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Page 1 of 35.
Ruth Tonsing, "Challiss Martin Memory Book," Atchison, Kansas, held by Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas, oversize B C352
Mrs.'f.I*
ting in Atehi- , l p r . and ***»•-'Challta* of XtpfcUon Were Atchison ill a town noted for its |
" \ i t e r p«rt of Married Fifty Tears Ago pretty^weddings» out'the one last even-
ily re-iinion | ^_ J MI-. w T l i n g surpassed., a n y in its history,
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North **U-Stfl C h "„a, „n, ^ ' h o C_ r ^ _pr^ o a m f n e n S ,n/ the | t h o u g ^ ^ e ^ r i d e was past seventy |
£ t $ be. P a u l 5 early history of this section, will celebrate Iyear* of age. I t - w a s the golden wad-
J8«anet*,';§ t n e J r RO'dcn wedding August 1. Their ten ding of Dr, and' Mra. W. L. Challiss,
children, twenty-three grandchildren and
Adrian, three great grandchildren will be present which w a s celebrated at their home o n
" o # July. to attend the family reunion, which will oc- North First s t r e e t After a reception
•"Mr* ,$> J- cur In the Challiss beginning at four in the afternoon, a
residence.- second marriage service was perform-
Harry The children are:
.dMr-a^d MrsÎda C, Martin ed by fir. J..R. Comer, of the Baptist
Weston, Texas. of Atchison, the church, at S:30 in the evening. ' There
widow of .Governor are ten children in the family, and
pjangnters w i j l j John A. Martin;
«Pif Mrs. David Rogers they were all present a n d \ walked
of Galveston, Tex.; ahead of their parents in the wedding
Paul Challiss of procession. •"*Ten finer, looking mem
*ahd wife•«'"W : Portland, Me.; Mir.
p f V e d d i n g o n t$6. Daisy Faust of| and women cannot be found anywhere,
Ait their children Philadelphia, Mrs. and it w a s a handsome and most uc- {
Charles Bennett ofl
Adrian, Mich. Mrs.1 usual scene. All the daughters and
Edward Dekker of) the bride were dressed in white, and
Eeweir'siily known, Dr. W. L. St. Louis, Mrs wore marigolds in their hair. ' Those 1
is':,»nd\q^»fe will celebrate their Benjamin Dekkerj in line were Ealph Challiss, of Iowa ;
of Adrian, Mich. \
: gj'den w'eddlttgoo t h e l S t o f August, Mrs. James Don- James C. Challiss, of Atchison; Mrs.
| aud alt thei» ihildren and grandchil- tuu~—«» aid of Atchison Ben Dekker, of Adrian, Mich,; Mrs.
CHALLISS.
I dren are here to attend the ceremony^ atuirec James M « . Challiss of Atchison and Ralph! Harry Faust, of Philadelphia; Mrs.
Ne.-tt SiHjday %orniug, Dr. Challiss and Challiss, a recent graduate of the Cnlver-j Charles Bennett, of Adrian, Mich.;
slty of Kansas. Dr. and Mrs. ChalHssj
; wife wiâtfe'^d services at the Baptist came to Atchison In 1866 from New Jersey! Mrs. Edward Dekker, of St. Louis ;
church,' i hjwed . by children and Dr. Challiss operated the _. first
_. steam ferry] Mrs.'James F. Donald, of A t c h i s o n ;
grandchild %> ih$ number of thirty- across the Mlswurl river at Atchison ana
was a mrgeon In the Union army "durlnd P a a t C a a u 1 M i oi Adriar, Mich.; Mrs.
qaf." •; will Occupy the Ameo the rebellion.. He - l » « in I D . R B o p ^ ' o f Galveston, Tex., a n d ,
corner, where a ! ' the Challiss young Invested largely In
the original Atchi- Mra John A. Martin, of Atehisdn, fol- ]
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ones were brought, n' ^^ son Town com- lowed b y Lnther Tonsing, aged 3, a
pany and became
wealthy. His home great grandson who served as flower
Dr. W . t k are en» Was the scene of boy. They proceeded the bride a n d
jtertaining seventeen T h much gaiety In the
ua,t%>>" ^ ' , ~ | early
early days,
days, ana
and it
It groom down the stairs and through
nearly a* many as i&arjey* K u c h s , ' * | old-fashioned is _furn1shea_ with
rose- the rooms to the east parlor, where t h e
wood and mahog- (laughters lined up ori one side of t h e
atohp Mr, Challiss and wife any furniture and bridal couple, and the sons on the other,
ridin
great mirrors and
were wea: •««%*:-bnggy' * ^^m Cut glass chande- and the marriage service was read.
they 1 $hO woods to g e t ' lier*. Dr. and Mrs. There were many friends present t o
h other. Challiss and their
chan y o UTig e s t son, congratulate Mr. and Mra Challiss;
Ralph Challiss, are k principally old citizens who have been
$ | r s , .W. L- Challiss the only occupants k
in 1*B»6, there w e r e of this large resi^ >
dene* of twenty-
in Atchison almost as long as the bride
EiSctifhr * n $ it wJ*s t h e three rooms. and groom. The house was appropri-
werefc).fee church years Dr Chains* Is IS ately decorated with marigolds and
old and so MR3. CHALAJSS
yer -to g o thtough the hearty that he goes out to his farm In th< y e l l o w nasturtiums, and in the dining
calling pat, "O-yez, O-yez, country every day and superintends th< room, presided over by Miss -Alice
work there. Mrs. Challiss Is 72. Rogers, Miss Grace Martin, Miss Nora
OyeasJ Tberfj/will be meeting at early
i candle |lgh|t6-nigbt.*' With pleasant At the g o l d e n wedding W Dr. and Martin, .and Miss Nellie Keith, t h e
'• memories o1 .Ihese days, Dr. and Mrs. l i r a W. L. Challiss, o n August 1, the table w a s decorated in yellow flowers
i CnaUlgs announce that they will oele- bride (Mra ChatiissV will b e supported and ribbons, and ices and cakes Were
! brataihirrÔlidetl wedding to-morrow by her seven daughters, all of whom served. Miss Mary Cochrane, Wearing
| night at early candlelight, and friends, aire married, and at home for the wed- the bridal dress of her grand mother,
without 'ftuKther invitation, will be ding. T h e groom will be supported by a garment sixty-five years old, served
welcome frgm * po 10 p. m. • The mar- his three sons, and after a procession punch in the library. She looked s o
riage, wHl jSkfe place at 8:30. The ser- down stairs, and through the parlors, particularly pretty that regret w a s
vices will Be' conducted by Bev. J. R. the marriage service. wHl be read by expressed that dresses have ever been
Comer, of the Baptist churcU, and the Dr. Comer, of t h e Baptist church. Mra modernized. Thero were many pretty
t'.be attended by their seven Challiss will\.ba' very' appropriately presents given R P. Waggener gave
1'Hhe groom by their dressed in white. She has obeyed Dr. a set of solid gold spoona The sugar
threc'-isohs. Êighteen grandchildren Challiss fifty years,* and in- the cere- tongs were enamelled in two b l u e
will be pi selrfc a t - t h e wedding, and mony of August I, Dr. Challiss will daisies for the bride and groom, and
one g r e a t grandchild, a son of Mr. and have to promise to obey her for the rest the ten spoons were enamelled with a
Mrs. Paul: posing, of Hardy, Neb., of their, married life.. ;„ : green daisy, probably meant as sym-
; w h o wilPieWpe ,88 flower boy. Mrs. The ten Challiss children and their bolical of the children. D. B. Rogers
C h a l l i a t w a e i t t e n d e d by three brides- parents sat down to dinner together sent a sack of golden wedding flour.
J maids" fifty? Jears ago, and one, her yesterday, n o one else being seated, To-.morrow, the house party at the
I siister, Mrs.',,&. G. Otis, will be present and the occasion -was improved by the Challiss residence breaks up, all of t h e
j to- morotf night. One bridesmaid still children presenting their father with children departing for their homes
I lives in P&aadeSlnhia, and oue i s dead a gold handled umbrella, and their with - the exception of Mrs. D. K
mother with ah emerald ring,. J. M. Rogers and daughter who ,do not re-
The W. I/. Challiss family is being Challiss, w h o weaves a spell a t political turn to Galveston until Tuesday. A
given a series of kin parties. Last meetings, was speech maker. He made precedent w a s established at the wed-
evening tl : here given a porch party such a touching speech in giving the ding which should encourage the
at the.pesidfiKSeof J. M. Challiss, and umbrella, referring to the storms of women : It is customary for the groom
to-ntgfci Will be entertained by life, ete.,_that Dr. Challiss broke down to pay the preacher, b u t last evening
the preacher made a present of a gen-
MrB
""*" * ^ P P h Challiss ar- and cried. The emotion became con-
erous wedding fee to the bride. If
rived to-d ' t | s > w a , to attend the tagious, and while presenting the ring
to kis mother, the orator also broke this precedent is followed, married
down an4 w e p t "I e*n telk at politi- women will have toinething more' to
cal meetings,"" he said, ."hut this gets l.)ok forward U>. &*ie in thj evening
me.*!! '''""•' ""*""''' there we* *» d<nM», the, Utide auo groom (j
leadiDgihSk'-aoger,;.? CVt*riy
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-w, •:""'"•* of'Galveston,
,i*s. of Portlfcd,
*!"*, w i t - r s , Edward Dekker, of
t Loni*, with their families *T^v<f
itirtfay ,fe» visit Dr. and Mra W. L.
slJis* * * * * # * * present at the cele-
itf«*of M» l a t t e r s ?olden wedding
.»««** i " ©r, and Mrs. Challiss have
.wenty-tSw** f r a n d children and three
t r e a t «ratt«l children, all of whom will
t * present oaÂugust 1. Dr. and Mra
Challisa have ten children all of whom
are married, except Ralph Challiss; the'
younga«»- Following are their children
nearly a l l e t whom are now in Atchi-
s o n : Mrs. Ma C. Martin, of this, city :
Mr*. David Bojfers. of Galveston, Tex.,
Mrs, James t.-- Donald, of Atchison ;
Paul ChaUiss. of Portland, Maine;
.Mra, Daisy Faost, of Philadelphia;
[ Mrs. Charles Bennett, of Adrian, Mich-
igan ; Mrs. Edward Dekker, of S t
Louis; MTSV'• Bennett Dekker, of
Adrian, Michigan; James M. Challiss,'
of this city, and Ralph Challiss. Mra
Paul Toosing, wife of Rev. Tonsln'gj
©f Hardy, Nebraska, is a daughter of
DR. AND MRS. W. L. CHALLISS Mrs, Martin, and her th r?e children are
therefore g r e a t grandchildren oi Dr.
• and Mra Challiss. When all the mem-
f * I ber* of the family and their children
Married Fifty are assembled at the ChaUiss residence

there w i l l be thirty-eight persons in
the house, I t will be one of the most
remarkable family reunions ever held
To few persons is given the privilege have known Kansas through the heated in Atchison,,
of celebrating a golden wedding anni- turmoil of the border days.. They were —Mrs. O. R. Bennett and her aster,
versary. That of Dr. and Mrs. W. L. here when the "first g u n " was fired on Mrs. B. M. Dekker, will leave Adrian j
Challiss was an event which had not Sumpter. In the old homestead on Tuesday for a month's sojourn at At-
chison, Kas., where on August 1 there
had its counterpart in Atchison since First street they read the news of the w i l l be a family reunion to celebrate
Rev. and Mrs. James Shaw celebrated fight at Gettysburg, and when Johnny the golden wedding anniversary of
their golden wedding in' the seventies. came marching home they turned out to their parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. L.
Challiss, w h o have visited here and
Dr. and Mrs. Challiss were married in welcome him. They were here when the ssre well Known in Adrian. Mra Ben-
Moorestown, N. J. They % came to grasshoppers came. They watched the nett and Mrs. Dekker will be joined
Atchison in 1857, and have lived 35 first drought parch the earth and saw ( e n route by their sisters. Mrs. Faust,
years in the house in which the golden the first hot wind twist and shrivel the Of Philadelphia, and Mrs. G. J. Dek-
ker, of St. Louis, Mo. Paul Challiss,
wedding anniversary was celebrated. corn. Through fair weather and fool Mr. Bennett and Mr. Dekker will leave
they have lived in Kansas and been for Atchison laser. There are tec
There seven of their ten children were
loyal to her. They have seen with clear children to celebrate, all married bat
born, and there all were married and
vision her merits, and with clouded one, (Ralph Challiss, well known
went out into the world to reckon with
sight her delinquencies. Fifty-years here), so the gathering will be a large
the fates. Into the 50 years during ] one. -
"looking backward" is a long stretch of
which Dr. and Mrs. Challiss have ex- time. Peeping into the future it is but
Mrs. Ben Dekker and Mrs. Charley.
changed confidences across the teacups a day. The die of fate cast the first 50
Bennet,of Adrian, Mich., arrived to-day,
some of the most stirring events of the years of the married life of Dr. and Mrs. to visit'their parents, Dr. and Mrs. W.
World's history have been crowded. Challiss into t h e surging current of stu- L. Challiss. " ';.,
Kansas has grown ironi ;i baby in swad- pendous events. I By the same token ' Mrs. Daisy Challiss Faust, of. Phila-
dling clothes to a young giant, Atchison may the next 25 years be by the way of delphia, arrived to-day to attend the
from a collection of hc-ises along ^the sunny meadows, peaceful valleys and golden w e d d i n g of her parenta, Dr.
river front to a thriving city, i f i e y [ rippling brook: and Mrs. W. L. Challiss.
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. Mrs. Lily Probasco Bailey arrived in I
At^nisort from Chicago last? evening;, to J
ir. and Mrs. C B. Bennett and Paul . We intended giving Dr. Challiss and attend.the Challiss golden wedding.
Challiss left to-day lor Adrian, Mick; wife a goid water set, in h o n o r of
Helen DonaiJ, daughter of James t\ } their , golden wedding, Duty, ;have rarasoiiALu
Donald, accompanied Mr. and Mrs. t, changed our mind, because t w o of their At the" .gfdidea wedding of Dr. ;»n4.
Reooett f w t l o n g v i s i t Mrs*;$• Q3?< sons-in-law are running around town 3HTS, Vi.Xi. Challiss, on Augns.t 1, the>
Faust and daughter also left to-day. eay in g that Adrian, Michigan, is a bet- f bride (Mrs. Challiss) will be su]ip6rte<|
M « . Faust will visit some time in ter t o w n than Atchison. | b y her seven daughters, all of whom*
Adrian before returning to Philadel-* ed, and at home f o r t h ! Wefi-
S<hi*. Mrs, E. J. Dekker,' with her diejr. T h e groom will be supported by
t h N » children, left this morning for his three sons, and after a procession
trtr home at St. Loais. Ralph Challiss' ifoWtt aîr»4 and through the parlor*,
iJk* returned toSpencsft*, I o w a Blanche^ the marriage service will be read by
tk*MtId, also a daughter of Mr* J. F, J>r. Comer/of the Baptist church. .MrsV
! \ « \ a l d , will return to Galveston,^; .will be very appropriately
Vexaia;. with''Mrs. D. B. Rogers TueS,-; dressed in "white. She ha^ obeyed} Br.;'
"fifty years, and in the cere..
.h; ; AiJgUst 1, Dr. Challisa. will
-.- t< : -omise toobey her for thereat:
their marr.ed Ufa.
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iLE FAMIL¥ R£UNiipNJ

Ti
in Atehisoi
t h e m o l t no
"at? t h e home.. «n
mi'iy reunions children nev^r assembled to AtchiscHj.
t perhaps The bride Was.'dressed in white, and
reuak>o all her hrideamaide were also in w
.llls's. on a n d wore r h a r y i o l d s in their
, ilptofs parents, This was aver'.'jjeven years agov,
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Dr. a n d Mrs. V- J |f ChalUss, - a n d of t h o u g h the fari>ily jwfts target d< OF THE CHALLISS FAMILY
his brothers and sfeter* from ail parts. h a s not broken the family circle, "^f&t;
of t h e ceuhtryV- T h e r e u n i o n wiil be a pity t h a t t h e t h r e e a b s e n t ones can-
FOR THE /I
unusual .Jjetjaiise •'•••of '.' the-'-;distance n o t be present t o - m o r r o w to m a k e
tra- •en a n d p a r e n t s to t h e gatltering coriiplete! ••* »•
get .the old ; Dr. "^haltfes'/tiam.el to Atchison Jurie\!
Ao: £»n were i, 1856, on t h e-'Steamboat "Meteor," j
born, a oy time? ]from M o o r e e t o w n / ^ e w . J e r s e y , w h e r e
larger tJ»att;fîiflies of. t h e present ; h e h a d been a practicing physician, j • »
day. F e w p a r e n t s have a s many chil- j In company vritft h i s brother; the,-lat*J
dren, and t h e s u m b t r i s lamentably i-Diither Chaliiss, they operated a .tittle
smaller of those p a r e n t s :Wh'o can look •'liver ferry for a t i m e w h i c h Srfii I At the Homestead Occupied
h a c k after f^fty'-seven ..years of m a r - k n o w n » e t h e " R e d Rover." >-ra<t$iM, • by J. M. Chaliiss
ried We. a ^ d ftad thfe .femily circle Jfall of tjhat^year; VT. i * Chaliiss went j
t still unbroken. t© EvaiisifUlft, Ind., * h d contracted
Those att«ildteg t h e r e u n i o n a r e Mr. for t h e buitdtoRii of a steam ferry,
and Mrs. W; I* Chaliiss a n d their bringing it t o 'jAtehison in N o T S B M r . l Atchison is comparatively a new j
daughter, J4ns. B l a n c h e 'Dekker, of To- T h a t is, he started for Atchisoo, b u ^ j community and the arrival oi our old-
ledo, Ohio; Mr. a n d Mrs. P a u l Chaliiss, got . c a u g h t ,tn *,' freeze a t Garronton,* est citizens dates but little further)
i of Greely, Col.: Mrs. Daisy Faust, of Mo.," a n d had 0 leave t h e b o a t t h e r e , !
; Philadelphia,"' a little girl with a de- bringing the. crew to Atchison in t*%|| back thaii 1855. Yet t h e r e are very
; sire to paint a n d become tf .big artist stage c o a c h ^ hired for the purpose.^! few left who came to Atchison in t h a t l
when she left Atchison,- and. now a- H e went back after t h e boat la F e b - j day and there are but few who were I
very successful practicing physioian'; r u a r y , accompanied by George Million, born upon the townsite then who a r e |
Mrs. J o h n A. Martin, o f - O t t a w a ; Mr. Granville Morrow., a n d J o h n Caffer-' residents now
and Mrs D. 5 , , Rogers, o f ' . K a n s a s , ty. They found t h e b o a t h a d gone
i City; Mrs. J. F. Donald, of Enid, Ok-j adrift, arid w a l k e d d o w n t h e .river » | 4 Among the n u m b e r who are counted I
lahoma*, a n d ' J . M Ch&Hisg of Atchi- t e r i.tflndirig i t > t A r r o w Rock, M&, as our earliest settlers are Dr. and |
son. M'rs,- Dora' Benn-etf,,\ of Toledo, H e w e n t on down the river, meeting
[is sick, a n d unable t o come, a n d h i s family, w h o were enronte t o Atch- >irs. W. L. Ghalliss, who came to At-
neither Mrs. Millie Dekker, nor Sialph ison, i n St. Louis. They camB u p o ^ chison to m a k e it their home in 1857.
Chaliiss, of Adrian-,, Mich., will h e a boat, a n d whe^ffcey reached ArroilK From t h a t year to the fall of 1900.
here. •..,;,. Rock, t h e captain was induced to pull when they moved to Adrian. Mich., to |
Dr, * i f t J J H R ' W . ' ju.. Chaliiss c a m * t o t h e ferry off t h e s a n d b a r , a n d w i t h i n be near some of their children, they
Atchison in | » 6 6 . w h e n t h e r e w i s ho four days it arrived in Atchison..
were residents of Atchison, barring I
[ "fown. here, ial^d Jiyed : h e r e ri?tii jive This /jras the introduction of . t h e
of six ^yeari JijjfO,' wjperi they, toUp%red jChalUssiaml^; in Atchison. T h e boat two years, and during the whole of
t h e i r children to Adrta^. : Mich:», k |hak» [was caUed " T h e I d a , " for Miss Ida t h a t t i m e they occupied a conspicuous
ing t h a t c i t y ' t h e l r h o m e u n t i t within f Chaliiss, w h o became the wife of J o ^ p place in the general activities of the |
1 t h e pa£t y e a r e'r.'sso w'hen they reroiOyed A. Martin, e d i t o r . o f t h e Atchlsdn town.
j with their f i k g h t e / Mrs. Dora J5en- ChamptojB,.,colonei O f t h e E i g h t h K a n -
I nett, to T :ie<r long resi- sas regiment, and governor of t h e state Dr. Chaliiss was a practicing physi-
I d e n e e here h a d m a d e t h i s h o m e ' so } two t e r m s . cian in New Jersey before coming to I
[dear to, them that- w h e n i t . wag.'pro- . In I860 Dr. Chaliiss built a larger
Kansas, but Ms life h e r e was mostly
I posed t o hav$ .''a tatnjly reunion they ferry bo«t atj Brownsville, Pa., b r i n g -
urged fcnatit b * h e l d in t h e o l d ' h o m e ing it to Atchison.' It was c a l l e d ,the absorbed m business artairs, ana while
I in Atchisbii a'jjfw occupied toy their son *'J.^ G. Marrow/* e n d when it arrf tjie title of his profession has always |
I Jim. i n Atchison t h e goyeriiment prei clung to him, it was as a merchant,
Dr. a n d Mra. Chaliiss a r e c h a r t e r into service And pent it t o - T a n ! land owner, capitalist and farmer, that |
[ m e m b e r s p£ t h e . B a p t i s t church, a n d with I n d i a n supplies. Bill R e e d
[ t h e y rtcali t h a t a w a y b a c k in -the early pilot a n d Dr. Chaliiss w a s captain. A t h e people of Atchison knew him best.
I days t h e r t ^ w e r e ho c h u r c h bells, and quick t r i p w a e ' m a d e to within sev- Dr. Chaliiss was one of three broth-
It w » s t h 6 ' p r a c t i t e ^ h e n . there-was to enty rariles of T a n k t o n , w h e r e * i e ers, all of whom were at one time or I
! be c h u r c h services" for a eryer .to go j>ilot rap. t h e boat into a s n a $ ; a n d
through the'ftreeta calling out, "Q-yez, sank ) t T h e b o a t cost $25,00ff, arid other possessors of large real estate
j o - y e s , O-ye T h e r e will he a meet- nothing waa'isaved b u t t h e machinery. holdings, much of which was located in
i n g a t early e a s d l e light t o - n i g h t " In Dr. Chaliiss continued to operate a or near t h e heart of t h e city. Both of |
I tender memory of those days the in- ferry a t Atchison' until the bridge was
l y i t a t i o n s lo=%eir goldehvweddtng h U d btiiit. Dr. Chaliiss' brothers, L u t h e r and |
| * t . the Cha]Siss hoine on August 1, George, are now dead.
He a n d h i s wife are not far from
11900. w«r« fo* v "ea,Fly candle light," eighty, a r e in splendid health, a n d Shortly after their arrival, Dr. and |
a n d it proved an event t h a t is raemor- have changed very little since t h e y
fable. After.;$ reception, a :" second left Atchison. ' T h e y possess a s t o r e - Mrs. Chaliiss pre-empted the q u a r t e r !
m a r r i a g e ceremony was perform"ed, section lying just w e s t o f towo^tf^por^
I t h e Bey. £ R . Comer eJSlciaUng. Fif- house o t ' knowledge regarding Atch- tion of which is now occupied by For-
ty years b e t o j V . t h e bride had three ison's early history, a n d a r e a very est Park. They built an unpreteh-1
[bridesmaid) :te of whom, her sister, entertaining couple. They h a v e . t w e n -
[ Mrs. A. C U?, was present at the ty-four grandchildren, and four g r e a t . tious home there and Mrs. Chaliiss as-
i golden .W^faiaft ]|bt oh' h e r fiftieth grandchildren, b u t fortunately for sisted in its construction; Adjoining I
wedding a versatY she h a d seveft Mrs. J. M. Chaliiss, w h o is the hostess land was subsequently acquired and |
bridesaifcfels , anw -three groomsmen, for this family party, few of t h e third
a large stock farm w a s conducted
her 4 PsdSfonSi w h o preced- a n d fourth generation .will, fee prfs-i;
e n t to-morrow. Dr. a n d Mrs. Chaliiss sheep raising being o n e of the prin-
^-ô t h e altar, and a will remain in Atchison until t h e first cipal industries. It is âid t h a t there I
finer lookjj "of p a r e n t * and of t h e y e a r . were as many as 3,000 sheep on t h e !
Page 4 of 35.
place at one time and they were car- ^mantle view : I

Hr. and Mrs. W. I* Challiss and Cir*»is* overdraw the
ed for by an experienced shepherd" daughter, Mrs. Blanche Dekker, of To-' hill, where grandeur -j
whom Dr. Challiss brought to this ledo, Ohio, and Mrs and Mrs. Paul nificence vies with splendor. V^
country from Scotland. "Chalfss, of Greely, <Jolo., are here for nature races with human ilevlee In
Stfte reunion or the ChaiMss family, to
At the expiration of three years this ,tw» held at trie honj* «ft J, M. Ovalliav architectural structure. What _more: ^ ^
now aged couple moved into town and Sjp Xorfh River terrace, Christmas Inspiring- site could be chosen a* lh*|
established themselves in a home at • M S ' Mrs. Daisy Fainft -wilt arr?v«i home of unfortunates—line .MJere n*j
Itoe northwest corner of Second and A. from Philadelphia Monday; Mrs. John! ture unrolls a landscape of such eur-
Martin will be hero from Ottawa OB; n „ „ I r _ ^ . . t v that leaves uojôpe
Santa Fe streets, where their first Tuesday; Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Bosers p M s i t g , a " J , ' " .„ rir,w the mind
tor t h e
Kansas child was born, their eldest Will come from Kansas City Christmas invagination o rtra* mijw
son Paul. Their two daughters, Ida horning, and Mrs! J. F. Dohald will from life's realities.
Martin, wife of Col. Martin and Ber- l^rrfve from Enid, Okla., early next The Challiss villa was; built iu Iffl
week, Mrs. D o r a Bennett, o* Toledo, by the late Cnartes Holbert at % <%m
tha Rogers, were born before the Chal- sick, and will be unable to be here, of $6,500. A barn and office ««* « w |
liss family came west. There are ten d neither Mrs. Millie Dekker nor
living children in the Challiss family, ( # a , p I * ChaUIss, hoih of Adrian, Mich., sequently bulk "at a cost of $3,500.^
and in addition to those mentioned k* ^ _e_re; _ / T sS 7. 1888 Dr. ChalOss bought the prem^™
and remodelled it. including the elf
their names are Maria. Donald, Mrs. Dave Rogers and her daughter,
tion. of'the tower, at an additional-
Blanche Dekker, Dora Bennett, Daisy Miss Alice Rogers, arrived last night
of $?;000.. The villa contains tw
Faust, Amelia Dekker, James and to join the kin party at W. L. Challiss'.
two rooms-r with separate laundry:
Ralph. Space and time forbid a de- Dr. W, L. ChaMs* hM~ rented offlcel ^ ^ & hree .story brick struct^
tailed account of the operation of the froomsin the AtcWsob N a t ^ n . l hank] ^ . ^ can easily be remodelled a
first steam ferry across the river at . building, and will 'resume t i e practice
Atchison by Dr. Challiss, although this;jof medicine on March 1. His son, made to afford three wards toT"|h,i§
was one of the doctor's most success Ralph Challiss, who is now studying floor, accommodating at last thiriy
ful undertakings of the early days. medicine, will office with his father aS patients, besides the number which: tae
Following their golden wedding in ^soon as he is prepa»sd to ^nîeBtJIgff v i U a ras ^ m a d e t 0 accommodate..
1900 Dr. and Mrs. Challiss went to Dr. W. L. Challiss and family will • Those "who have\whtt
homes
Adrian, Mich., and from there to To- hereafter live in Philadelphia, where they mmediate vicinity arein that im^
06t
ledo, Ohio, and last week they return have bought a residence. Their property in'-«ested in this proposed tew
ed to Atchison and are now at their here is advertised for sale. Improvement are Judge Otis, Hon. ^
old home, 203 North Terrace, which r—;JT-' i^-; - - - ' - i ^ E n — r g j g , ^ v I f F- Guthrie, Owen fi. Set p. Ralph Ttefe'
has been occupied by their son, James
and his family since last April. They forPhlladelphU this e v e n i n g . ^ , , , ,t ^ t a l M b u t R „ n o t k n o w u , r a n y - ^
are here to be present at a family re-
union at which most of the members fete. Tower commanding view oif river anW terest in the enterprise. "OH
of the family will be present. (city, „ ampre gTottnda,
, biro, laundry, frulfc
_„ „, **- - ^ _i.i_^^* .»„j»i ™n.__
„. . , ,. . jfcna neighborhood.
[ltd shade treea_A_Inquire
perfectofaouse
J. M. io^|.ieu-j
ChsllisaJ —There was s pleasant social gather-
The occasion should be a merry one|i nS aU» bulldrag. • • 3£> ing yesterday at the residence of Dr. W,
L. Challiss. The Misses Blanche, Dor*
as the doctor and his wife are e n j o y i n g P ^ ; d e n i i e n | # chaiiia. Hill Urt
and Amelia Challiss entertained at lunch
good health and all t i e Challiss child-L ^R}lim b o ^ in ' „jght. John Piper,
a number of their lady relatives. Those
ren are hound together by strong fam- Uj-superlntenient Of the poor: farm, is present were the sisters of the hostess,
ily ties.. " They have planned a Jolly ^ g ^ ^ f o r liH> D r Challiss villa Mesdames D. B, Rogers, J. F. DonaW and
time and when they all get together( w l c n a y ie w of converting it into a their cousins, Mrs. W. H. Challiss of En-
with their families there will be m o r e . p r i v a t e i n 8 a n e asylum. The villa terprise, Oregon, Mesdames J. C.Challiss,
than twenty to sit down at the table • s t a n d f i o n . on<J <# the most sightly and "W. A. Otis, W. L. Bailey, Miss Irene
to eat Christmas turkey and mmce jromantic plats in the city. From ifaj Challiss, and Miss Mamie Parks of Au-
pie. Christmas night tlie various c o n - | ^ m i n e n c e t h e Ending Missouri may \ burn, 111. Such a large gathering of ste-
nections
whom there of the Challisswill family,
are many, o f ?j ^s p i traced
be tavitod southeast as It courses.' iH a
n U ribbojujLgias; tllitheescarped ,ters and cousinsûnusual. ? _
A ut e
to participate in the festivities and i t f 8 p a r k s " ' - t r e t c U ^ u r T i ' k e diamondi': ,l;
^ T ^ * e a r S T ^ ^ l *
should be an occasion which Dr. Chal-fpgS^; TT-iV**rrritsnt iBrrT^rrir**^ VTr ' 8 ChalUas. nsed. to spend the
liss- and his good wife can remember! t h e r i v e r J' t w o h u n d r e d tsei ^low ^ f " a t * f ^ , , W B ' » « « » / $ ? » «
with Dleasure and eraHfirati™ hundred feet below ^ t h e l r s a n d ' a a n m b e r of Atctqaon
with pleasure and gratification. alHl ^ ^ g ^ vagt ^ ^ n , p!aln dot. ^ ^ ^ tumg ^ . Qut ^ ^.^
It is something to have lived so •••ted-wttb-fcrtce*,-»»rn», w<»hard8 and ;them there. '' Yesterday afternoon
many eventful and active years aad w e U o r d e reii homes, way and a\vujc k 1irs. Challiss gave a re-union to the
then in the eventide of their lives, for. trj] t f t e s m o k r ^ m s itse up with gjWoodlawn guests at her home on First
this happy father and mother to be " --*-.i-s _._._, v.j.*\sfeii
surrounded by a splendid family cf either veil. Northerly again the river
devoted children. The past may rise [lies in a blue/-sheen', the silvan htKs«> t ; j ^ „_ ..^j^^-^^. _ - u S ^».
on its west reiletiBg tke saady wastes * »-!taB CHAMPION has dTacovelfed.
before them during this season of Joy that margin the stream. ^ Prom "the >*K^^^^
t
nd gladness, with its sorrows and Challiss plat on* may -look through Irustic affair, artistically arranged in the
ys, happiness, regrets and disap-
propitious air into three states—Kan-fe»J»h.pf Dr. W. L. Challiss' residence,
intments, but they can ever find fThis fountain is both ornamental and
sas, Missouri and Nebraska. • From
ace and comfortable contentment In geful—it adds to the beauty of jjhose
' here the domes in day of Leavenwcrth rounds, and at the same time cools the
e abiding love of those who now/jia {
rown men and women, assemble'ahi- land St. Joseph with hrtervttiing vAl- ir for a large space all around it. There
er< the parental roof to pay theia ^ ^ e s , are plainly visible; Ai night re twenty or thirty property owners,In
homage. . , ,lehains for the distant cities.f while Mist city who should take the hint and
<#«,- .«;;,*£"„,._•' * L. \ , ' vsarv^rwfdo'h'in the'trarisÛCSnl QeU.jis of the erect fountains. They are comparative!;
The mest -prominent object in AtchisoB,tu „ ^ iff' . , VJ
seen from the east side, of the river, • • isVTthe
-'» boundary waters a ^myriad
;
arcs shed
new residence of Dr. Challiss. their ineaudescencei| iike burning t * * , i M * p ^ i r & — * ^ fiw. times thefe.
.-- —- - - ^-..:uj£-*a^»«ac ^'"• ° ^ m m and Mrs. W, L. Challiss are in
jâpackmgJhe furniture in their
—Dr. Challiss and family leave far ce there tolbe shipped to At£t
Philadelphia in a few days to stay nntH will offer wePhiladelphia house fi
spring.
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U K P A I KTKD. I ;-*!>>-': jS'J'venerable fat

feiiid Kalph
Man/ lovely ipc views, by day- Dr. V\rM. L. CHALLISS, of this city, was _ _ ^ _ fjaatfali Monday
1
light, Tiave recentlj Sen described or yesterday appointed by (^v.- ASTH&*T as j everfljbg 'wlififT^lfiitne" home ot hus
mentioned, ic the Kansas papers. Home- a member of the Board of Regents of the daufel^teft <4Hrii.'Faust,*7of Philadel-
phia; where- Mr. attd Mrs. Challiss
ward returning, the other nighty the edi- State Agricultural College. The Doctor"* and Mrs. C. B- Bliriett. of Toledo, for-
r of THE CHAMÎOS £»o*e«l a very strik- thorough busine-s qualifications and en- jioeriy of";M4xi&,n,' ar# Visiting.. Dr.
ng and beautiful ni^h| scene—that from ergy will be of great value in the work Of |CKa0iss. after JdShn^r, went to the I
second floor, -«êre fh,e sitting room
he point just south% Dr. CHAILISS' the Board. He is heartily in sympathyTn w '•st^toe^/jftnd >hy.« tastake ! opened 1
esidence* The/view Includes East A|eb.i- the j"jd*)t-i3$rr£;$|P<|s'*<* ¥ the * hael{
with the purpose of the Governor to mike stairs, and ptuifljtea "dowh <hem^ turn-
n, theMissouti river, th*curve of hills ing a spmetr^tft-UJV rnakirig-Uui turn
encircling the city Ironi; the river bluffs the College an industrial school, wh&e Of tfce stairs leading td 'theV'kitchen.
in South Atchison to'tTtali avenue; and students can receive a practical education It "was a terrible fall for a man'S^.
years; 4f ageV and ihe.ioervOus shock
the valley in wMch the ,|fiaia business 1 «F; P. Brown, Dt.,Challfes says, was the Was, severs^;although no bones* were '
portion of ^ e city is located, as far west first man to render assistance toward broken. Mrs. Fa,u's*t B;g graduate In i
as Fourteenth street and northward to building Forest park. Mr. Brown Chiroprfltic«i her
Irtd'' Mrs; Bennett is At |
homeôf trtatineBt.
Kansas avenue. v
volunteered the use of his scrapers, a , ,: ; : , • \ • ''v i . i„\.:
Thousands of brilliant lights were glis- very -great accommodation. George ter—Mrs. B. M. Dekker received a let-
from her mother, Mrs. Challlss,
tening, all around the Circle. In East Graves, too, was very clever. After hav- saying that Dr. Challlss, whp sustain-
Atchison, locomotive/ lead-lights were ing broken up several plows and none ed such a bad fall in Philadelphia I
ten days since, was still confined to |
Cashing about like huge fire-flies, as the were found to. stand the racket, Mr, the bed. but. that she thought that
engines, moved oTejr"'^^ net work of Graves volunteered'his, a very unique he would eventuall-- recover from the
tracks. The brilliant, electric lights above combination, which does the work with- effects. ... • - ../,' ~ &
the bridge wete reflected, in shimmering out trouble. —Dr. W. L. Challiss has built, and has -
MA-V7<f?£ \ now in successful operation, in West
iaesOf brightness, upon the Surface of i "„<HS$£î
e water, and the stiff, Tiard The Atchison Street .Railway Co. was re Atchison, a roller feed mill, which is pro-
earns and rod6 • of the great Otganiied yesterday by the election of, the j ducing a feed for horses, cows and other
n structure presented strange, wierd 'toffowlng directors: W. W.tJuthrie, Jlohn stock, Of a very superior quality. The
tiiaes, some distinct, some shadowy .0, Totnlinson, Geo. W, Howell, F. it, Mills feed is made from clean and sound
,nd obscure. Above the curve of the, and W. L. Challiss. W. L. Challiss was grain, and contains no sweepings, bran
"elected president and treasurer, George-W.
ills in South Atchisonthe circle of elec-" Howell, vice president, and F. I>. Mills, or screenings. Grists are also ground for
trie lights shone Iikpbriliiaijt stars; and: secretary. ., customers. The new mill is equipped
awrthet* Jong, straight tow marked the with the best machinery for its purposes,
.,' The Atchisoh' street railway wilt here-
course of Gommercwif/stfeet^ westward after be managed by Dr. W. Lu Challlss, and will be of great convenience to the
from the river. A thousand lights were assisted by his son, Fan! Challiss, who now feeders and farmers. An advertisement |
glimmering in the /windows "of South lives at Woodiawh.'" Or. Chaliiss has given j will be found elsewhere, giving further
Atchison; the long line of gas lamps oia a^-toe Idea of living at Philadelphia, and I particulars.
Kansas avenue stretched away to the has -given orders for remodeling his resi-\y* -*Dr. ~ Challiss'
"•• mill near Omaha jun
west like a torch-light procession; and in d$aee on Challlss hilt i He will hereafter''tion was Struck by lightning about 12
upper stories of the Byram, Masonic hall, be a permanent fixture In Atchison, and an- o'clock last night, and entirely de-
T H ? CHAKPION oflk^s.and the Commercial nounces bis Intention of taking a* hand in stroyed by lire. The loss, counting
clnbrponis, elevate^ above other build- the material affairs of the'eity, stock on hand, will amount to $10,000.
ings, the windows wire ablate with num- I t is understood that tit the people of Sprl The mill manufactured rye and buck-
erous Hghjts.', The outlines of prpnrinent Garden and Park Place will give some wheat flour, corn meal, chop, etc A
thousand bushels of grain were de-
buildings, and of the; treesia Soufli Atcht sistance the street railway will be stroyed; also, a lot of hickory used in
isoii, "were, dimly reveajedj an'i| along the tended to those additions and westioM
manufacturing axe handles. There was
the net-work of railway tracks in West land college-otherwise if .will go w oo insurance. Dr. Challiss says he will
Atchison locomotive 'head-lights "were ^from Its present terminus tO'iS.evehtt strei
^ ^thence
^ ^ ^ ^to^ the
^ ^ ^foot
^ ^ of
^ ^the
^ ^ hill.
^ ^ ^ Âin,-*^
^ ^ ^ ^ not rebuild'*t present He was feed- |
daeing about like meteors, ':'• It was a sad
*i(sionof the Main Street line to tbe'hefj iD g WO head of cattic at the milL
striking scene, and will make a vivid im- Missouri Pacific* shops ground is jalso con-
pressipa on any one. 'We 4on't'believe templated. JW.
it can be matched, anywhere intbls State.
—The Atchison street railway is to-day '£X>r. W. L. Challiss apd, wife are e i -
one hundred per cent better every way, êr'taining seventeen.Jtfs. Th!« -1^1
-Few people realize what a magnifi- in point of equipment and efficiency, |I nearly as many a s . Charley Kuchs, o?
cent stretch of landscape, taking in the than it was when Dr. W. L. Challiss, the *IDoniphan,, can boast of entertaining j
riyey;with all its windings and curves, president of the company, took hold of it, at one time. Mr. Chaliiss and wife j
with the adjacent shores and bluffs on nearly two years ago, and it is now one v?ere seen ont buggy riding to-day;!
both the Kansas and Missouri sides, for of the best street railway systems in they went to the' woods to get a]
chance to talk t6 each other.
miles in all directions, n a y be seen from
5 :
the bluff where. Dr. Chalhss' residence ^ M » ' W I* Ch»Uiss r e t u m W T i i l f The ten Challiss chHdren and, their]
stands. The expanding view from that rf*fet from Adrian, Mich., and Is at the parents sat down . to dinner tog-ether
point, as from several others on the bluff X e of her daughter. M r * J . F. Don-, yesterday, np one else being seated,
south of the city, is not equalled, and aid. Her husband did not return with and the occasion was improved by the i
children presenting their father with]
certainly sot excelled, anywhere in a gold handled umbrella, and their]
America.' '.''•'-' ','•'* -• • •' \U Dr. and Mrs. W. U Challis. are now mother with an emerald ring. J. jiL"'.
imaking their home In 'Toledo Ohio Challlss, who weaves* spell at poUtiuaf I
A burglar entered the rerfdence of Dr. jtheir son-in-law, Charley Bennett, meetings, was speech maker. He made
IW. L.Ch»I!Us,.oa First street, last night, having recently moved there with his such a touching speech in giving the I
and stole a vdtiJ&te/jgQitt watch belonging (family: He has gone W & . t b » J W * ' umbrella, referring1' to the storms of j
to, Mr. Chslltss. TW: burglar entered his ware business there^ Mpf ' X S S L - life,' etc., that Dr. Challiss broke down j
•Rothes out into the Dr. w7 L* Chailies lately (Sent Par- and cried. The emjatian became con-
M
yard, where he i ftrwigh the pockets, son Twine *&> *" evidence, of his tagious, and while presenting the ring
^ H p e excepting the esteem. • , \to his mother, the orator aiso brokeT]
fbhut the housii was • § • • . . 7 7 b r . W. U :Chaliiss arriv down anii v.-<spt. >'i.cHn tulk at politi-
tKl to Atchison^ June \ J i cal meetings,"' he siiid, "Out" this gets j
3ie. *
Page 6 of 35.
—The ferry boat at this city has been

DR.JLL. CHALLISS, A HISTORIC CHARACTER. Compelled to change her landing. Thejrivetj
is rery low, and on the opposiU side of the
Dr. W. L. Chaliiss, at present « sengers reached Arrow Rock, the river a bar, on which the water is oaly from
Adrian. Michigan, but who is n o w captain w a s induced to pull the ferry six inches to three feet deep, extends from I
visiting in the city, is one of the his- r»fT> the sand bar, and within foar
toric characters of Atchison. He came days It arrived in Atchison. the bend to a point below Utah Avenue. The J
here June 3, 1856. on the steamboat , This boat was named "The . Ida,** ferry boat now plies across the river from a I
"Meteor," from Moorestown, N e w tor Dr. Chaliiss' oldest daughter,
Jersey, where he had been a practic- Who became the wife of John A. Mar- point just'below Gillespie's mill, where ex-
I ing physician. tin, editor of the Atchison Champion, cellent landings have been made. Over Ufo I
At that time a man named Alcorn Colonel of the Eighth Kansas regi- sand-bar on the opposite side a plank load 1
| was operating a horse ferry on t h e ment, and governor of the state two
river, and Dr. Chaliiss. in company terms." "The Ida" was brought up covered with sawdust has been constructed,
with his brother, L. C. Chaliiss, pur-, t h e river by Geo. Million and Gran- the sand-bar being about 200 yards in width.
chased a three-quarter interest'ln the ville Morrow, pilots, and John
ferry franchise, after operating a lit- Cafferty, engineer. This landing is a short half-mile from the \
tle rival ferry for a time which w a s Granville Morrow was the cap- depot. The ferry boat continued to run at |
known as the "Red Rover." The tain w h e n it began making regular her old landings until it was impossible
price paid for the franchise was, trips as a ferry, receiving originally
111, 800. | 5 0 a month. During the last years do so, on account of the dangerous "bar, on |
In the fail of 1856, Dr. Chaliiss of his service, he received $125 a which she struck almost every time she at-
] went to Evansvflle, Indiana, and con- month. T h e ferry business was very
| tracted for the building of a steam profitable? a hundred dollars, a day tempted to cross. She had once to be pulled
ferry. This was completed in Novem- Was no unusual income," off by a passing boat, and upon several
Iber, and started for Atchison. In D e - In 1860, Dr. Chaliiss built a larger other occasions got off only after a long
cember, it was frozen up in the Mis- ferry at Brownsville, Pa., and called
souri river at Carrollton, Mo., and left it the "J. -G. Morrow." When It,ar- time and the greatest exertions.
I in charge of a watchman. The crew rived at Atchison, the government
] was made up of old acquaintances of pressed it into service, and- sent It to • ; »-"—T— ~ffH"'mh>S^
Dr. Chaliiss' in New Jersey, and these Yankton with-Îndian supplies. Bill T h e B a p t i s t Social.
he brought to Atchison in two stage Reed w a s pilot, and Dr. ChalBss cap-
I coaches hired for the purpose." tain. A quick trip was made to with- THe Baptist socfal and reception at the j
On February 7th the following f* seventy rrtlles of Yankton, where residence of i>r, W*p..Chaliiss last even-
[year, Dr. Chaliiss started down the l&e, pilot ran the boat Into a snag, ing w as a grand success and; by" far the
river on horseback; after his "ferry and sunk it. "The boats c o s t |?5,O09,
boat, accompanied by Geo. M, Mil- arid nothing vva'a saved b u t t h e macb.? largest thing «f jtbe kind that has taken |
lion, Granville Morrow and John fnery, .This was afterwards placed tn place in Atchison for years. Tb&sociar
Cafferty. There had beep a thaw, the ferry' "S. p. 'Pomeroy,* ^whlch was
and a rise in the river, and when t h e operated h e f t 'until the bridge was was not rffltirieêd to the BapttsSriilone, i
men reached the vicinity of Carrol- completed in 1877. . After; this the many persons of neatly all denominations I
ton, they learned that the boat had "S. C. Pomeroy" was taken to Kan- being present and mingled among-the j
gone adrift. They 'followed it down sas City, where It . sank during a
the rtver, hearing of it occasionally, ;Storm. gathering? T h e lawn surrunoding the
and finally came, up with it in sight -'£ S. C. Pomeroy owned a one-quarter residence F*a brilliantly' wlftehsted j
I of Arrow Rock. ,„Th.e boat had interest in the "J. G. Morrow*; and
with-raiji^j&eadiights and t b e t e g e as-
[grounded on a bar, and a man was "S. C- Pomeroy," and the wreck of
I in possession, claiming salvage. Dr. the ''Morrow" cost him 15,900. semhlag|of ? ,young and old peopb{ who j
J Chaliiss caught the man ofttthe boat, "The Ida** w«s taken to l > a v e n - were moving about presented a beautiful
I took possession, and settled with him worth on the completion of tlre^Tldge,
Ifor 125. A story "was circulated that and w a s in service there many years. appearance.
I there had been smallpox on the boat, In Jthe e a r l y days Dr. Chaliiss was ' The Jjalatial mansioa wag thrown/©pen I
I and It narrowly . escaped "burning at a. Free State rdan, and still h a s In his $o the | u e s | e , a n d In the parlors Philipp's
[the hands of people living in the vt- possession a letter warning him to orchestra discoursed maay selections of j
I clnity. leave; t h e country. Although n o name
Dr. Chaliiss went on. down the river; Ms $kned, tb,e -writing Is p a r t l y that pleasing AJjasic There were als£ Jjianol
and met his family a t St. Louis. W h e n pt,A well kn'owii pro-slavery man, w h o j ^ yOcalfsofOB jand du^ts. Prominent
the steamer on which they were p a s - l d i e d s o m e years ago. — - M. vamong t,J1 § w » A'y #„„",
* » a. vocal
„ „ . i ^dueil^y'.Mrs.
„ii*i'Mf.
The Ferry boat Pomeroy,failed to come tof "§n« FIERY.—We learn that *> T>. aw C i Waldfogty aad'liiss Millie Chaliiss,
time this morning, ©n arrival of the 'Bsit u i n t i t tft bo piaeed in charge of the Pa l T h e d i n i n g room was devoted to serv- j
and passengers, at the usual hoar, aJl'oroyÔaPain Philbrjc*;V.ring beenWij [ Jng ice eteans»,strawberries and cake at
;
hands and the cook were found to be a .leep, charged. W« da not ^toftivn who is t«t therlarge tabtein the centre of thêroom,
with firas low and no steam. After about the Captain, but ^ t i t f s possible to jiwhich was exquisitely bedecked, with j
I loses and otheT flowers.
20 minutes apeni in firin? up, the crossing gemabody to rvm it febetUr^rhsps than
T h e desirable location of the Chaliiss I
was accomplished and an attempt was l ^ W n rsn U t e l y , * . t h i n | i t a d v t e b j n ^ blufl, orerlo<5WDl
made island, but e.ther the captain's . y e s I f t ^ ^ ^ w h t y ^ q u a i i t o b * » p»V« M w o n o w 3 i d e a n d t h e city oh the
were full of motes, or the boat a litll. vie ^ ^ o w e n i e ^ j jp.rt»«sfrg t k a r i n r l j ^ m a d e i t , . q u i t e eachanting for the
IOUS, for the attempt resulted ip running* — M>*» •• — • W: young people •_,__ who took *„». occasion
„ ^ . : i _ to
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go
the head gear into terra firm*. This wasj —Ur. Wm. L. Chaliiss left on Thursday, up on the elevated platform ajg^bok
• .repeated the third time with likt success, on the ferry-boat "Pomeroy," bound for St. about
1 amid the grumbling ef passengers who Louis, to put the ba»t in the dooks for repair. This being a Baptist social tafticloudB
saw the train more off without them. As Her place is supplied by thesteame*#"Ella>" • werf'threatening all the afternoon, but
a last reiort the boat was backed out into The "Pomeroy" "ill be thoroughly over fortunately there was no water dropped
the middle of the stream, and the captain hauled and repaired before her return to this ^ ^ V ^ ^ ^ Qf ^ ^ 5 ^ wa?
by this time getting waked np, a landing city to resume her trips She will be absent ^ % & ^ immersion of a lfttie girl
aeTeral wctlta
I was effected. The affair was net relishejl w h o fell inlo the fountain baaia in the
I by those whose business rendered it nee yard. , '.."^ ..,?...
euary fer (Hem to. take the morning train, I T h i l a i l e s of the church and Hrs.Dr.
I however, accidents will happen in the best CBalliss and daughters are to be^cpBgrat-
regulated' families. ;alated upon their success in arranging
the affair for the evening, aa eveiything
was so well provided for, and the recep-
tion committee so attentive in their du-
ties, that all went away with. p\easaai
remembrances of the Dccasicn.
Page 7 of 35.
T0A
THE OLD FERRY DAYS AT ATCHISON

Herewith la pr6*ea4t«d a picture of the ferry franchise, After operating a the sandbar, arid, within four days, it
tfc* old ferryhoat,'VS'', C. Pomeroy." little rival ferry for a tljiteTwhich Was arrived in Atchison. T h i s boat was
*Wlich was. o p e r a t e d St Atchison in the known as t h e , ' B e d .Rever.'^, f n e price named 'The Ida,' for Dr. Challiss' old-
early days: before tl»e completion of paid for t h e franchise w a s $1,800. In est daughter,.Jwho became t h e wife of J
t h e bridge. Ttie picture is an old- t h e fall -of 1856, Dr., Chal*lss. went to J o h n A. Martin, governor of t h e s t a t e j
jf&snioned wood engraving, made from Evansylltej Ind-, anjl .vfcontracted ' for two t e r m s . 'The Ida' was b r o u g n t u p
ft p h o t o g r a p h before; t h e days of half- t h e building of a ' s t e a m ferry. This t h e river" toy Ceo, Million and Gran-1
tones. T h e cut:,o*v$j* lately t u r n e d up. v.as complete/! In November, - a n d Vllle Morrow, pilots, an<| J o h n Caffer-
• i t e r heirig l o s t f< H 9 p tn *>H rilb- s t a r t e d » r Atchison. - t f e j j ^ m b e r ^ -ft ty, engineer. Granville Morrow we*-I
fcteh. was frozen up Inifthe Missouri river at t h e captain when it began m a k i n g |
5
Very few people n o w living in Atch- CarroHton, SJ«., and left J B F c h a r g e of regular trips as a ferry, receiving orig-
ison r e m e m b e r the; days when ferry- a watcnnian; >, The ersw was. m a d e up inally 450 a ' m o n t h . During t h e l i s t I
b e a t s were operated. The first rail- of old acquaintances of< Dr. Challiss' years of his service he received $125 a ]
rcad train reached Atchison on the in New Jersey, a h d these h e b r o u g h t month. The ferry business w a s very
ISd of F e b r u a r y * J 8 S 0 , on the H a n n i - to A t c h i s o n In t w o . s t a g e coaches profitable; a hundred dollars a day
fcal & ^ t . Joe, which h a d been extend- hired, for t h e p u r p o s e . On f ebruary was no unusual income. In I860, Dr. |
• d from St. J o e l p E a s t Atchison by 7 «f the following year, Dr, Challiss Challiss b u n t a larger ferry * a t
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FERRYBOAT "g.-tr. POMEROY," FORMERLY OPERATED'AT ATCHISON. f. . •
jlsoriV enterprising men of t h a t started down the- river '-on horseback, Brownsville, Pa., and called it the *?.
t h e StrftijgfeHows, P . T." Abeli,
after his ferryboat, accoinpanfed? by G. Morrow. When It arrived a i l
»°4:. others. '.P'jiasengers who arrived G e p : - M . MWllonl Granville -Morrow Atchison, the government pressed I t J
t*»ln\ wja|ie ferried across to
a n d J o h n CaW»iPty. . T h e r e h a d been a into service, and sent it to Y a n k t q a j
t h e river, and this was
t h a w , arid a îae'tii t h e river, a n d when with Indian supplies. Bill Reed was]
t u p many,,yeare. When railroads the men reached t h e vicinity "of Car- pilot, a n d Dr. Challiss captain. \ A
rdllton, t h e y learned t h a t the boat had
•Pirate* ftn this side of the river. quick trip was made to within seventy
w a g e r s W«*«> transferred In omnl- gone adrift.* They followed it down miles of Yankton, where the pilot r a & |
» t h e .eastern side of the river,
t h e river, h e a r i n g of it occasionally, the boat into a snag, and sunk i t The
• n<J this continued until 1876, when and finally -came up with ifrlri sight, of boat cost (25,000, and n o t h i n g was
t a * bridge w a i completed. Arrow Rock, The boat h a d grounded saved but the machinery. This was |
T h e history of t h e ferryboats at on a bar, and a „man was in posses- afterwards placed in the terry "g. C.
Atchison is probably contained in the sion, claiming salvage. Dr. Challiss Pomeroy," which was operated here I
J™ln* ^ t h e historical edition caught the mat* olf the boat, took pos- until the bridge was completed in
<re T o * Globe: ,; <• session, and settled with him for $25. 1S7". After this the 'S. C. P o m e r o y I
was taken to Kansas City, where 1* |
vZ®*,.?-?*^*11*** c a r a e «•<> Atchi- A story was circulated t h a t there had
been smallpox on the boat, and It n a r - sank during a storm, g- C. P o m e r o y
•Meteor, ff«JI» ^ o o r e s i o w n N. J , rowly escaped b u r n i n g a t the hands owned a one-quarter Interest ln t h e & j
of people living in the* vicinity. Dr. G. M o r r o w ' a n d "S. C. P o m e r o y , ' a n d j
E f m a n - n a m e d Al- Challiss went en down t h e river, and the wreck of the 'Morrow'"cost him j
m e t his family a t St. Louts; When $5,000. T h e Id»'_was t a k e n to Leav-
tbe steamer on which they were pas- enworth on the .completion of the I
sengers reached Arrow Rook, t h e cap- bridge, a n d was ln T service t h e r e m a n y j
ju#cha*ft| . WhM ° e Challiss, tain was induced to pull t h e ferry off years."
fMarter Interest Ln
Si-
Page 8 of 35.
HOG-BOARDnW FOR A PENNT A OAT-ON Hare large tnragha, made of two-inch KISS AS STOCK.
" ESSENCE OF UOKN." placed contiguous. Grind voar corn ane, and
r T OB. W. L. . BALUS*. 0 » S i S ' U put in each hogshead four to six baahek, A Shipment of Full Blood Berkshire ! logs
The experience of the p>ist reason, when and a* jjflatt of salt. This tMîKtfakr to Masaachutetls.
viewed from aa agricultural standpoint, will you sick, bat walk ' Fill up ; with
cause many farmers to change their pro- water, stir occasionally far tw»» or three Kansas ^-acquiring celebrity abroad ai
gramme, alter the old manner, oy abandoning days, and when fermentation has fiairly mnch for the fine, pure breed of its stock ai
well-tried and certain sources of profit for set in—say two or three days—begin to feed. it is for its* rich soil, beautiful lands, healthy
more experimental pffoits. This is wrong, and It is always ready afterward, foT t h e n is climate, aad never failing energy. We have
will lead to disaster. Tenacity of pur- yeast in the bottom. Feed and SB' up with already recorded the shipment of valuable
pose will alwuys win. while tkkleuis* water at once, always keeping them full ; re- short-horn cattle to tha North aad South
will go hand and band with want. The peating twice each day, until the homoeo- and now we have male a shipment to a
country has revelled in plenty, om grammes pathic dilution reminds you that further pio- Massachusetts fine s'ock man. Yesterday
have been full, the industrious i.av» had tlieir gress in that direction' might be cruelty to Dr. W. L. Cballiss forwarded three of the
wants all supplied, aud to-day Kansas fields animals, then throw in a saek of feed and
finest young Berkshire pigs lo Judge Fuller-
groan under a wonderlul yiehi of wheat aud proceed as before. Those who hare not tried
rye—enough, indeed, to furnish Inreiui to the the plan will be astonished to what attenua- ton, that we have ever seen, one male and]
entire couuirv. There has, hVnvever, been tion corn can be thus reduced, sod what re- two females. They were four monthsiold,
great aominercial degression, ai;d the tow sults will be wrought. handsome as pictures and as fine and pure
price of stock has caused the farmers We have seven hogsheads running: t» this bred as any in the world. They were bred
to complain that " it don't pay." Pat cattle way and have demon strafed the fact that a at Woodlar-d Farm and by Dr. Challisfc'
and sheep at four cents per pound, and hog* 200 pound porker can be kept growing celebrated Canada boar out of a thorough-
at two cents, are low prices, but the remedy by this process on a coat of one cent a bred Kentaeky sow. Ths utmost care was
is not in abandoning the business, but in im- day. Each hag will drink from two to live taken in packing them so as tj avoid any
proving the breeds—thereby increasing Wteif gallons at a feed, -distend, lay down, grant possible injury, and go through is safety,
ability to take on tat—and using wore «;.tll and grow. For the young pigs a trough
Our stock men are thoroughly an*, judic-
and economy in their feed. For our present, should be shut off from the herd, and their
purpose, we witl confine this discussion to I.)if food made richer. They need distension' it iously advertising their stock in every part I
production of the hog, which, us a soarce of do hogs, and will acquire the habit of the country, and orders ara rapidly pour-
meat-supply, is attached to alm.wt evi-ry bouse- of assimulating largely; Into these rubs ing in. i
hold from Maine to Mexico. can be thrown the refuse from the kitchen
aud dairy, thereby increasing the good re-
——— r
In the dairy districts of. New-York, Dhio, sults. Whfcat, rye, barley, millet, broqni-eorn —One of the finest Berkshire hogs ever I
Kansas, etc., the problem is solved, audtlnf seed, etc., can be ground and utilized, in the brought to this oountry has just been re-
hog attains perfection of carcass largely hum , same manner. I am aware that slop for hogs ceived by Dr. W. L. Cballiss, of Woodland
the consumption of refuse. But even there, is no new thing, and that the farmer Farm. It was purchased at Hartford, Conn.,
the sujrsrestiims i nave to make will apply, of the East uses his bras aud shorts aad is from an imported boar and sow are-
and show thr way to a possible, increase of in that way, but w*»» - y * - now oently brought to this oountry. Every point
herds tea-fold, with but little additional ex- aim at, is how to convert the of excellence valued by breeders is embodied
pense. T i e hog U to some extent a graxing the corn and surplus grain: of? the farm into in this animal, a young boar only a few
animal aud a U«e raa la fields of red clover nark with the greatest profit, applicable alike
months old, and of immense tiie for its age.
such as is common .m the . Ea»t» .will
Dr. Cballiss is extensively engaged in breed-
supply many of bis wants. The- gr.-ut hog- to a small or large business., The reader will
producing districts are out generally favored understand that where hogs have no range or ing Berkshires of pare blood.
The Champion and Press says *'t£e fal
with this, and reliance is of necessity ou, grasB, the slop must be fed three times a day, og raised by Dr. Wm. L. Cballiss on^
prairie grass aud cure. The present price of: and be of increased strength. In districts is farm near this city, and which took
com is better than that of. port, and the man I where there are no facilities for grinding, if the first premium at the Northern Kan-
who attempts to make ho*rs from pip. by the corn in the ear or shell etl. is soaked in sas district fair in October last, as the I
throwing corn in the ear from his cribs will Water twenty-four hours before feeding, it
'best and largest fat hog,' was killed on
soon need a guardian. It is a sure road to will be much improved as a Summer food.
poverty. Indeed, corn and water in the crude Friday last, and weighed 1,035 lbs., net. j
state will not aiake hotrs out ot piirs—hut runt.*. I be attractive plate of-Poiaiul-China precafed for ~] This is the largest hog we have ever |
Cora is inflammatory, and in crude form pro- mr readers tiiis week b* Dr. Cuslliss, oa*!it to oro- heard of in the State, aud probably
motes very little growth, each pound of in- i *it«* pork* - equals any one ever raised in the ,coun-J
crease produced by it costing three tune* its try. He was immense."
value. Better sell your com and buy your The following geutfetBen have bean a p i j
meat. But this is unnecessary, for the saint- pointed Regents of ffce- AfriculturarCoIr f 'Dr. Challis, ,6f Atchison, .hasJ
material can tie manipulated so as to make lege-.;Dr. W. L. ChalKss, aig**-^*™ recently killed a hog t h a t weighed
pork-raising profitable at two cents a pound. i Affc I# J. Beat, of Beloit. 1035 pounds, net.
when the supply of professi •*
The secret is in feeding esseuee of corn, and ness men is exhausted, wrere^ w The Cballiss grandchildren, including
no crude corn. I spent of fhe treatment of farmers appohited as Kege •'those that have married Into the famHy
bogs during the growing period, the finish for Farmer.
^number twelve in the service of Uncle Satnl '
market being a different process. Get ape, , Dr. G H A M J S ^ is ene of the 1;
three, or" Ave sugar hogshead*, according to eri and stock raisers in Kansas, i ^le
the size of your herd; remove the inside done rn^K farming Shan the editor, of the
hoop .that h^lds the bottom,' t«i(hty- well with •Kansai^KtendrjiYeT didând could learn
oakum arotind* the bottom," repteof' fiiJ hoop; Mr. HUDR>X more' -about the practical
aud bury side by aide in the ground three feetj>r
work ef fanning tlran he qtet knew in bis
more, near a well or spring where
there will be> plenty of wader, and hinge a lid rife.~ He hastwo of the larsest.fiMsfrlsjpd
1
to each oije . If' » the bog pasture; feice best managed farm in tbeWState- af Kah-
around, or fbjjr<ftp lose hogi hy getting an [sas, one near fliis city xJiil the ataejin
oar experience will faTty *^f* ' *""" fernaha county, and he has probablyihe;
largest rtoc-kof siicep-in the State.
Page 9 of 35.
m a STOCK A.ND F A K « . critical examination of his home farm at

BI.VE R l B B O n S .
T h e A t c h i s o n Champion h a s an Afchison. The farm consists of 750 acres,
At the Slate Fair on Friday last Dr. and is located two miles west of the city.
i n t e r e s t i n g n o t i c e of t h e fine s t o c k CHALLISS' beautiful thoroughbred, "Newry," There are on this farm 1,800 head of extra
and f * r m of D r . W m . L . Challis, was awarded the first premium in the sweep- nice sheep, a cross between the South-
n e a r A t c h i s o n . T h e D o c t o r .calls stakes ring, as t h e ^ e s t horse of any age or Downs, Cotswold, and the common Mis-
h i t p l a c e " W o o d l a n d F a r m , " a n d character. He had twenty-three competi- souri sheep, graded up high. H e contem-
plates making a still better cross this year,
t h e Champion " d o u b t s w h e t h e r , all tors, including "Ethan Allen," JENNISOK'S the rams being full-blooded Lancasters and
t h i n g s c o n s i d e r e d , i t is e q u a l e d b y
thoronghbred, and many other well known Merinos, in addition to the South-Downs.
a n y place i n K a n s a s , " a n d p r e d i c t s H e thinks the Cotswolds are somewhat
horses. "Newry" is nnqnestionably the tender, and is discarding them. During
t h a t " it-will n o t be m a n y years be-
finest thoronghbred west of the Mis- the winter these 1,300 sheep were fed two
fore i t is n o t e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e W e s t
sissippi. tons of clover hay and twenty-five bushels
as a m o d e l p l a c e . " i t g i v e s ns g r e a t
JOSHUA WHEELER, of this county, car- of corn each day. T h e sheep sheds are
p l e a s u r e t o m a k e a r e c o r d of " W o o d - three in number. The general width is
ried off three bine ribbons for fine apples. eighteen feet, and the extreme length of
land F a r m , " and to congratulate D r .
Mr. WHEELER'S fruit certainly deserved the all is 575 feet. They are very superior to
Challis o n his fine stock a n d farm.
premiums it received. It was remarkably anything I have ever before' seen in this
H e h a s p u r c h a s e d " N e w r y , " of Line. The sheep are under the charge of a
fine.
C o l . J e n n i s o n , a n d p a i d $2,500 for skilled shepherd, August Ahrenn, Esq.,
B. R. EVEREST carried ofT several premi- who, in the absence of the proprietor,
h i m . X e w r y is too well k n o w n i n
ums for fine hogs. Mr. EVEREST has some kindly showed me the many labor-saving
this r e g i o n , a n d t o o h i g h l y r e g a r d e d implements on this farm.
of the best swine in the country.*
as a s t o c k h o r s e , to need any f u r t h e r
Atchison connty certainly carried off a First, we went to the large barn (for
d e s c r i p t i o n from u s . T h e Cham-
.fair share of the premiums offered by the there are five of them). This barn is 50x
vion,
w S t . J o s e p h Gazette, and o t h e r t . 60 feet, three stories high, and 38 feet, to
• . * . State Society, and in no case was there a the peak. I t is the most complete, the
pv a p e r s of t h a t r e g i o n , a r e c o n g r a t u - ** . .
f" , , , ' .. qnestion
question as to the justice of the awards most convenient, and altogether the best
l a t i n g t h e people of t h a t section on made her citizens who were contesting for barn that I have ever seen. Then there
t h e s u p e r i o r c h a r a c t e r of t h e stock premiums. was the piggery with forty large pens all
w h i c h saoh e n t e r p r i s i n g men as D r . under cover, with all the" latest contriv-
ances for steaming and cooking food. The
Challiss are introducing there, and ATCHISON COUNTY FARMS. slaughter house is about eighteen feet wide j
well t h e y m a y . T h e D o c t o r has also and forty feet long, fitted up with heater
purchased the French - Canadian and scalding apparatus, and a very inge-
s t a l l i o n , S t . L a w r e n c e . " T h i s a n i - T h o s e o f D r . W a t . L . C h a l l i s s nious arrangement on the joice for hang-
fand l i o n . Geo. W . Glick. ing up the animals. It is fixed with roll-
mal " s a y s t h e Champion, " com- ers so that a hundred hogs could be hung j
bines not only beauty and sym- up at once. Then there were the cattle
metry, bnt great power." As Seen by a Correspoudent of the Kan- sheds that were 25 feet wide, open on one
I n o t h e r r e s p e c t s t h e D o c t o r is not sas Farmer. side, and 25 feet high, the whole aggregatr
ing 290 feet in length. The hay barns
b e h i n d , e i t h e r . H e has a fine s h o r t -
and sheds are capable of holding marry"
h o r n e d b u l l , t h e " D u k e of W o o d - hundred tons of hay. In one part of the I
[Kansas Farmer, MayOth.]
l a n d . " H e h a s a fine s t o c k of B e r k - It is too generally the case that the barn, among the many different kinds of |
s h i r e , C h e s t e r a n d P o l a n d p i g s , a n d fermers | n ^ j-£ ^ m ^ g f f o r t tQ machinery in use on the place, I noticed
is building a model pisrsrery. piggery We live; if they can only get a place to itay j an endless chain, horse-power machine for,
cutting hay and straw.
w i s h t h e D o c t o r — w h o is a g o o d and for a little while until thev can sell out, it I
seems to be all they ask. This state of af- But it would be impossible, in a short j
d e s e r v i n g fellow a n y w a y — t h e m o s t
fairs is not confined to one county, or to article, to give even a synopsis of the con-
a b u n d a n t success in d e v e l o p i n g any particular part of the State, and every I tents of those most durable" and substan-
" W o o d l a n d F a r m . " W e shall t r y will be ready to a d n r t that there are too! tial farm buildings. I did not see Dr.
t o find t i m e , before l o n g , t o v i s i t it, many of this class of fanners in every Challiss, as he was upon his other farm in
a n d g i v e o a r r e a d e r s s u c h i n f o r m a - neighborhood. It was, therefore, a great Nemaha county. I understand, however,
pleasure to me to travel through a part of that the Doctor's farm in Nemaha county
t i o n r e g a r d i n g i t , as well as some
the country where so many of the farmers is the best of the two. If so, I would like
o t h e r n o t e d f a r m s in K a n s a s , as will take an actual pride in the fact that they' to see it.
i n t e r e s t a n d e n c o u r a g e t h e m in t h e i r are fanners, and their farms show that they —Dr. W. L. Challiss last Tuesday com-
o w n efforts t o i m p r o v e t h e i r stock are not ashamed of their vocation. menced hauling cottenwood sawlogs to
a n d farms. • A trip through Northeastern Kansas
Lanphear & Ketch&m's Atchison saw
xiv* lor m i Bomf. -: 1 will convince any one that this, (its well as mills. The trees for these logs were
tndFarm. evrey other part of Kansas,) can justly
i Kansas, tome time claim to be the "garden spot of the world." planted by Dr. Challiss in 1858, on his
(lne« » from a neighbor, a Good farms are not scarce, for there seems farm, adjoining Atchison, and now aver-
ha county. From IbQ to be a commendable rivalry among tho
, the CtaalliR farm the age three feet in diameter. The rings in
1 symptom of borne farmers to see who will have the most con- the trees indicate a yearly growth of V£
i generally considered venient farm buildings, the best system of
nig one proved an ex- to 2 inches. The logs are to be sawed
•ewe for company, and farm operations, the most improved and
would ft roved
into lumber, to be shipped to Dr. Chal-
*fco\rolooj3i*cTer PP breeds of stock, and the best
of hi!! former Some, trimmed hedges and the neatest farm sur- liss' farm iD Nemaha county, for use in
ttlon at tbefeneej roundings, generally. the construcion of cattle barns. This is
member of tBe. It's all stuff and nonsense about farming probably the only instance on record
being ''the most noble, the most independ- where a man has planted trees a i d real-
us of r*potnltlon. ent, and the most lucrative employment
ized their use in lumber during a life-
for man," and the man who says so l—ays time. The circumstance illustrates the
it on too thick. Yet a man who cultivates
&£§>t>ftteo? a farm simply because he knows no other great benefits to be derived from tree-
, JSet'l Up!
J'-sW-'nffap business, is a" disgrace to the profession. I planting in the fertile soil of Kansas, and
L**t*!«» toonil >oTll5mfl«rSl claim that a man should be an enthusiast doubtless Dr. Challiss' succaasf ul experi-
S ^ ^ ' f f i B w I d - >n a n v business he undertakes. Such a ence will induce many others to adopt
» 0 « 3 n a h 5 ; raan '* I ) r ' W - L - Challiss, the lately a | - his method.
|d«*. •yshosTlsaiwr,' pointed Regent of the State Agricultural
«dt a i r S f ^ ^ * * * " ' College. I judge this from a conversation
lawsy 1
loiulyi 5 " S f c ' * i ' h his neighbors, and from a careful
Page 10 of 35.
under the entire room, that are used in rtor- ft!-'' ' KANSAS,
—It will be M-. 11 Uy uoti:c published else- lng oils, syrups, .alt, * „ . , „ . etc. T h « r f x TZ^5££iB®RS*i
where iu our column.-', t i n t Clins. J. Drury, ample rooms are full of everything c o n - | ATCHISOS. K a s • • ^ • ^ Q f w L challiss'
W r l0
late of tLc tirm ot' Driiry & Drown, bus be- oeivable in their line. Piles of boxie eUnd 0 - * * " ? ' ™ c r y house, was arrested today,
come a partner in the well-known house of high on eilhor hand. Among numerous oth- ^ £ ^ 1 vdfo irrand larceny. It I* alleged that;
Challiss & Bro., wholesale grocer". and that er artioles uro stacks of soaps, soda, crock- about six weeks ago he beean trsjwtematio
the name and style of tin new firm j? now ere, tobacco, canned fruits, t e a . , s a c k , of W e a r r o b b e r y ; ^ ^ ^
< Uallis?, Drary -X Co. ooffec, barrels of sugar, sides of bocon, coils: £ r l f ( ? °°* £* bro ther-In-law, to 8s#o«L Kas.,
Challiss A: Bro. have been doing tor some of rope, woodenware, consisting of t a b s , ; g^j „, tho name —of M.« Wyll*, hto wife,
amount of Roods
time l>ait, a most extensive business, unsur- buckets, half-bushels, boskets, well-boekete, LM Emporia, Kas. The
i thus stolon it ts saiu, will aggregate
the accusation
passed if equaled by that of any firm in Kan- brooms, etc. They carry a fine line of fancy fufly. gi.ouu He denied
sas. The addition of Mr. Dniry to the firm soaps, spices, nuts and other . W f « « * . f ^ ^ ^ t f ^ ^ n l j ^ S ^ S
will add to tbc facilities of the house for doing They also keep on hand a One lot of fruits' Evidence against him, consists of bills oT lad-
business. The active and managing partners, of various kinds. They have an inunenee ^ ' ^ 7 ^ Z l r y \ ^ T ^ Z ° ? u t % .
trade and are constantly extending the reaeh Drury, and In default of $5,000 ball was re-
Mr. Geo. T Challiss and Mr. Drury, have
of their patronage and the amount of their g M ^ & £ VSSUIZ?-**
been in the grocery business in our city for
salos. They are receiving as well as er.ip-
failed and traveled for Fonda, BiddleftCo.,
many years, and both'liave an extensive ac-
ping goods constantly. They hare fe*r six » f Kausos City.
quaintance throughout all parts of Northern 'fc-v:;,-.. ... -.
years beeii engaged exclusively in the job-
Kansas. They will devote themselves with X E H O I K O F A. DEVorr HIHISTER.
bing trade and are consequently thoroughly Dr. W M , L . CHALLI39 has presented aa
energy to their business, and >vill, we have
acquainted with the business, and a r e pre-
no doubt, constantly enlarge and extend the with a copy of a Memoir of his father, Rer.
pared to meet competition from any souroe,
scop* and field of their operations. JAS. M. CHALLISS, written by R e v . J N O . R .
their motto being low prices and prompt pay-
The 3rm has ampie capital for the trans- M U R P H Y , D . D . , of N e w Jersey. It is a vol-
ments.
action of the largest business, and having a ume of 370 pages, very elegantly printed,
We call attention to their advertisement in
resident broker in New York, it enjoys tin- and illustrated with fine steel-plates* of the
another column of this paper.
surpu.-tied facilities in the purchase of goods. subject of the Memoir and h i s wife, and en-
Mr. George T. Challiss, the manager of the
It will !:•"'> constantly in store one of the gravings of "The Old Yellow Meeting
general business of the firm, is one of
largest OU-ouS'of goods to be found in the House 7 ' at Upper Freehold, N e w Jersey,
the most gentlemanly, active, attentive to
iVcst, and sell at prices that defy competition. where he labored for sixteen years ; of the
business and successful merchants of our
.We take pleasure in commending this house "Old Parsonage" at the s a m e p l a c e ; the
oity. Dr. W. L. C halliss, the other
to the merchants and people of Northern Baptist church at Lower Dublin, P a . , where
member is well known to all of our citi-
fcnnsas as in every way worthy of their he preached for seven years; and the Cohan-
zens as an energetic and enterprising
confidence and patronage. 3ey Baptist church, in Cumberland county,
business man. They have also a gentleman-
ly class of employees, who are ener- N e w Jersey, where he ministered for eight
—About a year ago when tho well-known
getic and attentive te business and court- years.
nouoe of Challiss, Drury & Co. abandoned
eous to all with whom they have any busi- The work was prepared by Dr. M C E P H T ,
the retail trade, and went "into the wholesale
ness transactions. _ _ _ _ _ . . . .._. .._..- and the expense pertaining to its publica-
business exclusively, many thought the ex-
tion was borne by Dr. Wit. L . and H o n . L .
periment would not prove successful. But it j KANSAS.
C. CHALLISS, sons of the esteemed and faith-
has far exceeded their most sanguine hopes I A Wholesale Grocery Manager In Trouble.
[Special to the Kansas City Timet.] ful Minister whose l o n g life of devoted and
or expectations. They *,re doing a business }
ATCHISOW, May 15.—Commercial circles in this earnest service in the cause of religion it
unsurpassed, if equaled, by any bouse,in the ,
city were much disturbed by the arrest to-day of
West, and their t r i d e is increasing so rapidly . KobertW. Wy ie, nianaôr of the wholesale bouse commemorates.
that it has been with difficulty they could get j ot Vf.h. Chailis. By a systematic species of rob- The subject of this Memoir was well
on goods enough to supply it. It grew so bery he has managed to ship from the bouse up- known to many of our citizens, he having
wards of $4,000 north of miscellaneous groceries,
fast that no matter how largely they esti- j cigars, candy, -o.tps, etc., during the past sixty spent a month in onr city in 1860. H e con-
mated and anticipated the increase, their j ^y3'' tributed largely towards the work of erect-
H e ^ ^ e d t h e r n to his" Mother-in-law
calculations were sure to be exoeeded. They C. B. Sears, in Saflord, Ken., who has received five | \ ng the Baptist church in this place, and
shipments, and two were shipped in the name o t j p o a c h e d in it upon several occasions. H e was
are now doing a business fully equal to if!
las win. XI. Wylie, to Emporia. Tne destination } r_ devout Christian, . , whose
, . life« was
, thorough-
i
not exceeding that of any -vholesai? grocery of other sbiinients is not known. The | a
establishment in the Missouri Valley. They discovery was made by General W. ly devoted to the work of his calling, and all
send out immense pi'me of goods every day, W. Guthrie, who vis : ted SatTord blameless and lovely. T h e Memoir is
Kansas on !esal business, be being the attorney written in an interesting and able manner,
to all parts of Northern Kansas. Tbey are
lor Challiss. WyUe was called into the private
competing in prices with the wholesale houses office by , L. C, and.W. . L. Challiss and confronted and will be read with great pleasure by all
. _, . , -,. r , _, . . ' with the accusation of his misdeeds. He crew u> into whose hands it m a y fall.
of Chicago and St. Lonis, and are r e s o l e d t o , d l e a 8 l I i t u d protested his innocence, but when
hold and constantly increase their trade by I shown evidence of his guCt weakened and con-
* , * :'f-'39lpd to the fact, but wonld make no statement
making it to the advantage of interior mer-j He signed orders upon station agents to deliver
. ,. ., . , , i . _t the goods to th-air owners. At this interview and
chants to buy of them. A wholesale dry , v b l i 0 d o i n g t h i 3 i a w a g o n ^&skei u p to the hoase
00'ia house could do *B well in that line M> S * . 1 " * " ^ oat "?8 a shipment to bears. Saflord
•? I W yae wa3 in the wholesale grocery bnsioeaa in
Challiir. DruryftCo. are doing in grocexden.r Micoa, i l a , where ha failed ten years ago, and
'-then traveled for Benedict, Maione <fc Co*
of Kansas City, who failed, when be then
engased with Fonda, Biddle & Co.
C H A L L I S S 4 J3BO.—Messrs. Geo. T. and also of Kansas City, and was in the Santa Fe dis-
trict for ihe bouse wben he entered she Chailis
W. L. Challiss constitute tho firm of Challiss establishment. He is 45 years of age, rather re*
and Brother, successors to Challiss, Drury tiring, bat bore a sterling business reputation
_ „ , , , . ~ . ... -among merchants here. His present wife isftCon-
& Co., wholesale grocers, in Corinthian cordia lady, who is much'jast down over the jn«t-
Rlnck weal aide of Fourth atreet hetweMT **r- He has a diyorceil wife and two grown son*
B10CI, west Blue oi r o u r t n street, " " W e e ^ ; H y m g i n Kansas City. The evidence against him
consists in bills of lading, letters to station agents
Commercial and Kansas Avenue. s . and other memoranda, A short while before ar-
Their house contains two large rooms. rested he drew $1,0OO from the bans. He bad ft
nr. on #„..# M M I { . . ;„,„ A„„u „ , u „ —1*1.1 preliminary hearing before Justice Drury, OjM i n
2 5 x 9 0 feet, opeuing into each other, with! %l&ult 0{ V . o o o bail wss remanded w > &
Cctjuty Attorney Ccohrane has hied a complaint
high stories, each having an excellent cellar
Against him for grand larceny.
Page 11 of 35.
een t h e last complete family reunion.

J . JJ. Cha ive t o n i g h t fcr.j There was a reunion a t t h e h o m e of
Toledo, Ohio,
U. ChRlliss.
;Tfather, B r W. L CHAIUSS DEAD.
i t a l l y ill. I I I
J . M. Chaliiss in Atchison a year ago
ChristmasV h u t two of t h e children
w
afternoon t h a t ;
•*. * *** could n o t be h e r e . . .
w a s r e p o r t e d !ai T h e f a t a l illnfss of W . XL "Chaliiss, Dr. Chaliiss Is survived b y h i s wid-
Dr. Chaliiss was %iiv this w a s a mentioned in T h e Globe on Wednes-
ow a n d t h e following c h i l d r e n : Mrs.
! mistake. - day last, t e r m i n a t e d in d e a t h a t t h e J o h n A. Martin, Atchison; Mrs. D- B .
h o m e of h i s d a u g h t e r , • Mrs, Charles Rogers, K a n s a s City; P a u l ChaUfss,'
Bennett, in Toledo, Ofelo, a t 5:20 yes- Greeley, Colo.; Mrs. J. F . Donald,
Or, Chaliiss Sinking Rapidly.
terday afternoon, .'ideath m a r k i n g t h e
Dr. W. Ii. Chaiiiss- who is very ill close of a long a n d h o n o r a b l e career. Knid, Okla.; Mng. Charles S e c n e t t
and Mrs. Ed. Dekker, Toledo; Mrs.
: king' rapidly. A t e l e 1 Dr. Chaliiss c a m e to Atehison J u n e Benjamin Dekker,- G r a n d Rapids,"
gr&m' from Wis son>in-law, C. B ? Ben- S, 1856, from Moorstown, N. J., where Mich.; J. M. Chaliiss, Atchison; Dr.
he had been a ' p r a c t i c i n g - physician. Daisy Faust, Philadelphia, a n d Ralph
nett, "with wfiojri i i i e ; ' d o c t o r a n d Mrs.
There w a s n o t o w n h e r e , then, and
Chaliiss a r e leaking t h e i r bom*, says, m u c h of t h e earljT g r o w t h 'Of t h e set- Chaliiss, Adrian, Mich.
The body will be b r o u g h t to Atchi-,
"Dr. Clialliss "ifl>Gpthatose condition.' t l e m e n t w a s due t o t h e enterprise and son for i n t e r m e n t in Mt. Vernon
E n d expected hourly." S. M. Chaliiss energy of W . I* Chaliiss a n d his cemetery, a r r i v i n g on t h e Rock Island
brother, D. C. Chaliiss. At t h e time
v ill not a r r i v e In Toledo until this ev- they c a m e , a maH n a m e d . Alcorn was train to-morrow m o r n i n g a t 9:10. It
ening. Dr. a n d Mrs. Chaliiss have o p e r a t i n g a h o r s e ferry on t h e river, will be t a k e n direct to the cemetery,
where the Rev. A. J. Haggett will con-
been living i n , A d r a i n , Mich., and To- a n d t h e Chaliiss b r o t h e r s p u r c h a s e d a duct a s h o r t service a t t h e grave.
ledo, for t h e past*seven years, t h r e e - q u a r t e r interest - I s t h e ferry
franchise, and, IQ t h e fall of 1856, Dr. Dr. Chaliiss requested t h a t his sons
^Js®Xs&'j$?i :.£Li~x: .L...
Chaliiss w e n t t o Jpvansville, Ind., a n d and sons-in-law be his pallbearers,
A telegram received this afternoon contracted for thfe building of a steam but owing to their inability to be here'
announces the 1 fetal illness of-Dr. W. ferry. This was; completed in Novem- for t h e funeral, t h e request could n o t
11*"Chaliiss, one pi the pioneers of ber, a n d startea.'hp. t h e rlyer, meeting be carried out. His son, J. M. Chaliiss,
Atchison, but -Who-has been living for a s m a n y perils on, 1 t r - * a y a s fell t o all will be a pall bearer and t h e others,,
t h e past eight years; with a d a u g h t e r pioneers, whethtst; o& l a n d , o r - - w a t e r . will be Paul Tonsing, J u d s o n Haskins,
[at Toledo, Ohio. H e has been in fail- It w a s frozen up. n e a r Carrpllton, and J. C. Fox, Jr., Z. E . J a c k s o n a n d W.
; ingjfteatth for sonje time, and is in his Dr. Chaliiss h a d t o • b r i n g : its crew P . Waggener.
! 82D& year. A "year ago last Christ- overland b y 8t*gfe4 l ''Wheh. l i e went
mas, he a n d i i s wife came to Atchi- after It in t h e - spring, h e foupd it / D r . W . L . C h a l i i s s q u i e t l y a n d
i son,, and a t t e n d e d a famliy reunion. adrift, a n d in possession.'-pi a man, p e a c e f u l l y p a s s e d t o h i s h e a v e n l y
Dr."CHalliJ*>eame,. to AtchLson J u n e who claimed saiâga. He" w e n t on h o m e l a s t F r i d a y . H i s b o d y w a s
3, 1866, f r o t h ' i M o d r e s t o w n , N. J., down t h e river, afld m e t h i s family in
where he h a d - b e e n a practicing p h y - S t Dotils, a n d w|iej54* "on "hlB r e t u r n , his l a i d a w a y in M t . V e r n o n c e m e -
sician. Soon after/his a r r i v a l here, he t e r y on S u n d a y m o r n i n g . H e a n d
and'.his brother, tûthfiy who h a d pre-. b o a t w a s reached, t h e captain was in- h i s f a m i l y w e r e a m o n g t h e e a r l y
ce<3fed h i m , bought an interest in 4 duced t o pull ftîMta sandbar, and it
h o t t ^ p o w e r ferry operated by a m a t r e a c h e d AtchiwfcnJ "Sifter a Journey of p i o n e e r s w h o b u i l t u p o u r c h u r c h
najne^ Alcora.C;In t h e spring of t h e four days. a n d m a d e p o s s i b l e for u s w h a t w e
y e a r he p u t W commission here t h e I n i860, D T . Chaliiss b"i»Ut. a larger n o w e n j o y . T h e p a s s i n g o n of
first steam ferry, a n d was interested f e r r y a t Brownsville, Pa,, called t h e
fn t h a t bnsingss mahy years. J a s . M. *'J. G. Morrow,"'-Which w a s s u n k on a s u c h a n o n e s t i r s in u s f e e l i n g s
Chaliiss leaves';for Toledo t o - n i g h t trip t o Y a n k t o n with Indian supplies, of l a r g e a p p r e c i a t i o n a n d r e g a r d ,
a n d calls u s t o a fuller c o n s e c r a -
C H A L U k - J M T 5 t , at Toledo. Ohio St The machinery,""#nlcb."w£s saved, was
W. ' U CHAUJSS, Ssecl a. and MART A p u t in t h e " 8 . & . JPomeroy," operated t i o n of o u r l i v e s a n d e n e r g i e s t o
as a f e r r y b o a t ; 3lere till t h e bridge t h e s e r v i c e of God and His
w a s built.
DB. CHALLIS DEAD Dr. Chaliiss Was an extensive land- c h u r c h . T o t h e f a m i l y w e e x t e n d
holder, o w n i n g l a r g e t r a c t s of U n d o u r p r o f o u n d s y m p a t h y , e s p e c i a l -
F o r Seven Ifeajrs P a s t a Resident o f west of town, whlffiR*included Forest ly t o h i s w i f e a n d c o m p a n i o n .
Adrian "(tort Toledo. p a r k . I t w a s h i s ambition t h a t his
Dr. W . D. .Ch^raagj-fdi1. seven, yeari* cfuldren m a k e t h e i r hoaxes in t h a t w h o s e life w a s s o s w e e t l y and
past a ri^^^^KHL^rian'and-. Tole-'. neighborhood, aitd s e v e r a l jpf t h e pret- b e a u t i f u l l y a p a r t of !i,s.
dn. died si. t h e h o m e : or h i s d a u g h t e r 1
i t t r a V C . -.Bi.'fenb'ett in Toledo F r i d a y tiest houses, w e s t of Forejjt park, were A FOUNDER OF ATCHISON DEXDl
afternoon ' a t ' t h r e e l o'clock, and the* built for t h i s p u r p o s e . H e w a s
r e m a i n s wereitaJteii to his old h o m e F r e e State m a n , i%ad Had m u c h to do •- ; / • I.
a t Atchjnson, -Kasti today for burial.' in molding t h e sentiment in this part Governor John A. Mart In Married the |
I Mr. -ChalHsS' /#{&, t h e - rather, of' Mrs.- of t h e State.„ W h e n the, family came p«ns;bter of Dr. CfealllM. >
j Bennett, K » ' - B , " M. Dekker, until h e r e t ^ e r e w a s ho Baptipt"church, and ATCHISON, KAS., April 24.—Dr.- W . L. j
[recently a refcldeijt Of Adrian, a n d of t h e founding 4f tfte F i r s t Baptist Challis, one of the founders of Atchison, I
Ra^H, ChalUiÂ^hS) is a t present a c h u r c h was, l a r g e ] ^ § o » to tge. ajgiyi-
r,i*aaent .He leaves: a widow a n d tffi died to-day in Toledo, 0 „ according Jfp |
[ Children. *;.:?_>;.,• '•• ' ••'. a message received here this afternoon.
ty of Mrs. W.' D. Chaliiss, who, with
DR. CHALLIS DEAD Mrs. M a r g a r e t S t e v e n s o n , now living His body will be brought to Atchison for
with h e r son in St. Joe, a r e t h e only interment. He was the father of Mrs.
c h a r t e r m e m b e r s left Mrs. Chaliiss John A. Martin and James M. Challis,
I BodyIs Taken to Atchison, w r o t e a history of t h e church, which who live in Atchison.
is t h e rnost Interesting contribution When W. L. Challis first arrived e n
Katt-Tldr Burial to pioneer history of Atchison now in the site of this city in 1856 he could dis-
cover nothing except an expanse of na-
print v
D r . W . I*. <JMkUU»v aged 83, died yes- tive grass. Soon after arriving here he
Dr. Chaliiss a n d his wife m a d e bought an interest in the ferry boats tbat
terday "jittetabvd a t the home of his Atchison their h o m e until eight years
plied on the Missouri river between this
daughter, STri.* <J. BV Bennett, TO7 Lin- ago, when t h e y followed a daughter citv and the settlement now known as
coln aTettbe,j? *^ J W3 r was taken today to Adrian, Mich., and later to Toledo East Atchison, or Winthrop, M a The
[to Mchieoaj^Kaa^ hte former home, Ohio. T h e r e were eleven children in ferry boats were profitable, and the in-
| for burial,- ••* the family, all b u t one lining to reach come derived from them w a s invested in
H e leaf* *ide the widow, ten m a n h o o d a n d w o m a n h o o d . T h e death land. At one,time M r . Cballiss was one
children, two.; jftf whota, Mrs. Bennett of this baby, nearly fifty years as"°. of the greatest land owners in this vicin-
was t h e only d e a t h in t h e family until
I sad. Mr*. "1'1. Of 'Dekker, a t a residents t h a t of W. L. Chaliiss yesterday* * ity. One of the ferry boats was named
of "
Ida after his oldestMaughter, wJio is
^Muifcter,. "Mrs. B. most r e m a r k a b l e record. Dr. and Mrs. the widow of- Governor John A. Martin
M. Wm& BapJds, Mich.. Chaliiss celebrated t h e i r golden w e d - f Kansas. •. ,,'.•-%., -
TtOfcalMss, of Atchi ding in Atohlson a b o u t p i n e years ago, 0 Mr. Chalhss w i s a .Free State man dur-
Ukallig m, Adrian
f their fa- w h e n all«their children were h o m e for ing the Civil waf.",Jrl»f widow, Who sur-
t h e ocfeaSto*. This is believed to have vives him. is a c h a r j i t member of the
First Baptist church:,of this city. She is
the author.Sat a hHtqry 0 ; this churchy
Page 12 of 35.
Ruth Tonsing, "Challiss Martin Memory Book," Atchison, Kansas, held by Kansas State HistoricalOT-^MTs.CtalUsscametoj
Society, Topeka, Kansas, oversize B C352
l,en they horacsteaded t h e n a r -
DR. CHALLISS DEAD there, and he teamed i W K had SoJ^J™* ™« They built a log
adrift. He followed tt down the river t £ e s t o f f * ° " d ' in life the way all
^ f i n a l l y found it at Arrow Rock. H " " ? , " ^ e d and it is inter-
stn.ek in a sand bar, in p o t t - - * , - * : ^ * ^ ™ / ^ ^ Challiss car-
One of Atchison>p]W^li«i|a|lo8t a stranger, who claimed i t Dr.Chai- I f " " ? * 0 " ^ t t o master the interior
PromtecriftliiSE^n*..? T- , - Unsettled with the stranger for l ^ f e h T m e t t V L McCul-
and going on down the river to M e e t f f .
his family at St. Louis, be returned f?'»* " ^ o f n i s p r o f e ssion was
Dr. W. L. Challiss, wb$pe serious with them by steamer and.when they J ^ n s , chief occupation for the
illness has been annouifoj^ in The reached Arrow Rock, he induced > * , £ ; t ? e ^ e a r T a fter reaching the
1 Champion, died at the home of his captain of the steamboat to P«« the ^ ^ ^ a l w a v s i n t e r e s t e d In
daughter, Mrs. Cbatlea B. Bennett, in feri-yoff the bar, and within four days w e s t ' °*1. n e * „ , . , " '., h p D l a y .
I Toledo, Ohio, at 3:20 yesterday after- it arrived in Atchison. , f .agriculture and business and h P ay
1
noon of old age and debility, in his The ferry boat w a s T t o u s boat In*" * V e r y " He
vocations.
0
" P was^ a^great* sheep' rais-
| eighty-fifth, year. He was born in the Atchison for many Years and it was er in the early days and he pastured!
fall of 1824 in Emilytown, N, J., and called "Ida," for Dr. Challiss' eldest great flocks of them on his land west
was married to Miss Mary A. Harres daughter, who afterwards became the of town, and brought an expert herder
[ August 1, 1S50, in the city of Phila- wife of Governor John A. Martin, and to this-country.'from England to take
delphia. . who was editor of The Champion, «n charge of them. A larger traet of land
til X889, when he died. When the Ida in Nemaha county was subsequently
si rived in Atchison it was in charge acquired by Dr. Challiss and he estab-
of .Geo, Million and- C&pt. Granvjllo lished a little town there which he
Morrow. Captain Morrow is still liv- called. Woodlawn.. It was-an immense
iuf, and is in a rugged and healthy estate and it was to this place thaU
condition. Capt. Morrow was the cap- his large family would go every year!
tain of the ferry for manyyears, re- and spend the summer. Dr. Challiss I
ceiving at first $50 a month for his sef- also engaged in thft mercantile busl-1
vices and finally ge'ttihg at high a*
Z£iZ , ' •- -j ^ i n e s s in Atchison and ran a wholesale
1126 a monft , T h e ferry business w a s j ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ &nQ fae ^ ^
very profitable- and it often, took to as \ itreet ^ Une ^ Xtchtaon. He
f TJn A * iTu- v • t was a promoter and « ? * » time was
and In larger
1860, Dr.
ferryChalliss built, another
at Brownsville, Pa., lars, but" „ tQ ^ w o r t h a ^ BMOU AOV '
misfortune' overwhelmed him
and.called.tt the "J. G, Morrow." ft, ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
D. Hasktos, who now lives southwest ' .. • >fH
paired.
of the city,• . brought this-Jerry to At- nairpn. < ' -,
An interesting thing in connection!
chison fo^/Dr. Challiss'. When it-^jji-
with the death of Dr. Challiss is the]
riyed '•in A $t<iaison,' -the government
fact that his is the first death in; theI
pressed it into service and it was sent
family, except two infants, which. o»ly|
to Yankton! with Indian supplies. It
lived a few hours after their birth. I
sunk in ^be'river seventy miles below
Dr. and Mrs. Challis raised one of the!
Yankton, ,after havtog" struck "a enag•
largest families in the country andI
It cost f 2$,000 and nothing was, saved
they lived to, see all tharf' children |
but the^Snachinery, The machinery
DR. W. L. CHALLIS8.
grow to manhood and womanhood.
v-s> aj^fwards placed in,,ith# "S, C.
They were a devoted couple and the J
-.. • . — '. : '. Pomeroy," which.was operated here doctor's tenderrfess and iove -for his j
Dr. W. L. Challiss c a ^ e to Atchison M^^3' when tae
bridge Was com- wife was an inspirationând a joy.
June 3, 1S56, from Moorestown, N. J., pTeted. It Was then tak^n to, Kansas Besides his widow, "^Dr. Challiss j
where he had been a practicing physi- CJt5V where it ^ r i k d a r ^ v f c ^ ? m ' j ^ e a ^ " e s * " t e ~ n children, as folloWst Mrs. j
cian. When he arrived in. Atchison, [-Dr.. C h a l l i s s f a s a freef state maftf J o h n A yMartin, who is now In Okla-
Dr. Challiss immediately engaged in -during t n e war» *knd hecamft o F h l s homa; Mrs. David Rogers, Kansas
the ferry business, which at that time strong leaning this "way, ne was order- • ^ Q ^
was immensely profitable, and he and> e d several times to leave Atchison. •-•
Mrs. J. F. Donald, Enid; Okla.; Mrs.
his brother, the late L. C. Challiss, pur- j His two brothers, Geo. T. and "Luther
Edward ' Dekk^r{. fol^dov t)hto» MJK
chased a three-quarter interest in the C,. were both pro-slavery men.
C. B. Bennett, Toledo; Dr. Daisy Chal-j
tSrse "ferry owned by John Alcorn, af-!- ' ^ active- . Uss Faust, Philadelphia; Mrs. feenj. 1
ter operating for awhile a rival ferry > Atchison until 1902, when ^.^f^^ G r a n d Rapids> Mich. j; M I
which was known as the "Red Rover."; Mrs, Chalhss went to Adrian, ^ 1 . . , ; ^ ^ Atch.gon and R a l p h Ch
In the following fall after his arriv- V°- taake their home with their ^ " e ^ ^ r a i n Mich
ar here Dr. .Challiss went to ffyaas-êr, Mrs. C. B. Bennett,. Mr. Bennett; ^ M ^ ^ wh<j Jeft ^ u ^
ville.Ind., and contracted for the build-, was a traveling salesman for t i e S H * * ^ ^ ^ Thur||da wi„ - ^
tag^rf a steam ferry.^-.He s t a r t e d , t o k e n s Hardware company, of St. ^ j w i t h l h e j e ^ , , , , S a n d morn|B ^ j
^ c b i s o n . fa November; hut in . B « ^ , and having made a big; n e c e u of ^ gQ i m m e d j a t e to ^ ^ ^ ^
ber.the river froze over and the f e r r y ^ Mr.,Bennett was placed to c h a r g e ^ , m ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ c h ^ w I
boat was caught in the ice at C*rroUpf, the state of Ohio for, Ms » W ^ i n t e r r e d i n t h e f a m „ y ] o t T h e r e
ton, Mtx. where it wa* left in c h ^ and he moved to Toletfo, about three i ^ ^ n o ^ ^ exercis(?g h e r e ex
of a watchman until spring. In -0V J ears ago, and D r . a n ^ Mr*^Challiss ^ & ^ ^ ^ c h a l | l s s wiH i
ruary, Dr. Challiss went after t * & :s followed Mr. and Mr?. Bennett t n e r o . * ^ , ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
ry and when he arrived at C a r | W | ,d it was at t h e * Jiome that , m of ^ c W M r e n b e " ^ ^
urn J. M. Challiss. Thisisfollowtosl
e express wish of the deceased.
Page 13 of 35.
R3AT -• JU 2.H-- ' 1 • ?
SB. ri¥,3i»3 >'r:ui:r.
^ rwoioî:
rwoothoart, foo.-'i ITUS: , 0 r r i t h ;*OTi ifR *o?ir To-those .who are moved -by tin
grandeur of love and are sensible tt
&iy a l l thinco Join to cnho yor.r trr. I t% the street refinements of life,: tht
flight; Within a week bf each other, o*
l e y BO Ibwiflfita o nsr to oEir yonr o t r ; , the, souls and spirits of Dr. Chalii
and his devoted wife, into the '-fealm-
Bar an&o yov cr-eYQ to t i l Dgnlr. '.70 noot. of a mysterious beyond will excite tb>
most intense emotion.
Bat EBJT tho.oof-ipcj^, tho dny, tho glroo,
»Q a l l thtit root Mid oooot oor.tar.t dori-nd.
Box tfcinlc of no u n t i l 1 BOO your fcice,
I The relations that existed befweer
this aged couple were so sweet ant
delicate; so pure and holy and so
free from petty friction and discord
I that they; approached the • ideal, anc
1
furnish for mankind an example of
conjugal felicity worthy of emulation.
And $M glad r:-ptriro 01100 noro ol&sp -rorj* hond. For almost sixty years they -walked
side by side, sharing each other's joys
and sorrows and maintaining a.'fami-
ly organiatiozn which bound their chii
Fox whot i o IOYO, If I t be l o s s to 00 'ffren' .together by a common tie and
j left to them.a precious heritage whici
?hon yon 6ro gono o p a r t « l l t U o tihllo? ' time cannot efface. They loy,ed oin
>> Another and they were sd ;indispens:i
I We to each other's happiness that
And cfestt i© I filth, i f , alwiya troo to thoo, ! when ,theMessenger of Death cul
4stjiider the cord that bound tbenj to-
I ©sisriot faoo tho per t i n e - i t h B n: i l o ? gether here on earth, the feeble spirit
of the faithful companion 'fluttered for
$nd v*hot i s Kopo, i f nra it© m d i s n t b*m a moment and then passed on to Para-
dise.
•J It is companionships like this one
which build «i> and protect the sacred
2feaft« not i t s rr.y of jorsfort o ' o r ny J.ot.rt, institution of home. It Is the match-
less .fidelity, the oneness of purpose,
t|fc unity or ideas, fend the perfect ac-
And Bhioporo o t i l l of i.ore'o ooofritio drjr :*, cord of heart and mind, as exemplified
in the lives of these two Rovers which
And porfoet par. 00 shor no no r o r o t'ht 13 : -crt'; tarnish the Inspiration of our national
life,
O m ^ then a r t t .:•; o th y lore- r i l l h .ru run-.in
2o bind ay no; J. nd l i f o eorriro to tfcoo,
M»d thy glad h o r r t or* nine thr t old rofrr-ins
:
s-, "Ho 1 * t r u o to «•-, t r n o for .tornits••
' Coorô GoXdoni"oA«
Page 14 of 35.
I A Y t, 1909.
^"T.—Trio helng an ideal j
COULD NOT BEAR srfctfca of age this month had she lived >ite.«8<S mother. vwvs
and death was.due to : being greatly der'lnlture and very ?>! ">
p e r g 0 »aUty 'il
' d
HER GRIEF Pleted physically from her c o i U & i i t j W this made her always a great fa-
c&re of her loved husband In bls'iaatHorite with everybody, and her friends j
illness, and to a complete giving but could not bo counted. • ," •
Mrs, W. L. Challiss Sucumbed Last since his. death. Dbring his illness, A few years ago Dr. and Mrs. Chal-
Night, a Week Following Death Mrs. Challiss was his constant :com-'lies went from Atchison to inak.
of Dr. Challiss. tfaniorr,day and*night, not being will-', their home with their daughter and]
lng to leave him; even with the nurfrVson-inlaw. Mr. ami Mrs. Charles Ben-
es, and'this of courte made a very W.'&ett, who then lived in Adrian, Mich.,|
T h e many Atchison friends of Mrs. vera strain on a contsitutlottnot ovefc- {"removing later to Toledo, Ohio,
IW. 1>. Challiss will be shocked and ly strdgg. Her symptoms, howeêt.S The Challiss name was closely alied I
I pained to know that she died t at 6 at no time assumed an alarming turn 'with the early history of Atchison andl
1 o'clock last night at the home of her a s ih«y were identical with thoseipf- the deaths of this most highly respect-!
I son-in-law, Mr. Charles "B. Bennett, in her husband's, and all physicians fed and greatly beloved couple will cast
Toledo, Ohio, her death being a shock agreed that they were sympathetic ia gloom over a very wide circle of|
1 to even the immediate ' family, who ra.ther than organic, and because of friends.
I were with her. , " \> 9S that no especial alarm was felt for .
The death of her husband occurred he? .condition. She was not able to
Jiust one week ago .yesterday at 3 lie down because of smothering spells
a'clock to the. afternoons/so 'that the and for this reason seemed to be real-
powifjiGra
loss so close together of both father ly better jn health than' she was, alt
a^d. mother come with double sad- ntoet tintil the very last.
ess to the devoted familjof children Mrs. Challiss's maiden nanus' was
(that arc left. To "those 'M)&> knew of Mary A. Harree and she and Dr. Mrs. W. L. Chalhss, Former Resi-J
I tender devotion between Jt^r. and1 Mrs. Challiss were married,in Philadelphia. dent of Philadelphia, is
j Challiss, the fact thai, tliey were not August i , 1850,'coming to Atchison in
j separated but for on^f/short week, I85«.\ -' '• '" •>
Dead in Toledo.
. -
, seems just as they would'have wished When they came to" Atchison, they
1'itto.be. tiomesteaded a quarter section $ land FUNERAL IN . K A N S A S
•The Temains will arrive in Atchison just west of Forest Park, built a log Grieving over the death of her husband, |
I tomorrow motjnng from Toledo, and house and started liEe in the primitive On April 33, after a married life ot fifty-
will t o accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Way ef those early settlers. Mrs. nine years, Mrs. "W. L. Challiss, a former J
[Bennett. The r tunetal -wlli be held Challiss carried the. mortar to plas- Philadelphia!!, died at th» home of her I
I sometime on Monday1, probably, bnt ter this little home and, all her life daughter, Mrs. C. D. Bennett, In Toledo, J
I this cannot be definitely decided until was as closely allied with anything Ohio, Friday^
•'; Or. Challlaa, who was born In- New Jer- j
(the arrival Of Mr. and Mrs. Bennett- concerning their home life as that sey and spent his- youth In this city, was I
and others of the children who will 'would indicate. The devotion of Dr. St year* old, and .his -wife, who .was Miss I
(come to Atchison. ••. nd Mrs. Challiss w£s something that Mary A, Harres, daughter of a well-1
was always noticeable and made them 'known family In this city ball a century |
James Challiss Is on his way to
and ideal couple. Dr. Challiss al- ago, was two years his Junior.
j Denver and expected to spend Sunday||
ways used the word "Queen" in speak-' In the early fifties. Dr. Challiss and his 1
, with his brother, Paul, in Greely, Col.
lng of his wife and it was typical of bride wenc to Kansas, and were among I
The telegram announcing the sad news th9 early settlers of that state. At one
•his feeling for her in every wiy. Dr. time he was reputed to be the wealthiest |
was received from the Missouri Pacific
and Mrs. Challiss raised a very large man in the state. Of their ten children,
offices by Mrs. James Challiss at 3
number of children to manhood t 1 Dr. Challiss Faust, of 1533 Chestnut street, j
(o'clock this morning and since that
womanhood, and the devotion ,bf each is the only one living In this city.
1 time numerous messages have been
member of the family toward father Dr. Challiss was a graduate of Jefferson |
sent to Mr. Challiss en route, hoping
and mother, brothers and sisters, made Medical College. He died of Bright's dis-
in this way'to reach him so that he
them a n ideal family in every way.. ease. He and his wife will be buried to- '
I will come directly home, instead of Settler In Atchison, Kan. There are tweni"
I going" to Qreely. It is also•>known -Dr. and Mrs. Clialliss .celebrated tty-three | srrandchlldren and seven great*
that Mr, and Mrs. Rogers, of Kansas their golden wedding In Atchison a t t grandchildren ol the pair.
City, will come foVthe/Juneral, as will the .borne of their .SQa/J&jnes Challiss, J « j r p o
I Mrs. Daisy Challts Faust, of Philadel- in.1878, and one year ago &st Christ jjp^ ' * CHALLIS DEAD
phia; Mrs. John A, Martin, who is lh mas a family reunion was* held a H | e faciala* Occurred a t Home ot Her
I Oklahoma City, Okla. Other children slime home, I Daughter In Toledo.
who were with her a t the time of her. Mrs. Challiss was one of the c h a r W l | ^ p a r a t e a rarely' in life and hut^Jti
I death and who will; hot come because members of the First,.Baptist chnrci*Jwe^k in death Mrs, "W. 1* Chaljissj
e
of that, are Ralph Challis and Mrs. Of this city and her constant work f o r f ^ widow of Dr. Challiss, Sled at tnfef
hom
Benjamin- Decker, of'; Adrlaiw Mich;, and in the church in those early y e a r s i * . . o t h e r daughter Mrs. c. B.J
ia Toledo at 8
! and Mrs. Edward Decker of Toledo k struggle and later when the church g S f p " -'clock F r i d a y l
; •*.;.'•• . •£'• advening, and the remains were taken!
i Ohio..' It is riot yet IknownwhetVet grew, more prosperous was one of t h e c a l s morning by Mr. and Mrs. Ben-.!
I Pa"ul Cbatfiiag 'wtrCreefr. Cob* tad-Jtitps.:'things that will live always in t h e ^ n e t t o v e r the same route that t h o s e !
J rhnrrh "hlstnrv arid hft an ur)fadiivB-S?«f- . h u _ s b i l n d Passed but a week I
J4mes Donald, of Oklahoma, wJH he WW^ history and b© v an unfading ^ s n c e t 0 t h e i r o l d h o m e a t A t c h m s o n T '
•v. -• J. •••:' *_1 " # v. c i «. „„» 5 crown to her memory.- : jKans.
I able to come for the funeral or n o t .
Page 15 of 35.
, ?ras-the mother of Mrs. John A. Mar- Funeral of Mrs. Challiss.

i
MrS.-'W I l S S U C 3 U . i t i n . formerly of Ottawa, and was one The funeral of the late Mrs. W. L.
!of the most prominent women of At- Challiss.was held this afternoon at,2
in \chlson, -where she made her home un- o'clock from the Baptist church, Rev.
Tbe aad news ti ffsflved Atehl til % few year sago, when she with her
! mu,«t;
the death of Mrs. W. I*;t5halllss husband went to lire with her daugh- A. J, Hagg«tt officiating, the interment
: a t t h e home*, of. ,h«ir daughter, Mrs. beihg in. Mount Vernon. ;
C h a r l e s . Bennett, m Toledo; Ohio, at ter in Toledo, Ohio. TJp te the time of
j-sb( o'clock test *VTning,*i«st«B«-week the death of Dr. ChaUls, she was m There was a large'attendance and
| an4 three hourBâtter tjj%'death *f her the best of health, but with his death, the floral offerings were very beautiful
I husband. • Death • Was? au * ** ojthaus- she seemed to become stflplned, and and numerous.
; Mr. Chaiii&^fiid..'twe&issUik , all death resulted from a.broken heart. The pall bearers were J. B. Sllliman.
i winter, and his~ "wVlecfiaa his most de-£>h« was 78 years of *£&, aift was the
| voted nurse all' of thî.tim^, I Mr._ and Jnother of ten children, all living. Joe Allen, S. C. King, I* P. Dubois, A.
! M«*. Charles' WnhetttivfilVbrlng the J. Haslrins, 0. J: White.' A number of
| regains to Atchjson 'arriving'Sunday Ten years ago Dr. and Mrs. Chall'ss : out of towix members of the Challiss
i morning on the Rock Island* At 9:10. celehra^d^.the'r. golden ,ê4d';*g* -**4
! Mr. an4 Mrs. D. Bt? RogsrIO ojt Kan- gat'cereo" around" then! *tt their family, family are. here" to attend the funeral
jsai Ctt^; and:* Mrs.' J o h n t * | Martin, lnclt&lng t h e grandchilarehi; arid "ohe Of their mother. They are Mr. and
who is>istt4ng her daughter* In Okla- g r 6 a t g ran dchi!d. They wer e a devot, Mrs. Charles Bennett," who tame with
homa.City. and ^ t h ? o ^ ^ U d r e n & ^ tendernegs the remains from Toledo; Mrs. James
living In the West are .expected lor o f *•
the. funeral. jJfe Challtes^ts cin Den- Vr. Chalhs for his wife was an m- Donald, and'daughter, Helen, of Enid.
j ver. ahd no arrangements 4 n he' spirat on and joy. The funeraal will be Okla; Mrs. Bertha Rogers of Kansas
I matfejnntu he la °h££*4 from. held from the F:rst Baptist church in City, and Mrs, John A. Martin, who
Mrf^ ChaUl**. wis an exceptionally Atchispn tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. was visiting in Oklahoma.
I fine- woman.> -She clime to Atchison1 C n a i j i 5 W M a charter member of this
with hfer husband in June 1SSS, and c n u r c a The funeral of Mrs. W. L. Challiss j
lfol|jidJk Ht^Je rough setUement here. was held from the Baptist church atj
J no school, and' no church. It was two this afternoon,-the /Rev. A. J. J
I largely due to her influence , "(one I n Memoriam. Haggett -officiating. The following |
might say entirely) that the First were here^.fjom Oat o£ town: Mrs. D.
church was - incorporated andl O n e week after the death 01 B. Rogers and daughter, Alice, Kan-I
| V : i n d she W d of the struggle t o ' D r . ChalHss. Mrs. Mary A. Chal- sas City; .Mrs; J. , F. Donald and!
^
posingn ^ churches
w w ^ Lino aT book ^ w she ^ h i s s w a s called h o m e . T h e -v had daughter Helen. Enid, Okla.; Charles!
r o wrote;
luhlished some years ago called!spent a lung hie together and m Bennett a|id wife, Toledo; Mrs. John]
i*lrst,Baptist Church of Ateht-! d e a t h there was very little scpara- A. Martin, Oklahoma City; Paul Mar-
a n d w h ^ h Is the most complete! t l o n M r s c h a l l i s s passed awav tin, n o * y * ' reporter «n the Ottawa!
I history, of any church struggle ever! a t t ..h e h, o m e , ,,r , , , • HeraldXFath MarUh, who ia taking!
toi4. The church was organlted April ° * Mr. and Mr*.. the kindergarten course in the State |
j JI.H868, with the;*following charter; Chas. Bennett. Toledo, Ohio, and Normal a t Emporia, and L. T. B.Du-
bois and wife, and W. T. Buck andj
ra«f»h«rs: The .Bev. U1 A.' Alderson, her body was b r o u g h t here exact wife. ..%,>MrSv Challiss was a re-
lv one week later lhan that of Dr markable-woman and perhaps noj
SL^«MSi^ - mother ever worked more faithfully j
Allen and wife, Aaron Stephenson and A, ... T. . for the strengthening of the family tie.
wife. Thoa.Wise and Wliberforce Dun- ^ n a l h s s . held in the church M o n d a y after-
uneral services were She had ten Children, and wrote tol
[levy. O r this little band of church noon, where most of the family every on* of them once a week, and!
II worker*,
ensori.ljvlng *ofc|j?Inone,
St. Mrs.
Joe, now
Aaronsurvives.
Steph' and m a n y old friends were gain as her'children wrote |to her just as!
Dt. Challiss s ami , his Wife made
r home until eight yearsjered to express their apprec aticui regularly, she sent the news of one!
to all the. others, and became a sort!
*ts» , .they : moved to Adrian,' of such a life as h e r s . of clearing bouse for family news andl
IMiph^gr ;ttye,?irMh>i>i daughter. .The^. H e r favorite chapter was read. family>lhte.rests. I/ast Christmas shef
[were thjB'-.pareht* oif elev«R..cft0dre,ii;
j and thfe death- of- one in. infancy over J o h n xiv. H e r favorite h y m n , "I sent a gfrft.to every,child, every grand-
ntty years ago was the only death in Shall Be Satisfied," w a s sung as child arid "every great grandchild, andl
the family, until that of Dr. Challis* a a solo by M r s . R a m s a y with the her list had upwards of seventy!
[«e&k ago.* Mrj, Challfss was i s years q u a r t e t t e on the chcrus. names. Though in heir T9th year she]
I of age. T h e never jKrgot a relative,;? and it was "k
1
The ' feilowing . children survive: main t h o u g h t of the address w a s : regular custom to remember all of
I Mrs. John Aj Martin, Atchison; Mrs. O n l y w h a t is done for God can them with cards at Raster Dr.
|D, B- Roger*, Kansas City; Paul never die. T h u s , by her" noble Challiss and his wite had been at the
Challlsi; Grealey, Colo.;' Mrs. J. F. head o.t'the house so long that when
Donald/ EhldV Okla.;'' Mr?. Charles and altruistic life, forces have been they wenV'east to make their home
] Bennett"and Igrs. l?d, fcekker. Toledo; set in motion in lives and in com- with Mr', and Mrs. Bennett, the latter
[Mr*. Benjamiu Dekker^ Grand Rapids, munities that will never die. She decided to" let them continue It, and
SMlch.j J,, "jti,Challiss, Atchison; Dr. the home was conducted as Dr. Chal-
11
Daisy Faust, fhuadelphia, and Ralph did them for God and thev W l l liss and Ills.wife desired, Mr. and Mrs.
[ChaUis*, "Adrian, Mich. live. Bennett reaching an agreement with
' •; .She w;:s one of the most in- Dr. Challiss and wife on every sug-
gestion with rare tact and diplomacy.
1A6EO WIFE OIEO OF BRIEF fluential founders of our church
a n d always maintained her inter- Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Buck,, of VlleU. I
est in every detail of the life of Kansas, came in to attend the funeral
I UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE m the church. Her letters came of the late Mrs. W. L. Challiss this
DEATH OF MRS, CHALL1S8.
regularly at stated intervals a;'d afternoon, and are guests at the home
Mother of Mr*. John A. Martin Fo^ were always full, of ho-ie and of Mr. and Mrs. U P. Dubois, of Good
lowed Husband to the Grave in cheer a n d faith. She will be great Intent. The Challiss family and t h e !
Just a Week's Time. ly missed, but her life was full Dubois family came from the" east to |
and complete and a success. She- Kansas together and the friendship
Word has be«ti ^received is Ottawa has entered into the joy of her coverir.g all these years has been of ]
I of the death*, qf Mrs. W. L. Challiss, Lord and joined her h u s b a n d and the very .closest
j which ocbUJTed }n Toledo,. Ohio, last ' mar.y ir:-^v.\^. ! 1 h i r - e sub mis
8 -was "the wife of Dr. i - .-:Y> >vr l-ailu-r'- w • ', we b >\v.
I w . L. Cballias; who died in that citv " T h v wil: be d
one.
[ a week agh the fame day. Mrs, CbalHsg
Page 16 of 35.
.ast Sunday the church was pleased • " . M- CHALLISS

Recollections of Krt. Gi^.Ms. > and gratified
ana gratified to to have
have aa memorialmemorial tab- ta , r w e b meeting of the First
Mrs. N o v l t n W H ^ Kidge, m l U r let placed on the wall in the "Challis*
corner" in memory of Sister Challiss. 1868 a committee was appointed .0 draft r«-
intertestthgly of the; late Mr:?. W. « This was placed thereby her children, ouTtL and pre,ent to the church,n relation
dhait&'''as follows: and we rejoice in the fragrance of such
a memory. We believe that such a to the de»th of our beloved brother B £
Wten the sad news of the derail otj t , rnnrrf o n z e ttablet
aKlpf w will
i l l give
t x i v e Ito our young
n mir vnllnoi J * „ , M. CH^Lias; and they reported the
Mrs W L Challiss camo to us overt peopl especially a constant and lasting following re.oluf.oos which were unanimously
Mrs. w. IM vûtw ~> . i , n s p i r a t l 0 n to emulate the life and
the phone Sunday evening It was a-j s e r v j c e an< j sacrifices of one who gave adopted on the evening of the 8th in.t.
,. i «P K™ frWirii here and it la her Lord the first place in her life.— W . » M . Our beloved b r o t h e r j B - ^ - g - « • * £ ;
shock to- her Mends here a _ Haggett, pastor. S t f S K i - L p f e s s T ' c o n d o l e n e , with t h e '
with keen regret and deepest sot row;
K.T^\t T h « »e b Snd°c'?our warmest sympathies
they aio'iini her loss. Many of us Last Sunday the church wasj U^TZ^TsZrZi her family, bele,„n g our
Iknew Mrs. Challiss years ago when

sbe came^to Woodlawn with her fam-
ily to spend the summers, and as they
pleased
on the
came and went like birds ^'passage ner,," placed there in honor of
to see a tablet placed
wall
we not only greatly admiffd her but Mrs. Mary Challiss, by her chil-
in the "Challiss cor-
private meetings of the church " * « • » • ****'
manifested the greatest Interest for <h,s oban li.
BISOIVEB, That his Christian graces, his ea.nest
deVoted We', bis untiring service m the, cause ol our
blessed Saviour, are all worthy of our imitation.
RISOLVO, That his . i s m p l - as a * - h n " t * Q , ™ n j? t
ter, in season and out of season, showed bis interest
learned to love and r e s p e c t e r ! Those dren. It is a worthy memorial ir**he cause he so long preacned and practiced.
BUOLVID, That a copy of these resolatioos be sent
summer <fcy» were busy days for Mrs. to each member ot «be family of our departed
Challiss for she took an active part m of a w o r t h y w o m a n . N o t m a n y
Challiss for she took an active part In brother.
the religious, social and business, in-;, h a v e left s u c h a r e c o r d . S h e w a s
terests of the community. ' a m e m b e r of t h e church for
^But with, all her^care andS duties! Q V e r m a n d w a g ^
she was never too busy to give kindly , . . , . , , ,. , , ,
advice to those of her fri^ds vwho *trial « t W uand l . Istruggle,
n t h e e a r lwhen y d a y s the
of
needed them. She possessed that per- church had very few members,
sonal magnetism which? drew us to she could always be counted on
her and caused us to feel while in her
and to the very last her zeal
presence that she had many beautiful
never languished. She was an
traits of character which it would be
earnest supporter of the first
I
Well to emulate. , ' •
pastor, and just as loyal to ev-
country town and no doubt her hopes. ery one that followed. Such
I
She have
would was abeenfirmrealized
believerhadinthe
Wood-
peo-j members are a constant joy to
<pie
lawn's future
residing heretoworked
become a thriving
to the accom-'a pastor's heart. Her memory is
country
plishmenttown and hope
ot this no doubt
as Dr.herChalliss
hopes
pre cious and we feel confident
did. She was instrumental to having, m e m o r i a l ^ ^ ^ t-
the Woodlawn Baptist church built! , , ,
and was always interested In it, h e l P y u l a t e o t h e r s t o f o U o w h e r e x '
in every way she could to make it! a a m p l e of f a i t h f u l n e s s a n d loy-
success and was always faithful in at- a l t y .
tending services. Wk pay'this last j •
tribv-te of iove and respect to our de-1
parted friend for the sakeôf the days!
•jiat*. aft" "past; and we shall slâyfl
be glad v c knew* her* " w e deeply
sympathize with the sorrowing family
Sabetha Herald. \i" fAl
*r"*"Atchison, Kas.—During the last year

yvlrs. Mary Challis was called home
from her long life of usefulness here.
She was a charter member of this
church and one of the most efficient
and helpful in forming things for a
permanent and strong church of which
she contintled a fraithful member for
over fifty years. She was always
faithful in every emergency, and under
every pastor was loyal to the church
of Christ. When all the family were
at home they all attended the services
and sat together where everyone ex-
pected to see them and left the place
for them designating it the "Challiss
corner." The family have always been
a helpful and appreciated factor in our
church life here, and today some of her
descendants are still members with us.
Her eldest daughter, Mrs. John A.
Martin, is a worthy follower of the
faithful mother, and to a large meas-
ure'takes the place of the mother
among us. —.^^
Page 17 of 35.
Resolutions to the Memory of Dr. and tfrs. ¥ , L. C h a l l i s , by the

F i r s t Baptist Chui"oh, Atchison, Kansas.
Whereas God in His l o r e and wisdom has taken to His home in heaven
Dr. and ttra. C h a l l i s , "be i t resolved:
I. That while we "bow in humble submission to Hi a w i l l , we recog-
nise our great l o s s in the departure of two, who for many years hare
walked side by side and hare been zealous in t h e i r efforts for the
church and i t s p r o s p e r i t y .
II. That we appreciate the great work they hare done for the church
• s p e c i a l l y i n i t s e a r l y , pioneer days, and wish to record our g r a t i t u d e
for such u n s e l f i s h and s a c r i f i c i n g s e r v i c e , leadership and devotion
Which l a r g e l y determined the character of the organization we now enjoy.
I I I . That in the death of ?/rs. C h a l l i s , the church has l o s t a
CHARTER member of superior character, energy, prepressiveness and l o y a l -
t y to the church and to the organizations connected with the ohurch,
IV. That as a church we mourn with the family in the l o s s of t h e i r
parents and extend to them our sincere sympathy and pray that we a l l
may meet again in the eternal sunshine of our heavenly 'other's love,
Committee,
i^f^JVau Jt+* /3. /°)iz.
Page 18 of 35.
I
ifatert
/ ate/-, m /
Wh<
.Mrs. ,i
the S. is
i
shock
with kl Jk fc~* *****
they II|
knew
she cat;
ily to s;
cjime a;
7 /'
we not JL ££-&*.
learned
summer I
i Challiss I Û *,
' the relfcj
terests ./ ^/
, But
she was
advice ti
needed d
sonal ma
her and
presence
f~«y .**««/ X. /***L-
traits of
weir to ei
u&. *><£*
She wal
lawn's fu| JL. *trj. *.
country
would liav|
pie residir
plishment |
did. She
the Wood I
and wag all
in every
success anJ
tending s c |
SO**. J&cL2l^4^90^\ /J
tribute of
parted frie-l
hat" a^""i)l
^~
be glad vl &r /«dearer,
«ympathfze ^ ^ _ _ ^ ^
âbetha Hel
otlar*
Atchison,
Mrs. Mary
Vom her loj
She was a [
;hurch and
, 17 f2-îSd4Z- J^*C£&£i
ind helpful
lermanent a)
ihe continue
5ver fifty
"aithful in e\
•very pastorl
)f Christ. \1
it home thevl
ind sat togel
jected to see
•'or them ded -?*>
90 S
corner." TM
i helpful andj
hurch life hej
Stem. JfrcL^*-^ ?- -f£—
lescendahts or vearer,
Her -eldest
Martin, is a
g> ^j^^c^Llff^^^
"aithful mothJ
jre 'takes thj o/tari
imong us.
si - &/^/<£c±lS^
cfiod M.
Page 19 of 35.
The Commercial f imishes the Colonel in the MOBB AJTD n o B i A'BOTJT CONNUBIAL B U S S .
tie*. words and figures following, to-wit: The Fort Scott Monitor congratulates our]
1
O* Thursday, J w » If*. W " . * * • **£ "Col. Jno. A. Martin, of TBE ATCBISON
I deuce of the bride'. p « » t » , by Bet., S. absent Editor in this wise !
CHAMPION', was married on the 1st inst., to
I Gunn, Col Jno. A. Martin, editor ef this Miss Ida Challiss. Courageous beyond a " Col. Jno. A. Martin, of THE ATCHI'SOS |
paper, to MlM Ida, eld** daughter of Dr. doubt, during the war, he has proven him- CHAvnos was married on Thursday, the for-
j Wm. L. ChaUi«», »U of J M j d t y . Belf doubly ao to marry in the caloric days tunate lady being Miss Ida ChallisB. Not only I
Nootrda." ' * '•• of June. May he be happy, and may the the whole press of the State, but Col. Mar-
beautiful bride, that was Challiss, never- tin's hundreds of friends in every profession
HOW THE P * I « T » B S » 0 TALK ABOUT THE more be chalice to the lips of T B I CBAMPIOH and business will extend to him and Mrs. M.
the warmest wishes for a long, prosperous |
MATEIHOXT OF ODB EDITOR..— Oar readers man."
and happy life."
know that the Editor has committed matri- The CaU does him up in regular printer's
The Lawrence Journal after quoting the |
mony. He flew off the handle on Thursday style. Hear: notice of the marriage of Col. Martin, sayB:
morning. He is a married man, and h&B gone Col. Jno. A. Martin, of THE CHAMPION,
" We congratulate Brother Martin upon I
on a brief tour East and taken his bride was married yesterday at the residanoe of the happiest event of his life. Good editors ]
the bride's parents, to Miss Ida Challiss,
along. Unlike ye local, John is a modest eldest daughter of Dr. Wm. L. Challiss, of make good husbands, ss a rule; and, accord-
man. It's taken him a long time to get mar- Atchison. A printer captured by a gaiter— ing to this rule, Miss Challiss is to be con-
ried, and he was jined right easy. But it's a soldier surrenders at the beck of a chignon gratulated on getting one of the best hus-
bands in the State."
got out, and the printers congratulate him —gone to grass by the wave of a fan—" rat-
tled" by a frill—" locked up" without mal The Topeka Commonwealth under the head I
right jollily. We know he will appreciate let or quoin—and, we hope, without pi or
of " Hymenial," after quoting the marriage
the good things the papers say about squabble in the distant future, thus may
notice aforesaid, discourseth in the compli-
matrimony in general, and his matri- these " forms" pass into the realms of the
Great Master Typo of the Universe. Thus, mentary manner following, that is to say:
mony in particular. In his absence, we
as Miles O'Riley hath said : "Thus has occurred an event that hjmbeen
therefore take the liberty of telling our read- anticipsted for some time by the Colonel's
ers how the printers do talk about the event "Tbey fall, my boy, the young, the prone.
The gay, the festive cusses fall— many friends. No editor in Kansas has
which has left TEE CHAMPION office tempora- An crange wreath, instead of shroud, more friends or enjoys a larger degree of I
A ring in lien of minnie ball. popularity than Col. Jno. A. Martin. .Hon-
rily in charge of "ve local'* and ''yedeviL" Tne man who faced a battle's roar
How yields to ruffled chemisettes, orable, brave, high toned and consistent, his I
Our genial eve nine neighbor, the Patriot, And lion hearts bow down before masterly and ready pen has ever been at the
does it up in the superb style following: Some twilled, frilled pair of pantalettes." service of freedom, justice and right, and al-
M*.SBir.ii.—On Thursday. June 1st, 1871, The Bulletin talketh In this kind of a way: ways opposed to shams and demagoguery.
In his new relation he has the solid good will
I at the residence of the bride's parents, by WEDDrsa.—The' gallant Col. Jns. A. Mar- and wishes of his legions of friends. May
R«T. E. Ounn, CoL Jno. A. Martin, editor of tin, editor of T B I ATCHISOK CHAMPION, has* continual honors and success be his portion
T B I CHAMPIO.N, to Miss Ida Challiss, eldest crowned his brilliant record with auother and may unalloyed happiness always be en-
daughter of Dr. Wm. L. Challiss, all of this victory , this time a love conquest. After a joyed by the new marital firm."
city. No cards. long and admirably conducted siege, the fair
There now, another editor gone ! but his Miss Ida Challiss, of Atchison, surrenders The Lawrence TrAum seems to think the |
exit from the ranks of the bachelor army unconditionally, and promises to love, honor Colonel has acted very wisely. It says:
was not unlocked for. Although he has and obey—an editor. " A« EDITOB MARKIED.—We are pleased to
evinced much obstinacy in the business It requires a great deal of nerve upon the announce the marriago of Col. Jno. A. Mar-
which has culminated in hit complete cap- part of a lady to stand up, and promise be- tin, editor of THE ATCHISON CHAMPION, to j
ture, his friends anticipate that ere the fore heaven, that she will love, honor, obey Miss Ida, daughter of Dr. Wm. L. Challiss,
close of the honeymoon, he will be able to and live with an editor, but love surmounts o*f that city. The bride is represented as a I
i drill in the ranks of the grand army of ben- all obstacles. young lady of great personal beauty, rare
edicts according to the most approved rules It is understood that the Colonel wooed culture and amiability.
of discipline, without any inconvenience a long while, but the prize, however, was We congratulate our editorial brother on I
whatever Thus, as Miles O'Riley hath worth contending for. The bride is the eld- th* happy event, and the young lady on her
said: est daughter of Dr. Wm. L. Challiss, of good fortune in securing a life partner so j
" The j fall, my friend, the young, the proud, Atchison, and is a young lady gifted with worthy of her. Col, Martin's name might
The gay, the festive enseal fall— personal beauty, endowed with rare culture heretofore have been said to have become a '
An oraiige wreath, initead of shroud, and social accomplishments, and just the per- household word in Kansas, and it is singular
X ring intteqof minnie ball. son to enliven an editor in times of depres- that he has so long delayed making it a house-
The man » ho faced a battle's roar
Sow yields to ruffled chemisette. sion. We beleve the bride and bridegroom hold word in more endearing terms than the
And lion hearts bow down before design rassing the midsummer weeks at Idaho common acceptation. ' None but the brave
Some twilled, frilled pair of pantalettes." Springs, Colorado. They have the warmest deserve the fair.' On that hypothesis the
Th.J*avenworti Timet thrjks th» wjd- wishes of the Bulletin-, for a future of unal- gallant bridegroom has fairly won matrimo- ]
loyed happiness. nial honors. Long life and happiness to Col.
i ding caused the suspension of Ton CBAX-
PIOM for one day, but our devil says he would [The Editor thought much of IDA-AC ; not- Martin and his estimable wife."
never permit such an affair to interfere with withstanding the couple went East and will
the regular issue of our paper. The Tima be absent but a few days.]
A LITTLE MOM OS MATBIMONT.—Sol, Mil-
" THE ATCHISON CHAMPION is one of the
ler, of the White Cloud Chief, puts in his |
oldest papers in the Slate, and has always
appeared upon our table with creditable compliments as follows:
regularity—until Thursday last. We didn't " M m i i D . - J o h n A. Martin, of THE I
get any then, and were kept in total igno- ATCBISOH CHAMPION, was married, on the I
rance of the reason therefor until yesterday, 1st inst., to Miss Ida Challiss, daughter of
whan we found out all about it as follows: W. L. Challies, of that city. The Colonel's
On Thursday, June 1, 1871, at the resi- military ardor is still so strong, that he em- |
dence of the bride's parents, by Rev. E. ployed Rev. Mr. Gunn to perlorm the cere-
Gonn, Col. Jno. A. Martin, editor of TH* mony. It is well for an editor always to
| CHAKPIOE, to Miss Ida ChallisB, eldest have a good Ida. May John A. never lose
daughter of Dr. Wm. L. ChaUiss, all of this his."
i city. No cards. The Emporia Newt extends its congratu-
%o that's what's the matter with Col. Jne. lations to our yet absent editor. It says:
A. Martin. We extend cur best wishes and «' MABBIID.—John A. Martin, editor of I
hope the new life just opening may neveT be THJC ATCHISOS CHAMPION, was married, on
clouded."
Thursday last, to Miss Ida Challiss, of that |
city. May the richest blessings of this life
adorn and" sweeten your household, our
brother, for many, many years, and may the j
beautiful creations of hope and love in your |
heartB made one never die."
Page 20 of 35.
passed from earth into that eternity near ^5£toMeinfluences for good, for peace,
•whose shadowy confines he had lingered ' for honor, for truth, for justice, which he
for several days past. He died as gently I personally inspired, fostered and ad!
as a weary child falls, asleep on its vanced,. will continue to exert their
mother's bosom, without a perceptible healthful and benign sway, aad remain
•change of muscle or any of the ordinary! the supreme consolation of the thousands
accompaniments of mortal dissolution. who now sincerely morn his death.
In the very prime of life, at a periodj __^ t t h g p ~ t m o r tem examination!
when the average man reaches the full I o v e r t n e D0<jy of Col. John A. Martin,
maturity of his powers, and is best fitted \ yesterday it was developed that the at
by experience for the broadest useful- "tending physician, Dr. D. J. Holland, had
ness, with every motive for living and it correctly dignosed the cage,had followed^
skillfully and faithfully through Its
•every reason why he should live, JOHN y a r i ( ^ s s t a g es, and it was the unanimous'
A. MARTIN'S life is mysteriously termin- veruict of the council that no power of
ated, and he is transferred by an inscru- man or medVine could have averted the.
table Providence, from the scenes, the fatal result.
activities, the duties, the responsibilities .
the possibilities of this world into that JOHN A. MARTIN DEAD.
We present above a tine electrotype of
other life whose shrouded mysteries in-
Governor John A. Martin, which will be
i recognized as an excellent likeness of the. vest it at once with an awful solemnity
and a profound interest
The City Mourns the Loss of
executive of Kansas. The Wood en-
lgraving from which the electrotypes are His death is a great public calamity Its Staunchest Advocate
made was done by Mis3 Daisy Challiss, The loss is irreparable; to his immediate - and Friend-
•"£-,-
of Wootllawn. Nemaha county, and re- family and relatives; to the city of
flects her skill with the engraver's imple- Atchison, whose steadfast and enthus
Resolutions.' of, JEttfepect and]
ments. Miss Challis, who is a sieter-in- iastic friend he has been for over thirty
I law of Governor Martin, has been grad- Arrangements for the
years; to the State of Kansas, with whose
I uated from the Philadelphia art scho'ol
growth and progress he has, since early-
^Funeral.
1 and is to be commended for her skill and .
i the energy which she displays in her manhood, been actively and prominently
1 work. She is prepared to execute orders. identified, and to the Nation at large in, John A. Martin, Colonel of the Eighth
for engraving of all kinds. •whose affairs he never failed to take aj Kansas Infantry, ex-Postmaster and ex-
Mayor of the city of Atchison, ex-State
deep and abiding interest, and with
Col. Martin's Condition. Senator and ex-Governor of the State ofl
whose history during its most illustrious Kansas, passed away at 6:30 o'clock yes
Col. John A Martin all day yesterday,,
period he was so intimately associated. terday morning, after a lingering illness,
I was in a partial state of coma and was
I only conscious, when aroused, a sodden His untimely demise marks an epoch which completely baffled the skill of his]
I and discouraging change having taken' i.n the material and political history both physicians. Ha was 'unconscious fori
place in his condition after T H E CHAM- of this city and State, and will inaugur hree hours before his death, his mind]
TION went to press yestefday morning. wandering from the stormy incidents of]
His stomach utterly refuses to receive or! ate changes to a greater extent than it is battle to the peace and quiet of his old!
j assimilate food, the posterior portion of possible at this writing to anticipate. home in Brownsville. His death was
his right lung is solidified, his liver » That a good, an honest, a pure, a sin gentle and painless, and though not un-l
j greatly enlarged, and his entire condi- cere man, guileless and true, a man of expected, was yet a great shock to those]
tion is extremely critical. His pbysi- who for weeks had looked for his reeov-f
blameless private and public life hai ery. At 11 o'clock on. Tuesday night he]
| cians are apprehensive of the result.
Unless a change for the better takes fallen; that one whose chief character was rational and recognized those at his]
place inside of the next twelve hoots, istics were sterling good sense, strong bedside. His last intelligent utterance]
his recovery will be extremely doultful. convictions of right, scrupulous fidelity was to Mrs. Challiss, to whom he said]
that he could not take the milk whichl
to every trust, conscientious adherence
THE CITY MOURNS. to he offered him until he could clear his
principle, unfaltering devotion to throat of the phlegm which was choking
.duty, and an uncompromising dischar im, and of which he said that "Unless]
Col. J o h n A . M a r t i n D e p a r t s , . o t e v e t y obligation has taken his de- it leaves me it will take me." After than
t h i s L i f e a t 6 : 3 0 O'clock parture, is the verdict of those who knew he relapsed into unconsciousness and soj
remained until his death.
Y e s t e r d a y Morning. ihim longest and best.
For several weeks past the people of|
His death has created a wide gap in
this city have carefully inquired morning
_. , nheraaksof those forceful energies which andjevening after CoL Martin, as his oldl
Sketch of the Life and work oi ,. , . , . . _ . friends loved to call him, who lay sick at j
the Distinguished Printer, -snqfieêr be relied on to defend, advocate his home with a disease, which baffled
Soldier and Statesman- *in& promote the best social and moral his physicians, and created grave doubti
among his friends and neighbors as
interests of mankind. his ability to shake it oft and take his oldl
J O B S A. K A J R M . • In the best sense of the -word, his life place once more as editor of THE CHAM-T
At thirty minutes past six o'clock yes- -was a success; he lived to a grand pur IPS.
terday morning, quietly and without a things pose; heas are possible
achieved to. one environed!
the fulrmeasure of sue:
struggle, the spirit of JOHN A MARTIN as he was, and, althoagh dead and ab-J
Page 21 of 35.
the stores were closed. The couits ad-

He had been -grtHlj inisaed during his THE LAST RITES. journed.andjbft teachers 'of the several!
rickness, and the" varying Information, city schools andcolleges and the pupila
and bad, wttlei reached the public were dismissed. ' It seemed as though
daily, was hailed with joy or sorrow as it Col.-John A. Martin at R e s t the entire population turned out to honor |
[indicated recovery'or the reverse. His the dead. The day'was the most calm
tfrjends, and that term, includes all the and serene of the season, and the funeral
good people of the city of Atehison,could Tha Largest Funeral in the was the largest in the history of Kansas.
not believe \ man of his age and habits THE TOPEKA DELEGATION.
|would succumb to the malady which had - History of Kansas.
The Santa Fe special arrived at 91
attached him; and so 'they consoled Ojdock bearing Lincoln Post NO 1, G. A.
iemselves with the delusive hope
Short But Appropriate Services R. and a large delegation of citizens, I
(that in a little . while the Colonel
State officials and distinguished men
vo.uld be out again, and they at the Family Residence, from various parts of the State. Among
ouh\ meet him at ius office
and once more enjoy the social chats that the Church a i d Grave. the number were:
were go pleasant In the past; ?B\it alas Chief Justice A. H. Horton, Associate I
for human hopes*'Yesterday-morning Justices D. A. Valentine and W. A.
Johnston, Court Commissioners Joel'
tiose who read T H E CHAMPION bulletin Distinguished Visitors in At- Holt, J. B. Cloueston and B. F. Simpson; |
aw that his condition was not encourag-
ing, and later, by telephone and every tendance- Governor Lyman U. Humphrey, Lieu-
other means of communication, the sad tenant Governor A. J. Felt, State Treas-
news was circulated that Gov. Martin urer J. W. Hamilton, Secretary of State
At 8:30 o'clock yesterday morning,
vas dead. Not a man or woman in Wm. Higgins, State Auditor Timothy I
Rev. D. D. Proper conducted a private
jAtchison received that news unmoved. McCarthy, Attorney General L. B. Kel-
funeral service at the residence of the
a many he had been a warm personal logg, State Superintendent of Public In- ]
late Col. John A. Martin, no one being
friend; to all he had been known as an struction George W. Winans, Railroad
admitted except the family and relatives.
(honored and distinguished citizen, and a Commissioners James Humphrey, A R, I
The choir selected for the occasion, com-
steadfast champion of the city and its Green and George T. Anthony; President j
posed of Mrs. L. T. Woolfolk, Mrs. J. E.
[people. of Board of PardoDS J. C. Caldwell, State
Riddell, Messrs. E. G.iBurgess and J. H.
Printer C. C. Baker, State House Com-
Men spoke of his virtues, of the ser Seamans,being present, sang a very beau-
missioners W. W. Smitn and Eben Bald-
vice* he had rendered the Nation in the tiful selection, entitled "He is Gone,"
win, Insurance Commissioner D. W.
bour of its greatest danger, of the offices after which the minister offered a brief
Wilder, Clerk of the Supreme Court C.
|he had held with honor and credit; but grayer. T h e family and relatives ]then
J. Brown, Labor Commissioner F. H.
lie topic upon which they loved to dwell took a last look at their departed dead.
Betton', Secretary of Agriculture Martin I
|was hts unswerving devotion to Atchtson, The remains were then placed in a hearse
Mohler, Adjutant General-J. N. Roberts,
and the ability and persistency with aDd, under escort of the surviving mem-
Secretary of Historical Society F. G.
I which he had always upheld and de bers of the Eighth Kansas Infantry,Col.
Adams, State Ornithologist N. S. Goss, |
•fended the city of which he was so old Martin's old regiment, taken to the First
ex-State Treasurer S. T. Howe, Su-
patriotic a citizen. Baptist church and deposited in the audi-
perintendent of Public Instruction |
The flag which has so often fluttered torium, immediately in front of the pul-
H. 'C, Speer, ex-Attorney Gen-
aily at the peak of T H E CHAMPION flag pit The casket was then opened and
eral 8. B. Bradford, ex-Chief Justice 8.1
jataffi and waved victory or defeat to the remained in that condition until the hour
A Kingman, ex-Secretary of State E. B.
prongs wbp gazed upon it, told the sad announced for the public funeral ser-
Allen, ex-State Printer T. Dwight
ptory of his .death, and soon a hundred vices. The remains were viewed by about
Thacher, United States Senator P. B.
!ier flags, draped or half-masted, xhani 5,000 people and all of those who were
Plumb, Department Commander Henry
|fested the sorrow and sympathy of the acquainted with the deceased, expressed
Booth, Senior Vice Commander Ira I
people. the opinion that he looked quite natural.
F. Collins, Congressman K. N .
Knots of men on the streets and in the He was attired in a full regulation colo-
Morrill, : Congressman Harrison Kel-
business houses discussed the sad event, nel's suit and presented a military ap-
ley, AWing Chancellor F. H.
wd the proper arrangements to be made pearance, which brought many tender
Snow, Regent W. C. Spangler, Pension
Jto fittingly express the popular grief, recollections to the surviving members of
Agent Bernard Kelly, United States Dis-1
[Meetings were arranged for, the proceed- the Eighth Kansas, the regiment which
trict Court Clerk J. C. Wilson, Mr. and
ings of which are given below, and other he so gallantly lead through the war.
Mrs. J. K. Hudson, Arthur Capper, Dr. A. I
necessary measures taken to carry out the The hat which the ColoDel wore during
J. Hun toon, E. J. Dallas, Charles Blood '
•wishes of thsiamily in respect to the the late strife, rested on the casket. At
Smith, L. J. Webb, John McDonald, R. A.
tuneral. the right of the pulpit a stack of arms
Randlett, J. Lee Knight, S. J. Bearv A. M. I
was placed, which was draped with the
Fuller, C. M. Foulks, Dr. G. W. Hoge-1
—There w t t S » s e floral design at United States flag. By the side of the
boom, M. P. Hillyer, E. J. Cartlidge, J.
the funeral yesterday, and that was sent casket were the flags of the Eighth Kan-
F. Burriss, R. R. Moore, S. S. McFadden, ]
by John 11. Holt, of Company H, Eighth sas, torn and tattered by bullets and ex-
George W. Jones, C. S. Elliott, J. H.
Kansas, of Mohne, Ills. It was composed posure until they would scarcely hold to-
Downing, N. D. McGlnley, W. W. Ad-1
of twelve rosea, smilax and other roses gether; but they were there and they told
mire, T. F. Orner, S. O. Orner, Henry I
in the form of a triangle—the badge of their own story. The remains were
Mitchell, H. C. Caldwell, H. E. Valen-
the Fourth Army Corps, Col. Martin's old watched by delegations from the several
tine, D. O. McCray, C. W. Campbell and
,«orps, which was aent by express to the G. A. R. posts of the city.
C. A. Henrie. They were met at the
residence and will be placed upon the Union depot by the citizens' committer,
At an early hour the streets were
grave by Mrs. Martin to-day, composed of C. D. Walker, A. J. Harwi
crowded. Delegations from small towns
~ T e n dollars were offered for hack and George W. Howell, who escorted
throughout the county were in the city
•yesterday, bat they could not be secured.! them to the Byram, where they waited
before eight o'clock. Business houses
and private residences were draped in until the arrival of
mourning. At many places business was THB FOBT LEAVENWORTH DELEGATION.
entirely 'suspended. "> At 11 o'clock all
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t h e 10:30 MlsrouriPacific train Drougai, Was our human llfeevoTfed

Gov. Smith a n d 200 veterans from the lower- forms of animal life? T h e mate- we shall become godlike. « w
• National Soldier's Home, at Leavenworth, rialistic philosopher will say "yes." O n e to exemplify his virtues. _.,„„ _,
all t h e commissioned and non-commis- class will tell you that all forms of life Behold t i e attributes of » • * « • ™
originated from dead matter; that life is have in common with the Great Goo.
sioned officers of the institution, and the the result of a particular arrangement of His are infinite, ours are finite. He has
Horn* bapd, and General McCook, Colo*, the molecules of matter. According to understanding, affection, will, purity,
nel Cushing, Captian Crowell and Com- this view, there is no God, no creation; power, mercy, justice, self-consciousness,
only a blind fortuitous concourse of
i pany . G. of t h e Sixth regiment United atoms. Another class allows t h a t t h e and so' have we ID some measure. Man
I bears Use imprint of God in his nature.
I States infantry, Lieutenants Guilfoyle, Creator, away back in the untold ages of God made man in his own image as a
Perry, Y o u n g and Hughes, t h e Fort the past, gave t h e primordial parent, spiritual being. W e need a higher con-
germ of life, and then through succes-
] Leavenworth Military band, T. P . Fen- sive stages and gradations, these germs ception of the dignity of life.
Second, T h e evident purpose of lite in
Ion, S. O, McDowell, ex-Senator Crozier, have gone on inflnitesmally evolving relation to ourselves, was to grow in
Joel Hiatt of Leavenworth; W . J . Buchan, higher forms of life, and man is the re-
sult. knowledge, purity, goodness, wisdom, I
of Wyandotte; L. K. Kirk, of Garnet; J . virtue, and become noble, exalted beings.
H. Rice, of Fort Scott, and T. M. Carroll, Strip this theory bare and look at it. In the exercise of our lofty powers to
choose right things and become righteous;
of Paola. T h e y were met a t the Union Man with a body, mind, intellect, affec- to love the good and become amiable,
tion, emotion, self-consciousness, will
depot by Atchison Post No. 93, G. A. R., and conscience are all evolved from lovely beings.
and escorted to the Byram. Both dele- the mind! Mind becomes only refined Third, Another evident purpose of our
gations then formed and, headed by t h e spiritualized matter. This is unreasona- life in relation to our feilow beings is to
ble, an effect cannot be greater than its be in harmony with them; to do good to
Fort Leavenworth Military band,marched cause, a stream cannot rise higher than them, help t h e struggling, lilt u p the |
to the church to view the remains of Col. its source. Human life according to the fallen, alleviate want, misery, suffering,
Martin, after which the delegations dis- Bible, was a special creation. When God distress", and thus be one great harmoni.
OQS helping brotherhood. This is the
banded until the hour appointed for the created the animals, he said "Let t h e day of Brotherhoods,and they h«T9 made I
I earth bring forth," "Let t h e waters bring
funeral. Among other visitors who ar-, forth." But when h e created man, the the world better, When heart beats
rived later in the day were Sol Miller, of j Triune God held counsel and said, "let with heart, hand help': hand, brother aids
Troy; J . T. Brady, of Seneca; John J us make man in our image, after our like- b r t t h a r , humanity is lifted W » higher
plane of existence.
< Schilling and Dr. W, V , Nye, of Hia- ; ness." T h e body was made of the earth,
•the spirit was a breath of t h e Infinite. I t naturally follows as a natural se- j
watha, 1
This view exalts life, t h e other belittles, quence that if we pursue that course, i
' and degrades it. This view lifts man to shape our life to that great final end for
T h e various civic societies began form- I a divine realm, and allies him to the or-
ing at their several places of meeting, at j der of beings with his Creator. Our life which it was given, that -it will reflect |
the Creator's glory and s e c u r e ^ n ' r h i g t -
11:30, and t h e visitors forming at the By- is God-given, and t h e Creator has in- est well being. ' :'-**$''
ram, all marched to t h e church to hear vested it with magnificence and gran-
deur. He meant it to be glorious. There arn many Isliires i i life! but
the funeral sermon. there need bt- nuoe. Ii these tnree ele-
A beautiful, true human life is t h e n - n f s ot tti»* true lile govern, there is ah- j
AT THE CBTRCH. most beautiful object in the universe of *t-lut«yj- M> lailure in any life, under any
At 12 o'clock t h e family and relatives which we have any knowledge* T h e vi'itilHioii, from the beggar in t h e hovel
of t h e deceased arrived at t h e church planetary system is beautiful to look u> the king on t h e throne. There may
and were ushered to the front pews. By upon, but those bodies must move in be the mightiest intellect, t h e most ex-
their orbits, having no choice to do other- alted genius, but if the true purpose and
this time the church was filled with t-tate wise. But look at t h e satellites of t h e design of life is lacking, it is a failure.
officials, distinguished guests, city offi- soul, those noble faculties of mind, heart- On the other hand, the poor man, with
cers, citizens and several civic sucieues. and will, moving in beautiful harmony no wealth, little intellect, scarcely any |
by choice. Thus is life in its origin, God- culture, but if his life unfolds Godward,
The services were introduced by the given, grand and glorious.
and h e lives to bless humanity, that life j
choir singing that beautiful hymn, "Come I I . What is life in its purpose and de- is a success. .
T e Disconsolate." Rev. D. D . Proper sign? Ged intended it t o mean some- I I I . What is this human life in its re-
then read a few appropriate passages of thing. Life had a sublime meaning in the lation to the futuae?
scripture, after which Rev. J . W. Alder- light of the life of Col. Martin, whose de- It is not a trifling, trivial thing to be
cease we mourn to-day. Life was entrusted with such powers. J o b asked,
man, pastor of t h e Kansas Avenue M. E . not given as a mere existence— long ago, "If a man die, shall h e live
church, delivered an excellent prayer. simply to have being. All nature is full again?" To-day, with this form before
The choir then sang "Asleep in Jesus." of design. T h e Creator prepared earth us, we are on the border of t h e spirit
as a habitation for man, and all things
The funeral sermon was then delivered around h i m find their highest use in land. With bated breath, and hushed
hearts, we peer into the future, to find if I
by Rev. D. D. Proper, as follows: ministering to his wants. It would be we can discover some trace of t h e re-
SERMON. strange if he, t h e masterpiece of t h e treating spirit of our beloved friend, j
Creative hand, had nothing more import- comrade and brother. God lets She cur
Text—James 4,14.—"For what is your ant to do than merely exist. tain down and shuts off our vision of
life?" This question was asked with ref- Life was not given merely to enjoy the the future, and we must take it on faith,
erence to a certain line of conduct spoken pleasures of intellectual and physical trusting in his word. Imortality is in-
of in the preceding lines. "Go to now ye sense. The "epicureans" said, "Eat, drink laid, inwrought into man's cons'itution.
that say to-day or to-morrow we will go and be merry, for to-morrow we die"—. Death is more than a clock r u n d o w n ; !
into such a city, and continue there a If corporeal pleasures in t h e gratifica- more than a watch stopped ticking; more
year, and buy and sell and g e t gain; tions of the passions and appetites, is all than an engine with the fire out. It is
whereas ye know not what shall be ou of life, how much is it above t h e brute the transition of life from this world to
the morrow. F o r what is your life?" creation? I t was not the primary pur- the eternal regions beyond.
This is no n e w question. I t has come pose of this God-given life to merely ac-
again and again to every thinking mind. quire earthly possessions. If this were Life is t h e unfolding of a germ that J
What am I ? Where am I? What am I so, with all the sorrow? a n d disappoint- develops and lives on forever. Unless I
here for? Whither am I going? These ments connected therewith, we might this la true, Christ's atoning work is
are the irrepressible expressions of a self- well meaningless, nd the tragedy of the cross I
pronounce life a failuie,—
conscious existence. Life as a part of the vanity of vanities. W e behold a sad is a solmn farce. Earth is but the vesti-
phenomena of nature is surrounded with spactacle. in this world—thousands of hu- bule to eternity. Human life is God-1
great mysteries. tiven^ its object is to unfold Godward j
man beings .gravitating toward no polar Into noble being, help fellbw-beiDgs, and
T h i s important question has been dif- star of God, drifting on the sea of time '-tttu»'p>epare for an immortalljvOf exist?
ferently answered. According to the an- without chart or compass. J ence beyond that grave.
swer we give this question, so are our F r o m what we can g a t h e r from n a t u r e . JLESSOHS FROM T H E L I F E O P c o u J O H K A.
destinies shaped. ii reason and revelation, the true end, pur- l MARTIN.
Let us glance at three inquiries con-
cerning life from the text,'"What is your pose and design of human life was-— | H i s sun has set while it was yet noon.
life?" First, in our relation t h e Creator was \ T h e life just closed, over which we
I. W h a t is life in its origin? Where to develop godward, to become assimil-1, mourn to-day, was a beautiful illustration
existence originate? ated to his perfcet nature. Naturally and Iof at least two of the three mentioned
necessarily we become like the object we f great jpurposes of life, viz: The develop
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ment of a noble cM ulne88 Brownsville to Pittsburg, Penn., and wa:

Upon his return home, in January
to fellow-beines. , employed as a compositor ia the office o1 1865, he resumed control of THE CHAM-
Of theflrstdesign of life to unfold God- n Ct ber0
ward,, become Godlike, I can only say TJ^Ti^/fTlÂ-i _° ? ! PiON,and.onthe 22d~of March succeed-
that same year he came to Kansas.loc&ted ing he issued the first number of T H E
Col. Martin wa» not a professed follower in Atchison, and for a short time set type
of Christ. He was a trustee of this DAILY CHAMPION, y
church, but not a church member. Dur n the office of the Squatter Sovereign, and Col. MARTIK has filled numerous and
ing his last hours bis wife spolte to him subsequently worked in the office of the
with reference to the future, when she Crusader of Freedom at Doniphan. In important civil' and political positions.
received the assurance that all was well, He has been Commander-in-Chief of the
though not as a church member. Into February, 1858, he purchased of O. F State Encampment of the Grand Army
this sacred relation we may not further SHORT the Squatter Sovereign, changed itdL f the ~Eepubiic7 adelegVteYroniKansi
go. But of the design of life in the de- name to Freedom', Champion, and on the w t b e N a t i o n a l Republican convention*
velopment of a noble character we may
speak. If Col. Martin did not enjoy the 20th of the same month, in the city of o f im> 1 8 6 8 ) 1 8 7 2 i a n d 1 8 8 0 ; „ m e m b e r
forgiveness of God, he strangely lived it Atchison, began his long editorial career o f t h e N a i o n a l Republican Committee
with his fellows. There was in'his na- in Kansas. from 1868 to 1884, and from 1880 to 188
ture an absence of the spirit of retalia- From the very beginning of his career Secretary of that committee. He was
tion and revenge. , -- ''••'.".• •<
His life was an example to follow in its in this State he was, first, last and all the member of the United States Centennial
sterling integrity, He was the soul of time a staunch and fearless Free State Commission, and one of the Vice-Presi-
sincerity and honesty. He did not follow man, and an ardent, stalwart Republican
that "Ignis Fatuous" of modern specula- being one of the organizers of the Re- dents of that body. He was one of the
tion In his haste to be rich. He was con publican party in Kansas, and for twen- incorporators of the Kansat Magazine;
tent to follow the steady plodding busi member of the Kansas State Historical
ness life, to secure a living for his family ty-five consecutive years the honored Society, and its President for ona term;
and lay by for a time of need. chairman of the Atchison County Repub
In his manly courage to meet and sur lican Central Committee. He was- the was President of the State Editorial and
mount difficulties, his life ought to b< an Secretary of the Wyandotte Constitution- Publishers Association in 1S78. In 187
inspiration to eve'ry young man in Atchi he was elected by both houses of Con-
son. As a soldier he was loyal and brave, al Convention, and wae elected State r e s s 0 D e o f Ae Bo
As an officer of the State, in the many Senator from the district comprise* of ? - ^^ o f Managers of
high positions of trast, he was Incorrupti- Atchison and Brown counties before-he National Soldiers' Home; re-elected if
ble, true and faithful. In domestic life 1882, and in 1886, and was at the time o
he was an affectionate, devoted husband, had reached Ms 21st year. He was
a kind and loving father. Well do I re- delegate to the Territorial Convention at his death the second Vice-President of
member two years ago, when little Paul Lawreaee—April 11,18C0, and to the Ua that body. _
was so sick, "See how his skin is < drying tional Republican Convention which fol- He was elected Mayor of the city 0
oa his bones;' like a mummy.* His tone Atchison in 1865; he was the third post-
and look was an illustration of ''Like as a lowed shortly afterwards. He was Secre-
father pitieth hjs children"'-.! The child tary of jhe S4ate Raitaoad Convention master of this city, a position which he
was sent at ondfto Colorado for a change which met at Tapeka iD 186<K.for the pur- held for twelve years, and was elected
of climate and recovered. ' pose of devising a railway system forthe Governor of Kansas in 1884 and re-elect
•la the many places which he filled in 3te,
life, his excellencies were apparent to *> "">* was »membe* of t i e first SJate ed in 1886. At the close of his Guberna-
all. The beautiful, amiable, gentle Spirit Senate i»J861 torial term of fouT years, he returned to
of Colonel Martin- shone through look, In the summer of 18631 he- assisted' in this city and resumed editorial control
voice and gesture. His helpfulness to organizing the Eighth Kansas Infantry, of THE CHAMPION, of which he was the
others was a great Index to the man. He sole proprietor, and until eight weeks
was a friend to those in need, and he of wh ici he was appointed Lieutenant-
lived to bless others. ' H e was the sol Colonel. He served with his regiment ago last Tuesday, was at his d>
dier's friend, and a benefactor to the sol- on the Missouri border during the fall aaily> writing and supervising the affair
dier's orphan children. of his paper.
Comrades of the G. A. R., I charge you and winter of 1861. larly in 1S62, he
that if in time t o e o m e these orphaned was appointed Jrovos* Marshal of Leav- On June 1, 1871, he was married
children of QolojiftI Martin shall need enworth, and in March, of the same yeas Miss Ida Challiss, the eldest daughter o
fatherly care, and advice, be su re to §p« was ordered;with his regiment to Corinth, Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Chailiss, of this city,
it, for the sak$ pf' him who so help»$,the
children gf th> ds*d soldiers v i ^ h*; Missând was brigaded with the division who, with her seven children, RUTH,
wasaSve. that formed a part of Gen. BUEIA'S com- GRACE, ETHEL, EVAN, FAITH, PAUL and
After another appropriate aejectlon by mand in Tennessee. • HARRIS, survive him.
the caolr, «HV j * go»ev" the audience During the whole war he ser*ed in tlw .-,_ .
was dismissed. T V funeral procession Army of the Cumberland. On the 1st of Hi«-Ijrt»! P a r a g r a p h "
wag then formed u f o « o r d e r previously November, 1862, he was promoted to the Aneong the "?ery last things written b;
Colonelcy of his regiment, and was as-
T T w ^ V * 1 " 1 , W d e d b y Chief Mar- signed to duty as Provost Marshal of Col.JOHN A. MAKTTS in the oSce be5or
be wes force* by his illness t3'retire
«»1 W. E . Haskell and assistants, W. K. Nashville, Tenn., which place he' filled
his ienne was- the fallowing which ap-
McAllister, 8; H..ltel8ey and Alf Meier, with credit and distinction from Decem-
peared in THE-GHAMBIOK of August 4:
marched to Mt. Vernon where the re- ber, 1862, to June, 1863.
This page o5 THE CHAMPION has been
maiot were taken in charge by Atchison He took part with his regiment in the prepared, for three Jays past, 'Jy a man
Post >"0, n, Q. A. B., and buried accord- battles of Perryville, Kentucky, and Lan-who probably ougho to be ID bed, W
ing to the ceremonies of that organiza- caster, Kentucky; in the famous cam who Isn't goinj-to surrender t o a wrack-
tion. General H^nry Booth, of Garnet, paign against Tullahoma and Chattanoo ing told and a debilitating fever> un'Jes
he hse,"to. Except, between midiight am
PS5t Commander of. the Department of ga; the battle of Chicamauga; the siege eighô'clock iothe morning, tbe write"
Kansas G. A. R,, conducted the exercises, Of Chattanooga; the storming ot Mission has aever had any use for a bed,.and be
at the conclusion of which a salute was Ridge; the campaign in East Tennessee, tiope-j-that pills-and powders an s*a pretty
fired by Company "G," of the Sixth in', in the winter of 18C3-4; the campaign fair amount of will power will aid brim
in keeping out of it, as unseemly* ho*rs
fantry. The peop . then dismissed. from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and the now..
subsequent pursuit of HOOD northward
BUgraphieal Sketch.
In the latter part of 1364, Col. MARTIK jinsae- time ago,.whil* in perf»c*hea*th
Col. JOHH A; MARTIK was born March
was placed in command of the Third Col Bfc»«Trs saiifto Mre. MARTI*: : "Whe
10,1836, at Brownsville, Penn. In his fif-
Brigade, First Division, 20th Army Corps, I die-I don't want T U B CHAJKHOM »US
eenth year he learned the printer's trade
on the second day af the battle of Chica- pended for a siogle issue on tfcat ac
n the office of tlus Brownsville CHnuer court;"* In obedience to the wish, thu
mauga and during the siege of Chatta-
During the last year of hi. apprentice- expressed THE. G » A » I O R wilS conAnu
nooga. Subsequently he commanded the ijpear regularly,, ae heretofore,.
h.p he was the foreman and local editor
First Brigade, Third Division, Fourth
f tha, paper. In his eighteenth year, in
Army Corps, from August, 1864, unti
he removed from
his muster out at Pulaski, Tenn., Kovem
ber 17,1884
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•:'^-<- • ••••..;•.••.:•• :-
v2J?" •give pupuc expression to U
"John""A. M s r t l n D e a d / loss ceived of t h e death.»f Ex-tto*emor J » H »
Bthe people of Kansas Have suae of A. MABTH*, at his home in Atchison. T h e |
The following beautiful tribute to the] our own personal grief and sorrow, and
•memory of Col. Martin, from the pen ol o convey to his beloved wife and'ehil- Chief Justice further sUted, that n o busi-|
JH. CLAT PAUK, of t h e Patriot, will b e | Iren our heartfelt grief and sympathv in ness wo*ld be transacted in the co»rt fo;
|read with tender interest: their great affliction. - the day, and that as a mark as respect to]
A good man lies dead in the home hel John A. Martin came to the Territory
)f Kansas i n his boyhood. He was a the memory of tbe ex-Govtrnor, the court,
Ihad builded, surrounded by wife and
|children whom he had loved so well. (leading journalist; a State Senator and would at once adjourn. Such order wai
commanded a regiment before he was
A good citizen of Atchison has passed! twenty-thtee years of age. H e came a accordingly made.
Ifrom our midst, gone away from the) [printer without friends or fortune. Be The Chief Justice, in referring to th>
Itown he had seen grown from a village Jfore he was of age, he was the Secretarv decease of Ex-Governor M A M T X , said
|to a great city full of life and activity. jof the convention that framed our State that his death was received with greit
Before yet life's labor should havebeenl ^Constitution, and from then until t h e day surprise and grief; that for many years
leaded, before yet life's laudable ambitions lof his death, he has lived in the public
Iwere fully satisfied; before yet his dayôfl jeye exercising wide influence as an public he had been the personal 'friend of each
edi-
•usefulness had closed, John A. Martin [tor, State Senator, soldier, a delegate and member of t h e court; that they all appre
Jpassed away from among men. After [officer in S,tate, County and National ciated his worth, his integr:ty, his devo-
jeight long weeks of bodily suffering, jConventlone, a member of the tion to his friends, and his distinguished!
lifter a long and heroic battle with d?»-
Jease, our good citizen whose face and] N a t i o n a l , Board for the control of Sol-Fservices to the State and Nation, both inj
Iname are familiar to every man and wo-] diers''Homes and Governor of the State c i v i l a n d m i l i t f t l i { a n d t h a t h i s d e a t h l
jman and child of Atchison, whom every [thus covering tf period of thirty years o! was an irreparable loss to his city, to t h e !
jue respected, whose every word spokeDJ official usefulness. From early youth to
land act performed has been for his city's] mature manhood he had labored inces State, and to the nation.
•good, closes his eyes in eternal »leep. ntly for t h e growth, material develop- T h e Chief Justice further stated that,'
I J o n s A. M.vrriN is deadt Those are] jment and glory of his State, and so strong suffering from a sense of personal los»,|
[hard words to write; the ftps almost re- "y were his patriotic services appreciated
Ifuse to articulate them. They convey a] >y the people that he was twice unani too deep to find expression, h e was in nof
[meaning we can hardly understand. jmously nominated for Governor. But condition at this time to render adequate!
IWhal? No mo»e> to be with xm. H< very few of t h e citizens of Kansas "have praise to the memory of t h e ex-Governor.]
•more-to go in and out amsog. us-. Ni had so varied and honorable a public
Imore t o be a p*art of us. N<>' more ;career.
Jshar'e with us o u r pleasures,, no more to] In thus recording our tribute of respect
Ibear with us our Vsrdens. No more to] and admiration, we can say with entire A d j o u r n m e n t of t h e D i s t r i c t Court I
Ihear bde kindly gsreeting. 3 b mere t< ruth and candor, that Colonel and Gov Immediately on the convening of the
clasp tea hand agnin this sioe the nver] rnor Martin, t h e printer, editor, soldier court, Senator Elliston arose and said:
l l o r d a n . H e has felt every puiee beat of |and citizen, has left a heritage of a noble "If your honor please: I desire
Ithis crJr for thioty years. H e has and unsullied nam?. There is not one trespass upon the time of t h e court for
jsynipatfaiaed with every man's jaDodl ine in his history that we would ask to few moments for t h e purpose of making
jendeavors. He h a * rejoiced with* us hange or efface. T h e motto of t h e boj formal announcement ol that which is al-j
•because of every good stroke ofl [when he established T H E ATCH^so^ ready informally known to, and greatly
jfortune that has ctnae to us. He i a s l CHAMPIOK was taken from Henry Clay's deplored by a great majority of the peo-l
bravely stood by us- in every calamity] declamation, " I would rather be righ pla of this city and county. I refer to t h e !
jshat has tefallen u s . No man .vas e-?er| [than President.*' And all through tht leath of Colonel and Ex-Governor J o h n |
winder, no man was ever more just. No] fter years of his life, t h e roan was faith A.. Mai tin. I am well aware that the mo
iaian was =wer more unselfish. N o n * n | ful to the early standard. As our Chie" tion with which I propose concluding mj
lever possessed more- of t h e milk ol Magistrate, h e spared neither time nor few remarks is almost uaprecedentedJ
l l u m a n kiaAness. IE> w a r he WHS b o [labor to make t h e homes of KaDsas th«- ind yet I apprehend that the facts con-j
Iraane. I n politics, though aggressive, abiding placeg of sober, educated and oected with this case are so exceptional!
Iwhen t h e eonflict was ended he w»s| happy men and women. All t h e work is to fully warrant t h e innovation.
Iraerciful t s t h e defeated foe. I n ti< of his life was worthy of his record as a
[peaceful we»?k of private life h e was] soldier and citizen, and will never b e for- "Although a very young man at the
[wways quiet, and kind'and lovable. gotten in t h e histery of t h e State. time of his death, fox Col. Martin h a d l
just passed his fiftieth birthday, h e camel
Personally we can say of h i n v a n d w e ] It was voted that all of t h e elected and 'o Kansas so young, and so early c o m "
Kara k n o w t ' h i m for raor© than a quart*] appointed officers of t h e State and GOT menced effective participation in public
*a century, and have been associated] iffairs, as to make his acts a materiall
IwUh him oflfeially andipersonally,.and raj trnor Martin's late associates in the State part of every important fact in the historyl
•kindred business, though differing with] House, attend t h e funeral in a body. of Kansas. I t were imposible for such ar
Ihirn widely^ politically, we has* e w i The following cota-mittee of arrange man, for thirty years, to play such a partj
IT m a d h i m true to tm friends,.hone [melts was appointed: Hon. Wm. Hig- without ingendering many bitter hostili-]
•faithful and*kind. His memory with ties, and creating many malignant ene-l
Iwill flourisfcias a gree:v bay tree.. g i n s y H o n . N . A. Admire-and Hon. C. C mies; but from what I know, I am pe7-[
But J O H S A. M A R T S * is d e a d Sweet Baker. uaded that, when t h e t r u e causes are
his last Sheep, and <Sod be merciful t< On motion t h e State sfflces were or known, history will pronounce the carp-]
> wife of hts bosom,, so sadly bereaved,] nil of his enemies, the highest tribute tc
and the children w i o will never »*e] ^lered So b e closed to-dtay, Wednesday his manhood and worth.
ther any a>ore. except for t h e transaction- of business
"As a soldier, a newspaper editor, t h e l
which cannot be dispensed with, and OD holder of many high and impectant offi-[
Jli'ctiug of S t a t e Officers. Friday, ail t h e offices be d o s e d and no cial positions, t h e distinguished execu-|
ive of a great State, OoL Marti* was, asl
At t h e call of Governor HUMPHREY al business of aay nature be- transacted i e deserved to ê, a prominent National!
Imeeting of the State officers was held inl hat t h e State Honse be draped, t h e flag ligure: b u t t h a t w h i c i pre-eminently dis-f
Ithe Senate Chamber yesterday morning! displayed a t half mast, and that t h e offi- (.inguished h i m irom other pubfic men]
Jto take public action relative to the deathj |sers wear the-badge of m o u r n i n g for t h ind tndeared k«ta t o t h e hearts ef alii
true Kansans, was his boundless faith i n |
(of ex-Governor M A R T I N . GOV. H U M period of tSirty darys.
*B(i unfaltering devotion to Kasasas ir
PHREY was elected Chairman and Audi- Voted th-tt1 these- proceedings be placed iênejBl and AtchiBort eounty in particu-j
Jtor MCCARTHY Secretary. T h e followinj iupon t h e jecorofe of t h e Executive De u
1 In> private life- no- roan had a greater!
Icommittee on resolutions was appoint* Apartment, aid t h a t in engrosssdicofff be
aimfeer of, or was- mora loyally die-voted!
fby t h e Chair: Chief Justice A. H. Hor-i ' f o r a w d e d tc»Mrs. Sartin, to personal friends^ and in his private!
jton, J u d g e B. F . Simpson, ex-Gov. Geo.j bos-i^gess affairs hi» cour3e was so tfjj»rightj
T. Anthony, Hon. D . W. Wilder, Hon. Pr*cee<Un*s of t h e Hopreme-Courfc »t thi*,aftera residence of twenty-oneyeare
t h e S t a t e R e l a t i n g U> t h e Deatfe e l in' Kansas, I have yet to hear of the first]
(Geo. W. Winans. E v G o v . M a r t i n , o * Octobe* 9, 1*«M> of his n u m e r o u * employes wbo< eve
The committee reported as follows:
T h e Executive and Judicial officers of| T h e S u p r e m e C o u r t ^ u p o a convening conplsflned of unfair or uaakind treafanen
Jthe State of Kansas, have just heard, [this m o r n i a g , annouaee^Lto t h e niemier
jwith profound regret, of the death of [of t h e Ba#, t h r o u g i ' t j t e Chief Justice
ICol. J o h n A. Martin, late Governor ol at t h e sorrowful aewajtiad ^tst beea re
Ithis State. W e are assembled here to|
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- f t m i n t t o mfrtfaat t h e death o? suet, Kansas regiments and been twice called TOPKKA, Ks., Oct. t—Mrs. John A. Martin: Ac?
.citizen most b » r e g a l e d as a p n b h c ito fill the highest executive office in the eept. suony
In this the darkest bour of your heretofore
life, tbe deepest sympathy of Mrs. Hum-'
jalMDitr. Mid I fWl>to read t h e signs gift of the people of our State, and we Iphrey xnd myself. I knew your dear husband as
iriciit,If three-foartbs of our citizens do ejoice that the influence of his sterling >ne of the purest and best men of the State. G od
not look « p o a it aS a personal m»for- [character and noble qualities have ex- omf ort you and yours.
u r n * I conceive tHat a l l classes of our u d e d beyond the boundaries of our city LTMAK TJ. HCMPffRET.
nd been felt to the very confines of our TepEXA. Ks., Oct 2 —Mrs. Johp A. Martin: We1
citiaens will, as will well become tkem, ender our sincere condoif nee In this hour of your:
vie witft each o t h e r U an endeavor te exH [State. reavement. The great State which your hus-
press t h e i r eympatlfy with his friene»,and| Resolved, That we do hereby express to band served so talthf uRy, mourns with you.
he widow and family of our lamented P. B. PLUMB.
theiarhooor for bisymemory. * E. N. MORBILL.
"fa. o»der t h a t this court may 4av< friend and neighbor, o u r deep sympathy
TOPIKA,Ks., Oct. 2.—Mrs. John A. Martin:
I
ippartuaity t o iafce-such steps a s may b [and consolation, and to mitigate their eel in the death of ex-Governor Martin a person-,
deeoedi p r o p e r , ! move that it ad]purn! grief bid them look with pride to t h e dl grief too deep to And expression His death Is
f r o n u l l •''clock until 'after* the funeral on record of their lamented dead in the field m irreparable loss to Atchison, to the State and
o the Nation. His friends and late associates In
Friday? and t h a t a committee of fivej and in civil life as one seldom attained by |:he State House mourn In bis decease the depart-
with* Geo. Guthrie- as chairman a n d the] man, and full of incentives to a noble and re of an Illustrious soldier, an honored cltlzen.l
honorable J u d g e of this eourt as c»e o Pa useful life. i d a devoted trlend, and will at'end his funeral
ervlces on Friday In a body I tender you and
its saeiabere, b e appointed for t h e pur Besotted, That the secretary be instruct- our alldren. who are now prostrate In grief for,
pose- of t a k i n g such steps as may b ed to present a suitably engrossed copy [tue loss of tbe fond and true husband and the
deemed! proper o n necessary, i n makin of these resolutions to t h e widow »f t h e Jlay ovlng and faithful father, my sincere sympathy!
the splrtl of an Infinite wisdom sanctify and(
irraageaeents f o r t h e funeral." deceased, and that this organization rec- omfort you and the fatherless ones.
J u d g e Eaton inquired if Mr. ElSsto; [ommend that the business houses of ALBERT H. HORTCK.
Atchison b e closed on t h e day of the fu
i s d any names wilich h » wished to. sug ineral, the city draped with the emblems WASHINOTOK. r>. C . Oct. 3.—Mrs. John A. Mar-
jges> as- proper persons to serve en t h [of mourning, and that we attend the fu- great tin: Please accept my deepest sympathy In your
grief. The death of your husband Is a pub-
conunfctee. The-Senatop replied t&at h iceral in a body lic calamity; to you It 18 unspeakable sorrow.
SAMUEL J. CRAWFORD.
jthowgfat t h e Court ougbt to servos. The' WASHISGTON, D. C. Oct. 3—Mrs. John A. Mar-
(.Judge stated that although Col. Martin Expressions-af Sympathy. tin : We desire to express to you our deepest sym-
T i e following telegrams f r o n old of pathy In your great sorrow. Kansas has lost one
IMB friend, a n d no one felt i j a loss her best friends. The loss is ours as well as
Imoae deeply, yet it seemed more- fitting friends and offltiaJ associates-af O l o n e yours. God be with you.
THOMAS RVAN.
(that t b e committee ougfrt to consist of the Jokn A. Martisi wes* received; yesterday A. B. CAMPBELL.
o l i » r members of the bar, and h e there by Mrs. Martin:: SOLDIERS' HOME. Wis., Oct. 3—Mrs. John A.
>vsw YORK. Ott. 2.— Mrs. John A. Martto:I am Martin: 1 am greatly grieved and pained to lârn
fo«e aabstitoted J u d g a David Martin's Inexpressibly s»o*ko<t »nd grlevid: wrti all his of the death of Governor Martin. I supposed his
i for biff c i n i . eoaeagues on tas Board, who lovediaatf «steemed Illness was mrt dangerous. Mrs. Knox Joins me I
htm.gteatly. I share- jnur sorrow ami after sin In heartfelt sympathy. KILBQCRN KNOX.
I k e committee as named by tike J u d g e eens-sympathy. M. T. SIcMAHON. PrrTSBUBG. Ks., Oct. 3-Mrs. Gov. John A
lie-as follows: Hon. "Wl W. Guthase, Judge TUB TOPKKA, Ks .Sot 2.—Atchison »aHjrQ>ainplon Martin: Accept my sympathy In your great sor-
sorrowful news of the death of ex-tiovernoi row. W. D. FORD.
p a - r i d Martiny Hon. B. P . Waggener, B. JshnA MartUwaa received hene thte morning WASHINGTON. D. C . Oct. 3.—Mrs. John A. Mar-
iW'tt great surprise a»i grief, to convening this tin: Please accept my sincere svmrathvln vour |
K Hudson a a d Senexta Heath. Borolng the Supreme Court announced that na great sorrow. JOHN A. ANDEK50N
I t was ordered that t h e court a d i o u n business WQUM be transacted fee toe dav on ac- MARION. Ind.. Oct. 3— Dr. Challlss, Atchison.
count of the sad news, and theseapon the couat K6.:
Friday, t i e 4th iastant a t 31 o'clock, idfourned of Its own motion as. a. mark of reapeei Governor Martin. Is dead. Express My worst fears are realized. Mr good friend.
K- . "aTtd*
for tthe
hA m memory
o T i v i r v nof
f tthe
k a llate Gowrnot
a t a (.rt¥Oi.BiH
to Mrs. Mar-
\ order tr> afford th* bar anci those in afr tin my sincere sympathy In ttts great affliction.
ALBEBT H. HORTOK E. F. BROWN.
feendance Opportunity to attend the TOPEKA, KS.. Ort. 2.—Mr* John A. Maitta ELLSWORTH. Ks.. Oct. 3.—Accept my profound
Permit me to express my sineere sympathy at
funeral. Bvour sad bereaTement and th*great loss the State sympathy. May God comfort you In ™nr great
sustains In the death of you: distinguished hus- aiid noblestThe affliction. State has lost on>= of its purest
citizens and 1 mv detrest an:i warm-
band. B. W. PERK1XS. est friend. TIM. ilct'AHTY.
j x l e e t i n a e f t h e O u n m e r c t a l E x e h a a s e . p CHICAGCVOet 2—C. P. Coehran. Manage*: I re-
T h e members of t h e •Mctrphnnt'a. T-r- celved your telegram and am very much pained to
"«hear of.the death of my old friend. Governor L c t i e r s of S y m p a t h y ,
[change- » e t a t McPike & Fox's store last John A. "Martin. I have known him wtll for ATCHISON, K S . , Get. S, 1^9.—lire..loan
, . . . pearly thirty years. 1 had the honor oj opening
Jevenvng. a large attendance being pres ;the first telegraph office which was established at A. Martin. Your dear and honored hus-
Atc lson m tlle s of
ant. H
BDI. o n (lea.
MOD. v*ec Rtorch presided a
Diorcn presmea, and
na H n-. 'M a r t l n s e' i J t toe n r sPr'"S 1*0- «"<1 Governor band was my friend, an unself.sh, gen-
t telegram over the tine to the
IR. Baetwick acted as Secretary. A com- Mayor of St. Louis. _ _ R. c. CUOWBT. erous one, who honored me without the
Ylee Pres. and Gen. Man asking. I t h i n s I knew something-of his [
Imittee ou resolutions consisting of Messrs TOPEKA. Ks.. Oct. a—I would not Invade th_ worth. I t mu<t be to you but little con- j
3. H . K e l s e j ^ A . J . H&rwi, E . K. Blair Sanctity of your great grief with the worthless solation in your great grief, to receive i
[words of condolence or the poor sympathy of an this, but, Mrs. Martin, it is a consolation
I»«n M. Crowell, W . C. McPike, Clem'l earthly source, but I may be permitted to tell you
iKobr and R . IJ. Pease, was appointed by! [that your bereavement has east a deep shadow of to me to say to you I grieve also. Yours
porrow upon every home and affliction to every very truly, L. K. KIRK,
ckair,' atfd presented t h e following] heart In this commonwealth. Your loss Is ours
lalso. and could It be done your sorrows would be President of the Board of Trustees State
sohjiion^ • which were unanimously!llifted from you and borne by the people, whose Charitable Institutions.
[adopted: Ibenefaetor and friend your husband was.
GEO. T. ANTHONY KANSAS CITY,' MO., Oct. 2, 1839.—MY
W H E B E A S , "We, t h e members of the] TOPKKA, Ks., Oct. 2.—Mrs. Col. J A. Martin- D E A R M R S . M A R T I N : — I have this mo-
[Commercial Exchange of the City off Dear Madam; We lovingly tender to tbe stricken ment learned of the death of your hus-
Atchison, recognize that by t h e death ofK a m U 3' **• that affection of comrades and srmpai band and trust you will pardon a seem-
i o n . J o h n A, M a r t i n , the city has los ,thy of friends dare to utter at this hour, and be- m:„ „ intrusion "unon vonr tmpf in m v
fore his open grave cast this fading leaf to the; S intrusion upon your griet in m y
[one of its brightest, bravest, best and 'memory oT an upright and stamless citizen, dls-j writing you at this time. His noble char-
[most useful citizens; a man who through atlngulshed alike In private walk and public sta^ acter has always commanded my warm-
[evil report and ôod report, always stood Jtlou: Illustrious In arms where .all w<ri* brave;'
nho falls In his prime, lamented by the state that est admiration. H e was my model man.
[by Atchison and her citizens, and whose' [honored him living and mourns him dead. Mav True to his country, his State, his city
[voice and p e a were always weilded to- consolation from higher than a human hand and his friends; is every position to
[advance, the highest interesti of our cityj •corns to his loved ones In their desolate home. which he was called he discharged his
IThls Is the unanimous voice of Lincoln Post, No duty with a conspicuous fidelity. I have
Fand to build n p and strengthen our mer- ll, Topeka, Ks. S. K. WITHERS. AdJ't,
Scantile and commercial ventures. I n his K, D. McGINLEY, S. V. C. known and loved him for many years,
Slife there were none whom men loved to By order of the post. and his death is to me a great personal
Shonor m«.re, and in his death there is an |Mn: LEAVENWORTH. Ks . Oct 2.-Mrs. John A Mar- loss. No m a n could have been taken
Mrs. Anthony Joins In tendering deep sym
fall-fluffidflnt cause for profound sorrc w Ipathy In your great loss. All Leavenworth who will be so much missed as he. T h e
and appreciative and lasting regret. .Imourns with you. D. R. ANTHO>Y brave soldier, honored citizen, beloved
6
CHiCAOo.Oct. 2-Dr. Philip Krohn-DearDocj t r j e D d , the kind father and devoted hus-
Therefore b e it Itor. Pen cannot describe mj anguished feeling! . . . , D .
,„Sa?i*ei> T u a t in
^ e êath of John A. lupon reading to-nlgbt of the death of my beloved pana nas gone irom us, let us n o w . uui
(Martin t h e city of Atchison h a s lost &l Ifelltw townsman. Governor Martin. Tears be- forever. We trust we shall meet him in
Idim mi 'yes and my heart goes out to my stricken ^ g great hereafter. May God bless a n d
| b e difBcttlt to 811, and whose life an< K d u ^ n ' r f l D f U " ™ H 5 S K A T O r keep you and your children, and if ever
icharaeter embody the principles of trui |t hat t . : „ r v? Oct. L, 2.-Mrs.
o _ M ™ John .T«hn A.
i. Martin
Martin "at anyany time I can be of any service • to you
•citizenship, iTl^newa'oUhe death or^vernorMaltlrreome^ I trust you will not hesitate to command
I K M , iht% we his old friends an, Ito me as a personal sorrow, as it will to hosts of me. I beg you accept my heartfelt sym-
iKansanswho loved ana admired him. *oms, p a t l i y ; n y o u r g o r e t r i f t i. Sincerely yours,
^neighbors ^ i t l e deeply deploring hi LtunnAt »miY>&tt the
annot express the sympathy
uTmoathy wbtcn which •will oe WlUi p J J /
J A M E S C. HORTON.
ten»hiTtnW'-fl,Ld ">»»<>la«on in thel you In your grief. CLIFFORD BAKER.
[thought that though comparatively voune
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caisson ana fourhorse* from the diftewM organizations will leave the
COL. MARTDTS DEATH. Soldiers' Home, -with a propei? corople- i church in the order in which they entered
meat of men arrived last evening, andj and form under the direction of the Mar-
will be used to convey the remains to the j shal and his aids in the following order.
Further Resolutions ot Regret cemetery. Chief Marshal-Major W. H. Haskell.
Col. Smith will come this morning with Aide—Wm. K. MsAllister.
Adopted- the G. A. B. Post of the Home, number- Assistant Marshalsi-S. H. Kelsey and
ing one hundred and forty men with the
A. Meir.
Post band, and all the officers and non-
Arrangements for the Funeral. commissioned officers of the Home. 1. City Marshal and squad of police.
2. Ministers.
The Loyal Legion, numbering fifty 3. Fort Leavenworth druTQ corps.
The various committees to whom was men, will also attend. •„4 Fuuera] escort— Company.of infan-
intrusted the necessary preparation* of These detachments will arrive on the
trr from Fort Leavenworth, CapW Crowell
the funeral of the' late John A. Martin, train which reaches here at 10:15 a. m.
devoted the whole of yesterday to the sad A special train-has been placed at the commanding.
disposal of the State officers by the Santa 5. G. A. R. Posts 93; 339; 326, and vis-
work, and prepared an elaborate pro- iting Posts and old soldiers.
gramme, which will be printed in full Fe company, which is expected to arrive
6. Caisson bearing body—Guard of
elsewhere as a guide to those taking part about nine o'clock. Carriages will be in Honor consisting of Eighth Kansas
waiting at the depot to convey the distin-
in the funeral procession and exercises.
gvished visitors to the church. It is ex- marching on either side of caisson, out-
The committee of citizens appointed pected that Commander Booth, of the side of pall bearers.
Wednesday evening to prepare suitable Department of Kansas, G. A. R., and the 7. Colonel's horse, led by two men,
resolutions expressive of the sorrow of Adjutant General of the State will ac- with sword and boots lashed to saddle.
cur people over the Colonel's death, met company the party and brlng_wtth them 8. Loyal Legion.
yesterday morning and adopted the fol- the old flag of the Eighth Kansas, which 9. Mourners and family in carriages.
lowing: will be carried by the guard of honor in 10. T H E CHAMPION employes.
WHEREAS, It has pleased Providence the procession. General McCook, who j , U . . Officers and members of Soldier's
to cut down in the full vigor of his man- commanded Col. Martin's division dur-
hood, and at the mdday of his usefulness, Home. •'«• •<>-' • • . '
our beloved and distinguished townsman, ing the war, expressed the wish that the 13. State officers.
Colonel John A. Martin; and funeral should be thoroughly military, IS. Members of Supreme (Court.
WHEREAS, An intimate personal ac- and will do all in his power to aid the 14. Members of Senate and House.
quaintance of more than thirty years has marshals in making it so.
taught us to know in him a true patriot, 15. Ex-State officers.
a brave soldier, a wise statesman, a de- At half past eight o'clock, Post 98, G. 16. Mayer and City Council.
voted friend of his city, county and State, A. R., with accompanying Posts of this 17* Board of Education. ',
a pre-eminently useful citizen, an exem- _ 18. Other city officials.
plar member of society, an affectionate, city, will march with the cassion to the
devoted-son, a kind, considerate husband, \ residence to escort the remains to the 19. Civic societies.
father, brother and friend. Therefore, church, where they will lie in state until 30. Citizens in carriages.
be it half part eleven o'clock, a. m., when the ORDER OF MARCH. ^
Resolved, That in his death our city, casket will be closed. Prior to the de- .• 'From the Baptist church east on Kan-
county, State and NatioD, his family,
friends and society have sustained an parture from the house, a religious serv- sas avenue to Fourth, south on Fourth to
irreparable loss. ice will be held for the family exclusive- Commercial, west on Commercial to
That our entire people deeply, sin- ly. Mrs. Martin will not attend to the Tenth, and from Tenth to cemetery.
cerely sympathize with his afflicted fam- funeral, her physicians having forbid- On arriving at the grave the Grand
ily and kindred in their great bereave- den i t -V"
ment. Army service for the dead will be held
That our city papers be requested to EXERCISES AT THE CHURCH. under the direction of Post 93, after
make publication hereof, and that a suit- The funeral exercise* at the church which the company from the Fort will
ably engrossed copy be presented to the
widow of our friend. will commence at twelve o'clock and will fire three volleys and the bugle sound
A guard of honor from Post. 93, G. A. consist of" a short service, conducted taps.
R., consisting of two men was'stationed by Rev. D. D. Proper, assisted by Rev.
at the residence on Wedesday night and Dr. Alderman and other clergymen. AT a special meeting of the Atchison
will be maintained there until relieved Reserved seats have been provided as e. A. R. Post No. 93, held yesterday af-
by the funeral escort at nine o'clock this follows:
NORTH SIDE.
ternoon immediately upon the return
morning. A stack of muskets was placed fron the cemetery, on motion of Capt J.
on the lawn, and the Post flag, presented First seven pews, Atchison Post, No.
K FISHER, the name of the post was
bv Col. Martin, draped in mourning, 93, G. A. R. changed to "John A. Martin" post No.
leaned against it. A large flag was Next six pews, Loyal Legion,
CENTER OF CHURCH.
9S, as the most lasting token of respect
thrown gracefully over the casket, and tbey could pay to the first Commander of
the Colonel's sword, Bash and hat lay First four pews relatives. Next pew
i CHAMPION employes. (he post, and one of its most faithful and
upon the coffin. At the request of Mrs.
Next four pews, State officers and dis- enthusiastic members. A committee
Martin he will be buried in the military
: tinduished guests. The remaining pews eowJBting of Comrades Gerow, Kelsey
dress coat which he last wore bearingthe
I will be for the City Council and Com- ssd Fisher was appointed to adopt suits-
shoulder straps of a Colonel. Me resolutions.
I mercial Exchange.
Word was received from Col. Smith, of - • i
SOUTH SIDE.
the Soldiers' Home, that Gen. McCook Atchison, Oct. 3,1889.
would bring an escort and firing party j Eighteen seats in southwest corner for
Closing of the Schools.
commanded by Capt. Crowell, consisting the Eighth Kansas. OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, I
of forty men, with a drum corp and bu- Three next pews for pall bearers.
gler, which will lead the procession. Ten next pews for posts 336 and 226 of ATCHISON, KS., Oct 3, 1889.—In obedi-
this city.' ence to proper feelings of respect for the j
Gen. McCook will also bring the neces- late Col. John A. Martin, who was honor-
^ THE PROCESSION.
sary trappings for the Colonel's horse,
consisting of saddle, blanket, hoots, ect At the conlusion of the exercises the ed as a public man, citizen, soldier,friend I
and neighbor; and that the young may i
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Ileum to know, l o w and honor those guns rang out above him, and the bugle
T H E LAST T K I B I ' T E . ,
qualities of manhood' end citizenship, sang farewell, farewell; "lights out," for
The funeral services on yesterday were
which a r e embodied in this enduring this world, t o burn forever beyond t h e
pronounced in spirit and in outward dis-
name, it is hereby ordered that the pub- river.
play remarkable even by those familiar
lic schools close a t l l o ' c l o c k a ; m . Pri It was well. A' widow and orphans
with what may be called national pa-
day, October 4,1889,, for t h e remaining hearts were cheered by the voice or re-
geants and demonstrations. T h e r e was
part of t h e week, I t is further requested membrance and honor; and those hearts
those who were reminded of t h e attend-
that each teacher in making formal an are full of thankfulness. I t was more
ing events which followed t h e death of
nouncement of this suspension Of t h e 'than often follows t h e closing scene. I t ]
LINCOLN.
schools, take t h e opportunity to speak of
those elements of character which call The display was what might have been was expected that respect, admiration,
forth this act of respect, alluding to t h e called spontaneous; but little time was would be displayed; b u t those who knew
occasion as one 6t sorrow, from which allowed for preparation, and the nature him spoke, and lo, he was loved.
important lessons may be learned by all of the demonstration showed how many- F . V ( . O Y K I t \ O H J1AIIT1X I ) E 1 D .
who would become useful and respected sided had been the life of J O H N A. MAR- The telegraph wires have clicked no
members of society. TIN, and how many human interests had sadder message to Kansas for many a
long day than when they announced the
excited his interest, had informed his death of J o h n A. Martin, of Atchison.
B C E L T. DAVIS,
spirit and his heart. Although not unexpected and in fact
• Superintendent Public Schools.
Here were the old soldiers of the Na- hourly apprehended, the event has cast
E. A. M I Z E , a veil of sorrow over the State whicb
tional Home, at Leavenworth, of whom will not soon be lifted.
President Board of Education.
he had been an official guardian with * * * * * * *
Soldiers- Orphan*' Home. more than an official interest for years; In 1884 he was nominated by the Re-
At a meeting of t h e Board of Trustees here were the boys of t h e Soldiers' Or- publicans for Governor of Kansas and
of t h e State Charitable Institutions held phans' Home, whose cause he had advo- elected; he was re-elected in 18S0. Of
his official career nething better than his
at the Soldiers' Orphans' Home on Thurs- cated; here were the beloved comrades of own words can tell the tale: "I have
day, October 3d, t h e following resolu- the regiment h e h a d commanded, never cured, I never shall care, whether
r
tions were odopted; and here with almost as strong a senti- any person saj 6 that my official life was
W H E R E A S , T h e Soldiers' Orphans' ment of comrades were soldiers of the brilliant or distinguished, so that all
Home a t Atchison h a s always been close good citizens are compelled to say that
other regiments of t h e brigade he com- it was clean, safe, honest and industri-
to t h e heart of t h e late lamented John A. manded; here were t h e officers of the ous." This speech was made to the con-
Martin, a n d his zeal in its behalf has
never flagged. Therefore State government, the first Governor and vention which nominated him in 1886
Resolved, B y t h e Board of Trustees of the last; all t h e official leaders of the and by a majority almost unprece-
t h e State Charitable Institutions on be- dented in the history of the State
State, and with these too were the sub- the people avowed all these things
| half of t h e Soldiers Orphans in t h e
Home, t h e institution itself, and in its ordinate officers, mindful of the tact that at the polls in November. H e w a #
I own behalf, t h a t we Join with the people w h e n he left t h e State capitol he shook prominent in National, party and State
of Kansas evejywliere in expressing grat- affairs, and no man excelled him as a
the hand of every employe about the parliamentarian, but his strength in Kan-
itude l o r t h e life, a n d services of Gov- building; here were a great crowd of his sas lay in his newspaper ability. He was
ernor John A. Martin who was at all
times loyal and true to t h e nobler things fellow citizens, men, women, and even by turns, soldier, statesman and pnblic
of life, and especially to t h e interests of children. Each individual appearing to servant, but he was always an editor, and
Kansas. the journalistic instinct was ever domi-
feel a sense of personal loss. nant in him. He was one of t h e pioneers
T h e above reaoituion was ordered No one came as a representative of of the Kansas press who are one by one
spread upon t h e records of t h e institn-.
toon, and a copy sent t o Mrs. J o a n A. others. The Senators of his State aDd passing off the scene of action. "May the
Martin. the member of t h e House of Representa- coming historian of Kansas not forget
the heroes of t h e press. T h e tvpes of the
tives, did not come as representing the Serald of Freedom, did deadlier work in
P R E S I D E N T ' S O F F I C E , STATE N O R M A L
bodies of which they are members, but the pro-slavery ranks, while they mar-
S C H O O V E X P O K U , Ks., Oct. 3, 1889.—
Mr*. Jain A. Mnrtiii,AteAiwn, Kt.—DBAB, a s old friends, tried and true, speaking shaled their forces in the printing office
at Lawrence than when moulded into
MADAME: P e r m i t me, on behalf of t h e their own sense of loss. I t is doubtless cannon balls' they were sent crashing
State Normal School, to assure you of cur if there ever gathered around a grave so through t h e huts of the enemy at Hick-
w n s e of personal loss in t h e death of your
dear husband au^ our esteemed and hon- great a company of those who personally ory P o i n t * * * Yet why ask the
ored friend u Jphn A. Martin, and to ex- knew, esteemed and loved him who was historian to give place to the hand that
has loaded the State with benefits? It will
tend you our deep sympathy in this hour being laid down to his last slumbers. not be easy to forget. I s not every proud
of W r e a v e m e n t To those who fully comprehended the building erected by t h e people of Kansas
We are mourners in common with you scene nothing eutside the group of be- the mausoleum of the newspaper? Scaled
and shall ever hold his name in grateful in every corner stone t h e work of some
remembrance for his earnest and Tearless reaved relatives was t h e group of pall- pioneer journalist lies buried, awaiting
fld«>c«e of sJl that is trust and best j n bearers, selected from t h e aging busi- the resurrection that will come when
our e*:"Ulzation, ^ well as for his per- ness men of Atchison. There was in the the work of the mason has crumbled into
sonal interest In t h e success of our work
here. Life means more fQr having known sorrowing faces of these old townsmen of ruins. A few more years and t h e pio-
neer newspaper men of Kansas will be
him. Col. MARTIN'S a long story of struggles at rest. 'To them will come another era
Believe me,de*r raadame, your sincere and triumphs and reverses and renewed when it shall be light, and men will
!"f ° —J t A, ft TAYLOR, President. efforts for Atchison, t h e city he loved so awaken from his lofty dream and find—
well. They had indeed lost a fellow- his dresm still theTe "and that nothing is
T. B . GKBQW, although h e hflc^Sngi gone save bis sleep.'"—Lnwrenee, Journal.
laborer.
since discarded t h e drum, and was a past The hopes, t h e pride, the affection of
Bpst commander, out of respect to Col. Qhibr-Dewuxrat: "Everywhere in the
JOHN A. MARTIN'S life clustered about West the news of the death of ex-Gov.
J I A B T W , with whom h e was associated
his grave. The day was a Kansas day; JOHN A. MARTIN, of Kansas, will be re-
far ever three years on T H E CHAMWOH
the sun, the light, the scene were of the deived with sorrow. Mr. MARTIN was an
MM) who was one of his most esteemed
typical Kansas autumn. The pageant exemplary citizeri, and made one of the
m* beloved friends, marched at the head best Governors known to-the; history of '
m Post No. 93,and beat the long'roll ' was military, such as had stirred bis Kansas. His administration was charac-
. M y assisted by T o * H r a T O s , who played young blood when he was with his coun- terized by integrity, j u d g m e n t and devo-
ik* t i e . try's young soldiers. The solemn ritual tion to the laws. He was a man of earn
est convictions, liberal views and exten
of the Grand Army was read; and the sive culture. There seemed to be many
years of usefulness before him when he
was stricken down with what proved to
be a fatal illness.
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T h e not unexpected yet startling news a a conversation yesterday with the ''antry has i**ued a neat mem
was flashed over the BUte yesterday editor of T H H CHAMPION, Senator I s l a r . t h e closing paragraph »t which reads. |
morning that Col. J o h n A. Martin f u
dead; across the State which has felt the <IALLS said: " I n t h e death of Col. JOHN A. M A B T I S
influence of his entire life's devotion and "My acquaintance with Governor MAK- «»e State loses one who was ever ready
work. But yet i n t h e prime of manhood, w began in October, 1858, Mid durine6 fcy word,*word, and pen to advocate and
having b u t t u r s e d his fiftieth year, he »K. ,„,° i Vvi^ defend her interests. The city-Atchison
t h e ltt terTal
had nevertheless been in public life in . ° f thirty years, our relations —lose*one Of her most trusted and loyal
w e r e
Kansas for upwards of thirty years. As those of uninterrupted personal and
cititeas;fhe old soldiett-especially those
editor, as soldier and as chief'executive political friendship. At that time he was
his ambition, his pride, his hope and ot the Eighth Kansas—one who has
t h e editor and publisher of t h e Freedom'*
guiding star weie ever t h e star which
reached statehood only through tribula- Champion, at Atchison, and I was an at-S * l w a y a taken the greatest interest in their
tion. His greatest wish w a s to be Gov- torney at Sumner, three miles further! P M «"»a» welfare, and has been their most
ernor of Kansas - The duties and cares down the Missouri. He was not vet 0 f l earnest and enthusiastic champion."
of the office had scarce been laid down age, and was more boyish even in appear-
when he laid down his life. T h e autumn G E N . J O H N H. R I C E , of the Fort Scott
leaf had not yet for him appeared. He a n c e than in years. As I saw him this Monitor, says: "Kansas has suffered more
stood like a sturdy parent t r e e unscathed, morning, silent and voiceless upon hii by the death of JOHN A. MARTIN than
and his fellows counted only on years of bier, t h e lines of time and toil, of weari could been sustained by the death of any
usefulness from him, but t h e conquering pess and care, had all vanished from his other two men that might be named/"
enemny of all earth life steps into his
home, and the brave warrior who defied countenance, as if he had assumed the
death on Lookout mountain, surrenders. guise of immortal youth upon t h e thres- " T H E death of Col. MARTIN,, said Sen-
If his adopted State has produced any man hold of eternity. ator PLI-MD yesterday, "has made the pro-
of whom h e r sons may in t h e future feel
proud, surely J o h n A. Martin is one of H e exhibited the same traits of charac- fooodest impression on Kansas since t h e
t h e m . If only in a circumstantial sense ter and conduct in his early years that death of LINCOLN."
was he a soldier, a writer and statesman were so conspicuous in his maturity. His " C o t . J O H N A. MARTIN will have an 1
combined, he was all of these in so far temperament was phlegmatic a n d ju- easdaring monument in the good things
as t h e history of Kansas has gone. Few dicial. H e was incapaWe of duplicity. * i a t may be said of him," remarked a |
are there, if indeed there is a man, in all
Kansas whose death will be more u n i - injustice or dishonor. Revenge, intrigue! 4 a t i n g U i 8 h e d Kansan yesterday,
versally regretted than is that of him and treachery were passions foreign to
who so patiently 'and so loyally for so KANSAS CITY Star: "Senator PLUMB
m i n y years defended her good name.— his nature. He was undemonstrative and
not given to protestation^ but he was loy says that t h e death of J O H N A. MARTIN
Wichita Eagle.
al, sincere and faithful in all t h e rela has made the profoundest impression on
E x - G e v o m e r J o h n A. H a r t in. tions of life. His word was as good Kansas since the death of LINCOLN. That |
T h e gTeat Latin poet, Horace, says: as his bond. H e paid his debts is true and it was the thorough honesty |
"Death makes no nice distinctions, but of the man that enabled him to entrench
approaches all with equal step and He was devoted to his kindred, his fam-
.himself so deeply in the respect and af-
knocks alike at t h e door of t h e hovel and ily, his town, his State and his country.
the portals of the palace.'" Ou yester- His name is indissolubly associated fections of the people of Kansas."
day, October 2, 1889, its Bhadow fell with T H E CHAMPION, and his militrry ser
athwart the pathway of one of our most
distinguished citizens a n d to-day he vice and political experience, were inci
rests upon
"Fame's eternal camping ground."
r Col. J o h n A. M a r t i n .
The death of Col. John A. Martin, the
dents only in his editorial career. His editor of T H E ATCHISON CHAMPION, re-1
education and scholastic training were moves from the ranks of Western jour-
I n t h e memorable words of Burke, " I t imited, b u t he was a diligenl student, nalism one of the best known newspaper j
feelingly teaches us what shadows we and by practice and industry became one publishers in the Missouri valley. Col.
are a n d what shadows we p u r s u e . How- of the most effective political orators of Martin became the proprietor and editor |
ever brief the span Of a man's life there Of T H E CHAMPION while yet a minor, and
gathers about it always something of of the time. He had no experience in with the exception of the years he spent
love and joy and sympathy, and when it public speaking till his first canvass for is. the military service during the war
is taken away some heartstrings are the Governorship, and anticipated t h e and the term of his incumbency of the
broken, some hopes blighted and some Governor's office, he has devoted t h e past
cheeks bedewed with tears. It is said o r d e a l W l t n g r e a t concern, but before the to the editorial managementof his paper.
'no man has lived without making some close of his second term he had acquired H e had no taste for the business depart-
impression, for good or ill. upon his gen- S u r p r i s i n g confidence and skill and upon ment, but as an editor was forceful, in-
eration, and no one is wholly dead whose , ,, . , . , •. - „ ,„.• dustrious and influential. He was idol-
memory, or whose example inspires t h e favorable occasions did not fall much ized by his employes, for h e was at all
humblest to higher purposes or more no- short of genuine eloquence. times and under all circumstances their j
ble resolves." H e was superlatively well balanced ;friend, and whenever they were in need
* * * * * * of help, their benefactor. He was an in-
level headed, and never slopped over.
dulgent and thoughtful husband and
I n 1878 h e was defeated by J o h n P . St. So crisis disturbed his equanimity and father, a kind neighbor, a faithful friend,
J o h n for the nomination for Governor,
but it was reserved for him in 188i as the mental repose. He was always master of fle w a s b r a v e to the point of reckless-
standard bearer of the Republican party himself, the safest road to the mastery of ness, and possessed a heart so insensible
for Governor, to redeem t h e State from others. These qualities made h i m to alarm, a soul so inaccessible to fear, a
Democratic control. At t h e end of his first superb soldier, a successful editor, a safe mind so resolute, that during all the
t e r m he was re-elected to that hig office. weary days and weeks of his illness,
His administration was able, honest and and satisfactory Governor whose name those who knew him best felt reluctant I
economical, and when he surrendered his and fame will remain an integral p a r t of to give u p the hope that his strong phys-
prerogatives to his successor he had the the history of the State of which he was! I? 1 1 a n d mental vitality would carry him
high honor to know that Kansas had at- 90 proud, and with which his life was in through to recovery. But " t h e fatal hour
tained to the full dignity of manhood, had struck." He is gone over to the
with every county organized and all the separably indentified. great majority. I t is hard to be recon-
noble charities projected in t h e constitu- Of the middle stature, and inclined in ciled to a death so untimely Col. Mar-
tion he had helped to frame inaugurated. later life to corpulency, his bearing was a " a u , ' 're:
his
f dignified and his aspect robust and s t a t e - g £ * h S c ^ horizon J t o k T b t
the most prosperous in the galaxy of ly. His movements were slow b u t s t r o n g ^ n d of t h e journey to such as live out
States. He was not a talker, b u t he was an s
a thinker, and for more than a quarter of and he seemed like one endowed w i t h i P ' allotted 1 1
space, he is fallen, as an
a century his b«st thoughts have been longevity. H e deecended from a v i g o r ^ * i " / " ' ? 6 ^ " , ^ 6 ^ ^ some sudden
carried % his C B A X R B P broadcast over ous and temperate ancestry, and s h o u l d *
our State. No one can conceive the good h a v e d i e d hereafter. With his u n t i m e l y "
he has done for Kansas; his work was un-MT .. . , , . „ - „„ .
finished, a broader field was opening b e - f 1 ^ 1 1 1 ' „ a ^ P 1 0 " 1 American career is|
fore him—but he rests from his l a b o r s l e i d e d . "
and "his works -do follow him."—Hutch-
inson Next.
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J o h n A. Martin. the death of ex-Governor John A. Mar- G overnorMartin Dead.

tin came as a great shock to this commu- The State mourns to-day the death of
John A Martin is dead at the age of 50 nity where he was known so well, and
I years. All but eighteen of the fifty were where so many of his warn: friends and a citizen to whom it had twice paid the
| passed in the State of Kansas. When admirers are gathered to-day. Great highest honor in its gift—ex-Governor
only 18 years of age he settled in Atchi- tears of sorrow rolled down the cheeks John A. Martin. The announcement of ]
son, and cast his fortunes in a territory of men who have known and loved him his death yesterday morning at 6 o'clock
that was destined to a career of turmoil for long years. At the State House to- came like a shock to the thousands by j
and turbulence and to become the great- day men wept like children, voicing a whom his name is held in the highest
j est factor in shaping the history of the grief whose depths were reached by no esteem. The seriousness of his illness
American nation. was not generally known until this week
uncommon mourning. While the de-
The fact that *the young man Martin mise of Governor Martin was not unex- and his death, following so quickly, is a
possessed .the courage to take his place at pected, still the word of his death found calamity all the more severe from its un-
the very central point of an agitation his friends unprepared for the announce- expectedness. He was in the prime of |
which was to test even the life of the na- ment They could not believe that he life, a man apparently a few weeks ago
tion, indicated that he possessed the was to die almost in the prime of life, in in the robust vigor of health, with a vital-
qualifications so necessary in the develop- the midst of a busy career that seemed ity strong by inheritance and fortified by
ment of new States and nations. And "to have Ions years of usefulness and habits of temperance in all things.
what a true man John A. Martin was in happiness before it. A complete sketch * * * -* * * 4
all the great events that took place in of this typical Kansan will be found on From the early prominence which
Kansas and the nation during tha thirty- the first page of this paper to-day.—To- Governor Martin achieved in political af-
two years of his public life. He was in peka State Journal. fairs and from the many distinguished
public life at the age of 18, for in the try- honors conferred upon him it would be
ing times preceding 1861 courage, fidelity deduced that he was a man of precocious
and ability rather than age measured the talents. Nothing could be more foreign
place for men in the affairs of State and The Late J . A. Martin. to the fact. He was slow to move, wait-
nation. Thefirstact of John A. Martin Ex-Governor John A. Martin, who died ing with invariable caution to weigh all
on his arrival in Atchison was significant. recently at his home in Atchison, Kan., considerations before acting. But when
He purchashed.a paper and he named it his conclusion was arrived at it was cor-
Freedom'* Champion. It was a time when was a thoroughly self made man, and rect. His judgment, while not quick,
freedom needed a champion and no truer one whose life was a striking illustration was sound. His motives were always
man ever dedicated his life to the cause of recent Amer- right. Every position that he held was
of freedom than John A. Martin when he i c a n progress. honored by his holding.
made his paper a free State organ. Born in the- easf Governor Martin's character was of
He became a factor in public affairs at when the Indians continuous growth. He was stronger
a time when the culminating moves pre- held all West of and greater with every added year. His
| ceding the war were taking place. It the Missouri, he development into the most widely known
was a time when men had to think and lived to govern and the most trusted man in Kansas
i act rapidly. Mpartin nevdr doubted in a great common- during his four years as Governor and
his free state agitation, and when the wealth b e y o n d the growth of his attainments with every
added responsibility, attest the greatness
! crisis came he did not temporize. Active that line, to win
in all the political events prior to the of the qualities which, it was hoped,
election of Mr. Lincoln, he was even high honors in were destined still further to extend his |
more active in preparing to support on the greatest of fame and usefulness. His first nomina-
the field of battle the principles he had modern w a r s , tion for Governor in 1884 cemented the
sustained so ably in civil l|fe. JOHN *-MARTiN. and to see the divided elements of the party into an or- I
In war he never wavered. He was land qn which he camped as an explorer ganization which has never since known
modest, but brave, Fidelity was a distin- become the site of a great city. He filled division. While not from principle a
guishing characteristic in civil life, and civic offices successively from legislator Prohibitionist, his known reverence for
that same quiet sense of duty earned him to governor, was colonel of a regiment, law and firmness in its enforcement gave ]
a valuable record as a soldier. him the cqjaplete confidence of the Pro-
Whea he returned to civil life he again at 23, brigadier general at 24, mayor of hibition Republicans, and his readiness
changed the name of his paper. Free- Atchison at 25, and a leader of thought to defend the law at all times testified to
| dem's Champion became THE ATCHISON at all times after attaining his majority. his worthiness of it. Kansas has never |
• CHAHPIOK, and its editor devoted its col- Yet at the age of 14 he was just begin- had a better Governor. His splendid re-
umns to the work of building up the new ning life as "devil" in a village printing election attests the public esteem in
State in harmony with the free soil, free office. •I :'• , which his administration was held by the
men principles which he l a d helped es- whole people.
tablish oh the field of battle. John A; Martin was born in Browns-
The Capital feels that it can extend to
An ardent Republican, he was Indus- ville, Fayette/ county, Pa., March 10, the family,of Governor Martin the sincere ]
trious inadvocacy of the great measures 1839, obtained a fair common school ed- sympathynbt of itself alone but of the !
which the results of the war made neces- ucation, learned the printer's trade, State. JThe whole people feel a deep
sary. In the deliberations of his party worked at various places, and finally, in sorrow in his death. It is a distinct loss
he was anJionored and trusted counselor. 1857, located at Atchison, Kan., which to Kansas. The character of its distin-
He was not active in pushing his own ever, after remained his home. In 1858 guished and well-loved Governor will
ambitions, but he was called to the ser- he bought The Squatter Sovereign, of stand eternally, its history stands, as one
vice of his party, and only * few months Atchison, and changed its name to Free- for young men to emulate and for old
have elapsed since he vacated the- Gov- men to hold in honor.—Topeka Capital.
ernor's chair at the end of bis second dom's Champion. His success as speak-
term. ' er and writer was so phenomenal that Death of Ex-Governor Martin. '
John 4'. Martin Was an able,influential he soon filled an important place In the Hon. John A. Martin, ex-Governor of I
editor, a brave, honorable soldier, a wise, Republican, party, and was nominated Kansas, and editor and proprietor of THE
liberal and successful executive officer' for the legislature, but had to decline, as ATCHISON CHAMPIOK, died at his home in
and, better thairall, a true American citi- he still lacked a few weeks of being of Atchison at 6:30 o'clock this morning.
zen. In all trusts which the duties of age. At the age of 21 he was a detegate The record of Governor Martin is the
life brought he was faithful and true, but in the national convention which nomi- record of the State of Kansas. They are
without disfUjy Of John A. Martin it nated Abraham Lincoln. insperable. It was the ambition of his
can be said be lived the best vears in life lif« to fill the Executive chair of the
.luring the most trying period in the his- Oct. 27,1861, he was made lieutenant State of his adoption. He served two
tonr of his own State fnd the Nation, and colonel of the Eighth Kansas volunteers; terms with distinction and ability, and
that in all essentials 'he was true to the Nov. 11863, he became colonel, and on retired practically to his death bed. He
higbest Ideals.—K<mta* City Journal Sept, 18, 1863, for brilliant and conspicu- began his public career when a mere lad
ous services, he was made brigadier gen- in Wyandotte as secretary of the conven-
| A Friend <,oni>. eral Aiter the war he held civil offices tion which formed the present State Con-
All Kansas mourns to-day. The State of successively increasing rank, and in stitution. From that time until his
death he was almost continususly in the
M l6d
i 5 A ° * 1 * ? i* n < 1 frue
toena. One is 1884 was elected governor of Kansas by public servjce, in every position not on-
dead who has been with this common- an immense majority. In 1886 he was ly being useful, but retiring without a
wealth from its earliest years and watched re-elected by a stul larger majority. blemish to his name. His death will
and fostered ite growth and progress June 1, 1871, he married Miss Ida Chal-
joyfully heralded its epochs of marvelous' las, and she and their seven children create a profound impression in the re-
motest parts of the State.—Kantat City,
survive him. - . Kan., Gazette.
•Mil news of
Page 30 of 35.
T K I B I T K TO J O H X A JIAHTIX n ? £ » l 8 S ? , r t * k e - When in 18 ^ b e - »e«*k of Ex-Governor Martin.

A correspondent of the Fort Scott came the Republican candidate for Gov- T h e death of ex-Governor John « .
Monitor who signs himself 'J. P." pays ernor, on a prohibitory platform, many Martin, which occurred at his home in
doubted his sincerity. After a conver- Atchlsoi this morning, closes a career
the following tribute to Col. JOHX A. sation with-.him on this subject be- which was intimately and honorably
MARTIN : fore his nomination, I had no doubt identified with the history of Kansas.
My first acquaintance with him was in of his sincerity, and the sequel From the first year of his settlement n
1861, at Topeka, where he occupied a proved (he truth of his corivictionf. the State—in 1858-he was prominently
seat in t h e Senate of the first Kansas No man in public ever moved more associated with its affairs. He was a man
Legislature. As a'chapjain of that body, faithful to his pledges on this great
question, the acts of his official life dur- of earnest convictions and strong per-
looking from the speaker's desk my at- sonality, and his early experiences in
tention was arrested by his juvenile ap- ing his two term3 as Governor of the
State, prove the genuineness of his char Kansas, which covers the period of the
pearance and bright, intelligent looking struggle over the question of slavery
face. He was not an orator, and his voice acter, and his published speeches and ad-
dresses contain facts and arguments to preliminary to the war. doubtless aid in
was seldom heard in debate, but his developing the intense fealty which he
countenance showed an absorbing inter- the value of psohibition, that can never
be defeated. The handsome volume of always manifested for the institutions of
est in every question that arose and his the State of his adoption. He loved
« vote was ever on the right side in that his public addresses on various occasions
published a year or two ago, will be a Kansas with his whole heart and soul,
critical period of our initiation to state- and labored in season and out of season
hood. I was then satisfied that Atchison standing memorial of his ability as a
deep thinker, and a brilliant writer. for every measure which conld promote
county made no mistake in sending so her prosperity or advance her standing
young a man to represent them. Sena- The death of such men in the prime of
manhood is a public calamity, and his among h*r sister States. He lived to see
tor Martin was soon after commissioned place will not be easily filled. T r u e pat- the rich and abundant fruition of all the
to Colonel of the Eighth Kansas infan- riot, gallant soldier, comrade and friend, fond hopes which he always cherished^
try, and with his regiment marched for farewell. for her, even ia the hour of her darkest |
the South. In the spring of 1862, I was -jtrial, and her splendid triumph over the
commissioned by Gov. Thos. Carney as difficulties through which she made her
chaplain of the Eighth Kansas, and HIM ARMY E X P E B I K S C B , way to a place among the stars was the
joined the regiment at Nashville, Tenn. The Kansas City, Ks., Gazette publishes chief pride of his life.
Colonel Martin was then acting as pro-
vost marshal of the city, but was now or- t h e following: Governor Martin was a strong partisan, j
dered with his regiment to join the army Very little was ever published during but his convictions were honest and his
at Murfreesboro, preparatory to the great his life of the personal experience of the purposes were genuine and sincere. As
campaign at Chattanooga. As a military late ex-Governor Martin in the war. In the editor for over thirty years of an in-
commander he developed great executive 1886 the Fredouia Citizen published a de- ' tluentrai public journal which rs circu-
ability, and was frequently complimented fense of the Governor against certain at- lated in all sections of Kansas, he exerted |
by General Rosecrans for the excellent tack?, which drew from him a personal an incalculable influence upon the des-'l
discipline and effectiveness of his regi- _letter addressed to the editor of the CM- tinies of the State, and now that he is ]
;en, and which is published in a late issue gone it can be truthfully said to his honor
ment. H e shared equally with his men I of that paper for the first time. We that no sordid or narrow motive ever
in the toils andi privations of the march,, q u o t e a 3 follows, which we venture to fay caused him to lose sign": of the high trust
and in the perils of the battlefield. I is .more than we have rerd about the which is laid upon the men who are called
At the terrible battle of Chicamauga, Colonel's direct personal adventures in to mould public sentiment, and to give I
where more than half of the Eighth Kan- a n t h e t j m e s j n s e the w a r : " I served direction to those affairs which concern |
sas were either killed or wounded, he was o v e r three years in the army, and during the welfare of human society.
in the front of the battle, and though he t h e whole of that period was not absent
escaped u n h u r t his clothing was riddled from my regiment to exceed twenty-five John A. Martin was abundantly hon-
with the bullets of the enemy and his days—never when it was engaged in bat ored by the people of the State which he
horse was badly wounded. served so well and faithfully and was
tle, g r e a t n r smai]. I w e n t South, a
In front of Missionary Ridge, as the | young man of twenty-three, in command true to every obligation which hit official
division general passed he called for the of the regiment, and wa3 t h r o w n i n t o one life imposed. * He was a true ma», and,
word of command, and declared that his the great armies of the c o u n t r y - t h e 1 ¥"? take him
" , m »all" .in' " *all,
" ' aKansas
a a 5 a 8 mmay unot soon j
£? o v "£«•
men were ready to attack those frowning Army of the C u m b e r l a n d - w i t h »look
* * u P ° a hli l l k e a g a m . - ^ a n w * CUg |
battlements which they soon after t h e only regiment representing Kan- Star.
stormed and captured. sas. For two years and a half
Like a true soldier, he was tender- my regiment maintained the reputation D e a t h of H o v e r n o r .Martin.
hearted as he was brave, and deeply and credit of the State in that army. At At half past six o'clock yesterday I
sympathized with his wounded men. At twenty-four, I commanded a brigade of morning ex-Governor J o h n A. Martin
Chattanooga, where many of his men four regiments and a battery, succeeding died at his home in Atchison. His death
were brought in wounded from the bat- Col. Heg, killed the first day at Chica- was not unexpected as he had been se-
tlefield, he handed me a considerable jnauga. I commanded my regiment—or verely ill for some time and several days
sum of money from his private purse, the brigade to which it was attacked— ago the Associated Press announced that
with a request to purchase for them any at Perryville, the crossing of the Ten- little hope was entertained ef his re-
little delicacies, to be found in the city. nessee. Chicamauga, the siege of Chat- covery.
At the siege of Atlanta Colonel Martin tanooga, the storming of Mission John A. Martin came to Kansas a poor
succumbed to the hardships of wnr and Ride, the campaign to Knoxville, the boy and grew up with the country. Dur-
was removed to the hospital, and feeling retreat from Daubridge, Kennesaw ing the late war Mr. Martin joined the
that his health was utterly broken he re- Mountain, Smyrna Camp Ground, Chat- Union army and rose through faithful
signed his commission and ^ t u r n e d tahoochie, Peach Tree 'Creek, Atlanta services to the command of a regiment.
home. There can be no doubt that there and the pursuit of Hood northward. At For many years Col. Martin has owned
was laid the foundation of that disease Snake Creek Gap, when the army crossed and edited T H E ATCHISON CHAMPios,one
which has now terminated his brief but the mountains, I was placed in command of the leading papers of the State, He
brilliant career. of all the artillery of the army, with only was for a number of years postmaster of I
Atchison, was a State Senator, a member j
Although the Eighth Kansas continued my brigade of eight small regiments to and secretary of the Constitutional con-
in the rield for more than a year after he support it, and escort it to Resaca. I1 vention and in 18S4 was elected Governor
resigned the command, he always took a had my horse shot under rile at Chica- of the State and was re-elected in 1886.
deep interest in its welfare and has writ- mauga, and was one of the very few offi- He has also served for a number of years, j
ten an interesting history of its various cers who rode a horse u p the sides of and until his death, as one of the Board
campaigns. His address at Fort Scott on Mission Ridge. I was appointed Provost of Managers of the National Soldiers'
Decoration Day will long be remembered Marshal of Nashville, when I was only Home. Mr. Martin was not an aggressive
for its beautiful eulogies on some of his 23, by General Rosecrans, and had in ad- man but was an industrious, painstaking
men who perished on the battlefield. dition to my own regiment, command of
man in whatever he undertook; he had
Colonel MARTIN'S public history in a large body of meD, and a very difficult the faculty of making friends and to I
Kansas since the war is well known, and duty "to perform, while there. these qualities he owed his success in I
need not now be repeated. I will only " I very rarely write or talk about my l i f e . ' • .,
mention one little circumstance, which own military services. Whatsoever glory
exhibits the finer traits of his character. or fame attaches to them ia largely due CoL Martin leaves a wife, the daugh-
For some years he was opposed to pro- to the splendid regiment I had—a regi- ter of Dr. Challiss, of -Atehison, and a
hibition measures for the suppression of ment complimented,over and over again, large family of children. They will have
intemperance, but on closer study of the in orders from headquarters of t h e Army t h e heartfelt sympathy of the entire State
question, and observing the good results v of the Cumberland, as t h e best drilled in their bereavement.—Leattnimrth Times.
of prohibition where it had been fiirly and best disciplined regiment In the
tried, he changed his min-1 ;ind army,''
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Kx««ev«rnoT Martin. great W e s t loses a n u n that can illy be Tributes to Ex-Gov. Martin.
Ex-Governor J o h n i . Martin, whose spared. Stricken down in his Mime, At t h e D e e p Water convention in To-
death in Atchison yesteirdav removed with his life work as yet unaccomplished, peka, Oct. 2, t h e following addresses re-
from Kansasoneof t h e prominent figures his noblest epitaph will be, "Here lies
in its history, was a man of many of the one of Kansas' noblest sons; a firm friend lative to ex-Gov. MARTIN were delivered:
characteristics of a natural leader of men and a generous foe." H e has carved for Gov. D A V I D R> F R A N C I S , of Missouri,
anil more attractive qualities than are himself a niche in t h e temple of fame, said:
usually found in one person. He had and as long as the world shall stand, and Mr. Chairman and members of the
t h e merit of being faithful to his party! the history of Kansas be knewn, the Inter State Deep Harbor Convention:
and his loyalty to friends was carried al- name of J o h n A. Martin will be held in T h e brilliant decorations of this beauti
most to a fault. ' A natural optimist, he grateful reverence. May he sleep well, ful and hospitable city are softened and
saw the good in what surrounded him —St. Joseph Herald. subdued this bright morning, by insignia
always before t h e evil, and his even tem- of mourning, and there is sadness of the
per preserved him from the dangers of J o h n A. M a r t i n people Of this State, from one end to the
hasty aud impatient action. Those qual- A private dispatch announces the death other. T h e wires have brought us the
ities made h i m generally popular and a of ex-Governor J o h n A . . Martin at his mournful inteligence of t h e death of ex-
strong influence in all the political move- home this morning at Atchison. He was Gov. J o h n A. Martin, a beloved son of
ments of which Kansas has had its taken ill several weeks ago and suffered Kansas and one whom she has twice
•hare. greatly from an affliction which was a honored by election to the highest office
Governor Martin was a journalist as puzzle to physicians. H e was kept uy by within her gift, chief magistrate his the
well as a public man, and conducted his liquid food and his wonderful powers of Commonwealth.
newspaper property on the same lines endurance, and was moving toward re-
that were found in his political career. covery when he was beset t y malarial Whilst strictly speaking not an official
H e upheld Kansas through fortunate and fever." Even alter the last attack he kept contemporary of the late Governor, I
unfortunate days, and generally was bis courage and said he had no thought knew him well by reputation, and that
clearsighted enough to point out the of anything save returning health; bot reputation, as the citizens of Kansas and
wisest policy in material affairs. death chooses its own time, and this with- surrounding States can testify, was above
out regard to thoughts or situations: reproach. As an incorruptable and fear-
In all his long public life he made re- less official, as a painstaking and consci-
markably few enemies and hosts of * * * * * * *
encious executive, his^career was a credit
friends. I t cannot be charged against But all of this earthly kingdom has an to Kansas. I know soraeting of the diffi-
him that h e was ever willingly an instru- end and the victor is vanquished and the culties and responsibilities of the guber-
ment of wrong doing to friend or foe. strong man is laid low. The brave sol- natorial office, and know that the people,
His death w i U p e sincerely mourned by dier, the just editor, the able and worthy who are hard task masters, watch the ad-
his State, and in the circle of those whose Governor, the good husband.father, friend mini6trtion of that office with a critical
whose mourning is most heartfelt will has been shrunken to a little measure, eye. They would never have vindicated
be found political opponents as well as and has paid t h e common tribute to time the chief executive of the commonwealth
political associates.—Kansas City Times. and mortal custom. T h e scroll on which by a re-election if his discharge of duty
he wrote, however, will not grow dim. had not been efficient, and his services
J o h n A Martin Into the web of Kansas' growth and great- in every was sati factory.
Another prominent Western hero has ness the threads of bis own existence
fallen. Another statesman of brain and have been woven. As long as hef grasses Cut off in t h e prime of manhood, his
brawn has surrendered to the inexorable grow and h e r rivers run, there will be as- many virtues cry out t r u m p e t tongued
Master. Another leader has crossed t h e sociated with the fair name and fame of against his untimely taking off. It
dark, rolling river. : Another man whom Kansas the earnest life, the worthy la- grieves us to think of the loss the people
his fellow own delighted to honor is bors and accomplishments, the unim- of this commonwealth have sustained in
gone. this sad bereavement, and we desire to
peachable integrity of J o h n A. Martin.— give utterance to the sympathy we feel,
W h e n t h e wires flashed t h e sad tidings Nevton Republican. and to pay a slight tribute to the life and
ef J o h n A. Martin's death at 6:30 yester- services of a distinguished and beloved
day morning, it sent a thrill of sorrow to f • » r ; --,-.-•' j ; ' .r-,—
T U K M1SS1WG OSK. son of Kansas. In the name of the sister
the heart? of thousands of men through- - commonwealth, Missouri, and on behalf
out the W e s t to whom John A. Martin Of the many whose familiar faces and of all the members of this convention, I
was personally known, and to whom his f o m s w n 0 w m b e missed to-dayfroui the offer this resolution. Governor Martin
sturdy manhood and strength of principal , »•'•&•. , . . J V u * • had, I understand, been appointed a del-
V
was a matter of pride. *••••• ^ k i o f &* veterans assembled in this egate to this convention, and had his
N o history of Kansas, or of the West, ] city to do ftonor to the memory of t h e health permitted would have been pres-
can be written without showing the vast i patriot dead, there will not be one whose ent to give us the benefit of his wise
influence this man has exerted upon i t s ' a D s e n c e will be more conspicuous than counsel and valuable experience. He
career. T o h i m is due much of t h e L . , - „ • _ . ; T . », T »r> was ever alive to every interest of this
growth and prosperity of Kansas, and to the late,Col. J O H N A. MABTIN. LastDec- State, w h i c h he loved so dearly, and
him she owes m u c h of her rock ribbed f oration Day, and on all the Memorial whose welfare he labored so assiduously
Republicanism. A powerful and vigorous F Days preceding it, with a few exceptions, to promote. It is not so much in the ca-
^ i ^ i I L ' ^ S S l " £ • u n c o ? 1 P r o m i B ™ g when he was himself delivering me'mori- pacity of a delegate to this convention,
champion ef t h e right—as he saw the . •,. . ,--••. „ , „ however, that we desire to honor his
right, his name is indelibly stamped upon a l J e s s e s elsewhere, Col. MARTIN memory, as to commemorate his services
the pages of her history. He rose from a! marched with his eld comrades in arms as a leader of men, and his fidelity to
humble printer lad to the Governor's'and participated with tender interest in every trust committed to his keeping.
S t i - 0 1of^ ^t h!e' ™
States « f e a t .sojely
Union,
e8t
T d upon 1
K " ^ "his \ all t h e exercises of t h e Day. H e loved "The interstate deep harbor convention,
merits. His name stands to-day the his old comrades with an increasing ardor in session at Topeka, having heard with
synoaymof western hero—a sel"f-made and never neglected to mingle with them profound regret of the death of Hon.
man. H e had his faults, as have all men, on all occasions of sad or joyful interest. John A. Martin, for two terms Governor
but they were far outweighed by his sterl- of his commonwealth, does hereby ex-
ing qualities of mind and heart. Kansas At the exercises in the "big tent" last press sincere sympathy with the people
was his pride, his boast, and her stannch year he manifested an unusual interest \ of Kansas in the great loss which has be-
adherence t o t h e doctrins of Republican- and little did his friends think at the time fallen them in the taking off of a faithful
ism, his glory. T h e Atchison CHAMBION, that it would be t h e last time he would and tried servant. His unselfish devotion
one of t h e leading papers of the West! to their interests, and his successful ad-
was his pet- He founded h and shared be present on such an occasion. ministration of the executive office, have
its vicissitudes and triumphs until it contributed in no small degree to the pro-
To-day, his grave in Mount Vernon j
is to-day a potent power in the West will be heaped with flowers, and many a j motion of their welfare and the glory of |
H e cast Ms lot with Kansas while vet the State."
t h e R t ^ w a * young, and through all the tear wiU be shed above the green turf • In moving the adoption of this resolu-
dark a n d troublous times; when brave where bh e reposes. He will be greatly , tion, I desire to couple therewith another,
viz: that the secretary of this convention
men grew faint and t h e cause for which missed to-day by bis old comrades, a n d ] be and he'ls hereby requested to forward
an engrossed copy of this resolution to
terest* until she emerged from the clou'1*, i v e n a l fes* Jin £ o f this community that his the family of the deceased, and to express
of adv«f»ity ioto_ the sunsliine of pros* ' loss as a'citizen. a neighbor, a friend is to them in connection therewith the sin- |
cere condolence of this convention.
perity. I n his .death K a n ^ , &B d the , irreparable.
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editor and pro-1

THE GOVERXO* f p NEBRASKA SPEAKS. GOVBRNOR HUMPHREY'S TtlBUTBj close relationship with its 1
eight years,
Governor John M.'Thayer, of Nebraska, T h e closing remarks were made by prietor, which lasted for to do local]
was then introduced, and spoke in most Governor Humphrey, ol Kansas, who T h e original contract vras
touching language of t h e ex-Governor, saidv , i «, • which agree-
work on t h e CHAMPION,
with whom he had been intimately ac- Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the 6>m- tti«atly modified in <>*»"*£"']
quainted. He had had a great deal of cenhon:. Of course it Is not my purpose
personal and official correspondence with now to. attempt to pronounce any eulogy so t h a t it covered all sorts of work that
t h e deceased, and he had come to know Upon tlfe public services of John A. Mar- may be done in the columns of newspa-
t h e man and to love him. H e felt that tin. T h e sorrow is too recent and too g r e a t pers.
his death had come very close home to for that- -a feeling that Is not to be ex-
him and the Governors of Missouri and pressed in words or set phrases. I t is I t may be well to say in beginning that
Iowa. He paid a fitting tribute to the simply my desire now to make this ac- it is seldom two person's more unlike
character of Governor Martin, and sec- knowledgement, as the successor of John each other ever bound themselves, as it j
onded the adoption of the resolutions. A. Martin in the office of chief executive were, to terms of personal intimacy, or
EX-GOVERNOR GLICK OF KANSAS.! of our great State, as one of its citizens continued them so long. COLONEL MAR-
Ex-Governor Glick, of Atchison, was who knew him well, who associated with TIN was- the soul of order, system and
next introduced and spoke feelingly of him in private and public life for many
the death of his friend and neighbor, and years. I t is a very pathetic and beauti- method. H e did not carry this principle
eulogized the departed in most eloquent ful thing to realize that this convention, to the extent of being finical, fussy and
language. "Governor Martin could dis- which met here irrespective of States,and old-maidish,about it, but, nevertheless,
tinguish the right from wrong and had for other considerations, have expressed
the courage to vindicate the right," he their appreciation of his life and services, h e h id a place and time for everything.
said. "He always had t h e confidence and their profound sorrow upon the an- This seemed natural to him ; it is doubt- 1
and respect of his neighbors. In his nouncement of his death. Coming here, ful if he ever drew up a code of conduct j
taking off, Kansas has lost a soldier, as h e did, thirty years ago, in the earliest for himselt; a time card for his own
patriot and an honest man." He attested history of our commonwealth—before it
t h e sreat honesty and sterling character was a commonwealth—his name has been guidance, but he, as if naturally, fell into
of the deceased; his love for and inter- associated, identified intimately, insep- certain set ways of doing things, which it |
est in his State and particularly in his arably in fact, with the history of the seemed to require no effort to adhere to.
oortion of the State and hi city of Atch- State. His name appears upon
T h e time he would arrive at the office in
ison. • He also attested, as a neighbor of almost every single page Of t h e
Governor Martin, the high esteem in history of the State. It is identi- t h e forenoon, and the time when he
which the neighbors and fellow towns- fied with all of our progress from would go to supper j[for he ate no mid-
men of the deceased held him. 1856 add 1857 until to-day. If time would day meal) and the tjme he would re-enter j
permit and if it were an occasion where
EX-GOVERNOR ANTHONY. words and eulogy could be spoken, valu- t h e office after supger and the time h e ]
Ex- Governor George T. Anthony, of able lessons might be drawn frsm the life would leave for h o 4 e at night, might be .
Kansas, was nest introduced and spoke and character of John A. Martin. I t is safely calculated within a few minitues
as follows: simply my purpose now, to express, as
M n CHAIRMAN AND M E M B E R S OF T i n s his successor, my appreciation of the sat-
These movements were the outward and
-
CONTENTION :—I am not here on this oc- isfaction that will come to the people of viable signs of an inward by calm and |
casion to pronounce an eulogy upon the this great State from this testimonial up- orderly spirit.
distinguished gentleman who has gone on your part. After awhile it is designed
out from us this morning. I may, how- to hold some memorial services, at which His handwriting was an Indication of 1
ever, say to YOU, who are strangers with- time it will be my purpose to speak fur- his disposition. I t had no remarkable J
in our gates and the guests of our city, ther. characteristics OT peculiarities; it .was not I
t h a t the great cloud of grief that hovers The resolutions were then unanimous- a writing teacher's hand, but was large,
over that cherished home in Atchison ly adopted.
casts its shadow upon every home in Kan- ev^n and as plain as p r i n i f . b a d little |
sas to-day. I may say to you that from more to hold the eye than a pagepf p n p t .
the earliest history of Kansas t h e name R B t O I I.Ki TIOXS
I t was simply made to be "known and |
of John A. Martin has been associated T h e first time the writer ever met COL.
with it. He was, before h e reached the J O H N A. M A R T I N , was on the occasion of read of all men."
years of his majority . s e c r e c y of the con- H e had, more than most men, the I
vention that framed t h a i wise and pru- one of the excursions of the Kansas State power of withdrawing himself from his j
dent constitution u n d e r which t h e com- Editorial Association, annual observances
monwealth of Kansas has so rapidly risen now no more observed, while the Asso- surroundings. When the time came to
to its dignity and power of to-day. John write, and he applied himself to his task, I
A. Martin came to this State without ciation itself seems to have joined that h e seemed oblivious to all about him. H e
family, without fame, b u t with t h e power collection of things that were, but are
was not to be disturbed by noise, or in-
of self-reliance as a printer boy. H e has not.
filled all the positions that the common- terrupted by conversation. H e proceeded
There was on the occasion referred to,
wealth of Kansas has in its power to be- to finish whatever he had on his mind,
stow upon one of its citizens, and twice no need of elaborate introductions, or and then, and not till then, did he come
made the chief executive of the State, I any diplomatic interchange of words as back to the world about him. H e assumed
may say that from the earliest bUtory of a basis of acquaintance. The new-comer
Kaasas down to this hour in which I in the case had the advantage of being to himself the regulation of his own con-
Speak, the name of John A. Martin is a versation. When t h e work was done he
golden thread that run3 through the his- a newspaper man, pure and simple, by talked clearly and strongly; enjoying
tory of the State, and I can say no occupation, and also of having belonged what might be called a good conversation
more than this; that on this day to the Army of the Cumberland and to a
in w t r c h you are here in our midst, as a man of perfect appetite does a din-
this bright and beautiful morning.the sun regiment long time stationed at Nash- ner—but h e would not eat till dinner
that gilds this earth of ours has been ville and quite familiar with: the sword- time.
darkened to all of us, and we ask you— bayonets of t h e Eighth Kansas, for some
and we know that we do not ask you in time the provost guard t | e r e , , W i t h His talk embraced a wide range of sub-
vain—to sympathize with us as a people, jects. He was not a specialist. He had
and to sympathize with us for that family these two recommendations, 90 man need read as most newspaper men read for a
which has been shorn of a protector, a V a i t long for an acquaintance with C o u
loving husband and a devoted father. IMARTIIJ., H e was a man of t h | jsword purpose. H e had read on this or that sub-
We ask you to remember also that in t h e (Jand pen, and attached to all trije pro* ject, finally embracing a great many. He
life and public services of Col. J o h n A. would not have presumed to set up as a
Martin the motto has been illustrated as fessorspjf both. critic on music, ar art, or the drama, yet I
much as in the history of any other man, T h e acquaintance begun as here stated he had formed tastes and opinions on all
that that to put the power of sovereign
rule into a good man's hands brings peace- I was strengthened in.'varioua ways until those subjects. H e was not a bookworm
and happiness to millions. t h e mouth of May, i8*J9, when the writer b u t an expensive reader. T h e writer re-
of these/ecoltections became connected members that Col. MARTIN was the first
with the the CHAMPION, and^ Vegan a
iTSOn who ever called his attention to
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the character of "tittle Lord; Fatintle- in by sheltering and turn liar tn-es, he
roy," which has since bewitched the could retire to all lh it i? considered NOBLE L. PRKNTTS closes his admirable
world on the stage. ' He had an opinion precious in the dear w.>nl ".lOioe." Here article on "Kansas Governors" in the
that the statue of Col. PRESCOTT, at Bun- he bad "gathered the sum of his pos- Kansas City Sfar,with the following par-
ker Hili, Vras the most striking work of sessions." He was not a man who spoke agraph : "Last is the portrait of Govern-
art in America. How deeply he was im- of his emotions. Whatever experiences or John A. Martin, taken in the prime,
pressed by music, is shown by a sketch' of he may hS*e had in life, he never in an the very noon of life, in the perfection of
"Music in War" in which he has recorded eight years' companionship mentioned mental and physical attainment, yet with
his own emotions and those of others at them to- the writer. The wife of his an expression of sadness in the dark
hearing the army bands on one occasion heart, the mother of his children, always eyes; as if seeing the advancing shadow.
in the neighborhood of Perryville, Ken- spoken of in a tone of almost reverent A brilliant soldier in high command
tucky, during the war. respect, was the first and the last. While when but little more than a boy; in the
He illustrated the idea of two different confiding to her the management of the councils of his state, in earliest manhood;
men in one. person, or might do home, in the most perfect confidence, he still moving on to wider, and more spa-
so, to two different visitors within' was not careless or indifferent. He 'cious and higher places, with it seemed
the ' space of a few minutes. watched over his child/en, and was most years in which to attain; any thought of
To one he might appear cold, abstracted, self-sacrificing in the care of their illness. what he did is clouded over by the
though never gruff or hard; to the other He cared little for what is called society; thought of what he might have done but
companionable and cordial. It is doubt- it was either the workshop or the home for that untimely call which knows no
ful, however, if he was perfect'y known for him. answer but obedience."
to very many persons. Comparatively j
AN INTERESTING FIND.
few knew that he was devoted to poetry;) It is these quiet, deep and strong men
never passing anything that seemed 'to ] who create surprises. It was quiet Manuscript forty Years Old Discov-
him true poetry, carefully saving every- GRANT, and modest THOMAS (even now ered In the " c h a m p i o n " Office.
thing that struck his fancy in the way of scarcely known intimately,) who breast- ! Workmen in rearranging part of the
Champion office yesterday discovered sev-
verse, sometimes keeping these clip- ed, stayed and turned the devouring eral pages of manuscript nearly forty years
pings for years. The "poetry column" of storm. And in the case of my friend
old. The writing is mostly in lead pencil
THE CHAMPION was kept up for a quar- who was here but a week ago, it seems and in a good state of preservation, and is
ter century, largely under his care. He that there has come to me, and I thought evidently in the hand write of the late Gov-
would have preferred that almost any I knew him well, a revelation. He was ernor John A. Martin. The first page is
other department should be left ont of not a man who considered himself gifted dated "Monday, Sept. 17, lh55, territory of
the paper than the weekly "verses." *- with what are ealled the "arts of pleas- Kansas, county of Atchison," and is the
He was all the while a growing man in ing." Ixioubt if he ever laid siege to minutes of the first meeting cf the county-
a literary sense. He collected books with any man's good will or influence. He board of commissioners. Wm. Young and
Jftmes M. Givens constituted the board,
taste and system, and after his election to gained more'than he siught/ksr rather being commissioned by Gov. Woodson
the office of Governor, when he was gained without seeking. Among his August 31, 1855. The first action of the
called on to deliver, addresses on all sorts, cherished papers, to be kept forever, the board was the appointment of Ira Norris,
of occasions, he read more widely than writer has a'fcertain letter. It was writ- sr., clerk, and also register of deeds, Sam-
before. ten him by Col. MARTIN after the eight uel Walters assessor, Samuel Dickson
years' association here mentioned had treasurer, Eli C. Mason sheriff and Dudley
He was most attracted by heroism in ceased. It was not called out by any McYay coroner. Then follows the Foutine
actual life. His ideal was a certain brave word,but was the spontaneous ''breaking work of this body, starting the machinery
steadfastness. His blood more stirred, I out" of* a strong apd faithful heart, per- of Atchison county local goverumeut in
think, to hear of the courage that djes haps before restrained; but when it operation. The manuscript was given to
defending, than of onsets and charges. spoke, telling all of trust and affection, Mrs. Martin, who values it quite highly.
His hero was GEORGE H. THOMAS, the such as not one man in a hundred ever
'Bock of Chicamauga," wh ose portrait writes to another man. It is possible Noble Prentis in Kansas, City Star:
hangs over the fireplace in his library at that these revelations may have been re- Tbe death tit the Atchison Champion.^
home. His great favorite among his lo- ceived by others, if so another cause will evoke a train of mingled bright
and somber reflections in the hearts of
cal Free State associates in the early day w:ould be revealed for such an outburst Kansans ^vhose attachment to their
was Col. CALEB MAT, who died some. of proud sorrow as we saw on Friday, a state goes lack to the early days and
years ago ia Florida; a man with the] sight such as is seldom seen in a world has survived its varying fortunes for a
looks we give COOPER'S "Leatherstock-1 that men say soon forgets. N. quarter-of a century and more. Tbe
ing," who, with his sons, defied the j Atchison Champion,, in the days that
whole pro-slavery party to come near his are no more, was John A. Martin. He
Tax CHAMPION, in behalf of Mrs. JOHN succeeded, when little more than a
cabin. A. MARTIN, desires to thank the old boy, to the ownership of the Squatter
It may seem a revelation to many that »eighbors and townspeople who were so Sovereign, a violent pro-slavery paper,
a man whom they knew only in a public •pnsiderate and attentive to the ColoneJ which gave up the fight for human
capacity, whom they ,never hjeard speak a»d herself through all the long weeks bondage id Kansas when it was evi-
except on business and practical ques- 0f his illness; to thank the many friends dent that such a conflict was long-er
useless, and he called the paper at first
tions should be litre to poetry and ro- •who called at the residence from time to Freedom*ClKimpion. Such it was and
mance, and would kindle like a boy to time; to thank all who either personally continued to be to the end of his life,
the story of feal chivalry, yet it was «r otherwise manifested such tender in- the spirit.jot liberty remaining vital
even so. ' terest in her husband; to thank the local and ôwenai in the paper, though its
papers, the Patriot and Globe, and the pa-name became the Atchison Champion,
In Atchison CT^'MARTIN lived h, two jptrs throughout the State and those in a rery proper title, for no editor was
places, his office arid his home. I t was' adjoining States, for their kindly refer- prouder of his town, more copSdent of
b b rare fortune as the head of a family I ence to Col. MARTIN. its future, more valorous for its inter-
never to know t i e vexatious of a "movU ests, more impatient of any censure of
ing" A h o m . ™,-rt»dy when he was"' The attention thus shown, the words it than John A Martin. The paper
K*!y for It. Immediately ou their mar- tkns spoken, the sympathy thus ex- [prospered for years mod tbe edi-
riage Colon*! «KT M«. MARTIX took pos- pressed serve to strengthen her to bear tor prospered. It can hardly be said
that he wajl rewarded, for what he did
gessionof »horae,»nd he was'baDt>ijv VbB heavy burden that rests upon h e r for Atchison was not done with the
destmed to never know mother; On the knrt.
hope of recompense. I t would have
bluff ow\<»mtmMM<»iTi,*aa >hut been done in any uvent; but tho brave,
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took hold o f t h e old Squatter Sovereign JT^fitable. We have

J J » ia bSuo baofGiKT..'
rose in the esteem, a n d ' n o t l c o of h i s names th«y ln>»r, J-; ,,f*„D»l friendships and j
I follow citizens a n d of hi* s t a t e and his They went a t their count,,
•if tt'OgAwwd old attachment*,
j country. He served in t h e legislature ; O B top of the third bundle there w»« * « ! now, that we retire from the field, we
h e w a s made t h e mayor of t h e t o w n ; a clipping from his owa O a * w o s ~ . giswrety regret any and all miaunder-
I he went forth from Atchisou to rise to fresh' clipped from t h e flies, aid/"under
I t h e command of a fine reg-i merit in t h e st&nding* that may have arisen between I
| g r e a t war, and was breveted brigadier date of January l1,1874-an
, 1874-anarisfcIe
article about = * ™ s ' »•<" — ' - - " f r a t e r n i t y . ft'e
« « * »nd about Atohlson; a b o u t ^ | » * » i * L T ™ T hrTcditlnal
[ g e n e r a l ; he stood as a representative have l e a n e d , in our brief oditf: 'ill
[of Atchison and Kansas in countless state h$/wag s o Joyal to, and t h e city
experience, a number:, of things
I responsible places and finally was where hs lived »p Jong and Joyed to welL
that could be acquired and accomplished
j t w i c e elected governor of Kansas, and Wft quote;
in n« other sphere of action; Ind, we
all t h e time he was the Atchison Kansas if a child of great troubles and have possibly made some mistakes, b u t
| Champion and the Champion w a s ' J o h n great triumphs. Her growth has been
Martin. Whatever t h e Champion marvelous. Her history is a romance, they were such as were liable \> occur
j w a s for or against, it was forever a n d Through wars and Egyptian pesta, and and wefe never malicious. .Our him has
ever for Atchison, its good name, its famine, and an abundance that was as been to n u k e T H B CHAMPION forceful
prosperity, its best interests, n o r could perplexing as either of these, the state for good; and, when pe'rhapsltmay not in
has continued to grow and prosper. And
t h e founder of t h e Champion ever has noj Atchison shown that she is t h e all things have been a "stalwart Repub-
b r i n g himself to admit, for a moment, worthy child pf tjje state—a child haying lican- newspaper" according to a uarro%-
[ t h a t - t h e sun would ever set or even be all the peculiarities, the virtue, t h e 'definition-'.of the term, it has ye1, been
darkened for Atchison. T h i r t y years plnok, the enterprise and t h e activity of the exponent of the Republicanism of
of labor and faith for Atohison, so far the parent? T h e Kansas man who is
[ as labor for or faith in a city and a proud of his state—and every true Kan,- Lincoln and Seward; and, although not
[ n e w s p a p e r could exist, ended w h e n sari is—must be proud of Atchison. "The generally acknowledged, it. is, nevertbe--
[ Governor J o h n A. Martin was laid in Railroad Center" fcaa fairly earned th$ lews true that its influence along right:
respect, the admiration and the support political, economic and social lines has
his g r a v e in Mount Vernon cemetery of, the state. I t has fought the S g h |
in Atchison. All is dons now. The j t e p t the faith, and won the victory and 9 been most potent ant> widespread.
founder of the Champion is dead and entitled to the fruits." ' We now retire with t h e kindliest feel-.
t h e Champion is dead. And s.o with a hastjy examination -of ings for the entire newspaper fraternity
these clippings we closed the old' desk, of Kansas, confident t h a t under the wise
THE <JLD1JE8K: which perhaps will never again fee and able control of Governor Felt t h e
T H E B K is an old desk in TAi CHAT*PIOH
o p e n e d ' b y stranger hands. It may high place it has So long maintained in;
office covered with dust and 'frescoed crumble beneath t h e corrosive touch of the r a n k s of Kansas journalism/' will n o t
with cobwebs, Ji is'Jhe d e s i s t ' w h i c h time, but the time wijt never come when in any'Sense be forfeited. Governor Felt
J o h n Martin sat and thought a n d wrote t h e old soldier will forget the devotion of i3 a man of brains and courage,'an honest,
many a long night for many a long year.
John A. Martin; when Atchison will for- able man, a vigorous writer, an uncom-
In its pigeon soles and drawers are the
g e t his loyalty and fidelity, promiziog advocate and d e f e n d e r s the;
papers and clippings b e placed there.
right, a man of positive conviction!; and,
N o man has ever disturbed the'riU Last
GOOD BEE! while his predelictions are strongly Re-
n i g h t we opened one drawer. In \t were
t h e last clippings John Martin!; ever T H E OUMMI'IOH having passed •, into publican, his individuality andindepend-
m a d e . Be is dust and his old scissors ane'e of character enable him to deal
other hands through the necessity of
a r e rsuted. Three bundles of these fairly and justly even with Jhose of an
settling the estate of the late John A,
clippings lay neatly folded, side by side. opposite political faith and to treat all
Martin, the present management avails
W e lifted one; we read the first clipping. questions of public.and general interest
i'£»4f of this opportunity t o . s a y afew-
I t was the last he ever it&gfc. Was there from t h e standpoint of the highest wel-
ttl'lOifS. '
something of p r o p h e c y 4 * i t ? Did he fare "of the people, whdse friend he is,
Forced (if an utilooked for contingency and whose servant in the high, broad
recognise the summons? Had h e began aris'tng shortly after the death if Col, [sense he deems it an honor to be.
t h e p a r c h with that innumerable cara-
John A. Martin to assume editorial con-
van to the mysterious realm? The LcJHER C. CHAI4J£J38.
t r o l of the pape^, we have exerted pur- ff
clippsag was this—Bryants immortal
selves conscientiously and with a con-
worda in the closing of "Tbanatopsig.*; >.
stant regard t o the best interests, of all
So live, that when the summons comes to join GOOD MOlgflN&J
cnncer&edto v msintain the high, reputa-
The Innnmersble caravan, which mores T i n s . morning T i i s .tTclrikiN CHAM- j
tion acquired by T H E CHAMPION'S long
To that mysterious resin, when each shall take PION is,in,new hands. T ae legends o.' its]
journalistic career.
Bis chamber In the silent halls of death. pas.t are grand chapter* i l thA histoiy of I
Thou go not, like the Quarry-slave at night, We have not in all things conformed
Kansas. Its columns rfrsf saw the light
Scourged to hH dungeon, bat, sustained and the policy of the- paper to that
when Atchison stood 4n f h | | portals oh j
pursued "by its distinguished founder,but
soothed the line separating the g r e ^ i fields of
By an unfaltering trust, ajproaeh thy grave, have ât times, as our judgment dictated,
liberty in "The North" from'Jthe barren]
I, ike one who wraps the drapery of his couch seen fit to discuss matters and express
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. wastes of slavery in "The > gouth'."; Its j
opinions independently of party dictum,
W e looked no turther into this b u n d l e ^ditorialg were written within' e a r s h o t ]
guided solely and always in our utter-
of poetical clippings. W e foofc u p tb.e- of the slave-driver's lash, and t h e s u l l e n ]
ances by a deBire to conserve the highest
next, Those who know J o h n ' J d a r t i n music of border ruffian shotguns and"
good "of-the.'greatest number. In the
Sharpe'S rifles. ;*.
k n e w how he loved the old soldiery Who advocacy of what seemed to us'to be the
wrote these words we know not, but those Its young editor was among the flrstl
best forms of Republicanism we have-
w h o knevf Jojin Martin know that t h e , , . . , ™- . ; to respond to the call of Abraham Lin-* I
never for an issue deviated. We havem , . „. _ „ . . i, . . • . , -51
bs&u.tifui sentiment expressed in them coin.. His field of babble changed from 1
put forth every effort to serve the people,
fpund a responsive ecp-Sinhis heart:>./; t h e sanctum of T H E fcnAMpioN to thefj
t h e common paop'e, teg- rdles3 of other,
T h e reader will hotjfrie thajt the y e t e r a n scenes of armed conflict. T h e name a n d ]
conslderatiousC yfti bk\ -•• stood by Atchi-
Soldier is by no j$eans retiring into ob- fame of J o h n A. Martin are a part of the
t scurity. The honor of haying eayed the son in particular and Kanr»w in' general.
glorious heritage of Kansas. He made |
country is already growing to good re- We have""p.ndeavcred to'extend to our
this paper the synonym of personal hotio
J g a r d . Many 9 man who, in war times, contemporaries th*i courtesies extended
j laughed in hia sleeve as be saw h|s and patriotic fidelity.
to us and have promptly reciprocated
j neighbor march off to camp, now envies all favors, p i i r intercourse with our con- T H K CHAMPION has evlr been the firm I
that neighbor his right to walk in the
[ company of battle scarred veterans. Let temp0rarie3 of all parties has in the main and steadfast friend of J a n s a s interests. I
I t baa been faithful soothe Republican [
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Ruth Tonsing, "Challiss Martin Memory Book," Atchison, Kansas, held by Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas,

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—The ferry boat at this city has been

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.ast Sunday the church was pleased • " . M- CHALLISS

Iknew Mrs. Challiss years ago when

*r"*"Atchison, Kas.—During the last year

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the stores were closed. The couits ad-

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took hold o f t h e old Squatter Sovereign JT^fitable. We have

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