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tention to the law and i'm 1861 was admIIJeu
to the bar, having previously attended two
terms at the Cleveland, o., law school.
He opened a law office in Emporia and
practised for several years with success,
his partner being Judge Ruggles. In 1862
he again entered political life, being
elected to the legislature, where
he served as chairman of
tho judiciary committee. Shortly
after this he was appointed reporter of the
state supreme court, but soon resi- gned
that position for the purpose of recruiting
troops for the union army. He was mus
tered into the army as second lieutenant
of company G, Eleventh Kansas infantry,
and served us captain, major and lieuten-
ant colonel and in 1852 was commissioned
colonel of the regiment.
After the wan Mr.. Plumb wa again
elected to the Kansas house of rcpresen-
tatives and served two terms. During his
first term-in lSjG-he was speaker. Back
to the law he went in 1865 and continued
its active practice until 1872 when he
practically gave up the profession on ac-
count of ill health and engaged in euter-
prises that permitted plenty of outdoor
exercise. From 1873 to 1877 he was presi-
dent of the Emporia national bank, in
an hS ipoOAiht'FA W tAJ Vii
win Hood.
1t was January 81, 1877, that Mr.. Plumb
was first elected to the United States SEN
ate, his competitors for tho honor being
Governor Osborn, Senator Harvey, ex-
Congressman Lowe, Judge Sears and Wal
ter l.. Simons He made Il senator
after the idea of the vast ma
iority of the people Of Kansas. In
1883 he was reelected practically by II
unanimous vote and did not even come
home at the time of the election. He was
elected for the third time in 1889 and again
secured tho honor with practically no op-
position. Four years Of his term, which
would have expired March 3, 1895, remain
to be filed by some one else.
Undoubtedly Senator Plumb succeeded
in stamping his strong individuality upon
the Legislative history of the United States
in more permanent character than have
the majority of his colleagues. He was a
man of most positive views, but always
had a keen appreciation of the line
of separation between the impracti-
cable and the eXpcdient. His devo-
tion to Republican principles was
beyond question, but he never hesitated to
point out what he regarded as mistakes in
the policy outlined by the party leaders
and to use his best efforts to correct them.
He was peculiarly fitted to grasp de-
tails. That faculty found am pie
field for exercise in the discharge of
his functions as a member of the SEN
ate committee on appropriations and it
wa generally understood among his
brother senators that he was unimpeach-
able in any statements he made concerning
the intricate machinery of the government
--. H.
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WORTH A GUINEA A box
MARRIED SEVEN TIMES.
Mrs. Samuel CASTOR of Providence, r.. l.
Disting uishc Herself.

Disting uiShe Herself.
Providence, RI, Dcc.t4 Mrs. Samuel
CASTOR has returned to Rhode Island with
her seventh husband. He is the brother
of her first and her fifth husbands.
Mrs CASTOR is A years old and
her wcdlock enterprises extend over
n period OF thirty years. She has
children by five of her husbands. The
first husband was Il gond-for-nothing fell
low who was killed in a street fight. The
next was u Nova Scotian who left her
with considerable property. Her third
was already married, so she had TO relin-
quish him.. She tried a minister the
fourth time, and after he died she
married the undertaken who had buried
him. He turned out to be her brother-in-
law, and after a while she got n divorce.
Her sixth husband left her in a rag when
he learned that five men had called her
wife before his turn had come.
Samuel CASTOR of Manitoba traced the
widow of his two brothers for the purpose
of adjusting some property affairs, and,
being a widower, he offered her his hand.
Before accepting him she examined
his conscience very thoroughly as
to his views on marriage with a
brothers. wife and finding that he had no
s%cruples, she took him for better or worse,
taking the name Of CASTOR for the third
time, and, as she hopes, for the last time.
Mr.. and Mrs. CASTOR will live in Mani.
toba, but her acquaintance here expect 70
see her back with another husband before
long.
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1892.
Harper's Magazine.
ILLUSTRATED.

The Magazine will celebrate the fourth Ger
tenary of the Discovery of America by Its re-
discovery, through articles giving more thor
Gugh eXl OSitiOn than has hitherto been made
q pthe Recent Unprecedented development OF
our Country, and especially in the Great West.
particular attention Will also be given to Dra-
matte Episodes of American History.
The field of the next European War Will be
described in "a series of papers on the Danube
From the Black Forest to the Black Sea" by
POultney Bigelow and Il. ID. Millet, illustrated
by Mr.. Miliet and Alfred Parsons. Articles
also will be given IN the German, Austrian,
and Italian Armies, illustrated by Il. de Thul-
strup.
Mr.. W. ID. Howells will contribute a new
novel. "A World OF Chance" Enthusiastically
American. Especial prominence will be given
Ia Short Stories, which will be contributed by
Il. Is. Aldrich, X. II. Davis. A. Conan Doyle,
Margaret Deland, Miss Wooison and other
popular writers
Among the literary features will be Personal
| "reminiscences of Nathaniel Hawthorne, by his
college class-mate and lifelong friend, Horatto
Bridge. and q Personal Memoir of the Brown
ings, by Anne Thackeray Richie.
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SAM PAUL SHOT DOWN.
The Noted Choctaw Indian Leader As
sassinated by His Son.

me NOteu OnOCJhW inuldu Leduor Az
sassinated by His Son.
PAUL's VALLEY, |. r., Dec. 2l.-The hard
feeling which had for so long existed be-
tween the Hon. Sam Paul and his son Joe
has at last been wiped out in blood, and as
a result the corpse of Sam Paul lay on the
floor of Kull's restaurant Saturday night
with his brains spattered all around over
the floor and walls.
About 7:15 O'clock Saturday night as
Sam Paul, having just finished his supper,
pushed back his chat from the table, some
one jumped in front of the door, which
was opened, and raising a double barrelcd
shot gun fired, taking the whole top of his
head off and emptying the other bar
rel into his PROSTATE form as he lay writh-
ing under the table.
The murderer then walked away. Par
ties who witnessed the act say it was his
son, Joe Paul.
Sam Pau was the most noted of the
more liberal of the Choctaws, and was
senator for years and more than once q
candidate for chief of the nation. About
Il year ago he shot his son, who killed hin
Saturday night.
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The secret sill Safe.

PARIS, Dec 16. In June last MN. Tri-
pone, Faseler, Turpin and Fcuvir were
each sentenced to Imprisonment, fine and
deprivation of their civil rights for
selling the secret of the manufacture Of
melinite, the new French explosive, TO
the Armstrong Gun company. Tripone
was the inventor of melinite. The Gaulois
to-day says experiments have been Sc
cretly made in England in the manufac-
ture of this explosive according to the pro
cesses divulged by the convicted men and
they have been complete failures.
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One More Reciprocity Agreement.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE secretary Of
state announces the conclusion Of a COM
mercial treaty of reciprocity between the
United States and all the British West
Indian islands and British Guiana, and
the president will issue a proclama-
ton announcing the details of the con-
vention. The agreement includes special
arrangements with Jamaica, Barbados
and Trinidad and the Leeward islands.
The following is a brief statement of the
value of imports and exports of the coun-
tries during the past year: Imports from
British West Indies, s 4,67l, 90; imports
from British Guiana, s 800. LOO; exports
to British West Indies, s.. 100, O00; exports
to British Guiana, 81, 10000.
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LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE correspondent of
the Times at Santiago de Chilli telegraphs
to that paper that the entire newspaper
press of Chill places the responsibility for
the difficulties now existing between Chill
and the United States Upon Mr.. Egan, the
United States minister. None of the
papers, he adds, makes any attack upon
President Harrison.
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GRIEF IN KANSAS.

Deep Sorrow In all Parts of the State
Mourning Ordered.
TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. 2l.--Thc state CAPT
toll was ordered draped in mourning to-day
and the state officers will meet Mr..
Plumb's remains in Kansas City.
From all points of the state come re
ports of deep mourning for the departed
Statesman. The sorrow is sincere and
profound even in Democratic strongholds.
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A conscientious Oys,erman.

Tourist have always understood
that oysters are not good in months
without an T..
Oysterman-Well, most centrally
they amt.
Tourist-When do you begin gather
ingthem?
Oysterman-In Orgust.
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Kansas Bank Statement.

TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. Estate Bank
Commissioner Chas. l.. Johnson has made.
his first statement, under the rev law, of
the state and private banks in Kansas.
His report shows that there are Ala state
and private banks in operation in Kansas,
with $50, 900, 600 paid in capital. or his
500, 600, COO is held by the state banks and
80, 000, COO by private institutions.
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1892.
Harper's lily
ILLUSTRATED.

Harper's Weekly for the coming year will
contain more attractive features, more and
liner illustrations, and u greater number of
articles of live, intense interest than will be
found in any other periodical. Among these
latter will be a series of articles on the twenty
five greatest cities of the world, including five
hundred illustrations. The Columbian Expo
sitiOn, the Army and Navy, great public ev, nts,
disasters ON land and sea, and the doings of the
celebrated people of the day will be described
and illustrated In an attractive and timely
manner. The department of Amateur Sport
will continue under the direction of Caspar w.
Whitney. The best of modern writers will
contribute short stories, and the most distln-
guished artists will make the illustrations. The
editorial articles of Mr.. George William Curtis
will remain as an especial attraction.
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PERIODICALS.
Per Year:

Postage Free to all subscribers in the United
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lie Eaas KeeIey,s Cure.

BooNvILLE, Mo-, Dec. 1S.-Dr j. G.
Burger, a physician of this city, is now ad-
ministering what is claimed to be the Kee-
ley remedy for drunkenness to several
patients. DR.. Burger states that the Kee-
ly formula was published in a certain med
ical journal about fifteen years ago, and
that he preserved it with the intention of
giving the remedy a trial when he could
find a willing patient. About three weeks
ago he began administering the remedy to
Mr.. Frank Wilkins of this place and the
results have been very satisfactory. MIR.
Wilkins stated that all desire for alcoholic
stimuiantS had left him.
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WAS SURELY NORCROSS.
The Father and Mother of Henry l.. Nor
cross Identify the Head.

crOSs Identify the Head.
New YoRK, Dec. 16.-The parents OF
Henry l. Norcross, the Boston note
broker, identified the bomb thrower's
head at the morgue as that of their son as
| o'clock this morning. Coroner Mes
sener had charge of the Identification and
accepted it as complete. Previous to the
visit to the morgue the coroner took the
sworn statements of the note brokers'
parents and they will be used at the in
quest, which will begin as soon as an
nnper Jury can be summoned.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-Speaker Crisp
yesterday received a handsome gavel as a
present from friends in Georgia. 1t is
made of native Georgia pine, and on a sill
YER plate attached to the gavel is a suit
able inscription. The present is a dainty
affair of an ornamental character, and
would not stand the severe usage to which
gavels are frequently put in the turbulent
scenes in the house.
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TIL GOOD QUAKER POET"
Celebration of the Elghty-Fourth Birth

day of John Greenlcaf ~ bitter.
N~EwBURYPoKT, Mass, Dec. 10. -Yester-
day was the cighty-fourth birthday of
John G.. Whittier, the good Quaker poet.
He spent the day at the house of his cous-
in, Joseph Cortland, where a reception
wa given in his honor under the auspices
of the Haverhill Whittier club. A large
delegation of the leading men and women
of Haverhill came TO NewburypOrt.
John Greenleaf Whittier and Oliver
Wendell Holmes are the last OF the great
American poets. Mr.. Holmes Il few days
ago sent Il very touching letter TO Whit
tier congratulating him on his approach
ing birthday.
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POISONED HIS CHILDREN.

a Kansas Farmer Accused of Numbering
His Son and Daughter.
TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. lS.-Ohicers are in
~vestigating the alleged poisoning of a
daughter and son of Thomas Seidler, a
Bohemian, who lives in Cherokee county.
Last Thursday the eldest daughter
became ill and sent for a priest,
who was refused admittance by the father.
That evening she died. The nex day a
son was taken i'll in a similar manner and
died. No medical attendance had been
allowed him. Offers of assistance had
been refused by the father. The neigh
bors then assumed charge of the house
and buried the two bodies.
Seidler has been arrested as it has been
discovered that he has been giving his
children q solution of alum, poisonous in
its effects. The three remaining children
are slightly ill. They had been given
some of the deadly alum solution. Soldier
is probably insane.
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To Develop the B~eet-sugar Industry,

To Develop the Beet-Sugar Industry.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. l9.-Six hundred
business men and farmers, representing
sixty counties in Nebraska, together with
delegates from Colorado, South Dakota,
Utah and Wyoming, met in convention
yesterday to consider measures for devel-
oping the beet sugar industry in the West.
Nebraska has two factories, at Grand
Island and Norfolk, and the success at
tending them and the cultivation of tho
beet in the Northwest has awakened a
determination to make the West the beet
asugar producing centre OF the United
Plates
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Mr. Elkins Gets the WA Portfolio.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-President Har-
rison this morning sent to the senate the
nomination of Stephen 3. Elkins of West
Virginia to be secretary of war in place of
Redfeld Proctor, resigned. His appoint
ment has been considered probable for
some time,
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Three Bears, Il Cheyenne Indian, who
has been all over the world with Buffalo
Bill and has acted as scout for the govern
ment was convicted Of horse-stealing at
Helena. Mont,
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WIN Firht ,ho Cracker Tru,,.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. I6.-The retail gro.
GERS of St. Lo-i9 ave subscribed $i2, 00J
to a fund to be used in the erection of a
cracker factory. The grocers have been
complaining of the cxorbitant rates
charged by the cracker trust, and no relief
being in sight resolved to fight the trnst.
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STATEHOOD DESIRED.
The People of Take Steps to
Secure Self Government.

The People of Okiahoma Take Steps to
Secure Self Government.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok, Dec. III. THE Ok
lahoma statehood convention opened yes
terday. Ledru Guthrie was elected tenn
porary chairman and enthusiastic delega.
tions were present trom all parts of Okla
homa and the Indian territory-39j in all.
Resolutions were passed, the substance
of which was as follows That the lines
of the new state OF Okalahoma be made
to include the five civilized tribes that
congress be asked to grant an enabling act
to permit Oklahoma to call constitutional
convention; that congress be asked to set
aside the usual lands for public and penal
institutions; hat tine delegate to congress
be requested to present the resolutions to
congress and urge immediate action.
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A New Rebellion Reported IN Brazil.

BUENos AYREs, Dec. IS.-It is reported
here that Yuguaron, in Brazil, has started
a new rebellion. The cause for the new
outbreak is alleged to be refusal to accept
the orders of President Peixoto. The Ma
tional Guard has been commanded to sup
nreSS the revolt
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From the cyclone Section.

Little Miss (who has been to the
opera)-Uncle John, did you ever see
Castles in the Air?"
Uncle Wayback from the West)-
No, my dear, but I've seen houses an
barns in tn air many a time.
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The Blaine Divorce Proceedings.

New York, Dec. lT.-Mrs. James G.
Blaine, ir., who has taken up her home in
South Dakota for the purpose of securing
a divorce from her husband, is now in
this city and appears daily before Daniel
Lord, jr., before whom testimony is
taken in the case every afternoon. James
G. Blaine, jr., also confronts his wife in
Mr.. Longs Office every day. Aside from
the witnesses no outside parties rave at
tended the proceedings. Blaine has not
as yet paid the alimony and counsel fee
granted by the court.
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Mrs. Gadd-Does your boy take after
you or HIS father?
Mrs. Gabb-He takes after his
father. You can never believe u word
he saws.
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First OuttA1 didu't see you IN
bathing this season.
Second Outer-No, when / want q
bath | go canoeing.