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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
Here 70 Get Pnnama's Cash,

New York, May 26.-Ricardo Arias
and DR.. J. E. Morles. special commits
sioners appointed by Panama to re-
ceive 100000 on account of the canal
concession, arrived here Wednesday
Mr.. Arias said 1t was the purpose OF
the commission to invest the money
In first mortgage bonds in New York
or any other locality wherever obtain
able.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
poisoo,d Inv a Can of Green Pea.

New York, May 31.-After eating
q can of green peas a few days ago an
entire family named Obraco, consist
ing of five persons, were taken Ill. Two
of them have already died, q third
cannot recover and the other two are
still Ill, although 1t is believed their
chances OF recovery are good.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
Army Fay Unnttractive.

The declaration Of Gen. Bates that
the character and physique of army
recruits Is not up to the standard Of
former years is no indication of de-
generation on the part of the race.
Prosperity Is responsible for 1t by
reason of its insistent demand that
every ahle-bodied man worf-when he
Is not on striie-at wages that make
The army pay look rather insignificant.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
nrnror McCIeIlnn,. Task.

Since New York city has decided tt
Issue ss7.OO0.O00 worth of bonds in the
coupon variety Of $1,000 each the sta
tistical sharps have been figuring. One
Of these amiable idiots secured a copy
OF Mayor McClellans signature. and
after carefully measuring It, estimated
hat he would have to sign DIS miles
Of name BEFORE all the bonds became
legal. He figures that the mayor work
ing eight hours day and keeping his
nose right down to It, could not posi-
tIr get away with the job inside Of
% days.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
Drawing the Line.

Chicago Methodists are discussing
ne reported action of the Methodist
Missionary society in refusing a be-
quest Of $4,000 left by w. w: Cooper,
3 prominent Wisconsin member OF
the church. II is said that the reason
ior refusal is that Cooper who persisted
In the Iroquois theater disaster. was
given to theater-going against the
rules Of the church.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
Ba,timore,s Mayor n suicIde.

Baltimore. Md, May 31.-Mayor
Robert NJ. McLane, of this city, shot
and killed himself yesterday after
noon in his bedroom at his residence.
His bride of less than two weeks was
at the time Of the tragedy asleep in
an adjoining room and was awakened
by the discharge Of the revolver which
Mr.. McLane evidently fired while
ST auding before the mirror Of the
dressing case.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
Rig Fire ut Cleveland.

Cleveland, o., May 31.-A fire which
started shortly before midnight has
burned over an area of half an acre at
the corner of Oregon. Perry and st.
Clair streets. The loss probably will
reach 100000, The principal loss will
lie that of the St. Clair street school,
one of the oldest in the city, the inte-
rior of which is entirely destroyed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02

Wilkesbarre. Pa, May ga tele-
gram received at the Susquehanna
Coal company's offices In this city yes
terday evening states that ten miners
we're suffocated> by gas and sulphur
fumes from a locomotive yesterday
afternoon in the workings Ct the Sum-
nit Branch Coal company at Williams
town, Darnhin county.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
Leproyy Not Contrgious,

Leprosy has been Investigated by
Jonathan Hutchinson, the great
English pathologist, In all parts of the
globe where 1t prevails. He finds
nothing to justify the idea of conta-
gion, as attendants in leper hospitals
do not contract the disease, and moth
ing like an epidemic is ever known.
He attributes the disease to decayed
or badly cured fish-not to any exces.
siye use of fish in good condition.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
FIRST STEP TOWARD UNION.
Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly by q
Close Vote Recommends Aniliation
with the Northern Brethren.

Dallas, Tex, May 26.-At 1880 last
night the general assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian church by a
vote of 162 to IS voted to submit to the
presbyteries, with a recommendation
that 1t be adopted, the report of the
committee on fraternity and union for
union with the Presbyterian church of
the United States of America.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
Tn. Attack ON Port Ar,nnr.

London, May 31.-The attack on Port
Arthur, the. Chronicles Toxic corre-
spondent telegraphs. is expected to be-
gin about June Is. Correspondents
will leave here June 10 in time to see
the capture probably about June 20.
The correspondent also says 10000
Russians have been sent up the Lao
river in junks to Tie Ling.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
Woes of. 1ratrimony.

"0f course" said the husband who
made speciality Of manufacturing ex.
cuses, "the, truth is bound to leak out
"Yes," rejoined the other half Of the
matrimonial combine, "and am inclined
to believe that It leaked out Of you long
ago."-Chicago Daily News.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
VIII In,.rfere with Joplin Carnival.

Joplin, Mo-, May 29.-Miss Maude
MCGEE, queen-elect Of the Joplin car
nival to be held next week, was as
saultcd by Mrs. J. R. Weyland in the
Pyramid lodge room. The distressing
trouble grew out Of controversy over
the appointment Of the queens maids
of honor.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
The Frisco Meteor, wrecked.

Fort Worth, Tex. May 31.-A spe-
cial to the Record from Denison says:
The northbound Frisco Meteor" was
wrecked two miles north of Denison
ct $3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The baggage and mail cars went over
a 50-foot bridge and were completely
demolished.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
Russian. Abandon Two Places.

Toxic, May S1.-Gen. Olsu, in COM
mand OF the Japanese forces operating
against Port Arthur, reports that the
Russians have abandoned Chen-Ko-
Chen-Pau, Huang-Shan and Liu-Shu-
Tun. No Russians have been seen
east of Chen-Ko-C hen-Pau.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
Levi r. Morton Is so.

Levi p. Morton, Of New York, was
80 years old last week. For more
than half century Mr. Morton has
been continuously engaged in large
mercantile and financial affairs, be-
sides filling the offices of minister to
France, vice president of the United
States when Gen. Harrison was presi-
aent, and governor of New York.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
Could You Use Any Kind Of q Sewing
Machine at Any PriceP

II there il any price so low, any offer 30
liberal that you would think of accepting
on trial q new high grade. drop cabinet or
upright Minnesota, Singer, Wheeler q
Wilson, Standard, White or New Home
Sewing Machine, cut out and return this
notice, and you will receive by return mail,
postpaid, free of cost, the handsomest
sewing machine catalogue ever published.
j will name you prices on the Minnesota,
Singer, Wheeler & Wilson, White, Stand.
ard and New Home sewing machines that
will surprise you; we will make you new
and attractive proposition, a sewing ma.
chine offer that will astonish you.
If you can make any use of any sewing
machine at any price, if any kind of an
offer would interest YOU, don't fail Ia.
write us at once (be sure to cut out and
return this special notice. and get our lat.
est book, our latest offers, our new and
most surprising proposition. Address
SEARS. R0EBUCK & CO., Chicago.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
onncer Knla landing ph,sIcIan.

Chicago, May 29.-Dr. Ralph N.
Isham, for nearly half century one
Of the leading physicians of Chicago,
is dead at Lake Forest, Ill. Death was
due to cancer Of the stomach.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
rhe Men Who nIake Flour.

ST. Louis, May 26.-All the principal
milling states are represented at the
ninth annual, convention Of the Opera
tive MIllers Of America Flour-bleach-
Ing and corn-milling were among the
subjects discussed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
Kindness Of Japs 20 Prlsoners.

Seoul, Korea, May 29.-.The kindli-
ness of the japanese to their prisoners
here has been exempliaed by the send
Ing to their homes Of two wounded
Cossacks photographs Of the men
showing them to be alive and safe
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
ARu.s,ap village Burned.

Gitomir. Russia, May 3O.-The large
village of Iskorost has been burned
down. The loss is estimated at ST.
100000. The fire was started by chill
dren playing with matches. The whole
Of the population is homeless and re-
duced to poverty.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
Prnferred Death to Arrest.

Cleveland, o., May 29.-While being
pursued by a detective last night, two
men, thought to be freight car rob-
bers, jumped into the river, and 1t Is
supposed were drowned or killed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
Excitement Keeps Him Young.

Edward B. Wesley, the Oldest spec
ulator in Wall street, is 81 years old,
but five days a week nearly all the
year around is found in his Office
watching the tape. Mr.. Wesley is a
millionaire many times over He is
proud Of the fact that he has been
. Spectator all his life and confidently
predicts that no will be in the harness
when he reaches the century mark.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
Praying and Providing Powder.

May 1t please Divine Providence"
Gays Emperor Francis Joseph, Ito con-
tine the murderous conflict in the far
east within the narrowest possible
limits of time and space, and again
sestow upon the world the inestimable
Blessings of peace" Then he adds:
Kindly give me $32, 100000 to prepare
Austria for war"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
Professional Ride.

"Why, your flying machine won't even
leave the ground" said the man who had
been induced to observe the experiment.
WELL" answered the inventor, after
some reflection, my machine may not be
as much of u traveller as some of the 9TH
ers, but it's q heap safer. "-Washington
Star.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
A sotnIa ot Cossacks NeaIly wiped .Out.

A sotnIa of Cossacks Nearly Wiped Out.
Lao Yang, May Pa wounded Cos
sack who arrived at the village Of
Sayolentsi reports that a fight took
place north Of Takushan on May 20 In
which the Japanese ambushed a sotnia
Of Cossacks and nearly wiped them
mt
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
mt the unattainabIe.

Looking mt the unattninable.
The portrait Of George Washington
ON the postage stamp wears the ex-
preston Of man who is still hoping
that all employees of the post Office de-
partment will finally attain his ideals
of veracity.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
Costly Water Transactions.

Pierpont Morgan collected $40, 900, 900
from Uncle Sam on account Of the
Panama canal. But this isn't a cir
cumstance to what Pierpont has col
iected from the people on account Of
other water transactions. The Wall
street canal is by far the more ex-
oensive of the two.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
THIS WILL HELP SOME.
Presbyterian Assembly Places It's Minis
tiers Under Certain Restrictions Regard
Ing Marriage of Divorced Persons.

Buffalo, N. Y, May 26.-The Presby-
terrain general assembly has adopted
by two-thirds' vote a resolution
which in substance provides that Pres
byterian ministers be enjoined from
marrying divorced persons who are
eneligible in the churches belonging
to the inter-church conference.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02
Extremes An Temperature.

= Extremes IN Temperhturo.
Ycast-Dld you say your friend was an
even tempered man!
Crimsonbeak-I should say not! Why.
he gets hot under the collar and cold feet
ct the same time.-Yonkers Statesman.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02

We had a cow ourselves once who swal-
lowed an almanac and gave creamed dates.
-kennebec (Me.) journal.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-02

1t takes a woman to have her eyes
seem to melt with tenderness when she 70
gnashing her teeth.-N. Y. Press.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11

others without let or hindrance so often that ne
had come to believe, doubtless, that it was a per-
fectly safe thing to do"
The lesson of the incident is found IN this plain
spoken paragraph from the Columbia State, and
it drives it's points home with so much force as
to make further comment unnecessary:
at is morally certain that had John Morrlson's
life been spared by the mob and he had been
brought to trial he would have been defended by
as many lawyers as he could have paid and a cir
cumstantial story of self-defense, with probably
something about threatening messages, would have
been concocted. And lawyers, knowing the mans
horrible record and that the defense he built was
but a tissue of lies, would have made their argu-
ments for his a~couittal and declared their convic-
ton in his Justification as earnestly, as solemnly,
as if the cause was holy. And there are some who
would have gone out and hired agents to fix
jurors. Gentlemen of the bar of South Carolina,
is not that the condition in this State? Do you
not know that the picture is true to lfe2 Can
justice be done when such procedure is counte-
nanced in an honorable profession? Are you do
ing anything for the betterment of that state of
affairs 2"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11

to the abuses by which they were piling I'D un-
earned wealth. La Toilette was elected, and he
lived up to his own Interpretation of fairness"
He set about having the railroads assessed at a
just property valuation, and he sought to estab-
lish a freight-rate commission with power to es-
tablish freight rates. The railroad bosses of Wis
consln were as badly shocked as were the rich
boodlers in old st. Louis when Joseph W. Folk
began to enforce the law without fear or favor
in the Missouri metropolis. Republican machine
leaders in Wisconsin vowed, as did the St. Louis
Democratic machine in St. Louis with regard to
Folk, that La Toilette must be punished for his
pernicious m~eddling with the established order of
things. Senator Spooner, Senator Quarles, Con-
gresham Babcock, and the late Postmaster-Gen-
eral Payne to whom we have just referred-these
men, the Republican "Big Four" of Wisconsin,
set themselves for theu ndoing of La Toilette.
The Man Triumphant.
But in our American democracy, the great plain
people in the long run do have to be reckoned
with. It is true. as was said by old Abe Lincoln
who was one of the common people and said God
must have loved them because he made so many
of em-tha you can fool part of the people all
the time and all the people part of the time, but
you can't fool all the people all the time" And
the people of Wisconsin woke up. And once
awake they were well managed, for La Toilette is
one of the shrewdest leaders and one of the
most magnetic speakers in the country.
The climax came last May when the Republican
State Convention met with SIS uncontested La
Toilette delegates and 437 uncontested anti-La-
Toilette delegates. There were also 1O8 contested
seats and of these the State Central Committee,
which was in sympathy with La Toilette, seated
IS of his faction and 43 of the opposing faction.
This put the fighting Governor in control, and the
machine leaders, alleging unfairness, bolted and
nominated another ticket. They also carried the
fight to the Republican National Convention, and
won recognition as the regular organization in
Wisconsin.
But the end was not yet. The case went to the
courts as to which ticket should be labeled Gre
publican" and last week the decision was rendered
in La Follette's favor. The boiling candidate for
Governor has now withdrawn, and while the ma
chine has named a substitute, and will continue
the fight, it looks as if the triumph of La Toilette
and the plain people is pretty complete. Whereof
all true Americans should be glad.
The Populists and Their Brilliant Leader.
1t is very unusual, if not SINGULAR, that of the
three noteworthy American political parties, the
leader of the smallest should be the most brilliant
and effective campaioner. Yet it is generally ad-
mitted that neither Roosevelt nor Parker can sway
or move men as can Tom Watson, the Georgia
He spoke in Newton last Monday. and
the staff reporter of the Charlotte Observer.
which hates Populism even as the devil hates holy
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11
A South Carolina Lynching-and Its Lesson.

A white man was lynched in South Carolina
Saturday night, October LIST, and we cannot better
tell the story or point the moral than by quoting
extracts from two newspapers now before us. This
is the story as given by the Statesville Landmark:
A Kershaw, S. c., the other day a white man
named Morrison (said to be a native of North
C~arolina) killed a man named Floyd because the
latter refused to lend him ten cents. Morrison was
of a low criminal type. He had killed three men
before killing Floyd but in some way managed to
cheat justice. Floyd was a good man and popular.
According to the published reports Morrison for
some reason hated him and he made the pretext
that he wanted to borrow 10 cents an excuse to
kill Floyd, whom he shot in the back, then stood
over his victim and reviled him with the vilest
oaths while Floyd writhed in his death agony. The
hershaw people doubtless reason that inasmuch
as Morrison had killed three men and ESCAPED he
might escape a fourth time, and thereupon thew
took him out and hung him. 1t is said that Nor
rison was greatly astonished when he found that
ne was to be killed. He had been allowed to kill
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11

the increasing hopefulness of the National Demo
cratic leaders-these are the things which stand
out most prominently in the record of last weeks
events.
Death of Gen. M. W.. Ransom.
At his country home near Garysburg, North
ampton County, N. c., early Saturday morning,
October Sth, Gen. Matthew Whitaker Ransom,
soldier and statesman, passed away, full of years
and of honors. 1t was his 18th birthday, he having
been born October s, 1926. He had long suffered
from heart trouble. The following is an outline
sketch of General Ransom's life:
"In 1852 he began his political career as Attor-
ney-General for the State of North Carolina. be-
ing only 26 years of age at the time, thus being
the youngest man to hold this position in our his
tory. In the Confederate Army he served with
distinction, winning the rank of brigadier-general.
By reason of Governor Vance being unable to
qualify as Senator after his election, General
Ransom became United States Senator in 1872,
which position he held constantly until 1895, i'm
mediately after which he was appointed United
States minister to Mexico, in which capacity he
served for two years. He leaves five sons and one
daughter and a wife. He was probably the lar
gest landowner in the State, the acreage being
variously estimated from $4,000 &c. $1,000"
We regret that we have not space for a more
extended notice of General Ransom's career. A
man of magnificent appearance, a brilliant soldier,
and a finished scholar, he was known as one of
the grand old men" of the United States Senate.
He did not speak often-in fact, he is said to
have made only one set speech in all his % years
service in the Senate-but he was a good debater
and did effective work on the important commit
tees, and was always active in looking after North
Carolina affairs at the Capitol. Since his retire
ment in 1895 he had been our States most distin-
guished private citizen, and his death will be de-
plored in every section of the Commonwealth.
A South Carolina Lynching-and Its Lesson.
A white man was lynched in South Cero1;no
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11
EDITORIAL
CURRENT EVENTS: THE DRIFT OF THINGS
AS WE SEE 1T.

The unexpected death of General
Payne; the triumph of the La Toilette faction of
the Republican Party in Wisconsin; the brilliant
campaign addresses of Mr.. Watson, the Populist
candidate for President; the discussion of the
lynching of John Morrison, a white man, in South
Carolina; the gradual warming up" of political
matters in North Carolina; the continued mac
tivity of the Russian and japanese armies; and
the increasing hopefulness of the National Demo
cratic leaders-these are the things which stand
out most prominently in the record of last weeks
events.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11
The Death of Postmaster-Gener Payne.

1t is our duty in this department to record
things as they are, not as we might wish them to
be. And it is but a simple statement of fact to
say that Postmaster-Genera Payne, who died
last week, had not made a favorable impression on
the American people. A shrewd and successful
wire puller and political schemer, it was felt at
the time of his appointment that in naming him
President Roosevelt had violated the high political
ideals he had set forth in his books; and the Cabi-
net career of the Wisconsin political leader did
not alter this opinion. Mr.. Payne probably did
nothing to shield the guilty "grafters" of the
Postofice Department, after the investigation be-
-gan.~-But when the charges of corruption we're
first made, he ridiculed them as shot air" and en-
deavored to prevent an investigation. His low
political ideals also had probably made the offend
ers feel safer.
Mr.. Cortelyou, now Chairman of the Republi-
can National Committee, is slated to succeed Mr..
Payne after the November election, Assistant
Postmaster-Genera Wynne acting until the cam
paign ends. Mr.. Cortelyou seems to be a good
business man, and it is to be hoped that he will
introduce more business-like methods into his de-
partment of the Government.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-11
The Man vs.. the Machine in Wisconsin.

~~"S0AA Ia ASOVASAus
Except in New York, the hottest political fight
ing of the year is in progress in Wisconsin. Not
about Roosevelt or Parker-oh, no: the AVERAGE
Wisconsin voter, it is declared, hardly knows that
a President is to be elected next month. It is an
other case for quoting Kipling-
"Once on a time there was a man,
And when you find a real, sure-enouph man q
man who fears nothing and knows that the on1v
success worth having comes from keepinp faith
with ones own ideals, you find a man who cannot
be suppressed. Whether he be a Republican like
this manila Follette-in Wisconsin. q Democro+
like Joseph W. Folk in Missouri, or p Ponn1;s+
like Tom Watson in Georgia, he will be heard
from. ~
lake this man, Robert M. La Toilette. Governor
Oh Wisconsin. -Four years ago when he was a can
dldate for the Republican Gubernatorial nomina-
tlon' the railroad interests summoned him hofono
them and demanded, "Will you be fairp And
La Toilette said he would. He added +bo+ h.
would be as fair to the railways as to ali Other
interests of the State. That was what bo 800
by being fair" while with the railroads a. ~
fair" meant that the Governor must sbr+ h.