The St. Joseph Herald from St. Joseph, Missouri • 4

ST. JOSEl'II DAILY II Kit ALD, WEDNESDAY MAY 10, 1000. the several convention amra Inilruplnl MISSOURI NOTES. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS. Did Oovernov fctauley realise, when he invited the liver to come to Kansa.

to vote for Doekery, Cook, Crow and uanit lor ne ofllces for which they are rSj'-SCp-iy p.p, cpoculative boom of a a im.ly l-iner two past had gone far enough 7 an. I th.it it was time f.r business to de- STATE POLITICS. di tliln when thete la no chaoce tJ i llaerwisi). In lCi we exported J7.i!1.M7 bushels of rorn. That was a Ivtnoeratle ytar.

In MH we expnrted bushels. That was a lb. publican year. that the whole Boer population drink candidates. THREE STATES.

Ul Till: Hh.llAl.lJ m.iPi. -v liter like water anil that a Hoer patriot will have hto acjanapiai or die? Pitt- Journnt. PlUUontCV I.UI.UtHi The Maryvlllo correspondent of the Kansa Cily Journal ha tbia to say of as i oininitnit iitw. The warnlii wim an. I ii ivucitutl has stni i I'ffvallt'd.

rACTS ABOUT P0ETO BICO. Notes and Comment of Interest from the Democratic situation In the Fourth district "The result of Buchanan iM.ior ii.m.Hfur II. iK'UUK W. 11. W1U.I-U Kaaaaa, Nebraska and Iowa.

Kansas. The capacity of the lola cement nlant llet ate heins made that Lord Jtob-eris will have rnbnlu In two mt.ntlm. Hut It woi-th notlnK that laud Hob-etls himself not maUluB Ihem. county Democratic primaries lust fiat JlM-pU, In the debate between the universities of Missouri and Nebraska, which occurred in Columbia, the representatives of Missouri were awarded the decision. Tiie question debated was: "Resolved, That England's coursa of action In the Transvaal Is not Juitlllatble." Missouri hud the afllrmutlve, and the decision was unanimous.

Missouri's debater were: John Kramer, or Carrollton; Milton Hearing, of Columbia, and R. L. Want, of Clubb. The Judges were (Jam B. Cook, of Mexico; Gen.

Odon Guitar N. T. Gentry, of Columbia. The James W. Drain Insanity Inquiry, a piece of litigation that has been in the probate court at Macon the past three years, was terminated by the It tl I ftniiral wiiilil Jiiti-st a rv I i itliitinit t.i the isUtttil I'urttf luiU-icd t.i ilio urduy, In which Congressman Cochran has been Increased to S.IMJU barrel per Wharton Barker stilt Insists that Bryan will not be" nominated at Kanmg City.

Mr. Barker' 'opinion on thl bub-Jcvt la entitled; ru rank with hi -pro-foundest view on the money question and on government ownership of everything worth having Kanaan City Journal It Is apparent from the publicity of the proceintlngW of the senate ton the won a decisive victory. Insures him sev enly delegates in the congressional con ventlon, which will meet in Maryvllle on June It). Nodaway and Holt, which auy. During last month Labette county put up for transportation for boy committed to the reform school.

That Nortonvllle man who replanted i Hi nra-ht rml In- no fuit to have finstluirl i ott to Mat mti.I make all its liitiiti'a Ami ii. an an.1 their jsoverninenl iA.it like liiirs. I'tiftu KUo has nlmit nut tnh.ilitt.intH anl only la per have instructed for him, will have l'1 eriliSCKli'n'JN K.i'l.o ot by ii.iii: Dai-y aiul Sur -ay. fcuiuiu.x. coi t.jr Wcik.) I I a Ujii.y n.l euii.i.iy.

jit' intaiiti fcuiuuy j' i liiimtli It. ti.ti cil i icr: 1 l'I Da ty miiu jur auu ks'ju i.i I in. ntii twenty-three and ten, respectively, nnd Buchanan thirty-sewn. Platte county will have sixteen votes, which it I believed will be about equally divided his garden after It had been destroyed question of soft nosed that all a senator hua to do 1u order to secure a by the neighbors chickens, without once making a roar, must be preparing him Jury, finding the defendant insane and Sioux Kail sets the sale far Ponu-listie platftiim maklnK. The Kansas City tinl-eta will be coinielbil to meekly fall int" line.

The Impertant -Jiffe retire between the Iiimoeratie and ItejiuhlUan party ia that the former proml.ies and the latter perforin. In the value of our exports was per capita. In It was Jlo.Sl. ith proteetlon we have expansion. einong the three candidates, Cochran of .6..

self to run lor some ortice. recommending the appointment of Buchanan, Booher of Andrew and Mile full and complete newspaper report of the rloing of that Iwidy Is to request that the senate go lino executive ses The way "Sapho" la going around the of Atchison. There will he Kill dele guardian. Attorney Drain was arrested at Columbia, last week for alleged 1.HI.V a tiuiuux. tit war.

la gate in the convention. Consequently sion. Peorlti Hera Id -Transcript. misconduct. 'He was put on trial before a Jury.

He waived his two law state, absolutely refusing to shock people 1 allocking. The company ought to be run In for obtaining atoney under false pretense. Iolu Register. VJIl All luperj c.iil.atii until emir ivu the 1 As waa to be expected, the platform only fifty-five will be required to nominate. Mr.

Cochran will, therefore, win yer aside and conducted his own case. of the People's party, adopted at Sioux i t.f tan read and write In any This means that there me Ut MH.ttlKI rren iltlj ihiltlren iii that small whu are aim ilutely lllitertte. per oent of the I there nan im prnperty nml tire Hviefure ks ill p. tul' ill a. powrty can in.

them. They have nrver ktiwn ailvantai; puMie Inntru tion ami have hiith Aays t-peak i f. ive air a ly miute pr.ivisl 'n iiut'-liP Tin re ho-il leitiMes in the IbI- In a walk." He cross-examined the plulntlff'a wit Kails, contain all uf the eccentricities For years a fine tulip bed ha been nesses with great severity and bitter The Ninth district Democratic eon- for which that party nan lieen noted the pride of Mr. Sarah Malthy ot Mc The Kohl standard is tutfe only ad ssrcKFim, but when his aged father, who pherson. One night last week, when a gressionul committee met In Mexico, and after canvassing the return from riled the application, took the stand, tha lone as the party in favor of the fjold ti jit e.i i li-a-.

TKLKI'ltuM-; Bui en- Jl' ria. Honii CHANGE ei'" a ur.k:li t.f raj.r hai4 fc'lv foiater us Hs uuJtrsa. hundred or more ot the plants were In bloom, some small calibered creature standard is in power. defendant merely remarked. "I du not care to cross-examine my own father." the primaries throughout the dlHttict declared Clump Clark the nominee for destroyed the entire lot.

th.lr liie.r Several years ago the elder Drain placed Grant Shaw has fl cured It out that te-clectlon to congrc. ni property In his son possession tu avoid a financial difficulty. The farm since its organization, and In addition take up the cause of the insurgents In the Philippine. It I such declarations as theae that have encouraged a false hope In the minds of the rebel and havo prolonged the war at a coat of the live of many of our brave soldiers. Nothing but a Itepubllean vk t.iry ill orlng the Insurgent to a realisation of the hopelessness of their misguided ambition and put a stop to use-bis bloodshed.

Spokane Chronicle. Only at Its peril can the Democratic Peabody Is Just the right distance from Kansa City, to the 8'nadow of a gnat's heel, to be made a division point on the Stlllwcll-nilly Edwards railroad. was worth and there was nearly worth of other property. Afterward the son was asked to deed It The contcM over the Democratic nomination for judge of the Kansa City cou't of appeals is developing Into an Interesting campaign. The convention will he held at Moberly next Tuesday, nnd the candidate are beginning Fishin.

Jis wm wrenderln' Us' nlitlit Ki 111' blame fish wu'dn't bite; Wlun tir h.nls b'ain Mint. Adits sunihtiw. mell like prlng; Haf t' bunt my ole rane pule St-rt wh.it In th' plek'rt'l hole Hown th' rlxer Jls below Wher' the lig tail wll.tts grow. I cti'tl set ther' all day lotm I 1111' tlsnen I' th' souk tl' thn warier, clear an' cool and urges tho people of his town to get a move on them and pull the line their back, but he refused. un iliittnn t'lis y.

ir tiiun Spain huiit i in ti entire i years of her rule. 1 Uiiels. ln'iil" att'l pithlic ti's mart a ivw era in the Island. The p' "pit are apt and entjer to Trtt a1'" sivn pner at tn i the I iwer hutse of their leitii- 1 I and to lie repf entt tl hy ap-i it way. Dr.

I. N. Love, the well ktwvn St. to atail close to the wind in the finish In Kansas yielded Its largest Louis practitioner and publisher, was indicted -by the federal grand Jury, wheat crop, bushels. The Tho candidates are Judge Tlmmon of Barton, Judge Woods of Johnson, Judge charged with sending obscene literature year before that was also considered a great wheat year when the crop gave opdehs ron TlIK HKIlAl.n.

Pt.i.ii dulling ll-raM (W voted at their i acea ct i.uinta tan tone It aid rem: -at. i itb-r loult h.uie Any irlty in dc.lxtn i-1 r. rtc.t at nit fua.lra-tern offi.e Imiitcllatcly Peruii. cannot t.w.it:t The HcraU st -r I a I whtlf Jop i j. i nf lavor ly teyui'i'i The office.

rrjntl Mi" ATI'iVS. ir.r. niui iii rl tt r.anif i.j tj.t. i for I'aii ia a. I Ali oinnnunlraM pl r.

T'u Herald I'ab- 1 w'. till. 'o .1 ipt r. he rtarnei UIl! I ''V l.l. 'l'l lt pdatin.

Hit-hard Field of Lafayette and C. B. Crawley of Chariton. Each hua a bushels. Yet tt is predicted tt rough the malls.

He was arraigned in the United Stat circuit court ye-tetday and held In the sum of $1,1100. number of instructed delegates, but the by some who ought to know that the wheat crop of the state this season will Charles, Sutter of this city went on hi reach UHl.lkki.tMM) bushel. According In June, I III. In a publication to the May report of the agricultural a'ork H-bobbin' on th pool; San it'shliiln' warm an' hrlitht; 'till I'd nit a hit' Wake up nil-k an' J-rk. Ji vile-Throw a ha a mile! Kr lay sprawl'-! out In a skift, liay-'like an' lei 'er ilrlit li.wn th' ilver-knl n' lay lioziti' es y' flt.at aw.iy; lit- .1.1.1 line a-traliln' Im.

Too d. rn tirtd t' take up slack; (tin- or not I Jls can't wail; I ll an' tiU' sum bait. Newt Newkirk. department at Washington, Kansas iditel hy Dr. Love, appeared a ioem en-tilled "The Dying Speech of Meiamoun," sn adaptation from the French of Gau- i nt in iu' upiwr notise ami in an th departments the ko eminent As Senator Kuraker said Iff ire the I'i.

Inn amie: Tlie ini-vltalil" of the l. isla-jiiHi iliat has hi en nai iel will utisti- a triumphant viinlieatinn of the j.apu'ii.v of the an patty f't that e.itisttn. live stalesinanshlp so es-iseetiil to t'a cafe itiii'lanif nf the re. I pul.hf in Its upward utirfe of exptmd-; tiii! Bi rath and power." wheat showed an average condition or 1S on May 1. The average condition cortest so far seem about evenly divided.

The district la composed mainly of counties north of the river, although it takes in the western tier of counties south of the Missouri. Kansas City is expected to furnish a candidate, but so far none has been suggested. A dark horse may be sprung when the convention meets. The position pays per annum, and the tenure of office I twelve years. The most interesting feature about the con vcrtion will be the effect of its action for the whole country was SS.O.

From the high condition and the large acre Hint, i nr. 1 if age in Kansas, the wheat experts In Chicago are figuring on an enormous yield, and bushels is freely in m-I in stuni! III! predicted. Leavenworth limes. Mi. h- i' h- vti'I C.

T'ii tn i' I n.i ii ill nf a i MARRIED LIFE AND CLUB LIFE. on the chances of tho candidates for tho I in- Nebraska. George W. Tate has brought suit for i divorce from artha E. Tate' to whom he was married In lRTill In Nemaha county.

Decatur started Into the new fiscal Mis. I.l'.lle ux lllak-. .1 noted adV'i -f vt'iitmn unfTr if. siv eral iis. why mat rl.nte is linins.

th.il any de re.ise there in wnlloek is to fmiinl iiinoti in- wi 11-to-d 1 l.ts-t The tb-in It'-ti aft ids 1 1 of 1.1171- meaiis s-imethitiR I Willi It aiis.er-- tile il.l(Mt-le nf a ih-iitial ti.iii l- th. populist i a tie t.f Itust-ia. iif- 'ili i tr i if r.i lii I e. p. it ty.

tt an at isi" ti'ip ei i 1 1 1 1 1 ttiat i rt.ili- il- i s. ti t- ir i foi ils i 1 1 a I'nri 'lis year with a surplus of Just two In the public treasury. The coming year there will be no saloon license money and a deficit Is oredictod. national convention vary ll platform from that adopted at Sioux Fall. The Populists are making the pace with the Democrats hitched behind.

St. Lcui tllolie-Democrat. It was perhaps well that Admiral Dewey did not go near the Tennessee Democratic convention. The men who controlled that body seem to think that IVwey' part In history txvo years ami, which made him famous, was a great crime. Loufcvllle Courier-Journal.

The Filipinos are about as big as the Japanese. The Filipino commission has selected Fred W. Atkinson of Spring-lb Id, for superintendent of education of the Philippines. He is six feet four inches in height, and well proportioned. Who says the I'nited States is not giving Filipino a schoolmaster they can look up to? It will be a case of Gulliver among the Lilliputians, The friends of Atkinson gay that he is aa able as he la bis Lake Tribune.

Col. Jvihn Jacob Astor has built a few miles of new model roadway along tho Hudson Just to show the public what a good Invest men a smooth road can be. Possibly ho niay be Induced to continue the roaJ for a considerable distance and lot it stand as a monument to his name. After the wealthy and public spirited citizeng of the country provide all of the colleges and libraries that are needed Ihey may turn their attention to endow Ing a few gxmd road for the use of the "common people." Several model highways In a state would do an enormous amount nf good. Their educational value.

Indeed, might be almost as great as It the money were fiut Into college. The people uf the United States do not need to be rold about the value of educational Institutions, but they do need a few object lessons In the profits that V.loxv the making of gwod roads. Arlsona Ke-publkan. A Wisconsin Town Pretty Gift. All Grand Rapid went out and C.

B. Smith, who shot and killed his A Warning to Bachelors. Ilt-rca a warnlni; to all Unite young tin xvho limimi- en inuued of gay hns-Itoy and. vvh-n they xxear it. Rive their trousers ii little creut'-r roll thnn n'H'-tssaty in tinier to display the particular lot liiey have on to adr.tirlnif spicta-lot s-.

The warning comes In the shape of a nijti who strode histily ilown Charles street I 1 his 1. 111. this li.nl liinir. II- xvhs a very up-t i-tlute looking fier-pi ffttii the tip of his unart ibrhy to tie xvt II Ida kt'd heilsof his shoes; but. ahiH and nbick' In the back uf one bright old rose Kto a ile appeare every tlni" lie tot a step.

It wasn't J'l-t a small rip. either: an iinprcii'i litatid rent that mlttht be exit In an; body's hslery it looketl to be a small se tlop of a much greater tear, nntl a sorry tale of lincttelf 1 hood It ti'ld. t'vi. if the man hadn't Insisted upon 1 Tldlifln his brilll int. le-clock-d li-tS" to the publle, this urb vnim exhlbititui w.

tildn't have (tivn. So all the wife at Brownvllle several weeks ago, ii. it -t' tl' lit Tl: and i- fit-t- ft. in 111- i-stramls the te.tl home Tin- tin1! apirttiii-tits j.ff luxtirl- usly furnish' d. the elmb Hi an Hi liver 1.1' api- 1 and who It was reported afterwards fatally shot himself, has recovered ond is now behind the in the Auburn I' jail.

1 that I' ta'ia fo Mi ain i is IftiW id I 'hi' i i- I- in Mrs. Homing, living on Money e.reea tter. Recently a clipping from the magazine was sent to the pnstoftieu Inspector here, and on this Information tlui was placed before the grand Jury. Dr. Love- says tint the Indictment waa a great surprise to him.

When Informed 'hy telephone that ne was wanted to appear in the circuit court he thought It was simply to furnish some information. In the courtroom the-Judge was furnished a copy of the poem, which ho read over with broxx'. At the conclusion of his reading he said there was nothing scientific in the pom and placed the prisoner's bond at Dr. Love pleaded not guilty. The case Is set for today.

St. Louis Republic. Congressman Joy of fit. Louis, a member of the apeclal committee on the Louisiana. Purchase World's Fair, may be c-'illged to leave Washington today for Europe on account of the serious illness of his wife.

Mrs. Joy la now at Leamington Spa. a watering place, about seventy-five miles from London, In Warwickshire England. Mr. John A.

Logan, who has been her tompanion on her European tour, Is with her. Goodwin Crrfson of Columbia. was awarded the first prise for a law thesis In 'be university. Mis Wood-side was awarded the second pluee. Thl award is annually made, and the prlxe is a law encyclopedia of thirty-one volume and valued at $100.

This year there were about twenty-five theses presented. Mr. Goodwin Crason won the William J. Rrvan medal for political ai In Perry Linn, living pear Bonne Terre, shot and fatally wounded his brother-in-law, John Martin. In hose house he lived.

Linn escaped to the woods and has not yet been urrested. Beth men had fa milled and the tragedy Is the result of a children's quiirro over chickens. between Bioxvnville and Petu. committed suicide Wednesday morning by l-. i I 111 'II tii'ile Is all til it the ax-erase man ib-' sites, an lite Is from rate.

Ii will a had day f-r the i-ouni-y I' ll sin atlr.it timis th-so serve to I I'i-. -my laiate p- tit iae our well-; t' do mal- 1 iptilatioii from eiitt-rlns the inks of th- II. in-lit ih. Clttli life at th. jttl Is ihiiie iietxxeen i-vils.

It is shooting herself through the heart II l. with a revolver. It is supposed she was temporarily Inline. in'- il li-vi-tlUe Sli t- cmiiity, on 1- the i Blue grass has already gone to feed, lint; 1 1 and the growth of weed and veve'a-tion Is marvelous. Such a rank growth was never before een In th's state.

Parties from the eadt coming to i fr. I buds of creation are re '-mm 'tided bere- Ith 1 1 examine their footwear diligently before they assume It, in order that may not foll-nv th dcplorji'ile le by this uncnnM'ious Indlvid-uel. Hallimote News. Nebraska ll.l year will be auririaed at the veritable "garden of 1'Tdcn." Tile i-i- d-i-. Iiittitit h.

mi In fhi .1. tnl aimi t. Inn nt. fj; in I 'iif foiinliy by the II in- a nd th tin is ill la- mines. tn-t litink t.

tills jiiir. I i 1 imi.1 ihui st, pit f. ins and r- I- recent light frost did not damage the fruit and the yield will doubtless be the largest ever known. Wheat and oat are luxutlant, and the large acre age will vie with corn In filling the coffer of Nebraska ifarmers. 11 lull if- put take the piai -if a nioileiately ippy home.

The unpt -asantitesx of lu.tne life are In most tsex Ini id tits, while the n--s uf rial) life tit ds fo tvli The vt th tr iiuii phll-. ipht-f Im lead- that kind of Iif Ju-tl-tb hintxeif witn the I'-IU-i tion that ncs miitht he i Irs-." st Int. ti throw llh' 1 th- t-tias" In the marriage fti.ttit.it;- 11. it the oiieral 1 pini-ti I'liium; 1111 xx i.e 1 and 1 t.hs.-t Is that the I nf 111 nit Itas more to do xx ith It thin the 1-ixuiy xxith xxhlih money (Hir. I--tin.

Is 1 1 i'i A nun xxith a unmll shon'd t' It b- llil riftl XXlth ef The majority opposed to the Republi Th. i I 1 1. ib an ix-i s'ili tl-htii latm-r. can party in Nebraska has been stead ily declining ever since fusion was ac complished and It I undoubtedly in gathered arbutus one day laid week nnd s-nt their contribution down to Milwaukee. And oil that morning 'bunches and bunches went out.

distributed from thetarnival heatlqu trtcr at Hotel Pfla-ter in Milv nukee. The Pflster itself was Mr T. 1 1. States .11,. ii.i-.-i n.

1 I- it tt-ady It the minds of many that It will be utterly dissipated this fall, llefore fusion was effected the Popullat party lacked but a tfexv thousand vote of being an Ths Absorbing Oame of "Screw." We are threfitt-ned In the near future Ith an ejil b-niir In the shape of a new tr'-me of i nrds. The name of this same Is "screw," and is somethintt like whist Xo one. fipprtrenlly knows ho.v it fame it tn tiiivi' that It waa Invented by a Hitsdtan and Is said to lie the most tif all --tames In the world. It Is played by hlsh and low, old and young, all over ill' Muscovite empire. Pi frequently sit doxvn It at a st ret of twenty-four houra.

so- abmirb-ln(j Is it; and there I one noted In-Mnn-e of a man of rank belti so oar-t by his enthtudasni for the mmie that ho absolutely forgot and his who happened to be a unman and player! badly, "an Idi--t" In consequence of hlch he was summoned before a magistrate, who severely a Slower of pink and white. Besides the strong as the Republican party, while 1, .011.11, thai 1 be du-I to 11.11. b. TI.e I 1 tl.lt I 1 1 1 1 i' i- 1 hi "I Il'- r. Am heaping basket for ditiibution.

each ot the forty waiters had a bunch pinned to the Democratic party was not far behind the Populist In strength. The Republican party vast but little mw his black coat and all the lielincy naa bunches pinned to their blue ones. Ai')Utu day In Milwaukee lasted sev I ay .11:: ilim -a if he ht i-llates I 1 ask 11 oman than onc-thlrd'of the votes while nt the last election under fusion It cast nearly one-half of the votes of the eral day. Nobt-y peed ask whether ahe observance will be annual or not. It ii.

1,1 Rl.lt im. i. re, s. piia t. In IV dof.it n-i -of 1" for A'i, .1 lltltt'ltf will corduct Itself after this.

Tart of How Cvipple Creek Oot Is Name. Tt xx-as the cattle who gave It th? name hich now figures in the ktock quotation. There are a dozen traditions, but the best authenticated Is the story of a coxvboy whose broncho hoiked at the jumping of a rivulet; -balked, Mtumhletl nnd fell, breaking a lig for Itself and one for It8 rider. There was no surgeon nearer than Colorado Spring and the rcr.gh anatomical carpentry of his mates made a cripple for life rf the ttnltickv ranee ride. Wherefore ht or the bautrrul blossom came from Wau- state.

It will finally be In the majority and the middle-of-the-road Populists show much wisdom In getting "out from under." Norfolk News. lei tured him on hia behivlor. But on au. too. There the school principal asked for li that the prosecutrix had xvnst- I-1 in l.llll.l' pi li-lll th- An in i.as" tb ni.tnd Is a pt-tty 1 Ib'piihlitan i-l three splendid trumps and spoiled a 'V.

-p. irjii. 1 mm (,,. 'i 1 to. t.i -1 iifi'l' record.

th magistrate suddenly ferfrot Iova. Pin ilrAtita antl nllnva nt fllnfnn nrA to hit- Ii. The old that when X'try the ilo.il- nv lilts 1 tit it 'b Aim! ox" ir pt-rhaps the eiu-e inn s'nttle lib yeduihH than any one nth' fuse thit ian be mentioned. If was rn.t i much truth In It. it aid n- lantferoiis.

Hut hen ive Mh 1, lit at the window a re-ord Ih in. id- nf th" tut, while the wife and luiiind who are JitouttM closer to. lit tln by th- advent uf poverty tin tint -ttfoid (ptsip a I. nipt iiirf niotsi'l to pit volunteer among ie children to pick the flowers, and how many people altogether do you think offered? Between hTi and 4.40 all the achool children and pretty nearly all the people himself too ar ad Iresscd the lady In nani'd the rivulet Cripple Creek. Scrlb- being thoroughly renovated In order to promote the sanitary condition of the far more hard terms than those for which was suins her lut? partner.

tier for May. it city. Chicago News. They ert about oO.OOO bunches, all Tiuliimiia rtltlaena nr. ml vncnl Inir the stat offices.

As it happens, however, the Kneiern district possibly will have more to contend with in this line than the Kansas City district. St. Louis Hc-publle. Wultor S. Dickey of Jackson county, and Dab Hoofer of Lafayette county were selected by the Kenubllcan congressional convention of the Fifth district aa delegates to the national convention at Philad- Inhla.

A. Wallace Love of Kansas City was named aa presidential elector. It was the Intention of the convention to name a candidate for congress, hut after some discussion it was decided to defer th matter until the autumn, in order that an advantage might be taken of Democratic mistakes. There wis a friendly contest In the convention between the follower of Webster DavU and It. C.

Kerens nnd thrse of Major WlllUm Warner. The Warner people were victorious, and succeeded In defeating a resolution declaring against federal oltlce holder beirg named ns delegate' to the national convention. A reaolutl'in was adopted Instructing the delegate for President McKlnley. Welister Davis appeared before the convention by Invitation and delivered an address. In which he advocated Intervention on the part of the United State on be-half of the Boers.

He was followed by Major Warner, who declared that, while he was In favor of maintaining the flag wherever It was planted, he did not te-lleve this government had any to Interfere with affairs in South Africa. The Crawford county llepubllcans have nominated the following ticket by primary election: Representative, A. L. Beeves; sheriff. J.

Drew Urubb; assessor, Albert ICvans; treasurer, George Carter; prosecuting attorney, Harry Clymer; collector, Henry Llchlus; county Judge, First dMtrict, Homy Sulrstnan; Second district, L. E. Murphy. The Grundy county Democrats, In their convention, denounced trusts and Imperialism, indorsed Doekery, Crow, Cook, Oantt and Pitts, and instructed for K. M.

Hurher, W. J. Stone and Lon V. Stephen for delegates-at-large to the national convention. Delegates to various conventions were chosen as fol-It State Convention F.

M. Madden, W. Allenderfer, M. G. Kennedy.

K. M. Harder, A. J. Roland and E.

D. K. Bane. Delegate to convention at Jefferon City: Newt. Ratcliff, O.

O. Williams, Non Thomas. Convention to nominate appellate Judge: W. O. GarvlnE.

M. Harber, W. B. Llnney. Convention to nominate supreme Judge: K.

M. Harber, 8. 8. Kelso, M. G.

Kennedy. The Democrat of Hulls county have Selected the following delegates to the various convention: State Convention Frank Stout, George W. Young, I. T. Dawson, Dr.

John W. Hendrix, James Hill, W. M. Ely, J. M.

Cllne and Joe Bernett. Delegate Convention J. W. Tapley, J. T.

Alford, H. W. Wood, John W. Coble. C.

8. Bowles. Judicial Convention W. J. Fahy.

S. A. Walter, J. F. Barry, Grant Burger and K.

O. Robinson. While the convention only Instructed for Doekery, Crow and Cook the delegate are solid for Pitta, Outhrle and McCllntlc. The Democrats of the Kansas City district renominated Congressman Cow-herd by acclamation. The Democrat of Pettis county held a convention In Bodalla for the purpose of nominating delegate to the five state and district conventions.

Hy a vote of 57 to 21 (three delegate not voting), the convention permitted J. P. Herrlngton, candidate for tho nomination of railroad and warehouse commissioner, to name the delegate to the state ruminating convention at Kanss Clly on June 5. W. D.

Steele, II. B. Hhaln, Hel Hutchinson, A. F. Sspen-schled.

K. W. Steven, Dr. K. F.

Yancey, Mike Dohorty, T. F. Mltchum, O. M. Harnett.

Phil R. Ott, Lon Luther, W. E. Miller, C. H.

Zoll and W. H. Pcwell, wire named by Mr. and ratified by the convention. The convention "Indorsed and ratified" the Chicago platform of 1811, and Joined In "the demand that William J.

Bryan he chosen a the nominee for pti shier of the United States." Ths hearty Indorsement of ths party. In Petti county wan given to Governor Stephens and hi associate atate olfl-cirs, and the delegate of the county to i 1 1. j- i.i. One Man Who Abhor Interview. Kx-Judge W.

II. Moore, Chicago, or- told. These were besides the large which came for the hospitals and city street sprinkling be done by the municipal authorities Instead of private RNEuMIA One woman got bunenes ror concerns. Rtinizer of half n. d07.cn gigantic steel 111 Iron combinations, has made it an trio ral unit pi i' i' on ii.

t.i' f.u ir ships, as thn m.ikiii- th- siilpi.int? t.ie Kr.i.'tp nf one of the orphan nsylums, nnd I 'Wish i- 1 .1 11 I'tiii and 1 e.lj, I ti I 1 "an" 1 it if Slain Gnntnlrltit Frank Wilder will inflexible rule never to allow his utter you could have een her face when she wtnl axvay with them. 'Severtl old la spend the summer in Webster county for the purpese of developing the gyp ances to be It was recently reported that he was gdng to Kurope, and ifales lungs JeaW and lpcSdoojfbWiarerms a of JtotflimJioi 7 Don't sum deposit. dles xvere there to ask for a ibit of It, and it did one good to gee the pleasure a reporter vislt-d him to verify the ru-iror. But the Chlcaoan was a obdur William RkAlptnn was bndlv Inlured Parts ate as ever. by falling timbers at the bottom of a even-foot shaft at the Hocking coal "You won't say whether you are go wtluntiKhMget in, anfl mines Wednesday.

ing away, Judge?" was asked. they had. Milwaukee Journul. Myriads of Suns. There I a quite evident conspiracy on the part of the telescope and tlV camera to belittle thl Infinitesimal (fieck of cosmic dust on which we live, and they are micceedlng.

It was bad enough to a Mttsnna' aKsnelntlnn has been form "I never talk for publication, was ed at Washington to advance the Inter the mave answer. I' I-- iiml'ist I that Atidtevv Car- riegi-- 111. at, t.i 1 an annua! prize of t.iiHi 1.1 he awiniled by the S.i-tlely of Artists fur the best oil piiliitlim by a tt si, nt Anierleun arlisl. Then- is to be tin limiiatlon ns to Hex, Hue of subj'-cl matter, except that iot traits III In- 1 1.1 1 ,1. Can't tell 11s anything about the ests of the city.

It Is a large body ana will be Incorporated. at. The iije is sotiiewli.it too moth Kh'tn lo s'nm p. consider others more lb in tin do The Income hi. was siilll.

for marriage half a ait at Is not pufllelent now. The fault dies put lie either with atcn or witn women, but rather with a urt.ilii link nf courage on the part of loth. A jieiit In the way of I-. swept way when two pi-o-pie Biiinmo 1 up inut.iKc to say frankly, "we cannot afford' Pile thine or tint The xvuiniin who famous the blinds In her front room and Inhabits dtirhiq the outlnR season her kin hen la a fi to marriage. The man whoso pt vet In tplres this saeritii of becomes dlssatlslied with himself, and unless he has mote character than you legili to cough.

ClofJ iv the Jootjat once by fjij tfo jfiflammation. wVr tW- sir J7. At rondltlon of the Iron business?" knock the earth out of his osltlon as the From seventy-five applicants Prof. XT nt r'urnlnir hm been fle- "I do not talk for publication?" The reporter hnd pursued lilt victim Into tho elevator, which was slowly do lected as superintendent of the Cedar st ling. P.enounclng any ambition for Falls schools, at a salary 01 li.nw a year, the coveted Interview, he said: "A fine day, JuiUe." "Not for publication," was the In- Thn locution nf the new Eas Poln bridge to be built ly tne governniei across the Mississippi at Dubuque hi ptlnctlve reply.

New Turk Mail and Siatir dales the doL. KxprcsM. been se eded. It will De at -risnn Ituriil free di-liveiy Is exb-ndcl atmuiK the iiiiuieis under lb-publican rule In the c. tttiive tlepai iments ami In enmtiess.

TliU U-imbU'-nn conRreHH hiw liv ierisi-d the oppniptliitlon for this inirpu. in ho thai more furinci a than ever will soon be having their mail delivered ai their doors, 1 wr-s ta Rock." I 7 Jrna In some of the larger cities of I that, unre system wiitn tats tho several secret societies many he hoI.iccs blmst If with a drink. a I maltlno- nrrnnepmcnl for a loltlt nt Srful rapidity. morlul service to be held on Sunday June 17. Joe.

twi ft.no, all OrufUtUtt, SCOTT ft BOWNK, ClwtiiiHn, New York. There are 8.S0O notaries public In Iowa ont lhnlr commissions will exnlrc Freo Ice Water Fountains. The Woman's Auxiliary of the Church Temperance society support twelve water fountain In Ihe tenement bouse districts. They are in operation from Mny 1 to October 1, Rnd many letters have been telling of th? constant stream of children with ptirh-era. draymen and others who have employed them.

The great increase this s'i son In the friee of Ice make It prohibitory for the poor, and therefore the fountains will prove even more of a blessing thnn heretofore. It cost $21 M) to eret one of these fountains and the no-clef tleHlres to extend the system New York Commercial Advertlaer. July I. All are expected to renew and thl( will bring Into the state treasury. Theper capita circulation t.f the country was May 1st.

It was only WI.K) when llryan xvas notiilnated In The failure iif five silver hag certainly not check-d the circulation. Representative I.etitz has lost no lime In entering upon the work of mis representing the testimony adduced In the Idaho investigation. Hut that suit of Ihina Is decidedly Lenities in. ttnter of the universe, but now he Is lalng relegated to a position that astronomically, eems worthy of very little attention. Prof.

Wadsworth of the Allegheny, nbserva'tory la now showing on a curved plate, a photograph of the constellation Orton and adjacent region covering l.tKH) square degrees, or a little patch measuring less than iKl degree on a side, or about one-eleventh of the great circle n'fid trhat do you think? it show Minting suns. The professor savs that he ha only B'ble to catch the li-gWt from -the larger of the suns In that and that these plan-etsare yet beyond the Joint power of the two eyelupH, the ttpiN'opt! and the camera. New Yorft'Hcrnld. A Small Boy' Reasoning. A very mall'Tlfilf imore boy has an adopted aunt of wh-im he Is very fond and xvho Ins passed, by some moons, the three score' and ten yeurs allotted to man.

Thn other da the two were looking together over Htme! picture In the Bible. One of t'lSe shepherd with his lamb InternKted the youngster so much that Aunt Vattle undertook to explain It, "You're onu of Ills little lambs," tih'J sMd finally. The small boy cogitated a moment. "Then I suppose you are one of His old sheep," be said, affmbly, which piece of reasoning pleaaed him so mightily that the remainder of the Illustration wen- gone over in silence. 'Baltimore New.

A western Iowa man, Is concerned In a company to manuracture comprenseo air and to construct vehicle to be moved by It which ha recently been Incorporated In New York with a capi Hon. K. W. Wilson, West Virginia' former governor, has written tin able paper In favor of the retention of the Philippines. Mr.

Wils in t-onbtnls that he Is still a llomotrat. but none the les tin American. lie will have a splendid chance to enc-me In an argument with the Democratic leaders. The Southern Democracy disfranchises the negro, runs Jitn-croxv cars on the rallrouuV, tuxes them without giving Ihom representation, lynches tliouc whom It chooses to Recuse, wtt trout the formality of a trial, and yet holds up Its liumla In holy horror because ihey fear the Hipubllcnns are going to the natives of Illco. IBM fl As as competent and leadership Is unable to secure a fullrnv Ing In the Democratic purty, the voter Sent Wales Off Into Laughter.

Some yettrs ago when the Prince of Wales wis visiting e. tirovlnclal town, the mayor greeted hhn with a flnxv nf eloquence, which hmvover, uddenly enme to an end. If he had lost his mtmoty, lie retained hl pr-senee nf tal ot $8,000,000. Iowa College Is'to have a new engineering building and the tate architect I 'busy preparing the specifications. The plan call for a four-story structure entirely Are proof, to cost $160,000 exclusive ot the equipment.

He Saw It. "The bos I goln' to give a dinner to will tint 'be tllsuiis-d to trust (hat or- guiilxatlun with their InteroU. mlntl, however, and, apologizing to tho The 'explosion of a lyddite shell In clnse proximity to a human head Is said to (urn the hair a beautiful yellow. prince, said: "I am nfrald, air. I am a little like one of your ancestera, who lost his head." This was too much for tho.

Women given to "bleaching" should he encouraged to try this. ome of the "hoy," saia me man politician. "I got an Invite thl and on the bottom of It was printed 'R. 8. V.

P. What Aotm that mean?" "I wonder," mused the ward worker. "MRv.be 'V. P. stands for 'Vice President" "Oh, see It now," cried the other.

Philadelphia Press. IN EOT BQUIRBNT. prince' gravity, and he "burst Into a hearty nt nf laughter Chicago New. "Freddy, what mskes you talk from morning until night?" "So' I'll be good eomp'ny for my. elf." Indianapolis Journal.

The atate goes so far In the exercise Industrial functions in Germany as to warn the public whon business boom appears to have reached maximum. Some days ago the government. The Ohio Democrat have decided to The Maid soldier sweetheart swore he loved me better than life. The MatronThat' nothing. Being a soldier, he prenumed to care nothing for life.

Kansas City Independent, be good and toddle along In the Bryan BhUMiveBr Service. column. Tho Ohio Democrats usually.