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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-04-17
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The warship Relna Christina flag
ship of Admiral Montojo, which
was sunk by Admiral Dewey in the
harbor of Manila on the memorable
first of May, has been hoated. In
the hold were nearly hundred
skeletons of the crew that went
down with the ship. The hull is
pierced by number of shells but is
said to be in fairly good condition.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-04-17
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The Sells g. Downs Show Is Great

The management of the Great Sells
& Downs Show are always confident
of pleasing the public of every section.
1t matters not in what state the show
is travelling, its patrons are sure to
leave the tents well satisfied. The
people like to be dealt with ia an hon.
orable manner, and the fact that they
have found that there is one show that
gives all it advertises has much to dc
with the unusual verdict OF approval
which is heard on every hand about
Sells & Downs Show.
The Daily Times of Dubuque, Iowa,
among other gvod things in column
of favorable criticism, published the
following paragraph:
1.-THE public always delights in mer
itorious circus. This explains why
the Dubuque public was eminently
pleased with the Sells & Downs Show
1t was entertaining, amusing, thrill
ing and delightful. There were mum.
berless acts that came with what
seemed endless continuity. They
thrilled and bewildered the observer
they occasioned joy, they provoked
breathless suspense till their com
pletion. To enumerate the best act.
would be a task equal to finding merit
In Spanish atrocities. Every act wa'
good, and there we're few that es
pecially centered attention. Tht
aerial work was fine and the ring worl
Of the highest order. The Ebbitt
family, the Martell family, the Ear
sisters, William Davenport and Will
lam Marks, and the many other stars
among the very best 10 the business
won the plaudits Of the multitudes.
The Great Sells s. Downs Shows viii
positively exhibit one day only in
Chanute, Monday, April 81.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-04-17
The Kansas City, Kansas
Muddle.

Mr.. Craddock, ex-mayor of Kan
sas City, Kan. the same Craddock
who ran for governor against Mr..
Bailey, .does not like to give up
his position as mayor and has gone
into court in an effort to beat the
newly elected mayor out of his posi-
ton, This is the great reformer
that stumped the state and urged
purity and reform in politics.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-04-17
COURT HOUSE ELECTION.

Neosho county held an election last
Tuesday to vote on the proposition to
build a $4,000 court house at Erie.
The election passed of quietly with a
very light vote except at Erie. The
Erie boys very naturally were quite
anxious for the new court house and
they stirred the interest up pretty
lively among the.friends of the meas
ure. Chanute men took no particu-
lar interest in the matter one way or
the other. They seemed perfectly
willing for Erie to have her court
house if she could carry the county
outside of the city and as result but
a few hundred votes were cast in Cha
mute.
We give below the majorities In the
different precincts. We were unable
to get the full vote in time but think
these majorities given are about right;
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-04-17

Geo. w. Wheatley was elected a
member of the railroad commission
by the executive council one day
last week. We are thoroughly glad
to see Mr.. Wheatly get this place.
1t is but just recognition of his
ability and services rendered the
party.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-04-17

A. lot of fool women have been
sending flowers to Bud Taylor, the
murderer of Ruth Nollard. Taylor
is to be hanged to-day. His was a
cold blooded crime without excuse
or palliation. and why women wish
to show him any courtesies is be-
yond understanding.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-04-17

We are very much surprised at the
vote in Erie on the court house prop
osition. Erie surely took about as
little interest in the matter as did
Channte or else she must have lost in
population very heavily. We remem'
ber there was county seat election
in this county in 1870. Erie's record
ed vote at that election was nearly
1900. At the election Tuesday she
cast less than 500 votes. Can 1t be
that our capital is going down hill
like that?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-04-17
MANAGER WANTED.

Trustworthy lady or gentleman to
manage business 10 this County and
adjoining territory for well and favor,
ably known House of solid financial
standing. $4,000 straight cash salary
and expenses. paid each Monday by
check direct from headquarters. Ex-
pense money advanced; position per-
manent. Address Thomas Cooper
Manager, 1890 Caxton Bldg. Chicago.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-04-17
KNOCKS BUT ONCE

does opportunity. The Southwest
knocks loudest just now. Get posted,
travel, and don't let the opportunity
slip. business Chances" and other
interesting pamphlets about Kansas,
Indian Territory, Oklahoma and Tex
as, sent free on request. Address
KATY" 4O3 Wainwright, ST..
Louis.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-04-17

Misinterpretino the Elections.

3 Some of the Democratic papers
are beginning, on account ofthe re-
cent municipal elections, to again
dream dreams. What does the vic
tory for Johnson in Cleveland and
Harrison in Chicago mean, they
ask, if 1t does not indicate revival
of Democratic strength in the coun-
try at large? These papers forget
that ingalls,, the Democratic candi-
date, was beaten by big majority
IN Cincinnati, and that Jones, the
nondescript, was elected by a large
vote In Toledo, in opposition to
both Republicans and Democrats.
1t would be as reasonable TO call
Tones' victory a mocratic triumph
as it would to base hopes of Demo
cratic ascendency in 1904 on the
victories for Harrison and Johnson.
Both Harrison and Johnson ran
on local issues, the control OF the
street car system by the munlciPall-
ty. Other issues, also local, were
involved, but this was at the basis
of all of them. Johnson wants g.
cent fare and Harrison seeks mu-
nlcipal ownership for the street cars
and other activities. His platform
demanded legislation which would
permit the city to Gown and operate
street railways and other public
utilities" In many cities, especial
ly IN the West, this is strong pro-
gramme. But it is a local issue
purely. Such an issue can not be
spread out over whole state or
over the country.
The Democratic party is left by
the recent municipal elections in
precisely the same condition of i'm
potency in national affairs that 1t
was in previous to the voting, and
that it found itself in the elections
for Congress last November. So
far as can be discerned by the ver-
dict of the recent city contests, the
Democracy will be as far in the
rear in the state elections a few
months hence as it was in the state
contests which accompanied the
congressional canvass few months
ago. 1t Is ,discredited, discordant
and disconsoIate. No sane leader
of the Democracy looks for any aid
and comfort from the state elections
this wear. No such Democrat ex-
poets victory for his party next year.
The rainbow chasing which a few
Democratic papers have started on
as result of the voting in CleVe-
land and Chicago will land them
lust where the wild goose chase oi
1000 flung them. Democrat.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-04-17
THE MILLINERY STORE OF
CHANUTE.

We want to show you our line OF
hats. Mrs. NJ. Sanger, Of Gage Bros,
Chicago, has charge of the trimming
room. We can gIYe you style not
obtained outside OF the eastern cities,
Eastern opening April l, 1903.
MRS. w. S. WEsTFALL.
Masonic block.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-04-17

Now, since the very identical lit
tie hatchet has been found, no one
can doubt the cherry tree story.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-04-17

THE ONLY GUARANTEED KID
NEY CURE
is Smiths Sure Kidney Cure. Your
druggist will refund your money il
after taking one bottle You are not
satisfied with results. so cents.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-04-17

FOR SALE OR TRADE.-10 head
of high grade and registered Hereford
bulls. Also few work mules for sale,
FRED j. FOETISCH.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-04-17
For SALE.

Short Horn bulls from to Id
months old. Good breeding aud good
individuals. Prices reasonable. Farm
one mile northwest Of Chanute.
E. S.MYERs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-18

didate for Vice President Will be to find
man who will most strengthen the ticket IN
the west and secure the votes OF states that
will be needed with the sure democratic
states to secure majority of the electoral
vote The south will be counted as sure
thing The surest way for the south to get
a southern man on the ticket will be to
shake the confidence OF northern democrats
in solid south. And here will lie the diff
Guilty. II the southern delegates can con-
vince the convention that the failure to
nominate southern man will result In the
breaking up Of the solid south the way may
be easy to get the south represented. But
as long as the national democratic conven-
ton can carry the electoral vote of the
south in its vest pocket the party in the
south will be at disadvantage.
This sounds we'll, but will 1t be put into
execution? Is the south getting ready to
assert herself in this matter? She is the
mainstay of the party. Her votes In the
electoral college and in Congress give to
the democracy whatever influence it exerts
at any time on national affairs Why
shouldn't the democrats Of the east and
west object to a southern man for second
place on the ticket. He need not neces-
sarily be an ex-confederate. Among the
southerners now in national Office and Of
national reputation are men who were but
children when the great war was fought.
Tennessee herself has one such man in the
Senate. How would the ticket Of Parker
and Carmack answer? Or Olney and
Gaines?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-18
Mr.. BRYAN in Baltimore,

In Baltimore last night Mr.. Bryan was
the guest Of honor at dinner given by the
Maryland. Democratic Association This
organization. it Is to be remembered, is not
composed of men who supported Mr.. Bryan
for the presidency in his two races simply
for regularity sake. Their attitude was not
that of Mr.. German and his friends. They
believed in the principles for which Mr..
Bryan stood, and they voted both for Mr..
Bryan and for his platform. Presumably
they are still with him in principle as In
admiration, and will cooperate with him
next year in whatever he may attempt to-
ward holding the party to Its record. The
organization has not a very large member
ship, but in Maryland, where the parties
are pretty evenly divided. every vote must
be taken into account. Mr.. Bryan while on
his present journey east is not overlooking
any Of his friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-18
Mr.. Croker's Change of Plan.

1t is now announced that Richard Croker
will not visit New York this spring. and
probably not this year. He has changed
the plan which was to bring him across the
water in March The public insisted on
misinterpreting his intentions, and nothing
was left him, he complains but to forego
the pleasure he had in view. He will re-
main in England and look after his coun-
try place and his racing stable, leaving
leader Murphy with something of free
hand In the management of Tammany Hall
in the coming mayOFalcy race. '1-A
VIII the absence OF Mr.. Croker help or
hurt the cause of good government in New
York in next falls campaign? The Low
administration has not been popular, and a
feeling has existed that unless a radical
change of some kind took place the people
would not indorse it at the polls. And yet
1t is agreed that in many things the city
has benefited by the defeat Of Tammany
under Van Wyck. Serious abuses have
been abated. officials as rule have given
a good account of themselves. and certainly
Mayor Low has been diligent in the dis
charge Of his duties. Criticism has been
leveled principally at the police department.
which, IT, Is charged, Is almost as bad as 1t
was under Tammany. The man who sue
ceeded Devery failed. and the man who has
succeeded him has short time in which to
improve the service for effect on the No
vember election. 5..s.
Some Of the friends Of Mr.. Low have been
counting on the return of Mr.. Croker, and
arguing that it would be factor In the
race in his favor. The ex-boss is very cor
daily disiiked In reputable circles In New
York. and his temperance on the scene
would. it has been thought, induce many
men to forego their intention to vote to call
Tammany back again Win this absence
keen them I'm To their present nurnosa3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-18
A Long Step Forward.

From the New York Mail and Express.
Those who regard lightly the Elkins law
and the publicity amendment to the De-
partment of Commerce bill are either not
disposed to give proper credit for sub
stantial step forward in the government 8
purpose to lessen the evils Of trust organi-
cations or else they do not properly value
the great power with which the President
has been invested. Corporations that are
in fear of publicity realize what 1t means
to have it placed within the power Of the
government to examine their affairs and to
insist upon the instant correction Of what
ever wrong they may be doing the public
Others may insist that such legislation
means nothing and cannot be made effec-
tive; but those whom it hurts understand
better its purpose and it's possibilities, and
they are likely to govern themselves ac-
cordingly even before the government steps
in as the lawful arbitrator between them
and the people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-18
An Unwelcome Visitor.

'Lemme in" says de blizzard, an he
shakes de cabin do. -
'Lemme in! case rs done tired O. dishere
standin IN de snow"
An he rattles at de window, an he wi1is7
ties fro de chink,
An he gifts you dat excited you kin skase-
ly sleep a wink ~
II Is standin in snowdrif dat's
away up to my chin
Lemme in, good folks; femme mr.
Now tells you dat air blizzard is like peo-
pie dat know. -.4-Ye.
Dey is mighty quick to visit, but dey's
mighty slow to go; 80
An when dey gifts inside de house, dar ain
no room fob you,
So 1 tells you, Mistuh Blizzard, whut 1t is
you gotter do.
You stay out dar a-standin' in de
snowdr1f' to yoh chin,
Case I warns you, Mistuh Biz
card, dat you amt a-comin'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-18
The South and 1904.

1nasmuch as no eastern or western demo-
crat will announce himself a candidate for
his party's next presidential nomination, Is
II not good time for some ambitious
southern man TO put his head out? The
south has many strong men. and some CT
the strongest are not at present In office.
We have, 1t Is true, to reckon with the
fact that the south has not since the close
OK the civil war asked for such recognition,
and Kentucky orator declared at dinner
in this town the other night that southern
men are still barred from the Presidents
chair. But his statement Is promptly chal-
lenged by the Louisville Courier-JournaI
whose distinguished editor Is himself easily
OF the presidential size and has on several
occasions been mentioned in connection
with the partys national leadership Says
that ne wspaper:
Gen. Duke goes too far back for his in
spiration when he insists that all southern
statesmen are absolutely disqualified by an
unWritten law that is absolutely irreyocab BILE
as well as unjust-that no southern man
may De elected 10 the presidency. 1t is the
twentieth century, and the statute OF limi-
tatlon mas already run against that law
But were 1t otherwise the law would not be
rreFocable. Nine times out of ten when
sucn an assertion Is made IL Is made by
southerners themselves. 1t Is time for them
Inc rest of the country is not likely to
place an estimate on southern citizens very
much higher than they insist on placing on
themselves
In the neighhoring state of Tennessee the
democrats are plucking up spirit. The legis-
iature Is in session. and the senate the
other day adopted a resolution instructing
the Tennessee delegation to the next demo-
cratic national convention to urge the
nomination and placing of southern man
on the presidential ticket"
The Nashville Banner. inspired by this.
says:
There can be little doubt that the next
democratic national convention will place a
tsouthern man on the ticket for Vice Presi-
sdsnt IL the southern delegates make a de-
1nand sufficiently strenuous. 1t is the as
sured political solidity of the south that
mas made the party national conventions
INDIFFERENT to the southern claim for repre-
lsentation on the national ticket
The strongest argument made in behalf
OF the nomination of Judge Parker IS that
as New Yorker he will be able to carry
the electoral vote OF the state of New York
should he be nominated In 1904 a probably
controlling consideration in naming a can
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-18
Lax Steamboat. INSPECTION


We print today series Of facts in regard
to the delinQuencies of the steamboat In
spection service. They speak for them
selves. 1t will be seen that there is hardly
a ferryboat or excursion boat in this harbor
on which the navigation laws are not sys-
tematically violated. We know Of no rea-
son to believe that the conditions are differ
ent at any other port. No one can read
this story Of official neglect and corruption
without amazement that so important a
branch of the government service should
have come to such a pass. Few depart
ments have 30 great personal RESPONSE
bility for the lives Of thousands Of people
Every failure on the part of its officials to
who every day cross our rivers or put out
to sea. 1t Is scarcely an exaggeration to
say that there is practically no Inspection
service at present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-18
Confederate Veterans and Pensions.

Those confederate veterans in the south
who at their meetings are passing, resolu-
tions favorable to the ex-slave pension
scheme show singular lack of judgment
in dealing with an important question.
1t is natural for these men to feel SYM
pathy for the ex-slaves. Their indebted
ness to them Is very great. They have re-
ceived services of real value, and 1t Is not
in their power to render an adequate re-
turn. The sight therefore of SO many of
these people old and poor moves them to
Renaissance and regret. They probably
would If they could relieve the situation
themselves.
There is likewise a temptation to play
politics. These veterans all democrats,
and an impression is abroad that Graeco-
Roman tussle is in progress between the
President and Mr.. Hanna for control of the
republican organization. Mr.. Hanna laughs
at the story, but it continues to circulate,
and particularly In the south. Naturally
democratic sympathy is with Mr.. Hanna,
on the principle that it is always best to
cheer on a movement which has for It's OBJ
ject making trouble in the camp of the
opposition. Mr.: Hanna has introduced this
pension bill. and although he, explains that
he did SO ''by request and that he is not
committed to it, many democrats.insist on
attaching political significance to it and
hope to see it enter into the republican
complications.
But the Endorsement of this measure by
these confederate posts is not qualified.
They are not asking that it become a law
because the republicans are in power, but
are committing themselves to 1t as some
thing meritorious in itself. To the extent
of their influence with their own party,
they are also committing the democracy to
1t. That Is foolish performance. Just
now the eastern democrats are appealing
to their southern brethren to abandon their
shortsighted views, on the money question
and the tariff question and get into line
with sound and approved politics. Unless
they do so a return Of the party, to power,
they are told, Is out of all reasonable cal
culation. And the reply Is this adoption Of
a scheme whereby the government were 1t
possible for the scheme to succeed would
be saddled with a debt which would make
it's other debts look small by comparison.
The ex-slaves are not going to be pen
stoned by the government, and men, north
or south. who attempt to play politics with
the proposition Will injure themselves, and,
to the extent of their ability, the party to
which they belong.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-18

VIII they now accept as true this statement
that he has withdrawn from politics, and
give their support to the new leader OF
Tammany?
On the other hand, there are men in
Tammany Hall SO devoted to Mr.. Croker
that their best work as election hustlers Is
always done under his personal direction.
They are not very well pleased with the
assertion that their old chief Is out of it for
good. They have been expecting him back,
and how his absence from this years fight
will affect them remains to be seen.
All Of this has bearing on the situation
as respects next year. If Tammany recap
lures the city next November, the victory
will brighten the prospects of democratic
success in the state in the presidential cleo
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-18

a person who wants to get rich quick
and will go into any kind of scheme to ac-
oomplish it generally comes to grief
This Is what Mr.. William ]. Bryan is re-
ported to have said in his address to the
democratic women Of Brooklyn the other
day. He probably had In mind some of the
swindling schemes that have been exposed
lately. but his remarks would seem to apply
equally well to the sixteen-to-one doctrine
that is still one of his pets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-18
A Sense Of Justice.

81 don't see why you should resent being
called a Self-made man"
Because I believe in fair play answered
Mr.. Meekton. II won't see the credit taken
away from Henrietta in that manner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-18
Chance for Bowen.

From the Baltimore Herald. -. -
Now II Mr.. Bowen will bring about the
signing OF peace protocols In Delaware he
will receive double measure of the thanks
OF a long-suffering public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-18
The Question.

Twill he consent to be candidate after
all those defeats?" asked one politician.
THAT is not the question: returned the
other. "Will he consent not to be-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-18
The Sleeping Beauty.

The violet dreams beneath the snow;
The winters turmoil cannot break
Her gentle slumber; yet we know
At springs soft kiss she will awake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-18
Tarheel Lawyers.

From the Chicago Tribune,
The supreme court OF North Carolina has
decided thar applicants for license to prac-
tice law must be liable to write legibly and
spell reasonably WE'LL They are pretty
strict down there in the old north state.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-18
Political Aniamls.

From the Tacoma Ledger.
There will never be cartoon bill so
drastic as to bar the democratic donkey
the republican elephant or the Tammany
TIGER g
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-18

An Uncle Toms Cabin troup has
stranded; but there are still enough of
them doing business to insure against the
extinction of that venerable play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-18

New Jersey as the center of SO much
trust activity and summer resort business
ought to have a large share of the coun-
trys wealth by this time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-18
Dispensary Whisky.

From the Charleston News and Courier
There were 223 homicides in South Caro-
lima last year. and we suppose that it is
perfectly safe to say that 200 of them were
committed under the influence OF drink,
more or less directly