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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-07

Special Dlonntch,
Guthrie. O. r., June tin response
20 telegram from the pnclnls of tho
ROCK lsltisd railway Aoting Governor
Lowe aud United States MhfHhal Nix
left for Round Pond to dispense tho
mob who had taken puHaeasion OF tho
railway property ana torn up the track
because the company would not stop
truinn there
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-07

Hpcelhl lplhpnicns
Houston. Tex. June G,--Mr. Buck
wRld. his wife and Mrs. Augusta Field
and her two children. while bathing last
night. were assaulted by a crowd or
negroes, who attempted TO outrage the
ladies. All tho party were badly used
w before assistance came TO brighten
on the brutoa, who escaped.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-07

Associated Press.
Washington. June s.-For Eastern
fsas' Fair; slightly cooler on the
y warmer in northern portion, north
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-07

by Associated Press.
Topeka, kanD June e.-Thc Repuh-
iioan state convention. the largcat POI
iltlcal convention ever held IN Kansas.
WAS called 10 order az noon today by
thalrmnn Simpson OF the state central
committee. After organizing recess
was talScn until tonlrht.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-07

ly Aesoclatod Press
Matttfviilc, Me. June o.--rhc Third
district Republican congressional con-
yentlon has nominated Hon. seth Mil
likun for congress
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u. We favor bl-mc,aillam as well as
gold az one OF the great products OF tho
United States. It's coinaEc and use as
circulating medium nhould be stoadi-
~ maintained aud constantly enoour-
aged by the national government; and
we advocate such a policy M will. by
diactimlnutins Regulation or otherwise.
most speedily restore 20 silver It's
rlghtful place as money metal.
10, We dcnouncc the nVowed purpose
OF the Democratic londcra TO restore
the era Of wild cat" and red dog"
money By repeating the prohihitory 10
per cent taN on state bank Issues All
money OF whatever kind should be
under national aud not state control,
10. Cummcnda Nicaragua canal,
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d.Sunmer Number
tterick Delineator,

4 largest and most inter.
|nr number ever publish
I'm that celebrated cor
btion, price as usual, l5o.
BE is probably nothing
klished for l5c equally in.
Esting or valuable.
Two dozen duck suits in
lie and fancies arrived
Eerday. Price, "a. SO.
be-, different Second
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Pace Setter

| "a rexas journalism is the
Ere. ,eyspnper OF today, not n
o. AZ. mouern ideas. one of
81 fhnt n newspaper should
r. lie whole people-not for
~ fraction of them.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-07

the Democratic committee OF the sen.
ate.
Al, We denonnce the Present Demos
cratic administration. its Hawaiian
policy has been a national Disgrace,
" We deruuncc the administration
OF the present ponaion bureau MS a de-
lihorate betrayal Of the welfare Of
Union aoldlcra and sailors
IL, We demand the enactment OF such
LEGISLATION an Will prevent the immi-
grafton Of the vicious md criminal
clNsres OF the lnbOrera under contract;
OF pnupCra and anarchiats
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-07

senator Allen Introduces a ritn Pre-.
htbitinE stock Bny1aE.

Washington. June s.--one outgrowth
Of the sugar Investigation appeared
IN the senate today. u took the form
Of a bill by Mr. Allen Of Nebraska, It's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09

the scheme, succeeded in interesting
Victor F. Lawson. Lawson was a ma
tive of Chicago, whose father had left
him some property, including The Skan-
dinaven, a Swedish-Norwegian news
paper. He put up the money needed and
agreed to pay Stone a regular salary as
managing editor. After a time Stone
got one third interest in the paper back,
but few years ago sold out again to
Mr.. Lawson, who has since been sole
owner of the paper. A popularity of
The News was its four editions daily
one in the morning, one at 10 o'clock
noon, one at p. m and one at 5 p. m.
Two or three years ago 1t was decided
to separate the morning and afternoon
editions, and to the morning paper was
given the name of The Record, with
separate management and separate plant
Mr.. Lawson is but little over 10 years
of age. He still devotes all his time to
the direction of his two newspapers and
stands in high regard in the business
and social world as well as in journal
istic circles. 1t is in the columns of The
News that Eugene Field has printed
most of his late work.
It was in 1881 that the Chicago Her
aid was established by a number of
bright, enthusiastic young men from the
offices of the older papers Like many
another journalistic enterprise, The Her
aid saw some days of uncertainty, but
in 1882, when the energy of James W.
Scott and the money of J. r. Walsh,
the owner of the Western News compa-
ny, were added to the resources of the
paper, a period of phenomenal growth
and prosperity began. No backward
steps have since been taken by the pa
per, which now adorns a shining place
in the front rank of American journals.
A nong the charms of the Chicago
Herald have been its clean, beautiful
typography and the pure white paper
stock upon which it is printed. Much of
the success of the paper has been due to
H w. Seymour, the managing editor.
whose assistants have always been men
of ability and energy. Walter Wellman,
who has gone north to look for the pole,
was for some years connected with The
Herald and originated many of the fea-
lures which gave it individuality in the
early days The Evening Post is. in
way, an afternoon edition of The Herald,
being owned by the same stockholders,
although printed from different plant
and conducted by separate staff.
The Chicago Journal, published every
afternoon, is still conducted somewhat
upon the old school plan. but it doubt
less pleases its constituency quite as
well as the newer journals do theirs So
much space is required even briefly to
mention the giants of the Chicago press
that none is left to devote to the lesser
lights or the periodicals. Of which there
are many and printed in many Ian
guageA J. d. MARSHALL
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It become one shortly thereafter. Mr..
MediIl was the virtual discoverer Of
Abraham Lincoln His first vote was
cast for Clay. He was in at the birth of
the Republican party. He was mayor of
Chicago just after the great fire, and it
was during his term and his subsequent
brief sojourn in Europe that The Trib-
une received it's only setback. Mr.. Hor-
ace White, then being the editor, caused
the paper TO support Greeley. When Mr..
Medill returned to the editorial chair, he
swung the paper again into line with
his party. and its progress since has
been steady and continuous.
The Tribune's chief competitor for the
favor of the Republican party in Chicago
is The Inter Ocean, which was started in
1879 by John Young Scannon, who
bought the franchise, practically all
that was left after the big fire, of the
Chicago Republican, that had been
Charles A Dana's paper. Scannon had
to abandon the enterprise not long after
its establishment, but it was taken up
by The Inter Ocean Publishing com
pany. Elijah Halford, known to the
world as President Harrison's private
secretary, was the first managing editor
William Penn Nixon the first business
manager. F. W. Palmer, afterward
pu bic print ter; G1lDerG P1erce, later
United States minister to Spain, and
Melville E. Stone were among those
who began with The Inter Ocean. 1t re-
ceived great impetus when The Tribune
decided to support Greeley in 1872. It's
present publisher, Herman II. Kohlsaat
began life as a cash boy at 50 week.
but he wanted to go to work in news
paper Office and got place as Office boy
with The Tribune. His mother objected
He predicted that some time he would
himself own newspaper and is busy
now verifying that prophecy. Before
he bought into The Inter Ocean, how
ever, he made much money as a sales
man and some fame as the inventor of a
new style of 1unchroom. He is man of
great energy and keen journalistic sense
Next in order of age comes The News,
which was born in 1875. Melville E.
Stone and William Dougherty believed
that Chicago was good place for
cent newspaper. They succeeded in per-
suading Percy Meggy, who had some
money, that they were right. There were
no l cent pieces circulating in Chicago
at that time, and the early days of the
life of The News were not days of plen-
ty. Dougherty was the first to get out
Meggy paid him 500 for third inter
est. Then Meggy, after sinking $13, 600,
abandoned the enterprise. Then Stone,
who had no money, but lots of faith in
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HE HAD LOST TWO.


The Beetle Browed Man Knew What He
Was Talking About.
Among the people waiting in the de-
pot at the foot of Brush street two or
three evenings since was a citizen who
expected his wife on an incoming train.
He didn't tell anybody that he expected
her, but his looks and actions gave him
away. He skated up and down to see if
the train was on time Then he rushed
out and engaged a hack Then he prom
enadea around and wiped his brow, and
he was impatiently watching the clock
when a sawed off, beetle browed man,
who was evidently yearning to dash
somebody's bright hopes to earth, slid
up to him and queried:
''Expectin some one, eh?''
eyes, sir. -
''Not your mother-in-1aw?"
'tNo, sir. -
''Wife, probably?"
Eyes,
'tBin away long?''
stOver two weeks. -
'Comin on this train?''
yes
''Waal, dunno continued the man
as he rubbed his back against the ticket
window shelf ST wouldn't be too en-
thusias5ic about it. Wimmen are mighty
from me. Is your wife any hand to
make acquaintance while traveling?''
''No, sir
Couldn't be induced to elope?''
''Sirl Do you intend to insult me?''
''Gosh, mol wouldn't insult nobody
nor nothing. Could your wife be carried
away by good looks and lots of money!
eff you wasn't an old man, I'd thump
you for your impudenceG' exclaimed the
husband as he grew red all over.
'fYou would WAL, I won't talk to
you. If your wife comes in ON the train,
all right. If she doesn't come, you
needn't blame me-
He went into the sitting room, and
the train presently came in. The hus-
band lodged about as if he was walking
on glass, and the passengers came out
one by one until the coaches were
empty. There was no wife. 1t was 10
minutes before the husband could give
up and when he did and started out
doors the old man lounged out and said:
81 told him so. I've lost two vim
men just that way, and I knew what ]
was talking about. !" - Detroit Free
Press.
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paper. 1t took him about four weeks to
get from Watertown to Chicago, and
when he got there he found the popula-
ton of the place to be not more than
500 souls. There was no finished build
ing in the entire village in which he
could rent space for publication, press
and editorial room, so he fell to and
with his own hands helped to lath
room in a not yet completed structure
The day the first issue of his paper was
printed was one of great excitement in
the little hamlet by the lake shore, and
the sheets that were then thrown off
from the hand press were regarded by
the inhabitants as evidences of distinct
ly forward step in the history Of the set
Element. 1t is probably not necessary to
say that among the articles in that first
number was one predicting that Chicago
would one day be larger that New York.
Shortly afterward Mr.. Calhoun was
elected a Justice of the peace and in
time became chief justice of the supreme
court of the state of Illinois How long
he remained in the newspaper business
I do not know, and if The Democrat
which he started be still in existence it
is in form obscure as to attract no
attention and to be utterly unknown
to the great world.
1t would be interesting to trace from
this humble journalistic beginning the
history of that marvellous thing, the
press of Chicago. 1t would be a chron-
icle filed with thrilling incidents and
detailing the deeds of men of extraordi-
nary force. Perhaps the most extraordi-
nary of them all would be Wilbur +.
Storey, the shrewd V Vermont Y ankee who,
after learning the printers trade in the
shadows of the Green mountains, drifted
west, located first in South Bend, Ind,
and afterward published the Detroit Free
Press for some years before going to Chi
cago. There he succeeded in making
The Times the greatest newspaper of
the west if not of the world. There he
virtually introduced the Especial dis
PATCH as we'll as many other. of the
most important features that differen-
tate the journalism of today from that
of the fathers. When he was in his
prime, he once said to subordinate that
he did not wish his newspaper to live
after him; he desired the world to IN
derstaEd that he was the newspaper, and
that without the guidance of his genius
it could not be perpetuated. Later, after
his brain had been partially overwhelm-
ed by the lethal wave that finally quite
submerged it, he changed his mind and
planned to leave the property in the
hands of a board of managers who should
his relatives and after that to designat-
ed charities in the city of his adoption.
This plan was never carried out, and
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BLUE GRASS Blade Lexington, Ky.):
eff Breckenridge were SO humbled by
the degradation TO which he has brought
himself, and by the disgrace he has
brought upon his county, that he would
modestly and cOntritely seek the retire
ment Of private life, and show DISPOSE
ton in that capacity to make amends for
the ruin he has wrought, it would be
quite another matter, but, fresh from the
conviction of the lowest and most brutal
and heartless uncleanness and unfaith-
fulness to a pure and loving wife, and
with the echo of lie after lie scarce dying
from his polluted lips, he comes and asks
The people Of this county to ratify and
indorse all Of this by sending him back
TO congress-"
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IT is a noteworthy fact that Rev. W. g.
Todd, the clergyman who did the praying
for the Populist house during the legis-
lative war, is almost the only
man who has been appointed
to office under the present adj
ministration who has had sense and abil-
ity enough to manage his business with
out dragging the institution over which
he presides into disrepute Rev. Mr..
Todd is superintendent of the state blind
asylum, and as far as can be learned he is
making a most exemplary officer. OF
course the state board OF charities will
go out of their way to avoid putting as
good a man in charge of the reform
school or the Topeka insane asylum. Mr.
Todd is one member of his party who
seemingly lives up to his profession in
declaring that the Populist party is
founded on the Brotherhood of God and
the Brotherhood of Man" Besides he
possesses common sense which is a great
rarity in his party.
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Small.

The young man from the city had
been fishing. He hadn't had much luck,
but it was more than he was used to,
and he looked very jubilant as he STROBE
into the farmhouse kitchen with his
catch.
''What'je git?'' asked his host.
'tOh, nothing much. just few cat
fish
''Mean them?" the farmer inquired,
pointing with his pipe stem.
Certainly. They're not very large.
But there's no doubt about their being
catfish. -
''Waal, mebbe they passes fur catfish
out whur you come from. But here we
calls them kittenfsh. - Washington
Star.
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the paper, though still journalistic
entity lit belongs to the estate of Carter
H. Harrison), has dropped out of the
first rank of Chicago newspapers
OF the men who still guide the jour-
mails of Chicago, but one of the old school
its left Joseph Medi1l, the editor and
chief proprietor of The Tribune, was a
member of the general class which in
c1uded Thurlow Weed, Horace Greeley,
James Gordon Bennett, Henry J. Ray
mond, George d. Prentice, Charles A.
Dana and Wilbur T. Storey. Mr.. Medill
is now II and for several years has liv-
ed most of the time in southern Califor-
MIA But notwithstanding the fact that
his form is no longer seen and his voice
no longer heard in the Office of his news
paper he still directs its policy and
writes many of its editorials, some of
which he sends by telegraph
When he took The Tribune in 1855,
after having virtually started the
Cleveland Leader, 1t was not a success
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09

TWvHE FIRST PAPER IN KANSAS TO Sc
- cure the leased wire service of the Associated
Press; controls exclusively for Topeka the Fun
Day Service Of this great organization for the
collection of news A Telegraph operator in the
STATE JOURNAL. office is employed for the sole
purpose of taking this report. which comes con-
tinuOusly from 1850 a. m till 400 p IN. with
bulletins of important news up TO D. m-) over
wire running into this oIt1c9 and used only for
the day Associated Press business between the
hours above named
80 The STATE JOURNAL Is the only paper in
Kansas receiving the Full Day Associated Press
Report
kH-The STATE JOURNAL has regular aver
age Daily Loca Circulation in Topeka of
than ali other Capital City DaiIies Conn
bIned, and Double that OF its principal
competitors very creditable morning news
paper.
Member of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association.
e4-The STATE JOURNAL Press Room Il
equipped with Lightning Web Perfecting
Printing PreSs-the handSOmeSI and fastest
piece Of printing machinery in the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-09

AS soon as the legs of General Kelly
and his men gave out their popularity
began to wane. The spectacle of their
march to Washington over rough roads
and under beating rain storms was
sight that filed the country with admira-
ton of their courage if not of their mo-
tives- There was something romantic
and inspiring in the thought of 1900
men going on foot all the way from the
Missouri river to the nations capital as
matter of principle. 1t made one think
of the crusaders of the little band who
sang the Marseillaise along the roads
from Marseilles to Paris. If these men
were willing to undergo such hardships
because they thought they were right,
the country was willing to waive the
question and furnish the pork, bread and
coffee to sustain their frames while they
plodded But when they began to
show signs of weakening, when they ex-
hibited the melancholy fact that they
were not the stuff that martyrs are
made of and wanted to ride all the way
and walk not at all, not even for exer-
else; when the march of the invincibles
threatened to dwindle into a mere rail-
road excursion, the country lost faith in
Mr.. Kelly's army. While they were
marching with bright eyes and heads up
lifted cheering for non-interest bearing
bonds Tor whatever they were cheering
for) they were an imposing sight, but
now that they have fallen from their
high ambition and refuse to get out of
Des Moines unless they are carried out,
the public breathes a sigh of disappoint-
ment and turns eagerly to some fresh
humhuQ.
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HITCHCOCK NoToLEARER.

Superintendent Hitchcock of the
State Reform school has been pronounce
ed innocent by the state board of chart
ties. of the charges preferred against
him, but not so by public opinion. From
the evidence given at the investigation
and by his own admission, Superinten-
dent Hitchcock is proven to be wholly
unfit for the position he occupies.
If as is believed by many, he was Civ
en- this thin coating of white wash that
he might resign without being removed
the public will not object seriously. 1t
is a matter for the board to settle with
their conscience and their party. What
the public demands is that this impor-
tant institution shall be purged of a man
proven SO wholly untitled for its manage
ment
Had Superintendent Hitchcock lived
in the south before the war he might
have commanded a high salary as an
overseer of black men, and even now
he might be useful in the mines of Sibe-
ria, but his methods should have no place
among the free and enlightened people
of Kansas.
What cry of Indignation would go
up in any community if it were known
10 nave Ludu III kulQSL WIZ OSdL lis
children on their bare backs with a rub
Der hose! Shall a man be permitted then
to do this to the children of the state?
Such things would scarcely be tolerated
in the penitentiary, why then in a re-
formatoryl Perhaps the public is wrong
in its conception of what a reform school
is for, but it has been under the impress
sion that it was for the purpose of taking
bad boys and moulding them into good
boys, who would go out into the world
and become useful citizens. If this is
not the purpose of the school, it might as
well be abandoned and the Eoys be sent
to the penitentiary at once. The object
of the school is scarcely less likely to be
attained under the Hitchcock system of
discipline. People are not reformed that
way and man who is incapable of more
civilized methods should not be tolerated
at the head of such an institution a single
day. Mr.. Hitchcock should reform him
self or step down and out, willingly or
unwiliingly. The state administration
cannot afford to ignore this fact
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On the Car.

He had accused her of general hos
tility to his sex.
"You are mistaken" she declared
81 have frequently stood up for the
men in your presence %
He laughed.
ST was not aware of it, he rejoined-
mo- she said, and there was a bes-
semer steel ring in her voice, ''you were
reading your paper during the whole
ride. Detroit Tribune
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WHEN the whole list of Populist officials
shall have been gone through, it is doubt
full if many will be found that have
not exceeded in corruption and incapac-
ity anything that has ever been heard of
before in the state.
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The prosecution in the trial of Browne
and Coxey, with all those who have been
forwarding it, has been SO farcical and
SO ridiculously puerile as to make the
simplicity of the misguided Coxey stand
out like a solid mountain of common
sense in comparison.
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If Baby Ruth really is a deaf mute, as
reported, it is to be hoped that the mis-
fortune will not accentuate any long
winded tendency in writing that she may
have inherited from her father.
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Mr.. WAIT of the board of charities
doesn't want to be hurried in the investi-
eating business Taking his view of it,
one can hardly blame him. he proba-
bility of developing more mismanage-
ment in the asylum just after the Reform
school outrages have been brought to
light is far from pleasing prospect to
Populists with campaign at hand.
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PRESS OF A BIG CITY.
NEWSPAPERS AND NEWSPAPER MEN
OF THE WESTERN METROPOLIS.

John Calhoun Started the First journal
There-Storey and The Times-Medill
and The Tribune-The News-Record, The
Inter Ocean and The Herald.
The first newspaper ever published in
Chicago was The Weekly Democrat 1t
was established 40 years ago by a young
man named John Calhoun, who had been
a printer on The Eagle at WATERFOWL,
n. Y.
Having concluded that the east was
too slow for him, he started west one
Septem Der morning with a complete
outfit for the publication of a weekly
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Ton REED suggests that "back stairs"
influence has been at work among the
senators A little more back stairs in
huence in the way of tumbIing down
them on account of kick administered
by the people is what the senate needs.