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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
RUIN FACES THEM.
American Residents of the Isle of PIner
Appeal to President Roosevelt
for Redress.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE question
Of the control of the Isle of Pines was
brought Monday directly to the at
tention of President Roosevelt. a
delegation of citizens of the United
States residing in the Isle CT Pines
was introduced to the president by
Senator Cullom, chairman of the
senate committee on foreign rela-
tions. The president was Informed
that more than half of the island is
owned by American citizens, and that
many had made large investments on
the island under the belief that the
United States would own it. AS re.
suit of the turning over of the Isle
of Pines to the republic of Cuba for
administrative purposes, things are
said by the delegation to be in a
chaotic state on the island. There is
not notary public or judicial officer
on the island. The delegation is in.
formed that the republic of Cuba
claims the Isle of Pines, and proposes
to establish prisons, penal colonies
and a leper hospital there. Such 3
course, if pursued, the delegation in
Dictated to the president, would wipe
out every dollar invested in the
island.
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SPECTACULAR FIRE.
It Ragged for Four Hours ON East Rive
Bridge, New York, S55 Feet
In the Air.

New York, Nov. 1.-THE new East
river bridge, in process of construc
ton between New York and Brook
lyn, was damaged to the amount o.
at least 100000 last night by fire
that for four hours ragged 355 feet il
the air, on the summit of the great
steel tower on the New York side
Three men who were at work on the
top of the tower when the fire broke
out fell into the river, but escaped
with their lives. Owing to the enor.
nous height of the tower it was i'm.
possible to reach the fire with any
apparatus in the fire department, an6
the flames, after devouring all the
wood work on the top of the tower
seized on the timber false work OF
the two foot bridges suspended from
the main cables, burning away the
supports until nearly 100000 feet OF
blazing lumber fell with a mighty
splash and hiss into the stream The
fall of the foot bridge carried away
score of the lighter cables and
guys, which trailed in the water, rem
dering it necessary for the purpose
to stop all traffic up and down the
river.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
SHAME WAS TOO GREAT.
Young Railroad Clerk at Kansas City
After Trying to- Rob Friend Ended
His Life with Revolver.

Kansas City. Mo-, Nov. 11.-Unable
to withstand the shame of discovery
that he had attempted to rob his
friend, John McAtee shot and killed
himself at an early hour this morn.
ing. Some few hours earlier, Frank
II. Lane had been halted near his
residence and commanded, at the
muzzle of a revolver to hold up his
hands. Instead of complying, Lane
rushed his assailant and struggle
ensued. For ten minutes the men
fought for mastery. During the
struggle, Lane recognized in his high
wayman an old and confidential
friend. The struggle for possession
of the pistol resulted in McAtee's
running hurriedly to his room. Lane
informed the police of the fight. On
his Information they repaired to Nc
Atee's room. There they learned on
reaching his apartment, McAtee had
committed suicide few minutes pre-
viously. McAtee is a native of Louis
vile, where he is said to be well con-
nected. Gaming debts drove him to
crime.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
Col. wetmore in a Fight.

st. Louis, Nov. 1O.-Guests at the
Planters hotel, attracted to the cor
ridors on the parlor floor last night
by the sounds of heavy blows and
the voices of angry men, discovered
Col. Moses G. Wetmore, the million
aire tobacco merchant and politician,
engaged in a hand-to-hand battle
with a stranger in evening dress, who
was getting all the better of the
argument. Peter Arlund, of Louis
vile, the other antagonist, said the
tobacco manufacturer had insulted
his wife.
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ALL WILL BE CONTESTED.
Democratic Members Elect to the Colorado
Legislature from Denver Must Fight
for Their Seats.

Denver, Col, Nov. 1O.-Attorney
John D. Fleming is preparing petit
ton to be presented to Judge Samuel
Carpenter, of the district court, ask
ing for a grand jury to investigate
the alleged frauds of the recent cleo
ton in Arapahoe county. The repub-
lican candidates for the legislature
from Arapahoe county and the Float
district of which Arapahoe county is
part, have decided to contest the
election of the Is representatives and
4 senator's who will get the certifi-
Gates of election.
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POINTED MASON OUT.
Negro Said 1t Was from the Harvard
Graduate He Secured Watches of
the Murdered Girls.

Boston, Nov. 1O.-George L. o.
Perry, the negro who pawned the
watches taken from the murdered
women, Miss Clara A. Morton and
Miss Agnes McPhee, declared yester-
day that Alan G. Mason is the man
from whom he received these articles.
Perry was taken to the Jail in East
Cambridge, where Mason, under ar
rest on the charge of killing Miss
Morton, is confined pending a hearing
in the Cambridge court to-day. In
one of the Jail corridors Perry posi-
lively identified Mason as the man
who had given him the watches.
The fact that the negro accused
Mason of giving him the watches
did not give the police any false con-
fidence that the mystery of the series
of brutal crimes had been solved.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
TO BE UNIVERSAL
Within Three Years All Section,
Will Have Free Rural Delivery.
Forty thousand Carriers win Be Requires
There VIII BE . Deficit for . Time,
But Ultimately VIII BE Self
Sustaining.

Washington, Nov. S.-The annua
gross cost of complete rural free
delivery service throughout the
United States will approximate $24,
100000, according to the annual re
port which First Assistant Postmas.
ter General Wynne yesterday re
ceived from August w. Machen, the
general superintendent of the serv.
ice. The remaining 100000 square
miles not now covered by rural free
delivery service, according to the re.
port, will require the employment OF
$4,000 or $4,000 carriers in addition
to those now employed, making the
entire force of carriers when the ex,
tension Of the service is completed
within the next three years 10000
After this extension is completed the
annual rate of increase in the appro-
priations is expected not to exceed
eight or nine per cent, the rate
maintained in the other branches OF
the postal service. To extend the
service $4,000 routes year until il
becomes universal, the report says,
will require such largely increased
appropriations that the annual post
Office deficits for the ensuing two OF
three years will probably reach ST.
100000 or $1O,O0O,O00, if not more;
but once the service is completed, the
additional revenue derived will soon
reduce the deficits to present fig
ures, if not entirely wipe them out.
During the year 1902 12,4O3 petit
tions for the service were filed, max
ing total on July 1 last of 22,646.
which excluded by over 1000 the to-
tai number during the preceding four
years. Since July petitions received
have averaged over 600 month.
On July 1 last the city free de-
livery service embraced 933 cities, in
Guiding four in the insular posses
sions, and the total number of uni
formed letter carriers in the city
service was 17,s75 las against 16,3s9
the previous year.
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CROSS WILL CONTEST,
Democratic Candidate for Congressman IL
Oklahoma Alleges Too Many Ballots
Were Thrown Out.

Guthrie, Ok, Nov. 11.-W. NJ. Cross
the democratic candidate for delegate
to congress from Oklahoma, yester.
day commenced his fight to contest
the election of 3. S. Mcclure. His
attorneys have brought mandamus
proceedings against the election com
missioners of Comanche county tc
compel them to count several hun
dred alleged mutilated ballots which.
if counted, Cross claims, will result
in giving him a majority of Ill over
Mcclure. The ballots in question, it
is alleged, were each voted twice for
Cross, the circle being stamped OPP
posite his name in both the populist
and democratic tickets.
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FAVORS ALL THREE.
President Roosevelt Advocates
Statehood for Territories.
Tho Argument That They Will Return
Democratic Maiorities Ignored by the
Chief Executive-VOte on Oklahoma
Will Be Taken December 10.

Washington, Nov. 11.-There is
much speculation and wide difference
of opinion among officials and politi-
clans here as to the prospects for
the passage of the bill admitting Ok
1ahoma, Arizona and New Mexico to
statehood at the coming short ses-
sion of congress. The sentiment
seems to be that the bill will be
passed by the senate practically as
it was passed by the house at the
last term, although there are prop
ositions looking to various amend
ments. One of these is to leave Mex
leo out of the bill, admitting Oklaho-
ma and Arizona. Another is, to drop
both New Mexico and Arizona and to
admit Oklahoma. The president is
known to favor the admission of all
three of the territories. To the ar
gument that they may turn demo-
cratic he replies that he has no fear
of his ability to carry Oklahoma and
New Mexico, and is confident that
Arizona will go republican in the ma
tional campaign. The senate commit
tee on territories has wisely planned
a trip of investigation, so it's report
will presumably be in readiness for
the senate on its opening day, or per-
maps may be made public before. The
presidents message usually absorbs
attention on the first day, and the
report of the secretary, with the
cook of estimates, on the second.
The vote on statehood will be taken
nncauohpr
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MADE GOOD HIS PROMISE.
President Roosevelt Removed an Alabama
Republican Who Had Worked to Exclude
Negroes from Republican Convention.

Washington, Nov. 11.-Julian H.
Bingham, collector of internal reve-
nue. for the district of Alabama, has
been removed from his office, and
Joseph O. Thompson appointed to
succeed him. The change was made
as result of political condition
which recently arose in Alabama.
Colored republicans were excluded
from participation in the republican
state convention, and Collector Bing-
ham Washed responsible, at least in
a measure, for their exclusion. A few
weeks ago President Roosevelt an
nounced to a delegation of negroes
that he would remove Bingham.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
CLAMoR FOR SMALL COINS.
Director OF the Mint Roberts Wants Con.
gress to Remove Limit Upon Circu-
lation of Subsidiary Silver.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE mer-
chants of the nation are clamoring
for small change. The Christmas
trade will be on in a week or SO, and
the applications for small coins are
pouring in upon the country's sub
treasures. The amount is limited,
and there is apparently no way of
meeting the demand. In his recon-.
mendations for legislation affecting
the minis of the United States, Di
rector Roberts will urge strongly
that congress remove the limit upop
the amount of subsidiary coin that
may be put out by the mint. Under
the law as it stands at present the
total stock of subsidiary coin is limit
ed to 100000, 900.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
rex.. and Railroad Bu,ldine.

Austin, Tex, Nov. ia review OF
railroad construction in Texas dis
closes the fact that since the begin
ming of the year there have been
planned new lines and extensions
amounting to a total of S,797 miles, OF
which 2,423 miles represent the
plans of existing companies, and
1,374 are entirely new projects. 10 in
number. In addition to this mileage,
it is reported that other plans are in
contemplation at various points to
build amounting to total of about
1000 miles,
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
Fight between whites and Negroes

Beaumont, Tex, Nov. lin gen
eral fight in section of the oil fields
known as Little Africa" Max Wey-
rich, of San Antonio, was shot and
seriously wounded. Several white
men went to the negro settlement
and. it is said, ordered the blacks to
leave the community, charging that
they were responsible for low wages.
The negroes refused to leave and re-
scented the visit. Some one fired a
shot which was a signal for gen
eral melee. Weyrich was the only
enc injured.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
str.nrl.d III. n,rr.s, E,.nh.nt

New York, Nov. 10.-Mandarin, an
elephant of the Barnum & Bailey
circus, was put to death by strangu-
Iation in his cage on the main deck
of the steamship Minneapolis, of the
Atlantic transport line The car
containing the body was then hoisted
from the ship by crane and loaded
on barge, in which it was towed
about 90 miles out to sea and sunk.
Mandarin was the largest elephant
in captivity at the time of his death,
but had recently become unmanage-
able.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
Crying Ne.d of the Navy.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE most
crying need of the navy, according
to the annual report of Admiral III. C
Taylor, chief of the bureau of navi
CATION, is more officers to man ou,
warships. He declares that the
preparations now going on for the
mobilization of the fleet for the win
ter maneuvers in the West Indies has
brought the department face to face
with the critical condition due to lacl
of officers, which, he says, has
reached such point as to be danger
GUS to the efficiency of the feet.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
ais sody Found IN ~. m,eh,~.n.

Chicago, Nov. s.-The body Of
Harry Frank, Of jacksonville, ILL.,,
where his father is leading mer-
chant, was found in Lake Michigan
yesterday with 3o-pound stone tied
to the right foot. The day before
the young mans disappearance,
three weeks ago, he made several un-
successful attempts to obtain money
from friends. Next day he borrowed
a boat from fisherman That was
the last seen of him. The boat was
found several days later floating in
the lake.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
Fine Gift to Methods Is.

Kansas City. Mo-, Nov. lie. E.
Schoellkopf, a well-known capitalist
of Kansas City, has given property
said to be worth between $4,000 and
$4,000 to the Woman's Home Mis-
sionary society of the Methodist
church, as a building site for the cree
ton of a deaconess home and mis-
sionary training school. The prop
erty comprises ten acres of land near
the end of the Fifteenth street cable
line.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
Teachers Join the Federation of Labor.

Chicago, Nov. 10.-The Chicago
Teachers federation at special
meeting voted to affiliate with the
Federation of Labor. One of the
reasons assigned for the taking of
such radical step is that the sup
port of the voters reached by the
Federation of Labor would be of ben
eft to the teachers in their fight for
better wages and an improvement in
the conditions surrounding the school
room.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
BuIl.FIeht,nr season Commeuced.

Mexico City, Nov. 10.-The winter
bull-fghting season opened yesterday
afternoon, the first fight being at
tended by large crowd, including
many Americans. The sensation of
the spectacle was the serious horn
ing of Parrao, one of the matadors,
by the third bull. Parrao received
deep wound in the abdomen and
may die. The fight was not inter
rupted. Ten horses were disem-
bOweled.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
Oklahoma Election May Defea. Statehood

Guthrie, Ok, Nov. SIN an au-
thorized interview yesterday Con-
gresham Flynn stated that the Ok
lahoma election, no matter who may
now be declared delegate-elect to
congress from the territory, will
thwart the passage of any kind of a
statehood bill, for the reason that the
senate is jealous of creating new
states and would see in the close
vote of the territory a pretext to
defeat statehood legislation.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
HOME FROM MANILA.
Gen Adna r. Chaffee. After Three Years
Service in the Far East, Reaches
San Francisco.

San Francisco, Nov. 1.-THE
United States transport Sumner ar
rived in port yesterday evening from
the Philippines after a most stormy
and most perilous voyage. On
board the transport were Gen. Adna
r. Chaffee and wife; Vice Gov.
Wright, of the Philippine commits
sion, accompanied by Mrs. Wright;
Gen. Chaffee's staff and large num-
Der of officers wives returning home.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
Favor Compulsorv Education.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. s.-The Mis-
souri, Federation of Women's clubs,
in session here, decided on several
bills to press before the legislature.
The laws the women will endeavor
to have passed provide for compul-
sorry education; women on school
boards; preventing by criminal law
the sale or giving away of cigarettes
or cigarette material to minors.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
Swallowed Up by the Desert.

Ell Paso, Tex, Nov. s.-After wan
dering three days in the desert
James Williams, of Ell Paso, we'll
known sporting man, formerly of
Pueblo, Col, died of starvation, hun
ger and exposure and only three
miles from Ysleta, Ell Paso county.
He had wandered for so miles, trav-
cling in a circle. He strayed from a
hunting party seeking antelopes Sun
day.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
Castro Il Kept Too Busy.

Paris, Nov. s.-The foreign Office
has received an official dispatch from
Caracas saying that President Cas-
tro was unable to send minister
to Paris, owing to the present dis
turbed condition of Venezuela. Dip
lomatic relations between the two
countries have been suspended for
the past eight years.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
Ak Trust with s41. 900, 600 Capital.

New York, Nov. s.-A consolidation
of manufacturers of axes and certain
lines of edge tools is in prospect.
The new company will be known as
the International AK & Tool compa-
ny, and will have an authorized cap
ital of about $3O,OO0,OOo. 1t is also
proposed to issue bonds, which will
bring the total capital up to about
S41, 900 900.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
Yield and Condition of Corn.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE month
ly report OF the department of agri-
culture says the average yield per
acre of corn is 26.S, compared with
an average of 1877 bushels in 1901
Average quality of corn is s0.7. 1t is
estimated that about 1.9 per cent
of the corn crop of 1901 was still in
1902
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
In Once IA Years.

ithaca, N. Y, Nov. s.-Roswell
Beardsley. who was appointed post
master at North Lansing by John
Quincy Adams, and who has held the
Office ever since, is dying there. He
is SO years old and has held Office "a
years. He is the oldest postmaster in
the United States.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
Ninety-Six Are Missing.

Melbourne, Nov. 1.-THE British
steamer Elingamite, bound from sgd
ney, n. S. W., for Auckland, has beer
wrecked on Three Kings islands
Forty-one of those on board the
steamer were saved and 90 are miss
ing.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
ALMOST A MIRACLE.

Case No. 49,673. Mrs. M. listed Of
1907 Strand Street, Galveston, Tex,
who is proprietor of a boarding
house at that address, numbering
among her boarders a dozen medical
students, says: 81 caught cold dur
ing the flood of September, 1900, and
il settled in my kidneys. Despite the
fact that 1 tried all kinds of medicine
and was under the care of physicians,
the excruciating twinges and dull
aching across the small of my back
refused to leave, and trouble with
the kidney secretions began to set in.
From then, ordinary Anglo-Saxon
fails to describe the annoyance and
suffering 1 endured. The fearful
pain through my body, loss of appe-
tite, loss of sleep, consequent loss OF
energy, and, finally, an indication OF
complete dissolution compelled me,
from sheer agony and pain, to either
lie on the floor and scream, or forced
me into spasms. On such occasions
my husband called in a physician,
whose morphine treatment relieved
me temporarily. 1 grew weaker and
that nothing was left but skin and
bone. All my friends, acquaintance,
and neighbors knew about my criti-
cal condition, and on one occasion
was reported dead and they came
to see my corpse. At last the doc
tors attending me held a consulta-
ton and agreed that if did not I'M
dergo an operation I could not live.
Preparations were made, a room Sc
lected at the city hospital, and they
even went so far as to have the car
rage brought to the door to carry
me there. I don't know why, but
something told me not to go, and
absolutely refused. Now I want the
reader to grasp every word of the
following: A friend of ours, a Mr..
McGaund, knowing that my kidneys
were the real cause of the entire
trouble, brought a box of Doan's
Kidney Pills to the house, and re-
quested me to give them trial. ]
had taken so much medicine that ]
was more than discouraged, and had
little, if any, faith in any prepare
ton. However, / reasoned if they
did not do me good they could not
possibly make me worse, so I be-
gan the treatment. After the third
dose, / felt something dart across me
like fash of lightning, and from
that moment I began to improve.
The pain in my back and kidneys
positively disappeared, the kidney
secretions became free and natural
At present I rest and sleep well, my
appetite is good, my weight has in
creased from 11s to 155 pounds, and
my flesh is firm and solid. My friends
actually marvel at the change in my
appearance. Words cannot express
my own feelings. I am not putting
it too strongly when I say I have
been raised from the dead. I am
satisfied that had it not been for
Doan's Kidney Pills, taken when
they were, would have been either
lying in the Lake View Cemetery, or
an invalid for the balance of my life.
I will be only too pleased to give
minuter particulars of my case to any
one calling on me, not, of course,
out of idle curiosity, but if they real
~ have kidney complaint and want
to know what course to pursue to
get relief"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid.
ney medicine which cured Mrs. listed
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Address
Foster ilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y
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The Total Vote of Kansas.

Topeka, Kan, Nov. 11.-Official re
turns have been received from enough
counties to indicate that the tota
vote will be between 2S7,OoO and 2ss,
COO.
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Upholds Nebraska Antitrust Law.

Lincoln, Neb., Nov. s.-The Ne
braska supreme court yesterday gave
decision sustaining the constitu-
tionality of the state antitrust law,
which had been attacked by the Ne
braska- Retail Lumber Dealers asso-
citation as defendant in a suit for
damage for forcing a retail dealer out
Of the business. The law exempts
laboring men.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-11-14
MIxht Nor nother Him.

thought she had q soprano voice, eff the
worst comes to the worst ! could keep the
wolf from the door by singing"
at don't doubt that would do it, replied
her pessimistic husband, ''but suppose the
wolf should happen to be deaf?'-Phladel-
phia Press.
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.Liberar, UnIversIty Tor Kansas CITY.

Kansas City, No., Nov. 1.-THE
Liberal" university at Silverton
Ore. will be moved to Kansas City
the Pepper building at Ninth and Lo
Gust streets formerly the Y. NJ. C. A
building), having been purchased fo-
$4,000 by parties interested in ths
college.
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Big Ffru In the Cane.

Cape Town, Nov. 11.-An area O.
eight acres at East Lond, Cape Col
ony, has been devastated by fire
Thirty large buildings in the centes
of the town were destroyed.