The Topeka State Journal from Topeka, Kansas • Page 1

NO. 126. TOPEKA, KANSAS. TUESDAY EVENING. MAY 27.

1890. VOL.XV11L fiONE TO THE WALL. A REPUBLICAN CAUCUS A Motion Prevails that Shawnee County Have a Candidate Before the Emporia Congressional Convention. About seventy republicans gathered at the board of trade rooms last evening and talked over the advisability of sending to Emporia, on June 24th, a delegation favoring a Shawnee county candidate or congress to succeed Hon. Harrison Kelley.

A motion was made by W. Sterne, and passed after a discussion, that Shawnee county "have a candidate before that convention. The debate following the motion was long and covered a wide range of topics, embracing county, state' and national politics, good words for Mr. Kelley and harsh ones, the new apportionment, our present, past and future political, congressional and local wishes, desires and environments. Considerable amusement not to say ridiculous situations developed during the course of the meeting.

It was brought out during the caucus that the original number THEIR WORK ENDED. Tho Presbyterian General Assembly Adjourns To-day. Great Growth of the Church Dur- rS ing the Year. i Membership Increased by Over pne Hundred Thousand. Another Conference on the Pension Bill Without Besult.

rt'e rresDyterian General AJsenaoiy aq- journs. Saratoga, N. May. 27. In the Presbyterian general assembly this morning the committees on bills and overtures and the judiciary committee recommended "no action" on several proposals.

The report of -the committee gave a summary of the progress oer the entire field. The total number of communicants is over 856,000, a gain during the year of 103,902. The benevolent contribution to all causes was not less than $13,000,000. Considerable debate arose over the blame on the elders implied in the report, and the chairman of the committee, Dr. Hodge; "was instructed to modify it so as to apply only to some elders.

Notices of the death of the large number of 117 ministers was read by the clerk. The assembly arose and was led in a prayer by the Rev. Theodore F. White D. of New Jersey." Most of the deceased were of a quite advanced age.

The report of the judiciary committee was read and the committee discharged. It was the question in the narrative circular as to the fidelity, of sessions be omitted in future. Elder Trumbull, of California, moved that a resolution in favor of meetings of the sessions at least monthly, was adopted. It was resolved that Elders Flickinger and Griffith, of Iowa, urge upon congress in the name of- this assembly the passage of the law permitting states to prohibit or restrict the liquor traffic now before the senate. Dr.

Fisk of Chicago moved that the revision committee be allowed to publish their conclusions as early as March or April next in their own decision. Adopted. After remarks by the moderator, singing "Blest Be the Tie that Binds" and prayer by Howard Crosby D. the benediction was pronounced and the assembly stood adjourned to meet at Detroit next year. THE PENSION BILL.

Difficulties in the Way of an Agreement. Washington, May 27. The senate conferees on the disagreeing votes of the two houses of congress on the pensiocbills have agreed on all points of difference except that relating to service pensions. They are still firmly opposed to granting even a modified service pension, on the ground that the time has not come for allowing such. The house conferees are unwilling to indorse the dependent or pauper feature of the senate bill and that is what makes the trouble.

The house conferees insist that the modified service pension provided in their bill does not call for an expenditure of tmore than $5,000,000 or $6,000,000 in excess of the senate bill and as the ex-soldiers have been led to believe that a republican con- gress would do even more for the veterans it will not do to dodge- that issue by passings bill that is objectionable to most of the Grand Army posts because of it3 pauper features, and therefore they will continue to insist that the senate dependant bill be laid aside and the Morrill bill agreed The conferees are to hold another meeting to-morrow. A MEETING HELD TO-DAY. Washington, May 27. The conferees on the general pension bill had another conference to-day, but accomplished nothing. They talked an hour and then adjourned until next Monday.

One report says they are not drifting apart, but inasmuch as an early agreement was expected when the conferees separated last week, an impression prevails that the outlook is less favorable than it was then. TO GIVE SHOWS A CHANCE: A Bill Granting: Special Hates to Drum- mora and Theatrical Companies. Washington, May 27. ATgood sized hole will have been made In the inter- -State commerce act if Senator Quay successful in securing the passage through both houses of the bill he has introduced into the senate. This measure in its original form, provided that all prohibitions against railroads furnishing transportation at reduced rates should be removed so far as commercial travelers are concerned.

Just as soon as this bill had been introduced and reported Sena-: tor Quay was sought in conference by Congressman Henry Hansborough of North Dakota who urged that 'the same privileges should be made to embrace the theatrical profession, Senator Quay was willing, and Representative Hansbrough thereupon prepared a bill, which is now pending in the committee on commerce, and which removes both the commercial traveling and theatrical element from the operations of the inter-state law. A superficial canvass of the house and senate was made a few days ago, and is believed that the measure will pass without any considerable opposition. 3Ieanwhile the various traveling men's associations as well as the The atrical Managers Association of America and the Actors Uraer 01 rnena-ship have taken' up the question, and before many days both branches of the national legislature will oe oom-barded with; petitions and resolutions from all over the country in favor of the measures. The rjrincioal railroad men of the country It is understood, will offer no opposition to its passage, wane tne members of the inter-state commerce commission cannot very well do anything else tnan maintain a neutrai posiuon. iu some quarters, however, it is held very strongly that If congress consents to recognize the professions indicated as a privileged class, it will not be long before ways and means are found of getting around other obnoxious features of the act and that, thus it vrill eventually become a dead letter.

LATE PERSONALS. W. W. Admire is visiting in Concordia Senator A L. Redden is down from El Dorado.

5 Hon. Nick Reitz, of Johnson "county, is among the farmer politicians present today. Hon. A R. Greene went home to-day and will place himself under the care of a physician.

Chas M. Hovey, treasurer of Thoma3 county, is in the city. Mr. Hovey is a candidate for state auditor. Miss Maude Archibald has returned from Horton, where she has been teaching guitar music the past four months.

Mrs. S. W. Pierce and Mrs. M.

Sey-mour, of Junction City, are visiting Mrs. G. W. Stout at 207 East Tenth, street. Hon.

John Gilmore, of the Fredonia Citizen, member of the republican state central committee, is in TopeUa to-day for the first time in over two years. Chief of Police John Gardiner aiKl Captain Donovan, went tqw Osiigo to-day to testify in the case, of the hardware burglars who were captured in North Topeka with a revolvers. G. W. Arnold Sedan; S.

G. Stover, Belleville; CoL E. C. Culp, Salina; Senator R. W.

Blue, of Mound City, and Geo. A Clark, of Junction City, are late arrivals to attend the meeting of the state central committee. Hon. Ira F. Collins, of Sabetha.

department commander of the G. is in the citr to-day and he authorizes the statement that he will be. a candidate to succeed E. N. Morrill in the First, congressional 'district.

W. R. Smith and W. W. Guthrie, Colonel D.

R. AnthonyLeavenworth, and Senator J. S. Codding, of Louisville, Pottawatomie county, are mentioned as probable candidates for.the nomination. The congressional committee meets at Holton on Thursday of this week.

The residence of E. T. Shelton on Morris avenue took fire yesterday evening. When discovered' the basement was all ablaze and the flames coming from the windows. The women of the neighborhood organized a fire brigade in one half minute and aided the family so effectually that-the fire was soon subdued and the residence saved.

Damage about $100; fully covered by insurance. The board railroad commissioners rendered an opinion to-day in the matter of the trustees ot Belpre and Wayne townships, Edwards county, declingto order additional passenger train service on the Hutchinson branch, of the Santa Fa. Robert-B. Marshall and Lilly Z. Rapier are being tried in' Justice Hale's court this afternoon for threatening the life of W.

B. Rapier. The are all old people and the case is attracting' some attention. TO-DAY'S. MARKETS At Kansas.

City. Kansas Cm, May27, 1S91 The Live Stock Indicator report: CATTLEKeceiDts, Shipmsnta, 1,700. Market stead? tolOc higher. 8tera, $3 t50 95; cow. 12 O03 85; atocken and feeders, $1 2" -3 80.

HOGS Receipts, StfOQ. Shipments, au Market higher. All gradee, S3 70Q3 80; bollMJSeS 77. BiiiLKP BeceintB, 4.70a BhlpmsnU, 3,8001 Market steady. Good to choice mnttoat li 00 5 00- stockers and.

feeders, S3 60S 80; lambs, $2 50g4 00. WHjflAT Steady. 2 hard. xuh May bid 834o asked; No. 2 reJl cash, 8838ttc; May S8c bid, no offerincs.

(JOHN bteady. Ne. caeh nothing do. ingx May27i4c OATS Easier. 5 2 caah, 2527c; May no bids, 28c asked.

5 EYE o. 2 caeh sales 47c; May, 47c offerings. AY Unchanged. tBOTTEli-Unchangad. At Chicago.

,.4 CKTCAao, May 27, 1831. HOGS-- 13,0001 Market actirt and higher. Light i3 954 05; -Mixed, S3 CAiTt-Beceipta 6,500. lrket stronger. Beevea $3 KX uo etocken aad feeders i tuiy 1 8a.

t.t BHEEP. Eeceipte; 5.50O. Market etcong. OoCtJ.i; lamb S3 7X. ITT AJfTEDA tidy white girl as tecond girl four iniles oat oa Circle liae-good veges.

Address box 137 Uepeka TTAMTED-Tjro If i foundry, it at "Western STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. The Active Work of the Campaign to Be-; gin at Once. The republican state central committee met at the'Copeland at 4 o'clock this afternoon, pursuant to a call of the chairman, "for the purpose of filling vacancies In the committee, naming the time and the place of holding the republican state convention, fixing the basis of representation and transacting such other business as may come before the committee." 1 he, following is the personnel of the committee: Ira F. Collins, Sabetha; R.W. Blue, Pleasanton; C.

H. Cox, Erie; J. M. Council Grove: Georse Vv. Clark.

Junction-City; C. M. Reville, I Stockton; J. M. Simpson, McPherson; Ed.

F. Jones, xioiton: Andrew J. White. JNortonville: J. G.

Slonecker, Topeka; Peter A. Dalhie, -Lawrence Harrison Kellev. Burlington: J. J. Stewart, Fort Scott; J.

S. Gilmore, xredonia; A P. Riddle. Minneapolis: R. A Campbell, Hutchinson; H.

A Perkins, Ulathe; J. N. Ritter, Columbus; E. E. Swearinsren.

Concordia; George W. Ar nold, Sedan; Tell W. Walton, Lincoln; W. S. Kenyon, Jetmore; G.

A Spauldmg, Phillipsburg; Murray Meyers, Wichita; R. T. Simmons, Caldwell; H. C. Taylor, Lyons; Geo.

S. Carnell, Alma; SoL Miller, Troy; Jas. H. Reeder, Hays City; N. E.

Sisson, Coldwater; J. Ware Butterfleld, Marion; R. F.Moore, Benton; Jesse "Taylor, Garden, City; Chas. A Taylor, Pratt; D. E.

Cornell, Wyandotte. TERRIBLE DOUBLE MURDER. A Salvation Army Officer at Bedalla Kills His Benefactors. Ssdalia. May 27.

Thomas Wil liamson, a salvation army officer, walked Into the park yesterday morning and took a seat. Soon thereafter he was noticed to be suffering great pain, and admitted to parties who interested themselves in his welfare that he had taken a dose of Later in the day the neigh bors of Jefferson Moore, a farmer who re sides four miles from the city, and at whose house Williamson had been stop ping for some time past, reported the finding of the body of Mr. Moore buried in the cellar of the house. The coroner was notified and an investigation revealed the fact that Moore had been killed with an ax while asleep in bed. A search was then made for Charlie Moore, the 29-year-old son of the murdered man.

His body was found buried in a field near the house. The young l-man bead- bad been mashed in by a blow from the rear and the body was buried as it fell face downward. The murderer then hitched up a team and plowed over the grave. Suspicion at once pointed to Williamson as the murderer. He was removed from the Salva tion Army barracks to the 3 ail and will probablv recover.

He has confessed to the killing. The prisoner is 54 vears old and has lived in this locality for several years. The Moores allowed him to make his home at their place through pity. Williamson claims in his confession that he was hired to commit the crime, but this is not believed by the officers. Williamson visited a girl yesterday morning and gave her a book for safe keeping, which contained what purported to be a three lease," signed by.

Moore, of the farm and personal property, toi Williamson; also a watch which had belonged to one of the murdered men. Williamson is also accused of killing his wife, who disappeared from home a couple of years ago. He stated at the time that she had gone to Illinois on a visit; but he has since admitted that she was buried on the farm on which they lived at that time. HAUK DISCHARGED. The case.

against Albert Hauk, which has been pending in Justice Chesney's court for some time, was finished this afternoon and Hauk was discharged on the condition that he would pay all the costs and leave- Shawnee county at once. He was charged with obtaining goods under false pretenses from Abe Steinberg, and was arrested on that charge in Chicago, and was brought back to Topeka by Chief of Police John Gardiner. FINED ONE CENT. Mrs. John McCaull and Mrs.

Shultz live at Oakland, and they have both been arrested in Justice Jamison's court for assault. A small boy, a slungshot and broomstick figure in the case. Mrs. McCaull pleaded guilty this afternoon and on the advice of the county attorney her fine was placed at one cent and costs. 1 The Dally Ballot," St.

Joseph, May 27. Ex-Pbst-m aster Hyde's new paper will be known as the Daily Ballot, and the first number will appear June 5. It will be seven coltmns, sjx pages, with from: twelve to sixteen pages on Sunday. Mr. Hyde will be the managing editor, but he has not yet chosen either his associate or city editor.

E. W. West, Mr. Hyde's half-brotherwho was formerly superintendent of the postal card agency in the St. Louis postoffice, will be business manager.

Mr. Hyde has, already his family to St. Joseph. A Corner In Cotton. New Yoke, May 27.

There is every indication of a corner in the cotton market and the bears are climbing over each other in their efforts to cover. The trading started with a sale in July options at one p6int advance. That month immediately moved up and in the first hour advanced eighteen June and August were urgently bid -ior and advanced fifteen points in the same period. Just after noon July sold at1296, an advance of 42 points from, the opening and the rest of the present crop months were 40 points above last night's Hare "Not Joined the i Chicago, May 27. of thefirm of Henry H.

Sheffield says that the persistent rumors being cir culated that theyt had oined the distilling: and cattle feeding trust generally Known as the whisky trust) or. entered into any sort of a combination with them are sim-" ply sent out for the purpose of affecting the stocks of the trust in New York and are without a particle of foundation." i Now Shawnee candidate wish es to be led to Emporia. a rJ Robert' C. Heizer, of Osage City, is I a tTopska visitor to-day. WONSra.WARI.

The German Catholics Open the Public School Qnestion, By Holding a Big Meeting at The Bennett Compulsory Education Bill to Be Discussed. Iola Presents a Candidate For Funston's Place. Catholicism and the Public Schools. Milwaukee, May 27. -The sessions of the German Catholic convention were resumed this morning in the hall of the Deutscher Maennerverein; questions of of importance regarding the benevolent lay societies connected-with the church beinc the order of the dav.

The pro ceedings are being conducted in the Ger man tongue. Public interest, however, centers largely upon the. mass convention to be held in the academy to-night, anl which has been specially called to consider the relations of the Roman Catholics with the public schools. The sentiment of this meeting in a large measure govern; the probable action of the forthcoming national convention of German Catholics; and will moreover be in the nature of a national key-note. Alderman P.

J. Som-ers, president of the city council, is to speaK on the school question, Hon. hi. J. Spannhorst, of St Louis, president of the National association, will touch on the relations of the denomination to the pub lic schools; Rev.

Dr. Joseph Wiechmann of La Crosse, on the attitude of the church toward societies of the present time; Theodore Hersten on the German Catholic as an American citizen; and Rev. G. D. Heldman, of Chicago, on "The Children." The convention this morning was called to order at 11 o'clock' when speeches were made by William Casper, of Milwaukee; H.

J. Spaunhorst, of St. Louis; Rev. Father Fieldmann, of Chicago, and others. Mr.

Spaunhorst said the Bennett law presented a political question that Catholics could not ignore, because it directly affected the welfare of their institutions. While Rev. Fieldmann was speaking, a committee escorted Bishop Flasch and Razor and Administrator Zeininger to the stage. The audience arose as the bishops came In and remained standing till the dignitaries were seated. After nearly all members of the committee on the stage had saluted bishops by bending the knee and kissing the extended hand, Chairman Kaiser called upon Bishop Flasch to make an address.

MucH Sickness Among Actors. New May. 27, A remarkable number of prominent members of the theatrical profession are reported on the sick list in this country and across the ocean. Frederick Paulding is seriously ill at his residence on 125th street in this Flora; Kingsley-Huntingdon, who was the leading lady with the Captain Swift company, until the close of the recent season and who has since been ill, has been compelled to enter St. Vincent's hospital for treatment.

Grace Talking, the bewitching little creature, who has taken a prominent part in -numerous spectacular extravaganzas under the management of David and who was with Sol Smith Russell during the past season, is down with an attack of pneumonia. Helen Stuart is convalescing after a severe attack of fever, while May de Mar of Roland Reed's company, is an inmate of the city hospital at Auburn. Reports from London say that Mrs. Willie Edsuin, and Miss Enid Leslie, two well known American members of the profession, are seriously ill, and that Beatrice Cameron is dying of quick consumption in the south of France. i i ,1, The Adulteration of Beer.

Washington, May 27. The ways and means committee is engaged to-day in neanng statements irom persons interested in the bill introduced in the senate by Mr. Wolcott," and in the house by Representative Turner, which is directed against the adulteration of beer. The measure is opposed by a number of the most prominent brewers of the coun try, but a favorable report is expected. The Methodist Conference Closed.

dt. ix)uis, xnay ysi. me general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church south, at its session last night cleared on tne calendar, closed up all its business, and after three weeks of continuous and arduous labor adjourned 5 mi a -a sine uie. ine nexx general conierence will be convened on the first Thursday in May, 1894. The place of meeting will be determined by a committee appointed ior mat purpose.

The Emperor's Injuries Severe. Berlin, May 27. The fact that Em peror William has been ordered to re main in his room for ten days, as the re- suit oi nis recent carriage accident, in duces quite general' belief that his in- 1 uries are far more serious than his ohv sicians will admit. It is freely predicted that he will not be: able to leav.e his room for a much longer period than. that named.

A Candidate Aralnst FunstonV Iola, May Oscar Foust, a prominent lawyer of this city; has decided to make the race against "Farmer" Funston for the republican nomination for congress from this (the Second) 'district. i i Timber laborers Strike. Liverpool, May 27. The timber laborers on the Hocks' here have struck for an advance of six pence per day in wages. Santa Stock.

Niw Yoke, May 27. Santa Fe is Quoted to-day at 472 stock Just received a car load of hose, and are selling at car lot rates, at A. H. Nooney 116 East Seventh. Special sale, of rubber Rooniy host, atA H.

Prorata ent Kansas City Goods House Fails. Dry Creditors Close Up Hat-thews This The Liabilities $88,000, Assets Claimed to Be, $115,000. Serious Illness of Judge IlcCreary at St. Joseph. Dry Goods failure at Kantas City.

Kansas City, May 27. The dry goods establishment of TV Mathews, 1109 and 1111 Main street, was closed this morning. A notice signed by P. Lv Yea-ger, trustee, was posted on the door stating that the house was closed under a chattel mortgage on the stock fixtures and personal property of Mathews, executed in favor of Yeager. The assets are about $115,000: liabili ties $88,000.

The creditors are First National bank of Kansas City, the Conti nental National bank of St. Louis, and H. B. Claflin and Durham, Buckley Co. of New York.

Notes given these creditors are signed by Wm. T. Mathews and his father, the Key. John Mathews of this city. TO RESTORE RATES- A Meeting at New York To-Morrow Make Peace.

to New York, May 27. To-morrow at the offices of the Trunk line commissioners the joint committee representing the Central Traffic association sand the trunk lines will endeavor to settle the rate difficulties now existing in the west Considerable importance is attached to the meeting as it is expected all the warring interests will be represented. It is hoped that a general restoration of rates will be the outcome of the conference. To-day the Trunk line commissioners will consider matters of interest relative, to the roads represented by them. 'The House Membership.

Washington, May 27. There have been the largest number of vacancies in the present house of any house of representatives that has assembled since the close of the war. There are now sitting in the house nineteen members who were not elected to it when the congress was chosen in November, 1888, and there are still two vacancies to be filled, occasioned by the death of Representative Wilbur of New York and the advancement of Representative Carlisle to the senate. death rate of the Fifty-first congress ha3 been unprecedented. Three hundred and twenty-five members were elected to 'it in November, 1888, and now nine of that i- number are dead, and the successors of all but one of them are in congress.

When successors of Carlisle and Wilbur are chosen there will be twenty-one new members of the house. This number is sure to be swollen by the probable action of the house in the three remaining contested election cases, in which the committee has recommended the unseating of the sitting members. If the house supports the committee and it has not heretofore failed to do so Langston will suceeed Venable, Kerna- ghan will succeed Morgan and JIcDume will supplant Turpin, and the number of new men in the house will be swelled to the almost unprecedented figure of twenty-three. Illinois Prohibitionists. Bloomington, I1L, May 27.

The delegates are arriving for state conven tion of the prohibition partjv Nearly 300 delegates will be present. Seven hundred delegates will represent the 18.915 votes cast for Fiske in 1888, and the visitors will swell the crowd to above a thousand. The headquarters are at the Folsom house. The sessions will be held at Durley hall, with- over flow meetings in a tent near by. To-night Walter T.

Mills, editor of the Statesman, a prohibitionist, and Hon. Al bert, anti-saloon republican, will debate. The convention will nominate a state ticket and probably a candidate for ed States senator, and will enunciate its principles in a ringing platform. There is everv indication that the convention Vill be the most harmonious and enthu siastic in the history of the party. Among those who will attend are Hon.

J. B. Hobbs, Mrs. L. Rounds and Hon.

Packard, of Chicago; Judge McCul-Iock, of Peoria; Hon. Hale Johnson, of Newton; Hon. J.Ross of Monmouth, and Judge J. C. Pepper, of Aledo.

Leaders of the party say that the con vention meets simply to nominate candidates and express its views, and not to enter into alliance with any party or' parties. Ix President Strong Kansas City, May 27. Hon. W. B.

Strong, ex-president of the Santa Fe, was at the union depot a short time last evening. Strong was on his way home to his farm near after.mak-ing a short visit at his son's ranch near Salina, Kan. Mr. Strong refused to talk about the railroad situation, saying that' he had retired from railroading: and was now devoting himself entirely to agricul- turai pursuits, ine ex-raiiroaa ieaaer is, looking exceedingly well and declares that his country life is furnishing him the much needed relaxation from' the strain of many years' hard work at the head of a great railway system. 5 I TThlpped Cream goa is on draught at.J.

L. Brown's soda Jount, 200 Monroe street' Whipped cream soda is a delightful rich creamy and' healthful beverage, everybody likes; it. For the last week ice cream and milk shake have hadt a 4 bound up and down until whipped cream soaa came ana KnocK-ed them both utof time when they. tried to again, to no goocLJ nippea cream soaa 11 as gaineu. 1110 uay and has comtf'to stayfat J.

L. BroWs drug store, 20a.Mpnrpe. street. Louis Heck, Jr, will play at Mrs, P. JL Super's pceptka thia af teraooo.

i it expected to be present was thirty. A hasty counting of noses showed about seventy olfactories The chair, Mr. J. A Troutman, ruled that he would recognize any republican present. The original thirty, it was stated in the de bate, had been selected impartially by Messrs.

J. A Troutman, Dr. J. B. Hibben and Matt Campbell at the instance of candidates Campbell and Vance and Curtis, the committee of three having been appointed by a caucus held Saturday evening.

The candidates had stated that they wished to do what was considered best by representative re publicans of this community, and would run themselves, or decline to run, or would allow some one Shawnee to run. The secretary of the caucus was Mr. D. C. Tillotson.

Speeches were made by George W. Crane, Judge W. C. Webb, Jbeland Yebb, Major Anderson, John McDonald, P. H.

Coney, J. G. Slonecker, S. B. Bradford, C.

P. Bolmar. Dr. S. E.

Sheldon, N. D. Stark and others. Congressman Kelley was warmly ap plauded by some for his courageous course in congress, and received handsome compliments for the record he had made in one half a term. He was as warmly and bitterly criticised, however, in other speeches.

Sentiment was divided whether it was best for Shawnee to have a candidate or not. but the motion made by Sterne was car ried. A number who favored Mr. Kelley seemed to think their first allegiance was to a Shawnee county man under all circumstances. A number of the speakers thought that Mr.

Kelley was not only entitled to a sec ond term, but would be nominated without the voice of Shawnee. Others thought that Kelley would be the almost universal second choice. Others main tained he was not strong enough, to carry more than his own county. Every one, it will be observed, paid no money but took his choice free gratis. There was a general feeling that it was pretty late in the dav to begin wort against Mr.

Kelley. During the discussion one or two gen tlemen criticised Mr. Kelleyvery severely for the appointment of the new pension examining board here. This brought Mr. JN.

D. btark to his feet and resulted in a very happy speech, witty and full of good points. He said that the new board was the best the soldiers ever had, that they were sons of veterans and good physicians, were doing their work well, advancing the "boys" where they were so entitled, and treating them fairly, promptly, courteously and in a way which commanded the respect of the pen sioners. Mr. Kelly, had he heard the speech, would have felt proud of his appointments.

It wa3 stated that the Capital had de sired to get some expression to enable it to see its way, and whether to go afoot or horseback to the Emporia convention. In view of the fact that the Capital "sawed ood" this morning, it is not known bv the writer whether that paper is satisfied with the "corkus or not, or whether it will go with the infantry or with the cav alry to Emporia to see Harrison Kelley nominated. The following "were among those pres ent: J. A Troutman, D. C.

Tillotson, George W. Crane, A. K. Rodgers, J. Lee Knight, S.

S. McFad- den, George H. Evans, Dr. M. O'Brien, Harry Frost, John MacDonald, S.

M. Bear, Harry Safiord, C. r. Bolmar, J. G.

Slonecker, D. O. McCray, D. McKinley, A. M.

Fuller, S. T. Howe, Frank P. MacLennan, Leland J. Webb, W.

C. Webb, John W. Day, F. H. Foster, S.

E. Sheldon, W. E. Sterne, C. Grosch, E.

B. Lull, E.B. Whaley, John Carter, Jim Harr, A H. Nooney, J. B.

Hibben, S. B. Bradford, P. L. Soper, D.

N. Burdge, James'Burgess, Fox, Sam Garden-hire, N. W. Stark and about twelve others. The Justin Dynamite ShelL Syracuse, May 27.

A large number of Syracuse members of the army and navy with others interested in missiles of war, are gathering to-day at Perry ville, in Madison county, for the purpose of witnessing the first public trial of the Justin dynamite shell, which takes place this afternoon or evening. The experiment will consist at first of a satisfactory proof of the nature and aualitv of the dvnamite used: and the firing from a nine inch rifle cannon, and nine-inch steel shells; -forty-four, inches long, and containing large bursting charges of No. 1 dynamite. The Baptist Congress. Chicago, May 27.

The Baptist congress to-day took up the reports of the American Baptist Education society, Hon." Dr. Francis Wayland presiding. The sessions of the Home Mission society were also continued, with Hon. W. Kingsley in the chair.

Arrested For a Murder Ten Tears Chicago May. John Williams, Leeds, England, "and 31 years of age, is held at the central station as the con-, essed murderer of Emma Roberts, alias Jones, in November, 1879. The ties of Leeds have been telegraphed for information. A Rapid Transit electric wire set fire to a pole at 1 the corner of Fourth and Jackson streets, this afternoon. It burned about ten minutes befoia It was put out A COOL SUICIDE A Friend XT ho Witnenses Steve Do wis Preparations to End His Idfe, Makes Jfo Effort to Prerent the Act.

Wellington May 27. The inquest over the remains of Steve Dowis, who killed himself at Perth, reveals no cause for the suicide. The details of the suicide are interesting as it was performed very coolly. Dowis was sitting in his store with another man talking in a friendly manner when he evidently con-. eluded to kill himself.

In order to be alone he very pleasantly requested the man to go to his and inform his JUffson that he wanted him. After the man lad gone he took off his coat and folding ji it, laid it on the counter with his hat He I then sat on a chair and placing the revolver to his head pulled the trigger. The revolver did not go off, but 3 ust as tne trigger snapped Jim Hodge, i. the Santa Fe agent, entered the store and I "Sas he excitedly asked Mr. Dowii what the matter was, the.

latter coolly informed faim that he was going but of business i I ie then went to his cartridge belt for another cartridge and Mr. Hodge seeing that Was riteT-minor? trt and Itia Hfn. ran across the street for his cousin. He had not gone far whpn tTiA rorknrt woo heard and when they both arrived at the Bkuie ue wan aeaa. Jrmers Taking Georgia Atlanta, May Gordon created has a great hub-bub in Georgia puuuuj ujr cuming out squarely in an dorsement of the Furmera' Aiit.s.A He writes a long letter to the officialpa-perof the Alliance, in which he declares the farmers owe it to themselves and tneir interests to organize politically as well as.

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