Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
JOHN DILLON and several other dele
gates to the Irish convention Mt Dub
lin were booted and attacked on the
street by gang Of toughs and had to
seek refuge in hotel. II could not
be said on the Sd that tho convention
had been n success and the delegates
were rs far from agreeing upon plan
for unity rs when they first met
Ar a conference between Senator
Butler, Thomas f. Watson and other
populist leaders Mt Atlanta, Ca, 1t was
decided that Watson should speak
twice in Kansas, twice in Nebraska
aud twice in Colorado and that Will
liam j. Bryan and Thomas E. Watson
should DC notified of their nomination
by letter some time before September
10.
TIE New York Commercial Adver.
tiscr printed on the 4th dispatch
from Arthur Sewall. the vice presiden'
tial nominee OF the democratic party,
stating that he had not the remotcst
intention of withdrawing from the
ticket.
Ex-SEcRErARY JOHN w. FOSTER en-.
tertaincd Ii Hung Chang at dinner ut
Washington on the 4th, q select COM
pany being present, including three
cabinet members and the general CON-
manding the army.
A WASHINGTON dispatch Of the 4th
stated that the populist party, follow.
ing in the wake Of the republican,
democratic and silver parties, had de-
cided to organize clubs In every pre-
cinct in the United States.
CHAIRMAN BYNUM, OF the executive
committee of the national democratic
party, has appointed the following rs
members of the committee: W. B. Hal.
deman. of Louisville. Ky; L. c. Kraut-
hoff, OF Kansas City, Mo-; +. w. M.
Cutcheon, OF Minnesota, and John c.
Built, of Philadelphia. Mr.. Byuum
has also announced that headquarters
will lie located in Chicago with a
branch in New York.
JAMES L. NORRIS, the assistant treas
urer of the democratic national COM
mittee at Washington, has issued an
appeal for campaign funds.
Dir. GEORGE b. Brown GooDE, assist
ant secretary of the Smithsonian insti'
tuition and probably the leading au'
thority on fish and fisheries In the
United States, died at Washington on
the 9TH OF bronchial pneumonia, aged
As years.
Mn. BRYAN spoke to q crowd of from
5000 to 10000 people ut Milwaukee on
the 9TH. On account of rain both
speaker and listeners had to put up
their umbrellas.
WESTERN delegations numbering
over 5000 people visited Maj. McKin-
ley ut Canton, o., on the 5th.
A LONDON dispatch said that the re.
cent Irish national convention ut Dub.
lin, as means OF promoting unity In
the Irish parliamentary party. was the
biggest failure on record and only
served to widen the breaches existing
among the various factions. Even the
liberal newspapers, which for years
have had the cause Of Ireland at heart,
admitted this.
GEN. DAN w. JONES, of Little Rock,
was elected governor of Arkansas by
from so, 600 to 6O,OOo plurality, the en-.
tire democratic state ticket being sue
cessful ut the polls.
HENRY Ii. PAYNE, ex-United States
senator. suffered stroke Of paralysis
at Cleveland, o., and little hope was
entertained of his recovery. lie is
nearly 90 years old.
Mr.. BRYAN reviewed the Labor day
parade at Chicago aud then spoke to
about 5000 people at Sharpshooters'
park.
SENATOR TELLER, of Colorado, de-
livcred his first speech Of the campaign
ut Morrison, ILL.,, on the 9TH.
MIR. BRYAN was formally notified at
Lincoln, Ncb., on the 9Th Of his nOmi-
nation for the presidency by the ma
tional silver party. Mr.. George A.
Groot, of Ohio, chairman Of the Motif
cation committee, made the notifica'
ton address, which was long one, and
Mr. Bryan responded in a rather brief
speech Of acceptance. Mr.. Harrington,
OF tho committee. afterward informed
Mr.. Bryan, Of Mr.. Sewal's selection
for the vice presidency, and Mr.. Bryan
accepted 1t In few words on behalf Of
Mr.. Sewall.
TIE national committee of the popu'
list party have issued from the washing
ton headquarters IN appeal for small
contributions for campaign purposes.
ArroRNEY-GESEBAL HARMON has re
turned from his vacation aud resumed
his duties at the department OF justics
at Washington.
The convention of the National As
ISOLATION OF Democratic clubs, called
to meet at ST. Louis on September 30
has been postponed until October 2
and will last through the 3D.. This IL
done TO insure the attendance o.
Mcssrs. Bryan and Scwall, who woult
not have been able to be present OF
tho date first named.
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NIsCELLANEOUs.
MAX GREERsTEIN, !: years old, Eel
from the roof OF six-story tenement