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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-07-19
VAST ARMY OF DEAD.
In IA Years the Railroads Of the United
States Have Killed 86,275 Men
Other Statistics.

Washington, July 15.-The inter
state commerce commission has an
nounced an abstract of statistics of
railways in the United States for the
year ended June 80, 1900. Sixteen rail-
ways went into receivership during
the year, while IS were taken out of
receivership hands, leaving SO in re-
Ownership on June 80, 1900. The ag-
gregate mileage was 259,7ss, includ-
ing 1913. 956 of single track. The COM
missions report includes 2,025 rail-
way corporations. The total num-
Der of locomotives and cars was T.
4sS, 501. The railways averaged 20 To-
comotives and 753 cars per 100 miles
OF line. There were 1,O17, 653 railway
employees of all classes and $577, 1864, S41
was paid in wages and salaries. The
net earnings from railway operation
were $525,616, 1903, an increase of over
$6s 100000 for the year. There were
576, 1865, 230 passengers and 1,101 $50, 23s
tons of freight carried. The average
revenue, passenger, per mile, was %
cents and for the 10 years ended June
80, 1900, the total casualties comprised
S6,277 killed and 69.O27 injured.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-07-19
OUTLOOK BRIGHTER.
Rain Fell in Kansas This Week and
a, Hopeful Air Prevails.
secretary Coburn Says Damage to Hay and
Cofn IL Serious but the Deficiency wiz
ne Partially Made Up by Crops OF
Kamr Corn and Alfalfa.

topeka, Kan, July 16.-The out
look In drought-striclxen Kansas was
much more favorable last night.
nam Tell in the state yesterday and
. much cooler and more hopeful air
pervades. The air shows that the in-
tensely dry condition is gone. A fore
cast sent out covering the entire state
says that rain may now be expected
III generous quantities. Crops have
been greatly helped, and distress has
been relieved. Southern and eastern
Kansas received the most benefit
from the rain yesterday. In no case
was it hard rain, but much good
resulted.
Coffeyville, Eldorado, Independence,
Valley Falls, Wellington, Wichita,
Wamego, Oskaloosa, Manhattan and
Abilene reported good rains. In
Wellington the rain was accompanied
by high wind, wrecking buildings
and injuring some people. There the
rain was too late to rescue the corn,
but will be of great help to pastures,
alfalfa and Kaffir corn. In Valley
Falls half an inch of rain fell, ac-
companied by some hail. A heavy
rain yesterday morning extended
from Emporia to Ottawa. A rain is
also reported from Lawrence. The
showers that occurred in the vicin-
ity of Arkansas City and between
Newton and Hutchinson are described
as being too small to greatly benefit
the crops.
F. d. Coburn, secretary of the state
board of agriculture, does not share
in the general opinion of the ruin
that will come upon Kansas as a re-
suit of the dry spell. The damage to
hay and corn has been serious, but
the deficiency will be nearly made up
by the great crops of Kaffir corn and
alfalfa that have been raised. Mr.. CO.
burn states that there are over 9O0,-
600 acres of Kaffir corn and alfalfa
in the, state, which has not been ma
terially affected by the dry weather.
In addition to this there are 100000
900 bushels of old corn in the hands of
the farmers. This of itself is nearly
a fourth of the average crop. The
farmer who has stored his corn for
the last two years will not be seri-
'ously crippled.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-07-19
LEAGUERS STRANDED.
PickpOckets at Colorado Springs Take
Money and Tickets from Travellers
Bound for San Francisco.

Glenwood Springs, Col, July 15.---
The thoroughly organized gang of
pickpockets operating at Colorado
Springs is responsible for party of
about 20 Epworth leaguers becoming
stranded here. Men and women alike
have been robbed, not only of every
cent they had with them, but of rail-
road tickets as we'll. In at least ten
instances thieves even secured their
victims trunks on the stolen baggage
checks. Maj. S. X. Hooper, general
passenger agent of the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad, authorized the Glen
wood Springs agent to furnish passes
to Ogden to stranded passengers who
desired to continue their journey
west.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-07-19
NEW PARTY IN THE FIELD.
bryan Democrats in Ohio Bolt Recent
state Convention and VIII Name
q Ticket

Cleveland, O., July 15.-On July 81
Ohio democrats who believe in Bryan
and the issues which he represents,
which the recent democratic conven.
ton ignored, will assemble in Colum.
bus and make up state ticket. Ten
men met yesterday morning in a
downtown Office building in this city
and decided that bolt should be
made and that new party should
enter the field of Ohio politics. The
attendance at the conference was
large and represented a greater area
in the state than was expected by
those who called the meeting.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-07-19
DEMANDS OF EDUCATORS.
National Association Adopts Resolutions In
Favor of Compulsory Education aud
Consolidation of Rural Schools.

Detroit, Mich, July 1.-THE Nation.
al Educational association, at the last
session of it's fortieth annual con-
vention, adopted a declaration OF
principles declaring that the problem
of elementary education is the most
important one with which the state
must deal. The association declared
that it's powers should be extended
SO that it should have jurisdiction
over matters of education in all ou1
new possessions. Compulsory educa.
ton laws and the consolidation OF
rural schools were Endorsed, and state
support of institutions for the train.
ing of teachers is recommended.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-07-19
BIG FIRE AT ENID.
Public Square Burned--Buildings Dyna-
mited to Check Flames.

Enid, Ok, July 15.-Four blocks Of
business houses on the public square
we're destroyed by fire i'll less than
three hours time by fire that start
ed after midnight Saturday night.
The water supply was inadequate AMI
it was necessary to blow up buildings
with dynamite to check the flames.
Owing to the continued drought
everything burned like match wood.
4 light wind blowing from the south
east saved the eastern part of the
town. The total loss is estimated at
slightly over 100000.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-07-19
RATIO OF SEVEN TO ONE.
1t Is Estimated That About 80 900 Person.
win Register for the $1,000 Claims In
the New Indian Country.

Ell Reno, Ok, July 14.-The total
registration at both Ell Reno and Law.
ton will probably not exceed $4,000
persons. Among these $4,000 claims
are to be distributed. Last Tuesday il
was thought that the minimum reg.
istration would not be below 100000
but in four days only 2o,422 registra
tons have been made at the two
towns-15,622 at Ell Reno and 1880 at
Lawton. This is an average of about
500 day for both places combined
Commissioner Richards is of the opin
ion that the total for the 416 days
would not be greater than 6O,0OO.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-07-19
HE WANTS NO BOLT.
w. j. Bryan Criticises Ohio Democratic
Platform. But Says State Ticket
Should BE Supported.

Lincoln, Neb., July 16.-In extended
comment on the platform adopted
by the Ohio democratic convention w.
j. Bryan criticises the convention for
its failure to reaffirm the Kansas City
platform and for what he regards as
the weakness of some of the planks
it. did adopt. Mr.. Bryan insists that
the convention made mistake in
making himself (Bryan) an issue, and
says: "Mr. Bryan is not candidate
for any Office and a mention of him
might have been construed by some
as an Endorsement of him for Office.
The vote should have been upon the
naked proposition to indorse the plat
form of last year and then no one
could have excused his abandonment
of democratic principles by pleading
his dislike for Mr.. Bryan"
Referring to the senatorial fight
and the reported candidacy of John
X. Mclean, he says: "Did the leaders
ignore the money question in order
to please those who bolted? Or does
Mr.. Mclean want to be left free to
affiliate with the republican financial
questions in ease of his election?"
He concludes as follows: eff any
of the Ohio democrats feel aggrieved
because the recognizing element Of
the party triup., led at the conven-
ton, let them aot visit their disap-
pointment upon the state ticket, but
rather see to the nominations of
senators and representatives who will,
select trustworthy senator. Let
them see to it also that the state plat
form is made at the primaries next
time, rather than at the convention"
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-07-19
YoUNGERs OUT OF PRISON.
First Day Of Freedom Was Spent ON .
Steamboat Excursion Up the st.
CrOix River.

St. Paul, Mimi, July 15.-Coleman
and James Younger, who were grant
ed conditional parole by the board
of pardons on Wednesday last, were
released from the Saltwater peniten-
tiary at ten o'clock yesterday morn
ing. At present they will make their
home in Saltwater and it has not
yet been decided where they will be
employed. The men spent their first
day of freedom upon steamboat exc
cursion up the st. Croix river.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-07-19
PLEASED WITH HIS VISIT.
Political Visit to President Me-
Kinley at Washington.

HAVANA, July 16.-All day crowds
lined the wharves awaiting the arrival
of Gen. Maxine Gomez, intending 20
give him a grand reception when he
landed, but owing to a delay of his
steamer only his family were present
when he iisembarked. Gen. Gomez
expressed himself as well pleased with
the result of his trip to the United
States.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-07-19
Rushlng stock TO Market.

Kansas City, No., July 15.-The
drought in Kansas and Missouri has
played havoc with the live stock in.
terests of the two states in the last
few days, and if it continues through.
out this week it may require several
years to recover from it's effects. The
fact that more than 63, 900 cattle and
more than 1000 hogs were marketed
in the last week is cause for alarm
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-07-19
"Dick" Liddell Dead.

Cincinnati, July 15.-"Dick' Liddell,
the former Missouri bandit and train
robber, who has been attending the
Queen City races, where he has been
running his horses, died Saturday
from heart trouble, after lingering
illness of three weeks. 'Dick" Lid
dell was member of the Jesse James
gang.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-07-19
Sailing Alone In Mid-Ocean.

Galveston, Tex, July 15.-Capt
Woods, of the British steamer Mo
hawk, which has arrived here, reports
having spoken the little sloop Great
Republic, bound from Boston to Lis.
bon, in midocean. The sole occupan!
of the little sloop asked to be reported
"all well" The little sloop was about
half way, to, Lisbon. 1t was about
1000 miles east of Boston them.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-07-19
Win cary Exhlbit. OF Thelr states.

Omaha, Neb., July 14.-Maj. r. s
Wilcox, department commander of the
G. A. r. for Nebraska, invited Colo
RADIO, Utah, Idaho, Montana and Wy
oming to join the Nebraska delegation
to attend the Cleveland encampmenf
in September in body. Most of the
states will carry exhibits of products
of the western states.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-07-19
ALLEN QUITS PORTO RICO.
Governor OF the Island Packed His House
hold Effects Saturday and Sailed
for New York.

San Juan, P. r., July 15.-Gov. Allen
and his wife, with their household eff
fects, sailed for New York Saturday
on the Mayfower. Gov. Allen adj
mittcd he had nointention of returning
to Porto Rico. It is semi-officially
announced that he will enter the dip
lomatic service.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-07-19
Rain Fan at Denisou, Tex.

Denisons Tex, July 15.-The worst
drought ever experienced in this
section was broken yesterday after
noon by terrific rainfall of over
two hours duration, the volume of
rain being almost equal to a cloud
burst. The storm was accompanied
by winf of almost tornado force.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-07-19

Newton, Kan, July 15.-Newton was
Saturday night the scene of shock
ing tragedy. Miss Oma Beers, the 49,
yean-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Beers, of this city. was shot
and killed BY Herbert Shacklett, re-
jected suitors who then killed him,
cell. s.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-07-19
POPULATION OF CITIES
AND TOWNS IN KANSAS
As Shoum By An Official Bslefdn list Issued
from the Census Office

The number Of Incorporated cities, towns
and villages in Kansas has Increased from
bulletin gives the population of these places
as follows:
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

Franklin Price. a grand old Chicago
vanced doctrine" tending to show that
marriage Is a failure and declaring for
anarchy in affairs Of the heart and in
the relations of men and women. 1t
didn't please Mr.. Price. He had just
celebrated his golden wedding and was
happy with that chastened kind Of af-
lection that comes with years and pro-
longed association with a good woman.
To show that marriage Is not failure
this old lover got together list of 125
couples who have lived together from
fifty to seyenty-five years in peace and
happiness They were all persons that
had either come within his knowledge
or were personal acquaintances. The
institution Of marriage is In no danger,
and attacks ON 1t are unworthy of serl-
GUS thought The marriage ceremony
Is simply the part that society and the
State play in a union that should have
nothing but love for its foundation IL it
Is to be a true marriage. People who
really love seldom trouble the divorce
courts. They may have differences.
There are thorns all along the way of
life and few escape them. But consid-
erateness Is one of the fine qualities
that comes from love and Is developed
by married life 1t is easy to forgive
when there Is sincere affection. Stand
ing alone divorce statistics are appall-
ing. They present panorama Of self
ishness, deceit, lying. greed and the
mistakes of humanity. Most of the
people concerned should never have
married. Compare the divorce statis-
tics with the great list of happy mar
riages. and they are nothing. There is
not material left for a public scare nor
ground for an attack on an institution
that will endure as long as hearts are
the foundations on which good men and
women build happy homes.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

Encke's little comet, named after the
French astronomer who first discovered
its periodicity, is now on one Of its
every Observation-Disclosures visits to
the earth's gaze. No other known COM
ct has period SO short. and probably,
In consequence, none other has a re-
corded history SO large. Many other
comets are domesticated. SO to speak,
celebrating occasional old home weeks
Of their own. Twice had a welI-known
astronomer hunted down comet, only
TO find that rival comet hunter was a
few hours ahead OF him. The third
time he was confident the prize was
really his. and the news of the new
discovery was circulated. 81 think"
wrote his friend. you will find 1t is my
comet Of six years ago come back"
So 1t was, and the disgusted reply came
by wire. why don't you keep your
comets chained upY'
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

the globe. The French peasantry are
the most thrifty OF all the peasantry
of Europe. They are small land own
ers and have millions of francs in
bank. 1t was an easy task for France
TO pay of the tremendous idemnity de-
handed by the Germans after the
Franco Prussian war France has
money with which to maintain n war,
and that is an important thing as war
goes nowadays Few Frenchmen
leave France. There is comparatively
no loss by emigration. Germany loses
heavily by emigration. The young
men OF France find opportunities at
home. Young Germans, Englishmen,
Austrians and Italians must go from
home TO find q chance 10 better their
fortunes. II the low birth rate OF
France 10 an evidence of physical de-
cay II Is of course calamitous and
threatens final destruction. Otherwise
II has its compensations.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05
Zuius of the Railroads.

"Do you know what a Zulu Isl" said
an old railroad man. The travelling man
who was waiting for his train smiled
In a way that was meant to indicate
he knew all the species Of Zulus thai
ever existed, and told the railroad man
about the Africans. called Zulus, who
maintained that continents reputation
for lighting before the Beers stepped
In.
Little was doing In the railroad
mans line just then. so he listened.
"Well. they may be Zulus all right
not the sort of Zulus that travel on
railroads. There is the kind that runs
into these yards" and he pointed down
the track, where box ear stood.
A stone pipe protruded through a
hole In the door. The pipe was at an
angle of about 80 degrees. A cloud
of smoke was coming from II. -Four
blooded horses and n man were the oc
cupants of that. The man was the
Zulu. Taking care of valuable stock
en- route from one market to another
was his business. He was type of
class that railroad men on every line
haey named the Zulus. They lit up the
center of the cars for sort Of living
room, and there in the midst OF theli
animals live as happily as the roads
president who passes them in his pri'
vate car.-Chlcago Inter Ocean.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

Now not a mustang can be found in
a days travel, or a weeks. and only an
infrequent jack breaks in on the mo-
notony of desert ride. Ten years ago
zoo. 200 mustangs were scattered over
the ranges in Texas. New Mexico and
Arizona. As the bicycle grew in favor
the horse decreased in value. and the
mustang became an outcast and an out
law. He intruded on the cattle ranges.
and was shot for his pains. the eowmen
intent ON the saving of feed for their
stock. He ventured amid the sheep
fiocks. and the coyotes Toasted on his
carcass.
Everywhere he was a worthless rep
rebate, an interloper, and valuable only
as a target for the revolver OF the va
quero. BY ln-breeding the species
grew smaller, and the mustangs finish
was perceivable. The extremely low
price of high-grade Eastern horses put
the cayuse out of service. and his only
haven Of refuge was among the In
dams. The red men harbored him, fed
and tanned him. and to-day on the res
ervations can be found the last of his
race, disappearing as did the buffalo,
but from a different cause. His ex-
termination was rapid and somewhat
of a mystery. Many stoekmen attrib-
ute it merely to degeneration. but elev-
er observers assert that many thousands
of the ponies of the desert were surrep-
tiously converted into canned beef and
are even now being served over East
ern tables and army messes as select
product of the cattle range. Be that
as 1t may, the mustang is no more and
has been replaced by higher and finer
breed of the equine species. over
plains where once roamed the vast
herds of mustangs which. by the way,
were doubtless the offspring of horses
brought over soon after the Spanish in
vasion-now feed as fine horseflesh as
can be found anywhere in the world
Arizona Republican.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05
Vegetable Chnractcrisfics.

Certain plants are bohemian, nour-
ishlng themselves from day to day
without care for the morrow.
Others, on the contrary. are pro-
foundly selfish or proyident-but for
themselves, without occupying them
selves with their neighbors. Such Is.
above all. the case with the potato
which, so long as II Is living. not only
takes the food and water necessary to
It's daily nourlshment, but makes
strong provision, storing-like the ant
Its nourishment for winter In its tuber-
cles. SO when II has lost Its green
leaves. when Its stem Is dry. 1t can
sleep in peaceful hope OF renewed
spring, Its capital is put to one side
ready TO give new dividends at the
general assembly OF plants the follow
Ing year. But II works for Itself alone.
on the contrary. the bean Is plant
devoted to her children. Knowing that
she is soon going to die, she hurries
to give her children the nourishment
which II will be impossible for her to
give later. She surrounds them with
a sort OF pocket Of nourlshment which
will permit them, when they are sep
arated from her by wind or by death.
TO find their own existence. This elias
slficatlon OF plants into bohemians and
selfish and unselfsh Is worthy Of being
remarked.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05
HIGHER EDUCATION.
Wonderfully Great Work of Colleges
of the Unite States.

Wonderfully Great Work of Colleges
of the Unite States.
Today there are 629 universities and
colleges and three schools of technology
in the United States. The total value
of the property possessed by lnstitu-
tons for higher education amounts to
S3i2, SSS,361, a gain of about $31 ,O00,-
600 over the amount Of the preceding
year. The endowment fund amounts to
S15I, 53T $50 The total income for the
year, excluding benefactions, amounts
to $27, 739. 154. The value of gifts and
requests during the years 1f9S-1S99
amounted to $31, 925, 436. Some $500
is Invested for each student who Is now
enjoying the advantages Of any of the
institutions of learning.
Classical courses claim by far the
greater number of students-33,5 $50
students out of the 147, 64-whjle 2S,-
900 were taking the general culture
courses, 1888 instruction iD agrleul-
ture, 4.376 in mechanical engineering
and 2,320 In electrical engineering;
1902 students were studying mining
engineering, CIT architecture, 0,oOl ped
agogy, and 6,69S were taking business
courses.
The number of degrees conferred dur
ing the year for work done was 15,0S7-
10, 794 on men and 4,293 on women.
Thirty-eight different varieties Of de-
grees were conferred. and In some cases
only one candidate received a degree
musical doctor, for example. Seven
hundred and thirty-five honorary de-
grees were conferred.
In 1872 the number of students to
each 100000 of population was 573,
in 1880 1t had increased to 40, in 1890
to $50, in 1893 to 1887, while In 1899
the number was ,196.-Scientific
American.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-12-05

People so frequently blame a doctor
for failing to perform impossibilities
that at the recent meeting of the Brit
ish Medical Association a distinguished
physician undertook to state the case
fairly, and show that some Of the bur
den Of failure ought to rest upon the
patients. As human beings have be
come more sensitive to pain. he said,
they have got Into the habit of requir-
ing treatment that produces immediate
results. Thence arise two evils-dan-
gerous experiments with drugs and
needless recourse to surgery. The aver
age invalid, said this medical man,
wants to know at once what is the mat
ter with him. The doctor cannot al
ways tell, and would like to await de-
yelopments. But the patient insists on
being dosed, and as often as not de-
mands that an operation" be per-
formed II he were content to go TO
bed and keep still, his ailment might
cure itself; yet IL the doctor suggests
this, the patient concludes that moth
ing 10 being done" for him, and he hast
ems to call another doctor. Two things
the public needs to realize: That the
best physicians do not travel with
knives In their hands-since they know
that surgery has its pains and perils,
as well as Its successes-and that they
are increasingly ayerse to dealing out
drugs. The great men of the profess
sion win half their victories with pure
air, cleanliness. proper diet, and insist
ence on exercise for well people and
rest for sick ones. Less famous physi-
clans would be glad to follow their ex-
ample II men and women would possess
their souls In patience and forego the
desire to turn their stomachs into
apothecary shops. Give the doctor-and
chance.