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1 1 tt We now show not only the largest line of il 1G Hi Ml 1 1 Ml 1 11 II - W i - adiesGapes and -:- IN BUTLER, BUT THE ackets rawr V9 :i I PI tO X -X-LM IVlUO i Oil UOJJL t :l toiooi 1 ILadies (Capes IFiroiii $2.DD to $20.U. Line manufactured in the United States. THERE IS ONE THING ABOUT THESE GARMENTS, HOWEVER, Which the pictures do not show, nor the description indicate, that fact is H0MMIMIII0 0IOMIMMOO00O0M0 THAT THEY A RE PERFECT 1 nr And upon the making depends the whole question of -:- STYLE, PIT AND SERVICE -:- A careful inspection will satisfy the most skeptical person in regard to Style and Prices. i ILadies Jackets From $SUD0 to 11 8.DD. I; AO r )0OtlMMIIOOMI)MIIII"millMMIIIIIIM GOLD BUGS BLUFFED. Fusion Knocks Out M'Kihley A Wtathy Montana Man Hill Pay II 10 Fur Ounce in Gold for $100,000 0! Silver. Helena, Mont., Sept. 2G. Mr. Chaa. E. Ely authorizes the publica tion in the Post Dispatch of the fol lowing letter: Helena, Mont., Sept. 17, 189G. Mr. Cbas. E. Ely, Helena, Mont.: Dear Sir I hereby authorize you to publish that I will make a con tract for one hundred thousand dol lars ($100,000) worth of silver, for which I will agree to pay one dollar ud ten cents ($1.10) per ounce in United States gold coin, and to be taken as soon as W. J. Bryan, as president of the United States, has ligned a coinage bill, which will provide for the free and unlimited outage cf silver at a ratio compar d with cold at 1G to 1 and if any of those who are talking about 50o dollars desire I his con tract, and are willing to put up a forfeiture, I am prepared to secure the officer by a forfeiture cf twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.) I feel confident that I can arrange imilar contracts among my circle of business acquaintances for twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) to be taken one million a month for twenty msnths after the signature of such a bill. Truly yours, B. H. Kleisschmidt. This offer was sent by Mr. Klein- achmidt to the New York World. The editor of the Wot Id declined to publish it, but wired to Helena to ascertain if Mr. Kleiuscbrnidt is re aponsibible. When the World found oat that Mr. Klienscbmidt is entire ly responsible they dropped the matter. Mr Kleicsebniidt is one of the leading merchants of Helena and ow9 large iuterests in gold mines in the state, and his ability to form a syndicate of Montana mil lionaires that will agree to take $20,000,000 worth of silver at $1.10 par ounce in gold as soon as a bill Providing for the free coinage of sil I ttr in signed, is unquestioned. What U left now of the so called 50 cent dollar. Of all the big newspapers ihat have fought Bryan since the Chicago convention nominated him, the New York World has been one of the bit terest, the most persistent and the most powerful. Its immense wealth wide circulation and extensive re sources made it more injurious as a foe than scores of public speakers and hundreds of tons of anli Demo cratic literature. With all its sym pathies, its selfish interest and its hopes centered on the defeat of Wil liam Jennings Bryan, it has been compelled to yield to the unanswer able argument of stubborn facts. Its corps of correspondents.the most reliable and experienced that money could employ. Lave canvassed close ly the situation in every State in the Union. The World acknowledges the result which their careful sifting of facts discloses, and declares edi torially that Major McKinlev is al ready beaten. It wU be gratifying to both Dem ocrats and Republicans to learn that Mr. Pulitzer's newspaptr attributes the utter annihilation of Mc'Kinley's chances to fusion. It says: "Fusion has, to a resonable certainty, added Alabama, Kansas, .Nebraska, North Carolina and Tennessee fifty two electoral votes to the forty-six elec toral votes of Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, South Carolina, Utah, Washington and Wyomiug that were already assumed to be reasonably safe fur silver It has presumably, given 60,000 populist votes in Illinois, 25,000 in Indiana, 30,000 in Iowa, 20,000 in Kentucky, 40,000 in Misouri,S0,000 in Virginia and 85,000 in Minnesota toward making good the IjiscS from the defection of souud mouey Demo crats and toward swelling th? acc s siODS of free silver Republicans 'In brief, fusion has made it nf c eesary that there shall be enormous Democratic defections from the free silver ticket if Mr. McKinley is to have even a respectable majority of the electoral votes For even if he gets every State east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio ami Potomar, which ine'udts Dela ware and Maryland, and gets West Virginia also,he still needs two more votes to make the necessary major ity." Kansas City Times. Fair Proposition. The citizens of Sedalia have made a good, clean and gallant tight to secure the removal of the capital. They made a plain, fair and honest proposition and they have given a valid and sufficient bond to carry out every promise made by their representatives. Now tLe question is with the voters and no intelligent Missourian need be in the dark. Re moval of the capital will not cost the tax-payers of Missori a cent; but, on the other hand, incase the amend ment is adopted the state will re ceive new buildings in place of the old ones. If removal is defeated tax payers will have to pay large sums for repairing the old building now in use It is for the voters to say what is for the best interests of the state. Warsaw Enterprise. That Court House Story. Jefferson City and a few papers in her interest have pulished a story about the removal of the csurt house from Georgetown to Sedalia. The facts are: In the fall of 1SG2 the records were moved from Georgetown to Se dalia for safety. In 1864 the county seat was located permanently at Se dalia on condition that Sedalia build a court house for the county free of cost. Sedalia did build the court house on the northwest corner of the present court house square; and a clerk's office and record room on the northeast corner of the square. The county accepted the court house and held court in it for nine years, when it was burned. There never that 95 towns in the State have no place of worship, that of 20,000 fam ilies visited last year, 10,000 are out side of Christian influence. This would seem to indicate that, after all, there is considerable need of mission work right at home. Fields white for the harvest at our doors, and yet we stand idle." Maine is not a large State, and such a showing is truly deplorable. If instead of buying votes and im porting Canadian repeaters across the borders, Mark Hanna had ex pended a portion of his barrel in buying Bibles and trying to civilize and Christianize Maine, he might not have recorded such a large Re publican majority, but it would prove of greater lasting benefit to the down east jumping off place. Clinton Democrat. to our Vice Presidential! nominee, Thomas E. Watson, that we nomin ate five Populist electors and 10 Democratic electors and certify to the same as the eluctors that shall be placed on the Populist party State ticket of Indiana." The electors in the Fourth and Thirteenth districts are Populists nominees for Congress, and their se lection as electors leaves the field clear for the Democratic nominees, W. S. Holman and J. W. Kruger. M. & N. Evans have their full stock of well selected millinery sow on hand. Call and make your selec tion while the stock is complete. 45 2t Opera Block. Indians Condemn Yale. MuBkogee, I. T., Sept. 30. At a mass meeting of the Cherokeee, Creeks, Choctaws and Seminoles held here, the following resolution was adopted unanimous!: "Resolved, That we contemplate with deep regret the recent insulting treatment of the Hon. milium J. Bryan by students of a college in the land of the boasted white man'a civilization, and we admonish all In dians who think of sending their sons to Yale that associations with such students could but prove hurt ful alike to their morals and their progress toward the higher stand ard cf civilizition." Indiana Fusion. Indianapolis Iod., Sept 30. The democrats and populists finished the fusion deal and the populist commit- ACADEMY TOTALLY DESTROYED. Pride of th Nation I Now a Mum of Ruins. Antlers, I. T., October 4. At 11 o'clock last night, Spencer academy, located about ten miles of Antlers, burned to ashes together with all the furniture and four Choctaw boy burned up in the flames. The origin of the fire is supposed to be incendiary, as no one was occu pying the room in which the lire broke out and there had been no fire in it this season. ! Superintendent J. B. Jeter, who il in charge of the school, saw the glare of the flames and when he got up the stairway was on fire. He ran on the outside and woke all t'te boys and bravely saved his own life. The hnxH threw their beds out of the windows and jumped to the ground on them. One of the boys who was burned to death was a crippie and the other three were in rooms in which there were no windows. Their moans and groans were heart-sickening in the extreme. The fir is still too hot to get the bones for funeral. The academy was built oy me was one word of complaint m Pettis Thomas E Watson urging against county in regard to the matter. 1 fugjon juj was icred. The pop She did all she agreed to do, and j ulUfc comulittee ai3opied the follow ing story now told about her failogi: re8Oiuti0r.: r- ' , . pv,n..nr mtinn Had 102 boya were was received uuting ue uajr num to keep her agreement is not true. Richeport Commercial. From the Gospel Messengtr, of September 19th, we clip the follow- ing'- "An astonishing report is given by the Maine Bible Society. It shows 'Resolved, By the committer of thirteen ou matter of elector of the populist party, in ordtr to close our ranks and unite cur forces in the state of Indiana, in securing the election of our nominee for presi dent, W- J. Bryan,aud do full justice there last night wben it ournea. Everything is a total lo3s, a the nation did not carry any insurnce. Springfield, Me., Oct 2. The free silver republican of Springfield and vicinity had a large meeting lit re publicans signed the roll, pledging thelves to rote lor iryan, ana durise the meeting about 80 addi tional signatores. gmng the club a membership of about 30- WOMACK'S Cash Grocery. In order to increase my trade I have concluded to offer such induce ments that will bring you to my store to do your trading. In fact I need money and in order to raise money I must have your trade. Here are my prices. 19 lb best granulated sugar $1 00 20 It) light brown sugar 1 00 t Java Blend coffee 20 lb Arbuckles or Lion coffee 20 ft. National coffee whole grain 15 lb best broken Java coffee 25 ft best green coffee 20 7 cakes Silk soap 2o 7 cakes Clairiette soap 25 6 cakes Browns long bar 25 6 cakes old country soap 25 3 cakes butter-milk toilet soap 10 10 cakes Fairbanks soap 25 5 gallons best coal oil 65 No. 1 Galvanized tubs 00 No. 2 " " 70 No. 3 " " 75 No 1 wood tubs 45 No. 2 " " 55 No. 3 " 65 20 ft pail new jelly 1 gal. Golden Drip sugar syrup Flour per Back COs, 75c, 85c, 00c, and 95c Every sack warranted to giye perfect satisfaction. I will sell my entire stock of queensware and glassware at actual coat, want to close it all out by November first in order to put in an enure new stock of fancy china, glass and queensware for holiday trade and if you want bargains now i your gold en opportuuity. . I want your pro duce and will give you an order on any dry goods, clothing or boot and shoe store for the balance you do not want in my store. I always pay the Cash for Chickens and JEggs. Yours Truly W. 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