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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-29
PRINCIPLE AT STAKE.
Express Clerk Forced to Acknowledge He v as
Defeated.

"What will it cost me to send this package
prepaid to that address?' inquired the man
with the tuft of beard on his chin and the
square box in his hand.
The clerk in the express office weighed it and
said: "Twentysix cents"
''What's the odd cent for?"
''That's for the stamp on the receipt"
81 don't haye to pay that. Here's your
quarter"
Zone cent more, sir"
''You can look out for the cent yourself,
tell you It's not my business to pay it,
'You'll have to pay it or you don't get your
receipt
''Thats all you know about it, young man.
Do you think don't know my rights? You
haven't heard, maybe, of the court decision
that the express company has got to put up
the cent for the revenue stamp itself Perhaps
you haven't heard that the nau wto sends the
package doesn't have to"
"All l know about it is that you'll have to
put up one more cent or you won't get any re-
ceipt."
"We'll see about that, young chap. don't
care about the cent, but I'll raise the biggest
fuss you ever saw before III let myself be
cheated out OF it. You'll get this company
into
'You're the first man that's made made any
fuss about that revenue stamp business The
rule of this office is that the customer has to
pay for 1t and we're not going to break it on ac
count of one kicker.'
'I think you will
"You don't have to send the package through
us, you know"
"Maybe not, but you've got to carry it if
bring it and prepay the express"
"Thnk so?"
~ do And you'll furnish that revenue
stamp yourself, or you'll get this company into
a lawsuit, and if you don't know how that'll
come out, perhaps your bosses can tell you"
"What's all this fuss about?" demanded an
elderly parsonage at one of the desks.
"This man here wants to send package and
insists that we've got to pay for the revenue
stamp on the receipt ourselves"
s. 90, we'll, let him have it. You've used
dollars worth of time on him"
$50, then, young man you'll furnish the
stamp yourself, will you?'
eyes, If he saws so. Whatever he says
goes"
The man with the tuft of beard on his chin
reached over and grabbed the package. Then
he picked up the ascent piece, which had been
living on the counter all the time, and put it in
his pocket
"That's all waned," he said. "This is a
dummy package. 1t consists mainly of one ci-
gar box containing half brick wrapped in pa
per. l came here merely to establish prin-
ciple. l consider it fairly established. Maybe
you won't waste so much Of your precious time
on the next man who stands on his rights and
refuses to be cheated out of cent. Good
morning. Chicago Tribune.
e, cod hy A A6rnira1 Sch1av' c friends to
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-03-29

IT is proposed by Admiral Schley S friends to
buy him home in Washington city
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-10-11
TWO Were Terribly crushed.

A terrible accident occurred at the
west warehouse of the Page Fence
Works, Adrian, Saturday. A gang OF
men was employed piling coils of wire
some three feet in diameter bound into
a mass about the size of n stove-pipe
and weighing about 200 pounds each.
The rows were piled on the east side
and four tiers were begun on the west
side. The tier next the wall was six
teen feet high. The second tier was
some lower; the third tier half way
up, and the fourth tier about four feet
high. The force was in charge of John
Handgen, and the coils were piled In
the same way as had been the custom
always. Some were piling on to the
second tier, standing on the first, and
one was on scaffold piling on the
third tier. Without any warning, the
wire of the first tier began slipping
and Immediately toppled over upon
the men. Willard S. Bowen and
Thomas Bee were caught and buried
beneath a mass of tons Of wire, both
being crushed and instantly killed
Jack Maddox, or MattoX, who had
been working but two days, was
caught and one leg broken. Michael
Fraley was slightly hurt. Frank Wick
ham somewhat bruised. The most in
tense excitement prevailed and busy
hands soon removed the heavy coils
from the crushed men.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-10-11
FROM ALL OVER OF michigan
Corunna a Sufferer by a Costly
Blaze.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT ADRIAN
A Farmer Loses His Life Trying to Save
His Stock-Cyciones Work Havoc and
Destroy Property-A Pitiable Case Near
Mendon-Other News.


Corunna was visited Wednesday
night by fire causing a heavy loss
of property and serious injury to three
firemen. The furniture factory of Fox
81 Martin was totally destroyed, the
fire being first discovered i'm the var
nish room, possibly caused by spon-
taneous combustion. The blaze had
twenty minutes start of the fire de-
partment. An explosion while the fire
men were fighting the flames resulted
in the injury of Chief Charles VIII
cox. He will probably die. George
Brands and William s. Eveleth were
seriously injured. The men were on
n ladder throwing n stream into the
second story window when the wall
suddenly flew into Il thousand pieces
from an explosion within. Wilcox was
buried beneath tons of brick, and was
taken out bleeding and unconscious.
Doctors give but little hope for his re-
covery. Brands was badly cut on the
head by flying brick, and Eveleth was
cut and bruised The senior member
of the firm. S. c. Fox. is in England.
where the firm conducts a wholesale
business. Geo. ID. Mason. the junior
member, says the factory will prob
ably not be rebuilt until spring, which
is Il hard blow To Corunna, as 10 men
will be out of employment. The fac
tory burned four years ago, and was
rebuilt by the aid of n bonus. COrun-
ma has no water works, and n poorly
equipped department. The loss is
placed at $4,000, insurance $4,000.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-10-11
Marriages and Divorces.

A compilation OF marriages and di-
vorces returned by county clerks for
the year 1900 has been made by the
secretary of state. There were 1926
marriages i'm the state last year. as
compared with 21 81 i'm 1899, and 20
lbs i'm 1898. The returns for the year
1900 thus show n. considerable increase
over the preceding years. although the
large number of marriages of non-res-
dents returned from st. Joseph some
what interferes with exact COMPARE
sons. Berrien county reported LAS
marriages for 1900, LOTT for 1899. and
only Al for 1898. The number of di-
vOrces returned also shows n consid-
cradle Increase for 1900, there being
2,41S rs compared with 2.21S for 1892,
and 1,S0S for 1898
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-10-11

The Boer war. I'm two weeks more,
will have lasted two years.
DR. Tribe. Colombian minister of
foreign affairs, has resigned.
1t is said that Japan is coming to
the United States for loan of 10000
600 yen.
Twenty-four persons were killed and
hundreds injured in Hungarian cleo
tion riots.
Disorders have arisen in the Yang
Use valley of China, resultant upon
the floods.
The Cuban constitutional convention
has notified Goy.-Gen. Wood that 1t is
ready to adjourn.
The sultan OF Turkey is preparing a
Pan-Islamltic encyclical. calling on the
world to embrace Mohammedanism.
1t Is now said that President Kruger
Is slowly growing weaker physically
and mentally. His hatred of Great
Britain nerves him to, continue.
Emperor William paid the bills of
Prince Chun, of the eXpiatory mission
from China, and the bills of all his
suite while they were in Germany.
Venezuela Is guarding her frontiers
against Colombia, and has put Colom-
bian revOlutionists in charge. Colon
bla is doing the same on her side of
the border.
No official return has been made
for long time of the numerical
strength of the British army in South
Africa. 1t is customary to estimate
it at 10000, but these figures, it is
claimed, are grossly exaggerated.
Count Tolstoi says OH the Franco
Russian alliance that the true Rus
sian people do not know of the exist
ence of the alliance. Count TOlstoi
says the object of such alliances is
war or to menace war; that their infiu-
ence must be mischievous generally
and that they can produce only the
greatest mischief to the nations form
ing them.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-10-11
MINOR MICHIGAN MATTERS.

a heavy frost fell Friday night. ice
forming on ponds throughout the fruit
belt.
The Marlette State Bank mas been
authorized to do business with a capt.
tai of $4,000
Numerous bogus So silver certifi-
Gates have come to light in southwest
crn Michigan lately.
Smith, Thorndyke e. Brown CO.
big warehouse at Marinette was de-
stroyed by lire. Loss $4,000.
Syms Bros paper mill. Watervliet.
has been absorbed ny the paper trust
and the factory has been closed.
IN effort is being made to organize
n clerks union in Houghton and Han
cock. Early closing is the object.
Dowagiac has mad dog scare. and
the city council has ordered every
canine In the place tied up for 10 DAYS.
Charles Hinson. of Big Rapids. who
pleaded guilty to assaulting little Eva
Morlngstar, was sentenced to 20 years
at Jackson.
Hog cholera is working havoc among
the swine in Branch county. One farm.
en- lost Is swine in few DAYS from
the disease.
Snow fell in both peninsulas of the
state Thursday. 1t was quite general
in Berrien. Kalamazoo. Eaton and sev-
eral other counties.
\ company has been organized 10
drill for oil at BeTrien Springs. where
indications OF the existence OF the
fluid have been found.
John Garner, aged go years. farm.
or living north of Flushing. dropped
dead. lie attended the fair aud was
just leaving for home.
The heavy gale destroyed the Bay
City detention hospital on the out.
skirts. Luckily there is no smallpox
IN the city at the present time.
The unprecedented Industrial activ.
ity at Flint has created a verifable
house famine. workingmcn being mn.
able to find shelter for their families.
George billiard. aged 80. Of Colfax.
was fatally injured by falling i'm a hay
press. His nose and head were badly
smashed. He has a wife and family.
NJ. r. Wood, general manager of the
Port Huron Salt Co.. has resigned and
Il is rumored that he will start a soda
ash plant just south Of the salt block.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-10-11
Can They Do 1t.

Commenting on the reduction of the
price of sugar in the Missouri market
by the sugar trust. Henry L. OXnard.
president of the American Beet Sugar
Association, defined it as move to
crush out beet sugar production in or
der that the trust might have no OPP
position. "If they can succeed in the
Missouri Valley" said he, they will
then turn their attention to the beet
sugar. factories in Michigan and other
sections. and by the power of con-
centrated capital crush out successive
ly and individually the beet sugar pro-
ducerS. The trust tries to deceive the
public by claiming that the beet pro-
ducers can still make money at the
low price it is trying to establish. This
is false, and if it had been true, then
the trust would have tried to eStab-
llsh still lower price. They are not
sacrificing one-half per cent in the Mis-
souri, river markets to make n price
that will still he profitable to the beet
sugar men.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-10-11
Horrible Detail. Given.

The latest news from the Island of
Samar gives narrowing details of the
slaughter of the members of Company
c, Ninth United States Infantry, at
Balangiga. 1t seems that the presi-
dente of the town, claiming to be
friendly. led the assault in person.
The fight was long premeditated and
the Filipinos were called to commit
the slaughter by the ringing of church
bells at daylight. They got between
the soldiers. who were breakfasting.
and their quarters. On hearing of the
slaughter. Col. Isaac ID. Derussy, of
the Eleventh Infantry. started for the
scene Immediately with battalion.
The body of Capt Connell had been
saturated with Kerosene and partly
burned. Forty-fve bodies have been
burned in a 'trench leaving seven I'M
accounted for. The charred remains
of many were recovered. In numerous
instances the bodies had been badly
mutilated. Three hundred Macabebes
will also be dispatched to the scene Of
the massacre on board the Legaspi.
which is delayed by typhoon.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-10-11
Royal oaks sensation.

Sunday morning Harrison Long,
foreman for DR.. Clawson. went nutting
on the Medbury farm, one mile and a
half north of Royal Oak. He noticed
eat scratching and smelling in one
particular place. The cat was so per
sistent that he thought something must
he wrong and he decided TO make an
investigation. He went to the place
and scraped away the dirt, when he
found the body Of woman in an adj
vanced stage Of decomposition. 1t is
thought she had been dead about six
or eight months. There We're no shoes
on the corpse. The remains are in
such Il bad shape they cannot be iden-
tilted. An attempt will be made to
find out If she was the victim of foul
play. 1t is not known that any woman
in Royal Oak or vicinity is missing.
The affair is shrouded in mystery.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-10-11
Cyclones do Damage.

n cyclone struck Ed. Hubbard's
clover miller, on Sam Aliens farm.
four miles west of Vaudeville, picked
1t up and turned it once and half
over, and when it struck the ground
completely demolished It, Wagons
were overturned and teams ran away.
barn in the neighborhood was I'M
rooted. The top was torn from pass
ing carriage. the horse ran away and
the occupants thrown out. A heavy
shower accompanied the wind.
\ heavy rain and terrific wind storm
struck Turner, wrecking buildings
and scattering lumber and slaves for
long distance. The roof of d. Dolan's
house was carried away and some of
the furniture cannot be found. At
Maple Ridge several barns were un-
rooted and part of one house de-
stroyed
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-10-11
A Triple Funeral.

The principal business streets of
Kalamazoo were the scene of an inn
presslve funeral procession Wednes-
day, when three funeral ears abreast
moved slowly on their way to River
SIDE cemetery. The cars contained the
remains of Isaac Van Hoist, Mrs. Peter
kromdyk and Edith Wand. the victims
of the sailboat accident on West lake
last Sunday. The center hearse was
white and the other two were black.
No cars were run while the procession
passed through the streets. There
were hundreds of mourners i'm car
riages.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-10-11
Burned to Death.

John Dillon. aged GO. was burned to
death in the barn on his farm i'm Mer-
rift township. nine miles southeast OF
Bay City. Dillon was milking the
cows and it is supposed a lantern ex-
ploded and set fire to the building. and
that he died while trying to lead the
cattle to safety After the fire the
neighbors found his charred BODY I'm
the ruins. Dillon is survived by his
widow and two small children. The
fire destroyed nearly all of Dillon's
stock and well filled grain barns. The
loss will amount to several thousand
dollars
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-10-11
shockingiy Manglea by Hogs.

Mrs. Ansel Green, of Sebewa town
ship, was attacked by hogs and so
frightfully mangled she will die. Mrs.
Green was hunting for eggs in the
barnyard, when three hogs suddenly
turned upon her and knocked her
down. The animals apparently be.
came frenZied and began to tear at
the woman's arms and body. Mrs.
Green became unconscious. and then
the hogs moved away When she re-
gained consciousness Mrs. Green man
aged to get to her feet and started to
run for the gate. She had taken only
Il few steps when she was again at
tackled ana knocked down. Her
screams finally brought help and the
hogs We're driven away by her son.
The flesh was stripped from Mrs.
Green's right arm and it had to be
amputated. Her left arm and hand
was also terribly torn One side OF
her face was torn to shreds. The I'M
fortunate woman's body was also
shockingly mutilated. There is no hope
of her recovery. Mrs. Benz. Probasco,
sister of Mrs. Green, in going to the
latter's bedside. was thrown from
buggy and seriously injured.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-10-11
.FROMALL OVEROF THE GLOBE
The Horrors of the Samar island
Slaughter.
WARNS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Happenings at Home and abroad of in
terest to all Readers Briefly Summer
lied for these Busy October Days-The
Columbia Wins Three Straight.
Columbia wins First Race.

In the closest and most soul STIRRING
race ever sailed for the old Americas
cup, the white flyer Columbia beat
the British challenger over n wind
ward and leeward course of 30 nautl-
cal miles by the narrow margin OF 80
seconds. AS Lipton's latest aspirant
Cor cup honors must allow the DEFEND
er 43 seconds on account of the extra
S33 square feet of canvas in her san
area. the official record, under the
rules, gives her the victory by 1 min
ute and % seconds. AS spectacle
the contest was superb. From the
time the two sky-scraping racers cross
ed the starting line until they lied
across the finish line four and a half
hours later the result was in doubt,
and the excitement aboard the eXcur-
sion fleet increased until the men be-
came frenzied and women almost hys-
terical.
Columbia wins Second Race.
The second race for the coveted cup
between Columbia and Shamrock III.
was sailed Thursday, and won by
the Columbia by two minutes and one
second, corrected time. The course
was triangular. 1t was a magnificent
and blOod-stirring race to the first
mark. They lifted the first turn as
though the stakebOat itself was com
ing to meet them, the Shamrock still
holding the lead. Both swept away on
the starboard tack, Shamrock leading
by about n quarter to third of mile.
Still scudding in the strong wind, the
big white racers fetched the second
mark. Shamrock rounding it first, and
with tiattening sheets. 1t was the first
wlndward work of the race. and the
result of the contest depended on the
respective merits of the two boats in
the thrash to windward. at the end of
which was the finish line. The wind
was all that yachtsmen could wish,
and fair test of the merits of the
two boats was made.
The Third Race Won.
That silver cup Is to remain in these
United States unless Upton or some
other English yachtsman can bring
over Il better boat to contest for it.
That the Columbia defeated the Sham
rock ii. in three straight races, added
to the fact that this is the second time
she has saved the cup. does not soften
the loss to the Englishmen who had
real and great hopes of winning this
year. The races were close, the yachts
well handled. and the Columbia proved
for second time the better yacht
The first part of the race was Il hum
mer, with good wind, and the outer
mark was turned by the Shamrock
first. but when the last half was sailed
the admirable handling of the Column
bia. in slightly lighter wind, told
against her competitor. There was all
the excitement in this third and final
race that yachtsmen could wish. 1t
was in the run before the wind in the
first part of the race that the Sham
rock did her best. turning the outer
mark first. Then began the beat to
windward, and superb work with the
Columbia on this home stretch did the
business.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-10-11
A PitinbIe Case.

Undertaken Schoonmaker. of Men
don. was called upon Wednesday TO
fulfill his duty In a very sad case. 1t
was at farmers home. few miles
from here, the residence of Edward
Eatinger. Huddled together in a
miserable little shanty. 12x16 feet. he
found the father and two children. i'll
unto death with typhoid fever. In the
other corner lay the corpse of the wife
and mother. while I'm neighbor's
house another Of the family was I'll
with the same disease.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-10-11
The i-ost Aernnnnt

Rather than ne branded as n fakir.
Mrs. A. l.. Seeley, the aeronaut, of
Reed City, made an ascension Wednes-
day evening at LaSalIe. ILL.,. just at
dusk. She was warned that It was
dangerous, hut the jibes OF the crowd
piques her and she determined TO go
up. Since that time she has not been
seen. although the balloon was found
IN n field near Oglesby Her husband
followed I'm a buggy with the intention
OF picking her up. but owing TO the
darkness the parachute and the aeron-
nut were lost sight Of. Her fate Is
still mystery.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-10-11
The Astrologer.s warning.

Gustave Meyer, the youthful as
trologer of Hoboken. n. J., who warn
ed President Mckinley last spring TO
beware of an attempt to assassinate
him during June or September. pow
issues n warning to President RoOse-
welt. president Roosevelt. says
Prof. Never. SHOULD be very careful
of himself during the next six weeks,
especially on Nov. 3 and !. An acct
dent or sickness Is Indicated for him
about that time. and it may be avoided
by proper care. He and his advisers
will be called upon to settle some inn
portant question about the latter part
of October. 1t will concern con-
siderable expenditure of money and
may have to do with foreign trans
portation."
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-10-11

and cheerfulness soon
when the kid
neys are out of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that II is not uncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. II the child urin-
ates too often II the
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-10-11
The German Lutherans arc building
n fine church at West Branch.


a fine church at West Branch.
NJ. r. Wood. formerly manager of
the Port Huron Salt Co., did not deny
the rumor that he was interested in
n soda ash plant to be erected in that
city. and the indications are that Port
Huron will have such a plant.
The Ohio state board Of equalization
has decided that it has no power to
increase the assessed valuation of the
railroads of the state. and it is now
I'D TO Tom Johnson to bring man
damus proceedings. according to his
original threat.
Dean Victor G. Vaughan. of the Uni
versity OF Michigan, ina lecture be-
fore the Kalamazoo Academy OF Medi-
cine. predicted that I'm the next twenty
FIVE years great disease epldemics will
take place. due to the beliefs OF Chris
tian Scientists He based this state
ment on the fact that they are OPP
posed TO vaccination and the principles
OF medicine.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-10-11
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis
courages and lessons ambition; beauty, vigor
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-10-11

urine scalds the flesh or II, when the child
reaches an age when ii should be able to
control the passage, it is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend Upon it. the causc Of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment Of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due TO a diseased condition Of the
kidneys and bladder and not to habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect Of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. 1t is sold
by druggists, in fifty E:E
cent and one dollar tGsi5
sizes. You may have VI
sample bottle by mail ils sll:sssss "
free. also pamphlet tell Home of Swamp Root
ing all about it. including many of the
thousands Of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. T., be sure and
mention this paper.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-10-11

by druggists, in fifty
cent and one dollar
sizes. You may have a
sample bottle by mail
free alec nar,nnh LEI tell