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TREATY ARRANGED Japan Withdraws Demand (or Payment ol War. GETS HALF OF SAKHALIN ISLAND Startles World by Her Action in Play log Generous Victor Roose velt Gets Credit. Portsmouth. N. II.. Ang. 30. Tim long ninl bloody war between Japan hikI Russia In ended. Tint terms of nace were agreed iihii by Mr. Witto mid Huron Komuraal tint morion of the von ferenco yesterday morning, and In tint afternoon preliminary arrangements (or hii armistice were concluded hikI tint actual work of framing tint "treaty of Portsmouth" wiiii, liy mutual agree. men , t ur t over tn Mr. I'" Martens, Russia's k r-ut international lawyer, hihI Mr. I ti i Moti t who fur 25 years 1 1 UN acted as tint lcgiil adviser n( tint JaHin'M foreign office. Tint treaty Im expected tn liit completed iy tint end (if tint week. This happy conclusion ol tint confer enee, w li it'll n week ago would have rt'i'ii shipwrecked hit 'I it not been for tint hemic intercession of President Roosevelt, v us Hii'MiMi ninl dramatic I'ur tin' sake n( pence, Japan, with tint magnanimity of a virtor, at tint liiMt moment, yielded everything ittill in im unit. Uiimhiii ii'Iiihim! to budge (rum tint ultimatum I-; ii i J r r Nicholas Int'l given to I 'ii-h i. I i-i 1 1 Roosevelt through Ambus sudor Meyer. No indemnity under any goine, Init mi agreement to divide Hak lutliii ninl reimburse Jituui (ur tint maintenance ul prisoners were li i M litftl words. They liml been r- iit'Ily re iterated in Mr. Witte's instructions and in compliance with n rcipirst (or h written reply to the Juancse compro misc proposal of hint Wednesday, tln'y weie delivered to Huron homuru. Mr Willii went to the conference I 1 n r i 1 1 that In' wiim powerless to change tin! ilot of mi "i" or thi cross of a "t" in his instructions, limperor NirholaM' wonl hud been given not imly to It i lit hut to President Roosevelt , tin' head of a for- 'ign state. The trcutv arranged provides (ur tint negotiation o( a ni'W roiiiini'rcial treaty, w hich tfiuiriwitii'H to Russia in .!hiiii hihI to Japan in Russia tint iiiomI (avor 4il nut iun trriitmi'iil ami confirms tint i .i'ii iloor in Manchuria. Tint i'Iivovh also arranged lor direct traffic connections lietwecn tin' Chineae KuMern railway, which now becomes Jitpaneso property, anil tin- Manchuri nil ruiroiiii, which belongs to Russia, no (hat through train may be run over IhiIIi lini'H. Final agreement was reached hy Japan acceding to the ulti nullum presented hy Mr. Wiltit. Almost Huon im tint plenipotentiar h'H hint assembled, lint senior Russian vnvoy produced a written HtaU'iiii'iit ninl bunded it to I '.a run Kotnuru. It proved to hi tlin (urinal official kiihwit of tin' Russian government to tint linn! llieil .lapani'Mi! comlitioiiH of puuee. In Hul'Mtanif, it naiil that HuHMiu re f uneM to pay any money whatever for tint iiiilemniliiatioii of Japan war ex inuiheM. She will not iiK'rci' to mir renil.r her interneil warHhipH. Slit will ii"t limit her naval tttreiiKth in the racillc. She will ceile that iut of Sakhalin iMlaiil futith of M ilere'H. Hint will pHV to Japan Hiiy reuHonahlo 'pttiiHtt incurrixl in the inninteiiancit ol ItiiHNiun priMonern an.I w ill expin t Japan to pay her for Himihir care extemliil to Jaininepie priHonern. Therit Ih ft ill a minpicion that a loop hole wbm left in the ailjuHtinent o( the tlilliculty over the Chincmt Kuntern rail way through which Japan in to receive 4i conniileriible mini ol money. II mien nn arrangement wan male, the necre- tiirieii profeHH to know nolhing ahout it ... . .i... I....I anil the envoys unmi in ine oei ininiiuu that no tiimncial coiiHiilemtion was puiil liy ICiiHHiii to Japhii for thetratlic ugro meiit. Mr. Sato, the JapaneHo Hin retary, de nied emphatically that uny queNtions were to he left to be Biljuntetl liy any uitHide Uiard of Brhitiation. Finds Many Cases. New ()i leant", Aug. HO. The most Important development of the yellow fever nituntioii today was the rejiort of Dr. C. Milo ISrady, who liad been sent by the state iMiard of health on a tour of Innpection of the bayouaand lakea in Jefferaon aiiah, where there are many Hettlementa of fishermen in constant communication with New Orleana. Without completing an investigation, they turned up !15 cases ol yellow fever, mostly along bayou Harataria, learned that deaths had occured and found much suffering. PostofTico Building is Opened. Han Francisco, Aug. 30. The new liostolllce building at Mission and Sev tnth streets was formally opened today, under the auspices of the Manufactur ers and Producers' association. Ad dresses were delivered by Mayor HchmiU, Postmaster Fisk, United States Circuit Judge Morrow, Congressmen Kahn and Hayes and others. The post tillico has been a number of years in course of construction and is one of the finest in the United States. Vote Approval of Merger. Kn Francisco, Aug. 30. The stock holders of the Southern Pacific com pany, represented mainly by proxies at a meeting in this city, have voted their approval to the recent merger of the Southern Pacific company, of Califor nia, with the Southern Pacific compan ies ol ArUona ud New Mexico. NEW HAGUE CONFERENCE. President Miiy Kevlve Movement Al ready Begun. Washington, Aug. 31 . It Is regarded here us probable that liutiieiliately on tint conclusion ninl lliuil signatuin of the pence treaty between Uussia ami .In pun there will be a renewed effort to secure another meeting of Tim Hague conference, in nccordunre with Presi dent KooHevelt's suggestion to the pow ers last spring. Following the original proxisit Ion, the president sent out a second note notifying the powers that, in his jinlgiiiMit, further proceedings in connection with the call should be left to the resilient council at The Hague. The Slate department has learned since then that all of the )owers ad dressed, while accepting the project, qualified their acceptance with the statement that the new (inference should be deferred until the conclusion of hostilities between Japan and Rus sia. There the matter has rested and it probably will require the issuance of a third circular note to set the w heels in motion and tiring about the desired conference. Any of the signatory powers might feel iliHpoMiil to put forth such a note, but on the whole it is regarded as rather more probable tlAtt President KouHevelt will complete the movement he has initiated and soon after Secre tary Knot's return to Washington the president will advise with him touch ing the Issuance of the necessary reminder. "WHISTLE SOFTLY. Roosevelt Declares Peace Conference Not Yet Out of Woods. Oyster P.ay, Aug. 30. "Whistle softly; we are getting into the thin timber, but are not yet out of the woods." This admonition represents accurate ly President Koosevelt's view of the situation at Portsmouth. Peace is in sight, but is not yet an accomplished fact. Profoundly as he is gratified at the results already achieved by the plenipotentiaries, the president realises fully that the most important work re mains yet to be done. Until more is accomplished it is scarcely the part of wisdom, he thinks, to do more than "whistle softly." It is probable that the president may make a formal expression concerning the work accomplished at Portsmouth by the Russian and Japanese envoys, but the intimation today was that he would nut make such a statement in any event until he bad bren assured of the success of the conference. DISCIPLINE LAX. Uonaparte Urders Uourt-Martial in Bennington Case. Washington, Aug. 31. Secretary llunaparte, in his action today on the findings of the court of inquiry in the case of the Bennington explosicn, se verely arraigns some officers of the vessel for failure to look after the saefty-valves ; orders Commander Lu rien Young lx-fore a court martial to clear himself of the charges of "neglect of ollicial duty," directs the court-mar tial of Knsign Wade on the charge of "neglect of duty;," and disapproves the court of inquiry s finding that the Bennington was "in an excellent state of discipline and in good and etlicient condition." Knsign Wade was in charge of the machinery. The action as to Commander Young was taken in view of the fact that the court of in quiry in its findings and opinions did not pass expressly upon his conduct and the question of his responsibility for the explosion. Mr. Bonaparte, however, approves the court of in quiry's indorsement of the creditable conduct of all the survivors of the officers and crew of the Bennington "after the explosion occurred." Cart Tossed Like Chips. Scranton, Pa., Aug. 31. A tornado struck. Carbondale, 16 miles north of here, at 9 o'clock tonight, tearing buildings from foundations and in some instances destroying them. Box cars in railroad yards were lifted into the air, carried some distance ana uasnea to pieces. Many people bad narrow escapes, but no fatalities ate reported. Reports from the country aro not yet received, but it is feared there was much damage and possible loss of life. The storm cut a 200-foot path through the town. Czar Approves Conditions. St. Petersburg, Aug. 31. The em peror yesterday visited Bjorkoe to in spect a cruiser in course of construc tion there. Before leaving Peterhof His Majesty cabled Mr. Witte to break off the neogtiatinoB and leave Ports mouth if the Japanese envoys insisted on an indemnity. When he returned to Peterhof, th.2 emperor found Mr. Witte's cablegram announcing the suc cess of the negotiations, and was de lighted. Taft Party Sails for Japan. Manila, Ang. 31. Secretary Taft and party sailed on the transport Logan at noon today for Japan. There was a notable demonstration in the bay just before th Logan sailed. Many valu able presents were presented to Miss Alice Roosevelt by the natives after she had gone aboard the Logan. A BIG CONVENTION Commercial Bodies to Meet and Discuss Railroad Kates. PLAN TO OFFSET RAILROAD TALK Demand of Nation for Prompt Legis lation Will Be Impressed Upon President and Congress. Chicago, III., Atif. 2!). The execu tive committee of the Interstate Com merce I.aw convention has practically ilii iiied Ui hold a national convention in ('hicBgo early in October with a view to formulating further plans to induce congress to pass remedial rail road legislation. ',. P. Bacon, who is chairman of the committee, has notified the various local commercial organizations which are members of the convention that an early session may be looked for in this city. There was some doul t in the minds of the committee whether an other gathering would be neessary, but, in view of the fart that the railway ed iii ut iunul bureau claims that the danger of legislation has passed, Mr. Bacon believes that the situation should be discussed. The convention is composed of be tween 3iO and 400 commercial bodies and hoards of trade throughout the country, and was the chief instrumen tality in starting the present agitation for rate legislation. No plans have been formulated for the proposed ses sion, but it is proposed to have free discussion of the situation, to receive reports of various committees regarding woik already accomplished, to make additional plans to impress the presi dent and congress with the necessity of immediate legislation. One of the members of the committee said: "We do not projHise to let the agita tion cool off. The country is aroused over the railroad situation, and every one save the railway otlicials agrees that some legislation is essential. The convention realizes that tons of litera ture containing spurious arguments are being sent broadcast over the country, purporting to tell pitople why no furth er legislation is needed." ALL ALONG COAST. Yellow Fever Cases Being Scattered Far and Wide. New Orleans, Aug. 29. One of the deaths from yellow fever today is Sister Mary Kngelhesta, of the convent of Perpetual Adoration, and her case was not reiiortcd until death. It is the first from that institution, though there have been several cases in that neigh borhood. ReM)rts from the country tonight are: Patterson, six cases; Fighth ward of Jefferson parish, one case; Shrewsbury, one death ; Hanson City, two cases and one death; Donaldson- vi lie. one case (this is a new develop ment and is traced to Port Barrow, across the bayou) ; Port Barrow, one case; St. Rose, three cases; Pecan (i rove, one case; (iood Hope planta lion, one death ; Waveland plantation, south of Pattertnin, six cases; Bellesein plantation, west of Patterson fourcases; (iulfport reports one new case, and Mississippi City none. Natchez makes no report of new cases, the people deciding to await the arrival of an expert liefore accepting the statement that there was yellow fever there. Kscatawpa, Miss., near Missis sippi Point, reports four cases. Ir. Uevron, in charge at Lceville, in a report on the situation there says: "I found things worse than Dr. Stark could have seen them a fw days be fore. The people were in a panic. The; bad no morphine, no doctor, and they were dying from too much experi menting with different remedies. I found that more than half the popula tion of 500 people is sick. They are distracted, and many are on the verge of lunacy from fright and grief." Lift Boycott On Cotton. Washington, Aug. 29. Of particular irniwrtance to Southern cotton spinners and weavers is the announcement by Minister Rockhill today that the Chi nese boycott on American piece goods is about to be lifted. Cabling from Pekin, the minister says that his infor mation is to the effect that the anti American boycott as a whole is gradu ally subsiding. The Chinese merch ants of Shanghai dealing in piece goods are st rongly opposing the boycott, and taking steps which Minister Rockhill believes are likely to break it. Sold Under the Hammer. Hodgeville, Ky., Aug. 29. Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, a 110-acre farm, was sold today at auction to E. J. Col lier, of New York. The price paid for it, 3,(i00, is not more than it would bring for farming purposes. The prop erty was sold by order of court in the bankruptcy case of A. W. Bennett, who purchased it 15 years ago from the Creal family, into whose hands it came at the time the Lincoln family re moved from the state. Togo May Decide the War. St. Petersburg, Aug. 29. "Togo began the war and will finish it," is the statement made by a prominent Russian statesman. "Outside inter vention being improbable, and the land forces of equal strength," he contin ued, "only the Japanese fleet, by block ading Russia's Baltic ports, can decide the war." BIO GRAFT AT BREMERTON. Sensational Cnarges Against Puget Sound Navy Yard. Washington, Aug. Sensational charges of graft in the navy yard at Puget sound have been brought to the attention of Secretary Ronaparte, through a report of Special Agent R. If. Pickerel, who has been condiidcting an investigation at that jxjint for several weeks. It is charged in the report that cer tain employes of the yard have been smuggling government supplies from the yard, and that one of the govern ment launches has ln-en used for months to carry the goods and mater ial from Bremerton to "fences," from which they are sold; that employes are compellud to live in certain hoarding houses, where they are charged exorb itant rates, and they do not move for fear of being laid off ; that alien con tract labor is employed at the yard, and that a number of fugitives from justice are employed there. These charges are backed up by affi davits, which show that corruption rivaling that exposed in the PostofTice department exists at the navy yard. It cannot be learned against whom the charges are made, but it is declared that when Captain Burrell, the new commandant of the yard, arrives to re lieve Admiral Barclay, he will order a thorough examination of all employes under suspicion. Secretary Bonaparte will order an in vestigation of the charges. GOES INTO SHIPBUILDING. Standard Oil to Manufacture Its Own Vessels at Bay City. San Francisco, Aug. 29. The Stand ard Oil company is to go into the ship building business in California. It will begin by making its own vessels and will later become a competitor of the shipbuilding trust. The company has established its shipyards and the head quarters of its fleet at Point Richmond, across the bay from San FranciBco. The company has decided that it will have a fleet of oil-carrying vessels on this coast, and after mnch surveying and inspection, a general superintend ent has been brought from the Fast, and a shipyard has been located. When the Standard Oil company made Point Richmond the site of its oil refinery and the terminus of its pipe line from the Kern county fields, it became necessary to have a shipyard to care for its fleet of oil-carrying vessels to repair them and make new ones when needed. This fleet does not con- sist of simply the ships used for carry ing oil to and from coast ports, but of vessels that call at Oriental ports and island ports that stretch from Alaska to Panama and from Point Richmond to Yokohama. FRONT GREATLY EXTENDED. Made Possible by the Use of Wireless Telegraph System. Gunshu Pass, Manchuria, Ang. 29. Intelligence of the constitutional grants by the government has been received by the army, and general information relating to Portsmouth affairs continue to reach here from three to ten days late. Since the Japanese reconnoitered the Russian center about 25 or 30 miles, August 10, which resulted m retalia tory skirmishing as well as the check mating of a wide movement of consid erable bodies of troops throughout three days, nothing important has oc curred. During the long quiet there have been reinforcements to both sides, giving the theater of war a much changed appearance. The front has been greatly extended, made possible by the use of wireless telegraph, and because of the unexampled size of the armies the character of the third stage of the war, whether it be active hostil ities, demoralization or the garrisoning of contested territory, will be comph cated. The relative positions of the two armies is comparable to that of a year ago, and the country facing the Japan ese is almost identical with that which confronted them at Liao Yang. Sleep of Four Months. New York, Aug. 29. Medical inter ests throughout the country have had their attention directed to a remarkable case of catalepsy in Yonkers, where Charles Canepi, 8 years old, has been in an unbroken trance like sleep for more than four months. On April 6 last while whirling round a lamppost he became dizzy, fell to the ground and struck on the back of his head. Two days later he complained of pains in the head and within a few minutes lapsed into a sleep of unconsciousness from which he has not awakened. Strict Quarantine at Cairo. Cairo, 111., Aug. 29. The waiting room at Central station, where quaran tine permits are issued, gave strong evidence today that Cairo has a rigid quarantine in existence as regards through passengers, who were detained at the headquarters because they weie not supplied with permits, and a guard was placed over them until they could be sent on their way. A number of arrests were made, in each case of per sons trying to evade the officers. Norway To Be Recognized. Washintgon, Aug. 29. President Roosevelt is expected to recognize the independence of Norway within a few days. Pending arrangement for sepa ration, Sweden served notice that the recognition of Norway would be re garded as an unfriendly act. This notice has now been withdrawn. Great Britain, France and Germany are ready to grant recognition and the president will probably follow suit. W1KKLKSS IN NAVY. UNCLE 8AM PUTTING NEW DIS COVERY TO PRACTICAL U3E. Hyatem of f rent V nine I a Time of !ncc, hut In Tim of War Ilia Drclorril It Would .Now lie I ml lapenaabla l.n ill t piny the lluttlcahipa. Wireless telegniphy now Is to the nn vm! service what the land line urn to tin; army. Although Its uso but a short time ago wns wholly unknown, It Is now regarded as Indlsp'-nsahle. When It was demonstrated that wire less telegraphy could be employed to mlvniitsge a comprehensive system wns projected for the navy, which Rear Admiral II. N. Manney, chief of the Bureau of Kqulpment, Is rapidly establishing. The scheme upon which he U working contemplate making It possible for ships of the navy to be bi communication with shores of the t'nltod States and Its Insular posses sions and with each other at the great- WIRELESS STA1IO.N AT CAI'E COD, est iiosslble distances at which wire less messages may be sent. A chain of stations extending from Cape Elizabeth, Me., to the Caribbean Is already In practical operation; also stations on the Pacific coast and at ('avlte In the far away Philippines. It Is the purpose, too, of the bureau ulti mately to make it possible for a war ship anywhere In the West Indies to be within telegraphic communication with a home station, which means with Washington. The equipment now being installed generally permits of communication with dependable reliability between warships at sea and between ships and shore for a distance of 125 miles, while communications have been suc cessfully carried on In the naval ser vice for a distance of 223 miles, and messages have been overheard by sta tions at a distance of over 400 miles. But a short time ago the commander of a fleet was able to communicate di rectly with vessels at no greater dis tance than five miles, the distance at which signals may be read with reli ability. One officer Is now assigned especially to the Bureau of Equipment to give wireless installation his special ateutlon. That officer at present Is Lieut S. S. Robinson, whose expert knowledge of wireless qualifies him for the work. All the newer ships of the navy have been equipped with wireless appar ritus, while the work of Installation on the older ships of the navy has been In steady progress, so that in a short time all the larger vessels of the navy, at least, will be fitted out with the apparatus now In use. A most Interesting project is that which contemplates connecting New Orleans with the Isthmus of Panama by wireless. This will necessitate the erection of two powerful stations at New Orleans and Colon. New Orleans was selected because there Is a clear seaway between the two points. The distance Is about 1,400 miles, and mes sages sent from one to the other will be flashed all the way across the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Ne gotiations are now pending for the necessary apparatus. Every confidence Is felt in the success of the project The first message to be sent to the department at Wnshlngton from a ship at se;i came from the cruiser Colorado. She was coming up the coast, and when 100 miles south of the lightship at Nantucket, her captain sent a mes sage directed to the department an nouncing his position. It went by wireless to Nantucket, and from there to Washington over land lines. This Illustrates the possibilities of commu nication between the nnval authorities at Washington and ships off the coast at distances which could not be reached a very few years ago. A pe culiar Incident occurred in connection with the Colorado's message. The operator of the wireless station at the Washington Navy Yard heard the mes sage going from the Colorado to the lightship and telephoned the fact to the department. When the Dolphin started for Charleston recently to take the Secre tary of the Navy, then .Jr. Morton, and a party from the latter place to Porto Rico, the department received a re port after her departure that a wreck lay In her course. A wireless message from Cape Henry ordered sent by the department was received by the Dol phin apprising her of the danger, thus putting her ou the lookout The advantages of wireless have been demonstrated in the maneuvers of the North Atlantic fleet, when or ders were sent to vessels of the com mand that had gotten far beyond sig naling distance. As the fleet was com ing north one of the vessels picked up by wireless the battleship Illinois, which was outside the Virginia capes, Am and an extensive exchange of message wns carried on, the ships being 100 miles apart. Some Interesting rcorJs hnvp comei totheilepnrtment from the Washington Nnvy Ynrd. The operator there hns overhenrd messages being sent from Cspe Cod for the benefit of ships at sea, and has overheard rommuiilcn tions passing between Iloston and ne.ir hy points. These Instances now attract but llttlp attention from the ex perts at the department because they expect such things to be done and ex pect even grenter things from the wireless system now being established by the nnvy. The wonder of naval officers now Is: How did they ever get along without wireless? DEADLY PINE CON BOMB. Marveloaalj Innenlona Mechonlam Made hy Ilarcelona Anarchlata. The smsll hall of metal In the shape of a pine cone picked up by M. Chav lgny In Paris a few minutes after tb attempt against Alphonso XIII and President Ixmbet was made, was real ly one of the famous bombs sent to France by the anarchists of Rarcelona. M. Chavlgny, happening to see this cone, little thought he was In the pres ence of a deadly machine. IleLng a great collector of relics, he evidently thought it was a piece of grille work torn off by the explosion that had Just happened, and put It carefully in his vest pocket. M. Chavlgny went to call on a friend In a tavern situated on one of the boulevards. He told his friend about the explosion and exhibited the piece of metal he had picked up and so carefully thrust Into his pocket The head of a bolt covering the lower aperture of the pine cone drew the friend's attention, and they started to unscrew this bolt An end of waxed thread, holding In place a glass tube, appeared. Then M. Chavlgny realized that this ball of metal was not the result of the explosion, but a bomb Itself. With the greatest of precautions tha head of the screw was replaced and ten minutes later M. Chavlgny placed the pine cone on the desk of M. Pes chard, the police commissioner of the Galllon quarters, who Immediately In formed M. GIrard, director of the mu nicipal laboratory. M. GIrard unscrewed the bolt, and by pulling the waxed thread drew forth two small glass tubes, four centi meters long, filled with concentrated sulphuric acid. These tubes were plunged Into a mass of fulminate mercury, and were THE PINE COXE BOMB. maintained vertically by two small fragments of metal. The director of the laboratory had everyone vacate the building. M. GI rard, having first taken off a small quantity of fulminate of mercury (for all that was necessary was one grain of this dangerous product to kill a per son, and this machine contained 1,400 grains), had a pail of water brought to him. He then proceeded, with the greatest of precaution, to plunge the bomb Into the water. Sheltering him self In the inclosure of the porte-cochere that would siileld him In case of an explosion, the noted chemist let the dangerous bomb elide Into the water, rendering It harmless. It Is believed that the bomb was laid In the grass by an anarchist who feared arrest and who did not want to be caught with the bomb in his pos session. American Gamblers. Sir Thomas Dewar, in recounting his Impressions of this country, says he was especially impressed with the uni versal Interest taken by Americans In all sorts of contests. In illustrating this characteristic he tells of seeing a ragged newsboy one cold afternoon with his eyes glued on the display In a baker's window. Sir Thomas slipped a dime into the little fellow's hand.' The boy exclaimed: "Say, If dls ain't luck! I've been wlshln for a cent and you gimme a dime." "What did you want the cent for?" asked Sir Thomas. "I wuz goln' to buy an extra to see what won. I've a dollar on de third race." Effects ot Early Training. "That new second has been a soubrette at some stage of her career," remarked Mrs. Keene. "What makes you think so?" asked her husband. "I Judge so from the way she dusts; she never touches anything but the high places." Detroit Free Press. llow He Loat His lieg. Admiring Young Listener' And how did you lose your leg? Old Salt Well, young man, one night in the dog watch, while I was carryln' a baby Jib, I stepped on a star board tack and blood plain ensooed. -rittsburg Dispatch. Two Points of Vlew. ' A young fellow says: "Oh, that was a long time ago; five or six years." An old fellow says: "Oh, that was aom. time ago: forty or fifty years." Atchk son (Kan.) Globe.