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The Western news., 1904-04-06
WOMAN'S PEN PORTRAIT.
Helen NJ. Cougar, Noted American
Writer. Describes William
Randolph Hearst.

In these days, when much is being
written about leaders in national life, q
woman's estimate of prominent indi-
viduals is always apropos. Helen NJ.
Cougar, who has met nearly all Of
Americas noted men and who has
written numerous interesting stories
and interviews. published the following
In the Lafayette Und.) Call:
"Who is William Randolph Hearst?
II will answer as l know the man.
"Mr. Hearst is forty -one years old.
"He was born in San Francisco.
"He is the only child of the late
United States Senator George Hearst
and Phebe A. Hearst.
"His ancestors were Of North Caro-
lima and Virginia stock. his mother be-
ing descendant of the Randolphs Of
Virginia. His mother is noted for her
great charities, having endowed the
University of California.
"He is a most devoted son and CO.
operates heartily with his mother in
business and benevolent enterprises.
"He was educated in the public
schools Of San Francisco and in Har-
ward college.
'He is a man Of fine physique, robust
health, indomitable energy and great
executive ability. He is a business
man in every sense Of the word
"He is exceedingly temperate in hab-
its. never CANDLES or races horses, but
is devotee of the automobile. He
once owned yacht, but during the
Spanish-American war it was fitted up
as cruiser at his expense. and he pre-
sented it to the government. then en-
listed himself as private in the war
and risked his life on the firing line
before Santiago.
"In April, 1903, he married Miss Milli.
cent Wilson of New York. There is
charming romance connected with
this marriage. Miss Wilson was
poor girl. Mr.. Hearst met her and fell
desperately in love with the vivacious
miss. His affection was reciprocated.
He requested her parents to put her in
The Western news., 1904-04-06
THE NEW COATS.

Picturesque and Modish Little Af-
fairs-The Cut and Color.
Puce color, that delightful old world
tone, has been revived. 1t is success
where the wearer can live up to all
the requirements of. SO distinctive a
hue, and it calls up quaint visions of
Louis XVI. coats in velvet or cloth
enhanced with sleeve ruffles and jabots
Of old lace. Such vision is materi-
allied here in the sketch Of an early
spring coat. Embroidered cloth ap-
plique picked out with gold relieves
the severity Of coat outlines. and the
deep cuffs with wide lace ruffies and
the Louis jabot add a further soften
ing grace.
The bolero pictured Is more than
half pelerine, modish little hybrid
affair suitable to either cloth or velvet,
and open to any amount of extraneous
adornment.
The last word in regard to coats
comprises three-quarter sack, set
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against organized labor and that he
has always found it's leaders reason
able and fair He predicts rapid
change from steam to electricity as
means of railroad locomotion.
SuIIy's Bankruptcy Forced.
On application of creditors the court
at New York appointed receivers for
the firm Of the eX-cOtton king, Daniel
j. Sully. March 30, While he was still
negotiating for a settlement. He
charged treachery and owned up to be-
Ing beaten; said he didn't own the
clothes he had on. 1t was thought that
the total liabilities of the fallen cotton
king would be slightly under $1,000
coo ana that the assets would come to
about $l.SGo,00O.
The Railroad Trust Quits.
The plan for dssolving the Northern
Securities company was made public
by President Hill Oh March 80. the
very day that the decree OF the sll-
premc court invaidating the big mer
ger was delivered to him at New York.
1t was i'm the form of circular letter
to stockholders, recitng the courts
action and insisting that the trust was
formed in the belief that it was not
Obnoxious to any law,an opinion shared
by four of the justices.
The company's existence is contin-
ued until the distribution of stock is
completed and bills are paid by retain
ing | per cent in the treasury. The
other % per cent of the capital stock
comprising the stocks of the cOnStit-
uent railroads is returned to its for
mer holders. Each share of Northern
Securities gets $15. 16 in Northern Pa
cific and S.4.27 in Great Northern
During the week the trading in the
trusts stocks was active and the price
upward
Notes.
Another daily paper was added to the
list now controlled by w. Il. Hearst
when Hearsts Boston American made
Its appearance last week
Rock Island stockholders voted the
l$163. 100000 bond issue. Whole
sale dealers in western beef experience
W. a NsC VI nan Il SVlll IL lJOull(l luc
different grades At Boston the
advance in flour has resulted in the
adoption of Il smaller loaf of bread by
the Bakers association. = The gen-
eral agents Of fast freight railroads Of
the east have opened an office at 300
Broadway, New York, to be known as
the Railroad Exchange. The object is
to facilitate the handling of business,
as the roads concerned reach every
part Of the United States and Canada
- The Miners and Merchants Say
l1ngs bank of Homecoming, Del, went
into the hands of receiver. owing to
the troubles of the City Trust and
Banking company Of Baltimore.
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To Prosecute Trusts.

II house bill 11,SSS. introduced at the
beginning Of the Fifty-eighth session.
becomes law United States attorneys
will be empowered. without instruc-
tion from the attorney general. to in
stitute proceedings against trusts that
unlawfully restrain trade and COM
merce. Circuit courts are given juris-
diction to prevent and restrain viola
tions Of the antitrust act and it will be
the duty Of district attorneys to bring
proceedings against offenders. The
Hon. w. R. Hearst, representative
from New York. 10 the author Of the
blu.
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N~~>N~>
college and he would furnish the mon
ey for her highest possible education.
After her graduation he took her
and her mother on tour of the world
that she might have the culture Of
travel. She is very beautiful wom-
an, with charming personality. She
is much beloved by the mother of Mr..
Hearst.
"Mr. Hearst is strict moralist and
holds women in high esteem.
"His charities are unbounded. Ev.
cry winter he furnishes free coal, food
and raiment to thousands of the suf-
fering poor Of the tenement districts
Of New York. which city is his pres
ent residence. He sent out three re.
lief trains-one from New York, an
other from Chicago and another from
San Francisco and hurried supplies
to the Galveston sufferers. He gave
large sums for the relief of the Jews
In Russia; also to the victims of the
St. Pierre volcano district.
"As newspaper man he has had q
remarkable career. He understands
the business in every detail. from set
ting type to editorial writing and
business management His first ven
ture was the San Francisco Examiner.
which he took when it was almost de-
funct. He put life and enterprise into
It until it has the largest circulation
Of any newspaper on the western coast.
he owns the Los Angeles Examiner,
Chicago Examiner, a morning paper,
and the Hearst Chicago American, an
evening paper, the latter having the
largest circulation Of any Chicago
daily. In New York he owns and runs
the New York American, the Evening
Journal and Das Morgen Journal.
"He is a devoted advocate of the
principle of equal rights for all; spe.
cial privileges for none.' He is an
aggressive foe Of the new form of hu.
man slavery known as trusts
HE prevented the waterworks of
New York from going into the hands
OF few monopolists known as the
Ramapo robbers. He smashed the ice
trust Of New York at an expense of
$25O,OO0 to himself, and the babies of
the tenement districts call him blessed
He killed the food trust and is now
locked in deadly embrace with the coal
trust, at the head of which is Mr. Baer,
who claims that the Almighty and he
are in partnership to rob the firesides
Of America in the interest of this most
grdsping combination.
DOUBTLESS If he is nominated for
president Oh the Democratic ticket he
would cause these combinations tn
tremble in their boots.
"With such a man for candidate on q
wise and conservative platform the
Democratic party will doubtless make
. lively campaign that will put metal
IN Republican ranka"
The Western news., 1904-04-06
SOCIOLOGICAL
Turner on Assassination.

Turner on Assassination.
John Turner, the English anarchist.
who awaits the decision of the SUI
preme court as to his deportation,
while addressing Cooper Union meet
ing at New York, was asked point
blank If the killing of rulers helped the
cause of anarchy and the rights of
man. He said it was funny question
to be answered by considering the
whole course of history. He refused
to answer the question directly, but
said he was not in favor of "the ad-
vocacy of assassination" Each one
much decide the question for himself
He said anarchists We're the only ones
who believed that society could be car
ried on without organized violence.
Against Burning at Stake.
The Confederate Veterans Of Missis-
sippi are taking action to stop the
tendency toward lynching negroes by
burning at the stake. The various
camps are adopting resolutions calling
for the strict enforcement of the law
and dcnouncing mob violence as lead
ing ultimately to anarchy for all.
The Western news., 1904-04-06
RELIGIOUS
Papal Rebuko Of France.

Papai Rebuke Of France.
All diplomatic efforts to defer the
pope's attack on Frances church
policy have failed and his address to
the cardinals has been duly published
in which he deplores the French gov
ernment's attitude toward religious or
ders and pronounces it contrary to the
ideas Of liberty and against the rights
Of the church and against the laws of
civilization.
Ball Player as Revivalist.
A religious crusade which already is
said to have made 100000 converts in
northern Illinois and eastern Iowa is
led by William A. Sunday, formerly
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gressive as when he first entered upon
his career. At mass meeting in Har-
ward union an address signed by 1O.-
OOO sons of Harvard was presented to
President Eliot. and he was informed
that the students had subscribed So
600 for portrait of himself and Mrs
Eliot to be hung in the union.
Rural Progress Conference.
The Kingston Or. I) College of Agri-
culture has just held the first OF Sc
rics of conferences on rural progress,
the object being to bring together not
only farmers. but men and women
who are interested in country schools,
the country church and country life
In general, which it is hoped to make
more attractive in future
Notes.
Carroll G. Pearse, long superintend.
ent Of schools at Omaha, has been
chosen to take charge Of the Milwau-
kee (Wis.) public school system
President Tucker Of Hanover is raising
Il fund Of about $4,000 as basis for
small loans to students who need the
money to complete their college course.
the amount in each case to be repaid
after graduation. =" The New York
compulsory school law has been sus-
tanned by the municipal court, which
fined the Jute Mills company of Brook
lyn $50 for employing an eleven-year-
old girl
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Labor.
Martial Law In Colorado.

MARTIAL Law In Colorado.
/ The 1000 militiamen of Colorado
were called out again March % on ac-
count Of the disturbance attending the
coal miners strike in the Trinidad dis
trict, where negroes had been hired to
take the place of strikers. The entire
county was placed under martial law.
New York Building Strike.
The greater portion of the building
operations in New York city continued
at standstill owing to the masons'
llaborers' strike backed up by the
bricklayers out Of sympathy. The
bricklayers offered to return to work
pending arbitration If the employers
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railroad in a
New York Her
aid interview
declared that
the slump In
New England
business was
an actual fact.
The trade de-
preston h a s
reached such a
degree that 1t
is found neceS-
sary to clrtail
the passenger
service. Mr..
Mellen s Il Y $
t h a t he has
~ n nrai,1flioa
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ticth birthday
March 20. This
longest presi-
dcncy in the
history of the
institution has
been also the
period of it's
most a c t V e
life and great
@ s t material |
prosperity. DR..
Eliot is still
hale and hearty
and as vigor-
OllS and prO-
The Western news., 1904-04-06
HOUSEHOLD DEVICES.

Cabinet For the ChafnE Dish OUTFIT.
Individual Breakfast Set.
An occasional indulgence in some
new article for the table or the house
adds zest to housekeeping and keeps
up ones interest while attending to
many tedious and irksome duties. Sug-
gests the Boston Cooking School Mag
azine in illustrating some of these.
A chafing dish cabinet is a conven-
fence in any home where chafing dish
cookery is often fndulged in, but it
will be found of especial delight to
the bachelor, man or maid whose
house furnishings in the way of buffet
The Western news., 1904-04-06
For q Bruise.

To prevent bruise on the flesh from
becoming discolSred apply Immediately
q cloth wrung clt in water as hot as
can be borne, changing the cloth as
soon as it loses its heat. If hot water
II not to be had, moisten some dry
starch with cold water and cover the
bruised part with the paste thus made.
The Western news., 1904-04-06

g1ightly full from the shoulders, with
sleeves modelled Chinese-wise in one
with the body. Of soft cloth in some
one Of the new strange apple greens,
hussar blues or that inevitable ecru,
deliberately inlet at the hem of the
coat to the depth Of eighteen inches
or more with WOODEN lace, which lat
ter invariably harmonizes with the
cloth.
The Western news., 1904-04-06
To Remove Paint From c....

In order to remove paint from win
dows take strong bicarbonate Of soda
and dissolve it in hot water. Wash
the glass with this, and in twenty min
utes or half an hour give it a good rub
hing with q dry cloth.
The Western news., 1904-04-06
Miscellaneous
Accidents.
Z + z

Accidents.
general over the Mississippi states on
March "a reached terribly destructive
proportions in the vicinity of Chicago
and in southern Michigan. Several ia
taltties and numerous personal inju-
ries, besides millions Of damage to
buildings. telephones, railroads. etc.
were reported. Disastrous floods fol-
lowed.
The liner New York, bound for
southampton, ran aground in a dense
fog off Cape La Hague, France March
20. and later on the same day came
into collision with the troopship AS
saye. The liner was badly damaged.
Eleven men were killed in British
submarine boat off Portsmouth, Eng
land, March Is. While submerged the
boat was hit and turned over by
passing steamer.
At South Beloit, Wis. 800 families
were rendered homeless by flood and
fire March %. The damage to prop
erty was estimated at 100000.
Twenty-one persons were drowned
in collision off Dublin bay March 20,
when the German bark Mona ran
down the English ship Cairus, sinking
her. All of the latter's crew were lost.
Deaths.
Charles w. Thompson, congressman
from Alabama and one of the wealth.
lest and most conservative Democrats
in the house, died at Washington
March 20, aged forty-four.
William II. Grace. former mayor of
New York and one Of the foremost
Of American merchants, died in his
New York home March q, aged sew
enty-two.
Sir Edwin Arnold, the distinguished
journalist, poet and traveller who
wrote 1.-The Light Of Asia" and 1.-The
Light Of the World" died at London
March "a. He had been blind for the
last three years. Age. seventy-two.
The Western news., 1904-04-06
Waiting For Decisive Land Battle

resolute of the
of their naval victories against Russia
enthusiastic Premier
summoned The mikado
appealed
gain
a majority, however.
breaking ice in
the opposing armies
100000 with base Pngyang
holding Of the Yau The Russians
Port Arthur.
final sealing the feet at Port Arthur by the sink
merchant reported but awaits conma
Petersburg
cruiser Bayan
Marquis gradual reforms
q $2,5OOOOO loan.
The Western news., 1904-04-06
EDUCATIONAL

Eliot Seventy Years "Young."
DR. Charles William Eliot, president
of Harvard university for the past
thirty-tive years, celebrated his seven
The Western news., 1904-04-06
Commercial.

New Ensland's Depression.
President Charles S. Mellen Of the
New York. New Haven and Hartford
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Dangers of White Lead

German papers state that the French
government Is at present considerius
the question OF the use OF white lead
and other lead mixtures for painting
houses. A committee of the chamber
OF deputies has been appointed to In.
vestigate the matter, and Mr.. Breton,
ore OF the experts. has been authorized
to publish the results OF his lnvesflsa
tion In pamphlet form. He condemns
the addition OF white lead to paints
and all colors containing Il, declaring
them to be poisonous In large de-.
gree. both for the workmen and for
the inhabitants OF house painted
with lead colors. He recommends the
use Of zine white instead. which. for
surfaces exposed to the sea air. Is also
much more practical. He expresses
the opinion that the absolute dlsuse
OF white lead has become an lmpera
.t~a .aeassttu
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THE PHILIPPINE CLIMATE.
Not So had as Many Prejudicsd Per-
sons have Stated In Un-
truthful Accounts.

When the treaty with Spain by which
we acquired the Philippines was under
debate in 1898 ex-Unlted States Senator
Edmunds In public speech affirmed that
the climate Of those islands was so fatal
70 a white man that no American could
expect to live there and bring up fam.
lily. At that time, says the Portland Or
gonian, the orgonian quoted the fact
that Englishmen had lived many years
In worse climate. that OF tropical
India; that Macaulay was able 10 do
hard legal work even In Calcutta when
the mercury stood at 90 degrees above
zero; that Thaokeray was born in India,
where his parents had lived for many
years. and that Lord Roberts had cam
paigned over 80 years In India. Secre-
tary OF War Taft is over six feet and
weighs 500 pounds-not very good SUBJ
jeet TO endure a tropical cllmate-and
yet he returned from the Philippines in
perfect health, and he suggests that the
newspapers can help the American
gov by denying the lies clrcu-
lated about the terrible climate there. ="
or course. no man Df common sense fails
to adjust himself and his habits to his
environment, No man wears the same
elothine IN winter or summer In west.
ern Oregon that he would wear In west
ern Massachusetts, There are vast areas
OF country In the United States where no
white man can live long because Of ma
laria. Neither the bottom lands OF the
nor the swamps OF South
Carolina, where negroes can live. are
healthtul for a white man, There are.
doubtless, such lands In Cuba. In Porto
Rico. In Africa. In India and In the Phil
Ippines; but II is not necessary that
white men should pick out a patch of |
nalarial country for a homestead.
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moDEsTY OF CROWN PRINCE
Heir to GermAny's Throne Was Too
Retiring to Take Kindly to
Military Life.

60 now" said the kaiser "and be 9
student"
he art of being a student In Germany
is, as everyone who has tried Il knows,
rather complicated. writes Vance
Thompson, In Success. The getting oil
boot lore is supplemented by much
elashing OF schlaeger. by some blood
letting, by great deal OF loud sing
ing, and by deep drinking OF beer.
Whether II be Jena or Bonn or Heidel-
berg, II is all the same. The young
philosopher must show his prowess both
in the beer-duel and In the less dan
geious duel with swords. The young
prince was not only permitted 60 at
tend the classic bier-kneIpe; he was also
ordered to attend and drink as became
the heir to the German throne II was an
imperial and paternal command.
Can YOU imagine the scene?
The crown prince was not only modest.
but was also timid as a child. In spite OF
bis military rank, He had been brought
cp in the rigor OF Prussian discipline,
and under the caprice OF home tyranny;
the slightest fault had been punished
with military severity he was a re-
pressed and bashful lad. but no more.
The youth. sentimental. p0etieal and
pure-minded was thrown into the
Lroad-girthed brawllag. guzzling pro.
ietariat Of a German university. and
commanded TO compete with such tel.
lows In their coarse pleasures. In huge,
smoky, lamp-lit cellars, II was his to
rink down mugs OF beer at q word Of
command from some gross president"
or beer-lord. 10 sing when he was told
OF howl In chorus. and TO play for gears
ia the foolish game of SWORDS. Ger.
many Is a land OF castes. but It's student
world is utter democracy. II Is well
'Eough for a coarse-grained youth, WHO
has been roughened In a gymnasium. "
20 take a dip into such world: he viii
come out OF II grave doctor. lawyer or
theologian; but for timid lad. bred
.n The quasi-monastery Of a court. K is
aot so we'll The crown prince found il |
'aything but we'll He begged to be al |
owed 10 leaye-or. AZ least, II he must |
'iay 10 attend only the lectures and
pend his time in study. The kaiser
old him his choice was between the
lier-kneipe and military prison, so
ne young man finished his semester.
'ame the vacation. The docile youth,
aough he had shown no great beer.
1rowess. was rewarded with trip to
MS royal kin In England There he was
% receive another education: that OF
high life. Ieducation mondalne. His
professor was TO be the FIRST gentleman
n Europe'-as the fond English call
,im-hls great-uncle. Edward VII.
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TRAVELLER AND NATIVE.
Dropped Into Conversation which
Proved to Be Anything But
Complimentary.

The train a<opped for coal and water
Neat little town you've got here d
remarked the traveller in the check suit
who had stepped out on the station plat
form for breath OF fresh air, relates the
Chicago Tribune.
You hain't got no copyright ON
that. replied the native. who was ait
ting on the dry goods box.
SO far as | can see. rejolned the
passenger. slightly nettled that hls
overture had been received so coldly.
the town looks a good deal better than
its Inhabitants"
You can't tell anything about a town
by the folks you see hangin around the
deepo. any more'n I can tell what kind
o cattle's on = train By hearin' one o.
the steers bavl when II gets prodded .
Bit said the other. meditatiyely.
Got any schools hsre?''
"A few"
wouldn't have suspected H."
oh. yes. We turn out lot o ejileated
fools every year. same as they do where
you come FROM"
see-and some uneducated fools.
Yes. sir. but we make trayelin men
out Of EN-"
Got a few hopeless idiots. TOO,
haven't your
Quite a sprinklln' Of 'em. Was YOU
thinkin' OF settlin' down here an linin'
emf"
Not at al don't Ike the speci-
mems as far as I've seen them"
You'd be Lonesome among EN-. any
Eay. They're net taIHIn Lifts"
Wei. 80 Is iaae snoash 10 aay
sauFe not one ot them Yaa're pretty
mart faftoH ela So. asta you cot
chew q tobacco about yel?"
"Slra
iaeH W.il sou ot.e me by closing
Iou' mouth WiTl 3- -by"
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Many Hours Saved

by new train service on Frisco The
Frisco System Is now operating a
through passenger train between
Hope, Ark, and Sherman, Tex, via
Ashdown, Hugo, Burant, Mead Junct.
and Denison. The west bound train
leaves Hope at sos am, Ashdown at
9;29 q. M, arrives Hugo Los D. m. 4,
Hconnectlng with the fast limited train
which reaches st. Louis at 7:20 and
Kansas City at 7:l0 next morning, H.
also connects at this point with train
for Paris Texas. The new train then
leaves Hugo at 3:35 p. M, after arrlv-
nj of the fast train from st. Louis.
reaches Durant at $3.50 p. M. Denison
at 1909 p. m. and Sherman at 1920 D. IN.
The east bound train leaves Sherman
at 9;20 a. M, Denison at $40 a. M,
Durant 1852 a. m, arrives sHugo loo
connecting with limited train for st.
Louis and Kansas City and with train
for Paris Texas, leaves Hugo al $3.50
p. m, after arrival OF fast train from
ST. Louis, arrives Ashdown 1901 D. m.
Hope at s:25 p. m. BY this service
passengers li'ing adjacent to this
line of the Frisco are saved many
hours time In travelling to points in
all directions. Full particulars as TO
rates, etc, cheerfully furnished by
the nearest Frisco agent or
l.. w. PRICE,
Division passenger age mt,
Joplin, Mo.