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The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
THE FIRST PAROLE
New Kansas lnterminate Sen.
tence Law in Force
REFORM BASIS or PAROLE
An Oppurtunity Given Couvicts to Have
Credit for Good While In
Connnement-A Good Law

The first parole from the penitentiary
under the new indeterminate sentence
law has Just been issued by the warden
and board OF directors of the Kansas
prison. II goes to Fred Woolfe, who
was sentenced from Leavcnwortb u
ty in 1899 for manslaughter In the first
degree. He killed a mar named Ryan
and was sem to the p~enitentiary for
seven years for II. The minimum time
Of that crime is Ave years, and counting
or his good time" for good behavior
he has now served the minimum. and Is
therefore eligible to parole, but he Will
be subject to the terms OF his parole
until the seven years are up. The coun-
ty officials OF Leavenworth petitioned
for his release, and he has been prom
ised steady employment for ut least a
year.
The basis of paroles granted under the
new law Is not the innocence OF the
prisoners but their reformation. Many
men are sen to the penltentlary for
crimes committed on the spur OF the
moment and who are not at heart GRIM
inals. They do not wish 10 be criminals
and II surrounded by the proper re-
straints they would be good citizens. A
prisoner must serve ut least the mini
mum sentence OF the crime for which
he is imprisoned, but II the warden and
directors Of the penitentiary believe he
has then reformed they may release
him on parole, but he is subject to the
parole until the maximum sentence for
his crime may expire. For instance.
the minimum sentence for larceny Is
one year and the maximum sentence Is
ten years. Heretofore the Judge had
fixed the sentence which he believes to
be Just and for new offenders 1t has
generally run from one to three years.
Under the new law the Judge has moth
ing to do with fixing the time-he SIM
ply sentences the prisoner for larceny.
After the prisoner has been In the peni-
teitiary for one year, II he has com-
piled with the prison rules, has learned
self-restraint, and II the warden and d.
rectors believe lie has reformed they
may release him. But he Is subject
to his parole for nine years more. He
must keep out Of bad company and
must keep the prison officials informed
of his whereabouts and employment. II
he violates the conditions of his parole
at any time he may be taken back to
prison without trial. This throws
around the prisoner restraint and safe
guards which tend to keep him straight.
and by the time has parole has expired
he has generally acquired a standing In
his home community and has habits
which will make him a good citizen.
The new law is for the purpose of re-
formation instead Of punishment or re-
venge.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
Car strike situation in Cb,c.p IN

AS a result Of the tie-up of the sur
face lines in Chicago the elevated and
steam roads traverslng the strike
bound districts are taxed to their ut
most capacity. Train service on all
lines Is doubled and every effort is be-
ing made to accommodate the thou
sands Of additional passengers. Mean
while buses. hacks and express
wagons with improvised seats do a
thriving business In transporting peo-
pie to and from their places of busi-
ness. The strike is the outgrowth of
persistent efforts for increased wages
and exclusion of n%on-union employees.
About three thousand men, practically
the entire force Of the company's wage
earners. were idle, the number OF men
at any time running cars being but q
small fraction Of the number usually
at work.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
Formal RccoQ milton Of ma

Formal official recognition Of tho
new republic Of Panama by the pres
ident Of the United States took place
when Mr.. PHILIPPE Buena- Varilla. en-
voy extraordinary minister plenipo-
Tertiary OF the isthmian government.
was received at the White house, pre-
scented his credentials and exchanged
with the president the usual speeches
Of amity customary upon the presenta-
ton Of a new diplomat. Varilla, with
his tWelve-year-old son, drove first
from his hotel to the state department
and was cordially greeted by Secre-
tary Hay. who accompanied Varilla to
the White house. In the blue parlor
Hay introduced the minister to the
president. who expressed pleasure at
the meeting. After the exchange OF
formal addresses, a brief conversation
followed and the minister returned to
his hotel, leaving Hay with the presi'
dent.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
school, Tax In Kansases.

The school taxes to he raised by the
country school districts in Shawnee
county this year will be $51 ,629. IL. The
taxes raised last year in the 1913 school
districts amounted to $50,459.70 70. The
difference 1t but $1,169.42, although in
thirty-six districts the tax levy Is
lower, in thirty-three districts 1t is tho
same. and in sthirty-one districts Is
higher than last year. The greatest
difference in school funds will come
from the a paid by the railroads into
the county school fund. which Is pro-
rated among the districts. The rail-
roads paid into the Shawnee county
school fund last year SO, $50. So, and this
year will pay $l4, 4O2.6 81, an increase OF
81 ,621 &c.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
Title to Valuable Land in Doubt

A suit involving the title Of 10S acres
of valuable land in Kansas City, Kan,
is pending in the supreme court, and q
decision will be due at the December
sitting. The land is said to be worth
more than a million dollars.
Away back In 1859 the Wyandotte
Townsite company gave to the city this
strip of land along the Missouri river
with the understanding that 1t should
be used and improved for levee pur-
poses. It was so used for a number Of
years, but more recently 1t has been
leased to railroad companies and manu-
featuring plants by the city. Now the
heirs OF the members Of the old town
site company allege that the failure of
the city to use the land for the pur-
poses for which 1t was given has caused
the title to revert to the company. and
they sue for possession. The lower
court decided In favor OF the city and
the heirs appealed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
STocKMEN MUCH PUT OUT
They believe tho Order Against Free
Passes viii Bo Annulled.


Live stock shippers are much put
out YER the action OF the executive
officers OF the western roads, a%bolishing
the practice of issuing free transporta-
ton to the men taking live stock ship
ments to the markets. They are maxi
ing strong efforts to have the action
r%escinded.
The opinion is that the new agree
ment will not be carried out. as there
are always some roads which will court
favor with the shoppers and II one or
two break the agreement and grant
free return transportation to stock
men the other roads will not be slow to
follow. One prominent live stock ship
per says:
Il car not believe that the big rail-
roads Of the west will carry out any
such arrangement. When they have
had time to reflect they must conclude
that a ruling of this kind will result In
loss rather than profit to the roads.
The inducements for shippers to make
a short haul to avoid paying railroad
fare in returning and the reduced reve-
nues from freight business would in
most cases leave a balance on the
wrong side for the roads when final
results were figured"
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
AT ANY SA(R|F|G.
Dissatisfied Panamaians Stoutly
Oppose a Republic
STONE THE U. S. CONSUL
Probability That There win Be Much
Trouble Before the Defeated
Party is PuciHed.

The excitement at BarranQuilla in
creased with the spreading Of the news
OF the secession OF the isthmus. which
was supplemented by exaggerated ac-
counts of the alleged part played by
the United States therein. Panama's
declaration Of independence was read
from u newspaper by the project to a
crowd assembled in the plaza and was
greeted by furious outcries and shouts
OF death to the Panamanians'-and
Death to the Americans"
The project followed the reading by
a speech In which he declared that the
Colombian government would never
permit the secession of the isthmus
and would win back the lost territory
at any cost. The crowd in the plaza
INDUCED In many e~xtravagant threats,
impossible of execution.
United States Vice Consul L~ovelace
was sitting on n balcony OF his house
at BarranQuilla when several stones
were thrown at him He retired in
doors and was not further molested by
the Colombians.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
LOOKS LIKE WAR;
Opinion at Washington that War
is Certain
c%oLOMBlANS NOT SATISFIED
They Want Detailed Explanations oi
United states Relations with
tho Revoiutionists

A revolution In Colombia is not i'm
possible, according to an opinion cx-
pressed In a dispatch received at the
state department from United States
Minister Beauprc at Bogota. Mr..
Beauprc described the feeling In the
capital city as panicky.
The minister has delivered TO the
Colombian government his instruc-
lions sent to him by the state depart
ment. advising him that the United
States has entered into relations with
the government at Panama and com
mending to both governments of CO.
lombia and Panama "the peaceful and
equitable settlement OF all questions
at issue between them
The Colombian government, accord
Ing to Minister Beaupre. was disposed
to ask for an explanation Of the in
structions, but the minister informed
IL that he regarded them as self-ex-
planatory.
MIR. Bunau-Varilla, the minister from
Panama, continued his efforts to Sc
cure recognition OF the new govern
ment by other European nations.
He received Il long cablegram from
Panama expressing thanks to the gov
eminent OF the United States for It's
courtesy In Offering the privileges OF
United States warships to General
Reyes or his arrival at the Isthmus of
Panama should he desire to go aboard
one. General Reyes and two other CO.
lombian generals are reported to have
gone to Panama from Bogota on q
peace commission.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
SPECIAL UNNECESSARY
Governor Mickey VIII Not Call Speeds,
Session Now

Governor Mickey VIII Not Call Special
Session Now
No contingency neccssitating the
calling Of q special session of the legis-
lature has yet arisen. and do not
think one will arise says Governor
Mickey. II do not believe that the
revenue law will be declared u~nconsti-
tutional by the courts, although one or
two sections may be knocked out. Ii
should be remembered that II the new
law Is done away with the old law un-
der which we have operated for q num-
Der OF years will be by this very action
re-instated. The state would still
have a revenue law no matter what
happened. There is no need Of a spe-
cial session. that | know of, and I am
not considering the matter, so there Is
no occasion for worrying. A special
session is an expensive and costly pro-
ceeding and should be called only on
the most urgent necessity.
The principal agitation over the rev.
enue law being declared unconstitu-
tional Is a little premature, as the law
has not been knocked out. l am not
considering the special session at all
now"
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
Alarming Railroad Casualties

The interstate commerce commission
has issued a bulletin showing a large
increase in the number of railroad
casualties during the fiscal year closed
June 80 last, Is compared with the
previous fiscal year. There were 3,453
persons killed and 45,997 injured the
year before. The large increase is par
TALLY attributed to the gain in rail-
road traffic during the year and the in
creas OF II per cent In the number
of men employed in train service. 1t
also is pointed out that accidents are
now being much more fully reported.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
A BARBER GOES WRONG
Tro,es Defauitor aud Deserts wire and
Child

Child
M. w. Curtis, financial and CORES
ponding secretary of the Independence
BARRIERS union, secretary Of the Frater-
ma Order of Eagles and recently elect
ed delegate to the national meeting of
the American Federation of Labor-all
of which honors have been conferred
upon him during a residence of some
seven or eight months in Independence.
Kan. left the city under a cloud, de-
sorting his young wife and 9-months-
old baby girl. besides being a defaulter
in various sums aggregating about $500.
Not the slightest suspicion Vas enter
tanned against his integrity.
He was active in union labor circles
and was elected by the central body
here as delegate to the national meet
ing of the American Federation of La
Dor. which meets in Boston. Mas.
Gambling is said to be responsible
for his irregularities, and 1t is thought
that he did not take much Of the money
away from the city with him.
Mrs. Curtis says she believed Curtis
had deserted her and her babe. They
did not get along we'll together, and
the matter of simply losing her hus-
band was of no apparent concern to
her. She said he left her without a
cent of money.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
Train Dispatcher was Responsible

Coroner Tutewiler, of Indianapolis.
Ind, has rendered his verdict on the
Big Four wreck which occurred Oc-
tober 81. The coroner blames Il. G..
Byers, the chief train dispatcher at
Kankakee, who, he says. failed to no.
tify the Indianapolis yardmaster that
the special train was coming. Sixteen
people were killed in the wreck, fifteen
OF whom were Purdue students.
The verdict %exonerates the crew Of
the special train. The judgment OF
the Big Four officials was that this
crew was responsible for the wreck
because the train was not under con-
troll.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
Up-tO-Date Football Records

Nebraska G. Kansas D..
Princeton II. Yale q.
West Point 10. Chicago 6.
Dartmouth II, Harvard 0.
Pennsylvania G. Carlisle 16.
Iowa 16, Missouri 0.
Columbia II, Cornell IL.
Lincoln II. s. &c. Omaha II. S. 0.
Mraietta As. Western 6.
Kentucky SO, Williamsburg 0.
Ohio 27. Oberlin 5.
Georgetown 33, Columbian 0.
Minnesota 80, Illinois 0.
Ames II, Simpson 2.
Drake 80, Grinnell O..
Rose Poly. 81, Butler 0.
Eastern Illinois 20, North. Illinois 0
Earlham II, Wabash O..
Lawrence %, Beloit 0.
Michigan IS. Wisconsin 0. 81
Northwestern 0, Notre Dame 0.
Haskell 20. Creighton O..
Indiana 70, Depauw 0.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
COAL OIL KANSAS
The Standard OH Company Brys 100
Acres at Neodesha

The Standard OH Company Buys 100
Acrcs at Neodcsha
A deal has been closed whereby the
STANDARD OIL company purchases Of ID.
Busenberg 100 acres of land Mt Neo-
desha, Kan. on the east. for $40. 400.
This gives the Standard a tank farm
Of 32O acres.
Already the Argo farm. bought some
time ago, is covered with &c 1900 barrel
oil tank locations and with the rapidly
Increasing oil production II will not be
long until this additional 160 acres will
also be covered.
AT present twelve large tanks have
been completed and twenty-five more
locations have been made. II is csti-
mated that the Busenberg farm will
accommodate about thirty large tanks.
The Standard will have u storage ca
pacity here for nearly two million bar
rels OF oil when both farms are covered
with tanks as now planned.
s. II. Rcnrto sold his 100 acre farm
north of town to Mrs. Busenberg. Just
after the sale Of the Busenberg farm tc
the Standard Oil company. Mr. Rentrs
received $500 in cash.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
GREAT BID FOR SHOPS
I%ndcndencc offers $4,000 Cash and 10
Acres to Missouri, Pacific

Indcndencc offers $4,000 Cash and 10
Acres tn Missouri Pacific
The offer of independence to give
the Missouri Pacific seventy-flve acres
OF and In Elm park and $4,000 bonus
made a favorable impression on the
officials and with all other factors
equal Independence has by far the best
chance Of getting the shops.
The company wants to be near Kan
sas City. The officials would be glad
to build shops inside the city, IL they
could get land at a reasonable figure.
The pieces they considered fitted for
the shops can not be bought for less
than 500, 000.
There is nc doubt that IL Kansas City
were to offer a bonus and the figure
was placed high enough the shops
would be built in Kansas City. II there
is any truth in the suspicion that the
Missouri Pacific has been 'blufing'' in
an effort to get n big bonus from Kan
sas City, the blur will not work.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
A 100000 FIRE
The Business Portion Of Abba, Iowa, 10
Completely Destroyed

The Business Portion of Abba, Town, 10
Completely Destroyed
Fire which started In the Love dry
goods store at Abba, Ia. completely
destroyed the business portion Of that
city, entailing a loss estimated at
5000. 900. The fire fighting facilities
consisted only Of one hose wagon and
1t was entirely inadequate for coping
with the flames, which spread rapidly
to other buildings and wiped out IN
entire block. The principal losers are:
Love Dry Goods company. Strausberg-
er's dry goods store, Johnson's drug
store, Abba State bank, Hawkeye Lum-
Der company's building, two residences.
a feed store and several barns.
Circumstances point almost conclu-
sively to the operation OF a gang Of in
cendiaries in this town and possibly
other places in this section of the state.
Two fires were started simultaneously
in the richest and most intiammable
district Of Abba.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20

Tewik Pasha. the foreign minister,
Constantinople. called on the Austrian
and Russian ambassadors and notified
them that the porte's reply to the lat
est note OF the two powers on the sub
ject OF reforms In Macedonia would be
speedily presented and that 1t would
be satisfactory. This Is In accordance
with the views OF the grand vizier, who
opposed the previous rejection of the
reform scheme and consequently was
threatened with the deprivation OF his
Office. His position Is now secure.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
FRIENDSHIP WORTH $4,000
That Amount Left to Honorable womss
Who Loved Another

hh"t EhVuHt bttt w HhVhuEhbto "O"a
Who Loved Another
ny a decision handed down by Justice
Davis in the supreme court OF New
York. Miss Frieda Won Schuckman will
receive n policy of $500 taken out in
the John Hancock Mutual Insurance
company of Boston by Herman o. Helm
rich. who died recently. Heinrich. who
had for many years been in love with
Miss Schuckman, assigned the policy to
her in consideration of natural love and
affection on August ~, 1900. The in
sutanco company paid the money into
court. IL was claimed by Walter X.
Heinrich. the administrator of Helm
rich's estate, as belonging to the estate.
Justice Davis says the evidence
shows q at the plaintiff and the as
surcd man had been friends for about
ten years prior to his death, and that
he was deeply in love with her, and
had for several years called on her two
or three times a week. He had asked
her to marry him early in their aC-
orairtanct hut she refused to mako
n pusitive engagement. but promise | To
become his wife provided she found
II possible to love him as a woman
should love the man she was about to
marry. Finding that she loved an
ether person. rho. In March, 1909. ,.efr.-
itely refused to marry him. Justice
Davis said Heinrich undoubtedly was
aware of her love for another before
he made the assignment OF the policy
to her, as letters written by him to her
showed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
LET US HAVE PEACE"
General Grants Famous Letter Contain
Ing this Expression Found

hhk I'LL EsNpresblOn fOunu
The historic letter of General Grant
accepting the nomination to the pres
idcncy and ending with Let us have
peace" has been found among some
waste paper by a scavenger in Hart
ford, Conn. The letter was addressed
to General Joseph r. Hawley, presi-
dent of the national union republican
convention. After General Hawley
went to Washington az senator the
letter disappeared and was believed
to have been lost. Workmen taking
waste paper from the cellar Of the
Courant building to send to the. rag
man tossed out a bulky envelope which
was picked up by the men in charge
and taken to the office. 1t proved to be
the long lost epistle, the last para
graph OF which reads:
Peace ana universal prosperity.
with economy Of administration, will
tighten the burdens of taxation, while
1t constantly reduces the national debt.
Let us have peace"
The letter Is dated May 90, 1868.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
New Dormitory at saIins

The work on the new $12, 900 dormi.
tory at the Kansas wesleyan UNIVERSE
ty has started and II Is intended to
complete the masonry and brick work
before cold weather begins. About So
900 of the amount necessary to erect
the building has been raised, and 1t is
expected that the remainder will be
subscribed within a short time. OF the
S12. 900, Salina will raise $4,000 for the
new dormitory, most Of which is now
in the hands Of the committee.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
Prominent Ne~brs.kans Want Pensions

Two Lincoln men are intended bene-
ficiaries by bills introduced in congress
by Congressman Burkett. One OF them
is General Victor Vifquain, whose ser
vices in two wars have won him dis
tinction and whose long and sever
illness has placed him in a position
where the s36 a month which the bill
seeks to provide for him would doubt
less prove decidedly acceptable. The
other beneficiary is William McBrien,
for whom a like amount is asked. Mr..
McBrien has recently become totally
blind. He was for several years a
member Of the local police force. Sim
liar bills were introduced for the relief
of j. A. Mccormack OF Falls City and
J. NJ. Rutherford of Auburn.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
Baking Powder Trust Agent Indicted

The Cole county. Missouri. grand
jury indicted William Zeigler. Of New
York. president of the Royal Baking
Powder company, for connection with
alum legislation In the Missouri as
assembly Of 1901. The indictment
against Mr.. Zeigler alleges bribery ON
three counts and states that the de-
PENDANT was instrumental in securing
the votes OF certain state senators on
the alum repeal bin OF 1901 for which
Legislative Agent ID. J.. Kelly Of New
York was indicted on three counts. 1t
Is believed that Mr.. Zeigler was in
dicted upon the testimony of Il. II.
Baldwin, the Arctic explorer, who has
been in close consultation with Attor.
ney General Crow for several days.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
r HER
Excitement Did More for Her Than Ten
Years Treatment

Enthusiasm aroused at a football
game accomplished for an aged woman
patient at the Dunning institution, Chi
cago. what ten years OF treatment
failed to do. From the time she was
entered at the asylum the woman
never spoke. Physicians had given
up all hope Of breaking her state Of
m~elancholia. The awakening came at
a football game between st. Vincent
college and Oak Park high school
teams. Along with scores of crippled
men and deaf and dumb women the
silent patients chair was so arranged
that the occupant could see the grid
iron. The game was a spectacular one
and there was much cheering. The wo-
mar astonished the crippled women
sitting beside her by saying, what .
degree of excitement attends this con-
test" Since then she has talked al
most continuously.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20

1t is claimed that the famous New
Orleans bull clique which dictated
prices OF cotton to the entire world
last summer has given place to a new.
much stronger and better organized
pool with almost unlimited resources
1t was currently rumored among the
members Of the cotton exchange after
the close of business that the new
clique has already made arrangements
to take about $50, 1000 bales Of cotton
on December contracts, and 1t will
not wait for notices to be issued In
that option, but will demand the actual
cotton.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-20
Neutrality-suspicious. Federation Proposed
The plan for the international labor

The plan for the international labor
federation was enthusiastically re-
ceived by the convention Of the Amer
lean federation OF labor at Boston.
This international alliance was pro-
posed by James O'Grady. fraternal del
egate to the federation from the cabi-
netmakers and upholsterers Of Great
Britain. who urged that the laboring
element in England and America work
together in harmony. Delegate
OGrady's plan was supported by James
Simpson, of Toronto. a memoer Of the
International typographical union.
The committee on resolutions made
a report recommending the adoption Of
"a resolution by James Wilson. Of the
patternmakers' league, that all afili-
ated bodies pay at least rs cents per
week dues to raise a monster fund for
the benefit of the. organization.