SOLIDLY FOR HOIKS.
Tin li-tii1 (inventor 1 in o m i -
hated a mill (ireat liners
i:i tutu
lo-T 111.:
Ottiimw;i, l i . June -L What iri
probablv destil.c-1 t be tlir ii,i.i-t I ' v v.; it of iiiai..li!i,ii-.-aii
Jecisiw campaign ever waged f-,r ' matiditi' them to innkt certain lov
rxditicul supiMij.K T in the stab- of I ,f' : ' " it-r-r ami -ots in ;M
Iowa was opened to day ! 1 i j
Chairman I'uller rapped to order at
10 o'clock this morning 1,000 of the
iaOrit ( i.tla.. i
.-tiinemb!od in
,.c democrats er
convention in tie
Jf law key t state.
The campaign is di cisive because
it is conceded by both political j ai-
ties that as Tow goes in the c-omiu" j
election so it will probably go in the j
presidential election of li'J2. Should
the democratrt tairy the f-tate ami
re elect Governor Uoies, the claim of
Iowa as pivotal state in the .;reat
a.utiouul campaign of next year will
le too well established to be doubt
d even by the republicans and the
voice of the Hawkeye htate will con
seuently be a power iu the coining
ai&tional conventions. Both partit-s
ire enteiing upon the present cam
jaiign with equal confidence.
The Grand opera house was dec
srated for to day's convention. To
the right of the chnirinau fentoontd
in evergreen hung the motto: "A
Public Office is a Public Trust,''
while to the left was hung the in
junction, 'No Backward Step," a
.reference to the free silver plank tf
the demociatic state iilatform (.f hot
c.tar.
SoMIJiUKU 1)V ACCLAMATION.
.1,- ..........1 :
3o:es be ticclared the nominee by
rwclmiation. '"Let everyboilvaii.se,"'
.viid tlie chairman. Simulta-ieonsly
l,oUU cneolllig ilelnocrats lum- Iu
their fet -in-l even the ladies
in the boxes caught the en
thusiasm by rising ami waging their
fans and handkerchiefs.
The band tdruck up "Auld Lang
iSyne " nud the announcement of the
chairman that Boies was the unani
mous nominee cf the convention was
ciever heard amid the cheers which
..he familiar nulody called forth.
The ticket was complete with
Samuel L. Bestow of Cliariton, for
lieutenant governor; L G. Kinne of
"Tama county, for supremo judge;
J. B. Knoepler, for superintendent
of public instruction, and Peter A.
Dev. for railroad commissioner.
The greatest interest was mani
"iested in the report of the commit
tee on resolutions. The platform as
iiually presented contained the fol
I awing:
We reitvl'at? our demands of one
year ago lor the free coinage of sil
ver mid that it bo made full legal
tender for all debts, public and pri
vate, and denounce as nujust and
dishonest the provision of the law
recently enacted allowing parties to
stipulate against payment iu silver
and silver certificates, thus setting
up a standard for the creditor and
auother for the creditor, one for the
voor man and another for the rich
man.
We denounce the McKiuley bill,
r:he motives of its authors and de
fendeis and the theory undr which
it is submitted for the approval of
the American people. We demand
equal opportunities for ever section
of our country and for every citizen
.Ami we insist that every oppressive
feature of the tariff be eliminated to
the end that our merchant marine
.may be restored to the sea, and the
Miiari'cts of the world opened to the
producing classes. The sugar boun
.tj is not ft tariff. It is a spoliation
f ihe treasury for special clastes
and interests which are no more en
titled to be aided by the government
than the farmers of Iowa in raising
Jaogs and corn, or the poineer set
tlers of the frontier iu tle.r hard
ships and sufferings as the vanguard
of civil soldier.
Over a I'isar this lime.
-No," said the nnaraial editor,
placing his loaded cane within reach
T dcift believe that st:y. Its a
fake. Xo ghost was ever Jscen with
a lighted cigar in its mouth. A
host." he contiuued. nusicg . his
o
oice.
"can't even slow u vital
sjpark."
"A ghost. I reckon." retorted the
exchange editor, with his eye on a
heavy paste mug, -could smoke a
cigar tiiat had a spirit wrapper."
ST. , MR ror.NTY liONIK.
A . ui.ty
lor .JnH I:
'l
com.ty
attor.o-
Ivi!;s i
with t!.
oSM' Itili;
C
m response t j piuries
r tilj ' a bonded ir:debted!:f-ss. Ju-lg"
1'hiiips gave the court a onghty
t-;k ami continued the rases until
S ; teml
the 1.
that in '
th mc-iiitiine a ro!!!j'i-...!ais: may hit j
, faflVeteth The court has made a rail
! for a coiifeifcticts meeting at Osceola, '
Monday. July the various town !
ships to meet at l. p. m.. on June -J,, ;
t choe one delegate for every 20
votes cast and one additional for
t.aeh fractional vote of eleven. Under
tliis appoi ti mment. there will be
ll'.'i delegates.
Referring t the m.-eting the Os
ceola Sun sa:
Mr. Overall, attorney for thy bond
holders, intim ites that about 70 per
cent wou'.d be the correct figure to
compromise on, and the people have
generally he'd stillly for 40 per cent
though at one time ) per cent was
offered in good faith by the people
and rejected by the bondholders'
representative;. Mr. Overall and Mr
Coiiuard. The as-. sseJ valuation of tlu
c ainty is in round figures 5i,U(X.
0JO; the lo-.inty debt is nearly SS00,
0), and hearing ii.tuest at the
Irate of hi per cent T mv this as
the debt now stands would require
.SO,0!Jfi j or y:ar to mett the inter-
est
.f siijjoo er year to create a
sial.ing fiu.a and s:5.".o '0
more to
meet tla
oi daiarv
ei eases of the
liav- the stunen-
county. lb-re wi
doiiM sum o! l;.r.lio a vear he
sides statt: road and school tax-s,
to be diided among lii.OoO souls, or
about 2,000 actual holders of real
estate.
It will be readily se.-n that the
people must tight, hant for the low
est figure possible, both principal
and interest.
SAJ1 WOODS hlLLKI).
Tho Notorious' Kansaii Shot
Down in Hugofoti. Kits.
Jim r.i t'lunui the Mnrilerer The Trass -ely
(iiTW Out f the No-Mn's-Liiiil
MassiM ie F ars
Tiuit tlie War Will
15e Keiiewetl.
Hugut on. Kas., June Colone
S. N. Wood, the most noted man iu
estel u Kansas, w as murdered to
day by James Brennan. The ivur- j
der of Colonel Wood is only one of
along list of tragedies that have in
sulted from the notorious Stevens
county seat war.
To-day's tragedy resulted directly
from the massacre in Xo-Man's Land
two vears ago of Sheriff Cross and
five deputies by a gang of despera
does headed by Sam Robinson. TLe
massacre was the result of a war in
Stevens County, Kansas, over the
couutv seat. The war was waged
between the towns of Hugoton and
Woodsdale. The latUr was founded
by Sam "Wood, the victim of to dy's
murder, who was the leader of the
faction which held that in the coun
ty seat election the victory had been
obtained bv fraud bv the adherents
of Huiroton. Several ineffectual at
tempts had been made by the Woods
dale people to remove the county
records from Hugoton to Woods-
dale and establish the county seat
there.
One day about twenty-five Woods
dale men armed themselves and
marched iu the direction of Hugoton
They were met by Sheriff Cross of
Hugoton with a posse. Iu a parley
which ensued the Woodsdale people
aid they had no belligerent intcn
tiou aud were only going down to
the Indian Territory hunting. They
i marched into the Territorv and Sher
iff Cross aud his posse followed
them. That same night Bobiuson
and his gang surprised the Sheriff
and his deputies, stood them up in
line and shot them down. A boy, I
Herbert Toney, was shot in the arm- j
He feigned death and escaped to tell !
the storv. j
xr ,a .e i..-. m-.,., i . i ,t. ..-i,..-
. , , 1 , , upon that meatiug. as a mm of abi.-
arrested on a warrant issued from j r
the United States Court at Paris. ty. honesty and courage v.ouid na
Tex., in the criminal jurisdiction of turally do. by the delegates of the
which is the Indian Territory. The surrounding counties who knew him
! riial resulted in conviction. The ; bfst.h was el-eted by an overwhelni
ca as appealed to the Supreme i ing majority. Sine tL.it time bis
1 Court. wh.-re the verdict was :wers
ed and tin.- ea - remanded f.-.r tu.-tl
Til- ease i sti'.l J -!: d'.llg
1)0;:::
witlies-t
till.
lV.i. Tex..
tli" principal
v. a-
r ti-e it.
was . i.e t-I ti.e 'li-I-a ;a'..t - i i
'an I diaing the trial hanJIe.l lrei-n.-tn
without lows. UiViinan swute
it-Venge. an-l wL-u hf heal .1 to l;y
I that S m Woods was iu t :u
. ana hinieh. ami. att'-r a ;vr:a.
j fotiml Wools ,-tainling oa th cor
i ner. Without watniii; he liew his
, fevlt-r an..I il : - I f.jiir shvt-. i i 1 1 ..
his victim's h ait. Woo l
wathout uttering a v, 01 J.
ired '
.
Sht-riff Cann attempt 'd t- nnst
the murderer, but Ikrunan
t.,,d t
i the ofiicer off with his rev i. r. Fai- i
ally he surrendered to Sheriff Weir
'of Morton County, who tutm d him
j over to Sheriff Cann.
j Sam Woods was very popular iu
Wood.-dau-, and when tlt'j news of
las. naualer l i-acnes Uoo lsaaleit is
feared the people will seek revt iio
and that the war between the two
towns will be renewed.
The murdered man was prominent j del ed him without the official posi
in thr Farmers" Alliance and was tiou, even though eminently fitted
clerk of the Legislative Committee to till it.
iu the Lower House of the l.-it Lg-! The onlv trouble with 1". S. Hall
islature He was also one of
Steering"' Committee, and
about the only "due woikei"
Lower House- blasted of.
the
was I
tin. ,
1
I
" ., .
rarii; nc-'
recks, ami !
Startling Facts.
Thj American people are
cotniiiir a racj ot nt-non-
tlie rollowinjj suiriie-'s tlie : c s t o.-
.ipi:.tiso lieiiipilini,', of i j tit ic- r.
eai. tlnit when hU -.n va s.cc i--
Irom M X'itus ilasue Dr. Miles, irreat !
keto:ative Ner ine cure.l him. Mr-.
J. K. Mi '.cr, t Va!;i.ir;uo, ami i. D.
l';o .!-, ..r t , Ii.il., i-.n il
L-ii i, . ..i.tuis trom taking it. Mi. II. A
(i.o.r . or i-r:.i.i, r..!., lire.i . r
tx to - i .ou t-ion-, pel ,I.,v, an.i ;;.:i: h
he.tkl.n'i c ili. oark.icl.e, ami l)e!"
oiis j- .r.ai :i ':iv eeie houle. Trial hot-t'c-,
..mi li.,e :i. ..ik of mar. e!:i: -U!e-,
tree 11. 1.. Tucker, Drie.
reco-!ri.enJs ,aul eiunantCv
quali. d rcniCii " .
.St. .re,
who
is ne-
I'le-Mt-Ilt l' . Hail as ailO!liee-Seek r
St. I.' i.is .'.i.rnI or Aicricullnre.
(:.e of the most temarkable tacts
eoniocted with the present farmers"
movement, is. that until the idea of
politics began to be associated with
tlie rdi-r th"ie were very few pa
pers which paid any attention to the
movement For two ir thre years
the Journal of Agriculture' was the
only paper in ?dissouri in whose col
umns anv Alaance or Wheel matter
could be found. But as soon as the
Order trot mixed up with politics
nwspapi rs itevoted t' the Alliance j
cause sprang up thick. j
But the fact is no more remark:-!
i
b!e than the one. that here iu .Mi.--!
soun, every poatical Alliance paper
is. instead r doing ail it can to pro
mote harmonv and build up the
i' ll" !
Order, putting its energies to the
base use of vilifying President U. S.
Hall of the Stat-Union.
But unanimous as thev are in the'
effort to brak down President Hall,
it is a notable fact that not on- of
them can make a charge against him
through the press that is not perfect
ly puerile; and not one of them dares
to prefer a charge against him ac
cording to the terms of the consti
tution. The onlv charge thev make against
O mi O
him thut is true, is that he is a Jeiu-
ocrat: the most frequently utlered
charge they make that is false, is,
that he is seeking to use his position
in the Order to secure office.
As to the first, they are right; he
is a democrat, and he comes of a
stock who have seived their state
and beeu honored by the poople as
democrats; and what is more, the
majority of the farmers of Missouri
are democrats, and they do not seem
to be ashamed of it, aud do not
seem to think they are barred from
membership in or all the rights of
the F. A L. U. being such.
As to President Hall s being an i
office seeker, the imputation is ab
solutely false. The editor of this
paper has been intimately acquainted
with V. S. Hall since he made his
first bow to the state alliance in
Springfield. August. lSs'.t. He
c ime representing the handful of
a'liances at the time in Randolph
county aud was sent by them be-
cause Le ua.l maae a rcora as a
fighter against monopoly in the
shape of n miller s trust iu north
west Missouri. lie made Lis mark
Missouri '
ar- '
.! iii.owu to
Hit-:.:.
At S:-::t:-:i-n
p;t - r b-:i.; -t:
i.r and
li'-ted to
uat v i
:a ti.:
.it ft-.
b
ii :!
..a-1; ui. r to
a active wo:L iu the
i uiia, h.usM t aab'.e
elects d govern. 'r f the
c.ul.-c v.. i.;
hi in to be
stat-.
has i.
thJ n
I'iii--"
Ut:.l
Kit). Hail let ll-d the::, a- ht- '
my times sine..- uid. that h.
t g J into the MlOVellirtit to jet !
a:.d that the nrta wh- lost;- :
,, - ,,-h
!. Ue.
the order.
a .
aea out o.
That he has Iie i ctu:?untly u
thi statea.eat is fall v n id:.c. d
the fact that to this writ-i's c l
ta:n k
:i jwlt
b
e. ass a
ointaant of
Lo-:or and iutlucnce with a salary of
siverd thousand d -liars attached
has bet n declined by President Hall
within a ear. It was declined .!.
ly becau sw he would not pel init hia
official position, even without stok
iag on his pait, to secure for him an
jfri'"- th-tc would not havu been ten-
is, that he is too honest and too can-
did; has too little '"policy" to be a
demagogue and stands squarely uj
on his convictions though the whole
world opposed him.
We do not know whether Bio.
H.dl wants to b governor or not;
biit one thing we djknow, the oilice
Wlll hate to Seek
the man. for the
man waa never setc ttie omee; ana
that is th 'and of oil! -ials we want
iu Mi-o.ni. rial evej-v wie-;e else
, . i ... i
"file
The !'! tyl'in'i ill Star.
Washington, Juno Juiy 1 an
other star will glitier in ti e national
tlag. The law requires thit thi ad
mission of a new state shall be sig
nalized in the national banner from
the Independence day following the
admission. The new star which will
find a place July 4th this year will
stand for Wyoming. That, vigorous
voting commonwealth came iu aftr
l ist Independence day by just a week
or so. Idaho had been more luck',
as the president ha 1 signed the bill
admitting it the evening of July
so it bus had its star all the year.
With the one added for Wyoming
the stats will number forty-four.
It is left for the army emblem to
fix the grouping according the gov
ernments i lea. This is done in the
Older just issued by the war depart
ment as follows:
The field or union of th" national
! ring in use in tlie arn'iv will, on and
! after Julv 4. lS'.H. consist of forty-
tour stars in six rows, tne upi er
j jOW4.r r0wn to have eight stars, and
j the second, third, fourth aud fifth
mows seven stars each in a blue
1 1 '
Lvery ring hoating as the sign tf
j authority of the national government
t will henceforth conform to this oi
! der.
The
flags with less than fortv-
four stars will not be condemned,
but as new emblems are needed the
old ones will gradually disappear.
Hi
I'Hst lleciuat Shown Ujt. j
Xashville. Tenn., June 24. Thej
j American will publish the results of J
a thorough investigation of a politi-
cal record of John H. McDowell,
while he lived in Desha, county, Ar
kansas, from 1ST1 to 1877. He is
now president of the Teuuessee alli
ance and coal oil inspector at Xash
ville by appointment of Governor
Buchanan and is stumping Mississ
ippi iu opposition to Senator George.
He has of course passed as a demo
crat and beeu rewarded as such. Af
fidavits from forty of the leading cit
izens of Desha county show that he
was an out and out republican, being
a member of secret negro leagues
organizing the negroes at night and
eating at their tables. He was elec
ted justice of the peace, etc., by the
republicans and became so obnox
ious that the white people at on- j
time discussed the advisability of j
j
lynching him.
The young woman who edits the :
Sedalia Bazoo thiuks that "Mi
Kiibourne. wuo married bac nu
ber General Schofiel.l was in
straits for a husband."
It is said th at Eurof e no longer
Sweden for their "nightingales"' but
is giving to Areric the credit ofpro
duckig the beft feraale voices in the
world.
for Infants
-CtoriissoweUaiaftNl'.ochil.lrx:i:hAt
I rt?ora::u :: J it as su;-r.or Wiifi rosont'S. .n
kscwii to n-,t.'
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V. I'
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Staple d Fancy Groceres,
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Alwavs pay the highest n
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Watches, Clocks, Solid Silver and Plated Ware, &c.
Spectacles or aK kind and tor all ages: aUo fine Opera G!ase. You
are cordially invited to visit his establishment and examine
his splendid display of beau:tul goods and the low prices,
ALL KINDs OF ENGRAVING NEATLY EXECUTED.
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