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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21

u Whenever any person ar company resorts
to the Courts, to viorncr, aud to petty annoy
aices, to prevent any other person company
from doing what they lave equal right to d.,
II is Sign that such person or company is be-
coming u monopoly dangerous to the public well
fare. The Atlantic aud Pacific Telegraph Com
l'any is building lines all over the country, and
at every step is opposed BY the Western Union
Company. with injunerious and all manner OF
anno! ances. When the Courts Cannot be used,
they brihe individuals to oppuse the erection oi
poles through their lands, and even connive al
the cutting down of p 'les The Western Union
Company, as u strategic movement, has reduced
It's rates To less than onehaf its former tarih,
which Is g'd thing for the public; but the
other company is going right ahead with its
lines.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21
CORRESPONDENCE,
LETTER FROM LAWRENCE.

LAWRENCE MAS. Dec sth 1876
ED. CHIEr-On Tuesday. the 5th inst fire broke ont
In at the public schos completely destroying the
liver rroms though damaging the walls to snch an
extent prevent their being repaired bv the drst
January. and the unshe allow the chill
dren their lies by the middle Of that
month The building is situated tincy Street in
neigh borhoo of nfammabl- structures and had the
nremen been hand promptly there woud have doubt
been a cophasratinn, for there brisk win
blowing from the the time The school n
Of chdrrn-hardy thirteen years of s;--ind
not injured This is accounted for by the
markabie pre--nc- of min ,nf-st Il by ths
and the large halls and doorways which a,rrei am,e
ropm for .egress without any crown. Just after this
little blaze the people by the swfal
catastrophe in Brooklyn and had thank their
sta-s that there dan thi1 partial des-
tructon Of property.
The remarkable of post Office meddling oc-
CURED In this city. this week. On ntly rning the
employees Of the p,sc- discovered scraps of paper
the rdeW ak aud under the door, and the inside
the office il found that the paper and letter fr
the outgoing N ils had been disturbed Here mystery
Who could have tampered with the bo,-si The
crime evidently committed in the evening aft the
delivery doorlrts. Watch once instituted l. but
nothing brought to light until wsinesilv evenin at
Ab"ut o'cnck. when the cnprits caI .ht in a
ond attempt to rob the mails. They nabbei. They
proved be Henry Boyer and Willie Sch
tivrly ten and twelve years They hal with the a
stick and wire the latter Of which - pr, ,be
and the former instrument draw tho letters
the mouth Of ths b,x- Yam, B'yer's beil. tn,
longest. and he having the est han he the
who had perform the feat of reaching down the paper
box aperture and then giu nimbly where the
letters laying ready for the of Uaos S,m
To send totbeir destinations Tho delivery clerk
this bouy, Timber with peculiar delight, ami those
WIN the watch the outside. mp and 0.
cured young Scbott The boys questione elsely.
and it ascertaned that their arst attempt they
obtained several LETTERS Of which contained
and others photographs and postage stAmps The "eai
being under sixteen years Of age nothing could be
done with them 1t /. hardly necessary that tho
parents Of each boy feel sorsly grevsd this affair
There should be house of correction r such youn In
divduals with old heads The boxes just tempered with
in q cnndton to defy the .f"rts of any whs
may he inc .insd uedls with them from the outside
The bursting of a cusl oil lamp last Wednesday
night, yloom the entire community for IL
took Of the best of Lawrence her Last
pose the person Of Mrs j. A Gaston The of tho
family had retired, and she up alone reading Son
after shc male preparations for the night and just
extinguisiins the light, when tue accident occdrrsi
Her husband in end-avuriug her, had his hands
burned badly his finger nails drIp
His also injured about tue face anil hauis-
CARLOS NOGGS
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21

L. j. WoRpEN.-Wc read in the papers, several
weeks as", that l.. J. Wor,lsn, Postmaster a.
| Lawrence, was lying very low, and hat no hupes
we're entertained uf his recovery: but As uu ac-
connt has been published of his death, We are
~ to hope that the case has taken favorable
| dru, and that he is recovering.
This reminds us of duty which We long ago
..lt we owed to Mr. wnr,len, but which We have
.itherto neglected. IL il simply to do Justice to
= much abused man. Six ar seven years ago,
there not abused man in the State
tnan Mr. Wor,len. He nicknalned ''Unrrl-
able Worcn," and denounced daily and weekly +,
| ,n uaneasured terms. A great deal OF this was
, do Lbtie>s IN consequence II his iutimaro poti
cal Relations with Sidney Clarke, against " hom
j, bitter war was then wasc,l. We made full
hand in drnouncing Mr.. Wor,len. We hal th,n
met him; but We afterwards became
Iuainted with him, and served with hun IN the
-enate. The more We became acquainted the
more we Thought We mad done him injustice.
We found him To be gentleman in every sense oil
the teIni-a mau of good heart, with no malice ia
Is hal uIe and disp"sIlon I" ieiurn good tor evil
Ne believe him to be upright ahd honorable
man, who sutfcerd unmerciful whacks in runnIn.
And speaking of Mr.. wordon's conneciion with
Sidney Clarke, now that the intense bitterness
against him has been softencd down by the lapse
"f years, is it not time to acknowledge tia. there
sume good in him! Mr.. Clarkes CREATES,
.aut WAS this: he had been brought up in the
,chn'l of Gen. Lane; and when Lane died, he
,eemed to think that he bad inherited his hold
"u the Republican, party of Kansas, and essayed
to make 1t subservient to his wishes and ends.
The people Of Kansis were not dspus~d TO quietl,
submit To this, and Clarke had not Lanes
power and magnetism, he went under. But h-
Is u man Of talent, and of great energy. He WAS
capable of being influential aud useful mem
Der of Congress; and to tell the tru, b. ss>s ssed
more genuine force than any member Kansas
ever had, before Or since. Mr. Clarke ,lId excel
tent services for the party, in the recent
paiSn. He Went To New Orleius, Ia be present
at the meetings Of the Louisiana Returning
Board; aud his name attached to the repnrt
made by Sherman and Others aud transmitted by
the President to Congress, shows that hs is still
recognized and respected by the leading men of
the party. The backset given Mr.. Clarke 10y the
people Uf kansas has beeu sufficient punishment
tor hts presumption in the past aud the tim.
may not be distant when they may tind it to Le
for the public interest to again place him in high
official position.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21

HAYES THE NEXT tREsiDENT.-In all human
ubabilry Nr. Hayes VIII Oe our next Presi.
'isnf, and if the Democratic party is pltri,.ic
md masi aninions riiaush to accept this result
when il finds that aPi,raIs fb Congress and pub
lic opinion can not prevent it, there is reason
for fearing that be will not treat it with fair
nr-ss and Justice. We have na d"ubt that the
South would he as well governed under him as
under Mr. Tild-n. We have doubL that he
wond take tiss advice If he ,rst class af s ,uth
rriirrs ia his treat iueut of that section. w, be-
l'eve that his policy would ,e in all RESPECTS
sislerate and concilatory il tho Democratic party
Civ him fair treatment after his inauguration.
All his symI,athies with the liberal element
If the Republican, party. Wuh one branch of
Consr-rs oPi'psed to him in puIiics he wouid 10
bound over TO g,"d l~liavior even if fairness
was NOT the leading trait of his character. IL
would bc nia'iness for the Dem cratic party t'
resort to violrnc- against such man, aud there
by run the risk "f kcrpirg the gpv-rnm ms in
the hands Of Granr.-.Nee York Herald, (Isd)
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21
PUBLIC REPORT
POLICEMAN

have MT ej' y,d nd health for several years mast
yet have not allowed il to in -rsre with lsbor Eve
~ b-l nrrg the lsbnrns class knows the incou
y.bitnr- of ing obliged Ia labor when the body from
debility almost refuses perform its daily task npy.
l., tvr in dosing with m-tlirinrs hut having
heard the vEGErAE slDk-n of so highly. determined to
try IL, and shall never regrrt the rnin ,tiau As
tonic (which els Is aDy.
thin: ever hsarl Of Ii iLvi who;e sv.t.
il is great Gle nser and purifier Of the bo Thrre
many Of my acqnsintanc-s who have taken it, anil all
mite in praise II its satisfactory efsrt.
Especially Sm"ng the aged class ot psope il impart,
3" them the thing at II Il ia III ris, u
calm sweet repose thereby the miri ~
we'll the 10 iy. One sd Ia w. VIII bsen suffering
through life from Scrfa AMI his bec hin from its
eff, cts wing tried many remedies with no favorable
result was induced by friends to try vegetne AT.
ter taking few bottles she obtained such great rrlrt
that she expressed wish for her sight that she might
be- able To sk upon the who her such blr,-
sing. Yours respectfully
C.P II. HODGE, Police Officer, Station G.
Boston, Mass, May O. 1s7l.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21

STRAY LAw.-The Kansas papers are again agi
tating the repeal of the stray law advertising
m"uopa,. 1t is that much spac. wasted. The
law will not be repealed. The publisher of the
Kansas Farmer will make p,tiful appeal To
the Legislature; lot Of dry gripes will ge, up
and snifie about the interests of the farmer, an,
the great benefit Of the present law aud the law
will bc retained, Doiwithsi anding nine hundred
aud ninety-nine strays would Le more readily
fuund by advertising them in the Coun y
papcis than the Ksmsas Farmer. But if the Leg
isiature should repeal the law, it would be of no
use Ge"rge 7. Anthony put in several Winters
NJ Topeka, lobbying for the retention of the
Kassas Farmer m"nopy; and if any act should
he parsed rrptaiIng IL, aud providing for the
publications la local papers, he would veto il,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21

q ben. Hill, Of G-orgia, aigged back on Fer
nando Wo"tl badly, in a Dem. cratic Congressiou-
al caucus, the other day. w.od WAS squ.aIiuy
for war, in case Tilden was not inauSurated,
when Hill told him thar that kind uf talk was
playel out, and w"ull not win a .ecund time.
The Northern Democrats of w"o,l's stripe had
encouraged the S"uih once brfore, aud when the
South went to war, regiments of Northern Dem.
"crats came down to furce them into suhn,r.
sion. The South didu't propose TO be f,olec
IN that way again.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21
THE COMMONwEALTH.
Pss.pecsus fer 1877.
year ago the CoMMoxwEALTH issued a d.clsratl

THE COMNONwEALTH.
Pss-peess. fer 1877.
One year ago the coxMoSwZALTH issued declaration
PRINCIPLES AND PURPOSES
This declaration embodied briefly the expression of de-
Termination t -tand by the Republic of belief
able paper currency and of general eonvicon that tho
first duty OF a newspaper is to
TELL THE NEWS
ard of Kansas newspaper to give Kansas news the
year has passed. and has shown that the ,r,ic,,
party is more than for the
LBrKrY LAW
in this country In regard to the financial question this
mn' h. II no mere his BEEN ,-ciird At the ls
p-opl- opp se the wild theories If tn inatiasts
the course - the COMMONWEALTH ppli teal ami
news journal, has been
A3rSp,NTLY SUSTAINED.
An enlargement IF the div be fund necessary
and the circa ti"n If the paper hus lii In
view oi these ciicinstancss. tn coHA0SwE,ITd has
no NEW Foley
tn announce but will adhere to the marked out in
tn. past
will continue 10 he speciality and the three
Il State Items" ..Ksnsas Farming" and .Kan,as
Churches will be diligently collate from State
changes. whine b, the fire. of the telegraph aud
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE,
everv event Of general inrrrst which ransres in the
State will b- laid before readers
In the tiles Of the COMMONWEALTH may be found q
HIsroEr OF IHE STATE GOVERNMENT
In every departmnt executive legis ,tiv. jnic ia
The ., zb Of decisions Of the Supreme Court pub
lish-d in the COMMONWEALTH bv authority. The
LEGISLATIVE RyPoKTs
will. during the coming s-..i"n b. made h-retnfore
full and cnmpl-te. The Legislative summary. which
generally commanded AMI freely by the press
Of the State last Winter will make regular feature.
In submitting this brief statement IL desired that
be distinctly und-rstor that the up
CLAIM, Ia be the leading STATE paper
be the 'frpan of any set of the editors
nd proprietors IL bas-s its claims II support on las
rits aion- the attention of p-opl. wha wis. Re
prbcan paper published the State Capital is respect
fully solicited.
Especial att ntion 10 directed to the
WEEKLY COMMONWEALTH,
forty column wiIh lew sv-rtiserlents and ccp.
iainIng all the reading that appears in six issue,
Of the daily.
Weekly. three months 50 cents six months &i one
year. t2 co. Is always stopped when the time hch
u s psid expires. Daily. fl0 pr year.
Specimen copies sent free up,u application.
Addr-ss. p. BAKER SONS
Dec a. ls76 Topeka Kansas
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21

WASHINGTON, Drcembrr l0.--The informal tiOn
received in Secretary Chambers dispatch from
Oregon yrsi. r,lay, to the effect that Gov. Gro
ver's action WAS bas-d written opinion re-
rrived from New York some days before hs gave
the certificate To Crunin, confirms ths suspicion
entertained here all along thrt either Gov. Til
.irn ar one of his immediate advisers directed
this strategic move The legal advice furnished
tn the Governor pr'ce-tled, il appeAns, upon the
entirely v erronenu, assumption that bath houses
of Congress- have, in cases Of rlrciion of disqra
flied persons, given SEALS To ti-fat. candidates
just the contrary has been the uniform action of
lr,th the Senate and the Hnnse. II has b-e,, r--
peatedly held that the disqualification of the
candidate receiving najnriry of the votes casi
dues not accomplish the election of "a defeated
competitor-By Telegraph to the Tribnne.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21

IT, The newspapers around the country have had a
great deal say lately about ch-msa chemisrttr, and
cn-mon. Now will some good little editor stand up in
his place and tell the difference between the three and
alan whether chemloou Is right, chemiloonsi Sol.
Miller s barred from answering unlsss be can give de.
cent snswer.-Topeka Blade
To be sure, We can give decent answer. A
chemise is worn by the old-fashioned. modes,
sor, uf women. A chemisette is worn By one
who has to gO into Court, To secure protection
from brutal husband. A chrmlOon is worn by
the sort of women VIII" walk up int your Office
aud bat you one in the eye. Either chemiloon
OF chemilOons. she was right, in that case.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21
HEARTFELT PRAYER.

ST PAUL. Aug. 70, 1854.
II. r. STEVENS. ESQ:
Dear Sill sboad be wanting In gratitude. IL failed
to acknowledge what the veg.tino has doLo for me-
attack ed ahut eleven months sincs with Br itis
hch settled intn c. nsumptoB had night and
few, cis was distress-d fur breath. and frequently
spit boo was all emscisto very weak and low that
my fris nds thought my hopeless.
wss advised to make trial Of the vegetine which,
under the Providepce Of God, has cured That be
bless the Of medicine others he has
and that his Lisine may attend you 70 the
heartfelt prayer VI your admirins humblu servant
BENJAMIN PETTINGfiL.
p. S.-Mine Is but one anong the many cures your
medicine has effected in this place. BP.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21
Sheriff. Sale.
STATE OF KANSAS L..
DoNIPHAx COUNTY.

Tco
DoNIrHAS COUNTY, 50
In the Courtf D'uph County State Of
Catharins Z. Murray Pixintia
Mary T. Wilson and ,t
benton Wilson. Oefeudsnts
NOTICE Is hereby given, that will ON tn, a, a.,.
! af January A; U ls17. at two "'clock. r. Y. II
city If Troy in Douphsp County STATE Of Kama.
r sale At pnlic sciion far ,-h the foi,owin de.-ro
rd real estate tn uit: The half the .sath vr.t
quarter OF secon dfte&u tl5 in t,wpshiu Ernr a. ~
range twenty 2o in Doniphan County State Of Ksn.ss
nasen zs the property Of Mary Z. Wilson and Beuton
wi.an and offered for sale highest bi lder for ch
to satisfy certain Judgment and cst- of record in
Kansas. IN whieh Catharue T. Murray l. pi.iutiY and
Mary T. Wilson and Bentpn wilson are Defend inf.
,s.s s' ny n~ha' tnis <In Jay ot NpvemD~r. A. D.
ie'e. T.J. vANDERSLICE
Sheriff NJ Doniphxn County
-s"'e""er ~. i5so-sW Prs f-~ Sie
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21

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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21

E Senator Ingas has roams In Washington at No
sl} Twelfth Street n. W. Senator Harvey 0ozrds the
Sbbitt Houre. Reprrsentstivr Brown rams sI3 +.
Suett. n w. The stepping l.sc- of Representative
Champion.
You are growing old, aud yonr eyesight is fail
ing. Put an your sltcs, aud look again: GosiIr.
John r., Kansas, National Hotel Phillips, Viii.
liam A., Kansas, lOO5 H Street, n. W.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21
The Prsgra00e-whssl lhe New Tsrk Herald
Says 81 fsse AtsitsSe sf the 8epsslicaas.

NEW YORK, December 1.-The Heraids Wash
irgron special says: There Is no danger of u
ropular tumult during the coint Of The vote. for
the Senate has the right t' clu,e the galleries
aud il 81 or'ler,d in the count Of loOl. In my
opinion Hayes is el. cied. That is what the Pres.
Ideut believes. and the Republicans are going To
inangnrate hun If tie pr'ves on thc liIh "f Feb
rnary 10 have lo5 vOlrs. They SAY: The South
ern committees will not be able to show any
cause why this should not be d"ne. As to what
.ne Democrats can do about il, what eau they ,lu
We mean to move only Ly Constitutional and lie
gal methods. II is all fadge about Gem. Grant
nollng over. He dnnt Mant To told over, bu.
ne mrsns ro put Hayss 10 rhe WtIire House, aua
then MS du'! will De d.,n-. There Is goimg To be
d" o,casion for The Drnr cIaIs stirring up re-
OTIS any Ler-, and if th,y did s.,, they woa,d
put themselves IN the wrong. As To The
elections, tuey will take care of themselves. IL
Hayes Is satisfactorily President Tie country
All be content. Ii ke is B"t, then the Demo
Gratis will have their ci,ancs, aud they viii make
he most IT II. These the views Irsnkiy ex-
pressed OF the -xtreusc Republican n,anaS-rs,
and tleie Is reason 10 Leiieyc that they lneau
what they say.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21

u The lower House Of Congress, by vote OF
more than three to one, has passed = bill making
silver q legal tender. Bown aud Phillips, oi
Kansas, voted for it; GoudiD not voting. This
is but expressing the will Of the people. 1t will
be accomplished, notwithsi anding the Peter
Cooper party did not elect President nor . sin
gle member If Congress.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21
"War Talk"

The f Lowing " a-hnngion sl.e, ial to the Chi.
Gag" Inter Ccodn cives insight into the s-cr,.i
rlotiings al the d. nscia'ic party, and shows
that Tiltru himself i- the head of il all. Th
lnhewain nr-ss and apparent conservatism Of the
Sauih-rn leaders is very probably only blind.
90 fuice the N"rth.rn Democracy I" take the
lead, and Ia commit themselves clearly that
they capnot retreat. as they did before, when the
Si.uih will mite with them in a new rei~lli"''.
The crisis is similar To that of 1otO. hut the Re-
l,ublicars will ie equal TO The "ecasI"n as they
xere then. The SECRET Of Senator Morf"ns hast.
departure for Iiana is said to he TO STIR mp tile
uld Uuion fires, To connferact the treas"iiable
,,lots of the Democracy, a. lie did when the ira
rorous order Of the Golden Circle got its clutches
upon Indiana, during the war. Tiden has risk
ell his .barrel of money" and his future fame up
On this contest for the Presidency, and will not
| willingly resign his fraudulent claim to the of
lice The following is the Inter Oceans dispatch,
which is confirmed by the specials to other pa
pers =
TiIden's Attitude and Cssdisies.
HIS pEsrEEAIE pETEKMrSAnoS NAUsuRATrD.
wAsHISGIox December Il.
gentleman associated with Large railroad ntsr1sts
and who while y politician. Is la the c'nhieuce of
promin~nt Demoerats in Nrw York this city. and
STATE. the best thinking til 1t Gov
.r,, T;l,i., 10 be
Hayes without struggle. He that one "f Tdrns
frequently reiterated remarks al late s that IL Is his last
chance and he intend. Ia stake his all upon hat chancr
lie has family To provide for hrir. for whom his
nred br harded and ambition but to DC Pres
Is.eut- His immense fortune,
AMOUNTING To NiLlJoSs Is THE DISPOSAL
HIS PAKTY,
and every Of will b- sacrificed to what he
terms the recoxnitin of his Tiden hv says Is
determined o. .how Of vssDce and will certainly
be in President of "a United states at New
York he Is MT Aliowod to 60 thr.a<h tns usual formal
ties the steps of the Cupt There Is nothing In the
constitution To prevent his taking the oath before
of the Peace or any other Judicial OH sr At New
York. any other place anu ne Mas nen studying up
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21

IF When Northern Democrats 20 to war over
the Presidential election, they will discover that
they have wofully ovsrestimafed their forces.
There is no repeating in war. In battle, the
man who voted frin five to twenty times ut a
single election in New York City, will count but
one man-in fact, snch wretch-s are usually
worthless in var. If they calculate upon ono
soldier for for every vote they cast at the cleo
tiuu, their legions will dwindle terribly
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21

CHRIsTMAs.-B-f're another issue of our paper.
Christmas will have p ,s~etl. We therefore take
this occasion to wish al the patrons of the Chief
a Mrrr, Christmas, and that Santa Claus will
liberaly ren-,nb-r all he I,,ys and girls.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21

The OLDEST AND THE BEsr.-Th-se are tn,
claims which the publishers Of the .NeT York Oh
make for their paper in their prospectus oI
the fffy Jffih rolume. And, while history bears
th ,n out in the first, undertaking Course in
sending out large, full, fresh. readable family
newspaper, gives them at least a right to the
second. In the great multitude of papers that
published the Observer holds its own position,
and AN enviahle position it is. No paper reaches
us that can recommend more heartily. Ii is
published at S3.l5 year, post paid, and the pre-
mium picture and chr''mu hnmbnss are left for
those who have nothing better to offer. S. /.
Prime & Co, 81 Park Row. New York.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21

q "Riie Clubs" are what the Democrats are
engaged in organizing, To secure the inaugura
tion of Tildrn. Rifle Clubs have = wholesom.
dread of United States troole, and few
thousand of these will have business around
Washing ton, sbout The 4th Of March, the Rifle
Climbs W i'll NOT be very dangerous.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-12-21

" The Aieis"n Champion is again hammerins
away 10 provr that it is the oldest paper in Kan.
sas' and succeeds admirably y-to its own satisfsc.
ti"n' However, il doesn't explain away the i'm
material Tact that the Chsmpiom WAS started by
John A. Martin, and John A. Martin came To-
Kansas about Year after the Chief wa, e,tab-
lished.