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The Lamar register., 1896-04-18
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ROW csrssin wsp,d-Bs Hunorists De-'
Lightly With Uneansy satderts-

That was a bitter joke OF the man
II Tcxss who put a quantity OF iaiap
In some beer his friend was about 30
drink. The funeral was well at
tended.
It is impossible to say who origin
ated the above manner Of stating a
fatal occurrence, says the 81 Louis
Post-Dispatch. but IL seems TO be
quite generally followed by news
paper paragraphers- II is delicate
way OF putting It and reads much
better than when one says: "Ilc died
amid the most horrible and excruciAt-
ing agonies .
The whole story Is told and the
readers sensihility Is not shocked
This style Of paragvaPhing affords an
Variety, freshness. and a cheerful
not to say vivacious iacetiousness
might bo mingled with the briefc-t
notices Of fatal casualties that other
wise might be neglected by the
reader or very briefly glanced At, a..
for instance. the following:
A man in Maryland the other day
ate fifteen raw oysters on a wager.
The silver trimmings on his coffin
cost Si2S SA
A young man in Louisville exam.
ined keg of damaged guupoSdcr
with red-hot poker 10 see II ii wRs
good. II is believed b. his friends
that he has gone TO Europe, although
a man has found some bones and :
piece Of shirt tail abou; twenty miles
from Louisville
Richard StrongarIn. better known
as the '.champion trunk smasher Of
Missouri" found a box last week
marked: Dynamite--handle with
care. "HA. ha,' said he; '-iyna.
miteF' In a scornful voice as he seized
it by tho handle. braeed one foot
against the load. and yanked ii or
the platform. He never came back
A circus rider In Arizona tried iC
turn three somersaults on horsebAck
the other day. The management sent
back TO New Orleans for another
sonersault man
4 man in New York could1't wait
for the cars to get to the depot Hi.
widow had 10 sue the insurance com
pany.
A man warned his wife in Cincin
natl not TO light the fire with kero
sene. She did not heed the warning,
Her clothes at his second wife 70
markably we'll
A small boy was hanging around I
circus in Brooklyn the other day
when he opened the lid OF boA
marked boa constructor. That
small boy doesn't hang around ans
more circuses
A boy in Canada disregarded hi
mothers injunctions not to skate o,
the river, as the ice was thin. Hi
mother does not cook for as many a
she formerly did.
In Massachusetts the other day ;
man thought he could cross the tract
In advance OF a locomotive Tn,
services at the grave were very i'm
pressive-
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rhe Cat came naek.

man near NewkIrk. Ok. took his
neighbor's cat, saturated its tail with
kerosene. and set it on fre. thinking
it would run home and burn the aoigh-
Dor out. Insead II turned and jumped
into the torturer's own barn and burned
It down.
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Convenient for Him.

Mrs wreakhard tthe iandladyl-How Is Il
that you are taking your medicine after din
ner9 thought the doctor told you TO take
II before meals.
Mr. oldhoarder-He said Il didn't make
any difference a. long a. l took II on an
empty stomach.-Lifs
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whv Poouie Dravn-

1t has been observed that m&z causa
themselves to drown BY raising their
arms above water in their struggles.
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IN enc eys and seoa, my tszs7s.l
TeciAliy 81 Might when I bad bsru /. I
q hard Cay Of physical aaa zss;al
Itook many remedies, bot togsa bid
in Hcod's s~rsApariIls vhlch szfss I
sheuusafisrn, p.arslgiA Ena kss1(
Hoods s<-sap~rtlia has Fro7e,. itssii |.
friend. ! also tsks Hoods Pills to
ny bowels regular, and IKE sss
very nack.r ISAAc LEwss, sahizf, 4
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oait Natural.

Maud-I Ike George Richards TO call on
Nay-I don't
Maud--of course not. dear. You'd rather
have him call on you--Truth.
The Lamar register., 1896-04-18

He-Niee dogi Have you taught him any
new tricks since was here iastf She tsweet
5l-oh, yes; he Will fetch your hat II you
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just How n DOCS I l. SoE the Ou -stIon.
II Is enough to know that Hindercorns takes out
the eorrs. and VEN pleasing reliet II Is iscat
A m.
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There are Dictionaries and Dictionaries.
but the noblest Roman Of them all seens TO
be Webster. II Is still easily In the lead n
the great race for popularity.
.sPoster designs are said to be often mere
accidents" '.Sor9e Of them must be regard
ed as fatal accidents, too
medicine FOR coughs and culds.-Mrs g.
Beltz 4S9 sth Ave. Denver, Col Nov. S, 80.
Loulse-How do you come on with that leap
year prop0saiq Emma-I don't know yet
Harry Is SIM examining my letters Of recon-
The Most Fs-tidIous
Persons cannot fail to be pleased with the
elegant service now offered the public by the
Union Pacific Through Palace Sleeper. OF
the latest designs. vestibuleI trains. fast
time dining cars tuieHls "a Ia carts'1, free
reclining chair cars. steam heat, Pintsch
light. etc. Ticket Ofiiee cor 18th and Cur
It's SITS
.sThe game is up remarked the hungry
customer as he noted the advance IN price
OF birds on the bin Of fare
just How II ooes I L. SoE the ou .stIon
It Is enough to know that Hlndercorus takes out
the eorrs. and very pleasing relief II Is lie at
druggists.
Gazley--Is 1t good to eat at night before
going to bed? Lazbey-Be definite, man; IS
what good to eatf
81 Have Trieli parker'- c niger Tonic and
believa IN # says mother, and 80 will you say
"Have those people in the other nat been
married longE = thiEk mott ne takes maps
on her best SIX pillows
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Caziey--Is It good to eat at night before
going to bed2 Lazbey--Be definite, man; IS
what good TO eatf
The Lamar register., 1896-04-18

There are Dictionaries and Dictionaries.
hut the noblest Roman Of them all seems TO
be Webster. II Is still easily In the lead n
the great race for popularity.
The Lamar register., 1896-04-18
rhe Mn.t r.-tldIeu.

.aThe game Is up. remarked the hungry
customer as he noted the advance IN price
OF birds on the bill Of fare.
The Lamar register., 1896-04-18

Poster designs are said TO be often mere
accidents'' ..Sorse Of them must be regard
ed as fatal accidents, too"
The Lamar register., 1896-04-18

81 Have Trief Park er'- G niger Tonic and
believe IN Fl, says a mother and so will you say
when familiar with is revit alizi ns proPe rites
The Lamar register., 1896-04-18

.'Have those people in the other fat been
married loHgg' II thiEk / not; ne takes maps
on her best SIX pillows"
The Lamar register., 1896-04-18

Loulse-HOw do you come with that leap
year propOsai9 Emma-I don't know yet.
Harry Is SIM examining my letters Of recon-
kaepdntIon
The Lamar register., 1896-04-18

Piso's Cure for Consumption is our only
tnedlcine FOR coughs and colds.-Mrs. @.
Beltz 40 sth Ave. DenNer. Col, Nov. s. 20.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-27

That ballot should be counted. said
Otis Efungate.
Il believe that the judges were right
and that the ballot is defective" said
Judge 0uintOn. because the law ex-
pTessly says that no mark shall be
placed upon the ticket except the mark
designating the candidate voted for
But in this case it is evident" re-
piled Mr.. Hungate. that the voter in
tended to vote for Hughes. He marked
the ticket for Jones by mistake. and
the law says that the intention of the
voter must be taken into considera-
ton
Mr. Ouinton-But the law says that
where q ticket is spoiled or defaced the
judges shall furnish the voter with
second ticket.
Mr. Larimer-I request. gentlemen.
that you count this vote for Colonel
Hughes 7 believe that on strictly
technical grounds the ballot is Illegal
but / am willing that it should be
counted for Colonel Hughes.
Mr.. Hungate-We don't want any
thing except what we are entitled to-
But think there is no reason why this
vote should not be counted Anyone
can see that it was the intention of the
voter to vote for Colonel Hughes and
I do not see why the fact that he made
a mistake in the first instance should
make his vote Illegal.
Mr.. QuintOn-We do not want any
votes counted which should not be. Mr.
Larimer is willing to let this vote be
counted. but it does not seem to me to
be fair to allow it counted for if you
count one defaced ballot, you viii have
to count all We only ask that all the
votes which are legal be counted and
we are willing to abide by the result.
Mr.. Larimer, who had been reading
supreme court report said.
Here is, I believe, the only case bear
ing on this question The contest was
made because there We're other marks
besides the ones that should have been
on the ticket. and the legislature said
that when there was any mark the
ticket besides the cross mark opposite
the name of the candidate, the ballot
was Illegal and the action was affirmed
by the supreme court.
Mr. Hungate-I would like little
time to look up authorities on this ques
ton.
Mr.. Fox of the central committee
move that the ballot be not counted.
7 F. Iarimer-I second the motion
Capt Titus put the motion and it was
carried. Mr.. Hungate requested that
the case might be reopened after lunch
and the committee agreed that it might
be if there were any authorities bear
ing on the case discovered
This left the result with Larirner one
vote ahead. and but three precincts re-
counted
CANVASS OF THE WHOLE VOTE.
The canvass of the vote at Saturdays
primary was completed by the county
central committee today. The contest
in the south representative district was
referred to the district central com
mittee for a recount.
Following is a result of the canvass
by the county central committee:
District judge-Hazen, 3.793; Vance
1,248; Hazen's majority 2,545.
Probate judge-Dolman 2,771; Wood
2.170; Dolman's majority SOL
Clerk Of the district cOurt-COckreI
1859.
County attorney-Jetmore 2,017; Nc
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Cabe 1.4s9; Tnlotson L4s5; Jetmore's
plurality 52S.
superintendent of public instruction
Stout $500
State senator-Sterne 2.4Os; Bolmar
1907; Sterne's majority sol.
Representative Thirty-dfth district
Brooke 474; Holman 3S6; James 379;
BroOke's plurality s.
Representative Thirty-sixth district
AIcKeever 1.O55; Veale 651; Baker $50;
AIcKeever's plurality 4O4.
County missiOner-Williams 445;
Fleming AL; Nichols 367; Williams
plurality a.
3.l5 p. m--Larimer gained two votes
at Highland Park and Hughes lost one,
making a gain of three for Larimer.
A Hughes ticket with Larimer's name
marked out, which had been counted
by the election board, was thrown out.
This leaves Larimer four votes in the
lead, with the recount about One-third
made. Hughes entered protest
against the executive committee max
ing the recount on the ground that it
should be done by the whole central
committee. The recount viii not be
completed until late tonight
$3.50 p. m.-Hughes gained three votes
and Larimer lost one in the recount of
the vote of the east precinct Of the
Fifth ward. This leaves the candidates
a tie with several precincts still to be
counted
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TIE FIeRr A HARp ONE.
Held Today With Three Senatorial
Candidates in the Field.

Held Today With Three Senatorial
Candidates in the Field.
Larned. May 27.-This is a red letter
day for this beautiful and enterpris-
ing prairie town.
one Of the most interesting political
conventions of the year is that of the
Thirty eighth senatorial district which
is being held here today. The in
terest in this convention rivals that Of
any congressional convention held this
year. even that at Lawrence.
For the nomination for state senator
there are three candidates, Represen-
tative Bob Hopkins Of Finney county;
j. s simmons of Lane county and Geo.
~. Watson of Edwards county. Then
there is a possibility Of the selection of
g dark horse, which in all probability
would be the present incumbent, Milt
Brown of Garden City
The United States senatorial Ques-
rlCn is cutting a considerable figure in
the contest and viii continue to do so
at the convention Finney county, the
home of Hopkins, is a strong ingalls,
county, and though Hopkins was in
the Burton CauCuses two years ago.
and voted and worked for the Abilene
man, yet he was compelled to come out
for ingalls, before the Finney county
convention would give him it's endorse
ment for state senator. George w.
W WatsOn IS candidacy for the nOmiua-
tion is i'm the interest of Judge Sam
Nandivert- senatorial candidate Van
divert is working for Watson, through
his friends, ana making a lively con-
test for the nomination.
simmons position on the senatorial
question is not known. but he is close
" identified with Speaker Charley Lob
dell, who comes from his own home.
and Lobdeu was a Burton man two
years ago
The fight between Watson and Hop
kns is extremely bitter and it is said
that the friends of neither viii go to
the other candidate Against Hop
kins. there is a good deal of feeling all
over the district on account of the
turning down of Milf Brown in his
own county by Hopkins and this may
cause sentiment against the other can
didates- Hopkins particularly, to cause
Browns denomination.
There are IS delegates in the conven-
tion. it therefore taking 40 votes to
nominate No candidate in the field
has more than % votes. and if no COM
biuatiOn can be agreed upon. it would
appear that a deadlock would ensue.
resulting finally in the nomination of a
dark horse
Anticipating glorious time.
many political warehouses who could
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-27
ALL SLONECKERS.
He is Allowed to Name His Own Del
egates to Appellate Court
Convention.

The county Republican convention
called to select and instruct delegates
to the appellate court convention at
Kansas city June 30th was united for
J.. c. SIonecker and by unanimous con
sent he was permitted to select his own
DELEGATES and named "a of them and as
many alternates.
The convention was in session but q
few minutes. Shawnee county is for
Mr. Slonecker as judge of the eastern
division OF the northern department of
the appellate court to succeed Judge
Clark
Following is the list of delegates and
alterna tes;
Delega tes-A. H. Horton, Sam1 T.
Howe, Howell Jones, Chas. A. Fellows,
Eugene f. Ware, S. B. Bradford, A. B.
Quinton, w. A. s. Bird, A. NJ. Thomas,
J. P. Davis, Josiah Ross, VIII Van Ors-
dal, A l. Brooke E. D. McKeever. c.
D. Watson, w. E. Stewart. A. J. Kane,
A A. Raub d. c. Van Nice. J. W. F.
Hughes. Scott Kelsey, A. w. Dana, W.
S. Chauis, Vim. Sims.
Atlernates-L. H. Greenwood. T. F.
D0ran, S. H. Miles w. H. H. Fox. VIM
Mead, J. c.. Rodemyer, j. T. Hannah,
Geo W Belts, w D. WoOdau, W. E.
Sterne, J. r. Miller, J. R. McNary, J.
O. A Peyton, John LindblOd. Ed
Hawes, H. c. Stafford. Geo. z. StOker
H. n. Phillips, A v Lindeu, H. @.
Larimer, Chas. H. Sheffield, Geo. A
Anderson, S. S. McFadden, D. H
Thomas.
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tended it when it was a party of minor
Importance in the eyes of the older DO-
litical bodies but he thanked God he
had lived to see it become Of such pro
portions that It was now recognized
throughout the nation Both speakers
were frequently interrupted by ap-
Mr.. A. A. stevens Of Pennsylvania.
was introduced as the temporary chair
man.
Chauncey /. Dunn Of California arose
and said he had a minority report to
offer He would present the name of z.
j. Wheeler, and moved it to be substi-
tuted for that of Mr.. Stevens.
He was told to sit down by Mr.. Dickie
but refused. An uproar followed, cries
Of sit down"
Mr.. stevens took the chair Mr.. Dunn
refused to sit down and appealed from
the decision of the chair. He was again
told to sit down, and there was another
storm of dispprovaL III m asking Mr.
Dickie to rule upon my appeal yelled
Mr.. Dunn.
1--WE won't submit to this gag rule
There were cries from all parts of the
house for Mr.. Diclde to come forward
and make a ruling on the appeal He
came out at length amid Kisses and
howls and said that there could be no
appeal taken in an unorganized body
Finally for harmOny's sake. Mr. Wheel
er withdrew his name after the police
has been called to eject unruly dele
gates.
Mr. Wheeler was loudly cheered and
there were denunciatOry cries against
what the broad guagers Gree silver
termed outrageous gag rule.
1t was the first clash between the free
silver and gold standard delegates on
the convention floor and the single is
sue crowd won.
Mr.. Stevens. the temporary chairman
finally succeeded in restoring order and
then proceeded to address the cOnven~
tion.
He said the Republicans would at
convention declare for tariff reform, the
Democrats for sound money and the
Populists for free silver. Each has
dominant issue to advocate. The Pro-
hibition party should now come for
ward with it's dominant issue. Tt should
have prohibition and none other He
was loudly applauded when he had fin
ished.
"a recess was taken until o'clock to
give the committees opportunity to act.
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EXCITING.
Ballot Thrown Out In the
Hughes-Larimer Count
That Was Plainly Intended For
Col. Hughes.
LARIMER GAINS ONE.
A Vote Overlooked That Was
For Him.
Count VIII Not Be Finished For
Some Time.
GAINS ONE.

The excitement over the Hughes
Larimer contest is intense and the
fate of the rival candidates is hanging
in the balance with as good a chance
in favor of one of the candidates as
the other
The county central committee which
met this morning referred the case to
the district central committee. Capt.
c. II. Titus is chairman and J. E. Lar
inner a brother of H c. Larimer, is
secretary
The first thing done by the commit
tee was to go over the tally sheets and
check them with the results before
made up No change was found Col
Hughes and Mr. Larimer watched the
work closely and Otis Hungate ap-
peared for Col Hughes and A B. Quin-
ton as Mr.. Larimer's attorney. John
Ritchie was also there looking after
the interests of Col Hughes.
Then the committee commenced on a
recount of the ballots The first pre-
cinct taken up was Kaw where Col
Hughes had a majority. The result
was found correct as reported on the
tally sheet.
Auburn which gave Larimer a ma
jority of IS was next counted Here it
was found that one Larimei vote had
not been counted, evidently being over
looked. This save Larimer an extra
vote and the candidates We're tied.
The vote of the west precinct of the
Fifth ward was counted and a second
Larimer vote was found to have been
overlooked, but 1t was found that a
Hughes ballot had been rejected by the
election judges on the ground that it
was defective, upon which a question
arose. The voter had first marked the
ticket for Mr.. Jones, but the cross mark
in front Of Mr.. Jones' name had been
scratched out with a pencil and the
cross mark put in front of Colonel
Hughes name. The voter had either
made a mistake or had changed his
mind It was undoubtedly his inten-
ton to vote for Colonel Hughes.
Following is a fac simiIe of the ballot
thrown out
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A GREAT MAN HERE.
Head Of the q. S. Weather Bureau in
Topeka Today.

Head Of the u. S. Weather Bureau in
Topeka Today.
Probably the most abused Of all men
in the United States is in Topeka today
and is visiting the office of T. b. Jen-
nings. who is the most abused man in
Kansas at times.
He is Willis L. Moore of Washington,
D. c., who is at the head of the weather
bureau of the United States.
For a man who has so much respon-
sibiity as Mr.. Moore, he appears to be
a very young man but he says he is
40 and that he has been in the weather
forcasting arena for twenty years.
II am a New Yorker" says A4r- Moore
'and was early in my life newspaper
man. In Chicago went TO work in the
weather observers Office and then went
to Washington and was employed in
the bureau there. afterwards went to
the north and worked with the bureau
in Minnesota and then returned to
Chicago.
My appointment as chief came to
me a year ago and was a surprise, es-
pecially as the appointment came from
Mr. Cleveland through Mr.. Morton, in
q Democratic administration / thought
there was a mistake about it and told
them L was Republican, w e con Z
care what you are said Mr.. Morton
and that settled it."
Mr. Moore has just made a short trip
of a month through the west and comes
to Topeka from Santa Fe and left this
afternoon for Kansas City.
Are you going to make any changes
in the west Sc was asked.
mo" said MI Moore II find things
in pretty good condition. There viii be
no changes in Kansas. Mr.. Jennings
seems to be doing all right and giving
satisfaction. At Omaha we viii prob
ably put in a printing Office to print
the weather maps.
This is my first trip to Topeka,
though I have known Mr.. Jennings for
a long time.
II got in this morning at 5 O'Clock
with Secretary Morton. He is on his
way back to Washington having been
for a month of pleasure in California
He is with his son. Paul, vice president
OF the Santa Fe, in his special car
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GEO. SHULTZ FOOT CUT OFF
ssing Accident to Topeka
Boiler Maker.
Distressing

George W. Shultz. boiler maker
employed in the Santa Fe shops in this
cifv was seriously injured while at
work about IL o'clock this morning
Shultz, with several other men, was
engaged in adjusting a heavy locomo-
tive IRE box. In the act of placing the
IRE box on the floor Shultz slipped and
fen backwards. his left leg projecting
under the box. One Of the bones Of
the leg was fractured a few inches
above the ankle joint, and the other
bone disIocated at the ankle and the
end projected through the flesh. The
flesh of the limb was also badly bruls-
ed. and the circulation impaired. Tt is
possible that amputation of the foot
viii be necessary
The injured man was taken to the
Santa Fe hospital and his injuries
dressed He win remain at the hospi-
tai for the present in charge Of Drs.
Gibson and Egleston.