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The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16


Wichita was an easy winner at Hutch
inson last night for the congressional
convention which will be held in this
city March 9.
As a convention city Wichita is gett-
ing TO be a mascot so far as the Republi
can side of the political triangle goes.
There were four candidates in the
field for the convention. the other three
being Hutchinson, Newton and Nc
Pherson. Neither made a hard fight
as. considering the date fixed. Wichita
was the logical choice. the bigger con-
vention occurring next day here.
The meeting was held at the Midland
hotel and was quite a field day for the
politicians Of the Seventh district. The
attendance Of committeeman was large
and the attendance of men who had
fences to trim was larger than ever be-
fore a a meeting Of this kind.
All present brought better reports
from the district than were expected
and there was a strong unanimity OF
feeling for the denomination and re-
election of Chester l Long. l twas
conceded that he would have no OPP
position in the district.
A great deal OF medicine was made
by the candidates who want to repre-
sent the district as delegate to ST.
Louis. They were all present and in
cluded Harry Bone Of Clark, Mike SUIT
| ton of Forde, Frank Vincent OF Reno
and two or three dark horses who were
| being groCmed by their rfiends in case
Of deadlock or a change OF any other
kind. All the candidates for delegate,
worked hard and, of course, each claim
ed 10 have a cinch.
The convention was fixed on a basis
Of one delegate for every 200 votes cast
for Chester l. Long in 1894 and one dele
gate for a major fraction thereof. A
resolution was passed that every coun-
| ~ should have at least one vote in the
convention and that in case all the dele
gates do not attend the full vote OF the
counties may be cast by those wo do.
\ preference vote was taken by the
committeeman for president and /,
stood as follows: Mckinley, 26: Reed
3; Allison, 3. There was no preference
expressed for delega te-at-large.
The Wichita men who attended the
meeting were Z. y. ROhrbaugh, S. ".
Bridgeman and ]. w. Dobson.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16
] ERhe>gl-

matism with its dreadful pains and aches,
is a disease of the blood. Lactic acid
accumulates in the vital fluid and settles
in the joints, to the intense agony of the
sufferer. Hoods Sarsaparilla neutralizes
this acid, restores the rich healthy quality
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16
NTNUn ~ IN HUTTMAN'S AGENCY
INN|R H. agains st Fire, lightning, Tor
IINMIllII nado 'Plste-Gla Accidents
E0R q ALE

Nice 10-room house. hot and cold water
both floors, bath room, lighted by elec-
tricity. good barn, lot 100 #, south and
east fronts. 1906 y. Enpor.a Ave; or VIII
trade for good bottom farm. VIII sell
l60 acres fine bottom land, miles west OF
Lawrence Ave, on 18th St; all under
7-wire fence; big feed lots, 7 # enclosure
tight board fence on north and west; wind
mill. big tanks; new house built last
spring. All properties clear. See Ed
WigEleSworth.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16
Gard of Thanks.

To those who SO kindly assisted and
sympathized with us in our late be
reavement, We wish TO express out
heartfelt thanks.
MR.. r ". FARNHAM
MIR. AND MRS. 5. H. REYNOLDS.
And Family.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16
Cured by

Hoods Sarsaparilla and only Hoods.
81 have been suffering for eight years
with rheumatism, and tried several reme-
dies, but could get no relief until COM
menced taking Hoods Sarsaparilla. Since
taking this medicine the pains have
entirely left my shoulders. We think
highly of Hoods Sarsaparilla as a blood
purifier" B. F. GRIMES, Hope Mills,
North Carolina. Be sure to get
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16
OTHER SPECIALS.

Two hundred and twenty
pieces of bright, fresh Mat
ting will be sold at less than
its worth, simply because we
can, as the good ship Foo
Chow Wong. sailing from
Shanghai, has brought in our
name just such styles as our
public wants, from the cheap
est China TO the finest Japan
ese Damask. If You want to-
see the new lot just peep into
our busy carpet department.
No need 10 tell YOU how
many hundreds of thousands
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16
CHARGED WITH SELLING LIQUOR
Cncle sam Takes Hand In the War at
burton and Two Boys are Arrested.


Burton and Two Boys are Arrested.
Deputy United States Marshal Thorn
son yesterday brought TO the city two
young men named Charles and Robert
Fennimore, charged with selling liquor
at Burton without first having secur-
ed q government license.
They were arraigned yesterday az
ternoon before Commissioner Shear
man who placed them under $500 bond
for their appearance Monday. Feb. "a,
before the commissioner. when they
will be given a preliminary hearing.
They promptly gave a bond by c. w.
and E. W. FenimOre, father and uncle
is securities for their appearance.
Mr.. r. p. Murdock has gone to New
York to absent several days Mrs
MurdOck accompanied him as far as
Kansas City and viii return tomorrow.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16
nn1atIISn1

of the blood, and thus drives out and
prevents rheumatism. Hundreds of testi-
pains and aches ended, sharp twinges in
shoulders and hips, backs, arms and legs
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16
WICHITA WINS III
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION CAP
URED BY THE PEERLESS CITY.

Date is Fixed for March 9, tho Day Before
the Big Convention-Decisioni 10 Made
by the Committeeman at Hutchinson
Last Night-NckinIeyG Gets Big Boom
in Preference Vote Taken at the Meet
ing-Newton, Hutchinson and McPher-
son Were Rivals of Wichita for the Con-
vention But Couldn't Make 1t.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16

Bills were sent out yesterday - ev-
cry township in the county announcing
the OLD Settlers reunion on Friday
next. and the managers give IL out as
a cold fact that on Friday next the lar
Eest number OF old settlers VIII os
found IN line Of any reunion the have
ever held y move VIII be made 10 have
a summer meeting when il can BE- held
IN q grove All historical facts viii be
preserved BY the secretary who VIII
keep = book for that purpose. and a
committee will be appointed 10 show
what has become OF each person who
ioined in Isl. and since. II possible.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16
TO BOOM M'KINLEY
SUMNER COUNTY MAN HAS 4
SCHEME TO THAT EFFECT.

VIII Run Decorated Train of Corn to
st. Louis Having the CoIors of McKin-
iey-He VIII Also Take a Band and a
Representative Citizen From Each of
Forty Southern Kansas Counties-Mc-
hinley Oratory and Enthusiasm at
Every Stopping Place En- Koute-he
Hits the Railroads a Crack on Rates.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-07-16
Tho Night Session.

At the night session, in the presence
of fully $4,000 people, the nominating
speeches were made, and there was
repetition of the exciting scense of the
afternoon. The Bryan enthusiasm
continued. The galleries went frantic
at every mention Of his name, and the
wild demonstrations of the afternoon
were duplicated when he was placed
in nomination by Hon. 81. T. Lewis,
Of Georgia, and seconded by W. c. K.
Lutz, Of North Carolina; George f.
Williams, Of Massachusetts, and
Thomas j. Herman. of Louisiana.
Senator Vest placed Bland in nomin.
alton, and Governor Overmeyer, of
Kansas, seconded the nomination.
The name of Claude Matthews, Of In
diana. was presented by Turpie, Of In
diana, and seconded by Delegate Trip
petit, of California.
Fred White. Of Iowa, placed Boies
in nomination, and the Waterloo
statesman owed magnificent ovation
to the enthusiasm Of Miss Minnie
Murray, a young woman from Nashua,
Ia, who led the Boies demonstration,
as Miss Carson Lake did the Blaine
demonstration at Minneapolis four
years ago.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-07-16
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Villages upon the island of Crete are
being pillaged by Turks.
James Stansbury, the Australian,
won the scul1ing match with "Wag"
Harding the English champion, on the
Thames.
The new searchlight at Barnegat,
N. j., near New York harobr, throws a
light which can be seen nearly 100
miles at sea.
Patrick Carney, so years of age, was
kicked to death in Chicago by James
Wilson. The killing was a. most
brutal affair, the result Of family
row.
English bimetalists convened in LON
don. They declared for the remoneti-
zation Of silver, and think it should be
accomplished by international agree
ment.
The Northern Pacific receivers were
given Judgment in the federal court in
Seattle by default against the Seattle,
Lake Shore &sEastern railroad for ST.
ass, $50 63.
For the restoration of sight to his
rapidly failing eyes, Charles Broadway
Rouss, millionaire of New York,
will pay 800, 00O This offer is open
to any one who may wish to try, man,
woman or child.
The city authorities of Tacoma in
dulged in another wire cutting party,
during the progress of which the wires
of the Commercial Electric Light &
Power Company were again removed,
the company having replaced the wires
during the day.
The boathouse in connection with
George & Bakers oannery, near As
toria. was burned. together with a
two-masted plunger and a barge.
Prompt work saved the cannery proper
from destruction. The fire was of in
cendiary origin. Loss not stated.
In the federal court in Seattle,
Judge Hanford, made an order dis
missing Oakes, Rouse and Payne, the
old receivers of the Northern Pacific,
excusing them and their sureties from
further liability, and wiping out the
charges Of contempt Of court, which
have been pending against them be-
cause of their failure to show up in
court when they were under the fire.
box, as the court directed.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-07-16
MAD WITHEXCITEMENT
Wild Scenes Enacted in the
Chicago Coliseum.
BRYAN's PASSIONATE oRAT0RY
Delegates and Spectators Alike Carried
Away by His speech-stam-
pede for the Nebraskan.

Chicago. the third days session
OF the national Democratic convention,
ten acres of people on the sloping sides
of the Coliseum saw the silver-helmet-
ed gladiators in the arena oyerpower the
gold phalanx and plant the banner of
silver upon the ramparts of Democracy.
They saw what may prove the disrup-
tion or the success of great political
party, amid scenes Of enthusiasm such
as, perhaps, never before occurred in 8
national convention.
They saw 30. 600 people, with i'm.
aginations inflamed by the burning
words Of passionate oratory, swayed
like wind-swept fields; they heard the
awful roar of 30, 900 voices burst like
volcano against the reverberating dome
overhead; they saw q man bryan Of
Nebraska) carried upon the shoulders
Of others intoxicated with enthusiasm.
Amidst the tumult and turbulence,
they listened to appeals, to threats, to
cries for mercy (from Hill of New
York;, and finally, they watched the
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-07-16
firm, his eyes bright, his nose Roman,
his raven hair is brushed back from his

firm, his eyes bright, his nose Roman,
his raven hair is brushed back from his
forehead and falls to his collar.
With well-modulated voice, which
gradually rose in pitch until it pene-
trated the furthermost limits of the
hall. he wove the spell upon his audi
ence. His speech was masterpiece Of
fervent oratory. With consummate
eloquence he stated the case of silver
and parried the arguments of the gold
men. Marc Antony never applied the
match more effectively.
His closing remarks were:
Having behind us the commercial
interests, the laboring interests, and all
the toiling masses, we shall answer their
demands for the gold standard by say
ing to them: You shall not press
down upon the brow Of labor this crown
Of thorns. You shall not cruelty man
kind upon the CROSS Of gold.'
The convention took fire with enthu.
siasm. 1t crackled as with the war Of
flames. Hill was forgotten; all else
was forgotten for the moment Cheers
swelled to yells, yells became screams.
Every chair In the valley of the Coli
scum and every chair in the vast will
derness on the hillsides became dock
on which frantic men and women were
wildly waving handkerchieis, canes,
bats and thing movable.
Some, like men demented, Invested
themselves Of their coats and flung
them high in the air.
A Texas delegate uprooted the purple
standard Of his state and bore it fran
tically to the place where rose the
standard Of Nebraska. In twinkling
others followed the example. Two
thirds Of the state staffs were torn from
their sockets and carried as trophies to
Nebraska, where they danced in mid.
air. A dozen delegates rushed upon
the stage and shouldered the half-dazed
orator and bore him in triumph down
the aisle. Louder and louder shrieked
the thousands, until the volume Of
sound broke like gigantic wave, and
fell only to rise and break again.
For almost ten minutes this madden
ed tumult continued, while the dele
gates with the state standards paraded
the inclosure. Old political generals
were stupified. If the ballot for the
nomination had been taken, it would
have been a stampede.
When it was all over the votes were
taken first on the minority substitute
for the platform offered by Senator
Hill, which was defeated 626 to $50.
Then, on the resolution to indorse the
administration, which was beaten, 357
to 564, and lastly on the adoption of
the platform, which was carried. 628
to 301.
Senator Tillman, after the rejection
of the resolution to indorse the admin
istration, Withdrew his resolution to
oensure the administration.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-07-16
MURDERED AT NIGHT
WERE

Chris vejtn aud F. o. Nelson Killed
Near Astoria.
Astoria, Or, July 14.-Chris Vein
and F. o. Nelson were murdered on
the v ashington side of the Columbia
river, near Point Ellis, about Q o'clock
this morning, and as yet no informa-
tion has been obtained that points to
the identity of the assassins. Vein
owned whisky scow, which he had
anchored near the scene of the murder
since the fishing season opened, and
was also engaged in fishing. Nelson
attended J. q. Megler's fish station a
short distance above Point Ellis, and
started out from the whisky soow in
company with Vein shortly after
o'clock. This was the last seen Of
them alive. Several shots were heard
near by about Q O'Clock, and at day
break the body of Vein was found in
his boat and that of his companion
among the rocks on the shore, short
distance away. VEINS breast had
been pierced by revolver bullet, and
a similar messenger Of death had pene-
trated the side of Nelson g head. Both
shots had been fired at close range, the
faces of the murdered men being pow.
der-burned.
At noon today Sheriff Hare and Cor
oner Pohl proceeded to the scene and
brought the bodies to this city.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-07-16
THE CHICAGO PLATFORM.
Declares for Free Coinage of silver at
tho Present Ratio of 16 to 1.

Declares for Free Coinage of Silver at
tho Present Ratio of 16 to 1.
We, the democrats Of the United States
in convention assembled, reaffirm our al
legiance to those great essential principles
of justice and liberty upon which our in
democratic party has advocated from JET
ferson's time to our own-freedom of
speech, freedom of the press, freedom of
conscience, the preservation of personal
rights, the equality of all citizens before
the law. and the faithful observance of
constitutional limitations.
During all these years the democratic
party has resisted the tendency of selfish
interests to the Capitalization of govern
mental power, and steadfastly maintained
the integrity of the dual scheme of govern
ment, as established by the founders of
this republic of republics. Under its guild
ance and teachings, the great principle of
local self-government has found it's best
expression in the maintenance of the rights
Of states, and its assertion OF the necessity
of confining the general government to the
exercise Of the powers granted by the con-
stitution of the United States. Recogniz-
ing that the money question is paramount
to all others at this time, we invite atten-
ton to the fact that the federal con-
stitution named silver and gold together
as the money metals of the United States,
and that the first coinage law passed by
congress under the constitution made the
silver dollar the monetary unit and adj
mitted gold to free coinage at a ratio based
upon the siiver-dollar unit.
We declare that the act Of 1873, demone-
tizng silver without the knowledge or ap-
proval Of the American people, has result
ed in the appreciation of gold and a cor
responding fall in the price of commodities
produced by the people, a heavy increase
in the burden Of taxation, and of all debts,
public and private. the enrichment of the
money-1ending classes at home and abroad,
prostration Of industry and impoverish-
ment of the people.
We are unalterably opposed to mono
metalism, which has locked fast the pros
perity of an Industrial people in the
paralysis of hard times. Gold monometal-
ism Is British policy. and Its adoption
has brought other nations into financial
servitude to London. 1t Is not only un
American, but anti-American. and can be
fastened on the United States only by the
sinking Of that spirit and love Of liberty
which proclaimed our political indepen-
dence in 1776. and won 1t in the war of the
Revolution.
We demand the free and unlimited coin
age Of both gold and silver at the present
legal ratio Of 16 to /. without waiting for
the aid or consent Of any other nation. We
demand that the standard silver dollar
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-07-16
The Point El1ioe disaster.

Victoria, July 14.-An action has
been commenced by Martha Kane
James against the city Of Victoria for
damages caused by the death Of Fran
cis Thomas James, which was brought
by the negligence Of the defendant in
and about Point Ellice bridge. The
plaintiff brings the action for the BEN
eft of herself and Maria Louise Lang
don, Maud, Willie and Charles Thorn
as, children of the deceased. In this
action the tramway company is not
made the defendant, for the probable
reason that the deceased was not on the
car, but was crossing the bridge on his
bicycle at the time that the ill-fated
car went through the bridge May 26
last. So far there is-only one other
case pending for damages arising out
of the accident. 1t is brought by A. 8.
Potts against both the city and the
company. He alleges that the city
was'negligent in allowing the bridge
20 become out of repair, and the com-
pany also negligent in allowing the
car to be overloaded. The damages
are named at $4,000.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-07-16
LUCIEN BONAPARTE.

He Was the Ablest and Most Courageous
of the Emperor's brothers.
The younger brother had, after the
first juvenile heats Of radicalism, be-
come moderate republican, holding
his convictions resolutely Having op-
posed the hereditary consulate for Ma
poleon, he withdrew, unmindful of any
reward he might have claimed for his
services of Brumaire, to lead life Of
study and cultivate his inborn literary
tastes. On the death of his first wife,
by whom he had two daughters, he mar
ried, in direct opposition to Napoleon 8
wishes, the beautiful and accomplished
Nine. de Jauberthon. This was in 1903.
He had been importuned to put her
away and lend himself to the project of
buttressing the empire by himself ac-
cepting a crown and contracting a royal
marriage. He was by far the ablest and
most courageous of the Bonaparte broth
ers, but his heart was true, his princi-
Piles were fixed, and he was utterly in
different to the rise of Napoleonic en-
pire.
1t was with reluctance that he came
to Mantua- There are two accounts Of
what happened there-that which has
long been accepted of Napoleon Offering
and Lucien hotly refusing the crown Of
Portugal, with the hand of Prince Fer
dinand for his daughter Charlotte, and
that which makes the first offer to have
been Etruria Both accounts agree, how
ever, that the bid was raised to the
promise of Italy-all on condition that
he should divorce his wife and rule in
the interest Of his brothers. imperial
power. Lucien disdained even this
bribe, declaring that he would accept
the crown, but that he would rule in
the interests of his subjects, and that he
would in no case consider divorce
Angry words were spoken. Napoleon
crushed in his hand watch with which
he had been toying. kissing out that
thus he would crush wills which opposed
his. 81 defy you to commit crime, -
retorted Lucien.
Before parting there was half recon
ciliation, and Napoleon requested that
at least his brothers. eldest daughter
might be sent to Paris for use in his
scheme of royal alliances Lucien as
sented, and the child, clever girl OF
about IA, was sent to live with Nine.
Mere. She was thoroughly discontented
and wrote bright, sarcastic letters to
her stepmother, whom she loved, de-
picting the avarice of her grandmother
and the foibles of her other relatives.
These, like all other suspected letters OF
the time, were intercepted and read in
the "cabinet noir" Their contents be.
ing made known to Napoleon, he sent
the petulant, witty writer back to hel
father. Despairing of any support from
Lucien or his family, Napoleon formal
ly adopted his stepson Eugene, the vice
roy, with view to consolidating an6
confirming the italian feeling of depend
ence ON France. Sloane't
Life of Napoleon" in Century.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-07-16
BRYAN OF NEBRASKA
Nominated for President by
the Democrats.
DELEGATES sTAMPEDED TO HIM
He Was Elected on the Fifth Ballot
Arthur Sewell, of Maines for
Vice-Presfds mt.


Chicago. ]. Bryan, "the boy
orator of the Platte" and ex-congress-
man from Nebraska, was nominated
by the Democratic national convention
at Chicago. upon the fifth ballot
Ever since Bryan's brilliant oratori-
cal effort on the third day Of the con-
vention, he has been steadily gaining
strength in the convention, and after
the first ballot former supporters Of
other candidates rapidly transferred
their allegiance, singly, in pairs and in
droves, to the young statesman who
had 80 ably defended their free-silver
cause in and out Of convention, and at
all times.
After Mr.. Bryan was nominated the
convention unanimously ratified the
choice of the majority.
The decks were cleared for balloting,
which was to begin as soon as the
Democratic national convention reas-
sembled, at 10 O'Clock on the fourth