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THE SALINA DAILY UNION: Historical Society L. 3. SALINA, KANSAS, OCTOBER 15, 1900-MONDAY. No. 106.

REVOLUTIONIZES STREET TRAVEL. Wonderful New Unicycle is a Wheel and an Engine in One. Photograph by Street travel is revolutionixed by the at once a wheel and an engine. The wheel itself, which can be attached in a enabling the commonest wagon to become PAY CASH FOR VOTES How the Republicans Expect to Secure the Legislature, ARE IMPORTING VOTERS, Into Doubtful Districts in Order to Elect Republicans- -Using the Slush Fund in this Way. Topeka, Oct.

in the possession of the Kansas Democratic committee, in Kansas City, contain what is held to be absolute proof of of a Republican conspiracy to steal the legislature from the fusionists. The direct charge is that A. H. Burtie a former representative from Finney county, retained two men to go to Hamilton counto and remain there until after the election to vote for Thomas H. Ford for representative.

He promised them, the affidavit says, $20 each and their board while there, and gave them $2 each to pay their fare from Garden City to Syracuse. He wanted six men, but the Democratic committee has the names of only two. Mack Love, Democratio chairman, does not know whether the four other men were secured or not, but is now making a very diligent investigation. One of the two men in question was taken by Ford, after his arrival at Syracuse, to the ranch of Alfred Pratt, five miles west, and told to stay there, as Mr. Pratt was anxious about the election of a county commissioner.

The other man was taken to Ford's ranch. The state committee has every detail of the journey of the two young men, as well as the conversation that took place between them, Burtis and Ford, and will use it in such a way as to prevent Ford from ever becoming a member of the legislature. For some time the state committee has been aware of a republican scheme to colonize voters, taking them from safe districts to doubtful ones, but not until yesterday was positive proof found. The committee is also now in a fair way to secure proof that the republicans are exporting voters out of the state and importing others with a view to securing 8 republican majcrity. Within a week some sensational developments are expected to be made and the expectation is that by election day the jails of Kansas will not be numerous or large enough to hold the number of people who will be under arrest for ting the election laws of the state.

Rockwood, Y. marvelous new unicycle, which is motive power is attached to the few minutes to any vehicle, thus an automobile. A SERIOUS FALL. Mrs. I.

B. Hinds Internally Injured Yesterday. Mrs. I. B.

Hinds, who hee been boarding at Ger nan's restaurant, had the mis. fortune yesterday to fall down the cellar stepa, dislocating a finger and suetaining bruises, and also rupturing an abdominal tumor. The tumor was afterwarde found to be 8 demoid cyst, the contents of which broke into the abdominal cavity, necessitating an immediate operation, which was performed by Dr. Crawford, assisted by Dre. Harvey and Winterbotham.

Mra. Hinds is doing well today with good chances for recovery. She is the wife of Ira B. Hinds, who arrived from Hutchinson a short time ago, to travel for the A. L.

Vernon Music company. Mr. Hinds has been out of town but is expected to return to Salina this evening. BOUND OVER. A.

T. Olson, Organ Seller, Under $1,000 Bond For Forgery. The preliminary hearing of A. T. Olson, who is charged with forging the name of 0.

A. Nelson to a note for 840, was had before Justice Kingman today. After taking the evidence of four per sons the court bound Olson over to the district court under bond in the sum of 81,000. He wae committed to jail. The evidence developed the fact that the defendant had sold an organ to C.

A. Palmquiet and received a second hand organ and 825 in money. The defendant told Mr. Sherlock, whose organ was sold, that he had received the second hand organ, A note for 840 and 85 in cash. Olof Forese, C.A.

Palmquiat and J. P. Drevitt testified they had never known such a person as C. A. Nelson.

A. W. STEVENSON HURT. Fourth Ward Councilman Bitten Yesterday By an Ugly Horse. Councilman Stevenson met with 8 singular accident yesterday while in his barn.

He was in a stall by a horse when the animal took a nip at him, catching Mr. Stevenson on the ear and biting off 8 part of that member. Millinery Sale. One third off on all trimmed hate this week at Wynkoop's. 6-tt OVERMYER TOMORROW.

Famous Democrat Speaks in the Opera House at 2 O'clock. Tomorrow afternoon David Overmyer, of Topeka, will speak in the opera house at two o'clock. Mr. Overmyer is recognized 88 one of the great orators of the west. Whenever AD exceptionally good speech 18 wanted in Topeka, Mr.

Overmyer is asked to make it. When the westero Democrate want A man to bring the national Democratic committee to Kansas City, they chose Mr. Overmyer for the task, and the tion came. When a spenker was wanted to represent Democracy in the great quad rangle debate, held in Salina a few years ago, Mr. Overmyer was selected.

Mr. Overmyer is a great orator, and Republicane especially are invited to hear him tomorrow. ATTENTION FUSIONISTS! Bryan and Breidenthal Club to Be Organized Tonight. A meeting will be held tonight at the Democratic headquarters, over Ekstrand's drug store, for the formation of a Bryan and Breidentbal club in the Fourth ward. Every fusionist who can possibly do so should be present, and those who cannot be there should authorize someone else to join for them.

Come out FUNERAL OF MRS. WILSON. Services Held This Afternoon Attended By Many Friends. The funeral of Mrs. Anna C.

Wilson, wife of S. M. Wilson, who died Saturday at 11 o'clock, of heart failure, was held this afternoon from the family residence on South Tenth street at 2 o'clock. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Irving Baxter.

A large concourse of friends followed the body to Gypsum Hill cemetery for interment. Mr. and Mrs. Jae. Murphy, parents of the deceased, arrived yesterday from Denver to attend the funeral.

The pall bearers were F. R. Spier, T. L. Bond, Alex Berg, J.

S. Gates, C. Eberhardt and R. E. Nickles.

STATE CERTIEICATES. Several Saline County People Secure Them. A Topeka dispatch states that the state board of education has granted life teachers certificates to L. D. Arnold, Ansel Gridley and J.

C. Short, of Salina. 'Three-year certificates have been granted to Miss Mabel Graves, of Lincoln, who is attending the Wesleyan, and to H. C. Smith, of Sylvan Grove, also a Wesleyan student.

NEW GROCERY BUILDING. It Will Probably Be Started Within a Short Time, The contract for the new building for the Watson-Durand-Kasper company will very probably be let this week and work will be at once commenced. W. W. Watson, president of the new company, is expected home this week.

With hie arrival the new building is exp cted to start at once. Health Insurance. F. E. Nottorf, of Abilene, is in Salina this week, representing the health department of the Secerity Trust and Lite Insurance company of Philadelphia.

The company insures against sickness with typhoid fever, smallpox, pneumonia, appendicitis and over a dozen other common disenses. The rate is 82 a year for an indemnity of 85 a week, 84 a year for 810 a week and on up. The company has been doing an extensive business in health insurance in the east, but it has just commenced this line in Kansas, Mr. Nottorf will be here this week. CORRALLED THE CROWD Circumstances Play a Joke on the Republicans.

THEY HAD THE BAND PLAY. But the Crowd All Went to Hear Bogardus As Soon As the Band Stopped. The fusionists are very grateful to the Republicans for favors which they received at their hands last Saturday night. The favors may not have been intended, but the fusionists are willing to let a little thing like that pass and overlook it. It happened like this: The Republi cans, as usual, hired the band to draw a crowd to the meeting in the opera house, which WAS to be addressed by Henry Allen, Governor Stanley's private secretary.

As Henry is an old Salina boy and has lots of frlende here, it was thought that he would have a big crowd even without the help of the band. The band boys thought they would be, sure to be in time, so they marched up the street about 7:30, stopping on the opera house corner to play a bit. They drew the crowd all right and of course the crowd stopped on the street to hear the music, instead of going on up into the opera house a balf hour ahead of the time for Mr. Allen to begin his speech. About the time the band stopped playing, C.

A. Bogardus, the man who has been selling books on the street and speaking his political sentiments on the side, which sentiments happened to be Democratic, drove up in his wagon and commenced to speak. Bogardue is an interesting talker and, as a result, he got almost the entire crowd that had been attracted by the band. When the time arrived to open the Republican meeting in the opera house, the parquet was only about half filled and there were only a few voters in the balcony. Allen made a good speech--as Republican speeches go.

He has greatly improved since the first speech he made from the same platform nine years ago. Salina people really ought to have turned out better to near a former citizen who has achieved greatness or had it thrust upon him. Mr. Allen talks principally about three things in his spellbinding efforts. He starts out by telling the farmers they are prosperous, then tells them they have not been hurt by the trusts, and winds up by talking imperialism, touching lightly on the state administration.

Mr. Allen has little difficulty in saying that the country is prosperous by setting up the crop figures of the past two years of plenty against of failure during Cleveland's administration, but he says nothing about the prosperity of the coal miners of Pennsylvania. He goes dead against Mark Hanna by openly admitting that trusts exist and that some of them are bad, but he goes ahead and explains that although the sugar trust and the other trusts are bing the farmers, the farmers have so much more to be robbed of that it doesn't hurt them as it did when their crops were failures and they had nothing to contribute to the trusts. When it come to arguing for imperialism it was plain that Mr. Allen gloried in the fact that the United States could whip a little weak nation.

His arguments were similar to those of most im. perialiste, glorifying a flag of conquest instead of one of liberty. In closing Mr. Allen touched on the "economical" administration of Governor Stanley, especially on how much less Governor Stanley had used of his contingent fund than did Governor Leedy, but he did not tell that Leedy used his to raise four regiments of Kansas troops for the Spanish-American war, equipping them as far as possible, while Stanley used his contingent fund to pay lawyers for preferring charges against Webb McNall, and to pay F. B.

Dawes for closing the Klondike, when he didn't close it. Republicans have always howled because Governor Leedy allowed the Twentieth Kansas boys to leave the state without equipment. The fact is he spent his entire contingent fund towards this, and then went into debt personally to provide blankets for the boys' comfort. Now these same Republicans are setting up a howl because Leedy spent so much more of his contingent fund than has Stanley. CRAWFORD FOR BRYAN.

Ex- Governor Will Speak For Bryan and Breidenthal. Topeka, Oct. the week 8 letter was received at Democratic headquarters from ex- Governor Samuel J. Crawford, 8 war horse Republican of Kansas. Enclosed WAS a satisfactory voluntary testimonial of his good faith toward Bryan and Breidenthal, in the form of a personal check.

He also promised, if his wife's health improves, to make 8 few speeches in Kansas for Bryan. Governor Crawford in in Colorado at present, and in his letter he states that all bets made there are on the majority which Bryan will get. Governor Crawford has been in the past one of the "Republican leaders of Kansas. He is also father-in-law of Arthur Capper, one of the editors of the Topeka Mail and Breeze. COURT WAS DELAYED.

Judge Thompson Did Not Arrive Till Late On Account of a Wreck. The habeas corpus case which was set for 1 o'clock today before Judge Thompson was not called until late this afternoon on account of Judge Thompson not being able to get to Salina before 3 o'clock. The train which Judge Thompson was to come on was delayed several hours west of Elleworth by a wreck. The case ie that of Joseph Miller who was arreeted for robbing Chas. Farley one night in the north end just before street fair.

The testimony at the preliminary hearing was damaging to Miller except that of Ross Hatten, who wae present when the alleged robbery is said to have taken place. Hatten testified that Miller did not in any way handle any of the belongings of Farley. Efforts to impeach Hatten's testimony proved unavailing. In face of the testimony Miller was held to the district court, hence the habeas corpus preceedings. THAT SEWER EXTENSION.

Eighth Street Residents Offer to Pay Part of the Expenses. The petition for the extension of the Eighth street sewer will probably be presented to the council tonight. It asks that the sewer be run east on Mulberry a half block and then south through the alley east of Eighth to South street. The property owners offer to pay part of the expense. Mayor Roach was seen by a UNION reporter this afternoon and said: "I think that the petition is all right and will probably be granted by the council." LOST TWO NOTES.

C. F. Palmquist Had His Pockets Picked During the Fair. C. F.

Palmquist, a farmer of Washington township, was among those who suffered from pickpockets during the street fair. Mr. Palmquist attended Buffalo Bill's show and had hie pocket book after the show, placing it in 8 pocket inside his vest. The next time he went to get it, it wasn't there. In addition to a sum of money, there were two notes in the purse, one for $100 and one for $500, but the latter was partly paid.

Mr. Logdon Surprised. Willard Longdon was the object of a pleasant surprise Saturday evening by a party of traveling men and their wives, and a few other friends of Mr. Longdon. The guests came armed with a fine leather chair, which was presented to Mr.

Longdon. The evening was epent in progressive whist. When the time for refreshments had arrived, the men were blindfolded and forced to hunt their partnere, causing a good deal of fun by their laugable blunders. Those present were Messrs. and Mesdames Rightly, George Bailey, Hunter, J.

E. Powers, Gene Twitchell, Ira Pribble, B. F. Joiner and Willard Longdon. Wants a Divorce.

Another case af unhappy wedded life has developed. Charles Brown has spplied for a divorce from his better half, Grace Brown, alleging abandonment as the cause. The defendant is out of the state at present, supposedly in Missouri or some other out-of-the-way place. THROUGH THE SEWER Millard Johnson Escapes From the City Jail. WAS A PLUMBER BY TRADE He Was Acquainted With the Sewer Connectiens and Made a Good Use of His Knowledge.

Millard Johnson has demonstrated how useless it is to try to keep a plumber in the "quay," by digging out and leaving for parte unknown sometime early Sunday morning. Mr. Johnson W88 a plumber by trade and is well known in Salina. In the regular rounde of his work be has been employed in the repair of the "quay" and accordingly knew the plan of its construction. Mr.

Johnson got on a glorious drunk Saturday and wound up in the city jail Saturday afternoon. But he didn't stay there. Jail life was not conducive to hie happiness and he longed for liberty too strongly to be kept in bounds. He effected his escape by removing 8 quantity of cement next to the iron platform covering the sewerage connection. By moving the platform, he was enabled to drop his body into the basin below, which has an opening around the sewer pipe through the outside wall; large enough to admit a man's body.

This movement placed him under the sidewalk south of the jail wall, which connecte with the open air by a trap door, which is easily raised from the ineide. The time of his escape is unknown, but it probably occurred during the early houre Sunday morning. The whereabouts of the enterprising plumber are unknown, but 88 long 88 he stays out of town the police will not molest him. WHAT THE POLLS SHOW. Kansas Will Give the Fusion Ticket a Majority.

Topeka, Oct. is going fusion this year. The Republicans deny this and are, in some places. betting some money, but the fact remains that Kansas is going fusion. The etate will give Bryan a larger plurality than four years ago.

It weuld be unwise at this time to give figures, because the Republicans have been making an effort for several weeks to get at Democratio figuree. In some counties there is an spparent falling off in the Bryan vote, but these counties are few compared with the number that show an increase. In one county where Bryan received plurality of 1,500 the Democratic poll shows only 900 this year. That is an apparent falling off, but in the same county four years ago the Democratic poll showed only 700. In other words, there were 800 men in that county four years ago whose political inclination was not known, and there is no reason to doubt but what the same people will vote for Bryan again.

In no county does the poll show less than the poll four years ago. THE MARKETS. Wheat and Corn Both Went Down Today. Wheat was on the decline again and corn followed it. The following shows the comparative December prices: WHEAT.

Closed yesterday CORN. Closed. Opened Closed Closed Mrs. Norton Dead. Just as the Union is going to press it is learned that Mre.

J. I. Norton died at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Trimmed and street hate off at Wynkoop's. Now is your chance.

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