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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-06-08
En-. There vas not : minute . oh,

lott.
I Poor Beatrice! Poor child! The little
strength she had 50 carefully boarded
seemed in this awful moment to desert
her. Her heart refused to beat but In
slow. suffotating throbs, which COM
PEELED her to lean for support against
the wall and gasp for breath.
There vas no light in the music room.
and the gas in the library was low; but
she no longer needed light for her
search. The darkness was more favor
able to her purpose. Almost she could
fancy her father stood beside her to
guide and support her. Her dream had
become reality, and invested the mo-
ment with singular and almost super.
s~titious import.
God help met" she murmured, ana
moved noisclessly and swiftly across the
floor, until her outstretched hands met
the solid substance Of the desk.
Again h fell on her knees beside It,
cropping with her trembling fingers to
find the tiny brass knob. whose secret
so strange q circumstance had revealed
to her.
At last they touched-they pressed It
Merciful heaven! It refused to novel!
Had the events Of the afternoon but
shaped themselves into another dream,
more dim, more indistinct, than the
first? g
No, no! Her brain was clear enough,
her senses had not deceived her. She
could almost again hear the click Of the
spring as the drawer slid back to its
place.
To her distorted fancy 1t now seemed
the bolt which, springing in its socket,
shut forever the door of hope and hap-
piness against her.
Again, and yet again, she strove to
move the knob. 1t would not stir!
"Oh, God, sead me some help!" she
prayed, silently.
But in her throat there rose a quiv.
ering sob, and in the lonely darkness
h hid her pale, agonized face in her
hands.
A sound startled her-a sound quite
near-almost as If some one were be-
side her in the darkened room.
Was 1t fancy?-or had heaven sent a
spirit to her aid?
One more effort she must make.
Again she felt her way to the knob.
Merciful God! It moved!
II am saved! I am saved!" h cried.
III the INTENSITY OI TclS1s dS lI0 uEdWSA
slowly moved forward and her fingers
closed upon it's contents.
In her excitement and agitation h
mad previously pressed the knob situ-
ated directly beneath he secret hiding
place, but heaven nae directed her eff.
forts Alright.
She sprang to her feet, and pressed
the papers fervently to her lips.
1T remains now, BERTHE, only to prove
your innocence!" she said. aloud; and
these clasping the precious papers to
her heart, give me the power. Thank
God! Thank God!"
But even as she uttered her thanks
giving, some n stole behind her in the
darkness; some ones arm was thrown
roughly about her waist-a hot, reeking
breath burned her cheek-and the pa
pers were torn from her trembling
grasp. IS
She uttered one faint cream.
It was answered by the sound Of hur.
rying footsteps.
The light in the library streamed to
its full height. but it revealed to RAN
dolph Chester, as he hastened forward.
only Beatrice. as she stood, pale, gasp
ing and leaning for support against the
fated desk.
Close behind him followed William
Grant. 81
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-06-08
luillops Tor Bassbau.,

AZ million Of dollars are spent every year
upon the game OF baseball. but large q
this sum is.S It cannot begin TO equal the
mount spent by people In search Of
health There Is q sure. method Of obtain
ing strength, and It IL not a. costly one.
urge those who have spent much and
lost hope to try Hostetter's Stomach Bit
digestion easy and natural, and cures
.idyspepsia. constipation, biliousness and
weak kidneys.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-06-08
DLUEBEARD IN PErrICoArs.'

French wOman's Eight Husbands.
Have Strangely Disappeared =
Where Have They Comet
A female Bluebeard has just eluded
the French police, taking away all the
records Of her numerous marriages and
her clever suppression Of her husbands.
Dissatisfied with her maiden name Of
Jeanne Volante, she has borne success
lively the names Of eight men whom
she welded.
Recently the mysterious disappear>.
ance Of the husband Of the jolly, buzz
ON hostess Of the small inn at Cichy
caused the people of that place to Won
der, especially when, three months at
er, she married a lad Of eighteen years,
who had been a boarder, without get
ting a divorce. The authorities. when
notified of the case, went to arrest
them, but the couple got word of 1t and
escaped.
Certain papers found bowed that
the little roma had been married
eight times In eight different towns.
but had never been divorced.
The d~isappearance Of her husbands
mad never been explained, but suspicion
had never been aroused before. Now.
If the police succeed in discovering the
innkeeper, it is thought that an
astounding series Of crimes will be un-
folded.-Paris Gable to New York sur.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-06-08

I 1leste Then Greatly
81 A95lisulddonarys---pid myapredecessor bring
tears to your eyes when he preached to
your? \
Cannibal sChief-No; hut he made 1NMA
mouths water.-Baltimore Sun. aH&eaYN 81
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-06-08

3ohe 49, aions. IT, Nlfialsys W lsll
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-25
LOFT AGAIN. ON AGAIN

The EmpOria Gazette which, two
weeks ago went browsing off the Nc
Kinley reservation is getting back with
in the political fences. This week, on q
day when its editor went out Of town to
IAN authors evening, the paper print
ed this trenchant paragraph:
IF the president viii run his special
through Emporia on the way back to
Washington the Gazette will acknoWl-
edge that he can make a good speech. "
A few days before the same paper.
under discipline, gracefully slid into its
editorial forms the following:
THE Gazette admires Mckinley be
yond expression. He is great servant
of q great people. He is a follower of
popular movements. He is genius in
tact and statecraft. He should have a
third term if he wishes it. He is safe,
conservative, wise and just But he
can't make a speech that BY any
stretch Of figurative language can be
called an oratiOn=such as Webster and
Calhoun and Sumner and Lodge and
ingalls, could make He is not a wide
reader nor a deep scholarly thinker
Why should he be? He is not a college
professor nor an investigator of theories
He is a man of action. not of theory
He can get scholars and does by the
score at his council table. He is great
but he is not great in everything Why
should hero worship Of titles in this
country makes US think because a man
has one strong virtue that he has all
virtues2
when man can run the United
States as Mckinley has run it, with tact
and with wisdom that comes from lis
tening to the people absolutely, with
courage that comes from the habit Of
obeyfng ofders from the people without
question; when he can redeem pledges
made in two Republican platforms
without hitch, apology or break, why
should he have to be called an orator
and a scholar to complete his greatness ?
Why should Senator Hoar, who is so
poor a judge of men that he mistoOk a
Jungle chief for a statesman, be intro
duced to bolster up this absurd and un-
necessary contention
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-25

good policing OF the city from men
whose only qualifications may be that
they voted for the winning side2
There is not a politician, no matter
how partisan he may be. but who must
admit that politics can be nothing
more than blight to the department
and that ability in every case, and
never politics, should count Chief Of
Police Stahl. with his exalted IDEAS Of
what a police department should be and
what it should do. seems to have erred
when he countenanced the dismissal Of
Sergeant Donovan and the appointment
of man with anything but a clear
record.
1t seems strange that the people. year
after year. watch the ever changing
and overhauling Of the police depart
ment for political reasons without rails
ing their voices against such a prac-
tice. There have been times when the
police department made an enviable
record in running down criminals, and
the department should have that same
record now. 1T is sadly and almost
hopelessly demoralized.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-25
TRAMPs AVOID KANSAS.

The tramp problem has been solved in
Kansas by the passage of a law by the
legislature making it q. misdemeanor.
punishable by a fine and imprison-
ment, to steal a. ride on a passen-
ger or freight train within the limits OF
the state and trainmen are commission
ed as special officers to arrest the viola
tors. This IS one factor of the solution
but there is another equally effective.
Farm hands viii be needed by the hun
dreds to aid in harvesting the prosDec-
tive crops of grain and there is nothing
your average Weary Willie" avoids
with greater care than an engagement
in a harvest field on a sultry summer
day. The thought of being impressed
into work by a resistless fate is a sim
pie but easily understood reason why
the tramp VIII dodge Kansas In seeking
his summer vacation.
For years this state has been known
Rs hObo's paradise sort OF a half
way house-where back door handouts
and a bed at night could be had for the
asking But times have changed. In
these prosperous days. with plenty of
work for all and too few men to ac-
complisn needed results the tramp will
BE- given the ultimatum of going to
work or to jail So to avoid making a
test case Of the matter Mr. Tramp win
approach the mountains via Nebraska
or Oklahoma
few early birds have been pinched
under these circumstances and the wire
less telegraphy. using the tramp's code.
has notified thousands Of the eastern
brethren that the sunfower state is a
good place TO avoid this year And the
seed has not been sown on barren
ground
There are fewer genuine long haired
hobos in Kansas today than for many
years and those who come may expect
to be shorn, cleansed ana compelled to
work
These are feudal times in Kansas with
every farmers home a castle from
whence armed men sally forth and
seize the idle Until the harvest is gar
nsred in no person viii be free from ar
lest caught without visible means Of
support
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-25
FOR WHAT ARE FAIR GROUNDS

If not for a fair and exposition wha-
are the fair grounds for?
The action of the county commission
ers of Shawnee county in preventing
the holding of a state fair is incomDre-
hensible 1t is very general disap-
pointment not only to the people of To-
peka and Shawnee county, as hosts bur
of the entire state as guests. The com
missioners certainly owe it to them
selves and to the community to recon
slider their action.
A state fair has not been held for a.
number of years. No time for this sort
of an enterprise has been more promis-
ing than the present season Societies
and organizations representing the agri-
cultural and live stock interests of the
state have made strong requests that
the state fair be held in Topeka this
fall
An efficient organization was formed
and $1,000 raised by subscription. Owing
to the destruction by fire of the grand
stand and other buildings on the
grounds. it was necessary that the COM
missioners spend some money to put the
tract in shape. When a committee from
the Exposition association went before
NuC CDGHlg DCdIQ the proposition was
defeated This compelled an abandon
ment Of the enterprise.
The action Of the commissioners was
certainly hasty and unworthy of the
board in charge Of affairs Of the capital
county Of the state. AS no time is more
opportune than the present and as the
tract in question is simply held by the
county in trust for entertainments like
the one proposed by the Topeka EXPOSE
ton association. it is pertinent to ask
the commissioners. What do they think
the fair grounds are for?" Shawnee
county simply holds this tract Of land
in trust as provided in the deed ''for the
benefit Of the Shawnee County Agricul-
tural society" AS it is now, the only
use made of the property is for the pur-
pose Of training horses. The fees for
this practice are said to be just about
sufficient to pay the superintendent
salary. An explanation is due from the
commissioners. OF what would be bet
ter, a reconsideration of the proposition
and agreement to replace the grand
stand as. suggested by the Topeka Ex-
position association. It is not too late to
correct this error
If not for a fair and exposition what
are the fair grounds for2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-25

come soon and bugs and insects make
a sudden and strong attack, the crop
is assured.
Every summer there is a great migra-
ton from neIghbor3ng states-Aissouri
in particular-to the central and west
ern portions Of this state. Most of the
men who come to Kansas to work dur
ing the harvest are young and without
other means. OF earning a livelihood.
But the wheat harvest proves a great
benefit to them. They are away from
the towns, receiving good wages for
their labor. and are able to save. money
more easily than if they were working
about the towns Then as soon as the
wheat il harvesteds the stacking,
threshing and preparations for sowing
again give an opportunity to those who
want to work to put in their time I'M
til fall By that time the actual work
of sowing the seed for next year, and
from then on until winter there is the
usual rush of work on Kansas farms
and ranches preparatory to the APP
proach Of winter.
Kansas railroads have begun already
to figure on the TRANSFORMATION of the
invaders. They have undertaken this
matter in a systematic way. Station
agents have been asked to state to the
heads Of the passenger departments
about the number of men that are ex-
pected to be needed in each of their
respective localities for harvesting the
crop. And from these reports the roads
viii accordingly be better prepared to
handle the traffic.
It is unnecessary to say that the
coming of this army is of much eco
nonic Importance, both to this state
and to the members of the invading
force. To Kansas, because the saving
of the wheat crop in good shape is of
much consequence; and to the men who
come here, because they are able to
earn and save sufficient means to give
them at least a small start financially
when the work of the summer is done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-25

imports have been varfously estimated,
and up to the present time no means
of obtaining more than estimates beer.
devised. These estimates usually put
the amount paid to foreign vessels as
freights on imports at about $50, 000, 600;
interest on, and earnings of foreign cap
ital. SIS, 900 900 to 500, 600, 900; money. ex-
pended abroad by Americans. SIS. 000.-
600 to $780, 000. 900; American funds in
vested in foreign securities in 1900
about 100000, 900; and credits permitted
to stand abroad IN 1899 and 1900 each
$75.000, GOO to $780, COG, 900: to which must
debteduess actually cancelled by the re-
turn of securities for which no definite
estimate has. so far, been made.
The fact that we are rapidly becom-
ing creditor instead of debtor ma
ton win reduce TO a minimum and
wipe out the annual balance for pay
ment of interest on our securities held
abroad, and finally for the liquidation
of those securities, and to this extent
the absorption Of our favorab BILE balance
Of trade viii be rapidly reduced. Our
foreign credits. as above alluded to-
have increased largely during the last
few years, and foreign obligations have
been taken by investors in the United
States in large sums but it seems at
least probable that two of the factors
which absorbed a considerable share of
the favorable balance, viz, the payment
OF interest and indebtedness abroad and
payment of freights to foreign vessels
viii within a comparatively short time
be materially reduced, and thus reoui1 G
g. settlement with specie and bullion of
a larger proportion of the trade balance
than has been the case in former years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-25
JAYHAWKER Jors.

For the first time in years the Usage
county jail is without an inmate.
Walnut logs are being shipped from
Carbondale to Hamburg, Germany.
An obliging Westmoreland milliner
takes eggs for hats as quickly as cash
Slim wasted girls are popular in Dom
iphan county where church belt socials
are the fad.
The wise tramp is showing a disposi-
ton to give the southern Kansas har-
vest belt a wide berth.
The greatest curio in Ellinwood IS a
restaurant cook who wears stiff white
shirt and standing collar at his work
A Topeka woman has brought suit to
break a will. Wherever there's a viii
there's always a lot Of lawyers in the
way.
The Bronson council has been asked
to prohibit town loafers from mOnopo-
lizing the streets in pitching horse
shoes.
Quilting bees are the church fad at
McLouth now. They are said TO be bet
ter money makers than strawberry
socials
In order to keep I'D with the process
sion of prosperity Mound City BARRIERS
have raised the price of hair cut from
Is to Is cents.
There is a complaint by the Pratt pa
pers that unless a vast amount OF the
gossip going on there now is soon ceased
the undertakes will have work.
The future husband of the Nortonville
girl pupil who never missed a day from
school nor was tardy in seven years
may expect to be on time for his meals
Oscar Pusch, OF MarysvIlle. is asked
by young lady he has said TO have
Tilted to pusch the button and ring up
$50. 900 damages for wounded affections.
It has been quite a struggle for the
straw hat to get to the head but its
growing appearance on the Topeka
streets shows that it is now getting on
top.
Cherryvaie promises to turn out horse
less carriages 50 fast and cheap at the
new factory that merchants win soon
be giving autos away with every pound
Of tea
A street medical fakir at Severy come
near to being given a coat Of tar and
feathers before it occurred to the en-
treat a "Quaclx'' doctor was to duck him
A Dighton druggist has an overdue
soda fountain en- route and all tn-
sweet sixteen girls OF the town make the
depot agents life miserable BY constant
inquiry as to when the ''fizz machine
viii arrive
ssAIinard Robinson one Of the hand
soonest. and best looking fellows in these
here diggin's makes the girls hearts go
pit-pat pit-pat with great big throbs
every time they see him. He Is a regu-
lar heart .vilter: we have known him
for years and some day he Is liable To
be relation of ours, he he. by hen. and
We don't care how soon IL happens eth
err BY gravy ''-Severy item in Eureka
Messenger
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-25
AN INVASION OF KANSAS.

Kansas is to submit. within few
weeks. to an invasion from outside
forces.
AS soon as the present wheat crop
natures and ripens it j. expected that
an army Of at least 10000 abie-bodied
men viii move upon this state.
Strangely enough. Kansas viii have
some share in determining who shall
compose the invading force The two
most important requirements are that
the men shall be able-b bodied and will
ing to earn the wages that they are to
receive in caring for the in ense wheat
crop already. predicted Within the last
few weeks conditions have been favor
able to the maturity of a crop larger
than ever has been known here before.
Not only have these conditions pre-
vailed lately, but indeed all through
last fall and winter everything favored
the growth Unless destructive storms
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-25
AND THE PEOPLE STAND IT.

The reduction OF Sergeant Donovan
which of course was well understood
by those who ordered it to be nothing
less than the severing of his connection
with the police department, has but
one excuse behind it. that oId-time
partisan war cry. ITO the victor be-
longs the spoils. The city is under
Republican rule. Donovan is q Demo-
crat
Two years ago the police department
suffered because there had TO be a Re-
publican sergeant. and SO 7. @. Owens.
a Democrat. who he'd held the place Of
sergeant with credit to himself and to
the department, and who was an ex-
perienced and capable officer, was dis
missed in order that political striker
who claimed to carry a few votes in
his vest pocket might have a Job
There are many men now wearing
police badges, by the grace of the mayor
ard chief OF police. who are In no way
fitted for the places Of responsibility
they hold. That they are not fitted is
evidenced day after day by the hap
penings in police circles. They are Re
pubiicans- so therefore they still feed at
the political pie counter, while men
whose ability makes them invaluable
in the police work are dismissed be-
cause they are Of the wrong political
faith
The people, not the politicians. pay
the taxes that support the department
and the people, and not the politicians.
own the property which is to be pro-
tected. Are they receiving what they
are paying for2 Can they expect a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-25

Railroad rumors from the southwest
indicate that San Diego. Cal, is about
to realize her long cherished ambition
of a. direct rail line to the outside
world. and at the same time become
the western terminus of a transconti-
mental system. The road that makes
San Diego will strike the coast at a
point about even with the center of
Nevada. The immense saving in dis
lance from the east is apparent. In
addition to this San Diego has one Of
the finest natural harbors in the world
and the first one south Of the Golden
Gate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-25

THE Penitence,r published by the Bow
en-AIerrin Co. is a grandson of the late
Captain Eads, the famous engineer. Mr..
HOWS home is in St Louis, and when
there he and the author of Richard Car
VEL are seen much together 1t is said
they are congenial in everything except
their literary likings.
In a recent interview Mrs. Florence
Finch Kelly, the Kansas woman who
wrote with Hoops Of Steel" published
by the Bowen Merritt Co. is reported to
have said that at least two of the three
tail Texans who dash with such vigor
through the pages of her latest story,
were drawn from life; and she added.
they are just as handy with the rifle in
fact as they are in fiction .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-25

The discussion over the army canteen
shows no signs Of abating. Friends of
the canteen system charge that since
the abolition law went into effect, sa-
looms have sprung I'D in the neighbor-
hood of the army posts and that the sol
diers are INDUCING in intoxication to
an extent hitherto unprecedented The
only way out of the trouble seems to be
to place All the army posts in Kansas
where the saloon is not permitted to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-25

Admiral Dewey wrote to the mayor Of
San Francisco that it gave him the
greatest pleasure as one Of the 1900 per-
sons in the naval service who particiDa-
ted in the battle of Manila Bay to learn
of the recognition to be shown them by
the city IN erecting a monument com
memOrating the event. How different
that sounds from what Sampson would
be expected to say under similar cir
rumstancesI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-25

Mind reading has reached an advanced
stage. According to the reported opin-
ion of the supreme court forthcoming.
on the Porto Rican case the gentlemen
composing that august body have been
able to ascertain what was in the minds
of the trainers of the constitution when
they wrote that famous instrument, also
what was not in their minds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-25

FFron the Chicago News.l
Money makes the slot machine go.
A steady job is better than half a
loaf.
Many an old bachelor proposes-to re-
main single
One-half the world smiles at the
frowns Of the other half.
The most careful sailors are said to
be the most reckless.
All flesh may not be grass. but some
people are equally green.
A man naturally looks a little pale
just before he kicks the bucket
AIirth is a magnifying glass through