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Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-07-09

Statehood cigars, two for rs cents.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-07-09
Western League.

At Omaha
OIldud
Colorado Springs
Batteries: Alloway, Graham and
Gonding; Jones and Holloway.
At Kansas City
Oll -
Batteries: Nichols and Messitt; Cox
and Wilson.
At st. Joseph
st. Joseph
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Batteries: Parvin and Roth; Nc
Pherson and Lucia.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-25
Only the Sick Need Medicine.

There are men who believe that all
that is necessary to revise the tariff
is to give brief time to the cutting
of duties. The country was prosper
Gus in 1892 until the defeat of Gen.
Harrison made sweeping tariff re-
vision certain. Such sweeping re-
vision was made in the Wilson bill,
man bill, which became law, saved
the iron and other schedules, but the
certainty of revision along purely
revenue lines was the leading cause
of the panic which followed the in
auguration of Mr.. Cleveland. Recov-
cry did not come until the passage of
the Dingley law.
With this warning before the coun-
try the general revision of the tariff
should be made with the greatest
care. The country is prosperous be-
yond precedent. Few people can be
greatly injured by retention of the
present tariff for season, when labor
is so generally employed and many
lines of manufacture are crowded
with orders. The Pittsburg Dispatch,
an independent Republican paper,
holding conservative views on the
tariff, is right when it says that "tar-
iff revision is medicine; it may do
some good when commerce is I'M
healthy, but if, in the height of bust
ness vigor, we begin tinkering the
industrial body with nostrums, it may
very soon reach the condition of bad
health The growing sentiment
among Republicans who discuss the
question in Washington is in favor of
submitting the revision to a body of
experts. But, whatever policy may
be adopted, the Republican party will
be united in it's upport.-Indianapo
Journal.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-25

dark but for light somewhere above,
which sent dull shaft into the hold.
In this he opened the letter and read:
Dear Sammy: I'm down with the
rheumatics, an the doctor says t will
be a long time fore I'm out. The
nabofs are good, but they can't leave
their own work an do mine. I'm
feared, Sammy. if you don't come, the
farm will have to be sold. 'Taint
wuth much, but can't look out for it
any more. But don't feel bad, dear
boy, If you can't come. It's only
rheumatics I've got.
Ever your loving mother"
The young man choked; there was
an unmistakable sob. In a moment
he had clambered up the hatchway. A
few passengers were standing near
the rail or lounging about; but no Of
ficers were In sight 1t was nearly
dark.
Slipping back to the stern Of the
vessel, which was almost deserted, the
young man glanced about YEARLY.
The wharves were a mile away and
were shadowy outlines; but he did not
mind that, for he was strong swim
mer and bold one. What he feared
was the Illustration of a plan which
had suddenly formed in his mind.
No one was watching him, however,
and presently grasping a rope, he
swung himself over the side and from
the end of the rope he dropped into
the water
Two hours later he drew himself
up on one of the wharves, nearly ex.
hausted, but with look on his face
that had not been there for years.
NOW for home" he said aloud;
straight for home" Then he disap-
peared In the shadow of the great
warehouses.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-25

Drew himself up onto one OF the
tie rocky farm which he had left be-
cause it was too slow.
She had never doubted him for a
moment, or ceased to think of the
time when he was to provide lovingly
for her old age. When some of his
worst escapades had been reported
she had smiled wistfully, but hopeful
ly. "Sammy's young" she had said,
IAN doesn't realize. He's good boy
an will do better when he's older.
Him. an mes goin' to live together
ag'in some time; he'll be layin' by for
it pretty SOON"
Something swelled in the young
mans throat as he remembered how
many times he had heard her say that
and how many times he had declared,
in moments of boyish repentance, that
he was going to take care of her when
he was a man. Even after he left he
had once written home that he was
"goin' to git some money laid by pref
ty SOON" All through these three
years she had written regularly and
lovingly, and though he had answered
only briefly and at long intervals, her
faith in him had not for an instant
wavered. Even now he had letter
in his pocket, received three days be-
fore, and not yet opened.
Down here in the depth of the hold,
alone, with everything he had known
about to be left behind, his heart had
suddenly grown tender and sore. 1t
might be years before he would see
the gentle old face again, and at the
thought his fingers reached fol- the
letter and drew 1t out softly and ten
derby. But it was already dark in the
hold and he could not see.
For a moment he stroked 1t re-
morsefully, then he pushed the case
aside and CROPPED his way out among
the boxes and bales. He would seek
the hatchway or some place where
there was light enough to read the
letter He must find out what the old
mother had to say; and he would re-
turn-he woodland do everything
that he had promised. He would go
back to the little farm and take care
of the mother in her old age. He
could make a living there, and that
was more than he was sure Of in a
city.
For an hour there had been the
final sounds of departure overhead,
but he had not noticed this. AS he
went forward, however, he was con-
scious of a peculiar sensation of ris-
ing and falling, which told him that
the ship was under way.
The hatchway was not closed, but
even there it would have beer tno
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-25
RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA.
American Farmers Certain to Protest
Against 1t.


A delegation representing the Cham
beers of Commerce of the United States
has told President Roosevelt that 1t
believes reciprocity with Canada will
be of great value to American COM
merce and industry. The President told
the delegation that he would take the
matter under advisement." This Is
usually polite method of saying that
one is not ready to take action.
At this time Canada Is the best pur-
chaser of American products after the
United Kingdom and Germany. There
Is no doubt that freer trade relations
with the Dominion would add largely
to it's American purchases, especially
as regards manufactured goods. There
would also be largely increased coz
sumption of American coal.
1t will not be an easy matter, how
ever, to negotiate reciprocity treaty
such as Canada desires, for the reason
that the Canadians will be more ready
to receive than to give. They will ask
for many concessions. They will be
willing to make few. But even If a
treaty should be negotiated on what
could fairly be called reasonable
terms, its ratification would be more
than doubtful. There are so many in
terests which would protest against a
reciprocity in which they would see an
injury to themselves.
AS a matter of course Canada would
insist on lower duties on farm and gar
dent products. Against this concession
all the American farmers anywhere
near the boundary line between tho
two countries would protest. They
would tell of their losses if the cheaper
vegetables, eggs and poultry of the
Canadians came into competition with
their products. These farmers are not
without influence in Congress. While
the mine owners of Ohio and Indiana
would favor free trade in COAL East
ern mine owners who do not wish to
have to compete with Nova Scotia coal
in New England would object to It.
The manufacturing interests as rule
would look kindly on reciprocity, but
other powerful interests would oppose
it.
So until reciprocity project shall
have been devised which offends no
body the customs duties on Canadian
products are likely to remain al they
are. To get up a scheme which does
not displease somebody is beyond the
power of man.-Chicago Tribune.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-25
Warm Welcome For Wrong Man.

Here is story which the late Con-
gresham Amos ]. Cummings was fond
of telling: A member of congress was
going home late one night, when he
met young man who was satisfac-
torily loaded" The congressman
happened to know where the young
man lived, and kindly guided him
home. The congressman had no soon
err pulled the bell than the door was
thrown wide open and tall, husky
woman appeared. She never said a
word, but grabbed the young man by
the collar and shook him till she fair
ly loosened his teeth; then into the
hall she took him and slammed the
door.
The congressman was descending
the steps when the door was thrown
open a second time, and his friend
flew out of it as If thrown by a cata-
pult. At the foot of the stairs he
landed, and the congressman picked
him up. Much frightened and consid-
erably sobered, the young man gasped:
1--WE don't live here-we moved last
week."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-25
Would Stimulate Hostility.

Reciprocity is being urged as a
means of staving off or allaying Euro
pean tariff hostility to the United
States, yet it is more calculated to
stimulate it. Whatever concessions
we make to one nation we must make
to its competitors, or else we shall
have all sorts of trouble. The matter
of tariff would thus be transferred
from congress to the state depart
ment, and constant tinkering would
be the result. If we are going to
make changes in our tariff rates 1t
would be far better to make them
direct and have them apply to all
countries, than to begin frittering
away the protection of our industries
piecemeal, with constant disturbance
of trade because of the uncertainties
of the future. The interests that are
behind this movement for extending
the markets for some of our products
at the expense of others are powerful
and apparently have with them a
strong following in the senate, but it
takes a two-thirds vote to ratify a
treaty and here is where they may
fail.-Sau Jose (Cal) Mercury,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-25
Mrs. Mckinley Understood.

Dr. Rixey, who for some years had
been the physician of the Mckinley
household. told story concerning the
presidents mother when she first went
to the White House. which has been
published in the Philadelphia Times
The abundance of fresh. rich cream
served at the meals surprised her;
and one day she commented on the
prodigal supply, adding: well, Will
liam, at last l know what is meant by
the cream of society,"" 81 admit" re-
piled the president, there seems to be
some extravaganza in that direction;
but you know, mother, we now can af-
ford to keep a cow"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-25
At the Last Moment.
BY FRANK H. SWEET.

Copyright, 1902 by Daily Story Pub. Coz
This day had finished the loading of
the vessel for her trip across the
ocean, and now, as the sun was sink
ing behind the shrouds of the ship to
the west, the stevedores filed in front
of the officer who was checking off
and paying for the hours they had
worked.
AS they received their money the
stevedores passed across to the wharf
or stopped for a few minutes con-
versation with each other, or with
come. of the sailors who CHANGED to be
near. One of them dropped unnoticed
through hatchway and slipped back
into the hold, where the freight had
been slowed. Then he made his way
among the boxes and bales until he
came to a narrow space which had
evidently been left by design, for 1t
was long enough for man to stretch
at full length in it and contained wa
ter and crackers enough to keep off
starvation for a week or ten days.
After the young stevedore had crowd
ed into it, he drew case in front OF
the opening to prevent discovery by
a possible prowler or inspector of the
freight.
Then he made himself as comfort
liable as he could in the narrow space
and chuckled at the prospect OF
reaching the other side without cost.
He thought exultantly of what he
would do when he got there, and of
the other strange lands he would visit
before returning home. There was no
sense in people spending money to
travel when little shrewdness and
bold face would answer just as well.
He had SO in his pocket, the sum
paid him on deck half hour before,
but that was as much as he usually
had ahead these days. He had given
up work, except in case Of necessity;
and even the SO would not have been
earned had not this trip across the
ocean been planned as part of the
gain.
For an hour he remained awake list
ening to the sounds on deck and exult-
ing in his own shrewdness; then,
weary with the days labor, his head
leaned forward and he sank into a
sound sleep.
Late the next evening the vessel
was to begin her voyage, and during
the early part of the day his attention
was occupied by the sounds of pas.
sengers coming on board and of bag
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-25
AFTER BUGS, NOT MEN.
Drug Clerk Unnecessarily Alarmed
Over Demand for Poison.

Over Demand for Poison.
He entered the drug store with his
lips set, and look in his eye that
denoted a determination that was des-
perate.
II want some paris green" he said
hoarsely, right away! l can't wait.
They shall die this very day."
The drug clerk spared for time as
he worked his way to the telephone
to call up the police department. All
right, sir" he said, "but it will take
little while to prepare it."
"Nonsense!" said the man, IL will
prepare it. They are ready to end
their existence. Give me the poi
SOM"
The drug clerk paled and pressed
the button for the porter.
Eyes, yes" he said, "how many
do you intend to kill?"
About a million!" The clerk paled
again. Heavens" he exclaimed to
himself, 1.-The man is not only would
be murderer, but a maniac as well!'
Then he added aloud: Are you 60
ing to annihilate children and women
as well?"
Children and women" said the
desperate man. who said anything
about children and women? I'm after
the bugs on my roses. Is that stuff
ready YETI"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-25
Protection With Reciprocity.

There is ample room for reciprocity
alongside of protection, but the latter
cannot and must not be supplanted.
The American producer needs markets
for his surplus products, but he is not
ready to surrender the matchless
home field in order to get them. Nor
need he. The United States, with its
industries developed under the foster
ing care of protection, has so much to
sell and is in a position to buy in
such large quantities that it cannot
command favorable terms without sac
rificing domestic interests. 1t was
Lord Salisbury, the British premier,
who once lamented the fact that free
trade had left England economically
defenseless. He said in substance
that his country could exact nothing
from other nations in return for trade
concessions, because it had already
given up everything, and there was
no opportunity for quid pro quo. The
United States, on the other hand, is
economically impregnable. Protection
has aided 1t in perfecting wonderful
industrial system, and it is in a posi-
ton to sell to all the world. 1t has
almost illimitable resources in the
form of products which the world
needs. 1t is able to buy vast amounts
Of goods which other parts of the
world supply. It holds masterful
place, and can make reciprocity min
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-25
SECRETARY SHAW ENERGETIC.
New Head Of Treasury Department
Sets a Hot Pace.

New head OF treasury department.
Sets Hot Pace.
Secretary Shaw Is the most indus
trious member of the Presidents cabi-
net, says the Washington correspond
ent of the Brooklyn Eagle. Shortly
after he succeeded Lyman ]. Gage, Mr..
Shaw startled the treasury Waterman
by appearing at the department one
morning promptly at o'clock. The
doors were unlocked by the wonder
ing attendant, who thought that the
secretarys home clock had slipped a
cog or two.
The next day Secretary Shaw turned
up at the same hour, and he has kept
up the practice ever since. Few treas
ury officials are able to maintain the
pace set by their chief. The latter's
private secretary, Robert B. Arm
strong, comes nearer doing this than
any of the others, and he manages to
get at his desk somewhere near 8
o'clock each morning. Only once he
reported ahead of the secretary, how
ever. The latter gets an early start.
He rises at o'clock every day, eats
his breakfast at 7, and by the time the
hands of the clock point to he is at
the department.
1t is safe to say that this is some
thing that no other cabinet officer has
done for more than few days at a
time.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-25

lister to it's own interests as well as to
those of its customers.
This is the principle contemplated
by the statesmen who have favored
reciprocity. The benefits are not to be
one-sided. If the United States yields
something in the way of trade advan-
tages the reciprocating nations must
be equally obliging. Reciprocity will
not be used to destroy what protec-
ton has built up. The two must go
hand in hand. When we have
reciprocity it must be with protection.
That is sound Americanism and the
true Republican policy.-Troy Times.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-25

he could not; it all kept surging over
him, again and again, and when he
would thrust it away, it returned only
more strongly and persistently. Yet
he was not leaving much, after all, he
told himself, grimly; he had not had a
home for three years; he had no po-
sition, no friends, no prospects; even
the boon companions would scarcely
inquire after or regret him. OF all
the world there was only just one
who believed in and trusted him, and
he had not seen her for three years.
There had been months when he had
not even thought of her or Of the lit
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-25
A MouNTAINEER's COMMENT.
Constituent Thought Senator Carlisle
"Read Better Than He Looked"

Constituent Thought Senator Carlisle
"Read Better Than He Looked"
At the time when John G. Carlisle
was senator from Kentucky his
speeches were widely printed and
attracted a great deal of attention.
One day when the senate was in ses-
sion a mountaineer from the widest
wilds of Kentucky presented himself
at the door and asked to see Senator
Carlisle. The visitor wore homespun
and leather boots and was travel
stained and dusty. He explained that
he had read Mr.. Carlisle's speeches
and considered them great, and had
walked more than a hundred miles
in order to see the senator from his
state. Mr.. Carlisle was busy at the
time and the clerk informed the WIS.,
itor that he could not be disturbed.
The farmer looked disappointed and
seemed reluctant to depart. Finally
he asked if he might be taken where
he could just catch a glimpse of the
great man he had walked so far to
see. The request was granted and
Mr.. Carlisle was pointed out to him.
After brief scrutiny the farmer
turned to the attendant:
Breads a heap better'n he looks"
he remarked sententiously, and pre-
pared to walk back to Kentucky
New York Times.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-25
+. Slipped back into the hold.

Slipped back into the hold.
gage and the last consignments Of
freight being slowed away. But at
length, listening became monotonous,
and even his own thoughts, exultant
though they were, grew wearisome.
He was not accustomed to being alone
or to self-communion. During the past
few years, when not asleep, he had
generally been with boon companions
on street corner. or with them he
had been in some mischief. He tried
to keep up his interest in the sounds
on deck, and think Of the fun ahead
of him, rather than of the past. But
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-25

Swell Ito small boy)-What are you
crying for. my little man? Because
you are sitting on my tart."-London
Tit-BitS.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-07-25

OCCASIONS everything, but the rub
is to know an occasion when you see
1.-THE Lady Paramount"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-13
sheriff,s Sale,

Notice is hereby given thItt by virtue of
a special execution. to me directed by the
clerk of the district court Oh Wapello, coun-
ty, Iowa, against the goods, ehattels, lands,
ant, in favor of Emma Kaufman, plaintiff,
l will offer at public sale, to the highest
and best bidder, for cash, itt the front
door of the court house in the city of OF
tumwa, Wapello county, Iowss; on the ODD
day of March, 1902, between the hours of
9 O'Clock a. M. and 4 o'clock ,p. M. on said
day, all of said l.. o. Johnsons's right, title
and Interest in and to the q following de-
scribed property situated in " apollo coun-
" The ,os Southwest quarter 20 hf the north
east quarter % and the Isorth thirty
acres (3Oa) of the northwest quarter 90
twenty 900 in township sev,nlty-one CD
north of range thirteen d3) west Of the
9Th P. NJ. containing seventy acres Goa
more or less.
Witness my hand this 18th dag Of Feb
: Sheriff, of wapello CourSty, Iowa.
By John D.. Stephens, Deputy.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-13
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Daily Courier, l year, by mail. .S4.On
Semi-Weekly Courier, / year 80. LOU
CIVIL WAR VETERANS.

1t is probable that the appropriation
for the Soldiers Home at Marshall
town has reached the high water MARI
at this session of the legislature. AS
a natural result the old soldiers Will
decrease in number but become more
helpless as age creeps on. Col. Aims
worth Of the war department mas
made an estimate of the increasing "a
pidity with which the old soldiers VIII
disappear after the year 1900. The
number of survivors in 1900 was 999,-
939; in 1905 there will be S20,6ST; in
1910, 626,231; in 1920, 251,727; in 1880,
81, 1888; in 1910, $40; in 1915, none. By
the time the next legislature assem-
bles, the number of Iowa veterans who
will seek admission to the soldiers
home will have diminished instead O.
increased. So we may be safe in say
ing that high water mark is nov
reached and that it will not be neces
sary hereafter to erect more build
ings or to increase expenditures 10
the veterans of the civil a
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-13
SPRING

On Tuesday morning, March II,
there was first observed by the writer:
the true harbingers of spring time. 1t
is not only possible but very probable
that there will be rough days between
now and the warm spring time but if
so the birds and the grass, and the
buds will be deceived quite AS much
as We will all be.
During a walk of ten minutes, the
Courier weather observer heard. on
Tuesday morning,the songs and chirps
of more than a dozen birds that have
been silent during the winter. The
sparrow of course, We have always
with us as We do the poor, but by the
way, have you noted that the spar.
rows are less numerous this year than
ever? There is a possible sparrow
plague, or a call for sparrows in dis.
tant lands, but whatever the cause
may be, it is certain that there are
not nearly so many sparrows this year
as last.
The welcome birds heard on Tues
day morning, were the blue-birds, the
wrens, and a robin or two. The faint
note of a meadow lark was heard, but
he did not find his mate and he fitted
off toward the fields of South OtIum.
wa. The blue jays are nearly always
in evidence but they do not manifest
themselves until the first days of plea
SAINT weather. They were here Tues
day morning, eager and insistent on be
ing heard. At sunrise, a crow direct
ed his flight over the city straight as q
bullet toward some distant corn field
in Keokuk township, where he was
sure of a breakfast. Meanwhile the
grasses on the lawns are beginning tt
grow green, inviting us to SOW more
seed and thus give them company
The frost is not yet well out of the
ground but there is the spirit O.
spring in the air, in the soil, ant
among the birds of the air. Spring
will soon come with all the graces O.
an Iowa maiden.