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The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-08-09
COURT MARTIAL.
Trial Of the Dress Parade Soldier, Colonel
Hughes.

Trial Of the Dress Parade Soldier, Colonel
Hughes.
The military court organized TO con-
duct the trial OF j. w. +. Hughes, colonel
OF the Third regiment, X. N. G., con-
Vened in the basement OF the south
wing of the state house on the afternoon
Of August 2. The charges against the
accused grew out Of his behavior during
the legislative trouble last winter, when
he took it upon himself to decide that
he would disobey an order of the gov
srnor, because (ss he now ssys) the
order was not lawful one. The charges
preferred by the military board are ss
follows:
Charge No. 1-DisobedienOe Of orders OF
superior officers.
Specification No. Pin that Colonel
Hughes, Third regiment, Kansas National
Guards, having been ordered into active
service and having received from his su'
perior and commanding officer, L. D. Lew
elling, commander in-ohief, a command
and order to proceed with the armed force
at his command to representative hall al
the capitol building of the state of Ksnsai
and eject therefrom an armed, riotous and
insurreotiOnsry body Of men there assem-
bled, did, nevertheless, neglect and refuse
to obey said orders.
Charge No. 2-Speaking words inducing
others in the military service Of the state to
misbehave before the enemy.
Charge No. 3-Giving intelligence to the
enemy.
Charge No. 4-Conduot to the prejudice
of good order and military discipline, and
demesnor unbeooming a gentleman and
soldier.
The court is composed Of BrigRdier
General W. Fl. Sears, Of Lawrence, presi-
dent of the court; Col. McGinniq, Of
El Dorado; Lieut.. Col. H. Sargent, of
Clyde; Major McCrum, OF Garnett, and
Lieut.. Jacobs, OF Holton. Judge Frank
Doster, as Judge advocate, conducts the
prosecution.
Col. Hughes is defended by General
Caldwell, ex.member Of the board of
pardons, j. G. Waters and w. A. S. Bird,
lawyers of Topeka. Mr.. Bird was quar-
termaster Of the Third regiment. All the
windy element Of the republican party,
from George j.. Douglass down to ]. K.
Hudson, were there to lend their moral
support to the officer who had supported
them in their deviltry last winter. Some
Of them we're there as witt ssses.
The Judge advocate -ead the order for
the court martial, given By the governor
as commsnder-in-chief. The defense
then challenged the right Of General
Sears to sit as q member tH the court,
on the ground that his pret ecessor, Gen.
Kimbsll, had never reo.gned. Judge
Doster argued that the governor had an
undisputed right to remove an officer
and appoint q successor, and cited Ru-
thority to prove his position correct. The
challenge was oVerruled. An objection
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one than has agitated the public mind
since the political forums rang with the
discussion of the slavery question in the
dark days Of the sos,
An intense feeling has surely sprung
up over the financial situation, but the
bitterness of the situation is greatly re-
lieved by the reflection that now seems
to be in every ones mind, that while the
silver question may be, to some extent, a
sectional one, it is not political one;
that parties are divided on it, and not by
it. 1t has it's adherents and it's oppon-
ents in the democratic and republican
ranks alike. That all Populists are not
for free coinage, and that all greenback-
ers do not endorse it as the best solution
OF the financial crisis is we'll known.
Members discuss this anomalous situR-
tion as they assembled in the two
chambers, and seemed to derive much
qualification fcom the fact that in any
event partisanship would be subverted to
calm reasoning in the long days Of coun-
sci that must have fallen before the
question is solved.
When the clerk announced that the
election Of speaker was in order, Holman,
OF Indiana, nominated Chas. f. Crisp;
Henderson, Of Illinois, presented Thos.
B. Reed, and KEN, of Nebraska, named
Jerry Simpson. Each of the three can
didstes received the votes Of their party.
Crisp had 214; Reed, 122; Simpson, 7.
The house soon adjourned to await the
presidents message. The senate sd-
journed early out Of respect to the
memory of Senator Stanford.
Free silver democrats express them
selves as sgreesbly surprised at what
they understand to be the moderation Of
the presidents recommendations. They
are informed that he recommends the
unconditional repeal of the Sherman act.
He, however, recognizes that silver is
one Of the money metals Of this country
which must be maintained, but points
out that, with the present attitude Of
European countries, the proper ratio be-
tween gold and silver cannot be main
tanned by this country alone. Therefore,
he does not favor the coinage Of it under
present conditions, except for subsidiary
purposes. He thinks the European ma
tions who are depressing the price of
silver can by the suppression OF it's coin
age in this country except for subsidiary
purposes be coerced into an international
agreement more favorable than hereto
fore. He is in favor of silver on parity
with gold and stands by the platform Of
1892, but says that platform cannot be
carried out for the reason that q fixed
parity cannot be maintained.
Prominent members Of both wings OF
the democratic party have conveyed to
them the impression that these are sub
stsntially the views the president will
express.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-08-09
CONGRESS IN SESSION.
The Washington Circus will Now claim
Some Attention.


Some Attention.
WASHINGTON, August I'm response
TO the proclamation issued by President
Cleveland on June 80, the congress OF
the United States met in extra session at
noon to-day.
The special exigencies which demand
congressional action at this time are OF q
Rraver nature than the national legisls-
ture has been called upon to grspple
with for many years, and the outcome is
swsited with interest the world over.
1t was precisely noon when the house
and senate were called to order in their
respective chambers, the only business
to be transacted being the appointment
of the usual committees, among them
being that upon which dsvolves the duty
Of notifying the president that congress
is in session and prepared to receive any
communication which he may zee fit to
make regarding the course to be followed
in the present exigenoy. After these
measures had been disposed Of, recess
was taken awaiting the presidents mes
sage, and it is about this communication
that interest now chi fly centers.
Many new faces were noticeable in the
house wing # the capitol; in fact, it
might more properly be said that few
old ones were to be seen, 80 great has
been the change in the personnel Of the
lower house. In the senate chamber,
however, not a strange face was to be
seen, with the exception Of the late SEN
Rtor Leland Stanford's successor.
1t is probable that no legislative action
can be consummRted for q month at
least, as the appointment Of the various
standing committees will occupy at least
two weeks. 1t is rumored to-day that
Mr.. Bland will be replaced as chairman
of the committee on coinage, weights
and measures, and that Congressman
Tracy, of New York, will become his sue
cessor. Such change would be espe-
Oialy acceptable to the administration,
and it is known that Mr.. Crisp is in hRr-
mony with the president, both in his
position on the silver question and in his
views as to the lines which tariff revision
should be conducted. Notwithstanding
this, however, nothing Official has been
given out, and conservative members are
Of the opinion that it would be unWise to
antsgonize the free silVerites by turning
down their champion in the first inning.
This is the first democratic congress
that has assembled under a democratic
administration since the Rnte-bellum
days of slavery. The occasion was an
impressive one, recalling, as it did, po-
litical situation that has not existed for
over third Of century, and deep SOL
emnity was added to the scene by q
great appreciation Of the fact that the
problem to be met and solved is grsVer
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to Lieutenant Jacobs sitting in the case
because he was of inferior rank to the
accused, was also overruled. The de-
Tense then moved to strike out the
charge referring to Hughes in conneC-
tion with "the enemy" claiming that as
there had been no declaration Of war
there could be no enemy. It required
but little argument to convincs the
court that the mob then occupying rep
resentRtiVe hall was q menace to the
state and therefore an enemy. This
motion was also overruled. In answer
to each OF the charges Hughes pleaded
mot guilty"
The trial dragged through the week
and is still unfinished, much of the time
having been taken up with the Rrgu-
ments Of the lawyers and the overbeRr-
ing impudence OF v sters, who is the
smallest kind Of pettifogger. The testi-
monV has been largely going over of
the incidents OF last winter. The main
effort Of the defense seems to DO to prove
that the orders which Hughes disobeyed
were unlawful.
The state had at first summoned q
dozen witnesses, among whom were
Gov. Lewelling, Gen. Artz, Mrs. Ben
Rich, Miss Stallard and r. J. Mackey.
Their evidence has been to show what
prompted the governor to call out the
militia, his orders to Hughes as COM
mRnder Of the regiment and Hughes
action in connection with his disobedi-
ence Of the orders. On Monday George
L. Douglass occupied the witness stand.
He went over the story Of how he and
his crowd had gained entrance to repre-
sentative hall, stating that he had had
sworn in about $50 deputy sergesnts-at-
arms to protect his house. He said they
did not have as many guns as they
wanted, for they had made up their
minds to resist any attack, especially il
it came from that crowd called the pro-
visionsl guards. He also denied the
notorious fact that great deal of liquor
was taken to the hall during that time,
and that some Of the members Of the
Douglass house were drunk. He thought
they were sober.
1t is expected that the trial will be
finished before the end Of the week. AS
it has been reported that this was strictly
a aPopullst court II is proper to state that
it is made up of two democrats, one re-
publican and two Populists.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-08-09

The Decatur Banking Association, the
oldest institution in southern Iowa, in
Guiding branches at Davis City and Gar
den Grove, has suspended. Assets
$471, 900; liabilities, S315,0O0.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-08-09

Initiative and observation-disclosures
on direct legislation through the inltia-
tive and the referendum. State being
organized. Write for plan, date, term,
etc. w. P. BRUSH, Topeka, Kss.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-08-09

DuttOn House, Topeka, KAA,. .Sl26-Si5OpOr day
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-27
ook sharp, for that squal will strike in a
iffy.n
The Indge,s Three anestions

In an interesting trial recently held be-
fore an eminent Judge of one of our higher
courts the whole case turned upon the gen
uineness of an account book. The ques-
ton was whether certain ledger produced
in evidence was or was not a bona tide ac-
count, made at the time of certain extensive
mercantile transactions. If a "crooke ed
account, it was done most admirably; the
ink in one part was faded, the leaves dirty,
dogs cared, ETC., while the plaintiff posi-
lively swore that the entries on the respect
i've dates had been made at the time by
himself
He was examined and cross-examined
most severely, but with an ever-consistent
tale as to the book being genuine. The
defendants counsel was in despair; the
book, If received as evidence, would settle
the action against him.
Suddenly the Judge, who had been very
closely scrutinizing several pages, eXclaim-
ed, 'My friend, wish you would take the
book in your hand, while ask you three
questions only. First, is that entry under
date Jan. 3, 1888, an entry made by you on
that day?N
YES, your honor
SIS that entry over the leaf, under date
March :, 1889, an entry made by you on
that day?'
st is, your honor
"Now, please hold up those two pages
to the light and tel me how you account
for the water-mark of the paper on those
two pages being 1912
The plaintiff was "out of court and
only entered it at the next term to stand
trial for perjury.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-27

Not since the Chinese riots of 1880. in
which four men were killed, has there
been such excitement in Denver Colo. as
Sunday night, when mob of 800 men
made an attack on the house of Dean Hart
of the Episcopal church The dean was
notified of their coming and escaped on a
fast horse. All the windows and doors in
the house were smashed. Thirty police
men finally arrived and fought back the
mob for time. Then the policemen were
driven into the house and a large force
was summoned when the mob dispersed
Many of the rioters were injured. Dean
Hart has been conducting crusade
against Sunda night amusement> in the
city, and caused the arrest of all the man
ayers.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-27
ovcrheard at the GnIIer nnor.

'Speakin' OF sharks spoke mp gruff
old Bill Maitland, taking his st. D." out
of his mouth and posing it, half-raised
after the manner Of old salts when they
are about to impart some trut MS from their
speakin' of sharks remin's
me of wen | was bO's'ain of the clipper
ship Carrier Dove, tradin' tween Queens
town an New York.
I'VE had a rough time of IL, that wy
age, ! can tell ye, an, wus of all, had sew
raj immigrants aboard. One poor Teller he
was great frien's with Chips, an spent
mos of lis time in the carpenter shop"
We'll, what's that got to do with
sharks" inquiries the cook, poking his
head out of the galley door and taking in
at a glance the little group of smokers
seated on the spare spar to le'ward, among
the coils of rope, the threatening squall
working up to windward, while making
mental estimate of ships speed as four
knots.
LAS | was saying" commenced Bill
again, "it was strange how fond them two
got to be of each other. But the mme-
grant, poor Teller, got sick, and then sicker
an, last of all, he died.
"The capCin he was boun' that there
should be decent burial, so made poor
Chips sew him up in some bran new duck,
an havin nothin' better to sink him,
Chips sewed up the grin'-stone at his feet
Nov, I'll be bowed" says Bill "but
no sooner was that immigrant TUX sick
than sharks fin hove in sight. Yes, we
tried to catch i'm, but the sweetest piece of
fat pork out of the harness cask wouldn't
tempt i'm. He jess turned over once an
smelled, an then dropped astern. He fol-
Tered an fOllered until that immigrant
died. Seems as if he knew.
'Well, the day cum round for the fun
rel; the plank was all rugged up, with the
immigrant on 1t. The old man PRAYED
out OF book real solemn; we all took OFF our
caps and felt real queer when that splash
came What becam' of the carpenter?
Well, Chips took on dreadful an watched
the hui thing up N the riggin'. He forgot
where he was when they dropped the i'm
migrant and fell overheard The captin
ordered the wheel hard down. but il was
too late-that shark swallowed both the
immigrant an then Chips.
1--WE swOre we'd have vengeance. an
tried him again with the shark hook, an
sure enough, he bit. Then it was all hans
stand by and take hold an pull i'm in. A
dozen sheath knives soon ripped him up,
and what do You suppose we see?"-
What" from the younger sailors in
spellbOund manner.
well, may go to Davy Jones's locker,
but
"You get out Of here, you" interrupt
ed the irrelevant cook, coming TO the galley
door again. 81 suppose you expect us to
believe that yarn. Why, man, it's as old
as the galley stove and that's sayin'
good deal. See here, young fellers, what
Bill would like to have you believe he saw
was this: There was the immigrant turnin
the grin stone, while Chips was sharpenin'
his knife ready to cut his way out.
"Now, get out of here, will you, and
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-27
Death of Justice Lamar.

Lucius Qunitus Cincnnatus Lamar Of the
United States supreme court, died at Ma
con, Ga, Monday after a long illness. He
was born in Georgia in 1888, graduated
from Emory college, and was admitted to
the bar at Macon. He settled in Missis-
sippi and was elected to Congress from
that state. When the war broke out he
enlisted in the Confederate ranks and
served as colonel. After the war he was
elected to the House of Representatives,
and later to the Senate from Mississippi
President Cleveland made him secretary of
the interior in 1855, and later appointed
him Judge OF the supreme court He was
the first representative of the southern
states since the Rebellion on the bench of
the nations chief court
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-27
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
"Steve" Ryan Free.
He Was the Merchant Prince of the
South.

He Was the Merchant Prince of the
south.
All the people of Atlanta, Ga, are talk
ing about the release of Steve Ryan from
Jail, where he had been confined for two
years. His journey home was a triumphal
march. "A great avalanche of Joy was
Embossed upon him, and he smiled with a
look of triumphant satisfaction that SEEM
ed to gather its glee from the days that
preceded his incarceration AS the Allan
ia reporter put it.
Ryan's father was for years at the head
of the leading dry goods house of Atlanta
He retired in favor of his sons, "Steve'
and John. II was "Steve's" ambition to
be the recognized merchant prince of the
South. and the business methods of 4. T.
Stewart were the ground work of his plans.
He cut a wide swath, however, owning the
finest horses in the South and ,induging
in other luXuries. He finally went to the
wall, his failure being one Of the largest
ever known in the South. He owed over
81 900, 900 to New York merchants alone
In the settlement Ryan was supposed to
have yielded everything to his creditors,
but he failed to make satisfactory &C
counting of $4,000, and for this reason
was sent to jail for contempt. His law
yers have labored constantly to get his re-
lease and after two years have succeeded,
through a special act of the Legislature.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-27
Twenty Persons Killed.
Trightnu Disaster at Alton. III.

Ten persons killed, II fatally injured,
and nearly 100 more or less seriously hurt
is the appalling result of series of acct
dents at Alton Junction, H., Saturday
An open switch on the big Four main
track was the cause of the disaster. The
Southwestern limited ran through the
switch into a freight train standing on
the siding, and Engineer Webb Ross, Of
the limited, was instantly killed. The
wreck took fire, and while great crowd
was watching the spectacle an oil-tank eX-
ploded with terrific force, throwing over
the spectators burning oil. Ten were in
stantly killed and scores were frightfully
burned. Since Saturday ten who were
burned have died from their injuries, max
ing 20 fatalities.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-27
General Buffers spoon story

Thi, is the story as told 10y J. w. DonO-
van. prominent Detroit lawyer to the
Detroit News: almost everybody knows
something of the famous war story of
General Butler and the spoons, but heard
the story direct from the General himself,
when he was on the stump in the cam
paign Of 1872. 1t was at indianapolis. A
crowd of fully 10000 persons were gather
ed under a canvass tent. Butler was in
full dress-his usual habit when before the
public-and was as smiling as a bride. He
was at his best, a condition which meant a
great deal in a man like Butler. As he
stepped to the front of the platform and
bowed he was given an ovation.
Holding a newspaper close to his eyes,
he said
1.-The paper hold is "The Mount Yer
non Times The item | am about to
read is slightly personal. I'll read it,
"He then read as follows:
1.-The citizens of Mount Vernon will be
treated on Tuesday afternoon to the sight
of the most misunderstanding man in Amer
lea, when Ben Butler will speak for the Re
publicans.
Here General Butler paused for mo
ment impressively, then finished the para
graph with ringing emphasis:
Citizens, take care of your spoons!
"A wild burst of applause followed,
which General Butler stlled with wave
of his right hand. Then he turned the
profile of his face to his audience and said 4;
" Now | am on exhibition on that
point
"A powerful speech of an hour and a
half, urging the election of General Grant,
followed, after which General Butler mop
h l. 4 g.. Al
question.
" 4 have never before attempted to an
swer the ISLANDERS and calumnies that fol-
low the career of men who become the
marks of their enemies he said But
will pay my respects to this little editor
and his companion on a local newspaper
General Butler then burst forth in a
philippic-fun, severity, sarcasm and elo-
quence alternating. He swayed that vast
audience as few such audiences had ever
been swayed before. Hundreds jumped
upon the seats and yelled
"'Give it to him! Give it to him
On him! Hit him againn
This excitement continued for fully
half all hour, when the speaker suddenly
wound up with the story of how he had
been placed in command when New Or
leans was in open rebellion, how he had
cleaned the streets, reclaimed million dol
lars worth of waste lands, brought order
ont of chaos by proclaiming that if the
women of the city did not cease from
throwing Stops down the necks of his sol
diers, while they were on guard duty. from
their windows, they would be classed as
women of the town. and treated accord
ingly-a threat which stopped that method
OF insult and led to their saying, in their
anger, that such a man would steal spoons.
"'With half a million men under my
command the general Numbered, with
millions of money under my control, with
all this vast responsibility, with life and
death at my finger ends, how much time do
You think-hOw much lime do you really
think-old Ben Butler had to crawl into
back yards and steal spoons?'
That concluded Mr.. Donovan, was
speech and a climax that ! have never
been able to forget"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-27
\ Religious Crank
who Allowed His Child to Mc for
Want of Medicine.

The one-year-old daughter OF the Rev
A. 5. One died at Haverhill, Mass, a
few days ago of typhoid pneumonia. She
received no medical treatment whatever
Mr.. Orne says of the case: THE girl was
taken sick three weeks ago, but no serious
turn came until last Thursday, when Dr.
Morse diagnosed the case at my request
and pronounced it to be typhoid pneu-
monia He did not give me any prescrip-
ton, for do not believe in physicians or
their treatment. Furthermore. ! am not
of this world, and try to follow the words
of the Scriptures, and as God did not heal
my child believe he has another object in
taking her away" Mr.. Orne said that he
had healed his children at other times by
amounting them with oil and laying on Of
hands and by prayer, and he believed that
if it had been Gods will this child would
have been saved Mr.. Orne was formerly
city missionary at Hayerhill and is now
the state agent Of the state parental home
association
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-27
A SIugger's Defiance .

Champion James j. Corbett, who is in
Chicago with his theatrical combination,
has been rather severely criticised during
the past few months for insisting on a
years rest before making another match
for the worlds championship. Corbett
Saturday gave out statement in which he
defends his position and which he con
cludes with sweeping challenge to fight
any one, Mitchell or Jackson preferred
the fight to take place next fall for purse.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-27
Electric Bitters.

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