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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
SHADOWING A Teller

81 have had all sorts of experiences,
said Pinkerton detective whom met
at luncheon in a Broadway restaurant
Friday noon, but last night | had an
entirely new one. Two days ago the
president of Wall street banking
house sent for me and said that he
feared there was something wrong
with his assistant teller, who appeared
to be laboring under some excitement,
and who showed signs of late hours
and dissipation. was asked to shadow
him and to look out for evidence of ir-
regularities.
1T was then noon and | started at
once by following my man to cheap
restaurant in Ann street l supposed
that he was going to his luncheon, but
he went into telephone booth and
closed the door. 1t was impossible for
me to hear with whom he was talking,
so went to the proprietor of the place
and made some inquiries, and learned
that my man telephoned every day at
that time and seldom bought more
than sandwich.
THAT day he paid the telephone toll
but bought nothing. AS l followed
him into the street | made up my mind
that he was in communication with
stock broker, and that financial trouble
in Wall street was the cause of his
strange actions. That was nothing new
in my experience.
when he left the bank that after
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
SEQUENCE OF CALAMITIES

features as to make 1t seem as though
the second had been carefully pre-
pared on the details and after the
plan of the first. All fire departments
understand that a great confiagration
is usually followed by second and
often by a third within a few days;
insurance men have noticed that a
fire occurring in a building devoted
to an unusual occupation is also fol-
lowed at a short interval by second
fire in similar line. and that the
rule also applies to buildings devoted
to a particular, often common, kind Of
business. For a month or two 1t
sometimes seems to the insurance
men that all the hat stores in the
country are devoted to destruction;
then for a long time the hat stores
will have immunity, while the shoe
stores, dry-goods stores and groceries
are burning The principle even ap-
plies to smaller accidents and mis-
fortunes.
A surgeon in large manufacture
ing plant bears testimony to the queer
feet that whenever a mechanic comes
In with an injured thumb, necessitat-
ing amputation, another accident of
identical character will occur within
three days. No explanation is fur
nished, perhaps in our present state
of knowledge no explanation is pos
sible, but the fact that one accident
follows another without visible con-
nection is too well known to be
doubted.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
A Geographical Note.

Jackson is a village of 200 inhabi.
tants, situated near the court house
in eastern Kentucky. 1t has a stimu-
lating climate, tending to lrritability.
It's principal industry is coroner's in
quests. employing a large number Of
hands. The remainder Of the popu-
lation in Jackson is busily happy in
the industry Of shooting Jim Cockrill.
The output during the last six months
has been thirty-six murders. The eli.
mate is healthy, save for an excess Of
powder smoke in the atmosphere.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
The Tuberculosis Bacillus.

According to cable kilograms Prof
Behring has just printed a book In
Berlin proving that the bacilli of hui
man and bovine tuberculosis are iden
teal, the seeming difference between
them resulting from the capacity OF
the bacilli to accommodate themselves
to the organism in which they live
The writer announces that he mas
successfully infected cattle with virus
from human beings, producing in this
way fatal animal tuberculosis. He
also declares that he has rendered
cattle immune to tuberculosis by vac
cinating them when they are young.
Further reports Of these experiments
will be anXiously awaited.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22

Cartridge inserted in the Holoer heauy
for Use.
combustible holder, the cartridge be-
ing thrown away after the contents
are burned.
The holder consists of metallic or
asbestos tube, with a coiled spring
mounted at the base of the opening
and air ducts leading from the mouth
piece to the outer end of the tube. The
outer end is fitted with conical cap
having slanting sides to hold the to-
bacco in the cartridge against the
pressure of the spring inside the tube
The cartridges are to be furnished In
quantity, either loaded or empty as
tn smoker may desire.
To place charge In the tube the
outer cap Is removed and the cart
ridge inserted and pressed downward
until the spring is contracted, when
the cap is replaced. The cigarette is
then lighted through the perforation
in the cap and the smoke drawn
through the air ducts to the mouth.
AS fast as the tobacco is consumed the
spring forces the ashes out of the cap
and renews the supply of the weed in
proximity to the air ducts. When the
cartridge has been emptied the cap is
again removed and the empty tube
thrown out The tubes are made with
a slight taper toward the rear end, in
order that the spring may slide the to-
bacco from the tube without clogging.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
DINGY, LoW.BUILT LONDON.
Described as Workshop, Sales
room and Sleeping Apartment.

room and a Sleeping Apartment.
London is not a beautiful city. 1t
has a dingy, though comfortable look.
Paris is a grand garden of glory,
London is workshop, a salesroom
and a sleeping apartment. The Eng
lish metropolis is blessed with a null
titude of parks, which afford the
breathing place for the enormous pop
ulation, but the parks are largely open
meadows unspotted with statues and
unadorned with art galleries and mu-
seums. There are no sky-scraping
structures in London. They are not
allowed. Valuable as land is--in the
city proper it sells at $5,O00,0OO an
acre!-the use of the'sky for building
sites is not permitted, and there are
few structures over five or six stories
in height. More than this-there are
open courts and grass plots in the
very midst of the most intense life,
and space set apart in this way Is not
thought wasted. The American buys
lot of ground $50 by rs feet in city
for building purposes and builds on
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22

Wlndfall for German University.
Leipsic university has had the good
fortune. unusual for German univer-
stiles, OF receiving a $250.OO0 bequest
from a private individual 1t was OBJ
tanned after a complicated lawsuit
with the University Of Vienna.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
Barb.Wirs, Stretcher.

A barb-wire stretcher which weighs
only ~ ounces and can be carried in
the pocket is the invention of Col.
James H. Birch of Plattsburg, Mo-,
formerly member Of Congress from
the 4th district. The features claimed
for this device are its simplicity,
cheapness and effectiveness. With a
bar of wood inserted in the ring to
give the necessary leverage the wire
caa be drawn as tight as drumhead
and securely fastened in that position.
the weight of the body being used TO
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
Gift of Emperor Of Japan.

The Emperor of Japan has sent to
the British and Foreign Sailors So
ciety, through Sir Claude Mcdonald,
the British minister at Toxic, a por-
trait of himself for the Passmore Ed.
wards Sailors palace, which is the
society's new headquarters in London.
The portrait will be hung beside those
of the English, German. Dutch and
Russian rulers. w
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
Future of Senator Plat.

There is still some talk that Senator
Thomas c. Plat may retire at the
close Of his present term. 1t is re-
called, in connection with this rumor,
that since Thurlow Weeds day every
leader of the Republican party in New
York state has been United States
senator-William H. Seward, Reuben
E. Fenton, Roscoe Conkling and
Thomas Collier Plat. 1t Is said that
though Senator Platt is certain Of
election he would not, even in that
event, serve another full term.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
Clerical Sa ,casnn.

The following church notice was re-
Gently exhibited: "The service on
Sunday morning Is at II a. m. The
superstition that 1t Is zen minutes later
is mistake. Young men are not ex-
cluded from the wesk-night service.
The seats In tho front portion of the
church have been carefully examined.
They are quite sound and may be
trusted not to give way. 1t is quite
legitimate to join in the singing. The
object of the choir is to encourage,
not discourage, the congregation
Pearsons Weekly.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22

noon he was in a great hurry, and l
followed him toward his home, in St.
Nicholas avenue, in the car behind the
one he was in; but by some means he
gave me the slip, for he didn't get off
at the corner nearest his home or
for several blocks afterwar0. as far as
| saw. | went to his apartment to wait
for him, and meeting little girl just
entering the street door, inquired
If she knew him.
"'He is my papa she answered, and
will be home in few minutes. He
always stops to see the doctor after
he leaves the bank, because mamma Is
very i'll and we are afraid she will die.
The doctor comes every noon and tel
ephones to papa, and then he stops
there on his way home. If you will
come in you won't have long to wait,
or you can call again, for he never
leaves mamma after he comes home,
and sits up all night with her.
81 said that might call again, but
instead l went to the home of the
bank president and made my report.
This morning that teller got letter
from the bank granting him two
weeks vacation and telling him that
his salary was increased $50 month"
New York Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
STRANGE Peculiarities.

Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman has
been credited with being able to sleep
as easily in a standing position as he
can lying down. Said the duke OF
Devonshire to him on one occasions
you are like a policeman, Banner
man, you can always sleep standing
up" An equally curious habit is that
of Lord Rothschild, who confesses
that he can sleep better in theater
during the performance than he can
at any time or place.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
New STYLE Of Incubation.

An investigator Of an original turn
of mind has appeared in the person
Of a Moscow student named Kolo-
meizeff. who in eighteen days has sue.
ceeded in Matching the egg of a guinea
fowl under his left armpit. He al.
ready has host Of imitators, who
are trying experiments in the hatch.
ing of the eggs of geese and ducks
st. Petersburg Correspondence Lon.
don Mail.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22

is an easy matter to attach small
rag or piece of sponge to the depend
ing end, which can be saturated from
time to time with any liquid vermicide.
and the vaporizing of this liquid will
serve not only to keep the vermin
from crawling over the roosts, but
drive the lice from the bodies of the
fowls. as the odor will permeate the
feathers when the birds are on the
roosts at night. The inventor of this
device is John H. F. Eversz, of Walla
Walla, Wash.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
Great Eastern

In fasting feats the sect of jams, in
India. is far ahead Of all rivals. Fasts
of from thirty to forty days are very
common, and one year they are said
to abstain from food for seventy.five
days.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22

mixed with air. A rock containing a
4 per cent constituent of water is
shown by calculation to give off
enough hydrogen to throw twice its
weight for distance of three miles.
The results quoted indicate the main
lines of the theory proposed. For its
full development the original paper
must be consulted.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
A Timely Discovery.

Now look out for an air trust. A
Cleveland scientist claims to have dis
covered a process whereby he can
extract chemical gas from ordinary
atmosphere, which will be both useful
and cheap as fuel. He is the man
for the hour.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
Advanced Chinese Woman,

Miss Cheong Chuk Kwan is the
first Chinese lady who has undertaken
to travel round the world. She is ex-
tremely wealthy, speaks several Ian
guages, including English. and is pos
sessed Of progressive ideas. On the
completion of her tour she intends to
return to her own country and lecture
on European customs.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
Xmas Eavorjte Dishes,

The king Of Italy is great eater
OF sweet cakes and fancy bread of ev-
cry description and his cook has a
reputation for his CONNECTIONS. The
king rarely touches wine, his chief
table drink being two Australian min.
eral waters.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
WORK OF INVENTORS
INGENIOUS DEVICES TO SAVE
TIME AND LABOR.
Cuban Cigarette Cartridge" May
Appeal to Smokers-Convenient
Barb.Wire Stretcher-Cause Of VOL
canic Explosions.
Cuban "claarette Cartridge"

Smokers who enjoy a small cigar or
cigarette better than large cigar m',y
find the cigarette cartridge" shown
ir the accompanying drawing to their
liking. 1t Is the invention OF Alfred
Leblanc of Havana, Cuba, and the idea
is to provide small cartridges of to-
bacco, ready to be inserted in a nom
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
Hint for Intending Travellers.

If the reader should chance to be
going on trip to the land of Bobbie
Burns, we warn him to speak of the
native Caledonian as Scotsman"
but not as "Scotchman." The SEN
sitiveness on that particular point 10
growing more intense over there.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
Air..

81 tell you," said the landlord Of
the summer resort near the top OF
the mountain, "a man can't get too
much of this pure air."
mol" gasped the tenderfoot, who
was unused to the elevation. II can't
get half enough of It'll" ~.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22

every inch of it. The Englishman
saves at least third for a court yard
or q grass plot.-Columbia Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
Deserves New Trial.

A new trial has been ordered in
Kansas for a man who was hanged
for an hour by mob and lived. He
was convicted later and sentenced.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
The Makeup of BROOKLYN.

There are In the borough Of Brook.
Ign 10000 apartment or tenement
houses (less than half the number OF
New York;. 1900 stores. 10000 sta.
bles, 5000 factories, SAL hotels or no.
tel-saloons, 315 schools, $40 churches,
ninety theaters, ninety-one lodging
houses. 215 clubs. forty-six station
houses, 1925 engine houses, 153 hospi-
tails and asylums and 1900 ware
houses.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
Electricity to Blame.

There is no doubt that the unfavor-
able effects on the feeling of we'll
being experienced by many individu-
ais, such as headache and oppression
and nervous distress, on the advent
Of a thunder storm, are due to the
same electrical differences Of poten-
tial, the effects passing away as the
disturbed condition Of the atmosphere
or the storm ubsides.-London Ian.
Get
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
Carp INDUSTRY or Peoria.

Peoria ships annually to New York
over 100000 worth Of German carp
taken from the Illinois, for consump.
ton as food ~ the Russian Jews. This
is an industry by itself.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22

Mountain dew has caused torrents
of trouble.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22

1t is the vaulting ambition of the
acrobat that enables him to achieve
success.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-08-22
Sand With Liquid
Cement

the tube after the water has been ex-
hausted. The pipes have pointed heads
to aid in their insertion in the earth.
Nicolas Schietkiewics of st. Peters
burg, Russia, has the patent on this
apparatus.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-25
THE SHOOT AT SEAGlRT.
Government Takes Big Interest-Of-
ficers Detailed 10 Report

Seagirt, N. J., Aug. 24-Preparation
are being made here for the inter-
state rifle and revolver shooting tour
nament which begins on the Aug. 20.
The range and butts have been practi-
cally rebuilt and there are now los
targets from rs to 1000 yards.
The entries so far show increased in
terest Is being taken by the military
authorities. both of the regular estab-
lishment and the National Guard. The
United States army will send three
teams, one from each branch of the
service. The War Department has
also detailed two officers to attend the
meeting and report.
There will be sent from the govern
ment arsenal at Springfield two experts
to try out the new army rifle and rep
resentatives from the Frankford ar
senal, where the government amniuni-
ton is. made, will also be IN attendance
to observe the work of the government
cartridges in comparison with those of
other makes.
Capt. Lissak is being sent by the
ordnance department and several of
the higher military officers from Wash
ington will also be present as guests of
the National Rifle Association.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-25
MITCHELL WILLING TO AID.
viii Do All That Is Honorable TO
End the Strike.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Aug. 24.-The COM
mittee from the Public Alliance of this
city, which waited on Senators Quay
and Penrose at Atlantic City last week
and urged them to use their good
offices to bring about arbitration In the
coal strike. performed a like mission
in this city to-day when they called on
President Mitchell and requested him
to cooperate with the Pennsylvania
senators in bringing about a settle
ment of the strike.
Mr. Mitchell said he would do any
thing that was honorable to bring
about an adjustment and he furnished
the committee with the statistics OF
the strike from the miners point of
view, which were forwarded to Sem
ator Quay tonight.
1t has been just learned that Presi-
dent Mitchell was badly shaken up in
railroad wreck at Reisng, Ills, last
Monday morning. The train ran into
a washout and nearly all the cars left
the track. The sleeper in which Mr.
Mitchell was a passenger left the rails
and he was thrown with much force
from his berth. The engineer and
fireman of the train, however. were
the only persons who were injured.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-25
THREE KILLED OUTRIGHT.
Engineer, Fireman and Brakeman
Lose Lives i'm Wreck.

Lose Lives i'm Wreck.
st. Louis, Aug. 24.-In disastrous
freight wreck on the Southern Railway
near Georgetown, ten miles west of
New Albany, Ind, early to-day, En-
gineer Duval. Fireman 3. Cox, and
Brakeman Ross of one train, were
killed outright and Engineer Harry
Goodall and Fireman George Meyers
of the other train were probably ia
tally hurt. Fourteen box cars, loaded
with wheat, with two locomotives
were tumbled over a trestle into a
ravine forty feet below and were de-
mol!shed.
All traffic between Louisville and St.
Louis on the Southern Railway has
been blocked.
Two sections of the through freight
were coming east, and the first section,
in charge of Conductor Walter Alvis,
had stopped at Duncan's to switch,
leaving a "cut" of cars on the main
track.
There is a heavy grade at this point,
and b. some means the cars broke
away and rolled down the track, gain
ing momentum at each revolution of
the wheels.
Just as the runaway cars were APP
preaching the trestle the second Sec
ton, drawn by two big mogul engines,
came laundering over the hill and
the crash occurred a moment later
The cars piled over the locomotives
and all went down into the ravine in
a heap.
The loss TO the railroad company
VIII amount 10 about $4,000.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-25
WRECKED NEAR COLUMBIA.
Southern Hallway Train DeraiIed.
Postal Clerk BADLY Injured.

Southern Hallway Train Derailed.
Postal Clerk BADLY Injured.
Columbia. S. c., Aug. 24.-To-day at
2 o'clock the Southern Railway train
between Spartanburg and Columbia
was wrecked at a trestle five miles
west of this city. Postal Clerk B. r.
Bruce was painfully injured.
There was a refrigerator car filed
with eggs just behind the engine. The
train was running at the rate of a
mile minute and the freight car
couldn't keep up with that rate. The
front trucks mounted the rails and
then dropped to the ties, the jar cut
ting the engine from the car.
The air brakes worked automaticai-
ly. and the train, then 100 yards from
the trestle. was checked. but the mo-
mentum of the heavy train forced the
freight car upon the trestle. whence
1t jumped off, dragging the mail car
with 1t.
The mail agent. b. r.. Brice. of Wal
halla, s. C.. has his leg broken No
other persons were hurt. The coaches
left the track, but remained on the
embankment.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-25
MURDER AND WILD ESCAPE.
Negro Assassin Spent Night Wave
tossed i'm Upturned Boat.

Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. PA SEN
sational murder, which may prove a
double one, and more sensa tionaI es-
cape and arrest, have stirred up con-
siderable excitement in the city. Lean
der Smith, colored, angered because
Boyd Clinton was paying too much at
teption to his wife, shot and killed
Clinton in the Hotel Garfield base
ment last night, and then shot his
wife, who is dying in the city hos
pital.
After committing the deed he made
his escape, stole a sailboat at the in
let, and started on sail for some re-
mote point. A few miles at sea a
squall struck his boat. 1t capsized and
he was thrown into the ocean, the
boat drifting from him.
By heroic efforts he succeeded in
crawling on the upturned craft and all
night drifted at the mercy of the
waves. About 10 o'clock this morning
he was found nearly dead from ex-
posture, by Samuel Moore, a local mer-
chant, who was out in his private
launch. The murderer told Mr.. Moore
a story about being on a fishing trip
and that his boat had capsized.
Mr.. Moore took him to Somers Point,
and after he landed he thanked his
rescuer, walked off and disappeared.
A few minutes later Mayor e. A.
11igbee, of Somers Point, received
telephone message from Atlantic City
asking him to apprehend any strange
negro who might pass that way The
town marshal who happened to be on
the wharf when the man landed. re-
marked the fact to the Mayor. Hg-
bee hitched his buggy and after a five
mile drive caught UP with the MUIR
derer. He invited the man to ride
with him as the sun was hot and the
day sultry. The negro accepted. May
or Higbee drove him to the town Jail
and locked him up.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-25
THEY WERE MURDERERS.
But Filipino Chiefs Thought Them
selves All Risht-CIimate Changes
Morals.


selves All Right-CIimate Changes
Morals.
Manila, Aug. 24.-The defense in the
Freedom sedition case has called Gov.
Taft as a witness to show that many
former insurgent leaders who were
guilty of various offenses not recog-
nized by the laws of war have been
appointed to civil positions.
Gov Taft gave testimony to the eff
feet that many such former insurgents
had been appointed, but said they have
proved honest, straightforward and
honest. He said that some of them
had been guilty of murder from Amer
lean standards, but that from their
own standpoint they undoubtedly be-
lieved their conduct of the war to
have been legitimate.
Gov. Taft said that he had found
these appointees IS be loyal and that
they We're mot chosen because they
happened to be insurgent generals, but
because they were men of influence
among their own people. He said the
experience of the civil authorities with
these men had been most satisfactory.
Gov. Taft has resumed the govern
orship of the archipelago, relieving
Luke &c. Wright. who has been acting
governor during Gov. Tafts absence.
Commissioner Wright is preparing to
visit the United States.