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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19
Men Who Kill a Town.

| The following clipped from an ex-
change, contains some stubborn facts
That cannot be denied. A town that
never has anything to do in a public
way IS on the way to the cemetery.
Any citizen who will do nothing for
his town. furnishes the coffin.
The man who is so selfish as to have
no time for business to give to CITY
affairs is making the stroud.
The man who will not advertise is
driving the hearse
the man who is always pulling
Dack from any public enterprise.
throws boquets on the grave.
= The man who is so stipgy and sell
nsiI as to be bowling hard times.
breaches the funeral sermon and sings
the doxologY- And thus the town lies
buried, free from all sorrow and care.
The editorial game laws are stated
IN publication to be as follows. Book
agents may be killed from October Ist
TO september Ist: spring poets from
March Ist to June Ist: scandal mon
gers from April Ist to February Ist:
umbrella borrowers from August Ist
TO November Ist and from February
Ist TO May ISt; every man who accents
a paper for two years and on being
presented with the bill saws. ssI never
oroered It." may be killed on the spot
without reserve or relief.-Belleyille
Telescope.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19

Read the list OF sales in this issue
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19

Good fresh beef at Bakers.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-08-19

Smoked hams at Baker 5
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
TWO MILLION-DOLLAR LOSS

tary subscriptions from the outside
are being donated and are accepted.
Several excursion trains arrived
here yesterday, bringing visitors from
adjacent cities and towns to view the
ruins.
Mayor Belctng ordered all saloons
closed, and it was tight" Sunday
in Hot Springs. The following state.
ment has been issued:
ITO the Public-The fire-swept area
lies principally in the residence Dor,
ton Of the city. While the loss is
enormous the principal business sec.
ton Of Hot Springs, including the no,
tells and bath houses, are not affected
We think therefore it is proper to re.
quest the Associated Press to an.
nounce that our city has ample &C.
Communications for all who may desire
TO visit it for health or pleasure, and
no advance in rates will be tolerated,
George S. Bedding, Mayor.
Martin A. Elsie,
Supt. Government Reservation"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

the export business handled by the II
llnois Central was put aboard ships al
the docks. The docks have been I'm
der construction for ten years, eIab
crate extensions and immense invest
ments having been made after the con.
sututonal convention of 1898 made il
possible for the road to invest perma,
nently at this point.
The fire was discovered shortly after
I o'clock. 1t is thought to have result.
ed from journal that had not been
sufficiently oiled. The whole plant
was equipped with gigantic water
tanks and fire eXtingushing apparatus
but the blaze, small at first, almost in.
simultaneously got beyond control, COM
municatmg through the c0nveyors to
the lower elevator and some of the
sheds. The response of the fire depart.
ment was prompt, bat owing to the
fact that the terminals were inaccessi.
bic, owing to fences and tracks the
engines found difficulty in reaching the
flames. In half an hour the fire GOV.
cred two squares, the lower elevator
being practically consumed, and it was
sweeping with irresistible fury up and
down the river. AS soon as it became
known that the scene of the fire was
the StuyVesant docks, harbor tugs has.
tened to the wharves and vessels that
were moored there were pulled out in
the river
At the same time switch engines
were rushed to the wharves and hun. |
lreds Of cars loaded with freight we're
lrawn to points above the upper end
of the terminals before the fire reached
hem. Many hundreds more, however
we're consumed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Murderous Blacks.

laZoo City, Miss: A difficulty oc
Curing late Sunday afternoon between
I'd Stevens a prominent planter liy,
ing near this city, and four negroes,
led to the killing of Stevens and his
brotnCr w. H. Stevens, and the wound
Ing of a negro named Wilder, one of
the slayers of the Stevens brothers.
The negroes escaped. A sheriff and
posse are now securing the country
for the quartet Of blacks, and a lynch.
ing is believed to be inevitable if the
negroes are caught. Details regard
ing the killing Of the Stevens brothers,
which occurred on plantation two
miles from this city, are meager. Ed
Stevens, it is said, had gone to the
cabin of Wilder, near the formers
home and had become engaged in a
quarrel with him, Wjier's wife and
two other negroes. w. H. Stevens,
running to the cabin, tried to quiet
the disturbance. Later the quarrel was
renewed and he fastened to the scene, |
when he saw Wilder's wife rush upon
his brother. W. H. Stevens raised a |
shotgun and fired at the woman. Will |
der and his companion promptly drew
pistols and fired on the Stevens broth
ers, killing both.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Cured Her Diabetes.

Halo, Ind, Feb. 9th. -(Special.)-
If what will cure Diabetes will cure
any form of Kidney Disease, as so
many physicians say, then Dodd's
Kidney Pills will cure any form Of
Kidney Disease. For Mrs. L. C. Bow.
ers of this place has proved that
Dodd's Kidney Pills will cure Dia.
betes.
Il had Diabetes" Mrs. Bowers says,
my teeth all became loose and part
OF them came out. | passed q great
deal OF water with such burning SEN
satlons | could hardly bear it. lost
about 40 pounds in weight. | used
many medicines and doctored with
two local doctors, but never got any
better till | started to use Dodd's
Kidney Pills. They cured me so COM
pletely that in three years | have had
no return of the disease. | am
well woman now, thanks to Dodd's
Kidney Pills"
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all kidney
ailments from backache to Bright's
Disease Cure your Backache with
them and you will never have Bright's
Disease, Diabetes or Rheumatism.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Taylor at Nacoodoches

Ndcosdoches, Texas: Deputy Sher
III Moss Adams returned yesterday aft
'inoon from Chicago, having in Gus
'ody Charles F. Taylor, who was want
ed by tho Nacogdoches authorities or
an alleged charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses. The indictment
found by the grand jury at the septem
Der term of the district court states
tnat Charles F. Taylor swindled E, A.
bIount' president of the Commercial
National bank, to the amount of $1,000.
At a late hour yesterday TAYLOR had
1alled to give bond in the sum of $500
when was the amount set by the
Judge. The sheriff has Taylor in
charge.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Wants the X p, Home

Palestine, Texas: Palestine is go
ing after the Knights of Pythias Wild
ows and Orphans home. Messrs. w.
{. Campbell, H. l.. Wright and John
K. Hearne have been appointed com.
mitteo to forward the enterprise. Mr.
Hearne, chairman, was empowered to
add to the committee at his discretion.
The committee has already secured
options on several bodies of land near
town, and will no doubt be able TO
offer other inducements for the loca-
ton here of the noble and glorious
work.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
$5,OOO,OOO FIRE IN NEW ORLEANS.
Illinois Central Terminals and Docks DESTROYED
Hot Springs, Ark, Was Fire-swept

New Orleans, La, Feb. 27.-Fire in
YolVlng millions of dollars loss in prop
erty and that strikes a serious, if only
temporary, blow to the export trade
of New Orleans, swept the river front
last night and wiped the vast freight
terminals OF the Illinois Central, known
as the Stuyvesant docks. Nearly a
dozen squares Of modern Wharves and
freight sheds, two magnificent grain
elevators, hundreds of loaded cars and
vast quantities of freight including
10000 bales of cotton, were DESTROYED
together with large number Of resi-.
dences. The fire was still raging tu.
rlously at midnight, at which time it
mad almost reached the upper end of
the Illinois Central property. 1t has
not been determined whether there has
been any loss of life. The ocean-soins
shipping seems to have escaped seri,
GUS injury. A number of firemen and
employees Of the docks were injured.
Actual estimates of the losses are i'm
possible yes, although they may ex-
coed 100000.
The Stuyvesant docks extended from
Louisiana avenue to Napoleon avenue,
distance Of twelve squares. The
Wharyes beWoen these points were coy
cred with miles of trackage and steel
and iron sheds ran the whole distance.
The two grain elevators We're of the
most modern construction, the upper |
one having a capacity of a. million
bushels. Thousands of bales of cot
ton, several hundred thousand pack
ages Of sugar, great quantities of cot.
ton oil cake, lumber and every con-
ceiVable variety of freight filled the
warehouse and sheds. Practically ali
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Japs on the Offensive.

St. Petersburg: A dispatch from
General kuropatkin, dated February
70, says: The enemy is continuing
ohe offensive against the front of our
lSipketchen detachment and has turn.
cd both its TANKS. The Japanese have
also advanced against Kantie pass
turning our left flank, but all their
attacks on Tangu and Beiderling have
Oeen repulsed. Their offensive move.
ment against Bompaudz has also been
repulsed. At some positions our rifle.
men forced the Japanese outposts to
retire. Colonel Gorsky was severely
wounded.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
LONGING FOR BoYHooo DAYS.
Poet Remembers COMPENSATION for
Hard Work He Had to Do.

think Id Stop the pigs the way 1
used to do, and bring in wood and
hunt for eggs and bring the COWS
nome, too; and grease the wagon and
mitch up the horses every day, and
water all the cows and calves and give
the horses hay; and pump wash water
ana stay in an churn, and churn,
while other boys down by the creek
were having fun to burn. I'd like to
salt the sheep, would; I'd like to
milk the COWS; I'd like to man a cross.
cut saw and have wild carouse, with
dad the other end of it to pull me
through the log. I'd love to curry of
the team and feed the cat and dog.
And when Id got the chores all done
and had got through the rush, I'd love
70 take brush-hook and go out and
cut some brush. I'd do these things
again, would, and never heave
sigh, for long about this time O. year
10 get my full of pie-good homemade
mince and pumpkin pie, and hens
eggs newly laid; salt.risin' bread and
biscuits like the kind my mother
made; and good backbone and spare
rlos, too, and cornbread spread with
srease-these things to have again
would bring my spirit lasting peace.
and so Id like to slop the pigs and
feed the critters, too, and churn, and
churn, and churn, and churn, Just like
l used to do.-Houston Post.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Immense ConfIaeration at Hot Springs
Ark.-Saloons All Closed.

Ark.-SaIoons All Closed.
Hot Springs, Ark: Sunday has beer
a day Of gloom in Hot Springs. The
first estimates of the damage done by
the great confagration were not exag
gerated. More than forty blocks were
eaten away by the flames, and the most
conservative estimates place the loss
at a million and a half dollars, and
several insurance men state the fig.
ures will reach two MILLIONS.
The three unknown bodies recovered
are the only known fatalities.
The citizens relief committee has
the situation we'll in hand Mayor
Bedding is at the head of this body
and Charles N. Rix, president of the
Arkansas National bank, is acting as
treasurer. The amount subscribed for
relief work totals $4,000 and the sum
Is being steadily increased. The COM
mittee feels that the city can take
care Of the homeless although volun-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Trains Delayed by Wreck.

Colmesneil, Texas: The south bound
passenger train from Dallas that was
due here at 6 p. m. yesterday was de,
layed seven hours on account of a
freight wreck north of here, adm the
north bound passenger, known as the
Beaumont-Rockland train. that is due
here at Z p. m, did not arrive until
8 a. m, on account of freight wreck
q few miles south Of Woodville.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
JUDGE SNAYNE WAS ACQUITTED.
senate Concluded Impeachment Trial by CLEARING
Observation-Disclosures Navy Provided For,

Washington, Feb. 2S-The senate
yesterday concluded the imnoacbmor,
trial of Judge Swayne by acquittina
him on all Of the charges made against
him in the articles of Impeachment
presented by the house, and then
passed the naval appropriation bill.
Inc voting on the Swayne case be-
gan at 1910 o'clock, twenty minutes
AFTER the senate convened and contin-
ued until Has.
There was no discussion, all the
time being consumed in taI,ina tno
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Miss Wheeler Is Sponsor.

Louisville, Ky: General Stephen B
Lee, commander in chief of the Unit
ed Confederate Veterans, has an.
nounced the appointment of Miss Car,
RE Peyton Wheeler, daughtar of Gen
eral Joseph Wheeler, to be sponsor for
the South at the Confederate reunion
to be held in Louisville June IA, Is
and 16. Miss Wheeler has selected
Miss Lena Swift of Atlanta and Miss
Clara Hill of Louisville to be her
maids Of honor.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Il Paso Again Aground.

Baltimore, Md: The steamer E.
Paso, from Baltimore for Galveston
with cargo of steel rails, which went
ashort off Cutoff chanel is Chesa.
peake bay Saturday and later was
fioated, went ashore again yesterday
below Seven-Foot Knoll. The efforts
Of the tugs to pull her off have been
unavailing, and it is now thought the
vessel will have to be made lighter.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Arrested Humble Women.

Houston, Texas: Last night Chic,
Deputy Sheriff Conway, sent out by
Sheriff Anderson to Humble to look
after violations of the law, came back
While out there he and other depu
ties arrested thirty-nine women on the
charge of vagrancy and keeping dis,
orderly houses. They will be tried
Monday by Justice of the Peace Lam.
brecht.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Paper Mill Machinery

orange, Texas: A carload of fine ma.
chlnery arrived yesterday for the Vel.
low Pine Paper Company, the annex
being built at the mill being about
ready to receive it, and other macbin.
cry is due this week, all of which
VIII be pushed out to the plant today,
and within another month that factory
Will be set in motion with capacity
more than double its former hest work
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

I Between the hour of meeting and
the time for the beginning Of the
oWayne trial, Mr., Frye asked and OBJ
tanned unanimous consent fixing q
tlme to consider six bills regulating
the inspection of steamboats, reported
from the committee on commerce. The
necessity for the proposed LEGISLATION
mas been made apparent, he said, by
the disaster to the General SIoCum in
New York. The time was fixed at S
p m. Tuesday.
The house managers in the imneacb-
ment case and the attorneys for Judge
o"ayne were then ushered in and took
their usual seats and the sergeant at
arms for the last time made proclama.
ton OF the trial, threatening imprison.
ment for the violation of the rule i'm.
posing silence.
Judge SWayne was not present. Mr.
Plat, of Connecticut, presiding, an.
nounced that the rule prohibiting an.
pIause would be rigidly enforced, a
violation resulting in the certain evic. |
ZION Of the offenders.
The trial preliminaries required only |
Ten minutes. The first article of i'm. !
parchment then was read and the vote
taken on it In this article Judge
oWayno was charged with making 2
lalse certificate for expenses while
holding court at Waco, Texas.
Inc vote was, guilty 80, not guilty 40
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Cashier Charged With Perjury.

Lake Charles, La: AS a result OF
the recent grand jury session. sixty
one persons were arraigned in court
yesterday for various offenscs. Among
the indictments were two charging per-
jury against j. H. Hoffman, former
cashier of a suspended Jennings bank.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
A Copperas Cove National Bank.

Temple, Texas: A new national
bank is contemplated for Copperas
Cove, thriving little town on the
San Angelo branch of the Santa Fee
thlrty-five miles west of Temple, in
Coryell county. F. F. Downs, presi.
dent of the First National bank of
temple, and T. S. McCarson of Fer.
rls, are interested in the matter
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Lowest Bid S815oon

beaumont, Texas: Word was re.
celVed here yesterday from CAPTAIN 7
+. Mclndoe, chief of engineers, to the
erect that he had recommended that
all bids submitted for the digging of
the Sabine lake canal be rejected and
ma, ma the proposals be readvertised. Ac.
cordlng to the lowest bid received the
channel would cost sS15,OOO, whereas
the estimate has been set at s536 500
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Right Flank Is Quiet,

Doachoanhe: A monotonous quiet
prevails on the right flank of the Rus.
sian army. The nights are frosty, but
the days are quite warm.
A deserter says the japanese are
wen fed, but are required to labor
nara and are cruelty punished if thew
don't complete their tasks.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
PloWinu Beuun at Calvert

calvert, Texas: The present favor
able weather is rejoicing the hearts
OF the farmers, who have begun plow.
Ing and getting the soil ready for
corn. Potatoes, Irish and sweet and
other truck will be planted in larger
quantities than ever this year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Special Venire in Rix Case

BeeVllle, Texas: In the district court
mere yesterday a special venire of 100
men reported from which to select a
jury to try Steve Rix, who has been
held without bond on a charge of GRIM
inal assault.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Young 70 Hang.

WaXahachie, Texas: John Henry
Young, the negro who was convicted
OF murder and given the death penalty
at the last term OF the district court
here, and whose conviction was af.
firmed by the court of criminal appeals
at Dallas recently, was brought into
court here yesterday and resentenced.
The date of his execution was set for
Friday, March 81.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Cyclone Davis at Mobile.

Mobile, Texas: Cyclone Davis ad-
dressed the citizens of Mobile in the
interest of prohibition Friday night
The attendance was rather small.
There does not seem to be much in.
terest in the matter.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Lost Seventy Hogs From Cholera,

Hearne, Texas: Messrs. McNutt
Brothers report the loss of seventy
mead of hogs from cholera within the
past ten days. Thih disease has caus-
cd quite a number of farmers, who
intended going in the hog INDUSTRY
this year, to abandon the idea.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
New Librarian at TemnIa

lemple, Texas: A change of libra.
rlans has again taken place at Carne.
gle library, Mrs. Kate Alma Organ
succeeding Miss Kate Butler, who
hlled the place only a week. Delicate
health prevented Miss Butler from
prosecuting the duties of the o,acc
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Neck Broken in Runaway

kosse, Texas: Ross Francis, aged
IL years, son of J. P. Francis, was
Killed Saturday night in a runaway,
he had been to Mart with a load of
potatoes and was on his way home,
on High Prairie, ten miles east of
hosse. Before reaching home his team
ran away, throwing him out of tho
wagon, breaking his neck.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
"Do You Itch"

1.-THE cup of human misery is never
quite full until some form of itching
skin disease is added. Then it over
flows. Hunts Cure is a specific for
any itching trouble ever known. One
application relieves. One box is guar
anteed to cure any one case"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Bran Emergency Rate Amended

Austin, Texas: The railroad com.
mission yesterday afternoon amended
Its circular applying emergency rates
on bran by providing that when bran
IS shipped with other grain or grain
products the emergency rate of 5 cents
per 100 pounds will apply on the &C.
tual weight OF bran in such shipments
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

The London Lancet says that "once
in blue moon does not mean never,
but seldom. The last blue moon in
England was on December 10, 1883. Its
color was due to atmospheric condi.
lions.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
New American Aqent Il Terrible.

Temple, Texas: J. w. Russell of
Dallas has been checked in as local
agent of the American Express Com.
pany, vice c. P. Reifschneider, who
mas been transferred to another branch
Of the service.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Cotton Receipts at Johnson citu

Johnson City, Texas: Cotton is
moving to market now, about fifty
bales passing through here for Mar.
Bile Falls Saturday.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
BRYAN Hoo Shinnents

Bryan, Texas: H. S. Franklin has
made a shipment of five carloads of
hogs to Fort Worth and will ship two
more cars in the next few DAYS
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
CoImesneiI School CIosed

Colmesneil, Texas: Public school
closed Friday after a very successful
term of seven months. Professor lar.
rett, the principal. will conduct a pr,.
Vate school two months longer
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Miss Thetford Died From Burns

Gonzales, Texas: Miss Emma Tibet
ford, who was so severely burned Fri.
day morning on the Houston ranch,
died yesterday morning.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

Sweetwater, Texas: The prohibition
election in Nolan county passed off
very quietly and resulted in land.
slide for the pros.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Onion Crop Doinu Fine,

Laredo, Texas: The onion crop, I'm.
der favorable weather that has pre-
vailed here for the week past, is do
ing fine.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
kilmuea Volcano ActiuA

Honolulu: The crater of Kilmuea.
which became active February Is, is
now reported to be showing the yreat.
est activity that it has exhibited since
1898. o'''o'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03
Negro Shooting at Borden

Glidden, Texas: It was reported
yesterday that one negro shot another
night.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

Alice, Texas: Another of the big
pastures within a few miles of town
is being cut up for tho benefit of the
man with the hoe.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-03

Brentwood, Texas: Rev. B. F. vii.
son has resigned the pastorate of the
Christian church.