The Evening Record du lieu suivant : Salina, Kansas • 1

Evening ecord Vol. No. 61. Salina, Kansas, Thursday, September 2, 1897. Price Five Cents.

the he did was to grin and he grinned clear BRIEF MENTION. ON TRIAL THOMPSON IT IS. through his little talk when he said he was glad to be there, that he remem bered the campaigns of previous years when udge Thompson was the nomi The Present Incumbent Receives nee, that he liked to mingle with the re The Hearing of George Callahan Begun Today. publicans of the district again and The Nomination. know that they had not made a mistake in selecting the nominee they did W.

II. Johnson now lives in the Third ward. Ed. Bliss is assisting in Will's Book Store during the rush for school books. Miss Gertrude Lay has resigned her position with the Kaffer Mercantile on account of ill health.

The Misses Bent entertain at the National this evening in honor of Miss Maude Merrill, of Anthony. Miss Winnie Leach has returned from Ottawa and has accepted a position in Then he spoke of prosperity, McKinley IT WILL LAST SOME TIME. NO OTHER CANDIDATE. and the advance of prosperity to Saline county, said he was sorry he was not in the newspaper business here again to be able to assist in Thompson's election, The Most of the Day was Taken Up in Securing a Jury Many grinned once more and sat down. Just then Judge Thompson was ush Nominated by Acclamation Brief Ad dresses Made by Bristow and The Nominee.

Witnesses. ered in. His appearance was greeted with genuine applause. He stated that The trial of George Callahan, the in his deliberations as judge in the dis Union Pacific brakeman, for man trict he has always endeavored to stear Judge R. A.

Thompson was last night clear of all party prejudices or passion, slaughter, began in district court this declared the nominee of the judicial morning and will probably consume convention by the unanimous vote of considerable time. the delegates by acclamation. having in mind only the translation of the law as he interpreted it. That during his term of office he was non-parti-zan, always looking to the care of cases in hand and the disposal of his particu The charge against Callahan is that he wantonly and maliciously kicked It was fully 8:30 when Chairman E. A.

McFarland of Lincoln Center, called the convention to order. After Elmer Bailey, a laborer, who was bum lar duties as being paramount to politi ming his way on a freight train, from the report of the committee on creden under a car, causing him to fall on the rail so that the train passed over him. tials had been adopted, R. A. Burch, on behalf of the committee on resolutions cal squabbling or fence building.

The judge spoke at length on his endeavors to reduce the expenses of the district and other matters pertaining to his The incidents as brought out in the preliminary examination were fully pub offered the following: lished in The Record at the time. record and the history of the district. Resolved, By the republicans of the Thirtieth Judicial District of Kansas, in The selection coming unanimously The entire forenoon and part of the afternoon was consumed in securing a convention assembled that we regard the maintenance of a pure and enlight shows the regard with which Judge Thompson is held by his constituents jury. Both the regular and additiona ened judiciary as the highest safeguard for the preservation of the liberties of and augurs well for his election this fall panels were exhausted and a new list B. F.

Joiner and Co's. dry goods store. Newton officers are making an effort to better their city by cleaning out the gambling dens of the town. Let the good work go on. Ringling famous and popular circus represents a cash investment of $3,700,000.

The cost of operating this stupendous enterprise will be over this season. Salina is seriously talking of an auditorium and will vote on a proposition to build one to cost $5,400. Abilene will sell Salina her wigwam cheap. It is a "hot" old building, you bet. Abilene Chronicle.

The ladies of the Swedish Lutheran church will give an ice cream social tomorrow evening at the residence of J. C. Johnson on South Seventh street. Ice cream, lemon ice, coffee- and cake will be served. Everybody invited.

2t Tuesday the Abilene Reflector published a big ad for the Upshaw Furniture Co. with a cut of a pretty chair upside down in the middle of the ad, and yesterday it took all of one man's time to explain that it was done purposely, "Receiver Rodgers of the U. P.R. is the way Salina papers mention a prominent Abileneite. Abilene Reflector.

Please be a little more earful and explicit in your allusions to "Salina papers," Mr. Reflector. Ed. Little has been decorated by the khedive of Egypt with the insignia of the Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order the people. Resolved, That we require of any ED.

LITTLE HONORED. had to be drawn. Twenty-eight men were examined before the jury was empanelled. It is composed of George Farnsworth, O. G.

Pearse, John Moyer, candidate for the office of judge, the most perfect integrity and sincerely of He is Made a High-Mucky-Muck of the Character, the most eminent ability and learning and the judical habit of abso E. Washburn, Philip Jorg, II W. Hoff Ottoman Empire by the lute impartiality and the meting out of man, Mart Donmyer, Chas. Hefner, A. W.

Peterson, J. B. Debold, M. McAuliff and R. A.

Muir. Here is another honor for a Kansas man. Ed. Little, Governor Leedy's pri The examination of witnesses began vate secretary, has had bestowed upon him the decoration of grand cordon of about three o'clock, but the first ones called only established the fact of the death of Bailey and the place where the accident occurred. Twenty-four wit the imperial order of the Medjidich, one of the highest marks of respect nesses have been subpoened.

County Attorney Norris is assisted in the prosecution by R. A. Lovitt and W. II. Bishop.

which can come from the Ottoman empire. There is one other organization, the Osmedjidich, which is similar to the Medjidich. The decoration was tendered Mr. Little while he was minister -to Egypt but the constitution of the United States provides that no representative of this The defense is conducted by N. II.

Loomis the attorney for the Union Pa cific, Bond Osborn, the road's local attorneys, and Capt. Mohler. Mr of Mejidich of the Ottoman empire. It Loomis has taken no part in the trial as is understood that this gives Ed. the government shall accept such gifts.

As a private citizen, however, Mr. Little has received the honor from the Sultan yet. right to set up a harem. Abilene Mrs. Callahan, accompanied by her of Turkey in response to a request from little sister, came up from Junction City last night and is with her husband dur Last evening John Buchi's horse be the Khedive of Egypt.

The decoration consists of a beautiful ing the trial. Mr. Callahan's silk sash which is wTorn over the should A. J. Callahan, is also here from Junc tion City.

came frightened at the noise made by the Salvation Army's drum on the street, whereupon John preached them a sermon on the subject of drums, etc. It drew a bigger crowd than has been at the service for a long time. er, a rosette of peculiar form resting upon the shoulder. The remainder of even handed justice to all according to the law of the land. Resolved, That we fully insure and approve the conduct of the present judge of this district during his service upon the bench as that of a most upright, wise and just judge; and that we especially commend his course in preserving the dignity of his high office by refraining from active participation in party politics.

In the next report, that of the committee on nominations, Judge Osborn moved that all rules be suspended and that Judge R. A. Thompson, the present incumbent, be declared the nominee of the convention. The resolution was adopted with much applause. Calls for the nominee elicited the fact that Judge Thompson was not in the building and R.

A. Burch moved that a committee of three be appointed to wait upon the judge and invite him to appear before the convention. The committee was composed of Messrs. Burch, Hea-ton and Levitt, and during their absence Judge Osborn moved that the judicial committee be appointed, three being selected from each county. The committee is composed of the following: Ellsworth County Ira E.

Lloyd, Ellsworth; Dallas Grover, Wilson; Thos. Weightman, Carneiro. Saline County Judge Osborn, Salina; R. A. Walker, Brookville; C.

D. Vermillion, New Cambria. Lincoln County E. A. McFarland, Lincoln Center; C.

M. Heaton, Lincoln Center; I. R. McAdams, Sylvan Grove. Ottawa County R.w Reese, Minneapolis; J.

II.Nelson, Bennington; G.R. Mottler, The committee organized by electing R. R. Reese chairman and Ira E. Lloyd, secretary.

J. A. then addressed the chair and spoke of having present a headman in the person of "General" Bristow, who was called to the floor and spoke for a few minutes. As the Kansas City Times man said the first thing Mrs. Ritger Dead.

The death of Mrs. Eli Ritger occurred A real, live government official went at the family home four miles southeast through town this afternoon. It was the decoration consists of two badges, the centers of eacfy being solid gold, surrounded by a design in silver. Surmounting one of these badges is the crescent, the ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople, adopted by the Turkish empire after the taking of Con stantinople. Joe Bristow, fourth assistant postmas of the city last evening a little before six o'clock.

Death was caused by bright's disease, but it is only within the past ter general, enroute to Salina. There few days that she was thought to be was no visible sinking of the earth, however, when the train bearing him arrived ibilene Chronicle. seriously ill. The deceased was forty The Sultan also wrote Ed. a letter in years of age, and was a highly respected the form of a commission, but the latter does'nt have the least idea what it lady.

Every room and house in the Wesley- The funeral occurs from the family says, as he can't read it himself and residence tomorrow afternoon at 2:30. there isn't any one in the state who can. an addition is occupied at present and students are still coming in. Some places are crowded and letters are being received asking for information and places. The outlook at present is very The thing for Topeka to do now is to get Ed.

to wear the outfit and march at the head of the Fall Festival parade. night and the attendance this year at Sam Hoover has a curiosity in the the Wesleyan will probably reach high-water mark. shape of a three-legged pig. It is told on him that he has been trying to breed Dr. Cleveland Arrives.

Dr. and Mrs. Cleveland and daughter arrived this afternoon. They were met at the train by a delegation of leading members of the Methodist church and taken to the National, where they are stopping for the present. Dr.

Cleveland and will preach his initiatory sermon as pastor of the First M. E. church next Sunday morning. Ringling Bros, present a genuine zoo hogs so as to have the meat all ham, and has succeeded so far as to eliminate logical novelty this season in a pair of pure white polar bears, which attract unlimited attention from all who visit one fore leg. There are plenty of two-legged hogs running loose now, but none that have three legs.

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