The Advocate and news., 1898-03-23


holds the same place on the Republican
committee.
Last Christmas a Beloit man disap-
peared and his body has just been found
In the river where 1t caught on a fishers
line last week.
Ed Howe says that Hiawatha man,
who Is visiting in England, was asked
whether prairie dogs bothered the stock
much In Kansas.
General improvements in the Beloit
Call indicate that Mitchell county Pop
ulists are not lacking In appreciation Of
flrst-class paper.
The report that the cavalry from Fort
Riley had been ordered South Is untrue
Three batteries of artillery are all that
have been transferred.
The effort Of Republican papers to en-
courage Attorney General Boyle to de-
cline to run again does not seem to be
meeting with great success.
The Wolff Packing Company at To-
peka Is extending it's business so rapidly
that ten new refrigerator cars are being
built to transport its products.
Topeka colored Republicans are saying
unpleasant things because none Of their
number were placed on the Curtis dele
cation to the Horton convention.
Chairman Taylor Riddle is in favor
of holding the Populist State convention
at Topeka He says that al things con-
sidered, that 1t Is the best place for it.
When Republican gets a postoffiCe
he Is in on anything that the party ma
chine may do even If he has been roast
ing the gang in every issue for months.
The right kind of a Kansas patriot is
one who plants few trees every spring.
The time will never come when the
State will have too many-trees and pa
triots
Breidenthal's plan Of having local con-
ventions all on the same day has been
adopted In Georgia, where the Democrat
primaries occur on the same day all over
the State.
A western Kansas editor who has been
appointed postmaster predicts better
times this summer. So far as he is
concerned the prediction is doubtless
good one.
Speeches covering a period of three or
four weeks will be made in Kansas by
Eugene " Debs about May 1. They will
be made in the interest of the Social
Democracy.
If Ed Little writes all OF Governor
Leedy's messages and speeches, who
wrote his convention speech which hyp-
Noticed the delegates and secured for
him the nomination?
The Electrical Review, published at
New York, says that ex-senator Calvin
Brlce Is interested in the proposed elec-
trio passenger and freight line from
Kansas City to Topeka.
The Central Branch points out one
great advantage which 1t has over other
roads 1t has brakeman who calls the
stations in such way that people can
understand what he says.
Many thousand yards Of silk have been
manufactured at the private concern at
Silkvale In Ottawa county. 1t was not
profitable, and the farm has been con-
Verted into stock ranch.
Senator Lamb, of Yates Center, has
announced his candidacy for Congress in
the Fourth district. Lamb is a Repub-
lican and is promised the support of
Woodson county delegates.
Abe Steinberger asserts that every
Populist paper in Kansas was bolter in
1896 because they did not support the
electoral ticket which was named by MIR.
Steinberger and Mr.. Willitts.
The Fredonia Citizen, whose editor has
an excellent memory, says that the Re-
publicans should nominate lawyer for
Attorney General this year. The Citizen
Is evidently opposed to Dawes.
Douglas county Republicans instructed
the delegates to the Congressional con-
vention for ]. ID. Bowersock, the wealthy
miller and capitalist. The delegates are
coil IN hn -.