The American Citizen

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Your Money back if you son we are going to the f best item is WE SAVE YOU MON Ladies long sleeves Vests, good quality, 15c Ladies heavy button Shoes, 3 and 4 choice 50c Bors' 13 to 2 Shoes, $1.00 kind, choice, 75c Bors' and Girls' Union Suits heavy, 25c Bors' 2c. hose, extra heavy Ribbed, 12c New style Hats, with Polka Dot Bands, 59c Assorted Perfumes, Eastmans Itlasts, 10c The Sunflow Bennett 435 Minnesota Avenue, EDITORIAL TAKE DUE NOTICE. The voters of the Republican party when going to the polls should remember that for the first time in the history of this county—the Republican ticket will be in second place on the official ballot. It has always heretofore been in the 1st place, but owing to the fact that Democrat (Judge Fisher) being elected last year and the majority of votes cast for the highest officer entitles the party giving it, to the first place on the official ballot, the Democrats have the preference. The mark letter X, must be made in the square behind or to the right of the names you wish to vote. Be careful, take your time and be sure you are right. Don't fail to vote for the Presidential electors, for it is dangerous to overlook this matter. If you do not understand ask for instructions. If you cannot read remember the republican ticket is in the second column—ask the judges to show you and be sure and see that they tell you just what you want, the Republican ticket. After you have made your mark look over your ballot carefully in the booth before you come out to put it in the ballot ox. Don't be too hasty—go out early, take your registration air tiffee with you. The past and present of the two great parties we know—since we do, then it is an easy matter to tell the party that is favorable to us, and vote in that direction. It is not necessary to confound the great questions of Imperialism, militarism, sound money and the like. The paramount issue with us as a rule is our rights as human beings, as American citizens and as men. Those rights guaranteed us under the constitution of the United States. The hour is drawing night, it is to be hoped that every human mortal that can exercise the right of suffrage, has been sufficiently enlightened upon the great issues of this closing memorable campaign, that they just walk up to the polls and deposit their little slip of paper in a manner and in the direction that their own conscience, after such an educational period, dictates is right. THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE. Our attention has been called to the following excerpt from the National Pilot, Petersburg, Va. "The Democratic city council of Richmond, Va., has passed a law to the effect that any contractor who takes contracts to improve the streets, gutters, dig sewers, etc., and employs Negroes, his contract shall be cancelled. This is the last law passed by the city council of Richmond. It will be seen that Negroes in the city of Richmond will not be permitted to work for the city. How the poor Negroes here can expect to live, it is not known. The city council will no doubt next pass a law prohibiting poor Negroes from entering the poor house." Not satisfied with having passed statutory laws prohibiting the Negro of that state from using his inalienable and God THE d Best Weekly FOR ADVERTISERS WITH Distinction in our Store. e rich or poor, black or white, every . Cash Only. If you wish it. That is the rea- te front all the time. But the MONEY. READ AND SEE. 5c Regular 25c. Scissors, five sizes, choice 15c 0c Choice Razors, worth $1.50 to $2.50 at 65c 5c Fine Pocket Knives, guaranteed choice, 25c 5c Men's sample Undershirts, assorted kinds, choice 48c 2c Two Wheel Wood Carts, to keep kids quiet 8c 9c Men's Shirts and Draws, good heavy ones, 25c 0c Red Blue, Black and Grey Calicoes, per yard 5c flower Store. t & Co.. KANSAS CITY, KAS. NAL PICKINGS. given right as an American citizen, the Democrats of Richmond have now by special enactment made it impossible for Negro labor to be employed inasmuch as it is improbable that large contractors will jeopardize their business interests in favor of the Negro employees. The Negro laborers of Richmond must exist. They must either earn an existence or steal it. The latter will be severely punished by the very law which makes it almost criminal for them to work. So what is common Negro labor of that place to do? Perhaps Bryan will answer that question since it comes under the head of his par. amount issue—"the consent of the governe." Remember the state ticket of the Republican party, headed by Gov. Wm. E Stanley, cannot be duplicated. It's the best ticket ever put in the field. You don't need any instructions, vote for Stanley for Governor, and the whole ticket down. WHAT OF THE FUTURE? It remains yet to be seen what will be the future debt of the republic to its colored citizens, but in such men as Booker T. Washington we have a hint of possibilities yet to be discovered. We have sent Negro troops to the Orient to defend the lives and fortunes of our citizens, but France has sent with her troops a negro officer of high rank and tried experience in the field. In looking over an old volume of local history the other day we came upon the touching history of Amos Fortune, a free Negro, who settled in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, at the close of the Revolutionary War. The fathers of the settlement not wishing to be burdened with the support of a colored family alien to their town, warned him on side the limits. But lingering in their vicinity, he established his claims to respect by a life of industry and religion, and at his death made the town his heir, bequeathing it a considerable estate. With part of the money so accruing, the fathers of the village church purchased a communion service of silver, perhaps to remind themselves of each sacramental service that Abraham was not the last servant of God to entertain angels unawares, and that things unjustly despised may become in the providence of God, the head of the corner. —Chicago Interior. YE CRITICS. Nose but the initiated know the accuracy required in a printing office. The average reader who detects a misspelled word or a letter upside down, feels that his mission on earth will not be fully accomplished till he has called the attention of the overworked editor to the glaring defect. He does not notice the thousands and tens of thousands of letters in the right place or multitude of words correctly spelled, but his eagle eye is glued to the one that is out of place. So it is with our deed. Exchange COUNTY COMMISSIONER. Harry Darby, candidate for County Commissioner from the 8th District, is a Republican first, a tax payer second, and a competent man third. Now, since equal taxation is the great bumble bee buzzing around the heads of many tax burdened citizens, it is but right to vote for a man who is competent to alleviate these troubles. That Harry Darby is the man none who know him and his mate up will deny—we feel safe in assuring the tax payers that their interests will rest safe in the hands of such a faithful man as Harry Darby. AMERICAN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER, 2 1900. County Candidates The candidates on the Repub ican County ticket in this county, are so well known and their praises have been so often sung in this paper that we believe that it is now unnecessary to say more than a few words about each. They are men who have been weighed in the scales of public opinion and found possessed of all the qualities that go to make trustworthy and reliable officials. They are no experiments and we feel confident that every citizen, black or white, who is interested in the welfare of Wyandotte county, will cast their vote for one and all of them. Many campaign lies may have been started and told by the opposition, and many may be sprung on the eve before election. Be men, is all that is asked. Do the right thing for you selves and your county. There is no time for trying experiments this year. We want true and tried men who stand firmly upon the principles of true Republicanism and believe where once the old flag is hoisted there it should remain. Will you vote for them, it is to your interest, friends. THE PRIDE OF THE STATE HON. J. K. CURRINSON. OUR NEXT SENATOR Hon. J. K. Cubbison, our brilliant legal light and orator of national Reputation is a candidate for Senator from the 4th. Dis rict. He is one of the ablest representatives of the grant old State in the public eye. He has the grit and backbone to stand up for the rights of our state. A broad gauged, uncompromising republican. A man whom every citizen should admire and deem it a most delightful pleasure to vote for. He stands now upon the threshold of a grand career. Let uall, irrespective of color or party affiliations, aid him with our votes to enter. M. B. OUR REPRESENTATIVE TENTH DISTRICT HON. D. D. HOAG. Hon. D. D. Hoag, the present representative from the 10th District, is a candidate for re-election. He has held the office one term—as is the time honor custom when a man proves faithful to the trust imposed in him, to reward him with a second term. We recommend to the citizens of this district Hon. D. D. Hoag as being the proper and competent man to vote for on the 6th of November. Coming. The great and only original Nashville Students will appear in "Aunt Haunah's Reception Day," Nov 18th. and 14th. All the celebrated favorites of old. The rarest treat that has been offered the citizens and amusement loving people of the city for sometime, at Fifth Street Opera House. Popular prices, 15c., 35c. and 85c. Vote for Judge Snyder for Probate Judge. TILLMAN TALKS. Jüstifies Disfranchise neu VERV INTERESTING DOCTE Justifies Disfranchisement and Endorses Lynching. CAN any sensible negro vote on Tuesday for a man like Pitchfork Tillman, who represents the head and shoul ers of the Democratic party. Last week at Joliet, Ill, he delivered an address which was sent by special dispatch to the Chicago Inter Ocean. It is true to the core of Tillman, and we publish it below: Joilet, Ill., Oct. 16 —Chairman Harris and Secretary Purkhisir, of the Democratic County Central committee, have received severe criticism to day from the rank and file of the party in this vicinity for importing "Pitchfork" Tillman to make the speech at the Democratic rally last night. The address of Senator Tillman was characteristic of the man, and while it has enraged the colored residents of the city, it has also disgusted many of the patrouse, liberty-loving people of the Democratic party, who were shocked by the utterances of the South Carolina statesman. Apologies are being freely made today for Tillman, and the burden of the apoiegy is that Tillman means to do what is right but that he must be taken in the light of his early training and present environments at some. He advocated lynchings, declared that the white men of the South would never be dominated by the blacks as ieng as here was a shot gun left in the land, insulted the American vo unteer, accused the army of "indiscriminate murder," and declared the planting of the flag at Manila to be the "most damnable act of treachery history has any record of." Tillman's attack upon the colored people as follows. "I am not here to make any apologies for South Carolina. We are giving to the negro just such a share in the government of our state as he is capable of exercising—and that is d-little. We were forced to do some wrongs, perhaps, in dealing with this question, and I admit it. There were more colored people in South Carolina than there were whites, and we were forced to get down the shotgun when they attempted to have these blacks dictate to us what form of government we should have. You men of the North would have done the same. You would not have stood it one y ar." "How many men are there in this audience who believe that there is a back man living good enough to make jaws for a white man? If you people COLORED H When you go into the voting bo alone with your God. Don't do t even think about in after days, S Think who it was that give you th Thin who has ever been your friet the future Think of our brethr thousands will not be permitted t mark the straight Republican tick ish. COLORED BRETHREN. When you go into the voting booth on next Tuesday you will be alone with your God. Don't do that which you will be ashamed to even think about in after days. Stop for a few moments and reflect. Think who it was that give you the glorious privilege you now enjoy. Think who has ever been your friend in the past, now and will be in the future Think of our brethren in the Southland, who by the thousands will not be permitted to enjoy our privilege. After this mark the straight Republican ticket and let her slide without a blemish. HON. J. D. BOWERSOCK CONGRESSMAN ECOND DISTRICT Hen. J. D. Bowersock, the present excellent gentleman and congressman from the 2nd District, a candidate for re-election, is so well known throughout the district it is a foregone conclusion that he will be returned to congress by an overwhelming majority. During his past first term in the midst of that great body, he at all times did his duty and was ever alert to the interests of his state. He is a typical type of the successful Kansas business man, an enterprising citizen, a consistent republican and a man broad enough to look after the interest of the whole people, irrespective of color, creed or political affiliations. He has labo ed and employs laber, therefore can sympathize with that class of toiling humanity. t and Enders Lynching. RINE FOR COLORED VOTERS, want to see black heels on white necks, then you try it on yourselves first be fore you attempt to force it on us. There is not a colored man living that should dictate to the white citizens of this country. "Yes, we occasionally lynch a nigger down our way. The only difference between our way and yours up here is that when one of those niggers ravishes a wife or daughter we hunt him down until we are sure of the right man, and then we shoot down, as you would a rattle snake or a wolf. That's our way. Up here you people get excited as you did at Akron, Ohio, and kill a couple of innocent spectators and burn up a couple of million of dollars' worth of property. Some of you make a lot of noise about our not giving the black man a fair trial' down our way. Why don't we let the courts try the case? Because we men of the South are not white livered enough to permit our wives and daughters to go before the court and publicly rehearse the details of the crime. That's why. And we are going to keep right on doing as we have done as long as we have any shot guns left. What do we want of any more black men in this country when we cannot treat decently those we already have here? "The Republican party now wants to have free citizens here and subjects on the other side of the sea. We will no have it, and unless you people vote it down next month we will be forced some day to shoot it down with our rifles. Let's kill the snake in the egg before he is hatched out." LET H1M WHO RUNS READ Senator Benjamin Blackguard Tillman is quoted as saying, "I hear that quite a number of black men in the North say they are going to vote for Bryan, I suppose such fellows think they will get a job under the Democratic Administration. If Bryan is elected the South will have something to say about such appointments and the South is unalteably opposed to giving negroes political office. We Democrats don't propose to flatter the negro in order to get his vote. We can get along without it, and he might as well understand that, outside of work nigger are fitted by nature to preform, he will got nothing else from our hands." The lawless element of the country supporting Bryan because Bryan supports the lawless element. GRETHREN. Both on next Tuesday you will be that which you will be ashamed to top for a few moments and reflect. glorious privilege you now enjoy. and in the past, now and will be in you in the Southland, who by the to enjoy our privilege. After this let and let her slid without a blem- His efforts in behalf of Wyandotte county should not be forgotten by the citizens. There is much more to be done, and we feel safe to assure the citizens that Hon. J. D. Bower-ock is the man that will use all honorable means to secure, if it is possible, the wants of the citizens. A vote for him means much towards k-eping the State in the ranks of Republicanism and the continued blessings of sunshine and prosperity with us. Vote for him. WOULD DISBAND NEGRO MILITIA Atlanta, Oct. 30.—In his annual report to the governer, Adjutant General Byrd recommends that the negro troops of the state be disbanded and mustered out of service because, he believes, they cannot be of any service to the state from a military standpoint. CITIZEN Hon. G. L. Coates candidate for representative from the 11th district is a deserving and popular republican, who will be elected to the office by a good round majority. He is a man of sterling qualities and competency and will fulfill the duties of the office to the best interest of his constituents. Remember and give him your vote. SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS. Prof. Henry Meade, the excellent present official in the above office, is one of those Wandotte productions whose radiance shines out in most remarkable brilliancy. He has looked after the duties of his office in such a way that at once commends him to the public as the right man in the right place. His election is assured, and in voting for him remember that you are voting to your best interest. E. A. ENRIGHT: OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY. Hon. E. A. Enright for re-election to the office of County Attorney a alright. He is a Republican official who has doze his duty by all during his term of office and for the faithful performance of the same he will be retained two years more. This is no false prophecy. A man who has the moral courage and earnest convictions of true Repub icanism and remembers the Negro, ought not be forgotten or swapped off for a man who owes the Negro nothing, nbr has anything it elected to give the Negro. Vote for Enright for be cernly is alright. CLEKER OF THE DISRICT COURT Alex. Gunning, the highly esteemed young man who now fills the above of face, seeks at the hands of the Republic canary public and the public in general, rejection to another term. He has acquitted the duties of the office with complete satisfaction to all. His efficiency is not to be questioned. He deserving, ought and will receive the vote of the people of Wyaadat county on November 6th. K. C. WESTO FYR. JUDGE K. P. SKYDER. OUR PROBATE JUDGE Judge K. P. Snyder, the old veteran who has lived through the stormy scenes of the past, if for no other reason, he should be re-elected. The office for which he aspires to be returned another term is one of the most important in the county, and a capable man should fill it at all times. Judge Snyder can stand upon his record. He has conscientiously tried to do his duty. He has labored from early morn till late at night that nothing might be left undone. He should now receive the consideration due him at the hands of the citizens of this county and be re-elected for two years for two years more. Since he is alright give him your vote on the 6th of November. To forget is the greatest secret of strong and creative natures—to forget after the manne, of nature herself, who knows no past, who begins afresh at every hour the myst ries of her, un-earving travail. Kansas City, Kas. Vote Early Tuesday. Votes the straight Republican ticket, and you will wear diamonds for four years more. Don't forget the Nashville Students Nov. 13th and 14th, at the Fifth Street Opera House. Mrs Malinda Burdette and daughter Dovie, have left the city for Chicago to spend the winter with relatives. Geo. W. Wolly, the Lion Bass, is still with the Original Nashville Students. His voice is like a deep toned bell. Miss Mary J. Mobility is so jumping in the west, visiting Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and Oregon. We are pleased to inform our people that the Original Nashville Students will give two performances at the Fifth St. Opera House, Kansas City, Nov. 13th and 14th. Crowded houses greet them everywhere, and we predeci for them the capacity of the house both evenings. Little Charlie Hayworth, age 3 years old, of 854 Harrison St, Kansas City, Mo., was killed by a Northeast elective car at Independence and Campbell street. Monday morning, by being run over. Mrs. Callaway Bilbs and little son, Loranza, left for St. Joseph, Mo., on a short visit, this week, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Jane Ralton. Mr. E.B. Graves of 1000 New Jersey avenue. who has been sick for the last three weeks is now convalescent. John Walker, colored, was killed by he fall of an embankment last week, in Kansas City, Mo., near 6th and Washington streets. His remains were shipped to Ottawa, Kas. Mr. James McWilliams left this week for Lawrence, Kas. The "Social Nine" will meet with Miss Pearl Tillman, Friday evening, Miss Sarah Chinn and Miss Tilman hostesses. Be sure and attend the Monday night literary at the Metropolitan church next Monday evening. Subject for discussion, "Which is more benefit to the colored race, 'Industrial or Coleiate Education?' The Mothers' Union met at the Mr. Zion Baptist church, last Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock Dr. Thompson, who was to read a paper on "Influences on the Child Before Birth," failed to show up. The ladies opened the query box and each spoke at length on the different questions asked. Among the questions were: "At what Age should Training Begin?" What is the Duty of a Mother to her Child?" "When should Children Receive Corporal Punishment?" Our next meeting will be held at the Metropolitan church, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 1900, at which time Mrs. T, Silene Yates, of Kansas City, Mo., will give a lecture on "Child Life." IT WAS A GLORIOUS MEETING, Hon. T. Thomas Fortune, of the New York Age, the Hon. Mr. Pledger, of Georgia, Rev. Mrs. Leena Masson, Mrs Ida B. Wells-Barnett and W. V. T. Vernon, made the wink ring at Vineyard Hall, in Kansas City, Mo., the past week, in the interest of the Republican party. Thousands of negroes turned out to hear the slouq nec of these famous orators. Much good was accomplished. A WEARY SOUL AT REST Mrs. Martha Donald, an old respected citizen of Wyandotte county, was found dead last Sabbath evening by her daughter, at her home on State avenue. Circumstances surrounding her death caused much comment by friends. So song was the belief that she had met with fool play that a coroner's jury was called in to determined the cause of her death, resulting in a verdict of death from natural causes. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from the A. M. E. Church, of which she was member of long standing, Rev. M. Collins officiating. A FIRM TO PATRONIZE Bennett & Co., is the name of a firm in this city that should receive the past charge of all. It is a home institution built up by hard working energetic young mer, who are eminently deserving, for the pluck and business tact they possess. They are courteous, obliging and reliable, such firms should receive the careful consideration of all who desire goods along their lines. To build up a city worthy to be called a city of the first class, patronage by the people in the city must be given to home enterprises. The bargain inducements offer-d by this home firm cannot be surpassed by any of like kind in any city. They are among the leading solid business institutions backed by earnest, hard working, hustling men, who endeavor to treat all humanity alike. Their "ad" is to be seen each week in this paper, a careful reading of the same might save you both time and money. A call to investigate and inspect their stock of many things not mentioned in their "ad", will be convincing to the most doubtful. The Sunflower Store, with the yellow front, Mo. 885 Minnesota avenue, is the place. American Citizen. ae AMERICAN UITIZEN PUBLISHING aND PRINTING CO. Daily and Weekly 417 Minpesots’Ave. KANSAS CITY KANSAS cee see W. C. MARTIN, EDITOR. (oS ee TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Ouily delivered by carrierper week. 10c ‘Weekly one year.......... 5. 8150 ‘Entered at the postofiice at Kansas City Kans , as second class matter. WILLIAM McKINLEY, For President. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Vice President. A.W. SMITE. 0. P. ERGENBRIGHT 1 F. BRADLEY. MATT EDMONDS. J.W, PARKER. A. P. JOHNSON. G. B. LAMB. ©. G. BULKLEY. ¥ F. BRACKEN. J. Q. THOMPSON. __ For Governor. . W.E STANLEY. For Lieutenant Goveruor, H. E RICHER, For Associate Justice WA. JOHNSTON For Secretary of State, GEO. A. CLARK. é For Treasury, FRANK GRIMES. For Auditor, ; GEORGE E, COLE. For Attorney General, A. A. GODARD. For Supt. of Public Ins'ruetions. FRANK NELSON. For Insurance Commissiouer, W. V. CHURCH. For Congressman at Large, CHARLES F. SCOTT. Fer 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. KEEDER. For Corgressman Seventh District, CHESTER I. LONG. COUNTY TICKET. Senator, 4th. District. JAMES K. CUBBISON. Representa.ive 9h. District, H. A. BAILEY. 1th. District, G. L. COATES. 10th. District, DAVID D. HOAG, County Attorner, E. A. ENRIGHT, Clerk District Court, ALEX GUNNING. Probate Judge, K. P. SNYDER. Superintendent Public Instruction, SENRY MEADE. County Commissioner. First Disteict—J. 8. PEREINS. dice a ain The colored people of the Ucited States realize that the present cam paign marks a pivotal point in the bis- tory of both the Nation and their race. ‘The fif'y-cent dollar is made the ob jective poiot of Northern Democrats, Western Popalists and “Silver” Ke- publican, while tne coctrive of dis franchisement is avowed, preached and practised by the Boucooa nuliiti ers the South. ‘The thoughttut, patriotic and intel- gent negroes propose to stand by the Naticn ip its fight sgainst individual Pauperism and national dishovor, avd they propose to protect their race agviost the ‘Tillman brand of po'ltiva guerillas who deciare that the 15tb. Amendment must be repealed so that the regro will be permanently dis fravebised In the coming eoniiet the negro re cogoizes that so fer as he is concerned “he Repablican party is the ship, ai else is the sea.” Ile koows that the Denweratie policy of disfranchisom:nt is the-first step toward revenslavement. He koows that every line of legis'stinn helpful to the negro bas been put upon the statvte books by the Republican puty, while every line of leguslatioe which denies or abridges the ngats of ‘our race has been the work of Bryan Tillman Democrats. Koowieg this, our plain duty is to tard firm for the Republican party. Whenever Mr. Bryan makes a ple, for the vote of the Negro by tel'ing him thai the Republican party had s part in the disfranchising of him in North Carolina or any other sectieo «| the eoantry, he prevaricat-s. Beceus: it was the repuilcan par y that gave the Negro the right toths ballot and the @-teblishment of f ee schouls where they could reesive the proper instruc. ticn to fit themjfor the r yeaues of life. But tre Democratic paity has been ‘oppsed to the Negro voting and for tle abolition of free sebools. Mr. Bryon makes a plesfin which he states that the Phillipino should have cbarge of his own governmeat when io fact he is ‘not honest in the plea he makes. If »:, the Negro of the Southiand would n « have his ballots 0 eo, nor be deprived of the rights that are vecorded every free man.§ If the Phillipiny wes in thie country, it would not take the Demo crats and Mr. Bryan's cehorts such 86 Ben Tillman, Altgeld, and Senator J. K. Jonescf Arkansas,long to kill them lof because they are of the brown race. Dowo with Bryan's doctrine! -K. C. Observer. HOW 1HEY HATED LINCOLN. ‘To show that the present Demorati¢ ery of “imperialism” is not a rew cam- paiza trick we invite; attention to the following from various sources during former presidential contests: In my deliberste opinion, if Mr Lin~ ln is re-elected we shall bave a milli- jary despotism fastened upon us and our children, with astanding army of negro javisenties,—Lesie Combs, of Kentucky. If Liocolo is entitled to the gratitude ‘of the blacks, ought he not to receive |the eternal curses and maledietions ot the white race?—Cincinnati Enquirer, ‘September 24, 1864 There is not a man here whose life Property and eversthing—whose wife, ‘ebildren and home will not b in danger should such a deplorable result follow ‘8 the electionage in of Abrabam Lin- coln,—ton. John McKeon to the Democratic couvention, September 4, 1864. If Linculn is re-elected we will never again have pesce or union in this land.—Cleveland Plain Dea.er, Octobe 13, 1864. ‘The election of Linco'n means war, ‘Anareby and disonion—the success cf McClellan witl bring peace and the re- storetion of toe Union. ‘These are the issues involved io the elections of Out. and November.—Indianapolis Sentioul September 13, 1864. ‘The party of whica Abraham Lincoln is thecandidate and reprereative,though professing feaity to the Union,is its most dangerous fae. The focts of its history, J the sp rit of i's policies, the tendency of its measures tally as comp'etely with dis Union designs as if they bad been dictated by cold, subtle and calculating Lostility to our naticnal greatuess,-New York World, September 13, 1865. If Abranam Linvoln is re-elected President the liberties of the psoale ar one forever. stilitary despotism will tule. There will ba no inber!y of speeeh F press. Anareby, bloody anareby, wil foliow. Taxation without limit will jgrind the people co the dust. ‘There wil be more widows and orphans and more tyranny aod oppression thau the world has seen for centuries.—Ni es Republi ‘eum. By arrogating to bimseif powers no granted by thecoustitution and the law: ‘Mr.Lineoln has exercised, or attempued to exercise, a despotic power over the people such asonly toe Emperor ot Austria can exercise. He has given him- self over to those who declare that the constitution heti.--Co!. Gray, of Detroit Mich , Octuber 5, 1864, ‘The comstitotion is indeed a most ‘sacred instrument, It is a:tacbed by 1 can not resist the conviction or cer- tainly the need and earnest apprehen~ sion that if the policy adopted and pursued by President Lincoln and bis suppo ters during the last two years is |v be persisted in for four years :more, we shall find ourselves plunged irre- trievably in 0 a fearful and fatkonless ‘abyss of; disunion.—Hon. Kobt, C. Win- tbrop at New York, Sept. 18, 1:64. Regolved, That the administration of Abrahem: Liscola, by its rainous hunn- cial policy, hos forfeited the coutidence and respect of the Loyal states.—Reso lution adepted by Den ocratic meet sng,New York, S-ptembdr 1, 1864. Lean not give you any better argu ment why you should change this ad ‘ministration than to -ay that if yoo pre- fer liberty to slavery you will change it and change it quiekly, for, if Liocoln is elected, fareweil to civil very ix the United States.—£x Gov. Wickliffe, of Keutacky, at New York, September 9, 1864, Birmingham, Als,, Ovt.30.— At Duke, 16 miles north of Annistop,an 18-year- oul negro buy named Abernathy, ate tempted a criminal assaalt on the 1t-yeur-old sdotped daughter of Mr. V.N. thompson, a section foreman ox the Louisville & Nashville road. Tae negro was captured three hours af- terward and identified and lynoued. HE FALED TO CONVERT. Qur old time friend, Major John M. Brown, of Topeka, was in the city thi week und delivered © Demo-pop speech at the M. and 0. Hall, He madea strovg plea to the co.ored \ozers, but having arrived s0 late in toe sesson and the mass of the colored voters in the county having read the “pure stuff” that tbis paper bas beeo putting forth, they could not be changed, and the grand old Re putlican party is safe on the part of tke colored voters in this ection. Major Brown iss good mao, but he hes gore wroog and strayed into the wrong pase ture, TerOe BA dutgab Gr doaaty At torney. Deagliss Hospital, #12 Washington eve., Miss L. V. Ashton, Matron. Remember Judge K. P. Snyder for Probare Judge. mg, |879-21 YEARS OF. SUCCESS-1900 Bip (sve A NY STUDENTS a SUBULE SINGERS “2: iB BRASS BAND» ORCHESTRA AT FIFTH STREET OPERA HOUSE, Noy. {3 and 14. 1900. THEY SAY. It ain't no use in gittin back. Kase you'te nv Dimocrat, Fess up brother now in time; For de fish might be on your line. He told me I need never work no more [twas a false, but nevertheless I still believe Lim true. Itis always the bit dog that hollers. Have yeu heard anything latels ? Well, maton Hacvey. With some people it is six of ove and half dczen of the other. Now, who threw that brick? Did it hit—well I guess yes. Whats the matter with the Wyandotte Darktown belles ‘The Wyandotte girls sre too modest st home, and too fast away. Then we Suggest that the Wyandotte gir's give s Mipstrel performance in Kansas City Mo Woat about it girls? Do all christians follow closely in the steps of Jenovah. Don’t a good many of them step out of the path at times? Is up to somebody. A whole lot of people don't read this Paper. you they manage to see what is said ‘Ihe latest thing in the Sea Foam block is & Tonsorial Artist poet. What kind of a letter is Mies L. V. A.—Old Wait, Cash on Delivery Who said that the oration on Wo mans Rights at the Darktown Belles wasn’t hot stuff—the speaker wasn't slow: The Famous Sextette intend giving s ball soon that will eclipse anything ever held in the Hametie eircles. The Prodigal Son lives in the Popuia Biock the one time pride of the Hust: Stables. Vote for Enright fr County Attorney. She says itsa go “If I don’ change my mind.” What's the anatter with the W 0. T 'U.t (Col'd.) Are they making their fal ‘wine? . TOPEKA, KAS. | isis Bra Manes Barve enters ‘tained friends last Wednesday in honor ot their mother’s eighteenth birthiay. Miss Minuie Page, who hes bern il {or the past wo months is slowly im- proving. Rev. W. I. Brown, of Troy, Kansar,is tn the city this week on business, Mrs, Gov, H. Shaffer entertained the Ladies Cotere Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Jas. Brown served tunches last Wednesday from 8 te 11 o'clock for the benefit of the Christian Church, ‘The Golden Kod Ar.Club met Friday with Miss, Gertiude Solomon corner 12th and Liocoln streets. Elder Word and faimly have located at 507 W.7th st. The Handel Music Club met with Mrs. O. A- Taylor Monday evening. THE eye ) - Citizen, , ‘The oldest, one of the best and most reliable Weekly papers for the race in the State An anexcelled Advertising Medium, office at 417 ‘Minnesota avenue, Kansas City, ‘Kansas, Job Work, Bills, Programms, and all kinds of printing done. Satis« faction guaranteed or no go. ~ Correspondence solicited from all parts of the country, AMERIUAN CITIZEN PUB CO 417 Minnesota Avenne, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS €) Home Treatment that pore cures Cancersand Tarors, Py, ‘Used wit fect safety: PAR) feoateas aectanses ose Cah) lisa CAG as erase tare rate 2 get ep sera, iaay fort 8 ae bo pe ES Factecae eat canna aetna Saat caanes at Bee bec SS fa poeee Soe Samo ‘DR. E. O. SMITH'S SANITARIUM, 9: mecucamysmamcen! Rooms 6 is igh E Cor tt & Fain Sts, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE | CONSTITUTION. House Joint Resolution No. 4, Relating | to Justices ef the Supreme Court. Be it reeolved by the Legislature of the State of Kansas, two-thirds of the members elected to exch house concur- ring therein: Section 1. The foilowing proposition toamend the constitution of the state is hereby submitted to the qualified elec- tors of the state for their approval or re- Jection, viz: Section 2 of article 8 of the constitutim of this state is hereby amended so as to read; See. 2. The su Preme court shall consist of seven jus- tices, who shall be chosen by the clec« {tors of the state. ‘They may sit sepa- rately in two divisions, with full power in esch division to determine the cases assigned to be Leard by such division ‘Three justices shal! constitute a quorum in each division and the concurrence of three shail 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 ‘nd the concurrence of four justices, ‘shall be necessary to a decision in cases #0 beard, ‘The justice who is senior in continuous term of service shall be chief justice, and in cae two or more have continuously served during the same period the senior in years of these shall be chief justice, and the presiding jus- tice of each division sbsll be selected from the jadges 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 smendmeut takes Jefect shall hold their offices for the terms for which they were severally elected and until thelr successors are elected and qualified. As soon as prac- tucable after the second Monday in Jan- uars, 1901, the governor shall appoint four Justices, to hold their offices uutit 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 tor 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 jus- Vers shall be elected. At the general election in 1908 und every six years thereafter three justices shall be elected. Sec. 2. This proposition shall be sub- | witted to the electors of this nate at the general election in the year 1900, for their approval or rejection. The amend ment hereby proposed shall be desiznat | ed on the «ffcial ballot by the following tile: ‘The judicial an.endmevt to the constitution,” ana shall be voted for or |ugainst as now provided by law under ‘such title Sec. #: This resolution shal! take ef- }fect and be in force from wnd after its | publication in the statute book. Avproved March 4, 1:99, Thereby certify that the foregoing isa Tamassia a a Heit ere fextouissa On wdletonk wor es etait 6 vite Gene: OF SUCCESS-1900 ind \ DAA pENTS IS ——ame BPG il Wnts “DJ ° ORCHESTRA T OPERA HOUSE, id 14 1900. . Se and ee ein ied Half Rate Excursion, Plus two dollars) twice a month via Union Pacitic to points in Colorado, Wy- oming. Utab, Iuabo, Montana and Wash ‘ington. Celi us up ‘Phone 1109, or cal at office 1,000 Main street, and let us te you all ubout these excursions, "Short line to Sult Lake. The Union Pacifle of course; hours quicker time | All the comforts of tome Ticket of ‘fice 1,000 Main street, Telephone 1108, Remember Dining Curs on the Union Pacific that now starts from Kansas City daily, Unexcelied service, restaurant plan Ticket office 1,000 Main sireet. Kansas Citv, Mo ONE OF THE BEST RESTAURANTS In this city cantbe found at No. 25 Central Avenue, KANSAS CI1Y, KANSAS, Everything in the line of eatables is cooked acd served in first ciats style. Splendid mesls served on short notice ‘Mrs. Annie ~ewall is weil experierced ia Festauront business and knows bow to ‘the No,, 25 Central averue, ; RS. ANNIE SEWELL, Proprietress. SHOT HIMSELF. Topeka Ks,, Oct 20.—Henry Vaughr, coluted, went out to Rill chicken to da. He laid his shotgun down to round uy the flock of chickens, When he sterted to pick it up it went of, The load. of ‘shot lodged in bis leg. BAPTIST. Jat. Baptist, corner ih. and Nebrask gvenue. if as... aaa You Are Earnestly Requested to Vall a The C, F. WILLNER 3 | t AND Carpet Co, Looated at 618 and 620 Minnesota Avenue To inspect the largest and most complete line of | In the city, at prices that will convince you that your money will ¢ further here than elsewhere. We make it an especial effort to please and ther-by retain your patronage and also your recommeadaion for you frieads patronage. WE SEL: UN TIME PAYMENTS and know toat OUR TERMS Wit SUIT YOU, and will be glad to show you UURSTUOK. We carry everything n the line of " FURNITURE, CARPETS, DRAPERIES, OLL CLOTH, LINOLEUMS,SHAUES,LAMPS, DINNER and TOILET Hitec line of RANGES and GASO- PETY Sia Don’t forget the number aud uame, THE C. F. WILLNER, ‘We sell the Celebrated Kroeger Piano. Farniture and Carpet, 618, 620 MINNESOTA AVENUE, Telephone W 130) | RAILROAD NOTICES. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY,SUM- MER EXCURSIONS. —West and North.— ‘To Pueblo, Col rado Spring» and Den- ver and returo, special summer excur- sions June 21, July /, 8, 9, 10, 18, and August 2, final re'urn limit October 31, $19 for the round trip. “Summer tourist Urkets on sale every day from June 1 to September 15, in clusive, final return limit Oct. 31, round He $25 Jomeseekers’ excursions to western ‘and southwestern points on Juns 5 and 19, July 8 and 17, August? auc 22. tick- ets good for twenty-one days, at rate of ore fare plus £2, for the round trip, Tickets ty St. Paul and Minneapolis at $21 for the round trip. good g ing any day, returmiog any time up to October 1.” Very low raies to other nortberu points. Special excursions June 21, July 7, 8, © 10 and 15, and August z. to St. Paul Mivneapolis. Kouad trip at 815.55. Du: luth @n.. the Superiors at $.9.85. Water ville, Minn., $14.40. Good w return Oc tober 31, 1900. _ From July 1 speeial round trip oxcur sions to Ogden and Salt Lake City a 250.00. Liveral stop overs, Gvod to re turn until October 31. June 20 to 25 Winfield and return $6.61 Ju'y 7 to 20, Ottawa and return $1.65 For particulars cell or eddrese, E. 3. JEWETT, Passenger and Ticket Agent. City ticket offiee No. 901 Main street Kansas City, Mo. Secure Tickets ++-eVIA TBE... Chicago, Milwaukee &St, Paul Ryo, o ....AND YOU GET.... ‘ Sleepers: & Ghair Cars eoeeTO... * CHICAGO and all intermedsate points The shortest, quickest and bes tine to Chilocothe, Ov tumwa, Cedar Rapids, Dubnque, and La Groote and Cedar Keplde, Roskiord and Freeport: .+++Pessenger Station at..., 22nd St. and Grand Ave. Take Westport Cable. City Ticket Ofloe, V15 Main stree, fide Bulshne A. B. BRILGES Gin’! Scurlweste Ageot F. J. LERCHPassanger Agent. Uffice 915Main St. Kansas Cit For an Evening of Recreation VISIT THE MODERN AND UP-TO-DATK, : : Porters and Waiters Musical 1009, ST. LOUIS AVENUE, 1009. Kansas City, - - - - Missonti, $F" It is the swellest place in the city 3 ' ~~ 2a uc, . -- A i ~ A.C.L.COAL CO, | ~IS HEADQUARTERS FOR— THE CHEAPEST PRICES ‘The Best Goods, the Quickest Sales, the Smallest Profits | and the promptest deliveries, a GEL THEIR PRICES ON COAL, WOOD, FEED, FLOUR, as» BUILDING STONE, Wholesale and Retail. Offiee 492, Minnesota Ave. ‘Tel, 152 West. @rYard and Storage 917 and 919 North 3rd. St. BF. HENDERSON Manager. ‘ chan Lewis Blandeha No. 6, Sta eLine, K.C. K Does all kinds of Boot and Shor work. He does first class hanc work, and also has one of the very latest and best Shoemaker’s machine and guarantecs the best and the sheapest work ia the quickest tsme Give iim a trialand see for you elf. W.B. RAYMOND, Mannfacturer of and Wholesale dealer in UNDERTAKERS * SUPPLiéS FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES FOR ALL PURPOSES AT ALL HUUKS AMBULANCE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THESICK AND WOUNDES Undertaking Ruoms, 431 Minnesota'ave. _‘Lelepnone West 32. Factory Lor st St., and Riverview Ave. Telepehone 38 KANSAS CIT:. KANSAS. ‘ EXECUTOR’S NOT.CE. State of Baosas, Wyandotte Oven} ty, 88. In'the Pr. bate Court in and for id Count. In the matrer Of the Esin of Jesse Pope, Deceased, Notice is hereby. given that Letters Festanent sty have been eranted tw the undersigned on the Last Will and Testa- ment of Jesse Pope, ine of said couaty, decersed, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County aud State sforesaid dated the Zod. day of October A, D., 1900 Now, ail persons baving claim: against the said estate. are hereby noti- fied that they must present the same to the undersigned for ullowance witain one year from the date of said Let ers or they may be preeluded from #ny ben: eft of such eatate, and that if such clains te not exhibited within three Years after the date of suid Letters, they shail be forever barred NETTIE NEE WASHINGTON, DAISY SARAH REYNOLDs, Exeeutor of the last Wii) and Testa ment of Jesse Pope Deceased. Gem Drug Store MINNESOTA AVENUE DEALER IN, DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, Fine Toilet Soaps, Brushes, Combs, Etc. — | PERFUMERY AND FANCY TOILFT ARTICLES. a cas UNION aaa Oye | Sy a Jesve le Rak gies Nor ae $ picroR’ SHORTFST LINE ACROSS ™™ CONTINENT ‘The Union Pacitic ‘The Original Over land Route’ always was, and i. to-day, the shortest and best Line to the west Two splendid fast trains leave Kannas City daily over this old established line, No change of cars between Kansas City and Denver, Ogden or San Francisco. All trains solidly vestibuled and tutly equipped with latest improved Relining Chair Cars free and Pullman Palace sleeping cars. Meals served in Paliman Pa:ace dining ears on the restaurant piat at prices most reasonable. AJ] cars light- ed with the celebrated Pintsch Ligt Only line ruoning two trains with- out charge from KarsssCity to Denver Low excursion rates on sale to Colorado~ Utah Idaho, Oregon Washington and California. 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Homestead Excursion Tickets Homesekers' Excursion Tickets To nearly all points in the United States on sale at all ticket offices of the Chicago Great Western Ry. on the first and third Tuesdays of October, November and December, at the very low homeeker's rate of one fare plus $2 for the round trip. Tickets good for return within 21 days from date of sale. Persons contemplating a trip will save money by calling oh any Great Western agent and obtaining detail information regarding the homeeker's rates, or addressing F. H. Lord, G. P. & T. A., 113 Adams St., Chicago You can't always measure a lover's sincerity by his sighs. Jell-O, the New Dessert, pleases all the family. Four flavors: Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry. At your grocers. 10 cts. Try it today. Woman may be a conundrum, but she always has a ready answer. The Bluest Blue makes the whitest white, that's Red Cross Ball Blue. Adam was the only man ever married on his wedding Eve. 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TOPEKA, Oct. 19—One of the most effective campaign documents which has fallen into the hands of the Republicans this year is a letter written by John W. Breidental, fusion nominee for governor, which made its appearance to-day. In it he makes a vicious assault upon the foreign residents of Kansas and also upon the colored population. As is well known, Briedenthal's long suit is letter writing. It has got him into trouble many times in the past; it has got him into trouble again now. The letter which will cause him much embarrassment this campaign was written to a friend in Pennsylvania, in response to a letter in which the friend had evidently deplored the fact that Kansas went for Bryan and Populism in '96. Breidenthal's letter was dated December 19, 1896. That was just after the election, and he was free to express his real sentiments. He was so proud of his reply to his Pennsylvania friend that he had his stenographer make a number of copies of it and send them to his personal friends throughout the state. One of his friends was Dr. Anna Knilberg, at that time a resident of 217 West Fifth street, Topeka, but now of Chetopa, Kan. The other day, in some unaccountable manner, she lost the copy sent her by Breidenthal, and it has come into the hands of the Republicans. In the letter, Breidenthal gloats over the fact that the People's party is not made up of the "ignorant and vicious elements in our state, as, for instance, the colored population," "and again the vicious foreign element." He says that Kansas City, Kan., is a "den of iniquity," and that the "vicious and un-American classes kept Bryan's major down to 12,000. His denunciation of the colored population and the "ignorant foreign element" will not tend to help him in his canvass this year. After insulting the foreign element and the colored population, Breidenthal went on with some other observations in his twelve-page letter to his Pennsylvania friend. He denounced the "iniquitous European financial policy which compelled Kansas farmers to sell corn at 10 cents a bushel," declared that people who think prosperity can be restored by starting factories are densely ignorant; claimed that it was absolutely impossible for the people of a gold standard country to be prosperous and happy, and then admitted that there is one decent and honest Populist official in Kansas and that his name is Breidenthal. He insinulates that the other Populist officials were all crooked. Extracts from this most interesting letter follow: "You and I know that a large majority of the sober, industrious home owners of Kansas belong to the Populist party; that that organization does not embrace within its membership the ignorant and vicious elements in our state, as, for instance, the colored population, which can be counted on as being reliably Republican: and, again, the ignorant foreign element. "Outside of the cities and towns Bryan had a majority of over 30,000 in Kansas, but the ignorant and vicious un-American classes cut down this magnificent majority obtained among intelligent people who reside in the country and rural districts, where the atmosphere is untainted with the poison and venom of such dens of iniquity as Kansas City, Kan., to a fraction over 12,000. "How long, Oh, Lord, how long, will men who were given an inheritance fit for a king and who might be the most intelligent people on the face of the earth, continue to submit to the rule of the ignorant asses, instead of the rule of the intelligent masses? "The greatest trouble now with Kansas is the fact that, as a result of the damnable, vicious, European financial policy, the products of her soil have been reduced in price until they will not pay the cost of production. Think of Jewell county, raising 10,000, 000 bushels of corn, and being compelled to sell it at 9 and 10 cents per bushel. Taken with a Jewell county land owner the other day on the train, who told me that it cost him 6 cents per bushel to have his corn gathered and marketed; that he sold it for 10 cents, giving him 4 cents per bushel for corn. Let those in the East who are traducing Kansas assist in inaugurating a policy that will give the Child Wife in Pottstown. Pottstown, Penn., has a child wife of thirteen, Mrs. Alveride R. Shellenberger, who sings to her baby as she might to doll, while herself wearing short clothes. She says that her mother objected to her marriage, but finally yielded because "Horace," who is twenty-two, begged so hard. Electric Motor for Automobiles. A new electric motor for automobiles has been devised which restores energy to the storage battery when the vehicle is running down hill. For Costume Worth $35,000. Among the exhibits at the Paris exposition at present attracting considerable attention may be mentioned a magnificent fur costume, specially designed at the express wish of the favorite wife of the Shah of Persia by a well-known furrier. The costume is valued at $35,000, and is probably the finest specimen of workmanship in furs that has ever been exhibited. A fool in the society of the wise is like a fish out of water. Kansas farmer a fair return for the products of his soil, and in five years she will pay off every obligation she owes Eastern people. "Can you point to a single gold standard country where the people are prosperous and happy? On the other hand, do you not know that in every single gold standard country labor is reduced to its lowest depths? Take Italy, Austria, or any other country! There the sole subsistence of the laboring people consists of soup made by shaving hard brown bread into a bowl and pouring over it boiling water and seasoning it with pepper and salt. Each member of the family, young and old, with a ladle or spoon, stand, around this bowl eating of this wholesome, luxurious repast. This is repeated three times per day. If this is what the people who advocate 'honest money' desire to see in the United States, why should we expect different results in this country than have obtained in every other country where this policy has been put into practice? "We boast of our intelligence, and we are intelligent, so far as not being illiterate, but a better term would be to say we are educated. At the same time we are woefully ignorant of those common, fundamental principles of government, which must be understood by the people of any country before we can obtain any degree of prosperity. We have been satisfied with getting together on the Fourth of July each year and listening to the oratory of the distinguished gentlemen, who proclaim that we are the greatest and smartest people on earth, while the people of other nations, though not having any day to celebrate, or any day in which they can get together and engage in personal laudations of their achievements, have made steady progress toward a condition of affairs under which any man who is willing to do his share of labor, can surround himself and family with the necessities and comforts of life. "With reference to the abuse of Kansas becoming nauseating, and the probable effect its continuation will have on me politically, I want to say that there is a great field for labor in this direction in the East. The people who think you can restore prosperity by starting factories are so densely ignorant that the first work to be done will be of a kindergarten character, and should you need any kindergarten teachers, Kansas is prepared to furnish them by the score. To my mind it is simply appalling that any considerable number of intelligent people would accept this theory. It must be apparent to you that factories must start as a result of prosperity, as a result of the demand created for their products by reason of the people being employed at good wages and receiving for the products of toil good prices, thereby enabling them to purchase more clothing, more food and more of all the comforts and necessities of life, and that, when factories are started this way, their starting will be salutary and will be hailed with joy by the people. But the idea of starting a factory in order to create prosperity, when the shelves in every establishment throughout the country is breaking with goods, many of which are shelf worn because of the inability of the people to purchase, is ridiculous. "Looking back over a somewhat eventful career, I can see many points where I might have done differently, in view of the light possessed at this time. For instance, I do not know that I would have devoted a good portion of my time and considerable money for the last twenty years endeavoring to bring about a changed condition of affairs for the people who do not appear to want a change, but, on the other hand, I might have pursued a course which would have resulted in ceasing me along with the so-called respectable element of society, rather than being classed with the anarchists and repudiators. "I am pleased to say that I have received very courteous treatment at the hands of the Financier, a financial paper of New York City, Mr. C. A. Hazen, associate editor, concludes a recent letter as follows: "Hoping that the rumors of your approaching election to the United States senatorship will be confirmed as to a certainty before many months, and congratulating you in advance on that probability, we remain, etc." By this, it would appear that I have been able to convince one New Yorker that there is at least one Populist holding official position in Kansas who does not reflect unfavorably upon the state." The Will Is Power Our life is March weather, sage and serene in one hour. We go forth austere, dedicated, believing in the iron links of Destiny, and will not turn on our heel to save our life; but a book or a bust, or only the sound of a name, shoots a spark through the nerves, and we suddenly believe in will.—Representative Men. Watchelpa of Lough Ness A citizen of Lewiston, Me., has a watch chain made of nine peach stones. Each of the stones has a different device carved on each side, so that there are eighten designs. The stones are joined with bars of gold, the whole making a rich and novel chain. One of 28th Congress Left. General John A. McClernand, who died the other day, was one of the last two survivors of the twenty-eighth congress, which met in December, 1843. Ex-Governor Ramsey of Minnesota is the other. The king of Spain is not the only boy king. He shares this distinction with Maharajah of Nepaul, a mere lord who is at the head of 2,000,000 people, and commander of a standing army of 15,000 men. Life-Saving Pith Cloak. A Swiss genius has invented a pith cloak, weighing about one pound, which will hold up a fully equipped soldier on the surface of the water. Successful experiments were made recently on the Lake of Zurich. The cloak is provided with waterproof pockets, in which food and drink may be carried, as well as blue lights, in case the wearer is shipwrecked in the night. Good resolutions are like pet bears—few people keep them. Texas News Notes. The November docket of the state supreme court does not contain a criminal case. The Glasco State bank has a capital of $6,000 and deposits of $96,000 to stand good for. The Retail Clerk's union at Topeka parades nightly in front of a store that does not close at 6:30. Wild geese are said to be appropriating a large part of the summer's crop in Northern Kansas. One hundred and fifty thousand cans of tomatoes is the output, this year, of one Atchison institution. Owing to the peculiar wording of the Kansas constitution, the next legislature will convene six days before the inauguration of the new state officials. The inauguration occurs on the second Monday, and the meeting of the legislature on the second Tuesday of January. It so happens that next year the first day of January will fall on Tuesday. The percentage of the population enrolled in elementary, secondary and common schools in Kansas is 27.87, the highest of all the states; it is one enrolled in the schools to every 3.59 of the population. In Missouri the percentage is 21.18; in Massachusetts, 17.21 and in New York, 16.94. The average percentage of all the states and territories is 20.5 of the entire school population—or 15,138,715. Kansas has had thirteen, United States senators. The first two were James H. Lane and Samuel C. Pomeroy. Lane was succeeded by Edward Ross. Following Ross came Robert Crozier, Alexander Caldwell, James M. Harvey, Preston P. Plumb, Bishop W. Perkins, John Martin and Lucien Baker in the order named. Pomeroy was succeeded by John J. Ingalls, William A. Peffer succeeded Ingalls, and W. A. Harris succeeded Peffer. Pomeroy, Lane, Plumb, Perkins, Crozier and Ingalls are dead. Charles Steinbrink, who was convicted at St. John, on forty-nine counts, of selling whisky in violation of the prohibitory law, was fined $4,900 and sentenced to forty-nine months in jail. As he cannot pay his fine, he will, under the law, have to serve it out in the jail at the rate of 50 cents a day, making his total sentence practically thirty years and nine months. The probability is, however, that after a year or so the county will tire of feeding him and the county commission will release him. The beef and bacon that our soldiers in the Philippines and China are now eating, are produced from cattle and hogs fed on Kansas corn. The "hard tack" they consume on march is one-eighth of it lard from hogs fed on Kansas corn. The "khakis" which they wear and the canvas tins in which they sleep are "sized" by starch derived from Kansas corn. The smokeless powder which they use in their guns contain as its chief ingre dient hydro cellulose and spirits, both derived from the Kansas corn plant. — Emporia Gazette. At Columbus several prisoners, while being guarded, assaulted one of the guards, disarmed him, and at once broke away, with a view of escape. The alarm was given and Sheriff Sparks and City Marshal Altichison immediately pursued the prisoners. They were nearly two miles out of town when overtaken, and when the sheriff commanded them to halt one of them, William Hogg, a colored man, opened fire. The sheriff returned the fire, one shot taking effect, the bullet entering Hogg's body near the spine, passing clear through, killing him almost instantly. The other prisoners then surrendered and were returned to the county jail. The Kansas court of appeals for the Northern department has handed down a decision declaring null and void the search and seizure liquor ordinance of Topeka. The decision was rendered in the case of Topeka against R. H. Semple, president of the Amity Club. Recently the police raided the club, seized the stock of liquor and a portion of the fixtures. Semple, as president, was arrested for selling liquor. He immediately applied to the court of appeals for his release from custody on a writ of habeas corpus. The writ was granted. In the decision the court held that no city had a legal right to pass a search and seizure ordinance. This decision, if upheld by the supreme court, will effect a large number of Kansas towns which copied the Topeka ordinance. It will also effect a number of Topeka joint cases now pending in the Shawnee district court. A postoffice has been established at Ladysmith, Clay county, with Ida F. Smith in charge. Among the most thrifty of Kansas farmers are the Mennonites. There are many thousands of them in McPherson and Marion counties. At Goessel they have recently completed a hospital at a cost of nearly $5,000. It is maintained by private subscription. The press and the pulpit go hand in hand in Western Kansas. Editor Knapp of the Leoti Standard, Editor Lee of the Dighton Herald and Editor Barnes of the Ness City News write political screeds six days in the week and preach the gospel on Sunday. Commodore Clark, 20 years of age, son of a widely known farmer of Nortonville, killed himself by shooting at Atchison last week. The French-Bennett Grain company proposes to build a $100,000 elevator at Topeka at once. The comptroller of the currency has authorized the Cedarvale National bank of Cedarvale, Kan., to begin business with a capital of $23,000. Hutchinson will send a library of 1,000 volumes to the soldiers in the Philippines. The Kansas exposition has adopted a "trade mark." It is a sunflower with these words in big letters: "Kansas Semi-Centennial Exposition - Topeka, 1904." Newspapers use it, and business men have it on their letter heads and envelopes. 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Doug- hill or $3.50 shoes will positively outweigh two pairs of ordinary $3 or $3.50 shoes. We are the largest makers of men's $3 and $5.50 shoes and sell all $3 and $5.50 shoes than any other two manufacturers in the U. S. more. Douglas $2.50 and $3.00 shoes are sold the way they are. Your dealer should keep ARE THE BEST. Your dealer should keep ARE THE BEST. Your dealer should keep ARE THE BEST. Take no substitute! Instal on having W. Douglas shoes with name and price stamped on bottom. W. Douglas shoes with name and price stamped on bottom. Factory, enclosing price and $2.00, earn for carriage. State kind of size, size and width, plain or cap lot. W. L. Douglas Shoe Co. Brecken, Mass. W. L. Douglas Shoe Co. Brecken, Mass. DROPSY NEW DISCOVERY, glimpse TEN YEARS AGO IT WAS ONLY 63,069,756. Nearly 21 Per Cent Increase—Missouri Shows a Big Gain—Kansas Has Not Increased Much —Official Announcement of the Total Population of the Country by Census. The official announcement of the population of the United States for 1900 is 76,295,220, of which 74,627,907 are contained in the forty-five states, representing approximately the population to be used for apportionment purposes. There is a total of 134,158 Indians not taxed. The total population in 1890, with which the aggregate population of the present census should be compared, was 63,069,756. Taking the 1890 population as a basis, there has been a gain in population of 13,235,464 during the past ten years, representing an increase of nearly 21 per cent. Following is the official announcement of the population of the United States in 1900 by states. In the figures the first column represents the census for 1900, and the second for 1890, and the third column, when given, represents the number of Indians not taxed: Alabama 1,828,697 1,513,017 Arkansas 1,311,564 1,128,179 California 1,421,004 1,548,000 Colorado 539,700 412,198 Connecticut 983,355 746,258 Connecticut 1,421,004 Florida 528,542 391,422 Georgia 2,136,329 1,837,353 Georgia 2,136,329 1,837,353 Indiana 4,821,555 3,892,351 Indiana 2,136,329 1,837,353 Iowa 2,136,329 1,837,353 Iowa 2,136,329 1,837,353 Kentucky 2,147,174 1,858,635 Louisiana 1,831,627 1,118,387 Louisiana 1,831,627 1,118,387 Maryland 1,189,946 1,042,390 Massachusetts 2,80,346 2,283,984 Mississippi 1,751,395 1,301,826 Mississippi 1,551,372 1,289,604 Mississippi 1,551,372 1,289,604 Montana 243,189 182,153 10,746 Nebraska 1,068,901 1,058,910 1,665 New Hampshire 411,588 376,530 New Hampshire 411,588 376,530 New Jersey 1,883,669 1,444,333 New York 1,788,099 5,978,855 4,711 N. Dakota 319,040 182,719 4,692 Ohio 4,157,545 3,672,316 Pennsylvania 6,301,365 5,258,014 Rhode Island 428,556 345,564 S. Dakota 401,559 828,808 10,932 Tennessee 2,022,723 1,767,518 Tennessee 2,022,723 1,767,518 Utah 276,565 207,905 1,472 Vermont 343,641 332,422 Vermont 343,641 332,422 Washington 517,672 349,390 2,531 W. Virginia 958,900 762,794 1,6,57 Wyoming 2,022,723 1,686,800 1,6,57 Total 45,142 74,627,907 62,116,811 44,617 TERRITORIES, ETC. Alaska ..... 44,000 ..... 32,052 Arizona ..... 122,112 ..... 59,630 | 24,644 Alabama ..... 178,718 ..... 220,969 Hawaii ..... 154,001 ..... 89,990 Indian Ter ..... 391,960 ..... 180,182 | 56,033 Mexico ..... 198,777 ..... 153,93 | 2,937 Oklahoma ..... 398,245 ..... 61,834 | 5,527 Persons in serv- United States stationed abroad, estimated ..... 84,400 ..... 145,282 India, etc. on Indian reserva- tions, except Indian Pen ..... 1,697,313 | 951,945 | 89,541 Total for seven territories, etc. ... 1,697,313 | 951,945 | 89,541 The Alaskan figures are derived from partial data only and all returns for Alaska and for certain military organizations stationed abroad, princi- plyly in the Philippines, have not yet been received. MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE. Rosslyn Ferrell to Be Electrocuted for Shaying Express Messenger Lane. At Marysville, Ohio, the jury returned a verdict of murder in the first degree, without recommendation, against Rosslyn Ferrell, for the murder, on the night of August 10 last, of Charles Lane, an express messenger on a Panhandle eastbound train. The murder was committed for the purpose of robbery. Ferrell secured $1,000 in money from the safe of the Adams Express company. The verdict carries with it the death penalty, which is electrocution. PERJURY IN A GOEBEL CASE. A Witness Swears the Murdered Man's Brother Hired Him to Testify Falsely. The Louisville Evening Post prints an affidavit of Fulcher Anderson, the telegraph operator, upon whose testimony Caleb Powers was convicted of complicity in the murder of Governor Goebel, in which Anderson swears his story told upon the stand at Georgetown was perjured, and paid for by Arthur Goebel, brother of the murdered man. SPAIN ORDERS A NEW NAVY. A Fine Big Fleet to Take the Place of the One That Met Sampson's Men. The rebuilding of the Spanish fleet will be intrusted to French builders. The Spanish government has given an order for eight triondels of 12,000 tons burden each, four armored cruisers of 8,000 tons burden each and 100 torpedo boats. The order is to be executed within ten years. General D. M. Frost of St. Louis Is Dead. General D. M. Frost, for fifty years a resident of St. Louis, is dead, aged 77. His death was unexpected, as no illness had preceded it. General Frost was born in Schenectady county, N. Y., August 9, 1833. He was graduated from West Point in 1844, and served in the Mexican and Civil wars with distinction. In the Civil war he serv'd upon the Confederate side. From Nome With a Million in Gold Dust. The long overdue steamer Robert Dollar has arrived from Nome with 350 passengers and $1,000,000 in gold dust. Negro Youth Lynched. At Duke, Ala., an 18-year-old negro boy named Abernathy, attempted a criminal assault on the 14-year-old adopted daughter of V. N. Thompson, a section foreman on the Louisville and Nashville road. The negro was captured three hours afterward and identified and lynched. A Southern Editor Dead Major Henry J. Hearsey, editor of the New Orleans Daily States, is dead He was 63 years of age $ ^{2} $ MADE A MESS OF IT. Four Italian Miners Prove to Be Poor Bandits. Four Italian miners attempted to rob Pay Clerk William Hosler, of the Southwest Connellsville Coke company, while making his trip between Mount Pleasant, Pa., and Alverton with the pay roll of the Alverton and Tarr works, amounting to $4,000. Mr. Hosler is dead; his companion, Harry Burgess, messenger of the company, is wounded; two of the Italians are dead, a third fatal wounded, and the fourth is in jail. When Hosler and Burgess reached the summit of the long hill above Morewood, just below which lies Alverton, a large coke town, with a second's warning four Italians fired a volley from their hiding place and sprang forward, firing as they advanced. Mr. Hosler fell dead at the first volley, young Burgess, though wounded, was able to return their fire with effect, and one of the number at the horses head fell dead. A second later, he fired his revolver in the face of another, and, as he fell, his two remaining companions became terrified and, leaving the dead one, set out with the wounded over the hill to the south. Burgess managed to drive on into Alverton with the body of Mr. Hosler and the safe, where he gave the alarm. Mount Pleasant and vicinity, with the clerical force of the coke company, turned out, 500 strong, headed by Lieutenant John G. Thompson, of Company E, and soon corralled the two who had concealed themselves in a field on the Durstine farm, a mile from town. A summons to surrender was answered by a volley in which one of the posse received a slight wound in the chest. The outaws, from their fortified position, made a fierce stand for a few minutes, until one of the posse succeeded in getting in their rear. He shot one through the head, killing him. The other surrendered and was brought to the office of Squire Rhodes and remanded to jail. In the meantime another division of the posse overhaulied the third would be robber, who had received a ghastly wound. The ball, entering his mouth, penetrated his head, and came out at the back of his neck. He is not expected to recover. UNCLE SAM'S ARMY. It Consists of 98,709 Men. Besides the Hospital Corps. The annual report of Adjutant General Corbin for 1900 is a complete statistical record of the army of the United States. It shows that the regular army consists of 2,535 officers and 63,861 enlisted men, and the volunteer army consists of 1,548 officers and 31,029 enlisted men, a grand total of 98,790, not including the hospital corps, which is not counted as a part of the effective strength of the army. The regular and volunteer army at present is distributed as follows: United States, 998 officers, of whom 76 are volunteer officers, and 18,898 enlisted men, all regulars. Alaska, 41 officers, 1,088 enlisted men. Porto Rico, 98 officers, 2,406 enlisted men. Cuba, 260 officers, 5,468 enlisted men. Phillippe islands, 2,367 officers, 69,161 enlisted men. Hawai'i island, 6 officers, 219 enlisted men. China, 89 officers, 2,000 men. There are 879 volunteer enlisted men in Porto Rico, and 30,200 in the Philippines. General Corbin commends highly the operation of post exchanges and the canteen, saying that the reports from the Philippines, Cuba and Porto Rico "indicate that the post exchange has become an absolute necessity." He says that the total amount received by the exchanges, so far as reports show, amounted to $1,915,862, with a net profit of $464,504. Stole Thousands of Dollars. A Vancouver, B. C. dispatch says: "Through the well organized work of the Pinkertons of Chicago during the last six months, an organized association has been discovered, including in its membership railway conductors, ticket agents, hotel runners, baggagemen and others, boh in and out of the Canadian Pacific's employ, whose operations in the Kootenai district alone have involved a loss to the road and a profit to the ring, of between $500,000 and $1,000,000. There are believed to be several hundred involved in the ring. To Fight Sheet Steel Trust A story is published to the effect that the Carnegie Steel company intends to invade the sheet steel business by manufacturing this product at their Duquesne works. It is said that steel sheets will be turned out by the Carnegie company within six months. If the Carnegie company should go into the sheet business, it will come into competition with the sheet combine, a concern organized nearly a year ago. The combine is capitalized at $32,000,000. Would Have No Negro Troops. In his annual report to the governor of Alabama, Adjutant General Byrd recommends that the negro troops of the state be disbanded and mustered out of service. He believes they cannot be of any service to the state from a military standpoint. Alton Trains Collide. One man was killed and six others were injured, one perhaps fataly, in a collision on the Chicago and Alton railroad near Mitchell, Ill. The passengers received a shaking up, but none was seriously hurt. General Wilson Ordered Home Orders have been sent to Fekin detaching General James K Wilson from duty as chief of staff under General Chaffee and directing him to return to the United States. Wanted Insurance Money William Hilger, a young carpenter of Genesee, Ill., is dead of wounds afflicted upon him with a pistol by his wife. He carried a truce in the WoDi war for the money is the BOXER LEADERS' FATE. YU HSIEN ENDS ALL BY EATING GOLD LEAF. Yung Lu Just Simply "Died"—The Punishment of the Anti-Foreigners of High Station Has Begun, and Suicide Promises to Become Popular—Regular Chinese Methods. The Chinese minister at Washington has received a dispatch stating that Kang Yi, a member of the cabinet with Yung Lu and one of the intense anti-foreign leaders, whose punishment was demanded by the powers, died of illness upon the 18th inst., also that Yu Hsien, the late governor of Shansi, who is said to have been responsible for the death of many missionaries, committed suicide by swallowing gold leaf. the death of Kang Yi is an important event, as he was one of the ring-leaders whose punishment was demanded by the powers. He held the position of assistant grand secretary and president of the civil board, and also was one of the six Chinese statesmen making up the privy council or cabinet, which is the body nearest the throne. Following the demands of the powers for his punishment, an edict was issued handing him over to the board of censors to consult and decide upon a penalty for his misdoing. The same edict ordered the punishment of Prince Tuan, but it was thought that the Tuan influence would secure lenency for Kang Yi and for others. The dispatch shows, however, that Kang Yi himself recognized that there was no hope of imperial favor. Although the dispatch to Minister Wu says that only Kang Yi died upon the 18th instant, it is thought that this "death" was the natural result of the disgrace which has overtaken the anti-foreign and Boxer element. Governor Yu's method of suicide, by swallowing gold leaf, is peculiar to China. It is a means by which high personages take their life, the gold leaf being representative of their high station. The leaf forms a ball in the canals of the body and brings death from suffocation. Minister Wu's advices also show that Prince Tuan has been visited with severe censure from the throne and to such an extent that it would be no surprise if he followed the course of Kang Yi and Yu. He has been prevented from accompanying the imperial court to Siang Fu and remains at Shansi, cut off from further influence upon the throne. It is expected that he will be banished, which to a prince of the blood, is worse than decapitation, and under the Chinese idea of propriety, suicide is likely to be his end. NEW ARMOUR DEAL. Chicago and Kansas City Houses to be Brought Together. There is to be a consolidation of Armour & Co., of Chicago, and the Armour Packing Company, of Kansas City, and an increase in the capital of the Chicago corporation from $20,000,000 to $35,000,000. The new corporation will be almost double the size of the old one. It will still be altogether an Armour affair, and the whole of its $33,000,000 capital stock will be held by the members of the family, except such small interests as may be owned by heads of departments or members of the directory. ACROSS THE CONTINENT. The Vanderblits Said to Control the Southern Pacific System It is stated on good authority that the Vanderbilts have obtained control of the Southern Pacific railroad system. This gives the Vanderbilts a transportation line from the Atlantic coast at New York to San Francisco and thence to the far East by means of steamship lines. Acquiring control of the Southern Pacific adds 8,000 miles to the Vanderbilt system. AMERICANS HAD TO RETIRE. A Battle in Luzon in Which Our Men Lost One Officer and Four Men. The war department has received a dispatch from General MacArthur, giving an account of a fight, in which a small detachment of the American troops attacked a much superior force of Filipinos, and our men had to retire. One American officer and four men were killed. The Filipinos' loss is estimated at 150. Gates to Be President John W. Gates has been cast for a new role on the financial stage. He is billed to appear as the president of the Kansas City and Southern railway company. The deal whereby the Harriman, or Eastern interests, of the new road pass into the hands of Gates has been concluded. Banker Gets Five Years In the Federal court at Louisville, Ky., J. M. McKnight, former president of the German National bank, of Louisville, recently convicted on the charge of embezzling the bank's funds, was sentenced to five year's imprisonment at hard labor. Killed by Premature Explosion John Cunato, a shot firer in No. 4 shaft at Midway, near Minden, Mo., was killed by the premature explosion of a shot. He was an Italian, and was 30 years of age. Killed While Hunting. Walter J. Brunner of Kansas City, Mo., was accidentally shot and killed while hunting about 100 miles east of Guthrie, Okla. The young man was one of the most popular young men in Kansas City. Supplies for Starving Indians The government is preparing to relieve the suffering of the drouth-striken Indians on the Sacaton reservation, Arizona. Several carloads of rations will be distributed among the destitute. CENSUS FIGURES. List of the Largest Cities in the United States. The census bureau has prepared a list showing the order in which the large cities stand in population. It puts Kansas City, Mo., twenty-second and Kansas City, Kan., seventy-sixth in the list. St. Joseph is thirty-fourth. The order down to Kansas City is as follows. | | 1900 | 1890 | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | New York | 3,487,202 | 18,901 | | New York City | 677,497 | 1,098,950 | | Philadelphia | 1,293,697 | 1,048,964 | | St. Louis | 575,218 | 451,770 | | Baltimore | 608,955 | 484,439 | | Cleveland | 381,768 | 261,353 | | Buffalo | 352,748 | 289,987 | | San Francisco | 384,782 | 289,987 | | Cincinnati | 325,902 | 298,997 | | Pittsburgh | 321,616 | 388,617 | | New Orleans | 302,875 | 361,671 | | Detroit | 285,704 | 205,867 | | Milwaukee | 285,315 | 204,464 | | Washington | 285,315 | 204,464 | | Newark | 246,070 | 181,830 | | Jersey City | 206,433 | 163,003 | | Los Angeles | 164,138 | 141,188 | | Minneapolis | 202,718 | 164,738 | | Providence | 175,597 | 132,146 | | Indianapolis | 175,597 | 132,146 | | Kansas City | 163,752 | 132,176 | Among the most notable changes in the rank of cities which have taken place in 1900, as compared with 1800, may be mentioned that of Seattle, which has advanced from the 150th to the 48th place; Los Angeles, from the 135th to the 36th place; Duluth, from the 156th to the 72d place; Kansas City, Kan., from the 153d to the 76th place, and Portland, Ore., from the 106th to the 42d place. Other noticeable changes in rank from 1890 to 1900 are Tacoma, from 155 to 103 and Spokane from 157 to 103. The following named states and territories in 1900 do not contain any city with a population of 25,000 or more: Arizona, Idaho, Indian Territory, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming. Nebraska is the only state in which the combined population of the cities contained therein shows a decrease from 1890 to 1900. There are 159 cities with a population of 25,000. RAILROADS CAN'T COLLECT. Chicago Not Responsible for Buring of Cars During the Great Strike. Suits against Chicago for damages to railroad property during the strike in 1894, in which over $2,000,000 is involved, were virtually decided in the city's favor last week by a jury in Judge Haney's court. A verdict of not guilty in the case of Armur & Co. against the city of Chicago is interpreted by Corporation Counsel Walker to mean that the litigating companies will not be able to recover damages for the destruction of railroad property during the great strike. Witnesses for the city testified that the burning of the cars and railroad property was not done by a mob, but by individuals, some of whom were employed by the companies. SHE SUED THE SENATOR A Washington Breach of Promise Suit Involving $50,000. A suit for $20,000 damages for breach of promise against United States Senator William V. Sullivan of Mississippi has been filed in the District of Columbia supreme court by Mai Lucy Leeton of Oxford, Mis. The plaintiff in her affidavit alleges that she, "an unmarried woman, at the request of the defendant undertook and promised to marry the defendant, which he without cause or right has refused to do." JOHN SHERMAN'S WILL. His Estate Estimated to be Worth About $3,200,000 The late John Sherman's will leaves practically all of his fortune to relatives. The estate is estimated to be worth about $3,000,000, nearly all in Washington real estate. Mrs. McCalum, his adopted daughter, receives over $500,000. Fifteen thousand dollars in public bequests are made. A fund of $10,000 is left for the publication of his biography. Kansas Woman Helt to $80,000 Mary Vooler, an employee at the Manhattan hotel at Wichita, Kan, has received word that she has fallen heir to a fourth interest in an estate in Germany valued at $320,000. Miss Vooler says she will leave in a few weeks for Germany to complete the legal steps necessary to obtain possession of her share. A Union Pacific Wreck in Nebraska. Near Rising City, Neb., the Westbound passenger train on the Union Pacific was wrecked by a broken rail. Two cars left the track. G. L. Flamagan, a salesman for the Pontiac, Ill., Shoe Manufacturing company, was killed. Took $32,000 in Five Years C. D. Snapp, cashier of a Memphis cotton firm, is under arrest, charged with embezzling $32,000 in the last five years. **Gifts Foot Up Over $2,000,000.** The contributions for the relief of Galveston flood sufferers received to October 25 are $2,140,368. He Bought the First Town Lot W. S. Briggs, who bought the first town lot sold by the original Atchison, Kan., town company died last week. He was 84 years old. Mr. Conger Told to Begin Minister Conger has been authorized by his government to begin negotiations at once with the Chinese envoys. England's Veteran Tenor Dead. Sims Reeves, the veteran English tenor singer is dead, at the age of 83. Largest in the World. The gold in the treasury, October 28, amounted to $451,477,404, the highest point ever reached since the foundation of the government. This is said to be the largest gold fund in the world. What an 18-Year-Old Boy Did. At Chillicothe, Ohio, Harry Gudgen, aged 18, shot and killed Mattie Nichols, aged 46, and then killed himself. He had quarreled with the woman. Too many glasses are apt to make a tumbler of a man HER BROTHER GEORGE APPOINTED TRUSTEE. Count Boni de Castellane Has Spent Nearly $5,000,000 of His Wife's In- come and Incurred Heavy Debts —A Guardian Needed to Manage the Countess' Financial Affairs. The Paris civil tribunal has appointed George J. Gould trustee for the Countess of Castellane, his sister. According to the pleadings in the case her husband, Count Boni de Castellane, spent nearly $5,000,000 in four years, whereas his income from his wife's fortune is little more than $500,000 a year. The action in the case was the result of a suit brought by Mr. Gould against his sister. The proceedings were conducted in secret session, only the bare decision being announced. The Castellanes are now staying in the country together. Maitre Bonnet, when applying for the trusteeship, informed the president of the court that the countess herself recognized that the expenditure had been too lavish and that it was necessary for some one of experience and authority to manage her affairs. He went on to say that, although the countess was a consenting party to the trusteeship, it was desirable that he should furnish precise details. The income of the countess, he went on to set forth, was 3,000,000 francs. Since the marriage 15,000,000 francs had been expended and the debts now amounted to 22,000,000 francs. The Gould family had met in consultation and unanimously decided to authorize Mr. Gould to make the present application. --- Revenue in Kansas Has Increased. The revenue collections for the district of Kansas for the month of October were $95,238.43. This is an increase of over $17,000 from last month and over $8,000 from October, 1899. The collections were from the following sources: Lists, $1,652.24; beer stamps, $1,665; spirit stamps, $656.48; cigar and cigarette stamps, $655.38; tobacco stamps, $470.78; special tax stamps, $5,538.76; olearmargine stamps, $36,369; playing cards, 8 cents; mixed flair stamps, $111; documentary stamps, $37,933.05; propriety stamps, $1,186.67; total, $95,238.43. Fish Bone Causes Death W. H. French of Chandler, Okla., died suddenly of strangulation recently. While eating fish, a bone became lodged in his throat. Physicians were summoned and it was thought that the bone had been dislodged. He improved but kept at home. He sat in bed a short time, when his throat began swelling and rapidly filling with pus, and before the physicians could get to him and give relief he died of strangulation. Mr. French was chairman of the Populist territorial committee and editor of the Chandler Publicist. Kansas Farmer Killed by Lightning. George Atkinson, one of the early pioneers of Kansas and a wealthy farmer, who resides about eight miles northwest of Emporia, was struck by lightning and instantly killed. He had purchased a Hereford at the Kansas City cattle sale and had just brought it home. Three of his sons were helping him unload the animal, when a flash of lightning prostrated the father and two of the sons. The young men recovered but the father was dead. St. Joseph Gazette-Herald Sold. The owners of the St. Joseph Publishing company, which prints the Daily News, have acquired control of the Gazette-Herald. No change will be made in the business and editorial offices of the Gazette-Herald and they will remain in their present location, but, as soon as practicable, the Gazette-Herald will be printed at the Daily News office. Mr. W. G. Holmes has become a stockholder in the St. Joseph Publishing company and will remain interested in the Gazette-Herald. Ferrell Attempts Suicide At Marysville, Ohio, Rosslyn H. Ferrell, who was found guilty of murder in the first degree without recommendation to mercy, attempted to commit suicide by smothering himself to death. He wrapped the bed clothing tightly about his head and turned on his face. When his purpose was discovered the guards pulled the clothes off while Ferrell fought to prevent their removal. Khaki Contract Let The contract for furnishing the quartermaster's department of the United States army with 1,000,000 yards of Khaki cloth was awarded to the American Khaki mills at 22 cents a yard. Lald His Money on the Sill. While William F. Frey of Ravenswood, a suburb was making up a deposit of $700 in the First National bank, Chicago, he was robbed of all of his money by two men, one attracted his attention while the other did the stealing. Frey had laid his money on a window sill and did not discover his loss till the thieves had escaped. Venezuela's Earthquake The earthquake in Venezuela destroyed the town of Guarenas, resulting in the loss of twenty-five lives. Smallpox Attacks Indians Smallpox has broken out on a number of Indian reservations in the West and it is feared that when the cold weather sets in the epidemic will become more widespread and assume a more malignant form. Germany Learns From Us The German government has adopted the American system of consular reports. Germany attributes much of the growth of American foreign trade to the observations of the United States consuls. LONG WAIT FOR SOONERS. Prairies Covered With People Seeking Claims in New Country. People are flocking to the borders of the Kiowa and Comanche country, there to spend a winter on the cold bleak prairies, with no hope of any employment, and no prospect of making a living. They all know that the country can not be thrown open to settlement before next spring, and the probabilities are that it will not then be opened. There is a case now before the supreme court of the United States involving the title to the land in question. A decision has been expected every Monday, and many people believe the decision has really been rendered. The belief is growing that the decision will be in favor of the Indians, and if this should prove to be the case, a new treaty will have to be made or the United States will have to buy the land from the Indians before it can be thrown open to white settlement. TWO WRECKS ON THE C. & A. Freight Trains Collided Near Marshall, Mo. - Passenger Train Ditched. There were two wrecks on the Chicago & Alton railroad near Marshall, Mo. Two fast freight trains met in a head-end collision three miles east of town. Andrew Benson, engineer of one of the trains, was killed. The fireman on Benson's train and the crew of the other engine jumped before the trains struck. No one was dangerously injured. The Chicago and Alton passenger train from St. Louis to Kansas City was ditched a short distance from where the freight trains met. No one was injured on the passenger train. The tender and two cars left the track. The accident was caused by a change which was being made in the roadbed. Can't Surrender. Botha Says. A dispatch from Pretoria tells of the failure of the British negotiations with General Botha for the surrender of the Boers. Botha received General Paget's flag of truce courteously and admitted his defeat, but said it was impossible to treat for surrender as long as any burghers wished to continue the war. Ex-President Steyn was more irreconcilable. He refused to even see the bearer of a flag of truce. Chicago Man to Manage It D. H. Louderback of Chicago has left for London, where he is to take charge of the Charing Cross underground railroad, in which Charles T. Yerkes and other Chicago and Eastern capitalists are interested. He will be the personal representative in London of the American syndicate and will assume the direction of the work as soon as he arrives there. Was a Woman Abolitionist Mrs. Sarah Anthony Burtis is dead, aged 90 years, at Rochester, N. Y. Mrs. Burtis was one of the first active workers in the cause of woman's suffrage. Her home was one of the stations of the "Underground Railroad" and she entertained there William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, Frederick Douglass, Oliver Johnson and other noted men. Hessian Fly in Kansas. Farmers of Southern Kansas are becoming alarmed at the appearance in that section of the Ileian fly, which is a menace to the wheat crop. This insect works on the inside of the stalks of wheat and, absorbing its life, kills the wheat so that it falls over like so much dead grass. Last year was the first time it made its way so far west as Kansas. Former Kansan Takes Laudaum At El Reno, O. T., J. C Brown, stenographer for the El Reno Mill and Elevator company, committed suicide by taking laudanum. He was a young man, holding a good position, and was well liked. No cause is known for his act. He came from Peabody, Kan., to which place his body was shipped for burial. Eight Cotton Steamers Sail. Eight steamships were cleared at New Orleans the other day for Liverpool, Barcelona, Genoa and Hamburg with 76,767 square bales of cotton and 4,921 round bales. This is the largest amount ever cleared from any one port in one day. These vessels will also carry large quantities of wheat, corn, cotton products, etc. Texan Wants a Large Sum At Fort Worth, Texas, suit for $250,-000,000 has been filed against twenty-five of the most prominent citizens in Texas by Joel Blair of Bell county. The petition alleges that the defendants conspired to gain possession of his right in valuable property and cause him to be placed in an asylum for two years. Former Holton Man o Spinides Jeremiah H. H. Bennett, a composer in the government printing office at Washington, 27 years old and a native of Holton, Kan., committed suicide by drinking laudanum. Burglar Set a $39,200 Fire At Shelby, Neb., fire set by safeblowers in the postoffice burned a block of property causing a loss of $30,000. The losses include the opera house block, owned by Dr. Inks and George and Frank Brigham, $12,000; general store of Frank E. Brigham, $10,000. The burglaries secured nothing. To Invade Cape Colony Commandant General Botha is marching with a strong force to invade Cape Colony near Kenhardt, where, it is said, the irreconcilable Boers are ready to join him. China Not Told the Cost Yet It is authoritatively denied that the ministers in Pekin have already decided to demand $200,000,000 indemnity. It is stated that this matter has not yet been considered. Cindera Carried Fifty-Miles Cinders from the forest fires on Cape Cod were carried by the wind as far as Boston, a distance of almost fifty miles, falling in the streets and the waters of the harbor in considerable showers. DRUNKENNESS CURED Dr. Keeley's Famous Cure for the Liquor and Morpheine Cravings in Kansas City. That drunkenness and the morphine habit are thoroughly cured by the treatment originated by Dr. Keeley has long since been proven beyond a peradventure. Dr. Keeley's drug affect that alcohol and narcotic drugs affect the nerve cells in such a manner that the drug finally becomes a necessity to them in order that they may perform their functions, is now generally accepted by the medical profession. The Keeley treatment restores the nerve cells to a healthy condition, in which condition it has no necessity for alcohol or narcotics, and the craving which the patient experienced disappears. The Keeley Institute of Kansas City, Mo., has administered this treatment for nearly ten years, and there are, in nearly every town in the southwest, living examples of the transformations brought about by the Keeley treatment as administered at this Institution. Hundreds of men and women have been placed under treatment having become such that their frailty despaired of their recovery, and theypected nothing else but that they must soon be confined in an asylum or laid in the grave, and they have after a few weeks' treatment, been restored to a surprisingly good condition of health, every vestige of the cravings for stimulants gone, and self-respect and self-confidence restored. This Institute has for many years enjoyed the reputation of being one of the appointed members of the Institution administering Dr. Keeley's treatment. Its location on the bluff overlooking the union depot is certainly an ideal one. It is convenient to the business center of the city, and at the same time retired and quiet. Soltude is better than company- when the company is not congenial. CASTORIA COUNTERFEITERS. Their Factory Unearthed and the Manufacturers Arrested A Warning to Imitators. The Centaur Company of New York city, manufacturers of Castoria, recently learned that their well known preparation was being counterfeited in St. Louis, Mo., and that worthless imitations were being sold. After a careful investigation by Chas. H. Fletcher, president of the company, it was learned that a preparation in imitation of Fletcher's goods was being prepared by the Palestine Drug Company of No. 107 South Second street, and sold by a few druggists. Warrants were sworn out for the imitators. Yesterday John Bick, president of the offending company, and Benjamin Chireau, chemist for the concern, were arrested, but later were released on bond. The cases will be tried before Judge Clark of the Court of Criminal Correction. The Centaur Company has determined to protect the public from worthless imitations of their goods.— St. Louis (Mo.) Republic, Sept. 80, 1900. _____ Umbrellas are great bluffers; it's a case of put up or shut up with them. What Shall We Have for Dessert? What Shall We Have for Dessert? 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 grocers. 10 cts. After a man is married he shouldn't have a single idea. FREE-A TRIAL BOTTLE. The winning of a million of people from sickness to health is a noble pursuit. Our enormous mail is the wonder of the age. 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Large bottles of 300 dollars $1.00, sent prepaid by mail or 5 DROPS "5 DROPS" is a preventive as well as a curative, for a variety of diseases, Rheumatism, Schizophrenia, Gout, Dyspepsia, Bachache, Asthma, Hay fever, Liver Disease, Kidney Troubles, Sleepepsies, Nervousness, Nervous and Neurologic Headaches, Earache, Toothache, Kidney Troubles, Sleepepsies, Malaria, Paralysis, Cropping, Unumbness and a long list of other illies. Write us in usen and stop your suffering. Agents wanted. SWANSON RHEUMATIC CURE CO. 160 Lake Street, Chicago, Ill. Dr.Bull's Cures all Throat and Lung Afections. COUGH SYRUP Get the genuine. Refuse substitutes. IS SURE Salvation Oil cures Rheumatism. 15 & 25 cts. TOWER'S FISH BRAND SLICKER WILL KEEP YOU DRY. Don't be fooled with a mackintosh or rubber coat. If you want coat that will keep you dry in the hardest storm buy the Fish Brand Slicker. If not for sale in your town, write for catalog to A.J. TOWER, Boston, Mass. For the Ladies. PRIESMEYER SHOE CO. SHOES THAT WEAR. Ask Your Dealer For Them. PROSPERITY BRINGS CONTENT THE WORLD OVER. D0 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT TO BE PROSPEROUS? : . ; ; ; Increase tn mine Crops cs-sccsssssssssssssesesesesseeeteseeeee @710)722,017 Increase in value of live stack wcsecnecccnocnnn: 682,060,801 B Total Imcreamessssssesesssesesssssseessssesseetssseeeeeeness @1/943,089,418 $ «This represents the difference that farmers have gained in one year undera Repablican administration. The gain in the value of live stock was distributed as follows: Jan1,1807, Jan, 1, 1900 Total. Total. Hornee cosessesesesssssesteesssemessesssee §452,649,300 008,000,042 Mulghcocceeaccee ce | SGmtmOeO 111,717,002 Cows.croscssssscssesnnsncnsen 960,280,008 -B14,812108 Cattlerswcssssssceeescssnes — BOT,29421 680,480,200 Rheepeccccosscsnccceccncvcccccnecccne —_ OT020.042 122/665.013 Hoge sccsssssssssnecssansossscneecnss 108,272,770 -—248725,000 9$1,055,414,012 $2,288,975,418 To appreciate what this means to every individual stock owner, note the change im the average prics per head of each class of animals: Ie «feds tee 1807. 1900. Per, Renesas an SEA SSeR OR ae Males eL ica tee ijae asain HSUO8 33.56. 20 Conny are eee cen eR 3160 | 36 Cattle cicelcisigceresscerigpsonccgensecs = OOS 2497” 50 Sheep iene adie ae eas Oe 203° 61 Reena ete ean kD 499 22 ‘The detatie by crops aret FROM DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTORE’S REPORT. FARM VALUE-. Increase tn 1800. 1900. 1900, Cora vsssssseeree $513)571;912 859,810,000 $45,958,088 Cottou.. ces 819,076,437 489,750,000 163,773,563. Wheat... 265,698,900 880,000,000 114,301,100 Oatencnncnes — 120)248,889 162,187,500 41,938,011 Potatece cc. 78,670,302 97,350,000 21,679.638 Barleyeecccn . 18)294,090 32,337,500 14,042,504 ; Nye. nsidleciecsasie 8,346,399 14,242,500 5,806,101 Hay ccccsee 669,293,564 671,000,000 1,704,430 Buckwheat... 4,051,424 6,332,000 1,448,576 Total.....-.-- $1008,33%883 §2,707,087,50) ~ $710,722,017 § american farmors received almiest;$115,000,000 mace mosey for their wheat thie year, under Republican prosperity, than they did in 1806 under Democratic depression. his yoar che people can afford to buy bread. 1 1896 thousahds of them were starving and begging for bread. the farms wiil not throw away the substance for the shadow. § They witl vot: ver a coatinuance of Republican prosperity as ee ee ae corse ns eer Kinley and Roosevelt. ‘They wili nut vote for ryan and Stevenson. DO YCU WANT IT?. Are you a Workingman? Are you @ Miner? - ‘Are sou a Farmer? Are you a Mechanic? Are you a Printer? ‘Are you a Railway Employe? Are you a Clerk? Are you a Traveling Salesman? Are you a Wage-earner of any kind? x DO YOU WANT IT? Do you want to continue the present good business conditions, which give employment to all and te wages than ever before paid? If so, vote for MeKinley, for un- der his administratien, the protec- tive tariff and sound money princi- ples for which the Republican party legislated, the depression, the idleness and want of 1893-0 have vanished. DO YOU WANT IT? BememBer the panic, the Gepres- tion, the idleness and want of 1893-96. ‘That was the result of a change of policy in only one great factor of our national welfare. ‘The election of Bryan would mean a return to all the causes which led to that panic. It would also add to them two other equally potent causes for panic—a change of currency sf a change in our foreign poliey.\ Do you want 9 panic in 1901-4 far worse than that of 1893-96? Do you want idleness and star vation and millions subsisting on charity just as they did in 1893? It so, vote for Bryan and you will get it. DO YOU WANT IT? ‘Mr. Brsan proposes to give up that valuable stepping stone to the commerce of the Orient—the Philippine Islands. ‘The countries commercially ad- facent to Manila now buy $1,200,- 000,000 a year of goods chiefly of the kind we make. Yet they only take 6 per cent of them from the United States. Now that we have the Philip- pines, we have a trading center from which we can command a good share of that business, just ba ene pee ean = Number. Liabilities. TSS seeeedeeees SOS $1T0,295,678. 1... ogeene eee 13,969,950 1S .....cesenee ABS 22,704,638 10 sss secnese Oe 56,679,370 Avuual average... 255 (65,927,409 Ut ces ceeeennae 20,694,509 1808... scaqneaeeel 15,997,792 | 120... sceeseeee BE 24,504,570 Avuusl average... G4 20,397,957 Democratic aunual . flees eee scene 19L 45,528,452 “+ comment is needed. ii eee eine eet as England is commanding it from her Asiatic stations at Hongkong and Singapore. Do you want to lose it? If s0, ‘Yote for Bryan and you will get it DO YOU WANT IT? ‘The change of tariff policy which upset and demoralized every busi- ness and industry in ’03 was bad enough. But now it is proposed to couple with it another change which would multiply its disturbing and destructive power upon business and every industry. Bryan proposes to change Sound ‘Money for Cheap Money—a Hun- ‘dred-Cent Dollar for a Fitty-Cent Dollar. |_,Do you want it? If 80, vote for Bryan and you will get it? = DO YOU WANT IT? In 1892 this country was more Prosperous than ever before. Em- ployment was more geveral and wages higher than they had ever deen. ‘The people, misled by the asser- tions of the Democratic office-seck~ ers, tried the, experiment of chang- ing the policy of the government on the tariff question. What was the result? On the very day following the election business began to decline, dealers canceled their contracts for home manufactures, factories reduced their working forces and curtailed their orders for the pro- duct of the mine, the forest and he field, and uncertainty took the vlace of contidence in the business world. What followed? Every workingman, every em: plose and every farmer whose market was thus curtailed remem- bers. There was-a panic, depres- sion, gloom, enforced idleness and want. All this was the result of a change in our tariff policy which affected the great manufacturing interests and which threatened la- bor. Bryan now threatens to lower the tariff and take away protection from labor. Do you want it? If so, vote for Bryan and you will get it. Failures Calendar Year. Number. _ Liabilities. 1890.-......... 10,007 §189,856,064 1891........... 12,278 189,868,638 1882.....2eee. 1344 114,044,167 1893.....+++4+. 15,242 846,779,889 1804........... 13,885 172,902,856 18P5.2...2.24-- 13,197 173,196,000 1806.....+.++++ 15,088 226,096,834 1897....2..++-. 13,351 154,832,071 1898........... 12,186 180,662,200 1899..-eeeeeee 9887 190,879,889 ek <. yf Soy —- Ko = ee = BWV ee oe iy 2 SEs ets Bead sy eS iS ee) Mi ye SAS & Dy, rete te IE ma) Di es a3 : WEE oy Van TL RC Nieaprs 1900 OR pe my ie fey 12,982 a YY MS Be, | —_ if Vm, 7 MSE ee Ny 77 Wines LR EZ Oia 1908 LY MM py Kat u See oe sssszt0o28 Nadia eh a mK Republican yy Vi; hy WY XG Teale’ Re Oe Increase XV Me Mi gree ¥.. MO Gees Gj $282,702,926 iii) 1 has wy, wim 223 Exports of Manuiee- Ware oy ees oe Vir 7) a>. M 1900 Vioun Ce 5 # i Sx ae ‘ $432,284,368 AZ he i aeN A $18,595,748 oo Ree Gey = “ay \ 40,088,623 VS Le es ae ey ‘AEH $248,688, i Lee OL ie Wg — Le f/f mae pee) IP LG Wea ppg Yo we aoe ie Mase PG a, Wis ye” 9 977,550 5 PE NG dae y REY ly, Ut) < $18,509,814 Ne pe ay Republican Fe inoreass $20,467,736 i Den shee eee ea GROWTH OF THE SOUTH’S COTTON MILL INDUSTRY, New Factories Going Into Operation and _ Others Projected. The following table, prepared by the United States Department of Agricul- ture, illustrates the growth of the cotton mill industry in the South during the past three years. The figures include only such mills as were actually in operation and not mills that were idle: ‘Mills in Operation, | States. 1897. 1900. Alabama ..........0002- 37 41 PAERRIRER «oa ecsessncsceep: 5 Geargia ce ccsecerncseee TT 84 Mautacky ...qs..esecceces IU 8 Louisiana .........eseeeee 8 4 Mississippi ........2ee0006 7 7 Miss0GFl -..s.secerececceee 8 3 North Carolina ...........161 183 South Carolina ........... 76 93 Dommessee 20.0 cece eecce ey 2D 29 EM vpaxvovnssvieccoase 5 Virginia ....cccccccssecees 15 4 Total ....c.0ceceeeeees AOS 479 ‘The mills actually under construction and those projected compare as follows: Under States, construction, Projected. Alabama-........... 5 6 Arkansas ........... 1 se Georgia .vevvseees 220 34 Louisiana .......... 2 ae Mississippi ......... 6 a North Carolina......23 8 South Carolina’... 1.16 10 Tennessee .......... 5 2 Texas .eeeseeeerenee & 2 Total .....050---.64 83 PROSPERITY PROVED TO BE SUBSTANTIAL. Savings of the People Show am Im- mense Gain Over 1894. One evidence of the prevailing pros perity that cannot be denied or overlook- ed or slurred over is the record of de- posits in the benks, and particularly the savings banks, and the loan and trust institutions. ‘The money in the State and national banks is the working capital of the business community; that in the other institutions represents what the farmers, wage earners and the vast army of the provident possess. ‘The record in the Democratic year 1894 and the Republican year 1899 is below: ‘Total No. Depositors. Bank. 1894. 1899. National .. 1,424,966 _ 1,001,188 State and private... 02,758 905,304 Loan and ‘Trust Cos. | 205,308, 443,321 Savings... S413,477 4,254,516 Total.... 5,545,807 7,055,414 Increase in number of depositors 2,109,547 ‘Total Amount of Deposits. Bank. 1804. 1899. National . ..$1,155,191,588 $1,880,116,146 State and private... 214,442,510 418,281,267 Loan and ‘Trust Cos 239,504,802 576,724,117 Savings .... 1,265,450,416 1,782,974,481 ‘Total. .. .$2,874,589,406 $4,608,000,005 Increase in amount of deposits. $1,733,506,509 Average deposit in all banks: ‘Mr, Bryan says we are not prosperous. ‘The hank denosits aay that we ara Their Business Has Increased Tuirty- four Per Cent Since 189%, \ epee The street railways of America now Tepresent the enormous investment in bonds and stocks of $1,800,000,000, upon which investors are receiving annually ‘over $70,000,000 in dividends and inter est. Salaries and wages amounting to $250,000,000 a year are distributed among 00,000 employes necessary to eauip, operate aud manage this great in- dustry, repair its 20,000 miles of track, ‘handle its 60,000 cars, and meet the ever pressing demands for improvement. Directly and indirectly over 1,200,000 persons depend upon the traction inter- ests of America for their livelihood. An industry of such proportions penetrates and more or less affects all other enter prises in the country which sustains it, Nine-tenths of the business men and women of the United States look to the ‘management of street railway companics to furnish them with swift, comfortable and safe transportation to and from busl- ness. ‘The business of these companies has Increased 30 per cent since 1804, when the people could not afford to ride ‘as much as they do now. Mr: Bryan’s Prosperity. ‘Taxable property listed by Mr. Bryan during two administrations was: ‘Assessed value, 1900 ..cceeeesccecccescceceees $4,560 USOE .eeeeeeerereeeeeeseeees 200 ‘Mr. Bryan's prosperity........ $4,300 ‘It Sort o’ Looks as if I'd Have to Expand.” RECORD OF THE BAM L. AMERICAN RAILWAYS. n-| Greater Volume of Business Shows the | The | Country's Prosperity. * ‘It may be taken as axiomatic that} Ba’ k-| when the railroads are doing a large | busin e-| volume of business, the country as a | time. he | whole is doing the same. fons: st| ‘The record of railroad building and |of H 1d} railroad business in 1895 and in 1899 ial eenananadl ae tadibined ae MILES OF RAILROAD BUILT. Year. Miles. AEB ww sccsnntesveecrenavonues:, S64 Ms sre Secession woeeienr) SO MOOD ois cs ta extnae se erences SRL * Estimated by Interstate Commerce Commission, GROSS RAILROAD RECEIPTS. Year. Amount. 1802. seeeeeeeeeeeeees $1,169,036,840 1804 oes eeeceeceeeeeses 1,086,048,358 1800 oo eee ceieceeeeeee+ ,818,610,118 | Decrease of $102,093,482 between 1892 and 1894. * Increase of $246,606,760 between 1894 and 1899. TONS OF FREIGHT CARRIED ONE MILE. 1809 ..esecceececeeene 128,667,257,158 1805 LLL. 85,2270515,801 Republican increase... 38,439,742,262 RAILROADS’ NET EARNINGS. 1809 .eceseseeeesseeeenee $456,041,119 ISDS coe cccececeeene SHQGOL ONT Republican increase. .....$106,990,072 Postal Receipts. IRDA veseecccceeercceseeee | 16,088,128 Republican increase... ..$18,088,256 More business in the country means greater postal receipts. The Postoffice Department tells which party has brought plenty to the country. FIG IRON PRODUCTION AS A PROOP OP PROSPERITY. More than Twice as Much Made Last Year as in 1894. Pig iron production is one of the most accurate indices of the general business conditions of the country. When business is good, when wage earners are em- ployed steadily, when farmers receive ample remuneration for their crops, then the production of iron advances. A period of depression is always accompanied by Riese ta es lgeeeeetien 06 teens Tae following table shows the production in 1899 and 1894, as illustrating the busi- ness conditions under two administra- tions: a PRODUCTION OF PIG IRON. Tone 1899 oo. eeeeeeeeeeeeesceeee 13,620,703" SOE ce ceeccceececceeeeeses 6,657,388 Republican increase ....... 6,963,315 ‘The production by countries in 1899 was as follows: : Countries, Tons. United States ........10++++13,620,703, Great Britain .....+.++++0+0 9,305,319 Germany ......esseeeeeeeees 8,142,017 RUSSIA. eeseseveeceeeeeee eee -2G72492 PROINE 6 icc cbdcscicndsccs cue Hn As a steel producer this country is without a rival. We make nearly 40 per cent of the world’s output, Great Britain makes 18 per cent and Germany 21 per cent. Only one-sixth of the coun- try’s production is marketed in the form of steel rails, showing that steel manu- facturing in all ite branches is widely followed, BANK CLEARINGS TELL THE STORY OF PROSPERITY. ‘The Record During the Last Three Ad- ministrations. Bank clearings tell the total volume of business transacted in the country at any time. Here is the record in round mill- fons during three administrations, those of Harrison, Cleveland and McKinley: HARRISON. Year. Amount. 1880s. seeeeeeeeeeeeee $56,821,000,000 1800 200000002202 “60,807,000,000 BOL ee eeeeeeeeeepnees 585,805,000,000 1892 2200IIET. 61,902,000,000 | Average .....2+++..+ $58,058,000,000 CLEVELAND. 1804 seeeeeeeesereeses 45,396,000,000 1895 oeeieeteeeeeeeees 53,028,000,000 BIG. LLLIIILLILIE. 80,082,000,000 Average .....-..+.-+ $50,844,000,000 M’KINLEY. I89T ceeseeseeereeeee 57,085,0000,000 SOS LLLLIIIIIIISS 68,500,000,000 1800 cece eeeecceeeeeee 93,508,000,000 | Average ....eeeee004 $78,020,000,000 ‘The record shows the ebb and flow of business and large business transactions mean a prosperous people. Typical Western Savings. The deposits in the savings banks of Moline, Iil., Rock Island, Ill, and Dav- enport, Iowa, have gained 61 per cent since the election of 1896, The deposits in the savings institutions of these three cities compare as follows: Oct. 1, 1900.0... ce eeee++ $16,236,304 Oct. 1, 1896..0.2520002.22.° 10,079,782 Gain ...eeseeseeccenesee $6,156,662 The largest gains were made by the small accounts, a a a WOOLEN IMPORTS ARE REDUCED TO ONE-THIRD. Home Manufacturers Are Now Supply- ing the Home Trade, The following table shows the imports and exports of woolen manufactures in eight months ending Aug. 31, and the New York price of Ohio XX fleece wool during the month of August, from 1895 to 1900: | August price of Ohio XX S$ mos Woolen manufactures. fleece wool ending— Imports, Exports, cents, 1995. . . .$40,667,044 $470,725 , 1 1896.... 29,544,004 614,673 17 1897... 87,714,064 144,512 23% 1898.... 11,681,158 717,689 28% 1899.... 10,470,622 779,567 30% 1890.... 12,084,928 886,030 28% ‘The imports are thus seen to be only one-third of what they were in the free trade year, 1895, while exports have near- ly doubled since then and the price of wool is 60 per cent higher. REMEMBER! The Party (Democratic) stands where it did in 1896 on the Money Question.—W. J. Bryan, Zanesville, Ohio, Sept. 4. What Say Wool Producers? “It is immaterial, in my judgment, ‘whether the sheep growers yeceive any benefit from the tariff or not. * * * I am for free wool."—W. J. Bryan in Congress. ‘The sheep raiser can answer Mr .Bry- en's argument by quoting these figures: Boston Quo- “Wilson Tar. Dingley Tar. tations. (Free wool.) (Protection. wae ee ea Obio ......220.2--17e B0e Michigan ..........14¢ 230 Terry, fine Delaine, clean ...........30€ Bie Terry, fiae medium clothing clean... .27e we Ken. & blood, clean.25¢ ade “I am for free wool,” says W. J. Bry an. What say the wool producers? Farm Value of Wheat. Department of Agricultnre's Figures.) 1893 ..00000+--$279/094,011 1806.77.2"""zasveos;n00 } Pemocratie 1800..scseee+ 885,480,211 1900.2.77272 s80;000j000 } Revmbttons Sleeping Cars More Used. Prosperity smiled on the Pullman Company and its employes during the past year. The product of the company’s works was valued at $17,026,270, as against $13,028,257 a year ago, an in- crease of $3,898,013. At Pullman, 6,258 employes were on the rolls, and they re- ceived an aggregate of $3,832,201 in wages, an average of $621.38 to each per- son employed. In the operating department on the dif- ferent roads there were 16,066 employes, who were paid $8,483,132 in wages. The number of employes the previous year was 13,617, and the wages paid amount ed to $6,996,283. Farm Value of Cotton. Department of Agriculture's Figures, Year. Amount. 1895, 208,541,025 isoe. SSiooreaat fem 1899. 112,009,430 1000. 489,750,001 Rep. Prosperity in the South. On the whole, the South is rapidly de veloping into what God intended it to be, the garden spot of North America. With our diversified industries, increas ing manufactures, farming on a thore careful and scientific scale, and our sis- ter States marketing pig iron and coal in Europe and making steel rails for all the world, our prospects are indeed bright, and we are ready to crown cotton king, with pig iron standing as heir ap- parent to the throne, ROBERT F, MADDOX, Vice-President Maddox-Rucke? Banking Company. Augusta, Ga. Farm Value of Oats. Department of Agriculture's Figures, Year. ‘Amount. 1895. $158,705,381 thee. 120,248,880} Dem 1890. 176,154,319 loo. Loaiteripon} Rep. Money in Circulation. Sept. 1, 1900......ceeeeeecees $26.83 Tuly, 1, 1896........0eeeeeeceees 21.10 Republican increase ........... $5.73 Mr. Bryan said that the reverse would be true were Mr. McKinley elected in 1896. This is only apother disproot of Bryan the prophet. Farm Value of Barley. Department of Agricutture's Figures Year. ‘Amount. 1895. 40,843,705 HSE SIRESISES} bem 1899. 32.838.240 i300: Balsar.so0} Rep. Union Labels Printed. Tn prosperous times the people smoke more cigars. Here is the record for 1895, 1899 and the first six months of 1900: Labels printed. 1895 ..sccccccessccceeseees 47,815,000 1899 2. ceceeeeeeeeeceeeeees 55,140,000 1900 (six months only)....... 36,855,000 Farm Value of Potatoes. Department of Agriculture's Figures. Yeor. Amount. 1895 95,115,058 1800. soporo.sea| Dem 1899. 100,664,622 1900. oo:seornoe| em KEEP THE FLAG FLYING. ```markdown ``` THE NEW STAR-SPANGLED BANNER Oh, say, can you see, by the far Eastern light, What so proudly is hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, after many a fight, In lands near and far, is so gallantly streaming? And the thanks in our prayers, rising high in the air, Give proof to the World that our flag is still there; Oh, say, let that star-spangled banner be waved O'er the lands we have freed and the peoples we've saved! Oh, thus be it always, whenever we stand Between the oppressed and a King's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made us a powerful nation! And onward we must, for our cause it is just; And this be our motto, "In God is our trust;" Let the star-spangled banner in triumph be waved O'or the lands we have freed and the peoples we've saved! MARTIN SAXE. WHICH WILL YOU HAVE? McKinley with fields of waving grain; or Bryan with a wilderness of weeds? McKinley with running spindles; or Bryan with rusting machinery? McKinley with solid dollars; or Bryan with empty pockets? McKinley with a full dinner pall; or Bryan with hunter at the door? or Bryan with dead ashes in the pit? McKinley with crowded school houses; or Bryan with crowded soup houses? McKinley with National industry; or Bryan with our markets free to foreigners? McKinley with increasing business; or Bryan with general bankruptcy? McKinley the practical statesman; or Bryan the air castle builder? McKinley the agent of prosperity; or Bryan the apostle of poverty? McKinley the true and tried; or Bryan the theorist? McKinley the reliable American; or Bryan the political acrobat? McKinley the performer; or Bryan the promiser and false prophet? The answer rests with YOU. ```markdown ``` INCREASED WORK FOR CIGARMAKERS. This is a comparison that will be appreciated, especially by those working in the tobacco and cigar industries. The following are the official figures for the fiscal years ending June 30: Cleveland's administration: 1893 * 4,814,197,117 1894 * 4,096,917,433 1895 * 4,163,972,440 1896 * 4,239,755,043 Total 17,282,842,933 * Eight months under Harrison. McKinley's administration: 1897 * 4,093,169,097 1898 * 4,910,937,397 1899 * 5,077,287,824 1900 * 5,963,170,381 Total 20,014,564,697 * Eight months under Cleveland. THE INCREASE UNDER McKINLEY'S ADMINISTRATION WAS 2,731,721,706 CIGARS. At an average of 65,000 cigars per man per year, it would require more than 10,000 cigarmakers to supply this increase in production, and this does not include the additional number of people necessary to supply this extra 10,000 men with material. WHO WILL TAKE THE SPONSIBILITY OF CHANGING THESE IMPROVED CONDITIONS? THEY ARE AS GOOD IN ALL OTHER TRADES. ```markdown ``` Wages to Be Paid in Good Money. Now-will we ever consent that the wages of labor or its frugal savings shall be sealed down by permitting payment in dollars of less value than the dollars accepted as the best in every enlightened nation of the earth?—President McKinley's speech at the banquet of the National Association of Manufacturers of the United States, at the Waldorf-Asoria, New York, Jan. 27, 1898. Labor and Industry Prosper HAS RECOGNIZED LABOR. McKinley Gave More Appointments to Wage-Earners than All His Predecessors Combined. President McKinley has recognized labor in appointments more than all his predecessors combined. The following are some of his appointments: PETER B. LAIRD, stone-cutter and member of Local Assembly 1563 of the Knights of Labor, Brooklyn, New York—Commissioner of Immigration at Quebec, Canada. Appointed 1897. DAVID HEALY, journalist, writer on labor topics for fifteen years, ex-chairman of National Executive Board of the Knights of Labor—Commissioner of Immigration at Vancouver, B.C. Appointed 1899. CAMERON MILLER, coal miner, Secretary Miners' Union, Ohio—Immigrant Inspector. Appointed 1898. FRANK SARGENT, Grand Master Brotherhood Locomotive Firemen—Appointed member of Industrial Commission, but declined to serve owing to the desire of his organization to retain him as Grand Master. M. D. RATCHFORD, coal miner, President United Mine Workers of America—Appointed member of Industrial Commission, 1898. JOHN L. KENNEDY, printer, member of Typical Union Commission. Appointed member of Industrial Commission, 1898. JOHN FARQUHAR, printer. Appointed member of the Industrial Commission, 1898. EDWIN C. MADDEN, locomotive engineer, member of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Appointed Third Assistant Postmaster General, 1898. W. G. EDENS, railroad brakeman, member of Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Appointed Superintendent of Free Delivery, Chicago, Illinois. CARLESS H. LITCHMAN, shoemaker, Grand Secretary Knights of St. Crispin, rx-General Secretary of the Knights of Labor. Appointed member of Industrial Commission. JOHN THOMAS, coal miner. Appointed Immigrant Inspector in territory opposite Buffalo, in Canada, in 1898. ROBERT WATCHORN, advanced from Immigrant Inspector to Special Supervising Immigrant Inspector, 1899. ROBERT D. LAYTON, axmaker, member of the Axmakers' Union, ex-Grand Secretary of the Knights of Labor—Special Immigrant Inspector. Appointed 1808. T. V. POWDERLY, Commissioner General of Immigration, appointed 1897. Was initiated into the Machinists' and Blacksmiths' Union in 1870, and remained a member until the dissolution of the organization in 1877. He became a member of the Knights of Labor in 1874, and is still a member. Was a member of the Industrial Brotherhood from 1874 to the dissolution of the organization in 1878; is an honorary member of seventeen different labor organizations in as many States. This list, and it falls far short of being complete, shows that President McKinley has given more appointments to labor than all of his predecessors since the foundation stone of the government was laid. PLENTY—STARVATION. Of course it does not strictly pertain to the subject to record an interesting fact with regard to the general labor situation in Omaha, which presumably is a typical Western town, but it may nevertheless be recalled that the Omaha World-Herald was Mr. Bryan's personal organ in 1896, and during that campaign it made the prophecy dally that in the event of McKinley's election the depression and distress among the working classes would be widespread. The best proof of the falsity of this prophecy is found on the want pages of the World-Herald. A recent issue at hand contains the advertisements of two females and seven males who want situations, while on the same page the "help wanted" advertisements ask for 107 females and 115 males. This is in addition to the "agents wanted," and does not include the advertisement for 1,000 men for railroad work. The calamity prophecy was a failure in Mr. Bryan's own State, as it was elsewhere. Omaha had its share of hard times in 1893-1894. Wage Earners "The whole free silver movement is a conspiracy against wages."—Bourke Cockran, 1896. Wages under free silver: China— Unskilled labor.....10c to 20c per day Skilled labor.....20c to 40c per day Mexico— Unskilled labor.....45c to 60c per day Skilled labor.....50c to $1.80 per day In the United States under gold basis: Unskilled labor.....$1.00 to $1.50 per day Skilled labor.....$2.00 to $5.00 per day Which is the best for you? Ask the Railroad Men: Railroad men are prosperous beyond precedent. If you do not believe it, ask them. The condition of the railroad men is shown by the following short tables: Men employed 1899.....928,924 Men employed 1895.....785,034 Increase .....143,800 Wages paid 1899.....$522,967,896 Wages paid 1895.....445,508,261 Increase .....$77,459,635 Employment Seeks Labor. We have gone from industrial depression to industrial activity. We have gone from labor seeking employment to employment seeking labor. We have abundant and unquestionable currency the world over, and we have an unsurpassed national credit—better than it has ever been before in our history—President McKinley at Clinton, Iowa, Oct. 11, 1898. SUPPLEMENT--NOVEMBER 2.1900. BRINGING THE QUESTION HOME TO THE WORKERS. Never before have the wage-earners of the United States been better off than during the years 1897-1900—under the administration of President William McKinley. Before casting his vote the wage-earner should ask himself these questions: Is work easier to get than it was in 1895? Am I saving more money than I did then? Am I better able to educate my children? Are my fellow men in better condition as a Is it not a fact that the vast army of wage- lically, mentally and financially than they were? What has become of the vast number of un- the last Democratic administration, walked cavassed the farms for work? Let the wage-earner ask himself these que- whether he wants to vote for the restoration brought the country to the verge of ruin, this its low tariff theories, and whose success wou of work and an unsettling of the prospere country over. If the wage-earner will do this, and vote as be no doubt about the success of the Republic LET HIM KEEP IN MIND WHETHER H MORE REGULARLY UNDER M KINLEY CLEVELAND, WHEN DID HE HAVE TO L MORE WAGES ARE P MORE MED Whenever the wage-earner is tempted to be in the factories and workshops are no better o think back four years only. He knows. Are my fellow men in better condition as a class? Is it not a fact that the vast army of wage-earners are better off physically, mentally and financially than they were? What has become of the vast number of unemployed men who, during the last Democratic administration, walked the streets of the cities and canvassed the farms for work? Let the wage-earner ask himself these questions and then let him ask whether he wants to vote for the restoration to power of a party that brought the country to the verge of ruin, that stayed manufacturing by its low tariff theories, and whose success would be to incite panic, a loss of work and an unsettling of the prosperous business conditions the country over. If the wage-earner will do this, and vote as he knows is true, there will be no doubt about the success of the Republican party in this election. LET HIM KEEP IN MIND WHETHER HE HAS NOT FOUND WORK MORE REGULARLY UNDER M'KINLEY THAN HE DID UNDER CLEVELAND. WHEN DID HE HAVE TO LAY OFF THE MOST? MORE WAGES ARE PAID. MORE MEN EMPLOYED. MORE WAGES ARE PAID. MORE MEN EMPLOYED. Whenever the wage-carner is tempted to believe that the men who toll in the factories and workshops are no better off than formerly, ask him to think back four years oaly. He knows. When he asks for figures, give him these: WAGE-EARNERS EMPLOYMENT Fiscal year, 1890 1896 Increase under McKinley administration WAGES PAID. Fiscal year, 1900 1896 Increase under McKinley administration An army of two million more wage-earners half a billion dollars is the Republican record The full dinner pail means more than a means the opportunity to earn and save and pail Think back four years. LABOR BETTER EMPLOYMENT THAN EMPLOYMENT Look at this: Membership of labor organizations employed in official reports of the unions: —Employment of total membership. Per ct. 1807, 1808, 1850 Crafts. Agents 100 100 100 Bricklayers and stone masons 70 75 95 Broom makers 50 50 95 Barn makers 70 80 90 Bicycle workers 90 90 95 Boiler makers and iron-ship builders 50 65 95 Bulkheads 50 75 95 Blacksmiths 80 80 95 Brewery workers 90 92 95 Bakers 80 80 95 Bakers 70 75 95 Boot and shoe workers 70 75 95 Conductors (railroad) 90 95 95 Coopers 95 95 95 Curtain (lace) operators 90 95 95 Pokers 95 95 95 Carpenters 70 75 95 Cigar makers 80 85 95 Engineers (locomotive) 75 85 95 Electrical workers 100 100 100 Engineers (stationary) 90 95 95 Firemen (stationary) 90 95 95 Firemen (locomotive) 60 65 95 Glass bottle blowers 100 100 100 Glass workers 90 90 95 Garment workers 50 60 95 Gold beaters 100 100 Wood beaters 75 75 75 Hatters 75 75 75 Iron molders 70 80 95 Agents are employed mostly on commission. The employed, though not always earning wages. Their pay reference to the table of increase of those reporting practically the full members experienced a phenomenal increase in membership, notrating that McKinley prosperity has reached. Iron, steel Longshore Leather w Meat cutter Metal washer Machinist Mine work Stone work Stone mould Stage emp Street rail Seamen Thite plate Telegraph Tile layer Railroad Trucks Tobacco Upholstered Weavers Wood earworm Wood worker Average Increase under SECURITY administration..... $519,999,817 An army of two million more wage-carners, an additional pay-roll of half a billion dollars is the Republican record. The full dinner饭 means more than a man's immediate wants; it means the opportunity to earn and save and prosper. Think back to years. LABOR BETTER EMPLOYED THAN EVER BEFORE. Membership of labor organizations employed in 1807, 1808 and 1809, from official reports of the unions: Crafts. Agents.....1007 1588 1580. 100 Iron, steel and tin workers. 80 Longshoremen. 100 Leather workers. 100 100 Room makers. 70 Meat cutters and butchers. 50 Bicycle workers. 90 Metal workers. 20 Boiler makers and iron. 65 Machinists. 70 Ship builders. 50 Mine workers. 60 Bridchamers. 50 Oil and gas well workers. 90 Trickers. 80 Brewery workers. 90 Steel and copper plate print. 100 Bakers. 80 Ers. 85 Bookblinders. 70 Paper makers. 80 Root and shoe workers. 60 Pinters. 70 Cyclists (inboard). 60 Skechers. 80 Screwcutters. 70 Curtain (lace) operators. 90 Spinners (cotton mule). 90 Core makers. 40 Sloe monters. 75 Carpenters. 70 Stage employees. 75 Carpenters. 80 Shoals. 70 Engineers (locomotive). 75 Seamen. 70 Engineers (coal-boiling). 75 Tailors. 60 Electrical workers. 100 Tin-plate workers. 80 Engineers (stationary). 100 Telegraphers. 90 Flemen (locomotive). 90 Railroad laborers. 70 Glass-bottle blowers. 100 Textile workers. 85 Glass workers. 90 Tobacco workers. 60 Turbोsters. 70 Tobacco workers. 50 Tobacco rustic gore. 87 Horseshoers. 75 Wood carvers. 55 Hatters. 75 Wood workers. 50 Iron molders. 70 mployed, though not always earning wages. Their pay depends entirely on their sales. Reference to the table of increase of membership of trade unions will show that those reporting practically the full membership employed in 1897 have experienced a phenomenal increase in membership since that year, clearly demonstrating that McKinley prosperity has reached them. --- Are wages higher? Am I living up to a higher standard? Many More Factories Running The preliminary report of the census bureau completely disproves the assertion that the small manufacturing establishments have been driven out or absorbed by the larger ones. The number of factories, large and small, in the United States in 1890 and 1900 compare as follows: Year. Number. 1900 528,028 1890 322,628 "If McKinley and the Republican party are successful, and put in power for the next four years, wages will be decreased, hard times will come upon us and over the land the price of wheat will go down and the price of gold will go up, mortgages on our homes will be foreclosed by the money lenders, shops and factories will close. We will export no goods and we will import from foreign lands all the goods we use; thus will ruin, want and misery be with us."—William Jennings Bryan, 1896. New Michigan Factories. There are in Michigan 1,005 factories which were not in existence in 1897. These factories employ 23,000 people, whose yearly wages amount to about $1,500,000. Of these some had employment in 1897, but many had not. The volume of idle labor has been so decreased that the lumbermen, though offering higher wages than they did in 1896, find it hard to get men to work in their camps. President McKinley a Union Man. In August, 1899, President McKinley was made a member of the Bricklayers' and Stone Masons' Union of Chicago. He attended a meeting of the union and was addressed by President Gubbins of the union, who said, among other things: "We know that you are the friend of the workingman and that you are deeply concerned in all that concerns him." President McKinley in reply said, in concluding his remarks: "The word I would leave with you is this: Improve all the advantages and opportunities of this free government. Your children, your families, your boys and girls, are close to your heartstrings, and my word is to avail yourselves for your children of the splendid opportunities for schooling under our excellent free school system. Give them the best education you can. That is the best equipment for American citizens. (Applause.) Intelligence and integrity will win their way anywhere. I don't want you to establish hostile camps and divide into classes. I do not want to see walls against your boys and girls. (Cheering). I would see no barrier in the way of their ambition to occupy the highest places in this free government. (Long-continued applause and cheering.)" "But now I must stop—I must leave you. I leave you with my very best wishes and good will, and I go with the prayer that you may always continue to secure good employment at good wages. I know that these things will bring into your homes love and contentment." (Continuous cheering.) SIMON GREY'S FAMILY. A STORY OF COUNTRY LIFE. BY ALMA L. PARKER, GUIDE ROCK, NEB. "Well," continued Mr. Murphy, "it's been a nachurl's succession of ivents that has placed this administration in its prissent position. The byes a wor-rkln' on the job have been dome' some dom hard liftin', with no toime to listen to aunties, for the dodgin' of cannon balls. Now, this here egyfyn's all right in your front parlor, but it cuts no figure with them Mouser bullets. Now, all sensible Americans knows that the United States means to do what's right by them Fillipaners. Mr. McKinley isn't goin' to seal anything from 'em. Nobody's tryin' to cheat them out of a cent. Whenever they quit their clickin' we'll treat 'em in sich a way they'll be glad we licked 'em. I think if some of thim fellers thot's agin ivrything makes me think of a ship-wrecked sailor that was jest like 'em in this respect. The ship he was on went down, and he swam to an island. A native came to help him up the bank. Now this feller was almost drowned physically, but he was still able to blow his bazoo. "Got a government here?" he said, says he, to the native. 'Yes, sor,' says the native. 'Wal, I'm agin it,' said the feller." "See here, Mr. Murphy," sald Simon, "it is nearly time to retire. Our house is rather limited, and I guess you'd bet ter go on and stay some other place. CHAPTER IX. Healing of the Breach In spite of, Simon's protestations, Mr. Murphy, the Irish traveler, succeeded in spending the night at the Grey residence, and in the morning, with jolly good humor, went his way. "That's just the kind of fellows that are in favor of expansion, Ezra," said Simon. "What does he know about such things?" "It may be, Simon, that he isn't familiar with the knowledge of books, but his good common sense, in spite of his ignorance, has kept him on the side of our most intelligent men." "Ezra Grey! Who can you point out among our nation's noted men that were expansionists?" "Well, Simon, there were George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, and many others." "Why," said Simon, in astonishment; "Jefferson and Jackson were Democrats." "To be sure they were, but they must have been in favor of an expansion policy, for during their administration our country expanded greatly. Washington was an expansionist and yet the Democrats and Populists say they are standing in line with him." "When the purchase of Louisiana was agreed upon through the treaty made by President Jefferson with Bonaparte, the anti- expansionists fought it on the ground that the Constitution made no provision for our holding 'foreign territory.' But in spite of the people that fought the idea, he purchased Louisiana, thereby adding over a million square miles to the area of this nation. If the anti- expansionists of the day had prevailed, that vast area west of the Mississippi would today be a foreign country, and the United States an inferior power. "Now, let's look at General Jackson, the Democratic idol. Without authority from the government at Washington, he invaded Florida and demonstrated the fact that it was completely at the mercy of the United States. Its cession to us by Spain was largely due to his persistence. He looked into the future, and saw the advantage of our possessing a coast line to the Gulf. Jackson was an expansionist. "When Texas asked for annexation to the Union, the Democratic party was in power. The Whigs bitterly opposed the proposition. "We annexed Texas, defeated Mexico, and by the treaty of peace in 1848 secured the immense area now occupied by California, Nevada, Utah, part of Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, and made the Pacific our Western boundary. Had the anti-expansionists had their way, Texas would now be a foreign country, and this area just described would be a part of Mexico, instead of the United States. When I might go on and explain how the anti-expansionists howled when the government purchased Alaska. They thought it was awful, yet see how well Alaska has paid us. I tell you, Simon, we cannot expand too much. What would Great Britain be, one of the mightiest nations of the globe, were it not for her colonial possessions?" "Well, Ezra, you never can convince me that the Phillipine war is right. You might argue all your breath away, and I would still think McKinley was making a great mistake." "Now, Simon, I want to call your attention to the fact that the Democrats in Congress pushed McKinley into the Spanish war. They were the war party, shouting that McKinley was a coward. So quickly have events crowded upon events, as to cause forgetfulness of the fact that in the early days of last year the Democrats and Populists goaded William McKinley, jeered at him, because he hesitated to declare war against Spain. Dewey's victory at Manila originated expansion. All through the hot summer of 1898 there were no Democrats, no Republicans, nor Populists—only Americans, rejoicing in the achievement of Admiral Dewey. Then President McKinley was rumored to have said, 'Only the city of Manila will be retained. It will be the American Hong Kong,' and don't you remember. Simon, what a cry of indignation went up? 'What!' cried the Democrats and Populists of last year, 'give up the spoils of victory?' 'What! Haul down the flag?' 'What! Give up the finest thing in the whole business?' 'Wha-at!' "Now, Simon, any reasoning man knows that if McKinley had not instructed the Peace Commissioners sent to Paris to demand the whole Philippine archipelago; if he had turned and given up the island, as was first proposed, I say, you know, Simon, what the Democrats would be doing to-day. It wouldn't be natural for them to agree with McKinley. Why, the Democrats and Populist parties would be crazy for expansion." "Well, Ezra, you can't deny the fact that one great, intelligent man is in favor of anti-imperialism, and that is William Jennings Bryan, the greatest man now living." "You're right, Simon; that wonderful Bryan is against the government's expansion policy, the same as he is against every other policy of this administration, but one somewhat remarkable fact is that while Mr. Bryan so violently attacks the policy of this administration in its conduct of Philippine affairs, he has not yet informed even his party of what ought to be done in those islands. Would he have the United States troops withdrawn? Would he haul down the flag and give up the islands at this juncture?" "Well," said Simon, carelessly, "you have wasted a great deal of precious breath on me since you came last night, haven't you?" "Wasted?" said Cynthia. "Yes, that's right, Ezra. Every time you try to convince Simon that he's mistaken about anything you're just wasin' your breath. He's one of these kind of fellers that's perfect. He never makes mistakes," said Cynthia, sarcasticly. "Now, I believe," she added, "that when a person sees their mistakes they ought to rectify 'em. Now, I made a mistake when I argued against the republicans and predicted that they would make hard times. Time has proven that, and I am ready to rectify it. I don't want to be agin everything, as Mr. Murphy said, especially when everything's all right." "Say, pa," said Jimmie, "ma's turned Republican, and Anna jest told Mary, out in the yard, that she's again' to see Vinnie, and Mary said she guessed she'd go to, in spite of what you say. Too bad, pa, that you have got so much trouble." "If he's got trouble, he has no one to blame but himself," said Cynthia. Then Jimmie ran out of the door, shouting: "Hurrah for McKinley!" and Johnny took up the cry, till anybody would have supposed the whole family to be thoroughly Republican. This riled Political Simon up to such a height that he soon forgot his resolution, and jumping up, said he guessed he'd have to make a few corrections in his family; and by the sound of the yelps given by Johnny and Jimmie it was evident that they were the first corrected; then he proceeded to tell Anna and Mary how they would have to do if they remained at home; and then in his rage swore that Ezra was the cause of the whole rumpus. No more was said that day, and Simon Grey was left with his meditations. The next morning, as soon as he met his family, he sold to Grubb: "Send for Vinnie, mother, and we will have a family reunion." You can guess, my readers, what an effect that remark produced. Why, Cynthila, Anna, Mary and the boys all tried to embrace him at once, and they all cried for joy. Vinnie was sent for post haste, and the following morning as Cynthila was preparing a "big" dinner for the prodigal child, the sound of carriage wheels were heard. "It's Vinnie and Glen," they all whispered, and everybody scrambled to embrace her first. Simon was on hand, and with tears in his eyes helped her alight, and asked her to forgive him. We will leave our hero here, 'mild pleasant family surroundings, and my readers can imagine for themselves how Simon Grey cast his ballot in November, 1000. (The End.) Pennsylvania Savings Banks Deposits. Number. Amount. 1899 .675,463 $624,886,705 1894 .468,940 204,924,055 Rep. increase...266,523 $119,962,659 WHAT THE McKINLEY ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE. PLEDGES KEPT AND PROMISES FULFILLED Unprecedented Results Accomplished in Every Department of the Government Since March 4th, 1897. ```markdown ``` The three great pledges made in the Republican platform on which McKinley was elected four years ago, were! 1. To place the money system on a firm basis. 2. To reform the Damaging Wilson tariff so as to protect American capital and labor. 3. To reassert the Morroe doctrine in its full extent. 4. To maintain a firm and dignified foreign policy with American control of the Hawaiian Islands. ALL THESE PLEDGES HAVE BEEN FAITHFULLY FULFILLED. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. First in point of success is the Dingley tariff; second, the reform in the currency; third, the war loan of 1898; and fourth, the settlement of the Pacific Railroad indebtedness. The tariff change was the one which pressed most urgently. The House of Representatives promptly responded to the President's message. On the same day in which it was read in the House, the late Mr. Dingley of Maine, chairman of the committee on ways and means, introduced the new tariff bill. Such unusual expedition had been made possible only by the untiring work of the members of the committee on ways and means for several months previous. The bill was passed in the House of Representatives March 31, 1897, less than a month after the inauguration of President McKinley and two weeks after Congress had been convened in extra session. It passed the Senate July 7, 1897, with amendments. Two days later its consideration was begun by a conference committee of the two houses, and it finally passed the House July 19, and the Senate July 24. It became a law on the latter day when the President signed the bill. Thus, within five months (no other tariff law was ever passed in so short a time) after the inauguration of the President, a new tariff law was placed on the statute books. Everyone knows the beneficent results of the Dingley tariff in restoring prosperity. It helped farms and factories, aided labor in the mines, gave better wages to textile workers, revived the tintplate industry, and in every line of business gave employment to tens of thousands. The Gold Standard Law. Equally striking was the success of the currency law placed on the statute book, March 14, 1900. The currency law does more than remove all doubt concerning the standard of value. It directs that all forms of money issued or coined by the United States shall be maintained at a parity of value with this standard, and it is made the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to maintain such parity. A reserve fund of $150,000,000 in gold coin and billion is set apart in the treasury for the redemption of United States notes and treasury notes of 1890, instead of $100,000,000, formerly recognized as the gold reserve. Better banking facilities for the country districts are provided by this act, the minimum capital being reduced to $25,000 in places of not over 3,000 population. Under this section 224 new banks have been organized, with a capital of $10,000,000. Refunding the National Debt Perhaps the most notable feature of the new currency law is that which relates to the refunding of the national debt. The 5 per cents of 1904, the 4 per cents of 1907, and the 3 per cents of 1908, the principal of which aggregates $32,146,400, were authorized to be refunded into 2 per cent bonds, payable at the pleasure of the United States after thirty years from the date of their issue, and payable, principal and interest, in gold coin of the present standard value. The act contains a provision that the new 2 per cent bonds to be issued in exchange for the old threes, tours and fives shall not be issued at less than par. The Secretary of the Treasury was authorized to conduct the refunding operations so that the old threes, fours and fives should be received in exchange for the 2 per cents on a basis of $2½ per cent. By May 1, 1900, almost one-third of the outstanding threes, fours and fives had been converted into 2 per cent of the new issue, thus practically securing the success of the refunding plan. No other nation of the earth can boast of such an achievement as is the exchange of these high-rate interest bonds for bonds issued upon so low a basis as 2 per cent. Six Million in Interest Saved. Under the refounding provision the treasury effected a net saving of interest amounting to $6,064,454 on bonds replaced, between March 14 and May 1, 1900. If all the bonds opened to refunding should be exchanged the saving in interest will reach over $20,000,000. Spanish-American War Loan. The credit of the Government under this administration is shown in the success of the popular loan to the Spanish-American war. For a period of thirty-one days subscriptions were received, at the end of which time it was found that the total of subscriptions aggregated only a little under $140,000,000, or almost seven times the amount of bonds offered to the public. This was a remarkable demon- By a timely series of diplomatic notes Secretary Hay obtained assurances from the governments of Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan and Russia, by which they pledged themselves not to interfere with the perfect freedom of trade in those portions of China where their influence may prevail. "Had circumstances suggested that the parties to the quarrel would have welcomed any kindly expression of the hope of the American people that war might be averted, good offices would have been gladly tendered." THE POOLISH CALF—A LESSON TO EXBOR. While being driven home one evening by a boy, a foolish calf left its mother and ran after a bellowing steer. The boy tried in vain to bring it back to its mother's side. When, finally exhausted, he shook his fist at the calf and cried: "You little fool, you! You little fool, you! You —— fool! You'll be sorry when supper time comes!" MORAL—Remember the hard times of 1896. Don't be a Bryan calf and get steered away from the full dinner pail, or you'll be sorry when supper time comes. sorry when supper time comes. stration in favor of the public credit, and it showed to other nations the tremendous resources which the people of the United States were able to command almost at a moment's notice. The success of the war loan had an effect, both at home and abroad, scarcely less important than were the naval victories at Manila and Santiago. Pacific Railroad Indebtedness. The settlement of the Pacific Railroad indebtedness is also to be ranked as one of the greatest achievements of President McKinley's administration. This indebtedness had for years been a subject of fruitless endeavor; all efforts, either by Congress or the executive departments prior to 1897, were of little avail in protecting the government's interest in these roads; in fact, there were grave doubts whether the government would succeed in being reimbursed, even in part, the vast sum expended by the United States in aid of their construction. Yet the McKinley administration, by a firm and business-like course, achieved great success. Out of an indebtedness of about $130,000,000, more than one-half of which consisted of accrued interest, the government realized, in cash or its equivalent, the sum of $124,421,670.95 within a period of less than two years. The work of the Department of State in the last four years has been most eventful, covering the war with Spain, the Samoan, Hawaiian and Alaskan incidents, the South African war and the "open door" in China. Good Work Done for Farmers by McKinley. The brief and brilliant period of war with Spain was followed by preliminaries of peace, signed on Aug. 12, providing for the relinquishment of sovereignty over Cuba, the cession of Porto Rico and other islands belonging to Spain in the West Indies, together with an island in the Ladrones, to be selected by the United States, and later the acquisition of the Philippines. The annexation of the Hawaiian Islands to the United States, the cession of Guam, and the acquisition of the Philippines, extend the sovereignty of this government across the Pacific ocean, and provide a series of naval stations and entrepots of commerce which promise to facilitate incalculably the oriental trade, and secure the pathway to an opening market of increasing importance. The diseases of farm animals have received special study in the Department of Agriculture in the last four years. Nearly 2,000,000 doses of blackleg vaccine have been distributed among the farmers and cattle owners in the infected districts, with the result that the mortality among the young cattle in the infected districts has been reduced from ten to fifteen per cent annually to one-half of one per cent. In the case of sheep, the gasoline process for exterminating parasites has met with great success. In hog cholera and swine plague seventy to eighty per cent of treated animals have been saved. The exorbitant claims of the Canadian government with reference to the Alaskan boundary have, nevertheless, been firmly met by the President, who has thus far preserved our important territorial rights by the modus vivendi of Oct. 20, 1899, and defeated the attempt to destroy the continuity of our Alaskan coast line, and to divide the control of the Northern Pacific. THE UNOBSTRUCTED ENJOYMENT OF THE PRIVILEGES OF TRADE IS THUS SECURED TO AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS AND MERCHANTS BY THE FREE CONSENT OF THE POWERS. In his message to Congress, Dec. 5, 1899, President McKinley was able to say: "Had circumstances suggested that the parties to the quarrel would have welcomed any kindly expression of the hope of the American people that war might be averted, good offices would have been gladly tendered." The indisposition of Great Britain to accept the good offices of the United States shows how futile were the proposals of philanthropic persons in urging, unaware of the nature of international relations, the mandatory intervention of the United States, which would have destroyed its usefulness as a mediator, and, if insisted upon by this government, would have placed it in a belligerent attitude toward Great Britain in violation of its principle and policy of neutrality. Butter, Eggs and Pork. Encouraging results have been reached in the shipment of butter and eggs to England and also remote points in Asia. The inspection of pork advanced from 22,900,880 in 1896 to 108,928,195 in 1899, or nearly 500 per cent. Aliming to create a home supply of chicory, the department has seen the imports fall from a value of $225,229.31 in 1896 to $13,470 in 1899. In seed testing and in seed and plant introduction a large number of improved products have been added to American cultivation, notably a resistant alfalfa from Turkestan, a drought-resisting grass from southern Russia, and several cereals adapted to the arid regions. Porto Rico and the Philippines As soon as Porto Rico began to be of special interest an exhaustive report was prepared on the commerce of that island, setting forth in the fullest possible manner the character of the trade carried on with the several foreign countries, and especially with the United States. Later a report of 160 pages was published regarding the trade of the Philippines, embracing practically all the available statistics on the subject that could be collated from the official import and export returns of the various countries enjoying commercial intercourse with the islands. Owing to the scarcity of reliable data relative to Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines, the preparation of the reports on these former Spanish possessions required a vast amount of research. Graces and Forage Plants. Experiments with grasses and forage plants have been vigorously prosecuted during the past three years. These experiments are necessary in order that ranchers and farmers may be informed of the kinds suitable for their respective districts. After these preliminary facts are determined the promising varieties can be recommended and adopted without further and useless expenditure of time and money. POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT. Rural free mail delivery is the most striking extension of postal facilities brought about in the last four years. On June 1, 1900, there were 1,200 rural services in actual operation, and 2,000 applications for an extension of the system then in process of establishment. The appropriations for the rural free delivery service have been increased from $50,000 in the fiscal year 1897-8 to $150,000 in 1898-9, then to $450,000 in 1899-100, and lastly to $1,750,000 for the present fiscal year 1900-1901. Three years' experience has shown that in well-selected rural districts the mails can be distributed to the domiciles of the addresses or in boxes placed within reasonable distance of the farmer's home at some crossroad or other convenient spot at a cost per piece not exceeding the free delivery in many cities. Done by the Republicans. It was a Republican administration that conceived and executed the idea of brightening the home of the farmer, educating his children, increasing the value of his land, compelling the improvement of the roads, and bringing him news of the markets and of the weather, so as to secure him a better price for his crops by delivering his daily mail to him on his farm. EVERY DEMOCRATIC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SINCE THE IDEA WAS FIRST BROACHED OF CARRYING THE MAILS INTO THE RURAL DISTRICTS HAS DECLARED AGAINST IT. THE FORTYTHIRD CONGRESS, WITH A DEMOCRAT FROM NORTH CAROLINA AS CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON POSTOFFICES AND POSTROADS, PROCLAIMED THE PLAN IMPOSSIBLE AND TURNED IT DOWN. POSTMASTER GENERAL BISSELL, POSTMASTER GENERAL WILSON AND FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL JONES, IN THE CLEVELAND ADMINISTRATION, ALL TOOK UP THE CRY OF EXTRAVAGANCE AND IMPOSSIBILITY OF EXECUTION. WAR AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS. The war in Cuba and in the Philippines threw upon the department a vast amount of work in organizing, equipping, arming, disciplining and advancing the volunteers to a state of efficiency for active field service and later transporting the various organizations to the camps or rendezvous. There were mustered in, organized, mobilized and distributed at home and abroad, and finally mustered out of the service and sent to their homes, 223,235 volunteers. There were enlisted by the general recruiting service 35,000 United States volunteers, organized into twenty-five regiments, twenty-two of which were transported to the Philippine Islands, the remaining three having been organized there from the discharged volunteers and regulars. Consequently little or nothing was the mail to Cleveland, and access to the mails to Cleveland was a week. There were enlisted and re-enlisted for the regular army, between May 1, 1898, and Jan. 31, 1900, 99,024 men, the present status being approximately 64,000 regular army and 35,000 United States volunteers. Heveld went out or office. When First Assistant Postmaster General Perry S. Stark took the free delivery service under the direction of the President and the Postmaster General, in March, 1897, it was languishing to the point of extinguishment, and in a few months more would have been starved to death. Commissions were issued since the beginning of the war to 632 officers of the regular army, 66 of which were for the various staff departments, and 2,874 United States volunteer officers. the Various state departments and 3,814 United States volunteer offices. The department received, carefully considered, acted upon and sent 400,806 telegrams, and approximately 2,000,000 written communications. Immediately upon this passage of the bill appropriating $50,000,000 for the national defense, a board was organized to purchase of auxiliary ships, and, after careful examination, 102 ships of various types were secured at a total cost of $17,950,850. Of these vessels, but two, the New Orleans and the Albany, were strictly vessels of war. They at once grasped its possibilities and advocated its immediate development, and a Republican Congress generously seconded their efforts. Under their vivifying touch it has grown until there is now not a State in the Union that has not felt the civilizing and educational influence of the rural free mail delivery, and not one that does not desire a further expansion. Between March 16 and June 30, all these vessels were purchased and as rapidly as overhauled were placed in commission and put into active service. In addition to the ships which were added to the navy by purchase, fifteen revenue cutters and four lighthouse tenders were transferred from the Treasury Department to the navy, and four of the great steamers of the International Navigation Company and one of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company were chartered. There were in all 128 ships added to the regular naval establishment, and it became at once necessary to provide officers and men to man them. For this purpose 225 officers on the retired list were ordered to active duty, 856 officers were appointed for temporary service, and the enlisted force was increased from 12,500 to over 24,000 men. OUR COMMERCIAL AND TERRITORIAL EXPANSION. AMERICA'S GREAT NEED OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Grouped around Manila as a point of distribution is the most densely populated part of the world. More than 800,000,000 people form the population of Japan, Asiatic Russia, China, French Cochin China, Siam, British India, Australasia, the Dutch East Indies, etc., all of which are nearer to Manila as a point of distribution than to any other great commercial center, while such cities as Shanghai, Canton and others are as near to Manila as Havana is to the city of New York. The question, "What will be the effect upon the commerce of the United States by our possession of the Philippines?" is answered as follows: First—They can supply a large proportion of the $350,000,000 worth of tropical and sub-tropical products which this country imports annually. The sum can thus be expended under the American flag and for the benefit both of the people of the islands and those of our own citizens having investments in the islands. Second—They will supply an immediate market for from $30,000,000 to $50,000,000 of American products and manufactures annually, and twice this sum later. Third—By far the most important feature of these island acquisitions in the Pacific is their prospective effect upon our trade with the countries commercially adjacent to them, and especially to the Philippines. The imports of the countries commercially adjacent to the Philippines amount to about $1,200,000,000 annually, or practically $100,000,000 per month. Nearly all of these importations are of the classes of articles for which the people of the United States are now attempting to find a market. The commerce of this half of the world's population, of which Manila may be made the great commercial center, now amounts to more than $2,000,000,000 per annum, and its annual purchases to about $1,200,000,000 per annum, or, as above indicated, practically $100,000,000 per month. Practically all of this vast sum which is sent to other parts of the world than the United States is expended for the class of goods for which the people of this country are now seeking a market. Cotton and cotton goods, breadstuffs, provisions, dairy products, manufactures of iron and steel and wood, the products of the farm and factory, are demanded by the people of that part of the world. Referring to the need of supplying our own tropical products—it may be well to call attention to the value of such imports in the years 1895 and 1900. They were: Year. Value. 1895 $315,707,698 1900 351,353,240 Included in this are indigo, rice, sugar, spices, hemp, coffee, tea, rubber, fruits, certain woods and such products which can only come from the tropics. They can be produced in the Philippines in sufficient quantities to supply all American requirements. WHERE WE LEAD. The United States is now the world's greatest producer of iron, steel and coal, as well as of copper, cotton, breadstuffs, prostheses and many other articles entitlement to the daily requirements of man. Within the last fifty years there has been an awakening in the Orient. Japan has become modernized and China is certain to be opened in large degree to west-een enterprise. The total trade of the Far East, Australasia and the islands of the Pacific last year was as follows: Country. Imports. Exports. British East Indies. $221,551,705 $365,217,000 British Australasia. 133,626,903 142,923,903 China. 110,200,000 107,453,000 apan. 110,200,000 107,453,000 Britains Settlements 109,955,000 97,822,000 British East Indies. 61,579,000 29,456,000 Russia. 16,179,000 29,456,000 Ham. 19,384,000 25,289,000 Philippine Islands. 20,390,000 19,270,000 Islands. 15,165,000 15,652,000 Mauritius. 15,610,000 15,652,000 Persia. 25,476,000 15,043,000 Hongkong. 20,096,000 10,000,000 French East Indies. 791,000 3,088,000 Korea. 8,088,000 2,482,000 Oceanica ... $1,145,860,000 $1,220,124,000 Most of the American export trade with Asia is with countries bordering on the Pacific. The shipments of American merchandise to these countries has increased enormously. How much the subjoined figures show: EXPORTS TO ASIA 1895. 1900. Japan ... $4,634,717 $29,087,642 Chinese Empire ... 3,603,840 15,258,748 Hongkong (Br.) ... 4,233,040 8,485,988 B. East Indies ... 2,883,941 4,892,323 Dutch East Ind. ... 1,147,315 1,534,149 French East Ind. ... 69,136 207,587 Asiatic Russia ... 204,937 3,050,162 Russian China ... 337,310 Corea ... 126,965 German China ... 29,202 But it is not alone to Asia that our exports are expanding. The same is equally true as to Oceanica. Our exports to Australasia are nearly three times as large as they were in 1895; to Havana, four times as large; to the Philippines, twenty times as large. The details of these exports follow: Brit. Australasia, $9,014,268 $28,725,702 Hawaiian Islands 3,723,057 13,509,148 Philippines ..... 119,253 2,004,149 French Oceania. 252,051 323,138 Tonga, Samoa, etc ..... 142,967 Figi, etc. ..... 22,281 Guan ..... 13,247 Germ. Oceania. ..... 10,695 Total ..... $13,109,231 $43,300,927 We are using more and more of the products of our island possessions every year. Hawaii, which was developed by American capital, shows an amazing increase in exports to the United States. When prices are lower in the Philippines and when Porto Rico is fully recovered from the hard times incident to Spanish rule, there will certainly be a corresponding growth in what those islands buy from Americans, the products both of our farms and factories. Our imports from these three possessions in 1895 and 1900 were: Imports from— 1895. 1900. Porto Rico..... $1,516,512 $3,078,415 Hawaii..... 7,888,961 20,707,903 Philippines..... 4,731,366 5,971,208 Total..... $14,136,839 $29,757,526 The Philippines have never been developed and not only can they produce anything and everything in abundance which grows in the tropics, but they are known to have deposits of coal, iron ore, copper, gold, silver and other minerals. The acquisition of the islands is a fact accomplished. We have not to ask whether we shall expand—we have only to expand the possibilities of the islands. THE RECORD IN A NUTSHELL Here is the record of the three years under the Dingley law, compared with the three preceding years under the Wilson law: Decrease in importation of manufactures ..... $120,886,790 Increase in importation of manufacturers' materials.. 113,416,200 Increase in exportation of manufactures ..... 373,204,966 EXPANSION MAP OF THE UNITED STATES. DEMOCRATIC EXPANSION, 1805-11-18. Without "Consent of the governed." (Area 184,760,960 acres.) DEMOCRATIC EXPANSION, 1803. Without "Consent of the governed." (Area 565,166,080 acres.) FORCIBLE DEMOCRATIC EXPANSION, 1848. Without "Consent of the governed." (Area 334,443,520 acres.) DEMOCRATIC EXPANSION, 1835-1845. (Area 242,235,840 acres.) ORIGINAL THIRTEEN STATES. (Area 521,652,000 acres.) FORCIBLE DEMOCRATIC EXPANSION,1845. Without "Consent of the governed." Area 29,142,400 acres. Control demanded by DEMOCRATIC PARTY,1860, without regard to "Consent of governed" WHERE WE LEAD. The United States is now the world's greatest producer of iron, steel and coal, as well as of copper, cotton, breadstuffs, provisions and many other articles entering into the daily requirements of man. EXPANSION DEMOCRATIC EXPANSION, 1805-11-19. Without "Consent of the governed." (Area 184,760,960 acres.) FORCIBLE DEMOCRATIC EXPANSION. 1848. Without "Consent of the governed." (Area 334,443,520 acres.) DEMOCRATIC EXPANSION, 1863 Without "Consent" of the governed." Area 29,142,400 acres VALUE OF EXPORTS UNDER TWO TARIFFS Protection Assures Manufacturers Their Home Market and Exports Follow. The avowed purpose of the free raw material clause of the Wilson-Gorman tariff law was to "stimulate manufacturing." Instead of "stimulating", it, the law all but strangled it. Millions of wage earners were driven out of employment. Soup houses were opened. Free Bread and Free Clothes were the Democratic watchword. With our industries revived by a protective tariff, manufacturing both for home markets and for export has attained a degree of prosperity never before known in the United States. In proof of this the following statement has been prepared showing the exports of principal manufactured articles under three years of low tariff and protection, respectively: AMERICAN EXPORTS. AMERICAN EXPORTS. Fiscal years 1893, 1898, and 1897. (Under Wil- son law.) Fiscal years 1898, 1899, and 1900. (Under Ding- ley law.) Total manufactures $689,252,312 1,$062,573,866 Insul and steel manufactures... 130,659,738 285,975,260 Mineral oils, re- fined... 154,223,124 170,592,608 Copper and manu- factures... 65,800,932 127,025,396 Leather and manu- factures of... 55,018,609 71,869,433 Cotton and manu- factures of... 51,664,884 64,511,007 Agricultural im- plements of... 81,350,536 86,136,815 Chemicals a n d drugs... 24,061,668 81,895,032 Wood manufactures... 22,268,698 30,644,482 Pearlfin... 12,933,551 21,437,698 Paper and manu- factures of... 8,232,295 17,158,007 Which is best for American labor? Commercial expansion or commercial stagnation? To protect our home markets and give manufacturers a chance to go into the markets of the world, or to throw everything wide open by a free trade tariff and have the manufacturers of the world flooding our markets with their cheap labor goods? EXPANSION IN TRADE FOR THE PAST NINE MONTHS. What American Would Give Up the Fruits of Our Former Expansion Which Gave Us Such Big Returns from So Small an Investment ? Carried to their logical conclusion, Mr. Bryan's ideas about abandonment of the Philippines would involve the retrocession of Florida and our domain west of the Mississippi river to the original owners, and presumably by them back to the Indians. Let us ask a fair, straight question: As an American would you give up one foot of that territory? The question scarcely needs the asking, and yet every stage of natural growth was opposed as strenuously as the Bryanites have opposed the retention of the Philippines. The cost of these responses to the country and the value of property now in the land so acquired are below: There is ten billion dollars and more from an investment of sixty-eight million dollars. A few years from now when American enterprise has full sway in the Philippines, when peace is wholly restored and property is safe, a similar era of development will follow there, and the idea of abandonment will be ridiculed even by the Bryanites. --- "NOT IMPERIALISM." SAYS A DEMOCRAT. "Men who use their brains to think with are not to be bullied by phrases. 'Imperialism,' for instance. The Philippines are in point. A splendid naval victory has made us masters there. That imperialism which means the spreading of American power, free institutions, human happiness, is not imperialism to be feared by anybody who has faith in the vitality of this republic, and confidence in the Democratic principles on which it is founded."—Hearst's New York Journal, Democratic, July 1, 1898. Our exports have nearly doubled since 1895. Our imports have slightly increased in the same time. Such is the record of commercial expansion under the fostering care of the present administration. The Treasury Department has just issued a statement of the imports and exports of the United States for the month of September, together with a statement of the imports and exports for the period of nine months ending September 30, for a series of years. No stronger argument in favor of holding our own markets by the application of the principle of protection, and then seeking the world's markets, has ever been made. According to the statement issued the imports and exports during September were as follows: September, 1900. Exports ..... $115,634,210 Imports ..... 59,562,906 Excess of Exports $ 56,071,304 For the nine months ending September 30, 1900, the showing is equally gratifying. Taus: N MAP OF THE UNITED DEMOCRATIC EXPANSION, 1803. Without Consent of the governed. Area 565,166,080 acres. ORIGINAL THIRTEEN STATE (Area 521,652,0 DEMOCRATIC EXPANSION, 1835-1845. Area 242,235,640 acres. FORCIBLE DEMOCRATIC Without "Consent of the govern- Area 44,639,000 acres By DEMOCRATIC without re AS TO ISLAND ABA What American Would Give Up the Expansion Which Gave Us S from So Small an Inv Carried to their logical conclusion, Mr. ment of the Philippines would involve the re domain west of the Mississippi river to the ably by them back to the Indians. Let us ask a fair, straight question: As an American would you give up one The question scarcely needs the asking, a growth was opposed as strenuously as the retention of the Philippines. The cost of these additions to the country in the land so acquired are below: Louisiana purchase. Florida cession. Oregon country as recognized by various treaties. Texas, Mexican cession, Gadsden purchase. Alaska. * Property produced by. There is ten billion dollars and more from million dollars. A few years from now when American ex- Philippines, when peace is wholly restored era of development will follow there, and th ridiculed even by the Bryanites. "NOT IMPERIALISM," SAY Nine months ending September 30, 1900. issued ending September 30, 1900. Exports ..... $1,931,686,401 Imports ..... 624,461,506 Exces Exports .. $ 407,224,895 Compare with the record of the first nine months of 1895, w. e. D-mocratic theories of foreign trade were put into practice; when a low tariff stimulated imports, and when the idleness of American factories was a damper to our exports. This record is as follows: DEMOCRATIC. Nine months ending September 30, 1895. Nine months ending September 30, 1895: Imports ..... $601,431,139 Exports ..... 557,927,406 Excess Imports ..... $ 43,115,673 That, in a nutshell, is the difference between Democratic theory and Republican practice. While our exports have NEARLY DOUBLED, our imports are but slightly more than they were in Democratic days, and the increase is entirely due to the greater demand for manufacturers' materials which are used in our busy mills where American labor is actively employed at good wages. UNITED STATES ORIGINAL THIRTEEN STATES. (652,000 acres.) DEMOCRATIC EXPANSION PARTY, 1860. Control demanded Democratic Party, 1860, without regard to "Consent of governed" EBANDONMENT Help the Fruits of Our Former Us Such Big Returns in Investment? Mr. Bryan's ideas about abandon- the retrocession of Florida and our to the original owners, and presum- one foot of that territory? ing, and yet every stage of natural the Bryanites have opposed the country and the value of property now Cost. Property Value. $15,000,000 $5,737,946,791 5,000,000 182,558,238 various 817,316,688 phase. 41,000,000 3,261,724,507 7,200,000 *200,000,000 $68,200,000 $10,199,541,204 are from an investment of sixty-eight can enterprise has full away in the restored and property is safe, a similar and the idea of abandonment will be SAYS A DEMOCRAT. with are not to be bullied by phrases COMMERCIAL EXPANSION AND WHAT IT MEANS TO US "Our trade balances can not fail to give satisfaction to the people of the country. In 1898 we sold abroad $615,432,676 of products more than we bought abroad; in 1899 $529,874,813, and in 1900 $544,471,701, making during the three years a total balance in our favor of $1,689,779,190—nearly five times the balance of trade in our favor for the whole period of 108 years from 1790 to June 30, 1897, inclusive."—William McKinley. Four great facts characterize the foreign commerce of the United States in the year 1900: 1. The total commerce of the year surpasses by $317,729,250 that of any preceding year, and for the first time in our history exceeds $2,000,000,000. 2. The exports exceed those of any preceding year, and have been more widely distributed throughout the world than ever before. 3. Manufacturers' materials were more freely imported than ever before, and formed a larger share of the total imports than on any former occasion. 4. Manufactured articles were more freely exported than ever before, and formed a much larger share of the total exports than on any former occasion. Our trade in 1900 compares with that of 1894 as follows: Value 1900. Value 1894. Exports. $1,394,186,371 $654,904,622 Imports. 849,714,670 892,145,572 Total trade. $2,243,901,641 $1,547,135,194 Excess of Exports in 1900. $844,471,701 Excess of Imports in 1894. $237,145,950 Right in these two tables is the story of the commercial expansion of The increase in exports has affected all classes of producers—farmers, manufacturers, lumbermen and miners have all had a share in building up this marvelous export trade of the United States. The increase by classes is shown in the following table: Exports.....1894.....1900. Agriculture.....$628,363,038.....$835,912,952 Manufactures.....183,728,508.....432,284,366 Mining.....210,449,508.....38,997,550 Forest.....28,000,629.....52,309,844 Fisheries.....4,291,920.....6,289,604 Miscellaneous.....4,400,944.....4,682,142 The trade of the United States has grown with every large and small country of the world. Europe is still our heaviest buyer, but Asia and Oceania show the greatest percentage of trade expansion. South American business has developed the least of all. The exports to the grand divisions in 1894 and 1900 were: Exports.....1894.....1900. Europe.....$700,870,822.....$1,040,167,312 North America.....119,693,212.....187,299,319 South America.....33,212,310.....38,945,721 Asia.....20,872,761.....64,913,984 Oceania.....11,914,182.....43,390,927 Africa.....4,923,839.....19,469,109 The expansion of American foreign trade during the past three years has been the surprise and the envy of all other nations. American goods, American energy, American enterprise are usable in every part of the civilized world. Whether it be in supplying food to Europe, locomotives to Liberia, electrical goods and machinery to Australia, mining machinery to South Africa, or bridging the Nile at Abara, American genius and push is everywhere to be seen. Commercial expansion was begun under Republican policies. It thrives under Republican encouragement. It enables home manufacturers and employers generally to give opportunities to hundreds of thousands of men. It enables the producing classes to find better and wider markets. Do you want it to continue? Do you want it to develop still more? A vote for McKinney and Roosevelt next month will be an answer that you do. ADMIRAL WATSON DENOUNCES BRYAN. Filipinos Would Be Quiet but for This Election. All that Remain Under Arms Are but Guerillas and Bandits and Only a Fraction of the Whole. Rear Admiral Watson, late commander of the American naval squadron in oriental waters, has returned to this country, probably from his last cruise. He thinks the time has come for him to speak more as a citizen than as a naval officer, and his opinion of the conditions in the Philippines is well worth reading. He says: "I am looking forward to the result of the presidential contest with anxiety and deep interest, for I know what it means, not only to the future of our country as a power among the nations of the world, but to hundreds of thousands of people in the far-away Philippines, who wonder if we are going to step aside and watch their throats being cut by the Tagalog tribes now in arms against us. "The great majority of the people of those islands look upon Aguinaldo and his party as enemies. The cry only serves to give them the thought of what will happen if American protection, of their homes and lives is withdrawn. "I would like to correct a misconception that exists in the minds of some people concerning the officers and men of our army and navy. Can anybody believe that citizens who serve under our flag, and who are generally known here at home as peaceable and big-hearted men, are going to change their whole nature as soon as they get out of sight of the United States? "Wherever in those islands an army post has been established for any length of time the neighboring populations have taken to heart the attitude of our men toward them, and have been swift to show their gratitude." "Look at our own country. Has the American Indian ever had any true friend than the soldier of Uncle Sam's Times innumerable the army officer has stepped in to save the red man from the rapacity of the civilian, and if in the hearts of our Indians there has ever grown up a feeling of loyalty and gratitude to the United States, that feeling has been planted there by the American soldier, once his bitterest and most relentless foe. "The vast majority of the people are beginning to realize what American rule means. Once they were suspicious of us, naturally enough, for the Spaniards had lied to them for centuries. But they now know that the word of an American officer and of the American President, from whose authority that word first comes, is as good as his bond. "I have followed my flag in many countries and on many seas. I have never yet seen it stand for oppression or bad faith with any people, weak or strong. And I know that it does not stand for bad faith now." PORTO RICO IS SATISFIED. Dr. J. H. Hollender, treasurer of the Island of Porto Rico, and formerly associate professor of economics of the Johns Hopkins University, delivered an address to graduate students of the university a few evenings ago, on the condition of the island. After describing the manner of government and the conditions of local self-government he said: "The condition of affairs is hopeful, and everywhere the best element of the island is rallying to the support of Mr. McKinley's administration. The feeling is growing among the people that the administration is doing its best to benefit the island. What Porto Rico needs is an intelligent appreciation of the real conditions of Americans. I do not now think that an intelligent man could feel that the Porto Rico tariff was anything but a necessary fiscal device. We need $2,000,000 for the island if we are to accomplish anything. The alternatives of the tariff law were either a subsidy from the United States, or else the pauperization of the island. At the present time if the alternatives were presented of deriving the necessary money from direct taxation or from the tariff, the decision would be overwhelming in favor of the tariff. The discontent that once existed was caused by the delay that occurred in taking any action at all."