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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-04-07

for three years lGNAIitH poNNEi|Lf.
and was admitted to practice in 1875,
when he was but twenty-five years of
age. Two years later he married, and
in 1888 he removed to ST. Paul. which is
Of Minnesota hardly two years when he
was elected lieutenant governor of the
state. an office he filled acceptably for
two terms. His congressional experience
dates from 1862 and for six years he
served i'll the lower house of the national
legislature. He stumped the west for
Greeley in the campaign OF 1872. In
1873 he turned his attention more
to state affairs and served in the SEN
ate of his state About this time he
begali to grow tired of the actions
of the Republican party, OF which he
had heretofore been Il member, and his
term III the state senate was event.
full because it marked out for him his
future course with the reform move
ments that have come nearly ten years
later Re went into comparative re-
tirelnent when his term in the state
senate. was finished. but in 1890 went
back to the same body as a Farmers
Alliance man. Today he is the recog-
nized leader Of the third party in his
state. and his utterances on the impor-
tant topics of the day are read probably
by more people than the remarks OF any
other man connected with the move
ment. Mr.. Donnelly carries into politics
the same methods that he uses il liter
ature. and his writings and speeches
bear the finish and tluency OF the trained
author.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-04-07

s. q. Howe is enthusiastic over the
outcome OF The ST. Louis industrial
convention. which he attended Il
hardly 'think." said he. IA more truly
representative body Of persons could
have been brought together. There was
hardly u man or woman bearing creden
tials to that conference who was not 4
true type of the class they represented
Another striking feature was the de-
termination to accomplish something
substantial at this meeting Still an
other was the disposition to sacrifice in
dividual ideas or measures. if need be
to secure universal harmony There
seemed to be Il determination - have
peace even if they had 10 fight - secure
it. Conditions seemed To promise IL
rough time among the 800 delegates
gathered together. hat thoagh there was
plenty of tongue lashing. there was IL
general adhesion to the conclusion the
convention arrived at. Detroit News
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-04-07

come to be a
conspicuous fig
ure in the politi-
Cal arena. He was
born in Philadel-
phia i'll 1881. and
eighteen years
later was yradu-
ated from the
Centra high
school Of that
city with the de-
gree Of A. NJ. He
then studied law
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-04-07
CHAS. IL. VAN WICK.


CHAS. II. VAN WICK. which he lived
He was elected as Republican. al
though the district had a normal Demo-
cratic majority of over 1000 He was
reelected two years later from the same
district. but in 1861 he enlisted in the
army and served until the close OF the
war and rose to the position of brigadier
general.
Washington ut the close Of the war
was in need of statesmen of experience,
and in 1866 General Van Wyck consent
ed to stand for reelection to congress
from his old district. He was trium-
phantly elected. and after serving two
years was sert back again, though at
that time he mad taken up land in No
braska.
Early in 1868 General Van Wyck, with
some colonists from Orange county.
N. Y. started for the west. At Daven-
port, La. an outfit was secured and a
tedious overland journey was made
through Iowa. The colony, located just
across the Missouri river near the now
furnishing town of Nebraska City.
Here General Van Wyck selected a
building site and marked the spot where,
sixteen years later, he erected his home.
He was still, however, nominally resi-
dent of the state of New York and as
such finished his eighth year in congress.
No sooner had he decided to make Ne
braska his home than his abilitywas rec
ognized and he was chosen a member
of the constitutional convention of the
new state. He subsequently served three
terms in the state senate. In 1880 he
was elected United States senator to
succeed A. S. Paddock. Since the close
of his term in 1887, ex-senator Van
Wyck has been active in politics, though
holding no Office. He early espoused
the cause of the Farmers movement.
and is today one of the strongest men in
the third party.
Ex-senator Van Wyck is Il lawyer by
profession. having been admitted to the
Sullivan county IN. W bar. He was
born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y, in 1924,
and is therefore sixty-eight years of age.
Ignatius Donnelly's national reputa-
ton depends more perhaps on his liter
airy ability than on his political expert
ence. though he is by no means devoid
of the latter. 1t is within very few
years that the whole nation, yes. even
the whole literary world, was startled
with Mr.. Donnelly's revolutionary IDEAS
concerning England's greatest poet
Shakespeare and his works.
Mr.. Donnelly pre-eminently a writer,
but he has the gift that few authors ars
blessed with, that of being finished
speaker and polished orator. In many
respects he is to the west what George
William Curtis is to the east.
Mr.. Donnelly's political career extends
over a period H thirty years. but it is
within the last four years that he has
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-04-07

His experience in
Washington eX-
tended over a pc
rio d # e ig h t.
years as member
of the house Of
+ epre sentatives
and six years in
the senate. He
was sent to the
Capitol first in
1858 from the
congress sion al
district in New
Y Ork state i'm
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-04-07
FOR PRESIDENT.
Well Known Reformers Who Are Talked
Of as tie Third Party Nominee.

well Known IsefOrmers Who Are Talked
Of as ia Third Party Nominee.
The charge is sometimes made against
the men who are foremost in the ranks
OF the third party movement that they
have little or no experience in national
affairs and are comparatively unknown
outside Of their own district or state.
Ex-senator Charles H. Van WyrK is a
conspicuous exception to such an inlpu-
tatiOn. for even the most bitter opponent
of the new party will not deny that the
ex-senator is as well known as any man
who has ever been in congress.
In discussing ex-senator Van Wyck as
presidential possibility his remarkable
career in congress. both in the lower
and upper houses. must be regarded as
stamping him as statesman of no
mediocre caliber Few men in congress
today can claim as long record as he.
The Lamar register., 1892-01-02
AN INSANE ASYLUM BURNED.
The Eastern Michigan fsflum oe-
stroyed, but no Lives Lost.


Fire was discovered in the north
wing Of the Eastern Michigan insane ssy
luIn al Pontiac at II u N on the : u Inc
flames spread with fearful rapidly an
with the limited facilities al hand tAe hte
men were poweriess. Fifteen minutes
after the hrstalArm was sounded the oeoa.
pants OF the wing, COO women, were 'arHeu
loose. Screaming lrantlcaliy with terror
the maniacs surSed through the oorr'a2fs'
where the air was already tlcd wits
smoke. Toagues OF zane were Nlsiu-e
throagh It all and the sight ti!ed the %
rncnied creatures with terror some raH
like wild animals, trcAd!ug their slower
eomuanioas under foot in their mad ebert
10 escape. Others were paraiy1ea with
fright and stood rooteu to the spot wita
eyes satriuE horrldiy into the roAFinE hrA
The attendants performed deeds Of hero
ism in the eadeayor to rescue the helpless,
Rushing hitheT and thithcr. dragging the
hesIlAtIug ones FROM thciE rooms, they
drove the iEsaae women iuto the open aifr
When some were once on the outside they
would break away and rush for the build
ing again. Superintendent Bgrr Aad hts
assistants ca the medical staf gave dLree
lions fer the removal Of the Inmates and,
by their excellent and valiant lEb5rs, AL,
u il believed. were rcscaed alive
Cpoa the drsy discovery Of tAe hra thu
Pontiac frc department was b0uact The
siaE.e steamer IN the place made the rua
OF three miles a. breakueck spoc4, When
the trsy stream was turae1 on the tA1as
the nortA wing was seea 10 be doo1ca AID
every energy was bent 70 thc stCpPlaE %
the ere II the ceater. A few minutes
later the citizens of PoHuEc began 70 ar
rive on tie seeae Aad soon an army of sev-
cral hundred men were az work. VIVA
the addcd assls,Aaec the wrnsa wcrs
forced to retire groa the scrac Taose
who had raa Away into the woods were
brought hack An4 placed in iEc cottages.
There were wIgIiag hands ir r.CHiy Ind
the uufursazates were s0oa made a. con
fortablo As possib4r-
TIE fear was tazI tho ere would make
its way acrgss 70 TIE south Wing. wacro
nearly 20 zez were ooaazcI- I'ropzr4
u5us were lzmcIiz,eIy made 70 remove
the men Il Il bc-alc necessaEy-
IzsIde tse sazts wing, from TIE naEcat
the Games cane In seEL The wiIicsi cI
eitemsut prevailed. Tho 51l craEy u1eu
tors 4bozt tie uar15w e7sEEcs o. tleir
rCozs yelllnE Ike -gfn5 as. l5i fr1Z fear.
as {. sseu-eJ, bli Father fspn eEEltasl5a.
The dru G!lsd tE11a with a terrible o1stAsT.
a few apsrnclate= ,as sAaecr aaI their
terror was piGtul
TaaElzs 10 she elective rCrE of fruzscz
and citizens the flames Ga act reach Ito
s0gih w.AE.
a ezriaaz izciaeat Ga c57aec;I1a With
the fra vas related % q PAltat was hEs
45as boez clEa.derC- tAEF1a5-s, bat lz-aor
tho cze.teHaezI his rczsda nsilrzcl % alsz.
zaa he ofcrvt L-s services Ia EgLuar i-5
Gre, whteh were Eiadly aecr7;cL
TGe i0ss VIII rezca 40. ga
The Lamar register., 1892-01-02
q Pittsburg eomb- Thrower.

A dispatch from Pittsburg saws:
About 9 O'Clock Tuesday morning, as Mr..
Ed Wallace, proprietor Of .'Ed'sn laundry.
at "A Liberty street, was engaged at the
books in his cashiers department, he was
suddenly Startled TO see man glarIng at
him, with arm drawn back, about to throw
missile at him. Quietly but determinedly
the mysterious stranger said: Wander
bilt and Sage have had their turn toying
with dynamite bombs; it's your turn now.
will spare you on one condition. Take
that check book lying before you and I'LL
one of the checks for 800, COO, payable to
the order Of Russell b. Robinson"
Mechanically Mr.. Wallace reached for
his pen, realizing that acqueseuce 70 Tie
crauk's desires was the better part Of
valor. He wrote the check but hesitatci
about his signature.
.'No weakening" said tho ran, "and no
funny business about your name: slsn. Ed
Wallace -
Ed signed. With his right arm still I'D
raised the fieudish guest reached quickly
and grasped the check and then bacsed
out of the front door. Mr.. Wallace spra1R
to the telephone aud notified the cashier Of
the bank to refuse payment and summoned
detective. There is not yet the slightest
clew to the man. He was about Is years
of age and very respectfully dressed. The
bomb was shaped like glass non .conduc-
tor on telegraph pole, but darker in color
aud Of iron or lead, painted black.
The Lamar register., 1892-01-02
Married in Spite Of Themselves.

Judge Withrew of St. Louis has
given his decision in the divorce case OF
Sarah g. Darrow against Constantine c.
Darrow, the young couple from New York
who were married on 4 banter and who
now wish TO be separated.
Judge withrow rules that the marriage
cannot be dissolved and that the parties
must remain man aud wife. Mrs. Darrow
is handsome young lady Il years cid, the
daughter of Judge Gasken Of LocAport,
New York
At the hearing of the case the testimony
brought out that the young lady while not
l6 years old had several admirers, among
them being Constantine e. Darrow, 9
young law student.
Darrow was Jealous OF the other young
men who sought Miss Gaskelus favor and
it was stated that he challenged his sweet
heart 10 prove that she was not married TO
some Of the other young men by going to .
church and marrying him. She took up
the banter, it is stated, and they went TO
m Episcopal church at Eockport, New
York, and were married. The young lady
returned to her parents and young Darrow
resumed his law studies and nothing was
said about the marriage Mature refec-
tion and little time seems TO have cured
the young couple and their fancy for each
other Darrow came West about a year
ago and began the practice Of law in Bu-
chanan county, Missouri. After his de
parture from the East, the minister who
performed the ceremony informed Mrs.
Gaskell, the young lady's mother, and
steps were taken TO secure a legal separa-
ton.
The Lamar register., 1892-01-02
Why Garza Is a Following.

Charles W. Ogden, lawyer of San
Antonio. Texas, speaking Of tho Cara
revolution, said
'It is the natural result Of Mexico's
present condition With population Of
some I5,oOo, COO, less than II, 600 constitute
the land owners outside of the cities.
Millions are homeless aud positively starv-
ing. These are ready TO Join any sort of q
revolution, provided its leader can furnish
them with food The fact is, however,
that none of the would be leaders has the
money necessary for this. President Diaz
knows every move of every political leader
in Mexico If one Of them appears dan
gerous he is told that it would be healthy
for him 70 remove 10 the capital and re
main for a time within the shadows of the
throne The future OF the country is one
Of the most unfathomable Of existing
problems. Having no funds for education
and no public lands for the people, Diaz
has taken the only possible course and is
doing everything in hispower to encourage
foreign Investments which may give en-
ployment to poor and ignorant Mexicans.
Diaz grasps what is really his throne SO
firm that no revolution can shake it and he
will retain it until he chooses TO resign, all
constitutions TO the contrary"
The Lamar register., 1892-01-02
Murders by South Sea s,.,n..

Adviees from the South seas st,,s
that the natives of the New Hebridc.
group have become singularly notorioB. .,
lase, owing to the numerous atrocities De-.
Petrated BY them on the white inhabitants
s.T,l LINEN as wen as British subjects, have
fallen victims to the butcherv ~ ~, -
ages. Following closely upon the mpr5a.
o. Fe'er Savers, British settler, by pa.
uNes OF Santo, comes news Of ano,bor
crime the victims in this case beIng NJ
Farnent and NJ. Bote Manicolo Island
m4s ene scene OF the murders, the natives
e concerned belonging to the Bush tribe. NJ
Parnent was copra- maker ana bad
man station on the coast Of NallieoIo gs
was surprised by natives and tomaba,y,-,.,i
70 death his store being afterward Ioo,e1
oy me sayages. No provocation appears
70 s@ye oeen given BY the copra- naker
ana white residents Of the island beliovs
that the crime was committed .o,.,,, -,
the object Of plunder VIZ
The Lamar register., 1892-01-02
Railroad Strike in Iesas.

The entire San Antonio and Aransas
Pass railroad system is tied up as a result
of a strike inaugurated Monday morning
at $3.50. The operators claim that they
have been poorly paid and that system OF
removals and reductions have been inaug
urated by the new superintendent, George
Sands, late of the Texas * Pacific. Sew.
eral station telegraphers' salaries hav,
been cut, and fearing others, the Order OF
Railway TeIegraphers appointed griev.
ance committee to secure the signing of a
contract BY the management of the road
maintaining the present operators during
good behavior at the existing scale Of
wages. The management refused TO meet
this and claimed that no general reduction
was contemplated.
The demand of the telegraphers was
backed by all the other operatives, who, on
this particular road, are federated for con-
certed action. Monday morning no trains
left San Antonio, ard the paralysis ex.
tended over 66e miles of the system
One operator went to work at Berne buf
quit after receiving a curt mess age.
conductor and engineer offered to take the
mail car out. but Superintendent Sands re
fused to let them go unless the entire train
was taken. United States District At
torney Evans threatened TO prosecute the
officials Of the road If the mail is not car
ried-
The Lamar register., 1892-01-02
Another Br.tsh ve.sr IN A,l..

4 dispatch from Calcutta gives an
Eseount o. zaosssr czrzgoEseat co lie
Fzzaic troatier aaI o az5thr. tisTlay q
calamity gPou lAs part of BrI-sh o1lcrr.
according to this dispatch. news has scs;
bceu rcoclve4 a. C4lcgtta srlGa GIEii, tAs
tzlsl northern pos. oi TIE Bsitaa 10 Itaiz.
70 iho e1crs LAT L-l-zicazas Saith, a. tAa
head Of a toiy q K&szssrs liz TIE British
service, had scaled prezp-co oqf1slte
Fort MAJ EeeeEug - .r4IlAhLy lzksal Is
Captain AyeE6r ard his command Tao
AeateHant after : dssFerata fzhi with toe
Aunsez Nasar rebels, drove thea frun 30
hizt the stone brcaStVurks tksy had crest
Cd above the preciplce, E!Hlag sevcutf q
the eae1y and wOu1dlHE many otaers-
TIE foroe under the command % Lla--
tenant SmiIh was Aooat 100 NEE
Throughout tue engagement s=ch was
the wild trlug Of the tri5esuoa uaG iac
British foree oaIy had four Enca Wou1ded
A later dtspafea says that the lshaa lf
Nagzr w4s Etlerly Discouraged D. thIs de
iazs, -Ed La sa6Ealtssi " tie BFlsl.a Eal.-
itary authorities and that he viii de l-kea
under escort 70 SlmIa.
The Lamar register., 1892-01-02
peadlx sattle Mlith Moonshlners.

On Sand mountain. in DeKalb county,
Alabama, Tuesday morning a desperate
pitched battle took place between posse
OF twelve deputy United States marshals,
under the leadership Of Deputy Robert
Charlton, and a party Of mooushiners.
During the night the ofscers had quietly
surrounded noted Illicit distiilery, and
after daylight made an attack on It.
The distillsry was surrounded by rock
walls and provided with portfolios, out Of
which guns were pointed. Over 100 shots
were fired in the battle that followed. The
officers were repuised aud driven OF. Kirk
and Sprouse, two noted moonshiRers, We're
killed, and Deputy jackson fatally wound
ed The officers went TO Fort Payne, where
they VIII procure dynamite and return and
blow up the distillery-
The Lamar register., 1892-01-02
a Bomb Exploded in a Church.

During midnight mass Dec. 2I in a
church in valencia, Spain, four bombs
were exploded with terrific eject. The
church was thronEed with worshipa ers
when the explosion took place, one bomb
exploding in the sanctuary. The rest
were distributed through the church. The
explosion Of the bomb in the sanctuary
wrecked the high altar and completely de
stroyed side chaPe.- Many OF the audi
ence were injured.
The scene in the church was fearful. AT
first the audience was paralyzed with fear.
Then came the gr0ans aud cries Of tho
injured and the shrieks OF women, who
supposed that the church was about to col
lapse upon them. Two arrests have been
made by the police in connection with the
explosion.
The Lamar register., 1892-01-02
Soldiers Aiding Chinese.

A pretty state OF affairs has been
discovered at Fort Niagara. New York.
For some time privates in the eleventh
United States infantry, four companies Of
which are located nt I.ocazport, ". Y, have
been engaged in smuggling over Cinnamon
at the mouth OF the Niagara river This
has proved so profitable that half the men
at the fort are said to be engaged in violat
ing the law. Deputy United States mar
shals and the custom house officials at Sus
pen sion Bridge succeeded in naobing John
Brau, private, at this work
The officers at the fort gave up the man.
and assured the marshals that they would
lend them every aid in Prosecuting the
men who have been engaged in the prae
tice- 1t IS said that they have been nak
ing as high as so head from the Ceies
tisls brought over and landed in this couu-
Gry.
The Lamar register., 1892-01-02
a Religious Rist in Ms..en

A Mexican district court Judge ~
Gently issued orders 70 tho police ana
troops for the closing Of four nuonast.rie,
N Pueo!a on the ground that the main
talnauoe Of these institutions is contrary 10
law Upon the carrying out Of the Judge.
orders the people revoited, and hrht he.
tween the people on one side and the Boiiro
and soldiers on the other followed. duriny
which one person was killed and fopr
others wounded. The accounts Of The
a1ray are conflicting. The clergy, on the
ohe hand assert that they were torn from
sue altArs. leaving the sacrament exposed,
dragged through the streets by troops ani
subjected 10 many humIliations The ror,r
lace rose en- masse and offered oousIderabI.
resistance to the troops, crying, "yIva Ia
religion! Death to Masonsr' Tventv
elk priests were arrested. Puebla Is /,
state Of intense excitement
The Lamar register., 1892-01-02
Hurricane at Hong Kong.

Advices from Hong Kong state that
the recent hurricane was the most terrific
ever known there. The Italian steamer
Bisango and the Fusion crashed together
and drifted very near in shore, both being
damaged, while Norwegian bark found.
cred.
Numerous lighters loaded with cargo
and coal were broken up. Hundreds of
native vessels were lost. It is safe to say
that at least s2OO, 600 worth OF property and
no less than / 900 lives of men, women and
childran have been destroyed.
By cyclone in the Benin Islands s!4
houses were destroyed and thirty people
injured
The Lamar register., 1892-01-02

Some men who have frequently
crossed the ocean say that they were
never sea-sick- Let him who staudeth
take heed lest he TALL Those familiar
with the briny deep have seen old sea-
men, old stewards. old captains go
down when out of fix. These remarks
are suggested by the fact not al
together strange, that the pilot who
guided the Inman steamship City Of
Kew York out of Queenstown harbor
on her late westward passage got so
sea-sick that he could not leave the
boat and had to be carried to New
York.
The Lamar register., 1892-01-02
Youthful pepraxitr in eerIin.

Two instances OF precocious crimes
have occurred in Berlin which induces
people to doubt the soundness Of our edu
cationaI system
Marie MARCUS, servant girl, Is years
of age, murdered her masters two chill
dren because they were tiresome to her,
and being arrested for the crime, com
mitted suicide in her prison cell
Another servant named Louise Heyer,
Il years old, put PHOSPHORUS into the
family's morning coffee. 1t had no fatal
effect but the girl was arrested and coz
fessed that she tried to poison the family
because her mistress had sco!ded her and
boxed her ears
The Lamar register., 1892-01-02
SCOTCH LANDOWNERS FURI-
GUS.
Sweeping Reductions in Rent on
Their Estates

Their Estates
The Scotch landowners are 10 a
furious mood over the aetigu Of the Higa-
land land court N reducing ruuts in nearly
All the cases broEEht befura the tribunal.
The court was founded so0u after and as a
result Of tie crcfte-s' agitation Of tho
assraUez question 4 Htt.s over Ten years
ago. The landowners fought tooth aud
nail against the foruatioa Of the court,
claiming there was no ground Tor the corn
plants Of the cr0fters, that their ancient
rights and privileges had been gradually
hlched from them while their obligations
had been increased. The establishment Of
a court to adjust tue terms Of rental as
between landlord and tenant was declared
BY the former class 10 be useless, in view
OF their humanity and ieadaI generosity.
The section OF radicals beaded by DR..
Clark, n p, with great difficulty ploJed
the measure 70 victory, aided b. many
pathetic appeals to the pabIic through The
press Of England from persons WHO visited
the Highlands and the Islands Of Scotland.
and told piteozs tales Of the eEects Of mod
ern land tenure upon the geuial race
dwelling there
Events have amply justified the creation
OF the court TIE court examines every
farmer, AID questions farmers. balins and
owners IN true cadi fashion. As a result
Of this searching examination into the cir
cumstances Of each case, there is scarcely
an estate IN the region referred TO whure-
ou sweeping reductions in rent have not
been ordered and arrears a6ated. MiIloas
Of pounds have thus been transferred from
one side Of the balance sheet to the other.
from the pockets Of the landlords TO those
Of the crofters in effect.