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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-01-19
KANSAS OFFICERS SEATED.
An Immense Gathering of F"pulists at TIN
stare Clpital.

An Immense Gathering of F"pmlists at the
state Capital.
Topeka {kan., special: The Peoples
party State officers were inaugurated
to-day, and for the first time in its hiss
tory the State Capitol is out of the con-
troll of the Republicans. The Inaugural
ton ceremonies brought the largest
gathe. in : that has ever attended an oc-
casion of the kind. Delegations of
farmers from all over the State came TO
sce the Farmers Governor Inaugural
ted. and all the notables OF the reform
movement, including Mrs. Lease, Jerry
Simpson, Judge Doster, John F. Will
lets, and A. J. Streeter, of Illinois,
occupied st ats on the platform and par
ticipatcd in the exercises. The ina1-
guration ceremonies began in Repre-
sentative Hall at exactly noon. The
hall has been crowde many times. but
never was it filed with such an eno:-
nous throng. The assembiage. which
was mostly composed OF Populists, was
intensely IN husiastc. The hall had
been gorge 5usly decorated for the occa-
sion. .'ohn W. reidenthal, Chairman
o the Peoples party State Committee.
was the presiding officer and.' calling
the assemhlaGe TO or .er, he said: Eel
low writiZcnS, We are assembled on this
OCCASION to witness the frs: Peoples
party Inauguration o. earth. This
statement was greeted witn tremendous
applause. After few words he intro
due d Rev. W. &. Todd. who offered
p aver, at the conclusion of which
Chairman Breidenthal introduced Gov
Lyman L. Humphrey. who made brief
speech, expressing the hope that the
State would be blessed with the same
prosperity under the new party that had
been given TO it under the Republicans.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-01-19
BrieaetS.

Ir is said that Dr. McGlynn will go to
Pome.
JUDGE GEEsAM called ON President
elect Cleveland.
EX-Gov. ORDwAY is cant date for
the North Dakota Senatorship.
THE Elkland, Pa, furniture works
Lnrned. Loss, S1Oo.OOa.
IT will take six weeks to get Jury to
try the Wyoming rustlecs.
PAUL KosBAB was killed by a falling
tree near Menominee, Mich.
FRED GALL hanged himself near Gin
cinnati, Ohio, with a log chain.
A DANGEROUS So counterfeit bill is
being circulate in st. Lonis.
4 STRIKE OF engineers is threatened
on the Western Maryland Railroad.
BURR Bros dry goo Is store at Odes-
sa, Miss, was burned. Loss, $4,000.
GEO. SIMMONS lost a sachel at Ra-
leigh, n. c., containing 5000 in bonds.
THE salmon pack on the Frazer River
for 1892 was the smallest in many years.
JOHN P. SQUIRE, the Boston pork
packer, is dead. He was worth $lO,.
O00,O0O.
RICH strike of gold was made in the
Colorado Grand Canyon, near Flagstaff,
Ariz.
THE Norfolk d Western car shops at
Portsmouth, Ohio, burned. The loss is
$4,000.
SEVERAL Fall River, Mass, firms suf-
fered losses by fire. the total being
$4,000.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-01-19
Note. OF Current Events.


EsTELLE SEwELL, colorcd servant in
the family of Episcopal Bishop Satwill,
at Kansas City. No, joined the Cath
olic Church.
THE Cramps will build the cruisers
Iowa and Brooklyn, as the contracts for
both of the war vessels will be awarded
to that firm.
An icicle weigh 'ny a ton fell Mt Mag
ara, fatally injuring two photographers,
+, b. Werner and ii. n. Rowland, Of
Philadelphia.
J.F. Cook, usher in The Central Con-
gregationll hurch at Brooklyn, tainted
during the morning service and died in
q few minutes.
ISAAC II. SLAHEN and wife, living
near New Ca stle, Pa We're beaten 10
insensibility by burglars and robbed OF
large sum of money.
BARONESS BLANC. who recently Sc
: cured divorce from the Baron, will
wed Frederick Yuengling. son of the
New York trewcr.
THE model OF the caravel Santa
Maria. the flag ship of christopher CO.
lumbus. for the Worlds Fair, has ar
, rived in New York.
In dispute over a horse John Ma
bors, a Deputy United States Marshal.
was shot dead by Sam Barber, cow
boy. at Robane, Mont.
ADEAL is Icing engineered 10 con-
solidatc the wire, wire nail, and wire
rod interests in the United States. The
capital will be $25, 5,CO0,00".
ALFRED LOZoN, a mail-carrier, per.
ished on the ice between Mackinac City
and Mackinac Island Three others
were nearly dead when they reached
shore.
THE management of the Vandalia
| road has determined to follow the exam.
| pie of the Pennsylvania and discharge
all freight handlers who r fuse to lcavs
| their unions.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-01-19
FAVOR CLOSED GATES,
Worlds Eair Committee HtGr .r.u:nca
of = S.h'pit,.rian. at Nl.hii.t s,n.

Worlds FAR 1o.n,nitt<e il.;r .r.c:i,n,:,t>
Of = .hhl...ri.n. "a, Washing. ,n
Fourteen men and ONE woman = /
dressed til. It..u.. Worlds lajr CO..
mite. in oIro-it;ou t. The rer,.iinr inir,t
res ,l;,tiun authnrjzirr Sunday on ,ninsr
of the lxn,s,tinn ,so.,t tittv s5n,,,,,
tors and thr,n n.,,In~. If th.. Erri,ro,.
committee ,yer. present at the ureninc.
but before the close ,i,r,c more ,.mmjt-
tcem.n trorrn in and q f the b nntt
Of !, few si,rcchcs. col Shouard lei of
in n rcn minutes ad.Ire-s in which hc
clai,rcI that tho o,n rrrts OF sunday
closing reprc.ent III. (trjst.a,, s.uti-
mcnt Of .h.. Who'll. United States. that
the Secretary of tb. ", rid's iair Conc
mission hne c.r,iti.J tb,t,harn ara -,
flo ,.,;ti.ns ei.r.t J. r,nr. .b-n37
ono nnt, ,.tiz.ns s,;in., for mo ,resa,v,-
,inn os the Sal,' ath ~ :, ndar ,.Iosin,.
The Rex. DR. Eams,..I, eoid he v,ntri
the Exnos:tion N l,c . e,,anI s,,cc.sc
aud ey.rv dollar rn,;t l.,.L ia tbo.o wb,
have. o,Ivan..1 u Ttn ,.orororc cbonIl
rc-,,ccl ,h., .,,,,i,aa .,s roii, ,,;a.,a ,,l,
nj. olso ~. ,,,o,,,I L., ~ <,,,-.:n,,,,
hound ia rofr,in S,nm s,;,r, thnir 49,.
rnn,no :, thn Ex,>,si-:on II. n,a.io
.,l.,.i,,;nr as t,,a n-,,,,,nr ,,f ,,.,,i,r
in no Tr.ta,i S.n..,s H.. a.,ioar 'f ~
cbur.,o. on,, ~, n,omhar- ~ ,ha;,
fo,,;ii|,s ,,,,, ,,a,,,I ~ ,,n 70 ct;aa[,' ;f
The Fair j.. l."t nn,n s,,ndavs ,,.t
cnn,n,,ir, t;;s ,.,r,n,n... ,,ce Win thn
a.tim,.oI ro,.,,,nn ,f ,won,,.x Gu
Inv. t;e,,,r,l on ,.or,- l,,..o ,,.t t,s.
Eesiles henrea;,.te,I IL - H.. so l,oo
oskeI for n,,1,Is will NOT h.. annro.
nria.cl
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-01-19
Financial ] aniCs.

Since 1910 there has been three
great and disastrous money panics in
the United States. Each one was
caused by Il contraction of the cur
rency. Each period of restored pros
pcrity came through a very large in
crease in the money supply.
Our country has again entered upon
another area Of disaster from the same
cause. You can see it in the faces Of
the people. Everybody feels that there
is trouble ahead; that it is already
here. Only the indomitable will of
our people has held the fabric together
This long. In the past twenty years
this financial system has caused 95 out
of every 100 that go into business to
fail, while the other five get immensely
wealthy, During the first part Of tile
present crisis-1s76-77 ard 7s, there
were 2S,4 failures in the United
States. But pluck sustained our pep
pie, and they continue in about the
same ratio. During the years lss9-90
and|9l there were 34,O62 business fail
urss. In the past year the number will
reach. probably $4,000. This only in.
cludes commercial failures. No account
is kept of the many thousands of farm
ers who fail to make both ends meet
nor the millions of all classes who only
manage to pull through" withlhil
being even in comfortable circHm.
stances or being able to lay up some.
thing for a rainy day. Still the pc,
Gent. continue to get vastly rich and
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-01-19
Low Will IL End

If there is anything that will arouse
the people CT this country to tue alarm
ing conditions now confrontin: them.
it should be statistics like the follow
ing:
The average share Of labor from 1910
TO 1850 was over 81 per cent From
1850 to 1860 lahor's share had been re
duced to 43 per cent. From 1860 to
1870 to - per cent. From 1870 to
1880 to "a per cent, From 1880 to
1890 to II per cent. showing loss of
45 per cent. 10 labor in fifty years
These are startling figures for po!iti
clans to explain away in the rural dis
tricts. Is it any wonder that they
wish to ignore the financial question
and confine themselves to tariff? The
ratio or rate per cent going to invested
capital looks this way: From 1910 to
1850 capital received 81 per cent of
production. From 1850 to 1860, 56
per cent. From 1860 to 1870, 81 per
cent. From 1870 to 1880, 76 per cent,
and from 1880 to- 1890 SO per cent
These are statistical figures, and in
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-01-19
CALL FOR MORE CASH.
Worlds Fair Budget Inrrcased-Finan
Cicr> Are Perturtped.

Mr.. Bstrnh IN has made another esti-
mate Of the amount of money necessary
80 finish til" Worlds Fair buildings and
rut achson Park III proper shape for
op.n ng TIL. gales Of the rxposit on on
May |. Much to the surprise OF the
Board % d rectcrs this estimate calls
for IctWe'n SEQ, ,tOh AMI $500, 900 more
than any previous budget repaired by
the dire tor of woras. Naturally the
directors who have heard o. this esti-
mate are very uneasy. The large in
crease over all previous guesses at the
cost "f building the Fair was complete
surprise. .rr the director of works has
been very liberal in his estimates, and
il was generally supposed that the Top
not h of possible expenditures had been
REACHED in a previous calculation. /
member Of the Finance Committee eX-
Pressed The sentiment o. the board
when he laid expenses are running
away with Us.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-01-19
CAMPEDIN THEIR SEATS
KANSAS HOUSE AFRAID AD-
IOURN.
Rival Factions of the Kansas Leg ure
Hold the Fort fer Twenty-fonr Hours -
Neither Side Will Surren.ier-A Compro-
IsruupSrI.

Night Spent in the Capi o!.
Two loIies Of law makers, N the
same hall ca h with a sp akcr of its
own. and claiming TO he the lawful As
semIly OF the State, is The situa ion
here, says IL Topeka. Kan. d.spat h.
At o'ciock in the mo;E!t z, when it be
came apparent that no move cCu'd re
made hy the Popn!jsiS until the Senate
should met, an armed tru was
declared, ami 'th she rtiaX"d
somewha, IL Vigilance. Speakers
Eou.Iass and Nunsmore agreed that
neither side should attempt to ,ransa #
business during the night. and they re-
tired Blankets We're br-ught ard a
joint bed was made Up for them Ieii nd
the Speakers desk. wh"r. they njo>cd
more or less undisiur!.c rcpoer The
other III 'nlber- of III" two hou-cs were
less fortunate, betn.; obliged to sleep in
chair, on tn floor. o. n any NOOK os
corner no. otherwise occupied During
the night the Republicans prepared
Il memorial 10 The Governor, signed
by siXtN-tour members who ha ! certi'i-
Gates OF election from the state Can
vas liz FoarI. certified 10 by :hr Sc -
tarv OF Sta'c, setting forth iliI they. u
ma ,urity . two uf the Whui" humber Gf
memi crs, had Participate i'll the Re
publican or-san.1t ion AMI ic;iticn!ng
him TO recognize that body as the legally
constituted House ot pcpr. >cntatiNes.
This commute alton WAS taken % the
Governor at nl.tni. lit. lie wa- aroused
and accepted the do"'ine:lt, b 4 told The
committee presenting it tt.at he had no
statement to make. At O clock in the
morning the nenli ers began arouse
themselves and TO cast abo:l for br, ak
fast. san witches and coffee We're
served in the cioaiI-To pus and II n b.
gan Il three hours Wa t ior iii assem-
bling CT the Se1ate.
The 70 u,i IS plan fer bringing
things to ali issue contenll4t ID ;;!l i'm
p rtant move 1T Il O'Clock, To which
hour the Senate al i::ourl!rd the praNln..-
day. The plan nvui> ed Tie recognition
of the lopnli-t House hy the Governor
an S nfte. which is ruled by 5 ropu-
lis ma ;ority. Thi- Icing done the
ioru!Ist Speaker was to request H.
retirement of al persons not members
OF the House, incilIiln- the members of
the Republican House. If the latter
declined to withdraw voluntarily then
the Governor was 70 o:d the Adjutant
General 10 lend his assistance in
forcing Il en- out. the latter hein. All
thorizc,! 10 order out tn militia 10 en-
force his orders
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-01-19

The Farmers Alliance has been the
means of destroying such combinations
as railroad and elevator monopolles
and gain buyers associations in Color
ado. Illinois. Nebraska. the Dakotas
and other states within the past twelve
wears and it is capable OF doing more
Of this kind of work, If it will leave
politics ont OF the question, wherever
found. The important question now
before the public is the success Of the
anti option bill. Whatever effect its
passage may have upon the material
prosr Gritty of the farmer. the question
OF ethics in the moral conduct of ex
change in the commercial world is
sufficiently important to demand the
passage of the bill.
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Funny, Ain ii.

The people own and operate the
postal system.
The people own and operate the iu
dietary system.
The people own aud operate the po-
lice spytem.
The people own and operate the fire
system.
The people own and operate the army
anl navy.
The people own and operate the
streets. highways and bridges.
The people own and operate the tax
systems.
The people own and operate the
school system.
The people own and operate the
prison systems.
The people own and operate the IN
sane systems.
The people own and operate the elec-
ton systems.
But the fool who suggests that the
railroad. telegraph. coal and oil systems
should be added is TOO crazy to be al
lowed to run at large. Funny, amt
it Coming Crisis.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-01-19

DRESSES of spun glass were sho wn in
Paris in 1868.
CHINA grass was used for making very
fine goods in 1927.
IN 1859 two ply ingram carpets were
made in Lowell, Mass.
A coMBING machine was patented by
Joshua Heilman in 1915.
In 1870 the value OF the worlds sill
produce was G44, ,7SS,O30.
In 1875 silk-raising was firmly estab.
lished in South Carolina.
THE self-act:ng mule was patented b,
Roberts, English, in 1926.
THE electric loom WAS invented By
Bonelli, of Turin, in 1854.
ANILINE violet was discovered ani
applied to calicoes in 1863.
In 1881 the duty Of 3.d on the squars
yard Of calico was removed.
ANIL1NE blue dye was discovered ant
used In cotton making ip 1851
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-01-19
How the World Ways,

MEAsi.Es are epidemic at Brazil, Ind.
l., GRIPPE has broken out at Fort
lodge, La.
MsNNfsoTA decides not to hold Il
State fair this year.
THREE beers and a sandwich are now
sold at st. Louis for cents.
TrRrIE will se rcnominated for The
Senate by Indiana Democrats.
Col. W. VI. Owen. who served in The
Confederate army, died at New Orleans.
EDGAR MIL1S of San Francisco, is
dead. He leaves a fortune of $1,000
co..
FRANK +. EAMES. Of Niagara Falls,
y. Y. was arrested for embezzliny Sl0,-
Goa.
CAMpAr received the Democrat, eau
Gus nomination for Senator from Michi-
gan.
4 CABLE ear WAS run down by an en-
ginc at ST. Louis. One man was Sc
vercly in ured.
DIR. PHILIP REIpEL. OF East Liver
pool, O.. has e'opcd with Mrs. Hauck,
his mother-inlaw.
TRAsK e Co. the New York stock
brokers who failed recently, have re-
Sumcu business.
JOSEPH F. BARKER, q Boston reporter,
is missing, and is suppose 10 have lost
his hfa in the Boston fire.
CADET NJ. X. JOHNSON, of the Annap-
oils Academy. charged with hazing, was
acquitted by a court-marial.
Ex-CLERN WALDRo>, OF the New
Haven, Conn, Board OF Public Works,
is f.500 short in his accCunIs.
POLICEMAN CARVER, of Hamilton,
Ohio, sho: and killed Policeman Scott,
of Cincinnati, in a row over an arrest.
IT is said that the Pope has asked
the opinion of all Catholic bishops in
the United States on the school ques-
ton.
P.J. CoRBETT, father of Pugilist Jim
Corbett, is alleged to have squandered
$500 of an estate in his hands as
guardian.
/ THE hair of exTreasurer Foerstal, of
/ st. Louis, has turned white under the
strain of the embezzlement by and sui
eide of his son.
SIMON GOLDMAN, paying teller of the
German National Bank in Denver, Col
, is missing. 1t is alleged that his ac-
counts are short $4,000.
| JOHN DouGHERTY, head cook in the
I Transit House at South Omaha, Neb.
| was assaulted in the hotel hallway by
| Charles Stewart, the head Porter, and
! stabbed TO death.
| Mrs. ALICE A. MINICK, the first
| woman to graduate from the law depart
ment of the Nebraska State University,
was admitted to practice in the Federal
! Court at Lincoln, Neb.
! J. II. CLARK is in Jamestown, n D.,
10 king for his wife, who eloped, Ms.
! Clark claims, with their hired man ten
| years ago. His alleged wife and the
hired man have been living under the
name Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Rod
. erick.
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.-- ---
FATHERS OF GREAT MEN.

GEORGE WHITFIELD's father was an
innkeeper, and in his boyhood George
held horses at the inn door and ran
errands for the guests.
PoRsoN. the great Latinist, was the
son of a weaver His taste for learning
was kindled by the accidental discovery
OF a book Of Latin proverbs.
LORD ELDoN, the famous English
jurist, was boatman's son, and TO the
end OF his life retained fondness for
aquatic sports and boating.
/ PRESIDENT JOHNSON was the son OF
parents in very poor circumstances. and
wass himself tailor and unable to read
uaf.f nearly thirty years of age.
..TACHARD BAXTER, the great Puritan
pre- acher, was the son OF a tenant far
mer. and until nearly grown the future
author did the work Of Q farm hand.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-01-19
BELIEVE IN SHORT SKIRTS.
Woman Suffrage iSitators Discuss the rr

Woman Suffrage Agitators Discuss the Fro
posed Reform.
Missouri and Kansas woman suffrage
agitators cane together at + ansas City,
Mo. 10 advocate the short-skirt reform
Many of The members came w tn dresses
three or four inches above the ground
to see how the thing really looicd, and
those who had ohic ted 20 the recorm
came into line when they saw that every
inch taken from the bottom of
skirt took ten years from lhe
woInan's age. Mrs. J. C.. Mtrinc.
author of the short skirt idea and wife
of the wei!known por rait ia nter. made
a little speech in which she deplored
the fact that her shorter dresses were
not completed ill time for the meeting
Another woman stepped to the front and
showed how nicely her dress hung when
shortened and how only few al ,iitional
inches Of feet were exhibited to the
public. One exhibitor of the mcde was
accused of being a traitor becau the
back Of her dress hung too low, but on
discovering the fat she naively re-
marked tha. hook was cut of place
and calmly prc ceeJed to adjust it. No
one seemed to want the resolution
amended to permit of lower or higher
dresses
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-01-19
Government Ownership Will Come

The growth of the opinion in this
country in favor OF government owner
ship OF the railways, the telegraph and
the telephone systems, and in favor of
municipal ownership of all municipal
monopolies is simply remarkable. That
the complete ownership and operation
Of all our great public and national
monopolies will soon become fact.
there seems TO be no reasonable doubt.
The time was. in this country, when 1t
was thought to be impossible for the
government to manage the postal ser
yice. That day has gone by. To-day
some good meaning people think the
government could not manage he
railroads. the telegraph and the tn4e
phone. The day will soon come when
the possibility will come. There is
no other way to settle the railroad
question.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-01-19
:. Warming.

Extracts from Lincoln's message 10
Congress in 1861; In my present po-
sition would be scarcely justified We're
| 10 omit exercising q warning voice
against returning despotism. There IS
one poin. to which | call attention. 1t
is an effort to place capital on an even
footing with, if not above labor. in the
structure of the government. | bid
the laboring people beware ot..surrend-
ering power which they already pos
sess, and which. when surrendered
will surely b. used to close the door of
advancement to such as they and fix
new disabilities upon them until all of
liberty shall be lost
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BIG COAL FIELDS BOUGHT.
The Reading in :. Deal for the Control of
Nova Scatia Miua.


II is stated on good authority that the
Goa! nasnates y. Pennsylvania, acting
with the Canadian Pacific Hallway,
have about concluded IL deal ly which
almost The entire coal-iields OF Nova
Scotia are to pass under their control.
The combine, it i said, has over SE, =
Gho ,obG 10 invest IN the pro ,ect. The
Nova Scotia Leg stature has been
called 10 meet 10 ratify the bargain. 4
w"il-known fnanoier says Of the
scheme: This consolidation of Nova
Scotia mining companies is the outcome
of the combination of the anthracite
coal earrier, in February, 1892, ana the
anthracite men are believed TO be back
Ing this deal TO protect themselves
again I the competition of Nova Scotia
roai in the event Of the abolition Of
coal duties.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-01-19

Our so-called great financiers delight
TO initiate he financial legislation OF
Great Britain. and one of the most i'm.
portant measures that has passed the
Commons of the great Parliament was
4 land loan scheme Il scheme tor the
Government to aid the Irish tenant 10
purchase his home 1t passed the
Commons on June - by majority Of
129 out of a total vote ol 81. The
measure provides that the British Gov
ernment shall advance the money to
bnv out the landed estates. and allows
the tenants to purchase their holdings
bv y. wing annual instaliments. 10
this nd Sl65, 900 U0o is to be appropri
AGED. The purchasing tenants will be
required 20 pay such installments as
will complete their payment in forty
nine wears A. fas as the lnstal!menis
are paid the money Is to he used in
other purchases.
In payment for the land the Govern
ment is to issue to the owners stocks or
bonds at u per cent, and payable in
nos less than II ir'v years.
This is to all tntents and purposes
Government loan on real estate, and if
Great Britain can make such loans TO
free the Irish tenantrv from landlord
ism might not the United States Gov
eminent make similar loans to free the
American farmer from Shvlcck Pro
nressiyc Farmer
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95 per cent. poor accordingly. This is
not idle calamity howling. 1t is facts
that cannot be disputed.
That Is not all Real estate, especi-
ally farms. has decreased in value all
the way from % to - per cent. If YOU
don't believe it, try to sell your farm at
what you paid for it twenty years ago,
or what it would have sold for then,
everything i'll the way of improvements
being deducted. Still there are people
who think a little tariff tinkering will
put things in proper shape. Progress
sive Farmer