The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
December 22, 1896

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4 -1" f :'o i 1 1 S r t -i 1 i TOPEKA, KANSAS, DECEMBER 22, 189G. TWO CENTS. TUESDAY EVEXTXG. TUESDAY EVENING. TWO CENT STANDSJT WELL. Chicago Bears Up Bravely Un der the Collapse Of the Ills National Bank of Illinois. Tso Unas of Any Consequence Are Reported OX OTIIEIl CITY IJAXKS Severe Denunciation of the Criminal Carelessness And Mismanagement of tlie Broken Bank. Ohicatro. Vice. 22. The assets of the National bank of Illinois which closed its doors yesterday are said to include it", addition to the $2.47.-.W'i loaned the Calumet Kleetrie $:mh,hm advanced to Ro)ert Berger. a son-in-law of Presi dent George Schneider. SMv.OOQ advanc ed to C.A.Weiss another son-in-law and over Ssiio.'iOO of doubtful debts. Berger is a partner in the firm of K. P. Dreyer R- Co., w hich also ent into the hands of a. receiver yesterday and Weiss is a brewer. The losses liv the failure will fall up on l.i'Tl individual depositors, and :,:0 national, state and private banks. In cluded among- the depositors are the treasurers of the city of Chicago, and of the state of Illinois. The deposits of the treasurers of the city of Chicago and Cook county will atrgretrate almost Si.iioo.nyO. The amount at the present time on deposit by the state treasurer is comparatively small. Among the depositors were many la corporations and receivers. They included the receivers of the Northern Paeirlo railroad and the receiver of the w hiskv trust. The deposits of E. S. Dreyer Co., include the funds of the Wst Park board. The amount at the time the bank closed was about $310,000. The failure of the National bank of Illinois was due to the fact that its en tire capital of i2.O00.0eO and SiutMw over and above its surplus of $et!0,noo had been leaned on Calumet electrical stock. Five hundred thousand dollars was leaned to Dreyer Co., who had spread their capital out so extensively that they were unable to con.oentrate it in time to save themselves. The oth er failures were due to the locking up of assets held bv the National bank of I. limns. it is probable that all depositors will lee paid in full. At a meeting of the clearing' house banks, upon recommendation of the clearing house committee which had maoe an examination of the affairs of the National bank of Illinois, the clear ing house barks ugreed to advance 7e P -r eent on ail claims against the Na tional bank of Illinois which shall have been cei titled to by the receiver as be ing on deposit in that bank. 'i lie peie-iai sentiment of opinion was that the depositors would receive their money in full. The bank now has on hand, in cash means, nearly 40 per cent of their entire liabilities. No banks have repuested any assist ance from the clearing- house. The bank statements published today, on the eail of the comptroller of the cur ren( y, at the close of business on the 17th instant, show very strong reserves. There has been very little excitement today in banking circles in this city. Tiie following resolutions were "ad opted at the meetingr Resolved, That the clearing: house committee, after calling to their aid ruth other persons as they may desire, be requested to formulate a plan which will enable creditors of the National Batik of Illinois to avail themselves of the offer of the associated banks to make the advance by way of loans to creditors to the extent of 75 per cent up n properly proven claims. The chairman of the clearing house stated that the willingness of bankers to do this was so evident that it is not probable that any formal obligation to accomplish the object will be necessarv, although the committee appointed will' fiivo prompt attention to the duty im posed orl them. The following dispatch has been re ceived by the president of the clearing house committee. Washington. D. C. Dec. 21. I have appointed Hank Examin-r Mr Keen temper, try receiver of the Nation Hank of Illinois, and instructed him to publish notice for creditors to prove claims. He informs me that the clear ing house committee agrees to advance 7". per cent on evidence of claims No tice will be published at once, and if claims are pros en immediately I snail within so days be able to pav a Verv considerable dividend. I appreciate the notion of the clearing house in offering to advance on such certificates signed) JASIKS II. KOKELS, Comptroller. Another suspension was recorded yes terday afternoon. judire IWton ap pointed Johti H. Nichols receiver f,.r the property of Frederick Wiersema. who owns the "Koseland Hank." which is situated in Koseland. The appointment was made on the application of tieor-je Dal-mberg. a judgment creditor of Wiersema. to the extent of S-leo. The complainant attribute,! the embarrass ment of Jlr. Wiersema to the con fection of the latter with the National Tank .if intnois. Tne assets were placed at 5. Oee. and the deposits at Srm vo. i He bank will resume bu a few days. uiess within city fpxds in the raw. Washington. Pee. 22. Mr. Eckels, the comptroller of the currency todav re ceived a telegram from air. Mo'voa the receiver of the National hank of Il linois, statin that the books of the bank show that quite large sums of puPhs funds, belonging to the city of Chioasro. were on deposit. In reply the comptroller sent air. McKeorr the" fol lowing teieeram: "Teletrram relative to puobc funds received. You make ar lancements with depositors thereof to issue to them at once e-rtPieates 'for suih amounts of their detosl as an examination of the books V.f the ba-k makes clearly appear is due them this v lii enaoie them to avail themselves of the oner of the c!.-arina house to ad vance id per cent and so prevent em barrassment in meetine-Dublic eoendi itures. KXClTKaiKNT DTPS OCT. Chicatro, liec. 22. The excitement at tendant unon the collapse of th'- Na tional bank of Illinois and its tlireeVl'--peudent banks appears to have died out teday. Hun? of more or less mac -Uiiude were made yesterday on'ievtral bankinsr institutions, notably the Gar den City Banking ft Trust company. The doors of that tnsritutlon were open ed Jin hour before bankimr hours today, but by 10:80 a. m., the withdrawals had ceased and deposits had trebled the amount taken out. Withdrawals at other l.enks were few and far between. It is generally expected that Bank Ex amiuer aicKeon will be appointed re ceiver permanently for the National bank of Illinois. Chieapo, 1:30 p. m. Th"re is quite a little run on the llinois Trust Pav ings' bank. Depositors are handed 30 day notices except where they can sat isfy the officials that the money they desire is for a legitimate purpose. The result of u. it is believed will have a ood effect on denositors in savinsrs banks sranerally. The giving of the no tice has the approval of the clearing house committee. ST. PAUL BANK INVOLVED. Bank of Minnesota, Capital $600, OOO, Closes-Union Stock Yards Bank, Also. St. Paul, Dec. 22. State Bank Exam iner Kenyon today took possession of the Bank of Minnesota and as a result of the closing" of this the Pnion Stock Yards' bank also closed. The Bank of Minnesota's capital is $tjiu.000 and it was considered one of the strongest banks in the west. The Bank of Minnesota was the old est bank in St. Paul. It was establish ed by Dawson Co. in ls.".i. Liabilities Capital stock paid in $000. 0Oj: surplus funds, $10ti, oaO: undivided profits. $h'2.7S3.11; individual deposits, l.on.n.-,o.if.; time certificates of depos its. Jl.041.793. s2 due to banks. $;:0:!,21S.71; demand certificates of deposits, $101, a22.90. Total $3,320,359.49. The rason given by the bank officers for the failure was the general strin gency of the times a.nd tlie difficulty in making- collections. sources Loans and dicounts. $2. 30: miscellaneous bonds. $(9.Cs4.6'j 341 overdrafts, $7,677.21; banking houses. 1 other real estate. .$105,741.60: furniture and fixtures, $10,000: expenses paid. J3.990.19. Due from banks $319. 1X9.02; exchange for clearing house $29, fol.14. CHICAGO BANKS. They Have Prepared a Statement Showing Their Condition. Chicago. Dec. 22. t'nder the general call issued by the comptroller of the currency, the national banks of this city have prepared a statem-nt showing their condition at the close of business December 17. The last previous state ment was made October 6. Tiie 14 banks show total loans of $.53. G39.223. as compared with $03,660,693, October 6. a loss in loans of $25,470. The total deposits are $94. 391. 452. as compar ed with $3.25s.20S, a grain of $11,133,244. The cash resources amount to J47.N90. (on. as compared with $37,761,503, a gain of S10.134.5S0. Tiie legal requirement in reserve is 25 per cent, or for the 11 banks $23,597, oJ3. while there is hold ?47.i596.0i9l or more than 50 per cent. There is held in excess of the legal requirement $24 -298, 22tl. OUGHT TO GO TO PRISON". The Manipulators of the Funds of the Chicago Bank Chicago. Dec. 22. The Tribune says that in the case of the National Bank of Illinois, "the manipulation of the books was such as to practically amount to the falsification of ac counts." It is claimed that one loan of .$900,000 made to the Calumet Kleetrie company was charged up to foreign exchange instead of being entered in a proper manner. Other irregularities in con nection with the loans made to the Cal umet Kleetrie company are said to have taken place. STILL PLEAD IGNORANCE. Kobert E. Jenkins, one of the direc tors of the National Bank of Illinois, says: "The directors did not know the size of the loan on the Calumet Elec tric. The discovery of the condition of the loan was as much of a sur prise to me as to the public. The same thing is true of the loan to Dreyer Co. The directors were unaware of the loans which appear to have carried the bank down, or were until the latter part of last week. I do not care to say w ho I believe was to blame for the directors being kept in the dark as to the magnitude of these loans." BRYAN ON BANK FAILURE. "The Officials CanTeU You All About the Good Times." Chicago. Dec. 22. W. J. Bryan was not five minutes in 'hieaso wtioi be heard i he news of tlie bank failures. Al though he was far from gratified by tlie news, it was plainly evident that he re garded it as a preliminary vindication for the iate champions of the llemoeratic cause, air. Bryan, when asked his opin ion eoncerning the failares. said: "While this is a subject 1 do not care to comment on at any lenirth, I must say that these bank failures do not afford a very promisirot ouilook for our future commercial and nr.aneial welfare. Haw ever. 1 suppose the bank officials of Chi cago will be able to tell you all about the progress of the good times that are com ing ANGUS GIItfTOIE FAIL. Asa Result of the Bank of Illinois Failure Liabilities $250,000. f ':ia iro, rec. 22. "Wm. Dill was today a; ip.t in i d a recc-i yt for thf tr -ncral eor;-Tr;i-;irur lirm of Angus Sc Gintok- upon ai Tica.E !m of John A n.tis. one of the mem bers of the firm. Th' failure is in lirer-tty tiie r-'sul! of the suspension of" tS;e Na tional I'-ank of Illinois, to which insfi!u ti'Ui the tirm wps in.h'ht'l Tho suspension of the hank. it is stated, ru :ie,i t t- rrn's ere- lit. Assets were iven at $:w.UfU and liahilitit s at $27,u.bOO. Carried Governor AUg-eld. Ohicairo. Pec. 22. One of the features of th" I ri-yer failure is said to he that '"iov ernor Ait&ifdd was carried hy tb Dreyer hank to tne extent of ;7" o-tti. The t:ovcr nor is also salt) to he hidehtod vo the Xa yoiuii Bank of Illinois to the extent of Ttfew York Correspondents. New York. Dp'1. 22. Tlie New York cor-r.-spor.d-uit of the Kank of Minnesota are the i 'has Nat ion a i ha nk nmi Mrrrhants National hank. .fuViais of t huse har.ks s;,y that the St. Paul bank had only small accounts wilh them. The "ASaeUid Silver District." Cleveland. Ohio. Deo. 22. Senators Thurston of Xehr-ka, and Sfhoup of T'h!h. arrived in the city this mornin an.l ve-e driven immediately to the of fice of M. A. Karma. Messrs. Thurston and Shoup came here it is paid to ursre Mr. Harma's influence- towards The se-h-t'tmn of some man representing the a f i ec t e d silver district, a-s a m em be r of the cabinet. Funny Chalk-taik" tonight. LEFT IIEK DOOR UNLOCKED Thieves Looked it for Her After Bob ting the House. Mrs. W. J. Cror.in. wife of a oomposi- j tor in the state winter's establishment on Hast Kiehth street, took her hus j band to his work last evening just after I supper. I'pon arriving- at home with her horse she tried to enter the front door of her house at l!fl9 Kansas ave nue, but found It locked. This frigtit ened her, as she knew that she had left it unlocked. She tried it again but it was securely fastened. She suspeeted that burglars were in the house and went to the house of a neighbor near by. Finding no one at home she returned to her own yard. This was at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Cronin sat down in the back yard to await the re turn of her husband. She was afraid to enter the house. The back door was unlocked and she sat near it watchimr to see if any one came out. Shortly before 11 she summoned cour age to enter the house. Ten minutes afterward her husband returned from his eveninrr's work at the printing- es tablishment, t'pon investigation it was found that the house had been en tered by burglars, that $27 had been taken from a purse which was hidden between the mattresses of the bed in an upper room. Nothing else was missed. The front door had been locked from the outside, evidently done by the per sons who entered the house. The po lice department was notified this morning- and inspected the premises. Mrs. Cronin said that the purse contained two $10 bills, three $1 bills and the balance, $4 in silver. Hl UT RY SCALDING WATER Mrs. Arthur Lee Falls While Carrying a Basin of It. Mrs. Arthur Lee. proprietor of the electrical establishment at S30 Kansas avenue, who resides at 1116 Tyler street was severely scalded about the face and neck Sunday evening-. Mrs. Lee's injuries may result in some slight dis figurement. Mrs. Lee was walkiner across the din intr room at her home carrying a basin of boiling water in her hand, when she tripped and fell forward. The basin slipped from her hand as she fell and struck the floor with sufficient force to splash the scalding water into her face and over her shoulders. Fortunately, none of the water entered her eyes. Mi". L-e ho was in the room at once removed the clothing from about his wire's shoulders, and his presence of mind in this way prevented the water from irdlicting a serious injury. A phys ician was called, but by the time he ar rived Mrs. Lee was delirious with pain. Under his care, however, she soon be came comfortable, and is now improv ing rapidly. 31015 DOES DEVILTRY. Not Content With Hanging Negroes, It Burns Negroes' Houses. Mayfield, Ky., Dec. 22. A part of the mob that hanged Jim Stone yesterday morning went on the rampage again last night. One hundred shots were fired into the residence of Tom Cham bers, colored, and the house was after ward set on fire and burned, destroying- three other buildings. There is much bitter feeling, the negroes having made threats to avenge the lynching of Stone and the killing of Henry Finney. A number of negroes have been warned to leave town and more trouble is expected. IX JUNCTION RULE. House Committee Not Much in Favor of Limiting Power of Injunction. Washington, Dee. 22. The issue which was in the last presidential campaign, "government by injunction," was the subject of debate by the house com mittee on judiciary today. The com mittee has before it a substitute for the bill which passed the senate last June, dividing contempts of court into direct and indirect classes and permitting trials by jury in the latter cases. This substitute is not so sweeping in character as the senate bill and the sentiment of the committee seemed to be to still further limit its scope. There was a general expression, however, to the effect that United States courts showed a tendency to strain their jur isdiction on the ground of contempt to the point of infringement on the right of trial by jury and a bill probably will be reported. KATE FIELD'S REMAINS. They Arrived in San Francisco From Honolulu Today. San Francisco, Dec. 22. The re mains of Miss Kate Field arrived this morning from Honolulu on the steamer Belgio. The casket was enclosed in a wooden covering and placed aboard tha steamer at Honolulu, without any dis play. As soon as the steamer docks here the remains will be taken to the crematory. Arrangements are being made for memorial services to be held in Trinity Episcopal church. The ashes will be sent for final interment to Mount Auburn. SENTENCED BY SCORES. Forty Anarchists Condemned to 20 Years Imprisonment at Barcelona Barcelona. Dec. 22. An additional batch of anarchists was sentenced to day. Forty of them were condemned to 20 years imprisonment and 28 to eight years in prison. No Favors for Bank Wreckers. Denver. Dec. 22. In the United States district court Judg- Hallett announced that he would overrule all motions on behalf of Dow. Mct'lurken Miller, the convicted Commercial bank wreckers, and that he would not listen to any argument. He gave counsel until Janu ary 22 to prepare papers in an appeal. I Sail wns fixed at $10, (too for each prison er. Bonds will be furnished this after noon. L. Craicj Hurt in a Eunaway. L. Crp.ig. a farmer living 21 mile.s east of the1 city, and a companion drove to the city this morning in a single buggy. When nt the Shawnee mil! corner at x.l't o'clock the h.rse Mr. Craig was driving ran away and Mr. Craig and his companion were thrdwn out. Xear the Chesterfield hotel the horse rail atrainst a pole, the shafts of the buggy n t'te broken off and the vehic le stoo ped. Mr. Craig's leg was wrenched se verely. His companion escaped with slight bruises. Gaylord Bareiey, tailors, have re moved to second floor, same number, 62S Kansas avenue. UP AGAINST IT. The Problem of the "Unem ployed" In Denver. Four Thousand Workingmen Out of Work HOLD A MASS MEETING And Ask the City to Start Pub lic Improvements. Rev. Myron Reed and Others Address the Meeting. Denver, Dec. 22. The problem of taking care of the unemployed in Den ver has become serious. Sunday after noon four thousand alleged starving workmen, clamoring for something to occupy their time and enable them to keep body and soul together for a time longer, filled Coliseum hallin response to a widely circulated call for a mass meeting of the unemployed. The attendance was a revelation to those who have been sounding the praises of Colorado as an elysium for laborers, but the remarks of the speak ers were equally startling. They coun seled violence if necessary to force the state to a recognition of the fact that starvation was stalking in the midst of the workers, and unless some relief measures could be devised at an early day there was no telling what would happen. Among the speakers were the Rev. Myron Reed and the Rev. Thomas Uzzel, two ministers who have always been hailed as friends of labor. Before the meeting a procession formed on Larimer street in front of the city hall and marched to the meet ing place. It was an undisciplined, poorly dressed regiment of about 400 men that marched through the streets, but its appearance was eloquent of mis ery to him who realized that many of those men had wives and little chil dren dependent upon them, and that they could find no work by means of which to support them. A volunteer brass band headed the procession. At the start 1ST men were in line, but by the time Sixteenth street was reached the ranks of the proletar ian army had swelled to more than 400. To give assurance of their loyalty, the men carried a large American flag and half a dozen mottoes, such as these: "We want work," "Coal $4 per ton. No work in sight," "Work. not soup houses," "Public improvement without injunction." "This is 'a hungry X-mas for the unemployed." The procession was followed by crowds on both sidewalks, and when the hall was reached it was then two thirds full. The people crowded in un til all the seats were taken and people stood in close ranks in the aisles and all around the outskirts of the assem blage. The procession and meeting were both orderly. Myron Reed said: "I don't know that I am glad and I fear that I am sad to see this meeting and know the occasion for it. I feel as did Abraham Lincoln after the seven days battle and the retreat from the Peninsula. He said he felt like a big, overgrown boy who had stubbed his toe. He was too big to cry and it hurt too bad to laugh (laughter). There is something left even after the election the right of free assemblage, the right to bear arms which we will exercise, if we have to. (Applause.) The right to free speech, which I am exercising now. "The fact that three sky pilots and one business man are here shows that you know that these sky pilots under stand more about the true condition of the poor that 100 business men. If the business men will attend to the transportation question atid other questions, the sky pilots would have more money and less work. (Laughter and applause.) "I apprehend that all men have the right to live. Men are ail land animals. Near my house there are several small farms unoccupied, arid in the eye of justice unearned. They haven't been utilized since the Utes left them. (Laughter.) That wasn't intended for a pun. though it's a good one. I don't think much of the present state of society. I'll tell you that. The society that can be the oc casion of a meeting like this ought to quit. It has no right to live under Ootl. I do ask for a comfortable earth for all God's people. I cut a clipping from an utterance of Cardinal Man ning. He says that the man who has no work, who is willing to work and can't get work, has a right to steal. (Applause.) "There are some people who are sat isfied with things as they are. They throw sixes every time, and they like it. 'They don't want anyone to exam ine the dice or to change the game. "I see nothing for it but for the city of Denver to provide for the unem ployed. I don't want a statement from the board of public works that it is im possible. I want people to see the sit uation. If work is not given, men will begin to walk the middle of the street at night and hold up citizens. It's a mere question of economy. Shall we support them in the county jail, and in the spring have nothing to show for it, or shall we put the unemployed to work and in the spring have an im proved city to show for it? People sneer Coxey. I say Coxey had a good scheme. He wanted to put the unem ployed to work building roads." Rev. Thomas Uzzel touched a popu lar chord when he dwelt on the ineffi ciency of the public authorities. He said "You want work first. What are you going to do? "I'd go down here to the city hall the vry first thing and I'd drown some of those fellows in the sand of Sand creek. Now, if you want to find me. I'll tell you where I live. It is 131 Mary street. Xear my place there are four acres of weeds. I was afraid to pass that place. Now. I went to the city hall to see about it. I went to one department and they told me that wasn't th department. 1 went to an other department and they referred me to the health commissioner. I went to him and he said it was the right place to come, but he had nt) appropri ation. I could get no satisfaction. I pay taxes in this town. Men starving practically all about us and 1 couldn't get them to cut those weeds. I had to cut them myself to save my chil dren from getting sick. Those fel lows sit down there and smoke good cigars and close up appropriations. (Applause.) "Now I have a stone sidewalk on my street that stands at an angle of about 45 degrees. Whom will I go to about it? Will the governor of Colorado fix that sidewalk? Must I go to the presi dent of the United States about it or wait until next March and see Mc Kinley about it? In the name of God, will somebody tell me who has charge of tne sidewalks in this city (Laugh ter.) "Somebody asked me if the McKinley boom had struck me. and I told him I thought it had. (Laughter.) Before the election I got $2 for marrying peo ple. Since the election I only get $1 for a wedding. I took five weddings and a halfand went down and bought a pair of shoes the first kid glove shoes I have bought for some time. I had to get them on account of that sidewalk. If they'll let me I can em ploy 5.OU0 men at a dollar a day before 9 o'clocK tomorrow." The meeting adopted resolutions de manding public improvements. FIRST LITTLE NOTE Of a Revolution Which May Over throw the Spanish Monarchy. Madrid, Dec. 22. The Correspon dencia asserts that the gendarmes have dispersed a small revolutionary band that has been organized near this city. MAY HAVE HOT CHRISTMAS Temperature it is Promised May Go Even Higher. But two days now until Christmas, and the temperature in Kansas would do credit to early spring or Indian sum mer. California can scarcely make a belter showing. At two o'clock this afternoon the thermometer registered 67 degrees, and Mr. Jennings stated that it was liable to clinch several de grees higher before 5 o'clock. According to the prediction sent out by the weather bureau, the pleasant weather is to continue tomorrow and it is posible that Christmas, lsys, will show a higher temperature than any Christmas in the history of the state. Fair weather tonight and tomorrow is the prediction. TO TAKE RESSIGLES PLACE W. C. Nixon to Occupy It, F. H. Man ter Agent at Kansas City. F. H. Manter, commercial agent of the Santa Fe at Kansas City, will suc ceed W. C. Nixon as general agent of the company at Chicago. Mr. Nixon will take the position of superintendent of the Chicago division, made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Ressigue, on January 1. Mr. Manter will be succeeded at Kansas City by Mr. Frank B. Mont gomery, at present traffic manager of the George Fowler, Son Co., packing firm of Kansas City. HIRED THE OPERA HOUSE. Murder Trial at Fender, Neb., is Made a Public Spectacle. Pender, Neb., Dec. 22. The prelimi nary hearing of Dr. J. S. Goodmanson, recently of Chicago, who is held on the charge of giving strychnine to his wife which resulted in death, was begun to day. A large number of people throng ed the streets today anxious to listen to the testimony. All the attorneys are in the city and busy on the case. The hearing will probably occupy several days, as there are a large number of witnesses to ex amine and considerable important testi mony will be taken. The county officials hired the opera house to accommodate the spectators. PINGREE S INJUNCTION. He Stops Work on a County Building Alleging Bribery. Detroit, Dec. 22. A temporary in junction was granted by the circuit court today on application of Mayor Pingree, restraining the county super visors from confirming a proposed con tract for the erection of a county building. The mayor alleges bribery against eleven of the supervisors, but their names are not mentioned. The board was to have confirmed the con tract today. A PLACE FOU EDWARDS. The Secretary of State Offered a Situa tion With the Mexican Central. There is a report current that Secre tary of State V. C. Edwards has re ceived an offer from the Mexican Cen tral railway of a position, in its land department. Mr.Edwards is not in the city today and no one in his office knows anything: in reg-ard to it. Cap tain Stover says that unless the offer came yesterday he does not think there is any truth in the rumor. Hobson Again in Trouble. Ex-Policeman William O Holson, who figured conspicuously in t he beer stealing; scandal several months aero and was discharged from the police force is in the county jail, having been arrested by ex-Chief Wilkerson at Kan sas City, Mo. He sold property which Wilkerson had secured by mortgage and it was for this that he was arrest ed. "Pegleg" is Shrewd, "Pegleg' McClafferty was arraigrned yesterday in poiice court for disturbing the peace. "You had better plead guilty and be fined $20," said Chief Gardiner, "for when you are proved guilty you will get $27." "Not on your life. Xot a bit of it. One time I took John Gard iner's advice a.nd pleaded g"uilty to sell ing whisky when I wasn't guilty and they fined me SH'O.Xo sir, none of that." The case was continued until this aft ernoon when Patrolman Pinkston will tell how '"Peglog" carried on in his orgies in Smoky Row. Abilene Hydrant Kental Still Vexei Abilene. Dec. 22. Manager Rogers re ceived notice from heaebjua rters of the water company that it wiil not accept the $2.-"v0 a var offered for hyd rant remal. It is the city's move now. On January 1 it will tender S?.2."0 fcr six months rental which wiil probably be c red it f-d on ac count and suit brought for the remaining STuO claimed by the company. Acrobatic Tame White Praine Do;. Norton. rec. 22. The proprietor of the Cottage hotel here has a prairie dog. as white as a domestic white rabbit. He is ar, tame as any domestic canint- and has been learned many funny tricks, such as walking on his hind -g--;. iurrdni;- sumer saults and "playing dead." Ie is neith er afraid -f dogs nor cats and makes his home exclusively within the hostelry. HIS JS3AY til Zll '-'CJpunBT Uii5as ssei-i.cj -t.ioAi ano op O s.w X-G.u eqj si poos iioq -jnq daqo aiou. ox WEYLER 111 THE FIELD, Tlie Cuban Captain General Leaves Havana Today. Frantic Effort to Be 31ade to "Do Something" BE F01I E JANUARY 1ST To Forestall the Action of Con gress. So Four Women Are Killed Xear Alfonso, Cuba. Havana, Dec. 22. Captain General Weyler left Havana at 8 o'clock this morning, on bard the Spanish cruiser. Leg-aspi, bound for Slariel, north of the military line across the province of Pinar del Rio, with the intention of resuming- personal command of the op erations against the insurgents in that part of Cuba. General Solano reports from Santa Clara that Lieutenant Colonel Oliver in command of the Granada battalion, has had an engagement in that district with a force of insurgents. The gene ral adds that the enemy had over 200 killed and wounded. The insurgents have lifted the rails and derailed an exploring- engine near Yaguaramas, province of Matanzas, killing the conductor and so seriously injuring the engineer that both his legs had to be amputated. TO FORCE THE FIGHTING. New York. Dec. 22. A Key West special to the World says: General Weyler will take the field in Santa Clara province to force the fighting. The captain general is disturbed by reports of insurgent operations in Santa Clara. Besides a strong hint is said to have reached him from Madrid that something must be done by Janu ary 1, to forestall the action by congress on the Cameron resolution. A number of dead bodies of pacificos (non-combatants), four of them bodies of women, were found by a Cuban band Saturday near Alfonso. London. Dec. 22. The Standard's Ma drid correspondent says that the gov ernment has signified to the Washing ton government that it is satisfied with the friendly tone of President Cleve land's messaee and with the attitude of Mr. Olney before the senatorial com mittee on foreign relations. This cor respondent says: "Senor Canovas will no take the: slightest notice of all the talk or reso lutions by congress as long as the ex ecutive preserves an attitude in har mony with the usages and province of international law which Spain is enti tied to expect both President Cleveland and McKinley to respect. He antici pates that similar common sense will animate the American press and people when the jingo scare fades away. In deed, it would be next to impossible for any Spanish government to yield to foreign interference now. "The press today is much cooler and is confident of gaining time. Rumors of unusual war preparations must be received with caution as the ministers are only asking within the budget lim its. They do not wish any aggressive meaning to be attached to purely de fensive precaution and to the provision of war stores for Cuba and the Philip pines." The Daily News warns the Spanish war minister against any war-like prep arations against the United States. "'It is quite clear," says the Daily News, "that nothing is ever intended to come of the Cameron resolution." VEST DOES NOT SPEAK. And Anti-Cubanites Think They Have Won a Victory. Washington. Dec. 22. A large audience in the setiate galleries was considerably disappointed today over the failure of Senator Vest to make a speech on the president's prerogative on the Cuban question and tiie consequent failure of Senator Hill to reply to him. "I don't know." said Senator Vest, "how the impression got out that I would speak today. I never said that I would." "I certainly cannot reply to Senator Vest if he does not speak." said Senator Hill. The senate became aware of this condition of affairs early in the day but the galleries remained in ignorance dur ing a greater part of the session, many retaining their seats in the back where they could be regaied with such a debate as the present session has not witnessed. The misapprehension as to the senator's intentions grew out of the fact that he had said that he would "call up" the res olution today. He had said nothing of any intention to make a speech but every one rushed to the conclusion that he could have no other purpose in getting it up. The opponents assert that the Missouri senator's failure to talk is due to the fact that he has been induced to look into authorities which do not sustain his view of the question and that he has now con cluded to investigate further before speaking. The question is one requiring close attention to precedents and the con stitutional points and all recognize that it is necessary to proeeed with care. Senators agreed that if Vest and Hill did not speak the entire Cuban question should go over until after tin1 holidays. "We've got them beat." said Senator Hale, sententiously. He spoke for the anti-Cubanites. WOMEN GIVE JEWELS. New York Women Take Off Orna ments to Put in the Cuban Con tribution. New York. Dec. 22. A meeting in memory of the late General Antonio Maceo was held in Chickering hall un der the auspices of the 15 Cuban socie ties of New York, about l.DOl) persons being present. The greatest excitement prevailed. When the collection boxes were passed. women, who composed nearly one-half of the audience, tore off their rings and other articles of jewelry and threw them in. ARBITRATION Proposed Between Spain and United States to Settle Cuban Question. London, Dec. 22. A special dispatch from Paris says it is suggested that Great Britain. France and Italy, the three powers most interested, offer their services in the Cuban question in order to prevent a conflict between Spain and the 1'nited States and to terminate the revolution. Congratulated on T,l"aceD-3 Death. Madrid, Dec. 22. The Gaulician col ony of Cuba has cabled its congratu lations to the queen regent on the dt of Antonio Maceo. NO 1-CENT FAKES. Elayor Swift of Cir.carro, Vetoes the Cheaper Fare Ordinance. Chicago, Deo. 22. The ordinance pro viding for four cent street car fares iu this city which was recently passed by the city council by a large majority hat been vetoed by Mayor Swift ami the council at its meeting last night, sus tained the veto by a vote of 20 to 47. Mayor Swift in his veto message s.ii i if he signed the measure he would place the city in the doubtful position of hav ing consented to violate what the street car companies had accepted in good faith as a contract. These central is stated the fare should be five cents and besides the mayor declared, there was no public demand for a cheaper street car fare. A large number of street car em ployes were in the galleries and wildly applauded every speech made again.- c the ordinance and when Mayor Swift read his message constantly interrupt ed him with cheers. Immediately after the ordinance w:m passed by the council a week utro 1 1; streetcar companies threatened a!! then employes with a reduction in wag'-s. As a consequence the employes have been working for the defeat of the ordi nance. THE "CAPITAL" SUFI). Damages Claimed by A. II. Case lor an Article Published a Year Ago. Lawyer A. H. Case, through his at torneys, W. P. Douthitt. Joseph Waters and Quinton Quinto has brought suit in the district ti against John R. Mulvane. Harold Chase and Dell Keizer for $25.iki ages. In his petition he claims tha1 December 29, ly.". there was public an article in tlie Topeka Daily Cai T. rr- ital under the following caption: MAY BE DISBARRED. A. H. CASE AND JTDGR OA R 10 Y MAY LOSt: LICENSES TO PRAC TICE IN KANSAS. MRS. MARY BROWN FILES CHAR GES AGAINST THEM. SAYS THEY DKF!!AlrDED HER. OUT OF NEARLY $2 WHILE l'.l-y.l ATTORNEYS. BOTH LAWYERS HAVE BEEN PROMINENT IN TOPEKA FOR MANY YEARS CASE WILL BE HEARD FEB. The plaintiff alleges that the artie' published was a "certain false, mali cious ami efamatory libel." He further alleges that the publica tion of the artieje has eaus-ii him tM lose much money and to cast dis -se-li; upon his character. He thertfere :isk. that he be awarded damages br tms in the sum of J25.000. JEWELL'S CORN CROP First County in Kansa3 to Pass til? Ten Million Eushel Mark. Mankato, Dec. 22. S. J. Not! -in writes to the .Mankato Monitor that Jewell county produced this year 1" -710,741 bushels of corn and is the oroy county in the state that has ever pass ed the 10.(1(10,0(11) bushel mark. Mr. Norton claims that Jewell coun ty produced 1.700.0"0 bush 'Is more than any other county in Kansas, and 2."!.'. 000 bushels more than the "v we.-t-rn counties of the state. and a!--o twice as much more a.s all the cloven states and territories lying we-t o;' Kansas. Jewell county ttlso raised S.S4.000 bushels more corn than f 11 sit of the New England states and Florida, combined. The writer figur-s Jewell county as the corn center of" the conti nent. VISIT TI1F I! Fl OH SATO II V. A Number of the legislators Inspect the Hutchinson Institution. Hutchinson. Dec. 22. The stare re formatory here was visited yesterday by Senator Armstrong of Great le nd. Helm and Frank Field of this c.iint. Representatives P. P. Carr of Stafford county, and J. L. Eeighner of Rice. According to Sena t. u- A rmsl rung thre is no political significance to the con ference here. He says that he is in terested in the needs of the state re formatory, and that the other senafois and representatives feel as he d es about the matter anil they deemed it wise to call at the institution and in spect it themselves, so that they would be able, from a personal asquaintat:- e with the work, to work and vote for its best interests when the legislature met. MILLER IS CONVICTED. Winfield Man Awaiting Santsnce at New Orleans for Dealing in Bad Money. New Orleans, Dec. 21. J. C. Miller, son of G. W. Miller, an extensive catrle raiser of Winfield, Has., was Saturday convicted in the I'nifed States circuit court here of having coun terfei i e 1 c and attempting to pas sociate, B. A. Davidso tnem. His ;e--was aiso con- vieted. Miller and Davidson were arrested on Canal street December 14, 1MO. a.v! it t the Lyte house, where they were slop ping, over S'.l.ioo wort h of spurious com and silver certificates were urseovered by the officers. Many important letp rs were found on Milh-r from promin business men throughout Kansas. Ok lahoma and other Western and South ern states. Ulchard Mansfield Brings Suit. St. Joseph, Dec. 22. Richard Mare field, the actor, has fib d a suit for- against Manager Brignam of the Or t ford Opera Rouse. Maiif.treU claoas that he was g tiara n.t erd i.r.00 for i, s performance, but was paid only .f.'iio, as the receipts fell short. A Look Through South ilissour. F.i The Kansas City, Fort Scoit fe M an phis R. R. Co. has just issued n ir... r.ificent book ot sixty or more pr.ot j engraved views of varied scenery i i South Missouri. From tne.-e vievs n i accurate knowledge can be obtained ai to the productions and gem: r.ii topog raphy of mat highly favoi eu t:;;,i that is now attract). ig the atteiiti :1 of homeseekers and investors the coun try over. The title of the book is "Snap Phot' in South Missouri." It will be in.i;iei tree. Ad-ire 3. E. LOCKWjOP, A-ansas Oil, iiiu.

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TOPEKA STATE JOT7RXAT,, TUESDAY KVEXIXG, DECEMBER 22, 189fi. U A Score of Miners Are Earely Rescued From Death. Aid tuiue Just In Time to Pre vent Suffocation. i:i:joici:b-

Relatives and Friends Go Wild j I AVltfl Delight.

I Thrilling Escape of Some of the Imprisoned liners. i:)iT.j, Pa.. T 22. A trric x f pas ocenrivd y-s:-rMay a!ti-r- jHiOii ir. 1 -'.a 1 1 1 rr.o' a wa u nt lie I!iii-t-r- W'-i-r1 imp lat nU.ht 14 t i.ere w;i s st i r i e .-hutt No. 2 of the Del son eoaioany. Uv-t Uc Veiled but at a late hour t et :i !-sc lied al ive, a i d ot' r-ach lug t h ol S -t'Uiiiy ail rd am p eiairnt d Pru n -P. afi-r the di.' g t af i-s !e h-d'ore i ti-m-;ii to woi K aster beeilllje .-end(.-J hut d v- n t i 1 a i o t i 1 in '1'he p:tr; tii Hill t :4." SUcCet-ded i; t'e-ir way to th an.- wh'ie OT.pn-o !---fe 'd j-O-'ed TTie.r ha. I I n v. oi k uu. !et i o er t i bolder: ohm lot;-; men. A:; dd de L--cerid'ibeU turn! er' Ol" Ui! WO!i ct.j GRIEF KITO JOY. 1 v w,-re hr. Pi n V;( S; IK J heir The Id! .hdoi I o-a y. v.-a s n rs i i o h,-r.' T loned ;dl 1-f to t lie SU'larf. h-re ;i in wait mr. Wi api"'1! of rh1 iciinis w-Te eS ,t !li I stmif to llOSp. .tns 1 1 a e hot e that ad n in the dump 1ivp rn i i s 1 f s I'l h;ie died of sufl'o.-at ion. .Hie of tile Teseaers. V.;iO i is.-owr the dje- on h-1 e men Were h.Uddh-d closely 'y f lad a: pa ren 1 1 y a f a n -e of r s t c, e and were r t T!--..i Tr. 'l"he tb- die together. ty vd" eiie explosion now is ilett a fiid of rock on the slope d v r'a n i n e v as si oiv-d. that I he V in: exploded a!ld the sntoke t 1 t i i- ii1' i rif-n v-r ri-.fit lo s'j i j A( m.-n 1:15.1 -!nMiv-n w.-?t siroMi 7t-n !:ts!...l fLt, n uih.-r in uiir tu'TiiH. ii is p;.t ub!i. that riiose iii.-n wtio w v-' i ri iln' iijan.'.ii.t ifii:jt- ot' I s).t ti:-- t i i. -T v i :r:-i w-r.' i o: jy k:!!--ii. an-! tti.-:r tu:mli-r inny j, --H iTiur.- tiian lour tr .-'.!e l'f Ui'Mi v. ho -s. ;i;M-.i witii t;.-ir iis lia-l Uirl::ir:- i-tn ritin-t-s. As s.. :i rif t xtil'iiiMi o.'ruir-ii i iiey riih-'1 f.ir i rnai:i unnwDv'. SoTn.- iTau iil ull T''-ir haii-is ;w"! ktit'-s t" r nMj-i a mile. Tl! v .1-1 ik.i tnv walk tor th- forf ;i!i-'ih-iiii won!.! iiav.. i i-st ra t .-d ih.-m. 'i li.- s;r. nto i r.-a.-h.-.i th.- r'-jot of tu- sii.ii't tr-i. t'-.r it waj- a lit lit for !itv, an! a- h man as for h:iiist-ii'. Th ol-h-r Tn.-n i'li-i ;l U'-si.era:.J tun.-. Some of th.-m i -re ahotit t- ui e iii he strue--!-- w li.-n t h.-y w ere t-i;i!r-;i i-ioiit:' l.v tiieir- i.-om- ra.h-s, who eouhl not s.-e them drop in ;r traeKs. Ali.lr w MeTionald. ois of the res j attenii'1. ii broihe,- filers 1 Li 1 O 1 nies. rearle lost Ins lit.' wlii r--i-o.-r the body of his lie khe.V U here il Wot irroiiahiv he el. entered the pia." and siiimhle-' a cori-se in the darkness. He says r-'eoernze-l his i-r.nher's elctlies hv li- the tOtl-h. lie attended to Jilt 1 1 th botiy i.-ir. but ttas o en-onie by after. tianit and sank n i u-onseiotis 10 th pruned. Ir was Willi difiieuhv tniil he ti-is brought to (he surface. After r-;i''h-1,-vj- tje open nir an- training ounsriiin.-. re-s. h-e wanted to make a second trip into the mine nut was not allowed to go. DTh ENGLISH ASSAULTED. Author of '-Ben Bolt" Has an Encoun ter "With a Snow Shoveler. NVn-ark. X. J., Iiec. 22. rr. Thoman "Dunn l-inulish. t-x-i-ntifrressman and author of the famous sunt! "Ben Bolt." j app.-ared before Judge -Mott in the first 1 .dual mirt today and asked to have Charles Kelly, a shift less fellow com mitted for the grand jury on a charge of assault and batt-ry.l he ?g.d states man exhibited a contusion on his for-h.-ad and several bruis.-s on his arms, the result of Keiiy's brutality. Dr. Kimlish tesiiiied that Kelly was pmployetl by his tiauebter. Miss Rr.x lislt to slittv.-l snttw from the sidewalk in front of tiie Kntrlish residence at State street vester.lav. she aereeine to pay him e0 cents. When the work was j about one-third done Keliy went to a pein-hbor-insx house and did work there, j With the money he received he bought j several drinks and last niht returned I to the KubHrIi house and demanded the cents. Hiss l-hiirlish told him t finish the w ork and she w ould pay huii. or else she would only si ce him 15 cents for w hat h- had done. i Kelly thereupon becanre abusive and 1 Tr. Knslish stepped into the hallway and ordered him to leave. Keily re- i taliated by drivine" his riifht onto the j venerable doctor's forehead and knock- j ed him down. j TRAM.P IN FAMILIES NOW. i What May be Looked Forward To, if T, la n This Goes On. i Philadelphia. D-c 22. While walkine alomr a I'ennsvivania railroad tra.-k toward Tm.iiev in Stockton, at dusk last evenine James Chapman was stop ped by a man and a woman, w ho after ward proved to be man and w ire, the I former carrying: a pretty 4-year-old i c-irl and the latter a 2-year-old child. Tire couple aske.l Char. man if he knew w here they could J4-t s.diiethinc- to eat for their children. They were direct -d to police hea.-uuariers. inn- inc. save their nane-s as 1't.trick and .v-irne stomach -of S.-ibert. on.- of the vi.--Hums of Xe.v Yoik. Burns ;o'd Chief thus, a considerable quantity ui arsenic of Police Johnsorr that several days a :o was found. lie received a letter Hum his broth -r in Camden, ursii-g- him to come to that j citv. w here he coitto p.'i emput mt-tii. Burns came on ami pa st d several days in the city m a tutii- search tor n.s brother. and spent Ids last penny. Without a friends in many miles, tiie couple finally decided lo walk back to New York. MEASLES AT HARVARD. s.,,TnB arid Faeultv Suffer From the i Erjidernic. Cambridrtt an cpideriiit Mass., Dec. 22. There is of measles at Harvaid Metre. Forty students and hart a dozen professors and instructors are Uuivn with the disease, and Cambridge j seriously contemplates putlir-sr the coi- F-te in d-r quarantine it it spreads much more. The doctors do not know whence the rsv-asles came, but it is here and Iirnny :yi- res nenlier intrenched. It is not a dang of r!ie complaint, but it span old nor younsr t allow undergraduat-s nor trray-bearded professors. All are earing .ts. Warned of an Attack by Taquia Nosrales. Ariz., IVc. 22. Rumors of an ftt'ier attack of ya.tii.-is have brought an other tc-mpanv of infantry from Kt. llua- iaica to Noealt-s. Re fore the attack of lat August the Mexican tillt hori lies were warned be an old Vadtii woman. but eave 20 heed. The sane- woman has iit V armed ttu-rn that another ra-id is cott tenn. iated. All tie trouble is anticipated fru the Auierieau aiuo at yrtscau II OA li ACTS Til E liULLY Abuses aad Causes ih.3 Discharge of a II a a Who Only Erie ant Politeness. Washin-ton. 1). C, Dec. 22. Senator George F. Hoar of M;i.sa-hutts ha -1 an exfiiin.i? tncoinuer with a. Fuur tennth street cable car conductor a few evening a?o. Kvery one who has seen the senator has observed his stumbling" gait, and Conductor Tulson, ni icing" it.Ftou jJaside on the platform after opening the door, and, reach ing down, ca ught the solo n under the arm and gave him a friend- Iy lift. Thi was in accordance with the com- patiy's instructions to assist agud peo- I'le, and. in fact, was nothing more than ci-nimt-n politeness and good maii- n t-, r s but the u: t r did not rke kindly to it, and. failing to a.cvept th kindness in the manner in w hich it was intended, ins wrath c-xploded. Accord ing to the testimony of the passengers tilt- senator's language was ar.ythlng but eomplirnenta! y or expressive of gratitude. lie gave full vent to his snti merits regai uing conductors who kU ntt mind th-ir own business, and gavr' the man to understand tliat h- was abie to st-t on and off a car with out any -ody's aid. Tht- in-xt day, Conductor Tolson was t al'.-d b'fre -Mr. inird.jp. tht pre-id-nt of th road, and 1 itf m-d t a t hr"f pagn typewritten s--L of ehar--s which Si-iiat.T 1 bar h.l p iv pa red agains( h;iiu act u-iing the t-i d tn tor of assault, impn-pi i- ty. ungentlemanly ton duct and various other oiiVmses, to which lie pl.-aded not uiit y. Ai'U-r a r-p-rimand Mr. Lnndop was incline.! to ois juiss the matt but this would not satisfy the Fay state senator, who de sired his i isciia rue. I n consequence the youfig rnati rei-eived notice that ids name would be dropped from the pay rod for thirty days, which means a loss of $00 for his politeness. I'LAX TO AID THE FOOK. London Salvage Schema of the Salva tion Army to be Introduced in Chicago. Chicago. Pen. 2:?. The I,nii(ion a!-va-e seiietue of tile Sal vat toti Atir.y will soon be established" ill Chi.-auo I'm- the benefit of the poor and distressed. The various houses in the reshhTue disttiets of the city are visited sy-'U-in-i atlrally by the representatives of the 1 Salvation Army. Tliese representa tives ask the privilege of piaeins in 1 eaeli house a lait;e tin reeepta.-le in hieh tile people of the home are so lk ite,i lo throw sik h tliints as old einpt bottles, nails, scraps of bra-s and iron, paper, broken farnit ure, clean i bones, rags, east-oif arii. l--s of rlothiutr and other odds and etid.s, which are of a -trivial nature, but siil worth some tiling. At stated intervals the poor people to whom the work is iriven i make the rttttni.ls of certain districts I w ith pus!; t ar ts and gather lip the on tents tf the reeepiaeies. Ail the StlilT is tak.-n to a .iutdvstioj. establis'ned by i tiie Salvation Army and her- the at h- erers oi the salvuue ate s.nvn the highest pi-ice possilde for what they brihiT in. At the junksh-it the atti cles are classiiied ana placed in i-.-t.ep-tucles containing like material. All these materials are then sold to the manufactories or are used in the Sal vation Army wot k. LI MAY be eiim:i;ok. Discontented Slasses Said to be Ready to Make Hiin Their Ruier. San Francisco. Dee. 22. I st aa vices from China .-late that in" new viceroy is bitterly Itated by the masses. I.arse quantities of arms and ammuni tion me said to be p.jurir.3 into the Kivaiipiiiug and KwankKtsl provinces through ev. ry available channel, and the vieen-y is reported to be very un- easy, because he has reason to believe that secert societies are very acti e throughout southern China. It appears, in fact, that there is every prosueet of the masses rising itr the southern provinces in the n-ar future and in such a determined manner that the insurrection will not be easily sup pressed. It is a step like this that would lead to the overthrow of the present Chi nese dynasty, and all that is needed is for- i Hurts Chantr to declare in their favor to lead to his being Kmperor of china. CYRUS FIELD'S SON. x.j r, a street Car Stable and Placed Under Arrest Xew- York, Dec a son of th Kt hi was taken in 22. Joint Morse late Cyrus VY. ha rr. by a poiice- r,-m i-,-jt nittht. lie had been found acting strangely in the stables id' trie Istreet and Cross town raih'o.'od. j-jj fate and hands were smeared with mu-1. lie was attired in a soiled suit "fll the' puli'ce' court today Jarncs M. Conr.aughton. who Siiid lie w as th- law- yet- for the Field family, said that Fi -Id was unsound of mind. He was con- l.tru,.d in the Field, l.in.iley Wchhi- ers failure of when the firm lost $::..i(',(.tiij. Mr. Coiinautihtoii prom.sed to be responsible f..r Field if discharged. This was dune and tin- lawy er and Mr. i Field left, trie court room together.

Killed by Poisoned Whisky, Wheeiintr. W. Va.. I w. 22. "'ol. nel VV V. cle-j:.; and H-nry ihith led ttd:ty at ht-liwtii.-.l, Vionroe c rive tleatiis anionic t; amy. t.liu. man mi-" 1! a 11 u tin (in; n k of 1-d iliere t-v an un- P-:doie-.i wiiiky t on snim-.liiv nitilil last. In Old People. Old people who require medicine to regulate tiie bowels and kt ineys w ii rind the true remedy in Electric Bit ters. This hie-licine does not stimulate and contains no w hiky m.-r other in toxicant, but acts as. a. tonic or alter ative. It acts mildly on the stoma, h and bowels, adding strength and giving tone to the oryans, thereby aiding na ture in the per formance of the func- tioi.s. I-.h-ctric Bitters is an exr-etl ent appetizer and aids digestion. Old peo ple lit id it just exactly what they n. e,j. I ri- e cuts and $1 p-r- bottle at J. K. Jones' drug store. Fifth street and ivansas mmmmmm mHmtmmmlmmm

asy to e a!;o L-ZZI asy to Operate J Are features peculiar to Hood's Pills. Small in s.e, tasteless, effioieut, thorough. A3 one titan said: ou never know you have ttiKen a piil till it is all ott-r. J.K-. C. 1. ll-t.id o.. I'l 1 u ell M-wj fc XLc uuly puU to tao MiUi Iiuud'a daiaatuu I rz- a ri m i U it ti r C-sx j-it y -.-f --.(t ..j til t ...'J w A CASTLE I.V THK A I P.. ONE OF THE QUEER FEATURES OF TH R TARI3 FAIR IN 1900. TO BE 210 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. pT A 5 P 0 DYSPEPSIA CORE. Mnnyun's Stomach ami Dyspepsia Cure cures all forms of indigestion and stomach troubles, such as risimr of i food, distress after eatrnsr. shortness of bre-ath. palpitation and ail affections of tiie heart caused by indigestion, wind I on the stomach, had taste, offensive I breath, loss of appetite, faint ness or weakness of tiie stomach, headache j from ind igesticii. sor eness of tin; stum- j aeh, coat.-d toijjjue, hear-tburn. shoot- i ins pains of the stomach, constipation, dizziness, faintn.-ss and lack of energy. Price L'". cents. j A separate cure for each disease. At i all drills-ists. rno: tly l-'c. a vial, i Personal letters lo Prof. Munvon. 1".":-, i Ai'.-h street. Hit! lade diia. Pa.. ani-WereU uilh fj-.-c luedical a-lice for anv tiisease. I FAY TEMPLKTON .MA II WILD. Now Reported to be the Wife of Will liam Brown of New York. New York, Dec. 22. It is is reported from Uondon in a mess; which there seems no doubt, that Fay Tempi g-e t he truth of ;uuj reason to ton is married again. And it does not surprise th. who sharej her confidence immediately prior to her sudden desertion of Kd ward F, Kiee's company, to learn that the nev,- husband's name is William Sanderson Brown, familiarly known as Biiiy Brown. Mr. Brown sailed for London just a few days before Miss Temph'ton went abroad. They had been seen frequently together in London and Paris early in the summer, and when Miss Templeton returned for" the tipenins of the s -ason here it was noticed that Ml'. Billy" Brown was more devoted than ever in Ms attentions. The young- man is a member of the firm of W. H. Brown. Son ifc Co., whole, sale dry goods at No. tjo White street. His father is a millionaire, and tiie son was very young- when he was admitted as a partner in the concern. fie usu ally makes two or three trips a year abroad to do the buyins: for the house. When he was in London during the summer he stopped at the Hotel Savoy. Miss Templeton was in London at the time, and they were frequently seen driving and dining together. When the young- man was in Paris the act ress was there, tot). While in the French metropolis Brown stopped at th- Hotel de Calis. on the Hue t'apu cines. They returned to this country about the same time. Friends of the parties now admit that both are in London. KOCK FELLER'S NEW 11031 E. Bloney It Will be as Magnificent as Can Make It. New York, Feo. 22. Tt is reported on good authority that John O. Rockefel ler, the iiiiinonaii e, will t-rect a mat iiificeiit residence on his country seat at Boxwood, Pocantico Hills. Box wood covers an estate of nearly SiiO acres;. The highest point is known as the Kykout hill, and is a historical spot, la cause Washington once stood tlc-re and made a foray upon tile British. The summit has bet n selected as the site for the house. Mr. Rockefeller has so far spent about $250,u0 in grad ing. According to the story told by the central tors the new house w ill Cost over Si.uc'-' Urn). An architect w ho is a relative of the family, is drawing the plans. The style will be of French lo.--.--ic iiesiens. w ith i t-e k finish. It will be built of polished granite, will j, feet in lcliclli and ;0 feet deep. Tiie ornamentation will be of marble. There will be a g-rand sal.Min. tap-s-try hall, tiraw ing looms, par lors. r"c. p ti.ci and dining rooms and library, each liiushed in a different color. Stole Coates Eousa Silverware. Kansas "ity, r-e. 22. S-hortly after 10 o'elot k last r iht a silver water service was stol-n from the Coates House reception room. The robbery j u as a bold tii e, as lh room was brit- liantly liKhted at the time, and an arc I liyht was bur-nine: in front of the door. F-ry i-i'-.e in the service is marked I The Coates Hons- in ineffaceable l-t-i tors, arid the thief exercised poor judg ment. This is the third service stoten i'r otn the room in four years. Dr. Hand' Coiia Cure Exactly as Kep- resented. Eureka, Kan., Oct. 4, 95. T have fix eu Lr. Hand's Colic Cure a trial and find t to be exactly what you rep ri sent it to be. I have tried most eve r thing for my baby and without much effe. i until I received a sample of zr. Hand's Collie Cure, whi' h ifives the very best satisfaction. Mi-s. l-:.ll. Hill. Dr. Hand's Itemed!- for Ohiidren sold by diuists lor cents. 1 Phlrts. collars and cuffs iaundered to look like new by Peerless f-teain Lautidiy, 112 and Weit ttU. rU CHAMPAGNE ON A FIRE. Woman's Dress Catches Ablaze and No Water Handy. New York, Dec. 22. A fashionable frolic at the studio of James Lawrence Breese, 5 West Sixteenth street, came near ending- disastrously. Mr. Breese's "Carbon studio" is a favorite resort of the inii-' and is made the scene of periodical entertainments, which are designed to tie unique. Such an enter tainment was jriven very early yester day morning, when the unproi-'rammed contlaif ration of Mis. De Forrest's skirts added to the occasion a feature more deserving the qualification unique" than the quaintest of Mr. Brees.-'s inventions. All the participants were in costume. The stutiio itself was fixed up to lepr seht a cafe t hantant. for there is noth ing delights the New York fashionable world more than to play at being real questionable and shady. But that was not all. There was a bar a real bar, such as common people drink at and a society man and two society girls w ere a pot boy and barmaids r espec tively. The potboy, delieiously made up w ith an apron over his clothes and a towel over his shoulders, was big htob Recti. As for tin- barmaids, they were none less than Mrs. Harry MeViekar iiiid Miss Soley. The point of this de lightful joke is that both ladies are very fashionable indeed. Beer was served in steins drawn from the wood bv Mr. Reed ami served by Mrs. Mc Yickar and Miss Soley who. by the way, is one of last year's famous de butantes. During the supper many "original" pranks were played, among others the scattering abroad of matches. Mrs. Ceorge B. De Forrest trod on one of these" matches when sh arose from the table and it ignited. The next instant a sheet of flame shot up the front of her fluffy white skirt. She screamed and showed a disposition lo rush from the studio. In this emergency some genius conceived the idea of quenching the flames with champagne. of which there was no lack. The necks were knocked off half a dozen bottles in a moment. The sparkling fluid proved an efficient extinguisher and Mrs De Forrest was soon led away, sobbing, trembling, with the remains of a charred skirt clinging to her, to recover her composure. CHICAGO MAY (iO THIKSTY. Saloon Men Planning to Close Four Months Out of Kevenge. Chicago. Dec. 22. According to a morning paja-r a movement is on foot among the saloon keepers of Cnrcago to close their shops for a period of four months, and thereby deprive the city of revenue aggregating Sl.v00.000. This policy. I he paper states, was vigorously discussed yesterday by the Cook county liquor dealers' association. It was statt-d that the Civic Federation and its allies were laying plans for pro hibitory legislation at the coming legis lative "session. The prospect of a Raines law in operation in Chicago was anything but pleasing to the minds of the saloon men. Santa Fe Route The Home Road. Homeseekers excursion tickets on sale Dec. lath. (only a4 hours Topeka to California v ia. t Ins route. For additional passenger depot telephone 6j2, or Information call at foot of Fifth street, on Cromwell ft Jeff ers at postufiiee. Nora h Topeka, telephone CAKVEY, Agent. 201. W. t Try us on collars. We can make there look like new. Peerless Steam Laundry 112 and 114 W. Stn st. 'Phone 3S2. r f f i r f Prices cut aimost in half. Hundreds of bargains just as good as this. f ;J f t i -A i y Nor tii Tvpeka: WiU'T FREE GUBA. Senate Is Deluged With Cuban Petitions aud Reports. Iuteuse Interest Is Shown By Tast Throngs. AT COOPER UXI0X, A Great, Enthusiastic Meeting Is Held In New York. Cleveland's Name Is Hissed Much Money Subscribed. Washington, Dec. 22. The senate was literally deluged for half an hour yes terday with reports, resolutions and spirited colloquies on the Cuban ques tion. The intense public interest in this subject was shown by the presence of the largest crowds seen since the opening day of the session. All avail able space in the public galleries was taken and the diplomatic gallery was filled with such distinguished occu pants as Sir Julian Panncefote. the British ambassador; Baron Yon Hengel Muil.-r, the Austrian minister; Mr. Hatch, the Hawaiian minister, accom panied by the suites and ladies of the. embassies and legations. The main event of tire day was the presentation by Mr. Cameron of the re port of the committee on foreign relations favorable to his resolution recognizing the independence of Cuba. The pro ceeding was brief and perfunctory, the report not being read, and an agree ment speedily reached by which the re solution and report go over until after the holidays. Aside from the Cameron report, Mr-. Morgan of Alabama, pre sented a further report on tiie same lines, emoodyrrtg trie views of and Air-. .Mills. The offering of port served as a prelude, to exchanges between senators. Messrs. Hill, Cameron, Vest, and Chilton had something to tiie Cuban question. himself tiie re several Bacon say on Mr. Hale made a point of order that debate was out of order. The Missouri senator- yielded announcing that he would speak today on the resolution he hud offered, declaring thai recog nition of independence is a joint power of the legislative and executive branches. Several other Cuban resolutions were offered, those by Mr. Hill arrd Mr. Chil loii declaring that a state of war ex isted in Cuba warranting the recogni tion of the belligerent rights of both parties and calling for the observance of strict neutrality by the Fnited Stat-s; and one by -Mr. Bacon declaring that Hie power of recognizing indepen dence is a prerogative belonging exclu sively to the congress. Air. Sherman, from the committee on foreign relations reported favorably the resolutions of Mr. Call asking for infor mation to Amer ican citizens confined in Spanish prisons, and this was agreed to. Aside from tiie Cuban subject the session was not eventful. Mr. Clear made an unsuccessful effort to lake up the Pacific railroads funding bill, and then gave notice it would be urged af ter the holidays. CLEVELAND'S NAEIE HISSED. A Most Enthusiustic Cuban Meeting in Cooper Union New York. New York. Dec. 22. The tleTnonotrs.. ti favor of the Cuban insurgents uuuer trie auspices of the Society of American Friends of Cuba last night was a remarkable one. Four thousand men marched from Fast Kighty-sev-enth street to Cooper Fnion led by Frank Meyer, a survivor of the Yir ginius. A large American flag was borne at the head of the procession, which moved to the strains of drum corps and four bands. When the marchers reached Cooper Fnion the great hall was crowded and few- of them were able to wedge their way in. The hall was decorated with American and Cuban flags, and there were pictures of Washington, Lincoln, Maeeo and Comez. Colonel Kthan Allen, president of the Cuban league, called file meeting to order and stated its objects. Several times during Colonel Allen's speech, when President Cleveland's name was mentioned, it was bitterly hissed. Th-re were outbreaks when Maceo's name was mentioned. A series of resolutions was read and adopted, from which the following are extracts "Tiie Cuban republic is entitled to re ceive forthwith from this nation an of ficial reeognit iori of its independence. Such action by these Fnited States would not only be in accordance with international law, aud also in harmony with the rule heretofore applied to other America states, but would be a practical enforcement of that doctrine enunciated by President Monroe. 'In our- judgment he mistakes the im pulses which sway the American people- when he says: -They view with wonder and admiration the cheerful resolution with which vast bodies of men are sent by Spain across thous ands of miles of ocean that the costly gem of the Antilles may still holds its plat e in the Spanish crown. "cm the contrary, the American peo ple view with horror this producer of d. nions. whose purpose is to continue the robbery and slaughter of unoffend ing subjects. This voluntary eulogy of Spain, whose revolting pertidy is tin every rjage 0f her history for the past 4ut years, could have been said v, itn equal auda ity of Knglar.d a century ago. when Ce-orge the Third urarshaied Ins Hessians upon our soil and tapped at every w igw am for Us tone: ha s k to secure the reduction of trie colonies. V indignantiy repudiate that our heartless treatment of the Cuban pa triots should he continued bet-ause diifi culties are apprehended with Spain." t'lovernor Morton. Rev. Heber New ton, Rev. Thos. Dixon, Jr.. and others pent spirited letters. Dr. Fernandez Ybarra. secretary of the meeting, an nounced that W. K. D. Stokes hud sub scribed Sl.tico to the fund, a lady SiuO and a gentleman $.;in!, aud read a cable gram from tiie junta's agent in Paris saying the total collection 1 here was t'l'U. Thousands of people stood outside tire hall while the speech s were being made inside. A printed re quest for fur ds was distributed in which it was declared that "the Cuban junta has proven time and again its ability to land upon Cuban shores all tiie supplies and munitions subscribed by the people of other countries." SPAIN IS CALM. Neither People Nor Press Much Alarmed About the United States. Vjr! vri'-rh t ed by Associated Press. 1 Madrid. Dec. 22. There can he no doubt that tt'e J-erusi; cress ai-tt pcCde take lutich wa,Uner vic-w of luc bttiluUc of the Fnited States toward the Cuban ques tion. The expression heard in govern ment circles and the views puhlished in I tie ministerial press, inspired by mem bers of the government are especially optimistic. This is. in large part, due to tlisnatches- received from Seller Inmuy tie Lome, the Spanish minister at Washington, giving the views of Mr. olney as to the power j of the president to iniiore the request or congress for the recorrth t ion of a new- 1 government and the president's opinion that no gover nment has been established, j All the sympathizers with the govern ment are taking the ground from this that there will be a cotillict between tire legislative and executive departments winch wrll delav actron and give Spam a respite from intervention during which she may have opportunity to crush the rebellion. The view is attributed to Se ller Canovas himself that the adoption of the Cameron resolution need not neces sarily mean war, since there was no at tempt in it to provide for armed inter vention in Cuba or for active assistance to the insurgents, but simply for the rec ognition of their government. Fro Woolsey's Opinion. New Haven. Conn.. Dec. 22. Prof. The- i odore S. Woolsey. who holds the chair of international law at Yale, commenting upon the action of the committee on for eign relations in the senate for the Cuban independence -aid the belligerency ought to precede recognition of independence. RAISE SPOFFOIID'S PAY. The Librarian of Congress Will Like ly Now Get $5,000 Instead of $4,000. Washington. Fec. 22. The house yes terday practically completed the con sideration of the legislative, executive arrd judicial appropriation bill, but finfi al action will not be taken until today. Almost the whole day was devoted to a debate on the provision of the bill relating to the control of the new con gressional library. Both the appropria tion and library committees offered plans for the future care of the build ing. After a somewdrat acrimonious con test, the apropriations committee gain ed the victory, defeating the substitute for the library committee by a vote of 27 to 85. An amendment 'designed to place the employes of the library under the civil service law was also defeated, 27 to 72. Friiler the provision of the bill, as adopted, librarian Spofford will continue jn oilice with an increase of salary from $4,000 to $."..000 GOV. MORTON'S PURCHASE. He Buys the Campbell Property for $181,000. New York. Dec. 22. Governor T.evi P. Morton was the purchaser Saturday through Lawyer Kdwurd Random of the property Nos. 110 and HH Nassau street, and No. 4:! Ann street, for Slsl. (ii to. The property has a front of 27. H feet on Nassau street ami la. I on Ann street. It is a four story and cellar j brick business building. The sale wti.s by Bryan I.. Rennelly for the estate of I John Campbell. j Ciovernor Mor ton owns the adjoining building in Nassau street, known as Nassau chambers. j The Austin Corbin residence property at the northeast corner of Fifth avenue and Thirty-eighth street was offer"d at auction yesterday by George R. Read for the executors of the Austin Corbin estate and was bid in by Dr. W. 11. Mahler at $4-17.000. The property has a frontage of tju.ll feet on Fifth avenue, with two three and four story brown storre dwellings and 125 feet on Kast Thirty-eighth street, with three story brick stable on the rear lot fronting- on the latter street. i SPLASHED WITH BLOOD. Signs of a Desperate Strug-gle for Xiifa by a Wealthy Bachelor Near St J oe. St. Joseph, ro.. Feo. 22. John Greene, the nephew of Alfred H. Wilson. a v.eaithy old bachelor who lived alone on a farm about seven- miles northeast of l his city went to Wilson's house yester day and untiring two bullet holes through one of the windows. peered inside and saw- his uncle lying dead on the t'oor in a pool of blood. The room was splashed with blood, the furniture broken uo and the wails riddled with bullets. Wilson had made a desperate struggle for life anil had been shot twice in the chest, once in the head, once through the right hand antl then hail his head split open. The robbers secured a lare amount of money which Wilson had con cealed about the place and fled. HONOR AGNES REPPLIER. Woman's Press Association Recep tion for the Authoress. Boston, Dec. 22. A largely attended reception was given yesterday after noon by the Xew Kiigland woman's press assixdation, in honor of Miss Ag nes Rapplier. In the receiving party -with the guest of honor were Mrs. .May Alden Ward, the president, and Miss Alice Brown. Blaine's State Liquor Agency. Augusta. Me., Dec. 22. The committee to consider the proposed change of lo cation of the state liquor agency from Fortland to Bath communicated with the mayor- or city agent or nearly all cities in which state agencies are es tablished, ajnl agrees that Portland is the most advantageous city in Maine for the permanent location of the agency, and recommends that it re main there. Princa Chimay Against His Wife. Paris, Dec. 22.-The Temps announces that the aetion for divorce sought l.v Prince Joseph of 1 ;irai;ran- 'hinni v atrainst his wife, who was formerly Miss 4 'lar a Ward, daughter of (.'aptairi Kiel P.. Ward of Detroit, will shortly be tried al Ollarleroi. The prime aeeuses his wife, who was a very beautiful woman, ol' having eloped with a Hungarian gypsy violinist. The old way of delivering messages by post boys corn pa red with the modern telephone, illustrates the oid tedious methods of "breaking" colds compared with their almost instantaneous cure by line Minute t.'otign Cure. Geo. W. Sians lield, o- Kansas avenue. HALF RATES PLUS S.00. Burlington Route To the west and northwest. November C, IT. December 1 and li. round trip. 20 days limit. Nebraska, Kansas, Wy oming, Utah. Diack Hills and certain parts of Colorado. Splendid through trains of chair tars (seats free), and handsome compartment observation vestibuie sleepers. only dining car lir.e to Denver via Pt. Louis and Kan- sras City, cafe plan (pay oniy for what you order). The Burlington route is the original Harvest Excursion line. See the magnificent corn crops of Ne braska, fciend to the undersigned for pamphlets on Missouri and Nebraska j mid consult local atfents for rates and train service. L. W. WAKELKY, General Passenger Agent. St. Douis.Mo. i if the care of tire hair were made a part of a lady's education, we should not see so many gray heads, and the use of Hail's Hair Penewer would be un- y necessary. That distressing disease, the piles, is st-e-.-tiilv relieved and cured by Ajcf'a I'M. 1 DR. MILES, Through His Nervine Is a Beg efaclor to Thousands." "WIDELY known Wisconsin publishel A Trho resides at Green Bay, writei itiLtrca olij, j-ya, as ituiows: "Five years ago I became so nervous tha1 mental work was a burden. I could coin-sat night on account of sleeplessness. attention was called to Dr. Miles' Restora tive Nervine, and I commenced to use h with the very Lest effect. Since tht-u have kept a bottle in my house and use il whenever ray nerves become unst runff, vs'.ti always the same good results. My son a!se Dr. Miles' takes it for nervousnt ss with like never f.-tili... NSrVinS success. I have recoui- menaea it to many and it cures thcrn. All w lie suffer from ncrvi troubles should try it Restores Health It is free from narcotics, perfectly harm less, and yet soothes and strengthens. I'r Miles, through his Nervine is a benefacto: to thousands." A. O. LEHMAN. 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byThejeok Hung a 31 an Through a Kritlgo Near AViufield. Tell From the Top of an Ex press Car. HE WAS NOT INJUUED. Almost Miraculous Escape of a Drunken Man. Other Kansas "ews of a General Nature. VTlnfield, Dec. 22. Saturday nigrht as the H.uth-rn Kansas passenger train was i.ujUr.K in from the west over the ju-nta Fo track. while crowlnjr the 1-.ii.ia'- across the Walnut, the n:n,-rr happened u l.mk back, and see a man on tc;. of the express car.says the sn-ti-lu Courier. At just about the time Lie eimlne.-r saw him, he took a tuin 1 le an. I r.,n--a off the eore-h while the train was still on tne bridge. The tram was topt-l as soon as possible and backed up to the hruhve. Tl man was found swine-ins? from the bridge by ins itm k with his h-a-i ms lened l-tivi-rti two tlmV-rs and his res cuers were surprised to find him stsil B'.ive. How lie c.it tliero is a mystery. If he had fallen in this position it won!. i hav It-. Ken his r.eek or in that length of time he wouM have sttraiifrle'l. Iio;h 1 r. Kvans. tie- oompany sur pMtl. and Lr. Hoa-om'o. county physi cian, w.-i summoned and att-r exami nation found no or.es broken and the man practically uninjured. ii was drunk. He was taken to the county jail and never knew lie was hurt until lie awoke the n -xt mornini,-. Sunday n.erni:e.i lie trave his nanv as A. Ch -athun an-1 said lie was a farm- r livinir south of Weiilnifton. He said he toi.k his family to Wellington and left them at a hotel. He paid their bill in a ivaiu-e and then with a comrade s:ait--d out to have a time. They visi ted several places where hot drinks were sold ami tir-n w lit to the ch-pot. After that ids mind was a blank. How lie ir,,t on the coach or what tie was do-Jr-tr up there he said he Cud not know. He kn.-w nothing- about hi 3 fall and sul-s.-quent narr.'iv escape. BSOWN TALKS IKRIGATION. Garden City Senator Outlines Plans for Its Accomplishment. Garden City. Dec. 21. Senator Milton Drown talVd to a reporter today on the irrigation problem and al.-o the cf-f.-et on this country of the decision of the bulled Slates snie-eme court in tiie Wright irriseti -n cms-. "What do you think wi'l lie the ef fect of this Wriirht derision?" "Benefit ial to Southern Kansas as to the vall-v people, and of immediate benelit if they will take adv inn, me of it. And I think ultimately it will bo the means of liermfn to a large portion of the himlilands." 'H.-w can they do that, when there is no water in the river'.'" "Your proposition is on a mistaken basis, for each and every winter enoUKi; water fcroes by tis to thorniiiriiiy souk all our lands. Then at the if.,,,! jvri'xl in summer it goes by. My observation leads me to the conclusion that the fault in this is not aheether at on--particular il. .or. If the farmers will take the water and use it when tliey can :et it, a erroat part of the probl, m will he s. -Ived, so far as the valley is concerned." 'How will the question of controlling tie-se flood peri.jds be solved "I don't know just hove, but it can be ..l -ne t-y a reservoir system and storing- it. livery western senator and congressman aiiqiit to stand out and not vote f r imy apoi-opriations i-.r rive-rs and harbors until con,'-ess will spend some of those millions on a stor age system at the heads of the streams which in the ajrgrcipue make up the Mississippi river. Tiie trouble with ci-nress is that it has been wei-kini: at tiie wrone; end of the stream, for each end every year the bottom of the ri er bed of the Mississippi K-tu higher by lie-ans of the seii w-ashmir down from these Western states. This would te in a la'-pe measure reme died by stop pine; the (loed action tl-r.ivn ;t reser voir or storaee system. Then the water oi.uld be taken out of these res.-rvoirs find run out over tile arid or s. mi-arid stat-s. ami Would irr.idualiy lind ils way bai-k into tiie bi stream at a time when tiie water is usually low threiu. thus accemplishin"; ioc d in tiie arid and emi-arid countries in making- them tlr best fni-miriK Countries under the sun; also saving the expense of dyk.-s, and A it G 4 OP TKB CP Cherry would include the cure of every form of disease which affects the throat and lungs. Asthma, Croup, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough and other similar complaints have (-when other medicines failed) yielded to Aysr's Cherry Festora!. II 111 LP Pectoral Vvies ami much of the 'Ireusintr on the Misisi'.ipi also making the navigability mure uniform." j SHE WAS UNDER AGE. Stafford County Girl Elopes to Great Bend Angry Father Takes Her Home. Great Bond, Dec. 22. 'Win. Huckahey ctur.e to this cilv Saturday from Stafford county and procured a marriage license to wed May INI. Arcliibald also of Stafford county, rnakiut; the usual state ment as to the girl's ai-Te. etc. .and th"y were married yesterday 1 y Judge MeCorkle, says the Great Ilend News. The father of the Kill cmne to this city yesterday lookir.e id- his daughter who had eloped wnh HuekabeV v. hi'.e attending a Sim day school in the neighborhood. Trie father objected seriously to the match and swot c vengeance atrainst he new son-in-law when he learned that he had sworn to a lie to procure The mar riage license and hail married his daugh ter. Mr. Archibald churned his daughter to he under ae;e and immediately had a warrant issued f ir Hn. kahey, who was located at the home cf lid Kiuley in this city. lEuckabey rot wind of the officers' cornine; and made his escape and he.s not l-.-.-n found. The girl returned home with her father. TO SAVE GOLD AND SILVEU. Machinery to be Put in Argentine Smelter to Sift the Smoke. Arirentme. Deo. 22. The Kansas City Su'eitine; and Ib-iinine; company in Ar-g-niine -e ill, w hen it rt-sunit s operation next month, make a test of a new idea in tiie Kold. and silver refinery depart ment, which, it is thought, will prove a profitable experiment for the com pany. For sev- ral weeks workmen have been puttin-z in new maeiii ii-ry in the r. -finery that will be exp- cted to save the s, n. live that rolls out of the bip tall smokestack in the center of the works. This smoke comes fr. nn the refinery department and it is said that thous ands of dollars' worth of dry iruld and silver dust Hows out with it and is car ried away by the wind. TAKE II TO THE TJ. S. PRISON. Frank Garrison of Leavenworth Had a Narrow Eacaps From Lynching. Deaven worth. Dec. 22. Prank Garri son, who shot Drank I'lrieh on an is land in the Missouri river south of this city Thursuay. was last lliiiit taken from the county jail to tiie United States penitentiary to prevent him from beinjr lynched. Sheriff Ruth, n be r:ier was warned that mobs from both Kansas and Missouri would try to s;et CarWson last nifrht. There is a ienal question involvinsr the right to try Garrison now pending-. HONEY BEHIND THE DOOR. But Thieves Found It and an Ottawa Merchant is Minus $80. Ottawa. Dec. 22. About J.:) in money tak 'i in after banking hours Saturdav eveuing was stolen from the boston store under peculiar circumstances. Manager c'ohn did not care to l.-ave that amount in tin1 till and did wdiat is ordinarily a very safe tiong he sou in stored the mon ey in an obscure corner of tiie store. Yesterday tile r-ar door wa found ajar, and ex-auonation dbclo.-ed that the $.ju wer e COIle. Smith County's Largest Corn Crop. Lebanon, Dec. 22. There are n.iv, over 2J'....i"U bushels of corn cribbed on the town site of Lebanon, and hun dreds of bushels are hauled to town daily. Smith county tiiis year raised, tile largest corn crop in her history. Endorses Major Tom Anderson. Cawker City. Dec. 22. Reynolds post Ct. A. of this city, has endorsed the candidacy of T. J. Anderson of Topeka for United States pension agent. UNCLE OATCAKE EXPLAINS. But His KxplBaatian Puzzles Hl Uttle Nephew From tiie City, "Sar, Uncle Oatouke, said the little boy who was staying at the laraa, 'what tnskes you go to bed now." The timawas a quarter past S on a win ter's evening, and Farmer Oatcate, ac cording to his lifeloDg custom, haying wound up the kitchen clock, tr.rown the eat out into a ynowdrift and read a chap er from Hezekiab, was preparing to go to ted. "VThat niakea rue po to bod now!" re pented the agriculturist in blank amaze ment. ''Why, so I can ic np early. "But, uncle, now that thero is no work on the form, whtit is there to do so early?" "God hie-is the boy!" said farmer Oat cake. "Dof Why, light the tire, to be sure. But what do you want the fire for so early;-" "Har, har!" laughed the farinor. "Well, now, don't that beat all! Ef you don't have no lire, how are you going to git bretikfast?" "But, uncle," persisted the boy, "what is tiie good of having breakfast fio earlyf" "The good of it!" cried Uncle Oatcake. "By gogb, sonny, ef you was to get up at 4 on a winter's morning you wouldn't want to be kept waiting round for break fast! No, siroe!" "But you said you only got up to light the tire?" "T'hat'B it," assented the farmer. "And you only light (lie tire so as to g&t breakfast?" "That's right. "And you only have to et breakfast because you're up so eariy? Aren't you uruint? in a circle1-" "Aren't I which?" said the farmer. "Arguing in a circle a vicious circle?" "Soa here, bub," said Uncle Oatcake sternly, "I've been working hard on this place for ni-li 40 year, and, by frnm, I ain't goina to have a young whippersn.'.p per like you telling me my life's vicious. I git up because I've got to git up, ;md don't Jot we hear no more d d foci quc-itioui!" Saybij: which, Farmer Oatcake took down Ijis bootjack from its hook and re tired. 2-tephen Leacock in Truth. Insuring a Friendship. That there may be such a thing as car rying insurance too far is indicated by the case of Mr. iiulcahy and Mr. Mulhooly, two Irish gentlemen. Though they were known to be great friends, they were one day observed to pass each otiier on tho etreet without a greotiiiK- "Why, iiulcahy, a friend asked in as tonishment, "have you end Mulhooly quurrcieu:-" "That we have not!" said 2Ir. Mulcahy, with earnestness. "There seemed to be a coolness between you when you passed just now." "That's the insurance af our friend ship. "1 don't understand." "Whoy, tiiin, it's this way: Mulhooly an I are that devoted to wan another ttiat wo can't bear the odieu af a quarrel, an as we are both moii;hty quick timbered wo've resolved not to shpaiie to wau another t all i" 1 oath's Companion. REE EXHIBIT. Plan to Allow Manufacturers to Display Their Wheels Iii Connection With the Contest at Tattersali's. BIG HANDICAP SHOOT. Important Trap Event to Be Decided on Daly's Grounds. Other Sporting News of a Gen eral Nature. Chicago, Dec. 22. Providing the na tional cycle board of trade will Rrant its permission the Chicago Cycle Rac ing association will allow makers of motouyc les. bicycles and cycle acces sories to exhibit their wares gratis at the six-day race which will be held in Tattersali's, beginning February 22. Manager Kali will ask permisison to day, if sanction is procured, booths w ill be arranged under the seats and a promenade will be constructed in front of the spaces. As no charge is to lie made, it is thought the cycle board of trade will not refuse a permit. Yesterday the management of the proposed race wrote to the managers of the Twenty-third regiment. New York: Klgin Watch factory. Pullman and Iowa state bands to engage their services during the race. Manager Hall wall also endeavor to obtain the Chicago Journal Xewsboys' band and the Chi cago Marine band. It is the intention to endeavor to procure the neeesuary judges, referees, scorers and umpires from the ranks cf local cycling clubs The nights a club serves the Interior of the building will be decorated with its c- dors. If two tracks are built the men on the upper circuit will ride in the opposite direction from those who use the lower speedv ay. Major Tayior. 1 he colored rider who gained popularity in the re cent Xew York race. is expei ted in Chi cago this Y.ej k. An effort will be made to secure his entry. ATTACHES JOE PATCKEN. Debt of $11,000 Gets tie Famous Pacer Into the Sheriff's Hands. Kankakee, 111., Dec. 22. Sheriff Bern ier. of Kankakee county, has seized Joe Putcheri, the famous pacer, and 4$ otii er trotting and pacing horses and colts. Tiie attachment was in favor of the Coniine: cial National bank and the Chi cago and Title Trust company as re ceivers, and calls for over $11,000. Joe 1'atchen and the other stock were the I-ropei-rty of John G. Taylor of St. Louis, he transferred them to his brother, Jos eph Taylor of Sari Antonio. Texas. about a year ago after giving a chattel mort gage on them to the Bird National bank of St. Louis. McParland to Accept Ziegler'9 Chal lenge San Francisco, Dec. 22. The chal lenge issued by Otto Zeigler, Jr.. the crack San Jose cyeiist and one of the first ten riders in the country, to a ser ies of match races with any rider on the coast on the San Jose track for a purse of $1,000 or any part of that amount has been accepted by Floyd A. MoFarland. also of San Jose. If Zeig Ier accepts, and he no doubt will, the i c.ces will take place about the end of January. Dr. Carver's Day to Win. Chicago. Dec. 22. The second and third games of the series of live "bird matches between Dr. Carver and John Winston. of Washington, Ind.. were shot yesterday. Dr. Carver winnimr both matches by scores of 47 to 44 and 48 to 41. The men are now even on games won and the concluding match es will be shot today. Wtit India Olnjrer Cakes. Boil for 20 minutes one. quart of the eery best molasses with, a large cupfui of yellow sugar. Stir into it one pound of fresh butter, one pint of West India preserved girujer w ith one cupful cf the -imp from it, and one tables poonfu! nf pounded and sifted race pingex. Remove rem the fire. Sift two or three quarts of Hour into a larpe tray bowl, make a hole in the middle of it and pour iu the ingredients. When cool eiioivg-ii to hr.ndie mix with as much iiour as if will take tip into a, pliable, douph; roll out thin, cut into round cil:(-3 and bake crisp and brown. Ladies' Home Journal. Grilled Almonds Are lellcloas. Grilled almonds make a delicious bonbon, and may be readi.13' made a! home. Blaivcli. a cupful of aimonds tnd dry tlsem thoroughly. Boil one cup of granuJa-ted sirg-ar with a quarter of a clip of water until it "hairs," then throw in the blanched aJmonds. Let them cook in this sirup, stirring- them occasionally, until they become a deli cate golden brown before tiie sugrar chancres. As soon as the sug-ar com mences to take on a color quickly taJxe the pan from the Are and stir the al monds rapidly until the sirup has turned back to sugar and oliug-s ir-itg-ularlv to the nuts. Kews for the Children. The most advanced food authorities urse now to serve the breakfast ceren 1, particularly to the children of the family, with chopped dates or fifrs mixed with it imstead. of sugar am! cream. X3IAS JR. R. RATES. SANTA FE ROUTE HOME ROAD. Tickets at one and one-third fare for round trip, sold December 24. 25. Ml and January 1, to ail points with in 2eo j miles. Final return limit January 4. What is better than a saddle and bri dle, or a lap robe for a Christmas pres ent? See Geo. Klein Co., 71S Kansas avenue. SANTA FE 1I01TE j THE H031E ROAD. Holiday railroad rates: j Tickets sold December 2-4. 25. SI and January 1 to alt points within 200 mil"s at one and one-third fare for round trip: riral return limit January 4. Lvery dav we run Five trains east, I Five trains west. Great Chalk-talk tonight. CH1MMIE FADDEN AGAIN. He Describe tittle Miss Fannia's Party to ti Slum Children. "Little Miss Fannie had a party. She's Miss Fannie's little goi), you know, and Is de boss of our whole outSt, from his whiskers, what's her granddaddy, down t' me, what's stuck on her harder dan I am on most ariyhody or anyting else in dig woiid. Bat's right I don't trot in her elass, but she's so little she don't know it, and the only ting dat over makes me sore is dat when she's growed up she'll know dat dere's more dan one class, and dat I ain't in hers. "Tings is all right wid us now. Sho and de bull pup and me is ticker togedder dan Mr. Paul and a small bottle, and when dare ain't nobody else can jolly little Miss Fannie, when she's dead loary of her nurse and her maid and her ruudder and de whole gang, den Miss Fannie she says t' me, says she, 'Chames,' she says, 'won't you amuse de baby?' And den me and de kid and de bull pup we has fun till de baby laughs till she has de hiccough. "Up where we lives on da sound, when we ain't in town, dere isn't many poor kids like dore is on de east side, where I uster livo, so de few dere is tip dere is nearly killed wid all de jollying and tend ing and fussing dey has from de high toned folks wiiat looks after 'em. Miss Fannie is stuck on dat kind of a job, 'cause she ustor do it when I foist knowed her, before she was married. "Say, honest, dat's a kinder habit, like hitting do pipe, dat fussing around and jollying tie poor folks. His whiskers says dat if all de people in do woild was t' get rich suddent dat Miss Fannie would havo a law passed making a lot of 'em poor again, so as she could do tings for 'cm. "Weil, Miss Fannie, she said she wanted de baby t' give u party for poor kids, 'cause on Christmas she is t' havo all de rich lit tle kids to a blowout, and she wanted her t' have de poor kids foist. "Den Mr. Paul, he says, says he: 'But where are you going t' get de kids? You and your mission societies has given all do poor kids in dese parts so much close dey is all losing fleh from overweight dress, and dey all has de dispepsy from eating too ruuch rich food. "I was in de room, and I says, 'Excuse me,' I says, 'but why don't you fetch a load of kids up from de city and let little Miss Fannio blow off de real article?' "Say, dat made a hit wid Miss Fannie, and she says: 'De very ting, Chames. Will you arrange, it?" 'In a minute,' I says. And I did. "Do duchess and me we chases down hero and goes to a lady I know what runs a mission school over Cherry Hill way, and 1 cops her de layout straight. She tumbles all right, 'cause, of course, sha knows Miss Fannie, and I told her t' have CO of de kids at- de depot on de morning of de party, and I'd be dere t' fetch 'em all up to our place. "Den de, duchess wants t' know if all de kids couldn't be put in steam bat'tubsand kept dere till de day of do party. "Say, ain't dut duchess de woist ever? 'Cert,' I says t' har. 'Dey will all be put t' soak in cologiie and fed on violets all dat day,' I says. 'Here aiu't one of dose kids what ain't got a Turkey bat'room con nected wid dere bedrooms,' says I. "De lady teacher, she laughed and said she taut she could manage t' have de kids scruhhod up all right, all right. "Well, dat'a de way it was. I fetchod de lady and de kids t' de house, an dey was turned loose. You never in your life seen such a graft. Foist oft de kids was sort of paralyzed, and just stuck dere tumiw in dere moots and looked like dey all had a jolt, in de jaws. So I says t' de folks t' till cl.ase dereselves and leafo de kids t' little Miss Fannie and me and de bull pup. "Dey done it, and den we had a circus. Foist, of course, we didn't do a ting t' 'em but trow grub in der mouts. We chickened 'em and toi keyed 'em and ice creamed 'em till dey was all poddy like de bull pup, and den little Miss Fannie, she says, 'What would you like t' have?' t' a little dago kid what had eye3 like saucers. "Do kid taut awhile, and don he says, 'I wants dat,' says he, pointing to a mar ble statoo of Miss Fannie's head what a forn mug hud been paid two tousand dol lays for doing. 'It's yours,' says little Miss Fannie, and den dey all began choosing, and in a minute dere wasn't a ting in de room what dat goil hadn't give away, even t' da rugs and de lectric lights. De only ting little Miss Fannie went shy on was when a Irish goil says dat she wautod me. De little one yelled murder at dat and says she couldn't spare me. "Her yelling brought in de folks, and when I'd told how de game lay Mr. Paul asks if he wouldn't do iu my place, but little Irish wouldn't have him. Den Mr. Paul, as sober as a judge in de Tombs, says how would Mr. Van Courtlundt do in exchange. Dat's his whiskers, you know, and Miss Irish looked him over and says dat he'll do. 'He's yours,' says little Miss Fannia de first crack outter de box. "We had a dead easy time getting da kids t' exchange de tings do little ono had give 'em for do close and toys what was all fixed for 'em, except dat little Irish, who'd win his whiskers, wouldn't give up her bargain till she got a green dress be sides de red one what was staked out for her. Edward W. Townsend in New York Journal. ITnnecessary Question. "Madam," said one of her rapturous admirers, "you grow more youthful every day. What is the secret of it?" "As to that," absently replied the prima donna, "permit mu to refer you to the ad vertising columns of any newspaper." Chicago Tribune. Hoped to Change Them. Misg Watforwed I am going to cut my initials on this old tree. Mr. Hangiire So that you will find them again when you come next year? Miss Wanterwod Good gracious, not I hope cot. New York Sunday Worid. He Knew. "Your pcem," said tiio editor thought fully, "seems to mo to lack something. "Oh, u," replied the couliuuuc young man. "I know what that is," "Indeed! And what is it?" "PiiLiiL-atiou. Waaiiuigr.ou Star. What It Lackrd. "How did you like the sermon, John?" 6h3 asked. "It was a very good sermon," replied th3 exchange editor, "but I regret to say that tho minister forgot to put in the credit lino." Chicago Post. Properly Equipped. "Papa, wiiy do burglars always have low brows?" "So they won't have any trouble in crawling through coal holes and traa feoind. Chicago Kecord. I vj -X nr- o w w 'O' r o t. i 1 i About 20 fine Grips, a great variety, (alligator and fine grain goods.) i i 1 tn .1 4-1, -t m t r TT-gi c.j .fi large variety 01 Bags, Scissor Cases, Stamp Purses, Dressing Cases, Photograph Cases, small goods. YOU WILL NOT r 4rv i El el fJ YA 411 ii lw ri is a Si ss sua CURED CF JEALOUSY. A Sight of the Suopccted Rival Froduc-ed Perfect Confidence. They are old friends, and sometimes when husbands are out of the way they meet for a long, coniidential talk, such as they used to biive when they were gills. They had ona the other day, and in the midst of it one of them said: "You know I'e been married eigrht years it doesn't seem so long-, but it really is. 'Well, the. truth is, that aJl that time I've been jealous of the wom an to whom mj husband was eng-ag-ed before I ever saw him." "You goose, why he is a devoted hus bajid' Why on eaj-th "Yes, I know now I was silly, but I just couldn't help it. Many a night I've lain awake thinking about it. Why, every time the dinner wasn't g-ood, I'd imagine he was thinking that she'd have g-iven him a better one. O, I can't tell you all the things I thought. Some times I just wanted to die and be out of it." "But you "Yes; then, I just wouldn't die and let her perhaps have the pleasure of using my visiting- cards, wearing- my jewelry, and maybe, even making- him think me a tyrant for not allowing him to fcmol.e in the parlor! But that is all over now; I am cured forever." "O, I suppose you spoke to your hus band and found that there was no cause for jealousy." "X no; I didn't say anything- to him. he thinks cnoticb of himself, as it is a man's vanity has to be kept down if you want to save your own." "Then, if you haven't spoke-n to your husband on the subject, how do you know there is no cause for jealousy "I've seen the woman'" Chicago Tribune. Jfnt Sandwiches with Cider. Xut sandwiches arc excellent seryed with cider. The eider should not be too sweet, or it will not lie agreeable with, the flavor of the nuts. For the fillinrr of the sandwiches use one-half of almonds chopped very fine and the other two pairt.s of hickory nuts unci Eng-lish v aintns in equal proportions. J'tit very little butter cii the th'n slices of bread, sprinkle with salt am1 then with a very little grated mild cheese. A Fi-re-O'Clock Tea Hint. Candied oranfre iiowers added to th." Oolonsr or Peko of the five o'clock ter. just before the hot water is poured over, 'he whole to remain under 1he cozy Tor five minutes, impart, it is said bv those who havo tried it. a delicious anil mcruor-ved n-e The old lady wns rijrht when she said the child mipht die if they waited for the doctor. She saved the little one's life wbh a few doses of One Minute Cough Cure. She had used it for croup before. Geo. W. Stanslield, 632 Kansas avenue. TODAY'S 3IARKET KEP0HT. Furnished "by th.9 Associated Press to the Stata Journal. Chicago. Dec. 22. WHEAT- Market opened ntron this morning. The short interest put out yes torday had porru-t h ins to do with the ad ;u;ee. and th,j fact that many of the alarm inj- rumors followim.-; tiie bank fail ure wert- proven false, civaiiur a bttf i f eeliug and mak intr shorts anxious to cover. Th stausTieal interest wan strcue". (.'a'.ds v.re hnrher; yesterday's I'Xp'M't engagements v-'ere very la.rf4V anl nr-rt h vest ivoi'ipt.- were ZTSj cars a;rai nst 4' lat week aud tS last year. May open ed at from S(e to s:-, compared with vest erd ay's eii-sin.ir I inures of 7v Tf,;:4.e. au-i immediately advanced to '--e. Trade t h -n p ieted down and react ion to N 0; S'-iC followed. Second cable showed a .;e ad van'-.'. 'ORX larket was quiet hut steady, with wheat. J .-oral receipts were liberal. 4'!:' cars. Mav ojvned unchanged at 2r!c and srdd at SSn c. i AT?-;ark- t fa ir!v act ive and firm er i ha n for soni" t inie past. Shorts cov ei ed iih.-ra!ly. -dav opened a 'dmde httrh er a,t il-.c, advanced to Vjr 't'J.:-v, and steadied 3'i7t-. Irie'ViSTOXSMarket slow but steady, helped by .rain. Yard prices were weak er en lomerrow's liberal estimate. IIay pork opened unchanged at eased eff to ?T.:-f) atid reacted to the opening ricoT May lard opened unchanged at i-i.U-Hs; May ribs uneliaiied at 4.a2Uj. Chicago i-iivestoc:c Mark?;, j fhicr.ffo. Ttec. ?2. j HOGS Kst imated receipts today 2.0a: i bit over TtShs). Marie. -t ra'ber slow nn! i fn" lower tli.'in vest'-'davs oneniug. lA-:hi. S-.'. 4": mixed. ??..2!:u $C.4o; heavy, $3.00 W.iO; rough, $J.Ui.'j jxui. W ww jr w -Jr O Q As a consequence of a small fire in our show window yes terday, in which some $300 worth of leather poods were ex posed to the flames and some were damaged to a small degree, we will have a special sale of them. We will neces sarily have to cut prices way down on them, although in a large majority of cases the damage is hardly perceivable. Among these goods are the following mi irrirn-i' cuiuluiiciliuxj. -ruuii.eLuuuuK.si, j-Uiiet v. u,s, xxaiiu. REGRET CALLING AS TO CLOSE THEM ni!T h sr b n wt. r It r- KANSAS AVENUE mm BROS', 1847 waives sm rerKs, TAYMAN, OBERLEY HDW. CO. CATTLE-Receipts i.eOO. Market fairly active and steady. Beeves. S:!. lii'x ."5.1": cow? an.l heifers. .TjU0- Texas steers. $2.:V'$4.W; stockers and feeders, fi.if.i'.i

STiKT'P Receipts ll.Oiio. Alarltet steady. HOGtS Official' receipts yesterday a. 31S: shioments l.-ios. CATThK- H'hcial receipts yesterday lri.TM1: s'nipments 2.211. SHKi-;P Oti'u-iai receipts yesterday 13,-G-1!e sliipments Kstiniateu recipts tomorrow 3S.000. Kansas City jjivestock ISCar'cet. Kansas City. Dec. 22. CATTI.TC Receipts li.ruu: shipments 2. 20'f. Market steady to strong. Texas steers. J2.ot. She-V. 'rexas. cows. il.r,0'e native steers. S:i.illi(i n:itiTe cows and heifers. Si. 2.",''.' SS.W: sloi-kf rs and feeders, j;:.2.i-;iS::.70: bulis. ?l. f2. TO. HOUS Receipts 14.HW: shipments none. Market weak. Zc lower. Hulk of sales. TV-SaK 2."- heavies, Sii.OO'.iSo.'iT1..!-. pack ers S:;eO'.;SU.2-".i mixed. $3. lu'e j:;.;;u: liphts. 52.25; vorkers, $3.20e pijfs. $2.SU S Fi F. EP Receipts 3.00: shipments auO. Market steadv to slightly lower. Lambs, $3.lKK$r.tK. muttons. ,fl .U're $:'..25. KBFKlSSENTATIV K SALES. N-r, vt. rr. 20 Texas steers l.:0 ?4 0." IK Tfyi. ouvs 1.120 ii "It IS native steers 1.' 20 4 M. h native cows and heifers 1.112 2. eo H stockers and feeders it;i2 3 Tn 7 bulls l.ti-lU 2 7U Kansas City Produce .Karint. Kansas Citv. Pec. 22. tVREAT-Pull, lc lower. No. 2 hard. 7'tc hi 1 for choice; No. 2 red. fancy, ottered at Hie: Xo. 2 spline, 74'xTso. latter for choice. CORN" A'-tive at V-.e decline: Xo. 2 mixed. 171 u iV-hc. OA TS Pull and weak. Xo. 2 white, new, nominal!-,-. lli'Jle: old. nominally, 22''i2.!e. liY K. Xo. 2. ."2c. HAY SKa-ly. Choice timothy. $8.00'.i $,.."'1: choice r.rairi. r.-no. HUTTKR-Steady. Creamery, JS't20c: dairv. KAilSc. EGGS-Firm. 17c. Today's Range of Prices. Op'n High. Low !Cl se lion trHEAT- I I I Pee 77 771 77 77 jlay I SiHji 7'H-:,I ,H-s Jan" S 77'-: 77"-'' Julv I 75 TMii T4-' 1 CORN III! Pec 1 22-4 22 22-,; 22" liav 2:.i.; 2r,v,! s.W: 2:.is 2f.'' Jan 22 22; 22-h: 22',' 22' Ji.lv 2."ei, 20 i 2j-S; Z.-, 2.03 OATS- 111! KHi 1J! Jfi4! loi L Wj Mav li':;4i ISHi ivS rcii-iv- l I l,..r fi 7V G 7"! 6 G 7:.- 0 Mav i 7 7 ice 7 S7 7 V! 7 S Jan I 7 iiS 7 (i.. 7 GOj 7 tiO; LAUD j 1 I i i flee I S 7.i: 7W 3 Ti 3 70, 3 72 Mav 4 ..2- 4 "2! 4 On. 4 0.1. 4 "2 Jan t 8 Z". 3 S2, t! Vl, 3 SO. 3 S- Kl!'s I 1 3 9' 3 P7 3 S7 3 So 3 10 Xi3.y 4 2 4 02 4 0e 4 4 "2 Jan i 3 uf,, 3 s'.i 3 fc2; 3 S2; 3 ;-i 3M. Y. Stock Letter. Xc-.v York, Pec. 22. The decided strength shown in the stock market was a jrat ifyinK evidence of the return of cclmness and common sense to the financial community which seemed for the moment to have been stint tered lv hist Fri. lev's sudden break in stock. The bunk failure in Chicago excited some uneasiness hut wus :t purely local inci dent. Tin1 onlv seii -itiveiicss to the possi l.ilities of the diplomatic complications wiih Spain was shown in the market for new government 4 s but tie- early sharp decline in tnis issii" was nearly recover-ii before the clos.-. Tile more import;.. nl in I'.uenees affect infr the financial cm look nre erewi.u-r more f ,i vcrr.iil". 'I'lvre is a ;-rowine oopuler support of the conserva tive police of the cdmiriistraUon irre speotive of parte lines. The Cam-ron res olution has bevii deferred for considera tion mm! after the hoh.kiys. When it com.-s mi in January it will probably be found that tin- public lias express, d its opinion in a manner that will enaote the cmiie otu-sticn of Cuban matters io I.--cu-.ii.iered with a vievy to relieve the semtie from su,--oi-.don of havimi sinister motives at tii" hot: 0111 of its pro-e".linai. A ratil'ylnsr i.hase of the situation is the rnini..s wliich iles been pritctieed by tiie Snanish trovernment. On the otle-r side of the c.cee.11 a slilo'y easier ten dency to money is beginning to show it self. P.,an:re of Prxces on Stocks. Furnished by the Topeka Grain Stock Exchange: tOp'n IHifthl Row X'l'se :Mon Rustar 11'"-. Rife V Cms I-V Tz'1 7:"i'H 'i'o'oaceo 'e: 7.-! I .'e .'.'j Jeell.er ell" Ml j .Ml-"-'1 rlev; till VVIliske IF,; 12'., ll'U iF, 12 Hi.-,-,- 31V 3F- 31 i 21', j on. Oas i 'l-f'-'s 1W IF' i IF s J-F R. C I 2n i 25 24 21 27':, R. S. Ci il'ii liV 11 1 II I 11', C. R. Q 71' 72''., 7'i'vj 7"t:.; 7F-., Rock Island ..j '-e St. Paul I 73-1 73--4-: 72-' 72',; 73-, Atchison i 13V 13 IS'. "13r'8 X. W IiiJV Jl, Ml'vlM-i X. Y. C ;'4;-- S4-;l l'4'i R. S I F-3 1 15e i i,-,r, F.e Manhattan .v..'V e4! S''1- W. I'll W o3-8 Ho. Pac I Ui liai 2a y O O O O y d o h 1 V o WE ARE BOUND n n e-r err t- rs. mr w 412 K ;s3 U M v) uJakl hJUl vraliash Fn Pac Reading P. 1 i T. C. I M., K. T. X. I' R. X Pacific Mail J. C I F'V 1 u i vs.: i 4-': 471 4. Iu2 j lirj j i", 54 Xilarket Gossm. Furnished by tiie Topeka Grain Stork lOxchan-e: Chicago: John Barrett and .iunn bov ine a little wheal. Second cable: Quiet, steady mark.-t uncliiin.'-jed. Xew York X. Y. C. has declared a regular diidend. Liverpool, o:15 p. m.: Vheat un chan refj. e'nieao: Kstimated tomorrow :N,m.j hoirs. e'ars this year; Ouluth 2'.y, Minnear)o liF IJ2; last year. 4'14 ami l."4. N"W York: Foreim'-rs lmyi'i'-r when: New York: J.ecember wheat iieie l:.. hiiier than May. Ohieajjo: eat wonderfully stroj- and looks holier; cod commission im-n till yin r. X e w York: It was thought last n i v) t that other failures at Ciiieao miebt ee cur, but that tie" market look-d liu work iny soiTicvi!at h'her. Tbis iiti'nien v.-.-is heitl by soir.t- of t be ties; in u .o th.ot;Rht the hi.cb poin's id t be we.-k v. likely to be seen on Wednesday or Thur day. Minneapolis: Two mills here sold "j.'" barrels e.-u rda.y. Tiverpool: Spot wheat steady. mm firm, future, wheat st.-ady. 1 4 I ii a ar corn fjuiet. Lon'ion ea.' -o'-s on p-' m-e, wheat slf-ady. corn. to-i. A in- r i n wheat pareeis part 'Ut hiffier. F-erlin December 1 mark I i ber. Mhv u n ba e L-- f Liverpool receipts er three" da s !..Vi quarters of whieh LV".n is Am'-ri-an. Corn, inas iMe; c;,!ls :i' ,c. :-.:id i:e-t week: Corn puts 24"e: calls -JVbc, ye l this week; wheat, puts 77c; calls S:;1 e; good this week. New York: The adjournment of ce: Kress will really prove a ndi'-f and may encourage some Jiuviim- ly the roerri short s. Tiie iiears co ei'ei con s'd. u-a d v in yesterday a ft er norm's rn a rket S'e lie' t hat on further- a ii a i ,ee 1 i i class market is iikfdy tu be n sade for a little turn. New York: boston is bisrim.- baek C. H. v.J which it sold hit week, i'.-.n nor is bu I i isii on the ivu-ra ni a -kei f. ir a i urn. He;:dinti- will prubably s- !i jh hiiib a.s it dii in Nov. iiIht, c'hicatro Liverpool f,d iiiber. The de ference sbou u by Li verp- '0 1 in oar dad',' Muct nations is based lara-ay ty roi;, i t it jiis wh ieh slion pi v- th.it bonu Ti, oH'-rs of wheat from ex port i 1 1 lv c-jun f rii 'H are not in excess of r j(p nrerieMi i Chica.a'o insper-t ions Wheat 7::. rr-i.l 7: com o'S'. M-ade 7,S: oats 47-'. :;ra le V t'abie: Liverpool inactixe but sb-atP-, Ud higher. 1'u is "May whea t 71'"- v.- 7:.c c: ea Ms vi ;c; puts May corn 'J.".1 .r culls j-Vj-e; pais Jan. pork 57. m': rails. S7.:t7: curb at L'lj j. m. was S-"'Se bid on ?aay wlvat. New York: Lradsjre.d'.-; world's wheat visible increased ..ei'.aaa vcheN: fa1 -T the Kock ies inrrea.sed 1 2-:. 1 C ilu n.-' and adoat decreased -i'-'i.''-O iaish -ls. h i c.airo Lst i ma l ed ears t omo rr ow Yheai 2a: corn L'ei; oa's 2::m. May win at opened oil a ran.-e ef v to 'iV: iirst Mat ,c Pi-h. 7'' low and eb.sed 'v'jvi- .id. J:y wh-at closed 7r1,4c, sellei-s. Mav oa:.s cdo.-a d lMv.e, sellers. A. G. Goodwin, W. I Chamberlain. President. Sec. and Trea TOPEKA GRAIN STOCK EXCHANGE 526 Kansas Avsnu;. Private wlre to New Yerk. Cbdcasrn nnl feit. Louis. Reference: Lank of Topeka. Trade 5!''. and Va)'A -acawsioiirA On a. limited amou.it, urdil further notice, we will acc cpt a 1:1a1 u.n of per 1,000 bushels on purchases of Chi cago May corn and May oats, fu r nishinK a wiittvn guarantee w:th every trade: that the above named inar wiil hold the trade guod to M.ay 1st, 1S)7. Should the market d-line fo that thi above named marKms are not surficiimc we a.rree to hold your trade p,ood and protect for you w hile market us in such condition, without calling you fur ad ditional margins. Write for particu lars. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. Tt.ip. S A A'Z acre farm, near Top? well irnprovel. p'T acre. A ?":n- a ere f arm m ies from Toix-ki to t r for city property. Several other farms in Sba'.vne.- and adiaeent conn at bir harLra.ins. Tmrovwl city prom at prices from $'i"'.! nr.d upwards. "S ry f!!fa;, some on ms ai nm-nr 1 aii. .No tho lime to buy. 'i'W Kan. Ave. brimit r i OiJ, tion Land Ac Loan Co., Oscar jbisc M&riageo.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1S9G. The State Journal TWENTY-THIRD TEAR. BY FRANK P. UACLENNAN. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Pally edition, ficdlvered by carrier. 10 cents a week to any part of Topeka or euburbs, or at the same price in any Kan sas town where this paper has a. carrier system. I'.y mall, three months M By mail, one year S.t:? V ecKiy edition, per yer 6 PERMANENT HOME Topeka State journal isulldlag, 8W ni f ,2 Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. TELEPHONES: business Office Eeil 'Phona If'? busucas OfMce Topeka 'Phone 107 Itei.rters itoorn Bf 11 'Phone lOJVi V. a;h,::i-ton Oi.ee: lo!9 IC St. N, Yvs Nv lurk address: 206 Potter bui:i-!.-.g. care AinprKan 3ew:-paper Pub lishers' association, whre files of the pacer are always open to advrtlnor &r leaders. J) DECEI.IEER 1696. $Sun.jK;n. Tub. Wed, j Thar. Fri. j Sat, i I 2 J 3 4 5 i j6"j"T8 "T7o"TT"i2 1 13 j J4 15 16 I 17 IS 19 I 20 21 i 22 23 I 24 25 26j 2 27! 23"! 29 30 31 ,'TfTf fTTVTTT A A ra -4- 0 CIRCULATION STATEMENT First Six Months c Year 1S96. The Topeka Daily State Journal fcaa cow distanced all competitors. No daily or Sunday paper published in Topeka or Kansas las a circulation to large. The daily average for the first sis months of lv6. ending June SO, 1896 is IO,625. The circulation for tach day of the first half year Is given below. The issues of the TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL for the six month3, viz., from the first day of January. 1S05. to the thirtieth day of June. 1883, in clusive, have been as follows: Day. Jan. Feb. I.Iar. i 9,025 10,050 r. S.710 30,509 0 9,700 10.130 10,525 4 9,655 10,250 10,625 6 10.350 10,550 6 9.725 10.400 W,a25 1 9,810 10,310 10,t7e 5 10.40 10,200 9 i 9,fc50 10,705 10 10,120 10,400 10,700 11 10.010 10,400 1Q.70O 3 2 10.450 10 650 13 9.S10 10,500 10, ex it S.810 l'J.473 10,65? 15 9,830 10,475 13 8.S50 5.0,525 17 9, 50 10.450 10.750 13 9,!j10 10.5"O 30,"00 19 10.500 10.750 20 9.955 10,510 10,700 21 10.300 11.22-0 10.6U0 22 10,140 lu.570 23 10,100 10.700 24 10,300 10.550 30,650 25 10,000 10. boo 10,700 25 10.500 10,600 2' 10.100 10.530 10.G75 23 10,100 10.525 10,650 29 10.0H0 10.500 SO J 0.160 10,750 1 10.050 10750 Total ray. 1 2 3 4 250.005 251.363 277.60 Apr. May. June. 10,00 .10,7u0 .10.7u0 .10.700 10.725 lu,650 10.650 10.725 10.650 30.750 10.900 10,825 10.700 3 0,650 3 0,650 10,675 io s v. 30.9011 12.121, 30.800 11.000 10.S50 10.750 11,400 10. fOO 10.S00 10.700 13,225 10,803 11. -00 10.70 10,750 11,100 10.SOO 10,800 11.000 10.SO0 J0.S0O 10,700 10.700 10,700 11,000 10.SOO 10,875 10,950 11,200 10.S50 31,000 J0.SOO 10,750 10.750 10.750 10.750 11.000 11.000 11,000 .10.700 .10,700 .10,700 .10,7u0 .10,600 IO.OuO .10,650 .10,650 .10,650 .15,650 .10,650 .10.650 .10.7-10 .10.700 .10.700 .10,700 10,600 .10,615 .10,550 .3 0.670 .10.650 .10.750 S 9 10 1 1 12 1 14 35 1 5 17 IS 3 9 20 21 24 2R il Totals 2S2.395 2S4.S20 282,375 Plindv- re-, lean. The total number of copies printed In the six months named above, 1.657 610 divided by 156. the number of "issues" chows the average to be 10,625. This is a correct report of the lilies of the TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL for !b six months as stated. Editor and Proprietor. Topeka, Kan., July 1, 1806. HOW WE GREW: In l?c5 the circulation was gOO January 1. 1891. were printed 3,125 Daily average for year 1891 4,380 Daily average for year 1S02 6.069 1 average for year 1S33 6.213 1 average for year 1X94 8,418 Daily average for year 1S95 9,217 Uaiiy uveras 1st U months, 1SS3..10,SiS DO WE EEAS ARIGHT? Can it be possible that the New York Even'.nsr Post says the following in a recent editorial? It is n"t only p.is-sil.lc, but the P..st did say: "A Jiryanite was elected mayor of Lynn, Mass.. yester day, much to the amazement of the Republicans, by a majority of l.Tt'O. lie ran on the platform of unfulfilled Re publican promises. "Wages hnd n..f gvne up; on the contrary cut-downs had occurred in many of the shoe manufae-VfU-i. The logic was irresistible that cailed for voting down a party in power that had such a barren idea of prosper ity as that. This incident should serve as a solemn warning to the advance agent of prosperity and his party, of the impossible nature of the contract they have on their hands. They have under taken to put everybody at work at good wa gvs. It is an old trick of the politi cians, of course, to promise bottt-r times with a change- of administration. But the promise was never so explicit as this year. it was dehnite both as to parlies and as to measures. 'Have the Democrat made oil rich'." Dsked 2.1c-Km!-y. 'Put us in powvr and we will d. it. We will make a taiiff that will set all the tall chimneys smokiotf and give every laborer work at high wages.' .'uv that is a. dangerous contract fir any pre.si.b-ti t or parly to undertake. Even if it were reasonably fuiiilleu. th-r- would be tem; of thousands of the incurably discontented who would in sist that it had not been, and who would o in madly for another change. With 21 joints be full. Atchison's cup should All the Cuban dispatches bear evi dences of beini,r put'- Havana tiller. With a hostiie lower house and exec utive, ih senate is beset both front and rear. Jn spite of his anti-protection views, Mr. Carlisle would doubtless consent to a prohibitive duty on eairs. The report that the Ooiilds are ointr a part of their vast wealth will cast gloom over the entire nation. The author of "Ren Bolt" has just been assaulted. The astonishing fea ture of this incident is its tardiness. The Osacre City version is. "Before criticising the tea hers dancing' first pluck the quid out of thine own mouth." Chicago will rtur.ish by law people who spit in street cars, depots and all public places. Let the crusade for de cency go on. The war of the coffee companies re ducing the price of that article is view ed with great complacency by the cof fee drinkers of the country. A Kansas City man has sued for the townsite of El Dorado. EI Dorado should feel flattered. there are some townsites not worth suing for. Twelve thousand Ohio men wanting federal positions, shows that Ohio has no disposition to shirk the responsibil ities attaching to governmental admin istration. If it is not too much to ask. will the eastern press turn its batteries on Lynn (Muss.) for a little while and give Kan sas a rest while we hold a pure food show here in Topeka? John "Wanamaker, whose candidacy for senator Mr. tjuay is antagonizing, will also enroll himself with the "wear ers of blouses" it' they i,uy them at his unrivaled bargain counter. Secretary Carlisle says he still has the same opinion he held last year re gardiiiLf the retirement of the green backs. It is refreshing- to see Mi-. Car lisle stay on one side of a question so long-. Senator Hoar's attention is called to the fact that abusing and attempting to asault a person who has done him a kindness is not one of the "crazy and dishonorable" traits of a Kansan's characte-r. The depositors in some of the recent ly burst banks would perhaps be glad if they were guaranteed payment of their claims, even in 50 cent dollars. Fifty cents on the dollar is more than many of them ret. Congress has oopelude.j to wait until tin? back districts ore heard from and the Cuban resolution will be pisreon hol d until after the holidays. Accord ing to court decisions which have been cited, the president seems to be master of the situation. The Atchison 1 lobe, makes a query much to the point: The income lax law was turned down by the supreme court because it is double taxation to tax a man's house, and then tax the rent he receives for it. If a farmer is thrifty, and holds his corn for higher prices, it is taxed as well as his farm. Isn't this double taxation? Walnut Valley Times: Topeka is "all tore up" over attempts to make people turn square coiners in crossing the cap ital tf rounds. No diagonal paths are provided and the people in this up-and-otimin' country insist upon taking- the short cut all the time. The state house grounds for years resembled a hors lot and now the other extreme is on of hav ing them so nice they must only be looked at, at the expense of extra time and steps. flood sense from the Boston Olobe: The Republican national committee, it is said, propose to keep up active work from now until 1;jmi. Mr. Bryan and some of his prominent supporters de clare that the silver tight is to be con tinued, just as if no election had taken place. Nevertheless, the great mass of the people ,,f all parties have turned from polities to business. They ,1,., n,,t propose to worry over the campaign of" T.ieO until 1000 is in sight. Poli ileal mat ters have been settled for a season.and the people are glad of an opportunity to think about other things and to view the daily brightening prospects of in dustry, trade and commerce. DKALIATIC CRITICISE. The New Yofk Journal contains the following editorial on an unusual inci dent in the New York theatrical w. -rid Mr. Daniel Krohman, maniigr of the Lyceum tceaire, N -w York, is a pros perous person who has not sense enough to be in charge of a respectable place of entertainment, but he has nian ag?d In rend -r a distinct public ser ice ret withstanding. Only a broad humor ist, it mimit be thought, would take it into his head to complain that there is too much honest criticism of the drama in this town. Yet Manager Frohmau has made this complaint seriously, and in a way so extraordinary that neither his sincerity nor his thickness of skull can be questioned. Actually the man lite other night refused admission to his theatre to Alan Dale, who writes of the theatres for the Journal! The tiCKets pres-mted were paid for, of course, but Manager Frohman would have no more of Alan Dale in his house, ft wasn't a pleasant way to re ceive a compliment, certainly, but no cj itic couild usk lor a handsomer one in substance. It was a bad play that Mr. Frohman otfei'ed i fie pubiie, and as Alan Dale wrote about it he. ,,r' course, said it was a bad play. That is why Alan Dale is worth reading. There is not another manu.fc'er in the city, not a man who has an; il.ing to do wiih tile thea tres, u ho does not fully agree with Mr. Frohman ihat Alan Dale is an ab solutely candid cliti lie is not to be bribed, biilli-d. wheedb-d or Haltered away from his laudable, if often alloy ing, determination to tell the plain truth, and he P lis it with so nine h vivacity, so much literary skill and in such beany enjoyment or" his function that the public likes his criticism in about the same proportion as all bum boes connected with the stage dislike them, which truly is to say a great deai. Such writing as Alan Dale's has a high value in several ways. First. I here is iis vivacity, and ivacity is good in itself; next there Is its use to the public, w hich has learned to believe him. and so is saved from l.ejng swind led by l ing advertisements, and, third, there is trie rase with which it tills cheating managers, a legitimate source or satisfaction to every honest soul. The Journal congra I ula t es Alan Dale on the testimony which Manager Froti man has so ingenuously borne to his worth as a man and a critic, and we congratulate the readers of the Journal who patronize the theatres on tlr-ir good fortune in hay ing' in their ser ice a critic at once so uiserirninatinir. witlv and indexible Alan Dale. "IX" EAYS. Keep off the plowed ground" is the latest in Topeka. Wichita Beacon. The Washington Star remarks that Tom Reed expects the coming adminis tration to be only a, sister to hint. Wichita Eagle. If John Brown's soul will pause and glance around It will see Maeeo's soul nodding along behind forty years. Wichita Eagle. The way for the United States to help Cuba is to hflp her and there is but one way and no diagram is necessary to point it out. Abilene Chronicle. Most old men and some old maids have had "an unfortunate love affair" in their earlier lives which they like to talk about to their friends. Eldo rado Republican. Tt is stated that 750.000 people visited McKinley during the campaign. "t is a significant fai t that that was about the size of his popular majority. Em poria Republican. "She Shot as She Loved" is the start ling headline that appeals in an ex change pi tiie write-up of a local trag edy. The American newspaper man is eraphie in description. Ottawa Herald. The latest is an anti-noise movement. The people agitating it work on the theory that there would be less nerv ousness, less ill temper and less sick ness if there was less noise. Atchison 0 iobe. Stephen Crane, who speaks of yellow detonations and green thuds in his w ar stories, ought to so to Cuba and let Wevler use his imagination. "Wichita Eagle. A New York professor claims that he can cure diphtheria with the insometric chlorides of para nit i ooi'thosuipho ben zoic acid. We prefer to takeou. chances with diphtheri. Parsons Sun. FICTION'S NEW TONE. From N. Y. Commercial Advertiser. 1 Fiction has felt the sam breath, and a school of novelists has abandoned the 1 ity for the country, if one desires to study humanity lie had better leave his clubs and draw ins rooms, as well as slums atid dens of vice. b,r he will be de-ceived by fantastic morals and Social hypoi risies a 'id exceptional degrada tion. Thus self-canseious and self-analytical creature of the city, posing, imi tating, pretending. Is neither a healthy man nor v. omnn. What they do is riot life, 'tis a play. What they say is not fact, it is cant. They are on a stage, not in the op, n air: the light is electric not trom the sun. Humanity can be seen in its natural state in the count ry, where the pie are sound in body and till the soil and live in the open air and think for themselves and fear Hod. Find a place out oft" from the outside world and shut in bv hills and woods and moots, where a generation has lived and held Intercourse at lirst hand with na ture and with the Eternal. Here lies the unspoiled raw material rea.dy to the sen! ptor's hand, and so far as lie uses it with directness and simplieiiy he will touch the universal heart, for lie is now dealing with elemental hu manity. There are only half a dozen passions in our nature, only half a doz en problems in our life, and they can be studied with least perplexity in this sec lusif.n and quiet ness. It is the coun tryman who is the type of each nation: lie is also its strength the steel frame work within tiie carved stone and tlorid moldings of the social labric. If tiie lietion of locality makes an appeal to the race it would be because it is frank ly and simply and unaffectedly human. X-IF.JI GET LOWER BERTHS. O-'rom the Washington Star.l "I am sorry io have to say it." remark ed a sleeping car coiuiu.-'or to a Star re porter, --bin souc-how and 1 have no ex planation for h--nien travt ling are nor as courteous and aeccm uvula t ii ,g to lady travelers as they should he. The men who ask for all kin-Is of ;o conimodalions when ihev have their wives, si.-ters or female relatives tra-.-Ung with them and they iie.-r fail ceil to eiaim everything in sicht are in ncin t a-es the men w ho de cline to give similar favors to other ludv passengers. As a mailer of t';i'-; the co per l-et ihs in a s!e- ping c ar are the best, th" b- st vent dated, and f think exper ience has sliow il the safest in cases of wreck. Slid, the d'-niEind Is nearly al ways for tii lower Ic-rths. because it is easi-u- to g-t into th'-rn. This is parti u larly so with lady travelers. In my lat hait'-'io'.en trips from and hack to this city I have had more than tile usual per centage of lady passengers, and I hae not succeeded in one cas- in yetting any of the men travelers to surrender a lowei berth for an iipp.-r berth. The men be ing more experienced, secured the jotter berths and rciused to give them up." CLEWS ON GOLD EXPORTS. Rumors of a probable resumption of gold exports have become current in the east, but any apprehension of such resumption to any considerable extent is not share in by Mr. Henry Clews, who always has an eye out for such things. In his yveekiy financial re view he says of the situation: Ordinarily the earlier months of the year are attended with considerable ex ports of gold: but, with probably more than an average surplus of food pro ducts and ample cotton yet awaiting export, and a creditor balance of Oeu.uno carried over from ls'56. it is not easy- to see any probal ility of import ant exports of gold for the next few months. Indeed, it is rather a ques tion whether the situation does not suggest a probability that, before we have to make1 any shipments of gold, we may have some further imports. That much must depend upon the com parative rates of interest here and in iOurope. A rise in the rate here as compared with London and Berlin, would be very apt to bring gold this way. A rise abroad, not followed by New York, tniedit possibly produce a renewal of local purchases of foreign bills, and might even cause some ship ments of gold to Europe. ne fac t is to be kept sight of that our recent imports of gold have affect ed London unfavoi 'uoly and Berlin quite sevetiy. Both the Bank of Eng land and the Reiihsbauk may tie ex pected to keep their discount rale high and use all other means in order to get back some of the metal: but the situation here is a stubborn one. and New York will be much more willing to extend credit to those centers than to let them have its gold. ne thing is clear, hov.eve-r. that the p?-es-ent relations between London and Hor lin on one side and New York on the4 other are not favorable to our export ing any securities. For some time, therefore, the local stock market must expect "to paddle its own canoe." It is not unl'.ki ly that Cc-nnany may take some ceo of gold from us next week. If so. it will be for a necessary shipment by the Reiehsbank to the Bank of Russia, and is therefore a wholly exceptional operation and will signify nothing as to any general ten dency. CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. (From New York T.Iail and Express.) Christmas day should see everywhere tin- house beautiful. It costs but little money and consumes a few hours at the best to make the halls, living rooms and the nursery a. pretty picture suggestive of the season an. I iis spirit. At the same time, there is no reiison why all yvindows and parlors should look alik". Ilollv wreaths are beautiful, and fes toons of evergreens are always attractive, but these are mer.ly two decorations out of a list of almost interminable length. More beautiful than the festoons of evergreens are tyvo or three small pots of srnilax or of Japanese ivy. Unspeakably handsome is a nival spray of the pampas gra-'s illumes in their natural creamy white color, and net when stained or deed a tawdrv red. blue or green. "V,.ry grateful to the eye and unspeak able 'fascinating to the palr.te of little folks ere the good New England strings of popcorn, which should be swung from the chandelier to every point and coign of vantage in the silting room. A iov'mj- ''hinese ornament is made by tacking iittle pieces of polished scarlet paiier upon tine- thread at intervals of two or throe inches. Arranged to alter nate with tie" lines of popcorn it makes the room almost as pretty as an apple or chard in bloom. En -lish ivy h-aves fastened upon thread in tie- same manner becomes a very graceful festooning for the middle of the room, or an artistic tracery to run along tin- wall. From the Oriental stores can be pur chased the great palm leaves, either p.'ain or decorated, w nidi are used in eastern pi-luces, ami which, in their associations, are impressive as well as in their native ben in v. file vari-colcred brilliant glass balls are alwavs in order, especially when Utile children are around. Their brilliancy and color, though a triiie barbaric appeal probably- more to the juvenile mind llian auv- other decoration employed in the hob. lays. Another delightful one comes from the south, and c. insists in stringing alternate ly cotton balls, stemmed and cleaned with lic k green i y h aves. The effect at a few feet's distance a that of a heavv snoyv storm Very pretty and full of fun ill the making to a ram- u v are i- the long chains, made ot colore. i pap- -scarlet and white, red. yvnite and nine nod told, are favorile colors. (Hit of a few sheets of paper lilt y feet of chain mav be made, which will reach ft ..ni corner to corner in an average par lor or sitting room. Rdibou strings of white beads. and twite- covered -with raw cotton, are other pretty decorative articles, which can be used in the Christmas season. WILLIAM TELL- IN ROBIN HOOD. From Theatrical Tidings. Jcssi. Bat tlett Davis had a funny ex- perionee yvith a lrieno y no nau oeen To hear "Roiim ttooo lor r ne nrsi time. Th xt day she met the young she met th. woman and. of course, took occasion to ask her how she lined the opera. en, i like it pretty well." was the arswer. "but 1 don't think they follow history closely enough in the performance." Hi.torv: Well, you know there isn't much history- in it. The story of -Robin Ib.od' is mostly legendary at the best." 'Yes. I know that." replied Miss Da vis' friend, "but, then, you remember, in the story there is one scene that is particulary good, it was always my favorite. and it seems to ine that in putting on a show like 'Robin Hood' a oc.mnunv like the Bostonians should not "have omitted such a very import ant portion of the story. It would make a grand effect and would be much ap preciated by the audience." "Well, what scene do you mean?" asked Miss D-ivi-- "Why. vott know, that place you know where Robin shoots the apple olT the bov's head. They ougnt to have that in. bv all means. There's no ex cuse for its absence." And to this day MHs Davis' friend has never discov ered yvh;- the handsome contralto laughed so heartily. SARD OIL iFrom the New York Post.) Pardon is portraved by Amids as look ing "a little like a priest, a little like a. .oolomat high in the papal court, a littio like Napoleon, a little like Voltaire, and a Utile like the smiling portrait ot an ac tress hanging in his library." The con versation turned on the theatre, and the visitor remarked, in his capacity as a foreigner, upon t lie extraordinarily rapid enunciation of French actors. 'You are quit.- edit" exclaimed M. Sardou. "It is a tiling whi'-h has driven me to despair uior-- than once. Sarah herself is some times uuinteidgible. At the final rehear i --he is divine: in the first lu-i'tormiiai-' she is overwhelming: but later on it is all a mad race up to the fail of the curtain, i heard her once in Nice. It was worse i i nn in Pari---: all vou could cat. -it was ta i;, ia ta. She and her company were like -cho.d child! en anxious to Bet. through heir ;,l .UC-- as SOOIl as lOS.-Ol'l--. H was herriole -.ood caning. they should have all had a HUSBAND'S EARNINGS. (From the St. Louis Republic.) e women of New Zealand recently id the following vote which will be estiug to yvum.-n at large: "In ail s where a woman elects to superin a household and to be mother of Th. j 'ass. inter tend' child cert a able. ren there shall be a law atiachmg a in just share f her hiMbamr e-arn-or income for her separate use. pay if she desires, into her separate ac- c o a i. t." CONSUaiPTION WANING. From the New York Post. Dr. Samuel W. Abbott, secretary of the Massachusetts board of health, evolved a pretty theory- to account for the decline in that state in the death rate of vvomen from pulmonary trou bles. He attributes the decline to the use of the bicycle, and points out that it began five years ago, when the yvo mt'ti began to use the bicycle. This yvas Very comforting to the bicycle manu facturers, but the Springfield Republi can ruins this theory by producing fig ures to show- that, happily for Massa chusetts people, the decline in the mortality- from consumption began 10 years ago. During the decade ending in 1880 the deaths in Massachusetts from con sumption had averaged 32.7 each year per lO.uOO of population. In 1882 the rate had fallen to 2.1.7, in 1S85 to 30.7. and in 1889 to 25.7. This was before the safety bicycle had come into general use even for men. and. so far as noted, the decline in the mortality rate from pulmonary diseases was as marked among men as it was among women. This dec line in mortality from one of the yvorsr scourges of New England has continued since lssa. the mortality rate in llrt being about 22 per lO.uuh, repre senting a decrease from the average of the decade to 18-0 of nearly- one-third. No positive statement is made as to the benelieent causes. It is thought that a heller understanding of the disease, with improved sanitation in relation thereto, is partly responsible, and to this may perhaps be added the accli matization of immigrants. HULL HOUSE. (From the Chicago Record.) Perhaps the desire and need for such a center as that afforded by Hull bouse was best shown by the intense eagerness muni lest eel. particularly by the young people, iii i he organizat ions' of club's, the love of yvhieh is charaoterist Io of the age. Probaoly l.5un persons are connected with the various clubs mee ting at Hull house-, to say nothing of those in attendance at classes and lecture courses. The activi ties of the settlement are too numerous and varied to permit of description in full. Perhaps the life and work at Hull house and the objects cat' its residents can be-st he suggested by recounting Some of the pubiie improvements it has helped to secure as a result of its study of the needs of the community. Within a couple uf blocks of Hull house is located the t'arter H. Harrison free pubiie hath, the oniy one of its kind in the cily. The Municipal Order league was largely instrumeiiia! in securing from the council an appropriation for this pur pose. Miss Addams was influential in de-toi-mimng the location of the bath and in having the whole amount of the appro priation. 812.U"t. put into the building. Within three blocks of Hull house, at 21 Blue Island avenue, is a free reading room, a branch of the public library. In order to get the reading room started a room in one of the buildings ad.ioinitig l full house y as given for the purpose rent free for three years. After the ven ture had proved a success, the library authorities rented a room of their own in the neighborhood. The erection of the Sholto street school building was due in large measure to the timely agitation of Mrs. I-Celley. one ot itic residents of Hull house. Just before the n impropriations were voted for school buildings and sites, some four years ago. she called public attention to the fact that the school census shoyved G.97't school children in the huh ward, and that they were provided with only 2.157 public school sittings. THE DRUMMERS' HOME. (From Harper's Weekly. 1 The commercial travelers are great peo ple. Not to appreciate the importance of their labors is to a.-knoyvledge one's igno rance of tiie methods of trad.. They are the most intrepid nomads that are left on the earth. Their travels are as con tinuous as their tods. They Jive in sleep ing cars and hotels, brave the perils of the rail, the lunc h counter, and the hotel bed live single or apart from their fami lies, endure all weathers and any company- thai offers and all that the aftinily between good go'ods and solvent buyers may he discerned and triumph. The at tention paid to them during the late campaign attes'cd their importance in the community, f treat pains yeas taken, es pecially hi Chicago, to equip them with sound liseal and political sen t i rn.-nt s. so that they might scatter good seed vvhere-i-ver they went. Their national organiza tion is building a home at Hinhamton, New- York, for worthy indigent commer cial travelers and their d.-penij.-nt fami lies. It is to complete this building' that th" t'ommerc-ial Travelers' fair is being held in the Madison Square larch n. It began on the b'.th and closes on the 2Sth, and thr o i g hi it the travelers aspire to raise $l.".e.i.'Ht. It is a great- fair, full of novel siiuvvs and managed by people or enterprise. No doubt it will meet with the success it deserves. At the Cliurcli Fair. First Attendant Ho's awfully olose anyway. Second Attendant Close? I talked to him fully ten minutes, and I don't think I tjot roore than half his money. Truth. Well Under Way. Do you think your son will get through college!"' "Yea. I have every reason to believe he will. He passed ids first football game splendidly. Washington Star. Ineonsiderate. "Bles my stars!" clucked the ben in the coop on the lower deck. "The euptain has just given orders to lay two, but I'm blest if one isn't the best I can do just now!" New York Press. Shortness Advocated There. "Do you believe in long engagements?" eaid a New York lady to a Chicago woman. "No, I don't," was the letter's reply, "nor in long marriages either." New York Sunday World. A Moment of Abstraction. Scribner's Magazine. Compulsion. "Ever notice that nearly all fat men are good uatured;-" Of course they are. A fat man is too short winded to fight." Cincinnati En quirer. IIOMESEEKEifS EXCURSION Via Santa Fe Route The Home Road On December 35, the Santa Fe route, the home road, will sell round trip tick ets at one fare plus t2.00 to points in Ar kansas, Arizona. Indian Territory, Lou isiana. New Mexico, Oklahoma and Tex as, good fifteen days going,, to return anv Tuesday or Friday within final lim it of twenty-one days. Fear additional information call at passenger depot, foot of Fifth street, telephone 6"s2. or on Cromwell jfc Jef fers at postofTice, North Topeka, tele pnone 304. W. C. GARVEY. Agent. CLAIR ETT eS33S8aSC'So38SSS322'f fa 1 ''fW R &fc: I "1 "A Man M FpfM- a w

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TOPEKA STATE -fOURXAL, TUESDAY EVEXIXG, DECEMBER 22, 1S9G. 5 MET lil COCA'S CAUSE. A Tremendous Meeting at Ham ilton liall Last Night. Adopts Resolutions In Synipa tliv With the Cuban Patriots. Gov.-Elect reedy, Judge Horton, Maj. J. K. Hudson and Others Mads Speeches. An audience of at Fast 2.r.'V p.-op-wis in lhuniU'm hull Wi niuht O e" piv pvmi.ulhy for the r;t:i ..f Cuba. Tb a-i-o-ati-tr. I" the hall iv limi ted 'to th- state. A. ross the front wer i:iti twin, d hi;- Cul.an and Ahmwh ras. cn,l..-ii,e th- banu-r "Cuba Fa:-" ut.d a map ..r the island. A s,a:! (',,11 da adorned lie- -land S,.,-h i in h" mid ib' of I li" ft-"' 'i;iiir!;:..!-'i"'i John W. i-'"iy was: th-' h: -t th-- t-.c s-a--. ii-' a;i.-nuirK '.a in" sii f a;, laes-a I a a I'.-v. m:r.ul" i-r M. W. i v.alk.al p tu- H-..I.I ;)5 ft at-- an i.iis.-d hi hand for -it'l-r. Vaai ,.,,-t if lla- patriots of Cuba V, !l ar- balmier f r li:'.. and ili.-rty .,n',4 r i"" a.'ini.i.d In ..-Ka to Siiiw llaar sympathy thv v.. add Slav. caj' f a' 1. ne i I l a:. Jb- ik a inaaiiicial the chad man. duv.-r-n r J i v. i!vn)'.r F.-.-dv d!d v hat ha- has riov f r t....-a Km. a 11 d.. a. f. a r.-ad his t. e.-n.lii :c -l .r ami sirotai I. at h'-s .d.l tan- .-athusiaiii nas IV. I I ian-1. a.,l a aa!'.-r.. d !,..ely l t--it.it-. rift. U h-u M-.k.- "f ih-'"irt-,-..,.. i-ii- ..f t aaa" and called upn a j.a.v. i -i.if-i.t "to t 1 ttilu-lt- .-mar l..--!y in fa 4 a a., a i ib-s aad Evui h-nan. t he a M i na; is la n t he a s i i v i a r. eat d I- t ho a. a, a' of I'uhtc '''I'm- barbarous ..a-a men -a r- s I.iU-n l.y t la I., s'1'..ia.' til'- ;a aiaa.i a a t s f a. I ha at ra. t.. I t In- tl I t!a civiiiz--d world, and. its that i-a.i:d 1 i. .n i h-le-arr.-t-s t. a shores aad its eoin- j in a-i i a a p sat. .a at Ma- naaiMt .a tn. ;uif ..r -ieai.-o. niiik" ii a iaad .if iim.-h iat-l-.-st h tla- ailias th-- I'inl.-d Stat-s iti vaa I ri hUiaaiataH ..t l;a naii.aad j...:i.-v tin- r.-fii i.ii. e ai'.- ti.-., r-.J'...- r-'-raia- d han trnar- ta--a aa h aa-':; a a.a ta a a a 1 1 aad th i.ailaai.a tif l-aaa i Cai-a. To ia' aa'-a.- a n;..tt-r that kiad may t..i-. if i i i.t aaa f-.r us ta ...aisah-r :i th.- r-.-aas .a' ..a:' a. as. aad ta ak f tv. a a I. it iv.. .an:, ta ul-.a wiSi 1" ta.- r..i.aS.:- ...ut.-.'tii-. It !i-s i.-n th aai:"..;-ni ...ti.-y .1' th.- t"ai.,-.l Stales t a ..laia.- 1 y ain !a;s-. a., fv. i s.' su.-h i tr y a .n- wwwiir;- th iv- j t.-.aa.n a-ai vaJi'.ir ..f ia: iti.-ns. It i has aha I a Ha- d l'a- fnitvd Kiat.-s rxt.'tul tla' ia.a-..a:aa: ....a-r I this a.aiaa.- ta uil iia- jr.ivrn- I jaaas .at tius aaiitaaant whhai fiaa as- j iaiat til-, riaht ta iaf ..rt'.a!f.' itl th at- taas f iiT:" tiaai"ti ...a this aaaaaa-nt I ha-av.a ai i.!it jiiaaaaait. a saai. i.-nt i iri ':sts. i da a.a aiaj ta tak lih i ;.ra! djs. ti in d. taii th" i aiis.'s 1. adiair aa a, a... ar-.-.-at d-a'Safaa; rahtaas j t f a:':a:!'; ia t'aia. hat 1 r.ir.t..!; my- J a-a' :ta :t si a t .at a-rit at tav i .si t i. at I i.-. i ..f th- tlaa-tar. an f-aara at a--:aaaa..a w h i..a a.-.-n its- "di s.--a.s ta na- tht.t th titna has ar-t'--i v ;aa. r.-a ai'a i.-ss ..f t.-aa;,- c-.-t s-aa a. ..s. th.-- Idaa d Stat- s i.. uid i at.- ia .-ta- ta -r. t.-at t!a- iahahaaats a.f "taa. it t a.- Si.aai-ii ira -a-aiia-ti f hi t. ta r.'ait ta i s s s i u a a i a t a it i ja'..- r and t ijtit us ta say that if That u. a. .-taataait aantiat tttaia.taa! its ;all!....!-!:y .-a; hy sa.-i. saaa- la-a.--ti.-.-s. v-, t- a. ...ni.i' tit.- h.a i :a-..f.aa liahts aiai I ha i a a a .-It. i tn-- nf I'uha. a'a a I-..;.;" i.Im ha v.- I ti taaaat ta T'arsii-. a ra'a. t.- in aa h. a ra i an. ;i has aiaa-s .hat.-, su. tl I-ra.-t:. "S as that it tia- a a s s i a a i t at thaaaai aiaaaa, i i-a;.:- tiariai.l--. Tha-f atv many I j.a--n ia ifas had uli.i -r.- pa r t i. a t a ta. s I i -i t n- hat i I uai- in t h- I 't;i t.-d i i-tai s, Th-y i,i tn.d 'isi i Uim Vam- ta i la-.-'s s.aa.-. s ta t ha c,,a- f-:. y: t y uti-.i-r.-t I that his aath iaiai.l a.- tia- sahtu ..f naiav !a-s. a: d h. .-.'.is- ..f his araal ahiiitv a taaitaty aatnaa-ai -r. it w.ul.l tak- ;i l.a.a aad Idtl.-r s;raa.h-. aastia:' laatty livs. ta th-f.-at aim atal pat hint a ta 'V i 1 a a. hay .a k- t a say t hat n I tin in tii! an-iaaa.- wha was a s..ld- Idaa.i tSat.-s .-l.-wh.-r-. 'n .'ul. v is.-!:!.-! ti.a: (h-taa-.tl la-.-sltaahl t'-tur t t-ii.... m na.-r t -.iv las "tvii hi'-.. Th.-y wnt ..ut t v a r on la m t as la an a-a i m.-n vbi;aat haina th--ir t'aaicJ stai't-d V h:i the li a af aa-n w ha a ir. .:.-..l n, ,j, -r-text of iiiakiii- a "Sa thai 1 an- th.at without t-caard to t! a it i--s i a I a v, h!.-h is ma v hrdi-' t.s. i a-a iiia.ia, lith-dtv i. r 1 aa ;t a ii v .-r-n r riaiit-. is ;ir, at le-r I hilar cannei t-d :a a e,.iiat-ral w a v. ,a iv a.a he amiv-: r.. i.-,....','- t l-ai-ae v. I'i.in a,,a-i .,l ,,'r ta .i a a l a it y. ars. a i a na! will i "ss t ti- i-t hainv. Ivverv no.U- eoati-al t Mat .-anal. and. in mv Daaaaa-at. in oad- r a. pro.,, i Iv -antral n. a..- a. ast nl,. Ian,- .antral ,r th read l-a.iina- to it. ,ja tea ;,i.,A. in- naval arc la 1 t re 1'. ii! a-, at ti,.- pr-settt time, ii,- iv,. I:av- is ii.-a i!y arm. .red si,ips. tiiar ar titia by r-a-a n ,,f the ar-at v-u'c 'f their arai.a- ta cany saCio .-at .-ai t r-tnain aa s-ai far ar.v l-aath ,,f ti.-T.-la'ai. in cf i. i- ta rot' I that aa,! ta- r.a.t-s of sha.s l-a.iina t., ii, I-.hst iatve fartiti.-d harbors in both th- "ri 1 1 -aus. s.. na, b-avas- armi.f... v-aa-is may have a IF YOU WANT 1o riii.c your t.-.eu.is a vaiuabie Xmas Present That they will at,,.r,.'.inte. 1 tor ia-IIl-lit of Prof. Samuels Wi.l .-a hat h-vt Saail r-.ot.i t rullle I. tKM:-l.,si iel.-cs let lla aa. .r,,:e-"f 03.00 EACH. la.s ,.ti..0 ia -aal -s a TI ST F the tits i iv at lar'aier Hail Orders Promptly Filled.

6o6 Kansas Avenue. Kit p.-i t nti.l a roalinsr statinn within a i-itat't disifit.-.' at' tha rtaattil fit thh-c-atial.l hati. ya th- I'laH-d tshttas made a ar. tit ii-.ist.il:' in nut at-coptins the ait t-asi i. ,ns af Jen- ral Grant in rcla i'ni: .t the annoxati'in of San Damin-;... This w .utld lia vt- ttiv.'ii us a fortih.-d iiailnir in tiiasa saus. that in the future '.a-Viil txr.-i'.tiy n. i I.. li-ee also that we sh'fithl annex Itavtiii. and I hope that the first act of jT'-vid.-nt .MoKitdey will he to takesteps in that dirai ti..n. The control of these islands hy the 1'nited States would naike us ahsalute masters of the Pa lilic oeean. and would afford us a safe harl.nr and coaling station in those s.-as in easy reaeh of the mouth of ttie i -t hint's eanal. I da n;tt know that the independence of Cuha would lead to annexation tv the I'nited States. I am in douht as to whether I should lie in favor of annexation, hut. as a free and i ad.-pen. hat t state, under the protection of th-.' I Hited States, it would alw ays be to our navy a safe retreat, and would ai e to us a. eommandins: posi tion at the mouth of the jrulf of -Mexieo, and within tvai-ii of th isthmus canal. M .iuduinent is that within 5D years, aad iM-iitaps a great deal sooner, this lan.tl uiil be eompi-.t.-d, and when it is. tie l'niie.1 Suites will of neee5tsity be ("'ii"'li.-i!tn aevpitre. peaeeably or oth-'-!' a i on, maiming position in thes.- Tit -r.-f.ir-. if our recognition of them as uii iiai-ti.-ii.ient nation should lead t. iirav.- eans.juenees, and even to v. ar. in my ju-huuent we would only be daintr nou. w hat necessity wetuld eom p. I as to ilo later on. i an lay ina aside all of these ronsid erata.as.w hieh are speeulative and sel tislt, it s.-eitts to me that the 1'niied States sitoiil.i not stand by and see the P-. pie of i'uha exterminated, and that v.e shotti l reeatrnize tlient at once and afford them su.-h rights as are. usually aeeat-.h-tl to belligerents. "Willi tltis statemi-nt of my position in reaatd to th- matter. I will close my r. marks, and all upon the next speak er an tia- programme." At the eiase of his address Governor laody said that Governor Morrill who was next an til- programme was de tailed in Hiawatha by- the death of ids partii-a- and could not be present, lie th.-n introduced ex-Chief Justice A. It. l,,rt..n. .1 ml.tr-- Morton spoke wdth more than isstia! lire in his manner and he was fre-ilta-ntly interrupted by applause. 1 am Kt'aliiied," said he, "to see the ist i nauished Retitleman who has recently been elected governor of this sr -at e. .inni.'ii wealth here to preside "V-r tiiis m.v-tiat.- and to encourage with his present e the cause of the pat t iats of Cuba, who are hKhting- to be ft.-- d from the brutality of Spain." 'fii-i sp.-aker alluded to the assistance Kivt-n in the bnited States by the French nation in the battie for inde end. nee and sttid that th- Tnited States had as much reason for tfoing to th" assistance of Cuba. "Why should not America hold meet ititts like this to express our svmpathv fat- tiie people of Cuba in their hour a' distress. We should demand that resident Cleveland recognize the inde pendence of Cuba (applause). Such action Would mean the freedom of Cuba and the defeat forever or Spanish bru tality and misrule on that island. "Tiie L'nited Stales cuhi free Cuba in a week. President Cleveland could do it. hut if he refuses wp can appeal to c .naa-.-ss. bet the resolutions go to our e. .iiiiv-snit-n and senators (mm this m--a in to stand up for Tuba. An .'iii.T star may then be add-d to the I-eptll h- fr. of the world and Cuba wiil "apt. P. H. Coney, who was the next spe.ak.-r, said startling things and lac ed ihe blame f,,r the position of this aav-rnna.-nt upon President Cleveland, wha. he said, "is playinK the rol- of a bacchanalian niran. i." At another time he alluded to President Cleveland as "British spawn foisted upon America through 1-tritish influence, who siis in has bacchanalian carousals and refuses ta do anMhin;,' to relieve the struifKlins people of I'ui.a. It is with mortification and disdain that I mention his name iaaat-e s,., an intelligent audience as this ami 1 a p. ilafiize Cor duins? so. He is ;is indifferent now as lie was during th- internieine strife from ISiil to lSo.". when he took the position that he would r atn-. r saerilice his relatives and peigh 1 a s titan to have his own peace of mind disturbed for a single moment." -Maj. J. K. Hudson was the next sa-aker. H said that it was a burn-i.,a- s'aaim- f..r this nation to sit idly h- waiil- the patriots of Cuba are bein.-r taard-r-d. "It is the province of this nation." said he. --to stand between the at.d the oppress-d. Tbev s,a. that w- have not ships enough: th n we will build mare: they say we have ta, artni. s when there are i.i-mmWhi patriots wailing- far an opportunity to march to th- assistance of Cuba." Cant. J. '1. Waters was the next sp i alter. II- spoke in his usual tiowery. impassioned style, and his speech en-lii-e is jfiven in a sub article following- l-ix-Senatar John Martin was the next speaker, and h- talked in favor of ih-r- a-aiiion of Cuba lay the government of tia- bnit-d States. Or. il. IfaPy r.-ad th following rc s.'liitions. headed by a verse of his own eana ....-it ion. which were adopted with out a d issei 1 1 i riir voice: "A sisar republic stands knocking wit hunt Gn bid h-r to liberty's feast. A star that has risen to shine in the W.-st. Shall never turn back to the Kast. "Whereas, on this 2lst day of Decern -!-r. lvi. then was introduced into the s-naie ..f the I'Viiied States, by the com mittee an foreign relations, the follow ing j' 'int r-sol u t ion "Kesolved. Iy the sr-nafe and house of representatives of the 1 nited States of America in congress assembled that til- independence of the republic of ibn be it nd the same in hereby ac i. wl-dsed by Ihe United Slates of a.rica. lie it further "U-s. ilv.-d. That the T'nited States ill us- its friendly offices with the vernairnt of Spain to bring- to a as.- tae wan- between Spain and the public of Cuba. Xow. therefor-, he it lb Solved. Hy t),,. of Tea,, ka Kan. Reiioral and mass meeting as- s.-ini a-,, thai w- tieartily endorse the s- iiMne-nt expressed in tiie above resolute-its and urae our Kansas senators atal eonar-ssuien to use their utmost la wlul en.i-nvors to secure the- passage t said res,,iuti,,n bv the taiited States cnur -ss. and be it further "K. solved. That we urge President i'N-..;in. to use all the power and fa-"ilai-.s at his command, as the chief executive of this great nation, to carrv an I ti.- manifest spirit and intent of stud resolutions." CAPT. WATERS' PROSE POETRY. His Speech Last Night a Collection of Beautiful Word Pictures. Captain Joseph G. "Waters' speech at Hamilton hail last niisht was a sp-ci-mei, ,f paeia al thouaht that is seldom eattiiii -d. Captain Waters sees things witn the true poetic eye and weaves about them a veil of imaginative lan guage that transforms tha-ni. He said: "The most lowly people may aspire to kb-rty. The most ignorant may have b--yond the learning in all the books a knowledge of freedom. The desire to b,. free passesses mankind as does the belief ,if immortality. We have met this evening to encourage by our res ei.ee una speech tile e .forts, of an en- il people to be free. The insur er Cuba are of the hunblept ori gin; di.-creuited as ihe .descendants ot both white ami black, without pedigree, they ate attempting to estahii'-U a line age, bettinning with themselves, by lighting for liberty and dying in its name. "A hundred years from now the peerage book of the republic of Cuba will contain the names of these patri ots, valued and illustrious to them as the roll of the revolutionary sires are to us. "Domiciled in a veritable garden of Hesperiues, the most beautitul of ail the island homes that emerald the ocean, girt round by the wash of gen erous seas: wiih land-locked harbors and roadsteads, sale from uproarious wave, sufficient to anchor the navies of the world; ribbed its entire length with a great mountain range: with broad lagoons, whose silence is stirred by the flutter of the water fowl, the leap of fish or the cry of some bright piumaged bird; wide savannas, whose green car pets touch the indrifting tides: the song of myriad birds: a wilderness of tropical bloom; an eternal summer: great forests and aromatic woods: daintiest evergreens: orchards that touch the mouth of appetite ith their dotiw falling fruit; w here sunshine is raiment: each breeze a royal wine, and u here the outstretched and bespangled canopy of night is the tucked-iti cover let of sleep; where every intiuence is languorous, anil where every condi tion is opposed to endeavor. "It is a wonder that they should turn from this earthly paradise to look upon the chains that hold them in thrall. "That such a people should wake to liberty, should shake off their slumber and undergo for freedom all human dangers, suggests even to ourselves some .secret charm of liberty that is still sweeter than all the riot of beauty and bloom that sweeps with its tempest of fragrance this insurgent island of thei if. "Why should they not be content with their present condition? Why should they not walk the paths ot p.-aee, margined with roses, and b- down on beds of luxurious indolence and dream dreams of airy castles, filled with spice and scent and fragrance.' Why should they arouse themselves m the cause of liberty and yb-ld on the altar of their sacrifice these splendid creature comforts of life? There is but the simplest answer. The sum of all human hope is liberty and the sum of all human happiness is its enjoyment. "Cuba has undergone a double peon age, to Spain and Poverty, each shack ling a limb the other had not bound. 'They have never had the knowledge that organization gives. They are de prived of the great opportunity of re source. Put they have the mighty im pulse of men who desire to be free ,and in i heir hands til- hastily seized, nicked and unground sugar knife, the stray carbine and a f-vv misfit cartridges from the hold of the Three Friends, have earthquaked the solid serenity of Spain, and have crumbled the Alham bra into a greater ruin than has been wrought by all the throes of a hundred years of antecedent times. "They have met their masters face to face. They have encountered the battalions of Harcelona. the cavaliers of Salamanca, the horsemen of Andalu sia, th- gunners of Cadiz and the butch ers of Madrid. They witness daily in the offing the circling ships of Spain, waiting as the wolves wait for the sheep that stray beyond the fold, jmd watching as vultures watch, to pounce upon tin' carcass, wfv-n the knell of Cuba's la .lie is wrung. Against them are numbers, organization, armament and stores. They have opposed the farces of Spain with their stubborn mountain fastnesses, the resistance of their sunless lagoons, held by a few dauntless souls who have no horror of ambuscade, na terror of dungeons, and no fear of death. "The caste, the aristocracy, tiie gran dee, the don are hugged in fatal em brace by a peon empassioned by his first thrill of liberty, who strives to break the gyves that fetter ids own person that the limbs of his children may be unshackled and free. Spain is pursuing its evil destiny to a conclusion. It has learned nothing by the bitter I-sscns of the past. While all the rest of the world is reading from the open ed back of civilization, it clings to the traditions of the inquisition. It lias been tiie mistress of commerce, it has led all ships on tile ocean. It has dis covered a new world, only to be dis poned of it. little by little. An island here, an island there, then a cape, pra m.uitory, province or principality. For 4ca years the other nations have been casting has far its garments. With Cuba today, it will be the Philippines b ifll'ilT' iw. "Tiie miserably equipped insurgents of Cuba have taken every hazard of the cast of their one alluring hope of freed- an. "It is the unequal fight that tyranny is always compelled to make; of power and malignity; of force ami brutality; of treachery, rapine, assassination and butchery. opposing these, the Cub an's lordliest p.omp and circumstances of battle ar- the free arm. th- high purpose, the graves of kindred trod hy vandal feet, and the emancipation of their race. In the h.ng line of battle, the strongest battalion is ihe on- al right, and Ihe rille that is of the dead liest aim is the one that is loaded with the bullet of liberty. "fin ihe very- threshold of that be nign period of peace and good will that ushers in the man of peace, where the very air is vibrant with hearty words of welcoming and friendly greeting". wh-n we can almost hear from the frosty to.vers the pleasant vyrangle of Christmas bells, it is well at such an hour to rom-mber the blessings (if lib erty. We are the first nation on the face of th- gl,,be. We are the greatest republic of aii the chronicled cemuries. We have obtained our great, largess of liberty, through the furnace fires of battle, by heroic endeavor, and by ap palling sacritice. Our slain in bait!- would people an empire and the blood of our patriots shed that we might be free, would lift upon its ensanguined wave an armored battle ship. "The sound of battle in Cuba is the cry of a brother in distress. As v.- have enjoyed tit- manifold bounties of freedom so tiiiisl we recognize in increasing pro portions the burden and duly their pos session compels us to perform for others. We are rich ia tae accumulated snail of a ha n. Ire. I and twenty years of hii-rty. "The orchards of Cuba have n-a-r borne such fruit and the turn of its presses yields no s'.i'li wine. Our diny now is. 1 hope, to be perform-d for t'tiea. and then I hope that the niighlv pow-r of this inagnihcent people mav h--i'uoki-il for th- slaughtered Armenians. Tins is ne.t ihe era, of turrets or torpe does. When '".rant, the man or bauies. tauaht us better than thai at C-lieva. it was the issi-e of h aa-v oat of the dead lion's carcass. While the senate may de clare in a rhapsody of ire far tiie u'nnie daite recogiat ion of i'uha. it couid still do b.-tter. 'tiie Liivat oceans must I..-starre-1 with the lie hi of island r .-publics, a-- seme placid lake sets on its husnm, tic t.-aiwani traveling orbs thai turn with the night. "it is. in my humbler judgment, our duty to sedately request of Spain the purchase of Cuba. for the purpose or ma a a in it t in g her. aad sriving her as an aa.i-d p.-art to mankinsl and lioertv. It shoal-! be the fr.-e gilt of the people of the l'nited States lo herself. We cannor (1. sire to free her thai we mav afterward possess her oiirs.-pes, for thai would be conquest iin.ier a. patriotic gaise. and the very selfishness of the transaction won!. I destroy the value of tiie "Ut. We want slave uelitf OP3II EVENHIGS. Any goixl iinrclian-it now cheerfully exchanged after Xuins. Hail Orleri I'rimi t Iv Filled. Sensible (sifts For Doys at I'leariug Skatjs cr Fotoill With Suits or Overcoats. lioy' fine f.tiiililrieri Ifrrnlc lVlt, also liuoOnuiiio embroidered blouse Waists, were Tie to ri r i H ti H Vil Clear. nt; Sale Trice 8:1 mid St 1'micy liiitn an. I hilu-y ln-anie.1, finely made. t f T Cearaig S.oe Price i if 13 300 S'.os n" Kacr li. n Nuiis nil wool e'lt-v- itM de'.it ae seat an I Kiu-es Clear.ua Sale Price i One I.ot t Hoy' I 3 to I.-, years name ol Heavy na Intu-lliaa assi mere iiae.l rV values. ftJT f Cieanus Saie l'i ice q4. if O Hoys' Fine Aslrlii-limi Brrfor Ciintv. lane pear; tm-bins, bra.ile.1.3 to Uyrs. so coats. Q i 1 4 .eHi'iiig sate Price I.fiii I'nm KniCM, ot latest styie. si-values. Clearing Salu Price

Great y 709 KANSAS AVE. CARYIHG SETS- Tayman-Oberley Hdv. Co. no more trri tory. Oiir pres. m it l)oiinda-ri'-s uiv as i.roail as our dt-sii for atnit- x tu km sliouhi i'ver reai'h. rl"o iw ',ila to li.rs.-lt' would ray the f1a.tr witii a new K'lory. It would lift, us out of our mcr-chan-lizo into th.e hearts of all n-o,.il.- for all t iim. Thp tori'h of lilert y llamas ii s li'-rht only when fed by satTilirial lire. fr t his country endures, it must rale the sentimentality of fre institutions ab-ive its commeice. It must take personal in t rest iu the aft airs of men that ma ko for Hieir eal or for their woe. It must etdari-- th" definition of the Monroe tf.n--trine, to include in iis j ai ruiia -re arid ea i'm the st ru trtrle of people every whre. I roj nnuu it y tioes not make a bi'nther nim'f t h.n n list a ti -o ilos a st ruiiL'er. 'Che re, lin"Hiii that thards God for a- war l''.u'"''n 1 ar a v. ay nut ions, because the market at ho;i)e may te Vjettered is no better than the -a im i I ia 1 who swallows the m issi un ary and his advice at the same time. "Th msaK'j which we send Spain for t lie pu re! ;a se of 'uba shou id read he t wet -t i the 1 ines that if we can not eon x Spain to sell Cuba we will compel her to kive u away. "Tin' American would bear his individ ual hu i ii e; i of taxat ion for s uch pur ose ;ts tiie vuimg officer sports his lirst epau-1-ts, I have no crit icisms to make on the rons-'i'vatism of tiie pre-sid'-nt. nr the im petuous ardor of the siuue. Tla uhl matt1 of the proposition wiil be just. We are all puppets in the trrandet play nf the Almi!,iity. It is a tune of peph-s and tot-t-TiuL;' tiir-tn-'S. and the belts will su-m r'li in a briitherliood of nun. a. fraternity if mankind trial shall compass the oeeans and girdle the jiobe. a "uba hiliiv; 'I'he irat Ameriean hearts throb with this people that stnu-C-tile to he free. And as we extend our hand to tle-m. it shall fasten in its rip, the tinkers of all mankind." FOUD'S PLAYERS. "Jane" Was Played Last Night The Vitascope Shown. Ford's Merry Players, who are at the Oram hiera 1 1, .use all of this week, at popular j. rices, made a very credit able showdna: in their first appearance last niiiht. The play, ".lain'," was (liv en under the name ..f "Wanted, a Hus band." The house was well filled. The Kdisnn vitascope. which was shown in cuinecfion with tiie perfor mance, mail a hit with the audience. This machine projects pictures mi a screen like a stereopticun witii the dif ference that the figures move as in life. Three pictures were shown last niirat. There wiil he a change of bill tonight, and the pictures shown hy the vita scope will he entirely different from those shown last nigait. ON F. AM) OIE-TIIIRI FA HE. SANTA X'K liOT-TKe HOI.TDAY RATES BY HOME IlDAf). Tickets sold on llecemher 24, 2a, SI and January 1 to all points within 2t"j miles at one and one-third fare for the round trip. Final return limit Janu ary 4. J v- s.-"S h n v 1 Ask to see c.ur fli on Board -f T ft f for V W-- Also how at Brass trim- med Iron lied fur ifi Ki t J Best thing you ever saw for the money. LMA N Ii 1 a. Vy ia. 1 Ilortii TopeJka. n Sale I'ri tes. 2LF 1 Junior Sllils, all eclnr 4 kind. Th tL tH h' O. t; hini liillsi ISeolci-s age- t jl 5;3 rat C5 tM very fme all waal faiim-:, 7 w e- if Vslues in Men's Gclhins Hit. Ovpremilx nii'l l isters, made ol siirii labrit's that we can war rani them toive L-s t of sat isiactiou. i-...eptiunal values. .4 Clearing Sale Pries Take Your Choice For l.tl KMlKest Sidlw, loo ltt Ovrrcoali, 1 01) liewi I'lNler iii.-iiHbijg seine of our very finest garments m most trust- fev ni.rtliy fabrics. ft i f We consider this a great -V. JJ re,' cn-TJ Clearing Sals Price Hats and Caps For Xmas. SO Dozen Wen' Derby mid IXIiirn llnt. of verv due quality -latest block iu every respect a iJ.UJ Hat. y S T5T Clearing Salo Trice tiJLtJ' Greatly reduced prices on all Alen's and Boys' Caps also on Children's Novelties. AUEi-iBACH GUETTEL. AT THE STATE HOUSE. Clever 3Ianner of Obtainiug Fees For Securing Pardons. Jlore Than One Way of Getting an Income. General News Pertaining to the State Departments and State Matters. A Topeka lawyer has undertaken an orisinal way of replenishing his treas ury whenever the cash reserve falls be low the usual amount of three collar buttons. He finds out who has been recommended by the state board of pardons for a pardon and then writ'-s to the convict's friends and tells them that if they will employ him he thinks that he can assure them of a pardon for their unfortunate friend. The scheme frequently works and in a ma jority of cases ihe governor acts on the recommendations of the board. It is just like finding- money to fret a fee in a case after it has been reported fa vorably. The way the lawyer has been in the habit of .irettintt the names of the persons that have been recommend ed favorably is to ffo to ihe irovernor's ofliee and ask to see the pardon papers in the case of John Iioe" or "IMchard Roe." The clerk then sues to the re ceptacle w here the papers are kept and can't find the tups that are asked for. The lawyer says that it is strane that the papers ale not there. They are not found, but Mr. Fauyer in the meantime sees several lots of papers and if they are recommended favorably irocs bat k to his office and writes to the friends of the applicant that, are on the petitions for his release. Charters Filed. The Fowns Seed and (.rain company of Topeka has been inearijoral.-d witti a cap ital of .sr..'."'.. 'I'he dii-e. tors named for th-i lirst year are p. H. !-n. I. It. 'M'lsi.-'. A. Benton. Walter Wellhouse and F. Well house. The Palmetto Minimr company of c.a lena is a new Kansas conipanv. The capital is $12.ti. The directors for the lirsl v.-ar are Warren Patterson. Carth aae. Mo.: 11. Parr-it. and S. F. Kuf.'. Hutchinson: J. Shannon and S. i. I'rain, Galena. The Ok State Think of Clyde. Cloud ciiuatv. has been chartered. The capital is $hl. inn. The directors for the lirst year are as follows: K. S. Marsh and F. 1 Thayer, la-andon. Vt.: ft. 11. Gill. C. F. Armstroua. II. Frosseau. A. J. Fatter son and W. Jt. Howard. Five Hundred to Expose Peffer. The imnaern-as canui.lntes for the senate in the Populist party are r-aeh in re'.-iiu of a letter from a man in ('alifornia to the eft .-at that for the small sum of he will p..htish an ar-iele proving: thar Senator Peffei- traded his vole wiih the sugar trust fa.r a pesitian for his sou in one of the sugar relineri.-s in 'a i i fern ia The man that makes this offer is F. II. Sp-wart of San 1 '..-ma rd ino. ('al. Ih- was formerly a niin'st.-r ia tvi-t-rii Kansas and is now' running a paper in ('alifornia. flis offer has not l.-f n accepted by any of the eandi.iates and so far as heard from ad that have r. iv, d the offer say il-.ut they do believe it. Dunsmore a Candidate. "You car.'t keep a srood man d wn. J. M. Dur.pmort'. sp -aker of the Dunsmor- house, also known to fame as the Bald Hornet of the Xeo-ho. is a candidate fr commandant of the l-odie City Sol diers' home. New Candidates. AmotiT the latest candidates nn-noaia-heir themselves as v.antiiiir positions under the state a 1 m i n i 1 .-a t i n ai'-: J. W. P.. .wins of Kurt S.aat far clerk of the su preme cart: J. M. I'lulaetl of Topeka for commissioner cf elections of Top.-ka ar.tl V. O. Hi-itii!.' for m ra Per of ihe slate board of railroad commissioners. Bank Commissioner's Ca':l. The hank commissioner has issued n cai! for a sta-ement ef ihe condition of the stale bai.Ks aiwaiiat bow t;.,-y stool al the close of business on -ember h. This will be tiie last call tiiat will be giv eu out this j ear. GOODS THE PEOPLE WANT I PRICES THE PEOPLE LIKE! i i y-t 709 KANSAS AVE. Il UNPARALLELED I (JF f w V i l l r t a-- a CHANCES AWAIT YOU HERE. Useful Holiday Gifts. NECKWEAR Verv fine nil 11 anU lies in latest toriaerly at one. Clearing sale rrieo Very llnnd.omc Scarf, in all the latest celoriutrs. tlow iai; end -fecks, lmiwrials. flows. I'utfs aud btriair 'lies. Tec and Si iuality. Clearing Sale Price -at3 w MUFFLERS Wtiilc null Itlack Sal in HnVlira, brocaded oriilain. larire others ask $1 for. Clearing Salo 1'rive Very fine Fancy Slllt aau Salln Muf flers, extra line, sl-ao ntialily. m1 pi Clearing Sale Price i GLOVES 25 Dozen Imported Kid Slooi, in Piaue and out setiiii slj'les. lined or unhned all latest shades of tan and brown. $1.50 quality. Clearing ;sale 1'rice mm Smfill Boys' Lined Oloye, strncliaa and Alocha, very warm, were T.hi. K Clenrina Sale Price rcti w HANDKERCHIEFS 35 lluz.n liii quality Silfe and I.inen Jiemsiltclied luitud Handkerchiefs, others ask Chio. i t Clearing Sale Price JL SUSPENDERS 50 linzrii line SiiiPnler. lastest stvie webs, Persian or silk faced brass hiickles, drawer snvpOrters, tJ worth aCc. Clearing fsule Price iL. Very Fine Ssitin SmptndPM, fine brass mounted. b SI.5U. f Q. n Clearing Sale I'rico tJOC ill! UMBRELLAS illoria Hilk l'inhrflaa, Pr ce of "Wales luaulies steel rod. silk cover and kind. Clearing Sale Priea Very Fine Umbrellft. of Kensington silk. 2t and 28 inch, wiih luadier ami silk oases to inatoh, best paragon frames, steel roil, natural wood bandies SA l inbrella. -f t Clearing sale price t)X -r O Otiiern up to $5.00 CANES llanili.onlil(nrAl Wood r, C.earaig Sale Price' rW i (iv a. Sll.li and ('OKDlnOY VKSIS-vcry stylish. iatesl IS out. $4.0(1 and $.j.ih values. Clear- iiig Sale Price 'f J Nmoklns Jackff4 ot line i rtcot. ail colors, $4.95 J nrketM TOYS, ETC. Tayman-Obsrley Mm. Go. 3IIMSTE1JS TALK SHOP. Papers Read at District Conference on How to Carry on Keligiou3 Work. A district conference of the ministers of the Topeka district of the' Kansas Methodist conference is being- held at the Kansas Avenue Mi. E. church. About 40 ministers are in attendance. The sesions commenced last evening with a sermon by Rev. J. IX Ilitchock of Osage City. Tonight Dr. A. S. Krn bree of this city wiil preach a sermon. This nioi'r.iitg's services was devoted to general business and reports of pas tors. The conference will continue un til tomorrow evening:. The following papers will be read dur ing the various sessions: "Sinking- as a Ileliyious Exercise," J. D. Hitchcock. 'F.jual Lay llepresentation,' D. Fuller. "Foes the Modern Sunday School Ac complish What it Ought?" J. T. Mayor. "The Importance of Our Christian Papers, and li.-st Methods for Increas- ma, their Circulation. W.J. tlitche)l. "Relations of the Fastor to the Lp worth Leas"'-'." 1'- A. Shutt. "What Constitutes a Successful Class Feader." J. W. lieed. "Foes the Bible Teach the Complete Kradieafion of Fepravity or 'The Car nal Nature, Prior to Lieath?" S. P. J acobs. "What are the Kssential Talements to be considered in the selection of Stew ards?" CJ. S. Fearborn. "How to Secure the Full Apportion ment in our Fenevolences," J. A. Siavely. "How May a Farmer Attendance, up on the Part of the Fnsaved. at Regular Church Services, be Secured?" S. A. Smith. "The Pastor's Relation to the Uncon- POCKET KHiYES Tayman-Obsrlsy Ml Co. Z WE HAVE WHAT YOU WANT IN Si H i Holiday Goods.... iilirlnTT P m m

El il O m in ta 9 a st es m M At Specially Low Prices For the Next Few Days. NEWEST AND MOST COMPLETE LINE FURNISHING GOODS IN TIIE CITY. TIIE 805 II AXIS AS BoeCM9BC3eseiSMiBiitisBaifli9Cssati3 s-.- RAZORSTayniao-Ot)erlej Mxi. Co. AUERBACH GUETTEL. MONEY SAVING fcilta T-oU and Fniir-in- colors, were sold 4" 25c size, same as 4r.SC 98c NIGHT ROBES Fine Km Itroi IereiI X I e3s Hobes, custom niaue, 1l.11 leu.trth ani width. $1.00 Uohes. Cleaiiug .ialo Trice 09c COLLARS AND CUFFS P re Milieu -l-jy Collars all shapes. C'iearinij; Sate I'rico f s All Cufls. l.i ii en Plain niiil Pink Clearing toute Place tassle. 98c FLnXXt- .85 verted of his Conigret-ta i ion and the Community." G. W. Ft ad -n. "The Pastor in Social Fife," H. I Rice. "The Church in Temperance Jfefoi in." T. F. Stephens. "Pest Methods in Revivals," J. R. Madison. COJIIXU TO KANSAS. A Socialist Editor Thinks it a Good Field for Kim. Oirard, Dc. 22. J. A. Waylrirrl. who formerly edited the ("oniin Xa t i-n ti n-l later the Appeal to K-ason. .Mel who is oni1 of thr most widely kiiown s i cialists in t)ie I'nitt d Stat--w, announced his iiit.-nti'Tt ot l-taiin in Kansas. Next wvM'k he will rnuv lirr' anl b'.-i-'jii the publication of a s I'-ia I ist ic w -kly paper. Wayiand has a remarkaMe car eer. I-eavins: Pnbio, fnlo.. wher1 hi- had been en.t,raS'i'(l in the rc:il entate lousi ness, lie movel t. (Ir-'t'Ttsl-iii'LT, Ind., and estahlih'-' l tin. ('oniinir Xatiou. H'-r is a viorrius writer and hj jiut for ward his socialistic id-.is in such interestii?T manner tinit s.ki!i his pap'-r had a circular i n of about loo.nfto. 11 e accept cd n a d crt i.-'i: e-'i 1 1 .s w hit ievr-r, but depended, and nt in vain, upon his subscription list for p -rating ex penses a n d a n income About This tine1 Wayiand conceived tht- idea ot ninvin his pap'T dovs-n into Tennessee and Joiinrlinic a colony of his own where his ideas nuhl b iut into practice. Tiie colony prospered, but a division of sentiment a rnonic the lead ers occurred and W ayiand wa-s "Yin'!," If c moved to Ka us: i s i 'i t y atul est itb Iished tiie Appeal to Reason. som-dhin on the ordf r of the OnninK Xa tion. Th is venture did not prove a isnaejal suv cesa. In th recent campaign Wayiand supported Torn Watson. i I i 4 i III aO j il lOc 15c X. I?; UMBRELLAS, MUFFLERS, HANDKERCHIEFS, FULL DRESS SCARFS, I OF AVENUE for,

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1 o TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22. 1S9G. t. Oriental Rugs, Smyrna Rugs, Japanese Rugs, Wilton Rugs, Mcquette Rugs, Fur Rugs, Fourth Floor. C2rpst Department. III THE SOCIETY WORLD. General ZS'otes of Society and Personal Items. Ileceat Social Events in Topeka and Vicinity. Items of Interest About Topeka Peo ple and Visitors in Town. Mrs. C. S. Put ton and Mrs. Irving XvHUie arranged a must successful leap year party fur last eveninor which was given at Hudson's hull. Watsins orchestra furnished the music and the rulf that r.o nmvs should he engaged ahea-l was carried out. The ladies ra joyed their privileges and made the roost of the evening's liberty. Those "who attended were Mr. J. B. ITayden, B. T. Lewis. Mr. Frank Hobart, Mr. H. Pavis, Mr. V. H. W. Xeiswanpvr Herman LshetvV Charles Xeisou. A. A. Hurd.Mr. S. Met 'lintoek. Mr. F. i i. Nipps. r. Austin C 1 Sra- W. Mr. Mr. f"v. Mr. J. P. Rowl Mr. Irvlnjr Doulittl Mr. Ciftines U-uild, l-'rank 1 Mr. y, .Mr. 1 Tuttle. e. Mr. C. S. Put ten, Mr. L, L. Korn, Mr. W. B. Jansen. Mr. V. W. Webb. Mr. F. K. Wear. Mr. Nor man Wear. air. Fred Freeman. Mr. A. A. Scott. Mr. SehuvP-r Nichols, Sir. J. IT. Withered. Mr. Oeoree M. Seward. Mr. Clarence Bowman. Mr. Charles H. Ea;t-3e. air. Ceorge Hackney, Mr. James Larimer. Mrs. C. S. Sutton. Mrs. Irv Insr Dooiitile, airs. H. A. Baldwin. Mrs. Mary S. Booker. Mrs. O. M. Seward, Jim Herbert Hacknev, Mrs.B. T. Lew Is. Mrs. Chas. Nelson. Mrs. ,T. 13. Hay-lit-n. Mrs. Frank Hobart, Mrs. A. A. -Jurd. Mrs. V. H. Davis. Mrs. H. W. N-:-iswanger, Mrs. F. E. Nipps. Mrs. 3 f ii-rman Lesehrr. Mrs. J. E. Rowley, Mrs. Chas. Ouiid, Sirs. L. L. Koru.Mrs. Frank Lewis, Mrs. W. U. Jansen. Mrs. W. W. WePb, Mrs. F. E. Wear. Mrs. A. A. Scott. Jlrs. Norman "Wear. Mrs. Fred Freeman. Mrs. S. Xichols. Mrs. J. H. Weth-reil. JIiss xeliie Kaub. Miss Lib f' e liaaiett, M s ijeorriar.a Wasson, Miss Hempsy, Miss Koberta Wasson. After the Fap year party last even ing Mrs. Sutton entertained a few friends with a supper. A Surprise Party. A surprise party was given on Miss Pearl Holden at Iter home at 432 State street. Saturday evenine-. Those pres ent were Miss--s Lulu and Anna Toa.tis. Mnttie Spuriock. Ina Fradiieid, Fauie "hecksneit:!. dertie Hope. Liiiie Lied burs;, Xeliie Porter. Cora Jones, Bertha Je:iEt, Cora liichtier, Lizzie Crenier; 2 lesFrs. K. Squires, Clarence Padick. Cha.rlie .s. Lev 1 "tirgies. Paul Spurlock, Frank Barry, Harry Snyder, cad Hay Carle. Social and Personal. Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Thomas will give B family dinner on Christinas day. Mr. and Mrs. Hurry Morton will F'ieti'1 Christmas with, relatives in Calesburgr, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Will Eberle are spend ing the winter with Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Merwiu. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Brewer and daughter, Ruth, will arrive Thursday from Denver to visit Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Brewer. Mis? Emily Allen has returned from the suite university to spend the holi days. Mr. ?snd Mrs. MoGuire will spend Christmas in Kewanee, 111., with rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Ritchie of Pueblo. Colo., will arrive Thursday and be the put-sts of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Sutton to i December 2:. Mr. Al Evans of Chicago will spend Christmas in the citv. Mr. and Mrs. TV. K. Swift will give Cu family dinner Christmas. Latest novelties in Xew Tear call ins cards, Adams Bros., Til Kansas ri venue. Sirs. W. J. Black will receive Xew Tear's calls in her rooms at the Throop. Fhe will he assisted by Miss Lou Xeely and Miss Sadie Atchison of Leaven worth, and Miss Ulenna Cross. Mrs. .J. t j i LJ f J C20.00. Ouartoretl sawed oak. Our SiO Board is a 1 h s wsok it in. f: meir pohshed. grreaE bargain. "J L J l wf f"T "f l It 'wl ita" j- -u Lair Carpet Sweepers, Ottomans and Hassocks, Rope Portieres, Tapestry Curtains. Chenille Curtains. Flack will entertain at cards in the evening-. Miss Grace Jilson has issued invita tions for a reception Thursday after noon, December 31. In the evening she will entertain a few of the young' people with a taffy pull to watch the old year out. Mr. end Mrs. E, E. Baker entertained their card club Friday evening'. Mr. 11. M. Iladley went to Hiawatha yesterday. Mrs. J. B. Connell of Kansas City is spending the heiuiay season with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. E. McVey. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Farnsworth of Albuquerque, X. M., arrived yesterday to visit Mrs. Farnsworth's parents. Mr. and Mis. J. G. Waters. -Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Werner of Pitts hurtr, Kan., are visiting- Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Baker. Mrs. F. S. Mitchell and Miss Myrtle Mitchell returned yesterday from a week s visit m Marion. Mrs. Abram TIammatt has issued in vitations fir a reception Tuesday even ing, December 2tt, from 8 to 11 o'clock, at her home. 602 West Tenth street. The reception is in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Dudley Hammatt. Mr. ami Mrs. Lyle Fdekey and two daughters arrived yesterday from Oma ha to spend the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Williams. Mrs. L. M. Crawford, who has been quite ill. is much improved. Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Hand arrived from Xew York to spend the holidays with Mrs. Hand's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. IS. Whit in Mrs. Will Eastman and Mrs. Flory went to Emporia today to remain a week with relatives. Mr. Eastman will g-o to Emporia Thursday. Mr. Will Van Xess has composed the music for a sonsr written by Sirs. C. S. 1 taker, entitled "Luciie." which will be dedicated to Mrs. George W. Park hurst. Miss Daisy Starr, who is attending the state university has returned to Topeka for the holidays. Mr. Roy Crawford is expected home Thursday from Xotre Dame, where he is attending school. Mr. Mareen Jurrens and sister. Xittie, left yesterday for Manito, 111., to spend the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kepley, Mr. E. P. Kepley and Mr. Otis Huntrate went to Fort Scott today. Mr. M ungate will he married tomorrow to Miss Allie Kep ley of Fort Scott. They will come to Topeka immediately after their mar riage and will po to housekeeping at 1-)3 Van Buren street. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Delahay went to Kansas City yesterday to remain until Saturday with Mrs. Delahay's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenard. Engraved cards and wedding- invita tions. Adams Bros., Topeka agents for Jaccards. ilr. and Mrs. Frank G. Willard went to Chicago last nigrht. Mr. Fred Kintrsiey of Kansas Citv, wail spend Christmas in the city. Mrs. Will Thrapp of Chicago is visiting- her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L Van Houten. air. and airs. R. K. Jamison and daughter, will go to St. Louis Thurstlav to spend the holidays with airs. Jami son's relatives. aiiss Luciie Mulvane. who is attend ing the Ottawa university, is home for the holidays. Miss Franc Littlelield -will return to morrow from a visit in Pinckney ville, airs. H. F. aiudge has returned from a trip to Chicago. aiiss Celeste Xellis will arrive Thurs day from Chicago to visit her parents, air. and airs. D. C. Xellis. Burt.m aiudg-e will return Thursday from Boonville, Mo to spend his vaca tion. Bishop and airs, aiillspaush will re ceive Xew Year's calls at the Bishop's home between the hours of 3 and 10. They will be assisted by the elergv of Grace cathedral. airs. C. S. Sutton will keep open house on Xew Year's day from 3 to 8 o'clock She will be assisted by airs B T Ger vis, airs. W. T. Crosby, airs. James Ilovley. Mrs. D. J. Harding. Miss Geor ftaana Wasson. aiiss Grace Van Houten aiiss Jean Frost, aiiss Gertrude Shulz.' of Ottawa and aiiss Hempsey of St Louis. SUSPENSION ISKIDGE FELL. A Wire Bridge Filled With People Breaks Killing One and Injur ing Many. Wheeling. W. Va..Dec. 22. At Little ton, a wire suspension bridge over a creek broke down while crowded with people returning home from a church entertainment and about 30 or 40 people were precipitated into the bed of the stream. One young man was killed two others probably fataliv injured ami eight or ten others hurt, from seriously to siightiy. WiiPert Hammond, aged IS. wa.s kill ed: aiiss Artie Brown and Harry An derson were dangerously hurt. ami aiiss Cora Murphy, Simmons Fox. WiHiam aiays and sou and Xewt Carman we'-e injured. The fact that the creek was low pre vented greater loss of life. To cure all old sores, to heal an indo lent, ulcer, or to speedily cure piles, vou need simply apply DeWitt's Witch Ha zel Salve according to directions. Its magic-like action wall surorise vou. Geo W. Stansrield, fi:;2 Kansas avenue. Oaylord Barcley. tailrors, have re moved to second tioor, same number, 62 Kansas avenue. ROCK ISLAND KOI TE. Holiday Excursions. Tickets on sals Dec. 24. 25, 31 and Jan. 1, one and one-third fare for the round trip, final limit Jan. 4. Society's entertainer at M. E. church. mm oMfioD oe

Changes Made lly the Removal of I). At wood. Late Kail road News From Con cordia and Other l'oiuts. Items of Interest About Kansas Rail road Blatters Personals and Miscellaneous. Mr. D. Atwood, general freight agent of the Rock Island west of the Missouri river, is making arrangements to move to Chicago, where he will become iden tified with the freight department of the road on January 1. air. and airs. Atwood will give up their residence on West Tenth street and will here after make their home in Chicago. air. E. B. Boyd, at present assistant general freight agent of the Rock Isl and east of the aiissouri river, who will succeed air. Atwood in this city, will in turn be succeeded by air. H. Snyder, at present assistant general freight agent at Omaha. NEWS FROM CONCORDIA. Interesting Items Among the Em ployes of the Central Branch. From Our Special Correspondent. J. H. High, car inspector of the Cen tral Branch, is laying off on account of sickness. ai. T. Fitzp.atrick. late division road master on the aiisouri Pacific, is visit ing his family in Concordia. Chief Dispatcher of the Central Branch J. A. YVestriek, with headquar ters in Concordia, has a sixty days lay-off on account of sickness. Division Superintendent A. Turner of Newton has been inspecting the Strong City and Concordia Branch of the Santa Fe road. Since the change of time on the Con cordia branch of the Santa Fe there is but little through passenger business on this line. The people of this section of Kansas who travel on the Santa Fe road are asking the management to run trains on the Concordia branch on the old time card. The Central Branch road is short daily from 15" to 200 grain cars, besides they are loading from 75 to 100 cars a day with corn. Chas. E. Styles of Atchison, west ern passeiigvr agent of the aiissouri Pacific, is taking his annual tour over the Central Branch road. He is one of the best known railroad men in the west and has been in the passenger service on this road for many years. Twer;ty-fiye or thirty traveling men reside in Concordia. They pay the rail road companies a vast sum annually to haul them. They frequently take up the room id" half a car witli their grill cases when they are leaving home aionday mornings. Concordia has four lines of railroad, Burlington aiissouri' river. Union Pa cific, Atchison. Topeka Santa Fe and aiissouri Pacific. As they are "stub" lines of road, is it any wonder she is closely watching any movement of the Rock Island people, who are contem plating building a railroad from Belle ville south. Ten passenger and mixed trains and eight freight trains arrive and depart from Concordia daily. Bigger Shops at La Junta. Work has commenced on a. 10C foot addition to the Santa Fe shops at La Junta, Col., and the building will be erected with all possible speed. The present shop building at La Junta is not large enough to accommodate the work now done at that point, and hence the addition is necessary. Atchison "Plug's" Work. Atchison. Dec. 22. The Santa Fe pass enger train coming from Topeka yester day morning kiiied six calves belonging to Dr. i'haliiss. near the rnaha crossing. 'Idle calves had escaped from a pasture near by. and huddled on the track. The Santa. Fe runs very fast past the Omaha crossing, and the calves were lit erally torn to pieces. The section men picked them up in shovels. Orphans' Home Short of Water. Atchison. Dec. 22. Although the Sol diers' Orphan home has three weds sup plied wit: wind mills, and one supplied with a. steam pump, it is short of water-, and will put in a steam pump to pump water from a pond on the grounds. The electric light plant cannot be run a third of the tine- owing to the lack of water for the engines. The home wjH finally be compelled to get water from the river. Register at 814 Kansas Avenue. Get in line for future work. The reg istration goes on and club rolls are coming- in from all over the state. The indications are that the bimetallic convention for January 12 will be the largest delegate convention ever held in the state. We want Shawnee coun ty and the capital city to show a regis tration of .YOaO names by that time. Labeling men are requested to come to headquarters and register Saturday nights. Confidence and prosperity wall never come with an increasing popu lation and a decreasing circulating me dium. J. A. DAVIS. Financial Manager. A. M. EIDSOX, Secretary. Topeka People Eat Oysters. G. L. Simpson, the wholesale dealer aa'id packer, received yesterday the largest shipment of fresh oysters ever received by any one firm in Topeka. The reporter was shown over 600 gal lons of the delicious bivalves ready for distribution for the holiday trade. This means about 132.000 oysters, or an oys ter stew or fry for every man, woman and child in Topeka. Caveny "Chalk-Talk" Tonight. The people of Topeka are expecting something unique in the entertainment to be given at the First M. E. church. From the sale of tickets the aiethodist people expect a large attendance. Weather Indications. Chicago. D''C. 22. For Kansas: Fair tonight and Wednesday westerly winds. Great Chalk-talk tonight. The old lady was right when she said the child might die if they waited for the doctor. She saved the little one's life with a few doses of One Minute Cough Cure. She had used it for croup before. Geo. W. Stansrield, 632 Kansas avenue. Gaylord Barcley, tailors, have re moved to second door, same number, 02S Kansas avenue. Holiday Excursinos "via" Rock Is land Route. Portraits at M. E. church tonight. Holiday Excursinos "via" Rock Is land Route. We do mending and sew on buttons free of charge. Peerless Steam Laundry. Funny "Chalk-talk" tonight. BP SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS J. ?vX. Kniarht has donated twelve chairs to Christ hospital. The count y clerk is auditing- the ac counts of the county treasurer. Sam Cunningham will build an addition to his barn at 12ut East Eighth street to cost $75. Dr. Clement Smith has bought from Theodore O. Welch for S4,0j lots 2:5-9, Polk .street. Engineer W. H. Wa?ner of the Santa Fe, running out of Arkansas City, is vis iting: in this city. Clyde E. Hamlin has sold to Robert Smith for $1,2.mj lots 84 and St Holman street, Holman s sub-division. The case of the state against Henry Mull, charged with criminal assault on Mrs. Anna Williams, has been dismissed. H. R. Niekerson. general manager of the Mexican Central railway, and Mrs. Kickerson, arrived today to spend the holidays in this city. J. Doane, who is emploved as a nurse in the Sanfi Fe hospital in Las Vegas, X. M.. has returned to this city to spend the holidays with his family. The only attractions booked for the Grand Opera House next week are "In OJd Tennessee" Monday night, and Neil Burgess' "County Fair-' Thursday night. W. F. TIallam. who was iniured at Per ry, O. T.f some time ago, has been dis charged from the Santa Fe hospital in this city and returned to his home to day. Daniel W. Pepper, aged 25 years, has been granted a license to marry Molly E. Hurley, aged 21 years. The former lives at Thompsonvilie and the latter at Mer iden. Harry Moser. a Ifi-year-old boy, who re sides with his parents tive miles north of town, nati the signt or nis lett eye de stroyed yesterday by a wooden arrow striking it. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Farnsworth of Al buquerque. N. M., have arrived in this city to spend the holidays with Mrs. Farnswort h's parents, Captain and Mrs. J. G. Waters. A case of diphtheria in the family of Wiiliam Aye, 510 Van Buren street, was reported to the sanitary officers today. This is the first case of diphtheria re ported for over a week. J. M. Knight furnished the $1 to release J. N. Banta, the federal prisoner, and the latter went to his home at Louisburg, Miami county, where he has a wife and child in destitute circumstances. Rev. Wm. Wilber, A. B.. of Williams college and Syracuse university will speak at silver headquarters at 814 Kansas ave nue next. Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock on the money question from the Bible standpoint. A letter addressed to "Policeman Wm. H.Thompson, care of police station," was left at poli;-e headquarters and is there yet. Thore is no policeman by that lf.'ime on the force. It is from a Chicag-o collection afcvncy. The Christmas edition of the Sunflower. Mrs. Eucile B, Baker's paper, is one of the prettiest special editions that has ever been issued in Topeka. It contains a portrait of Mrs. Baker (Becky Sharp) and a number ol other portraits. A dancing matinee will be given by the Arion society at its hall on Kansas ave nue Christmas afternoon. Messrs. John Xichols, Edward Eippcrt and Joe Sieber will have charge of the arrangements, and Steinberg's orchestra will furnish the m usic. A very large part of the success of the Cuban meeting last night was due to Dr. H. W. Koby, who is an ardent sympathiz er in the Cuban cause. Dr. Koby made all the arrangements for the meeting, in vited the speakers and had the large tlags made at his own expense. An ordinance compelling sidewalks on the business streets to be swept off be fore 7 o'clock in the morning would meet whh the hearty approval of the many people who have to wralk along Kansas avenue to their work in the mornings and breathe the dust which is raised by the clerks as they sweep it into people's faces. At a regular meeting of the ministerial union yesterday afternoon, the best meth ods for conducting prayer meetings were discussed. All of the members who en tered into the discussion agreed that there should be no stereotyped method of conducting prayer meetings, but the cir cumstances phouid always be taken into consideration. The best methods of con ducting revival services will be discussed at the next meeting of the union on the first Monday in January. SEEDED A SPANKING. A Crowd of Little Colored Thieves Kend the Air With Shrieks. Millie Wisdom, aged 14 years: Laura Wisdom, aged 9 years: Eewis Wis dom, aged 31 years; Olivia Jordan, aged V,i years: Bertie Buford. aged 13 years: Myrtle Gay, aged 12 years; Anna Gay, aged 10 years. These colored children yesterday took part in a wholesaie and bold robbing of Topeka stores, anil although the entire amount of their thef t s would not exceed $r. yet all stole something and from the following- stores: Kitchell Marburg. Troupe's Enterprise. Crosby Bros. Topeka Cash Dry Goods Co. St. Eotiis Bakery. Toys, dolls, neekties, handkerchiefs, and other small articles were taken by these juvenile thieves and most of it was recovered by the police. This morning the children were arraigned before Police Judge Ferry. They all told their stories seemingly truthfully. They told which one of them took this article or that and where it was goiten. Miliie Laura and Lewis Wisdom are the children of Charles Wisdom. Myrtie and Anna Gay are the children of Simon Gay, and Olivia Jordan lives with her mother Mrs. Mary Jordan. and Bertie Buford with her mother Mrs. Cora Buford. After hearing ail the testimony Jude Ferry said: "I have heard enough. Millie Wisdom, you sern to be the ring leoder of this gang, and I fine you S10. The rest of you 1 will tine $5 each. You ought to be lined heavily for this, but as you are so young I make your lines low." The little children sat on the hard benches at the police court and stared into each other's faces. They didn't know ift hot Iter to laugh or cry. Little Lewis Wisdoni. who is called "Uncle." was in clined to smile, but the others looked frightened. "Come on in here," yelled Of ficer Bundy as he led the way to the wo man's ward of the city jail. The seven little pickaninnies followed the big officer through the hallway and walked into the dingy jail room their first experience in a iaii. The door was shut and the parents of the little ones, and their sympathizing friejids crowded to the door. Soon the i children burst into tears and the old walls of the jail fairly rattled with the shrieks j of the infants. People passing by the jail in the street were attracted by the j screams and thought something terrible was happening. As each one raised its i voice another tuned an octave higher. Patrolman Lous' came and looked in at the door. He turned away, and said to I Chief Gardiner, Jailer D;sirow and sever- j al spectators with a number of exple- j lives: "That is a shame to lock little children up in there like that. That's no v, a y to do." Another colored man who was standing near, said: "If ihey put one of my children in there like that they wouldn't stay in there long." Finally j Charles Wisdom secured bond for his j three children and Olivia Jordan. 'V hen j they w e r e b d out. of the jail room the remaining children in the jail set up a terrific cry, but nobody came to take j them out. A Card. airs. Nora Spendlove. the wife of Wm. II. Spendlove. the Santa Fe blacksmith, of a'lT Fast Crane street, was not arrest ed for shoplifting" with airs. P.. 11. FM- wards on Saturday. She had been with airs. Edwards earlier in the afternoon. but she was not with her when the goods were missed, nor when airs. Edward. was taken into custody. An effort was made to throw the blame on airs. Spend love. but I consider my wife was entirely innocent of it. ana. she has never had any i trouble in any wav. at any time. W.YL H. SPENDLOVE, I DO. East Crane Street. Gaylord Barcley. tailors, have re- i moved to second floor, same number, 62S Kansas avenue. j NO HOTEL DEAD BEATS Can Carry on Their Operations if Ho tel Men's Plai is Successful. The Kansas Hotel Keepers' associa tion met in this city yesterday after noon and last night. The meeting was held in the parlors of the Xational. The members of the association were the guests of the Hankla brothers at the National while in the city. Besides the routine business of the association the question of needed legis lation was discussed. The laws of thi3 state do not give the same amount of protection to hotelkeepers that the laws in many other states do. In most of the states the law makes it an of fense either to "jump" a hotel bill ot to obtain board and lodging by false and fraudulent representations. The Kansas law does not, and the keepers of hotels in this state have frequently lost on this account. A committee on legislation was ap pointed for the coming year and they will prepare a bill to be presented to the legislature this wdnter and ask that it be passed. The bill will probably embody the laws of Colorado and Alls souri on the same subject. The com mittee appointed is composed of the following persons. H. C. Whitley of Emporia, chairman; E. H. Chamberlain, McPherson; B. L. Eaton, Wichita; J. R. Hankla, Topeka, and D. J. Dean, Pittsburg. A vote of thanks was given the offi cers for the past year and the fol lowing officers were unnaimously elect ed for the coming year. President, D. J. Dean of Pittsburg; secretary and Treasurer, Colonel Chas. L. Wood of Topeka; vice presidents. F. Wr. Young. Hutchinson; J. M. Bent. Sa lina: J. R. Hankla, Topeka; H. C. Whitley, Emporia; T. J. McDermott, Liberal, and B. L. Eaton, Wichita; members of the executive committee, J. M. Bent Salina; H. C. Whitley, Em poria; J. R. Hankla, Topeka; C. A. Rasback, Parsons, and George C. Rem baugh, Wrinfield. At the evening meeting Governor elect Leedy made a short address in which he said he was in favor of giv ing hotel men protection and would see to it if the proposed bill reached the executive office that it became a law. The reports of the committees show the association to be in a flourishing condition. The following members were present at yesterday's meeting: H. C. Whitley of the Hotel Whitley, Emporia: B. L. Eaton of the Hotel Carey, Wichita: D. J. Dean of Pitts burg, one of the Ewins-Dean Hotel company, which runs the Goodlander at Fort Scott, the Stillwell at Fitts burg and the Savoy at Kansas City; J. ai. Bent of the National, Salina: E. L. Usher of the Midland. Hutchinson; F. W. Young of Hutchinson, superintend ent of the Santa Fe eating houses: Chas. L. Wood of the National. To peka; T. J. McDermott of the Rock Island eating houses. Liberal; George H. Wilkes of the Elgin, Marion; J. R. Hankla of the National, Topeka: E. H. Chamberlain of the Union, aicPher son: F. M. Tuttle of the Chesterfield. Topeka: A. G. McFeeley of the Mis souri Pacific eating houses. Gypsum City; J. F. Letton of the Goodlander, Fort Scott; A. T. Pigg of the St. Nich olas. Topeka: A. Haussler of the Le land, Emporia, and Simon Greenspan of the Chesterfield, Topeka. The association accepted the invi tation of the Hotel V. hitley of Em poria to meet at that place next year. After the meeting last evening there was a soc ial session held which was an enjoyable affair. SOUTH TOPEKA. AH news items for the State Journal should be left with the Kimball Print ing company. 835 Kansas avenue. Rev.W. B. Hutchinson drove to Ross ville today. air and airs. Santa Claus will be at the Baptist church Christmas Eve. aiiss May Albright, who teaches school at St. Clere, is at home for the holidays. John Hale will spend Christmas with his parents air. and airs. M. M. Hale of Park street. Rev aiax Houghtelin of Carbondale is in town attending the Kansas dis trict conference. A. L. Wagonseller, a lumber dealer of Kansas City, called on North side friends yesterday. airs. Franklin and daughter Blanche of St. Clere are being entertained by aiiss May Albright. aiiss Annie Kelly will leave this week for St. Clere where she will be the guest of Mrs. Seaton. The Old Folks high five club did not meet last evening. They have adjourn ed until after Christmas. aiessrs. Wright of Pottawatomie county are the guests of their uncle air. James Allen of Topeka avenue. A North Topeka man who went down to the bridge yesterday counted over 300 teams as crossing in an hour. airs. L. B. Leeman of Council Grove is the guest of her sister airs. S. L. Courtney and will remain until after the holidays. air. Lew Presgrove and aiiss Annie Hunley will be married tomorow noon at the" residence of the bride's parents north of Silver Lake. A lady who had spent the whole aft ernoon "doing Christmas shopping re turned home and found that she had lost one of the most important pur chases. The Fraternal Aid will give a social at their rooms 1000 Kansas avenue to morrow evening. There will be a mus ical and literary programme. Admis sion free. Several of the Sunday schools wdll have their entertainments Christmas Eve as some of the teachers are anx ious to attend the subscription party Christmas night. aiiss Lulu Elliott of Eureka. Kan., is the guest of her cousin air. J. E. Elliott of 9oti Jackson street. She wdll remain until airs. Elliott, who is at Dr. Shel don's hospital to undergo an operation, is able to return. Harry Moser of Silver Lake is in town having his eye treated. He and another boy were playing together when his playmate accidentally hit him in the eye with an arrow. The oculist is doubtful whether he can save the sight. Bishop F. R. aiillspaugh will admin ister the rite of confirmation at the Church of the Good Shepherd tomor row evening at 7:30 to the following candidates: airs. S. J. Woodman and daughter aiiss lone Woodman, aiiss Bi ijgenian and air. G. W. Currier. The following will be the programme for the Kansas district conference for this district now in sesion at the Kan sas Avenue church for Wednesday, De cember 23: S:30 a. m., devotional exer cises; 9 a. m., business session; 10:30 a. m., papers and discussion; 12 m., ad journment; 2 p. m., closing session. There will be a double wedding at Emporia Thursday, December 24. in which two former North side young people are interested, air. Jeff Petro of Herington and aiiss Reese of Em poria, and air. Beam of Topeka and aiiss Lois Reese of Emporia wall be married. air. Petro was a former North Topeka young man and aiiss Lois Reese at one time taught in Quin cy school. i J .1. i f For the last 20 years we have kept Piso's Cure for Con sumption in stock, and would sooner think a groceryman could get along without sugar in his store than we could without Piso's Cure. It is a sure seller. RAVEN CO., Druggists, Ceresco, Michigan, September' 2, 1896. l! ;t i: is the il l i f vliv-J bill H .,v... J made. Kit 42 L...S2 1.Z2 kZ j ki U i.- i Li wJr Yea rail find one coupon inside each 2 ounce bas and two coupons inside each 4 ounce bag. Buy a bag, read the coupon and see how to get your share of 259, 000 in presents. I Express Wagons and SIedsTayman, Oberlsy Hdw. Co. LATEST IN CUSHIONS. I .overs of Fancy Work Have Slany Pat terns to Ciioose From. There was never a season when, more novel and charming- designs in the way of decorative art work invited the co operation of clever fingers throufrh the long- and lovely lamp-lit hours of u winter's evening- at home. It has not been forg-ottcn that, tc men and women alike, anything1 new in the way oi a pillow is always a de cided acquisition. One of the most striking- among- many new designs for these luxurious necessities is a cush ion covered in yellow satin, beautiful for the same reason that Japanese decora tions are always so irresistible the in explicable charm of the fantastic; for over this listening- yellow surface arc scattered merry little imps and darkies indulging" in all sorts of antics: climb ing1 ladders, jumping' poles, etc. The process of making- them is a very sim ple one. From a piece of canvas cut fia"ures of the desired shape and size (those mentioned were perhaps a fin rer in length), bosrte on the satin and work in cross-stitch with black worst ed; a clot of white and a line of red mark eye and mouth of these grotesque A NEW SOFA PILLOW. little figures. Finish with a double ruffle of black satin about a finger in width. StiJl more elegant and costly are the creations in tapestry, which work is more in vog-ue than ever for the backs md seats of chairs, as well as for cush ions. This autumn brings new impor tations rich in Watteau and IJcuchcr fig'ures exquisitely wrought in quarter-stitch, and thong-h "filling- in" is a somewhat tedious process the centuries have proved that in tapestry, at least, "a thing of beauty is a joy forever." The pillow has, indeed, come to he one of the most important, factors in solving the always difficult problem of what to give men friends; and the unique and pretty conceits in cigar rib bons have become so popular that the finest shopa now keep a supply of the ribbons in stock. One can buy "Har vard," "Yale" and innumerable other brands for it takes 100 strips to make one cushion atthree cents a.pieee. These are in all shades of yellow and orange, and are cat stitched together with shad ed yellow silk. The whole is finished with a fringe made of loops of narrow yellow ribbon about 4ya iracfies in length. Special provision has also been mndc for the men of yachting propensities. On different colors (blue preferred) of heavy Bedford cord or denim a yacht in full sail cut out of white canvas ii artistically appliqned. Fluffy little white clouds are embroidered above and swelling waves btlow. There are many other new and artis tic designs for both cushions and table spreads in denim ajiti the more expen sive corded goods, which, however, are not to be embroidered in the old way, tut are outlined instead with a new car nation braid over-handed on. Some times a plain braid is used in comb:nr. ticn with the carnatkwi-.'itjic-ag'O Kee-ord. it A 1 t t v 1' J V i i r e I Tills i 9 .okinsr

1 s i i i eri sv t i t ISSUES A L-eaaiiful Watcli for Ladies. The celebrated Seth Thomas Watch in a ao-year Gold filled case, $12.95. The same Watch in a 14-K, 5-year Gold filled case, $9.95. The above watches are fully warranted. Also fins line of Elgin, Waltham and Hamp den Watches. C. H. MORHISOII, Jeweler and Optician, 505 KANSAS AVE. solid tke:l;:;j vestisuled train's Kansas City, St. Joseph, LeavsrAorih, Atchison, TO ST. LOUIS, CHICAGO, OMAHA, PEORIA, ST. PAUL MINN EAPGLIS. fclTH Dining Cars, Sleepers and Chair Cars (7). CONNECTIONS MADE AT St. Louis, Chicago 0 Peorlj FOR All Points East, South 5 Ci!'hp?;f. L. W. Wakeley, C. P. A., ST. LOU'S, MO. Howard Elliott, Cen. rVH'r.. ST. JOSEPH. MO. H. D. Dutton, T. P. A., ST. JOSEPH, MO. H. C. Crr, A. G. P. A., KANSAS CITV. MO. To St. Paul and Minneapolis Via Burlington Houta. Two splendid through trains each day from aiissouri River points to the north via the old established Burlington Route and Sioux City line. Day train has handsome observation Vestibule! sleepers, free chair cars, and dining cars (north of Council Bluffs). Night train has handsome sleepers to Omaha. Council Bluffs and Sioux City, and par lor cars Sioux City north. Consult Ticket Agent. L. W. WAKin FT, Gen. Pass. Agent. St. Louis, if a. Gaylord Barcley, tailors, have re moved to second floor, same number 62S Kansas avenue. Subscribe for The State Journal, v "''-1-

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, TUESDAY KVHXIXG, DECEMBER 22, IS9G. ASTS.HK5TS.S1T- UATIOXS, HEAL j ESTATE, AUC J L TION SALES i.M) OTIIEi: CLASSIFIED AD YLI1T1SEHENTS 1 iTUATlONS WANTED FREE. Are von in nor-d of work? If so. you ere at" liberty to use tiles columns tor assistance in that Siren ion- v hi.e t.i.s notice appears th- State Jotirn.il ptr l.h tree on Saturday. M-n-iav and 1 ilav, f.,r Tr-p-ka or Kt,a pt-oid. ll'J not-io-o of -.-tit; aliens Want. -J." not to f xof.,.,j five lin.-s. or tliit- y-Mv- words, in lr.rh. provki-d that all a iverti.-ements of that nature ar handed In previous to VJ o'clock Saturday norin: also on WV.ij-sjar Thur-Joy un-1 Friday. 8.1 advert fxit. of t!;.s class handed in by 10 o'clock -dn-'sday morning. X advertls.mnts of this nature to le started e.ept on Saturdays and -!-n-sdays. No ol.lijcatlun is incurred on the l.art of t'te advertiser. No worthy and l,c-dv m-:: or woman n hesitate to fuUeVlvtutraK" of tl:N otT-r. No on' in I. us::. ess c.r having employment is ex-p,..-t.-U to take advantage of it, but all others are invited to avail litems. 1 ves freely. The Topeka Pta'e Journal guarantees rv.-ry day it is printed, to slve a local iretda1 ion tv far more than a'd othe r I .ai'des ccinhit-.ej. This makes this paper The c'r eapest. as wed SB the Pest, daily mediutn in Topeka. the classified aJvei tiaements below costing but Fi?s Cents a Line, or r? cents a lino for a week; 59 cents by the mouth. Average circulation for first six months. 10,625. Fworn detailed statement of circulation presented to advertisers on n ppli.'a t ion. full and see any afternoon between 3 and 5 o'clock, the ha id o m .-st fastest, n.o-t i-rf. cl !d-ce of mac hinery in Kansas- a Web Perfecting Fr- ss which print l rum two to three complete S-paye papers per second. WANTED HELP. ANTKI'-At o! oo. two ui.iloress.-s. t:".4 Kan. Av U" A N'T K i v Work to do. f:irm work p'-ef-rivd. A'.L J. Lirown. l4b Lantj St, kind hi hotel ur pria.te rft-ences. Ad. Wanttd 'Juitiey Sr.. lily. Com. Work, 404 "X ANTKI P.bt-r, indist rious youn men to 1-arn thfr- la ri ers' trase. irr,-irt, '.vif to wt-eks i '-ouired. F' r panlcu-ars audre- L. 1J. 14.;, Topeka, Ks. AXTF.i'-i:, or 20 rnr-n to char .",0 acres t;ru!"-r tatid. Tin'b--r to r on sl.divri. "ad at Wabr's hors shue int siiup, r.w. cor. T: n and Jackson. j K AND WOMKN out of employ- m-n t and w I i in i o Work can larn of a P'-rnia;:ent situatton at pood ways, by wriring at once to P. V. H., box ili. Augusta, Me. SALESMEN WANTED. A A XTKU Canvass b'-st reno-dv for asruts to sil or uitiu-o'stion. I-c(r ?aTTip:e av.i curacu.ars ad dress P. o. Mux 17, Topeka. ANTK l R"!?;ibl'i soli- imrs. wdth or w i'hctit expi ience. Ad.;r-r-s Kansas IutlaJ Life Insurance Co., Topeka. X T ANTK 1- T-;u 'dintr salesmen for ri- a.r; old r-liable h-ois'; experience unncesija'-y exu-.t inducements to cus-tc-mers. p-r uu-nih aiid ex- p-nst-s. "tLas. C. P-ishop (Si Co., St. l-.ouis. W AXTKTi Salt smen to harelle ths l.e.liierette" Bid Vile. S. lis for Merchants buv It. i Vood commission on every sale: nayim; side line. Address the ntatif'it'r., W'm. Kandolph Adams, 711 Kan. Ave., Topeka. WANTED MiSCELLANEOU S. ANTKP TO TRAIiE A 'tTrst eTalss hay bal.-r tor team and farming im Tlements. Address '-Baler." Journal. ur orders for N-mns Kan. Ave., or Li ox J-j. Topeka. ANTKI" Kverybody to know we are inaki:':- suits to mure $-u and up J'-rn F McManus Co., Popular Price AY ANTKlv Sin.-k of Cr,.,.ri nr and fasti. -Merchant, J ...urn a L ANTEI-Hors. s to winter, tnre,. m.h-s trorn low,,: pi..nv f 1: v-a-r and sneiter. Ad i 1 orsis." Journal 'AXTKt.-A f-w more milk eusto- me!5 Katisas avenue. We also have rooms tor rent cheap. y.A XTKI'wVat..lw to rlea .o,.k, f,.c: main sprin-s. ..".e; .TvntuW ash paii for old tioid or silver. Ad wo- i.: ie.ranteej. Mi.ney loaned, on va'uablf It h.ard up, sec L'ncle Sain. .'12 Kan Ave' '.ANTE10 Ev-prvhoih- to vte T'asl-,- herrfs Cl.l-r Vinettar. L'.-.c per gallon. -is to s2C avail. Ave. W ANTKD Your fr-ittLt to haul. oiu- safe to meve. Y..nir liouseiHed srnnd! to or store. Sain Skin- A XT Transfer a- Storage 'lvi-phone I Mi. N. L Moore y sh 'fssraakir.g. iirs. A'f;x1T:n--'i-cTpe,,jn?-raFT(TH HT 'rt iei. or van P.V BaeonK Prop". h hy J. s. Coliins at Co. oe Vie TTN;''e,!i room, furnished 01 ''furnished. Inquire at l.C v. Sin. 'T-Three unfurnished rooms. -a i..-. XH, K.N"T rirnib,l rooms; K-ntle- Blen Harrison- B-ntle At. a XTT-' I X ui-se wuT'k or v.-i-rk as a 1 husr-k-p-!". Ad. M. U.. 1-45 Lane St. j W ANTKI. Situation bv a grocery vierk a No a too! s l-n writer, VJ j ve'ir' f-xT'Ti'-nce. Oood references. Ad. V. J., Journal. t ANTi:i i'y a very polite, em-rtic J lUiitr ci,!o!i n:JtT). v, t.ok of an i FOR RENT-POOMS. j...'M...'ir r'T0."1,"1"1 uU Jam Av',";' Cl,ui"s Co., i;:, ,jth FOR REN f-HOUSES. l H KXTirurn i.-h-J or u (i f urn ish-tt, homj. Tl'L Ma d i -on. N rooms, 'J, a.1 1' halls, 4 I'urcfit s -n.nd '1 iui.s. IOR K I-" N'T T ouse. 6 rooms and bath, h'-l If ;i!i!(M.n St. Also oil.' 7 rooms an. I Lath. f.'KHiir1 '7 Htintoon Si., or i Co luuii'ian building;. LOST AND FOUND. POCN'D A pocknthook. Owner can have :-ame by calling at oI'ik- of the Tnpyka Frintiny; company, proving prop erty ami paying for this notice. 17 OCN D Place to pf t your watch or cSin-k cleaned lor 70c suj Kan. Ave., upstairs. FCR SALE-REAL ESTATE. 1OR SA LE Tft rce rood lots on Taylor street, l-t-twet-n llih and l'th. Enquire of V. IJ. Kidder. Topeka avenue. I70R acrs best river bottom: 2 mii'-s wf-st of ref orm school cost Sl.5'JU. room hous, cellar, cistern, bath room, sink and furnace, cost $2,60. Barn lyx-i'i ft-,-'!, with root cellar, cost i:.o; c h icktn house l'Jx.:i f-et, cost $1 hi; ot hr imi ,t- -rn-nt s cost $:j-tu. Will sdl this T'ToixTt for lss tii an house cost. Ad-iir--us J. I. McCormick. X. Topeka, Kan. If you want to sell j If yei want to buy If you want to r-nt If you want to trad; i" yuu wa nt ix ioan on j CALL OX j or write;! T. O. Phillinerlaw, 11." K. Fifi h St.. To pe k a. K a n sa s. FOR SALE-MISCELLANEOUS. ir l SAI.l- Cheat) A E-ord cow. 5u3 Kansas ave. tirubb's mtisio store. 1,XH SALE A young Jersey cow. In ciuire of janitor at court house. 1,'f'lt SAl.V; Suits to measure, $10 and up. Jno. F. ilcAlanus tt vlo., I'opular Irice Tailors. loft SALE-Tame deer, at the Kemp la tilt, it miles north of Topeka. iU SAhl'-A few stoves very cheap. Tucker, 1 1 1 Kan. Ave. I.oK SALE-Some of the choieest of th.3 iioustdlold eoULjs at i-- tlr.'enwood a"e- nue yet remain. A bargain for some one. 1,'OR PAT. H On easy payments, best Jl vvviny machine made, the Standard. K. W ilut'hes, PjT K. ilh St. ROOMS AND BOARD. 'it.il furnished rooms: tirst elas: Aboard: iriate famiiy. aoJ Till- MISCELLANEOUS. T EH LSTi:KlNtI and caLdtn-t work: aiso rpirin- in Tiis lino at almost your own prion tor cash, or will take o'd f r.rni uir-. carpets or clothing in fxchaij. (at my price,. SPA'1!!'!'. 1 VKRCCtATS to measure. .10 and up. Jno. F. .Mc.Manus fc Co., Popular Price txo VOL' WANT a second -hand cook l-'stove for 1 7 Two muiiki y ovens fur it eaeh. Spaciit, 41- Kansas avenue. rri? M'SKRS to oid-r ?:i and up. Jno. F. Mc.Mauus Co., Popular I-rice Taiiors. IOOM AND BOARD for 4 ladies or 4 fjents. during Slate Teachers asocia X ion m e-1 in g fur, each $1 per day at -LT tuincy St. TAKK your pr.'Scriptions to Kohl's Pimrmaoy. Kan. Ave. GO TO 113 West h'th for perfect hansr int Paris skirls, waists, suits, tailor made and latest sieevts. Mrs. J. F. Buz zed. A Second-hand heater for 52 and a new ak heater for $4.;VJ. S .'AC! IT. ITKIKIKL BKH'K walks laid cheap. Juhn liiichie, ll'J'-i Quiney St. MILK, cream and but term ilk prompt! y Uei;-ered. Frsh country butter arl ears a specialty at ilil W. tith; 'plione u. X AC K AND CHKXILLE Curtain clean J ini-r a specialty. Fosdick's Carpet Cl-anini2T Works. t"JJ Kansas avenue. 1)KI'ATF LKSSOX.S in K. II. Koud u h' s School tday) one or more bran. -h-s -Sc per hour. Kveniiig school JUr per mor.Th. A'l-rttcal writing (.rapid) a. spt-uial 1 y. ZZ Kansas Ave. rp II K very finest watch repairiny: possl Lie to secure, you're assured of. if your tim'-ph-cr- is triv-n me to repair. lain eprin.u Tr.c cleaning, 7i?c to $1. other work in proportion. O. H. LAKER, 803 Kan. Ave. "V OTb K TO WHOM IT MAY CON r (vni i?e it known that my petition is on fde if ih.p office of the probate court of Shawnee county. Kansas, asking f.r it pf-rm i r to s'J i n toxical in 1 iquors at j L.'4 K. Fourth si reet. iu the Second w a rtj in the cit y of Topeka. K ansa s and the hearing of the same is set for rfa t u rd a v, a a. m., Jan. y, i.sai. !L A. FUNCUES3. Topeka. Kan., Dec. 7. ls!i. frf'H VIEWS of residence or parlor, s(o-k. groups, etc.. or photos of any intei i.r ur outside views see Farrow, fell Kan. Ave. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS TKri. A LKIKE CLARICE, Eye and Ear. Ofrice 6u7 Kansas avenue. K. FP1 A NCI S, Vacuum t reatment paralysis. Bell 'phone 073. ;J(j1 W. titli KS. MARY McKlNSTKY. magnetic healing, massage treatment. Resi dence a nU office Jackson. 'Pnone Gis. I) K. EVA IIA KhlNa IlO-VlEOPATIIfST. ilarristm 'phone s.?. 2 Kansas Ave. Bell 'phone 4"4. TTE.VKV W. R.JFiY'. M. I).. (Homeo pa; hist i effice 7:',ij Kansas Ave. Resi dence LlMl Ktri. Ave. Both 'phones. 1,1 E. SHELDON. Af. F. Sart; -iy and diseases of women, with private hospital, oilice: No. T-'.J Kan. Ave. L. A. RYDKR. M. D. "1'FliT: and residence cor. Clordon St. and iVittral Ave.. North Topeka. 'Phone 211. l's-s the Brinkerho ff system of Lectal treatment, a so. -cess f til and painless treattnetit lor piles, listula, lish ure, tueeration. etc. JlJA C. BARNES, M. D. Office 7"? Kan. Ave. Residence loth and C'rny. Offce hours: 9 a. m. to 11 a. m.. and 3 p. ni. to S p. m. Telephone 5as resi lience, and lti office. M ARTilA S. MoCOY, T. F. S. 721 Kansas Ave. FLORISTS. 1 J J- 'iROVES. Florist, precnhoitf u. Ll:iv !-t.. .none .i..: FloiAer Ilepot, hi" Kan. Ave., 'phone Cj MONUMENTS. P.AN'ITE MOM'MFXTS carved at the v lowest rates. Full line of red ana gray granite. ZH Jefferson St. BICYCLES. 'I'OPEKA t'Yt:LK C 112 AV". sth St. I'.if.ycies a and sundries: bk-veles at:d tandems lor rent: repairing of all kinds. TIN SHOPS. T M. BA 1 Hit, hot air furnace alvan- ized and tin rooting 216 V. tilh. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. fPHK KEI.LAM BOOK STATIONERY CO., 6e;; Kan. Ave. Latest books, cor rect stationery. Xewest. wail paper. Ar tistic framing. FUEL AND FEED. TKAVK your orders for COAL, 1-Tour, J i-'eed and Seeds with Van Slyck, a'.'9 TIIOS. KINO, wholesale dealer, flour, feed, coal and grain. 210 V. 6th St., Both 'phones 4ej. MONEY. AClikfor farm and city loans. Geo. 0'-5VlW i,. Epp, 20, Columbian Kills- MONEY TO LOAN flavings and Loan Association, Sixth and Kansas Ave. MONKY to loan by Milo Norton, at 6 per cent. Room ti.Bank. of Topeka, bid. HARNESS AND SADDLERY. C1ALL on tis for good goods for your money. Places to suit tile tittles. Re pairing promptly done. orley it Cal vert, alS Kan. Ave. JEWELERS. JAMES 1'.. 11AYOKN. Jeweler and Op lieian. 'omplele stock of watches, dia monds, silverware, etc. Eyes examined and spectacles properly fitted. There's No Use Wasting Words crs Ripans Tabules THEY CURE Headache, P Dyspepsia, if Constipation, Heartburn, Dizziness, f! Biliousness. THEY COST EO CENTS A BOX. DRUGGISTS SELL THEM. And That's All Th.ers Ss to Say. 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The list is a roll of the people who are making the history, com rolling the af fairs, and leading the opiniou of the THE TIM K when t hese subj.cts are treated of by these contributions in the Review is the very time when the sub jects are in the public mind. THE REYIKW is the only periodical of its kind which has a recognized place as A FAMILY MAGAZINE. This is because it devotes so much at tention to subjects that are of particu lar interest to women. Subscription Trice, $5.00 a Year. T!i3 North American Review iM Fifth Ave., New York. HOLIDAY EXCTUSION KATE Via the Missouri Pacific Railway. Between all stations In Kansas within distance limit of -u0 miles. Rate: one and one-third fare for round trip. Dates of sale: Dec. 24th, 2.".th and 31st, ami Jan. 1st. Final limit for return. Jan. 4th. For further information see F. K. N1PPS. Ticket Agent, Topeka, Kan. Or write H. C. TOWN SEND, G. P. T. A.. St. Louis. Mo. The length of life may be increased hy lessening its dangers. 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Ever since I -was told at school that au oasis was a "green spot in a desert" I have wanted to see that green spot ami also the desert. At last my desires are gratified, at least so far as the oasis goes, for I am now stopping in the cen ter of one. The desert I shall see later on. It is very easy, now that the French have run their Algerian railway system southward from the coast into the desert region, to reach this, one of the finest oases in north Africa. I had always thought it necessary in order to reach one to take a long and dangerous cara van journey, mounted ou a camel and in constant peril from Arab Bedonins and sirocco sandstorms. Bnt instead I only had to take train at the ancient city of Constantine, not far from the coast, leisurely journey hitherward about. ISO miles and step off when the "guard" opened the door and let me out. This oasis is said to contain over 100, 000 palm trees real date palms from the fruit of which the Arabs extract eoinuch comfort and even luxury. They stand in groups and groves, tall and Btatoly, their heads in the air and their roots in water furnished by artesian wells and running streams and sur rounded by smiling fields and luxuriant gardens. We see it here exemplified that water is life, the lack of it death, to every green and living thing. Water, in fact, gave birth to the oases, the mystery of whose existence, surrounded as they are by vast seas of shifting sands, is thus explained The oases are the direct re sult of the creations of springs or streams of water that gush up from sub terranean sources. Sometimes we see great groves of palm trees apparently half buried in the sands, but on close examination find that they have their roots deep down upon the gypsum foundation, where the sand has been hollowed out, and thus mounds of verdure appear, dome shaped and dense, without any apparently sup porting trunk. Now, the Arabs are about 10,000 years behind the times, and before the French came here their only means of raiding the millions of gallons of water A BIT OF B1SKKA. necessary for the preservation of their vegetation was by old fashioned wells and antiquated apparatus of the "year 1. The Arab is nothing if not an tiquated. He is a veritable "back num ber," bound in antique vellum and musty with age. Instead of boring an artesian well and letting the compressed water of tho subterranean springs spout out galore, he painfully digs a vast cav ern, lines it with masonry and then rigs up an antiquated apparatus, which was invented by Abraham or "Yokoub" or one of those old patriarchs who is claim ed by the Arab as an ancestor in com mon with the Jews. In fact, it was probably to escape the hard labor at one of these water mills that Hagar took Ishmael and fled with him to the desert. The most primitive of the apparatus by which the water is raised consists of a great cowskin, sewed together into a sack, open wide at one end and attach ed to ropes passing over pulleys. In the season of drought you bear their creak ing day and night, as they are then con stantly in motion, and the men, women, children and donkeys labor incessantly. If they fail to irrigate their palms and gardens, then they all are likely to per ish. Their lives and the lives of their stock and plants depend upon their un ceasing efforts. As in Egypt, tbo Arabs here sometimes make use of the "sha doof," a long pole made heavy at one end and resting on a pivot, at the other end a large bucket or water tight banket, which is lowered to the water and filled, and as the heavy end of the pole goes down turns its contents into a little gut ter, whence it flows to the appointed places. Sometimes again they use the "sak isb, a water mill of cogged wheels, turned by a donkey or a came). Each revolution of the wheel brings up a series of earthen pitchers, which empty the water iuto a trough or channel, whence it is conveyed in shallow furrows to the gardens. If ens would see what can be produced in the shape of a well, he should visit the so called Joseph's well in the citadel at Cairo, which is 15 feet in diameter, 290 feet deep and with u winding staircase to the bottom. Given heat and moisture, one may produce luxuriant vegetation on a bar ren rock, and here the water has created wonderfully beautiful gardens iu the midst of burning sands. As to the town itself, it is composed mainly of mud huts, and the hotel is by no means a first class affair. I fouud it fairly good, but a fellow passenger of mine, a Brit isher, denounced it in unmeasured term" because he couldn't get his "tub, you know," at 6 o'clock in the morning. But the air is delicious, and tiiere is plenty of it; dates are abundant, Arabs iu most picturesque costumes are every where, and both nature and art have combined to make of Biskra one of the future sanitariums of the world. For consumptives its climate rivals that of Egypt. J. A. ELDiiUKiE. 71' -l-lv v. v-?,. y-J "i --v j i AX AUTHOR'S X0TES. When Mr. Adolphus Fitz-Erown stepped one Monday into a convenient omnibus which happened to pass his door, be had not the slightest idea that he was absolute ly incapable of meeting the modest re quirement of the conductor. The con ductor was waiting iu stony silence to be paid. Adolphus began to stammer some thing when a good natured looking indi vidual observed his discomfiture and said heartily: "What's the trouble? Ah! I see how It Is you've left your money behind. Well, I'm good for your fare anyhow." And with that this modern good Samnri tan took out twopence and paid the fare. Adolphus thanked fhe stranger effusive ly and insisted on taking the came and address of his benefactor. Though the lat ter declared that it was not worth while bothering about such a trifle, he was too polite to resist the earnest solicitations of Mr. Fitz-Brown, upon whose cuff the fol lowing note was eventually made: "M. Fortescue, 10d North Bank, St John's Wood. Adolphus used to have a habit of writ ing memoranda on his shirt cull. He has relinguished that habit latterly. Now, Adolphus was an author, and the business which took him by omnibus to the city was business connected with a forthcoming publication. Arrived at his publishers', he was politely informed that the member of the firm whom he desirod to see had boen compelled to go suddenly to Birmingham. Would Mr. Fitz-Brown kindly call at 4 on Wednesday if he could make It convenient? Certainly he could and would. And down went another note on his cuff. Walking thence to his bankers, hard by, he paid in chcck3 to the amount of some ioO and drew out Ho for petty cash. As he was about to leave the premises a fault lessly attired gentleman happened to emerge from an inner room and reminded him that his account was overdrawn to the extent of 100. "Of course that shall be put right at once," he said. "In any event you shall have at least 25 on Thursday without fail." Ho registered the vow in his usual way, and rattling his"petty cash" in his pocket he repaired to Birch's for some luncheon. At that deservedly popular resort he en countered his old friend Stubbins, a man whom he had not seen for years, who in formed him that his oldest duughtor was to bo married on the following Saturday. After a basin of turtle soup and a large glass of punch he determined that the young lady ought to receive a present. What should it be? A diamond ring, of course. And he straightway booked the order, as it were on himself. Then he went home and began to read the manu script of the novel which he had boen about to submit to his publishers that very day. "flow lucky," he excliimed, "that the man was away in Birmingham! I now perceive that my heroine has too many children. I must get rid of one or two. Let me see. Edith has a fortune of 100, 0U0, and two boys and three girls among whom the money must be equally divided, and they must all be wealthy. He had barely time to make a hurried note when the maid came in with two let ters. The first was from Major Steggall to ask the great author to come and shoot on the 27th inst. at his oonutry seat I must see about my gun," soliloquized Adolphus), and the socond conveyed the intelligence that the celebrated detective, Mr. Shiskey Humes, had acceded to his long standing request to show him over an opium don and that he would await him on Tower Hill at 9:15 on the following Monday. Adolphus was writing on his by thi3 time much soiled cuff when his wife called out that it was high time he went to dress for dinner. A week had passed, gentle reader. The time is 9:14, and on Tower Hill our hero stands waiting for the appearance of Mr. Shiskey Humes. Adolphus felt cold, but he was destined soon to feel warmer, for suddenly a well known voice smote upon his ear. It was the same voice that had bidden him dress for dinner only seven days ago. "What I You here, Edith?" said the as tonished novelist. "What can this mean?" "It means," replied his wife as she led her husband away, "that I have under Providence been the means of preventing a great crime. I am, 1 know, too lute to prevent a great wrong. "Explain yourself, Edith," expostulated Adolphus. "I am here on business to collect material for a Dew work." "I do not doubt," replied his wife bit terly, "that you may seek in opium an anodyne for your corroded conscience, butt that," she continued, with growing fer vor, "shall not prevent mo from doing my duty as a woman and so far as in me lies safeguarding my innocent babes." "I really do not understand you," said Adolphus simply. "Come home at once," said Edith, who did not deigu to explain herself for the present. "I have been to North Bank, to Mrs. Forteecue's (this with fearful em phasis), but she was out. Gone out with her husband, they said. Husband indeed For an instant Adolphus was dazed. Then an idea struck him. North Bank? Fortescue? Of course! It was that man in the omnibus who had paid his fare. He began to laugh. Ho actually chuckled as ho explained the only personal knowledge he had of any one called Fortescue. "Why, then, go on Wednesday at 5 o'clock?" asked his wife. "I didn't," said Adolphus. "Doubtless, however, you found the 25 by Thursday for her and the diamond ring by Friday?" pursued the lady relentlessly. The wits of Adolphus were returning to hiin. He had been nearly shaken out of them. He began to see it all. Again he laughed, and the lady seemed maddened by his trilling demeanor. "Brute though you may be so far as I am concerned, why should you embark on a murderer's career into the bargain?" she almost yelled. What have your children ever done that you should hate them?" The poor woman now burst into a pas sionate fit of weeping, and Adolphus, mur muring, "Edith, Edith, it's all right, dear!" hailed a passing cab. Shortly alter the pair had reached home matters were adjusted with many tears and smiles, but not until the previous Monday's shirt had been exhibited and Adolphus had explained the notes upon the cuff, which read as follows: "M. Fortescue, 1US North Bank, St. John's Wood. "Wednesday. 4 o'clock sharp." "Find 5 by Thursday without fail." "Diamond ring not later than Friday." "Must kill one of Edith's children." "Get gun before 2Gth." "Opium den. Tower Hill, Monday, 6:15.' Exchange. Few Appreciate the Darters to which th exrwe.ar.$. motaer i eoed era f- Y' tr-tq her Wbe.and cue ore-! v i with Taur-a fho t forward to th h"roi i approftcbm mother hood, hj tae ue of "Mother's J Fri 1 tt r t r e bodr if m d to y!e ,i pleasantly and withont iiterual protest to tna change it is undergoing. Headncneaod are riispe'-Iod, the depresoed and nervous faeluie yields to oneof ptca?urai)IeMtcttion. I to life of both mothfi-&nd child is avoided, aa f he passes throrsh the ordefcl quickly sna lier recovery is rapicL "I know one lsdv. the mother of thrj-e children, who suffered ereatly in the birth ..f each, who obtained a bottle of "Mother's Friend' of me before her fourth confinement., and w relieved qnit-klv. All a?ree that their labor was snorter and less painful." Johs G. I'oi.hii.i., Macon, e-a. Senthr Mail, on rw-tct ef price. t.- Ff R BOTTLE. Book "TO EXPECTANT MOT HfcRS" mailed tec. The bradfield regulator co..ATtaiTA,s. SOLO BY At-l DRUGGISTS. C O. DeAlcss. L M. PenweS- Ui FcIIctts' CuHJiss, 523 -Quincy Street. We buy eur roods from the best factories on earth. hie op fa rwQ CIH FRICIS ARE CElSmBLE. 523 QUIITCST E3T. Earrisoa Plasma 71 lell Phons 133 CALL ON. E. II. PHILLIP; The Jeweler, FOR" Holiday Good AM RK P.lltl. s 817 Kansas Avenue. ss 1 N O ,r-. .r, trs

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