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Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
NEGROES DEFY THE LAWS.
er a Clash With Whites Mt
Political Rally.

Goldsboro, N. c.. Nov. 2.-An incendiary
speech made here by Frank Baker, color
ed Republican Of Dudley. caused clash
between white and colored citizens to-day.
A mob Of over $50 negroes. armed with
knives pistols and clubs. marched through
the city and defied the law. The sheriff
and city authorities, finding themselves
unable to cope with the mob, called upon
the Goldsborro Rifles for assistance. This
action had the effect of quelling the dis
turbance, which for time looked as II
a riot were imminent. The negroes repair
ed to a hall in their locality and held a
meeting. The militia is still at the armory
ready for any emergency. The fire depart
ment has also been ordered to be ready.
More trouble Is expected.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
Republicans Parade at Parsons.

Parsons, Kas., Nov. 2.-(Special) The
paign tonight. Over 1000 voters formed a
procession, and with bands, drum corps,
torches, banners and transparencies pro-
claimed their allegiance to the cause of
Mckinley and Hobart, honest money, pa
triotism and law and order. The process
sion alone represented nearly half Of the
voting population of Parsons.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
st.bsi.s Array at Busalo, Mo.

Springfield. NO., Nov. 2.-special.) Two
young men, aged each about q years, be-
tween whom there had been a grudge, got
into a dificulG at Buffalo. when Arch
Bone. a silver advocate. cut the throat Of
Asbury, Republican, with two slashes Of
his knife. Bone mounted his horse and
left for parts unknown, and at last &C.
counts had not been captured.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
cIo.ins Meeting of the Campaign.

The closing meeting for this campaign
was held by the Union Veterans Patriotic
League at Its heaquarters. 110 West Ninth
street, last night. The fact that the cam
paign was already won and the good name
of the country still without blemish by
the mad attack Of anarchists and repudi-
aticnists did not keep the veterans from
turning out in force '.just to clinch their
work" The following were the speakers:
A. s. Judson. of California: Colonel L. Fl.
Waters, T. H. Hurst, L. G. Rowell and
Henry NJ. Withers. ex-Democratic prose-
cutting attorney of Jackson county. who
made a strong speech in which he urged
every man present to make 1t his personal
duty to see that every one Of his friends
gees to the polls to-day.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
A new GANG SCHEME.

An Attempt to BE Made to Shut Out
Late Republican and Demo-
cratic Sound Money Voters.
The Popocrats conceded yesterday that
Mckinley would certainly carry the city.
They have. however. decided upon a trick
in the hope Of keeping this majority below
1000 This. they say. will elect the gang
county ticket. as they hope to come to the
city with $500 majority. This new plan is
to mass a number Of Popocrats In line at
each precinct at AIS O'Clock and regulate
their voting SO that o'clock will come at
about the time the last Of their men has
voted. This scheme will crowd out Re-
publican and sound money voters who may
get to the polls after AIS o'clock.
Advocates of sound money and law and
order can defeat this plan by voting early.
The polls open at a. m. and close at 5
O'Clock, Vote early.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
POPS FIND A MARES NEST.
Discover n Bold Scheme to Stenl Kan.
sas-SecOnd of Their Great
SeusOtiOns.


Topeka, Kas., Nov. 2-(Special0 The Sec
ond Of a series of falsehoods which the
Popccrats decided to spring upon the pub
lie the last few days of the campaign.
with a view of bolstering up their lost
cause. made its appearance to-day. 1t is
the story of the great fear entertained that
the Republicans intend to steal the state
for Mckinley. The foundation for the
story is the fact that the blanks sent to
the various county clerks for official re-
turns contain one column for the vote cast
for fusion Populist electors and one for
fusion Democratic electors. when both sets
of electors are the same. 1t is charged
that 1t is the intention of the Republicans
to count the vote for each electoral ticket
separately, instead of combining them.
The story is SO ridiculous that the orig
irators of it are the laughing stock in po-
litical circles to-day. Nobody in the state
is green enough to swallow the rot. The
secretary of state said to-day that blanks
were printed that way because the Demo-
cratic ticket. was headed by Bryan and
Sewall and the Peoples party ticket by
Bryan and Watson. "The vote on the
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03

tonight. Every one has gone home to
vote The managers expect to get back
tomorrow afternoon and be ready to re-
ceive returns of the election. Kansas re-
turns will be received at both Republican
and Popocratc headquarters. On account
of the heavy vote likely to be polled.
neither side expects much early news. The
Republicans have arranged to get returns
from the various precincts as soon as the
vote is counted. Uniform blanks have been
sent to the committeeman in the $500 pre-
cincts in the state with Instructions to wire
headquarters the moment the count is
finished. Secretary Bristow and corps of
clerks will tabulate the returns as they
are received.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
FOOTBALL PLAYERS FIGHT.
Clash on the Warrensburg State Nor
NAL Campus.

Warrensburg. Mo-, Nov. 2.-(Special)
Bad blood between members of the two
normal football teams eliminated in a
fight on the normal campus to-day, when
Frank Hyatt, a member of the second
team, was set upon by normal students
and severely beaten. Trouble has been
brewing between the two teams for some
time, and small fight which occurred yes
terday afternoon between sympathizers set
the pot boiling. 1t is understood that the
faculty will take a hand in the matter and
number of expulsions will probably re-
suit.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
A sENsELEss PANIC.
Italians Rush From IA Trolley Car and
One Is Killed

Newark, n. J.. Nov. 2.-Lambuster An
gelo was killed and Lincoln Guiseppi was
dangerously injured to-day in a panic
which resulted from trivial occurrence
on a car of the Consolidated Traction Com
pany. Tho car was filled with Italian la
borers. when fuse of the electric motor
blew out, sending a puff of smoke into the
car. The men rushed for the doors.
doors. Angelo jumped OF was pushed off
the car, and in striking the ground his
neck was broken. Guiseppi's head was bad.
ly cut, and he may not survive. Three
others of the party sustained minor in
juries
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
Sued on a Printing BIN.

Topeka, Kas., Nov. 2.-(Special) The
Merchants Printing Company. of this city,
to-day brought suit against the middle-of-
the-road Populist state committee to COL
lect SIS printing bill. The bill was con-
tracted by w. H. Bennington, who was
fired from the committee a few days ago.
Chairman Willis claimed that Bennington
had no authority to order any work done.
For that reason the committee repudiated
the claim.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
AS IT SHOULD BE.
A Letter BegRing Votes Written By
Gangster J. w. McCurdy With

]. W. McCurdy. the O'Nein- Shannon can
didate for county collector. has been mail
ing copies Of q begging circular letter to
many Of the voters Of this city with an
idea of influencing them TO vote for him to-
day. Mr.. McCurdy has neglected to men
ton certain slaring facts in his appeal
which very much need mentioning. Here IL
the way his letter runs, the facts whic! he
failed to state being inserted in their
proper places:
kansas City. No.. Oct. q. 1885
Dear Str:-I take this means ef calling
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
new BALLOT BOXES.
They Have Glass Sides and Will BE
Used at the Polls in the
CITY To-day.

City To-day.
The election commissioners finished their
ante-election labors at o'clock last night.
At that hour they had sent out the last
batch of supplies to be used at the various
polling places, and an hour later the decks
had been cleared for the reception of the
returns tonight. Under the new law the
supplies are taken to the polling places by
formerly.
Each Judge is intrusted with a part Of
the paraphernalia. and is notified by mail
as to the particular articles to be placed
in his hands for transit to the polls. For
instance, one judge gets the ballot box, con-
tanning the printed lists Of voters In the
precinct. the pencils. pens. ink and other
egated to carry the bale Of ballots, weigh
ing all the way from s. to 20
pounds: another is intrusted with the orig
inal registration lists, and the fourth gets
the duplicate lists. The reason for this
division of the equipment is to guard
against any possible doctoring OF the rec
ords If Democratic judge Is intrusted
with the original registration lists. Re-
publican Judge gets the duplicate, or vice
versa.
The new ballot boxes have windows in
the sides and ends in order that the pub
lie may see that they have not 0een stunned
on the night preceding election.
This Is the first general election to be
held in Kansas City under the row cleo
ton law, and will. in consequence, be the
first actual trial to which the system has
been subjected. Thus far. however. there
have been no serious bitches. though the
amount of detail and red tape incidental
to the preparations has been enor-
NOUS No one but the election commits
sioners and their assistants are in posi-
ton to realize the elaborate mechanism
necessary to protect the voter in his right
of franchise.
Election Commissioner Moore said yes
terday that as closely as he and his col
leagues had been associated with the new
law, they had discovered no material in
accuracies in 1t.
"Between us We might suggest perhaps
twenty alterations, tending to expedite the
work, but they are all immaterial items,
and, If the twenty-fourth section Of the
law had not been lost. even these points
might have been covered. 1t would be
interesting to know what that twenty
fourth section contains and where and how
it was lost. The sections are all numbered
consecutively from / to 100. but there is an
obvious hiatus. as the numbers skip from
q to 25 AS the sections DO not follow each
other in logical order, 1t Is impossible to
conjecture the subject Of the lost por-
tion."
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
NOTHING STRANGE IN THIS.

Another Mckinley Man Beaten for
Advocating His Candidates.
Cause-Was Locked Up.
While Allen Rogers. Of Kansas City, Kas.,
was talking for Mckinley In front of the
Democratic headquarters at Eighth and
Walnut streets yesterday afternoon he was
brutally assaulted by several young DEM
ocrats, and his head severely beaten He
was taken unconscious to Central police
station, where, after the surgeon attended
him. he was locked up on a charge Of be-
ing disorderly. No apparent effort was
made to arrest Rogers assailants.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
A Great Rally Mt Lawrence.

Lawrence, Kas., Nov. 2.-(Special.) The
greatest and most enthusiastic campaign
meeting that has been held in Lawrence
this year was held this evening by the
Republicans of Lawrence. The rink was
crowded. over 1000 people being packed in
side the walls, and hundreds were turned
away. An overflow meeting was arranged
and held just outside the rink doors. The
main meeting was addressed by Hon. ]. P.
Harris, candidate for congress from the
Second district, and by Hon. r. W. Blue.
candidate for congressman-at-large, and
both were given ovations such as never
greeted any man in Lawrence before.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
A Grand Rally mt Newton.

Newton, Kas., Nov. 2.-(Special) The
largest political rally ever known in New
ton was held here to-day. The parade
this morning was two miles long, and con-
tanned nearly 1000 voters 200 horsemen, 200
bicyclsts, and numberless uniformed
squads both on foot and horseback. S. S.
Ashbaugh. of Kingman. addressed over
5000 people at the rink this afternoon. A
torchlight procession and display of fire.
works by the fiambeau club was given to-
night, and Judge Wood, of Topeka, deliv-
cred the address at the rink.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
Shawnee County,s Closing.

Topeka, Kas., Nov. 2.-(special) The Re
publican campaign in Shawnee county
closed tonight with grand love feast at
Hamilton hall. The feature of the meet
ing was the five minute talks by Congress-
man Charles Curtis and other prominent
Republicans. The meeting was preceded
by torchlight procession of the Santa
Fe shop men.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
Two RaIlie. at Fort Scott.

Fort Scott, Kas., Nov. 2.-(Special) The
campaign was closed here this evening by
large meetings at the Davidson theater and
the court house by the two parties. Hon.
c. E. Benton addressed the Republican
meeting at the court house. while C. IL.
F'oote, of Kansas City, Kas., and L. C..
Boyle were the orators at the free silver
meeting.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
MKINLEY'S MAJORITY ESTIMATED
AT 1O,52O VOTES.
THE ESTIMATE BY. COUNTIES.
BELIEVED TO BE IN LINE WITH THE
REPUBLICAN POLL.
Republican Managers Refuse to Give
Ont Any FiEures-POpulists Dis
cover an Alleged Republic
an Scheme for Elec-
tiOn Fraud.

Topeka, kas., Nov. 2.-(Special) While
the Republican state committee feels abso-
lutely certain that Mckinley will carry
Kansas at to-morrow's election, the man
ayers will not give out any figures. A Re-
publican high up in party councils. how
ever. to-day made up an estimate by coun-
ties, which it is believed is in line with
the figures shown by the Republican poll
of the state. This estimate. which gives
Mckinley 1052O majority, follows:
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03

fusion electors will be combined and count
ed" said he, land the Popocratic managers
reed have no alarm
Another official said that the Popocratic
leaders knew well that the vote on the
electors would be combined, but they just
gave out such a statement for the purpose
of working On the prejudices of the people.
Assistant Attorney General GODDARD said
that the vote would be consolidated. 1.-The
law recognizes no party or party appeila-
,tfcn." said he, '.and every, legal vote cast
for the fusion electors, no matter under
what party appellation it is cast, will be
counted for them"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
Dairymen Against Leedy.

Topeka. Kas.. Nov. 2.-(special.) When
the ballots are counted tomorrow night
John w. Leedy, Popocratic candidate for
governor, will find that he did not receive
a single one of the votes of the great
number Of dairymen in Kansas. These men
will not support him because he made a
bitter fight against the dairy bilI' which
was before the legislature the last two
sessions. The fight on him is being waged
by the. Kansas State Dairy Association.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
Lew Hanback, mt O.awatomie.

Osawatomie, Kas, Nov 2.-(Special) The
Republicans closed their campaign here to-
night with the greatest rally of the season.
Judge Hanback,, of Kansas City, Kas..
spoke to a great crowd in the opera house
and there was a great crowd outside that
could not get in. The torchlight pro-
cession had about 400 voters in it.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
ELI. Closes at Beloit.

Beloit, Kas., Nov. 2.-(Special) Repub-
lican campaign closed here this afternoon
with a speech by Hon. A. H. Ellis, candi-
date for congress, who addressed an audi
ence of LOCO. 1t is conceded that he de-
.llvered the best speech of the campaign.
Prospects are bright for Republican sue
cess tomorrow. - -'.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
SPECIAL TRAIN RUN INTO.
John r. Irish's Tour Through Nebras-
Ixa MARRIED by an Accident,

Malcolm Neb., Nov. a,--The special train
bearing John p. Irish. who was following
the Bryan train in the interests of the
gold standard ticket, colided with a freight
train east of Malcolm. The collision
smashed the engine of the Irish train and
completely demolished the caboose of the
freight train. John NJ. Tiplng. of Lincoln,
a commercial traveller. was caught in the
caboose and killed. The special was pro-
vided with 'cnother engine and went on to
York, .=s.-. -
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
Ingalls, at Seneca.

Seneca, Kas., Nov. 2.-(Specia) Senator
John ]. ingalls, delivered a political ad-
dress this afternoon to an immense con-
course of people, gathered here from all
parts of the county. 1t left tine Repub-
licans in excellent shape for to-morrow's S
contest. Big rallies were held at Bern and
Baileyville tonight
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
sTR1cTEsT VIGILANCE URGED.
Chairman Jones Processes to Be
Afraid of Fraud in Kansas.

Atfa1H OF Fraud In hansas.
Topeka, Kas., Nov. 2.-(Special) Chair
man J, Mack Love, of the Popocratic state
committee, received message from Chair
man Jones of the national committee to-
day urging the most extraordinary vigi-
lance to prevent the preparation of frauds
in Kansas" tomorrow. Up to a late hour
tonight. Jones had not sent similar in
strGctions to the chairman Of the Demo-
cratic state committee of Arkansas. Love
also received the following telegram to-
night from ]. G. Johnson, the Kansas
member of the Democratic national COM
mittee, now at Chicago.
Everything looking excellent. Reports
very favorable from Indiana, Michigan,
Minnesota, Ohio, Iowa and Wisconsin. We
are going to win hands down.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
DESERTS THE POPOCRATs.

Colored Free Silver Club Of Independ-
ence Will Vote for Mckinley.
The Colored Free Silver Club. of Inde-
pendence, which has had headquarters on
Liberty street, decided last night TO aban-
don Bryan for Mckinley and to vote the
entire Republican ticket. Accordingly It
closed it's room, took down all of It's Popo-
cratic pictures. flags and posters and ex-
poets to a man to vote the Republican
ticket to-day. 1t claimed a membership
Of fifty.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
"ExTREME MEASURES" URGED.
Breide nthal and Love Prod the Pop
ocrats ON the Necessity of
Watching for Fraud.

Topeka. Kas., Nov. 2-(Special) Chair
men Breidenthal and Love, of the Popo-
oeratic committees. tonight formulated
ami sent out a message to the chairmen
of the Popocratic county committees in
the state warning them to look out for
fraud. This is their last grand stand play
before election. The message reads:
Republican plans for stealing Illinois
just exposed as follows: Republican judges
are supplied with official ballots which will
be substituted for ballots voted by our
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
HEROES LOSE THEIR LIVES.

Two Men h1Ile0 ana FOur baOIy hurt
in a CoIlfery Explosion mt
Ashland, Pa.
Ashland, Pa, Now 2.--Twe persons were
instantly killed and. four others badly In
jured this afternoon by an explosion in
Packer No. 2 colliery. The killed are: John
Hclleran, aged 35 years, and Joseph Fam,
aged 42 years. Themas-Walsh, John Nc
Graw, Nicholas Mack and John Korler
were badly injured, the former probably
fatally.
The men were engaged in driving tun-
mel and had bored a hole in the rock,
which they charged with powder The
fuse was attached and lighted by Walsh,
while the others ran to place of safety.
After lighting the fuse. Walsh started after
his comrades but his clothing caught on
a spike and held him fast. He cried for
assistance and the men promptly respond
ed. They had scarcely reached the spot
before the explosion occurred. :
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
Six Hundred Italian Immigrants.

New York, Nov. six hundred Italians
arrived at Ellis Island to-day on the Give.
The immigration authorities learned to-day
that most of the Genoese and Sicilian pas
sengers were bound South, and it was said
that ii was their intention to work in the
Louisiana canebrakes.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
THE KANSAS CITY JOURNAL TUESDAY,NOVEMB g. 1886

people. Notify all precincts to prevent this
fraud being perpetrated in Kansas at all
hazards. You are justified in resorting to
extreme measures to preserve the purity Of
the ballot and the liberties of the people.
All Republican sheriffs in Kansas have ap-
pointed two deputies in each precinct
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
Republicanixm mt Yates Center.

Yates Center. Kas., Nov. 2.-(Special)
The Republicans closed the campaign here
tonight with the biggest rally of the sea-
son, and tonight the town is full of people,
all hurrahing for Mckinley. The parade
was fully two miles long, with fine decor
ations.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
ITS CAMPAIGN ENDED.
The sound Money League Cf6ses With
n Big Meeting at tie GiIItss

An enthusiastic sound money meeting was
held in the Girliss opera house last evening.
The speakers were Judge.J. McDs Trfmble
and d. J. Half. The closing issues of the
campaign were disposed by the epsakers.
Mr.. Half, who has been in Mexico, talked
upon statement made by Bryan that
Mexico was a prosperous country under a
free silver rule. and told of the1 misery
and, poverty suffered by the, common people
of Mexico when commodities were so high
and wages were only about. IS cents per
day The meeting was well attended.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
A STUDENT DEFENDS HIMSELF.
shoots Mt Dsys Who We're Stonina
Him and q Young Indy.

Chillicothe, No., Nov. 2-(special) A
shooting affray occurred in this city last
night in which William Roe was probably
fatally shot by John Shackelford, a nor
NAL school student Roe and some other
boys were following Shackelford and a
young lady home from church and tried
to separate them. The boys threw rocks
at the couple, and Shackelford fired five
shots at his assailants. only one taking
effect. He was arrested to-day on a charge
of assault with intent to kill and released
on bond.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
A SUCCESS FROM THE START.

The Sound Money League of ksnsas
City Closed Its Remarkable
Campaign Last Night.
The Sound Money League closed last
night what was in every respect the most
remarkable non-partisan campaign ever
conducted in this or any other state. The
idea Of establishing Sound Money League
was one of the late suggestions of the CAM
paign which was within three weeks Of its
end when the league was organized. with a
membership of only 100. The high water
wark which it was hoped would be reached
was 1000 and this was thought to be the
limit of the membership of the league. But
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03

At a meeting of the old soldiers and
Sons of Veterans in their hall at Indepen-
dence last night. the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
"whereas, Charles NJ. Crandall, who was
defeated for the nomination Of sheriff at
the Republican county convention. Is
known to be opposing and fighting w. Ed
Eyiar. the regular Republican nominee for
C~.fianed On ThiEa PAGE
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
Final Pop Rally at Burlineton.

Burlington, Kas., Nov. 2.-(Special) The
town is in the hands of the Populists to-
night 1t is their final rally. There are
not many of them. but they make lots Of
noise. The Republicans had their final
rally Saturday night.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
ARKANSAS FARMER DuEL1sTs.
Fall Out Over n Line Fence and Set
tie 1t With Guns.

tie 1t With Guns.
Mena, Ark. Nov. 2.-(Specia) John
Middleton and James Irby lived sixteen
miles east of here on adjoining farms. A
division fence dispute arose. Last Satur-
day Middleton was repairing the fence
when Irby came along with gun. Hot
words followed. Middleton left and went
to the house, but soon appeared with his
gun, and on an invitation by Middleton to
come and shoot 1t out like men," both
men went to shooting. Irby was hit and
instantly killed. Middleton gave himself
up to the sheriff.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-03
Fetn, Crossing Acc,,,c,t.

Chicago, Nov. Annie yanderwaIl. aged
: years, was instantly killed. and Ella
BIrkman. aged years. fatally injured to-
day at the Josephs street crossing of the
Chicago g. Alton railway. The girls were
struck by a freight car which had been
''kicked' by an engine. Annie Wander
wallis head was cut completely off and the
boGy terribly mangled