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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-04

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-04
RANGES ARE ON FIRE
RANCHES SWEPT AWAY IN TWO
NEBRASKA COUNTIES.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
OMAHA Neb., Dec. S.-Dispatches
from Sparks Neb., report destructive
prairie fires in the northeastern part Of
Cherry county and throughout the great
er part of Keya Papa. Thousands of
acres of range have been destroyed, and
much hay has been burned. Several
ranches have been swept away, and
others are threatened. Hundreds of men
are engaged in fighting the fire. A light
fall Of snow promises to bring relief.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-04

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17
1alfuN..:I:s - aQlc
TIE YOUNG PRESIDENT.
M. NJ. MURDOCH. Editor.


An intense temperament is now at the head OF the ma
ton In our history counterpart of is not found and
the mind has to run back of Andrew Jackson
to find a president Of similar mental fore.
Theodore Roosevelt is a who when he believes,
believes with his whole SOUL when not believe in
thing he is to the last limit his strength its oppon
ent TIE is always unafraid
It has been SO long since man Of his tremendous
nervous energy has occupied the White House that many
in the nation are curious the Of his execu-
tive ability
Time viii demonstrate that to be of a high order It
will be positive and vet discreet determined and yet
cautious; individual yet advised But it will have
an intensity in its processes which viii be thoroughly
Characteristic Of the preaident
The president viii attach co himself following which
viii believe in Roosevelt night and for eternity
The nucleus Of it has forming for years It com
prses every mind that has struck fire from his You viii
find it in the politician who Roosevelt the news
paper reporter the soldier the literary The man
is giant in crisis the first he meets. will find
this nation idolzing young president for his mastery
OF the situation.
And as he win create this strong following so viii he
have the bterest opposition Men Of his temperament
always do We look the partisan attack Roosevelt
to be the most savage Of recent years.
But these qualifications are all secondary to the pr
mary fact Of what Roosevelt ihe is patriotism inear
nate He stands country He glows with the thought
that be an Americana he loves America with ardOr
that is fiery Liberty is sacred to him. democracy
an nvolable gift from heaven He hates corruption
der any mask; despises compromise with any diversion
full republican development and condemns any but
unquesoning loyalty the idea of equality which
the throbbing heart of our national existence.
He is young He was born recent 1858. He
graduated from Harvard in 1880 Five years later he
was candidate for mayor Of New York City. He was
appointed the civil service commission by President
Harrison in 1889. We all know his career president
the police board 1895 what rafting of dry
bones he caused then. President Mckinley appointed
him assistant secretary of the navy When the Spanish
war came he resigned with mis- Rough Riders plunged
into the with such signal courage that New York
made him governor. And last year in Philadelphia,
Kansas leading in the demand and against his will the
Republicans nominated him for the vice presidency.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17
NEeRo POPULATION HoLps rs owN.

Eight Of the eleven census bulletins covering the pop
uation CT the states in groups by nativity ETC. have
been public. They show that the decline IN the
proportion Of the cOlored the total population between
1880 and has not again taken place Twenty years
ago 131 per of the population of the United States
coIored in 1890 the percentage had dropped to
This time if the ratio for the egheevenhs of the
try already computed holds good the colored population
will represent 117 per the tota-practically
standof This cooborates the view expressed by Gold
win Smith article on question that
the likely to hold his physically and
icaly in the United States
statistical factor totals which the negros
power sustaining numbers in the competition that
of immigration, al Of which white During the decade
just closed several million white people have doubtless
to this country immigrants and yet that added
the increase from birth in the white race does make total
which greatly exceeds the relative increase from births
alone in the colored race Gen Frances A Walker used
TO have theory that immigration did add the
growth of country since immigrants merely took the
places Of other people, and that the native population
would expand just by itself there were no imm
grafton. Whether this theory be correct does not matter
for the has had to meet the indirect competition
the immigrants, though they have nearly all gone
to the north.
list Of the gains and losses Of comparative negro
population by last decade may be Of interest
In Kentucky the negro population has declined from
TO 1873 This is in line with the general the
coored population the state is moving either
southwark northward. Kentucky ten years ago had
actually fewer negroes than in 1880. and the same ten
dency observable Louisiana dropped in the last
decade from SO cent coored to AL per cent This
the most sensational change the whole list of figures and
Is not as vet wholly accounted for In Maryland the
negro percentage dropped from 2O7 1sS in 1Iissssp
ri from $40 5S4; Missouri it dropped from SIS
TO 50; in New Jersey il increased from to 81 in New
York it increased from Ii to Is; North Carolina it
dropped from S4 to SO; in Pennsylvania it grew from to
p; in South Carolina it dropped from 59S TO 5S4
he ed he oF
ton in northern states as New York PENNSYLVANIA
ana New Jersey while only fraction of per cent stands
for very large number Of people ana means an Increase
Of negroes in those states Of to - per cent for the
decade It shows that the border state negro is being
attracted either by the cities Of north or the cotton
fields Of the far south. The complete figures viii be
awaited with interest but it is probable that they
viii materially change the present outlook
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17
nENlENcY IN 4DuRANcE VII

The Howard association of criminal experts ali Of
whom careful students of penoogy have promulgated
the published conclusion that the county jails of the
United States the institutions the
world
1t has long been theme for extended comment that the
prison system in Of southern states sabnominabe
Prisoners mixed erndiscrminateya subjected
to enforced ideness in ways that tend cultivate Grim
inal instincts rather than eradicate them The Howard
experts depore what is called he American tendency
handle criminals with soft gloves and hold that enne
obs prison life of its and defeats its object
Americas alleged increase of crime compared with
the reported contrary tendency in Great Britain cited
proof Of the superior efficiency of British penal meth
DDS
The severity of Of the British and continental
as may possibly work to decrease crime abroad by driv
ing criminals Of the country Certain it is that
in America have been obliged to receive some of the
refuse Of foreign jails
Some Of the British prisons have been notorious dis
graces to the While the prison system in
some in this country has been lamentabe enough
the general tendency has been make them humane
as is compatible with justice. Indeed some maintain
that We have erred the side Of leniency.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17

with him the responsibility for awful crime and whose
very existence life the continued good
order of the community.
ishment of such offenders against society Mob violence
is always liable in punishment, strkingl
demonstrated when Detective Gallagher being
punished by the crowd in Temple of Music for the
crime committed by Czogosz, those in the vicinity mis-
taking him the confusion the criminal because he
had pistol in his hand which he had wrested from the
presidents assassin No mistakes need be made in the
punishment OF anarchists. They should have fair trail
any other members OF the community But once con
victed their punishment should be made the
law viii allow. and maudln sympathy appeal be
half Of should stand in the Of this And if exist
ing laws not sufficiently severe should be made
Now is the time to prosecute the search and fix response
biy the propaganda Of blood Now is the
time for the authorities. both in Buffalo and in city
be vglant their duty public which is thoroughly
aroused that this band of conspirators and
derers is hunted down and annibilated.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17
ALONG THE KANSAS NILE.

It seems 70 be a question now whether
Kansas viii get the Office or pension com
missioner.
President Roosevelt thinks that the
greatest man Kansas ever produced is
Fred Funston.
The Socialists at Topeka wanted 10
hold a meeting. but 10 one would let
them have hall.
Nearly all the congressman Of Kansas
have gone 20 Washington 10 attend the
funeral OF the president.
Senator Burton and David A,uIvaue
have gone n Washington 10 attend the
funeral of the president.
A Kansas editor notes that the spouts
Of coal Ol~cans are now closed by stick
ing oranges on them. not potatoes.
Governor Stanley has hushel OF two
Of applicants for commissioner 70 the
st. Louis fair. more than he knows what
10 do with
4 Salina man has written a piece of
music called The Mosquitoes Carnival
The lola Register intimates that e e
not g lullaby
The monument Of granite 90 be erected
on the site Of the old Pawnee village !n
Republic county WIS shipped lsst week
from Vermont.
Judge Thomson. - BurIaraue was
nor STANLEY. aud Robert r. Heller. ~
Usage City, wes gtVen ere place
TIE Kansas city Journal thinks that
Senator Burton VIII now seek So have
some other Kansas mau PIT in Fourth
Assistant Postmaster BrlstoHs place
4 Topeka woman who eafI sna wss
glad Mckinley was deed. was 1cr7-ted
~ Mayor Hughes The manner - de-
portatl1D vas thss. Police et The
woman got
The Topeka Captsl tanks tlat sena-
tor Burtoo ray q made tre representa-
tire ~ the admiristratio1 tn tre zel-e.
The Capitai also th.lEs that Trace
apgoirtz1cnr viii p made ln7re'l lv-
rut that LeiaEd's uls o. held $50 e1 nrH-
6it.on that ire twe wl1Es al tae hspuali-
ear party lr kansas - Together
Chester 7 Lonr is uentiorei esr5 fa-
vorsolT ~ IRE eastern papers n cs-er-
t-ol w.th trr Esw EiuirlTtrat. l
given e1r there thst Fres-clt I-eseet
reearzs hlru a. one - tff rrEeet fe-
rtltlicar.r ir thf wet Err tra E1fE
ITerid zes far ~ 81 reEtse1 hlr
among lla 1sstlr-es lr ct
office
The Topeka csF.tal asns1naes TIE 81
owing new Ealses f Ear4 I
3fsrrsas-. ~ llastaue FoHE - Jena
TSrst3enthsL -in DTEeFt k8rsez. -
How Dlso1vercE ssal.es ~ EeFt AZ I
11seh The CD aaf fhe I'd. ~ TIE 4
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17

The sober second thought eff most people tells them
that it was fortunate thing for the reputation Of the
country as a. whole and Buffalo particular thar mob
vengeance was NOT wreaked tie presidents assassin
But they do net on this account feel whit less
anxious Ter the apprehension and punishment all con
cerned in the plot against the presidents ufe saws The
Buffalo IN y Review. That there was such plot is
more firmly believed. That more than one person was
concerned in the attempt XIII Mt Mckinley becomes
more ana more evident to tie public in general
This belief makes the public more and more impatient
for the apprehension Of all who in any way
eated with the crime There is feeling Of intense in
dignaon against these potters against the LIE Of man
who had done one HARM and whose character is ad
nred by practically al the people Of the United States
without respect to political creed This feeling Of lndfe
nation IS Il possible more intense and deepseated than
that against Czolsosz alone for wretch though he IS mis-
cradle specimen o. humanity though lie may be he is
after all, but one man.
nc one Knows how MANY the others NAV be WHO share
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17
o, captainI My captainl


o Captain, my Captain! our fearful trip
is done,
The ship has weather'd every rack. the
prize we sought is won,
The port IS near. the bells 1 hear, the
people al exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the
vessel grim and daring;
But heart heart heart.
O the bleeding drops Of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead
O Captain, my Captain, rise up and hear
the hells
Rise uD-for you the flag is hung-for you
the bugle triils,
For YOU bouquets and ribbon'd wresths-
Tor YOU the shores a-crowding.
Fo- Won they call. the swaying mass, their
eager faces turning:
Here. Captain, dear father
This arm beneath your head
II is some dream. that on the deck
You've fallen cold and dead.
Ny Captain does not answer, his lips are
pale and still,
Nv father does not feel my arm. he has
no parse nor VIII,
The shin Is anchored safe and sound. SIS
voyaee closed and done.
From fearful trip the victor ship comes IN
with object Won;
Exllt. O shores. and ring. bells.
Bur T. with uouruful tread
Walk The deck where my Captain lies.
walt Whitman.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17
SAFETY OF PEARY.

It is welcome news that has been brought from the
Arctic regions by the relief steamer Erik just
North Sydney, Cape Breton Explorer Peary is safe at
Cape Sabine and the steamer Wndward. which it was
feared had been lost has securely harbored with
her supplies at Etah for year The results
of the explorers labors may be disappointing those
from whose point Of view the attainment uttermos
north the only object worth while but the exploration
the entire archipelago north of Greenland deter1nin
alton of the origin of the socaed paleocrystc and
the approach to the northernmost land in latitude
So defrees so minutes achievements value sufic
lent TO compensate for the expenditure the time
money and suffering require for their accomp sbment
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17
TIE. EeYPTIAN COTTON.

Experiments Of the department Of agriculture in the
raising Egyptian cotton in the United States has turned
out unfavoraby according reports from the in
charge of the Tests made throughout the cot
ton belt except in Texas and Oklahoma and only in the
extreme southern part Florida could the Egyptian cotton
plant thrive. The department could plant and cultivate
the could by reproduce the condi-
ton Of soil climate rainfall irrigation that have given
pre-eminence to the Egyptian fibre is in in
the lush bottom lands of Yucatan Honduras and the
Central American states that successful agricultural ri
ya with the Egyptian product may be undertaken with
fares hopes of is to be trusted that the de-
partments efforts to this end will not be relaxed Egyp-
tian cotton with its long rough hard and silky fibre
indispensable in the manufacture Of the finer grades of
cotton fabrics Last year cotton manufacturers bought
nearly 45O00O0O pounds this cotton paying it
average price of 12 cents per pound It has risen in
price during the calendar year. the average being
about IS cents per pound If ample supply of this
perne spinning material could be secured here at prices
greatly exceeding the Liverpool price for American
cotton American textile industry would be vastly smuat
ed and expanded
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

Roosevelt. it is said. is very favorable
to statehood for Oklahoma
The Choctaw expects 70 have trains
running into Ava this week.
Out in Woods county there are so
many peaches that they go begging Tor
price.
The United states army is recruiting
heavily from Oklahoma and the Indian
territory.
Some of the Indian territory. towns are
voting for maids OF honor 10 the Queen
OF the Dallas fair.
Roar from the CordeH Herald; "Pota-
toes sixty cents a peck Coafound those
trusts. anyhow"
Fire broke ont in the business part %
Cordeil Thursday and several stores we're
burned. The loss reaches $500.
The postofice authorities believe that
q regular gang of safs-cracFerS rake
their home somewhere in Oklahoma.
The elevation of Roosevelt has started
the Oklahoma politicians 70 talking OF
the Incident of the Saddles" again
Mrs. Simon Bruesch, OF Lexington.
gave birth TO three boys whose agg~e-
gate weight was twenty-five pounds
The city engineer IF Oklahoma City
has sued the Oklahoma City fines
Journal because IL criticized his office
The fall rains have begnD and every
body is glad Of It. for everybody made as
much hay as there was TO make while
the sun shone
Social item in the Geary Bulletin, THE
Arapahoe Indians danced last Saturday
night Bat few visitors We're IN attend
ance and all retired early.'
Between EDDY and Blackwell the other
day a locomotive went dead. The dis
pGtcher at Blackwell received q wire.
to-wit: Engine dead" He wired back:
What did she die off" and received this
answer: Cholera Infartum, you
chump."
Near Lamont. last week. J. W Cox
and his horse ran into a barbed-wire
fence Both were terribly cut. but Cox
rode hard to the nearest house. When he
reached there. man and horse fell from
exhaustion. but their wounds were bound
Up and they are getting well.
Stroud Messenger: Last Sunday after
noon, while several little boys were play
ing around the biz well at the Doweii cot
ton gin, Frank Hembrow. aged six years,
son of Town Marshal ard Mrs. Chas.
Hembrow, lost his balance and fell in
and was drowned before he could be
rescued. A board had been removed
from the well and the boys were throw
ing stones down 10 hear the water
splash. 1t is supposed that the little fell
low was drawn in by a large stone he
had carried near the edge.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17

Five vice presidents have succeeded the presidency
William Henry Harrison passed thrtyone DAYS in the
White House Tyler succeeded him. Zachary Tayler
ed one year and four months and succeeded by Mil
lard Fillmore; Lincoln served four years and forty-two
days and was succeeded by Andrew Johnson; Carried
served six months and fifteen DAYS succeeded by
Arthur Mckinley served four and six months
succeeded Rooseyalt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17

from The Detroit Free FresE-l
Efrar-Is y0isr father favcTadis % nv
lose far SOU. Et1eil
Ethal-Ch- yez. every o---y gets along
with IA ualess thsy try 20 borrow money
~ him
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17

President Roosevelt is different type than the nation
has in the White House instance no one
doubts that he wrote his first proclamation that he
spent any finding what former proclamatons OF
similar nature looked ike
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17

fFrom the PhIladslphls Fress-l
Il suppose sad the inauisitive tour
Isl -that TIE wealth q ms country Is
Gre the SOIL
II reckon il IS" replied TIE poor farm
CT Il doat ku0w snvhciy kereab1gts.
tnet ever rot any out - u. 90 I reckon
il sliu thar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17

1T shall be my concern to continue absolutely unbrok
the policy of President Mckinley for peace prosperity
and the honor Of our beloved country
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17

Roosevelt has deal Of sentiment about him His de-
termination to pay his respects the Miburn House as
subordinate to the dead chief indicates how full
S
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17

Oklahoma City Times-Journal: Who is
it that resides within eight miles Of this
city that has an army trunk in their pos
session. The man who has this particU-
lar trunk now can establish the lOca-
ton Of the relatives of Clarence Nc
Call. a young man who died Of fever at
the home of a farmer residing IN the vi
entity a few days ago. At the time Of
the young mans Illness he was too de-
lirious TO give any information as TO the
wherea bouts of his relatives, but stated
that he had an army trunk at the home
Of a man who resided near Oklahoma
City that contained information concern
ing some Of his people. Parties from
near Tecumseh were in this city today
trying TO locate the trunk.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17

Your friend IS 2 co-EandiHs sxars FL
che POLITICS ~ year ststs-
shnsid say 50 4aF~ere1 selsser
SORGHUM re stands f3r a. least bill
.Iar 81 dollars
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17

Henry Cabot Lodge viii probably be secretary of
state Roosevelt VIII put Corteyou IN the cabinet Cor
telyou is only thirty-nine years old.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17

Two attempted. assassinations arc re-
ported from the Creek country. George
Il AIcElroy was sitting in the evening
With his family. reading. Suddenly the
light went 10 pieces and the house took
fire. When McElroy got the fire out he
noticed that he had a hole in his fore
arm, and investigation revealed the fact
that some one had come up to the win
dow and shot him through the arm. the
bullet striking and breaking the lamp.
The wound is not serious. The other case
is this: Newt Carlisle and his family
had gone to bed. Carlisle and his wife
slept close TO n window. The assassin
went 10 the window, which was open.
placed the gun over the heart of the
sleeping man and fired. The bullet fortu-
nately struck a rib and DETECTED. and
Carlisle viii get well. Mrs. Carlisle was
sleeping so soundly that she did not
wake UP. and did not know Of the deed
until she was told afterward
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17

What booty does a robber gang have?
Not much, as rule, il the list of articles
waiting for identification in the hands
OF Sheriff Foster. at Perry, is a sample.
These articles were the booty Of the Lee
gang: Five revolvers, two IS. two 3. and
one %; one gold watch. open face. two
chains; one ladies' gold watch and chain;
two pair ladies' gloves; one chamois skin;
two Columbian half-dollars; large bunch
of keys; numerous membership badges
of cattlemen's convention; two pieces Of
coin, Chinese money; number of collar
and cur buttons; two fancy match
boxes; six bracelets; one cameo pin; two
razors. one fancy white handle. one
black handle; number OF neckties; one
tourists drinking cup, leather case; one
ladies' chain belt3 one pair small scis-
sorsi five or six finger rings; coat and
hat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17

President Roosevelt win also refuse TO have himself
guarded closely. But he should The country demands
protection for its executive.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17

The gangrene which resulted in the presidents death
found all along the the bullet not simply
where the bullet had lodgad
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17

The surgeons say that the wound through the aldo
done
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17
THE WEEKLY EAGLE: 50 WEEKS Soc

Oslg Eass Dssrss CAV Eaos 0ssrss ios Der week
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17

This is liable the motto of the Roosevelt admin
istrsti0n: LET the newspaper reporters in