The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13

w. H. l.. Pepperell advertises a ma
terial reduction Of insurance rates in
the Concordia papers. Here is one Of
the many places where McNall's work Is
bringing benefits.
The Republican city administration at
Mr.. Stanley's town licenses the saloons
but compels them to close Sundays. This
latter provision does not apply to bars
in hotels though.
Both the cadet and the alternate ap-
pointed to West Point from the Third
district have failed and Allen Young,
who was third in the examination, will
be given a chance.
Congressman Botkin's wife has been
quite sick. She has been afflicted for
more than two months. He brought her
home about ten days ago. An improve
ment is noted now.
Carnahan, the Socialist nominee for
Associate Justice was on the district
bench once and he made record. He
held that the prohibitory amendment
was unconstitutional.
The bodies of Arthur Jones and Mary
Leishman were found in the grand stano
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the Fourth. Both showed bullet wounds.
1t was a love tragedy.
The Kansas City Star says that no
matter how much the Pops lost in con-
tributions to the campaign fund by
metropolitan policemen it was a good
investment letting 1t go.
The Usage county grand jury returned
forty-four true bills. And the jury cost
less by $500 than it would have cost If
the Infamous" Populist fee and salary |
bill had not been adopted.
The same old complaint about hard
examination questions is noticed in edu-
cational circles The teacher, who re-
alizes that an educator must know some
thing, is saying very little.
-Coffey county has S53,956 less Of per-
sonal property valuation than was re- |
ported last year. Too many Of the big |
fellows are being let off easy is the
usual cause for such results.
In a w.ite-up Of the canteen question |
at Chickamauga, the New York Voice |
speaks in complimentary terms Of the |
Twenty-first Kansas and Of DR.. Arm |
strong, the regimental surgeon.
The Topeka Journal can't understand |
why so few people were drunk in that |
city on the Fourth, and adds that this |
is remarkable in view of the fact that |
plenty Of liquor was obtainable.
Mr.. Reeder's friends will have to stop |
talking about his farming experience |
He and his partner have dissolved part
nership, his partner taking the farm and
Candidate Reeder gets the bank.
The city council of Topeka has passed
a new license ordinance. It's principal
features are practically prohibitive Ii
censes for trading stamp concerns and
buyers Of juror and witness fees.
Charley Lobdell says that the way to
put prohibition solidly on its feet is to
resubmit the question. 1t would carry |
again, he thinks, by $4,000 and the fight |
over the question would be ended.
The Capital printed an article Satur-
day headed Democrats Confer" and the
article was a report Of the Tomlinson-
Sheridan mass meeting. 1t was not nee
essary to label the headline as joke.
Republicans and Republican papers
which were kicking on Leedy's partisan
police force are now complaining be-
cause few of the old force are re-
tanned in each of the present reorganiza-
tions.
Rube Chenault's guardian is still
Populist even if his ward has changed
his position. A man who joins the cor
poration crowd at this stage does well
to provide himself with a guardian in
advance.
Down in Sumner county man is
accused of running down his State If
he intimates that the wheat crop will
not be up to expectations If he predicts
big crop he is accused of trying to run
the price down.
Mrs. Julia billiard, wife of Railroad
Commissioner billiard, of Fort Scott,
d,ni ~ hov hOroa To rt vuyaa1g Of tVnhOid