Blue Valley Clipper from Waterville, Kansas • 3

ELKINS TAKES THE LEAD. WHEN DE WET SURRENDERED. HE IS GLAD OF IT. Latest Kansas Events. West Virginia senator Introduces Herniation Providing- for Annexation of Cnba ami Ita AdtnUnlon as a State.

Washington, June 10. When the senate met Saturday, Mr. Elkius (W. Va.) introduced resolution provid-for the annexation of Cuba and its admission as a state of the union. Elkis is one of the "Insurgent" senators opposed to granting concessions to Cuba.

The resolution grants the consent of congress to the erection of the republic of Cuba ns a state of tho SENATOR STEPHEN LS. KLKINS. union "to be called the state of Cuba with a republican form of government, to be adopted by the people of said republic by deputies in convention assembled with the consent of tha existing government." A condition is specified that the constitution of the proposed state shall be submitted to congress not, later t.hnn January 1, 1S)04. There also is a provision that the debts of Cuba shall not become a charge upon the general government. The resolution provides for the np-propriation of $100,000 to carry its provisions into effect.

WILL MAKE TWO TRIPS. In September tba rritalrient I to VUlt lh NurlhwNt ana la Ontnber the Houth ami ftiiDlhweit, Washington, June 15. The president will start on a somewhat extended trip through the west and northwest during the latter purt of September. He has accepted invite tives to go to Detroit, Minneapolis and other cities, returning by the way of Springfield, 111., where he will attend the state fair on October 2. Some time In October the president will take tv trip through tin; southwest, his objective points being the fair at San Antonio, ami a bear hunt in the swamps of Mississippi.

The Intinerary for this trip has not been definitely arranged. The journey may include points in Kansas ami Nebraska going out and New Orleans and other southern cities returning. 'HEROES IN HOMESPUN." At tha Annlveraarr of ftiittle nf Tippa ennot llanrr Wattemon 1'hnn Keferratl to Those Wha I'artlulpateil. Lafayette, Juno 10, The Tippecanoe Battlefield association held its annual exercises In the tabernacle at the battle ground yesterday. Special trains on all roads were run and un immense crowd attended.

The graves of the men who fell at tho buttle of Tippecanoe were beautifully decorated. An address was delivered by Hon. Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, his subject being: "Heroes in Homespun." NOT TILL NEXT SESSION. Republicans of the Sanata I'oatpune Action on tha Hill Glvluar siatehonil to Tnrea Terrltor ei. Washington, June 1ft.

The senato committee on territories has decided to take up for consideration early In the next session of congress the omnibus statehood bill, admitting Into the union the territories of Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona. The drcision was reached upon motion of Senator Nelson and the motion wus adopted by a strict party vote, tin republicans voting In the allirmntlr and the democrats In the negative Churchea a Mark for l.ltrhtn'nic. Chicago, June Ifi, Chicago was visited by un electric storm yesterday afternoon which wrought death, caused a panic among 100 school children und damaged considerable property. Three churches were struck by electric bolts, one of them, the Memorial German Episcopal, being destroyed. Calvary Presbyterian, West Congress and Forty-second street, was struck while the Sunday school services were being held.

Memorial Arrh to Confetlei ate Iieatt. Columbus, June 10. The unveiling and dedieution of a memorial arch to 8,250 confederate dead attracted 5,000 people from all parts of the country to this city (Saturday, The arch wtis the gift of William Harrison, of Cincinnati, a former citizen of Columbus. The dead sol diers were prisoners at Camp Chase, west of ColumbiiB, during tho war and died in prison. akV.v ft i The Intrepid Hoer Fighter Was the Recipient of a Great Ovation from Ilia Followers.

London, June 10. Dispatches received here from South Africa show that the surrenders of Boers are proceeding with the greatest good will. The total of those who have already surrendered numbers 16,500, and the lb-it ish are extending every possible kindness to the men who come in. The appearance of Gen. PeWet at the camp at Winhnig was the signal for a great display of enthusiasm.

When he arrived at camp (ien. DeWet was at once surrounded by thousands of lioer men, women and children, who struggled and clamored to shake the hand of their hero. THREE PERSONS DROWNED. Daring (liiln a Itoulmnt Was Overturned oa Lake Huron anil Three Lives Were l.finU Port Huron, June 10. During a gale yesterday afternoon Arthur Martin, aged 1 Beatrice Abraham, aged 11.

and Norma Abraham, nped seven, were drowned in l.nke Huron by the crt tuning of a row-boat. olT Edison bench. The accident was witnessed by a number of people, but the storm was so tierce that no help could rearh the young pro-pie. The slot-in blew up suddenly with the wind from off the shore. Martin rndenored to get the bow of his boat into the wind but it swamped In the luavy seu.

All three bodies were recovered. AWFUL CRIME ENACTED. Near okfuakea. I. Ilia Wife anil llanirh-tar of an 1ml an Were Hang-ft In Thair fahlu.

Okmulgee, T. June 1(1. A posse of United States marshals have arrested William Hear and George Jacobs, two full-blood Indians, charged with the killing of the wife nnd daughter of Hear, near Okftis-lace. The killing is saiil to have grown out of the refusal of Mrs. Hear to deed away some land.

The women were found dead, hanging 1 their cabin. Temperance Flambeau Clulm In Uanaas, Topeka, Junu 1ft. F. W. Km-erson, the nominee of the Kansas prohibitionists for governor, has adopteil it unique method of campaigning, lie will organize flambeau clubs In various parts of the state and all members of his clubs must be total abstainers.

The Topeka organization has been nearly perfected and Is expected to begin parading the streets soon. Slay Appeal to ('mig-reKM Washington, June 1ft. The president it, Is stated on good uulhority proposes to upply, directly or Indirectly, to congress for legislation which will (liable him to meet tha coal strike situation. It Is understood that tho president nnd his advisers argue that there is no law which would meet the case und settle the Issues satisfactory. Ir.

Iltirnet.t rleiiUneed to Firieen Yearn. Chicago, June 10. Judge linker denied it motion to arrest, judgment In the case of Dr. Orville K. Burnett, the dentist who entered Into a compact with Mrs.

Churlotte K. Nirhol to commit suicide, which resulted in the death of tho woman. Tha judgn sentenced the prisoner to IS years In the penitentiary. A Ills Deal In hler. Itenltr.

Chicago, June 18. A deal for the Palmer house "block" Is reported to be under way. John Wan-amaker is named us back of the negotiations, and it Is stated with equal ussuruncc that his pluns coiitcmpiiite building the largest department storo In the world on the site of the Palmer house. Ahueiit Treatment "loolr" Indicted. Jacksonville, June 1(1.

In tha United States court true bills were found against Helen Williams Post, Charles 11. Post and Charles P. liarg-mnn on the charge of improper liso of the mails. It, is alleged they agreed to cure diseases by mental science treatment und "absent treatment." No Nee? Cabinet om. Nnw.

Washington, June 10. After a conference with the president Saturday, Chairman Hepburn, of the house committee on commerce, nnnouncrd that action on the new cabinet ollico to be known as the department of commerce would bo postponed until the next session of congress. Itoers (Join to l.oiitlon. Brussels, June 15. It is understood that Gens.

Botha, Drhiry ami Meyer, ami Mr. Itcitz, formally state secretary of the Transvaal, will visit Iyon-don In August in connection with the details of the peace settlement. A Chlltl Atlaekwl br a llooater. Hopkinsville, June 10. A little daughter of William lilankenship was attacked by a rooster and Injured so that it Is thought she will die.

The bird sank Its spurs in tha top of the child's head. Maj. Waller Says lie Left Samai a Howling Wilderness." Drrlarra "Hell In winter Rrnnrt" Com-pared to the Inland Wt-ere a Company ii the Nluth Inrantry Was Maniaoratl. Sun Francisco, June 14. Maj.

1 W. T. Waller, United States marina corps, who arrived here on the transport Warren, which brought the rein-nnnt of the lighting Ninth infantry into port, expressed emphatic views In the matter of lie war in the Philippines. "Yon can't stop the. revolution in the Philippines unless you lake the severest measures," Raid Maj.

Waller in an Interview. "You would hate to see jour wounded and dead mutilated. I cannot describe the fearful condition in which we found some of the bodies of men who were under my command who were murdered by insurrectos. I received both verbal and written orders from (ien. Jacob Smith to kill nil insurgents who were caught untied or who refused to surrender, It was the only thing that could be done, nnd I never nest iotied (Ien.

Smith's orders with one except ion. This exception 1 refuse to state. A fair estimate, of tlie number of natives hilled by the men of my command would be -UK) to These were all hilled in battle with the exception of 11 carrier, insurreetos at heart, who were tried by court-martial nnd shot. There was only one woman shot nnd she wus only slightly wounded. She happened to be In the breastworks of a fort, my men were storming.

"1 have fought in every country in the world except Australia," said Maj. Waller, "but Snmnr well, hell is winter resort compared to Samar. I left Samar a howling wilderness. They tried to make it, that for us, but we mada it a howling wilderness for them." COMPETENCY ALONE COUNTS. Hereafter Kntirth-f laea I'nNtraaiitei-a Will Not 11 Removed mi Acfivuul ef Their i'lillllxx.

Washington, Juno 11. Under the recent ruling of Postmaster General Payne the appointment of fourth-class postmasters has been taken out of politics. This change is especially gratifying to members of congress ns well as those who now hold a post al office of this class. Retention in office depends now wholly upon good behavior urn! attention to duty. Thus a fourt h-clasH post master is not now removed merely to make room for another, so long as the first appointee administers the duties of his ollico.

faithfully and honestly. WANTS CHEAPER MAIL BOXES senator Tlllinmi Suya 4ft Cent Fnonich to I'ar fur Keci-plm-le M-IIIng-for EO to 3. Washington, June 14. In the senate Friday Mr. Tillman (S.

presented some advantages of supplying metal mail boxes for rural free- (1e-livery und showed to the senato a sample box of sheet steel which could be purchased for 40 cents. Poxes now supplied by private Individuals cost from $1.25 to $3 each. Such a price, ho said, was a serious burden upon the farmers. Already year was paid for rural delivery of mail and ho believed such rural delivery woidd expand until It exceeded the cost of city mull delivery. WIPED OUT BY FIRE.

Alexander CMIr, Ileatrnraa hr KlauiM While til Tarror-Mrleaan feopla Looked on. Opellkn, June 1 4. A lexnnder City, a place of 1,500 inhabitants, wna wiped out by fire, the loss reaching fit lesst 1750,000, which the Insurance will not begin to cover. The place has no water works and all the terror-stricken people could do wns to save what belongings they could and then flee from the awful heat. The railroad has established Its telegraph lines under a tree, and appeals for help and for food are going out.

MISS LEE ARRESTED. Tha Iianirhier of Gea. Robert Lao Is Trouble for Kltllnc In a Car lla-sarvsft for Neg-roea. Alexandria, June 14. An arrest that caused considerable excitement occurred shortly after seven o'clock last night, when Miss Mary Cust is Lee, daughter of Gen.

Uobert K. Lee, was taken Into custody, charged with violating the law affecting the Washington, Alexandria Mount Vernon Electric railway, which provides for the separation of white and colored passengers. I-runt Gel Klr.t Mure. New York, Jiiim 14. America, through the commlbsionars of the St.

Louis exposition, hits given to Franco the place of honor tho 1904 fair. In addition, France hss been allotted five times as much space as the republic had at tha Chicago exposition. Gets tiood Job In Manila. W. II.

Bishop, who left Salinn in 1S98 as captain of company Twentieth Kansas volunteer regiment, is Boon to become legal counsel to tha Chinese minister at Manila. Since tha return home of the Twentieth, Mr. Bishop has been city prosecutor of Manila, and during his residence there be has made friends of many of the most prominent Chinese merchants of the island, liis present position pays a year, but tho offer he has jtjst received pays far more, and is more desirable position. A Kew Rfiilrond for Kansas. The Arkansas, Missouri Kansas railroad is a new railroad that is being laid out, starting from Memphis West through northern Arkansas and up through Neosho end Joplin, Weir City and Cherokee to a connection with the Santa Fe at either Chanute or Iola.

From Weir City to St. Paul the line as surveyed is as straight as an arrow and will be the longest piece of straight track in the slate of Kansas. Ortaantomle Wants Thofte Shop. Each member of the Kansas delegation in congress received a telegram signed by Commercial club men and citizens of Osawatomie protesting against the proposed removal of the Missouri Pacific railway shops from Osawatomie to some point in Missouri. It was urged that the congressmen bring influeneo to bear upon Mr.

Gould and other controlling officers of the road in New York. Graduate of linker University. P. P. Campbell, nominated for congress by republicans of the Third district, is 40 years old.

For a number of years he lived on a farm in Neosho county and later taught school. In 1888 he graduated from Baker university, a college that has sent out many of our brightest young men. Since his graduation Mr. Campbell has been practicing law in Pittsburg. Editor Charopd with Contempt.

Judge Aikman, sitting iu the trial of Jessie Morrison at Eldorado, caused the arrest of W. P. Cady, editor of the Augusta Journal, charging him with contempt of court. In the Journal appeared an article criticising Judge Aikmnn's oourse in not granting Miss Morrison a change of venue and says a wise judge would have granted tho request. Mrs.

niita Goes to Mrs. Annie L. Diggs, of Topeka, left for a tour of European cities for an eastern newspaper syndicate. Slio will make study of the economic conditions in the cities. She is accompanied by her daughter, Mabel, and they will live on the Isle of Man, where Mrs.

Diggs expects to meet nnd receive assistance from Hall Caine, the author. Convicted of Killing- Two. The Andrew Peterson trial at Washington ended in a verdict of murder in the first degree. Peterson was accused of shooting Carl Holt nnd Hilda Peterson near Washington about January 18. The woman was Holt's niece.

Holt had $1,000 and the same amount was found in Peterson's possession nfter the killing. Paraons Wimts Natnrnl Gna. The pas wells near Neodesha and the pipe line which furnishes Parsons with natural pas are owned by a Pittsburg (Pa.) syndicate that proposes to sell out to Pursons for Tho proposition will be submitted to the people at a speciul election called for the purpose. Iteanlt of 1'nbllcltr. Tersonnl tax lists, when printed in the papers, often result in revelations.

The president of a bank in Wellington, it is shown, pays taxes on $'J0 worth of personal property. A barber who has a little shop in the basement of the banker's building pays personal taxes on $120. Helm Duti Topeka. Street Hall tray. J.

J. Helm, of Kansas City, lias bought a majority of stock in the Topeka Street Kuilway company in order to obtain entrance into that city for their proposed Kaw valley trolley line to connect the capital of Kansas with Kansas City. Eillnintei BO Vrr Cant. Crop. H.

D. Russell, a crop expert sent to Kansas by the Chicago board of trade, says that the state will hare only 50 per cent, of a wheat crop and that it will not be more than 50,000,000. Load of terra DronuM Ed Lctson, a Brown county farmer, took a single carload of steers to the Kansas City market the other day and swapped the bunch for 207. CO. It only all auira Death.

M. S. Shcpard died at Marysvllle of lockjaw caused by stepping on a rusty nail. He lived only 20 hours after tetanus developed Remember Their Ilonora, The trustees of Baker university named tho new gymnasium the Kip-ley building, in honor of Mr. nnd Mrs.

W. D. liipley, of Severance, who gave $10,000 toward the cost of this building. The men's department will be called the W. Pogle Gymnasium for Men," and a bronze tablet will be imbedded in the interior wall of this room in honor of D.

W. Fogle, of Williamsburg, who gave $1,500 for tho erection of the building. The girls' gym will be known as tho "Mrs. Francis D. Whittakcr Gymnasium for Women," in honor of Mrs.

F. D. Whlttaker, of I.ouisburg, who gave $1,000 for the girls' department. A tablet in her honor will be put up in the ladies' room. Kncotirnno Private hnrltlea.

The next legislature probably will be asked for increased appropriations for the, various private and independent charitable institutions and societies in the state. The state board of charities favors' larger appropriations for independent and private charilies for tho reason that they are invariably managed at a less rost than public charities and dependents can be better und more easily cared for by them. Another thing is that public charity makes the dependent feel his pauperism and generates a spirit of helplessness which is not inculcated by pri vate charities, it being more in tht nature of temporary assistance. Only Knallah In I'nbllo An agitation has been started ia some Kansas communities for teaching German in the public schools. Superintendent Knowles, of the Marion county schools, wrote the state superintendent, Prank Nelson, asking if German schools can be conducted where the residents of a district favor thorn, and whether or not they can be conducted at public expense.

Mr. Nelson said this couli not be legally done, as the law spe-cificnlly provides that all instructions in any branch must be given in English. And Thereby II on a a a Tnle. A Washington dispatch said Senator Burton two months ago recommended J. of Minneapolis, ex-warden of the penitentiary, to be United States marshal for the Northern district of Indian territory.

At the recent republican state convention Mr. Tomlinson nnd his county's delegation voted for Bailey against the advice of Senator Burton. It was then that. Tomlin-son's nomination was held up nnd the iiama of Lieut. Gov.

11. E. llich-ter substituted. l'artlaunahlp Ignored. Mayor Craddock appointed Mrs.

Lillian J. Adams city treasurer of Kansas City, to succeed her husband, John A. Adams, who died in olliee, Mr. Adams was elected as republican at tho hist city election, and his wife is also a republican, while Mayor Craddock is a democrat and the party's candidate for governor of Kansas. His action in laying aside partisanship to give the place to Mrs.

Adams was commended eve by tho democrats. A Juror 44 Years Aao. George M. Kellam, one of the jurors in the United States circuit court at Leavenworth Inst week, served on one of the first federal court juries summoned in the Kansas territory 44 years ago. Mr.

Kellam came to Kansas in 1857 and preempted 160 acres of land in Shawnee county, now part of the town of Oakland, near Topeka. Onlr Survivor of Indian Ambush. In Marshall county, J. L. McChes-ney, one of the.

oldest settlers, i dead. In 1809 Mr. Mcfbesney and six companions were hunting buffalo to the west and up the KepublieHS valley. They were ambushed by a band of Cheyenne Indians and all were killed save Mr. McChesncy, who escaped almost miraculously.

Nelson Got Keeord Price. The highest price paid for cat tin at the Kansas City stock yards Friday smashed nil previous records. A. N. Nelson, of Edna, marketed IS steers that averaged 1,473 pounds, and sold at $7.05 a hundredweight.

This is 25 cents better than the record of 1882. Falltlclans In Telephone Company. The Wichita Telephone company, of Wichita, with a capital stock of $200,000, was chartered. The stockholders are "Cy" Lelund, Troy; J. C.

O. Morse, Hutchison; Fintllav Boss, Wichita; Morton Albaugh, Kingman, and Frank L. Brown. Knrrkn Wnut Xrw Hehoolboaae. Eureka will soon vote on a proposition to issue bonds for a $15,000 school house.

At the sprisg election the proposition was dofeated..