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THERE'S NO ESCAPE
Evory Form of Personal nnd Real
ty Property Will bo Taxed
EVERYBODY IS INTERESTED
lux .Shirker IIiiti Awiilimiml ta Cold-
llliimlril Ndietnlng of l.uglnlalor
Who Made New Itrveiine l.nu
Regardless of whether 01 not "grecn
linedes" are taxable prtiprrty. then- Is
110 danger of the sluto being unable to
tattli those who exchange money for
greenbacks foi the purpose ot mail
ing taxation, providing ulwnjH lln
holder of the cash haH any I em of be
ing puiilRttcfl Tor porjuiy. W'hntovor
lite, htiitutn or tho fulled Si s pro
vides, it Ih iNar that the I biaskA
blatule, contemplates tho la. Ion of
greenbacks. That statute 'e.lnes
money to mean "all kinds of n n, all
kinds of paper (weiied hy or um -r the
Htitliority of the United Stales clt
rulaling as money, whether In posses
sion or deposited In hank or clsc
where. The Htate statute dellneH pioperty to
nionn "every hind of propeiiy. tangi
ble or Intangible, subject to nwnci
Bhlp." The asiu'Mior Is dlreeted to list
all brick, stone, mules and iishcb. tons
of (oal, beef and pork In the barrel
orn and potatoeH If he Is not to lint
greenback, that are salted down, a
rtimpim will be raised by the men who
Iiavo a little called pork In the tellai
With nbont $8.ri.(i0(Mi0ii on depn-.lt Pi
banltH Nebinskn people last jenr ie
ported to the at-fossors only a lew hun
dred thousand elollnrs. The Kansas
eonrt recently Interpielcd the law of
that Htote to mean that assessors have
11 light to demand 'ot bankets the
names of eleposltots and the amount
due cadi
Some einehtlon the tight of a stno
tax on national bank notes of any kind
on the theory Hint tho light to do so
might earry with it the right to Im
pose, a discriminating tax and Hum by
united action drive national bank
notes! out ef existence The state board
of equalisation ha.s asked whether
i greenbacks or United States t reason
notes nro taxable. United Slates bonds
uro not taxable and It Is not an un
common belief thai greenbacks arc
not, being a part of the public debt
No one about the Htate bun id's olll (
1b able to cite any anthorit The
Question tins been lefened to Allorne.v
General Croat.
CiinI Mining Hiale Nlgnrd
The meeting of the sub-stale ecuii
mlttee of the united nilnu workers of
Ainetlta mid the opeintors eif the cen
tral competitive Held, comprising Illi
nois, Indlann, Ohio and western Penu
sylvanla, began at Indianapolis, 1ml
The now scnlo. embracing a con
tract for two j cms, provlden fen a le
ductlon In wages of 5 55 per eent.
roughly speaking, or a general reduc
tion equivalent to one half ot the last
increase In wages.
Tho sealti was signed by the Joint
Mih-Mnle eeimmlttee. consisting of two
miners and twe operates eif each of
the four sjntcs forming the eentral
competitive dlsliict No change was
inado from the original proposition eit
tho operators which was vetoed by the
miners. Tho next Joint committee
meeting will lie held at Indianapolis
J a nun r j '.'3, HUH",.
Itcolaloii Siixtnlm (iuiiililiiig Ijiw
In the case of the state of Neluasku
against George Hoslough, at Yoik, tho
motion nrgued before UIMrlct Judge
n. I Good, to eletermino whether or
not the pciFltlnn taken bj Attoinev
(ieneral F. N. Front In regmd to gamb
ling not being a felony shemld be ac
cepted as the law on the subjeu the
court held that the law was umstitu
tlonal. Arthur (5 Wiay. appointed
probecutor for the htatn. to push the
charge or gambling, Meet against the
defendant In tho eate, submitted a bilef
which was sustained by the loutt em
every point ialsed The Hist six pages
of tho brief deal particularly with tn
. legislative pioteodlngb and the evl
elonco as to what re'ally took plaee It
Is argued that theie has not been Milll
clent evlelcnee Introdmed to show that
I ho bill was not logullj passed, ami
that tlio courts will Indulge every pre
sumption In favor of the law unlet it
Is shown beyond reajonnble doubt by
the defendant that tlio law ih uuion
hlitutlonnl. If some girls who think they can
sing would not tiy to piovu it thej
woald le forgiven
'IY:t l-mulim In Mniimv
Owing to tho ellHeontlnunnwt of tho
trips of the volunteer fleet sle-ameis, no
tea 1b arriving at Moscow from Olon
by water 'Hie piattlcal suspension ot
freight trains over the Trans-Siberian
railroad makes it almost Impossible to
get tea, fiom China One uterinum who
has 20,000 chests of tea on rtmte In
Manchuria, ofrois to Hull to Ihe govern
inenl at a nominal price this consign
ment for tho use of the suldlcis
NO LIMIT TO APPLY
Hi Inlnr-Slnlo Cnninillnn Makei nn
, liiiinrluiit fluting
The (nteistnte commerce commission
has aunouneed Its deilslon In the caso
or the Cattle Kaisers' association of
Kansas complainant, and the Chicago
Live Slock exihange, lutervenor,
against the Chicago, Hutllnglou and
Qulnoy, anil other ralltoad companies
cnteilng the c Ily of Chicago. The com
mission holds that the statute of lim
itation does not apply to the suit of
the membeirt of the association for
damage, and define h the procedure to
be followed In proem lug icparatlon
thiemgh the tomiiiiVloii Tim eoin
plalnant and lutervenor me given leave
to show to what terrlloij the througn
late teductlon of IHPti appllcil. and If
It appears that theie was leirltory te
which siicli i eduction did not apply
and ftom which no reduction has been
made, defense will be allowed to show,
since conditions may have changed
Mibeeiuent to the making of tho origi
nal cutler, that the through tato from
that leirltory Is teasonabU and Juat
notwithstanding the addition of tho
teimlnal t lunge of $'.' pci car In Chi
cago. l.iMtiuinllti llnglneer llnlil Helon
A general chairman's association was
foimed In Chicago at a meeting of the
chairmen of the e utnmltteps of tho
In othei hood of locomotive engineers
from all the nillreiad sj stems of the
count i y, Al. I). Caddie of the Missouri
I'aclfle s)stem wns made iialrinan,
and L II Itogers, of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul lailio.ul was named
as secrelmy of the new organization.
The purpose of the association, it Is
said, Is to lit lug about uniform condi
tions on all the r.illio.nl sstems In f.i
far as the englneeis sire affected and
to enable the brotherhood to meet the
general iiiniugeis' association with a
conespondlng body eif men who will
be in touch with the englneeis In all
parts eif the lottntry
.mrard' Coiiiinerelnl llimqiiet
The Commercial club of Seward held
Its lift It annual banquet ut Its club
roonib Mr L. 12 Ost Is the club's
president. The ntemheishlp comprises
llfty of the business and ptofesslonal
men of the town. The decorations
wete elaborate and wore the colors of
the hhaimock as the date of the ban
quct was t hat ot 1 1 eland's patron saint.
The lav oi s were green silk shamrocks
fastened with Krln's limps. The menu
taieN were tho most beautiful ever
given at any social function there Tho
covers wete embossed and held a bro
chute with quotations apropos to tho
delicacies served in each course and
the to.itt with tho men who responded.
Mi (ienrgo Meiriam was toastmaster
Hum to Ainu i:ioilor
State Secietaiy Itennett bus nn
uounced the method to be fo lowed In
the assessment of grain elevators
thioughout the state under the new
levenue law Under the old law eleva
tor companies were assessed on tho
amount of grain on hand In the eleva
tors cm April 1
As a icsult mtk.t companies "cleaned
up" sluiitly befote that date and tho
assessor found little grain to assess.
Under the new law the companies must
pay taxes on tangible property and
capital employed In handling guiu.
Tho real estate, buildings and machln
ct will be assessed In the tisunl man
ner. The capital and gialn will bo dei
tet mined by taking tho average amount
of gtalu on hand dm lug the car and
valuing it m the average price foi tho
ear per bushel
Hotel In Km elver' IlitmU
On petition of Home Miller, a
mlnorltv stockholder in the Kitchen
Hi others Hotel eomp.in, ownerb of
(he I'axttiu hotel, at Omaha, one of tho
lnrgrst In that cllj, .linlgo Baxter of
the Oiiuili.i dlhtikt (ouit dei'ltled to
appoint a reeeivoi fot the company,
later to be agieeel upon Tho court
found from evidence presented that
.lame- it Kitchen, pttsident of tho
company, owed to the miuoilty stotk
holdeis $150,000 fiom undivided ptoflts,
and tlmt he bad not conducted the bus
iness In a piopet manner. The hotel
will not be dosed, pending the selec
tion ot a lfielvei.
eiiiuiptirit llmk front I'urto Klin
Samuel (lompers. president of tho
A hum Ie mi federation ot labor.who went
to 1'oito Klco with the intention of
otgauliug llto lahotiug men on tha
Island, was among the passengers on
the steamer Pernio which airlved at
New Yoik. Mr. Compels declined to
m.tlee anv statement as to tho success
of hlii uil&biou.
tn l lilnmn lruty
A new tteaty legulatlng the admis
sion ot Chiiiew into the United States
Is In piepmatlon Tho existing treaty,
which was made by Secretary (Sies
ham and Minister Wit in tb'JI, will
explie next Dei umber b limitation.
The hiipiemo eottit of tho United
States has granted tho petition of tho
United States to Intervene In tho ease
ot the state of Kansas vs. the state of
Colotado, Involving the use of the wa
ters of the Arkansas tlver.
DESTROYERS EIGHT
Description of Hot Engagement
in Port Arthur Harbor
JAPANESE BEST MARKSMEN
ItiiMlnn Twxttf-rciunil (Inm I'nt Out of
Action Hint Tlirlr Threvl'nuiiileri
lllil t. II tin or .No niinmgu
A conenpondunt of the London
Times with the Jnpuneso forces, by
wireless telegrnphy via Wei Hal Wcl,
sonds a column of matter, which Is
mostly a description of tho torpedo
fight between the Russians and tho
Japanese at Port Arthur. The eonc
hpondent conduits tho llerccness of tho
contest Tho vessels were so close that
tho Russians tlnew charges of explo
sives on to tho bridge of one of the
Japaneso torpedo boat destrojers.
Those, however, fnlleel to detonate. All
the vessels engaged were moie or less
damaged Tho Japanese losses were
six killed and eight wounded. That
tho Russians were defeated, In splto of
their superior numbers, Is due to the
hotter shooting of tho Japamse and tho
fact that the Russian vessels were
armed with thtec-pound guns, while
tho armament of the Japanese bhlps
was made up of blx-pouudcis.
Tho Russians fought with despera
tion and the Japanese with confidence,
born of their past victories. One Rus
sian commander was killed early in the
tight. A lieutenant then took com
mand, only to fall, shot in both legs.
Then the command devolved upon the
sub-lieutenant, vrho was uleo killed,
after taking tho wheel himself. When
the loxawaln fell this vessel was cap
tured by tho Japaneso. The other Rus
sian vessel escaped.
On the Japanese side one desttojer
was hit on the water line, iwo of her
compaitments wuro Hooded and her
quick tiring ammunition was water
soaked. This xessel retired from the
action. Her btneers escaped narrowly
from a twelve-pound shot which struck
tho platform In front ot the bridge,
killing one man aud sweeping the
brldgo with splinters. Tho Bamo ves
sel received a three-pound shot through
tho hull, but tho damage was repaired
within tour das.
A Japanese lieutenant who boarded
tho Stcrogusihtchl said be had never
seon a moro olckenlng sight. Thirty
bodies, terribly mutilated by a shell,
were Ijlng on deck. As tho Japanese
approached, two Russian blue jackets
rushed fiom the conning tower, locked
themselves In the cabin aft and refused
to come out. Two btokcrs jumped over
board and were picked up. These,
with two wounded men, were the only
survivors of a crew of fifty-five. When
the craft sank the men who were locked
In the cabin sank with It.
The light lasted ucarly an hour. Tho
weakness of tho R'tsslun toipcdo boat
destioyer armament again proved fa
tal. The Japanese concentrated their
tire first on tho Rtibslan 12-pounder and
put it out ot'actlon early In the fight,
leaving her with only her 0-poundcrs
against their own 12-pounders and G
pound guns. Tho Japanese had three
killed and four wounded.
Dese rlblug tho bombardment of Port
Arthur the same day, tho correspond
ent asserts that moro than ono hun
dred and ten shells fell In the town.
The effect ot tho great shells from the
12-lnth guns must have been appalling.
Outbreaks of lire were seen and the ro
pott of an explosion was heard, which,
It Is siirmised, occurred In one of the
roaagaines.
Women' Triulri Union rroinoter
With tho object or promoting
women's trades unions In the United
States, tho executive board of the
women's national tiade union league at
Its annual meeting In Uoston, otcd to
send a general organUer and secietary
thioughout tho countiy who will act as
a business agent, orgaulo unions
among women and Investlgnto lockouts
and strikes.
Among tho members of the board
piesent weio AUss Jnno Addams of tho
Hull houso or Chicago, vice president;
Miss Ceitrutlo Itarnum, htato secretaiy
of the women's tiade union of Illinois,
and Miss I.llllan li. Wnld. head worker
of tho eollego settlement of New York.
Morn Ohio ClvllWntloii
A mob of mabketl men stoimed the
Cleveland, Ohio, jail and secured pos
bebslon of Fayette Sawvor and Burk
Ilairls. two negroes, charged with the
murder of Sid Klllum. a negro porter
The pilboners weio taken to tho siene
of the murder and hanged fiom the
railroad bridge,
Two Colllnlonii In a llajr
The American lino steamship New
Yoik, Captain Young, from New York
for Plymouth. Cherbourg and South
ampton, met with two mishaps in ono
day, grounding off Capo La Hoguo,
France, nud later coming Into collision
In tho HnglUh e'hnnnel with tho Penin
sular and Oriental steamship Assaye,
under contract to tho Brltlbh govern
ment and ut eel uh a troop ship, bound
for Bombay with 500 troops on board.
THE DEWEYS GO FREE
Acqolltnd of tfict Chare ot Killing Mr.
llurcliard Ilerrr In Knntna
Chauncey Dewey and his two cow
boys, Clydo Wilson and William J.
AtcRrldo, wero acquitted at Norton,
Kan., of tho charge of murdering llur
cliard llorry by a jury which had con
sidered tho rase twenty-eight hours.
Chauncey Dewey, a young million
aire ranchman, went to Cheyenne
county, Kansas, early In 1900 to man
to the Dovvcy ranch. Soon after his
arrival there ho becamo involved In
trouble with tho Herry family, who
wcro nlso prominent cattlemen. Tilv
lal misunderstandings grew Into seri
ous differences, which culminated In
tho killing of Ilttrchartl Dcrry In June,
1903, at tho homo of Alphctts Herry
during a fight In which Dewey and ten
of his cowboys wero pitted eigainst all
of the Hcrrys. Dewey and his cowboys
went to the Berry ranch to get a tank
that Dowcy had bought In at a sheriff's
sale. Tho feud had grown bitter be
fore this time, and' when tho Devveyj
stnrteel to take tho tank away the Der
ly boys rode up and a battle took place
between the two factions.
Btirchard, Alpheus and Daniel Berry
wero killed. Dowcy, McBrldo and WIN
son wcro indicted on three separate
counts, this trial being upon that of
killing Burchartl Berry.
Ulghteen ballots were taken before a
verdict wob renched.
Tho seven Dewey covtdob, O'N'ell,
Charles Wilson, Tucker, Sinter, Dey,
Armcntrout and Wlnshlp. who went to
Norton to testify for tho defense, were
arrested after their arrival on tho
charge of being accomplices in tho mur
der of Buribartl Berry, una appeared In
Justice court and gave bonds of f 1,000
each, They will walvo preliminary
hearing and their case will be set tor
tho December term of eottit.
NOTABLE GOLDEN WEDDING
Falrtmry Masons Honor Mr. and Mra, VV.
1 Vnttipuell's Wedding
The golden wedding suiulvcrsary of
.Mr. and Mrs-. W. I'. Campbell was cele
brated at tho resldonco In Fuirbury,
Neb. Tho affair was in tho nature of a
surprise and was gotten up in a largo
measure by Mr. Campbell's Masonic
rrlcnds. A wedding ceremony was per
formed by Rev. R. N Orrlll of the
Methodist church. Air and Airs. Camp
bell aro tho parents of the sk show
men, proprietors of tho Campbell Bros,
show that winters In that city. Their
children, six In number, wcro all pres
ent, besides seven grandchildren. Air.
Campbell was presented with a hand
some gold-headed cano and Airs. Camp
bell with a diamond ring In a gold band
from their children. The .Masonic
friends presented Air. Campbell with a
lnrge easy chair and hl9 wife with a
gold thimble, while many costly pres
ents were presented by ludhlduals.
Rov. R. N. Orrlll made tho presentation
speech on bchair or the children and
Hon. C. H. Denney and William Oreen
on behalf of the Alasonlc friends.
Refreshments were served and later
In the evening tho Falrbuiy cornet
band soronaded the party.
Throe Freight Tntlu Collide
Two Union Pacific freight trains go
ing In opposite directions a nillo south
of Omaha city limits, collided with a
Northwestern freight which was cross
ing tho doublo track, wrecking all three
trains and killing Switchman William
Connolly.
Finn and .Jail Snutouon ToRetliur
Tho state supremo court of Kansas
holds that tho ordinances enacted by
cities for the purpose of regulating tho
sale ot Intoxicating liquors by collect
ing a monthly fine from saloonkeepers
is Invalid. The court says lu efTect
that a Jail bentenco must accompany
each such fine.
W. Kelloy t'hrcker Champion
The final games In tho "knockout"
scries wero ployed at tho state checker
tournament In Lincoln. W Kell won
tho gold medal, defeating C C. Cal
kins In the playing ot the first eight,
whllo of tho second eight players, A
L Funk won the silver medal, defeat
ing G. W. Cobel.
Another Cut In lUllrouil ICalr
Tho Chlcngo & Northwestern rail
way has announced another reduction
In grain rates. The changes affect all
lown points on shipments destined east
of tho Illinois and Indiana state line.
Tho now tariff will become cfi'ectlve
right away, and under it theie will bo a
general reductlou of 1 to 2 cents on the
100 pounds.
llrMfe at rallerton Out
Two hundred feet or the Loup rivor
brldgo at Fullerton was carried away
by tho breaking up or the Ice In tho
Loup river. Soveral people living on
tho south side wero caught over lu
town and In older to reach homo were
corapollcd to take tho train to Colum
bus and thonco to Central City.
Fortunato Is tho man who can bor
row enough money to pay his debtb.
Bid WHEAT YIELDS
Record of Sixteen Reims Farm
ers for Year of 1903
THE SYSTEM THEY FOLLOW
rinld flnrpni ttirMont Proline Itntiirut
Known In l.mttrrii Khimu. XV hcrp
Knlnrull l Almnduiit
Sixteen farmers staltcied thiotigli
tho live western Kansas counties of
Trego, Logan, Thomas aud Sheridan,
harvested last year an ablegate, la
round numbers, of -UloO m tea of wheat,
with an nggiegate letuiu or. In louud
numbers, 141,000 bushels of wheut, or
In round numbers again, of thittv-oiio
bushels per acre. These 1 1 l.ono bushels
ot wheat commanded a maiket value of
from CS cents to S8 cents pel bushel.
with 70 cents per bushel as a tali aver
age, which means that these sixteen
farmers realized an aggregate ot over
1100,000 in cash fiom their l.liOO acics
ot whoat, or au average In loutiil num
bers, of over $21 per acie
The Campbell system or ngilculttire,
from which such rlih results weio ob
tained, means nothing moio or less
thau a ciopplng ot the concerned il
every year with a cuiefttl and bilentltlc
preparation of the giound during the
twoho months' Interim. The farmer
plows his ground to a depth of fiom
seven to ten Inches In the fall thor
oughly pulverizing the soli b the use
of a heavy hat row. In the next eaily
spring the soil Is again hai lowed, the
harrow being thereafter tired after each
recurring spring rainfall, the lesult
being the foimatlon of a clus-t deposit
or crust, which effectual!;, eonseiv.j
from wind sweep or natural at
mospheric evaporation, the molbtuie
garnered In the boll during the winter
snowfall or spring rain precipitation. In
the fall this long piepared and mois
ture garnered soil Is sown to ulntir
xvheat, for Instauce, with a next ear
harvest icsults whlih rivals. If not
actually surpasses, tho most prolific re
turns or western canal lirigulon Dis
tributed beneath the western di ell
vide areas at, perhaps a minimum
depth of thice teet, Is a e!ay subsoil
deposit Impervious to water. The
Campbell system of "dry" region agrl
cultute Is therefore really a scientific
application or natural irrigation, the
winter and spring moisture being there
by conserved and actually leseivolied
upon the broad surface of the Impene
trable clay subsoil, a fact which tally
explains why western Kansas toil un
der the Campbell system Is yielding
as high as seventy-eight bushels per
acre, whllo immediately adjoining acre
age farmed with usual season condi
tions, returns from twenty to thhty bu
shels per acie.
At least 25 per cent of the fanners of
western Kansas havo already reall.ed
tho rarmlng lortuno embraced In the
Campbell system, and it is bare to say
that within the next five years this
system -will completely revolutionize
western Kansas farming, with tho un
doubted results of a practically doub
ling of tho wheat harvest per acre, n
heavy Increase In wheat weight test,
and the adding of at least no per cent
to tho market xaltte of the lands in
tho new Kansas wheat belt.
Mooting of IMurnlorn
A conrerence or high school ptlncl
pals, city superintendents and teachers
of Kansas will be held at the Univer
sity of Kansas, at Lawrence, April 15
and 16. Tho conference is tailed to
consider tho mutual interests of the
university, the accredited schools and
the public school system of Kanbas In
general
An Interesting program Is being ar
ranged for the meeting. Opportunity
will be given to visit the unlveislty
classes and see the work clone, mid
museums, laboratories and libraries
will be thrown open and Inspected. An
address will bo made by Proi. ("5. W.
Myers, or tho school of education ot
the Uulverslty or Chicago
Clruied or Murder t'liurco
The caso or tho state s O. W. CoN
fclt, the cowboy charged with tho mur
der of Georgo C. Montgomery, a Santa
Fo detective, was dlbmlbscd In tho dis
trict court ut Wlnllehl, Kuu., on mo
tion of the county attorney. Coffelt
had been tried four times on tho chaigo
each trial resulting In a hung jury,
and ho nppenred in court to bo tried
again. Tho case has been In tho courts
for two years.
Goorgo C. Montgomery, a Santa Fo
detective, was shot and killed In his
own homo In Wlnfield by an assabbla
October 5, iOOl.
Potato I'lantlnR N"isr Kmpnrln
The farmers nt Kmporla, Kns., are
planting oats and potatoes. W. S. Wil
liamson, who has a record for potato
raising In that locality, has some po
tatoes in tho ground. Ho sajs early
planting Is ono of tho secrets of suc
cess. He often puts them In as early
aa tho mlddlo of February; plnutlng
thorn eight Inches under ground and
cultivating tho soil away from, rather
than on the plunts. Mr. Wllllanifcon
wised 350 bushels to the atro lust oar.
TERRIBLE PRAIRIE FIRE
More Than S3A,000 Worth of Damage
Nrnr lleinmlngforil
Prairlo fires set by a locomotlvn
butned over forty tboutnnd acres of
splendid range near Hemlngford, Neb,
besides, destroying some buildings and
range horses and cattle. Messrs. Hall,
Rockcy, Whalcn, Fronapfel and many
small ranchmen aro completely hurnecl K
out. Ranchmen Taylor and Hunter are
partly burned out and tho loss or bar
Is gteat. A high wind prevailed, but
a huge force Is lighting Ihe fire. Tho
loss to the Burlington Railroad com
pany Is ptobably $25,000. There am
no particulars from north of the river
Nlobraia, eight miles north. Fires
south of Hemlngford cannot be heard V.
from.
FATAL COW DISEASE
M.iuy Until nf KniUHH iiittln Drills
from Unknot n Malady
R. A. Blddleman, of South Bend,
Kas, repents the loss or many milch
eowa In his vicinity. The animals wero
stricken with a weakness In tho limbs
and back The disease seems to bi
chiefly with cows soon coming fresh It
Is not a result or cornstalk reeding or w
wheat pasture, as the cattlo arc kept
on a d'et or cane, Kaffir corn, hay and
st i aw The animals last from one to
three weeks after taking the disease.
Mr. Blddleman will call tho atten
tion of the btate veterinarian to tho
trouble He has lost three head, Wil
liam 1 loft muster six ami several othem
hive met with losses. The trouble ex
ists in other .arts or the county also.
I! tllrowdnrn Co-Op Morn
The shop men employed by the Mis- .
soitil, Kansas & Texas Railroad com
pany at Partons, Kas, have organised
n co-opi'iative grocery and meat
store This action was brought about
by pikes charged by tho business men
of Parsoiib for groceries and meat. Tho
men expect by this means to supply
themselves with the necessary goods at
less than current market prices. Thero
are about 1,200 men employed lu tho
Pai soits shops and 250 of them have
taken up with the co-operative Idea. It
Is expected that the whole 1.200 men
will fall iii line lu a lew months.
Ilr Took tho SI, 000 Caul!
D. L. Wagoner, a painter who livei
in Kansas City. Kas , drew the houso
which was given uy the Wichita Cen
tral Labor Union. Ho was given his
choice between the house and Its value,
11.000, and he took tho money. Thero
weio two gifts. Wagoner getting sec
ond. S. M Stevens of Wichita ha
sued tho union fur 5 GOO because or u
disagreement over the first t'ft.
No Ohio Spring Election
Thete v. Ill be no municipal elections
In Ohio this spring. Governor Herrlclo
has signed the Chapman bill abolish
ing spilng elections and It Is now a
law. The terms of all elective munici
pal officers, which would have explreck
In April, have been extended until after
the clettlons next Nov ember.
No righting at l'anaina
A French steamer which has just ar
rived from Colon brought the new.s to
Now York that tho Colombian govern
ment has definitely desisted from any
movement to recover Us lost territory,
and has prohibited any further at
tempts to attack the Panama frontier.
Seiiiito C'onllrmKtlnn
Tho senate lu executive session cotL
firmed the following nominations.
Charles 11. Rohb, assistant attorney
general.
Postmasteis. Nebraska, lMmund .1.
Burke. Banciolt, John Ring, Hooper.
Capt. Theodore F. Jewell to bo a rear
admit al.
(it.ix II lower .Strike
A st like Is now on at tho works of
the Auietican Window Glass company,
at Jeannette, Pa. The strlko Is duo to
a question or wages, lite men who op-
eiato tho blowing machines demanding
an increase The cessation or woik on
the pait or tho blowers has thrown
Idle all the othei departments or the
works. This Is the largest window
glabs plant in tho United States
Cult lit Oinernment Napping
The government was defealed In the
houso of commons by 111 to 1U0 xotes.
on a motion of John Redmond, tho
Irlbh leader, Tor a reduction ot tho Irish
education estimates. As It was in tho
nnturc of a snap division engineered by
tho nationalists, tho government re-
ritsul to resign, but It Is regarded as
another Fttaw showing the eliiection of
the wind.
Flvn TourlftU Killed
Five unknown tourists, who wero
wero stealing a ride, wore killed in a
rrelght wreck on tho Colorado & South
ern inllroad nt Mayno, a small station
forty mllos north of Trinidad. Colo.
The engine and five tars or tho trnWi
w oto 'plied in a ditch. Tho accident
wns caused by a broken rail. Tho crew
escaped.
The people who look ror trouble aro
generally those who find fault.
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