The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
July 24, 1896

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ALTERNATE PAGE FOLLOWS 4 rT 4F ax V Ay if TWO CENTS. F,?TDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, JULY 24, 1896. FRIDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. ,i i i I MM t M l n i BADLYBEATEN. Hlddle of the Road People in Hopeless Glooin. Beaten Badly In the Contest at St. Louis. STILL MAKE A FIGHT. Eat Ineffectual Against Trium phant Bryan Hosts. Texas and a Few Other States Will Bolt. A SUDDEN STJRPHISE. Convention Decides to Nominate Yice President First. This Is Construed as Threaten ing For Sewall. St. Louis, July 14, The disorganized condition oi the middle of the road for ces last evening and their failure to perfect any arrangement for a fight in the convention indicate a complete sweep today by the Bryan forces. The leaders were confident this morning that they would be able to secure the endorsement of the convention for Sew all, as well as Bryan. The anti-Bryan men appeared to be completely demoralized by their defeat yesterday. They took it bitterly, but mapped out a new programme with the idea of recovering their lost ground. This morning after a very stormy ses sion they assayed a call of states to ascertain how they stood, but the lead ers had disappeared and the rank and fiie were all at sea. Today the middle of the road men carry on their contest with a semblance of hope, but they concede their defeat. They bent their energies to prevent their more hot-headed men from bolt ing the convention outright in order that they may hold one in the event of Bryan and Sewall being nominated. Many are smarting under the severe sentences of Senator Allen and resent the insinuation that they were influ enced by money. It is understood that the leaders try to avert an attack upon Bryan, but Sewall may be bitterly de nounced. That Georgia, Texas, part of North Carolina, part of California, and portions of delegations from other southern states will bolt Bryan and Sewall and name another ticket seems to be a foregone conclusion. Convention Hall, St. Louis, July 24. Not more than half the delegates were in their seats at 10 o'clock this morn ing when the massive form of Senator Allen, the permanent chairman, ap peared on the platform. Four minutes later he called the convention to order. It was drizzling outside and there were not over 300 persons in the gallery. The delegates rose and stood with bowed -heads while Rev. Wilder G. Williams of the Union Methodist church of this city invoked the divine blessing. Among those on the platform were ex-Governor Waite of Colorado, Senator Peffer of Kansas, National Committeeman Branch of Georgia, and Mrs. Helen Gougar of Indiana. Chairman Allen introduced Mrs. Mar ion Todd of Michigan, who has been conspicuous as a Populist speaker for several years. She has a strong face with clear brown eyes. Her dark hair was streaked with gray. She an nounced the death of Mrs. E. V. Emery of Michigan, a prominent worker in 'the reform cause and paid a glowing tri bute to her memory. She offered a resolution expressing the regret of the convention on Mrs. Emery's death. George Gaither of Ala bama, also paid a tribute to Mrs. Em ery's work saying that the influences of her book "Seven Financial Conspira cies" had been greatly responsible for the growth of Populism in her state. The resolution was unaniznously adopt ed by a rising vote. A. A. Noe an Ohio delegate, present ed to Chairman Allen a gavel contain ing 16 pieces of silver and 1 of gold. The wood of the handle was hickory. After this presentation a novel inci dent occurred. Capt. G. A. Lloyd of Rochester, N. V., and Mrs.. Pennington, "The sweet singer of Arkansas," marched into the hall dressed in thecos tumes respectively of Uncle Sam and Columbia. Capt. Lloyd wore the red. white and blue spike-tailed coat and tall hat of Uncle Sam while Mrs. Pen nington was arrayed in the stars and stripes and wore the shield and turban of the American goddess. They made their way to the platform amid a shat tering of cheers and faced the dele gates while Mrs. Pennington sang a Populist campaign song. Jerry Simpson mounted a chair and protested against frittering away anv more time of the convention. The del egates, he said, were present at great expense and the convention should be drawn to a close. John S. Dore of California created something of a sen sation by declaring the rules of the Omaha platform prohibiting federal of ficers from taking part in the delibera tions of a Populist convention should be enforced. His protest was evidently aimed at Senator Butler of North Caro lina, and Senator Allen of Nebraska, the temporary and permanent chair !1n' Ef w aPPauded by some of the middle of the road men. but no action was taken. The committee to confer with a sim ilar committee from the silver conven tion was then appointed from each state, hile these selections were be ing made some one in the gallery over Hi t. the speaker's 'fp- "nted to hang out a banner repress yan with one foot on the Democi,. and one on the Republican plaform. He was promptly suppressed. The banner had been sent into the gallery by the Texas delegation. TEXAS IS OBSTINATE. When Texas was called for her mem ber of the conference committee Dele gate Park jumped up and shouted: "Texas never treats with the enemy. Texas names no member of that com mittee." All the other states, how ever, made selections. The committee immediately retired to meet the silver committee. Congressman Howard called upon the chair for a statement of the purpose of the conference committee and the power with which it was clothed. Sen ator Allen responded that the object was to ascertain if the two conven tions could find common ground to stand on. Anything they did would be subjact to the subsequent action of the convention. It had no plenary power. The regular order was called for. This was the reading of the minority report of the committee on rules. It recom mended a change in the order of mak ing nominations so as to make the nom ination of vice president before that of president. This was a move of the mid dle of the road men. Delegate McGrath of Illinois promptly moved to lay the minority report on the table. Con gressman Howard. and Barney Gibbs of Alabama demanded to be heard, on the motion. The plain purpose of the straight outs was to test Sewall's strength. The proposition would show the extreme high water strength of the anti-Bryan men. There was some parliamentary squabbling. Tweed Pomeroy of New ark, N. J., chairman of the committee on rules took the stage and explained at length the conflict 'between the ma jority and the minority report. Ignatius Donnelly of Minnesota, pro tested against the proposition reported from the committee on rules to allow the candidate to select the national chairman. "It may be," he said pas sionately "that when this convention adjourns there will be little left of the Populist party except the national com mittee. While I am willing to support Bryan, if he is the choice of this con vention, when the folly of the moment has passed away we may want to clothe the skeleton that is left." He wanted the national committee to se lect its chairman. The middle of the roaders cheered Donnelly lustily, and an Alabama delegate cried out that the convention should select the chairman. Judge Green of Nebraska, made a vigorous reply to Air. Donnelly, in which he declared that the People's Party would emerge triumphant from this contest if it grasped the opportun ity to achieve a success in November for silver. To do so, he argued, would save the life of the People's Party. The anti-Bryan delegates grew obstreper ous as he proceeded, and a dozen points of order were made among them, one that he was not discussing the ques tion at issue. Chairman Allen over ruled these points right and left. "Sit down," "sit down," cried a hun dred voices. "I'll not sit down," repeated Judge Green, fiercely, "until I get ready. When he completed his speech Con gressman Howard of Alabama, one of the straight-outs, came forward. He is tall and swarthy with raven black hair that falls on his shoulders, and when lie spoke today his eyes flashed and his cheeks burned. He was greatly arous ed. He took a shot at Senator Allen for suggesting that "any man who wore a delegate badge was influenced by the use of money." He advocated taking up the report section by section. He wanted to nominate a vice presi dent first. This statement was greeted with many cries of "No," and jeers while his faction of the convention howled with delight. Howard pleaded for the nomination of vice president in the interest of party harmony. E. Gerry Brown of Massachusetts, also de fended the minority report. He plead ed with the majority in pathetic tones to concede this much to the southern states and the minority of the conven tion. "THIS YOUNG SAMSON." George Abbott of Nebraska, appealed to the convention to change the regu lar order of business. He did not in some things represent his delegation. "I am here to fight Sewall," he yelled, "on every proposition. I am here from the cornfields of the west to shake hands with the cotton fields of the south." When he said he was willing to do all in his power to defeat Sewall, the straight-outs yelled and cheered like mad men. After he left the stand there were loud cries for "Cyclone" Davis and Jerry Simpson. The former quickly responded. He made a characteristic speech. With arms waving like the fans of a wind mill and a .-oice that sounded like a fog horn, he set the radicals wild with enthusiasm. lie did not want to im pugn the motives qf any one. but he wanted to know if the men from the "crested heights" would give the south the second place. There were loud cries of "Yes, we will." Davis raised a storm of applause when he declared men from the north must not ask them to advocate or defend a redeemable money. The cheers came from the prairie states. He went on to say that another thing that they must not be re quired to do was to take this young Sams-on, the People's Party, and lay it on the altar of the Democracy. He announced that they were willing to accept the Joshua of Nebraska if they could be assured of a candidate of their own for vice president and the preser vation of the People's Party. Tom Patterson of Colorado followed with a strong speech against the adop tion of the minority report. He depre cated the croaking of the birds of evil omen and declared that what this "great convention" would do would add to the power and glory of the party it represented. "If this ticket is divided." he cried, lifting his arms aloft, "if Bryan is in dorsed and a southern man is named for vice president, such confusion will result that but he got no further. The anti-Sewall men jeered and hooted "no," "no" they said. "Let Sewall get out of the way." Mr. Patterson continued to argue against a mistake that would "cloud the issue and divide the strength of the silver forces." The anti-Sewall continued to jeer, and there were sev eral cries from the galleries of "put him out." The man who was creating the disturbance in the gallery was ejected. The point was finally made that Mr. Patterson's remarks were not germane to the subject, but the chair overruled It. Mr. Patterson then gave it as his opinion that Mr. Bryan as an honora ble man could not accept a nomination on such terms. "I believe it would be better," he said, "for this convention to nominate a straight middle of the road ticket." 2-10 n. m. Roll call of states ordered on minority report, which provides for nomination of vice president before nresident. Roll call now in progress. This is considered a test vote. California, Indiana and Kansas pledge their votes for a vice president from the south. Several delegates speakin Chairman rapping for order. Great contusion. Cyclone Davis favors the nomination of president before vice president, but favors a southern man for vice presi dent. 2:42 p. m. Minority report nominat ing vice president before president was adopted by a small majority. A North Carolina delegate asks if the northwest is in earnest in conceding the vice president to the south. Will change vote if not. The minority report nominating vice president first adopted by a. vote of 785 to 615. SELVES, PARTY TAKES RECESS. It is Waiting for the Conference Com mittee to Report. St. Louis, July 24. There was more proscrastination at the silver conven tion today. It had been decided by the leaders that nothing could be done un til the conference committee reported. It could not make its report until the People's Party appointed or refused to' appoint a similar committee. There was a good deal of objection to the de lay by the Kansas delegates but it was of no avail. The delegates were unusually slow in assembling and there were scarcely any visitors in the galleries. About the only people to be seen outside the por tion of the music hall reserved for del egates were the doorkeepers, ushers and policemen. The weather continued hot and sultry though it threatened rain. It was even more oppressive than Thursday. The doorkeepers, ushers and police men sat about in the acres of empty seats and fanned themselves and mop ped the sweat from their faces. They had no duties to perform. The visitors that straggled in were not interrupted nor even asked if they had tickets. For nearly an hour before the convention was called to order, the band played vigorously, "Maryland, My Maryland," "Marching Through Georgia," "Dixie," "Silver Threads Among the Gold," and similar selections. It was 10:41 o'clock when Chairman St. John called the convention to order. Rev. Dr. Covert led in prayer after which G. W. Baker of California, took the floor. He said the People's Party had appointed a conference committee and moved that the convention defer action on the platform and postpone the nomination of a ticket until 3:30 this afternoon. The motion prevailed. After a number of the delegates had spoken on the silver question. Senator Stewart of Nevada was called for. He said that he went to Chicago with little hope that a free silver platform would be adopted. He was agreeably dis appointed. There never was a more patriotic band of men on this earth than the 620 delegates who controlled the Chicago convention. Wall street was there with a corruption fund, but it was of no use. The silver delegates were incorruptible. They gave the enemy no quarter. He told how the platform was adopted and incidents of the Democratic convention. At length he spoke of the nomination of W. J. Bryan who was not a candi date. At the mention of Bryan's name the delegates arose and shouted and cheered and flourished umbrellas and flags. Senator Stewart then told of Bryan's convention speech which he said was the greatest oration in his tory. "I know Wm. J. Bryan," the senator went on. "He believes what we believe. He is as true to his principles as a needle to the point. He was a Demo crat in good and regular standing, having said time and time again that if the Democratic party adopted a gold platform he would not support it." In conclusion Senator Stewart said that every free silver man was an American. Every one of them was against the English gold syndicate: consequently every one of them must come to the front and vote as a unit and elect a free silver ticket. They must do this in spite of the "millions raised by gold bugs to corrupt the voters of the United States." Under a resolution adopted yesterday the roll of states was called to find out how many old soldiers occupied seats as delegates. The poll showed 1S6' Union veterans. IS Confederate veter ans and 4 Mexican war veterans. During the roll call an announcement was made by Mrs. Helen M. Gougar of Indiana to the effect that there would be a meeting of women at the Lindell hotel today to organize a woman's na tional silver league. Miss Helen Mitchell recited an origi nal poem entitled the "Wail of William Whitney." after which Judge Scott of Omaha was called to the platform. In addressing the convention he said: "O, God, send pestilence and disease and vermin and war and famine among us if you will, but in thy good providence, oh God, deliver us from another four years of oppression under Grover Cleve land." At the conclusion he called for three cheers for Bryan, which were given. General Melvor, an ex-Confederate officer. next spoke, appealing for a union of the free silver men, and was given three cheers as he closed. A resolution offered by Mr. Towne of Minnesota. "That when this convention has completed the membership, so far as it can do so, the committee shall have power to fill any vacancies that remain or that may hereafter occur," was laid over until afternoon. The convention then adjourned until 3:30. taubeneck a traitor Says Sirs. Lease in a Signed Open Letter. St. Louis, Mo., July 24. Mrs. Mary E. Lease of Kansas is out in an open let ter, paying her respects in no uncer tain terms to several national states men, among them Marion Butler.Chair man Taubeneck and John M. Thurston. She says: "The philosophy underlying an up rising of of the people was never more apparent than during the deliberations of the present great national gathering. The would-be leaders are absolutely afraid of the idea-emancipated audience before them, and Marion Butler, who was called to the temporary chairman ship, worded his utterances aa adroitly Continued, on Third Page.J TICE PRESIDENT FIRST. Anti-Sewallites Propose Nominating Vice President Before President St. Louis, July 24. At this hour, 1:45 p. m., the Populist convention is mov ing very slowly. There is no prospect of fininshing today, and it would seem impossible to get through tomorrow. A large part of the morning has been devoted to a discussion of the question of nominating a vice president before the president is named. The middle of the road men are fighting for nominat ing the vice president first in the hope of defeating Sewall. They have given up hope of defeating Bryan. A test of the Sewall strength will come on adopt ing rules as to which candidate shall be named first. If the order is the pres ident first, it will not mean absolutely that Sewall will be nominated but such action will be greatly in his favor. 2:05 The vote is now being taken upon the minority report for nominat ing vice president first. The following Is partially a test vote upon Sewall for vice president. The vote is against Sewall. Ballots by states; Alabama Yes 26; ho 28. Arkansas Yes 23; no 1. Colorado No 45. Connecticut Yes 2; no 3. California Yes 33; no 6. Illinois Challenged. Louisiana Yes 2; no 26. Maryland No 9. Maine Yes 9; no Massachusetts Yes 18; no 2. Kentucky Yes 15; no 9. Michigan Yes 13; no 17. Missouri Yes 37; no 1. Montana Yes 1; n6 10. Nebraska Yes none; no 57. New Hampshire Yes 4; no New Jersey Yes 7; no 7. North Carolina No 5. North Dakota Yes 3; no 9. Ohio Yes 48; no 1. Oregon Yes 7; no 6. Pennsylvania Yes 17; no 21. Rhode Island Yes 4; no South Dakota Yes no 17. Tennessee Yes no 77. Texas Yes 103. Utah Yes 5. Virginia Yes 17; no 36. West Virginia 3 1-3; no 4 2-3. Wyoming Yes 7. Arizona No 6. Iowa Yes 12; no 18. New Mexica Yes 6. Oklahoma Yes 6 7-9; no 2 2-9. District of Columbia Yes no6. Indian Territory Yes 2; no 1. Minnesota Yes 34; no 19. Washington Yes 17; no Wisconsin Yes 24; no 1. Delaware Yes no 3. Florida Yes 8; no Kansas Yes 2; no 20. New York Yes 7; no 3S. Illinois Yes 31; no 22. Vermont Yes 2; no 2. North Carolina Yes 10; no 85. Georgia Yes 61. Idaho Yes 70. Indiana Yes 17; no 13. Official vote Yeas 785; nays 615. WAITING ON POPULISTS. Silver Men Say They Will Not Act Till Populists Act St. Louis, July 24. It was said by some of the leaders of the silver con vention today that they would take no action until the People's Party conven tion adopted a platform and named candidates. Then if Bryan and Sewall should be successful the silver conven tion will indorse them and go over to the people's party convention in a body and ask to be taken into the'fold. TICE PRESIDENT. Barnett Gibbs of Texas Named by Al abama Delegate Convention Adjourns. St. Louis, July 24. At 4:20 the Popu list convention decided to proceed to the nomination of a vice president. Af ter some confusion Bowman of Ala bama took the platform to nominate Barnett Gibbs of Texas. Before Bow man had proceeded the convention ad journed to 6 p. m. LITTLE NAMES BRYAN. The Kansas Man Nominates Him Be fore the Free Silver Convention. St. Louis, July 24. The platform of the Free SHver convention adopted this afternoon endorsed Bryan and Sewall. Nominations for president were the next order of business. E. C. Little of Kansas nominates Wm. J. Bryan for president 4:45 p. m. Mr. Pace of Nebraska seconds the nomination of Bryan. FRUIT CROP POOR. A Poor Yield of Peaches in New Jer sey. Washington, July 24. Generally poor condition of fruit throughout the coun try is announced in the agricultural de partment report just published. Apples declined in condition from 7i to 64.6 during June. Prospects for excellent crops still continue in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Iowo. Conditions are also poor in Ne braska and several of the mountain states. In other parts of the country the condition of the crop is far below the average, being lowest in the At lantic coast states, where percentages are generally below 50. In the Ohio valley and certain of the western states not yet referred to the figures are somewhat higher, but nowhere above 67, which is the percentage returned for Illinois and Missouri. The peach crop promises to be of medium proportions. During the past month a fall of 12.9 per cent has taken place, leaving the general average 51.8. Good crops are expected in Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, Michitgan, Illinois, In diana, Kentucky, Missouri and Kansas. The crop has suffered considerablj' in California, as is shown by a condition of 75, which is lower that any July con dition in that state since 1S90. In New Jersey the fruit is falling badly. The Connecticut and New York orchards promise very little fruit, and in Penn sylvania the condition is no better than in contiguous New Jersey, standing at 52. PARTYSCREED. Full Text of the Peoples Party Platform. Enunciated at the National Con Tention. AT ST. LOUIS TODAY. Demands the Free and Unlimit ed Coinage of Silver. Reiterates Previous Planks of The Omaha Platform. St. Louis, July 24. Following is the Populist platform as agreed upon by the committee on resolutions: The People's Party, assembled in na tional convention, reaffirms its allegi ance to the principles declared by the founders of the republic, and also to the fundamental principles of just gov ernment as enunciated in the platform of the party in 1892. We recognize that through the connivance of the present and preceding administrations the coun try has reached a crisis in its national life as predicted in our declaration four years ago, and that prompt and patri otic action is the supreme duty of the hour. We realize that while we have polit ical independence our financial and in dustrial independence is yet to be at tained by restoring to our country the constitutional control and exercise of the functions necessary to a people's government, which functions have been basely surrendered by our public ser vants to corporate monopolies. The in fluence of European money changers has been more potent in shaping legis lation than the voice of the American people. The executive power and patronage have been used to corrupt our legislatures and defeat the will of the people and plutocracy has thereby been enthroned upon the ruins of de mocracy. To restore the government intended by the fathers and for the welfare and prosperity ofthis and future genera tions, we demand the establishment of an economic and financial system which shall make us masters of our own af fairs and independent of European con trol by the adoption of the following declaration of principles: FINANCE. First We demand a national money, safe and sound, issued by the general government only, without the interven tion of banks of issue, to be a full legal tender for all debts, public and private; a just, equitable and efficient means of distribution direct to the people and through the lawful disbursements of the government. Second We demand the free and un restricted coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 1G to 1, with out waiting for the consent of foreign nations. Third We demand that the volume of circulating medium be speedily in creased to an amount sufficient to meet the demands of the business and popu lation of this country and to restore the just level of prices of labor and pro duction. Fourth-We denounce the sale of bonds and the increase of the public interest bearing debt made by the pres ent administration as unnecessary and without authority of law and we de mand that no more bonds be issued ex cept by specific act of congdess. Fifth We demand such legislation as will prevent the demonetization of the lawful moneji of the United States by private contract. Sixth We demand that the govern ment in payment of its obligations, shall use its option as to the kind of lawful money in which they are to be paid, and we denounce the present and preceeding administrations for surren dering this option to the holders of government obligations. Seventh We demand a graduated income tax to the end that aggregated wealth shaH bear its just proportion of taxation and we regard the recent decision of the supreme court relative to the income tax law as a misinter pretation of the constitution and an in vasion of the rightful powers of con gress over the subject of taxation. Eighth We demand that postal sav ings banks be established by the gov ernment for the safe deposit of the savings of the people and to facilitate exchange. TRANPORTATION. First Transportation being a means of exchange, it is necessary the gov ernment should own and operate the railroads in the interest of the people and on a non-partisan basis; to the end that all may be accorded the same treatment in transportation and that the tyranny -and political power now exercised by the great railroad corpor ations, which result in the impairment, if not the destruction of the political rights and personal liberties of the citizen may be destroyed. Such own ership is to be accomplished gradually in a manner consistent with sound public policy. Second The interest of the United States in the public highways built with public moneys and the proceeds of extensive grants of land to the Pa cific railroads should never be aliena ted, mortgaged or sold, but guarded and protected for the general welfare as provided by the laws organizing such railroads. The foreclosure of ex isting liens of the United States on these roads should at once follow de fault in the payment thereof by the debtor companies; and at the fore closure sales of said roads the govern ment shall purchase the same if it be comes necessary to protect its interests therein, or if they can be purchased at a reasonable price; and the govern ment shall operate said railroads as public highways for the benefit of the whole people and not in the interest of the few under suitable provisions for protection of life and property, giving to all transportation interests equal privileges and equal rates for fares and freights. Third We denounce the present in famous schemes for refunding these debts and demand that the laws now applicable thereto be executed and ad ministered according to their true in tent and spirit. Fourth The telegraph, like the post office system being a necessity for the transmission of news should be owned and operated by the government in the interest of the people. LAND. The true policy demands that the na tional and the state legislation shall be such as will ultimately enable every prudent and industrious citizen to se cure a home and therefore the land should not be monopolized for specula tive purposes. All lands now held by railroads and other corporations in ex cess of the actual needs should by lawful means be reclaimed by the gov ernment and held for actual settlers only, and private land monopoly as well as alien ownership should be pro hibited. Second We condemn the frauds by which the land grant to Pacific rail road companies have through the con nivance of the interior department rob bed multitudes of actual bona fide set tlers of their homes and miners of their claims and we demand legisla tion by congress which will enforce the exemption of mineral land from such grants after as well as before patent. Third We demand that bona fide settlers on all public lands be granted free homes as provided in the national homestead law, and that no exception be made in the case of Indian reserva tions when opened for settlement, and that all lands not now patented come under this demand. DIRECT LEGISLATION. We favor a system of direct legisla tion through the initiative and refer endum under proper constitutional safeguards. GENERAL PROPOSITIONS. First We demand the election of president, vice president and United States senators by a direct vote of the people. Second We tender to the patriotic people of Cuba our deepest sympathy in their struggle for polit cal rreedom and independence, and we believe the time has come when the United States great republic of the world should rec ognize that Cuba is, and of right ought to be, a free and independent state. Third We favor home rule in the ter ritories and the District of Columbia and the early admission of the terri tories as states. Fourth All public salaries should be made to correspond to the price of labor and its products. Fifth In times of great industrial de pression idle labor should be employed on public works as far as practicable. Sixth The arbitrary course of the courts in assuming to imprison citizens for indirect contempt and ruling them by injunction should be prevented by proper legislation. Seventh We favor just pensions for every disabled Union soldier. Eighth Believing that the elective franchise and untrammeled ballot are essential to a government of, for and by the people, the People's Party con demns the wholesale system of disfran chisement adopted in some of the states as unrepublican and undemocratic, and we declare it to be the duty of the several state legislatures to take such action as will secure a full, free and fair ballot and an honest count. Ninth While the foregoing proposi tions constitute the platform upon which our party stands, and for the vindication of which its organization will be maintained, we recognize that the great and pressing issue of the pending campaign upon which the pres ent presidential election will turn, is the financial question, and upon this great and specific issue between the parties, we cordially invite the aid and co-operation of all organizations and citizens agreeing with us upon this vital question. TO MEET SEPT. 2. Gold Standard Democrats to Hold a Nationr.l Convention. Chicago, July 24. The committee ap pointed bj' the gold standard Demo crats at their meeting last night to pre pare and issue a call for another con vention met at the Auditorium at 11 o'clock today. Comptroller Eckels ar rived early this morning and went into conference. It had been supposed that Mr. Eckels would be the bearer of some sort of message from President Cleveland, but he emphatically denies this. After an hour's discussion a major ity report was prepared, calling for a convention to be held September 2. A committee of five was selected to ar range for state conventions to be held for the purpose of nominating state tickets. The national committee is to meet at Indianapolis August 2 to de cide on the place for the national con vention, which will be held not later than September "2. Among those present at the meeting were Col. Jas. O. Broadhead of Missou ri, Gen. E. S. Bragg and Senator Vilas of Wisconsin, Col. J. M. Martin, Judge French, Thos. Brown, Henry Volmer, E. W. Boynton, E. M. Sharon of Iowa, W. D. Bynum of Indiana, Euclid Mar tin and Fred Vaughn of Nebraska. Telegrams were received and read at the conference from prominent Democrats all over the country strongly indorsing the movement for another ticket. Gen. E. S. Bragg of Wisconsin was elected chairman and C. A. Ewing of Illinois secretary. Minnesota Gold Democrats. St. Paul, July 24. In response to a call issued by the Democratic national committeeman, D. W. Lawton, about 200 gold standard Democrats met here at noon today. A committee of one from each congressional district was named to attend the Chicago confer ence of gold standard Democrats. From the committee on resolutions, F. W. M. Cucheon reported a platform, which, after suitable preamble declares that it utterly repudiates the platform adopted at Chicago and declared that the gold standard Democrats of Min nesota will refuse to support the can didates of that convention. The resolutions favor the calling of a national convention by the anti-free silver delegates to the Chicago con vention to decide on what action to take regarding a national ticket. The resolutions were adopted. LITIGATING IT. The Hentig-Manspeaker Suit in the District Court The Hentig-Manspeaker case Is oc cupying most of today in the district court. Some time ago the Central National bank got judgment against F. G. Hen tig in a sum near $4,000. W. W. Man speaker was the security on the note. The charge is made in the suit that Mr. Hentig transferred some of his property to his wife and daughter to avoid the judgment. These transfers Mr. Manspeaker is now asking to have set aside on those grounds in order that Mr. Hentig may be compelled to yield his property to the judgment and he may avoid the payment of Hentig's debt. The property includes the Hentig building at 224 Kansas avenue, lots on Van Buren street and about 30 acres of land north of the river. OPEN THE GATES Ex-Senator Ingalls Says This Is No Time To Question Republicans Too Closely on Orthodoxy. SOME ARE SEEKING To Make the Party Smaller In stead of Larger. Republican Procession Requires Augmenting Just Now. "I was not aware that there was any St. Peter who held the keys. I did not suppose there was any one in the Re publican party to whom it had been expressly delegated to say who was or thodox frt who was heretical. I am not a leader and don't know much about such things, but it would appear to me that in these times of party cleavage it would be the best politics to try to make the party larger instead of diminishing it. It may be that I do not understand these things, but it would strike me that in such times it would be wise to open the gates so as to let in the largest procession possi ble." This was the expression of John J. Ingalls to a State Journal reporter at Atchison yesterday when told of the at tempts of some of the Republican bosses to force candidates to stand on the gold plank of the St. Louis plat form. Mr. Ingalls returned to his home in Atchison yesterday after a visit to his aged mother in Haverhill, Mass. A State Journal reporter met him at the train. Mr. Ingalls positively re fused to be interviewed on state or na tional politics at this time. "I am preparing a speech," he said, "which I shall deliver soon, probably in Topeka. In it I shall define my posi tion on the issues in this campaign. Before -that speech is delivered I shall give no interviews on state or national politics. "The questions before the people are ones of great moment, not to be treat ed hastily and I am bestowing consid- Ierable care in the preparation of my views. "I shall have the speech printed so there can be no possible misinterpre tation or misrepresentation of it." Although Mr. Ingalls refused at this time to give his views on political ques- tions there can be little doubt that on the foremost issue of money he will stand by his previous record on the t stump and in the senate, which has been uniformly friendly to silver. He will probably take the same giound that Congressman Curtis has, that the Republican party has aiways declared for bimetallism and the use of silver up to the St. Louis convention, and that it cannot reasonably expect all of its members to execute the flop to the g 1 1 standard with lightning quickness; that it is wrong to attempt to read a man out of the party because he adheres to what has from time immemorial been the party policy. Mr. Ingalls has not been distinguish ed by any peculiarly striking evidences of humility in his nature and there is little likelihood that he will now bend the knee to a few petty and self-constituted bosses who are attempting to whip men of principles into subservien cy. It would not be like Mr. Ingalls. One cannot imagine it. And though Mr. Ingalls is keeping silent regarding his position just now it is reasonable to suppose and predict that he will abide by his record which has been on the side of bimetallism and the use of 'silver. SIMPSON'S PLEDGE. Jerry Announces That Kansas Popu lists are With the South. St. Louis, July 24. During the debate in the convention hall this afternoon Jerry Simpson got the floor and cre ated unbounded enthusiasm among the anti-Sewall men by declaring that Kan sas would cast her 92 votes for a south ern man for vice president. "You don't speak for me," replied Delegate Kelly of the Sunflower state. "Well, then," retorted Simpson, "one of the 92 has gone astray. But I say to the south, if you will give us the presi dent, we will give you the vice presi dent." Judge Plowman of South Dakota, who said he represented the only state that had two Populist United States sen ators, favored the majority report, but said South Dakota would be for a mid dle of the road man for vice president if the delegation could be convinced that it was for the best interest of the party. This qualification raised a storm of jeers. At this point the previous ques tion was ordered, but General E. Gerry Brown and Barney Gibbs of Texas managed to get In two speeches under the guise of parliamentary inquiries. The latter advocated the nomination of a southern man for vice president and fusion of electors. "Will you pledge your delegation for Bryan," asked Jerry Simpson, as Kan sas pledged her votes for a southern candidate for vice president?" Governor Gibbs neatly parried this in terrogatory by saying that he could not speak for the delegation. A row of ten minutes followed on the parliamentary status. Some very novel parliamentary ideas were advanced. The tangle was at last straightened out and the conven tion went back and took up the report section by section. Another ten minutes were consumed before the contested section of the report was reached. A Card. We wish to express our sincere thankst to the many friends we found in Tope ka during the sickness and death of! our husband and father while visiting at my brother and sister, Mrs. and Mr. W. R. Bradford, Mrs. Mary Beall and son, David, Hutchinson, Kansas, Mexican drawn work at Mrs. Levi's, 633 Kansas avenue. Saturday oujy. 1.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, FRIDAY EVENING, JUi-Y 24, 181)6. HEN'S SPEECH, .Remarks of the Perniauent Chairman to the Convention. Defines His Ideas of the "Hid-dle-of-the-Road." DISCUSSES 31'KINLEY. Pleads for the Populists to Stand Together. Thinks America a Government In Herself. St. Louis, July 24. As soon as the election of Senator Allen of Nebraska, as permanent chairman of the Popu list national convention was made known to the convention last, evening on Mr. Pence's motion a committee con sisting: of himself, "Cyclone" Davis and Ignatius Donnelly were appointed to escort Senator Allen to the platform. The committee was out but a short time. In Introducing him to the convention "Cyclone" Davis said: "Now my fel low citizens I want to assure you that for more than four days and four nights I have done every honorable thing I could to elect a middle of the road man, but I have never done one dishonorable thing against any man. (Applause.) "W hen the Populist committee and the Populist convention had chosen the dis tinguished senator from the western plateau and I had been selected with out my knowledge until my name was called to notify him of the fact, I bowed to that special committee. I now reach out from the south up the Miss issippi valley and give you your chair man from the plateau, Senator Allen." (Prolonged applause.) Senator Allen spoke at length, being listened to with a great deal of interest. He has a reputation as a speaker. Dur ing the debate on the repeal of the Sherman law he talked fifteen hours against time. He is a large man with smooth shaven face, and of command ing presence. He always begins speak ing in a low, well modulated tone, which last night, for a moment, sub jected him to the usual cries of "loud er." As he progressed he warmed up and spoke loudly, clearly and in an im passioned tone. Senator Allen spoke extemporaneously, not having had time to prepare himself. After thanking the convention for its distinguished mark of confidence and esteem and after complimenting Sena tor Butler on the faithful discharge of his duties as temporary chairman he Epoke as follows: WE ARE ALL POPULISTS. "Gentlemen of the Convention: On occasions of this kind, it is sometimes supposed the presiding officer will out line to some extent his views. If not views of the party he represents, as to its principles and the policy It should pursue and usually a speech of accept ance of a position like this has been prepared, possibly a week or two in ad vance and then occasionally, it is spoken to the convention as though it were impromptu. If you had notified me a week or ten days ago that it was your purpose to make me your tempor ary or your permanent chairman, I as sure you I would have had a reasonably fair impromptu speech prepared for the occasion. (Laughter.) "But you were not kind enough to do that and I am compelled to rely upon the moment and the mere occasion from the promptings of what I may say to you. Let it be then understood that we are all Populists. (Applause.) "If any delegate in this great conven tion has across his mind a suspicion that the great majority of the delegates here are not true Populists, let him in a spirit of charity and in vindication of the truth dissipate and relinquish a suspicion of thai: kind. "I read in ont of the local papers, I think on yesterday it would be invidi ous for me to call the name but it was evidently a McKinley paper, a state ment that the Populist convention in this great metropolis of the Mississippi valley was preparing to die. I have not the slightest doubt that the ex pression was prompted by desire upon the part of the gold power and their representative upon the Republican ticket that the Populist party would perish from the face of the earth, but if the editor of that paper is in this convention tonight; if he has witnessed these extremes of enthusiasm, these soul-stirring scenes of patriotism, I beg him to materially change his opinion respecting this great party. (Ap plause.) KNOWS NO SECTIONALISM. "In the Populist party we know no section: we know no north, no south, no east, no west (Applause and cheers.) The man who lives upon the gulf of Mexico, or in Florida, is as sacred to us as the man who lives on the border of the British possessions, or up near the line of Canada. The man who dwells upon the Atlantic ocean is loved by Populists if he is a true man and a true patriot as much as the patriotic citizen who dwells upon the shores of the Pacific ocean. (Applause.) "I thank God it was one of the great missions of this great party of the peo ple to destroy sectionalism (Applause). And as one citizen of northern birth and raising. I say in this great pres ence, I have as profound a respect for the rights, the citizenship of the man who dwells in the south as I have for my own, or my neighbors. "The old political parties have been gradually dropping sectionalism in this country and dividing north and south of Mason and Dixson's line. Our fellow citizens north were told that all that was required for the destruction of the Union was to cause their brethren of toil south of Mason and Dixon's line to come Into possession of this Union. The same thing in substance was re peated in the other sections of our country. "And all this time, while we were following the banner of the Republican party on the one hand and the banner of the bourbon Democracy on the oth er, the gold power of Europe represent ed by its agents in the United States was fastening such chains of indus trial slavery upon the people that it would take almost a generation to trike off (Applause). "It was a part of the mission of Pop ulism to free the people from this sec tional prejudice with which they had been Imbued. Now we can meet in' a great convention like this, represented by some 1,600 delegates from 45 states of this Union and the various terri tories, struggling and contending for the mastery among ourselves and when the majority has spoken its will, we bow to that will with a determination to carry it into execution at the polls (Applause). WILL BE NO BOLT. "If any man has come to this con vention or occupies these galleries.who suspects that there will be a bolt, as it is called, from the action of this con vention let me say to him that he is mistaken. (Loud cheering.) When every representative, every state and territory shall be heard here: when the result shall be known and dispassion ately considered, if any such thinker have any suspicion that there will be a bolt, I can say for my friends from Texas and Maine that they will all bow to the will of this convention as crys tallized by the majority expressed up on the floor (Applause). "I have no doubt that in Wall street this moment there is a hope that this great convention will split to pieces and that the Populist party will be dis rupted and absorbed principally by the Republican party because this is the party that will be supported by Wall street this fall (Cries of "Good, that's right"). I have no doubt that in this building at this moment the minions of Wall street can be found (Cries "That's right; good boy"). "They have gone to the hotels at night clothed in badges with a lie up on their lips saying they were dele gates representing some state in this Union, in this convention (Applause). They were and are the purchase and chattels of the British gold power (Ap plause). "They are the minions of that power that has enslaved our people for a quarter of a century, that would fasten the manacles of industrial servitude upon us so strong that we could not force them from our limbs. But, my fellow citizens, we have been able to discover these creatures. The good sense, the patriotism and good Judg ment and the honesty of delegates has caused them to avoid any creatures of this kind. And when this convention has spoken its will, when it has named the next president of the United States (Tremendous cheering), and shall have put a ticket in the field that willachieve a great victory in November, these creatures who have prowled around like jackals around a graveyard will go back to their homes without any of the fruit of victory from their mission in St. Louis. (Loud cheers.) "My fellow citizens, let me say to you, and especially to those who are not Populists, it has been a common ex pression of our enemies that the Pop ulist party was a party of anarchists. (Cheers.) We see it in the public print. in the gold bug press in that kind of press which has a gold band around its neck with a chain attached to it. and that chain held by the Rothschilds or their agents. (Applause.) We hear it upon the lips of ignorant partisans; we get the expression among men who vote the Republican ticket because their fathers voted it a quarter of a cen tury ago; we meet it, my fellow citi zens, here and there among both of the old political parties. NOT AN ANARCHIST PARTY. "When I first entered congress I found it was a common thing to speak of the Populist party as anarchists. I declare to you, my fellow citizens, as I understand Populism and Populistic principles, they mean a just and en lightened government, where there is justice for both person and property, a government where every man, woman and child can stand beneath the folds of the American flag and say that his. her or its rights are protected. (Cheers.) "If any man has entered this great convention hall who wants to destroy the government and to destroy prop erty, who is an enemy to social order, or who opposes wealth from those who are acquiring wealth, he is not wanted here. The Populist party, as I under stand it. has nothing here for him. But our friends are getting over this some what now. It is not so common as it used to be to hear this talk about an archy and revolution. The members of the other parties are beginning to rec ognize the inevitable. In the senate, where we have the balance of power, it is no longer heard. In those states where we have the balance of power and carry defeat by our vote, we are no longer assailed with these approbi ous epithets. On the contrary, we are addressed in courteous language and we hear the remark when any important measure is under consideration, 'What will our Populist friends have; what do they think about that?" (Applause.) My fellow citizens, as we have the bal ance of power in the senate and have forced' from that greedy body respect ful treatment, we may as well have the balance of power between the Demo cratic and Republican parties In this nation. It lies within our reach. (Ap plause.) Now. what course shall we pursue? What shall be done? I see here in our midst two or three banners on which are the words, 'Keep in the middle of the road.' (Applause and laughter and a voice 'Keep right in the middle of the road.') MIDDLE OF THE ROAD VIEW. "My friend in front says 'Keep right in the middle of the road." I say amen to that (Laughter and cheers.) My friends I only want to keep in the mid dle of the road; I only want the Pop ulist party to keep in the middle of the road; but I want to see you take all of the road and force everybody else out of it. (Laughter and ap plause.) We never want to get into that stupid attitude where we will stand so closely in the middle of the road that the procession will pass us. Let us keep our position in the middle of the road. Let us keep the others on their side of the road. Let us pre serve our organization, perfect it so that it will force the two old parties to go to the fields outside of the road. (Laughter and cheers.) No man has yet ever determined or defined what the middle of the road means. We can inscribe it upon our banners, but yet ask any man in this convention for an explanation of that expression and they will never agree. As I understand the expression the middle of the road.' it means this and nothing more .that the old party methods of corruption and ballot box stuffing, which have been re sotled to in securing elections in the past, must be abandoned. (Applouse.) And in lieu of that, my fellow citizens, that which is powerful, that which is patriotic, that which is just shall be adopted. That is the middle of the road. (Applause.) "What we require Is the exercise of good sense. You understand that a business ran must apply common sense to his affairs. Common sense business judgment, business methods, must be applied in politics as in the discharge of anv other undertaking or dutv. SCORES GOLD STANDARD. "We have, my fellow citizens, pre sented to us today anomalous condi tion. The Republican party has de clared from time to time its allegiance to bimetallism. In 1SSS it condemned the Democratic party for the demone tization of silver. In 1S92 it declared it self in favor of bimetallism and the coinage of gold and silver upon terms of equality. "In 1SS6 in this hall, if I am not mis taken, it surrendered its existence, its manhood and all it held true and sa cred before, into the absolute control and keeping of the British gold power. (Applause.) Notwithstanding gold and silver was and is the money of the constitution, notwithstanding the fath ers recognized gold and silver as mon ey metals, notwithstanding these met al3 had been used for 80 years in this country before they were demonetized, notwithstanding the Republican party had declared in favor of bimetallism from time to time, this, the next con vention of the Republican party, was overridden and overcome by the influ ences that control the conditions in this country. We are told we must take the single gold standard whether we will or not that we must take it with its enhanced value of 100 per cent take it with all the evil consequences of the existing falling prices and thus enforce idleness and misery upon many of our people. "We are told we must take it because the holders of American securities must have their pay in honest money. Who is the man who represented this great power? The man who has declared in favor of bimetallism in congress re peatedly this modern Napoleondaugh ter and cheers) whose sole resemblance to the Napoleon whom we all know and admire, is the fact he wears a hat of a vintage of about a hundred years ago. (Applause and laughter.) "This is the man who declares silver shall no longer be the money of the constitution. He had already declared that demonetization would be unjust and would bring want and misery to the people. And yet, my fellow citi zens, because the presidency was of fered him at the hands of this British and American gold power, he told us recently that the only honest money in this country is gold. DISCUSSES McKINLEY. "My friends, they say to us that his nomination was brought about by a feeling that showed itself spontaneous ly when the convention presented his name. (Laughter.) They want us to believe that the people rose up en masse and demanded his nomination. Did the laboring men want his nomi nation? They tell us the laboring men and bankers agreed on that occasion. (Laughter.) They tell us that they agreed with the manufacturers on that occasion. "They tell us his nomination was a spontaneous rising clear across the continent in favor of the Republican nominee. Why is it? Does any man or woman in this audience doubt that the gold gamblers and brokers of Wall street and of Lombard street and the high protectionists raised a million dol lars to secure his nomination? (Cries o! 'No, no.' and cheers). "The enthusiasm that was shown heve on the occasion, my friends, was a purchased enthusiasm, such as has been seen and felt in certain quarters in this city during the existence of this convention. (Cries of 'good..) Now. my friends, the great Napoleon of France, the favored son of Corsica, who dazzled the world with his mili tary genius, and who threatened to change the map of Europe, made two vital mistakes. He made his first mis take when he left the provinces of France and went south of the Pyrenees and over the mountains into the pro vinces of Spain. He made the second great mistake when he invaded Rus sia and was driven from Moscow with his army broken, if not absolutely de stroyed. What is to become of this simulated Napoleon of this Napoleon of Canton. O.? (Laughter and ap plause.) Now, my fellow citizens, he has made two mistakes and his party has made two mistakes that were greater and more vital than the mis takes of the real Napoleon. (Ap plause.) "When Mr. McKinley declared the only way release could come to the people of this country was by doubling the taxes upon the articles that they consumed, that was a mistake. (Ap plause.) According to the logic of this modern Napoleon when you are car rying a burden of 200 pounds, the way to lighten that burden is to increase it. (Laughter and applause.) And when vou are paying on an average tax of $2 a head, the way to lighten that bur den is to decrease the volume of money and double the volume of taxation. (Applause and laughter.) At that point, my fellow citizens, the modern Napoleon has made another mistake. It is as vital as the mistake made by the genuine Napoleon, when he invaded Moscow. The an cient or rather the genuine Napoleon, who challenges admiration notwith standing his mistakes, made another mistake that cost him his life. It cost a crown and France it cost him a crown and Europe, I might say. That was the mistake he made at Waterloo when he met Wellington and the allied forces. (This allusion to the allied forces was easily caught by the audi ence some of whom repeated it (and shouted "Good," "good") Wellington had fought but a few battles up to that time. He was comparatively unknown to the military world. He was compar atively unknown at that time; he had not dazzled the world with any spec ial genius. But at Waterloo, this ob scure man who subsequently became the Iron Duke of England, met and overthrew the genuine Napoleon who was banished to St. Helena and there held as a prisoner and his crown and country destroyed. Somewhere in this land today either in the east or in the south, or- in the north or on the great plains of the northwest is to be found the Wellington who will overcome and overthrow this modern Napoleon in November. (Loud and enthusiastic cheers.) PRAISES THE PARTY. "That result, gentlemen of this con vention, will be an occasion of great importance. I realize that this party stands today at the most critical point it has reached in its history. Shall it live, shall it continue (Cries of "yes"). Shall the great principles of Populism that are as eternal as the rock of ages and as ancient as the sun, continue to exist? Shall the great principles that recognize no distinction between men and women under a just system of government continue? Shall this great party in its national convention be wiped out of existence, or shall it stand as the beacon light for the liberty lov ing people all over the face of the globe? "My fellow citizens it must live. It will promulgate its platform before to morrow night (Applause). It will be a platform that will embrace the best Populistic thought of our country. We have made mistakes before; they will be corrected, whether of omission or commission, and we will declare to the world that that is the platform upon which we must stand or fall. "We will place men upon that plat form as nominees for president and vice president who will accept the prin ciples in it (Prolonged applause). Be fore I left congress a few weeks ago several distinguished gold monometal lists, officers of the government occu pying high positions said to me: 'Why Mr. Allen, you are a Populist. You have talked Populism ever since you have been here. You will go home and keep the party in the middle of the road as near as you can won't you?' Now how did they become interested in the welfare of the Populist party? (Applause and laughter). "Why. my fellow citizens, it is a safe rule to follow in business and especial ly in politics to do just the reverse of your political enemies. What did thev want me to do? What do they want you to do? They want you to promul gate a wild platform that will be the subject of ridicule, upon the part of these persons they can influence. Then they want you to take some man and place him upon that platform as a candidate for president, who is willing to run for the presidency with certain defeat In store, for the mere empty honor of running. (Applause and a voice"Keep in the middle of the road"). "Yes, they want him to keep in the middle of the road. I tell you every body in this city tonight with Republi can money in his pocket is talking in the middle of the road (A voice "I thought you were going to keep in the middle of the road"). COUNTRY'S HONOR IN PERIL. "I am sir; I know where it is too. I know where the middle of the road is (Applause). I will tell you what I shall be I may tell you now and I may not, but I will tell you what I would not. I would not become an accessory to the success of the single gold standard up on the Republican or any other ticket (Prolonged applause). "Every man that has distributed Hanna's boodle from north to south and from east to west in this country is joining the honest Republicans and trying the middle of the road. This convention, my fellow citizens, will fol low its deliberate judgment; its cool judgment and not its passions. This is no time for sentiment, and no time to give way to passion. The man who is moved by passion is always a fail ure, always a failure. "A man who is controlled by a clear intellect and a high sense of duty is the man who succeeds. (Applause.) This convention will place in nomina tion, I have not the slightest doubt, a presidential candidate and a vice pres idential candidate. It is for you to say whom you want, not for me. As your presiding officer it is my'duty to recog nize the rights of every man of you with absolute impartiality. (Applause.) It will be done, my friends, as far as I am capable of doing it, but let me appeal to you as one who sees the homes of his country imperiled, as one who sees the homes of the farmer and the laboring man in this country pass ing into the hands of landlords, as one who foresees the time, not far distant (unless there is a change), when there will be a few landlords in this country and a great mass of tenant peasantry. Let me appeal to you not to suffer any sentiment to move you contrary to the interests of your country, your wife, your children and your God. (Prolonged applause.) MUST GET TOGETHER. "Take into account this one thing.and it is highly important. What will be the effect at the election in November next if you shall put in the field a third ticket? That is for you to consider. That is where you should use your highest judgment and your greatest patriotism. Take into account, my fel low citizens, the fact and weigh it well, whether we shall unite the forces of this country against plutocracy or not. (Ap plause.) Do you want McKinley? (Voices, 'No, no.') Do you want Cleve land? (Voices. 'No.') Do you want two hundred and sixty-three millions more of gold bonds in time of peace? (Voice, 'No.') Do you want Grover Cleveland and McKinley to lock arms and walk shoulder to shoulder in the interest of this money power? (Voice, 'Yes, that's just where we want them.') "Isn't it a little suspicious that Mr. Carlisle said in a letter to Mr. Foster within a day or two that if the Demo cratic party did not adopt the gold stand ard he would vote the Republican ticket Isn't it a little suspicious when you see Carlisle and John Sherman together? (Applause and laughter.) Isn't it a lit tle bit suspicious when you see the great and good Deacon Dana and Herr Most together upon the gold question. (Applause and laughter.) Isn't it a lit tle bit suspicious, my friends, when his excellency, Mr. Cleveland, says that on the result of this convention he will or will not become a candidate for the third term? "Isn't it a little bit suspicious when the chief magistrate of seventy-one millions of people caused a letter to be written from the money centers of this country to the farmers of the south and west and the northwest, threaten ing them that if they failed to vote for the gold standard their supplies would be taken from them? Are you suspi cious of a man who a few years ago said gold and silver were money of equal value, and yet who today is the outspoken champion of a single gold standard and accepts a presidential nomination on that kind of a platform Do you want McKinley and bonds and national bank issues (Voices, 'No, no and high taxation (Voices, 'No') and government by injunction? (Loud Noes.') Do you want that, or do you want an enlarged volume of money (Voices, 'Yes') by the free and unlimit ed coirage of silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1? (Applause.) Do you want the income tax? (Mixed cries of 'Yes' and 'No.') Do you want the man in the chief executive office to appoint a few more shysters upon the supreme bench? (Voices, No.') Do you want a man that is in favor of lightening the burdens of taxation upon the peo ple? Do you want a man that is in favor of government ownership of rail roads, telegraphs and telephones? (Cries of 'Yes.') If you were compelled to take your choice of these two men, which would you take? SILVER OR GOLD, WHICH? "I am not the advocate of Mr. Bryan here. (A voice. 'It seems like it.)- Do not misunderstand me, fellow citizens, that I am advocating any choice here for you to make. It is for you to make the choice, and not me. If by putting a third ticket in the field and this is one of the questions we must considtr you would defeat free coinage, defeat a withdrawal of the issue power of na tional banks, defeat the government ownership of railroads, telephones and telegraphs: defeat the income tax and fasten gold monometallism and high taxation upon this people for a genera tion to come, which would you do? (Ap plause.) "It is your choice to make, not mine. When I go back to the splendid com monwealth that has so signally hon ored ,ne. beyond my merits and be yond :ny ability. I want to be able to say to the people that all these good doctrines which we have preached for year? are now made possible by your action; I don't want them to say to me that the Populists of this country have been advocates of reforms when they could not be accomplished, but when the first ray of light appears, when the peoole are looking with expectancy and with anxiety for relief, the party was not equal to the occasion; it was stupid, it was blind, it kept in the middle of the road' and missed the opportunity." (Prolonged and deafening applause.) At this juncture a voice in the gallery called out: "How about redemption?" and the speaker was forced into an explanation of his atti tude as to the greenback. He began by criticising Populists who went to gold standard papers for their Information. He said he knew there was an occa sional Populist in Nebraska "who al ways goes to the rottenest gold stand ard paper he can find for his informa tion." Continuing, he stated that it had been said that he made a speech in congress a short time ago in which he advocated the redemption of paper money in coin. He asserted that if his critics would read his speech they would see that he declared in the lan guage of Aristotle and every great philosopher since his day, "that money was the creation of law." Senator Allen declared that he stood upon the Omaha platform and that there was not a word in it about an ir redeemable currency. As to his own opinion, he believed in "a limited vol ume of paper currency of full legal tender, redeemable in nothing but the revenues of the government." Dr. Shattinger, a Missouri delegate, here came forward amidst cries of "Who are you?" and "Put him out," and presented to the speaker a news paper clipping referring to the same matter. Senator Allen spoke deprecatingly of the attempt to bring in garbled newspaper statements of his speeches and again stated his attitude as to greenbacks. BOW TO THE MAJORITY. Senator Allen improved the opportu nity afforded by these interruptions to again plead with his hearers for for bearance and deference to the will of the majority. He dwelt upon the low prices of labor and farm and factory products all over the country and of the hardships imposed upon the pro ducing classes and asserted his belief that the convention would be true to the interests of the people and that the doctrines of Jefferson and Madison and Lincoln and "of all the great fathers of the republic which declare that this government was founded upon popu lar sovereignty and equal and exact justice to all," would prevail. He plead ed that the convention should so act as to bring the people into the inheritance of their own; that it should not follow the brass bands and the torchlights furnished by the money of corporations and the gold power, but that it should take vtp the humble banner of the peo ple, lowly as it might be. or seem to be, and follow that banner to victory. CAST A PURE BALLOT Senator Allen concluded as follows: "They say we do not know enough to conduct public affairs. My fellow citi zens, we may not ba equipped with the intellect of some of these gold bugs, but we are equipped with better heart3 and the hearts are things to have. (Applause.) When Mr. Whitney and Gov. Hill and Senator Gray went out to Chicago with their campaign of ed ucation, they went back, possibly, with it unopened. (Laughter.") "These wise men started from the east going to Chicago to meet frontiers men who are ignorant and to distrib ute tracts among them, giving them valuable information upon economic subjects. It is not recorded that they got an opportunity to distribute them to any extent. It is unknown even to this day whether that education was contained in barrels or in boxes(Laugh ter. We are to have a campaign of education this fall and already the Republican press and the goldbug Democratic press are impudently say ing it will cost $5,000,000 to carry the election of McKinley and Hobart. Yes some put it as high as fifty or a hun dred million. My fellow citizens are the American people to be bought and sold like cattle and sheep? (Cries of "no"). "These men think they can buy you, I am sorry that once in awhile they can find a poor mentally and morally deformed creature whom they can buy but usually he is of such despicable material, so contemptible that he is a stench to the nostrils of nil good men and women, and cannot do much harm. Whoever fails to go to the polls in No vember and in the light of his respon sibility to God. cast a pure and incor rupt ballot in the interests of the peo ple Is a traitor to his home and his country (Applause). "The supreme problem is before the American people whether this republic shall go up or shall go down; it is the great question of the age. Shall we follow the course that was pursued by the Roman republic? Shall we go down in hopeless night? Shall we turn back the dials of civilization, or shall we lift our civilization higher to a grand er pedestal, a more perfect government that shall stand as the monument and wonder of the age?" (Prolonged and deafening appiause"). It was 9:43 when Senator Allen con cluded. Several attempts were made to secure an adjournment but Senator Butler acting as a delegate moved the appointment of a committee to confer with the committee of the silver con vention. There were many and loud cries of "No, no" and Mr. Branch of Georgia moved to table the motion. The noes seemed to be in a large ma jority and the motion to table was de clared lost. Senator Butler's motion was carried with a loud cheer. The Bryan men were apparently in full control of the convention. The committee on rules then made its report. Little interest was manifested in it and before the convention had acted upon it Lafe Pence moved an adjournment until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, and then at 10:09 the conven tion adjourned. COLORADO AS A UNIT. Effort Being Made to TJnit9 All Fac tions for Bryan. Denver, July 24. The Democratic state committee has issued a call for a state convention, inviting all who are in favor of the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 to participate in the Demo cratic caucuses and primaries. An effort will be made to combine the Democrats. Populists and Republi cans who intend to vote for Bryan and Sewall in support of a union ticket for state officers. The date of the Demo cratic convention is left open. For Governor of Missouri. Springfield, Mo., July 24. It was 4 o'clock yesterday before the Republi can state convention reassembled and then followed a long struggle of ballot ing for governor which finally resulted after 10 o'clock In the nomination of R. E. Lewis of Henry county, on the sixth ballot when Cohoon threw all his strength to Lewis who received D25 votes or 17 m e than were required to nominate. Davis received 14S; Wal bridge 77; Hale 10. and Joy 1. Sues for Divorce. Mattie Lewis has begun suit in the district court for a divorce and alimony against her husband, William W. Lew is. She charges cruelty. They are col ored. Dr. A. P. Sawyer: After using one box of the Pnstilles I find myself en tirely cured. My case had been treated by several doctors. Lucy Bitner, Kan sas, III. Frank Sim, Pharmacist. U07 Kansas avenue. We can launder ladies' shirt waists to suit the most critical customer. Peer less Steam Laundry. 'Pnone 332. "Will realize the greatest amonnt of good In th shortest time and at the least expense by taking Sarsaparxlia The One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. $1. Hood's Pills are easy to take, easy to operate. if OM ALLENCH0SEI1. The Nebraska Senator Made Permanent Chairman Of the National Populist Con vention Last Evening BY 75S TO 564 TOTES. Result Greeted With Cheering Lasting Many Minutes. How the Yote Was Taken In Detail. St. Louis, July 24. The report of the committee on permanent organization was read at the convention hall last evening. The announcement of the se lection of Allen of Nebraska, for perma nent chairman was a signal for a dem onstration lasting several minutes. J. W. Hayes of New Jersey, was selected for the secretary and the temporary j officers were made permanent. The minority report naming James j E. Campion of Maine, for chairman, set j the middle of the road men on fire. The Texas and Georgia delegates climbed onto their chairs and yelled like Co manche Indians. Several large middle of the road banners were paraded through the aisles. The western dele gates as a rule took no part in the demonstration. One of the Georgia delegates pulled up his state standard banner, which was held aloft by two members of the delegation, one white and one colored. The standards of Texas, Arkansas, Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri and several other states joined the procession. In a scuffle for the possession of the Alabama guidon the staff was broken and a free fight almost precipitated. Bedlam reigned for ten minutes. When order was at last restored the names of the signers of the minority report were read. When the name of the Illinois member of the committee was read that delegate jumped up and announced that his signature was forged. His name was withdrawn. Delegate Blazer of Texas, then moved that Campion's name be substituted for that of Alien for permanent chair man. E. Gerry. Brown of Massachu setts, moved to lay both majority and minority reports on the table pending the report of the committee on rules. He said he made this motion in the in terest of a compromise candidate. There were cries of "no, no," from all parts of the" hall. It was evident the tem per of the convention was for action. Lafe Pence of the New York delega tion, a Bryan man, moved the previous question. It was ordered amid much confusion and the roll of states was called on the question of adopting the majority or minority report. The par liamentary situation puzzled the dele gates. They were finally made to un derstand that an aye vote was for Al len and a nay vote for Campion. Meantime night was falling but the electric lights were not turned on to dispel the gloom and there was some apprehension of a repetition of the ex perience of the past night when the con vention sat an hour in total darkness. Several candles were brought in and placed en- the press tables. The excitement was intense. There was a realization on both sides that an actual test had come. When Alabama, the first state, was called, a row was in progress and Alabama was passed. Arkansas' vote was challenged. In the former state the division showed six more votes for Allen than were cast in the Illinois contest on the side of Bryan and in Arkansas four more. In the gathering gloom there were loud cries of "turn on the lights." Some one announced from the platform that the electric light lamps had not been "trim med." "That won't do," cried the irate dele gates, and serious trouble was immi nent, when suddenly the electric lamps sizzled and the hall was flooded with a blaze of light. The Bryan men gained eight votes In California, five in Con- Decrys the Wail of the East That An necticut, Florida one, Georgia two. Ida- I ho seven, Illinois six, Indiana nineteen, j arcnists Nominated Bryan. Kansas 1, Kentucky two and a half, Springfield. July 24. John W Book Louisiana six and Maine one. waiter sent the following to the Omaha The constant gain made the Bryan World-Herald. W. J. Bryan's papur men enthusiastic and they cheered I113- 1 last nijrhf tily at every announcement. The mid- i "What nhsointn t tha tiiu f-,;,- uie 01 trie roaa men aid not make a gain until Mississippi was reached, when a gain of two was made reckoned on the former vote. They got" a good chance to cheer, however, when North Carolina, which divided seven to twen- k.;- A'"-- While the clerks were figuring up the tallies it became noised about that the result showed an overwhelming ma jority for the Bryan forces, and the middle of the roaders were very much downcast. One of the Texas delegates shouted: "Perhaps we misunderstood the question." "No. you did not," shouted Jerry Simpson across the hall. "We knew where we were at all the time." The Bryan people laughed with glee at this rejoinder. A moment later the chairman an nounced the result as 738 for Allen and 64 for Campion. The Bryan men screamed with joy. They got on their chairs and cheered. They whirled their coats, umbrellas, hats and everything James of the Chicago. Milwaukee St. moveable, aloft. They uprooted their Paul road applied to United States Mar state guidons and paraded them about i shal White yepterday for prctectl n the aisles. j against an army of 100 tramps, which Another row occurred over the pos- took possession of a northbound mix :d session of the Alabama standard, but mail and freight train at Blair, the Bryan men at last carried it off vie- Officials of the road made a fornal toriously. Only the Texas and other middle of the road southern delegates sat silently in their seats during the wild demonstration. The guidons of the Bryan states danced for five min utes about Nebraska, and then Indian rue tne were norne about the delegates' iTOBttuie. ne Dana played, hut it no one has been injured, could just be heard. Four colored men with banjos got near the stage and Deep Water at Galveston Harbor, sang a p-ryan song. The scene with T the exception of the fact that the gal- I Galveston July 24. The next map is leries did not participate in tb demon- f sued by the t'mted States engineers in stration. very much resembled that at charge of the harbor improvements the Colliseum in Chicago when Mr. 1 here will show a depth of 24 feet on Bryan was nominated. It lasted about Galveston bar. The last survey only 18 minutes. After order was restored, j showed a narrow ridge between tt.e Delegate Wilkins of California climbed inner bar ard 24 feet to sea. This onto the stage. "We have made a ridge has been cut away and today a square fight." he said, "and we have j vessel drawing twenty-four feet couid been fairly beaten and in the Interest enter the harbor, as all surroundings of peace and harmony, I move that the are reduced to mean low tide. election of Mr. Allen as permanent chairman be made unanimous." His motion was carried with a hur rah, but there were loud cries of dis- sent from the direction of the Lone Staf delegation. The Vote Geographically. The following list will show the geo graphical location of the Bryan strength, the states being classified ac cording to the majority of their votes: For Allen Colorado, Connecticut, Del aware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota. Tennes see, Utah, West Virginia, Virginia, Wis consin, New Mexico, District of Colum bia and Arizona. For Campion Alabama, California, Georgia. Louisiana, Michigan, Minne sota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas. Vermont, Washington, and Indian Territory. The votes of North Carolina, Wyoming and Okla homa were equally divided. YALJS PROFESSORS BOLT. Not One of the Democrats Will Vote for Bryan. New Haven. July 24. "Among: th? many professors and tutors of the Yale faculty who have always voted the Democratic ticket. I believe that there is not one who will support the Chi cago platform and candidate," said a prominent Yale professor today. There has always been a strong Dem ocratic sentiment at the university. The bolt of Prof. William G. Sumner was the first. Prof. Sumner did not Wait for the choice of candidates, but as soon as the planks in the platform i were nailed down he stamped the action j of the convention as suicidal. Prof, j Arthur T. Hadley, who like Prof. Sum i ner. Is of the department of political j economy, is also quoted as bolting. Prof. John C. Schwab of the department of social science was asked today if he would vote for the Chicago ticket. He answered an emphatic "No." Prof. Andrew W. Phillips of the mathematical department said that he would decline to vote for the Demj cratic national candidates this year on the platform set forth at Chicago. The attitude of Prof. Phillips is interesting, as he was at one .time an ardent advo cate of the greenback cause. Prof. Tracy Peck, head of the Latin depart ment, is said to be a bolter. FREE SILVER "HERESY." Senator Fassett Thinks It Is Taking Hold of New York Farmers. New York, July 24. Ex-Senator J. Sloat Fassett of Chemung was in the city yesterday. When Mr. Fassett wa3 asked if there was any free coinage sentiment up the state he replied: "I think that the sophistries of the frc coinage men are attracting some at tention among the farmers up the stati who are suffering from the low prions that they receive for their products. It is my opinion that If the growth of the free coinage sentiment is not check ed the evil misrepresentation will go on and recruits will be gained, and the vote In the fall will be materially af fected. It can be checked, however and that effectively, by a campaign of education as to the elementary' prin ciples of prices, values and money, such a campaign should include both the distribution of literature and the holding of meetings in theschool iiousi over the state. In that way the fal lacies of the free silver doctrine may be exposed; but if they are not explained they may in the end do much harm." BRASS BANDS AND MONEY. Will Compose the McKinley Cam paign, Says a Coloradoan. Denver, July 24. George Arthur Rice, the investment broker of this citj-, has returned from New York, where he haa 1 been for some weeks. "If Mr. Bryan is i elected," said Mr. Rice, "it will be be i cause of the Intrinsic merits of the sil ver cause, for there has never been a political campaign in the history of the 1 country in which there has been so much money spent as will be spent j this fall. j "The McKinley managers are prepar ing to conduct the campaign on the most magnificent scale. The lack of j information displayed by the advocates of the gold standard is something j startling- to the average Coloradoaa. i They have absolutely nothing to say j except that the silver men are in favor of a 50 cent dollar and that the Unit -id States will become the dumping ground j for the silver of the world. "These will be the salient points of the arguments on the gold 'side, and with the aid of gorgeous processions, brass bands and the liberal use of the sinews of war, they hope to carry th6 country." BOOKWALTER TALKS. tne seinsn, grabbing, insatiate east about anarchists controlling the con vention They lose sight of the fa. 4 that the noblest men of the west ai d south were represented in the conven- tion: that these regions constitute the basls of four-fifths of the national wealth and represent the same propor tion or population; that this wealth is the foundation upon which rests thd large majority of business, and that these sections in the last thirty years exported products to the value of fM, 000.000. It is upon this that our inter national credit and honor is based and not upon the hudreds of millions ol fictions created In the east and flooded upon the European countries." TRAMPS RUN TRAINS. One Hundred "Weary WiHles" Take Possession of a Freight. Omaha. Neb.. Julv 24. Snerlr.tende-f reauest of the federal authorities for protection to the Inited States maiis carried on their trains. Passenger enrs are not exempt, but are boarded by tha tramps, who refuse to alight. There have been several ngnts between the tramps and train crews, but thus far Ladies' shirt waists laundered so that the colors will not fade by Peerless Steam Laundry, lis and 114 W. 8tl 4

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T Erf if 1 i i A ;j IE J n t 3 1 I i u n 4 "I i I "I KNOCKOUT BLOW. Dave Leahy Floors Otto Eck stein With His flight. IVichita.Eagle.JIan and Repub lican Representative FIGHT OVER POLITICS. JThe Trouble Began at a Jfew- ton Convention. Xckstein Said to Have Called Leahy a Liar. Wichita, July 2. Dave Leahy, city editor of the Eagle, and C'to Eckstein, present representative from this dis trict, candidate for re-election, and al so candidate for speaker of the house In the next session of the Kansas legis lature, mixed up Wednesday evening on the sidewalk in front of the Eagle office. But it is all over today and they are shaking hands and promising to vote the same ticket in perfect har mony. Of course it was politics. It didn't begin yesterday, either. Both of them attended the late Republican appellate court convention at New ton. Otto as a delegate, presumably, to whoop it up for Mr. Daugherty. Sedgwick's candi date, and Dave to do some lobbying in the interes. of Mr. Vic Alurdock's can didacy for the clerkship of the appell ate court. Something happened at Newton. The delegation from this county "went all to pieces" as one member said on hi? return home. The inside workings or the deal have never been given to the laity of the party, but were said to be rich. Anyway, Mr. D-iutiherty wa? turned down. Mr. Vic's chances went glimmering, and the Sedgwick delet tion was found in the band wagon of the gentleman from Sumner, who re ceived the nomination and who is said to have a man of his own for the clerk ship in the person of his brother-in-law. Yesterday Otto hard that Dave had been talking out of meeting and went down to see about it. Meeting him in front of the oflice. he said: "Dave, did you say that I worked against Vic Murdock in the Newton convention "Of course I did." answered Dave. "Well, it's a d d lie." said the would be speaker, and before he could return his cigarette to his mouth Dave's Irish was up. out went that good right arm of his and down went Otto. It was a great blow, straight from the shoulder and Dave was preparing to follow it up with a left swing, when Otto cried out: "I didn't mean it Dave!" "All right, then: I won't hit you with this other one," said Dave. but. in the meantime, standing on the defensive in true pugilistic style. More apologies flowed around there than were ever heard before, two min utes later they were shaking hands, a truce was declared, each satisfied the other he didn't mean it, and in a short time both of the belligerents were busy denying they ever had a "scrap." TO PRESERVE THE FORT. Old Fort Scott Veterans to Save a Historic Spot. "Fort Scott. July 24. The members of Wm. H Lytic post. O. A. R.. of this city have an enterprise in contempla tin which, if consummated, will add greatly to the interest and beauty of "historic old Fort Scott." It is a proposition to lav out a his toric war spot on the plasa point, north of the old government buildings, to be improved and preserved as a remi niscence of the fort. It is proposed to move the blockhouse fort, just across the alley from Goudsell. Calhoun Co.'s store, where it was erected during the war as a retreat for the Union men. to this point on the plaza, and preserve it from further dilapidation; also to buy a cannon and to otherwise improve and beautify the spot. It is estimated that $4,000 will be re quired for this purpose, and the post appointed a committee to wait upon Congressman Blue and request his as sistance in securing from the national government an appropriation of that amount. A LEAVENWORTH SPOOK. Supposed Ghost Creating Much Ex citement at Night. Leavenworth, July 24. People in North Leavenworth are much worked up over what many of them say is a spook or ghost. The alleged apparition has the form of a woman attired in black with the face hidden by a long somber veil. She makes her appearance at odd places and at various times ranging from 8 p. m. to midnight. Sometimes she emerges suddenly as If from the earth in the middle of the street or the mouth of an allev and glides about from point to point some times with such rapiditv as to d'ey pursuit, and again like a "will 'o the wisp." will stay just far enough in advance of a crowd to lead her follow ers far out on the reservation She then suddenly disappears as if swallow ed up by the ground. Big crowds have been attracted by the peculiar actions of the strange vis itor every night this week and excite ment seems to be at fever heat A CURIOUS APRICOT TREE. Apparently Dead It Suddenly Blos soms Forth. "Fort Scott. July 24. W. J. Skeed of 612 North Crawford street, has a phe nomenal apricot tree growing in his yard. Early in the spring the tree grew leaves and budded out, and latr on developed an abundance of fruit Recently the fruit began to ripen and the tree, to all appearances, died The leaves fell and left it completely bare though the fruit remained on, ripened and was gathered and used. After standing stripped for several weeks the tree is again budding as it did in early spring, and blossoms are again opening. LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE. Kills a Horse and Almost a Man by the Animal's Side. Parsons, July 24. During the electric rmt,VVidnesday evi"S lightning struck the barn of James Simms, in this county, instantly killing a horse and knocking down Frank Van Heor the time curryinsr tne animal at When assistance reached the barn the horse was in the last agonies of death and "Van Heorbic was found in a most distracted state. He was paralyzed from his hips down and was unable to move. Dr Gabriel was called and ?'hfn he arrived he found that the man rteVet t yery severe shock and Wiat the flesh below the hips was badly discolored. It is thought he will re cover. Shortly afterward another bolt tore through the roof, but did no damage. 0011, TANKS FOR NEODESHA. A Large 35,000 Barrel One Being Erected. Neodesha, July 24. Material arrived yesterday for the fifth 35,090 barrel storage tank at this place. The ground is being graded and tank builders are here at work on the fourth, which is about two-thirds done. The object in Building the fifth at this time is two fold; first, inside of six months it will be needed to take care of the crude oil; second, it costs J600 or $700 to transport a crew of me chanics from the east to put up one of these tanks, and by putting up two at this time the company saves i50 or more on transportation expenses. LONG BICYCLE RIDE. San Fransisco Couple Reach. Wichita on Wheels in 5 1 Days. Wichita, July 24. Harry Webb and wife of San Francisco arrived in the city today, having made the distance on bicycles in fifty-one days from their home to Wichita. They stopped at A. P. Slosser's to have their wheels repaired, after which they started south, intending to go through Texas and from there to New York. They are simply on a pleasure trip to see the country. DEATH OF E. LONGS WORTH. Council Grove Citizen Dies Suddenly at White City. White City.July 24. E. Longsworth, a traveling salesman for the Armour Packing company of Kansas City, died of heart failure at the Herald House in this city some time during last night. Deceased leaves a family at Council Grove, Kan. DEAD IN A CORN FIELD. Strange Man Found Near Inman by Children. McPherson, July 24. News has reach ed here of the finding of a stranger dead in a corn field five miles south of Inman on Tuesday by some children. The man had nothing about him to reveal his name, where he came from or what had caused his death. He was dressed in a suit of working clothes and looked as if he might have been threshing. He was about 40 years old. KICKAPOO CRAZY WOMAN. Found in the Woods With but Few Clothes On. Leavenworth, July 24. Mrs. Cath erine Hass.who was brought from Kick apoo yesterday, charged with being in sane, is somewhat improved in condi tion mentally and physically today. She was out in t,he brush all of Mon day night and Tuesday and her limbs were sore and covered with blood. When discovered in a corn field the woman had on nothing but a blouse and pair of stockings. SALINA LIGHT PLANT. Contracted With the New Company for 28 Lights. Salina. July 24. The city council has contracted with new electric light com pany for 2S lights for three years at the rate of $100 per annum. This, with the provision that the company ex pend for material and labor $17,000. Auditorium for Conway Springs. Wellington. July 24. The citizens Conway Springs, irrespective of party. nave oeen considering the feasibility of erecting an auditorium in which to hold large political and other meetings. Saturday night, plans and specifications for the building will be submitted, to gether with estimates of the cost of the structure. T. J. Johnson Killed in a Wreck. Eureka. July 24. News has reached here of the killing of True J. Johnson of Wichita on Wednesday evening near Tawney, six miles east of here, in a collision. Freight train No. 45S, in three sections, on the Missouri Pacific railway, had a collision, two cars being wrecked. Johnson was the only per son hurt. Curfew Law Now Exists at Fort Scott Fort Scott. July 24. In regular ses sion Wednesday night the council passed the curfew ordinance, requiring all boys under the age of 16 to be off the streets after 9 o'clock at night. The ordinance narrowing the residence streets was also passed. THE DAILY III NAAVAT. Wm- Nelson of Oakland is Severely Inj ured. William Nelson, a grocer who keeps a store at the corner of Seward and Logan avenues, Oakland, wes severely injured by a runaway team on upper Kansas avenue this morning. Nelson had tied the horse which he was driving in front of a store, and was standing in the store w.en the run away team dashed up the sidewalk. He rushed out to hold his horse, and as he reached the hitching post one of the wheels of the wairnn struck him on the shoulder. The left scapula bone was fractured. and his shoulder badly bruis ed. He will be unable to work for some time. Rusk Jointist Case. The attorney for Louis Rusk, the jointist, have notified City Attorney Bird that they will not appear at the trial, and that the $100 which was put up as security, may be forfeited. Rusk ran the prosperous joint in the rear of the Adams house in North Topeka. The case was to have been heard this after noon. A Card. We wish to express our sincere thanks to the many friends we found in Tope ka during the sickness and death of our husband and father while visiting at my brother and sister, Mrs. anil Mr. W. It. Bradford, Mrs. Mary Beall and son, David, Hutchinson, Kansas. Ayer's Ague cure is a vegetable pre paration, and warranted' to cure all malarial disorders. A Look Through South Missouri for Four Cents. The Kansas City, Fort Scott Mem phis Railroad Co. has Just Issued a magnificent book of sixty or more photo-engraved views of varied scene ry in south Missouri. From the-se views on accurate knowledge can be obtained as to the productions and gen eral topography of that highly favored section that is now attracting the at tention of home-seeker3 and investors the country over. The title of the book is "Snap Shots In Soirth Mis souri." It will be mailed free upon re ceipt of postage, four cents. Address. J. E. LOCK WOOD. Kansas CUjf- Ma Marshall's band concert at Garfield park tonight. The King of Fills, Beechanis' BEECH AM'S. GILBERTS CUP. Inanimate Target Trophy to Be Contested For. Rollo Heikes Challenges Fred Gilbert, the Holder. MATCH TOR AUG. 20. Corbett's Health Improved Hy Mineral Water. Will Enter Active Training at Asbury Park. Chicago.July 24. Fred Gilbert, holder of the American E. C. Powder cup, em blematic of the world's championship at inanimate targets, yesterday accept ed a challenge for its possession from Rollo O. Heikes of Daryton. The race will take place August 20 at Watson's Burnside park. The fact is, both the holder and the challenger are in the employ of rival powder companies. Therefore, when Gilbert won the trophy from a field of seventy at New York the first week in May, it was generally expected that an effort to win the cup from its rivals would be made by the company offer ing the trophy. Such expectation has been borne out by the present chal lenge, and Heikes, known from one end of the country to the other as a trap expert, has been selected to measure skill with the clever young havvkeye of Spirit Lake. As challenger, Heikes deposited $50 against the cup, which is valued at $300. The winner will receive both cup and money and the loser will meet the ne cessary expense of the contest. The conditions call for a race of 150 tar gets fifty singles, five known traps and unknown angles; fifty single targets, expert rules, one man up standing in the center of the score, and twenty-five pairs. At the original open event in New York, "00 targets were shot at, 100 in each of the three divisions. As both men are clever exponents of the sport, an exciting race may be anticipated. NATIONAL LEAGUE. PITTSBURG 5-6; NEW YORK 4-3. Pittsburg, July 24. Pittsburg won the first jrame in the ninth through errors of the visitors. Sullivan pitched a splendid game but had no support. The second game was won by timely bat ting. Attendance, 3,000. Score: R. H. E. Pittsburg 0 0010101 25 4 4 New York 10100110 0 4 8 7 Batteries Pittsburg, Hawley and Merritt; New York, Sullivan and Fai' rell. Second game, score: R. H. E. Pittsburg 2 1011001 6 11 1 New York 000001 1 1 0 3 7 3 Batteries Pittsburg, Killen and Mer ritt; New York, Meekin and Wilson. CLEVELAND 2; PHILADELPHIA 0. Cleveland. July 24. The Phillies could not touch Young, only one hit being made, and that in the ninth with two out. Attendance 2,000. Score: H H E Cleveland 10100000 2 6 2 Philadelphia .0 0000000 0 0 1 1 Batteries Young and Zimmer; Kee ner and Clements. WASHINGTON 7: LOUISVILLE 4. Louisville, July 24. Mercer not only held the Colonels down to six hits, but helped his team to victory by hitting safely every time he came to bot. At tendance 1,000. Score: R. IT. E. Washington ..2 2000101 1 7 9 2 Louisville 1 0000200 1 4 6 4 Batteries Washington. Mercer and AIcGuire; Louisville, Hill and Miller. National League Standing. Played. Won.' Lost. P. Cincinnati S2 56 26 Cleveland 78 53 23 Baltimore 75 50 25 Chicago 84 48 36 Pittsburg 7S 43 35 Boston 77 42 35 Brooklyn 7!) 36 43 Philadelphia 78 35 43 Washington 74 32 42 New York 77 31 46 St. Louis 78 23 55 Louisville 75 19 56 C. GX-t 67') 667 571 551 545 456 450 452 403 295 251 WESTERN LEAGUE. Minneapolis, July 24. Score: R. IT. E. Minneapolis ..1 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 8 15 4 Columbus 0 1000102 1 5 8 3 Batteries Hutchinson and Schriver; McGri'evy and Strauss. St. Paul. July 24. The game was the most brilliant ever seen on the home grounds, the result being a tie at the end of the tenth inning, when the game was called in order to allow the teams to catch a train. Score: St. Paul 0 00000002 0 2 s" Indianap'lis 000002000 0 2 10 2 Batteries Fricken and Spies; Cross and Wood. Kansas City, July 24. Score: R. II. E. Kansas City.l 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 815 13 1 Detroit 3 2010201 0 9 14 3 Batteries Callahan and Lake; Egan, Fifield and Twineham. LUCKY BALDWIN TO RETIRE. The Great Racing Sportsman Will Leave the Turf. San Francisco, July 24. It is prob able that E. J. Baldwin will retire from the turf. His racing string this sea son has been a failure and he says that until there is an improvement he will abandon racing and devote his atten tion to breeding. Baldwin has raced horses for twenty years and has been one of the most suc cessful men on the American turf. His Santa Anita farm has produced more derby winners than any similar estab lishment in the country, and many a stake race has gone to the black and maltese cross. Santa Anita horses have five times won the American derby and finished second twice. ONE SIDED SCORE. Emporia Defeated in a Game of Good and Bad Plays. Topeka played a fine game yesterday with Emporia and defeated the visitors by a score of 13 to 1. It was the first of the state league games which has been played in Topeka. The game was full of brilliant plays and the crowd applauded frequently. Gettman, the new first baseman, is an excellent player and a hard hitter. Cooley, who played first, shows up to good advan tage in center field. He knocked the ball over the east fence yesterday and the crowd went wild. Clark pitched a steady ball and fooled the visitors in good shape. Ingram pitched for Emporia, but the Topeka boys found him easily. Emporia made its one tiny run in the seventh inning. One critici-im that seems appropriate of the Topeka team Is that they talk too much while playing. No one but a coacher has a right to talk during a game. The infield talked a great deal yesterday. There were nearly 300 people pcesent yesterday to see the opening of the league games In Topeka, and a large crowd Is expected tomorrow. The fol lowing was the score: TOPEKA. AB. R. H. PO. A. E. Sawyer, 3b 6 2 1 2 3 0 Gettman, lb 5 3 1 8 0 1 Hall, c 6 3 4 5 1 0 Cooley. cf and lb 6 2 4 4 0 0 Driscoll, 2b G 0 2 4 2 0 Perry, ss 5 1 2 3 4 1 Beauchamp, If 5 13 111 Redmond, rf., cf. 5 0 2 0 0 0 Clarke, p 5 0 0 0 2 0 Switzer, rf. 1 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 50 13 19 27 13 3 EMPORIA. AB. R. H. PO. A. E. Gabriel, cf. Patterson, c. Evans, 2b Parrington, lb Wind ,If Jamison, rf Jones, ss McClure, 3b Ingram, p 0 15 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 27 Totals! 36 1 The score by innings: Topeka 2 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 313 Emporia 0 000001001 At present Topeka is second in the state league, having played four games and won half of them. Junction City leads. Today is ladies' free day, and Switzer and Hall are the battery for Topeka, while Jamison and Patterson will be in the box for Emporia. CORBETT TO TRAIN. Will Enter Active Work at Asbury Park, N. J. San Francisco, July 24. James J. Coi -bett will return to this city from Bar Iett Springs tomorrow, where he has been for several weeks. After a few days here he will go to Asbury Park, N. J., where he will train for his fight with Sharkey. Corbett has been wonderfully benefited by his sojourn at the springs, and is in better condition now than he has been for several years. Junction City Defeats Minneapolis. Minneapolis, July 24. The Imperials won the second game of the series with the Stanfords by a score of 7 to 6. Witn the exception of sending three men to bases on balls in the first inning, Wil son of the Stanfords pitched an almost errorless game. Score: Junction City 3 0031000 0 7 Minneapolis 0 0202011 0 6 Batteries Minneapolis. Wilson and Loman; Junction City, Wilson and Rebesman. Parsons Defeated by Coffeyville. Parsons. July 24. Coffeyville won a splendid victory over the Parsons team yesterday. Batteries Coffeyville, Rein ing and Powers;. Parsons, Chaffin and Brandt. Score by innings: Coffeyville 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 39 Parsons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Horton Defeats Hiawatha. Horton, July 24. Horton defeated Hiawatha yesterday by a score of 12 to 0. Batteries Horton, Miller and Hartman; Hiawatha, Jones and Faulk ner. AT THE STATE HOUSE. First Reported Outbreak of Texas Fever This Year Notes. During the past week there have been several rumors circulating in the south ern part of the state to the effect that an outbreak of Texas fever had oc curred among a herd of cattle in Mont gomery county. No official notification had been received at the state house until yesterday, when the governor re ceived a communication from the sher iff of Montgomery county to the effect that there was something down there that the state live stock sanitary com mission ought to look after. The sher iff did not say that the reported dis ease was fever, but only asked that the commission investigate. Governor Morrill at once telegraphed to J. W. Johnson of Greenwood county, who is the chairman of the commission to go and investigate the matter. This is the first case this year where there has been any suspicion of an outbreak of the disease and the board called on to investigate. So far the commission has had only the routine business before it, and such as arises from the inspection necessary to see that the law in regard to the importa tion of cattle by railroads and drovers was complied with. The commission, when they were here last, reported the condition of cattle throughout the state generally good and healthy. State Board of Equalization. The state board of equalization has just about completed its preliminary schedule of the equalize! values It is not complete yet, however, ami after it is done has to be balanced up in or der that the board is sure that a suf ficient amount of taxes will be raised. The final action of the board will prob ably take place the first of next week. Found Again. The executive office has a communi cation from Auburn, O., which contains the startling information that Airs. Berrder had been found at that place. The letter failed to state whether or not Charley Ross was in that neighbor hood. Pardoned. Governor Morrill, on account of the destitution of his family has pardoned nf,n-TO fiarvir. who was sent to the county jail of Washington county for six months for stealing chickens. Rooks County Fair. The Rooks County Fair association has increased its stock to $10,000. Operated On for Peritonitis. Harry the 14-year-old son of Dean Bodley of the Episcopal church, was operated on for peritonitis at his home at 3 o'clock his afternoon. He has been seriously ill for the past week, and this morning the attending physi cian decided that an operation was necessary. Death of H..M. Bell. H. M. Bell, aged 34 years, died this morning at his residence 110 Buchanan street. The disease was diabetes. The funeral services will be held at the residence Sunday afternoon at two o'clock. Marshall's band will give an open1 air Leoncert at Garfield park tonight. Band concert at Garfield park. 1 BADLY BEATEN, Continued from First Page. as some Alpine traveler treads his way along yawning chasms. Those who knew Mr. Butler's convictions were amazed at his stultification and cow ardice. Those who did not know him were convinced that he either did not know anything or was trying to be on both sides of the vital question. It is a hopeful sign, yet portentous of dan ger to the nation's oppressors, when the people become so thoroughly aroused that they refuse to follow the tin horn of the wily politician. "The battle royal between the Bryan and anti-Bryan forces will begin today, but will not end till election, for gold is mighty, and the gold traitors are far seeing and astute. Whenever the peo ple become so powerfully organized that the combined forces of wrong are powerless against them they inoculate reform with the potent elixir of lucre, and forthwith the aforesaid reformer adopts the tactics of Philip of Mace donia, and divides the people, that their enemies may cpnqiier. 'Divide to conquer was the motto by which Greece was delivered to her destroyers. The national chairman of the People's Party took a flying and much desired to be kept secret trip to Chicago, conferred with Major Kohl saat and others, and came back inocu lated, but the virus is not spreading as rapidly as Marc Hanna might desire. "The trouble is, Taubeneck tried to lead the national convention into the camp of the enemy four years ago at Omaha when he read a telegram pur porting to come from W. Q. Gresham, stating that he (Gresham would ac cept the nomination of the People's Party if said nomination were tender ed him unanimously. Elaborate prep arations had been made for the de nouement, and tin pail brigades, Gen. Gresham glee clubs and all the para phernalia of old party methods were present to enthuse, deceive and stam pede the people to a man who would not accept a nomination at their hands, and who afterward accepted a position in Cleveland's cabinet as a reward for his services to the enemies of the peo ple. "A woman prevented the delivery of the goods. Those who attended the national convention of four years ago will never forget the chagrin of Taube neck and his Chicago fixers when the scheme was exploded. It is unfortu nate that the political cowardice and apathy of men permitted this incom petent to remain in charge of the af fairs of a national organization. His untimely and idiotic manifesto in re gard to Henry M. Teller undoubtedly killed all that gentleman's chances for the presidential nomination. "A union of the forces, if formed ir respective of party lines, will, beyond question, result in the overthrow of the gold aristocracy of America. To prevent this union of forces is the shortest, speediest way to defeat the people, and, as could be expected, Taubeneck is declaring loudly that the People's Party organization must be preserved. 'No compromise with the enemy,' is his watchword. "Think of it. His chief lieutenant in the political deal this year is the tool of John M. Thurston, a political char latan and nondescript, who is known in Nebraska as 'The soap grease man of the Union Pacific This loathsome creature aspires to a nomination, and if there must be division it is to be de voutly w ished that he will succeed in his farcical and treacherous design. "The word Democrat is being used to frighten the southern men, just as the word 'nigger' was used for the same purpose by the Republicans; but the southern people are brainy enough to know that the reform rebels of De mocracy captured the Chicago conven tion and nominated as their standard bearer a Populist, a man tried and true in the halls of congress, in behalf of the oppressed people. There is no longer a Democratic or Republican par ty, and when this convention adjourns there will be but two great contending forces the wealth producers and tax payers against the bondholders or gold owners American liberty against English supremacy." HARMAN'S HASTINESS. Kansas Delegate From Valley Falls Makes an Amusing Mistake. St. Louis, Mo., July 24. Delegate Harman of Kansas made an attack upon the police in the opening session of the Populist convention yesterday. Everybody was trying to obtain recog nition at the same time, and Chair man Butler ordered the sergeants-a t arms to clear the aisles and seat the delegates. Thas was too much for Harman's Jefferson county blood, and he mounted a chair and in a powerful voice began to speak. "My country men." he asked, "is it possible we, as Populists, are to be herded in our res ervations by uniformed policemen? Alust we submit to the armed minions whom I see on every hand?" And he stopped and looked around in an embarrassed sort of way, for there were no policemen in sight. The "min ious" were Mr. Harman's own kind of people, who were officiating as ser-geants-at-arms. trying to restore order. The crowd roared and the hasty Kan san subsided. ELLIOTT STANDS OUT. A Kansas Delegate Who Won't Vote With the Delegation. St. Louis, Mo., July 24. The Kansas delegation voted for Allen for perma nent chairman with the exception of Frank Elliott of Doniphan county. In every vote so far taken he has sided with the middle' of the road men, and it is expected he will cast his vote against Bryan. Elliott received the following signifi cant dispatch from John Hossack. sec retary of the New Jersey state central committee: "If the convention indorses Bryan and Sewall, declare for social ism." WILL TREAT THEM FAIRLY. Senator Allen Assures Middle-of-the-Roaders They Can Talk. St. Louis, July 24. The middle of the road men have selected Air. Gibbs of Texas and Congressman Howard of Alabama as their managers on the floor of the convention. Soon after the con vention was called to order today they had a conference with Chairman Allen and asked that they be afforded an op portunity to speak on all question. Senator Allen assured them that they would be given a fair hearing. The middle of the road men say they want a chance to present their side of all questions, wishing among other things to tell the convention why they are so emphatic in their opposition to Bryan and Sewall. TEXANS QUARREL. Lots of Bad Blood Shown Among Members of the Delegation. St. Louis, July 24. There was a row in the Texas delegaitno on account of exhibition of the Bryan picture and be cause of the announcement of the re fusal of Texas to name a member for the conference committee. Some of the THE TOWN PUMP OLD AND delegation thought the "hot heads" were going to far and said so. The delegation held a meeting in the hall, and considerable bad blood was shown. Milton Park who made the rather ill-tempered response for Texas stated that it was agreed to by the delegation. They continued to caucus a great deal during the session of the convention and a great deal of dissat isfaction was expressed by the fac tions. SAT DOWN ON COXEY. Committee on Resolutions Ignores His Plank and He Gets Mad. St. Louis, July 24. The full Populist committee on resolutions went to work at 10 o'clock today on the platform as prepared by the sub-committees. There were few absentees and the work went along smoothly at the beginning of the session. The preamble as proposed by the sub-committee was adopted with but little discussion, and with few changes which were verbal. The finance plank led to more discussion but it also went through with comparatively few changes. Mr. Coxey made an effort to secure an amendment, looking to the adop tion of his non-interest bearing bond proposition, but it was voted down 26 to 14. Air. Coxey afterwards said he would carry his plank into the conven tion, where he thinks it will be received with greater favor. "This jury is pack ed," said Mr. Coxey, "and the chair is a greater autocrat than Czar Reed ever dared to be. Think of a chairman who is supposed to be impartial mak ing motions and voting upon them, as General Weaver has been doing in the proceedings of this committee." The financial plank was then accepted. MOTHER JONES AND ANNIE. Two Notable Women on a Table at the Convention. St. Louis, July 24. During the dem onstration by the middle of the road forces yesterday afternoon, Alother Jones of Coxey Army fame, and Airs. Annie Diggs of Kansas, stood upon a table in the press gallery, the former waving a Eugene V. Debs flag, the lat ter waving a William Jennings Bryan flag. A lot of Debs and Bryan enthus iasts proposed to carry the women to the speaker's platform and have anoth er Alinnie Alurrajr incident, but they objected, and the convention was per mitted to resume business. FORCIBLE BUT INELEGANT. National Chairman Jones Denies That He Would Compromise. St. Louis, July 24. The Post-Dispatch today publishes the following: "Any man who says that I have agreed with the Populists or any other party for a compromise on the presidential candi is a liar and the truth is not in him. dates is a liar and the truth is not in him. (Signed) James K. Jones." Debs Not Even Going to Attend. Terre Haute, July 24. Eugene V. Debs last night said he was not going to attend the Populist convention in St. Louis and that he would not accept the nomination if it was tendered to him. Go out to Garfield park and hear the concert by Marshall's band tonight. To Colorado, Montana, Black Hills, Puget Sound Pacific Coast Via "Burlington Route." Take the shortest line with best through train service from Alissouri River Cities to the far West. Daily train leaves Kansas City 10:40 a. m., arrives Billings, Alont., 1050 miles dis tant, 5.40 next afternoon; free Reclin ing Chair Car from Kansas City to Billings; Sleeper Lincoln, Neb., to Bil lings, Connects with Northern Pacific Trans-Continental train to Alontana and Puget Sound; time from ten to twenty-five hours shorter than any other line from Kansas City. Sleepers and Chair Cars Kansas City to Denver, Rio Grande scenic line be yond for Colorado, Utah and Califor nia. Ask Agent for tickets over the estab lished lines of the BURLINGTON ROUTE. L. W. WAKELEY, Gen. Pass. Agt., St. Louis, Mo. Alarshall's band concert at Garfield park tonight. Low Excursion Rates to the East Via "Burl ngton Route." HALF RATES. N. E. A. meeting, Buffalo, N. Y., July 7th to 11th. Christian Endeavor meeting, Wash ington, July 7th to 13th. Baptist Young People's Union of America, Alilwaukee, July 16th to 19th. National Republican league, Alilwau kee, Aug. 25th to 27th. Democratic convention, Chicago, Ju ly 7th. Ask ticket agent for tickets via Ves tibuled "Eli" to Chicago, and via Ves tibuled Limited to St. Louis. Both trains supplied with the most modern equipment. L. W. WAKELEY, General Passenger Agent, St. Louis, Mo. Go out to Garfield park and hear the concert by Alarshall's band tonight. Subscribe lor the STATE JOURNAL. Go out to Garfield park and hear the concert by Marshall's band tonight. p NEW STYLE. N.'.Y. Herald. A Man With a Record. "There goes a man who has been ths immediate cause of more trouble and ex citement in a political gathering lan any body else I know of. "I don't remember having seen his pio ture In any of tlje cartoons." "No. A great. many people do not even know his name. But he has done jv what I said. "Who is he? A financial agitator?" "No. fie was sexgeant-at-aruis in a con vention." Washington Star. Simply Coaniweralil, Young Hopeful (who has been left ir. charge of baby) Dey ain't nuttiu do mat ter wid dat, i dey? Trutli. Plenty of Imagination. "Oh, he writes well enough, hut I don't believe he has much of an imagination. "Imagination! Why, that's hLsEtroncr point. He has the moat vivid and fertile imagination of any one I ever knew. It's necessary in his business." "What is his business?" "He gets up a column of curious stories from real life for a Sunday paper. Chi cago Post. The Prairie Pullman wagons "To peka" and "Kansas" bring in a large party of campers tonight at 6 p. in. from Wakarusa. C. D. Skinner. Alarshall's band concert at Garfield park tonight. To St Paul and Minneapolis Via"Bur lington Route." Two splendid through trains each day from Alissouri river points to the north via the old established "Bur ling Route" and Sioux City line. Day train has handsome observation vesti buled sleepers, free chair cars and dining cars (north of Council Bluffs). Night train has handsome sleepers to Omaha. Council Bluffs and Sioux City, and parlor cars Sioux City north. Consult ticket agent. L. W. WAKELEY, General Passenger Agent, St. Louis, AIo. Appleton, Minn. Dr. A. P. Sawyer: Dear Sir I have used your Family Cure and can safely say I have never used anything better for kidney trou ble. Airs. J. H. Craig. Frank Sim, Pharmacist, 607 Kansas avenue. Ladies' shirt waists laundered so that the colors will not fade by Peerless Steam Laundry, 112 and 114 W. Sth. Range of Prices on Stocks. Topeka Grain Exchange. S26 K3. Av,2p. m. Today's range of prices on New York Stocks furnished by Topeka Grain and Stock exchange: Op'n. High. Low. Cl'se. Thur. Sugar 10414 104 '4 10314 105"i Gas 53 G3V4 51 'a 52 63 '4 Tobacco 59 59 53 58 59U Leather 47 4HV2 Vz 4-:4 49 D. C. F 10 1114 10 10; E. G. E 2314 23 234 23'i 2i C. B. Q. 64V2 65' 64i Cfi,s 66 St. Paul 7014 70i,i 69s; 70 70"i Rock Island 55 56 54 55'; 56',; Atchison 11 12 11?4 11 1-' C. N. W. 91 94 91 941-2 94 C. C. C 23 24 23 23V2 L. S 142 142 Hi HI 142 Alanhattan 92 93 90'4 93 W. Un 79 79 78 79 7M Mo. Pac. 17 17 17 17 17 Wabash 14 14 14 14 15 Un. Pac. 5 6 5 6 6 Reading 10 10 10 10 11 Jer. Cen. 92 92 92 92 93. D. H 121 121 120 120 121 T. C. 1 16 16 16 16 17 L. N 46i,4 46 45 46 46 Pac. Alail 18 18 18 18 18 Preferred. TOO LATB TO CLASSIFY. FOR HALE Transplanted celery plauta, OCX per hundred. lO'.'l Madisou at.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1896. The State Journal i TWENTY-THIRD TEAR. BY FRANK P. MACLENNAN. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION: Dally edition, delivered by carrier. 10 cents a week to any part of Topeka or Suburbs, or at the same price in any Kaa las town wher. this paper has a carrier Fystem. fly miii. three months DO By mail, one year 3.60 Weekly edition, per year 59 TEMPORARY QUARTERS: 111 and 113 East Seventh Street. PERMANENT HOME Topeka State Journal Building1, 800 and 802 Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. TELEPHONES: Business Office Bc.il 'Phone 107 Business Office Topeka 'Phone 107 Reporters' Room Bell 'Phone 107i Washington Office: 1519 K St. N. W. New York address: 200 Potter build ing, care American Newspaper Pub lishers' association, where files of the paper are always open to advertisers or readers. V J. A J. A J. .t. J-J. J. 4. JL-i. X A J. A X 1 JULY 1896. IV t t j Sun. rVfon. Tus. Wei Thur. Fri. Sat. i 2r 3 4 12 13 14 IS 16 17 18 j 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 j 26 27 28" 293d3l -If a- -tf- if- A howinjr. CIRCULATION STATEMENT First Six Months of Year 1896. The Topeka Daily State Journal has now distanced all competitors. No daily or Sunday paper published In Topeka or Kansas has a circulation so large. The daily average for the first six months of 1S9S, ending June 30, 1SSS is IO,625. The circulation for each day of the first half year is given below. The issues of the TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL for the six months, viz., from the first day of January, 1S96, to the thirtieth day of June, 1SS6, in clusive, have been as follows: Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2S 29 SO 31, 9,620 9.710 9.700 9,655 9,725 9,810 .10.4S0 9.S30 .10.120 .10,010 10,050 10,130 10,250 10,350 10,400 10,310 10,300 10,400 10,400 10,4o0 10,500 10,475 10.475 10,450 10,500 10,500 10.510 11,220 10,570 10,550 10,500 10.500 10,530 10,525 10,500 10,600 10,525 10,623 10.550 10,925 10,675 10.700 10.700 10,700 10 650 10.600 10,600 10.S25 10,750 10,700 10.750 10,700 10,600 10,700 10,650 10.700 10,600 10,675 10,650 10,750 10,750 9.S10 9.810 9,830 9,850 9.S50 9,910 9.953 .10,300 .10,140 .10.100 .10.300 .10,000 .10,; 00 .10,100 .10.060 .10,160 .10,050 Totals. ...269,005 261,365 277,650 Day. Apr. May. June. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2S 29 SO El .10,650 .10.700 .10,700 .10,700 10,725 10,650 10,650 10,725 10.650 10.750 10.900 10.S25 10.700 10.650 10,630 10.675 10,825 10,900 12,120 IO.SOO 11,000 10,850 10,750 11,400 io.soo 10,800 10,700 13,225 10,800 11,300 10,750 10,750 11,100 1O.S0O 10,800 11,000 IO.SOO IO.SOO 10,700 10,700 10,700 11.000 10,800 10.875 10.950 11,200 10,850 11,000 10,800 10,750 10,750 10,750 10,750 11.000 11,000 11,000 .10.700 .10,700 .10,700 .10.700 .10.600 .10,600 .10,650 .10,650 .10.650 .15.650 .10,650 .10,650 .10,700 .10,700 .10.700 .10.700 .10,600 .10,645 r m .10.650 .10.650 .10,630 .10,750 Totals 2S2.395 2S4.S20 282,375 Sunday; no issue. The total number of copies printed in the six months named above, 1,657,610, divided by 156, the number of Issues, shows the average to be 10,625. This is fi correct report of the issues of the TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL for the six months as stated. Editor and Proprietor. Topeka, Kan., July 1, 1896. HOW WE GREW: In 1SS5 the circulation was 800 January 1, 1S91, were printed 3,125 Daily average for year 1891 4,880 Daily average for year 1892 5.069 Daily average for year 1S93.. 6,213 Daily average for year 1894 8,413 Daily average for year 1895 9,217 Daily, average 1st 6 months, 1898.. 10, 625 BLAINE IS GOOD ENOUGH EE PUBLICAN FOR US. That greatest of Republican states men, James G. Blaine, spoke in the Uni ted States senate, February 7, 1878 as follows. The quotations are" taken from the official congressional record and the words given are his exact words, notwithstanding the effort of gold organs to discredit them: "I believe the struggle now going on in this country and in other coun tries for a single gold standard would, if successful, produce widespread dis aster in and throughout the commer cial world. The destruction of silver as money, and establishing gold as the sole unit of value, must have a ruinous effect on all forms of property except those Investments which yieid a fixed return in money. These would be enormously enhanced in value, and would gain a disproportionate and un fair advantage over every other spe cies of property. If. as the most re liable statistics affirm, there are nearly $7,000,000,000 of coin or bul lion in the world, not very unequally divided between gold and silver, it Is Impossible to strike silver out of ex istence as money wiihout results that will prove distressing to millions and utterly disastrous to tens of thou sands. "1 believe gold and silver coin to be the money of the constitution, in deed, the money of the American peo ple anterior to the constitution, which the great organic law recognized as quite independent of its own existence. No power was conferred on congress to declare that either metal should not be money. Congress has, therefore, in my judgment, no power to demon etize silver any more than to demon etize gold; no power to demonetize either any more than to demonetize both. In this statement I am repeat ing the weighty dictum of the first of constitutional lawyers. If, there fore, silver has been demonetized, I am in favor of remonctizing it. If its coinage has been prohibited, I am in favor of ordering it to be resumed. If it has been restricted, I am in favor of having it enlarged." In the same speech Mr. Blaine also spoke exactly as follows: "The European countries when driven to full remonetization, as I believe they will be, must of neces sity adopt their old ratio of 15 of silver to one of gold. The responsibility of re-establishing silver in its ancient and honorable place as money In Europe and Amer ica devolves really on the congress of the United States. If we act here with prudence, wisdon and firmness, we shall not only successfully re monetize silver and bring it into gen eral use as money in our own coun try, but the influence of our example will be potential among all European nations with the possible exception of England. Remonetization here followed by general remonetization In Europe will secure to the United States the most stable basis for its currency that we have ever enjoyed and will effectually aid in solving all the problems by which our financial situation is surrounded." Weather Indications. Chicago, July 24. For Kansas: Clear ing this afternoon; fair tonight; fair and warmer northwest portions Satur day; northern winds, becoming varia ble. The Wall street gold gamblers are wise to empty their hoarded gold into the treasury and prevent if possible another issue of bonds before the elec tion. Another issue of bonds would doubtless seriously damage the gold standard ticket. Even now it may be that wisdom has come to them too late to be of any practical benefit. The peo ple understand very well that further issues of bonds are inevitabl if the "present gold standard" v main tained. It is only a que-' .me. It is the theory of ai that the "demonetiza the result of a consp. money changers who v. nagists iver was aong the to make money dear. If that was ti. case, why did not these men choose the money that was already the dearest and de monetize the other? In 1S73 the silver in a silver dollar was worth 3 cents more than the gold in a gold dollar, why didn't the money kings "demon etize" gold, and thus force the price of silver still higher? Iola Register. The money kings who engineered that scheme were European money kings. The money which they wished to make dear was European money. Eu rope had gold in abundance. She want ed silver for the Asiatic trade and wanted it cheap. The United States had silver in abundance. Then the United States must be made to cheapen its silver and at the same time en hance the value of Europe's gold for the benefit of the European dealers in these two commodities, for it is as com modities that they deal in them. The plan was a great success and has en abled these European money kings to realize their fondest hopes. Not only have they bought our silver at half price and exchanged it for Asiatic com modities at full price but incidentally they have deprived the American farm er of a foreign market except at prices below the cost of production. Is the Register satisfied? A FINANCIAL CATECHISM. Q What is the bullion In a gold dol lar worth? A It is always worth a dollar in the United States. Its value is estimated variously in different countries. Q Why is it always worth a dollar In the United States? A Because it may at any time be taken to the mint and coined into a dollar free of charge. In England its value is maintained at a fixed rate by the Bank of England be coming the purchaser of all sld offer ed at the established rate. Q What is the bullion in a silver dol lar worth? A It varies with the time and the country. At present, in the United States, it is worth about 53 cents. Q Then the bullion in a white dollar is not worth as much as the bullion in a yellow dollar? A No, because the bullion in a silver dollar cannot be taken to the mint and coined into a dollar. Q Has this always been so? A No; prior to 1873 both metals were treated alike. Q Why was the change made? A That is one of the mysteries. It was said at the time to be because silver dollars were worth more than gold dol lars and none of them were being coin ed. In other words, the silver dollar being then the unit of value the gold dollar was at a discount and something was necessary in order to increase the demand for gold and thereby increase it3 value as compared with silver in the interest of gold standard countries. Q Was the scheme a success? A Yes; silver began to decline in value at once. Q What then would be the effect of restoring free coinage of silver? A It would increase the demand for silver and restore it to its coinage value just as it was prior to 1S73. Q Would the owners of gold continue to take it to the mint? A Certainly; because they could get no more for it anywhere else. Q But it is claimed that owners of gold would buy silver with it. A That is absurd because the bullion required for a silver dollar being worth 100 cents at the mint and the gold in a gold dol lar being worth no more, nobody would part with silver on any other basis; besides gold must be coined before it will buy anything. Q If the metal in a silver dollar is so much cheaper than the metal in a gold dollar how do the two coins hap pen to be equal in purchasing power? A Prior to the declaration by con gress that it is the established policy of the government to maintain the two metals at a parity and the interpreta tion of this by Secretaries Foster and Carlisle to mean that all forms of cur rency are finally redeemable in gold the silver maintained its place along side of the gold dollar because it was a le gal tender for all dues and was itself redemption money. Since that time it is kept at par with the popular belief that there is a gold dollar behind it. There is not enough gold all told in the United States to redeem one-half of the other forms of currency. Instead of maintaining the parity between the metals the present policy of the gov ernment has created a greater diverg ence than ever before existed. Q Is there any reason to believe that gold would disappear from the coun try? A Absolutely none, since it would not be worth any more anywhere else than it is here. Q Have any countries free coinage of silver? A Yes; Mexico and Japan. Q How does it affect them? A They are two of the most prosperous coun tries in the world and have not a tramp within their borders. Last year England bought 700 million dollars worth of the world's products more than she sold. If the United States' mints had been open to the free coinage of silver England's trade bal ance would have cost her 1,400 million dollars instead of 700 million. Is it sur prising that she should be interested in the maintenance of the "present gold standard" in the United States? FIREWORKS ON THE DOME. Another Proposition For Celebrating the Fall Festival. To Editor Topeka State Journal. Among the propositions for enhancing the attractive features of our fall fes tivities, there is nothing that would con tribute more magnificence, become a powerful drawing feature and at the same time return satisfaction to an ex pectant multitude, than a well planned and systematic display of fireworks from the dome of the state house. The display would not only be a local success, but would be an attractive oc casion throughout the immediate coun try for many miles away, on every evening of its occurrence. Living near the city, as I do. and con templating the affair from a little dis tance, I am led to believe the country around would be willing to contribute somewhat to its support. Such an affair, introduced by the word "Welcome" in mammoth letters produced by the use of flaming gaso line, and each night a new combination of display, is worthy of consideration at the hands of the committee. Every town does not possess such an opportunity and it would be well to make the most of it. This is suggested through your col umns because they seem to have been the principal origin and stimulus of the whole affair. A. B. SMITH. A Democratic Split in Iowa. Waterloo, la., July 24. The Black hawk county Democratic convention here today resulted in a split. The gold '.nen were a majority at a ratio of 28 to 26. After the split each faction held its own convention. The gold men endorsed Cleveland's administra tion and asked for another national convention. Silver element endorsed the Chicago platform and ticket. W ftn to nlease our trade. Peerleso Steam Laundry, 112 and 114 W. &U L COfilE Of! WITH CASH. The Balance of the Reunion and Fall Festival Fund Must Be Raised at. Once It Is Needed Now. Work on the Elaboration of the Thurs day Night Pageant of Festival Week to Begin on Monday Next The matter of funds occupied con siderable time and space tit the meet ing of the Committee -of Fifteen last night. It is now a few days, less than ten weeks until the Reunion opens and lots of money is needed. Close to $5,000 of the proposed $6,000 has been subscribed; the treasurer's report submitted last night shows that only $2,105.50 has .been collected. Of this $425.50 has already been expended and the treasurer has on hand $1,770. Captain Titus I wish to know if this committee intends to continue the so licitation of funds. If it does why would it not be a good idea to send personal letters to men we have been unable to see. There are lots of them who would be willing" to subscribe. Mr. Greenwald The finance commit tee is not done yet. I don't like the let ter idea. A man can ignore your letter where he can't ignore you in person. It was finally decided that the com mittee go out as often as possible and work hard to get the money necessary. Mr. Miller I often meet people the committee has not solicited at all and who say they will be willing to give. I found two firms last week who said they had no idea why they had not been asked but if they were would give $25 each. The names of these firms were im mediately taken and they will not be allowed to get away. Mr. Edwards Has anybody seen the people in the Santa Fe offices yet? Several hundred dollars ought to be raised there. Recent contributions to the fund are: Moeser Ice Co $25 A. M. Fuller 5 W. F. Farrow 5 A. H. Merrill 5 D. D. Knox 5 W. H. Stillwell 5 L. M. Crawford 10 THE POSTERS SELECTED. Five Thousand Hangers and 2,000 Posters for Festival and Reunion- The matter of posters and hangers that will catch the eye in the country town and draw it to Topeka agitated the artistic business sense of the Com mittee of Fifteen at its meeting last night. It is proposed to have 5,000 of the hangers for windows. The designs were submitted by To peka companies. The Hall company submitted a de sign in three colors, with the printing done in a letter something like an old English text in black with red capital letters, and in the lower left hand cor ner a soldier, apparently starting on his way to Topeka. This design was by Paul Torrington and the price for 5,000 was $165. Frank Shephard of the Topeka Print ing company also had an original de sign. It, too. is in three colors and at the left is the picture of a goddess dressed in broad ribbons that the wind is playing with. The reading on the bill will be in red and black as follows: "Kansas G. A. R. State Reunion and Topeka Autumnal Festivities, to be held at Topeka, Kansas, September 28, 29, 30, October 1, 2, 3." The price for this was 7125 for 5,000. The discussion on the subject was exhaustive enough for an art conven tion. Mr. Titus made facetious remarks about the first hanger and Mr. Baird said it wasn't elaborate enough to suit him end attract attention. Mr. Rod gers was in favor of it because he was in a hurry. "I know it's artistic," he said, "be cause I have been told so and because nobody here can read it." Mr. McFadden and Mr. Edwards didn't like It and General Bradford's suggestion was that the pictures of McKinley and Bryan and General Miles should be added. Mr. Baird If that's the best art Kan sas can do it's time we went out of the state for our printing. Mr. Anderson I move that we take the Shephard poster at $125 for 5,000, provided McKinley's and Bryan's pic tures are added. This carried. Major Anderson I can arrange with my traveling men to get these hangers up in a large number of Kansas towns. Mr. Bradford I arranged for their posting in three Missouri towns when I was away last week. On suggestion of Major Anderson the printing committee was authorized to contract with the Hall company for 1, 000 one-sheet posters lithographed, and 1,000 two-sheet posters lithographed, at a cost of less than $200. FAIR GROUNDS FOR LABOR DAY After Much Discussion the Assembly Will Use Them Free. The matter of the place for holding the Labor Day exercises on the first day of the reunion has at last been adjusted after a long time. It will be held at the fair grounds. Captain Titus as chairman of a spec ial committee reported that he had seen Mr. Faramore of Garfield park and had secured a proposition as fol lows: That the assembly could have the use of Garfield park and he would take ten per cent of the gate receipts and retain all privileges, or take 20 per cent of the receipts and retain only the boating, lemonade and refreshment privileges. Major Anderson The department commander of the G. A. R. says he can see no objection to the use of the grounds for Labor Day from noon to night and I move that the grounds be given to the assembly and it be allow ed to charge an admission to all but old soldiers and holders of the $5 tick ets. Capt. Titus--I don't like the idea of charging anybody to get into the fair grounds during the reunion. I had rather give an outright appropriation to. the assembly to yay its expenses A I A We 'ciock 'ci 4 v Sell V I A EverTthingys WE WIIX 1 ft T" a 'y s m .t( i KEMPER PAXTONS. We carry a full line of the Celebrated Spalding Bicycles. Also the National, Columbus and Ide. during the next year and have the ad mission free to all. Mr. Baird I move then that we al low the assembly the grounds and give it an appropriation of $125. This carried. THE ZOUAVE COMPANIES. A Big One Now Ready rnd Five More to be Organized. A notable feature of the Fall Festi val will be the parade of Mr. Brad ford's zouaves which he spoke of to the committee last night. He said: "I have one company of 50 now stp.rted and will have five other companies organized soon. Some of the companies will be unable to uni form themselves and I ak that Mr. Greenwald and myself be made a com mittee to see about it. I would like to have them all ready and uniformed in August and give a public uniform drill on Kansas avenue about September 1. The boys are thoroughly aroused and are doing good energetic work. The committee was appointed as re quested. The full membership and officers of "High School Zouave company" is now as follows: Earl Graham, captain; Louis Valentine, first lieutenant; Jas per Moses, second lieutenant; Roy Bradford, orderly sergeant: Jesse Cook. Bert Curry, Frank Ritchie, Harold Cartlidge, J. W. Dansey, Charles Schlegiel, C. F. Sheffield. T. T. Mont gomery. Harry A. Hulse, Frank Forbes, Jay Farns-.vorth. Dan Haggard, Percy Walker, B. W. Cruikshank.Ed Forsyth. Fay Scudder. F. G. Barkley, Frank Dudley, Frank Hungate. George Allen, Klias A nderson.Norman Ramsey, Ralph Babcock, Balfe Stark, "Doc" Mulvane, Hugh Ber.ner, Albert Johnson. Ralph Kennedy. Carl Wallwork.Delbert Kiik patrick, Stanton Moss. Harry McCann, W. H. McKirahan. Warren Cheney. Frank Thompson. Homer Long, Frank Mohlor, Paul Adams, Aurel Riddin.es, Maurice Todd. Walter Davis, Peter Wahl, Frank Wahl. The company will meet for drill this evening on the south walk in the state house grounds and every Monday and Friday evenings thereafter. The non commissioned officers will be named Monday evening. THE BIG "NIGHT PAGEANT." Work to Begin Monday Business Men and Lodges Interested. Mr. Titus reported to the Committee of Fiftren last night that Prof. Wor rall and himself would begin active work on the dragon and the main fea tures of the big parade Monday next. This was satisfactory to the commit tee. Frank Shephard reported that some 15 of the merchants in the city had consulted him regarding designs for floats. "All of them seemed interested," he said, "but they are slow. Not one has completed his order yet." Mr. Greenwald reported to the com mittee that Capital lodge No. 3. A. O. XJ. W.. was ready to build an elaborate float for the Fall Festival parade and that other lodges would likely do the same thirg. No. 3 is enthusiastic about it and will do the right thing in an en deavor to put all the other lodge floats to the blush. OUR SPECIAL RATES. One Fara for Round Trip and One Cent for the Old Soldiers, Eta The matter of special railroad rates was touched on at the meeting of the Committee of Fifteen. Major Anderson We are working for a one fare rate for the Fall Festival; and we will get it. The railroads have never yet refused it for a state reun ion. There is no question about that. And further than that we are trying to get a one cent a mile rate for the old soldiers themselves. I think the other roads will agree to it. Religious Services Daily. Rev. Dr. H. D. Fisher was present at the Committee of Fifteen meeting last night with a proposition from the Min isterial union. He said: There will be a large num ber of old soldiers and their families here during the reunion week and many would be delighted after they have tired themselves with sight-seeing to sit down in a tent and listen to some of our able ministers on the re- Cloclc TCIoc fs, Last Saturday morning: those 2 12 cent ChalHes simply melted away. OPEN ANOTHER a v- -u jm jjt We have a very fine line of Up tod ate Carriages, Surreys, Phae tons, Traps, Roadwagons, Har ness and Sundries. P. J. HISMD1VIARSH, Manager. lation of patriotism to Christianity and of Christianity to labor, and we could also furnish them some very good music from the several choirs. The matter of using the auditorium tent for this purpose was referred to the reunion committee of the G. A. R. with the recommendation of the Com mittee of Fifteen that it be allowed. The Souvenir Matter. On suggestion of Mr. Rodgers the Committee of Fifteen ordered last night that business men who desired copies of the official programme and souvenir to send to their customers, be allowed them in large quantities at the rate of 7Ji cents a piece. Mr. Miller, who is issuing the souv enir, said he would have to know ex actly what was to be in the souvenir and have the copy in by August 15. The Big Tents Secured. On motion of Major Anderson the Committee of Fifteen last night con tracted with the Kansas Tent and Awning company for tents for use during the reunion as follows: One tent 100x200 feet to accommodate 3,600 people, one 16x28, one 16x25. one 14x26. and ten 12x14, all at a cost of $195. the company to put the tents up and to as sume all risks. To Employ G. A. R, Men. A resolution offered by Major Ander son from the G. A. R. reunion commit tee that the committee always when possible employ G. A. R. men to do the necessary work about the fair grounds, etc., carried. More Notables Coming. On suggestion of Mr. Edwards. Con gressman AV. A. Stone of Pittsburg and ex-Congressman Galusha A. Grow al so of Pennsylvania will be invited to address the old soldiers at the reunion. Advertising in the Roster. On motion of Major Anderson an ad vertisement of the reunion was order ed in the state G. A. R. roster at a cost of $12. iiinisiiuiiHngiiiiiiiiininginiiiHn.siniiiiiHiHiinu iiiiiinsninii.niniiiiiinininm Fqtir More Samples of Those July Specials I WE HAVE BEEN OFFERING. I OR MEN. Our Guaranteed Overalls, plain blue and striped Denim, with riveted pockets, 38c pr. The best and heaviest Denim, made up into the Uind of overalls you pay 75c for. Our special for tomorrow. 59c. DRY GOODS. Rqgular 15c quality Whii uck. Tomorrow, lOc per yd. Round Thread Shirting, abso lutely fast color. Tomorrow, 5c per yd This is a genuine bargain. m HOE.Gtli St. TOMORROW AT THE v -ft r itf r o i linns iio lissnsnnniinniniHiinnnniinniinininsnuinnuinniinnniiiinnn:;::! BIG LOT. ppiy store, sixth and Qxraircir. NEW TRAINING SCHOOL. Kansas City Board of Education Wants Plenty of Ground. Kansas City, July 24. The board of education has made provisions in its request for offers of property for the site of the new manual training school that are intended to prevent their get ting "squeezed" in a real estate deal. The lot must contain about 40,000 square, feet, which would be equivalent to a parcel of land about 132x300 feet in size. Offers for the sale of smaller lots will not be entertained, as the board does not intend to buy a small lot and then be at the mercy of those who own the adjacent lots which it would be necessary to buj The school wiil be located somewhere in the district bounded by Penn street and Prospect avenue and Eighth and Fifteenth streets. The board feels that It will be able to make an initial expenditure of even more than $100,000, as was first propos ed. Only two more school buildings, Yeager and Oakley, are yet to be pro vided for, after which there will be a balance of considerably more than $100,000. Towno Was a Signer. Denver, July 24. The name of Con gressman Charles A. Towne of Minne sota appears among the signatures to the manifesto issued last Monday bv Senator Teller and other Republicans who bolted at the St. Louis convention. Towne's name was accidentally omit ted from the copy of the address sent out by the Associated Press on Mon day. Dr. A. P. Sawyer: I have used one box of your Family Cure for a severe pain in my side, and was curtd from all pain. Mrs. Mary Jane Marshall, Galesburg, 111. Frank Sim, Pharma cist, 607 Kansas avenue. s Good quality Women's Toe Slippers, 75c kind. Our special for Tomorrow, 39c. To close out our Children's Tan Shoes, we will make a special 25 per cent discount. TINWARE. Best quality of Granite Ware 4 quart Pudding Pans, 23c. Best quality 3 quart Round Dinner Pall, 16c. 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Sell SIXTH and QLIK Y. "Winnegar and weal makes werry good wittles," as our English friend said, but he did not know how cheap we are offering ma terial for a more varied bill of fare. Here's for... And 27 lbs nice yellow C Sugar $i oo 21 lbs N. O. Granulated Sugar. i oo 20 lbs very best Gran. Sugar... I oo 5 lbs fancy Golden Rio Coffee... i oo 34 lbs fancy Mocha and Java.. I oo 5 lb package Coffees 90 10 bars Silk or Ladies' Friend Soap 25 (As your grocer if lie can meet it.) 9 bars IX L or Clalrette Soap 25 1 box (3 bars) Buttermilk Soap.. oS 1 16-oz can Royal or Price's Baking Powder 40 I 25-oz can K. C. Baking Pow der (ask your grocer the price of this) 15 1 gal nice Honey Drip Syrup.... 20 1 pail fine Whitefish 45 Don't Buy. Till you see us. We are in the procession and will not be undersold. Meat Department. Dry Salt Pork, per lb Breakfast Bacon, per lb Good Lard, per lb Boiling Meat, per lb California Hams, per lb Cooked Ham, boneless, per lb.. 04c 08c 05c 04c 07c IOC Everything Else in Proportion. Come direct to the Great Bargain House, and don't spend your time chasing Will 'o the Wisp cstch-penny ads. Our expenses are not all borne by this one department and we are in a position to sell cheaper than any body. THE NEW STORE. Kemper Partons, SIXTH 0 QU1NCY. CAMERON FOR 3TKISLEY. The Pennsylvania Senator Gives His Reasons Tersely. Pittsburg, July 24 A Harrisburg cor respondent of the Leader has had an interview with Senator Don Cameron on the silver question and telegraphed his paper in part as follows: Senator Cameron, Pennsylvania's persistent champion of the free silver cause, has announced that he will vote for the Republican ticket this fall and proposes to assist the campaign of Mc Kinley and Hobart. "'When further questioned as to his support of the silver cause in the ap proaching campaign, the Senator re plied in a most positive negative, con cluding the statement that h would support McKinley and Hobart with this characteristically terse remark: 'I a:n lor free silver, but I am not a fool.' iiT5?3 on co"ar9- We can make them look like new. Peerless Steam Laundry. 112 and 114 W. 8th st. 'Phone 332 Highest of all in Leavening Power. A lit ?7 r n nr FORMER IS TO BE HERE Charles Gaalt Working Hard to Mate the Big Rally Of the Tenth of August a Thor ough Success. Tho Rally 'Will be Made a State Gath ering The Speaking Will Proba bly be in the Open Air. Chairman Gault of the Republican county central committee is working with might and main to make the opening rally of the campaign which will be held August 10, a success. Mr. Gault has secured the promise of the state administration and Cy Ice land that they would help to make the rally a success and everything now points to one of the largest and most successful political meetings ever held in Topeka. The central figure at the meeting will probably be ex-Governor Foraker of Ohio. Chairman Gault says that he thinks he will succeed in bringing the V v. 1 It i1 hi fiery Ohio orator to Topeka to deliver the principal address. He has written to Mr. Foraker and will have promi nent Republicans write to him advis ing him to visit Topeka and open the campaign. If for any reason Mr. For aker cannot be present. Chairman Gault promises some equally well known orator. The speaking will he only one fea ture of the rally. A big parade is also being arranged. George Eagle is or ganizing a cavalry company in the city to participate in the parade and it is expected that several companies will be organized in the country. The To peka Flambeau club will turn out in the evening and give a brilliant dis play of fireworks and will contribute in other ways to the success of the oc casion. The rally will really be a state gath ering because the visiting delegates to the state convention will many of them be in Topeka and they will help to swell the numbers of the participants. It is likely that there will be no hall in Topeka large enough to hold the crowd and in that event the meetings will be held in the open air where every one can see and hear. Chairman Gault says that, dating from the close of the rally the cam paign in Shawnee county will open in earnest and he will leave nothing un done to bring the county out on elec tion day with the largest Republican majority in the state. SOME INTERESTING POLITICS. Gossip of "What Simpson and Joe Eristow are Planning. Manager Jim Simpson and Joe Eris tow of Governor Morrill's campaign, are trying to farm out the nomination for lieutenant governor in exchange for some doubtful county. They have been trying this game for some time, but so far have met with indifferent suc cess. Their first move in this direction was made several weeks ago when they went to Representative J. F. Greenlee of Reno county to induce him to be a candidate of the state administration. They argued that Troutman could do nothing for him and if he would de sert his Topeka friend and carry Reno county for Governor Morrill he would have a walk away at the state conven tion. Mr. Greenlee told the Morrill managers what Christ told satan on the mountain and Reno county went for Troutman. Messrs. F.ristow and Simpson then sent for Captain J. S. McDowell of Smith county and he came to Topeka. They made the same kind of a talk to Captain McDowell who made a reply similar to that made by Mr. Greenlee and he is at home getting his county in line for Troutman. The latest move is in another direc t'on. The bosses now have designs on State Senator Harry E. Riehter of Morris county. That county is in the opposition line and Governor Morrill thinks Senator Riehter would be of some use to him and could incidentally carry the county. It is said that Senator Riehter has shown more disposition to listen to the tempters than any one else but he has not yet announced what he will do. G. W. BAILiSY RESIGNS. Central Committeeman of Sumner County Loaves the Party. Wellington. July 24. The following Wter appears In the Wellington Daily Mail: To John W. Haughey, Chairman of Republican County Central Commit tee: Dear Sir: It is with feelings of sin cere regret that I tender vou mv res ignation as committeeman of Welling ton township. Regrets far more than these words, ordinarily used, mean, that the necessity should have arisen for severing my connection with the Re publican party: the party that for 37 years I felt honored by being one of its members, nearly 24 of these vears spent in Sumner county. A party part of whose record no man need ever be Latest U. S. Gov't Report ashamed. A party with the distinc tion that among its members were some of its best and greatest statesmen the world has ever produced. Now after all these years of pleasant associations with many members of the partv whom I have learned to love and esteem for their many good qualities of head and heart, to leave, as it were my own home, it seems hard indeed, but go I must, let the result be what it will: time alone can tell. Ring only human I am liable to err and be mistaken like anyone else. Should the gold standard theory pre vail, and there were no disastrous re sults realized by the people, but the re verse should be the case, then indeed I would regret the mistake made. On the other hand should this theory pre vail and prove to be a dire calamity to the American people, as I honestly believe it would, then I would have the satisfaction of knowing that I did not aid in its consummation. If the advocates of free silver are successful this fall and the results fol lowing their success prove, as I believe they will, a great biessing to a large majority of the people, I shall have cause to rejoice, knowing that my vote and what little influence I have, will have been directed to that end. A person by changing his party affil iations soon learns who his real and pretended friends are. My first les sons have been taken along this line revelations of this character are neith er new or unexpected. We have seen exhibitions of this before toward oth ers who had the personal courage to exercise the right of an American citi zen to vote for and with whom they saw proper. I have often thought of the state ment made in the Good Book that. "God repented having made man, "that it must have been one of the kind that can never see anything worthy of com mendation in any party or church ex cept the one he disgraces by his mem bership. G. W. BAILEY. KAXSAXS JiOL PLACES. A Goodly last of Them at the Popu list Convention. St. Louis, Mo., July 24. The follow ing Kansas men officiate as officers on the floor of the Populist convention: Doorkeepers James M. Jones, Sen eca: J. H. Stone. Peabody; W. F. Cald well, Topeka; Mitchell West, Meriden; L. R. Price, Louisburg, J. H. Hoover, Alton: L. T. Yount, Topeka: H. I. Parks, Beloit; Charles Davis, Meriden; W. E. Faught, Yates Center; L. A. Moires, Louisburg, and J. D. Biing, Hoi ton. Assistant sergeants-at-arms L. F. Dix. Parsons; E. Anderson, Goodland; J. F. Cook, Emporia; J. V. Randolph, Emporia; J. E. Anderson, Topeka: W. H. Higgins, Atchison: C. Ross. Burr Oak-; D. C. Hoggart, Menoken: Van L. Hume, Parsons: P. S. Buchanan, To peka: Harry Clark, Lyndon; D. M. Brower. Concordia: Robert Harrison, Concordia: A. N. Jackson, Gypsum; H. C. Root, Topeka; H. M. Wilcox, Con cordia: W. A. Moser, Concordia: T. H. Atchison, Oswego; A. T. Mc-Kinney, Hutchinson Harry Freese, Hays City, and John P. Marshall, Wakefield. SNAPS SHOTS AT II03IENEW A great deal of corn is being shipped from Rossville. KText Thursday is to be Topeka day at the Holton races. The Retail Grocers' association is ar ranging for a picnic. A new insurance organization is be ing worked up in Topeka. The street force has completed the grading of East Ninth street. The county commissioners are mak ing an examination of county bridges. If this weather continues, Topeka can be placed in the Jist of summer re sorts. Prof. J. L. Williams and Charles Welch will conduct the Rawlins county institute. The Auburndale McKinley club is ar ranging for an open air meeting Satur day evening. The "sky parlor" of the Santa Fe general office building is the coolest office in the building. Jackson's band practices nearly every evening. They are getting the piece "The New Bully" down fine. There is a barber in Topeka who is an exact double of J. R. Burton, candi date for United States senator. The soufh walk of the state house grounds is used for parade purposes by the zouave companies being formed. A new photographer in the city will start a place where kodaks and hand cameras can be rented by the day. A. A. Schmidt, of the Schmidt Bros. Packing company, was operated on for tumor at the Santa Fe hospital yester day afternoon. G. G. Gage's pond west of the city has become a popular summer resort. Swimming parties are given there often in the evenings. M. Weightman has resigned as sec retary of the Capital City Vitrified Brick company and has been succeeded by City Assessor Edson. The L. A. W. endeavored to have a good roads plank put in the St. Louis platform. Congressman Quigg of New York, was delegated to see that it was inserted, but he failed. Manager Ruff of the Topeka base ball team, says that the reason Santany was released from the team was be cause he could not play swift ball. An extra pitcher is put in right field now. Arrested in Smoky Row. George Wymore, a man of 50 years, and Mary Hopper, aged 35 years, were arrested in Smoky Row at 4 o'clock this morning by Patrolman Pinkston and charged with disorderly conduct. Both parties are white. A deposit was put up for the woman, but Wymore was locked up. This morning in police court they pleaded no guilty and so the case was set for this afternoon. A Uegro Bottling Scrape. George Buckner and his wife Ella had one of their regular quarrels last evening, but this time more blood flow ed than usual. Heretofore Ella has usually come out victorious, but this time she was hit squarely in the face with a beer bottle and cut badly. Geo. was hit by a bottle thrown by his wife and Dr. Mitchell sewed up the wounds. Both are under arrest. Boys Who Have Started Wrong. Richard Stellhorn, a boy who ought to be kept at home with his mother, was arrested last evening by the police for having stolen cigarettes from a store on lower Kansas avenue. He is one of the gang of 10-year-old boys who have been going about from store to store stealing small articles. He did not seem to care for the shame of hav ing been arrested for stealing, but rath er thought it smart. There are about six of these little boys who annoy the merchants very much by stealing any thing the;, caa lay; tbeir tand on. f- -i :-,W- r i" i t r Illliiill?! ?;liipllf ALL $10.00 MEN'S SUITS, BUT YOUR PUTTIES m Clean Sweep f Hi Sale Price l 'M XYrf: $2-50 Men's and -S3 m Boys' Pants, jl'fi jSij Clean Sweep ff A J- jO j Sae Price S1.43 M MEN'S FINE FURNISHING GOODS You'll think we stole 15c Lawn Neckwoar. CLKAN SWEEP SALE 5c 2Cc White Ilamlker'-lilefs. CLEAN SWEi P SALE 9c !3c Fine White and Fancy Handkerchiefs, tfTfe l7 CLEAN SW1EP SALE JL &7C 25c 4-Piy Linen Cliffs, all styles. CLEAN SWEEP SALE lOc 50c Genuine Gnyot Suspenders. Q K CLEAN SWEEP SALE ij C 5c 5c EOc Finest Silk Neckwear. CLEAN SWEEP SALE Hundreds of other Bargains See our Windows. n 1 I 1 ft Kansas 1 r ft n II ChC -IlIJ jL w 1 1W: Au-b-h I HAS MRS. LEASE $50,000. A Wichita Dispatch Says So Mrs. Lease May Not Move. Wichita, July 24. The report that Mrs. Lease has bought a house in Kan sas City. Kan., and proposes to move there, taking with her Mr. Lease and the rest of the family, has attracted no little attention here. She is now in St. Louis and little can be found out concerning the reliability of the news. It is very plain that she can buy a house most anywhere if she wants to. Her intimate friends say she has made over 50.000 and she has the most of it in banks. It is understood that she has most of it deposited in Kansas City. St. Louis. July 24. Mrs. Lease says there is absolutely no truth in the re port that she has bought a house in Kansas City, Kan. Of course it might happen that the deal js not closed yet. She does not go into the future on the subject. To Present a Portrait A reception will be given this even ing at the home of Fred Wellhouse at 1025 Topeka avenue. It will be the oc casion of the presenting to the state horticultural society of which Mr. Well house is president, a fine portrait of William Tanner who died at Leaven worth last January. Mr. Tanner was the first president of the pomological society which afterwards merged into the present horticultural society. Gov. Morrill and some of the state officers are expected to be present. Commercial Law League. Omaha, July 24. The members of the Commercial Law League of America convened in final session early this morning and started in to complete the work of the session in order that they might take the evening trains for their homes. C. A. Barnes of Jackson ville, 111., spoke of "Judgment notes as a factor in commercial law." MOSTLY REPUBLICANS. Roll Call of Silver Convention Shows Bep3- 828, Dems. 154, Pops. 47. St. Louis, July 23. 4:30 p. m. At the Free Silver convention a roll of states is being called to determine the pre vious political party members belonged to before coming in to this convention. 4:50 p. m. The result of the poll to determine the former political affilia tions of individual members of the Sil ver convention resulted: Republicans, 826; Democrats. 154: Populists, 47; In dependents, 10; Prohibition, 8; Na tionalist, 1. W aim to please our trade. Peerless Steam Lauad-ry, 112 and lXi 37. Sth et. NOBODY OUR GREAT MID-SUMMER pj if n pn COST NOT THIS 'SALE Prices are Shattered Values are Unharnessed Even all Thought of Cost or Consequence Entirely Igrnored in our Des Derate Effort to Reduce Our Immense Stock In Shortest Possible Time. SUCH PRICES AS THESE YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN IN ALL YOUR BORN DAYS SALE BEGINS AT 8 O'CLOCK A. M. ALL $12.00 ZyIEIT'S suits, Clean Sweep Sale Price il 1 $3 and $4 Men's Finest Pants, Clean Sweep Sale Price HEEDS NO w" SUCH these goods when you read the prices G0c Balbrijrcan Underwear. Tfc ILEA.V SWEtl'SALE ,6t)C 11.25 French Bon lion Baibriggan Underwear. gr f CLEAN SWEEPSALE JJ J U SI Bicycle All Wool Kose. 50c CLEAN SWEtr SALE $1 Monarch Neglieee Shirts. imr E CLI-.AN SWEE1- SALE dOC $1.75 Wilson Bros. Finest Percale Shirts. 3 collars. 1 C'ulfs. CLEAN SWEEP SALE LUO $2 Finest Manhattan Shirts, d "B KL rf CLEAN SWEEP SALE et JLVr DEATHS. Mr. S. Heyman, father of Seymour Heyman, manager of the Hub Clothing company, died at Lawrence yesterday morning. Funeral services were heid at Lawrence this morning and the re mains were brought to this city at 10:45. From the Santa Fe depot the funeral procession formed and went to the Topeka cemetery where the inter ment was made. Mrs. Olive NTorris, aged 40 years, died yesterday at her home. COO North Kan sas avenue. The funeral services were held at the residence this afternoon, and the remains were taken to Pitts burg, Pa., for burial. Rollin Martin, a?ed 2 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Martin. Jr., of 1013 Euclid avenue, died Wednesday, and the funeral services were held at the residence yesterday afternoon. Paul Collom, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Collom, died yes terday. The funeral services were held at the Kansas Avenue Methodist church this afternoon. The funeral services over the re mains of Mrs. J. M. Harvey, who died Wednesday, were held this morning, at the residence, south of the asylum. To Colorado, Montana, Black Hills, Puget Sound Pacific Coast Via "Burlington Route." Take the shortest line with best through train service from Missouri River Cities to the far West. Daily train leaves Kansas City 10:40 a. m., arrives Billings, Mont., 1050 miles dis tant, 5.40 next afternoon: free Reclin ing Chair Car from Kansas City to Billings; Sleeper Lincoln, Neb., to Bil lings, Connects with Northern Pacific Trans-Continental train to Montana and Puget Sound; time from ten to twenty-five hours shorter than any other line from Kansas City. Sleepers and Chair Cars Kansas City to Denver, Rio Grande scenic line be yond for Colorado, Utah and Califor nia. Ask Agent for tickets over the estab lished lines of the BURLINGTON ROUTE. L. W. WAKELET, Gen. Pass. Agt., St. Louis, Mo. Dr. A. P. Sawyer: I think your med icine one of the grandest discoveries that was ever made for women. We can never thank you enough. Re spectfully. Lida C. Bradshaw, Fairfield, III. Frank Sim, Pharmacist, 607 Kan sas ave. Ayer's Ague cure is a vegetable pre paration, and warranted to cure ail malarial disorders. Subscribe tor tHa SXATij JOURNAI CAN AFFORD TO MISS mm !i 1 1 CONSIDERED STOCK MUST BE IN FULL 'SWING lliiiipupra ISBN'S SUITS, Clean Sweep Sale Price i $5, $6 Men's Finest Pants, Clean Sweep Sale Price I ili Hi 3 Mi I $10 f I t-u ':'My.u,iM'- f St AN OPffOSTUNITY COMES BUT SELDOM, f BOYS CLOTHING At the price of the bare cloth. 60 cent Crack a Jack Knee Pants Ofl CI EAN SWEEP SALE O S C 0 cent Mother's FriPnd Waists CLEAN SWEEP SALE $1 Launrtried M. F. Waists CLEAN SWEEP SALE 35 cent Grav Knee l'ants CLEAN SWEEP SALE All 75C-S1 Wash Suits CLEAN SWEEP SALE 25c 50c 19c 4:5C J3, Si Junior Suits S ftQ CLEAN SWEL EEP SALE t.J Jl CJ $4 Boys Suits go for.. 82.0O $5 Boys Suits go for S1.SO S6 Boys Suits go for b-l.OO ProDrietor is goins: to purchase their winter supply, which is certainly going to be the prettiest and cheapest goods in the city. Meantime we will close out our Summer Goods regardless of cost. Come early and get bargains while they last. Note Below a Few Articles. Men Fine Balbrlggan Shirts and Drawers for 24c. Men's Fine Drill Drawers, 24c. We have another lot of those Unlaundered Shirts, 47c each, worth 75c. A Fine Laundered Shirt for 50c. We received this morning another big lot of those 26-Inch Silk Serge Umbrellas, at 95c each. Another lot of Dotted Silk Veiling, 2c per yard. We have just received a beautiful line of Belts. The following are a few of our low prices A sptendid Beit for 9c. Our next value, worth 25c, for 17c with pocketbook attached, 34c. The new Harness Buckie Belt for 25c. The "S" Skirt Supporter, 4c each. A FINE LINE OF BIRTHS. To Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Bumgardner, Topeka, a daughter. To Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Stover, Silver Lake, a daughter. Ladies' shirt waists laundered so that the colors will not fade by Peerless Steam Laundry, 112 and 114 W. Hiu mil REDUCED. TOMORROW.' vmmmmm all $18, S20 HEN'S SUITS, Clean Sweep Sale Price Very S3.95 Thin Summer Clothes U At Less than Actual Net Cost. 50c, 75c. O.'ilce Coats. O K. CLEAN SWEEP SALE ljC $2, $3 Thin Coats and Vests, (H -g (TSO CLEAN SWEEI'.SALE ttXV?lJ' $5, JC Serite Coats sml Vests. rt-O mr K CLEAN SWEEP SALE I O fTnst1Teiwer At Next to Nothing Prices. 50c, 75c Child's Novelty Caps. JK- CLEAN S WEEP SALE liC 12 Stiff and Soft Hats. t -9 t R CLEAN SWEEP SALE JLQ3 $3, $4 Stiff and Soft Hats. g -n f CLEAN SWEEP SALE ij JL J J east in a few weeks 0

LADIES' BOW TIES. Appleton, Minn. Dr. A. P. Sawyer: Pear Sir I have used your Family Cure and can safely say I have never used anything better for kidney trou ble. Mrs. J. H. Craig. Frank Sim, Pharmacist. 607 Kansas avenue. John L. "Waller Ex-Consul Waller will lecture oni Madagascar at Hamilton haiv. JjiiXLj v f E 1

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6 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 24. 1898. X 33 lb Saturday, July 25. ONLY fiiOHG RAILROAD MEN. Separate Station of the Frisco at WiiifieJd. Remarkable Recovery of Fire man Swearinsren. Items of Interest About Kansas Rail road Matters Personals and Miscellaneous. The city fathers of Winfield have de cided that the Fisco road should estab lish a separate station at that point, and now propose to see that this Is done. The matter was submitted to General Manager Morrill of the old management, but no action was taken. It will now be taken before the man agement of the new company, and in consideration of the bonds voted and right of way granted, it is expected to convince Mr. Robinson that a new sta tion is the proper thins. The Frisco at present uses one of the Santa Fe sta tions. SWEAEINGEN NEAELY WELL Remarkable Recovery of a Fireman Who Was Near Death. William Suearingen ,the Rock Island fireman who was so seriously scalded in the disastrous railroad wreck at Flagler, Col., last fall, has returned to his home in Goudland, Kan., from To peka, where he has been for the past nine months under treatment. He was accompanied by Mrs. Swearingen and little son, who have been staying with him at the residence of his sister, Mrs. C. Miller, in this city. Fireman Swearrigen barely escaped death in the wreck. Had it not been frjr the efforts of the engineer, who lost Ins life in endeavoring to shelter him from the bollirgr water and steam, he would have been scalded to death. As It was the flesh of his neck, face, arms and lower limbs was literally cooked, and required almost a year's medical attention. Fireman Swearingen will remove to Denver in a few clays and resume his duties on the western division of the lioek Island. A. L. STTJDER APPOINTED. Master Mechanic of the Southwestern Division of the Rock Island. A. L. Studer has been appointed mas ter mechanic f the southwestern di vision of the Rock Island east of the Missouri river, with headquarters at Trenton, Mo., vice William Gessler, re signed. Mr. Studer was formerly mas ter mechanic of the west Iowa division. In addition to his duties as master mechanic of the Des Moines Valley di vision, J. 13. Kilpatrick has been placed osy&&& f You can please your feet with one of these. s 73 v Uuor -X, 511 KANSAS AVE. e in 625 and 627 n 3 ifPn? u UAu ir.j-ii You have asked for it, so we THIS IS TOUR 0 ClbJP iiufiin WIGGIN, HARDING 625 and 627 Kansas Avenue. in charge of the west Iowa division, retaining- his headquarters at Valley Junction, la. The changes became ef fective yesterday. JAMES DUN DID IT. The Cleverest Piece of Engineering For Some Years. The plans for the elevation of the railroad tracks at the Clark street crossing in the city of Chicago, which were submitted to the Chicago city council this week and met with the general approval of that body, are the work of James Dun of this city, chief engineer of the Santa Fe. The plans evolve a practical and" satisfactory method for the performance of one of the most difficult engineering feats of its kind ever encountered in railroad work in this country. More Bad News For the Boys. As a result of the inauguration of the weekly system of agents' ac counts on the A., T. S. F. railway proper, six employes of the auditor of freight rceeipts' office in this city will be dropped August 1. The new sys tem reduces the number of way bills received at the office from 3.600 to 600 per week, and does away with a con siderable amount of book accounts. Agency Changes. W. W. Driggs, agent for the Rock Island at McFarland, Kan., has been transferred to the agency at Phillips burg. Kan., vice F. R. Miller, resigned. J. I. Coons, who was formerly agent for the company at Zendale, Kan., but who has been engaged in mercantile busi ness for the past year, has been ap pointed agent at McFarland to succeed Driggs. New Steel Rails. The work of laying the new steel rails on a porti'n of the miodle division of the Santa Fe west of Emporia has been completed as far as Florence. The rails laid are of extra weight, and this 42 miles of road is probably the best piece of track on the Santa Fe sys tem. II ANN A TURNS IP HIS NOSE People Who Say He is Using Boodle Are ''Beneath His Notice." Cleveland, July 24. In an interview today Mr. Marc Hanna says he will pay no attention to the charges that he is using money at the Populist con vention to prevent the indorsement of Bryan. "The peopde who say these things are beneath my notice," said Mr. Han na. Refuges Leave for Australia. San Francisco, July 24. When the Mariposa sailed for Australia today she' had among her passengers two po litical refugees of England who were ring leaders in the Johannesburg out break, and who left Paris three weeks ago at the instance of the British gov ernment to make themselves inacces sible as valuable "witnesses for an of ficial inquiry into the origin of the up rising in South Africa. ysy&o Qj) o You can Buy a pair of these AND FOR ri ar ct I nsr& Co. Kansas Avenue. .u&'i V M n i! W b'i give it to you for one day. On anything in our DAY T7ITK TJS. IN Th'E SOCIETY WORLD. General Notes of Society and Personal Items. Recent Social Events in Topeta and Vicinity. Items of Interest About Topeka Peo ple and Visitors in Town. The Chancel chapter young ladies of the Episcopal church gave a lawn fete on the Bethany campus last evening. The various booths, outlined with Japanese lanterns, and the gowns of the ladies formed a pretty picture. On the left of the entrance into the grounds a gypsy tent with a fire blaz ing in front attracted the attention, and here a glimpse into Future's realm was taken under the guardianship of the gypsies, who were Miss Nina Thomas, Miss Margaret Dudley, Miss Edith Thacher, Miss Helen Wilson and Miss Louise Smith. In an open tent surrounded with lan terns, just beyond the gypsies, lemon ade was served by Mrs. M. Bunnell. Miss Douthitt, Miss Blanche Dienst and Mis"s Hambleton. The flower booth between the porch stairs was one of the most attractive spots on the grounds, and here, under a huge Japanese umbrella, exquisite flowers of the season were sild by Miss May Thomas, Miss Mabel Martin, Miss Edith Isbell and Miss Harriet Jones. The college gymnasium had been pre pared for dancing and the coolness of the evening made this the favorite re sort for the young people. Miss Sallie Corning, Miss Mary Lakin. Miss Bessie Gibson and Miss Florence Smith had charge of this department and decorat ed the men with tiny ribbon badges which entitled them to dancing. Aliss Alcorn furnished the music, and at the door Miss Rosamond Horton and Miss Georgiana Wasson served lemonade to the dancers. The ices were served in a space on the right which had been roped off. Mrs. Harry Ashby, Miss Thacher and Miss Hambleton had char-are. aided by Misses Blanche and Jessie Stewart. Misses Bolmar, Trader, Stickney, Ethel Stickney, Aimee Cran dall, Alice Lakin, Anna McGrath, Elvle Miilspaugh. Mrs. C. J. Brown, who is president of the chapter, had the management of this pleasing entertainment. A Musical. Misses Myrtle and Ivah Davis enter tained their friends with a musical last evening in honor of their guests. Miss Grace Aull of Kansas City and Miss Kdythe Grant of Summittville, N. J., who arrived yesterday. Prof. Hawkes. Mr. Will Wadsworth and Miss Myrtle Davis recited; Miss Gertrude Dean, Mr. Rassie Bennett. Mr. Fred McGifRn and Mr. Ernest Council sang, and Miss Winifred Wagner gave several piano selections. The guests were Miss Susie Sweet, Miss Nelle Mohr, Miss Edna Speer, Miss Florence Welcome, Miss Lillian Tefft, Miss Winnie Welcome, Miss Lena Mc Cray, Miss Edna MeClintnek.Miss Edna Crane, Miss Nora McCarthy. Miss Ger trude Dean, Miss Winifred Wagner, Miss Bernice McDonald. Miss Lottie Rannie. Miss Libbie Hazlett, Miss Lil lian Whitelock, Miss Margaret Bear. Mr. Guilford Dudley. Mr. Harry Howe, Mr. Will Wadsworth, Mr. David Lakin, Mr. Rassie Bennett, Mr. Hal Hazlet, Mr. Homer Low, Mr. Floyd McDonald. Mr. Dean Low, Mr. Frank Davis, Mr. Tom Clements, Mr. Chas. Lagerstrom, Mr. Clay Lyon. Mr. Fred McGiffin, Mr. Fred Robbins, Mr. Tom King, Mr. Everett Dallas. Mr. Will Speer. Mr. Ernest Council. Mr. Frank Shelden, Mr. Dave Sibley, Prof. Hawkes. General Social News. Mrs. A. A. Godard invited a few friends of her guest, Mrs. Georgia God ard to spend this morning and take lunch with them. The ladies were Mrs. J. M. Frank, Mrs. M. M. Miller. Mrs. D. M. Valentine, Mrs. Snyder, and Mrs. Southwick. Dr. and Mrs. W. E. McVey entertain ed a few friends informally last even ing at dancing and cards. Those of the party were Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Neis wanger. Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Stover.Mrs. Mary Souther. Mrs. H. J. Dennis. Miss Alto Dennis. Miss Mabel Souther. Miss Maude Souther. Miss Olive Lewis. Miss Edith Goddard: Dr. Morehead. Mr. Lee Ramsberger, Mr. Otto Langhanke, Mr. Earl Williams. Mr. Lindsay, Pegues.Mr. Bert Lemon. Mr. Baker. Miss Ethel Wood and her cousin. Mr. C .McCann. entertained at a Vinewood party last night in honor of Miss Emma Marmont of Denver. Colo., and Miss Oro Sshumm of Washington Court House, O. Mrs. H. L. Shirer entertained at a thimble party yesterday afternoon for her aunt, Mrs. Jaquith. The ladies were Mrs. E. B. Merriam, Mrs. Whittemore, Mrs. Lyon, Mrs. Silver, Mrs. Lovewell, Mrs. Parsons, Mrs. Sheldon. Mrs.Storrs. Mrs. Caldwell, Mrs. Slie, Mrs. Blakes ley. Mrs. Daniels, Mrs. Ferine, Mrs. Murdock, Mrs. Morrison, Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. Bowman, Mrs. Ripley, Mrs.Drum mond. Mrs. Bird, Mrs. Coruelius, Mrs. Kessler, Mrs. Senour, Mrs. Roby, Mrs. window. fit Saturday, July 25. Mattoon, Mrs. Tarker, Mrs. Miller,Mrs. Geo. Wilmarth, Mrs. Case. The Methodist and Congregationalist churches are each planning a trolley ride and a picnic at Garfield park. Howard Patten, son of Mr. J. M. Patten, is ill. Mr. H. N. Badders of St. Louis ar rived in the city Wednesday and is spending the week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Badders. Mrs. P. L .Soper of Venita, Indian Territory, will arrive Monday and visit her sister, Mrs. Harry Ashby. Mr. Fred Bonebrake came up from Pittsburg this morning and will remain until Monday. Mrs. Bonebrake will re turn with him. Canon and Mrs. Guy Miner have re turned from their wedding trip to Colorado and are at home at 822 Tope ka avenue. Mr. Vernon Perrington, captain of the Emporia baseball team, is a class mate of George Stoker and belonged to the Harvard class of 'y3. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Dillon and son. Jack, left Wednesday for Glenwood Springs, Colo. Mrs. Cora McMillan went to New York yesterday to spend the rest of the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Harry O. Garvey, daughter Anabell and son. Willis, Mrs. Chas. Spencer and son. Alec, went to Colorado Springs where they will spend the summer. Miss Florence Greer, who is spending the summer in Ohio is now visiting with Miss Bessie Black in Springfield. Mrs. Cornelia Adams and son Guy Adams, who are now in New York, will sail from there tomorrow on the City of Paris for Liverpool. They will visit England and the continent and be gone about three months. Mrs. L. A. Ryder and son Charles are visiting Mrs. Ryder's parents in Atch ison. Mrs. C. Kaser of North Topeka has been called to Warsaw, Ohio, on ac count of her mother's illness. Miss Carrie Titus returned to Kan sas City today after a short visit with Miss Franc Littlefield. Mrs. E. H. Thomas is expected today from Leavenworth to visit Mrs. D. H. Lakin. Mrs. H. L. Shirer is confined to her home on account of sickness. Miss Rose Jones, who has been the guest of Miss May Davis, left for Kan sas City this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Ormar Newman have Issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Mary Carey to W'illiam Morley Hagadorn, Wednesday noon, August 5. at their home, 314 Woodlawn avenue, Potwin Place. Two night blooming cereus belonging to Mr. Harry Goodrich. 712 Topeka av enue, bloomed last night. One had nine flowers, the other eleven. Mr. W. W. Miller took his Sunday school class of boys for a short camp ing party this week. They stayed at Mr. Raymond's farm on Mill creek and enjoyed all the country sports. Miss Marjory Mullen and Miss Ollie Sharum will accompany Mrs. R. N. Padgett as far as Kansas City today on her way to Chicago. NIKOLA TESLA AT NIAGARA Studying Electrical Developments at the Great Falls. Niagara Falls. July 24. Among the visitors in the city today were Nikola Tesla. the electrician, and Chief Engi neer Melville of the United States na vy. They came to look over the electrical developments here. Mr. Tesla. in an interview, said that he was immeasur ably impressed with the great work here. He said that of late he had been working to perfect the system of long distance transmission, and he now re garded such transmission as an abso lute success and certainty. It was both possible and feasible that electrical power would in the no distant future be transmitted great distances at pro bably one-half the present cost of steam power. Asked as to his system of telegraph without wires, he said he had nothing new yet to give out. though he was working on it. The same answer was given when the subject of artificial sun light was broached. Debs Not a Candidate. St. Louis, July 24. The Post-Dispatch says today that Debs is not a candidate and gives Clarence Darrow. Debs' at torney during the strike trials as his authority. Low Excursion Rates to the East Via "Burlington Route." HALF RATES. N. E. A. meeting, Buffalo, N. T., Julv 7th to 11th. Christian Endeavor meeting, Wash ington, July 7th to 13th. Baptist Young People's Union of America, Milwaukee. July 16th to 19th. National Republican league, Milwau kee. Aug. 25th to 27th. Democratic convention, Chicago, Ju ly 7th. Ask ticket agent for tickets via Ves tibuled "Eh" to Chicago, and via Ves tibuled Limited to St. Louis. Both trains supplied with the most modern equipment. L. W. WAKELEY, General Passenger Agent, St. Louis, Mo. To make the hair grow a natural col or, prevent baldness, and keep the scalp healthy. Hall's Hair Renewer was invented, and has proved Inself suc cessful. 7 CO., &Hf SILVERIN N. Y. N. Y. World Telegraphs Each County Chairman Of the Democratic Party in N.Y. State. MAKES THE DISCOVERY That There is a Big Silver Sen timent. All Through the Rural Sec tions of the State. New York, July 24. The World this week telegraphed to the chairman of each Democratic county committee in the state of New York the following questions: "Do Democrats in your county ap prove the Chicago platform and candi dates? "Is there any sentiment in favor of a sound money Democratic candidate? "If the election were held today.what, in your judgment, would be the per centage of loss to the Democratic vote on the sound money issue?" The answers received show a silver sentiment in New York state which the metropolitan press, with the possible exception of the Journal, seem to con tinue to ignore. J. W. Hinkley of Poughkeepsie states that fully one-half of the Democrats of the county of Duchess believe the national Democratic party can make no mistake, and therefore the platform adopted in Chicago must be right. Fifty per cent will vote the ticket unless fur ther enlightened; 5 per cent are in doubt, and 25 per cent are in open re volt. Frank P. Demarest of Nyack believes that Democrats of Rockiand county fa vor the nomination of Bryan and Se wall. There is no sentiment in favor of a third party movement nor in favor of a bolt. The farmers of Monroe county, both Republican and Democrats, are in fa vor of free silver, says the chairman, and if an election were held now the loss of "sound money" men would be more than fnade up by the Republican friends of silver. Further, George F. Slocum of Rochester adds that no sen timent for a third candidate has de veloped. Kings county Democrats approve the Chicago platform and nominees. though standing by the Saratoga platform, and the percentage of loss on the "sound money" men would be an unknown factor. A very little gold standard sentiment remains about Bath and Steuben coun ty Democrats will support the ticket. The loss of gold Democrats will be more than compensated by Republican gains. Fulton and Hamilton counties will ratify the Chicago nominees, as there are but few bolters and they never were Democrats at heart, is the report given by John B. Judson of Glovers ville. Sullivan county Democrats generally disapprove both platform and candi dates, is the opinion of Thornton A. Niven of Monticello, but await action of the state organization. "If the election were held today we would lose at least 10 per cent of vote, not on the money issue wholly, but through general disgust with anarchy and asses," he adds. "Sixteen to one is sound enough for us," wired Charles A. Eaton of Penyon. "The ticket is the strongest that could be made and votes have been gained in Yates county." The leading Democrats of Herkimer are for bimetallism, and the rank and file, especially the farmers, are for free silver. "The Chicago platform is not wholly approved, but Democrats have confi dence in the unsullied character and fine abilities of Bryan, and believe that the best interests of the party will be promoted by voting for him and con gressmen of broad-gauge minds, as re sults must come from the lawmaking body of the nation," says Frank P. Addy of Herkimer. Seneca county is enthusiastic for both platform and candidate. No defection noticed in eight towns, and in Water loo and Seneca Falls growing less every day. A large number of Republicans who are laborers and farmers are for the double standard, reports C. L.Beck er of Waterloo. Chenango county, by a meeting of Democrats, has indorsed the Chicago results and pledges hearty support. "The county is honey-combed with free silver votes," wires W. H. Sullivan of Norwich. Nine-tenths of Scoharie Democrats will support Bryan, though some are not satisfied with the platform. In Orleans county they are almost to a man in favor of the Chicago nominee, and will gain three Republicans to one goldbug Democrat lost. The Republican majority in Otsego county will probably be reduced. Few want a sound money candidate in Montgomery county and the gains from workingmen will be great. Tomp kins county will show an increased Democratic vote, and bolters are scarce. Ten per cent of the party will bolt In Delaware county, but the loss will be more than made up by gains from Republicans. Niagara Democrats await the Hill oracle: his indosement would make the county Democratic. The far mers of Livingston county, regardless of party, are for silver and a 25 per cent Democratic gain is predicted. A dozen other counties return the same sentiments. Interior New York does not want the gold standard; does not want a third candidate: and will vote the Dem ocratic ticket heavier than for many previous years. BASEBALL FESTIVAL WEEK Three Days With the Best Team in the State One of the amusements to be furnish ed during Fall Festival week in Topeka will be three fine baseball games. The best ball club in the state will play a series of games with the Topeka team, and some good work may be seen, for by that time in the season the teams will be down to hard work. If Topeka should get so good that no other team in the state could make it interesting for them, an effort will be made to have a series of games with the Kansas City Blues. At any rate three good games will be seen in Topeka during the Fall Festival. Soldiers and Women Drowned. Vancouver. Wn., July 24. Corporal Henry L. Edson. company "F" four teenth infantry; Private Chas. Morris, Miss Laura Guard and Miss Emma Young, all of this city, were drowned while out on a boating excursion on the Washougal river, this county, yes terday afternoon near Fleming mill. The river at that point is swift and the boat was carried into an eddy and upset. ONE MORE FOOLISH MAN. Made the Mistake of Writing Senti mental Letters Of Course Made Public. London, July 24. The cross examina tion of the Hon. Wralter Yard-Buller of Churston court, Devonshire, in his ex amination for divorce from Leliah Kirkham Yard-Buller, formerly of San Francisco, was continued before the Right Hon. Sir Francis Henry Jeune today. The petitioner admitted that he had written a letter to his wife in June, 1893, in which he had said "To think that my hand had brought this upon your head. God forgive my sins against you. I can offer no excuse. I have be haved in a weak and blackguardly manner without cause. I have no rea son to act in the wicked and cowardly way that I have done. I will try to expiate my sins. You have been per fectly blameless and you have never given me cause to say an unkind word against you. I ask your forgiveness. Lena, Lena, give me one more chance and I will be different. I will work and slave to redeem your respect." Mr. Yard-Buller admitted that he was writing the truth when he penned the foregoing sentences. He had requested a doctor to ascertain and certify if his wife was insane. He had himself gone to Churston court to see his wife. He had taken a pane of glass out of the window in order to obtain ingress to the house. He had written to Lord Churs ton, his brother, to the effect that he (the petitioner) had been entirely wrong in stating that his wife drank to ex cess and that he therefore retracted the charge. He was not aware that his wife had been obliged to do the house work for herself and children at Churs ton court. She herself had dismissed the serv ants. He had never bruised or hurt his wife except when acting in self de fense. He had not ordered her out of the house nor told her to go on the street. On redirect examination he testified that at the time he made the acquaint ance of Valentine Gadesden in San Francisco, the latter was teaching mu sic. The petitioner's wife had intro duced them. Gadesden is the co-respondent in the pending action. WANTS A U. S. TERMINUS. Another Oriental Steamship Line is Seeking American Connections. Seattle, Wash., July 24. Following close in the wake of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, which announced Seattle as its American terminus only a few days ago come the acredited reports to this city of another oriental s'teamship line, the Toyo Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha, which is also seeking American connections. The party consists of Sochiro Asano, president of the company; H. Okawa, director in the Oji Paper company, near Tokyo; Shunjiro Tomika, captain, in the service of the steamship com pany, and Hiroyuki Kobayshi, inter preter for Mr. Asano. The visitors, who represent great wealth came to' the city quietly, spent the day in making an investigation, and left for Tacoma. Thence they go to Portland for a day, thence to San Fran cisco. From the latter point Asano will proceed to London and place contracts for the construction of twelve 5,000 ton vessels to be used on the line, which will run from the American terminus to Tokyo and Hong Kong. The result of the day's investigation, while nothing definite has been an nounced, led to a belief that the termi nus will be either Seattle or Portland. GREETINGS TO M'KINLEY. Allen Sells of Ohio Telegraphs From Colorado That He is for Him. Canton, O., July 24. Major McKin ley's mail today included several com munications. One from Pikes Peak read: "Pikes Peak Summit, Col. To William McKinley, Canton, Ohio. "Sound money greetings, from Pikes Peak. Signed: S. Henry Matlock, James DeWolfe, F. D. Sullivan, Allen Sells. The following was received from Ne braska: York, Neb., July 22, to Wm. McKinley, Canton, Ohio: Notwith standing that Nebraska is the center of the Populistic maelstrom Republi cans are enthusiastic, active and con fident. York has a McKinley club of 525 members which includes 106 old soldiers. The club sends its compli ments to its great leader, the next pres ident of the United States. Nebraska Republicans are not alarmed nor in timidated. They have fearlessly faced and combated Populistic vagaries for six years. Signed N. V. Harlan, presi dent; A. I. Baker, secretary. QUIET FOR VANDERBILT. Policemen Turn Travel Away From the Sick Man's Door. New York, July 24. Before Mr. Van derbilt was moved to another room, teams appeared in Fifty-seventh street and in Fifth avenue and began to transfer the tanbark to Fifty-eighth street and Fifth avenue, in front of the Hotel Savoy, and an order was sent to Newark for another consignment of the soft pavement covering. At the same time the workmen engaged in chisel ling the oramentation on the porte cocheie were ordered to stop the work, upon which they had been employed for the last two weeks and more, and the Fifth avenue stages at the same hour began to turn off from Fifth ave nue one block further up. Three police men were still on duty near the house to preserve quiet as much as possible, and Captain Stainkamp appeared now and then to see how his orders were being obeyed. One brewery team which went through Fifty-seventh street before the removal of the tanbark caused a disturbance which could be heard along the whole block. One of the horses stumbled and fell before Mr. Vanderbilt's house. 6,000 Miners Strike. Springfield, 111., July 24. Miners em ployed in the coal mines at Riverton, Barclay, Dawson and Spaulding, this county, about 6.000, struck today be cause of a reduction in wages. A Look Through South Missouri for Four Cents. The Kansas City, Fort Scott Mem. phis Railroad Co. has just issued a magnificent book of sixty or more photo-engraved views of varied scene ry in south Missouri. From these views nn accurate knowledge can be obtained as to the productions and gen eral topography of that highly favored section that is now attracting the at tention of home-seekers and investors the country over. The title of the book is "Snap Shots in South Mis souri." It will be mailed free upon ie ceipt ot nostage, four cents. Address, J. E. LOCKWOOD. Kansas City, Mo. Cancer the Breast. Of Mr. A. H. Crausby, of 153 Kerr St., Memphis, Teun., says that his wife paid no attention to a small lump which appeared in her breast, but it soon de veloped into a cancer of the worst type, and notwithstanding the treatment of the best physicians, it continued to spread and grow rapidly, eating two holes in her breast. The doctors soon pronounced her incurable. A celebrated New York 1 3 Y" specialist then treat ed ner, out sue .-u-tinued to grow worse and when informed that both her aunt and grandmother had Vdied from cancer he 'I I i?F- X1 ve the WW S3 hopeless. tff? Someor commend t4 grave the case up as Someone then re commended S.S.S. and though little hope remained, she begun it, and an improvement was no ticed. The cancer commenced to heal and when she had taken several bottles it disappeared entirely, and although sev eral years have elapsed, not a sign of the disease has ever returned. A Real Blood Remedy. S.S.S. (guaranteed purely vegetable) is a real blood remedy, and never fails to cure Cancer, Eczema, Rheumatism Scrofula, or any other blood disease. Our books will free dresi Speci Atlanta Ga. HAS 210,003 PEOPLE. Population of Minneapolis According to the New Directory. Minneapolis, July 23. Population of Minneapolis 210.903 says the 18S6 direc tory using a multiplier of 24 on the to tal of 93,735 names in the new directo ry, which Is an increase of 1183 over last year. At noon yesterday the slow and labo rious work of counting the names in the new directory was finished by Man ager C. B. Stanley and his assistants of the Minneapolis Directory company. Minneapolis shows a gain of 2.661 in population. The directory officials when asked to reconcile their population estimate of 210,903 with last year's census which showed 193.000 while they claim only a gain of 2.661 for the last year, say that their estimates are much more nearly correct than the official census because they employ none but skilled men and are almost always sure to ascertain the name and residence of nearly ev ery adult male inhabitant of the city. RIVER AND HARBOR STEAL Part of It Goes to Dredge the "Little Pee Dee" in S. Carolina. Washington, July 24. Captain F. V. Abbott, in charge of the river and har bor improvements in North and South Carolina, reports to the war depart ment that the Waccamaw is now safe ly navigable over the whole improved portion, whic',1 extends further up ev ery year, most of the snags having been removed the past season. The Little Pee Dee was roughly work ed over during the year and the worst obstructions removed. The lower part of the Great Pee Dee has been put in good condition and the proposed im provement is nearly completed. The jetty operations have been pushed in Winyah bay with good results. the channel having been steadily deepened, while dredging the canal is opening the Santee river to trade. Snagging was continued in the Wa teree and Congaree. In Charleston har bor no repairs were made on the jet ties, nearly $200,000 was spent in dredg ing. Next year the work will be com pleted. Sorry About the Democrats. Springfield. Mo., July 23. The Re publican state convention got to work in earnest when it reconvened today. The resolutions endorse the St. Louis platform and deplore what it believes "is the tendency of the Democracy towards anarchhy. Nomination speeches for governor were then begun the following candidates being named: Webster Davis, R. 10. Lewis, Major Brook, Alonzo Tubbs, B. B. Cahoon, and C. P. Walbridge. Bryan Club at Lawrence. Lawrence, July 24. An enthusiastic meeting held at the court house Tues day evening resulted in the organiza tion of a William J. Bryan club, with General W. H. Sears as president and W. H. Winter of Lecompton secretary. R. W. Sparr presided at the temporary organization and speeches were made by Sparr, Sears, Judge J. S. Emery, ex-Congressman H. L. Moore, Dr. E. B. Hazzard and others. To St Paul and Minneapolis Via"Bur lington Route." Two splendid through trains each day from Missouri river points to the north via the old established "Bur ling Route" and Sioux City line. Day train has handsome observation vesti buled sleepers, free chair cars and dining cars (north of Council Bluffs). Night train has handsome sleepers to Omaha. Council Bluffs and Sioux City, and parlor cars Sioux City north. Consult ticket agent. L. W. WAKELEY, General Passenger Agent, St. Louis, Mo. We can launder ladies' shirtwaists to suit the most critical customer. Peer less Steam Laundry, 112 and 114 West Eighth. Clearing: Sale AT Til K r i e Front snos STOI1E. I i Now is your chance for-MHv I BARGAINS. Crittenden Daaielson, SIS Kansas Aw., ?T. Topvlta. I be mailed f f to any ad- VV V V Swift .X k fic Co.. F-v VJ S-J

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1896. 7 X fi fl A3iTS,RENTS,SIT u M. UATIONS, REAL f f ESTATE, AUC TIOX SALES AND OTHER CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS SITUATIONS WANTED FREE. .Are you !n teed cf work? If so. you areat HVerty to use these columns for assistance in that direction. W hile this notice appears the State JorRXAi trill publish iree on Saturday. S'cnday and Tuesday, for Topeka or Kansas 1 j-cj'e. all notices of "Situations 'Wanted. "not txceedrnff flye lines, or thirty-five words. In lecpth,' provided that all advertisements of that rature are handfd In previous to ten o'clock t stur-Jay morninp: also on 'Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday, all advertising of this class landed In hy ten o'clock Wednesday morntntr. 'o advertisements of this nature to be started except on Saturdays and Wednesdays. No obll pntion Is inclined on the part of the advertiser. Ko worthy and needy man or woman need hesi tate to take advantage of this offer. No one In business or havine employment Is expected to take advmtafreof It. hut all others are invited fo avail themselves freely. Tun TorrFA Statu JorpvAi. cuarantees tTerv Cay it is printed, tocivea local circulation 1 J far moTe than nil otner Dnillen wim Mrert. This makes this rarer the cheapest, ps well as the he't. daily advertising; medium In Topeka. the classified advertisements fcelow costing but Fi?c Cents Line, er ?r cent3- a line for a week: tc cents by the month. ixetrfe t'al'y circt'aticn for 5Tay. l??o. io,954- fwnrn detal'ed statements of circulation pre lented to advertisers on application. Call and see anv afternoon between and c'c'cck the handsomest, fastest, most perfect piece of machinery in Kansas a Web Per fecting press, which prints from two to three ccmp'ete s-prpe papers per second. WANTED HELP. "VV" A TfP- rinnrl o-Ij-l for renerol ncp- V w"rk. V"t be "ond cook. Xo washing or tronlnc 302 West Sixth st. ITTNTFr-n Al carpenter, stranfer in r;fv will wnrk cbnnp- ppoH? 'ork bidlv. fall or address "Carpenter," C1C Monroe street. Topeka. A TT"T- Xi'nOi'ntr trorV. Ponp sfnVtly to order at 1033 Lawrence st.. Fast loth. "VVANTFP SiMiPtton TJy r married man: am wfUiriGT to work In anv oana'tv. in rrpfrv cforp. on farm or to rkp o?f of Tires frr private family. Address H Oakland P. O. vv r ANTFT An evperienre'l cirt frr seneral house work. Inquire 1027 Tyler st. rTFfi-Family washines t6 do. 40r Lawrence sc. A tt t py a Ynv 0f if work of any kind. Address L. If. this office. "TTT A NTpT itption as dtninir rorm o-ir? nr to help in house work. Address 734 Adams st. "T" A Fl"1 Fmplovnient by middle need Tadv ;it general h"'use work. Address Mrs;. Jennie Miller, this offlee. YV T A VTFJt Y.'ork a Tmrtr or ''r:v'ne rt p- livery wa?on. Address L. J. this office. "XTA'VTT;P Fos1f:on as cleric or mnnrer in drv poods, riothin r. boo s and s"oe; or frenerr.1 merehandise tore. h,?t bad twertv years experience. Can fnrnlh b'ehet testU menials ps to character, ability and experience. Address Manager, care Topeka State Journal. A NTFP- Boarders bv day or week, rates reasonable. 832 Quincy st. AVTFn-Onn solicitor. Salary paid. Call AGENTS WANTED. WANTFn-5.wi Agents for V 1issHrsaiT tlmr'zed "I.IVKS OF McKIXT.KY and ITOBAl'T." paires, eleprrintlv illustrated. rrieponlyM.no. The best and the cheapest, and nnicells ail other-; f0 Tier pent to atrnts. mid freii'ht naiti. t fBooks now ready. Save time bv sendin"- ."o cents in stamps for an out fit nt nncn. Atl'lrpss. A. P. WOKTHINCTON x Co. TTnrlford. Conn. CC to si.V) a month and expenses paid tI5 I 9j n0ci-en fir ci'j-prs; experience un necessary: I.ittie Clerk ci 'nr machine free to each customer. Bishop S; Kline. St. Louis. "WA Tlil- Younir man In every Kansas town to sell merchants the "I.oderetce" Kill File. SeUs for y-.'.'r. each. Kvery business hciise wpnts it. Good commission. Address Wm. Ifandoh h Ad-ims. M'f'ir Stationer, 711 Kansas avenue, Topeka. Kan.sas. WAJTEJD MISCELLANEOUS. "WAXTFP To sell house numr-ers. name plates, window slcns enamel, bronze, pluminmn and 'Head in the night." J. Lee Knighteia Topeka avenue. T ANTED Your hoises to rent, sell and to repair. A. A. KeUey, 5H Liberty st. r ANTED To rent a larsre house for board- ers and roomers; state location and terms. Address r.ox 142. Topeka P. O. VANTFT)-Your razors, clippers, and in- struments o rrlrd and hone. Machinery, implements, runs and every thine to repair. The "CoMen i:uie."3L" Kansas ave. AVAMFP-The lopfka Tent and Awnlni Co. wants to eive you figures on your awu tngs. i;c Kansas ave. Tele. 4M. "lrAMFP The Topeka Tent and Awnlnq Co. wants your trade. l.'5 Kansas ave. Tele. 436. VAN1 FD Fvervbndy to know that the To- peka lent and Awning Co. is located at 3?f Kausas ave. Tele. 430. "Vl'A NTFDYourcarpets to clean! Only machine carper c eancr in citv. Iccrains. Tapestries and body P.russels machine cleaned SHcyard: carpets retit. sewed and laid- also teoured en the floor. Reference Crosby Bros II H. Mills Son. S. Parnum Co.. M. c. liol man, NatloDal and Throop hotels. Both 'phones fin. Topeka Carpet Cleaning Works. Van fcuren street. ATI I Gasoline stoves to clean M.iniar- aMeed for season old burners replaced ty improved new burners. Storage and re tairs. l ull line of summer stoves end ovens. Hull btove repair Co.. m 11K hu-st Sth St. AVlSItlJ Your trelsht to nauu Yuur safe to move. Y our household uoods to pack. nip. move or store. S;nn skiuuer. F FCJ' ANTS iransier i. bturitae Co. 123 east f th. Jelephor.e iso. "IVAMED-Parties -vpecnng FTiETOTJTta leave their bills of lading, or call in bv VA&n,!5,,.,e,'rr'7 "ake ondavof arri tlther 'I'houe 3--D, F. Y. Bacon, rroc FOR RENT-ROOMS. "C'OR RKNT Three unfurnished rooms sult- able for light housekeeping. Inquire at Kansas ave. T?OR KliNT One 6-room and oue 7-room house in Stevenson block, corner HtintoOu and i-iilmore. bath, water closet, sink, electric 4ut et- Inquire No. 629 oa premise. FOR PEST 2 pleasant furnished rooms for Bentiemen. 707 (juiucy street. IOK litMT Large cool room; modern con veniences, very desirable, 023 Van Burea. FOK KKXI-Furnished rooms, modern con veniences, cool and pleasant. 313 Quincy. IOK 1;KM-Furnished rooms and day board at 931 Kansas ave. ROOMS AND BOARD- CiEMlUL HOiliL and Restaurant. VV. C. Pifg. 1'rop'r., 3i8 Kausas ave. Meals 10c. 7Cc and SI per day. Aiso milk depot FOlt KEM Pleasant furnished rooms, mod ern conveniences; board if desired. At 1C21 Quincy st. IT'OR EFXT-An elegant suite of unfurnished rooms on first floor, to man and wife w ith out children. Afodern conveniences. Prefer ences given and required. 715 Harrison st. 17 OK liF NT Larpe. pleasant, unfurnished modern rooms, board if desired. At lu2t Quincy st. FOR RENT-HOUSES. X,OK RENT Nice six-room house, Fur nished complete. Kefriiierator, gasoline stove, elc. Cistern aud city water. Cheap for three or four mouths. COS West Eighth. M): KKM-A 4 room house furnished for li'ht housekeeping. 609 west Sth st. Oil SA x.E Desirable homes in P. C. Moore, 4-'u Kansas ave. Oakland. I OST Wednesday, a gold dagger pin, set with pearls. Finder piease leave same at jid Tayior and receive reward. 17 I M 1 lie piace 10 cet your umbrella cov ered and repaired: or your clock or watch tleautd lor 75c. bC5 Kan. aTC, upstairs. REUNION PROPOSALS. 'lhe undersigned Secretary of the Committee of Fifteen will receive sealed bids up to 12 o'clock m.. August J0. as follows: First Bids for furnishing, delivered on the fair grounds in the city of Topeka not earlier than tlie L'lst dav of September, isiifi. 50 cords of wood, to bo used during the Leunion for camp tire purposes, etc. Second Bids lor furnishing, delivered on the fairgrounds iti the city of lopeka. not earlier than the L'lst day of September, lSuti, ten tons of clean, bright straw, either baled or loose: baled straw preferred. Bids will le opened at the council chamber, city of Topeka at s o'clock p. m., August 10, 18. 1 HOM AS F. DOBAN. Sec. Committee of Fifteen. FOR SALE-MISCELLANEOUS. 7 1 i; s A 1.1 "Window shades, curtain poles, L Kadiant Home base-burner, cheap, lis w. uth. IOK SALF A Fine full blood Jersey milch cow at 212 West sth ave. "Joi; SAIF Twin baby carnage at 1113 A North Madison. "17 oil SALE Bievcle for young man 12 to 10 J vears old. Co.-t 83.00. Will sell for $15.00. n first class condition, with pump, etc. In quire 009 Kansas avenue, upstairs. FOli SALE riiaeton, Can be seen at 12th st. livery barn, or call at 1215 Clay st. 70K SALE Cld papers at 10c per hundred ill journal oiuce. I70K SALF A FF-W COPIES OF WILDEIi'S ANNALS of Kansas. HiW puges; a $5.00 book sent tree to any aildress for J2.50. Kan sas Stale Printing Co.. Topeka, Kansas. FOR SALF Tents. Awnings. Wagon Covers, Paulins, Duck, all weights and widths. To peka Tent and Awning Co., 125 Kansas ave. 'ieio. 43o. "J," OK SAF.E On easv pavments. best sewing -I machine mate, "the fctandard. E. VV. buthf s.107 last 5th street. DRESSMAKING. FASHIONABLE Dressmaking at Mrs. N. M. Moore's, 024 Polk st. FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE. ANTED Best residence east Kansas ave. to be had for 52.000 spot cash. Barnes, 113 E. 4th st. I, OR SALE 3 lots with east front on Pine st near lull. These lots must be sold at once. A snap if jou want them. J. E. Maglll, loom 1, Columbian building. I7OK SALE CHEAP An excellent paying business, little work or capital needed. Call at Bain Slater's office, 02s Kansas ave nue, 'lopeka. Kan. i,"OIt SALE On monthly payments, several smail properties. Why uot own a home instead cf paying rent? W. M. Forbes, 111 VV. tth ave. JF yen want ;o sen IF you want to buy IF ou want 10 rent F ou uant to trade IF iuu waut a loan oa CALL ON OR WRITE. REAL ESTATE J. G. Shilliniiaw, lit East ith St.. Topeka, Kansas. FUEL AND FEED. rjMIOS. KINO, wholesale deaior, flour, feed, coal and grain. 210 VV. uth st. LEAVE your orders for COAL. Flour. Feed aud Seeds with Van Siyck. Ojo VV. uth. W K- CANNON. 933 Kansas ave., full line feed and fuel at lowest prices. MISCELLANEOUS. "g. OB XCHANGL New 4-room house. 0 lots; outside. VV Hi assume small mortgage. II. S., Jouinai office. TV ANITA, the gypsy palmist, has lust arriv ed. anil will give scientific paim readings of the past, present and future. One week only. Private readings 25cenis and up. Satisfaction given. S32Q-.incy. corner Ninth. 'XrEURNCKD i Folk street. JiUIiSE Mrs. Lana, 1417 1AS'IUKE Very best within 2 miles of To--- peka. Address Malcolm U. Hughes, North Toneia. C. ELDEK S MILLINERY STOKE has removed to til Kan-as avenue. rpHE TAILOR square-inch svstem of Dress Cutting is taught by Mrs. A. B. Arnott, U15 Kansas avenue. TV SDICK cleans carjiets. lace and chenille A curtains (Harmola process). 933 Kansas av. 'OK l.'ENT 'ienls. Topeka Tent and Awn ing Co.. 125 Kansas ava. 1 eie. 436. (l 1' I'i-ICES are right; our workmanship v lirst-class; our goods the best. Topeka lent and Awulug Co.. 125 Kansas ave. Tel. 436. CTI1 j;ii-'iZI Brick walks iau cueap. ,oiia v Kitchn. ilCb Quincy sc. UPHOLSTERING. XV ANTED To make your old lounges and take old carpets anil stoves in exchange. Aliea's L pholstery. 320 Kansas ave. EOOKS AND STATIONERY. rpiIF. KF.LLAM BOOK S 1 ATIOXEK Y CO, 603 Kansas ave. Latest books, correct sta tionery. ewest wall paper. Artistic training. Tenuis and baso bail supplies. O YOl'R own banking by renting a box in me nuciy ut-yosil. iiuiu ai. io, w btll sc. Inquire of J. M. Kirkpatnck. "A TON FY ADVANCED To K. Ft. employes of good stanuing at reasonable rates, smad leans a specialty. No caiUiteral required. All tiansactums strictlv confidential. Call and sea 11 at k-i .ortii Kausas ave. bail phone &7. CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. TOBERTS McFADDt-N, 527 lopeKa ave.. Afc would like to do your Duiiaing. MONEY TO LOAN. MONEY to loan on chattel mortgages. Deitrich Stanhllber. 810 Kausas ave. ONEY' LOANED on horses. piano, house hold eoods and all kinds of chattel securi ties. L. Biscoe, 523 Kansas avenue, rooms. GJROPJEJETjC CAEATOtlA Chips. Parker House rolls, Bos ton brown bread and baked beans, Kaiston health bread, cottage cheese, pressed chicken, steamed and baked ham. veal loaf and beef rolls, country butter and fresh eggs, and a full line of the finest groceries. H. Harvey, corner Fighth and lopeka ave. JEWELERS. JAMES B. HAY DEN. Jeweler and Optician. Complete stock of watches, diamonds, silverware, etc. Eyes examined aud spectacle properly fitted. REAL ESTATE LOANS. TE. BOWMAN Co. Mortgages of sire and kind to suit investors always on hand. Prompt money, lowest rates to borrow on cen tral, city, or farm properties. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. jyjLLO BUEL VVAKD, M. D. GENERAL SURGERY AJiD DISEASES OP WOMEN". Office Stormont Hospital, Topeka, Kansas. Both Phones. L. A. RYDER, M. D. OFFICE and residence cor. Oordon street and Centra! ave.. North Topeka. Phone 214. Uses the Brinkerhort system of Rectal treat ment, a successful and painless treatment for plies, fistula, tisiiure, ulceration, etc. DA C. BARNES, M. D. Offlco 732 Kan. Ave. Residence istli and Clay. Ollice hours 9 a, m. to 11 a. in., and 3 p. m. to 5 p. ni. Harrison telephone as residence, and bit oCice. L K. JSVA HA11IHXG, HOMliOPATFIISlT. Harrison phone S3. K?o Kansas ave. Bell telephone 412. ST.. SHELDON. M. D.. SfEGFIRI AND DISEASES OP WOMEN", With private hospital. Office: No. 720 Kansas Ave; MRS.MARY" McKINSTRY, magnetic healing massage treatment. Residence and otlisa 835 Jacksou. Harrison plu ne 40s. TENTS AND AWNINGS. THE Topeka Tent and awning Co. keeps on hand all weights aud widths of duck. Come In and figure with us. or telephone 436. MINERAL WELLS. THE BOON MINERAL WATER cures stomach, kidney and bladder troubles; pro cure analysis and consult your physicians; sold in bnik or bottles. VV. G. Boon, CIS Fillmore sL, Topeka. Tel. 235. MILK DEPOTS. CALL UP II ice. Fresh 121 VV. 6th St. 'Phone 260 for milk, cream or butter and eggs a specialty. Missouri Pacific. TOPEKA t FT. SCOTT ACCOM.. No. 28" Leave Topeka 8:00 a. m KtFKKA FT. SCOTT ACCOM., No. 2SJ Arrive Topeka 6:30 p. m. There's No Use Wasting Words on JtUUdl THEY CURE Headache, 1 Dyspepsia, sH Constipation, Heartburn, Dizziness, Biliousness. 1 THEY COST 50 CENTS A BOX. DRUGGISTS SELL THEM. And! That's Ail There Is to Say. lovis Van DRp KaiBrMtiirer ef O Onlvanized Iron Cornices, Metal Sky- gntS of Tl- VYorfc. A O-Eatiinaies Over the St Cheerfully Clfveii 8th Ave. Stables NEW STONE BARN. Cor. Topeka Ave. and 8th St. iOUR SPECIALTY; Boarding Horses. Y'e keep a fow citv broke horses to hire to ladies by the day or raonih. frien la line Willi the aiineo. Call and see us. Refer eacos eur turnouts. o i First Class Up-to-Date.... DRESSMAKING C At Mrs. E. M. Fist ler's Dress Making Pariors, S 27 years experience. 417 Eas. AV3. DUDLEY PRICE, P bonus 663. T)pek AfCMd Std SPOKE FOE HERSELF. Martcl da Eois, s young man of good lamily, but of soraev?hat limited means, was at the breaking out of tho Premc-h rev olution affianced to tho daughter of a tradesman named Zoulouche a man oi wealth, but no principle. Celeste was pretty, artful, ambitious and treacherous, and when she thought it to her interest to get rid of her lover sh secretly denounced him and he was ar rested and thrown into prison. Meantime a young widow, Mme. Ro maitie, who had secretly conceived a pas sion for him, on learning of his incarcera tion and its eause determined to save him. She went to the jailer, and by means of a bribe for money was potent in those dayi as well as in these obtained an interview. Du Bois was surprised at her visit. "I have come," she said frankly, "iL the hope that I may save a life for which 1 would freely give my own. "I do not know as I understand you, madamc!" replied the wondering prisoner. "Probably not, for I am a woman, and women aro sometimes enigmas even tc themselves. I will not ask if you know me, for you certainly do not, but do you know my name?" "Yes; you are Mme. Romaice, widov! of Jules Komaine, daughter of Gustavus d'Auvergne young, lovely, accomplished and rich. "We have ten minutes to converso lr private. You must escape from here and Ily from France! You may be tried at anj hour, and, once tried, you will be con demned and executed. "But who so baso as to denounce me, madamc? I would know the name of my enemy, that if ever I do escape I may ut some future time exact reparation for th6 injury. "Oh, perfidy!" exclaimed Mme. Ro niaine. "Prepare yourself, Martel du Eois, to hear a terrible truth. Where you trusted most you have been most basely betrayed. Celeste Zoulouche is your se cret denouncer. "Impossible!" cried Du Bois, staggering Tinder tiie mental blow. "Impossible! Mon Dieu! Vou are but trying my faith. "Wo are wasting precious time," said the other, glancing at her watch. Believe what I tell you. You will have corrobora tive evidence all too soon. "Then welcome the guillotine! Why live In a world so treacherous and base?" "But all are not li ke Celeste Zoulouche. "Your own presence here, madame, is a proof cf that. But my faith is shaken, and life seems of little worth." "We should not be too selfish," rejoined Mme. Komaine hurriedly. "Live, Martel, or one ef your friends will henceforth be wretched!" "Is it so?" exclaimed Du Bois as the truth flashed upon him. This is no time for false delicacy, pur sued tho other, with agitation. "Circum stances have caused mo to betray feelings you otherwise might never have suspected and for which even now I may be receiv ing your secret censure. But no matter! Let mo but know you have escaped and are beyond tha reach of your enemies and I can bo happy, even should we never meet again." "Censure yon! Despise you for trying to save my life Oh, madame, your words give mo pain!" "You will live then? You will escape?" "If possible I will, if only for youi sake. "Quick, then, give ear to my plan. Hero is a powder, of which you will take a small portion r.t a time. It will make you sick; you will lcok pale. Kat little or no food and you will lose your strength. The physician will be called and you will be removed to the hospital. Once there, I trust I shall be able to effect your escape. You will obey my instructions?" "Religiously." "Then, if your trial should not come on meantime, you may be saved. I go to watch and pray and hope. Adieu!" He followed the directions of Mme. Ro maine, and the third day after her visit he was removed to the hospital. Here he fell under the charge of a lay sister named Agnes. "I know all!" she 6aid to him at tho first opportunity. "Julie Romaine is my cousin; I am her confidant. We have agreed upon a bold and novel plan for your escape. It is this: You must seem to get worse and worse, and at last, at the proper time, you must feign convulsions and ap pear to die. 1 will cover your face, and when the chief physician comes his rounds announce your death. If he takes my word for it, all will be well; if not, we may fail. Th3t is our risk. "And suppose he leaves me for deatZ what then?" "Then, after dark, I will pretend to have received an order to have you convey ed to the dissecting room, where you will be provided with a surgeon's suit, in which disguise you must escape. Near the close of his fourth day in tho hospital Martel du Bois was seen by more than one person in convulsions. An hour or two later, when the physician made his rounds, ho was covered with a sheet. 'There is no more need of your services here," said Sister Agnes calmly, as she in tercepted him. "The next patient seems worse. Will you be kind enough to see him at oncef" The doctor passed on." So far, all well It was quite dark when the body of Du Bois was borne into the dissecting room. The attendants retired in hj.ste, leaving Sister Agnes and a lad with him. "Now, then, here aro your garments. Quick!" soid the fair nurse. In less than live minutes the late corpse looked like a very active and important surgeon. "This lnd will guide you follow him!" eaid Sister Agnes hurriedly. "Linger not a moment! Adieu! Adieu!" Five minutes later Martel du Bois, guid ed by a youth, was hurriedly passing through the streets of Toulouse. On the outskirts of the town the youth led him to an old ecable. where they found two swift horses prejiured for a journey. They mounted and rode southward to vard Spain. When morning dawned, there jvcto 40 good miles between them and Toulouse. The second night they en tered J?pain and were sale. "Now, my brave" hid, said Du Bois, "go bne U to your mistress. Mme. Romaine, and teil her my hand, my heart and my life are at her disposal. 'She will ccept your hand and heart, but begs you to keep your life," returned the youth, with a light laugh. "She will sneak tor herself!" rejoined Du Bois sharply. "She does!' laughed the other. "How is this?" I am Julie Komaine. They were married in Spain, and at the close of the reign of terror returned to France and lived long a.id happily. San Frattciaco Argonaut FAT0BS THE IOWA PLAN. President Madison of the Republican League Likes It At the meeting of the executive com mittee of the Republican state league held in this city yesterday. President Ed Madison. Secretary O. K. Swayze, and Vice Presidents E. T. Metealf, D. E. McCleilaud and Frank O. Johnson were present. An informal discussion of plans for more complete organization and effect ive work during the present campaign were discussed. The committee resolved to aid the congressional candidates in each dis trict in their canvass. It was also agreed that immediate steps should be taken to raise funds with which to carry on the campaign. The league now claims to have 180 local leagues organized in the state. President Ed H. Madison said that he had been continually in the work since the first of July, and that he in tended to keep it up; till the election. That he had more requests from var ious places in the state where clubs and leagues are in contemplation, to be present and assist in their organiza tion than it was possible for him to fill, but that he would accept all that it will be possible for him to fill. Mr. Madison further stated that he believed the "Iowa" plan of organiza tion to be the best that could be adopt ed and that as fast as it was possible it would be put into practice in this state. W03IEX DISCOVER BRYAN. They Pound Out His Ability and Told About It Indianapolis, July 24. A. W. Scott, an attorney of Lincoln, Neb., who is a per sonal friend and political enemy of Wil liam Jennnings Bryan, is in the city the guest of his brother, J. M. Seott, 861 North Delaware street. Mr. Scott has been city attorney of Lincoln and iden tified with the politics of the state. Speaking of Mr. Bryan he said: "If I were writing a novel I would not dare to make any hero meet with half the success that has come to Mr. Bryan. It is to be remembered that Mr. Bryan has lived in Lincoln only nine years, coming there a poor man." "How was he regarded previous to his nomination?" "He was always respected, for he is a man on whose character there is not a spot. He had no bad habits, and per sonally he is a fine gentleman. But the women of Lincoln are entitled to the honor of discovering Mr. Bryan. When he came there he united with the church and also with several liter ary societies. It was not a great while until the women were talking about him and telling us men what a smart man he was. The men began to ask concerning the new arrival, but for some time he was not considered any thing more than a promising young W. P. TOMLIXSON RETURNS From the St Louis Convention Doesn't Expect a Bolt Colonel W. P. Tomlinson returned to day from St. Louis, where he attended the silver convention. "Bryan will be nominated by the Pop ulist convention," said he to a Journal reporter, "and I do not believe there will be a bolt. The feeling was very intense against the indorsement of Bryan in the south, and I think that some southern man will be nominated for vice president and that will satisfy them. "If it had not been for the action of the Kansas delegation the middle of th? road Populists would Ixave won. The influence of Jerry Simpson, W. A. Har ris, Senator Peffer and John Breiden thal had more to do with changing the sentiment than anything else. They were well known and their opinions were respected. "There was no opposition to Bryan in the silver convention." CAMPERS IN TREES. Floods Drive Them There for Safety Where They Spend the Night Springfield. O., July 24. There was a cloudburst last night and everything is flooded. The people are moving up stairs on account of the overflow of Buck creek. Front and North streets are partly under water. A crowd of ytfung campers at Redmond's mill have baen perched in trees all nisrht. A rescuing corps has been organized and has gone to the scene, three miles east of town. The damage in the country will be heavy. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Mary E. Harvey to Frederick W. L. Klinge for $250. lots 402 and 454 on Third street in Veale's addition. T. T. Haines of Indiana to Charles Lament and David T. Gregg for ti the south 20 feet of the north 40 feet of lot 72 on Kansas avenue. Frederick T. Brigham to Susan S. Flagg for $10, lots 205 to 215 inclusive on Home street in Brigham's addition. McEinley Club Room. The colored McKinley club of the First ward has rented the old church buiiding on Polk street near the Union Pacific tracks and it is to serve as Re publican headquarters for North To peka. National Co-operative Congress. St. Louis, July 4. The first conven tion of tha national co-operative con gress met here this forenoon for a two days' session. with representatives pres ent from at least a dozen states. To day was taken up with the hearing of reports pprfectiiv-r an organization and plans for futurfi-".vork. Tomorrow a number of papers will be read and a general discussion of matters of special impoitaJice indulged in. No Contagious Disaases. The city sanitary department is now without a sirjRle case of contagious disease to look after. The last cases of meales and scarlet fever have been released from quarantine. The city has been almost free from scarlet fever this season, but there have been a great many cases of measles. Almost ail were in light form and not a sin gle fatal case has been reported. There is now very little sickness of any kind in the city. The general health of To peka may be called first class. New Furniture For the Club. The Tcpeka Commercial club has re ceived an installment of new furniture for the rooms of the club. There are 52 chairs which are to take the place of the old or.ee now in use. The rooms have aiso been furnished with tables and the Commercial club now has headquarters complete in every re spect. Kansas Reading Clerk Brown. St. Louis. July 24. W. L. Brown who was elected reading clerk of the Pop ulist convention, is an old hand at the business. He was secrtsiry of the Kansas state senate in 1893 and 1S93, and his voice is the kind which goes to the remote corners of any building. TODAY'S MARKET REPORT. Furnished by the Associated Press to the State Journal. Chicago, July 24. The wheat market opened a fraction easier this morning but soon went up on continued receipts of wet weather and general buying by local commission houses. A liberal business was transacted. Corn and oats were also firmer in feel ing, the latter especially. Provisions, after opening a shade higher, showed a disposition to rule Sower. Chicago Livestock-Market Chicago, July 24. Estimated receipts hogs 12,000; left over 3,000. Market active and 5c high er; advance mostly on heavy grades. Lights $3.253.60; mixed ?3.053.40; heavy $2.T03.25; rough $2.702.90. CATTLE Receipts 2,500, including 1, 500 Texans. Best grades steady; others weak. Beeves $3.1o4.C0; cows and heifers $1.253.75; Texas steers $2.25 3.50. SHEEP Receipts S.000; steady;lambs weak. Kansas City Produce Market Kansas City, July 24. WHEAT l2c higher; No. 2 hard 5153c; No. 3, 5051c; No. 2 red 55c; No. 3, 52c. CORN Uncertain; No. 2 mixed 22 23c; No. 2 white 2323V2C. OATS Scarce; higher; No. 2 mixed, nominally 19c; No. 2 white 23c. RYE No. 2, 25c. HAY Timothy somewhat firmer; prairie unchanged. BUTTER Firm; creamery 1014e; dairy 9(5 12c. Kansas City Livestock Market Kansas City, July 24. (JATTLE Receipts 4,300; shipments 2,000. Market steady to strong. Texas steers $2.152.75; Texas cows $1.752.50; beef steers $3.004.00; native cows $1.00 3.10; stockers and feeders $2.503.65; bulls $1.65. HOGS Receipts 6,000; shipments 1, 900. Market 510c higher. Bulk of sales $2.903.10;heavies $2.80(a2.95; pack ers $2.95(53.10; mixed $2.953.15; lights $3.003.25; yorkers $3.15 3.25; pigs $3.00 3.25. SHEEP Receipts 1,300; shipments none. Market strong. Lambs $3.00 5.00; muttons $2.003.45. Market Gossip. Chicago: Aug. Brosseau is taking his profit on a line of long wheat. Chicago: Faldwin and F. and Weare Commission Co. and Dixon heavy sell ers wheat. Chicago: Oats strong on wet weather and country buying. Corn steady in sympathy. Chicago: Wheat opens quiet but strong with Logan principal buyer. New York: Stocks opened weak on selling induced by Mr. White's inter view. Looks as if orders were put in to sell the market as low as possible at the opening. Some support devel oped and market now has a better tone. Cable Cargoes off coast, wheat steady; on passage, wheat firm. Eng lish country markets rather firmer. Liverpool wheat firm, d higher. Corn quiet, prices unchanged. French mar kets quiet. Chicago Board's cable: London wheat steady. American wheat parcels 3d up. On passage, firm but inactive. Mark Lane wheat quiet. Flour 30 up. Berlin wheat firm, to up. Liver pool wheat firm, up; corn quiet. Chicago: Estimated receipts tomor row, wheat 210; corn 605; oats 200; hogs 8,000 head. New Y'ork: The four ports cleared for export, wheat and flour, 409,000. New York: I think we are going to get a bulge in cotton just as we are get ting in wheat. The market Is badly oversold. Minneapolis 188 cars against 38 cars last year; Duluth 98 cars against 99 cars last rear. Chicago: Puts, September wheat 57c; calls, 58c; puts, September corn 26c; calls, 26,e; puts September pork $0.00; calls, $6.25; curb, September wheat 57?ic. Today's Range of Prices. Op'n. High. Low. Cl'se. Thur. Wheat Cash 57 ns 57 57T4 57 Sept 58 58 57 57" 58 Dec 60 60 59 59 60 Corn Cash 26 26 25 25 26 Sept 26 26 26 2G 26 May 29 29 28 29 29 Oats Cash 18 1S 18 18 18 Sept 18 18 17 17 17 May 21 21 20 20 20 Pork Cash 6 20 6 25 6 05 6 05 6 15 Sept 6 20 6 27 6 05 6 12 6 20 Jan 7 02 7 12 6 92 6 92 7 05 Lard Cash 3 35 3 35 3 20 3 32 3 30 Sept 3 40 3 40 3 25 3 27 3 35 Jan 3 70 3 70 3 60 3 60 3 70 Ribs Cash 3 40 3 40 3 25 Z 25 Z 23 Se-pt 3 40 3 40 3 25 3 30 3 23 Jan 3 52 3 55 3 42 3 42 3 52 At. O. Goodwin. President W. L, Chamberlain. Sec. and Trea& TOPEKA GRAIN k STOCK EXCHANGE 526 Kansas Avenue. Private wires to New York, Chicago and 6t Louis. Reference: Bank of Topeka. Trades Placed ia Grain, Stocks and Provisions .1,000 busftela and up; 1ft shares and up; -0 tbfs. anil up; margin same &a any re sponsible commission house. Correspondents Kennett, Hopkins Co., New York. Chicago and St. jCouia. Correspondence solicited. GET READY FE Send for description of the famous O.l.G. hog. 2 weighed 2806 los. Sold 1 129 first 6 Months i?is year for breeding purposes. First applicant in each local, I gets pais on time ami agency. j L.B.SilverCo.CZeve5aad.0.lLi?' 4 ST. PAUL MINNEAPOLIS And the Northwest Best Be lied ac By the Favorite HICAGO 1 Maple Leaf Route" mn No Change of Cars of any class. Free Chair Cars New Sleepers Cafe Dining Cars on all Trains. mi 11 ill uutum a miuj RAILROAD. 05LY ST05E BALLASTED TRACK. NO CHANGE OF CARS BETWEEN Kansas City and Chicago, Kansas City and St. Louis, St. Louis and Chicago. Ko Extra Charge for Passage ia Palace Reclining Chair Cars NOR IN FIST YESTISLLED LIMITED TRAHS. ArJt Tour own Home Ticket Aeant for ticket Via the Chicago Alton iiailroad. or write So D. BOWES, S1 Western Pmensr A (rent, 210 Nortb Broadway, St. Lul, Ha JAMES CHARLTON, ficaenl Parneer nnt Ticket Asm, Cbicngo, III. nmwti m dilate SOLID TnROUOH VESTiBOLED THA!':3 Kansas City, St. Joseph, Leavenworth, Atchison, TO ST. LOUIS, CHICAGO, OMAHA, PEORIA, ST. PAXSL&rVHNNEAPOLIS. WITH Dining Cars, Sleepers and Chair Cars 8fi2S). CONNECTIONS MADE AT St. Louis, Chicago 0 Peorte FOR ASI Points Essf, South 0 Scuthesst. L. W. Wakeiey, C. P. A., ST. LOU'S, MO. Howard Elliott, Cer.. WIer.. ST. JOSEPH, MO H. D. Dutton, T. P. A., ST. JOSEPH, MO. H. C. Orr, A.C. P. A., KANSAS CITV, MO. Orest Western Steam Bye Cleaning Wcrks. Work guaranteed and at reasonable prle also, I-iue 'tailoring, lp ilriug and rretamf. 121 East Seventh Street. C. F. RODIGER. AN IDEAL FAMILY MEDICINE. lie .&e tie. Conff jkO JHM-d T.iver nrid Eiv. e:3. R I P A H S TABULES mi'AN CilV.MlCXI CO... lOrlvWrf-e W.Y.1! BEER PARK (Mala Line V- and R. H- I mm cpos joe 221. issx Fuinishsrt eotra?es with facilities for nouss Vacyiug. if desired. I or terms apiily to D. C. JONES, Ci.raden Station. Baltimore, M3, Great 17 m nfin A liilU t 1 nnrrn if n

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TOPEKA STATE JOUEX.iL, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1896. ,8 I Q Q 9 9 Q Q Mi i N A 7 J Li SALE oiey J i 9 ti c Wheels reduced from 360.00 have C taken so well this week I will place Q q a lirira of $75.00 wTheels on $50.00 Spot Cash. x nearly one-third. V 31.25 sale continued colors, O Green. Maroon. Tilack and Orange. 'J WM. TZWL 115-117 East If you want Pictures that get the genuine X tWM MAKE TOEJI. We are a'sa THE westers Fo ESTABLISHED 1875. (Foraerly Topeia Foundry and Machine Works, Estab. 1S55.) 2 The only place in the city where you can get a complete power plant from a steam engine to a set-collar from stock. w g .i "FT PRICES BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE. g Topeka, Kas. COFRAN, Proprietor. "HE THAT WORKS EASILY, WORKS SUCCESSFULLY." CLEAN HOUSE WITH. SS jjg Jj, NEGROES TO BE OUSTED. White Man's Republican Party For South Carolina. Columbia, S. C. July 24. Dr. Samp son Pope, of Newberry, arrived In the city yesterday and gave the first news of a proposed white man's Republican party in South Carolina, something the old state has never had. Dr. Pope, when seen, said that there were such evidences of less of trade in Charleston and Columbia, and all the cities and towns, brought about by the present administration, that he think3 the time has arrived for the inaugura tion of a white Republican party. In the course of the evening Dr. Pope issued the following address, in which will be found some surprising figures bearing upon the new registration: "To the people of South Carolina: I have been asked to take the initiative in the organization of a white man's Republican party in South Carolina, and I therefore issue this address look ing to that end. The harvest is ripe in this state. A Populist, standing up on a Populist platform, has been nom inated by the so-called Democratic con vention which met in Chicago. "You have been asked to give that platform and that ticket your support. Can there be any harm in asking you to support a Republican 'ticket on a platform which commends itself to ev ery liberty loving, conservative patri ot in the land a platform which pro tects the business interests of the coun try, by declaring for a sound curren cy: a platform which protects the rights and liberties of the citizens guaranteed by the federal constitution without regard to race, color or pre vious condition; a platform which pro- Awarded .Highest Honors World's Fair, V) 'i li to? MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder, Free from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant, 0 YEARS THE STANDARD, DM d b b b b b b b b b b PP I IE? y OF b sale at d d b b b b b i H f M i UUL second-hand wheels reduced Royal Blue, b Seventh St. are absolutely permanent, J. making those Ons Dollar Pictares. OR, Kj4!aekewep tects the producers of the soil as against foreign products: a platform which protects the labor of the country engaged in manufacturing, 25,000 of whom are South Carolinans engaged in cotton manufacture: and a platform which protects the millions of Ameri can capital engaged in manufacturing, among which are 1.300.000 cotton spin dles in South Carolina? "fpon this platform stands Major McKinley, the standard bearer of the Republican party, a man beloved by the nation, whose character is beyond reproach. "Then, come with us and we promise you an electoral ticket to be composed of nine of the best white men in the state. In addition, in state .matters, we stand ready to support a ticket in each county in the state for the legislature of the best white men, pledged to fight the dispensary, to fight the metropoli tan police law. to fight for lower taxes and fewer offices and to bring about an era of good feeling among the people." FATAL FAMILY (UAAREL. Cincinnati Husband Fires Five Bul lets Into Eis Wife's Body. Cincinnati, July 23. Early this morn ing six shots were heard at the resi dence of Wm. T. Wiley, ladies' tailor and furrier on West Fifth street. When Wiley's room was entered Mrs. Wiley was found bleeding from five bullet wound?, and her husband unconscious, with a bullet hole in the right temple. The woman died on the way to the hospital. Wiley's wound was superficial, the ball glancing off the skull. They have had frequent quarrels and were sepa rated but began to live together again about three months ago. Wiley says his wife shot him and he then seized the revolver and fired at her. He came here from Louisville about fifteen years ago. HOLDING TOGETHER. The Middle of the Road Men All Meet There. St. Louis, July 23. The middle of the road men held a meeting at the Texas headquarters just before the hour for the afternoon session of the conven tion. It was a tumultous and enthus iastic gathering. The net result was the adoption of a motion declaring that it was the sense of middle of the road men that no compromise should be en tertained or adopted by them until a platform of Populist principles and a straightout ticket was nominated; also that an effort should be made to have the friends of Butler on the committtee on permanent organization, withdraw his name.so that all their friends might unite upon Campion of Maine, their forces not to be divided upon the ques tion of a permanent chairman. VMQ WILL BE GODDESS? Another Feature of the Floral Parade Proposed. A Big Float Containing the Goddess Flora. Meeting of the Women's Committee Yesterday Largely Attended. The ladies of the Flora's Festival committee held their first meeting in their permanent headquarters on the third flood of the new court house yes terday afternoon. It was an enthusiastic meeting. There were fifty ladies present and a great deal of business was done. One of the very best ideas for the parade yet advanced was given by a Parkdale lady. Miss Ella Hayes. Miss Hayes said: "I think one of the prettiest ideas for the Festival would be a float prominent in the parade to be known as the Goddess Flora's. Let some suitable young woman represent the goddess and in addition to that have on the float say 25 little girls from 3 to 15 years of age for her maid ens." The idea caught on immediately. Mrs. Milliken Who would we have for a Flora? Mrs. Remley Let that be decided by a public vote paid for at so much per vote. That would raise money, too. Mrs. Sly I am in favor of turning this entire feature of the parade over to Miss Hayes and the young ladies. This was made as a motion and pass ed. Miss Hayes I move that a committee of five be appointed then and that the general committee set aside an appro priation for the float. Mrs. Hughes Why could not the young ladies make their own money? Mrs. Sly That is good; but we can give them all the paper they want to make flowers of. Miss Hayes Miss Emma Banks and mystlf have just decided that after all we won't ask anything at all of the committee. We will attend to this feat ure of the parade in every detail our selves. Miss Hayes was allowed to name her own committee and she did so as fol lows: Miss Hayes, chairman; Miss Emma Banks, secretary; Miss Dora Mc Clure, treasurer; Miss Grace Stover and Miss Anna Banks. Miss Hayes and Miss Banks immed iately issued a call for all the young la dies in the city to meet them at the committee room in the court house Sat urday afternoon at 1 o'clock to select a Flora, the voting idea having been given un as likely to be a poor result. Mrs. Wiimarth I move that a com mittee be appointed to select the kind of flowers that are to be made and used in the parade and on the street decora tions. Small flowers will not do for the street decorations. Mrs. Milliken. chairman I think that is a good idea but it has been suggest ed to me that it might be left to the decoration committee which will be a large one. I had it in mind that it would be well to appoint five ladies for each block to superintend the decorat ing and urge good work on by oflering a prize for the best decorated block. Mrs. Briggs incorporated this in a motion and it carried. The committee will be appointed later. The matter of free classes in flower making was taken up. Mrs. Wood I understand from Mrs. Sprague that Mrs. Carr of Auburndale, will teach a class of ten girls. Mrs. Remley of 1735 Filmore street, said she, too, would teach a class of fif teen. Mrs. Remley's class will meet at her home next Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Miss Diment's class will meet at the same time at the court house. Mrs. Klussman will teach a class of grown ladies on the north side of the river and it will meet for the first time Mondy afternoon at 2:30 at the home of Mrs. M. R. Mitchell. Miss Russell, the paid teacher, has al ready graduated a class of 107 in eigh teen different flowers. The flower lessons will hereafter be carried on at the court house, third floor in two rooms. The North side people are objecting to doing any more work on the parade unless they are assured that they will have a part of the parade in their own town. Mrs. Todd brought it before the meeting. Mrs. Stoker Our business men gave money to the Fall Festival and they want some good out of it on their side of the river. Mrs. Sly I have canvassed North To peka thoroughly and the business men won't give any more unless they can have part of the parade. They don't ask much of the parade or decorations. But I think we ought to have Kansas avenue decorated from the Union Pa cific depot to Gordon street, and have the North side part of the parade march from Gordon street over. It was decided to consult the Commit tee of Fifteen about it. Mrs. Wiimarth I have the assurance that we can have one of the fire en gines In our parade if we will attend to the decorating. Now if the committee will furnish the material I will teach the wives of the firemen, who are will ing to help, to make the flowers. Mrs. Stevens I make that a motion and include that Mrs. Wiimarth attend to that part of the parade. This was carried. The following committees were ap pointed by Mrs. Milliken, the presi dent: Purchasing Committee Mrs. 0J. O. Wiimarth. Mrs. Dr. liaub. Mrs. W. W. Gavitt. Mrs. Ellen Parkhurst. Mrs. John Sargent and Miss Emma Banks. Ways and Means Committee Mrs. J. W. F. Hughes. Mrs. H. B. Farns worth, Mrs. II. H. Arthur, Mrs. Fannie Butts, Mrs. T. A. Wilkie. Mrs. Ella Ward. Mrs. Eva McGiffln, Mrs. S. S. McFad den. Mrs. J. H. Todd. Mrs. Ida Kluss man. Mrs. F. M. Tuttle. Mrs. M. R. Mitchell. Mrs. WTilcox, Mrs. Ella Sly, Miss Dollie Curtis. Mrs. W. H. Wilson, representing the car ride committee, reported that in spite of poor advertising, the car ride Wednesday evening cleared $23. SO for the Moral committee. More money making schemes will be tried later. Dr. Guibor has charge of the ehil drens' and ponies' part of the parade, ans is soliciting the use of pony car riages to be decorated and driven by children in the parade. He already has a great number of promises. All who have pony carriages that may be used will please report to him as soon as possible. The ladies committee of the North side will hold its regular meeting with Mrs. Ellen Parkhurst this evening at 8 o'clock. Miss Emma. Banks requests that all equestrians in the city who will decor ate and take part in the floral parade will meet her at the court house in the committee room at 2:30 o'clock Monday. "WHERE ARE WE AT." A. H. Case Expresses His Views on Democracy and Finance. To Editor Topeka State Journal: David B. Hill and Grover Cleveland say: "We are Democrats. Wm. Mc Kinley and John Sherman say: "We are Republicans," and upon the vital question in this campaign they are for and are fighting for the same thing. Patrick Henry said he was an Ameri can and George Washington and the continental congress sided with him and stood squart-ly upon this declara tion during their lives. To be an Amer ican then, as now, meant loyalty to American institutions, American in terests, American homes, American policies and American laws, and a firm adherence to an American financial system, wholly her own. And in pursuance of this declaration of principles a financial system was es tablished and promulgated, making the silver dollar a unit of value of less than 16 to 1, under which system this country prospered for SI years, and grew from nothing, either in men, money or prosperity to be the richest, strongest and most prosperous country upon the globe. Now, forsooth, the Cleveland Demo crats and McKinley Republicans want us to repudiate the policy of our fath ers and adopt the policy of that gov ernment which they successfully fought and which they unanimously condemn ed. And why? The United States incurred certain obligations and issued its bonds and securities therefor. These securities were offered in the open market for sale with the condition incorporated therein by the act of congress that they were to be paid in coin. Those who pur chased these securities were bound to take notice and knew these conditions of payment at the time of their pur chase. They knew that the payment in coin was the coin of the constitution gold and silver. Upon these terms the contract was made and upon no other terms or conditions whatever. Now the followers of the gold men, Cleveland, Hill, McKinley and Sherman and of the St. Louis cabal, want the United States to amend the contract, and where it says coin insert gold, as the payment intended in the securities so held by the purchasers. And that is not enough, but they want all obli gations of the government heretofore and hereafter made, and all individual contracts to be paid in gold. And that is not enough; they want the people to say by their votes that the word coin in our constitution which our fathers, the courts and congress have con strued to mean both gold and silver, is now to be understood to not include silver, but only gold. They want us to go still farther, and by our votes for McKinley and their platform, declare that silver is not money, but is a com modity, to be classed with brass, cop per and the baser metals. Art. vi.sec. 2 of the constitution says: This constitution and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof, shall be the su preme law of the land. Art. i, sec. 8: The congress shall have power to coin money and regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coins. Art i, sec. 10: No state shall make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts. The act of congress declaring' that the debt shall be paid in coin is the supreme law, and cannot be changed as to those debts contracted under it. These constitutional provisions cannot be changed or amended .by congress, the vote of the people or by any party platform, or all combined. This law of congress and the constitution has been trodden under foot by both the Harri son and Cleveland administrations, at the behest of the gold element of this country, and coin, by them, construed only gold. They have, in strict vio lation of the constitution and the oath which they took, made silver a com modity, something which does not lie in the power of the American congress to do. No sane public man has ever disputed that the coin named in the constitution included silver. It has remained for the St. Louis cabal to say for the first time in the history of this country, by any party, that silver shall no longer be classed as money metal. They tell us that silver must not be regulated by congress as to value, or coined at any ratio. They tell us that the United States has no option, but the option is with the holders of our securities, as to the kind of coin they shall receive. They tell us that the United States is not competent to man age her own affairs. They tell us that when England gives her consent, we may then adopt silver as a money metal, at the price and ratio to be fixed by her. They tell us that the consti tution, article 1. section 8, must be con strued and made to read, "The con gress shall have power to coin money, but the value of silver money shall be regulated by England." This doctrine of these Hessians of finance is un American and opposed to every interest of this country. By it we become a mere dependent of Great Britain. By it we put the control of every branch of our domestic affairs in the control of that nation, which has been known from ancient limes as the "robber nation." By it we lose our independence and be come the financial ally of a nation that would despoil us of the right of self government and the right to regulate the price of the bread that we eat, the clothes that we -wear and the minerals which we produce. Are the voters of this country pre pared to allow and permit Great Brit ain to regulate our finances and the price of our commodities? Those in favor of England will vote for a gold standard; those opposed will vote for the coin of the American con stitution. A. H. CASE. Mineral Water. The finest in the west. Come and try it J. W. PHILLIPS. 612. W. Eighth Ave. Dr. A. P. Sawyer: I have used one box of your Pastilles, and they have helped me more than anything olse that I ever used, and I have tried al most everything. Mary Johnson, Bush nell. 111. Frank Sim. r-barmacist, 607 Kansas avenue. B33 HSH eC2E BOSH v e SB WE HAVE 3 WANTS. MORE WORK. TO MEET TOU, 9 YOU TO SEE WIH WORK. n For an "indefinite length of period'' we will make our h iir! pruiis I'.bin.t 2 piioio for gl.se. 82. OO and 82 GO. your money back u you mni it. Jj e jkaKtsas ate UIBt3 e zsiea.Bca eacsea KANSAS WOMEN THERE. Interesting Incidents In Which They Participate In St.Louis. Mrs. John Ereidenthal How She Yoted. Tells Annie'Siggs Sees the Hand of Prov i dence in the Peoples Party Movement From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Women are occupying a larger num ber of seats at the Populist convention, and are taking up more room in the lobbies than they have ever done at any previous national political gathering. The men of the party seem to regard their presence as nothing unusual. Mrs. Annie L. Diggs of Kansas, sat for several hours yesterday afternoon in a continuous debate. Before her were three listeners, one a man some what old-fashioned, who seemed sur prised, sometimes pleased and some times soared, at hearing so much speak ing from a woman's tongue. The sec ond was a Bryan man, and reinforced Mrs. Diggs' opinions on that subject with brief little orations of his own, while the third man, a California dele gate, was unconvinced. Mrs. Diggs kept her place, however, in the argu ment, slapping her thin little hands to gether, sweeping her closed fan in the air before her opponent's nose, and fin ally, when all else failed, appealing to religion. "I believe," said she, shut ting her eyes very tightly, as she does when in earnest, "that Mr. Bryan is a man raised up from the people for this very purpose, by the hand of Almighty God." "Pshaw!" said the California delegate, "Do you remember the infidel's prayer, 'O God, why hast thou made ns and then forgot us?' Bosh! I don't believe in this God business." Mrs. Diggs was rather staggered, but she began again. "Oh, the hand of Providence was in all that Chicago con vention. We didn't know it would turn out so, but the Lord overruled so that the man should be selected that was the only man that could tide us over the crisis that has suddenly fallen "I don't believe in the crisis business, either," grunted the unconvinced man. "Tou've been raking up a 'crisis' every four years since I was a boy." And when night fell on the debate, he rose, still unconvinced. One woman who has not crossed the rubicon is Mrs. S. Stewart of Califor nia, whose husband is a delegate. But even she admits that she would like to "come out" if she could "get used to it." She stood a long time yesterday after noon behind one of the pillars at the Lindell hotel, a pleasant-faced woman, with wavy gray hair and a startled, yet friendly, smile for all who took the pains to find her out. She says she has been among the suffragists a great deal, and likes to "watch them," but as yet she isn't brave enough to join their ranks. She is absolutely alone, however. Every other woman there has come out. Miss Helen Hartlett Mitchell, from Kansas, has a grievance, because in St. Louis they try to shut women up in a "little, old, stuffy ladies' parlor." "Four times," she said "at the Laclede hotel they told me to go back into the ladies' parlor, when I wanted to come out. They said, 'Why are you not content? What do you want?' And I replied, 'Why, I want to see the men." Oh, It's so different in Kansas," and she heaved a sigh of dissatisfaction, to think that for the present her lines were cast out side of the great woman's state. "They treat us out there just as if we were somebody," she said. Miss Mitchell has been on the stage for eight years, and says she persontes the "chilly combination" of "reformer, actress and Populist." She expects to play in Cleveland this fall, in The Skinner Commission Co. Mrs. J. W. Ereidenthal, wife of the chairman of the Kansas state central committee, is attending with Mrs. S. Allen, also a delegate's wife, of To peka, Kan. Both women have cast their ballots in a number of municipal elections, and Mrs. Breidenthal, though a fair-haired, fragile and very feminine looking little woman, says that she is an old hand at electioneering. "When we lived in Chetopa," she said, "in a town where there were only 3,000 peo ple, I got in my buggy in the morning and spent the whole day taking other women to the polls. They were all suf fragists out there, but they were timid about starting out alone. Of course, I went only among the women that I knew. But Topeka is so much larger that I haven't tried it since we moved there. The women in the larger towns all through the state are not nearly so faithful voters as they are in the more rural districts, where life is more mo notonous." Mrs. Allen's daughter is a student of the Kansas State university, and last year headed a delegation of young women voters from that insti tution who each with the exception of a woman 36 years old, registered their age as 21. Both Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Breidenthal state that they thing there are national issues at present far more important than the granting of universal suffrage, and for the present are content, the one to dictate the vote of her husband, the other that of her husband and son. AX ODD CONCEIT. It is Said All the Watch Signs Indi cate the Same Hour. "Have you noticed," inquired City Clerk McFadden of a Journal reporter today, "that the hands of all the watch signs point to exactly the same hour? You can go up one side of the street and down the other, and you will find that all of the signs are alike in that respect. "It is not only true of the signs in Topeka, but you will find them the same everywhere. I understand that the custom dates back to the time of Lincoln's assassination and that the hands of these watch signs all point to the exact hour at which the president expired." The reporter made an investigation and found that what Clerk McFadden said about the watch signs is true so far as Topeka is concerned. The hano- of all of them point to 18 minutes after 8 o'clock. Ayer's Ague cure is a vegetable pre paration, and warranted to cure all malarial disorders. THE STAR Gk Wholesale pOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS we will give a coupon 1 with every one dollar's worth of goods purchased at one time excepting sugar for 30 coupons we'll give free one of Prof. Jilits' Improved Methods of Canning Fruits, Vegetables and Cook Books also the crystal lizing and candying of fruits. 20 lbs finest California Granu lated Sugar $i oo ioo ib sk California Granulated Sugar 5 oo Dry Salt Meat, per ib 3'i Ginger Snaps, per lb 05 25 lbs good Brown Sugar 1 00 No.-1 California Hams, per lb 07 Sugar Cured Hams, per lb 10 Good Breakfast Bacon, per lb. 07 FLOUR. FLOUR. Why can we sell Flour cheaper than our corn petitors? Because we do not belong to the Grocers Union. We do not believe in combining together to raise the price on certain articles that people have to use every day. We believe in small profits, and live and let live. 50 lbs Shawnee Fancy 80 50 lbs Golden Rod 80 50 lbs Crosby's No. 1 80 50 lbs Pearl 80 50 lbs Lily 80 50 lbs Silver Leaf 85 50 lbs Hackney Patent 80 50 lbs Big 4 90 Fair dealing is the foundation of our success. Watch our advertisdments. Never have groceries been sold as cheap as we are going to. sell them for the next sixty days. 1ST MAIL OHDEStS SHIPPED PROMPTLY. sTHE STAR Telephone 252. HERE IT IS, BOYS. The Bicycle That Will Jump Ditches Invented in Topeka. A Topeka mechanical genius is now at work on a new form of bicycle, by which the rider will be ablts to jump or vault over obstacles or ditches of considerable size. The operation will be in close imita tion of the ordinary act of jumping by man or horse. A pair of coil springs are attached to each wheel, which are loosened at the proper moment and strike the ground, lifting the wheel and rider from the earth. This upward movement, modified by the forward movement already ac quired and the action of gravity, pro jects the vehicle and rider through a curve and thus enables him to pass over an obstacle or cross a space pre cisely as in jumping. The energy to give this upward move ment will be placed in the spring either by a press of some kind or by an in genious attachment by which the bi cycle is set up so as to leave the wheels free to revolve, and the energy devel oped by simply operating the bicycle by means of the pedals. After the springs are loosened for the jump, the mechanism throws them forward just as a horse throws forward his feet and receives the impact due to gravity, ab sorbing the shock and at the same time storing energy for a new rise. A certain loss of energy due to fric tion will be provided for by an auto matic adjustment, which is again ad justable after a certain number of leaps have been made, when the maximum energy is again stored by means of the pedals as heretofore mentioned. This new machine will render hurdle bicycle races possible, and Vhe intio duction of this feature at the Topeka Fall Festival depends upon the perfect ing of the device for giving an extra ordinary storage capacity for the neces sary energy without unduly increasing the weight of the machine. BRYAN'S VIRGINIA CABIN. Crowds of People Visit the Old Home stead Near Sperryville. Manassas. Va., July 24. Silas Bryan, father of the Democratic candidate for president, was born in Virginia, not far from Sperryville, and the little log cabin in which he first lived is still standing. The place has been visited daily by crowds of people and generally defaced by them. Photographs have been taken and several admirers have sent pic tures to Mr. Bryan. SALVATION BOOTHS HURT. Peculiar Coincidence of Two Cycle Ac cidents to Salvationists, Paris, July 23. Catherine Booth Clib born, commonly known as La Marchale, head of the Salvation Army in France, was knocked down by a bicyclist in this city yesterday and was badly hurt. New York, July 23. In connection with the foregoing dispatch there is a coincidence in the fact that Mrs. Booth Tucker, a sister of Mrs. Booth Clib born, suffered serious injury at East Orange, K. J., one evening last week by being run down by a bicycle ridden by a Salvation Army woman who was taking her first lesson in wheeling. Mrs. Booth Tucker's wrist was broken and she sustained other painful hurts. VALDOSTA'S CARNIVAL. Fifteen Hundred Watermelons Given Away at the Close. Valdosta, Ga., July 24. The third and last day of the great mid-summer car nival brought from 7,000 to 8,000 people to the city and in many respects the programme was the best of the week. The baby show attracted fifty-eight little ones with their fond parents. from Georgia, Florida, Alabama and South Carolina. The contest was held in the opera house and was open to all babies except those in Valdosta. At 2 o'clock 1,500 water melons were turned over to the crowd, and from 3,000 to 4,000 people gathered in the court house square to partake of them. Late in the evening a grand pyrotech nic display on the city hall grounds closed the week's great carnival. OCEHY and Retail. All pkg Coffees 9 2 lbs Crushed Java Coffee 25 3 lbs Japan Tea Siftings 25 22 lbs good White Lard I 00 10 lbs good Rice 35 2,000 cans of 3-lb cans California fruit placed on sale tomorrow for only 5 cents a can. These are a snap and will go quick. 50 lbs Crosby's Best 00 50 lbs Topeka Patent 90 50 lbs Leiter Patent 9 50 lbs Gold Dust 9 50 lbs Jack Frost 9 50 lbs Luxury 90 50 lbs S. G. Best 90 GROCER. 112 East SistLi St, FIELD MONUMENT FUND. Drawings to Aid the Scheme Attract Washington People. Washington, July 23. The original drawings made by American artists in aid of the Eugene Field monument fund are being exhibited in Washing ton. They were originally brought to this city by Albert L. Swift of Chicago, for exhibition at a hotel during the Chris tian Endeavor convention. Mr. Swift gave them in charge of Clara Bell Brown, however, and she secured per mission to exhibit them at Veerhof's, the principal art store in the capital. Here many people call daily to see them. Mrs. Brown is also selling a collection of Field's poems,, and in this book copies of the collection appear. The receipts have been about $10 a day, which is an encouraging sum when it is known that Washington is practical ly deserted, especially by people inter ested in art and literature. SWELL SET TO ACT. Muncie Women's Crusade Against Offensive Posters. Muncie, Ind., July 24. The Women's club, composed of Muncie's swell set, passed resolutions last night condemn ing merchants who disfigure fences and telephone poles with advertisements and will take steps to stop it, together with the posting of immoral pictures of women on show billboards. BLAND AN D DEBS. Will Speak at Kansas City, Ho., on Labor Day. Kansas City, July 24. The labor or ganizations are determined to make this year's celebration of Labor day, September 7, the greatest in the histo ry of Kansas City. Bichard P. Bland and William J. Bryan have been invited to deliver ad dresses at Washington park in the af ternoon and Bland has promised to be present. The Industrial council has also in vited Eugene V. 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