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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12
CONGRESS.



ceedings.
THE senate held Q busy session on the stn.
The filed cheese bill passed as 1t came from
the house by 81 to Is 1t taxes manufacturers
Of filed cheese 1900 annually. wholesale o5af
ers $50 and retailers si2. A long debate TOOK
place on the conference report on the nasSl
appropriation bill Mr.. Quays motion 20 re-
cede on the battle ship disagreement was oe>
feated- The bill was sent back to conference
The house. by a vote Of 153 to IS. oecioeo
against the claim of william Elliott, from the
First South Carolina district and gave inc
seat to George W. Murray. Murray Is col
ored man. and in the Fifty First congress was
seated in place Of Mr.. Elliott Contested esset
occupied the remainder Of the session
MR. MORGAN gave the senate spirited re-
vival OF the Cuban question on the sth, aftef
which most Of the day was spent in waiting ior
conference agreements on appropriation Oils
Mr.. Morgan urged the adoption Of his resolu-
ton calling on the president for Information
OF the Americans taken on the Competitor ana
now under sentence of death at Havana Mr..
Morgan declared that congress should not ad-
journ without authorizing the president 70
send warships to Cuba to demand the release
Of the American prisoners. On the suggestion
of Mr.. Sherman the senate went into secret
session. where. after a further argument by
Mr.. Morgan. his resolution was placed on the
calendar. -. The house considered election con-
tests, and decided the Rinaker- Downing con-
test from Illinois and Martin-Lockhart case
Gratis. Rinaker is a republican and Martin o
republican populist.
THE senate transacted no business OF I'm
portance on the 9th, barely quorum Of men,
berS being present. The house paSSeaLhe
bill of Representative Curtis for the~re
ganiZation Of affairs in the Indian territory.
The veto message Of the president withhold
ing his approval of the deficiency bill was re-
ceived and after lively debate the house, by
vote OF i49 to 49, sustained the veto. new
bill was Immediately reported and passed by
l72 to a.
THE senate showed but little animation In
tranSacting business on the sth. The new de-
ficiency bill passed and the immigration bill
taken up and was the occasion of Senator Nor
gan making another speech on Cuba. The
post office bill was agreed to....The house
agreed to the post office bill. Among other
bills passed was one locating the United
States penitentiary upon the Fort Leaven-
worth military reservation. Late in the
evening the house took q recess until morning.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12

' The Coliseum building at Sixty.
Third street and Stony Island avenue,
Chicago, in which the national dem.
ocratic convention is to be held, was
thrown open to the public recently.
Buffalo Bill, with his cowboys, bron.
chos, Indians and other social bright
lights from the west, and his aggrega.
ton of rough riders from sundry ends
of creation, had the honor of drawing
the first crowd into the building, and
they drew one sufficiently large to
prove that the building will accommo.
date In splendid shape any crowd that
may gather to watch the work of the
politicians
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FOUGHT WITH HYENAS.

A Tanner for Barnum h Bailey Attacked
by Four Savage Beasts.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, June a.-During
a street parade by the Barnum & Bailey
circus here Harlo Northrop. an animal
trainer, who was in a cage with four
hyenas, was attacked by them and
battle ensued, in the presence of many
spectators. Northrop battered out an
eye efone hyena and killed another.
but would have :been overcome by the
other t=<e had help not been given by
other circus men. The tanner was bit
ton badly about the face and l.r1bs
aud his condition is critical.
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NEBRASKA EDITOR DROWNED.

George ID. Trimmer Taken with Cramps
While Bathing Near Emporia.
EMPoRIA, Kan. June George D.
Trimmer, of Wetmore, Nemaha county.
while bathing in the Cottonwood river
yesterday, was taken with cramps and
drowned. He was editor of the Re-
publican at Filley, Neb., but was here
doing special work and attending com.
mencement exercises at the state nor.
NAL school, and at the time of his death
was attending picnic of students. He
was a graduate of the normal class of
1894. Class day exercises for the after
noon at the normal were postponed on
account of the sad accident.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12

SEVEN hundred foreign born children
assembled recently in the great audi
torium of the Educational Alliance
building at New York to honor the
memory of the late Baron Hirsch and
to take the oath OF allegiance to the
United States. After singing patriotic
songs the children stood up, with tiny
American flags waving in their hands,
and declared in chorus: ST pledge
allegiance to my flag and the republic
for which it stands; one nation indi.
visible. with liberty and justice for all
We give our heads and our hearts &c
our country. One God, one country,
one language, one flag"
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12

CRIMINALS frequently escape the pen.
atty of their crimes through technical
errors and two cases were recently
pointed out by the New York Post.
In Texas case the indictment speci.
fed that the crime had been committed
In the town of Groveton. state of
Texas" instead of adding county Of
Trinity" And though there was but
one Groveton in Texas, the omission
set the guilty man free. In a Massa,
chusetts case the Indictment, having
mentioned the county of Worcester"
several times previously, merely de-
scribed the crime a. occurring al
s'Westminster in said county"
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Overtime for Letter Carriers.

WAsHINGToN, June 9.-The general
deficiency bill, which was signed by
the president. contained an item ap
propriating SIS, 944 for the payments Of
judgments rendered by the court Of
claims in faver of the letter carriers Of
Kansas City, Mo-, for overtime and 81.
PAT for the payment of judgments in
favor of carriers in Kansas City, Kan.
The'bill also carries appropriations for
carriers in the following smaller cities
in Missouri and Kansas: Missouri
Moberty, $500; St Joseph, $1l, 514; Sc.
dalia. s3,97l. Kansas-Atchison, So,
s37, Leavenworth, 81, 1a6; Topeka, S..
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THE Anti-Wedlock club, of Frank.
fort, Germany, consists of females be-
tween 90 and 40 years of age. They
pay $50 entrance fee and take oath
never to marry and always to wear
black. 1t is said they frequently break
their resolution in spite of fine of
$500, and appear easily to forget their
motto: THE hymeneal torch merely
kindles the pyre upon which woman's
individuality and independence are
consumed"
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12

No beer and no intoxicants of any
kind can be sold at the Chicago Coli
scum, where the democratic national
convention will be held, because it is
situated in Hyde park, prohibition
district. The sergeant-at-arms. how.
aver, has contracted with a mineral
water company for the placing of 2OG
water tanks in the convention hall
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12

ANOTHER tea garden has been estab.
lished near Somerville, S C. The
United States consuls stationed at tea
ports have been ordered to obtain
samples of seed and valuable informa.
ton has been given by ''tea tasters. :"
The government now owns gardens Of
Japanese, Chinese, Formosa and Assam
tea. 1t is not certain yet whether tea
can be raised in the United States so
rs to compete with tea raised III Asia.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12

: OBSERVERS of tornadoes in this
country agree that a peculiar greenisb
appearance of a portion of the sky in.
variably precedes the worst of the
storm by Is minutes or more. 1t was
noticed in St Louis in the north and
west for more than an hour before the
storm broke.
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Frank MAYO Dead.

OMAHA, Neb., June "A brief dis
patch f5om Grand Island. Neb.. an
nounced thiso afternoon that Frank
Mayo. the veteran actor, who was Cd
his way east with his "Pudd'nhead
Wilson" company, had died on the
train shortly before reaching that city.
The body reached Omaha about four
o'clock and will be prepared for ship
ment east. Death resulted from paral
ysis of the heart and was very sudden
and unexpected.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12

THE Phillips labor bill, which re.
Gently passed the house, provides fer
the creation of an industrial commits.
sion of IL members, three representa-
tives each of labor, agriculture manu-
facture and business, salaried at S.
400 each, with legal adviser at S., 900
for each group The duty of the COM
mission is to investigate questions
Of Importance to labor and to recon-
mend remedial legislation to congress.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12

THOMAS FITzMoRRIs. farmer living
at White River Junction, Vt, was
fined 1874 for giving away two drinks
of hard cider to visitors at his home,
and the sheriff confiscated 200 gallons
of cider found in the cellar. This
was done under the prohibitory law Of
The state
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12

The Swiss nation al council has ex-
pressed regret that the United States
has not replied to the Swiss proposal
for the conclusion of an arbitration
treaty and recently requested the
bundesrath to demand a categoric an
swer, but the president of the confed.
Grafton, M. Adrien Lachenal, declined
to make the demand, although joining
in the expression of regret at the nom
receipt of a reply on the subject from
America.
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SOME MORE LIES.

What Ii the Motive and Who the Author of
This Systematic Effort to Make 1t Appear
Thae Fusion IL Agreed Upon"
Just now the air seems to be full OF
tales relative to the manner in which
the populists are looking around for
some convenient whale to swallow
them. A few days ago dispatch was
sent out from Indianapolis stating
that a deal had been entered into by
the leading populists to indorse Gov.
Matthews and have him nominated by
the democrats and Endorsed by the
popalists-
OF course we did not believe that
any populist of any standing whatever
would think for a mouent OF enter
tanning such an idea, but imagine our
surprise when we saw the following
in sthe Chicago Times-Herald, dated
Topeka, Kan, May "a:
1.-THE sentiment for a combination
on national ticket between the dem
ocrats and populists is fast taking
shape among the leaders of the latter
party in Kansas.s During the last few
days many of the populist readers of
the state have expressed the hope that
such a combination may be made. II
the free coinage men win in Chicago
and nominate a western man salts
factory to the populists. it is certain
that many of the Kansas delegates to
the populist convention at St Louis
will favor his Endorsement by that
party. Kansas and North Carolina
have the largest delegations in the ma
tional populist convention Each will
be represented by 90 delegates and it
is stated here that the leaders in both
states are csnferring with "a view to
their giving the two delegations solid
to the nominee of the democratic con-
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12

JOHN PIERCE is a Tombstone, Ariz.
miner who recently had a difficult
work to provide the necessaries of life
for himself and family. He is now in
San Francisco with $3.50. 600 in gold coin
to his credit It is story of lucky
find of rich gold and silver bearing
uuartZ
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12

SINCE March the Spanish army in
Cuba has lost 3.19O men from yellow
fever. This is about the average strength
Of ten veteran regiments, or an army
division. The loss from assertions also
has been unusually heavy.
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Col. Moore Need Not Pay.

LAWRENCE. Kan, June 6.-In district
court here the suit of s. S. King against
q. L. Moore for pay Of services alleged
to be due King for making political
speeches in the campaign when Col.
Moore was elected toucongress from the
Second Kansas district, four years ago,
was decided against the plaintiff, King,
the court holding that there was no
contract and that Moore owed King
nothing
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A Newspaper ONCE Wrecked.

. WAMEGo. Kan, June 6-The ST.
Mary's Journal Office was sacked yes
terday, the press and cases completely
wrecked and the type thrown into the
Kansas river. Editor James Graham
had been attacking a1man who is said
to have collected license money FROM
the saloons, and George Welsh had
threatened to dernolish the office. He
is under arrest and cannot get 81, 600
hail
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12

The peoples declaring for the ultimate
that there rapidly growing sentiment the followers all political
OF all
to
be receivable public private the
also that there should be plank plank
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12

To make guns of paper pulp is the
latest idea The pulp is hardened and
there is core of metal inside the gun,
the exterior being bound with about
five layers of copper, brass or steel
wire. The lightness of the paper gun
Is most favora BILE feature.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12
MnItitud,e WiII st.rve..

CHICAGO, June as. NJ. Moore. chair
man of the Chicago Armenian relief
committee, who is now III CONSTANT
nople with his daughter, Mrs Gates
Harpool, has cabled to the committee:
Relief must be continued until fall.
Large contributions must come or 500, .
600 people will starve."
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Prof. Benton Goes to Baker.

BALDWIN, Kan, June 6-The trustees
of Baker university have elected Prof.
Guy P, Benton, of Fort Scott, to the
chair OF English, the position vacated
by the removal of Prof Martin. Prof
Benton was assistant state superin-
tendent the first year of E. Stanley's
term
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Tangled In . Seine.

MALVERN, Ark, June Elm the
Ouich;ta river yesterday afternoon
Martin Price. young man about 90
years old, was drowned. Price was
trying to loosen a seine, bus was
tangled in it and was unable to get out
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12
Martial Law In Barcelona.

BARCELONA, June 9.-Martial law
has been declared here. The total
number of victims of the bomb explo'
sion of Sunday is eight dead, II dying
and Is injured. The person who threw
the bomb has not been apprehended.
The impression is general that anarch
lists did the work, as a result Of
widespread anarchistic plot.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12

The ancient rule that the king can
do no wrong finds modern advocates
in those senators who opposed PETERS
resolution to investigate tha bond
deals.-Times-State
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12

IT is asserted that during Queen Vic
toria's reign sanitary reforms have in
creased the average life of the English
by 3L years
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12

In the city Of New York there are
nearly zoo, 900 bicycle riders, of whom
SO, 600 are members of various clubs.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12

PROBABLY the owner of the largest
number of dogs in the world is Gustav
Jovanovitch, Russian cattle king.
who has 35, 600 shepherd dogs to look
after 1, SEQ, 900 sheep.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12

WHAT shall be done to relieve the
farming population from distress is
question that is receiving the attention
of nearly all European governments.
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rhey win Pr.etlc. polys.my.

MIDDLEsBoRo, KR June e-Three
hundred families recently converted to
Mormonism in the MOUNTAINS of Vir-
ginia will emigrate to Mexico and
form a colony on the Pacific coast
They will practice polygqmy.e
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12
CURRENT COMMENT.
KANSAS

THE terms of 90 United States sena-
tors expire on March next
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-12

! MARSHALL, Mo-, June a-John Ho-
worker, aged As. an ice dealer of Gil.
liam. this county, shot himself through
the brain yesterday.
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rage. The driver was injured inter
nally and also died. Austin Corbin wa.
often called the king of Long Island.
THE Philadelphia counsel for Capt
Wiborg, late commander of the al.
legged flibustering steamer Horsa,
have received from Washington a petit.
ton to President Cleveland for the
pardon of Capt Wiborg, signed by a.
senators and 143 members of the house
A RECENT dispatch from Athens said
that Turkish detachment of IS IneD
which returned to Vamos, the town in
the island of Crete which was recently
besieged, in order to remove war ma
terial, was cut to pieces by the insur.
gents, only two of them escaping.
A TROLLEY car of the Milwaukee
Electric Railway Co, was fred into by
strikers or strike sympathizers on the
night of the 4th and the motorman
was fatally shot and the conductor
badly wounded.
The American line steamer st. Paul
recently broke all records from South
| ampton, Eng, to New York, making
the voyage in days and So hours
| pretty story Is told of the widow
Of the great Schumann. When she
| played her husbands music in public
she read over some of the old fove let
ters that he wrote her during the days
OF their courtship. SO that, as she said
she might be better able to do justice
to her Interpretation of the spirit oil
his work."
The yearly income of the Gould fam.
lily from its holdings and Western
Union and Manhattan is about 81, 500.
600 George Gould. the head of the
family, gives just enough care to bust
ness to see that the income comes in
regularly. He would rather talk fish
ing that finance.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08
TRAVELLERS SAMPLES.

George Mundy is once more hustling or
ders on the road. He now travels for j.
Lowenstein of this city,
II, y Goldman departed Thursday for a
six weeks trip and will return In time TO
spend the holidays al home.
C. w Carr. one Of the finest an the
road. came down from his Navaaota head
quarters last Wednesday to spend day
here.
A letter received by the editor from that
Jolly fellow traveller, Ed. Steinhardt reads,
II have quit the road and am now con-
nected with the Advance Tire company, ST.
Louis"
j. NJ Cheat the New Orleans hardware
salesman. was few days ago held up by
couple of hghwaymen at Rosenberg
Junction while on his way from the tram
10 the hotel and relieved OF some $40, The
assailants were captured al Alvin and are
now safe In the jail at Richmond.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08
NATIONAL NEWS.

The regular monthly meeting of tho Ma
tional board OF directors takes place Sat
urday November ii, al St. Louis.
Now that politics ia thing of the rrst.
for while at least. It is hopod hat every
National officer Will give attention to the
duties his Office requires OF him AMI use
his best efforts toward the upbuillng Of
the organization.
The editor acknowledges with thanks Il
handsomely leather bound memorandum
book with the compliments Of tho pennsyI-
vania division. That division is mGking a
most earnest effort to increase it's mem
hcr ship, is determined TO become the lead
ing commercial travelling mems organiza-
tion in the State and desires to make tn
best record of any division in the associa-
ton this year May 1t succeed in its eff
forts!
ARE you for or against Georgia and the
South Is A thirty PAGE pamphlet ,dst re
cevcd. II contains arguments If National
chairman OF the railroad committee, +. T..
Smith. and " c. Glea, Esq, attorney for
the Georgia division Travellers Protective
association before the Georgia railway com
mission and is plea for equitable Iasson-
ger rates justified by facts figures aud ar
guments IT Will have a wide circulation
among the manufacturers, jobbers and the
wholesalers. especially in the Southern
States, and VIII prove conclnsvoly that
this section * being Disseminated against
by the railroads.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08
TRAVELLERS SAMPLES.

EX-State Director II. NJ. Finch was a
guest at the Capitol Hotel Friday.
II j. Hardy was down ut Galveston dur
ing the week getting out his spring line
of samples.
w G Twyman is back from his bridal
tour. receiving the congratulations o. his
many friends,
Colonel George A. I'M representing the
Mexican National railway spent last
Thursday in the city on his way to Gal
weston.
The following statesmen were in the city
the past week: G.. II. Woodson. Dan NJ
Lasker f.. j Toagarden, Ed Stcdman, j.
a. McNabb V. V. Damon. Nat H. Hunt
A. G. Myers, Ben Levy and l.. T. Kaun-
mann.
H. r. Clark IS A member Of Post \, Mis-
souri, division, and travels out OF st Louis
He says he wondered all along why all
angels were represented as females but
after he visited Houston he no longer
marveled.
The friends of Captain John +. Fioklin
will be pleased to learn tina, his health has
so much improved lately as TO be able
to tackle tho road upcc more. He will
cover territory for the National oil com
pany. with headquarters at Waco.
MFR, T. Fowler (TcNas Fill Nye) says
The reason John Cross has made sue
cess on the road is simply due to his volce
Johns voice is sweet that birds will
drop dead off the trees when he tails
while his smile is so penetrating that 1t
would tune a piano"