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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-04-16

On Monday Winona tried the Austria
lian system Of voting and found that, in
point of giving a man an untrammeled
ballot, it worked we'll. The next thing
to be done is to give the blessings OF
this system to every Town in the state,
be it large or samll. If the law is a
successful one in its operations, we are
none too good nor none too small to
come under its wing.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-04-16

The New Ulm Review says that Gov.
Merriam's speech s'does not read like
Donnelly's.'' Hardly; nor does Don
nellY's read like Merriam's. If Don.
nelly had ever attempted to write a
common sense speech like Merriam S
he would have died from sheer mental
exhaustion MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.
The advocate., 1890-07-16
ALLIANCE NOTES.

NOTICE 10 OUR FRIENDS We will welcome
I'm this column brief Items Oi news from sub
unions. Friends LET us have little lid bits Of news
that we may spread the glad tidings Of the good
times you are having ~ your meetings.
Jefferson County Alliance elected Mrs.
Cook, a competent and devoted woman,
to serve them as secretary for the ensu-
ing year.
w. =. Brush, national organizer Of the
Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union,
will speak at Great Bend, Kan, on Tues
day evening, July -, 1890.
Il. M. BLACK, Ch. Com.
Pioneer Grange No. 90 seems to be see
ing events through the same speCtacles
Of It's kindred organization, the alliance.
They recently resolved TO join their
forces with the Independent peoples
party,
Those who attended the 4th Of July
picnic at MOrkham's grove are still ex-
pressing their delight concerning the
happy time which they enjoyed at was
the best 4th Of July celebration ever at
tended" so said many Of those who were
present
Mrs. M. e. Lease will deliver lecture
at Grange hall, Mission Center, seven
miles southwest Of Topeka, July %, at ?
o'clock p, m. Everybody should turn
out and listen to the lady lecture upon
the economic question that is interesting
us 80 much.
Merrymount Alliance No, 1892 sent
their delegation to the county alliance in
structed to vote TO place straight alli-
ance ticket in the field. This alliance
believes in the Plumb doctrine, that dis
eliminating legislation has brought on
our financial depression.
Brother William Burrows enthusias-
tically writes Of the grand meeting at
Columbus on the 3d of July. National
President Polk, State President Glover
and other excellent speakers preached
The advocate., 1890-07-16

VIZ call attention to the address in
this issue relating to the Kansas ave
nue. bridge. If there is any good
reason why the farmers and laboring
men Of Shawnee county should be
taxed TO build a bridge for the beno-
fit Of street railway companies and
other corporations Of the city Of To
peka, the advocates Of that measure
have failed TO present it. Laboring
men Of The city are urged TO vote for
tho bonds because the building Of the
bridge will require labor When il
is remembered that the contract for
such bridges is usually given TO a
foreign bridge company, this argu-
ment will have little force. It is not
at all probable that the building Of
the bridge will give employment to
any great number of the laboring
men Of Topeka.
The advocate., 1890-07-16

the gospel Of truth. One Of the speak
ers, judging from the extreme length Of
the procession, inquired who 5taid at
home TO look after things, and brother
answered: ooh, everything is mortgaged,
and II is the concern Of the other fellows
" look out ROr the care"
The state central committee of the
peoples party has opened headquarters
on the third floor Of the Crawford build
ing, corner Fifth and Jackson streets, in
this city All friends of the cause are
invited 10 call and see us.
J. H. WHLTs, Chairman.
s. w. CHASE, Secretary.
Eureka Union, Great Bend, at it's last
regular meeting, resolved that lbs mem
bers would no longer divide on party
lines, and also that they would not sup
port for any state, county or township
Office any man who is not a simon pure
alliance man and true friend OF the or
der.
Rice County Alliance will meet in
regular session on Thursday, July 81, to
elect officers and delegates TO the State
Alliance meeting in October. Sub-alli-
ances should send in their quarterly re-
ports at once, 10 enable the secretary to
make his annual report, All alliances
failing TO report shall be suspended until
such report is sent in. T.. M. BLACK,
President County Alliance.
Mrs. L. M. Furbeck, who was elected
chaplain Of Shawnee County Alliance,
win add dignity and grace to that Office.
II is especially fitting that an earnest, de-
voted woman Of benign and pleasing
presence should serve the alliance as
chaplain. The cause for which the alli-
anCe came into being is holy one; its
purpose is to secure peaceful, happy
homes and TO make better men and
women. II is therefore essential that the
woman element, the mother nature,
should make It's influence felt In the
order.
The advocate., 1890-07-16
INFEERs0N COUNTY ALLIANCE.


Jefferson County Alliance met at
0skaloosa in regular annual session
on the 9th inst. J.F. Willitts was
reelected county president by a large
majority.
We failed 10 obtain the list OF the
new county officers in full
The question OF independent politi-
cal action was presented and dis
cussed generally in a spirit Of Candor
and fairness pro and con. One or
two members exhibited bad blood,
but the feeling entertained by these
men met with very little sympathy,
and will have little effect upon the
The advocate., 1890-07-16

"THE ALLIANT," Vol. /, No. /, pub
lished at Concordia, Kan, is on our
table. IL is a bright, clean Sheet ably
edited and devoted to the interest Of
the alliance. 1t has a good field, and
we predict will be patronized and sus-
tanned, as il certainly should be, by
the farmers and the people generally.
II will add strength to the peoples
party in that section of the state, and
we wish il the most abundant sue
cess.
The advocate., 1890-07-16

The WOmans Mutual Benefit Association.
The alliance women Of Barton county
have recently organized under the above
name, 1t is with deep interest and
qualification that we note the evidences
Of woman's interest in this great uprising
Of the people. The following preamble
was adopted:
Whereas, The general condition of our
country demands that closer relationship
should exist between the women Of our ru-
raj districts for promotion Of the good OF all,
and for the circulation of literature that will
mutually benefit all by pointing out the way
60 right our wrongs, and encourage industry
and morality and improve our social condi-
tion generally, that for the purpose Of ac-
COmplishing our object we would most
heartily recommend the organization OF the
Farmers Alliance of this county under the
name Of the "WOman's Mutual Benefit As
sOciatiOn" of Barton county. This assOcia-
tiOn is non-sectarian in religion, and ex-
tends hearty invitation 10 all alliance
women TO participate with us in our en-
deavOrB TO assist our husbands, sons and
brothers in securing "equal rights TO all and
special privileges to nOne.'
The officers elected were: Mrs. +. +.
Butler, president; Mrs. Sodderstrum, vice
president; Mrs. Charles Detes, secretary;
Mrs. II, +. Smith, treasurer
The advocate., 1890-07-16

The Rocks county Record, one Of the
strongest republican papers in the Sixth
district, in speaking Of congressional
preference, says the following; ave will
say that we favor the election Of William
Baker, because he is before the people
and has record that is clean and salts
factory. We do not like his opposition
to Ingalls,, but as h e will have no vote in
this matter as congressman, II does not
affect our choice, Mr., Baker is for free
coinage Of silver, service pensions, free
sugar, free lumber" Western Democrat
The advocate., 1890-07-16

people Of the county. The resolution
to sustain the peoples party prevailed
by an overwhelming majority. JEFF
ferson county is in line with the peo-
pleS movement and will be heard
from in November.
The advocate., 1890-07-16
GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS.


Either railways are private prop
erty OF corporations, or they are not.
n they are private property, then by
what right does the general govern
ment Interfere and dictate in the
least degroe as 10 their management.
But IL, on the other hand, Che rail
ways arc public highways and essen
tial 10 the public business Of the on
tire nation, how entirely inconsistent
Il is that they shall remain in the
hands Of private individuals All
this railroad commission business, all
this begging for justice on the part Of
an imposed-upon people, is a piece Of
absurdity It is undignifed and un-
republican. It Is a pleading Of the
baby act on the part Of a great ma
tion. Il isa confession that the great
American government is not compe-
tent TO carry on it's public business.
In the country Of Victoria where
the people own and operate their own
railroads, they are constantly reduc-
ing the rates Of travel and traffic.
There is no friction between people
and corporations, no begging for low
or rates, no complications, no strikes,
no interference or stoppage Of trade
and business, because OF the com
plants Of employees and the greed Of
employers.
Persons who raise objections to
government ownership Of railroads
should inform themselves and see
how smoothly and economically the
people manage a public business in
all countries whore they are allowed
TO try their hand
The old stale objection thatitwould
be putting too much power into the
hands OF the government, is found to
be without point, since there would
not or could not be one-hundredth
part the litigation and the complicated
laws, and constantly increasing legis-
lation, were the whole business sim
pliGed and put under one systematic
management, and run simply at cost,
as is our present postal system.
Why not have in rich America the
same advantages for the travelling
public which the people Of Hungary
enjoy, who travel a distance equal to
that from New York TO Chicago for
1892.
What is this thing which men call
the general government, and which
they are so afraid Of trusting with too
much? Where does it live? What
does it look like7 What does il eati
Is it anything more than just the
creature Of the people, created at che
ballot box9 Why should the people
be afraid TO carry ON their own bust
ness according to regulations which
they make themselves7
The advocate., 1890-07-16
To the Yotera iaf shawnee Connly.


on Kansas avenue
The bonded indebtedness OF this coun-
ty, city and school districts Is S040,2s5,
soldier township 1880, Rapid Transit
railroad bonds.
There was SOS5,364.6O taxes collected
from the people OF Shawnee county for
the year 1889.
There will probably be 100000 taxes
collected for the year 1890, with de
crease In the valuation Of property.
Hence the present will be higher for the
year 1890 than for the year 1889.
DO you know that the bank stock in
this couty ls issued al only 20 cents on
the dollar, and that stock in corporations
that has sold In the past year for S1.4O on
the dollar is assessed at something near
the same price, whilst other property is
assessed at more than One-half what Il
would actually sell for on the market?
There are hundreds Of poor people in
this county who can not to day pay their
taxes. Now will you add 100000 and
make it 81, ,156,795, whilst more than one
half OF the homes Of our people are mort
gagged for more than they can bear, with
an average OF four foreclosure suits being
fled in our courts every day, Sunday OK.
cepted?
The state supreme court has decided
that the Kansas river bridge is a part of
the streets Of Topeka.
The city council will have entire CON
troll Of the new bridge. They have grant
ed the right OF way over IL when built TO
the electric car line, which virtually
spoilS it for public travel, as far as teams
are concerned.
The petition upon which this PROPOSE
tiOn has been submitted provides that the
plan be referred TO q committee Of
whom? To the taxpayers Of thiscounty?
No. the board Of trade, the mayor and
council Of the city Of Topeka.
Good men, no doubt, but they are
banded together for the purpose OF
"bOOming' the city of Topeka.
A majority Of the board are men who
have been speCulating in city property.
II the taxpayers Of this county are to
build the bridge, why not put II into the
hands Of the county commissioners, men
who have been elected by the people,
taken the oath office, and given bond
for the faithful performance Of duty?
Who are the men most anxious for the
bridge? With rare exceptions you will
find them to be men who expect TO be
benefited financially. They are good
men, no doubt, but they are blinded by
their own interests, and many Of them
are stockholders in corporations that
want a new bridge for their own special
benefit.
There has never been a time when in
repair that the present bridge was not
sufficient to accommodate the public
travel, loaded as it is with street railroads,
gas and water pipes, telegraph and tele-
phone lines, for the use Of which we must
pay 100 cents on the dollar.
Then why build bridge for their use
and occupation, while they, true 70 their
soulless instincts, will monopolize all that
our charitably inclined city council feel
inclined TO grant them?
Our old enemy, "the drOuth," is upon
us; sly old friend, the "bOndholder,"
The advocate., 1890-07-16

w. s. Morgan's "HIsToRY OF THE
WHEEL AND ALLIANCE" given for club
Of eight subscribers TO THE ADVOCATE
at 81 each.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-01-31
WORLD OF SPORTS.

The dispute between Detroit and
Lowell over Frank Day has been settled
10y Lowell releasing that player.
Already 40 applications have been re-
ceived for positions on the new Provi-
dence nine of the New England league.
The, Meriden league team and the
Blues will play polo at the rink tonight
for the benefit of Goal Tender Paul
Lampkin.
Frank B. Cox of New Britain has filed
an application for a position as umpire
in the New England league. Cox playe
in this city while in 1885.
The Young Eagles of Baldwin street
are anxious to play polo with the Elms
or any other team under IA years of age.
NJ. Fitzgerald, manager.
The New York club, it is said, is nego-
tiating for the very excellent first base.
man and hard hitter, Mike Leblanc, OF
the Buffalo club. The Buffalos ask
81 $50 for his release.
The hackers of Swipes the Newsboy
and Eugene Hornbacher, will meet al
the Illustrated News office on Saturday
and sign articles for finish fight with
skin tight gloves for $3.50 side. within
six weeks.
The Boston league club is quietly ar
ranging to secure the services OF one OF
the finest players in the country-f
dashlng fielder, base runner and great
run getter.-Boston Herald. The ''phe
NOM can not be Blllee Taylor.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-01-31

II desired to boil an egg soft, put it
III cold water and allow it to come to a
boil. In this way it is as a jelly through
out, both tho yelks and whites. Boil
on the back of the stove slowly in hoe
water for scvcn minutes.
CorPFEAs is cheap and good disin-
tectant for many purposes; it is easy t.
obtain and readily dissol res in warm or
cold water. Usco in tho proportion of
two pounds to the pailful of water, it
maKes good solution for water-closets,
ccsspools, vaults and catch-basins
To VARNISH tho leather covers of
books: Use bookbinder's varnish, which
is madc by dissolving pale gum sandarac
three OUNCES to one pint ninety-fve per
cent. alcohol, dissolve cold ard decant.
Apply very quickly with small soft
sponge, like wiping the surface lightly
1t is the excess in quantity that makes
the color run.
RIssoLETTES, which are made of puff
paste and cut the size of biscuit, arc
adorned with marmalado or jam. Over
the top is laid another layer of paste
covered with the white of an egg, and
the whole is baked to light brown
White sugar is sifted all over it and 6
few drops of jelly arc put on top.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-01-31
President Claassen Missing.

NEW YORK, Jan 31.-Presdent Claas
sen Of the wrecked Sixth National bank
Is missing and ia believed to have
skipped. The loss of the bank is esti-
mated at $50, 900.
George II. Pell, who is mixed up in
The wrecklng of the bank was this morn
ing brought before United States Com
missioner Shields. He was held under
$25. 900 bonds for trial.
The doors of the Equitable bank were
closed to-day owing to the trouble. The
suspension, it is announced, will only be
temporary.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-01-31
Deadly Coal Gas.

MYSTIC BRIDGE. Jan 81. Alfred Whip
pie, his wife. and three children. had a
ton on Wedne sday night. The drafts
to the parlor stove had been left in such
a way that gas escaped freely. When
Mr. Whipple got up in the morning he
realized the condition of things, but
when he got up to open the door
he fell to the floor in an unc 'nscious
condition. Mrs Whipple also tried to
get up but likewise was overcome. Had
not help opportunity arrived the family
would have expired. a doctor
was summoned and after he had worked
on the father and mother for a time
they were pronounced out of danger.
The children will probably recover.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-01-31
NEW YORK & NEW ENGLAND.
Some 500 Tons of steel Rails Laid
and Several Bridges Built.

some l., lOHS Oh steer TollS l4ulu
and Several Bridges Built.
Chief Engineer l.. B. Bidwell of the
New York & New England, states that
the road has never been in better condi-
ton, generally, than at present. indeed.
that it is the policy of the road to make
some substantial gain each year. Dur
ing the past year there has been no
doubling of tracks along the line neither
have any radical changes been made in
the grade of the road at points, save in
such instances as may have arisen in
doing away with several grade cross,
ings. Some 800 tons of new IS pound
,steel rails, five inches high and with n
five inch base, have been used to replace
old rails during the past year, and
another large order for similar rails has
been placed with the rolling mills. the
rails to be delivered early in the spring.
These new rails are of the best quality
and their use indicates a material inn
provsment in the roadbed of the line.
No new stations have been erected by
the road during the year, but at Nor
witch large round house has been built
with brick coal house 200x62 feet ada
cent. A 66foot iron turn-table has also
been put in at Norwich. AT Hyde Park
a new iron bridge with an S0-foot span
has been constructed during the past
year, and at Willimantic a new iron
bridge is being built with two spans,
each 100 feet across. 1t is the policy of
the road to replace old bridges, with
iron ones. AT Fishkill. on the Hudson,
the road is building Il large iron landing
bridge for transfer purposes, an equip
ment that will add greatly to it's facili-
ties for handling traffic. A number OF
grade crossings were done away with
the past year. and number of similar
improvements are already contem.
plated.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-01-31
Having Hard Luck.

John H. Plat, recently launched with
much trouble from Madison, is at
Davidson's dock being rugged. Her two
after masts are already in place and the
other two will be on end before the
week is out. 1t has just come to light
that after the vessel was floated off the
ways by the wrecklng company at
Madison, she was run on ledge of
rocks and remained there straining II
hours in a heavy sea before floating.
The wreckers claim she was not dam
aged.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-01-31
ADJUSTMENTS.
esTh0 StoWnwnX.,,

"The Stowaway," with a cast of re-
markable efficiency, including Frank
Losee, Joseph Slaytor, Harry Booker,
Marion Gilmore, Grace Thorne, Sara
Holmes and other capable people, will
appear at the opera house this evening.
Zeme Tilbury.
Miss Tilbury is an artist of taste, re-
finement, and much ability, and she is
surrounded by company that has
steadily deepened the favorable inn
preston created by the first nights ap-
pearance.-Lawrence Eagle. At the
opera house week beginning Monday
February 3.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-01-31
General Hospital Society.

The annual meeting of the General
Hospital society of Connecticut was
held in the hospital building, New
Haven, yesterday. The report states
that there has been about the usual
number of patients treated. The cur
rent expenditures were $40, 200 and the
earnings, including tho state appropria-
ton of $4,000 and $3.50 due from the
Marett fund for support Of patients,
were S34 ,227. leaving a deficit of S., 1873.
This is the smallest annual deficit since
1894
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-01-31
Bristol Has n Mystery.

BRISTOL, January 3l.-Wilson Shell
don of Polkvillc, a suburb of this town,
yesterday afternoon found three coffin
plates in an old pocketbook on the raf-
tiers of his woodshed. The inscriptions
on the plates were as follows: Horace
Brooks, aged 80. October IA. 1866: Mary
Ingalls,, aged 65, March 1, 1862; Martha
Watch, aged 70, February o. No such
persons wore ever buried in the town
and where the plates came from is a
mystery.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-01-31
CONNECTICUT INDUSTRIES.
A Quiet Week In Real Estate sales
and Building.

"A QUI6C w 6tk ID ttNI EStNtV SnIeS
and Building.
NEW HAVEN, January 31.-The sum-
mary of the Weekly Record for the past
week is as follows:
Real estate sales-New Haven, 16
Bridgeport, II Waterbury, 5; Danbury
I Hartford, 5; New Britain, 3; Msri-
den, 5.
Clearings-New Haven, 81 1885, 22s
Hartford, So, O37 $40.
New buildings-New Haven, 2, cost
ing SIT 900 Bridgeport, 10. costing $25,-
600; Hartford, A, costing $4,000; Meri-
den, 6, costing $4,000; Danbury, /,
costing $4,000 New Britain, l., costing
5000 other towns, ID, costing S45,-
900. Total, 81 buildings, costing Sis
900. The market is quiet and the out
look excellent.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-01-31
New Haven Militia Exc ctIons.

Company D, Second regiment, of
New Haven, met last night to fill the
vacancies caused by the designations Of
Captain Embler, now adiutant general,
and First Lieutenant Edward l. Will
liams. John Shuster, formerly mill
tlry man, but now out of the service,
was elected captain. Second Lieu
tenant Wallace L. Beach was elected
first lieutenant, and First Sergeant
Twining was elected second lieutenant.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-01-31
LOCAL LINES.

FRESH LAID EGGS twenty cents dozen
at Ladd's. Everything cheap and good
at this popular grocery house.
Bring your repairing to LAKE, STRoBEL
& Co, the jewelers.. Nothing is too diff
ficult for them to handle and every lob
is warranted, at 1 and 3 Exchange place.
Go to the Union Tea Company, for
good tea, coffee and spices, No 72 South
Main street.
Have you purchased one of those
caddies of tea at Phelan's Tea Store ?
Price 81. If not, do SO. They are supe-
rior in quality, strength, flavor and
price. Don't be mistaken in the num-
Der. 1t is 81 East Main street, Platt's
block.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-01-31
Suicide of a Letter Carrier

BRIDGEPORT, January 31.-Willian
Mabray, letter carrier, committed
suicide at his home, Al Wells street this
morning. by cutting his throat with 6
insane asylum and he committed the
deed while suffering from despondsncy
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-01-31
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

E. f. F. Mcmahon, representing the
DEMOCRAT, will call upon subscribers
during the next few days, and we ask
for him a hearty reception. Our regu-
lar collector, G. Collard Adams. Is Ia
grippe victim, having been confined to
the house for nearly month. Sub
scribers who desire can make payment
at the Office.