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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23
Promised Medals of Honor
Not Given to ForIorn Hope

a binding contract whose terms the
government should have fulfilled
promptly, but has not. Strenuous eff
forts to this end have been maze
from time to time, but Intellectually
up to the present time
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

Carnegie is now giving libraries to
individuals. If he intends to go all
around there is little danger that the
field will soon be covered.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

What is to be said of other trusts in
Germany when even the cement COM
bine has failed to stick?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

Great Britain has captured Africa,
but the Yankees have captured the
trade of Africa. The Yankees have
made the greatest capture, on the
whole.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

Only five revolutions and three
wars are now going on In South
America But what can you expect in
the vacation season?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

Baron de Coubertin runs no risk in
prophesying that the American starry
banner will sometime be par excel
lence the Anglo-Saxon flag. It is to-
day.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

And now an Indian lis years old
follows the old negro who was 126.
Some OF these stories OF the age or
people who only knew when they were
born by hearsay look a tribe doubtful
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

II all the world were really stage
the theatrical trust would come pretty
near owning the earth.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

Latest crop reports are to the effect
that the growth of hair on John
Rockefeller's head is doing excellently
well.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

The new battleship Maine is flyer
as well as fighter. That she will
never use her speed in leaving an
enemy behind is a foregone conclu-
sion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

HOLSTERS are scarce-on the benches
in the Boston markets. Elsewhere,
we regret to say, they are as numer-
Gus as usual.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23
Locusts Cause Great Loss.

The Rocky Mountain locust, or
grasshopper, in 1874 destroyed $780,
000, 900 of crops of Kansas, Missouri.
Nebraska and Iowa, and the indirect
loss was probably as much more.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

Did you ever meet a person who
had learned to swim by following in
structions such as are printed in
many papers at this season of the
year?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

Prince Boris of Russia, 25 years old
and unmarried, is on his way to the
United States, probably with the idea
of mining for gold.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

and about the same distance west,
perhaps little more, is the Wilder
ness Tavern. Draw line from each
of these points to the others-from
thence to the Wilderness Tavern, and
back again to Fredericksburg-and
you will have a triangle in which were
fought several of the greatest battles
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

In q Vienna divorce case the un-
faithful wife and the correspondent
were sent to jail 10. two months Is
this q step toward social reform1
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

The naphtha launch Is now assisting
the automobile in reducing the surplus
population.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

After undergoing all the perils of
the South African campaign, it would
be indeed distressing If Kitchener In
London should be killed by kindness.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

No amount of abuse will bring the
blush of shame to the cheek of the
man who owns a record-breaking au
tomobile.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

Maybe the butterfly has as much
fun in life as the bee.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

The rest of the fight may have been
a fake, but Jeffries broken nose was
genuine, apparently.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

Nature squares the round of pleas
ure
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

EN-. ST. CLAIR MULHOLr
LAND in the Philadelphia
Ledger says: About twelve
miles south of Fredericksburg
is SnottsYlYania Court House
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

friendly with a sort of sullen
friendliness, and the officers
of the garrison were pre-
pared for an outbreak at any
time Five or six miles inland from
Isabella a small guard ives maintained
ut a native town and the arrangements
were that in case of an attack upon
Il BY the Moros = rocket should be
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23
Hor1ors of Gettysburg

Three Regiments Claim to Have
Fired First Shot of Battle
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23
The Bloody Angle

Fierce Fighting That Took Place
In Circle of Twelve
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

HE honor of firing the first
shot at the battle of Gettys-
burg has been claimed by
three regiments, the Second
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-23

Lonely by the ravished river
Sinks the pick to idle rust
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-28
GAMBLING IN SOCIETY.

G. B. Mallon In Ainslee's.
 Although in a general way the assertion that gambling by young men of fortune Is decreasing is true. a part of the aver. age wealthy bachelors income must be deducted as a tribute to the goddess of fortune. He plays occasionally In a gem tlemans game of poker. After a stag dinner he may try roulette or faro in one of the gambling houses that are nomi- nally run as private clubs. These pre- vate gambling houses are expensively ap- pointed to suit the sybarit1s taste of such young men. There Is no ostentatious seramblng for winnings in them nor does the loser bewail his losses They are run in accordance with the strictest ethics of the gamblers code To one of these houses last winter a young bach elor of New York took his friends one evening after dinner and when he had finished playing he gave the proprietor his check for $25O,00O to balance their ac- counts.
 Bridge whist has proven even more ex- pensive to many an unattached man than poker or faro because it has f1ourished as o SNSAe'a afSAoAOA III Wlhtll WOlllcI IIllBHC join without losing caste. One young woman whose social position Is unques- tioned said proudly at the opera last win ter that a diamond necklace which she wore had been purchased with her bridge whist winnings of the month before, and no one of her circle of friends found in this statement anything but reason for congratulating her on her skill. Another woman, matron In whose train may be found the wealthiest and the poorest bachelors of New Yorks smart society, gave a series of Saturday night bridge whist dinners and the play which fol- lowed them was so high that several fashionable preachers found timely texts in 1t. Another form of popular gambling is called, euphemistically speculation in stocks, and so far-reaching has been it's influence during the past five years that few young bachelors of wealth have es- capped it. These forms of dispensing wealth like a gentleman must not be overlooked ir cataloguing the actual ex- penses of the millionaire bachelor. and to them should be added a good many different kinds of wagcrs made during the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-28
ART IN GERMAN RAILWAYS

From Cassler's Magazine.
 In the general plan. equipment and ap- plication of electric power to the working of the new electric underground and ele- yated railways in Berlin little is present. ed which can be regarded as novel or especially suggestive. The one respect in which the German constructors leave others far behind and offer an object les- son worth careful study is in the artistic beauty, the architectural charm and sense of fitness, which they have impart- ed to the stations, the bridges, and even the ordinary overhead viaduct sections of the new road. Tn Germany the require ments of public taste are never per- mitted to be neglected or forgotten. Where the new Berlin line passes through a public square 1t is on solid and artistically designed masonry. The above-ground stations are of stone, steel and glass, no two alike, but each espe- cially designed to fit not only the require ments of traffic at that point, but the ad- jacent buildings as well-the architect ural framework in which it is set. The whole management of the wise, firm con- trol which the municipality of Berlin maintains over corporations which ask for franchises at it's hands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-28
In Relation to MT. German.

The Mobile Register utilizes w. E. Curtis eulogy of Arthur P. German for the purpose of attacking the emi- nent Marylander and party leader. It charges him with nearly all the crimes in the political calendar, and it par ticularly says he Is machine politi- clan, adding: "So far in our history no man with such reputation has reached the Presidency" What, pray, was Martin VanBuren, or Chester A. Arthur, or William Mckinley? If they were not machine politicians, then certainly MT. German is not one.
 By inference at least it charges MT. German with all sorts of crimes-that he is at heart protectionist-that he was a traitor to the party when Grover Cleveland endeavored to pass the Will son tariff bill-that he favors the trusts, and so on to the end of long and highly imaginative chapter.
 So severe is the Registers attack upon MT. German, who is trusted by the democrats of his own state and by all who know him well, that the reader cannot escape the conviction that the Register has candidate up It's sleeve. If it is MT. Cleveland, let the Register speak out boldly. If it is MT. Hill, who is opposed to an income tax, let the truth be known. Assaults upon the trusted leaders of the party will never bring success, and if any one holds a higher or securer place in the councils of the party than MT. Cor man his name has escaped us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-28

cities of the country, and the entire number is said to be in touch with the national organization. This condi- stion of things has raised an interest ing subject in the postoffice depart ment, which declines to deal with the carriers organization, or to submit it's policies to any association of that na- ture, for it is practically a union modified by political circumstances.
 If the fere-deliyery carriers join the letter carriers the joint organization would become a great force at the polls, for there will soon be 10000 rural carriers. and 10000 city carriers. The free-delivery carriers are not un- der the civil service rules, while the letter carriers are protected by it. An organization whose members are pro tected by the civil service rules should not, it would seem, become active in politics. Especially should it refrain from attack upon members of con- gress. The letter carriers, however, deny that they defeated MT. Loud. Some strong force certainly did de- feat the California congressman, and as things stand the responsibility rests upon the letter carriers. If this view should be confirmed, the case of the letter carriers will be hurt, rather than benefited by the incident, for there is a feeling of resentment over Mir Loud's unexpected defeat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-28
Defeat of Mir. Loud.

The defeat of Congressman Loud, chairman of the house committee on postoffices and postroads, is creating no little commotion in various circles. He was defeated in a San Francisco district that has of late given from 5000 to 1000 majority to the republi- cans. In the recent election this ma jority was reversed, and the blame Is at present laid by the republicans at the door of the national association of letter carriers, MT. Loud having op- posed an increase of pay for the mem bers of that organization.
 There are 1S,00O carriers in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-28
INVESTIGATION SHOULD 60 ON.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
 President Baer and the Reading rail- road have no great hold on the affections of the public, but the policy which is now ascribed to them should certainly re- ceive emphatic public approval. For it was a mistake from the public point of view to attempt to settle the strike out of court. If that might lead to a gain of wages and a reduction of hours for the miners 1t would unquestionably lead to suppression of facts, and of facts which the public Is exceedingly anxious to get at
 It wants, for example, to have a clear exposition of the question of hours and wages and other conditions of employ ment. It wants to know how the hccus pocus of running mines ad railroad in combination under anti-combine laws is managed, what the truth is about freight rates and the juggling with profits. and how far the reports of the companies are a genuine showing of their books. But this information will never be &C., quired If there is private settlement, and yet it is information to which the public is entitled.
 When a publication of accounts is de- nied the inevitable inference is that there is some evasion of the laws that estab- fish this public right and confirm the public control over the corporation. Without publication in fact the opera tions of the laws cannot be tested and the laws remain valueless. It was a reasonable wish, therefore, that the com mission might either supply what was lacking to give them effect in the par ticular case, or force the witnesses to a virtual confession by refusal and silence. A private settlement means the suppress sion of a great flood of light the report of the commission was expected to shed upon the anthracite coal industry. The commission should proceed with its in uuiry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-28
Appetite, an universal wolf, So doubly seconded with will and power. -Troilus and cressida.
Antitrust comhlne.


 Colombia is playing a deep and big game. She has not only settled with her reyolutionists, offering them un- expectedly good terms. but she has formulated a plan to milk Uncle Sam in a round sum for canal concessions. She claims, too, that in 1904 all con- sessions to the French company will have expired, and she proposes to cap- ture the s4O,O00,0O0 which that com pany expected for the rights it holds.
 1t Is a veritaDle hold-up and as such it should be treated and handled The entire course of Colombia towards this country has been deceptive, tricky and full of delays. It is playing for a big sum, which it thinks the United States will be compelled to pay.
 It is suspected that the international railroads hold disguised hand in this matter, and that they are the real packers of Colombia at this juncture. Be this as it may, Colombia should be given short shift If she will not ac- cept a reasonable sum for needed con- sessions in work that would be of great benefit, to be built not by Co lombian money, but by American money, then let treaty be negotiated with Costa Rica and Nicaragua, where the better route is to be found, any way. Eastern interests dictated the Panama route, when the larger and more satisfactory sentiment of the country calied for the Nicaragua route.
 The administration should declare the Panama plan "off" altogether, and accept the Nicaragua route. The re- port that Nicaragua and Costa Rica have entered into a combine with Co- lumbia is incredible, and is doubtless a yarn started by the interests op- posed to any canal.
 Let the administration rise above the sectional interest that dictates the Panama plan. Let it, too, see to it that the international railroads do not ballx the sentiment and desires of a great people. The country demands an isthmian canal, and neither Colom- bia nor the railroads should be per mitted to block the way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-28
WIGWAM WISDOM.

From the New York Press.
 The coward shoots with shut eyes.
 No Indian ever sold his daughter for a name.
 Young Courage and Old Caution make a strong pair.
 Before the Paleface came there was no poison in the Indians corn.
 There is no cure for the Firewater's 8 burn.
 Small things talk loud to the Indians eye.
 When the fox walks home lame the old rabbit jumps.
 The Paleface's arm is longer than his word.
 A squaws tongue runs faster than the winds legs.
 If the Indian could lie like the Paleface he would rule the earth.
 There is nothing so eloquent as a rattle snakes tail.
 The Indian scalps his enemy; the Pale face skins his friend.
 The Indian takes his dog to heaven; the PaIeface sends his brother to hell.
 There will be hungry Palefaces so long as there is any Indian land to swallow When a man prays one day and steals six the Great Spirit thunders and the Evil One laughs.
 The wigwam is plenty strong enough for the Indians jail.
 A starving man will eat with the wolf Doubt always travels on snow shoes. There are three things it takes a strong man to hold; a young warrior. a wild horse and handsome squaw.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-28
rEsr IN VIRGINIA.
John G. Carlisle to Defend Negro's
 Riqht to Vote.

washinetons Special to Globe Democrat.
 Encouraged by officers of the republi- can congressional committee, the republi- cans of Virginia have decided to test the constitution just drawn by the commis- sion from that state. As adopted 1t bars a majority of the colored voters of the state from the exercise of their constitu- tional prerogative at the polls and places conditions upon the colored voters which makes certain the supremacy of the dem ocratic party in the state as long as the constitution maintains.
 The republicans have just employed MT. John G. Carlisle. former secretary of the treasury and constitutional lawyer of acknowledged ability. His association with the democratic party in a national way win give him a familiarity with plans of t:Te kind for depriving mass of citizens of their rights. It is hoped by carrying the case to the highest court Of the land the constitution may be invali- dated so far as its restrictive conditions as to suffrage are conct rned. If successful, a precedent will be established for the re- publicans of half a dozen other southern states.
 The arrangement with MT. Carlisle was made in New York by one of the attor- neys engaged by the republicans. MT. Carlisle will not appear in the first hear ing of the case. which will take place at Richmond Friday before the supreme court MT. Carlisle will appear only when the case reaches the supreme court of the United States. No matter which side obtains the victory of the lower court sn appeal will be taken, and the case will certainly go to the highest court of the land
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-28
FAMINE IN HORSES.
Scarcity of Good Animals Owing to
 Exports to South Africa.

From Harper's Weekly.
 We are horse poor-not as some people are land poor, because they have too much land-but horse poor because we haven't enough horses. Our neighbor, the Scientific American, has been complain ing about 1t. After the civil war we found ourselves short of horses of the bigger types and began importing them for breeding purposes. We imported them to good purpose and in very large numbers, and greatly improved the quality of our stock. When electricity began to haul street cars the market for the commoner kinds of horses fell off and farmers didn't breed so many.
 When the automobiles began to appear and were heralded as machines that must supersede the use of carriage horses, the breeders of the better class of horses took fright. For years after 93. too thousands of people who wanted horses could not afford to have them. But with the return of prosperity the demand for good horses began to grow again, and breeders bred more of them. But 1t takes about five years to raise a horse that is fit for the market, and the DreeuerS got Denlnu The demand has outrun the supply; the price of good -horses has increased very greatly, and imported stallions are said to be worth nearly ten times what they were ten years ago. The South African war took a great number of horses out of the country, including many worthless ones, but the business of horse breeding has revived so much that we shall soon have again reasonably full supply.
 Enterprising farmers nowadays breed good horses. It pays and breeding poor horses doesn't pay. We import horses from Europe for breeding purposes and from Canada for use. but of late we have ex- ported far more than we have imported and we are likely to keep on doing so. The annual horse show in New York, which seems on It's surface to be a friv- olous spectacle, really holds highly im- portant relation to one of the great in- | dustries of the country It Is the parent of all the American horse shows and with them, constantly measures, stimu- lates and directs the country's progress in the breeding of fine horses. There are about 13500.000 horses in our land, of an estimated value of s604.0oO.OO0 The im- | provement of that much stock is a pret- ty important matter, especially in these days. when Europe is horse poor too. and ready to take from us any surplus supply of good horses that we may come ] to have.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-28
AMERICAS BIG LANDHoLDER.
John s. Bilby of Missouri Said to Sur
 pass All Others.
From the Kansas city Journal.

From the Kansas City Journal.
 John S. Bilby of Quitman is a man whose name doesn't often appear in the newspapers but if any newspaper man was shrewd enough to get him to talk he could write an interesting story about the old man. There is hardly a doubt that he owns and controls more soil than any other individual in America. He owns at least 35,00O acres of highly valuable land in Nodaway and Atchison counties. Mis- souri. He has 10000 or 15,0OO acres in Ne braska. He has a big tract, embracing 35,O0O or 40,OO0 acres, in Arkansas. He owns land in five other state. Still he he Is not satisfied. Recently he has been getting control of some immense tracts in the Indian Territory. The Fairfax Fo- rum says he has leased 95,0OO acres there already, and that he ts determined to add 10000 more to the sum. On q conservative estimate, he already owns or has leased isO, 600 acres and he expects to have moro than 100000 acres before he closes pend- Ing deals. There are of course, ranch companes and syndicates which can make a bigger showing than this, but probably no one person.
 Mir. Bilby has lived in Nodaway county many years. He came from New Jersey, bringing with him an apparently insatia- ble appetite for land. He is rough in speech, dress and manner, but no man or penetration can look Into his face without perceiving that he has great shrewdness. Although now far along toward TO years old, he spends most of his time on horse back, riding over his lands. His north- west Missouri holdings are all rented ''on shares"
 It has been suggested to Mir. Bilby that leasing Indian lands may involve him In legal difficulties but this only makes him laugh He Is of an exceedingly litigious disposition, and 1t Is doubtful if there has been a time in forty years when he has not been involved in from one to dozen lawsuits. So keen a business man is he that he seldom loses a suit and he seems to get as much satisfaction from winning a case as from driving sharp bargain.