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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-06-27
TAX REFORMS IN PERSIA.
IL In Said the Ancient System of Col
lection In About to he Wiped
Out by the Shah.

It Is reported that the shah Is
about to abandon the time-honored
oriental custom of farming out the
taxes to contractors and have them
collected directly by the government.
This will put an end to an evil, the
greatest of many, perhaps, under
which Persian traders and citizens
have for many years groaned. Mis-
government and maladministration
in oriental lands issalmost invariably
connected with fiscal abuses and mis-
management of the revenues, says
the London Times.
Particularly has this been the case
in Persia, owing to the peculiar way
in which the high officials and pro-
vincial rulers were selected by the
shah. On the Persian New Year day
all the great functionaries OF state
and the governors paid their re-
spects to the sovereign, and each laid
at the monarch's feet his compli-
mentary Offering of what is known
as "pish-kash" in current coin. The
governor who brought the biggest
bag received the fattest post for the
ensuing ~ months. The governor
whose bag was considered too light
got nothing.
The whole arrangement was a proc
ess of squeezing" The shah squeezed
the governors, the governors the tax
farmers, the tax farmers the people.
'Pish-kash" was also offered by every
prominent and wealthy man whom
the sovereign honored with visit,
and, as the loyalty of the individual
was gagged by tie weight of the bag
presented, it was not good thing
for q Persian if the gift fell short OF
the rulers expectations. This Gus
tom was abolished little time back,
to the great satisfaction OF the
wealthy and upper classes OF Persia
The change in the mode of collecting
the revenue, by which the tax farmer
is eliminated, is another step in the
right direction.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-06-27
A Missouri Girl in a Mans Clothes.

Carthage, Mo-, June 22.-Miss
Maude Gage, % years old, missing
from her home in Oronogo in this
county. since last Wednesday, was
discovered Saturday attired in mans
clothing working on the farm OF
Ernest Peugnet, near this city. When
encountered by her father, Edward
Gage, and an officer the girl was ut
work in a field pitching hay. She
was recognized by the father, but
maintained until the last that she
was unknown to him. The girl had
cut her long hair with knife. She
finally returned to her home.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-06-27
rrslrht Service pemoralIzed.

Kansas City, No., June 22.-Freight
service in and out of Kansas City is
badly demoralized. Firms that re-
ceiye and forward large quantities OF
freight say that the situation has
not been so bad in years. There has
been no great amount of freight re-
ceiyed in KANSAS City for the last 80
DAYS. owing to food conditions, and
big wholesale houses are telling SAD
stories of cars that are londed and
ready for shipment, but cannot 10
moved.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-06-27
Blood HUM0URS
Skin Humours, Scalp Humours,
Hair HumoMs,
Whether Simple Scrofulous or
Hereditary
Speedily Cured by Cutlcura
Soap, Ointment and Pills.
Complete External and Internal
Treatment, One Dollar.

In the treatment Of torturing, dis.
figuring, itching, scaly, crusted, pimply,
blotchy and scrofulous humours Of the
skin, scalp and blood, with loss Of hair,
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills have
been wonderfully successful. Even the
most obstinate of constitutional hu.
mours, such as bad blood, scrofula, in-
heritcd and contagious humours, with
loss Of hair, granular swellings, ulcer
Gus patches in the throat and mouth,
sore eyes, unprecedented blotches, as
we'll rs boils, carbuncles, scurvy, sites,
ulcers and sores arising from an i'm
pure or impoverished condition of the
blood, yield to the Cuticura Treatment,
when all other remedies foil.
And greater still, II possible, Is the
wonderful record of cures Of torturing,
disHguring humours among infants and
children. The suffering which Cuticura
Remedies have alleviated among the
young, and tho comfort they have af-
forded worn-out and worried parents,
have led to their adoption In countless
homes as priceless curativcs for the
skin and blood. Infantile and birth hui
mours, milk crust, SCALED head, eczema,
rashes and every form ofitching, scaly,
pimply skin and scalp humours, with
loss Of hair, Of infancy and childhood,
are speedily, permanently and economi-
cally cured when all other remedies
suitable for children, and even the best
physicians, fail.
Sold throushoutths world: cuticura Resoivens oc On
fbm Of Chocolate Coated fls 80 Per val O. ~ Ons-
3d. Psris Rue do 10 Paixi Boston. l Columbus Ave-
Potter Drug Chem. Corp, Sole Props
uT Send for "Ths Great uumour Cure"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-06-27
SYSTEM OF SLAVERY.
Grand Jury Unearths Shocking Con-
ditions in the Black Belt.
Ignorant Negroes Held In Bondage for
Debt-One County Accused OF Creating
Poems and Selling Them to
Slave Drivers.


Montgomery, Ala, June 22.-Thus
far authentic cases of peonage-
slavery Is q better word-have been
found in three counties of Alabama
Tallapoosa, Coosa and Lowndes. The
last named county is still under scru-
tiny. The sheriff Is accused of main
tanning poems in addition to controll-
ing the regularly convicted county
prisoners. His name is Dixon, and he
Is one of five brothers who dominate
the politics Of Lowndes county.
The most shocking disclosures OF
the investigation thus far center in
the counties of Coosa and Tallapoosa.
Here peonage in it's worst form has
apparently thrived for Mt least 10
years. Coosa county seems to have
engaged largely in the business OF Gre
ating poems and then selling them to
the slave drivers of Tallapoosa coun-
ty. John w. Pace, eX-sheriff OF Talla-
poosa county, is recognized as the
most persistent violator of the state
law against pconage. Pace Is the
wealthiest and most powerful man
In Tallapoosa county. His plantation
Is one of the richest and largest in
that region of the state. Pace has
for years employed the county con-
yicts of Tallapoosa and maintains as
part of his establishment stockade
with cells, kennel of bloodhounds
and a force of armed guards. The
supply Of regular county convicts in
Tallapoosa county was never equal to
the demands of PAGES business. He
required between 40 and GO negroes
nearly all the year round to operate
his mines and sawmill, his grist mill
and to till his fields. He found ii
profitable to secure his help by Great.
ing poems rather than by directly
employing negro laborers who volun'
tarily offered their services to him
Negro Girl Fourteen Months Slave.
Atlanta, Ca. June 22.-In the con
vict camps Of Georgia the people OF
this state have revived the worst
features of slavery. Negroes are
herdcQ Ill SIOckaueS anu S"hPS
whipped for trivial offenses and com
PEELED to marry against their will and
without legal ceremony. They are
forced to do degrading labor without
pay. The grand jury of Waycross
Ga, has been investigating the slave
pen known as the McRee camp, with
the result that shocking condition
of affairs has been discovered. Lula
Frazier lived ut Waycross with hel
husband and child. She was arrested
on charge of bigamy by "one-Arn
Charlie" professional "crimt
hunter" She was kept in Jail three
weeks and then tried and acquitted
Her LAWYER was William Crawley. He
charged her $50. which she couldn't
nav. Frank McRee paid Crawley the
$50. and the court sent the woman
to the McRee camp for ii months to
work out that amount. Her story
told to the county commissioners
after she had been rescued by the
sheriff under orders of the CRANE
Jury may be taken as evidence OF th'
shocking condition Of affairs in thu
Georgia slave pens.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-06-27
MUSIC IN HIS WORK.
How the Negro Manages to Have .
Good Time Even While
He LabOrs.

"The negro splitting rails in the
woods mingles his voice in we'll
blended manner to the noise made by
the maui" said citizen watching
some street improvements, relates tho
New Orleans Iimes-Democrat. THE
swing of his voice matches the swing
of the maui and falls with greatest
force just when the wedge is struck.
The steamboat rouster hauls in line
with a sort of rhythm that suggests
music, chanting the while. So it is
with these fellows. Watch them lamp
ing the asphalt with those heavy'irons.
Observe the precision of their move
ments. Catch the sounds as the heavy
weights fall. If the ear is properly at
tuned you will catch the music of the
sound and also the rhythm OF the
movements. Out of this simple, manual
labor those negroes get as much mu-
sic as an ordinary drum corps wouN
produce.
"a few days ago had my shoes poll
,shed on St. Charles street. was sur
prised to catch the strains of "There1i
Be Hot Time in the Old Town To-
night from the swish of the cloth
the negro was using and I discovered
that he could family produce several
other such simple airs. In barber
shop a negro boy used whisk broom
on my clothes, and the first thing I
knew he was fairly sweeping music
off of my shoulders"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-06-27

THE most common phases of summer
i catarrh are catarrh of the stomach
and bowels. Peruna is aspecific for
summer catarrh.
Hon. Willis Brewer, Representative
in Congress from Alabama, writes the
following'letter to DR.. Hartman:
House of Representatives,
Washington. d. c.
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.:
Gentlemen-"I have used one bottle
ofPeruna forlassitude and I take pleas
ure in recommending it to those who
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-06-27

Meng Indianapolis Ind State Representa-
tive Of indianapolis Business College, writes:
"Ifry believe fine health perun
Indigestion and catanh of the stomach req thar Ihe
which
Seeing specific for caarrh decided give fa
had aA
bottle of Peuna
op which keeps me In excel
lent health. John W. Meng
Arizona republican., 1903-06-15
VALUED MoRGAN'S ACQUAINT-
 ANCE.

PierLOnt Morgans direct blunt way overrides most people, but one man, a Wall street broker. got decidedly the better of him in verbal encounter The broker had failed in an exceed ingly shady fashion, and Mir Morgan had been let in for something like $4O000. But the broker continued to bow to his victim as though nothing had happened. One morning the mill lionaire said to him in his very stern est tones: See here, MT. Soandso. you owe me s40,00O, and you're able to pay, but I'll let you off if you will cease tC recognize me when we meet Why, my dear MT. Morgan" was the suave and smiling reply. "I would not deny myself the pleasure you refer to for twice the sum named" It is said to be fact that ever since that brief conversation MT. Morgan has warmly returned the brokers salutation though he never did so previously.
Arizona republican., 1903-06-15
HOPE LIES IN SCHOOLS
For Civilization of Kentucky Moun-
 tain Districts.

Burlington, Vt, June 14.-Major Gen. eral O. O. Howard has just returned from trip through Kentucky, where he has been interested in establishing schools in the mountain districts. and incidentally planning some method for the suppression of feuds.
 Good roads or railroads said Gen eraI Howard, will open up country rich in timber and minerals and capa- ble of great agricultural results. It is schools more than anything else that will tend to the suppression of feuds. "
 General Howard says he addressed audiences of men in the Marcum and Jett feud. Upon one of his visits to Kentucky he ate dinner with Curtis Jett, and found him an agreeable com paniOn. Jett was called splendid fel- low when sober, but when drunk he was a terror.
 Each leader in the mountain dis tricts. General Howard declares. has thirty or forty followers. The men all travel with rifles and revolvers, but do not molest strangers. They are taking kindly to the scheme of education for their children. and the general be- lieves that as soon as the school sys- tenn can be extended and good roads built feuds will become a thing of the mast,
Arizona republican., 1903-06-15
Personal Mention

A. Schuster of Los Angeles and H. J. Allen of Jerome were at the Hotel Adams yesterday.
 Miss Caroline Connell, who has been i'll for the past two weeks at the family residence. corner Seventh and Fillmore streets, is able to be out again.
 Willie Gregg has returned to Pres colt, where he is employed by the s. F. P. & F.. having spent two days here visiting his parents.
 Deputy Sheriff Ensign of Hot Springs Junction and the proprietor of the stage line between the junction and Castle Creek, spent yesterday in the city.
 J. E. Alexander of Sacaton arrived here Saturday afternoon and is regis tered at the Hotel Adams.
 Those registering at the Commercial hotel yesterday were: T. Farley and C.. w. Marks, Buckeye; H. P. Jones. Temecula. Cal. John Burns and wife. c. B. Keppler. Morenci: w. P. Park hurst, San Francisco; H. C. Blackford, McDowen; Frank s. Wise, Donald Me Queen, Mesa; c. O. Whofrey, St Louis,
Arizona republican., 1903-06-15
PORTO RICO GETS RAIN.
Crops Are Benefited Largely and Field
 Work Is Generally Resumed.

Washington, June 4.-The weather crop bulletin for the island of Porto Rico for the week ended May 23 says:
 There was a very decided change in the weather conditions during the week just ended. The hot dry weather of tine past few weeks continued through the first three days of this week and then rains set in bringing relief from the oppressive and blighting effects of the drought. The rains were quite gen eral.
 With the appearance of rain there was a quick response and rapid revival of vegetable growth and even now, only four days after, there is a marked impI ovement in the general aspect of the country and plantations. The in- furious effects of the drought, how ever, on many of the small crops are irreparable and only total loss or very small returns can be expected.
 "It is generally believed that the young canes are in such a healthy condition that with favorable seasons hereafter they will recover from the young ratoons will now establish them- selves.
 "The extent of the injury to the coffee crop is not known. but is perhaps small.
 "Tba rains were followed by the ac- tive resumption of all classes of field work and the planting of small crops tS now general. The markets are now supplied with excellent mangoes and pineapples. We note the first reported depredations of the changa on the cot ton plant in the vicinity of Humacao" !"
Arizona republican., 1903-06-15
WHAT WAR IS.

There has been a good deal of con troversy between the bureau officers at Washington and the general commaud- ing the army during the present strenuous administration. General Niles is evidently not in high favor with the secretary of war and the sol diers with much book learning who have assembled in high places at the national capital. His troubles began during the Spanish American war five years ago, when he protested that it was not consistent with a proper re- gard which a grateful country should display toward the sOldiers in the field that they should be fed on canned meats which had been treated in the same way that embalmers treat the bodies of deceased persons. His plea during the war of 1898 was for the sake of the men behind the guns" just as his plea in 1903 is for the sake of the men in the ranks and for the honor Of the country.
 In his recent letter to the Army and Navy Register. replying in vigorous language to the criticisms of his re- ports on conditions in the Philippines, General Miles says, among other things:
 In the greatest and bloodiest of all wars. covering four years. and in which were engaged three millions of brave men, l never heard of a single case of human torture. and those who assert that it was practiced insult alike those who wore the blue and the gray"
 According to the Charleston News and Courier that is rather sweeping statement in view of an incident which occurred at Fortress Monroe. in which General Niles, then a much younger man than he is now, performed d lead ing part. If he will shut his eyes for moment and reflect upon the things which he did which he ought not to have done. his memory will probably recall a poor, weak captive. bowed down by a weight of woe, helpless, homeless, forsaken, at the mercy of a heartless enemy, who sought by every means within his power to degrade him. The scene ought to be very fla miliar to General Miles. The black smith. the armed soldiers. the shackles, the victim! How was that for 'hu- man torture ?
 Some other instances might be cited to show how nearly the conduct of the war in the Philippines compares in some of it's leading features with ''the greatest and bloodiest of all wars the burning of villages, the insulted women. the starving children. All of these things, of course, are an outrage on humanity, and q reflection upon our civilization, but as we know in this country wa is he'll" and it is not re- markable, perhaps. that the things which were done to us by our brethren have been done to the poor people whom Providence has brought within our jurisdiction. The point that we would make, and probably we ought not to make it. is that General Miles ought not to boast himself overmuch that there is mo single case of human torture" to compare with the atroci ties in the Philippines which have 20 perturbed his spirit
Arizona republican., 1903-06-15
MUSCLE COMES. MOUSTACHE
 GOES.

Tucked away in an uptown side street under the shadow of q towering hotel is an athletic trainer who gets from al! his clients the liberal sum of $50 a week to keep them in good phys teal condition, says the New York Sun They are a credit to him and look as fl his services were worth the money.
 They grow strong as a matter of course. the fat are reduced in bulk and the thin made bumper. But there is one other peculiarity of their training which is not so much a matter of course.
 This is the tendency of all of the trainers clients to dispense with their mustaches after they have had a course or two under him. He is the determined enemy of the mustache. He believes it Unsanitary and survival of those primitive days in which mems faces were covered with hair.
 The trainer talks eloquently of the impossibility of keeping d mustache entirely clean. especially when man smokes. During the few minutes of daily exercise that his system requires the trainer talks on many subjects. His conversation covers a wide range. But one subject always reappears. He never neglects the unhealthfulness of the mustache.
 So his patients. if they are to be called that. come 10 have a certain distaste for the mustache. even if they have worn one for years. When he sees sign of weakness the trainer sticks 10 the attack. So toward the end of their training period it generally hap pens that the mustache disappears.
 Some patients have withstood the trainers arguments. But most of them emerge from their course of treatment stronger and with newly shaved upper lips that are consciously stiff after years of seclusion under the sheltering mustache.
Arizona republican., 1903-06-15

Last year the first steamship to arrive at Nome was the steamer Nome City. which tied up to the shore ice on June 4th.
 It is not generally believed that any boats will get into Nome this season before June 2O and it may possibly be few days later before the first of them arrive. It depends entirely upon the condition of the ice in Boring sea. If the Portland finds the sea clear of ice she may get in within a day or two. If she does not, and it is not generally expected that she will, she may be de- layed for several days.
 Already d number of the largest steamships have sold all their passen- ger accommodations, and it has begun to look as though there would not be enough to carry to Nome on the early sailings all desirous of going there. As in previous seasons the Nome business was very late in developing this year. Up to two weeks ago there was but comparatively little business in sight and some of the steamship companies which had gone to considerable eX- pense and trouble in getting boats ready for the run were beginning to feel some apprehension that they would have no business.
 The developments of the last few days. however. have shown that this feeling was without adequate reason. During the past two weeks Nome pas sengers have been coming into the city in droves from all directions until all the hotels are crowded with them, and
Arizona republican., 1903-06-15
TO PAsTEURIzE MILK.

An altogether effective way to pas te urize,' milk, rendering it sterile is to set 2 pan of cold water on the stove and put the vessel containing baby's milk into this pan: just as soon as the water comes to a boil take it off Add a pinch of baking soda to the hot milk "a little less than half a teaspoonful to q quart. If the milk was sweet and hadn't begun to turn it will keep sweet for twenty-four hours or more even in hot weather if put in stop pered bottle.
Arizona republican., 1903-06-15
CAUGHT IN BURNING cABOosE

South Bethlehem, Pa. June H. Three Philadelphia and Reading rail way -rainmen. John P. Young, Henry Graver and Joseph Emhoff, were seated in a oGboose eating their meal today when a freight train crashed into the caboose. knocked it into small frag- ments, which soon caught fire. The three victims, after heroic efforts, crawied from the wreckage. They sus- tained broken limbs and ribs and se- we're burns.
Arizona republican., 1903-06-15
BEATEN AND ROBBED.

Seaford, Del, June 14.-John Blaun of Newark, N. J., was unmercifully beaten here early this morning and robbed of $500. A gold watch and pair of diamond cuff buttons in his yes: pocket were left untouched.
Arizona republican., 1903-06-15
Additional Local
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THE PHOENIX AND EASTERN The Arizona Blade says: All of the grading for the approaches to the tnn- nels on the Phoenix and Eastern at the Buttes has been completed and the ac- tual work of driving the tunnels com menced. Progress has been somewhat retarded by a scarcity ot laborers, the Mexicans employed seldom remaining in one camp for any great length ot time.
Arizona republican., 1903-06-15
A PRICE TO BE PAID.

"I thought" said the shopper, that this was a bargain; that I could get it for q song?"
 Well. you can have it." replied the dealer, 'if you can reach a few high notes. s.''-Philadelphia Press.
Arizona republican., 1903-06-15
RENL RAPID-FIRE STUFF.

The Milk in the Cocoanut',-is the title of Uncle Hank Watterson's latest. We should say it was Breathitt County whiskey- - Memphis Commercial-Ap- peal
Arizona republican., 1903-06-15

Seattle, June 1.-The rush to the Seward peninsula this year shows no sign of abatement. The first batch of boats destined for Nome has left port.
Arizona republican., 1903-06-15

The Los Angeles agent for Coronado Tent City is II. r. Norcross, 200 South Spring street. Full information for the asking
Arizona republican., 1903-06-15
{ TRUNK FACTORY

Is the place to get a nice suit case, bag or trunk at a reason able price and good goods. Old trunks taken in exchange. Keys fitted. Phone 2394. 43S West Washington.
Arizona republican., 1903-06-15

Rollingstone Nomoss-"Life ain't all beer an skittles" Thirsty Thingum- bob-"Well. I could cut out de skittles all right. t."-Philadelphia Record.
Arizona republican., 1903-06-15
RUSH TO ALASKA

Applicants for Passage to Nome Far in Excess of the Steamship Capacity.
Arizona republican., 1903-06-15
ReaIEstate Bargains
A Good Investment.

A Good Investment.
 Modern : room brick residence in Bennett addition, east front leased for F months at $50 per month; can be bought for s2.S0O; s9OO cash, balance long time; rents will pay for it.
 16O-acre ranch, 3 miles N. w. of Glendale. 1 mile from Peoria. Price S30 per acre.
 4-roOm frame house; bath and city water; lot 50x275; price $450; terms $50 cash and $1O monthly payments.
 room brick dwelling and screen kitchen; city water; price S7OO; $50 cash and $12.J0 monthly payments.
 If you are paying rent better pay for a home.
 R. H. GREENE,