The Kansas Agriculturist from Atchison, Kansas • 4

THE AGRICULTURIST, ATCHISON, N6VBMBER 21, 188. "lit. Paul G. Marlatt has sold to Samuel Kelley the west half of the northwest nnnrfor nt oofttnn 7 tnwnithlii 7 rnncrn KANSAS AGRICULTURIST pleased with new engine. tender and if the government prosecutes the banker or attempts to lect the ten per cent tax the general of the state Is to appeal the case to the supreme court of tho United States.

Thlnki It Would I'rnvnnt Fr iort. Topektt, Nov. 10. VV, A. Coy, a new member of the house from Jefferson county, will present a bill to have judges and clerks of election count the ballots every hour.

At present they do not begin counting until the polls close, and it takes most of the night to count the returns. Coy argues that it would not cost any more to have additional judges and clerks to do the counting, as each judge and cleric Is now paid for two days' work. He argues that it would also prevent frauds. No Trouble Anttel f.d In I'orto Moo. Washington, Nov.

19. The war department does not anticipate any trouble in Porto Ilico growing out of disorderly conduct of troops recently sent there. There was some trouble with soldiers of the Sixth immunes and Forty-seventh New York about the time of their arrival, but it was soon quieted. The lack of discipline in tho volunteer organizations is believed to have been responsible for the disturbance, but the officers are get-tintr better control of their men. Two Mnnlnr Ovnr 1.1 no Feno.

Garden City, Nov. double murder was committed seven miles west of Garden City yesterday. A. F. Pitts shot and killed George Neighbors and 1m son, Lewis cn their farm while at work.

Pitts and tho Neighbors reside on adjoining farms, and the difficulty seems to have arisen out of an attempt by Pitts to join fences. To Ticlil; tl Hill. St. Louis, Nov. lie fore lenving for home the Guarantee Probers' association, which has been holding a rational convention here, outlined plans for the fund to fisrht the anti-sealping bill now before eoncrressi.

Ona BCCIIied tO be" hurled fn Silently lie sat for ilvtf fnlnntpu I 11 sprung up, wagged his lull, gave a bnrk nnd disappeared among the trea. Iri two hours tho dog returned' Wilts I eome of Hewitt's neighbors and ho wo released from his uncommon and perilous predicament. INTO QUICK-FIRING WEAPONS. Tho ElKht-Inch Cinim on Warship Are to He Materially Chunked. The ordnance oflicers of the navy hav been Instructed to commence the work of converting ail the elglit-dneh.

runs of the warships into quick-firing weapons. This st vie of gun set fire to the Infanta Maria Teresa and Vizcuya in the Sautiago fight of July, and a shell from one killed 20 men in the turret of the Oquendo. That engagement illustrated the uecessity of having rapid-fire guii3, heneo the order of the navy department. The eight-inch guns weigh 150 tons and use a 75-pourd charge of brown powder, but when converted a charge of 20 pounds of smokeless powder will be used. As at present fitted they can be fired at the rate of one shot in three minutes, but when converted into rapid-fire weapons it will be possible to fire at least one shot a minute, and possibly one every 45 seconds.

A breech mechanism hr.s been devised which is regarded as lighter and stronger than the present standard cue. It has been used in England and found satisfactory. With all the guns on the warship under ten-inch caliber working on the rapid-fire bards the United States will carry batteries the equal of any afloat. Tlio C'ltnmi-rcn of Itairutl. Washington.

Nov. 10. Tlie state de partment lias published a report of lue iriish foreign otlieu in regard to the commerce of Hawaii in from which it annears that, of tlie total im ports of the islands, the United States contrinuteu 7b. per ureat Britain, Canada and the colonies together, 11.85 per tlie balance beinsf distributed about equally between Germany, Ciiioa, Japan and other eo'jn'u'ies. Mihs L.

E. Iiines-, of Pottawatomie Indian agency, Kansas has been ar-pointtd a clrrk at the agency at $720 fcerunuum. MINERS STRIKE. Force at Burlingame Demand an In crease of 15 Cents Per Ton. Burlingame, Nov.

19. All of the miners at this place, about 100, are out on a strike. They have been getting $1,10 a ton for digging and ask $1.25. During the summer coal was sold as low r.s $1.35 a ton. That was a loss to the opera tors, but the wholesale price has ad vanced to $1.75, and the miners feel ithat an advance of wages can be of fered.

One operator has posted a notice that he will pay the advance on condi tion that Osage City and Scranton pay a like advance. Miners are working at Scranton at old rates. At Osage City several rates of wages are paid, varying at different mines. A representative of the Home Riverside Coal company of Leavenworth has been here and about 40 miners here signed agreements to go there and will leave unless the raise is granted here. Everything is peaceable and no serious trouble Is anticipated.

SAMOAN TROUBLES. San Francisco, Nov. 19. Capt. Wallman of thie warship Flake has ar rived from Samoan Islands.

He report ed that the election of a king for the natives is causing much apprehension. Adherents of Mazz and Mataafa are preparing for trouble. The naitves are in a fighting mood and bloodshed is probable. The Hon. John Seaton is hereby-placed In nomination for speaker of the house.

He has been a member most of the time for twenty years and has many times over earned this recognition. He Is thoroughly qualified for the place and would make an admirable presiding officer. Let it be Speaker Seaton and the first move of the house will be the right one. Nor-tonvllle News-Herald. The new Ice house building at the Soldiers' Orphans' home is completed" and Is being inspected today by W.

W. Rose, stale architect. The Orphans' home is one of tho Institutions of which we can well feel proud, as out of town people Invariably compliment the buildings, management and srenprnj appenrarce of the entire Tho case against Bill Clem accused of assaulting his wife while she was In confinement, was called in Justice Truesdell's court this afternoon, but was- postponed until Mrs. Clem is able to attend the trial. Clem gave $250 bond for bis appearance from time to time a3 ordered by the court.

J. E. Wagner has commenced foreclosure proceedings aeatnst A. K. Walters for $560, Involving the south west quarter of section 11, township 5, range 20.

The foundation of the new school hAnse Potter hns Iippw commenced. Mike McCourt of Mt Plrasnnt. Is rinln the work. it. inner will build tho superstructure.

Coruelln Vanuerhilt, Deilgni Great Freight Locomotive That Is a Decided Succem. Cornelius Vanderbilt, who is employed as mechanical engineer in the oftice of William Buchanan, superintendent of the motive power and rolling stock of tho New York Central railroad system, lias a paternal interest in the great new freight locomotive No. 787. He prepared the designs from which this locomotive was built, and he has just had the satisfaction of seeing the embodiment of his mechanical theories successfully undergo severe practical test. This engine is of the mogul type and has proved economical In fuel consumption and cupable of handling a load 20 per cent, greater than the type in uso heretofore.

Young Mr. Vanderbilt's locomotive presents and embodies some personal theories of Mr. Vunderbilt of development along given lines, and the results. Mr. Buchanan justify the.

theories. Since this young man turned to the mechanical branch of railroading he has developed two or three ideas of practical value. One of these ideas relates to car ventilation ami another to a locomotive firebox. HEW MONITORS. After Orders Had Ileen Plnecd for Fonr, It Was Decided to Make Them More Formidable.

Instructions have been issued by the navy department for the immediate suspension of all work on the four new monitors contracted for in September and distributed between the firms submitting the lowest bids. At a meeting of the bureau chiefs was decided that if it is shown to be practicable to double the offensive and defensive powers of tlie monitors without exceeding the'authority given in.the act of congress the present contracts shall bo annulled and the vessels redesigned throughout. Calculations made show that in order to give an additional turret it will be necessary to increas the displacement of the ships about 3,000 tons and bring the new ships approximately to the same effective strength as the Am-phitrite and Terror. Estimates of weights indicate that the heaviest guns fhat can be carried are ten-inch, and in making the change It is the purpose of the authorities to mount this caliber in couples fore and aft in the two turrets. ST.

LOUIS HAG CURFEW LAW. City G'onncll Pngsos tUe Ordlnnnce Trllb Oisc Dtflseutlifx Vote. With but one dissenting vote, that cast by Mr. Hagan, the city council of St. Louis adopted the en rfew ordinance, which requires children under 15 years of age to be off the streets after eight o'clock at night in the summer und nine o'clock in the winter months.

A large delegation appeared before the legislation enmnn i tee of the council at the public hearing and advocated the passage of he measure. But one man opposed it, a. politician, who denounced it as political buncombe. The ministers of St. Louis a nan favored the bill, which been pending in the municipal assembly several weeks.

Dr. Ile-itglnnd, the "newsboy's friend," fathered the Treasure. At the ours specified the city fire bells wii! be rung and children who do not heed this injunction will bo arrested. Water laiuum' ii.lll.or lifl, Mo. Chillicothe, Nov.

19. Tho pn raping station which supplied Chillicothe with water was destroyed by lire rendering a water famine in the city unavoidable. The city is without protection against Ore, and the electric light company will have to depend on hauling water to supply its boilers until the water company can rebuild its house and replace its engines and boilers with new ones. Yiiiiij; fs.ii!(!i: Ilwl tin A (red Woman. Joplhi, Nov.

l'j. Mrs. J. G. Mor-decai an old woman of (50 and widow of an old soldier, came to Joplin to draw three months' pension, amounting to 825.

While driving along tho road in her bujrgy she was held up by two highwaymen and robbed of every dollar she had. Both robbers were mere boys, but seemed to be experts at the business. Vnndarllp'H Important Washington-, Nov. iy. Assistant Secretary Vanderlip sailed to-day for Porto Rico to familiarize himself wjth the financial conditions of the island, it possibilities of revenue and its requirements of expenditure.

One of the most difiicult problems which presents itself for solution in connection with the change in sovereignty is that oi the currency. Flercn light Over Klht Waj. South McAlester, I. Nov. ID.

The Choctaw, Oklahoma it Gulf and Missouri Pacific railway people are engaged in one of the fiercest legal battles ever fought in the United States, over the right of way between the Indian territory line and Little Rock, each line claiming that it has a prior right to the right of way, which If built on by both companies would givt parallel lines. .8, for $2,000. Arthur Davis, living south of town, 75 acres of wheat this year that 'e over 1,400 bushels. The wheat nm excellent quality and weighs 61 ltf ot, to the bushel. -partment of state sends the The 0 the champion: "In-following been received at this ormation Mt.t Ai Beau pre, department ff'Ol i tilfi TTntlnd State the consul geneva of tne death in at Guatemala, C.

-CBpn Guatemala, January, 1898, at Atchison, Ks. of Thomas Williams" 0f the de-The legal representatfax ripnnrimpnt. ceased must apply to fk for further information-. Mrs. C.

Waterson, Sited J. and Llllle Allen of Atchison; the Gary and family the first' o. a week. Miss Carrie, who has bSe, ij. teacher in the public schools In Atet i son for the past 10 years, reslgiTc.

her position and will sail for Liverpool England, November 26, where she will be married to Wilford Qulggln. They will make Liverpool their future Easton Liffht. J. W. McCleary.

who brought scv many and such decant nenehes tn Atchison from ten miles across the: river, is a candidate for read ins? clerk or tne Missouri lower house this winter. Mac made a number ofDemoeratlc speeches, and the boys to own to Jefferson City and whoon for him. He has lunrs loud and sfronsr and would make an excellent reading clerk. John A. Miller and Miss Ada East man were married in Pardee the lGth Mr.

Miller was widower fiO yr.ars old with four children and six teen grand children, all of whom were present. Miss Eastman was maid of 50 years. They a'-e very ppople, who have many friends who wish them well. Thev will live in Pardee. Rev.

Z. S. Hastings of this city officiated. Effingham New Leaf. The concert given by the Misses Remington at rvickapoo, last was the most delightful musical event that has occurred in that section of the country in several years.

The house was crowded to its utmost, capacity and as Kickapco is naturally a musical community, the audience was an. appreciative one. A number of Atchison people attended and they speak in the highest terms cf the musical tal ent of Kickapoo. Mrs. Esther Ann Finney, a sister oT Mrs.

Rebecca Billingsley of Huron, died at her residence in St. Joe yester- day from an attack of cerebral hemorr hage. Mrs. Finney was born in Ken- tucky January 22, 1830. She came to this section of the country at an early-day and was one of the first, settlers of the Platte purchase.

The funeral will occur at 3 p. m. tomorrow from the- Cumherland Presbyterian church in St. Joe. Mrs.

Billinersley went to St. today to attend the funeral. Our friend Sara Buckley of Clear Fork township, found a syringe cn the road from town a few days aro, and was so certain that he had found some telephone machinery, that when he got home he fastened the thing to a barb wire fence and tried to spin ofE a yarn to a neighbor. The back-ac tion of tho machine soon aroused Sam's suspicions that the thing was'nt working just right for a long distance communicator, and he says the owner can have it by calling at his place Frankfort Review. "Wilt thou have her for they pard, for better or for worse; to have, to hold, to fondly eruard, till hauled off in a hearse? Wilt thou let her have her way, consult her many wishes, make the fire up every day and help with the dishes.

Wilt thou give her all the "stuff" her little purse will pack; but a boa and a muff and a little- sealskin saque? Wilt thou comfort and support her father and her moth er, Aunt Jemima, Uncle John, three sisters and a brother? And his face grew pale and blank; it was too late- to jilt, as through the chapel floor he-sank, he sadly said, I wilt." In 1891 an action was brought iir school district No. 73, Atchison coun ty, by -certain tax-payers therein questioning the legality of a bond' election. After- a trial in the district court tho case went io the supreme court, which remanded it for another-trial. After the new trial another ap peal was taken, this time to the court of appeals. That court has just dismissed the eppeal which gains the case for the original plaintiffs.

They are thus relieved from the payment of costs which amount to several hun dred dollars. The district built a house several years ago and has been running a school regularly pvnrr- stnee It3 orcaafzaticn. Nortoavllla Xews-Herald. Three soldiers went at our lands behest, to fight for the girls their heart loved best, and over the heart as a regular fixture, each fellow carried his dear one's picture. "I would stake my soul," said one man at night, "that my love is true as the angels bright." "And mine," said the second, "has sworn by all.

she'd die a nun if chanced to faff." "And mine," cried the third as he took a part, "now stays at home with a broken heart." Then all three swore they were nearls of pearls, and brought nut the pictures of their best girls. What made them swear as they turned away; what marie them thlrk 'twa a cold cold day? Alas and alack! 'twas a burning shame for the dear girl's pictures; were all the Fame. Published Every Monday Br- The Champion Linotype Printing Co. Entered at the postofflc.o In Atchison, Kansas, as second-class mall matter. ATCHISON, KANSAS, NOV.

21, 1898. Tho Sabctha Herald says' that a rumor comes from Top oka that James Fallon. who was beaten for Judge of the Twenty-second district by 252 votes will contest. In such a case the contest would go before the senate, which is populist. I.

Stuart succeeded at the poles. Tho failure of the First National bank etf Emporia, resulting in the death of Charles Sumner Cross, its president, brings out prosperity facts. One normal school girl, Miss Eva Mc-Nally, had 1.000 deposited in the banlc. Railroaders it is shown, were prosperous and had money on deposit. Peter Carroll a boiler washer, had $800 on deposit.

EJ Chapman, boiler maker, 190. Section foreman Short $2,000, Ernest a fire lighter $400, George Mathewson, a timekeeper, 100; Eugene Dan Jones, a fireman, Harry Ilhccig, dispatcher, section bcs at Bennett, 1,000. Cther smaller sut.3 and even colored men have saved up money. The looks show many of them were depository one to the amount cf $300 Abe Den-ni3on, a laborer. Brice Taylor, colored, stonemason, $300.

The names of several other colored people ar? given as depositors, while ths.se people are unfortunate in whatever their lones may be, the failure develops that in this day of grace men of all classes and colors are savin? mouev. NEW YORK'S HOUSE SHOW WEEK A taste for fine horses is expensive, and the people who cultivate it are for the most part rich people. Being rich, they are incidentally people of fashion, and they form the nucleus of the crowd which gathers once a year at Madison Square Garden, New York Cit-r, coming from all parts of the country for the purpose of seeing and being seen. Probably no city in the United States has the perpetual show of horses that can be found in New York City, and the ability to lecog-uise a good horse on the street is a qualification that pays for itself in entertainment a dozen a day. Horse lovers gather at Square Garden, and if they arc attentive and persevering, they ca hardly help learning something, and if they learn how many different kg.

of good horses there are, and by paint each sort is known, their accomplishment will thoroughly for the trouble. There is a certain breeziness in the atmosphere about New York during horse show week which seems to announce to everybody that this particular week i3 given up to the horses. Madison Square Garden is crowded boih day and night with enthusiactic admirers, and the equine thoroughbred, appreciating the admiration, gallops and paces proudly around the tanbark. Our picture taken from Harper's Weekly shows a four-in-hand before the judges. When the evening's entertainment, is over, the crowd adjourns to Delmonico's, Sherry's, or the Waldorf, and there, seated around small tables, they laugh, talk, partake of refreshments, and enjoy the hospitality, of these great and famous kos-tclries.

The show, which begins on Monday, usually lasts six days, and it is a great show, edifying to the horse lover, the anthropologist, and the philosopher, and it is a show not to he neglected by any one interested in horses. This i.i bow tie Delta Lighthouse, of Greenville, reported a local whoo! eomrticici tent: "Public school No. ti exeir.iscM parsed oft 'quietly, 1 bough brilliant, Won' are inadequate to express the inti'i va'ue of tho exercise; but to 1 adies concerned, let the oitiscna you upon your Ve witnessed the turnout of graduates from your school. Ml of which is something phenomenal in the annalu of the records of tlu! Greenville public schools. Go ladies; the nation in with you, arid God in behind tli nation, and how can you faa 'iweiiry-rtvc thtuianiid headstones are delivered every year at the expense of the government to the friends of soldiers, who are expected to place Hk-iii up at their own expense.

The 8t are three feet high from the jji-e Uu vit'" PRESIDENT'S FLAG. For tlie Vlrt Time the Chief Expcn-tlve of United Stated Un Gn-Kit; it Specially Designed for Him. For the first time since it was designed the president's own flag waved over his head when he stood in Philadelphia at the peace jubilee viewing the parade. This standard was designed by Frederick D. Owen, of the war department, and is the lirst ti'at has been thought of or adopted by a chief executive of the United States, Each officer of the army and navy has his special flag, and it seemed an oversight that one has not existed for the president, who is commander in chief of both branches of the service.

The flag, with which President McKinley i3 greatly pleased, was adopted by the war department March 1. it is of scarlet with a white star in each corner. A large star in the center forms a blue field. Upon this is the coat of arms of the United States, and the stars surrounding it indicate the number of the states in the union. This flag will be adopted at the white bouse and at nny land station where the president may be.

HERO OF 1LE HaIUE MARRIED. Serjft. Anthony, Whose Cool Serve Made Him Famous used Won Him a Wife. A notice in one of the New York morning papers the other day announced the marriage of Sergt. William Anthony, of the marine corps, and Adella Maude Blanect, of that city.

Sergt. Anthony will be remembered as a hero of the Maine disaster. Meeting Capt. Sigsbee at the door of his cabin when the ship hud already begun to settle, Anthony, not forgetting to give the customary salute, uttered the words that have since become historic: "Excuse me, sir. I have to inform you that the ship is blown up and is sinking." Sliortly after this Miss Plancet, although not acquainted with Anthony, wrote to him a letter complimenting him for his bravery.

Anthony replied, and they exchanged photographs. The couple kept up a correspondence until three months ago. when Anthony was able to come to New York and visi Miss Blanect at her home in East Seventy-fifth street. When Anthony was assigned to the New York navy yard their marriage was arranged. MASTER RESCUED BY HIS DOG.

New Jersey Cimlne Travels Miles to Krinsr to His Almon Hewitt, of Hopew ell township, near Trenton, N. is a. nut gatherer. Tlis only companion on his nut gathering trips is a collie called Glim. Hewitt took this dog into the bills in quest of sbellbark walnuts the other day.

He climbed a tree and fell, but the back of his coat cu light on rt broken limb and there he hung in midair, 30 feet from the ground iu such a position that he could not do anything' to release him self or get hold of any part of tho tree. Glim appreciated the situation of bis master und expressed his interest nnd anxiety for over nn hour by bark ing and running about in an aimless wny. Then he snt down on the ground.