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When prosperity calls this time it scope of the Reuf prosecution. Even ME KANSAS GAZETTE. USIIIESS MEN DISCUSS BOND ISSUE. INTOLERABLE." Judge Pollock has spoken out against the city's rotten water service at last. "Conditions are most intolerable' Judge Pollock declared, "and some Specific information will be pre pared, showing the exact condition of the schools at the present time, what improvements are needed and what they will cost The board feels no doubt as to the decision of the people when they are put in full possession of the facts.

BY THE GAZETTE PUMHD PRINT1K6 CO. Comer Fifth Street tnd Stat ATenue. leiepnoiK v-t 95. KANSAS CITY. KANSAS.

Kansas City, Office: Central Building; 214-16 Wert 12th St. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Dally and Weekly. (Mall, in Advance, Postage Prepaid.) Oaily, one year Weekly, one year 13.00 .....25 Entered at the post-office at Kansas City. Kansas, for transmission tnrougn the malls, as second class matter. The tobacco trust, having been found guilty, will now please smoke up.

It is now Secretary Newberry, promoted for merit, and destined to hold on at least until March 4. The American Book Company has issued a pamphlet in which it asserts that there is no such thing as a book trust. The relation between the deposes in Kansas banks and the Republican vote at the recent election is plain to be seen. The west favors encouraging infant industries, and in return will ask that the industries grown to manhood favor the west. Samuel Gompers was not invited to the conference of labor leaders at the White House because he is more politician than labor leader.

The sanitary condition of Manila is so bad the fleet cannot call there, whlrh will cause the authorities of Amoy, who are mere Chinese, to re press a smile with great difficulty. The school bond proposition looks to the accommodation of all parts of the city. Let us vote the bonds on December Sth, so we can put things in shape to take care of the oncoming citizen. We thought that Anna Gould would keep her domestic late troubles from the public at least until after Christmas. But, then, it should be remembered that her new husband is a Count of the royal blood of France.

A newspaper that has falsified its circulation from its inception may be expected to misrepresent the circulation of The Gazette at a time when this paper is putting facts into possession of the public, which the public needs for its protection. The way for Kansas newspapers to continue to have latitude in discussing candidates fcr public office is to be careful of what they say. TheMcLen-nan case put the fraternity on its good behavior to show that it mer Its the confidence reposed. That meeting at the White House of the president that is and the president to be is said by an eastern paper to "assure a unity of purpose and a continuity of policy." We suspected as much from the way the two hung together during the cam- will find everybody dressed up and waiting to give it a cordial reception. To inculcate the true Thanksgiving spirit it were well to read again the president's comprehensive proclama tion.

A musical comedy producer says he will take a year's rest. The public will avail itself of the opportunity to do likewise. The suicide of Haas, the murderous assailant of Francis J. Heney of San Francisco, relieves the authorities cf his care for many years to come. He did a good job.

Wrhen the sunshine expedixion gets to Lawrence it should take Governor eiect stubbs into confidence on the subject of a new depot for the metropolis of Kansas. Almost we live in the millenlal age. Instead of rampant festering spot is laid bare, and philan thropy and all that tends to the up lift of mankind finds favor. Chafin says the Prohibitionists will absorb the Democratic party, the Socialists say they will get it, and Hearst's Independence League is cock sure that it must come its way. The way the mercury has been crawling down the tube in Wyoming and other mountain sections is quite threatening to the balmy Indian sunir mer days of the middle States.

The primary election law of Kansas needs amending so that a candidate for United States senator shall be required to get a majority or plurality of his party vote throughout the State. The rumior that Great Britain will send out a battleship fleet to encircle the globe is further evidence that the great voyage of the American fleet now heading for the Indian ocean has deeply impressed foreign nations. The expenditure of a million dollars by the Chinese in entertaining the American fleet at Amoy is a pretty good answer to those who allege that there exists in China an irreconcilable coldness toward the United States. No one of any standing is complain ing that the presidential election was purchased. No one knows better thrui the State campaign managers that the Republicans had no money to buy votes, hardly enough to buy postage.

It would be possible to overdo the punishment of Samuel Gompers for his rash attempt to lead the labor army "into politics. In many respects his presidency of the American Federa tion has been marked by moderation and wisdom. In the eyes of many, the utter fizzle of Mr. Gompers' recent attempt is punishment enough. The report of the geological survey shows that these five items in the list of mineral products in the United States yield upward of $100,000,000 a year.

They include coal, iron, copper, clay products, petroleum, $120,000,000. Every one of these, be it noted, gives richer returns than gold, the annual output of which is $90,000,0000. Str.ts Representative J. E. Brighton of Mciomery county thinks it would be a ccoi thing for the State general- and or candidates in particular, if candidates be prohibited from ei ther directly or indirectly, at any time prior to either a primary election or a general election, treating any person to a cigar, liquor or anything of value; that when a man becomes a candidate or office that he shall make the cam paign on his merits, and not seek to influence voters by the treating pro cess.

Tne prohibition of mercenary methods on election day should be extended to the entire time of the term ctf Board of Education Meets. At a meeting of the board of educa tion last night contracts were let for water filters to be placed in the schools. An epidemic of typhoid Is feared and the board decided that some measures must be taken imme diately. The filters will be put in on trial and if they do good work every building will be supplied. The price ranges fromi $125 up, according to the size of the building.

The customary Thanksgiving offering will be taken In all the schools this year. It will be of money, clothing or any kind of supplies. The proceeds will go to the Children's Home and the Orphans Home. Some i time was spent In looking over plans for the new buildings, but nothing definite can be done until the bond issue is settled. The board will not make an active campaign.

They have done all that can be done and it Is now up to the people to decide. They are confident that the only argument needed is an understanding of the facts. though the shot will not prove fatal, the act will crystallize public senti ment and that the conviction of Ruef and Schmitz is bound to bt? ac complished. The shooting at Heney, he said is another link in the chain of bold attempts to kill the prosecutors of the notorious gang of grafters. "I am glad to hear," he said, "that Heney was not mortally wounded." The worst thing a man can do is to travel under an alias, and if it's bad to travel under one alias it is worse to travel under three or four aliases, because it is thrice hard to explain them away, and everybody asks why.

That is what the people of this city an doing now with one Dr. Van Sickle, alias Dr. Foraker, alias Dr. Swan, alias Dr. Green.

Suspicions already aroused have been accelerated by the attempt in the lasjt Evening's Wail to ward off the consequences of an expected exposure of a record that will keep its maker busy explaining the rest of his natural life. FROM AN EMPLOYE'S STANDPOINT. Mr. Richard Bell, M. secretary of a railway servant's labor union, has been traveling on "some of the state-owned railways on the Continent.

He says that the greatest impression his journey has made upon him is that men employed on these railways have not half the iiberty, and much worse conditions, than men on the privately owned railways of England. "The stereotyped method of military discipline is enough to make any one sick." Liberty Review. THEORY AND PRACTICE. Another case in point is Toledo, Ohio. Brand Whitlock, disciple and successor of "Golden Rule' 'Mayor Jones, is undoubtedly a good man; but while he has sat in the City Hall, inditing beautiful theory on good govr ernment, the abolition of "special privileges." and curbing of corporations, his subordinates in the water department have been indulging in the "special privilege" of converting the city's money to their own behoof.

The report of the expert accountants, called in too late to lock the stable door, condemns as utterly inadequate the bookkeeping system of the department. Another instance of "nobody's business." A SOCIALIST EXPERIMENT. The reports for 1907 on the working of the Socialist glass works, at Albi, France, show that the profits were only which means that the management barely made both ends meet, despite the fact that a ready outlet is assured by the support of the workingmen's organizations. The reports censure the nonchalance of the workmen who work as little as possible. The number of hours lost in 1903 amounted to 3,170.

Last year the number lost was 15,222. The breakage amounted to 15 per cent, as against 4 or 5 elsewhere. It is said that the best workmen will not join as a result of their objection to advancement by seniority. The management, which is elected by the men themselves, is stated to be lacking in technical competence. SOUTH DAKOTA'S PEOPLE ON THE DIVORCE EVIL.

For many years the divorce code of South Dakota has been a blot on they emphatically decided in favor of decency. The vote is three to two in favor of repeal of the old law and to lend its scandalous operation. The people voted directly. Not all of them voted, but the great majority of those who took the trouble voted for better things. This is a good Western parallel to the Eastern instance afforded in the re-election of Governor Hughes- Whenever a moral question gets be- fore them in a fashion In which there are just two sides to it, there Is no doubt about the ability of the people to rule right.

The Gazette would avoid personali- ties, but after all a man's record is the best barometer to test present conduct. thing ought to be done. The service recently has, been extremely bad. I apprehend the city and the people are paying their money for some kind of service and they should get it. I would like to know what the water company is going to do." Before H.

L. Alden, city counselor of Kansas City, began his argument for the immtediate appointment of a receiver he was confronted with a motion by the water company's attorneys asking for the dismissal of the application on the ground that the federal court had no jurisdiction. Judge Pollock then postponed the case until Saturday. "And," the judge said to the water company's attorneys, "I want to ad vise you to get on valid grounds with your arguments on. this motion.

I can well see where the people are not being treated right in this matter." THE GOBBLER. The gobbler sits on a red elm! tree, and close to the ground in peace sits he, and there with a grin he meets me; "I feel quite safe," says the gobbler grim, as he sits out there on the red elm limb, "for where is the man who eats me? who of you can afford to pay, the price of a gobbler lean and gray, much less of a one that's tender? Go, eat some turnips or sugar beets, or fill youi-self with the cheaper meats, or go on a corn beef bender;" The gobbler sits on tne red elm tree, with his old red eye he winks at me, with, laughter his feath ers quiver; Thanksgiving comes and I know full well, of turkey I will not have a smell, but will have to dine on liver. Walt Mason. MORE MONEY FOR KANSAS. The citizen soldiery of Kansas has reason to be pleased with the Information from Washington of an additional appropriation made bv the government for the support of the Kansas National guard.

At the present time the State receives $39,261.88 from the government for equipment and to pay for the rifle practices and encampment. Under the new law, passed last May, the State will receive $24,912.56 additional this year. This appropriation is based on the number of actual enlisted men in the national guard each year and is to pay for clothing and ammunition. This appropriation will vary annually. This makes a total of $64,174.44 which the State receives from the government each year, and the State appropriates about one-third of that sum for the support of the militia.

Congressman Burton of Ohio is the most probable candidate for speaker against Cannon. Mr. Burton's reputation as an impartial man and progressive statesman appeals to those who oppose the methods of Speaker Cannon. The question will be settled in a Republican caucus. It is apparent that an attempt will be made' to bring the great office of speaker into harmony with the accepted laeas of popular government as opposed to the rule of a czar.

Mr. Burton spoke in this city and State during the campaign, and. made a very favorable impression. It was considered a great triumph of economy when a Chicago packer was able to declare with truth that every part of the hog can be utilized excepting the squeal. The time appears to have been reached when even this exception may oe omitted.

A thea ter agent with a phonograph is Packingtown securing iecord? of the squeals of porkers undergoing the process of slaughter. They are to be used in connection with pictorial views of the slaughtering process as part of a nickel entertainment entitled "A Day at the Stcck Yords." The University of Kansas is- com pleting arrangements with prominent educators in different pares of the United States for a seiies of lectures to be given at the university during the winter. The first speaker will be Bishop Griswold of Saline, whose addresses will be given on November 13 and 15. The, second speaker will be Assistant Dean Castle of Harvard uni versity, and the head of the English department of that institution. He will deliver a lecture on "Poe" No vember 19.

San Francisco has again been sore ly tried. The shooting of Assistant District Attorney Francis J. Heney by an ex-convict shows again to what desperate straits the criminal classes of that city will go in their detennlna tion to crush the demands of good people for the maintenance of law and order. The grafter Rtuf Is sttll a. uui.

me penitentiary, and it is hoped that this attempted assassina tion will bring the courts to their senses. MERCANTILE CLUB OFFICIALLY INDORSES THE PLANS OF BOARD OF EDUCATION. In Discussion Members Express Con-. fidence in Board As an Organization and as Individuals Will Do Ev-, erything Possible for Success of Bonds. The Mercantile club mer last night to discuss the report of the committee On education which Mr.

Hullinger, read at the club banquet last Monday night. The report stated that the committee had made a thorough in vestigation, had visited the various schools, looked into their needs and that the committee gaye full indorse ment to the board of education in asking'for a $250,000 bond issue. They said that in their opinion this was not a cent too much. In the discussion which followed the re-reading or the report every member who spoke expressed great confidence in the board of education and in the club committee which had made the report. They felt confident that the board would not ask for a cent more than was needed and, that the board would spend the money to the very best advantage.

It was given as the general opinion that the waterworks question had nothing to do with the school bond is sue and should not be allowed to have any effect whatever. The question is will Kansas City keep her schools up to the standard expected of a city of this size or shall the board continue to watch the town outgrow its schools and be able to do nothing. The motion to adopt the re port of the committee- carried unani mously. The club is now officially on record as backing the bond issue aasd the members express their intention of doing everything in their power to make it a success. When a measure is backed officially and enthusiastically by an organization like the Mer cantile club, that measure has received a recommendation which ren ders comment superfluous.

Some little time was spent in dis cussing the "Trip" and in urging the members to get a few more to go. The comimittee on municipal legislation was instructed to confer with Col. Morse and with the Kaw Valley Drainage Board and see if any assistance could Le rendered in the way of mediation and getting these two parties together upon some kind of agreement. Mental Healing Not Inspired. Rev.

L. G. Morony of St. Paul's Episcopal church says mental healing and religion have no connection. A man with a strong will may heal certain nervous diseases through mental suggestion, but it is a dangerous by-calling for a minister.

Then there is danger fjor any person whose impulses are dependent upon the suggestions of a healer. When a man tells you that you are well when you are really sick and makes you believe him to the point that you feel well, he has not cured you. He has stimulated your mind. The ailment will always come back with the desire for further mental stimulation and you gradually become a victim' to this habit of drugging your mand until your will has entirely disappeared. If Speaker Cannon and Representatives Payne and Dalzell should succeed in preventing the kind of tariff revision that will put a stop to the selling of American made goods in foreign countries at from 20 to 40 per cent below what the home consumer pays, there will be but one issue in future national campaigns, and that will be the one involved in such discrimination.

The kaiser has found that he was following a wrong lead in undertaking to fire off opinions right and left on every subject under the sun. The ruler of a nation can find employment more appropriate to his station. The report of an interview with hi3 imperial highness which was to have appeared in the Century magazine has been sup pressed. It is hoped that Attorney General Hadley will succeed in getting the court to' consider the passenger busi ness separate from freight business. as It is certain that under The 2-cent fare arrangement western travel has not fallen off.

The ordinance against spotting in street cars and public places Is to have a new birth of enforcement. Look out that you do not get a scarlet card. If you do he nice to the man who hands ft to you or yoa will be May Work on Kaw. Colonel Morse and the drainage board have gotten together on a proposition to annul part of the federal injunction. The issue of $200,000 of bonds voted to clear the river of obstructions may be released and become available for immediate use.

In this case tne work of removing the many obstructions, from the Kaw river from its mouth to Argentine, and the erection of dykes at the low places west of tne Fifth street bridge where the water first broke over in the floods of 1903 and 1908,. may begin at once. The stock yards is" with -the board on this part of the proposition. The question of width is to remain for the court to determine and the $375,000 bond issue voted by district to improve to the width of 734 feet will still be tied up until the United States court renders its decision. The consent of the K.

C. the Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific and Rock Island railway companies and the S. S. Packing company must be secured before this partof tne injunction can be untied, but the board feels confident that there will be no trouble in securing their consent. Mr.

Daniels thinks all parties are near an agreement. Work can begin at once that will be a great protection from high water and the question of width of the channel can be settled later. Marriage Licenses. Age. Charles E.

Wilson, Argentine, Kas. .21 Pearl Oklahoma City, Ok. 18 Granville M. Steemer, Kansas City, Mo 44 Lizzie E. Harris, Kansas City, 23 W.

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PRICE. residence of six months, and secure It is one of the vices of public opin- a divorce without publicity and with-lon everywhere that it thinks always out conditions. The divorce "indus-about the formal scale of charges and try" became recognized as foremost seldom about the adequacy or the ef- in certain cities of that state. People ficiency of the service provided. With came from all the world over to se-municipal ownership it is extremely cure separations under an elastic law, difficult to put a check upon the per- and in most cases they accentuated petual and unconsidered agitation for the scandal by immediately contract-lower rates.London Financial Times, ing new marriages.

The moral sense of South Dakota Provident Roosevelt's proclamation has protested, but legislatures, ses- setting apart Thursday, November sion after session, have been ruled 26th, as a day of general thanksgiv- by special interests which perceived ing and prayer contains the declara- business advantage in the easy-di- tion that "That lue is worse than vorce statute. Bills for the repeal of wasted which is spent in piling, heap the law were defeated in the dark; upon heap, those things which minis- they died in committee or between the ter merely, to the pleasure of the body two houses or in conference, and to the power that rests only with This year, under the initiative and This is a keynote sentence, referendum provision of the South which will undoubtedly furnish the Dakota constitution, the question was text for many of the sermons preach- put up squarely to ther people, and ed on Thanksgiving Day. The atmosphere around the Even- Ing is inimical to ordinary com mon sense. Neither time nor change of editors seem to help. The phantom of a past record is an annoying thing, but the man who takes credit for having done the things that have! loaded the merchants of this city with I unredeemed advertising due bills, ought to have sufficient poise to wait untri he is exposed, and not become the laughing stock of the community.

Hearing of the attempted assassina- tion of Heney at San Francisco, Franklin K. Lane, interstate com- inerce commissioner and lifelong friend of Heney, said that it was no -surprise to those acquainted with the I I I I I It begins to look like the holidays..