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our National flag, aided by Derversions OF
judicial power, as q crime against humanity
and burning shame to our country and age
and we call upon Congress to take prompt and
efficient measures for the total and final sup
preston of that execrable traffic.
IL. That, while providing revenue for the
support of the General Government by duties
upon imports, sound policy requires such an
adjustment of these imports as to encourage
the development of the industrial interests of
the whole country; and we commend that
policy of National exchanges which secures to
the workIngmen liberal wages, to agriculture
remunerative prices, to mechanics and man.
ufacturers an adequate reward for their skill,
labor and enterprise and to the Nation COM
mercial prosperity and independence.
Their platform was adopted on the
second day of the convention with great
show of enthusiasm. The nominations
were made on the succeeding day. Will
liam Evarts nominated William H.
Seward, and there were several speeches
seconding this nomination. among the
speakers being Austin Blair of Michigan
and Carl Schurz of Wisconsin. The nomi-
nation of Abraham Lincoln was made by
N. B. Judd of Illinois, and Caleb Smith OF
Indiana seconded. The other candidates
for the Presidential nomination were
Simon Cameron OF Pennsylvania, William
Layton of New Jersey, Edward Bates OF
Missouri, John Mclean of Ohio and Jacob
Collamer Of Vermont. Seward led on the
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responsibility than those within the hearing
of my voice. You do not need me to tell you,
gentlemen, what the responsibility is. While
one portion of the adherents of the National
administration are endeavoring to insert
slave code into the party platform, another por-
ton exhibits its readiness to accomplish the
same result through the action of the Supreme
Court of the United States, willing, by the in
dication, to do indirectly that which, If done
directly, would bring blush even to the
cheek of modern Democracy.
While these and other stupendous wrongs
absolutely shocking to the moral sentiment of
the country are TO be fastened upon the peo-
pie by the party in power If its leaders are
able to bring the factious elements that COM
pose it into any degree of unanimity there
seems left no ray of hope except in the good
sense of this convention.
Let u.s. then, invoke you to act in a spirit OF
harmony, that by the dignity, the wisdom and
the patriotism displayed here you may be en-
abled to enlist the hearts of the people and to
strengthen them in the faith that yours is the
constitutional party of the country, and the
only constitutional party; that you are
actuated by principles and that you will be
guided by the light and by the example of the
fathers of the Republic.
Hon. David Wilmot of Pennsylvania,
the temporary chairman, on taking the
chair spoke as follows:
A great sectional and aristocratic party, or
interest, has for years dominated with high
hand over the political affairs of this country
That interest has wrested. and is now wrest-
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year there was general recognition through
out the North that all who intended to make
q serious fight against the pro-slavery Democ-
racy would unite under the flag OF the Repub-
ican party.
In its very first effort, without compact or
ganization, without discipline, 1t rallied the
anti-slavery sentiment so successfully as to
carry nearly all the free States and to secure a
plurality of the members of the House of Rep
resentatives The Indignation OF the people
knew no bounds. Old political landmarks dis
appeared and party prejudices of three genera
tions were swept aside in day. With such
success in the outset the Republicans pre-
pared for vigorous struggle in the approach
ing election.
The way had been paved by the Free
soilers and by the Abolitionists. The re-
peal Of the Missouri compromise brought
nearer the struggle which eventuated in
the Civil War after the struggle in Kansas
and other events had brought on ''the irre-
pressible conflict"
Again Mr. Blaine is quoted on this point:
In the South they saw and felt their danger,
and they determined at all hazards to defend
themselves against policies which involved
the total destruction of their social and indus
trial fabric. They were not mere malcontents
They were not pretenders. They did not aim
at small things. They had ability and they
had courage. They had determined upon
mastery within the Union or a continental
empire outside OF it.
So much in general for the cause which
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ordinary capacity as delegates Of the people to
prepare for the formation and carrying on of
a new administration, and with the help of
mere controversy about miserable abstraction
has brought us here to-day; we have not come
here on any idle question. The sacrifice which
most of US have made in the extended journey
and in the time devoted to it could have been
made only upon some solemn call; and the
stern look which see on every face and the
earnest behavior which has been manifested
in all the preliminary discussions show full
well that we will have a true and deep sense of
the solemn obligation which is resting
upon us.
Gentlemen, it does not belong to me to make
an extended address, but allow me to say that
/ think that / have
right here to-day in the Asbmun's I'M
name OF the American Dsachment of the
people to declare that
we impeach the admin d""s"'soIusso''s
istration of our General
Government of the highest crimes which can
be committed against constitutional Govern
ment, against free people and against hu-
manity prolonged cheers.l The catalogue OF
its crimes is not for me to recite. 1t is written
upon every page of the history OF the presentad-
rninistration, and I care not how many paper
protests the President may send to the House OF
Representatives. daughter and applause.l
The platform which was adopted had.
among others, the following significant
planks:
/. That the history of the Nation during the
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had been transmitted by Buchanan to
Congress. The John Brown raid had taken
place at Harpers Ferry. The Democratic
party had been split into opposing wings.
Several members of the Buchanan Cabinet
retired because they took issue with Bu-
chanan concerning the right of the Gov
ernment to prevent the secession of a
State from the Union. The conventions
of 1860 had brought about a complete polit-
ical revolution.
Had the Republicans carried the States
of Pennsylvania and Indiana in 1856
they would have sue
ceeded. They were The Stirring
all aware in 1860 Days Just
that the South Before the War.
would not accept the
"squatter sovereignty" plan suggested
by Stephen A. Douglas, and the North
was not willing to adopt the extreme
views of the more radical pro-slayery ad-
yocates of the South. The Democratic
National Convention which met at Charles
ton April %, 1850, at once began a heated
controversy. resolution was adopted
that, as differences had existed in the
party as to the nature and extent
of the powers of the territorial
legislatures and to the powers and duties
of Congress under the constitution over
the institution of slavery, the Democratic
party would abide by the decision of the
Supreme Court on the question OF consti-
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last four years has fully established the pro-
priety and necessity of the organization and
perpetuation of the Republican party; and
that the causes which called it into existence
are permanent in their nature, and now, more
than ever before, demand its peaceful and con-
stitutional triumph.
2. That the maintenance of the principles
promulgated in the Declaration of Independ-
enee and embodied in the Federal
constitution, "That all men are created
equal; that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inalienable rights;
that among these are life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness; and to secure
these rights Governments are instituted amo ong
men, deriving their just powers from the con-
sent OF the governed" is essential to the pres
ervation of our republican Institutions; and
that the Federal constitution, the rights of the
States and the union of the States must and
shall be preserved.
g. That to the union of the States this Ma
ton owes its unprecedented increase in popu-
lation, its surprising development of material
resources, its rapid augmentation of wealth,
its happiness at home and its honor
abroad; and we hold in adherence all
schemes for disunion, come from whatever
source they may. And we congratulate the
country that no Republican member of Con-
gress has uttered or countenanced the threats
OF d1Sunlon so often made Dy democratic men,
bers, without rebuke, and with applause from
their political associates; and we denounce
those threats of disunion, in case of a popular
overthrow of their ascendency, as denying the
vital principles of free government, and as
an ayowal of contemplated treason, which it
is the imperative duty of an indignant people
sternly to rebuke and forever silence,
z. That the new dogma that the constitu-
ton, of its own force,
carries slavery into The Extension Of
ritories of the United
States is a danger Political Heresy.
Gus political heresy,
at variance with the explicit provisions OF
that instrument itself.
8. That the normal condition of all the ter
ritory of the United States is that of freedom
that as our republican fathers, when they had
abolished slavery in all our National territory
ordained that "no person should be deprived OF
life, liberty or property without due process
of law, it becomes our duty. by legislation,
whenever such legislation is necessary, to
MAINTAIN this provision of the constitution
against all attempts to violate it; and we deny
the authority of Congress, of a Territorial
Legislature, or of any individual, to give legal
existence to slavery in any Territory of the
United States
8. That we brand the recent reopening oi
| the African slave trade, under the cover G
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tutional law. Most OF the Southern dele
gates then withdrew from the convention
and an ad diournment was taken until June
18. when the convention reassembled at
Baltimore. The seeding delegates met
and adopted platform and adjourned to
meet in Richmond June IL. The outcome
of all this was that the Democrats had two
National tickets in the field, one OF which
bore the names of Stephen A. Douglas of
Illinois for President and Benjamin Fitz-
patrick of Alabama for Vice President.
This ticket and its following represented
the ..souatter sovereignty" doctrine pro-
mulgated by Douglas. The other ticket
represented the extreme desirasof the
South and bore the names of John G..
Breckinridge of Kentucky for President
and Joseph Lane of Oregon for Vice Presi-
dent. There was also placed in nomina-
ton by new party, which took the name
of the Constitutional Union party, a
Presidential ticket, the nominees being
John Bell of Tennessee for President and
Edward Everett OF Massachusetts, for
Vice-President.
The second Republican National Nom
mating Convention possessed intrinsic in
terest for many reasons, not the least of
which resides in the fact that the Presi-
Dental nominee was Abraham Lincoln.
at u o'clock noon, on Wednesday, the
10Th of May, 1860, the National Republi-
can Convention met
in Chicago, Illinois. me Second
The convention was Republican National
held in large build Convention,
ing on Lake street,
known as the "Wigwam," erected for
the purpose. As soon as the doors
were opened the entire body of the
Wigwam was solidly packed with men,
the galleries being equally packed with
ladies. There were not less than ten
thousand persons in the building, while
an immense crowd were unable to get in
side.
Governor E. D. Morgan of New York,
chairman of the National Republican Com
mittee, called the convention to order, read
the call and delivered the following ad-
dress:
Usage has made it my duty to take the pre-
liminary step toward organizing the conven-
tion-a convention upon the proceedings oi
which, permit me to say the most momentous
results are depending. No body of men ot
equal number was ever clothed with greater
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ing, all the great powers of this Government
to the one object of the extension OF slavery.
1t is our purpose, gentlemen, it Is the mission
of the Republican party and the basis OF It's
organization, to resist this policy OF sectional
interest.
The constitution was not ordained and es-
tablished for the purpose of extending slavery
within the limits of
this country; it was WIlmot'S Protest
nos oroained ana es- against
tabiished for the pur- E.,.,
pose of guaranteeing ooVe'y A1~'o'
and securing that instl-
tuition. Our fathers regarded slavery as Dlo1
upon our country. They went down into tneir
graves with the earnest hope and connuens
belief that but O few more years and that Dlot
would be extingulshed from our land No
citizensl This Republic was established LOT
the purpose of securing the guarantees OF
liberty, of justice and righteousness to the peo-
pie and to their posterity. That was the great
object with which the Revolution was fought;
these we're the purposes for which the Union
and the constitution were formed. Slavery IS
sectional; liberty national. Immense ap'
piause.l
And, fellow-citizens, shall we, in building
up this great empire of ours, In fulfilling that
high and sacred trust imposed upon us by our
fathers-shali we support this blightlng, TINS
demoralizing institution throughout the vast
extent of our border? Voices, loudly, "NoF'l
Or shall, we preserve this land as free land TO
our posterity forever?
Rev. D. M. Humphrey Of the First Pres
byterian Church of Chicago then offered
prayer amid the profound silence of the
vast audience.
The rules of the House of Representa-
tives were adopted for the convention.
The afternoon session was called to order
at 5:15 o'clock. The committee on perma-
nent organization reported the election OF
Hon. George Ashmun of Massachusetts
as permanent president. The president was
conducted to the chair amid enthusiastic
applause. He then addressed the conven-
lion:
Gentlemen of the Convention, Republicans,
Americans We have come here to-day at the
call of our country, from widely separated
homes, to fulfill great and important duty.
No ordinary call has brought US together.
Nothing but a momentous question would
have called this vast multitude here to-day
nothing but deep sense of the danger into
which our Government is fast running could
have rallied the people thus in this city to-day
for the purpose of reseuing the Government
from the deep degradation into which it has
! fallen. loud applause.l We are here in the
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Immediately led up to the formation of
the Republican party. The advice of
Charles Sumner had been taken, and men
of all parties hocked together to place an
effectual curb on the extension of slavery.
The first Republican National Conven-
ton to nominate candidates for the Presi-
dency and Vice-Presi-
dency of the United The First
States was held in Republican National
Philadelphia in the Convention.
month of June, 1856.
John G. Fremont was nominated for
President and William L. Dayton Of New
Jersey for Vice President The p-in-
ciples enunciated by the Republican and
Democratic parties on the slavery ques-
ton formed the only subject for discussion
during the canvass in the free States.
Electoral tickets for Fremont were not
presented in the slave States, and Fill
more had weakened support in these
States, so that the contest was practically
narrowed to a fight in the North between
Fremont and Buchanan. Northern Demo
Gratis sought to avoid the slavery question
during their campaign, and handled the
matter very skillfully. The Republicans
carried every Northern State, except Penn
sylvania, New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois
and California, and gave to the ticket ia
electoral votes. The Americans carried
only Maryland. Buchanan had 174 cleo
toral votes. Of the popular vote Buchanan
received 1888, 1863; Fremont. l,341, ,264 !;
Fillmore, S74, ,354. Buchanan had decided
plurality, but he lacked 377,629 votes of a
majority. This campaign first brought
forth mention of Abraham Lincoln as q
National candidate. In the convention
which nominated Fremont and Dayton
Lincoln received ITO votes to $50 votes for
Dayton tor Vice. President. Dayton was
made the unanimous nominee for the
ice-Presidency.
The administration of Buchanan en-
braced the period during which ''tne ordi-
nance of secession became fact in
American history. The four years follow
ing the Inauguration of Buchanan were
filled with exciting events, Abraham
Lincoln achieved National prominence
through his joint debates with Stephen A.
Douglas. These debates were listened to
by tens of thousands. Their fame spread
throughout the country. The Dred Scott
decision had infiamed the Northern mind.
The "Lecompton constitution" of Kansas
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the anti-slavery agitation. The band of
abolitionists, which embraced Garrison,
Phillips, John G. Whittier, Fred Douglass
and others, had awakened public senti-
ment against slavery, and particularly
against the extension of the institution
into new territory. There is no apology
to be made for the origin of the party. 1t
was the party of freedom. A few years
later it caused 100000 slaves to be free.
Mr.. Blaine wrote:
The same name was not at once adopted in
all the free States in 1854, but by the ensuing
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-02-12

bat, pie Der amerifapii@e goniul Mfoore IN
Meinar beri9tet, ienen Continent als Dds
eiinitigite 5elb CUR @rtpeiterung feines aus
tpdrtigen 9anbels. 9euti9e baben in ben
@olbbersperten in Sransbaal bebeutenoss
&apitul angelegt, unb babsn bic @tienbaqn
BON pretoria na9 Der &ife gebant. Die
&rupp's, urb anbere groBe dbnli9e benti4e
@ei9dfte baben in Srunspaal 4genturen
erri4tet, unb Deuti9ldnb re4net barduf,
ben britii@en @influB bort, bur9 bic snt@
tpidelung feines ~Gifenbanbels bra9 gu lc<
gen. sSn Solse be1en tit Der bertf9e Cancel
nit Sranspaal BON 100000 Start it
Sabre 1889, i'm Sabre 1894 uuf 100000
Mart getiegsn, qusf6lieBli4 Der Baarsn,
tpel9e iiber @nslanb bortbin gefhtdt tporz
ben.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-02-12

Die rG6icago Sri6une" propbe5eit, baB
bic 9emOtraten in biefem Sabre gar feline
Glettoralitimmen erbdlten tperben, boraus=
gefeBt, baB bieie oerfu9en, einen ausges
1pro9enen 8utgeGbmdnn auf elmer ausgez
fprO3enen 9utgeIbz9lutform gu nominiren,
ba tie in fol9em Saue cine SeceHion Der
@tlberleute fir ebenfo ii9er bGlt, tpie 1850
bic @ecefiOn Der 4nbdnger Der @flaberei.
9ds iiebt beinabe aus, als pb bic tribune"
ertpartet, baB bic 3epublitdner feinen Suit
9elOmann auf un3peiOeuti9er g1atform,
fonbern einen 5neibeuti9en Mann auf 5ipeiz
fel6after plutform auffteGen rnb 10 lire
Stlberleute in Geib' unb @lieb au 6a1ten
Derfu9en perben. 9enn 1onft tpiirbe ia bic
repnblifuniif9e 9artei bas S9idfal Der
ben1Ofrutii4e partei tbeilen, unb AUDI cine
@eee1tion gu gespdrtigen AaRsn.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-02-12
6rau Stanger.
Me{t 8enb, Soma.

mor nnoefG6r 3pet Su6ren babe id mir
sos god9bn6 bon 5run @rica angef9afT''
sd bube Seitbsr fletBisen 9sOr as Oq no4
SSsmo6t uno fam ni9t unrbtns SDnen mt.
ss,tSeilen, buB es uniibertrefflid, ia ulte1
S 49, mir befannten &o9bii9ern, Die i'd ned
oepriift babe, bas onsrbeite 1T. pie BARN
Sroeoebenen &eSepte iinb aus9e5et9net. I'M
SnSp ih es 56on alien meinen Sreunotnne.r
o,,f,s tpGrmfte empfoblen. SD iperoe MT
mie6er pbne bies ni9t genug gu fdaB'no'
so9bu9 lein. u.nss
glmburit. Su. 10. SttOber 1894,
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-02-12
liikaf
6euers= uno Wafersnoth.

9ur3 beftige &esensiihe trut am 0ons
neritug Der STUB &uritan bel 8ounb gropf,
einem fleiren Srte in Der g1Gbe bon plainz
fielo, %. S., iiber feline ufer unb iiberz
l6fpennmte bic san3e @egenb. Die Gin
1pobner bon gounD 8root aparen g%eaapunoen,
iih IN Die obsren Stodtperte i6rer 6duler au
fli4ten.
lG0rtfssuns auf Der 2. sstts.I
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-02-12
5arm>Qn3et9en>

90 sMbt fme 3tmns, we6e cine 70 wme gabrehuus INTER ben Sormsrn, fpeJsA
ritter bemn bs g5efms bat ME bs go9nbat Der ,Sunois @aats3tums". 0as if
cine anrfanne Sbahabe.
Sn Sdse 6een e9na f6 bHe aussabs umrn 3dhns gang Defenders gu gddnntz
ma6unsen pn Smmz getmm, uua usaui9en, @anntben oer gerpadten pot Srs
mn, me nbnbaupt fir &nsegu, wd6e n6 h@ub wei6er 8i3tuns pon SntneHt# far
Samer fnb obr fir 2ute md6e iii adnn Sri6aten mo6nen.
Inn ben phen anfosen bereHenb bic GmHe Don n3e9n Tim @o6nbGatt gu senisea,
eeben wrb tdIbenna6febnb: Sir sepObnm9e anegn III adnr @6i fam fb SeMr
ben gres febf beu9nen, mbem iees g8on 4 Gents toRet Srbi lit ido8 u bemsD
bB fir feline au3ese wmsa ass 1OO baebnt wb. sf
GroBe 2nN8em Display adv) tofn 20 Gents per u9sute"3eM.
NunrGse umb anrasm fnben ppmpte @debsuus.
S4tnots ~$taatseituto Co.,
unu,,. Gbtrupn, GIL
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-02-12
Termination, Nebr.

sos 4o6bu6 BON Sruu @ricu babe i'd nun
iiber 2 sabre, urb es bat mir pa9rer1O Ote1sr
9eit manhen treuen 9ienf g%eleiitet. go
nett id es erprobt babe, nlnB l9 1agen' Dag
es ouen biuiaen Mnforberun9en, Dle man
an elm Iol9es 8u9 fteGen tan1l, bolionltlel'
entipridt. Sd mO4te 0oiielOs nl9t elfs
bebren. csx;A;,. mprfpr
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-02-12

Nu9 i9 bin i'm 8eiib S6res fpert6en ao@>
6u9es uab freue mid befien febr, benn es
bat mir i9on 10 rnan9e CUTE Oienfte getban,
bu6er fam i9 es ieber 9ausfrau beitens
empfeblen. Sd tpiinf9te, baB i9 bas 3o9z
bu9 einige Sabre friiber 9ebabt bGtte, benin
i9 fam uls cine Ndbertn in ben 6ausftanb.
alfo iebr unerfabren; aber bic quite Jreunbin
feblte bier, um mid 5ure9t su tpeiIer.
Stabt unb 2eute iparen mir frenb. Sdtte
i9 bamals Sruu @rica's Bud aur Stibe
gebabt, 10 bdtte i9 man9en Seuf3er, man6e
Gorge abipenben fOnnen. Oenn ba lit ia
aGIes 10 beutli9 bon Nnfang Bis gum gn6e
bef9rieben, baB audi Die unerfobrenfte iunde
5rau nit 9ilfe Dieies 8ubes i'm @tdn6e
1T, einen fpurfamen orbentli9en !6ausftanb
5u fibren. Man fam ben einfa9ften 5iI9
ipie audi bas feinfte 6o95eitsmabl barndn
5ubereiten, unb au9 benin @inma9en lit bas
liebe Bud mir cine groBe 9ilfe. Cine iebe
beutI6e 6uusfrau fDlte barnd9 itreben, in
ben 8eftb zines fol9en pertbbolen 8u9es
gu uelangen.
5ran Woreentbaler. 1
Soplin, Mp, 20. 0ttobsr 1894.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-02-12

es6 bobe bos beutIdeomeritanil4s aO9 I
b,,S IL 5e6r fleiBis ee6rau8t, uno es bat ii9
pnp hsmS6rt, Wa8 meiner Nnii4t 1T es oas
S Se5f, in her, Melt, E. 1T Elm gutter 9uu59oltsr.
g Ss1aI finben sic ben 8etrug fir Elm
.r eels Observation-Disclosures &odbl9 Don
IRON griea, fpsl8es sic mir olsbdlO 5az
lQ'0S" ~ 5ruu @tanssr.
mest Henb. Soma.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-02-12

- unTere gorrefppnbenten uno @1:ntsn
befu9en bic foIgenben Stuaten:
6err Saul Sriebel bic @taaten Soma UNI
Minneiotd.
Serr Sreb S9erf bic @taaten 8iscOnfn
urb bas norblpetli9e Minnefotu.
Serr Otto sc. 3pienbule ben Stat Sui
mis-.
6err 9enrD S4uul bic Stuaten Snbidnu
limb Mt9igan.
9srr @bus. s. %. gfeiffer ben @tuat
SIinois.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-02-12
rs Gents
portofret bon nnS beateben.
5linois Stats -3eitung Co.,
Chicago, gu.

NadFebenb ber0fentl6en mir eini9e on ben ~5ablreifen snz
erfennuan9s1dreiben, lit benen Dentd=amertfani1de 9ausfrauea ibrer
g(niidt iiber ben @ertb bieles 8udes Sus6ruf seben.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-02-12

ssrou @rieo's ao9bu6 fam i4 nur emz
pfe6len, finbe bafTel6e fir bic amsrttanti3e
Rii9e bprtreffli9. S3fp. Sat9dfIne'
9ittsbursb, pu., IA. Nop. 1894.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-02-12

Srau grica's 8o9bu9 eefGGt mir 10 lebr,
bab i'd lieber in geflidten S9uben sep.n
mD9te, als bafelbe entbebren. N1en Iieben
Aausfrduen fann ib es empfsblen; benin es
pqbt fir iebe, fe mag bieIe o6er tpenise Mns
Iprii9e MAIDEN.
Srau ST. s. 8raie.
Crete, ST., 13. Sttober 1894.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-02-12

San Greet, @is., 20. Oft. 1894.
9as 8o9bu9 BON Srdu erica babe ID
iebt etpds iiber apei Sabre i'm @ebrau9. gs
1T bas Bette 8odbu9 fir 9eutf9umerifdner,
Oas i9 bisber tennen lernte. 0abet lam
i9 es nit gutem @etpifen empfeblen.
Srau .. %. 8om6of. !: