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The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1904-07-16
COUNTY COURT.
Proceedings Of the Regular Monthly Meeting
Held at Linneus Last Week.

Court convened pursuant to ad-
journment; all members present.
Quarterly statement of fees receiv-
ed by Ben B. Edwards for End quar-.
ter, 1904, received and approved.
Dram shop license granted Dick &
Cannon, Brookfeld.
Now on this day comes 7. L. Nc
Michael and files plans, specifications
and contracts for the construction and
repairs of certain bridges which specl-
fcations and contracts are hereby ap-
proved.
j. O. Philips loaned $500 from
school fund.
Semi-annual settlement of j. E.
Hartzler, county treasurer received
and approved.
ALLOWANCES.
DuN6Oo AAh0Ahk DAl0Sc AOCiCoS' ...v "
Geo D Barnard County stationery. go
Cast Litho County stationary 81 OF
T NJ Davis care inmates at infirmary 172 S6
j Hartzler cash advanced to City of
Linneus for rent Of court room May
term. l904 4...... .................. 1C0 90
H Tooey Merchandise Co, clothing
prisoners. Observation-Disclosures. ... ? so
Mrs l. DeBolt, care of girls at Indus
trial Home. ..... ..... 900. 81 so
Samuel Dodsworth Go, stationery. Is 90
h Lander, prosecuting attorney..... 66 66
E Hartzler 90 treasurer ........... SO 80
Dali, boarding prisoners -. 81 90
Ben Edwards, County clerk ..... 70 30
DR.. O Home, Co, physician, 2nd
CndrCer, lSU4 ......... ~ 10
Tom Simms, work at Jail and paint
Ing Bowyer brtdge....... ......... 5 so
Logue, building bridges, :. .... 29s 60 !
Harter, be1lding bridges. ...... 90 80 |
Richard Johnson, building bridges. 81 90 !
@ Schreckhise, repairing bridges.... 81 25 |
L l. McMichael, cash advanced for |
bridge work....... ... .............. 16 80
Maybee, premium for insCring
county Jail at $4,000 for three years.. so 90
E Hartzler, criminal costs. .......... 81 81 |
L McMichael, county bridge COM
missioner -. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. SO Is
leo W Westgate, cash paid for medi-
cine for Tom Knight ......... -. 145
N Blossom. taking patient to asy-
lum NO S.......... ...................... 10 20
W Harrison, work at Infrmary. $50
Allen & 90, merchandise. ........ 26 IS
sarah Spooner, care BOughman
cnlloren...... ............. 800
The Bulletin. Stationery . $50
Henry Johnson, county judge...... 500
A Chapman, county judge ........ 500
NJ Bruner, count judge 500
Dali, waiting on court..... ... 200
Now on this day comes DR.. L. O.
Tome, county physician, and files his !
eport which report is hereby approv- 4
d. A portion of said report reads as
ollows: "We find sanitary and
ygienic condition of both institutions s
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1904-07-16

Now on this day comes DR.. L. O.
Home, county physician, and files his
report which report is hereby approv-
ed. A portion Of said report reads as
follows: "We find sanitary and
hygienic condition of both institutions
(lnfrmary and JaiD as good as cir
cumstances at present warrant, and
believe the food good in quality and
ample in quantity"
There being no further business the
court adjourns till Monday, August
1st, 1904.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-15
Two Letters
By Will s. Gidlsy.
Copyrighted. 1903. BY The Authors Pub. Co.
Her Letter 70 Him.

. Dear Jack: / feel that / owe you
an explanation and an opology, and !
am going to send them, although you
probably will not care for either at
this late date.
l have good reasons for believing
that you have forgotten mel hear
you are engaged to your cousin, May
Holliston-but, forgotten or not, l still
deem it my duty TO set myself right in
your eyes and let you know l am not
the despicable and heartless being you
must now regard me.
Last summer when l gave my lawn
party | wrote you nicely worded in
vitation, and until half an hour ago,
when l discovered it in a pigeonhole
OF my desk among some empty en-
velopes, ! supposed it had been duly
sent. and that of course you had re-
ceived it and-and had not thought it
worth your while to come to my poor
party, or even reply to my invitation.
l am telling you this, Jack, not with
the idea of winning you back-I have
no hope of doing that, nor do l wish
to take you from your cousin, who l
am sure will make you happy. But l
do want you to know the truth. AL
though We are nothing to each other
now. l cannot think of your going
through life believing that your name
was purposely omitted from the list of
invitations to my party. Right here
/ may as well say that l invited your
old rival, Will Edison, chiefly out Of
sympathy, thinking that if he accept
ed and came he might find some fair
charmer among the many present.
whose smiles would more than COM
pensate him for the slight loss sus-
tanned in my rejection of his ad-
dresses.
l hardly expected him to come, but
when he did, and you did not and
someone told me you had started that
| very day for a two-weeks' fishing trip
| in Canada-well, l tried bravely TO
smile with an aching heart" and play
| well my part of hostess, but l fear
those present found me rather poor
company. know never before
| passed such a miserable day in my
life. And then at night, when they
were all gone and 1 was left alone
with my thoughts. flung myself on
my couch and-but why am I telling
you all this? 1t is nothing, and 1 am
| well aware of that, and / know that it
is silly in me to dangle my bleeding
heart before you as if seeking for SYM
pathy.
| But, Jack, believe me when l say
it is not sympathy I am striving for,
but self-justifcation; l want to clear
myself in your eyes, to have you know
the truth, and then-kindly burn this
letter and forget that the writer of it
ever existed!
Now. to return to the invitation:
When found it to-day the whole hing
came back to me. / remember that
wrote Your invitation first and sealed
it with a-well, different from the rest
of them-and then in some way land
/ shall never forgive myself for my
carelessness) it got mixed il with the
empty envelopes. and when | got
through my list, back it went into the
pigeonhole with them. and after all
these weeks it has at last turned up
again. to accuse and haunt me.
Kismet. as the Turks say; so why
should l fight against it? I feel sure
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-15

It now looks as though Ed Hoch
had backed into the republican race
for governor. Il is too late for him
with both the Office holders of the ma
chine and the anti-machine against
him and will only serve to bury a
good man in the deep mud of politi-
cal calumuy. He is too good man
for such a fate, but those who are
opposed to him now can think of no
other way to dispose of a clean man.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-15
Knocking at the Machine

General J. K. Hudson, OF the Tope-
ka Herald. has heard the bugle call
and like the old war horse he prompt
" responds and rushes into the thick
of the fight. In a recent editorial
concerning the political situation he
says in part:
mo shallow whining about the ne
cessity of harmony to prevent the OPP
position from defeating the republi-
can party can fool the thinking re-
publicans who are today demanding
the overthrow of the best organized
and most demoralizing political ma
chine Kansas has ever known.
with the state patronage to dis
pense in the interest of the machine,
the legislature was organized and the
outrages of laundering and boOdling
legislative session never paralleled
in the history Of the state for its con-
tempt of political decency, supported
and protected in every excess by the
state administration, are now an old
story, but none the less a shameful
one in the republican party. The
state central committee has long since
given over all power to the half doz-
en- leaders of the machine. Il 4
1.-THE state convention was taken to
Wichita to punish Topeka because it
has no sympathy for a gang OF politi-
cal loOters who destroyed for revenge
and for money one of the finest insti-
tutions ever built up in this city or
the state.
SIS it not time, when political brig
ands wearing the garb of republicans
can force United States Judge to as
sist in their dishonorable political
schemes, for the voters to rise up and
drive them out of power? These fell
lows expect to sustain the machine in
power by frightening the republican
voters into sustaining and renOmina-
ting Governor Bailey and placing
Mort Albaugh at the head of the state
committee again. 4
THE people who are the voters OF
the republican party and who are not
recipients of political favOrs of the
machine are tired of Lelandism, Bail.
eyism and all the balance of the office
bartering gang we'll known to every
intelligent voter. Now is the time &c
organize in every county n the state
to turn down the bosses of the party
and give to Kansas victory fol
political honor and decency that viii
last for - generation
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was sure you could explain everything
satisfactorily if l would only give you
the opportunity. But. like the stub
born mule that | am and always will
be. expect, until you've civilized me.
have steadily refused to obey her
wishes. claiming that the explanation,
if given at all, should come from you
without any solicitation on my part.
tell you it made me pretty desper-
ate when l heard Will Edison boasting
OF having an invitation to your lawn
party while | had none. l waited on
tcnter hooks until the last minute, and
then, rot receiving the expected invl-
tation. / packed up and started off
with a couple of friends on fishing
trip. And l enjoyed the trip, of course,
I'll that | remember about it now is
that ny friends both declared that
was the Dokiest and most urinterest-
ing fellow they ever had tire -nisfor-
tune to so fishing with-ali l dill was
TO sit around and NOPE. Just as II
they wouldn't NOPE too. if they had
lost what l supposed had lost-the
love of the only girl in the world
worth having!
But, dearest, it is all right now. !
know the truth. and the only thing
am sorry for is that 1 didn't take
Cousin Mays advice, and come to you
and find it out long ago.
What blind. stubborn fool l have
been all these dreary weeks and
months! Really. Millie. don't half
deserve the great happiness your dear
letter has brought to me; but even the
most unworthy of mortals cannot re-
fuse to enter Paradise when the gates
swing invitingly open before him.
You won't have to win me back. -
My heart has never faltered in its al
legiance to you, even il my body was
temporarily deserter from your side
But never mind, dear; no misunder-
standing shall ever again come be
| tween us. We won't give 1t room. I'll
be down to see you this evening, and
well start in where we left on six
months ago. and see II We can't make
| up for lost time.
Ever yours. JACK
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Anti-Machiue Call to Arms.

The rank and file of the r, publican
party is not being allowed breathiu ny
space enough to be proud of its lead
ers. The statements being made by
the fellows ON the under side in the
fight are stronger than those made
by the democrats The following is ii
part of the call to arms of the fellows
who are fighting the machine:
s'Thc purpose and aim of this organ
iZation is To secure the nomination OF
e. w. HGch tor governor ut the
Wichita' conventions, March | am
prepared III give YOU absolute as
surauce that MIR. Hoch will accept
this nomination if rendered him by
the republican state convention. If
Mr.. iluch is elected governor he will
be .h: governor in tact. ind will not
deirg ATE his bower o. suoiet his au-
th0rIty TO private ciLiZ-us, such is
nor. BY the Interference of Cover
nor Bailey with the Legislature func-
tione of the sovernmeut in the organ
iZation of the house of representa-, YES 4,
the people Of the state are required tn
pays MliIon dollars in taxes more
than ,.t auy oiher period in the his
tory OF the state. .
This same house organization
disgraced the state by The numerous
and useless employees for the pur-
pose of paying political debts-23l
employees in the house to wait upon
125 mepbers-such is the record oil
the legislature. Besides, numerous
forgeries and fictitious names have
been placed on the pay roll. If MIR.
Hoch is nominated for governor he is
pledged to the re-establishment Of
civil government in this state"
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-15
ROAD NOTICE.
First published January Is. 1904.
To Whom 1t May Concern:

~ w mum IL Muy OOuccTus
In pursuance of an order made by the
Board of County Comm ,ssloners OF the COun-
ty OF Edwards, in the State of kansas, in
regular session ON the Seventh day of Janu-
airy. A. d. 1904. notice Is hereby given that
j. T.. Wright and twelve others. hOusehOlders
of said county, residing in the vicinity where
ii Is proposed to lay out snd establish the
road below mentioned, have presented to
said board their certain petition. praying the
iayi"g out and establishment of u public
load in said county as follows
BEGINNING on the North line of Township
Twenty -four t24). Range Sixteen (16l. between
Sections Two ~ and nree (3). RAINING Sout h
between Sections Two (2) and Three (3,. Ten
n0) ami Eleven I'D. Fourteen I'D and Fifteen
U5). Twenty-Five (22) and TwenI y-three C.3),
Twenty.siy t26) and rwenty-seve:. t2O. Thirty
tour CD and rhirty-tive t35), of above named
township and range and terminating ON the
south line of Sections Thirty-fOur CID ana
ThIrty-hye t3o). being Six miles in length,
und that Tom He,od, John Miller and q. l..
COLLEEN viewers duly appointed. will meet, III
conjunction with the Board of County Com
msSiOners and County Surveyor, on the
north line of Township Twenty-fo,Ir, Range,
Sixteen between Sections Two and Tine e,
on the Twelfth day of February, A. ID. 1904
and proceed tO view said road, and To- give ali
parties n hearing.
Witness my hand and the seal of said coun-
~. affixed at my OIL G in said county, his
Twelfth day Of January. a. u. 1904.
k@ ID. ID. BAXTER.
SEAL County Cieik.
t0-b
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that you are happy in another's love.
and hope she will make You as good
wife as you deserve. have not the
pleasure of your cousins acquaintance
(as matters stand it is perhaps as well
that l have not; 1t saves embarrass-
ment for BOTH. but I hear her praises
sung by all who know her. and l sim
cerely congratulate You on your
choice.
She, feel sure. Will make you
much happier than could ever hope
to do: and now. dear Jack (if i may
call you that for the last final. please
forgive and forget my carelessnexs,
the fault Of my head and mot of my
heart. and - you 90 on youS chosen
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ROAD NOTICE.
First published January Is, 1904.
rojwbom II May Concern:

ro,wbOm II May Concern:
In pursuance of order made by the
Board of County t;Ommissinners of the Coun-
~ OF Edwartfs in the State of Kansas, IN
Regular session On he seventh day of Janu-
airy. \. ID 1894. notice is hereby given that T.
A. q Putter and nineteen Others. house
holdris Of said county. residing in The vicIni-
~ where it is proposed tn ,ay out and cstab-
lish the rOad below mentioned. have pre-
scented tt' SAIL board their certail petition
prHying To vacate and close and re-estabIisn
and o.''n public road in said county AS
fJ.lows:-
beginning at the northwest corner of Sec
zion fourteen. township invent, three range
nineteen: thence noItberly along road one
n :ndfcd siX. heiwe-n sections ten aud
eleven. and between ctiJns two and three
TO point betw. sections two and three
where the aforesaid road on. h,indrt d six
fHtersects the section line between sections
two and three township twenty-three range
ii1ne. cen and Thar t'harl- ~ Falk Charles
Mhlmquist and Lawrence Ericsson. viewers
dnly appointcsi. will meet, in conjunction
with the Board OF County Commissioners
and Cnuhty Surveyor. at The northwest cor
ner OF section fourteen. township twent.-
three. range nineteen. on the ninth ,.ay of
February. a. ID. 1904. and proceed to view
SAIL road. and to give ALI parties a hearing
Witness my hand ana the seal of said co,In-
~. afhxed nj my Office in said county, this
twelfth day of January. "A. d. 1904
li@ ID. ID. BAXTER,
SEAL G,unty Clerk.
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ROAD NOTICE.
Firsi published January Il. 1904.
To whom 1t NAV Concern:

To w HON 1t May Concern:
In pursuance of an order made by the
HsRr.l of County tsom missioners of the Coun-
~ Of Edwards. in the = ute trf kansas I'm
regular session on the seventh day of Janu-
AIRY. y. ID. 1864. notice In hereby given that
John Linn ! and twenty others. hOuseholdcrs
OF ssI county. residing in the vicinity where
II . proposed to lay out and establish the
FOati below mentioned. have presented to
said hoard their certain petition, prs wing the
laying ont and cs adjustment of public
road in raid county fOllOwS:-
Bekinning at the Pnwnee county line be
tween sections twenty-five and thirty-six
township twenty-thrce. range nineteen.
thence west ON section line between sections
twenty-five and thirty-six. 1--WE mt. six and
thtrty-five. twenty-seven and thirty four.
twenty-eirht ana thirty-thrre, twenty-nine
and thiItT-tw0. thirty and thiri y-one Ia the
northwest corner of section thirty.one,
township twrnty-thTce range nineteen. and
that John Witceski, Alex Montgomery and
Guy Jenkins, viewers duly appointed. will
meet. In conjunction with the Board of
County COnniss. orers and County sur, ey-
or. at he hswfee county line between sec
tions twent! five aud thirty-siX. township
twcnty-three. range nineteen. on the eighth
day of February, A. ID. 1904. und proceed t.,
view said road, and to give nil parties a
bearing
Witness my hand and the seal of said cnun-
~. affixed at my Office in said county. this
twelfth day or January a. ID. 1904.
t@) ID. ID. BAXTER
SEAL County Clerk.
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Shutdown.

4 late lark twitters from the quiet skies,
Ard from the west
Where the sun. his days work ended,
Lingers as in content
There falls on the old. gray city
An Influence. luminous and serene
y shining peace.
The smoke ascenGs
IN rosy and golden haze The spires
Shine and are changed In the valley
Shadows rise The lark sings on The
Closing his beneGiction,
Sinks. and the darkening air,
Thrills with a sense of the triumphing
night
Night. with her train of stars
And her great gift-of sleep.
So be my passing,
My task accomplished and the long day
done,
My wages taken, and on my heart
Some late lark singing.
Let me be gathered to the quiet west.
The shutdown splendid and serene Death
w. E. Henley.
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The old members of the populist
party, who are strenuously asserting
a breach of faith on the part of the
democrats because of disposition to
drop the silver plank from platforms,
overlook the fact that the populist
party never really cared for that
plank. The populist party stood for
larger circulating medium and did
not care whether it was reached
through the issuing of greenbacks or
the free coinage of silver and simply
took up the free silver idea because
in that way they could secure the CO.
operation of the democrats which
they could not hope to get if they
we're merely asked to favor Il larger
volume of currency regardless of the
silver proposition.
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The republican party, in making
Porto Rico Free has virtually de-
prived her of seIf-government. The
scheme is Nunder the absolute control
of President Roosevelt and limits re-
presentation at Washington to sim
pie commissioner. He is not allowed
on the floor of either house and makes
his wishes known only in a rounda-
bout way. This humble individual is
a startling contrast to the dozen men,
bers from Porto Rico who sat in the
Spanish parliament at Madrid helping
to shape wise legislation for their
province. Spain seems to have been
a monarchy that believed in some
sort of self-government: the United
States appears to be republic that
believes in imposing laws upon its
dependencies.
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Frisco Rates.

California and the Northwest via
the Frisco System. Low colonist
rates in effect daily, only s25, to the
majority of California points. Pro-
portionately low rates TO Portland,
Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma and other
points in the Northwest.
In case you contemplate a trip any
where, do not fail to call on nearest
Frisco ticket agent. and have him fur.
nish you full information, or address
c. w. STRAIN,
Division Passenger Agent,
Wichita, Kas.
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ROAD NOTICE.
First publ shed january Is, 1904.

ID Ne
To Whom IL May Concern:
In pursuance of an order made by the
Board 81 County Commissioners OF the Coun-
~ OF Edwards, i'm the State of Kansas In
regular session on the revenfb dar of Janu-
airy a. ID 1904. noiice Is hereby given that a..
n. smith and seventeen others. huuseholdeis
OF SAID county. residing in the vicinity where
II Is Proposed to lay out End establish the
road De ow mentioned have presented to
said bosrd their certain petition. praying the
laying out and establishment OF 4 public
road II. said county as fOlIows:-
Commencing at the southeast corner of SEQ
ton four, township twenty-fOur. range
twenty thence south section !ine be-
tween sections nine and ten. sixteen and
htteen. fwenty-one and TWENTY-FIVE. twenty
seven and twenty-right thirty-thrce and
thirty-four. and between sections three and
four, township twenty-five, range twenty
to southeast corner Of section four, township
twenty-five. range twenty. and thar NJ Mer-
ten. Burr fiemming and Gilbert Math VS.
viewers duly appointed. will meet in con-
jun~tion with the Board or County Commits
sieners and County SURVEYOR. at the southeast
corner or section four township twenty -four
range twenty. on the tenth day of Februnry
4. ID. 1904: aud proceed 20 view said road, and
| 10 give gil parties = hearing.
witness my hand and the seal OF said
county. amxed AZ my sf7ce In said county
this twelfth dag Of January. A. p. 1891
g. ID. ID. BAXEER
| sEAh County Clerk.
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The democrats smiled during the
reading of the presidents message on
the fourth instant when he laid before
congress the facts and Incidents which
caused him to- create a new republic
called Panama The contention that
the canal can be built ''forthwith'' "a
the president said, even if the treaty
is ratified, when at the most cOnserva
live estiina II will take twenty If not
forty Years. was enough To make any
one smile. 1t seems the president
knew a revolution wis about to burst
1T a given date, for he had read many
newspaper ARTICLES to that effect and
had seen recent travellers from Co
!o:nbia, and Panama. All told the
same story. Therefore he headed it
Off, except the killing of one China
man, by sending the American navy
to- the isthmus to protect American
lines and Interests. The president
asserted that Colombia had the power
To ratify the Hay-Herrun treaty. and
give us the canal strip at our own
price, and in failing to- do so affront-
ed the United States. AS the matter
is now all settled the senate has only
to ratify the treaty, and the business
will of course be done.
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The case against Senator Dietrich,
republican, of Nebraska, for bribery
in connection with some post office
deal has been dismissed. He proved
that when the bribery was alleged to
have taken place that he was not a
senator as he had not yet been sworn
in. This may be what is called a
vindication in Nebraska but in Kans-
AS we regard it about as we would
the case of the man who escaped sem
tence on account of the statute of
limitations.