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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-04-22

Word was received mere, Sunday morn
ing. that Riley Spriggs had died at the
horne of his brother, Scott, in west
pnalia. Riley was an old-time Garnett
bny. and ne had many friends here.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-04-22

mrs. |. T. Cook died last Sunday even.
Ing, after lingering illness. The funer-
al took place Tuesday morning,
from the United PRESBYTERIAN church,
Rev. Mabon officiating. Deceased leaves
a husband, three sons and two daugh'
ters to mourn her death.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-04-22

The body OF Mrs. Catherine risher'
who died suddenly at the home OF her
daughter, mrs. c. S. Coleman, on Thurs
day of last week, was taken to More
head tor burial.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-04-22

Tom Dovle, whom Oklahoma Demo
cats are booming for congress. is Tor
uerly-ot Kansas man. His parents stu
We on farm in what is known as tn
Irish settlement" between Garnet
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Dispatch
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-04-22

Horace Reed and wife and son came IN
from Newton to attend the Whittington'
Cannon wedding. Mr.. Reed SAYS com
Dany has been organized at Newton to
prospect Tor gas and oil.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-04-22

Below is at Associatec Press dispatch
giving an account of the terrible acct.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
THE REJUVENEscENcE OF NOR
GAN

J. Pierpont Morgan, who recently
permitted it to be given out that he was
going to turn over much of his bust
ness to his son and go to Europe for a
long rest, seems to be well out of the
invalid class STILL The other night he
tramped several miles on snowshoes
and said he felt great when he got
through. This will appeal most to
those who have tried snowshoeing and
know what it takes out of one.
The incident goes far to show that
Mr.. Morgan is not in the invalid class.
and 1t is pretty safe to assume that he
is not troubled much with senile debiI-
ity. There was reason to believe of
late that he had retired from some of
his operations because that other de-
crepit old party, John d. Rockefeller,
threatened to make off with some of
his plumber. But in the light of the
snowshoeing affair perhaps it would be
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07

series of funny sketches in the Sunday
supplement. it may be a murder case
or 1t may be the best selling novel.
The mere fact that 1t has already
caught and held the attention of the
public argues we'll for it's success.
If this fashion does not prove pass
ing fad. the play builder will succeed
the play writer. Already it is the
fashion in the East to speak of build
ing play instead of writing one. A
capable man is provided with material
Of a certain kind and out of this he
constructs a drama and the public, i'm
PEELED by curiosity. goes to see what
kind of an edifice he has erected. The
motive, of course, is not very lofty
one, but theatrical managers with the
fear of failure ever before them are
not apt to cavil at motives. As for
the playwrights, it is hard lines for
them, just now, but in time, doubtless,
the most conscientious of them Will be
willing to swim with the current. They
will realize the folly Of counting sue
cess by writing plays and will turn
their attention to other branches of
literature that represent greater dra-
matte possibilities.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
THE CONVICTIONS OF HEARST.

We are informed by a statement
given to the Associated Press by S. S.
Carvalho, manager for William r
Hearst, that the latter's New York
newspaper properties have been merg-
ed into a trust chartered under the
laws of New Jersey.
The Hearst papers have attained to
what circulation they have by de-
nouncing, in type Of a size calculated
to astonish, the modern trust. There
has never been any excuse for the ex-
1stence of the Hearst papers except
that they were declared to have a mis-
sion to hunt down the octopus. Young
Mr.. Hearst settled In a New York con-
stituency to which his papers so ap-
pealed that he landed in congress.
Then the octopus spear was sharpened
afresh, and his own papers started a
boom for him for the presidential nom
nation, based on the claim that he rep
resented the masses in opposition to
those proud manipulators of
wealth who syndicate their aims in
trusts.
Now Mr.. Hearst has organized his
newspapers into trust. The three
corporations under which the three
Hearst newspapers of New York have
been conducted have been merged. a
holding company has been organized in
New Jersey and trust company has
been made trustee in exactly the same
manner as the shipbuilding and other
combinations We're formed. ]. Pierpont
Morgan and John D. Rockefeller have
been made the objects of hatred and
scorn to the Hearst following for doing
simply and exactly the thing that Mr..
Hearst has done.
Has Hearst gone over to the pluto
Gratis? Not that it makes very much
difference what he does or does not.
but how is he going to maintain that
fight which he has been carrying on
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
DRAMATIC POSSIBILITIES.

The announcement that a series of
Gibsons pictures is to be dramatized
has occasioned little surprise. Nova
days there are few popular productions
of pen or pencil that cannot be classed
as dramatic possibilities. Everybody
writes. apparently. with his minds eye
fastened on the stage. And 1t matters
not whether what he pens be an adj
vertisement, treatise or novel. Pro-
vided it whets- the appetite for more,
the more will be furnished it behind
the footlights. A popular actress in a
dramatized version of popular novel.
a popular advertisement or a popular
series Of pictures represents less of a
risk than the most promising play in
manuscript. Therefore. even he who
writes the rhymes which bring to the
notice Of the public Soakum's sanitary
soap is justified in indulging in the
hope that one day he may contribute
his mite toward the uplifting of the
drama
The world has frequently been fore
ed to listen to the moan of disgruntIed
playwrights who insist that they can
not get the managers to read their
plays. But, if we read the signs Of
the times Alright, it would seem that the
very best way to become a playwright
Is by not writing plays. Managers
gaze with well founded suspicion on
the man with play up his sleeve, fer
such a play has frequently cost them
thousands Of dollars. So instead of
searching manuscripts for gold mines
they look about for that which has
already proved gold mine to some
body else and stage It. It may be a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07

as well not to Jump at the conclusion.
that Morgan Is going into decline.
Rumor deals unfairly with the captains
Of industry and finance, and it is bet
ter not to believe all you hear about
them.
About the time Charles M. Schwab
was trading the Bethlehem steel plant
to himself for the plant and some mil
lions of stock in the shipbuiIding trust
to boot, the yellow Journals were giving
1t out that his mind was giving way
under the strain Of managing great af-
fairs. A year or more ago John D.
Rockefeller was said to have lost all
his hair because he could not eat food
enough to keep the roots alive. 1t was
even announced by some space writer
that Mr.. Rockefeller would give his
whole fortune to be able to eat one
square meal. Since then the oil mag
nate has felt strong enough to sit up
and collect a few millions that some of
the other fellows had tried to hide on
him.
In view Of these later reports about
Mr.. Morgan, and considering his snow
shoe exploit, we are inclined to feel a
bit sorry for the British and other in
habitants of Europe. When a Morgan
goes abroad for his health it is up to
the foreigner to betake him to the tall
grass country and sink his securities
in the We'll
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
a typical Bonaparte.

Princess Mathilde was a typical Bona
parte Beneath the skin OF a grande dame
there dwelt the soul of a vivandiere She
was generous and tempestuous Some
thing Of a butt in her pgime, as a certain
rather pronounced passage in Lord
Malmesbury's "reminiscences shows. she
was universally admitted at the same tfma
TO possess taste and a knowledge Of the
arts. 1t was to her credit, too, that she
cared not snap Of the fingers for dynastic
disputes. She was on the friendliest OF
terms with the Due d'Aumale, and is said
to have tried but in vain. 10 conciliate
some of the sitter branches of the puzzle
headed Bourbon family. Altogether. she
was woman who lived every moment OF
her life-LondOn Outlook
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
Among the Merrymakers
In a TanqIe.

BY Jove, old chapI" said Mr. Maxim
brakes. with enthusiasm, your wife
must nave been a mighty handsome wom-
an When she was young Even in all
these years she hasn't changed so much
though, OF course, it couldn't have been
many years since she was young and
little 1T takes to make some neonIa iooI.
Old, you know, you wonder how she man
ages to conceal the ravages-that isn't
exactly what mean, but she's the Young
you got match? My cigar has gone
out."-Chicago Tribune 9O--'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
Bryan's STRENGTH.

1t is all well enough for the con-
gressmen at Washington to count
noses and issue a formal declaration
TO the effect that Bryan will not have
hundred votes in the St. Louis con-
vention. Delegates to that body have
not yet been elected, and, in spite of
his two successive defeats, Bryan and
his followers still have control of the
party machinery, not only in the far
Western states but in a number both
IN the East and in the South. When
the conventions to elect delegates to
St Louis are held it is very unlikely
that either anti-Bryan or anti-free sill
yer resolutions will be passed, even
though the candidacy of some other
man be favored.-Baltimore American.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
Contemporary Comment
Closed Eyes and Ears.

In his Interview on Saturday, assert
ing again that he and his party stand
where. they stood in 1896 and 1900, Mr..
Bryan asked:
DO you know Of single man, who
favored the adoption of the platform
In 1900, who would vote against it's
reaffirmation this year?"
If Mr.. Bryan does not know of
single man who would do this he has
Kept his eyes and ears, as well as his
mind, closed. There are thousands of
Democrats in the West who were en-
thusiasts in their devotion to the Bry-
an platform in 1896 and 1900. who
would vote against it's reaffirmation
this year, and who want Mr. Bryan to
cease his efforts to run the Democratic
party; they want him to realize that
1t would be becoming in him as a
twice defeated candidate to retire
from the party councils and permit
the party organization to harmonize
its platform with the will of the yot-
ers.-St. Louis Dispatch.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
THE ST PAUL. GLOBE. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY Z. 1904.

against the panoplied forces OF organ
lied wealth now that he has an ecto-.
pus of his own?
y We fear that the mammon of I'M
has stormed and carried
the ditch in which young Mr.. Hearst
has been fighting the battles of the
plain and gullible people.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
Pride Of Wealth

What will the other passengers in the
car Think said Mrs Upjohn, in a horrf-
fed whisper. You forgot to wash your
hands after attending to the furnace, and
they are all begrimed with coal"
That's all right" said Mr.. Upjohn
use it."-Chicago Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
Justlce In RiIIuiIIe

said the Billville justice, land I shall
sentence you to be lynched."
Yes, jedge," meekly replied the pris-
oner.
And" continued the justice. eff you
go to kickin' up any Of yer shines. an
break the rope. l shall sue you for dam
ages!"-Atlanta Constitution
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
snIde LIahts on HIstnru

There, little girl, don't cry" said Di-
ana to Niobe Our Lady of Tears What's
the matter?" mo-
Only January thaw," said Niobe
melting away
This is the first one on record.
uranus was answering the phone.
This is Thisbe," said the owner Of
that name, Disgusting her voice for a
Can this be Thisbe?" responded Pvra
mus who refused to be fooled
But ThiSbe resented his moor atternnt
at humor so strongly that for two DAYS
he got the busy signal.-Chicago Journal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
The Doom of BRYAN.

His defeat. or that of the men and
platform he may put forward, is al
together probable. 1t looks as IL the
tables will at last be turned, and that
he and his followers may have to re-
peat the boiling nlaneuvers of the
gold Democrats eight years ago. 1t
would be an edifytng spectacle to see
the Bryanites march out Of the con-
Nention, after having for eight years
Kept their Threats sore denouncing
those who formerly bolted them.-Kan-
sas City Journal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
a Raw of Hone.

Singleton (reading)-It is said that the
last word in an argument is often the
most dangerous.
Wedderly-Say. would you mind letting
me have that paper?
SingletOn-What do you want it for?
Wedderly-I want to show that para
graph to my wife.-New York World.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
Not on the Grand jury.

Here is the way a Benton county man
confessed at a revival: He had been
pressed to repent, and finally got up and
said: Dear friends. feel the spirit NOV
ing in me to talk and tell what a bad man
grand jury is in session 'The Lord will
forgive" shouted the preacher. II guess
that's right" said the penitent, but He
amt on the grand jury. "-Warrensburg
(Mo.) Journal-Democrat
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
Looks Queer.

Piker-Say, did it ever occur to you that
our government encourages counterfeit
ing?
Harker-Certainly not What do you
mean?
Piker-Well. anyway, 1t employs a lot Of
congressman to pass bad bills.-Cincinnatf
Enquirer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
Off With the Incubus.

The party's only hope of success lies
In its ability to throw off the incubus
OF the isms for which Bryan stood. and
the first essential duty is to accomplish
this, peaceably if possible, forcibiy if
necessary Washington Post.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
Is It PossibIe7

The Foraker bill is in the interest Of
the trusts and combines. 1t opens a
broad way for them to do as thew
please. That Is against good public
polcy: The bill does not merit serious
consideration from congress Ohio
State Journal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
Uneasy Lies the Had

Reports from Servia indicate that
King Peter excites about as much en-
thus1asm when he appears in the
streets of the capital as an Orange
man would at F'enian plcnic.-ChIca-
go Record Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
Papa Just Saved Himself.

Mr.. Flatington (te his evening GALLERY
Sorry haven't another cigar for you
Small Son-There's plenty more in the
bookcase drawer, papa.
MIR. F1attngtOn-Those are the ones your
mother gave me.-CleveIand Leader
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
Literary Notes.

Perhaps dear Henry James may have once
had a curl
Which hung in the middle of his fore
head;
So his works. when they're good, are
very, very good
And, Of course, when they're bad, they
are horrid
Indianapolis Journal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07

The Hon. John c. Spooner is poster
in round the Hon. Ben C. TilIman ike
a man who wanted TO get a punch in
the eye..
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
Melancholy Waste If po,.,e,

> Scientists have estimated that If the
power which is expended in talk about
a canal were converted into action,
the isthmian canal would be in Urorlr'
ing order by July.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07

Clare-Was he nervous when he pro
posed?
Mae-Net in the least
Clare-He was when he proposed to me.
but-oh.. well. possibly he has had a lot
Of practice since then.-CleveIand Leader
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07

If Princeton furnishes Servia with
a king and Minnesota with a governor
the Union will be the only newspaper
on the beach At present both seem
possible.-Windom Reporter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07

In stating that it looks like Roose-
welt or nobody" we believe the Mime
apolis Journal is wrong. Roosevelt is
probably a good man, but when he has
passed away we have no doubt that the
ship of state will glide along just az
smoothly as 1t does at present Roose-
welt seems to make a good deal of noise
but you have heard Of the barking
dog.-Norman County Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07

The amount of information a Mime
sofa man can get from Washington if
ne listens real hard about things at
home is really surprising. But not
more surprising, however, than the
character the information freuuentlv
assumes.-Faribault Journal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07

We hardly think that any Of the
gubernatorial booms have anything to
do with the senatorship, and are very
sure that the Collins and Eddy candl-
dacies will not affect either Nelson or
Clapp. 1t is also certain that any cam
didacy which openly threatened these
two men or either Of them, would die
nin'."-MOrris Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07

The normal schools Of Minnesota are
passing into innocuous desuetude At
tendance is rapidly falling off and there
is little excuse for their existence
Fairmont Sentinel
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07

The great interest which is being
shown in the selection of members OF
the board of railroad commissioners is
one of the favorable signs of the times
The personnel Of no state board so i'm
mediately affects the interests Of our
farmers and it is of the greatest i'm
portance that the best men In the state
be selected for the observation-disclosures
dria Post News.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07

Another merger has appeared that
requires investigation by our governor.
Room Is at the capitol has been merged
with Jim Martins Improvement COM
pany. Here is a snap for the board
of control Jake wants to butt in and
collect some rent. But it Is a handy
place for Collins headquarters this cold
weather. Cheap too. The hotels may
get lonesome and raise a kick, but it
won't do any good Wonder if Dunn
will get a room Rush City Post.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07

Speaking about lawyers and news
papers pleading any old cause for
money it might be remarked that the
two do not come under the same cate
CORY. There is no crime or criminal
that cannot find a defender In the per-
son of some lawyer-for money, OF
course; but let the same crimes or
criminals seek for some newspaper to
espouse their cause, the difference be-
tween lawyers and newspapers will
then be Observation-Disclosures Free
Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-05
PORTS WILL
 BE OPENED.
Russia Is Still Block.
 ing the Scheme.
Negotiations Now Under Way will Probably End Fayorably--The Troops of Japans at nusam- pho --COrea Satisfied.

London, Jan 5.-The Core@ charge d'affaires in all interview says he has good reason to believe that the nego- tiations between Corea, the United States, Great Britain, Japan and Rus sia regarding .Wiju and Yongampno will result in the opening of those ports at an early date. Russia. he added, is still opposing the opening and few Russian troops have occupied Yongam- pho, but he believed the negotiations would terminate in 8 decision favorable to the views of Corea and the powers desiring the opening of the ports.
 Corea, the charge d'affaires further declared, would never agree to Rus sia's proposal to establish a neutral zone in northern Corea, running south from the Manchurian frontier as far east as Yuonsan and west Ping-Yang as it would prejudice the sovereignty and integrity of Corea, which Is guar anteed by the Anglo-Japanese treaty.
 Photographic adyices from Seoul by the charge d'affaires as late as two days ago did not mention the possibil- .ity of Japan landing troops at Masam- pho. Should, however. such action be taken, Corea would not offer armed op- position as war with Japan would be thus brought about. Corea's relations with Russia and Japan were friendly and the charge d'affaires did not be- lieve WET would result from the pres ent negotiations.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-05
DEAD IN CELL.
New London Man Waiting Trial For nurder.-He
 Hung Himself.

New London, Jan 5.-John May,
 who was to have been taken to Nor wich this morning to be presented to the grand jury in the superior court to answer to the charge of having murdered Charles W. Par1eman on the night of October ?, in East New London, committed suicide in the county jail here last night by hang ing himself in his cell. May has been somewhat Respondent since the recent consultation with his counsel and has spent good part of his time pacing his cell He tied handkerchief about his neck and using a small cord that he found on the bed put it through a staple on the wall and bending over, strangled himself. Mays wife and child reside in New Haven. The body was found at 6:15 this morning and it is probable that May had been dead for nine or ten hours.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-05
ISLAND CUT OFF.
Nautucket's Communication With Main Land Cut
 Off By the Storm.

Woods Hole, Mass, Jan. 5.-The is- land of Nantucket is cut off from com with the main land by tel egraph. It is thought that the inter- ruption is caused by fracture of the land line on account of the extreme cold, rather than trouble with the cable. An ice embargo prevails about the island and no steamer has been able to reach Nantucket since Satur- day. The last report received from the island before the telegraph line failed was to the effect that the entire harbor of Nantucket was not only blocked with ice but that heavy drift ice extended far out from the shore. On land the roads were badly drifted and travel was impossible. On Sun day the wireless station at Sinascon- ct reported that communication, with lightship No. 5S, known as the Nan tucket relief lightship had failed, but the interruption was attributed to the possibility that the wireless mast of the hghtship had been blown down by the gale Pollock Rip lightship has drifted two miles from her station.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-05
LOSS IS $lO, 900.
Early Morning Blaze At Naugatuck. Business Gen.
 ter Was Threatened.

Saugatuck, Jan GA tWo-story frame building occupied by several business concerns was burned to-day, and for a time other business property was en- dangered, but the hremen working ln the bitter cold and hampered by frozen hydrants, succeeded at length in con lining the fire to the burning building. The structure was located at the cor enr of Main and Map4e streets and was owned by the Matthew Beirne estate. It is believed the total loss will approximate $10,00O.
 Some of the losses and insurance amounts are as follows: Angelo Rose, fruit store, where fire started, loss S1,- 900, insurance $500; John F. Diegan, saloon, loss $3,1oJ, insurance $2,1OO; U. B. Hall, barber shop. loss $4OO, in surance $500; owners. of building, loss $4,O0O, insurance $3,O00. Other occu, pants who suffered some loss are James White, tailor. and w. J. Neville, who occupied an apartment on the second floor.
 The cause of the fire is not known, but is thought to have heen an over. heated stove Frank Dieean, son of John F. Diegan, made his way into the saloon and secured cash to the amount of $20O. He was nearly suffocated by smoke.