The Matfield Independent from Matfield, Kansas • 8

ON GIGANTIC SCALE. ent'tled to pension, attveiy state that this'. Jf so. an This sugKyt: (h PARKER ACCEPTS The Best Kansas News. A maximum, from wrdch the federal was nip-iwt'i to nfler reduc-tiun.

In n'iiirn fur an equivalent conresslmi on the pari of a fort-inn country. 1'ri-sl-d'-nt Mckinlev muter hoiic.st.y to carry out tli' purpose of lb' act. A nunikr of reetpro. It, aKrrement err re cot which. If rutiMfJ.

won id have had tie two-fold result of iloapenii'K many Imported products for Anif i rtuisiimi'n. and (if opemr-E and rii lai Kiru fm Hkti market a to AllHTIiMH producer? Not of IhoM- are. men's has tr.rt with the approval uf tic republican masters of ite donate. In bed th. tlnl not even permit censi le ration.

In view of the attitude of the executive, tin new agreement iumM he expected from him. Niir lines the repilhliejil platform eolllhitl favorable refeieme to one of the suspended treaties. Tie reciprocity the Inr.utex art s. em to remain a of legislative enzenag I pn.l take latin 1 ei own hands tl hi it bx an 1 command a reduction in retain for ie-. iprocity con- hiiie ins.

Independence for the Filipinos. "In s-itne quir'er It h.is been a -turned iho -ni: of the I'h 1 pel ne Uue-fMn In mv response, the phrase ii ni' tr i I tob-d to mean -one than i It; 1 1 nd ih ft It should he uivh-r- I hink as u-o it I no th.in Mow liUI'll. I now th ii all ih-biy for I am in htartv in i oi pi a 1 1 in Kil'pinn- hat for the I'lihai promise to them ma i tit; (to In Olllif Vfnm. Moses I tush, of Minneapolis, has been town constable since IS77; has been deputy sheriff since 1S77; was Cnited States marshal for eight years; county coroner for eight, years; street commissioner of Minneapolis for eight years; president of the fair association for 11 years; president, superintendent and sexton of the cemetery; head deacon in the Baptist church for years; superintendent of the Bap-list Sunday school for IS years. Ile has not drawn an unofficial breath since he landed iu Ottawa county in JS77.

Stubbt rite to Many. Cor the (ir-t time in many campaigns in Kansas, republicans who hae been nominated for small offices throughout ihe state are the recipients of requests for advice from the headquarters of their piiity. W. H. Slubbs.

chairman of the state committee, does not belle that the assistance and advicn which he will receive from the candidates of the party for county offices will be necessary to carry the state, hut he b'dieves that the victory in No- ember will be the belter appreciated for having been participated in -by all of the party. of Trnttiicj l.nw. According to Miss Knowlton, Allen county's superintendent, many of the schools of the county are cutting their terms short by reason of the enforcement of the truancy law enacted by the recent legislature, The law says thai all children between the nges of 8 and lt must attend school every day th i' we sh ill ike u. Ii aeih as soon as ihev are reasonably prepared 1 1 indi i -en donee, such as the 'uha n. io i anii' he prudently trained t( I I 1 1 i at this time, the promi-e it ii ill the moment tlo-v are capable ri-'eivmg it will tend to stimu-kne rath- than hinder their devek.p-men And tin- should he no not only ja-Mee the I' tlpinos, but Jo preserve our own rights: tor a free per.

pie einnot wlthh'd treed. mi fr.m another people nd lionise! es re in a in free, he Will thev auth intend tu do pt the issue." Bu-uif ion, at least. that he el dt was ule to crea te an isue that it was supposed tu present a rmiB st ra ie In he battle of the ha Hot s. Hut as the making ot that order was, in my judgment, an a to in pt I honu peril a ps unwitting, n-Tom-hrnent upon the legislative power, a nd. lot i lor lin a a nted by the mt i ion, the challenge is accepted If tdet-d.

I will revoke that order. Hut I ft further and say that that done. I will contribute my effort toward he enaetniMit of a law to he passed hv both ioiu-e- of eonyres and apnrovfd hy the that Will give an pension re tt ifiue to olia b.ll I to the (. of the mil war; and ii dt tiie pi i sons of Ii 1 1 Ii a pe lisiou may he airrpi.d with -gnlty beeaui-e of the fin'. that it eome a a Just line fr-un tlo- through their rhu-m pr -en I a es.

and not as la i gess Uis-trihut-d hy elue exeeutlv, Reform in Govern mental Expenditures. it. ea rs have passed iirs have the -1 ii iissi mh ri- of he I'M II i i It u- N't Veti. 'd. Ifd he i nn ile fole ti i pt xloii was I to 7 1 -In the opinion le.

iustiiifd an mm in tie a lii s. As ti x- Tl is s' i natii. mit'isTat I ed to tk- is evide the a ha nd- Fxpetnii thi tkr L'h I the and migatl ih.ic immediate extravagant ui. ate more r.eeessary n'w than nstonrdiriK in- is out uf all piopenbui to the In-nf our prpu 1.1 n. and rinds no from ban vi aspect on.

1 r.e national denioerath a that i te "In be of efticl. nf tee far raev of pt nd i 1 nr. Jji: I si rented to the annual ex pen Mimes en rn-nt withcut Impairing r.f h-anch of the pub ie serv- there he am doubt of the at ends Hetueeu theex-1 of the year I'l. amounting 10 and those i the last tlscai ear ert fter he president aggregating there is a (iifl'M-, so great as to ex. ite a.

arm in the bri-asts of all in! n.er.. Kven exciuding the sum rf paid for the Panama canal rights ard to 1 1 sate if rami ma, tlo expo ndlt im of he last tiseal ear excee i-ed ike sum $::" being more than 1 1 er lit uf of he uovernmei-t fo .1 ng the tirst Of Mr it itiinist rat h-n. he Nl st four ye; sit-. tie IT? per tent a but no RUM i to p. orun i This I' i Spanish-Atneriean t'liring that perk uf that hiouck.t nrj for ho a verag whn riv i to tie I jn df I'M go ertin 'lllf ndir.g Jure bout i kitla rto "ir.ee the en.iNi, with Is reacdied during lose of the evil war "Tris draft upon the revenues of tha rourtrv has had the wlich might have hen i id pu 1 1 and now we lave presort.

-d the of the which hi to the famous obsei vation: 'It Is a en edit inti, aid not a henry, wh Ich i on front although the present Incumbent tout at the close the Mrst tiseal vcar i.nring 1. he assumed control nf the admirik-trailon. a surpais nf receipts over- i-xp' ndlturs of more than there was an excess of expenditures r.vfr cetids at the close of the last tlsial year of and the otllctal month-'v reports ma-ie hy he I reasury shrew that the expenditures at con tintiuUfly and rapklly increasiiiK, tr.e receipts are uimtnisning. "In this nueetaoi it Is Interesting to nolo the recent administrative orders I orhidding government otllcers from nuikuiii nuhllf nriv statement of esti mate!" on hieh uturo appropriations i 1 1 lo be bat d. 'If a man ot ordinary Intelligence nmi nrndence find in tin' operating i penses of his business su a tremendous p-r i 'en a go i i im re a se would he pi oti 1 1: I on toot an inuuirv tor e'f wa-le, and take Imrncdla incisures to It.

e-p. wdi ins' i I'llll'li'U -i ha ve b. found il honc-d and on ict. and a wi.b oe im pt'f that a In i rough in 1 1 1 1 1 th. I1i.il! he 'through and bv hi- il iiilinuii p.l 1 llh llt li.i ill.

I. in. in. I fur nui .1 uiki'ii l.v Hi t.i i.iiKi''-i 1 th. mill if nl ml 1 i ids.

"the il extra a "enteric the cotii nn nd ing a n.lM ire of ihe s.mgrsting that ot lie ar d- pa 1m: to .1 and not i a tiioieiigh Inv partm. nls of tile i if-iy Ii.ia hi d. p. idlture iiiii-t bi and ti.o Conclusion, 1 1 p. .11 1 It' .11 1 to .1 for 1- 1 tl if ik.

itut A Mean Slap, un h. he pra- him in Mispi lire for at a-t ic I uess not. 1 no (hat loug to you. i y. im ni deration or tyranny over (Mliers will bn ed rout, nipt for freedotn and -government and weaken our power resl-tan.

to In-hhous usurpation of eouM it ui nmal rights. "The Matuie relating to civil servire tl ute. uiie of the efforts of thought- ul, un-elll-h and publ ie-spi I ted (iper.ition under It has frequently ii'iMi of sm a eharaeter as to offend igainst the -pi rf of the tatute, but the csults aehieved. even under a partial ntoioemem of the Jaw. Inivi' been Mieh to ho deseiv a nd eomma nd the era in of ho demoera ie pa rt tha stands eommltti.) to the principle of ivll sitice leiorrn and demanils its ust and unputial en toreemen t.

Pannma Canal. "An eanal has hmg been the Ipp in oir ate-men, and the hviuvoI great parties, a tln-ir the past show. The having been seleetol. Ike canal should be npletion with all reas.ui- of a forms in i na ma oo ie building cs-cd to de expeditii "Th" m.th I- bv which the exeeiitiVe th ghts are I 'an i ma canal route a nd ni fee of regret to many. -I I enieli ihat hi-reb vuiik was assured to the peotde li nut a su I tie lent ie eliarge ot violation of tailh.

Thev appretlate netpUs and hea i eon-i in I heir working out thein, grt it pub proiit hi ha! ictlo i III rr md Br lirmlv at lion thai -t the argument or surges- liall he blind to the nature emphived to promote our In hold th it adherence to he tliea -wetlare Tie prlncii'le, win ill, wdl h.i In it works for our good a more henetherit inlhl- i our 1 ure ie.stmy than all our and Ihat we the idea uf doing a weaker nation that material upbuilding, ever remember thai wrong to a smalb aii in iikind. may id is repugnant to th eiple- upui vliieli our government was founded. Tnder th" liw- of th" fulled States Ihe duty Is Imposed on the exerutlve to proceed with due ijd.genee In the work constructing the canal. That duty shoul I be promptly urt ormed. Penaiuna for Our Soldiers and Sailors.

-The national dnioernry favors hher il pen si otis to ihe -in rvl vl soldiers and sailors and their dependents, on the groun I Ihat. thev liberal treatment. It pledgee bs Its platlorm ade- liuati- to thai end. Idlt It i denies the i 1 1, of the executive to u.suip the power of congress to legislate, on Mi it siiIh-'i u--uroation wa- I itt.uupied pension order No. iX and1 cn.M has been mun to 11 hv a congress ihat diced u-it the urpa ion.

It1 is said thit 'I his older was made In Ih pefl oi in. i te a duiv imposed U.mH the prcd.buil li- act ot cmiiM-ess." but Ihe 1 it i i -1 1 1 1 1 tn. i ts oig tin- I on Is not which the older i hieh the reia to pen- n- to II ar i do not mi-of age. uff.T.ng t'tnuiM ili'-m l.i Im iinl. N.i I n.

irly iiijnv uf our in p. In i ill. i nl In -km ait 'i ne statute tall'd 1 hunt Mini -I here a ha.l re et el HO lirg- iL' M.inv 1 justice of I prnmltiei the 1 tie, were inirodu eongr es V.ar did ide the And anv- dis- to not until irvii had hell I'liiiiiiiint kui the ag 1. -ahled manual one ''in labor and a lit th. t'-to on limit J-lnner oid.f when Ued the pi.

In- Mew en' addre-s tor what in Ru3sia Will Throw 300,000 More Meu into Manchuria. The Oar Meleets (ien. (irli(i nhrrg in Hhnre i iim ut nd lth Knni put klti (4 mini Duke llelmel til Ile lriMiiiterl. St rvtorsb-irff. Sept.

2( -Tho emperor has appointnti 'len. now connnnibiin tho truop at Vilna, t) command the? ri-'ond Maip-liiirian army. (ion. (iriiipontrorg sticccoils Lieut, (ien. IJiiovibh.

(Jen. (Jripponh'-rK. commandor of tho FPciii'l army, w.u Imrn on 1, lsiiS 11 is ten years older than (ien. Kui opa kin, hut ranks lu eo num'iers lower In the list of p-nerala. (ii ippeii'icru; a LnMh ran In religion.

He is married and three cliildren. (mo son. a rapt am of art illerv, was "iindel in ha'tlo of I.itio Vans. Tiio emperor is per ly convinced that tho political hs well as the miiU tnry prrstiuo of the rnipire is at staUo nnd tliat every other consideration. must le drained if necessary in order to turn scale nnd vindicate the power of Russia.

The reormmization amounts to formal notice to the world, as the emperor frankly explains in hi? rescript, that ho intends to vastly increase the number of troops at the theater of war in order to force the Ptrugulo to a Riir e.sf ul issue in the Fhortest possible time. It is intended to silence doflnitoly all talk of foreign intervention by the announcement that Kttssia means to fiht out the issue with Japan on the field of battle. Probably sno.oim add it ion til men will be placed in the field. Eventually the creation of this second army Involves the selection of a commander-In-rhfef. Not only is there no intimation tn the rescript, that On.

Kuropatkin will have rommand of both armies, but he is distinctly placed upon the samrt font Ins; as Hen. Orip-pf-nbera. It Is the be.t opinion that Grand fuko Nicholas Mlchaelovitrh. inspector general of cavalry, will attain the high cotnitnnd. occupying In tho war wi'h Japan the position held by his faMiM- in tho war with Turkey.

OrlofT Ik thi KrnpcRnnt. Rf. Petersburg. Sept. 2.

MaJ. fn. Orlnff, who has been held renponsible for Ihe Hus-sian retreat at Llao Yanjf, haa been dismissed from the army. HE FED THE POOR. I.

on I rielnelimniin. Hie York linker, I Demi Mini Tlinunniitltt Will llM llliu. New York. Sept. 2)5.

Louis Kleisrh- mann, the millionaire baker and philanthropist, is dead of paralysis. Mr. Fleisrhmann was born in lSlt'i near Moravia. Ho fought in the war of t'y against the Prussiana and won distinction in the battle of Sado- wa. He remained in.

the army until 1ST), win he resigned to emigrate to A merl'-a. lie op-tied a model bakerv In New York afterward and nf Christmns, HTS. he established tho uninie charity 1-nown as Ihe "bread line," and evei plme hn has distributed nnsobl bread nightly to all who have applied. The "bread litu" ot npnli'-anis grew until as many as oo loa ves a iuht were hande out and In Ik winter cups o( eofl'oe v-ojo gi mi with the bread. Mr al.o e--tabtisheil an em ploytnent bureau, went personally among- the unfortunate.

i In his "brea line" nlubt af'er night and foun work for the men. Wilt Trp to Hun ii 1 1-T'ti loit. Sept. 2ti. Work In th plan's of the He ring.

Mcf'ormlrk and Piano dlvlslon-i of the International Harvesier c.imuany. the closing of which September r-vulted In ft.imf rmployes left Idle, was resumed this morning. Coupled with this ait nouneeniont ratue the shtt-'iuont that the company iledined to renew hist year's ngreemont. with the ganUfi! union. M.

tie in Town Swiit Awnf. Kl Pao, Tox Sept. 2Y-K'M-cnt foiabi In comphdely dc st roved th-- irt 11 of ui ui ri ining tov. hi the int-uior of thr siate. I'viMv li ci uu away I ut 1.

ft 1 tin 10 Inf. An ov lliai v)k r.o op a coae.t i un nil i.r 1 1 ho 11. i thft town lie ot a 11 it nt Lead vblc in ot has ide the pu: fi ga ins! ii i iifi s. 1 illtout rermllt. .1 r-Vpl.

J.i. --The L-ii i i 'oti i.in, which man u-or in the ibMri i-suo irking oi I ut out the thru hr.Uhiii tliiiuh on the I'etiooiit. Om iba. -id. 2 The rt b-iuue I Sunday tiio boine team debr I'-d iho o--a-ion by i ti it 1 two emus un St.

.1 beph a I'd tally u.u'r.ng th UOrtli liit h. Tati'-icr, irio io. S-pt. Lee, the IblMsh mi-i of Kibat v. ho ua-i 1 i ly trllieiiiuui while ti bing iu Hie Iihit and whe t-'tb e'ti'tct ly il -ly to It, that (Ki'y tt i 'in 1 i -j: 1 nl Ittiutf lliom irl in I mlktr.

-1 4 i 'I'm Ti'M Impnrtiitit I mv. The case to test the const It ut ional il of the Kansas anti-trust law will b-Miibmilteil to the Culled Stales court on briefs. The case is one of the grcalest importance to Kansas, as it will put an end to the controversy over the alidity of this law. The law was enacied by the populist legislature of The arrest, of K. J.

Smiley, alleged to bo the head of the grain trust in Kansas, was tho first to be made tinder the law. Smiley was arrested in Htm) for an ullemed violation of the law in Hison, Hush county. He was convicted in the Hush county district con 11 and appealed to the state supreme court. The sentence id If lino and days in iail. imposed by the low er con 1 1 was a tli nn ed iu the supremo court and Smiley lias now ap- alcd to the I'nitoil Stales supreme court.

Tell of SteiiUnu. HI.OIO. Crank Day, of Osborne county, nnd L. Cox, of near Harlan. Smith coun ty, have hen arrested, charged with the robbery of Kdward Collier, farm- living live miles from Downs.

It is alleged that Cox has confessed to a part in thr crime and has signed a statemint telling of it. He says that he and Day went to the Harbor home, here Collier Tfi-as staying, about nine clock of tho night of the robbery, after disguising themselves black ing their faces. Cox says Day shot oilier and took $1,010 In bills from his pockets. Collier's condition now critical. After probing about eight Inches for the bullet the surgeons were forced to unit, because of the weak- nod condition of Collier's heart.

Cox Is about years tdd and Day is 22. Are 11 new Srhoul-Ti'iiclier. Wesley Kvnrs, a farmer living near Latonvllle, applied to the county attorney for a warrant for M. H. Lee, the teacher of the Kntonvllle school.

bom he charges with having mal treated his Ci-year-old son. Kvans says the teacher used a beaohwood pointed rod in punishing his son for fome offense, lacerating Ihe flesh and making It Meed in several places. The arrant was not issued. llllfiil Men Am I'm rtiifarn. About four miles east of Mayetta live two brothers who for 20 years have conducted their farm and kept house tor themselves, although one is entirely blind and the other nearly so.

Their names are Klijah and William Bunnell. They live in a dugout whitdi Is a sort of a combination of a sod house and cellar. Old (fitiipiiiiy OIleet. Wintlold wns enjoined temporarily in federal court, from delivery of uoo wat'u- works bonds lo J. R.

Jarvls, the buver. The suit is brought by the Farmers Loan Trust company, of Boston, owners of the present water' works plant. The company contends" that. It ha a W-year franchise with tho city. 11 11 a Tti Ine I'ln nt ln m.

Warden Saturday turned In nun to the state treasury as pro-eds from iho twine plant. The prison plant made in the neighborhood of a etiu proitl this season, besides furnishing tw ine to the farmers cheap. Tlie plant is now making twine to bind orn fodder. I'eiid In iny Ouiuty, The feud among the county officers In 'lav mini has reached a point where tin1 attorney general. Mr.

Cole man, has been asUed to begin proceed ing. to oust U. C. Miller, the county attorney, from office. Sit Open lr I nu.

Th crE will be no more republican ni' et litis in the open air in Kansas. inless It Is absolutely necessary to hold si, ill meetings. The weather Is not la orabie. Speakers object bo in the audiences. loci.

J.IV Killed Mini. F. P. Law, a young man in Kureha, a.f from lockjaw. He stuck a of wood through his shoe and at his foot causing blood vhich later de.loucd Into it pen po'-on In I'lum-i ot I.p i-eiiee.

Mis. ila.inih Wil I in-uii, who was ne 1 Ihe cm 11 lets of Law-t-i rp whim' bib-baud was Lllb-d nt Hnn. t'ie illy vwijlcst toyed by lb 1 a ti 1 1 I lib at the sT.ite asylum at awaioin. I lo i.lti mni-b that It sous of I. S.

Colli Is Jud'Ted the s.ir.V in Tii- miwl inrio'il nl llif CnliliiM hnni'' In Tiii'i nil iTKirnin of May 1't. son. In it f.i'inil I ttuniliii. V. V.

milling, uf the l.uln'll. of was linril HI on III CIIJ-IS 111 IllllilV lllll I'll' lull" 0 i ii ll Sunilay o.rniii". ii'ifonii. nvm I'ilt-il I p. "Kiily" lialu luuKi' In Iwo Hi'i'tirms HI lllll-il'ili'.

I In- l''lir fi-ilion iMivniK Hi" iruvl. "nil iiiliip; iii ms aloiiK i hf i I 1. I A. T. a ii' a 1.

I In l. ni 'llailii'. in- li. HIS LETTER TO THE DEMOCRATIC NOTIFICATION COMMITTEE. VIEWS ON PUBLIC POLICIES Says the Tariff, Imperialism, Honesty in Public Service and Economy in Governmental AdminiHtration Are Paramount Issues.

or i.Tgc Parker ot let te U) II. lb Kinrntlll' ll'ltll iii! il. dn to ll'r .1 I find lit It ate mum i nt In the Whi.e in one Mi pnhiic uu: i pie. mi; Do in tin A no ism. ate; i efoi m.

Imp-na -met! aihiui.isiiation ai.d Mi-joihlil vu e. I shall hi letly I'ollsld. I tlo se in SOI Tl.eis in ii i lij pi I'M nh I uu I is of Ins If v. Imperialism. "While 1 pri-eMM nn iews at theno-1Ho at ion pi nn nms i oii-ernn thin Hal the I I a I I hnp'OtalO'e of this (Mies I h'O impels il to 1 I to it a nam.

"The Issue is oftentimes teleriej t.i as t.iiMli uiiof vs impel la ism If ve would tfain our liberties and liKh'S i pa i i I we ean-t. it mill oi lolftale. al any lime ot for ni; mirpor-e, the nn oaMon of l. tfo executive braneh of oiii wri iio nt. should be ever mindful of the words Webster: il Is tnilv to be presi ived by maintain-Int; foiiM utl.a.

il -tralnts and a just division of pollth al powers Conliniilu on the san.e siibjeet, he savs: -The people of the I ll S' a st a r.d a I 1h( palling of the is Hhall hill-w h.otsle.s of our along the path pros pi i it and eon I en I men ui hv th. i living sphit of the on-M lit ion hieh I lev fi a rued for us. oi -hal it'uitg ot her a ri'l lit I Med pal s. il lo'i lo slioiiioil all, follnwitii; hluidlv ih Idea's, wlnh. Ihoue.l.

app. a I ie i btiili.iioi to the linaninalioii and andd-lion, tn. iv prove a wnl o' Ike Sp. krlmt! tis Into dithrultiis fiom I ii Ii Ii rnav ImpMSiba lo Mil. ate ourselves it louit In si 1 1 In itn lo our national hai -aeli at il uMoris Tlic Taritf and the Trusts.

Turning to Ih- suhh' llf lariff. and 1l demo, r.itir demand f- tetorm in thai he ii id i bum is one or he i ai iimai prin of the ii h. tlo for Ii va i I line m. In the greater I twin Hhould ho undei -st of all our pen- II hit I 'he fif I II Iiii gley tariff Is si VI In many Ihe at 1 iin-peo- md op) ively bili dens 1 1 omest ie nui ufa in i v.o long oriiblnatloii, ti pn ilege ssive pt ices at home and in is lar above I he level or sa es in a them abroad with piotit. Ihus giving a boimU to foreigners nt Uu-expense id our- own people II levies oppressive mid unjust taxes upon many ailh les form- In whole or part, the ho-i ailed law liiatcilal of tnariy uf our manufactured 1 1.

duels, nut (inly burdening the but also (dosing to ihe niamifae-tiiii-r the maikels he needs and seeks Ms unjust taxmloir hurdens the eple foreliig them lo pav rx- prh.s for food fuel, elolhiiig and lo i lie. essaries oT lite It If vies duties on ie. in at i lr not run ma ll Imported In any niiioiint, which are made i x-I f-1 nt home, for whleh Ihe most ex-1 r. pi 1 1 i i i ii is would har Jus: laxes, and Whb Ii lo lalge Ids He exi'orled Hlleh Will on in ue to hi the fo. MI.Ull.M or I bn J- i i nn ii.

are enabled to i i Ui mul prin lea. I) I i ioa the mo ol Ike Di dol in gem of 1 to s(. of us' l.uitT is llo IH lobe people of 11 and the 1 ibllsc- OU.ll llnltii r.it i nf iinr i i tli'n and TlUnt (Mil In 11 1 I H'l' 1 11 -i Ii I In Hi Ju I M'l' I' ll iik iIiihI tii'Miiipii 1 1 ll.n ii 1 1 "I Il il In 1 fiiv. ill. Willi I i .1 f' i HU I In II Iim Ii i 'III ll.iili III I Ii 11 r.

.1 ruin i i inn, it I ilrl. i iniu. I HI' II I (ui II. I I I 1 of lie I I I S. tie focn.l In eci loeity.

o. is 1.11, lie I 11 ill 1,. imp' il. I. to it? ret t.

oi I en. p. ir Bai-k Talk. He-It'H ridiculous for ymi women i. I of intuition and all that.

She Not. as. ndieutotis as to talk of tu iti'a coiiitibiii h- ttse, fur any nu i of i id wouid be most uticom- uop Pliihid. hdiia a I U.ll unci a iin- UllIU 11 nt hftd 1 ,) nod DnO a of at 'm'i i'ow i i en the that HI if nir is it na ha of of 1 that It Is in session unless they can furnish a good excuse. Many of th faivners feel ihat they need the boys In the spring and fall to help with the work, ami as a consequence are avoiding the law by making the term shorter.

To HeiMlrr'r Iti'ncne. Congressman W. A. Heeder, of thft Sixth district, has received front Mr. Bahcock.

chairman of the republican national congressional com mi Bee, assurances of extra financial aid in his fight for re-election to congress. The Sixth is one of the Kansas districts which have been chosen by the democrats as good fighting ground in their campaign to wrest the house of representatives from the republicans. And lie Will lvo. While Driller Sparry, at the McFad-den gas well, near Independence, wan working on top of the derrick the casing was blown out by the force of th gas. Sperry was thrown 20 feet ahov a 70-foot derrick.

When he cam down he struck on the roof of a wheel house and crashed through It. Ills left arm was broken In two places and a cheek bone was broken. He will live. MImm Kimher ih l.nnil ent. The Cnion Pa fTle has sold nearly all of its lauds In the Sixth district.

Ono of this company's most su 'cossfut agents is Heb-n Klmlier, the president of the Kqnal Suffrage rtssoclalion of Kansas. Miss Kimher has placed her political work in the hands of an understudy and Is giving all of her timft to selling lands. HI. oihI "Wealth. The richest man In the western counties oi the Sixth district.

If not In all the district. Is said to be Col. Woodhouse, ot Sharron Springs, Wal-lacft county. Col. Woodhouse is popularly rated to bo worth liu.ooil.

and he has. made it all In western Kansas. riiiMc lo tlic Toil Notch. men and fanners who travel much over the tstate estimate that tb corn crop of Kansas this year will Im nun, oou or 27,100,000 bushels. Thin is gelling pretty close to the top-notch of someiblng like Su i.ddO.udt bushels some years ago.

I.n Oil lieu. The Hock Island has laid off nearly 2. "uu men In Kansas to reduce operating Of tluve K0 are from the Hock Island shops at Morton, which arc piucticaMy closed down, and tho remain bu' from the ballast lug and section gangs. Iti'iUirdl iim OK la ho in l'i (itmii-rii, In his in omlng ivi.u'i. Vardn lewitt.

of II; leu i I eji 1 1 a l' Will nd thai ho con' i acl tor keep ing Oklahoma julsotieis be renewed lor etioi her term of The i ohm a-'t plres In January. i iiiiiih-i'm hoii Drowned. Cilw.tid land, l'i vmi.i nl-i, was stricken wiih a lit and liiuio Turkey creek ar and was drowned. He was tin sun of Charles Campbell, a campt.r. MehOotn 'luv l.o4 iilli-uc Tlie (ieriban Ih augelh al Lutherau synod may nunc the W'esteiti seminary Irom Atclii.ioh to a IS'ebras' a town.

In mint tt e0 Ceorge 0. Fiih be, agoil Sa, a resident Wyandotte county years, is dead. ilileil lo thr fliiMeiun. Dutiii; the slimmer Just closed the I'niwrsity i carried on mora woik in res--arch and specimen than ever beitv in its history. I all about veie added I -1 i 1 1 1 1 1 Li.

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