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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-23
M NAILS FIGHT.
Actively Engaged In the Cam
paign For Governor.
Location In the State Favor
able to His Candidacy.
SILVER CHAMPION
Joined Fusion Forces After
Nomination of Mckinley.
Has Large Personal Following
In the State.

Webb McNal, of Gaylord, Smith
county, is a formidable candidate for
the fusion nomination for governor.
MeNalIs location is a great advantage
The politicians in the opposition party
abuse McNaIl, but none deny that he is
a popular man among his associates
and is faithful to his friends.
Many men prominent in local political
contests throughout the state are under
personal obligations to McNal for aid
rendered them in securing Jobs under
the Leedy administration. Il was said
of McNaH that he could do more with
Governor Leedy in this direction than
any man in Kansas. Leedy frequently
consulted him and it is claimed the
Leedy forces will round up at the
proper time for AIcNaI
A consideration of the geographical
location of the remaining candidates
substantiates NIcNalFs claims that he
is more available than any of the men
who have been named in connection
with the office of governor. Major A
NJ. Harvey and Senator Jim Stone
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-23

are in the First district. Senator Ryan,
Senator King and Congressman Ridg-
ley are in the Third district. George M.
Munger and Judge A w. Dennison are
in the Fourth district.
'As far as that is concerned" said
Mr. McNaI, "the Fifth congressional
district, the Sixth and Seventh, offer
no opposing candidate. The candidates
now in the field are from the extreme
eastern part of the state and the eX-
treme southern part of the state.
think 1 have a good chance for the
nomination because Kansas is 400 miles
long and the western two-thirds of the
state has no representation in sight"
McNal has a larger personal follow
ing in the state than any of the men
named in connection with the office. He
has for years dabbled in politics and
law. He has for years been prominent
in the A. o. U. w. and another secret
order or two. In all these avooationS
and in the lodges he has many warm
friends, and they will support him.
McNan has also in his possession sew
eral letters from Republicans of the old
school who have promised to vote for
him at the polls.
To McNan belongs the credit of the
saving THE party left me; 1 am still
standing in the old Republican road,
and in the middle of it, too"
This statement was made when Nc
Nall was charged by his old allies with
having deserted the sound money plat
form adopted at st. Louis to ally him
self with the Populists.
you fellows" retorted McNall 'have
been preaching silver for twenty years
and the virus took with me. I ac-
cepted your teachings then and believed
in them Now I'm not a backslider like
the rest of you, and I'll stick to the old
principles" NcNaH was as good as
his word. No amount of persuasion was
equal to bringing him back into the
fold. and he was abandoned to the sill
Verites and Populists.
The lawyer farmer. and secret order
man from Smith county went into the
campaign and his story of how
the party left him is familiar to all
His crowd won. He was appointed su-
perintendent of insurance, and became
at once an adviser of the Leedy ad-
rninistration. He made more speeches
than any other individual in the cam
paign in which Governor Stanley was
successful. The Leedy party lost. Nc
Nall was removed from Office by an
inquisition conducted by the executive
department.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-23
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Reporters Denied Admission to
the Belmont Dinner.

New York, Jan. 23.-wnliam ]. Bryan
was the guest of honor at a dinner
given by o. H P. Belmont last night
at his residence in Fifth avenue. The
dinner was private, no reporters being
admitted, and to a penciled note Mr.
Belmont made reply:
There will be nothing during or
after dinner for publication. The din
ner is a purely social affair and of no
public interest"
Mr.. Bryan was the only guest of ma
tional prominence, but big men in
Tammany Hall We're present. Among
them We're John E. Carroll, leader of
Tammany Hall in Mr.. Croker's alb
sence; Elliott E. Danforth, chairman
of the executive committee of the Dem
ocratic state committee; DR. Gardiner,
of the local Chicago platform Democ-
racy; Asa Bird Gardiner, district attor-
ney for the county of New York; John
B. Sexton, police commissioner; Alfred
Henry Lewis, editor of he Verdict
Frank Campbell. chairman of the state
committee; Ex-Governor James E.
Campbell, of Ohio, and Ex- Governor
Hogg, of Texas.
The dinner was about over at mid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-23

night. The guests left in twos and
threes, some alone. Many went to the
Democratic club. None would say
much. Some said there had been no
speaking. Others admitted that there
had been informal talks. From COM
paratively reliable source it was
learned that there was speaking, and
that Mr.. Bryan himself had been ~on
his feet for a long time.
Mr.. Bryan will this evening be the
guest of John w. Keller, president of
the Democratic club at the club. This
dinner is understood to mean that Mr..
Bryan and the Tammany organiza-
tion are in complete harmony.
Wednesday night Mr.. Bryan is to
address a meeting in Jersey City.
Congressman DAILY and Robert Davis,
of New Jersey, have sought to induce
Mr.. Bryan to drop silver in Jersey
City speech, and it was thought they
had made some impression on the Ne
braskan, but he said: Il intend to dis
cuss all three living issues of the day
money, trusts and imperialism-in my
speeches. 1 am getting tired of having
one particular topic suggested for my
speeches by those who like one theme
more than another"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-23
OCCUPY SANTA CRUZ,
Americans Find the Town De-
serted By the Insurgents.

Manila, Jan $3.50 a. m.-The
Americans have occupied Santa Cruz
on Laguna de Bay, Luguna province. It
was reported many insurgents were
concentrated there. but the town was
found deserted. The military regulation
requiring the streets to be cleared of
natives at $3.50 p. m, has been changed
to 10 o'clock.
Two companies of the 46th infantry
under Major johnson and three com
panies of the 3Sth infantry commanded
by Major Muir defeated 500 insurgents
at Taal, province of Batangas, Satur-
day, taking the town. The United
States gunboat Marietta also shelled
the place. The insurgents had four
cannon, two of which were captured.
Two Americans were wounded and ten
insurgent dead were found on the field.
The plague statistics now show a to-
tai of Il cases and II deaths
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-23
PEST HOUSE COMPLETE.
It Will Be Ready For Use To-
night

An angry crowd of people from the
Fifth ward gathered around the new
detention hospital in the fair grounds
last night and threatened to tear it
down.
The two guards on duty there sue
ceeded in dispensing the crowd and no
damage was done. Many threats have
been made against the hospital, and
there has been talk of burning it down
tonight Chief Ramsey will have a
squad of police on hand tonight to
guard the building. The hospital is
about finished. and will be ready for
occupancy tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-23
Beef for the Beers.

Chicago. Jan. ga trainload of beef.
750. 600 pounds for the use of the Beers, is
being purchased here by an agent of the
cent seizures by British war vessels of the
ships bearing supplies destined for the
Transvaal packers have refused to sell
the. beef for delivery beyond Chicago, and
negotiations for transportation are pend
ing This is the second train load of beef
sold here for the Beers, the first cOnsign-
ment sold about a month ago, being now
it is said, on the ocean
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-23
NJ. Sheldon Branches Out.

The Missouri Valley Farmer, edited by
Charles NJ. Sheldon at Kansas City. has
been changed from a weekly to monthly
publication, and the first issue under the
next plan will appear February I. Mr
Sheldon has purchased Editor Brady 5
Rural Home, heretofore published at
Lawrence. The Rural Home has been
consolidated with the Farmer. The total
circulation is now 5000, says Mr.. Shell
don. It S-aS been reported that the Mis-
souri, Valley Farmer had suspended.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-23
Deraocrats unanimou ous for Roera.

Des Moines, Ia. Jan. 23.-In the lower
house of the legislature this morning, Mr.
Garter. of Sioux county, presented resO-
luton of sympathy for the Beers. Car
ter is a Republican and the resolution
was moved for adoption by Kerr, of
Grundy also Republican. On roll call
every Democrat voted for it. but it was
lost 81 to %. The Republicans who fav-
ored it all represent counties in which the
German element is Strong.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-23
BAILEY'S BILL.
Working For Civil Federal Reforma-
tory For Leavenworth

Washington, Jan. Representative
Bailey, of Kansas, to-day introduced a
bill to build a civil federal reformatory
at Leavenworth, Kan
The bill provides that the leformatory
shall be under the control of the at
torney-generaI and shall be for the con-
finement of any person between the
ages of 16 and 25 years who shall be
convicted for the first time of any
offense punishable by confinement in
the federal prison. Three hundred
thousand dollars is asked for the pur-
pose of erecting the necessary build
ingS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-23
Weather Ind,cations

Chicago, Jan. 23.--For Kansas. Fair.
tonight and Wednesday,: moderate
temperature; southerly winds.
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CONTINUED on Sixth Page.)
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23
A THUNDERSTORM.
Its Formation IL Something Few of Uh
Understand.

Its Formation IL Something Few of Uh
Understand.
The formation of thunder storm Is
one of the familiar things that few OF
us know anything about 1t. That
sounds like a contradiction, but 1t is
not, for while we are familiar enough
with the impressive spectacle made by
the clouds as they gather and with the
sometimes disastrous and always STAR
Ting effects of the storm when 1t
breaks over us, how many Of us can
trace it back to it's origin, step by
step, and tell how and where it got its
terrible power? Let us try to do this.
There Is no doubt that the electric
charge of a cloud comes from an ini-
tial charge multiplied by induction.
The initial charge may be acquired by
evaporation, for we know that cleo.
tricity may be generated in that way.
Or it may be generated by the friction
of vapor-laden air, which, moving as
wind, comes in contact with objects on
the earths surface. This vapor is COM
posed of very minute particles Of wat
err, each of which becomes electrified,
the charge accommodating on it's sur
face. Now, as these particles Of drops
come together and are condensed into
larger drops the surface area is re-
duced in proportion to the volume and
an increased electric accumulation Is
the result. In other words, when two
drops are condensed into one, there is
the same quantity of water and oil
electricity was when the drops were
separate, but there is good deal less
surface, and the electric charge Is in
tensified to that extent. The drops SO
formed attract smaller drops by their
greater power, and thus condensation
with continual increase Of power, goes
on rapidly and thundercloud begins
to form. AS the cloud is sent forward
by the wind it affects the earth's sur
face by induction, and the earth's
surface affects it in the same way, the
cloud becoming positively and the
earth negatively charged. This goes
on rapidly, electric energy being con-
tinually drawn to the cloud from the
air, and the same quantity being re-
PEELED from the earth below. Thus i,
is that the thundercloud forms 81
quickly and acquires so great an cleo
trio power
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23
BATTLE OF CITIES.
Sharp Rivalry Between the Middle West
and the Southwest.

Sharp Rivalry Between the Middle West
and the Southwest.
1t is not so much, however, the ques-
ton Of the rapidity with which Calves
ton or Mobile bay may advance, as
compared with New Orleans. that
promises to influence the standing OF
the western cities. 1t is rather the
question of how much the enterprise
of these two cities-with the aid Of the
new port and town Of Port Arthur
may stimulate cooperation among all
the cities of the gulf and thereby line
up a strong force in fight against the
North Atlantic and the great lakes.
Within five years Galveston has pulled
away from New York, Boston and Bal
timore the supremacy in the handling
of cotton, and is rapidly taking from
all other points the first position in
the handling of the southwestern corn
and wheat. Mobile is gaining an iron
and steel and woodwork business
which formerly did not fall south OF
Baltimore. and it has some promise
ahead of developments in shipbuilding.
Many great influences are at work, in
Guiding that of the powerful Illinois
Central, to compel the exports OF the
Mississippi Valley to take the natural
and water level route to the ocean via
the Father of Waters" rather than
to climb the mountains that intervene
between the west and the Atlantic. A
more or less sectional feeling has
grown up, extending westward to Den
yer, favoring the diversion of western
products of all sorts to the gulf. IL
1t should so develop that sufficient in
habitants and sufficient wealth concen-
trate in the Gulf cities, it seems likely
that the Atlantic cities will find their
aggregate of traffic seriously impaired
or at least their source of it serious
ly diminished-an that such places as
Kansas City, st. Louis, Memphis, and
perhaps Omaha. will be materially
aided in their efforts for growth and
greatness by the additional and short
er route to the sea afforded by flowing
down the natural drain Of the CONT
nent to the mouth of the Mississippi.
-Ainslee's Magazine.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23

tonishing. We have often published
partial list of these names. and the
surprise caused by the first publication
of it to all people, both professional
and non-professional, was amusing.
And yet we have never enumerated all
of the diseases which are classed as
catarrh. 1t must be confessed. how
ever, to see even this partial list drawn
up in battle array is rather appalling.
If the reader desires to see this list.
together with q short exposition OF
each one, send for our free catarrh
book. Address The Peruna Medicine
Co., Columbus. Ohio.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23
There is nothing like the exercise of
power in things political.
NEARLY A BREAK DOWN.


Mrs. Olberg, a Prominent Minnesota
Lady, Tell. Remarkable story.
Albert Lea, Mimi, Nov. 19.-(Spe-
ciaD-There are few men and women
in this state or indeed in the whole
northwest, who have not heard, or do
not know personally Mrs. Henriette G.
Olberg Of this city.
Mrs. Olberg was Judge of Linen and
Linen Fabrics at the Worlds Fair, at
Chicago, and Superintendent OF Flax
Exhibit at the Int national EXPOSE
ton at Omaha, Nebraska, in 1898. Mrs.
Olberg is Secretary of the National
Flax, Hemp and Ramie Association.
and Assistant Editor of the "Distaff."
Her official duties are naturally very
onerous, and involve a great deal of
travelling and living away from home.
She says:
During the Worlds Fair in Chi
cago, my Official duties so taxed my
strength, that thought l would have
to give them up. Through the con-
tinual change Of food and irregular
meal hours, and poor quality Of wa
ter, I lost my appetite, and became
wakeful and nervous in the extreme.
My Kidneys refused to perform their
usual duties. One of my assistants
advised me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills,
and sent for box. am pleased to
say that l derived immediate and per-
manent benefit. l used three boxes,
and feel ten years younger.
Il have great confidence in the eff
flcacy OF Dodd's Kidney Pills. and am
always glad to speak good word in
their favor.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills are weak WON
ems best friend"
All Dealers. SO cents a box.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23
DO YOU FEEL like THISP
Pen Picture for Women.

az am SO nervous, there is not a
we'll inch in my whole body. / am so
weak at my stomach and have indi.
gestion horribly, and palpitation OF
the heart, and am losing flesh. This
headache and backache nearly kills
me, and yesterday ! nearly had hyster-
les there is weight in the lower part
of my bowels bearing down all the
time, and pains in my groins and
thighs; / cannot sleep, walk, or sit,
and l believe / am diseased all over;
no one ever suffered as l do"
This is IA description of thousands OF
cases which come to Mrs. Pinkham's
attention daily. An inflamed and ul-
cerated condition Of the neck of the
womb can produce all of these symp-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23
Con. st.noh.m .. a w.rr,or.

General Sir Anthony Blaxland
Stanoham, who died in England re-
Gently at the age Of "a. was one of
the most distinguished soldiers in the
British Empire. He gained his first
experience in warfare seventy-three
years ago, having been present at the
destruction OF the Turko- Egyptian
fleets in Navarino Bay, in 1927. He
took an active part in the Chinese
campaign Of 1904, and in the Girl
mean war. He was made X. G. B.
in 1867, and retired in 1875.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23
MANY RARE PEOPLE.
We Seldom Form Acquaintance with One.
However.

However.
It makes one homesick in this world
to think that there are so many rare
people he can never know, and so
many excellent people that scarcely
any one will know, in fact. One dis
covers friend by chance, and cannot
but feel regret that twenty or thirty
years of life maybe have been spent
without the least knowledge of him.
When he is once known through him
opening is made into another little
world, into a circle Of culture and low
ing hearts and enthusiasm in a dozen
congenial pursuits, and pre1udices
perhaps. How instantly and easily the
bachelor doubles his world when he
marries, and enters into the unknown
fellowship OF the to him continually in
creasing company which Is known in
popular language as "all his wife's
relations" Near at hand daily, no
doubt, are those worth knowing in
timately, If one had the time and the
opportunity. And when one travels he
sees what a vast material there is for
society and friendship of which he can
never avail himself. There are faces
Of refinement. Of quick wit, of sympa-
thetic kindness-interesting people,
travelled people entertaining people
whom you constantly meet and pass
without sign OF recognition. many OF
whom are no doubt your long lost
brothers and sisters. The matter OF
personal liking and attachment Is q
good deal due TO the mere fortune Of
L. 1barlea UHdlaX Wnrnor.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23
A Noted Knight TempIar
Owes His Health to Peruna

Colonel T. P. Moody, prominent
Knight Templar, is well known In
every city in the United States west of
Buffalo. N. Y, as a jewelers. Auc-
tioneer. In the city of Chicago as
prominent lodge man, being a mem
Der of the X. It's and also OF the
Masons The cut Slows Co-olci
Moody in the costume CT to Oriental
Consistory Masons, S2d- degree.
In recent letter from $500 Michi-
gan avenue, Chicago, ILL.,, MIR. Moody
says the following:
"FOr over twenty-five years I
suffered from Catarrh, and for
over ten years I suffered from
Cafarrh of the stomach terribly.
"Ihave taken aHkiDds 0fmedi-
cines and have been treated by
all kinds of doctors, as thousands
of my acquaintance are aware
In different parts of the United
States, where I have Travelled, but
tho relief was only temporary,
until a little over a year ago 4
started to take Peruna, and at the
present time am better than 4
have been for twenty years.
"The soreness has left my sfom-
ach entirely and am free from
INDIGESTION and dyspepsia and will
say to all who are troubled with
catarrh or stomach trouble of any
kind, don't put 1t off and suffer,
but begin to take Peruna right
away, and keep it up until you
are cured, as you surely will be IT
you persevere.
my wife, as many in the southwest
can say. was troubled with bad cough
and bronchial trouble. and doctors all
over the country gave her up to die,
as they could do nothing more for her.
She began taking Peruna with the re-
suit that she is better now than she
has been in years, and her cough has
almost left her entirely. The soreness
has left her lungs and she is as Wen
as she ever was in her life. with
thanks, as she says, to Peruna. Yours
very truly, I. +. Moody
Catarrh in its various forms is rap
idly becoming a general curse. An
undoubted remedy has been discov-
cred by DR.. Hartman. This remedy has
been thoroughly tested during the past
forty years. Prominent men have
come to know of its virtues. and are
making public utterances on the sub
ject To save the country we must
save the people. To save the people
we must protect them from disease
The disease that is at once the most
prevalent and stubborn Of cure is Ca.
tarrh.
II one were to make list Of the
different names that have been ap-
piled to catarrh in different locations
and organs, the result would be as
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23

A booklet giving the population OF
all cities of the United States of $4,000
and over according to the census of
1900, has just been issued by the Pas
senger department of the Chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway, and a
copy of it may be obtained by sending
your address, with two-cent stamp to
pay postage, to the General Passenger
Agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railway, Chicago, Ill.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23
A Cats Queer Bed.

A North Andover (Mass) cat has
slept on a cows back in the barn
every night for three years. The cat
at first tried several cows, but none
Of them seemed pleased with the ar
rangement, until she finally found an
amiable quadruped that seemed to ike
the state of affairs immensely.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23

Who are injured by the use OF coffee.
Recently there has been placed in all
the grocery stores new preparation
called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains,
that takes the place of coffee. The most
delicate stomach receives IT. with out
distress, and but few can tell 1t itom
coffee. 1t does not cost over one-fourth
as much. Children may drink 1t with
great benefit. Is cents and rs cents
Der package. Try it. Ask for GRAlN-O.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23

No matter what ails you, headache
to cancer, you will never get well
until your bowels are put right.
CASCARETS help nature, cure you
without grippe or pain, produce easy
natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
CASCARETS Candy Cathartic, the
genuine, put up in metal boxes, every
tablet has C. C. c. stamped on it. Be-
ware of limitations.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23

According to General Baden-Powells
there is a future for girls in South
Africa. The situation is realized by
Germans, who have already
started a regular emigration bureau for
young women, most of whom are en-
gagged or married almost as soon as
they land.