The Advocate and news., 1898-08-10

at a time.
William Reeder, the Republican nOmi-
nee in the Sixth district, said in his
speech Of acceptance that the people
should be thankful because Mckinley
had given dollar wheat to the country.
He is now being called upon to explain
why his patron saint has reduced the
price One-half.
Stewart and Pohl were the two Ne
meha delegates who made the nomina-
ton of Stuart, Leland's man, possible.
POhl is a brOther-in-law of Senator Full
ton, one Of Leiand's strikers, and Stew
art has been released from the peniten-
tiary within year. He was sent up
for embezzlement.
Policeman Randolph thinks that it is
discouraging to an officer to arrest viO-
lators of law and have the police judge
release them without trial on a bond
which is not equal to the minimum fine
for the Offense. He has not been on the
force long enough to know that police
man is not supposed to see anything.
In Miami county the POpulists have
renominated Paul Russell for Repre-
sentative. In doing so they have chosen
q strong man. The other nominees are:
District Clerk, ]. F. Hall; County At
tOrney, W. L. Joyce; Probate Judge, J. ?.
Ranney; Superintendent, Miss Mamie
Glenn; Commissioner, Charles Moore.
Fletcher Helms, the Shawnee county
Republican deputy sheriff who was ar
rested for obtaining money from the
keeper of a disorderly house on false
pretenses and who after cOnfessing was
allowed to plead guilty to lighter Of
fense cannot be found now that another
warrant for the first Offense has been
sworn out.
Wyandotte Populists and Democrats
have nominated the following ticket:
County Attorney, w. L. Wood; Probate
Judge, H. M. Herr; Clerk Of the Court
Richard Hardy; Superintendent, Mrs
Melinda Clark; Coroner, DR.. GlasscOck;
Representatives, Frank Armstrong and
James Waters; Commissioner, James F.
TimmOns.
Cloud county Populists have nom
mated the following ticket: Represen-
tative, L. M. Newbury; Clerk of the
District Court e. P. Davis; Superin-
tendent, P. NJ BushOng; Coroner (short
term), DR.. Coffey; Probate Judge David
Turner (Dem.). The opposition to the
Republicans is harmoniously supporting
this ticket.
A reproduction of the battle of Ma
Mia in fireworks was given at Topeka
last week near the Colored soldiers
camp. The boys assisted in handling
the crowds, and all the papers are lib
eral in their kind references to their
conduct The Journal says that they
were gentlemanly and courteous in eV-
cry particular.
Col. Tomlinson says that the resolu-
tiOn adopted by the loyal Democrats
is an instruction to support the Republi-
can ticket. It also seems to mean that
Henderson Martin and w. w. Price are
not good Democrats, as the loyal Dem
Ocrat" ticket as printed by thewandering
Colonel includes the names Of Charley
Curtis and ]. M. Miller.
The Emporia Gazette, Will Whites
paper, has discovered that it never said
anything derogatory to Kansas soldiers
except with reference to one who be-
came thief and was drummed out OF
camp on that account. 1t will not be
long until every Republican paper will
be swearing that 1t has said nothing un-
complimentary about Kansas boys.
Charles Foley, a Santa Fe fireman on
the fast mail, jumped from the train
while it was going sixty miles an hour
because of bad injury to the engine
which rendered in uncomfortable. The
train was running on straight prairie
west of Newton and the engineer man
aged to slow the train down in time tt
prevent an accident. Foley was killed
An appropriation Of $4,000 has been
made by Congress through the efforts ot
Congressman Peters to widen anC
deepen the mouth of the Kaw river al
Kansas City. The mouth is now sand
bar which acts as a dam, which hold: