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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-09
THE PLATFORM.


Ringing Declaration Of PRlne1Dl0s
Adopted ~ the Conventisn
Last Night.
HUTCHINSON. KAs.. June a-(spscial)
The platform was adopted at the evening
session. It IL as follows: .rs
1--WE. the Republicans Of Kansas. in con-
vention assembled. express and record our
approval Of the national Republican admin
istration in peace and in war.
I'VE rsamrm the principles enunciated IN
the national Republican platform Of 1884.
and direct attention to the fact that every
promise has been kept and every prediction
has been verified. 5-sz..ss
I'VE heartily approve the policy Of Presi-
dent William Mckinley In the preparation
for and conduct of the war. and pledge to
him our loyal support In this contest. be-
gun, as 1t was. At the dictates Of humanity.
and waged, AZ 1t IL. for the honor Of the
nation and for freedom Of the oppressed
'The experiences of recent events has
Demonstrated that our navy should be I'M
mediately Strengthened and enlarged. %
that It win command and compel the re-
spect Of the world.
I'VE, believe thas the nscssasiss oe -.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-09

shaw. Of franklin. was chosen assistant
secretary.
$ Governor EskridEe. OF Lyon. offered a
motion authorizing the chairman to select
the usual committees. to be composed Of
one member from each judicial district.
Dave W. Mulvane. OF Shawnee. offered an
amendment fixing the number Of the mem-
bers Of the executive committee at fifteen.
He argued that committees composed Of
one member from each judicial district
were too cumbersome. A vote was, taken
and Mulvane's amendment was defeated
oyerwhelmingly. The original motion oar
risd -unAnimopSly.; r-.,,s.t ~ = .,,,,.-,,
Nfs-bfftqAr Askea "a .hs sysxcused In order
to select the committees. motion to
take q recess was defeated. r. T. Simons.
OF Caldwell. moved that J. X. Cubbison, of
Wyandotte. be called to the chair. to pre-
side over the, convention. Mr.. Cubbison
asked tho pleasure Of the conventions,
speech! Spesch.' shouted the multitude,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-09

Mcpherson, (; Norris. s; Nemaha, 3: Osass.
7; Phillips: !; Rocks. !; Russell, 1; Wash
inston. !; Wyandotte. Il
Hessln-Cherokee. 2: Clay. 8: Cloud. 10:
Coftey. 2; Crawford, 4; Decaturs g.: Dickin-
son, II: Ellsworth. 2; Finney. /; Geary. 6;
jefferson. ts. Jewell. 3: Lincoln, !: Marshall.
II: Mcpherson. .: Nemaha, 8: Usage. 4:
Ottawa, Il; Phillips. 3: ,Pottawatomie. u;
Riley, 10; Saline. Z; Sheridan. 1; Sherman. s:
smith.- /; Wabaunsee. .: Washington. g.:
Wyandotte. 8.
) Cobarn- -Cherokes, 1; Cheyenne. 1; Cof-
fey, 4; Crawford, q Dickinson. 1; Douglass.
/; Elk. Q: Ellis. .: Ford. 1; Cove. 1: Green-
wood. 8: jackson. .: Jewell. 2: Leayen-
worth, .: Linn. 1: Logan. l; Marion. 8:
Marshall i; Usage. 3; Osborne. 2: Ottawa.
I; Phillips. /; Republic. II; Rooks.. Z: Rus
sell. I: Saline. 81 Sheridan. 1; Smith. j;
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candidate before the convention, said he.
The Speech That Won.
Judge Henry sluss, Of sedgwick. placed
w. 3. Stanley in nomination. He began:
':Our candidate has not long list Of
achievements to his credit; neither has he
record Of being an ofnceholder. This il
the first time in his life that he has asked
for q favor and for many years he has
been fighting the battles Of Republicanism
with all his might. AS a lawyer. neigh
Dor and Christian gentleman. he has no
superior. He will be able to enthuse the
old-line Republicans. bring back silver Re-
publicans to the fold. and will make .
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-09

Other Omcers Chosen.
Mr.. Stuart. Of Doniphan. again came to
the front and nominated Charles Martin,
of Salina. for temporary chairman. who
was selected by ~aeclamatien.r Frank Pre-
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Stevens. :; raon.. ;: wallace. .: Wash
Second ballet CAan.es.


Second Ballet Changes.
There being no choice on the first ballot,
Chairman Burton ordered the secretary to
proceed with the roll call for the second
Cherokee was the first county to make
change. It took four votes away from
Hefsin and gave one Of them to Seaton,
one to Funston and two to Edwards. Chey-
enne took one from seaton and gave 1t
to Coburn. Crawford gathered in four
Hessin, two Coburn and one Edwards
votes ana gave them all to Stanley. Dick
snson took one from Hessin and gave IL
to Coburn. Coburn and Funston lost two
each in Elk, and Stanley and Hood gained
two each. Two Hessin votes in Ellis went
to Seaton. Hessin lost one In Ellsworth
and Stanley gained 1t. Two Funston votes
In Franklin went to Hood Jackson gave.
Edwards a lift Of three. at the expense Of
Seaton and Coburn. In Jefferson, Hessin
and Hood each lost one, and Seaton two.
All went to Stanley. Hessin and Seaton
each lost one in Jewell to- Stanley. Hood
lost one to Seaton In Leavenworth. Hood
and Funston lost one each in Lincoln to
Hessin and Stanley. Coburns two in
Marion went to Stanley, Hessin lost one
in Marshall to seaton. Coburn gained one
from Hood in Usage. Seaton got three in
Russell from Hood, Edwards and Coburn.
Hessin's three in Sherman went to Seaton.
Edwards won two in Smith from Hessin
and Coburn. Seaton got one away from
Hessin in Washington. and Stanley got
Major Hoods one from him in Wilson.
The vote on this ballot stood: Seaton.
172. Stanley. 219; Hood, 126; Funston, 1S1;
Edwards. 81; coburn, q; Hessin, 135.
1t was then discovered that too many
votes had been cast by SIX, and the chair
man threw out the ballot and ordered an
other taken. Just then the Hessin men
tried to force recess till evening. but
the delegates for the other candidates OBJ
jected. and the motion was voted down.
The stampede to Stanley.
Very few changes were made at the
start on this ballot. When Douglas coun-
ty had cast its vote. Fred Dumont Smith
withdrew the name of w. c. Edwards as
a candidate, and divided the votes Of Ed
wards county between Hood and Stanley.
As Edwards western counties were called
they invariably went to Stanley.
Marshall county started the stampede
for Stanley by leaving Hessin and going
solidiy for Stanley. From that moment
on there never was any doubt of STAN
lcy's nomination. Other candidates, out
side Of Hessin. tried to hold their forces
in line, but could not. Although he was
defeated, Hessin enjoyed the pleasure Of
knowing that he made the first break for
Stanley. Cy Leland felt somewhat down.
cast. Funston's forces then went to pieces,
and Miami gave Stanley its II votes. OF
tawa rolled up next for Stanley. Phillips
gave him additional. Saline transferred
its 10 from Edwards and Hessin to him.
Washington was the next big county to
drop into the Stanley column. It gave
him Il.
Wyandotte gathered up its full strength.
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s-ehanges, but there were more votes cast
than there were delegates. and 1t was
thrown out. On the third ballot Stanley
began to gain early in the roll call. and
: before it was ended there was stampede
10 him. The result Of the vote was not
announced. This work was e1mpfeted Just
before supper. After supper the other Of
fees were taken up and the following nen-
nations made: -. So
! w. r. Smith. of Wyandotte county. for
;.associate Justice. on the fssbahct. ~
: He Richter. of Morris.couHty. for1teu-
s.tenantyerernor. on tAessecohd ballot.A-r
:. .GeoEfs. A. ciarks.sof ,tha Junction CITY
s1sepubs,can. for .ssrs.afy of stats. nd. -.se
first ballot. -. !.
Georts q. Cole, Of csswford ebaatG for
. auditofsioff the nfSt. .DaYIoe:. Mr. c6feeseas
auditor during Governor Morrill's admins
1ration.
|, Frank e. Grimes.-of Wichita county. for
treasurer. on the second ballot. Wilkins
Withdrawing on that ballot and starting
break TO Grimes. $50 - ;
Z :. A. A. GODDARD, of Topeka. assistant at
/, torney general under F. B. Dawes. for
!: attorney general. on the first ballot.
=. Frank Nelson, Of Lindsborg. professor n
bethany college, for superintendent of pub
nc instruction. on the first ballot.
wv. ]. Bailey, of Raileyville. for congress-
t4hnn-at.larye, on the first ballot. = "a
The big Seventh carried of the lions
sal1are Of places en- the ticket 1t got the
.Eoverpor. treasurer and state superintend-
ent. The Sixth got ''skunked." The
Fourth got lieutenant goyernor:efa the
,Ehird, auditor; the Second, asso-
date Justice: the Firth. secretary Of
state: the First, attorney general and cons
9fessrnan-atlarge.
~ Strong Platform Adopted.
The platform indorses the national Re
publican administration. reafnrnss tho pEin-
,ciples of the platform Of 1886. recommends
Strengthening the navy. building the Nic-.
.aragua canal and snnexing the Hawaiian;
islands. 1t favors liberal construction of
pension laws. urges preference Of soldiers
and sailors for Office. demands the sending
of poll books to volunteer soldiers Of Kan
sas. ana that only enough convict coal be
mined to supply the state institutions. /.
indorses Senator Lucien Baker and Repre-
-Ventatives Charles. Curtis and Case .Brod-,
erlck. - !. --s-a-- .sssFr !
Members Of the state central comttee
one fron. each judicial diStJict. &fs an.
neunced;.s ssHcws: First. DIR. Anshony,,
~; Second. 4 Je.Whnes Thrift. .w:Anl-'
sane: Fourth. George D. Cook: Fifth. W..
~ Morgan: Sixth, Frank Smith; Seventh.
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m. -. =. SSS ~ "aI -Soun.ly.
secretary ~ ststs Or,n a".. .Ss...". =.
were presented-Georre 4. (yl.rh oS C..,v
and John II. HamiIton. Of Cherorse. f.ierrs
was nominated. receiving e1s1: vots. 10
Hamilton's z7lh.
Cole. Grfues ana oeaara.
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- Se' W ~a W. ..
1o~nseno' OF Leavenwoftns were the only
entries In the state authorship contest.
Mr.. Cole was nominated BY 4 vote Of go to
80. On motion Of a Leavenworth deleRate.
Coles nomination was made unaniuous..
John Wilkin. Of Covley: G. g. NcCarthy.
of Jefferson: Frank Grimes. Of wichita. and
J. b; RepninRton. Of Miami. were the fnur
men placed IN nomination for .fate tra...
urer On the f,rst haIIot . choice -. not
reached the vote heinr velI di.fr,hnts,,
..monr the ouartetta az candfdates' Tna
nr,t ha1iot .tnod. p.,n,rstcr IN. C,tr,-
"a. McCarthv *. Wi,lin "a
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-17
Daudet and AnimaIs.

Daudet had a lurking kindness for
sinners. He pitied them, for he could
not see how in the long run they could
succeed in anything. But the self right
eous were more offensive to him. I
think he was right in saying that men
and women who pass for having never
sinned are unpleasant companions, and,
from the day Of Judgment standard,
perhaps the worst sinners of all. The
sensibility shown in "Jack" and other
works did not extend to animals. Dau-
Diet, though cigalier, was deaf to the
chirp of grasshopper and cricket. Birds
have no place in his rural sketches. He
could not understand the touching
beauty Of the "last friend" at the poor
mans funeral. Animals were simply
brutes to Daudet. At best they were
warnings to human beings not to live
merely to eat, sleep and leave posterity
behind them. They sometimes were
vices incarnate. Such were the fox, the
serpent, the scorpion. What selfish,
heartless thing the ant wasl It had a
head if you will, but it was the sort of
head that organizes labor in sooty fac
tory towns. The dog was the beastliest
beast of any. Daudet fled from every
drawing room where he saw lapdog.
Letter in London Truth.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-17

Vice President of the MASSACHUSETTS,
Total Abstinence Society, Mrs. S. Louise
Barton, of A Union Park ST., Boston,
Mass, says: 81 am glad to give my testi-
mony in regard to the great worth ofDr.
Greenes Nervura. Two years ago my
husband and myself, both slowly recover
ing from severe illness, found ourselves
unable to sleep, and becoming, by reason
of this, so nervous and weak as greatly to
retard our recovery. By the advice OF a
friend latter trying various other rene
dies) we began to take DR.. Greene's
Nervura. 1t acted like a charm. giving US
refreshing slumber and also returning
strength. / had been troubled with dys-
pepsia and found, to my surprise, that as
my strength returned l was being cured
of this disease also. have relied on it
ever since when wearied with my brain
work, end found it the best thing l have
ever tried"
Mrs. H enry Ward Beecher, wife ofthe
Greatest Preacher and Divine that ever
lived, knew and told the wonderful good
Dr.. Greene's Nervura is doing.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, whose name
is revered and honored by everybody,
wrote to the people out of deep regard for
humanity and an earnest desire to restore
the weak, tired, feeble. nervous and suf-
fering, again to health and strength: II
have given some of DR.. Greene's Nerv ura
to several friends who l thought would be
benefited by it. They speak highly of it,
and feel they have been much benefited
by it's use. These people are very re-
sponsible witnesses as to the beneficial
character of the medicine, and am ready
to vouch for the honesty of their approval
of Dr. Greene's Nervura. If needed in
my own case, certainly should use it,
Remember also that DR.. Greene, 81
| West 14th ST., New York City, can be
consulted free, personally or by letter.
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pRuMMER's QUEER STORY.
Made Them Drink to His Early Grave an
Survived Them All.

Made Them Drink to His Early Grave ana
Survived Them All.
A hale and hearty travelling man with
pink skin and white hair-a condition
Of complexion which, by the way, not
every travelling man lives to reaoh-was
renewing his youth with party OF
young and festive drummers. Drinks
were going round freely, and when one
of the ''boys' turned down his glass
there was considerable remonstrance on
the part of his companions at his refus-
al to have "just one more"
The white haired man quietly cut the
discussion short by saying, "That re-
minds me. -
The old drummer ficked the ashes
from his cigar and settled back in his
chair. cit was long time ago." said
he, "and it was in the old American
House in this city. There were five
young men seated in q room. just a. we
are here tonight, only they were all feel
ing pretty good, and there wasn't any
old man around to bore them with a
story. But along about midnight one of
the party turned down his glass just as
nv Young friend here has done. He said
he had had enough, and goodness knows
he had His determination was greeted
most hilariously as good joke. He
steadily declined, however, though the
wine was brought and set before him,
but the taunts and innuendoes Of his
comrades finally exasperated him SO that
he exclaimed rather petulantly, but half
in fun, We'll, boys, I'll join you once
more if you will drink to an early grave
for me. The toast was proposed uproar-
iously and drank standing. But some
how after that the fun was not so furi-
GUS Things quoted down. The men
seemed to half realize that to drink to a
mans death wasn't such good joke
after all, and one by one they made ex-
cuses and went of to bed.
Here the old man paused.
"Did the man die?" queried he who
had refused to "have another" with
some interest.
"No," was the reply. "He is the only
one of the five now alive to tell the tale. "
Buffalo News,
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THE SANCY DIAMOND.

xnIb mag ulHcCut Co~o1 w LII Dc OWhou W
Pauline Aston.
In the ordinary course Of events Miss
Pauline Astor will some day become
possessor of the most famous and mag
nifcent diamond owned outside of
crown treasure. The gem in question is
the world famous Sancy diamond, owned
by Ter father, and were it to appear
amcng the jewels worn at any court
function or royal drawing room it would
entirely throw into the shade every 9TH
er gem there except the Kohinoor
which the queen always wears on state
occasions as brooch.
The Sancy is a stone which is pos
sessed of remarkable history. Weigh.
ing about 81 carats, it at one time
formed part Of the crown jewels Of
Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy,
and on his death in battle IN Switzer-
land was found set either in his helmet
OR sword hilt. The Swiss sold it to the
French king Of the day, and from that
time forth it became one Of the crown
jewels of France.
1t disa ppeared at the time Of the revo
luton, reappeared at the restoration
and at the time Of tho second revolu-
tion in 1880 passed by purchase into
the possession of Anatole Demidoff, the
Muscovite millionaire. 1t was worn for
time by Demidoff's wife, Princess
Mathilde Bonaparte, but he took it
from her before their separation and
then bequoathed it to his nephew, Paul
Demidoff. The latter sold it in the six
ties for the sum of 100000, a ridicu,
lousy small price, to the late Sir
Jamsetjee Jejeehobhoy, the Parsee mil
lionaire and philanthropist of Bombay.
After his demise his heirs put it once
more in the market, and II was p6f:
chased by William Waldorf Astor by
private contract, no mention being made
of the price paid.-Philadelphia Times
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Examination Stories.

Isis Of Oxford tells two good exami-
nation stories. The first is candidate
who in the divinity viva voce was asked
to translate portion of the gospels.
AS be did not stop at the end of that
portion the examiner said to him
"Thank you, Mr. -, that will do.
We are quito satisfied with your pa
per-" ooh, please" was the answer.
edo let me go on. should SO like to
find out how this story ends. Modern
history furnishes the other. One candi-
dates paper in the Oxford local exami-
nation contained the following luminous
and surprising passage, General Wolfe
boldly attacked the Arabian knights
without waiting for the ether three
corpses to come up"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-17

Lockwood of Washington, D. c., who is
recognized among women as their night
est leader and champion in all wOmans
movements which mark this generation,
is raised in the interest of women; when
this representative of her sex to such an
extent that she has been twice nominated
for President of the United States by the
Equal Rights Party, publishes the fact
to the world that she owes her present
good health and strength to the use OF
DIR. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy, it comes as = positive proof, q
revelation OF the way to health to the
thousands upon thousands OF people who
drOop and languiSh under the burden OF
i'll health. over-taxed strength. nervous
disorders and the weaknesses, pains and
aches of female complaints.
Mrs. Lockwood says:
" have used DR.. Greene's Nervura
blood and nerve remedy, and am pleased
to say that it has improved my digestion,
relieved the sleeplessness under great
nervous strain, during which l believe
that sleep would otherwise lave been i'm
possible, and seems in every way to have
built up my general health. The attacks
Of faintness to which / had previously
been subject have entirely disappeared.
1t increases the appetite, tends to cheer
fullness and general good feeling and
leaves no i'll effect.
81 can freely recommend it to all per-
sons afflicted with nervous disorders, OF
that tired feeling which is so common. l
recmomend it also to nervous people,
aged people and to all persons in delicate
| health.
Belva A. Lockwood, A. M. & B. L.,
Secretary American Peace Bureau .
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Text Didn't Apply.

Mrs. Northside was telling about the
trouble Mrs. Manchester was having
with her maids and was apparently tax
ing much pleasure out of her difficulties.
You should not be glad because Mrs.
Manchester is in trouble" said Mr..
Northside. "You should remember that
the Bible says, Rejoice not when thine
enemy falleth. )"
ooh, that's all right!" replied Mrs.
Northside briEkly. "Mrs. Manchester
isn't an enemy at all; she is my dearest
friend. Pittsburg Chronicle Tele-
graph.
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Spring Medicines.

Clara Barton, President of the Red
Cross Society, indorses DIR. Greenes
Nervura.
What higher commentator can med
icine have, what more convincing proof,
what more positive assurance that DR..
Greene s Nervura blood and nerve remedy
will surely cure. than the recommends
tion and Endorsement Of the world wide
known and universally loved and honored
Cara Barton, President of the Red Cross
Society!
Such is the world famous Clara Bar
ton, President of the Red Cross Society,
and her words in praise and recommen-
datiOn OF the Wonderful curer of disease,
DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy, will be new hope to thousands
upon thousands of those who are sick,
out of health. weak, nervous. OF who
suffer from headache, rheumatism, neu-
raIgia or other painful and distressing
disease, nervous affections or poor and
devitalized blood.
Miss Barton says:
"We have tried DR.. Greene's Nervura
blood and nerve remedy and although the
remedy has been in our hands but short
time, we judge that the remedy has all
the merits which are claimed for it. We
shall still continue it's use, with the ex-
pectation that we shall be able to endorse
it still more highly.
CLARA BARTON,
President of the American National
Red Cross, Washington, d. c.
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feb 1O-4t

OFFICE,
~ Staunton, Va, Feb Esd, 1885,
Sam'l and Robert Hepler's COmtee.
vs.. In the Circuit Court of Augusta Co.
John w. Hepler, ct ais.
All parties Interested in the above entitled
cause pending in chancery in the circuit court
of Augusta county, Take Notice, that l, pur-
suant to decree entered in said cause on the
18th day OF December, 1897, shall at my office
in the city of Staunton Va on
Saturday, the Goth day of March, 1893,
proceed to take, state and settle an account
showing: First. The transactions of A. z.
Anderson. administrator of Isaac Hepler,
deed with the funds in his hands as such ad-
ministrator; and Second. A proper distribu-
ton Of the said funds.
J. M. QUARLES.
Com. in Chan. Of the Cir. ct.
feb21-4t of Augusta Co.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-03-17

We are now offering for sale at low
figures michigan Rose" and "SnOw
Flake" seed potatoes of the very best Sc
lection. We have tried this kind of stock
and find it makes the largest yield (of
good quality of any potatoes we have
ever used. Buy before the price goes
higher. Good seed is scarce and prices
will be high. The above varieties are not
sold as an extra early sort, but recon-
mended chiefly for productiyeness, COM
bined with best quality. For extra early
we have the Triumph, 10 days earlier
than Early Rose.
Clover. Timothy, Orchard Grass, Ken
lucky Blue Grass, and Sapling Clover
seed at low.prices. We make speciality
of Sapling Clover since we find from sew
eral years experience that it is THE
CLOVER for uplands. giving at least
one-third better yield either in pasture,
hay or to plow under.
Harness, Saddles, Leather, Leather and
Rubber Betting. Plasterers Hair, Lathes
and Shingles, always in stock.