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Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-24

Then someone on the piano accom-
panied the violin inS that sweet old
melody, Haste TO the Wedding"
There is always an opportunity In 3
quadrille, for sly word now and then
between partners.
"Au join hands and circle to the
right
Il want to ask you something" she
whispered, when they were at their
places again.
What is it?''
First four forward and back again
And away they went
When next they hau an opportunity
she thrust into his hand an item
clipped from a newspaper.
IT was Of a young soldier carried
bleeding and dying from San Juan hill,
murmuring:
"Queenie, Queenie, oh. my 1ong-lost
loved one, shall never see you more?'
WAS that you?" she asked.
yes he answered.
Then he took her nand. It trembled,
and her azure eyes grew dim.
Balance ALL
1t was several minutes before either
could speak
The sweet-tuned violin, accompanied
by the piano, poured forth such soul
stirring music as can be found only
in that precious old air, Haste to the
Wedding
He was about to speak when the
musician calling off, shouted:
Gents to places-all promenade"
It gave him an opportunity to re-
cover himself, and when next they
glided across the room he whispered:
Say, Queenie, will you keep that old
promise you made long ago?"
She looked up at him, smiling
through her tears.
Ten years of misery and suffering
had passed since he held that hand.
Oh, it was reward for all that suffer
ing!
'tQueenie, 1 have it yet" he whis-
pered, taking from his vest pocket the
betrothal ring which he had carried
all these ears.
cit has never left me, for I always
had hoped that a time might come
when l could restore it to the finger
where it belonged It was with me
on that dark, gloomy day at San Juan
hill, where 1 saw so many noble mer
die.
81 carried it over my heart and
prayed that if 1 fell some Sphanisf
bullet might pass through the band Of
love to reach heart that beat fol
you. Oh, Queenie, did you know thai
you have never"
Swing partners to place.
What an abomination was that ole
fiddler and the dance to Jack.
When he next got an opportunit;
he whispered:
Never been out of my mind
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-24
Rest Cottage at Evanston.

The home of Mrs. Frances E. win.
lard at Evanston, Ill, now the head
quarters of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, is not only valued
for its usefulness to the association
and endeared because of its associa-
ton with its former beloved owner,
but the fact that the part of the house
once occupied by Miss Willard and her
mother is kept by its present holder,
Miss Anna Gordon, who has a life
lease of the premises, in exactly the
same condition as when Miss Willard
had them. All the personal belongings
of Miss Willard are preserved with
greatest care, and visitors consider it
a privilege to see the home that once
sheltered so dear a woman. It is Miss
Gordon's purpose to place the furni-
ture, of which she is the sole legatee,
in the hands of the Woman's Chris
tan Temperance Union at her death,
with the understanding that they be
considered a sacred trust In the
meantime she keeps the place in per-
feet repair, and has a housekeeper
there, when she herself must be alb
sent, so that temperance workers may
always be admitted.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-24
Grand jury Ignores Indictme,t.

Philadelphia, Nov. 26.-The United
States grand jury ignored the bills of
Indictment against Isaac A Sweieard.
former superintendent OF the PhiIadel-
phia and Reading Railway company
who was charged by the brotherhood
OF Railroad Trainmen with having dis
charged employees OF the Reading CON-
Pany because they were members of
the brotherhood The charge was by
the president of the brotherhood. Val
entine Fitzpatrick, whose headquarters
are at Cleveland.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-24
Dom Paul in Paris

London, Nov 27.-Mr Kruger's tri-
umphal passage from Marseilles to
Paris is regarded with curious and I'M
expected Indifference.
The recognition of Mr. Kruger as
being still President of the Transvaal
by both the French government and
the Queen OF Holland is due to Great
Britain's own fault in not communi-
eating to the powers the annexation of
the South African republics. So long
as this is not done, Mr.. Kruger has a
perfect right to be treated as sover-
eign travelling incognito.
This failure to notify the powers
initiates still more seriously against
Great Britain for until this interna-
tiOnal formality is observed no right
exists to treat the inhabitants of the
BOer republic as rebels.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-24
Sale of Short Horns.

Kansas City, Nov. 24.-The sale of
Shorthorns in Kansas City was COM
posed entirely of cattle from Kansas
herds. They were from the herds of
H NJ. Hill of La Fontaine, Kan, and
c. F. Wolf & Son of Ottawa, Kan. and
b. w Gowdy of Garrett. Kan. Sixty
cattle were sold at this sale, six of
which were bought by Carl Welding
of Topeka. The six that were sold
brought s125, $40, $50, 500, $40 and
500.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-24
The Kansas semi-CantenniaI

Topeka, Nov. 24.-The Kansas Semi
Centennial Exposition company is re-
ceiving many requests for the small
round dies used in advertising the ex-
position.
Sixty of them have been sent to news
papers and requests for $50 have been
received. A large number will be made
and all who will use them on stationery
can have them by requesting them of
H NJ. Philips. The dies are about an
inch in diameter and bear the follow
ing: Kansas Semi-CentenDial Expo
sition. Topeka, I904
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-24

Seated by the glowing embers in the
gloomy old frelit hall, watching the
flame retreat, advance, flare up in
splendor, and then die into dull
glow, was Jack Long. Thirty-hVe
years had elapsed since Jack first saw
the light of day, and his life had been
as full of joy and misery, of light and
shadows, as the ordinary life of man
Kind.
Typical of the ever-burning glow
was a love within his heart which ten
years had not smothered.
Like the fire fame Ieaping high and
sinking low, was the hope in his
breast
AS Jack sat there alone, gazing into
the fire, thoughts OF bygone days-cam
over him, trooping at his memory's
call
Mingled with those memories was
fair and radiant maiden, with hair Oh
sunshine and eyes of azure. This i'm
age conjured up so vivid and ifelike
was his loving, laughing sweetheart,
QueenIe Graham, as she looked on that
Thanksgiving night SO long ago.
It would be ten years on the NOR
row since he had last gazed upon the
dimpled, smiling, roguish face which
he loved so well.
They were then betrothed, and see
wore the betrothal- ring which he had
placed upon her finger only a few
weeks before
How vivid that picture came before
his eyes. Ten years seemed to have
rol1eu backward, and he was a youth
Of 25 again, and Queenie Graham, his
adored one. 4 blushing maiden of 10.
The old-fashioned farmhouse, with
white, oaken floor, and the boys with
their sweethearts, and the jolly old
fiddler who played half asleep, only
awaking to call out in deep, stentor-
ious tones:
Swing partners to place.
The lamps swinging from the ceiling
flooded the scene with the most bril-
liant light.
Gay laughter and jest told of light
hearts, and happy faces glowed to the
soul-stirring music of the Irish Wash
erwoman," sawed off by the fiddler
Jacks love, like all true love, did
not run smooth. In fact, love begets
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-24
Bank Commissioner AIbaueh.

Kingman, Nov. 27.-Mort Albaueh
is to be bank commissioner for Kansas.
succeeding John w. Breidenthal.
Some days ago the position was ten
dered by Governor Stanley: Albaugh
considered the matter and has agreed
to accept. Governor Stanley communi-
Gated with Comptroller Dawes con
corning Albaugh's ability in banking
matters The reply embraced the
statement that Albaugh had attended
was receiver, in q way that was en-
tirely satisfactory to the department.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-24
AGREED oNA PRELIMINARY.
said to BE On the Lines of the Frenel,
Note to the Power.


Note to the Powers.
Pelin, Nov. 27.-The diplomatic
body held final meeting end agreed
upon the terms of the reliminary
treaty. Nothing now remains except
to secure the approval of the respective
governments before definite negotia-
tions with the Chinese peace commits
sioners are begun.
The precise terms of the settlement
have not yet been made public here,
but it is believed, outside the diplomat
lie corps, that the main points are in a
substantial agreement with those con-
tanned in the French note to the powers,
namely punishment for the guilty, in
demnity to governments and individ-
uals, retention of strong legation
guards, and the occupation of certain
places between Pekin and Taku.
A party of American cavalry went
to disperse a band of bandits in vii
lage sixteen miles from Pekin. The
village was found strongly fortified,
but the Americans attacked and cap
tured it, killing seven Chinese.
secret edict from Sianfu to the
provincial vieeroys and governors or
ders them to cease the manufacture of
modern arms and to revert to the old
type of weapons because modern arms
have proved utterly useless against
the foreigners
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-24
Damage by Floods.

San Francisco. Cal, Nov. 24.-Great
gulches were moved out of the ground
thirty feet deep and several hundred
feet long; massive stone abutments
were carried of like so much chaff and
even the stout spans of iron bridges
failed to Withstand the wind and wa
ter. The thousands of dollars worth
of damage has been done to railroad
property in the state. 1t viii take
many days to revise the damage done
in some sections. There were seven
teen washouts between here and Los
Angeles on the Southern Pacific.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-24

its own misery. re was madly jeal-
Gus when she smiled on Sam Brown,
and in swinging partners Sam held
her hand too long and squeezed it too
ardently to suit the jealous lover.
"Queenie, you're a flirt," he de-
clared, Il saw you wink at Sam
Brown"
She turned on him with proud,
flashing eyes, and said:
Don't be surprised if I call you an
other. You kissed Susie Bell
That's not true"
Eyes, you did; for I heard her tell
Mary Courtwright."
1T is false, Queenie,' he cried. in
his indignation. Susie Bell was a.
round-faced, ugly country girl with no
attractions, and tongue given to mis-
chief making.
The dance went on, and the lovers
quarrel with it. AS Jack and Queenie
whirled in the giddy mazes of the
dance that silly, childish quarrel
waxed hot, enhancing her beauty with
every angry word she uttered.
At last, as the fset was over" she
suddenly jerked the betrothaI emblem
from her finger, and thrusting it into
his hand said:
Here is your ring; you can marry
Miss Sue"
With a heavy heart the angry Jack
Long donred his topcoat and winding
his muller about his neck to keep the
chill November air from his throat,
went out into the night never to look
upon the face of that adored being
again.
He heard from Queenie occasionally,
and at last that she had gone east to
1--we. How far east or what part OF
too proud to ask.
She was lost to him forever, and he
grew melancholy. He went west. to
be as far from her as possible, and en-
gagged in business at frontier town,
with cowboys and ranchmen for his as
sociates.
Then came the mutte-ings of war
with Spain.
He had always loved the weak, and
sprang to the first call to arms. Rough
riders were wanted, and he had learned
to mount the widest broncho.
He enlisted, and hurried OF to the
front at Santiago he landed, and in
the march to the city was in the first
/ skirmish
Then came that noble charge on San
Juan HIN He led the charge amid
dust and heat, fighting like q mad man
until struck down, faint and bleeding,
he lay on mother. earth to die.
sQueenie, Queenie, oh, my 1ong-Iost
loved one, shall 1 never see you more2''
he was heard to murmur, as borne
away from the field. Somehow there
was something in this piteous cry
which touched the hearts of those who
heard it a newspaper man who was
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-24
chief JustIce .Johnsfon

Topeka. Nov. 27-The constitutional
amendment providing for an increase
OF the supreme court from three to
seven members, which carried. at the
recent Kansas election, provides that
the judge who is senior IN continuous
term of service shall be chief justice.
W. A Johnston, who has just been re-
elected, and who has already served
twelve years on the supreme bench,
viii therefore be chief justice of the
court after the new judges come in,
and viii hold it for six years.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-24
would Abolish all of Them.

Cincinnati. o., Nov. 26.-The twenty
fourth annual convention of the Amer
lean Secular and Freethought society
began here with the annual address by
President John E. Remsburg of Kan
sas. Secretary E. C. Reich reported a
membership of 5000.
The society is considering PROPOSE
tions to abolish chaplains in Congress,
the army, navy and state institutions
and to eliminate the Bible from public
schools.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-24

Constantnople, Nov. 26.-The porte
has definitely rejected the request for
an exequa1ur for United States con
sui a. HarPoOl- This refusal is a direct
violation Of treaty rights: and,
consequently, DIR. Thomas h. Norton
who was appointed TO establish con-
sulate at Harpool, has been directed 20
proceed to his post The visit OF the
battIeship Kentucky to Smyrna is
believed to relate quite as much to
this matter as to the indemnity ques-
tion- .4-
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-24
PIncLr Mntoruoman.

The pretty and plucky daughter of
Frank Butler. the energetic treasurer
of the Automobile club OF London, has
driven her motor car TO Paris and
back. She is the first woman who has
so ventured, and it is pleasant to know
that the journey was brilliant sue
cess, the motor car behaving with per
feet propriety, and covering the lovely
country lying between Hayre and the
gay city in one day Most OF the
smarter French women can drive their
automobile, the first to set the exam
pie of obtaining a regular cerdhcats
being the Duchess dues. the only
woman IN. F. S. H" who hunts Der
own pack of staghOunds.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-24

There's a rattle down at Clancy's;
They are throwing for a turk
By the way the dice-box dances
You can see it's hard at work.
Whew! the air is close and smoky,
There's a crowd about the beer;
Every StalWart thirsty blOkey
Downs his pint without a fear
''Twinty-wan," called Jerry Clancy
And he pounded on the bar.
''Shure, the game is rather CLANCY,
Lucky divil that We are!
Come O'Brien. tax the Bird"
Then said Clancy, with q wink:
''Whirra, boys, an haven't We hear-r-d
O'Brien ashk yez all to dhrink?"
There were twenty-Seven husky men
Gathered there about the bar.
''Whiskey hereH' each shouted then.
Clancy answered: Here yez are!
Tin cints aich. We lucky sinner!'
''FaiXl'' O'Brien said, ''thotS mattel
IT'S a moighty coshtly dinner
Eight years old, four pounds in weighti
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-24
Germany WANT namanas

Berlin, Nov. 27.-The Pan-German
association has taken up the cause of
several hundred Germans who were
expelled from the TransvaaI by the
British. It announces that it will
force the government TO make an
energetic demand upon Great Britain
for ADEQUATE damages"
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-24
Mormon Emmigration to nIexloo.

Ell Paso. Tex, Nov. 26.-Mormons
from Utah continue to flock to Mexico,
where several thriving colonies have
been established. F. johnson, agent
for the colonies, arrived from Salt
Lake City with So Mormons They
will be distributed among the different
colonies near Casas Grandes-
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-24
Insurgent Omeers CaDtured.

Manila, Nov. 26.-Dorotion, Karrag-
dag, an insurgent lieutenant colonel,
and Manuelo Lazara, swho. it is said,
was Torres quartermaster, have been
arrested in Bulacan province.
Karragdag had previously been ar
rested and paroled.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-24

The Instinct OF Liberty.
Nature imprints upon whate'er re see,
That has a heart and life init. BE
tree.s -Pwper.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1901-08-24

Swing partners to place"
What an abomination was that old
fiddler and the dance to Jack.
When he next got an opportunit;
he whispered:
Never been out of my mind
The representative., 1901-02-28
Prof. Howard.

Prof. Howard, the latest Leland STAN
ford martyr to untamed speech, instead
OF seeking an asylum in the Nebraska
State University, will remain In San
Francisco to complete book on which
he has been working. This shows la
mentable lack of foresight in thus
throwing away the opportunity of a
lifetime to take advantage of the free
advertising achieved by his unenviable
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bee.
Where is Prof. Howard's "unenviable
notoriety?" We can't see it. He left
Stanford University because an ignorant
OLD woman was endeavoring to instruct
educated men in their political duties.
He had to stultify himself or quit. He
quit, but he did not try to gain notoriety
by his action. He quietly resigned and
mcdestly engaged in other studies. Why
should the administration organs hound
him for simply doing his manly duty?
If he had held his job he would have
been a coward aud knave. BY resign
ing he showed the world that in mat
ter of conscience he was too great a
man to bow before the mandate of en-
croaching plutocracy. All honor to
Prof. Howard and the other able men
who have abandoned the Stanford Uni
versity at the command of their own
s.-Nonconformist.
The representative., 1901-02-28
Municipal TelephOneA.

Toronto, Canada, has started on the
first stage of municipal telephone pro-
ject. Contracts have been prepared
which are rapidly being signed by the
citizens and returned to the city clerk.
AS soon as 5000 subscribers are obtain
Ell and the necessary money procured,
the system will be put in operation.
The charges for service will be as fol-
lows: Business houses, not to exceed
$35 year; private residences, not to
exceed $40 year.
These rates, which are one-third lower
than the Bell company have been charg-
ing, will cover an unlimited service with
all subscribers connected with the city
of Toronto telephone exchange.
The Bell company has heretofore had
a complete monopoly Of the telephone
business, not only of Toronto but
throughout the province. and has de-
clared its intention to leave no stone un-
turned to crush the municipal system.
The outcome of the fight is being watch
ed with great interest in other Canadian
cities.-Coming Nation.
The representative., 1901-02-28

Emil Zola, the famous Frenchman,
has written an article for the New York
World. ITO think" he says, that even
today Socialism-the wonderful doctrine
OF salvation-scientifica and prac-
tically irrefutable, though 1t is COM
PEELED to gain converts slowly, one by
one, is condemned without hearing by
most people, it's advocates driven from
every point of vantage-the church,
pulpit, university hall, the editorial
chair! Why, to make Socialism go
down your progressive American
throats, Edward Bellamy (he said so
himself) was compelled to sugar-coat
1t with the fiction Of Looking Back
ward!' These are facts which must
bravely be uncovered to the public gaze
But, after all, l am not pessimist. De-
ploring the present, look forward into
this pregnant new century with joyful
confidence"
This has created sensation among
literary people, and his words will no
doubt have effect.
The representative., 1901-02-28

If the government can carry four
pounds of freight, as it does in the pos
tai service, why cannot it carry 40
pounds Why not 40 tons? Naturally
the telegraph is allied with the postal
sevice. The latter transmits communi-
cations by letter and newspapers, while
the other flashes it over the wires to
points hundreds or thousands of miles
apart. These utilities should be grouped
and operated by the government-that
IS, the people instead Of farming out the
privileges to corporations for private
gain.-Southern Mercury.
On account of inefficient service by
private companies the people of Galena,
III (Gen Grants old home), have just
completed and put into operation
| magnificent public electric light plant.
The private concerns are already stand
ing idle being unable to compete with
the public plant which is operating at
cost.-Coming Nation.
The representative., 1901-02-28

An English editor is visiting in this
country and he has been giving Ameri-
can newspaper men few pointers. He
says that On his new paper, which has
a. 100000 circulation, daily, young
men only are employed-the old fellows
can rustic for themselves. He says the
newspaper of the future will be printed
simultaneously in all the large cities,
which will crush out the smaller fry.
This will be practical when the machine,
now nearly completed, which will enable
an operator in New York to duplicate
the matter he sets in type In every town
in the United States connected by wire
with the machine, is in operation.
The representative., 1901-02-28
A New Estlmate of the Earth's Age

New Estimate Of the Earth's Age.
simple and ingenious method of
estimating the earth's age from the
amount Of lime contained in the ocean
has been devised by a Dutch professor.
His reasoning is thus given in La Ma
ture December 28):
prof. Eugene Dubois, Of Amsterdam,
asserts that the ocean, which gets its
carbonate OF lime from the rivers. now
contains as much Of this substance as
it can dissolve, and that the streams
are carrying an excess down to it. A
considerable quantity of this carbonate
is often found In matter held in sus-
pension In the great rivers, and 1t Is
evident that in these cases the water
must be saturated The quantity of
carbonate In the rivers is determined
by the rocks of the drainage area. The
author gives, reasons for believing that
not more than thirtieth OF the car
Donate discharged by the rivers into tho
ocean Is formed by silicates. His cal
The representative., 1901-02-28
Waste.

A German named Siegel quietly
bought up fine site in Camden, N. J..
three years ago, and erected complete
sugar refinery at cost Of some two mil
lions. When he was ready to start up,
the Sugar trust made him offer after offer
and finally paid him all he had expended
and one million on top Of it, and the
refinery has never turned wheel. But
the Sugar trust Will now proceed to COL
lect that $3,OO0,000 from sugar users in
the price they pay for sugar. Under full
organization or public ownership of the
trusts there would be just as many
sugar refineries as were needed to SUP
ply the country-but no more. Waste.
can only be corrected In this way
Coming Nation.