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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-18

4 Bocr emissary-voI he says
IS in the country 10 see If he cannot get
our authorities 20 forbid the - t.ruent OF
American horses to mount the Brush
Army in South Africa. Poor fellow, J.
the British were unable TO pay their
bills his mission might prove wonderfully
effective but not when the cash is safely
in sight
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-18
A Discovery.
(Fron Puck5

prom PuCk-5
JOHNNY know what people learn 20 spell for -
Mamma Do your
Johnny-Yes It's 50 the children won't know
what you're talking about.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-18

As reported the latest Administration
scheme in connection with the canal
question. IS to induce Congress to give
the President discretionary power 10
choose either the Nicaragua or the Pan
anna routes A commercially neat and
appropriate plan But would MI Nc
kin!ey care to assume u responsibility
which would expose him 10 the criticism
Of the country which would be excited
were he to seem 70 lend himself TO the
designs Of the New York Panama syn
dicateZ
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-18

hiul and stsralr rebuked for ciapping her hands,
Madame said Justice Wills, do you think
this Is q theatre-
The Comte de Schio Is busfIy engaged in the
construction Of his air-hip. The first vessel viii
be 4 small one. measuring, only bout 100 feet IN
length. It VIII have aCco nmOdatiOn for two pas
sengcrs- The power for TropeiIing the vessel viii
be placed n the foreparJ Of the car Should the
preliminary trials prove successful the Conte
proposes to construct larger machine The Duke
of Arbuzzi IS displaying al keen interest In the
invention and has expressed 4 desire TO accom-
pany the inventor upon his maiden voyage
Rata fibre Is I staple article Of commerce IN
Madagascar The HovaS use the under part of the
leaf split very fine as a warp, with a welt Of
white silk producing an article called silklamba.
which Is sold both in Europe and America The
coast tribes use It for clothing, but OF coarse
quality with dyed stripes Of indigo saffron black.
and dirty green Il Il cold COGioTtlsSs looking
material. and when two natives come down
road clad in rata shirts The noise produced Il
somewhat similar TO Ji3at Of two Wive meat coz
ers rubbing together
The Governor Of Finland General Robrikoff,
las ordered that all the rifles belonging 90 the
Finnish Reserve shall be delivered up and stored
with the proper authorities IT St Petersburg,
writes 4 Copenhagen correspondent, This order
has created sensation, as II Is regarded as
a cautious step the part of the Russian author
titles to prevent the possibility Of q revolt al
though the subjUggtion of the Finnish people Is
too complete 10 give cause for such fear The
Finnish seople are alone in their struggle, and
alone they know nothing be done.
John c. SehafEer OF Wichita. kan, has brought
suit against a church society Of that city on
rather remarkable grounds he declares that he
bought and paid for a burial lot n the cemetery
owned by the church organization, and that he
buried his VIE there Recently his daughter
died, and her last request vas that she he
buried by the side of her mother; but when the
arrangements were being made the church officials
denied the Use of the cemetery on the ground that
the girl had not been member of their society.
The girl buried elsewhere, and the father
asks fOr 5000 damages.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-07
CURTIS ATTACKS ANARCHY.
His Proposed Bill Would Multiply
Capital 0ffenses.
STRIKES YELLOW JOURNALS.

Topeka, Kas., Nov. 4.-Congressman
Charles Curtis has completed draft of
bill for the suppression and punish
nlent of anarchists which he will intro
duce at the coming session of congress.
The provisions of the bill are very
sweeping. They catch anarchists and
their sympathizers and also yellow
journals.
Mr.. Curtis bill provides that every
person who shall, within the United
States, unlawfully and wilfully kill or
assault with intent to kill, the presi-
dent or vice president, member of the
presidents cabinet, the chief justice
or justice of the supreme court of the
United States, shall be deemed guilty
of a crime against the government of
the United States and upon conviction
thereof shall suffer death
The second section fixes the death
penalty upon the crime of two or more
persons conspiring to kill one or either
of the officials named in the first sec
ton.
The third section provides that every
person who shall within the United
States, incite, encourage, promote or
advocate an assault with intent to kill
either of the officials named, shall be
deemed guilty of crime against the
government of the United States, and
upon conviction thereof shall suffer
death. Provided, that nothing in this
section shall be held or construed to
prevent a candid, full and fair dis
cussion of public events and public
measures. nor to prevent just and fair
criticism of any public officer.
The fourth section provides that
every person, who shall, within the
United States, incite, encourage, pro-
mote or advance, the overthrow of the
government of the United States, or
who shall diffuse the doctrine of
anarchy, shall be deemed guilty of
crime against the government of the
United States, and upon conviction
thereof shall suffer death. Provided,
that nothing in this section shall be
held or construed to prevent candid,
full and free discussion of public events
and public measures, nor to prevent
just and fair criticism of and public
officer.
The fifth section would punish per-
sons with imprisonment for life who
join any anarchist society or organiza-
ton, whose object is to subvert, over
throw or change the government of
the United States. The sixth section
fixes the same penalty for writing or
publishing anything intended and de-
signed to expose the president or vice
president of the United States, any
member of the presidents cabinet, the
chief justice or any justice of the
supreme court of the United States, to
public hatred, scorn or contempt.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-07

"The most touching compliment 7
ever received" remarked a wei known
soprano the other day, was paid to
me by a poor old woman, who must
have amused those who heard her.
had sung two o'os at the evening serv-
ice of a fashionable church, after
which 1 boarded car. The old wom-
an, whose clothes indicated great pow
erty, got in and sat down beside me,
her face fairly shining with pleasure
as she recognized me. Lady, I want
to tell you how likes your voice. she
exclaimed in rather broken English.
1t goes right to my heart, and makes
me so happy, just as if I'd heard the
angels sing. l thanks you OF course
I thanked her, but the funny part was
when the conductor came for our fares.
The old lady counted out ten pennies
before I could pass over my nickel.
'Twon two!' she said to him as she
nodded to me. 4 wants to, lady, for
l likes y voice so much; l likes
your vol, So while 1 felt that per-
haps the poor old soul could i'll spare
her extra pennies, l let her make the
sacrifice because of the evident pleas
ure it gave her, and no compliment /
ever received has touched me more
deeply than her oft repeated words:
7 likes your voice. philadelphia
Record.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-07
ABOUT VANILLA.
A Plant Esteemed for It's Flavor and


The vanilla is an orchidaceous,
climbing vine. which often reaches
over 80 feet in Insight, and is usually
about the thickness of ones little fin
ger. The vine is round, knotted at in
te-vals, and covered with dark green
spear-shaped leaves. 1t throws out a
number of thin arms or aerial roots as
it ris-s. which. attaching themselves to
neighboring trees, appear to derive
therefrom such nutriment that the
vines are little dependent on the soil-
in fact, often when all other modes of
supply are cut OFF these holdfasts will
entirely nour sh the plant. Occasional
ly the wild vines completely cover the
branches OF the tree, and, running
from it into adjacent ones, they will
hang in huge sto-ns and arches so
thick that they seriously impede ones
progress in the bush. The vines bios
som profusely-usually in the spring
the strange and delicate flowers, with
their long, struggling and pale yellow
petals, springing from the angles
where the leaves branch off, After a
few days existence, the flowers wither
and fall, and as their chance of fertili-
cation through any of the outside
agencies on which they depend is a
brief one, and precarious at best, it is
not surprising to find that very few
of them are succeeded by fruit. This
takes the form of a large pod, and,
strange to say. although the pods at
tain their full growth within fifty
days from the fall of the petals, they
take fully seven months more to ripen.
The pods vary from 5 to IL inches in
length and are about like a banana,
but are better described as resembling
a knife sheath; hence the name
vanilla, which is a corruption of the
Spanish word vainilla-a small scab-
bard. Each pod contains a quantity
Of small black granules, surrounded by
a balsamic pulp whose peculiar COM
bination of oil and acid is supposed to
impart to the pods that delicious flavor
and powerful aroma for which they
are so justly esteemed.-Chambers
Journal
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-07
ANOTHER BONE TO PICK.
Turkey viii Resist Demand For
Payment of Ransom.
MISS STONE TO COME HOME.

Constantinople, Nov. 1.-THE Turk
ish government is already preparing to
resist the anticipated demand of the
United States for payment of the ran
som necessary TO secure the release OF
Miss Ellen NJ. Stone, the abducted
American missionary. The porte re-
pudiates all responsibility for the kid
mapping of Miss Stone and maintains
that the United States has no claim
against Turkey, and that therefore the
latter is justified in refusing to recon-
pense the United States for the money
expended in her rescue.
A high Turkish official Informed
press representative of the associated
press that the Turkish resistance of
any claims would be based upon the
contentious: First-That Miss Stone,
although warned of the dangers of the
road, persisted in travelling; second
that she did not notify the authorities
of her intention in order to obtain an
escort, which precaution even the for
eign eonsuls always take when travel
ing in such outlying, insecure districts
of the empire, and, third, that the
brigands who kidnapped Miss Stone
and her companions were Bulgarians,
that the coup was planned in Bulgaria
and that sanctuary was found in Bull
garian territory.
Sofa.-Mr. Dickinson, in the name
of the United States government, has
given an assurance that neither the re-
ceivers of the ransom nor Miss Stones
guides will be prosecuted. He asserts
that Turkey agreed fortnight ago to
reimburse the ransom.
Constantinople.-A 1t is ru-
mored that Madame Tsilka, the COM
panion of Miss Stone, and her child
(born since her capture by the bril-
gands) are dead.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-07
New Rails on Branch.

Wichita, Nov. 1.-Roadmaster A.
West of the Santa Fe believes that he
will have all the new steel rails laid on
the Hutchinson branch by November
10. There will then be little surfac-
ing and a general cleaning up, but he
is confident that by the first of the COM
ing year. the Hutchinson branch will
be in excellent shape. When it is COM
pleted, it will be one of the finest pieces
of track in the entire system, with the
exception, perhaps, of that part which
is rock ballasted.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-07

Jacks hands lay like withered leaves
on the snowy coverlet, and the wan,
shriveled face on the pillow seemed
hardly human, but his eyes were bright
! with returning life and dawning hope.
Has the princess escaped from the
tower at last? Is it really the old
| Madge?" he whispered, doubtfully.
1T is the old Madge. dear" she
| answered, tears and smiles struggling
for the mastery of her mobile face, in
spite of the doctors injunction as to
excitement. "Mr. Anderson is down.
stairs. We are the best of friends now
and he brought me here. Shall tell
him to come up?"
Not just yet" said Jack. happily
studying the face bent over him, and
finding in it all he had so loved-and
more. The cynical curl of the lips was
gone. the dewy freshness had come
back to the eyes, and brought with it
a sweet, grave womanliness that had
never been there before.
1T is worth far, far more than a
brain fever COSTS" he said at last, with
a sigh of satisfaction
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-07
THIEF CUNNINGLY CAUGHT.
A Railroad Man Robbed Mail. in Kan
saa.

Eureka, Kas, Oct 31.-About a year
ago j. w. Weatherford was night
agent for the Missouri Pacific railroad
here. For some time letters containing
money and drafts had been missing
from the mails and no clue could be
obtained as to where they disappeared.
Finally Weatherford left the country
rather unceremoniously and from that
time the thieving stopped. 1t was
learned that the drafts stolen were
cashed in Georgia and other southern
points, and that Weatherford had come
from the south.
Postoffice Inspector J. L. Stice went
to Georgia and Alabama. He located
Weatherford's relatives, but could find
no trace of Weatherford. He finally
got trace of a man giving his name as
]. w. Ford. Stice found him at last
with his family in log cabin in the
Mountains of Georgia. He confessed
and told of conspiracy to rob mails.
Weatherford had secured key to
the mail pouches from his brother-in-
law, L. T. Denny, who was postmaster
at town in Kentucky. With this key
Weatherford had opened the mail sacks
while in his charge and had sent the
drafts to his relatives in the south to
be cashed. Among the drafts cashed
by this fence in the south was one for
s343 on its way to w. S. Metcalf, of
Lawrence. Weatherford and L. T.
Denny, the Kentucky postmaster, are
in Jail at Paola and another Denny is
out on bond.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-07
Must Fix Responsibility.

Washington, Nov. 4.-The United
States government SO far has directed
its efforts solely to the procurement of
Miss Stones release and all other ques-
tions connected with the case, includ-
ing that of a claim for indemnity have
been regarded as secondary and laid
aside for future discussion. This is
almost necessarily the case, owing to
the fact that in it's present lights the
state department cannot place the
responsibility for Miss Stones capture
and detention; further evidence must
be had on that point
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-07
salisbury rs a Saint.

It is not generally known that a
statue of Lord Salisbury as Chris ian
warrior appears in one of the inches
of the INTEREST," and beau I'll reredos
in the chapel of All Souls Col eye, Ok
ford. About forty years ago the pre-
mier was elected a fellow of this col
lege, and about the same time an elab-
crate stone screen was erected in the
chapel attached to the Fellows house.
The sculptor evidently preferred to
make his own saints instead of accept
ing those canonized by the church, and
Lord Salisbury was chosen to fill up
the vacant gap, and is therefore I'm
mortalized as a Christian warrior
Chicago Journal.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-07
WIN Give Reward to WIDOW.

Winfield, Kas., Oct. 29.-The Santa
Fe employees who recently announced
that they would contribute 81, 900 fol'
the capture of the murderer of Santa
Fe detective George C. Montgomery,
have decided to give the money to Mrs
Montgomery and erect monument to
her husband. One man has been ar
rested on suspicion and now awaits the
action of the district court but other
wise the case is at Il standstiu as the
detectives have no clue whatever to
work upon.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-07
Manila Better Governed.

Washington, Oct. 3o.-There are to
be no more cockfights in Manila, where
the sport has been practiced by the
Spaniards for 100 years. The senti-
ment of the Americans in Manila is
against the sport and it has been stop
ped just as bull fighting in Havana has
been. The local authority has decided
that the sport is demoralizing and
hazardous to the youth of Manila. The
Spaniard who has enjoyed lucrative
monopoly of such spectacles has been
refused renewal of his licenses.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-07
DEATH MISSED HIS MARK.
Narrow Escapes of Railroad Men Fro,
Impending Disaster.

Narrow Escapes of Railroad Men From
Impending Disaster.
A group of railroaders sat and talked
"On a certain afternoon l was walk
ing over a one-track trestIe fifty feet
high. A train came on me and 1 had
to step off the track and stand on the
little space--a space less than foot
wide-between the track and the tres
ties edge. l stood there, facing the
train, and as it went by, to keep my
self from losing my balance, for only
my toes were on the ties, my heels
unsupported in the air-I had to take
hold and let go again of the various
parts OF, Inc engine and of the coach
es. OF course the train wasn't going
fast. Otherwise l should have been
shaken off and killed. In the way of
scares l have had my share, too. but
one of my greatest shocks had comedy
in it. We had on our division a shift
ing engine that ran as softly ana
silently as an engine in a dream
a wonderful machine she was-for fair.
Well, one day l was walking the tracks
and thinking, when pleasant voice
right behind ME murmured: Say,
hadn't you better get off and let us
go by" I turned in establishment, for
l had thought | was alone, and the
shifting engine was halted with her
cowcatcher hardly a yard from my
back. They had shut off everything,
glided down on me and tried to see
how near to me they could stop
Philadelphia Record.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-07
Two World Records.

Memphis, Tenn, Oct. 29,-The Mem
phis trotting associations fall meeting
closed with two more worlds records
to its credit. The feature of the day
was the free for all pace, best two in
three heats and in this event Prince
ALERT, by Crown Prince and driven by
Curry made two worlds records. The
first heat paced was the fastest q mile
ever made by a gelding, passing the
pole in 5914. In the second heat he es-
tablished worlds record for geldings,
completing the circuit in 2:OOSl.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-07
A COOPERATIVE COLONY.
An Example Is the Settlement of Cosme
in Paraguay.


in Paraguay.
Comparatively few persons are
aware of the existence in Paraguay Of
little English-speaking colony
named Cosme, and of its attempt to
organize community on the highest
cooperative lines. Beginning in 1894
as the result of a secession from the
New Australia colony, the founders of
Cosme seem to have steered clear of
the shoals and quicksands which
wrecked the parent movement One
of the fathers" of the colony, al
though he is quite a young man, is
John Lane, who says of the colony:
I'VE are running now ON the lines on
which New Australia started; we are
communistic in so far as we share
our earnings equally, irrespective of
the capacity of the individual. The
present outlook is highly satisfactory,
but we want more adult members. Our
present population is sixteen women,
all married, and twenty-six men; for
ty-two all told, exclusive of the chill
dren. We have $4,000 acres of land,
half forest and half pasture, but only
the forest land is good for cultivation.
In the matter of finance our assets ex-
coed our liabilities, and that is gener-
ally considered to be a sound position.
We can easily raise our own food sup
ply. Every family lives in its own
house, and the bachelors have houses
of their own, but take their meals at
the cooperative dining-room, their
cooking being done for them by col
ony labor. This cooperative COM
monwealth is governed by what is
called parliament, although it is on
ly committee of three, with chair
man or director of the colony. The
ballot is taken by casting papers into
a hat. Speaking of the industrial con-
ditions in Cosme, Mr.. Lane said re-
Gently: 1--WE have a forty-five hours
week, eight hours a day for five
days and five hours on Sat
urday. Work starts just after
sunrise and the men are en-
ployed in sugarmaking and timber
work. The married women are not on
the organized working staff. They look
after the homes, and any work they
do outside is voluntary. Single wom-
en- would be on the working staff"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-07
Effects all Dentists.

New York, Nov. obligation, which
has lasted for IA years, which involves
the payment of $4,000, 900 or more by
the 1000 dentists of the United States
and which has caused the death of the
investor from worry, was brought to a
decision in the United States Circuit
court. A verdict was rendered that,
when enforced through other suits,
may make every dentist in the country
liable to the international Tooth
Crown company for great sums as roy
alties for ''bridge-work.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-07
Turned the Tables.

A lecturer was once decanting on
the superiority of nature over art,
when an irreverent listener in the au-
dience fired that old question at him:
How would you look, sir, without
your wig?" Young man." instantly re-
piled the lecturer, pointing his finger
at him, you have furnished me an apt
illustration for my argument. My bald
ness can be traced to the artificial hab-
its of our modern civilization, while
the wig l am wearing he raised
his voice till the windows shook-''is
made OF natural hair," The audience
testified it's appreciation of the point
by loud applause and the speaker was
not interrupted again.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-07

New York, Nov. 1.-THE Berlin cor
respondent says that while the agrari-
ans continue to demand even higher
protective duties than those proposed
by the government the distress through
out Germany is becoming intense. 1t
is estimated that there are so, 900 I'M
employed persons in Berlin. In the
suburb of Charlottenburg particularly
the condition of labor both skilled and
unskilled, is distressing. A mass meet
ing of the unemployed has been called
there
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-07

warned him weeks ago that he was
OVERRIDING, and must slacken his pace.
l suppose he couldn't see his way clear
to do it. He has a trained nurse and
the best of care. and we'll pull him
through all right
Although Madge went home con-
WINGED that she had fiattered herself
too much in thinking that her insig-
nificant doings had brought about
Jacks illness, she was not entirely re-
assured. Even if she had added little
to the load he had been carrying, she
had done nothing to tighten it, and
she might have done so much. She
had not dreamed it was so heavy.
And while he was toiling like a
slave, you-you were flirting with Dick
Foster" she said contemptuously to
the pale face that confronted here as
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-07
For Single statehnnd.

Topeka, Nov. At has been given
out here by close friend of President
Roosevelt that, if he made any recon-
mendations~ whatever in regard to
statehood for Oklahoma in his forth
coming message, he would advocate
single statehood for both Oklahoma
and the Indian territory, and gave it
out further that, in his opinion, the
president would treat the subject in
his message.
Statehood is the all-absorbing topic
now in the two territories
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-07
Mooney Was at ArIck.rss.

Topeka, Nov. AL Mooney, engineer
at the State house, is very much inter
ested in the current number of Scrib-
ner's which contains an article on the
Indian wars of the United States. In
it description is given of the defeat
of Roman Nose at Arickaree ford ON
the Republican river by Colonel For
sythe in September, 1868. Mooney was
a member of company of scouts
which were engaged in the fight and
who were saved only by the opportune
arrival of the regular troOns