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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-04-01
Obituary.

Little Eunice O'Bleness, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew O'Bleness, died
Wednesday evening at O'Clock aged
2 years, II months and l day.
The little one had been sick but a
short time and its death was very sud-
den and unexpected. The funeral
took place Thursday at o'clock at
the family residence, Rev. Smith
offici ating. Interment was made at
the Lewis cemetery. The bereaved
family have the sympathy of the en-
tire community in their sad hour.
Wait my little one, wait.
When you reach the courts above,
Look down with the light of thy beautiful eyes
On those that you used to love.
Whisper sweet dreams 10 our earthly ears.
When we lie down to sleep;
Paint bright pictures before our eyes
When we awaken to weep.
A FRIEND.
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Kansas Patents

Granted this week, reported by c. A.
Snow & Co., Patent Attorneys, Wash
ington, d. c.:
G. P. Brintzinghoffer, Howard, fas-
ieuiBg device for drill bits aud the
like; I. B. Gray, Silverlake. mail
delivery box; j. A. Heron, Eskridge,
lister attachment; j. 81. Kindsvater,
Manhattan, combined header and
stacker; ]. Fl. Kindsvater, Ellis, hoist
ing mechanism for stackers: J. Luke,
Eskridge, drill-or pump rod grapple:
d. S. Martin, Mcpherson. storm cur
tain for vehicles; W. G. Russell,
Russell, slope stake attachment for
engineers transits: K. F. Seth, Of
ferle, pitman; 81 c. Ziprick, Kansas
City, beef-intestine wringer.
For copy of any of above patents
send ten cents in postage stamps with
date of this paper To c. A. Srow &
Co., Washington, d. C.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-04-01

1t may not be out of place to state
that rural mail carriers have the right
of way on all public highways when
on duty. If collision should occur
as a result of oneryness on the part of
some alecky individual, settlement
will be made with Uncle Sam. No
matter how heavily loaded wagon
may be, you cannot force the r. F. D.
wagon in the ditch without viola
ton of the United States mail law
Hays Republican.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-04-01
A Successful School Year.

School district No. 10 closed the
work of the term last Friday with ap-
propriate ceremonies and feasting.
Miss DeEtte Wellman has been the
teacher and the business affairs of the
district have been managed by Messrs.
McCanse, Rapp and Bridges. The
good feeling between the teacher, Of
fcers, patrons and scholars bears
strong testimony to the worth of the
teacher and the ability of the officers.
The forenoon was devoted to 'closing
day exercises, Rotations, singing,
etc. At the noon hour tables were
brought in and the good things pro-
vided by the patrons spread for the
enjoyment of all. The number present
was so large that it was necessary to
set the tables twice, and while part
were eating the others sang songs.
Mr.. McCanse made a short address
calling attention to the good work OF
the teacher and scholars and congrat-
ulated the district on the good feeling
and harmony prevailing. On motion
of Mr.. Rapp a vote of thanks OF the
district was extended to the teacher
for her efficient services. At the sug-
gestion of Mr.. McCanse the motion
was unanimously adopted by stand
ingxote. After dinner the remainder
of the time was devoted to social in
tercourse. The residents of this dis
trict as we'll as other friends will
learn with regret of the serious illness
of Miss Wellmau. She was taken
sick the first of this week and is at
present in very critical condition.
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Teachers Association.

The Lincoln and Franklin township
teachers association met at Lakeview
schoolhouse FRIDAY evening, March
25. The association was we'll attend
ed by the patrons who seemed to be
very much interested in the profess
sional program, which was rendered
in good style by the few teachers pres
ent. The literary program, which was
rendered by b. L. Cudney's school,
was hard to beat. A portion of the
Lincoln band furnished music for the
evening and the association wishes to
thank them for their kindness.
G. G. SPRIGG, Secretary.
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This is little school girls compo-
sition on men as given by the Fort
-CObbs, Okla, Record: "Men are what
women marry. They drink and smoke
and swear and have ever so many
pockets, but they don't go to church.
Perhaps if they wore bonnets they
would. They are more logical than
women; also more geological. Both
men AND women sprung from the mon
key, but the women certainly sprung
further than the men,
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School Report.

Report of the Greendale school for
month ending March Is, 1904:
Number of pupils enrolled in school,
males Is, females II, total q; number
of days attended, males 2754, females
POS, total 1901; per cent of attendance,
males 81 90, females IS SIP, total
S8 1854; per cent of punctuality,
males 90 64-1OO, females SO 75-l0O,
total, SO ITO: average daily attend
ance, males ID 31-40, females 10t,
total "a LAO; number of certificates of
attendance granted, Is; pupils neither
absent nor tardy, Mabel Barlow,
Chester Barlow, Dodd George, Homer
George, Virgil Miller, Edith Park
hurst, Ivan Parkhurst, Ruby Park
hurst, Pearl Parkhurst, Stella Scott,
Roy Scott.
There is heavy falling off in at
tendance this month, due principally
to sickness. The per cent of punctu-
atty is good, there being but seven
tardies during the month.
S. E. COUNTRYMAN, Teacher.
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The true standing of an editor is APP
preciated after death, if not before.
A lawyer recently sent the following
words of consolation to the widow of
an editor in a nearby town: "Dear
madam, l cannot ell you how pained
1 was to hear that your husband has
gone to heaven. We were bosom
friends, but can never meet again"
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-04-01

The school-garden movement is de-
scribed in an illustrated article con-
tributed to the Review of Reviews for
April by Miss Helen Christine Ben
nett.
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For Sale.

Ford and Gray county land. Just
received a special list from both coun-
ties. Any one wishing to make in
quiries in regard to the above lands
call on T. II. EVANS & Co.
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Report of Victor school, district
No 46, for fourth month ending March
25, 1904:
Number enrolled, males D, females
2, total I; days. attended, males SO, fe-
males 40, total 1873; number days
taught, 20; average daily attendance,
6 1920; cases of hardness, o; those
neither absent nor tardy, Daisy Dash
er, Dora Abrams, Guy Delay, Roy
Ray, Harvey Ray.
EDITH u. BECK, Teacher.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-04-01

If you want to buy or sell country or
city properly, call and consult US
I. II. EVANS q Co.
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It's dollars to deaghnuts that the
Chicago professor who declared that
people battle too often was never in
speaking distance of harvest hand
on warm day.
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Clippings of Local Interest.

From the Iarned T1IIer and TOiIer.
D. Fl. Scott died at Christ hospital
at Topeka last Saturday night at 8
o'clock, where he underwent difficult
surgical operation five days before.
He was an old Kansas settler, having
come from Illinois to Larned in the
early days of western Kansas and en-
gagged in the real estate business.
Some fifteen years ago he went to
Topeka, where he and his son Sedge-
wick have been associated together as
Scott and Scott, extensive dealers In
real estate. He was sixty-two years
old.
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Valuable musical note in the Burr
Oak Herald: ga growing plant should
be kept in the room with a piano,
says a piano tuner. AS long as the
plant thrives the piano will. The
reason that a piano is injured by a
dry, overheated room is that all the
moisture is taken out of the sounding
board.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-04-01

The latest straw hat for women
sticks out so far in front that a
woman who has one ON has to back
up to door to reach the knob.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-04-01

Ed. Donovan, of Belpre, will leave
shortly for Jerusalem and the holy
land. The excursion will be under
the management of the churches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-12

guest of her father, Mr.. ]. S. Dean.
She was here for the Misses Wheeler's
dance Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lewis and Mrs.
Lewis mother. Mrs. Taylor, have come
to Topeka from Wichita for a perma-
nent residence.
Miss Anna Martin, of Chicago. is the
guest of her sister. Mrs. Joseph G.
Hubbell.
Miss Bess Keys has returned to her
home in Neodesha~ after visit to Miss
Hazel Wolff.
Miss Alice Scott left today for her
home in Greensburg, Ind, after a visit
to her sister. Mrs. w. H Fighter.
Miss Barbara Tauer. of 40 Harri-
son street. has been called to Wamego
on account of the serious illness of her
father
Mrs. A E. Cathus gave a ohildren's
party at her house. 1911 Sixth avenue
east, last Saturday in celebration Of
her son Arches fifth birthday. The
children invited were Meta Estepp,
Bess Rhodes. Andrew Stevens, Myrtle
Beeler, Marguerite Neugebauer, Gardie
Saunders, Della Treadwell, Hazel Will
Hamd, Stella Willard, Leah Treadwell.
Annie Pritchard, Amy Willard, Daisy
Willard, Mabel Swickard, Martha Mac
Alister, Effie BedweH, Florence Field
ner, Lester Swickard, Roy Williams,
Ralph Rhodes, Raymond Estepp.
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RUSSIA AS ANAYAL POWER
Ships Poorly Manned by Country
Lads Through Conscript System.

An officer admitted to the writer when
visiting on board a Russian battleship re-
are not sailors, but agricultural Iaborers
drawn from inland districts by the con-
men-not, to be noted, as boys-and serve
from five to seven years, and are then
passed into the reserve for a farther
period of eight to ten years. From the
fact that these men come from inland
provinces it follows that they have not
the love of the sea in their veins, and
from the fact that Russia is not in
dustrial nation it also follows that few
OF these men have any mechanical knoWl-
with the toughest material, men who
have to learn everything and unlearn a
great deal
1t is said that the standard of gunnery
are published and the ships in Europe are
in full commission for only about half the
year and most of the ships in the far
east have been commissioned compare
lively recently, such assurances must be
men possess high standard of courage
and iron nerves, but these qualities in
modern naval war can not take the place
of continuous war training winter and
summer, which is the programme of the
British and American and German fleets
Russia has the ships, she is building
more of them, and she has a personnel of
65054, including many well trained Off
GERS of good attainments, but what the
meet really represents IN naval power IS
problem which only war can solve. 1t
may be that it will be found, as seems
probable, that while the Russian author
tiles have been able to add to the size
of the fleet with marvellous rapidity they
have been unable to supply trained men.
In these days, especially where the aid of
foreign yards is involved, it is possible
to obtain ships at short notice, but train
ed officers and n4en can not be so
Under the circumstances in which the
Russian feet has been created there is
consequently good cause to wonder
whether it will prove in action as formid-
able S 1t appears paper.
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TRUST CASES.
Status Is Reviewed by Acting
Attorney General Day.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE case
against the Northern Securities COM
pany is the only one of actions against
the trusts which had been considered
by the attorney general to be of such
general Importance" as to entitle it
to precedence over other litigatious
This statement was made to the house
in report signed by Acting Attorney
General Day in response to a resolution
of inquiry as to the present status of
the various pending suits against the
trusts In giving this status Mr.. Day
takes up the case of the Northern Sc
curitieS company first, saying the petit
ton was filed March 10, 1903 and the
case is now pending on appeal of the
supreme court of the United States at
Washington.
After giving the status of different
cases, the report says:
Il inadvertently omitted from my re-
port of January 10, 1904, the case of the
interstate commerce commission vs.
the Chesapeake & Ohio and the New
York, New Haven & Hartford road
pending in the United States circuit
court for the western district of Vir-
cided in favor of the government on
January 80 last"
The status of cases other than the
Northern Securities is given as fol-
lows:
I'm the beef trust case petition was
filed May 10. 1902, and the case is now
pending on appeal in the supreme
court.
I'm the railroad injunction suits, pc
titions in the cases in the westerA dis
trict of Missouri were filed March IS,
1902, now pending in the United States
circuit court for that district sitting in
Kansas City.
Petitions in the six cases in the
northern district of Illinois were filed
March 20, 1902 now pending in the cir
cult court for that district at Chicago.
In the case of the Jacksonville Whole
sale Grocers' association the petition
was filed September II. 1903, case now
pending in the circuit court for the
southern district of Florida at Jackson
vile.
In the salt trust case the indict-
ment was found February g, 1908, in
the district court for the northern dis
trict of California at San Francisco.
In the case of the interstate COM
merce commission VS.. Baird and 9th
ers, the petition was filed July l, 1908,
and the case is now pending in the SUI
preme court of the United States"
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A NOTED JERSEY COW
Gives Birth to Four Calves in Three
Years, Including Triplets.

Benton Harbor. Mich, Feb. Zone
of the most interesting events of a
farm within three miles of this city
was the recent birth of three calves to
young Jersey heifer that won't be
three years old until next month. al
though she raised a calf last year.
This makes four calves for the moth
erly creature in less than three years
of her life The COW is owned by Otis
Jones.
The calves are all perfectly sound.
and none of them has any of the char
acter of a freak The calf first born is
just 4 trifie the largest. the second
only little smaller. while the third is
the smallest of the bunch. Jones had
to put No. 3 in a bed made in the
Woodbox in the kitchen. and he is
nursing it on a bottle.
The mother and the other two little
fellows are housed in the warmest
place in the barn. and they are given
as much attention as some mothers of
the human family get. A doctor has
bee:, III attendance. Jones, in a letter
written last Saturday. says he thinks
he will raise all three calves, and may
be induced to send them down to the
stock show of the Louisiana Purchase
e1u0SifiOn
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PENALTY TOO SEVERE.
For This Reason Iowa Trust
Law Is Unconstitutional.

Chicago, Feb. IA dispatch to the
Tribune from Waterloo, Ia, says:
In a decision sustaining a demurrer
in the case of the state of Iowa against
the Illinois Central, Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific and Great Western
railways, indicted under a charge of
conspiracy in fixing the amount of de-
murrage charges, Judge Franklin c..
Platt in the district court has declared
the Iowa trust law unconstitutional and
finds for the defendant railways.
Last August the three railways lead
ing into Waterloo fixed a demurrage
charge of 81 for every "a hours a freight
car was delayed in excess of 4S hours.
1t was believed the railways were there
by amenable to a section of the code
which provides that any persons or cor
porations entering into an agreement to
fix the price of any article of merchan-
disc or commodity shall be guilty of
conspiracy.
Another section provides as a penalty
a fine of not less than one nor more than
20 per cent of the capital stock of the Of
Tending company or person. This section
of the law, Judge Platt declares, is in
contravention of the fourteenth amend
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ment to the constitution of the United
States and consequently unconstitutional
Under this section the minimum fine
railways would be 81, $4,000. of which the
county attorney would receive $3.50, 600
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
being an Illinois corporation, would also
forfeit its franchise in Iowa if convicted
under this charge and the fine imposed
might reach the enormous figure of 3d.
995. coo.
In the opinion Judge Plat says:
"A law which requires a man who is
CO. while for the same offense a man
possessed of 81, 900 is subject to penalty
of but 800 would be destructive to the
foundation upon which constitutional law
must rest. yet such is the effect of this
section
Further the judge holds the indictment
for the charge of OBTAINING a car contains
a flaw, since the detention of the car is
not a comomdity, although it might be
under the same rule which declares inSur-
ance a commodity.
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SALE RACE HORSES.
Possible Candidate for Derby Honors
Under the Hammer.

Chicago. Feb. Edition Forge, a pos
sihle candidate for honors in the Ameri-
can derby of 1904. and three other race
horses, will be sold at public auction at
the Union Stock Yards tomorrow by or
der of Judge Kohlsaat of the United
States court. Clifton Forge won seven
r. ces in 1903, was five times second, twice
third and unplaced only twice in sixteen
starts other thoroughbreds to go under
the hammer are Great Eastern, Seven
oaks and Cavite. The animals We're the
property of DR.. John D. Meet and Lean Lean
saat ordered their sale following htiga
ton in the United States district court.
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Shell Is Fired Fifteen Miles.

Washington, Feb. 12-One of the Off
GERS of the battleship Missouri, which
has been engaged in traget practice off
the Chesapeake capes, came to the navy
department today with a remarkable
statement. He said that one of the
twelve inch guns, being elevated several
degrees, let fly a shell which the strong
est glass could not follow to the end of it's
fight Later a passing steamer reported
that the shot had struck the sea within
300 yards of it.. The steamer was dis
tant from the Missouri just Is miles.
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Urged to Wait to Be Killed.

Wenonah, n. J.. Feb. 12.-'I am
coming down to kill you. Please be
home' That was the principal item in
letter which Mary Richards colored,
received from Clarence Evans, also
colored, of Camden, yesterday. Mary
is employed at the house of Edward E.
Grosscup here, and she very discreetly
left for safer ground. When Evans
reached the house last night he was
met by Mrs. Grosscup, who informed
him that the girl was not in. Evans
was quite sure she was, because, he
said, he had written her not to disap-
point him.
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A 81, 200 Organ for Is Cents.

Media, Pa, Feb. 1.-THE $500 which
Andrew Carnegie a year ago promised
the First Methodist church, of this
place, for pipe organ, if the church
would match that sum, has been more
than won. The young folks took the
matter in hand and originated a talent
fund" by sending out % pennies, which
have been invested and reinvested till
they yielded over 500. The organ
came tOdav
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snubs Pittsbure.

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 12-Walter Dam
rosch will not be the next conductor of
the Pittsburg orchestra. A letter has
been received by. President Buchanan,
of the orchestra committee, in which
Mr.. Damrosch declines the honor 1t is
understood in musical circles that the
conditions were not pleasing to the
conductor and he has refused them.
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BACKED INTO CABOOSE.
Passenger Train Causes Death
of Two Persons.

St. Paul. Mimi, Feb. ia west
bound Great Northern passenger train
backed into the rear of freight train
at Pennock last night. Edward Heff-
ner and Mr.. Hansome of Minneapolis
were killed. William Hill of Minneap-
oils suffered a crushed leg, and A. J.
Southeny of Minneapolis was seriously
bruised. All were passengers in the
ca bose. The caboose and the rear
sleeper of the passenger burned None
of the other passengers are reported
INJURED
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The Honeymoon Brief.

Nation. Ill. Feb. 12-Mrs. Josephine
Harris. one of the society women of
Westfeld, ILL.,. has sued her husband.
James B. Harris, for divorce. She al
leges in her bill cruelty, desertion and
infidelity The couple were married at
Charleston August %, 1908, and sepa-
rated September 10 of the same year.
The complainant asks that her maiden
name of Josephine Parker be restored
to her.
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Notes and Personal Mention.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Allen, of Wichita,
are the parents of a son, born Tues
day. to whom they have given the
name of Thomas Devereux. The first
name is for Mr.. Tom King. of Topeka,
and the second for Mrs. Allen, who was
formerly Miss Gertrude Devereux.
Miss Marjorie Wheeler has an attack
of measles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank P. MacLennan
will leave Saturday for a fortnight in
New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wolff and Miss
Hazel Wolff will go to California soon
for an extended stay.
Miss Bessie Bates is here from the
university at Lawrence to spend Sun
dav.
Mr.. John Rohrer. of Wichita. is the
guest of his brother. Mr.. S. B. Rohrer
Miss Ethel Dean. of Marion, is the
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DR.. Harper's Progress Good.

Chicago, Feb. 12.-President Harper of
the University of Chicago is improving
rapidly. He was able to be up yester-
day for the first time, although the
physicians did not permit him to leave
the house or exert himself
DR.. Harper held consultations with
few members of the faculty and dictated
a number of letters. He announced that
he would be back in his office in the
course of a few days.
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Memphis, Feb. 12.-Former Congress
man Joseph Patterson died today o. a
connlication of diseases. He was wide
Nv known throughout the south as
LAWYER and statesman. His son, Con-
eressman NJ R. Patterson, representing
the same district as did his father, ar
rived from Washington today.
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Fined for Corruntine juror.

DUBUQUE. Iowa, Feb. 12.-Thomas
Phillips. a prominent politician and
merchant, charged with influencing
Juror in the interest of AIphonse Mat
fhezVs. attorney for a corporation, was
found guilty and fined $50 Matthews
was discharged
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I'm right in the middle of
things Topeka on one side,
the great big country on
'tother; both coming for
drugs.
l sell lots of stuff besides
drugs-we're not a bit lone
some.
FRANK HOBART,
500 West Tenth.
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Thomas Foster, negro, is wanted
by the police for stealing $45 from Mrs.
Davis, a widow, who lives at HOB North
Kansas avenue. The robbery occurred
Wednesday, but was not reported to
the police until last night Foster was
working around the house. and stole
the money from a bureau drawer