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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-08-26

A SUSPICIOUS CAsH.-The wife of d. ]. Heaton,
Of st. Joseph, died suddenly at Trenton, No., a
few weeks ago. There is no Doubt that she was
poisoned. She had vial of medicine, of which
she had taken before she left home. After go
ing to Trenton, she took dose ont of the same
VIAL and Immediately realized that it was not
the same medicine. Soon she was taken with
commissions, and died in short time; but not
before she had declared that she was poisoned,
and that the medicine in the vial had been
changed since she had taken of it at home. The
prescription at the drugstore shows that the
medicine which was put up, was the same that
she had taken before leaving home. Heaton, the
husband, took charge of the vial, ostensibly to
have the contents examined, but he accidentally
lost it, and, we understand, is now trying to
throw the responsibility upon the druggists who
put up the prescription. The medicine in the
bottle undoubtedly changed at Heaton's
house, and as the vial is lost it cannot be iden-
titled by the druggists, or the contents examined
Who changed the medicine and for what pur-
pose.
HeatOn is the old scoundrrl whO three years
ago, swindled us ont of an advertising bill. We
understand that he has four or five wives dead.
If anybody wants to draw an inference, we are
willing
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-08-26

ANOTHER IRISH REBELIIOS.-The East is full
of Irish Garfield Clubs, a large proportion of
their membership coming from men who have
heretofore been Democrats. The Democracy
have selected two for their standard -bearers
who have a winning way Of driving ont voters
upon whom the party has always relied. This
they call the Hancock ''boon." No wonder the
Irish are deserting them. At the second battle
Of Bull Run, Hancock remarked Of the Irisl,
Brigade, ''The d-l flannel month Sons of bitch
es are only fit to be killed. to make for bet
ter men, English's expressed opinion is very
similar. The little daughter of poor Irish Ia
borer was run over and killed, in indianapolis,
by ear Of the street railroad in which English
is a heavy stakeholder. 1t was caused by gross
carelessness ON the part of a cheap driver. The
Irishman sued the Company for 81, 900 damages,
but English kept putting off the trial, and TAX
ing changes of venue, in order to wear out the
laboring-man who had not the means to indulge
in a protracted suit. Finally, English went to
the lrisbman, to get compromise. In the
course Of their conversation, English exclaimed:
Oh the Irish! This country would have been
better Off without them. You set too high a
price on your damned young onerr He finally
effected a compromise, making them take $3.50
of the amount in street railroad tickets. This is
the opinion the Democratic candidates hold of
the people from whom they expect to get a large
proportion of their votes.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-08-26
Fare to the State Convention.

Mr.. Leland, Chairman Of the Republican, State
Central Committee, has been arranging with
the various railroads for reduced rates of fare to
and from the State Convention. He has secur-
ed the following rates from the roads named
Tickets will he good from August 3Oth TO Sep
tember Sd:
Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern, and
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroads, one
and one-fourth fare for round trip.
Central Branch U. P. Railroad. one and one
fourth fare. Delegates in attendance to he re-
turned from Atehison for one-fourth fare, upon
presentation of certificates from the Chairman
Of the State Central Committee that they have
been in attendance at the State Convention.
Kansas Pacific Railroad, one fare for the round
trip.
st. Joseph and Western Railroad, one and one
fourth fare for the round trip, upon presenta-
tion of credentials to local agents.
Atehison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, half
rate.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad will re-
turn delegates at one-fourth fare from Emporia.
upon presentation of certificate to the agent at
that place, showing attendance at State Conven-
tion.
Kansas Central Railroad, one fourth fare for
return, upon presentation of certificate of attend
anee.
Burlington and Missouri River (Atchison and
Nebraska) Railroad, one fare for round trip.
tRepubliean daily papers Of Kansas, please
copy.l
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-08-26

" We learn that some of the rip-snorting
temperance men of this County refused to vote,
"Wednesday. Wehave heard of one who exclaimed,
when handed the anti-St. John ticket: Snow
tell me that this thing has not been cut and
dried by Ring! Why have you no opposition
tickets, ~ that a man can take his choice p
That fellow needs to have sense beaten into his
head with a swamp-elm club. The anti-St. John
ticket was published week before the election,
with the distinct announcement that it was op-
posed to st. John. Yet these fellows, who howl
about Ring, let the thing go by default, hut
whine, when election day comes around, becanse
the "Ring" has not got up, printed, and circulat-
ed at its own expense, st. John delegate tick
ct for their benefit. If they wanted a ticket,
why didn't they get one up: Where were their
.'superserviceable" friends from Brown County,
that they did not look after their wants. The
truth is, if outsiders wonld keep their noses out
of Doniphan County politics. everything would
soon quiet down, and there would be no differ
ences among the Republicans of this County but
what teuld he harmoniously settled among them
selves.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-08-26

WHAT IT Is COMING To.-The Democracy, this
year, are making vigorous effort to capture col
ored votes; and several leading colored men,
such as Parson Twine, of Atchison, and others
here and there, have been base enough to sell
themselves and attempt to sell their brethren to
their ancient enemies. If anybody doubts that
the Democratic party will make it one of its first
duties, whenever it has the power, to crush ont
the rights and the liberties of the cOlored race,
he must be remarkably blind to Democratic ma
ture and the signs of the times. A leading
Southern Democratic paper recently proclaimed
that the colored people should he made to dis
tinctly understand that the only way in which
they would be permitted to live in the South,
was az sares to the rkitos. If not that, then they
must be driven ont or crushed ont. That is the
exact truth, if il is rough language. This is one
reason why the South is solid. They look upon
the success Of the Democratic party rs the first
great step toward forcing the colored race back
into slavery. The eoiored man who votes the
Democratic ticket, deliberately votes to sell him
self, his wife and children into slavery
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-08-26

HARrER's.-HARPER's MAGAZINE for September is
bright, strong Number, rich in illustrations, and
piguant with several novel features. Especially
novel i'm magazine literature is such article as
that by X. NJ. Rowland, ON the Family of George
ILL.,, illustrated with twenty Notwithstanding
not only the members of this large family but also
those united with them by marrisge. These por-
traits fac-similes of old engnyings from paint
inga by the hest English artists of the time. The
article s full Of delightful personal gossip, and is
confined to the domestic life of this royal household
briefer article entitled The American Graees, "
is u biographical sketch with beautiful portraits, of
the three Misses Cation, of Baltimore, who became.
respectively, Lady Stafford, Marrhioness of welles-
ley, and Duchess of Leeds.
Mr.. Conway contributes another Touraine paper,
entitled The Seven Sleepers Paradise beside the
Loire--a fine paper, worthy of its exquisite Illus
trati0ns
Mrs. Rcbecca Hariling Davis concludes her by
paths in the Mountains" with description of the
North Carolina mountains. The characters and in
eidepts introduced into the papers give it all the
interest of a story.
Mr. Bishop also concludes his Fish and Men in
the Maine Islands, full of entertaining marine
dies effectively illustrated by Mr.. Burnss sketches.
William NJ. Briggs contributes n remarkably fine
poem Amid the Grasses" which, with Mr.. W. H. Glib
sons illustrations, make FIVE of the most beautiful
pages in the Number
Contrasting with all this beauty, hut eminently
picturesque matter and illustration is Mr. Rdeins-
article, -Squatterlife in New York.
Those who have read Longfellow's "wayside Inn, ="
will read with interest article entitled The Red
horse Tavern describing the real inn and ts in
mates: contributed by who wins for many years
a guest at the old hostel.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-08-26

COMING HoNE.-Reports from Illinois, Indi-
ana, Maine, and other Eastern States, are to the
effect that Republican Greenbackers are fiocking
back to the old party. In Kansas, the Green
back party will fall off fully one-half from last
years vote, if not more. Even Elder Mitchell
has declined to run for Congress in the Third
District Since Weaver and DE La Matyr have
reported that affairs in the South are much worse
than even the Republicans have claimed, hut
still go ahead in their work of aiding the Demo-
cratic party, their followers are leaving them,
and working with the only party that opposes
or pretends to oppose Southern outrages and
frauds. From the present outlook, the Green
hackers will not elect a single member of the
next Congresses, although they may, in few
Districts, aid in the election Of Democrats.
The truth is, the Greenback party has had its
day, and is dead. The sooner the corpse ac-
knowledges the fact, and quits kicking out the
bed-elothes, the better it will he.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-08-26

ANOTHER BENDER WITNEss.-Milton !. South.
ard, Democratic ex-Congressman from OHIO, is
the latest fraud who comes to the front with a
story Of his miraculous escape from the Benders.
The story, in brief, is is that he was travelling.
on horseback, from Humboldt TO Fort Scott. He
had ridden far during the day, and his horse was
badly jadetl. He stopped at n house, at night
fall, and asked to be permitted to remain but
the woman absolutely refused, telling him that
there was house several miles further on, where
they kept travellers. He was about going on,
when the pitifu condition of his horse smote him
to the heart; he thrice made the appeal to stay,
each time stronger than the preceding one, but
still firmly refused, when gentleman came
along, who was acquainted with the woman,
and prevailed upon her to allow him to remain.
The other house to which she had directed him
was the Bender place, and he passed it, the
next morning, he remarked how forbidding it
looked; and he realized afterwards how narrow
an escape he had made from occupying that
graveyard.
This is all an Internal Democratic lie, by one
who does not even understand the geography Of
the country and the facts concerning the Benders.
Fort Scott is east of Humboldt, while Cherry
vale, near which the Blenders lived, is not far
from fifty miles west of south from Humboldt.
Scott would pass by the Bender place, may be
shown by Democratic figuring, hut cannot be by
any other kind.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-08-26

1T We had hoped, by holding our issue over
until Thursday noon, to he able to arrive at some
definite result from the delegate elections held
Throughout the State ON Wednesday; but, from
some cause, the dailies bring us nothing at all.
except n string of ID. Z. Anthony's personal
wrangles from Leavenworth. The Times has all
along been silent the Governorship, with n
decided leaning toward opposition to ST. John.
But when Ex-Governor Anthony's letter came out
against st. John, and J. +. Legate took an ac-
tive part against him, the Times at once became
n st. John organ, and commenced announcing
st. john booms from every direction. As mat
ter of course, row must be kicked up in Leav-
enworth County, or an imaginary row reported
by telegraph. But the opponents Of st. John
carried the day, all the same. Truly high
toned and dignifed course for a paper that
claims to be the leader Of the Kansas press.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-08-26
SENATE JOINT EEsoLrrIoN No. :


Pnpa>ns amendment artirle fifteen of the Consttu
tuiin vf the State Of Kansas relating the Manufacture
and sie Of Intoxicating hIa"rs by adding rctan t"n TO
siid article.
thirds Of al the aehaJcrs elected 70 each House reg there
for
The following proposition TO amend the Con
stitutiun of thc State Il" kars shall be Submitted 10 the
elect"r, the for adoption rejection at thc general
'lc'ton To he held the Tuesday Srcs1lng the irst
Monday Of November, n D. eighteen hundred and eighty
PEur-TIION.-Arrlr fifteen shall bc aHrndrd by adding
Srctn therro which shall read follows; The
uaiurr and sale Of intoxicating Liquors shall l forever
prohibited in this State except for n',cal srnhc anil
So The iollowng shall he the mcth-l submitting
said proposition the electors The ballots shall he either
written printed partly written anil partly printed
anil thns voting .r the proposition shall vote For the
proposition amrnd the Constitution :; and tbsSe voting
against the pro~ton -al vote Against the proposition
SEc This resolution shall take effect and he in force
frm and after its publication in the statute b.sok
the Senate February sth 779 and passed that Body Feb
LYMAN L. HUMPHREY.
ITesidrHt of Senate.
HENEY BR,xpLEy
!secretary ef Seaate.
Passed the House March al. lss9.
SIDNEY CLARKE
Spraisr 9f HoHsr-
tEicf CLERK eT House
Approved Marrh sth is7g.
JOHN 7, ST. JOHN.
Gocer,or-
THE STATE KANSAS 4.
OFFICE SECRETARY oF STATE -
James smith, Srrtary "f State Of the State Of Kansas
Il" hereby certify that the fOresans j. true and
copy "f the original enrolled "int resolution file in
my office and that the fnok effect by pubsdtion in
the statute book. May 10Th l-79.
In tr-timoney Whereof have herrnt" snbscrilIe,l
lsEALl my name. and affixed my official seal Done at
Topeka this LIST day of July, A. u. 1--0.
JAMES SMITH
An@- !. l-s0.l NeersidSy ef StG'e.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-08-26

IT The Topeka Capital has novel but rather
laborious mode "hiving" st. John delegates. 1t
claims nearly every delegate elected, and when
the claim is disputed, it proceeds to publish GER
tificates from women and temperance Lecturers,
to show that n majority of the convention that
appointed them We're in favor of st. John, or
that the delegates themselves were at one time
heard to say that st. John was the hest man in
the field, if there was nobody else running. But
it is little singular that not in single instance
yet has the Capital produced a card from the dis
puted delegates themselves, defining their posi-
tian
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-08-26

y That table in the Topeka Capital, giving
the status of the delegates already elected to the
State Convention, and the probable standing of
those yet to he chosen, is about as Ineligible as
if the printer had taken mp handful of pied fig
ures, and slung them in promscuously. For in
stance, Johnson County is yet to elect G. of which
will he for st. John, and against. Lincoln is
to elect 3 of which will be against st. John.
Marion is to elect 4, of which will he for st.
John, and 4 against him. Mcpherson is to elect
4, of which will he for st. John, and against
him. Jewell is to elect s, of which 2 will be for
st. John, and against him; and 30 on, to the
end of the chapter.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-08-26

Coon NEWS PROM MArSE-Tbs Hon Eugene Hale
SAYS there Is question but that the Republican,.
viii carry Maine 81 claiming with perfect good
faifh. he assuresa correspondent of the Philadelphia
Pres. 'the election Of all FIVE Congressman. The
Fourth and Fifth districts are in the hands Of the
Greenbaekers, and great fight redeem them
think we shall succeed. We will have from 5000
to 10000 majority Governor. perhaps more ON the
Legislature This is good news nnd il is based ON
Trustworthy facts- The Republicans under Senator
Blaines lead, are going to make the most thorough
and energetic canvass made in the State. and
they sure to win because the honest public sen
timent Of the State is all their sde-N T. Tribune
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-08-26

SwEEPING ALL BEFORE Him. The Hancock
Boom still marches on with resistless force. Al
though the Chief is a Republican paper, in favor
Of Garfield, it cannot tell lie for the purpose Of
helping his cause, but must give the facts as
they exist. Since last issue, large number
Of Republicans have added their COG we mean,
have added their rolls-no, no; have added their
names to the Hancock roll. Among these we
find such distinguished names as John W. For
ney, Gen. - Pearson, Leonard W. Jerome, Pot
ter Palmer, l. S. Kalloch, Patrick II. Jones, Gen.
- Noteworthy, Gen. Koodlefiix, Gen. -
Snoddlegop, Gen. - Stinkbreath, Gen. McDon-
aid, Of the Whiskey Ring, late of the penitentia-
ry, and Col. A. J. Mowry, of Mule Creek, the
organizer of Comanche County.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-08-26
sryATE JoIyr EEsoLCTIOy 30. ,

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 30. =
Pruposing amendment section Of article eleven of the
csnitution the of Kansas relating to prupEty
n IL r,(rI by IA, Lsllrc Of ts Sase Of Kansss
isis Of al tAe Hensts csoi {; oIeA HoEs eonesrrisg
hersia.
sscnoS The following proposition to amend section
eu~ Of article eleven of the STATE Of Kan
shall he submitted the electors uf the State for ale
Tne-lay sncre,n- the Monday in November 4. D..
eishs-n hunr, and eighty That srcnn Of article
Anrnlssl q rad follsws= Section The L-gls
laturr shall pryie for uniform and equal rate IL
state Cogniy MUNICIPAL hicrry cucaiionai scientific
rlieus bru-voleut and charitable Pur--s~ shall b
SEc > The faowins shall be the method Of submitting
said proposition: The bailots shall have. either written
print rarity printed and partly writteu thrreon For
The pruoiiou 10 an sctin Of article eleven of tho
cons;fuon of Kansas striking out the eause exemPtine
or a.ains, i nrtp 10 amend sectin one Of article
eleven Of the of te State Of Kansas striking
the CLAUSE rxs1nptng two hundrt dollars isp1 per
SEC This resolution shall take effect anil be in fuTvs
frum and after its publication in the statute book
heehy certify the above bill originated i'm the Sen
ate January sst is7e and passed. that l-y February lsih
LYMAN L HUMPHREY.
IrcsideHt ef S,aai>.
HKSIY BRaNDLKY.
Socr,tary 81 !Ssafo.
- SIDNEY CLARKE.
sPoaker cf Ho.ss.
CLi.f Ckrt ef Ho,ss.
Approved March 9TH, is19.
JOHN z. ST. JOHN
GorcrasF.
Tue STATE oF KANSAS T.
OFTicE oF SRIEEraRi oF STATE
James smith Secretary of the S;sie OF Kansas
do hereby certify that the foregoing is trur and
Office and that the took rfrct by publication in
the statute i'-k May soth a. d. ls7s.
In testimony whereof, have h-reunto subscribed
t-FNL-l name. and affixed official sal Dulr Al
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-08-26

How THE MAISE VICTORY WILL Be woS.-we are
going bury these than Egyptian foes Of
in n Red Sea Of popular wrath But must expert
no direct interposition from above We must be the
Red Sea ourselves. We mnst each one Of us he one
Of the wxves and ] want TO every man hump
himself up and mike big one. There never was .
tine when individual efferf mere demnnsied or
will be better rewarded. All the questions Of ma
terial interest. of tariff Of finance, insignificant
rsmpsrrd with the question whether sar Govern
ment is to be st the mercy Of any eight wicked men
who may get TO the Government Council. II Is a
question of individual liberty Let there he such an
Overwhelming condemnation by the people that the
Thought ef this crime may never agAin be tempta-
fion to any scoundre of either party long the
world livea-CesZcssnas Reeff Sperek 10 Re Cos.
t<sfisa rkirk Ressazsisnf HIS.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-08-26

II Ira J. Lacock, Esq, of Hiawatha, writes
us that he was a delegate to the State Conven-
tion of two years ago, and remained to vote f"r
Judge Price, as did also Mr.. Benner, while he
remembers that one delegate left for home. While
giving him the benefit of this correction, we wish
to remark that Mr.. Lacock has never been Of
those Brown County politicians who felt it to be
their mission tooppose Doniphan County, or who
would support the worst possible candidate for
their interests, in preference to Doniphan
County man.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-08-26

~ John c. Tomlinscn has declined the honor
Of being seooped for Congress by John A. Ander-
son. The Democracy may rs well leave the place
vacant, and let Anderson have a walk-over, for
that is what it will practically amount to, let
them do their best. Ii is not Of much nse to con-
test the strongest Republican District in the
United States, when the Republicans mean to
carry the weakest.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-08-26

HERE MAN SPEAKs.-Immediatel after Gar
fields nomination, the squads of fanatical pests
throughout the country, such as Prohibitionists
God-n-the- Constitution, Anti -Masons, etc., com-
menced boring him for pledges in favor of their
several hobbies. Here is the letter of the agent
Of the Prohib:ionists, and Garfeld's reply:
OBRLIS, o. June a. 1880.
Hon JAMES A. GARFIELD:
Dear SI-We are among those who believe that
the request made by ministers of the Gospel for the
united prayers of Gods people in behalf Of the Chi
eagO Convention was inspired. We Hre also of the
many thousands who not, day nor night To
pray for the overthrow of the liquor crime.
In the event of your election, may we not hope
that you will call the attention of Congress to this
gigantic crime of crimes" and recommend legsla-
tion for the suppression of the importation, manufac
ture and sale of Intoxicating liquors as beverages in
the District of Columbia and Territories
AM yOurs truly,
q l.. L ANI,I ING
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-08-26

An UNREASONABLE REQUEsT.-We have re-
ceived circular from John Davis, Greenback
candidate for Congress for this District, asking
US if we will not, as an act Of courtesy, enclose
n supplement in our paper, publish for our col
umns, we prefer, string of matter attacking
the course of John A. Anderson, and favoring
the election of Davis We believe we have ex-
tended rs many political eourtesies and fayors
to political opponents as any other newspaper in
these United States. We have always publish
ed their notices Of meetings and calls for con-
ventions, and even admitted communications oc-
easonally advocating their men and measures.
But this is asking too much. We publish Re-
publican paper and advocate the election of Re-
publican candidates. We cannot be expected,
and we shall not allow the Chief to be made
medium for circulating matter assailing the Re-
publican party or its candidates, when those
candidates are running squar,ly ON Republican
issues, as are the National nominees, and Mr.
Anderson.
Some of our itemizers have also fallen into the
erroneous notion that they have a right, under
the guise Of items, to burleslue Republican meet
ings, institute comparisons placing the Republi-
cans in an unfavorable light, or make boastful
predictions Of sweeping Democratic successes.
While We are thankful for local items, and do
not care what may be the politics of the writers,
they cannot reasonably expect us to permit
them to give Democratic tone to our columns,
in the shape of items. They are welcome to put
in notices of all Democratie meetings that are
held or To he held: but when il comes Ia any is
sue between the two parties, we must lie allow
ed to control the course Of the paper.