
animation for the village schools Apri
20 and 81, branches divided as above,
The Ounly association has beer
changed to March ID on acc INT OF The
above examination. The county SUI
pelintendent has thought best not Il
have any district associations until late
in February or early in March on AZ
count Of the prevailing small poX scare
Miss Margaret Lusk has resumed hei
school in No 1913 Her health haI
greatly improved.
The county superintendent reports ,
good school at Arlington this year y
+. Kaber is principal; Flora Tharp
intermediates aud Mrs, G luld primary
q A
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-08
ROER QUESTION CAUSES RUMPUa
Discussion Of the War Leaves Fou
Badly RruiScd Participants.

Danville, ILL.,, Feb frank D
Specht, German who has an English
wife, and William Shoemaker, an En-
glishman, with German wife, got in
to an argument over the Boer war
last night, The injured:
Frank Specht, stabbed three times
with a pitchfork, may die.
William Shoemaker, badly beaten
and scratched.
Mrs. William Shoemaker, scratched
and hair torn out.
Mrs. Frank Specht, badly bruised
and scratched.
At the beginning of the frOcus, thu
women stood valiently for their own
nationality, but as the fight progress,
cd each forgot country and fought for
her husband. When the police arrived
Specht was unconscious and bleeding
profusely, while the women were
tearing each others clothes and hair.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-08
THE WAR IN AFRICA
Another Week OF Undeoisivd
Operations.
LADYSMITH STILL HOLDING OUT
RumOrS Of Now Operations by General
French Size Of british
Force Ia Africa Excites
COnment.s

London, Feb. 0.-Anohter week OF
suspense and uncertainty has passed
Boer and Bnton seem alike TO be
resting on their oars. The English
people have momentlrily expected
IS Of " great battle, but no such
news has come.
Military opinion In London con
tinues TO assume, from very slender
materials, that General Butler Ii again
throwing his army against the Boer
works, A retired general, Sir Wil'
liam Henry Green, whose distinguish
ed career gives weight to his opinion,
thinks that General Butler, with $4,000
men, In making u wide detour to the
west and north In order TO avoid the
toughest parts Of the country, Az
General Butler must have some thous'
ands Of wagons Sir William Green
points out that his advance would
necessarily be sloN
No authentic word Ia at hand, save
that the war Office reaiiirms orally TO
newspaper inquiries at " late hour
that II could not confirm the reported
advance. There the Natal situation
rests,
1t is from the western field that
more definite statements come, Large
operations are apparently about to be-
gin. General French, who has now
returned TO Rensburg from his con-
ference with Lord Roberts, has sent
what is described as nm overwhelming
force Of infantry TO seize NorvaPa
Point. This Is where the railway, be-
fore II was destroyed, crossed the
Orange river and connected with the
Free State trunk line to Bloemfon'
tain.
Norvai Point is nineteen miles
north Of Colesberg and twenty-five
miles from General French's head
quarters at Rensburg.
The Beers at Colesburg have beer
In danger OF being surrounded by
the largely reinforced and extending
lines of the British. An occupation OF
Sorvals Point in force would presum
ably render Colesburg untenable.
The Beers are showing great actiy
lty in the Nauwport and Colesbure
districts. Many of the guns hitherto
facing Lord Methuen, are believed Ia
have gone to Norval's Point.
The British, therefore, may find
formidable bodies of Beers there.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-08
Two struck by n Train

Joplin, Mo-, Feb. A young miner
named John Arnold. nephew of ex-
Mayor Cunningham, of Joplin, was
probably fatally injured and his wife
badly hurt on the Frisco interurban
line about II o'clock last night. They
were in buggy driving rapidly and
attempted to make the crossing - ID
of the train, when the accident oc-
Cured. Both were hurled some dis.
lance ADD were stunned. Mrs. Ar
mold is badly bruised and probably
internally injured. Arnold's skull
was crushed and his brains were ooz-
ing out. His death is momentarily
expected,
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-08

VIZ TnLL you right here that these
monopolists, these trust, these rich men
are not half az much to blame for wrong
conditions as you aIe. They act N re-
spouse 10 the lower elements In animal
nature. And there IL this to be said
for taem, they do something while you
do nothinL. They want to get richer
and more powerful, and they work for
1t. You siS down and fold your hands
and let them get richer while you get
poorer Can't help Ii, you sayY Can't
you thinkp Can't you talkp Can't you
readp Can't you voter Can't you put
two and two together and see that they
make fourP Can't you see that what
builds up great fortunes for the wealth
would, " controlled by yourselves, dis.
tribute that great wealh into the homes
of the millions instead Of massing 1t IN
the control Of the fewp-Boston Tray
Nler,
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-08
HUTCHINSON RENO COUNTY KANSAS THURSDAY FEBRUARY

any one else, | suppoos that wua be-
kaws TINT Jerry used to hunt buffp0 mud
liked TO shute NJ big marks, But then
thar wuZ lotA Of the O,her iellers glltin
hit too, four fellels m6aslly) an thus he
kept them u dodgin IN hidep, shown thut
he wuz u murderOus NrDikist an wud
talk lie II he cuh Mrs, Ben stz the ole
SOW has fel In the wei IN mus 20. M
phish her out, VIII rite again,
YURE UNCLE BEN.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-08

THERE is general impression in
this country that William Mckinley
and Joseph Chamberlain have formed
a CO. partnership for the,gevival Of an
Gent systems and institutions denoun-
ced in this country for q century and
a quarter. Lake llerald.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-08
millionaire Burned 10 Death

Portland, Ind. Feb. 5.-WiIliam and
John Newton, bachelor brothers, tho
former Il millionaire, were burned to
death in the home Of the former, one
mile west of here, This morning. One
body, supposed to be that OF John,
was found. In the rear of the ruins
were number Of chairs and bundle
of papers which had evidently been
carried out. No actual evidence OF
fout play has been discovered. Will
lam Newton was Is years old and one
of the weaIthest men in the state,
his est11e being estimated At $780,
300. liuab men were eccentric and
lived in the most frugal manner.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-08
THE CONVENTIONS.

THIS "Wednesday morning we ie-
celved the following note from Mr.,
Foster who attended the state central
committee meeting ut Topeka.
''Ft Scott gets the nominating con-
venlion, and Clay Center gets the other
BreIdeUthal Is In the race, Simpson hns
announced his candidacy for the SEN
ale and every thing looks like success, "
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-08
VOL. 10.
TRUTH.
ny ARTHUR O, RETTs.

ny ARTHUR O. RETTs'
Truth comes from God, our friend
without beginning, without end
Truth held her lofty station
Long before tho earth's foundation
Was established In creation
Truth has gilded hlstory's pages
From tho very earliest ageq'
Truth will triumph over all,
Though earth must 10 chaos fall
Truth will hlckor on and on
Whom all else 10 past aud gone,
Orosco, Iowa, ApfIl ., 1871
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-08
OFF HAND OBSERVATIONS,

Indication would seem to indicate
that II Joan Bull and Uncle sam could
really lick the balance Of the world
that upon the latter would deVolve the
big end Of the Job,
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-08
A Mighty -.
3TBIJSVARB SALE
. for February.
Prices That Are Prices.

This consisted OF dray loads OF the very best plain
white fine assortment of glassware We
goods shelves at regular prices but we nave
decided make this month"; always considered du month by Dn
ness regular rushing month for have taken these goods
picked them and putting them our shelves AT telling
prices We adopted this PLAN The prices the Plate stock
the old mark the article and
with have marked the goods down to prices
Notice the following prices and see II IL
pay you up dishes Dishes will go up In price,
invest while they SO per cent below the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-17
RNBERSHIPIN THEoHUReH
TIC. Wtsweii Discusses the Sig
esace Ut Faith In Jcsas Christ
-Condemns uiGotry.

Aey, + G. WisNsll. pastor OF the Uni
u w w CONGREGATIONAL church, preached
shtefestnk sermon yesterday morning
q une subject. "The Significance OF
@stsh membership" His text was Titus,
80 who gave Himself for US, that lie
~. as redeem us from all iniquity, and
~ unto Himself 4 peculiar people.
&Ace ~" "N'"S' ''V s"'" ~ s"1~
- row wish to follow me this morn
ysu viii sween everything else aside
~ the revelation OF God IN Jesus
- ~ gwen to us In tho New Tesla
~ ~ here. II anywhere, We should have
AE aehnitton OF Christian discipleShlp.
- nrmhership In the church of Christ
nsan no more than that.
te-sniatfiy We are confronted with
- that are marvellous in their sim
~s and Blessed In their applications
ntsss, Christ demands not am orgafi-
IN PVT an organism; not thing bur
49, he requires not a systematic cor
lSss.h put personal relation First
XIsanai relation between the individual
S;sV~ and Himself then a personal re-
~ aetween the individual disciples.
"a - .arist written constitutions aud laws
"a. easements OF faith we're nothing
~ we personal relation was every
ssund. He demands faith from Iils
49, though the Word itself He
krssS uses. But what Is the faith He
~. ~ Surely not IN things which
q sseh written about Him; surely not
80 Ssp'ance In toto az all the state
n ~ ~ the historians OF His own or
asr nation surely not the concep-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-17

most fastidious. The Volunteers have
entered into this good work with great
enthusiasm, and propose to make 1t
success, SO that on Christmas day none
shall be turned away hungry.
This becomes more essential from the
fact that II Is now understood that the
Salvation Army will this year give no big
public Christmas dinner to the poor.
The dinner served on Thanksgiving day
by the Volunteers is remembered for its
excellence and abundance and the num-
Der of people who were made glad and
comforted by It for that day. The Vol
unteers desire to repeat 1t for Christmas
day. the day when Peace on earth and
good Will to men" II supposed to reign
supreme. To secure satisfactory results,
however. the citizens will be asked to
assist with money and provisions. About
500 will be needed to defray necessary
expenses that cannot be covered by con-
tributions. and the time is short to those
charitably inclined.
The work of getting up such a dinner as
Is planned involves great responsibility
and much hard work. but the Volunteers
are equal to 1t. and If the citizens will
only DO. their. part the. Volunteers say
they will do theirs and feed all the hun
cry who may apply. Capt. John Ander-
son. at 1l8h Second avenue south, has
charge of the Christmas dinner.