The Advocate and news., 1898-10-26

hlTDy, FdWH6S1 OdITl6 IldliJ Ddilu6J MD
BILE Marlen; Wallace, Maggie Dodson;
Washington, Mamie L. Nesbit; Wood
son, Lucy Ellis; Wyandotte, Melinda
Clark. In addition, Miss Lottie Snyder
was nominated for clerk of the district
court in Meade county.
Lieut. Harry w. Parker, adjutant Of
the Twenty-first Kansas, has been given
Twelfth New York. He has secured this
change In order to obtain active service
in Cuba, where the New York regiment
will go for garrison duty.
The twenty-elghth annual convention
Of the State w. G. T. U. was held at HOl-
ton. Officers were elected as follows:
President, Mrs Ellen w. Brown, HOlton;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. L. B.
Smith, Ottawa; recording secretary, Mrs.
Lessie Macy, Pomona; treasurer, Mrs.
e. P. Hutchinson, Hutchinson.
1t is too bad from Republican stand
point that Stanley cannot be kept in
Wichita. His appearance and speech
lose him votes at nearly every one Of
his meetings. After November the
coroners jury will bring in the YER
dict at the Republican State central COM
mittee's headquarters that Stanley died
from exposure"
The following Kansas women have re-
ceived appointments in the Indian SER
vice: Miss Lucy G. Palmer, teacher
at the Pierre Indian school; Miss Emma
L. Kaufman, a teacher of Grand juno
tiou NOI sohoo1. Mice 7 otto M Tiebar
teacher Seger Colony Indian school, o.
T.; Miss Sylvia Call, nurse at the Usage
Agency school, o, T.
George Smelling has challenged j.
Ralph Burton or any other Republican
candidate to discuss with him "at any
time or place the national issues as enun-
ciated in the published speech of Web
ster Davis, which appeared in the Kan
sas City Journal, or as enunciated in
the speeches Of Stanley or Burton at
Lawrence, which were published in the
Topeka Capital" So far the Republicans
seem to be afraid to meet this sweeping
challenge. They are afraid to meet a
good speaker even on their own ground.
The twelfth session Of the Grand I4e-
gion of Kansas Select Knights A. o.
u. W., was held at LeavenwOrth last
week. 1t now, by change In the rules,
requires three black balls to reject a
member The following officers were
elected; William Cross, Kansas City,
Kas., Grand Commander; G. P Howard,
Topeka, Grand Vice Commander; A.
Wilday, Springfield, Mo-, Lieutenant
Commander; Edward H. Wheeler Kan
sas City, Kas., Grand Recorder; L. w.
Nettleton, Ottawa, Grand Treasurer. The
next session will be held at Kansas City,
Kas., beginning on the third Tuesday in
October, 1899.
The Improved Order of Red Men, in
annual session at Atchison, elected the
following great chiefs for the ensuing
year: r. A. Thompson, of Hutchinson,
Great Sachem; r. G. Libbey, of Weir
City, Great Senior Sycamore; Frederick
Young, of Wichita, Great Junior Saga
more; ]. G. Penney, Of Chanute, Great
Prophet; II. A. Diltz, of Emporia, mem
ber of the Powhattan Benevolent AssO-
ciatiOn; ]. G. Penny, of Chanute, repre-
sentative at the next national convention
at Washington; Z. w. Pondexter, of To-
peka, representative at the national con-
vention in place Of w. A. S. Day, of To-
peka, resigned. In the competitive con-
test the first prize for team work was
taken by NeOsho team of Emporia, and
the second prize by Ottawa team of
Leavenworth. The next annual conven-
tion will be held at Usage City.
Charley Sessions quotes Attorney Cen
eral Boyle as saying: This campaign
will make John Breidenthal a bigger
man than ever as political manager.
II will demonstrate to the people that
as a manager Breidenthal has no equal
In the Populist party. Those growlers
In the party who have been continually