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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
st. Louis Monument 70 Jefferson

The project just set on foot by the
Jefferson club, of st. Louis, to erect q
monument to Thomas Jefferson will
appeal to everybody in that part of
the world. It is the intention to erect
the monument in some park or other
public place, and to unveil it on the
opening day of the worlds fair Of
1903. Subscriptions are to be asked
from the citizens of st. Louis and vi
cinity for the monument, and it is safe
to say that liberal response will be
made.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22

A writer on modern waterways says
that in the near future electric trac-
ton will be universally employed on
canals. On the canal between Brus-
sells and Charleroi, small electric road
carriages have taken the place of
horses in towing barges and the speed
has been increased from one-fourth
miles an hour, to seven miles. An
overhead wire is used and it furnishes
light and power to villages along the
route
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
Simpson Sees Civil Strife.

Congressman Simpson in an inter-
view at Wichita said: 'The agitation
started by Mrs. Nation will cause one
of the biggest civil strifes this state
has ever known. The officials ought
to be more determined in their action
than they are. The two chief politi-
cal parties of the state fear to take
sides, lest they injure their cause,
but this affair will be carried so far
that it must become campaign issue,
and then look OUT
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
A Great Year in American Trade

Great Year In Amerfcan Trade.
The last year of the last century
broke all records in the extent OF
Americas trade with the outside
world. The official figures show
that the country's exports for the
memorable year 1900 were in the
neighborhood of 81 ,47o. ooo. 900 and the
imports ss25, o00, 900. This produced a
favorable balance of $645, ooO, 900 in the
country's foreign trade, which is
about $25,000,00O ahead Of the big
record made in the calender year 1899.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
The Things Most worth While.

John D. Rockefeller, Jr., assured
the members of the Students club
in New York the other day that the
things most worth while in this
world are not the possession of wealth
and the search for extravagent Joys,
but character, friendship, health and
success" And success, young Mr..
Rockefeller said, sis to do the COM
mon duty of each day uncommonly
well"
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
One Mayor Takes Bold stand.

In reply to a demand from the min
listers to close the joints at Arkansas
City, Mayor Hess replied that he was
elected by an overwhelming majority
on a platform. indorsing licensed
joints, and as long as he is mayor he
will adhere to that policy.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
schoolhou.es in Porto Rico.

When Porto Rico came into the pos
session of the United States there was
not single school building on the is
land. Last month the bureau of edu-
cation issued one order which calls for
the building of 16 schoolhouses in diff
ferent districts. In one district ten
municipalities offered site to secure
the school.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22

The funeral of Osbun Shannon,
who died in Chicago, took place at
Lawrence. He was the son of the late
William Shannon, first territorial
governor of Kansas. Osbun Shannon
was postmaster of Lawrence under
the first Cleveland administration.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
Widow of Gen. N. p. Banks.

Mrs. Mary Palmer Banks, widow of
Gen. N. P. Banks, who died few days
ago, worked in a cotton factory for
Is years, beginning at the age of IL,
and Gen. Banks first met her there.
AS the wife of Gen. Banks, of Massa-
chusetts, she danced with the prince
of Wales, now Edward VII, in 1871.
Upon the death of her husband in
1894, congress bestowed upon Mrs.
Banks a pension of $1,000 year.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
Fire on a Kansns Ranch.

The Bluff creek feed-grinding plant
on the Sherman cattle ranch, south
west of Salina, was destroyed by fire,
causing $4,000 loss. The plant con-
sisted of storage bins filed with sew
eral thousand bushels of corn and a
large amount of grinding machinery,
operated by 40 horsepower engine.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
The Original Saloon smasher.

Bavaria, ten miles west of Salina,
claims to have been the scene of the
operations of the original saloon
smasher in Kansas. Twenty years
ago, before prohibition became eff
fective, Mrs. Ella MCGEE demolished
the only saloon in Bavaria with a
Ratchet and there has never been one
there since.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
Horse Locked to the Earn.

Constable Taylor went to Squire
Laru's barn at Fort Scott to take
possession of a horse on a replevin
and found the animal secured to the
standard of the barn with log chains
and locks so that it was impossible
to take it without taking the barn.
The owner, anticipating the officers
coming, had wrapped the animal in
network of log chains, attached them
to the pillars supporting the barn and
locked their ends with a number OF
locks. Laru had disappeared.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
Got s11. 900 for One Nights Work.

Nine. Adelina Patti, now 81 years
of age, for many years past stood at
the head of the music financiers of
her set and at the present time her
terms for concerts in London are 49,
600. Her record for a single twelve
month is $25O,OOO, and for a single
performance 1000. Buenos Ayres is
the field in which the last named har-
vest was reaped.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
It Is a Valuable Acquisition.

The old Fort Hays reservation, ADAM
doned by the government and trans
ferred to the state, contains 1900
acres, two-thirds of which is said to
be the best wheat land in Kansas The
balance is good grazing land, fringed
with timber. There are 30 buildings on
the tract.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
Holds the President Responsible.

D. F. Coon, who was president of
the State bank at Fort Scott when it
was wrecked by the $4,000 defalca-
ton of it's cashier, ]. r. Colean, has
been sued by the receiver for $110,
600. He holds Coon blamable for the
bad condition of the banks affairs.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
Death of Fred Harvey.

Fred Harvey, manager of the eat
ing house system on the Santa Fe
railway, died in Leavenworth last
week of cancer of the intestines. In
1865 he became ticket agent of the
Burlington road at Leavenworth and
was afterwards it's western freight
agent.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
Small Boys and q Gun.

Jacob Hand, aged nine and his
brother George, aged six, of Leaven-
worth, were playing with toy gun
and a shotgun when George accident
ally discharged the shotgun, load of
birdshot entering Jacobs body on the
left hip, killing him almost instantly.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
Big Gas Strike at Chanute.

While representative of the Omaha
Gas company was drilling in COM
paratively new field at Chanute an
oil ''gusher" with a flow of 100000
gallons every "a hours was struck. 1t
is the largest in that field. The well
reverts to the city at actual cost.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
KANSAS NEWS OF RECENT DATE.
Saved Her Husband from Quantrell.

Saved Her Husband from QuAntreN.
Elizabeth Margaret Fisher, wife OF
Rev. II. d. Fisher, superannuated cler-
gyman of the Methodist conference
of Kansas, died at Topeka last week.
aged rs. Mrs. Fisher came to Kansas
in 1858 with her husband, settling in
Lawrence, where she gained national
notoriety for her calm courage in
saving her husband from massacre at
the hands of Quantrell and his ruff
fans.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
The Charity which Counts.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Canadian
premier, is noted for the unstinted
manner in which he dispenses private
charity. He has been known togo
out on cold nights to carry food to
some poor person in whom he took
an interest.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Faunce's Historic Tavern.

A movement is on foot in New York
to have the city buy Faunce's tavern,
the sole revolutionary relic in the
downtown district. 1t was there
that Washington babe farewell to his
officers December 4, 1888.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
And He Could.

A Waterville young man sent 50
cents for trick pack of cards on the
guarantee that he could cut the deuce
of diamonds from it at every cut.
And he could. Every card in the deck
was a deuce of Observation-Disclosures
City Journal.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
Az Competent as Men,

E. L. Short, the candidate of Post
master Barnes faction. was nominated
for mayor by the republicans of Kan
sas City. Women served as judges
and clerks in nearly every precinct
and proved as capable as the men.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
Joints at the Capital Closed.

Attorney General GODDARD appointed
A. L. Redden special attorney general
for Shawnee county to enforce the
prohibitory law. All the jointkcepers
agreed to close "for the time being"
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
Pioneer OF Fort Scot. Dead.

Tv-Mayor John l.. Stewart. of Fort
Scott, for many years prominent in
republican politics. is dead. Almost
since the first railroad was built into
that city he was proprietor and man
ager of the Stewart house.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
Victorv Tor j. G.. johnson.

At the state biennial camp Modern
Woodmen of America, in session at
Wichita, p. G. Chubic, of Beloit, was
elected state consul and DR.. B. E.
Jones, of Kansas City, was reelected
state medical examiner. A resolution
was adopted indorsing J. G. johnson
and set forth that the head consul
acted unwisely in not retaining john
son as attorney general of the ma
tional camp. johnson heads the dele
CATION to the national convention ut
ST. Paul.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
Paid 100000 for q Ranch.

The Treadway ranch near Anthony.
Harper county. comprising 5000 acres,
has been purchased by Wyatt Stanley,
of Illinois. The price, including inn
Elements and stock, WIGS 100000.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22

not bad. / am not
troubled W i t n
coughing or spit
ting or any 9th
er disa greeable
symptoms of ca
tarrh.' But, my
dear madam, you
may have catarrh
all the same. Ca
tarrh is not al
ways located in
the head. You
may have catarrh
of the lungs, or
stomach, OF liver,
or kidneys, and
especially y o u
may have catarrh
of the pelvic or
gans."
The d &C or
went on to say:
81 have b e e n
preaching { his
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
Result Of Love AFFAIR.

Because she had been disappointed
in love Winnie Harden. a 15-year-old
schoolgirl. committed suicide at her
home in Arkansas City after her re-
turn from school.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
Monument to q Negro Porter.

Travelling men who have stopped at
Independence several years will raise
500 to erect monument to John
Oglesbce, deceased, a negro porter of
the Caldwell house for 20 years.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22

Louis Selig, son of A. L. Selig.
prominent business man and ex-mayor
of Lawrence, is under arrest charged
with setting fire to the Gibson mill
at midnight on April rs last.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
Arranging for German Farmers.

William L. Brown, eX-chairman of
the state board of charities, has pur-
chased a large tract of land in the
Seventh district and will settle it
with German farmers from the east.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
Students Urged on by Professor.

Prof. +. w. Ellis, of Washburn COL
lege at Topeka, addressed a large
meeting of the students of the college
and advised them to ally themselves
with the embarrassing movement.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22

are vast multitudes of women who have
never heard it yet. Catarrh may attack any
organ of the body. Women are especially
liable to catarrh. of the pelvic organs. There
vic organs to one Of catarrh Of the head.
Most people think, because they have not
catarrh of the head, they have not catarrh
at all. This is a great mistake and is the
cause of many cases of sickness and DEATH"
tory results from the use of Peruna, write
at once to DR.. Hartman giving full state
ment of your case and he will be pleased to
give you his valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of The
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
rramps Drank Raw Alcohol.

Several tramps became intoxicated
on raw alcohol at Wellington and
were placed in the city Jail. Later one
of them was found dead and another
is believed to be dying.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
main stnlled nt Parndise

During the severe snowstorm last
week q passenger train was stuck in
the drifts at Paradise. All unperish-
able freight was abandoned until the
drifts were shoyedel out.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
L.ynchine BIN Killed.

The house committee on penal in
situations killed Rees' bill providing
take a prisoner from him he shall lose
his Office.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
A Priest's Collection OF Stamps.

Father Stollenwert. a priest in Rush
county, has the finest collection Of
stamps in Kansas. He has upwards Of
5000 specimens, some of them very
rare.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
No Longer . Young state.

Near Pleasanton Mrs. Kansas Eifert
died last week within sight of the
house in which she was born. And
Mrs. Kansas Eifert was 43 years OF
age.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22

tarrh. madam They will generally
reply, oh, no, never had catarrh. Ny
nose is perfectly clear and my breath is
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22

At Emporia, Lora Ransom, am eight
year-old girl. was tried for insanity.
Il II . case almost without parallel
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22

Coffee Burned Young Woman's Face.
Miss Leohnard, university stu
dent at Lawrence. was badly burned
about the face and eyes by the ex-
plosion of can of boiling coffee.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
Led by Jerry simpson's sister.

It developed that the leader in the
exciting embarrassing crusade at
Holton was Mrs. McCauley, a sister of
ex-Congressn,an Jerry Simpson.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22

D. the only
President United one
in
she
your mother Mrs.
j. Bennett in year, invaluable
also good
and with
strung" A.. Lockwood.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22
shot Down In Hia Corral

j. n. Ssdler, q farmer two miles
south Of Cherxyvale. was found dead
in his corral-shot down by an un-
known assassin.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-22

Mrs. Julia C. Brown,
Of Pecatonica, Ills,
says: IT have used
Peruna in my home
for the past four
years and am thor.
o u g h ly convinced
that It Is q reliable
f a mily remedy"
Julia G. Brown.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-14
NEW YORK LEGISLATURE.
Another Tax Bill Up-GovernOr We
toes Four Bills.

Another Tax Bill Up-GovernOr ve-
toes Four Bills.
ALBANY, March 12.-Senator Krum
last night added another bill to the rap
idly increasing list of tax measures. This
time 1t is bill to tax private bankers
1 per cent ON their capital stock and
surplus. The assembly, with full at
tendance, considered very heavy cal
endar with many important bills upon
it. Mr.. Bryan's bill fixing the punish
ment for murder at life Imprisonment
was advanced to third reading without
debate. The three bills taxing insur-
ance companies, banks and trust COM
panies went over until today.
Governor Odell sent four veto mes
sages to the legislature. The bills We
toed were: Senator Slater's, extending
the powers Of ''the trustees of scenic
and historic places and Objects" Senator
Hills, changing the name of the Mag
ara Fire Insurance company; Senator
Doughty's, authorizing the town authori-
ties of Nassau county to have their rec
ords recopied; Senator Doughty's. pro-
viding for reimbursement Of the sheriff
Of Nassau county for expenses incurred
by him.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-14
Filip,Nos SURRENDER
General Maffan0 and Men ReeeAvsa
In Cavite Province.

General mariana and Men RseeAvsa
In Cavite Province.
MANILA, March 12.--Colonel Walter
s. Schuyler of the Forty-sixth volunteer
infantry has received the surrender of
General Mariana de Dios, officers and
81 armed and uniformed men at Naio,
province Of Cavite.
Lieutenant Colonel Edward b. Pratt
of the same regiment has captured SO
rifles at Alfonso. province of Cavite. A
detachment of the Thirty ninth volunteer
infantry has captured ten rifles at Ba-
tayan, province of Batangas.
In the case against Fernando Russian,
general agent of the Tabacaleria compa-
ny, who is charged with having aided the
insurgents, papers have been discovered
which places in an unfavorahle light NJ.
de Berard, former French cO1sul in Ma
Mia, who has returned to Europe.
A detachment of the Forty-eighth vol
unteer infantry has defeated body of
insurgents near Santa Cruz, province of
Laguna.
A contract has been awarded for rails
ing the Spanish warships which Admiral
Dewey sank in the battle of Cavite.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-14
Good New. For Miners.

PITTSBURG, March 12.-Private ad-
vices to Pittsburgers announce the post
ing of notices late last evening by the
Bcrwind-White Coal Mining company at
Wmdber, Osceola Mills, Horatio and
other points in the central Pennsylvania
mi,,ing field as follows: "The average
advance of 90 per cent in wages given
our employees April ], 1900, viii be con-
tinued until April /, 1902" This notice
affects about 10000 men, all told, and
is of the utmost Importance in central
Pennsylvania mining operations. The
action of the company continues in ef-
feet the highest rate of wages ever paid
in the central Pennsylvania field.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-14
AN ORDINANCE granting permission

AN ORDINANCE granting permission
to the Eagles Mere Water Company
to lay water pipes in the Borough OF Eag-
les Mere and regulating the same.
BE it ordained by the council of the
Borough Of Eagles Mere, and it is hereby
ordained by the authority of the same,
that the Eagles Mere Water Company be,
and 1t is hereby given permission, license
and authority to lay their pipes in the
streets, avenues and alleys of the Borough
OF Eagles Mere; provided that said pines
shall be laid at least two feet under the
road ded; and further provided that said
company shall establish and maintain
fire plugs to supply water in case of fire
or other purposes, at the following named
points, to wit: On Eagles Mere Avenue
at Ryans corner, south west corner of
Eagles Mere and Laporte Avenues, south
west corner of Eagles Mere and Mary
Avenues, southwest corner OF Eagles
Mere and Jones Avenues, northwest cor
ner OF Eagles Mere and Pennsylvania
Avenues, northwest corner of Pennsyl-
vania and Prospect Avenues, south. west
corner OF Pennsylvania and Mitflin Ave-
nues, and southeast corner OF Latorte
and Allegheny Avenues; the said Boro-
ugh shall pay TO the said Water Company
Tor the use OF water at rate or by CON
tract to be mutually hereafter agreed up
on by the Borough Council and said
Water Company.
Approved, March |, 1901.
E. V. 1NGHAM, Chief Burgess.
Attest: A. DUNHAM, Clerk OF Council.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-14
Maryland Ballot Law Opposed.

ANNAPOLIS, March 12.-Twenty.
two members of the Reform league of
Baltimore came down yesterday to pro-
test before the joint committee ON legis-
lation against favorable report on the
new ballot bill. which il passed will re-
suit in the disfranchisement of about
10000 illitsrate voters. most Of whom
are negroes. They were granted a hear
ing In the senate chamber. and for near
ly four hours their spokesmen argued
against the provisions of the bill. Charles
j. Bonaparte. the principal speaker on
behalf of the league, denounced the pro-
posed law as being wholly bad from be-
ginning to end, some parts of it being
worse than others. Furthermore, he de-
clared the entire scheme to be unconsti-
tutional and cited numerous decisions to
sustain this contention. Other speakers
followed
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-14
Nation Jury DisaRreed,

WICHITA, Kan, March 12.-The
jurors in Mrs. Nations case, after hav-
ing been out since last Saturday after
noon, were called before Judge DAVE in
the district court yesterday and asked if
they had agreed upon verdict They
said they had not. The vote stood seven
for conviction and FIVE for acQuittal. The
disagreement was caused by the fact that
two women charged in the complaint as
smashing the saloon windows with Mrs
Nation took no active part in the smash.
ing, and one could not be acquitted un-
less all were. A new trial will be Or
dered.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-14
Plague Spreading In Cape Town.

CAPE TOWN, March 12.-The bu.
bonic plague is developing seriously in
Cape Town. Fifteen new cases were
officially reported yesterday, and 81 9th
er persons were isolated because Of hav-
ing come into contact with victims of the
disease. Yesterday two colored persons
whs had been attacked by the plague
died in the streets Of Cape Town. A Eu.
ropean died while being removed to the
hospital. The malady is reaching the
more prosperous classes, and it has been
necessary to remove to the hospital the
entire family Of a gentleman.