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BIG FOUR FAIR ATTRACTS MANY

FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE ON

i GROUNDS YESTERDAY TO HEAR GOVERNOR CARROLL.

RACING EVENTS FAST

Billy Keefe, Owned by T. W. Keefe, of Ottumwa, Captured the 2:30

Pace in Straight Heats— •*" Tomorrow's Program.

JSldon, Sept. 8.—(Special).—What promises to be the largest and best

-meeting ever held by the Big Four Fair association is in progress here. The holding of the old soldiers' and old settlers' reunion in connection with the race meeting and agricultural display makes it larger and better and the Big Four fair instead of dying out Is growing largef and larger every year. Tuesday was preparation day and yesterday the first day of the fair opened in a blaze of glory. This year's meeting promises to be the greatest ever. Four thousand people were on the grounds yesterday. Three bands

< furnished music, the Fifty-fourth band of Ottumwa, being the feature band of

•the trio. -Governor B. F. Carroll of Des Moines, proved a big drawing card and thousands of people flocked to the ground to hear- the chief executive of Iowa. He delivered an interesting ad­dress which was devoid of politics. His address teemed with optimistic re­mark for a greater and better low#. He congratulated the farmers for the great work they have done in making Iowa one of the richest states in the union. Ellsworth Rominger of Bloom-field was the other speaker. He deliv­ered a fine address.

Ottumwa Horse Wins. The racing card yesterday was good

and a large number of people wit­nessed the events. An Ottumwa horse, "Billy Keefe," owned by T. W. Keefe, and driven by Mike Mclnerny won the 2:30 pace in straight heats. The best time was<2:17%. "Teddy Lockhart," owned by Harry J. Riggs of Ottumwa took second in this event. The 2:35 trot proved the most hotly contested event of the racing card and it was necessary to go four heats to decide ttlQ 6V6Ilt. • An Eldon horse, "Senator," owned by Frank Shields, won this event, the best time being 2:24%.

The race summary is as follows. 2:30 pace; purse $200.

Billy Keefe, T. W. Keefe, Ottumwa . . 1 1 1

Teddy Lockhart, Harry J. Rigg, Ottumwa. . 3 2 2

Earthquake, M. L. Woods, Albia 2 3 4

John B., S. S. Rinehart, Knoxville. 4 5 3

Best time—2:17%. 2:35 trot; purse $300.

'Senator Frank Shields, Eldon 114 1 The Comet, E. G. ' Willard,

Burlington 3214 Tree O, Henry Clark, Shel-

bina, Mo. 2 4 2 3 Harry Hilwood, W. W. Mc-

Henry, Memphis, Mo 4 3 3 2 Best time—2:24%.

' v Campfires Attract Many. The camp fires in the evening at­

tracted a large crowd of old settlers, old soldiers and townspeople. The Thirtieth Iowa infantry is holding its reunion in connection with the fair. Lott, Abrams and Willlngford, the campfire jubilee Singers gave a pleas­ing concert last evening. The Ottum­wa special yesterday brought down a fair-sized crowd many remaining over tor the Rock Island special, which leaves Eldon at 10 o'clock. The vaude­ville acts by the Ishikawa Japanese

j troupe and the Zamora family in front of the ampitheater attracted much attention yesterday and their lacts were Interesting. , ! Tomorrow's Program. } Tomorrow the closing day of the fair will be marked by three fast rac­ing events: the 2:20 pace, the 2:27 trot and the running race—The entries In these two eventB are many and some fast racing is assured. The entries for the harness races follow:

2:20 Pace—Purse $300. Teddy Lockhart, b. b., Harry J. Riggs

Ottumwa, la. flhady B, br. m., W. J. Bartholow, El­

don, la. Gooseberry, b. g., A. M. Utterbaok,

Hedrick, la. ^Audrey, b. m., A. M. Utterback, Hed­

rick, la. iRoyal Friend, blk. g., A. M. Utterback,

Bedrick* I*, I ^ » V«. • v

Acey at Law, blk. s., Geo. Kriese, El­don, la.

Promis Wilkes, b. g., T. B. Tate, Ot-tumwa Is,

Reno S, b. m., D. B. Swift, Shelbina, Mo.

Billy Keefe, b. b., T. W. Keefe, Ottum­wa, la.

Rockaway Green, g. g., Ed Disseoll, Memphis, Mo.

Direct Foss, br. m., W. O. Woods, Mal­colm, la.

Patchen Yett, b. m., Hayden & Edelen, Gorin, Mo.

Jno. B, blk. g., S. S. Rinehart, Knox­ville, la.

Online 2nd, b. g., S. T. Hills, Mt. Pleas­ant, la.

2:27 Trot—Purse $200. Lucy B, b. m., E. Wight, Eldon, la-Senator S, b. g., Frank Shields, Eldon,

la. Sun Shine, s .m., W. D. Thomas, Douds

Leando, la. Ohas. Warrington, s. s., J. H. Creamer,

Eldon, la. Tree O. Billups, b. s., Harry Clark,

Shelbina, Mo. Don M., b. g., F. Monroe, Ottumwa, la. Verna K., b. m., W. O. Woods, Mal­

colm, la. Harry Hilwood, c.«g., W. W. McHenry,

Memphis, Mo. The Comet, ch. g., E. G. Willard, Bur­

lington, la. Noah Crugso, b. s., E. G. Willard, Bur­

lington, la. Running one-half mile and repeat;

purse $60. The half-mile running race was won

by Plazcn, a sprightly galloper, owned by William Michaerof Blocmington, 111. Elsie Castigan was second; G. Carsey .third, and Maymie Marie, fourth. The time was fifty and one half seconds.

TO STAND FOR

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IOWA MEN JUDGE SPOKANE APPLES

J. W. MURPHY OF GLENWOOD AND

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Des Moines, Sept. 8.—Two Iowa men are on the board of five experts to judge apples at the national apple show at Spokane, November \4-19. They are J. W. Murphy of Glenwood and Prof. S. A. Beach of Ames. The other three are H. E. Van Deman of Washington, D. C., chief judge, C. J. Sinsel of Boise, Idaho, and J. Gibb of Kelouna, B. C. The cash prizes they will award amount to $20,006.

Profesor Beach, who was the chair­man of the board of judges at the first national apple show at Spokane, is horticulturist at the Iowa agricultural experimental station, Ames, and was horticulturist at the New York experi­mental station, Geneva, for fourteen years prior to 1905, since which time he has been at Ames. "The Apples of New York," a widely quoted mono­graph, was written by Professor Beach who gathered the material for the Work at the Geneva station. He was one of the judges at the Louisiana Pur­chase exposition and assisted at the National Horticultural congress in Council Bluffs. He has been an exhib­itor and judge at many fairs and fruit expositions and it is said he has vis­ited more shows than any other pomol-ogist in the United States.

Mr. Murphy was with the Iowa ex­hibit at the World's fair, Chicago, in 1893, and assisted in judging fruit at the exposition. He also had charge of exhibits which won premiums at the Trans-Mississippi and Louisiana Pur­chase expositions, the National Horti­cultural congress and several state fairs. His knowledge of applea is evi­denced by the statement that he named correctly nearly 300 varieties of fruit at the Omaha exposition. He has been associated with Professor Van Deman in numerous Judging con­tests and is an authority on seedlings.

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The last sad rites over the remains of Edward Scully, who passed away yesterday morning at his home south­west of Ottumwa, were held this after­noon from the residence at 2; 30 o'clock. The services were conducted by Rev. S. Isaac Elder of the Davis Street Christian church. Interment wasmade in the Shaul cemetery.

St. Paul, Minn., Sept. „,.i noon the resolutions committee of the Con­servation Congress referred to a sub­committee for revision the varlouB planks for the conservation of natural resources. The committee demanded control by the nation, rather than by states. The committee voted also to advocate before the convention a na­tional board of health.

Chairman Pardee of the resolutions committee called that body to order before the congress resumed. The membership of the committee is said to indicate that the platform to be recommended to the convention will be strongly along the lines of national control as favored by Colonel Roose­velt and Gifford Pinchot.

Pinchot is Speaker.

Gifford Pinchot, the central figure in the conservation scrap, addressed ;he congress today. He outlined his views of conservation as follows:

The fundamental principles of con­servation are few and simple. One' of the first is that the natural resources and natural advantages belong to all the people, and should be developed, protected, and perpetuated directly for the benefit of all the people, and not mainly for the profit of a few.

Another is that the natural resources still owned by the people which are necessities of life, like coal and water power, should remain in public owner­ship and should be disposed of only under lease for limited periods, and with fair compensation to the public for.the rights, granted. ... -

Asv to our waters: 1. Every stream should be made use­

ful for every purpose in which it can be made to serve the public. The prep­aration of a broad plan is needed with­out delay for the development of our waterways fOr navigation, domestic supply, Irrigation, drainage, and power;

2. Every power site now in state or federal control should be held so, and should be disposed of only under lease for a limited time and with fair com­pensation to the public.

3. In the development of our water­ways, the cooperation of the states with the nation is essential for the general welfare.

As to our forests: 1. All the forests necessary for the

public welfare should be in the public ownership, such as the national for­ests already In existence, the proposed Appalachian and White Mountain na­tion forests, and the state forests of New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and other states. %

2. The protection of forests against fire Is the first duty in forestry of states and nation alike. The way to Btop fires Is to get men to them as soon as they begin. The maintenance and extension of forest fire patrol by the nation, the states and their subdivis­ions, and by associations or private citizens who own timber lands, is ab­solutely necessary. - 3. The protection of existing forests by wise use is the first step in for­estry. Reforestation is the second.

4. Land bearing forests should be taxed annually on the land value alone, and the timber crop should be taxed when it is cut, so that private forestry may be encouraged.

5. The private ownership of forest land Is a public trust and the people have both the right and the duty to regulate the use of such lands in the general interest,

Ab to lands: 1. Every acre of land should be put

to whatever use will make it most use­ful to all the people. '

2. The fundamental object of our land policy should be the making and maintenance of permanent prosperous homes. Land monopoly and excessive holdings must not be tolerated.

8. Settlement must be encouraged by every legitimate means on all land that will support homes. Thus the tillable land In public ownership within and without the national forests should be disposed of In fee simple to actual home-makers, but not to speculators.

4. The first and most needy thing to do for our cultivated lands is to pre­serve their fertility by preventing ero­sion.

5. The non-irrigatble arid public grazing lands should be administered by the government in the Interest of the small stockman and the home-maker until they can pass directly into the hands of actual settlers.

6. Rlarhts to the surface of the pub­lic land should be separated from rights to the forests upon it, and the minerals beneath it, and each shouH be held subject to separate disposal. The timber and stone act should be re­pealed. ^

JAMES NEVINS~HYDE DIES.

Widely Known Surgeon Passes Away • •• Suddenly at His Summer

Home. Chicago, Sept. 8.—Dr. James Nevins

Hyde, noted skin specialist, widely known as a naval surgeon during the Civil war, died suddenly at 7 o'clock Tuesday evening at his summer home at Prouts Neck, Me. News of his death-was received in a telegram to Dr. Oliver S. Ormsbv, 100 State street. Death is thought to have been due to heart disease, ., ^ v

GRAND JURY ATTENDS FAIR

INVESTIGATING BODY LEAVE OFF

WORK TO TAKE IN THE RACES

UNTIL FRIDAY.

The Eldon Big Four fair proved o sufficient magnet to attract the mem­bers of the grand Jury from the ardous task of investigating infrac­tions of the law, to the extent that while no formal adjournment was taken, the members decided Wednes­day afternoon to lay off until Friday. A considerable amount of business is before the board this term and no less than fifty-three • witnesses have been subpoenaed to appear before the august body and tell what they know of certain other person^. Six persons will be subject to the investigation of the grand Jury in order to de­termine If they shall appear before the court accused of certain crimes. Of these one is out on bond, while the remainder languish in the county jail awaiting the action of the grand jury. There are several, too, who were in­dicted by the grand Jury in the March and January terms of court and, who, have never reached trial for various reasons in which absence from the county and sickness are chief. Among those thus indicted, an echo of the gambling cases of last January "16 heard, for one of these is Dave Fitz­gerald who made his escape to the harvest fields of Dakota it is said, when wanted by the county the first of the year.

Arrested on Labor Day. Sheriff W. W. Jackson arrested Fitz­

gerald Labor day at Eldon and he is now in jail waiting the trial of crimi­nal cases during the present term. Clay Sconse, another of the men indicted for gambling, who also took French leave, was in the hands of the local authorities at Eldon some two monthB ago but made good his escape when an official took him to a restaurant for supper, making his exit thropgh the rear door and has not since been apprehended. Among the well known who were Indicted by a former grand jury are: Irene Babb, Clara Mc-Conahy, Ida Ash and Sophia Harris, all accused of prostitution. Of these all but Irene Babb are out on bonds.

John Russell of Eldon, charged with an unmentionable offense, is an­other of the persons indicted by the former grand jury, who has not come up for trial, but will be reached this term. Among those who are being investigated by the present grand jury are the following:

John Sheet3 of Blaltesburg, charged with breaking and entering the stftre of Blake and Berguson at that place. Sheets Is out on bonds Walter Gleaves, (colored) on statutory charges, Harry Davie for forgery, Charles Bo wen for breaking and entering and Bennie Junkin with Otto Barter for assault with intent to inflict great bodily In­jury. l!he latter two are the negroes alleged tp have threatened Brakeman Bert McGraw on a Milwaukee freight train recently when asked to leave the train at Linby. Jacob Sheafer ac­cused of assaulting Max Sigel with ice tongs, was bound over from Justice G. B. Melick's court.

VERDICT DENIED EUNICE CURRIE

CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO.

WINS CASE BROUGHT BY OT­

TUMWA WOMAN ON POLICY

A virdict for the 'defendant was found by the jury in the case of Eunice Currie against the Continental Casualty Co. The verdict was reach­ed last evening about 7:30 and this morning read in the open coutt upon convening of the fourth day of the term. Thus ends tbe third effort to have the case settled. The firsr. lime Mrs. Currie took the case to court she won a decision but this was reversed upon the case being appealed by the defendant company in the supreme cou»*t. The ca6e was sent back to the lower court for rehearing and was, be­gun Tuesday afternoon. Yesterday atternoon the case reached the jury

The case of E. E. Collins vs. Frank Koht, involving $2,000 commission claimed by the plaintiff, begins this af­ternoon. The jury was empanelled this morning for this case, but requir­ing some time to prepare for the case, the attdrneys were given until this afternoon by the court to begin the hearing. The jury was excused until 1:30 when the members took their place in the jury box. The jury fol­low:

John Daily, Charles Foster, A. M. Overturf, Fred Farmer, Vic. Pohlson, Tom Chance, Frank Anderson, Dexter MiddleBworth, George Ruhl, Lin. Burns, Patsey Glenn and J. A. Cald­well.

A number of cases were disposed of yesterday during the interval that elapsed between the retiring 'of the jury in the Currie case $nd the work of taking up the Collins-Koht case. One was that of the Eldon Savings bank against John Atkinson et al. The former was victor in the proceedings, the court issuing an execution against the defendant, Atkinson, and certain property involved, ordering the sale of the later or sufficient of the same to satisfy the amount involved in a mort­gage that formed a portion of the ac­tion. The amount the bank recovers is $336.78 and an attorney fee of $26.80.

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ROY HICKS, FORMERLY OF OT-TUMWA, WAS KILLED At

TOPEKA, KAN,

A former Ottumwan, Roy Hick, who has for sometimepast been employed through Topeka, Wan., met with a tragic accident Saturday, causing his death in Topeka. Mr. Hicks fell out of his engine, which ran over him, cut­ting off both arms and one leg and a large piece out of his side, death re­sulting in a few minutes after the accident. Roy Hicks was well known in the west end of the city, where he had a wide acquaintance. He was mar­ried and leaves two children as well as his wife to survive him. The news of the death came in a letter to C. L. Firkins, 113 West Main street, from his son, Roy Girkins, who is employed in a shoe store in Topeka.

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3^ Explosion on Battleship North Dakota Has§Big

List of Dead and Injured

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Miss Anna Tuttle of Peoria, 111., who had been spending some time in Charl­ton with her mother Mrs. E. E. Tuttle and other relatives returned home this morning.

Miss Madeline Duncan went to Rus­sell yesterday to spend a few days with relatives.

Mrs. W. E. Lewis has returned from an extended visit in Sligo, Colo., with her son Erie E. Lewis and family.

Mrs. Chas. Rose entertained a com­pany pf ladies at a luncheon Tuesday afternoon complimentary to Mrs. Bar-nar(J. . Mr. and Mrs. D. C. McCorkle of Waverly, Kans., returned home yester­day after a visit with his brother J. A. McCorkle and other relatives and old friends. „ a

Mrs. J. F. Spiker left yesterday for a week's vipit in St. Joe with her daughter Mrs. Blanche Stewart.

Mrs. Annie Pittard of Corydon re­turned home yesterday after a week's visit in Lincoln township with her cousin, Mrs. C. W. Foster.

Dr. T. P. Stanton left last evening for Denver. Colo., to attend a conven­tion of railroad surgeons.

J. H-. Gasklll of Manchester, Okla., who had been visiting his daughter Mrs. T. M. Hooper left yesterday for a visit with another daughter in Tyro, Kans., before returning home.

Mrs. M. E. De Vore of Bussey, came yesterday for a visit with her sister Mrs. John Terril.

Mrs Myrtle Moore and Mrs. Lulu Dotts of Cambria, returned home yes­terday after a brief visit with their aunt Mrs. Fannie Steele.

Mrs. E. H. Perry left yesterday for a ten djys' visit in Princeton, 111., with her mother.

The Misses Hazel Bell an<^Florenco Bonte left yesterday for a week's visit in Ottumwa with the former's sister, Mrs/ Erie Lyman.

Mr. and Mrs. »Llye Shull of St. Joe are moving back to this city where thev formerly resided.

Miss Bonnie Jones of Derby returned home yesterday after a few days' visit at the home of her cousin Perry Bar-ger.

Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Erb left last evening for a visit in Des Moines with their daughter* Mrs. Ed North-cutt. N

EDDYVILLE.

C. A. Griffith left yesterday for La I Beaux S. D. on a land inspecting trip.

Tom Ha*an of Stewart, la., and Mr. and Mrs. M. Hagan of Oskaloosa vis­ited recently with their sisters, Mrs. M. A. Lester and Sirs. Fred Mead.

Floy Wylie of Coventry, N. Y. Is in Eddwille this week the guest of Dr. and Mrs McCrea and Mr. and Mrs. J. Wylie.

The surveyors who passed through Eddyville some time ago on their way to Des Moines have again reached Eddyville on their way back.

M. S. Van Hook Is moving his fam-

Washlngton, D. C., Sept. 8.—Unoffi­cial advices received at the navy de­partment this afternoon were to the effect that three men had been killed and eleven injured in a fire on the bat­tleship North Dakota.

Norfolk, Va., Sept. 8.—A dispatch to the Ledger-pispatch from Old Point Comfort at 3:15 says that seven men were killed'and 100 Injured in the ex­plosion on the battleship North Da­kota. ,

At 2:00 p. m. a report came by tele­phone from Ft. Monroe that the North Dakota is off Ocean City with the oil tanks on Are and several mon over­come by smoke and gas. -

Newport News, Va., Sept. 8.—A re­port has reached here from Old Point'

Comfort that the battleship North Da­kota is aground in lower Chesapeake Bay with the bunkers afire and that 75 men were overcome by smoke and heat. The report cannot be confirmed here, but the North Dakota is the only -one of the Atlantic battleship fleet, not in Hampton Roads. The newB le^iaid to have been flashed to.Qld Point torn-fort by ̂ wireless. *v A

Late report* say that -the acchftsnt. on the North Dakota resulted froth an ex­plosion of a barrel of oil in the lire-room. The North Dakota 1b emitting smoke from on & end to tfie other.

Fort Monroe, Va* 8ept. 8.—ThO" North Dakota is steaming for Old Point Comfort. The Are has been extinguish­ed. Reports of the casualties vary fiom • oi\e to sixteen dead and the Injured era-given from 11 to 100. Mgllg

ily today into the property recently vacated by Mrs. N. Keeran.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Toney Wed. Sept. 7th, a son.

Chas. Lutz of Freemont, Co., is in Eddyville visiting his mother and other relatives.

J. R. Davidson left Tuesday night for Stanberry, Mo., for a visit with his brother, S. K. Davidson. Mr. Davidson expects to visit another brother in Oklahoma before returning home.

The property which B. F. Joiner re­cently purchased from Mrs. Davis is being improved and Mr. and Mrs. Joiner will make this their home.

Miss Ida Welch sold her property east of Eddyville to Mr. Dutton who is at present living on a farm near Coal­field.

COLONtL FOR LA FOLLETTE

Says Effort to Beat the Senator In the: Legislature Would Be an

Outrage. Milwaukee, Sept. 8.—"It has been

stated to me since my arrival here," said Theodore Roosevelt yesterday, "that in spite of Senator La Follette's having carried the primaries in fair and open contest, an effort will be made to beat him in the legislature. I do not believe this for one moment, be­cause any such conduct would be from every point of view an outrage and would he a deliberate violation of good faith.

"When in Oregon' the democratic candidate for senator, Governor Cham­berlain, carried the primaries and it was proposed that the republican legis­lature should turn him down. I strong­ly and publicly took the position that such an act would be one of bad faith by the legislature toward the peoplte and I take the same position here In regard to Senator La Follette." L/:;

DEMOCRATS PLAIN TO WIN

Vote Republican Primary Ticket In Michigan to Nominate Weak ^

Man. Detroit, September 8.—At the count

of the "ballots caBt in Tuesday's pri­mary progressed yesterday it became evident that the democrats had found a way to use the primary election very effectively. About 6,000 of them en­rolled as republicans and forced the nomination for mayor of Proctor Owens over Mayor Breitmeyer.'

Owens is regarded as a weak candi­date. With him at the head of the re­publican city ticket, the democrats Re­lieve they will have an easy time bowl­ing over the opposition.

Legal authorities said last night there was absolutely no way to get Owens off the ticket unles he resigns. They believe the incident has devel­oped a fatal weakness ih the primary system. A man cannot be compelled by law to remain attached to a party. He can change his politics as often as he sees fit. . ,

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MIXES"CANNOT RECOVER LOSSES

MAYBRAY RED BOOK RULED OUT < AND THE 8UITS

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Council Bluffs, Sept. 8—(Special)-— The case of Samuel Sator against Ben­jamin Marks and others, the first of fourteen Maybray civil suits In federal court here in which victims of the Maybray gang seek to recover their losses from the 'Maybrayites and local parties and institutions alleged to have a guilty knowledge from the nature of these transactions, was brought to a sudden termination late yesterday afternoon when Judge Smith B. Mc­pherson ruled against admitting the famous Maybray red boos as evidence. This book gives names.and data con­nected with the Maybray swindles. Counsel for plaintiff stated that it would be useless to continue In lieu of this ruling, and dismissed it without prejudice. As counsel for other plain­tiffs were unable to take up other cases in numerical order, as Judge Mc­pherson demanded, eight other cases were\£lso dismissed without prejudice.

GAYNOR AS PARTY LEADER 1

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Advises Ma^or Not to Run For Gov­

ernor, But to Prepare For

Presidential!!;

New York, Sept. 8.—A dispatch from LoulsviUe announces that Colonel Henry Watterson, the veteran editor and political expert, wants Mayor Gay-nor to resist the political demand that he accept the nomination for governor. Watterson is quoted as saying, in the shape of personal advice to the mayor:

"Refuse the nomination for governor and continue to make good as mayor and you will be the choice of all demo, cratic factions for president in 1912."

Colonel Watterson is in close touch with the Bryan faction of the demo­cratic party. He has been a consistent supporter of Bryan ever since the Ne­braska aspirant won his first nomina­tion in Chicago in 1896. Colonel Wat-tenon's state adjoins that of Judson Harmon, governor of Ohio, and he knows Governor Harmon's strength, consequently when le declares for Mayor Gayaor, there is political expedi­ency in his ideas, especially as Bryan has shown that he does not regard the Harmon boom with enthusiasm.

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