Walkerton Independent, Volume 29, Number 52, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 9 July 1904 — Page 3

H;! i Dividing a Stall. In some barns the; stalls are sufficiently wide so that they may be divided when occasion requires if some temporary division can be easily made, put in place and removed when desired. A plan for doing this is shown In the Illustration. A gate is made of proper material reaching from the manger to the end of the stall. The post of this gate at the end is made about a foot longer than the lower rail and a hole is made in the floor through which this post is slipped when put in position and thus makes the gate or fence firm. At the mangerend the fence is fastened to the manger by a pair of gate hinges. Two stiff sticks are fastened to the joist above with a bolt, one over the manger-end and one over the other end. In the lower end of each of these sticks a notch is cut which comes over on the fence and holds it, crre- 1 When the fence is * ~—— ——— *L : DIVISION FOR A STALL. not in use it may be lifted from the hinges and put away and the sticks folded up against the joists. The illustration shows the points mentioned clearly. The cost of such a contrivance will be small and it will be found exceedingly useful. — Indianapolis News. Soda for Potatoes. In growing tomatoes nitrogen in the soil is the least desired of the plant foods and the best results will come from phosphoric acid and potash liberally applied broadcast. Much has been written regarding the use of nitrate of soda for tomato growing and while this chemical is good, it should be used with caution. Its function is to cause the plant to make a quick growth; in other words give it a start which will be kept up by the phosphoric acid and the potash. This being the case the best way to use it is to watch the plants closely as they grow and if any shows lack of vigor sprinkle a teaspoonful of the _ -g^Ltra^yf soda about the plant. Usapplication will be sufficient to start 7 such plants off in good shape and once they get a good start there will be no trouble if the soil has been properly enriched and proper cultivation has been carried on. Curing Cropbound. A reader of Westminster, S. C., asks what will cure crop bound? Prevention is best of all remedies, and will save all work and worry. Exercise and grit will positively prevent all cases of crop bound, and as both are necessary to the health of the fowls, we can scarcely understand why cropbound should exist Make the fowls work, and take their food slowly, and not gorge themselves at any time. Feed all grain so that the fowls will have to scratch for it, and even soft food should be given so that the fowls may not greedily devour it. Grit must be kept constantly before the fowls, and nature will suggest the time for taking it. They will consume much of it, though but little at a time, but cannot possibly exist without it.—Home and Farm. Best Food for Fattening Lambs. Very careful experiments at the Ontario Agricultural College have shown that an even mixture of peas and oats made the most profit in feeding lambs. Peas alone make the most gain, but ar a somewhat greater cost of feed. Corn and peas made a slightly smaller gain than the other feeds. But the difference was so small that the convenience of procuring the feed is the largest element in the case. As peas and oats may be grown together very conveniently and cheaply, this crop secures some advantages over ethers which may give it a preference —itr this regard. Thrifty Melons. Sow melons in a light rich soil; poultry manure produces rapid growth. If the season is very warm and moist the vines may need to be pinched back to secure early fruiting. Musk-melons require a season of about three and onehalf months and watermelons about four and one-half months, hence the crop is rather uncertain in this latitude. The crop is made more sure if seeds are first started in a hotbed and transplanted when they begin to run to vine. Six Days Enough. I have been observing things for many years and I never knew a man to prosper who habitually worked on Sunday. Some men will spend a day or two in town during the week and then they will feel that they are so far behind that they must plant corn on Sunday to catch up. The man who sets a dollar by fraud will lose it and another with it. The man who gains by laboring on Sunday may make the temporary worldly gains, but will lose that which is infinitely more valuable to him than all of this world’s goods. •—Cor. lowa Homestead. Soft Wood for Ties. On account of the scarcity of oak. chestnut and other hardwood timber commonly used for railroad ties, railroads have been successfully using the softer woods, which have been treated with chemicals such as creosote, zinc.

J chloride, etc. Preservative treatment ' can make a beech, red oak or pine i tie outlast a white oak tie. The use i of screw spikes Instead of nail spikes ! enables the soft wood to resist the I strain and hold the rails in place. The i use of soft wood is likely to improve the market, for those grades of timber suitable for the purpose. W ater Before Feeding. Horses should be watered before | their grain feed. This story has been put to the experimental test. A horse was fed with four quarts of whole oats, and immediately after given water to drink. Soon after the horse was killed and opened. Scarcely a quart of oats was found swimming in the water in the stomach, the remaining three quarts having been forced by the water into the intestines. Another horse was given water first, and then about four quarts of oats. Fifteen minutes after this horse was slaughtered, and the entire quantity of oats was found in the stomach, and already digestion was setting in. Horses require more water in hot weather than in cold, and more when at work than when idle. Horses at full work should be watered frequently: three times a day is not too often. The hay and grain should always be pure and sweet Care of Horses’ Necks. Nine cut of every ten farm horses suffer from abrasions of the skin on the neck during the spring work and this is so severe in many cases as tc keep the horse from doing a full day’s work. Try this plan of treating the farm horse during the season of hard work. After feeding the horse brush off or, better still, wipe it off with a large cloth. Then, with tepid water, sponge the head, neck and shoulders and wipe dry with a clean cloth. If the shoulders show indications ol soreness rub over them a little vaseline and let it remain over night. See that the collar worn fits well and aftei taking it off wipe it thoroughly with a damp cloth and hang it where ii will be thoroughly dry in the morning. It will pay well to take this little additional care of the horse during the working season if at no other time. —lndianapolis News. Grain Feeding;. In some observations recently made in the feeding of grain to lambs, one of the most noticeable results was th« early maturity of those that had gralr from birth. For instance, in one trial th? lambs fed with grain from birth at tained an average weight of 112 pounds seven weeks earlier than those that had had no grain previous to fat tening, and this weight was reached at a smaller cost in the instance of the lambs fad on grain from the start It is a hard matter to estimate the amount of grain to feed, owing to the variation in the consuming capacity cf sheep. In starting it has been customary to feed from half a pou|pd tc one pound. A month later the wethers will probably be taking from one to two pounds, and during the last month from two to three.—American Cultivator. Field Beans and Soy Beans. The average results for six years at the Ontario station show that the following varieties of field beans have given the highest yields: White Wonder, Day Improved Leafless, Medium or Navy, Pearce Improved Tree and Schofield Pea. Based on the experiments with soy beans at the college, the Early Yellow is recommended for the production of grain for feed, and the Medium Green for ensiling with corn. Horses or Steam Wagons. A firm of English millers have made an interesting test of the comparative cost of hauling grain by horses or by steam motors. The cost of keeping eeven horses for the year was about $2,500. At the end of 1902 they sold the horses and purchased a five-ton Steam machine, ran it 5,275 miles, carried 3.575 tons, and burned 41 tons of coal at a total cost of $1,849, showing a decided gain for the steam machine. The Breeds as Pork Makers. Results obtained in Maine, Massachusetts and Ontario show the feed eaten per one hundred pounds gain by various breeds to be as follows: Poland China, 407 pounds; Berkshire, 419 pounds; Tamworth, 420 pounds; Chester White, 500 pounds; Duroc Jersey, 522 pounds. Farm Notes. Keep all young animals growing and gaining. Avoid working horses in the rain as much as possible. Ground feed is better than whole grain for growing colts. Sweet food for hogs is bettor than that which is fermented and soured. All rubbish and primings from the garden and orchard should be burned. A failing appetite- is generally the first indication of an animal being out of condition. Coal ashes, as well as wood ashes, should be saved and applied on wet, heavy soils. Conveniences for watering and feeding stock are items in saving time, iabor and feed on the farm. Corn and oats, half of oach, ground together, make one of the best kinds I of feed for cows in milk. The best way to get rid of the currant worm is to dust the leaves with white hellebore. In nearly’ all cases, the best animals are the offspring of mature parents on i both sides. I Ee ready to cut clover when the : largest number of plants are in bloom 1 ; arid are turning brown. It should b" the aim of every brecdi er of horses to raise well-bred and ' well-trained animals. , I In the management of clover for bay - • it is important not to cure too dry, and > i to store under she lter. On many farms, exposure to the weather injures farm machinery fully a.-? much, if not more, than use. The offspring of immature, undevel- • oped animals is inferior to that of . ' matured and full-grown parents. > i It is the- steady, quiet horse that can I do the biggest day’s work when th* , , weather Lb exfrsiaely hot.—Pointer#-

RECORD OF THE WEEK INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Horse Thieves Captured by Posse of Citizens—Paroled Convict Sought for Later Crime —Boys’ Quarrel Ends in Murder—Lightning Kills Family. Ferry and Henry Tyler, horse thieves, who are wanted in a number of Indiana cities, were placed in jail in Kokomo, having been captured by Patrolman Lane of the Kokomo police, Special Officer Lindley and a posse of Bunker Hill citizens. The Tylers were camped in a ravine near Bunker Hill, and were asleep when the officers and citizens surrounded them. No opportunity was given for resistence. The men are charged witli stealing two horses and buggies from hitching racks in the business quarters of Kokomo. None of the stolen property was recovered, with the exception of a lap robe that had been in one of the buggies. Perry Tyler has been out of the penitentiary hut a few weeks, having been sent there three years ago for horse stealing. Paroled Convict a Thief. Robert Lockard of Mount Vernon was sentenced to the Michigan City prison to serve an indeterminate sentence of two to fourteen years. He was paroled after serving six years. Lockard found employment in La Porte County, ingratiated himself into the confidence of Mr. Shipnee, a wealthy farmer, uituli‘„U»w-4e~-Shippee’s daughter, anil married her. The other night the barn of John Rumbaugh was entered and a horse and buggy stolen. The next day it developed that the outfit was taken by Lockard, and simultaneous with its disappearance the convict’s young wife is missing. Prison officials will make a determined effort to capture Lockard, who, if caught, will be committed to prison for the eight remaining years of his original sentence. Bad Blood Between Boys. 11l feeling had existed for months between Chauncey Cardinal and Isaac Wainscott, aged, respectively, 20 years, and when they met one evening at the village store in Canaan, without a word Wainscott slapped Cardinal in the face. Cardinal responded with his revolver, a bullet from which struck Wainscott in the breast, causing his death in a few minutes. Cardinal repented of his rashness with the firing of the shot, and furnished his own horse and buggy that Wainscott’s father might be summoned to the scene. The murderer made no effort to escape. Throws Victim in Creek. Ethel Rollings, aged 15, an orphan living with Oliver Abdeu, a farmer near Aurora, was found in Hogan creek, where she had been left for dead by those who had attacked her. Sh? cannot recover, but was able to make a statement describing the attack on her and implicating Alfred Louden. Family- Wiped Out by Lightning. The Christian Church at Kappa was struck by lightning and destroyed. Jacob Crites, the janitor, was killed and his wife and three children were perhaps fatally stricken. Crites was blacking the stove when lightning came down the chimney. Short State Itemn. In a quarrel between John Wainscott and Channely Cardinal at Canan, Cardinal shot and instantly killed Wainscott. Benjamin Springs, n negro who murdered Jesse Case, another negro, at Terre Haute last March, was hanged in the Michigan City prison. John Hatt. Robertsdale business man, prostrated by the heat several years ago and never fully recovered, committed suicide by cutting his throat. Terre Haute retail coal dealers have petitioned the City Council to take some action toward regulating the sale of coal, so as to prevent short weights. Alfred Major, principal of the Fairland graded schools, was drowned in the Brandywine river while fishing. He leaves a widow and two children. Mrs. Chris Ehart, pretty and 25 years old, drank poison in Vincennes and cannot recover. The acid she drank burned and disfigured her face and neck. Domestic troubles were the cause of her act. William Powell, a retired farmer, killed himself at Rising Sun, with a shotgun. He was a rejected juror in the Gillespie murder trial and the excitement of the murder, it is believed, unsettled his mind. An explosion of nitroglycerin in the oil fields east of Marion broke plate glass windows in business houses anil shattered hundreds of windows in dwellings. A wagon loaded witli the explosive was blown to atoms. Edward Zimmerman. 22 years old, was beaten to death in Muncie during an encounter with Samuel Sharp and two brothers named Ely. Sharp’s wife, who claims to have witnessed Zimmerman’s death, furnished the information to the police. In a revolver fight that followed an attempt to arrest Robert Oxley and Silman Cummings at Bird's Eye, Town Marshal Thomas Nelson shot and killed Cummings and wounded Oxley fatally. Nelson also was wounded, but how badly is unknown, as lie has disappeared. After waiting twenty years in which to raise SB,OOO to be used in constructing a church, the little congregation of Christians at Marietta has built and dedicated its house of worship. About twenty years ago the congregation decided to set aside one day in the year to increase the building fund. John Clark, a member of the church, headed the list with SSOO. Ten years ago he died, but before hir death he deeded to the church two acres of ground on which to erect the building. Clarence Fryer, 3 years old. son of Robert Fryer of Springfield township, obtained a whisky flask and drank a full pint. He died twelve hours later of alcoholic poisoning. The 2-.vear-old child of McClure Bass strayed to a creek near Shelbyville and when found by the father was sitting at the water's edge in a nest of water moccasins, one of which was coiled about its arms and neck. Mr. Bass’ shepherd dog seized the snake, tore it from the child and killed it. The others escaped. The child was toying with the serpents and was cooing when Mr. Bass arrived. The contract for the construction of the big barn on the Pufdue farm, at a cost of SIO,OOO, lias been let to Henry Taylor Lumber Company of Lafayette. A terrific wind and hail storm passed over Petersburg, doing great damage to wheat and corn crops. Fruit is said to have been damaged to a great extent. The sun shone brightly during the storm. ; Because he found the greatest pleasure of his last yerars in working in his garden, John A. Huffnail, 53 years of age, who died at his home in Indianapolis, requested that his body be cremated and the ashes sprinkled over the garden. The members of the family will comply with tire request.

LOOTS AL T RO}“t^ BANK. CASHIER JACOB h • n » AIN ADMITS TAKING $S 'O,OOO. German • American Nu tional Institu* tion of Aurora, HL, Victimized by Embezzlement of Tru e<l EmployeMoney Lost in Specuh -ions. Ninety thousand dolj ba* b ®cn embezzled from the Ge nuan-American National Bank, Aurora UU an< i Jacob H. Plain, cashier, has been arrested, charged on his own- -’Onfession with having taken the mom. L Three years’ reckless speculation c Buried on with the bank’s funds while be was known in Aurora society’ and business circles as “Honest Jacob” h Riven as the cause of Plain's down fall. Confronted witli the facts of als defalcation, the cashier admitted it promptly, turning over what proper ty be had and telling in detail in win lt deals he had lost. Notice of the embei Element posted on the bank door at fl rst was not believed. Plain's repu ! atlon induced bank patrons to consl< V the notice a joke. When crowds 1 ter surroui Led the bank, the officials j ropared to meet a “run.” After anno Jncing the embezzlement the notice read: “Thirty^twousand de liars of the to'tai embeMhTmefcfr^ ua'r'been made up by John PlaL ’ b ^ s ^ a tb er > and' M. E. Plain, his broth) & Ei S ht thousand dollars has been turned over by the defaulter himself. Ybe balance of the $90,025 loss has t 0011 barged off from the surplus and i ndlvlded profits, leaving the entire $ 100,000 capital stock of the bank unin paired.” “Yes, I took the m- ’ n °y- H 1 were to live my life over again I would shun speculation as would fire. I was ruined as thou iands of others have been rulntb, vithout an evil thought in the world This is part of PlaP 19 confession after he bad been am sted. I- irst suspicion of the em bezzlement was aroused five weeks a although for three years Plain by ft B y stem recording fictitious nob ' St or note 3 that had been paid but not destroyed; by including in the ban! • 8 ass ®ts bonds owned by depositors nnd b ^ manipulating the adding mi -cblne at the biennial examination < bls accounts had been systematic robbing the bank. He was tinder $lO bond and is the son of tlie bank’s president. Since May 24, when the de fa lcatlon was discovered, bank official 3 have been busy straightening out thi ’ accounts. 1 hat day Examiner C. H. Bo®™** visited the bank. After foo Un S up a column of figures Mr. Bos wort h turned to Plain and said: “Ja cob ’ there ’“ 80luethlng wrong here.” Plain, pretending I not under ’ stand, finally admit ted 016 crookednee*. “There’s $40,000 6bort h ® re ’ flnfl maybe more,” said J * a,n ’ 9lien be showed where $22,01 niore was missing. Finally by his directions it was figured out tl be was short. Directors bi jurried meeting. at which the ft. o- cashier begged that hisW sptm-d disgrace. M. E. I’UHi mother son. was made cashier. Lab wu9 f° U!) d that it would be imposs 'hl® t 0 a 'old publicity. President I sa hl he was willing that a publl- c statement should be made. I Ambition to beco , me a lauded proprietor” in Colorad 0 was ^' e a ’ m of Plain's speculate i )ns - Everything went wrong,” he s Flain, who Is 46 years old, decla he never gam- . bled at cards or t 011 horse races. . His trouble began, he said, seven years ago when his wil e died. The first money he took wa? ’ P a ^ f° r laud at Sterling, Col. Th ree y ears a P° his speculations began • Ee l° st $lO-I*9o a com deal. This was followed by a loss of SIB,OOO in t he Northern Pacific corner. Speculate >n l ulled States Steel stock, he sal was his final undoing. "Steel looke d a good thing,” he said. “I bougl ^0 - " en t down to 11. I 1 1 lo3t $30,000 1 there.” 1 As a colonel in the Illinois National Guard from 1893 t 0 1808 Plain served on the staff of Ge n - Andrew Welsh of the Third Brigade • I Hugh McLaugh liu - Brooklyn’s veteran politician, has coll ^ted 1,024,000 stamps. President Wooc lrow Wilson has written the introduce to 1116 ’'Handbook of Princeton.” i : President Roos f ’ velt ls credited with 1 having shaken ' 1,200 people ■ in fwenTy~ml^*’ - t Joseph Jeffersfe - s ! *® was hi3sed ; the stage once. t year ! « ld and ' tried to sing “tT 16 Star-Spangled Banner.” * ' Frank Eddv first nat ive born Con- » gressman from M-nesota, would like ■ to be the first n ative Orovernor of that ’ State. J T Rider i 1 blind piano tuner of ‘ HumphreyviUe, I Y " can take a P iano - or organ apart ind re P lace ever y P iece correctly. 5 Dr Edward E verett Hale, chaplain of 1 the United Stat 53 Sena t e - thinks members of Congresi are Public spirited and work hard. I * Dr J FurniF 9 Bric e, ship’s surgeon ’ of the Cymric. F as made his 819th v°V- ; age, and has tf aversed st,m ething like . 2,500,000 miles. Charles W ' enk l ns > a millionaire of , Corpus Christi, ' rexas ’ , ha , 9 in his museum 348 perfect hu uan ® kuUs ’ leered in J all parts of the country. Ex-Senator I ' e nry G. Davis of West [ Virginia has re tu , rn * d P? lltlCß the > nge of 82. H 5 Bn -ited States > Senate twenty ; lcars a £°- J. Frank HaW 7 ’,. Republican nominea I : for Governor o? ^ di - a - * 9 a ^Hcd mu- ( sician. He has .Prized a campaign • glee club, and p Slllg basß ’ ■ Bishop DanieJ ^sell, the new Methodist head for F 8? ®^ la , Dd ’ b * n ” a 1 dose resemblanF 8 ^-.th® late Phillip, ’ Brooks. He ha] 3 offlciaHy visited many ■ foreign countri^^ d U weU । an author, $

SCORE ARE KILLED. TRAIN BOUND FOR ST. LOUIS DITCHED AND BURNED. Crashes Into an Open Switch at Litchfield, Hl. —Flames Add to HorrorPassengers Pinned Under the Flaming Debris Perish. Twenty persons were killed early Sunday evening and fifty more badly injured in one of the worst railroad wrecks that lias occurred in Illinois in many years. A Wabash train that left Chicago at 11 o’clock in the morning filled With politicians and their friends bound for the Democratic national convention at St. Louis, and others going for a holiday at the world’s fair ran into an open switch just outside the limits of Litchfield, 111., while running at a speed exceeding fifty miles an hour. The railroad people say the switch had been tampered with. When the locomotive struck the switch the fearful force of the contact threw it off the track and it plowed into the earth beside the rails, dragging with it on its course the baggage, express and five passenger cars, all well filled with passengers. The observation ear and a private car remained on the track and their occuDantsi were unlujnrcd- The ditched ears caught'HTFTmmediateiy after the wroeb, the flames increasing the fatalities and adding to the sufferings of the Injured. Whole Train Aflame. The moment the train left the mils seven cars turned on their sides, and flames rushing from the tire box of the locomotive burst out all over their whole length, while a full head of boiling steam beat into every crevice of the smashed and splintered mass. It is believed that fully 150 persons were under the burning mass. The passengers in the private and observation cars, led by the conductor and brakemen, went to the rescue, but it was seen that many were already dead and that a number of others were so fearfully tangled in the wreckage that their speedy death was certain. The wrecked ears lay side by side, not telescoped but shivered to splinters. Some of the victims, pinned beneath the heavy wheel trucks, died the moment the crash camo. Dozens of others remained held fast to their seats, and it was among these that the tescuers were able to do some good. Axes secured on the train were used hurriedly, and in this way a number wore saved before the fire reached them. The people who had been in the two leading cars and who were still conscious screamed in terror as they realized that the tire, catching the dry wood and varnish of the cars, was coming closer to them. Some were taken out maimed and bleeding, but most of those on the first car were beyond all hope, and the rescuers saw several of them die within a few feet of them without being able to extend aid. Litchfield residents organized a relief gang as soon as the news of the wreck was known, but before they reached the scene; armed with axes, bars and ropes, all those who could be reached already were dead. Word was telegraphed from I.itchfield to Edwardsville and a relief train was at once sent out filled with surgeons, nurses and bandages. Its arrival enabled the rescuers to give speedy care to the wounded. The lives of several were saved in this way. St. Francis Hospital In Litchfield was made ready tor as many of the wounded as could be accommodated there, and about thirty others were taken to St. Louis late to-night and sent to various citj’ hospitals. A few feet from the open switch whore the locomotive turned out on its path to death were four freight cars. These were carried down when the engine wheeled out over the tracks and were first caught by the flames, which began to spread immediately. Given No Warning. The train was an hour late at the time of the accident and was running ten miles faster than its regular schedule. There were no reversal lights in tire track and the run being a clear three-mile straight line at this point the engineer bad nothing to warn him of his danger. Charles Comeau, station agent, said that the wreck was the result of malicious mischief He said the north track, as that siding is called, had not been used during the day, and it was plain that the switch was tampered with. Not fifteen minutes before the accident the third section of passenger No. 19, south bound, passed over it safely. But when No. 11 was derailed there the switch was turned and the lock lying on the ground beside it. News of Minor Note. The Jeffries-Munroe fight has again been postponed, this time to the last week in August. A number of farmers are to make an effort to grow tobacco in Kingfisher County, O. T. John A. Drake’s Ort Welles easily captured the $20,000 Tidal stakes at 1 : , 4 miles at Sheepshead Bay. The Southern Pacific Railway Company has announced its purpose to issue $40,000,000 of preferred stock. A decision given by the Colorado Supreme Court affirms the constitutionality of the State inheritance tax law. W. L. Kendall, a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, has won the Rhodes Oxford scholarship for that territory. Fremont elected forty-eight delegates to represent the State at the national convention at Springfield, 111. The Comptroller of the Currency has authorized the Jewell County National Bank of Burr Oak, Kan., to begin business, with a capital of $50,000. The liquor dealers and ,saloon men of Oklahoma are organizing for the purpose of securing a high license system when the territory becomes a State. Barney Bates shot and fatally wound- , ed Jesse Rogers at their fishing camp , near Carthage, Mo. Both are laboring men. They quarreled over a woman. ( Kokichi Hiraka was hanged in Fol- i som. Cal., for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. T. Yoshimoto and another Japan- > ese in Sacramento a year and a half ago. 1

WATSON THE NOMINEE POPULISTS NAME GEORGIA MAN FOR PRESIDENT. Tibbles of Nebraska Selected for Sec- ■ oud Place—Former Senator Allen Ke- ! fuses to Take the Honor — Platform I Demands More Money. Thomas E. Watson of Georgia for President and Thomas 11. Tibbles of Nebraska for Vice President was the ticket nominated Tuesday by the Populist National Convention at Springfield, 111. The names of William V. Allen of Nebraska and Samuel W. Williams of Indiana were also placed before the convention for President, but before the list of States had been completed in the roll call their names were withdrawn and Watson nominated by acclamation. Former Senator Allen made good his word that he would not enter into any scramble for the nomination, and while the nominations were being made he twice instructed the chairman of the Nebraska delegation to saj’ that his name must not go before the convention, but in the face of this former Senator Allen received more than 400 votes, and iqany believe ho would have been nominated had he given his consent to be a candidate. Features of-the Blntform. After reaffirming its a<lhcrence to the basic truths of the Omaha platform of 1892 and of the subsequent platforms of 1596 and 1900 the platform says: The issuing of money is a function of government and should never be delegated to corporations or individuals. The constitution gives to Congress alone power to issue money and regulate its value. We therefore demand that all money shall be issued by the government in such quantities as shall maintain a stability in prices, every dollar to be a full legal tender, none of which shall be a debt redeemable in other money. We demand that postal savings banks be established by the government for the safe deposit of the savings of the people. M e believe in the right of labor to organize for the benefit and protection of those who toil, and pledge the efforts of the people’s party to preserve this right inviolate. Capital is organized and has no right to deny to labor the privilege which it claims for itself. We favor the enactment of legislation looking to the improvement of conditions for wng(| earners, the abolition of child labor, th'e suppression of sweat shops and convict labor in competition with fr e labor, and the exclusion from Ano riean shores of foreign pauper labor. W e favor the shorter work day. and declare that if eight hours constitutes a day’s labor in government service, that eigiit hours should constitute a day’s labor in factories, workshops and mines. As a means of placing all public questions directly under the control of the people, wd demand that the legal provisions be made under which the people may exercise the initiative, referendum and proportional representation, and direct vote for all public officers with the right of recall. To prevent unjust discrimination and monopoly the government should own and control the railroads, and those public utilities which, in their nature, are monopolized; to perfect the postal service, the government should own and operate the general telegraphs and telephone system and provide a- parcels post. As to those trusts and monopolies which are not public utilities or natural monopolies, we demand that those special privileges which they now enjoy, and which alone enable them to exist, should be immediately withdrawn. W e demand that Congress shall enact a general law uniformly regulating the power and duties of all incorporated companies doing interstate business. Allen Denies an Old Story. While the convention was waiting for the Committee on Resolutions the delegates were entertain* d with songs and speeches. Former Senator Alien at this time took occasion to refute the story that was being circulated among the delegates that he, Allen, while presiding officer of the St. Louis convention in 1596, suppressed a telegram that was sent to the convention by William J. Bryan. Mr. All m said the story was absolutely false, that Bryan did not send such a message tt> the Populist convention in IS9G. After the convention adjourned a meeting of the National Committee was held, and James 11, Ferris, of Joliet, HL, was elected chairman and Charles Q. De France, of Lincoln, Neb., secretary. 'flie committee also appointed members of the National Committee for those States that were not represented at the convention, as follows: Kentucky—J. A. Parker, A. 11. Cardin and Joe O. Bradburn. New Jersey—J. A. Edgerton. Michigan—Mrs. Marian Todd, James E. Macßride. E. J. Payne. Massachusetts—George F. Washburn, E. Gerty Brown. P. P. Field. New Hampshire—D. B. Currier. Maine—L. W. Smith. Watson is 48 years of age. He was elected to the Forty-second Congress, serving one term. lie was formerly a Democrat. Interesting News Items. J. T. Simpson, a retired merchant of Holton, Kan., and a brother of former Congressman Jerry Simpson, died in Holton. Ben Morris and Clyde Reaver, workmen on the Rock Island bridge at Topeka, fell from a scaffold and were d row ned. Chester Harmon. 8 years old, whose parents reside near (’ashion. O. T., fell into the wheat bin in the elevator at Piedmont. O. T., and smothered to death Before help arrived. The Secretary of the Interior has approved the application of the board of trustees of the Columbian university of Washington to change the name of that institution to George Washington university. Two children of Worley Ellis, Herald, aged 3, and Maud, Hi months, were killed, and a third., Violet, aged 5 years, fatally injured by a switch engine in the Burlington yards at Ainsworth. Neb. Edward Votuil, a farm hand employed by John Sanders, eight miles southwest of Lawrence, Kam, committed suicide in liis employer’s 1 am by shooting himself through the head. He had shown indications of insanity for some time. Orley R. Stretch, 7 years old, was drowned near Mashan. <>. T.. by falling . into a creek. His little brother, who was with him. did not realize the dan- j ger, and it was some time before he told his mother that Orley had "fallen in.”

— You can’t tell the Russians that th* “yellow peril” is not real. —Indianapolis News. "Ethiopia for the Ethiopians,” cries a negro bishop. Well, we hear no protest in America. —Louisville Post. A woman is willing to take the benefit of the doubt and let man have tho doubt of the benefit.—Baltimore Her aid. It would be something of a calamity if one of those floating mines should strike the sea serpent.—Washington Times. If Montana train robbers would subscribe to state ethics they would work exclusively through the Legislature.— Detroit Free Press. Reports from the bacteriological de--partment have it that the bacillus of lockjaw has begun to sit up and notice things.—Detroit Free Press. Boston physicians are using the piano as an instrument to cure nerve diseases. This must be "a painful operation.” —New York Herald. . "Who are the truly great?” asks Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis. We reUfgw - - guess until the batting averJ^^haTe been figured up.—Washington Post The Koreans are getting off more easily than they expected and are even managing to make a little money selling things to the soldiers.—Washington Star. The Igorrotes may be happy in being unaffected by the present high price of beef, but th 'y must have a standing feud with the dog catcher.— Omaha Bee. The St. Louis anarchist society which ordered the fat men killed may have been merely experimenting with worry as an obesity cure.—Kansas City Times. It is feared that some people get into Mr. Rockefeller’s Bible class who would rather have a tip on the market than information on how to be good.— Washington Star. A congressional committee is to investigate the Red Cross Society. It would be more fitting to have the Red Cross Society investigate Congress.— Atlanta Journal. The worst of Bandit Raisuli’s deed will not be known until it is definitely determined whether or not Perdicarls is going to take the lecture platform.— Augusta Chronicle. Dowie, in his trip around the world, probably learned that there is no place for a faker like Amenra and no place in America quite so easy as -Chicago.— Cedar Rapids Republic. Report comes from Port Arthur of 8 social entertainment on board one of the Russian b«ttleships. We presume the guests were supplied with diving suits.—Washington Post. Strange so many French soldiers drop dead from fast walking in maneuvers. Haven’t heard of any Russians dropping dead from fast sprinting in action.—Atlanta Constitution. It Is said that the one and only regret of St. Louis at having the fair is that some of the imported grafters are so much more accomplished than the home grafters.—Atlanta Journal. Railroad companies are making extensive additions to their sidetrack facilities at St Louis. Probably preparing terminal facilities for the presidential booms.—Washington Post. Under the latest Supreme Court decision railroads may kill employes with impunity, so long as they are not executed by direct order of the manager or president.—^Detroit News Tribune. There is to be a scientific collect.on of mosquitoes at St. Louis, tyost people will be far more interested in dodging the uncollected ones when the hot weather comes on.—Philadelphia Bulletin. A bok entitled "How to Get Rich" is being advertised for sale at the price of sl. A good tip to one wishing to get rich would be to save his dollar and not buy the book.—Atlanta Journal. A Chicago woman seeks a divorce because her husband has not smiled in ten years. Popular judgment should be ssupended until the husband tells why he has not smiled.—Minneapolis Times. Secretary Taft says that the new capital of the Philippines "lies in a pocket of the mountains.” Pleased to learn that it does not lio in the pocket of some real estate syndicate.—Washington Star. Barnum’s “greatest show on earth” has not only abolished street parades, but it is now accompanied by its own „- chaplain. There’s no telling 22S this reform mania -S Constitution. A Japanese postcard has beti ib- . lished showing a Russian admiral standing on the beach in diver’s costume with the inscription, “Going down to review the fleet.”—Columbus Evening Dispatch. That the emancipation of woman ii now complete has been demonstrated in St. Louis. The leader of them all exercised her prerogative of liberty and went from the parlor into the kitchen.—St. Louis Republic. According to a new encyclopedia, poverty is caused by four things—drink, inefficiency and shiftlessness, crime and a fondness for roving. One other cause that might be mentioned is u lack of money.—New York Sun. A Philadelphia court has decided that a man does not have to tell his wife how much money he makes or how he spends it. Before acting on this opinion it will be advisable for most men to find out what their wives think about it.—Syracuse Herald. An Indiana hen has astonished the natives by laying petrified eggs. This would seem to indicate that the next obnoxious theatrical company that passes that way may have a decidedly unpleasant time of it—Cleveland Plain Dealer,