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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10

Pillsbury Island, and my sled had run
into it hard enough to loosen every
tint in the thing and scatter the skins
for yards around.
Eye see, mister, 'twarn't open water
after all-that black space. Twas
black ice that had formed across the
channel after the other, and since the
last fall of snow. But a man nights
jest as well be killed as scaret ter
death, an that yere certainly had
scaret me. Tell We what
will L? Cert'nlyi That's good
stuff-ah-h! If I'd had nip Of that
the night | was tellin' you ef, it might
ha' KEEP me awake an / wouldn't ex-
perienced what l look back upon
now as my closest CALL"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10
Trustees of coreeran Gallery.

The trustees of the Corcoran Gal
lery of Art at Washington have ap-
pointed Edmund Clarence Messer
principal of the Corcoran Art school,
to fill the place made vacant by the
resignation of E. F. Andrews. Mr..
Messer has chosen as his assistants
R. N. Brooke, Miss Matilde Mueden
and James Henry Moser. Mr.. Messrs
is one of the most widely known and
esteemed of Washington artists. He
is also a man of mature years and
known to possess fine executive
ability
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10
A Pennsylvania Statesman.

George w. Guthrie, who has been
nominated as running mate for ex-
Gov. Pattison in the Pennsylvania
gubernatorial race, was born in Pitts
burg fifty-four years ago, and has
been lawyer of high standing in that
city since 1869. He ran for mayor in
1886, but on the face of the returns
was declared defeated. He contested,
but again lost. He was nominated for
elector at large in 1896, but withdrew.
Mr.. Guthrie is at present chairman of
the democratic city committee of
Pittsburg.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10
Tornado i'm Taxa.

Wallis, Texas, July IA tornado
struck a Bohemian settlement near
here killing and injuring several peo-
pie. Many houses were blown to pieces
and the crops were laid waste. The
storm crossed the Brazos river and it
is reported that several negroes were
killed near Simonton- The tornado
was the same that wrecked the South
ern Pacific freight train at East Ber-
nard, on which five trainmen were
hurt. At Beckville Frank Dickson was
killed and two children injured.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10
Ein-Conee.

For some years there has been
manufactured in Austria a product
called coffee of figs which is much
appreciated in Germany and in Aus
tria-Hungary. Its nutritive power Is
considerable. 1t is obtained by drying
fruits-especially figs-and mixing
them with coffee. 1t acts as a coloring
agent and diminishes the excitant
quality of the coffee and corrects its
bitter taste Several establishments
in Algeria now manufacture fig-coffee,
which is already much used in Europe.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10
Editor Who Made a Mistake.

A southern Kansas editor innocent
" contradicted a report that a young
woman in his county was about to
throw up her job as school teacher in
order to get married. she is not that
kind of a girl" said the editor, in
tending to convey the idea that she
would not break a contract. But the
girl saw it in a different light ana
wrote to him hotly: Il don't know,
she said, "as it is any of your bust
ness, but 1 give you to understand
that l am not the kind of girl you
say. 1 can get married if want to-
Kansas City Journal.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10
A Cotton oil Combine.

Muskogee, L T., July I'm the pur-
chase of three mills in Indian Territory
a New York syndicate is believed to
have secured control of the cotton oil
business in the Indian Territory and
Oklahoma. The company now owns
twenty mills, including property at
Muskogee, Checotah, Eufaula, Durant,
Purcell and Chickasha in Indian Terri
tory, and Chandler, Stroud, Norman,
Oklahoma City and Shawnee in Okla
homa besides eight mills in northern
Texas.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10
peadIier Than the FerDe.Lance.

One who has been over the world
says: Your Martinique friend fer
defiance is not to be compared with
the dukite snake of Australia. 1t is
like the pictures you have seen of sin,
a long, red snake, with eyes the liv
ing embodiment of evil. The dukites
never go alone. If you are unfortun-
ate enough to kill one without killing
it's mate the latter will follow your
trail remorselessly, like death, or fate,
and though you camp twenty miles
from the spot it will kill you as sure
as you killed it's partner"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10
Kentucky Wind.

Louisville, KY, July 2.-One man
was killed and much damage was done
by wind storm which swept over the
northwestern section of the city, known
as Portland. At Thirty-frst street and
Moreland avenue a part of the car
barns of the city railroad was blown in
and II. 81. Braniham was crushed to
death
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10
Senators go to Hawaii.

Washington, July 5.-Acting in ac-
cordance with a resolution recently
adopted by the senate Mr.. Foraker,
chairman of the senate committee on
Porto Rico and the Pacific islands, has
appointed a subcommittee to visit
Hawaii during the recess of congress
for the purpose of making an inquiry
concerning conditions in that territory.
The subcommittee consists of Messrs.
Mitchell, Foster Washington Burton,
Cockerell and Blackburn.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10
whisky And Gambling.

Oklahoma City, Okla, July 7.-Wm.
D. d. Tollc, until recently secretary
of the Guaranty Abstract company of
this city, is occupying quarters in the
county Jail and awaiting trial on the
charge of forging in the second de-
gree. 1.-TWO things caused it." said
Mr.. Tolle in discussing his downfall.
''They are whisky and gambling" Mr..
Tolle issued shares of tue abstract
company. He has most excellent
wife and three children. His arrest
occurred on July Q.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10
Iieut. pearx,s Anhition.

Lieut. Robert E. Peary,. who stands
fifth on the list of twenty-one civil en-
gineers attached to the navy, has
spent the greater portion of the last
ten years on leave, engaged in Arctic
explorations. The great ambition of
his life is to reach the North Pole
He has been absent two years on his
present expedition and is under orders
to report for active duty in November
Mrs. Peary is about to leave for the
far north, intending to bring her hus-
band back to Washington.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10
Annual Coinage Statement.

Washington, July THE annual
coinage statement issued by the direct
or of the mints shows that during the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1902, the
total coinage executed at the mints of
the United States was s94, $50, 67s, as
follows: Gold, Sol, $50, 572; silver, $780,
ZIG, 500; minor coins So, 429, 736.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10
Gar Has Faith in Ring.

The car wears a ring in which he
believes is imbedded a piece OF the
true cross. 1t was originally one of
the treasures of the vatican and was
presented to an ancestor of the car.
Some years ago the car was travel
ing from ST. Petersburg to Moscow.
He suddenly discovered that he had
forgotten the ring. The train was
stopped Immediately and special
messenger sent flying back on an cx-
press engine for it, nor would the
car allow the train to move until.
several hours afterward. the mcssen-
ger returned with the ring.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10
automobi,. Mail Service.

San Juan, Porto Rico, July 5.-The
new code of civil and criminal laws
has become effective in the island. An
automobile mail service between this
city and Ponce has been inaugurated-
1t is said that the road between San
Juan and Ponce is one of the finest
highways in the world. 1t was. built
by Spanish engineers many years ago.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10
Edward stu Improving.

London, July 3.-The steady pro-
gress of King Edward is fully main
tanned, and his majesty takes slight
nourishment with keen enjoyment. He
is allowed a light cigar day. He
evinced the greatest interest in the
arrangements for review of the colo
NAL troops, and he was eager that the
people should be in some way compen-
stated for their disappointment because
of the postponement of the coronation.
The kings grand children are allowed
to make him daily visits.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10
Case for Law Experts.

The Paris courts have been asked to
decide whether a prematurely born
child, who was kept alive twenty-five
days in an incubator, and then cx-
pired, could be said to have been born
visible and to have had separate ex-
istence The courts have appointed
medical experts to investigate the
matter and make a report
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10

Hall General Hospital in Pennsylva.
mia, but year later joined the regular
army, and has served in almost every
part Of the country where the army
has a post. DR.. Forwood is native
of Delaware. He retires this year. By
age limit.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10

William H. Forwood, who was re-
Gently nominated surgeon general of
the army by President Roosevelt, has
been a member of the military branch
since 1861, when he was appointed
from civil life. At the close of the
war he was in command of the White
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10
Meat Famine in France.

Beefsteaks cannot be had for lore
or money just now by the 5000 in
habitants of the town OF Cluny. IN
Southern France. The local butchers
have quarreled with tho municipality
and that body in revenge has shut op
all the public slaughter houses.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10
American Shoes in Canada.

The sale of fine shoes of America.
manufacture in Canada has trebled
in five years. 1t is estimated that it
will this year amount to $500, 200.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10
p-oneon Howard Ret,urns-

Bronson Howard. the playwright.
has returned from his sojourn abroad.
He walks with the aid of crutches, but
says he Is in good health.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10

After being out twelve hours the
jury in the case against Jessie Morri-
son, charged with the murder of Mrs.
Olin Castle, at her home, Eldorado,
Kansas, in June, 1900, returned a YER
dict of guilty of murder in the second
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10

degree. The jury reached its conclu.
sion speedily.
This is the third trial Miss Morri-
son has had, the case being twice ap.
pealed. 1t is believed the last verdict
will be final.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10

wind was behind me. an it blew
strong an boosted me along nicely;
but the heavy sled Travelled faster
n did an KEEP rappin' me in the
heels. I'd sailed Eagle Lake fore that
time-in a canoe. Now l jest ran
ashore, cut stout pole an two cross
pieces. an set the tarpaulin cover
of my sled for sail.
There warn't nothin' for me ter do
but steer clear of Pillsbury Island.
n that warn't hard job; SO bur
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-10

When a man acquires the title OF
grandfather he signs to think how old
his wife Is.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-09

retaries to discover the identity and
mission of lobbyists. They are ever
keen on the scent, and hence often
save their employers from being hood
winked.
The two principal means by which
lobbyist hopes to achieve his end are
money and influence. Money is COM
monty supposed to be the most un-
erring weapon. 1t is not. 1t is the ex-
perience of mem bers OF the Third
House" that greater things have been
achieved through influence than
through bribery-for this latter word Is
what is meant by money. Money has
been paid money has been accepted,
to be sure; but that same money has
often failed where influence has been
successful.
Suppose a Democrat, for instance,
wishes to be elected to the Senate
from his state. He needs a certain
amount of money to get the nomina-
tion. He hasn't it. He comes to Wash
ington-and, for the good of the party,
the money is raised and sent to the
proper persons in his state. And the
Democrat Is sent to the Senate. Now
that senator saw not one penny of that
contribution, but he is now under obli-
cations to the contributors. So one of
those who raised the money now seeks
the senator's help in the passage of a
certain act. The senator perforce, be-
comes the champion of that act, and
secures the votes of his colleagues.
That is lobbying by influence.
Stfll, gold Is one of the elements the
lobbyist must reckon with. Not long
ago the sum of s1,000,000 was placed on
deposit in a certain hotel, the proprie-
tor acting as banker. The money was
gradually withdrawn, a hundred thou
a a if1la Il xyl1x hot
money was not put in a regular bank?
Or, what became of that $$1, 900, 900?
How to get money into the hands of
the lawmakers without leaving any
trace of the transaction-this is often
a. problem for lobbyists. Stories are
told of hair-raising poker games, in
which legislators won steadily for four
hours. This is one method of money
transference.
Again a railway desired legislation
against ticket scalpers. Huge punches
of tickets to all parts of the country
Were lodged with the sergeant-at-arms
at the Capitol and for weeks anybody
who wished could travel without cent
of expense.
But if this story had for it's subject
a demonstrate ton of how national legis-
lation can be bought 1t would fail AS
a matter of fact, despite the popular
understanding to the contrary bribes'
have seldom succeeded in obtaining
unjust, unfair or unwise legislation
There may be some black sheep in
Washington, but the white wool is on
the majority side. Not the wealth of
the world can get something wrong
through both Houses of Congress and
secure Presidents signature as WELL
In the end, the right usually wins in
Washington. Whats in it?" is asked
only by the minority.
So the object of this story is to show.
not how the lobbyist succeeds, but how
he tries He may coddle and f1aunt
green backs, she may weep and whee-
die and look pretty--but at the end of
the session, when the Third House
adjourns, most of the members find
that they have only been trying
ellison Willets
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-09

The Italian woman might have tried
the same trick. and still she would
have failed. It's all in the way. Lob
bying is like immortality. 1t is usually
entirely surrounded by night. A states
man likes not the daylight that reveals
him to his honored peers in the roll
of a cats paw. Neither do the hon
ored peers, in their turn, relish play
ing the role of the horror stricken.
play the game as you will. brother,
but don't tell US. We will do the same"
The cause for which the mistress of
the mansion is battling is the sweet
est in the world. 1t is sugar. Cuba
wants the tariff on sugar reduced.
American sugar growers want that
tariff left alone. Arrayed against her,
cabinet, Cuban delegation. Gen.
Wood and an unknown number of sem
ators and congressman. The mission
of the sugar lobbyist-why not lobby
iste?-is to discover the unknown
congressman and pluck them from the
hands of the Cubans.
Other causes having representatives,
at the present session of the Third
House" are: Trusts who wish to fight
publicity measures; ship subsidy, rep
resented by lobbyists who seek to have
ship owners subsidized a larger navy,
represented by lobbyists paid to secure
contracts for ship builders; government
aid in irrigation, represented by West
erners who wish the thing pushed
along; Chinese exclusion, opposed by
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-09

test survives. The Third House" has
no use for the machinery called parli-
amentary rules. 1t works and accom-
plishes it's ends with such tools as wo-
mems beauty, her wiles or tears; with
mems threats or cajolery and Jolly"
or two; with favors and presents and
with promises of influence in future
elections, and with the golden sweet
meats of corporations.
Here is a bill of particulars:
On the day Congress convened the
House of Representatives was invaded.
by a woman whose beauty was as per-
feet as that of any heroine in a yellow
novel. Her presence permeated the
great hall like a cheap perfume. There
was elastic in the necks of congress-
men, and the eyes of the thousand and
one spectators in the galleries were
focused upon her. For she was on the
very floor, going about among the
members. She hesitated not even at
the rostrum, where the august clerks
were clearing their throats for roll call,
1t should be added that any respecta-
BILE person is allowed the freedom of
the floor of the House on opening day,
up to noon, when the gavel falls. The
woman was as dark and as tall and as
graceful and Theodore Duse. And her
aquiline features told us that, like
Duse she was of Italy. AS she moved
among the members on the Republican
side of the House, the whole Demo-
cratic side, as one man. followed her
with hypnotized eyes. She presented a
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-09

letter here, a card there, smiled daz-
zlingly, and transflxed statesmen with
her eyelids. So much for the House.
Next day she laid siege to the SEN
ate, establishing her headquarters in
the reception room. She enslaved the
sergeant-at-arms, his deputy, the SEN
ate doorkeepers and all the pages, who
carried her cards to this and that sem
ator These great men abandoned the
nations affairs and came out to give
their ears to the woman Of Italy. Next
day she again appeared in the Senate
reception room, and the next. until
now for the brutal truth--the sergeant
alarms became guilty Of insubordina-
tion. He refused to send even one more
of the lady's cards into the Senate
chamber.
That woman of Italy was a member
of the Third House. and as such, a
failure. Her italian way could never
capture an American Congress. The
Italian way is the wrong way. Incl
dentalIy, it should be mentioned that it
had been bruited about that one of
the first tasks before Congress was
to pass a bill placing further restric-
tions upon immigration, and that the
principal immigrant carrying ships
hail from ports of Italy.
In contrast. here is an example of
the right way, the only way by which
a member of the Third House" can
achieve success. A furnished man
sion was rented by a woman. She
was older than the one who was Duse-
like. She was Western, not pretty, no
eyelds worth mentioning, but all busi
ness. First she gave a tea. Notice
that in fighting the battle she engaged
the women first. Then she gave a ball.
Then she held a reception, everybody
Ry he n aH Lac
exactly which geese could hatch a
golden egg. Now she has cards out
for a dinner. at which covers are to
be laid only for the necessary geese.
Her campaign, therefore, is nearly
over
This is the only way, not because of
the mansion nor the entertainments.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-09

many of the most potent hu-
man factors in national legislation.
Naturally these powerful statesmen at
tract not only other lawmakers, but
great number of persons who seek the
benefits of their influence. So here
are many dinners served behind closed
doors and here the mighty hold many
momentous pow-wow Hence it is
that the walls of the quiet Hotel
Richmond hold as many hopes of men,
bers of the Third House" as the ex-
ecutive mansion or the capitol itself.
The unofficial person in Washington
who has a large acquaintance among
those in office is buttonholed by lobby
lists quite as persistently as is any SEN
ator or representative. A certain ex-
governor of one of the Southern states,
who now lives here, could have made
small fortune within the last few
weeks. A prominent Southern lawyer
called upon him recently and said:
Governor, you know so-and-so" nam
ing the chairman of a claims commit
tee. "Get my claim before him and
. there is $4,000 in it for you"
The private secretaries of government
dignitaries, too, are constantly ap-
preached by "ax-to- grind" men. A GER
tain manufacturer wanted English
chalk to come in classified as precipi-
tated chalk for medicinal use. 'You
fix this matter" said he to the private
secretary of an official high in power,
"and / will fix you"
1t is one of the duties of private sec
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-09

Minister Wu and Pacific Coast steam
ship companies, who do not want the
Chinese exclusion law re-enacted; Ok
lahoma and Indian Territories, repre-
sented by men whose business will
benefit by the admission of said terri
tories to statehood; Isthmian canal
represented by Nicaraguans on the
one side and the Panama Canal Com
pany and the republic of Colombia on
the other These are simply the great
est lobbies There are a hundred 9th
ers.
Perhaps the most open, the most
rampant, is the one conducted by the
canal folks. The Panama Canal Com
pany is desperate. 1t wants to sell out
to the United States. AS for Colombia
"a legation in Washington is a new
toy for Colombia, and the diplomatic
headuaqrters on @ street, with a for
mer president of Colombia there DOM
iciled is in the midst of the homes Of
the very men who win choose the lady
or the tiger so far as a canal route
is concerned.
But there are many kinds of lob
bies besides those for legislation. There
are Hobbies for claims, for appoint
ments, for contracts, for favors. So
not all lobbies have designs upon Con-
gress. There are Hobbies with commits
sions, with committees. with bureaus,
with departments, with various ofti-
cials in power, and with persons known
to have the ear of those occupying
the seats of the mighty.
From which it is apparent that not
all Hobbies are conducted in the cor
ridors, or lobby-hence the term-of
the Capitol building. Your experienced
lobbyist now shuns the capitol, is new
er seen there. He invades the very
homes of officials, for the purpose Of
furthering his schemes, under the guise
OF paying his respects socially. He
cools his heels IN the outer rooms Of
the White House, because he has to.
The best of the genus may be seen
at the Hotel Richmond. This is the
quietest of family hotels in
Washington, conveniently near the
White House, and here live
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-09
THIRD HOUSE" IN SESSION.
LOBBYING IN WASHINGTON is NOW
ON IN FULL SWING.

More Than Quorum Present, but
This Body Follows No PRrlin-
mentary Rules-Each Member
works Separately, and His Tools
Are Money and InHuence-SocinI
Functions Play an Important Part
in the Operations of the Third
House"-Money Is Rarely offered
or Given, Becnuse Influence Means
More-As "A Rule, the Lobby Is "A
Failure in WashfngtOn-The Leg
fslators who Inquire "WhRt Is
There in It." Are in the Small Mi
nOrity.
Copyright, 1902. by ellison Willets.)
Washington, Feb. For gain and
the glory of self-this is the platform
of the Third House." Third House"
is the name given in the days of Hayes
to the assemblage of lobbyists which
annually meets in Washington stimuli
taneously with the opening of Congress,
and remains there until the national
legislative bodies adjourn.
The fifty-seventh Third House" has
as much work before it as both
branches of Congress. At its present
session the Third House" has not only
quorum, but the largest attendance
in its history. Its manner of conduct
ing business differs from that followed
by the United States Senate and the
congressman in the hall at the other
end of the Capitol building, only in that
instead of concerted action, each mem
ber acts for himself, and only the fit