The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
December 2, 1895
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TWO CENTS. MONDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, DECEMBER 2, 1S95. MONDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. OUR KANSAS MEN The State Journal's Special Washington Correspondent Tells All About the Kansas Congressmen, Where They Are Located and Their Families. WORK MAPPED OUT. What the Congressmen Propose to Do This Session. Peffer at the Head with Number of Bills. HIS FUNERAL BILL A Unique Collection of Facts and Figures, Showing How Much State Fun erals Cost Including Plumb's. From the State Journal's Special Correspondent Washington, Deo. 2. The session of the Fifty-fourth congress which opened today found Kansas with more nearly a olid Republican delegation than at any time since the Fifty-first congress. Of the Populists who were carried in on the wave in 1890 only Senator Peffer and Congressman Baker remain. Senator Peffer has only a short lease on senator ial life as his business plans for the fu ture indicate that he himself considers. Representative William Baker only got in this time by a narrow margiu and is doubtless serving his last term. Con gressman Sam Stevenson of Michigan in Bpeakiug of him said: "Pie wa'a't much of a Pop anyhow," but this is an asser tion which Mr. Baker himself would doubtless resent and which the Republi cans in his district would be ready to dis pute the truth of. All of the other Pop ulists who came in aa a result of one of Kansas' whimsoys, Jerry Simp eon, T, J. Hudson, John Davis, W. A. Harris have been supplanted by new men, pronounced orthodox by Republicans, who are now'" to make their records and leave their marks on the congressional blackboard. Of the Republican representatives Curtis and Broderick alone have had congressional experience. It is con sidered one of the best signs of this that tliey were in the McDowell combination, bo called, for house officers, which car ried the day, with the exception of Fisher for chaplcin, while the new members Hocked at once to Henderson, of Illinois, for clerk, who didn't win. "Simply guessed wrong, that's all," was the com ment made upon the action of tha new Kansas members. Chas. S. Martin of Saline, who wanted to be reading clerk, is another who guessed wrong," and who is knocked out by the victory of the McDowell com bination. He was in the Henderson camp and when the chances of the Illi nois man for clerk were spoiled the pins were struck from under the hopes he was building. Senator Baker is located for the winter at 1742 Q street. His family and that of secretary, B. B. Cushman of Wichita, are keeping house together. Mr. Cush man was formerly secretary to Senator Perkins who succeeded Senator Plumb. Miss Mary Baker is with her father and mother and will probably remain until after the Christmas holidays. She came here from Vassar, where she is in the class of '97, about two weeks ago be cause she was in poor health. One of the first bills which Senator Baker will introduce in the senate will be regarding the abandoned Ft. Hays military reservation in Ellis county. This reservation was abandoned by the gov ernment some years ago, and as the law provides in such cases that the lands be opened by the secretary of the interior for sale to individuals, this was about to be done when the secretary was asked to hold up the sale while a bill could pass congress giving the lands to the state of Kansas. The Kansas delegation to the last congress secured the passage of such a bill through both the house and senate, but it failed to become a law because passed in the last days of the Eession, and the president did not get to it to sign it. Senaior Baker will now bring the matter up again in a bill which he has already drafted, providing for the ced ing of the land to Kansas. When asked if it was intended to push the Waller case at once, Senaior Baker Baid. "Why not? If the man is impris oned wrongfully let's know it." Senator Peffer, Mrs. Peffer and Miss Peffer are at the Oxford. Senator Peffer spends most of his time at the capitol, or at his office in the Maltby building near tha capitol, which is used by the senate. The attitude of the Populists in the re organization of the senate is causing a great deal of discussion, and is a matter of considerable moment. Senator Peffer was somewhat annoved at the report given out by Senator Wm. E. Chandler of New Hampshire that he (Peffer) would vote with the Republicans, and he took pains at once to deny that there was any authority for such a state ment. Senator Peffer said today. "If the re organization of the senate is to be made a l-arty issue, it becomes a matter of principle to remain by ourselves. We don't propose to be snuffed out. We have a place on the map, and we are going to stay there. The peoplo are looking at us and we can not afford to do anything which will look like trading off. If, however, the silver men in tha senate, both Democrats and Republicans would agree to combine ul reorganize the senate on silver lines, I for one should be most glad to co operate with them. This indeed is the plan I should like to see adopted and like to follow." Speaking of the most important gen eral legislation likely to come up, Senator Peffer said it would be the money ques tion and supplementary revenue legisla tion. Any tariff legislation not involving too repugnant features ha said he would not oppose. "I am in favor of a tax of a dollar a barrel on beer," he said, "to raise addi tional revenue." Senator Peffer also be lieves wool should be made dutiable, which would raise five or six millions and that the duty should be put back on silks and other articles of luxury. Congressman Broderick of the First district with his two daughters, Jennie and Fannie is at the Elsmere. His daughters act as his secretaries and Mr. Broderick says he finds it not only a great convenience bnt almost in dispensable to the economy of time to have his secretary stop at the same place, as is of course the case with him. He disposes of much of his mail after breakfast, and before going to committee meetings, which usually take place at 10 o'clock. The house meets at 12 noon and then there is do more time until after dinner in which to attend to cor respondence. If his mail is neglected even for one day he 'says he finds it an immense task to catch up. Mr. Broder ick takes especial pride in the fact that he always gives every letter attention, no matter from whom or where. The only other member of Mr. Broderick's family is his son Frank, who is studying pharmacy in Kansas City, and will graduate next year. The matter of pensions la one of the first things to which Mr. Broderick will give his attention. "It has been the policy of this administration," said he, "to regard pensions aa a bonus paid to the soldiers and not as a vested right. So whenever they saw tit pensions have been reduced. This ought not to be. Frequently the complaint ia made anonymously by malicious persons, and when a congressman asks for the pa pers in the case the complaint is slipped out before they are handed over. The method of procedure ought to be that no pension stiould be reduced except in case of fr .ui, and this should be proved in the United States courts. A pension claim ought to be made as valid as a judgment." Mr. Broderick will introduce such a bill in the house. Senator Peffer has a similar one which he will introduce in the senate. Senator Peffer'a bill provides that if the United States does not prove its case in the courts, it pay the costs. This feature was suggested by Senator Baker with whom Senator Peffar con sulted regarding it Congressman Curtis and family are keeping house at 1314 Fifteenth street His sister, Mis3 Dolly Curtis, is his secre tary. Mrs. Curtis and the children did not arrive until Saturday. Mr. Curtis and his sister have been in town several weeks. Mr. Curtis met them in Chicago and came on with them. Congressmen Blue and Miller are the only members of the Kansas delegation who are located at the same place. They are at the Norinandie just a block up Fifteenth street from the Shoreham where speaker Reed lives and just across the street from Chamberlain's famous place. Mr. Blue says he finds it a little harder getting started than iu "jest an ordinary legislature" but he looks will ing to endure the extra trouble. A. R. Green of Lecompton. ex-state senator and railroad commissioner is Mr. Blue's secretary. Congressman Miller ha3 no secretary as yet but will probably ap point the son of Judge Henry Aiden of Kansas City, Kan. Congressman Kirkpatrick with his family have a house at 1373 Howard street. Congressman Calderhead is also keep ing house and is located with his family at 213 North Capitol street. Congress man Long and his wife have a house at S815 Fourteenth street N. W. Congress man William Baker is at 210 Fifth street N. AY. Congress often brings together ac quaintances after many years separation, senator Peffer met Representative Crowther from ;the St. Joe district in Missouri for the first time in twenty years, the other day. Back in 1871-2-3, Mr. Peffer was running the Fredonia Journal and Crowther was publishing the Times at New Chicago, nowChanute. New Chicago was the nearest railroad point to Fredonia at that time, being on the Leaven worth, Lawrence Galveston, now the Southern Kansas. Peffer had to go to Chanute for his paper 'and frequently had to call on Crowther for Ja supply to tide over an emergency. In 1874 Peffer was elected to the state senate from Wil son county and later established the Journal at Coff ayville, the people there guaranteeing him 1,000 a year. Crowth er left Cuauutu and the two had not met until a few days ago. Congressman Sweet, of Idaho, is suc ceeded by Edgar Wilson, of Boise City, a tall, handsome man, not exceeding forty, who is a successful lawyer, and has the distinction of being the only member of coacrass who represents a whole state by himself. Many years ago Representa tive Broderick of Kansas, while territorial judge of what was then the Territory of Idaho, admitted Wilsou to the bar, and they had not met for mtny years un til they were introduced to each other at the McDowell headquarters. 'If Broderick had stayed in Idaho," said Wilson, "he would have been sent to the United States Senate." It may be becaute he is an old mem ber and knows how to proceed. It may be that he works hard, or it may be that fathering many bills is one way in which Senator Peffer's kindly, fatherly nature manifests itself, but certain it is that he is provided with as many bills as there are dogs in a poor family. When the Jour nal correspondent asked him if he had any legislation which be proposed to in troduce, he turned to his desk and with the utmost nonchalance produced a bunch of twenty-one bills! Juat twenty one bills ready for the first day of the session. But Senator Peffer has been here since October 10, and he works all the time. His bill to do away with the' extrava gance of congressional funerals has al ready caused widespread attention and comment. The bill is short and simple. It provides that when a congressman dies inDistrictof Columbia while congress is in session that the house of which he was a member appoint a committee to take charge of the remains. That the members of the committee see to it that the body is properly encased and Bhipped in charge of the sergeant at arms to the member's home or to his friends or family. That is all there is to it but such an arrangement would save the government thousands of dollars and do away with some of the junketing trips which have at times been a disgrace and debauch. In connnction with this bill Senator Peffer has prepared statistics to show the need of such a reform. These figures are in some cases so large as to almost startle even Senator Peffer who thinks rows of figures as wide as Kansas ave nue, Topeka, as a regular thing. The evil has grown and grown rapidly of late years as the figures will show, which are now given out by Senator Peffer for the first time. The data which are yet pre pared relate only to senators. "During the first thirty-seven years of the senate's existence," said Senator Pef fer, ''twenty-two senators died and nine were buried at public expense but in the next twenty -two years, from 1826 to 1847, twenty-seven died and eleven were buried at public expense. Ihe average cost of these was $613.80. From 1843 to 1867 twenty-eight senators died and eighteen were buried at public expense at an average cost of $1,398.46. You see how it grows. The first death to exceed $1,000 in expenses was that of John Fairfield of Maine in 1847, which the government paid $1,072.25 for. "Now here's an interesting thing," said the senator. "From 1869 to 1894, twenty five of the thirty deaths in the senate were the occasion of public funerals and cost in the aggregate $68,835.57 or $2, 754.22 apiece. The last ten of these cost $45,420.27 or $4,542.02 each." Senator Peffer is very conscientious in the matter of figures and even the extra two cents goes when it comes to striking an average. "To make a more striking comparison," said the senator, "the cost of public funerals for senators from 1885 to 1894 was more than one half the entire ex pense for such occasions during the whoie existence of the senate, and $4,139.20 more than all the rest from 1790 to 1834. Or to put it in other words, the last 13 funerals cost $4,139.2J more than the other sixty senate burials, the total number of senate burials at public expense being 73." Some of the senators, it appears, did not need much assistance from the government in getting over the river. The funerals of Thomas Rush, of Texas, who died in 1856, James Bell, who ex pired in 1857, and Andrew P. But ler, of South Carolina, who passed away in the same year only made Uncle Sam go down in his pocket for $4.50 for each. But perhaps ferry tolls were cheaper in those days or the congression al attendants were not educated up to champagne and two for a quarter cigars. In strong contrast with these three cheap funerals was that of Senator George Hurst of California, who died in February 1391. To give him a "decent" burial the United States footed bills to the amount of $21,332.55. Distance doesn't appear to have made the differ ence in expense in this case because Senator J. F. Miller, of the same state, who died in 18S6 had;to be contented with only a $3,532 funeral. "It is curious," Senator Peffer pointed out, "that distance has not made any difference in the cost. Take the cases here of Alex. Barrow of Louisiana, dying in 1846 and Isaac Pennypacker of Vir ginia dying iu 1847. The former's burial cost $791.65, the latter's $772.80, al most as much, though not a tenth as far away. The truth of the matter is that much of these expenditures ia covered by that in clusive word 'miscellaneous.' Commis sary supplies' covers a multitude of sins." Interesting figures concerning the fu nerals of noted men are brought out by Senator Peffer's research. J. C. Calhoun's funeral in 1850 cost the government $3,106.47. Henry Clay's funeral in 1850 cost $5, 447.02. Preston B. Plumb's in 1891 cost $3. 082.75. The most recent senatorial funeral, that of Senator J. E. Kenna of West Vir ginia, in 1893, was a public expense of $3,170.50. The '-commissary supplies" were $43a48. M. F. M. WALKER IS CHAIRMAN. Al.lnce F. Walker le Made Chairman of the Snnta Fe Board of Director Today. New York, Dec. 2. Aldace F. Walk er was today elected chairman of the board of directors of the Atchison, Tope ka Santa Fe by the joint executive committee of the Atchison reorganiza tion committee. MORE GOLD IN COLORADO. Five Billion Dollar! Worth Said to Be Waiting Claimfcrs in Snmmit County. Denver, Dec. 2. Miners who are fa miliar with all that is being done in the development of the vast gold fields of Colorado predict that the mining sensa tion of 1896 will center in Summit coun ty. It is estimated that the county has yielded in the past $50,000,000 in gold and not one per cent of the placer ground has been worked over. Syndi cates have secured thousands of acres of rich placer ground in the neighborhood of Becker and next spring will begin on a gigantic scale. OSB0NCASE CONTINUED. It AcTjonrn to Let Burton Attend Million Club Meetiuc, Lawrence, Dec. 2. Judge Benson has continued the Osbon murder case till Wednesday. This was done in order to allow J. R. Burton to speak in Chi cago. Gomez is Routed. New York, Dec. 2. A special to the Herald from Havana says: Maximo Go maz and his army have utterly failed in their attempt to reach the villas. His forces sustained great loss, his ranks were broken, and his men were dispers ed. They abandoned their supplies, and fled to the mountains. FISHERJEATEN. Congressman Miller of Kansas City, Kas., Did It. Only Needed His Vote to Make the Old Time Kansan CHAPLAIN OF HOUSE. Congressman Millar Tell3 the Journal Correspondent Why He Voted Against the Rev. Mr. Fisher. "NOT THE RIGHT MAN." Says the Fisher Combine was Held Together By Promises of Plunder, Other Fellows for Principle. From the State Journal's Special Correspondent Wasuington, Dec 2 The slate as agreed on by the Republican leaders of the house went through Saturday even ing's caucus with one exception, and that was Rev. II. D. Fisher of Kansas, who was defeated by the refnsal of Congress man O. L. Miller of Kansas City, Kan., to vote for Fisher. The caucus ticket stands: For Speaker Thomas B. Reed of Maine. For clerk Alexander McDowell of Pennsylvania. For sergeant-at-arms Benjamin F. Russell of Missouri For doorkeeper W. J. Glenn of New York. For postmaster Captain J. C. M'Elroy of Ohio. For chaplain The Rev. Mr. Couden of Michigan, The Rev. Mr. Couden is blind, so that both houses will now be prayed for by blind chaplains. That KansaB lost the chaplainship is doe to but one man Miller, of Kansas City, Kas. On the second ballot a single additional vote would have given Mr. Fisher the prize, but Miller refused to cast it, and alone of all the Kansans voted against the candidate from that state. Only a single ballot was necessary to settle all the other contests, but here there was a formidable list of entries, embracing the Revs. Fisher, Couden, Brown, Smith, Powers, Brooks, Cutnali, and Ransdell. On the first ballot the Kansas chaplain came within four votes of winning, Miller of Kansas being among those who opposed him. On the second ballot Fisher had 108 as against 108 fur all others. Miller refusing te give him the one vote which would have given the house a Kansas chaplain. Congressman Curtis personally went to Miller and beseeched him to change his vote to Fisher, but he held out. On the third ballot Mr. Couden, the blind chaplain of Port Huron, Mich., had 104 votes as against 98 for Fisher, and then Broderics, who had nominated the Kansan, moved, and Curtis seconded, that the Michigan man's nomination be made unanimons. The result was aided by a pathetic speech from General Hen derson of Iowa, in which he ably de picted the claims of the poor old blind soldier, but said nothing of his 72 monthly pension. Kansas, therefore, lost the chaplaincy through the voluntary action of one of its own delegation. The other conse quences of the split are even more cost ly. Seven good house places had been prom'uedjto the Kansans by the McDuw-, ell combination to a united delegation Now the chances are that not one of the congressmen will have at his disposal a single place worth coming from Kansas to hold. The State Journal correspondent asked Congressman Miller why he had opposed Kev. 11. D. Fisher for chaplain. Mr. Miller said. "I was opposed to the McDowell com bine from the start, because I did not think it right. Second, I was afraid Fisher wasn't the right man, and wouldn't retlect credit on the state. Third, I had met Couden, and believed he was all right. The Henderson men were for principle, and the McDowell men were held together by promises of plun der I believed the west should get something which was worth something." Rev. Mr. Fisher expects to leave lor the west, in a day or two. While he wanted but one vote to get the place of chaplain, and the vote of Representative Milier defeated him, he says that he is grateful to his friends for their support and aid in the contest. He realizes that it ia a hard job to run for an office against a blind man, even though the blind man is getting $72 per month pension. All the mem bers of the combine who remained with Fisher point with comfort to the fact that had Miiler of the Kansas delegaiion voted for Fisher on the second ballot he would have been elected. They insist that this leaves the responsibility for Fisher's de feat with the Kansas delegation. Members of the Kansas delegation are greatly displeased with Miller for aban doning them. Mr. jiiller has a bill for a public build ing at Kansas City, Kan. He says: "We need a government building badly and I shall try my best to get it this season." It is believed that Mr. Miller will now have a hard time to get other Kansas members to support his bill, since he failed to come to their assistance on the chaplaincy, particularly since his bill eall3 for an appropriation of $2,00,000. OCR CONGRESS ME X IN THE BOXES. All Freeent nt the Waller Reseat at Washington Lut Night. Washington, Dec. 2. A benefit enter tainment was given for the Waller fam ily at the Academy of Music last night, and the Kansas delegation occupied two boxes. The entertainment was fairly well attended, and the financial returns satisfactory. Mr. Curtis stated that Secretary Olney had refused to answer any more commu nications from the delegation on the Waller case. It appears that Mr. Curtis has sent a number of letters to the secre tary about the case, some of them asking for information and calling for an answer but of late no reply has been received. Colonel Bine has met with similar treatment, as well as other members of the delegation. Senator Baker tried to get the secretary to discuss the case very recently, but Mr. Olney was "very busy." Mr. Curtis has received the huge Topeka petition of over 6,000 names in behalf of Waller. He will present the same to the house as soon as possible. OPEN OSiCK MORE. Coarrui Begins Anothar Section While the American People Walt and Hope. Washington, Dec. 2. The American congress is again in session. Promptly at neon today the senate and house were called to order in their respective cham bers amid the scones of animation and excitement marking the opening of a congress. All Washington lays siepe on the big capitol building on opening days and to day there was added interest on account of the present changes involved and the large influx of new blood. The crowd came through drizzling rain, mist and mud, in conveyances, street cars and in long iines on foot, pouring through the many entrances. But it was an orderly crowd, and the largely augmented force of officers had little trouble in preserv ing order and preventing confusion. By 10:30, an hour and a half before the time of meeting, the public galleries ia both houses were filled and an eager crowd overflowed into the outer corridors. Many ladies were m the throng, but there was a noticeable lack of the color arid fair weather costumes which usually give3 a touch of brightness to the som bre chambers. THE NATIONAL. HOUSE. The Opening of the House Amid Flowers and Buatle at Noon Today. Washington, Dec. 2. The Fifty fourth house of reprssentatives was called to order at noon. By 10 o'clock the marble corridors were thronged by sightseers and place hunters, and before 11 o'clock the gal leries, public and private, were packed to the doors. From the galleries the visit ors looked down upon an animated but confused scene on the floor. New mem bers, old members, ex-members and place seekers chatted in groups and filled the hall with a roar of voices. On the speaker's desk were great bunches of American Beauty roses, tied with streamers of red, white and blue and other floral pieces. Flowerj were conspicuous on the desks of the various members. At fifteen minutes of 12 o'clock the floor was cleared and those who had not the privilege of the floor reluctantly re tired and sought at the thronged doors of the galleries an opportunity to get a glimpse of the proceedings below. In the press gallery every seat was taken by correspondents of the great dailies of the country. As the hands of the clock opposite -the speaker's desk pointed 12, Col. "Ike" Hill, the deputy sergeant-at-arms, lifted into its place on the great pedestal along side of the ros trum, the ebony eagle surmounted mace, the emblem of the house's authority; the na? above the house ws run up and Clerk Kerr called the Fifty-fourth hsuse of representatives to order. A hush im mediately fell upon the assembly and Rev. Bagby of this city, the chaplain of the house, offered the invocation. Under the direction of Mr. Kerr, the roll of members elected to the Fifty fourth house was called. Mr. Reed for whom every one was in quiring had not made his appearance. Mr. Kerr announced that 311 of the 356 members were present and also that no credentials had been received from the Tenth New Y'ork and the First Nevada districts. Mr. Kerr then called for nom inations for speaker. No nominating speeches were mada. Messrs. Hopkins (Rep. Ills.): Loud (Rep. Cali.); Erdman (Dem. Penn.) and Catchings (Dem. Miss.) were appointed tellers and the roll was called up, the constitution requiring the election of speaker by viva voce vote. Mr. Grosvenor, (Rep. Ohio) chairman of the Republican caucus, placed in nomination for speaker of the house Thomas B. Reed of Maine, Mr. Sayres (Dem. Texas) the name of Charles F. Crisp of Georgia and Mr. Kem (Pop. Neb.) John C. Bell of Colorado. The names of both Mr. Reed and Mr. Crisp were vigorously applauded by their respective party associates. All the Republicans voted for Mr. Reed. With one exception, all the Dem ocrats for Mr. Crisp, and all the Popu lists for Mr. Bell. The exception was Mr. Crain, from Texas, who voted for his colleague, Mr. Culberson of Texas. The result of the vote was: Reed 234; Crisp 95; Bell 6; Culberson 1. Mr. Kerr's announcement of Mr. Reed's election was greeted with a thunder of applause. Messrs. Crisp, Grosvenor and Bell were appointed a committee to conduct the speaker to the chair, and soon appeared at the main entrance, Mr. Reed lean ing on tne arm of ex-Speaker Crisp and Messrs. Grosvenor and Bell arm in arm. As they moved down the center aisle, the house rose en masse. A roar of applause followed, the galleries joining with great enthusiasm in the demonstration. As Mr. Reed ascended the rostrum the roar swelled until it was deafeaning. Above the volume of sound came like pistol 6hots cries of "Reed, Reed. Reed," The Republicans cheered, many of them wildly, and the ladies in the gal leries waved handkerchiefs. For over a minute the demonstration continued, Mr. Reed, arrayed in a long frock coat and wearing a dark four-in-hand tie, stood calmly and serenely with his hands clasped in characteristic fashion behind his back, until the house was quiet. Mr. Harmer (Rep, Penna.) the oldest member in continuous service, came for ward and administered the oath of office to the speaker. The latter then turned to the house. Looking into the sea of upturned faces. Continued on Eighth Page. THISJSJAIR. The Melan Bridge Company Now Makes a Proposition To Build the Kaw River Bridsre FOK $135,000 COMPLETE Furnishing: All Plans, Architects Experts and Everything;. Saving ShawneeCountySl 5,000 of the Money Voted. THIS IS GREAT LUCK. Xo Such Favorable Proposition Ever Offered Topeka. This Does Away with Last Vestige for Complaint. The Melau bridge company has made a proposition to the county commis sioners that ought to satisfy everybody. The company has offered to build the bridge complete for $13,000 less than the county has voted! This will include the cost cf the plans and all. What more could the county ask? Ordinarily, when money is voted for a public improvement, the people expect that whatever the amount voted, there won't be a cent left; but in this case, we snail have the bridge and 15,000 left in the county treasury unless the commis sioners choose to spend it over and above what the bridge company asks. In brief, W. H. Keepers, the represen tative of the Melan company hag offered to complete the bridge, pave the road way with brick and construct cement sidewalks, furnishing the plans and all material for $135,000. He proposes to take care of the travel while the bridge is being built for $0,000 more: or the commissioners may look after that mat ter themselves. This is better than the people had hoped for. It was not thought that the bridge would be built for less than the amount voted and now they find that they can have the kind of a bridge they want for $15,000 less than they bargained for. This, proposition was made because it has been said that if the plans are pur chased the bridge cannot be built within the amount voted for its construction at the recent election. The company did not ask that the con tract be given to them, but proposed to furnish the plans so that competition would be open to 6very contractor in To peka. Nothing could have been fairer because the price asked for the plana was not excessive. This is proved by the fact that there is a proposition on file in the office of the county commissioners from U. V. Hinckley in which he offered to do the engineering for six and a half per cent, only one per cent less than is asked by the Melan company. This proposition of Mr. Hinckley was made on September 10, before the prop osition was submitted to the people, and on the 24th of the same month he changed his proposition to 5 per cent, and the commissioners had virtually agreed to give him the work at that figure. Then they almost fell off their chairs when their attention was called to the fact that Mr. Hinckley could not pre pare the plans. They were again thrown into a state of consternation when the Melan company asked 7 per cent for furnishing the plans, and thieatened to declare the proposition to build a bridge void, although Mr. Hinckley had asked within 1 per cent of what the Melan com pany asked. The proposition submitted by the Melan company is as follows: Topeka, Khnsas, November 30, 1895. To the Honorable Board of County Commis sioners of Shawnee county, Kansas: Gentlemen: Referring to our propo sition to prepare plans and specifications for the proposed Kansas avenue bridge submitted to you on the 27th inst, we discover in the discussion that has fol lowed since then that a wrong impres sion prevails in some quarters: First As to the reasonableness and fairness of that offer. Second As to the cost of the bridge being greater than you and the people were led to believe it would be. First, we desire to call your attention to the fact that the per cent men tioned therein added to the cost of neces sary local inspections is less than is usually charged for work of like charac ter, and that it is much less than such work is actually done for in this com munity, for it will be disclosed by a reference to the records of the city of Topeka that the cost for city work runs from ten to fifteen per cent of the con tract price. Indeed, in the five esti mates made for the construction of a bridge at the sane point by the city engineer of Topeka, he allowed five per cent for engineering on much more expensive plans, and the engineering in that case would have been more or less general only, and no contractor could have bid upon the plans except one who was possessed of considerable skill in designing sufficient to enable him to prepare detailed plans upon which to make his estimates of cost, and it is safe to say that you would have no bid from any citizen of Shawnee county upon that work. The services we offered to perform for seven and a half per cent of the contract price, (not of $150.COO.O0) wa3 to pre pare plans and specifications so complete and specitio in every detail, giving all dimensions, as well as the quality and quantity of the different materials used, that any contractor, even though not an engineer, could compete in bidding for the structure and without doubt there are at least half a dozen Shawnee county contractors who would be thus enabled to tender for the work. Second To remove ths impression that this bridge is to cost more than your honorable body thought it would at the time you adopted the '-Melan bridge," and the people believed it would cost at the time of voting the bonds, we desire to submit the following proposition al ternative to the offer made by us on tha 27th Inst: We will prepare all plans, general and specific, and will furnish all the ma terial and labor and complete the bridge with approaches of earth fills, including paving the street with brick and laying concrete sidewalks, ia all particulars ready for public travel, for the sum of $135,000.00, the county of Shawnee to care for the public travel during tbe con struction of the new bridge, and to re move the old bridge at its own expense. We fnrther offer to take care of the public travel during the construction of the new bridge and to remove the old bridge, piling it upon the river bank, for the additional sum of $6,000; and we further agree in the event of your ac cepting the above offer to hold the county of Shawnee harmless from any damages that may arise because of tha violation or infringement of any patent issued or that may be issued, either to us or to any other person or persons, to cover the so-called "Melan System" of bridge construction and we will furnish bonds to be approved by your body for tbe faithful performance of all the con ditions of the above proposition, Very respectfully, Keepers Teacher, 33 Telephone Buildin?, Detroit, Mich. One thing that mu3t be borne in mind is the fact that this bridge will employ more unskilled labor than any bridge that can be built. The engineer saya 100 men will be employed. It must also be understood that when the Melan company submitted a proposition to pre pare' the plans for seven and a half per cent of the contract price it included an expert who would have general super vision of the work. Street Commissioner Jatne3 Ramsey said today in speaking of the bridge. "Very few people know the condition of the old bridge. I have propped tha north abutment to keep it from falling, and have to make repairs constantly, if a bridge is not built soon, tbe old struc ture will have to be refloored, and that will cost $3,000. The old bridge is in terrible shape, and I doubt if it could Le made to stand for two years more." t There is no reason for longer delay. Let the county commissioners accept the proposition of the Melan company and go ahead with the biidge. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. The State Journal announces today that it has placed Mr. M. Farmer Mur phy, formerly telegraph editor and Kansas paragrapher of this paper, at Washington, 1). C, as its special and ex clusive correspondent. The State Journal is the only news paper in Kansas to maintain a special correspondent at Washington; and it will consequently be able to keep the people constantly informed of the pub lic doings of their congressmen. In addition to this, all matters pertain ing to Kansas that come up in the vari ous departments will be dealt with, clearly and copiously. The State Jour nal readers may look to this paper for all the news from Washington interest ing to Kansas. This department has been added to the State Journal at great expense, but we find that it always pays to give the public what it wants. The people of Kansas and their repre sentatives at Washington will be kept ia close touch with each other through these columns. FIREMEN HE WARDED. Marshall Field Jb Co. Send Tiiim a Check For $300. Chicago Dec. 2. Fire Chief P. J. Swenie received a check for $500 from Marshall Field Co yesterday in rec ognition of the efficient service of tbe fire department in extinguishing the re cent lira which destroyed Ab. 1 rude a building on Wabash avenue. This ad joined the building of Marshall Field Co. The chief also received a contribution of $50 to the fund for the widows and families of the firemen who perished in the Van iiuren street fire last week from Selz. Schwab Co. MRS. PARNELL WORSE. Ikt Mother of the Irian. Leader ThousD to Be Dying In New lork Cltr. New York. Dec. 2. Mrs. Delia Stewart Farnell. mother of the late Irish leader, is lying dangerously ill ia Trinity hospital. She has been failing since the brutal assault was made upott her at Bordentown, N. J., last spring. Her condition is precarious. SIIOLTO WAS NERVY. Tha Actor Lord Didn't Do a Thins to San ran cia co r ooipau. ...Inn Alupitiiiu ff On nenaharMt'd eon, knocked out a highwayman ia oaa round last night. While returning home from the theater at which he and his wife will appear to- ninhr tha InrH wit ntfrbrl hv n. vmincr man who demanded money. Doulaa replied wim a diow ana me juu-pau rau away. THE EMMETS IN DENTER. Fritx and Hli tVlfa Meet on the Divorce Battle Ground Unexpectedly. Denver, Dec. 2. J. K. Emmet, tha actor, has arrived in Denver lrom tha east simultaneously with the arrival from the west of his wife, Miss Emily Lytton, a member of Hose Coghlan s company. Mrs. Emmett had announced her inten tion to apply for a divorce in Denver, and it is believed her husband will try ta dissaude her from so doing. Attornev General Dawes and Stat Auditor Geo. E. Cole are the only stat officers who did not go to Chicago,
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2 STATE JOURNAL, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1895. BANKNOTES. That's What Mr. Eckles Declares Ye Xeed More 0. Interesting Report of Comptrol ler of the Currency. KILL TREASURY NOTES Haven't Any Use for Them With Bank Notes in Sight. In That Way Gold .Reserve Will Soon be Obviated. Washington, Dee. 2. la the report of James H. Eekles, comptroller of the currency, it is suggested that Con gress enact legislation which will in duce national banks to pay greater at tention to note issues. "It is undoubtedly true," the comp troller RRVs. that cationa.1 banks would largely increase their note cir- culation if the embarrassment arising from the needless locking up of a large part of their capital, available for other purposes, and the lessened profit through excessive taxation now im posed, did not confront them. Thev certainly would do so if the legal ten- tier issues of the government were paid and cancelled and the channel now clogged by them freed for bank note circulation. "The experience of this and other countries conclusively demonstrates that the best and most rational note issues are those put forth by banks. It likewise demonstrates that issues made direct by governments are always ex pensive, and under every circumstance a source of danger to such govern ments and loss to their people's business interests. No clearer proof of this could be had than that furnished by the difficulties which we have wit nessed on the part of this government in its efforts to maintain the full credit of its practically limitless amount of demand obligatiors. "The advantage accruing to the government by the substitution of a bank note for a Treasury note curren cy would be immeasurably great. The need of maintaining a gold reserve to meet the recurring demand obliga tions, now never retired, would, with in a reasonable time, be obviated, and, delivered from this vexatious and ex pensive difficulty, the Treasury depart ment could return to its legitimate function of collecting the revenues of the government needful to meet gov ernmental expenses and disbursing the Baine." The total number of National banks organized since the date the first cer tificate of authority was issued June 20, 13G3, to the close of the report year, has been 5,023, makiDj; a yearly aver age of 152. Of the number organized, there were in active operation on October 31 last 3.715, with an author ized ep-pital stock of S44, i 3t5.015, rep resented by 285,190 shareholders, or an average capital stock of S17J,77 2 for each bank; average number of shares to each, 2,130, and of share holders. 77. The total amount of their circulation outstanding was $213. SS7, COo, of which amount J5190, 130,'Jfil was secured by United States bonds, and 823,706.069 by lawful money deposited with the Treasurer of the United States. During the report year forty three banks were organized, located in twenty different states with an ag gregate capital stock of $4,890,000. The number of banks organized dur ing the year was less than thirty per cent of the yearly average. There was a net increase during the year of 510,779,597 in the amount of circula tion secured by bonds and a gross in crease of 88,322,540 in the total circu lation. On September 28, 1893, the date of the last report of condition of the 3,712 banks then reporting, their total resources was 3,423,629,343.63, of which $2,059,408,402. U7 represented their loans and discounts, and S''50, 677,590.61 money of all kinds in bank. Of their liabilities, gl.7Ji,653,521.2S represented individual deposits, $336, BtS8,350.S6 surplus and net undivided profits, and $182,481,610.50 outstanding circulation secured by bonds. The corporate existence of seventy one national banks in sixteen States, with a capital stock of 510,662, 000, and a total circulation of $3,226,275, has been extended during the year. The number of banks leaving the system by reason of the expiration of the corporate existence, was four, having a capital stock of S3C0.00C and a circu lation of 23,700. Of these, two were located in New York and one each in Maine and Pennsylvania. A new asso ciation, with a capital stock of $50,000 and circulation of S22.500, succeeded to one of the two in New York. The number of banks leaving the system during the year through vol untary liquidation was fifty-one, hav ing a capital stock of $6,093,100, and circulation of SI, 152,000. Receivers for thirty-six banks have been appointed during the year. The aggregate capital stock of these banks was 85,235,020 and their circulation was $1003,402. Of these banks, two, with a capital stock of ?430,000, were reported last year as being in volun tary liquidation, and nine, with a cap ital stock of 82,750,000, wer of the number of banks which closed their doors in 1S93, and subsequently re turned business, but through continued business depression and the low char acter of their assets were unable to meet their obligations, and were thus compelled to go into insolvency. Train Wrecker Captured. Webster Cut, Iowa, Dec 2. The man who wrecked the Northwestern passenger train between Ames and Story City two weeks ago, has been captured. He pulled the spikes from t he ties and allowed the train to go into the ditch. No one was badly hurt, but all the passengers were shaken up. House Democrats in caucus renomin ated their old officers and elected Con gressman Culberson of Texas perma nent caucus chairman. HILL QUITS LECTURING. All ill Engagements Canceled "on A c count of Hoarseness. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec Sena tor David B. Hill's lecture tour of the Northwest has proved a failure, and came to an abrupt end yesterday, when the Senator closed his business arrangements with his manager, can celed all future engagements, and re tured to New York. The reason as signed for this action is that he con tracted a severe cold while in Duluth, making him so hoarse that further public speaking at present is out of the question. The fact is, however, that the au diences which gathered to listen to him at Milwaukee, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth were so meager that the financial returns were not suffi cient to pay expenses, and Senator Hill refused to talk for nothing. DEFENDER OF INGERSOLL. Iheosophlgt Wright Says Robert Has a Right to Disbeliove. Nsw York, Dec. 2. Claude Falls Wright, secretary to the late Mme. Blayatsky, delivered a lecture on "Oc cult Phenomena" at Checkering' hall yesterday. During the course of his lecture 'Mr. Wright created a sensa tion by referring to the prayers of a large body of Christian Endeaverors in Cleveland for the conversion of Col. Ingersoll. "They are doing a great wrong," said he, "and are practicing sorcery or black magic. You have no right to attempt to change a man's life be cause you think it wrong and be cause it differs from your own. If In gersoll wants to have a certain re ligion, why should not he? The Christian Endeavorers are not doing the fair thing. I don't think they will have much success. They are not competent to have great influence; as their minds are not right. Ingersoll is a good man, and this effort is only a display of egotism." A "WICHITA STORY." About a Big Convention on the Arkansas of Southwest Trampdom. Wichita, Kan., Dec.2. A two days' convention of Tramps of the South west adjourned last night. It was held on the banks of the Arkansas river, between Wellington and Win Geld, and about 1,500 were present. Kansas City Jim presided. He arrived here to-day, and being elected presi dent, will make his headquarters here. A Christmas holiday convention will be held at Hot Springs, Ark., and the regular summer convention has been designated for Cripple Creek, Colo. The time will be designated in the regular tramp alphabet on all the rail road depots and tanks when Kansas City Jim fixes it. His headquarters here are in a vacant room connected with the police station. The police ater to him, as his residence here is a 3ure protection against tramp depreda tions in this city. PULITZER'S GIFT. Group of Statuary of Washington and Lafayette Cnveiled in Paris. Paris, Dee. 2. Bright weather shone upon the ceremony yesterday af the unveiling of the group of statu ary of Washington and .Lafayette, modeled by the well known sculptor, Frederick Auguste Bartholdi, and pre sented to the city of Paris by Joseph Pulitzer, editor of the New York World. A notable assemblage wit nessed the unveiling. The site of the bronze group is at the west end of the Place des Etats Unis, in the most fash ionable quarter of Paris. The sheriff Disgusted. Sedalia., Mo., Dec. 2. Sheriff Laird of Benton county was here yesterday on his way to Warsaw, returning from his second visit to Kansas to secure Fred Chisholm, who abducted Rosa Thouvenal, a white girl, from her home. Sheriff Laird says politics had much to do with Governor Morrill's re fusal to honor Governor Stone's requi sition. While he praises the Lawrence authorities for tlieir assistance, he is very much disgusted with the treat ment he received at the hands of the Kansas state officials. The father of Rosa Thouvenal left for Lawrence to persuade the girl to leave her husband and return home, but Sheriff Laird says the girl is so infatuated with Chisholm that Thouvenal'a visit will be fruitless. Robbed Her Employers. Oswkgo, N. Y., Dec. 2. Mrs. Helen Barnes, wife of Attorney Charles Barnes, of Oswego, who has been sep parated for four years from her hus band, and who during that time has been employed by Chappell, Bacon Co., dry goods merchants of Fulton, as cashier and clerk, is charged with systematically robbing them of over 811,000. K. H. Allen Dead. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 2. Mr. Ed ward H. Allen, president of the Ex change Building association, for many years president of the Board of Trade and one of Kansas City's most sub stantial and public-spirited citizens, iied a f ew minutes .after 1 o'clock p. m. yesterday at his home, 1313 Penn sylvania avenue. Death of a West Point Cadet. Wameoo, Kan., Dec. 2. Albert Brit man was found dead yesterday morn ing between AVamejo and Louisville, three miles distant, to which point he had walked. He was a West Point cadet, but had been in a St. Louis hos pital several days. Horsemen Clash Lexington, Ky., Dec. 2. Late last night A. C. McCafferty of St. Louis and Henry Simons of Louisville, the well-known horseman, quarreled over a settlement, when Simons broke a chair over McCafferty's head. The latter leveled his pistol and tired, but his arm was thrown up by bystanders and the shot missed. The deficiency in revenue as reported by the Treasury for the five months of the present fiscal year amounts, to S i 7, 000,000 against $29,000,000 for a NAVALNEEDS. Secretary of Navy Herbert Makes Appeals to Congress. We Want Lots More Warships, He Says in His Report. NAVY IS TOO SMALL. More Torpedo Boats in Particu lar Are Needed. Wants Twenty Millions to Run Navy with Next Year. Washington, Dee. 2. Hon. H. A. Herbert, secretary of the navy, has made his annual report to President Cleveland, in which he strongly urges the increase of the navy. "We are not in want of ordinary un armored cruisers or of gunboats," he says, "but we are lamentably deficient in torpedo boats, and we certainly need more battle ships. An inspection of the building programmes of other nations will demonstrate that the les sons taught at Yalu anjl Wei Hai Wei have tended to confirm tbtj belief of naval experts throughout the world in the efficacy of these two classes of vessels." The secretary recommends the construction of two batte ships and at least twelve torpedo boats, and shows that they can be built now at a reduction of from 20 to 25 per cent from former prices. Toward this increase in the navy, Mr. Herbert estimates that 59,638,323 are necessary, and inclusive of that amount his estimates for the complete expenses of the naval establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1S97, aggregate :9,311,1G(5. iOut of the appropriation for the current fiscal year, amounting to 814,212,801, there remains S942,''Sti. Three vessels built by contract, the Olympia, Minneapolis and Katahdin, have been completed since last year's report, and also three built at the navy yards, the Maine, Texas and Amphilrile. The report makes the following showing as to foreign navies: "Great Britain, as usual, is leading both in number and strength of ships in service and in building programme, with 274 ships in service, not including torpedo boats; she has forty-two ves sels now under construction, of which ten are battle ships. It will be ob served that in accordance with Eng land's policy of placing her first line of defense at the enemy's coast, no coast defense vessels are building for that country. The displacement of the first-class battleship in her present programme is 14.S0O tons; that of the second class, 12,350 tons. "France, with 144 effective vessels in service, exclusive of torpedo boats, has a building program calling for an increase of thirty-three vessels, of which five (possibly six) are battle ships and four are armored cruisers. ".Russia has eighteen ships building of which fifteen are armored; in ser vice, 100. "Italy has in service twenty-one ves sels; the number building is, armored, eight (six battleships) and unarmored seven. "Germany has seventy-fonr efficient ships, and is building four armored and four unarmored. "Spain is showing increased activity and is building ten additional vessels, of which one-half are armored, which will make a total effective strength of fifty-two. "The Dutch navy numbers ninety two effective vessels?' the additions are to be three armored and four unar mored vessels. "On this continent Argentina. Bra zil and Chili have, all told, ordered abroad six armored and nine un armored vessels. "For the Asiatic powers there are now building in England two battle ships for Japan and a third will prob ably be commenced soon. These are of the English Royal Sovereign type, of over 14.0J0 tons displacement, and it is proposed to submit to the diet a program looking toward further increase, which, with the addition of the vessels captured from China in the late war, will place Japan among the important naval powers of the world. I It is also rumored that China is look ing toward the rehabilitation and further increase of the navy as soon as affairs become settled and the money available." The United States has three battle ships in service and five building; six teen coast defense vessels in service and four building; one armored cruiser in service and one building; thirty three unarmored cruisers in service and one building; eight gun vessels in service and nine building. The report shows that the entire ex pense of the navy department for the year ended June 30, 1S95, was $12,148, 376, of which more than half was for the pay ot the navy. The appropria tion for the current year is 829,334,025, and the estimate for next year $29, 311,166. Protest Against Elopements. Lincoln, Neb. Dec. 2 The citizens of Waverly are in a state of indigna tion over the recent elopement of Dr. G. A. McCandless and Druggist E. R. Vining with two young ladies of Waverly, Misses Alice Miller and Kannie Ward. Last evening the citi zens hired a hall for the purpose of ex pressing their disapproval of the con duct of the two men. Two commit tees, one of women and another of men, were appointed and drafted reso lutions expressing their indignation. Railroad Mortality Statistics. Habkisburo, Pa., Dec 2. The re turns to the department of internal affairs of the steam railroads operat ing in Pennsylvania show that 1,538 persons were killed and 10,605 injured by them during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1895. Shot to Death by a Posse. Cykthiasa, Ky., Dec. 2. Murderer Orville Eals, while resisting arrest by a posse, was shot to death, after he had butchered his wife,- killed an of ficer and badly wounded two other men. GIVES UP HIS SEAT. Democratic Congressman to Give Way to the Republican Contestant. Washington, Dec. 2. Representa tive Lawrence McGann of Chicago.who held a seat in the Fifty-second and Fifty-third congresses, and who was the chairman of the committee on labor in the last congress, will furnish to the house the unusual spectacle of a member making a voluntary relin quishment of the seat to which he holds the certificate. As soon as he is able to secure recognition from the speaker Mr. McGann will make a statement to the house to the effect that he thinks his Republican oppo nent, Hugh E. Belknap, is entitled to the seat, end that he (McGann) waives all claims thereto. Mr. Belknap, who will succeed Mr. McGann, is a son of Hon. W. W. Bel knap, who was secretary of war under President Grant. Silver Senators to Meet. Washington, Dec. 2. A call has been issued for a meeting of silver Senators, to be held in the Marble room, at 11 o'clock to-day, for the pur pose of discussing the feasibility of organizing the Senate on a silver basis. It is signed by four Populist Senators, and has been sent to all the Repnblcan and silver Senators who have professed allegiance to the silver cause. ANOTHER CRIPPLE CREEK. West Creek, Within Fifty Miles of Den ver, Springs Into Prominence. Denver, Colo., Dec.2. The splendid career of Cripple Creek may be re peated, and possibly eclipsed, by West Creek, which is within fifty miles of Denver, and almost within sight of the dome of the capitoL The miners claim the mineral is richer than that at Cripple Creek on the sur face. It is lodged in clearly defined veins, and can be easily traced. Two towns, Tyler and Pemberton, have already been established, and there are nearly l,u00 people in the camp. Miner Steals Rich Ore. Chippie Creek, Col, Dec. 2. Peter Lind, a miner employed on the night shift in the Doctor mine, was arrested as he came from worn and in his pockets were found nine pounds of ore, worth at least $10 a pound. A search of his cabin revealed over a hundred pounds of ore, the value of which will run into the thousands' of dollars. The owners of the Doctor mine believe they have lost as much as 835,000 through stealing in the past few weeks. Other arrests are likely to be made. Colonel Fabst Gave Op 8100,000. Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 2. Margaret Mather, the actress wife of Colonel Gustave Pabst, son of the brewer, has left the city, and it is reported that she has settled the proposed divorce suit wita her husband and has taken 8100,000 of the big beer maker's money with her. Miss Mather, it will be re membered, horse-whipped her hus band on a public street in broad day light a few weeks ago, Bis Talo of Woe. The little boy was crying, and his tears touched the heart of the charitably inclined lady. He was so small and seemed to be in such distress. "Don't cry, little boy,'1 she said soothingly. "Dry your eyes and tell me what the trouble is. Did some of the big boys hurt you?'? "Ko'm," replied the waif, still sob bing. "Are you sick or hungry?" she per sisted. "No'm." "Did your father beat you for some? thing?" "No'm, but liewilL" "Oh, that's the trouble, is it?' "Yes'ni." "Well, it's a shame," she exclaimed angrily. "Why -will he beat you?" 'Cause I lost 10 cents." "Did he send you to buy something with it?" "Yes'm." "And you lost it oa the way!'" "Yes'm." "Oh, well, I guess we can fix that," she said in her kindly way as she took a dime from her parse and banded it to tho boy. ".Now he won't beat you, will he?" "No'm." "What did he send yon to buy with it?" "Beer." "Beer 1' The good lady gasped at the thought. "Yes'm. "And how did yon lose it?' "Matchin pennies." Before she had sufficiently recovered to demand the return of the dime the boy was gone. Chicago Post. Fired. Employer What's your name? New Office Eoy Dey call xne India Rubber. Employer How did you ever get such a strange name? Boy Me farder give it to me 'cause I git bounced so often. Philadelphia Record. Mcasnred by the Minute. PassengerHow much do they charge fur a meal at the next stop? Porter Fi' cents a minute, sab. Passenger What's that? Porter Yes, sab we stops 20 min utes, sab, an dey charges yo' a dollah Chicago Becord. The Waytoacli: Code. Mrs. Wayback La sakes, ef I ain't forgitful. Arter all that trouble finish ing that new dress before them folks come, and all the time I wasted gettln it on, I forgot the most Important thing of all. Daughter What was that? Mrs. Wayback I forgot to say: "Ex cuse my appearance, 'cause I ain't dressed for conpany." Seven changes of water is the way we cleanse all work entrusted to a. Peer less Steam laundrv. We aim please our trade Peerless Steam Laundry, 112 and 114 West 8ta. TRAINED NURSE'S LUCK. E telle A. Gibson Inherits a Portone and a Handsome Estate la Eng-land. Estelle A. Gibson has inherited a for tune and a beautiful estate in England, but she declares that she would not give up her career as a pro fessional trained nurse for all the wealth in Chica go. She will doubtless recon sider this deter mination, for she has already de- i g tae be legal proceedings neo- essary to place id bar hands the property willed her. Mrs. Gibson was born in Liverpool 29 years ago, and her parents, who were Irish, left her prac tically nothing except a rich, musical Irish brogue. She was one of 11 chil dren, but all are dead except herself. At the age of 15 she was married, and five years later ber husband died, leaving her with three small children and very little money. Shortly after the death of ber hus band Mrs. Gibson's uncle, a wealthy British barrister named Charles Russell, invited her to come to England. Two of her children had died, and with the third, a bright little girl, she crossed the ocean. Barrister Russell had made a fortune and was passing the declin ing years of his life on his lovely estate in Essex. He became so attached to the little girl that he willed her his entire fortune. Mrs. Gibson remained with him but a short time, preferring to support her child by her own efforts rather than to live at her uncle's ex pense. She returned to America and became a trained nurse. About this time the little girl died, and Mr. Bussell was heartbroken over the occurrence. He declined steadily in health, and died of paralysis Oct. 29, leaving his entire fortune to Mrs. Gib son. His estate in Essex embraced 24 acres of lawn and tree shaded land, and is one of the most valuable holdings in the neighborhood. The first resolve Mrs. Gibson made upon hearing of her good fortune was to put an elevator in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, so that in the future the nurses wonld not wear themselves out climbing the stairs. She has also selected a site for a surgical hospital of her own in Chicago, where the poor who shrink from going to the county hospital may be treated. IGNATIUS DONNELLY'S SISTER. "The Morning Star of Catholic Bone" and Her Work With the Pen. Miss Eleanor C. Donnelly, who has been invited to read an original poem at the Atlanta exposition, is a sister of Ignatius Donnelly and has often been MIS3 KLEA.N0E CECELIA DONNELLY. called "The Morning Star of Catholic Song. She ha3 published a number of volumes of verse, among them "Out of Sweet Solitude," "Children of the Golden Sheaf" and "Domus Dei," and her work plainly demonstrates that she possesses the true poetic instinct. She was born in Philadelphia Sept. 6, 1848, and was the daughter of Dr. Philip Carroll Donnelly. Her first poetical work Was a hymn to the Blessed Virgin, which was publish ed when she was only tt years of age. When her talents were more mature, she wrote poems and stories for the secular press, and her productions also appeared frequently in Catholic religious publica tions. In 1 885 the Augnstiniau Fathers, in recognition of her religious poetry, secured for her from Rome a golden rel iquary, ornamented with filigree work and containing relics of the four illus trious members of their order St. Nicholas Tolentino, St. Thomas of Villa Nova, St. Clare of Montefalco and the Blessed Rita of Cascia. The fol lowing year her "Jubilee Hymn" in his honor led Pope Leo XIII to send her his apostolic benediction and to ac cept a copy of her book, "The Birthday Bouquet." Her "Jubilee Hymn" was translated into Italian and German, and special music was written for it. In all Miss Donnelly has published over a dozen volumes of poetry and prose, and ber poems have often been classed in merit with those of Adelaide Proctor. The Atlanta exposition is not the first important event which Miss Donnelly has been asked to commemorate in verse. When the centennial of the adoption of the constitution of the United States was celebrated in Phila delphia in 1887, she was invited to read an ode before the American Catholic Historical society of Philadelphia and did so. In 1893 she also wrote the Co lumbian ode for Philadelphia's com memoration of the quadricentennial of tho discovery of America. The Banana la the West ladles. The banana is fast snperseding the sugar cane in the West Indies. Its culti vation pays, where that of the cane did not. The conquest the banana has made over the appetites of the races who a few years ago had nevor tasted it is quite as remarkable and far more rapid than that formerly made by the potato. MRS. GIBSON CLAIRETTE SOAP. S ell Tour that you have read that Clair ette Soap is one of the greatest labor saving inven tions of the time. Tell her that it will save her strength, save her time, save her clothes. The merits of s I s s T iiTTi Soap. appeal at once to every thoughtful woman. It's the best, purest, and most economical soap to be procured. Sold every where. Made only by The N. K. Fairbank Company, St. Louis. This Week's Offerings I Cloaks and Jackets. We Just bought a lot of fine Drummer's Sample Jackets for near half former prices, and will sell this week exactly same as our $16.50 kind for $11 each; the $15 kind for $10 each; and the $10 kind for $7 each. Ladies' Capes and Misses' and Babies' Cloaks will be sold this week for lower prices than were ever named by any Topeka house before. MILLINERY. Untrimmed Hats for Ladies, 80, 50, 45, 40c each. Sailors fine goods, 81, 75 and 57c each. Ostrich Tips 3 in bunch, worth $1 40c each. Fascinators, $1.02, 75, 50, 35 to 27c each. Underwear and Corsets every kind and quality. SILVERWARE. Remember, we have a fine stock of Silverware, Gold Chains, Rings and everything in the line all guaranteed goods. We will sell them for about half the price you will have to pay Jewelry houses for the same goods, as our profits do not have to come from the one line of goods. See them before you buy. A H 533 Kansas Avenue. S3EE3SE 9 Robert Tweed ale. S3 TWEEDALE& STEPHENS Practical Millers, have recently purchased the ARBS' EXCHANGE MILLS ta t Placing therein Improved machinery. They make a specialty of corn meal, their "Roller tt m System," haYing received the highest award at several state Fairs. Ground Feed. Hay m 9 and Flour constantly in stock. ITie mill is kept up to the highest state ot eQiclenoy, as the t BR present owners will will Rive it their undivided attention. g TWEEDALE A STEPHENS, Cor. 17th and Fillmore. g CeBBBeaBBlBBBBBBBBBlaeaalBflBl THE "WESTER IT Foundry 0 Machine Works, ESTABLISHED 1878. FORMERLY TOPEEA FOUNDRY AND H1CHINS U0HH5, ESTABLISHED 1888. Th on! j place In the city where you can get a coaplet pflWCt plant from a steam enfiae to a tat collar from stock. Get Prices Before Purchasing Elsewhere. 1. L. COFAjU, prop. TOPEKA, KANSAS. EELEY INSTITUTE west, Portsmouth Building;. Kansas City, Kas. The ciiIt nlaee In either of the Kansas CAtvs ar In the stats of Kansas when U eeauice VLee.er Remedies and treatment lc;ered. For particulars, address as above. S. 0. DE H0SS. ODD FELLOWS BUILDING, We buy eur foods from the best factories on earth. UNDERTAKERS. Our prices are 25 per cent lewer than any combine or anti-combine. Marrlaea "Phaae 77. Ball 'Phon 192. DE MOSS fSc PENWELL. ilEJXESOTA'S PROPOSED NEW CAPITOU ESTIMATED COST, $1,720,993. Wife fL SHARUN, J. T. Stephens, m H for alcohol and narcotic addictions is admln- L. AL PE1-TV7ELL. 623 QUINCY STREET.
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STATE JOURNAL, MONDAY EVEMNG DECEMBER 2, 1895. 3 WANTFRAWLEY. Man Who Cnt a Dash in Fort Scott Didn't Settle. Southern Kansas Teachers Make Demands of Legislature. WANT MOKE NORMALS. Also Denounce the Practice of Having Recess. Wellington Having Trouble With a Gang of Tramps. Port Scott, Dec. a Chief of Police Roberson ha8 received a telegram from Chief of Police Erwia of Kansas City instructing him as follows: Kamsas Crrr, Mo., Nov. 29, '95. Chief of Police, Fort Scott: Arrest II. j. Frawley for forgery. Once lived in your town. Erwis, Chief. Prof. H. J. Frawley whoaa escapade in Fort Scott last spring resulted in his ex posure and final night from the city to avoid the service of a warrant charging him with obtaining money under false pretenses, is well known to the Fort Scott police and they continued a quiot hunt for him all night, but be was not found. It is believed he wa3 too bright to return to Fort Scott. SOME ittaOi.LTIONS Southern Kansas Teachers Want More Kormiil.'jchoolii and Leu Recess. Arkansas City, Dec. 2. At their clos ing meeting the Southern Kansas teach ers passed the following resolutions: Resolved, That the state is in great need of more normal schools, and tbat the legislature be petitioned to establish at least one more school this coming year In southern Kausas. Resolved. Tbat we are in favor of such revision of our school laws as will give the teachers and school boards a more permanent tenure of office. Kesolved, That we are in favor of the abolition or modification of the play re cess, now injurious to the health, a breed er of disorder and a corruption of the morals of our pupils. Resolved, That we favor the establish ment of county high schools. Resolved, That we ask the legislature to pass a law tbat will forever stop the distributing of vile and worthless news papers which too frequently falLinto the hands of the children. Resolved, That no teacher actively en gaged in teaching, who holds a first grade certificate, ought to be compelled to take an examination. The following officers were elected: Prof. T. W. Conway, Arkansas City, president; Charles ilackey, Wichita, vice president; M. W. Massey, Oxford, treasurer; AlicK Trickoy Mulvane, sec retary: A. F. 11. Bear, Wellington, Richard Allen Harper. Frank Dunkin, Wichita, J. A. Ferrell, Sedan, M. E. Hickey, Winfield; executive committee. Wellington will be the next meeting place. A GREAT FIELD. No Reason Evidently Why Kansas Can Not He a Great Oil Field Soon. Sedan, Dec. 2. Decreasing supply of oil in the east gives hope that the Forest company whictt recently bought oil land here, will push developments in Kansas and the field be worked for all there is in it. Should the field prove, upon extensive prospecting, all that is hoped of it, a pipe line to Kansas City or Chicago would be a probability, but tank cars will take the crude oil out of Kausas at present. If our land owners can realize their royalty upon the oil at 56 cents barrel' the price paid at Neodesha, it will bring lots of money into Chautauqua county, if wells are dripped to tan what oil we know to be here. Some of the land owners of Wilson county got over a thousand dollars in royalty for the oil produced in the past year. FIVE HUNDRED LETTERS. That's the Number Major Lain? Wrote Moore's Wire Before He Shot Him. Leavenworth. Dec. 2. The case of Crawford Moore, who shot four times at Major Laing for meddling with his do medtio affairs recently, opened for pre liminary trial today. There was a huge crowd present and most of the lawyers of the city were on one side or the other. One of Moore's lawyers created a sensa tion by coming into court with a grip Back that contained 502 letters written by Laing to Moore's wife. The letters are Baid to be rich and racy, and moat of them fcre signed. "The Major." A IOKIII GANG. Bams Seem to Take the City of Wellington Most Every Evening Now. Wellington. Deo. 2. This city seems to be infested wilii an Inexhaustible gaa." cf tbe toughest sort of tramps and bums! Early in the evening they take posses sion of the town, begging and demand ing money of men and women they meet. They have been known to threaten when refused. Later in the evenings they get crazy drunk and make the night hideous, The local officers seem unable to sup press them. A HOT WEDDING. KoTronble for These Fires of love ta Keep Alive if Names Count. Parsons, Dec. 2. Miss Maude Tinder, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Tinder, was married here Saturday to Mr. Wm. Woodbnrn. The announcements of the wedding contain the peculiar combina tion. "Woodburn-Tinder." At Newton Next Tear. Hutchinson, Dec. 2, The meeting of the central Kansas teachers closed here Saturday evening and the next annual meeting will be held at Newton. Lyons was defeated for the honor. Over 500 teachers have been in attendance. The lection of officers resulted in the choice of Dr. F. M. Spencer, president, of Ster ling; vice president, E. R. Bemtield; sec retary. Miss Helen E. Wiilard, Hutchin son; treasurer, R. K. Geruert, Mound Jiidge; executive committee, J. W. Coop er, Newton; Superintendent I. G. Law, WcPherson; Superintendent .Mack of iHarvey county. Heddy Waives Examination. Kobxon, Dec. 2. William Heddy who is now in the county jail on the charge of the murder of Albert Applegate waived his preliminary Saturday and was committed until court meets, with out bail. Heddy is charged with killing Apple gate for having been intimate with his wife in 1893. He shot him down in a corn field. LfRTtmrurth Miner Killed. Leavenworth, Dec. 2. Samuel Evans a miner at the Leavenworth coal shaft, was killed in a mysterious manner. The double cage was dropped to bring him up when it is supposed that he tried to step on the lower platform before it set tled, when a beam from the upper plat form struck him and broke his neck. To Entertain Fop. Editors. Lawrence. Dec. 2. The arrangements are about completed for entertaining the Kansas Reform Editorial association, which will meet in Lawrence on Friday and Saturday of next week. APPilOPKIATlOJil FOR '97. Almost Ilalf a Million Dollars Asked of Congress, for Use Next Year. Washington, Dec. 2. The secretary of the treasury today transmitted to con gress the estimates of appropriations re quired for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, as furnished by the several de partments, which aggregate $418,091, 07a The appropriations for the present fis cal year amounted to $412,753,261, The estimates for the fiscal year 1897 are re capitulated by titles as follows, cents omitted: Legislative establishment, $3,880,581; executive establishment, $20,103,242; ju dicial establishment. $523,920; foreign intercourse- $1,649,058; military establish ment, $24,526,988; naval establishment, $27,583,675; Indian affairs, $8,750,58; pensions, $141,384,570; cublic works, 28.574,028; postal service, $5,024,779; miscellaneous, $36,635,631: permanent annual appropriations, $119,054,1UJ. Under the head of public works ap propriations above $20,u00 are asked for western public buildings as follows: Denver, Colo., mint, $100,000; Kansas City, Mo., $100,000; Omaha. Neb., $125, 000; South Omaha, Neb., $75,000; Sioux City, Ia $00,000. WHY SOT SEE SOT1IEUN? The Great Actor to Give Kansas City Three Nights. This week there are no "attractions" at the Grand, next week there are three, the third week none, the fourth week one, the fifth week one. Effie Ellsler next Friday is the only bearable oce. The dates of the other exceedingly strong list of chestnuts are "The Devil's Auc tion," the 10th; Charles L, Davis, 11th; "Limited Mail," 25ttt and 26th, and '-The Fast Mail," 30th. How do these compare with E. IL Sotheru, one of the very best, actors in the country, in "The Prisoner of Zenda," one of the very latest successes? He will be in Kansas City three nights soon. Do you think this looks like a theater train? Topeka might as well have no opera house at all as to have it open only five nights out of 31. COLDER AXD SNOWING. That Is the Conditlou of the Weather Over the West Today. Chicago. Dec. 2. Colder weather is set down by the weather bureau for Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. It was predicted that the temperature would fall from 20 to 25. degrees before noon today. A fail in the temperature is reported from Sioux City on the west from Wichita and Springfield, Mo., on the southwest, while the thermometer is reported stationary at Indianap olis and Detroit. But the cold wave of today embraces all this region of country and nortn to Duluth and Mar quette. Cold wave signals were ordered out all over this section of the country early last night, while all over the upper lake region storm signals were put up to de ter vessels from taking to the lake. Heavy snow fall was reported in the night in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa and In diana, and rain accompanied the snow in the last named state. IN THE NEVELS CASE. Tony Smith, an Important Witness, Not Lost Sicht or. Novels' supporters are rejoicing over the report that Tony Smith, one of the chief witnesses for the state could not be found. He is the oue who testified to having helped Novels make the siung shot which was found by the murdered Mrs. Matson by "Doc" Ward. Chief of Police John Wilkerson says that Smith is in Kansas City, and that he will be at the trial. He also says that the state has some new and startling tes timony which he thinks will be bard to contradict. CHILLY IN LEADVILLE. The Bis Ice Palace to be Opened on Christmas With 15,000,000 Tons. Denver, Dec. 2 Over 100 workmen are engaged in the construction of the Leadville Ice Palace which will be open ep to the public on Christmas day. Fifteen million tons of ice, or enough to build a wall one foot thick and six feet high about the entire city will be used. CoI. Whitney a Candidate. Colonel W. C. Whitney, who is said to be a sure enough colonel, is a candi cate for the position of department com mander of the G. A. R, to succeed J. P. Harris, the present commander. Colonel Whitney has filled the office of senior vice commander, and it is said he will have a strong following among the G. A. K. men in the northern and western part of the state. Colonel Whitney lives at Cawker City, Mitchell county. The de partment commander will be elected in February. Sauce for Barber, Sauce for Saloon keeper. Chicago, Dec. 2. Consternation was caused among saloonkeeuers Saturday by the publication in the daily papers of the intention of the barbers to arrest saloonkeepers for keeping their places open on Sunday, because it had been found that the latter were antagonistic to the Sunday closing movement. The bar bers made good their threat, and secured evidence against a large number of sa loon men whose places were found open. More Poverty in Baltimore. North Baltimore, O Dec 2. The Seihlman glass factory burned yester day. Loss, $60,000; partially insured One hundred and fifty people are thrown out of work. Smoke "Littla Gem," best 5c cigar made IT'S ANOUTRAGE. The Cottonwood River to be Stocked With Carp. Bass Fishing in That Stream Will Be Ruined. SPALDING'S SCHEME. Will Inaugurate Professional Cycle Races Next Year. Paddy Purtell and Dick Moore to Fteht Tonisrht. If the report that the Cottonwood river is about to be stocked with Ger man carp is true, oho of the best fishing resorts in the state is about to be ruined. The Cottonwood river now abounds with large mouth black bass and crop pies both of which varieties afford unex celled sport to the angler, but if that pugnacious foreigner, the carp, is once planted there it will be but a short time until the Cottonwood river will furnish no sport whatever to the handler of the rod and reel. The fact that in many of the eastern states the streams are being seined for the sole purpose of exterminating the pestiferous carp and allowing the gamier and more palatable varieties of fish to thrive, should be sufficient evidence of the undesirability of having the Cotton wood stocked with such pests. It is an outrage, and the anglers who have oujoyed casting bait In the Cotton wood river should make a forcible pro test against the ruination of that stream for fisuing with the rod. PROFESSIONAL CYCLE RACES May Be Inaugurated ity A, G. Spalding Next Year. St. Louis, Dee. 2. There seems to be considerable truth in the report that A. G. Spalding will project a monster pro fessional racing league next season, and he is alleged to have purchased a large tract of land near Chicago, on which he expects to build a half-mile cement track 10U feet wide. Spalding's experience with class B men, under control of the L. A. W. racing board, has caused him to become disgusted with this phase of amateurism, and since Johnson, Sanger and Tyler have joined professional ranks many of the best class B riders have expressed a desire to race for cash prizes instead of medals, which cannot be disposed of without loss of an ama teur's standing. A plan has been agi tated among manufacturers and dealers during the past summer to class the riders the sams as trotting horses are classed and to have the races on half mile courses. Chief Consul Potter, Chairman Gideon and others of the racing board are said to be willing to turn over cycle racing to the bicycle board of trade, but this re port is not confirmed. James E. Sullivan, who Is acquainted with Spalding's affairs, said: "I would not be surprised if Mr. Spalding has taken the matter in his own hands and will run the racing business as it should be run, iu a business-like wav." GIDEON'S Ill LLETIN. Manj Riders Declared Professionals and Others to be Investigated. Boston, Dec. 2. Besides the an nouncement that Titus, Cabanne and Murphy had been ruled off all L. A. W. tracks for life. Chairman Gideon's bulle tin for this week contained other inter esting racing news. Sixteen riders are progressed to class B, among them being F. Baron Stow, of Conway, Masa, and John U. Gardner, of Syracuse. A round dozen will hereafter compete as profes sionals. One of them is Charles llofer, of Minneapolis. Besides being de clared a professional, Hofer is also suspended pending investi gation into charges. A score of riders are enjoying a vacation, while their ama teur status is being looked into, but as there are no meets to attend, it is of lit tle concern to them. The records made at Fountain Ferry track during the lat ter part of October are accepted, -the most important being the one-mile world record, paced, flying start, of 1:42 2-5, made by Arthur Gardner, and the oae mile world's record, paced, standing start of 1:50 1-5, of John S. Johnson. MOORE AND PURTELL, Arrangements Made for a Boat Betw.es Them Tonight. Kansas Citt, Dec. 2. "Dick" Moore and "Paddy" Purtell will meet in the squared circle this evening. They were scheduled for a glove contest a week ago last Sunday afternoon, but Counly Mar shal Keshlear interfered aud the mill was postponed until tonight. Both msu have been in steady training since Tues day and should be in good shape for a lively set-to. The party will leave the union depot at 7 o'clock this evening for the battle ground, which will be within an hour's ride of Kansas City, and the train will return to the city immediately after the contest. She Knew. "William," she said gently, and yet in accents of reproof, "yon remember that I gave yon several letters to mail last week, don't you?"- "Y-yes; I remember it. "But this is the first time yon have remembered it since I gave them to you, isn't it:" "I I must confess tbat it is. How do you know?" "I put a postal card addressed to my self among the lot, and it hatn't yet reached me. It only costs a cent, and I find that is a very effective way of keep ing check on the rest of my mail. Now, dear, if you will haud me the letters, I'll run out and post them myself." Washington Star. Thoughtful. Judge Yon say yon went into the room at night quite unintentionally? Why, then, had you taken off your boats? Burglar Because, your worship, I heard there was somebody lying ill in the house. Der Floh. Ask your dealer for Burghart's cigars NOT SCARS OF WAR. Speolal Examiner Says Young la Simu lating Some One Else. George W. Young has a saber cnt across his left wrist, a bullet hole through his neck, another through his left thigh and a fractured right shin, as a re sult of the war, but a special pension ex aminer wants to make out tbat Young wasn't in the army at all. He says he is living at the Soldiers' home in Leaven worth on his nerve. Young was brought to -Topeka last night and put in the county jail by United States Marshal Neely's son, to await investigation into his war record. He is a small man who served in the Pennsylvania cavalry, and has been at the home in Leavenworth for six years, and before that in the Illinois homn for six, years. His wounds are ugly lc sing scars, especially the saber cut on liis wrist, which also disabled three n..ers of his hand: The Bpeclal examiner claimB that there was a George W.Young from Pennsylvania, but that this is not the man. Young's captain may be brought here to prove his identity. NORTH TOPEKA. Items of Interest From the North Side of the Riier, Miss Alberta Stevens of Merfden spent Sunday with her parents, N. W. Sly, who is now running on the Union Pacific, Bpent Sunday in North Topeka. Miss Leora Morrow, of Logan street, is eujnyiag a visit from her friend, Miss Carrie Chase of Winfield. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Steele and Prof. W. H. Wasson attended the Sunday school convention at Pleasant Hill yes terday. The children of the Second Presby terian Sunday school are practicing for a Christmas cantata under the direction of Mrs. Thos. Page. Mrs. Sam Fulton and son have re turned to Kansas City after spending several davs with Mrs. Fulton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Payne. The Kindergarten association has se cured a room in Grant school and the teachers, Miss Miller and Mrs. Paramore, commenced instructing the little ones this morning. The funeral of Mrs. Al Dake, who died of consumption Saturday, occurred from the residence, 1207 North Quincy street, yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The services were conducted by Rev. W. B. Hutchinson. J. S. Morse has returned from a trip to Liberal. He says the day he arrived there forty. six carloads of cattle were shipped from that point, The farmers in that locality raised a large crop of broom corn, but the price is so low that they have made little money out of it. Pure Pennsylvania buckwheat flour and Canadian maple syrup at J, H. Hel er'sl002 Kan. ave. The Magnet Restaurant and Short Or der house, A. J. Proudfit. 850 N. Kansas ave. Wholesale fruits and confectionery. Geo. J. Graves Sons, 115 and 117 West Laurent street. North Topeka, for buggy tops, cushions, wagons and bug gies, built t o order. Bell Phone 533. FARC O" S NOVEL. CHURCH. No Creed, Catechism, or Collection Box Permitted. "There i3 a church in Fargo," said Col. Irons of that city to a Minneap olis Journal reporter, "that recognizes the fatherhood of God and the brother hood of man. Any man can belong to it. He need pass no test as to faith; he can believe what he pleases, or he can be an agnostic on every subject. He is as welcome to place In the church as any one else; all he has to do is to behave himself while he is there, and permit others to enjoy the same freedom that he is accorded. They never raise a collecticii in that church; in fact, there is no such thing as passing the plate. The society has a treasurer whose business it is to call upon those who seem to be interested in the work and exercises of the church, present the needs of the or ganization, take what they have to give, and pay the bills. That church is run on the theory that when it is no longer able to pay its way it has out lived its usefulness and ought to die. The church has among its members and supporters all sorts and conditions of men. It has those who, in other com munities, would belong to Methodist or Baptist congregations; there are Jews as well as those who were brought up in the Catholic faith. The spiritual ists and the theosophists are repre sented. Then there are a number that had about given up all church-going until they came to this society. Here they find themselves at home, and the function and purpose of the church is to make them so. They have parties and dances; dinners are given in the church, and the best people of the town, socially, attend its gatherings. The chief justice of the state of North Dakota is a member, as are the lead ing business men of Fargo, lawyers, our leading doctors, and there is even room for myself. Then they have a preacher who is broad enough and kindly enough to see good in every man; salvation In every religion that is honestly followed; tolerance for ev erything except intolerance, and love for the world. All he asks is that a man be decent, and his addresses are rather to stir a man to do the good that he knows and feels than to teach him new goodness that he has no use for. It Is a religion of this life and to-day; not of the life to come; of the oneness of humanity and the sacredness of simple everyday duty." The Modern Drama. "There," said the playwright, 'that play is finished!" "Why, George, dear," said his wife, "you've only been at it ten minutes." "I know H, my dear, but it isn't part of my work to introduce the dances and "omic songs. It's only three acts, you know." A Sew Bishop In Kansas. Chicago, Aug. 2. Rev. Edward A. Kelly, one of the most popular Roman Catholic divines of Chicago, has been appointed bishop of the diocese of Con cordia, Kan. Father Kelly is young to have attained such high honors, being in his 43d year, He was born in Chicago. 22 calls up the Peerless. BIRD'S DIVORCE. The Labor Commissioner Publlshea a Card Concerning It. William G. Bird, labor commissioner, hands the following to the State Jour nal: Solely ont of regard for the feelings of others, I have hitherto remained silent respecting my unfortunate family diffi culties. A most unjust advantage has been taken of such silence by the circulation of reports and the publication of news paper criticisms which are greatly to my prejudice. It is due to my friends who have hith erto given me their confidence that I now state that at the earliest possible moment I laid the whole matter before the nearest relatives of Mrs. Bird and they fully justify my action. Mr. Samuel W. Day, who is a brother of Mrs. Bird and a well known and in fluential citizen of this city, after full conference with Mrs. Bird in my pres ence, and with full knowledge of all the facts, kindly gave the following atate ment: "Kansas Citt, Kan., Nov. 30, 1895. "After fully investigating the circum stauces surrounding the divorce suit brought against my sister by her hus band, W. G. BirJ, labor commissioner of the state of Kansas, I feel that the papers have done him a great wrong, and that his actions are justifiable. "Samuel W. Day." With this statement I trust a fair mind ed public will not further misconstrue my continued silence. We G. Bird. DRUNK IN THE COLD. Inebriates Picked Up ity tbe Police Last Light. Three men were admitted to Chief Wilkerson's refuge for inebriates Satur day night. C. E. Barnett is a hereulean printer who made the policeman who arrested him Saturday night for being drunk look like a pigmy. When they started for the statiun people on the street won dered which one was taking the other. He pleaded not guilty this morning and left his watch as an incentive for him to present himself lor trial this afternoon. The patrol wagon made a run through the rain and mist at eleven o'clock Sat urday night and brought back Wm. Earn est from the corner of Eighth street and Kansas avenue. At Chief Wilkerson's asylum he pleaded guilty this morning and gave up the regular assessment. Frank Flora was the first man arrested by Topeka's force for December. It waB 1.30this morning when he was singing "I won't go home 'till morning." Ho didn't go home until late this morning after breakfast was over and everything was cold, for ha stayed at the prison to give Judge Ferry $5 at 8:30. Lottie Bowes Leaves '-Alabama.' Miss Lottie Bowes will probably return to Topeka this week or next She has left the "Alabama" company and is now visiting friends in Chicago. She will join her mother in Monmouth, 111., this week and tbe two will probably return together. Mrs. Bowes was with her daughter during the week of the Chi cago engagement, weak before last. Miss Irving, who went abroad in the fall, has returned to the company to take the part of "Carey Preston," the part Lottie Bowes has been playing, and which she Cave in Topeka. Miss Bowes has been offered a place in John Griffith's "Faust" production, but it is not likely that she will accept. Wnlcott unci Lavigne Meet Tonight. New York, Dec. 2. Tonight's fifieen round glovo contest between Joe Wal cott, of Boston, and Geo. Lavigne, of Saginaw, Michigan, which will be con tested in the club house of the Empire Athletic club, Maspeth. L I., will decide that much disputed question as to whom belongs the title of light weight cham pion of America. A Corner wooaoox, Handsome willow baskets for holding logs of wood for the fireplace are quite expensive, and a useful substitute that is also dec orative may be had in a pine box that is made to tit into one of the corners of tho chimuey where it juts out into tho room. It is in three sided form, with narrow, ex tra sides inserted at the angles where the front and backs join, homemade woodbox. As illustrated in Tho Household, any boy who is handy with tools will be able to make one of these boxes. If pine is the material used, it can be painted to match the woodwork or stained a deep cherry stain. Nail some strips of ordinary box strap iron around each of the sides to ornament them, and arrange in latticework on the front. Smooth as silk is the way our collars feel now. Peerless Steam Laundry, 112 and 114 W. 8th. White! White! White! are the goods sent out by the Peerless Steam laundry Dees your headache? Try One Min ute Ueadaohe Tablets. J. K. Jones, Druggist TODAY'S MARKET REPORT. Furnished by the Associated Pi-ess to the State Journal. Chicago, Dec. 2. Wheat opened firm, steadied by the fact tbat deliveries were not as large a3 were expected and weak cables. May opened sgc higher at Glc It reacted however, on weak ca bles and large northwestern receipts to 60J4'a Open. Hitfh Low. i Close Wheat Cash. 56 56Ti 56M 587b Mav. 00 J8 6J' 61s Corn Cash 264 5.64 Ji 261, Jan. 26?a 26V3 26tB 26 May. 20 29 1 28J i9l8 Oats Cash 17J4" 17?8 I7g 17i Mav 2ua8 204 204 20V-i Pork Cash 7.62 7.65 7.62 7.65 Jan. a07 8.7j 8.62 8.70 Mav. 9.10 9.17 9.05 9.10 Lard Cash 5.15 5.15 5.15 5.15 Jan. 5.35 5.37 5.35 5 37 May 5.60 5 62 5.60 G.62 Ribs Cash 4 25 4 25 4.25 425 Jan. 437 4 37 4.37 4.37 May! 460 4 62 4.6J 4.62 May cern opened unchanged at 29c as also did May oats at 20tc, but there was not much trading in eitner, January pork was 10c lower at $8.67J on the decline of prioes of live bogs. Jjsrd and ribs were both down in sym pathy with pork. Hogs Receipts, 70,000; left over, none. Market active at 510 cents decline. Light, $3.253.55; mix ed, $3.35a55; heavy, f3.30a60; rough, $3 303.40. Official receipts Sat urday, 19,811; shipments 720. Cattle Receipts 19,000. Market slow and generally 510o lower, Beeves, $3 054.85; cows and heifers $1.00 3.70; stackers and feeders $2.20SG5; Texas Bteers, ?2.703.30. Official re ceipts Saturday, 1,231; shipments, 114 Sheep Receipts 18,000. Market barely steady. Official receipts Saturday 2, 113; shipments, 170. Estimated receipts hogs tomorrow 42, 000 head. KansaA city Alurkets, Kansas Citv, Dec. 2. Cattle Re ceipts 7,600; shipments, 1,600. Market 510 cents lower. Texas steers ranged $2.20$a20; representative sales $3.20; Texas cows, $2.002.40; sales $2.40; beef steers, $2.754.0U;salea $3.90; native cows, $1.753.40; sales $3.00; Btockers and feeders, $2.30 $3.65; bulls $2.103.00; sales $2.40. Hogs Receipts. 7,000; shipments, 4,000. Market weak 5 cents lower. Bulk of sales, $3.35&40; heavies, $a003.45; packers, $3.353.45; mixed $3.30a40; lights, $3.203.40; yorkers. $3303.40; pigs. $2.753.30. Sheep Receipts, 2.100; shipments none. Market strong but barely steady. Lambs, $3.004.2j; muttons, $2.50 3.25. Wheat Active, but unchanged from Saturday; No. 2 hard. 57(58; No. 2 red. nominally 6Sc; No. 2 spring, 56 57c; No. 3 spring, 53V543ic; reject ed. 3540c. Corn Active, slishtlv higher; No. 2, mixed, 22V23c; No. 2, white, 22 23c. Oats Active but unchanged; No. 2 mixed, 186; No. 2. white, 18V19c Rye Steady. N j. 2, nominally, 33c Hat Steadv. Timothy $8.50lLO0; prairie $6.007.50. Bdtter Firm; Creamery, 1721c; dairy, 1415. Eggs supply large, market weak; fresh I8c, CHICAGO MA.RK.ttr LETTER. Famished by Topeka Urain and Stock Ex chance, 26 Kan!M Ayenue. Wheat Quite a good deal of interest was manifested in wheat this morning. The center of attention naturally was the deliveries, and close watch was kept to see whether Armour Co. would carry out their announced intentions of passiug around some 4.000.0UO bushels. At the opening two and one-half mill ion bushels had been dolivered, and of this amount fully one-halt was sent out by Armour Co., but nothing more was heard, so that about 3,000,000 bush els sent around on December contracts probably represents the total. The opening on wheat was quite steady to a fraction higher than the close Sat urday. Scalpers in the pit were playing for an advance, but it did not come as Boon as expected. No further disturbing cables were re ceived concerning the Turkish affair, so that war talk was at a temporary dis count. Cables were slightly higher, that is the first ones were. Prices dragged along in a rut until nooo, when the reported working of 400, 000 bushels of cash wheat here by mill ers created some confidence. Then quo tations on English consols came lower, with a reduction in the so-called Eng lish visible supply and helped matters wonderfully. May getting up to 61 or a cent gain from the low point. Some excellent selling on the bulge look the market back to Glc. St. Louis and other outside markets were strong. New York said Liverpool has a free buyer. Late Liverpool pri vate cables quoted the market one penny higher than at the opening so that reason for an improvement was hard to find. Later a correction of the English visible making the decrease almost two millions also proved of assistance. American visible supply as might have been expected increased nearly two million bushels, Minneapolis and Du luth had 1,572 cars compared with 665 corresponding time last year. Local re ceipts were 514 cars. Exports from the seaboard fair at 372,000 in wheat and flour. The close was quite steady with the sentiment favoring a continuation of the gain scored. Corn was a disappoint ment to traders; there was no activity in the pit; deliveries there were none. Provisions. Seventy thousand hogs at the yards here made a dull and easy market in hog products. The market closed firm, however, and prices were not visibly affected by the largo receipts. Pork is dirt cheap at these prices and no one is willing to sell it short. Chicago Market Gossip. Chicago Estimated cars tomorrow, wheat 450, corn 360, oats 275, hogs 42,000 head. Inspections, wheat 514 183; corn 301 55: oats 23347. Minneapolis got 1,203 cars today and 599 last year. Duluth 364 and 266. The visible eupplv chaoeed as follows: Wheat increased 1,6S2,000 bushels. Corn Increased 875,000: oats increased 342,000. This leaves the total as follows: Wheat 63.903,000; corn 5,517,000; oats 6,397.0U0. Stocks of grain in Chicago: Wheat, 21,705,000; corn, 940,000; oats, 6J6,00l. New York The English visible de ceased 780,000. New York World's shipment: Wheat 6,800,000 bushels. Puts, May wheat, Cl; calls, 62; puts, May corn, 29; calls, 29; puts, May pork $8.G2; calls, $8.80, Curb May wheat, Gl. C! i nr; on Popular Stocks. The closing today was as follows: Snsar, 105: Q, 63V.; R L 75; St Paul 75?s; Amhisou, 17; C, N. W., 106?B'; W. U., 88; M. P., 3Ji. Qoomns, President. W. L- Chamferltx. Sec. and l'raas. TOPEKA Grain 2 Stock Exchange 526 Kansas Avenue. PriTato wires to New York, Chicago and St, Iuis. Reference: Bauk of Topeka. Trades Placed in Grain, Stocks and PrTi i i 1 i On a margin of $21 .25 per 1.000 bushels on May corn, and ol.3 per 1.0 bushels on May wheac. We guarantee Co protect irjde-i Co Miy 1. lt&o. and if market declines below thess in arum w protect ail trades without further margin Correspondence solicited. The Topeka Daily State Journal ftgain Breaks All Records. By its sworn detailed statement of circulation for the first half of the year 1895, it is shown to have a circulation, during the sis months as stated, of a Average 9 3 3 Ar This is the greatest show ing the State Journal ha3 ever been able to make for a period of any six months in its history. This is a greater figure than was reached by any daily paper in Topeka for the year 1894. The Ameri can Newspaper Directory, issued in June, 1895, and covering the year 1894, gives the average daily circula tion of the Topeka Daily Capital for the year 1894, as only 8,744. These figures were furnished by the pub lishers of the Capital, to the Directory, and are guaran teed to be correct by a for feit of $100, which will be paid to any one disproving their correctness. The following figures, sub stantiated by sworn state ments in detail, giving every issue for the first six months in 1893, 1894 and 1895, show3 the Topeka State Journal's Wonderful Growth. Daily average first 6 months a rt 1893 054O7 Daily average firstG months taRa 1894 7,900 Daily average first 6 months -r 1895 V334 The boast of the Topeka Capital that it pays more postage than all other To peka dailies combined, only proves the meagerness of its local circulation as com pared with that of the Statb Journal as no postage is paid 011 any circulation within Topeka or Shawnea county. The State Journal's local circulation is far and away ahead of the combined cir culation of all the other Topeka dailies. The circulation of the Topeka Daily State Jour nal in the towns near by and tributary to Topeka i3 very large, as the evening trains in various directions carry the State Journal giving its readers the first and latest Associated Press and state news of the daj.
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STATE JOURNAL, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21895.' The State Journal IITESTT-SECOSD TEAK. Br Frank P. MacLennan. Official Fapsr of tii3 City of Topjki TEBUS OP STJBSCBIPTIOIT. laily edition, delivered by carrier, 10 cents a week to any part of Topeia or tuturts, or at the sama price in any Kansas town whers this paper has a oar rier system. Ey mail, thrss mentis .90 y mail, one year 3.60 W eekly edition, per year BO. Breaks Si Records- The Topeka Daily State Journal.' By Its twom detailed statement of circulation for the first half of the year 1S93, It Is shown t tare a circulation, during the first six months as stated, of a D&ilj? fk!zr&? 9,334. This Is the greatest showing the Stat Jouh K a I. has ever been able to make for a period of any six months in its history. I his is a greater figure than was reached t7 any daily paper In Topeka for the year 189. The American Newspaper Directory, issued In June, 1895. and covering the year 1894, gives tha average daily circulation of the Topeka Dally Capital for the year 1S94, as only 8,714. bese figures were furnished by the publishers of the Capital, to the Directory, and are guaranteed to be correct by a forfeit of S100. which will be paid to any one disproving their correctness. The following figures, substantiated by sworn statements in detail, giving every issue for the first six months in 1S03, 1804 and 1395, shows tbf Topeka State Jocksal's Wonderful QroWth. lally average for first sis months of 1323 ,U Eaily avsraga for first six -ort months of 1S34 7,V3U Daily averaga for first six months of 1335 9,Oa3- The boast of the Topeka Capital that It pays mors postage than all other Topeka dailies combined, oniy proves the meagerness of Its local circulation as compared with that of the State Joi bnai as no postage Is paid on any circulation within Topeka or Shawnee county. The State Jouesal's local circulation is fai and away ahead of the combined circulation oi all the other Topeka dailies. The circulation of the Topeka Dally Stats Journal in the towns near by and tributary to Topeka is very large, as the evening trains 10 various directions carry the Statb Jotrsai giving Its readers the first and latest Associated Press and state news of the day. M'eatSier Indications. Chicago. Dec. 2. For Kansas Fair tonight and Tuesday; warmer Tuesday; northerly winds, becoming variable. Tom Reed is taking care of boms folks as he goes along1. He has named Mr. Dingley of the Pine Tree etate as chairman of the most important commit tee of the house. Politicians should be careful about joining the "Mystic Brotherhood." There was an organization Eimilar to this in Topeka some years ago and for a long time afterward local politicians were kept busy denying that they had ever belonged to it. So John Bull has backed out of the Turkish matter, England does not want to fight, cihe is a great bully, but knows enough to stop in time. She is conquering the world more rapidly through her financial policy than she could possibly hope to do by force of arms. Prices have declined the past week says R. G. Dun Co. 'a report, as the re salt of natural causes. Quite natural. Prices always decline in the face of a shrinking volume of currency. As long as money is leaving our shores and noth ing Is done to fill the vacuum prices will continue to decline. The bosses' slate went through the Re publican caucus at Washington without a break except on chaplain, and Rev. H. D. Fisher, the combine candidate, was defeated by the defection of Miller of the Second Kansas district. The place was giv en' to a blind preacher who draws a pen lion of 72 a month. Secretary Carlisle's roseate view of the treasury's future seems to be con tagious. The postmaster general reports a big deficit in his department, but ex presses a firm conviction that it will be all right next year. Nobody bat a Democrat who had stood 25 years of un interrupted defeat would be so hopeful. Editor Georsr W. Martin of tha Wyandotte (Kansas City, Kan.,) Gazette is righteously indignant. He says in his paper: ''The newly elected coroner of Wyandotte county went over to the foot ball game Thanksgiving, donned the Mis souri colors and yelled lustily for the Mis souri team. There may be some senti ment in this, but the favors and fees he sucks from the people of Wyandotte county are much more substantial and essential. It beats the very old devil the awful lack of any sense of propriety and decency and fairness that exists on the part of many who obtain their living from old Wyandotte. Why can't we place our sympathy, our favors and efforts where we get our grab?" Congressman W. W. Bower of the Seventh California district in replying to a question as to what will be done by the present congress says he will urge his postal savings banks bill but has no hope of its passage as Wall street has too strong a hold on congress. Why should Wall street have so strong a hold on con gress when so large a proportion of the membership is composed of new men. What did the people gain by making a change of men if they are to be subject to the same influence as the last house of representatives. Mr. Bower further says: "It is to be hoped that the Republican leaders in the house will have the wisdom and the courage to go on the same as if there was a Republican senate and exec utive and show the people just what they will do if they succeed to power at the next election. The people don't want any more shilly-shallying, or small poli tics or politicians. They want this gov ernment put back into the hands of Americans and administered in the in terests of the American people, and not &3 now by the servants of England, France and Germany. This is tha issue of the next campaign." What do the advocates of the gold standard mean when they declare that the money of the country must be gold alone, because nothing else will dis charge international obligationsT What international obligation has the govern ment of the United States? Every obli gation of the government states plainly on Us face that it is payable in lawful money or coin, without saying of what that coin shall consist, and is payable at the treasury of the United Stttes or the sub-treasuries, and nowhere else. These obligations are no more international than an individual promissory note is in ternational. Besides these so-called in ternational balances are never paid in money of the United States, even though it be coined gold. The gold which goes to pay obligations held in Europe is reck oned by weight and goes for its bullion value, which is fixed by the Bank of England. No gold leaves the United States treasury to meet any of these ob ligations; it is only paid out to redeem greenbacks and treasury notes held by our own people and redeemable under the law in either silver or gold at the op tion of the government. In his speech, delivered before the caucus which nominated him for the speakership, Mr. Reed suggested very plainly a do-nothing policy for the new congress. The wisdom of that kind of a course is questionable, as regards both the welfare of the country and of the party to whom the speaker looks for an election to the presidancy. The people expect something from this congress else thoy would have returned the old m em bers. They expect for one thing that it will be placed beyond the power of the administration to isiue any more bonds, thereby increasing the burden of dobt resting upon the country There is now no law for the issuance of bonds, but it seems that it is necessary to pass a law prohibiting their issue. Even if the State Journal does not open the Lawrence Journal, Abilene Reflector or the Emporia Republican they have the satisfaction of opening each other and tickling each other turn about. It is great fun they are having since the State Journal bunched them up together. Lawrence World. They make a very pretty group, these three nice little papers. We can have lots of fun with them in our spare mo ments. They get so mad when they are plagued. Ant money with which the govern ment is entitled by law to meet its obli gations and which it will receive for all dues is good money, honest money, sound currency. Tha law which made both gold and silver such money has not been repealed. What is needed more than legislation is an honest administration of the laws already in existence. Manufactories of various kinds have been erected all around Topeka for the purpose of booming real estate, and hr.yj been failures except in the direction of the purposes for which they were in tended. Manufactories started in Tope ka without any real estate attachment have succeeded. There is a lesson in thesa facts for future investors. Senator Hill has made the first move towards bringing down the price of lec ture tickets to a gold basis, Ha has de clared that fifty cents is enough to pay to hear any lecturer on earth. MORE BIT 31,500. An Xnoraase of That Amount Id the Tax es In Shawnee County. ZHZZ. The county clerk has completed the Bummary of the tax rolls, showing (be total amount of the taxes for 181)5. It shows that the levy in the entire count exclusive of state taxes is $741,465.69. Last year the total amount was $709,947. 67. This shows an increase of $31,518. 02 over last year. The city taxes this year aggregate $568,474.86, while last year they were $545,500.77, an increase of $22,974.09. The levies in tha townships and school districts were as a rale higher than last year. CARD OF THANKS. Mrs. a G. Brewster and children de sire to thank all the friends and neigh bors, the A. O. U. W., the G. A. R. and the W. R. C for their kindness and sym pathy extended on account of the death of their husband and father. The Family. Peerless Steam Steam Laundry. Laundry Peerless White! White! White! are the goods sent out by tha Peerless Steam laundry Does yonr headacheT Try One Min Bt Headache Tablets. J. K. Jones, Druggist, THE MAJOR REFUSED. Abe Crofoot Tells the Colonel How He Was Thrown Down. IH WHICH HE SHOWS THAT IT IS THE Height of Injustice to Compare Him With Severna-A Xew Scheme That Promises Bis Results. Colonel Dawson had come to town for bis mail, bat being ahead of time he had taken a seat on tho veranda of the vil lage tavern. Tha day being hot and the colonel being alone ho had fallen asleep ia his chair, when he was aroused by a voice saying "Howdy, Knrnel Dawson howdy. I do declar', bat I'm right glad to see yo' "That yo', Abe?" replied the colonel as he opened his eyes and started np. "Yes, knrnel, it's me. I was just passin along and happened to see yo'. Come mighty nigh sendin a man out to yo'r place yesterday with a note askin yo to come, to town. "Shoo!" gasped the colonel as he dropped his feet off the railing. "Is it mo' trouble, Abe? Pike county scandal izers bin at it agin?" "They hev, knrnel. They hev! Couldn't possibly let Abe Crofoot alone fur over two weeks, yo' know. Jess sorter worked up a grand climax on me yesterday and looked to see me throw up my hands and go outer the game. How's mewls, knrnel?" "Jess fairish, Abe jess holdin their OWn." "And co'n?" "A leetle better than fairish, I reckon. What hev the scandalizers bin np to this time, Abe?" "Knrnel Dawson, began Abe as he got his right foot over his left knee and began to sharpen his pocket knife cn his Ehoe, "I reckon yo' hev read about So verns Alexander Severus? Yo' run mostly to co'n and mewls, but yo' do a leetle readin on tho outside." "Only jest a leetle, Abe, as my eyes ain't what they used to be. Don't re member about Severus. Did he ever run a plantation in these parts?" "No, knrnel. Alexander Severus was emperor of Rome between the ya'rs 222 and 235. Ee was powerfully educated and a good fighter. Went right at it and licked the Persians outer their bntes agin the biggest kind of odds. Eta was runnin the empire bang up when a fel ler named Maxiruin murdered him and raised a rebellion." "Shoo!" "And now, Knrnel Dawson, take no- tico of a few p'ints in the case. Yo' know where Rome is, of co'se?" "Kot jest this minit, Abe, as I've bin mighty basy all summer, yo' know." "Yes, I know. Waal, Rome is in Italy across the ocean. That's pint No. 1. It's 1S95 now, ain't it?" "Sho is, Abe. Yes, sah, I'll swear to that." "And I told yo' that Severus died in the y'ar 235. That's a matter of 1,660 y'ars ago. That's pint No. 2. Yesterday rnawniu I wanted to use $2 mighty bad, and I drapped into Majah Day's office and asked him for a loan. Knrnel Daw son, what d'yo reckon the majah said to me? Yo' are a-sittin right thar, and I'm sittin right yere, and what d'yo reckon he said?" "Reckon it wasn't his day for lendin $2," replied the colonel as he hitched about in his chair. "Exactly, knrnel exactly, but that wasn't all. He not only cnt mo short on the $2, but he said if I'd taken advan tage of my opportunities I might have bin a second Severus. That's pint No. 3. Do yo foller me, knrnel?" "I think I do, Abe I think so. "Thar's one more pint, kurneL Half an hour after I left M3jah Day's office I met him in Nick Carter's saloon and ho didn't know me. I stood right at his el bow while he called for a julep, and he never looked at me. Jess drank by his self and left niestandin thar', and Nick said it was the worst throw down he'd ever seen in Pike county. I was mighty nigh sendin him a challenge, and sendin fur yo' to see me through. That's my case, knrnel, and what d'yo think of it:" "Seems like the majah was agin yo', Abe," replied the colonel. "Of co'se he was agin mel" exclaim ed Abe as he rose np in his excitement. "Tho majah was agin me, and what's the reason? Bokase I can't do the im possible. Knrnel Dawson, was I bo'n into this world 1,600 y'ars ago?" "Of co'se not!" "Was I bo'n in Italy when I was bo'n?" "Reckrsm not" "Could a man who wasn't bo'n till over 1,660 y'ars after the Emperor Sev erus hev any show to equal him?" "Skassly, Abe skassly. "If I'd had my show with Severus and failed, I wouldn't say a word, but I didn't hev my show. If I'd a-bin thar in his time, it wonld hev bin neck and neck between us, but he had over 1,600 y 'ars the start of me. Am I to blame that I wasn't on airth in the y'ar 222?" "Not a bit of it, Abe." "Am I to blame fur bein bo'n in Pike county, instead of Italy?" "No, sah no, sahl Can't nobody blame yo' fur that." "If Severus had all the show, and I had none, kin I be expected to come out on top? Knrnel Dawson, look me in the eye Now, then, from what yo' know of me, wouldn't yo say that if I'd lived when that ole kuss of a Severus did I'd hev knocked the spots off'n him as an emperor?" "I'm jessbelievin yo' would, Abe. If a feller ain't bo'n, then he can't donuth in. Looks to me as if Pike county was aginyo'." ry- "She's agin me, of co'se. She's tbrowed me down time and time agin, but hev I staid down? Hev I groveled in the dirt, cr hev I risen, like tha phenix, from the ashes? It was a pow erful hard blow Majah Day struck me yesterday, specially when he didn't see me in the saloon, but am I on the grass or my feet? Am I ready to walk out of Pike county and gin up the fight, or am Pr?; All Silk Draperies, Figured; were 69 and 75a December price.... 25c yd Fig. Drapery Silks. 7-8 yd. wide. These are beat goods made for $1. December price 50c yd 32-in. Drapery Silks. Elegant Btyles. Chene and Crepon effects; were $1 yd, December price t5c yd The above three lines are right ia touch with the popular Pillow idea. Brocade Satins a China Silks In eveding shades, 24-incb.es wide $1 and $1.25 quality, December price 4g 3yd Spanish Gypsy Yarn Colors: Brown and grey December price HXiACK SHETLAND I gwine to stay right yere and se thia thing out?" "Got something new, Abe?" asked the colonel, with great interest. "That's what's the matter, Knrnel Dawson. Instead of bein used up by the majah 'a treatment I jess took a fresh hold. Yes, sah, I've Etruck a new idea, and within a rnonth you'll see Pike county tumbliir over herself to shake hands with AbS Crofoot. "Shoo Don be af eared to trust me, Abe." "I'll tell yd squar' out, knrnel, be kase I know yo won't steal the idea be fo' I kin take out my patent. How many bungholes in a bar'l?" "Occasionally two, but mostly only one." "That's k'rect. Thar' ar' in daily use in this kentry for whisky, vinegar, cider, 'lasses, and so on, jess exactly 291,346, 221 bar'ls. Of tis number only about 2,000 hev two buDgholes. Of the rest yo've got to roll 'em at least halfway over to git at the bung. See the pint, kurnel?" "Can't say as I do, Abe, though I know its thav." "Of co'seit is. If every bar'l had two bungholes would thar be any rollin of it? Wouldn't one bunghole be on top all the time?" "For shore." "And wouldn't we save the time and expense of rollin 291,846,221 bar'ls about to find the bungholes? I've fig gered it right down clus, and I'm tell ing yo' that this nation would save ex actly $61,871,127.14 ever y'ar by havin two bungholes to a bar'l. That sum would take good keer of 10,000 wid ders. It would buy farms fnr thousands of poor men. It would pay the etates. It would But yo' kin figger on it yo'r self, kurneL What d'yo think of the idea?" "Abe, it's the biggest thing yet," whispered the colonel as he reached out his hand. "Yaas, sah, you've hit it for shore hit that bar'l on both aides to once. "Thankee, kurneL I knowedl had a good thing, but wanted to h'ar yo' say so jess the same. Gwine to the postof fice?" "Yes, reckon it's time." "So'm L On the way down we pass Joe Sanborn's saloon, and if yo' don't mind my say in so" "Sayin what, Abe?" "Why, it's way beyond my hour, an bein thar's a cool breeze blowin I'll take a straight whisky this time and fortify agin chills. M. Quad in Detroit Free Press. KIND FANNY ttlCE. Sb Bays Trait and Candy far Poor Chil dren on an Atchison Train. Atchison Globe: On the Missouri Pacific train which brought the Fancy Kice company to Atchison this morning was a woman, who, from all appearances, was having ajwrestle with poverty. With her were six hungry children, who look ed wistfully at the "peanut" as he passed up and down the aisle with his basket heavily loaded with choice traits and candies. Fanny Rice, taking in the situation, called the boy baok, purchased his entire stock of fruit, and presented it to the children. Government Gold Fisb. Ex-State Fish Commissioner J. W. Wampler, who lives at Brazilton, has several hundred gold fish to sell at ten cents each. Prospective purchasers must send twenty-five cents extra for a pail ia which to ship the fish. We mend and sew on buttons free of charge. Peerless Steam laundry. Subscribe for the Daily State J oxtknax 4 Successors to Wiggin, Crosby 6t Co la This Department Wc are Overstocked for This Time Evening shades in Armnre Figured Chiaa Silks. 24-in wide, were fl, December price 75 c 'd Colors, Cream, Light Blue, Canary and Rose Pink. Cream Hatmtai Silks, Figured, 22 inches wide. December price 50 s yd The fad for evening gowns. Taffetas and Brocades. Our entire lice of Fancies ia stripes and figures, the regular 1 line December price 69 a yd Fine Assortments Satin Grounds, Persians, Chenes, Brocades 3m Stripes, 1.25, $1.43 and $1.50 goods. December price 89 a yd Has been ice Skein Scotch mixed. Colors: Drown and grey mixed. 10c, or 3 for 25c December price toe, cr F3L03S Has been iSc Skein December price, 10c, or 3 for 35c. MINISTER TO THE SWISS. lawyer John X,. Peak and Missouri Both Honored by President Cleveland. John L. Peak, who has beon appoint ed to succeed James O. Broadbead as United States envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the republic of Switzerland, is a resident of Kansas City and a lawyer noted in Missouri for his varied scholarly attainments as well as for his legal erudition. He has never been an active politician and did not seek the high office to which he ha3 been appointed, but when the nomina tion was tendered him the leading Dem ocrats of Missouri unhesitatingly testi fied to his eminent fitness for the posi tion. Mr. Peak was born in Scott county, Ky., in 1839 and was graduated from tho Louisville Law school in 1860. When he hung out his shingle, he devot ed part of his time to the insurance and real estate business and made money rapidly. In 1869 he removed to Kansas City, where he soon attained consider able reputation as a successful criminal lawyer. He was elected prosecuting at torney in 1877 and served three terms in that important office, conducting sin- JOHN L. PEAK. gle handed the work that was done a year following his retirement by the prosecuting attorney, three assistants and the county counselor. While he has never been what is called "a practical politician," he has always taken a live ly interest in public affairs and has nev er shirked when his party needed him. Mr. Peak is a regular attendant at the Baptist church, and for a nnmber of years has been prominent in the Sun day school work of that denomination in Kansas City. He is also an enthnsiastio Mason. Before leaving Kentucky he was senior warden of Blue lodge, No. 14, at Georgetown, and in 1884 and 1885 was eminent commander of Oriental commandery, Ka 35, of Kansas City. The only political office he has ever held was his office as prosecuting attor ney. He has a wife and three adopted children and will leave for Switzerland as Eoon as his nomination is confirmed by the United States senate. Mrs. Peak is a daughter of James H. Davis, for many years a prominent Kentucky law yer. The diplomatio work at Geneva is easy, and the salary of the position ia 7.5Q0 a year.. Wyandotte's) Blew Sheriff. Governor Morrill has appointed A. W. Peek sheriff of Wyandotte county, to succeed the late S. S. Peterson. The new sheriff is a son-in-law of Sheriff Peterson and has been serving as deputy sheriff. The "Aurora," pure Havana, best 10c cigar in the city. SL 2f of Year. You Will Fiad it the Oppartnne Time to Bay. 23-in Blaek, Surah, $1 December price 85o yd Warranted. 24-in. warranted Black Serge Silk, Very rich and lus trous, $1.25, December price QSo yd 24 inch Black Rhadama Silk, A beauty for $1.50. December price "$1.25 BFk Satin Duchesse. Our best 24-lnch goods. The regular $2 quality. December price Sl.SQyd Eleg-ant assortment of the popular DRESDEN and JARDENERE SILKS and "VEIiVETS. Knitting Yarn H.H fofvn ISc Skein, for 25c A Vaiw A ft I At ftfsf 1 ft t i I 1 regret th&f I dMi Last week a lady living on Sixth street near the avenue, sent east for a Jacket. She ordered a black beaver at $7.50. When it arrived it proved too small for her. She brought it in to our place to see if she could exchange it for a larger one. On comparison with our $4-93 gar ment she admitted ours were not only better style and better made, but the material worth at least a dollar more, making the loss to her, besides the expressage' THE TOPEKA CASH DRY GOODS CO., 108 East Sixth Street. "DIRT DEFIES THE KING." THEN IS GREATER THAN ROYALTY ITSELP 11 1 1 Tt fir Largest line of Up-to-Date Garments In the city. Something new 3 every day. m ENGLISH BOX JACKETS V and REEFERS at $10 4 -button Astrachan cloth, velvet Jt collar, full rielton cleeve. DIAGONAL BOUCLE JACKET. p Balloon sleeve, velvet collar. A very stylish Jacket for $10. C At $15 we show a big assortment in BOX JACKETS, RKEFERS and CAPES. They are In Boucle, As trachan. Diagonals, English Ker. J seys and Beavers. Regret Jv&H rov wife madia
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STATE JOURNAL, 5IONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1895 THE DAILY BULLETIN OF NEW THINGS FQR TOMORROW, The very best qualities are to be found with us and at prices so low that it is folly to purchase inferior goods with which this market is flooded; inspection is all you need to convince you of this. "We hope to see you soon. Our store is full of bright new things, which are being daily added to. -u-Christmas Gifts, 25c to ltm nnn -cm THE MODEL SUPPLY '8TORR Groceries Almost Sue on a dollar saved. Arbuokle'a coffee, per pkg., 18o Lion coffee, per pkg., 18o 4 XXXX eoiiaa par pkf., 18o Mokaska collao par pkg., loo Silver Spoon coffee per pkg.. 20a 21 lbs. flooit California sugar, $1 Royal baking power per pound can, 85c Dr. Price's baking powder per pound can, 35o Good baking powder per can, lOo Pure spices, ail kinds, per lb., 20o 60o bottle lemon extract, 33o 65c bottle vanilla extract, 25o Cracked Golden Rio coffee per lb., Io Extra good coffae per lb., 2a Java and Mocha coffee, per lb.,S9o Horse Shoe tobacco per lb., (7o Etar tobacco per lb., 83o Even Change tobacco per lb., 14s Battle Ax tobacco per lb., 14c Bsx of good cigara, 50 in box, 65 e Box of extra cigars, 50 in box, 83a Oae box 60 cigara, Palmottoes, $105 Canned tomatoes per can, Co Canned corn por can, Bo Canned peas por can, 5o Canned string beans per can, Eo Gallon canned goads all kinds, ISs per taa Imported French peas por can, lie Imported French mushroom, ICe Table peaches per can, So Choico Kansas potatoes per bo., 25e Table apricots per oan. So Table pears per cae. So. Bottle Catanp, per bottle, Vo Spanish Queen olives per qt, 13a Scotch rolled Oate per pkg.,6o Kingford's Silver Gloss starch, 6 pound oi. 50c Kingford's starch, 1-lb. pkg., 5o Kingford's corn starch, 1-lb. pkg., Bo 6 pounds mixed candj, 25o Hand-made chocolate drops per lb,, 14c Crosby's best flour, 5 'Mb. sack, 80o "White Loal flour, 60-lb. sack, OOo Big Foar flour, 50-lb. sack, UOo Loiter Patent flour, 50-lb. sack, 93o Buffalo flour, 50-lb. sack, 80o Crosby's No. 1 flour, 50-lb. sack, 83o Golden Rod flour, 50-lb. sack, 8Uo Peach Blossom flour, 50-lb. sack, 83o 8 lbs. of pn.e Buckwheat flour, 2So Scudder's pure maple sap per gallon can. $1.14 Old Manse maple sap per gallon can, $1.14. Sample bottles given away free. 4 packages para Buckwheat flour, large sizes, 5f5o 0 bars Lenox soap, 25 o 8 bars Clariette soap, 25e 9 bars White Iiussiau soap, 25a t) bars Silk soap, 25o 11 bars Fairbanks soap, 25o 7 bars Fairbanks brown soap, 25 o 7 bars Jaxon soap, 25o Large package Fairbanks' Gold Dust, 18s WRAPS OF ALL KINDS, less garments to close to get tne casn out or tnemt tnat is to sen mem less tnan 50c on a coiiar, wnicn we are going to do. It you naven't Dougnt, or 11 you have bought, it will pay pou to buy one of these garments for next winter. This is no hurrah newspaper advertisement, but a genuine fact. We have them here and have them en sale. This is a chance to make some one a nice Christmas present, which wiil cost you b very small amount. Any one out of about the price you would like to pay. garment for $7,50. We will pay express charges and if it does not suit you, by return mail. REED &T0ML1NS0N High Art, Medium asi Cheap FDRKITU Chamber Suits 89 OO to $75 Parlor Suits 18 OO to 90 Sideboards IO OO to 55 Extension Tables.... 3 OO to 30 Dining Chairs 30 to 10 Hall Trees 6 50 to 30 Combinat'n Bookcase 8 OO to 40 Library Cases 5 00 to 30 Ladies' Desks 6 OO to 20 Chiffoniers. 9 OO to 30 Center Tables 75 to IO Library Tables 2 50 to 20 Children's Carriages. 4 50 to 40 Think of all Oak high back J -a f flk cane saatDinlnj chairs for.... tpJLaVrLV Come and Bee our stock the largest in the state as much Fur niture in our store as all the other stores in Topeka combined. Folding Chairs and Tables to rent for parties. A full oomulete line of Office Desks and Office Chairs. flEED &TQMLINSQH 610 EAN3A3 AVS. PEONS 351 vS Hiram Hulse, F LOT I ST. Ccr. Skn-veoi ani "WiUav Are., ?tvis Place, Topeka, ganaw. Grows and sells Plants, Vakes a specialty of Cot Flowers. Does all Kinds of floral work In first class manner. Islepoons 458. i a5bG3siadBI MIGHTY COLD. A Chilly Dy for St. Joseph With th Mai. cutt Four D.gmi Blow Zoro. St. Joe, Mo., Dec. 2. Yesterday after noon a cold wave struck this vicinity with a strong northwest wind. The wind increased during the night, and this morning at 7 o'clock the thermometer registered 4 degrees below zero, a tem perature nnnsual for this time of year. No snow fell, but unprotected stock will suffer from the cutting north wind. We can knap vou clean Peerless Steam Laundry, 113 and 114 W. Eighth. Quart bottle blueing, per bottle, lOo Kansas potatoes, 25o per bushel 8 Go bottles of bluaicr, 5o 2 packages of Yeast Foam, Bo 3 packages imported macaroni, tSa Imported sardines, per can, llo Mustard sardines, large cans for C 7 cans oil sardines, 25o Iowa Oats per package 4e Bottle mnstard, per bottle, 4a Pettijohn's Breakfast Feea, per pack age, 8o Preston's Breakfast Feed, per package, 8o 4 10c Dunham's Cocoaaut, 25a. Soda crackers, per lb., 6c 9 lba white navy beans, 25 7 lbs. good rice. 25c 7 lbs. nice Lima beans, 25a. Aunt Jemima's Paacaka Flew per package, 8c. Good buggy whip, 9e. Shoe blacking, lc per box. New Orleads molasses, 5-gal keg,$L75 New Orleans sorghum, 5-gaL keg.1.75 Sugar drip syrup, 5-gaL keg, $1.75. Scudder's pure maple sap, 1-gaL can. $1.14. Spanish Queen olives, per qt., 15a 2 paolcages yeast foam, 5c Choice Kansas potatoes, per ba, 25s. This is a good time to lay in your win ter supply of Kansas potatoes. Just think ol it, ouly Zoe per bo. Large choice evaporated peaohes, lOo per lb. Evaporated silver pruaes, 10a per lb. Choice evaporated pears, 10c. Choice evaporated pitted plums, 10c. Choice evaporated California pitied cherries, 12c Choice evaporated blaeberries, 12c par lb. Choice evaporated blackberries, 7c per lb. Datei, 9a per lb. Extra large choice California apricots, 12c 26 lbs. large rsisins, $L Imported Turkish seedless raisins, 10c Seedless Muscateiles, 5c. Turkish prunes, as low as 5a. Orange peel, 14o per lb. Choice citron, 14o par lb, Lemon piel, 14c por lb. Fancy toilet soap, Old Glery, 4s. Trilby buttermilk, 5o. Bear grease glycerine, 5a Da Do Soapier, 5a Coco Csstile, 2c, Home Run, large bar, 5a Violated Russas, So. Golden Cream, So. Extract Rose, 9o. Shaving soap, per bex, 10a Castile soap, foot long, 7c Spring chickens, dressed, from 20o to 25a. than manufacturers' cost. One of the out. In order to close thern out and send the city wishing a garment send us your The prices arranged are $6 garments for SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS. The west bound trains are crowded. Lee Jones has gone to Ohio on a visit Mrs. E. Gaylord is seriously ill with pneumonia. The railroad Y. 11. C. A. is now en tirely out of debt. This morning was cold enough to freeze chrysanthemums. Large crysanthemums are becoming scarce at the florists. People are beginning to ask about stoves in the street cars. Someone has evidently posted Anna Eva Fay about Smoky Row. A Topeka lawyer spends his Sundays hunting quails at Wakarusa, Mr. and Mrs. S, C. Ross of Menoken, are the parents of a daughter. Rev. A. li Wagner will deliver a leo ture at Marion tomorrow night. Some Topeka hunters bagged fourteen squirrels on Mission creek yesterday. Large numbers of rabbits are being brought into town daily by the farmers. Special revival meetings will be held every night this week at the First M, E. church. Today was motion day io the district court, but Judge llazan did not decide any contested motions. The January term of the district court will begin on January 13, the second Monday of the month. Ii. L. Robinson has sold the Waltmire drug stock to John Schnebly, of the Hotel Throop drug store. Two handsome landscape views have been presented to the Topeka Athletic association by the Santa Fe company. A foot ball game between the Inde pendents and Midland college of Atchi son is being arranged for next Saturday. The most important thing to be done tonight by the city council is the allow ing 'of the salaries of the city employes. The Modocs have beea engaged to sing at the Lewis Uanback lecture at Hamil ton hall for the benefit of the reunion fund. Laura, the five year old child pf M. M. Wellman, who resides near Indianola, died at midnight Friday night of diph theria. Warden Lynch says that James Wat son, lately returned to the penitentiary from Atchison was not pardoaed by Gov. Morrill. Marriage licenses are scarcely aver aging two a week. The probate judge will have to rustle to reach the 500 mark this year. There are a number of old men at the poor farm who will be sent to the state insane asylum soon where they will have better care. A man who attended the foot ball game Thanksgiving Day says he saw a drop kick. One man kicked and the other dropped. An effort is being made to get Osmer Parish, the -Topeka printer out ef the insane asylum. His friends still insist thfc he is not insane. The Santa Fe won the suit brought Millinery Dept. (2.000 worth of millinery, 50 cents on the dollar. We now have it sampled and tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock will com mence the biggest feast of bargains ever known in the histery of the millinery business in Topeka. Goods at lens than manufacturer's cost. Only a few ef our bargains are quoted below: Cloth Sailers, 14c. Ladies' trimmed hats, worth $3.83, for $1.93. Hats worth ?2.50 for $1.25. Children's trimmed hats, worth $2, for 50c to ft French felt hats, 48a Felt Bailor hats, 43c Children's felt bats, 29a Felt flats. 29a Half plumes. 29a Ostrich tips, 3 in bunch, in black and colors. 48c. Real parrots, 35a Paradise feathers, 38o. Jetted fancy feathers, 10a Jetted coques, 15a Plain coques, 5c. Aigrettes, plain and fancy, Ca Pruning?, 10a Black birds, 18c. Fancy birds, 3Jc, Jewelry Dept. Handsome decorated napkin rings, 25c each. Trilby gold finger rings, 74c Trilby hearts with chain, 24c each, Initial stick pins, 5c each. Belt buckles, 24c each. Ladies' gold watch chains, worth $3, in this sale for $1.49 each. Shirt waist sets, 20c per set. Ladies,' gold watches, warranted for 5 years, $9.49. Gentlemen's cold watches, warranted for 0 years, $9.49. Slices. Infants' kid mocassins, 19c. Infants' French kid, hand turned but ton, 59c. Child's band turned Dong, button, 59 Child's kang. calf, square patent tip, button, 95o. Misses' solar tip school Bhoes, 97c. Ladies' dong. sqr. pat tip button, $1.25 Ladies' dong. needle toe, button, $1.47. Alan's pat. tip dress shoe, $1.75. ilea's boots, extra good value, $2. Men's felt boots, complete, $1.97. lien's buckle arctics, $1. Youth's pegged boots, $1.25. Ladies' sewn button over-g-aiter, 35o. Gilt-edge Bhoe dressing 14a Box blacking, 2a Spring Chicken, dressed frcm 20o to 25a larsrest Wrap manufacturers in New them their monev we realize what we order, stating the size, the kind of wrap 3.00, $9 garment for $4.50, $10 garment for $5; $15 j return it at our expense and your money against the receivers by Vina P. Har rington for $1U,00J damages for the death of her husband The front windows of the Topeka Ath letic association have been prettily deco rated with potted palms from the home of W. C. F. Keichenbach. There are but five plays booked for the Grand for December, and three of these are in one week. One must either stay at hoin9 or go to Kansas City. Rev. G. D Olden announces that Sun day, December 15, he will give an illus trated blackboard lecture on "The Lynch ing and Burning of Negroes." Mrs. Billings, who is said to be one of the finest sopranos in Chicago, will prob ably assist the Amphioo club in their first concerts on Dec. 10 and 11. Evangelist Boles has at different times been connected with three newspapers in Illinois towns. He has been preaching since he was seventeen years old. Topeka will get "The Limited Mail" as a Christmas attraction. Whoop! It has been coming every year for seven years and everybody in Topeka has seen it at least twice. Miss Anna Eva Fay's manager an nounced during the "performance" at the Crawford Saturday night that "It is im possible for iliis Fay to answer all ques tions even if she could do so." A good looking young man wearing a white sweater tried to pawn a ladies' watch Saturday and was arrested and held at the station all day. He was later released, but the watch is still there. J. L. Howard, the man who was held up and robbed of $00 near the county poor farm three weeks ago, has been carrying a revolver ever since. Saturday he pointed his revolver at C S. McNabb, who had him arrested. Charley Eagle wouldn't have cared about his arrest last week if they hadn't charged him at the station with running a "slaught machine." Mr. Eagle's of fense was not that gory. When will the police learu to spell? De Wilkerson was in town Thursday. He is recuperating at his father's place west of town for a few days. Meriden Tribune. So Wilkerson was well enough to be at his trial Friday in police court. The trial has been reset for tomorrow. The managers of the Topeka Inde pendent Foot Ball team, which won the Fort Riley game Thanksgiving, are try ing to arrange for a game with the Mid land college team. Tha foot ball season is always supposed to end with Thanks giving. The funeral of Mrs. Lizzie Parkinson, who died of consumption at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon at her home, 316 Lake street, took place at 3 o'clock this afternoon from the Third Christian church. Mr. V. Parkinson, husband of the deceased, is stationary engineer at the Santa Fe shops. A poor unfortunate who paid his money to attend the mind reading show Satur day night was publicly called down by the manager from the stage beoause he dared to ask the judges to examine a certain feature of the performance. The czr Qneenswara. Fancy china pitchers, 75a Fancy china cracker jars, 74o each. Chamber sets, decorated, $3.49. Fancy decorated china lamps, with fancy globe, 98c. High grade nickel plated lamps, f L59. Bronze lamps, $2. Lamp chimneys, 4a Hand lamps, iOc Cake stands, 24a. Fruit stands, ISc. Water sets, 85c. Dscorated water sets, $1.89. Water pitchers, 15c Sauce dishes, 35c per dszta. Pickle dishes, 7c. Tea eats, 45a Dry Goods. 100 dozen ladies' handkerchiefs, la each. 28 dozen napkins, 4c each. 89 dozen ladies' ailk mittens, 85 o. 100 dozen musea' silk mittens, 25o per pair. 40 dozen hose, 5c per pair. 59 dozen hose, 6c per pair. 69 dozen fascinator, fancy eolori, S4o each. 185 dozen towels, 4c each. 63 dozen fancy towels, 5c each. 13 dozen fancy bed-spreads, 48a 13 dozen corsets, 19c each. Rockford horse blankets, $2.09. Lap robes, $1.23 We have 31 dozen of all kinds of robss; they will, ga cheap. We can't quote prices of all of them. Also we have a large assortment of horse blankets, 33 pair of blankets, 6c per pair. 150 blankets in thi-i sale, 89c. All wool blankets, in this sale they will go very cheap. Dress patterns in Henriette, black and all desirable shades, with trimmings, $3.53 Also one elegant line of Heoriettes, all colors, lrimmin$rs included, werth $7, in this sale $4.28. Broadcloth 63c, worth double the amount Double width suiting, all wool, 23a German plaids, 44c. Plain all wool suitings, popular shades, 73a Salt M3at. Dry salt, per lb 5 Country cured baco. n 8 Breakfast bacon 9 Ladies' fleece rib vests, 25c Ladies' nntural rib vests, 35c Ladies' non -shrink vests. 48c. Ladies' fine scarlet vests, 73a York sent 'us 5,006 must do in order you want, and! will be refunded THE manager escaped the groans and hisses from the audience which he deservod, A considerable number of Topeka people heard Wm. H. Crane in "The Senator" at the Coates opera house Sat urday night, and there wasn't any theater train, either. There were five or six rows empty in the orchestra circle. If there had been a theater train these would doubtless have been filled. Man ager Hudson ought to bestir himself. The funniest thing in the Capital will be the struggles of the dramatic editor to maintain a dramatic column on five "attractions" in December. The Statu Journal once tried to have a dramatic "department," but when "Grimes' Cellar Doors" and "Dazzlers" began to coma the thing 150 1 so ridiculous, that it served to provoke only laughter. Dramatic editors with any self respect can't write on such pieces and preserve their dig nity. Sometimes Manager Crawford and his "shows" make us all laugh. HARD TO (JET 10UII MONEY Whn Ton Insure Tour Homi With Some Companies Nine years ago fire destroyed property owned by Ira C. Johnson and County Commissioner D. A. Williams which was insured in the Dwelling House company of Boston, for $1,600. The company's adjuster allowed the losi and the two men agreed to settle for $1,483 if paid immediately. There was a condition in the policy, however, that if there was any incum brance or other insurance on property insured by this company and concealed irom it, the policy should be void. There was a mortgage and other insurance on the property and the company refused to pay the insurance. A district court jury Saturday allowed Johnson and Williams $1,6'J0, with inter est since the loss, in all $242. They only asked for $1,483 and interest, but the jury rebuked the lying of the company for setting up the claim that the adjuster had no right to agree to a settlement. The case has been decided the same way once before, but was reversed in the supreme court on account of questions of practice. The jury decided that the com pany's agent had not asked Johnson and Williams whether there was any incumbrance- on tha property when the place was insured, hence they had not conceal ed anything or deceived him, as the com pany claimed. MB. SMITH'S FAREWELL. Iter. B. I Smith Preaches Bis Last Ser mon at the First Christian Church. Rev. B. L. Smith preached his fare well sermon as pastor of the First Chris tian church last evening and will leave tomorrow for Cincinnati where he will remain until January 1, when he will take up his new work in St. Louis. Mrs. Smith and the children will remain in Topeka until he is permanently located in St. Louis. The many friends of Mr. Smith will tender him and his family a farewell re ception this evening at the residence of Mr. J. W. Going on Topeka avenue. Oysters. Extra select bulk Oysters, 35c qt. Standard Oysters, 25c qt. O. K Oysters, 20 c qt. Canned Oysters, select, 30c per can. Canned OystersStandard, 25c can. Canned Oysters, O. K., 20o can. Clothing;. Overcoats in this sale for $4. Men's full suits, $3. Boys' fnll suits, 9Uc. Man's Pants, 90c Boys' Pants, 30c. Duck Overcoats, $2.93. Undercoats, 99c, Jumpers, 25c. Felt Hats, 34a Men's and Boys' Caps, 25a White Shirts, 35a Flannel Shirts, 49c. Colored Shirts, 35c. Mittens, 10c. Neckwear, 10c Linen Collars, la 100 dozen men's and boys' Gloves, worth $1, in this sale 49c. 150 doz. men's Handkerchiefs, each Io 200 doz., nice Handkerchiefs, each 2c' Trunks, $1.75. Valises, each 75c. Overalls in this sale 43a Hardware. Doorlocks, 25 cents. Padlocks, 5 cents. Strap Hinges, 5 cents. Chest Handles, 5 cents. Ax, with handle, 65 cents. Hatchets, 15 cents. Hammers, 15 cents. Carpenters' Saws, 45 cents, Disslon Saws, $1.40. Plain Brace, 20 cents. Ratchet Brace, 75 cents. Steel Traps, 15 cenfa Coat and Hat Hooks, dozen, 12 cents. Table Knives and Forks, set, 50 cents. Pocket Knives, 5 cents up. Coal Hods, 15 cents. We have a carload of Gold Coin Stoves; it costs us nothing to handle Stoves but a little work; that is the rea son we can Bave you $3 to $8 on a Stove; for example, $17 Stove for $12.50. PAUL JOSHES! Who? When? Where? Paul Jones iS the famous e-.Obe trnttr ,-lr. U rl 3 a rag tonis DacK ana earning Five Thousand Dollars on hfs journey. The first suit of clothes, costing nc, will be in our show window tor exhibition. 1 he tour was made to demonstrate the principle of a man, if he will sink his pride and forget his prejudice.can accom plish any reasonable thing which he undertalcoa vv 1 n a i n 1- a m i ui n rnMcc .n.i tA, nA tnmnrraw hf. wilt act as snecial salesman behind our counters. We have arranged I acquainted with this great and celebrated hustler. If MODEL SUPPLY STORE, ANNA FAY'S THICKS. Thny Are Entertaining Good Stzcd Audi ence at the Crawford. Fair audiences attended the Anna Eva Fay mind reading, spiritualistic enter tainment Friday and Saturday nights at the Crawford. She has now announced that she will stay the entire week. Everyone held their braath Saturday night when during the mind reading specialty given by Miss Fay some wom an a9ked on a paper she held in her hand, "Who murdered Mrs. Matson?" "It was a colored man," exclaimed Miss Fay, after reading the question with her eyes blindflolded. "His name was N-e-v-e-l-s, and he is in jail now waiting his trial. Is that right?" "Yes, yes," came from the woman. "He tried to put it off on another col ored man named U-a-y-d-e-n, but he had nothing to do with it. Next." If Miss Fay does read the mind she probably got no further than what was in the woman's mind who wrote the question. Miss Fay has been exposed several times. A marked peper was sent to the State Journal some months ago giv ing an account of how her tricks were done, together with illustrations. The paper has been mislaid, so that Miss Fay wiil have to be "exposed" over again if anybody wants it done. It is hardly worth while to expose the accomplished little woman, however, as her performance is generally understood to be clever trickery, One would as soon think of "exposing" Hermann. NOW THEY'RE S0URY. Two Wichita Voune Women Attend the Theater in Masculine Garb. Wichita, Kan, Dec. 2. Two young women dressed in male attire, escorting young men masquerading as girls, who made up a theatrical party at the Craw ford Grand opera house Saturday night, were recognized through their disguises and arrested by the police. They had no money to pay their fines and were held while mei8engers were dispatched for their respective papas and mamas. When arrested the girls broke away and ran, but were easily captured. They wept copiously at the station house. TO CELEBRATE PURCHASE. New Orleans Will Celebrate Centenniaraf Louisiana Purchase in 1003. New Orleans, Dec. 2. The New Or leans Chamber of Commerce has decid ed to favor the holding in New Orleans in 1903 of an international exposition to commemorate tTa centennial of her pur chase of Louisiana by the United States. A committee of 100 will be appointed to examine into the movement, select a site, devise ways and means and present to the country. Try us on collars. Ws can make them look like new. Peerless Steam Laundry, 112 and 114 W. 8th. Soft! Soft! Soft! feel the woolens wash- ed by the Peerless, 112 and 114 wast 8th Tinware Dept. Bread and cake baxes... 60 Flour eats 60 Tea kattlas 40 Coffee and teapot 15 Oil cans 14 Flour sieves 15 Milk cans 6 Milk pans.... 6 Funnels 8 Dinner palls 20 Tia pails 10 Slop pails........ 35 Caka pans 6 Pie pans 4 Brer.d pans 6 Gem pans........ 15 Dish pans 20 Stew pans 10 Wash pans 6 Frying pans IS Milk pans 5 Bakers 15 Cujpider 10 Coal hod 15 Shovel 4 Stove lifters 6 Stove pipe 11 Elbows 12 Dust pan 8 Mouse traps........................ 16 Egg boaters 6 Pancake turners 8 Potato mashers 6 Half galloa oupa 7 Cuspidors 10 Dippers 5 Granite coffee and tea pots 48 Granite tea kettle 95 Granite dish paa 75 Granite pans 15 Granite stew kettle 3) Granite cake molds 35 Granite wash pan 25 Granite cups 10 Granite dippers 16 Wash boilers 73 Tubs. 45 Clothes line 8 Clothes pins, par doz 1 Wash boards 10 Chopping bowls 13 Well buckets 25 3-hoop buckets. 10 Churns 43 Corn poppers 10 Towel rollers 16 Iron kettles 80 Iron skillets 25 Colander 15 Coffee and tea cans 10 Scott's Cerbo Digestive Compound, for indigestion, nervous exhaustion and pal pitation and kidney troubles. $1.00 per bottle. Guaranteed to give relief or money refunded. a grand and special sale for tomorrow, and invite everybody to come and get you don't want to buv. come anyway and have a chat with Jones. 200. 202, 204, 208, 208, 210 and PEOPLE HAVE CHILDREN And Raise Them so Badly the State Has to Care For Them. The reform school will soon groan from its fullness of bad little Topeka boyf. New buildinrs will have to be built, or Shawnee county will have to start a school of its own in order to accommo date those Toneka urchins who can't keep there hands off of other people's money, throw stones through windows and ache to gat inside the city prison. Five are down at the prisma no who will be reformers in gray sditc soon if everything goes right. There was a crash ef falling glass when a stone came spinning through a window pane of Harris' barber shop on Smokv Row between First and Crane streets Saturday night. Fred Cooper, 12. W. McMurty, 13, d ttavinglou, 10, Thomas and Will Cooper, 13 and 18, com pose the "Cooper" gang who did the mischief, and they were soon reposing behind the bars at the halfway station between a respectable life and the re form school. Will Cooper was later re leased for sanitary reasons. Tuy will have their trial at 4 o'clock, and if they can't clear themselves wiil probably be sent to the reform school after serving their time on the stones. WAS GETTING TOO DULL Around Charowhas' Concern So There Was a Drunken Fight. There was the row in front of Louis Charowhas' place which has been left oif for some time, Saturday night J. T. Pincard, a printer, was introduced to Louie's brother George who has been here but four days. Pincard wae drunk and as he didn't see anything else, to fol low out his profession, he tried to leave the print of his fist between George's eyes. When Officer Burgess arrived they had mopped up the mud and water on the pavement for quite a distance in front of Louie's store. Both put Dp money for their appearance, and this morning Pincard pleaded guilty, but George will fight the case. Jailer Hop kins booked George as Charowhich, pre sumably because ha didn't know which Charowhas it was. Smooth as ailk is the way our collars feel now. Peerless Steam Laundry, 112 and 114 W. 8th. Iicrd- Para eonntry lard, per lb $0 19 Good eonntry lard, 3 lbs for 23 White lard. 22 lbs 1 Oil Eottolene, 3-lb can 20 White Label lard, 8-1 b can 25 White Label lard, 5-la caa 4 J White Label lard, 19-lb can 70 Sausage, 10a, or 8 lbs for 23 Bummer sausage 19 Bologna sausage, 3 lba for. 23 Liverwurst sausage Head cheese Smoked sausage Dried beef Mams Pressed eora beef....... Boneless ham. Lunch bam. Viaana sansage Mixed pickles, per bottle Chaw chow, per bottle 9 Catsup, per bottle.......... Olives, per battle 15 Blackberry preserves. Para honey 83 Apple butler. Onions, picked, per bettla 33 Mustard, Imperial, per bottle 10 Children's merino vests. No. 18, 13s Children's merino vasts, Ma. 82, 20e; for. mar price, 28a Children's merino vests, Ko. 28, 25c; for. mer price, 86a Children's all weal Camel hair vests, Ifa, 18,22a Children's all weol Camel hair vests, No. 24, 85a Fresh Meat Porteraousa steak.... .....11 Round steak 9 3 lbs. shoulder stesk 21 Fieth pork sausage.. 8 Standing rib roast 8 Fresh boiling meat. ......4 to 6 Veal, choice cats 11 Choiee mutton.... 10 Mattaa stew 5 i Salted Fish Mackerel in balk. White fish, per kit 41 Herring, per kit b5 Herring in bulk, 10 lbs for V5 Stock fish, per lb 13 Smoked herriug, per box 15 Cod fish, 2-lb brick for (5 Picklas in Balk Sweet pickles, per quart i" Sour pickles, per quart. j Sour pickles, per quart 8 Bour pickles, per quart Kraut, per gallon 15 CVnm Rncrnn in Pphnmrv withnist 212 East Sixth Street. Your Peet Are Seen Every time your friends meet you and they notice whether they are well dressed or not. Our Are stylish, comfortable and du rable. We are now offering a nice new Dress Shoe worth $2.50 for S1.50 Men's Cork Sole Shoes S2.25 These lines of Shoes you will acknowledge are winners when prices are considered. Ladies' Toklo shoe, worth $5. .$2.85 Ladies' Needle Eye shoe, w'th $3.00 $1.45 Ladies Foot Warmers .50 We carry the largest line of La dies' and Children's Shoes in the city and our PRICES ARE RIGHT. Boston Shoe Co., 511 Kansas Avenue. Z3 CHARTERS FILED. The following char:ers have been filed with the secretary of state: The Temple society of TempleSeld, Saline cuunty; trustees; Thomas Knoech el, Johannes Schleicher, Thomas Laux mann, Frederick Kraoss. George Ade. The Holiness Church of Christ, Nema ha county; trustees, Wm. Schaefer. Peter Troxei, M. Bcowulee, James S. Weeks and James Zornes. The Eureka Fireman's Relief associa tion of Eureka, Kan.; trustees, Isaac Wilson, Frank Jackson, John Gaffin, W. P. Bell ank J. W. Morton. A. AS AS A-i w 1 cj
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6 STATE JOURNAL., MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1895. THE MILLS-ADAMS CO. Madame Chatalane, From the east, an expert in art needle work, will be at our store all day Tues day to instruct our pat rons in the newest stitches, free of charge. All interested in art needle work are re quested to call. A CLEARANCE SALE OP OUE Novelty Silks TEIS VTZZZ. O O O O NOVELTY SELKS, 200 Yds., that have been 75c, 85c, 41 O n and 90c, for sO-yt yd NOVELTY SILKS, 500 Yds., that have been $1.00 and ff c $1.25 yd, for U7yd NOVELTY SILKS, 300 Yds., that have been $1.25, AO c $1.50 to $2.00 yd, for.. OOyd 1 Suitable for Dresses, for Vaists, for Trimmings, for Fancy Work CLEARANCE SALE OF w Dress Goods. 0000 40-in. Si!k Warp Henritta, Cfl c (bik.), was J 1. 00 yd s3 yd Another has been fi.25 nC c yd, for i Dyd C3? We have marked a!! our piece goods in black, that have dress patterns or less, at Fully 13 Their Regular Price. Think what an opportunity to get a Dress for yourself, or for Holiday gifts. 0000 CLEARANCE SALE OF Imported Novelty Dress Patterns This Week. Sharp Reductions in Prices. THE MILLS-ADAMS CO. To Invade Ecuador. New York, Dec, 2. A special to the Herald from Panama, Colombia, says: Ecuadorean emigrants at Paato, depart ment of Cacuea, have publicly organized an army to invade Ecuador for the pur pose of overthrowing the recently ea tnblibhed government of President Alfaro. The revolutionists are within s eht of the garrisoned towns of Tulcan and Ibarra, and au attack is expected hourly. The "Aurora," pure Havana, best 10c cigar in the city. WIGGIN, On as GREAT DECEMBER BARGAINS! Fine Astrachan Capes Made of extra quality whole skins, sold at $30 and 35 each, For $25.00 each. Electric Seal Capes Plain and fancy lined, sold at 117.50 each, This Sale $12.50 each. Fine Electric Seal Trimmed in Thibet, sold for $25 each, This Sale $20 each. Fine Cloth Capes Trimmed in Braid and Fur, very stylish, This Sale $5 00 each. V Cloth Jackets In all the pretty plain and rough fabrics, $5.50, $6.O0 and Up. Large assortment. Low prices. Cloak Sale Flrat published in the Tofkka. Stat Journal, December 2, 18S5. Council Proceedings. Council Chamber, ER, I 35. .Topeka, Kas. November 29, 1895. Council met pursuant to call. Present: Councilmen Bradford, Burgess, Drew. Elliott, Fulton, Roundtree, Stevens, Stephenson and Skinner 9. Ab3ent: Pdttreoo 1. Quorum present Mayor C. A. Fellows presiding. The following can was read: Offce of Mayor, of Mayor, ka, Kan., 2U,18U5. Topeka, November To the Members of .the City Council, Topeka, ivausas. Gentlemen: A special meeting of the city council of the city of Topeka is called to meet at the council chamber promptly at 7.30 p. m., this 20th day of November, 1855, for the following pur poses: To open and consider bids for the im provement of the electric light plant. To consider the appointment of ap praisers. To consider ordinances. (Seal) C. A. Fellows, Attest Mayor. a McFadden, City Clerk. The minutes of November 11, 1895, were presented and partly read, when llr. Burgess moved' that the further read ing be dispensed with and the minutes be approved, which motion prevailed. The minutes of November 26, 1893, were presented and partly read. Mr. Skinner suggested that his vote on letting the coutracts to Abel Fulford and 11. K. Winans, and requested that the record be made to show that he voted to let the paving contract to II. K. Winans, and voted against letting the grading to Abel Fulford. By consent the correc tions werj made, and on motion of Mr. Burgess the further reading of the minutes was dispensed with and the minutes were approved. The mayor appointed R. T. Chaney, Lee 1. Carter and Willis Edson as ap praisers to appraise the property subject to assessment for paving Eleventh street from Van Buren to Harrison street. On roll call the appointments were confirm ed by the following vote: Ayes, Council en Bradford, Burgess, Drew, Elliott, Ful ton, Koundtree, Stevens, Stephenson and Skinner 9. Mr. Bradford introduced ordinance No. 1823, being "An ordinance to establish the width of the permanent roadway and parks on Eleventh street between Van Buren and Harrison streets in the city of Topeka," which was read the first time when Mr. Bradfojd moved that rule 18 be suspended, and the ordinance be considered now, which motion prevailed. Sections one, two, three and four wera read, and on separate motions each sec tion was adopted. The ordinance wa then put upon its final passage, and pass ed by the following vote: Ayes, Council men Bradford, Burgess, Drew, Elliott, Fulton, Rouudtree, Stevens, Stephenson and Skinner 9. The title was agreed to. Mr. Bradford introduced Ordinace No. 1824, being "An ordinance providing for the improvement of Eleventh street from the west line of VanBuren street to the east line of Harrison street, and provid 625 and 627 Kansas Avenue. Tomorrow. ing for the manner and means of paying therefor," which was read the first time when Mr. Bradford moved that rule 18 be suspended and the prdinan.ee be con sidered read, which resolution prevailed. Section 1 was read, and on motion of Mr. Bradford the section was adopted. Section two was read, and on motiou the blanks were filled with the word "six," and on motion of Mr. Bradford the section was adopted. Section three was read, and on motion adopted. The ordinance was then put upon its final passage and passed by the follow ing vote: Ayes Councilmen Bradford, Burgess, Drew, Elliott, Fulton. Roundtree, Stevens, Stephenson and Skinner 9. The title was rend and adopted. Mr. Drew moved that the amount of the bonds of Abel Fulford for the grading of the alley be made $300 each, and that the time to commence the work shall be not later than Dec. 5th, 1S95, and it shall be completed Dec. 20, 1895, which mo tion was adopted. Mr. Drew moved that the amount of the bonds of II. K. Winans for paving bo made $1,500 each, and that the time for commencing the work bo not later than Dec. 10, 1S95. and shall be completed by January 10, 1896; the motion was adopted. Bids for the improvement of the elec tric light plant were presented. The mayor appointed Mr. Stevens and Mr. Bradford as tellers. The bids were then opened by the city clerk and read as fol lows, viz: The Fisher Foundry and Machine Co. Western Electric Co. Standard Electric Co. F. E. Phillips Co. The English Supply Engine com pany. Edward J. O'Beirnej and Fort Wayne Electric Corporation. Messr3. O'Beirne, McCaskey, Arnold and Wilson appeared before the council and made statements in regard to the merits of their apparatus. On motion of Mr. Bradford all of the bids were referred to the committee on gas, electric and vapor lights for investi gation and report. On motiou of Mr. Burgess the council adjourned. a a. McFadden, Citv Clerk. CHICAGO WILL GET IT. A Man Who Knows Says She Will Get the Republican Convention. Chicago, Dec. 2, A dispatch from Washington says: "Chicago will undoubt edly get the convention," said one of the best known members of the committee. "I say this confidentially, because I am myself pledged to vote for San Francisco. TheSan Franc. sco people have not been able to satisfy the committee in the mat tier of telegraph facilities and tolls and we are unwilling to impose this extra burden of heavy rates and difference in time on the newspapers of the country." The speaker was not only one of the members of the committee, but one of the recognized party leaders and made the statement in the presence of one of Quay's lieutenants. Ileal Estate Kales. Scott Ferguson, real estate agents, 615 Kansas ave., today sold for J. S. Bailey of Westport, Pa., to J. G. Rhode mire the residence property 205 the Drive, Auburndale. Price $1,109. Mr. Rhodemire bought for a home. ARDING CALIFORNIA AND BUELL Blankets In white, grey and red, much below regular prices. Big line of home-made Comfortables. New Boucle Suitings In black and red, black and blue, etc. New Black Crepons, 8 Boucles and heavy tailor Diagonals. New Drapery Silks In new quaint Oriental designs, very nice for Pil lows or hangings, Eiderdown Pillows, new styles fancy Denims, new designs stamped Linens, Bat tenburg center pieces, etc. Notice. On "Wednesday and Thursday of this week we will have with us (for the purpose of showing new stitches and novelties in fancy work), a noted fancy work expert, who will be glad to meet and assist any one interested. ONLY TEMPORARY. The Withdrawal of Hie Dryad From Coa tantlnopte Only a Bluff After All. Constantinople, Dec. 2. The sultan has not yet heard the last of the extra guardahip question. The withdrawal cf tiie British gun boat Dryad from the en trance to the Dardanelles where she was awaiting the necessary firman allowing U6r passage through the straits was only a temporary meas ure, taken on account of the fact that the palace people had inflamed the fanati cism of the Mussulman population here, and that serious rioting was planned to commence so soon as the warships enter ed the Bosphorua. While being desirous of not doing anything which would in any way tend to induce disturb ances, or hinder the work of restoring order, the powers again ap pear to be unanimously resolved to in sist upon their demand for the extra guardships. In consequence, the am bassadors had arranged for a meeting today to discuss the situation and con sider what action is necessary in view of the Bultau's continued objection to grant ing the firmans. The BO-oalled firing upon the British ship Loch Rannocu in the Dardahelles is said by the Turkish officials to be a mat ter of little importance. They say that the Loch Rannoch arrived after sun down and that instead of anchor ing she attempted to proceed and was signalled from the shore by a gun shot to bring up. As she did not do so, a second shot was fired and Loch Rannoch let go her anchor. The "shell" which was said to have whizzed over the head of the Rannoch is pro nounced to have been nothing more than the wad from the shell gun on shore. A great deal of excitement was caused here today by the report that ex-Sultan Mohammed Murad, who was deposed on the ground of idiocy on August 31, 1876, (he was only proclaimed sultan on the deposition of his uncle Abdul Aziz on May 30. 1876) had escaped from the Vilidz Kiosk.where he is kept a close prisoner. The ex-sul-tan. although a captive for 19 years is said to enjoy good health and to have been intriguing with the young Turk party. The report grew out of the fiight of Murad Bey, the imperial commissioner of the council of the public debt, who was also suspected of having relations with the young Turk party. It is said that grave charges similar to these brought against Murad Bey are pending against other high officials. It is difficult to name any official of prominence who is not suspected of tak ing bribes, if not something of worth, TWO FIKES. Airs. Hanson's Dwelling Threatened A False Alarm From the Gas Plant. The home of Mrs. Sarah Hanson at 311 East Eighth street which she has just saved from a mortgage company came near being destroyed by fire last even ing at 7:20. There was a hot fire in the house and the soot caught fire. Some of it fell upon the roof and starred a blaze which fortunately attracted the attention of a passer by who gave the alarm before the flames had gained head way. The fire was extinguished and the loss will be smalls' The hose wagon: had just been backed into its place when there was a second alarm by telephone, and the company at headquarters made a run to the corner of First and Quincy streets, where a fire was reported. The only thing found was a red flame shooting from the chim ney at the gas plant. As it might have inconvenienced the people who use ga3 no attempt was made to put it out. This is the second time recently that some one has given the alarm of fire after seeing the flames coming from the gas plant chimney. It is evidently done for a mis chievous purpose, and merely to annoy the fire department. Some arrests ought to be made of people who enjoy "getting out the fire department" for fun. It is very easy to locate the man who uses the ke3 or even the telephone. CO 0M0RR0W WILL SELL m cq co) CHINA SILKS, 22 inches wide, all colors, 75c and $1.00 BROADCLOTHS $4.00 Chinchilla CloaWngs, $2.50 Chinchilla CloaMngs, 50-cent EIDERDOWNS, 35c Turkey Red Damask, Colors Fast, Width 58 Inches, 50c Wrapper Flannels, 50c Shirting Flannels, 50c Dress Goods, All New. 29c $15.00 JACKETS, Silk Lined, Two-Button Effects, DO YOU WANT' A BARGAIN IN A 1 STEWART STOVE I We are going out of Stoves, which means low prices. 25c "48c $2.50 $1.50 19c $10.00 702 Kansas Ave. Kaxsas City, Not. 3a The Great December Sale Begins here on Monday, Dec. 2, when hundreds of thousands of dol lars' worth of goods will be offered you to make your selections from. Those of you living out of Kansas City should make it a special point to come to the Store Monday if you can if you can't come on that day come as soon after then as possible. Now is the best time to buy your Holiday Goods. We give you a few hints as to how goods are selling in this big December Sale: FUR CAPES. Russian Lynx Capes, hair running down, satin lined, hiyh storm collar, 34 inches long; 105-inch Ci1' tO sweep, at P Finest quality Russian Lynx, hair up, 30 inches long-, 100-inch sweep, satin lined, high storm col- Ol f Cf lar, 12.50, now pX.J.JJ Long- Hair Astrakhan Capes, larg-e storm collar, satin lined, 80 inches uTuoT. s.we.ep: $10.00 Canada Sealskin Capes, 30 inches long-, 100-inch sweep, larfre, square storm l?Snow8at.ia. Uni.Dg: $10.00 IMeeed Persian Capes, made of the finest Persian lamb pieces, 30 inches long- and full sweep, hig-h collar and fine quality of satin O QQ lining-, was $25, now ipiw.tO Also finest quality Russian Lynx, 33 inches long-, 110-inch sweep, storm collar, was$16.50, $12.98 Canada Seal Capes, 36 inches long-, 120- lnch sweep, satin lined, storm collar. was 20. 00, now $15.98 anese fox col 0 inches long. Electric Seal Capes, Japanese fox col lars ana iront eag-e, do inches long-, was 530. 00, now $20.00 Wallaby Capes, full color of black ihibet, fancy lining-, 30 inches lone, 100-inch sweep, was OJ OK $35.00, now frfO.UU Good quality Electric Seal Cape, 33 inches long-, 110-inch sweep, high storm collar.satin lin- C?0v f"v ing-, was S40.00, now O W. JvJ Fine quality of Electric Seal Cape, mar ten collar and front CQlQK r edge, was S45.00, now tpOcI .UU Ladies' Sample Jackets. We have received by express for this Bale a lot of Ladies' Sample Jackets which we will sell you at about the cost of manufacture. Lot 1, Ladies' Boucle Jackets, very rough and curly, half satin lined; colors, black; made with the new shield front, new shape collar of velvet, very larg-e sec- C2f' QQ tional sleeve, at I IO Ladies' Boucle Jackets. 20 inches long-, box front, large sec tional sleeve, ripple back, lined with fancy striped silk lin- QJ C CC ing; colors, black tpiv.vw Also a ladies' very fine Crepon Boucle Jacket, shield front, new shape collar, half satin lined, Q -f C CC black, at tJlU.UU Ladies' Jacket, made of very roug-h Boucle, shield front, very large sleeve, full ripple back and lined throug-h, except sleeves, with hand some fancy stripped J1 O Taffeta silk, at p&.JJ SVITS. Ladies' Tailor-Made Suits. ew of those elegant Tailor-Made Suits left, some with the long- coats and some with the short-pointed tail ored waist; waists of all silk lined; were 835.00, 830.00 and O 1 O S-25.00, now JlJ.JKJ Separate Dress Skirts. We have about 50 Skirts, made of all wool serge; some lined and some unlined; color, navy blue; you may have you choice 98 DRESS GOODS, Grand Avenue Floor. $1.25 for 58 Cents. Our Mr. Emery bought of an import er of French Dress Goods 1,048 yards of Silk and Wool Novelties just arrived from France and made to sell for $1.25, but on account of late delivery was sold for a little more than the customs duties. Our price will be, beginning- Monday, per yard vVy $1.56 for 58 Cents. One lot of Mohair Crepons, in colors, only were bought at 36 cents on the dollar and will be sold accord- tQ- Ingly that is, S1.50 for -vV 75 Cents for 49c. In Black Goods department we will sell in the December sale All Wool Figured Jacquards, imported A Qp to sell for 75c, for XfJ $1.38 for 79 Cents. Also among Black Goods will be found Si. 25 and SI-38 All Wool Mo- rVQp hair Figured J acquards at I vKj At no time will you be able to make your money go so far in buying- Hol iday Goods as in this sale. Less Expensive. One lot Boucle Stripes will be.OK- sold at. per yard, fwCfO 98 Cents for 39 Cents. One lot All Wool Crepons, in blues and blacks only, imported to sell for 9Sc, have been bought so that the price, beginning December 1st, will Q Q q All Wool Plaided Boucles for 48c SILKS. $1.50 for 75 Cents. In Silk Department we will inaug-urats Monday a cleaning- up sale of SI, S1.25, Sl-SO and SI. 73 fancy Taffetas, in steel colors, for waists, WKn dresses and petticoats, at $1.25 for 49 Cents. In checked and striped fancy and few evening- shades of All Silk Taffeta you will find the $1 and A On $1.25 values for fccU $1.50 for 98 Cents. Beginning- Monday we will oiler $1.33 and SI-50 striped and block OO--, black Satins for tOU Made lor dresses and odd waists. $1.25 or 79 Cents. A small lot of black striped Satins and striped Taffetas, worth up to SI. 25, will be sold at the uniform ryn price of f C Made for dress linings, petticoats and waists. Drapery and Upholstery Department. Reduction Sale of Tapestry Portieres and Couch Covers. 25 pairs Arabian TapestrvCur- 1 tains, worth $3.75 pair.'for... I Your Choice of Lot for S7.98 Per Pair. pairs i-ersian fortieres. worth per pair 7 pairs French Tapestrv Cur tains, worth $12 so per pair, for 4 pairs Japanese Portieres, worth $H.io, for 2 pairs Turkish Portieres, worth per pair, for 8 pairs Oriental Hangings, worth S18.U0 per pair, tor Get on the Train and come to the Big Store while this sale is in progress, or order any of these articles through the mails. vii 2j v Successors to Builene, Moore, Emery &Co, KANSAS CITY, MO. THE WEAKER SEX. Grow Strong la Their Denunciation of a Professors Deductions. In a paper read before the recent An thropological congress at Cassel Pro fessor Walreyer, of Berlin, a very dis tinguished anatomist, attempted to prove scientifically that women are the weaker sex, and his arguments have already aroused an immense amount of antagonism among the women of Ber lin and Vienna. The learned anatomist went on to discuss the general points of difference between the two sexes, di viding them into primary and second ary, after which he set himself to show that the human male has a much more developed muscular and bone system than the female, and has more serious claims to he regarded as a powerful machine. Among differences of greater or lesser importance, he noticed the fact that the index finger in the female often extends beyond the middle finger, that her teeth formation is very differ ent from that of the male, as is also the skull. He laid special stress on the" difference in the weight of the brain and the development of particular part3 of that organ in the two sexes, differ ences which are noticeable from the first day of the birth of a boy or girl. But the question of the differences in the blood was that which seemed to clinch the matter, over and above which it has caused no end of bad blood outside the walls of the museum in which the congress held its sittings. It appears that there is a difference in the "thickness," and it is not by any means to the advantage of the female.' As a matter of scientific fact, indeed, according to the professor, one cubic centimeter of blood taken from a man contains an average of 5,000 red blood corpuscles, whereas the same quantity in a woman has no more than 4,500. And these red blood cells are absolutely indispensable to the processes of ani mal life, the very quintessence, so to say, of existence. This, according to the learned professor, is one of the most characteristic of the differences between the male and the female, and the one which recurs with the greatest regularity. The practical conclusion to be drawn from it, concludes the Ger man anatomist, cannot be too strongly recommended to the attention of the women and the men who are now at the head of the movement, the object of which is to widen woman's sphere by extending it to occupations and pro fessions now confined to men. They should, he added, be extremely careful not to overstep the limits clearly laid down by nature herself in the physical organization of the female. DOWN THE DEVIL'S SLIDE. A California Ranchero's Awful Fall of Nearly a Thousand Feet. Santa Rosa special to San Francisco Examiner says: Word reached here to-day from the Geysers of the acci dental death of Daniel Harrington, who, while returning to his home from Cloverdale in an intoxicated condition, tumbled from his wagon seat over what is known as the "Devil's Slide," and was precipitated 780 feet on the sharp rocks below in the falls of Big Sulphur Creek. Harrington lived with a nu merous family a mile or so from the Geysers on the Calistoga road. He had made a trip to Cloverdale, and on re turning in the evening he stopped at the Geysers. He left there in a drunken condition, and an hour or so later hia horses and wagon arrived at his house driverless. Friday morning early hia children arrived at the Geysers in quest of their father, and A. H. Hill, proprie tor of the hotel, accompanied the chil dren back on their way home, keeping a sharp watch of the bottom of the abyss alongside of which they were traveling. When they arrived at an extremely narrow bit of road nearly a thousand feet below was discerned the body of Harrington. A rock pro jecting up in the wagon track told the tale, and in all probability gave the wagon the Jolt that sent Harrington to his death. The body was mashed beyond recognition, and death must have been instantaneous. Harrington was an old-time settler, having lived in Sonoma county for nearly forU years,
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J 'I STATE JOURNAL, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1895. it 1 An ANTS, KEMSjSlT- UATIONS, REAL V ESTATE, AUC TION SALES AND OTHER CLASSIFIED AD VERTISEMENTS. Th Tonu Stats Journal guarantees, every day It Is printed, to sire a local circulation ty far mr tha all other XMMes com biaad. This makes this paper the cheapest, at well aa the best, dally advertising medium In Topeka, the classified advertisements below costing but Fi7e Cents Line, r 50 cent! a Use for a week; H cents by the Month. Average dally circulation for the six months ending June 30, 1S95, was 9,334. Sworn detailed statements of circulation pre sented to advertisers on application. Call and see any afternoon between and 5 o'clock the handsomest, fastest, most perfect piece of machinery in Kansas a TVeb Per fecting press, which prints from two to three complete a-pags papers per second. SITUATIONS WANTED FREE. Are you In need of work? If so, you are at liberty to use these columns for assistance In that direction. While this notice appears the Btati Journal will publish free on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, for Topeka or Kansas people, all notices of "Situations Wanted." not exceeding five lines, or thirty-five words, la length, provided that all advertisements of that nature are handed In previous to ten o'clock Saturday morning; also on Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday, all advertising of this class handed in by ten o'clock Wednesday morning. No advertisements of this nature to be started except on Saturdays and Wednesdays. Ko obli gation Is Incurred on the part of the advertiser. No worthy and needy man or woman need hesi tate to take advantage of this offer. No one in business or having employment Is expected to take advantage of It, but all others are Invited D avail themselves freely. WANTED HELP. "WTE want to hire by th e week agirl that has v had ex perience with a brush. No use to apply unless handy with oil colors. The Smith Co., Veale block. YV ANTKD At once: white lady cook and chamber maid at Ohio house. "VVT ANTED Stenographer work, easy waises, $15 per month. Address L. Journal office. "VVANTED By a middle a?ed mechanic, slt- uatiou; is used to job work and has tools also has had several years experience in furni ture business. Address E. N. Journal otfiec. TVTANTED A position as clerk or collector. Good references. Address F. M. Ingrain, Emporia, Kan. "VVrANTED Emnlovment by a first class car T penter. would take pay partly in trade, groceries, coal, meat or clothing, luo west loth, Topeka. AV1" ANTED A permanent home in some v good protestant familv for a good girl 13 years of age. Inquire olo Leland St. 'YY'ANTED Position as house keener or to do light house work. The object a home. Address C. E. loot Arch st. WANTED-Situation by registered druggist 1 of ion; standing. Married. Speaks Ger man and English. No l reference. Address Optimus, care State Journal. "YV" ANTED A reliable, active gentleman or lady to travel for a reliable established house, salary $780. payable $15 weekly, and money advanced for expenses. Situation steady. References. Enclose Felf-addressed stamped envelope. H. E. Hess. President. Chicago. Ctftfi to $150 salary. paid salesmen for ci piV7 ears: experience not necessary; extra lnducemects to customers. Bishop Kline, S. Louis, Mo. WANTED MISCELLANEOUS. VAKTID-Child's garden plavhouse, good size. State price and where to be seen. A. M. Journal. AY T ANTED Family or gentleman washing at tii east jru, uy airs. jc. M. tteCKWltll. ANTED To trade a horse and phcaton- cart iur uicycie. cart, care journal. f ANTED To trade a horse for a milch cow. Cow, care Journal. r A N TED Horses to winter. Best of stab- linn. Leave orders at tilt; Kansas ave. H. W. McAfee. YV T ANTED You to try our hoavv adjustable cook stove casting. Stoves and repairs. null Move llepair Co., 116 Easl sth st. "WANTED You to go see Ansel when you v waut to trade, buy or sell or get employ ment. Ansel's Agency, 111 east tith St. VV'ANTKD-To rent 6 or 7 room furnished house. References. Address Mrs. O. L.A. Journal oflice. YV lT ANTED Stock groceries or ceneral mer- cliandise. Cash. Journal oilico. YV 7-A-N1FD To order your stove castings. Slielden, hardware. 73.! Kansas ave. Ar ANTED A young lartv to share room and take board in private family at tla per month. Address Board. Journal office. YV ANTED Your carpet cleaning. (Harmo- la process) J. H. Fosdick, 401 Quincy. "YV ANTED Your freight to haul. Your safe to move. Your household goods to pack, hip. move or store. Sain Skinner. MFHCHANTS Transfer k Storage Co. 123 east eth. Telephone 1SG. V7 ANTKD 1'arties "xpectin- FltEKUITtJ w" leave their bills of lading, or call us by "phono. Prompt doiivery make on day of arri val. TOPEKA TKANSF'K CO.. 509 Kansas avo. Either 'Phone 31U F. P. Ilacon. l'rop. "VA?" ANTED Application for loans oa- gool city or farm property. Kates six t3 even per cent in It rest according to size of loan. Iuo Norton, agent, lit) west Sixth avo.. Tope ka, Kaos. FOR RENT-ROOMS. "poR RENT Pleasant room with or without board at 1034 Van Buren st. 'F,?,K.FNT F"rnIshed room, with heat, suit able for two gentlemen. 52-J Monroe St. KENT Three or4 ""furnished rooms on -a- 2nd floor. GOB an liurea. FOR RENT-HOUSES. "POK RENT Frame house. 8 rooms, barn etc. N. E. corner Polk and 10th. Apply to buiUUngaQC Association, room 4a. Columbian "pOR RENT Pleasant cottage. 622 Buchan- an. Apply 018 Fillmore. poK KENT Store building, good marke; sta"d ahd .dwellin!; attached; also barn. Call on C. F. Bridge. 832 Kansas ave., X. T. pOR RENT 5 room cottage all modern im-- provoments, new. 1192 Fillmore st. YriT ?Ice -Toom house and barn, 3.60, to good tenant la37 Lawrence st, FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS. 1 OR SALE Two soft coal stoves at 1021 Quincy st. "POK SALE Cheap; Remington typewriter No. 5. Almost new. E. W. Hughes, 107 east 5th St. IOR SALE-Good milch cow giving over two gallons per day. $30 cash. 221 Van Buren. IOR SALE Household furniture including stoves, bed loom suites, window shades, etc. Apply to 1030 Fillmore st. 1 OR SALE First class Paris range and one good gas stove, cheap for quick sale. 1015 Quincy st. FOR SALE Cheap: two chair barber shop; good trade and location. Terms to suit buyer. Call or address at once Hypes Bros., 418 Kansas ave., Topeka. I? OR SALE On easy payments, best sewing machine made, the Standard. K. W. Hughes, 107 East 5th street. LOST AND FOUND. IOL'N D A man who wiil clean your watch or clock for 50 cents. 805 Kansas ave. LOST On Sunday morniug between Copeland and corner 8th and Harrison St.. "lady's crocheted chatelaine bag." silver mounted. Please return to Copeland and receive reward. LOST-Krown Spaniel dog. nearly blind and deaf. Reward for lnlormatiou or return to Clarksoii, residence 1027 Tyler st. T OST A bob-taied King Charles spaniel pup. Return to 12431'oik or rewara. FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE. TF you want to sell REAL 1 1 you want to iuy IF you want to rent F you want to trade IF you want a loan on CALL ON OR WRITE. ESTATE T. G. ShillinIaw, 115 East 5th St.. Topoka, Kansas. Ii'OK RENT OR SALE Desirable homes in Oakland. P. C. Moore. 420 Kansas ave. OK REAL ESTATE or rental property, see Benedict Co., 001 Kansas ave. MJCLXANEUS J EW1NG-in families, latest styles and Tper "fectfit. Address Jessie Tutcher. 034 Monroe. 1,'OR RENT Barber shop; old stand 812 east 4th. Sale of cigars, etc.. pays rent. Best stand east of Kansas ave. Room 810 also for rent. J. D. Smith, 31G Quincy. GREAT sale of trimmed hats, sailor hats at half price; dress hats 1-3 to 1-2 off for one week, others in proportion, at Mrs. Elder's, Oil Kansas ave. TAKEN LP Two stray cows at 1514 West st. M ASSAGE TREATMENT. Ladies only. Terms reasonaole. 1104 Monroe st. VITRIFIED Brick walks laid cheap. Ritchie, 110b Quincy st. John JOTICE. NOTICE TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that my petition is on file in the oflice of the probate court of Shawnee coun ty. Kansas, asking for a pormit to sell intoxi cating liquors at No. 124 hast Fourth street, in Second ward in the city of Topeka. Kansas;and the hearing of the same is set for Thursday, December 12th, 1895, at 9 o'clock a. m. M. A. FCNCHXSS. Topeka, Kan., lov. 12, 1895. PIANO LESSONS. HASTY WORRAL, No. 715 Polk street. Lessons fifty cents each at pupil's resi dence in any part of town at any hour, morning, afternoon or evening. TpIANO TEACHER Elizabeth Llngard, M.B. Studio, 510 west 6th st. CARPET CLEANING. mOPEKA Carpet Cleaning works 522 Van Bu--L ren. 'phones 519. Only machine cleaner in city. Carpets refit and laid; also cleaned on the floer. References Crosby Bros., Mills Si Son. Barnum Co.. and National hotel. MONEY. MONEY ADVANCED To R. It. employes of good standing at reasonable rates. Small loans a speciality. No collateral required. All transactions strictly confidential. Call and see us at 822 North Kansas ave. Bell 'phoue 367. THE AMERICAN STEAM BATH IN HALER Willcure rheumatism and other virulent dis eases. 1 guarantee a permanent cure of the most virulent cases of cancer or no pay- No money needed until cured. Write or see me Dr. N. Crank, Stockton, Kan. GREAT WESTERN STEAM DYE Work guar anteed and at reasonable pri ces. ALSO Fine Tailoring. Repairing and pressing. And 1 CLEANING WORKS. 11 Eamt (trventh Sc. C. F. RODIGER. John C. ncCIintock, A.M., M.D. SlltCiKO-V. Office 330 Kan. Ave. I Res., 1313 Fillmore Hour, 3 to 4 p. 111. I Hour, 9 to 10 a. m. SOLID THROUGH TRAINS FROM Sansas City nd St. Joseph i- -TO- Et Uva, Chicago, Omaha, Peoria, St Paul and Minneapolis. vTlti Dining Cm, Vestibuled Braving Xwra Eleewlag Cart, Seolining Chair Can (ssata free.) Only on change ef Cars te The Atlantic Coast TBI BS8T LIHB FOX New York, Boston, Baltimore, Washington Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Niagara Falls, Pittsburg, And Eastern Points. Tor sTall Inftormatloa Address H. C. ORR, Lift Sen'l Tus. Agt, Kansas City, Xo. Broken edge collars repaired by Peer less Steam Laundry, 113 and 114 W. Sih. ART STORE. T L. TRUMBULL. 720 Kansas ave.. line art store, etchmas. water coiors. Berlin pbotos, etc. Dresden pastel colors, novelties in framing and mouldings. Latest AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. GKIGGS AXTELL, 208 west Sixth ave. Can save money for those needing Imple ments, hardware, lawn mowers, buggies, har ness, stoves, etc. BOOTS AND SHOES. M. CHASE CO., 623 Kansas ave. Cor- rect styles in high grade shoes at popular prices. "V7M. KIETZMAN", 416 Kansas ave.. boots and shoes. Also ladies', men's and children's slippers and rubber goods. Best bargains in the city by far. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. KANSAS BOOK AND BIBLE HOUSE. 825 Kansas ave., J. W. Pnddy. Mgr. Teach er's Bibles, family and pulpit Bibles. Sabbath school supplies. Picture framing, etc. rpHE KKLLAM BOOK STATIONERY CO. 603 Kansas ave. Latest books, correct sta tionery. Newest wall paper. Artistic framing. Tennis and base ball supplies. TOOK EXCHANGE. S32 Kansas ave. New A- and second hand books, stationery etc. Old books, magazines, etc.. taken in exchange. Back numbers supplied. School books a specialty. BAjEJRIES HENRY VHSPEK, 113 east Cth st. Maker of the celebrated Henry Vesper's Machine made bread. Ask your dealers for Vesper's sweet goods. They are better than others. CLOTHING. DA. CLEMENTS, 631 Kansas avenue. clothiers, hatters and furnishers. High grade goods in all departments. Agents for the Dunlau hat. CORNICE ROOFING WORKS. JOHN M. II A I It D, SlBwest 6th st. Copper and galvanized cornice and metal work. The pefect cut-oft tin roofing. Hot air fur naces a specialty. Harrison phone 36s. -pOBEKT SAXDSTKOM, 110 West Sixth si. J Tin and iron rooting. All kinds of metal work. Improved systems for warming and ventilating schools, churches and residences. LOUIS VAN DOl; P. 619-621 Jackson st. Gal vanized iron cornices. Tin aud slate roof ing. All kinds of metal work. Outside work a specialty. A J. PETERSON, 1109 east 6th st All kinds tin and sheet iron work. Roofing, gut tering and furnace work. All kinds of tinware. CHINA, GLASS QUEENSWARE r'AKNSWORTH ASHBY. 603 Kansas ave. Choice display of Libby cut glass, table cut lery, lamps and lamp fittings. Our specialty is low prices. CIGAR MANUFACTURERS. CHAS. s. EAGLE, manufacturers of cigars and maker of the noted "Silver Statue." acknowledged lo be the best cigar by all con noisseurs and dealers. EBltODEKSOX. 71S Kansas ave., maker of "our Success." 5 cent cigar and the "Lin da Vista," 10 cent cigar. Sold by all dealers. 1 bese goods are unexcelled. V KRY BRO s.. Smoke their celebrated "Lit tle Chief, best 5 cent cigar in the market. CARRIAGE WORKS. KANSAS CARRIAGE WORKS. 209 AVest 6th H. L. Relikppf Prop. Fine carriage, wag ous. road carts, suikeys. etc. Repairing, paint ing and trimming a specialty. DRIJGGISTS HM.WASHBI RX.S23 Kansas ave., drugs and art materials. Window glass, paint ers' goods, moth camphor, sponges, etc. China paints a specialty. WF. KUNZ'S Pharmacy, corner Sixth and Topeka aves. Stationery, fancy goods, toilet articles and perfumery- Prescriptions ac curately compounded, lei. 35. Res. SOS Topeka av. OA. KEENE, 803 Kansas ave.. expert ph.tr- xnacist. news dealer and stationer; city agent for St. Louis Globe, Republic, Kansas City Times and Journal. Leavo your orders. OJJRjADFEED "VT VAN SIA'CK. successor to H. Boughteu. i- &09-511 West Tenth st.. wholesale and re tail dealer in Hour, feed, grain, hay. seeds and coal. Telephone 467. Close prices my specialty. WI. BOYER Wholesale and retail flour, feed, hav and salt. Cotton seed meal; Ralston healtli'iiour. White rock the great hoof packing. 210 W. Sixth st. Phones 470. TA. BECK. 212-214 E. Sixth ave. Grain flour, feed and seeds. Manufacture all kinds chopped feed. Cleaned and chipped oats a specialty. FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOPS TOTEKA FOUNDRY. Miihce Jt Holcomb, props., corner Second and Jackson. Ma chine work, castings, patterns, models, brass work, etc. Repairing done. Work guaranteed. jGCCmES. EXCHANGE CO.'S store, 122 E. Sixth St.. II. often, manager, wholesale and retail; staple and fine groceries a specialty. Headquarters lor farm supplies. TAMES WERTS. 535 Topeka ave.. groceries and feed. Only high-grade goods handled at satisfactory prices. Country butter and eggs a. specialty. IOL'IS WISS. 134 N. Quincy St., grocery and J inaat market. Everything the best at low est prices. Goods delivered to all parts of the city. GLUX. 203 W. Sixth ave., the reliable grocer, can use you better and give you better goods for the same money than any other grocer. M. LESLIE. 334 Taylor St.. deaier In gro- ceries aud fresh and salt meats, will meet all competition in the grocery or meat market hne. I. JONES. 1135 Kansas ave., groceries flour and feed; meat market in connection. 1 can save you money, as close prices prevail m every line. Also sell coal. HARNESS AND SADDLERY. 13 y. DAVIS. 718 Kansas ave.. manufacturer of and dealer in harness, saddles, bridles, whips, etc. Myaim is to make low prices, and give good goods. OSCAR KRAUSS 224 Kansas ave.. harness and saddlery, hardware. Leather findings and shoe store supplies. Cut sale leather a spec ialty. Write for prices. HOTELS. CHESTERFIELD HOTEL. John F. Carter, lessee. All modern improvements. Rate f2.oo per day. special prices for theatrical parties and regular business. JhmRDJMARE WA. L. THOMPSON" HAUDWARK CO.. 517-519 Kansas ave.. are closing out at cost stoves and ranges. If you wish to save money see them. JEWELERS. JAMES B. HAiDEN. Jeweler and Optician. Complete stock of watches, diamonds, silverware, etc. Eyes examined and spectacles properly fitted. T7 EDMONDS. 532 Kansas Ave. Watches. v Jewelry, Diamonds, and Optical goods. Watch repairing a siiec.allty. All work war ranted. .No charge for testing the eyes. LAUNDRIES. AMERICAN STEAM LAUNDRY. A. C. Keating, manager, 112 West Seventh st. Short time work a specialty. Special pains taken to insure the finest work. Telephone 341. LIVERY STABLES. u. B. McCURDY. V. S., prop.. 114 West 6th St. Graduate Ontario veterinarv CoHeire- Toronto. Fine turnouts. Boarding a specialty. Personal supervision a feature. Tel. 106. MEAT MARKETS. CA. MAYER, 931 Kansas ave., dealer in fresh and salt meats, poultry, fish, etc. Choice country butter. All orders promptly deliv ered. Eell telephone 196. ANSON BROS.. 1121 West Sixth. Parlor Meat Market. Besides a well stocked meat market we handle game, nsh and poultry. Fresh butter. Tel. 1M2. BROWNE GARVIN. 1005 Topeka ave. Fresh and salt meats, poultry, game and fish. Full line Helnz's pickets and preserves. MJLLjNERY. ri HE BAZAAR. Miss M. B. Kahr, 505 Kan--1 sas ave. The latest Parisian modes, and fashionable trimmer. Prices the lowest and styles the best. MEN'S HATTERS A. OUTFITTERS EAGLE 4 CURRY, sole agents for the cele brated "Youmans" hats. Suits to order. Fine neck wear a specialty. Look at our line of 00c ties. MONEY TO LOAN. "PARTIES wishing a safe and paying invest-A- ment for their money, call at once on S. M. Wood Co.. 534 Kansas avenue. MONEY LOANED on horses, pianos, house hold goods and all kinds of chattel securi ties. L. Blscoe. 523 Kansas avenue, room 3. PLATING A. MACHINE WORKS. "M" LUX. 416 Jackson st. Goid, silver and nickel plating aud machine works. Brass work. Bicycle repairing, enameling, brass pol ishing, safes, locks and repaircg, PIANOS AND ORGANS. CONRON BROS., 825 Kansas ave. Dealers In the celebrated Estey pianos and organs. Piano tuning and repairing by experts a spe cialty. PLUMBERS. W WELLS, No. 816 Kansas ave., (base- ment) plumbing, steam and gas fitting. Personal attention uiven to all work. Satisfac tion guaranteed, pricos moderate. Ornamental window aud pump work. ROBERT MOOD, 117 W. Sixth ave. Plumb ing, gas fitting, steam and hot water heat ing. A large assortment of gas fixtures. Both telephones No. 131. SHEAHAN SOX. 123 East Seventh street Contractors for plumbing and heating. We guarantee satisfactory work and moderate prices. Tel. 307. FUMP SHOP. 0 STANTON, 207 W. sixth ave., maker of the j Topoka Force Pump. Also dealer in pumps of all kinds, drive wells. Tin shop, roofing, etc. Repairing. REAL ESTATE LOANS. rp E. BOWMAN Co. Mortgages of size and kind to suit investors always on hand. Prompt money, lowest rates to borrow on cen tral, city, or farm properties. JRPAJjSHOPS HARNESS AND REPAIR WORK Harness and shoe shop; pateut leather polish for buggy tops; repairs In all kinds of leather goods; shoes half solod cheap. E. F. Hender son. 117 East Sixth street. STOVE REPAIRS. HULL STOVE REPAIIt CO. Stoves and repairs. 116 East stli st. SPRING BED, MATTRESS FACT' Y VM. SCHICK, prop., 127 Kansas ave. Also maker of pillows. Upholstering and re pairing a feature. Feathers renovated and mattresses made over. Tel. 436. SECOND-HAND STORES- f OWE Bii.SNiiTl', sua Kansas ave. New A-i and second-hand furniture, queensware. stoves, etc. Sieve repairs, and gasoline and other stoves repaired. Storage a specialty. TOPEKA COFFEE A. SPICE MILLS. ED. GILES CO.. 614 Kansas ave. Tea, Japanese goods, etc. Roasters of coffee. Makers of pure spices, baking powder and flavoring extracts. Telephone 7 1. UNDERTAKERS EMBALMERS. GEO. li. PALMER- Funeral Supply Co. and funeral director. O'hce 800 Kansas ave. Res. 1021 Van Buren. Office tel. 146, residence tel. 87. VINEGAR PRESERVING WORKS OTTO KCUHXE jfc CO.. props., manfr's Silver Leaf bTands tabie luxuries. Pickles, jellies, olives, sauces, etc. Also the Silver Leaf vinegar aud Gypsy Queen baking powder. ATTO RNEYS AT LAW. JOHN MARTIN. HARRY L. HEALD. MARTIN HEALD, Attorneys-at-law. 715 Kansas Avenue. Topoka, Kan. W 1'"- SCHOCH. Attornov at Law, 625-627 Kansas ave. Practices in ail courts. 4 LBERTH. HOUTOX. (late Chief Justice) t with Waggener. Horton Orr. Lawyers. Rooms 4, 5 and 6, Third floor. Central National Bank. CM. WELCH. It. O. WILSON. WELCH WILSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, 623 Kansas Avenue. Commercial Law and Land Litigation. De faulted Mortgages attended to. Practice In all State and Federal Courts. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. D R. STELLA KIRBY. 603 Kansas ave. Office hours 10 to 11 a. m., 2 to 4 p. m. 'Phone 123. L. A. RYDER, M. D. OFFICE and residence cor. Gordon street and Central ave.. North Topeka. Phone 214. L'ses the Brinkerhotl system of Rectal treat ment, a successful and painless treatment for piles, fistula, lisliure, ulceration, etc. SE. SHELDON", M. D.. SUROKR AKD DISEASES OF WOMES, With private hospital. Office: X9. 720 Kansas Ave. JDA C. BARNES. M. D. Office 732 Kan. Ave. Residence 13th and Clay. Office hours-9 a. ni. to 11 a. m.. and 3 p. m. to 5 p.m. Harrison telephone 98 residence, and S3 office. FRANCES STORRS, M. D Surirery and Dis eases of Women. Office at residence, X318 Fillmore st. Ollice hours: 3 to 5 p. m. T-kR. iSVA HARBIXO. JJ1 HOMEOPATHIST. 629 Kansas ave. Bell telep hone 402. MRS.M A RY McKIXSTRY, magnetic healing massage treatment. Residence and oihee 335 Jackson. Harrison phone 40S. If you want ale, the news subscribe for tlla Jocrxai. First published in the Topeka State Journal November 2Sth, 1895. J NOTICE. Whereas. A petition signed by the owners of the majority of the front feet abutting on Elev enth street, between Van Buren and Harrison streets, have petitioned the mayor and council men of the city of Topeka, to pave and curb said street between the points above mentioned and Whereas, Said petition has been ordered spread upon the journal of the city of Topeka, and Whereas, It is necessary for the safety, con venience and comfort of the citizens of said city that said Eleventh street, between the points above mentioned pe improved, therefore be it Resolved. By the mayor andcouncilmen of the city of Tojieka that ihe necessity of grading, curbing and paving Eleventh street between Van Buren and Harrison streets in said city be and the same is hereby declared. The paving thereof to be made of Shawnee county vitrified brick; and be it further Resolved, That notice of this declaration be given by publication of this resolution for six days In the ofricial newspaper of the city of To peka as required by law. John Eli.tott. I hereby certify that the abovo resolution passed the council of the city of Topeka, No vember 26, 1S9J. S. a McFaoden-. seal city Clerk. (First published on the 2nd day of December, 1895, In the official city paper.) NOTICE. TOPKKA, KANSAS, November 30, 1899. f To Whom it May Concern: Notice is hereby given that we the undersign ed residents aud free holders of the city of To peka. Kansas, Albert Parker, John R. Ellin wood and W. S. Charles, were duly appointed by the mayor and council of the city of Topeka. and having duly qualified as appraisers, to as certain the actual value of the land proposed to be taken under ordinance No. 1821, approved November 23rd, 1895, for the purpose of widen ing Kansas avenue, north, between Gordon street and Faircliild street in said city, and also to assess and appraise tne damages and bene fits arising therefrom to the lots and pieces of property lying aud situated in the benefit dis trict created and established by said ordinance which is described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at a point where the center line of the alley between Kansas avenue and Quincy street in North Topeka. intersects the ceutor line of Laurent street; thence westerly along the center line of said Laurent street to its in tersection with tho center line of the alley be tween Kansas avenue aud Jackson street: thence northerly along the center line of said alley to its intersection with the center line of Gordon street; thence easterly along tile center line of Gordon street to its intersection with the center line of Central avenue; thence north along the center line of Central avenue to its inlersestion with the center line of the east and west alley in Holzel's subdivision; thence east erly along the center of said alley to its inter section with the center line of the north and south alley between Kansas avenue aud Cen tral avenue; thence northerly along the ceutcr line of said alley to its intersection with the center line of Klous street; thence easterly along the center line of Kious street to its in tersection with the ceiter line of the alley between Kansas avenue and Quinny street: thence southerly along the center line of said alley to placo of beginning. And also to niake a true valuation and ap praisement of all the lots and piece3 of ground situated in said benefit district without regard to the buildings or improvements thereon. And notice is hereby further given that we will meet as such appraisers on tile 13th day of December, at 10 o'clock a. in. of said day at No. 1000 Kansas avenue, north, in said benefit district for the puriMise of ascertaining the ac tual value and making appraisement of the property and assessing the "damages and bene fits as aforesaid. Albert Parker. J. it. ellixwood, W. S. Chaki.es. Appraisers. THE Chicago a Alton R. R. OXLY mm BALLASTED TRACK. NO CHANGE OF CARS BETWEEN Kansas City t2 Chicago, Kansas City dZ!2 St. Louis, St. Louis Chicago. So Extra Charge for Passage in Palace hecli. Chair ars KOI IN Fast YestibaleJ Limited Trains. Ask your own Home Ticket Agent for tickets Via the Chicago Alton Railroad, er write t D. BOWES, Qsn'l Weetsrn Passsagar Agt, 8X6 XTortk Sreadwaj, St. Louis, Ko. JA11EB CH1BLTAS, General rasseoger and Ticket Age CHICAGO, ILL. UH01 PACIFIC. Change of Time. T Tik. Effect Sunday January 6, 1896. WESTBOUND. Trains. IVo. Kansas Leaves Arrive! City. Topeka Denver. Denver Pacific Vestlbuled Express 7 7:30 pm 9:40pm 2:25pm 1 9:30am 11:20am 4:09am KASTBOUND. Arrives Trains. No. Leaves Leaves Kansas Denver. Topeka. City. Eastern Vestl buled Expross, Limited. t 8:20 pm 2:.Mpm 6:00 pm ii'. 50 pm C:37 am S:60 am Dally, except Siinyav. All others daily. Train No. 8, solid vestibule to Chicago, dining car, free 'chair cars, etc.. running over the Chicago Alton from Kansas City, has through sleeper for St. Leuis via Missouri Pacific. Train No. 7, solid vestibule for Donver, mak ing direct connection for Pacific coast, through Putiman car for Salt Lake; through colonist car 10 Portland, et:.. etc. City ticket office, 525 Kansas avenue. MISSOURI VACIFIC. Train. Ne LT's Topeka Topoka and Fort Scott ac commodation 285 8:30 a. m. j A'v's Topeka Topeka and Fort Scott ac- I commodation 6:30 p. m. C. F. MENNINGER, M. Homoeopathic Physician. Bnldtnet, 426 Grttramod Ao. Both 'Phonea 95. 727 Kansas Ant. Both 'Phonn 19. WON BY A WRECK. "No, I am not out for a soldier'a wife. I never could stand the rushiDg about and moving from place to place," said Violet Lancaster, Impatiently tapping the tessel lated pavement with the toe of her dainty shoe. "But yoa have given me distinct en couragement," urged the good looking young fellow who was bending low over her chair, "and led me on to believe that you cared for me." "Indeed, Captain Winter, I am exceed ingly sorry if my behavior at any time has Induced you to form such an entirely er roneous impression of my feelings toward you." The junior captain of the Black Hussars drew himself tip proudly at these cold, cruel words. She glanced up at his face and thought to herself: "I hope he is not going to make a scene. It would spoil my evening's enjoyment, and the floor is perfect, the music delight ful and my programme Is well filled up. Well, I really did go a trifle further with him than I meant, but I never for a mo ment imagined that he mistook my jest for earnest. I wish to goodness he'd speak and stop glaring at me like a high tragedy stage lover." You mean what yoa say, Miss Lan caster':"' "Certainly!" "Is there any one elsef" You have no right to ask that, Captain Winter, Violet answered, with a ring of defiance in her clear tones. "I have every right," he returned bit terly. "It is the oniy thing that would ex cuse and justify your rejecting me in this heartless manner. You have treated me shamefully, Miss Lancaster." "Hushl don't talk so loudly," she In terrupted. Then she added "You will keep your mistake to your self?" "You need not alarm yourself. I have not the slightest intention of wearing my heart on my sloeve for all the daws to peck at. But here I mean to remain until you tall me whether or no I have a favored rival. "Please take mebaok to the ballroom at once. Dancing has commenced, and Sir Felix will be looking for me." He neither moved nor spoke. Seeing that the only way to escape was to answer his question, ehe murmured, almost below her breath: "There is no one else." "Then," he replied, "you have been sim ply playing with me. The other fellows Rfiirm that the girls of a garrison town are fearful flirts and amuse themselves in making playthings of military hearts. I never believed it till tonight. I will de tain you no longer." When they met again, it was on a scene of horror and amid sights and sounds the memory of which is burned into Violet's brain' forever. The down express, in which, not by premeditation, both were passengers, had in the fog dashed Into some empty trucks standing where no trucks should have been just outside the little station of Southwold. The rear carriages escaped damage, and it was in that part that Captain Winter was traveling. When the sickening crash came, his first thought was for Violet Lancaster. He knew she was in the train, for their eyes had met for one brief instant at the ticket oflice at the point of departure. Now, Captain Winter, half dazed, but quite unhurt, jumped out of the smoking carriage, where he had been dreaming of his lost love, and looked wildly round for her. Alas, she had been, he knew, in the ladies' compartment, near the engine, which was now only a hideous mas3 of smoking ruins. He caught the burly guard by the arm. "There is a lady under there. Great heaven, why do you stand gaping here?" "Wo think all are out, sir," said the guard, moving uneasily under his strong grasp. "Leavo go, sir. There's no call to pinch me like that. I didn't upset the train "I didn't see what I had got hold of. You must move this wreckage. See," pointing to a shattered glass window at their feet, which still bore a fluttering pa per legend, "Ladies only." "She was in here. I saw her get in at Leeds." "We daren't move it until the lifting jacks come, sir," put in the station master who had joined the group. "If there is any one there, we should just run the risk of crushing them." Captain Winter looked around the cir cle of faces. All looked back at him in quiringly, as if socking a leader. "Volunteers!" he said briefly. "Men, she is my sweetheart!" With a smothered cheer they leaped on the wreckage and worked like demons to clear it. Captain Winter's military train ing stood him in good stead. His direc tions were sharp and clear, and to blunder was impossible. Weights and strength were well adjusted, and the heavy mass was raised and so propped that it eould not slip, and then they found what they were seeking. A porter saw her first. She was lying as if asleep, her dress undisturbed, her lovely head unruffled. Captain Winter had hurried forward at the first cry that the lady was found. He stood now white faced and rigid, and all the others instinctively turned away their looks from him. The doctor came forward at once. He carried one arm in an improvised splint and sling. It was broken, but with the spirit of self sacrifice which is characteris tic of his profession he forgot his own pain in trying to alleviate that of others. "Dead?" he said briskly. "Not a bit of it. She's only fainted. I don't believe she has a scratch. Carry her up to the station, and wo'll soon have her round. My dear sir, that arm is unfortunately broken!" as Captain Winter was eagorly trying to shake his right hand. "Try the other, if you don't mind, and then bear a hand with tho lady. I am helpless, and the less she is shaken the better." "Violet," said Captain Winter half an hour later as they sat by the fire in the station master's room, waiting for the re lief train to take them on, "the regiment is ordered abroad." "I know," she said in a low tone. "I saw it in The Gazette.'- "Train's in sight, sir," the guard pop ped his head in to say. "All right. Wait a minute, Violet. I should have oome to see you before I left England to know was that a true answer you gave me two years ago?" he added abruptly. "Ho," answered Violet quietly, all the coquotry gone out of her, "it was not. I have been dying for you ever since." London Js'ews. On of Nature's Safeguards. The eyelids close involuntarily when the eye is threatened in order that this organ may be protected. If a man had to think to shut his eyes when something was thrown at them, he won Id be too slow to save the eye from injury. 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5 8 STATE JOURNAL, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1895 Who 11 Garve the Pie Is the question that is agitating the people of Kansas at present Every body likes pie, especially political pie. Iu the language of Hon. Archie Williams, "The man who don't like pie is a liar." It is a pleasure to receive a generous slice of pie, but it is the heighth of pleasure to be able to earn It and opportion it out among your friends. The GOLDEN EAGLE is not running a pie counter, but we are offering bargains in Gents' and Boys' Clothing, which are more important to the masses than the political plums within the gift of the Kansas pie-dispenser, be he born US We have a line of Gents' Winter Suits in extra heavy black and blue Cheviots, which other stores consider cheap at $15, but which we sell for $10; we have union-made twilled Cheviots, elegantly lined, which others advertise for $12.50, but which we sail for $8; we have good union-made suits in Cassimeres, Worsteds and Cheviots, which we can sell as low as $5, $6 and $7 a suit; our line of Overcoats and Ulsters are unequaled for the prices in the city, and we have some remarkable bargains in Beavers and Chinchillas at $8 and $10. When it comes to Boys' Suits and Overcoats we distance all competition with our $3, $150, $4 and $5 Suits and Overcoats. S. ETTLINGER, Manager. 711 Kansas Avenue. ALMOST ZERO. Thermometers Marked as Low as Six Above Thin Morntnff. The mercury came near reaching zero this morning in outlying portions of the city. The government thermometer reg istered six above at 7 a. in. which was the minimum, though Sergeant Jennings says that outside of the city it must have registered much nearer the zero point People living in the western portion of the city reported their thermometers reg istering from two to four above. The change was not sudden. About 11 o'clock Saturday night a light rain be gan to fall. This continued until about 1 a. m. Sunday, when the weather began to turn colder, though there was no per ceptible change until daylight. At noon it began to grow cold rapidly, and there were a few flakes of snow in the air. At sunset it was evident that the night would be the coldest of the season. House plants were frozen and water pipes broken and the plumbers are busy ior the first time this season. Observer Jennings says that tonight will be cold but tomorrow the weather will grow much warmer. SOME SHIFT BUSSING. Trial Trip of a Mile a Mlnnte Bln( Hilda on tlie 'ew York Central. Kkw York, Dec. 2. Unfer circum stances far from favorable the Empire State express over the New York Cen tral Uudson River railroal started out at 8:80 o'clock this morning to make a world's record for fast time between New York and Buffalo. It is the intention of the officials of the road to make this rate of speed the daily schedule running time of the train. The attempt inaugurated todayJU to make an averajreJspeed4of 53:35 milos an hour between New York and Buffalo. A rain was falling when the train started and the tracks were wet and slip pery, conditions which will make the schedule a very difficult one. Syracuse, N. Y"., Dec. 2. The Empire express at Utica was three seconds ahead of time. At Oneida she was three min utes behind time, but Syracuse was reached at the rate of a mile a minute and the train was two minutes and forty seconds ahead of time: A stop of six minutes and forty sec onds was made. Engines were again chanced and the train left here on time at 2:01. JOSIAH ALLEN'S SON. Fd. H. Allen an Old Resident and Ex Mayor of Kaniu City Die Today. Kansas City, Dec. 2. Ed. H. Allen, aged 63 years, a pioneer of Kansas City, for ten years president of the board of trade and an ex-mayor, is dead. His father was the late Josiah B. Allen, a man of considerable prominence in Con necticut. Hookey Jim Is Gone. P Topeka should rejoice and be exceed ing glad. "Hookey Jim" Fustoa was this morning released from the city prison upon his promise to leave town and never come back any more. He had served five days of his fifteen days sen tence for assault with his murderous hook when, he told Captain Gardiner just before dinner, "If you'll give me a chance I'll leave town." The PasiHiug or Brewster. New York, Dec. 2. The schedules in the assignment of J. B. Brewster Co., incorporated, manufacturers of carriag es, show liabilities of $I00.518; nominal assets, 233,393; actual assets $73,221. Breaking the Gas Trnst. Chicago, Dec. 2. The gas trust matter on application of Pitt Barrows for an in junction to restrain the consolidation of the Chicago gas companies, which was set for a hearing before Judge Showal ter this morning, has been continued until tomorrow. Awarded I Highest Honors World's Fair, LVViMfli MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant, 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. o Cy. (Orders and Inqniries hy Mail Solicited 7 an d Promptly Answered. THE BOARD COMPLETE All of tb. Board of Director Now Named With Three Topekans. Kiw York, Dec. 2. The follow ing is a list of the board of directors selected by the joint executive reorganization committee of the Atchison railroad at their meeting today in addition to Aldace F. Walker of Chicago, who was made chairman; Edward P. Ripley, Chicago; Edward J. Berwind, New York; Benja min P. Cheney, Boston; H. Rieman Duval, Thomas P. Fowler, Edward N. Gibbs, New York; Charles S Gleed. Topeka, Kan.: George G Haven, R. Somers Hayes, New York; Cyrus K. Holliday, Topeka, Kan.; Victor Morawetz, New York; George A. Nick- erson, Boston; Thomas A. Osborn, To peka and Wm. Rotch," Boston. BOUND IN MOROCCO. Insurgents Surround Saffl nud Eleven Hour.' Fighting Results. Gibraltar, Dec 2. Advices received here from Morocco say that serious fighting has occurred at Saffj, a fortified seaport of that country. The insurgents are said to have surrounded the town and to have been attacked by the Bultan's forces on Nov. T. Eleven hours of hght- ing followed and was ooiy put a stop to by nightfall. The battle recommenced the next morning and continued all day long. On Nov. 10 the insurgents re opened the engagement by bombarding the town, which has a population of about 12,uUU people, killing 80 Moors. The city, when the advices left there on Nov. 11, was still surrounded by the in aurgent Arabs. A BIG BELL BUOKEN. The big bell in the Church of the As sumption belfry cracked yesterday, and gives out a mournful note now when it is struck. It was the largest bell in town, and could be heard for miles. It came originally from the Catholic cathedral at Leavenworth, and will prob ably soon be replaced. SCHLATTER IS CRAZY. InEenoll Talks of the Denver Healer and Wanders into Politics. Lincoln, Deo 2. CoL Robert Inger soli arrived here yesterday and before the hour of his lecture last night Held an iniormai reception at the hotel. Answering the ques tien of a reporter as to what he thought of Schlatter, he said: "I think it is a craze. Schlatter is crazy and the people who believe in him are crazy. All the miracle workers in the world, if hon est, have been insane. This is a natural world. No miracle ever was or ever will be performed." Another kicker has been heard from He says: "It's too bad the State Jour nal is to put up a fine new building at Eigtun ana Hansas avenue: the side walk will be obstructed for six or eight montns. military Bicyclists All Right. Washington, Dec. 2. Private advises received here say that the military bicV' cle riders, who left this city at 7 o'clock yesterday morning bearing a message from General JUiles to General Ruger in New York reached the latter at 4.40 this morning, 12 minutes ahead of sched ule time. This is Our Balance. Warttt?JTON. Dan 2. Tnriaw's QtotA mentof the condition of treasury shows: Available cash balance $174(347.572; gold reserve .9,003,014. 9105,000 Deposited Today. New York, Dec. 2. The bud-treasury officials report deposits of $105,000 in gold from amerem points today. The Atomic Theory. Dalton was not the first to propose the theory which makes all matter con sist of atoms. The Greek and Roman philosophers, wise men of the east in Egypt and India, and such eminent moderns as Sir Isaac Newton and Leibnitz had advocated the theory in gome form. Democritus (E. B., Vol. VII. 59) had advanced a form of the theory, not only the earliest, but the most remarkable in the history of sci ence. Among the moderns, Newton had insisted on the existence in all bodies of unbreakable, unwearable, im penetrable particles, each kind of which remains always the same in size, weight, figure and force, so that how ever compounded, the nature and tex ture of the compounds are always the same. Try Washburn's pure apple cider, 15 cents per gallon. "HOLLERS" FOR TRADE. A Peculiar Practice of Hotel Drum mers in Western Towns RESULTS IH A SABT& FE SDIT Tbe Company Wouldn't Permit the Practice at Arkansas City and Dam ages Recovered Other Railroad Kens. The damage suit of Culmau vs. the A., T. a F. railroad and Santa Fe Detect ive Matthews, was decided last week in the district court at Arkansas City. Culman is the porter of the Grand View hotel in that city, and it was bis custom to crv out his hotel whenever a train would pull into the depot. The Santa Fe company considered that such action was hurting the patronage of the depot eating house and lunch counter, and ordered Culman to cease calling from the depot platform. Upon his re fusal to do this, he was thrown off bodily several times and sustained injuries for which he brought suit for $10,000 dam ages, lbe district court awarded Cul man $300 and costs, and the Santa Fe company immediatesy appealed the case to the federal court. ALONG TBE LINES. News Items Interesting to Railroaders and the Public. F. N. Delano, a machinist employed in the Rock Islaud Bhops at Goodland, in jured the sight of one eye and severely burned his face with molten metal last week. Robert. Reid has resigned his position as Rock Island operator at Goodland, Kan. O. A. Ramey, a locomotive fireman, who for the past year has been working in South America, is now in Wellington and has made application for a position on the Santa Fe. A. D. Walton, Rock Island agent at Antelope, Kan., has been transferred to Pond Creek, Ok. The Union Pacific is constructing a new iron and steel bridge across the Blue river at Garrison, Kan., on the Kansas Central branch. The Rock Island is constructing a large dam on Spring creek a short distance east of Smith Center. All of the 'Frisco passenger engines are now eqipped with snow plows. Jacob Hildebrandt, claim adjuster of the Santa Fe, was married last week to Miss Minnie Reed at the home of the bride in Independence, Kan. Aaron Gwynn, an employe of the Rock Island round house at Caldwell, has been promoted to the position of fire man. J. J. Colburn, until last July an en gineer on the southern division of the Hock Island with headquarters at Cald well, was Btricken with paralysis at his home in Rock Island, III, last week, and will probably be helpless for life. DOWN THE ROAD. Personals and Transfers of Employes on the Kailroads. A force of workmen are engaged lay ing the floors and walls of the pits at the site of the new Santa Fe.rouod-house at Dodge City. Rock Island conductor Jas. Mack has resu med his run between Caldwell and Ft. Worth, after an extended visit in Wisconsin. James Finch, who formerly worked fer tbe company, has taken a position as brakeman on the Cottonwood division of the Santa Fe. The Santa Fe has paid a judgment of $4,021, awarded Amos Johnson in the supreme court receutly, for thejburning of a livery stable at Ellinwood, Kan., seven years ago, the tire being ignited by a spark from an engine. George Hobart engineer of the Santa Fe switch engine in the Florence yards, will probably be given a freight run out of Emporia. Fred Close, formerly a switchman in the Santa Fe yards at Florence, has re turned to that place after a year's stay in Missouri, and will resum9 work for the company. Conductor Pete Frantz of the southern division of the Santa Fe has been trans ferred temporarily to a run from Em poria to Arkansas City. Conductor Tom Myers of the Santa Fe, who has been running from Emporia to Arkansas City, has been transferred to a run out of Newton. The Missouri Pacific is constructing a curved pile bridge on thoirriine west of Sedan, Kan., which will cost $10,000. The Santa Fe is erecting an additional water tank at Ilalstead. OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYES. Personal Notes About Them Interesting to Kallroad People. G. Fred Scott of the treasurer's depart ment of the Santa Fe left yesterday nfter noon on an official trip to Las Vegas, Pueblo and La Junta for the purpose of checking up leases and contracts of the company. Edward Wilder, treasurer of the Santa Fe, accompanied by his wife, left yester day afternoon for a few days visit in Chi cago. Conductor Nelson of the Santa Fe has moved his family from Colony to Well ington. The Santa Fs depot at Hope, Kan., has been burglarized three times during the last three months. The track of the southern Kansas division of the Santa Fe is being relaid with new steel. W. E. Lipscomb, who for the past year has held tbe position of Rock Island agent at Liberal, has beSn trans ferred to a similar position at Peabody. The transfer is a promotion for Mr. Lipscomb, as more responsibility and a better salary is attached to his new posi tion. The Santa Fe will commence grading for a spur track at Enterprise, Kan., in a few days. Always on Timet Patrick Walsh, general baggage agent of the Santa Fe has returned from an ex tended inspection trip along the lines of the Southern California and Atlantic Pacific in California and New Mexico. Mr. Walsh visited Los Angeles and states that u r to the date of his departure the California limited train No. 3 had arrived each day exactly on schedule time. Mineral Water. The finest in the west Come and try it J. W. Phillips, 612 W. Eighth ave. FISHER BEATEN Continued from fii st page. he delivered his inaugural. Slowly and distinctly the words fell from his lips. At many places his brief speech was punctured with applause. At the conclusion of his speech the members came forward in squads as their names were called, and with uplifted arms, swore to support and defend the constitution. IN THE SENATE. The Upper House of Congress Convenes on the Stroke of Twelve. Washington, Dec. 2. The United States senate was called to order at noon today by Vice President Stevenson. The decorum of the upper branch of congress is seldom disturbed even by the opening of congress, and today, with crowded galleries and a general air of expectancy, there was tbe same even and unruffled proceedure which characterizes the senate. All the galleries, public and private, except that reserved for the diplomatic corps, weje filled to overflowing by 11 o'clock and the outer corridors were crowded with those unable to gain ad mission. The senators began to gather early in the day exchanging greetings and renewing acquaintances. Air. Jones of Arkansas and Mr. leller of Colorado were among the first ar rivals. They were soon joined by the venerable Senator Hoar, of Mass, and his colleague, Mr. Lodge. Mr. Peffer and Mr. Allen showed special attention to the acquisitions to the Populist senatorial ranks. There was a special interest in the many new faces. Mr. Martin, of Virginia, was in troduced to his associates by Mr. Daniel. Mr. Sherman crossed the chamber and greeted his Ohio associate Mr. Brice, who was in a group with Messrs Gorman, Cockrell and Harris. The floral offerings were unusually abundant. The desk of Mr, Shoup of Idaho, held fruit as well as flowers. The two New Jersey senators, Mr. Smith and Mr. Sew ell were entrenched behind enormous banks of American Beauty roses rising six feet from the floor. Other genators remembered with baskets and bunches of floorers were Allison. Baker, Cullom, Faulkner, Gailinger, Hansbrough, Har ris, Jones of Arkansas, Lodge, McBride, Mantle, Martin, Mitchell of Oregon, Proctor, Quay and Roach. Exactly at 12 o'clock the vice president aseended to the presiding officer's chair, and rapping once, called the senate to order. In impressive tones, the blind chap lain of the senate invoked divine bless ing on the chamber, referring eloquent ly to the affliction in tbe family of ex Senator Wilson of Indiana and to the absence of Isaac Basset the veteran door keeper, who is now dangerously ill. The first business transacted was the swearing in of new senators and of those re-elected. They proceeded to the clerk's desk in groups of three and four, accompanied by their state colleagues, and with up lifted right hands, look the oath as it was read by the vice-president. The usual f6rmal resolutions were quickly adopted.' That of Mr. Cockrell (Dem., Ma) provided senate sessions be ginning at 12 o'clock noon daily; that of Mr. Sherman (Rep., O.) notified the house that a quorum of the senate was present and ready to proceed with business; that of Mr. Vilas, (Dem., Wis.) providingfor a committee of two senators and two repre sentatives to wait upon the president and notify him that congress awaited any communication the executive branch desired to present The presiding officer designated Mes srs. Vilas and Allison for the committee to wait on the president. At 12:30 a recess of an hour was taken. At 1 ;30 when the senate reconvened, Mr. Pruden of the White house staff was in the chamber with word that the pres ident's message would not be submitted today and at 1:30 o'clock on motion of Mr. Sherman the senate adjourned till tomorrow. Tbe Republican senators were in cau cus half an hour after the senate ad journed today, but adjourned until Wed nesday without taking any action on the reorganization of the senate. WHAT TO EXPECT. Senator Peffer Tells What the Populists Will do in Congress This Winter. Washington. Dec. 2. In an interview today Senator Peffer said that the Popu lists will vote as a unit on all party ques tions. With regard to the reorganiza tion, of the senate they will not decide on their policy until the matter is presented by the Repub licans. In currency questions the Popu lists will take no steps until the presi dent's recommendations on the retire ment of greenbacks is presented. In the taxation and revenue measures the programme of the Populists in the house will be not to present any measures, but to propose amendments. On foreign questions the Populists will stand for tbe consonance fur gov ernment on the W estern Hemisphere and while not advocating an aggressive policy of interference will insist on the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine. They will express sympathy for Cuba, and in regard to the Hawaiian question will decide what stand tney will take on the subject in the gen ate. Senator Peffer said that personally be favored a protectorate rather than an nexation. The Populists in congress have sent a circular letter to all Democratic and Re publican members who have been known to favor free coinage, to meet with them in conference on the currency question, REED'S SPEECH Uf ACCEPTANCE. Is Glad of the Honor and Asks That the American People Will Be Considerate. Washington, Dec. 2. In accepting the speaker's chair, Mr. Reed said: "It will not be unbecoming in me, I hope, if I acknowledge to this assembly that it is very agreeable to me to Btand once more in the place which I left four years ago. Of the past however, I shall not speak, for the past speaks for itself in terms more fitting and appropri ate than any words which could come from my lips. Nor shall I Bpeak of the future, for we are not pulling off the harness but putting it on. "Yet I think I may venture to say of the future in the light of the past, that if we do something which for the moment seems inadeqnate, it may be that time, which has justified itself for ns on many occasions may do so again. Those who have acted with wisdom heretofore,may firs Has become very popular because of the large and fine line of Pictures in Water Colors, Pastels, Etch ings, Engravings, Photogravues and Imported Photographs after the best European and American Artists. The special care exercised in framing pictures and the large line of novelties in moulding from which to select, is appreciated by the people throughout the state. Our prices are moderate and we guarantee satisfaction. We Extend a Cordial Invitation To everyone to inspect our line of pictures, even though a purchase Is not anticipated. We consider it a compliment when people visit our store just to see and study the beautiful in art. We believe your time will not be misspent. be fairly expected to act with wisdom hereafter. "I am sorry to say that the pleasure as sociated with the honor you have be stowed on me, an honor which no Ameri canjeitizen can fail to appreciate and for which I give thanks, is but for the mo ment; while the cares and responsibili ties extend over many days. So far as tho performance of my duties affects the whole people of the United States, I in voke their considerate judgment. "So far as it affects the members of this house, I ask from both sides of the chamber that cordial Jcpoperation with out which I can not hope to succeed, as suring them that no effort on my part will be spared to aid. them in the per formance of their duties by that entire impartiality which is their just due." TO GIVE KANSAS 14 MORE. Southern Delegates to the Rppnblioan National Convention Lessened in Num ber. Washington, D. C, Dec. 2. Chair man Manley of the Republican national convention which is to meet here De cember 10, announces in an interview that it is very likely that the committee will adopt a new plan for the selection of delegates to the Republican national convention which will so change tbe basis of representation that the south ern states will lose a part of their pre sent repeesentation. The following table shows the loss and gain of delegates from each state in case the proposed plan should be adopted: Old New State Plan 1'lau Gain Loss Alabama 11 H Arkansas 16 1-' 4 California 13 '-'5 7 Colorado 8 iu 2 Connecticut Vi 17 o Delaware 6 6 Florida 8 4 4 Georgia 26 13 13 Idaho G 4 2 Illinois 48 8U 82 Indiana 30 5- Iowa 20 45 18 Kansas 20 34 1" Kentucky 25 3i 7 i.ouisaua 16 8 8 Maine 12 14 2 Maryland 1G 22 6 Massachusetts 3d 3'J y Michigan -23 4'J 21 Minnesota 18 27 3 Mississippi lti 8 8 Missouri 34 43 14 Montana 6 G Nebraska 1G so 4 Nevada 6 3 3 New Hampshire 8 10 2 New Jersev 20 30 10 New York'. 72 l'JG G4 North Carolina 20 36 6 North Dakota 6 6 Ohio.... 46 SO 34 Oregon S 7 1 Pennsylvania G4 97 33 Rhode Island 6 6 Souih Carolina IS 9 9 Tennesee 24 22 2 Texas 30 19 11 Vermont 8 10 2 Virginia 24 30 6 West Virginia 12 18 6 Wisconsin 24 37 13 Wyoming 6 4.. 2 Utah 2 2 Arizona 2 2 Oklahoma 2 2 District of Columbia.. 2 2 New Mexico 2 2 It is said that a majority of the com mittee favor the proposed change. (Thi3 table shows a gain of fourteen delegates for Kansas should the new plan be adopted). TOO BUSY FOR SILVER. The Senatorial Conference on Silver Today Very Sliinly Attended. Washington, Dec. 2. The silver con ference called for today was a disappoint ment to its projectors. The only sena tors who attended were Allen, Kyle, Peffer and Stewart, Populists; Tillman, Democrat, and Pritchard, Mantle and Tellor, Republicans. The last named gentlemen were only there a few mo ments and took no part in the proceed ings. The small attendance showed those present that nothing could be done at this meeting. Senator Peffer was of the opinion that party ties were too strong to hope to or ganize a silver party in the senate, THE MINOK OFFICER3, The Other Men SMelocted By Republicans Elected and Sworn in, Washington, Dec. 2. Without a roll call the officers of the house nominated The Christmas now ready is Limited t During the last two years we have printed extra editions nearly every month sometimes one, two, three, and even as many as six. This month we shall print no extra editions. So tremendous an issue (six hundred thousand copies) has taxed our present facilities to the extreme. On all news stands at 10 cents. Yearly subscriptions, $1.00. FRANK A. MUNSEY, J 49 15 J Fifth lm-J VvS' "ZrJ 720 Kansas Avenue. 1 1 3i miles southwest of Topeka,at the Bennett farm, to the highest bidder: 50 Clyde, Percheron and Coach Mares, CoHs and geldings; 40 2-year old heifers, a good feeding bun:h. Terms cash on cattle; 12 months with out interest on horses, with a discount for cash. See hand bills for further information. BENNETT BROTHERS, Hloiti 3l6 TOIPOfI W by the Republicans in caucus Saturday were lormally elected, the Democrats presenting the names, of the officers of the last house. The swearing in of the subordinate officials of the house followed: Alex. B. McDowell of Pennsylvania as clerk, B. F. Kussell of Missouri as sergeant-at. arms, W. B. Glenn of New York as door keeper, Jos. B. McElroy of Ohio as post master and Henry B. Couden of Michi gan as chaplain. LARGELY KErUltLICAS. Democrats and Populists Stand very Little SUow in the Present House. Washington, Dec. 2. The utter rout of the Democratic party in the congres sional elections last fall became apparent for the first time to the naked eye when the new house of representatives assem bled today. Exactly 163 new faces ap peared in a total of 35rj. Some of the oldest and most tried leaders among Democrats were swept out by the tide which rolled up a Republican majority of 14B iu the Fifty-fourth house. Of ninety-four districts north of Mason and Dixon's line, which were represented by Democrats in the lust congress but 15 re turned Democrats to the new house. In the new house the Republicans control 31 of the 44 state delegations. They have !J0 solid delegations.while the Democrats have but 4. Kentucky and Tennessee delegations are almost evenly divided. In North Carolina and Missouri the Re publicans control. The West Virginia delegation is solidly Republican. Texas and Virginia each has a Republican and South Carolina and Alabama send Popu lists. The number of Populists in the house is reduced from 12 to 6. To Organize the Socialists. New York, Dec. 2. The meeting of District Assembly 23, K. of L., resulted in the passage of resolutlous advocating the formation of a new international organi zation to be composed of the socialistic element of the K. of L. throughout the country. LOCAL MENTION. County Attorney C. S. Miller and Win field Freeman came up Irom Kansas City this morning to be here at the open ing session of the supreme court. The court will not open until tomorrow morn ing, however. Little Gem," 5c. Everybody smokes It M unsey o 600,000 EITHER 'PHONE, 259. SUCCESSORS TO E. BENNETT CO. FAUJIEUS COMPLAIN That Afcliison Saloons Don't Snit Them and They Want a County Attorney. Governor Morrill and the officers of the present state administration ara hav ing more trouble with the prohibition law in Atchison county. There is now on file in the governor's offica a petition signed by eighty-six cit izens of Atchison county asking for the appointment of an assistant attorney gen eral in that county to enforce the pro hibitory law. These petitioners represent that the prohibitory law is being openly and Liagrantly violated in that county and that the county attorney knows all about it and refuses to prosecute the violator?. This petition was first presented to the attorney general but General Dawes told the bearerjof the petition that as the city of Atchison is a metropolitan police city, and the commissioners are appointed by the governor, the petition would have to be presented to the governor. Tbe signatures on the petition include the names of farmers, merchants and laboring men and an Atchison man who looked over the names said most of the petitioners live in Muscptah, Effingham and near Nortonville. President Wake of the state temper ance union who filed the petition says the movement for the closing of the Atchison saloons has commenced among the country people who say the expense of the saloons in the city must be largely borne by them. Governor Morrill was asked to appoint new police commissioners for Atchison, but he said he would write to the county attorney about the matter first. The governor has not yet hesrd from the county attorney and has not decided what he will do about the matter,. Ball lor Baiighinan. Bail was procured for John Baugh man this morning and approved by tbe sheriff and he left the county jail at 11 o'clock. The bond is for $'SM and was given by F. Sardou, Oakland, Baugli man's home, lie is the young man who was recently convicted of statutory criminal assault, but a new trial has been granted by Judge Hazen, and Baugh mau will be free until the January term. Smooth as silk is the way our collars feel now. Peerless Steam Laundry, 113 and 114 W. 8th. Everybody takes the Journal, Ave., New York. iPI m