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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-10-23
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION,
Dynamite Is Exploded Near Spanish
Official, Who Escapes.

Barcelona, oct. 22s--what is believ-
ed to have been an attempt on the life
of Minister of Agriculture. Commerce
and Public, Works Salazar occurred
today, A dynamite bomb was explod-
ed in the street while the crowds
were welcoming the minister, wks
came here to preside at meeting of
the chamber of commerce.
No one was injured. The crowd
was thrown into a panic. Several ar-
rests have been made.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-10-23
EASY FOR THE oUAkERs.
Columbia Beaten at Philadelphia by
Score OF 10 to O.

Philadelphia, oct. 22,-The Penn
sylvania football eleven today defeat
Ned Columbia, 1871. Pennsylvania
scored two touchdowns In the first half
and one In the second, one goal result
ing.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-10-23
Princeton 90, Lehiah o.

Princeton. oct, 49, Princeton
gained the easiest football victory OF
the season today. defeating Lehigh,
900.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-10-23

vous at Aigiers. Thereafter the fleet
viii proceed in two parts, one going
by way Of the suez canal and the other
by way Of the Cape Of Goodhope.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-10-23
ERNEST BRoss GOES EAST,
Edgar 3. Piper to Succeed Him
oresonian's Managing Editor.

Portland, Oct. 22.-Ernest Bross, for
seven years managing editor of tie
Portland oregonian, has resigned to
assume an important newspaper eon-
nection in the east. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Bross has taken charge Of
the Indianapolis Star and Journal
Edgar B. Piper, for several years newo
editor of the oregonian, will succeed
Mr.. 'Bross.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-10-23
sLAvs' LOSS WAS APPALLING.
Japanese Estimates Place Total al
More Than Sixty Thousand,

Toxic. Oct. 22.-Based on "a report
from Manchurian headquarters, the
Russian dead found on the battlefield
were almost 1900. II is estimated the
total Russian casualties exceed 10000.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-10-23

showed great Improvement and the
team played with snap and speed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09
1T NiVer HaPpened'

ION Bennett a letter saying that
'atrick was to be reinstated and that
was never to be dismissed from the
ervice of the Herald.
A conspicuous public man once went
the Washington bureau to examine
he files of the newspaper. Can
zee the file for this week." he demand
ID, brusquely, of Patrick.
Good marnin', sor," answered Pat
rick. Certainly, soE''-bust 3 to lay
the papers before the visitor Sure,
it's the foinest journal in the country
I'm lettin' We look at, sor.''
The potentate, rustling the sheets
noisily, glanced impatiently down the
columns, then threw aside the file and
started to leave.
did We find the news We wanted,
sor?" inquired Diggins. The poten-
tate shook his head.
Didn't find it," exclaimed Patrick.
Didn't find it in the NJ York Her'ldi"
repeated the old man, shrilly. Thin
it niver happened, sor." And, follow
ing the visitor to the top of the stairs,
he shouted after the great mans re-
treating form:
1T niver happened! York
Commercial.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09
- 1eJbo 1Uas Boss .3's4a<1

began to get anxious. At first it
seemed play to him, but now he re-
allied that he must earn a wife. All
day long he canvassed the Wind Riv-
er country, and at every stop was met
with the feminine declaration, L be-
Toward nightfall he thought of one
place where he couldn't help winning.
He had refrained from going there, as
he thought it was hardly fair 70 the
old man. 1t was Bill Williams place,
up under the mountain. Bill had
bad name and was said to be hard and
overbearing in his own humble home.
Other unsavory stories were told about
Bill, and it was even limited that he
was rustler. So Hank felt that his
father would have barred the bad man
from the contest. But Hank had de-
termined not to ride home in the buck
board, and so he turned his horses to-
ward Bills home.
He arrived at nightfall- Hello,
Bill he cried L want to know who's
boss of this fanch?'
nkety-blank-blanki' cried Bill,
coming to the door, unkempt and dis
heveled. Who in the blankety-blank-
blank do We s'pose is boss. l be, of
course
"FUnritch horse said Hank. with
a sigh of relief. Take your pick
Bill had unhitched horses in the
past with less formal invitations than
this, and he at once stepped out to
the wagon and said: I'll take the off
one
"'No, We won't, Bill Williams cried
shril1 voice from the door, and a lit
tie, thin, faded looking woman came
into view. No, we won't. Yen take
tn nigh one
"'Tll take the off one,' growled Bill,
with an oath.
DO it if We dare!' challenged the
Woman.
bill stood silent for a moment and
| then said, Wal, blank it all, I'll take
| the nigh one, then
Here, give her an egg said Hank
sadly, and picking up his reins drove
| off on the jump, just as Bill procured
| his Winchester and took three shots at
| him through the dusk.
Hank is still single."-New York
| Times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09

cent OF the tariff imposed on like
products from other foreign countries
will be imposed if the bill becomes q
law.
This would mean reduction of one
half in the duty on sugar, and it would
be a more injurious blow to the sugar
beet industry than the proposed reduc-
ton of 20 per cent in the duty on
sugar from Cuba.
There is no foundation for q claim
that this reduction should be made on
Philippine sugar. 1t would be made
at the expense of an American indus
try which needs protection. If there
is any merit in the protective tariff
theory at all it applies in the case of
the beet sugar industry.
As a result of the proposed reduc-
ton of so per cent in the tariff on
Philippine sugar, great sugar planta-
lions would be started in those islands
and it is altogether possible that leg
islation would be crowded through
permitting the importation of Chinese
labor into the archipelago for the
purpose of working such plantations.
The Philippines are costing the peo-
pie of this country millions of dollars
every year, and it inureS to the bene-
fit of the inhabitants of those islands
rather than to the people of the Unit
ed States. Certainly we should not
be asked to go farther and destroy
one of our industries in order to make
the sugar plantations of the Philip
pines more profitable.-DenverR epub-
lican.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09

Patrick" the venerable messenger
or office boy of the Washington BIT
reau of the New York Herald, and
familiar figure to prominent men ant
women of the capital for more thar
half century, is dead. Born il
County Kerry, Ireland, seventy-one
years ago, Patrick Diggins emigrated
to the United States when a child,
accompanying his parents to Washing
ton. He secured a position with the
Herald at the age of twelve, and re-
tanning for fifty-nine years the hum bic
place in which he began life, he died
hghly respected by his employers.
1amented by quite a circle of intimates
and rich, Eighty thousand dolla RS,
we'll invested in real estate, will go
to his next of kin, for this thrifty old
bachelor made no will.
Loyalty to his employers interests
was the ruling influence of Patrick
Diggins' life. He saw Washington
correspondents for the Herald come
and go; he stayed on. One of these
correspondents once had the temerity
to dismiss Patrick. The loyal Dig
gins forthwith went to New York and
secured from the elder James Cor
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09
To Attack the Tariff.

The majority of those who are con-
stantly sounding the praises of reci-
procity have no other purpose except
to attack the tariff by the only means
at hand. OF course there are few
who honestly believe that reciprocity
IN competitive products is consistent
with a protective tariff. But there are
not many of that kind. Reciprocity re-
minds one of the men who used to call
themselves "bimetallistS." Men used
to stand around and say, 1--WE are in
favor of the use of gold and silver
both; we are bimetallists.' They
would proceed to say that there was
not gold enough in the country to
make a currency, therefore silver
must be used. Time demonstrated that
all such men were silver standard
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09
Had Nothinq to Say.

Prof. Simon Newcomb, in his auto
biography, tells the following story
of Prof. Joseph Winlock, former di-
rector of the Harvard university OBJ
servatory: while he was attached
to the naval academy he was intro
duced one evening at a reception to q
visiting lady. He looked at the lady
for a decorous length of time and she
looked at him; then they parted with
out saying a word. His introducer
watched the scene and asked him:
Why did you not talk to that LADY,
4 had no statement to make to her.
was the reply Dr. Gould told me
this story was founded on fact. but
when after Winlock's death it was put
on on me with some alterations,
felt less sure"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09

II is not always easy to determine
when the spark of life has become
finally extinguished. From the fear of
being buried alive, which prevails
more abroad than in this country,
some infallible criterion of death, cap
able of being applied by the unskilled,
has been considered a desideration and
valuable prizes have been offered for
such discovery. The conditions most
resembling actual death are syncope,
asphyxia and trance, particularly the
latter We must not rely solely on
any one sign of death, but combine
several.
The most reliable sign of death is
cessation of the hearts action This,
however. must not be inferred from
mere pulselessness, for the heart may
still be beating, and resuscitation pos
sible, when no pulse can be felt in the
arteries by ordinary manipulation. The
use of the stethoscope is necessary,
Implying, of course, technical skill.
Though the heart cannot cease to beat
for more than ten seconds without
death. yet, in considering the very
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09

In Buffalo recently Owen Wister
snapped stories with party OF
friends till early in the morning. The
conversation at last shifted about and
touched upon a wOmanS influence In
domestic circles, and one of the group
reminded Mr.. Wister of his declaration
that the East is the head of the coun-
try and the West the heart
And in the heart of the country
how does woman rank as the head of
the house?" asked one. Does she
boss her husband as she does here in
the East?'
We'll" drawled Mr.. Wister, 'Tve
heard it said that wherever Ameri-
cans live the woman is the boss of the
ranch. AS to the West, I'll tell you a
little story that may illustrate her
status. Up in the Wind River country
there lives an old man who is consid-
cred well-to-do in worldly goods and
who has an only son, Hank Hank
wanted to get married, but his father
opposed him.
my boy said the old man, all
women are natural bosses. If you get
hitched you will no longer be free.
Your mother has bossed me and your
wife will boss you. Keep single and
enjoy life
But the young man pooh-poohed
the idea and said that no woman
would ever henpeck him, and that he
knew lots of married men who led
happy, untrammeled lives.
Tell you what I'll do at last said
his father. You take a span of my
best bosses, hitch them into that buck
board, take a crate of fresh eggs, and
drive round and see your friends.
Whenever you find a woman who runs
the ranch, give her an egg. If you
find a man who is boss give him boss
and the blackboard and ride the other
critter home. If you come back boss
back l won't say a word about your
getting hitched.'
Hank smiled, it seemed so easy.
Next morning he set off bright and
early and commenced going the
rounds.
"'Who's boss?' he would ask, as he
drove up to each ranch or dugout.
81 be- the woman would reply.
''At last Hank forgot to smile and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09
Would fniure Eighty Per Cent.

Senator Allison is an acknowledged
authority on economics. He always
knows what he is talking about. He
says that only 20 per cent of goods are
made by trusts in this country, and he
deals in facts because he knows. In
other words the tariff has nothing to
do with the formation of trusts. The
tariff is intended to keep countries
where labor and material are cheap
from flooding our country with arti-
cles which will bankrupt our produc-
ers and force labor into idleness. To
remove the tariff, he says, from trust
made goods would remove protection
from 80 per cent of goods made by in
dependent manufacturers. Free trad
ers should give this subject serious
thought Republican.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09

sciences, more potent than their con-
vlctions. Mr.. Hepburn was neither
worse nor better than his associates,
SO far as his vote was concerned. They
were all in the same boat.
The speech of the Iowa congressman
was full of good reasons for sticking
to his principles. He denied that we
owe anything to Cuba and rightly ar
gued that in sacrificing many lives and
three or four hundred millions of
treasure we incurred no moral obliga-
ton to assassinate any of our own
industries for Cuba's benefit. He de-
clared his belief in Republican reci-
procity-namely, retrospective reci-
procity, the reciprocity that Mckinley
advocated in the last speech he ever
uttered:
1--WE should take from our custom
ers such of their products as we can
use without harm to our Industries and
labor"
That" said Congressman Hepburn,
lis what William Mckinley said" And
then he asked:
What is there in that that gives
encouragement to men who claim that
the competitive article, the article
that does harm to our industries or
does harm to our labor, is to be the
subject of reciprocal agreement
And yet Congressman Hepburn vot-
ca for the Cuban bill But so did
something over hundred Republicans
in the House. There was applause
and approval on the Republican side
when the eloquent speaker deprecated
the democratic free trade policy which
looks to the support of people be-
yond the seas rather than to the inter-
est and happiness of our own people"
It was fine sentiment finely express
ed. And yet Mr.. Hepburn and more
than hundred others of his party
voted to do that identical thing; voted
in the interest of people beyond the
seas, rather than to the interest and
happiness of our own people," Like
the reluctant dame described by BY.
ron:
And whispering I viii ne'er consent
consented"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09
To Determine Death

slow and feeble action of the heart
eight to ten beats per minute) in
alternating animals, which normally
have a pulse of eighty to ninety per
minute, it is well to regard similar
position as possible in man and to
spend in doubtful cases up to an hour
in auscultation. ffftt
~ An easy method to determine wheth-
err the circulation continues or not is
to apply ligature on a finger or toe.
If the circulation has ceased, no
change in color is produced; but, if
the circulation continues, however
feebly, the extremity, in course of a
few minutes, will assume lfvid tint
from strangulation of the venous flow.
The respiration may not be very OBJ
vious and yet it may be going on
Holding cold mirror before the
mouth and nostrils and looking for
indications of moisture is a means of
ascertaining whether air currents ex-
list Placing a cup of water on the
chest and observing whether the re-
Election on it's surface moves or re-
mains still is well adapted for the
purpose in view-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09
ACT is NOT POPULAR
RELUCTANT REPUBLICAN sup
PORT Of THE CUBAN BILL.
President Mckinley Quoted by Con-
gresham Hepburn to Prove That
the Only Sound Reciprocity is That
Which Excludes Competitive Prod
ucts.

The number and the names of the
Republican representatives who voted
reluctantly and under protest for the
cuban reciprocity bill will never be
known 1t is, however, perfectly well
known that large number, probably
4 majority, voted for the bill under
pressure OF one sort or another and
against their better judgment. Mr..
Hepburn of Iowa, like the most of his
associates, lacked the courage to
vote according to his convictions and
against the bill, but he had the cour-
age to say that he voted for it under
constraint and unwillingly. In his
speech of November 10 Mr. Hepburn
confessed that he was yielding to CO.
ercion when he said:
Mr.. Chairman, 1 have fntimated
that l intend to vote for this bill, and
yet l confess l do it with reluctance.
do 1t because large majority of my
associates seem to think that it is
necessary, because the administration
very heartily approves of it, because
the last Republican state convention
o. the State of Iowa declared in
favor of it. Therefore 1 intend to vote
for 1t, but I am not satisfied with the
reasoning INDUCED in by gentlemen in
support of it,
Under ordinary circumstances peo-
rle who disapprove of a measure vote
against it. 1t would seem, however,
that extraordinary circumstances must
have impelled Mr.. Hepburn and hun
dred or more just like him to stif1e
their convictions and help enact into
law bill which they know to be bad
in principle and vicious in practice.
Like the gentleman from Iowa all of
these unwilling supporters of the Gu
ban bill did the wrong thing with their
eyes wide open. ALI of them in so
doing confessed that they surrendered
to influences stronger than their con-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09
Babv Farm Horrors.

A singular case of baby farming
came to light recently in Hungary. A
married couple having no children of
their own, undertook to take care OF
those of others. These mostly died,
apparently from natural causes.
Eventually the wife ran away with a
neighbor and the husband in revenge
informed the police that they used to
place the children in an ice cave.
where exposure to the cold killed
them The wife has been tracked by
the police and both she and her hus-
band have been lodged in prison.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09


He caught a cold. and every man he
knew
Told him exactly what he ought to do;
He took a thousand different kinds
of pills
All guaranteed to dissipate mans ills;
Wrapped up one day in blankets-though
twas fair
The next went out and "breathed the
bacing air."
Consumed a barrel full of various teas
Prescribed for him by amateur MDs:
Ate .quinine till his head buzzed like &
mill
Then took some stun to make the noise
keep still
And all the while that cold went gaily
on
Worse every night, and not improved at
dawn
At last he said, 81 think III led id rud
It's naduraI course-ft's having lots of
fudr'
Forthwith he stopped his dosing. and
Found him at work, quite well. and very
gay
The things he took were good" for
colds, that's sure
His thrived upon them! But they did
not cure.
To-day he waits for some good friend to
get
touch of Influenza: then he'll turn
The tables and prescribe anew each day
The cures that failed-he has that kind
to burnt
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09
Rhode Island History.

A remarkable collection of material
relating to the history of Rhode Island
has just passed into the possession of
Brown university. For some fifty
years Mr.. Sidney s. Rider of Provi-
dence has been collecting every book
or manuscript bearing on the history
OF his state, which could by no posi-
bility be replaced Some of the manu-
scripts have never been seen by his
torian- Now they have all been turned
over to the university.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09

Set yourself earnestly to see what
you were made to do, and then set
yourself earnestly to do 1t; and the
loftier your purpose is, the more sure
you will be to make the world richer
with every enrichment of yourself
Philips Brooks
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09

into London to take the place of the
Hanson cab SO long in vogue. This
new vehicle, as may be seen from the
accompanying illustration, consists of
a cab with accommodation for two
passengers, and a seat in front for
the driver. Ftf
The cab itself is similar in design
to the hanson at present in use, only
1t is much larger and more roomy It
is provided with a glass front fitted
with spring attachment, which per
mits its being raised or lowered in
stantly as desired. The drivers seat
is sufficiently large to seat the driver
only, SO that the passengers within
the cab can obtain practically an unin-
terrupted front view. The cab is s1ung
upon four wheels, which renders it
far safer and more immune from the
dangerous accidents to which the two
wheeler is so subject. Three speeds
and reverse are provided, the maxi
mum speed being 25 miles an hour.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09
The Mystery We Must Solve.

What enables the newly discovered
radium to give out heat and light with
undiminished power, even when it is
surrounded by the coolest mediums
known to science-iquid air and
liquid hydrogen? THE unravaling of
this mystery" writes Prof Simon
Newcomb. the astronomer, in Harper's
Magazine, must be the great work of
science Of the twentieth century" For
an explanation of radium would also
explain the power of the sun itself,
and of the vast nebulcus masses, in
the midst of which our whole solar
system would be but a speck." Prof
Newcomb was not born in America
but came to this country from Nova
Scotia at the age of Is, graduating five
years later from the Lawrence Sci
entinc School, Harvard University.
De II an associate of the Institute Of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09
Hangs to Calamity.

The Waterloo Times-Tribune is a
truly Democratic newspaper. Under a
block head entitled Hot shot for the
prosperity Makers it publishes col
umn or SO calamity items Since the
miserable failure of the last Cleveland
administration it is wonderful with
what tenacity the Democratic party
hangs to calamity.-Vinton Qowa)
Eagle.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09
The Sea Anemone.

Among the wonders of the animal
collection is the pretty anemone, which
we illustrate. 1t is as beautiful as
any flower. Let the florist match it,
if he can, from all the treasures of the
garden or greenhouse; and when he
has done SO, tell him that his speci-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09
Deer Invade a Town.

North Woburn, Mass, was visited
by two deer Wednesday, much to the
delight and wonder of the youth who
were vending their way schoolward.
The deer were first seen in the vicin-
ity of the old Middlesex canal Youth
full pursuers drove them across the
canal and into the swamp eastward
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09

Tho Japanese are making real
pearls by forcing a grain of sand into
oysters and planting them until the
pearl is formed by a deposit around
the foreign substance of the material
from which the shell lining Is formed
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09
Dancing as a Religious Act.

Dancing as ReIigIous Act.
In ancient religion dancing came to
be one of the chief acts of worship.
Religious professions went with song
and dance to the Egyptian temples,
and Plato said that all dancing ought
to be thus an act of religion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-09
The Better May.

The case is clear 1t is better to
protect your own and take chances on
other nations buying of you than to
throw open your industries to foreign
competition, with the possibility of
not producing any manufactures
which they want to purchase.-Troy
Times.