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The advocate., 1891-12-30

almost universal dissatisfaction with
the general course Of legislation on
economic questions, thousands still be-
lieved in Plumb as reformer and
stayed with him in the party. This
class Of honest Republicans, with
strong reform proClivities, are now
without q leader. No other Republi-
can can make them believe that the
needed measures Of reform can be Sc
cured through the Republican party.
This vote will be q factor in the cam
paign Of '92. 1t has no reason to re-
main with the Republicans and can
not transfer its allegiance to the
Democrats.
The advocate., 1891-12-30
PERSONAL.

Having just returned from the east
I find a mountain of correspondence
awaiting me which will have atten-
tion as soon as time will permit. l
have to beg the indulgence of cores
pondents until I have opportunity to
examine their communications.
s. MoLALLIN.
The advocate., 1891-12-30
AN IRREPARABLE LOSS.

The Republican party owes debt
of gratitude to Senator Plumb that
can never be repaid. His death is an
irreparable loss to the party in the
state Of Kansas. No other state in
the union possesses 80 much of the
independent reform spirit of the age
AS a territory, it joined issue with the
then predominant slave power, when
all the chances seemed to be against
success. It was a struggle for free
dom, boldly entered into regardless Of
the consequences. This was the
spirit which permeated the new state,
and we'll and truly did it make its
power felt on the battle fields Of the
great rebellion.
Preston B. Plumbs introduction
into the United States Senate was as
the representative Of an independent,
fearless and progressive people. He
kept himself sufficiently in touch with
Che people to understand their needs,
and to some extent he voiced the re-
forms which they demanded, but al
ways inside Of the Republican party,
and in such manner as not to incur
the displeasure Of the party machine
Twenty odd years ago Senator
Plumb declared himself in favor Of
many OF the reforms now demanded
by the Peoples party. Thousands
who we're at that time demanding the
repeal of the resumption act, the
abolition Of the national banking sys-
tenn and the issue Of full legal tender
money, continued to vote the Repub-
hcan ticket, because they had conf
dence in Senator Plumb. His per-
sonal influence, more than any other
cause, kept the reform element Of the
party in line, until the great break In
1890; and the great mistake Of his
life was in not demonstrating the sin
Cerity Of his past professions by de-
claring his independence Of the party
machine at the same time.
But he preferred to stay with the
party, and by his personal influence,
during the campaign last fall, saved
il from utter annihilation as q power
IN the state Notwithstanding the
The advocate., 1891-12-30

of the company. The company
controls the board of directors
and retains firm grasp upon all the
details of the business. The people
simply are not SIN it," so far as any
participation in its management is
concerned; and yet this is called CO.
operation. 1t Is a co operation in
which the people are expected
to conform in every particular
to the rules and regulations of
the company. Observe another
fact. The plan carefully provides for
a guarantee of s per cent. to the comv
pany above all expenses upon
capital invested. Where is the retail
merchant to-day who is paying all
expenses and realizing s per cent. on
the capital invested? There may be
such, but we apprehend that they
are rare, or there would not be the
number of mercantile failures that
are chronicled from day to day. We
have not the space to continue the
subject at this time; but unless more
and better information is impaired
regarding this company than has yet
been given to the people, and unless
that information shall conclusively
show our present attitude toward it
to be unjustifable, we assume the re-
sponsibility to fight it to a finish. II
must be determined whether the
power exists to carry out the threat to
suppress all the papers that shall dare
to oppose it, and we cheerfully accept
the challenge. What say the people!
Do they desire the establishment of a
monopoly that seeks thus in its very
incipiency to muzzle the press? If
so, we shall accept their verdict with
resignation. While we continue to
publish paper, however, it will con-
tinue to be fearless in condemnation
Of whatever we consider to be wrong.
The advocate., 1891-12-30

WHEN railroad is wrecked by bad
management, it is placed in the
hands of a receiver, and the govern
meat takes charge of the business.
II the government can operate a bank
rupt road successfully, can there be
any reason why it could not operate
the roads which are not bankruptl
The advocate., 1891-12-30
MR.. HANBACK, DENIES THE STATEMENT.

MR.. HANBACK, DENIES THE STATEMENT.
During our absence communica-
tlon reached our office from Hon.
Lewis Hanback, in which he denies
that he ever made the statement that,
had he the power, he would stop the
pension of every soldier who was
formerly Republican and recently
voted the Peoples party ticket. We
cheerfully give him the benefit of the
denial.
The advocate., 1891-12-30

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
We are receiving some complaint
from new subscribers of failure to
receive papers promptly, and we de-
sire to say in explanation that sub
scriptions have been coming in SO
rapidly under our late club offer that
we have been unable, in some cases,
to get them on our mailing list for
the first issue after their arrival.
There has also been so much demand
for back numbers that all past issues
are exhausted, and we can no longer
supply them. The Alliance and the
Peoples party are all going to pieces,
and every piece seems to want The
ADVOCATE during the coming year.
Send in the names. We will take
care of them as rapidly as possible.
The advocate., 1891-12-30
THE NATIONAL UNION COMPANY.

InE NAIIONAu UNAON OOmE AN Il
In another column will be found q
communication from w. s. Morgan,
secretary ofthe National Reform Press
Association, and one of the ablest and
truest men now engaged in the re-
form movement, presenting the plan
of the National Union company, and
such comments as he deemed sppro-
pirate concerning it. 1t will be con-
ceded by all that he has been ex-
tremely conservative in his treatment
of the scheme more SO, in fact, than
we are disposed to be. When it is
remembered that the endorsement OF
a few State Alliances has been So
cured, rather by a suppression than
by a full and fair presentation Of
facts concerning this proposed gigan-
tic monopoly, we are not disposed to
handle the subject with gloves.
Brother Morgan calls attention to
the action Of the Illinois State ALI
ance in relation to it, and we desire
our readers to note particularly what
he says upon this point.
1t will be remembered by those who
were present at the Kansas State ALI
ance at Salina when this matter was
under discussion, that we offered to
present certain papers relating to it
for the information of that body. A
motion was thereupon made and car
ried by very small majority that the
papers should be referred to COM
mittee for examination before being
presented to the Alliance. That com.
mittee saw fit to suppress the inform
alton they contained, and on refec-
tion we concluded for the time being
it would be wise to acquiesce in the
decision, inasmuch as we did not al
that time possess such information as
would enable us to expose the true
character of the concern. We now
have that information, and hence we
propose now to make known the con-
tents of the papers offered to the Sa-
lima meeting.
For some time prior to that meet
ing efforts had been made by certain
parties to secure favorable considers
tion Of the scheme, and one Of the
means resorted to for this purpose
was the circulation Of an endorsement
OF it by the executive board of the
National Alliance and by President
Polk. The papers we desired to read
to the Kansas State Alliance were q
copy Of that purported endorsement
and a letter from President Polk,
stating that the use Of his name in
connection with it was without au.
thority. His signature to it was
placed there by Oswald Wilson, and
his name was continued upon this en-
dorsement after positive instructions
from President Polk, both by letter
The advocate., 1891-12-30

D9 80 uSed. PRESIDENT FOLK never mas,
and does not now approve the scheme,
and it would seem that when it is
necessary to thus resort to the for
gerry of endorsements Of il in order to
gain the confidence of the people, we
are justified in the attack we make
upon it.
It will further be observed by our
readers that the Supreme Council at
Indianapolis adopted resolution
declining all responsibility in relation
to the projects of the business agents.
There was strong opposition to this
scheme in the National Council as
well as in the Reform Press Asso-
citation, and had it come up for con-
sideration upon its merits there is no
question that it would have been con-
demned as it deserves to be. The
opposition Of the Reform Press Asso-
citation led to the threat by those who
were engineering the scheme, that if
the association should decide to op-
pose it, the Reform Press would have
to be suppressed. The National
Union Company not only contem-
plates the establishmement Of an sb-
solute commercial dictatorship and
the most gigantic monopoly ever
known upon this continent, but it
likewise contemplates the muzzling
of the press. Its threat of dire
disaster to all papers that should dare
to attack it is sufficient evidence
of this fact. It ought to be known
ere this that The ADVOCATE, as well
as many other papers engaged in
this reform movement, cannot be
muzzled while they exist. Their sup
preston is the only method by which
they can be silenced upon questions so
Intimately concerning the interests OF
the people.
Now a few words to make our posi-
tiOn clearly understood, and we have
done for the present. The announce
ment is made that the scheme is
purely cooperative. Were it SO we
should not oppose it. The people
have an undoubted right to engage
in cooperative enterprises whenever
and however they choose. The fact
that many Of these efforts are failures
would not still Justify us in opposing
any further effort in this direction if
the people desire to undertake it. If
it fails it is their loss and not ours.
The fact that the National Union
Company assumes to be what it is
not, is what prompts our opposition to
it. It has not single element Of Co
operation about it. It is an incor-
porsted company, and it is sought to
even withhold the names Of the in
corporators from the people who are
asked to give ittheir endorsement and
support. We suggest to those who
may be disposed to regard it with
favor that they make an effort to as
certain the names of the incorporators,
The advocate., 1891-12-30
TOPEKA, DECEMBER 80, ls91.

(Entered asseCOnd class matter in the Post
OflCe at Topeka, Kansas.)
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Advertising Rates.

Display Matter, 20 cents per Line, Agate meas
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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-10-06
A Now village in Now Jersey.

JERSEY CITY, N j., Oct. GA party of
capitalists, most of whom are Brook lyn-
ties, have purchased tract of land in
Bergen county, N. j., a short distance
north of Hillsdale village. This land,
which comprises the hills in North
Bergen county, with valley on either
side, is being laid out into building plots,
and already two-thirds of the land has
been purchased by private individuals,
who contemplate building summer as
well as permanent homes there. Many
Brooklynites are among the purchasers.
Thi place is to be called Hillsdale Manor.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-10-06
BRIGGS TO BE TRIED
Put on the Defensive Charged
with lIeresy.
TEN DAYS TO FILE HIS ANSWER.
The Whole Matter Came Very Near Being
Dropped by the Presbytery.

over ons-haIf the MinisteTial Members
Favored Abandoning the Case, but the
Lay Delegates Carried the Day-Tho
Vote no Indication as to How the Mem
bsrs Stand on the Question Of DIR. BrIRgs'
Guilt or Innocence.
NEW YORK, Oct. Cover 100 staid
Presbyterian olergymen OF tho New York
Conference met at the Scotch Presby-
terian Church on West Fourteen tn
street yesterday to discuss the case of
the Rev Dr. Briggs, charged with
heresy
The supporters of DR.. Briggs and his
opponents were almost evenly divided.
A committee was appointed several
months ago to consider the charges and
It was to receive this report that the
meeting had been called The report of
the committee recommended that DR..
Briggs should be placed on trial for
heresy.
The report charged DR.. Briggs with
preaching doctrine which ireconcilably
conflicts with Holy Scriptures and the
standards of the Presbyterian Church.
DR.. Briggs cause was supported by
Rev. Dr. Alexander, who moved that the
committee Db ulSCubtBeu anu lJS report
tabled There was a hot fight over this
motion, one member asserting that it
was an attempt to whitewash Dr. Briggs
DIR. Alexander's motion was discussed
for several hours and finally defeated by
vote of Ga TO &c. The report adverse
to DR.. Briggs was then adopted by IA sim
liar vote.
DR.. Briggs has ten days in which to
put in an answer to the charges. At the
end Of that time the Presbytery will fix
date for his trial DR., Briggs friends
said that it must not be supposed that
the votes against him were on the
charge of heresy. They only signified
the consent Of the voters to try him.
Rev DIR. Page, of the New York Pres
byterian Church, in Harlem, attempted
to resign from the Presbytery, as he is
going to enter the Episcopal Church.
He was frowned upon by the ministers
and compelled to wait for several hours
before his resignation was accepted
The proceedings were turbulent al
times and several members asked thai
more brotherly feeling be exhibited.
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LOOKS DARK FOR MOORE.

Suspicion that He Was in League with
the Train Robbers Grows Stronger.
UTICA, N. Y, Oct 6-Express Mes
senger b. A. Moore, who says he was
held up in his car on the American Ex-
press special train early last Wednesday
morning, is still here, as are also mem
bers of the train crew who occupied the
rear apartment of Moores car and
didn't know anything about the bold
obbery until the train was stopped and
the alleged robber had made his escape.
While the companys officials still
maintain that their confidence in Moore
IL unshaken, it is fact that Moore Is
practically under arrest.
The officials say that Moore and the
crew are simply held here to answer
questions as the investigation pro-
crosses. But another man has been
placed on Moore's run and il he at
tempted to leave town there is no doubt
that he would be stopped quietly if pos
sible but publicly if necessary.
A new light has been thrown over the
peculiar ''hold up.n
When Moore arrived in Buffalo he
turned over TO the superintendent,
among other things package of bonds
to the amount of Sl2,0 These bonds
were non negotiable.
Moore said the bonds had fallen on the
floor of the car while the robber was at
work, and had been kicked under the
safe and thus escaped the thief.
Moore made a serious mistake in this
story, it is limited, as an examination
disclosed the fact that the package had
been opened and the bonds sorted over
That robber would have time to oper
such package and sort over the bonds
rejecting those that were not negotiable
in the brief time he had, according t
Moore's story, is regarded as rather i'm
probable.
This fact, and the failure to find an!
bullet marks in the car, which SHOULD
have been there according to the mes
senger's story, make things look rathe
| dark for Moore.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-10-06
A COUNT HEAvEs COAL.
The Heir TO Polish Title n Fireman G
the Panhandle Railroad.

The Heir TO a Polish Title Fireman on
the Panhandle Railroad.
COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 6.-The heir to a
title in the aristocrscy of Poland Is fire.
man of a freight engine now making
regular trips between this city and Deni
son, on the Panhandle Railway His
name is Ernest w. A. Q. Grabowski,
and If the Gear had not brought Poland
under his sway he would now be a
Count.
He had been ducated in German coll
leges to be an engineer, but anxious to
escape the military service imposed by
Germany fled to America. He arrived
here in 1884, but found his inability to
speak English bar to secure employ
ment in his profession. He drifted as
far west as Detroit, and from there he
went to Cleveland and in fit of desper-
alton enlisted in the United States army,
voluntarily accepting a life he had fed
from Germany.
He served his term and was discharged
at Denver in 1889, but at once re-enlisted
here. Soon after he was examined for
promotion as a commissioned officer and
was successful, but the fact that he was
not naturalized prevented his securing
the commission. He then asked for a
discharge and it was granted. Then he
took the railway position he now holds.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-10-06
Testified Through Fear of the Police.

SAN Francisco, Cal, Oct. 6.-The con-
Trajectory testimony of Henry Jeransen,
formerly a gardener for Maurice b.
Strellinger, Curtis, the actor caused
something of sensation in the court
room to day On Saturday Jeransen
testified that the pistol found near the
scene of the murder of Officer Grant be-
longed to Strellinger. Yesterday Jeran-
sen took the stand and said that his tes-
timony of Saturday was false, and that
he testified then through fear of the
police to what they had told him to say.
He said that he had never seen the pistol
in Strellnger's possession. The case was
put over for week.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-10-06
CONNECTICUT town ELECTIONS.
A Number Of Exciting Contests over Lo-
cal Issnes In the Nutm eg stnte.

A Number of Exciting Contssts Over Lo-
cal Issues in the Nutmeg State.
New HAVEN, Conn, Oct 6.-Yester-
day was town election day all over Con
necticut, except in New Haven and
Bridgeport. One of the hottest fights
ever known In the town of Hamden,
near New Haven, resulted in the triumph
of the Republicans.
Tho town, however, voted by the big
gest majority ever known there in favor
of license. East Haven, also near New
Haven, had big contest over the license
question, voting strongly for license, af-
ter years. trial of no license, and the
election resulting in a victory this time
for the Democrats.
Meriden went Democratic, North
Haven Republican and no license. A
big revolution occurred in the town of
Orange, which voted no license. The
elections throughout the State were
chiefly fought out on local issues.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-10-06
TRIED TO LYNCH HIM
A New Jersey Murderer Mar
rOwly Escapes Mob Law.
HE BEAT HIS WIFE TO DEATH
Broke Every Rib in Her Body and Other
wise Injured Her,

A Crowd OF Indignant Quarrymen At
tempt to Take the Law Into Their owp
Hands-onIy Prevented by the Arrival
of the Polioe-The Biurd erer in His Cup'
When He Committed the Crime.
AvoNDALR, N. j., Oct. 6.-Patricb
Brady, who works in the stone qusrrie'
near this place, brutally murdered his
wife yesterday.
Brady spent Sunday with his wife
drinking. Monday morning Mrs. Brady
failed to prepare breakfast.
Brady therefore took his two young
children to a neighboring saloon and
bought something to eat for them At
noon Mrs Brady failed to have dinner
ready. Brady paid another visit to the
saloon and told several men that his
wife was still drunk.
Then he returned to the house and a
short time afterward he went back to
the saloon and said that his wife was
dead. He made no attempt to get away,
and when the neighbors and others went
into the house they found Mrs. Brady
lying lifeless in a pool OF blood. Her
head was battered almost into a jelly,
her lips were torn off, and her neck and
breast were horribly cut and bruised.
Word soon reached the quarrymen, and
crowd of fifty or more tried to lynch
Brady.
Some of the men got a rope and others
surrounded the now frightened murderer
and struck him. The arrival of Con-
stable John Conway saved his life.
He arrested the murderer and pro-
tected him with his club and revolver
until he was able to get him away from
the crowd He took him to Nutley, and
there he kept him until County Physi-
clan Wrightson and Prosecutor Crane of
Newark were notified.
The former saw the body and had it
cared for Besides the apparent injuries,
he found that every rib in the woman s
body was broken and that she was other.
wise injured internally. The man says
that when he returned to the house he
found her dead body. He emphatically
denies that he killed her.
'I didn't do it," he said, "but I'm
glad she's dead; she ought to have dice
long ago"
Late last night he was taken to the
county Jail in Newark. The children arr
cared for by neighbors. Brady is Al
years old and his wife is 38. They hat
led quarrelsome lite for some time
Blood was found on Brady's shoes and
under his finger nails and there Il
every evidence that he stamped anC
kicked the woman to death.
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A wonderful OH Wei.

PITTsBURG, Oct 6.-The Greenlee and
Forest well on the Meuy farm at McDon-
aid, is the wonder of the world. 1t is
now doing 900 barrels an hour, or IA, 400
barrels per day. 1t is the greatest oil
producer the world has ever known.
The owners yesterday ordered the drill
ers to remove the tools from the we'll
At that time it was doing 400 barrels an
hour, Great difficulty was encountered
in removing the tools on account of the
immense flow of oil, and the work had
to be abandoned, the production in
creasing to 600 barrels an hour.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-10-06
Monaghan's whereabouts stln a mystery

New YORK, Oct. 6.-The mystery sur
rounding the disappearance of Robert
James Monaghan, the prominent Demo
cratic lawyer of West Chester, Pa,
seems as far from being cleared up as
ever He was last heard of two weeks
ago, and mis- friends both in this city and
Pennsy lvania fear that he has been
foully dealt with. Rhey think it just
possible that in temporary mental aber-
ration he may have sailed to Bermuda or
the West Indies, or be straying around
New York or Pennsylvania. He was a
hard worker, and last year suffered from
insomnia. OF late months, however, he
has been almost entirely free from that
complaint, and his friends, therefore,
fear the worst
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-10-06
10 RovolutioniEe Rapid Transit.

New York, Oct. 6.-Thomas A. Edi-
son, the electrician, claims to have just
perfected a new system which he can ap-
ply to any street car and which will rev
olutionize rapid transit. He says he has
just finished the tests; that they were "a
grand success, and thar the North
American Company is going TO use the
system It is a trolley system, only the
rails are used and there is no slot. 1t is
not a storage battery system either
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-10-06
The bell is ringing to call in straw
hats.
Specimen Gases.

8. II. Clifford. New Cassel, Wis, was
troubled with Neuralgia and Rheumatism,
his stomach was disordered, his Liver was AZ.
iected to an alarming degree. Appetite fell
away, and he was terribly reduced In flesh
and strength. Three bottles of Electric Bit
terE cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, H., had a
iug. Used three bottles OF Electric Biters
and seven boxes of BucRlen's Arnica Salve,
and his leg is sound and well. John Speaker,
Catawba, O., had dve large Fever sores on his
leg, doctors said he was incurahle. One bot
tie Electric Bitters and one box Bucklens
Arnica Salve cured him entirely. Sold by
G. IL. Hagenbuch, Druggist,