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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-04-06
SHORT, SHARP AND SNAPPY.

Public Printer Palmer opposes the
introduction of linotype machines into
the Government Printing Office. A
good many years behind the times.
but he is seventy-fve yesrs old.
According to Admiral Walker it will
be necessary to go 100 feet below the
sea-level to get proper foundations for
the Boh1odam in Panama. AS the
dam is to be 80 feet above the sea-
level, it will be 21O feet high.
The action of the British House of
Commons last week in adopting by a
vote of 1872 to 68, resolution in favor
of allowing women to vote for Par
liamentary candidates, was cheered on
Friday in the italian Chamber of
Deputies.
England made war on the Beers "to
enlarge the domain of freedom" but
now she has introduced coolie labor to
the Transvaal and provided that "any
one harboring a deserving Chinaman
shall be treated as a receiver of stolen
goods" OF course this is slavery and
nothing else.
Captain Hobson whose campaign
was interrupted by illness is much
better. Hon. Mr.. Bankhead's mouth
is still in good working order. Hob
son hasn't had any better success in
stopping it than he had with the
mouth of Santiago harbor.
The first of the four great railroad
tunnels under the Hudson river from
Jersey City to New York is finished.
The two working parties met under
the middle of the river and exchanged
salutations amid a scene of hilarity.
1t vastly relieves the congestion.
A hundred years hence you will read
wireless despatch from New Chwang.
1.-The Russians are putting on speed
And yesterday marched to ping Yang.
l also beg leave to repeat: Without
the least signal of warning the whole
of the Japanese feet bombarded Port
Arthur this morning.
10 govern the people in the Panama
canal zone, little swamp ten miles
wide and fifty long, will be costly
Job. Officers want $500, the first
year for sanitation. Policing will
cost nearly as much more. General
Davis estimates that the local govern
ment will cost a million dollars each
year.
Our migration treaty with China
expires December z, and reopens the
whole exclusion question. China has
already denounced the treaty and de-
mands equal rights and fair plav.
Congress might reenact laws, but it
seems likely that we shall want to i'm
port thirty or forty thousand coolies
to build the Panama Canal, and carry
on some other of our large industries.
Thus the problem assumes large pro-
portions.
Senator Morgan's head is perfect
hive of ideas. Another has just taken
wing. He proposes the construction
OF a ship-railway across Panama to
transport the largest steamer from one
side to the other of the isthmus on
rails, carrying in u portable floating
dock or cradle. He afirms-but he
will tell in the next section of his great
speech.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-04-06

The cause of the frightful increase
of appendicitis has been discovered by
some professor of dynamics. 1t is the
habit of squirming and straining at
strap IN the trolley car.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-04-06

German soldiers give no quarter in
South Africa, Criminal aggression
always makes savages of the most civil
lized.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-04-06
FREE

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~ any ny one afflicted, positive cure for Fczeme
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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-04-06

The country is taken by surprise by
the conviction of U. S. Senator Bur
ton, Rep, of Kansas. He is found
guilty of selling to a local securities
company his influence with the post
office department, and is liable to a
fine of $40, 900 and two years in prison.
He says he didn't mean to and didn't
know 1t was wrong, but that plea is
not accepted from man who steals a
loaf OF bread. After being convicted
by twelve Jurors, Mr.. Burton has APP
pealed.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-04-06
SHORT, NEWSY HAPPENINGS.

Now how about pensions for the
Spanish War veterans by executive
enactment. A man of even thirty is
old some.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-04-06

The national irrigation fund now
aggregates $4,000, 900. A Depart
ment of Irrigation should Immediately
be established, with a Minister of IT.
rigatiOn in the Cabinet. twenty or
thirty bureaus, and several thousand
clerks to help spend the money.
Trusts might be allowed to tap it in
return for assistance in time of need
This new rife-club business in everv
city, town, village, and hamlet in the
land, starts some interesting cues
lions. Will laboring mems rife clubs
be permitted to have arms free from
the government? Will negro rifle
clubs be furnished with arms? Where
will the President draw the line? No
favors, if you please, on account of
color, occupation, or mutual benefit
organization.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-04-06

Public Printer Palmer opposes the
Introduction of linotype machines into
the Government Printing Office. A
good many years behind the times.
but he is seventy-five yesrs old.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-04-06

According to Admiral Walker it will
be necessary to go 100 feet below the
sea-level to get proper foundations for
the BOhlOdam in Panama. AS the
dam is to be 80 feet above the sea-
level. it will be 21O feet high.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-04-06

The action of the British House of
Commons last week in adopting by
vote of 1872 to 6S, resolution in favor
of allowing women to vote for Par
liamentary candidates, was cheered on
Friday in the italian Chamber of
Deputies.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
HIGH WATERS IN KANSAS.
Heavy Rains Over the State Cause Streams
to Rise aud Give the Railroads
Much Trouble.

Topeka, Kan, May 30.-Heavy
rains throughout the Kaw valley has
caused higher water than at any time
since the flood of year ago. 1t is ex-
pected that the Kansas river will be
very high to-day, though no danger
GUS rise is looked for. The rain has
been general over the state for SO
hours and has extended to the Colo
RADIO line. All the railroads are hav-
ing trouble. Nearly a mile of track
on the Santa Fe is washed out near
Reading and all the trains have to be
sent by the way of cutoff. On ac-
count of high water at Pomona, on
the Missouri Pacific no trains got
through yesterday. All the Union PA
ciflc and Rock Island trains were late.
Four inches of rainfall since Satur-
day evening have sent the Marais des
Cygnes river over the lowlands of Of
tawa. Many families I'VE been driven
out there and the river is rising rapid
ly. The Missouri Pacific is cut off at
Lomax, on the headwaters of the river,
by two feet of water over the tracks.
All rivers and creeks in the Usage
and Kaw counties are out of their
banks through the heavy rains Of
Saturday and Sunday and much dam
age to crops in the lowlands has oc
Cured.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
PLUNGED TO DEATH.
A Foot Bridge Spanning a River
Gives Way at Salida.
-Four People Are Known to BE Drowned-
Accident Happened While Veterans
Were Casting Flowers on the Waters
In Memory of the Heroic Dead.

Pueblo, Col, May 31-A special from
Salida, Col, to the Chieftain says:
While the memorial exercises were at
their height yesterday and the Feter-
ans were casting flowers on the waters
Of the Arkansas river in memory of
the heroic dead four people were sud-
denly plunged to death. by the breaking
of foot bridge spanning the river at
the lower edge of Riverside park. A
number of others were thrown into the
stream, several of whom are missing.
The rest narrowly escaped with their
lives. The accident was witnessed by
1 900 persons, who seemed powerless
to render assistance. The known dead
are: Mrs. Clarence A Tompkins,
aged So; Hazel Lines, aged 6; Esther
Morgan, aged 8; Pearl Holland, aged
9. Nora Anderson, aged -, is miss
ing and the body of boy whose name
has not been learned was seen float
ing two miles down the river
The people who witnessed the acct
dent declare there were 20 people on
the bridge at the time of the collapse.
The river is about 40 feet wide at
the point where the bridge broke,
about ten feet deep and has very
powerful current. The stream sudden
ly appeared to be filled with strug-
Cling humanity and an indescribable
scream of horror went up from the
crowd. Men with ropes and pulleys
went quickly to work clearing the
wreckage and saving lives. Others in
buggies and on horseback started down
the river, bent on the work of rescue.
They have since been patrolling the
stream for many miles below the city
searching for the missing bodies. A
wire netting has been stretched across
the river at Wellsville, six miles below
Salida, in the hope that the bodies will
be swept into it.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
ON GETTYSBURG'S FIELD.
President Roosevelt Delivered an Address
on Cemetery Hill to a Big Audience
While the Rain Poured Down.

Gettysburg, Pa, May 31.-On his
toric Cemetery hill, overlooking ground
hallowed by the blood of $4,000 brave
men and in the presence of con-
course Of thousands who had assem-
bled to pay tribute to the memory of
the nations dead, President Roose-
dress. On nearly the same spot, on
November 10, 1863, President Lincoln
delivered the immortal address enun-
ciating principles which have rung
around the world for more than a.
third of century. President Roose-
welt was escorted to the cemetery on
the battlefield by a body of several
hundred veterans of the civil war.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
FIvE-MILL1oN-DoLLAR FIRE.
Docks. Coal Piers and Freight Cars of tn,
Lackawanna Railroad Destroyed
at Jersey City.

New York. May 3O.-Seven freight
and coal piers of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna & Western railroad in Jersey
City were destroyed by a fire that
started about five o'clock yesterday
afternoon The flames spread rapidly.
The building of the Hoboken Coke
company. five blocks from the main
fire, was set ablaze by burning brands
but the firemen responded quickly and
the building was only slightly dam
aged. A number Of canal boats and
several tugs were burned. the loss Of
small boats being variously estimated
at from 80 to 200.
Piers IL and II were full of general
merchandise; piers 7. s, 9 and 10 were
used for coal and pier was a grain
loading pier. The loss is estimated at
100000 TO $5,0OO,O00.
1t has been learned that the fire
started on the barge Allen c. Church.
i'll, which lay alongside pier II.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
KIDNAPERS SUBMIT TERMS.
Moroccan Bandits Notify the State De.
partment What Amount Will Secure
Release Of Perdicaris and His Son.

Washington, May 29.-The kidnapers
of Perdicaris and his step-son, Marley,
in Morocco, have submitted their terms
for ransom and the state department
has decided that they are absolutely
impossible of acceptance.
The bandit leader, Rasouly, de-
manded that the Moorish forces should
be withdrawn from the district in
which his band operated. leaving them
in control. He asked a large money
ransom to be collected from the gov
ernor of Tangier and Fee. who happen
to be bitter enemies. He further de-
manded absolute immunity for himself
and his followers from pursuit OF
punishment for the kidnapping and
other crimes which they had commit
ted in the past.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03

Kansas City, Mo-, May 31.-Active
work will begin at once on the con-
struction of the pipe line that is &c
connect the Standard oil refinery al
Sugar creek. near here, with the Kan
sas and Indian territory oil fields Two
gangs of $50 men each will start the
construction. A third gang of 15e
men will be added the latter part OF
this week. One of the two gangs win
start from Sugar creek and the other
from Humboldt. the Kansas terminus
of the big trunk line. The right-of.
way has been secured.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
1T IS A JAP SECRET.
United States and Other Army Observer
Astounded at Deadliness of the Ter
rIble Shimose Powder.

Washington, May 29,-Reports re-
ceived here from the far east dwell at
length upon the terrific power of the
Japanese Shimose powder, the nature
of which is an absolute secret. 1t is
not used to propel the shot but for
bursting charge of the army and navy
explosive shell. The result of the ex-
plosion has astounded the Unites States
army observers. The heaviest armor-
piercing shell, with it's small cavity,
is rent into countless thousands of
sharp fragments which are hurled
through the air with such force that
they tear through the sides of an iron
ship as would projectile from a ma
chine gun. The Russian warships Va
RAG and Korietz were found to be
riddled deck and sides by fragments
of these shells. 1t is not known that
any other nation possesses such a ter.
rifle explosive.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
WE'LL WELCOME THIS ANT.
Prof Cook. of Department Of Agriculture,
Claims to Have Found an Enemy
of the Boil Weevil.'

Washington, May 2S.-The depart
ment of agriculture announced thar
an ant has been found in Guatemala
that is an effective enemy of the boil
weevil. 1t will be Immediately intro
duced into the cotton states. The
greatest significance is attached to the
discovery, which was made by o. F.
Cook, the botanist in charge of tropi-
cal agricultural investigations of the
bureau of plant industry. Cabled in
structions have been sent to him to
report Immediately to the department
what assistance he needs in the way
of men and money.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
A COTTON GIN DEMOLISHED
A High Wind and Rain Does bic
Damage at Cache. OLA Farmer
Struck by Lightning.

Lawton, Ok, May 30.-A soaking
rain fell in Comanche county Saturday
evening. It was accompanied by a
high wind. At Cache, II miles west
of here. the large cotton gin was COM
pletely demolished and about eight
residences were blown from their
foundations and some were wrecked.
No injury to life was reported. At
Mangum, Greer county, Clark Mayes,
farmer, was struck to the ground by
lightning while he was trying to res
cue his team from the storm A large
hailstorm accompanied the storm at
Mangum.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
For.un. TO rormer sweetbeart.

Salem, Mass, May 29.-The will of
Elizabeth C. Kimba1l, of Peabody, in
which she left property valued at $780,
600 to her old sweetheart before the
war, Harrison Whitemore, was filed
for probate here Mr.. Whitemore, who
is 81 years of age, resides on Brent
street, Dorchester Miss Kimball
asked that two boxes of love letters
that had been written to her by White
more, and which she had kept through
all the years since they were boy and
girl, be returned to him.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
MARCEL PLEADS GUILTY. :
The Highland Bank Wrecker Sentences 60
Serve from Five to Thirty-Ffve Years
In the Penitenriary.

Troy. Kan. May 2S.-All of the five
charges Of forgery against ]. E. Mar
cell, the Highland bank wrecker, were
disposed of suddenly and in sensa-
tional manner yesterday afternoon
when the prisoner stopped the trial
of the first count with plea of guilty
in all five. Judge Stuart, of the dis
trict court, before whom the case was
being tried, then sentenced MARCEL to
serve not less than five nor more
than 35 years in the penitentiary, in
conformity with the Kansas law which
Furnishes forgery with term of from
one to seven years on each count.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
Train Service Badly D,mora,ized.

Kansas City, Mo-, May 36-Train
service to the west was badly de-
moralized last night None of the
through limited trains reached Kan
sas City on time. Washouts were re-
ported'at numerous places on the Santa
Fe and Missouri Pacific roads. Train
men coming in from the west told OF
portions of Kansas being lake of wa
ter. Trainmen coming from the east
told Of a steady rain that prevailed
throughout Missouri all day. In each
direction the. water caused trouble.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
BRYAN WILL NOT PROMISE.
An Article In the Commoner Which Init.
mates That the Nebraskan May Bolt
the st. Louis Nominee.

Lincoln, Neb., May 2S.-William J.,
Bryan answers to an extent in the
Commoner the question that the DEM
ocrats are asking: will the Nebras-
ka leader bolt?" Mr.. Bryan says that
no party has the right to ask citizen
to support ticket and platform not
yet made which may be against his
conscientious beliefs. In Mr.. Bryan's
article it is clear that he makes no
promises not to bolt and that his argu-
ment rather tends to give him the
right to do so if platform and ticket
opposed to his beliefs are decided upor
by the st. Louis convention.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03

gen was administered contantly in the
hope that 1t would revive him.
AS successful politician, maintain
ing his mastery in a great state and ex-
tending his influence thereby until he
became power in national politics,
Senator Quay was one of the most
conspicuous figures in the United States
senate. He was of quiet demeanor
and seldom heard in debate. He came
prominently before the country as
manager of the Harrison presidential
campaign in 1888, which resulted in
Harrison's election over President
Cleveland.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
Dead in Oklahoma Bote, Fire,

Lawton, Ok, May 2S.-John Bren-
nan and Pat McCabe, the former a
section foreman on the Rock Island.
the latter a laborer on the section,
were burned to death early yesterday
morning when the Farmers hotel was
destroyed. Mrs. Lena Neuberry and
her two children, Frank Moore, John
Kelly and Billy Morgan were also
burned. but escaped with their lives
The building was of frame and burned
very rapidly.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
PROHIBITED ADJUSTMENTS.
The Methodist General Conference VIII Not
Make Any Change in the Church Dis
cipline In the Matter.

Los Angeles, Cal, May 2S.-By the
decisive yea and nay vote of AL to
1873 the Methodist general conference
yesterday afternoon decided not to
make any change in the church dis
cipline in the matter Of prohibited
amusements. The question is one
which agitated the minds of the dele
gates to the present general confer
ence perhaps more than any other
single problem that has been before
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
Baitimore's Mayor a Suicide.

Baltimore, Md, May 31.-Mayor
Robert M. McLane, of this city. shot
and killed himself yesterday after
noon in his bedroom at his residence.
His bride of less than two weeks was
at the time of the tragedy asleep in
an adjoining room and wAls awakened
by the discharge of the revolver which
Mr.. McLane evidently fired while
standing before the mirror of the
dressing case
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
Methodist Conference Adjourns.

Los Angeles, Cal, May 30.-It was
after midnight when the general con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
church finished the final roll call Satur-
day night which brought to close the
most memorable gathering in the his
tory of the church. Yesterday memo
rial services were held during the aft
ernoon and in the evening a jubilee
service at the pavilion closed the Sc
ries of meetings. When the final roll
call was taken Saturday night 600 OF
$50 accredited delegates were in theiI
seats.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
Much Live Stock Drowned.

Lincoln, Neb., May 28.-Division
Superintendent Bignell, of the Bur
lington, returned yesterday from the
flooded regions in Greeley and Nance
counties and said that thousands OF
head of stock were drowned and three
persons were drowned or struck by
lightning. Trains were tied up from
washed-out tracks. Twelve inches OF
rain fell, overlooking every creek and
small stream IN the two counties.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
CONSUMPTION IN ENGLAND.
Var Commission Says Every Citizen Must
Serve In the Army q Limited Time In
Order 30 Retain Required Number.

London, May 2S.-The report of the
royal commission on the volunteer and
militia forces practically recommends
CONSUMPTION as the only means of pro-
viding home defense army adequate
for the protection of the country in the
absence or partial absence of the regu-
lar troops. The commissioners are Of
the opinion that the principles adopted
by all the other great European states
must be largely adopted by Great Brit
ain and that it is the duty of every
able-bodied citizen to be trained for
national defense.
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To start Constructing the Pipe Line

Kansas City. Mo-, May 30.-Active
work will begin at once on the con-
struction of the pipe line that is to
connect the Standard oil refinery at
Sugar creek, near here! with the Kan
sas and Indian territory oil fields Two
gangs of $50 men each will start the
construction. A third gang of $50
men will be added the latter part of
this week. One of the two gangs will
start from Sugar creek and the other
from Humboldt, the Kansas terminus
of the big trunk line. The right-of-
way has been secured.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
DESTROYED BY A TORNADO.
New Liberty. Ill, Reported Wiped Out-Nos
Building Left Standing-No
Lives Lost.

Golconda, ILL.,, May 2S.-The village
Of New Liberty, Pope county, ILL.,, on
the Ohio river, is reported to have
been destroyed by tornado Not a
building was left standing. No lives.
however, were lost
Damage was caused in Smithland,
Livingston county, by hail and wind,
at Hamletsburg, few miles above.
Smithland, and also at Birdsyille, a
short distance from New Liberty.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
WIN Interfere with Joplin Carnival.

Joplin, Mo-. May 29.-Miss Maude
MCGEE, queen-elect of the Joplin car
nival to be held next week. was as
saulted by Mrs. J. r. Weyland in the
Pyramid lodge room. The distressing
trouble grew out of a controversy over
the appointment of the queens maids
of honor.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
Two More Pavilions Opened.

st. Louis, May 29.-The informal
opening of the Mexican and Neither
lands pavilions took place Saturday
Both pavilions were decorated for the
occasion and the surroundings in each
breathe the native atmosphere and
portray the national characteristic
of the two countries
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
Tbinks Parker win Re Nom,n,ted.

Philadelphia, May 30.-The North
American this morning prints a spe-
eial dispatch from Princeton, n. j.. on
national democratic politics in which
ex-Presfdent Cleveland says that he
believes that Judge Alton B. Parker.
of New York: will be the nominee OF
the national democratic convention fo
the presidential Office.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
Bank at Elk City (Ok.) Closed.

Washington. May 29L-The comp
troller of the currency has been noti-
fed by Bank Examiner Sturtevant
that he has closed the Elk City nation.
al bank of Elk City, Ok The capital
stock of the bank was $4,000.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
The Frisco "Meteor., wreck.d.

Fort Worth. Tex, May 31.-A spe>
cial to the Record from Denison says.
The northbound Frisco Meteor" was
wrecked two miles north of Denison
at $3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The baggage and mail cars went over
a 50-foot bridge and were completed.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
Dtx,, SaIls for Colon.

Philadelphia, May 29.-The auxil-
larry cruiser Dixie sailed from the navy
yard Saturday for Colon, with stores
and provisions. At Colon the YES
sci will take aboard 400 marines, who
have been serving there more than q
year and will return with them to
League island