The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
June 29, 1894
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STATE JOUIOTATV FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 29 1894. AH. ABSURD: FAVOR. A Clergyman Who Skipped to Avoid the War Draft, Wants His Conduct Erased from the Records. TIIINGS THAT WORRY. Trusting to Good Sense of Senate Jlust Stop. J Washixgton. June 29.- Special. One part of the business of this house of representatives can be reported In advance with rt markabltj accuracy- namely, the Friday night session on pension business, and there is a good deal of fun in it for so serious a subject. The hot weather cut it off for awhile, but there la so strong a pressure on members from clamoring con stituents that business must be rushed a little toward tho close of the session. This outline report will do for each evening: Mr. Brookshire takes the chair, and Mr. Stallinps assums an objecting attitude, while Air. Talbert takes the most comfort able and convenient seat he can find and waits to be properly stirred up. Hons. A., B. and C. bring forward their bills in turn, and Mr. Stalling3 cross ex amines and criticises till Mr. Talbert reaches the proper heat to make his regu lar attack, after which from two to five .Republican members make the regulation reply, and then tho dull routine business comes in, and all but those taking part re tire to the smoking rooms or go to sleep. Several bills for private pensions have passed the house, of course, and now the question is, What Is to become of them in the senate? It is hinted by senators Inter ested that thry will not take time to ex amine them, but pass the whole batch on to tho president and see if his veto ma chine is in as good order as it was eight years oro. It is to lie noted, however, that those who take this way don't like Cleveland pretty well. An AmUHing Case. The greatest fun is in the propositions which never pet before the house. Mr. Pendleton of Vest Virginia has claimed all along that h had a case which took the cake, but a New York member luis one whic h takes the whole bakery. The ap plicant is evidently a frank and conscien tious ma'i. and his petition is exquisitely funny in irs solemn absurdity. lie states that he was but n lad when the war be gan, but he re Ached the age to be enrolled in the hottest p.irj of 1S64, and the very next draft cau.i;t him, whereupon he promptly cut stic k fur Canada. He stooo? not up n the order of his going, but gird ed up his l-.;ins mid got. The next year he returned. .1 all was forgiven. He com pleted his truciics, was graduated at a theological seminary and has obtained a fair rank in the ministry. He is in a fair way to be cj.lkd to a very important charge, but lists learned, he says, that he was enrolle J as a soldier and marked as a deserter. He ventures now to '-ask a fa vor" and ''would like to have it attended to as privately as possible." He wants that record crusc.l, that's all. He is kind enough to add that he expects nothing from the government, but does not like to have that record standing against him and his children. Su)Ji' ts Tliat Worry. The habit of voting for bills they do not approve and "trusting to the good sense of the senate," as the members express it, is responsible for the passago of much pri vate pension legi.dation,and theopposition say his habit accounts for the vote in fa vor of the antioption bill. Very few if any membors have the slightest idea that it will pass the senate and become a law, and several who voted for it admit that they had hoped in would not come up, but as it did and tin ir constituents wanted it they helped put it through. There was no such chance to dodge on the bill to repeal the tax on stato banks, and there will be none on the sugar question, which is now the great subject of worry to theso com placent members. They have got to stand straight up and take their medicine with or without BUgar, "says John He Witt Warner, and if he can have his way the tax will be put down to little or nothing. He adds that it is pretty hot weather here, but it will be a blessed sitrht hotter at home for four fifths of tho Democrats if they consent to tho senate bill. He is, therefore, for sit ting the summer through and the winter likewise and lighting it out on the anti sugar tax and antitrust line till the 4th of March. The southern members generally are disposed to be more moderate, and, as Mr. Hinsiuore of Arkansas expresres it, if they cau get the extra duty on refined sugar aliolishrd they may consent to the rest, though they will hate like the mischief to do it. Sever;J counts have been made, and tho highest claim made by anybody shows but a score of members willing to submit to the senate terms on any consid eration. There is a growing Impatience with the ways and means committee and a feeling that it should have been re:.dy tu act at once. It is amusing to hear the vehement assertions of the young and im patient ones and contrast them with tho soothing statements of the veterans, who allege that there isn't the slightest reason for hurry, as CI is tariff bill has already been hurried more than bills of such im portance usually are. A ge of Former Tariff Bills. But it may console the impatient to republish two or three items by way of contrast. The Morrill tariff, so long the basis of Republican tariff laws, was re ported to the honse March 12, 1860, and became a law March 2, 1861. The next peneral act was brought Into the house March 9, 188'J, and became a law Manfh 8, 1883. The MeKinley bill started In on the lfith of April and became a law Oct. 1, 1890. it appears that this bill has outlasted the MeKinley bill but very little and still has many months to run before reaching the age of tho two previous bills. The -Walker tariil bill was reported to the bouse April 14 and became a law July 30, 184(3, only three months and a half, but it must be reineuibcred that the Democrats were in practice then, and this session is the first time in a generation that they have had control in all departments. If they prove only its slow as the Republicans did on their first tariff bill, then this Wil son bill, which was reported to the house Dec. 19, 1893, will become a law early next December. The Topeka Railway company will furnish special open cars for parties who wish to do evening ridings, at reas onable prices. Subscribe for da Daily SiateJocbhau Oil THE SAIITA FE. Concluded from First Page. the least hostile toward the Santa Fe company. Our fight" is not with the Santa Fe; it is with the Pullman com pany. The only thing we will -refuse to do L to handle Pulinian cars. No mem ber of the A. R. U. will consent to go out of the yards with a train er handle it in any way that has Pullman cars at tached." "How do you account for the fact that Pullman cars went through all right last nighti" "that is all right enough, 'We don't expect to stop anv trains or any cars. I his strike so far as we are concerned will be a perfectly peaceful one. So long aa I am president of the union here not the stighest demonstration shall be made against any of the company's prop erty. None of the men that belong to the union will refuse to obey the order of the company during this trouble un less their orders require them ta hand.e the boycotted' cars. Men may handle these cars and so long as they do they will run, but no good union man will handle tbem. I see that Thomas Burke has issued an order to the firemen to remain at work. We haven't asked the firemen to quit work. But anyway, Mr. Burke isn't running the tiremen and if they took a notion to go out they wouldn't be likely to consult his wishes in the matter." Firemen Not Strong, Says Sloat. MSo far as his opinion or Mr. J. F. Roddy's of the B. of L affects the sit uation here, I will say that the two lodges combined do not number over eighty members, while the A. R. U. con trols directly 500 railway employes in the city of Topeka. You can easily see where the prestige lies. Nearly nil the A. It U. men on this division, nowever, are station, shop and yard men. We have very few trainmen. That's how they move the Pullmans." Mr. Sloat was discharged yesterday for refusing to take No. 5 out with Pullman cars attached. Asked about this he said: "It is true. As president of the union here I could not take a Pullman car out and the company ordered me to simply put me bu record if possible as an A. R. U. man w-.io would not obey A. R. U. or ders. Of course I wouldn't take it out. The run did not rightly belong to me. There were other extra passenger con ductors who should have had a chance at the run before it was offered to me. I was discharged here for ret'usiug to take No. 5 out fully nine hours before the train left Kansas City. I think the order to try me and discharge me came from the general manager. The idea was to deal the union hero a dentu, blow if possible, and they have failed. I t-hall etiek to the uuiou now and will make it mv busi ness to stay here and build it up if I have to take woric at one dollar a day to keep me alive while I am doing it." As to Sltt l&eia ua...inui "Do you think there is any possibility that you will be re-instated':"' "The O. R. C. will attend to that. My case is in their hands. According to the rules of the order the company will have ten days iu which to reinstate me." "And if they do not, what then?" "You will hear that later," said Mr. Sloat and that is all he would say on that subject. "I do not know that any of the separate organizations will be or dered out. They have not heard from their national chiefs yet. As to the tiremen I do not think there will be much trouble. From what I have heard, the firemen discharged at La Jun ta will be taken back. If they are not it is probable that the B. of L. F. will follow the A. R. U. "There will be no further trouble if we can avoid it. All who have charge of the matter are very conservative men, and, as 1 said before, we have no fight to make on the Santa Fe not now." Deputies Along; thu Koitil. J. J. Kinney, chief of the Santa Fe detective force, said this- morning that he has about fifty deputies scattered along the road to protect the company's prop erty and that Marshal Neeley is at Ar gentine with twenty-five men. Deputy George Montgomery with ex-Pol icemen Doc Ward, Arthur Weliman and Doc. Wilkerson went from Topeka last night to Dodge City. ALONG 1 11 K SAMA FE. Developments of the strike at Various .Point On tbe ytein. San Diego. CaL,' June 29. The strike on the Sauta Fe went into effect at its Pacific terminus at midnight Wednesday, aud since that hour air movements of trains have been at a standstill, both in this city and National City. The local ageDt of the Santa Fe went to National City yesterday morning to get the train mea to take out the morning train, as usuai. There was abFolutely no convincing the men that the train should move. They told the agent that they had the highest regard tor him personally, but that orders had been received from headquarters and that they would obey them. A Union Hin'i Sentiment. Kansas Citt, Mo., June 29. One of the Railway Union leaders in the Santa Fe yards-at Argentine,, speaking of the discharge of a few engineers and fire men, said: "If they lire one they must tire us alL Not one of us will work un til the discharged men are back, you know. And say," the speaker winked knowingly, "we've distinctly got a cinch this time. The company can not dis charge us ..all. Why not? It takes cash, and they haven't got it, see? The company owes every one of us just two month's stuff. If you don't like the way a hand is working, want to fire him, in Missouri or Kansas, you've got to pay him up to date before he needs to consider himself out. If the com pany don't like the way we are switchin' and firin' and handlin' trains here, it can just dig up cixty days pay airround. We wouldn't bo sorry to Bee it, I can tell you." At Denrrr. Dksver, June 92. On all the rail roads entering Denver except the Santa Fe the regular trains were sent out this morning without trouble. Employes of the Denver Rio Grande and Union Pacific have not yet refused to handle Pullman cars. It is understood there will be a full meeting of the lodges to consider the matter. About twenty-five Union Pacific employes who are Knights of Labor, at a meeting last night determined not to participate in the boycott. 1 Le situation on the Santa Fe is unchanged. The train which should Lave jjoae east at 11:50 last night is still standing in the depot here. General Manager Robinson Tallest Chicago, June 29. General Manager Robinson of the Santa Fe, said to an As sociated Press reporter that his road is determined to move its trains regularly and on time. "We have sent a force of switchmen with forty deputy marshals as a guard," said" Mr. Robinson, "and we intend to see that our trains suffer no further delays. ..No ar resta will be made unless our men' are interfered with, but any interference will be promptly met by the deputies." The Colorado Midland. Desvkb, June 29. There has been no interference here by the strikers with the Santa Fe's California train over the Colorad Midland which carries Pull man cars. The Santa Fe Railroad com pany applied to the United States court today for a larger force of deputy mar shals. Judge Hallett granted the re quest and at 12:30 fifty deputies were sent south on a special train, who will be stationed at Pueblo, La Junta and other points on the road. At Kansas City. Kansas City, June 29. Noon. 'The Santa Fe is moving all its passenger trains out of this city today. The road is not attempting to make up freight trains as most of its awitenmen are out. All other employes are at work. Pull mans are going through. The other roads are running smoothly at this point. A Cb.atnu.te Kan. Chanute, Kans., June 29. An enthu siastic meeting of the A. R. U., of south ern Kansas was held in this city this morning. It was resolved that the union should tight from start to finish. A tele gram was received from the A. R. U., of Emporia stating that the charter of the switchmen's Mutual Aid Assaociation had beeu surrendered. At. San BnrntrdtBO. Rxtct Ro-wwiTimvA l" 1 Jn no OQ All of the shopmen of the Santa Fe company employed at this point nave quit wors, some 500 in number. JUDGE CALDWELL'S ORDER. Aplyluip to the Employes on the Santa Fe Railroad. General Manager J. J. Frey last night received from Chicago the following or der from Judge Henry C. Caldwell in reference to the trouble on the Santa Fe: Wrquktonsincj, Mich., Juae 28. 1894. JWV. lteinhart, Boston, Mass.; John J. MeCook, Boston. Mas. Josepii V. W .lon, Chicago. receivers of the Atciiisou, Topeita teaii.a te raiircad, Chicaso. 111.: The men iu the employ of the receivers of the Ai.ch.son system must discharge ail heir usual and accustomed duties or quit the service ot ihe receivers ailoeUier and- jermit other men to take their places who win discharge daiies. Any or all of the employe eau qu.t the service of the company It tfiev desire to dj so. lut when they quit ihey inusi not interfere in any manner vri.h the pro erty oi the road or the men wlio take their places. Any interference will he promptly dealt with as a contempt of court. The men who wish to continue in the service of tha court must dis charge ail their duties appropriale.y and prop erly. A reiusai to periorm any part of ihose duties will compel Ui,r discharge and the em ployment ot other men to lake their piaces. Ail the powers aud auihorit of tho court wi 1 bo vigorously exercised lo enfsreo tiie-,e reasona b.e rules. I cannot believe the boycott order was intended to be put in operation on the roads iu the United hlaies courts aud operated by receiv ers apiKjiiited by thoe courts, but if such is the case the au.iiors of the boycott order and the men to whom H is addressed must understand thai, the court will nut tolerate any interference wuli tne operation of the road by its recovers from anv cause whatever. The meu must uu derstand'tbat tney can't remain In the service of the receivers and refuse to perform any duty per'aininit to that service. They must make their t election .viietner they will take their order as t the cars to be switched and haudled from President Ieb.s or the court. If they elect to obey tiie order of the former they may do so, but in that event they must understand distiuctiy that they are no longer in t lis serv.ee of the court for any purpose and that other men will be employed to take their places permanently, who will be guarded and protected in the dis charge of their duties. hen the situation of your road and the law applicable to this case is understood. 1 do not beueve there will be any attempt to pu the boycott order in force upon it. Any attempt to do so will be in direct con tempt of ihe authority of the court and must in evitably result disastrously to the men. As soon as I learn that it is the deliberate purpose of those ordering the boycott to attempt to en force it aa list the authority of the court. I will proceed to Topeka and deal with the matter on the lines as indicated in this dispatch. Hknry C. Caldwell, United Slates Circuit Judge. Judge Caldwell is now taking his sum mer vacation at the little town of We quetonsing, Mich., away from the harry and bustle of business, but Mr. George R Peck yesterday afternoon sent a man from Chicago up to Judge Caldwell's summer resort i-nd secured his signatura to the above order. It is understood that the order was prepared in Chicago by Mr. Peck just as the order signed here yesterday morning by Judge Foster was written in the Santa Fe offices by Gen eral Attorney A. A. Hurd. Judge Caldwell has jurisdiction over portions of the Northern Pacific and Union Pacific as well as the Santa Fe. THE GOVERNOR ON THE STRIKE. The Courts In a Horry to Side With the Railroad, He Hays, Governor Leweiling said to a Statk Journal reporter today 'in relation to the strike: "So far as the Pullman company is con cerned, I have no sympathy for it, and so fat as I have observed nobody has who has ever been a victim of its vorac ity. It is a parasite which lives off the corporations and the traveling public and compels its porters to pillage its pa trons that they may live. It seems to be the desire of the company that their por ters should derive their subsistence- in that way. It is ridiculous to the honest mind that a corporation grown so rich as it has, and by such means as it has employed, should undertake to deprive its honest and industrious employes of their means of a living. It is to be regretted that that this trouble has involved companies against which the railroad men have no grievance. "I do not know what the contract ia between the Pullman and the various companies, but I do know that in mak ing freight contracts, a clause in invaria bly incorporated exempting railroad companies from liability in case strikes or other unavoidable delays, and it seems to me that equal wisdom should have made like provision ia contracts with Pullman travelers. "It has been said that the railroad com panies have an interest in the earnings of the Pullman cars. If this be true, these railroad companies should be cen sured to a degree at least "Judge Caldwell's order or notice or whatever it may be, issued last night, that the men may quit work, but must not commit violence or prevent other men from working, strikes me, aa it must strike all other practical men, as the cor rect idea, but it does not deny the right of men to strike or to proselyte and ex ercise moral suasion. "It seems a little remarkable, however, that the courts are always so easily ac cessible to corporations, and in the case before as it strikes me as it no doubt does other men, that the court's advice given to the men in an official way, in ad vance of any overt act of violenoe or threat of violence, is something un usual. It does not take a very observing man to notice that the courts in giving advice ia cases of strikes, always seem to give it ia favor of the corporations and never Beet aa oppor tunity to compel the strikers ia the mat ter of their rights as against the corpora tions. "Intelligent and law-abiding citizens cannot fail to view with alarm the con tinued and persistent encroachment of the courts in general upon the other de partments of government. We have had some illustrations in Kansas. For exam ple I am of opinion that the federal authorities, through the courts, exceeded their prerogatives last summer during the famous strike ia southeastern Kan sas. At that time the corporations were not only permitted by the courts to bring armed men and arms into the state but under various pretexts the property of the corporations (the mine owners) was act ually protected and at the expense of fed eral authority and this, too, without the authorities of the state having been ask ed to interfere in any manner. "I observed recently, also, that an opinion has emanated from the military department of the federal government to the effect that United States troops may be sent into any state to suppress riots or otherwise maintain order where the executive of the state declines to do so; which means in plain English, I sup pose, that the present United States au thorities are to interfere on behalf of the corporations and ia oppositioa to the ex- ecutive. "When Governor Waite undertook to do exact justice to both sides in the min ing controversy at Cripple Creek, it was immediately discovered by the corpora tion allies, that the governor of Colorado was unwilling to use his authority for the maintenance of good order, and this incident seems to have been the occasion of the remarkable opinion promulgated by the military department of the federal government. "This opinion means, if it means any thing, that the states themselves have no rights wich are to be respected by the federal authorities, aud I believe such doctrine to be dang.j-ous in the ex treme. If this po3i r is to be main tained by the government we will dis cover sooner or later that we have sown to the wiwl and are reaping the whirl wind." QUEER POSITIOX OK OLXKY, Proposes the Arret of Men Who Will !Xoc Mull Trains. I-oa Angeles, June 29. The attitude of tho federal government taken toward tho strikers late last evening puts a sen sational aspect upon the case, as, accord ing to U. S. Uistrict Attorney Dennis' in structions, the strikers will be arrested and prosecuted s conspirators Uiider di rections from Attorney General Olney unless they go to work at once. It ap pears here to men supposed to tnow the law that the Washington officials have sadly failed to understand the sitnalion. and if there ia an attempt to arrest the men it is possible they will resist. If they do, a repetition of the Homestead fighting is not impossible. Mr. JUennis has received orders from Olney to take legal steps to compel the passage of the United States mails. Two switchmen, Mcllugh aud Gold9tvin were asked to coufer with Dennis. They stated that any mail train would be hauled; that a crew had been ready for twenty four houis, but that the company refused to haul the mail car unless it had a Pull man coupled to it. Because of this the union had decided not to chango its po sition. At a meeting of the railroad men late last night a general strike on the South ern Pacific system was ordered by the union. All the operators of the groat corporation will not wait for dismissal but will walk out, so that not even the coal trains will be. run. A telegram from President Debs was read in the meeting ordering the strike and was received with enthusiasm. The only answer the men would make as to District Attorney Dennis' ultimatum to arrest them if the mail trains were not run as usual, was that they had nothing to say. "We are ready to pull mail cars any where," said one, "but we do not think a Pullman is a part of a postal car, or that the United States government considers that the property of an Italian marquis is a necessary part of a mail train." It is evident that the men have not chanered their opinion about operating the Pullmans and that they will be ar rested rather than give in. It is learned on what ought to be good authority that all the Santa Fe telegraph operators and station agents will quit. If the same pelicy Is to be followed by the federal authorities towards the Southern Pacific strikers, as well as the Santa Fe, there will be no difficulty in swearing in enough deputy marshals to arrest 8lX) or 9u0 alleged conspirators. The police and sheriff have made prep arations in case of trouble. Just before receiving his instructions from Olney Dennis had prepared a dis patch to that official, ia which he stated the request of the railway company for him to prosecute the strikers as conspira tors under, the section of the revised statutes above referred to and in which he said: "In my opinion the statute re ferred to does not apply to existing con ditions. Besides, the prosecution of such exeat numbers is a practical impossibility. There are no funds to prosecute and there are insufficient accommodations in the district for the men's detention." Oluey's order, however, overruled the above; the-situation is accordingly very grave. About 490 strikers held a meeting la3t night to listen to the argument of the United States district attorney as to the responsibility of the government in haudling mail matter. The district- at torney contended that the men in a body were violating the law in refusing to handle trains on which the mail was to be carried, but the men contended that they were at liberty to leave their posi tions and "retire at their own pleasure. A definite understanding of the matter will probably not be reached until to morrow. CAR SUOPMKS STRIKE. Six Hasdrsi Men Quit at Blllwanlcea at Moon. Milwaukee, June 29. The employes of the car department of the West Mil waukee shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul road struck at 12 o'clock today. It is understood the company posted a bulletin notifying them that from the hour of 3:30 this afternoon the shops would be closed indefinitely. At noon the mn hid a mass meeting Highest of all in Leavening Power.- Latest U. S. Gov't Report. ABSOIiiraEIDf PURE and decided to quit in anticipation of what they termed a lock-out. When the 1 o'clock whistle sounded only fifteen, out of a force of nearly 600, went to work. Just what action the 1,200 .work men in the locomotive department will take is not known. A meeting will be held tonight. DEMOCRATIC .PRIMARIES. Result of tha Balloting; In tb City I-ait Night. Democratic primaries were held in all the wards of the city last night and dele gates were elected to attend the county convention tomorrow which will elect delegates to the state convention which is to meet at Hamilton hall, Tuesday, J uly 3rd. First Ward. First precinct M. W. Kimes," J. E. Anderson, O. A. Cook, J. T. Long, J. A. Brinker. Second precinct E. W. Potter, Oscar Bischoff, James Durken, Henry Her ing. Third precinct J. W. Blossom, T. M. Ilanley, C. W. Bridgeman, Will Hewitt. Saconil Ward. First precinct M. Ileery, L. Black man, A. W. Earnest, N. Kautrowitz. Second precinct Wm. Havens, J. B. McNeally, J. S. Stevenson. Fourth Precinct J. H. Jones, M. W. Saxon, Henry Guibor and William Chet wood. Fifth Precinct S. B. Isenhart, P. M. Shafor, F. S. ihomas, J. M. Knight, H. Lowrie. Third Ward. First Precinct A. P. Shreve, W. J. Rankin, Thomas Joy, John Hovenden. Second Precinct D. P. Elliott, N. B. Burge, J. H. Dennis. Third Precinct J. F. Howe, W. A. Roberts. 1 Fourth Ward Second Precinct Archie Lord, Eti mett Whipple, 1L G. Webber, ileury Heiss. Third Precinct Lee Jones, "Henry Tracy. II. C. Schweariugton. Fourth Prec.nct L. Y. Grubbs, Geo. A. Ward. l-lfth Ward, First Precinct W. A. Snyder, W. E. Eaglesou, Johu L Price. Second Precinct J. H. Williams, Cria Roof. Potwin. L. A. Stebbins and Wm. P. Tomlinson. The following central committeemen were elected: Second ward, A. W. Earn est, Dave Williams; Third ward, Furman liatcer; Fourth ward, Johu Mileham, Lee Jones. L. Y. Grubbs; Fifth ward, V. A. Snyder. ROCK ISLAND TESTIMONY. They Won't Allow U. F. Speed Sheet In trod need. Clay Center, Kas., June 29. The Rock Island introduced the remainder of its expert testimony in the Linwood wreck case this morhing and rested. The concluding evidence was in regard to the Rock Island speed sheet but it was not introduced in evidence. The Rock Island demanded the Union Pacific speed sheet but when it was pro duced declined to permit it to be receiv ed as evidence because W. II. Lcomia couldn't swear from his own personal knowledge that it was the identical speed sheet that was on the Union Pa cific train at the time of the collision al though, the Union Pacific offered to fur nish witnesses for the Rock Island who would swear that it was. It is doubtful whether the case can be giveu to the jury tomorrow. WOLCOTT SERIOUSLY ILL. He Will Have to SulTr the Removal of a Kidney. New York, June 29. Letters from Paris received here from Senator Wolcott of Colorado, state that he is recovering very slowly from a recent surgical oper ation performed on him by an eminent French physician. Mr. Wolcott is not expected to return to the United States. before August. His friends are very uneasy about hi in. It was given out when he sailed that his mission was to sell a mine. Senator Wolcott only returned from Europe two mouths ago after undergoing an operation. He is suffering from kid ney trouble and his friends fear that it will be necessary to ultimately remove one of his kidneys. Senator Wolcott is naturally a man of magnificent constitution and for this reason his friends hope he will soon re gain his health. TODAY IT'S 95. The Hottest Day of the Saaaon, Sure Ho o a gh. At 2 o'clock this- afternoon Swift Hoiliday'8 standard thermometer re corded the temperature as 95 degrees.. The indications for the next thirty-six hours are that the weather will be fair, and that tfte temperature will rise to morrow. Of late the "lows" have leen doing this. The usual direction for a low barometer is to travel eastward. Decker, 91olIiM Berry Case. At the trial of the Decker, Mullins Berry suit against the c'viy of Topeka ia the Douglas county district court yester day Mr. R. W. Mullius was the principal witness for the plaintiffs, lie attempted to prove oppression and unfairness on the part of the city in carrying, out the contract for the construction of sewers No. 11 and 12. James Ramsey, and ex mayor D. C. Metsker were also witnesses against the city. The defendants will not begin introducing witnesses be fore about Tuesday. City Engineer Lewis Kingman and Councilmen llol man and Burgess were among tbe latest arrivals at the trial. Go out to Garfield park tonight and hear the band concert by Marshall's band. Go out to Garfield park tonight and hear the band concert by Marshall's band. Band concert at Garfield park tonight Ha? n TODAY'S MARKET REPORT. Chicago. June 29. Wheat was steady at a slight decline today. There was a fairdeinand for July at 58c and Septem ber at 6jc at the start and cables were rather steady, rallying at the close. Sep tember opened ic lower at 60c, lost Jc, advanced c and reacted to the opening pf ice. Corn was steady and a trifle higher on some covering. September opeued un changed at 41lgC and advanced to 4c Oats weak. J uly o5)c. Provisions were dull and slightly lower on moderate selling. September pork opened 2Jc lower, at l2.21, and sold to $12.62'. September lard $6.80. Receipts Wheat. 18,000 bu.; corn, 235, 000 bu.; oats, 188,000 bu. Shipments Wheat, 49,000 bu.; corn, 237,000 bu.; oats. 129,000 bu. Estimated receipts for Saturday: Wheat 41 cars, corn 150 cars, oats 105 cars, hogs 10,000 to 12.0U0 head. T7T- op 1 lilvjtl lxw CiO'd Yes.. 583i ml 41 41 "s8 5;-s 60 03 41 41i 44 57557 575, 57'd';5i. 00e;59j4 00g 63 ?ii 41 J 418 43 ko8 406 43 41? 43 35 V 41 44 36? 29 29il294i2Sl29i8l Cattlk Receipts 4,500 1,2-uO were Texans, 25 cents higher than Wednesday. Prime to extra native steers, $4.654.90; medium, $4.00(4.40; others, jj,3.50(3.90; Texans, $2.754.25. Hoos Receipts, 15,000. Market slow, weak. Rough heavy, $4.504.75; packers and mixed, $4.65,4.90; prime heavy and butchers' wsights, $4.9005.10; as sorted lights, $4.005-00. Sukkp and Lambs Receipts, 5.000. Market 10 cents higher. Top sheep, $3.75; top lambs, $5.00. flatiaaa City .Haricot. Kansas Citt. June 29. Whkat Unchanged. No. 2 hard, 49(52c; No. 2 red 4952c; No. 3 red, 474'Jc; rejected 4445c. Corn Mixed J-c lower; white, un changed. No. 2 white, 89'j39c; No. 2 mixed, 35J-43Co. Oats lc lower. No. 2 mixed 33034; No. 2 white 36c. Rtjs Steady. No. 2, 42c. Fi.siitcD Steady, $1.34 Buan Easier. 5658c. Hay Dull. Timothy, $S.00$a 50; prairie $7.0o8.50. Butter Steady. Creamery, 1415c; dairy, 1214c. Etias Weak at 7c. CATTLB-Receipts 2, 500; shipments 1,500. Market strong to loc higher aud active. Texas steers $1.753.4t; Texus cows,$1.20 3.30; beef steers. $3.20j)4.75; native cows, $2.2553.75; stockers and feeders, $2.00gC3.75: bulls, $1.252.30. Hoos Receipts, 5,000; shipments, 1,4j0. Market opened active and strong to 5 cents higher, closed weak. Bulk of sales t.4.754.85; heaviea, $4.80)4.95; packer, 4.804.95; mixed, $4.7'j34.83; Jights, $4.654.85; Yorkers, $4.7504-80; pigs, 4.504.80. Aew Yorlt Mtuc 1trkn. American Suear Refinery, 101; A. T. S. F., 5)i;. C B. O... 76Jg; Erie, 13; L.&N., 44); Missouri Pacitic. X64; Head ing, 16t-8; New England, H; Rock Is land, 67; SL Paul, 59?; Union Pacific, 10J4; Western Union, 83); Chicago Gas, 78; Cordage, 22j. Band Concert Tonight. Marshall's Mili tary Band will give a, their usual open '"'Si air concert at Gar tfitr 4 en t.. .1 1. 1 liciu J. a o. evening. Fireworks on the l-'ourth. Besides the many other attractions at Garfield park on the Fourth, Marshall's band have arranged to give a grand fire works display at 9:30. This display will be worth seeing, and includes some large exhibition pieces Having purchased F. W. Whittier's interest in tho firm, we are prepared to give the people of Topeka the best the market alfords. Whitnky Sow, 730 Kansas ave. Dr. Menninger wishes to say to his patrons that he hai his telephone No. 85 moved to his summer residence, Judge N. F. Handy's place, 1275 Topeka ave. One word describes it "perfection." We refer to De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve, cures obstinate sores, burns, skin diseases and is a well known cure for piles. J. K. Jones. Cleveland. Ohio, and Return Tickets Mold amy M. IO. The Santa Fe has arranged to extend the time limit on their round trip tickets to Cleveland, Ohio, untjl September 15. See Rowley Bros.' for particulars. Cleveland. Ohio, and Kctarn-Tlckets Hold July S, f, IO. The Santa Fe has arranged to extend the time limit on their round trip tickets to Cleveland, Ohio, until September 15. See Rowley Bros.' for particulars. Abury I'arU, Sfw Jersey, and Itrtoru. TICKETS BOLD JCXY 5-6-7. The Santa Fe has arranged to extend the time limit on their round trip tickets to Asbury Park until September 1st. Go by one route and return by another east of Chicago if you wish. See Rowley Bros, for particulars. Band concert at Garfield park to night. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. VV ASTKli-lo buy an unriKhi piano; be in iirstc.ass order and cheap, price. Address. ,-B. Y." this office. must State rg'HE undersigned loaned two la'ltes an ura A brnlla on Wednesday evening. Xhey woiiid oblige by returning it to this ouice.or to 111 lutst if.h street. K. B. Vv'alker. Junk -m. Wheat Jun. July.. Sept.. Dec Corn- Jun July. Sept.. Oats Jun July.. Sept. li IZ- Pi
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