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The Lamar register., 1901-02-13

Trains and Q are vestibule trains between
Chicago and Denver, they will carry chair car
and Pullman through without change.
Trains and are local express trains and
viii carry first and second class coaches, tourist
,leepers and Pullman sleepers.
Ten per cent. reduction regular fare will be
made whom round trip tickets are purchased.
g. GARvIN. Agent.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-13

Office in N. e. Corner Union Hotel. Hours 9 to
IL a. m. and 80 to p. m. Graduate A. T.
Still School. Kirksville. Mo. Examination
and consultation free.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-08-30
GUESSING IS ALL RIGHT.
Attorney General Hands Down an
Opinion on Subject of Interest TO
Great Many People.

Washington, Aug. 25.-Attorney
General Knox has rendered to the
postmaster general an opinion on
whether a certain westerly daily pa
per has violated the laws prohibiting
the use of the mails for advertising
lotteries by advertising that it would
give 1,5OO prizes, aggregating $4,000
in value, to persons making the near
est estimate of the number of paid
admissions to the Pan-American ex-
position at Buffalo from the day of
opening to the day OF closing. The
attorney general upholds the rights
of the newspaper, declaring that the
contestants must 60 into careful in
quiry as to the facts about the expo
sition, public interest and attendance
to date and continues as follows:
''Such estimates, therefore, while
necessarily dependent in many re-
spects upon chance, are likewise af-
fected by the intelligent calculations
of a thoughtful observer"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-08-30
Is TROUBLE FEARED?
Precautions Taken at Manila to
Prevent an Uprising.
a Civilian Scout Named Ferguson
Performs Daring Feat to Capture
DeseFter-4IacArthuE Says Fill
pinOs VIII BE Good Citizens.

Manila, Aug. 27.-In the city of Ma
Mia there are now less than 1000 eff
feetive soldiers and it has been decided
to increase this number by four com
Panies of infantry. There is a feeling
that, although there is no apparent
prospect of trouble, nevertheless in
the event Of an uprising in the fu-
ture such as is always possible among
the Malays, it would be better to have
a sufficient body of troops available.
Many army officers say they are graf
flied at the increase IN the military
force. They think that, with the mill
tary guard withdrawn from the pris-
on, another uprising there might re-
suit in the release of about 1 800 pris-
oners. This possibility is regarded
as a menace to the city by those who
take that view of the case, as they
regard the white guard as insufficient.
FergusOn's Daring Adventure.
Manila, Aug. 27.-Pitchers' first dis
patch from AIindoro tells how Lieut..
Hazard, of the Third cavalry, com
handing a troop of Macabebe scouts,
captured the American deserter, How
ard, who, as a leader of the Filipinos,
had been annoying the Americans
for many months. Ferguson, one of
Lieut.. Hazards civilian scouts, dis
guised as an insurgent, with eight
Macabebes, penetrated Into the camp
of Col. Athena, commanding 24O rifle
men and 200 bOIOmen, at night, located
Howard, bound and gagged him and led
him away without disturbing the
camp.
Capt. Harold L. Jackson, of the First
infantry, surprised Gen. LuIzban at
Pambukan, in the mountains of the
island of Samar. Three of the gen
erals guard were killed and Lukban
was wounded, but escaped. His fam
lily were captured. A captain and a
lieutenant were also made prisoners.
Sees Bright Future for Natives.
Chicago, Aug. eileen. Arthur Mac
Arthur, late commander in the Philip
pines, returns home strong in his faith
in the power of American institutions
to solve every problem in the islands.
He is optimistic also concerning the
native gifts OF the Filipinos, and their
possibilities of development. He be-
heves, moreover, that there is no army
like the army of the United States,
volunteers and regulars combined. OF
that delicate problem, the church
question, the matter of the friars, he
said this: Il am persuaded that the
application of Amer can institutions,
the spirit of the constitution and the
fundamental law of the separation OF
church and state, will solve every
problem growing out of the ecclesias-
teal situation, and I hope that appi'
cation will be no whit abated.''
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-08-30
WOULD SUCCEED VEST.
dacy for SenatOr-Has Exalted
Opinion of william J. Bryan.

st. Louis, Aug. 27.-Ex-GOv. VIII
liam J. Stone, who has been seriously
i'll, appeared at his Office Monday for
the first time in five weeks. In an in
terview the governor declared himself
a candidate for the United States sen
ate to succeed Hon. G. G. Vest and
said he still believed that silver
should be coined into standard money.
"BimetaIlism," he said, sis still an
issue, but the United States is better
off than other countries with the gold
Standard Speaking of the proposed
reorganization of the democratic par
ty, the governor said none was nee
essary. He declared W. J. Bryan to
be the most powerful man in the dem
ocratic party to-day.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-08-30
GOVERNMENT TRAITORS.
Inspection Omcers in Arizano Arrest
ed for Smuggling Chinese into
This Country for Money.

Washington, Aug. 26.-The treasury
officials have unearthed what they al
lege is a wide conspiracy in Nogales,
Ariz., to admit Chinese. Thus far the
collector at NOgales, William H Hoey,
and Chinese Inspector B. F. JOssey,
Frank How and another Chinaman
who lives at Clifton Ariz., have been
arrested. Other arrests VIII follow.
It is charged that the Chinese IN large
numbers have been permitted to cross
the border upon the payment to the
collector of anywhere from $50 to 500
apiece. Hoey was appointed about
a year and a half ago from Indiana
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-08-30
GOV. JENKINS BEsITATEs.
He VIII Not Give Up Negro Suspect
to Missouri Officers Unless Guar
anteed Protection from Mob.

Oklahoma City, Ok, Aug. 24.-Wil-
liam Favors, the negro held here on
the charge of being connected with
the Pierce City horror, was released
on a writ of habeas corpus yesterday
afternoon, but Immediately rearrest-
ed by the sheriff of this county as a
fugitive from justice. A telegram was
received here from the governor Of
Missouri stating that the requisitiOn
papers for FavOrs was on the way
here. Favors will be held pending
the decision of Gov. jenkins IN regard
to the requisition. 1t is believed here
that the governor viii not honor the
requisition unless assured that the
negro will be protected.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-08-30
FRANCE HAS HER WAY.
Sultan Of Turkey Had to Yield in the
Quays Dispute to Prevent DipIO-
matte Rupture.

Paris, Aug. 26.-Turkey has yielded
to French pressure, as was inevitable,
and a full rupture of the relations be-
tween the two countries has been
averted. The official eommunique an
nouncing the granting of the French
demands issued is as follows: SIN con-
sequence of the declaration made to
the porte by the French ambassador
that b, acts under instructions from
the minister of foreign affairs an i'm
perial trade has been issued declaring
that no obstacle shall be opposed to
the free exercise of the quay company
of the rights resulting from their con-
cession."
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-08-30
CITIES OF KANSAS.
Secretary Of AgrfcuIture COburn
Gives ont List Of Places VITA
Over 1000 Population.

Topeka, Kan, Aug. 22.-SeeTetary
E. D. COburn, of the state board Of
agriculture, has prepared the follow
ing statement In regard to the POpu-
lation of the cities of Kansas, with
their increase or decrease during the
past year. According to a compilation
of the assessors and county clerks
official returns for 1901, there are III
cities and towns in Kansas having 1000
inhabitants or more. Seventy-threc
municipalities belonging to such a
list have gained 1898, Kansas City
distancing all others with an in
crease of 5,761, while 81 others lost
$3.50, and one made no return. Ign
don, Scranton, Downs, PhilhPsburg,
Enterprise and GOOdland have fallen
below the 1000 mark, and Lincoln with
a gain of 342, OskalOOsa 30, Cedar
vale 81, Stafford IS, Hanover CO and
Oberlin 81 have been added to the list.
The relative rank of the eight cities
having the largest number of inhab-
itants remains the same as one year
ago. Hutchinson, EmpOria and Par
sons now precede GaIena in the or
der named, the latter Occ TpyIng
twelfth instead of ninth place The
following table gives the cities and
towns having 1000 or more inhab-
itants, in the order of their rank, and
the population of each, together with
its gain or loss since one year ago:
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-08-30
Cyclone strikes CentraIia, III.

Centralia, Ill, Aug. ga cyclonic
windstorm and cloudburst did thou
sands of dollars of damage in Contra
liza last night The cOlored Baptist
church was wrecked, peach orchards
were destroyed and $4,000 bushels Of
peaches are lying on the ground near
town. The streets are blocked by hun
dreds Of fallen trees. Many residences
were damaged by falling trees.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-08-30
AGAIN an THE PHONE.
No. ? at LaWtOn, VIII Remain at
wichita Until Next February.

Wichita, Kan, Aug. 24.--Miss Mat
tie Beals, the lucky winner of claim
No. ? in the Lawton land district,
has returned to Wichita and has re-
sumed her old position as operator in
the telephone Office. 1t is possible
that she is the wealthiest telephone
girl In America, as her, farm, it is
said, is fully worth from $4,000 to
$4,000. Miss Beals win work in the
telephone Office until February 1,
when she must move into her claim
and remain on it for eight months.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-08-30
COPY AMERICAN MACHINERY
Recover Lost Ground In This
Manner.


American machinery has made its
way in Great Britain in spite OF the
strongest prejudices. L have heard
scores of practical men denOunce it,
much as they do the German to-day,
says a writer in Casters Magazine.
know firms, too, who, having vent
ed their antagonism in spiteful terms
against American machinery, have
afterward labOred with feverish
haste to copy, and, if possible, to i'm
prove upon it, for sale In Great Brit
ain. The number of firms who now
manufacture machines which are
modelled after those OF successful
American types is constantly increas-
ing, and considerable business is
now being done with these in Great
Britain. These efforts, however, do
not result from any love which was
borne to American designs in the
first place, but because of the pres
sure of their competition, which is
making itself felt.
The two main reasons why these
machines are initiated are either be-
cause they are produced more cheap
" than those which they displace, or
they yield more accurate results.
But a cheaper and a better product
also often goes hand-in-hand as the
result of employing the best modern
machines. The question arises
whether the British imitation OF
American rivals will save the indus
trial situation. Imitation is the sin
cerest form of fattery, and yet this
may not prove to be an unmixed
good. Possibly 1t may not be the
most excellent way in the end.
British firms appear to believe
that, by copying improved machines,
they viii always be able to retain or
recover their menaced position.
Those who do this-buying a ma
chine, pulling it 20 pieces and initial
ing it-forget that, though It is easy
enough to initiate, lost trade is not
regained In that way. ImitatOrs
generally fail. Britain's supremacy
was not won thus. She led the van
America is not gaining ground by
following Great Britain, but by get
ting ahead of her.
Further, If a firm, having found its
business damaged by the superior de-
signs of a rival, endeavors to regain
that business, it becomes the prov
erbial stern chase. The problem,
then, is not that of making goods as
well as ones rivals; they must be
better, or cheaper, or both. And,
again, the firm which is already in
| possession of a market holds the best
I position for its retention.
The firm or nation, therefore,
which has a good start Of its rivals
/ viii have the better chance to hold
its own. This is the case now with
the leading American makers Of ma
I chine tools They have secured 4
good market in Great Britain and
abroad. In a dilatory way, British
manufacturers are waking up to the
gravity Of the situation, and are Of
/ fering rival tools, Of a class similar
i to those which find a ready sale here
But the necessity for producing
something better stin is generally
neglected; and, while they initiate
existing machines. the American
firms advance, constantly devisinl
/ improved forms. While British hrm,
are painting to recover lost ground
the Americans are still forging ahead
and scoring new triumphs year b
year
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-08-30
Kansas National Banks.

Washington, Aug. 27.-The abstract
condition OF the national banks Of
Kansas at the close of business on
July Is, shows the average reserve
to have been 1857 per cent, against
42.45 per cent on April "a; loans and
discounts increased from 50, 303, 1913
to So, 26O. 429; individual deposits in
creased from $50, SOS, 922 to S2,O19, $40.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-08-30

Topeka, Kan, Aug. "a Santa Fe
extra freight was wrecked by a
broken axle at Cedar Point, midway
between Emporia and Newton Eight
cars were derailed and the track
blocked. Brakeman Ziegler, OF En-
poria, was killed.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-08-30

Boston, Aug. 27.-Adolph Robert
Kraus, one of Americas greatest
seulptOrs, is now an inmate Of the in-
sane asylum at Danyers. The great
sculptor was driven insane by want.
His mind failed while Portr8ying Bel
shazzar reading IA awe the haudwTft-
ing On the van.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-08-30

Three Men Have Loaf Their Lives In the
Stream OF on from the Palestine
Beaumont wen


Beaumont, Tex, Aug 2S.=The Pal
stine-BeaumOnt well is still spout
ing a stream Of petroleum as high as
the top Of the 20 foot derrick and it
has added the death of another man
to the two it caused Monday. James
Smith and John Mcdaniel were
drowned in the oil Monday night, bat
their fate was unheeded by Peter
Gallagher and two companions, about
two o'clock yesterday morning Gal
lagher went to his death IN the fatal
spray OF gas and oil, while his two
companions barely escaped.
Nay Tax Earnings OF OH Wells.
Austin, Tex, Aug 2S.-Tbe oil de-
veIOPers Of Texas are confronted with
a serious proposition in that the Tex
as legislature shows a marked DISPOSE
ton to tax them two per cent. on
their gross earnings. A large dele
cation of oil magnates from Beau
mont was before the house commit
tee yesterday to fight the tax but
with little success. Rather a startling
statement was made by one OF the
committee from Beaumont that IL
was not an assured fact by any means
that the Beaumont oil fields we're
lasting and for that reason the out
put should not be taxed until further
developed.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-08-30

Decatur, III. Aug. 27.--By the death
of Mrs. Anna Miller at Sullivan, a
farm of 264 acres, worth $4,000, Is at
the disposal of the masonic grand
lodge of Illinois on condition that it
erect on the farm home for widows
and orphans of masons.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-08-30

LawtOn, Ok, Aug. 27.-E. ". Hines,
a clerk in the post Office here, is un-
der arrest charged with working a
holdup. Tt is said he charged IS c. snts
Tor delivering letters to anxious pa
irons OF the Office.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-08-30

Sturgeon, No, Aug. 27.-Rev. W. B
n. Simms, pastor Of the Sturgeon BaP-
list church, declined an offer to be
come superintendent Of the boys re-
form school In Havana, Cuba, at a sal
airy Of s., 500 per year, and a residence
to live IN. He prefers to live In Mis-
souri, and preach the gospel.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-08-30

San Antonio, Tex, Aug 27.-RepOrts
from Zapats county, 50 miles from the
nearest railroad, say the people are
facing starvation The drought has
literally dried mp every green thing,
range water has fsi1ed and cattle are
dying.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-08-30

Frankfort. Aug. 27.-German pap erz
state that the total population oi
fhinas accOrding to q Chinese Jour fa4
s. 81 present SIS 253 Q13.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-08-30

Chills and fever Is a bottle OF Groves
TasteIess Chill Tonic Il is simply iron
aud ouinine IN q tasteless form. No
cure-no pay Price &c.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-01-11
MAN NEVER WITHOUT BEER.
nineteen Centuries Before Christ
the Process OF Making Beer
Was Taught.

When the Romans first invaded Ger
many they found that the beverage of
the people was a beer produced from
barley. But that was at a time COM
paratiyely modern. From the earliest
times and in every cline, says
an authority, man has had re-
sort to some stimulating and ex-
hilarating beverages prepared by fer
menting the juices or extracts from
fruits, grain or plants. it is said
that Osiris as early as 1860 Il. I,
taught the process of extracting the
juice from barley and fermenting it,
while the Greeks learned how to brew
and ferment from the Egyptians, who,
300 b. c., had established a number
of manufactures at Potassium, on the
Nile. Xenophon, 400 b. G.. refers to
n fermented drink from barley and it
is alluded to by Aristotle, Strabo and
others under the name of zythos.
Pliny mentions a kind of beer called
"cerevsia," and Eunemenes in A. d.
296 says that Britain produced such
an abundance of corn that it was
sufficient to supply not only bread,
but liquid comparable with wine.
In the seventh century beer had be-
come so general beverage in Eng
land that Ina, king of Wessex, levied
a tax to be paid in ale. and early in
the fifteenth century brewers COM
pany was formed in London. Up to
the sixteenth century English beer
was very poor, only favored with
broom, bay berries or ivy berries, but
in 1912 the cultivation of the hop
plant was begun in England, and from
that time great change was made
in the quality of the beer manufae-
tured. In 1910 the first brewery was
established at Burton-onITrent, and
by the end of the seventeenth century
beer had become the national drink.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-01-11
Measure OF Coin.

Money is measured by troy weight,
in which "a grains make a penny
weight, 90 pennyweights one ounce
and II ounces one pound. The silver
dollar weighs 412M grains, and $1,000,
as near as it can be expressed intelli-
gently in print, weighs 71.614 pounds,
or fraction over 71H pounds. In
avoirdupois the same would weigh
5S.92s, or nearly SO pounds.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-01-11
FREAK OF DAN CUPID.
Man Who Knows No
English,

There are descendants of Germans
in Berks county. Pa, who do not un-
derstand a word of English, although
they have lived in this country all
their lives. One of these is Jacob
Weinsheimer, who owns what he calls
the Castle of Lobenstein, en- the east
ern slope of Mount Penn, Says an east
ern exchange. Until recently he lived
the life of a hermit. The hillside Lead
ing to Lobenstein is so steep that 1t
is impossible to use the ordinary
American farming implements drawn
by horses. Weinsheimer's principal
implement is the kind used in very
billy portions of Germany. He calls
it "karst." 1t is shaped like big
horseshoe fastened to "a wooden han
die. With this he digs and stirs up
the earth instead of blowing and har-
rowing it. He also has numerous 9TH
er small hand implements. With these
he raises large quantities of vege-
tables, wheat. rye, barley corn, sugar
cane, sweet potatoes and grapes. He
reaps his grain with sickle and
threshes it with a mallet.
Cupid's dart pierced the heart of the
recluse a short time ago. He was
working for farmer on the hills in
the neighborhood, when he was intro
duced to Miss March, from Ohio.
She was some 20 years younger than
he, but that made no difference. The
love-making was slow, for the woman
could not speak German and he was
unable to speak English. But the
language of love finally made itself
understood between them. He pro-
posed, was accepted, and now hap
pier couple than Mr.. and Mrs. Vein
sheimer would be hard to find.
Weinsheimer is a great admirer of
pets, such as dogs and cats. He is the
owner of black fox terrier which he
says he would not part with for 500
in gold. He is perfect terror to the
snakes and has killed more than 1000
copperhead and blacksnakes during
the last five years.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-01-11
RHODE ISLANDS HOMING HENS
The Faithful Fowl Takes Food Else
where. But VIII Lay Only fn
Her Native Nest,

About a year and half ago Mr.
u. who liyes on the Riverpoint side
of Cough avenue, in Providence, r. L.,
says the journal of that city, built a
henhouse and embarked in the keep
ing of foWls-not the web-footed
white Wyandotte variety. but just
plain, ordinary hens. A neighbor, Mrs
K, who lives on the Jericho side, in
ORDER to help the young man start hen
housekeeping, as ii were, gave him
pullet, which he fed and cared for until
it reached maturity and an age when
it could be expected, in the natural or
der of things, TO pay its board by CON
tributing an egg occasionally to the
family lardar. 1t wasn't that kind of
a bird. however. Like some other BIZ
peds, it preferred the coop of IT'S birth
to the henhouse of its adoption, and,
after feeding on the substance pro1id-
ed in the latter. the hen would HE her
across the avenue to Mrs. ks coop
and deposit her egg in her native nest.
She had been feeding on ks corn
and laying in Mrs. ks coop a long
time before the fact was discovered.
Then she was watched. and day after
day she was seen to run over into .Jeri-
cho. lay an egg, announce the fact in
the hen vernacular. and then run back
10 where she found food and shelter in
the Riverpoint hencoop of her owner.
This viewpoint hen will lay for no
one but the Observation-Disclosures
that-sat-on-the-egg from which this
homlng hen was matched
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-01-11

A noted London club man once laid
wager with friend that the latter could
not sell given number of gold guineas
at a penny piece. He won his wager.
The people refused to buy. They thought
he was offering too much for too little.
1t may be that the claims made for
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription seem