davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-06-09
Old soldier, Read This.

Topeka Capital Rep
WASHINGTON, April 29-T o. Har-
ter, an Alliance man from Grant
county, who was doorkeeper Of the
Alliance house of representatives in
Kansas two years ago, drifted into
Washington three or four months
ago i'm search of job He brought
Endorsements from p. p. Elder,
speaker Of the Kansas house OF rep
resentatIves, and Mrs. Mollie Lease,
which he Thought ought to fetch
anything he might ask for But Mr..
Harter has learned thing or two
since coming to- Washington He
has discovered that although he may
be worthy and deserving man, the
Endorsement of Mr.. Elder and Mrs.
Lease, or of any other A Dianceman,
don't go In this section Of country
The Alliance delegation from Kan
sas, by pulling together a long pull
and a hard pull, were able to- get %
Kansas AIlianceman appointed first
assistant cleaner of spittoons, but
that is the extent of the government
patronage which goes to- Kansas
Aliancemen. For three months
past the Alliance delegation has
BEEN trying very hard to- get Mr.
Harter into a position of some kind,
but they couldn't make. it, AS a
last resort Mr. Harter went to Senat-
on Perkins ONE day this week. and
asked Mr.. Perkins to- get him a place,
but the Endorsements of Mr. Elder
and Mrs. Lease are mot such as SEN
ator Perkins has been i'm the habit of
gnizing Harter appealed tohim
ON the ground that he was an old
soldier, to- which, the senator replied
that he always favored old soldiers,
but as long as there are hundreds OF
Republican soldiers asking for places
the Alliance parity I'm Kansas would
have to- take care'of its own people
He took occasion also to- suggest to-
MIR. Harter that he was i'm the wrong
party; that the Republican party was
the soldiers party, the only party
which had ever dome anything for
the soldier i'm the past and the only
party from which they could expect
anything In the future Strange
to- say, Mr. Harter went away
angry.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-06-09

friends of silver dollars than to see
Lit Invested of all it's functions OF
money, and then stored away IN the
basement ofthe treasury dishonored
and disgraced y'-Record, Fifty first
congress, volume 81, part 6, page
$685.
The Republican state convention
in 1878 adopted this resolution
"That experience has shown the
greenback currency (the creation OF
the Republican party, and under
whose fostering care it has been
brought to a par with coin
to- be- admirably adapted to- the
wants of trade and to- the end
that there may be but one
class of paper currency, we favor
the withdrawal Of the national bank
notes, substituting therefor green
back currency issued directly by
the government, as the sole paper
currency Of the country And we
demand il to be issued i'm sufficient
volume to- fully meet the wants OF
business without deprecIating its
value, and that it shall be received
in payment of all debts and dues,
public and private, axcept as other
wise specified by cantract5 that we
are In favor of an honest greenback
THAT shall always be worth it's face
In coin, to which end we favor a
law of congress by which the VOL
ume Of, greenback currency shall
obey the natural law Of supply and
demand"
At their state convention In
1890, the Republicans put this plank
in their platform .
'4The practical operation of the sill
YER act now in force, recently passed
by % Republican, majority En- both
houses Of congress, is still increasing
the value of silver, is a good step IN
the right direction but wey the Re
pubIicans of Kansas, demand tree
coinage of silver, a measure strongly
opposed and vigorously denounced
by the late Democratic admIDlstra-
ton, led by ex-President Grover
Cleveland"
Now, please let us hear some more
Republican anti-sTlver talk. The
trouble. is, these fellows wG0 talk
so much don I know anything about
the record of their party but are
mere puppets, or jumping;Jacks, and
Jump about and gesti;ulate- when
the bosses pull tire strings
The New York Tribune says
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-06-09
Our Man.

/ for congress. 1t has no special pref
erencer now, as to men, but it has q
decided preference as to- character
1t is not ilIiberal In that preference
Good men belong to- all demomTna-
tions of christians. No church has
a monopoly Of people OF christian
character.
| Good men belong to- all parties
No party has monopoly of all the
disfnterested patriots and lovers Of
the human race
| 1t is character THAT tells, and 1t is
character as we'll as ability that
must win i'm the coming contest
We are for mo- man who robs tire
widow, or Expresses the poor
We are for mo- man whose private
life is stained with vice. crime or
petty meanness-
We are for mo- man who does mot
believe In purity for womanhood and
nobility for manhood
We are for mo- man who believes
In our present financial SYSTEM or
industrial conditions
We are for no MAN who believes
i'm an indirect SYSTEM of taxation, in
which the poor are taxed and starv-
ed to- ell the Golfers of tine rich
We are for no man who does mot
believe i'm temperance, truth and
charity We are for no man who
: does mot believe i'm the fatherhood OF
God. and the brotherhood OF man.
and who is not willing to- labor tor
mans advancement along all lines OF
human Thought and action
I Our candidate. is mot ideal. We
believe he, i'm some measure exists,
and we are for him, first, last and
all the time
We are aware THAT the great Kar-
sas apostle of new Republicanism
teaches "a different doctrine from
o1rs but we are also aware that the
party that brought forth that polJtI-
cal monstrosity, John j. ingalls,, al
so brought forth Abraham Lincoln,
whose political life was as stainless
as his private life, and his private
life. was above suspicion We are
also aware THAT there are men En- the
Peoples party who have drunk at
the fountain of ingalls, politics, but
they neither lead nor control.
The masses lead, and to therm, in
their honesty and sincerity, we look
for tine nomination of clean man-
man whose life, like LincoGn's is
above suspicion. Such a nominal
tIon Will, i'm itself, be an inspiration
and stand In striking contrast to the
men whom the so-called Republican
party, I'm their postmasters and rail-
road attorneys, have put up for Kan
sas free men to vote for
There must be mo- mistakes Our
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-06-09

EWRITE FORSr
@CLUB RATES.Sr
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-06-09

The New York Tribune says
that the statement that there are
&c. 900 millionaires in this country
is not true; that 1000 is nearer
the number. Thomas g. Sherman,
of Brooklyn, New York, made a
st atement in the New York Standard
over year ago that the number OF
millionaires in this country exceeded
80, 600, and gave the names of the
leading ones The New York Times
copied the article, and In an editorial
comment said that Mr.. Sherman S
statement was a moderate one
The Plow and Hammer, Tiffin, Ohio
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
CHOLERA INCREASES.

Panic In the provinces Of Lublin, Russian
Poland. and the Austrian Border.
VIENNA, Dec. "a. The cholera il in
creasing in the Province of Lublin, in
Russian Poland, and adjoining the
Austrian border. The CONSERVATION
caused by the ravages Of the cholera last
autumn, in that region had become
allayed but is again being aroused, and
many Of the people are fleeing from the
cholera stricken districts. The fugi-
tives are stopped at the Austrian from
tisr, II seen by the sentinels, but there
IL no doubt that many Of them escape
into Gallacia and Austria proper. The
authorities on both sides Of the border
are doing al they can to prevent q
panic, with the scenes OF inhumanity
accompanying the panic in the autumn.
The report that emigration to America
Ii virtually stopped has caused much
disappointment. a.. owing to the dread
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
Captain Porter. OF the United States
Secret Service Bureau, Much
Disgusted Nan.
Almost Ready TO Nab q Whole Gang OF
Counterfeiters, When a Superior
Officer Gave 1t Away.
Would Have Landed Them All In the
Penitentiary, He Saws. BIT for o
Local Police Row.

CHICAGO, Dec. 24.--Jealousy among
the local police at West Superior, Wis,
enabled gang of counterfeiters to es-
cape the United States authorities, and
Captain Porter, in charge of the secret
service in Chicago, is much disguised
man in consequence. Captain Porter
located gang of coin makers at West
Superior, and a few DAYS ago visited the
city in person and made arrangements
with the police to watch the counter.
feiters until he could procure q secret
service operator from Washington to
take charge Of the case. He was sur.
prised to read in dispatches from the
Wisconsin city that the captain Of the
police had given the whole case to the
newspapers there, and that the crimi-
mails, thus warned, had fed.
Might Have Captured All.
II am disgusted, said Captain Porter,
"for If that matter had been kept quiet
we would have captured all the gang,
with their agents at Duluth, Ashland
and Hurley, and would have sent every
body to the penitentiary. There has
been jealousy and bad blood between
Chief Simons and Captain McRea, Of
the Superior police, and when / was
there three days ago, the chief told me
TO tell nothing to McRea. as he could
not be trusted. Mo Rea has evidently
given the case away to spite the chief,
and he ought to be prosecuted for it."
Captain Porter will go to Superior to
take charge Of Mclean, and make ar
rangements. if possible, to capture his
accomplices.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
ONLY ONE ARREST.
Mclean the Only One of the Counterfeit
srs Caught at West Superior.

Mclean the Only One of the Counterfeit
srs Caught Mt West Superior.
WEST SUPERIOR, Dec. "a. Mclean,
the man arrested Thursday evening, is
the only member of the Superior alleged
gang of counterfeiters who has yet been
nabbed but more arrests are expected.
According to the story told by the
police the case against Mclean Is q
strong one. The dies which led Oh igin-
ally to the detection Of the gang, were
found in blacksmith shop said to be
owned by Mclean, and more dies,
moulds and the metal used in
the manufacture OF the coins, are
also said to have been found
and to be now in possession Of the
police. The outfit was not located at
South Range. as stated by the police,
but In the city proper. The man so
badly wanted Thursday night, who
made his escape taxing with him the
completed coins, is believed to be under
arrest. The police had complete de
scription of him and knew the route he
took on leaving Superior. This infor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
A National Convention TO Discuss Mat.
ters Of Great Interest to the
Northwest Called
BY Secretary Thompson, Of the Duluth
Chamber OF C0mmerce-N Meet
I'm Washington Jan. 12.
All Cities and All Commercial Bodies
in the Country Invited to Send
Delegates.

DULUTH. Dec. "a. As the result of
correspondence with large number of
commercial and municipal organiza-
tions in various parts Of the country
Secretary Thompson, Of the Duluth
chamber of commerce, has issued a call
for national ship canal convention to
be held in Washington Jan. 12, 1898.
The importance of the movement is
briefly set forth in the call, the conclu-
sion Of which is as follows:
Makeap OF the Convention.
All commercial associations, includ-
ing industrial unions and farmers or
ganizations, and also all incorporated
municipalities, are invited to appoint
each five delegates to this convention.
The governor of each state will be in
vited by special communication to at
tend the convention and to appoint fve
citizens Of his state as delegates at large.
The real question to be considered is
whether the time has not come when
the declaration Of political independ-
ence, made by our forefathers more
than century ago, should not be sup
piemeuted by declaration Of CONNER
cial independence OF Canadian routes of
transportation. This question is
Neither Local, Sectional Nor Psrtlsans
it Is national. It is hoped, therefore,
that this may be the largest and most
influential commercial convention ever
held In the United States, and that it
may result in securing the needed legis-
lation at the present session OF congress.
To this end the, press is earnestly re-
quested to give the matter the widest
possible publicity, and all organizations
entitled to representation under the call
are urged to appoint delegates without
swaiting receipt OF formal invitation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
Not a French Duel.

CARLTON, Mimi, Dec. 24.--Several
families of Indians living ut Barker.
eight miles east. on the Northern Pa
cific, had big drunk which ended in a
free fight. John Saundry shot Joe
Kingbird through the head. Kingbird
returned the fire, shooting Saundry
through the heart, killing him. King
bird will not live. Indians have no
trouble in getting whisky here.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
of cnoIera ana ror Other reasons multi
tudes were preparing to emigrate dur
ing the coming spring.
A Brutal RobbarY.

ST.. JOSEPH, Mo-, Dec. "a. AT Y .. m.
Miss Lottle Kelly, teacher in the pnb-
lie schools nere, was brutally beaten and
robbed. She was walking from the
Sc cars at the end of Frederick
avenue toward her home on Folsom
street, Saxton Heights, and suddenly
found herself in the clutches of two
men. They gagged her with handker-
chief, disfigured her face and robbed
her Of money and checks to the amount
of $40, besides taking her iewelry and
rings.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
The New milwaukee Di.tillery.

MILWAUKEE, Dec. A.-By the first of
next April the whisky trust will have
to fight one of the biggest distilleries in
the country in addition to what it has
already on its hands. This new distil.
lery will be located one mile south OF
South Milwaukee on the lake shore. 1t
will furnish employment to 600 men,
which of itself is an indication Of the
size of the new plant.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
Young Murderer Arrested.

MERRILL, Wis, Dec. 24.-John An
derson, the l4-year-old boy who is al
legged to have shot Homefeldt some
time ago. was arrested near Prentice
and brought to Merrill by Deputy
Sheriff Ward. The crime was COM
mittsd in the town Of Rock Falls, Lin
coin county. The boy does not seem to
feel the enormity Of the crime Of which
he 10 accused. He Is stolid German
boy with no education and seems TO
think only of the spoils he got from the
murdered man.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
k THE + MODEL. {
-
John Pfisters New Bakery and Fruit Store,
Fresh and Canned Fruits, Fresh Vegetables

CREsToN, Ia, Dec. PA remarkable
double death occurred four miles south
of the city. Mrs. Sarah Berry, aged 6S
years, was stricken with apoplexy. Her
daughter, Mrs. Mary Mcdowell, aged
48, left Lenox about o'clock, In health,
to attend the mother. The mother re-
mained unconscious until o'clock in
the morning and then died. During
the night her daughter, Mrs. Mellow
ell, was also stricken with apoplexy,
and remained unconscious until y
o'clock In the morning and died. Mother
and daughter were in usual health the
day before.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
RsArpaw Gives Up.

TAHLEQUAH. I. T., Dec. "a. -Thomp-
son Bearpaw, the condemned full-blood,
who will hang here on the 30th, has
given up all hopes of executive elem
ENJOY. He seems resigned to his fate
and has accepted spiritual consolation.
He will be baptized by full-blood
Baptist preacher in stream near ths
!ail
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
Expect the Cholera to Appear.

MILWAUKEE, Dec. A.-The state
board of health was in session Thursday
at the Plankinton House. The board
will ask the legislature for an appropria-
Of go, 900 to be used under the approval
Of the board and the governor in pro-
tecting the state against cholera, which
the members of the board think certain
to make its appearance next summer.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
Not Ready to Fight.

CHICAGO, Dec. 4.--Billy Meyer, the
lightweight, says he will not close for q
match with Austin Gibbons just now,
as he wants to go to Mt. Clemens for
several weeks rest. Alf Kennedy, his
hacker, states that it is pretty certain
that Meyer will not fight for the purse
offered. Kennedy suggests that il Nc
Anliffe and Dick Burge are worth
$45,0O0, Gibbon and Meyer ought to be
worth considerably more than "a. 600.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
He Robbed the Maiis.

OTTAWA, Kan, Dec. 24.-The mys-
terry of robbery of mail pouches at this
city, which has been going on for four
teen months, has been cleared up by tie
thefts being traced to Newton Le,her.
ington, tue driver of the transfer wagon
which, carried the mail pouches from
the depot to the postoffice.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
Dedicated q school.

PLATTEvILLE, Wis. Dec. "a The ded-
icatory exercises OF the new wing of the
state normal school took place during
the afternoon. Governor Peck, Regents
Gardner, Ainsworth and Goldsmith and
many other notables were present. The
exercises were continued in the evening
at the city hall.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
A LIGHT Sentence.

MANKATo, Mimi, Dec. "a Mrs.
Martha Kuester, who last August killei 4
ber two little children, one by poisoning
and one by drowning, has been SEN
fenced to serve nine years and six
montha at hard labor in the state prison
at Saltwater. The sentence Is looked
rpon by all as exceedingly light.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24

SNoHoMIsH, Wash, Dec. 24.--George
Schultz and John Smith, two ranchers
living short distance from here, were
shot and killed by their neighbors, Will.
lam Robinson and J. Livingston. They
quarreled over road through Smiths
ranch, Robinson and Livingston are in
Sai1
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
The bridegroom Came Not.

OSHKOSH. Wis, Dec "a Invitations
were issued severa! days ago for the
wedding CT Miss Maud Campbell and
George Bean 1t was 10 occur Thurs.
day evening, but the young man eft
town several days ago and sen. back
word that he would not ee az the wed
ding The young lady is almost pros.
trated
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24

nation was sent to Chief Porter, of the
secret service at Chicago, and he sent
orders all along the line to have the men
arrested. The police think he is cap
tured and will not give details. Chief
Porter will be here i'm the morning.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
win Give Each Family sr, 900.

Boston, Dec. c.24.--President Whitney,
Of the West End Street Railway COM
pany, has notified the families Of the
four men who lost their lives while try.
ing to save the company's property in
the fire at Everett, Wednesday night.
that in addition to paying the funeral
expenses OF the deceased the company
will give each family 81, 900.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
Dock Laborers strike.

HAvRE, Dec. 24.-The discomfort that
has been prevailing among the dock
laborerers here for considerable time
past has eliminated In general strike.
Some trouble was expected in loading
and discharging vessels. but 1t IL
thought that plenty OF men will be
available to take the places of the strik-
ora
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
rifty Dollars = Fish.

BRvINERD, MINI. Dec "a Fred Yost.
who was arrested on Sunday last by
Game Warden Paine for violating the
game law by fishing with nets in Cullen
lake has been tried before Judge Cullen.
found guilty and fined $50
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
Orders for More Arrests.

PARIS, Dec. pa conference be-
tween NJ Ribot, the prime minister. NJ
Bourgeois, minister OF justice, and NJ
Loubet, minister OF the interior. has
been held with the result that orders
were issued TO the police to make more
arrests Of persons implicated in the
Panama scandal
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24

LA CROSSE. Wis. Dec. 24.-The death
of Judge Samuel Burton was an
nounced during the day. He had been
i'll for some days. but his case was not
supposed 20 be dangerous. He was 70
years old and was well known through
ont the Northwest.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
Railroad Man Killed.

SLEEPY EYE. Mimi, Dec a. Robert
Corbin, aged 90 years, was killed here
while coupling cars. He was struck by
steel rails on fat car, one rail going
through his head. He was unmarried
and lived at Troy.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
A Faster Dead.

BANGOR, Me-, Dec. "a Susan Porter,
the fasting woman Of Burlington, is
dead. She had been fifty-two days
without food and drank nothing but
two cups of tea in that time.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
Feeling Of Uneasinsss.

HAMBURG. Dec. "a. "A general feeling
OF uneasiness exists and with the ap-
proach Of warm weather an exodus Of
the weather classes 10 looked for.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
Commander Folger Resixns.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-Commander
William NJ. Folger has resigned his
position as chief OF the naval ordnance
department on account Of ill health
The resignation takes effect Jan. next.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-12-24
Confidence n ,he !, ,,overnmen,.

PARIS, Dec. "a The chamber OF dep
uties has just voted confidence In the
government by large majority.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-06-01

During the terrible prosecutions Of
Christians by Decius, the Roman En-
peror. $50 A. D.. when all processing
the faith were to renounce 1t before
certain day under penalty of torture and
death, seven men, so the legend goes,
escaped from Observation-Disclosures, NAL
chus, Denis, Martinian, John, Serapion,
Constantine. They betook themselves,
after much exertion, to a cave outside
the city and from fatigue fell into deep
slumber. Discovered by the soldfery,
according to tradition, they were block
AIDED in the cave 10 starve to death.
Their sleep lasted miraculously, from,
251 TO 447, until the reign Of the En-
peror Theodosius; but to the sleepers 1T
was as but one night. On awakening
their hunger prompted them to send one
of their number to the city to procure
food, and this he endeavored to do un-
perceived. The city had not altered
much externally, and at the distance,
appeared to be the same as the emissary,
Maximian, had left 1t the night before.
Not so he, and he could not help MOTTO
ing how much he was gaZed upon and
how curiously by the people. In the
city, too, the cross-the object of con-
tumely few hours before-was every
where venerated most abjectly. with no
prosecuting hand to profane and none to
modest the worshiper. Explanations
followed mutual inquiry and soon the
other six sleepers were set upon by an
eager crowd come to do them honor,
but according to the sleepers' belief,
they were soldiers about to destroy
them for their Christian beliefs. In
Ephesus they had a triumph. The
legend makes them all die at the same
instant, as If by supernatural power,
which had preserved their lives so
miraculously. June n was set apart as
sacred to their memory.-Baltimore
American.