The American Citizen

Oldest and Best Weekly paper devoted to the Race in this section of the Country WEEKLY MEDIUM FOR ADVERTISERS WITH A RECORD OF THIRTEEN YEARS, NEVER MISSING AN ISSUE, REACHING THOUSANDS OF HOMES OF OUR READERS FIRST COLORED WOMAN TO HOLD A GOVERNMENT POSITION. Rescened $500,000 in Treasury Notes From a Waste Basket. Washington, Oct. 13.—A colored woman, 70 years of age, named Sophia Holmes, died here Wednesday afternoon at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. S. H. Wilkins. She had been in poor health for a long time, and died of old age. During Lincoln's administration Mrs. Holmes was appointed a charwoman at the treasury by Treasurer Spinner. While engaged at her regular task one afternoon in 1863, after the clerks left the building, she discovered a great number of treasury notes still in sheets in a waste basket. She quickly wrapped them in a bundle and sat down on it in a corner of the room, where the money was found. She was af sid to call a watchman and tell him of her discovery and decided to remain in the building until the arrival of Gen. Spinner, who was accustomed to visit the treasury every night. After several hours she heard the familiar footfalls of the treasurer in a corridor over the treasurer, and called to him to come to her. The treasurer hastened down stairs, holding a loaded pistol in front of him, and upon entering the room found the charwoman sitting in a corner on the precious bundle. She handed him the money, amounting to more than $500,000. Gen. Spinner was dumfed and at once ord red his carriage to take Sophia to her home. In recognition of this faithful performance of her duty she was appointed to a regular position on the day force for life and her salary was raised. The services of this faithful employee of the government have been of great value to the government on various occasions. About twenty five years ago $47,000 was stolen from the county rooms of the treasury. It was the watchful eve of Sophia that saw the person when committing the theft and it was she that identified him. This act was not rewarded by the government. Furnished Room for rent to one or two gentlemen, in private family. Reference required. Call at the AMERICAN CITIZEN office. A thimble full of anarchy, flavored with State's rights mixed with half a glass of free trade and all this poured into a thimble nearly full of free silver, is the drink that is proposed in place of that exhilarating beverage composed of peace, prosperity and patriotism.—Ex. VOL 13, NO.35 AT REST. HOW SHE CAME TO GET IT. Later She Detected the Theft of $47. &amp;, &amp; "Old Sophie," as she was called, was much beloved by everybody in the treasury department, and she counted many influential friends among high government officials. She had the distinction of being the first colored woman that was ever appointed to a government position. She was born in Georgetown, D. C., of free parents, being one of a family of sixteen children. When she married Melchoir Holmes he was a slave. She worked hard and with her savings bought his freedom for $1,000. He took part in the first battle of Bull Run, at which he lost his life. Register at once. COLORED MASONS FOR McKINLEY Grand Lodge Speakers Urge Support of the Republican Ticket. Galesburg, Ill., Oct. 10.—The colored Masonic grand lodge of Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin in adjourned to-night to meet again in Quincy. The officers elected are. H. E. Burris, Rock Island, Grand Master; D. D Lacey, Chicago, deputy grand master; H. L. Bartholomew, Sparta, grand senior warden; George Jesse, Tuscola, grand junior warden; H. C. Gibson, Peoria, grand treasurer; R. E. Moore, Chicago, grand secretary; L. W. Diekerson, Chicago, grand lecturer. A canvass among the members of the grand lodge disclosed that they are unanimously republican. They reported that the colored voters of Illinois generally will support McKinley. This developed strongly in the address of Rev. Horace I. Graves, who claimed that under McKinley 15,868 colored mee, are employed in the federal service. He also eulogized Col. Roosevell, and urged the grand looge to use its influence in the interest of the Republican party. His remarks aroused great enthusiasm. To-night Dr. J. H. Magee, of Chicago, made a similar appeal. THE Rosevelt and the Colored Soldier From the Chicago News. (Ind ) Gov. Roosevelt's article in Scribner's Maganize in April last year, has been cited in the present campaign as a reflection, in one of its statements, upon the bravery of the colored soldier. To a reporter for the Daily News the governor not only denied that any such reflection was intended but he also incidently paid an enthusiastic and just tribute to the colored soldier as "a first class fighting man." Said the governor: "I would be the last man in the world to say anything against the colored soldier, because I know his bravery and his character. He saved my life at Santiago, and I have had occasion to say so in many articles and speeches. The rough riders were in a bad position when the Ninth and Tenth cavalry came rushing up the hill carrying everything be. "The colored soldier has the faculty of coming to the front when he is needed most. In the civil war he came 400,000 strong, and I believe he saved the union. He has done excellent work in all of the Indian campaigns and while I was in the West I had a number of opportunities of witnessing his wonderful work. He saved a massacre of the Seventh in 1890. "At San Juan hill the colored soldiers rendered an object lesson to all of the soldiers assembled there. They sung and fought and pushed the lagard troopers up the hill and the great victory at that point was theirs as much as, if not more than, any of the soldiers there." This statement is in full accord with the account the Daily News gave at the time editorially of the distinguished part the colored soldiers played in the decisive battle of San Juan. No man doubts Colonel Roosevelt's bravery, and he, for his part, has not doubt of the fighting qualities of the colored soldier. Simple justice, both to Colonel Roosevelt and the men who helped to win the hottest battle of the Spanish war, requires this refutation of an unjust attack and of the unfair methods of campaigning that prompted it. Eooker Washington and his Work. In his annual report on the work for negroes in Tuskegee Institute, Booker T. Washington shows that good judgment which has gone far toward making him the leader of his race in the United States. "One thing which every negro institution should seek to do," he says, "is the giving of such training as will result in creating an influence that will keep the masses of the colored people in the rural districts. The colored man is at his best in the rural districts, where he is kept away from the demoralizing influence of city life, and, besides, in most cases, the competition in cities is too severe for blim." The drift of negroes to the cities began soon after the war. In leaving the country they are only following the example set by the whites. The results are often undesirable in both caes. Mr. Washington's remedy is of universal application. He suggests that the way to keep the negro in the rural districts is to give him a first class training in agriculture, so that he "will not consider farming a drudgery and a degradation, but will see in the farm life dignity and beauty." The results of the industrial education at Tunkegee show it is not wasted. It had been reported that few of the graduates ever work at the trade learned a. school. Mr. Washington has found that at least three-fourths of them are using their school training in their vacations, while most of those not using it are housekeepers or school teachers. As an illustration of the work done in his school, Mr. Washington cites the new trades' building, 218x315 feet in size. The plans were drawn by a rugged instructor; the 800,000 brick used were made by students learning the trade of brick making; the brick laying, plastering, carpentry work, painting and tin roofing were all done by students learning those trades. Students installed the steam and electrical apparatus. During the last year more than 1,000 young people—763 men and 221 women—were in daily attendance at the Tuskegee institute. Instruction was given in twenty-eight industries. An interesting late addition to the courses in the training of young women in outdoor occupations. A number of girls are receiving instruction in poultry raising, bee culture, dairying, gardening, fruit growing and the like. It seems worth while to consider with care the work done at Tuskegee, because Booker T. Washington is probably the greatest single factor in the development of his race to-day. He has a simple fundamental doctrine on which all of his work rests. It is that a intelligent, upright man, be he black or white, can take care of himself. Consequently he does not devote his time to demanding equal social privileges for negroes or to insisting that every negro have the right to vote. To him these are incidental matters. Educate the negro and make him fit to be a citizen and all these things shall be added unto him, is the controlling principle in Mr. Washington's work. How he applies it is shown in the institute at Tuskegee.-Kansas City Star. AMERICAN C KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1900. The Christian Churches work Among the Southern Blacks. The race question as it affects the relations of the whites and the negroes in this country was unexpectedly injected into the proceedings of the Nation Missionary convention yesterday afternoon. Among the important undertakings of the Christian church is the improvement of the negro in the South. The work has been in the hands of the board of nego education and evangelization, which h is a department of the American Christian Missionary society, one of the three allied societies of the church, now assembled her for their annual sessions. The board has the management of three large institutions in the South. These are the Soutner Christian institute at Edwards, Miss.; a college and industrial school for boys and girls at Lum, Miss., and a college at Louisville, Ky. The value of the property controlled by the board is $80,000, and it is free of incumbrance. The exect ve commit e of the Christian Women's Board ofissions had for some months been considering a proposition which involved the transfer of the negro educational work from the American society to the Women's Board of Missions. The proposition carried with it the condition that the organization which has had charge of the work should contribute from its resources to aid the women with their new responsibility. The recommendation was made by the executive boards of both organizations that the transfer be made and a motion by C. A. Young, of Virginia, to accept the work was voted on favorably by the women's organization, but not without a protest. Mr. S. L. Kirkpatrick, a delegate from the Forest Avenue Christian church, in tais city, who occupied a most prominent seat on the platform, made a brief but very emphatic spee in opposition to the change, when caused a flutter of excitement all over the hall. "We have done enough for the Ne. r. in this county," declared Mrs. Kirkpatrick in ringing tones. "We have seen them on their feet and have given them such a start in the work of education and evange iazion that they ought to be able to carry it on themselves by means of their own organizations. We need the money and the effort expended in this work to help children of our race, who are in need of Christianity and education." A ripple of applause greeted Mrs. Kirkpatrick's statements, but when the vote was taken the ayes were in the majority. Efforts were made by several delegates at this moment to speak o the subj ct, but they were declared out of order. The vote in favor of the change was L. Smith, secretary of Americaa Missionary association, regarding this condition of the work, and also by the earnest appeal of Mrs. Helen E. Moses of the Women's associati in behalf of the blacks of the South. "We believe the women can carry on the work of education and evangelizing the negro more syphhetically than we can," said Mr. Smith. "We are prepared to give them $6,000 from our treasury to aid them in this field. We propose to help the women's board financially until it gets well stated. Last year $20,000 came to our treasury for a special fund to carry on this work. I was sent by friends without solicitation. Some may say we simply desire to ease ourselves of a responsibility, but such is not the case. Our work among the negroes of the South has been a labor of love. We believe the change is in the interest of the work, and that the women can do more to solve the problem of the education and evangelization of the negroes in our own country. Last year we raised $13,400, but the work is not dependent alone on contributions. Much of our valuable property is the product of the negro's industrial training. We brought him to this country in chains; we gave him his freedom and it is now our duty to uplift him." Mrs. Helen E. Moses said that the executive board of the women's organization had hesitated to assume this additional responsibility, but feared to reject it because of the belief that it was a duty decreed to them by God. She said these great quests were part of God's work and deserved the most prayerful thought and consideration. This board, she said, had concluded to recommend favorable action by the convention. Mrs. Georgian Cox of 2044 North 9th street, died last Friday, age 53. Funeral services were held from Mount Zion Baptist; church last Sabbath, Rev. D. Jones, the Pastor in charge, officiating. She was a member of Rebecca Taber nacr No. 11, under whose auspices the funeral was held. She leaves to mourn a husband, son and a host of friends. Grand Republican rally to-morrow night at M. and O. Hall, under the auspices of the Colored Third Ward McKinley and Roosevelt Club. Everybody invited. EDITORIAL PICKINGS. THE old saying about consistency being a jewel is a proverb which does not appeal to Bryan and Tillman. They continue to tell about their love for liberty in the Philippines, but refuse to grant civil and political rights to the Afro-Americans of the South.—Ex. THE destiny of every Afro-American in the North is i entified with that of his Southern brother. If the democrats of the South succeed in wrestling the franchise from the people of the race in the South, the same thing will be done in the North.—Enterprise. The utterances of a Mrs. Kirkpatrick, a white woman at the meeting of the Christian Church Missions in Kansas City, Mo., the past week, is but the true sentiment of the white race toward the negro. The feeling is rapidly spreading that the negro should now do something for himself. While she may be condemned for her utterances at this time, we believe she was conscientious in what she said. We believe to a certain extent it is about time the negro was standing on his own legs. Yet, when taken under consideration, the fact that for two hundred and forty years the negro labored in bondage thus enriching the white man, it is next to impossible to think that from the weakening he was, in the short space of thirty-five years he could stand alone. His progress has been remarkable its true, and laying aside all prejudices he is entitled to much more credit than what he gets. While it is true that a child will never learn to walk unless he risks for himself, and that there is a good many ignorant white people who need assistance—also but to read of Bocker T. Washington and his works in the south to see what the money contributed to the negro cause is doing for them. Our race though must come closer together—while it has accomplished much, it could have accomplished more. There will come a time when the white support towards the negro and his institutions will cease, and we will be left in mid ocean to paddle our own canoe. Let us reason together and prepare for that time. By saving our money, buying lands, supporting negro enterprises, stop building fine churches—be content with a modest house of worship and turn our money in a business channel. God helps those who help themselves. Register Now Don't Wait FALLING IN LINE For the Grand Old Party - The Work Began in Dead, Farnest. Begun in Dead Lestie. The campaign has started in earliest among the colored beethen of Wyandotte county, and it is intended to make it hot from now till on the evening of the evening of November 6th. Prof. W. T. Vernon made a very enthusiastic address before the "old boys" club in this city last Monday night. A rousing meeting was held in the 4th. Ward Tuesday night under the auspices of the colored McKinley and Rosevelt club of that ward. Another meeting was held in the 2nd. Ward on Wednesday night. A Union Rally of all the colored republican organizations will be held next week. All the local orators are hard at work and it can be safely said that as in years gone by the negro is doing his part to help roll up an overwhelming majority for McKinley, Stanley and Tubbinson, the three great heads in this county. While there is some soreness over the past it is believed that the broken link will be mended as it is only local. The democratic leaders are bidding strong for the negro votes and strenuous efforts are being used in the wards where negroes are much in evidence to break the solidity of the black vote. The negro holds a power that would be very beneficial to either side of the fence he dropped. Patronize all negro enterprises if they don't know enough to advertise with a negro paper. CITIZEN. STAND UP FOR KANSAS AND OUR GOVERNOR HON. WM. B. STANLEY. The citizens and voters of the great state of Kansas are called on to decide this year between two men who aspire to be Governor, one we know by past experience to be a man in whom the most implicit confidence can be repoled, the other a make believe and an excuse. Every citizen within the borders of our state know that our present Governor, Wm. E. Stanley, has made a most excellent official—one who has tried to do his duty with credit to himself and his constituents and no honored and loyal son of the grand old state will do other than cast their vote for a man of principle and a man who in his own private affairs has been a success—a guarantee to the proper conduct of the affairs of the people. The election of Air. Jno. W. Bridenhal, his opponent, and the Democratic Poperatic candidate, means that the wheels of progress in our grand old State will turn backward and clog up, refusing to turn at all. Two years of Brul enthal and his Poperatic reforms mean that ten years will be required after the expiration at his term so put the state back to its normal condition of good tims and abundant prosperity. To the voter that is undecided we ask him to look up the records of the two men. Since we can judge the future only by the past, we are confident beyond a reasonable doubt that Stanley will get the vote. The calamity in store for the citizens of Kansas does not stop with the election of Briedenthal, but goes further If elected he will have the power under t he new amendment to the constitution to appoint four judges of the Supreme Court. He would have the appointment of a board of regents of the Agricultural College, the State University, the Normal College, and the appointment too, of the heads of many departments in the state. Everybody knows he would appoint men of his owu party, and when they all got through reforming and putting their wild delusive dreams in operation what would become of Kansas, our dear old State? God alone could be able to tell. Gov. Stanley is a man of the people—you don't need kid gloves on to get near enough to him to have a word. He is ever in reach of the humblest citizen in the State, he has a listening ear, a sympathetic heart and a kind word for all whose burdens seem double fold. He is a man of brains, business push and integrity, coupled firmly with good common sense. MR. Briedenthal made a speech in this city last Tuesday evening and in his indigestible arguments made more votes for Gov. Stanley than he did for himself. It is a safe and reasonable prediction that in the great Republican landslide that is coming, old Kansas will roll up a majority of 25,000 votes. There is no question about our Governor, Hon. Wm. E. Stanley, being a winner. For, from the number of loyal sons of the sunflower state that have pinned their faith in him. The great and mighty cannot be stained. Let every citizen register, that he may not be deprived of joining in the glorious jubilee that will be the Republican party's on the morning of November 7th, over the election of Wm. McKinley, for the country, Wm. Stanley and the entire ticket in our state, and Jas K. Cubbinson and the whole ticket in our county. Are you a flag flyer or a flag furlе? e? Governor Stanley of Kansas stood by the Negro in the way of appointments the past two years nicely, now let us as a race stand by him on the 6th day of November, thus giving him encouragement to do the same and more the next two years. Let us urge upon you, dear resders, you that are voters, to register at once and do not be deprived of your rights as an American. Citizen. Register and be a man. PRICES LIKE THESE. Are the best argument we have to keep people at home. Touch any one's pocket book you touch them at home. 10.4 WHITE COTTON 63c Blankets, good quality... any number or color... 4c All! Best 5c Calicoes, A good Apron 5c Gingham, Bleached or Yellow 5$_{1/2}$ Muslin Black or Red 10c Sateen Babies' 5c Undershirts, Ladies' Union 25c Suits Childern Union 25c Suits Ladies Fleeced Lined 10c Hose Ladies' Heavy $1 25 Shoes Men's $1 25 Shoes O. N. T. THREAD,... 4c Hat Pins, two for... 1c Curling Irons... 4c King's Thread... 2c Bead Beauty Pins... 1c Gold Wire Beau- tv Pins, 5 for... 1c Ladies' White Handkerchiefs,... 3c Men's White Handkerchiefs, 2 for 5c Toilet Soap, 2 for... 5c Good Matting per yard... 15c Wire Hair Pins, three bunches... 5c Bennett & Co. The Sunflower Store 435 Minnesota Avenue, KANSAS CITY KANS Why don't you go and Register, only a few more days and the books will, closed. The business man who doesn't advertise gets more dust on his goods than he does in his money drawer. The masquerade entertainment last Friday night at the W and O. Hall was a success. Mrs. Katie Smith won the rocking chair. Prof. W. J. Johnson, our old friend of Topeka, and formerly editorial and travelling correspondent of this paper—now of the "Colored Citizen," was in the city last Sabbath. Mr. C. H. Carpenter, a home seeker of Minneapolis, en route to Arkansas City, Kas., stopped over in the city for a short while Wednesday. Misses Arvella, Maud, Bessie, Blanche and Mrs. Mary Thomas, also Mr. F. Thomas, of Los Angeles, Cal., spent last week in the city the guest of Mrs. J. J. Peebles, 847 Oakland ave, all returned home this week save Miss Maud, who will remain indefinitely. Mrs. M. J. Crawford, of Denver, Col., formerly a resident of this city, went to Denver, Col., about eleven years ago, is now spending some time here visiting her daughter, Mrs. Florence Cummings, of 1105 Harrisen street, and her many old friends and acquaintances. She made our office a pleasant nt call on Tuesday last. Mrs. Palmer, an Evangelist, of Lincoln, Neb., is holding revival meetings every afternoon and night in the St. James Methodist church, 929 Freeman avenue. Remember the installation of Rev. D. B. Jackson, at the Rosechill Baptist church at 3 o'clock p. m., next Sunday, October 21s. All churches of the Twin Cities are invited to be present on this occasion. The choirs of the M. B. church and the First Baptist church will furnish choice music. Dr. Horace Conrad, of Kentucky, is the guest of Dr. S. H. Thompson, of North 5th street, who recently returned from Louisville, Ky., whether he had gone to attend the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. Rev. Dr. M. F. Robinson, of Kentuky, President of the National Christian Convention, which convened in our city the past week, was the guest of Mrs. Miller Le May, of 920 Reynold's avenue. Remember E. A. Enright, our candidate for re-election as County Attorney. The Registration books close on the 38th. You that are not registered had better hustle. T. Augustus Reed, General Secretary of the Christian Missionary Society and principal of the High School at Maysville, Ky., is also the guest of Mrs. Le May, of Nolls avenue. Mrs. Cora Simmons, formerly Hendrieks, is very seriously ill at the home of her grandmother, on Water st. A grand rally will be held at the St. Peters Chapel, C. M. E. Church, near 4th and Oakland ave., Sunday, Oct. 21st. Sermons will be preached by different ministers. Rev J. E. Kuykendall the minister in charge, preaches his "Farwell" Sermon. As he leaves this part of the Vineyard for other climes. Remember that Judge K. P. Snyder is a candidate for re-election on the Republican ticket for Probate Judge, he is entitled to your vote for hat office, for he is alright. KANSAS CITY, KAS. We are sorry to note that the home of Mr. Isaac Brown, on State avenue, was destroyed by fire last Mounda night during his absent. Partly insured. Mrs. Ida Banks of Denver was the guest of Mrs. U. F. Scales last week. The Old Folks concert at the Rosshill Baptist church Wednesday everalized quite a neat little sum for the Missionary circle. Mr. Edward Landor of Chevonne Wyoming, left Monday for his home. Mrs. Laura Claige entertained a few friends at her home in Westport Sunday at 5 o'clock dinner, complimentary to Miss Mary B, Jordan of Topoka, Mrs. A Moore and Mr. E. F. Landor of Wyoming. A very enjoyable time was had. Miss Mary B. Jordan, our Topeka Correspondent who has been visiting in this city for several weeks, the guest of Mrs. U. F. Scales, returns home to-morrow. Mrs. V L. North, of Chicago, Ill, one of the leading dress makers of Chicago, now in this city, and located at No. 633 Nebraska avenue, where she will be very much pleased to have you call. Her styles are up to date, neat and first class at reasonable price. Ladies who are wanting work done in her line will do well to give her a call. THEY SAY. The Prof. from the Popular Block sings with much emphasis, "He will never go there any more"—where? In the Sea Foam block, of course. Well, we guess he is right. Yes, they shook their feet at the masquerade and whose business is it? There is a hot time always in the Sea Foam block. There is a barber shop and a restaurant in the Sea Foam block and they make it lively most any old time. The Famous Sextette still holds the winning hand, for us you must get back. He told her not to go, and of course she didn't go till mamma came. Ha! ha! ha! We recently saw a stranger with a powerful field glass endeavoring to locate colored society in this city. If everybody would keep their own feet in the paths of decency and rectitude they could not have time to see other people's feet. Get in the path, brothers and sisters. We wonder who will stand the highest at the great daw, a dancer or a liar. There are both professing Christianity. The Popular Block, believing it was the popular block of old, wedge down in the Sea Foam block and got worsted, and they are laughing yet. Poor Mr. They are so chummy, seldom ever see one without the other, and they go to the opera every Sunday night nearly. Wonder where the lady of the West End was when little gnat and the lady from the Sea Foam block—"killed it" last Friday night? A crowd of colored boys, between Srd. and 4th, on Walker street, were very badly frightened Wednesday evening by two policemen who suspected, them, of playing "horseshoe." AMERICAN CITIZEN PUBLISHING AND PRINTING CO. Daily and Weekly 417 Minnesota Ave. KANSAS CITY KANSAS W. C. MARTIN, EDITOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Daily delivered by carrierper week. 10c. Weekly one year..... $1 50 Entered at the postoffice at Kansas City Kansas, as second class matter. WILLIAM MCKINLEY, For President. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Vice President. STATE TICKET, For Governor. W. E. STANLEY. For Lieutenant Governor, H. E. RICHER. For Associate Justice W. A. JOHNSTON For Secretary of State, GEO. A. CLARK. For Treasury, FRANK GRIMES. For Auditor, GEORGE E. COLE. For Attorney General, A. A. GORDARD. For Supt. of Public Instructions. FRANK NELSON. For Insurance Commissioner, W. V. CHURCH. For Congressman at Large, CHARLES F. SCOTT. For Congressman First District, CHARLES CURTIS. For Congressman Second District, J. D. BOWERSOCK. For Congressman Third District, GEO. W. WHEATLY. For Congressman Fifth District, W. A. CALDERHEAD. For Congressman Sixth District, W. A. REEDER. For Congressman Seventh District, CHESTER I. LONG. COUNTY TICKET. Senator, 4th. District. JAMES K. CUBBISON. Representative 9th. District, H. A. BAILEY. 10th. District, G. L. COATES. 11th. District, DAVID D. HOAG. County Attorney, E. A. ENRIGHT. Clerk District Court, ALEX GUNNING. Probate Judge, K. P. SNYDER. Superintendent Public Instruction, HENRY MEADE. County Commissioner, First District—J. S. PERKINS. The Woman Christian Association The above named association holds their regular meetings for the present time at the Pilgrim Bapt st church, on 6th and Charlotte streets, on the second and fourth Thursday nights of each month. We have no secrets or pass words so we respectfully invite the public to attend our services. The harvest is truly ripe and the labors are few, and we are looking for bloodwashed souls to carry this good work on to success. We desire to speak to the Christian woman in the states of Missouri and Kansas and encourage them to awaken out of sleep and look at fallen humanity at our doors and in our houses, drifting away into idolity. Here we call your attention that the doors of this association stands open for members', and it cost you only five cents per week due. We say to all, come, fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers, we have no regards to your ages; this association pays to it sick members $2.00 a week and $55.00 at death. FINANCIAL REPORT FROM 1894 to 1900. Money raised $1,725.65, and money paid out for sickness and death benefits $1,500. We do what we say and our record shows it. MRS. J. A. ROHE, M. W. Supreme President. W. DAWSON. Supreme Corresponding Sec'y NEGRO AND INDIAN MISSIONS A Fund of $62,000 Apportioned by Roman Catholic Clergymen Washington, Oct. 18.—The board of Indian and negro missions of the Roman Catholic church me to-day at the Catholic university. The purpose of the meeting was the apportioning of a fund of $2,000 among the dioceses in which the missions and schools are situated. The collections taken up on the first Sunday in Lent in all the Roman Catholic churches in the United States are set aside for this fund, sums from which are apportioned to the bishops of the various dioceses to distribute the money assigned to them as advantageously as possible. So many of these schools and missions are there that many will receive only $100 or $200 each, but these amounts are swelled by local subscriptions. The mission board is composed of Cardinal Giorgio as Chairman, Archbishop Rynan of Philadelphia, Archbishop Kain of St. Louis, ord Dr. E. I. Dye, of New York, a secret ry. Archbishop Kain was the only absentee. To-day's meeting brought to a close the series of the lunar conferences begun last Wednesday. WORK OF THE CHRISTI MISSIONARY SOCIETY CONVENTION. At the Ninth Street Christian Church the Past Week. The National Convention of the Christian General Missionary Society, Sunday School, Christian Endeavor and Women's Board of Missions of the Colored Disciples of Christ, convened in this city the past week at the 9th. Street Christian church Delegates from many different parts of the country were present. The sessions were interesting and extensive plans were laid for much work in the Christian field and along educational lines. In accordance with these the general secretary, Prof. T. Augustus Reid, of Maryville, Ky., will look after the work of the General Christian Missionary Society of Colored Disciples. These plans include the employment of a general evangelist to open and develop new fields and also the publication of a denominational paper for the colored people. In the matter of education a national school for Christian education of gris is recommended under a Board of Negro Education and Evangelization. The financial side will be augmented by making all state conventions auxiliary to the general society with provision for contributions among the churches, Sunday Schools and Home Missionary societies. The church extension work, while dealing largely with the soritual side, will, however, be aided by the society with business plans for securing finances and bouncing respectable looking churches in new fields at moderate costs. The Christian church among our people is not a strong organization, but its leaders are looking forward to the time when it will be one of the greatest religious organizations." The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Dr. M. F. Robinson Louisville, Ky., Vice President, J D. Smith, Kansas City, Kas., Treasurer, r H. W. Conrad, Paris, Ky., General Secretary, T. Augustus Keid, Marysville, Ky., Receiving Secretary, John K. Smith, Kansas City, Kas. Over two hundred delegates attended a white convention in Kansas City, Mo., that convened at the same time. The next session will be held at Minneapolis, Minn. The programmer and discussions for the last session are a symposium, "The Twentieth Century," led by Dr. T. B Light, Tennessee; Mrs. E Mott, Missouri; J. W. Fishback, Kansas. "The Blessings of the Last Twenty-five Years," J. C. Graves and Stafford Campbell, Kentucky. "National Cooperation a Means of Cole I." George Campbell, Kentucky, and Dr. H. S. Howell, Texas. "Christianity, Its Forces and Its Fruits." President J. S. Hathaway, Kentucky State Normal school. "Best Principle Essential to Conversion," D. Rutter, South Carolina, and R. D. Campbell, Arkansas. "The Needs Demands of Higher Education," Proof. J. W. Daniel, Lincoln institute, Missouri "Ins die history of Our Missionary Movement," Prof. T. Augustus Reid, The Rev. A. S. Otte, who has given many years of his life to study and missionary work, will also give a short dress to night on "The Solution of the Bace Problem" Rev. H, C. C. Atwood, pastor of the A. M. E. church in Brooklyn, N. Y, said recently in an address to negroes in New York, that "There was never a time when the race needed wise counsel as much as now. We are being discriminated against in every conceivable way, our constitutional right are being abridged by the Democratic party of the South in an outrageous manner. In the Democratic city of New York we are being assaulted by Democratic police officers, our homes are enclosed and sick men and women pulled from their beds and from the common carriers, clubbed and taken o jai from no other cause than the color of their skin. We are driven from employment by the foreign pauper hordes, and we have really no abiding place where we are not haunted by Southern prejudice. My advice to the colored people is to respect their manhood and resent the unjust discrimination against our liberties by the Democratic party and stand by party of equal rights, who enfranchised us by wise and patriotic legislation. Let us be strong and uncompromising in our support of President McKinley, our wise and patriotic ruler. His denunciation of the methods of the Democratic party in discriminating our liberties by the Democratic party should get for him the admiration and pride of the entire race. "It seems to me," said Gavoy, "it's a mighty late hour of the night to be cleaning up the town." "Yes sir," replied the man who was driving the sweeping machine. "We have to wait till you fellows get done painting it." The managers of the Republican pary campaign in this county must show a more willing disposition towards the negroes if they would have them vote. It is not to be supposed any longer that the negro is alright. There is much soreness among them and as we have repeatedly said through these columns there will be some surprises in Wy- andotte county election returns. One or two men of the race do not know the true condition of affairs nor can they vouche for the rest. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. State of Kansas, Wyandotte County, ts. In the Probate Court in and for County. In the matter of the Estate of Jessie Pope. Deceased. Notice is hereby given that Litters Testimony have been granted to tendered on the Last Will and Testament deceased, by the Honorable, the Pro- court of the County and State soared, dated the 2nd. day of October A. D. 1900. Now, all persons having claims against the said estate, are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said Leters, or they may be precluded from any ben- cane such estate, and from any such claims to be precluded within three years after the date of said Letters, they shall be forever barred NETTIE NEE WASHINGTON, DAIRY SARAH REYNOLDS, Executor of the last Will and Testa- ment of Jesse Pope Deceased. AGENTS WANTED GERMAN EI ECTRIC RAZOR HONE.—Guaranteed equal to the best Hone made. Can use water, oil or lather. Will last a life time. Each Hone packed in neat card-board case. Every one perfect the thing for private use. Price, 75c. We want an agent in each township to whom exclusive sale will be given. Write for sample and agent's outfit. Sent by mail. A Money renter. Address, MARSH MFG. CO., No. 542 West Lake St., Chicago. Ente: prizes. A.C.L. Cosl Co. Main Office 492 Minn. Ave. E.F. Henderson, Mgr. D. W. White Furniturestore, 420 Minn. Ave. Clark & Lee, junk store, 1104 ncrth 3rd. st. Kansas City Kausas Soap Works, 4th. st., between Oakland and Freeman. J. R. McClain, Grocer, 1700 n 5th. st. J. R. Rucker, Butheher, 1600 n 16th s CANCER Home Treatment that cures Cancers and Tumors. Used with perfect safety: harmless, soothing, non-irritant TRACE MARK PLEASE JOIN us to come to the Sanitarium for a speedy cure. Cases that come to our Sanitarium need not pay initial fees. Written testimony is page book. It contains much valuable information, and hundreds of testimonials from patients we have curated for persons not free. Consultation by mail or in person, free. Address DR. E. O. SMITH'S SANITARIUM, A. S. MCCLEARY, MANAGER. Rooms 6 to 11, N. E. Cor. 10th & Tain Sts. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. UNION PACIFIC THE OVERLAND MOUTE WORLD'S PICTORIAL LINE. SHORTFST LINE CROSS THE CONTINENT The Union Pacific The Original Over- and Route' always was, and is to-day, the shortest and best Line to the west. Two splendid fast trains leave Kansas city daily over this old established line. No change of cars between Kansas City and Denver, Ogden or San Francisco. All trains solidly vestibulated and fully quipped with latest improved Reciling chair Cars free and Pullman Palace sleeping cars. Meals served in Pullman Palace dining cars on the restaurant pian at prices most reasonable. All cars lighted with the celebrated Pintsch Lig. It Only line running two trains with out charge from KansasCity to Denver Low excursion rates on sale to Colorado- Utah Idaho, Oregon Washington and California. Don't complete your ars arguments for a trip west until you have learned all about special inducements and attractions offered by the Union Pacific. For full information, regard to low rates time. etc. call on or address B. FRAWLEY Gen. Agt., Union Pacific, 1000 Main street, Kansas City, Mo Administrator's Notice. State of Kansas, County of Wyandotte. In the Probate Court in and for said County. In the matter of the estate of Howard Jordon, deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters of administration have been granted to the undersigned, on the e-state of Howard Jordon, late of said county, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of said county and state, deceased, on the day September A.D. 1900. Now, all persons having claims against the said estate are hereby notified that they must present the same for allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate, and that if such claims be denied, the estate will be the date of said letters, they shall be forever barred. L W. JOHNSON, Administrator of the estate of Howard Jordon, deceased. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Ana Brown, Plaintiff, vs. William Brown, Defendant. To the above named defendant, you are hereby notified that you have been sued by the above named plaintiff in the aove a court, and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 12th day of October, 1800, the petition filed in said court against you will be taken as true and a judgment rendered against you, the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony now existing between plaintiff and defendant, and forever divorcing plaintiff from said defendant, and awarding to her her maiden name, as prayed for in the petition, and ost of this suit. I F. BRADLEY ey for Plain PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION. House Joint Resolution No. 4, Relating to Justices of the Supreme Court. It resolved by the Legislature of the State of Kansas, two-thirds of the members elected to each house concurring therein: SECTION 1. The following proposition to amend the constitution of the state is hereby submitted to the qualified electors of the state for their approval or rejection. viz: Section 2 of article 3 of the constitution of this state is hereby amended so as to read. Sec. 2. The supreme court shall consist of seven justices, who shall be chosen by the electors of the state. They may sit separately in two divisions, with full power in each division to determine the cases assigned to be Leard by such division. Three justices shall constitute a quorum in each division and the concurrence of three shall be necessary to a decision. Such cases only as may be ordered to be heard by the whole court shall be considered by all the justices and the concurrence of four justices, shall be necessary to a decision in cases so heard. The justice who is senior in continuous term of service shall be chief justice, and in case two or more have continuously served during the same period the senior in years of these shall be chief justice, and the presiding justice of each division shall be selected from the Judges assigned to that division in like manner. The term of office of the justices shall be six years, except as hereinafter provided. The justices in office at the time this amendment takes effect shall hold their offices for the terms for which they were severally elected and until their successors are elected and qualified. As soon as practicable after the second Monday in January, 1901, the governor shall appoint four justice, to hold their offices until the second Monday in January, 1903. At the general election in 1902 there shall be elected five justices, one of whom shall hold his office for two years, one for four years, and three for six years. At the general election in 1904 and every six years thereafter two justices shall be elected. At the general election in 1906 and every six years thereafter two justices shall be elected. At the general election in 1908 and every six years thereafter three justices shall be elected. Sec. 2. This proposition shall be sub- scribed to the electors of this state at the general election in the year 1900, for their approval or rejection. The amend- ment hereby proposed shall be designat- ed on the official ballot by the following title: The judicial amendment to the constitution, and shall be voted for or against as now provided by law under such title. Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book. Approved March 4, 1909. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled resolution now on file in my office, and that the same took effect by publication in the statute book May 15, 1890. GEO. A. CLARK. [SEAL] Secretary of State. Lewis Blandchard No. 6, Sta e Line, K. O. K. Does all kinds of Boot and Shoe work. He does first class hand work, and also has one of the very latest and best Shoemaker's machine and guarantee the best and the cheapest work in the quickest time Give him a trial and see for you elf. Half Rate Excursion. Plus two dollars) twice a month via Union Pacific to points in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Montana and Washington. Call us up - Phone 1109, or call at office 1,000 Main street, and let us te you all about these excursions. Short line to Salt Lake. The Union Pacific of course; hours quicker time All the comforts of home Ticket of office 1,000 Main street. Telephone 1109. Remember Dining Cars on the Union Pacific that now starts from Kansas City daily. Unexcelled service, restaurant plan Ticket office 1,000 Main street. Kansas City, Mo ONE OF THE BEST RESTAURANTS In this city can be found at No. 25 Central Avenue, KANSAS CITY, _____ KANSAS. Everything in the line of eatables is cooked and served in first class style. Splendid meals served on short notice. Mrs. Annie 'swell is well experienced in restaurant business and knows how to treat her many customers. Don't forget the No. 25 Central avenue. MRS. ANNIE SEWELL, Proprietress Borrowed Baby A young colored woman in Kentucky, bv name, Mayme Taylor, wearing a cap hat of purple and white, was presented in the Police Court of Louisville on a charge of malicious cutting. In her arms was a small baby, apparently about five months old. The charge was amended to disorderly conduct, and she was fined $10. Lawyer Mershon who was defending, and Judge Buckley to suspend the fine saying that it was a shame to send a woman with so young a baby to the workhouse. "Let the judgment stand," said Judge Buckley, who is on to all the tricks of the prisoners before the Police Cour bar. A few moments after Mayme had been pieced a big fat woman edged up to the cage and said, "Look bush, Mayme, ma baby's done done, you as much good as he ca. so give him back. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY, SUMMER EXCURSIONS. — West and North. To Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver and return, special summer excursions June 21, July 7, 8, 9, 10, 18, and August 2, final return limit October 31, $19 for the round trip. summer tourist tickets on sale every day from June 1 to September 15, inclusive, final return limit Oct. 31, round trip $25 homeeakers excursions to western and southeastern points on June 5 and 19 July 3 and 17 August 7 and 21, tickets good for twenty-one days, at rate of one fare plus $2, for the round trip. Tickets to St. Paul and Minneapolis at $21 for the round trip, good g ing any day, returning any time up to October 1. Very low rates to other northern points. Special excursions June 21, July 7, 8, 9 and 18, and August 2, to St. Paul, Minneapolis. Round trip at $15.55. Duluth and the Superiors at $9.85. Water ville, Minn., $14.40. Good to return October 31, 1900. From July 1 special round trip excursions to Ogden and Salt Lake City at $50.00. Liberal stop orders. Good to return until October 31. June 20 to 25 Winfield and return $6.00 July 7 to 20. Ottawa and return $1.65 For particular cars please contact E. S. JEWETT, Passenger and Ticket Agent. City ticket office No. 901 Main street, Kansas City, Mo. Secure Tickets ...VIA THE... Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry ...AND YOU GET... Sleepers: & Chair Cars ...TO... CHICAGO and all intermediate points The shortest, quickest and bes lime to Chilcothe, Ou umwa, Cedar Rapids, Publique, and La Crosse and Cedar Rapids, Rockford and Freeport: Passenger Station at... 22nd St. and Grand Ave. Take Westport Cable City Ficket Office, 915 Main street. Ridge Building A. B. BRIDGFS Gunl. Scullweste Agent F. L. JERCHPassenger Agent. Office 915 Main St., Kansas Cit. MONEY FOR OLD SOLDIERS The additional Homestead Claims of all Soldiers or Sailors who served in the Union army or navy, their widows or minor heirs. Who filed a Homestead claim of less than 160 acres of land prior to June 22nd, 1874? Such persons are entitled to enough more land, including the number of acres embraced in their original entry, without living upon it, to make 160 acres. If they homesteaded 80 acres, they are entitled to 80 more, if 40 acres 120 more, if 159 acres, one are more, or any other number as it may a mere By late rulings and decisions is not necessary that final proof should have been made on their original entry, that is, they are now entitled to such additional rights if their homestead was abandoned, canceled or relinquished, and all transfers can be made to their homes, before a Notary Public. All such claims I am prepared to buy and will pay the highest market price in cash, AT ONCE. Will buy fractional claims even if not more than one acre each. If you did not make a homestead filing you have no claim to sell. This land is yours and don't wait come to this office at once and get full particulars concerning this land. It is to your own interest to do so. AMERICAN CITIZEN OFFICE, 41 Minnesota Avenue. AMERICAN Citizen, The oldest, one of the best and most reliable Weekly papers for the ace in the State An unexcelled Advertising Medium, office at 417 Minnesota avenue, Kansas City, Kansas. Job Work, Bills, Programms, and all kinds of printing done. Satiss faction guaranteed or no go. Correspondence solicited from all parts of the country, AMERICAN CITIZEN PUB CO. 417 Minnesota Avenue, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. William March, Plaintiff, vs. Julia March, Defendant. To the above named defendant, you are hereby notified that you have been sued by the above named plaintiff in the above named court, and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 12th day of October, 1900, the petition filed in said court against you will be taken as true and a judgment rendered against you, the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony now existing between plaintiff and defendant, and forever divorcing plaintiff from said defendant, and for cost of this suit. I. F. BRADLEY, Attorney for Plaintiff You Are Earnestly Requested to Call a The C. F. WILLNER Furniture AND Carpet Co. Looated at 618 and 620 Minnesota Avenue To inspect the largest and most complete line of House Furnishings In the city, at prices that will convince you that your money will go further here than elsewhere. We make it an especial effort to please and thereby retain your patronage and also your recommendation for your friends patronage. WE SEL. 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(Opposite Now York Life Bldg.) In Age and Longest Located. Minno. Over 27 Years Special ers in Kansas City. Great Chronic, Nervous and Special Diseases. Medicines. All medicined establishes study for uses used. No detention from business. Pam- al and express. Medicines sent everywhere medicined. State our case and send for terms. tial, personally or by letter. variccele=enlarged veins in the scrotum—causing nervous debility, weakness of the sexual system, etc., permanently cured without pain. Hydrocele=dropy of the scrotum, cured without pain. Phimosis=see book—cured in a few days without pain. Book for both sexes, 96 pages, 27 pictures true to life. with full description of above diseases, the effects and cure, sent scaled in plain wrapper for six cents in stamps. Free Museum of Anatomy for men Monochrome of cutouts Assemon without words. OFFICE HOURS: 3 a. m. t. 8 p. m. Sundays, 10 to 12 is in the Push. Eyes open. KANSAS. ‘A CONGRESSMAN fared of Catarrh of Long Standing. Cs t t Be Reed, Ma) eS wank Ed foes Fat age ra ees ey ‘oy — ja ) oS J bP oN ie iI Po faa Lae gibi af) LE Ex-Congressman A. T. Goodwyn,from Alabuma, writes the following letter: The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, 0. Gent lemen—"'I have now used two bot- vesof Vccuna, and am a well man to lay. Leonid feel the good effects of your wuiieine before I had used it a week, sir oufferinig with eatarsh for over a ear.” Respectfully, A. i. Good *Caiarch in its varlous forms israpiay tecmming a national curse. Au um doubted remedy has deen discovered by Dr. Hartman, “This remedy has been thoroughly tested during the past forty ars Prominent men have come te [now of ite virtues andare making pub Te utterances on the subject. ‘Te save the country we —_ save the people. Tp save the people we must protect them from disease. ‘The disease that it atonce the most prevalent and stubborn of care is eatarrh. 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MCl CUR lereyictoeet ere coe oe, ty mal Beeld, 61 tox: EUREKA CHEMICAL 6O., La Grosae, Wis SISKA CHEMICAL €6., Ls Grosse, Wie Se For the Ladies. PRIESMEYER #05 eee Hi SHOES THAT WEAR, COAL SRE SEED Biggest Operators Gave in First—De cision Arrived at After a Conference Between the Individual Opera- tors and the Kallroad Com= panies — Strike Lasted Just One Mouth. The great strike of the anth:acite mine workers of Pennsylvania which began September 17, ended October 17 when the Philadelphia & Reading C al and Iron company and the Lehigh Valley Coal company agreed to abolish the sliding seale in their respective re- gions, and to grant an advance in wages of ten per cent net, the advance to remain in operation ‘until April, 101, or thereafter. This action meets the demands of the ‘Scranton miners’ convention. ‘The decision was arrived at after a conference between representatives of the individual coal operators and the large coal carrying companies. The result of the conference is a complete victory for the men. All the demands of their convention are ac.eded to, and, as one of the individual operators put it after the conference, the opera- tors go a little further in agreeing to maintain the wage advance after April 1. KANSAS MILLERS INDIGNANT. Condemn Minneapolis Millers for Dis- eesti: Hihieaaie ities: ASG meeting Of the millers of Kan- sas, called by President MeKair of the State associa ion to consider the dis- criminations of the flour manufae- turers of the North and Northwest against all wheat not grown in those sections, resolutions were adopted declaring that “the action of the Northwestern millers in using Kansas hard wheat in the production of flour and selling the product as genuine hard spring goods, thereby trying to diseredit the splendid flours made by Kansas miils from the finest hard wheat the world produces, is deceptive and unbusinesslike and merits the se- verest condemnation of the milling fraternity of Kan-as as well as the pur- chasers of hard wheat flour the world over.” TO SAVE IT FOR CHINA, ‘The ‘Treasury Will Take Care of the $278,000 Seized by Americans. Secretary Long has deposited in the treasury the draft for $273,009, repre- senting the gold seized by the Ameri- can marines at Tien Tsin. According to Treasurer Roberts an act of Con- gress will be necessary to withdraw it. Administration officials insist that the money is held in trust and is not re- garded as spoils of war. Shonid an indemnity be awarded the United States against China the amount of the deposit will be eredited to China’s bull. Shiciiieihin Gadde ‘The enumeration work of the twelfth census is completed and the enumer- ators are practically all paid. ‘There were 53,000 enumerators and 207 super- visors. ‘The cost of the enumeration will be about $4,200,000. ‘The factory work is alsoabout finished. All of the special field agents in the manufactur- ing and industrial lines will eomplete their work and be paid off by Novem- ber 1. The est of this work will be about $250,000. Withetmina Told Her Peopte. ‘The announcement of the betrothal of Queen Wilhelmina to Duke Henry of Mecklinburg-Schwerin was made in the second chamber of Netherlands parliament October 17. It was greeted with cheers The house charged the president to transmit to the queen its congratulations and thanks for com- munieating the glad event, which was of the highest importance to the dynasty and country. Merchants Will Resist. Business men of towns in the Indian territory are organizing leagues to. re- sist the payment of tribal taxes in the courts, Their attitude is arousing the Indians and much friction exists. J. D. Bodawitz, a white merchant at Ard- more, recently ejected by the Indian authorities for non-payment of the tax. has returned and other white mer chants declare they will stand by him. i la aaa Advices from Dawson state that the United States telegraph system in the Yukon will be completed from Nome to Tanana by Chri tmas. The line \from Dawson northward to Eagle, on ‘the American side, will te concluded ja month hence. Dawson and the out: side world will be connected inside of feeseeie | Peace Negotiations On. |The Chinese minister at London, Sir [Chih Chen Lo Feng Lah, asserts that peace negotiations have actually be- ‘gun at Pekin between the Chinese plen- ipotentiaries and the representatives of the powers in the Tsung li Yamen buildings, whieh, he adds, have been given over to the Chinese for that pur- pose. Chancellor Hoheulohe Resigns, Prince Hohenlohe has tendered his resignation as imperial chancellor of Germany and It has been accepted. Dig Indians 9 Hunting Go. Two hundred Uintah Indians from Utah have invaded Northwestern Colo- rado on their annual hunting expe- dition, and as usual on such occasions the settlers are greatly alarmed. Gov- ernor Thomas has appealed to the fed- eral authorities to drive the Indians back to their reservation. Oa At Emporia, Kan.. Mrs M. E. Me- Clintock fell under the cars near the Santa Fe depot and was so horribly mangled that she can not survive. ‘MEAT SUPPLIES FROM KANSAS ‘Great Increase in Value of Antmals Sold for Slaughter and Poultry Production. The compilation of Kansas assessors’ returns, showing the values at home or on the farm of animals slaughtered ‘or sold for slaughter and the poultry and eggs marketed in the year ending March 1, just completed by Secretary F. D. Coburn of the state board of ag- Hosltnre, . shows that, Kanone’ con tinues to rapidly advance in the rank of meat-producing states, The value returned for animals slaughtered or sold for that purpose in the year named is $54,321,888, or 734 percent greater ‘than in 1899, and the largest value in ‘the history of the state. In 1896 the talue was 896,502,057 since when thers has been a handsome increase each year, aggregating a total gain of Siz-teo tat, or 48% per cent ‘The value of poultry and eggs mark- eted within the year was $5,069,332, a. gain over 1899 of 19.3 per cent, and likewise the largest value ever report- ed for the state. There has been an increase annually in the value of pou try and eggs marketed since 185, and the total gain made during the five years is 32.63 per cent, or $1,745,165, the largest increase being in 1900. The combined values of animals slaughtered or sold for slaughter and of poultry and eygs sold in the year is $59,332,220, and for the five years (1806- 1900) they aggregate $249,260,683, mak. ing an annual averageof $40,852,136, WILLIAM L, WILSON DEAD, ‘The Exd Came Unexpectedly to the ‘Tariff Reformer. Ex-Postmaster General William L. Wilson died unexpectedly at Lexing- ton, Va., October 17, Mr. Wilson ae- cepted the presidency of Washington and Lee university three years ago when he left Mr. Cleveland's cabinet. He bad been in ill health much of the time since then. It was as chairman of the ways and means committee of the house that Mr. Wilson was best known. Under his leadership the Wilson tariff reform measure, which carried the ineome tax proviso as an amendment, was pu’ through the House. Although it was radically altered by protection inter- ests in the Senate, it retained the name of its originator when it was finally adopted. TRYING IT AGAIN, Captain Carter Seeks Release on Welt of iuiaiiis lai Oberlin M. Carter, late captain of engineers, United States army, who has been called the American Dreyfus, may yet gain his freedom from the United States penitentiary at Leaven- worth, Kan., where he is serving a five years’ sentence for the embezzlement ‘of more than $1,000,000. Application was made to Judge W. C. Hook, of the United States district court, October 17, for a writ of habeas corpus, command: ing R. W. MeClaughry, warden of the United States penitentiary, to produce Carter in the court aud show cause why he is detained. ‘The petition al- leges that Carter's trial was irregular, sentence excessive and in violation of articles of war. Hearing was set for October 26. EIGHT PERISHED IN A FIRE, A Frame Tenement in New York Clty Picaean acs mel SE eRe ear Eight people were either burned to death or suffocated in a fire which par tinily destroyed the three story frame tenement house, 43 and 45%; Hester street, New York, October 17. Sarah Sass, Sainuel Sass, Lena Sass, Morris Sass: Mrs. Horowitz, Rosa Lewis, Mew del Strauss, Samuel Strauss, Young Boy is Cremated. Frank, the 3-year-old son of W. P, Spencer, a well known stockman liv- ing four miles north of Hopkins, Mo., was buzned to death the other day. ‘The ehild’s grandfather had been burn- ing brush on the farm during the fore- hoon and it was suposed the child lay down unobserved in the dry grass and fell asleep when the flames crept upon him, Mother and Chitd Burned, Mrs Ella Gunby and little 4-year- old daughter of Hraymer, Mo., were seriously and perhaps fataily burned at their home in that village. They were burniug trash from the yard when their dresses caught fire. “The child is burned the more seriously and there is little chanee for its recovery. Kansas Baptists Moot. ‘The forty-first_ annual convention of ‘the Kanses Baptist Church association began its exercises at MePherson, Octo- ber 17, with an address by the presi- ‘dent, Rev. J. F. Shearman, of Wiehita, ‘The city is fall of delegates from all over Kansas, and many prominent di- Wines Gras shoal nie evans. Sweden Has » Regent Now. “King Oscar's illness.” says a dis pateh from Stockholm, “has developed into a serious inflammation of the Tangs. The erown prince has been ap- pointed regent.” No Bible Readings tn Schools. By avote of 13 to 6 the trustees of the Chicago board of education resolved not to permit in the schools of Chicago the use of n book of selected Bible read- ings The selected reaiings were of- fered as a substitute for the Bible, which has been barred by the board for a number of years, Another Carnegie Library for Seotiad. Andrew Carnegie has presented the town of Hawiek, Roxburgh eouaty, Scotland, with $50,000 for a publie lis brary. Six Tickets In Missourl. October 17 was the last day for filing notifications of nominations with the Missouri secretary of state. At the close of office hours six tickets had ‘been filed. ‘They are Democratic, Re- publican, Social Demoerat, Social Labor, Prohibition and Progressive People’s. : For Passing Counterfeit Money. Henry Bremer of Sedalia was con- vieted in the federal court at Jefferson City, Mo., of passing counterfeit money and sentenced to two years in the pen- Anetta: thansas Tews Totes. ‘The school population of Kansas is 504,197. Pawnee Bill's Wild West show will winter at Wichita. Frost has nipped vegetation in sev- eral parts of Kansas. Secretary Coburn is preparing a bul- letin of this year’s corn crop. The Decatur county jail is now suf- fering the humiliation of its first de- livery. A gun club has been organized at ia Cygne to keep down the incursions of wild game. Adjutant General Fox's report shows that there are now 1,205 Kansas sold iers in the Philippines, Mr. Barndollar of Coffeyville is re- ported to be spending bis surplus in improvements on his house. 4. G, Butler of Kansas City offers. to stort mateh factory in ‘Topeka in con- sideration of a loan of $5,000, The official ballot in Kansas this year will be thirty-eight inches wide and twenty-five inches long. Atchison is so tickled over its dis- covery that it likely will change its ‘corn carnival to a coal carnival. Secretary of State George Clark ‘owns a copper mine in New Mexico, ‘out of which he expects to make a fur- tune. ‘There will be five state tickets in Kansas this year; Republican, Demo- cratic, Populist, Prohibition and So- cialist, ‘The Iola Register notes the existence of a bank there whieh, with only $10,- 000 in capital, has deposits in the sum of $240,000, Options have been taken on 2.400 acres of coal lands in Atchison county since a diamond drill probed into a ten inch vein recently. Paul Lovewell takes his’ life in his handy and announces that in the future the Eureka Herald will charge tive cents a line for resolutions of respect and carts of thanks. ‘The Miller's Association of Kansas will meet in Topeka to take steps to fight the action of Minnesota millers in using Kansas hard wheat flour and labeling it Minnesota flour, FT. Shephard has sold the Macks- ville Issue to Miss M. L. Doran, who hats changed the name to The Argus, which she says will be “a strictly non. partisan, local newspaper.” At Hillsboro the other day, Peter Weibs, aged 23, was married to Sarah Dehner, aged 43. ‘The friends of the room have every confidence that the bride will rear him tenderly. At the Wilson county fair the pre- mium offered for the tallest stalk of com was carried home by a Iiig Sandy ereck farmer who had one on exhi- Dition that measured 17 feet, 8 inches ‘The farmersin the vicinity of the Fort Hays military reservation, which was ceded to the state agricultural college, are making an effort to lease the land fora wheat crop for any period of years whieh the college authorities will permit. ‘The regents of the col: lege have declined to meetany of tive propositions which have been madeand will devote the reservation to th pur: poses of an experiment station, The following offices to be filled wil appear on the official ballot to be voted in Kansas November 6: Ten_presiden- tial electors, associate justice of the supreme court, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, attorney general, superintend- ent of publicinstruetion, superintend: ent of insurance, eongressman-at-large, congressmen for the seven districts, district judge, state senator, represent: ative, district’ clerk, county attorney, county superintendent, probate judge, commissioner, towaship trusice, towa- ship treasurer, township clerk. twa justices for cach township, two. con: Sables for each township. There also will be space for a vote on the supreme court amendment, Within the next ten days the work of reducing grades on the santa Fe “eut- off” between Holiday and Emporia, Kansas, will be commenced, The work will mark the commencement of one of the most gigantic improvement scnemes ever entered into by a western road It is the intention of the Santa Ke management to reduce grades along the entire line of the Santa Fe_proper, or that part of the Santa Fe system extending from Chicago to Purest, L T., El Paso, Texas, and Albuquerque, N.M._ Several million dollars will be expended in the work, and several ‘yeara will be necessary to complete it. ‘The matier was first deeded on by the Santa Fe directors at_ the opening ‘of the present year, and delay in be- igining operations has been due to fai: ture on the partof the finance committer to make the necessary appropriat on Burning editorial by John MacDon- ald in the Western School Jouraat “God willing, we shall not hold off on: Bece pdt pin coe tear gst le eg DISCOVERIES OF THE C=NTURY. It's fortunate, since there are left no new lands to be discovered on tis terrestrial Globe, that inventive man has turned bi Inind'to moro useful things, "So we have steam, electricity and ‘many other advas Spee, enjoyed by” oar ‘forefather Molicie, tog. as made great sides for ‘ven man’s old enemy, Rheumatism ha at inst found ite master in Swanson's “5 Drops.” ‘The success of this truly mar ‘Felons specificfos Rheumatism has been as toniahing and never equaled ia the anal of’ madi no Ie eis instant rail il Rerms, ‘proventa “disease ard yostilv Sures ail forms of chronic and acale Rhew atism, Sclation nd Nenralgia. i Also usod with unfailing effect in el Nervoas foctiong of avery description, Catarrhy Croup. “Bronchitis, Stomach, Liver and Kidney Troubles, La Gripper ie latin, Creeping Numbness and” kin ‘Swanson’s “3 Drops" is sold by sgents and by the Swansou Tnoumatis Cure Gos 1 Lake street. Chiovgo, Ti In som acest ste are, Femedy is not°sbteinationis tour fot order direct of the mnnufecturers, Largs size bottles “(900 doses) $1.00, prepaid: by dxpress or mail,” Trial bottle wil be rent on receipt of 28 cents, Agents wanted in Bow territory. Write now. How to Pleute Women. Most women are pleased to receive special attentions from thelr men friends in the presence of other wo- men, Good taste and judgment must help a man to decide how far such at- tentions may go without rendering their object unpleasantly conspicuous, ‘Deenenetind Sliniatetiee On the line of the Chicago Great West- ern Railway in Illinois, lowa, Minne- Sota and Missouri. First-class open- Ings in growing towns for all kinds o Dusiness and for manufacturing. Ou list includes locations for blacksmiths, doctors, dressmakers, furniture, grain and live stock buyers, general mer- ehandise, hardware, harness, tailors, cold storage, creameries and canning factories. Write fully in regard to ‘your requirements so that we may ad- ‘Vise you intelligently. Address W. J. ‘Reed, Industrial Agent, C. G. W. Ry., ‘@01 Bndicott building, St. Paul, Minn Asie Grist Andrew Carnegie, the American ‘steel and iron king, was born at Dun- fermline, Scotland, on Nov. 25, 1837. He emigrated to the United States at an early age, and later established the large iron and steel works at Pitts- burg, Pa., which bear his name. His address in the United States is New York, and in Scotland, Skibo Castle, Sutherland, PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not spot, streak or give your goods an un- evenly dyed appearance, wiaiat tes peering ‘An optimistic’ English phystctan vays that modern fe is easler, sater aot cepsctaee’ than dite aan seeccens that young people are healthier, ‘stronger and better grown than thelr sgreat-grandparents, and that the com- plaints of increasing neurotic tenden- ink ane eal Gatos, j SALESMEN WANTED. | trohowen, reiabie men experience not aan Cabouiaa Tobacco Works Go, bedford City, Vac Smatt Horses in Wan, ‘The experience of the British in South Africa is said to have demon- strated the superiority of small horses ‘to the larger as draft animals in the ‘field of hostilities. They can go long- er without food, it is said, can do | just as much work and make a smaller target for the enemy. | rhe test Freeripton for Coun and Fever fs a bottle of Gnova's Tasrauess Sia Tonso.” ts simply frou nnd quinine in tasteless form. No curo—uo pay. Prise, 60s ees wae Teens lacs ieee Marriage with a deceased wite's sister 1s legal in Australia, Canada, Barbadces, Ceylon and Mauritius, Bills to legalize it in Great Britain have been persed several times since 1875 ‘by the imperial house of commons, though invarlably rejected by the house of lords. ‘What Shall We Have for Dossert? ‘This question arises in the family every day. Let us answer it today, Try Jell-O, a delicious and healthful dessert. ‘Prepared in two minutes. No boiling! ‘no baking! add boiling water and set ‘to cool. Flavors:—Lemon, Orange, ‘Raspberry and Strawberry. At your Brocers. 10 cts, | Words are the blossoms and deeds are the fraite: GARFIELD TEA. the wonderful HERB MED- any darases; fe mowed tha? by purityioe ts blood ‘permanent cures were cally Carell Teas RATORES WMEDE. Pride mikes a man walk with a cane when he isn’t lame, FLTSPermanenty Cort. oats ornervoumam ate Six anys ane af ie Ric's unset Serve Nocona ir rial boris and ‘are. line uns sor arch sty Yuasa Pe Girls, go slow in making the ac- quaintance of a fast man. iso's Cure for Consumption is aa tnfaltble moticine for coughs and eoids.—N. W. Santa, | Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 11, 1900 ‘The lithograph of an actress is apt to be a stuck-up thing. ERTREE, TOK as the endorsement. of the ued States ‘tod of allt ing raliroads: “Want any more evidence? Kissing comes as natural to a girl as a fly does to a bald head. Drugs have thelr ure, but, don’t store them fn “ ‘eoman's Pepsin Gum aide the ‘ekdral forces to perform thelr functions Water on the brain can sometimes be avoided by using an umbrella, cagafegy® nara’ Ware arose: Coen etven se ‘invencoxsy, he bet cure for coraa 15a, ‘Two persons are never at the same moment equally angry with each other. Ask your grocer for Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz, package § cents. Rough diamonds are valuable, but the baseball player has no use for pane ‘Secdannes aon eames eta chiren Yonthingy otis tne yen, renee te La ra When you have a few minutes to spare don't bother some one who hasn't Bs Rar forma on egy ern, oF exanc, nT wanes or Bod Malou Slows Chg, Toes If love-making isa cireus, a pretty girl's checks must be a good side show. antiOL FOR OKLAHOMA! Subscribe for Titk KIOWA CHIEY devoted Wotater Eavon about thewe asda Ope. years Viste Basle yin summaries reat ie iastied Sa uct negro apa Stapp EB play AP THE TURN OF LIFE. The Most Important Period in a. Woman’s Existence.— Mrs. John- son Tells How She Was Helped Over the Trying Time. BANS ee Oe) ys é ey Ze vw : : \ FS [eee oe tee , er HARLOTTE JOHNSON: Rey die oes Gis ee eee ee eee proaches this perfectly natural change without experiencing a train of very Snnoying, and sometimes painful symptoms, ey Those dreadful hot flashes, sending the blood surging to the heart until it scope roudy to Durst nd the faint feoling that follows, sometimes with chills 4s if the heart were going to stop for good, are only a few of the eymptoms @ dangerous nervous trouble. ‘The nerves are crying out fu > assistance. ‘The ery should be heeded in time, Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound was Prepared to mect the needs of woman's system at this trying period of her life, three following letters are guaranteed to be genuine and true, and still further prove what a great medicine Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable ‘Compound is for women, ‘Mar. 12, 1807, “Drag Mns. Pixxia :— I Lave been sick for a long time. I was taken sick with flooding. All my trouble seemed to be in the womb. I ache all the time at the lower part of the womb, The doctor says, the womb is covered with ulcers. I suffer with a pain on the left side of my back over the kidney. Iam fifty years old and passing through the change of life. Please advise me what to do to get relief.” Would like to hear from you as soon as possible.” — ‘Mus. Cuantorre Jouxsox, Monclova, Ohio, Jan. 23, 1898, **Thave been taking your remedies, and think they havehelped me a great deal. Thad been in bed for ten weeks when I began taking your Vegetable Compound, but after using it for a short time I was able to be up around the Rouse, The aching in the lower part of womb has left me. ‘The most that froubles me now is the flowing. ‘That is not so bad, but still there isa little every day. I am not discouraged yet, and shall continue with your medicine, for f vellove it will cure me.” Mas, Cuattorre Jouxsox, Monclova,Ohio. April 13, 1900, “Tend you this letter to publish for the benefit of others. I was sick for about nine years so that I could not do my work. For three months I could not sit up Iong enough to have my bed made. had five different doctors, and all said there was no help for me. My trouble was change of life. I suffered ‘with ulceration of the womb, pain In sides, kidney and stomach trouble, back- ache, headache, and dizziness. I am well and strong, and feel like a new person. My recovery is a perfect surprise to everybody that knew me. I owe All to Lydia B. Pinkham’ Vegetable Compound. I'would not do without Jour medicine for anything. There is uo need of women suffering so mauch if they would take your remedies, for they are a sure cure.”—Mns. CHALLOTTAL Jorixsox, Monclova, Ohio. When one stops to think about the good Mrs. Johnson derived from Mrs. Pinkham’s advice and medicine, it seems almost beyond belief; yet it is all ‘true as stated in her three letters published above at her own request. As matter of positive fact Mrs. Pinkham has on file thousands of letters from women who have been safely carried through that danger period “Change of Life.” "Mrs, Johnson's cure is not an unusual one for Airs. Pine tham’s medicine to accomplish. o Ba ail bo pals So eas gee en soe eatlonal City Bank of Loa, $000 | 00 See eae | Erno stoion ore pblcbed fete gating tin'estane hcl ta aoe Published before obtaining the writer's special pe WY “NEW RIVAL” FACTORY LOADED SKGTGUN SHELLS set an ch asa ec PAN pom WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. : - . . Kew Hoven, Conn, el RHEUMATISM ASTHMA HAY FEVER occ nec hese fame er, oe ened ae of mre Alor a ard ochy wa hee memes Address: PRESCRIPTION PHARMACAL CO., Dept. M., KANSAS CITY, MO, Hare: PRESCRIPTION PHARMAGAL CO Dept i KAMGAS OFTY, MO, SherLopetal BY pyr pderiedd ott ege) A Glean . Shirt well laundered is a thing do good laundry work with inferior starches. HAGHETIC STARCH is prepared especially for able the housekeeper toget to i mena apr Tryapackage. Allgrocers sell it at 10c, SN he tae See ora sae Sawyer’s| Bt Pommel Vee co %, DrBull's eee coUGH SYRUP wit? SURE agen SO AO ( A eee ge KO NINE 8 aa Tee mark “e @— StARcH S59 Requires no Cooxine fas OWES CELA CUT BRE PND TS ARH Smee wt | wutenstagAs ARCOM rst sousnt NEW [axontouree sone PREPARED F02 LATHORY PURPOSES ONY MANUFACTURED ONLY BY MAGNETIC STARCH! MANUFACTURING CO. OMAHA, NEB. KORTHAND PéwaAnsHiP & TELEGRAPH Y Kansas City 10 San Antonio Without Chonge Via the Santi Fe Route. Haarae goo cy iegpee ant ae nd Sait snionler ally’ ae Wp a ita Abetels fo eBid ot dare! Round ticker ons eurcraty iaoed Sine, The A 7 23 F Ry * GW Hactsnven a vp, Kansas City, Mo-, or WW BLACK, G. P. A Topeka, Kaa” DROPSY i bscnen, exe DROPSY stcmnr cos con ook ct imal cael is pute ene Rita h casts one nat sues Oe SER Sennen een eee When Answering Advertisements Kindly : Mention This Paper. /W. N. U. Kansas City, No. 42, 1900. PETC Ta iol Bee en tiias Wie hi SE Pe pe ce panes he JGRISOR EUV AO RUIN WOULD FOLLOW - BRYAN’S ELECTION What the Manufacturers of the Country Believe Would Happen => A NEBRASKA FARWIER DISPROVES BRYAN'S CLAIM Mr. William Jennings Bryan, the Popo-Democratic candidate for the ) Presidency, insists that the farmers of the United States have not derived any benefit from the existing prosperity. A Nebraska farmer proves that Mr. Bryan is wrong. He sends us a statement showing. what he realized from his |6Q-azre farm in 1896 and this year, taking exactly the same qualities of each product from his account books. Thus: 1896 1©00 400 bushe's wheat at 48c-.-$192.00 400 bushels wheat at 60c.-...4740.00 1,200 bushels oats at 14c----- 165.00 1 2CO bush-ls oats at 18c.-.-. 216 00 2.500 bushels corn at 15c----- 375.00 2.500 bushels corn at 30c.-.-. 75000 13,500 pounds steers at 4c-.---- 520.00 13.000 pounds steers at 5c-.-- 715.00 5.£00 pounds hogs at 3c------- 15000 — § 000 pounds hogs at 47c...-- 235.00 200 pounds butter at 10c-.-- 20.00 200 pounds butter at 17e--.. 3400 200 dozen eggs at 7¢-----+--» 1400 200 dozen ezgs at 12c--.-..- 2400 $1,439.cO $2,214.00 eee Balance in favor of 1SOD----s+ss+ecsssesereerencsesssecssssessensesesenseseeeee $775.00 Mr. Bryan will observe that this Nebraska farmer received over 50 per centmore moneylthis year than he did in 1896, for precisely the same quantities of his products. Mr. Bryan should study the exhibit. It will be interesting to Farmer Bryan, who might compare it with his own account sales this year. Candidate Bryan should not tell falsehoods about the prices of farm products. If he is still in doubt let him run over to Everett, in his own state, and have a chat with the farmer who supplied these figures. Manufacturers and their immediate customers are beginning to get them- selves in shape for the dull times that they know would ensue in the event of the election of Mr. Bryan. Reports from all over the country indicate that “Bryan” clauses are soon to be the rule in signing new contracts. The Jatest is a contract entered into be- tween the New Haven Carriage com- Dany and the J. Curley company of Brooklyn, The contract specifies that the New Haven company shall furnish the Curley company with 2 certain number of carriages at a certain price until November 15th, 1901. With the contract received by the Curley com- any was the following letter from the New Haven company: “We inclose herein agreements sign- ed, You will notice that we have made ‘an Indoreement at the bottom. Will you please indorse this yourself? It is fust as good policy for you to indorse it as it is for us, for you do not wish to be bound down by anything in case of such adverse circumstances as ‘would occur in the event of Bryan's lection.” ‘The indorsement reads: “This agreement to be null and void tm case William J. Bryan is elected resident of the United States in No- ‘vember, 1200.” Other large concerns are indorsing {mportant contracts in this way, their managers well knowing that a long Season of business depression would follow the success of the Democratic ticket. A large Philadelphia dry f00ds house in placing contracts Abroad insists that the contracts be similarly indorsed. The brsiness men know what four years of Bryanism would mean to them and the working people are equally aware of the fact. If these classes are not prosperous, they will be un- able to consume as much of the prod- ucts of the farm as they would in the event of Republican success, and the farmer knows the value of having an ra of prosperity among those who eat and wear his products. PATRIUTISM NOT IMPERIALISM. “Was it imperialism that like a mighty torreat swept across this great prairie state and called to arms your boys in 1861? Was it imperialism that caused thousands of the boys, young and aggressive and equally as patriot- fe as you, to respond to the nation’s sall in 1898 Those boys who went forth two years ago went to keep the ld flag here, to defend it at Santiago, San Juan, Cavite and to keep it from defamation at the hands of Aguinaldo and his Tagal Malays, and all the sym- Pathizers both abroad and at home. No imperialism in that; simply patriotism =a term unknown to some of our boy orators. I say to you that when any One tries to scare you about the atti- tude of tho boys of "61, say to them that they went forth, not for gain, but that the flag that went up at Vicks- burg, Missionary Ridge, Cavite—car- ried, too, by those heroes Dewey, Sampson and Schley—went there to stay; to stay forever, to stay as long as a drop of American blood courses 4m the veins of our American young fon. We all demanded that the war come; we were all imperialists and I hope that we will always so remain, for I tell you that when God Almighty gets done with the American army 4m the Philippines, then, and then only ‘will the boys in bine march away.”— General John C. Black (Democrat.) Iie ek il man aa “Although a lifelong Democrat, I cannot refrain from placing myself on record against the party which has elected, since about five years, to es- pouse the cause of free silver coinage ‘and other equally dangerous Populis- A Story in Figures EXPORTS TO ASIA 1895 $17,325,057 1900 $64,913,984 EXPORTS TO OCEANICA 1895 $13,109,231 1900 $43,390,927 tle fallacies. What I am surprised to find 1s to hear of many Democratic business men express a doubt as to the necessity of again voting for McKin- ley on account of the improbability (1) of Mr. Bryan permitting any legisia- tion after his election, which might prove hurtful to the business interests of the country, I shall continue to vote against populism and repudiation and will vote for President McKinley, and will not throw my vote away by voting for a gold Democrat.”—Adolph Hirsch, Merchant, New York. SCHURZ ON MANY SIDES. This ts not the first campaign in which Carl Schurz has changed about and worked with his former political ‘opponents; nor the first time that he has criticized his own party. In the latter part of 1862 he attacked the conduct of the civil war and gave his opinions to President Lincoln in un- measured terms. On the 24th of No- ember in that year, Mr. Lincoln wrote him a long letter in which he said: “If I must disregard my own judgment, and take yours, I must also take that of others; and by the time that I should reject all that I should be advised to reject, I would have none left, Republican or others—not even yourself. For, be assured, my dear sir, that there are other men who ‘have thelr hearts in it, that think you are performing your part as poorly as you think I am performing mine. * * * I must say that I need success more than I need sympathy, and I must say that I have not seen 0 much greater evidence of getting success from my sympathizers than from those who are denounced as the contrary.” _ General Schurz did not undertake to enaduct tha wat dee’ Breibdaet Ttanthe after that, but he has never been any too loyal a Republican. He bas twice left the party before this campaign, the most notable occasion being when he would not support the late James G. Blaine. It might be added that Mr. Schurz sees only “Imperialism” in this cam- paign, and that he joins Mr. Bryan in Riding the financial issue, the most important of all. ‘The Issues Bolted Down, 1 do not know of any stronger ap- peal that can be made for Republican votes than a recital of the last four years as compared with the previous four years, Bolled down the issues are McKinleyism and Bryanism. Boiled down it is free silver and free trade on Bryan’s side and prosperity and de- velopment on ours. Out West tho argument of “imperialism” is played out. Mr, Bryan will not talk free sil- ver in the Empire State unless you force him to, and I want you to force him to, I have frequently expressed publicly that the Republicans in this state and country are feeling too san- guine as to the result. The Republican national committee does not take any chances, The issues in this campaign are greater than in any other. A de- feat would put us ten years behind.— Chairman M. A. Hanna at New York. HOW OUR TRADE IS GROWING. In spite of the drawback of war in China our exports to Asia show a good increase in volume in the first eight months of 1900 as compared with those for the same time in 1899. Exports to all parts of the world are increasing, showing the value of commercial ex- pansion, The following table shows our ex- ports to each of the grand divisions of the world during the first eight months of 1900, compared with the corre- sponding period of 1899: 1899. 1900, Europe .....-.$590,911,794 $672,782,724 North America 107,960,386 130,865,911 South America 24,256,606 ¥6,489,076 Asia ....ee0 94,208,656 44,634,016 Oceanica ..... 23,440,587 26,542,260 Africa ....... 11,834,058 14,597,337 Total .....$792,610,082 $915,911,344 sak CHOY = Intended to Close Down All the Col- Meries In the Hazicton Region—The Unexpected Fresence of ‘Troops Barred Thelr Path and They Were Turned tack— ‘Settlement in Sight. About 1,500 men and sixty women and girls marched eighteen miles from the South side Hazieton coal region for the Panther Creek valley, where they expected to close all of the ten collieries of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company, but just as the weary marchers were nearing their destina- tion they were met on a mountain road by three companies of infantry, and, at the point of the bayonet” were driven back four miles to Tamaqua, and dispersed. Another crowd of 80) strikers from the north side of Hazle- ton also marched and succeeded in elos- ing the company’s No. 1 colliery at Nesquehoning, near Mauch Chunk, before it was scattered. The presence of the soldiers was entirely unexpected and the strikers were much crest- fallen that they failed in accomplish- ing the object of their long mareb. ‘That there is a positive assurance of the end of the strike of the anthracite miners seems certain in view of the preparations which are being made all through the Lackawanna valley for the restimption of work. ‘The coal companies are crowding their mine sidings with empty cars and the end of the week will find th: usands of ears in place where formerly only hundreds were to be seen. This is done in order to be prepared for the great demand for coal which wi!l necessitate the running of the mines and breakers. to their utmost capacity for weeks in or- der to get the stock ahead to meet the winter's demand. | WAS CHINES: MINISTER HERE ieee nreeae tacoeeliorawrea eae Yen Moon Decapitated Last July. Confirmation has been received in Washington of the decapitation on July 20 of Chang Yen Hoon, the ex- Chinese minister to the United States. Chang was a loval adherent of the em- peror and a warm supporter of the latter's reform movements, When the empress dowager supplanted the em- peror two years ago he was banished to Nebradoo, but through the inter- vention of the American and British ministers, his punishment was eom- muted to banishment in the distant province of Kashgara, It now appears that the empress dowager, taking ad- vantage of the late reign of terror in Pekin and knowing Chang's influence with the emperor, ordered his death. Chang was considered by those familiar with Chinese affairs asone of the ablest men in China. He had been decorated by the Queen of Great Britain andby the emperors of Russia and Germany. eee ees | LEAVENWORTH PAPER SOLD. Ex-Senator Edward Carrol! Gatos Con- ai wt aioneimaneunin Geen: ‘The control of the Leavenworth, Kan,, Standard has passed from Dr. 8. F. Neely to Edward Carroll, the Vanker andex-state senator, who has owned a sixth interest in the paper since it was established there in 1579. Mr. Carroll is a Gold Demcerat. and announces that the Standard will be run asa Democratic paper, supporting Bryan and Breidenthal. KILLED SIX WITH DYNAMITE. An Arkansas Family Way at Supper ceils: dik Shemales: Jefferson and Maggie Jones and their four young children were killed near Mot Springs, Ark. — While the family was at supper their home was wrecked by an explosion of dynamite, It is be- lieved that a dispute over a homestead claim prompted sume one to blow up the Jones home. London Kicks on Dowte. ‘The London Daily Express calls edi- torially for police suppression of John Alexander Dowie, the Zionist, beeaus: of his “disorderly meetings and seur- rilous attacks on other religions.” Mis Butler Is Mtasing. Charles PAser, who lives near Ber nardsville, N. J., has reported to the police that | avid’ Richards, his butler has disappeared, as well as diamond studded jewelry worth $20,000. Seed tits Receive Oc Geese Governor Jones of Arkansas has designated his daughter, Miss Robbie Newton Jones, to christen the monitor Arkansas, which will be launched at Newport News, November 10. Made $5 Gold Pieces Out of Lend. At Eureka Springs, Ark., two coun- terfeiters eaptured by United States Marshal Hammack were sent to the federal prison at Fort Smith, The bogus coin was made of lead, moulded and gilded in the semblance of £5 gold pieces. New Building Collapsed, A storm which passed over Newark, N.4J., camsed the death of three men, fatal injuries to at least two others and seriously injured three more by the collapse of a new building. Costly Fire at Oshkosh. Fire broke out in the Oshkosh, Wis., lumber district, destroying 13,- (000,000 feet of lumber and part of the Hollister-Ames company’s mill and the plant of Challoner, Sons & Co. The total loss amounts to almost $300,000. Recruits for the Phillppines. ‘The United States transport Grant has sailed for Manila. On board the ‘vessel are 507 casuals and recruits rep- resenting every regiment of the reg- ‘lar service in China and the Philip. pines. Pee Ree eta woke or LOOT FROM TIEN TSIN, Is Holding Temporarity. ‘The American share of the loot at Tien Tsin is larger than at first re ported. Ithas been understood thal all the Americans took after th- cap- ture of Tien Tsin was gold amounting im value to $278,000. This report arose from the fact that Li Hung Chang ‘asked General Chaffee to restore that sum tothe Chinese government. I now appears that this $273,000 was on- ly the value of gold coins and gold bars taken from the Chinese treasury at ‘Tien Tsin, and apparently it was only the money taken from the treasury which concerned Earl Li as a govern- ment official. Things of value were also obtained from other sourees and it is now re- ported that the total value of the loot will reach a fignre about $100,000 in excess of the amount originally re- ported. The gold coin and gold bars taken from the treasury were melted by order of General Chaffee. ‘There is considerable doubt about whether the United States is entitled to keep this gold, whatever its amount may finally be determined to be, be- cause this government has been pro- ceeding on the theory that no war ex- ists in China. The expedition of Gen- eral Chaffee has been repeatedly defined asa rescue expedition and not an in- vasion. Nevertheless, it is extremely improbable that the gold will ever be returned to China, even that part of it identified and claimed by Li Hung Chang. It may not be held as spoils of war, for the reasons given, but it will probably be held as. part payment of the indemnity which America will de- can MORE AMERICANS AMBUSHED, ‘Thirteon Men of the Twenty-fourth Miss- Ing In Luzon—Theeo Killed on Leyte. A detachment of twenty men of the ‘Twenty-fourth regiment (negro) while engaged in repairing telegraph wires October 10, ata point near San Jose, Nuevo Ecija provinee, Isle de Luzon, were set upon by 200 rebels and were overpowered and scattered. Seven of the Amerizans reached San Jose, but it is probable that the others were cap- tured. ‘The enemy surprised a party of seouts of the Vorty-third infantry at a point three mies from ‘Takloban, Leyte island, killing three of - the Americans at the first volley. ‘Two es- ‘caped and gave the alarm, but the en- emy suceceded in evading their pur- suers. ‘The native police of Takloban had conspired to surprise the Ameri- cans. The botlies of the dead soldiers were badiy mutilated. FOR A GREAT RANCH, Indian Reservation of 39,270 Acres. ‘The sale of the Fort Supply military reservation, in Oklahoma, proceeds slowly on account of the tract having to be sold in parcels of forty acres each. The reservation contains 30,070 acres and it is being bid in by a wealthy cattleman, William Halsell of Vinita, Ind. ‘Ter., at the government price, ranning from $1.25 to $2.50 per acre. Mr. Halsell has purchased all the land struck off up to this time, amounting to over a township, and in- tends getting the balance, and will use the reservation as a cattle ranch, Missouri Fostmasters Fined. In the federal court at Jefferson City, Mo. Judge Philips fined James Bruin, postmaster at Chauncey, Camden county, $50 and costs fur misappro- priating postage stamps to the amouztt of about $15. William L. hort, post- master at Hartsberg, Boone county, was also fined $10 and costs of short: aye on postage stamps, His actual shortage was $9.95, which he paid back to the government, ini Qibiibnetn Sis. Robert O'Connor, alias R. J. Rief, and A. L, Eastman, alias Frank Cowan, the two men arrested at Lawson, Mo., upon a charge of tapping a telegraph wire and sending bogus telegrams in an effort to defraud the Commercial banke of Lawson of $5,500, entered a plea of guilty and were cach sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in the state penitentiary by Judge Broaddus. Farthquake tn Alaska, Advices from Kodiak, Alaska, tell of & series of earthquakes which were felt at that place on October %. ‘The tremblings began at 2:25 a. m. and lasted at intervals for six hours. Much damage was done to property, butonly one life was lost. In all twenty-seven distinet shocks were felt and the earth was in a constant tremor for six hours, Was Wiackiurn’s Son-in-Law. Thomas F. Lane, son-in-law of ex. Senator Blackburn, committed suicide at his home in Washington, D.C. Mr. Lane shot himself in the presence of his little daughter while his wife was resting on a couch in an adjoining room, Death was almost. instantan. cous, It is said that he was driven tothe act by brooding over his il heaith. Mik tee Bebe cs ns The survey of the disputed boundary line at Mount Baker, has been com- pleted by the provincini surveyor Deane. ‘The line’ places alt the iaines of importance in the district on the American side, aithough a mile of ex: tra territory is given to British Colum- Mig bore rk ena Limon'e $2,209,000 ¥tre ‘The fire which started in Port Limon, Costa Riea, last week, destroyed the entire business section ‘of the eicy and caused a property loss of over 52,000,000 J. UW. Fishback, who held up and robbed the Coates house cigar stand, Kansas City, Mo., several months ago, was sentenced to the penitentiary for five years. This is the maximum. pun- ishment for grand tarceny, to which he was allowed to piead guilty by the Prosecuting attorney. Brought $700,009 In Klondike Gold. ihe; ttetmship Humboldt has ar from Skaguay, bringing $700,00 in Klondike treasure and’ 200 assem. gers. HALOUSY THE GSE Cats His Wife's Throat With a Razor and ‘Then Used tt on Himselt—Tragedy Occared Near Columbus, Kan, at the Home of the ‘Woman's Father—Other Crimes. J. A. Harwood, a farmer living ten miles southwest of Columbus, Kan., became enraged at his wife while they were visiting at her father's, walked up behind her, grabbed her by the hair and violently jerked her head back, at the same time slashing her throat with a razor. nearly severing the jugular vein, of which injury she will die. Harwood then went home, removed his clothing, took the same weapon that he had used on his wife, and cut his throat from ear to ear, al- most severing his head, of whieh in- jury he died in a few minutes. Jeal- ousy was the cause, JIMINEZ’S AGENT HERE, Belleved That San Domingo Is Trying to Float Its Bonds in America. Ona secret mission from Santo Do- mingo there has arrived in New York William Swift Wright, formerly of Logansport, Ind., now confidential ad- viser of President Jiminez. ‘Though Wright refuses to disclose the purpose of his visit to this country it is believed that Jiminez has sent him here to endeavor to negotiate a loan sutticiently large to transfer the bond- ed indebtedness from Belgian to Amer- ican creditors, having decided on this course after a seven weeks’ tour of the republic, in which he found conditions ‘most prosperous. Mr. Wright said that in 1803 Santo Domingo owed the Belgian bond- holders about $7,000,000, but that the [indebtedness has since grown to about $50,000,000, TILL AFTER THE ELECTION. Supreme Court Defers Action on Phitip- pine and Porto Rican Cases ‘The United States supreme court has granted motions advancing the Neely ease and the eases involving the ques- tion of the extension of tre constitu: tion over the Philippines and Porto Rico to the second week in No- soir ‘Sinan: “Ses teisinio ni i a The Rev. Edward Lee Tanner, for- merly an actor and at present an as- sistant to another ex-member of the theatr.cal profession, the Rev. Walter E. Lentley, rector of St. Edmund's Protestant Episeopal church in New York, has just been ordained by the Rt, Rev. Frederick Huntington, bish. p of Central New York. Mr. ‘Tanner, isa nephew of the late General Rob- ert E. Lee. Can't Work Transyaat tines. ‘The South African mining companies have been disappointed by the deiay in ending the military campaign. ‘The railways barely suffice for the needs of the ariny, and it is not believed that the mines can be operated with effi cieney before the end of six months. It may be twelve months before re- turns are received from the im mense mass of capital invested in the ‘Transvaal. Anti-Ameriean Speeches. An elaborate banquet was tendered in Havana to the veterans of the Cuban army, every regiment participating in the late Cuban revolution being repre- sented. Speeches were made by Gen- eral Rodriguez, General Sanchez, Gen- eral Roloff, General Gareia, General Andrade, Senor Leeret and Senor Juan Gualberto Gomez Most of their utter- ances were anti-American and inflam- matory. All were received with cheers. ‘iibececaiiilagsss Masia aaings okies Secretary Long has decided not to order home any of the marines now in the Philippines. Instead, if more ma- Fines should be available they will be sent to Manila, Reinforcements are necessary, because of the contemplated reduction of General MacArthur's com- mand by the withdrawal of the volun teers. Me's Agalnst Early Marriages. The will of J. C. Clayton, the son of the late member of parliament of that name, has just been probated. By it he leaves his two daughters a fortune of $700,000 with the curious provision that the money is to be payable only if they attain the age of 35 years without marrying. Senator Kenny Sertously Tl. United States Senator R. R. Kenny, of Delaware, is at his home seriously ill, being threatened with typhoid fever. | eae ear fear cme aaa |. The sealing steamer Kate, which ‘has just visited Cumberland inlet, New ‘Foundland, with supplies for the American whaling station there, re- ports that nothing has been seen or heard of the Peary steamer Windward, Hope of her return this fall is vow pretienly enanaomen uta. Ts Accidentally Shot. W. H. Sharp, city marshal of Cart Junction, Mo., was fatally injured at Joplin by the’ accidental ‘explosion of his revolver. It fell out of his pocket, struck directly on the hammer and was discharged. A Train Wrecked by « Horse. A {reight train on the Atehison, To- peka and Santa Fe railroad struck a horse at Lampasas, ‘Texas, and was wrecked. C. J. saunders the engineer, and John Ul, Baker the fireman, were killed. Nine cars and their contents were burned, Want Women to Stay Away. A dispateh from Shanghai says the British consul there warns European women against coming north from Hong Kong in the hope of joining their husbands, the situation in the ‘Yangtse valley being very serious, Deafness Cannot Be Carea Ss Jocal applications. as they cans Blase portion ofthe ear” Tbore iy git Hitlonal remedies, “Besfaces is cauZa° 2% inact sents of theta tate! 7 Eisiachan ube When this tbe say Teg, tnd sion te ipeativly clowed ato Whe result, and unless the lafatumat ses {ken out aad vals tube restored to lin coett ‘condition, hearing will be destroyed yea Sine cases out of ten aro caused by Cyt wuloeisottin wet an nSncd cacy Sdveallgive Oe HupdreaDolarsor307 cay Txtacke acarrty that ferred ta ails Catarrh Gare Seat'ee eS 3, CHENEY & CO, Toein,q ists SAID Family Puls are tuo best If some wives could exchange they vanity for prudence there would by fewer divorces granted. Best for the Bowels. 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Ty OY 5 Se Deciea an lare rxperinients made by German’ pr sicians have shown that aout 29 pe cent of all school children have som defect In their hearing, When you buy bluing, ask for Ret Cross Ball Blue. Large package 5c. ros Germen Baronet Among the smaller animals several Are so sensitive to changes from heat to eo from dry to molt, that they foretell these changes some tne i Avance. One of ther, the tree fv te wed at this day in Germany ay Barometer. Te is placed fn a all tt tle with a little wooden ladder. The stepn of the ladder mark as I wer the degrees. The frog always goes up toward the top fn Be weather, Tower down at the approach of bud ee | Sudden and Severe. Neuralgia : ee Jacobs" : ‘f Oil | ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter’s Little Liver Pills. hee Hooedl ise 4 ) pe MOWER fF: ai Ee cde aed FSi peas SLICKER WILL KEEP YOU DRY. =k RU Rowe nate Mass, ES MEN WHO HAVE DESERTED BRYAN FOR McKINLEY WASHINGTON WHEELS INTO LINE ON EXPANSION Colonel Frank Wilkeson, formerly Populist member of the legislature of the state of Washington, and who was one time associate editor of the New York Sun, has rejected Bryanman. He says: "I am an expansionist of the most extreme type and believe in holding the Philippine Islands for commercial reasons as well as a military and naval base. I have paid taxes for thirty years to establish eastern manufacturing industry—paid even under angry protest, because I lived in a region remote from all possibility of profitable manufacture,—and now, when Washington has a chance to establish a manufacturing industry to supply the people of Asia with finished products, I am a high tariff advocate. I want the industries of Washington diversified; I want our coast built up and commerce established. I want to see the consuming powers of the market of Asia increased, so that it will consume all the surplus wheat raised in Australia and on the Pacific coasts of the North and South American continents, and this will increase the price of wheat raised in the Mississippi valley, where I have a large farm. I believe that the success of Democracy will directly and disastrously affect my pocket; that it would if carried a logical conclusion create industrial and commercial lethargy on the Pacific coast, and by curtailing the power of consumption of the foreign and domestic markets cause breadstuffs and provisions to fall in value." Hiram Hammer, one of the ablest Populists in Washington (state): I am a Protectionist. I believed that unless we had free silver, want and destination would follow. The reverse is true. I believe that in the future as in the past that whatever legislation we obtain—that is, in the interest of all the people—must come through the Republican party. John H. Slipper, Hamilton, Wash., one of the largest merchants in the Upper Skagit valley, and a Democrat. Dr. M. B. Mattice, Sedro-Woolley, Wash., a leading physician and lifelong Democrat. A. Lyons, Burlington; Wash., an enthusiastic fustionist in 1896-'98. C. E. Bingham, mayor of Sedro-Woolley, Wash., head of the banking house of C. E. Bingham & Co., who has always been a staunch Democrat. Henry Thompson, Birdsview, Wash., an extensive rancher and old-line Democrat. N. W. Carpenter, Mount Vernon, Wash., a large saw mill owner and a Populist. J. B. Holbrook, Sedro-Woolley, Wash., bank cashier and an active Democrat. Thomas W. B. Thomson, Hamilton, Wash., mine owner in the Upper Skagit, and a Populist. Louis Kirkby, Sedro-Woolley, Wash., mail carrier and a Populist. W. E. Schricker, La Conner, Wash., head of the Skagit County Bank and an infunctual Democrat. Adam Huff, Bayview, Wash., a rancher and strong Fusionist. M. O. Pease, Anacortes, Wash., mine owner and a good Democrat all his life. Col. Geo. G. Lyon, Seattle, newspaper proprietor and editor, Expansionist, former chairman Republican Territorial Committee, leader of Silver Republicans 1896. J. E. Yeen, Walla Walla, farmer, present member state senate, elected as Fusionist 1896. Expansion. Dr. G. V. Calhoun, Seattle, original silver Republican and one of managers fusion state campaign 1896. Expansion. J. C. McCrimmon, North Yakima, chairman Populist County Committee 1896. Expansion. M. E. Hay, Wilbur, original Silver Republican and fusion organizer; is now chairman Lirkolin County Reporter and nominee for state senate. Expansion. Dr. J. C. House, Townsend, formerly chairman Idaho Republican Territorial Committee; Silver Republican and fusion organizer this state 1896; chairman Jefferson A. Parkhurst, Oriskany, N. Y.—I have always been a Democrat, but as regards the national ticket this fall I believe in letting well enough alone. John F. Malloy, Oriskany, N. Y.—I have always heretofore voted the Democratic ticket, but this year my ballot will be cast for McKinley. I believe the country is prosperous now and in the proper shape for us to support McKinley. We do not want a change at this time. I can not go Bryan. When a man forces himself on the people as he did you may count me out. R. B. Holman, Oriskany, N. Y.—I have never yet voted the Republican national ticket, but will do so this year. I don't want to see any change. Things are good shape, and we should keep McKinley in the office. R. Clawson, Oriskany, N. Y.—I am a Democrat, but I shall vote tue Republican ticket this year, at least that my intention at the present time. McKinley is a good man, and we have had good times under his administration. H. G. Millington, Clark Mills, N. Y. —I am for McKinley. I voted for Cleveland the last time he ran, and got enough of it in his term, and shan't vote that way this year. McKinley is good enough. Charles Lorraine, Clark Mills, N. Y. —I used to be a Democrat, but have changed in the last two years. It is better for the people to have McKinley. He times suit me better under the Republicans. A. Pitt, Piskanyk, N. Y. —I have usually voted the Democratic ticket, but this year I am out for McKinley and he will get my vote. Times are good enough for me now and I don't propose to do anything that would tend to bring about a change. Geo. S. Courter, North Yakima, secretary Silver Republican State Central Committee 1896. Expansion. L. C. Whitney, Everett, former prosecuting attorney Snohomish county. Finance and expansion. F. M. Sanders, Entiat, Chelan county, business man. Expansion. George Donworth, leading attorney of Seattle. Finance and expansion. Josiah Collins, leading attorney of Seattle. Finance and expansion. S. M. Shipley, attorney, Seattle, Silver Republican organizer and fusion nominee for state senate 1898. Expansion. Richard Gowan, attorney, Seattle, Finance and expansion. Col. W. M. Ridpath, mining man, Spokane, former Republican member and speaker Indiana house of representatives; manager George Turner's senatorial fight 1897. Expansionist. W. H. Plummer, attorney, Spokane, elected to state senate as fusionist 1896. Expansion. Col. J. L. Weisenberger, Whatcom, fusion campaign speaker 1896; original Silver Republican; major First Washington Regiment Volunteers in Philippines; delegate to Republican state convention 1900; present colonel Washington State National Guard. Expansion. D. G. Haleight, business man, Aberdeen, life-long Democrat. Expansion. Col. J. J. Tolkas, Aberdeen, merchant, life-long Democrat. Expansion. Mark Payette, Aberdeen, merchant. Expansion. I. C. Crowthery, Aberdeen, retired. Expansion. H. L. Blanchard, Chimacum, Jefferson county, former member board county commissioners, life-long Democrat; now president State Dairy Association. Expansion. R. J. Chard, Port Townsend, merchant, life-long Democrat; is for expansion and against Democratic pro-Boer sympathy. Charles Pink, Port Townsend, former city councilman and appointed customs inspector under Cleveland administration. Same reasons as Chard. A. N. Godfrey, Port Townsend, former county surveyor; appointed deputy collector customs under Cleveland administration. Expansion. J. C. Pringle, editor Port Townsend Evening Call. Finance and expansion. F. F. Marble, North Yakima, elected county surveyor 1892; nominated for same office by fusionists 1900; from ticket and declares for McKinley. John Louden, leading business man North Yakima. Expansion. Judge N. C. Austin, Seattle, former member state senate and elected police judge Seattle on fusion ticket 1896. Original Silver Republican. Expansion. Solon T. Williams, Seattle, Silver Republican, elected to state legislature as fusionist 1896. Expansion. Former Democrat. Expansion. . N. J. Craig, Everett, chairman Populist County Convention 1896; member city council. Expansion. John McRae, Everett, life-long Democrat and leading party worker; former city councilman. Expansion. A. W. Crisiswell, Everett, leading Populist. Expansion. Harry Knowles, Sngnhomlish, fusion chief deputy sheriff 1896-'98. J. M. Holden, Orting, People's Party organizer 1896. Expansion. James Coplan, business man, Orting. Expansion. Henry Beckett, Orting, assessor Pierce county 1896; elected on fusion ticket. Expansion. H. P. Bulger, Tacoma, People's Party speaker and club organizer 1896; Republican organizer 1898. Expansion. M. B. Harben, Seattle, fusion speaker and organizer 1896-'98. Member King County Republican Convention 1890. Expansion. J. Lorraine, Clark Mills, N. Y.—I have been a Republican ever since the last presidential election. Think I shall vote for McKinley because the times are better now then ever before. W. Dennison, Oriskany, N. Y.—I was a candidate in the 1928 presidential shall vote for McKinley this year. We want a continuation of the good times. H. B. Harrison, Clark Mills, N. Y.—I used to be a Democrat, but no silver business for me. I think I shall be a Republican hereafter. The Democratic politicians are playing for selfish ends and not for the good of the country. Croker was able to overrule the whole Democratic convention at Saratoga when everybody else wanted Coler for governor. Then he put an anti-trust plank into the platform and he is one of the head men in trusts. I shall certainly support McKinley this year, whatever I may do afterward. P. W. Copeland, Clark Mills, N. Y.—I used to be a Democrat. It is hard to tell where the Democracy is nowadays. I think I shall vote for McKinley. I think that would be the wiser way. Arthur Wright, Clark Mills, N. Y.—I am a Democrat, but I shall do as did four years ago, vote for McKinley as the less of two evils. Lewis Farmer, Clark Mills, N. Y. I voted for Cleveland three times and four years ago I voted for McKinley. I have no use for Bryan. I am going to be a Republican. We had all the Democratic administration under Cleveland's last term that we wanted. H. E. Paimer, Bridgewater, N. Y. As a party we don't say much about free silver. I guess that is the wiser way. I am an expansionist. I don't object to that part of the administration's policy. H. B. Stuckey, Sethton, prominent farmer. Satisfied Republicans are right as to Gold standard. J. Howe, Perrinton, prominent farmer. Same as above. John W. Travis, Traverse City. Better business now; foolish to change. James O. Crotser, Kingsley. Better business now; foolish to change. Christopher Clark, Marlon. Expansion. J. Warren Scoville, Marion. Prosperity. A. J. Montgomery, Reed City. Prosperity. James H. Booth, and J. C. Corbin, Duncan. Republican party has fulfilled pledges. Edwin A. Murphy, Ionla, candidate for prosecuting attorney Democratic ticket, '88. Albert E. Shelley, Belding, real estate dealer; prominent Democrat. C. C. Reeves, O. S. Shaw, James Lampson, and Otto Tacy, Covert. Business prosperity. L. P. Parkhurst, M. D., Middlewile, and B. W. Stickey, Hartford. Satisfied he was wrong on silver question. Changed his mind as to 16 to 1. Michael Holman, Hesperia. Better times. Cassius Potter, Lattin. Better times. Samuel Frees, Lattin. Better times. R. R. Gale, Hart. James H. Slater, Hart. Bad policy to change now. Col. Benoni Lachance, Ed-Vill. Pres. Mackinaw Island. Philippine question. C. H. Angell, St. Iguace. Philippine question. George Wilson, Newton. Times good enough. James Scailey, Will E. Fuller, Geo. Frownfelder, Fred E. McMichael, and Frank L. Fuller, Greenville. Satisfied with present conditions. Charles R. Culver, Carson City. Disgusted with imperialism bugaboo. Dr. William Richardson, Carson City. Lost confidence in 16 to 1. Albert Grover, McIvor. Prosperity. Louis Boley, McIvor. Prosperity. John Jones, Hetherton. Changed mind as to 16 to 1. William Hunt, Hillman. Changed mind as to 16 to 1. David Moore, Atlanta. Changed mind as to 16 to 1. R. Stickney, Hartford. Foreign policy. John Mackey, South Haven. Foreign policy. Charles Rosevelt, Keeler. Foreign policy. policy. Paul Suchs, lumberman. Pledges Paul Suchs, lumberman. Pledges of Republican party kept. Charles Bradley, leading farmer, McBain. Don't like Bryan's speech of acceptance. Don't take honey, mill man, McBain. Thinks Bryan dangerous man. Henry Coopman, Falmouth, mill man, McBain. Fears repetition of times of 1895'96. John J. Sweetland, M.D., Mottville. Money question. George W. Nihart, Petoskey, chairman Democratic County Committee St. Joseph County '96. Money question. A. W. Maring, Mendon. F. L. Burdick, Sturgis. Robt. McDougall, Harbor Springs, candidate Silver ticket auditor-general '96. John B. Whitney, Hillsdale, candidate Democratic ticket '98 for city treasurer. B. E. Sheldon, justice peace, Hillsdale. C. A. Sheperd, ex-prosecuting attorney, Hillsdale. Frederick Chester, Camden. O. W. Halstead, banker, Mason, Money question. F. W. Webb, merchant, Mason, Money question. John Dean, leading farmer, Mason. Better times. C. G. Huntington, retired merchant, Mason. Better times. L. B. Smith, Webberville, leading farmer. Money question. Charles Grover, and Geo. Galtley, Richland. Spanish war volunteers. Alphonso Otte, Beaverton. James A. Leisen, Menominele, Democrat Candidate State Senate '88, lieutenant Spanish war. Expansion and war policy. John M. Knox, C. N. Bliss, and C. Vining, Beaverton. Recent history. Dr. E. Laylor, Baldwin. Prosperity. Henry Ingraham, Luther. Prosperity. Ed Kildel, Luther. Prosperity. J. G. Rogers, Chase. Prosperity. John Boosinger, East Jordan, merchant. Prosperity. M. M. Burnham, lawyer, East Jordan. Prosperity. C. J. Herron, merchant, Boyne City. Prosperity. M. M. merchant, Boyne W. W. Bailey, merchant, Boyne City, Prosperity. George W. Bailey, real estate, Boyne City, Prosperity. J Milo Eaton, lawyer, Charlevoix. Prosperity. O. H. Marsh, hotel proprietor, Boyne Falls. Prosperity. E. J. Penberthy, ex-pmaster, Houghton. Election of Bryan would destroy confidence. Martin Newland, farmer, Leroy. Wm. Bonesteel, liveryman, Evart. Foreign policy. W. E. Haybarker, merchant, Orono. D. C. Thompson, sawyer, Ashton, Samuel Peasley, produce dealer, Hersey. Frank Proctor, merchant, Hersey. Procter Richards, Menominee. DeWitt Brown, Stephenson. John Fisher, Cassopolis. Expansion. Frank J. Kneeland, St. Louis, real estate. Satisfied with present conditions. James A. Burgess, prominent stock buyer, St. Louis. Wants present conditions to continue. Richard E. Hughes, St. Louis. Satisfied with present conditions. Dutte St. Louis. Edward Crick Forest Hill. Frank Platz, Rogers City. Tariff. Henry Hanson, Rogers City. Convinced on all national questions. Ernest Adrian, Rogers City. Same as above. S. L. Kilbourne, Union City. Money question. Olof Johnson, Swedish merchant, Cadillac. J. H. Bearss, Yuma, lumber manufacturer. Ed. Wilson, hardware dealer, Sherman. Henry Bull, ex-alderman, Petoskey. Isaac Toll, ex-village president, Petoskey. William Dimmer, Copper Falls. J. J. Gagner, insurance agent, Gladstone, Better times. W. H. McDonald, hotel keeper, Gladstone, Better times. Alex. Murker, Gladstone, Better times. James Davis, Mt. Pleasant. John Battner, Caldwell. John C. Wood, Caldwell. James Forquer, Caldwell. Fred Fchlafey, Caldwell. F. C. Dingman, Caldwell. Alex. Worden, ex-alderman, Petoskey. J. R. Yeycraft, former Democratic candidate for mayor of Petoskey. John Lifney, Suttons Bay. George Steinel, Jr., Suttons Bay. Cannot go free silver. Dr. R. P. Burke, Empire. Cannot go free silver. M. Oberlin, Bingham. Cannot go free silver. D. H. Day, Glenhaven. Cannot go free silver. Samuel B. Owen, Elk Rapids. Archibald Cameron, Sr., Central Lake. George J. Noteware, Bellaire. Charles L. Cleveland, Bellaire, L. G. Nobles, Oxford, and Rob, Burdick, Oxford. Are satisfied that they were wrong as to free silver. G. W. Barringer, Leroy. James Kanane, Dowagiac. Party has abandoned cardinal doctrines of Democracy. Col. John A. Elwell, St. Louis. Judge Chas. J. Palithorp, Petoskey. M. W. Stevens, Niles. Allen B. Morse, Ionia, ex-supreme judge, was Democratic candidate for governor in 1892. Money question. Hon. R. A. Montgomery, promi- nate attorney. Lansing. Money question. William Walter, Fennville. Money question. Hon. William H. Porter, Marshall. Money question. Chas. W. Gale, Oweso. Our only safari is to vote for McKinley. Monroe Morrow, Benton Harbor. Says country is prosperous; he wants no change. Dr. Robt. Henderson, Buchanan. Frank Parsons, Grand Ledge. Afraid of Bryan on silver question. Afraid of Bryan on silver question. C. Murphy, Remus, prominent business man. Says free silver would be disastrous. Timothy Nester, Munising, for years leader of Upper Peninsula Democracy. Edward Skidmore, Vestaburgh. Disgusted with the silver party. James B. McCrea, supervisor, Roscommon. Don't believe in free silver and believes in expansion. O. P. Dickinson, ex-supervisor, Houghton Lake. Can't go Bryan. McKinley did as he promised and we have good itimes. James H. Sly, ex-county treasurer, Roscommon. Is for gold standard. David Burleson, leading farmer, Roscommon. Has had enough of the Democratic party. Bert J. Morrison, Benton Harbor. Does not believe in free silver. Charles F. Howe, Buchanan. Josiah Reynolds, old soldier, Amadon. Is for expansion. A. B. Klise, life-long Democrat, Sturgeon Bay. Will vote for McKinley because business is so much better. L. A. King, Harbor Springs. Good times. Christian Pontius, Harbor Springs. Good times. Springs. Good times. George Burrows, Harbor Springs. Good times. Eugene Ferguson, Harbor Springs. Good times. WISCONSIN DEMOCRATS ABANDONING BRYAN IOWA DEMOCRATS WHO ARE OPPOSED TO FREE SILVER Charles H. Schweizer, LaCrosse, Wis. Formerly chairman of the Democratic City Committee and city attorney: "I have never been a Republican and I have never been and am not now in accord with Mr. Bryan and his platform. Being convinced that Mr. Bryan's election would result in disaster to the country at large, presently or ultimately I must refuse to aid or lend comfort in any way to doctrines which are so pregnant with evils. Nor can I find in the issue of imperialism any real excuse for supporting Mr. Bryan and impliedly endorsing his financial and Populistic heresies, an issue used to distract the attention of the voters and especially Gold Democrats from these dangers of which were so thoroughly exposed in the last election. The best interests of the country demand at this time the defeat of Mr. Bryan and his principles. I feel, therefore, that it is my duty to exert what little influence I may command in opposing his election, and to cast my vote as my convictions dictate, for McKinley and Roosevelt." John Johnston, cashier of the Marine National Bank of Milwaukee, formerly the Wisconsin Marine Bank, the oldest banking institution in the West, and Alfred James, president of the Northwestern National Fire Insurance Company, both leaders of the Wisconsin Democracy, have declared for President McKinley. Messrs. Johnston and James have always been stalwarts of the party. They declare that many other Democratic business men are going to desert the Democratic party before the campaign is over. Mr. Johnston said: "Yes, I am a Republican, for the present, at least. In 1896, when Bryan was nominated at Chicago, free silver was made the issue of the campaign. I was opposed to free silver then, and have been ever since the issue was first presented to the American people. I think, were legislation enacted authorizing the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, the country would soon go to ruin. I am a stanch advocate of expansion. I am thoroughly convinced the acquisition of foreign territory in the manner outlined by the present administration will redound to the business interests of this country." Sylvester Hartmann, the well-known grocer of Green Bay, Wis., who for years has been a stanch Democrat, returns from his European trip an uncompromising Republican and advocate of McKinley and Roosevelt. While IOWA DEMOCRATS OPPOSE E. G. Graham, mayor of Stuart, Iowa, and one of the leading democrats of western Iowa, who supported Bryan in 1896, has announced that he should support McKinley and the Republican ticket this year and will take the stump to advocate the election of McKinley. He stated that he did so because he was opposed to fusion; could not bear to be called a Populist, and that he had discovered that the prophecies of Bryan had come to naught. On W. W. Witmer, Des Moines, Iowa. A. L. M. Martin, Des Moines, Iowa. A. B. F. Tillinghast, Davenport, Iowa. M. Ricker, Waterloo, Iowa. Against. J. P. Kieffer, Waterloo, Iowa. Against. W. J. Knight, Dubuque, Iowa. Against. W. J. Cantillon, Dubuque, Iowa. Against. Sam G. Sloane, Charles City, Iowa. E. Duke Naven, La Porte, Iowa. Against. H. C. S. Rancik, Iowa City, Iowa. Hon. John Everall, Elkader, Iowa. Judge J. C. Mitchell, Ottumwa, Iowa. F. M. Hubbell, Des Moines, Iowa. O. George H. Otis, Monona, Iowa. Opp. T. J. Sullivan, Elkader, Iowa. Opp. Hon. G. L. Gilbert, Monona, Iowa. Hon. George Scofield, Strawberry Pole. E. Hagenan, Burlington, Iowa. Opp. Jacob Epstein, Burlington, Iowa. Opp. H. A. Mathes, Burlington, Iowa. Opp. G. H. Prenzler, Burlington, Iowa. John Sullivan, Bridgewater, N. Y.— Guess I am more of a Republican this year. I shall certainly vote part of the Republican ticket. Barnard Gagan, Bridgewater, N. Y. "I shall vote for McKinley this year. I voted for him four years ago and shall do the same now. I am a Demo- tocrat. I am a democratic party comes back to my way of thinking I will be with them again. G. L. Randall, Bridgewater, N. Y.—I think it will be well to leave things as they are. I don't think a change would make it any better. C. N. Neal, Bridgewater, N. Y.—I am a democrat this year just the same as always, but I am not in favor of free silver. A man can be a Democrat and not in favor of Bryan. The times are good enough without taking any chances on a change. William H. Barron, Bridgewater, N. Y.—I am going to vote the Republican ticket this year. We are getting along all right just as it is. A change would not be any improvement. I am very much interested in Mr. Brownell's candidacy and shall do all I can to help him. Byron Rose, Saquoit, N. Y.—I lived in Utica until a while ago, and when there marched with the Jacksonians and voted the Democratic ticket. This year I shall vote for McKinley for President. The times are good enough just as they are without any change. C. L. Bowen, Sauquoit, N. Y.-I used to be a Democrat, and suppose I am counted so now, but in these times I am a Republican. What is the use of voting for Bryan and make things worse than they were under Cleveland? The times are good enough now. Charles J. Bonaparte, Baltimore, Md., always an independent Democrat; objects to the "undoubted socialistic tendencies of the whole Bryan outfit." Ernest Harvier, president of the Independent Democracy of the Fifth Assembly (N. Y.) district: "Whatever favor is due Mr. Bryan and his party for his emphatic denunciation of imperialism will be suppressed by their stand on the currency." Mr. Hartmann has always been a sound money man and was forced to bolt the Democratic national ticket in '96, it was not until his recent visit to the old country and because of what he saw and heard there that he determined to cut loose altogether from the party of Bryan. "While," says Mr. Hartmann, "I love the Fatherland as the place of my birth. I must now as an American citizen place the interests of the United States first. I am not a politician, but if the people of foreign countries see in Bryan's election a cutting off of this trade from our merchants and manufacturers, then it is with which party the best interest of this country will be Hartmann knows of two other businesses of Wisconsin who went over to Europe Democrats and came back Republicans. One of them is a well known Manitowoc merchant, the other lives in Port Washington. Mr. Hartmann believes that more Germans will vote for McKinley this year than did in '96, as they are all strongly against the upsetting of either the monetary system of the country or trade conditions. R. Winkler, German, Scott P. O., Wis. Chris Bammel, German, Adell P. O. Wis. Gottlieb Suengler, German, Adell P. O., Wis. Robt. Schultz, German, Adell P. O., Wis. Fred Melcher. German, Random Lake, Wis. Fred Dannes, German, Adell P. O. Wis. Ernst Sider, German, Scott P. O. Wis. Gottlieb Hilger, German, Adell P. O., Wis. Henry Capelle, German, Adell P. O., Wis. John Goetsch, German, Random Lake, Wis. Robt, Viersig, German, Adell, Wis. Claire B. Bird, attorney, Wausau, Wis. "We must look to the Republican party to administer safely the practical affairs of the government. The Democracy has gone in its decadence so far that it has been swallowed by the Populists." George Schwelzer, cashier German American Bank, LaCrosse, Wis. Prof. J. T. Sims, principal of the Mosinee (Wis.) High School, is a candidate for the Republican nomination for superintendent of county schools. Mr. Sims was an enthusiastic Democrat two years ago. WHO ARE O TO FREE SILVER the other hand, he said, every Republican promise had been fulfilled and the gold standard and protective tariff had changed the nation from a borrowing to a loaning nation. He said he regarded imperialism and militarism as a cloak to cover free silver. Captain W. A. Duckworth, for years a leading Democratic worker of Keosauqua, Ia. Because expansion is the true Democratic doctrine, and that Bryan is no Democrat. W. J. Puckett, assayer in charge of the mint, Denver, Colo., under President Cleveland: "I have always been a stickler for party, never having voted any other than a Democratic ticket. I shall now support the Republican ticket from top to bottom. I have many reasons for such action, but at present will only attempt to refer to one. Mr. Bryan boldly and publicly upholds the Philippine insurgents condemning the action of the administration, commending the action of the insurgent officer, Aguinaldo, and giving us to understand, he is following the example of Washinoon, this is not treason, what is it? The bomb, cannon, the roar of muskety, the blast of sabers—the battle is on. Perish the politician who in time of war opposes country, right or wrong." Dr. A. A. Ames, three times elected mayor of Minneapolis on the Democratic ticket: "I am a Republican because the party represents patriotism, expansion and true progress." W. A. Dobyn, Minneapolis, Minn., formerly a Populist: "The Populist party is disintegrating and the Republican party will get most of these votes." E. C. Benedict, Greenwich, Conn. When asked to contribute to the Democratic campaign fund wrote: "I regret to find no party in existence whose platform supports Democratic principles to any degree. Four years ago our state sent delegates to the Chicago convention as representatives of unquestioned Democratic principles. They were outvoted in the national convention which promulgated a platform of doctrines almost wholly at variance therewith and committed an unpardonable crime when they used our good name as a label. Therefore I would as soon think of contributing to a lot of Chinese who have captured our Christian churches, set up therein the teachings of Confucius as the gospel and a painfully conspicuous Joss to worship instead of the unseen God, and without changing the names of the churches call themselves regular Christians." --- A Nail It Fast Forever. THE "IDLE" SOLDIERS. From the Baltimore American. ("This country has a hundred thousand soldiers walking around in idleness."—W. J. Bryan.) Walking around in idleness. Wherever the flag's assailed; Meeting the foe with an idle might That never yet has failed. Lawton, and Liseum, and Logan, too—Capron—the list is long—Went to their death in "idleness," And their "idleness" was wrong. "Walking around in idleness," Over the Pekin road; Scorched and worn by the galling sun, Lugging an idle load. Fighting with idle energy, Cheering with idle breath— Thinking, with idle love, of home, And dying an idle death. Private Smith, with an idle groan, Gone to a home above: And idle tears mark the idle woe And the idle mother's love. "Walking around in idleness"— Lawton and Liscum, too; Legions more will come idly when There are idle deeds to do. SOME DEMOCRATIC TRUSTS. (From the Chicago Inter Ocean.) Merely to expose the sham of Mr. Bryan's present anti-trust campaign, we cite below a few of the trusts—only those with $10,000,000 or more capitalization—organized before Mr. McKinley's inauguration, and protected and nurtured by the Democracy between March 4, 1803, and March 4, 1807: Aggregate capitaliza tion.....$1,003,581,333 Here are thirty-seven great corporations—price-fixing combinations or trusts—with aggregate capital of more than $1,000,000,000, all of which lived, prospered and waxed fat—unopposed and unassailed—during one to eight years of Democratic rule. Yet Mr. Bryan has the impudence to tell the American people that trusts are fostered by the Republican party and fought to the death by the Democracy. --- Didn't Keep McKinley Buttons Didn't Keep McKinley Buttons. Up in Wisconsin the other day a traveling salesman walked into a little newspaper store at Janesville. While getting his paper he looked around him and noticed a large number of Bryan buttons for sale, but no McKinley buttons. He asked the storekeeper if he did not keep McKinley buttons for sale, and was told "No, I don't keep 'em, I sell 'em. They sell as soon as I get 'em. I stocked up at first with the same number of both, but have replenished my stock of McKinley buttons four times now, while all these Bryan buttons you see here are the first lot I bought. There are no Bryan folks around Janesville." History of National Expansion from Jefferson's Time. The Life of the Nation, Like That of an Individual, Depends Upon Its Ability to Develop and Grow. An intelligent youth, fifteen years old, who reads the daily papers, said to his father, who is a student of politics: "Father, what is the meaning of 'imperialism' as used in the Democratic platforms and by Democratic speakers, particularly Mr. Bryan; and what do you mean by expansion?" The father answered: "My boy, 'imperialism,' correctly defined, means 'pertaining to an empire.' The use of it, as they intend it to apply by the party you speak of, is pure demagogy—a claptrap effort to catch votes in the coming election. These men have erected an air castle and are pelting it with words. But few of the men of brains who use this term, as applied to the conditions in this country, believe it to be true or correct. They have a mistaken idea that they can scare the American people by proclaiming against a bugaboo of their own creation. In this they are mistaken. The American voter is quick to detect humbug and is not easily scared even at the threat of real evils. It is possible that some of those men really believe what they say on this subject. If they do, they are in the unfortunate position of those of whom it is said, 'they believe a lie to be damned,' for these men will be politically damned at the election in November. Outside of these parties there are some declaring against 'imperialism' who are misled by diseased imaginations and who, while being honest, are simply foolish." "Well, father, what do you mean by 'expansion?'" "I use the word in its ordinary sense, my boy, which is the 'enlargement of surface.'" "Yes, I understand that, but this is a political term as used now. Does it mean the 'enlargement of the surface' of the country?" "Certainly, and but for expansion this country would have been very small indeed." "When did it begin to expand? Who was the first expansion-it?" "Look at the map of the United States and you will see that the colonies of Great Britain which revolted in 1776 were Massachusetts, which included Maine; New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, which with New Hampshire included Vermont; New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, which included Kentucky, North Carolina, which claimed Tennessee; South Carolina and Georgia. All these colonies, with the outlying territories claimed by them, had only 482,361 square miles, with a population of about 3,000,000. Just before the Revolution George Washington, then a colonel of Virginia militia, was the first expansionist. He aided in driving the French out of Fort Duquesne, where Pittsburg now stands; helped in annexing to Virginia all the territory which now comprises the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. There were no white inhabitants save a few French on the lakes and in Illinois. These States cover 282,361 square miles, about three-fifths of the area of the colonies. At the taking of the census of 1890, ten years ago, they had a population of 13,461,846 and wealth valued at $15,041,635,522. Washington's expansion proved to be a very valuable one." "Who was the next expansionist, and what did he do?" "Thomas Jefferson was the next. In April, 1803, he purchased the territory of Louisiana from France. Look at that large map. All the States and territories which you see west of the Mississippi river to that regular line which extends from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border, near the Pacific ocean, were included in this purchase. At the time the purchase was made it was declared valueless, and Jefferson was denounced as bitterly by the opposition at that time as McKinley is now—in fact, more bitterly. In 1810, the first census after the purchase, the entire civilized population was 77,401. The area of this purchase was 574,873 square miles, more than double that of the original colonies, and comprised what is now the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, part of Colorado, nearly all of Wyoming, nearly all of Montana, the Indian Territory and the Territory of the Indian Territory. In 1800 the population of these States was 12,603,898 and their wealth was $11,595,322,540, eleven billion five hundred and ninety-five million three hundred and fifty two thousand five hundred and forty dollars. These States in 1898 furnished over one-half the wheat and nearly one-half the corn crop of the country, and this year will do still better. They have nearly one-third of the total railway mileage and are great producers of cattle, sheep, hogs and horses. And yet their productive capacity is in its infancy. When irrigation is established, as it soon will be, the products of these States will be doubled or tripled. And there is one advantage of this purchase that can never be estimated in money, which is the control of the Mississippi river. Jefferson's purchase has turned out to be a good one, notwithstanding the bitter opposition to its consummation." (To be continued.) Measure of Coin Money is measured by troy weight, in which twenty-four grains make a pennyweight, twenty pennyweights one ounce and twelve ounces one pound. The silver dollar weighs 4121/2 grains, and $1,000, as near as it can be expressed intelligently in print, weighs 71.614 pounds, or a fraction over seventy-one and one-half pounds. In avoid-duplots the same would weigh 58.928, or nearly fifty-nine pounds. SUPPLEMENT-OCTOBER 19.1900. A MISCHIEVOUS DONKEY. EMOCRACY RAILROAD ACTIVITY PROVES GENERAL PROSPERITY. PARDON ME, BUT— Pardon me, but—— If you were going to rent your farm to a man, you would feel surer of getting your money if that man had had some experience in farming, wouldn't you? If you have a job, a steady job, and you knew there was going to be a change of managers of the business, factory or whatever concern it is that hires you, you would feel safer if you knew that the incoming manager had had experience in managing your line of business, would you not? You'd feel more certain of his running the business successfully, wouldn't you? You'd feel surer of holding your job, wouldn't you? If you are hustling around for a job, you'd rather get one if you could, on a farm, in a factory or in a business that is run by an experienced manager, wouldn't you? For you'd figure it that your job would be more likely to pan out, to be a steady one, wouldn't you? When you take a ride on a railroad train, you wouldn't feel particularly comfortable if just before the train was to start you saw a young dry goods clerk climb up into the engine cab and begin to yank the lever. Now would you? You wouldn't want to be working at the mouth of a mine and know that a poet was running the hoisting engine, would you? You'd be afraid of your corpus, eh? Now, when it comes to politics, don't you think a man ought to try to show just as good sense in voting as he does in his trade or business? Bryan is long on wind, we can all agree on that; but Mack has got the engineer's license. He's been over the road. But Bryan claims he has an entirely new method, a method of his RAILROAD ACTIVITY PROVES GENE MILES OF RAILROAD BUILT. Year. Miles. 1892 4,441 1895 1,650 1899 4,500 1900 *5,100 * Estimated by Interstate Commerce Commission. NUMBER OF RAILROAD EMPLOYES. 1899 928,924 1895 785,034 Republican increase... 143,890 THE WAGES PAID THEM. 1899 $522,967,896 1895 445,508,261 Republican increase... $77,459,635 GROSS RECEIPTS OF RAILROADS. Year. Amount. 1892 $1,169,036,840 1894 1,066,943,358 1899 1,313,610,118 Decrease of $102,093,482 between 1892 and 1894. own, for running the government steam boiler. He's crazy to try his new method—and if she busts, she can bust. Mack maintains, though, that you can't monkey with a steam engine. 'Twont do to let the water get too low, and you've got to shovel something besides air into the firebox. Bryan said in 1896 That just as sure as Mack got into the cab the boiler would explode, the load would become foreclosed at auction, the right of way given over to foreign nations and the inhabitants of the territory along the route would become paupers. But. Four years have passed away and the old engine is still doing biz. They've lengthened out her boiler some and hitched on several new coaches. The eagle still sits on the cowcatcher and has both eyes peeled for obstructions. There was a foreign critter got on the track once, but the eagle screeched and Mack, he turned on fifty million dollars of extra steam. They didn't hold any post-mortem because the foreigner was so cut up and scattered they couldn't find the remains. Because of the fact that the foreigner, however, did undertake to cross the track, there have been several important branches added to the road. JOHN LIVINGSTON WRIGHT. Bryan's Election and Flock Owners. Gooding Bros. of Idaho have seen a contract for sheep which is typical of the feeling among Western wool raisers. The contract calls for the payment of $85,000 for a band of sheep in case McKinley is elected and $50,000 in case Bryan is successful. McKinley's election represents an immediate difference of $35,000 to one flock owner. A Colloquy that Ended in Talk About the "Goblins." Mr. Bryan, the handsome Democratic candidate, was on the Lincoln train today. A bright little boy, his son Georgie, sat by the candidate and was asking childish questions. "Papa," he said, "what did the Hungarian miners out in Colorado mean when they shook flags marked 16 to 1 in Roosevelt's face?" "Why, my son," said Bryan, as he beamed on his boy with loving smile, "why, the miners meant that they wanted our money to be 16 to 1. That is, they wanted it so that 16 ounces of silver would be one ounce of gold." "But, papa, 16 ounces of our coined silver will buy one ounce of gold-now, won't it?" asked Georgie, opening his eyes wide. "Yes, my son. Congress did pass a law making that ratio. Sixteen ounces of our coined silver will buy one ounce of coined gold now." "Then, papa," said Georgie thoughtfully, "if gold and silver are now 16 to 1 by act of Congress, what more do they want? What do they keep yelling for '16 to 1' for?" "Well, my son," said Bryan thoughtfully, "'16 to 1' is all right for the farmer, mechanic and business man, but the miner wants more for his silver. He wants to sell his 16 ounces of uncoined silver, which is really worth in the mar- DUS DONKEY. Increase of $246,666,700 between 1894 and 1899. TONS OF FREIGHT CARRIED ONE MILE. 1899 ..... 123,667,257,153 1895 ..... 85,227,515,891 Republican increase. 38,439,742,262 NET EARNINGS OF RAIL-ROADS. 1899 ..... $456,641,119 1895 ..... 349,651,047 Republican increase.. $106,990,072 Gain in number of employees, amount paid in wages, tonnage and earnings during McKinley's administration over 1895: Gain of 143,899 in number of employees. Gain of $77,459,635 in wages. Gain of 263,002,412 in tons. Gain of $238,238,656 in gross earnings. Gain of $106,990,072 in net earnings. Gain of 2,750 in miles built. ket less than eight dollars, for sixteen dollars' worth of gold." "Why, papa, that would be paying a fifty per cent bonus on silver, wouldn't it? It would be buying it at twice its value. It would be just like the government buying all the hogs and corn and cotton at twice their market value, wouldn't it? That would be nice for the farmer, papa, but the miners wouldn't be in it, would they?" "Georgie, hush," interrupted the boy's father. "But, papa, I will bush in a minute, but say, if the government should buy all the miners' silver at twice its market value the farmer and the mechanic wouldn't be in it, would they, and—" "Hush, Georgie, don't talk so much. You don't understand that we are using the '16 to 1' to fool the miners until after election." "Oh! I see, papa," said Georgie; "if we should give an ounce of gold, worth sixteen dollars all over the world, for sixteen ounces of silver only worth eight dollars, we'd have to buy all the silver in the world—billions of dollars and—" "Hush, Georgie! hush!" interrupted his father. "And, bye and bye, papa," said Georgie; "the rest of the world would have all our valuable gold and we would have their cheap silver worth 50 cents on the dollar. I see, papa, it's all a joke. It's what they call the 'bogie.' It's like plutocracy and Caesarism and imperialism. It's a scarecrow and—" "Georgeie," said the loving father, "you must hush. They will overhear you." Then the fond father put his arms around Georgie and gave him a big banana to eat. "Eat it, Georgie," said the bogie candidate, winking one eye, "or the goblins will get you." ELF PERKINS. --- SIMON GREY'S FAMILY. A STORY OF COUNTRY LIFE. BY ALMA L. PARKER, GUIDE ROCK, NEB. CHAPTER VI. (Continued.) "Cynthia, you are not the loyal Populist that you used to be, I'm sorry to say. You seem to think that everything grand and good comes from McKinley. You seem to have the impression that he was the hero of Manila, but I tell you that man's name is Dewey. Now, Dewey, no doubt, is a great man. I'd just like to know what his politics is. I'll bet he's Populist." "Well, I suppose that when Schley or Sampson sink that other fleet we'll have another hero." "Yes, if they ever do, but they haven't found them yet. They don't seem to be in any hurry about it, either. They're drawing big pay, and they're not anxious to find the fleet very quick. I haven't any faith in them or McKinley, either, but George Dewey is all right so far as I know." Political Simon got very impatient, and spent most of the time fault-finding. Vinnie Grey's Remarkable Speech. Another autumn arrived. The Spanish-American war had ended. Cervera's fleet had been sunk in almost as miraculous a manner as the Asiatic fleet had been. We were now a bigger nation than ever before, for the war had extended our dominions, by Spain ceding to us Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands. Also the Cubans had been given their freedom. We also had avenged the Maine! What a blessing it had been to those islands to exchange Spanish rule for American! Simon was glad we had been at war, because, he said, it had made better prices for farmers' products. He had never accumulated money faster than since McKinley's election. The reasons he gave for good times were the scarcity of farmers' products and the late war. Instead of going to the poorhouse they enjoyed luxuries in their own remodeled home. Boonsville had just given Glen Harrington and the other soldier boys, just returned from Cuba, a reception. Vinnie's term as Superintendent of Schools was almost over and the Greys wondered if the Populist convention would renominate her. It seemed evident that they would, for she had given perfect satisfaction. It was time for the convention, and Simon was once more a delegate. He was as enthusiastic as ever, and eager to know whether Vinnie would be renominated or not. Vinnie herself was interested and determined to attend the convention. It had been whispered to her that she would again receive the nomination, and for this reason she wished to be present. She had no desire to have her name printed on another Populist ticket. Vinnie viewed the convention of Populist delegates with keen interest. It seemed to her that they were lacking in the old-time enthusiasm. Was it possible that they, like herself, were beginning to realize that Republican times were not so bad after all, and were not anxious for a change? The chairman called the meeting to order, and after the necessary introductory business had been attended to, they proceeded with the nomination of the several candidates. Finally the chairman announced that a nomination for County Superintendent was in order. "Will some one make a nomination for Superintendent?" the chairman said. A man from the Boonsville delegation arose. "I believe," he said, "that it is the will of this convention to give our present Superintendent the nomination again. I make a motion that we give Miss Vinnie Grey the nomination for County Superintendent." And then the crowd yelled. The motion soon was.seconded. "Any one else wish to make a nomination for this office?" said the chairman; but the crowd was silent. "Then I suppose it is the will of this convention to choose Miss Grey unanimously by acclamation. Will some one kindly make a motion to that effect?" Instantly Vinnie had arisen in the rear of the room and said in a clear voice: "Mr. Chairman." "Miss Grey," said the chairman. "The gentlemen of this convention have been very kind to me. I thank them very much, but I cannot accept the nomination." Vinnie's declaration was a surprise to all, and was followed by a laugh. "She's just gasin'," said one. "Wants to be coaxed," said another. "Nominate her anyway," said a third. "What's the reason you won't accept it?" said a fourth. "Order!" shouted the chairman, but his voice seemed to be unheard. To pacify them Vinnie rose again. "Miss Grey," said the chairman. "Mr. Chairman, the gentlemen of this convention seem anxious to know the reason why I will not accept the nomination. May I have the privilege of telling them?" CHAPTER VII. "Mr. Chairman" The chairman, seeing that everyone was eager to hear what she wished to say, gave her that privilege. Vinnie remarkable speech was as follows: "To begin with, gentlemen, I have lost all faith in the Populist party. It has ceased to be a party of reform. If it ever was one. I do not wish to criticise the gentlemen of this convention, but I mean the Populist party as a whole. It is almost entirely composed of fault-finders, men who are never satisfied with anything. You know as well as I do that we are having good times, yet how many men in the Populist party are willing to acknowledge it? If you find one, ten chances to one he will say it is because of 'supply and demand', or the late war, or something else; the Government has nothing to do with it. Now, suppose this is true. Just trace that same man back to a few short years ago, before our last presidential election. He would then have told you that 'supply and demand' had nothing to do with the regulation of prices, and that nothing could bring good times with gold for our standard money. You know as well as I do how they told us that the rich would get richer and the poor poorer; that we would all be slaves if McKinley was elected. Now we know that was not the truth, for no man is more independent to-day than the farmer. "The laboring man has no excuse for being idle now. There is plenty of work and good pay. Factories by the hundred have opened, giving men employment. They earn plenty of money, and can now afford to buy the farmers' beef and pork. Ah, yes. it is supply and demand, but there wouldn't be such a demand we it not for our new protection law enacted by our Republican Congress. Those men who traveled over this country, persuading men to join their so-called reform party, were false prophets. Would you continue to believe them? You had better trust the sure captain, who never lost a ship. When this People's Independent party started as a party of reform we were all anxious to join it. We were honest enough to wish to be on the side of reform, but, ah, gentlemen, time has proven that we don't need free silver. "Free silver will soon cease to be your hobby, for we all now know that we don't need that. They can't deceive us that way any more. I hope the gentlemen here assembled will reason in your minds that the man who deceived you once may deceive you again. Many of those who voted for free silver didn't know what free silver meant, and, believing that these Populist speakers and papers told them, thought it was their only salvation. They have been very pleasantly saved without it, and ought to know better now. "Suppose a foreigner came to this country and he didn't understand the English language, and some people told him that he was a slave; that he never get rich until a cyclone struck him. "Why, if he believed what they told him, he'd probably pray night and day for a cyclone to come. If he was wise, he'd first find out what a cyclone meant, then he might come to a different conclusion; but if he made no study of the subject, no investigation, of course he would never understand until a cyclone did strike him; then he would learn to his sorrow what it meant, and he would curse the men who deceived him. "Now, these men who deceived us by saying we couldn't have good times without free silver, were false prophets. Let's not believe them any longer, but change our politics. Let's treat those gentlemen right who have brought good times to our door, and who have saved our country's honor in time of war. "You, gentlemen, who are favored with the power to vote, I beg of you to vote sensibly. There is no one more contemptible than the hypocrite. If you believe one way and vote another you are committing a sin before God. I beg of you to reason for yourselves and then vote as you conscientiously believe to be right, no matter what others may think. Some people if they find they are wrong, won't acknowledge it, but a truly honest, upright or Christian man is glad to confess his mistake. "We should not be foolish like the old woman, that owned a goose which laid a golden egg every day. Her neighbors told her to kill the goose and she would find it full of golden eggs. Now this old woman was prospering, but she wasn't satisfied, so she did as they advised her. She killed the goose, but to her sorrow there were no golden eggs to be found; so she didn't even have the goose left, because of her foolish greed. "Let us not do as she did, but let us be satisfied with the good times we now have. "You all know now why I will not accept the nomination so kindly offered me. I thank you," she said as she resumed her seat. (To be continued.) DEMOCRATIC RECORD ON THE TRUST QUESTION. Every Line of Legislation Now on Our Statute Books Was Placed There by the Republicans, and the Democrats Voted Against a Constitutional Amendment to Regulate Them Only Four Months Ago. How the Democratic National Chairman Tried to Help the Sugar Trust—Facts from the Congressional Record. Every line of legislation now on the statute books of the United States directed against trusts and unlawful trade combinations was placed there by the Republi- cans. That there is not more stringent law against them is the fault of the Democr- atic party. The last occasion on which the parties, as represented in Congress, went on record on the trust question was on June 1, 1900. On that day a final vote was taken on a constitutional amendment to grant Congress power to "define, regulate, prohibit and dissolve trusts, monopolies and combinations, whether existing in the form of corporations or otherwise." It requires a two-thirds vote of Congress to submit a constitutional amendment to the State Legislatures for ratification. The question to so submit it was lost by a vote of 154 yeas to 132 nays. OF THE YEAS 149 WERE REPUBLICANS AND ONLY 5 WERE DEMOCRATS. The five were Campbell of Montana, Naphen and Taylor of Massachusetts, Seudder of New York and Sibley of Pennsylvania. OF THE 132 NAYS, ONLY TWO WERE REPUBLICANS, Lour and McCall. Richardson, Lentz, Sulzer, Ruppert, Salmon and all the other professional "trust killers" voted NAY. They declined to give Congress the power to grapple with the Trusts. The Democrats indulged in spasms of virtue for two days, denouncing the trusts, and then voted to continue them. In one of Mr. Bryan's recent speeches he gave the Republican remedy as the final one he would adopt, in case he was elected and all other means failed. In other words, Mr. Bryan admits the value of the Republican idea, but wants to try other measures first. He has not said what those measures are to be. Some trusts operate all over the country; others, like the New York Ice Trust, operate in a single city. The requisite power to reach each and all and bring them within the Federal law, WAS DENIED BY A MARGIN OF 36 VOTES, ALL DEMOCRATIC. Denouncing is one thing. Doing is another. Mr. Bryan's trust denunciations, in view of his party's record, promise no better than the prophecies he made four years ago; and as a prophet Mr. Bryan has not succeeded. Senator Jones and the Sugar Trust. The Democrats made another brief session of Congress Representative Kaitlin at the Sugar Trust by offering a job. Kaitlin sugar free of duty. The remission of that duty would have and the Sugar Trust would have been payer. The con roller of the Sugar Trust. Mr. Richardson's proposed gifted in the Ways and Means Committee. It was also proposed by Senator Jo Mr. Bryan's manager, to return the dislasses, not to the Porto Ricans, but to. This amounted at the time to $1,457 American Sugar Refining Company and same concern, would have benefited a first instance on record where a direct and the Democratic manager. Senator J was also prevented by the Republicans. The money was not to be returned now are, but to the Sugar Trust. All the facts are printed in the Conklin history. The Democrats made another brilliant pro-trust record during the same session of Congress. Representative Richardson of Tennessee, Democrat, tried to hit the Sugar Trust by offering a joint resolution to admit Cuban and Porto Rican sugar free of duty. The remission of that duty would have amounted to about $25,000,000 a year, and the Sugar Trust would have benefited to the amount of at least $15,000,000 per year. The con roller of the Sugar Trust is Mr. Henry O. Haveneyer, Democrat. Mr. Richardson's proposed gift to his friend Mr. Havermeyer was smoothed in the Ways and Means Committee of the House. This was done by the Republican members of the committee. It was also proposed by Senator Jones, Democratic national chairman and Mr. Bryan's manager, to return the duties paid on Porto Rican sugar and molasses, not to the Porto Rican, but to the persons who paid these duties. This amounted at the time to $1,487,806. Had the scheme succeeded, the American Sugar Refining Company and A. S. Lasalles & Co., a part of the same concern, would have benefited by a direct gift of $1,250,774. This is the first instance on record where a direct gift was intended to be made to a trust, and the Democratic manager, Senator James K. Jones, wished to make it. This was also prevented by the Republicans. The money was not to be returned to the Porto Ricans, as the duties paid now are, but to the Sugar Trust. All the facts are printed in the Congressional Record and are a part of American history. "DEAR BOY" LETTERS, NO. 9. You say that you are tired of working for old man Skinner, and are thinking of going West this fall, where wages are higher. You ask what I think about it. Well, I have no objection to your going West, but I don't want you to go till after the election. This is, the first time in your life that you ever had an opportunity to exercise your right as an American citizen in voting for a President of the United States. I don't want you to lose your vote for the following reasons: 1. The only possible chance of the election of Bryan comes from the over-confidence of Republicans. It makes me sad to hear a man say, "Oh, McKinley is going to be elected, anyhow. There is no danger. I have arrangements made to be in California in November, but you won't need my vote." Especially do I regret to hear talk of this kind among some of the railroad men. If any class of men ought to come up unanimously to the support of McKinley and the Republican party, that class is composed of the railroad men of this country. Four years ago there were thousands of cars sidetracked, no building and but little repairing on go, and general stagnation in the railroad business. Now new roads, new roadbeds, new cars, the roads crowded with trains, full time and better pay bless the railroad men of this country. And it vexes me to hear a railroad man say, "I would have to lay off a day to vote, and I guess I'll not do that. There will be plenty to elect McKinley without me." Well, if by any possibility McKinley should be defeated, just such men as that will have themselves to blame. 2. No American voter has any right to stay away from the polls or to lose his vote if it can possibly be avoided. My son, you are one of the sovereigns of the United States, and you have no more right to neglect the duties pertaining to your high calling than the Emperor of Germany has to neglect the government of that mighty empire. To vote is a matter of investimable privilege, and also a matter of earnest, conscientious duty. Two years ago you enlisted to fight for your country as a soldier, but the surgeon turned you down and would not let you go. I sympathized with you in the bitterness of your disappointment. I knew that love of country led you to exist, and I was proud because you wanted to go. And I think that the surgeon was a little over-particular. You would have made a good soldier. But I want you to realize that you serve your country as truly when you cast an honest ballot as if you were a soldier in the --- My Dear Boy: daint pro-trust record during the same guard-on of Tennessee, Democrat, tried to that resolution to admit Cuban and Porto have amounted to about $25,000,000 a year, died to the amount of at least $15,000,000 Trust is Mr. Henry O. Havemeyer, Demo- to his friend Mr. Havermeyer was smo- tee of the House. This was done by the Jones, Democratic national chairman and atties paid on Porto Rican sugar and moth- ers persons who paid these duties. 1886. Had the scheme succeeded, the A. S. Lasalles & Co., a part of the by a direct gift of $1,250,774. This is the gift was intended to be made to a trust, James K. Jones, wished to make it. This to the Porto Ricans, as the duties paid gressional Record and are a part of Amer- field. Perhaps you can do more good with the ballot than you could with the gun. Your country did not seem to need you as a soldier, but your country does need you in the realm of citizenship. 3. No matter how long you may live, you will never have an opportunity to vote for better men than this year. We have a magnificent ticket. McKinley and Roosevelt! What a superb combination! They are both statesmen and both heroes, one of the great, Civil War and one of the war for the deliverance of Cuba. McKinley, steady, earnest, thoughtful, calm, kind and faithful; Roosevelt, impetuous but efficient, brave and dashing, with both moral and physical courage. Was there ever a better ticket or one which more thoroughly commands the respect, the confidence and the affection of the American people? If you don't stay and vote you will be sorry for it twenty years from now. Make some sacrifice for your country's sake. Oh my boy, you must not go until the election is over. And when in November the ballots fall "As snowflakes fall upon the sod, And execute the freeman's will, As lightning does the will of God, Cast your vote and then sleep sweetly that night, with a sense of duty faithfully done. YOUR FATHER. The Foolish Calf When Senator Hanna spoke at Youngstown, Ohio, recently, he told a story of a calf that left its mother to run after a steer. Secretary Heath has taken up this idea and developed it into a campaign poster which very artistically depicts Senator Hanna's idea. The calf is seen chasing the steer in the distance; the cow is in the foreground sauntering quietly home, while the boy stands with uplifted fist shaking it at the calf, saying, "You little fool, you little fool, you d—d fool, you'll be sorry when supper time comes." The picture is entitled "The Foolish Calf, or a Lesson to Labor," and standing by a fence in front of a cottage are a farmer and a woman, the man with a full dinner pail in his hand. This poster is sure to catch on and is likely to be a good vote getter. When Senator Hanna arrived in Chicago this week it was shown to him and surprised him. He had no idea that Mr. Heath had been developing his story. Germany's Need of Expansion. The vital need of Germany is the extension of its market. Bismarck saw that the surest way of accomplishing this was through "expansion." Hence Germany's aggressive "colonial policy," which has already given it New Guinea, several slices of Africa, part of Samoa, the Solomon group, Kiao Chau in China; made it eager to get the Philippines, if it could; and caused it to pay Spain a big price for the Caroline Islands, which the United States left to that country by the treaty of Paris. AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS In 1895 $553,210,026 In 1900 $835,912,952 EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURES In 1895 $183,595,743 In 1900 $432,284,366 "It Sort o' Looks as if I'd Have to Expand." PERKINS. CALIFORNIA SENATOR ON OUR EXPANSION. Astounding Growth of the Trans- Pacific Trade. Reasons Why the Pacific Coast Will Cast Its Electoral Votes for McKinley and Roosevelt. (By George C. Perkins, United States Senator from California.) No portion of the country is more immediately concerned in sustaining the expansion policy of President McKinley than the States of the Pacific coast. While the South produces the cotton which is being shipped in such enormous quantities to the orient, while other sections are sending manufactures of every description, the coast is sending across the Pacific its own flour, fruits and manufactures. Besides this, we are handling the ships in which the exporting is done. Our own manufactures have ranged from mining and other machinery to a completed five thousand ton steel man-of-war for the Japanese government. Every line of industry has benefited and we expect by the establishment of closer commercial relations to increase both our population and prosperity. The Pacific coast has long been on the edge of the country. To-day it is the center of the American transpacific trade. We have reached out beyond for business. We can control the trade of the Pacific. That is why we are all expansionists. The growth of the transpacific trade is a matter of very recent years. Not more than ten years ago the Canadian Pacific Company established its first line of transpacific steamships. Prior to that there were six steamers plying from San Francisco in the Japan and China line. They brought from the orient tea, matting, silk, rice and the endless line of articles that are imported from Japan and China. They carried back silver in the form of Mexican dollars and bullion, some provisions, and flour which was taken along for ballast as well as to fill up the cargoes. The establishment of the Canadian line—primarily for military purposes and secondarily for traffic, threw a good many San Francisco in to mourning. To them, they thought, the end had come. San Francisco was to lose its Asiatic business. Then followed in rapid succession the establishment of new lines from Portland, the Puget sound ports and San Diego. Our merchants awoke. Instead of six steamers plying from San Francisco the number has been added to. The demand now is for larger boats and better boats, and the trade from the Pacific slope is many times what it once was. The incoming cargoes are much what they formerly were, but the exports include every conceivable article of American produce and manufacture—cotton goods, electrical goods, bicycles, cotton literally by the trainload, alcohol by the trainload for use in the manufacture of smokeless powder in Japan, agricultural implements, canned fruits, canned vegetables, canned meats, almost everything that the mind can conceive. And the demand on the steamship companies is always for room and then for more room. What is true of the Asiatic trade is equally true of the Australian. The Oceanic Steamship Company is about to add three 6,000-ton vessels to its fleet and to begin steamer connection with Tahiti. I am assured that the available freight carrying facilities of the Australian steamers are engaged for months ahead. These are the material evidences of trade expansion. The sentiment of this Pacific coast is overwhelmingly in favor of closer business relations with the orient. We do not favor giving up the Hawaiian Islands, which have been developed by California capital; we do not favor Mr. Bryan's policy of surrendering the Philippines. GEORGE C. PERKINS. San Francisco, Cal. Poll on the Illinois Central. On an Illinois Central train a few days ago a poll of voters was taken before the train reached Chicago, with the following result. For McKinley ..... 2 For Bryan ..... 2 Total voters on the train ..... 2 BLUM. GERMAN-AMERICAN FOR GOLD STANDARD Is the Paramount Issue of the Present Campaign. Bryan's Bogies, Imperialism and Militarism Cut No Figure with the German-Born Voters. (An Interview with August Blum.) Mr. August Blum, cashier of the First National Bank of Chicago, intends to vote for the re-election of President McKinley. Mr. Blum is one of the best representatives in Chicago of the type of Germans who have gained, in this country, the respect of fellow American citizens, for integrity, industry and ability. He was cashier of the Union National Bank; but after the recent absorption of that institution by the First National, he was made cashier of the First National. He is generally recognized throughout the West as a leading banking authority, one whose judgment in connection with the various complex questions that come be forever banker is almost infallibly correct. In politics he is a Democrat, and was always a prominent supporter of Grover Cleveland. The following are questions put to Mr. Blum, and the replies he gave: Q. Would the election of Bryan benefit the business interests of Chicago, of the whole United States, and the German-American citizens particularly? A. The election of Mr. Bryan would, in my opinion, be a great misfortune to this country, and therefore to Chicago, and therefore to German-Americans and to one other kind of Americans, American citizens of German birth are not a class by themselves. Q. What, in your opinion, is the paramount issue of this campaign? A. The paramount issue is that which is in the people's minds, not in the party platform nor in the speeches of leaders necessarily. There is one thing in which we are all vitally concerned, and that is the inviolability of the country's standard of value. For a quarter of a century we have battled for it. At the last moment to surrender to the enemy would be the height of folly. I know of no other issue comparable to this one in importance. Talk of imperialism is disingenuous. Much as we may differ about the desirability of the Philippines as a colony, we occupy them now and largely through the help of Mr. Bryan. The thing is done. Q. What do you think of Bryan's statement about the recent German loan? A. It is very difficult to follow the tortuous road of Mr. Bryan's utterances. Four years ago I tried persistently to understand his utterances about the standpoint of a foreign war. To construe our ability to absorb a foreign loan, as evidence of bad times, is decidedly Bryanesque. We could not loan money to foreign governments if we were not in a prosperous condition. When Mr. Bryan undertakes to prove the contrary it may give "him pleasure, but it will not convince any one. Q. Do you think that this country has prospered during the last four years as a result of Republican policies? A. Yes; the country has prospered during the last four years. The best, in my opinion, that can be legitimately said of the policy of any party is that it does not stand in the way of normal business development which would mean prosperity. That can be said of the Republican party. During the last four years free play has been given to industry, frugality and to the natural productiveness of the country. There has been no attempt at interference by tampering with the standard of value, which would have meant destruction of prosperity. Q. Do you think Bryan is a safe, solid, wise enough man to be President? A. I answer this with a most emphatic NO. Q. How do you think German-Americans as a class, will vote in the presidential election this fall? A. They will vote according to the dictates of their conscience. I have too much confidence in the good sense of my countrymen to be doubtful as to the outcome. REMEMBER! The Party (Democratic) stands where it did in 1866 on the Mony Question.-W. J. Bryan, Zanesville, Q., Sept. 4. HOW SHALL I VOTE THIS FALL? Am I a Republican, Democrat or Populist? Let me reason with myself and you. Suppose for a moment I am a farmer and Five years ago I farmed 160 acres out west. They were poor, my wheat brought only 40 cents a and my corn only 18 cents. It was cheaper stove than to buy wood or coal. I saved enough sold the rest, but didn't get enough to pay the owed him, and could get no more credit. I owed my farm machinery. Thank heaven, the age Company extended the time on my note for saved my home and the lives of myself and fam. That was under Cleveland's Democratic Ad Four years ago McKinley was nominated for a happy omen for the tillers of the soil all over In 1806 my crops were good. My wheat a hogs brought good prices. I paid off the stovekeeper, settled with the took up the mortgage on the homestead and co. Another year and three more years have got prosperous. So prosperous, in fact, that I am the hard times before William McKinley came the greatest Republic in the world. But I have I have a piano in the house, that two boys have legs, that my wife and daughters are well dressed man himself is taking life mighty easy. ProPERTY has increased the size of my wa- I am just good enough Republican to vote on McKinley. and you. a farmer and I own or rent land. is out west. Times were bad, crops only 40 cents a bushel at the farm was cheaper to burn corn in the haved enough wheat for seed and high to pay the storekeeper what I credit. I owed a big payment on heaven, the agent of the Harvester my note for another year. That myself and family. Democratic Administration. nominated for President. It was the soil all over the country. My wheat and corn, cattle and cattle with the Harvester Company, best-ad and commenced to live. years have gone by, and I am still fact, that I have almost forgotten McKinley came to be President of old. But I have not forgotten that two boys have been fitted for col-are well dressed, and that the old easy. size of my waistband, and I guess can to vote once more for Major Suppose for a moment I am a farmer and I own or rent land. Five years ago I farmed 160 acres out west. Times were bad, crops were poor, my wheat brought only 40 cents a bushel at the farm and my corn only 18 cents. It was cheaper to burn corn in the stove than to buy wood or coal. I saved enough wheat for seed and sold the rest, but didn't get enough to pay the storekeeper what I owed him, and could get no more credit. I owed a big payment on my farm machinery. Thank heaven, the agent of the Harvester Company extended the time on my note for another year. That saved my home and the lives of myself and family. a happy owner for the richers of the soil all over the country. In 1806 my crops were good. My wheat and corn, cattle and hogs brought good prices. I paid off the storekeeper, settled with the Harvester Company, took up the mortgage on the homestead and commenced to live. Another year and three more years have gone by, and I am still prosperous. So prosperous, in fact, that I have almost forgotten the hard times before William McKinley came to be President of the greatest Republic in the world. But I have not forgotten that I have a piano in the house, that two boys have been fitted for college, that my wife and daughters are well dressed, and that the old man himself is taking life mighty easy. Prosperity has increased the size of my waistband, and I guess I am just good enough Republican to vote once more for Major McKinley. EX-MAYOR SQUARELY FOR REPUBLICANS. Supreme Court Would Nullify Any Imperialistic Ideas. Every True Democrat Can Take No Other Course Except to Vote the Republican Ticket. (By Abram S. Hewitt of New York, for major Mayer and Member of Congress) merely Mayor and Member of Congress.) The political situation at this time is of a very different character from that which presented itself four years ago. At that time it seemed possible to maintain a distinct Democratic organization, based upon the fundamental principles enunciated by Jefferson, and which had continued to govern the party in all previous presidential elections. The recent convention held at Kansas City has, however, rendered all such expectations hopeless. The party which calls itself Democratic is in reality Populistic, and based upon doctrines which, if carried into effect, would produce political anarchy. You ask whether I believe in the coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. You might as well ask me whether I believed that an ounce should be made to pass for a pound in the ordinary transactions of commerce. The ratio is a false ratio. The value of silver measured by gold is, as every one knows, not 16 to 1, but 32 to 1. The proposition of the platform therefore is to declare that fifty cents shall by law be made equal to one dollar. You ask me whether the present administration is likely to establish an imperialistic form of government over this country or in its new possessions. I answer that the Constitution of the United States is too strongly entrenched in the affections of the people to permit its possible violation by the administration, and that if such an attempt were made, the Supreme Court of the United States will surely interpret the Constitution in the spirit of its founders and for the preservation of the constitutional government, to which we owe our stability and our prosperity. You ask whether a Democrat, by voting for McKinley and Roosevelt, could be considered false to the interests of Democracy. I answer that I do not see how a Democrat who is true to the interests of Democracy can in the present exigency take any other course than to vote for the Republican ticket. I propose myself so to vote, and I do this because I am a Democrat who feels that Bryanism and all that it stands for is diametrically opposed to the principles of the Democratic party, as they were enunciated by Jefferson and as they have been construed by all the great men who have led the Democratic party up to the time of the holding of the unhappy convention of 1896, when the old organization was broken up. It is certainly a lesser evil to continue the government in the hands of the Republican party for the next four years than to encounter the perils which would confront us in case Bryan and his followers should have the opportunity of putting in practice the insane policy to which they are committed. EUROPE FOR BRYAN. EUROPE FOR BRYAN. Americans will be pleased to learn that the French press has followed the lead of London Truth, and, is solid for Bryan. Henri Rochefort, editor of L'Intransigeant, declared editorially on September 26th that if Mr. Bryan be elected the expansion policy of Mr. McKinley will be struck from American politics for years to come. Libre Parole goes further, saying: "The results in the elections in the United States on the 6th of November interest our future destiny. It is for us that Bryan is working. Made a criminal by imperialism, McKinley conspires against France." All true Americans should note that Bryan is working for the interests of Europe—not of the United States. ```markdown ``` --- WHAT SAY YOU? SHOUP. MOUNTAIN STATES TURN TO M'KINLEY. Prosperity the Cause of the Welcome Change. No One Fears "Imperialism," While All Are Proud of the Records Made by the Army and Navy. (By George L. Shoup, United States Senator from Idaho.) There are many reasons which impel the voters of the mountain States to support the nominees and the policy of the Republican Party this fall. One word more than any other explains the position of our people in this support and that word is con dence. The record of the Republican party is a record of fulfilled promises. The first act of the party after its return to power was the enactment of the Dingley tariff law, which again placed us on a protection basis. Take for example the benefits which have accrued to my own State, Idaho. Among our principal industries are mining, cattle and sheep growing and farming. The great lead mines of the State are working every man possible at wages of $3.50 per day of eight hours. During the three years of President McKinley's administration the value of the lead produced in the State was $14,114,005, while during the last three years of President Cleveland's administration the total value was only $7,850,151. Our sheep have advanced in price from $1.15 to $2.50 per head, a gain to the people of the State of over three million dollars in the value of the sheep alone. In the year 1896 the wool clip of Idaho was valued at $442,685, while for the year 1900 it is estimated that it will bring to the wool growers of the State $2,326,000. A very conservative estimate of the number of cattle in the State is 500,000. They have increased in value on an average of $15 per head, making the cattlemen at least seven and one-half million dollars richer than they were three years ago. The increase in the price of horses of $10 per head has also added between one and two million dollars to the wealth of the State. The voters of this State and of the other mountain States are not blind to these facts, and on election day they will give earnest evidence of their confidence in the party whose policy has so enriched and prospered them. We of the West are proud of the achievements of our army and navy in the war with Spain. The patriotic position of the Republican party in declaring for the retention of the territory so gallantly won from Spain appeals to our people. They do not fear "imperialism," for we have never met an American who was an imperialist. I am in receipt of letters from many men who have never voted anything but a Democratic ticket, but who will vote for McKinley and Roosevelt on this issue alone. You can count on the electoral vote of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and perhaps Montana and Colorado for McKinley and prosperity. GEO. L. SHOUP. Boise, Idaho, Sept. 23, 1900. PACIFIC COAST PROSPERITY The Pacific coast has had a full measure of prosperity in the past four years and the calamity cry raised by the Bryanites only excites ridicule. The leading Bryan paper of the coast is the San Francisco Examiner, which is under the same control as the New York Journal and the Chicago American. Its "Want" columns show that the wage earners of all of the call their services. On Sept. 1, the Examiner's "Help Wanted" columns had advertisements for the following: HELP WANTED Male 2,554 Female 251 Total 2,805 On Sept. 21 the same paper had ad- vertisements calling for the following: Male help 2,061 Female help 366 Total 2,427 Prosperity has visited the coast in earn- est. HEWITT. ABRAM S. HEWITT --- SOME MORE DEMOCRATS, POPULISTS AND SILVER EX-SECRETARY CARLISLE WILL SUPPORT McKINLEY Hon. John G. Carlisle, formerly Speaker of the House of Representatives and Secretary of the Treasury under President Cleveland, has accepted the Presidency of a Sound Money Club in New York and will assist In the re-election of President McKinley. Mr. Carlisle's reasons are covered by two utterances made in a speech at Chicago four years ago. They still hold good. He said: WILLIAM HINTZ AND HIS EXPERIENCE WITH SHEEP WILLIAM HINTZ AND HIS EXPERIENCE WITH SHEEP MORE NEBRASKANS LEAVE BRYAN'S STANDARD "The greatest crime, short of absolute political enslavement, that could be committed against the workingman in this country would be to confiscate his labor for the benefit of the employer by destroying the value of the money in which his wages are paid. But, gentlemen, this irreparable wrong can never be perpetrated under our system of government, unless the laboring man himself assists in forging his own chains." — Hon. John G. Carlisle, Democrat. Ex-secretary of the Treasury, Chicago, April 15, 1896. William Hintz, one of the best known German farmers in Hancock County, Ohio, gives this reason for his conversion from Bryanism: "I used to be a Democrat, and I was one until I found that by voting the Democratic ticket I was, voting against my sheep. I had a big flock of sheep on my farm. The Democratic party in 1892 initiated free trade and took the duty off wool. The price fell to 11 cents. It made me think. I studied the question hard and conscientiously, and I learned that I should not unbiased manner. What was good for me certainly must be good for my neighbor, and he must also suffer with me. If the price of my wool depreciated, the cost of clothes might be less, but I would have no money to buy them. I studied the matter carefully, and came to the Dr. J. T. Emigh, Red Cloud. William Kent Sr., retired farmer, Red Cloud. J. S. Dyer, stock buyer, Red Cloud. Ed. Dyer, stock buyer, Red Cloud. Geo. Blair, merchant, Red Cloud. Joe Blair, clerk, Red Cloud. Bert Blair, clerk, Red Cloud. Paul Storey, clerk, Red Cloud. Hub. Henry, farmer, Red Cloud. M. R. Bentley, capitalist, Red Cloud. Henry Guy, farmer, Guide Rock, German. Geo. Guy, farmer, Guide Rock, German. Dr. Bradshaw, Guide Rock. A. S. Proudfit, lumber merchant, Guide Rock. Ohmsteads (three of them), Guide Rock, Germans. Charles Amack, farmer, Red Cloud. Evans Amack, farmer, Red Cloud. J. S. Enigh, farmer, Cowles. J. W. Hunter, Abingdon, Ill., Collector of Internal Revenue in the Peoria district under President Cleveland. Was party nominee for Congress eight years ago. Frank Sweeney, New Albany, Ind., formerly city engineer. Organized a McKinley and Roosevelt club. John N. Penrod, Wabash, Ind., one of the most prominent lumber men in the state. Voted for Palmer and Buckner four years ago. Believes Bryan's attitude on the money question is a menace to the material interests of every citizen. Oliver A. Allard, M. Mollis, Ill., a life-long Democrat and leader of the largest farm in Massa County containing 1,800 acres opposite Paducah. He has never before cast a Republican vote. Prosperity. Ex-Governor Charles T. O'Ferran of Richmond, Va., states that there will be twice as many business men in Richmond this year who will support McKinley as there were in 1896. He will not support Bryan, but will vote for McKinley and has always heretofore been a Democrat. Frank T. Glascow, superintendent of the Tredegar Iron Company, Richmond, Va., the largest iron manufacturing plant in the state, will this year vote for McKinley. Major Clay Drewry of the firm of Drewry, Hughes & Co., Richmond, Va., one of the largest dry goods firms in the state, who voted for Bryan in 1896, will this year vote for McKinley. Mr. J. F. George of Richmond, Va., one of the largest dealers in leaf tobacco, who voted for Bryan in 1896, will vote for McKinley this year. William R. Trigg, president of the W. R. Trigg company, a very large shipbuilding plant that has opened up in Richmond this year vote for McKinley. His work ment to nearly 1,000 operatives. He has heretofore always been a Democrat "No man who has a particle of sympathy for working men and women, and their dependent families, can contemplate the possibility of such a calamity (free coinage of silver) without feeling that it is his duty, whether he occupies a public or private station, to employ every honorable means at his command to avert it."—Hon. John G. Carlisle, Democrat, Ex-Secretary Treasury, Chicago, April 15, 1896. conclusion that I might just as well kill my sheep as vote the Democratic ticket. Then came the cry of free silver. In my life I have found that it is wise to follow successful men. Therefore if a man is a money-maker, why not hit him and try the same methods yourself? I found that the money of the country who had money were against free silver. I asked myself why, and concluded free silver would be bad for my sheep. I voted for McKinley and the Republican platform and have done so ever since. I shall support the Republican ticket this year. I am no longer a Democrat but a Republican. The Democratic platform shifts its planks too often to suit me. I am satisfied with the present state of affairs, and so are my sheep." M. Sterne, merchant, Red Cloud, H. Dedrick, merchant, Red Cloud, Walt Elliott, shoemaker, Red Cloud. John McCord, farmer, Guide Rock, Harry McCord, farmer, Guide Rock. Harvey Perry, plasterer, Red Cloud. Nibs Perry, plasterer, Red Cloud, Vance McCall, farmer, Imarah. James Vance, farmer, Imarah. Lawrence McCall, farmer, Red Cloud. Floyd McCall, farmer, Red Cloud, Thos, Emigh, farmer, Red Cloud, W. S. Bense, merchant, Red Cloud, W. Bense, merchant, Red Cloud, A. Cook, retired merchant, Red Cloud. O. C. Case, attorney, Red Cloud, Charles Davis, farmer, Red Cloud, F. Sadickel, farmer, Red Cloud, Joe Sadelick, farmer, Red Cloud, Charles J. Platt, merchant, Red Cloud. C. G. Seder, Deloitte township, Holt Co., Neb.: "I am for the straight Republican ticket this year. McKinley times are good enough for me and I want to have more good times. I was Populist committeeman of Deloitte township long enough to find out that the Populist party is not a party of reform, and I can't see how any thinking man can support Bryan again after seeing the prosperous condition of the country and seeing how Bryan's predictions have turned out. A large number of my neighbors who supported Bryan in their wars ago are, like myself, disgusted with the talk about imperialism, trusts, etc., will this time cast their votes for the party that always gives us good government and good prices for our products. I am for the straight Republican ticket." Virginia Newton, president of the First National bank, Richmond, Va., who voted for Palmer and Buckner in 1896, will not vote for Bryan this year and says that he considers him the most dangerous man in America today. Colonel John B. Purcell of the wholesale drug firm of Purcell, Ladd & Co., Richmond, Va., voted for Palmer and Buckner in 1896, but will not vote for Bryan this year. R. E. Richardson, Talleysville, Va., one of the largest timber operators in Virginia as well as a merchant operating five stores, who would not vote at all in 1896, will vote for McKinley this year and states as his reason that he is satisfied for business to remain as it is. Roger Gregory, Jr., Democratic chairman of King William county, Va., in 1896 and a large planter, has announced his intention of voting for McKinley this year. One of the oldest Democrats in West Virginia, Mr. John B. Darnall of Alderson, Monroe county, has come out for McKinley in a letter in which he says that he is $2 years old and has voted with the Democrats for more than 50 years, but now feels compelled to identify with the party that has brought such prosperity state by the operation of its principles of sound money and protective tariff. James Brittingham of Mount Vernon, N. Y. General Charles F. Smyth of Chicago, formerly on Governor S. J. Tilden's staff in New York. Arthur A. Taylor, Santa Cruz, Cal Jacob Keene, prominent attorney, Athens, Mich. Franklin Bartlett, New York. Favors sound money. Francis Le Stetson, New York. In favor of sound money. Herbert B. Turner, New York. Sound money. BRYAN HAS LOST NEWSPAPER SUPPORT The Following is a List of some of the Democratic and Independent Papers that have announced themselves as opposed to 16 to 1 and the Democratic National Ticket: MISSOURIANS ARE APPRECIATING PROSPERITY A GEORGIAN'S REASONS FOR VOTING FOR McKINLEY Baltimore Sun. Boston Herald. Brooklyn Eagle. Baltimore News. Pittsburg Leader. Richmond (Va.) Times. New York Times Chattanooga Times. Philadelphia Ledger. Philadelphia Times. New York Sun. Galveston News. St. Paul Globe. Greenville (S. C.) News. Hartford Times. Worcester Post. Burlington (la.) Gazette. Raleigh (N. C.) Observer. Charlotte (N. C.) Observer. New Haven Union. Fall River Herald. Manchester (N. H.) Union. New Haven Register. Charleston (S. C.) Post. Montana Journal, Butte City. LaPorte City, (la.) Progress Review. Bloomington (Ill.) Journal. Bloomington (II.) Journal. German Weekly. Ralph Simmons, banker, Seymour, Mo. General prosperity of the country. Capt. R. A. Collins, Pledmont, Mo., captain artillery in Confederate army, also lawyer fine ability. Sound money and prosperity and expansion. Col. G. W. Ceath, Pledmont, Mo., business man. Prosperity and good business. Col. O. L. Nieder, Mansfield, Mo., Democratic candidate prosecuting attorney in 1898. Expansion and prosperity. H. E. Stiff, Mountain Grove, lumber merchant. Good business. M. Gorman, Hartville, merchant, form representative collector of Wright county. Business conditions. Henry Snyder, Mountain Grove, farmer. Good prices for farm products. Prof. J. S. Magee, Cape Girardeau, professor in college. Willing to stump for sound money and expansion. R. McCombs, Jackson, miller. Expansion and sound money. Eugene Guerre, florisant, business man. Now believes Bryan wrong on all issues. Wm. Offer, St. Louis, telegrapn operator. Enlisted as Bryan did to fight Spain, and is in hearty sympathy with President's course and is working for his re-election. Dr. Davis, Charleston, Mississippi Co., physician. Sound money and fixed policy of Republican party. John A. Jackson, Chillicothe, Populist candidate for Congress- in 1896. Says he don't want to shoot in the air any longer. Wants to vote with the party that has fixed principles and policies. S. S. Clemens, Carthage, business man. General prosperity of the country. Thos. H. Harkell, Lamar, merchant, now Republican candidate for Legislature. Prosperity. Gen. D. H. McIntyre, Mexico, Mo., former Attorney General of Missouri, an old ex-Confederate general, writes that he will vote the Republican ticket from top to bottom, and take the stump in October H. H. strenges his permit. In January he will be president of the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, is a native of this city, and voted I shall vote for McKinley and Roosevelt because: First—We are Americans, and are against all of America's enemies. Second—We are patriotic, and are desirous of suppressing those who give aid and comfort to our enemies. Third—We are honest and are against all efforts at dishonoring the nation by currency legislation or otherwise. Fourth—We are law abiding, and are against all encouragement of force in the settlement of disputes. Fifth—We are progressive, and Philadelphia Demokrat. The People, Chicago. Utica (N. Y.) Observer. Rome (N. Y.) Sentinel. Troy (N. Y.) Press. Westchester (Pa.) Republi- can. Butte (Mont.) Inter Mountain Monona Leader, Monona, la. for the Democratic ticket for more than thirty years. In 1896 he took an active part in the local sound money movement and marched in the big procession of October 31 that year. He was one of the vice presidents of the Music Hall meeting of the sound money Democratic party on the evening of the same day, the principal speaker of which was the presidential candidate of that party, Gen. John M. Palmer, whose death is now being mourned by the whole nation. Mr. Walsh will vote for McKinley and Roosevelt next November. The official reports of the Terminal Association show that its receipts have steadily increased since President McKinley's election, and Mr. Walsh is authority for the statement that the company's business is larger now than it ever was before. When asked if he thought the business would continue to increase in the event of Bryan's election, he laughed and answered: "I'd not like to take the chances." G. H. Walker, stock broker, St. Louis, Mo. Sound money. H. H. Pike, live stock dealer, Ashland, Pike Co., Mo.: "A good many 'Pikers' will be with me in voting for McKinley this year, I can borrow money at a lower rate of interest than I could before McKinley's election, and get a better price for my stock. A good many of my neighbors also have been more prosperous under McKinley than they were before, and we all believe that it is to our interest to keep him in." James Campbell, stock broker, St. Louis. Sound money, and says that "McKinley is more apt to carry Missouri than Bryan is to carry New York." A. W. Day, president Day Rubber Co., St. Louis. Prosperity and sound money. William B. Cowan, cashier National Bank of Commerce, St. Louis, Mo. Sound money and prosperity. P. C. Maffett, president Missouri Railway Co., St. Louis, Mo. Sound money and prosperity. R. P. Tansey, president St. Louis Transfer Co. Wants sound money. Alonzo C. Church, vice president Wiggins Ferry Co., St. Louis, Mo.: "Bryan is not a Democrat, but a Populist. He is a different man from the line of eminent Democrats beginning with Jefferson and ending with Cleveland. John Scullin, president Wiggins Ferry Co., St. Louis: "I always voted the Democratic ticket until Mr. Bryan's nomination on a free silver platform at Chicago four years ago. For the government to put a stamp on a piece of silver bullion and call it a dollar, without being able to redeem it in money which circulates at its face value the world over, seems to me ridiculous. I expect to vote for McKinley and to continue voting the Republican ticket as long as the Democratic party continues to advocate the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratic of 16 to 1." Judge John G. Wear, Poplar Bluff Mo., for twelve years on the Missouri Circuit Court bench. Is disgusted with the makeshifts of the Democracy for a "paramount" issue. favor legitimate expansion of our commerce and our power. Sixth—We are hopeful that Mr. McKinley has seen his former errors and will treat our Southern people fairly and broadly, and carefully refrain from humiliating them. Will he do so? If he does not, then all hope of ever breaking the solid South must be postponed until he is succeeded by a wiser man; and we, who are leaving the beaten path, will sorrowfully and penitently return whence we came. Alexander R. Lawton. Savannah, Ga. COL. JAMES R. CAMPBELL BELIEVES IN EXPANSION BRYAN MISSES THE SPIRIT OF AMERICAN ASPIRATIONS KANSAS WANTS EXPANSION AND GENERAL PROSPERITY KANSAS WANTS EXPANSION AND GENERAL PROSPERITY Ex-Congressman James R. Campbell of McLeansboro, ILL., for years a leader in the Democratic party of Southern Illinois, has announced his conversion to Republicanism on the expansion of the country, and has united State service and has just returned from the Philippines. "I have always been a Democrat," said Colonel Campbell, "but the party's stand on the Philippine question compels me to change my political belief. I desire to be known as an expansion Republican. Any Democrat, Bryan included, who will go to the Philippines and ascertain the exact situation, as I know it, will come home convinced the party is wrong on the question. We should hold the islands and give the people a stable government. I believe the war in the Philippines will cease as soon as McKinley is re-elected." Colonel Campbell's wideacquaint- Dr. J. A. Milburn, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church of Indianapolis, who has been a sturdy champion of Democratic principles in the past, intends to vote the Republican ticket this year. He says: "I see no reason why a minister should not express his political preferences, as well as any one else. I have been for long years a Democrat, but at the last Presidential election voted for McKinley. I will vote for him again. Mr. Bryan, I think, is a good man, but he is the incarnation of economic heresies, and what is more he fails to understand the temperament and the genius of a growing world. He has not yet learned, evidently, that life means growth, and that to cease to W. H. Nation, a leading Populist of Erie, Neosho Co., Kansas: "McKinley's election was not attended by the evil consequences predicted, in fact the time since the election of 1896 has been a period of almost unexamined prosperity. Instead of men hunting work, you now find work hunting men, and the doleful predictions made four years ago now read like a comic almanac, and this fact has made it necessary to create a new issue, consequently, the question of imperialism has been brought forward and the Democratic party has become sentimental and is shedding tears over the wrongs of the colored man (10,000 miles away). I can see no reason why the Populist party should any longer follow Mr. Bryan, the fact that nearly all the gold Democrats that bolted Bryan in "64 are supporting him now leads me to believe that secretly he has abandoned the silver issue, and on that issue only was he in sympathy with the Populist party. From the first I have been in favor of retaining the administration." R. E. Melvin, Lawrence, Kan. A leading attorney and graduate of the Kansas State University. John A. Forrest, one of the leading business men of Hope, Kansas. Prosperity. Judge Funk, Medicine Lodge, Kan. Prosperity. Ben Jenkins, miner, Weir City. Lou McGruder, farmer, Weir City. George L. Rives, New York. Sound money. William E. Curtis, New York. Sound money. Abram H. Dailey, the well-known Brooklyn lawyer and former Surrogate of Kings county, has abandoned, the Democratic organization with which he had been closely allied for years and will vote the whole Republican ticket this year. Mr. Dailey thus briefly but forcibly accounts for his political change of heart: "When I want to destroy a bad cause I come out actively against it. I don't believe in any halfway measures in regard to Bryanism." F. P. Garrettson, Newport, R. I., was once a free trader, but is convinced that protection is the proper policy for the United States to pursue. J. R. Williams, Bucks, Summers Co., West Va. In declining a Democratic nomination he wrote: "As an honest man I cannot consent to allow my name to remain on a ticket I cannot support. I voted for William McKinley in 1896 and am proud of it, as I feel the Republican party has fully redeemed all its pledges made to the people then, and especially to the farmers. I desire no change in the administration. I feel that I can support my family better and easier; have better prices and readier markets for the products of my farm under a Republican administration. I cannot jeopardize my interests for any untried theory of free silver or bugaboo of imperialism. I am for McKinley and the Republican ticket." B. F. Meador, Dunns, West Va.: "I have been a life-long Democrat, voting that ticket for 21 years, but I find that the Republican party is the party of the people; the party for the farmer and laboring man. I can live easier and have more comforts of life under a Republican administration than under a Democratic administration. In view of these facts, I can no longer support the Democratic ticket, and hereby declare myself for McKinley and the republican party." A. J. Milla, Oriskany, N. Y.-I have voted the Democratic ticket for years, but this time I shall give my vote to McKinley and Roosevelt. I liked McKinley's attitude on the Cuban question and I admire Roosevelt very much. ance in Illinois led State Chairman Rowe to ask him to make speeches for the Republican ticket, but he declined on the ground that his furlough is not for another month and he has not the time to take the stump. In 1884 Mr. Campbell was elected as a Democrat to the house from the forty-sixth senatorial district, and was re-elected in 1886. Two years later he was promoted to the senate, where he served eight years. His legislative career was criticised many times, but he was ever known as a loyal Democrat. In 1896 he was elected to congress on the Democratic ticket in the twentieth Illinois district. When the Spanish-American War broke out he raised the Ninth Illinois Regiment and was elected colonel. He was the first congressman to resign from the house to accept a commission in the army. He has been in the Philippines since occupation by American troops. grow means the beginning of death. Whether, as Mr. Bryam says, world dominion is our destiny or not one thing is clear, and that is that expansion is in our blood, and it is in our blood not because of any love of conquest of the world, but of our passion for the world's betterment. One thing that characterizes the American is his God-like ambition, his supreme and splendid passion for achievement. He is not satisfied with the good. He yearns for the better, and when he has attained the better he reaches out for the best. He wants this to be the best possible world, and, thank God, he is man enough to do his share to make it so." Charles I. Dodson, merchant, Weir City. Charles Hughes, Weir City J. S. Murphy, expressman, Weir City. Henry Davis, carpenter, Weir City. Captain J. W. Farrell, real estate and insurance, Weir City. Matt Goodman, miner, Weir City. Robert Goodman, weigh check man, Weir City. Ed Goodman, miner, Weir City. Tom Brisco, miner, Weir City. James Dunn, Sr., miner, Weir City. James Dunn, Jr., miner, Weir City. Ira Clemens, coal prospector, Weir City. J. D. James, merchant, Weir City. William Eddy, Weir City. James Bates, miner, Weir City. Matt McClenahan, miner, Weir City. Dan Gray, miner, Weir City. John Cunningham, Weir City. Ben Rood, miner, Weir City. James Moore, merchant, Weir City. Sol Relli, miner, Weir City. John Alfred, miner, Weir City. Mike Fasogen, miner, Weir City. Charles Kemp, miner, Weir City. Thomas Mallems, miner, Weir City. Ed Broadhurst, farmer, Weir City. S. P. Murphy, ice dealer, Weir City. Charles Dunn, miner, Weir City. H. Huntsterger, mine engineer, Weir City. Judge A. C. Hinkson of Sacramento, Calk, has resigned from the Iroquois club, the leading Democratic organization of the state. "Long before the retention of the Philippines had crystallized into a political issue I expressed the unqualified opinion that, not only as a wise political and commercial measure, but as a duty to the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands, they should be retained as our territory and should be governed as our other territories are governed. To this view I still adhere, regardless of the wishes of the comparatively few who are in rebellion against our government." William H. Devlin at one time Democratic candidate for assemblyman, Sacramento, Cal., now a leading attorney. "The Philippines are now in rebellion against the authority of the United States, and for my part, I believe that this rebellion should be crushed, and that until the authority of our government is recognized no negotiations towards peace should be had. By acquiring the Philippines we have undertaken new responsibilities and are liable to the governments of the world for the proper preservation of property rights and maintenance of good government. In my judgment, this can be brought about at the present time only by the authority of our government being recognized and respected. For these reasons and others, I favor the policy of President McKinley, and intend to note for him." Col. Andrew Corry, who has hitherto been one of the principal stays of the Democratic party in Iron county, Utah, has publicly announced himself a Republican. As Mr. Corry is widely known throughout Utah, his conversion will occasion no little surprise. Will H. Lett, who has been secretary in the Salt Lake City (Utah) Fifth precinct, has resigned and will support the Republican ticket. "I think it would be suicidal to make a change in the administration at this time. I believe President McKinley is the right man for the place at present and I shall do all I can to keep him there. I am in favor of expansion and believe this cry of 'imperialism' is all a bugaboo. I have always been a Democrat until this year, but from now on I intend to do all I am able to elect the Republican ticket."