DROPS FREE SILVER.
Bryan Willing That Question of
Ratio Shall Bs Relegated.
'In nn Interview tho NohrnsUnn Declarrn
That tlio Money-Chiinsrers of Wall
Struct Am tho Curst) of Our Po
litical .Institutions.
. New York, Jan. 20. William Jcn-i-V
Bryan has announced his Idea
07 the paramount Ibsuo. It is neither
gold nor sjlver; it Is "whether or not
tho money changers shall rule this
country." 'in tho face of this issue, lie
is willing that 1C to 1 bo relegated to
tho background. Up to this time Mr.
Bryan hag consistenly refused to pro
nounce, upon tho probable .relative im
portance which the various questions
would assume during the coming pre3l-
"I have believed ever since the 1900
campaign," ho said, "that It is no
longer a question of gold and silver. It
is the larger question of whether or
not tho money changers shall rule tho
rwinntrv 'Phn sllvnr rmpqtlmi Is lint flf
paramount importance now, nor is that
of labor or trusts. It is a largo ques
tion and includes them all. What
measure for the relief of tho masses
is there that they (the money chang
ers) do not oppose? Do you know of
any? Whether a measure is proposed
for the benefit of labor or for the de
struction of the trusts or what not, so
it be for tho benefit of the plain people,
it is opposed in Wall street.
"What is tho use. of a party fighting
trusts when bankers sit in Wall street
-with their vaults full of watered stock
nnd contribute to the campaign fund?
Or what is tho use of espousing tho
causo of labor when its enemies sit
liigh in the councils of tho party?
Asked what comment ho had to make
on the statement by John Sharp Wil
liams, minority leader in the house of
representatives at Washington, that
the free silver issue is dead, he pro
pounded this query in return: "There
are tons of thousands of people who
express opinions about mo almost daily,
I presume. Suppose I were to com
mence to comment on them all, what
time would I have for anything else?
No, I do not care to discuss other per
sons' opinions."
AN ATTACK ON ROOSEVELT.
Concrossiiuwi Ileimy, of New .Jersey, SceUa
to Hcllttlo the President's Cotiriico
Ituforcnco to Free Trains.
Washington, Jan. 29. Tho house
Thursday considered the deficiency bill,
ftlr. Bonny (N. J.) took occasion to pay
ills respects to President, Roosevelt in
sarcastic words. "You bratr and blow
.about tho grcnt courage of your pres
ident," ho said, turning to tho repub
licans. "The man who is a brave and
courageous man is a man who dares
-to do right. Tho man who shoots a
lion or a Spaniard in the back docs
not necessarily have to be courageous."
'The prophecy that to nominate Mr.
Roosevelt for vice president would take
him out of New York politics did not
tome true. He said it was proposed to
stop the use of carriages by depart
ment officials and asked if anything
was done to stop the president from
using a free train, declaring that ho
had heard that a free train was placed
.at his disposal.
TO FEED THE RUSSIANS.
'Three Million Pound of Heof In Sovonty
Cum Kenchod Sun FraiicUeo from
Kansas City and Omaha.
San Francisco, Jan. 29. Three spe
cial freight trains have just arrived
lliere from Kansas City and Omaha with
u large quantity of mess beef destined
for the Russian army in the orient. In
the three trains there was an aggregate
of about 70 cars, and they contained
.-over It.OOO.OOO pounds of beef. The
trains came west on fast time; In order
that tho beef could be carried across
the Pacific on tho steamer sailing from
here the end of this month or early in
February. This large shipment is to
be split in two on the other side, hall
V.olng to Port Arthur and the remainder
'to Vladivostock.
PET DOG AWOKE HIM.
-IMt.... L? . V ..! . . . .....
- on -A.iMii.1 urutrgisi union 11110
Hurclur und Put Two Others
to Flight.
St. Louis, .Jan. 29. Awakened from
fcSlumber by tho barking of his pot dog,
Paul V. Deichnian ran from his sleep-
,4lnir rnnm Ttt lilcf liMiri eWim n ,1 .
jiougm a pistol auei wun one purglnr
j' . . . . ...
V-A1U1 IliaUUlLJY KlltMl iUlULIHT f)VIr WIIOTTI
in; suimuieu. imgni snois were ex-
4CllfII!L!t!(l- illl III I'lIl.SI I'iLIILlI I lift II M
.t...n-.wi nn i. 1 - rut. .
glar whom Deicbmnn first encountered
that he, too, was wounded. Outside
ho store ho stumbled, but escaped with
'OUl.
lo r Jtoosnveltuud Wullirldiro.
Kansas City. Mo.. Jan. 29. The
Fifth district republican congressional
t invention elected J. II. Harris and
Wallace Love delegated to the republi
can national convention. Thoy nro in-,
etructed for Roosevelt and Walbrldge,
ACTED ON HAY'S ADVICE.
Secretary of Stata Ashed tli President t
lleslst Sending Further I'uniiiuu Cor
respondence to tho Semite.
Washington, Jan. 30. The course ol
tho republican majority in the United
States senate ill insisting upon nr.,
amendment to the Culberson resolution
calling upon tho president of the United
States for information relative to the ,
negotiations and events in a diplomatic i
way leading up to tho revolution on
tho isthmus of Panama was prompted ,
directly from tho white house,. It is,
an open secret that President Roosevelt
insisted upon this amendment as due
to the dignity of his office, particularly
in view of tho language ho has used
in messages ho has already sent to the
senate. ' '
The senate voted Friday on tho Cul
lorn amendment inserting tho discre
tionary clause and the motion pre
vailed, .19 to 20 a party voto with tho
exception of Mr. MeEncry, of Louisana,
who voted with tho republicans.
EX-MAYOR AMES IS FREE.
Minnesota Supremo Court Full Huclr on
"Old Technicality" to Holclisu tlio
Hoodllng Olllclul.
St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 30. The su
preme court has quashed the indict
ment against Former Mayor Ames, of
Minneapolis, and tho entire court hold
that the evidence was faulty. Judges
Start, Collins and Lewis concurred
in the majority opinion that tho of
fense was not proven whilo Judges
Lovely and Brown disagree with that
part of the opinion of tho majority.
Dr. Ames was charged and convicted
in tho district court of Hennepin coun
ty of receiving money illegally as
mayor of Minneapolis from women.
After his indictment by tho grand jury,
Ames lied and was captured in a New
England city after tho state had spent
hundreds of dollars in the chase.
TO PREVENT ITS DOWNFALL?
Pnnntiiii Dispatch Says Colombia Must Ah
Hiiuio Hostile Attltudo to Quint In
termit Dissatisfaction.
Panama, Jan. 30. News reached hero
from Bogota that insomuch as Gens.
Reyes and Cavallcro have assured Co
lombia that tho United Slates will
only object to her landing forces in
the canal zone, the Colombian govern
ment intends to organize and send an
expedition against Panama.
The only explanation of this news
from Bogota is that tho government of
Colombia is compelled to take soma
stops to prevent its downfall. This is
said to be imminent, as President Mar
roquln has lost all tho prestige he over
had. There is much speculation in
Bogota .as to tlio outcome of this move
should It bo put through.
Twenty Ml Ion of Tunnel.
Chicago, Jan. 30. Elimination o
freight teaming in the business quar
ter is contemplated within a short time
by the use to bo made of tho largo
tunnels under Chicago's down-town
streets. There are now 20 miles of
tunnel at a depth of 40 feet below tho
surface. This system has been built
at a cost of $8,000,000 by the Illinois
Telegraph & Telephone company.
A World's lpulr Passenger Station.
St. Louis, Jan. 30. Plans have been
completed for the erection of a passen
ger station near tho main entrance
of the world's fair grounds that will
accommodate 12,000 persons and bo
used jointly by all the roads sending
trains to tho grounds. Tho station
will cost about ?G0,000 but will bo but
a temporary structure for use only
during tho exposition.
Delegate MeOulre Under Chorion.
Washington, Jan. 30. Charges have
been filed at tho interior department
ugainst Bird S. McGuire, the delegate
in the house from Oklahoma, charging
that, in violation of the law, lie has
been prosecuting claims in behalf of
Indians and accepting foes therefor
while serving as a delegate in congress.
Fleet 11 Contesting Delegation.
Kansas City. Mo., Jan. 30. A number
of republicans who participated In tho
Fifth congressional district republican
primary met at the Midland hotel and
elected Capt. A. C. Klnneard and James
A. McLane as delegates to the national
convention. They are for Roosevelt,
but opposed to federal officeholders ma
nipulating conventions.
I Illinois Monument ut Ylclcshurf;.
Chicago, Jan. 30. Tho state of Illi
nois will erect a monument in the Na
tional Military park in Vicksburg,
Miss., to the 1 1,000 Illinois soldiers and
sailors who participated in the slego of
that city from March 2!) to July 4, 1803.
Tho structure will cost $150,000. It will
bo In tlvo shape of a rotunda or circu
lar shape.
"Church of This World" Tied Up.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 30. Tho
Church of This World has suspended
business and Its founder and nastor.
1 Dr. J. E. Roberts, haft loft Kunsas City.
, nnd returned to his farm near. Grant,
I Mich. "Dr. Roberts' leaving, .was sig"
I nallzed by no; demonstration on tho
Dart of his congregation. '
AGENT ROBBED AND KILLED.
W. H. llrntMlMrriit. tlio Frisco Operator il
Ornnljy. .Mo., Itcslstcil tlio Demand
of Two Desperadoes.
Joplin, Mo., Feb. 1. Station Ageni
W. II. Broadstreet, of tho Frisco rail
road nt Granby, was shot and mortally
wounded by two masked bandits Sat
urday night. Whilo ho was busy ro
ccivlng a message two Htrangorj
walked up to tho ticket window nnd
one of them drew a revolver on him,
demanding money. Broudstront resist
ed and tho robber deliberately fired,
the bullet taking effect in the side ol
his face near the mouth. Tho men then
rifled tho safe, which was unlocked,
nnd secured about $7. Broadstrccl
had some trouble in raising the alarm
and ho was suffering intensely when
assistance arrived from town, a mile
and a hnlf from the depot, The
wounded man was taken to town nnd
medical aid was rendered, but physi
cians have given up hopes for his re
covery. PERISHED FROM THIRST.
Tlio Hodles of Nearly Tlilrtv Men Found
on tlio Desert Hotwcon Moiipu mill
I.on Vokiih. Ncv.
Salt Lake City, Feb. 1. Tho bodies
of between 20 and 30 men who per
ished from thirst while attempting to
cross the desert between Moapa and
Los Vegas, Nov., havo been found
within a few weks, according to ad
Iccs received from tho latter place.
The men, it Is believed, wero mostly
tranips who attempted to make the
long journey on foot without suffi
dent supplies of food and water to
carry them across. Many of the bodies
found were without clothing and it is
believed that, tho victims had gone in
sane from thirst and had wandered
about In a nudo condition in search ol
water.
OPEN AIR FOR CONSUMPTION.
liullunii Youth linn Completed Tivo Venn
of Sleeping Outdoor In All Kind
of Weutlier.
Warsaw, Ind., Jan. 31. Russell
Leonard, a youth of 10, residing south
of this place, completed his second year
of sleeping In the open air in all kinds
of weather. He is battling for his life
against tuberculosis. Only one night
within the last two years has Leonard
slept within the house. Out on his
grandfather's veranda, with absolutely
no shelter except tho roof, but in a
warm and comfortable bed, the youth
spends each night and sleeps whero he
can breathe the pure atmosphere. He
claims that this heroic treatment, with
out any medicine whatever is restoring
his health. This was begun on tho ad
vice of tho boy's physician that it was
the only chance by which tho disease
might be overcome.
ANOTHER "GOLD BRICK."
Jucob Allen, 11 Wealthy Fiirmor IS'eur Wei'
Mnctoii. Kiin,, Mud SSlO.OOO to .Spend
ultli Conlldouco Men.
Wichita, Kan.. Jan. 31. Jacob Allen,
a wealthy fanner of Wellington, Kan.,
was swindled In this city by gold brick
men who sold him a worthless combi
nation of tin, copper and other metal
for .$10,000. Allen paid the cash for
it, upon tlio recommendation of a sup
posed government assayer whose card
bore the name of J. E. Stone, Philadel
phia, that it. was worth $21,000, and
that he would pay that much for it.
lie Stole to lliicy HIn Child.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 31. Penniless
and despondent, his dead babo lying
unburled in his cheerless homo, Charles
Gartman resorted to theft to secure
money for funeral expenses and was
caught in tho act of taking $8 from a
telephone box belonging to the Missouri
&. Kansas Telephone company. Then
was developed 0110 of the many sordid
little tragedies which occur every day
in the lives of the very poor.
FutuI Wroelv nt Miller. Kim.
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 1. Tho Kan-,
sas and Colorado limited, on the Mis
souri Pacific railway, was wrecked at
Miller, n small station ton miles west
of Osage City, Kan., shortly after seven
o'clock yesterday morning. W. L.
Brown, of Dos Moines, la., was killed
and 20 persons wore injured, five of
them seriously, The train "split u
switch" and every car was derailed.
.Inline Scott AcoiihciI.
Tecunisch, Ok., Jan. 31. Henry W.
Scott, former associate Justice of the
Oklahoma supreme court, under ap
pointment from President Cleveland,
and now a resident of New York city,
was arrested charged with securing
money at Anudarkq, Ok., upon false
pietenscs.
Still A rter Senator liortoil.
St. Louis, Jan. 31, Naturalization
frauds and Senator J. R. Burton, of
Kansas, continue to be tho subjects of
investigation by the federal grand jury.
Witnesses wore summoned to appear iu
hoth Investigations.
tloii, Slelcli" SucveHU Hlnck.
. Washington, Jan. 31. Gen. Daniol
E.. Sickles has named V. new possibility
lor. tho' democratic nomination. Gun.
John G. BWck is his choicu
PENSIONS FOR NEARLY ALL.
Coneri'MKiiinn Sullswuv. of New Ilittiitmlilre,
AVoutd Iticrr-nfto tho VnV of 1 VJo.IH) 1
Soldiers Now on tho Hull.
Washington, Jan. 28. Representative
Sulloway, of New Hampshire, chairman
of tho committee on invalid pensions,
has introduced a distinctly service nnd
3go pension bill, which will givo to each
soldier who served 90 days and who
i caches the ago of 02 years, ?8 per
month; 00 years, $10 per month; and
70 years, ?12 per month. In addition
to tho nbove rates his bill gives to tho
men who served two years or moro an
additional increase of $2 per month in
cacli of tho above classes. The bill
ncrcasen the minimum of pensions al
lowed to $8 per month, instead of $(,
which will increase tho' pensions ot
125,394 soldiers who nro now on tho
rolls at ?li per month. The bill further
provides that tho pensions of widows
who married tho soldiers prior to Jan
uary 1, 1870, and who nro now on tho
rolls drawing $8 shall bo Increased to
$12.
A VICTIM OF 'REVENGE?
tiov. Itulley Deelare tho Flclit on HI in
hy ltepuhlli iins I Vlllalnoui Will
Ilv Withdraw ?
Topoka, Kan., Jan. 28. Tho pollti
:Iaus bore say Gov. Bailey Is beaten and
that it is only a matter of timo until
ho withdraws from tlio unequal con
test anil permits Mr. Hoch to bo nomi
nated by acclamation. Tho governor
says nothing for publication and care
fully seals his lips when nowspapor
men approach him, but ho talks freely
to his friends. For Instance, ho said
to a friend tho day before ho wont to
Seneca: "Well, If tho worst comes I
can go back to tho farm, and tlmo will
vindicate mo. This cannot put my light
out and I will como back sometime and
show these fellows a thing or two. I
have tried to do my duty, and all talk
to tho contrary by tho men who aro
fighting me is villainous. Thoy aro In
this movement for revenge, nnd thoy
are visiting it upon me."
CAR FARE WAS COSTLY.
Sorloui Collision on u St. I.ouls lCleetre I. Inn
While Conductor mid l'mnenirer Cjuur
ruled Over Flvo CitntH.
St. Louis, Jan. 28. Moro than 20
persons wore Injured, somo of thorn
fatally, when two cars on the Broad
way line collided.
Both cars were northbound and trav
eling in a smoke fog so dense thai it
was impossible to make out an object
ns fnr as a block away. Tho accident
occurred while the front car was sta
tionary, owing to a quarrel between
the conductor and a passenger over a
faro. Tho second car was coming at
high speed through the fog, tho mo
torman, Christopher Jucrgin, ringing
his gong. When less than 100 foot
away, tho front car loomed through
tho fog. Juorgin stuck to his post but
it was useless to try to avoid tlio crash.
NOT LULU PRINCE KENNEDY.
Woman on Trial for Murder of Her 1'lrnt
IIiiNhiind In KmiHiiN City Wu Married
A uralo Last PolimiiHy,
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 2S. Tlio wo
man known as Mrs. Lulu Prlnco-Kon-nedy,
on trial in the criminal court for
tho murder of her husband, Philip Ken
nedy, is married again and is living
witli her second husband, John Kra
mer. Hor name Is Mrs. Lulu Prince
Kramer. Thoy wore married last. Feb
ruary and are living at tho Prince
home, 71 f Harrison street. Kramer is
tho receiver of the Glllo Hardware
company and has an office in tho Heist
building. He is a lawyer. Tho wed
ding took place at Edwardsvllle, 111.
BURTON'S TRIAL MARCH 7.
In Federal Court ut St. I.oillft tho Aeeimod
United States Senator from Kaunas
flnvo So, OOO Ilnml,
St. Louis, Jan. 28. In federal court
Wednesday United States Senator Bur
ton, charged with violating a federal
law as attorney for tho Rlalto Grain
company, gave $5,000 bond, His bonds
men aro Ernest II. Koster, Georgo W.
Adams and Herbert A. Vrooman. Fed
eral Judge Adams set March 7 as the
dato for Mr. Burton's trial.
THE WHITE PEOPLE WON.
President Itoosevelt Names a Successor to
Airs. Minnie Cox, Postmaster at Iii
dlanola. Miss.
Washington, Jan. 28. Tho president
has appointed W. B. Martin to succoed
Mrs. Ailnnio Cox as postmaster at In
dianola, Miss. This post office was
closed some tlmo ago, tho white In
habitants of tho place refusing to ac
cept their mall from Mrs. Cox, who Is
a negroes. Martin, who is a whito man,
was one of Mrs. Cox's bondsmen.
TROUBLE FOR MILLARD.
Alonro Cruzen Coiulnc Homo from I'ortc
Itieo to Unit for United States Sen
ator from Nehrasloi.
San Juan, P. R., Jan. 28. Alonzo
Citizen, formerly collector of customs
of Porto Rico, has sailed for tho United
States. Ho says ho will return direct
to Nebraska where, his conversation
indicated, lie will open a campaign with
tho object of succeeding Joseph H, Mil'
lard In the United States senate.
MAYOR HARRISON FREED.
JudcoTuthlll Held That Chlcaffo'n F.xcca
tlvn Head Could Not Mo Held for Mis
takes of Subordinate.
Chicago, Jnn. 28. It was decided by
Mayor Harrison to suo out a writ of
habeas corpus for his immediate re
louso from tho coroner's Jury chargo
holding him to tho grand jury ns one
of tho culprits responsible fdr tho
wholesale loss of life at tho Iroquois
theater firo.
Judgo Tuthlll consented to an imme
diate hearing ot Mayor Harrison's np
pllcatlon. Tlio hearing had hardly bo
gun when Judgo Tuthlll announced
that it wnB wrong nnd impropor to
hold Mayor Harrison and that tho ovi
donco showed no crime, felony or mis
demeanor. On thoso grounds alone,
Judgo Tuthlll said, ho would discharge
tho mayor. Mayor Harrison quickly
interposed Hint in sulto of tho judgo'u
Inclination a discharge would not bo
accepted on thoso points, and asked
that the ordlnnuces bo examined by tho
court. Accordingly an examination wus
immediately begun.
At thrco o'clock Judgo Tuthlll for
mally discharged Mayor Harrison.
ALLEGED BLACKMAILING CASE.
Mrs. Thurston's Coiiehiiiun llelnir Tried for
DeiiiumtliiC Money for Letters Said to
Have lleen Sent to 1 1 1 lit hy the l.ady.
Chicago, Jan. 2S. James Gordon
Tilbury, former coachman for Mrs. mi
lls Thurston, a prominent socloty
woman, was placed on trial yesterday
for attempting to blackmail his em
ployer. Tilbury claimed he had re
ceived letters from Mrs. Thurston and
threatened her with their publication
unless ho was given $12,r00. Mrs.
Thurston arranged to give him tho
money and oillccrs placed him under
arrest at tho very moment ho was re
ceiving it. Mrs. Thurston declared
that sho had never written any let
ters to Tilbury and that the entiro
matter was a blackmailing scheme.
HE SEES TROUBLOUS TIMES.
Uov. Cnmmlns, of lowu. Tells Kansas I.aw
'yers There Will He War llntweeit
Capital unit I.uhor.
Topoka, Kan., Jan. 28. Gov. A. H.
Cummins, of Iowa, addressed tho Kan
sas Bar association hero last night nt
its annual meeting. His subject was
"Tho Rights of Man." Ho said in part:
"Tlio present situation between labor
and capital Is tending toward war. Out
of that war will como tho .settlement
of tho question of man and master.
Tlio government must restrict this
trend of organization. Organization is
all right, but It must be looked after
by tho law-makers and lawyers of tho
country."
IT IS A "YELLOW" STORY.
Commissioner of Indian AfTalrs .lones Dis
credits Persistent Keport of Intended
"Uprlslnc" Aniline Keetowuh Hand.
Washington, Jan. 28. Commissioner
of Indian Affairs Jones discredited the
report from Muskogee, I. T., of a
threatened uprising among Cherokee
Indians. Ho says tho K etownh band,
to which tlio Cherokoes wero stated
to belong, is composed almost ontlrely
of fullblood Crook Indians, that thoro
is only about one full-blood Chorokco
to 99 other citizens of Indian territory
and that these Cherokoes aro self-respecting,
solf-supportliiE agricultural
people.
VIOLATED ANTI-LOTTERY LAW
Promoters of an Oklahoma Town Over
stepped the Mark In Disposing of
Lots to Speculators.
Guthrie, Ok., Jan. 28. In an opinion
prepared yesterday for tho prosecuting
attorney of Washita county, J. C. Rob
erts, the attorney general of Okla
homa, holds that the promoters of the
townsito of Bossio could bo proceeded
against in tho courts for violating the
lottery laws of Okhahoma. Bessie,
formerly Auxler, is In Washita county
on tho Blackwell, Enid & Southwestern
railway.
DcmiI Man u Political Lender.
Macon, Mo., Jan. 28. Elmer E. Eng
lish, who was killed in the Burlington
wreck at Gardeeno crook, was a repub
lican leader of Macon. Ho was going
to St. Louis with Dr. E. B. Clement,
republican committeeman from tho
First district. Tlio men woro seat
mates, and it is reported here, wero
found closely wedged together, one
dead, tho other but slightly injured.
Ilryiin Will Flfht for Silver.
Boston, Jan. 28. William Jennings
Bryan announced his intention to go
to tho St. Louis convention In person
and fight for tho cause of freo silver.
In the intorviow Mr. Bryan declared
that the cause of freo silver was far
stronger than many supposed and that
its adherents could summon votes
onough to make It an Issue in the com
ing campaign.
She "Wrote "Honnle Hlue Flair."
Now York, Jan. 28. Mrs. Annlo
Chambers Ketehum, author of "Tho
Bpnnio Bluo Flag," ono of tho most
famous war songs of tho confederacy,
as well as of many other poems and.
prose writings, died yesterday in St
Vincent's hospital, after less than a,
week's Illness, In her ulghtieth yean
