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VOTED TO STRIKE
Tho Aulliraclto Hi ners Decided to stay
Out whllo
Hazolton, Pa., May 15 Tlio nnthra
clto mlno workers In convention lato
this afternoon decided to continue tho
strike of tho 145,000 men against tho
mlno owners and 10 fight it out to tho
blttor end. Tho matter of calling out
tho engineers, life men und pump run
ners, will bo decided by tho delegates
tomorrow. Tho vote to continue the
suspension was as follows: Total
voto oast, 811; for strike, 401J; against
strike, 3491; majority for strike, 1111.
President Mitchell, howovor, in com
pllanco with the rulos of tho United
Mlno workers, announced to tho pub
lic that tho action of tho convention
was unanimous.
Tho stop taken today by tho minors,
after practically considering tho mat
ter for two months, has wiped out tho
uncertainty of tho situation and it is
frooly predicted that tho most serious
labor struggle in tho history of the
country, if not iho world is about to
bogin. That is tho view taken by
nearly every miner.
While tho leaders are cautious and
will not forecast tholr actions, It is
not unlikely that tho miners' fight will
bo carried Into tho bituminous coal
regions and Into other Holds of indus
try. Mlno workers for olghtcon
months have been looking forward to
tho striko that is now upon them. Thoy
bavo saved their monoy and aro con
sidered in better shape today for a
fight than thoy wero in tho great strike
of 1900. That struggle ended In tho
mlno owners giving tho mon a 10 per
cent advance after a six weoks su
spension. Tho operators aro on rec
ord as being- unalterably opposed to
granting tho men any concessions and
thoy havo personally informed tho
mlno workers' leaders of that fact.
Tho workmen fear that tho present
fight may mcantho destruction of their
organization becauso they bellovo that
tho mlno ownors aro bent moro on
wrecking their union than thoy are In
opposing the demands for higher
wages and shorter work days.
Presldont Mitchell's advico to tho
minors was poaco and he gave it to
them in tho plainest and most forceful
of language. Ho was ably assisted by
Presldont Fahoy and. Secrotary Hart
loin, of tho lower district, and Secre
tary Dompsey, of tho upper territory.
President Nichols, oftno first district,
was tho great champion of the striko
advocates. Mr. Mitchell, who was
the lastjto speak, was listened to with
the greatest attention. It is also said
that a telegram was read from tho
American Federation of Labor against
a permanent suspension. But tho
delegates would not listen, and amid
considerable suppressed .excitement
the vote was takon
For a time It looked as though the
peace advocates would win, but when
delegation after delegation from tho
lower district, tho last to bo called,
answered "yes," It was seen that tho
men who favored it fight had won. The
result was received by tho convention
with apnlauso, which, howovor, was
not very enthusiastic or prolonged.
Tho men appreciated tbo bcriousnes
of the decision, which no doubt dam
pened tholr ardor.
l'LAJJ Till: CAMPAIGN.
l!y Scrlnps-Mcllne Prcu A-s'n.
Ha leton, May 15. Tho convention
of anthracito minors which Intonds to
fight tho coal magnates to a finish for
higher wages and shorter hours went
into session again this morning to
map out a campaign for tho no hun
dred and forty -live strikers.
Tho convention adjourned finally at
noon. President Mitcholl mado a
btatcment saying it petitioned tho
national olllcers to call a convention
of all coal minors in tho country for
the purpose of considering 'tho situa
tion In tho nnthracito fields, conclud
ing, ''If tho desiro of the anthracito
miners is sustained a national suspen
sion of coal mining will bo inaugu
rated." MAY TAKE A HAND
National Civic Federation Discusses
tho Anthracite Strike.
Washington, May 10,-Tho National
Civic Federation has under sorlous
consideration tho means whereby it
may be helpful in bringing about a
termination of the anthracite coal
strike. A tendor of tho good ofllccB
of the federation, with a suggestion
of arbitration, of differences, among
other thiups, has been discussed in u
tentatlvo way, but no definite con
clusion has been reached and several
days will bo perralttod to olapso boforo
a determination will bo reached as to
what courso tho federation should
pursue.
Mr. Ralph M. Easloy, secretary of
tho fodoratlon, camo over from Now
York this afternoon and had a con
ference with Senator Hanna und Mr.
Samuel Gompors, at tho senator's
bouse this ovonlug. Tho strike situa
tion was discussed in all its phases In
an endeavor to find a way by which an
adjustment of this very sorlous labor
Ulsputo may bo reached. Arbitration
and a tender of tho good offices of the
federation wore among tho matters
considered. Tho whole subject was
canvassed tecntatlvely and without
reaching a conclusion the conference
ondod with tho understanding that tho
gentlemen attending it would think
over tho sovoral viows expressed In
order to be proparod to roconsldcr
tho matter later should it bo thought
advisable Mr. Easlqy left hero at
midnight for Now York.
CANNON HOLDING BACK
Will Act When It is Known S200.000
Is Mot Suillclcnt.
Washington, May 10. Congress
man Cannon of Illinois, persists in
intention not to act on tho resolution
of tho Senate appropriating $300,000
for tho relief of tho sufferers from tho
Martinique disaster. There was somo
talk about having a meeting of tho
appropriations committee to tako tho
resolution, but Mr. Cannon counseled
conservatism. Ho says when it Is
demonstrated that tho $200,000 alroady
appropriated is not sufficient and tho
needs of tho sufTorers aro not met by
prlvato generosity, thoro will bo
timo enough to make tho additional
appropriation. .
As the Scnato has already passed
tho resolution appropriating $300,000
tho IIouso upon receiving au intima
tion from tho President of tho execu
tlvo departments of tho government
that moro money is needed, can raako
the additional provision within an
hour, if such hasto is necessary and
desirable. Mr. Cannon's advico In
this connection will possibly bo ac
cepted. THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE
W. A. Johnston Will Tako the
Place.
Topeka, May 15. Kansas will have
a new chief justico of tho supremo
court after next January. This will
hold true, no mattor who is elected tho
coming fall oven If Chief Justice
Doster should be re-elected. Tho new
chief justico will ho Judgo W. A.
Johnson.
Heretofore tho chief justico of the
supremo court has always been elected
every six years. An attorney might
become chief justico immediatoly upoa
his accession to the supremo bench in
the past, even though other justices
had served on tho bench for years.
This was tho oaso with Chief Justico
Doster six years ago. The chief was
elected just tho same as the gover
nor. But hereafter that feature wUl bo
changed. Men will simply bo elected
to tho supremo bonch, and the member
who has seen tho longest continuous
service will become chief justice. This
is why Justico Johnston will become
chief after Chief Justico Doster's pres
ent term expires, whether Judge Dos
ter is re-elected or not.
Tho change was mado by tho amend
ment to tho state constitution adopted
two years ago which increased tho
number of supremo court judges from
threo to seven. It did away with
electing tno chief justico and provides
that tho justico who has boon on tho
bonch the longest shall bo tho chief or
presiding judge.
Justico Johnston will havo been on
tho supremo bench continually for 18
yours next fall. Ho wus first elected to
succeed Justico Brewer, now of tho
United States supremo court, when tho
latter was appointed as a federal
judgo. Judgo Johnston took his seat
immediately aftor olecticn. Ho has
been threo times ro-elected since.
Dr. Wood's Norway Pino Syrup
seems especially adapted to tho needs
of tho children. Pleasant to tako;
soothing in its influence; it is tho
romedy of all remedies for every form
of throat and lung dlscaso.
JUG ARMOUR FIRE
Lard Itciluery of tho Chicago I'lant
lUirned Last Night.
Chicago, Maj 10 During tho pro
gross of a fire which tonight dostroyed
the lard refinery of Armour & Co., In
tho Union stock yards, sevonteon poo
ple woro injured, four of them In a
manner which will probably cnuso
death in a short timo. The loss of
tho company is osthuated by its olllcers
at between $750,000 and $900,000,
with all tho chuncos In favor of tho
latter flguro.
Thoro wero a number of accidents,
but by far tho largost number of thoso
who woro hurt met their Injuries by
tho falling of tho hog runaway, upon
which thoy wero standing to obtain a
bettor view of tho fire.
Tho lard refinery had just boon
completed and was considered by its
owners the most coraploto establish
ment of its kind In tho United States.
It stood at tho Intersection of Forty
third street and Conter avenue and
was flvo stories high and 250x300 foot.
It was filled with now and costly ma
chinery and during the day 2,000 peo
ple worked within its walls. Tho
night shift numbered 700, and all of
them wero In tho building whon tho
fire broko out. It Is thought ill es
caped in safoty, although tho time
tho timo allowed some of them was
exceedingly brief.
"Itching hemorrhoids woro tho
plaguo of my lifo. Was almost wild.
Doan's Olntmont cured mo quickly and
permanently, afterdoctors had failed."
C. P. Cornwall, Valley Street, Sau
gortles, N. Y.
KANSAS HARVEST HELP
Conflicting Reports About tho Need
of Outsldo Labor
Kansas City, May 15. Thoro Is a
conflict in tho reports from different
sources rogardlng tho need of men to
harvost tho coining wheat crop In Kan
sas. The latest announcement from
T. B. Gerow, headjof tho Kansas freo
employment bureau at Topoka, to the
effect that.there will bo no need of Im
porting harvest hands into that state,
does not agrco with requests made for
mon upon tho Missouri freo employ
moat agencyin Kansas City.
Tho information recontly glvon out
hero that harvost hands would bo
needed in Kansas was based largely
upon reports recolved from D. W.
Blaine, an implement dealer at Pratt,
Kas., who has for soveral years been
interested in tho movement to supply
tho shortage of holp In tho Holds of
Kansas whem tho wheat is ready to bo
gathorcd. Mr. Blaine, it appears
from his letters to tho Kansas City
employment bureau, has correspond
ed with the county cloiks of several of
tho big wheat counties in Kansas. As
an Illustration of tho condition that
may confront tho farmers In harvest
timo ho sends a copy of a Pratt county
newspaper with a report over the seal
of tho county clork, John Mawdsley,
on this subject. According to tho
county dork's report it required 1,180
men and 420 teams to harvest tho
crops in that county in 1901. It is es
timated in this same roport that 1,558
men and 559 loams will bo needed for
the harvest of 1002 in that county.
Theso figures wero obtained from the
township assessors.
Last year 25,000 men and 7,000 teams
wero required to handlo tho entire
Kansas wheat crop, in addition to tho
regular farm labor. Mr. Blaine writes
that the recent heavy rains give as
surance that tho crop this year will
not bo much smaller than it was last
year. Ho cites Kansas newspapers in
support of his statement.
EMPORIA POLICE ACTIV E
Thoy Arrest Fourteen People as tho
First Step.
Emporia. Kans., May 10. Last
night tho police arrested fourteen peo
plo, which are moro than has been ar
rested hero in that length of time
for many years. Tho charccs In-
cludo carrying concoalcd weapons,
robbery, breaking cars, men and wom
en for disorderly conduct, besides
drunks, tramps and one jointist.
Their fines ran from $8.50 to $100 and
thirty days in jail. Tho jointist was
John Jones, an old cripple, Who has
boon found guilty of selling Intoxicat
ing liquor threo times before. At his
placo which was raided last night,
threo jugs of whiskey, sovoral cases of
beer and some bottles of liquor wero
found . Ho got tho regulation fine of
$100 and thirty days in jail. Emporia
olllcers aro making an effort to clean
tho town of all bad characters and
those in illegal business. Last night's
work was tho first stop.
THE EMPEROR MAY COME
Possible That ho Will Attend Urn oil
ing of tho Statue.
Borlin, May Hi. Emperor Wil
liam's court marshal has tolegraphed
to tho correspondent of tho Associated
Press hero as follows:
"Tho statuo of Fiodcrick tho Great
will bo executed, by his majesty's
command, by Professor Uplines, alter
a bronzo statuo standing In tho park
grounds at Potsdam."
Professor Uphucs is ono of tho fore
most sculptors of Gormany. Ho
carved tho statuo of Frederick tho
Groat in marble, in tho Sieges .Alio
sorlos. Tho expectation Is that when
the statuo Is unvolled at Washington
a member of the Hohenzollorn family
will be piosont, possibly tbo Crown
Prince Frederick William. Tho Idea
Is even mentlonod that Emporor Wil
liam himself might be In attendance.
Any authorativo support of this sug
gestion, however, hasuotbeon ghen
to tho i eportorial inquiry at Postsdam.
Many members of tho imperial suite
loarned of Emperor William's purposo
only when itho cablo correspondence
with President Roosevelt was pub
lished. WAS A SUDDEN
IMPULSE
Emperor
did not
Study Long Over
Proposition to Givo Statuo
Berlin, May 18. Tho purposo of
Emperor William to glvo a statuo of
Frodorick tho Great to tho United
States was sfjomlngly qulto Jsudlonl
formed. Last Tuesday evonlng his
majesty was holding an informal re
coptlon In tho court box or tho now
theatre in Wolsbandon, between acts
of tho opera, "Tho Morry Wives of
Windsor," whon he turned to Profes
sor Uphuos, the sculptor, and said:
"Uphuos, I want you tojmako anothor
statute of Frederick tho Groat."
"I shall bedelightodyour majesty,"
roplied tho professor.
Tills was tho first tho sculptor had
heard of tho project and it was, ap
parently, tho first ;that anyono had
hoard of tho emperor's intention. His
majesty then told Professor Uphuos
that tho statuo was for presentation to
tho pooplo of tho United States, and
his cablegram to Prosldont Roosevelt
on tho subjoct was writton aud sent
next day.
NEW TEXT HOok-
Those to hi Used in Kuns.m For n.
Fio Years Selected.
Topeka, May 10. Tho Kansas stntp
text books commission tonight com
pleted Its work of adopting toxt books
to bo used iu tho public schools of
Kansas for tho next flvo years. It iiu
been In session for cloven days. Com
pctlon has been keen. Every acnuui
book publishing concern in tho United
States put In a bid for tho buoKs iinu
was ropresonted hero by an agent dui
Ing tho session. Topeku has fairly
swarmod with book agentu tor tho
past threo weoks,
Tho books adopted this time excel
in quality and material those adopted
flvo years ago, so book men say.
Concerns woro very slow to bid to
supply books In 1897 on account of tho
low prices fixed by tho law. but thuv
wero all on hand to bid this time, oven
though tho prices wero tho samo as
flvo years ago.
Tho following shows tho boons
adopted, tho prices to tho local agents
and tho concerns which captured the
contracts:
First reader, piico 10 cents, Amer
ican Book Company.
Second reader, 17 cents, American
Book Company.
Third reader, 2.J cents, Amorican
Book Company.
Fourth reader, 30 cents, American
Book Company.
Fifth reader, 40 cents, American
Book Company.
Writing, 5 cents, Crane & Company,
Topeka.
Speller 10 cents, Rand, McNally ?
Company, Chicago.
Mental arithemetic, 20 cents, Ginn
t Company, Chicago.
Eicmentary arithmetic, 25 cents,
Scott, Foresman & Company,
Chicugo.
Advanced arithmetic, 35 cents,
Scott, Forestnatiifc Company, Chicago.
Elementary geography, 30 cents,
American Book Company.
Advanced geography, 75 cents,
American Book Company.
Elementary grammar, 20 cents,
American Book Company.
Advanced grammar, 34 cents, Crano
it Company.
United Statoshlstory, 50 cents, Scott,
Foresman t Company, Chicago.
Physical geography, 80 cents, Glnn
& Company, Chicago.
Algebra 50 cents, Ginn it Company,
Chicago.
Physiology, 50 cents, American
Book Company.
Physics 50 cents, Allyn & Bacon,
Chicago.
Bookkeeping 40 conts. Goodvear &
Marshall, Cedar Rapids, la.
Tho books aro sold to minus at 10
por cent above the price to tho agents.
All books not in use must bo taken
in at half tho price of tho now books.
WAR ON THE TRUST
New York
Hebrew Women
to Push
Heoi'ISoycott.
Now York, May IS Flvo hundred
East side Hebrow men aud women met
today and formed "Tho Ladles' Anti
Trust Beof Association." Thoy elect
ed Mrs. Carolyn Schatzberg president
aud she appointed Mrs. Paulino Frick
ol treasurer. Out of compliment to
tho Garment Workers' Union, which
had sent delegatos to tho meeting, a
j oung man named Blue Mcnthul was
mado vlco presldentfand Jacob KIrsch
her secretary.
A committee of seven women was
appointed and tho members instructed
to visit all tho tenement houses on tho
East sldo to porsuudo tho Hebrow wo
men not to buy meat until tho prico
was reduced to tho point of a our
ago, that Is ten and twelve cents
pei' pound. Thoy ato not to create
any disturbances, hut whon thoy see
Hebrew womon coining out of a butch
er shop with moat they aro instiucted
to urgue with them. If thoy uio un
willing to thtow the moat uwaj, but
willing to join tho organi.ation, com
mltteo women aro to buy it ftom them
and thiow it into tho street.
Togotlior with this commltteo, an
othor of nine men was appointed as an
auxiliary to, tho women. After tho
work of placing the boycott through
out tho East sldo is completed, tho
commltteo will contlnuo its work In
other parts of tho city, visiting tho
labor and benevolent societies, Jew
ish and otherwise, labor union meet
ings and lodges. They aro to securo
tho co-operation of such bodies and
securo delegates to attend tho meet
ings of tho association. Tho associa
tion, which had a temporary organi
zation boforo, has oxponded S500 in
paying fines up to date. Tho secro
rotary said ho was unablo to state
how much money tho organization
has, as it was coming in from collec
tions takon from different parts of tho
EaBtsldo.
"Unloss tho price of moat comes
down," said Secrotary Klrschberg,
"wo will start co-operative stores,
buying meat in Philadelphia, whoro
tho beef combination does not cotrol
tho market, Wo save boon in corre
spondence with butchers ovor there,
and our people will bo satisfied that it
is pure Kosher when thoy soo a cer
tain rabbi's cortlflcato on it. Wo bo
Hove wo can start 200 stores, say ono
at every fifth block. Each customor
will bo a stockholder to tho amount
purchased. Wo can sell meat for ton
conts thon."
' I'M IW ADO
i icii iieuMMifilon by a Stonn
Last
sniMuy
' 8rlMi-McItii t'rew Asu'n.
" " ivi. Mny 10-Tho latest
roport from Goliad, tho sccno of Sun
day's tornado, places tho number of
Hfiiii Hi plnntv rind thnlnjurod at over
. umheii. About a hundred
houses wero destroyed. A strip two
iiiiii'ki wiilo and amllolong was wiped
i1 of thr western part of tho city.
4torm lusted flvo minutes. All of
the corpses have boon recovorod and
t" ho woundod aro being cared for,
although thore Is still ncod of physi
cians aud nurses.
JJoustou, Texas, May 18. Roports
rccclvo'l hero by telegraph and tolo
phono Indicated that tho Northern or
Western portion of tho town of Gro
Had has been swept away by a tor
nado and that from fifty to 100 people
havo been killed.
Tho long distaneo operator at Hous
ton was In connection with Goliad at
7 o'clock bat beyond the fact that part
of tho town had been blown away and
that many persons had been killed
and Injured, no other particulars wero
obtained. I
Considerable damage has also been
dono at Brovlllo by high winds. Both
towns aro clo80 to to tho gulf coast
and all telegraph wires by two routes
aro down.
A telegram from Superintendent
Forbes, of tho Now York, Texas t
Mexican, to General Manager Van
Vleck, in this city, says that eight
blocks of business houses wero blown
down at Goliad. Thirty negroes and
twenty-seven whito peoplo woro killed
and sovonty-five or eighty others In
jured. San Antonio, Texas, May 18. At
12:48 o'clock this afternoon a terrlblo
wind and rain stortn swept ovor San
Antonia, damaging property not less
than $50,000, and it may reach $75,000.
Tho wind reached a velocity of soven-ty-two
miles au hour, and continued
at that rate for nearly twenty minutes.
It blew from tho southeast, and then
shifted to tho southwest, tho greatest
velocity botng from tho latter point.
At Fort Sam Houston, government
property was damaged to tho extent of
$20,000, tho doors being torn from the
officers' quarter and barracks.
Tho West End church was com
pletely dostroyed, loss $5,000. Hart
well's hotel was damaged $3,000; St.
Louis collego was damaged $0,000;
Academy of tho Lady of tho Sacred
Heart was damaged S2,000.
Damage to prlvato residences will
roach at least 120,000.
Several person were injured, but
thoro aro no fatalities.
The storm was a continuation of the
ono that swept over Collad with such
terrible results.
HEAVY ItAIN IN KANSAS.
Wichita, Kas., May 18. A very
heavy rain fell over tho wheat belt of
Southern Kansas today. For a timo
a tornado was threatened hero, but
tho scaro ended in a downpour of rain,
which Hooded tho streets, tho water
flowing into tho first floor of tho Man
hnttan hotel. No damage to amount
to an j thing in au indhldual courso
has been heatd of so far. A cloud
burst was leported In Kingman county,
but roports at the Santa Fo headquar
ters do not indicate any groat damago
or loss of lifo.
Emporia, Kas., May 18. A nlco
ihower fell hero this afternoon, fol
lowed by a heavy rain which continued
falling lato tonight. Tho crop pros
pects in Lyon county aro most encour
aging at present. Every pond and
creek in tho county Is well filled and
thoro is moro water than there has
beon for a jear.
Junction City, Kas., May 18. -About
an inch and a half of rain foil hero
this afternoon during a showor which
lasiod. about twenty minutes. Thl
was followed by a number of lighter
ihowors, making today's rainfall
moio than two inches. It was the
heaviest downpour hero this soason.
Farmers consider prospects good for
a big corn ci op. Wheat Is heading
rapidly and many fields In this county
gho promiso of an avcrago yield.
A BRIBERY CONVICTION
Jury iu No Doubt as to Guilt, Finally
Decided to Givo Leliiuaiiii tho
Minimum.
St.' Louis, May 19 JuliusLohmann,
formerly member of tho houso of dele
gates in the circuit court for tho past
threo days, charged with perjury, was
found guilty by tho Jury this evening
and his punishment fixed at two years
in thoponitontlary. The jury was out
two hours and twonty-threo minutes.
Lehraann was indicted on a state
ment he mado before tho gratd jury
whllo they wero Inquiring into tho deal
whoroby the Suburban Railway Co. is
alleged to havo offered to members of
tho houso and council $135,000 to pass
a franohlso giving that road tbo right
to certain streets and thoroughfares.
What Thin Folks Need
Is a greater power of digesting and
assimilating food. For them Dr.
King's Now Lifo Pills work wonders.
Thoy tone and regulato tho digestive
organs, gently oxpol all poisons from
tho system, enrich tho blood, improve
appetite, make healthy flesh. Only
25o at Evans Bros.
HERE AND THE Kb
Miss Jo'vell was over from Moran
Friday.
Miss Rosa Newton wont to Gonovn
to visit friends over Sunday.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Moran,
at Gas City, Tbur-day night u son,
A good driving horso for salo. In
qulro of E. J. Crowoll, Iola, Kansas.
Dr. Enochs roports tho birth of twin
girls to Mr. and Mrs. Hlnzlo of 002
south Chestnut.
Mrs. J. P. Pattoo wnf to Humboldt
whoro sho will spond somo timo
with her brother and sister.
Tho Iola Wholcsalo Co. received
and distributed nlno car loads of
sugar last week, which Is pretty good
business.
Tho Populists of Neosho county, In
convention at Erio tho other day, in
structed for Jorry Botkln for gover
nor and a straight Pop tlckot.
Miss Laura Corn, who has boon
teaching In tho south ward school,
went to her homo In Humboldt today,
whoro sho will speed tho acation.
Miss Daisy Richard, who has been
visiting Miss Iva Miller and Mlsa
Beitha Infield tho past mouth, re
turned to her homo In Colony
Reports from Gas City declare that
ono woman belabored anothor with
her fists last ovoning on the grounds
that woman number two had allowed,
tho husband of woman number ono to
hug her.
Tho rolling mill, which started up
for regular running last Monday, will
soon bo ready for work again. Ono
of tho clutches between the rollers
broko and a flying pleco smashed Into
tho big onglno, but tho damago is
being rapidly repaired.
The Ottawa Herald kicks on tho as
sessor's forecast that 7,319 peoplo now
live in that town. Last year thoro
wero 7,447. By tho way, people ara
getting anxious to hear tho news from
loin. Surely tho town mado anothor
big gain tho past twolvo months.
Ottawa Republic, May 0: Mr. A. K.
Allen, of Iola, and Miss Lena Greer,
of Kansas City, wero married this
morning at tho residence of Probato
Judgo Kaiser. Thoy left on tho morn
ing train for Iola, tho home of tho
groom.
A fact. Friday May 1G, a man put
an ad. in the Reoisteu: "Wantod.
cows to pasture" Saturday morning
May 17, ho called and ordered the ad.
out. "Bo suro and tako it out," ho
begged, "for I wanted only about
sixty cows and have over a hundred
already."
Moran Herald; Application was
mado somo time ago by Sam O'Hara
for an incroaso of his pension and
yesterday morning Dr. 'J. E. Jowell,
ono of tho county board of pension
cxnmineiH, received notice from tho
government to examine him, which
was dono yesterday afternoon. It Is
probablo that an incroaso will bo al
lowed for if anyono is deserving of an
inereaso in his pension Sam is tho
ono.
John L. Rltter has brought suit to
havo his interest In the livery barn on
south Sycamore sot aside from that of
C. S. Itlttor and D. D. Welker. Ho
says tho barn was bought, tho Bank
of Allen County taking a mortgage
for $1,578 on it. Afterwards ho ex
pended $421.01 in improvements and
the others an equal amount. Ho asks
for partition and that his interest bo
declared to bo ono half.
' Tho Democratic convention hero
Thursday was brimful of harmony,
oxcopt a llttlo sw oaring match among
tho delegntes from tho third ward.
Thoy called oachothor names In a most
democratic, free-country manner. An
othor incident, wnlch was noted by tho
Populists present asonlookors was tho
fact that Jim Mann was a dologato to
the convention. Jim has long been
countod a Populist, but has ovidently
gono back to his first lovo.
J. S. Walker & Co., the unincor
porated association which decided
somo timo ago to buy a gasollno
launch for pleasure riding on tho
Neosho, has recolved its craft. It Is
a neat launch, capablo of holding
twenty people, is propello by a gaso
lluo engine and skims tbo wator
nicely. Quito a crowd of mon wont
down to help launch tho craft and it
mado it first trip yesterday. Tho
launch of tho cement boys has not yet
been recolved.
Lawronco Journal: Tho board of
county commissioners of Miami coun
ty, investigating tho charges against
Thomas T.Kelly, candidate for stato
treasurer, tho examination being
mado at his request, have reported a
shortage of $1,325 in his accounts
whilo he was county olerk. Mr. Kolloy
has always admitted that there jvoro
discrepancies inhls accounts, butsays
ho was in noway responsible for them.
Ho had placed $1,000 in tho hands of
tho commissioners Veforo tho Investi
gation began to cover shortages that
might bo found in his accounts. It la
impossible to say at this timo what
tho ell oct of tho commissioners' roport
will havo upon Mr. Kolloy 's candi
dacy. Ho has always beon ono of tho
most popular young menof tho state
and his friends do not bolieve that ho
appropriated the monoy to bis own
use.
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