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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-12
RICHEST AMERICAN YOUTH

Marcellus Hartley Dodge, by many
millions the richest youth in the
United States, probably attracts less
attention among those who do not
know him than any other student in
serested in the commencement exer-
cises at Columbia university, New
York, this year.
He is still under 20, tall and slen-
der in appearance. with dark eyes
and pallid complexion, that shows
his devotion to his books. Alfred
Gywnne Vanderbilt received under
his fathers will, after all other be-
quests had been paid, about $54 ,000.-
300. Marcellus Dodge received up
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Home For Spinsters.

In Sweden and Norway there are
several homes for spinsters- One of
these at least is as attractive as it
is unique. 1t is the monument to the
memory of an exceedingly wealthy
old man, who, dying more than 200
years ago, left the major part of his
fortune to the old maids among his
descendants. A superb home was
built, furnished, and managed by sal
aried trustees. 1t f1ourished and has
continued Any unmarried woman
who can prove blood relationship to
the founder of the institution is en-
titled to admission in the home. She
is given suite of rooms, a servant,
private meals and is subject to no
rules save as ordinary good behavior
demands.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-12
Harvard Man a Tramp.

Two tramps applied for work re-
Gently at the home of Frank c. Shaw,
In F1shk1ll village, Duchess county
New York. The two men were put to
work hoeing weeds. When Mr. Shaw
saw them in the morning he turned
to one of them and said: Il think
know you, but l cannot remember
where 1 have seen you"
Yes, said the tramp, "I know
you. For a year 1 sat in seat behind
you at Harvard
The men shook hands, and the wan
derer asked Farmer Shaw not to dis
close his identity.
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Why the Rino,s Music STOPPED.

The nephew of the late Sir Richard
Temple has in his possession ring in
which is set a minute musical box that
on spring being touched, emits a
soft tune-weird and sad, an acho of a
troubled past.
Over a century back this ring be-
longed to a loyal follower of the ILL
fated French monarchy, who. when
thrown into prison, was wont to find
solace in the music of this ingenious
trinket.
1t played its last tune for him while
at the scaffold's foot he awaited exc
cution, from which hour it remained
unaccountably silent until its present
owner took it to a jeweler, who found
in its mechanism a clot of blood that
had impeded it's action. On this be-
ing removed the musical powers of the
ring at once returned--Stray Stories.
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be shattered freely with these pieces.
But the ingenious Moro finds a kind
OF sandstone in the hills with which he
builds his barricade. This stone is Just
spongy enough to let a shell penetrate
without breaking the material The
natives secure sort of a 1ime-like
product from the mountains with
which they make a cementing mate
rial to erect the masonry
The Moros are as ingenious as the
Filipinos in the construction of
trenches and barbados. of the abund-
ant bamboo of the country. Bamboo
posts are place. in the earth at inter
vSfs- Then the necessary cross pieces
OF the same stock of smaller diameter
are put through the upnghts, ana
these cross pieces are interviewer WITH
the divided or split bamboo. Then an
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-12
rhe Roman AIphahet in Japan.

nc ROMAN Fipndpet III Japan.
The Roman alphabet grows more
and more in favor with the nations of
the earth. The latest country to take
steps toward it's adoption is Japan.
The government has recently appoint.
ed a commission to draw up a plan
whereby Japanese writing may be
made to conform to modern English
and French forms. In China progreso
in the same direction is reported, and
missionaries there say that the old
and inf1exible sign-writing is sure to
go. Germany is rapidly falling into
line, and the number of books and
pamphlets printed in Roman charac-
tiers increases year by year. In Rus;
STA, however, the individual alphabet
peculiar to that country still shows no
sign of change-the one country whose
literature is almost inaccessible to the
foreign-bOrn student. But from
broad survey it seems inevitable that
eventually one alphabet-the Koran
will rule the world.-Harper's Weekly.
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Honor to soeraLeaders.

Gen. Kitchener has testified a good
many times to the courage and fight
ing abilities of the Beers. In his
latest communication to Gems. Botha,
Delarey, and De Wet, he puts on rec
ord his appreciation 'tof the unfiag-
ging energy and unfailing tact" of the
Boer generals in carrying out the
terms of surrender. Within a few
days the Boers leaders secured the
surrender of nearly 1900 fighting
men and turned In their arms They
redeemed their promises in the same
spirit that Gen. Lee and his subordi-
mates carried out their promises after
Appomattox in 1866.
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Revived Old Custom.

American taxdodgers would proba-
bly, hesitate before going quite so far
as was Travelled not long ago by the
rector of parish in England, his
church warden and the chairman of
the parish council By virtue of GUS
tom dating back to the time of Queen
Elizabeth residents of the parish of
Corby, near Kettering, are exempt
from market tolls and jury service pro-
vfded that once in every twenty years
they submit to being placed in the
public stocks. The parson and his
two thrifty friends were locked up Tor
a.. nour or so, thus revfving a custom
which had been forgotten for a great
many years.
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ward of 10000, 900 under his grand
fathers will a few months ago.
His riches have not changed his
manner of life. He. still lives in one
room just as he has done since he
first began to prepare for college. 1t
is too far for him to walk to Colum-
bia, but wherever he has to go with
in two or three miles of his home
he walks simply to save car fare.
He is economical almost to the
point of penury. He dressed well, as
BELTS an undergraduates, but never
snowy. About the only. extravagan-
ces that he has at present are clothes
and books
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Case of Open Bribery.

On suspension day" in the national
House of Representatives all little
bills to which there are no objection
go through at the rate of about one
a minute. The speaker calls the yeas
and nays, but nobody answers and
he declares the measures passed. One
day Major Dick of Ohio. had one of
these bills in charge. When the title
was read he said: This bill ought
to go through. with. a noise. 1 will
give a street car ticket to every man
who will vote for it." Half a dozen
members voted yea and each gravely
collected his bribe from the Ohio man
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Estimated.


1t will be seen that up to 1893 there
was constant increase. From 1898
to 1897 there was a decrease, while
from 1897 there has been not only
recovery of the business lost during
the free trade Wilson-Gorman tariff,
but very substantial increase. This
great increase during the operation of
the Dingley tariff, it must be remem-
bered, has been gained in spite of an
enormous advance in telephone bust
ness. Besides the constantly increas-
ing business of the Western Union
company there has been a proportion
ate increase in the business of the
Postal Telegraph company and over
railroad and private wires.
The increase in telephone business
can be seen from the following fig
ures of subscribers and employees since
1894:
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Protection From whom7

A Democratic exchange says: Now
we want protection from our indus
tries" 1t speaks from a partisan
standpoint The unexampled prosper
ity of the country means disaster for
the Democratic party. But then we
want protection from that party
much worse than I'VE want protection
from our industries. Ol)
Republican.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-12
Button Output of America.

In 1900 there were made in this
country 21 ,254, 900 gross buttons. OF
these, 297, $50 gross were of bone, l.,
372.s7O of CLOTH 2s401,319 of compost
ton, 717.O47 of horn, "a, 713,144 of
brass. 1.O46,527 of. other metals, A.
$685. s4 of fresh-water pearl, 4,O49. 452
of ocean pearl. 2,261,832 of vegetable
ivory, 1920 of wood. los, O86 of cellu
loid and 1876, 7S6 of paper.
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statesman,s Peculiar Position.

Mr.. Combes, the new French prime
minister. was formerly a priest and
as the real executive will now be
charged with the enforcement of re-
Gently passed statutes which will
drive half of the priests from France
out of the country.
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Traps for American Soldiers
Agsasoss Dsviees q d. csnnang

other partition like this is put up
about three feet back and the space
between packed with earth, sods,
brush, ETC., resulting in a substantial
barricade, through which shot, as q
rule, cannot pass
"All along the line OF march to the
lakes one would see man, every now
and then, fall straight forward, full
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-12

The following letter, from q soldier
In the American army in the Philip
pines, is taken from the New York
Times:
Serving as an enlisted man through
the Philippine war came across many
odd trenches, barricades, and block
AIDES erected by the ingenious FIJI
ipinos, who always calculate these
Notifications with a view of retreat
ing from them in the event of being
pushed by the American troops But
]. never saw trenches and barricades
of the order of those utilized by the
cunning Moros-
1.-THE writer accompanied the first
large expedition againsl the Moros, in
April, and had an opportunity to OBJ
serve the entrenching customs of the
Moro soldier. There is on the island
of Mindanao what is known as the lake
tribes, and these tribes, or part of
them, are the tribes engaged in war
with the Americans. The coast and
river tribes are friendly, and many Of
the members of these tribes were
hired by the American troops to carry
rations and ammunition on all expe-
ditions to the interior. where the lakes
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Denonsfrated

The value of the Dingley law has
been demonstrated, and there - not
the slightest evidence that the time
has yet arrived to change any of its
provisions.-St Louis Globe-Demo-
crat-
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her stage career about fifteen years
ago and made her. most pronounced
success In the part of the widow in
Hoyt's "Trip to Chinatown Miss
Biggar is one of the most beautiful
women of the American stage She
was clever actress, and very popular
with the playTlQyins- public.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-12

Miss Laura Biggar, who figures as
claimant of 81 900 900 in the estate
Of Henry Bennett of New York, has
been living in retirement for some
time and announces that she will not
return to the stage Miss Biggar is
tho divorced wife of Burt Haverly.
She weu-known comedian She began
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-08-19
GIRLS
Arrested and Charged
With Fighting.

Claudia Gray and Mary Smith, two
young women of South Akron, were ar.
raigned in Police court Tuesday morn
Ing charged with disorderly conduct.
1t is alleged that they met on South
Main St, near Bartges St, few nights
ago, and after the interchange of some
choice appellatlons, they proceeded to
mix things up, greatly to the edification
of large crowd which soon gathered
1t is further alleged that the fight
was most furious for time and that
the combatants We're on the ground as
well as on their feet before they were
separated. A watermelon heap in front
OF the store of Mr.. jay steese got in
their way before the trouble was over.
and watermelons are said to have been
rolling In several directions before they
were rounded up,
Both the young women pleaded not
guilty when arraigned, and their cases
were continued until Aug, 81. Bond
$1o0 in each case
George Gray was arrested and charg.
ed with assault as result Of this case,
and he also pleaded not guilty and
his case was continued with the others.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-08-19
lsnecial CorrespondenceA

Barberton, Aug. 19.--According to
Mr.. Thomas L. Shelton, mechanical
engineer of the N. O. 7. Co., the pres
ent lighting plant of the city of Bar
berton, is mass of old junk, and the
entire system from wires to power
plant Is worn out, antiquated and may
give out at any moment. In fact,
taking Mr.. Shelton's statements as
authoritative, it is a wonder Barber
ton has not been in total darkness
long ago.
All this will now be changed as the
N. o. T. Co. was granted five-year
franchise, at the Council meeting
Monday night, by which the city OF
Barberton will be lighted by the COM
pany at a cost of 3 cents an hour for
each lamp, which will be SIS q year
for lamp. The present rate is 31s
cents an hour for each lamp, but the
cost per year for each limp has been
about $40, owing to some Of the lights
being out much of the time.
The new contract calls for a moon
light schedule but also provides that
lights can be ordered on and off as
the Council desires. 1t also provides
that should the service not be salts.
foctory the contract can be annulled
by Council simply giving the company
a 30-days notice.
There will be 45 new arc lights and
the lamps will be placed In accordance
with the designation of the Council,
and the style of the lamps is to be de-
cided by the Council. Poles will be
placed as ordered by the Council and
the poles can be moved at its pleasure
without expense to the city. The
electric light poles must also be paint
ed by the company. The commercial
lights are to be furnished at the rate
of IL and u cents per 1000 watts.
The company also agrees to change
the lamps in residences from 80 to
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-08-19
DEATHS.

BAUER-Charles, the 2-months-old
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Bauer, died
Tuesday at the residence, 226 Allyn
ct, The funeral will take place We'd
nesday at s am.
HITTELL-Ruth NJ. e. Hittell the
2-months-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence A, Hittell, 0o6 East Exchange
ST., died Tuesday of convulsions. The
funeral will take place Wednesday,
at 2:30 pm, from the residence. The
remains will be inferred in Mt Peace
cemetery.
TERRASS--Charles Milford Terrass
son of Mr., and Mrs. Milford Terrass,
OF Merriam ST., Portage township,
died Monday of cholera infantum.
aged one year. The funeral took place
Tuesday at $50 pm, from the resi-
dence of Mrs. Holderbaum,
WEYRICK-sarah Weyrick, died
Monday at the home of her son, Mr..
Jos, Weyrick, in Coventry township,
of apoplexy, aged 70 years The de-
ceased had been a resident of sumr
nit county for 90 years.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-08-19
Many Grievances Enumerated
In Petition For Divorce

Not only does Mrs. Nina Myers ac-
cuse her husband, Homer l.. Myers,
of beating her and threatening to
take her life, but she adds in her peti-
tion for divorce, which was filed in
the Summit county court Of Common
Pleas, Tuesday. that he insisted upon
and did read all the letters she re-
celved and, furthermore, examined
all the letters she wrote, before al
lowing them to be maiied. Another
grievance alleged is. that he refused
to allow her to go out in society and
that he seldom accompanied her to
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-08-19
MORE LIGHT.
On the Streets of a Town Which Has
Long Needed 1t.

104 volts without cost to the people,
though none need have the lamps
changed unless desired. The contract
provides for the new system to be in
operation by Dec. 1.
| The light question was taken up and
discussed I'M all it's phases by the
Council Monday evening and Mr..
Shelton gave an exhaustive talk on
the subject.
Said he; ut is our intention to
furnish the best lights that can be
had, and we have ample capacity for
both Akron and Barberton. We can
furnish you with lights 365 days in the
year and "a hours every day If you
want it. You will be able to get light
whenever yon want it, by night or day.
1t will cost the company S15,S00.S0 to
inaugurate the new system at Bar
berton, but you will get'a service about
which no complaints can be made.
1T is expected by next year to ex-
tend our street car line to Wadsworth,
and 1t is the intention of the company
then to buy a strip of land and erect
transformer station, waiting room
and baggage station at Barberton."
There was some discussion by the
Council as to whether the contract
should be made to read moonlight
schedule, Mr.. McCarty asserting that
the Philadelphia schedule was the one
used, which gave lights during a cou-
pie Of light hours, but the franchise
was not altered as the portion author
izing the Council to order the lights
on and off at pleasure was held to
regulate that matter satisfactorily.
The lamps to be used will be chosen
by the Council and Mr.. Shelton prom
ised to put the various lamps on a
circuit in Akron and allow the Council
to make it's choice as soon as samples
Of the various makes could be secured
by the company. The new system will
be in operation by Dec. 1.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-08-19

places Of amusement. When he did go
with her, she alleges, he usually did
things which made her ashamed of
him and caused her humiliation. She
states further that he wouldn't allow
her to visit her parents, and the final
charge is that he abandoned her and
that she doesn't know where he is
now. They were married in June,
1900, and lived for awhile at Dayton
o., afterwards removing to Tennessee
After her husband abandoned her,
Mrs. Myers came to Summit county
to live.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-08-19
CONTINUED
Cases Until Week
Wednesday.

The case of Fred Bromley, who with
Milton Baker and George Eberle was
arrescted and charged with disorderly
conduct, will be heard Aug. 27. DR..
f. B. Calm is the complaining witness.
He charges that the young men fol-
lowed and insulted women on the down
town streets. Bromley was not arrest.
ed for fighting.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-08-19
AN AGED WOMAN.
Mrs. Abigail Weeks Henry Is
Dead.

Mrs. Abigail Weeks Henry died
Monday, at the Henry homestead on
East Market ST., of dysentery, aged 81
years and months. The funeral which
will be private win take place Wed
nesday from the residence and the re-
mains will be inferred in Glendale Gem
etery. Mrs. Henry had been resident
of Akron for nearly 80 years and was
the widow Of Milton w. Henry who,
prior to his death in 1886, was one of
Akron's prominent men. She leaves
five children, Mrs. III. II. Crumrine,
Mrs. wm. Laubach, Mrs. ]. #. Town-
send. Mrs. wm. McFarlin, of Akron
and Mrs. @. ., York. OF Cory, Pa.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-08-19
PERSONALS.

Mrs. George Sutton, OF Warren, Is
visiting Akron friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Miller, 90 Ly-
man st., Cleveland, were the guests Of
Akron relatives Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover NJ. Repp left
Tuesday morning for visit in Penn
sylania and New York.
Miss Grace Pouchot will entertain
this evening in honor of her guest,
Miss Elsie Schnell, Of Cleveland.
Mrs. H. w. Haupt and sister, Miss
Murphy, are spending a week with
friends and relatives at Mt. Vernon.
Mr.. Ralph NJ. Sailor, of Chicago,
formerly Of Akron, is visiting at the
home of Mr.. H. Mytholar, ess West
Market st.
Miss Birdie Baumann, of 12S Euclid
ave-, has left for three weeks visit
with friends in Mansfield and other
Ohio towns.
Mr.. G. F. Haupt, who has been sick
for the last three weeks, is now able.
to attend to his duties, at the Klages
Coal &c Ice Co.
Mr.. II. M. Hollinger has returned
from months business and pleasure
trip in the West, having spent some
time on the Pacific slope.
Miss May Knowles, 125 Oakdale
ave-, and her sister, Mrs. Miller, of
Warren. Pa, leave this evening for
a two weeks trip up the lakes.
Miss Louise wettach gave lunch
con for Miss Smith, of Elyria, Mon
day. Those present were: The
Misses Brewster, Mason, Metlin Camp,
Moss and Dague.
Police Captain Robert Outlet, ac-
companied by Mrs. Outlet, will leave
Akron, Wednesday, for trip on the
great lakes. They will be gone
about two weeks.
Mr.. w. L. Wild, secretary Of the
India Rubber Co., will leave Friday
for Denver to attend the meeting of
the Fraternal Congress. Until recent
ly Mr.. Wild was president of the Ma
tional Union.
Mr.. w. o. Bodell, graduate Of
Buchtel college, who has been living
in the western part of the State late
", is now visiting friends in Akron.
From here he will go to Galesburg,
ILL.,, to enter upon business career
and locate permanently.
Friends of Miss Lottie Bergman
gave her pleasant surprise at her
home, 113 Palmer St, Monday even
ing in honor of her Goth birthday an
niversary. Games were enjoyed and
at midnight refreshments were served.
Miss Bergman was given hand
some brooch
MI. anu hLo. w. IL. SOilho lCuSuSo
Akron Tuesday morning, after an alb
senee of several weeks abroad Mr..
Collins having been called to England
by the illness and death of his moth
er. They reached New York last week
and have since then been visiting in
the East.
Mrs. Blanche Stevens Anderson, Of
Akron, and Mrs. Ben Butrles, of Madi-
son, Wis, were married, Sunday, Aug.
3, at Buffalo, N. Y. Both are well
known in Akron, where Mr.. Buttles
has been employed for several years
by the Akron Electrical Manufacturing
company. They will reside on May
street.