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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-21

Ions OF refined syrup per acre. Potatoes
and other vegetables also thrive 20 Won
derful extent IN these lands. Yakima spota-
toes being considered the finest in tae
world.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-21

mere ars taan taey ti4 during The
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The range O: crops that can be pro
duced Ia this character 81 sol! IS Am-feis
only b. temperat3re. Experience teaches
that small farms highly cultivated are me
most profitable On irrigated lands, ana
crenty-aere farm properly handled in
surR1s prosperity. GnieSs f9r da.gy.ng or
stock ~a.sl1E. Aae- larger ar~a becomes
Necessary All OF the aec!duous truss
grow 20 perfection on these lrrig able
la..sis There are 10 finer apples, prunes.
pears cherries peaches or aprlco.s raised
anywhere tr the world All tie small
traits ytsld In ths utmost a5an dance. ana
grapes are cultivated sued essfAliy and
proatably. T5eFe are 81 number OF sp@el al
crops that car lie; successfully growT only
on irrigated lands, such "a alfalfa which
Yields tnree ard f5NE crcrss y~aT With 81
a*srage - tx o. seven tons - ttAe acre.
corn. gaicA yields from sorty - ff-y
bushels al acre. ana sorghum asra 8as
asen gro@r IL S11s.l say but Hnsea aAs
been found 10 psoiaes frsn IL, 10 iae gal
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The Advocate and news., 1898-05-11
CAMP LEEDY.

Camp Leedy, just south Of Topeka, pre-
sents q warlike appearance, and takes
the old soldiers back to the lively days
OF 1861, when the union forces were be-
ing organized and sent to the front. All
that 1t really lacks Is piece Of artillery
to give the camp an evening and morning
gun. The companies are being rapidly
filled to the maximum number and mus
tered into the government service, and
the entire three regiments will be ready
to move to the front in a very few days.
Governor Leedy Is giving his personal
attention to all the details Of organiza-
tion and equipment, and his cool iudg-
ment and almost constant appearance In
the camp inspire confidence in the men
and convince them that they have a
commander in chief who will see that
they are not neglected. The soldiers are
mostly young men, full OF vigor and
strength and they will make the very
best of soldiers. They are all anxious
to get to the front, and their only fear
seems to be that the war may be over
before they get into battle.
The Advocate and news., 1898-05-11
French Vessel Taken by Mistake

The French liner Lafayette sailed from
Corunna, Spain, April %, two days af-
ter war was declared. The French gov
ernment asked the government at Wash
ington to guarantee 1t safe landing at
Havana. After an examination OF the
case the request was granted and orders
were sent forward to Admiral Simpsons s
fleet to let her pass the blockade, but
the order was not received and the La
fayette was Overhauled as it was steam
ing straight for the Havana harbOr by
the Annapolis. After the capture and
while the Annapolis ives signalling for
instructions the Lafayette attempted to
steam away, thinking that the Ameri-
cans had probably gone to sleep, but be-
fore the vessel was under way a shot
from the Annapolis promptly cut off hope
of escape and the effort was abandoned.
The customary prize crew was put on
board and the vessel was sent to Key
West, at which point instructions were
received from the Navy department di-
recting Its release, its safe escort TO
Havana and giving permission to retire
from that harbor without cargo.
The Advocate and news., 1898-05-11

are mistaken. COmrade DunsmOre was
not only an aide de camp and special
department inspector on my staff as De-
partment Commander, but dozen other
most excellent comrades of POpulist pro-
clivfties were also aides and trusted Of
fetal workers during my term. most
warmly commend the action of Com
mander Eastman In promoting COmrade
Dunsmore to the position of chief mus
tering officer. There are none worthier
than he and there is no better Grand
Army man in the State. And it was for
this reason that he was selected for the
position"
Now" he added, "let me ask you for
favor. 1t Is this: That you urge upon
the old soldiers Of every political creed
and Of your own in particular that they
join, or rejoin, the Grand Army Of the
Republic and help the rest Of us to keep
every taint Of politics out of It's councils
The elbow touch of true comradeshlp
is far superior to the false and tickle d.
visions Of faction and party"
The Advocate and news., 1898-05-11

the camp, nearly all night, supplying
the newly arrived companies with over
coats, blankets and bedding, delivering
1t to them with his own hands. A day or
a night does not pass without his being
at the camp to look after the welfare of
the soldiers, and no better regiments
from any State will go to the front than
those that Governor Leedy sends from
Kangas
The Advocate and news., 1898-05-11
DEwEY,s VICTORY.

Commodore Dewey's victory in the bay
Of Manila Is one OF the most signal and
complete in all naval warfare. He sue
cessfully entered a bay that was laid
with mines and torpedoes, running the
fire from the enemy's forts until he got
within range of the Spanish gunboats,
and taking them in rapid succession soon
swept the entire. Spanish squadron in
that bay out OF existence. The enemy's
loss was 300 killed and 400 wounded,
while Commodore Dewey only had six
men slightly wounded. This places the
entire Philippine islands at the disposal
of our government. In recognition Of
this great service the President has made
Commodore Dewey an admiral, which
is the highest rank in the navy and Is
equivalent to the rank of general in the
army.
The Philippine islands lie south Of
Japan and near the east coast Of Asia.
There are 1,40O Of these islands, large
and small They were discovered by
Magellan, the Spanish explorer, in 1921
and were named Philippine in honor Of
King Philip H., who then ruled over
Spain. They contain 1883 square
miles esd Nave a population of about
5000, ersons. The natives are
Malays, bht have been under Spanish
rule since the discovery Of the islands by
Magellan. A terrible revolution on the
part Of the natives has been raging there
for several years and the Spanish atroci-
ties have been greater, If possible, than
they we're in Cuba. The islands are rich
in gold copper, iron, lead, mercury, sui
phur, coal and valuable timbers. The
agricultural productions are tobacco,
sugar, indigo, manila hemp, coffee, rice
and cotton. Much Of the land never has
been explored by white men, and the for
ests abound with wild animals, parrots,
pigeons and water fowls. These islands
are Of volcanic origin and they are sub
ject to severe earthquakes. SimOOns, the
worst form of wind storms, sweep over
these islands at frequent intervals. But
Notwithstanding these disadvantages the
Philippines would be considered a val
liable acquisition by any Of the leading
nations of the earth, and 1T Is quite prob
able that the United States may hold and
occupy them as an outpost on the Asiatic
coast and as a place of rendezvous for
our Pacific squadron.
The Advocate and news., 1898-05-11

Sheriff Cook, Of Shawnee county, al
though a Republican, Is evidently the
right sort of a man. It is part Of his
duty as An officer Of the county to enforce
the numerous laws, the law prohibiting
the sale Of liquor among them, and he
seems to be doing this to the best Of
his ability. AS long as prOhlbitOry
liquor law stands as a State regulation
it is wbthin the authority Of no Sheriff
or chief of police or other officer to say
whether it shall or shall not be enforced.
An officer of the people who shields a
law-breaker by permitting him to con-
tinue is no better than the law-breaker
himself.
The Advocate and news., 1898-05-11
Botkln pleads for NOn-Partlsanship

In a recent issue of the Advocate and
News it was stated that for the first
time Popullsts had been recognized in
the official family in the G. A. R. An
interview with ex-Department Com
mander Botkin develops the fact that
this is an error.
with you," he said, 'T also rejoice
over the appointment Of Comrade j. M.
Dunsmore to the position of chief mus
tering officer on the staff Of the new De-
partment Commander of the G. A. r.
But l fear you have either not kept
yourself posted on Grand Army mat
ters heretofore, or else that your MEM
Ory needs refreshing, for you say that
Commander Eastman is the first Depart
ment Commander who has placed Pop
ulist on his staff. In this statement you
The Advocate and news., 1898-05-11
Dewey an Admiral.

Secretary Long Of the Navy Depart
ment has sent the following cablegram
to Commodore Dewey:
Washington, May ITO Dewey, Ma
nila: The President, in the name Of the
American people, thanks you and your
officers and men for your splendid
achievement and overwhelming victory.
In recognition, he has appointed you act
ing admiral and will recommend a vote
of thanks to you by Congress.
(Signed) LONG.
The Advocate and news., 1898-05-11
The Carllsts Are Active.

A New York paper publishes state
ment that a manifesto has been issued
by Don Carlos calling upon his follow
ers to join him at once. It adds that his
adherents are leaving this country as
quickly as possible. 1t is not stated
where they will rendezvous. His Off
cial representative in this country says
that an overwhelming majority of the
people of Spain will flock to his standard,
that Weyler and all Of the fifteen Span
ish admlrals are with him and that IL
Don Carlos wins the throne a more
democratic government will be inaugau-
rated.
The Advocate and news., 1898-05-11

The present war will furnish an op-
portunlty for the development Of war
Governors" When the call for soldiers
was made lit was generally supposed that
the militia as organized into the national
guard In the States would be taken as
q body in sufficient numbers to fill the
required quota. Most Of the Governors
acted upon this theory. Governor Leedy
took different view Of this matter, and
insisted that the men must be enlisted
into the United States service as indl-
Wduals and not as organized companies
and regiments Of State militia. For this
action he was severely criticised and cen
sured by many Of the newspapers. The
yellow journals" jumped on him with
both feet. The blue bellled journals"
pounded him over the head and the
lingo journals" ripped him up the back.
They all insisted that his order must be
revoked, and charged him with nearly
every mean thing excepting treason. The
Governor said nothing, but kept steadily
at work. He required that the men
dnOuAu DO CilllNGily UAalhAhNu bSAOAV
they were brought to the rendezvous at
Topeka, and thus save the transporta-
tlon Of many men who would be rejected
upon final muster. The Governor was
not a mere novice in military affairs.
He spent good deal OF time In the last
war with the army of the Potomac in
front OF Richmond and had better op-
portunity to observe the requirements
for military service than II he had been
an enlisted man In that war. His Obser-
now valuable to him as the war Gov
Crnor" Of Kansas. His action in orga-
n1zlng the Kansas troops has been sus-
tanned by the War Department at Wash
ingtOn and by his judgment and kn0wl-
edge OF military requirements he has
saved the State and nation many thou
sands OF dollars and avoided much delay
in the final preparation Of the Kansas
soldiers for mastering into the United
States service. Governors Of other States
who acted upon the other plan have their
work TO do over and must now do just
what Governor Leedy did at the be-
ginning 1t Is better to start right and
keep right even with the censure Of the
yellow Journals" than to blunder along
and have the work to do over again amid
great confusion and with an unnecessary
expenditure Of large amount Of money.
Governor lLeedy has not only shown
great slxill in the organization of the
Kansas troops, but he has been untiring
in his efforts to care for the soldiers and
provide them with everything possible
10 make them comfortable and to enable
them to leave the State In excellent con-
ditIon. He has spent many q night In
The Advocate and news., 1898-05-11

The later reports from Commodore
Dewey give an inkling of what the war
will probably amount to. The battle at
Manila shows that in training and disci-
pllne the American navy is not excelled
in any part Of the world. 1t and the
few small engagements off the Cuban
coast, also indicate that the Spaniards
are very poor and inefficient marksmen,
50 that every advantage seems to be on
our side. Lack of money has withheld
perfect equipment and maintenance OF
the Spanish vessels, and aS o matter OF
The Advocate and news., 1898-05-11
Peoples Party State Convention.

There will be a State convention Of the
Peoples party held in the city of Topeka,
Wednesday, June Is, 1898, at 10 a. m., for
the purpose of nominating candidates for
Associate Justice, Congressman t-large,
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary
of State, State Auditor, State Treasurer,
Attorney General, Superintendent Of Public
instruction, the election Of a State central
committee and the transaction of such
other business as may be necessary.
The basis of representation will be one
delegate and one alternate from each
county for every 25O votes or major frac-
tlOn thereof cast for w. Z. Bush for Sec
retary Of State IN 1896, provided that no
county shall have less than two delegates.
Upon this basis the several counties will
be entitled to the following representation:
The Advocate and news., 1898-05-11

There are ten printers in the Norton
company and four in that from Kansas
City. Two commissioned officers in the
Emporia company are printers. Cap
tain Vaughan, of the Smith Center COM
pany, is editor of the Mankato Monitor.
Captain Elliott, of the Independence
company, has been in the newspaper
business in Coffeyville for several years.
Editor Murray, of the Dillon Republican
is in the Abilene company.
The Advocate and news., 1898-05-11
THE ADVOCATE
The fSo So.a AND NEWS 5 s'9r fsas
OFRICIAL PAPER OF TINE STATE
OF KANSAS
Published Every Wednesday, at Topeka, Kansas.
GEO. B. HARRISON & CO.,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORs.
PubllShsa Every Wednesday, at Topeka, Kansas.
dEO. B. HARRISON & CO.,
EDITORs AND PROPRIETORs.

Subscription RAtes;-One copy one year by
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pears herctn az representing fTl iDhOSe TetidDH-
itu can he UOuCh6tl for by ne piLbtlShers.
consolidated Nth The Kansas NcDs ttt 1891. The
Advocate and NolOs II the official State paper, ana
has a larger circulation than ann other Kansas
tUe6ItIv tOhtch TCCeiUCs advertisements.
For attenuation regarding subscriptions and
1dUCTtts5aO rates, address
omes. the ADVOCATE AND NEWS,
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The Advocate and news., 1898-05-11
Farmer Smith Says Long Can't Win

While the denomination of Chester /.
Long was by accIamatiOn 1t does not
follow that he has the united support Of
all Republicans. Farmer Smith says:
"Mr. Long may be elected, but doubt 1t.
He is decidedly the most unpopular nom
inee the Seventh district has been COM
PEELED to swallow in many years. There
is a general feeling, although it Is not
publicly expressed that Mr.. Long will
be defeated by Jerry Simpson. / know
Of lots Of Republicans who would not
be sorry were such the result at the polls.
There is some satisfaction for Longs
enemies in the fact that unless he is
elected this time he will be forever rele-
gated to the rear as dead timber after
next November. The chances are, in my
opinion, that the latter condition Is very
likely to exist"
The Advocate and news., 1898-05-11

Why should our new cruisers be named
the Yale and Harvard when we have
heroes Of former naval victories who are
worthy of memory? Small torpedo boats
perpetuate the names Of Faragut and
Decatur, while there is as yet no reCOg-
milton Of cambridge, Hull, Lawrence or
Paul Jones. If this is to be precedent
doubtless the name Of Dewey will be for
gotten in the next quarter century.
The Advocate and news., 1898-05-11

range for county conventions to select del
egates to the State convention in con-
formity with this call.
TAYLOR RIDDLE, Chairman
w. Il. TIPTON, Secretary.
The Advocate and news., 1898-05-11

fact Spain, although a European nation.
was less prepared for war than was the
United States at the commencement Of
hOstilities,
The Advocate and news., 1898-05-11

Now that little time has proved Gov
ernor Leedy's course regarding the mil
iia to be the only sensible thing the
howlers against him are shut up as tight
as if they were in Havana.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24

a PROGRESSIVE FARMER correspond
emit, Mr.. J. H. Massey, writes that
there was q great hail and rain storm
along the Nash and franklin county
line, Sunday, May 18th. Mr.. JohnL
Bryant had two fine hogs and q calf
killed by lightning. Raleigh had q
cloud burst on the same night, and
several persons narrowly escaped
drowning. No one remembers when
80 much rain fell in so short a time.
Raleigh Post: MI. 7 K. Bruner
leaves today fer Omaha, Neb., where
he goes to arrnge the North Carolina
exhibit at the Trans Mississippi and In
ternational Exposition. Mr.. Bruner
will be in charge of the North Carolina
exhibit, which includes some of the
finest specimens of State products
taken from the Museum. These have
already been shipped. The authorities
OF the Agricultural Department dis.
played much wisdom in placing Mr..
Bruner in charge Of the exhibit. The
North Carolina exhibit will occupy a
space 800 feet square. The depart
ment will expend So, 900 in making the
exhibit. The Exposition opens June
LIST, and will continue several months.
Winston Journal: Editor Gibbons,
proprietor of the Herald, came near
becoming the victim of an assassin's
bullet Sunday morning. About 1
o'clock Gibbons was awakened by the
report of a gun, but that being a com
mon occurrence in bis nejghborhood,
he did not get up. Sunday morning
he found that several bullets had
struck the window near where his bed
was located. One bullet hit q nail and
dropped to the ground, and the editor
now has it In his possession. Gibbons
says the weuld be assassin evidently
knew the location of his bed and the
arrangement Of the room, judging
from where the shots struck the build,
ing. Gibbons says he has his suspicious
as to who the parties were, and new
end sensational developments may be
expected later.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24

Elkin at the present time is indeed a
busy town, and the sound of the saw
and the hammer is heard continuously
everybody is busy, and you can see
excavations for foundations, buildings
lat started, some half finished, others
nearing completion, while still others
are flushed and occupied, all accom-
plished since the big fire in March,
Elkin Times.
Hoke Secrest, the wife and child
murderer, is now on the State farm at
Wadesboro. The bones of Secrest's
victims are still in the Clerks office in
the court house here. How long be
for these gruesome tokens Of murder
shall be given q burial9 For more than
twenty years these bones have been in
the court houses Of this and other
counties. Monroe E quirer.
A good many people have never
known that this county had a negro in
dustriaI school. The old aster place,
on Fishing Creek, near E field, was
bought by the northern people and
given to the negroes with the under
standing that they should have a
school. There are several nice build
Ings on the place that have just been
completed -Tarboro Southerner. e
Tyrrell county is the first arrival
with Irish Potatoes of the new crop
We have long thought and have some
times said that the Sound side Of Tyr
relI county, from it's location on the
/ south shore of Albemarle sound, was
in its adaptation to early truck crops,
the favored place for early truck.
With care and attention it would equal
or antedate Newbern a little in time
of maturity of early vegetables
Elizabeth City Economist.
StatesviIIe Landmark: In Wallace
town, a colored suburb, Saturday
afternoon, John Payne and Dudley
Dalton, both colored, engaged in a fight
in which Payne cut Dalton severely.
The latter is in a serious condition and
his wounds may prove fatal. Sheriff
Wycof and Policeman Henry arrested
Payne near Mills Springs Sunday
afternoon and he is now in jail await
ing the result of Dalton's wounds be.
fore he is given~R preliminary hear
ing.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24
THR OREGON IS sAFE!
The Glad News Received That She Has
Completed Her Run Of 5000 Miles. 2

The Glad News Received That She Has
Completed Her Run Of 1900 Miles.
Washington, May 18.-Secretary
Long gave out the welcome informa-
ton to-day that the ~battleship Oregon,
the second largest craft in the Ameri-
can navy, had successfully completed
her long trip from San Francisco,
making the entire circuit Of South
America, and was now safe. Whether
or not she has joined Admiral Samp-
sons feet, the Secretary would not
say. The rigid secrecy Of the Navy
Department was relaxed only enough
to make known the best knews the
Navy Department had received since
the battle Of Manila, as it meant not
only that the Oregon was out of harms
way from q concerted attack on this
one ship by the whole Spanish equad-
ron, DOW in Southern waters, but also
that her fighting strength would be Rd.
ded to Admiral SIMPSONS force in the
near future, if indeed, it had not al.
ready augmented the admiral's
strength.
The Oregon left San Francisco about
six weeks ago, before the var had
opened, and at that time it was not adj
mitted that che was to Join the ships
in Atlantic waters. She stopped at
Callao for dispatches and then went
round the Horn and then up the east
coast Of South America. In all the trip
covered more than 10 600 miles.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-24

cepting the Premiership and forming
a Conservative Cabinet. He was de-
feated on q minor measure, and Glad.
stone again assumed power in Febru~
airy, 1886.
Mr.. Gladstone had become convinced
that home rule for Ireland was just
and right. On April 8 he introduced
the Home Rule bill which made that
sitting of Parliament historic.
On q minor question in Irish affairs
Mr.. Gladstone was defeated by q vote
OF S41 to 311. He prorogued Parliament
June % and appealed to the country.
Now came another famous Mid-Lo-
THAN campaign. Mr.. Gladstone en-.
tered upon speaking and campaigning
with q mental strength which he had
never before displayed and surprising
physical power. The vituperation Of
his former friends seemed to make him
young again. And yet he must have
~foreseen that success was impossible.
The Tories and Liberal Unionists had
every advantage, and the new govern
ment, with Lord Salisbury at it's head,
would have q meiority Of no. On July
81, 1886, Mr.. Gladstone resigned and
returned to the Opposition.
In 1892, after a remarkable cam.
paign. the Liberals returned to power,
ond at the age Of SO Mr.. Gladstone un-
dertook the tremendous task of resur.
recting his Home Rule bill, which, 1886,
six years before had been overwhelmed
by majority Of 40. The bill passed
the Commons by a me j1rity of AZ, but
was over helmingly dereated in the
House of Lords. That terminated
Gladstone's entire efforts in behalf Of
home rule. Failing eyesight, though
his other powers were Unimpaired,
forced him to retire from the post Of
Prime Minister, and on March 8, 1894,
he delivered over to his Sovereign the
PRIV seal.