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Outlook for Kepubllcan Success Is
BriKht The Most Danger Llci In
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Out : m KiitluiKiiiHtlc Vote
( Washington Letter. )
With the month of September comes
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1 i an awakening in the political cam-
! ] ) aigus in the various states and an in-
j . creased interest in prospective re
sults.
In Ohio , Iowa , Nebraska , Kentucky ,
Maryland , New York , New Jersey and
Massachusetts there are interesting
elections , important in one way or an-
-jo .ther in their relation to national poli-
j tics ; * In Ohio a senator is to be elect-
i ed by the legislature to be chosen , in
Iowa there is to be chosen a portion
1 of the legislature which will two years
hence elect a successor to Senator Gear ,
in New Jersey a part of the legislature
which elects a successor to 'Senator
Smith is to be chosen , in New York
the political complexion of Greater New
York City for an indefinite term is to
be determined , in Maryland a legisla-
t ture which is to select a successor to
Senator Gorman is to be elected , while
in Nebraska and Kentucky the curren
cy issue has drawn the line sharply
between the fiat heresy and the sound
money men , of whatever former party.
Naturally , information from all these
states drifts to Washington. Mem
bers of congress and politicians come
J -and go and from them is had the best
j information on the situation as to their
I own states , and a consensus of the gen
eral situation may thus be formed.
That the outlook forthe Republican
success is good-everywhere goes with
out saying. That there is still danger
to the party , however , in every state is
equally true.
' * v"Dan ger in "evory- ' state ? Yes. Dan
ger in Ohio , in rock ribbed Iowa , in
prosperity blessed Nebraska , in Ken
tucky , Maryland , New York every
where.
Why ? Because there is too much
confidence. Because the Republicans
arejthrowing up their hats and saying ,
"We've got it all our own way this
time boys. " Because there is danger
that the belief that the farmers and the
worklngmen are employed and happy
is going to lead too many Republicans
to neglect their duty. That the drift is
all in the direction of Republicanism
is true. That the people see that Bryan
and his silver party made a deliberate
effort to deceive them last year is un
doubtedly a fact. But the Democrats
are not asleep they are active , vigi
lant and they are conducting a still
hunt for votes that will surprise the
Republican leaders unless they are
awake and plan to arouse every" man
and get him enthusiastically into the
fight. The tide is all running in the
right direction , but this very fact is
liable to lead to neglect on the part of
/ soma Republicans and to dissensions in
the party ranks elsewhere. And in this
there is danger.
Ohio.
From Ohio comes word that the
Democrats are trying to run away from
their platform , made only two months
ago. This is not surprising , for silver
has fallen 15 per cent in value even in
that short time. On July 10 one ounce
I of silver was worth in New York 60.C
cents. Now it is worth only 52 cents
and still falling. No wonder that they
are ashamed of their platform and
want to get away from it when in two
months after its enunciation the metal
which it advocates as money falls 15
per cent in value. That the Repub
licans of the state will not let them
get away from it goes without saying
if they are wise. That they will sweep
the state now that they have the enemy
on the run also goes without saying
if they are not too confident.
Maryland.
* The factional fights in the Repub
lican ranks being now over there is
good reason to hope that the party
will fall into line and with the aid of
the gQld Democrats and anti-Gorman
men win the 'fight for thc > legislature ! .
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It is now generally conceded in Mary
land that Gorman , say whatever he
will , would vote with the silver men
in the Senate. This being the case the
sound money Democrats in the State
are inclined to again co-operate with
the Republicans , as are also the strong
element which can only be described
by the term "anti-Gorman. "
Now York.
While the fight in New York relates
to the mayoralty , it is for a first mayor
of the second largest city in the world ,
and to determine whether or not Tam
many shall control Greater New York.
And if that splendidly managed politi
cal party does get Control of that great
organization , it greatly endangers Re
publican prospects in the entire state
indefinitely. So it is probable that the
Republican party in New York City
will decide to support Seth Low , nomi
nated by the "Citizens" organization.
For unless all those opposed to Tam
many and free silver combine on one
man they cannot win. By refusing to
so unite they give Greater New York
and probably New York State over to
the Tammany-Silver Democracy indefi
nitely.
GEORGE H. WILLIAMS.
Industry of the Sninsgler.
It is amusing to observe the efforts
of our free trade papers to stimulate
the industry of smuggling. It seems
almost as if they were subsidized by
European shopkeepers. It is true that
there may be some loss to those New-
York papers which cater to foreign ad
vertising patronage. But a good , rush
ing American business should promote
more American advertising , and it
seems to us that the Democratic news
papers would be improving their own
business prospects rather by encourag
ing increased patronage for American
stores than by the advocacy of a policy
that 'enriches only the British shop
keeper and stimulates smuggling.
There is no accounting for taste ,
however. And the more the English
papers are bewailing the loss of the
American retail trade , so much the
more clamorous does the "smuggler's ,
ring" of our Democratic newspapers
become against a policy that must in
crease the wholesale and retail trade
in our own cities , as well as add to the
employment of our own people. The
patronage of American department and
dry goods stores might well be diverted
to those papers that advocate the pat
ronage of American stores , rather than
the purchase of goods in Europe. The
latter course decreases our home trade ,
involves smuggling and the robbery of
our national revenue , yet it is actively
supported by "the smuggler's ring" of
Democratic free trade papers , which
are so liberally supported by the ad
vertising of those very American stores
which they are endeavoring to ruin in
their news and editorial columns.
The Result or It.
Let is not be forgotten that the
UniteJ States have been dabbling in
this game of protecting native indus
tries for more than a hundred y ars.
Edinburgh Scotsman.
Hence the enormous growth in our
manufacturing enterprises ; also in our
agricultural interests which , necessa
rily , expanded in proportion.
A Chinese paper estimates that the
victtos of the plague in Foochow this
vcr.r will not Tall short of 40,000.
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REPUBLICAN NOTES.
Those wretched Ohio editors will not
stop talking about John McLean's gold
bond.
The silverites insist that the rise in
wheat is due vto scarcity1 only. But
how about wool ? ,
The farmers are rapidly getting back
the $80,000,000 which they lost in the
value of their sheep under free trade.
Bland , Tillman and Bryan admit that
there is "temporary" prosperity. A
year ago they said even that couldn't
como without free coinage.
The Democrats have laid aside their
usual cry about increased prices under
the new tariff law. They see that low
tariff is no longer popuar , even with
their own people.
Speaking of the "growth of exports of
manufactures under free trade , " will
the Democrats claim the recent foreign
sales of American tin as due to their
non-protective theory ?
People who arc wondering what the
Democrats will find for an issue in 1900
should postpone their worry , as there
may bo no Democratic party by that
time , the way things are going.
Why don't Prof. Debs and his asso
ciates call on the framers of the Wilson
law to help out the miners ? It was
clearly the reduction of the tariff that
caused the reduction in the miners'
wages.
Oh , by the way , have the Ohio and
Iowa and Maryland and Kentucky and
Nebraska and New Jersey 'and New
York Democrats forgotten about the
tariff ? They seem to be strangely
silent on the subject.
"Because it is my deliberate judg
ment that the prosperity of America is
mainly due to its system , of protective
laws , I urge that Germany has now
reached that point where it is nesessary
to imitate the tariff system of the
United States. " Bismarck.
Mexican workmen , who get less than
half what those of the United States
get , are having a hard time now that
they must take their pay in 40-cenfc del
lars. The American carpenter gets
$2.50 per day in good 100-cent dollars ,
while the Mexican carpenter gets $1.25
in coin worth 40 cents on the dollar.
The real value of the $1.25 which the
Mexican gets is just 50 cents , against
$2.50 which the American carpenter
gets.
Uncle Richard Bland says the rise
in wheat is due to scarcity , and that
the silver question has nothing to do
with it. Is it noc possible , Uncle Rich
ard , if high prices are produced by
scarcity and have no relation to silver ,
that low prices were due to plenteousness -
ness and also had no relation to silver ?
It's a poor rule that doesn't work both
ways , Uncle Richard. We all know-
that wheat was plenty and the cost of
producing it much less than ever be
fore.
The statistics of the cotton crop for
last year show it to have been 8,757,964
bales. It has been sold for about $350 , -
000,000 , or something more than the to
tal volume of the greenback currency.
This is more than five times the value
of the annual silver product of the
country. What folly is it then for cot
ton growers to think that their pros-
• perky depends upon "doing something
for silver , " when all the silver pro
duced in the country would not buy
one in five of their cotton bales ! New-
York World ( Dem. ) .
The Republicans have been increas
ing rapidly in numbers and influence
in all the states of the south , particu
larly in those on the southern border ,
with the exception of two , South'Caro
lina and Mississippi , in which , by con
stitutional provision , there is a large
disfranchisement of colored voters.
The chief cause of this change is the
growth of the Populist party , which is
a white man's party , and has with
drawn many voters from the Demo
cratic candidates without getting many
recruits from Republican ranks. In
no Presidential election since the close
of the civil war have the Republicans
polled so large an electoral vote in the
southern states , as they did last year.
Mr. McKinley received twelve electoral
votes in Kentucky , eight in Maryland ,
and six in West Virginia , which , with
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three in Delaware , make a total of
twenty-nine in what was formerly the
solid south. In three states North
Carolina , Virginia and Tennessee the
contest between the Democrats and the
Populists on the one hand and the Re
publicans on the other was very close ,
and the severance of friendly political
relations between the Democrats and
the Populists in these states makes
more probable than heretofore Repub
lican success. 'New York Sun ( Demo-
ratic ) .
British Business Crippled.
It must be remembered that for soma
years to come our trade with the
United States will almost certainly be
greatly crippled by the new tariff , and
as business men it is our obvious duty
to see what expansion is possible in
other directions to make up for the
partial closing of the American mar
kets. Warehouseman and Draper ,
London.
All classes of the British daily , finan
cial , commercial and trade papers are
unanimous in explaining how an
American protective tariff does protect
AVrican lauor and industry. It will
be hard work for the free traders to
d'snrove these statements in tliezre -
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ME. BKYAN ON WHEAT
THE MOST ETASIVh : MAN EVER
IN POLITICS.
Speeches that Are Cnunpicuous for Con
tradictions , Inconsistencies ami Lack
of Harmony Wrnnjr iu III *
I'actn and Weak In II Ih Logic
Honest Dollnr'rt ltlea lng.
llo ISIowh lint mill Colli.
Kansas City Journal : In the course
of his syndicate letter to the press last
week W. J. Bryan used the following
expression :
"Wheat has risen because theforcign
crop has been exceedingly short. Bimetallists -
metallists contend that the law of sup
ply and demand is universal.
"We were told last year that an ap
preciating dollar was a national bless
ing , and yet within a year the entire
republican press is in ecstacy because
the purchasing power of a dollar has
been to some extent decreased.
"A large past of this money comes
fx-om abroad. Wheat is not only
higher , but more of it is being ex
ported. If wo had enough money in
this country , an increase in the vol
ume would be an injury.
"If an increase in the volume of
money , secured by the exportation of
higher wheat , gives cause for rejoic
ing , is it not evidence now that we
have an insufficient quantity ? "
Mr Bryan is certainly the most illu
sive and evasive man who ever entered
public discussion. A collection of his
speeches would bo chiefly marked for
the contradictions , inconsistencies and
lack of harmonies which they contain ,
lie has flickered around on this wheat
discussion until no man can tell just
where he stands or what' he believes.
In one breath he declares that wheat
has gone up on account of the short
crop abroad , and in the next he asserts
practically that the price of wheat has
not changed , but that the value of the
dollar has gone down , and draws the
conclusion that wheat might be kept
up forever independent of the crop
abroad or anywhere else simply by
enlarging the volume of the currency.
Mr. Brj'an speaks falsely when he
says the republicans claimed in last
fall's campaign that an appreciating
dollar was a national blessing. The
republicans claimed in that campaign
as in every other of recent years that
an honest and stable dollar was a na
tional blessing and that a debased cur
rency would become a national curse.
He says the republicans are in ecstacy
because the "purchasing power of the
dollar has been to some extent de
creased. " As a matter of fact , the re
publicans are in ecstacy because the
law of supply and demand has en
hanced the value of wheat and other
great staples , and because this advance
has not been attained by circulating
an inferior sort of moncjr . It may be
possible that the free silver advocate
believes the dollar has fluctuated every
time a cent has been added to or taken
from the price of some product , but
this is not the view taken by most
students of finance and production.
But what we more particularly start
ed out to show was the audacity of Mr.
conditions and statistics
( Bryan m inventing
tistics to prove his theories , and it
would be impossible to do this in bet
ter form than by quoting from an arti
cle in the New York World , published
on the same day that Mr. Bryant's syn
dicate letter appeared. In the extracts
quoted above it will be seen that the
boy orator speaks of the great volume
of money coming from abroad as large
ly responsible for the increased prices ,
and to this the World responds as fol
lows :
"But in the lasteight months , during
which th advance in prices occurred ,
we have received no money balance
from abroad. On the contrary , we have
lost heavily. From January 1 to Sep *
tember 1 the net gold exports were
§ 24,788,179. This is a loss of Sl.272,059
more than in the corresponding period
last year. During the last fiscal year
our net loss of silver coin and bullion
was § 50,050,301.
"Nor has there been an 'increased
volume of mone3 * ' during this period.
The amount of money of all kinds in
circulation March 1 , according to the
treasury estimate , was 51,075(391,953. (
On September 1 there was S1GG5G80-
G&S a shrinkage of nearly 810,000,000.
"Yet there has been and is money-
enough for all the demands pf business.
The crops are being paid for and moved ,
debts bv the million cancelled and the
wheels of industry started in all direc
tions , not only without any success of
free coined silver at 10 to 1 , but with
an actual diminution in the visible sup
ply of the money we have.
"It is chiefly a question of confidence
and of the safe and profitable use of
the -money that has been hidden or
hoarded. Mr. Bryan is wrong in his
facts and weak in his logic. "
Sorry for Political Misdeeds.
A . writer in the Pawnee Republican
tells a characteristic stor3" of conver
sion from Bryanism that came to notice
the other day. Going through the court
house square a well known and quite
thrifty farmer commenced to smile and
hold out his hand for a shake. It was
such a vigorous , old-fashioned , glad
handshake that there was evidently
something back of it. "Well , " said he ,
"I have sold part of my wheat. Had
sixty acres this year and it went thirty-
two bushels. I have just sold 1.250
bushels and got money enough for it to
pay off the § 1,000 on my farm , princi
pal and interest , and have about 700
bushels left. Last fall I felt pretty blue.
1 raised over 3,000 bushels of corn and
when I got ready to sell it they would
not agree to pay more than 8 cents a
bushel. Had about 400 bushels of wheat
and sold what I could spare of it for 3S
cents. I got pretty grumpy and the
free silver fellows talked so much
about what free coinage would do for
silver and wheat and everything else
and got me rattled , and , to tell the
truth , I went off and voted for Bryan
and free silver , but if the good Lord
will forgive me I will never be such a
blamed fool again. Confound itl I knew
we always had good times when the
republican party was in power and I
knew , too , that the pop ideas were a
humbug and their leaders a lot of sore
head ofOceseekers and rattle-brained
adventuiers , but I thought there might
be something in that notion that silver
and wheat had always gone-up and
down together , and I thonght I would-
try it anyway. Hereafter you can count
on me to stick to the republican party ,
ao matter what'happeas , nor what any-
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body may say. I always did think 1 *
was the best party and never really
intended to leave it , but I got weary
and rattled and made a fool of myself. "
HIK * t Humbug of All.
Lincoln Journal : Senator Mutz , of
the legislative investigating committee ,
has turned out to be the biggest hum
bug of all the pop humbugs who con
stantly cry out for fairness. On the
floor of the state senate Mr. Mutz was
heard almost daily appealing for "fair
ness. " In debate he used a voice full
of pathos and tears and pleaded for
fairness and honesty. "Is this fair ? ' '
was a favorite interrogation with him
when driven to bay. Sometimes ho
modified the question and wanted to
know if certain things were "honest. "
Visitors to the senate chamber often
heard Mr. Mutz sending tear-drawing
appeals almost to the throne of grace
in behalf of "fairness. " But he "pro
tested" too much , and there was no
surprise when it became known that
ho had gone over the books of Profess
or Gillespie at the Omaha institution
and reported a shortage of over § 1.000
without so much as calling on Professor
ser Gillespie fora consultation or expla
nation of any of the disputed items
which the investigators show by their
own report they did not understand.
But nothing would be thought of this
had not Mr. Mutz pledged his word that
after he had gone over the accounts
covering nineteen years he would call
in Professor Gillespie and go over the
records with him. A copy of the re
port was alt > o promised Professor Gil
lespie , but it was not furnished. The
governor and investigators admit that
Professor Giflespie has not intention
ally kept incorrect accounts , 3'et by
their action they sought to braml him
as dishonest and refused to give 'him
an opportunity to defend himself. In
the oft repeated word of Mr. Mutz , "Is
this fair , is this honest ? "
Politics Not Public Weal.
Seward Reporter : The populist gov
ernor has removed Prof. J. A. Gillespie ,
for twenty years superintendent of the
Nebraska school for deaf mutes , and
appointed in his place a man named
II. E. Dawes , formerly a sub-con tractor
at the blind asylum. Professor Gilles
pie is the originator of the auricular
system for deaf mutes , and is a man
of international reputation. Without
doubt he has done more for bettering
the condition of those unfortunates
who can neither hear nor speak , than
any other living man. His place was
wanted for a pop , and Governor Hol-
comb ignored his splendid services to
the cause of humanity , and put in a
man who has never had any special
training at all for this highly impor
tant and difficult work. In order to
get a pretext for the removal of Pro
fessor Gillespie , an investigation was
made of the accounts of the institu
tion. The investigators could not find
that the superintendent had ever con
verted one cent of the funds of the in
stitution to his own use , but they re
ported that in the course of the twenty
years about § 1,900 had been expended
for other items than those for which it
was specifically appropriated. This
was enough to give the governor the
chance wanted. The matters referred
to might have been shown to be errors
in bookkeeping , but the superintend
ent was given no chance to explain. It
was a cowardly act , and shows besides
that the governor and his associates
are more anxious to put their political
friends on the pay roll of the state
than they are to have efficient men at
the head of the state institutions.
A Striking Parallel.
Louisville Courier-Journal ; Thirty
years ago the hero of the hour was
Brick Porneroy of Wisconsin precisely
as the hero of the hour today is Billy '
Bryan of Nebraska. A grapic parallel
might be drawn between the two.
Brick Porneroy was a journalist of a
kind. Billy Bryan is a journalist of a.
kind. , Bricjc Porneroy had a voice like
a fog-horn. Billy Bryan has a voice like
a fog-horn. Brick Pomery was for
cheap money and plenty of it. Billy ,
Bryan is fbr.cheap money and plenty j
of it. Brick Porneroy irradiated the
region about La Crosse and made it the '
business of his life to set the Mississip
pi afire at least once a fortnight. Billy ]
Bryan irradiates the region aboutOma1 1
ha , and makes it the business of his life 1
to set the Missouri afire , if not once a
fortnight , yet semi-occasionally as the i
needs of the republican-populist fusion
of which he is the head center , seem to I
require. Briek Porneroy had none of
the vices of a gentleman. No more has '
Billy Bryan. Billy Brvan , like Brick *
Porneroy , is going to rescue the people
( with a very big P ) from the money
power , and he is pledged to ride down
Wall street like a C3relone and to plant
the flag of free silver "an * sich , " on the
dome of the capitol at Washington ;
how very , very like Brick Porneroy ,
who , thirty years ago , did all these
things in his sleep died a pauper
"Unwept , unhonored arid unbuns. "
Won Awaj From AVHIIp.
Chicago Tribune : The Nebraska state
board of agriculture announces that
there are yet in the hands of the farm
ers of the state 100,000.000 bushels of
old .corn and 50,000.000 millions in
cribs. They have 250.000,000 bushels j
of new corn now safe from bad weather {
or frost. Out of the late corn , which ' |
has been somewhat injured by hot !
weather , they will save from 25,000,000
to 50,000,000 bushels. The farmers have l
also raised 75,000,000 bushels of wheat , ] 1 i
rye , oats , barley and flaxseed. This
makes a total of about 500,000,000 bush
els of grain of allkinds..of which about
350,000,000 millions will be shipped out
of the state during the next twelve
months , and will be paid for in honest
gold money. It is not strange when
the exports of the state are so great
and bring as good prices as they do
that Nebraska farmers should be paying - :
ing off their mortgages and losing interest - i
terest in Bryan and his free silver
delusion.
More PIe for Patriots.
Kearney Hub : Gov. Holcomb has
been playing a game of politics now
with the institute for the deaf and
dumb at Omaha. At the last session of
the legislature a law was enacted to
enable the populists to gain control of
the institution , which has been con
ducted successfully for many years by
Prof. Gillespie , one of the must compe
tent persons in that line in the United
States. Holcomb's excuse for remov
ing Gillespie and putting in his place a
populist who is not competent for the
position are not worty o the executive
of a state , and he ough'c to brush away
all pretenses and say that he has been
actuated entirely by political motives.
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HENRY GEORGE FOR MAYOR OF . W
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Seth I.oiv Tim - Hltiiutlon H
Complicated. H
Henry ( loorffo For.Mnyor. . H
Xkw Youic. Oct. 2. The Democratic
alliance , mndo up of free silver organizations -
izations , will meet to-night and notn- B
inato Henry George for mayor. A M
letter from Mr. George will be read , it H
is announced , accepting the nomlna- M
tion. Members of the alliance have interviewed - H
terviowed Mr. George and tliey say H
he promised them he would ncczpL At M
a meeting of the Populist leaders it H
was agreed to indorse the candidates H
of the alliance. M
The gold Democratic city convention - | H
tion , led by ex-Mayor Grace and H
Hcott , will meet in Cooper Union today - H
day and indorse the Tammany ticket H
in consideration of the nomination by M
Tammany of Francis M. Scott to sue- M
ceud Justice Andrews on the r.upreino M
court bench , and other places for the M
organization , but there will be resist- M
nnce to the indorsement in the convention - H
vention and a bolt will follow V
and the strength of the National H
Democratic organization on election H
day will go to Seth Low. Kx-IIepre-
sentative John Dewjtt Warner , who H
has been a leader in the council of the
National Democratic party , will heud I
the revolt. In an interview he said : I
"I'm afraid the nutiouul Democracy I
may support Van Wyck ho far as the I
New York eounty delegates are con- I
corned. The vote will not bo unanimous - I
mous , but 1 doubt if there will bo I
enough to prevent it. |
TRIPPLE STAGE ROBBERY. il
Two California lianilltt Hold Up Three
Stage * Wlttil-i a Four Mlntito * .
Mii.tox , Cal. , Oct. 2. Shortly after
1 o'clock yesterday afternoon , three
stages traveling fern Angel's Camp to
this place were held up by two masked
highwaymen and robbed. The first
stage , a two-horse vehicle , was stopped
by the robbers in a narrow defile , and
its passengers , two men and a woman ,
compelled to dismount and hold up
their hands while they were searched.
The robbers secured about S75.
Fifteen minutes later the second T
stage , the regular four-horse vehicle ,
came along and the driver was or
dered to halt. As he did not pu'l up
fast enough , the robbers shot one or
the leaders and killed one of the pole
horses. The robbers fired ono shot
with a rifle into the hood of the stage. /
The bullet struck one of the male pas-
seugers in the arm and passed on into
the side of another man who sat be
side him. The only other passenger ,
a woman , escaped injury. The trio v *
were compelled to hand over their _ .
money , about S10V. m
The robbers then disappeared into I
the brush , but emerged a few hundred -
dred yards distant and held up the
third carriage. After relieving the I
passengers ? and driver of their purses
the robbers decamped with Wells- H
Fargo & Co. 's box , which , however , .
contained nothing of value.
A BRIDE ENDS HER LIFE. 1
lie J. l.civ.x IClplej Water * of St. Loalu I
Manes Herself A Pathtstlo Note *
St. Louih , Mo. , Oct. 5. Mrs. Lna /I
Ripley Waters , a bride of three
months , committed suicide to-day by I
hanging herself at the home of her fl
sister She left a note reading : S
"May heaven forgive me , as I never
meant to do wrong. Goodbye to kind 9
brothers and sisters. Mv watch to /
Lou. Lee. " '
Lena Ripley was married to Edxvard
Waters the latter part of last June. '
The bride had a number of relatives H
and friends in St. Louis and the wed- |
dintr was a larcrc one. The couole H
had not lived together since the mar- B
riage. Further than this no reason is
known for the deed. S
DRYEST ON RECORD. I
No Good Rains In Missouri SInce July 23 / M
and Vegetation Is Dried Up. H
Columbia , Mo. , OeL2 The monthly I
report of the Missouri weather servace B
shows that August and September fl
combined have been the dryest months-
in the record in the state. There has fl
not been a good rain since July 2. . All
kinds of vegetation has dried up. / H
3IldriIe-or-the-Ko.idGr3 Acralnit Gllclc H
Atchiso.v , Kan. , Oct. 2. Robert
Tompkins , Dick Lane and other Ateh-
ison Populists who are against fusion.
will start a paper to fight ex-Governor I
George W. GHck , fusion candidate-for
state senator from Atchison and Jack- f I
son counties. The anti-fusion Populists - ' 1
lists have been turned down at every I
I'opulist meeting. t I
Jama * T. Drummunil Dead. I
St. Louis , Mo. , Oct. 2. James. T. I
Drummond , a prominent and wealthy 1
citizen , and president of the Dram- I
mend Tobacco company , of this city , I
died here yesterday ai the- result of a. M
complication of kidney and other I
troubles resulting from grip , Mr. I
Drummond's wealth , aside from bis to- I
bacco plant , is estimated at 83,000,000.
The Mayor of Mexico Regions.
Mexico , Mo. , Oct. 2l Mavor B. a
Johnson tendered bis resignation to
the council this morning and it will /
likely be accepted at the next meet- * j
ing. lie is an assistant in the state - > -4 . ' *
treasurer's office in Jefferson City. f
Mlm Whitney Invited to 8t I mls. I
Toi'EKA , Kan. , Oct 2. Miss Wb.it- I
ney has accepted au invitation to at- 1
tend the Veiled Prophets'ball in St. 1
Lcuis as the guest of the general com- I
inittee