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INSTRUCTED ron M'KINLEY.
Republicans rDcterize Puerto
Ricnn BiII Wiscst Legislation,

nEcpubIicHns Characterize Puerto
Ricna BtII Wiscst Legislation,
Jackson. Miss, April pm. A. Mont-
gomory H. c. Turley, John r. Lynch and
James Hill were named by the state re-
publican convention, which adjourned here
at $3.50 tonight, as delegates from the
State at large TO the National convention
at Philadelphia The final session. lasting
nearly Ave hours, was a turbulent one.
The Montgomery faction, otherwise
known as the new white leadership crowd,
captured the convention on organization
by electlng l.. X. Atwood chairman. The
various reports submitted by the caucus
of party leaders held during the morning
we're adopted amid much confusion and
the protests OF geyeral negro leaders, es-
peclally those OF the OLD I'LL faction.
Three o. the four men chosen as dele
gates at lsrge belong 70, the white leader
ship faction. II had already been agreed
upon TO select NJ c. Turley Of hatcher
/ as National committeeman for Mississip-
I pl Turluy Is a brothor-inlaw OF Judge
( Thompson, President McKinley's former
law partner, and It is said among the
party leaders that the present white as
/ tendency Is traced through this source
dlrcet to the administration and has been
worked up 70 a great eytent by Turley.
The committee on resolutions made
report indorsing the st. Louis platform.
the Mckinley administration, the Niea-
ragua canal movement and declared that
the country IS now more prosperous than
H. has been al any time in history.
The resolutions also declared that the
financial question had been eifectually
and finally settled and that the Puerto
Rican tariff bill Is the wisest piece OF
National legislation that has been passed
In recent years, The resolution was con-
cluded By declaring that the democratic
party Is trying to scuttle the ship OF state
in the effort to find planks for its plat
form, and the Mississippi delegates were
instructed to cast a solid vote Tor McKin-
ley's denomination.
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nnIrIsH SURROUNDED.
They walked deliberately INV"
Trnu Set by General Oewet'

rrax walked deliberately INFO
Trnu set by General OeNNet'
Laurence Marquee, April pa corre'
snopdent OF the Standard and Digger
News wgth the Boer commander General
pewet gives full description OF tne
british disaster at Reddersburg' He says
Five hundred Irish Rifles entered pe"ets-
dorm on April /, under Captain MeWn'hnle'
and demanded the surrender OF the town
which was readily given. Captain VIC
WINNIE was surprised to hear tna'
poer force was approaching and ne
promptly retreated ON Reddershurs'
General Dewet. fresh from his victory
at sannas Post. followed the retreat along
a range Of kopjes for hours. The TWO op
nostnp forces we're encamped on different
aides Of the range. General Dewet Nne"
all about the British positions and move
ments. but the Irish were quite unaware
., Tho nroxin,Ity of the Beers Tney
blundered again. as at sannas fos'' anu
the scouts we're not alert.
before sunset on Tuesday De~e' ha1
the British force in his power after ~
an..gen,ent which lasted all the ailer
noon. The Irish made most Driiisn'
defense but their tate was never -
doubt. During the afternoon Dewet sen,
son bnrubers to cut on their retreat anu
he then moved forward a small loroe -
Beers to the aop of the kopjes heid o.
the British. The latter boldly ah'aeAe0
The noers and then Dewst's plan was SUD-
denly developed.
THE British soon found nenssi''
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QUAY AFTER HANNA
Big Boss Desertion Has Made Friends
Of the Smaller One Angry.
SUBSIDY BILL Is THREATENED
Though II Is Probable that No Real
Attack will Be Made.
EFFORT TO BE MADE TO ELECT QUAY
And II lie Does Get Back Into the Senate
He win Go After Hanna.
THE 0Hl0AN TAKES RANK AS A HuM0RlSr
said that He Voted Against Quay
on "Constitutionnl Grounds.-
Depew's Little Joke.
THE OHlOAN TAKES RANK AS A HuMoRlsr
said that He Voted Against Quay
on constitutional Grounds."
Dcpew's Little Joke.

Washington, April 26.--Tho discontinue
of Quay Is bringing grist to the demo-
cratic mill, and may perhaps save some
OF inc peoples moAey. The Quay people
threaten to defeat The anna-payno ship
subsidy bin because Ianna proved unfaith-
ful 10 Quay at the last moment The
chances are however. that they Will DO
whipped into line by the administration.
as ahey were in the Pennsylvania State
convention when they Endorsed the present
policies of the administration in every
respect
1 There is no doubt, however. OF the BIT
ter feeling existing against Hanna on the
part OF the Quay people, and II is their
present intention to got even In some way.
( That u win be in the nature OF a fight on
/ the chipping bill mhich seems to be Han
mas pet Is very much doubted on account
Of the great cramp ship building interests
located in Philadelphia
The Quay people say they will redoubte
Gheir efforts to elect a Quay legislature
to the senate next winter. II they should
succeed. Quay VIII be thorn In ina
side OF Hanna, regardless Of the political
color of the administration here after next
/ March.
There Is mucn merriment here oyer the
position to Quay Hanna Immediately took
I high rank as a humorlst when he gave as
/ explanation Of his opposition TO Quay thar
it was based on Constitutional grounds"
also that explanation given by Senator
Depew for Hannas opposition that 1t was
because Hanna is opposed to Qnay's po-
/ lflcal methods"
II augurs well for the fortunes OF de-
mooracy and the people that these two
republican bosses are now al each others
throats.
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BRITISH BEATEN BACK.
They Had Twelve Men Killed and II
Number wounded.

Brandfort. Orange Free State, Monday,
April pa British column in the drec-
ton of Bultfontein and Hoppstadt has
been beaten back through Boshof The
federals sustained two casualties and the
British had twelve men killed and a num-
Der wounded.
Yesterday General Kelly-Kenny's artil-
lery at Dewetsdorp INDUCED in mild
bombardment of General Dewets position,
the firing lasting through the morning.
The scarcity of water is supposed 10 be
very pressing at Bloemfontein.
A desperate attempt was made by a
large British force in two columns yester-
day to recapture the waterworke. TheiI
right flank was beaten back, however. A
party of fifty were cut off and twelve
men were killed,
The johannesburg command has cap
tured a British scout. Some of the Amer
lean scouts have been shot.
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PLATEAU OCCUPIED.
II Is Natural FOrtress-Its Occu-
nnncy Mny Menn Much to British.

London, April 97.-The Bloemfonte'n
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph,
under Wednesdays date, says: oar
mounted infantry entered the high noun
tain plateau of Thabanchu today. almost
without opposition AS Thabanchu Is a
natural fortress this must mean that the
Beers have practically thrown up the
sponge in this section of the country II
the force presses on to Ladybrand the
whole country south Of that point and in
line with Bloemfontein will be completely
in our hands. One difficulty is that many
of the Beers forming commandoes I'M
mediately after finding themselves beaten
retreat to their farms and resume the roles
of peaceful citizenship hiding their rifles
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NEWS FROM BADEN-powELI.

London. April &c, 1853 p. m.-The war
office has received the following message
from Lord Roberts;
Boemfontein, April 25.--Good news from
Baden Powell up TO April 10. McLaren
much better. All the wounded doing we'll.
The Beers captured several native women
who were trying 10 escape from Mateking.
but these were turned back after being
stripped and sjamboked.
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eesssesoese,

rounded They had. indeed. fallen into a
beautiful trap, for they were commanded
at every point by the Boer guns. while
their force was separated on two kopjss
with the Beers in between.
''At sunrise Wednesday the Boer guns
commenced 10 hurl shell upon the de-
voted IrIshmen. who, however, refused to
surrender. but fought With the utmost
fisreeness for three hours. At 10 o'clock,
however. the British commander saw that
further resistance would involve useless
waste of life. as his military position was
quite hopeless. and he therefore hoisted a
white flag.
Twelve officers eorrowfully handed
over their swords to General Dewet and
45s non-commiss stoned officers and men
surrendered All the prisoners were forth
with sent to Thabanchu under escort. and
General Dewet continued his march to-
ward Wepener."
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BoERs DRIVEN OFF.

Gen. Hamilton Made Them Nacnte
a Position mt Israeis Poort.
London. April 26, midnigbt.--The war
office publishes the following dispatch
from Lord Roberts, dated Bloemfontein.
April 20: General Ian Hamilton yeSter-
day drove the enemy of a strong position
at Israels Poort by well conceived
turning movement. which was admirably
carried out by General Ridley, commander
OF the Second mounted infantry brigade.
and General smith,Dorrien. commanding
the Eighteenth brigade. The troops are
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ade was injured and taken TO the general
hospital in ottawa. That portion of the
city called RochesterviHe was almost en-
tirely burned down Here and there a
building remains. The village of Hin
tonburg, In close proximity to the city,
has not been entirely destroyed. Mechan-
icsville, which was reported to have been
entirely swept away, stil remains The
fire at midnight was largely confined to
that part OF Roohestervllle lying near The
st. Louis dam in the southeast part of the
city. Unless a heavy wind arises the re-
mainder of the city is safe.
The casualties. so far as reported are
Miss Cook. an old woman. who was burned
to death In her house; an unknown man
found dead on the Canadian Pacific rail-
road track, and James Mavan and James
Merrlfeld, reported fatally injured by fall
ing tlmhers. The government ia supplying
blankets and doing all in its power ~,
the comfort OF the sufferers.
AT midnight the fre was practically I'M
der control j n. Booths principal lum-
her yards at ST.. Louis dam. have all been
saved. but from that part north 10 the
Ottawa river almost everything is con-
sumed 1t is almost impossible tonight
To get individual losses A. T wood
member of parliament, considers 100000
600 a conservative estimate.
While the Victoria and Chaudiere dls-
tricts were a seethIng mass of roaring
flames the Are made another jump and
caught in the freight sheds of the Cana
dian Pacific railroad yards and soon after
the Union station was ablaze. The rollit
stock and most of the freight and bag
gage had been removed. but the ham~
spread with great rapidty and In very
short time the whole OF the Chaudiere
fats were Are swept, The mass OF FIRE
was blown by tho wind, which stlf1y con-
tlnued to blow gale, down upon Roch-
esteryile Mechanicsvllle and Hintonburg.
The flre also devastated the Nttle settle
ment OF St Mary's village The flames
spread along the Richmond road. burning
Martin Werner's flour mill and eXfAnd-
ing almost to Skead's mill. some three
, miles beyond the city limits. At o'clock
, there was almost a continuous line OF fire
from its starting place at Chaudiere street,
Hull, to the 81. Louis dam and the ex-
perimental farm In one direction, and
, through and beyond Hintonburg In an
other distance OF nearly seven miles,
In some places the FIRE was more than a
half mile deep.
ottawa, Ont. April 26.-The city of
Hull has been burning since noon today
and all that remains at the time OF this
writing is small corner in the east end
of the city, and before long It. too, will
, be in ashes. There are few houses
standing in the suburbs OF the burned
city, Hull has a population of about 10000
people and more than half of them are
Q homeless. Tho entire business part Of the
: city. including the court house. postofflce,
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at the failure to surround the Beers. but
believe the march will have a good ef-
feet on the Free Staters. The latter
trusting to British leniency had played
tho game OF pretending 10 surrender and
OF taking every opportunity 10 fight.
Wherever he found Free Staters who had
broken the oath General Pole Carew
seized their cattle and horses.
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ottawa, Ontario, April 27.-Five
square miles of territory burned
over. more than $500 dwellings,. fnc-
tories, mills. stores and other build
timated TO reach S2O,oO0.00o and be-
tween 10000 and 1900 men, women
ming up of the havoc wrought by
the fire which hns been raging mt
Hull and in Ottawa since II o'clock
yesterday morning and mt midnight
was not completely under control.
Most of the lumber piles in Ottawa
and Hull have disappeared, and are
now mere heaps OF chsrred wood
md ashes. Half n dozen churches
Hull water works, the Hull court
house and jail, the postoricc. the
convcnt-almost every business
place and about 1000 dwellings and
shops in Hull have been destroyed.
Indeed, practically nothing of Hull
=. LEFT hut church and n few
houses beyond IL.
The fire originated through n fire
in a dirty chimney and the high
wind caused the DANES TO spread
rnpidIy In the direction of the lum-
niles and mills on both the Hull
ana OTTAWA shores of the ottaw"
river and Cbaudiere ants.
By II 80 the FIRE had got good hold OF
Main street and the entire street, with
dozens OF cross streets, WAS burned About
this time the fire made jump of nearly
hair a mile and ignited Eddy's wood yard
near the match factory. 1t was soon IN
| flames and tlie.> fifty niile-an~hour gale
which was blowing drove high column OF
flames across Bride street and set fire
10 the Eddy paper mill and the other
buildings OF the company.
The fire at this time also sprang across
the Ottawa river and caught the sheds in
the rear of the Mackay Milling company on
Victoria island and in a few minutes the
lumber piles on Victoria and Chaudiert
islands, one of the power houses OF the
Ottawa Electric company, the Vctoris
foundry and half the buildings on the two
Islands were in flames In the city st Is
estimated that besides the mills, factories
etc, burned 1000 residences were destroyed
The total loss Is estimated at SIS, 900, 600
and insurance at $500, 0Oo
Late tonight the fire in Hull had about
burned out. The business portion is al
gone aud half of the residences. The onl!
means of communication between Ottawa
and Hull is by boat From 2 o'clock tn,
only water to be had in Hull was from tn,
river. Chief Benoit Of the Hull FIRE brig
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Full TIcKEr NOMINATED.

Indiana Republicans Have n Con-
test over Head of the Ticket.
Indianapolis, Ind. April 2s.-rhe repuo-
lcan state convention reassembled today.
and after a contest that lasted from
o'clock in tho morning until In the after
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EDaviss /: Goldman
Eye Ear and Throat.
~ sos and 300 Binz Bulldog.
WEATHER INFORMATION.
probabilitien.

i, r', April 2s.-Eastern Texas-Locai
ky,s. ',uay and Saturday; fresh to brisk
n =. and Indian Territory-showers
M. saturday, cooler Saturday; south
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BRIEF WAR ITEMS.

Bloemfontein, Wednesday April ,s.--~
Colonel Ryerson. hitherto the Canadian
Red Cross commissioner. has been apS
pointed British Red Cross commissioner
at Lord Roberts headquarters.
Berlin, April 26.-German veterans OF
lss4-1sse and 1870 OF the soiingen dis
trict, famous for its military cutlery. viii
within a few days send sword OF honor
To President Kruger.
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MUST HELP CANADA.

contributions should he Sent TO VIC
tins of the Grcnt Fire.
London, April 27,-The Times says edi-
torially this morning; Great Britain must
help Canada. who is lavishing her blood
and treasure in South Africa, by contrib
uting to the funds for the victims OF the
Ottawa fire."
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today advancing toward Thabanchu. Our
losses were slight, only one yet reported
Major Marshall Grahamstown Mounted
Rifles, severe wound in shoulder"
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wERr pIsAproINTEp.

Men Chagrfned because They Couio
Not Surround the Beers.
Bloennfontein, April 26.-General Pole
carew's forces are seven miles north OF
Dewetsdorp today They are disappointed
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senerai Observntion,.

n s,ts, Neh at all stations by the
b S,h weather bureau at D. m. yes
i'uian time: Rain
People's voice., 1900-08-02


The standard Oil Company employs
$1,000 men. The average salary is less
than two dollars per day. At two dol
lars the total yearly salary paid would be
2I,S4o,ooo which is less than the in
come of John D. Rockefeller, the presiss :
dent of the concern alone. The Carne-
gle combination and many others are
clearing 100 per cent on enormous cap
ital. How long will it take for these large
concerns to absorb everything, and what
chance is there for the common man to
"get to the top?"
People's voice., 1900-08-02
GALVEST0NH

An investigation shows that no other
portion of the whole wheat region is so
mercilessly robbed as Kansas and no
portion Of the state worse than Sum-
ner county. The rate on wheat to Kan
sas City was raised over 2oper cent last
January and is higher now than it has
been for years. The distance from Fargo,
Dakota, to Duluth. is PSI miles and the
rate is less than five and half cents,
while from here to Kansas City, 252
miles, it is 81 cents. Duluth prices are
the same as Chicago so that the same
grade of wheat will bring eleven cents
more in the center of the Dakota wheat
fields than here when with a proportion
ate rate to the Gulf we should get within
four cents as much. But it is not the
railroads alone that plunder the Sumner
county wheat raisers. One of the most
perfect organizations in existence is the
Grain Dealers Association. With head
quarters in Chicago it includes nearly
every grain buyer in Sumner county. The
purpose is to freeze out the scoop shovel
man" and put all of the business of
grain shipment in the hands of those
owning elevators so that no one not own
ing an elevator who will not belong to the
organization and join in helping to plum
der the farmers can do any business.
Every morning telegram goes out to
every member of the association giving
prices for that day and that is what is
paid. There is no need of going from
our town to another. 1t is trust, a
pool, each member working under or
ders. If the organization is not yet
complete and any member becomes OBJ
streperous he will soon be disciplined.
1t is lmmaterial to each buyer at any
point whether he gets a larger or a
smaller share of the business, the profits
all go into pool and he gets his share.
The price of wheat in Sumner
county has been for some time and is
now four to FIVE cents less than the Kan
sas City price minus the freight. 1t is
the intention of this associa-
ton to take that much or more from the
wheat shipped from this county, and
give it to the local members. The profits
of those in Kansas City and Chicago
come out later. -Four cents bushel on
5000, 900 bushels means $500, 900 to local
grain dealers. Whether local grain deal
ers can help this or not, they are sharing
in the profits of this robber organization.
Minnesota and Dakota farmers have
risen against this extortion and have
built their own elevators. Next week
we will say more along this line.
Is there remedy or must we quietly
submit to the shearing process? 1t will
at least be possible to learn the Kansas
City price-any daily paper will
give it. Deduct nine cents for freight.
The difference between this remainder
and the local price is the local dealers
profit
Two cents is a liberal margin and
large profit. United and vigorous protests
may have some effect in reducing this
four or FIVE cent margin. Better still, it
may break up the organization aud al
low a farmer to ship his own wheat.
Try it.
People's voice., 1900-08-02

Republican papers should get together
In Kansas they are all saying that Popu-
lism has been swallowed up by Democra-
cy. Iu the East the swallowing is the
other way. Here is a sample from a
New York paper.
"Who is William Bryan? He is the
candidate of the Democratic party. He
is the platform of the Democratic party.
He is the Democratic party. The Demo-
cratic campaign this year is to be catn-
paign Of, by and for William Jennings
Bryan. Who is this man Bryan? Who
is the whole thing in Democratic poll
tics? He is a Populist from Lincoln,
Nebraska"
People's voice., 1900-08-02

Since September Ist, over 1900 Chi
nese and $4,000 japanese have entered
Manila. These people gladly work for
ten cents per day and the labor is largely
performed by them. When the first
ship load of Chinese entered Manila
after it came under McKinley's author
ity they were refused admission under
the Chinese exclusion act. Word was
sent to the president and at a cabinet
meeting it was decided to suspend this
law which the president had solemnly
sworn to enforce, and admit tie Chinese
without Init. This has been done with
the above result. If Mckinley can vio-
late his oath and at the dictation of the
exploiters OF labor suspend one law he
can suspend any and all laws whenever
these same exploiters Of labor demand it.
People's voice., 1900-08-02

When our flag was floating over Mex
leo and Chapultepec and Vera Cruz the
slave power demanded of John Quincy
Adams and Sumner and Lincoln and
others who believed as they did that
they should answer the question: "Who
will haul the flag down." Toombs and
Davis and Yancey were determined to
consecrate that territory to slavery the
same as Hanna and Mckinley and Roose-
velt would the PHILIPPINES. The par
allel is complete. The purposes now
are the same as then. The slave power
is in control. Its god is gold and its
purpose is to use the whole machinery
of government for its nefarious pur-
poses, but right shall prevail as it did in
the overthrow of chattel slavery. So
shall right prevail in the overthrow of
industrial slavery not only in our posses
;sions, but at home as well.
People's voice., 1900-08-02

Daily Mail, May ), IS95:-"We are in
receipt of another batch of literature
from that internal, pesky Sound Cur
rency' committee of New York City.
We really suspect that the one on States
as Bankers is interesting reading. But
the circular letter that accompanies it
is what gets us. 1t gives the price of
this pamphlet as ten cents each and it
probably costs all of ten cents to pub
liSh it. Then confidential note to the
editor is added saying: we shall be
glad to furnish you 100 copies free of
charge Why should these people
furish US 5000 worth of these PAM
phlets, each week, or S52o worth per
year, free of charge?' Who pays this
$500 Why do they pay it If they are
so anxious to send s52o worth Of printed
matter to US, how much money are they
figuring on spending throughout the
United States? Where does this money
come from and why does it Gomez"
The editor of the Mail and Star can
doubtless answer the above questions
asked by himself as he is now freely
using the literature and arguments furn-
ished by "that internal, pesky Sound
Currency committee Of New York. "
The article here quoted appeared
also in the Star.