The Kansas Agriculturist du lieu suivant : Atchison, Kansas • 3

THE AGRICULTURIST, ATCHISON, OCTOBER 31, 1898. SENATOR PORAKBR'S ESCAPE. KANSAS GRAIN HEN. about It than I do myself and I know nothing whatever," e'ald a prominent Populist and a state appointive officer at the court house yesterday. "There is an element of uncertainty about the present campaign that makes It impossible to estimate results," be continued.

"Should the 8th of Novem EXPLOSION. the next house of about 25 votes." On the other band, the Republican committee nays the complexion of congress will mat be changed. WANT A SHOW OF WAR. Havana, Oct. 27.

The American evacuation committee has frequently asked for battleships. General Butler says If a show of strength is not prestige wifl bo lost with the Cubans. The work of preparing for the recep Bullet Crashed, Through a Car In Which he was Riding. Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 27.

Senator Foraker came here on the Baltimore Ohio express today, arriving at 6:50 p. m. Some 20 miles south of Columbus a bullet crashed through the coach In which he was riding, coming In one window, and going put of the one directly opposite. No one was struck, and the broken glass was at the farther end of the car from where he was sitting. No one has the slightest suspicion as to who fired the bullet.

HERE IS A YELLOW STORY. New York, Oct. 27. The Times says that William Astor Chandler said last night that all army contracts are given to Republicans to serve political ends. He said Abner McKinley, brother of the presidetn, made a pot of money out of a clothing contract given to a firm for which he is counsel.

WILL PUNISH THE CHINESE. Pekln, Oct. 27. The foreign ministers have demanded the removal from Pekln of the Chinese soldiers who attacked a party of English engineers. Taung Li Yaman conceded the demand and will inflict exemplary punishment on the offenders.

MORE dF THE DREYFUS CASE. Paris, Oct. 27. The court of cessation assembled at No demonstrations. Counceljor Bard, to whom was assigned the investigation of the application for the review of the Drey fus case, reads a lengthy review.

He said none of the secret documents had been presented to him. He said that Colonel Henry's forgery and suicide was alone sufficient to necessitate a re vision of the case to be dealt with. He took up Esterhazy's connection and Deputy DeClam's connection and Pic-quart's discoveries and said there was no evidence that Dreyfus was guilty: only suspicions. He said the minister of justice informed him. that Deputy DeClam vainly endeavored to extort a confession from Dreyfus recently.

HOW WICHITA WILL GO. L. D. Lewelling Thinks it will be Re publican by a Small Majority. Topeka, Oct.

27. "The Republicans are doing everything they pos sibly can to carry the Seventh said ex-Governor Lewelling, who came up from Wichita, "and especially Sedgr wick county, but I am certain that the Populists will have a good majority in that county. The city of Wichita. I think, will probably go Republican, but not by as large a majority as usual. It has been giving the Republicans about 500, but it won do that this year.

I understand on good authority," continued Governor Lewelling, "that the Republicans are making prenara tions to hire the negroes of Wichita to stay at home election day. There are about 400 or 500 negroes there that will vote the Populist ticket if they vote at all, but if the Republicans hire them to do something that will keep them away rrom tne pons it will make a consider able difference in the result." Of course, Lewelling gives the Populist, view. The Republicans claim that htaniey will run ahead of his ticket in Wichita and in Sedgwick county. THE KANSAS ELECTION. Both the Fusionists and Republicans Claim the State.

Topeka, Oct. 27. Both the fusion and Republican state central committees, in their prepared statements, claim Kansas for their respective parties at the approaching election. Chairman Riddle of the Populist committee, says that Governor Leedy will be re-elected by 12,000, and that the congressional delegation will stand six Populists, one Democrat, and one Republican. Chairman Albaugh of the Republican committee, claims the state by 20,000, and also claims seven of the eight congressmen.

LAWRENCE MAN IN LIMBO. Lawrence, Oct. 27. S. R.

Nelson, of the firm of Strahm Nelson, stone cutters of this city, was arrested last evening by a United States mar-fvW on the charge of sending an ob-tne letter through the mails. The letter was written to the Rev. C. M. Sharpe, pastor of the Christian church of this city.

Mr. Nelson denies having written the letter, and the only proof is a resemblance between, his handwriting and that of the letter. The letter was the outgrowth of a factional quarrel in the church. LUTIE LYTLE'S LUCK. Appointed Law Teacher In the Central Tennessee College.

Topeka, Oct 27. Miss Lutie A. Lytle, Topeka's colored woman lawyer, has been appointed to be a teacher im the law department of the Central Tennessee college, at Nashville, from: whence she graduated a year ago. Miss Lytle will teach the law of domestic relations, evidence, real property crimes and criminal procedure. It is said that she Is the only woman' law instructor in the world.

A DEMOCRATIC GUESS. Washington, Oct. 27 Chairman Kerr of the Democratic congressional campaign committee, is preparing a forecast of the election results to be issued in the last week of tine campaign. His figures as row compiled, show a probable gain of about 55 congressmen. "We expect to carry at least 55 districts that are now represented by Republican members," said Mr.

Kerr today. "This will give us a majority in I They Will Be Represented at Kansas City by Officials. SHORTAGE ON GRAIN SHIPMENTS The Bureau to Prevent Discrepancies Between Shippers' Statements and Elevator Reports. Kansas City, Oct 27. The Kan sas Grain Dealers' association, repre senting 000 firms which ship to this market, will be represented here after November 1 by a manager and secretary and a corps of 19 checkinen, who will be stationed at the elevators.

Their purpose is to look after every shipment made by members, and inspect each car as to the quality and weight of grain at the time of unload ing. A committee appointed by President M. B. Iliatt, of Willis. mat at the Savoy hotel yesterday to elect the managers and checkinen.

It was com posed of M. L. Cortelyon. Museotah; H. L.

Strong, Coffeyville; E. J. Srm ley, Concordia; M. B. Hiatt, Willis, and G.

S. Carkener and B. C. Christopher, of Kansas City. M.

G. Consley, of Wichita, was chosen for manager of the Kansas City bureau. The candidates for position as checkinen were required to qualify with two years' experience in the elevator business. Five selected yesterday were J. A.

Miller, Wichita; G. A. Strait, Museotah; Victor Farris, Concordia; F. A. Jones, Uolton, and W.

L. Tnompson Wichita. The purpose of the bureau is to prevent discrepancies between the shippers' statements and the elevator reports and, where, they occur, to detect the cause and locate the responsibility where it belongs, with the shipper, the railroad or the elevator, as the case may It in no way as-umes the work of the state inspector or weighmaster. The bureau will have the co-operation of Inspector W. W.

Culver and the approval and assistance of all the elevator and commission men of Kansas City. A record of each shipment will be forwarded to Manager Consley by the shipper. He will furnish the proper checkraan with a transcript When the grain is weighed out the check-man will be at hand and any discrepancy can be noted and an investigation made before the grain has gone into, the elevator and lost its identity. It will avoid much of the trouble which invariably attends the handling of grain in a large city where the cars pass through several hands before reaching their destination. The expenses of the bureau will be borne by a tax on the members of 125 cents per car sold on the Kansas City market.

As a result of correspondence with the Nebraska and Oklahoma associations it is probable that they will patronize the Kansas bureau when it is in working order. The Kansas Grain Dealers' associa tion was organized less than two years ago, largelv through the efforts of Secretary E. J. Smiley, of Concordia. Sixty-one new members have been added in the last 30 days.

The next annual meeting will be held the first week in January at Topeka. BREIDENTHAL HAS A PLAN. Kansas' Bank Commiailaiwr Wunlrt Have State Bank Maintain a Onarantce Fuml In ttin ttte Treasury. Leavenworth, Oct 37. At yes terday's session of the Kansas State Bankers' association Bank Commis sioner lireiaentnai read a paper on "Guarantee Fund for State Banks." Mr.

Uroldenthal said It was necessary that the state should provide someihlnK more than a supervision tn order to Increase the business of banks and prevent failures. To do this he proposed that all banks in Kaphas should be required to deposit wiui tue state treasurer a sum equal to live per cent, of the average deposits of the liunlt, the money so deposited to bo placed to the credit of the bank upon the treasurer's boolss jnd considered a part of the reserve of the banij. In conclusion, a said the banker should iisi care imd prudenee that he may continue to lioep his banl safe, remain in business ui.d die- in the harness, which Is the happiest an 1 bost end for the business man. ROBBERS SENTENCED. Five Hots at St.

JMph Oivmi Ten Tears Each In I'rlnon for Holding Cp a Burlington Train. St Joseph, Ma, Oct 28. In the criminal court yesterday Herbert Donovan, Alonzo Arteburn. Charles Cook, James Hathaway and William Hathaway were sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years for robbing a Burlington passenger train near St. Joseph the evening of August 11.

The robbers are mere boys and of good families. On this account the railroad and express, officials consented to the assessment of the minimum fine upon their plea of guilty. The robbery was successfully executed, but no booty was secured. After throwing the safe containing a large amount of money from the train the boys became frightened and ran away without opening it. They proceeded to their homes in this city and next day James Hathaway made a confession and all were arrested.

ber be a stormy day there is a very good chance that the Republicans will elect their ticket. "Men may talk as tbey please, but there has been nothing in this cam paign to change a great many votes one way or the other. There will be no landslide. The vote will be very flnA am certain that the fuslonlsts have a majority of the votes In the state, but their danger will come in not getting them out. "The Republican vote, of course, Is greater in the towns than is that of the Populists, and it will be easier to get The man who bets his hard earined money on the outcome of this election is taking wide chances." FOR BREACH OF PROMISE.

Hutchinson Pastor Sued bv an Irate Woman and Property Attached. Hutchinson, Oct. 27. At the district court today a motion was argued to dismiss am attachment in the case of Mrs. Mary Swickard vs.

Rev. John P. Ealmore. The suit was brought by Mrs. Swickard for breach of promise.

She claims that the Rev. Ealmore promised to marry her, and that, after a lengthy courtship.refused to carryout his promise. When the suit was brought Mrs. Swickard had the residence property of the Rev. Ealmore attached.

The motion argued today is to dismiss this attachment. Rev. Ealmore claims upon his part that there has never been a courtship, and that hie and Swickard merely associated together for the sake of companionship. He claims further that Mrs. Swickard has never obtained a legal separation from her husband.

MORE CARS FOR R. I. P. Success of Car Building at Horton Re-1 suits in New Orders. Horton, Oct.

27. About four months ago the Rock Island shops at Horton began box and stock cars on an extensive scale. They have now reached a record of 24 new box cars a week, and the indications are that the capacity will be Increased. Thte quality of the work was of such a character and the reduced expense of building so gratifying to the company that an order has been placed with Superintendent Fitz Gibbon far 50 more double-deck palace stock cars. This is in addition to the large order for box cars, upon which the force is now working.

Thte success of car building in Horton will no doubt result in a permanent thing, for the company haa discovered that it can build Its own cars with less -expense and secure better results than by letting the contract to eastern firms. A BROKEN NECK STORY. Has Lived Fifteen Years with his Neck Broken. Independence, Oct. 27.

Will lam M. Lewis, known in this section as the man with a broken neck, was brought over from Cherrvvale today and placed in the county jail for safe keeping. Fifteen years ago Lewis, then a boy, met with an accident which re sulted in his neck being put out of joint. In other ways he was not affected by his fall, but has been compelled to- wear a sort of iron mask over his head and face to keep his liead in place. The doctors say his neck is out of joint hut that an attempt to put it back again would probably result fatally to him, and no attempt has ever been made.

Recently, however, his mind has been affected, and last January "he was declared insane by the probate court, "but as there was no room in the asylum for him, the court appointed his broth er, Royal Lewis, as "his guardian. Late ly "he had become unruly and troublesome and he ran away and was found in Cherrvvale and "brought here. He will be sent to the asylum now. TO VOTE AT HOME. Two Kansas Regiments Will Perhaps Return Before Election Day.

Topeka, Oct. 27. The nrobfi bilitles now are that twio of the Kansas regiments will be at home on election day. It was announced that the fur lough of the Twenty-first has been extended from October 28 to November 10, and it is now thought that the TWenty-second will have all been mus tered out by November 4. This will leave only the Twentieth, all three battalions of which will probably be ion the ocean, and the Twenty- third, which is at Santiago, in the field.

A ROUGH RIDER'S JOB. Begins Work in the Boiler Shop at the Newton Shops. Newton'. Oct. 27.

A helner fcv the name of Baker has resigned his po sition in the Santa Fe boiler shop here, and William J. Love, one of Roosevelt's Rough Riders, has taken the Position. Mr. T.rvvf is nti olrl remi- lar army boy, having been located at Ft. Whipple and also at Ft.

Riley, but im April, 1898, enlisted in the Rough Riders and of course saw plenty of service at Santiago. He enlisted at Gallup, N. M. BRYAN SERIOUSLY ILL. Savannah, Oct.

28. Colonel Brv an is reported enriously ill todav. It Is reported thlat he has typhoid fever ana nis friends are anxious about him Hired Man Puts Giant Powder in the Stove. 'T KNOW IT WAS LOADED. Jaw Penetrated ans Premises Blown Almost to Pieces.

Parsons, Oct. 27. William Wi'lmcth and family of Edna, in this county, noticed a peculiar sulphurous odor comlne from a heating stove which had just been put up during the cold snap a few days ago. Mrs. Wll-moth left the house and Mr.

Wllmoth Intended to do likewise as soon as fie could turn the damper In the stove pine. While he had his hand on the stove it was blown to atoms by an ex plosion. 1 i 1 It was afterwards learned that the hired 'man had, during the early summer, placed several sticks of giant powder In the stove for safe keeping anidi had forgotten to remove it. Mr "Wiimoth, although standing almost over the stove at the time of the explo sion, strange to say, was not knocked down. He was Dadly lacerated about the lower limbs by the fragments of iron, one piece making an ugly wound in the fleshy part of the thigh.

Both arms were badly cut and the face sus tained several deep wounds. One fly Sng piece of iron cut its way through the lower jaw into the mouth. The room in which the explosion occurred was almost a wreck. The1 windows were out and the doors torn down by the terrific force of the explo sion. A sewing machine and bureau standing in the room were literally torn to pieces.

The barrels of a shot gun which was lying under a bed were almost cut off by a piece of the stove, THEY FOUND THE WHISKY. Amusing Story in Which Three Smiths and a Populist Candidate Figured. The following story Teadavery well. hut it will be impossible to make peo ple believe that political candidates in Kansas ever drink whisky. The Emporia Republican relates the incident in this way: W.

E. Stanley, W. R. Smith and several other politicians, among them a prominent Populist official, who is also a candidate for re-election, came in here last Saturday night over the Superior branch. They had all been up in the northwest part of the state making speeches.

The prominent fusion candidate chanced to meet on the train an old friend in the person of a traveling man from Fort Scott. The candidate broached the subject of a little whisky. He said he was never so dry in his life. The traveling man's bottle was empty and he suggested tapping Stanley, who was only a few seats away. "That won't do," said the "'he don't Let us go and hunt up Smith.

I think he will have Eometliing." Smith had gone to bed in the Pullman. The candidate and the traveling man looked up the Pullman conductor and found out which berth Smith occupied. The candidate then reached in behind the curtains and arousing the sleeping man said, "Smith have you got any whisky?" You bet," the half awakened man, reaching down the back side of the berth and handing otit a long black bottle. The pair outside seized it and took a hearty swig each. The man in the berth by this time had become sufficiently aroused to stick his head out iron behind the curtains.

It wasn't W. R. Smith! at but a big redheaded fellow that neither the candidate nor traveling man had ever seen before. The latter said, 11, we've got the wrong man." "No, we havn't," said the candidate. "He's the fellow that's got the whisky, ain't he?" This Smith was from Kentucky and apologies were unnecessary.

A little further Investigation developed the fact that there were no less than three Smiths aboard the sleeper. WHAT A POPULIST SAYS. He Thinks Kansas a Mighty Close Shave, Topeka, Oct. 27. "The men who are giving out election figures at this time do not know one whit more tion of the American army is progressing rapidly.

Colonel Hecker In charge says the camp here will oe a model for the armies of the world. NO CRISIS THREATENED. Washington Oct. 27. It Is aulhori- tively stated that nothing occurred that will shorten McKinley stay in.

Philadelphia, Important telegrams were forwarded to Philadelphia las night, but notheing has arisen thnt the peace commissioners cannot take care of, as no crisis is threatened. SECRETARY PLEADS IGNORANCE. Washington, Oct. 27. The Secretary of state says that nothing la known here about the reported purchase by the government of Samana fcr coaling station.

RHEUMATISM CURED IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. T. J. Blackmore of Haller Black-more, Pittsburgh, says: "A short time since I procured a bottle cf Mystic Cure. It got me out of the house in 24 hours.

I took to my bed with! Rheumatism nine months ago and the Mystic Cure is the only medicine that did me any good. I had five of the best physicians in the city, but I received very little relief from, them. I know the Mystic Cure to be what it is represented and take pleasure In recommending it to other poor sufferers." Sold by M. Noll, druggist, C27 Commercial street, Atchison. COLONEL BRYAN IS ILL.

Savannah, Oct. 27. Colonel Bryan is not seriuoly ill, but is confined to his room. He has not yet received any brother officers. It is expected that Mrs.

Bryan will be here in a few days. KANSAS BOYS FOR MANILA. San Francisco, Oct. 27. Two 'battalions of Funston's Kansas regiment embarked on the Indiana this morning.

They sail for Manila this afternoon. ANOTHER FIGHT. San Francisco. Oct. 27.

Lavinge and Tracy are matched for 20 rounds here November 22. LAST OF THE MOHICAN'S. Cooperstown, N. Oct. 27.

Mrs1. Richard Cooper, last surviving daughter of Fenimore Cooper, died last night at the age of 79. COMES TO KANSAS FOR A BRIDE. Sweet Springs, Oct 27. Dr.

J. F. Jarvis of this city, was married at high noon yesterday in Valley Falls, to Miss Emma Armi-tead, a beautiful and wealthy young lady. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. i Washington.

The reports of experts to the naval board are to the effect that two or three of Cervera's ships can be saved. i Chicago. Tuesday's- gale on. Laker Michigan was one of the most destructive ever known. A half dozen steamers and a score cf schooners were wrecked.

At St. Joseph, for the first time in 30 years waves extended a distance of a thousand feet to the life saving and wreckage straws the shore for miles, i i Cincinnati, Ohio. A cablegram announces that Captain, Foraker, who was ill at Havana, has recovered and will start for home next week. Paris. There is no truth in the London rumor that Faure was assassinated Havana.

Sampson has taken energetic steps against granting Spaniards the time requested for evacuation. Recently at Pardoes Spaniards made the statement that it would take four to six months to complete the evacuation when Sampson arose and said: "Evacuation can be carried out in 40 daya and it must be done." i Nassua. N. H. It is rumored that the United States has bought Samana bay, San Domingo, and will establish a coaling station Washington, The Buffalo will start for Manila this week with 700 recruits besides supplies.

i London It is said1 that Ted Sloane will ride In England exclusively in 1899 as a special retainer for Lord Beres- ford. New York. A quarter of a million-dollars been waged In Wall street on the election of governor. Most of it was placed without odds. THE NICARAGUA CANAL Managua, Nicaragua, Oct.

28. The contract of President Zelaya and Eyre Parby of New York, requires wioik on the inter-oceanic canal to begin within 25 months. It authorizes them to purchase right of the Maritime company, which expire next October, and requires the opening of a transit loute across Niearagv within three years and the con1, ion of the canal within 10 years..