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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

A New York office boy has broken
down from OverwOrk. Another argu-
ment against this epidemic of double
headers at the close of the baseball
season.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

The man who is always trying to get
something for nothing generally ends
by getting nothing for something from
a swindler.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
His Main Woe.

"Cheer up!' said the optimistic
friend.
YES" said the pessimist, as he
wiped away a tear. its easy to say
Cheer upi' But wait till you are ask
ed to address a meeting of pessimists
and then can't think of blamed thing
to be sad about"
And he went weeping along his way
leaving his optimistic friend to con-
fess to himself that it is a sad old
world, after all.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

Even If you are now in doubt how
to pronounce Miss May Goelet's last
name, if you will wait two months you
may pronounce it Rocksburrow.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

A branch of Yale university in Chi
ma would at least determine to what
extent the pigtai1 can be taught to
handle the pigskin.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

Another sQuaw doctor has been
killed because she failed to effect
cure. Doctors in civilization have
much to be thankful for.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

Even vast wealth has it's disadvan-
tages. John D. Rockefeller receives
more anonymous letters than any 9TH
er man in the whole country.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
Appropriate.

Mrs Henpeck-I wonder why they
always put woman's head on coins,
Mr-Henpeck-Oh. well, money taIkaI
Sou know.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

The advertising that some men get
tation.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

Mr.. Harry Lehr has been quite COM
monplace for more than fortnight
now.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03
THE EXTRA SESSION
NECESSITY FOR IT SEEMS TO BE
DISAPPEARING.

There Is No Probability of Agreement
on Currency Legislation, and Moth
ing Is to Be Gained by Forcing
Action on the Cuban Treaty.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

II is a wonder the professional
thieves don't organize a steal trust
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

Teacher-Now this will hurt me
more than it will you.
Willie-Den let me do the wallop
in.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-03

All, well. Peary won't be happy nm
til he gets it.
El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1903-05-21
SrCuHSTRO.

Dice un despucho de III Paso,
Texas, fechado ell 4, que los in
dios yaquis de Sonora secuestra
ron al cor0nel Martin Ericsson un
americana dueho de minas, cuya
fortuna We calcula entire 5,000,-
600, realizada, dicen, en- los 1lti
mos tres amos, explotando mi
mas en- Arizona y Mexico. Los
ydquis piden 100000 por 81
rescate, que el, ne ahade, no estd
conforme con dar. III secuestro
fue perpetrado, parece, en- terrific
rio mexicano. Y el plazo que le
dieron para el rescate, bajo penn
de muerte. son diez dfas. III
ministrO do Ia guerra, general
Mena, di0 instrucciones al gene
raj Don Lcrenzo Torres Y al co
ronel Kosterlitzky para que pro-
curen por todos los mediOs eI reS.
cate del secuestrado, y faculta.
DIES para que utilicen auxiliares
americanos que 40 prestan volun'
tariamente q cooperar en- Ia
obra dc rescate. III general Tor
res hard In persecution por el suI
el coronsl Kosterlitzky por e
norte.
El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1903-05-21
Ell DEscUBRlMlENrO DE EDISON
Para el Beneiicio de los placeres Auri-
ieros de Dolores.

Nuevamente Sc anuncia que el
afamado inventor Thomas A.
Edison ha resuelto por tin ell pro-
blema de tratar y beneticiar los
placeres auriferos del Real de DO.
lores, que ahora son propiedad
de la Companfa Minera de Nuevo
Mexico. Dichos terrenos estdn
situados dentro de la merced de
In Nina de Ortiz Y prnebas
practicas hechas en- 10 pasado
han demostrado que contienen
una cantidad inmensa de orc en-
nolvo que podria ser utilizado ii
hubiese aqua, pero 4 falta de ESQ
necesita de algnn metodo elective
que diera buenos resultados. Ha-
ceunos pocos aDos que Edison
creia haber dpscubierto el m6to-
do propio de extraer el precioso
metal del polvo EN- que yacey con
ese fin Sc estableci0 en- Dolores la
maquinaria Y aparatos el6ctri-
cos que ell inventor considero que
eonveuian al ease, pero despues
de un aho de ensayos Y expert
meDtos cOnducidos con mucho si-
gilo, el encargado de las opera
clones tuvo que coniesarse yenci-
do y declarar que el metodo era
enteramente ineticaz inutil para
el fin deseado. Pero el incansable
y energico inventor no Sc desani-
mo por ell primer iracaso y conti-
nu0 trabaiando con incansable
perseverance, en- cl problema que
Ne proponia resolver Y ahora
anuncia que ha encontrado el me-
tado propio de beuefciar los pla-
ceres en- question y que esta sa-
tisfecho por experimentos prac-
ticos de su eficacia. Por supues-
to, Sc guarda mueha reserva 80
be la manera EN- que hnran las
operaciones para extraer el oro,
porque 4 hacerse p6blica otros
podrian aprovecharse del traba-
| jo del inventor. Sin embargo, Sc
sabe de una manera general que
la raiz yee-ag6a del -problema 50
cifra Ell que la function y efecto dc
la electricidad empleada en- el
tratamiento de las tierras aurf'
feras surta el efecto de derritir y
acumular ell metal Y separarlo de
la terra. ii este Sc logra no ca
be duda que Sc podra sacar elva-
l0r de muchos millones dc pesos
de los placeres de la merced de
Ortiz.
El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1903-05-21
HL TITuLO DE cONDADO IMPERIAL

FL condado de San Miguel ha
lIevado siempre ell titulo de con-
dado imperial de Nuevo Mexico
Y hasta los 1ltimos pocos amos
ning1n otro condado lie habia
disputado su supremacia. Pero
de POGO tempo q esta purte y Il
cansa del muchO territorio que
sc habia quitado nj condado de
San Miguel para Ia formaci0n de
otros condados, parecia qne 81
condado de Bernalillo iba iorlan-
do con mucha rapidez q ocupar
el puesto de eminencia y superio-
ridad que por tantos amos habia
correspondido nj condado deSan
Miguel. Pero desde In partici6n
del condado de l}ernalillo y la
creaci0n del nuevo condado de
Sandoval, la preeminencia del
condado de San Miguel es indis-
putable y vuelve de nuevo q con-
firmarse su tftuI0 de condado i'm.
perial de Nuevo Mexico. sin pros.
pecto do competencia pormuchos
ahos venideros. Ahorn solamen-
te fnlta que las dos PLAINS de Las
Vegas se unan y iormen un solo
municipio y sc constituya una
Las Vegas mayor y ongrandeci-
da que sea Ia ciudad mas popu'
losa yla metr6policomerci { in-
dustrial de este territorio. En-
ese caso no habr6 miedo dc que
Albuquerque se ponga on paran-
g0n con Las Vegas y reclame
ventuja en- population Q riquezu
porque In superioridad de Las
Vegas en- esos respectOs estar6
tan bien demostrada que nadie
la podrd disputar con 6xitoy en
tai cirrunstancia podremos iac.
turnos del tener el condado i'm
pelinl y la metr6poli do Nuovc
Mexico.
El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1903-05-21

dad de pasar Ia examination sino
en- casos excepcionales, Y Ia ma
yor parte de ellos tienen que
abandonar ell oficio 8 contentar
Sc con tomar escuelas donde Sc
paga intimo salario. Esto pre-
senta un singular contraste con
la facilidad con que gran proper
ci6n de los otros pasan Ia exa-
minacion, a1n aquellos que son
del todo incompetentes y no han
tenido estudios. La injusticia
de tales metodos salta q Ia vista
y muestra que Sc legislilen bene.
ficio de unos Y EN- perlnicio de
otros.
EL cASTiGO De ALPHEIS HAMPE.
Ha sido eutregado 4 las auto
ridades de la penitenciarfa ell pre-.
SO Alpheus Hampe, sentenciado
EN- la corte del primer distrito iu-
dicial, en- TERRA AmalSlla, & pri-
sion perpetual. Aunuue la que
rella en- contra del acusado era
en- primer grado ell preso ofrecci6
acusarse culpable en- segundo
grado y la corte aceptd su alega
cion y 10 sentenci0 como antes
dicho. Hampe fue uno de los dos
individuos que el dia Is de lGnero
del presente aho asesinaron en- la
cacel del condado de Santa Fe q
Epitacio Gallegos, ell carcelero,
y probablemente fue el origina-
dor del complot y el que 10 llev6
q cabo principalmente. Pero CO.
mo Hampe es hombre de alguna
educacion y muy experimentado
en- las materias del crimen y la
picardia. y su complice era un
hombre inculto y sin precaucio-
nes de ning1n genero, el primero
tuvo la oportuidad desde el pri-
mer dia de la fuga de hacer que
la atenci6n pdblica Sc filase en- su
compahero como hl principal
promoter. Su tactica fu6 muy
habil en- arrojar q un lado las ar
mas que traia y deiar q su cou.
pahero que reclamara todo eI
crsdito de la hazaiia y Sc lactara
de los crfmenes Que habia come
lido. Despues que Hampe fut
capturado echo toda la culpa q
Teller, y este por su ignorancia
de las consecuencias acus0 culpa'
bilidad EN- primer grado y tuvo
que expiar sus delitose EN- la horca
Su companero, mas aiortunado
8 mejor aconsejado no seentreg0
& la merced del tribunal sino que
neg6 ser culpable y trat6 de de-
fenderse, y aunque ningnn iura
do podia haber encontrado cir
cunstancias atenuantes para mi
tigar su castigo, la falta de ties.
timonio directo dio lugar q que
10 seutenciaran 4 prision perpG'
tua. Este es un castigo muy du
ro, pero todos los prisioneros 10
preferen al cadalso sometiendo'
Sc q todas las penalidades y ira.
bajos que puedan sobrevenir con
tai de conscrvar su existencia
No hay duda que 81 Hampe dura
diez o ounce amos en- PRISON pa
CARA bien caros los delitos que
ha cometido y los cuales no fu(
tan imprudente como su c6mpli'
ce on ell asesinato de Gallegos
para revelarlos. Sc dice Que
Hampe es originario de Suiza y
que tiene dos hermanos bastan
te acomodados en- Tennessee gu,
est6n bien dispuestos q ayudarle
y tiene tambien su padre y va
rias hermanas. Por 10 que Sc ha
podido traslucir Hampe ha side
desde muy i6ven un vogo y III
perdido que al fin vino 4 parai
en- asesino.
El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1903-05-21

Recuerdense que EN- la ioyeria
de Lujan y Lucero encoutrardn
todo 10 que deseen on 10 que toca
q hermosas prendas de ORC ypla-
ta, diamantes. etc, Tambien son
los nnicos agentes en- esta ciudad
para Ia venta de Maquinas de
Singer, aguias, aceite y demds
utencilios. u.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-11
Two Urgent Requirements

The Commissioners immediate require
ments in the way of legislation for the Dis
trlct. as noted in the news columns today,
based upon the most pressing needs.
One is the result of the unfortunate issue
raised over the use of penalty envelopes by
the municipal authorities The Commission
ers have accepted as final the decision of
the assistant attorney general for the Post
Office Department that the District govern
ment Is not part Of the federal admins
tration and therefore not entitled to the
franking privilege, preferring not to press
the case upon the attention of the controller
of the treasury, who has held in a formal
decision that the District government is a
part of the federal organization. A statu-
tory enactment granting the Thanking privi-
lege in specific terms will of course remove
all doubts. and should be passed by the
houses without unnecessary delay.
OF greater Importance. however. is the
requisition for an appropriation of $500, 900
for the street work in connection with the
union station changes. This provision
should, In fact. have been made part of the
current appropriation act. The need was
imminent, and 1t Is unfortunate that any
time has been lost in forwarding the Dis
trict's part of the great Improvement. 1t
is to be hoped that the item will be pushed
through rapidly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-11

Human curiosity passes all understand
ing Yesterday In New York an English
duke was married to an American heiress.
The wedding had been well advertised for
weeks. The scenes at the rehearsal had
bride and groom had been blazoned forth
were as familiar to the man in the street"
as those of the President and his wife.
Every preparation possible was made to
cope with vast crowd of people In the
vicinity of the house and the church. The
scene enacted was fully up to expectations
The wedding was an enormous success, If
measured by the excited interest taken in
1t by the multitude The streets round
about the two places Of chief concern were
blocked to traffic. Business was seriously
interrupted. The community was put at a
great Inconvenience. Men and women lit
orally fought for places In the mob. Some
were injured in the press. The police were
forced to be brutal-requiring but little
provoca tion-in order to prevent a rush
which would have swept the throng into
the very house and church. The crowd
was kept at bay only through threats Of
acute personal violence.
Had the bridegroom In the case been a
plain American citizen doubtless not all the
millions of the brides family would have
drawn so tremendous a crowd Some scores
of people might have paus' to watch the
wedding party on its way In and out OF
house and church. But In this case the
ducal title Of the groom was the magnet
which drew the thousands. Perhaps a
couple of hundred people saw him, an ordi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-11
Mr., BRYAN.

Mr.. Bryan Is off at last for Europe.
Everybody will wish him a pleasant jour-
ney and a safe return. He will be abroad
only about two months. We shall see him
at home again then early in the new year.
girding up his loins for the new fray and
eager for battle. How much of his old
power remains? 1t Is an interesting ques-
ton, and many people have been busy With
1t. The answers differ very greatly. They
range all the way from an expression OF
opinion that Mr. Bryan Is still strong
enough to dictate his party's nomination
next year, to the opposite opinion that he
is a dead cock In the pit. The truth as
usual maybe lies between the two ex-
tremes. Mr.. Bryan still lives, and this
means that the democracy has still to
reckon with a grit. an energy, a self-conf-
dence and an ambition in combination as
persistent as ever controlled one man. He
will be at the next democratic national
convention, and very interesting figure
there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-11
Compulsory Education.

In another part OF The Star today appears
a letter regarding the effort OF some or Inc
citizens of Washington TO secure the enact
ment of a compulsory school law for the
District The writer calls attention to the
fact that such a law already exists, and
furthermore. that 1t has never been en-
forced. The reason for the official laxity
on the subject. as ne says. is very plain. 1t
has been wholly unnecessary. as 1t would
be morally unjust. to enforce this statute.
because the District has never. since the
enactment had enough schools to accom-
modate the children who have presented
themselves for admission. To put the
screws the parents of non-attending
children would merely augment the difficult
ties with which the school authorities have
struggled for years to find places for the
pupils. Even today. with all the additions
which have been made recently to the edu-
cational equipment of the District. there is
not enough room. Halliday schools still
exist in all quarters OF the city. and extend
entirely too far up the grade line. The
rooms are crowded and many of them are
fitted with extra seats. seriously adding to
the already heavy burdens of the teachers.
A compulsory school law is good thing
for a community whose schools stand ready
to accommodate the full number of chill
dren. But II is far better to devote official
and civic energies now to the securing of
more buildings and teachers than to en-
deavor either to enforce this neglected old
statute or to give 1t additional possible Vi
tally by formal restatement. The Com
missoners in their estimates have laid
down a definite policy of school enlarge
mont. which. If adopted by Congress. will
put the District at last on the basis of
sufficient facilities But If 1t is cut down
and only a part of the additional buildings
and teachers are appropriated for. then the
old conditions will continue perhaps slight
~ moderated. 1t has been this pairing down
process. continued for years, which has re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-11

nary looking man, clad conventionally and
Without the least sign Of nobility either In
lineament. figure or garb. No gold coro-
net rested ON his BROW He carried no
truncheon. He gave no visible token OF
difference from thousands. of young Ameri-
cans who stand at the altar and take the
vows Of matrimony.
OF course all this crushing curiosity sig
niles no breaking down Of the cherished
American institutions. There Is no danger
that a popular demand for the establish
ment of a nobility here In the republic Will
arise in consequence Of the hystericaI IN
terest of a crowd OF men and women in the
latest transaction In American millions Tor
an English title. But the spectacle Is sad
dening. nevertheless 1t gives rise to re-
grets at the passing Of old-fashioned polite
ness. which is supposed to have ordered
that every man shall attend strictly to his
own business. and of equally old-fashioned
good sense, which held every man who
possessed 1t to a high regard for the value
Of time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-11
Colombia's New Role.

Colombia having failed in the role of ex-
tortioner and INSTRUCTOR, assumes the role
now of pacificator and negOtiator. If Pan
anna will but listen, the past will be for
given. and the future arranged according
to her wishes. MISUNDERSTANDING will arise
Why have been so hasty? The isthmian
canal is all very well. but greater than that
is the necessity that all should hold and
pull together for the general welfare. Come
back Enter into the old bonds again. and
IL the canal Is so important. why Panama
shall have her canal. About next August
say, a bill shall be passed agreeable to Pan
anna. agreeable to the United States. and
the people of Colombia will live together
happily forever afterward. General Reyes
Is designated as bearer Of the olive branch.
and for him a cordial reception Is bespoken-
The appeal is made in the name of 1.-The
national honor" But can that now be
saved? All the world knows how the gov
eminent at Bogota has conducted itself to-
ward this government. We did what we
could. and what its special representative
accepted, toward a convention arranging
for a canal through Colombian territory,
and were rewarded by hold-up at Bogota
and a demand for more money. Panama
made known her most ardent wish that the
terms be accepted. but she was snubbed
absolutely. Some despotic inf1uence-com-
posed in part probably OF native cupidity,
and in part of American railway sugges-
tions-dominated the situation and played
smash with both the national honor and the
national opportunity. Naturally enough
therefore Panama is deaf to the appeal. and
does not desire to communicate with Cen
eral Reyes.
There is an appeal to "the national honor"
in this country. The railway influences are
very greatly Inundated by our prompt rec
ognition of the new government on the 18TH
mus. and certain politicians looking for
capital for next years campaign are sure
that the United States has been deeply dis
credited by the acts of the administration.
1t pains them that Johnny should have been
on the spot. And yet Johnny had legiti-
mate business there. and had he not been
there these very men would have led the
chorus of denunciation of the sleepiness of
an administration calling Itself alert and
strenuous.
Some people are hard to please. Mr.. Nc
Kinley was criticised as being too SLOW
There were impetuous patriots who COM
planned in the Cuban affair that he had to
be dragged in by 1.-The scruff of the neck"
Mr.. Roosevelt, we told. is too swift. He
doesn't walt to be dragged in, standing not
upon the order of going. but going at once
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-11
Mr.. Germans Tariff Record,

The effort to disentangle Mr.. German
| from his tariff record will at least afford
| entertainment. Strangely enough. a long
letter In that behalf has been addressed to
Henry Watterson. and has been received by
him In that hOspitable manner for which he
| Is justly famous. But this was unneces-
sary. Mr.. Watterson. some time ago. with
full knowledge of Mr.. Germans tariff rec
ord as far back as 1888. declared for the
Maryland senator for President. With all
of Mr.. Germans tariff faults, he loves him
still He Is not thinking SO much about the
tariff these times as he Is about winning
next years election: and after surveying
the field he picks Mr.. German for a winner.
His attitude toward the tariff is not pre-
cisely that Of Mr. Vanderbilt toward the
public. but 1t approaches that for present
practical purposes. 1t more closely resem-
bles that of the Hon. Timothy Campbell to-
ward the Constitution. In supporting Mr..
German. Mr.. Watterson in effect asks,
What Ia the tariff between friends?"
And yet 1t was not always thus. There
was time when Mr.. Watterson could not
''abear" anything smacking of protection
in a democrat. Has he forgotten-can any
body forget-the trouncing he gave this
same Mr.. German at the democratic ma
had gone to St. Louis as delegate, and.
good. easy man. was full Of Mr.. Clevelands
tariff message of the previous December.
That the tariff plank Of the national plat
form should. In summary. repeat that mes
sage seemed as plain as day. But Mr.. Cor
man. as Mr.. Cleveland's special representa-
tive, appeared on the scene with a surren-
der of the whole tariff case, and insisted
that that should be incorporated into the
platform as the tariff deliverance. Where
upon Mr.. Watterson cleared his decks for
action. and blew the ClevelandGorman pro-
lection plank clear out Of the water. He
defeated Mr.. German for the craftsmanship
of the platform committee, wrote his own
tariff plank. and sent Mr.. Cleveland's spe-
cial representative back home empty
handed.
1t is matter Of history what happened
to the silver democrats after the campaign
of 1892. They had been chiefly concerned
about winning at the polls. but had asked
about silver and been assured that Mr..
Cleveland would do 1.-The right thing by
silver" His record on the money question
was we'll known. and when returned to the
White House largely by the suffrages Of
silver men. he made the promise of his rec
ord good. and knocked the last prop from
under the white metal. Are the tariff for
revenue only men. under Mr.. Watterson's
lead to accept Mr.. German. upon a similar
assurance about the issue which they put
forward? If SO. they are certain, in case Of
democratic success, to be as much disap-
pointed in him as the silver men were in
Mr.. Cleveland. The one man Is no more
definitely for sound money than the other
is for protection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-11
Neglected Genius.

can't help wonderin' what they'll do
Without my Uncle Jim. 80,
There amt no one in Congress knows
One-half as much as him.
hate to see 'em gropin' in tra
Our national affairs,
When he could, easily as not.
Relieve EN- Of their cares.
He knows exactly what they need
To put the country right:
An yet the way he's overlooked
Is almost impolite.
I'll bet these trusts would all reform
An not sin any more
If they could hear the speeches which
He makes down to the store.
This country's like a traveller,
That's thirstin' day by day,
With mighty spring of knowledge
Distant Jest little way.
1t keeps on ploddin' weakly,
Its eyes a-growin' dim.
A-tryin' hard to get along
Without my Uncle Jim.