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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
HEARST LEADS IN KANSAS.
Democratic Committeeman Express
Preference for the New York
Editor for President.

Topeka, Ran, Oct. Sim kilograms
to Arthur A. Capper, editor Of the To-
peka Capital, Al democratic county
chairmen in the state express their
choice for president. -Four of the
ohairmen have no choice. w. r.
Hearst, of New York, leads. Ten Of
the chairmen are for him for first
choice and one for second choice. Nine
declare for Johnson, Of Ohio, for first
choice and one for second choice.
Only three are for Bryan. Four are
for Grover Cleveland for first choice
and one for second choice. Five de-
clare for David Bennett Hill, one for
German, one for Folk, one for Roose-
welt, one for Harrison, one for Cock
rell and two for Parker.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
THE SUN COMES PEePiN' THRo.

How I love tho dear old haymow
And the perfume of the hay.
And to listen to the sparrows
In the rafters hard at play;
And to watch the dancing dust notes,
Sometimes yellow. sometimes blue.
Aurrying out the little knot hole
Where the sun comes peepin' through;
And to hear the cattle munching
In the comfortable stall,
And to see the calves a romping.
Now and then to hear them bawl;
Then to see the mother coming
With a willow switch or shoe.
And watch her through the knot hole
Where the sun comes peepin' through!
Then to tread the horseless thrasher.
And turn the tanning mill.
And climb up to the pigeon nests
And sit there awful still:
Then spy the folks upon the porch.
And wish they only knew
What fun to watch them through the
knot hole
Where the sun comes peepin' through!
How / wish could live over
Those scenes which come to me,
Through the long and winding alley
or my clouded memory:
And hear the voice Of dear mother.
With tenderness so true,
And watch her through the knot hole
Where the sun comes peepin' through!
w. A. Engard. in Springfield (Mass.)
Republican.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
Youth Confesses to Crime.

Guthrie, Ok, Oct. 3.-Half buried in
weeds by the roadside, her throat cut
from ear to ear, the blood-stained body
of Mary Prokosh, a Bohemian girl. 13
years old, was discovered 400 yards
from her home in northern Payne
county, south of the post Office Of Day.
ley z. Rogers, a 17-year-old White
boy, has made full confession to as
saulting the girl and afterward (, help
ing murder her because she declared
to the last that she would reveal to
her parents the story of the assault.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
Woman Accused of $4,000 Theft.

New York, Oct. 3.-Marie Layton
Johnson, aged 20 years, the wife OF
Albert M. Johnson, dentist Of Larch-
mont, N. Y, with an Office in this city.
was arrested last night on warrant
specifically charging her with the
grand larceny of $4,000. The total
amount of her defalcation, however,
may, it is said, amount to $4,000
The comp,ainants are officers OF the
United States Playing Card company,
of Cincinnati and New York.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
A Rooster ms a watch Dog

Joplin, Mo-, Oct. 3.-The four-year-
old son Of Fred Richay, of this city.
Is thought to have been fatally in
jured by big Leghorn rooster that
knocked the boy down and buried its
talons in his back. The lads parents
will not allow the rooster to be killed,
because he is kept about the house as
q watch dog" They say he would not
have harmed the boy had the boy
walked instead of ran. The fowl,
they say, thought he had stolen a bag
which he carried.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
NnXeI Rrick Exhibit.

Topeka, Kan, Oct. 5.-Prof. Grims-
ley has gone to the southeastern part
of the state to arrange for a novel
brick exhibit which will be feature
of the Kansas exhibit at st. Louis. He
will arrange for four brick sidewalks
to be put down by the cities of Coffey-
Vile, lola, Humboldt and Independ-
ence. These cities have brick plants
which make speciality of sidewalk
brick.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10

ishment. Sidney agreed to obtain
bail for him, and for the other officers
of the "Shark." On Monday bail
was fixed at $4,000 for Capt. Waters.
and at $1,000 each for the arrested
officers. Mr.. Hammond furnished
the necessary securities and was ac-
cepted as bondsman. For time Capt.
Waters refused to accept bail. He
preferred to stand punishment. Sid
new argued with him for n long
time. He explained that it might be
months before q trial would be held.
Capt. Waters finally consented to ac-
cent bail. He went to a hotel near
the jail, and reported regularly three
times q day Mt police headquarters.
No argument could convince him that
this was not the right thing to do.
Col. John Mcintyre was the sole
passenger on the Helen Carmody'
when she steamed past the forts and
out into the Gulf of Mexico. In his
big leather pocketbook was n check
bearing the signature of Andrus
Carmody. The amount was entirely
satisfactory to Col. Mcintyre.
The homecoming Of the marooned
millionaires was an event never tc
be, forgotten by those who partici
mated in or witnessed it. 1t begar
at New Orleans. A special train from
New York, containing hundreds Of
relatives and friends dashed init
the Crescent city early the following
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
po,,,.1;on Of State Prison.

Lansing, Kan. Oct. 5.-The Kansas
penitentiary now contains 1,O64 pris-
oners, of whom 30S belong to Oklaho-
ma. There are 74S white men, 26S
black men, II Indians and Mexicans.
There are So women. Of whom q are
black and IA white. Forty men and
two women are sarving life sentences
for murder Fifty-two are under sem
tence of death, amounting to life sem
tancp
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10

his family. The truth must be kept
from him until he has entirely re-
gained his physical strength. He
should take long ocean cruise, in
company with some one in whom he
has complete confidence. That means
you."
When theAe facts were explained
to Mr.. Morton and his associates,
they were unanimous in decision
to take no legal steps against Mr..
Hestor, or against Capt. Waters.
They were satisfied to await Hestor's
complete recovery. and were conf
dent that he would make honorable
amends when acquainted with the
facts.
One afternoon Sidney informed
Hestor that the physicians had adj
vised an ocean cruise, and that he
would be permitted to 60 on board
the "Shark" in about two weeks.
Hestor urged that he should go to
New York and attend to certain
business affairs. This was not lis
tened to, and it was finally arranged
that Hestor give Mr.. Hammond
power of attorney to look after such
matters as required attention. Mr..
Van Horne took Sidney's place while
tho latter was in New York.
All of Mr.. Hestor's property was
in interest-bearing securities. and
these required little or no attention.
Mr.. Chalmers had not made public
his suspicious concerning Hestor's
Wall street operations, neither had
any statement been made by Mr..
Morton or others. Sidney found a
record of the various transactions In
a safety deposit vault. He then
called on Street & Rogers and pre-
scented his credentials. Their books
showed that Walter b. Hestor had q
credit of 32,OOO,OOO. He had orig
inally purchased 100000 shares Of
stock, and had issued instructions
which had been strictly carried out.
The money was due from various
banks. trust companies, commission
|
Rogers had decided not to force pay
ments. fearing to disturb the money
market. Mr.. Hammond Endorsed this
course and instructed them to grad
ually convert the credits into inter
est-bcaring securities.
| Thus it happened, one fine Septem-
Der afternoon. that the steam yacht
shark" sailed down the river from
New Orleans, destined for the wa
| tiers of the South Pacific. On board
were Walter p. IIestor, Sidney Ham,
mond. L. Sylvester Vincent and Ber-
nard Seymour. Mr.. Vincent and Mr..
| Seymour were present at Mr.. Ham,
mond's invitation. and Hestor was
delighted with his new acquaintances.
| Vincent had a wonderful venture on
hand which demanded his presence
in southern waters. and Mr.. Seymour
proposed to gather the materials for
a book. which, he asserted. would
make them all sit up nights" And
on the deck of the shark" with
Capt. Waters once more in command,
this narrative will leave them.
The later events in the lives OF
these characters must be RELOCATED
to some future chapters. 1t may
be said in closing that the doors OF
the Carmody mansion were not
closed to Mr.. William Chalmers. man.
aging editor of the New York Rec
ord.
THE END.f
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
PAVING Rond Tax I'm Cash.

Topeka, Kan, Oct. 5.-The legisla-
ture last winter passed q law giving
farmers the right to pay their road tax
in cash if they didn't care to work It
out. Most of them are paying in cash.
The road overseers are having trouble
finding men to work the roads. Every
body is employed in other pursuits
and as a result country roads in many
sections are in a wretched condition.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
Fifty Trunnt Children.

Ottawa, Kan, Oct. 5.-A 15-year-old
Ottawa girl packed her grip, surreptl-
tiously borrowed some money from her
mothers pocketbook and saying she
was going to neighbours to an aft
ernoon party, took her nine-year-old
brother and went to visit relatives in
southern Missouri, in order to escape
the compulsory Nlucation law. Over
so truant children have been found
in Ottawa.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
A High Diver Injured.

saltwater, Ok, Oct. 3.-The Stillwa-
ter street fair and carnival has been
In progress all this week. Many fine
exhibits have been made and some val
liable prizes won. Kid Mangles, mem
Der of a carnival company, who has
been making dives from an SO-foot lad
der into tank of water, was injured,
perhaps seriously, yesterday afternoon.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
s1nn.OOO Pressed Brick Plant.

La Harpe, Kan, Oct. 6.-Kansas City
and eastern capitalists will erect q
100000 brick plant on the Wilson q
Vert 3O-acre tract adjoining La
Harpe on the east. The company con-
tracts to manufacture $4,000 pressed
brick a day. There will be ten kilns.
each to have a capacity OF 100000
brick. or the enormous number OK
2 1000 600 brick when all full.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
Bryan to Go to Europe.

Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 3.-Announce-
ment was made last night that w. j.
Bryan will leave here for the east
Sunday and will not return until after
he has completed his European trip.
MIR. Bryan will be accompanied by his
son William. Mr.. Bryan will stop In
Ohio en- route east and make a number
OF speeches.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
ot,nyva wants n New Dam.

Ottawa, Kan, Oct. 5.-Plans are be-
ing made for the construction OF a
new dam across the Marais des Cygnes
river at this point, and the installa-
ton of a plant to develop electricity
from water power. Electrical power
would be transmitted to local manu-
featuring plants.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
nraxico VIII Admit Chinese.

San Francisco, Oct. 3.-The China
Commercial Steamship company has
won its fight for the right to land Chi
nese coolie laborers in Mexico. The
news of the intention Of the Mexican
government to permit Chinese to land
on its soil has just been received by
steamship officials In this city.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10

Hir CrOD of Nuts.

Topeka, Kan, Oct. 5.-Southeastern
Kansas raised big crop OF hickory
nuts and walnuts this year. People
IN the rural districts Of the south east
are making money gathering these
nuts and shipping them to the market.
One farmer in Crawford county nas
Skinned q carload.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
D,.a.trous WRECK in Nevada.

Beowawe, New, Oct. IA disastrous
head-end collision occurred Tnursaay
night on the Salt Lake division OF the
Southern Pacific at this station. Inc
first section of the Atlantic express
from San Francisco collided with Q
freight train. One passenger was killed
and 20 injured.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
u.rrx bono in Poor Health.

Topeka, Kan, Oct. 5.-Harry J.
Rome secretary to Gov. Bailey, has
collapsed from nervousness and has
gone to Excelsior Springs to regain
his health. For the past two months
he has been ailing and has been QUIZ
of the ONCE most Of that time.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
FrI.oo rraln ueraIIed.

Wichita, Kan, Oct. 3.-The engine
and baggage car Of Frisco train No. 800
were derailed and piled up yesterday
afternoon one mile east Of Beaumont
Engineer Dale. of Neodesha, and his
fireman are reported badly hurt
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
MANY Arc Delinquent.

st. Louis, Oct. "a meeting OF the
directors of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition company and of officers and
directors of the banks and trust COM
NAMES of the city was held last night
to stimulate collections from delin-
ouent subscribers to the capital stock
of the exposition company.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
Iahor RIot ne st. Joseph.

st. Joseph, Mo-. Oct. S.-In labor
riot yesterday at the St Joseph q
Grand Island bridge. which is being
rebuilt by an eastern company, John
Mokus received wound in the head
which is very serious and probably Ia
tai.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
Those who Roost.

Newcome-They tell me hens never
lay eggs at night. Did you know
that?
Subbubs-Oh! yes.
Strange, isn't it2"
"Not ut all. All the hens are
roosters at night, you know."-Phil-
adelphia Press.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
,,.., n.nd Makes Money.

Downs. Kan, Oct. 5.-The ladies'
hand here has made $1,000 in the last
two years.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
Es KIDNAPPED
MILLIONAIRES
A Tale Of Wall Street
ard the Tropics 81 81
By FREDERICK u. ADAMS

Copyright, 1901, By Lothrop Publishing Company.
AL rights reserved.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-02
IN BORDER STATES

The foregoing exhibit, therefore,
presents in concise and clear form
the important part the negroes Of the
North and border States play in Re
publican politics. Their loyalty to
that party has been one of the most
extraordinary features Of the coun-
try's history since the civil war. 1t
is only recently that the Democratic
leaders have perceived their vo.ing
value in the debatable country.
Such Republican States as Maine,
New Hampshire, Vermont, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, the Dakotas and some Of
the mountain and coast States are
excluded from confederation, because
their negro vote is too iufinitesimal
to have much effect on elections
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-02
y: APPROPRIATION FOR
THE WEAK SCHOOLS.
>,eLBA OF STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF
D. EDUCATION KcMAHAN.
Schools to be Aided that Do Not Com
ply With Certain Regulations In
r Regard to Efficiency,
News and Courier

Superintendent of Education Nc
ahsn, in his forthcoming report,
Rilltdeal with the question of educa-
Sion IN all of its phases as far as this
State is affected, but one Of the chief
points of interest in his report will
be as to the betterment Of the public
schools, particularly the country
schools. He favors a direct appro-
.priation for the aid of such schools
t,nder certain conditions, and as to
where the money will come from be
says the State can raise it as easily
asyit, could money for the Exposition
and some other things.
Claiming that it is admitted that
the State is not doing what it ought
to or what it can, Mr.. MoMahan pre-.
sents some facts Of general interest.
He takes certain counties and shows
the average cost per pupil as follows:
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-02

There have been contests within
fifteen years in Michigan and Ohio,
however, 30 close that even their
small negro contingent might have
changed the result by going over to
the opposition.
The secession from the Republi.
cans Of the black vote in New York
wonld have d,sastrously defeated
Roosevelt for governor in 1893 and
alao Odell at the late election. But
II complete reversal OF the black vote
i'll Pennsylvania this year from
Pennypacker to PattisoD would not
have saved the Democratic candidate
for governor. Of the old free States,
Pennsylvania has the greatest negro
voting population.
! One curious tact is to be noted iI
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-02

short term schools are in the habit Of
employing very poor teachers TO,
whom it should not be the policy OF
the State to furnish longer sessions.
Aid from the State should be granted
not merely upon showing of poy-
erty, but upon the guarantee of
proper location of the school and the
employment Of a thoroughly capable
teacher. Better far to aid a few
schools in this way than to aid many
less effectively.
A Legislative appropriation to the
schools should be based upon a gen.
eral law with safeguards along these
lines The teacher whose salary is
supplemented should be required to
have a certificate of qualification
from the State board of education
Gssued upon examination or upon
the diploma OF an approved college.)
The school should be in district
supporting but one school for each
race, or the school should not be less
than four miles from every other
which the pupils might attend, and
if it's enrolment be less than twenty
pupils its distance from every other
school open to it's children should be
not less than five miles, or specially
justified by swamps or other pecu
liar conditions reported by the
county board and approved by the
State board. )The county board should
furnish 9 list Of it's schools fulfilling
the conditions in teacher, location,
enrolment and financial inability, the
latter fact being certified a.so by the
county treasurer on March Is, after.
the collection Of taxes has been com.
pleted and the funds Of the district
70" the current scholastic year are
ascertained-and, in the case of the
needy districts, exhausted. The names
of the teachers and the amounts to
be paid them should be certified to
the S'~'e, Treasurer by the State
q oAo sndent Of Education on be
\ ~ ;he State board of education.
lW l,te's aid should be sufficient to
IL a/tp the salaries to $35 month
for bix months.
At the beginning of this policy not
many schools would be able to avail
themselves Of the proffered assistance.
Under the strong inducement to con.
form to the conditions, trustees would
be stirred from present Indifference
and errors. There would be read.
justment in the location Of schools
which would greatly strengthen 9TH
ers. In the end comparatively
small number would need the Legis
latlve bounty. The country school
problem, would bo largely solved.
Of course, these results could be
much better realized with better
county management of schools. State
aid to weak schools would be for
many REASONS unwise without strong
management and expert supervision
in each county. '.|
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-02
NO ErEEor ON pREsIDEHoY.


Whatever changes might have re.
suited from total elimination Of the
negro vote PRIOR to 1895, it 10 quite
obvious that it's elimination would
have had no effect upon the result of
the last two Presidential elections.
Nor is it likely it would have had any
perceptible effect upon the political
complexion of the Houae or Senate,
though there is a possibility that it
might have lost the 58th House to
the Republicans.
It is quite clear that if the blacks
of the North in mass should absn,.
don their present allies and go over
to the Democrats, the long, uninter-
rupted Republican domination in
several States would at once cease,
and it would become very preoarious
in es many more. Such sweeping
political reaction ia not anticipated
by either party. But there ia sup.
posed to be some unrest among the
blacks, and a general assumption
among Republican leadere that the
fight over ''e "Lily White" appoint.
ments at the South is being care.
fully managed by the Democratic
leaders more with view to shake
the allegiance of the Northern blacks
than to vindicate white supremacy
at the South.
It is apparent that Republican
successes in Delaware, Maryland
West Virginia and Kentucky have
been wholly dependent upon the
black vote. On the contrary, thai
party could have dropped the negro
vote entirely 10 Massachusetts, New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa ant
Michigan and still carried every on
OF them at the last two Presidentia
elections. And in nearly al! Of then
it would have been successfnl ha
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-02
the negroes gone over to Mr.. Bryan
20, l>nl.x

the negroes gone over to Mr.. Bryan
in body.
Following reconstruction, in many
Of the close contests up to the time
the wave Of MoKinleyiem struck the
country, it is true that the loss Of the
negro vote would have lost tho Re-
publicans the election many times in
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
Ohiv, Indiana and Illinois and, with
them, Congress and the Presidency.
In those days Delaware, Mary
land, West Virginia and kentucky
were reliable components of the
solid South, and Connecticut, New
York, New Jersey and Indiana wore
always doubtful, eve. with the negro
vote solid for the Republican oandi.
dates. "
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-02

the above tabulation. The ratio Of
negro voters to population in all tho
far Northern States is only about one
to three, whereas in the border and
Southern States it is one tc four and
sometimes five. This shows that the
negroes do not move their families
North to any great extent. Tho
young men go North to seek their
fortune or to take service ia tas fsmi.
lies OF the rich.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-02
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"HARDHNrNG" .3OF CHILDREN.
And Some Of the III Results that are Apt
to Follow.
(New York Medical Record. !

Heoker is outapoken in his obiec
tions to the methods pursued in the
so.called "hardening'' of children by
the means of GOLD douches or baths.
As q rule, children thus treated are
more susceptible to nasal catarrhs,
throat affections, bronchitis and pull
monary infammRtions than those who
have not been subjected to the "hard.
ening" process. Furthermore such
measures frequently give rise to pro-
nounced anaemia and various disord.
ers Of the nervous system. Children
80 hardened" are especially prone
to acute and chronic intestinal disor.
ders.
While in healthy children q prop.
erly conducted Hardening" process
is often of advantage, lit must bore
membered that there are no hard and
fast rules and that every case must
be treated according to the in6ividu
al Indications. The Fundamental
principles of proper "hardening''
system are as follows: ID Gradual
acclimation to the air Of the room
(2) gradual scolimetion to outdoor
air; (3) gradual seclimstion to cold
water; (4) suitable clothing varied
according to the weather and time Of
year. Great care should be observ
ed in ecclimsting the child to cold
water, and the effects Of the same
should be carefully watched, the on
deavors being at once suspended or
the first appearance Of any anfavora
BILE symptoms.
On no aocounr should any of tn
"hardening''; measures be copmenc
ed until the nursing period is pass
ed and in all Gases the process shoul'
he one OF gradual advancement.