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The Washington herald., 1906-12-20
CABINET OFFICERS SCOLDED
Senate Select Committee Reprimands
Wilson and Hitchcock.
Secretaries Informed They Had No
Right to withdraw Lands from
Observation-Disclosures Advised, Too

The select committee OF the Senate.
appointed at the last session of Congress.
10 investigate present conditions in the
territory of the Five Civilized Tribes In
Oklahoma. held a lively session yesteT-
day. at which Ethan A. Hitchcock, Secre-
tary Of the Interior. and James Wilson,
Secretary OF Agriculture, who were pres
ent. were told they had suspended the
laws Of the land, and thereby exceeded
their authority. and they must retrace
their official steps. The acts complained
Of by the select committee, OF which
Senator Clark. Of Wyoming. IS chairman.
were the withdrawal from allotment by
Executive order Of nearly 100000 acres
Of land belonging to the Five CIVILIZED
Tribes.
The order was issued early in Deem
Der. and the ayOwed object was 10 es-
tabIish a forest reserve containing 1850.
eco acres. Secretary Hitchcock explained
that IN Withdrawing the lands he had
acted upon a request from the Secretary
Of Agriculture. VINO controls the Forestry
Bureau. The Secretary explained that a
citizen of Texas had asked leave 10 pUr-
chase 2lO01J acres for a game preserve,
and when the Interior Department con
suited the Secretary of Agriculture about
the offers, the Interior officers were met
with a counter proposal from Secretary
Wilson 20 establish forest reserve. The
lands had been Withdrawn from allotment
temporarily and tentatively with a view
to determining what was best for the
interests Of the Indians.
But you had no power to suspend the
operation of a statute. even temporarily
or tentatively, not even for one minute, p"
suggested Senator Teller. a member Of
the committee. predecessor OF MI.
Hitchcock. as Secretary of the Interior.
Secretary Hitchcock explained that he
acted solely upon the request Of the For
estTy Bureau. and passed the matter over
20 Secretary Wilson. with this remark.
IF I have violated the statute. ! am
sorry for IL. but ! had the interests Of the
Indian al heart IN whatever I did"
Secretary Wilson at this point came 10
the relief Of the Secretary Of the Interior.
and in reply 10 questions by Senators
Teller, Long. and Brandegee, he explain
ed that he acted upon the firm belief that
the interests Of the Indians would be bet
ter served by q forest reserve than by 4
game preserve
The legal questions I do not attempt
10 settle. I am content 10 leave them 70
the lawyers Of the department" he said.
Secretary Wilson closed with the sug-
gesti0n that the matter was up to tn,
Senate committee TO ratify the Executive
act. or disavow it and set II aside.
IT is not up 10 the Senator's suggest
ed Senator Clark. 1T is up to the Sec
rotary of Agriculture and the Secretary
Of the Interior TO comply with the
statute"
Clifford Pinchot, chief forester. was in
turn called to the stand and given a bit
OF legal advice, after which the select
committee advised Secretary Hitchcock
20 countermand his order Of withdrawal
by wire without delay.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-20
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

L. S. DEBT cf Agriculture, Weather Bureau.
Washington. Wednesday, Dee I9-S p. N.
10 the last tvcntyfCur hours rain has set In Oves
the cuff and South Atlantic States with snow in
Southwest Virginia and the Ohio Valley Rain has
also fallen ca tho North Pacific Coast; in ali other
districts fair weather has prevailed with a general
rise IN temperature.
Tie weather Thursday wil be unsettled in the
Middle and South Atlantic and East Gulf States
IN the Middle Atlantic States snow or rain is prob
able and rain viii doubtless continue IL the south
Atlantic States. IN the interior valleys and the
West fair weather is probable Thursday followed By
increasing c-9udiuCss and rain IN the Mississippi and
ONO valleys Friday. This disturbed condition IN the
West viii probably reach Atlantic coast districts by
SATURDAY.
i VIII be somewhat warmer Thursday ard Friday
iE Eastern districts. with no marked change in the
W~st.
The winds along the New England coast viii be
fresh Durthlas-cTly increasing; the Middle At
llLtc CEASE. hrIs6 UCuhe65tITly, Oh the South At
lantc cast. fresh northeast To north; on the Gulf
coast. fresh AID variable, and Oh the Lower Lakes
frcsh southeIv.
steamers departing Thursday for European ports
WiH have fresh east N southeast winds and fair
weather u thc Grand Banks
Note--The display Of storm warnings on Lakes
E-ie and Ontario viii be discontinued for the season
az the termination Of December % 1906 The dis
play a warnings on Lake Pepin was discontinued at
the termination Of December TO- and on Lakes Supe-
roT. Michigan. Hu.on and St. Clair at the ter1nua-
ti0u Of December Is 1905.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-20
Temperatures in Other cities,

mperat1res in other cities together with the
an, for the past twelEe hours ended al p. m.
-day, were as follows.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-20
singing Canary in a giIded Gag,

makes good Christmas present for young
or old. Schmid's Bird Store. 712 18th ST.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-20
JAPAN WOULD FIGHT.
Bishop Harris Speaks of the Va
tfnnnI Ambition OF the japanese.


Bishop Merriman G. Harris, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, who has
been stationed in Japan for th'rty-thrce
years. talked with a number Of Senators
and Representatives yesterday concerning
the feeling in Japan toward the United
States
He told them that if Congress should
pass a law excluding the japanese
such action would be regarded as an un-
forgivable ofense by Japan and would
lead 10 serious trouble.
He declared that the japanese enter
tanned a very kindly feeling for the Unit
ed States and only wanted their subjects
here accorded their full treaty rights He
told those with whom he talked that
Japan was not seeking either the Philip
pines or Hawaii, and that the MikadO did
not seek trouble with the United States
The aim of the japanese people now IS
to advance their commercial interest and
10 make money rather than war
The Washington herald., 1906-12-20
IncnI Temncrntnres

Midnight. p q n. % a. N. l9- 6 a. m. Is:
a. m-, L 10 a. H., 24; y neon. 81; p. M. 5J;
p. m. 81 p. m, 32 p. NJ, 81; 10 p. m, 3
Maximum. $ minimum. i.
Relative humidlty-s a. m.. 3. p. m SIS D.
M 20. Rainfall 0, hours Of sunshine 7O6, per cent
q possible sunshine 81
Temperature same date last year-Maximum. II
minimum, .
The Washington herald., 1906-12-20
MUSTINCREASE NAVY
FOss Declares We Need War
Ships More Than Ever.
VARIED INTERESTS TO GUARD

Time for Stopping work of Recon-
structiOn Has Not Yet Arrived. In
Opinion of Chairman OF House
Naval Committee-Sons of Ameri-
can Revolution Hear speech.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-20
TO DONATE 100 OvERCOATS.
Saks q Company Will Give Clothes
to 100 Boys.

To lOO BOYS
On Christmas morning Saks & Co. will
give away 100 overcoats TO 100 deserving
boys, following a custom they instituted
many years ago. Just who the boys
will be is not known, but they will be
the holders of tickets that will be issued
through the Associated Charities, which
institution viii be given the 100 tickets.
Each applicants condition will be in
vestigated by the authorities of the As
ISOLATED Charities, and if found deserving
they will get tickets.
These will be presented al the Saks
store on Christmas morning. and each
of the youngsters will be made happy
with real oYercoat and a merry Christ
mas from the merchants who will pro-
vide them with the means to keep warm
all winter.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-20

how she had mado three trips to Wash
ington being accompanied most OF 'he
time by Bywaters. She stated that one
of the operations was performed In the
Office Of Or. Leon, and that Dr. Wal
tiers assisted IN nursing her.
She stated. further that Mr.. Bywate-s
paid the physicians. and that she was
registered at the Montrose under the
rame Of Tyson. She said that as far as
she knew. none Of her family knew Of
her trips 10 Washington.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-20
All Hasten Back to Town.

At the con, Ion OF the hearing Of Mrs.
Bywaters the omcials and all hurried
back to town. The cor0ner's jury met
in the coroner's office. and in five minutes
had returned the verdict
II was In less than an hour afterward
that Mayor Bell. of Culpeper acting mag
istrate, took the testimony given before
the coroner under Amusement BY their
counsel Jim and Philip Strother waived
preliminary examination. and were at
once bound over in the sum OF 5000 each
TO the January term OF the grand jury.
They went before Bail Commissioner w.
G.. Williams. who said that the old bond
was satisfactory. but at the request Of
Jim StrOtheT a new bond was made.
He said that he was sorry TO see that
because his friend, Smith. the county
treasurer, was on the bond there had
been an element Of politics injected into
what was simply family trouble. and
he asked that Mr.. Smiths name be
erased.
The new bond was signed by S. w.
Thompson, J. G. Bell. w. J. Strother,
Raleigh T. Greene, and f. S Perry.
And so the first chapter in the tragedy
is closed.
The Adair County news., 1906-03-14
The PLANT OF THE VETERANS.

"A full loaf for the short
march before us" is the eloquent
plea Of the Mexican veterans
who are appealing to Congress
for better provision for the de-
crepit and needy survivors of the
war of sixty years ago. Cong
ress would do graceful and pa
triotic thing by promptly grant
ing the desired relief.
AS the memorial of the veter-
ans points out, a man who was
of age at the time of enlistment
in that war is tow more than 80
years old, and of the survivors a
large portion are 80 years of age,
or older. They are so few in
number that the money necessa-
ry to relieve their distress would
not be missed from the Treas
ury.
The Mexican War cost the
United States hardly more than
is now paid out every year or
two in Civil War pensions. The
men who fought suffered many
hardships and privations, and
won for the United States mag
ni6cent additions to. our domain.
A small percentage of the taxes
which the government now col
lects in the States and Terrific
ries erected from the region an
nexed at the close of that war
would make the survivors COM
Portable for the period Of life re-
naming to them.
The additional expense would
be for a short time only. In five
years one-half of the Mexican
veterans now living will have
passed away, and in ten years
there will be hardly acorporal's
guard of them left. Make them
comfortable while they live.
No man who has served his coun-
try well in war should be suffer
ed to die in the want and misery
which too often attend the help.
lessness Of extreme old age. st.
Louis Republic.
The Adair County news., 1906-03-14
COUNTY EDITORS.

1t occurred to us this week as
we ran over our thirty or forty
exchanges to note the moral tone
in them, says the Hancock Clar-
ion. These papers are Of all
sizes and grades, from almost
every variety Of town, and are
edited by practical men, who are
pretty well acquainted with the
world, the flesh and the devil:
and in not one of them did we
find a semblance of defense of
whisky. In none of them was
there trace of vulgarity and
none taught or justified dishon-
esty. Neither could we find a
sheer at purity, at religion, at
the best things in life. In many
of them were excellent bits of
advice, little homely sermons on
temperance in all things, frugal
ity. Wherever there was men
toned of the public schools it
was in terms of praise. To be
sure, here and there was fun
poked at sham, and some scorn
at pretense. But the note in
every one of these papers was
for decency, progress, enlight-
ment, morality. And to these
editors, during these thirteen
years we have been a publisher,
we have grown to know many Of
them personally, and of those
whose papers reach our desks,
not one is a drinking man, not a
confirmed gambler, not one a
libertine. A pretty decent lot
they are, in fact we doubt if any
other profession can offer a high
er, or even as high showing.
Besides all this, the country ed
itor is proverbially liberal, free
hearted in every way. No pub
lie subscription list ever passes
him without his mite. This isn't
an humble effort to throw bou-
quets at our contemporaries, but,
with Paul, we believe every man
should magnify his calling, and
are proud of ours.
The Adair County news., 1906-03-14
Mckinley and THE LITTLE BOY.

This story started others con.
corning Mckinley; Senator Dick
who happened in, related an ir.
cident of how a little boy, who
had called to see the late presi.
dent, made a very candid obse,
walton. Mr.. Mckinley patted thu
child on the head and said:
How are you, my little man,
and how do you like my room?''
The child looked up with clear
blue eyes at the kind face above
him, saying:
"Mithter Matinley, like you,
but | think you ought to clean
thith room." and he fixed his eye
on the ceiling, blackened by the
'flaring gas-jet which had been
burning like beacon light al
most continuously during those
busy days.
Mr.. Mckinley laughed, and
turning to those present, said:
Gentlemen, it sometimes takes
a little child to point out defects
which we grownups have over
looked. My little man," he add
ed, this room shall be cleaned.
You have taught us a lesson.
Then the child took the Presi-
dents hand and looking up con-
fidingly, said:
'Mither Matinley, we'd like
you to be prethident of the whole
world"
How little it was dreamed at
that time that in a few years
these words would sound almost
like prophecy, and that Presi-
dent Mckinley would be chef of
a domain reaching far into the
ORR e n IT, From Affairs at
Washington by Joe Mitchell
Chapple, in National Magazine
for March.
The Adair County news., 1906-03-14
Orders DisObeued.

The orders of general health have
been disobeyed, when you feel under
the weather, weak, tired, irritable, and
suffer from headache, constipation, bill
iousness, etc. The only sure cure, safe
and permanent cure for this condition
is DR.. CaldwelPs Qaxative) Syrup Pep
sin. 1t has gentle action all it's own,
superior to that of pills, powders, and
carthartic waters. Try it. Sold by
DR.. ]. N. Page, of Columbia and Page
& Moore, of Cane Valley, at Soc and
81. Money back if it fails.
The Adair County news., 1906-03-14
READ THIS, MY BOY.

The following brief narrative
carries it's own moral with it:
my dear boy" said a father
to his only son, you are in bad
company; the lads with whom
you associate indulge in bad hab-
it's. They drink, smoke, swear,
and play cards. They are not
safe company for you. l beg
you to quit their society,""
"You needn't be afraid of me,
father replied the boy laugh
ing: Il know how far to go and
when to STOP"
The lad left his fathers house
twirling his cane and laughing
at the old mans notions.
A few years later, the lad
grown to manhood, stood at the
bar of a court, before a jury
which had just brought a ver-
dict of guilty for some crime in
which he had been concerned.
Before he was sentenced he adj
dressed the Court, and said,
among other things: MY down.
ward course began in disobe-
dience to my parents. | thought
| knew as much Of the world as
my father did, and spurned
his advice; but as soon as turn
ed my back on my home. temp
tations came upon me like a
drove of hyenas and hurried me
on to ruin"
Mark that confession, you boys
who are beginning to be wiser
than your parents! Mark it, and
learn that disobedience is the
first step on the read to ruin.
Don't t a Ike it. -Reformatory
Record.
The Adair County news., 1906-03-14
Gallons for AID.

When your stomach is all upset, your
liver in Dad shape, your bowels out of
whack. your head like to split, and ev-
cry nerve in your body on edge, DR..
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin gallops for aid,
and you get it. It cleans out your
poisoned System, brings fresh, clean
blood-supply to all your digestive or
gans, and restores to you that comfort
able feeling of perfect health. Sold by
DR.. j. N. Page, of Columbia, and Page
& Moore, of Cane Valley, at SOC and
81. Money back if it fails.
The Adair County news., 1906-03-14
ODD BITS OF INFORMATION.

The present population of Aus
tria-Hungary is $4,000, 900.
In 1904 there were 534, 900
miles of railway in the world.
More than 10000 women are
engaged in the lace industry in
Russia.
Slot machines with gambling
devices have been suppressed in
Spain.
Russia leads the world in plant
ing forests; America in devasta-
ting them.
A law has been enacted for
bidding the importation of opium
as a narcotic into Australia.
Each minute is said to witness
the death of sixty-seven persons
and the birth of seventy.
Sumatra has a greater variety
of animal and vegetable life than
any other region in the world.
A man, to be perfectly proper
toned, should weigh twenty
eight pounds for every foot of
his height.
Whistling, according to some
physicians, will do much toward
the development of a robust
physician frame.
In twelve marriages out of
every hundred one of the parties
has been married before, so an
English statistician figures.
The Queen of Holland runs a
dairy on business lines at the
~castle Of Loo. The produce is
sold and everything done on a
commercial basis.
If a basin of water is placed
overnight in a room where peo-
pie have been smoking, the usu-
al smell Of stale tobacco will be
gone in the morning.
The Adair County news., 1906-03-14
KENTUCKY NEWS.
Burglars at Glencoe.

Burglars at Glencoe.
Business Mems Club organized
=at Liberty.
10. o. F. to have a new hal
at Morehead.
Snow four feet deep in Boone
county last week.
Evangelist Cooke conducting
revival in Morehead.
New steel vault for the Hardin
county clerks Office.
Rowan county has a White Rib
bon Temperance club.
Sunday is the popular day for
weddings in Gallatin county.
DIR. R. w. Duncan, Of White
Mills, dead as a result of paraly-
sis.
Bloodhounds on the trail OF
Lisman, Webster county buglers.
Kentucky overall factory at
E'town operating night and day
forces.
Upton, Hardin county, recu-
perating from devastation OF re-
cent fire.
Football team at Middleburg
annouce ready for a match
game.
One hundred and thirty miles
of macadam highway in Hardin
county.
E'town Commercial Club pre-
pairing for big meeting in Court
house March II.
Cream of Hops" a new name
for beer said to be handled by a
kentucky dealer.
William Barrett, night tele-
graph operator at Elliston depot,
has a class in telegraphy.
Nearly every county in the
State to have Home Coming"
following the big event in Louis
vile.
Normandy, Spencer county,
has a brand new depot, and "ev-
erybody goes to see the trains
come in.
DIR. H. C. Lassing, old and pop
ular physician of Beaver Lick,
Boone county, stricken with par
alysis.
Central City's new PostOffice
building is completed, heated by
steam and lighted by electricity
and all ready for the Postmaster.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-10-19

At the annual election of
officers of the Grand Lodge of
Rebekahs, held in Hutchinson on
the 10th, among the officers elect
ed for the ensuing year. Mrs.
Hattie Luse of this city was
elected vice president. A proper
recognition of a most worthy
lady.
The grand lodge of Odd Fellows
also complimented the good work
of the Rebekahs by appropriating
S., 900 to the Rebekahs for the
Odd Fellows Home at Manhattan.
The Rebekahs have gained about
300 members during the past
wear.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-10-19
.SSgsZse gssSA
ELLIkH0QD.

From the Leader, Oct II
D. Z. McCracken yesterday sold
the City Bakery to Ed. Doherty.
who took possession at once.
John Treutner, who has been
sick at the hospital for some time
is reported as getting along first
rate.
Misses Title and Barbara
Henningee, Of Dris5cc, Arizona.
cousins of Fred Stephan. are here
this week on 4 vlsit to the Stephan
family.
Mrs. Doherty and daughter
Urine left Tuesday for Excelsior
SprnUs Mo. where they expect to
remain for some time on account
of health.
The city council met in regular
session Monday evening and
among other items of business
made George Thul day marshal
and street commissioner.
Misses Marguerite and Francis
Koelsch returned SUNDAY night
from a couple of weeks visit with
their sister, Mrs. J. j. Hermes,
at Blackwell, Okla.
Mrs. Gertrude Sprinkler, who
fell a couple of weeks ago and
sustained a partial fracture of the
bones of the wrist, is reported as
getting along as we'll as could be
expected.
Fred Stephan mad a little piece
Of hard luck while out on the Salt
Marsh the other day. He LOST
his pocket book, containing up.
wards of $4,000. However be
says he enjoyed the hunt very
much. but informed US CONFIDENT
ally that he has some hunting
paraphernalia that could be bought
blasted Cheap"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-10-19
Something About the Ballot.

There was some change made in
the Kansas voting law at the last
session of the legislature. Here.
tofore if a voter made a cross in
the circle at the head of his party
ticket he would not mark any.
where else and have lis ticket
counted. But under the new law
the voter may mark in the circle
ito show his politics, and then he
may scratch his ticket by voting
for candidates on other tickets.
Heretofore, persons desiring to
scratch their ticket had to keep
out of the circle, but the new law
remedies that evil. Voters don't
generally know that. Local CON-
mittees are urged to impress this
fact upon voters.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-10-19
But lie May be Straight.

A man came into town Wednes-
day evening and regist cred at the
Kendall hotel, stayed all night
and got breakfast in the morning
paying his hotel bill af ter break
fast. He ordered a team from
Dailey's barn, saying that he
wanted to drive out in the country
q short distance, and would return
by noon. When he got to the
Gano place just north of town. he
mailed a postal card in the rural
route box addressed to the post
master, asking hun to please notify
the hotel that he would keep the
team for two or three days. The
postmaster put the card in the
hotel box, and Manager Neal of
the hotel notified the livery stable.
The lveryman became suspicious,
and went before Justice Clayton
and had a warrant issued charg.
ing the man with grand larceny,
in taking two horses, a buggy anC
a set of harness. Up to this time
nothing has been learned of the
man with the team. He register.
ed from Chicago and asid that he
was in this country on land bust
ness but he did not see any of the
+. land men here.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-10-19
Athenlan Club MaetinQ.

The Athenian Club met with
Mrs. Cole Monday Oct. s. Roll
call was responded to by Current
Events relating to art. Music by
Miss Frances Cole.
Short History and Map Study
of Greece. Mrs. Nellie Smith.
Primitive Greek Art.
Three Periods of Prehistoric
art.
Hellenic Middle Ages.
Myeenean art and Bas.reliefs,
Mrs. Stauffer. Mrs. Breese Sr.
was a visitor and gave a very in.
teresting talk on the work in the
old Soldiers Orphanage in Atch.
inson HANS, of which Mrs.
Breese is Matron.
Hostess next week Mrs. Dodge.