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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-19

makes regular visits to Wax eeney
every month. will be here Thursday,
January a. Eyes examined, glasses
fitted.
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Alvin Law, one OF the big farmers
and stockmen of south Graham county,
was ia the city last Saturday. His
son and daughter are attending our
high school,
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Get Verbeck s. Lucas prices on
lumber, coal, stoves, paints, varnishes
and building material. They will
save you money.
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Mrs. L. Fuller and son Edwin, of
Williamson, Mich, arrived in the city
Thursday morning and will visit sela-
tives for while.
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J. H. Mack went to Kansas City.
NO., this week on business.
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In this issue will be found our Cali
fornia letter, school land bill, sketch
of Senator Curtis, latest market re-
port, etc.
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Last Monday the old county officers
walked out and the new ones walked
in There will be some new faces in
the court house from now on.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-19

Just received at the Trego
Mercantile company a new
line of cloaks and skirts-the
incest in the city.
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Epworth League meeting Sunday
at Gas. Subject: ''Our Heavenly
Fathers Loving Care" All INVITED.
Nellie Holmes, leader.
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Wanted-5O head of cattle to win
ter. J. Il. W. Cloud
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DR.. Wickizer, optician, at the
American house, Thursday, January
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Good fresh beef at Bakers.
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Any of the ladies hats at
Moore's may be had for SOC.
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Subscribe for the WORLD.
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Smoked hams at Bakers.
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Picked pork at Bakers.
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Notice.

Notice.
To whom it may concern This Is to Ger
tify that bought the straw on the south
half of the southwest quarter of section %,
township ID south. range q west; Trego
county. Kansas, from Mr. Nemeckel and
have his written statement of that fact and
am not liar JOHN sAukR-
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a.
Chas. Sseinberger spent several
days in Kansas Citysth front end of
the week. He took in the Imple-
ment Mems convention.
Last Monday the old county officers
walked out and the new ones walked
in. There will be some new faces in
the court house from now on.
The first official act accorded to
Sheriff Drummond was the attach
ment suit against J. H. Wood, the
druggist and real estate agent of
Collyer.
Alvin Law, one OF the big farmers
and stockmen of south Graham county.
was ia the city last Saturday. His
son and daughter are attending our
high school.
Billie Bragg says we made a very
grave error last week in stating that
he was the father of a girl baby. He
says it's boy and weighs IL lbs.
Good for Billie.
Fred Flyr's horse got scared at an
automobile last Saturday and ran
away. The buggy was almost a
wreck, but fortunately the horse
came out witnout scratch.
Jim Spena unIoaded new engine
Thursday and loaded his old one and
shipped it back to the factory. Jim
has an engine that will pillow as well
as run his separator. He purchased
one of the best engIns made.
There will be German Lutheran SER
vice next Sunday morning at O'Clock,
Sunday school at 10. After service
the semiannual meeting of the con-
gregation will be held. All members
requested to be present. G. M. Bunge,
pastor.
| Clear up the complexion. cleanse
the liver and tone the system. You
can best do this by dose or two of
DsWitt's Little Early Risers. Safe,
reliable little pills with reputation
The pills that everyone knows. Re-
commended by w. W. GIBSON.
| The new Board of County Commits
sioners met last Monday and organic
ed by electing George Lynn chairman
On account of the inclemency of the
weather Commissioners Walsh was
not present, and the board adjourned
to meet Monday, January 81, 1907.
10y Hiskey, son of Thos. B. His
key, has taken position in The
Farmers s. Merchants State Bank
He has been a student in Chicago
University for two years and is
thoroughly competent, and reliable,
besides being a most pleasant and
agreeable Young man.-Colby Tribune.
When the cold winds dry and crack
the skin box OF salve can save much
discomfort. In buying salve look for
the name on the box to avoid any i'm
itations, and besure you get the origi-
nal De Wits Witch Hazel Salve. Sold
by w. w. GIBSON.
Miss Olive Kackley expects to leave
for a course in school of eIocution
about the middle of February. She
has not decided whether she Will &C
to Denver or New York City. The
people of Graham county have full
confidence In her complete success in
her chosen field.-Hill City Republi.
can
| Smoked hams at Bakers.
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NO MOTIVE FOUND.
Mrs. WaIIau, Accused of Poisoning Her
Mother. May Go on Stand.

New York, Feb. 21.-Mrs. Lottie
Wallau, who is under arrest charged
with having administered poison to
her dying mother, Mrs. Ida Binge, may
go on the stand to tell the coroner's
jury her story of her mothers death
and to dispel if she can the suspicious
circumstances recited by the chief
witness against her, Miss Elizabeth
Devine, a nurse.
Miss Devine testified that she sus-
pected poisoning after Mrs. WalIau
had, on January 2Sr brought in a bot
tie of champagne The wine made the
patient sick and when Miss Devine
tasted it she found it bitter and it
made her i'll, too. She and Miss Cleve-
land, another nurseo took samples of
the bottle and had, them analysed.
Or. Witthaus.r Who claimed he
found mercury in the organs taken
from the body of Mrs Binge, testifed
to that fact. he ,~t
& The prosecution closed it's case with
out bringing out any motive for the al
legged crime and this question, there
is expected the defeiise, ifsany is ma de
before the -coroner's Jury, will be that
Mrs. Binge committed suicide. This
was indicated during the proceedings
yesterday when Lawyer John B.
Stanchfield acting for Mrs. Wallau,
questioned Miss Devine.
The nurse had testified that Mrs.
Binge was not hysterical or emotion
al woman, but one who kept great
deal of her suffering to herself.
"A woman of nerve and poise, was
she not" asked Mr.. StanchfeId. 9Th e
sort of woman who when she set out
to do a thing, would have the courage
to carry it through ?"
The district attorney objected to the
question, which suggested that the de-
Tense would be suicide.
Mrs Wallau, who was heavily yelled
and CARRIED entirely in black while in
court yesterday. showed much emotion
and wept when Miss Devine in de-
scribing the attitude of the prisoner to
her mother during her illness, said:
81 have never seen such devotion
shown by daughter to mother in my
life
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DID HE AID MIR. BRISTOW?
Anyway on That Supposition j. r.
Harrison Is Transferred

Kansas City, Feb. 21.-J. R. Harrison,
chief postoffice inspector of the Kansas
City division, has been transferred to
the Denver division by order of Post
master General Cortelyou. The order
of transfer came through Chief Inspec-
tor Vickery and provides that Inspec-
tor Mckee, now in charge of the Den
yer division, shall succeed Mr.. Harrison
at this place. When seen last night In
spector Harrison had not yet received
the official order of his transfer but
stated that if such was the will of the
department at Washington he would
gladly assume his new duties in the
Colorado city.
The transfer of Chief Inspector Har-
rison from the Kansas City division is
attributed to Senator Charles Curtis. At
the time that the Kansas legislature
was called upon to select a successor to
Senator Benson, who was appointed by
Governor Hoch to fill the unexpired
term of Senator J. r. Burton, ]. l..
Bristow formerly the fourth assistant
postmaster general, was one of the num-
erous candidates for the place. Harri-
son had been promoted in the postal
services through the influence of Bris-
tow and when his former benefactor
came out for senator it is alleged that
he became actively interested in Bris-
lows behalf.
The transfer of Mr. Harrison will take
place on March /. Robert Fulter, who
has charge of the St. Louis division, as
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A RUNAWAY GIRL CAUGHT.
Merriam Young Lady Thought Her
Father Abused Her.

Kansas City, Feb. 21.-''My daugh-
ter left home this afternoon. She
bought a ticket from here to Hamil-
ton, Mo, and will pass through Kansas
CITY this evening. She is a good look
ing girl 16 years old, about five feet
two inches tall; has dark hair and
blue eyes, and weighs about 12O
pounds. Stop her.
This Information was telephoned
from Merriam, Kan, about O'Clock
last night by James Madison Kilgore,
a farmer there. The message referred
to his 16-year-old daughter, Cora Kill
gore.
The message was received after the
train from Merriam was in, but De-
tectives Harry Harvey and E. P. Boyle
went through the Burlington ELI
and found a girl who answered the de-
scription, and also the name. She
was told that she was wanted and
started with them quietly. Crossing
Union avenue she asked, Are you
taking me to a police station ~ She
was given an affirmative answer.
ct will blow my brains out first
she said, c1utching at her waist The
officers grabbed the girls hands and
the hysterica1 girl was made to bring
a revolver from its hiding place. Boyle
'tbroke" the weapon at the center and
discovered that it had no loads in it.
sWeH." said the girl dfsgustedly, Il
Just brought it along. I didn't know it
wasn't loaded. 1t belongs to William
j. Loving. a young man I go WITH
Miss Kilgore, besides the revolver,
Hamilton. Mo. She said that she was
not treated well at home and had
been awaiting an opportunity to run
away.
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HILL IS. PESSIMlSTIC.
For Benefit of Legislatures Now in
Session Prophesies Hard Times.

New York, Feb. 21.-James ]. Hill,
president of the Great Northern Rail
way company, who has returned from
ST. Paul, expressed the conviction yes
terday that the tide of prosperity is
turning and that there are indications
of a significant recession in business.
AS Mr.. Hill phrased it, 1.-The sails of
prosperity are being reefed. The year
1908, may be a hard year and many
thousands of men may then be out of
work
General policies of retrenchment are
under way" said Mr.. Hill. Less mon
ey is to be spent on new works. The
effect of this movement is being felt at
present in the falling off of orders. The
beginning of this movement is very ev-
ident in Chicago.
while 1 would scarcely call 1t a re-
cession in business 1t is more of a
drawing in. The railroads in general
are curtailing their expenses and plac-
ing fewer orders. On our lines we will
finish the work we have under way
and that is ALL
This movement toward economy is
scarcely perceptible but it should be
sufficient to relieve the strain from con-
gested business. In a way it is good
thing. 1t is better So as the curtall-
ment is gradual. Otherwise there might
be a sudden slump with serious results.
1.-THE first tendency is toward the cur
tailment of luxuries. Then there will
be a falling off in the amount of man
ufactured articles. This will continue
during the coming months. But SO far
as concerns the future, the year 1908,
may be hard one and then many men
may be out of employment"
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is OVERCOME BY THE GAS.
Mrs. b. W. Vail Has Narrow Escape
With Her Life

Mrs. B. W. Vail, of No. SO Leland
avenue, had a narrow escape from
asphyxiation at her home last even
ing but after six hours constant at
tention DR.. J. H. Fay announced soon
after midnight that she was out Of
danger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vail returned to their
homo in Topeka Wednesday noon
from an absence of seven weeks. The
gas was lighted in the stove in the sit
ting room, but there was a leak ow-
ing to the pipes or fiues becoming
stopped UP after it's nonuse for several
weeks. Mrs. Vail did not notice the
escaping gas during the afternoon be-
cause she was busy about the house
and the doors were open a great deal
of the time. Mr.. Vail was not at home
during the afternoon. After supper
Mrs. Vail lay down on a couch to rest
She had been there about twenty min
utes when Mr. Vail came in He
reached the room after his wife had
risen and he found her trying to open
a door. She hadn't strength enough
to accomplish it although she had
managed to walk from the couch to
the door. Mr.. Vail at once carried her
out doors, and called a doctor He
also became quite sick although he
was not seriously affected
DIR. Fay declared that had Mrs. Vail
remained in the room five minutes
longer she could not have recovered
She was out of danger after midnight
last night. and today is again able to
attend to her household duties
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DROVE HIM OUT.
Cyrus Leland Makes Attack on
John RadfOrd.
Grain Inspector Was Occupying
Seat in House.
FIGHT OVER WEIGHING
Effort to Knock Out State Pro-
vision Defeated.
Maximum Rate Bill Amended
and Passed. -

Cyrus Leland, "the gentleman from
Doniphan" drove John Radford, state
grain inspector, out of the BODY of the
house of representatives on Wednes-
day afternoon. during a fierce debate
on the compulsory Weighing provision
of the state grain inspection law.
Radford was sitting in a vacant seat
next to E. A Enright of Wyandotte
county, who was leading the fight for
the grain weighing bill, when Leland
made his attack
There sits the state grain inspec-
tor" said Leland, shaking his fist in
the direction of Radford HE has no
right to occupy a seat in the body of
this house. But he comes in here lob
byfng for a passage of this bill, which
will swell the revenues of his depart
ment. What right has he to come
here, taking a seat up here among the
members, when he is just like any
other lobbyist?'
Radford leaned back in his swivel
chair while Leland delivered his TRADE.
and looked out of the window in the
other direction.
As Leland paused, Mr. Enright tried
to get in a few words in defense of
Radford, but Leland resumed his re-
marks, and again pointed his finger az
Radford. demanding what right he
mad to continue to stay on the floor of
the house 1t was good deal like
Cicero in his famous ''baWling OUT act
with relation to one Catiline.
As soon as Leland finished talking,
Radford got up and walked to the rear
of the room, where he remained dur
ing the remainder of the debate
For the large amount of smoke
which the debate produced, there was
really not very much fire. The fight
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was over an amendment TO the
| Schmidt bill, eliminating the compuI-
sorry weighing provision. The indi-
cations were that the vote would be
| very close, but the amendment was de-
| feated by vote of 70 to 80.
The bill considered yesterday is the
enc introduced by Schmidt of Geary
| county. 1t was Endorsed by State
Grain Inspector John Radford and by
Governor Hoch. 1t was opposed by the
Kansas City Board of Trade, but this
opposition was supposed to have been
| withdrawn when the committee agreed
to certain amendments. The bill pro-
yides for compulsory weighing of all
gram shipped to the Kansas City mar
ket-and that weighing to be done by
the state department.
The bill as it ROW stands requires
that when grain is shipped to any mar
ket it must be weighed by the state
officials and that the state weights ale
to be accepted in paying for the grain.
This was the chief feature which the
Kansas City board of trade opposed.
Thousands of letters were sent out to
asking them to write letters to their
representatives and senators to vote
against the bill. All of these letters
were placed in the hands Of the repre-
SentativeS and senators and turned over
to the committee. rt.s
John H. Radford, state grain inspec-
tor, heard about these letters, SO he
sent out a few himself and these letters
were sent to the committee. When rep
resentatives got up and made state
ments about the grain men and ship
perS in their districts wanting them to
vote for the optional weighing clause,
H w. Grasse. chairman of the commit
tee On state affairs, asked for the names
and then read some letters from the
same men retracting all they had said
to the board of trade and demanding
that the weighing clause be made com
pulsory. Some of the letters said that
the board of trade men had misrepre-
sented the different fea lures of the bill.
The weighing and inspecting charges
have been reduced from so to % cents
car by the bill as it now stands. This
will be a loss of from $4,000 to IS, 900
in revenue. but it will not seriously
cripple the measure. The bill was not
completed Wednesday and was taken
up and completed today.
After a long and decidedly tiresome
debate, the house passed the maximum
freight rate bill on Wednesday after
noon by a vote of 100 to 0.
The principal amendments made On
Wednesday afternoon were the addition
of maximum schedules for vehicles and
farm machinery, fresh fruit. The fresh
fruit amendment is intended to apply
especially to carload lots of apples.
Cyrus Leland favored it.
Il move that the gentleman from
Doniphan be required to produce here
on the floor of the house a sample of
the apples which he desires to Ship
shouted one of the members.
The motion was carried, and Leland
sent out and had a barrel of his Justly
celebrated apples brought in.
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charged with getting too busy in the
interest of Bristow's senatorial ambi-
lions, and it has been intimated that he
also is slated for a change of climate.
Inspector Harrison took charge of the
Kansas City division after work per-
formed by him in the investigation of
postoffice department frauds. 1t was
after the investigation of postal frauds,
which resulted in the conviction of sew
eral government officials, that Harrison
was promoted
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W. r. Stubs won decided victory
in the house committee on railroads
Wednesday afternoon, when he had
inserted in the bill recommended by
the committee for the purpose of
strengthening the present railroad law
that provision of the Stubs bill which
requires the railroad commissioners to
hire expert engineers and have the
value of all the railroad property in
the state determined by actual examin-
alton.
The committee has been fighting for
weeks over this one provision. which
was really the only radical point of
difference between the Stubs bill,
and the committee bill, which had
been prepared by A. E. Helm and S. s.
Ashbaugh. The section from the
Stubs bill was omitted from the bill
prepared by Helm and Ashbaugn.
c. A. Stannard at the meeting of the
committee on Wednesday, moved to
lift" the valuation section from the
Stubs bill, and put it into the COM
mittee bill. This motion prevailed by
a class vote. After that the bill was
recommended unanimously for pas
sage.
w. Y. Morgan, chairman of the rail-
road committee, said today:
1--WE have delayed making a report
on these bills because we have been
trying to fix up a law which will be ac-
ceptable both to the house, and to the
senate which has already passed a
bill presented by Senator Smith. -
1--WE agreed to accept the Stubs
valuation section, exactly as it ap-
peared in the Stubs bill. 1 have been
in favor of that provision from the
start
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Frank Mcviclxars Found Dead.

New York, Feb. 21.-Frank Nc
vickars who had been playing in the
MAN of the Hour" at the Savoy thea
ter, was found dead today at the foot
of a short flight of stairs. leading from
the sidewalk to an areaway of the no.
tel Tivoli in West Thirty-eight street.
where he lied His skull was frac-
tured. It is believed that his death was
accidental Mr.. Mcvickars came to
New York from California
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maximum rates on fifteen primary
commodities and many secondary COM
modities considered as products. 1t
now depends upon the senate to decide
whether or not Kansas is to have this
maximum freight bill.
The following are some of the new max
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Neighbors COT INooled

II was literally coughing myself 10
death, and had Become too weak To lee t.o
my bed: and neighbors predicted thai T
fooled for thanks be to God 1 was -
duced to try DR.. Kings New DiscoveTs
completely cure the cough and restore "a
to good sound health" writes Mrs. Eve
DncaPner OF .Grovertown, Stark Co, Ind
This King of cough and cold cures and
healer of throat and lungs is guaranfead
py Arnold Drug Co. druggists soc ana
800. Trial bottles free. ~ feiio
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upon being asked why this paner
never went into the "premiunn'' or
contest business; The State Jour
nails circulation is already so large
that it does not need to-
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-30
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Original Drummer" Dead.


Henry j.. Martindell, the first
American drummer to introduce
American goods in Europe and Aus
tral1a, died at his home in Trenton,
at the age of seventy-five years. He
mad been i'll for two years of a disease
contracted on the road. Martindell
Always declared that he was the orig
1nal American drummer. He was
known as we'll in Europe as he was
In America. 1t was while he was
travelling for the Lambertville Spoke
Works that he conceived the idea
That American goods would sell in
Europe by the same methods of
drumming. With an abiding faith
In the superiority of American manu-
featured goods he persuaded his en-
ployers that Europe, and more espe-
cially Australia and New Zealand,
promised a fruitful market for their
goods. He was sent to Europe in
1855 to open up a market. This he
found exceedingly difficult at first,
but he finally succeeded in getting
Europeans to try his wares, with the
result that it was not long before he
had established for his firm an ex-
tensive foreign trade. He introduced
American-made spokes, wheels and
wagon frames into England, Scotland,
France, Holland. Switzerland, Ger
many and Russia. His success in
Australia and New Zealand was no
less pronounced, and he was sent
twice to those countries.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-30
Conscience and the Watch.

A mar once asked me, rs not con-
science a safer guide than the Holy
Spirit?" 1 just took out my watch
and said, "Is not my watch better
than the SUM-" Suppose that I said
to you, Il will tell you the hour by
my watch, and you must always take
the time from me-"
1t is the sun that is to rule the
time. Conscience is fallen and cor
rupt. If we had an unfallen con-
science, like holy Adam, it would be
as if my watch were always to agree
with the sun. But now it is a most
unsafe guide.
Sometimes we hear men say, II
don't see any harm in this practice;
my conscience doesn't condemn it."
1t is not your conscience or your con-
seriousness that is the rule of right
and wrong; the law is the standard.
By the law is the knowledge of sin.
Sin is the transgression of the law,
not of conscience DIR. Andrew Bo-
mar,