The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-24
Along the Kansas Nib.

| The first Rocky Ford melons are ex-
pected in Kansas this week. They have
never been beaten or equalled.
Up to date the Republican judicial
convention in session at Concordia has
taken 1911 ballots. and is still at 1t.
In the Cowley county Populist convan-
ton last week DR.. Pitcher was a candi-
date for coroner and the convention
turned him down.
Pool Grinstead, the Kansas editor who
was in jail for libel, has gone to Ken
lucky to rest. He lost forty-seven
pounds in weight while in Jail.
There were twenty-seven million bush
! els of wheat raised in Kansas in 1896,
the last national campaign year. over
eighty million were raised this year.
/ The big scrap between the PopuHsts
! and Democrats at Fort Scott today is
( likely to come over the presidential cleo
/ tors. The Populists want TO name them.
In Cowley county in return for the
/ Popuists supporting Judge Jackson for
congress, the Democrats let the Popu-
lists have every county nominee save
/ district Clerk.
| Although turned down by the Populist
/ convention in his own county. Senator
Stone of Leavenworth has gone TO Fort
Scott as a candidate for the fusion nom
4 nation for governor.
! Ed Little is quoted as saying that he
I has no kick coming on Fred Funston;
/ that he himself had Leedy appoint Fun
ston. with the idea that it would bring
Fred's father over 10 the support Of
! Leedy.
/ The Democrats have a scheme 20 sat
! isfy Judge David Martin. They tell the
! Populists that the number OF Supreme
judges will be increased anyway and that
/ Breidenthal will appoint Martin one OF
the judges.
/ A woman is visiting Newton who was
/ Bryan's first sweetheart. They parteI
7 IN anger and she did not see him until
/ he returned 70 Salem. Illinois, f. 3f
1 with his wife He than greeted his FIRST
! love and introduced her 10 MIS- Bryan.
( saying: Il want my first sweetheart 70
! meet my last"
\ Wichita man who had dream came
to the Eagle office yesterday and s8id
( THIS was the way the fusion conyen-
! lions at Fort Scott this week would re-
suit: the Populists would nominate "a
ticket COMPOSED q Popul.ses and Demo
Gratis with Popuistic leaEings. and tie
+ Democrats would nominate q straight
+ Democratic ticket: that al this would
+ happen after a pig row
Sample OF the wonderful Missouri
p
Jester trial: You say that you saw
/ q man with large nose ard Two hands
pass your house on June .. Is472'' Yes
sir Hon 10 you know Il vas June
-" Sacausc the steak wss barrel
ina. dsv" Yea but how 60 yru know
shat n steak Tss burned that der'
wen. because BLY, snuEEins stUb5ld
ais toe on June p.
Fred F1l1ston's hanging - fwa Ill
piuoi has been approved by Gems ~ Vac.
Arthur. 4 l8t r. Ffi.ufnCss lresse6
amigos cane into Funsgon's camp an3
kidnapped th-se soldiers Just oat ~ the
hospital ans uuarme1. Funston Ca1ture
The s,d-su1ers ard discovered taa- t1eF
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70 puddle Place asked some 3 iZsrs 20
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