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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-08
Wireless Telephone Company
OF AMERICA
OF AM ERICA
This Company Has Acquired by Purchase
71.2 Millions of the Capital Stock of the
Collins Wireless Telephone and Tele.
graph Company, Seven Patents
and Applications.
NO. II BROADWAY. NEW YORK CITY.

1t has also the services Collins eminent
scientific eeion for by this combination the combined
Subbehed and Collins system wireless telephony secured
pepetuity.
proposed license subsidiary companies each
the Unon and the citizens of Paduah rendered opportunity
to form the subsidiary the Of kentucky Shares of
the be obtained up August ase
par value dollar from Mr. H Franks special representative
the Palmer House Further information participating sub
sdary company be obtained Berry,
Councils for the proposed Kentucky Wireless Telephone Company
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-08


II. l.. Cook, Of Fort Scott, Kansas,
has astonished the natives by strenu.
ously declaring in court his privilege
to take his own life IL he sees fit. He
was arrested for attempted suicide,
and made the remarkable argument
that he didn't bring himself into the
world and didn't have to stay here IL
he didn't want to. He is said to be
a scholar and man Of culture and his
action in defending himself on such q
charge is quite an innovation and has
created a sensation. Ii would be inter
esting to have tine higher courts pass
on the right OF citizens of Kansas to
kill themselves IL they choose. If the
courts decide against them they can
evade the law by opening a saloon and
letting Mrs Carrie Nation in.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-08

Poor Tracy, whose brute courage
had been the wonder Of the nation for
weeks, gave them a merry chase while
it lasted. but now they are fighting
over his body to see who will get the
reward. They are great deal more
anxious to have it since he is dead
than they were when he was alive.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-08
TAKING A VACATION.

Vice, President W. ]. Harahan, Of
the Illinois Central, has gone to Mas
sachusetts for a vacation, and leaves
Sunday for Canada, TO be absent until
September.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-08
ONLY A CANARD.

The report that an excursion train
was wrecked today proved to be a
canard. There was no accident of any
kind on the railroad today.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-08

If the city law makers would pay as
much attention to the contents of
their ordinances as they do to the
clerical correctness, we should proba-
bly, have better laws. .....-,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-08

owen county has just gone for local
option by nearly two thousand votes.
And this IN Kentucky tool
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-08

All of a sudden our city fathers are
becoming mighty particular about
tearing up the streets.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-08

voters Of consequence in the party
will belong to one faction or the other,
and their factional fight will give
good men chance to step in ana get
the offices.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-20
MURDER WILL OUT.

The following from an exchange OF
very pronounced republican proclivi-
ties is fair statement of the condi-
tions that all democratic journals
have been condemning in the present
administration of national affairs:
"Julius E. Haschke has invented
process which enables an inquiring
mind to cut away into steel safe
with ease. The Chicago bankers are
much exercised and a heated dis
cussion which partakes much of an
indignation. meeting is. under way.
For more reasons than one it will be
a good thing. This locking up of
money in a steel safe is very bad for
the country. Beside making 1t very
hard for the people most in need of
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-20
THE LIMIT OF ENDURANCE.

| 1t is officially admitted that Japan has
made Inquiries regarding loan from the
United States but the Japanese govern
ment is not willing 10 place a loan on
terms that would reflect on the credit of
the country. The military and naval pro-
gram laid down after the treaty of peace
with China will require great deal of
capital. Japan as nation is not rich,
bull is capable of bearing various forms
of taxation which have not yet been APP
Piled. The country will be able to meet
every obligation on account of her present
debts and any future debts she may incur
The surplus wealth that has been
accumulated in this country, in seek
ing for place for secure investment,
has finally settled upon Japan as a
safe country for the present, and pos
sessed of possibilities in the way of
taxation not yet resorted too.
The immense and rapidly increas-
Ing fortunes of the moneyed class in
this country have to seek investment
beyond our national limits Under
our system of protected trust indus
tries and transportation absorption,
these accumulations must steadily 90
on, all the earnings of the people
M ust gravitate to the common center
and some means for redistribution de-
vised. You will observe that the
purpose of this loan to Japan is not
for any industrial development on
peaceful terms but for the purpose
OF increasing the destructive force of
this once peaceful and prosperous
people.
The proposition is about as cold
blooded as can be imagined, some
thing after the fashion of victim in
the-hands of torturers; the efforts to
extort wealth are carefully measured
to not to exceed the endurance of
the victim The sweat and blood of
the patient Japanese people will be
carefully estimated to see to what ex-
tent they can endure the various forms
OF taxation torture not yet applied
When they begin to grow weary un-
der the burden OF benefits derived
from western civilization, and show
symptoms of collapse, it will be in
order to initiate them into the final de-
gree and rack them till they revive.
BLESSED are the piece makers for
they carefully save the pieces.''
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-20
THUNDER MOUNTAIN MAIL.

The following dispatch is Of the
most vital Importance to the people
of this Immediate locality, and also
to the farming industries of the en-
tire county:
Washington, D. c., March Is, 1902
Thousands of people are awaiting the
action of the Postoffice department. in
selecting route from the railway TO
Thunder Mountain, over which there is
sure TO be mad rush as soon as the
snow leaves the mountain paths.
icoay the department gave sign of
early decision in the matter. Both Sen
ator Hetfeld and Senator Dubois were
today notefied by the Second Assistant
Postmaster-General that the inspector
sent IN to survey the situation, at their
request had made report, and accord
ingly the department had advertised for
olos Tor carrying the mail, said bids to be
opened April 18th and service to begin
July LIST. They cover the route from
hetchum, the terminus of the Wood
hiVer branch of the Oregon Short line
rallroad, and also the route from Idaho
city into Thunder Mountain and the
mining town of Roosevelt
Meantime both these routes will ha
thoroughly inspected as to the question
Oh condition of the roads, and the one
which offers the best terms to the Gov
eminent will, no doubt get the contract
Now this has all the ear marks If
snap Judgment or of put up lob.
How any Inspector of mail
routes into this region could make q
report and ignore the only present
practical route is past reasonable
comprehension. The matter of fact
statement of this Thunder Mountain
road controversy is simply this
"elser presents the following claims
Tor public attention: The distance
from Weiser to the mines is not 70
exceed 2l5 miles, less, if ANYTHING
ms distance is covered by railway
to Council, so miles; by an old trav. !
eled wagon road from Council via
Meadows to Warren, 80 miles, and |
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-20
COLONIAL APPENDICES.

Mr. David g. Barrows is an appen-
dage of our colonial system in the
Philippines. His title is "Chief of
the Bureau of non Christian tribes
of the Philippine Islands He gave
testimony before the senate commit
tee. He separated the Filipinos in
to two elements, the cultivated class
and the subordinate class, although
the dominant cultured class is small
only about dozen families in ev-
cry town of population of 10, 600.
The remainder have no education and
no wealth and are controlled by the
upper class.
In the province he had visited
Mr.. Barrows said that the arabic land
that could be brought under rice or
sugar culture is very generally occu-
pied, and claimed his observation
had been that the Filipino is the only
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-20

TO commence is now. This county
is face to face with new order of
things and we are called upon 10
meet opposition from other points,
for stage and mail routes and gen
leral business requirements, and the
old style of stand around-and- wait
lanother-year policy has got to go
way back and sit down, or if contin-
ued, all hope for the advancement
that is ours by right abandoned
The procession is moving and we
must either get in line and move with
lit or get left, run over, and finally
lost in the shuttle.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-20

over this road all supplies and min
ing machinery have been transported
for years; from Warrens to mines
the winter trail is IS miles. As soon
as the conditions will permit, the ex-
tension of the wagon road can be
made easier than by any other pro-
posed route and this will be done.
With all these facts in view the most
available mail route should not even
be matter for a moments doubt.
No doubt other routes will eventu-
ally be available, and the more seri-
Gus matter of construction provided
for. In the meantime the proposed
immediate Improvements of the
present only practicable route will
be inaugurated and promptly COM
pleted, giving 1t the supremacy over
any OF the visionary road schemes
presented to delude the coming trav-
eller, who is asked to face the I'M
known hardships of an untrodden
wilderness, when over the Weiser-
Council & Warrens route he can en-
Joy the common comforts of civili-
cation, practically the entire jour
I'M
ney. The attention of our repre-
sentatives in Washington should and
Will be called 10 this unfortunate
oversight and the proper action I'M
mediately follow to remedy the error.
This is only matter of public
Justice.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-20

agricultural element, the Chinese
not working much in the sun. He
did not think that white men could
be induced to do the manual and
plantation labor of the islands.
ut would be surprising" said Mr.
Barrows, answering query of Sen
ator Hale, elf men who had been
struggling for years had been max
ing sacrifices with the idea Of indie
pendence could be able to dismiss
the thought from their minds at
once. :"
Mr.. Barrows said he did not ex-
pect to live to see the day when the
Filipinos would be capable of self
government. "The Filipino is not
born, +" said he, ''who could control,
to say nothing of governing justly,
the Philippine islands,"
AS natural result of the condi-
tions named, it follows that we have
a people on our hands that are in no
sense capable of assuming the duties
of American citizens, and can only
be controlled by the exercise of a
military force that is in no manner
provided for in our constitution, and
foreign to all the principles of this
government, and is an attempt to en-
force on the Fillipinos the same
character of injustice that the Amer
lean colonists fought against in 1776.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-20
"JuST TRY ME. /"

Now that the president has put his
hand to the antitrust plow, he cannot
withdraw it as suddenly as some Of his
anniversaries suggest. All of the voters
in his party are not leading capitalists"
and captains of industry. -Baltimore
Sun.
The president is not the kind of man
to withdraw his hand when he has placed
lii on the plow When he believes thing
should be done and that it can be done,
he does not hesitate to do it if it be with
in the scope of his duties to make the
effort. Neither captains OF industry nor
captains of any other kind Can turn him
from the path which he believes he
should Statesman.
Yes, he holds the pillow something
after the fashion of the Irishman
who applied to the farmer for work,
and being asked if he could hold the
pillow, answered, "try me" He took
the team and went afield and after a
short but evidently active experience
returned to the house, face and
hands skinned, clothes torn, and in a
thoroughly diapidated condition.
He explained the situation by saying
that he would not lay his hand down
to any man, but "By gobs, there was
not a man in America who could hold
that pillow back and thin divils a
pullin it. F"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-20

the stuff to get at, it retards the de-
velopment of our natural resources
and 1T does not afford employment
for many who would otherwise be
put to work, We favor any project
that makes all, rich and poor alike,
to rustic. When it is not safe to have
money boarded away it will 60 into
the avenues of trade and commerce
and afford substance tc the masses.
1t would be good thing if only that
much could be protected what a man
would be able to carry on his back. !"
The above deals with the boarding
Of individual money as an evil to be
avoided. But at the same time in
common with all journals of the same
political complexion, boasts loudly
of the magnificent showing of the
national treasury with a surplus
greater than ever before known, in
the history of the country, and be-
You'd that of any other in the world.
A prominent western daily paper
publishes a cartoon representing the
u. 5. treasury as an iron safe filled
to bursting, and picture of Uncle
Sam, full fed and jovial, and other
nations standing by and looking on
the spectacle with envy and amaze
ment. Another figure could have
been added to the group that of the
average American citizen, outside of
the favored class, asking how can l
have any when you have it all? The
overlooking safe simply represents
the amount taxed out of the people,
beyond what was needed to conduct
the government in an extravagant
manner, as is being done at present,
and has been for years past. And
this is the alleged prosperity. An
actual prosperity would have seen
this surplus left in the hands of the
people to develop the industrial re-
sources Of the nation at large. But
it is safe to conjecture that ship
subsidies and philanthrepic measures
for the advancement of Malays, or
other schemes not yet devised will
rapidly absorb 1t. Anything rather
than send i'll back among the people
where it belongs
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-20

A private letter from the Philippines
states that, In the pacifed provinces, 99f
OF every 1000 Of the people are honest,
loyal and well meaning" That is high
praise. Perhaps IL is exaggerated, but il
Will admit OF much pruning and still
portray conditions that are far better than
we mad any reason two years ago to hope
for by this time. Statesman.
A hunter relating his success duck
hunting, said, that on certain coca
sion he killed 500 ducks at one shot
Being asked why he did not make it
an even thousand, answered, "Do
yon think for minute I'd lie for
one duck?"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-20

News from London of the 18th
inst. says that there is a pessimis-
tic feeling regarding the South
African war and is on the increase.
The feeling Of encouragement is ac-
centuated by the publication of re-
port this morning that the Cape Col
Ony rebellion is again fourishing and
that Commandant Maritz has cap
tnred two large British conveys.
This news, on account of great loss
TO the government, has been sup
pressed.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-20
TO REDUCE THE SURPLUS.

The first attack on the accumula-
ton of the peoples earnings, com
monty called treasury surplus, was
made by the Mark Hanna gang in
the senate on the 18th inst and the
ship subsidy bill passed by vote of
AZ in favor and 81 against, Ill ma
jority. Six concientious republicans
voted against, and one renegade, demo
crat McLaurin of South Carolina. in
favor There is no use of argument
in the matter; all that remains is to
calmly contemplate another success on
the part of transportation forces, and
note the fact that the ocean CARRYING
trade OF the world is now under full
control of the railway syndicates, or
will be as soon as the lower house
formally ratifies the present program.
Mercy and truth are met together.
Righteousness and peace have kissed
each other, and the American pro-
Queer, farmer, or miner, will con-
tinue to retain just enough of their
hard earnings to keep soul and body
together. In the meantime Mark
will turn the crank.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-20

One Of the largest orders for
horses ever given in the country has
been closed with a buyer at the
South st. Joseph, Mo horse and
mule market, The contract calls for
IL, 900 horses to be delivered at the
rate of 500 per month for "a months.
While the contract includes many
varieties Of animals, it is the belief
THAI the greater part Of them are for
the use Of tn, British army In South
Africa.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-20

Among the toilers of the sea, none
are called upon for self sacrificing
devotion to their duty more than the
skillfui and daring men of the life
saving stations, and disaster to any
of the noble band Is considered q
national calamity. The following
will be read with sorrow by all. 'sOn
the II inst. on the Massachusetts
coast Captain Eldridge of the Mono
moye life saving station and five OF
the crew who started to the relief of
a distressed barge, were drowned by
the capsizing of the life boat today.
Only one, Ellis, escaped.
The men who persisted are Captain
Marshall Eldridge of South Chatam,
Edgar Small, Elijah Kendrck, Os-
born Chase and Valentine Nickerson,
all of Harwich, and Arthur Rogers
of North Harwich. Thomas Foye OF
South Chatham and five persons
taken from the barge were also lost.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-20
The London Daily Mail says

The London Daily Mail says,
''there are still such heavy demands
for horses in South Africa that there
is no real reserve at the Cape. The
war Office is becoming alarmed at the
heavy cost OF providing horses and
has again enjoined Lord Kitchener
to greater care in the expenditure of
horse flesh, as the market price is
rapidly rising =
The quotations show the market
price of soldiers is only nominal.
The few offered are being readily
taken by the Boer markets at the
same old price. A possible demand
from Irish sources may advance the
present prices.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-20
CHEAP ENOUGH.

According to calculations made by
Admiral 9. O'Neil, Chief of ordinance
and included in his report, the cost
OF shot and shell that destroyed the
Spanish ships at Manila and Santiago
show that the battle with Cervera's
squadron cost the government in
ammunition expended, just 1874, 1874,
while it required but $50, 900 worth
of ammunition for Admiral Dewey's
fleet to put the Spanish out of action
at Manila.
The total weight of ammunition
expended in the Santiago fight, In
Guiding powder, was 165 tons, and
The total weight of metal thrown
was ia tons. There were 9474
rounds fired. The Oregon fred 1903
rounds at total cost of 1874, $50,
and the Brooklyn 1874 rounds, at
cost of $18,64O.
AT Manila the total weight Of am
munltion expended, including pow
der, was 1872 tons. There were
oooS rounds fired. The Baltimore
leads, with a total to her credit Of
1854 rounds, at cost of $40, 934.
Inc flagship olympia was next,
with 1877 rounds, at cost of So
COS.
considering the results this report
is emlnently satisfactory. The aver
age cost per shot was only 1898 and
II the other Spanish feet had met
The oregon on her memorable cruise,
we no doubt would have added few
more ships to SPANS submarine
navy and new glory to the historic
record of the grandest ship that
noats. A Pacific coast creation
from the free soil of Califor-
MA 'err itory, that in the life span of
more IN an one man in Weiser today
was, included In the DOMINION
Of Spanish Empire. No dream of
romance can equal the fact.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-20
EXPENSIVE NEGLECT

Continued neglect on the part Of
an individual, or of public officials to
provide the requirements to properly
conduct affairs under their care. is
often more damaging to all interests
concerned than .extravagant expendi-
ture, and at the present time Wash
lngton county is suffering badly from
this economical extravapance.
through neglect to improve the con-
ditIon OF our wagon roads. Through
out the county they are bad, and
about the only distinction possible
is that some are worse than others.
For weeks past the general business
OF the county has. practically been
paralyzed At the present time we
are confidently looking forward to
an immense travel through the
county, and the road from Council
to Meadows, and from Council to the
Seven Devils district call for immedi-
ate attention, and no effort should be
spared to put them'in the best posi-
bic condition and no reasonable ex-
cuse can be offered for neglect to do
so. The county is abundantly able
and some OF the money laying idle
could be put into circulation again
% very good purpose, and the time
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-20
GAME GROWING SCARCE.

Manila, March GA courtmartial has
been ordered to try Major Littleton It.
Waller and Lieutenant John H. Day of
the marine corps on March II next on
the charge of executing natives of the
island OF Samar without trial One of
the natives was tied to a tree and pub
licy shot in the thigh. The next day
he was shot in the arms. The third day
he was shot in the body, and th> sonrth
day the native was killed.
Friends of the two officers attribute
their actions to the loss of mind due to
priyations which they suffered in the is
land of Samar.
This economical use of the natives
indicates they are becoming scarce.
The trouble must be nearly over, as
Colonial Governor Taft remarks,
'1nsplred as | am by the missionary
spirit, | feel confident we will soon
be able to impress the native popula-
ton with our humane intentions.
as compared to the barbarous GUS
toms of their Spanish oppressors I"
In other words everything over there
is all right only it needs fixin'.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-20

country has already become large and
preparations are going on for the
moving of several thousand people
during the spring.
New York Press 1t is said that an ar
rangement has been made whereby the
White Star line wIll pass under the con-
troll Of the Morgan steamship syndicate.
The next thing will be a barge line,
and press the whales in to do tug
oopvioo
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-20

The ''chief of the bureau of non
christian tribes OF the Philippine Is
lands" (God save usD states that IL
families in population of 10, 600
do all the ruling. Evidently the
Eilipinos are as well along toward
civilization ~ We are. 1t would hus-
tie rs TO beat that.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-20
Dispatches from Omaha state tina

Dispatches from Omaha state that
the Union Pacific is preparing to
make entrance to the Thunder Noun
tain mining country, in Idaho, and
Is sending several surveying parties
TO select the best route Five routes
will be surveyed from points on the
Oregon Short Line from Red Rock
TO Weiser, Idaho. 1t is stated at
headquarters that the travel to that
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-20
ira. MCKINLEY has hardl,

Mrs. Mckinley has hardly been
mentioned in the public prints, and
We are glad to hear that her health
10 better and gradual improvement
noted. So reports Dr. Rixey who
lately visited her at her home in
Canton, Ohio.