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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-03-06
Death again invaded the home of Mark

Death again invaded the home of Mark
Shockey and wife, last Friday morning.
Their little daughter, Inez Lvella. was
taken from the family circle. Only few
months did this little wait gladden. their
home She was born July l. 1902, and
died February 81. 1903. The funeral
services were held in the NJ. f. churh
of Lone Elm, by Rev. Carn;ne. of the
Presbyterian church. Saturday after
noon, after which the caskct was inferred
bv the side of four other little ones whose
spirits had departed.
SURPRISE PARTY. Monday evening,
the old veterans and their wives assem-.
bled and went to tho residence of their
comrade G, w Ginby. to give them a
/ welcome in their new home Mr.. Ginbey
and family moved into their property in
Lone Elm (Which they had purchased)
the last of the week. After an hour of
sociabilitv and merriment, well-fillcd
baskets were brought forth, and COM
mittee appointed to make coffee, another,
to spread the table with such dainties as
tempt the appetite. With sociability
and feasting the evening soon passed,
and, at late hour the guests departed
for their homes, after extending best
wishes to this worthy family, who APP
pre- ciated the good will OF those present.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-03-06
Lone Elm Items

x. Reeve was over to Kincaid, Tues
day.
DR. Martin was called to La Harpe.
Sunday.
X. |. Hubert went to lola, Monday,
on business.
]. F. Kelsey is adding more room to
his Dwelling
mo. Bidwell and wife went to Blue
Mound, Monday
DIN Reeve shipped a car of stock to
Kansas City, Tuesday.
Miss Bessie Schuessler vitited in Kin.
caid day or two this week.
Messerc. Amos Anderson and Richard
Rogers went to lola this week.
Our lumberman seems to he selling
considerable lumber these days.
MIS- Cornelia Mincklev visited Lone
Elm friends and relatives, Saturday.
>Messers. Kempton and Ferguson are
still at work on Mr.. Kempton's store
building.
d. V. Stoll and family had relatives
from Johnson County visiting them the
first OF the week.
The jurors, E. Scranton, ]. Q. Bidwell
and Jas. Spangler, who were chosen
from this township to serve on the jury
in Garrett, went, Tuesday morning, but,
as their services were not required, re-
turn home last evening.
THE SICK: Several of VIM. Twins
family are sick. Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin are
both sick and some of the children are
lust recovering; c. H. Nichols is in poor
health. Nathan Anderson's horse fell on
him, Sunday, while he was riding, cripp-
ling his ANGLE SO he goes on crutches.
Tommy Anderson is afflicted with trouble
some teeth. Mrs. NJ E. Nichols is crippled
with an injured foot. CA. Church is on
the sick list, r
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-03-06
An Inverted Fable.

From Life
"Now," said the big buck deer to the eldest
born, 81 will show you sight that you never
saw before, and am so proud of it that feel
like walking around on my hind legs all the
rest of my life"
"Why," said the fawn, 't is a man, as
live"
eyes," said the fawn's proud parent, drag
cling out the carcass from behind tree; land
now, like good little deer, run and get inc
my sharpest knife, while l skin him and pre-
pare his head for dining room ornament.
And shall tell you how your papa did such a
brave deed? Then, isten my son. This
morning, III company with my faithful blood
hounds, l tracked the man through the forest,
drove him into the lake, having first ascer
tanned that he was unarned, and then, as he
was swimming about, almost exhausted, l put
forth in my canoe and shot him at leisure in
nice vital spot, where it wouldn't show"
Moral: "But, papa said the fawn, "the
man had no chance at all against your skill
and science. l don't see anything brave to be
proud Of"
tBut you will, said the big buck deer, "when
you get to be as big as am"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-03-06
LEADERS ENJOINED.

Last Tuesday, Judge Elmer B. Adams, grant
ed an injunction restraining members of the
trainnens and 6remen's committees from or
dering strike on the Wabash road. Wrts
were served upon the committee restraining
them from ordering or in any way assisting
strike which would cause delay in the inter-
state traffic of the road.
Prominent attorneys say the injunction is
unconstitutional, and the attorneys for the fire.
mems and trainmen's organizations have made
a motion in the United States court to dissolve
the Injunction.
This strike was threatened because the Off
Gals of the road refused to grant an advance in
wages.
When will railway employees, as we'll as other
,laboring people, learn that only through gov
eminent ownership can these matters be salts
factorily adjusted? When the government
takes charge of the railroads, there will be no
more strikes-no labor difficulties of any kind
because there will be no cause for them.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-03-06
SACRILEGE.

The friends and admirers Of Mrs. Lucy
Hayes were Mortified when they learned that a
beautiful sideboard that had been presented to
Mrs. Hayes by the Womau's Christian Tenn
perance Union when she presided over the
White House had been sold to brewery. This
same brewery purchased other White House
relics, and will put them all into "White
House" saloon a: the St. Louis worlds fair
The sale of these relics could not have been
made without the knowledge and consent of
President Roosevelt.
An effort was made to investigate the sale OF
these articles, but the Republicans defeated the
movement. 1t is burning shame, and should
forever damn those who are responsible for it.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-03-06
EXPERIENCE IS A DEAR SCHOOL, But

Some people will never get their eyes open
till their brains are knocked out.
This seems to be true of Ithica, N. Y.
Ithicas water-works are owned by private
company, or a corporation. 1t bacarie neces-
sarv to make some repairs and extei sions in
the SYSTEM but nothing was done to protect
the water from contamination AS a result,
the city is now having an epidemic Of typhoid
fever, and there have been many deaths. Cor
nell University is situated at Ithica, and the
epidemic has almost stopped operations at the
university The extent of the disease is so
great that the hospital accommodations are in
adquate. There are not enough nurses, and
the doctors are not able to cope with the cpl
demic. Pitiful tales come from the stricken
city.
This condition of affairs has awakened the
people of Ithica to the advantages OF munich
pal ownership of water-works, and, at special
election, the other day, on the proposition that
the city take over the water-works, the prop
osi,cn carried jy a large majority, and the
city will own its water-works.
Tbs people of the whole country are grad
ually learning the advantages to be gained by
public ownership. The recent anthracite coal
strike was great educator. 1t showed the
people the necessity for public ownership of
the coal mines, and also the public ownership
OF the railroads.
True, public ownership hasn't come yet, but
it is coming right along.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-03-06

To THE MEMBERS OF THE County, CENTRAL
COMMITTEES OF THE PEOPLES PARTY OF
KANSAS:
Your state central committee held meeting
at Topeka, Kansas, on Feb. 90, 1903, and rec.
commended:
First, that our state and county central COM
mittees keep up the work of education in behalf
OF our principles, through the press and othsr-
avenues.
Second, that should still lead in Kansas:
in the propaganda of he Peoples party priuc-
Piles, which are rapidly gaining adherens every
where, and especially take no backward ster, Oil
the questions of direct Legislation aud the COL
lective ownership of public utilities.
Third, that each and every local and ccanty
organization should help III this work of etluca-
ton and see tina, full state and county county
conventions are held in the year 1904,
Fourth, that will make no compromise or
combination with any political organization
controlled bv corporations and trusts, but will
continue steadfast in maintaining the integrity
of our organic atom and the cause it repre-
sents. w. l. BARE
Chm. Peoples Party State Central Com.
]. H. CURRAN, Secretary.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-03-06

1t has not been necessary to wait for Social
ism to inaugurate ''con6scation of private prop
erty," for capitalism has already developed the
dreaded thing. During the coal famine accord
ing to the general newspaper reports, coal was,
taken from railroad trains without leave license
at many points, and little, if any, effort was made
by the supposed enforcers of the law to prevent
the unlawful work. At one point, the mayor
of the town, clergyman, and other prominent;
citizens took part in wholesale "conhscation. "
What would they say to 'con6scating" the coal
mines?- Exchange.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-03-06
PROGRAM
Anderson County Teachers
Association
TO BE HELD AT
W'estphalla, Kansas. Saturday
March IA. 1903.

Music............,,.,,...~. Prot Studebaker
n.,.......,..........Rev Caldwell
Current Events Eva Kershner, Dist. %
Reeitation......L Leah Stephenson, Dist. So
Reading Circle Work, H.V. Price Dist II
Hinsdale, Chapters II and IS
Reading Circle Jennie Hollingshead
Watkins American Lift, March
and A drill work
MUSIC
kccitation....... district 81
Paper J. E. Studebaker, Dist. "a.
Lessons of liyes OF Washington and
Lincoln
Discussion...".............W rnifred Day andl
Hattie Selanders
Paper. Sense Training. ....Sadie Roakes:
Greeley school
Ella Steward and
Mabel Dayis
Rccitation......He Cuban Tea. Nellie
Burnett, Welda schools
TOPICS FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION
Are Monthly Reports to County Super
intendents Desirable
Advantages of Rural over CITY Schools.
1880 O'CLOCK p. NJ.
Address....... ..........State Supt. Dayhog-
G. R. LAwELLIN. President
MRS. CHLOE WIsHARD, Secretary.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-03-06

III President Roosevelt is so anxious for the
people of this nation to have large families, he
should work to change the system. Under
present conditions, 1t is difficult for young
man to make fairly good living for himself
and wife, and every extra member OF the fam
lily is simply an additional burden. Let condi.
tons be changed so that the making of living
will not be the cause of worry; so that young
man can see something ahead besides the mere
grind for an existence; SO that the advent of
each little stranger will be raw of sunshine
instead of cause for worry, and the President
will no longer have grounds for complaint.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-03-06
In the MeIting.POt.
Prom George d. Heron.

From George D. Heron.
When ! saw that American Socialism was
actually in the political melting pot, being tried
by fire that it might come forth as national
effort tor that freedom and fullness OF life
which were promised by our fathers, then
also saw that my place was il the melting pot.
could not wait until Socialism should be ex
actly pleasing to me in all its aspects, or until
should be altogether pleasing to Socialists in
some of my views of life my place was will,
my comrades, sharing with them their s,rug-
giles, the defeats and disgraces, that are always
involved in the FIRST creative steps of an organ
lied movement
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-03-06

THE Standard Oil Company gives as reason
TOR the unprecedented advance in the price of
oil that it is justified by the increased demand
tor oil. The company recently shut down
big refining plant in New York employing 900.
men, and five thousand families in Brooklyn aud
Long Island City are in'dread suspense over the.
report that the plants at these points are to be-
shut down. The Company gives as its reason for
shutting down several of its big refining plants
that "they are not needed in their business. -
BY making oil scarcer, they can have better
excuse for raising prices This is the trick the
railroads play OH the coal consumers. God help
the rich; the poor can beg-or steal.-Olathe
Tribune
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-03-06
THEY MUST HAVE BIGGER SALARIES.

Not only will the salaries of the governor
and justices of the supreme court be advanced
from $4,000 to $1,000 year, each, but the
salaries of lot of assistants in the various
state departments will be raised The increase
will be as follows:
Lieutenant governor for serv-
ice on board of railroad
missioners ...............S 700 10 vi 900
Assistan. secretary of state. 1000 TO 1900
Chief clerk ............... 1900 10 1850
Assistant state auditor ..... 1000 TO 1900
Assistant state treasurer. 1900 to 1850
Chief clerk ........... 1900 10 1850
Assistant encouragement. al. 1000 to 1900
Special Asst attorney general 1900 to 1900
Chief clerk ............... 1900 to 1850
Sup't public instruction. 1900 to 1880
Asst Sup't public instruction 1880 TO 1900
Chief clerk .............. 1900 TO 1900
Superintendent of insurance. 1000 to $500
Asst Sup't of insurance ..... 1900 to 1900
Chief clerk. .............. 900 TO 1850
Assistant secretary state board
CT agriculture. .......... 1880 to 1900
Yes; all of the state-house crowd must have
extra pay, and there must be a crowd of loafers
on the payroll, and the states educational in
stitutions must be crippled to furnish the "stuf'
for these hangers-on. And the people pay the
freight How do you like it, Mr.. Taxpayer?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-03-06

THERE is no longer any doubt, according to
the Denver Post, that Senator ]. R. Burton, of
Kansas, was connected with notorious get-rich
concern of St. Louis, He was The attorney
company" Nice man to represent Kansas
in the United States senate!
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-03-06

THE state senate voted to exempt idle money
from taxation. SENATOR CRUM VOTED FOR
THE EXEMPTION. 1t will be an easy matter
for the capitalist to call in the greater part of
his money just before the assessor makes his
annual visit. Mr.. Capitalists money will then
be eide" See?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-03-06
Try HoIcOmb's Headache Pow
ders. They have cured others;
they will cure you.
Old Junk Wanted.

/ want all of your old iron, copper,
rubber rags, ETC., for which l will
pay the highest market prices. Rush
'em in-I want 'em now.
!, FARROW, THE SECONDHAND MAN
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-03-06

Try meal At the Red Light.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-06

Admiral Makaron of the Russian
navy. has invented an instrument
which, 1t is said, viii play a great part
n any future submarine warfare. The
instrument is known as a radioson,
and several successful tests have sl-
ready been made with 1t at Cronstadt
By connecting It with the military teie-
Ohone the approach of torp edoes to
@ronstadt was clearly heard by an Of
acer in the war department at st.
Petersburg.
The main function Of the instrument
consists IN pointing out the exact loca-
tion and registering the speed Of tor
pedoes, and experts claim that moth
Ing can prevent it from doing this
work properly. It will reveal, they
say, the presence Of the enemy just
as we'll during the most stormy night
as during a calm day and It win also.
II desired. destroy the torpedoes either
automatically or at the will of an Of
hcial, who may be several miles away.
The news OF this invention has
caused a sensation in naval circles in
Europe, and it is hoped that further
tests will soon be made with 1t.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-06

One Of the growing uses Of alumni
aum is as a substitute for copper wire
n the transmission OF electric power
syer long distances. Alloyed with one
and one-half per cent Of copper, it is
.hus used in transmitting 1900 horse
power from the Snoqualmie Falls to
he cities Of Tacoma and Seattle. a
distance OF more than forty miles. This
alloy is at the same time so light and
70 strong that spans Of $50 feet are
safely made. thereby effecting a great
saving in the number Of poles needed
on the line. But this applies only to
bare conductors. Where insulated ca
Sles are required. the increased diam
ster Of the aluminium conductor in
Tolves increased cost. and where lead
S used for insulation the gain OF
weight obtained in bare aluminium ca
bles is cancelled.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-06

La Nature gives an illustrated ac-
count of the latest methods sor con
trolling the flight Of balloons in sea
voyages. In order to prevent the bal
loon from being depressed by a
shower of rain its top terminates in
cone. Instead of trailing a single
rope there is a system composed Of a
trailer floating at the end OF a long
rope behind the balloon and a balance
weight hanging in the water by a
shorter, nearly vertical. rope, the re-
sistance Of the latter body being ne
eessarily less than that Of the former
The sea itself furnishes an inexhausti-
BILE supply of ballast and this can be
drawn up to a cylindrical reservoir.
suspended above the balance weight,
suction hose being used for filling
the reservoir. Two deviators are en-
ployed for directing the course OF the
balloon. one OF which serves for an
giles Of about 30s, the other for an
giles as great-it is said as TO- or
s0e.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-06
Mad kino otto.

ernment walked into his kingdom and
separated him from his subjects, who
were only too willing TO undergo the
separation. II the British had not
come soon there would not have been
a great many subjects. Prempeh is now
in close but comfortable captivity at
Seychelles
For years Prempeh's reign was one
Of bloodshed. Hundreds OF captives
we're sacrificed annually at Kumasi.
his capital. and surrounding countries
we're rayaged to secure victims. His
own subjects helped out In this ca
pacity when a crop could not be found
elsewhere.
II is asserted that Prempeh once
started out to paint Knmasi red, and
the material he used was the blood
OF his victims He was a shinging
mark for vengeance. and It came final
ly in the shape Of a British military
expedition. which marched into his
country and conquered it, The British
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-06

Senator Perkins of California. who
spent years OF his early life at sea
tells OF a stowaway being found in
the hold Of the vessel. The lad was
made cabin boy to the captain. who
took quite a fancy to him. When the
ship made her first stop the captain
gave the lad $50 and sent him ashore
for some vegetables The boy told a
groeeryman what be had come for
and the storekeeper. pointing to a
barrel os dried peas. said: Them s
vegetables" The boy invested the
$50 and on rowing out to the ship.
which was anchored in the bay, was
hailed by the captain: Have you
brought the vegetables2" Yes, sir, +"
said the lad. not very confidently.
Look alive. then. and hand them up
one at a time"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-06

The attempt to utilize two nativ,
delicate fbres as a substitute for cot
ton in many of its uses seems to be
progressing, says Modern Mexico. The
plants produce a cotton Of two class
es: the smaller one gives COT
fee-colored seed and grows and mul
tiplies without special care all the yeaI
round; its fibre is thicker than thai
OF the common cotton. The seed O,
the other plant is Of a light blue color
this plant requires special cultivation
and irrigation, without which it vii
give one crop in the year; the fibrs
is finer than the other. and as fine a.
the finest cotton. Hilario Cuevas O.
San Luis Soyatlan, in the Mexican
State Of Jalisco, who first expert
nicntsd with these two plants. is dis
triOuting seeds all over the hot lands
for whichsit is most suited.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-06
InprovIna steamshIp screu..-

A phenomenon known as "cavita
tion" has lately come to be recognized
as one Of the most important causes O.
loss Of efficiency in the driving screws
Of steamships When the velocity o..
the screw Is Increased above certain
limit a cavity is formed In the water
inside which the screw revolves. ant
further increase OF power then
causes no Increase Of the ships speed
Mathematical Investigation. tested b.
practical experiments, has shown sha.
cavitation can be avoided by preserv
ing a certain ratio between the rs
sistance and the propelling surface
concerned. Upon this principle the
speed Of some vessels has been great
y increased By simply changing theh
driving screws.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-06
WEsT usEs eoop ENeLIsH.
Only Part Of the Country That Gives
"Rn its Value.

Only Part Of the Country That Gives
n" Its Value.
That which the rest OF the country
accepts as the standard OF correct pro.
nunciation, though seldom attaining It,
characterizes the speech of the major.
ity OF the people OF the West. The
West is the only section that does not
badly misuse r.
It Is perhaps incorrect to say the
East and South misuse r. They hard.
ly use it at all. In the East and many
parts OF the South r is, In effect, an
auxiliary vowel except at the begin
ming Of words. It merely lehgthens
the preceding vowel. Occasionally 1t
receives a distinct vowel sound. that
Of Italian A.
In many parts Of the South It is not
heard at ALL While the Georgian says
"bofoah, his Alabama neighbors say
"befo'," deposing R from its position
as vowel. or vowel modiner.
In the West, X is sounded with NJ
approximation OF correctness. Yet
even the Westerners do not give it its
full value, as do the Irish and Scotch.
Their strong enunciation OF the letter
sounds harsh to US. yet the letter is
intended to be pronounced and its use
differentiates words liable to be con
fused by the ear.
The Anglo-Saxon seems to be doing
his best to depose r. We're it not for
the influence OF the Irish and Scotch
R would not be little more than a
written letter, as silent as initial H to
Spanisb.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-06


This is pocket telephone designed
for common battery circuits. This
telephone makes quite an improve
ment in the portable set variety. and
is a very neat and compact appear.
ance
The trangmitter and receiver are ar
ranged in series, and made Of a re-
sistance to coincide with the regular
telephones in use on any system.
When used as a testing set, the fiexi.
BILE wires are provided with the ter
minals in the form Of spring clips
so that they may be readily connect
ed to the locknut strip Of terminal
head or to any point Of the line as
desired. the mere attaching Of the
clips giving the necessary call to the
exchange in the same manner as
when the receiver hook is raised on a
regular telephone.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-06
AmhItIon of cor. Na.h.


Mistakes made on purpose are some
times profitable, and W. Fl. Hicks
Illustrates it thus. according to the
New York Times.
"A concern owed me $50 and re
peated duns did no good. The deb.
was perfectly square. but I had nd
documentary evidence on which tc
base suit, so decided to be foxy
and secure such proof.
Il sent bill for 500. With a caustl,
letter, figuring that the concern
would answer, repudiatlng the claim
Of 500 and saying that the amount
was $50. Once l got this admission
would be IN position to sue.
Imagine my surprise and pleasure
when I received a letter from the
manager Of the concern apologiEini
for the delay and inclosing a check 10
800"