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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-03-21
The Caucus.

i lie Citizens caucus nelu last
| Thursday night in Cooper's hall
was the largest attended affair OF
| the kind ever held in this city.
Fully $50 people attended, and
there was great deal of interest
manifested. J. w. Watson was
made chairman of the meeting,
and Chas. l.. Smith secretary.
The object of the meeting was
stated, and the chairman said
nominations for the Office Of
mayor were in order. Chas. Nj.
Jones, r. }. Morrow and l.. ID.
Brewster were placed in nominal
ton, but Mr.. Morrow's name was
withdrawn. The ballot gave the
nomination to Jones, 1877 to ST..
For police Judge F. B. Fuller,
!, F.. A. Mapes and J. M. English
were placed in nomination. The
ballot resulted as follows: Full
Ter 81, Mapes 80, English 1876.
For city treasurer Chas. Opper-
man and +. ]. Clinkinbeard were
placed in nomination. The bal
lot resulted in favor of Opper-
man, 105 to a..
J. w. Cook was nominated
treasurer of the board of educa-
ton BY reclamation.
The caucus then divided itself
into ward meetings. and the re-
suits were as follows:
First Ward. Councilman, A.
l.. Harvey; member board Of ed
ucation, A. J. Thompson.
Second Ward. Councilman, ].
+. Chew; member of the board OF
education, Ed, Convey.
Third Ward. - Councilman,
Chas. l.. Smith; member OF board
of education, long term, S. J.
Armstrong; member of board of
education short term, Preston
Button.
1t is pretty generally believed
that the ticket nominated at the
caucus is a strong one. As we
understand the gentlemen nom
mated, every one of them believes
in street improvement, sidewalk
building, and general campaign
of progressiveness. They all feel
that now is the time to lift the
town on to a higher plane OF
progress. The next year or two.
are certainly going to be of great
Importance to the city, and if the
right start is made in the way OF
civic pride the results which are
bound to follow will surely re-
dound to the good of the city.
Baxter Springs has the pretti-
est site for a beautiful town in
the west. If we will pull to-
gether, if every fellow will dol
his part toward improving his
property. the city taking the
lead, there will be a different
looking town in a very short
time.
We trust the full vote will be
polled on election day. which
is one week from next Tuesday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-03-21
First published March 81, 1907
Notice Of Appointment
Administrator.

State of Kansas. Cherokee county. SIS.
In the matter of the estate of Ben OAR
denne, late Of Cherokee county. Kansas.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.
Notice is hereby given, that on the 9th
day of March. A D-I9o7. the undersigned
was, by the Probate Court of Cherokee
county, Kansas, duly appointed and quail.
flied as administrator of the estate of Ben
Dardenne. late of Cherokee comfy. de-
ceased. All parties interested in said es-
tate will take notice and govern them :
selves accordingly
CHAs. NJ. JoNEs, Administrator.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-03-21
Report of Committee.

We give herewith the report
of the city committee on the
electric road proposition. The
camp committee is not yet ready
to report. 1t will be noticed
that several of our largest bust
ness men and property owners
are not in the following list:
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-03-21
CHANGE IN TIME.

Regular services at st. Marks
Episcopal church every Sunday
evening at 500 o'clock. Sum
day school at 10 o'clock. Your
children will be welcomed. to the
Sunday school and you are invit-
ed to come to our regular services
at any time. REV. PoOLEY,
Rector.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-03-21
$1,000
That Was the Value of the
Zinc Ore Loaded Our of
the Camp Last Week
The Sales of Lead Ore
We're Not Reported The
Price Is stu High.

Iinc ore was all that was re-
ported sold in the Baxter Springs
camp last week, but the report is
not correct, as several big sales
of lead ore were made. 1t will
no doubt show in next weeks
table of sales that this statement
il correct. The sales of zinc
ore, or, rather, the amounts
loaded out, follow:
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-03-21
List OF Letters

Remaining in the postoffice at
Baxter Springs. Kansas. for the
week ending with March 20. 1907.
which il not called for within two
weeks will be sent to the dead
letter Office at Washington, d. c.:
Miss Susie Bilyew Mrs Blua
% ] Fell Mrs Maude Fleetwood
Mrs Maggie Foley A Hays
Mrs p T Horton Cap McRendols
Annie Mudd Mrs I.otiie Williams
Persons calling for any of the
above letters will please say"Adver
tised," giving date list.
JAMES 8. PRICE, P. NJ.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-03-21
CLAUDE JONES, Photographer.

f. U. Hardin will deliver a lee
ture on Woodcraft on Tuesday
evening, March, ~, in the Wood
man hall. The lecture is free to
everybody. and You will miss a
treat if you fail to attend. Spe-
cial invitation is extended 10 the
public. y
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-03-21
To Owners Of Horses.

lam now prepared to take, ham
die and train trotters and PAGERS.
Also unbroken horses. Have eX-
perienced Kentucky man with me.
M. ERvIN.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-03-21

800 The Big Jack Mine, located
lo0 south of the McAllester, started
100 up again the past week. Gindel
40 & Craft and associates own this
80 mine and it is understood vii
80 push its development from now
100 on.
400 Nowata, |. r., business and oil
100 men have taken over some prop
,0O critics near the state line east OF
400 Peoria, and will start drilling on
the Davis tract, upon which al
400 ready very promising property
OO has been opened up.
90 A mill is being erected by the
ON Syndicate Mining Co., of Chicago
mn on the Gcboc land ut Peoria. AT
mn one time there was Il mill on this
mn property. hut litigation followed
mn and the mill was bought and
uo moved onto the Dark Horse prop
90 erty in the Quapaw camp south
oo of this city. The Syndicate has
oo opened up the old shafts and run
oo new drifts and encountered some
m very rich runs of ore.
mn The Irish Maid Mine, which
"a last week broke into its ore drift
III ing some - feet from the shaft,
III has now opened up l+-foot face
IN of the richest ore yet encountered
IN in the camp with the possible ex-
- ception of the Lancaster, New
* lands, Mason and Monon, but full
* ~ as rich as any of these proper
- ties. Those who have seen it
- pronounce it identical with the
oo best mines at Badger, if not even
5o richer. a drill test - feet east
mn OF the shaft and in the direction
mo the drift is being run showed -
oo feet of ore. There is very rich
ono ore from the top of the drift to
OO the bottom and the management
90 will undoubtedly take up the
20 stope and expose the entire face
80 of ore as indicated by the drill
80 holes. The Irish Maid is owned
90 by Alton, |. IT,, business men
50 rand Indian Territory oil men who
40 never saw a zinc mine until they
90 became interested in this prop
=, erty.
40 The Monon mine, under the
IN management of H. J. Millar, shut
ldown its mill some ten days or
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-03-21
LEAD ZINC
BROKER
BAXTER SPRINGS,
KANSAS.
INDIAN TERRITORY ms.G OisrRicrl

INDIAN TEeRT0RY HiHiaG DISTRicT.l
valuable LEAD AND zisc propert y for sale
In BAXTER SPRINGS MINING cage. Good inve 1t.
ment. Full particulars, maps, pluts
furnished upon application.
LEASES on PROVEN MINERAL LAND AT low roy
atty. Write for particulars and thor
Oughly investigate. Greatest 1pportu-
nifty ever known
Now Ii the opportunc time tn h, come
Interested In this great lead and zinc
producing district.
CORRESPONDENTS SOLICITED.
Reference; Baxter National Bank.
Baxter Springs. Kansas
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-03-21

We have cash buyers for all
kinds of city property. The time
to sell is when some one wants to
buy. Daniels Il Plumb.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-02
with the generous sympathy OF all,
even with those who acknowledge
neither creed nor dogma"

with the generous sympathy OF all,
even with those who acknowledge
neither creed nor dogma"
The opportunity for Professionalism in
France has now come, but the astonish-
ing thing is, we are told, that Profess
tants refuse to seize it. The writer
describes this opportunity as follows:
"If the Protestants were able and
willing to profit by present circum-
stances, they would conquer great
part of the ecclesiastical domain which
the cures are on the point of losing.
In the great cities they could rally to-
gether a great number of republicans
who would gladly submit to the moral
direction of liberal pastors preaching
the plain gospel and intoxicating Chris
tian charity. In the country, a vast
number of parishes would easily be In
duced by a show of goodwill and good
leadership to pass over en- masse OIL
Professionalism. If one serious effort
were made by Protestants, with the
active sympathy of the republicans.
even IL the latter We're not believers,
people would be astounded at the re-
suits. These results would show that
France was not making war on relig-
ion, but was only intent on preventing
a foreign prelate from making laws for
France. ORGANISATIONS made for The
Literary Digest.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-02
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF
MARSHALLTOWN STATE BANK.

located at Mahasown in the county
the auditor Of state Assn Essuirsa by law
nureasea actually owned by
Amount leash hand,d follows:
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pl sasan nG checks s on other solvent banks
hand hand osn ns ps'ons es the
Amount subject to at sight deposit with
s easss ns sssa ss ss1 ss York .asssa
I stock m5as c G ehsas H. s7
s.. Rss sss republic s chicago III 75
Ts C. and d s s s es sss1s' M sss
$ 4ss; No lss sSsss
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Cedar nsp pn s,3n t tssss
sank; Minneapolis sanas R5 MINI 1 hs5sss
F People Na Tqust : SAVINGS
banks Aoz-$loasaaso
Value lot Of real properly
ss s The sy e sss s.a furniture and $4,000
'....'..'..'.' ~
rt, assets
Amount of capital slooooooo
Total amount ient due aenoss
ss s e 5hsn 9s s s bankers Or per-
Rs5s Ssssss
Amount as t's Of .nooooo
es5e'r pr 1sas on
An nessl fs all laDie, to the part
As ................... sss 49, %
e., III rp eahr a the bank a
s our sal. and ba a s
the xn has been nd ean its ] s''0 0A 0 me
purpose q 's'< - " @ 8 : 3 4 4asH s sss Cashier
n this sssS % 1901 in my soH a5s
As Wln1s y ! y PAWS
Directors
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-02
MRS. sHoMTs AND THE CANAL

One OF the rea sons advanced for the
his position as head OF the canal en-
terprise is the social disappointment OF
Mrs. Shonts who, 1t seems has been de-
MED that social pre-eminence which, IN
her opinion, Is perquisite Of the wife
OF a husband honored with high Of
ficial position 1t is insinuated that
her voice. rose like a fountain, night
aud day, with the story of her wrongs,
Until Mr.. Shonts resigned. Whether
/, from conviction that Mrs. Shonts mad
been denied what she justly had COM
ing. or from lack of sleep, gossip rails
to make clear. Anyway, he resigned
ana gossip deponeth Mrs. Shonts was
at the bottom Of It.
1t may be so. Such instances are
not entirely unknown. Women mix up
Z In affairs of nations and national en-
kegprises in the most astonishing way.
rrom "Dear Maria" Storer of most
efecent GATE DdCh " eAS SAASASAAe
OF the race in her figvleaved innocence,
much has been doing where lovely
woman became an element and a fac
tor. Apples and cardinals are only ac-
cessories. The women made the hiss
tory.
Helen, Herodias and Maintenon,
Jezebel, Jael and Catherine of Russia;
the Borglan Lucretia and the Roman
Lucrece; Guinevere Of the Arthurians'
Jeannie dare and Victoria; all the
long line of powdered and fascinating
DANES that swayed the policy of two
centuries of France; the long line
stretches from Eden to the Golden
Gate of the women who have created
and destroyed nations and enterprises
Nv the wit and sense and beauty and
Vice that gave them the control OF
men. Possibly Mr.. Shonts listened to
the complaints OF his wife and was in
! fiuenced. If SO. he did as greater ana
more powerful men have done. and as
greater and better men will do again.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-02
contributes so centimes annually to the
maintenance of the royal house lii his

contributes so centimes annually to the
maintenance of the royal house iii his
country.
A Memphis newspaper woman boldly
advertised in the newspapers that for u
consideration she would prepare papers
to be read at women's clubs. write
speeches for banquets, or trace pedi-
grees back of forgotten grandmothers
to the colonial danes Her advertis-
ing was persistent until commissions
began to come in. and many a woman
leader of, club life in this or that par
ticular town has shone In the reflected
glory Of this clever southern girls hard
working genius.
s Hosting machines were used In both
sAssyria and Egypt 5000 or more years
ago. In order to hoist the great stones
OF the pyramids, some form OF derrick
was employed. Probably the first con-
struction was that which Is now known
to mechanics as the shear-legs, says
Charles H. Cochrane, In the February
Circle magazine. This is made of
two great timbers tied together In the
form Of capital A, the two ends rest
ing on the ground and q rope being run
over and attached at the top. With one
OF these the pyramid builders could
have raised large stones step by step.
which was doubtless their method. We
can imagine we see the great A-frame
leaning over an incline of perhaps fifty
degrees, with block of stone tied on.
Then great crowd Of men get hold
Of the rope on the opposite side, per-
haps assisted by some draft oxen, and
all strain and pull until tho A-frame
stands erect and the stone is swung
up into the air, where 1t can be push
ed into the desired place. Such con-
trivance could be used to lift stones
six or eight feet, which was sufficient
for the construction OF the first pyra-
mid. Doubtless, better hoisting-de-
vices were constructed as more pyra-
lnids were built.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-02
4 COMMON SENSE PLEA.

Charles warne Batting, In a recent
maya zine article propounds the follow
ing startling question: What would
the people of the United States have
TO say about it If the powers at Wash
ington sat supinely while ten regiments
Of the standing army were marched
out in single year and shot down.
This is his introductory query TO
plea for mandatory powers for the in
terstate commission which he points
ont as has been done over and over
again. has absolutely no supervisory
or corrective power over the operation
Of railroads. and may criticise but can
not control railroads. The stat1stlcs
TOR the year ending March 81. 1905,
brought home TO US by Mr.. Batting
Illustrations. show that if the graves
~ those killed on the railways during
that period were distributed along our
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-02
flames e1u,Ii Observation-Disclosures an,ua, Frhraarp 1907

per Silesia Is from the very first to be
traced to the work of the clergy. Even
where the degeneracy of the working
class Is not SO much on the surface,
yes. in every mining district, the clergy
have allied themselves with the capi-
tulistic powers hostile to labor by using
every expedient to degrade labor.
These powers depend for their safety
upon the fears of the laboring class
that agitation may only Increase their
burdens No, they are well aware that
the mining population is not yet suf-
fciently intelligent to make any dis
tlnction between the village church and
the religious sentiment which Is so
strongly rooted In the very depths OF
their heart"
Chance Of Professionals in France.
The number of Protestant ministers
in France entitled to allowances un-
der the separation law has been calcu-
lated as >686, and In every case, we
learn from the Independence Beige, the
leading daily Of Brussels, they have
conformed to the law. formed assoeia-
lions of public worship and retained
possession OF their buildings and prop
critics. The paper quoted, which seems
10 be animated as much by hostility TO
Rome as by friendship for protestant
ism, is amazed at the moderation OF
those who represent the Lutheran or
the reformed bodies. They could, IL
they had chosen. we are told. quite
have supplanted the national Roman
Catholic church OF France. says the
writer:
"rhe Protestants are certainly no
such clever propagandists as they nave
always been credited with being. They
have the opportunity of obtaining any
advantages they desire at this present
moment. They might have supplahteu
the Catholic clergy in hundreds OF
parishes, and have won over many
cures such as desired nothing better
than TO throw off the yoke of Rome,
now sufficiently heavy, and to accept
q serious and settled field Of work IN
freedom
They have done no such thing. The
Professionals have proved themselves
law abiding and loyal to their country.
Thus we read:
"rhe attitude toward France taken
by the Protestants has been correct ana
dignified to marked degree. In no
single case has a Protestant congrega-
zion refused to form an association OF
public worship. Thus they retain their
church property and are in position
to carry on public worship as hither-
to. There has been no riot. no trouble,
or opposition manifested by Protes-
tants.
Here is an attitude very different
from that taken by the Roman-Catholic
clergymen of France. who by obeying
the orders of the pope are submitting
to the dictates of Frances enemies. The
result is that French Protestants meet
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-02
For Sunday Reading. !
An sores o. Opinions.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
religion Must Bow to Science.

President Charles W. Eliot of Harv
ard University speaking before n meet
ing of Congregational ministers on the
subject OF "Ecclesiasticism, Ritualsm
and Creeds," emphasized his position
against anything and everything that
stands for finality In religion.
"Outside of what is called religion"
he said, "there Is no place where abb
sollte truth is fixed. There is an ir-
resistibe trend toward the belief that
truth cannot be fixed. In the region of
philosophy and metaphysics there Is an
incessant flux; In chemistry, zoology,
botany, no one for a moment believes
that the end has been reached Why
should the theologian say he 'has
reached the fixed point in his re-
SEARCH
The speaker likened the theme OF
science TO the mariner feeling his way
carefully and slowly into harbor
overhung with fog
S"That is precisely what the men of
science are doing" said President Eliot.
"They know how slowly, painfully.
patiently they must make their way.
The theologian takes a different atti-
,tude. He sees in the fog of mystery
thing to be believed. The scientific
man Is going to rule. Before long 1t
will be only his way that will COM
mand the respect OF thinking people"
Religious Condition Of Miners.
Germany, being the stronghold OF
socialism, presents among Its masses
some interesting notifications of the
old religious faiths by the new So
ciaistIc doctrines. One of these trans
formations. we are told. Is taking place
among the coal miners, who are In one
sense religious set of men, Max
Hirsch, a writer in the Neue Zeit (so-
cialist Berlin,) shows how the coal
miners are gradually becoming es-
tranged from the church because they
think the clergy stand on the side OF
capital and have had much to do with
their present condition Of want and
misery. What they require of religious
teachers is the application of Chris
ton precepts for the purpose OF elevat-
ing and relieving the lot of the under
paid and badly protected workers In
the coal shaft. He writes as follows:
mo one can be more convinced OF
the fatal influence of the church and
Its representatives. whether long hair
ed or tonsured, on society than those
who daily see before their eyes living
successors to the Lazarus and Dives
of the Gospel. The whole material and
intellectual misery Of the miners in the
remote district Of the Saar and in Up
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-02

216.973 miles OF operated track, there
would be a headstone every twenty one
miles, while a similar distribution OF
the MANNED would place q cripple at
every two and one-h half miles. The
figures are 9,703 killed and S6.Oos in
jured. This slaughter, argues Mr.. Bat
ting. is not due to mysterious causes
beyond our control but to causes
which can be investigated and to q
great extent eliminated. This perennial
sacrifice Of human life, he asserts, rs
nothing short OF a national degreda-
ton" while the inertia Of the federal
government seems criminal" He
says the interstate commerce commlst
sion, which appeals In vain for more
power to correct abuses, has to con-
tent itself with reminding congress
every three months i'm bulletins, and
every year in a more comprehensive
report, that the railroads Of the coun-
try are killing men, women and child
rem at the rate Of twenty-six day,
and injuring r237 day" The record
OF collisions and derailments for the
period defined gives total of 1918,
one every ninety minutes, or lone to
every sixteen and half miles of
track" and brings out the interesting
fact that ION. the death-roll of the rail-
roads 1t is the employees name that
predominates.''
There were 3,71S employees killed in
the year ending March 81, 1906, and
since then there are 1,3S2,196 employees
of railways in the United States, 1t
is seen that one out of every 3I1.7 was
killed. During the same year 1926
employees We're injured. which means
one out of every IS. This, in palmer
words, tells that the railroad service
is SO hazardous under present lack OF
federal regulation that man who en-
tiers it stands one chance in twenty
eight of being injured, and one chance
in 371.17 of being killed. This risk OF
mortality is almost as great as If he
barred his breast to the bullets of mod
ern warfare, and. indeed, Ii the war
with Spain be taken as an example, It
is quite probable that he would have
stood better chance of life and free
dom from injury by entering the army
than by entering the railroad service.
Passengers have much less danger
to fear. During the year just mem
toned there We're only 492 passengers
Killed out of 73S,S34.667, or one out OF
1.501,6s4 It thus appears that the per-
son who buys a ticket on q railroad
In the United States and boards
train has one chance against a million
and half of being killed.