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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-20
Paw of a Rose Grower.

ga god rose grower-that is, one
who can show good results" says
well known florist, receives as much
pay as a college professor. AS rule,
his knowledge has cost him about as
much.
"By a rose grower L mean a spe-
cialist who can produce heavy headed
beauties with strong, yard long stems.
Growing roses in pots or in the open is
another matter. 1t requires skill to
grow them well, but it requires some
thing more to show cut flowers of the
quality that has come to be considered
the first grade. That is a business by
itself. Good rose growers get from
1000 to $4,000 a year, and some of
them receive much more, notably a
few who cater to the New York mar
Eet
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-20

Colin, Sherwick and myself were
meeting again after six years
Our first acquaintance dated back
to Yale days. The three OF us took
our respective degrees the same year.
and shortly afterward, when the war
broke out-the Spanish-Amer1can war
we enlisted, by common consent
with Roosevelt. At the end OF host1l-
tiles, Colin went home to California,
Sherwick struck a government JOB In
Porto Rico, and 1 made an ecstat1c
dash for my old quarters in New
York AS luck would have it, we all
came out without a scratch.
Colin was East on some legal bust
ness, and Sherwick, having thrown
up his position in the West Indies,
had come to New York on prospect
ing tour.
1 ran across them at the postomce,
and nothing would do but they must
come home to luncheon with me. Co
lin was one of those distinctly anna
BILE men you meet with occasionally
a fellow perfectly willing to make
himself agreeable whatever the cir
cumstances, situation or company
He went into instant raptures over
my house, my servants, my pictures
everything. 1 told him just to wait
until he saw my wife. Sherwick
was less demonstrative, but l could
see that he was impressed.
By the time the salad was served
our conversation had somehow veered
round from college days and Santiago
nights, to the all-potent subject of
matrimony. For some reason, the
topic seemed to affect Colin unpleas-
antly. Once or twice. he opened his
lips as though to speak, then closed
them again-apparently reconsider
ing.
'Out with it," I insisted, seeing
that he had something to relate, and
needed just little encouragement.
Sherwick, too, bent his forces upon
him, and together we listened to his
story.
''She was the only one in the world
to me-" he went on to say, waving
preliminaries, 'and like a dem fool, !
didn't have the common sense and
decency to keep her love when I had
it. I offended her, stupid jackass that
1 was, and would not apologize-not
even when she threw the chance al
my head. One thing led to another
till finally there wasn't anything left
for her to do but let me go. And she
did, Notwithstanding the fact that
she never loved anyone but me
and never would care for anyone
again. Such was the substance Of
her last words to me. How we'll
remember them, and her, as she
spoke them: You have been the
One Man. she said, her sweet lip.
quivering, her Fearless eyes drowned
in tears. but you have broken m!
heart, and 1 shall never be the same
again. Goodbye. l have made m!
arrangements. Next week enter tn,
convent 1 did not see her again." h,
finished sadly.
Sherwick and 1 exchanged g1ance
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-20

Drummer Was a Real Hero, But for
Once Only.

Once Only.
Yes, the papers referred to me as
a hero" said the drummer on crutch-
es, ''and 1 suppose 1 was and am one,
but 1 don't care to go through it
again. The cash reward is too small. -
$50 you were a hero for cash?" was
asked.
We'll didn't set out to be, but it
came to that. I was loafing around a
town in Illinois when a horse ran
away with two women. He was max
ing for an open sewer when 1 jumped
in and grabbed him and was dragged
over a brick pile and through the
mud and had a leg broken and a
shoulder dislocated. 1 saved the wo
men, one of whom was young, rich
and handsome, and who ought to have
been grateful and married me, but
who visited me in the hospital and
looked down upon my bed of pain to
say:
Poor fellow, If it hadn't been fol
you we should surely have been killed
and l want you to know how thankful
we are and how much W. admire your
action.
"And then what happened?" was
asked, as the drummer seemed to
have got through.
"And then she left 50-cent piece
on the pillow and walked out and
don't suppose I shall ever see he1
again in my life,"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-20
No New-faneIed Disease for Her.

A certain widow who lives in New
York State is very DESTROYS of having
her Congressman use his influence in
securing a pension for her.
The member received a letter from
this constituent several days ago again
calling attention to the fact that she
wants recognition. At the end of the
letter there was this indignant para
graph:
81 want you to know that my hus-
band died of regular, old-fashioned
consumption, contracted in the service.
There is somebody writing to the Pen
sion Office trying to keep me from get.
ting the pension, who says John died
of tuberculosis"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-20
Undertaken Talk.

Winston Churchill, the novelist, was
talking about awkward and unusual
forms of expression
In Concord, the other day." he said,
ct heard an undertaker's speech that
seemed to me extremely awkward and
unusual
at was at a funeral, funeral in q
private house, and the officiating cler
gyman was just about to begin his ad
dress, when the undertaken tiptoed UT
to him, and said in hoarse whisper:
Excuse me, doctor, but the
corpse's brother wishes to speak te
you"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-20
1Ii1'| Q 2555, oz&

secret sign and we all laughed. Then
Sherwick pulled his face straight and
began:
After all. there's not much to be
said that's new. It's the same old
story of a poor mans love and a rich
mans money; a weak daughter and
a stern father. We were-practical-
1y-engaged to be married, although
there had not been any actual be-
trothal. You know how those things
are When he found it out, he rushed
her off here. to New York, and de-
spite the fact that 1 wrote her at
least a dozen letters, there was never
the shadow of a response. Six months
later 1 learned of her marriage to a
wealthy stock brokers' son. 1t was
her fathers doing-every bit of it.
He never had any use for me, and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-20
Plaque in India.

The plague situation in India is be-
coming worse year by year; an Eng
lish journal calls it one of the great
catastrophies of modern times. In
January, as well as in February. the
deaths exceeded 100, 900, and for the
first fortnight in March the mortality
was nearly 10000.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-20
FAIL kOKRZx:

mt I made a success of my several
failures?'
And he hurried off to make, as he
informed me, another fat deposit in
his wife's name'-Kansas City Jour
nal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-20

Went into raptures over my pictures.
of compassion for our unhappy friend,
seeing that he was deeply and terri
bly, in earnest.
$50 that is why you are a bachelor"
l observed grayely. 'Sherwick?" I
turned to him interrogatively. Its
up to you"
Sherwick cleared his throat, flushed
and tried to change the subject Colin
gave him a reproachful stare. You'll
have to do it." he said. Its not fair
for you to back out. you know. Re-
sesmber ia compact" He made a
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-25
ALICE WEBB DUKE is
ARRESTED IN NEW YORK
Placed in Custody on Requisition Pa
pers Issu.d by the Texas
Authorities
BY Associated, Press.

BY Associated Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-Mrs. Alice
Webb Duke, wife Of Brodie l.. Duke,
was arrested at an Office on Broad
street, this city, today on requisition
papers issued by the Texas authorities.
Mrs. Duke has been indicted by the
grand jury at Nacogdoches, Tex, on
the charge that she and Charles L.
Taylor of Chicago had made false
statements in an instrument on the
strength of which stakeholder in one
of the national banks in that place was
induced to indorse their notes for
$4,000.
When Mrs. Duke was arraigned in
the police court she was held in $4,000
bail. This her counsel was unable to
secure, and Mrs. Duke was taken to a
cell in the Tombs prison.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-25
Prince Fushimi and other distin-
guished japanese were present.
FLEEING AUT0I5TS INJURE
POLICEMAN AND ESCAPE
Back Suddenly Into His Motor Cycle
While It Is Running at
High Speed
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-In attempting
to capture an auto party for over
speeding Bicycle Policeman Ennis, who
,-ears score of medals for bravery,
has been seriously injured. He was de-
liberately run down by the autoists.
Ennis sighted four men leaving Cen
trail park at One Hundred and Tenth
street in machine running forty miles.
He rode a motor cycle and sent 1t
along in the wake of the auto. To his
yells, the four men seated in the car
shrieked with laughter. Ennis was
gaining slowly on the big car when
suddenly 1t came to dead halt, and
began to back up.
Into it Ennis crashed, head-on. His
machine was shattered and Ennis was
whirled headlong into the road, uncon-
scious, bleeding from a dozen deep
wounds On head and face. In another
instant the big machine was speeding
away. A general police alarm was serlt
but the autoists. running at top speed
managed to enter Central park by q
roundabout way and escaped.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-25
SAN Diego BOY SAVES LIFE
AT RISK OF HIS CWN
Charles w. Hunter Jr., Rescues Tour.
ist Clinging to capsized
Boat

BY Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 24.-There was a
daring rescue from drowning in the
bay last evening. A tourist named
Thomas was knocked into the water
by the boom of . boat in which he had
been sailing alone. In trying to get
On board the little craft ~ capsized
it. He clung to the BOAT for nearly
half az hour. When he was almost
exhausted, Charles W. Hunter, jr., a
boy of IL years, went to his rescue in
a skiff which was leaking badly. Young
Hunter then jumped into the water
and pushed the skiff UP to Thomas who
got on board.
The boat would have gone down had
Hunter also got on board so he re-
manned in the water and by hard work
managed to push the skiff ashore.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-25
NJ 'MAHON WAS
|MPERSONATED
"T0UTS" USED HIS NAME TO
DECEIVE DUPE
Scheme Of Inscriptions Persons to
Wheedle Money Out of the Un-
wary credulous May Have
Taken Bread From Jockey

he indsposition cf Judge A. w. Ham
ilton. the presiding official at Ascot
park race track, to extend a hearing
to Jockey Mcmahon, who was sus-
pended for his ride on Flea in the
steeplechase race of Friday, January
1S. has aroused the friends of the rider
to renewed activity.
Investigation set on foot by McMa-
hons friends has resulted in the un-
earthlng of a scheme whereby the de-
posed rider was made the victim of un-
scrupuIous 'touts," than whom the
racing game has no more loathsome at
tribute, who sought to get men OF
money to place big bets OH steeple-
chase horses.
The plan of these "touts" waste pre-
sent one of their number as Mcmahon,
stating, as was done in the case of n
the race "were all fixed and that a
certain horse would win, intimating
that Mcmahon would pilot the horse
which according 20 dope" should cap
ture the race and would pull it, thus
assuring the winning of the horse that
was selected. The bet was made and
the nominated" horse tailed to win,
the real Mcmahon plotting Allegiance
to victory. 1t is intimated that this
saloonkeeper, whose name is withheld
for the present, was given to under
stand that Mcmahon failed to keep his
part of the alleged compact" and that
he secured large sum of money from
another man to "win with Allegiance
When confronted with the real Nc
Mahon the saloonkeeper declared he
was not the man who had been repre-
sented to him as the steeplechase rider
by the "touts" in question, and de-
clared his willingness so to testify be-
fore the Ascot park officials.
The many friends of the depose(
jockey declare that the mere fact thai
pleasure of his own hearth and the
companionship of his family to the
false glamor of night resorts has made
him the victim of unscrupulous race
track hangers-on, who have no fear Of
being contradicted when representing
one of their number to be the jockey.
Whether this incident or similar one'
have proven the undoing of an innocen
jockey, McMahon's friends are unable
to say, but there are no few patrons o
Ascot park who are firm in their con
vic,ion that the little rider is the vic
tim of "grudge'' from last year, as M
case has been made out against him
the charges going with his suspension
being disproven unequivocally.
The disregard of public opinion in thu
matter and the refusal of Judge Hasl'
ilton to admit the right of the race
track patrons to know the reason why
they have been deprived of rider ir
general popular favor have not gone t.
help the game, and it is probable 6
petition for McMahon's reinstatement
which is now in circulation, will be pre-
| sented to the directors of the associa'
ton.
In response to the advice of track Of
ficials to "wait,'' the friends of Nc
Mahon point to the fact that the ridel
is still deprived of his one means, hero
and elsewhere, to provide for his wife
and baby.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-25
YOU CAN INTEREST HIN
Anv Nan Over fIlIv

You can interest any man over fifty
years Of age in anything that Will
make him feel better, because while
he may not as yet have any positive
organic disease he no longer feels the
buoyancy and vieor OF twenty-five nor
the freedom from aches and pains he
enjoyed i'm earlier years, and he very
naturally examines with interest any
proposition looking to the improv-
ment and preservation Of his health.
He will notice among other things
that the stomach Of fifty is a very
different one from the stomach he pos
sessed at twenty-five. That greatest
care must be exercised as to what is
eaten and how much Of It, and even
with the best of care, there viii be in
creasing digestive weakness with adj
vancing years.
A proposition to perfect or improve
the digestion and assimilation Of food
Is one which interests not only every
man of fifty but every man, woman
and child of any age, because the
whole secret of good health, good
blood strong nerves, is to have n
stomach which will promptly and
thoroughly digest wholesome food be-
cause blood, nerves. brain tissue and
every other constituent of the body
are entirely the product of digestion.
and no medicine or health food can
possibly create pure blood or restore
shaky nerves, when n weak stomach
is replenishing the daily wear and tear
Of the body from a mass of ferment-
ing half-digested food.
No, the stomach itself wants help
and in no roundabout way. either It
wants direct, unmlstakable assistance,
such as is given by one or two Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets after each meal.
These tablets cure stomach trouble
because their use gives the stomach a
chance to rest and recuperate; one of
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets contains
digestive elements sufficient to digest
1900 grains of ordinary food, such as
bread, meat, eggs, etc.
The plan of dieting is simply an
other name for starvation, and the
use of prepared foods and new tangled
breakfast foods simply makes matters
worse, as any dyspeptic who has tried
them knows.
AS DR.. Bennett says, the only reason
] can imagine why Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets are not universally used by
everybody who Is troubled in any way
with poor digestion is because many
people seem to think that because q
medicine is advertised or is sold i'm
drug stores, or is protected by trade
mark must be a humbug, whereas as
matter of truth any druggist who Is
observant knows that Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets have cured more people
of Indigestion, heartburn, heart trou-
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for stomach trouble combined.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-25
CLEVER ACTRESS
TO JOIN BELASCO
STOCK COMPANY SECURES
MISS MlGNON FOSTER
Latest Addition to Manager Black
woods Company Has Played
Important Roles Through.
out East

The Belasco theater stock company
young women of the American stage to
its forces She is Miss Mignon Fos-
ter, until fortnight ago valued
member of the Bush Temple theater
stock company of Chicago, where she
was great favorite for year and n
half. Miss Foster arrived in Los An
geles from Chicago Monday morning
and will make her initial appearance
as member of the Belasco organiza-
tion next Monday night, when she will
have one of the important roles in the
Dietrichstein comedy Are You n
Mason?"
Miss Fosters theatrical career covers
engagements with Klaw & Erlan-
gers comedy forces, Daniel Froh-
mans management, presenting James
X. Hackett, and just prior to her Chi
cago stock engagement she played the
part of Bonita with Kirk La Shele's
ARIZONA" company. replacing Eleanor
Robson, who is now one of the Liebler
q Co. stars.
Miss Foster Is young actress of un-
doubted abilities, and her appearance
with the Belasco theater stock COM
pany will strengthen that organization
in no small measure. Some of her
greatest dramatic achievements have
been scored in roles that have tested
the histrionic worth of some of the
ablest actresses of the native stage.
In Chicago the public and the dramatic
critics voted her a decided favorite.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-25
Santa Fe EmpIoye Injured

BY Associated Press.
SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 24.-E. H.
Curtis, a Santa Fe car repairer, was
run down by Santa Fe passenger train
from San. Diego this evening in the
company's yards here. He was struck
by the pilot and fell by the side of the
track. His left hand was mashed to a
pulp by the wheels and head was badly
battered. The man is in serious con-
dition. He has been in the employ OF
the company here eighteen years.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-25

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Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-25
GRIScoM IS ENTERTAINED
BY JAPANESE EMPEROR
Mikado Expresses Pleasure at courte-
sizes Shown Prince FUshinl IN
This Country

By Associated Press.
TOXIC, Jan. 24-The emperor today
received Lloyd G. Griscom, the Ameri-
can minister, in special audience, and
later entertained Mr.. Griscom and the
attaches of the legation at luncheon.
The emperor requested the minister
to convey to President Roosevelt his
great satisfaction over the cordial rela-
tions existing between Japan and the
United States. He paid high compli-
ment to the courtesy shown to Lieut..
Gen. Prince Fushimi by the president
and people Of the United states.
In replying, Mr.. Griscoin thanked the
emperor for the interest taken by
Japan in the ST. Louis exposition and
for the friendship manifested in the
visit of Prince Fushimi.
The emperor, who was i'm high spirits,
proposed the health of President Roose-
welt.
Prince Fushim and other distin-
guished Japanese were present.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-25

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Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-25
.COLLAPSES WHEN
VERDICT IS READ
JURY FINDS TUCKER GUILTY
OF MURDER
Auburndale Man Must Pay Death
Penalty for Murder Of Miss
Mabel Page at Weston,
Mass.
BY Associated Press.


CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Jan. "a
Charles l.. Tucker of Auburndale, who
has been ON trial since January / for
stabbing Miss Mabel Page to death in
her fathers home at Weston on the
31st of March. was convicted tonight
CT murder in the first degree.
Death in the electric chair is the
penalty. Tucker collapsed when the
foreman read the verdict. He was
taken to the Jail in an exhausted con-
dition and revived under stimulants
administered by a physician.
Before the case was given to the
jury Tucker availed himself of the OPP
portunity to address the jurors and de-
clared his innocence, saying he was at
home when Miss Page met her death.
He said he foolishly broke up the
knife which figured so prominently in
the case because officers bounded him.
He said he knew nothing of the crime
until reporters came to talk with him
about it.
The murder of Miss Page on March
81 attracted wide attention because of
the mystlfying circumstances sur
rounding the case.
Miss Page who was Al years of age
was stabbed to death in her home. All
first it was reported that she had killed
herself, but the wounds failed to bear
out this theory.
Tucker was seen near the Page home
about the. time of Miss Pages death,
and was arrested and examined. He
explained his movements and was dis
charged, only to be, rearrested and for
,,nall,r cha rned with the murder
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-25
OPERATION ON EDISON
Mastoid Abscess Behind Left Ear Is
Successfully Removed
3y Assoclated Press.

ORANGE, N. j., Jan. 24.-Thomas A.
Edison, the inventor, was recovering
rapidly today from a surgical operation
performed last night for a mastoid alb
scess behind his left ear.
Owing to a similar trouble a few
years ago the operation was difficult.
but the doctors declared it was entirely
successful.
Mr.. Edison recovered quickly and
was in good spirits today. The doc
tors say they expect an uninterrupted
recovery
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-25
Murdered by Yaquis
By Associated Press.

AssUCIHteu fTeSS. ~
HOUSTON, Tex, Jan. pa special
from Ell Paso, Tex. says:
Antonio Astizarian, a member of a
prominent Mexican family, with two
servants, has been murdered by Yaqui
Indians in the same vicinity where five
Americans were slain last Thursday.
The family of M. Doane, ranchman,
was robbed, but they were allowed to
go with their lives.