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were SURPRISED.
Chinese Officers Couldn't Be-
Iieve 900 Shots a Minute.
Maxim Guns Interested Ihem
u" Most at LeavenwOrth.
WERE VERY CURIOUS
They Examined Shape OF Sol
diers' Shoes Closely.
powod Low When Our National
Colors Were Unfurled.
WERE VERY CURIOUS

1aarenvortr. Kan, May g
w. four Chinese military ofhcers'
Guests of the United states govern
mant who spent the day lnsPec'liis
t1,a most here, left for Rock 1slahu'
M The government arsenal
will be inspected by them
The active little Orientals spent
busv dav at the Leavenworth Pos0
They wanted to see everything ne
7-incb siege guns. the 5-inch ana D
inch field pieces, were examined u
the minutest detail. The shape OF the
soldiers shoes, the quality OF ther
blouses. the rations, the rifles the
cartridges. all were closely scrullh-
led They made no comment un-
tu General Hall had Maxim gun
planted in d roadway
ssSix hundred shots a minute, Cen
eral Hall said. ,.-,z -,,ia1,,
aHov many you say?" queried
Major Yu-Gin Wang. seeming to
doubt his own ears.
'sSix hundred, one minute General
Hall repeated .
position and fired. The Chlnese Of
fcers asked that the gun be taken
apart, SO they could see each piece:
Captain Yen-Ping Wang dotted
down some notes in book which ne
Fast" was his only comment
The Maxim was packed on mules
and taken away
Because the parade grounds were
so muddy. no maneuvers were prac-
ticed. Three battalions of the Eight
zenith infantry. under command OF
Major D. z. Howell. in heavy march
ing order. passed before the foreign
ers. The heavy artillery also passed
before them. AS the national colors
came along. the Chinese officers re-
moved their caps and bowed low in
Captain. T. s. Lee of the imperial
Chinese navy was the most distin-
guished of the visitors. For the
war with Japan, he received military
honors from the emperor. He carries
with him in a small case, a peacock
feather. which he is permitted TO
wear. This, in China, is an honor all
the military seeks. The knowledge
that Captain Lee has of the instru-
ments of war was q surprise to Of
fcers of the post.
Great country, America" Captain
Lee said. Good soldiers. strong
brave
And this was about the only COM
ment made on what he saw. The
other officers said even less than that
They are learning things in this
country" Colonel William Paulding,
commander of the post said. Il pre-
sumo they are looking for new idears
in guns and equipment The Chinese
recently have been sending their army
officers to all the larger countries. We
may hear from them some day"
The officers are travelling in a spe-
Cfal car, under escort Of Captain
Brewster Of the Ninth infantry Cap
tain Brewster was stationed in China
during the Boxer trouble. and speaks
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RAILROAD NEWS.
Controversy Is On Over Quality
of Steel Rails.
Manufacturers Claim They Are
Better Than Ever.
OTHERS SAY NOT so.
Will Be Change in Method of
Contracting for Them.
Other Items of Interest to
Railway People.

Action taken at the recent meeting
Of the American Railway association
in regard to the alleged inferior quail
ity of the steel rails with which the
mills have been supplying them of
late has raised a furore among the
steel men. The president of the Car
negie Steel company has issued a
statement declaring that the rails now
being turned out are the best ever
manufactured, and the utmost care is
taken to see that there are no flaws
in them before they are shipped He
asserts there never was a time when
fewer wrecks were taceable to deli
cient rails than now.
Members of the association. however,
are not disposed to recede from the
position taken in the reports submitted
to the annual meeting. They declare
that the rails are not, as they should
be. on a par with the structural steel
used for bridge building, The absence
of a greater number of accidents from
broken rails, they say, is due not SO
much to the superior quality of the
rails as to the unusual vigilance used
to discover defects. and the quick re-
movaI of deficient rails once they are
discovered.
OfficiaI reports of the New York
railroad commission are quoted to sup
port the associations side or the con-
tention, and points of inferlorlty IN the
rails furnished are cited. Rails are
made. it is asserted, from ingots with
scalv ends and from which other sub
stances should have been removed De
fore the rails were rolled
The controversy viii result IN
change in the method of contracting
for rails Heretofore the railroads
have drawn up the specifications IN
asking for bids. Hereafter they VIII
make the steel mills specify what klnd
of rails they propose to turnlsh Nneh
thew mt in tenders. Then all respon-
sibility will be upon the latter Wnen
anv deficiency develops. Rails mere
after are to be subjected 70 as sever
tests and as close inspection as struc-
tl1raI steel used for bridges.
Should the improved quality OF rams
demeanded cause an increase IN price,
49,, ara willing to stand it, as it would
he more economical in the long run.
a few dollars in the price of rails ton
count for but little against me loss o 81
life and property involved in the acct
dan+s arising from the numerous
wrecks that have occurred.
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sHoNrs DREW BIG SALARY.
Glover Leaf Paid Him, Wen "inie III
Governments Service

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 6:-Rali-
roads which have contributed 1unos
toward maintaining in power national
and state administrators Wnlch al 2
now disciplining them must take ' me-
medicine, according to decision Sat-
urdav bv the Indiana tax commission.
ers The Clover Leaf road protested
against its assessments before the state
board saving its gross earnings nao
fallen off s66,OO0 in the last nine
months. Auditor Tucker or the roao
attributed this to hostile legislation, z
cent fares and the attitude generads
~ the public toward corporations:
commissioner Martin asked Auoltor
Tucker if the roads themselves Were
not responsible for these conditions oy
establishing in power ADMINISTRATORS
which were disciplinng the railroads.
He admitted they were.
It was also brought out that Ineo-
dore P. Shonts had continued to draw
his salary as president of the clover
Leaf while devoting two-thirds OF his
time to the Panama canal commission
Auditor Tucker declined to name the
salary. but he said it was large
Commissioners McArdIe said II was
inconsistent for the Clover Leaf to ask
a reduction in its assessment IN view
of these facts, the inttmation De1ng
broad that the railroads have brought
upon themselves the Ills of which they
complain.
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GOVERNOR HoCH SPOKE.
Made a Brief Address at a Corner
stone Laying at Lecompton.
Lecompton, Kan, May &C

Lecompton, Kan, May Gov
ernor E. w. Hoch officfated at the
laying of the cornerstone of the new
Methodist Episcopal church here Sat
urday. About 500 people witnessed
the ceremonies. The Rev. DR.. kim
berIy of Topeka read the ritual ser
vice The Rev. Dr. F. NJ Lynch and
the Rev. A. G. Wark of Topeka also
spoke
Governor Hoch made a short ad-
dress in which he spoke of the value
of the church to the community and
to the home and citizenship He
dwelt particularly upon the relation
devoted a great deal of his address to
the recent developments in the mat
ter of enforcing the prohibitory law,
citing as an example of the dement's
derived from a tight" town. Kansas
CITY. Kan. where it has been prac-
ticaIly tried longer than anywhere
else in the state
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fused to become reconciled- Aout 3 ;oo
oscIoclx SUNDAY morning Burbridge
L11a TITO her home and shot her
three times. each shot taking, effect In
80 breast She ran from the house
and was overtaken in short distance
~, ~ 800 more bullets into her body
'i' DESPITE her injuries she managed to
crawl to a neighbours house, block
49, and was taken to the hospital
The doctors have no hopes OF her re-
\ nosse of negro men and boys was
formed as quickly as possible 10
searcb for the assailant. They TOOK
the wrong direction. and a threaten nee
1--oo1,ino was averted. Burbridge was
- $3.50 - 10 o'clock in the morning
b FoIei over a barbed wire fence with
.i'-i bS3Iiei wound in his side. He hao
shot himself in an attempt at suleiue'
He will recover
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woNIEN's CLUB MEET.
About $50 Delegates Expected at the
Three Days Session.


Kansas City, Kan, May 6.-The an
nuaI convention of the State Fedora
ton of Women's clubs begins in the
First Presbyterian church today:
About $50 delegates from all parts of
the state are expected. The visitors
will be received at the Y. W. c. A.
building, by a reception committee,
composed of Mrs. w. E. Brown, Mrs.
z. r. Boynton, Mrs. s s. Classcock,
Mrs. z. r. Tenney, Mrs. o. W. Shep-
herd. Mrs. w. A. Griswold and Mrs
w E. Barnhart.
The convention will last three days,
sessions 10 be held in the afternoons
and possibly in the evenings also The
program is a lengthy one, many sub
jects pertaining to club work to be dis
cusSed by prominent women from Va
rious parts of Kansas. The local clubs
have made elaborate arrangements for
the accommodation and entertainment
of the visiting women at the homes of
local club members. Mrs. W. R.
Childs. wife of the postmaster. will en-
terrain Mrs z. w. Hoch, wife of tn
governor; Mrs. Charles Scott, wife of
Congressman Scott. and Mr. SCOTS
sister. Mrs. Scott Benson.
A feature of the convention will be
an educational exhibit of the work of
the Kansas City, Kan, public schools,
which will be furnished by Superinten-
dent Pearson. For this exhibit Rev.
Noble James has granted the use of
the Methodist Episcopal church, South.
at Seventh street and State avenue.
The Mercantile club will give the wo-
men trolley ride over the city.
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improvements will extend from the
bay to Twenty-seventh street. There
will be a freight yard capable of ac-
commodating 1000 cars; a cotton plat
FORM 240x12OO feet fitted with mach
inery for handling the cotton, capable
of holding $4,000 bales of cotton one
tier high, or 1900 car loads. There will
be a large freighthouse, local freight
house and engine house, and many
terminal buildings. The trackage will
be ample to accommodate the COM
bined traffic of the two systems. The
Frisco will effect its own entrance into
Galveston by August 1, and it is stated
that the terminal facilities there will
be of the finest.
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RECEIVERS DID NOTHING.
Paid a Second Visit to Leavenworth
But Attached No Furniture.

Leavenworth, Kan, May 6.-Judge
s H. Allen and G. H. Whitcomb, two
of the receivers appointed by the
Kansas supreme court to take charge
of brewery property, visited Leaven-
worth again Saturday afternoon. They
came from Pittsburg. Kan While
here they had long conference with
Harry Rabinovitz. ex-agent for the
Val Blatz Brewing company. It is
said that they asked Rabinovitz for
list of places showing where saloon
fixtures are located and that Rabbi
uovitz told them that the brewery had
no more fixtures here. all being sold
previous to the appointment of the
receivers. Rabinovitz has not been
acting as agent for the brewery COM
panv since the appointment of the re-
ceivers. and he SO informed them. The
receivers left here without attempting
to locate any fixtures.
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Exclusions

jamestown Exposition. Tickets to
Norfolk and return $51.o5 via direct
routes; via New York in one direction
$56.25. On sale daily. Final limit
December Is. Sixty day tickets $3.50
via direct routes; via New York in one
direction $46.90. On sale daily. Ten
days stopover at New York on season
and sixty day tickets. Purchasers of
either of these tickets may make por-
ton Of journey by steamer.
jamestown Exposition. Tickets to
Norfolk and return $4,000 via direct
routes. On sale daily. Limit fifteen
days.
Philadelphia and Return $32.0O. On
sale daily until June 2. Final limit
June IA.
Mexico City and Return $46.5O. On
sale daily until May Is. Final limit
July 81.
Homeseekers' Excursion Tickets on
sale first and third Tuesdays. Rate in
many instances less than one fare and
limit twenty-one and thirty days, ac-
cording to destination
For further particulars apply to
T. L. KING. City Pass. Agt.,
Topeka. Kan
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THEY ACKNOWLEDGE TILE DEB1
Small Brothers of Atchison Confess to
Heavy Judgment.


Atchison. Kan, May EN- the dis
trict court here judgment for $I5,75S
was given against J. D. Small, z. d.
Small and D. J. Small, doing business
as Small Brothers. and in favor of
Smith, Carey & Co of Cook county,
Illinois The Illinois firm sued for
the payment of two promissory notes
aggregating $4,000, and S75S in inter-
est The suit was filed Saturday morn
ing and taken up al once by consent
The notes were acknowledged and
judgment given by Judge Hudson as
asked for. Smith, Carey & Co. have
also brought suit against the Atchison
Live Stock company. d Small concern,
asking for an injunction against the
transfer of the property. and for the
appointment of receiver to take pos
session of and manage the concern
under order of the court.
According to the petition stock Of
the AtchisOn Live Stock company was
put up as security for the money loan
ed Small Brothers That was before
the fire, which occurred November 6,
Of last year. and which so badly Grip
pie the concern 1t is alleged, in sup
port of the application for receiver
that the organization has become dis
rupted; that it has failed to comply
with the requirements of the state of
Kansas by not filing statements; that
J. D Small, who was president of tn e
company practically abandoned it;
that taxes haven't been paid; that E.
D. Small is now operating the property
for his own benefit. It is also alleged
that the new building, built after the
fire, wasn't properly authorized by the
company. The account is an. old. cat
tie debt. When Harry Small 'aban-
doned the business of the Atchison
Live Stock company, E J. Small gave
up his grain business to take charge
of the affairs of the company. The
Smalls decline to make any state
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But Burlington Conductors Without
Them Must Be Clean Shaved

Passenger conductors on the Bur-
lington road are to wear buff vests this
summer, as heretofore. but the story
that all would be required to have
their faces clean shaven appears to
have been invented by a reporter who
was drea ming, or was making an un-
usual effort to fill up the space allotted
to him for that day. The company
does not object to whiskers, but the
superintendent VIII insist that each
conductor be "either one thing or the
other" If he wears a beard, all right;
but If he does not wear one. he must
not be seen with near whiskers"
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HE STOLE a WOMAN.
Charge Upon Which John Adair Will
Be TaI1en Back to Dixie.

Argentine. May 6.-John Adair. 81
years old, was arrested here by W. T.
Watkins. a deputy sheriff of Wyan-
dotte county. He is wanted in Fulton
county, Kentucky, where he escaped
from a deputy sheriff after he had
been arrested on the charge of kid
naping a woman. He Will be kept in
the Wyandotte county Jail until he is
taken back to Kentucky.
A wife and one child were living
with Adair in Argentine. He has
been working in the Missouri. Kansas
& Texas railroad yards two months.
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SLOWER FREIGHT RUNS.
Officials of western Lines Considering
Them.

Chicago, May 6.-Vice presidents of
western roads held another meeting
Saturday relative to the time of freight
trains between Chicago and the Mis-
souri, river. 1t is desired to make the
minimum time thirty-four instead or
twenty-efght hours on everything ex-
cent possibly cattle. 1t is stated that
if live stock is not brought through on
a faster schedule than this twill re-
ouire unloading and feeding and wat
erinc under the law. The packing
mouse interests have protested against
the reduction in time The packing
house men will be given hearing be-
fore the question is settled
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BIG RESERVOIR COMPLETED.
United States Irrigation Company
Fixed for Water in Ffnney County.

Garden City, Kan. May 6.-Lake
McKinnie. the immense reservoir con-
structed by the United States Irriga-
ton company. an organization COM
posed of a number of the officials of
the United States Sugar & Land COM
pany, has been completed 1t is
about sixteen miles north and west of
Garden City
The lake, which is the only large
irrigation reservoir in the state, is five
miles long and averages about two
miles in width. 1t has a capacity of
between two and three billion cubic
feet. The lake was constructed as
reservoir for the flood water of the
Arkansas river for use IN irrigation.
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East Track Work.

Manhattan, Kan, May 6.-The an
uual track tryout was pulled on at the
- interest and no special features.
G1i4ford Young, however, broke the col
lege record in the high jump event, his
mark being five feet six lnches. Inc
dav vas cold and the track very slow.
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DESTROYED $500 Worth of Liquor.

PaoIa, Kan. May 6.-About $500
worth of liquor in barrels, kegs, jugs
and bottles. which had been con-
hsca ted at different places in Miami
county in the last year and stored in
the basement of the county Jail here,
were taken out by Sheriff ToIman
and emptied on a vacant lot. The bot
ties were broken, and the cases, bar
reIs and kegs were burned About
500 persons witnessed the bonfire.
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CongrcgationaIists to Meet.

Mcpherson. Kan, May 6.-The
ffty-third annual session of the Con-
grega tional church association of
Kansas will meet in Mcpherson this
week from Tuesday to Friday Among
the speakers for the week will be c.
w Trickett, who will deliver an ad-
dress Friday on How to Build a
State
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LIQUOR MEN DEFIANT.
Galena Jointists start Up the Second
Time and Are Raided.

Galena. Kan. May eleven Ga
lena saIoonmen who were operating
upstairs joints in opposition to County
Attorney Morgan's recent order to dis
continue business were arrested sun
dav bv the attorney and a squad of
GaIena policemen. A small quantity
Of beer and whisky was seized and
DESTROYED.
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burg at CORTLAND. Republic county. to
succeed A. J. Sanders, resigned; Arthur
c. Whealy at Dalton, Sumner county,
in the place of c. W. Miller. resigned;
Luther NJ. Shelly, at Fairport, Russell
county, vice p O. Nelson. resigned;
Jonas H. Edenfeld, at Morse, Johnson
county, vice Geo. McCaughey. resigned
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ORGANIZATION E,ve at INCOME.

Emporia, Kan, May 6-ProI; j. M;
pbodas of the Kansas State Normal
school will deliver a graduation Grass
address at McCune, Kan, Wednesday
a-aninp Nav l. before ten boys and
= 80 +3yls @ r. Shiffler, a former
e nlng and captain of the military
comnany of the State Normal, is su-
nerintendent of the McCune schools
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Another Banker to Prison.

Leavenworth. Kan, May 6.-An-
other banker Joined the colony at the
United States penitentiary. He is
Charles H Thornton, former note
teller of the Hamilton National bank
of Chicago, who embezzled funds of
the institution amounting to s9,125.
He will serve Eve years.
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Chicago Reat Purdue.

LAFAYETTE, Ind, May 6.-The Univer-
sitv of Chicago defeated Purdue in
track meet, so to 81. This was Chicago
md an immense crowd turned out
Schommer was the strongest point win
ner for the visitors. He made IA points.
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Privilege for Postmasters

washington, May 6--Postmaster Gen
eral Meyer has issued the following or
der: ''Postmasters of the state of KAN
sas are hereby granted leave of absence
for as many days, not exceeding five
as may be necessary to enable them to
attend the annual meeting of the KAN
sas POstmasters' association to be held
at Salina, Kan, June "a and Is, 1907
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TWO WE'RE KILLED.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Miller Struck
by a Train Near Hope.

Anthony Miller, driving home from
town Saturday night, were struck by a
Missouri Pacific passenger train and
both instantly killed. Their team was
killed also.
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June 50, sc. Year 1906
Passengers killed $50 166
Passengers injured. 10, 1873 2,579
Employees killed. 3, SU 43S
Employees injured. 1854 1,250
Total passengers and
employees killed .....- 4.25 1.250
Total passengers and
employees injured IS. 109 %, 100
without attempting to carry out COM
parsons between things unlike some
contrasts between the two countries
should be kept in mind, as for exam
pie, great length of main lines in Uni
ted States-ten times that in Great
Britain; vastly greater length of yard
track and siding in the United States
so per cent more than the mileage of
all kinds of track in the United King
dom; greater length of Journeys in the
United States, with increased chance
of accident, compared with the short
runs on British roads; passenger train
mileage on our roads about double that
on British roads; total revenue train
mileage on our lines two and half
times that of British lines; number of
railway employees in the United States
about three times that in Great Brit
ain; American main lines mostly single
track while over half of all British
mileage is of two more tracks; on the
other hand, there is vastly greater dem
sity of trains and traffic on British rail-
ways than on our own. But giving
these and all other considerations due
weight, 1t remains that the number of
employees killed in this country ought
not to be nine times as great, nor the
number of employees injured IL times
as great as on British railways, not
withstanding their advantage in double
tracks and signaling equipment. In re-
spect to safety of passengers. however,
our roads do not suffer greatly by COM
parison with British roads for the years
here covered.
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HIS WIFE HIS TARGET.
Wichita Preacher Fired Six Shots Int
Her Body. Then Shot Himself

hSr DoO4s linen oA1o1 AAihlSCH-
Wichita, Kan, May 6--Andrew
Burbridge, a negro preacher, fired six
shots into his wife's body here Sunday
and after running three miles from
the scene of assault shot himself in
the left side.
Mrs Burbridge obtained a divorce
from her husband and has steadily re-
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VIII Spend $1,000. 900 on a Terminal
ar GaIVestOn.

Chicago, May 6.-The management
of the Rock Islan9- Frisco system has
decided to extend 100000 in pro-
curing adequate terminal facilities at
Galveston. More than $50 acres have
been obtained for the purpose, and the
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EASY HoME-eETTINe

Pay a little on the debt each month.
at the end Of the period. 1t is paid on.
The only sure way for most people.
We can assist you.
Capitol Building and Loan Assn
53z KANSAS AVE.
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Rural Carrier Named.

Washington, May Isaac Wood
has been appointed a rural carrier at
Hoisington. Kan. Ollie Wood sub
stitute.