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The advocate., 1896-09-02
Some News About Kansas.

OBS mouDoEbs
Kansas coal mines produced 1928,
$40 tons In 1895.
The AImeUs PLGir1deGEer (Pop.) was
burned out last week,
A colored mems free silver league
has been organized In Topeka.
The worst thing yet said Of Leedy Ia
that he looks something like Joe Hud.
son.
w. II. Bennington is now talking of
organizing Socialist Labor party In
this State.
The Democrat convention In the
Fifth district will be held at ConcOrdis
September 20.
Sixth district Democrats have nomi-
mated J. G. Burton for Congress. He
Is postmaster at st. Francis.
H. B. Kelley has retired from the
Lyndon Herald. Frank SWiSher will
assist Mr.. Gill in the future.
A Topeka boy says he would rather
have q Mckinley and "HObo" cap
than a Bryan and Sewsll one.
The Democrats of the Douglas
Jefferson district have indOrsed S. T.
Criss, the POpulist nominee for Sena-
tor.
The Populists of Ottawa county
have nominated q good county ticket
headed by ]. S. Richards for Repre-
sentative.
Crawford county Populists have
nominated w. ii, Ryan for Senator,
and E. Loomis and James Carson for
Representatives,
Kansas City Star: "Whisky over
the bar at Topeka has advanced to
two drinks for q quarter since the
campaign opened"
Ben Glover has again Topped. This
time he has come back to the POpu-
lists. He has resigned his position at
the Reform School.
Governor Morrill, has appointed A.
p, Riddle Of Minneapolis Superintend-
ent of Insurance to succeed George I.
Anthony, deceased
The Populists of Senator Leedy's
district have nominated H. F. Sheldon
for Senator Senator. He Is an able,
earnest, honest man.
Charles L. Brown, a free silver Re.
publican, has been nominated by the
Populists for Representative In the
Arkansas City district.
The reports seem to indicate thai
the D. M. B., or organized whiskey
vote, will not cut o material figure II
the coming State election.
This business administration, while
pointing (P) with pride to its record
says nothing of the murder of two un
fortunRtes at the Topeka Asylum.
The Republicans are importing al
the big guns obtainable for the cam
psign this year. The situation must
seem to them to be desperate.
Win Jenkens, who used to run Bil
Nelson's paper up In Smith county
has been nominated for Secretary o
State Of Washington by the Populists
George S. Emmert has been nom
mated for Senator by the combination
forces In Marshall county. Charlie
GoelitZer is the nominee for Represen
tatiVe.
A Meriden man whose team and ri
were stolen, advertises the loss AM
states that anyone who will return th
outfit may have the horses for hi
trouble.
John S. Hopkins, q well-knOwl
lawyer at Holton, has left the Repuh
lican party. He doesn't agree wit
the finance declaration in the Nstions
platform.
B. F. Milton, Populist nominee 70
Judge of the Court Of Appeals In tn
western division Of the southern de
nRrtment, has been indorsed by th
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POpulists will not spond over 5000
and almost all Of that will be for liter
Rture." )"
The Democrats and POpulIsts of Ne
0sho county have agreed on q comb
nation ticket composed Of three Popu
lists and three Democrats. M. I
Jones Of Chanute is the nominee 70
Representative.
ID. r. Jones, who was convicted o
issuing forged warrants while Count
Clerk Of Barton county In 1894, ant
who was sentenced to eight years Il
the Penitentiary, has been pardone(
by Governor Morrill,.
Smith county POpulists have named
a good ticket headed by w. HI. Ingl,
for Representative. Mr.. Ingle was
member of the last House and madt
an excellent record. E. Scott Rict
was renominsted for County Attorney
The Copeland hotel, Topeka, bough
some Penitentiary mined coal som,
months ago and it proved to be 81
dirty that IL was of no value. Yet Re
publican papers speak of the compe
tent management Of the Penitentlary
The numerous resolutions adopted
by county and district conventions
indorsing John w. BreldenthsPi
course as Chairman Of the State com
mittee indicate that his persistent
efforts for party success are sppreCi
ated.
Kansas City Star: "It is Sixth dis
trlct gossip that DIR. Burton will de
cline the Democratic nomination fo
Congress in time to permit the Popu
lists to give the legislative nomina
tions to Democrats. All, there, John
Martin"
The situation In Shawnee county
must be regarded as unsatisfactory bJ
the Republican leaders, or else sucf
men as E. +. Ware, j. K. Hudson snC
others of like prominence would no
be called upon to make country sGhoo
house speeches.
Governor Click thinks that the goll
standard Democrats who attended tht
recent convention Of that party In To
peka came on passes and had thei
hotel bills paid. He thinks they vii
not be as great an element In the fight
as the ''stalWarts" were In 1892.
John r. Rogers, who established tn
} Wichita COmmOneT out at Burton Il
1887, has been nominated by the Pop
ulists, Democrats and silver Republi
cans Of Washington for Governor
VIII Jenkins, formerly Of the Smitl
Center Pioneer, Is on the same tiCke
for Secretary of State.
Col. F. H. Dunham, Republican
County Attorney Of Lincoln county
will not support either Mckinley, tn
State ticket or Ellis. He is opposed Il
the gold standard and consistently Op
poses every candidate who fsVors 1t
He is making silver speeches, ant
powerful ones, too. Such men ar
welcome In the ranks Of the people.
Some months ago Gust Msuer o
Hays City, who was q patient at the
Topeka Asylum, was sent home dead
His eyes were blacked and his nos
and neck were broken. His body wa
accompanied by certificate Of deat
by apoplexy. This seems to be Morrill,
idea Of q business administration q
nothing was ever done about the mat
l ter.
After the killing of Gust Mauer a
> the Topeka Asylum the employe
would not talk about the case. Tn
d County Attorney (Rep.) of Shswne
+ would not provide warrant for tn
: arrest of anybody, and Morrill, brok
| his promise to investigate the matter
The rule in this "business" admins
r trstion is to cover up everything tina
Q will not look we'll if given out.
Judge Carver has begun wrltin
e lattAPa Hn has narmittnd himsnlf 4
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Do you want to talk Populism to
your redeemer neighborp The ADVO-
GATE viii round him up once q week
until election for Is cents.
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other Timoa, Other aTanners.

We should never jump to moral conclu-
sions, especially to unfavorable ones, about
an unknown author on the evidence of
our reading of his or her DOvel The num-
Der of ohaste maidens and holy and hum
bic natrons who now write novels that
make an Englishman i'll (all il the cause
of the higher morality is great. But we
have learned not to say, IS tDecadenCe' is
disgusting book, therefore the author is an
improper person. The chances arc that
our remark would be not only libelOus
(Which I always try to avoid), but even
untrue The author of "Decadence' is
probably a sweet, blushing creature Of II,
who is entirely devoted to nursing
widowed mother and who only uses her
pen for tho moral and social improvement
of mankind.
However I do not mean to say that
shrewd, unbiased critic would have limited
a fault against the ethics of Jane Eyre
even in 1s47. But our grandfathers were
dreadfully bOrnes, painfully curious about
feminine propriety, in novels at least We
ought to be thankful for our modern ad-
vantages and the surprising additions to
our knowledge of the bad side of human
nature and the obscuror maladies which
beset the human frame that we owe to
lady novelists Them we all respect and
esteem. Before we know them, like Fal-
staff, we knew nothing" They unhinch-
ingly expose vice, adding none Of the al
lurements of humOr or style, or taste, or
even grammar. Nothing but good. proper
" considered, can come of such maids and
matrons and their rampages in romance
Andrew Lang in Longman' s Magazine.
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The unusual has happened in Kansas
politics this year. The omceholders
want a late convention. Tt has always
been the custom for the people who
want to be renominated to have the
convention as early as possible to head
or any. opposition that might develop.
This year the machine is arranging
for a late convention. This action can
have but one meaning. The Morrill,
supporters are very much frightened at
the opposition that has developed and
they see that if a convention is held
early it means the utter defeat of the
governor. Thy hope by holding the
convention late to be able to counter
act the opposition The machine has
been put to work but it viii take more
than the machine to save Governor
Morrill,
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Paderswski on Chinese Music.

This music infatuates mel
Tt was thus Paderewski spoke of the
efforts of Chinese artists who were filing
every hole and granny of the Chinese rock
cries with the din of their unmelOdious
but classic productions.
''Then it is musio?' was asked
Emusic, - he answered, music? Why
it is wonderful music never saw more
dramatic expression put into tones. In
their plays fully half their effects are pro-
duced by the orchestra. I could not under
stand their words, but the music told the
story.
what appealed to me most was the
beautiful simplicity Of it all and the evil
dent art. There can be no doubt, it is
art, be asserted when some one ques-
toned the work Of the musicians coming
under that head.
1T is art too, that is the result Of con-
turtles Of study. Those players do not sing
as they do without great study and prac-
tice. Neither could the instrumentalists
produes the effects they do without having
been carefully trained. 1t seems to me to
combine many peculiarities Of the Slavic
and of the Scotch music. The rhythm is
perfect. Through long bits Of recitative
the entire orchestra rests yet the measure
is never lost. San Francisco Call
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GOVERNMENT IN EARNEST.
VIII Not Accept the Withdrawal of
Fort Robinson Canteen Case.

Chadron. Neb, April 11-SeveraI
army officers, including AIajorCrowder.
judge advocate general, Major Islley,
Braddon. are in the city on business
connected with the recent closing of
the post canteen at Fort Robinson.
The government does not intend to
accept the withdrawal of the complaint
made by Crawford parties regarding
the alleged Illicit liquor traffic carried
on at Fort Robinson as final, but wish
to make a test case of the matter and
with that object in view, the parties
under arrest We're today released from
their bond and a new case has or viii
be fled, and gotten before the federal
court to settle the state and govern
mental rights. The fact that the Off
GERS mentioned did not register by
their titles or even as attaches of the
United States army together with the
to indicate that the Crawford Fort
Robinson trouble is not yet at an end
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nrKINLEYs SILVER RECORD.

lPKINLEY'S SILVER RECORD.
Since Major McKinley's position on
the silver question has not been very
clearly defined by anyone authorized
to speak for him and the Ohio platform
utterance on the subject has not tend
ed to clear up the matter to any great
extent, about the only guide the public
can have in the matter unless he should
conclude to enlighten them is his rec
ord in connection with it while a mem
Der of congress. If his position as evil
denced by his speeches and his votes
has not altered, he is as good a silver
man as could be desired. The silver
Republican states, judging by the un-
animity displayed in endorsing him
are basing their support on that rec
ord. The Cincinnati Enquirer has
compiled a history of BIcKinley's at
titude toward silver in the house which
follows:
On the 5th of November. 1877 Mr..
BANDS bill for the free coinage Of sill
Yer dollars Of 41275 grains standard,
was passed by the house. MIR. McBin-
ley. then a member from Ohio, voting
for it. 1t was amended in the senate
so as to make what is known in our
financial history as the Bland-Allison
act, providing for the purchase Of not
less than So. coo 900 and not more than
81, 600, 600 of silver bullion per month.
The house agreed to the senate propo-
sition and in that shape the measure
went to President Hayes. who vetoed
it. Both houses passed the bill over
the veto, Mckinley voting with the sill
Yer men TO override the president.
Commenting on the foregoing bit of
history The Enquirer says:
His record of 1877 must stand as an
indication of his sentiment now. 1t
viii hardly do to argue that the rela-
lions between gold and silver in 1878
were wholly different from the rela-
tions between the metals i'm 1886. lit
has been said that when the major
voted for free coinage silver and gold
were at a commercial as we'll as coin
age parity at the ratio Of is to I. Tt
is wen understood that the veto mes
sage Of President Hayes was written
by John Sherman, then secretary Of the
treasury. Mr.. Sherman used exactly
the same argument in the abstract
against free coinage that he uses now.
He said that 4121z grains of standard
silver were then worth but 80 to 81
cents; that the silver dollar authorized
by the bill was worth 8 or 10 cents less
than it was purported to be worth;
that the right to pay duties in silver
would put an end to the receipt Of rev
enue in gold. and thus compel the pay
ment of both the principal and inter
est of the public debt in silver. etc.
Mr.. Sherman must have regarded
Major NIcKinley's vote in 1877 as bad.
though not quite so bad as it would
0e II, vote that vrrav- whom the differ
ence between gold and silver is greater.
In the view Of the Ohio sage. McKin-
ley's vote was only q little less costly
than a similar vote would be now.
He voted for the act that gave US the
silver certificates, upon which 50 much
Of the business of the country is now
done.
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when war was declared against Mexico
the settlers revolted at once. CommO-
dore Sloat arrived in Monterey bay on
July with his flagship. the Savannah,
and the rest of his fleet. At the first
outbreak Of trouble he ordered a squad
Of 400 men to 90 ashore under the com
mand Of Captain Mervine and take pos
session of the place in the name of the
United States. AS the Mexicans had
practically no force in the town, no re-
sistance was met with. The troops
marched up to the custom house, and
Ensign Thomas Brodlee, acting under
orders Of the captain and commodore,
raised the American flag from tall cy-
press pole and flung it to the breeze
while the ships in the bay saluted it
with a salvo Of 81 guns.
Ensign BrOdlee, who was left with a
small squad in charge Of the first fort
built in the town, is still a resident of
Monterey and viii be the hero of the
coming celebration The ruins of the
old fort are still to be seen, and the same
old custom house is there. Brodlee re-
signed from the navy in 1S47 and be-
came a citizen Of Monterey. He went
into the business Of making brick and
built the first brick chimney in the
country Brodlee was porn IN Eng lana
IN 1925, and his first active service in
the navy was on the old Savannah,
whose abandoned hulk now lies at the
navy yard ut Mare island
A feature of the celebration viii be
the laying Of the cornerstone of the
$40, 0C0 monument that is to be erected
to the memory Of Commander Sloat.
The ceremony of the takingof Monterey
and the flag raising viii be rehearsed,
and there viii be a naval parade and a
water carnival, to be followed by a ban
quet to the Daval officers.
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succgsgFUL gUsINEss WOMAN.

Association of Woman stenographers.
The Queen Of the stenographers is
the somewhat fanciful title which Miss
Meta Mclaughlin Of Chicago has
earned She is, in fact, not really a
queen, but the president of the National
Association of Women Stenographers
Her career as a business woman has
been phenomenallys successful. Miss Nc
Laughlin was born IN Kansas, and after
graduating from a normal school at the
age of l6 set about making her own
living by teaching school. Her first
class was in the primary grade, where
she taught a class of 100 6-year-olds.
She was rapidly promoted until she be-
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shooting. with the dummy birds he has
been a wonder and now his record extends
to the feathered quarry.
1t is claimed by many sportsusen that a
man who can break clay pigeons has little
trouble in killing live birds when he has
the opportunity and the achievement Of
Mr.. Diokey seems to uphold this theory.
On the other hand it is held that the in
verse Of this proposition is not true-that
is to say, men who conhne themselves to
pigeon shooting are not usually successful
81 the targets. However this may be it is
safe to assume that the man who makes
the best score is the best maFksman whether
his practice was on live birds first or dunn
mics.
Among other experts left In the Iuroh
by the Boston man was the great wing
shot. J. "A. r. Elliott Of Kansas City.
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HE WAS CLEVER.
Diamond Thief Wouldn't Let Mrs
StansfeId Take a Snap Shot
at Him

An attempt was made yesterday af-
ternoon to take a snap shot picture of
the diamond thief captured Thursday
night but it was failure. The fellow
was too wise.
George Stansfleld and his wife went
to the county jail with a camera and
Bert Lucas was to take the man on
pretext of taking him to the court
house and walk him along the south
porch of the jail.
Stansfeld was to stand behind the
door at the west end of the porch and
catch the mans face as he came along.
AS he neared the door Stansheld
threw it open and held his camera di-
rectly in front of the mans face.
But there was no picture.
The fellow had carried his handker-
the porch
When Lucas took him back he was
laughing
You didn't get it did you?' he said.
you're pretty smart but you are not
smart enough"
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came a teacher IN the normal school.
She took up the study Of shorthand,
mastered it in SIX weeks and completed
her course by doing 100 words a minute.
She then obtained an appointment as
enrolling clerk in the Kansas senate
and did such satisfactory work that the
next session she was made chief of the
enrolling department, the highest Office
a woman can hold in that state.
Miss Mclaughlin was next appoint
ed commissioner Of the United States
court of claims in which position she is
sued subpoenas administered oaths to
witnesses and took dispositions. Her
work was largely among the Indians,
and it was trying, but remunerative
Four years ago Miss Mclaughlin went
to Chicago, where she went to work on
a medical journal of which she is now
the editor. Although she does no short
hand work now, she takes an interest
in it, and enthusiastically recommends
it to self dependent young women as a
stepping stone to something better. She
knows how to save money as well as
how to earn it, and she has a consider
able sum invested in real estate in Chi
cagO She began at the age Of 20 by
buying house and lot while earning
salary of but $50 a month
Miss Mclaughlin is a tall, well built
young woman and is always ready to
give a word Of hope and encouragement
to disheartened girls. Although wOna-
an Of business, she dresses as well and
with as good taste as women who have
more time and thought to give to such
matters.
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The Ottawa Daily Republican says:
The movement by which Hon. Jas. A.
Troutman is being pushed to the front
as the candidate of the best element Of
the Republican party for governor, is
growing rapidly in strength Leading
Republicans from all parts Of the state
are interested and are doHing their
coats for labor in the field. In Mr..
Troutman they see a representative Of
that idea of true Republication which
means an honest and vigorous enforce
ment Of law, and they are supporting
him with the dual purpose Of securing
a champion who shall vindicate the
honor of the party. and Of rebuking the
shily-shally, negative, worse than in
active policy OF the present administra-
ton.
Troutman Is honest; he IS capable;
he is sincere-he will be consistent, and
win effectively redeem the party from
the shame Of dalIianee with the whisky
scheme such as has been exploited by
Morrill, and his crowd.
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Perhaps the reason that Congress-
man Baker Of the Sixth district has
not previously spoken during the pres
ent session is that he has been waiting
for an opportunity to be heard on
some matter Of practical and useful
legislation Despairing Of getting such
a. chance he finally concluded to talk
"a the Cuban question
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AN EDITOR SHOT.
His Office Demolished and Type Scat
tered in the Street.

Dayton, Tenn. April IAN Brown,
editor of the Dayton Leader, was way
laid at night while entering his own
yard by two unknown men, who shot
FIVE times at him. two of the shots tax
ing effect. one in his leg and one in
his back. the latter being dangerous.
His printing Office was entered last
night and type scattered through the
town. His assailants are thought to
be menb ers of q political ring he has
been attacking in his paper. Blood
hounds are on the track Of the thugs.
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A KING Al HE LEAPS.
Wing Shot o. r. Dickey, who won the
Grand American Handicap.

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Grand American Handicap.
o. R. Dickey, winner of the Grand
American Handicap and consequently the
champion live bird shot Of this country, is
an unassuming Boston man who, though
known to be crack, was considered some
thing Of a dark horse at the recent in
terstate tournament Mr. Dickey is the
manager of the Boston Shooting assOcia-
ton, whose grounds are at Wellington,
Mass. His fame as a successful shot was
derived largely from his excellent target
work. He has had some experience in
bird shooting, but up to the time Of his
recent victory had done very little pigeon
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Lorrillard Sells Newport Property.

Newport. r. L., April I.-Louis IT,
Lorillard who recently sold his villa
York. has made another sale Of proper
ty. which leaves him without any real
estate in Newport. The property sold
comprises 1000 square feet of land on
Lawrence avenue, opposite the new and
palatial residence of Mr.. ogden GOelet-
The price paid, it is understood. was
500 600 The new owner, a New York
man, will erect a handsome villa on
the property
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St. Louis has at last found something
to commend in Chicago 1t is the de-
feat Of her entire outfit Of Doodle alder
men except three, through the efforts
of the Civic Federation. The Post Dis
patch is advising the Missouri metro
polls to initiate this good example.
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Although the two countries are only
separated by an Imaginary line there
seems to be a great difference between
the French duel and the German va
riety. The German duels are more on
the American plan.
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A minister at wichita has been asked
to resign because he attempted to in
terfere with one OF the privileges dear
est to the Wichita heart-the right to
sell and drink beer on any and all oc-
casions. even at a church entertain
manf
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It is about time for somebody to ask
for an injunction against the soldiers
reunion and fail festivities. now that it
is apparent they are going to be sue
cess. Perhaps it has not occurred to
Old 1Eossback vet. that such a large
body OF visitors win wear out the side
walks and street paving
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Ohio seems to be lacking in original
fly. 1t borrowed its anti-lynching law
from South Carolina and its law for its
method Of killing criminals from New
York