The Advocate and news., 1898-06-29

The coal rate hearing case before the
railroad commissioners has been ad-
journed to July 13. Attorney General
Boyle is organizing for winning fight.
Webb McNall, who holds a prominent
position in the supreme lodge of the A.
o. U. w., is at Asbury Park, N. j., at
tending the twenty-sixth annual conven-
tion.
The Senate passed a bill Friday pro-
viding for the retirement Of Federal
Judge c. G.. Foster at full pay and the
appointment Of another Judge in his
stead.
General Percy Daniels thinks that one
decisive battle, such as were frequent in
the Civil war, would make all the vacant
military places necessary to supply all
applicants.
At Valley Falls, July 4, feature Of
the celebration will be the Dewey fight
at Manila in miniature. It will be in
charge Of the young men and will be de-
Cidedly realistic.
Republican papers are divided as to
the advisability Of having straight
Democrat ticket Many of them insist
that the results do not justify the nee
essary expenditures.
Ensign Lands, the twenty-three-year-
old son Of Warden Lands, is assistant
navigator of the Monterey. He is the
youngest officer in the navy assigned to
such important duty.
Frank Nelson, the elocutionist, who
Is the Republican nominee for State Su
perintendent, has leased the Lindsborg
News, of which he has been editor, to
d. K Fretz, Of Newton.
The fee and salary law does not seem
to be reducing the number of candidates
for county Office in Chautauqua. Five
candidates for superintendent are rust
ling for the Republican nomination.
The Santa Fe has settled the coal rate
case so far as Emporia is concerned. 1t
offered a new rate of $1.10 per ton, which
is saving of about So per car. The
other towns will continue the fight.
The patent inside houses evidently
favor the election of Republican candi-
dates judging from the villainous eX-
pressions on the faces of the cuts of the
Populist candidates which they use.
]. e. Junkin manages to work the SOL
dier boys for more letters for the Ster-
ling Bulletin than any other Kansas ed
itor secures. They are like most Of the
others, too, in that they are worth read
ing.
A Topeka Colored woman, who was
slave, has sent for her son, who is out
Of the State She says that the white
folks fought to free her and that her
boy must enlist and help the white folks
now.
H. J. Hatch, who used to be an influ
entail politician at Arkansas City and
who was the first superintendent of the
Hutchinson Reformatory, has been ap-
pointed as a second lieutenant in the
army.
The Western Veteran reprints a part
of Congressman Botkin's pension speech
and refers to him as staunch friend
of the old soldier. The old soldier has
lots of just such friends in the POpulist
party.
Dan Dyer, of Smith Center, wants to
be census superintendent for the Sixth
district. He is an active Republican
but the crowd in control always ignores
him, and there will likely be no change
this time.
Ex-State Superintendent Stanley has
at last struck a job. He is to be presi-
dent of the Friends college at Wichita.
He had been trying to get the nomina-
tion for County Superintendent in Doug
las county.
The coal rate from Pittsburg to 0tta-
wa is go cents, and from the same place
to Emporia $3.50 is charged. This is
one of the unjust determinations which
the railroad commissioners are called
on to stop.
What an innocent fellow Chairman
Mort Albaugh is. He trusted the party
leaders, who made him believe that Nc
Kinley had raised the price of wheat,
and refused IS cents per bushel for his