The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
March 22, 1897
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sv rf 'If c TWO CENTS. MONDAY TOPEKA, KANSAS, MARCH 22, 1897. MONDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. BRISTOVMXMAN. Joseph L. Bristow, of Kansas, Nominated Today As the Fourth Assistant Post master General. SNICKERSNEE IS HIS That Whacks Off the Heads of 4th Class Postmasters. He Represents Cy Leland in the Administration. Washington, March 22. The president today sent the following nominations to the senate: State Joseph L. Bristow of Kansas, to be fourth assistant postmaster gen eral. Interior Binger Hermann of Oregon, to be commissioner of the general land office. Justice James D. Elliott of South Dakota, to be attorney of the United States for the district of South Da kota. Treasury Ernest G. Timme. of vv is consin, to be auditor for the state and other departments (fifth auditor). Navy Commodore Joseph N. Miller, to be a rear admiral. The office of fourth assistant post master general is known as the heads man of the administration, because he chops off the heads of the fourth-class postmasters, metaphorically speaking. As soon as Mr. Bristow takes hold the work of decapitating the Democratic postoffiees in the smaller offices through out the country will begin and it will be pushed with vigor and dispatch. There are no civil service regulations to interfere with the distribution of the spoils in this branch of the service. This is one of the important offices in the gift of the administration, and is the best appointment that has gone to Kansas for years. It pays $4,000 a year. The duties of this office have been in the hands of some strong men. J. S. Clarkson was Mr. Harrison's fourth as sistant postmaster general. Vice Pres ident Stevenson held the office under Cleveland's first term. Frank Hatton was Grant's, fourth assistant, and II. Clay Evans held the office under Pres ident Hayes. CONFIRMATIONS. Clayton, Osborne and Gowdy Are Confirmed by the Senate. Washington, March 22. The senate in executive session has confirmed I'owell Clayton of Arkansas to be min ister to Mexico. W. M. Osborne of Mas sachusetts to be consul general at Lon don. J. K. Gowdy of Indiana to be con sul general at Paris. J 131 SIMPSON'S ESCAPE. Exchanged Berths "With Gen. Fuller ton, Who Was Killed in the B. O. Wreck Washington. March 22. The four Kansas politicians who were in the wreck on the Baltimore Ohio Satur day at Oakland. Md. J. M. Simpson of McPherson, C. S. Martin of Salina, J. H. Richards of Fort Scott and K. E. Wilcockson of Oakley reached Wash ington this morning. They are at the Normandie, where the other Kansas politicians are stopping. Martin is wearing his left hand in a fling and Judge Richards complains of a painful sensation in the back of the neck, but both men were walking about the hotel lobby last evening and are not seriously injured. Simpson anil Wil cockson escaped without a scratch. Martin was not sensible of his injury until some time after the smash-up. when he felt some payis in his left arm find had the road's surgeon examine iiim. He found that the bone of his el bow had been crushed and the fleshy part of his arm cut. Tile injury was dressed at Cumberland and is rapidly mending. Simpson's escape appears almost providential, if not miraculous. Their train pulled into Cincinnati an hour and a half late. At Cincinnati they were transferred from their sleep er to a Pullman car on the Ohio Mis sissippi, in which General Fullerton had come from St. Louis. Simpson had a check for berth 6 but when he at tempted to occupy it he found General Fullerton already in possession. They liad some dispute over the berth and Fullerton explained that he had held berth 6 since leaving St. Lous. About litis time the conductor came in and told General Fullerton that he could occupy a good berth in the car ahead if he would surrender No. 6 to Simpson. The car in which the general had rome from St. Louis had jumped the track that morning and his experience in leaping from the train to escape what he supposed would result in a smash-up had considerably unstrung lus nerves and made him somewhat ir ritable.When he was told that this car Would be attached to the rear of the train he decided to go into the car ahead, as he feared, he said there might be a tail-end collision. Simpson accordingly obtained his berth and es caped unscathed while General Fuller ton lost his life. DEATH OF JOHN SIEBER. Resulted Indirectly From an Acci dental Bullet Wound Received Recently. John Sieber died at the home of his son I 'Albert Sieber. 1213 (Juincy street. Saturday I night at midnignt. alter an illness of but a few weeks. Ten days ai?o he accidental lv shot himself in the les: while cleaning a revolver. He was afflicted with tubercu losis and the shock of the accident has tened the progress of the disease. The deeeased was a native of Switzer land, ami was born February 1.1. iscn. For the past three vears he has lived with his eon. Allien Sieber. He was a member of the Odd Fellows, having been associated with them for the past thirtv-seven vears. He had not transferred his membership from the Independence lodge. No. C9 and verdigris encampment No. 22. of Inde pendence. Kan. He leaves three sons and a daughter to mourn his loss. They are. Albert. Iouis. ami Ueorsre Sieber. and Mrs. Harry Mileham. of Kansas Citv. The Odd Fellows of the citv will attend the funeral services which will be held at the residence of Albert Sieber, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The interment will be made in Topjka cemetery. Odd Fel lows will assist in the services. Friends of the family are invited to attend. The funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Jos. R. Fisher will he held at the residence, S22 Jefferson street tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. W. C. T. U.'S REQUEST. It Calls Upon the President to Sub- press Kinetoscope Pictures of Fight Chicago, March 22. A knock-out for pugilism in America is the purpose of a giant blow aimed today. No less a man than the president of the United States is to administer the knock-out unless mishap comes to far-reachii plans which were brought to a focus this afternoon. Presid:nl MeKinley is to have the aid of congress and of the governors and leg?s!atures of every state in the Union. That, at least, is the intention of the national officers and members of the Woman's Christian Temperance union. An appeal was torwarded today as fcl lows: To His Excellency, the President of the United States: Honored Ruler: As the official rep resentative of the three hundred thous and members of the Woman's Chris tian Temperance union of the United States we earnestly entreat you to call upon congress to prohibit in the district of Columbia and throughout the vari ous territories the reproduction by means ot the kinetoscope or kindred in struments of the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight or of any like exhibition at any future time. We believe that in making this re quest we are seeking the best welfare of the citizens, especially the youth of our land, who would be brutalized by jilich life-like representations of these degrading spectacles. We learn that preparations upon the largest scale are being made for invading not alone our great cities, but every village and ham let, with a spectacular performance: that, bad as was the influence of the fi-ht upon the comparative few who witnessed it in person, it would be in finitely worse because so much more fat-reaching if thus produced. We are making a like request of of ficials and legislatures of the various states and have strong hope that in the majority of them the necessary legis lation may result. We are glad to feel assured at the outset that your personal sympathy must be with us and that your official sanction will be given to this request, so clearly in the interests of morality. Sincerely and respectfully yours, FRANCES E. WILLARD, President. KATHARINE L. STEVENSON, Corresponding Secretary W. C. T. U. 3IAJ0R Fit ED I UNSTON. He Has Been Made Chief of Artillery by Gomez. New Tork, March 22. The Herald this morning publishes the following special correspondence from Los Vil las, Cuba: Among the Americans in the Cuban army there is only one who has had previous experience in military affairs. This is Capt. Wm. Smith, formerly in the United States cavalry. He is at present second in command of Gomez' personal corps and is considered as the bravest soldier in this body of picked men. Maj. Funston of Kansas is a. young man who made a trip to Alaska to- col lect specimens for the Smithsonian in stitution. He landed with the expedi tion of Braulio Tena, in company with several other Americans, who came to form a battery. On the death of Maj. Osgood during the siege of Guaimaro, he received the command erf a 12 pounder and out of 110 shots he only missed his mark once. Gen. Gomez, in recognition of his ex cellent record, made him chief of artil lery, and at present he is with Calizto Garcia in the east. CUBA IS LOST. The Spanish Themselves Now Recog nize the Fact. New York, March 22. A dispatch to the World from Havana says: Only a few of the more excitable Spanish officers refuse to admit Cuba is lost to the crown. Resident Span iards confess they can see no other out come. In fact evidences that Cuba may in the end be freed by Spanish residents themselves are many and strong. The calmest minds predict the end of Span ish rule within two years. Some say not so soon, others say within a year. The protiosition of Cisneros and Go mez, sent in writing to the New York World, to buy the island, is rapidly growing in popularity here. Its warmest advocates are Spanish and residents hitherto loyal to the crown. They are the active financial and business men of the island, the owners erf eight-tenths of its wealth and its sources of wealth. The Spanish element is condemning with more and more emphasis the fruit less, exhausting policy of General Wey ler. ONLY EIGHT AMERICANS LEFT In Cuban Prisons and They Will Be Liberated Soon. Chicago, March 22. A special to the Times-Herald from Washington, D. C, says: "The Madrid government and Min ister De Lome are meeting the state de partment half way in the liberation of Americans under arrest in Cuba. "Gen. Weyler, however, is acting the part of obstructionist, and this may cause his transfer to the Philippine Isl ands." This statement is made by an admin istration official, who is thoroughly fa miliar with the negotiations with re gard to Americans in confinement by Gen. Weyler's orders. Only eight Amer icans are now within the walls of Span ish jails in Cuba. "These eight men," he continued, "will be freed within a very short time. There is some friction between the Madrid authorities and Gen. Weyler in regard to the matter, and it would not be surprising to see him transferred to the Philippine Islands." Odd Fellows Attention. The funeral of John Sieber will beheld at his late residence, 1213 Quincy street, at 2 o'clock p. m. Odd Fellows are cor dially invited to meet at 1:30 o'clock sharp at Northcraft lodge room. 620 Kan sas avenue: also members of Shawnee Encampment, and proceed to the resi dence of our late brother and Patriarch. E. E. FISHER, N. G. Victoria Woodhull a Widow. London, March 22. John Byrdulph Martin, who married Mrs. Victoria Claf lin Woodhull, died on Saturday at Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands. J. E. Crockett, proprietor of the New York Mercantile Co., returned Saturday from the east where he has been buy ing goods for the past ten days. If afflicted With scalp diseases, hair falling out, and premature baldness, do not use grease or alcohol preparations, but apply Hall's Hair Renewer. MUCH CHIN CHIN. More Chinese Talk After the Opera of "The Mandarin" Than Before it at the Grand Opera House. SCENERY IS ATTACHED By an Advance Agent Who Had Been Dismissed. Some of the Interesting Scenes Upon the Stage. Had the audience which witnessed "The Mandarin" at the Grand Satur day night remained in their seats a few minutes after the curtain was rung down on the concluding act, a second ary entertainment, novel enough to be interesting, would have been seen. In this last production the stage man ager of the company appeared in the leading part instead of Fan Tan, the vagabond, and the other principals were Deputy Sheriffs Larry Sheehan and Eph Kepley, Otis Hungate and Un der Sheriff Bert Lucas. The affair was the result of an at- tacnment suit brought by J. M. Ward up to last Friday the advance agent of "The Mandarin" company. It ap pears that Ward contracted with Evans Mann, proprietors of the opera, for tne entire season at a salary of $50 a week, but on Friday last, after an al tercation with Manager Roth in Kan sas City, he was discharged. Immedi ately after his discharge Ward com menced attachment proceedings to se cure the payment of $1100, the amount of salary due him under his contract for the six remaining weeks of the season. Otis Hungate was telegraphed to by Kansas City attorneys Saturday morn ing to attach the scenery of the com pany on its appearance in this city Saturday night, and the young attor ney and the two deputies were on hand at the performance. The trio sat quietly in a back seat and enjoyed the opera during the first and second acts, but at the conclusion of the second act the thought suddenly struck Hungate that a part of the scen ery might be in the course of removal, and he made a flying trip to the stage entrance only to find that the door was securely locked. He then returned to consult with his two lieutenants, and it was decided to let the matter rest until the conclusion of the opera. Half the people had not made their exit lrom the house when Hungate, this time followed by Sheehan and Kepley, made a second visit to the stage door. In response to continued knocking he was not altogether politely informed that the men on the stage were "onto their game" and that it would be im possible for them to gain the stage floor. This information had the effect cf stopping the proceedings for several minutes, during which another council of war was held, and this time It was decided to force an entrance on the stage at the side of the stage curtain. Through the peep hole in the big curtain the men on the stage were advised of the party's intentions, and when Deputy Sher iff Larry Sheehan climbed up the steps to the ledge outside the curtain at the south side and attempted to push the curtain back, he found it held fast to the wall by numerous hands. Sheehan is an Irish man, and the resistance made him mad, and stepping back as far as the ledge would allow he made a grand rush, head foremost, at the curtain's side. Surprised at this sudden action, and not prepared for such a vigorous assault, the stage hands were forced back from their posi tion and in a moment Sheehan was on the stage quickly followed by Kepley and Hungate. Then ensued a scene, of confusion. Proierty men and stage hands crowded around the little party and for a few min utes it looked as though a small sized riot would result and their annihiliation be accomplished. Sheehan and Kepley faced the crowd with doubled nsts ana resolute faces, and Hungate stood behind them and waved the writ of attachment in the air. "Who let these fellows in," bawled ths big stage manager, leaving the work of superintending the removal of the scenery long enough to walk to the edge of the crowd and size up the intruders. "Who's your friend with the wild west hat." he laughed pointing to Sheehan. who wears a broad brimmed felt hat. "I think if I had been at the side of the curtain when that fellow came uo. I would have made a grease spot of him. Throw them out boys. and when you get tnrougn. go on witn your work." and with this parting in struction the big manager left the crowd and strode over where several of the stage hands were rolling scenery. The stage manager nati gone Diit a rew steps before Sheehan was after him, and catching the big man by the arm he yelled "Well caDtain. I'm sorry you missed an opportunity at the curtain, and I want to accommodate you. mere s no time liKe the nresent. my boy, and I'm your man. Square off now and we'll see what you're made of," and as an example for the manasrer to follow the deputy sheriff as sumed a Fitzsimmons attitude in prepara tion for a hstic encounter. The ooera man was only a bluffer. He had no intention of fighting, and so with a laugh he simply remarked. "Go away, man. I don't know you." and continued his work of getting the scenery down and readv for shipping. Otis Hungate approached the stage man ager and read his writ of attachment, a proceeding which that personage paid but little heed to. It was apparent that he meant to uav no attention to either the attachment or the party, and as a last re sort Under Sheriff Bert Lucas was hur riedly sent for. Meanwhile the chorus eirls had the two deputy sheriffs cornered, and were "josh ing" them. Kepley was able to make some defense, but Sheehan was almost en tirely at their mercy. "Where did you drop from. Willie." queried one of the smiling damsels coquet- Ishly. tickling Larry under tne cnin. "I didn't see you come down. You'll let me keen mv tights and naint box. won't you. That's a good boy. I knew you would." In this vein the' deputy sheriff's torment continued until Lucas arrived, when the three officers and Hungate gathered around the manager and emphatically in- rormed him that the scenery would nave to remain in the house or there would be trouble. He at last consented to leave thf scenery after it was taken down without further bother, and Ed Evans was sworn in as deputy sheriff and left in the Grand all night to watch the stuff. At noon yesterday Hungate received a telegram from the Kansas City attorneys informing him that the matter had been settled, and the scenery was released after the attachment costs were paid by the company. As last night was an open date for the company, the opera was not injured by the attachment proceedings. Torturing, itching, scaly skin erup tions, burns and scalds are soothed at once and promptly healed by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, the best known cure for piles. G. W. Stansfield. 632 Kansas avenue. j JOHN It. AT KANSAS CITY. Tha Ex-Champion Says He Hasn't Touched Liquor for Five Months. Kansas City, March 22. A big man with broad shoulders, a silk tile, patent leather shoes, a voluminous navy blue overcoat, red and white striped shirt and a high, flaring collar stepped off the Parson Davies special at the Union depot at 7:30 o'clock yesterday morning. People who did not know him stopped and turned around to take another look. Those w ho did told each other in whispers: "That's him! That's John L. Sulli van! Gee! Ain't he a whale?" Some even said, "That's he," but they were in the minority. Sullivan was looking well. His com plexion was clear and his eyes bright, and those who accompanied him an nounced with pride that .he had not touched a drop of liquor in five months. Considering his dissipation in the past, he bears his 38 years well. To be sure, his black hair is liberally springled with gray, and his close-cropped mus tache bristles with a salt and pepper effect; there is also a slight tendency just a suggestion to corpulency. Ac cording to a strict anatomical formula, from the belt upward to chest the ta per is incorrect, in fact, reversed. It bespeaks high living and lack of exer cise. Mr. Sullivan says he thinks he can "pull off" 50 pounds of it with hard training and bring himself down to 197 pounds by the time he meets Fitzsim mofis. "I've got a of a cold," said he. "Took 30 grains of quinine last night and my head roars like a trolley car in a tunnel. "The fight at Carson City was all right, and Siler's rulings as referee were perfectly fair. I said all along that I thought Corbett would win if he was in good shape physically, but he wasn't in good shape. He wasn't strong.and his blows lacked steam. Before "they went into the ring I challenged the win ner. Nothing has been done in the way of accepting the challenge yet, of course; it's too soon for that." GOOD FRAME OF MIND. Council and Commercial Club Will Get Together on the Auditorium. The city council will decide tonight whether or not Topeka will have an auditorium. The question before the council is how the prposition shall be submitted to the people. Shall the peo ple be required to raise a sum of money which cannot be secured or shall they be asked to raise only what is necessarv with the $10,000 in the coal hole fund, to complete the auditorium. Good architects say that an auditor ium, substantial and complete can be built for $20,000 or less and still the council originally intended to ask the people to raise $20,000 for the building before the city would give the $10,000 toward its own building for the audi torium must belong to the city. It is a credit to the council that many of the members show a disposition to recede from the position they assumed and are willing to allow the proposition to go before the people unhampered by limitations which will make it impos sible to erect the auditorium after the proposition has been carried at the election. City 'Attorney-Bird and A. W. Dana of the Commercial club committee are trying this afternoon to frame an ordi nance that will gtve satisfaction. Near ly every member of the Commercial club has become reconciled to the loca tion of the auditorium in the City park but the ordinance will probably be left open on that point so that if a better site is donated the building may be built there. IT COST $50,000 For the Kinetoscope People to Get Pictures of the Big Fight San Francisco, March 22. Many con tradictory stories are current about the respective shares of all parties concern ed in the picture taking scheme con nected with the recent championship fight. According to William K. Wheel ock, assistant confidential adviser to the Stuart corporation Dan Stuart alone received any remuneration for the kineteseope privileges. He says that when Stuart had arranged the fight various offers were made by kineto scope concerns. The Edison company and the Vitascope company bid J10.000, E. J. Rector bid $11,000 and obtained the privilege. Wheelock also states that the fighters did not and will not receive any portion of this money. He asserts that the agreement be tween Stuart and Rector would have been cancelled had the weather been such as to make photographing impos sible. The reason alleged is that the expense of getting and setting up the kinetoscope machinery amounted to $40,000. He says Stuart agreed not to demand the $31,000 if the day was too dark and dismal for the proper opera tion of the apparatus. Martin Julian says that each fighter secured rights for himself. Just how much and what they are to receive he would not divulge, claiming that it was a private matter and did not concern the public. He denies that the winner was to receive an extra stipend. Fitzsimmons has nothing to say for himself, trusting in the unbounded wis dom of his brother-in-law Martin Jul iafn. -Corbett, who has followed the busi ness details of the fight with a sharp eye sings a song different from the oth ers. He says that each fighter receives a per centage and the winner an extra ten thousand dollars. Corbett has not yet called On Fitz simmons but still intends to do so. The visit will not be so much a social as a business one. for Jim is intent upon ob taining another match. Wheelock promises another big meet inside of a year. If another match can be arranged between Corbett and Fitz simmons, Stuart will make a bid for it. t or a second attraction he will trv to arrange a fight between Sharkev "and Maher. Wheelock is confident that in a few months half a dozen states will pass laws legalizing prize fights. BRADLEY TO RESIGN1 Kentucky's Governor Announces He Will Ijsave the Chair. Frankfort. Ky.. March 22. Governor Bradley told two friends in his office dav before vesterdav that no martpr what the result of the present senator ial fight, he would resign the office of governor immediately after the expir ation of the extra session. He today declined to discuss the mat ter, but told another friend the same thing this afternoon. DR. R. C. FLOWER, Of Boston", at the Throop Hotel. The many patients and sick friends of Dr. Flower will be glad to know that he is registered at the Throop Hotel where he will be pleased to see them tomorrow. DOES GYWANT IT A Story That Leland Would Be Pension Agent. Said to Hare a Hankering for the Place SMALL AS THE JOB IS. Tom Anderson a Leading Can didate Among Many Others. Bat Leland May Run Everything to Suit Himself. While the Kansas delegation at Washington are agreeing and disagree ing as to who shall have the several federal offices that are to be at the dis posal of the new administration, there is much interest in who will be appoint ed pension agent to succeed Governor Click. It is not definitely settled that there will be any such place to fill, as Presi dent Cleveland has given an order that will abolish the office in September next by consolidating it and several others, in which case a new office will be lo cated at St. Louis. There is a general protest among the soldiers and leading Republicans to such a move and it is said on all sides that the order will be revoked long before it goes into effect. Major T. J. Anderson was one of the first to declare that he would like to have the place. His friends went right to work for him and in a short time had a wonderful lot of in dorsements from the old soldiers and others for the major. Major Ander son is also a personal friend of Major McKinley and this may count in his favor a good deal. Neither Curtis. Broderick nor Senator Baker have as yet made public their determination in this matter. Nor has Cyrus Leland. Under the rule established by the pres ident it will be necessary for the Re publican representatives of Kansas and the senator to agree on some one and recommend him for the position. When President MeKinley announces that he will rescind the order made by Presi dent Cleveland abolishing the office these three will see if they can agree. Until that time the candidates will go on getting indorsements and seeking to influence the congressmen. It may be, however, that Cyrus Leland is to mon opolize all appointments in Kansas. If this is true, of course Broderick, Baker and Curtis cut no figure. Another candidate who has quite a following is W. H. Smith of Marysville. He is being urged for the place by ex Congressman Blue. A new candidate who has lately come out for the place and who is getting many good indorsements is A.. J. Felt of Atchison. It is thought by Mr. Felt's friends that he might be able to get the indorsement of the congres sional delegation. Broderick and Cur tis will both want the vote of Atchison county in the convention next time. Colonel Alexander Warner of Baxter Springs is a candidate. Colonel Warner is a leader of the party and was one of the candidates for lieutenant gov ernor before the Republican state con vention last year. "Farmer" A. W. Smith of McPherson is talked of for the place, as Is the former agent. Rev. Ber nard Kelly. Whether either of the two last named gentlemen are making can vasses for support or not is not known. It was supposed up to a few days ago that Cy Leland would go after the place of collector of internal revenues for the district of Kansas. The duties of the office are not onerous and it would give Leland a chance to get around over the state and look at the various places in the political fences which needed his attention. Several things have happened in the last four weks that have led some of the Repub licans to suspect that Leland is after the pension agency himself. State Senator John A. Fulton, who owes his present place directly to Cy Leland, was asked who he would support for the pension agency, and replied that he was for Leland and that Leland wanted it. Fulton is very close to Leland and such a statement coming from him is considered as having more significance than the ordinary expres sion of a choice by a state senator. It would make quite a nice combination if Leland could get this place, as it would enable him to mingle with the old sol dier element in the party, and with Bristow to look after the postoffiees of the state and Lit Crum holding the United States marshal's office it would give Leland an opportunity to still hold onto the Republican party in this state. So far Leland has not announced himself as a candidate, but it is said confidently by some of the Republican leaders that he will do so at the proper time and will call on the Kansas con gressional delegation to indorse him. In case they should refuse to do so, it remains to be seen whether Leland could break through the president's rule about having the indorsement of the Republican congressional delega from a state before a name would be considered. But there isn't much danger they will refuse if he requests the indorsement. G00DBV REAL ESTATE 31 ILL Last of the Woolen Mill Machinery to Be Shipped Away From Town. The remains of the Topeka woolen mill machinery will be removed from Topeka this week. C. T. Booth of Rochester, Minn., will arrive in the city today or tomorrow and begin the work of preparing to ship the machinery and other property tr Minnesota where it will be placed in a factory now being operated by Mr. Booth. It is expected that the removal will be completed this week. This will probably end the last at tempt in Topeka to build factories two or three miles from town or from a railroad track in order to boom real estate. Marshall's May Go to Pittsburg. Marshall's band at a meeting held yesterday decided to attend the annual conclave of the Kansas grand com mandery Knights Templar in Junction City in May. Arrangements have been made which will probably result m the band accompanying the Kansas com mandery to the triennial conclave of the Knights Templar at Pittsburg, Pa., this falL. SHERMAN LAW UPHELD. The TJ. S. Supreme Court Holds That the Anti-Trust Law Applies to Traffic Associations. Washington, March 22. The supreme court has decided the case of the United States vs. the Transmississippi Freight association against the railroads. The opinion was rendered by Justice Peckham and reverses the decision of the court below and holds the anti-trust law of 18S0 to be applicable to railroad transportation and the traffic agreement of the pool illegal. Justice Peckham reviewed the histo ry of the case and stated the conclusion of the court in a very few words. He said that the bill had originally been filed by the government for the purpose of securing the setting aside of the agreement operating in the southwest which constituted the association to fix rates of transportation to which the various roads constituting the pool should agree. The bill was filed under the law known as the Sherman anti-trust act of ISM. The defendants had in their answer de nied the government's allegations in respect especially to the point of im proper intent, and upon these showings the case proceeded to a hearing. The court below decided that the Sherman act did not apply to railroads and therefore refused to sustain the government. It was also held by the lower court that even if the act did ap ply the agreement was not one looking to the unreasonable restraint of trade. Continuing Justice Peckham said that when the case was brought into the su preme court the defendants had moved to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the freight associations had been dis solved, leaving nothing before the court and also on the allegation that the amount involved was not sufficient to justify the consideration of the case in the supreme court of the United States. These motions were both overruled by the court's conclusions announced to day. Justice Peckham said the mere disso lution of the association did not deter mine the question, as there was still re lief to be had. Taking up the case on its merits he said the court had reached the conclusion that the Sherman act does cover the question of railroad transportation and that the agreement between the various roads is within the prohibition of the act Hence the decis ion of the lower court which was fav orable to the contention of the railroad companies, was reversed and the case remanded. Justices Field, Gray, Shiras and White dissented, Justice White delivering the dissenting opinion. ARBUCKL,ES LOSE THEIR CASE. Their Effort to Enjoin the Sugar Trust Fails. Toledo, O.. March 22. The long ex pected decision of Judge Morris of the common pleas court in the suit of Ar buckle Bros, against the sugar trust, was delivered this morning and it is in favor of the latter. The suit was brought by Thomas Kuhn and the Arbuckles, owners of a minority of stock in the Woolson Spice company of this city, against the Wool son Spice company and the leading stockholders in the American Sugar Re fining company for the appointment of a. receiver for the vVoolson company, the majority of whose stock has been bought by the Havemyers of the sugar trust. The plaintiffs declared that the sugar trust purchased this stock to injure Ai buckle Bros., and to compel them from going into the sugar refining business; that the business is being run at a loss and therefore the protection of the in terests of the minority stockholders re quire that a perpetual injunction be made against the Woolsons selling cof fee at a loss, and that a receiver be ap pointed to conduct the business. Judge Morris' opinion is very volum inous, covering 28 typewritten pages. He holds that the matter of price at which the company may sell its coffee strictly pertains to the internal agreement of the concern, and so long as they act In good faith the directors cannot be inter fered with by the court which cannot restrain a corporation from selling at a low price, even though the minority stockholders can show that a sound business discretion would dictate a dif ferent policy. The testimony, however, showed that the Woolsons were selling at a fair margin of profit. The applica tion for a perpetual injunction is there fore denied. With regard to the other point, the court holds that the agreement of the majority stockholders to sell the pro duct at the time for such a price as will drive a competitor out of business will not make the corporation an unlawful conspiracy against such competitor, nor liable for his actual loss, nor entitle him to relief in the courts. A compe titor for public favor must bow to that law of trade that allows every man to dispose of his own property in the ordi nary course of business on such terms as he sees fit. The motion for the ap pointment of a receiver is therefore overruled. SLASHING THE TREES. Maniac in Union Pacific Armed With a Hatchet. Park Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Union Pacific depot park in North To peka, a maniac was found who was armed with a new hatchet and was chopping down trees and shrubs as fast as he could. He worked industriously, muttering all the while to himself and making wild gesticulations. He destroyed sev eral trees and had one nearly cut down when Patrolman Jenkins went to him and ordered him to desist. The lunatic paid no attention to tne officer's order and kept on at his work of destruction. Patrolman Jenkins seized him. Then a fierce struggle ensued between officer and maniac. With superhuman strength the man fought the officer, swinging his hatchet threateningly near his head. The officer made use of his club to ward off the hatchet blows and the two grap- led. Patrolman McFadden ran to the offi cer's assistance just in time to prevent his receiving a blow on the head with the hatchet. The madman was pinion ed and held fast until the patrol wagon arrived to take him to the police sta tion. As the patrol wagon dashed up to where the man was being held, he shrieked: "No, sir; I won't ride in that wagon; it's a Catholic wagon. Those are Sal vation Army wheels on it. I'm only 16 years old, but I know my business." Something over $1 was found in his pockets, and from letters found on him it was learned that his name is David S. Woodruff of Wilson, Ellsworth county. Kansas. He is a tall man with blue eyes, a light mustache, and his face was unshaven. He is about 40 years of age. Saturday ne saia ne was oo years old, but today he declares that he is just 16 years old. BLOCKADE BEGUN Little Crete Surrounded hy a Cordon of Cruisers Under the Flags of the Allied Powers of Europe. SO AID FOR GREEKS Will Be Allowed to Pass Through the Lines. Col. Yassos Well Supplied With Munitions of War. Canea, Crete, March 22. The blockads of the ports of Crete by the fleets of the allied powers which began yester day at noon, is in full operation. The situation in Crete today may be described as one of expectancy. The fact that the blockade had formally be gun was generally communicated from Canea to all points on the island, in the telegraphic circuit. Pillaging still con tinues. Three Turkish soldiers, who were caught in the act of pillage Saturday night at Halepa, fired on the gend armes, who returned the fire, killing one of them. Constantinople, March 22. The opin ion prevails here that the blockade of the Island of Crete by the fleets of the foreign powers which commenced yes- teraay win te a useless proceeding as Col. Vassos, commander of the Greek army of occupation, is well suoulied with provisions. It is now thought that the best means to accomplish the with drawal of the Greek troops from Crete? wouia De to withdraw the Turkish troops. Edam Pasha, the Turkish comman der in Macedonia, has telegraphed the minister of war not to send any further reinforcements of troops on account of tne scarcity of provisions. The commander of the Turkish squad ron just made ready for sea. has re ceived sealed orders but it is not be lieved the war ships will leave Gallipoli. Valetta, Island or Malta, March 22. The Seaforth Highlanders have sailed for Canea, Island of Crete, on board the transport Clyde. They will arrive ac their destination on Wednesday next. London, March 22. The Athens cor respondent of the Chronicle says that 11 tne ureek newspapers protest against the blockade, and the question is raised as to whether Turkish vessels will be allowed to enter Cretan ports. There is no confirmation of the rumor that the Greek troops have crossed the frontier into Epirus side. The Turkish troops there occupy strong positions, ex cept on the coast, which is open to at-. -tack. The heavy levies enforced by threats of violence on Greek villages in Daily Chronicle's report at Canea says Epirus cause great discontent. The the Moslem beys object to autonomy because they fear they will be compell-' ed to leave the island without compen sation for their large landed interests which are heavily mortgaged to chris tians. Moslems own two-thirds of the land in Crete, but the whole country Is now practically in the control of the Insur gents. RUSSIA MAKES A BARGAIN. She Will Stand by Turkey for a Con sideration. Copenhagen, March 22. The semi-of ficial Tidente publishes a dispatch from; Athens saying that an agrement has been concluded whereby Russia guar antees the integrity of the Turkish em pire in return for an island in the Med iterranean and the peninsula of Mount Athos. CONGRESSMAN CURTIS' HIT Promenades the Floor of the House With Baby Ruiz in Hi3 Arms. The New York Journal of Saturday con tains a large picture of Congressman Charlie Curtis, holding in his arms on the floor of the house, baby Gloria, one of the children of Mrs. Ruiz, whose hus band was murdered in a Cuban prison. The Journal in connection with the pic ture says: Mrs. Ruiz was officially invited to visit the house of representatives today. Tick ets were sent her by Congressman Charles Curtis, of Kansas. She occupied a seat with Babv Gloria to the left of the speak er's desk in the private gallery. "Mrs. Ruiz's coming was anticipated, anil when she made her appearance all eyes were turned in her direction. Few of the congressmen were unaware or tier presence at the end of the session, as it was noised about oy me interested irienos of the poor widow that she had accepted the kindly invitation. Many were the ex pressions of indignation among mem as rhpv cast sympathetic srlances toward the unfortunate mother and her small charge. "Congressman Curtis created a mild furor when he promenaded the housa floor holding baby Gloria in his arms. She was the subject of mucn attention. ec-inp- this helpless child broucht vividly to the mind of every rnan present the history of tier unfortunate father's murder. "Congressman Curtis is the ilark-oyetl, handsome member from the Fourth Kan sas district. He was born at Topeka thirty-seven years ago. and is known as a. man of sterling qualities both of mind and heart, and particularly noted for his level headed statesmansnip. "With his colleagues he la popular, and today when' he came among them hold inK babv Gloria in his arms he was tha center of attraction. "A thoughtful friend sent the w bit of a girl a new hat, a pretty Tarn o' Shanter. with a mass of ribbon trimmings. Baby was delighted witn it ana partea me clus ter of ribbon loops decorating the cros, readjusted the big bow and the long-ori-ine-s tvinc under her chubby chin, ex claiming the while, in Spanish: "Pretty im.ri,-an hnnnpt. nice American girl I am." Happy in the possession of her new bonnet, taiy s airs ana Braces weie verjr fetching, calling forth words of admira tion from many of the solons." GOV. LEEUY INSTRUCTS. Lays Down a Law for the Leaven worth Police Board. Leavenworth. March 22. "Governor Lppdv wants no dark lantern proceed ings in connection with the transaction of business by the police boards of the cities of the first-class," is the instruc tion given the Leavenworth board. He wants a report made to him at the end of every month of all receipts and ex penditures, latter to be itemized, show ing every cent conectea tnrougn tne Lik a charm. Ayer's Pills restores healthy action to the stomach, liver and bowels.
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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAI MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1897. SAM JONES WARM Indulges in Some of His Old Time Hot Firing. Says Churches Will Take in Anybody AT0 MATTER WHO IT IS. Denounces Club Members, Base ball and Prize Fighting. Those Who Are Waiting for the Church to Get Bight. 'Atlanta, March 22. Sam Jones preached at the tabernacle last night. After the usual preliminary song and prayer, Mr. Jones rose to address 7,000 people. He said: "We will have the usual service as on the days gone by. We have four more days. Sunday morning at 11 o'clock we will have a special service for all who visit the city and all the working men and young ladies who cannot get out during the week. I'll take for rny text. 'What wait I for; my hope is in God.' "This has In it a question for each Individual. In view of the past, pres ent and future, and the uncertainty thereof, 'What wait I for?' 'We want to get down to the root of the matter. Let's look the truth square In the face for one time. I am going to help you to answer this mo mentous question. I don't believe there Is a man in hell who intended to go there. "Some will say, "I'll tell you what I am waiting for; I am waiting to con sider this question; I don't want to act in haste and repent at leisure.' You want time to consider what is right and wrong, honest or dishonest, good or bad? Which is best, a drunkard or a sober man? Whether I want to go to heaven or hell? I believe there is not a sinner in this audience that has not at some time settled these questions. "How much time do you want? There Is nothing to consider. God settles It. It is better to be good than bad. "Put up two blackboards, one white and one black, and I ask you which is which and you say you want time to consider. You need not wait for better terms. God's terms never change. God's terms are the same to rich and poor, black and white. "Throw down your sins, that's the terms. You say you are waiting for the time when you can get drunk and lie whenever you want to. I am so glad that God won't take a man up when he drinks. I am glad he said I had to stop all of my meanness. But you needn't mind about the churches in Atlanta: they'll take In anybody, and keep them drunkards, liars, whore mongers and anybody. "If you want the fence down lower than that you ain't fit to live. You just Wont the fence burnt away. "How sorry I am for a church that will act as a kind of feather bed for the backslider to fall easily on. "What makes me mad Is to hear a little old Presbyterian or Episcopalian Bay: 'Our church don't object to danc ing or theater going.' If they tell the truth, I wouldn't stay In that church long enough to get my hat. You ought to change spiritual advisers. "I was in a town the other day and the whole village was on Are about base ball. I learned that the Meth odist preacher was one of the pitchers and the Presbyterian preacher the um pire. I'll tell you, I haven't got any more use for base ball than I have for the Capital City club, and you know how much that is. "Some say they are waiting for the church to get right. I used to be afraid of the hypocrites in the church, but they haven't been in my way in twenty-five years. They are all behind me. and ain't a-going to back up against them. But, after all, there are not near as many hypocrites as you think there are. Ninety-nine out of a hundred in the church are down in their hearts trying to be good, but just afraid to. A man stays drunk for a month, wakes up at the end of the month and says he is afraid he is going to be a drunkard. A man being a liar all his life and a-say-ing his greatest fear is that he will be a liar he's a little fool. An old citizen (Will say, 'I have been trying to get that church straight for twenty years." Why don't you come in and help us, you old hypocrite? There, ain't no life or Ftamen in a man who hunts for de fects waitin' for the church to get right. "It's mighty easy to talk and criti cise. "A member of a church is like a piece cf canvas. Put mud on it and it will show, but put it on an old rag of a sin ner and it can't be seen. "There is a lot of difference between a gentleman and a vagabond. If Sam Jones would go out on that street and cuss a great big oath it would be tele graphed all over the country. But there are a hundred old fools in this town that they don't pay any more at tention to than a dog barking. "My idea of a circus crowd is a drunkard, a one-eyed nigger and a bench-legged dog. The people watching those bulletin boards about the Cor-hett-Fitzsommons fight were not as a circus crowd. There was an old bum, a loafer, a small boy and occasionally a. dude. I'll tell you that before I would watch such things as that, I mould get me two old skunks, put them In a hole and bet some man that one could out stink the other. "I saw people today that thought the fight was going to take place in At lanta. I tell you such ignorance as that is bliss." Mr. Jones turned to a little boy on the front bench and slid: "Were you in that crowd, bud? Have you taken a bath before you come to meeting? You'd better use some Sapo lio. You say you ain't fit to join the church. Well, you just come up to the altar and get fitten. My, my, my, you can't hold out if you join? Do you know the difference between a Methodist and a Baptist? One is afraid he will fall from grace and the other is afraid he hasn't it. The Lord God makes them o. If you do break down or fall from frrace you can find a shop in which to mend yourself. "The rougher the road, the more plen tiful the shops." MORNING SERMON. Rev. Sam Jones is getting Into his old way of fighting the devil, and is shelling the woods at a lively rate. The audiences gather in larger numbers hen they know that he is going to in dulge in plain language. His old time fire is returning to him and his propensity for jumping is in creasing. He said: "During the war we had many kinds of soldiers. The old rr.ajors and colonels who stayed at home and would criticise everything they were jaw bone soldiers another class stayed in the hospitals j when there was any marehlng-or fight ing to be done. Another kind marched right up to the cannon and then ran. Another kind fought, and fought sure enough. We have all kinds of soldiers in the cliurch. There are some people in the church who only have their mouths in. "Somebody told me that there was a church in this town that paid the choir more than the preacher. "Imagine John the Baptist out on the banks of the Jordan with an organ and a choir. "I believe in music. I do. But I don't like the way we run it sometimes.There is a class in the church who won't miss a meeting, but the first shot that hits you, you hollow. They say, 'I got shot and ain'.t a-gwine back any more.' The Lord God will never take this world with those He's got in it now. They are all cowards. Go to a business man af ter a contribution; he says: 'Jones, we ain't doing a thing. Business is dull, dull, dull.' Go to them and tell them to come to meeting 'Jones, I am just so busy I can't turn around. I don't have any time.' Just stand there and lie both, ways. "Lor' me, there's a whole train load of Christians in Atlanta that are head over heels in business. Well, if I was up to my neck in business as some of these fellows, and made no more money, I'd quit. "There are lawyers in this town who think that if they don't go to the court house every day, justice will be defeat ed. "There are doctors the same way, who think that if they don't stay at their office all the time, the city will break out with a scourge of smallpox, cholera and yellow fever. Poor little fellows; they must impress the people that they are somebody. The world needs every man, but it don't need him much. "If you think the world could not get along without you, you're a loool. I have been around this town this morn ing a-hearing the Christians lie. Did you know that 99 out of 100 of the Meth odists, Baptists, Presbyterians, will will shoulder their guns and go to the front, but when the first shot is fired, they'll run everytime? Say to the preacher, you will go in to the battle and fight with all your ransomed power. 'Well, Brother Jones, I'll call my board together, and if they are willing, I am.' "There's a heap of people in this town who will stand to one side and say 'Go it. Brother Jones, I'm with you.' "The very minute a man takes a flat footed stand for Christ, they say he is cranky. "My, my, my, soldiers! Many a man will go to the war and face a thousand bullets and come home and run from public opinion. "Some of our bravest confederates are the weakest before public opinion. "I have seen some preachers so afraid of newspaper criticism that they would spend half the night trying to keep something out of them. Afraid of criti cism. Why don't they go at it like old Fitzsimmons and Corbett? like two old mules with their business ends together, one trying to help the other over the fence. A thin-skinned preacher. I can take a buck shot in my mouth and blow it through some of them. I have fought a good fight. That means I won't take any advantage. "A fellow says 'if Sam Jones had said to my face what he said tonight, I would have knocked him down. Well, you fool, I said it to your face. I said it to you on the side your nose is on. Does that grow on the back of your head? "If the Capital City club don't like what I say about them, they can just send their president or secretary or any body else down here and I'll give them all the time they want. I won't take but 20 minutes in the end, and when they strike the ground they will be hitting at a mile a minute, and if they start for the club they will run four blocks past it before they can stop. "We can put whisky out of Atlanta if we will fight. "If we ever start another prohibition fight I am going to be here. "I know we can whip the fight. We can take this tabernacle and in 21 days we can run the liquor out of this town by 3.000 majority." When Mr. Jones uttered this senti ment there was a spontaneous burst of applause all over the vast audience something that has never been known to occur before during these meetings. After quiet was restored, he continued: VI had rather have 14 Newfoundland dogs around my table than to have people who think I am going to debauch my table with the 'condignity' or 'per banity' of champagne. "If a man who drinks calls himself a gentleman, then I don't want to be one." "I don't," come from a female voice in the audience. "I hope each one here this morning will be able to say that 'I have fought a good fight and whipped. California Limited leaves Topeka Thursdays and Sundays, 11:33 a, m., via Santa Fe Route. 54 hours to Cali fornia. Vestibuled Pullman sleepers, buffet smoker and dining car through. California Express, with Pullman pal ace and tourist sleepers leaves daily at 4:35 p. m. Oh, My Heart! Palpitation Weak Uncon scious at Times Sleepless Asthma Kidney Troubles Recovery Would Seem Like a Miracle Yet Hood's Sarsaparilla Cured "I had been in very poor health for Beveral years, and two summers I was so weak I waB obliged to lie in bed 3 months at a time. I was all run down, had Unconscious Spells lasting for an hour at a time. The doctors thought the trouble came from my heart. I used to say that if I could only be np around, I should be so thank ful, and that it would seem like a miracle It I should be well. The neighbors all know of the poor health I had been in, and how much better I am now. I had asthma for many years, and some nights I Could Not Sleep my breathing was attended with so much difficulty. Sometimes I would have to sit bolt upright in bed. As my general health grew poorer, my asthma grew worse. I had kidney and other troubles and seemed to be generally 'out of sorts.' I heard so much of Hood's Sarsaparilla that I decided to try it, and I experienced great benefit from it. I have recom mended it to many people, and I cannot say too much in praise of Hood's Sarsa parilla. I have not been in bed for over a year on account of illness." Mrs. S. Watson, 432 3. Columbia St., Warsaw, Ind. i ood's Sarsa parilla Is the best in fact the One True Blood Puri- j Her. Sold by all druggists. Get only Hood's. mw j rt-u cure liver ills; easy to rlOOU S flllS take, easy to operate. 26c. MCA fesMigt j ms. A TRAVELING FOET. ONE OF THE LATEST INGENIOUS MILITARY INNOVATIONS TO MAKE WAR MORE HORRIBLE. An eastern Inventive genius has given to the world a traveling fort that to a cer tain extent resembles a modern man-of-war. The fort is propelled after the fashion of road-making machine except that the motive power is electricity from storage bat teries Instead of steam. By the use of this invention contending: armies can get much nearer to each other than would otherwise be possible in these days of modern ord nance. As yet no country has officially adopted this Innovation, but several axe ex perimenting with It. COL. COCKERILL'S W ILL. His Sister Thinks HeJMade Another One and Wants to Investigate. New York, March 22. Surrogate Ar nold has denied the application of Mrs. Hetty C. Campbell of Torresdale, Pa., for permission to examine certain ef fects of her brother, the late Col. J. A. Cockerill, which reached this city from Cairo, Egypt, a few days ago. Col. Cockerill, who was well known as a journalist all over the United States, died of apoplexy in Cairo, April of last year. Mrs. Campbell, who is the wife of Dr. John Campbell, alleged in her peti tion that an examination, of the effects of her deceased brother would disclose the existence of a will executed subse quent to the instrument under which the widow of Col. Cockerill. now Mrs. Walter Leinan, is made his sole heiress and in addition that Col. Cockerill has assigned to the petitioner,, his eister, a policy of insurance for $10,000. The pe titioner also alleged that Col. Cockerill had for some time prior to his death been estranged from his wife and that he had besides instituted here an act ion for an absolute divorce. Mrs. Campbell asserted the belief that should Col. Cockerill's effects first come into the possession of his former wife, the latter will and assignment of life insurance would be destroyed. SHOES FOR M'KINLEr. How a Smooth Drummer Secured an Order. Pittsburg, March 22. An interesting story of President McKinley's inaugural shoes and how the order was obtained has just leaked out. It is as follows: Some days ago a Pittsburg shoe manu facturer conceived the purely patriotic idea of securing the measurment of Major McKinley's foot and making a superfine shoe for inauguration use and comfort. He instructed one ot the traveling sales men for the house to acquaint Major Mc Kinley with this entirely philanthropic notion. The selected agent was one of the most graceful, debonair and glib of tongue in the retinue. He accepted the mission with the non chalance of his cult, and proceeded to Canton. He stopped at the Hurford. and began at once an elaborate toilet. When he later emerged from his boudoir he was the cynosure of all the girls on North Market street, and even the telephone maidens at the Tuscarawas street ex change became flustered. There was a crease in his trousers on which a fly could scarcely have found footing. His cutaway coat fitted as if the bust beneath was a milliner's plaster model: the vest was white and latest reefer high cut. His own shoes reflected his figure in their pat ent leather, and they were pointed to kick out a mosquito's eye. And he wore a love of a glistening silk hat. He hurried with business dash up Mar ket street to the McKinley home, crossed the lawn, and was upon the piazza. The colored valet met him at the door, for the trained sentinel had diagnosed him as he prancing up the flagging. "Excuse me." said the doorkeeper. "Major McKinley is not receiving salesmen today. Gen. Garry, sir, is having his inning with a portfolio leaf portfolio leaf, sir." All the bland ishments, tips and blarney of the repulsed knight of the road did not impress the sentinel. There was a forced retreat. But in an hour the never suppressive nerve had recovered. There was the chronic effervescence, the easy assumed supremacy back again. The undaunted salesman had rigged himself out in a threadbare Henry Clay coat, a dejected black string tie and an immense black Texas sombrero. There were yellow stains on the shirt front. Then he stalked again across the lawn, and once more stood on the piazza. There was an air of obedience about the sable sentinel. He acted as if he recog nized an old acquaintance. This time the Pittsburg salesman got the drop on the conversation. "Sam, go tell Majah Mc Kinla. sah. that Col. Thomas Kenton Ma. gruder, of Georgia, sah. is heah." "Yes, colonel," gasped the once valiant picket on guard. Major McKinley came into the reception room, when the salesman unmasked him self, and his mission, and in appreciation of the scheme he won an order for two pairs of shoes from the president-elect. ITree Stop-Over at Washington. On all through tickets between the east, west, north and south, reading via Baltimore Ohio Railroad, a stop over at Washington can be secured, without extra charge for railroad fare, by depositing the ticket, upon arrival at Washington, with the B. O. sta tion ticket agent at that point. Wash ington is always attractive to visitors, and particularly so while Congress is in session. This arrangement for stop over privilege will doubtless be appre ciated by the public, and will bring to the National Capital many travelers to view its superb public buildings, monu ments, museums and thoroughfares. Dangers of the Grip. The greatest danger from La Grippe is of its resulting in pneumonia. If reasonable care is used, however, and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy taken, all danger will be avoided. Among the tens of thousands who have used thi3 remedy for la grippe, we have yet to learn of a single case resulting in pneu monia, which shows conclusively that this remedy is a certain preventive of that dread disease. It will effect a permanent cure Li less time than any other treatment. The 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by druggists. California Limited leaves Topeka Thursdays and Sundays, 11:33 a. m., via Santa Fe Route. 54 hours to Cali fornia. Vestibuled Pullman sleepers, buffet smoker and dining car through. California Express, with Pullman pal ace and tourist sleepers leaves daily at 4:35 p. m. CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT. When Women Help Choose Police men There Will Be Needed Reforms. Mrs. C. E. Purvianee writes the Jour nal in regard to an article in Saturday's issue in which a policeman figured In an attempt to catch chickens which had greatly injured her garden. Mrs. Pur viance's complaints about other mat ters will be recognized as worth agi tation, and she speaks the sentiments of hundreds of others who have been annoyed by matters that ought to be looked after at least by sanitary police men, if not by the regular force. Mrs. Purvianee says: "I am so unfortunate as to have three neighbors who keep chickens and have always allowed them to run at large. I had called a policeman twice before by telephone to notify them to keep up their chickens. They came and did their duty, but the chickens run at large as before. On this particular day of which the article give3 such a sensa tional account, I had planted a bed of tulips in my front yard. Happening on the front porch -an hour later, what was my surprise, to find the bulbs all lying on the top of the ground; some chickens had scratched them out. Had I known for sure whose chickens they were, I could have gone and got a war rant for their arrest, as a former police man had told me to do. I am sorry It was my misfortune to summons the wrong man. Had it been any other, he would have come, attended to his duty and kept his mouth shut. I did not ask him to catch any chickens. I asked him to find out whose they were and notify them once more to keep them up. And if any more chickens bother my flower beds I shall telephone again for a po liceman, but I shall say please don't send Officer Capron. He might get ex cited. I am not art over earnest woman suffragist, but when I find an officer who is so afraid of a little work, I feel like saying, hasten the day when women will take a hand in politics, for then we will see some of these filthy back alleys cleaned up and various other reforms. It is only a year ago that near the cor ner of Clay and Huntoon a cow was al lowed to stand for weeks in her pen, knee deep in dirty green mud, and that, right along the eidivvalk, and it is only six months that day after day a colored boy was allowed to wheel an old leaky wheelbarrow on the wooden sidewalk full of the vilest swill, and I presume, although I am not there to see, that he is still doing the same, and ladies pass ing all the time mopping up the filth with their skirts. A policeman in our part of town is a luxury. I expect that Is the reason it caused Officer Capron such a struggle to get out here. I very much dislike newspaper notoriety, but I know there are plenty of other people suffering from chickens running at large, and I shall console rryself with the thought that it is an ill wind that blows nobody good. "Ki-sneetfully, "MRS. C. E. PURVIANCE." HOMER REED, SOCIALIST. Postmaster of Kansas City Favors Governmental Supervision of Widows and Orphans Kansas City, March 22. Postmaster Homer Reed declared last night that he was a socialist. He did not mean, how ever, a socialist in the common accepta tion of the term, but simply that he is a man who holds some radical views or government and taxation, po'ng so far as to favor government supervision of the widow and the orphan, with pen sions for them where they are unable to properly support themselves. Mr. Reed was advertised to lecture Saturday night before the Single Tax club at 1117 Walnut street. Mr. Reed took for his text a newspa per clipping, which read this way: "Killed A Quarryman named John Owens was instantly killed yesterday by the premature discharge of a blast. He leaves a wife and four children under 7 years of age. The family is left in des titute circumstances.Owens having been out of work until recently." After reading the clipping Mr. Reed propounded this rather broad query: "What is the duty of the state to the family of .John Owens?" and then pro ceeded to give his conception of what the answer should be. Mr. Reed started out hy saying that he believed the family to be the social unit which should be preserved at all hazards. He held that in the case of the wife and family of John Owens ttiey should be pensioned and cared for by the government until such time as the children were able to work and earn a living. "The great point is," said Mr. Reed, "that it is better and cheaper in the end for the government to rear and educate these children than to take care of them afterwards as criminals. Schools cost less than penitentiaries and pay better." Nation's Richest Land Owner. Keithsburg, 111., March 22. William Drury, the millionaire land owner, aged. 87, died last night at his magnifi cent home, Verdurett, north of this city. He was the largest individual land owner in the United States, hav ing hundreds of thousands of acres in Colorado. Nebraska, Kansas and Texas, besides 6,000 acres of the richest farm ing lands in this county. Homeseekers' excursions via Santa Fe Route,. April 6 and 20. Liver complaints cured bv BEECHAM'S PILLS, EACH HAS AN AURA Mrs. Annie Besant Says "A Color Effect Resultant From Tibrations of Wares of Psychic Ether" SURROUNDS THE BODY Of Every Individual Is Indi cation of Character. She Has Located the Soul of Madame Bla?atsky. New Tork, March 22. The western world Is richer than it was; not in the possession of wordly treasures, but in the knowledge of the possession of a very wonderful thing, which knowledge was absent until Mrs. Annie Besant landed In New York. Mrs. Besant, who is the high priestess of the theosophical cult, proposes to confer upon many American an aura, the fit and suitability of which she guarantees In each individual case. An aura is a very beautiful as well as a very wonderful thing. At least it looks pretty in a picture, done in water colors on dull, flat paper by such an eminent artist as Mr. John Varley of London, the famous painter of Egyp tian and Oriental landscapes and scenes. Mrs. Besant showed a great number of aurae that is the correct "adept" plu ral at the JefEersonian hotel this aft ernoon. She also exhibited the mystic signet ring which Mme. Blavatsky be queathed to her as next in the dynasty of theosophical faith when she died, and a large number of magic lantern slides bearing colored reproductions of aurae with which she proposes to illustrate her pictures in this country. Mrs.Besant first explained that thepa per and paint aurae which she exhibi ted were not real aurae at all, but painted similitudes done by the master hand of Varley from the described im pressions of a number of .other "adept" members of the London Theosophical society, who all bent their psychic forces in contemplation at the same time and then "checked" off each other's impres sions. "The real aura, which surrounds eve ry individual," said Mrs. Besant, in lu cid explanation, "is a color effect re sultant from the vibration of waves of psychic ether emanating from the soul of that individual. The aura is not necessarily a sign of spirituality, for very unspiritual people are thus sur rounded with this nebulous vapor of character-expression. It may indicate emotion, intellect, passion, devotion.' It expresses them all. In the lower forms the aura even expresses the physical temperament and indicates the state of its possessor's health." One of the illustrations shows the health-aura as painted by Mr. Varley from the described impressions of a number of theosophical adepts. "When the lines of the aura are straight, shooting direct from the fig ure." said Besant, "they indicate the healthfulness of the subject. In a con dition of illness they will droop and have a tangled appearance." Mrs. Besant exhibited a number of other full-figure aura plates the radiant surrounding nebulae of which were col ored in all the hues of the chromatic gamut. The shadings were delicately beautiful. They resembled nothing so much as the sky studies or water and sky studies of Mlllais or others of the masters of the impressionistic school of painting. "The dominance of blue," said Mrs. Besant, tossing the end of an embroid ered Indian scarf over her shoulder so that it fell in aesthetic folds, "indicates devotion. Red is the psychic color of anger. This dirty brown indicates bru tality. Green shows great menetal ac tivity of the lower kind that sort which is always plotting and working for material or purely intellectual ends and objects. "Gladstone, I should say certainly the London editor, Mr. W. F. Stead would, to the psychic eye of an adept, be surrounded with a very green aura," she continued reflectively. "Or Emperor William of Germany?" she was asked. "His aura would be very green, I should say: very green." "This light rose color," pointing to a picture, "indicates affection of a high order. This is the aura of a young wife a most tender, loving person. "To the adept mind definite thoughts take definite shapes and their aurae are plainly discernible. The lines of vibrant either follow as direct courses as do those of geometrical calculation and demonstration. "Here," continued Mrs. Besant, pick ing out a card upon which the tail of a pea-green serpent was vividly depicted, "is an aura of a jealous instinct or thought. It is particularly clear. This, the beautiful orange center, with the wing-like projections of pale blue.is the aura of a mother's prayer for her son. It clearly indicates deep love, trust and devotion. "These three plates show aurae of three types of anger. The first" a zig zag of lightning colored to the hues of an angry sunset after a tornado "is the expression of an impulse which led a brutal man to strike down a woman. The second" dull, flame-colored flash, straight and pointed as a sword blade "depicts anger long sustained by a powerful intellect directed constantly against a single object. That would fit the pugilist, Fitzsimmons, in a measure. The third" it looked like a splash of a sponge soaked in red and brown water color "is the picture sensation of an outburst of sudden rage because of some trival cause." "Can any eyes save those of an adept detect the aurae?" Mme. Besant was asked. "No, no! No more than they can de tect the infinite shades of light and col or given by ether vibrations above or below the gamut represented in the so lar spectrum. Still, we, who are adepts detect them readily, and that the ex pressions are .immutable and absolute as those of geometry is proved by the fact that all these pictured aurae were observed by at least two. usually more, adepts at the same time. Their de scriptions agreed in every instance. The pictures I look upon as sicentific dem onstrations of certain psychic truths, which we hope will go far to help en lighten the minds of the untaught in regard to the beauties and purposes of occult investigation. "It is possible for one sufficiently ad vanced to perceive and study the aura of an individual," said Mrs. Besant, "but it is not well to do so. The strain is too great. Our physical bodies are not equal to it, long sustained, and when the psychic force is subjected to the strain too constantly, an hysterical condition is apt to result, which distorts and obscures the psychic vision, lead ing to incorrect conclusions and im pressions." Speaking of the reported reincarna tion of Mme. Blavatsky, Mrs. Besant said that it was undoubtedly true that the soul of the departed Russian leader had been translated ints the hody of a Brahmin youth resident in India. "The evidence is perfect, conclusive, incontrovertible," said she. "Many of the advanced adepts have seen the boy and examined him. All the conditions were fulfilled four years ago, when a Brahmin youth, reared in purity and religion by pure and religious parents, seemingly died a perfectly natural death. When he revivd as he did aft er several hours, his was another indi viduality. Another soul governed. The lad's intellect held a mass of knowledge he had never possessed in his previous life. He spoke Russian and French fluently, which hp had nev er done before, and he had entirely lost consciousness of the impulses and hab its of his previous condition "Is Mrs. Tingley's claim that she is the reincarnated Blavatsky inany sense justified?" Mrs. Besant was asked. "Mrs. Tingley," she replied, "has de nied that she ever made such a claim, though I saw it widely reporrej that she had done so. She has asked me to refrain from what she oalla 'slanderous statements' in reference to it. So.since she denies. I must respect har denial. In Bombay, speaking to one of our branches, I said that if Mrs. Tingley claimed to be Blavatsky reincarnated, it would be wise to test her for Mme. Blavatsky's knowledge Russian. French, philosophy and the like. That is all I have said, or may say." TAX-RIDDEN MAINE TOWNS Place Where the People Must Either Move Out or Become Paupers. Augusta, Me., March 22. As soon as a tax rate in a Maine town reaches 2 per cent a year, signs of neglect and decay show themselves upon most of the dwell ing houses, and the ambitious residents sell out at a sacrifice and move away in order to avoid impending ruin. Those who cannot sell live in a constant struggle with debt until the houses which shelter them tumble about their heads. Four years ago three towns secured from the legislature leave to resume the old planta tion form of government. Two years ago the towns of Fairville and Tilden ceased to be, and this winter the town of Max field, Penobscot county, asks to go the same way, while the town of Rome, Ken nebec county, would gladly drop out if it were not hindered from doing so by a fight between two sections of the town. The valuation of Maxfield has shrunken nearly one-half in three years. In 1S94 the town assessors returned $45.2S0 worth of property, and the state assessors made it $45,600. The town valuation, as return ed last year, was $21,206, and as esti mated by the state board it was $28,600. Not 15 per cent of this loss was due to shrinkage in value. The men who lived in the town and owned taxable personal property have moved out. and the places which they owned are abandoned and for sale to pay the taxes. With a population of 134 souls, and a valuation of &H.UU0, Maxfield has a tax rate of 3.4 per cent a year, and finds itself running behind. It has not had a pauper to support for twelve years, but if a single needy person should chance to become chargeable, Maxfield would go Into insolvency and every resident would get out. like rats abandoning a sinking ship. The case of Rome is even worse. Though the town has a valuation of $82,757, and a popula tion of 300, it is compelled to support so many paupers that its annual tax rate is from 3.5 to 4 percent. Rome has wanted to go back to a plantation form of gov ernment for the last eight years, but has been hindered from doing so by a small faction who live in the south part of the town. This faction contains the heaviest taxpayers in town. One runs a summer hotel, which Is well patronized by fisher men; two others gel large pensions for wounds received in the war. and still an other gets a good Income from the estate of a daughter who died in Boston. Great Pond, which is ten miles long and five miles wide, and full of fat pickerel, lies, right in front of their door yards: and be cause of the good fishing which they en-' joy they did not want to move away, pre ferring to endure high taxes for the sak of enjoying good sport. But they have be come disgusted at last, and have asked the legislature to set their real estate off from Rome and annex It to the town of Belgrade, which rejoices in the low tax rate of 1.6 per cent. WASHINGTON ARRIVALS. Kansans Who Want to Help Run the Government. Washington, D. G. March 22. Ex- Gov. Morrill has joined the Kansas del egation in Washington for the purpose of using his influence in favor of any person on wnom tne Kansans were united. A number of the Kansas delegation called at the White House today with P. L. Soper to urge his appointment as United States district attorney for the northern district of Indian Territorv. w vanaivert or Kinsley, who is one of Kirkpatrick's Kansas rivals for the Mexican consulate, is due here today, oui ne win una tnat the ex-congress man has swept the field pretty clear of indorsements. Among Saturday's arrivals from Kan sas were State Senator Johnson of Os kaloosa; Ed Ellet of El Dorado and Edi tor Lusk of the Parsons Sun. NOT TO SPIT IN CARS. The First Arrest for Violation of the Health Board's Order. Philadelphia, March 22. The first ar rest for violation of the board of health's order forbidding passengers to spit on the floor of street cars was made yesterday by Special Detective B. Walsh, on the South street line of the Union Traction company. A passen ger, who later gave his name as R. Ro mano of No. 829 Mariott street, refused to comply with the request of the con ductor to cease expectorating on the floor. There were several ladies in the car at the time. After several times ignoring the con ductor's request, notwithstanding that he printed order of the board of healtn was pointed out to him.Deteetive Walsh arrested the man. He was taken be fore Magistrate Evans.who fined him $5 or gave him the choice of going to jail for ten days. ROCK THREATENS A TOWN. Uprooted Forty-Five Trees in Its Mad Flight. Washington, N. J., March 22. The village of Brass Castle, one mile west of this city, came near being destroyed by a freak of nature a few night ago. The village lies in a narrow valley be tween towering mountains. Shortly after midnight a huge rock twenty-five feet in diameter became dislodged from the summit of the west mountain and fell crashing through the forest down its side. The boulder continued its flight a short distance and then came to a stop within ten feet of the home of John Lukens, whose residence was in the direct line of its path. The rock weighs between 80 and 100 tons, and in its flight down the moun tain demolished and uprooted 45 trees, some of vhich were 20 inches in diam eter at the base. Rheumatism Quickly Cured. After having been confined to the house for eleven days and paying out $25 in doctor bills without benefit. Mr. Frank Dolson of Sault Ste. Marie.Mich.. was cured by one bottle of Chamber lain's Pain Balm costing 25 cents and has not since been troubled with that complaint. For sale by druggists. For fifteen years rny daughter suf fered terribly with inherited Eczema. She received the best medical atten tion, was given many patent medi cines, and used various external applications, but they bad no effect whatever. fc. fc. S. was finally given, and it promptly reached the seat of the disease, so that ECZEMA she is cured sound and well, her skin is perfectly clear and pure, and she has been saved from what threaten ed to blight her! forever." -E- Jenkins, Lit no ma, Ga. S. S. S. is tiiaraateed purely vegetable, and is the pnly cure for. deep seated blood diseases. Books free address. Swift Specific Company, Atlanta. Ga. When you eat in Kansas City, Mo., Remember that you will see' a face and form familiar to Topekans and Kan Sana generally, etc. FRANK LONG'S Restaurant,' lOOS WA1.5TI7T ST Nearly opposite Emery, Bird, Thaye Co.'s. Service prompt. Food excel lent. Prices reasonable. Already one of the most popular restaurants in Kansas City. His specialties are:' Roast beef and baked potatoes: baked apples and cream; oyster sandwich ea and coffee. Something to Please Yoh. We always have something new. J Just received 25.000 rolls of new Wall Paper entirely new tie- if sign. J Window shades, 7 feet, 15 cents Z each, with fixtures. We malcft KTipiattv nf Krnh J Tissue Faper.all colors kept in stock. Cromwell Jeffers, Wholesale and Betail Stationers, Zi 830 KFortb Knatu Avenue. (Ticket Agents Santa Fe Route. tt allllklllP I'i .fW-MI fail St ems Broadway and nth St., New York. (Opposite Grace ChurchO EUROPEAN PLAN. Rooms $i.oo per Day and Upwards. In a modest and unobtrusive way there axe few better conducted hotels in the metropolis than the St. Denis. The great popularity it has acquired can readily be traced to its unique loca tion, its home-like atmosphere, the pecu liar excellence of its cusine and service and its very moderate priecs. WILLIAM TAILOR SON. HATE YOUR I Prescriptions FILLED AT Stansfield's Drug Store, 632 Kansas Avenue. 1 NATIONAL STABLES 5 MM Q Z, Good turnouts delirered to my part 2 of the city. a BOARDING A SPECIALTY" 'PhDDC 4tt. 70S Jack .oil St. K SB I C3 FEED AND FUEL CO. lifiniMi Avenue. Time to put in your winter coal while it is cheap. We sell at low est prices on all kinds of feed. Have best grades of Flour. W. K. t'AXXO.V, Mgr. Office Tel. 3S0. Residence Tel. 3S6. VVM. H. RIQHTER, Ph. D., M. D.. -SPECIALIST- In diseases of the Genito-Urinary organs and Rectum. Office, 503 Kansas Avenue. Residence, 120 Fillmore Street. The Perfume of Violets The parity of the lily, the g:low of the rose, and the flush of Hebe combine in PozxoKl'a wondrous Powder. Missouri Facifl. o. TOPEKA FT. SCOTT ACCOM.. No. 288. Leave Topeka 8:00 a. m. TOPEKA A FT. SCOTT ACCOM.. No. 286. Arrive Topeka 6:30 p. m. AN IDEAL FAMILY MEDICINE Complexion Offenelve Krcnlh, and all dtaoruera q toe SConubch. Liver and BcweU. P' 'A- N- S- TABULES art prntly t-1 promptly. Pertect diffestion follows tbeir use. Sold by ilruirplBts or -ent by trifcll. RIHAK8 CHEMICAL CO., J 8n Bfc, W.T. ITCHING li IL life V N D. kJlkJlkJ D
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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 22. 1897. I PRESCOTT 5 Plumbing Up-to-Data- j Call or write us...; It will pay you. g S 118 West 8th St., TfiPFKfl f RUSSIA'S PRECAUTIONS. She Takes Measures to Prevent the Introduction of the Bubonic Plague. Washington, March 22. The Russian government according to T'nited States Consul General Karel at St. Petersburg is acting with a vigor to prevent the spread of the dreaded bubonic plague into Russia. A sanitary commission has been created with a fund of 100.000 rubies to draw upon and it ras added these new measures of precaution to the existing regulations: First To send an expedition of medi cal men to India to investigate the causes and effects of the plague. Second To prohibit for this year the pilgrimage of Russian Mussulmans to Mecca or to other places where the shi i:es are wont to resort for devotional purposes and to forbid Russian Chris tians visiting the Holy places of the east. Third To prepare and have in readi ness a sufficient quantity of Dr. Ja sen's anti-plague whey. Fourth To send to threatened locali ties ample medical staff and medicines to assist the local authorities in resist ing the plague. Fifth To publish in the official news papers full accounts of the progress of the disease and the workings of the preventive measures. It was reported that several Indians who had come to Afghanistan had died at Kandigar last December. In conse quence the Russian and Persian gov ernments have established military cordons on the Afghan border and cut off intercourse though there have been no additional casts reported. LABOR LEAGUE PROTESTS! Objects to Soma of McKinley's Pro posed Appointments. Pittsburg. Pa., March 22. The United Labor League of western Pennsylvania with a membership of about 6.000. last night at their regular monthly meeting passed resolutions which will be for warded to President McKinley, pro testing against the appointment of J. C. Larshman as minister to Switzer land and vy.S.Hallenberger as assistant postmaster1 general. Both gentlemen are considered by the league, to be antagonistic to the interest Of organized labor. A Job for Sherman's Son-in-Law. Washington, March 22. Secretary Sherman today executed a contract with his son-in-law, James McCalllum to edit the laws of the present congress' for which an appropriation of $3 000 is available. He succeeds Harry Brvan who has done the work either as con tractor or sub-contractor for the last 12 years. Pounder of the "Black Cat" Dead. Paris, March 22. M. Salis, founder of Le Chat Noir, is dead. THURSTON CUSI131AX CO. At the Crawford Opera Souse. Wednesday, and Thursday, March 24 in "Guilty Without Crime" and 10 Mile Crossing;" all the latest songs and dances. Price 10. 20 and 30c. La dies free Wednesday night. Seats now on sale. Members of Company of National Ouards in the city are requested to at I.? a "ting Armory of Battery at and Jackson on Tuesday, at 7:30 sharp.Business of great importance Will be transacted. CAPT. E. TOWERS. KANSAS NEWS. Long Distance Phone Line for Western Kansas. Plant Now Being Put in at Ab ilene. IS GOING TO XEWTOX And the Southwest Also Has Located At Salina and McPherson With Many Subscribers. Abilene, March 22. D. A. Van Trine and A. Oleson, representing the tele- i phone company to which the citygrant ed a franchise last summer good for j one year, are in the city arranging for fitting out the system and giving Abi lene a telephone plant that, will be equal to any in the state. The company already has 257 sub scribers in Salina, 108 in McPherson and is extending its line to Newton and the southwest. It expects to connect Salina and Abilene and thence east ward, making a valuable long distance system. The company will put in an entire new plant with modern improve ments, place the poles in the alleys and make the rates $2 a. month for busi ness houses and $1 a month for resi dences. One can thus have business house and residence phones for the same money charged for a business house phone now. The present company has only 55 phones in use, including deadheads, and its service even with the recent improvements lacks much of what it would be under a new system. HUTCHINSON JUBILEE. Programme Made Public List of Prizes to Be Contested For. Hutchinson, March 22. The music to be used in the next annual jubilee has just been made public, and it, with other gen eral information, will soon be sent to the various towns of the state where there are laige choruses. The first prize is $300, for class A. mixed chorus of fifty or more voices; $200 second prize and $100 for third prize. The music required is Mendels sohn's "Thanks Be to God" and Webbe's "When Winds Breathe Soft." and one se lection to be made from each chorus. For class B, not less than twenty-five or more than thirty-five will be allowed. They will sing "O. Great is the Depth of Lite" from Mendelssohn: Leslie's "Lullaby of Life" and a selection made by each chorus. For this class $200 is offered for the first prize and $100 for the second. Class C of the choruses, consisting of twenty or more ladies' voices, $100 is of fered in prizes. Abt's "Twilight" and a selection by each chorus is the music to be used. Class D of choruses, consisting of twen ty or more male voices, prize $100. will sing "The Soldiers' Chorus," from Fans:. The bass solo this year will be Ros sini's "Condemned Am I." The first prize of $35, second prize $15 and the third prize a gold medal. The tenor solo will be a selection from Haydn. "In Native Worth" (recitative and aria). The first prize is $35, second prize $15. and third prize a gold medal. The soprano solo contest, in which there have been in the six years of the jubilee the largest nomber of entries, this year will be taken from Wagner's Tannhauser. the selection being "O, Hall of Song"; $33 is the first prize, the second $lu, and the third a gold medal. The contralto selection is Goddard's "Lullaby" (Joycelyni. The same amount of prizes given as for the bass, tenor and soprano solos. in the instrumental department of the jubilee. Liszt's "Venetian Regatta" is the required selection; $50 will be paid in prizes. For the piano duet, "Giocosa Caprice." by Blessner, is required; the successful contestants to receive $15 in prizes. The violin contest has always proved one of the most intersting of the jubliee. On former occasions Miss Abbie Clark, of Junction City, has been the first prize favorite, in two successive contests. Un der the rules she is barred from entrance for two years. However, the contest this year will be more spirited than in former years. A number of the best violinists of this state have already entered, and more will be in attendance during the contest. The selection is "Fantasia," by Sarasarte. The orchestra contest will be for $100. Ten or more pieces will be required, with any instrumentation, and any two selec tions of a different character. The cornet contest solo will be for $50, the selection to be made by the contest ants. The acljueators this year will be Prof. Frederic Root, of the vocal department, and Prof. Allen H. Spencer, of Chicago, of the instrumental department. Prof. Root will be in this city a week after the contest, and will give some special lessons to the contestants. The jubilee will be held m the big audi torium, that has a capacity of 4.500 per sons. The time set is May 18 to 21, inclus ive. NEW FEDERAL PRISON Building at Leavenworth to Cover 17 Acres and Cost $1,200,000. Leavenworth. March 22. The architec tural plans for the new United States prison have been completed and sent from Washington. The plans show the general arrange ment of the buildings and cells which occupy a tract covering an area of about seventeen acres. The main building con taining the prison cells has a frontage of S00 feet, and" the enclosure extends 900 feet northward to provide for the future improvements as they may become neces sary from year to year. The value of improvements when com pleted will be about SI. 200.000. The act of congress under which the work is being done requires that it shall provide for at least 1.200 convicts. This means that there will necessarily be 1.200 separate cells. These cells are each six feet long by nine feet wide and nine feet high. Each of them is provided with a folding table and iron bedstead and separate plumbing and ventilat ion. They are five stories in height, one above another, and are reach ed by galleries and stairways leading among the fronts of each block of cells. Kach cell is provided with an iron door and an iron barred window. The equip ment throughout will be of the most mod ern and approved type. The pians have received the indorsement of many of the most noted prison managers of this coun try. In connection with the cell wings and general administration buildings, the cen tral wins: extends northward from the main building some 400 feet. It contains the prison offices, convict dining rooms and kitchen and working department on the ground floor, and in the second story a number of school rooms and a chapel or public hall. The walls of the new institution will be built of brick and stone, quarried and prepared on the premises. The law under which the work is done requires that the prison labor shall be employed in con nection with the work as far as practi cable. It is expected that from rive to ten years will be required for the full completion of the institution, as the act of congress contemplated appropriation from year to year as the work progresses. g.oCa-ii.leHSH.iclthncotfiywcitStaKTAOlN' NEODESHA'S SEFINEKT. Six Brick Buildings Well tinder Way To Make 2,000 Barrels Daily. Neodesha, March 22. The supply pipes are being laid around over the refinery grounds connecting the small storage tanks with the distilling fur naces. The refinery will start in with two 1,000 barrel stills, which means that in case the oil is produced 2,000 barrels per day can be refined. Instead of ten or a dozen small iron storage tanks, as at first reported a few weeks ago, there are now in course of construction some thing over twenty such tanks, each of about 1.000 or 1,200 barrels capacity. Six brick buildings are well on the way to completion and in a few weeks the seven acre tract will be closely crowded with iron tanks, furnaces and vats. PE.OM KANSAS TOWNS. General and Personal News From All Over the State. CHA2STTJTE When St. Patrick's day arrived the telegraph operator here was standing, waiting, with green necktie and shamrock in hand. As soon as 12 o'clock arrived he adjusted them to his person and at precisely 12 o'clock and 1 second he appeared at his instrument, ready to celebrate and to work. ATCHISON Unlawful fishing is be ing carried on at Doniphan lake. Fri day night several fishermen came down the river with a boat load of fish which they no doubt caught at Doniphan lake with seines. Another effort should be made to break up this gang of fisher men, which is a menace to true sport and pleasure. PAOLA The Usurline academy grounds were laid out last Friday by D. K. Sherman. Mr. Sherman is a skilled landscape gardener, and laid out the grounds in various beautiful de signs, squares, circles,' diamonds, etc. all in excellent harmony, and as the shrubbery grows it will present a very attractive appearance. He set out 24 varieties of evergreens, ornamental and flowering shrubs, all fine, thrifty, per fectly developed stock and all of the best varieties. HORT03ST The Northeast Kansas Teachers' association meets here April 15, 16 and 17. LAWRENCE Republicans have nominated the following ticket for the spring election: Mayor, George R. Gould; city clerk. A. G. Honnold; city attorney, W. C. Spangler; city treas urer, C. S. Duncan; city marshal, James Monroe; street commissioner, George Ware: police judge, R. C. Manley; treasurer of the school board. Miss Alice Litchfield; members of the school board. Prof. F. W. Blackmar and Dr. E. D. F. Phillips; councilmen. A. Shaw, W. C. Bigger, William Nadlehoffer, T. F. Newby, M. A. Gorrill, J. M. G. Watt and Junius Underwood; justices of the peace, A. A. Cooper; constables, D. W. Littell and S. W. Noland. LEAVENWORTH A. K. Oliver, a veteran of the Soldiers' home, commit ted suicide in a hotel in this city Sat urday. He took opium. Oliver won some money on the prize fight and he was going around Friday feeling ju bilant. It is said that his mind was shaken during the excitement attend ing the congressional investigation of the Soldiers' home. ATCHISON No damage has as yet been done by high water at Atchison, but much apprehension is felt by resi dents of the Missouri river bottomsover the reports from the north. They fear a repetition of the flood of 1881, when the entire bottom lands in this vicinity were inundated, resulting in a great loss of property. The Missouri Pacific and Burlington and Missouri River roads are preparing for high water, and large forces of men are at work quar rying rock to be used to protect the tracks from the encroachments of the river. LAWRENCE The Kansas universi ty students who played "The Rivals" in Lawrence for the benefit of the Kan sas University Athletic association, took the show to Osawatomie Saturday night, where the play was presented as the dedicatory even for the insane asylum. The show is advertised for Emporia in the near future. "GAYEST MANHATTAN." The New Play Will Make Its Ap pearance in New York Tonight. New York. March 22. "Gayest Man hattan" will have its first production tonight at Koster Rial's. The music is by Ludwig Englander and is said to be bright, catchy and tuneful. The story shows that Auditorium Shortribs and Anheuser Froth of Chi cago and St. Louis, respectively, arrive in New York bent on exploration and pleasure. They wander to the mall in Central park, where the first scene is laid, and are there met by two of New York's ilashy gentlemen, who are os tensibly promoters of big financial and real estate schemes and who have dis covered the art of living and dressing well without it costing them a penny. In this scene there will be Introduced a chorus of pretty nurse girls, and, inci dentally, a new character to the stage in the person of Adamantine Nerve, an irrepressible and irresponsible theatri cal press agent. The second scene is at the stock ex change,where Shortribs and Froth have been escorted and there separated from more of their money. A feature of this scene will be the introduction of the march of the "Metropolitan Press." the various New York daily newspapers being represented by handsomely cos tumed ladies, who render a topical song based on the news items of the day. The last scene is on the promenade floor at Kcster Bial's, the two western "good things" leasing the house out right for the night and for the purpose of displaying the supposed genius and talents of an ambitious amateur actress who has recently graduated from a Delsarte school of acting. It is in this scene that many leading specialty acts will be introduced. Henry E. Dixey is in the cast as Delsarte Flam, formerly a tragedian, now professor of a dramatic school. Others in the caste are R. A. Roberts, R. E. Graham, Frank E. Blair, Flo Ir win, Merri Osborn and Nettie Lyford. WANTED TO IMPEACH. Arizona House Was Riled at the Gov ernor's Delay. Phoenix, Ariz., March 22. The clos ing scenes of the Arizona legislature were marked by disorder. The house passed a resolution asking the governor to return, with his signa ture, bills exempting from taxation for ten years works of mineral reduction, storage reservoirs, canals and lands used in the cultivation of the sugar beet. The executive made no reply, where upon the house passed, by a orte of 20 to 4, a resolution declaring "that the best interests of the territory demand an immediate change in the office of governor." In the council the resolution was ta bled and a resolution adopted express ing explicit confidence in the integrity of Gov. Franklin. THURSTON CUSHMAN CO. At the Crawford Opera House. Wednesday, and Thursday, March 24 and 25, in "Guilty Without Crime" and "10 Mile Crossing;" all the latest songs and dances. Price 10, 20 and 30c. La dies free Wednesdav niErht. Sears now on sale. RAILROAD NEWS. Kansas Men Gone to Attend the Freight Rate Conference Which Assembles at Chicago on March 23. CONSIDER DECREASES. C. S. Gleed, M. A. Low, A. A. Hurd and B. P. Waggener. Shops at Raton to Go on Full Time. The conference of railroad attorneys and traffic men in Chicago to consider the advisability of making decreases in existing western traffics and the remov al of discriminations, will assemble to morrow. Charles S. Gleed, one of the Kansas directors for the Santa Fe, left Topeka yesterday afternoon to attend the con ference. M. A. Low, A. A. Hurd. and B. P. Waggener left today. The conference will assemble tomor row afternoon and will be attended by the representatives of the railroads comprising the membership of the Southwestern Traffic association, the rules of which govern the transporta tion of freight in this territory. It is expected that President Ripley of the Santa Fe will arrive in Chicago in time to be present. Paul Morton, who is in direct charge of the traffic and freight departments, is expected to be present also, but this depends altogether upon his return from Europe. HORSE'S LONG RUN. Caught in Railroad Tracks SO Miles Away. Hackensack, N. J., March 22. The mystery surrounding the horse and buggy found on the New Jersey and New York railroad tracks at Sussex street on Sunday morning has been cleared up. The rig was owned by W. H. Vreeland of East Orange. James Carney had hired the horse, which ran away and threw him out of the buggy. From Newark the horse ran to Rutherford, then through the other towns near by, after which he took a direct course through Hasbrouck Heights to Hackensack, covering more than 30 miles in his wild run. OWNET NOT DEAD. Celebrated Dog Saw That the Mail Clerks Behaved Themselves. San Francisco, March 22. "Owney," the railroad mail dog, was at the rail way mail service convention today alive and hearty. The address of President Waring showed a total membership of 3.835, although nearly 50 per cent of the postal clerks are outside of the organ ization. Secretary G. E. Lagrange re ported that the condition of the organ ization was healthy. Car Pamine in Mexico. Chihuahua. Mex March 22. The im mense increase in exports from the United States has produced a serious -car famine on the Mexican Central railroad. Owing to the scarcity of cars there are 2,500 car loads of shipments waiting to be moved toward the interior. Seven hundred car loads are held up in this city. Engines from the Santa Fe road have been placed in temporary use on the Central road. Change of Water Service Men. Kinsley. March 22. T. J. Ford, water service man at Kinsley, will be trans ferred April 1 to Dodge City. His place at Kinsley will be supplied with C. C. Rhodes of Little River. Chas. Perry of Emporia, will look after the Holyrood and Little River pumping stations. Salt Water at Kinsley. Kinsley, March 22. The Santa Fe's deep water well at Kinsley reachefl a heavy salt brine at the depth of 450 feet. The well is being plugged to within 150 feet of the surface, where a fair quaJity of water was found when sinking It. More Shop Work at Raton. Raton, March 22. The Santa Fe lias given orders here to the effect that the shops will now be open for work six days in the week. CANADA TO STRIKE BACK. She Will Retaliate for the Dingley Tariff Bill. Montreal, Que., March 22. Since the provisions of the Dingley tariff were announced it has been considerably canvassed here and the concensus of opinion seems to be that it is hostile to the interests of Canada. The lum ber trade has been mostly to the front, and there has been a general demand for export duty on saw logs and aE kinds of pulp wood. The indications are that the government will accede to this demand, and that the forthcom ing revision of the tariff will not be so much in the line of lower duties as was promised before the elections. Alderman Prefontaine, M. P., who who has just returned from a confer ence with the ministers at Ottawa, has intimated pretty plainly that this is the case and that retaliatory duties will be imposed against the United States all along the line. An important edi torial much to the same effect is pub lished in Laptrio, which is owned by J. I. Tarte. minister of public -works. "The American tariff," Laptrio de clares, "constitutes a Chinese wall against Canada's trade, and since this is the case Canada should govern itself accordingly. It is unfortunately only too evident that our neighbors do not wish to trade with us, consequently it behooves us to look elsewhere far them. Great Britain and our s'lste?' colonies offer us a market that carr be utilized to the greatest advantage." liee Gorge at Yankton. Yankton, S. D., March 22. Late thip. afternoon the ice in the Missouri river began moving slowly out. It gorged several times and is now gorged above and below this city, the largest being about two miles below. It is impossi ble at present to tell how strong the gorges are. Should they prove strong and there should be a large amount of water above, it is feared that consider able damage will be done by the gener al overflow. Wade Hampton's Condition. Washington, D. C, March 22. Gen. Wade Hampton, who is ill at his room at the Metropolitan hotel, continues to improve steadily. Yesterday Dr. Walsh authorized G. McD. Hampton, the general's son, to send reassuring messages to friends in the south. Gen. Hampton is now able to take nourish ment, and his son thinks he Willi- be able to sit up in a few days. TO CLOSE JOINTS AGAIN. President Billard and Commissioner Keith Say They Mean Business. Members of the Topeka board of po lice commissioners say that the joints in Topeka will be closed. They say, too, that they will be kept closed. Some time ago they issued an order to Chief Steele to close the joints by warning. This was done. They closed, only to open again inside of a week. Saturday night one small joint keeper, Hank Vansciver, was pulled. The police did not find any liquor, as he had undoubtedly received a tip in ad vance. While he was pulled there were at least twenty joints running full blast all along Kansas avenue. It is true that most of them are running under cover now, for they do not know just what is in store for them, but it re mains a fact that there are many joints in Topeka. The O. M. B. "lodges" did not close at all after the order. None of the big joints with large patronage have been pulled as yet. President J. B. Billard of the police board stated positively to a State Jour nal reporter today that the liquor joints in the city would be closed. We are closing them as fast as we can. It is difficult to get evidence. We thought we had them all closed, but here lately we hear that they are open again. We will follow our resolution to close them, and we will keep them closed the best we know how." "How about the clubs and lodges?" asked the reporter. "Well, when we find that they vio late the law they will be pulled. But as long as they are social clubs they will not be molested." Mr. Keith, another member of the police board, said in answer to a ques tion by a reporter: "Yes, sir, we will close the joints and keep them closed. We are going to close them out." "What about the O. M. B. lodges?" asked the reporter. "Well, when they run as quietly as those other fellows we will let 'em go." Mr. Keith explained that he meant by "other fellows" one or two social clubs in Topeka of prominence, which it is held the prohibitory law does not apply to. AN ENGINE EXPLODES. Engineer and Fireman Killed in a Lake Shore Train Accident. Chicago, March 22. The boiler of the locomotive, which was hauling the Chi cago and Boston train on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad, blew up yesterday morning, instantly killing the engineer and fireman, and completely demolishing the engine. The dead are: ALEXANDER FRANKS, engineer, of Chicago. EDWARD B. SMITH, fireman, of Chicago. The engineer was hurled 200 feet in the air, through a network of telegraph wires that were stretched along the tracks and had his right leg torn off. The fireman was thrown against a cat tle car with such force that every bone in his body was broken. None of the remainder of the train crew nor any of the passengers were hurt. The train to which the engine was at tached is one of the fastest on t'.e Lake Shore road, and leaves the Van Buren street depot at 10:30 o'clock in the morning. The accident occurred about 11 o'clock, as the train had just pulled out from the Englewood depot, and was running at the rate of 20 miles an hour. The train dashed along about 150 feet after the explosion took place, and al though the stop was quite sudden, none of the passengers were thrown from their seats, and not one of the coaches was damaged by either the explosion or the sudden stop. The force of the explosion was appar ently directly upward and outward, as parts of the engine were thrown into the air 100 feet, and huge pieces of the boil er, weighing several tons, were tossed over the telegraph wires into a swamp, a distance of 250 feet, while the baggage car, directly behind the engine, was not damaged in any way. BOYCOTT CHICAGO BEER. The Federation of Labor Has clared War Against Some Breweries. De- Chicago, March 22. "War against Chi cago beer has been declared by the Chi cago Federation of Labor at its regu lar weekly meeting. A gigantic boy cott, in which all organized labor will be urged to unite, was launched against the product of all breweries that are members of the Chicago Brewers' asso ciation and will take effect April 1. Un ion men who wish to drink beer will be expected to buy the product of Milwau kee or St. Louis breweries and to re fuse to patronize any saloon supplied by any of the 70 members of the brew ers' combine. Grievances of Cooper's union. No. 1, against the local brewers precipitated the action of the federation. John McPherson, the delegate from the coopers, who was present at the meeting explained to the federation that the coopers has vainly tried for a year to induce the brewers to use bar rels and kegs made by union workmen and now asked that decisive measures be taken at once to force the manufac turers to comply or to place their pro duct under the ban of unitel labor. The sentiment of the labor men was for battle. Corner in Peanuts. Norfolk, Va., March 22. There is ex citement among peanut dealers over the big jump in the price of nuts. A 50 per cent advance on account of the prospects for an unusually short crop has occurred within the past few days, and prices are still rising. One-third of the present crop is now cornered in this way, and the larger dealers are act ively buying up all the stock they can secure. It is thought the prices will al most reach those of 1890, when the best grades held at 8 cents per pound. They are now 2A cents. The Grenadiers Arrived today. Their coming has been patiently waited for by the musical public. Their movements are beauti fully illustrated in the new march Two Step of the above name, arranged for Mandolin and Guitar, price 50c, for two Mandolins and Guitars 70c. You can get them of E. B. Guild. Rheumatism Cured in a Day. "Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and 8 Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 3 days Its action upon the system is remark able and mysterious. It removes at once the cause and the disease imme diately disappears. The first dose great ly benefits. T. F. Anthony, ex-post-; tiaster of Promise City, Iowa, says: "I b ought one bottle of "Mystic Cure" for R beumatism, and two doses of it did more good than any medicine I ever tocfe." Sold by Swift Holliday, drug gisiis, 523 Kansas avenue, Topeka. Tctrturing, itching, scaly skin erup tiontv burns and scalds are soothed at once aid promptly healed by De Witt's Witci Hazel Salve, the best itnown cure for piles. G. W. Stansfield, 632 Kanst'S avenue. A 25 .-jent supper will be served by the ladies ov' the First Congregational church, 3n7eunesday at 6:30 p. m. DINCLEYLEADS. Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee Opens the Debate on the Tariff in the House. EXPLAINS HIS BILL. Says it Will Add $100,000,000 the Second Year. Urges Expeditious Action on the Members. Washington, March 22. What will go down in history as the tariff debate of 1837 began in the house at 10 o'clock this morning. Despite the early hour of assembling there was a large at tendance on the floor and the galleries showed evidence of the great interest manifested in the proceedings. Mr. Dingley and Mr. Bailey, the opposing leaders, were early in their places. By the terms of the rule under which the housa was to operate during the consideration of the bill, the house im mediately resolved itself into a com mittee of the whole and the speaker conferred upon Mr. Sherman (Rep., N. Y.) the distinguished honor of presid ing over the committee. Those who expected the debate to begin immedi ately were disappointed. The leaders decided not to dispense with the read ing of the bill, but to have it read in full at the outset in order to disarm the criticism passed on previous bills that they were put through without even having been read in the house. The spectators in the gallery and the members on the floor waited while the clerk droned through the 163 pages of the bill. When the reading was finished, de bate on the measure was commenced. Mr. Dingley began by stating that congress having been convened in extra session, the facts that had led to the is suance of the president's message wer: That the government revenues during the past four years had been insuuficiant to meet expenditures to the extent of more than $200,000,000, or an average of $50,000,000 per annum; that this defi ciency will continue to grow under ex isting conditions; that the deficiency has been met by borrowing, that is, by bond sales, and that this has promoted dis trust, intensified and prolonged the run on the treasury and weakened business confidence. '"This deficiency of revenue, "said Mr. Dingley, "has nearly all arisen from a falling off of revenue from duties on imports and not from a decline of revenue from internal taxes. "In revising the tariff," he said, "the committee have endeavored to discard mere theories and have addressed them selves to the framing of a practical remedy, at least in part, for the ills which have for so many months over shadowed the country. "It is a condition and not a theory, which confronts us. Our problem is to provide adequate revenue from duties on imports to carry on the government and in imposing duties to secure this result so to adjust them as to secure to our own people the production and manufacture of such articles as we can produce or make for ourselves, without natural disadvantage, and thus provide more abundant opportunities for our la bor. ""No economic policy will prove a suc cess unless it shall in some manner con tribute to opening up employment to the masses of the people at good wages. When this is accomplished and thus the purchasing power of the masses re stored, then and not until then will prices cease to feel the depressing effect of under consumption and the prosperi ty of our people rise to the standard of 1S92. "The past four years have been en lightening, especially to candid inves tigators of economic problems. We have been attending a kindergarten on a large scale. The tuition has come high but no people ever learned so much in so brief a time. Hereafter theories, preached in however captivating lan guage, will have to give way to the teachings of experience. "It has been the favorite assumption of some theories that revenue and pro tection in the same tariff schedule are impossible. "But we have had in the past seven years in the contrasted working of the protective wool and woolens schedule of the tariff of 1896 a most striking demonstration otherwise." Mr. Dingley then gave some statis tics relative to the importations and tariff on woolens and said that by plac ing wool on the free list the treasury lost $21,000,000 revenue and the farmers $30,000,000 per year, and that this coun try had not been able to increase its exports of manufactured wool. It has been claimed, he went on, that the price of clothing had been reduced, but this was only in appearance, because people had been deprived of work and wages and found it harder to buy clothing than before. The new schedule would aid the wool grower, increase manufac tures and ultimately increase the reve nue. Speaking of the sugar schedule, Mr. Dingley said it would increase the rev enue and encourage sugar production in this country. He explained the sugar schedule in the following statement: The duty on sugar proposed is specific according to polaroscopic test of the degree of sacccharine matter, com mencing at 1 per cent per pound for su gar polarizing not more than 75 de grees and increasing the duty three one-hundredths of 1 cent for each addi tional degree. This would make the du ty on raw sugar (100 degrees) 1 cents. To this is added one-eighth of 1 cent for such sugar as above. No. 16 Dutch stan dard in color (refined sugar) making the duty 1 cent and eighty-seven and a half hundredths. This eighth, with whatev er may be added by the countervailing duty on all sugar imported from export bounty paying countries, is the pro tection which it is believed will maintain the refining industry here.notwithstand ing the present differential of one eighth and a 40 per cent all round duty is double that proposed. This will be the only differential between raw and refined sugar, because if the refiner uses sugar of less saccharine strength than 100. as he must, it requires proportion ately more of such sugar to make a pound of refined sugar." Continuing. Mr. Dingley said that the increase on Max and hemp was made both in the interest of revenue and because there was a great promise of home pro duction. As to other increases of duties in the bill to McKinley rates. Mr. Ding ley said: "For the most part otherwise the increase of duties in the pending bill to the figures of the tariff of 1890 have been in the schedules or paragraphs cov ering luxuries like tobacco, liquors, silks, laces, etc., which, being articles of vol untary consumption are always regarded as objects which will bear the highest duties. The exceptions are the earthen ware and glass schedule and the agricul ture schedule on which the duties have been placed, the same as in the act of 1890 because no other rate seemed to be pro tective." i Mr. Dingley then briefly touched upon some schedules which had not been ma terially changed from the present law. These included iron and steel and cot ton. "In all other schedules," continued Mr. Dingley, "the rates proposed in the pend ing bill are between the rates of the tariff of 1890 and the present law. "There have been transferred from the free list of the tariff of 1894 to the dutia ble list of the proposed bill, not only woo, lumber, salt, burlaps, bags, cotton bag ging, and cottpn ties, which never should have been made non-dutiable, but also agrols crude opium, asphaltum, chickel. paintings and statuary, except when im ported for free exhibition by an establish ed institution: straw ornaments. etc. which, under existing conditions ought to. contribute something towards the much needed additional revenue. "So far as possible the aim has been to avoid exclusively advalorem duties on ar ticles which have been notoriously under valued and thus failed to pay the duties intended a loss of revenue whicli has been more serious than ever under the present tariff in which outside of the met tal and cotton schedule almost exclusively advalorem rates prevail. The better class of importers have united with manufac turers and administerers of the law asking for this." Mr. Dingley next discussed at some length the advalorem and specific sys tems and presented figures showing how disadvantageously the advalorem systens worked. He then presented the estimates as to the probable revenue that would be raised by the bill, which were given in his re port with the supplemental statement that the second year the bill would yield $100,000,000 increased revenue. In closing Mr. Dingley said: "It must be obvious from any point of view that prompt action by the two houses of con gress is indispensable to secure the revenue which the pending bills is intended to yield. The exigency is an unusual one. The people without regard to party affilia tions are asking for action. Business awaits our final decision. With this great question of adequate revenue to carry on the government settled favorably by such an adjustment of duties as will restore to our own people what has been; surrendered to others during the past four years, with restored confidence in the future, there is reason to believe that gradually and surely there will come back to us the great prosperity which we en joyed in the decade prior to 1S93 and which, the greatest of Jiving English statisticians so thinkingly eulogized when he said in 1892. that "it would be impossible to find in history any parallel to the progress of the United States in (then) last ten years." POT WIN ELECTION. There Will Be More Elective Offices Under the New Law. Politics in the city of Potwin will be a trifle more lively than usual this spring because the legislature made several offices elective in cities of the second class which have heretofore been appointive. The street commis sioner, city marshal, police judge, city attorney and city clerk will all be elect ed commencing this spring. The present administration will prob ably be renoninated at a caucus to be held tomorrow evening, for which the following call has been issued: A meeting of the qualified voters of the city of Potwin Place will be held in the school house on Thursday evening. March 23, at 7:30, to nominate a city; "J. L. Campbell. J. K. Trueblood, W. A. Myers, J. F. Todd, Joseph Thomp son, J. L. McClure, J. E. Wilson, R. C. Bradshaw, W. M. Forbes, Vinton Phe nis, George L. Epps, John W. Day, G. F. Lux, N. H. Loomis, W. A. Phillips, W. G. Agard." F. G. Logan's Grain Letter. F. G. Logan's Grain Detter. furnished Goodwin Chamberlin, Brokers, Topeka, Kan. Chicago, II!.. March 22. WHEAT World's shipments for the week were 2,957,000 bushels, on passage statement showed a decrease of 1.120, 000bu.; the American visible supply showed a decrease larger than estima ted, of 1,019.000, making the total now in sight 40.430,000 bu., against 21 mil lion more last year. Primary receipts 342,000 and shipments 82.000. Four ports and Newport News cleared equal to 435,000 bu., while the English visible al though variously estimated from 200,000 increase to 3 million decrease, we think shows an increase of 233,000 bu. Liver pool cables opened easy and second one declined d. The springlike weather started a liquidation by long-, and the early buying was only against puts, of which there bad been a liberal line sold. There was some inquiry for casii and some 70.000 bu. sold to millers and a little to the seaboard, while foreign ers took 22 to 25 loads at various ports. Toward the close of the session the lo cal effect on privileges was reversed and there was considerable selling to protect those who had sold them Sat urday. St. Louis reports the deception of some spring wheat acceptances, ship ped there for local and near by mills. The news from the fields was conflict ing. Indiana and Illinois still affirming damage, while isolated cases from Ken tucky, Missouri and Kansas, report fine outlook. Somewhat of an exhaustive report in the press this morning from six principal winter wheat states show ed no great damage upon the whole. The market has discouraged longs and without aggressive demands for cash and absence of war news, combined with forcing weather, will probably make a new level for values during the next few days. Cash demand, how ever, would get advance the situation Immediately. CORN and OATS In cash lots, steady at unchanged prices. Specula tively, corn acted easier on some of long futures. These pits are waiting the development regarding receipts, which are small now because of the impassable country roads, which this weather is not improving; neither does it benefit the grading or the keeping qualities of the former grain. PROVISIONS Were dull and heavy. Some selling by packers and liquidation, by late buying interests. Receipts of hogs were light, but stockmen claim it is due to bad roads, which looks reason able. Estimate on hogs for tomorrow. 18,000 head. Well informed authorities' incline to the belief that with better roads receipts will increase, but hazard the prediction that there will be heavy receipts of the squealers, or it will be prima facie evidence this time that they are not to be had, and provisions will move accordingly. Range of Prices on Stocks. Furnished by Goodwin Chamberlin, Brokers in Grain, Provisions and Stocks. Topeka. Kan. Stocks. Sugar i Gas Tobacco I Leather Pfd Am. Spirits E. G. E Con. Gas Rubber Com... Bav State Gas C. B. Q Rock Island St. Paul Atchison Atchison Pfd C. N. W C. C. C N. Y. C Lake Shore Manhattan Western Union Mo. Pacific Wabash Pfd Un. Pacific Reading Jer. Central D. H T. C. I Erie M. K. T No. Pac. Pfd.. L. N Southern Pac.. Pacific Mail Omaha Op'n;Highj Low 'Cl'se !Sau 11414 80 I 761t 08V4 IS" 34--i 158 101 114541 114 I 114;il4 -SHii 79-41 81Vs 79 7ii S 70 1 7Sj, 5Mii 57iil 571-I.i 5Si-i 18M.I 12d 13i.! 123i 34 34'4t :v41 34?a 158 I 158 1 14iii lfJii 15 10' il 10S! 158 14H! 10V4 71- 68 781.6' 77; 78 I 7?! 7714 r.8'.. i;y-, 77l ai lli 11- 22i.: 2ai 1141 22V! 217ij 314 '2 KWli lf'8141 lii8';4, 104 30' :uvi 31 i w. 10134:1001.4 168 16.8 168 I 85141 S5H 83! S34 18 I 18 14' 14 6V-! 23! 23U 89 WS4, KiS'lOS 27! 13! 13 31141 31 3634! 36:i4 48! 44, 14 14H 27j 271 62 &1 8S 84 83i 84! 1S12 14'4 83' 18 13 6 23 88 108 27 13 31 18Vi 14 GVt 23V4 9114 1081. 6 23 91 14 1084 271-2 13 3114 367s 49 27 31 36 49 14 27 36! 48 14i 14; 27 62 2, 619; 6154J
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TOPEKA STATE JOTJBNAL MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1897. The State Journal TWENTY-FOURTH TEAR. BY FRANK P. MACLENNAN. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Dally edition, delivered by carrier, 10 cents a week to any part of Topeka or suburbs, or at the same pried In any Kan sas town where this paper has a carrier sy steal. By rnall. three months.. 90 By mall, one year 3.30 .Weekly edition, one year SO PERMANENT HOME Topeka State Journal Building. 800 and 802 Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. TELEPHONES: Business Office Bell 'Phone 107 Reporters' Room Bell 'Phone 1074 l.'ew York address: 206 Potter building, care American Newspaper Publishers' faS eociatlori, where files of the paper are al ways ooen to advertisers or readers. MARCH 1897 -ji jjSuo. Hon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Frl. Sal 3 7 8 9 10 U 1213 1 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 121 22 23" 24 25 26 27 1 28 29 30 31 Weather Indications. Chicago, March 22. For Kansas: Light snow this afternoon, followed to night and Tuesday by fair; colder in eastern portion tonight; warmer in western portion Tuesday; northerly (Winds, becoming variable. WHO WOULD INTERFERE P There are, probably, few persons in the country familiar with the circum stances of the murder of Pearl Bryan, who would have stayed the hand of the executioner, of her slayers, had it been In their power to do so. A large proportion of the people is opposed to capital punishment for var ious reasons, chief among which are that they regard it as barbarous, wrong, vin-Christian and ineffective as a pre ventive of crime. But it is improbable that cases have not come within the knowledge of most of these wherein the violation of the law, human and divine has been so flagrant, outrageous, even demoniacal that nothing short of the infliction of the death penalty would satisfy that inherent love of justice which permeates the eouls of right thinking people. There come times when almost all theories must give place to the exi gencies of the occasion. There seems ever in the public mind a disposition to make the punishment fit the crime, when the crime possesses unusual and particularly shocking features. If by any process Jackson and Walling had escaped the penalty awarded by the courts of Kentucky, it is not unlikely that deep down in the hearts of the op ponents of capital punishment there would have been a feeling that some thing was lacking in the meting out of full and exact justice. Out of respect for these theories they might have re mained silent, as they will doubtless refrain from adverse comment on the termination of the affair as chronicled last Saturday. The theories of those opposed to the legal infliction of the death penalty will not be altered or disturbed by the exe cution of these two young murderers; neither will their efforts to procure the abolition of the laws which make such things possible be abated, but many of them were doubtless secretly glad the crime was committed in Kentucky in stead of in Kansas or in some place where the laws are different. The force of the argument against capital punishment has not suffered. It is still as brutal, barbarous, un-Chris-tian and ineffective as ever it was pre vious to last Saturday and those here who so regard it will be glad that they live in a state which does not permit it. Perhaps when there shall be fewer cases which seem to justify so extreme a penalty, the laws for its infliction will disappear wholly from the statute books of the world. At present there exists a human instinct which at times causes the people to take matters into their own hands and themselves, become the executioners of criminals in disregard of all statutes. While humanity is so constituted it can matter little as re gards the final outcome of such cases as that of Jackson and Walling, what the law Is. If the sheriff had not hang ed them, there can be little doubt that the populace would have done so. THAT DREAD APPENDIX. (From the Chicago Tribune.) There is a popular and false notion hat appendicitis is caused by a grape eeed, an orange seed, or some other for eign substance getting- into the vermi form appendix, ays the New York Journal. The true cause is the setting up of infiamation and consequently trangxene in the tissue of the appendix, usually due to insufficient circulation of the blood in the part itself. In thous ands of operations which have taken place many in time to save the life of the patient and many too late, there is not one authenticated case of a for eign substance, such as a seed, being found in the apepndix. This will be more fully realized when one has In mind that the interior of the appendix is big enough to admit only a medium cized darning needle. Its great liabili ty to- disease is due entirely to its low order of vital resistance. That is. it Is an organ which appears to have no actual use in the present machinery of man, but in the earlier stages of man's development it is believed to have been a. large pouch that played an impor tant part in the digestive operations of the human system. By stages of disuse it has gradually shrunk to its present dimensions, and is known to science as a vestrigal organ, one which is only a remnant of its former self and posses sing but a vestige of Its original func tions. This becomes more clear if some oth er parts of the body which now seem to have no use are considered. The ton sils are in this class, and also the wis dom teeth, and both are peculiarly sub ject to disease. ADVERTISING MAKES BUSINESS From the January Scribner. Aside from departures in policy and innovations on a large scali? the origin ality of the department store is largely supplied by two departments, to some extent correlated. These are the ad vertising department and the window dressing department. One is the lit erature of the great store; the other is its art. The shop windows are a great stimulus for the department whose good3 are displayed in them. A good showing will often wonderfully increase the sale of the stock as well as attract customers to the store who are new to it. Frequently the head advertising man is the general manager of the store. Whether this is the case or not, he is a general supervisor of the estab lishment, with a complete knowledge of its ever changing detail. Every day he holds consultations with heads of departments to find out what partic ular lines of articles they want "boora-( ed," and about those articles he writes alluring statements for the shopping public to read, sometimes arranging for illustrations with them. The amount of money spent for advertising is ap palling when looked upon as an ex pense. One great store in Philadel phia spends on an average $1,000 every day in the year, and a good many spend $500 a day. The advertising re ceives probably more of the personal attention of the head of the house than any other department. The head of the firm which expends the great sum just mentioned personally suggests and fre quently writes the leading lines in the daily announcement. The proprietor of a great store in Brooklyn does this in variably, and thinks the time well spent which the work daily requires. The mail department tends to enlarge this expenditure, as the store reaches out to the utmost parts of the country, and the future will no doubt see an even greater development in the effort to secure mail customers in the small towns and in country places. HAPPIEST AMERICAN CITY. Letter in London Mall. After the others, Philadelphia strikes you as beyond all things a civilized city a city where people sometimes have a little leisure. Elsewhere they do business or seek pleasure; here they live. The very names of the streets Chestnut, Walnut, Vine, Spruce, Pine have a fresh and wholesome breath about them. It may be fancy, but the women here seem prettier and the men better set up. The New Yorker takes a tram car to go a quarter of a mile. Here the physical type is more athletic. The typical American woman's face long, thin, pale, pure-eyed, like an early Italian Madonna is richer and less austere. Middle class, you may call the place, with its endless rows of sober red brick, but middle class with little of dowdiness and much of rational stability. If there are few notable buildings there "are few slums. If few people are very prosperous, few are very wretched. In sum, the Philadel phians get more happiness per head out of their city than any other townsmen in America. Philadelphia, like London, has made itself. Spreading out from a commer cial center, it has spread its way out to the fringe of manufacturing towns around it and woven them into a piece of itself, with streets on streets of arti sans' dwellings. The old business city is on the tongue between the Delaware and Schuvlkill rivers. As it extended and made itself fast to districts beyond the value of land in the center went up but slowly. WHAT SOME PEOPLE LIKE. (From Theatrical Tidings.) The different points of view from which individuals view a performance on the stage frequently afford room for much merriment. A lady who recently sat through "Under the Red Robe," at the Empire Theater was asked what she thought of J. E. Dodson's impersona tion of "Richelieu." "I found it per fectly fascinating!" she exclaimed. "He wore such beautiful lace in the last act" This incident recalls to Mr. Dodson a meeting which he had in London with Clarkson ,the well-known wig maker. There had been an important perform ance at the Lyceum Theatre the pre vious evening, and knowing that Clark son had furnished the wigs, the come dian naturally inquired about the out come of the production. "Oh, it was beautiful" declared the wig maker, "not a 'join was visible!" The fact that no one could discern the place where the wigs met the foreheads of the various actors was Clarkson's criterion of suc cess. NEW YORK FLATS. (New York Commercial Advertiser.) The New York flat is a distinct and virtually separate residence. It lacks some of the advantages of the small su burban house, but to those who are us ed to it the flat has many compensa ting qualities. One can live in a flat as exclusively as in a Philadelphian cot tage, and more comfortably. It has no lawn space and the chidren are with out a playground, but the flat is well cared for, it is steam-heated, it has an imposing entrance and it is near to everything. Many persons of refine ment and of domestic tastes prefer a well-appointed flat in a good neighbor hood, within a few steps of street rail ways and convenient to markets and stores, to yard space in the suburbs and far away from everything. Although Paris has a much larger population than the federal census al lowed New York, the number of resi dences is about the same in the two cities. Paris has 27 persons to a resi dence: Berlin, 17; New York 16.8; Brook lyn 7.7; London, 7; Vienna, 6.3; and Phil adelphia 5.6; In the whole of the Uni ted States, both rural and urban, the average number of persons to a dwel ling is 4.93; BUSINESS IN 1800. (From the Atlantic Monthly.) Not only was the field of business en terprise thus restricted, but the trans action of business within that field was slow and difficult. The merchant kept his own books, or, wrote all his let ters with a quill, and when they were written, let the ink dry or sprinkled it with sand. There were then no envel opes, no pcrstage-stamps, no letter-boxes in the streets, no collection of the mail. The letter written, the paper was care fully folded, sealed with wax or a wa fer, addressed and carried to the post office, where postage was prepaid at rates which would now seem extortion mate. To send a letter which was a single sheet of paper, large or small, from Boston to New York or Philadel phia, cost 18 cents, and to Washing ton 25 cents; and this at a time when the purchasing power of a cent was five times what it is at present. To carry a letter from Philadelphia, then the cap ital of the United States to Boston and bring back an answer by return mail, would have consumed from 12 to 18 days according to the season of the year and the weather. DESCRIBED BT A WOMAN. The following description of the fight was secured from a woman in Carson who attended the fight. She stipulated that her full name should not appear In the article.! Special to the Chicago Record. Carson, Nev., March 17. I have seen "the fight of the century," as some of the wildly enthusiastic term it. This is a lovely spring morning. I took my courage in my hands, smothered the slight twinges of of a disturbed con science, whispered assuring reason for action to my wounded pride, and by the side of my pleasantly excited husband went with the restless crowd to the great arena. The large open circle presented a peculiar appearance, as we approached, with its fringe of men in various positions in clear silhouette against the dark blue sky. The peo ple outside were quiet and well be haved. A few women and escorts gave countenance and I found my. reserved seat quite cheerfully situated among friends, the newspaper fraternity. The seating capacity of the place was not taxed, but still thousands of people were there. An hour's wait, with only the incident of the modest entrance of Mrs. Fitzsimmons, dressed in black, with a handsome sealskin, proved a sedative, and I thought I was not go ing to feel nervous, but when the cheers and shouting announced the coming of the combatants I found my heart beating like a trip-hammer. Mr. Fitzsimmons appeared in a gaudy flannel garment, not at all be coming to his shiny red face. Mr. Corbett's dressing gown was more modest, in two shades of brown. Both men looked smiling and moved about as if eager for the fray. I have seen some of my athletic friends put on the gloves for fun many times, and these finely muscled men seemed to be do ing the same thing. They smiled as they gave and took the blows, which did not look as if in tended, to be vicious. It would not have been in any way painful, except the knowledge that one of them must be hurt badly enough to be unable to stand up before they stopped. My sympathies all went to the freckled faced lad when his lip was cut and the blood flowed over his body. I was sorry for his wife, who was seated close by his corner, because I knew she was wild to comfort him and could not. I wondered that she could stay and see it, for in spite of all my efforts the excitement was intense, and yet I had no personal interest in either. The brutal cries of the madly excited, "Kill him Jim," "Kill him," made one's blood curdle that men could be so cruel. It was a wonderfully orderly crowd, and only the intense look on nearly every face indicated how much these men had at stake. They were from all classes the gentleman, the gentleman sport, the citizen with sporting inclina tions and citizen who would not admit that h? had such tastes, the sedate rancher with his wife beside him, who came to see a "circus," the toughs, but not so numerous as was expected. Leaning forward with eyes on the small square they present a remarkable pic ture. Apparently some of them suf fer for every blow that is exchanged and breathe heavily to assist the cham pions. The three minutes of fighting seem like fifteen at times. I was so afraid that some one would be hurt that I dreaded to hear the gong which called them from their corners. But it sound ed regularly. As I was looking intently through my opera glasses, they ap peared to me to be boxing as usual, when to my surprise Mr. Corbett slow ly sank to one knee with his head up on his left side. I thought probably he was taking advantage of a second's rest, but he sank lower and lower and the crowd upon their feet shut out my view. It did not seem possible that that blow could be the much talked amout "knock-out." Mrs. Fitzsimmons handed her hus band a flag, which he waved, and a great shout went up. The battle was over, and it did not look as if anyone had been hurt, except Mr. Fitzsim mons' bleeding lip. When Mr. Corbett shook the winner's hand his face did not look disturbed, and there were no marks upon his body to be seen. I was too surprised to be shocked for it was all done so quickly. I do not want to see another, but I am no longer horrified that my kind hearted husband liked to witness the scientific encounters. As we came away I was gratified when an eastern gentle man shook my hand and said that he was glad to see ladies in the arena, as it took the edge off and helped keep the crowd quiet. I had been impressed with the subdued character of such a vast audience, and concluded that so many had staked large sums upon the result that they had no desire to shout. At the entrance to Mr. Corbet's dress ing rooms I saw him with Wm. Brady. Both men were shedding tears. To see strong men weep is always pitiful, worse than anything in the ring. ELEANOR V. BLACK HILLS RELIGION. Three- Salvation Army Corps Enter the. Field and Secure Many Converts. Lead, S. D., March 22. The Salvation Army has taken the Black Hills by storm. Large corps in Lead, Deadwood and Sturgis are now engaged in storm ing the bulwarks of Satan. A big rally, participated in by the three corps, was held in this city, be ginning Friday of last week and end ing Sunday night. Officers and mem bers from the three cities were in at tendance to the number of 100. Major Gifford of Minneapolis, chief divisional officer for this state, Minnesota and northern Michigan, was in charge. He made many friends for the army be cause of his gentlemanly bearing and oratorical ability. Three meetings were held in the Lead Opera House, and were attended by 2,500 people. An ad mission fee of 10 cents was charged. A banquet cleared $200 for the army. Thirty-four soldiers were sworn into the Lead army Sunday afternoon. Besides these soldiers, there were about 50 recruits. Lead is the head quarters for the Black Hills. Ensign Berriman and two lieutenants are in charge of the work. The captain of the Deadwood army, Al Jewel, was in at tendance upon the rally, and was a fig ure of much interest. He is the one upon whom a murderous assault was recently made by a Deadwood saloon keeper while the army was holding a street meeting. The captain's life was saved by his own skill. He was form erly a prize fighter and the saloon keeper found that he had run up against a circumstance before the Sal vationist was through with him. The army in this city is especially strong. Some of the best citizens are enrolled in its ranks. Valuable Transfer of Mines. Phoenix, Ariz., March 22. The Santa Maria Group of mines were transferred today by J. C. Rankin and Chauncey Clark of Peoria to J. B. Grenehut, ex-president of the whisky trust. The consideration is placed at $600,000. The mines, on which a quar ter of a million dollars" worth of de velopment work has been done, are 80 miles northwest of Phoenix and em brace one of the largest sold lodes in Arizona. SARDOU AND THE COMBINE Scorned by Fannie Davenport Who Will Fight for Her Rights. New York, March 22. Fanny Daven port, actress, has earned the fight to the title of "The Fearless." She ha3 two great fights on hand. With a true artist's inherent love of justice and the fairness of things she is prepared to enter the arena single handed and meet the two greatest theatrical powers.Sar dou, the famous French playright. and the equally famous and all-grabbing great American syndicate, with Hay man, Frohman, Klaw Erlanger and four other minor powers as the head and front of the offending. When the theatrical trust first be came a power an opposition party of actors was formed, with Nat Goodwin at their head. The convivial Goodwin has, however, gone over to the enemy's camp, and in the brave little army of rebels are only left Joe Jefferson, Fran cis Wilson and Miss Davenport. "I will never submit to the syndi cate," explained Miss Davenport. "To fall in line means for them to book you when and where they please, for which they are entitled to 5 per cent of your gross receipts and another 5 per cent for permitting you to play in their the aters. Joe Jefferson is going to hold aloof, but that is comparatively easy for he only plays ten weeks a season. Another who will not consent to enrich a company of unscrupulous managers, is Francis Wilson. Wilson is determin ed not to submit, and if it must be.next season he'll play one night stands. As for myself I need not worry for anoth er year. I am booked for an indefinite run at the Tremont theater, Boston, booked before the day of the combina tion, and if after that I cannot get an independent theater, I'll go to Aus tralia." It is easy for Miss Davenport to be independent. In the first place, she has a snug little bank account, and second ly, she has a wonderful new play. This play is from the pen of a writer whose name or sex she will not divulge. The play is as yet unnamed. "It is a his torical melodrama," says Miss Daven port, "and that is all I am at liberty to say. The author, who has pledged me to secrecy, is not unknown in the field of literature, but is new to the stage. I have received already three acts. They have passed from me to the author and back again many times, and when I say I am now satisfied that means the play must be a tremendous success." SOME COLORADO BIRDS. Prof Cooke Shows That There Are 360 Kinds of Birds. Denver, March 22. Every kind of a bird ever discovered in Colorado is de scribed, classified and named in an enthnological report placed in the hands of the Smith-Brooks Printing company yesterday by Prof. W. W. Cooke. For more than four years Prof. Cooke has been engaged in figuratively trap ping and caging the birds which fur nished the material for his treatise on ethnology. Between Pike's ravens and the stuffed pelicans range a wide variety of birds, common and rare. Prof. Cooke has proven 360 varieties to be feathered facts of Colorado's ethnological king dom. This announcement will cause widely variant feelings to spring up in the bosoms of farmers and orchardists, on one hand, and the members of the Humane society on the other. Until Prof. Cooke's completed feat of yes terday, the largest number of bird va rieties charged up to Colorado was 264. Sparrows, probably, are the most common birds in the state. The two most rare varieties are the scissors tailed fly-catcher and the red ibis. Only one of each species has ever been seen in Colorado. It will cause much re gret to the proprietors of summer ho tels to learn that the only-scissors-tailed fly-catcher ever known to exist in Colorado has long since gone the way of the taxidermist shop. Besides be ing rare in other particulars, this little feathered creature is a rare friend to summer hotel keepers. The one red ibis which honored Colo rado with a visit is also dead. This is or was a very beautiful bird, with a plumage almost entirely a brilliant red. In shape it looks some what like a sand-hill crane. It is a resident of the tropical countries, and besides the one seen in Colorado a member of its spe cies has made visible appearance to men only three times in the whole United States territory, so ethnologists say. In 1876 the Colorado red ibis was killed in Wet Mountain valley, twenty miles west of Pueblo. TEXAS' BIG BERRY CROP. Strawberry Yield There Said to Be the Largest on Record. Chicago, March 22. Advices from Al vin, Texas, state that the strawberry crop promises to be the largest ever known in the history of Texas. Alvin is in the heart of the Texas strawberry country. The acreage of the state de voted to strawberries is steadily increas ing, and the soil south of Houston is especially fitted to strawberry culture. The big movement of the berries will begin this week, when car lots will be ready to send. The berries already re ceived from Texas have not been es pecially choice, but fine consignments will appear next week. Strawberries received yesterday from Louisiana were common, with some buttony and green, and a few cases moldy. Prices on such lots were irreg ular. Some of the poorest sold as low as 75c per 24-pint case.The fair to good ranged from $1.25 to $1.75 per case. A refrigerator car of about 200 open cases was received from Florida. Some were fancy, and a few cases moldy, owing to delays in transit. Seventy-five refrig erator cases also came from Florida with the quality generally good. The Florida berries sold well, both locally and on snipping account. BRICE HAS ASPIRATIONS. Reason Why the Ex-Senator is Build ing a Home at Lima, O. Lima, O., March 22. The preparations being made by Calvin S. Brice to have a $100,000 residence built here are taken as an indication that he has political aspirations and desires to be more closely identified with this city than he has been since he left here many years ago for New York, where he has since resided. The only home in his name in this city is the one occupied by Mrs. Brice's mother, who deeded the proper ty to him during his race for the senate, as the records show. Brice again has designs on the senate, and if successful he hopes, four years hence, to be the Democratic nominee for president. With all these ambitions in view he sees he will have to more closely connect himself with Lima and the state of Ohio. He did not come "home" to vote at the last election. Should the next legislature be Demo cratic Brice will be a candidate against any free silver man. Brice's agents are already manufacturing sentiment for him in all the Democratic strongholds, and with a $100,000 residence in Lima there could be no charge that he is not a resident of Ohio. 4 Some new facts concerning the trip to California and back via Santa Fe Route may be had by applying to agent. Homeseekers' excursions Fe Route, April 6 and 20. via Santa &k .l.jLi k 'B ers as a ireaK in lats. You can avoid the risk of getting such by selecting your head dress from r us. e buy our hats from the best makers of hats in America and keep in S touch with all that is new and worn by correct dressers. We are showing bv far the largest and handsomest assortment of Men's Hats in Topeka or the state. AVhen looking for a Hat do no not fail to see us. The new "KNOX" c is a very handsome, dressy Hat, and OUR NEW LONQLEY beats any other 0 $3-oo Hat on earth. A splendid line of new Derbies and Fedoras 1 50 We challenge any store in Topeka to match our $10, 12 and 15 Suits. WILL C. CHAFFEE CO., 701 Kansas Avenue. rS'tr A KANSAN AT HARVARD. CoL.-T, W. Higginson Tells About London and Paris Authors. Boston, March 22. Col. Thomas Went worth Hig-grinson entertained the Harvard Graduate club Saturday evening in the Colonial clubhouse, Cambridge, with an anecdotaJ address on Literary society in London and Paris in 1873. His remarks were based chiefly on personal interviews with some of the noted authors in those cities. After meeting Froude, thf historian. and finding that he aid no-t care at all to talk about his book, the "Nemesis of Faith," which has impressed Col. Higginson strongly, the speaker met Carlyle. T found him to be, said the colonel, a tall, gaunt man in a suit of Holland gray or what that name implies, with shaggy, overhanging brows and strong Scotch speech and manner. His manner was al most uncouth, but he had the heartiest, most resounding laugh I have ever heard. No one who spent an hour in his com pany could help carrying away a kindly feeling. Col. Higginson then went to the house of Darwin, and found him to be a tall, long-legged man in a shawl. He was kindly and genial, and his nature was sim ple and genuine. s Browning struck the speaker as a man who seemed to judge people ohielly by the opinion they had of his poems, lie was, as Mary Anderson put it in her memoirs, "like one of our agreeable southern gentlemen." One could hardly find a greater contrast than that between Browning and Tennyson. Col. Higginson journeyed to Tennyson's home on the Isle of Wight, and found him to be the most un-Knglish looking man, somewhat like a bandit in appearance not well groonvd, not well tubbed, high-shouldered and with keen, brilliant eyes. He was a noticeable but apparently neglected figure. I learn ed later." said the colonel,- "that Mrs. Tennyson was away for two or three days." Tennyson was sensitive with re gard to Americans. He didn't like them. "You Americans," he said. "have not treated me well." He was manifestly a man of delicately accurate observation, as the colonel learned during a stroll through his garden. In Paris, the speaker attended a meet ing of the people to celebrate the centen ial of Voltaire, and saw Victor Hugo come on the platform to deliver one of hia great speeches, perhaps the last one. The audience applauded his entrance wildly, but only with hand clapping, which seem ed to be somewhat musical. When Hugo was on a long sentence, working up t climax, there was reverent silence. The people hung on his words. After hearing a speech on Rosseau by Louis Blanc, the colonel returned to Eng land, and met tu Maurier, who borrowed he said, most of his "Trilby" from French authors. Du Maurier seemed to be a man who was constantly bored. He received the colonel kindly, and in the course of a talk the speaker asked him why he always drew his faces of women to represent beauty. Du Maurier replied that the public preferred to have them so. He said that he got most of his bright children's sayings by observing his own children, but that they were growing old. and he was obliged to listen to other children. The colonel suggested that Du Maurier present a notebook to any lady whom his children visited and request her to take down their best sayings. Three months later the colonel was in Switzer land and was surprised one day to find in Punch a reproduction of the anecdote, illustrated with a drawing representing a pudgy Knglish mother, three pudgy children and a dignified governess. The mother was asking the governess to take a notebook in which the sayings of the children were to be recorded; and the faces of the three children denoted entire lack of intelligence. DEPARTMENT STORE WAR. Bill Waging War on Big Chicago Stores Will Become a Law. Spring-field, 111., March 22. Legisla tion in the lower house against the de partment stores is assured. The plan is to substitute the business men's bill for the bill of Representative Schwab, which was favorably reported upon by the committee on river im provement and commerce. Most of the friends of anti-department store legislation are in favor of waiting until the senate bill reaches them. Should the senate fail to pass the business men's bill, which has taken the place of the Lundin bill, then the house can replace the Schwab bill with the business bill and proceed to push that. Tuesday has been fixed for the passage of the anti-department store bill, for both the senators and delegates who are championing it, say the bill will pass. A ladies' auxiliary, consisting of the wives and the daughters of the mem bers, was formed to persuade the resi dents in the neighborhood to cease trading at the big stores down town, and to buy of the merchants in their vicin ity. It was also decided that the mem bers assemble at their rooms and march in a body to the mass meeting in the North Side Turner hall of the Clark Street Business Men's association to night. The next meeting of the south side association will be held in two weeks, when it is expected some prom inent speakers will be present to ad dress the meeting. "When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castoria. There is Nothing About One's Wearing Apparel That "Pro a claims the Man so Much as vj His HAT." Jt,ls more noticeable than anything else about a maris dress. The man is judged by it. A Hat can z pe too styiisfc; a lat can't be too new, but there is such a thing known among careful dress- The Western Foundry and Machine Works ESTABLISHED 1875. Formerly Topeka Foundry Machine Works, gf9 The only place in the city where you from a steam engine to a set collar from stock. Get Prices Before Purchasing Elsewhere. Topeka, Kas. R. L. COFRAN, Proprietor. You Can't Go Amiss if you get a package like this. It contains the genuine Washing: Powder It cleans everything and tieans it quiciuy and cheaply. largest package THE N. K. FAIRBAIMK COMPANY, St. Louis, New York, Boston, Philadelphia. Chicago, "A FAIR FACE MAY PROVE A FOUL. BAR CAIN." MARRY A PLAIN GIRL IF SHE USES NEW HAMPSHIRE'S INSANE. Asylum Trustees Point to Need for Increased Accommodations. Concord, N. H.. March 22. The trus tees of the New Hampshire asylum for the insane have filed their annual re port with the governor and council. The number of patients under treat ment at the institution during the past year has been the largest in its his tory. The daily average number of patients was 411, and the number at the close of the fiscal year was 422. There were admitted during the year 78 women and 103 men. The mortality rate for the year was 6.S. The percent age of recoveries based upon the num ber of different persons admitted and excluding all alcohol, opium and co caine cases, was 22.13 per cent. The receipts for the year were $110, 733.04 and the expenditures were $109, 210.97, leaving a balance of $1,562.07. The trustees point to the pressing need of increased space for the accom modation of the patients. A WHITE HOUSE THIEF. Representative Van Voorhis Lost an Overcoat. "Washington, March 22. Representative Henry C. Van Voorhis of Zanesville. O., lost a valuable overcoat at the White house today. He left it in the reception corridor while he went into the president's office. When he came out the coat was gone and in Its place was an undesirable substitute. Four years ago several much-worn hats were traded for good headgear belonging to Democrats. Senator George of Miss issippi and Representative Holman of In diana were among the unfortunates, and the sight of Mr. George walking down Pennsylvania avenue with a red handker chief around his head has not been for gotten by those who witnessed it. Big Coliseum for St. Louis. St. Louis, March 22. The scheme to turn the Exposition building into an immense coliseum adapted from the Madison Square Garden, but on a more comprehensive scale, was ratified by the stockholders of the Exposition company Saturday. The building will be remodeled inside and there will be an immense amphitheater for the largest kinds of exhibitions, from a cir cus to a horse show, or a race track for winter coursing. Eubbsr Works to Close. Bristol. R. I., March 22. Superin tendent Schlosser of the National Iindia Rubber company has received orders from Colonel S. P. Colt to be as expe ditious as possible in finishing up small orders, as Mr. Colt wished to close the mill as soon as it can be done. The shut-down will probably occur Tuesday. can get a complete power plant H-..Kwr r greatest eesmomy. ROCKEFELLER'S 250,000. Baptists Sleet and Compare Notes on Their Success. New Tork, March 22. A meeting of prominent Baptists from different parts of the country, who are interested in fulfillling the conditions of the gift of John D. Rockefeller, was held at New ark last night. The Baptist Home and Foreign Mis sion society is in debt to the extent of $486,000. Mr. Rockefeller offered $250,000 on condition that the remainder of the debt should be raised by subscription. A general meeting will be held in Pitts burg, May 19. Reports were received showing that $75,000 had been raised in New England. A like amount was expected in Greater New York. New Jersey was in a fair way to raise $25,000. Chicago had al ready paid in $10,000; Detroit had $S,000, and Providence $10,000. FRAUDS IN ORANGES. Foreign Oranges Packed in California Boxes and Sold as Genuine. Los Angeles, March 22. Orange growers and shippers of southern Cali fornia are up in arms against some im positions and abuses now being prac ticed by certain large jobbing fruit houses in Atlantic coast cities. In New York last Thursday Cali fornia seedling oranges sold at prices ranging from $2.25 to $2.65 per single box. while Alediterranean oranges sold on the same day at $1.50 per single box, and Valencia oranges in cases contain ing more than two boxes of the Cali fornia size only averaged $2.30. The foreign fruit resembles in appearance the seedling variety grown in this state and certain eastern dealers Immediate ly began to buy up empty California boxes. These jobbers then buy one case of Valencia oranges and are able by repacking to make up two boxes of bogus labeled California oranges for about the price that one box would have cost them in the auction rooms. DONNELLY WANTS DAMAGES Sues the St Paul Pioneer-Press for $50,000 for Alleged Libel. St. Paul, Minn., March 22. Ignatius Donnelly, now serving as a member of the lower house of the legislature, has sued the St. Paul Pioneer-Press for $50,000 for libel. In the legislature on March 4 last Mr. Donnelly remarked that Grover Cleveland became presi dent a poor man and left the office a millionaire. The Pioneer-Press gave Mr. Donnelly a column editorial roast for the state ment, every line of which the sage of Ninlnger claims to be libelous. Subscribe for -The State Journal
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TOPEKA STATE JOTJKNAIi, MONDAY EVENIXG, MARCH 22, 1897. asa AT THE STATE HOUSE. J ON SALE TUESDAY MORNING. News of General Interest From State Departments. Mil! A GREAT SNAP.. Star Percale, 3G inches wide, Sterling Cloth, 32 inches wide, Solicl Black Duck, 32 inches wide, M All this lot are perfect. Best quality. Goods in from 4 to 12 yard lengths, and never sell in the regular way for less than 12ic. g DSTRBUTaRS cr BARCrAAS, 5 !IO E.SIfATIi ST. IN THE SOCIETY WORLD. General Notes of Society and Personal Items. Recent Social Events in Topeka and Vicinity. Items of Interest About Topeka Peo ple and Visitors in Town. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Lucas entertained their high five club Friday evening. Those who played were Mr. and Mrs. F. Lagerstrom, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Conners, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Ward. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Uodgins, Mrs. Holyoke, Mrs. Wescott, Mr. Gilland, Mr. Thompson, Mr. and Sirs. T. E. Watson, Mr. and Mrs. Keele. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Speer went to Chicago last week, where they will re side. Miss Edna Speer and Will Speer will leave the last of the week to join them. Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Branstrup have returned from Indianapolis, Ind., where they spent the winter. Miss Anna Richardson of Keene, X. H. is visiting Mrs. Frank Foster. Miss Lizzie Colt of Newton is visiting Miss Carrie fioddard. Mr. T. K. Wear is spending the day in Kansas City. Mrs. C. S. Baker will entertain the Browning club at tea tomorrow after noon. Miss Agnes Hansor returned to "her home in Lawrence yesterday, after vis iting Miss Myrtle Callaham for several days. Mrs. Boughton of Lawrence spent yesterday and today with Mrs. C. B. Sampson. Miss Belcher of Garrrison, N. Y., will arrive this week to visit Mrs. James Moore and Mrs. J. H. Belcher. Mrs. J. P. Griswold returned Saturday from a three months' stay at the Las Vegas hot springs. Mrs. S.B. Hamblin of Ottawa is visit ing her sister, Mrs. H. W. Neiswanger. Mrs. Frank Blanch gave a children's party Saturday afternoon to celebrate lier daughter, Letha's, sixth birthday. Mr. Ralph Valentine and Mr. Law rence Chamberlain spent yesterday -in Lawrence. Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Garvey and their daughter will return tomorrow from Wilmington, Del. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Latham will en tertain a few friends at tea this even ing. Mr. S. S. Adare of Strong City and Mr. Cyrus Sprague of Emporia, at tended "the Mandarin" Saturday even ing. Mrs. J .J. Frey and family returned to the city this morning, after spending two months with Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hall in Albuquerque, X. M. They spent a day in Santa Fe on their way home. Mis. Harry Ashby will entertain the Duplicate whist club Sfiaturday after noon. Mis. W. B. Jansen returned Friday from Ypsilanti, Mich. She was accom panied by Mr. Jansen's mother, who will be their guest. Miss Jarnes of Xew York is visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Robinson. The Bachelor club will give a party at Hudson hall tomorrow evening. Mrs. Margaret Collins of Ottawa is the guest of Mrs. Charles Blood Smith. Mrs. Geo. Parkhurst received word this morning of her mother's death. Mr. ind Mrs. Parkhurst left immediately for Kansas City. Mrs. Frank Mileham and Mrs. Rich ard Shakeshaft will go to Europe in May. -Miss Margaret Bear will entertain the Fm de Siecle club Saturday afternoon. At the guest table four young men will I'lay. Mr. II. A. Auerbach went to Chicago yesterday. The Folio club are studying Carlyle's works. Mrs. J. K. Hudson is visiting Mrs. W. C. Smith in St. Louis Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Daniels are re moving to the Ward place at the foot cf Fillmore street. Miss Meta Robinson has returned from Chicago, where she has been fludying music. Miss Lou Neeely of Leavenworth will spend Wednesday and Thursday with lier sister, who is attending Bethany col leg Mr. Archie F. Williams is in Califor nia. -Mrs. C. J. Kendall is visiting Mrs Sam Davison at 826 Topeka avenue. Miss Trissie Greenwood will entertain the Aluhut whist club this evening. Another Smoky Row Victim. Saturday night, in Smoky Row, when the festivities of this district were at their height and all Smoky Row nature smiled, a robbery occurred which has I. een reported to the police department. In the lower part of this notorious dis trict there was a strange visitor. His name was Ben Bardshaw. He is a one armed man and has been a lawver He reported to Chief Steele that he had been robbed of $15 by a colored woman In Smoky Row and he asked that Car rie Purnell be arrested. He says she stole the money from him. She says ehe didn't. Homeseekers' excursions via Santa Fe Route, April 6 and 20. yardo CHICAGO MUSICAL TASTE. Mr. Grau's Singers Decide That the .Place Doesn't Know Music. Chicago, March 22. The Metropoli- I r uiuuu '--pci a jjua.iiy una gone and in disgust. Why the opera singers are so glad to leave Chicago was learned when lead ins memoers were asKea what they thought of the visit to Chicago. In each case the answer came with a flourish ot the arms and a shrug of the shoul ders, while their faces were screwed into all kinds of positions. On a whole they said the people of Chicago knew nothing about music: that thev had much rather see vaudeville at cheap rates man near a grand opera at $3.50. Jvot one of them would listen for a moment when it was suggested that Mew York was given a much better performance than the one in this citv In each case they grew indignant and said it was all a mistake. So disgusted with the four weeks of performing in Chicago before small au diences Mme, Calve would not wait for the rest of the company, but left for St. Louis yesterday morning at 10:30 o clock m the private car of the presi dent of the Illinois Central road. She decided to take this step Friday morn ing, and notwithstanding the requests ot Manager Grau and all the singers she replied by saying that she would not stay in the horrid town another mo ment. As her word is law now. her orders were carried out. Nearly 300 persons, along with hun dreds of pieces of baggage were carried to St. Louis in a train consisting of six baggage cars, six day cars, four parlor cars and two combination cars. Thomas' orchestra accompanied them. From St. Louis the singers will go to Louisville, Cincinnati, Boston and then to New York. When asked If the company would return to Chicago next season one of the owners replied by saying that it all depended. "We will want more of a crowd than we had this time," he said. "Never again will the opera company come to Chicago unless we can satisfy our selves that we will not lose money. It has been something terrible this time and we cannot stand it again. The in dications for our stay in St. Louis are fine. A wonderfully large advance sale has been reported." Jean De Reszke and his brother looked at the small attendance from a business standpoint. Jean said that all over the country everyone was com plaining, and he added that it was a question in his mind whether the peo ple of Chicago appreciated music or not. "This city is so far inland," he said, "they have yet to learn many of the higher arts." Lassalle interrupted at this point, and along with Campanari loudly de nounced Chicago for not knowing a good thing when she had it. "They did not come," he said, "and why they did not come I cannot under stand. I tell you, the people of this city do not know music." This was greeted by exclamations of approval from all the men. The wo men of the company were more bitter than the men in denouncing the poor crowds. Mile. Bauermeister, Mme. Litvinne and Mme. Mantelli all said that the western people did not know as much about music as the eastern folks. KEEP OFF THE BRIDGE. Spectators Will Not Be Allowed to Stand on the Old Structure. The board of police commissioners met Saturday afternoon at their rooms at the city "jail and discussed routine business. A patrolman was appointed for the Kansas avenue bridge. It is W. N. Roberts who was some time ago appointed a special policeman. He will be on duty at the bridge during the day time, to prevent accidents and keep spectators off it. During the oth er administration. Jos. Wilcox was kept there for this purpose. Wilson Keith, a member of the board. In speaking of it said: "There really ought to be two men on duty there to prevent accidents and keep the crowd off the bridge. The city can't afford to keep two men there. The county ought to furnish one." LOCAL MENTION. G. W. Jackson was arrested Saturday for being drunk, but of course it wasn't Prof. Jackson, the ex-band man. Herbert Brown was arrested last night by Watchman Wiley, of the San ta Fe for jumping on moving trains. He is 16 years old. This morning 40 laborers from North Topeka were taken to Solomon City to work on the railroad near there. They were sent out in charge of Foreman Ward of the Union Pacific. President Herrick of Washburn col lege led two services at the Congrega tional church at Fort Scott last week and was entertained at a party in his honor by Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Martin. A Fort Scott paper says: "A large num ber of guests were present to show re spect to the distinguished president, in whose honor the party was given." A few days ago a second-hand store at 609 North Kansas avenue was burg larized and nine revolvers stolen. Two colored men have been arrested on the charge of burglary and larceny. Frank Ellis, and Cal Mitchell are now await ing trial on this charge. Cal. Mitchell is the young man who figured conspic uously in a cutting scrape in North Topeka last summer during a flam beau drill. Ft. Scott Poliee Board Will Not Be Reappointed. Is this a Step in the Direction of the Abolition of Police Boards Entirely P Populist politicians have been plung ed into much speculation by the an nouncement by wire from Governor Leedy that the new police commission ers of Fort Scott will not be appointed upon the expiration of the terms of of fice of the present officers in April. The announcement from the governor came to Attorney General Boyle late Saturday afternoon. Whether or not this is the first step towards the abolishment of the police commmissioners is the question which has stirred up the politicians, but it will remain unsettled at least until the governor returns to Topeka and ex plains his reasons for announcing that the Fort Scott commissioners will not be reappointed. The situation In Fort Scott during the past two administrations has been re sponsible for more difficulty that has been experienced by any other city of the first class in which police commis sioners are charged with the responsi bility of administering affairs. Governor Morrill was criticised and condemned because of the commission ers which he appointed. Now the peo ple are engaged in a row with the pres ent commission appointed by Governor Leedy soon after his inauguration, to fill the unexpired term of the commis sioners named by Governor Morrill. The complications in that city seem to increase constantly and Governor Leedy has been besieged by petition for relief. The people have constantly de manded an enforcement of the law, with which the police commissioners of the past have not complied. The governor's announcement is taken as an indication that he proposes to permit Fort Scott to have "home rule" in the government which is a part of the duties of the police commis sioners. Will Reappoint Culver. The senate confirmation of W. W. Cul ver of Barton county, as state grain in spector, by appointment of Governor Leedy, is void because the action was taken before the law became operative. One of the first acts of the governor up on his return will be to appoint Culver again. As matters now stand Mr. Culver is not entitled to the position. The law did not go into effect until publication in the official paper last Friday, the appoint ment having been made and confirmation secured prior to that time. The legisla ture this time enacted a new grain in spection law changing the mode of opera tion. It takes the work out of the hands of boards of trade and puts it directly under the state. State Architect. The executive council held a meeting Saturday evening to select a state arch itect but failed to reach an agreement, no vote being taken. The meeting was adjourned until tomorrow afternoon when the selection will be made. It is believed that the election of John Yonkers of North Topeka is assured. T. 51. JAMES WILL NOT RUN. Will Not Allow His Name to Be Used for Mayor. The complications which have made the road of the Citizens' ticket a rough one have been cleared away and no more trouble is anticipated. T. M. James, the nominee for mayor who said Saturday that he would not be a candidate has changed his mind and will go before the people at the head of the fusion ticket. The silver club made a special request that Mr. James allow the use of his name and he relented and will make a campaign. The trouble over the city clerk was adjusted by W. K. Ward, the nominee from city treasurer being made the nominee for clerk and Oscar T. Cook, president of the Democratic Flambeau club was put on the ticket as the nomi nee for treasurer. It was originally intended that Ern est Mueller should be the nominee for treasurer and Mr. Ward be the nominee for clerk but at the last moment the arrangement was changed and D. C. Tillotson says that made all the trou ble. "Mr. Mueller would have run for treasurer," said Mr. Tillotson, "and we would have had no trouble. Things have been mixed up and we will have no further difficulty. Mr. James has consented to remain on the ticket and things will work smoothly hereafter." Mr. James and Mr. Ward are known as Silver Republicans and Mr. Cook is a Democrat. It is somewhat remarkable that more work has not been done with the regis tration. That fact indicates that the present administration has no fear of defeat and the contesting forces little hope of success. The registration is still under 5,000 while it usually reaches 8.000. There are but four more days in which to regis ter and much can be done in that time if the strikers take the trouble to push the registration. Commissioner Yount says that even when the books are sent out into the wards there has been but little registration. Last week an effort to boom the regis tration in the Second ward resulted in securing 238 names. One carriage was kept running during the entire time to take the voters to the place where the books were kept. Today an effort is being made to corral the Fifth ward de linquents ana tne dooks win ne at Bard's store both today and tomorrow. Commissioner Yount says he will do all he can to get every one registered and will accordingly keep the office open in the evenings commencing tonight. CHANGES HIS MIND AGAIN. Just before noon and after the above was in type, Mr. James again changed his mind, and finally decided not to be a candidate for mayor. The committee which has been look ing after the details of the campaign on behalf of the Citizens' ticket was somewhat surprised, but the members at once put their heads together to find some one to take the place or Mr. James. Police Commissioner J. B. Billard was agreed upon and Mr. Tillotson says that he will stand as the candidate. Mr. Billard is not as changeable as Mr. James, and his name will probably re main on the ticket. Hulled From the Pod While green and tender and cooked in the can ready for immediate use, are the Joan of Arc Red Beans. Served hot or cold or as a salad, they are de licious. Pride of Illinois, fancy canned corn is grown from Baby Bunting seed, cut from the cob when very young. No other corn so juicy, sweet and tender. Examine the samples the agents are showing and give them your order to be delivered by your grocer. Bargains in Buttons and Dress Trimmings. 50 gross of pearl buttons, good color and quality, a dozen 5c 40 gross of extra quality pearl buttons, in medium and large sizes, worth 15c and 20c dozen 9c One lot of metal and jet buttons, worth 10c to 20c a dozen, for 5c Passamentries, worth 25c to 35c, jeweled and span gled trimmings, worth 25c to 40c a yard 15c Spangled trimming and braid trimming, mixed with gold, worth 10c to 15c special for this sale 5c One lot of Wool Braids in black and white, plain and fancy, worth 8 to 15c a yard, for Be. Special reductions for this Sale made in fine Jeweled Trimmings and Braid Ornaments. We have sold a great many shoes and pleased a great many people since we opened this department, but we haven't sold to you, probably, however much we would like to. Spring styles 4 all in and popular prices prevail. PUBLIC TOILET BOOTHS. A Flan Proposed for Their Establish ment in Chicago. Chicago, March 22. Alderman O'Neill has a plan for establishing public toilet booths under the sidealks 1n the down town district for the use of the public at a nominal fee. He declares the plan can be put in operation without ex pense to the city. He proposes to have the council grant permission to Fred Smith, a real es tate dealer, to erect and maintain the booths. He asks the city in return for the expense incurred in establishing and maintaining the booths to allow him to charge the public the nominal fee of 1 cent for each visit to a booth. Alderman O'Neill will introduce in the council an ordinance covering the mat ter and ask that body to pass it. Alderman O'Neill said: "Public toilet booths are an absolute necessity in the downtown district of this city, and if the city can have them put in and maintained without expense, I say the council should give its consent. In every large European city public toilet booths are looked upon as much of a necessity as are sidewalks here." EIGHT PERSONS HURT And $100,000 Property Loss by a Fire at Lawrence, Mass. Lawrence, Mass., March 22. The worst fire this city has known since the burning of the Washington mills, six years ago, completely dismantled the Gleason building, one of the best busi ness blocks in Lawrence, early today, and resulted in the injury of eight per sons and the loss of property valued at $110,000. The Gleason building was a six story stone and brick building. The central House, one of the leading hotels of the city, adjoined it on one sida and the Pedrick Closson building, which is Walsh's hotel, on the other. The 5 and 10 cent store of Abbott Co. occupied the basement and first floor of the building. The rest of the block was taken up with offices, dressmaking and millinery rooms, several lodging rooms and a photograph gallery on the top floor. The roof of the Central House caught fire and the Pedrick Closson blocks on the other side were in great danger, but they were saved. LOS ANGELES BARBECUE. Celebration of the Location of the San Pedro BTarbor. Los Angeles, March 22. The barbecue at San Pedro Saturday, given in cele bration of the location of the govern ment harbor at that place, was attend ed by 10,000 people. Twenty fat steers, fifty sheep, fifteen hogs and six tons of clams were baked, and 500 pounds of lobsters, 2,000 loaves of bread and sev eral hundred gallons of liquids were served on a table 500 feet long. Numerous speeches were made and a resolution was adopted urging Presi dent McKinley to appoint as assistant secretary of war Colonel Harrison Gray Otis, editor of the Los Angeles Times, who made a vigorous fight for San Pe dro as against Santa Monica, WILL BRAND THE SEALS. That's What the Government Will Do if Pelagic Sealing is Not Stopped. San Francisco, March 22. Prof. Da vid Starr Jordan, the head of the com mission appointed by the united States to investivate the fur seal industry, has returned to this city from Washington. He says the new administration is tak inng steps for the final settlement of the fur seal question. The only way, he says to, preserve the seal herd is to tally prohibiting pelagic sealing. Great Britain will be asked to join with the TTnited- States, but if that government declines the United States will take ag gressive measures. The female seals at the rookeries will be branded and the value of their skins destroyed, so that there will be no temptation for sealers to kill them. As sistant Secretary of the Treasury Ham lin, who is very familiar with the whole sealing question, has been requested to remain in the office until April 1 and give his attention to the negotiations with great Britain. D ress We want to tell you that we have never made such an offering of medium priced Dress Goods. Doesn't seem possible, but it's so. All wool Aus tralian wool at that woven in Germany on a 38 inch loom. Shown on three tables at three prices: 18c for the 50c kind, 39c for the 75c kind, 50c for the dollar kind. Dress Goods Remnants, 1-4: Off. WASH GOODS. Sonth Koom Tables So. 1, 2 and 3. One Price for all. Organdie Alixe, Lappet Stripes, Gage Cordonnet, Tissue Mozambique, Mimosa, Windsor Clairette, Etamine Royale, Brodein, Farare, Tamis Cloth, Cycle Cloth, India Foulard. ONE PRICE FOR ALL. SILKS. SILKS. 50c Printed Foulards and Indias, 37c. Silk Grenadines, brocaded and 24 in. wide, 50c. Black Moire Velour, 75c. SKIRT SPECIALS. Shown today for the first time black and white, blue and white, brown and white checks, 1.25 each. Black Brilliantine Skirts, the $3.00 kind, $2.25 each. Silk Grenadine Skirts, with silk lining, 87. 60 each. By expres3 Black Brocaded Silk Skirt3, 85.CO each. Traveler's Sample Suits at low prices and still more suits expected tomorrow. NORTH TOPEKA. Items Intended for this column should be left with the Kimball Printing Co.. 83n Kansas avenue, before 10 o'clock in the morning. J. Q. A. Peyton of Lansing, was in town Saturday. Squire J. A. Cox of Rossville, was in town today. IX B. Kraus of Tampa, Kan., is clerking for the New Era. Miss Adah Gents spent yesterday with Miss May Partitt. Proctor Foueht sings in the surpliced choir of Grace cathedral. J. C. Cromwell and W. C. Little spent yesterday in Silver Lake. W. P. Saunders of Kansas City, was a North side caller Saturday. A number of young people will attend a dance at the asylum tonight. Mrs. Addie Swarts of Arkansas City, is the guest of Miss Edna Burgen. Mrs. Bradley-Norris has returned from a visit with friends at Rossville. A. O. Rorabaugh has returned from St. Louis, where he spent the week. Little Lucile Lukens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lukens, is quite sick. The W. T. K. club will meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. Russell Barber, on Kansas avenue. Miss Bessie Burgen spent several days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bergen in Burlingame. Bargains for Ladies, 200 pair Ladies fine shoes in button and congress, 2 to 4 to C. D. E. lasts. Blue front. North Toneka. Mrs. W. F. Teats of Washington, D. C, is expected next month to visit her par ents. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. lligdon, 1217 Quincv street. The Ladies' Guild of the Church of the Good Shepherd, will meet tomorrow aft ernoon with Mrs. T. B. Reynolds, 1006 Quincy street. Miss Edna Heywood. who is attending the state normal at Emporia, spent Sun day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Char ley Heywood. There was a large crowd at the Union Pacific hotel yesterday for dinner as the dining train was snowbound and the pas sengers and trainmen took dinner there. The Cnion Pacific and Rock Island trains were all late yesterday, having been snowbound in western Kansas. The 2:55 Vnion Pacific train came in at 11:30, and the train due this morning at 6 o'clock, was two hours late. An attempt was made to burglarize Lukens Brothers' harness shop last night between 9 and 10 o'clock. At 9 o'clock the policeman made his rounds and found everything all right, shortly after Mr. Littlejohn, who keeps a boarding house near by on Norris street, heard a noise, and on investigation found that a pane of glass had been broken out of the back door of the harness shop and an entrance effected. Nothing had been taken, but harness rings and other articles were scattered around promiscuously, showing that the thieves had been frightened away and had left in a hurry. North Topeka lodge. No. 152, T. of IT., gave a pancake social Saturday evening, which proved a success financially and socially. A fine programme was rendered by the following persons: Winn Fuller, guitar and harp; vocal solos by Misses Nora Starbird and Dora Brown: recita tions by Misses Dora Dolman, Delia Brown and Mr. Strauss Knight: piano and violin selection by Mrs. Clark and son: piano duet. Willie and Ida Tag"art; vocal duet. Mrs. and Miss OUie McXoun: quartette by McNoun family. The M. S. quartette of Shorey rendered several se lections which were highly appreciated by the audience. While pancakes wera being served. Miss England and Mr. Barr entertained the crowd with some fine in strumental music. Cattle for Europe Via Galveston. Galveston, March 12. Mr. J. R. Jones, local freight agent of the Gulf, Colo rado Santa Fe, yesterday spent con siderable time at pier 18 taking meas urements for portable chutes to be run from the cars to the ships which will carry across the water the 400 head of cattle coming from Ardmore, I. T.. the trial shipment of Mr. Booth, who visit ed Galveston last week in company with Mr. Simpson and family. These chutes will be so constructed that they will be moved from one pier to another as the occasion may require. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. Goods. Gaylord Barcley, 628 Kansas Ave., 2nd GEN. CALDWELL ENDORSED For Governor of the Soldiers' Home at Leavenworth. Lincoln post G. A. R. has indorsed General J. C. Caldwell for the position of governor of the National Soldiers' home at Leavenworth. Resolutions were adopted at the meet ing of the post Saturday night com mending the general to the considera tion of Senator Baker and the powers that be at Washington. A part of the resolution follows: "Resolved, That we, the members of Lincoln post No. 1, G. A. R. of Topeka, Kan., do hereby zealously recommend the appointment of that grand old com mander. Major General John C. Cald well, for that position, he being, by rea son of his vast experience as a com mander in the Army of the Potomac, from Bull Bun to Gettysburg, and thereafter occupying many of the most distinguished military and civil posi tions of our nation, specially qualified and fitted to satisfactorily fill that po sition, and in this expression we believe we voice the convictions of all our com rades in Kansas. HARVARD BACKED FITZ. Students Sent a Letter of Encourage ment to the Australian. Carson, Nev., March 22. The follow ing letter was received by Fitzsimmons on the morning of the big battle, and has just been made public: "We, the 4,000 students, including all the athletic teams, societies and stu dents in general, are Fitz men and are placing our money on the only real champion of the world. We do sin cerely hope that on the 17th you will send Corhett to where he will probably find Tale. The university has taken the deepest interest in the com ing battle and all hope for your tri umph. This is the college vote: Fitz simmons, 3,425; Corbett, 375. Harvard sends regards to Mrs. Fitzsimmons and little Bob. Yours for success, "HARVARD UNIVEPvSITT, "Per Secretary." Senator Helm Given a Place. State Senator Helm of Ellsworth county who expected to be state oil in spector, but was disappointed, is to be given a place as deputy at $75 per month. Solon Gray who was sergeant-at-arms of the senate and was present ed with $50 for "extra services" after declaring that he could not leave his farm for $3 per day, wants to be sup erintendent of the reform school in this city. Cleveland's Last Salary Payment. Washington, D. C, March 22. Treas ury warrant No. 5,375, for $277.78 was issued today in favor of Grover Cleve land, in final payment of his services as president of the United States. This payment completes the sum of $200,000 for the four years ended March 4. The warrant will be mailed to the former president at Princeton, N. J. Tennessee Exposition Collector. Washington, T. C, March 22. Jas. Randall Dunn of Massillon, O., has been appointed collector of customs at the exposition at Nashville, Tenn., and left Washington for that city today. Mr. Dunn held the same position at the World's fair at Chicago and the Mid Winter fair at San Francisco. He ia a candidate for minister to Belgium. THURSTON CUSHMAN CO. At the Crawford Opera House. Wednesday, and Thursday, March 24 and 25, in "Guilty Without Crime" and "10 Mile Crossing;" all the latest songs and dances. Price 10, 20 and 30c. La d es free Wednesday night. Seats now on sale. Some new facts concerning the trip to California and back via Santa Fe Route may be had by applying to agent. Handkerchiefs. Ladies' Pnre Linen Handkerchiefs 81c Plain white hemstitched; plain white hemstitched with revere insertion: plain white hemstitched with hand embroid ered comers, S'so each. Limit 3 to each customer. Odd Lot Ladies' Kid Gloves, 50c pair Former prices, $1 and $1.23. Ladies' 26 in. Sun and Rain Umbrellas In 4 lots, with usual retail prices clipped one-fourth and one-half. 89e, $1.15, $1.75 and $1.98 each. HOSierV-Extra Specials Ladies' Fast Black, full regular made, extra elastic top, high spliced heel, dou ble sole; your money's worth at 25c--placarded 15c; limit 3 pairs to a customer. Sim ilar in dropped stitch same price, same limit. Those Ox-Blood Stockings for La dies and Children that ex actly match our New Red Shoes, are selling rapidly at 25c pair, and we will probably not get any more at that price. They like RED KID GLOVES, are extremely scarce, owing to the great demand. Fortunately, we are well equipped in both lines now at prices consistent with qualities. Get Your Supply Now. S MODERN TAILOR S PRICES REASONABLE. Floor. TOPEKANS DEFEATED In the Whist Club Tournament at Kansas City. The Topeka whist players were defeated In Kansas City Saturday night in games with representatives of the Kansas City club. The score follows: Points. Compton and Bassett, Kansas City plus 1 1-6 Freeman and Pounds. Topeka. .minus 1 1-H Tuttle and Pike. Kansas City plus 5-6 Copeland and Murphy, Topeka. .minus 5-6 Foute and Boyd, Kansas City plus 2 1-6 West and Cole. Topeka minus 2 1-6 Callahan and Meredith, Kansas City plus 2 5-6 Bronson and Stoddard. Topeka. minus 2 5-6 Nourse and Hamilton, Kansas city plus 7 5-6 Fulton and Gillespie, Topeka minus 7 5-6 Martin and Smith. Kansas City... pi us 6 5-0 Scott and Wickham. Topeka minus 6 5-6 In addition to the cljb cqntest, there, were eight side tables in play. The result of these games was as follows: Cloon and Hillis plus 21 Heyden and Ratcliffe minus 2'i C. Perkins and Howlett plus -i Cust and McBride minus McCIanahan and Ball minus 3U Fletcher and Lucas ..plus.i German and Meservey minus 5'i Sheffield and Sanderson plus 5'i Chamberlain and Perkins plus 3:,i Dunn and Fulton minus 3'i Guiwits and Bush minus 7'i Turner and Roy plus 7 Barber and Black jius 1 Carr and Sanford minus li Loomis and Gentry plus fi Wilson and Shelden minus 6'i Freeman and Pounds and Copeland and Murphy were beaten by two points; West and Cole and Bronson and Cole wera beaten by five points: Fulton and Gilles pie and Scott and Wickham were beaten fourteen points. Mr. Copeland said todav: "The To pekans were royally entertained and we will have an opportunity to return the favor at an early day as Kansas City will come to Topeka for return games. Tb games Saturday night were verv inter esting, there being fifty-six men a't play." Not how cheap bur how good is the way we try to do our work. Peerless Steam Laundry. 112 and 114 West 8th. The Swellest Mount OF '97 THE WINTON Ctj) IS A WINNER." A prominent feature of the Winton bi cycle is its correct and scientific design. Study, observation and experience have shown what the correct lines are for a bicvele, and how to properly distribute weight and materials, putting them just where tbey are needed. The lines of the Winton are extremely graceful and pleas ing to the eye. Great strength and perfect safety is se cured without clumsiness or excessive weight, and with no lack of shapely beau ty. SAMPLES SOW IX. Quincy Street Bicycle Livery, Ageata for the Winton ana Geneva Bicycle. 627 Quincy Street. First Class Wheel and Tandems for Rent. BCSDK1ES A3il BEPAIBIN6. WiwCLES
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ONE OF THE AGGRAVATING PERILS OF THE ATLANTIC. From Truth. Mrs. Slim (on the ocean liner) Dear me! dear me! What makes this ehip roll so? Mr. Slim It's that confounded fat chief officer walking back and forth on the fcridge, way above us. Mm. Simpklns Bust of Mr. Gladstone. lir. Simpktns What a 'orrible death 1 Bad Little Boy You tell your big brother and I'll break every pane o' glass In your face. from St. Paul's. THREE CHAXGES IX HAIR. FRIDAY", .1 WTv vCatura- V Saturday. tjCurlin g Pina.) SUNDAY. tArt.) SOW A MOUNTAIN PAINTER GOT THE WORST OF A BOYISH SCRAP. From the Flle.ende Blaetter. RESULT OF THE BATTLE BETW EES SCHNEIDER AND THE SPIDER. From Scraps. 'f From Scraps. EVER SEEX ANYTHING LIKE THISt Taking In the washing on winter' morning. PhU May. In Punch. THE ONLY BAD ONE AT HAND. f SARCASM FROM THE GAMIN. From Ally Sloper. t B ,1m Sll I I x tV J J V' AU&&X&t7, sir, has been declined) All rtirht' Hmin' yer 'ealth an' constitooshun luggin' that there Pickford's vanload abart! Only. When Ver 1 V 1 n in tTia 'nranlt.l '-1 ,r iqil cated shoulder, don't blame me! AN IMMODEST REQUEST. From Ally Sloper. 'Beg pardon, mum. but would yer mind sittin a-top o' this yer drain pipe for about two minutes? cos there's a cove Xf V? aiTln. who was spending his holidays In the country, end who. on a-comin up the st.set wot wants ter give toe suaaen illness ol ibe village parson, volunteered to take the duties) A wcrso me a bloomin' good hidin', an' I don't want preacher wouid. have donefoj un, sir. but we couldn't get onel Umterseeme!', TRYING TO DODGE THE FAIR CREATIRES. From Brooklyn Ufe. Boreham The girla are all getting so clever, nowadays! Why, between you and me, my chief object in society is to concea 1 from them what an ignorant fool J n y'know. ia Fan De Siecle And are you succ easfulT.
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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1897. AKTS, RENTS9SIT- UATIONS, REAL EST A TE, AUC TION SALES AND OTHER CLASSIFIED AD VERTISEMENTS SITUATIONS WANTED FREE. Are you in need of workT If so. y3U re at liberty to use these columns for assistance In that direction. While vhis notice appears the State Journal will pub lish free on Saturday, Monday and Tues day, for Topeka or Kansas people, all notices of "Situations Wanted," not to exceed five lines, or thirty-five words. In length, provided that all advertisements of that nature are handed In previous to ZO o'clock Saturday morning; also on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, all advertising of this class handed In by 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. No advertisements of this nature to be started except on Saturdays and Wed nesdays. No obligation Is Incurred on the part of the advertiser. No worthy and needy man or woman need hesitate to take advantage of this offer. No one In business or having employment is ex pected to take advantage of It, but all ethers are Invited to avail themselves freely. The Topeka State Journal guarantees every day It Is printed, to give a local circulation by far more than all otner Kailles combined. This makes this paper the cheapest, as well as the beat, daily medium In Topeka, the classified adver tisements below costing but Fitfc Cents a Line, or 20 cents a line for a week; BO cents by the month. Average circulation for the year, 1896, IO,769. Sworn detailed statement of circulation presented to advertisers on application. Call and see any afternoon between S and E o'clock, the handsomest, fastest, most perfect piece of machinery In Kan sas a Web Perfecting Press which prints from two to three complete 8-page papers per second. WANTED H ELP. IT'AN'TED A good printer, wno ouia like to work his way into permanent business. A small income guaranteed from the beginning. Ad. Printer, Journal AY T ANTED At once, a white girl for housework, 219 tiuntoon. ITT ANTED-Good white girl for general VV housework; small family. 1304 N. Van Buren St. ITT ANTED Situation by a German girl. general housework; small family pre ferred. Ad. A. B., Journal. ANTED A white girl for general housework; must have reference. Apply 1215 Clay. W ANTED Man to take care of milch cow s, driving horses, saddle horses, carriages, pigs. etc. None but industious, active, reliable man need apply. Watson's Barn, 7th St. YV T ANTED A good white girl for house work. Call at once, lib Bin bi. "W ANTED Work of any kind by young man. would like place in store, or as clelivervman: is well acquainted with city. Ad. R."T., Journal. "VT ANTED General housework to do by voung colored lady; can furnish good references. Ad. 1500 Quincy St. V.T ANTED Situation on farm, young man of 19, lived on farm all my life. Do not smoke, chew, drink, gamble or swear: good letters. Call or address An drew Spencer, 605 E. 8th St., city. YV ANTED Bv lady, to do nursing, at 1022 N. Madison St. W- ANTED By a middle-aged lady, a place to work by the day; is a good seamstress: can give reference. Ad. H. Henrietta. Oakland. W7 ANTED By a young man, a posi- tion as foreman on a farm or ranch. References furnished. Ad. R. H. Hogbin, Eskridge, Kan. 1T7 ANTED Competent lady music teacher to give lessons for board and room. J. M., Journal. "Vr ANTED More men to learn barber tralo; steady situations after eight weeks' practice; every requirement fur nished. Catalogue free. Molers' Barber College, 11th and Franklin, St. Louis, Mo. V ANTED Men and women to learn the barber trade. For particulars address 114 E. 4th St., Topeka, Kan. WANTED-Ladles or gentlemen to sell an article every houselady will buy at sight: 50 per cent commission. Sample and particulars sent for 12 cents. Ad. or call on The Patent Dripless Strainer Co., Iu27 Kan. Ave., Topeka, Kan. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. WANTED An idea. Who can think of T some simple thing to patent? Protect your ideas; they may bring you wealth Write John Wedderburn Co.. Dept P 21, Patent Attorneys, Washington, D. C, for their $1,800 prize offer and new list of 1,000 inventions wanted. SALESMEN expanses paid. Novelties given with our goods, experience unnecessary. C. C. Bishop Co., St. Louis i2QOWKEKLY SALARY AND EX 05UPEX8ES PAID salesmen for ci gars: experience unnecessary; permanent position. The W. L. Kline Co., St. Louis Mo. WANTE D M ISC ELL AN EOUS. "WANTED Will pay $50 cash for good w horse, phaeton and harness; want large horse and good rig. Ad. Cash Journal. "W" ANTED To purchase a nice family l TJd"vins horse, city broke; spot cash. J. B. Campbell, 712 Kan. Ave. YYAKTED Laoe and chenille curtains to clean. Fosdick's Harmola Carpet Cleaning Works, 933 Kan. Ave. Mrs. E oines. Supt. Drapery Department." rnone 163. W-A-NTED To trade. graining and in- tenor house painting for horse, spring wagon and harness, one or all. George H. Hughes, care Swift Holiday. YVtS-Oraers for piano tuning. J. L. Sheldon, P. O. Box 422. WrANTED-To buy-A modern 7 or 8- i!i0usew west of ave close in, for cash. Must be a snap, and not such shacks as are hawked about bv unrelia ble real estate dealers. Must "deal with owner direct. Send full particulars by mail to "Home Buyer," Journal. AI IIUTrn vv nil I 1 1 1 tiuuu aa.iixi y W ANTED Watches to clean 75c;clocks 50c: main springs, 75c; srystals. 10c. Cash paid for old gold or silver. All work guaranteed. Money loaned on valuables. If hard up, see Uncle Sam, 513 Kan. Ave. 1VANTED Capitalist, or company to advertise my Oil of Gladness. A for tune in it. Frank Lockhart, North To peka, Kan. YV ANTED Stock In any Top?ka Bank In exchange for good productive real estate. T. E. BOWMAN CO. W ANTED Your household goods to pack, move or store. Merchants' Transfer Storage Co. Tel. 186. SAIN SKINNER, 123 East Sixth St. r ANTED TO RENT Two or three unfurnished rooms,' (not more than four blocks from Mrs. Blowers) by gen tleman and lady with child 8-years old. references given and required. Address K. L. C. this office. AV ANTED Gasoline stoves to clean, $1, guaranteed for the season; old burners replaced by the latest improved new burners. Full line of summer stoves and ovens. Hull Stove Repair Co., 116 E. 8th St. WANTED- Everybody to use Wash v burn's Cider Vinegar. 25c per gallon. Send orders to 823 Kan. Ave. WANTED-Parties expecting FREIGHT to leave their bills of lading, or call us by 'phone. Prompt delivery made on dav of arrival. TOPEKA TRANSFER CO.. 509 Kan. Ave. Either 'phone 320. F. P. Bacon, Prop. W ANTED You to know that the To- peka Carpet Cleaning Works have removed from 525 Van Buren to 104 E. 10th St., Natltorium BIdg. F. A. KOESTER, Mgr.. Phone 64i XXTANTED Your freight to haul. Your safe to move. Your household goods to pack, ship, move or store. Sain Skin ner, MERCHANTS Transfer Storage Co., 123 E. 6th. Telephone 1S6. FOR RENT-HOUSES. RENT 819 Huntoon. near Fl rooms, bath. 21 Columbian Building. I?OR RENT The main floor of my resi- dence. 615 Tyler St.. 6 rooms, bath, clos et, steam heat, electric lights, large shade trees, handsome lawn; no children. F. G. Hentig. FOR RENT ROOMS. FOR RENT Furnished rooms, with or without board; also fine barn. 1021 Quincy St. FOR RENT Nicely furnished room, with or without board. 404 Monroe. IOR RENT Three furnished rooms, for roomers or light housekeeping. 1023 Jackson St. FOR RENT Two unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping, with bath, 825 Monroe St. FOR RENT Pleasant furnished rooms, at reasonable prices. 300 Monroe St. OR RENT Large nicely furnished room with board. 719 Quincy St. IrOR RENT Nice furnished front room, $6. 414 Tyler. DOR RENT Large front furnished L room. 912 Quincy St. FOR RENT Fine office rooms on sec ond floor, also fine sleeping rooms on Third floor, steam heat and all modern conveniences. Enquire at the Hub. I OR RENT Two very pleasant fur nished rooms, suitable for light house keeping; furnace heat. 421 Quincy St. IOR RENT Pleasant furnished rooms,2 suitable for light houskeeping.307 E 8th. LOST AND FOUND. IOT-'ND The place to get your picture enlarged, your watch, clock or umbrella repaired. 805 Kan. Ave., upstairs. IREOCHIAJGE TO EXCHANGE $30,000 lumber yard and plaining mill for land. Ad. Box 300, Omaha, Neb. POR EXCHANGE Some grocery flx--- tures for horse, harness and cart. J. W. T., Journal. FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE. 7 OR SALE Chance to buy a farm cheap. A farm of 120 acres will be sold on Thursday. March 25, at court house by administrator. For particulars see Judge Eiliott or W. F.Parker. Good improvements. Sale at 10 o'clock a. m. 1-T OR SALE One or 2 acres choice gar--- den and fruit land on electric car line, cheap for cash. Bartholomew, 601 Kan. Ave., first floor. ti OR SALE Several great bargains in city properties. Must be sold. A lit tle money goes a great way. See Bar tholomew, 601 Kan. Ave. T-POR SALE Acre of ground, mile southwest Washburn college, all cov ered with fruit, 3-room house, chicken and pig pens, price $425. Klingaman, 120 E. 6th. If you want to sell If you want to buy If you want to rent If you want to trade If you want a loan on REAL ESTATE T. G. Shllllinglaw Co. 115 E. Fifth St. Topeka, Kansas. CALL ON OR WRITE FOR SALE-MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE Cleveland "96" wheel, in firstclass condi tion.Inquire Sim Drug Co. "p"OR SALE Small mare, weighs about 700 lbs, ell broke to saddle and har ness. $15 cash, or payments. L. Biscoe, 523 Kan. Ave. POR SALE At the old stand, S. E. cor. of 6th and Quincy, Cecil's Upland nur sery stock, everything in nursery line rep resented, u a. jvierricK, salesman. AT EMBERS of Topeka Lodge No. 11. A. O. U. W., are requested to be present Friday evening. March 26th, to discuss the classified assessment plan. Ti"OR SALE Grocery stock, well located, doing good business: satisfactory rea sons for selling. Bartholomew, 601 Kan. Ave., first floor. T?OR SALE A $300 fire-proof safe for $100. by W. M. Forbest, 116 W. 6th St. TTOR SALE A fish or vegetable box (large) butcher or grocer's use. N. B. Campbell, 712 Kan. Ave. T5 ,SALE Good parlor suit, cheap. 1122 Kan. Ave., N. Topeka. P'S? SALE Strong grape plants, Frank Zingham, 24th and Tyler Sts. pOR SALE Several fresh Jersey cows. T. D. Strong. 1 mile south Teeumseh. p'OR SALE Printing press and outfit. f- Cost when new $45. or will exchange for sewing machine. Call at 315 W. Lau rent St., N. Topeka. JTOR SALE Three pure Shetland ponies. eOO Harrison Sc. f7 OR SALE $6,000 home for $4,250, 9 rooms, east front, 2 large cisterns, gas or electric light; must be sold. 723 Bu chanan St. I TOR SALE P. O. bookstore, sales $4,000 a year. Invoice $700: easy terms; no competition. Ad. F. Riddle, Herington, Ks. J 7 OR SALE On easy payments, best sewing machine made, the Standard. E. W. Hughes, 107 E. 6th St, MISCELLANEOUS. HAVING OPENED at 6th and Western Ave. with a fine stock of groceries, fresh and salt meats, and feed, which I sell as low as the lowest. Come and see me. F. P. Zimmerman. RE you out of work? If so, we can neip you. ao, urawer 41, south Bend, Ind, "I70R THE LAST week Mrs. Elder has been in Chicago selecting a large stock of Millinery. Will be home In a day or two. nr HE office of the Capital City Vitrified Brick and Paving Co. has been remov ed to No. 116 West Sixth Ave. A full sup ply of Paving, Sidewalk and Building Brick constantly on hand. Willis Edson, Sec'y and Manager. "7 OR RENT Bottom farm, 50 to 75 acres, east of city; cash. 404 Clay St. 17 OR RENT Cheap, 17 acres of Kaw Valley bottom land. Ad. J. O. Butler, Gen. Del. city. W E want the people to know that we handle only the best secondhand furniture and stoves. Anything bought of us is strictly as repi -'sented. If you have any good furniture for sale let us figure on It. 320 Kan. Ave. A LFALFA SEED Fresh, pure, clean, 'icheap. W. P. Haywood, Laken. Kan. POR paving and building brick, inoulre at Wallace's drug store, 334 Kan. Ave. I TAILORING A good place to get your --clothes made is at Wm. Kllnge, 60S Kan. Ave., basement: pants to order $10 and down; suits, $18 and up. Trimming and work first-class. Viavi The best known remedy for women. Ladies in attendance, Kansas Viavi Co., 2 Columbian Building, Topeka. GAS BURNERS, or the smokeless light ing gasoline burners fitted to any frame. Stoves stored and repaired. Hull Stove Repair Co.. 116 E. 8th St. VITRIFIED BRICK walks laid cheap. John Ritchie, 1106 Quincy St. FOR VIEWS of residence or parlor, stock, groups, etc., or photos of any Interior or outside views see Farrow. 811 Kan. Ave. LACE AND CHENILLE Curtains a specialty. Harmola Carpet Cleaning Works, 933 Kan. Ave. J. H. Fosdlck, Prop. GO TO 113 West 10th for perfect hang ing Paris skirts, waists, suits, tailor made and latest sleeves. Mrs. J. F. Buz telL ARJTJISTS. I'OR MINATURES, china painting, fir ing and lessons in the same, address Aline Lamy, 305 W. 5th St. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. D, EDWARD ESTERLY, M. D. AINU t.Ali. 723 Kansas Avenue. DRS. ALKIRE CLARKE, Eye and Ear. Office 607 Kansas avenue. MRS. MARY McKINSTRT, magnetic healing, massage treatment. Resi dence and office 335 Jackson. 'Phone 678. ir ENRY W. ROBY, M. D., Homeo- dence zivi nan. Ave. duiu iujuubs. SE. SHELDON. M. D.. Surgery and diseases of women, with private hospital. Office: No. 720 Kan. Ave. L. A. RYDER. M. X. OFFICE and residence cor. Go.-don St. and Central Ave.. North Tcpeka. 'Phone 214. Uses the Brlnkerhoff system of Rectal treatment, a successful and painless treatment for piles, fistula, fish ure, ulceration, etc. DR. EVA HARDING, HOMEOPATHIST. Harrison 'phone 83. 629 Kansas Ave. Bell 'Phone 402. JDA C. BARNES, M. D. Office 732 Kan. Ave. Residence 13th and Clay. Offce hours: 9 a. m. to 11 a. m.. and S p. m. to 5 p. m. Telephone 598 resi dence, and 16 office. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. rpHE K ELL AM BOOK STATIONERY CO., 603 Kan. Ave. Latest books, cor rect stationery. Newest wall paper. Ar tistic framing. BICYCLES. TOPEKA CYCLE CO., 112 W. 8th St. Bicycles and sundries; bicycles and tandems for rent; repairing of oil kinds. FUEL AND FEED. LEAVE your orders for COAL. Flour. Feed and Seeds with Van Slyck. 6C9 W. 10th. LAWYERS. GEO. W. CLARK, Attorney and Counselor. 501 Kan. Ave., Topeka, Kan. AL. REDDEN, LAWYER. Room 38 Columbian BIdg., Topeka, Kan. THOMAS RYAN. LAWYER, Columbian Bl'dg.. Topeka, Kan. MONEY. THE BRINDLE STORAGE CO., low rates; money advanced on goods In storage. Office 522 Kan. Ave., Topeka, Ks. IOANS MADE on pianos, typewriters, J bicycles, guns, watches, diamonds and all kinds of personal property. L. Biscoe, 623 Kan. Ave. M ONEY LOANED on valuables. A. Newman, 115 W. Fifth St. M ONEY to loan on real estate and per sonal property. A. Newman 115 W. 6th. MONEY TO LOAN By the Shawnee Building and Loan Association, room 16 Columbus building. "f" ONEY TO LOAN Savings and Loan -LlJ- Association. Sixth and Kansas Ave. JEWELERS- TAMES B. 1'ATDEN, Jeweler and Op tlcian. Complete stock of watches, dia monds, silverware, etc. Eyes examined and spectacles properly fitted. TIN SHOPS. JM. BAIRD, hot air furnaces, galvan- lzed and tin roofing. H- 'phone 363, 216 W. 6 th. TOILERS OF THE SEA. i Perils and Hardships of the Cod Fisher's Life. OS TEE GRAKD BANKS TJT WINTER. Anchored In the Fas In he Path, of the Ocean Liners Sard Work and Lots of it Peculiar Qua 11 ties of the Glouoestex Skipper. Passengers on an ocean steamship are sometimes 6tartled aa the great floating palace which carries them westward shoots her black prow into a clump of little schooners anchored, it seems, nearly in the middle of the ocean. Then they realize that they are crossing the fishing banks, which are located south of Newfoundland and hundreds of miles from the New England shore. Life on the banks is bad enough is summer. There are hardships and dan ger then in plenty, but along about this season of the year, when the banks are swept by cold storms, the dangers as well as the hardships are just about doubled. Still, the fishermen stick to the banks, for that is where they find the cod, and to many of them the cod is the only talisman that will transform toil into, dollars. So, no matter whether the wind blows high or low, whether the fog wraps them in its hazardous folds or the sun shines, whether it rains or snows, the "bankers" go out in their dories to set their trawls and never think of laying their course for Gloucester town until their schooner will hold no more fish or their provisions run out. Although most "bankers" are called Gloucester men, as a matter of fact a great many of them regard that place merely as a foreign port in which they find themselves once or twice a year. It used to be that Gloucester boats were manned by Gloucester men, all Yankees of the peculiar species known to Cape Ann. But that was when there was more money in fishing than there is to day. Now the Gloucester boats carry crews to which all nations have con tributed, with perhaps a few exceptions. Portuguese. Scandinavians, French, DRESSING DOWN Nova Scotians and Spanish ship in the Yankee boats and take their pay in good American dollars. But the boats them selves are of Gloucester build, and their captains are Gloucester born and bred. When a fishing boat sails for the banks, she carries provisions for six months or more, and in her hold are great bins of salt sufficient to keep all the cod which can be piled into her. She is not a commodious craft at best, but the greater part of the space below decks must be reserved for the catch, and so the crew's quarters are always cramped. The dozen or 15 men are crowded into a little cabin in which there is just room enough for a row of narrow bunks on each side of a table in the center. In the forward end is the cook's'galley, where that dignitary exer cises a wonderful economy of space in disposing of his pots and pans. Even on. deck there is little room, for what space is not occupied by the water butts and other casks is taken up by the dories, which fit into each other like so many spoons. But fishermen have neither time nor inclination for prome nading. Once the banks are reached the cap tain picks out his berth, furls his sails, drops his anchor and sets a little trian gular piece of canvas known as a riding saiL Just how he knows where to find the fish he will not explain. Perhaps he couldn't if he tried, but know he does, or else he would never be captain of a Gloucester fisherman. The average navi gator would worry himself sick in try ing to find out where he was after float ing around on the banks for a few weeks, changing' berths in the fog or in the dark. The Gloucester skipper may not 'trouble to "take the sun" once a month, but still he has a fair idea of the exact spot of the banks on which his anchor rests. There is a tradition that some of the veterans among them can determine their location by simply smelling of the lead as it comes from the bottom. This even beats the old yarn which is told in rhyme of Obadiah Fol ger, the Nantucket whaler whose mata tried to puzzle him by dipping the tal lowed end of the Bounding lead into a box of earth brought from home. The grizzled captain was not to be fooled that way, however, for he sang out in great alarm: Nantucket's sunk, I know, I know. &arin Starbuck's squash bed's just below. Heave ho the leadl Heave hoi At any rate, they are the most skill ful of navigators, and, what is more to the purpose, they know the banks better than the streets of their native town and are more familiar with the habits of the cod than of their next door neigh bors. Once the anchor is down the doriea are sent out to set the trawls. They are slight, frail looking little boats, sharp at each end, with straight sides and flat bottoms, but they -will ride like ducks over seas that make big steamships stag ger. Even the French fishing brigs send to Gloucester after their doriea Two men are sent out in a boat. One man rows while the other pays out the trawl, a long rope, buoyed at each end, to which the lines and hooks are attached. Each boat carries several of these trawls, and as soon as the last one is set and anchored it is time to row back to the first one. Beginning at one end, the fisherman pulls in the trawl. On his hands he wears heavy mittens, re-enforced by cloth and sometimes by leather. In spite of this protection, however, his hands are generally cut and swollen, for a small cod line with a fish on the end of it weighing from 10 to 75 pounds is not an easy thing to handle. The second man stands in the stern, and as the trawl is pulled in he takes off the fish, kills it with a blow of his club and coils the trawl in a tub at his feet. Perhaps you can imagine what an unpleasant job this is in the summer, but unless you have had a similar ex perience you cannot conceive the hard ship of it in winter. There is peril too. No one but a "banker" could stand in a pitching, tossing dory and do any sort of work. Besides this, you must remem ber that he is out there on the ocean, perhaps two or three miles away from his schooner, with nothing to guide him back but his instinct When the fog shuts down suddenly, he is in great danger of missing the little craft alto gether, even though the fog bell is rung steadily on such occasions. Then, when he has six or eight trawls out and sees a storm coming up, he must get them in again if possible be fore he seeks safety. When he does re turn, with a dory loaded to the gunwales with fish, he is given only a brief space of time to swallow his supper before he has to go on deck and help dress down" the day's catch. In this work each man has a particular part which he performs. The fish first go to a man who cuts ofE the heads with one swing of the cleaver and jerks out the entrails with another movement The next man splits the cod lengthwise and takes out the backbone. THF DAY'S CATCH. Then the fish are washed and passed down into the hold, where the packers and salters are at work by lantern light. An expert Salter is almost in as much demand as a good skipper. The fish are piled in layers as compactly as possible and are sprinkled with salt so that they will keep until they can be unloaded on the Gloucester wharf, whence they go to the pickling vats and then to the drying yards. There is no waste to the cod. Of the livers two grades of oil are made, the finer of which goes to the druggist and the poorer to the curriers, who use it in leather dressing. But this is landsmen's work. On the Bchooner the various parts are thrown into separate casks on deck, and this is one reason a codboat does not smell like a rose garden. The "dressing down" is an exciting part of the work, for every one is doing his best. The knives flash with almost reckless swiftness, and the big silver bellied beauties of the deep are passed from hand to hand at high pressure. When it is all through, the men are so tired that the hard plank berths in the ill smelling, stuffy cabin seem the most inviting places in the world to them, and they roll in to drop at once into a sound sleep, which is to be all too short The unfortunates are those whose turn it is to clean up and take the first watch on deck. By daylight the fishermen have break fasted and are out in their dories again with freshly baited trawls. Sometimes they go never to return, for, make the trip as many times as they may, they must realize that there is danger out there on the silent waste of water. Some men are lost every winter, and occasion ally they are rescued after almost incon ceivable suffering. Only the other day a Gloucester Bchooner was lost on the Georges banks. Every winter one or two ocean steamers come into American ports with fishermen who have been picked up adrift in their dories. Often they are half starved and frozen. You will find plenty of such men in Glouces ter ex-fishtrmen who have been dis abled for life by such experiences. Yet the cod must be caught, and, if he pre fers the Newfoundland banks to Glouces ter harbor, why, to the banks the Gloucester men must go. Cyrus Sylvestek. English seems not highly esteemed at Oxford, only two students being candi dates for honors in their native lan guage, the same number applying for oriental languages, while there were 143 candidates in classics, 119 in mod ern history, 90 in law, 50 in universal science 39 in theology and 22 in mathe matics. TODAY'S MARKET REPORT. Furnished by the Assoc' a ted Press to the State Journal. Chicago, HI., March 22. WHEAT Began the week in a wobbly condition, initial sales this morning being from He to c below Saturday's close and with a bearish sentiment prevailing. Ca bles showed a slight decline and while crop reports were mixed the general out look seemed more favorable than a year ago. Northwest receipts were fair. Min neapolis and Duluth reporting a total of 394 cars against 551 last year. The liqui dation on which had started at the open ing was finally checked by the small world's shipments and fresh and very bad crop reports from Illinois. Indiana and Missouri. May opened at 73V44c declined to 13iS13ic and reacted to 73V44i 73c where it was selling at the end of the first hour's trading. CORN Was fairly active and weak. Cables were lower and a big cut in west ern freight rates was rumored. Local professionals were the chief sellers. May opened c lower at 24c, sold to 2i24fcc and steadied at 24c. OATS Were quiet and fairly Bteady though starting weak in common with wheat and com. A fair short demand ex isted. Local receipts were 181 cars. May opened a shade lower at lTfelTic, sold at 17Mc and recovered to 17ic. PROVISIONS Notwithstanding a strong live stock market, were weak and lower. Commission houses and packers were heavy sellers. May pork opened 2-4c lower at $8.82. declined to J8.70 and re covered to $8.75. May lard opened 24o lower at $4.25 and eased off to $4.22. May ribs opened unchanged at $4.80, declined to $4.70 and recovered to $4.72i. Chicago Livestock Market Chicago, 111., March 22. HOGS Receipts today 21,000; left over 1,000. Market active, opened 5c higher, closing weaker. Lights $3.254.20: mixed $4.054j4.25; heavy $3.8X&4.25; rough 3,80 3 0 CATTLE Receipts 17,000. Steady to 10c lower. Beeves $3.70i'5.35; cows and heifers $2.004.25: Texas steers S3.20&4.25; etockers and feeders $3.3534.25. SHEEP Receipts 17,000. Market strong er to 10c higher. Native sheep $2.8064.50; westerns $3.60'Q4.45: lambs $4.UO'Wo.50. HOGS Official receipts yesterday 7,055; shipments 2,652. CATTLE Official receipts yesterday 931: shipments 414. SHEEP Official receipts yesterday 2, 0S2: shipments 1,500. Estimated receipts hogs tomorrow 18,000 head. Kansas City Livestock MarKet- Kansas City. Mo., March 22. CATTLE Receipts 2,500; shipments 800. Market strong to 10c higher. Texas steers $3.00(a4.25: Texas cows $3.00(53.65; native steers $3.15a5.10; native cows and heifers $1.50'a3.75: stockers and feeders $2.75g4.60; bulls $1.50-5 3.55. REPRESENTATIVE SALES. No. Wt. Pr. 22 Texas steers 116S $4 25 28 Texas cows 692 3 65 22 native steers 1471 E 10 22 native cows and heifers 982 3 75 32 stockers and feeders 401 4 60 4 bulls 1501 3 F.5 HOGS Receipts 5,800; shipments 400. Market strong to 10c higher. Bulk of sales $4.00'54.10; heavies $4.004.17; pack ers $3.85-'&4.10; mixed $4.00S,4.m4: lights $3.75fi4.0S; yorkers $4.004.05; pigs $3,300 3.75. SHEEP Receipts 6.000: shipments 100. Market steady. Lambs $4.00&4.70; muttons $i254i 4.10. Kansas City Produce Market Kansas City, Mo., March 22. WHEAT About steady; demand indif ferent: No. 2 hard 76c: No. 3. 70ffl75c: No. 4. ES!565c: No. 2 red 93c: No. 3. 86Vs!S'91c: No. 4, 7585c; No. 2 spring 7475c; No. 3, 70673c. CORN Steady and active; No. 2 mixed 18c. OATS Steady, fairly active; No. 2 white 19(5 21e. RYE Firm; No. 2. 31c. HAY Firm, fairly active; choice tim othy $S.5059.00: choice prairie $5.556.00. BUTTER Quiet, firm; creamery 1617c; dairy 1013c. EGOS Barely steady, 7c- Market Gossip. Furnished by Goodwin Chamberlln. Brokers n Grain, Provisions and Stocks, Topeka. Kan.: Our Liverpool opened weak but is now steady, though still a turn lower. Black Sea shipments 1.656.000 bushels. Car lots, wheat 17, contract 7; corn 157, contract 21; oats 181, contract 26. Board's cables: Danubian shipments 18. 000 quarters wheat, no corn. Liverpool spot wheat quiet, corn easy, lower; fu tures wheat steady, lower; corn steady 1'2 lower. London on passage wheat un changed: corn quiet. Country markets, English partly dearer; French quiet; Ber lin holiday. Chicago: Wheat opens with free offer ings and very little wanted. Privileges were traded in as follows: Puts "lc; calls 78Hc: puts 24c sellers; calls 25Vic nominal: good this week on May wheat and corn. Provisions heavy, little support. On passage wheat to United Kingdom decreased 170.000 quarters: wheat to con tinent increased 30.000 quarters. Official world's shipments 2,957,000 bush els w heat. Chicago: Considerable long was caught on stop orders below 74. Ben. Market acts like liquidation by tired holders. Selling is general now. Logan, 10:20 a. m. There was a line of two million puts bought, good today. This has a weakened effect as crowd think they were bought for strong parties who did not need pro tection. Logan. Visible supply wheat decreased 1.019.000: corn decreased 718,000; oats increased 269, 000. Total visible supply, wheat 40.430.000 bushels:" corn 20,077,000 bushels oats 13,797, 000 bushels. Minneapolis 321; Duluth 73 cars wheat today: last year Minneapolis 421; Duluth 160 cars wheat. Our second cable. In moderate request, 14 lower. An authority on provisions says:"With let up of bad weather and with roads be coming passable watch the hog receipt. If they don't come forward now it will be because they are not in the country. If they show up liberally prices will sell off. W. W. Cowen. Kansas Citv stock of grain: Wheat 328,. 647: corn 163.401: oats 176,127 bushels. W. W. Cowen wired us that Baldwin Farnum are bullish on this break. Minneapolis: I am told New York and Baltimore both bidding for spring wheat here. Crosby. Primary receipts 342,000; shipments 82, 000: flour 74.000 barrels. Closing cables: Paris flour 2035 low er; wheat 15-5 25 lower; Berlin, holiday; Antwerp unchanged. World's shipments: Black Sea 1.656.000: America 1,629,000; Argentine 304,000; total 3.5S9.000. Jo's Tips: "Chicago Gas will sell very hiph. its merits are now appreciated. Q., Rock Island and St. Paul will do well to stick to and Missouri Pacific may be tak en moderately on any further raid. Sugar Is a sale on all rallies and these that will put out an average line will undoubtedly make profits. Reading and Louisville and Nashville may be bought on point re cession for a speculative turn." Puts. May wheat 72nc: calls, "314O 733iic: puts. May corn 24c; calls, 241ic; curb May wheat 72ic. St. Louis close: Wheat, cash 95c. March May S9Hc. July 72c; corn, cash 21Vi'f 213t,c bid. March 214c Mav 22c, July 23:H,'&23V,c: oats, cash 17t4c bid, March 17M, May 1814c. July 17c bid. A pit observer says: Am inclined to think we are near enough to a working basis to p revent anything radical in way of decline from this price, but see no good buying. Logan reports: Cash sales 50.000 bushels wheat, 15,000 of 1 tto Baltimore to 11:15 a. m. N. X. Stock Letter. Bache's Stock Letter, furnished to Good win Chamberlln. Brokers. TopeKa. Kan. New York, March 22. The news from the Orient indicates no trouble there and London consols are firm at 113 13-16 for money. New York Central is ofT Vc. but balance of the list is steady. The Cretan blockade is scarcely a bear factor. The Reading I'nderwriter syndi cate has Just been settled and made a stroke of fortune which exceeded the most sanguine expectations and Morgan's (First published in the Topeka State Jour nal, March 22nd, lii7.) ELECTION NOTICE. I, J. B. Larimer, mayor of the city of Pot win Place, in the state of Kansas, do hereby proclaim and make known, that an election will be held in said city of Potwln Place on Mondav, the 5th day of April, A. D., 1897, for the purpose of electing the following city officers, to-wit: One mayor, one police judge, one clerk, one street commissioner, five councilmen, and one marshal. Said election to be held at H. S. Allen's carpenter shop, in said city, between the hours of 8 o'clock a. m., and 6 o'clock p. m., of said day. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of March, A- E., 1S97. (Seal.) J. B. LARIMER, Mayor. Attest! A. BUNKER. City Clerk. Great Western Steam Dye ..and Cleaning Works 121 East Seventh Street. Does the best work in the city of Dye ing, Cleaning and Repairing on Laidies and Gentlemen's clothing at reasonable prices. Give us a call. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. C F.BODIGEB, Prop. itiiiei9fiei I H. F. BIRD I I01ISI. STORE 821 mm AliOCE, I (With Ittau Clark.) Grecahotucs lath and Monroe, o Floral Besips a Specialty. S MONUMENTS. GRANITE MONUMENTS carved at the lowest rates. Full line of red and gray granite. 231 Jefferson St. slice ran up into millions. An effort will be made to break Western Union on tha theory that with abrogation of existing contracts with the New York exchange for Ticker service will mean a loss of $l,EO0.0O0 annually for that company. In timations of a reduced dividend are plen tiful. Western Union will probably yield but allowances should of course be made for many of these prevailing bear stories. The company has been violating their contracts with the stock exchange for five years and that body may in turn hammer the life out of the stock on every opportunity. It Is not a safe stock to buy under these circumstances and we believe the stock is a good sale on all hard spots, unless it makes a compromise with the exchange and discontinues its Ticker ser vice to "bucket shops." Jersey Central Is not a bull favorite. In other words Jersey Central is not a safe stock to hold. There has been excellent buying of Chicago Gas as compared with Jersey Central as a bargain. We believe Sugar a purchase on all fractional de clines for the simple reason that insiders are feeding the crowd on bear news. Ad vices from Washington foreshadow a senatorial fight on the tariff and what ever is done to modify the bill will be bull ish on Sugar. The bear raids in Missouri Pacific are now over and a heavy short interest now exists in the stock. Any at tempt to cover will advance prices sharply and short sellers are .in a quandry as to the proper course to pursue in order to get out alive. Bears in this stock will be fried to a b rown turn in their own grease. General Electric is a sale around 35. Today's Range of Prices. Furnished by Goodwin Chamberlln, Brokers in Grain, Provisions and Stocks, Topeka. Kan.: Articles. WHEAT March May July Sept CORN" March May July Sept OATS March May July PORK March May Julv LARD March May July RIBS March May July Op'n jHlgh I Low Cl'se;Sat. 714 73H 74 7414 72 72fc 71 72 71 71 72H 69Vi 69 68 68 69v, 23V 23s 24 24 24 2VZ 24", 25's 25 25U 25H 25-4 26:4 2ti7s 26 26 27 164 16"i 17 174 17M 171 17'-i 18 IS? 17 1SH 18V 8 62 8 75 8 80 8 So 8 67 8 72 8 S3 8 92 8 95 8 80 8 85 8 97 4 10 4 IT 4 25 4 25 4 20 4 20 4 27 4 37 4 37 4 30 4 30 4 37 4 70 4 80 4 80 4 80 4 70 4 70 4 SO 4 80 4 SO 4 72 4 72 4 S3 (Additional Markets on Page 3.) Goodwin Chamberlin BROKERS. Grain, Provisions Stocks, Successors to mm GMW STOCK EXCHIXGE Private leased wires to New York. Chica go, St. Leu is and Kansas City. REFERENCE: BANK OF TOPEKA. F. G. LOG ACT, Member Chicago Board of Trade and New York Stock Exchange. OBBEtraSItEXT. jnwrough the Bomber f f I Remington Standard Typewriter are certain sterling qualities of Excel lent Construction and Reliable Servics fox which all Remington modelshavs always been famous. LIKEWISE...' Scientific Improvements notably in creasing its usefulness and curability. Wyckoi I, Seamaas A Benedict 27 BROADWAY. NEW YCH
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For a WEAK STOMACH, IMPAIRED DIGESTION, DISORDERED LIVER they act like magic a few doses will work wonders npont beVlt.il organs: strengthen ing the muscular System, restoring the long-lost complexion, bringing back the keen edge of appetite, and arousing with the Rosebud of Health tbe whole physical energy of the human frame. These are facts admitted by thousands, in all classes of society, and one ot the best guarantees to the Nervous and Debilitated Is that Heec it aru's Pills have the Largest Sale of any Patent Medicine in the World. WITHOUT A HI V Alt. Animal Sales over 6,000,000 Boxes. 25c at Drug stores, or will be sent by V. 8. Agents, B. F. AlLEN CO., 36 Canal su, No fork, post paid, upon receipt of prise. Book tree upon application. E. G. KINLEY. KINLEY GREAT DANE GOES MAD. ZThe Immense Dog Drives an Evan ston Family Outdoors. Chicago, March 22. A Great Dane Weighing 125 pounds created a panic yesterday morning in the home of Frank Kolteman, 912 Church street, Kvanston. Mrs. Kolteman. her aged father and mother and daughter Marguerite were driven from the house and were com pelled to seek shelter in the house of a neighbor until the police could be called to kill the dog. Mr. Kolteman is manager of the Uni ted States express office at the North western depot. He is also a dog fan cier, and but a short time ago purchas ed a magnificent Dane to indulge his fancy and guard his house. The dog foon became a pet and was allowed to remain in the house a great part of the time. For this indulgence the family was yesterday compelled to vacate and leave the dog in full possession. Dur ing the forenoon the animal began to roam restlessly through the house. He walked into the reception room and 'Mrs. Kolteman, who was entertaining callers, drove him into the kitchen. He growled viciously as he went from the loom and In a few moments was back again. Mrs. Kolteman tried to drive him out B second time, but was repulsed by the fierce attitude shown by the dog when phe attempted to grasp his collar. She then called her father to her assistance, but before he could reach the room the tlog was frothing at the mouth and be gran to rush back and forth across the floor, dashing his head against the wall. Mrs.Kolteman, together with the call ers, ran screaming from the house, and called for the other inmates to follow. When the street was reached a boy was Bent to notify the police. Officer Waite responded to the call, but when he heard the dog tearing through the house reinforcements were sent for, and Offi cer Keefe came to his assistance. The dog in the meantime had gone upstairs. The officers opened the front tioor and cautiously ascended to the second floor, where they were met at the head of the stairs by the dog. His head was cut from jumping through a large mirror which he had confronted in the hall, and blood was; dripping from his head and shoulders. "When the animal sighted the officers tie dashed ferociously forward and they only escaped by running into a bed room and slamming the door behind them. With howls of rage the dog dashed himself against the door. His massive strength caused the panels to crack as he repeated the assault. The officers inside cautiously opened he door until it was far enough ajar to allow a revolver to be thrust out, but the beast jumped for the hand and it was quickly withdrawn. Officer Waite then opened the door a second time far enough to allow the passage of the dog's head. He jumped for the opening nd as his head passed through the door it was drawn tight against his shoulders. His death was then assured. Thrusting his revolver into the wide open jaws. Officer Keefe tired into the enimal's throat. The family returned to the house and after the removal of the blooded pet spent several hours in clearing up tha .wreck. AN ECHO OF THE FIGHT. "Mysterious" Billy Smith Bites Off Young Mitchell's Finger. San Francisco. March 22. For knock downs, blood and general vicious fight ing, the great tournament at Carson City was put in the shade by a mill that took place yesterday in Young Mitchell's (John J.,. Herget) saloon. "Mysterious" Billy Smith and Young Mitchell, the old enemies, came to gether and there is no mystery left, ex cept as to the "mysterious" man's whereabouts. Smith, still smarting from his defeat by George Green, was looking for a lifcht and got more than he wanted. He resorted to his old fouling tactics, and when badly beaten bit off Young Mitchell's finger, and the police of this city are now looking for him on the serious charge of mayhem. it tAbSOlUtOly Plire- Celebrated for its great leavening Strength and healthf ulness. Assures the food against alum and all forms of adul teration common to the cheap brands. Royal Baking Powder Co., New York. IMP mm nIIIU MB T. F. LANNAK. LANNAN. Manufacturers of CARRIAGES, PHAETONS, BUGGIES, SPRING WAGONS, &c. tW Special orders and repairing promptly attended to. i2S? Topeka, Kas. WANTS TO BE A JUDGE. A Missouri Pacific Attorney After a Federal Office. Forft Scott, Kan.. March 22. J. H. Richards, who was injured in the Oak land (Md.) wreck Saturday, is general attorney for the Missouri Pacific rail road in southern Kansas, having 1,200 miles of its lines in his jurisdiction.and also attorney for the Missouri Pacific properties. He was receiver of the St. Louis, Fort Scott Wichita railroad, and has been vice president and general attorney of the Southern Kansas Mis souri Pacific lines for 15 years. He left Fort Scott Monday to attend a confer ence of the Missouri Pacific officials in St. Louis. He was on his way from there to Washington to confer with Kansas po litical managers regarding matters in this state. He is one of the Republican counselors of the state, and will proba bly be appointed judge of the federal court, if the bill creating a new district in Kansas, which is now pending, be comes a law. His brother. Major W. J. Richards, is managing editor of the Indianapolis News. He is about fiftv years old, has lived in Kansas for 20 years and is one of the most widely known attorneys in the west. FIIOHMAN'S FUNNY RULE. Trials of Miss Amy Busby and Wil liam Gillette. Boston, Mass., March 22. William Gillette, is is said, has been very at tentive to Miss Amby Busby since they have been appearing in "Secret Serv ice" together, and as Charles Frohman, the proprietor, has a rule forbidding man and wife or lover to play roles requiring them to make love to one an other on the stage, he told the two peo ple to pay more attention to business. Neither po.id any attention to the warning, and Mr. Frohman, while the company was in New York, decided to let Miss Busby go. Mr. Gillette would not hear of this. In Boston Miss Busby left the com pany, and Miss Blanche Walsh, who had been learning the part, was wired for. Miss Busby is now at her home in Rochester, where she is said to be preparing for a wedding. AUSTRALIANS ARE COMING. A Baseball Team From the Antipodes "Will Tour America. f San Francisco, March 12. An Aus tralian base ball team is expected to arrive here in a few days. It will make a tour of the United States, and, if the judgment of many who claim to know is correct, it will give American play ers a hard battle for the first place in the base ball world. The men have been carefully selected and are said to be a fine, steady lot of players. Most of them are well known crieketers.and they expected theexperi ence gained at England's national game will stand them in good stead in the ef fective handling of a base ball bat. In fielding the team is said to be ex ceptionally strong and the catching is spoken of in Australia as phenomenal. The Australians are bringing plenty of pitchers and in Laver they claim to have a sure haven of refuge. NATIVE KANSANS Being Organized for Social and Other Purposes by W. G. Bird. William G. Bird, who was labor com missioner of the state under Governor Morrill's administration, is working to effect the organization of all native Kan. sans, similar in purpose and effect to the Kansas day club, except that it will be constructed on broader lines. Mr. Bird's purpose is to make the pro posed organization not only as a medium of building up the interests of native Kan. sans but to extend the fame of Kansas and demonstrate its useful advantages to the rest of the world. Mr. Bird says: "The prospects for completing such an organization as I propose are excellent. I see no reason why it can not be made successful from every standpoint. It would carry advantages to every member and be a valuable advertising medium for the state and her resources. SAWED OFF THE BOUGH On Which He Stood and Then He Took a Tumble. The old story is familiar to most people, of the man who climbed up in a tree to trim the branches and climbed out on one of the limbs and sawed if off between himself and the tree. This actually hap pent .1 on Saturday evening In the little suburb of Walnut Grove. One o" well-known motormen of the Topeka niway company, who lives on South tt.. Buren street took a little time m his work Saturday to beautifv hi9 1. He began with the trees. There several branches and limbs which needed cutting a great deal. Climbing into one of the latest trees with saw in hand, this motorman began sawing right and left, to eliminate superfluous growths. He saw an awkward limb which sprung from one side of the trunk which he de cided must go. Climbing onto it and standing about a foot from the tree he sawed the base of the limb, never think ing that it could result in his fall. As the saw went through the soft wood the limb sprung, but the motorman didn't notice that. Pretty soon there was a crash and the motorman sudde"lv drop ped to the ground with an astonfSned, not to say pained expression on his race. He was not hurt, but greatly mortifleu. "MANDARIN" WELL LIKED. But Not As Well as Some of De Ko van's Others. The opera, "The Mandarin," produced at the Grand Saturday night, had its weak points, and probably no produc tion, no matter how excellent. Is with out them, but on the whole it was ex ceptionally good and the audience liked it. "The Mandariin" is new. Its songs did not precede its appearance, as is us ually the case with New York successes in the comic opera line. No creation of a composer's brains ever went better in Topeka than did"Trifles Light as Air"and "First Love is Best," and "The Emperor of China" were pretty and pleasing, and deserved the hearty encores they re ceived. As Fan Tan, the vagabond, Geo. Bon iface was funny, though at times he seemed to shun exertion. The bit of "business" he brought in in the last act with "Trifles Light as Air" was one of the best things he did, and took well with the audience, Geo. Honey, as the Mandarin, did some good comedy work, although he also appeared to let his work drag slightly. Joseph Sheehan, the comic tragedian of the Imperial theater, dis played a fine tenor voice, but is ama teurish in action, and particularly in pronunciation. Miss Bertha Waltzinger as "Jesso," deservedly won much applause. She has a sweet soprano voice.and her songs never failed to receive encores. As Ting Ling, the Mandarin's favorite wife, Belle Harper is not the success in the opera that her predecessor, Adele Ritch ie, was, but she has a good voice and is at home in her part. The orchestration of the opera is ex cellent, as is true of all of the operas arranged by DeKoven, and the drums, bells and tom-toms impart the necessa ry Chinese flavor to the production. The orchestra was augmented, and under the direction of Signor Antoino DeNovellis, who has been associated with DeKoven for years, and was late with the "Half a King" company. The scenery and costumes were all tnat could be desired, and in all particulars the chorus was much above the aver age. Persons familiar with the New York newspapers will remember that shortly after the commencement of the theater season last fall, the New York Journal one day sent out a corps of reporters to select the nine most beautiful women then on the stage in the metropolis. On the following Sunday pictures of the nine beauties, together with short sketches of their respective stage ca reeers, were printed in that paper as a special feature of the Sunday edition. Three of these nine young ladies were seen in Topeka Saturday night v ith "The Mandarin" company, and one of this number was the envied mortal who was declared to be the most beautiful of the nine. This was Miss Helen Red mond, she with the large dark eyes, who took the part of Ping-Lee, the wife of the Mandarin next in favor to the faithless Ting-Ling. The other two were Miss Claudia Carlstedt, "Kwei-Tso," valet to the Mandarin, and Miss Jane English, who played the part of the turnkey. "Is the parasol dance patterned after a real Chinese dance? Well, I guess it is. Yes, siree. It's almost a reproduc tion of a feast dance they have in the heathen country every year," said Mr. Sam Marion, the man who has charge of the dancing in "The Mandarin,'" and who was seen as the court physician in that opera Saturday night, in reply to a query. "I have made a few innova tions of my own to make the dance more Interesting, for the Chinese are more of tumblers than dancers, but aside from these we have the dance just as they go through it in China." "You see," continued the expert in the terpsichorean art, who is as clever in his line (telling stories) as anyone on the stage today. "I have traveled a good deal in my time, and once, a good many years ago, I was in China. (This was Mr. Marion's first time on earth.) While in Pekin I witnessed the celebration of a national feast, I forget now what they call it, and during the festivities I saw this dance. It struck me then as a clever piece of work, and I resolved to make use of it if I ever got the opportunity. When arrangements were being made last summer for putting on "The Man darin" Mr. W. 13. Mann, one of the pro prietors, sent for me and asked me if I could reproduce a Chinese dance if I was furnished with pictures and draw ings representing it it in its different phases. I told him I thought I could, and asked him what the dance was call ed. He replied that it was the 'parasol dance,' one of the feast dances of the celestials. Here was the very opportu nity I was looking for. I told him that I hardly thought I would need the pic tures, as I had seen the dance myself, and at once commenced to brush my memory. I afterward worked it up with DeKoven, and the result is that we have as correct a reproduction of a for eign dance as has ever been offered on the stage." DIED IN EGYPT. Prof. Eaton, of William Jewell Col lege, Empires at Cairo. Liberty, Mo., March 22. Prof. James R. Eaton, professor of natural sciences in William Jewell college, died at Cairo, Egypt, Saturday morning, a message being received her by his family at 11 o'clock. He left here last month with an excursion party for a tour of parts of Erope and the Holy Land. He had a throat trouble and was sick four days. He was born at Hamilton, N. Y.. De cember 11, 1834. He was a graduate of the Madison university of New York and of the Hamilton Theological sem inary of the Baptist church. He was a professor of colleges in Tennessee and Kentucky and came to Liberty in 1869 and accepted his position in William Jewell college. He leaves a widow and two children. The United States con sul at Cairo has been cabled instruc tions to inter the body there. THURSTON CUSHMAN CO. At the Crawford Opera House. Wednesday, and Thursday, March 24 and 25. in "Guilty Without Crime" and "10 Mile Crossing;" all the latest songs and dances. Price 10, 0 and 30e. La dies free Wednesday night. Seats now on sale. We do mending and sew on buttons free of charge. Peerless Steam Laundry. Of the very best for the least money and in the shortest time. AT TOPEKA STEAM "SUNDRY. Fhone 153. A SAD FAMILY PARTING. Children Present at Divorce Trial of Father and Mother. After stemming life's tide hand in hand for 24 long years, Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Hamilton have .c ome to the conclu sion that each other's company is no longer desirable and they had best part. Mrs. Hamilton says that the man she promised to love, honor and obey, has changed and she can no longer live with him. Mr. Hamilton states that by reason of ill health and financial losses, his wife's mind has become deranged, and that he can no longer reside with her in peace. Both desire a separation. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton are well known. Since their marriage 24 years ago they have lived on a farm two miles north of Topeka, and during that time they have been fairly prosperous. Mrs. Hamilton Is a sister-in-law of T. M. James, the well known grain man and farmer of North Topeka, who is now the candidate for mayor on the recently constructed citizens ticket. They have four children, the oldest 21 years of age and the youngest 9. The action for divorce, brought by Mrs. Hamilton, was commenced before Judge Hazen in the district court. Mr. Hamilton, through his attorney, states that he was perfectly willing that the divorce be granted, and the minor chil dren entrusted to the care of their kmother, but that he would contest the petition for alimony and property rights and the case is occupying the entire time of the court today. The property involved in the case in cludes the homestead, consisting of a 13 room house and seven and a half acres of land, a 73 acre farm north of North Topeka and several dwelling houses at different locations on this side of the river. Mr. Hamilton is willing that his wife retain the homestead, and says that ev en if the court gave him this property, he would deed it to her, but he believes that the other property should remain his own. All of the children are on their moth er's side, and the three oldest, William, Clarence and Lena, have occupied seats beside her in the court room during the progress of the trial. The testimony of the children was in troduced by the attorney for Mrs. Ham ilton, simply to show that their father has been abusive to their mother. In this regard, Lena,, the little girl, 12 years of age, testified: Q. Did you ever see your father abuse your mother? A. Yes, sir: I saw him slap her, and curse her and push her. Q. Do you remember of your father and mother having trouble at the barn one Sunday morning? A. Yes, sir; mamma wanted to go to town, and papa wouldn't let her get the horse. He pushed her away from the barn and locked the door. She then started to go to a neighbor's to get a horse, and then papa sent my brother Clarence after her to tell her that she could have the horse. Mamma came back and went into the house to get ready, and while she was dressing papa told Clarence to take the buggy and go to town. When mamma finished dress ing she was going to the neighbor's again, but papa wouldn't let her and locked her in the house. Q. Do you remember of your father pushing you mother against a book case one day? A. Yes.sir;I was down stairs and pa pa and mamma were up stairs in one of the bed rooms; I heard mamma scream and I ran up stairs, and papa had her pushed against a book case. Q. Do you remember of trouble your father and mother had one day when your grandfather interferred? A. Yes,sir;mamma had been to town and heard something, and when she came home she told papa. Papa told her that if she (said it again he would end his life. Mamma said it again, and papa went to strike her, but grand pa stepped between them. Q. Who would you rather live with, Lena, your father-or your mother? A. Mamma. When Clarence Hamilton, one of the oldest children, 19 years of age, was placed on the stand, he broke down completely and sobbed for several min utes. When he commenced to cry, his little sister, sitting by her mother's attorney, who had been perfectly cool on the wit ness stand, did likewise, and it was not long until the mother and the oldest boy were looking at the floor and wiping their eyes. The case rested until the emotional display concluded. Hamilton will introduce no testimony In defense of the statements made by his children in regard to abusing his wife. He declares that the statements are wholly false, but will give his entire attention to contesting the property rights and petition for alimony. Sev eral witnesses, who were introduced by his attorney this morning, stated that Hamilton always kept his family well provided for. Mrs. Hamilton has on two previous occasions filed petitions for divorce, but both were withdrawn after having talk ed the matter over with her husband. STOGIE IS BUOYANT. Makers xpres3 Gladnes3 Over the Trade Prospects Pittsburg, March 22. The story was around yesterday that there was a great shortage in the stogie supply of Pittsburg, which informationfi if true, might have been considered a dire ca lamity to personal comfort, not to say a trade item. But A. C. Montgomery, vice president of the R. W. Jenkinson company, said to a reporter, that while he wished the story was true, it was not. The stogie manufacture has been proceeding at half work for some months. Last sum mer the firm was behind sometimes in filling orders 1,000,000 stogies, but that meant but a week's work, for the output of the one firm is 150,000 a day. The stogie industry has had a mar velous growth in the Pittsburg revenue district. The number made in the fiscal year of 1SSS was 171,208,533, and last year 305,555,791. With the general revival of business, local makers express the belief that the current year may not fall far short. CYCLISTS WANT A TRACK. They Talk of Having One Built at Garfield Park. Topeka bicyclists have talked bicycle track for two seasons but nothing has been done. However, something will be done this year and unless a combina tion is made against them a new one third mile track will be completed with in the next five months, in time for the annual racing in August or September. The plan now is to complete the track at Garfield park provided the owners of the park will aid the enterprise. A grand stand and training quarters will be erected and the place put In first class shape. The wheelmen are in earn est this time. They propose to have the track and will make every legiti mate effort to secure its construction. Garfield park is looked upon with greatest favor because it is more con venient than any other location which might be secured. It is more easy of access than the fair grounds and is reached by a good road. An effort will also be made to have the cinder road extended the remainder of the distance through North Topeka to the park. SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS I Next Friday the registration books will close. Work will be commenced this week on Dr. Munn's new house. The city street railway has built a new porch at "the station house. W. B. Jansen will move from Lane street to Potwin this week. The street force will soon be throwing out dangerous board walks. Not a single non-resident member of the legislature remains in the city. Candidates for office in Shawnee county are as plentiful as March winds. The Topekans who went on the excur sion to Port Arthur are expected home to morrow. The registration books for the Fifth ward will be at Bard's grocery today and tomorrow. There are alreadv a half dozen men In the race for sheriff and all are working hard. Lieutenant Governor Harvey carries a cane made at the state penitentiary of horn. The sparrows are trying to build nests in some of the globes of the city electric lights. Adjutant General Hiram Allen has re. turned from a visit at his home in Wil liamsburg. The Sunday school Primary union will meet at the Y. M. C. A. rooms Thursday at 4:15 p. m. There was no meeting at Hamilton hall Saturday night to boom the "Citizens' ticket," as advertised. W. M. Evarts of this city has a number of dogs entered in the Kansas City show which is now in progress. Topeka whist "fiends" who did not go to Kansas City are having fun with thoso who did and were defeated. Mr. A. P. Wilder and family have taken a cottage at 52(1 Lincoln street. lately oc cupied by Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Jamison. Jeff Davis has organized his industrial society for the colored race and he has been elected president of the organization. Cyrus E. Sprague. of Emporia and Steve Adare of Strong' City, attended the per formance of "The Mandarin" Saturday night. John Waltmire. who used to have a drug store in Topeka. has gone to Lamar, Col., wheer he will be employed in a drug store. By a slow process of evaporation and drainage. Athletic park has changed from a pond, and is once more a base ball ground. John Lonberg's trotting mare. Heir Medium. 2:20, is being trained at Leaven worth by Oscar Robertson, for the sum mer races. D. A. Clements has gone to New York to buy goods for the new store which will be opened by the Clements company recently incorporated. A Topeka barber suspended ooerations on his customers for a short time Satur day to talk, and while so doing cut a deep gash in one of his lingers. The Graham Earle Repertoire company closed its engagement in this city at the Crawford Opera House last night, pre senting "Public Opinion." This is the time of year when thought less men cut down and destroy shade trees. Three months from today they will want to borrow a kicking machine. A jollification reception will be held at Washburn college tomorrow evening to celebrate the victory of the college in the Washburn-Drury debate last week. Thursday, in the United States court, the contest over the new stock yards law between stockholders in the Kansas City corporation and the state will begin. Weather Observer T. B. Jennings has ceased to brew tea and drink it at his office in the Columbian building, because his family now live in Topeka and he drinks his tea at home. Dean Mattocks, of Washburn college, recently said to her class in literature: "I want you to note carefully the differ ence between thinking you are in love, and being really in love." Under thelaw passed by the last legis lature, the next regular term of the court of appeals in this city will open on the second Tuesday in June instead of the first Tuesday of that month. The Washburn colors flutter from the top of the state house dome to commemor ate the victory of Washburn over Drury college. Boys climbed up in the darkness Saturday and put them there. Washburn college will have a first class base ball team this year. Eight games have already been arranged, the first one of which will be with the Ot tawa team in this city, April lti. The Topeka Athletic association wheel men have practically decided upon Bert Hickerson for secretary during the com ing year. C. C. Claudy is a candidate for captain to succeed J. B. Doncyson. The American Book company. Lieuten ant Governor Harvey and State Superin tendent Stryker are opposing the appoint ment of D. O. McCray as a member of the state school text book commission. Charles W. Rhea, for the past three years manager of the Union Pacific Tea company in this city, has resigned that position to engage in the hardware busi ness in St. Joe. He left for St. Joe Satur day. The Thurston-Cashton company will play at the Crawford Opera House in this city on Wednesday and Thursday even, ings of this week. "Guilty Without Crime" and "Ten Mile Crossing" will bo the pieces presented. All other candidates for official handi capper of the Kansas division L. A. W-. have abandoned their campaign and uni ted upon J. B. Doncyson of Topeka. to succeed H. D. Crosby, who has declined to accept the place for another year. Thomas Wilson, who was bound over to the district court on Friday last by Jus tice Grover for making an assault on S. H. Hill with an axe. has been released from the county jail on bond. He will be tried at the April term of the district court. W. M. Thompson, clerk of the court of appeals in this city, has appointed Nathan B. Thompson, of Seneca, deputy clerk of this division. The last legislature passed a law giving the clerk of each court of appeals the right to appoint a deputy clerk and an assistant clerk to aid him in the work of the division. Hank Vansciver's place was raided Saturday night by Sergeant Donovan and officers. It was located at Kansas avenue and Crane street. Vansciver was arrested ond the charge of selling intoxicating liqours. No liquor was found there, but the fixtures for a joint were found. This has been a tough place. City Attorney Bird will probably frame a "nuisance" ordinance for the city coun cil to consider. At present when a joint is pulled it is necessary to have reputable witnesses for the city who can positively state that a sale has taken place. In the county courts under the "nuisance" statute a place of this kind, where men gather together to drink liquor can be closed and the proprietor fined. Last week Judge Hazen sentenced Ben jamin Hayes, the leader of the three boys who broke into the Greenwald store, to six years in the penitentiary, and since that time Hayes' family have been endeavor ing to have the sentence changed to a term in the reformatory. Judge Hazen has refused the appeals, and the boy will be taken to the penitentiary this week. He is an old offender, having been in court several times before on minor charges. George W. Clark, who was assistant attorney general under John T. Little dur ing the administration of Governor Lew elling. has opened a law office and en tered the general practice in Topeka. Mr. Clark was judge of the eastern divis ion, northern department court of ap peals for two years. He has resided in Topeka continuously for four years. He is a brother of Judge Ansel R. Clark of Sterling, and formerly resided in that city. Topeka has now promise of but two more good attractions during the present season. These are Nellie McHenrv in "A China Widow." on April 20. and Margaret Mather in "Cymbeline," on April 26. "A China Widow" was produced for the first time by Nellie McHenry in Mobile, Ala., on February 20 last, and it is said to be one of the best pieces that clever artist has ever handled. In "Cymbeline" Mis Mather appears to excellent advantage, and the production is magnificently staged and costumed. Journeys long or short made comfort ably if ticketed by the Santa Fe Route. Shirts, collars and cuffs laundered to look like new by Peerless Steam Laundry. 112 aid 114 West 8th. su TROLLEYS TO SEABR00K. The Western Suburb Asks for Exten sion of the Car Line. There was a meeting of the residents living between Washburn college and Sea brook addition held Saturday night at the residence of James Hayes, called for the purpose of taking steps toward getting the Topeka Railway, company to extend its Washburn college line to Seabrook school house. There were about forty present and a committee was appointed to confer with President Baker, of the Topeka railway in the matter. The extension would necessitate tbe building of a little over a mile of track. There Is a large settlement west of Wash burn college, many office employes living out there. The Washburn college line runs now to Euclid and Boswell avenues. The company will be asked to build the line west half a mile and south from there half a mile, and west a short distance to Seabrook. Another meeting will be held in Sea brook on Saturday night at which the committee will make its report. The resi dents in this suburb are very anxious to have this extension and they say that they have Inducements to offer the com pany which will be worth considering. If this line were extended it would require the putting on of another car to main tain the twenty-minute schedule now in etTect. At present electric cars at the Washburn terminus have a ten minute "lay-over" on each trip. WILL MAKE ONLY RAILS. Carnegie Steel Company Will Try to Force Closure of Illinois Steel Works. Pittsburg, Pa.. March 22. The Carnegie Steel company has given orders to have the Duqeusne works, the largest steel bil let mill in the world, shut down this week that it may be rearranged and started about the first of April on rails. The Carnegie corporation will then have both the Edgar Thomas and Duquesne mills on rails, and will be in a position to make the Illinois Steel company wince in competition, if there be any truth in the report recently sent out from Washington that the Carnegie company intended to cut rails down to Sll per ton. if necessary, to force the Illinois company out of busi ness. Developments seem to stamp the report as true. The placing of the Duquesne mill on rails will put it in the power of the Car negie company to manufacture 2.200 tons of rails per day. or about 700.000 per year. This is just 100.000 tons less than the total consumption of last year. To place the Duquesne mill on rails the Carnegie com pany was forced to give up orders for over 100.000 tons of billets taken in De cember by the Duquesne mill. NONE KNEW HARRISON. The Ex-President is Jostled in a Crowd of Sightseers. Washington, March 22. Much has been written and said of departed greatness. There was a forcible illus tration of it Saturday at the new con gressional library building. In the afternoon, at the time when the visitors are most numerous, a stout, thick-set man of average height was for an hour or two one of the most in terested of all those present. He walk ed slowly from point to point, frequent ly stopping to look and inquire. He was jostled and pushed right and left, just as everyone else may be in a mul titude. No one knew him, no one looked at him, and it never occurred to anyone to ask who he was. Yet only eight years back every movement of this man, every word he spoke was watched with the same in tensity which now marks the wait of the public upon the actions and expres sions of President McKinley. This man was Benjamin Harrison, and doubtless he drew the comparisons between the past and the present which were ap propriate to the occasion. GOVERNOR TAKES A HAND. Son of Georgia's Executive Tries to Marry a 13 Year Old GirL Atlanta, Ga., March 22. Gov. Atkin son of Georgia was called out of church last night and informed that his 17 year old son was about to elope with Miss Ada Byrd, the granddaughter of the southern authoress, Mrs. Mary E. Bry an. He at once intercepted the young man and put him under lock and key, while the girl's father did the same thing for her, and the couple have been kept apart thus forcibly during the day. The affair has created a social sensation, be cause of several features in it. John P. Atkinson, the young man in question, is not yet 17 years of age, and his fath er made him confidential clerk of the governor's office. The girl is not more than 13, but well developed. Young Atkinson secured a marriage license yesterday afternoon and incautiously took into his confi dence a young man who was also enam ored of the same girl, and who immedi ately sought the governor and put him in possession of the information. The young people declare that as soon as they secure their release they will mar ry. TAXES ARE HIGHER In Towns Where They License Joints Than Others, Says Mrs. St. John. "We women know one thing," ex claimed Rev. Eugenia F. St. John at the Third Christian church last even ing, "and that is, that it never pays to invest two dollars and then only get one dollar back; and that is just what you men do in every town where you license joints or saloons. I have made I a careful examination of the records of scores of towns and cities, and I have yet the first town to find where the total amount paid by saloons into the city treasury as revenue plus the amount received by the city as fines from drunkenness is not exceeded by the costs piled up on account of crime and pauperism, and the people are taxed to make up the deficiency. The rate of taxation is almost invariably higher in the license community than in the no license community. "The open saloon is a thing of the re mote past in Kansas. Public sentiment is against the saloon. Everywhere I go I find the people are taking a new in terest in this question. There are thou sands .of young men in Kansas who never saw an open saloon, and the best part of it is they never want to see one. "Never think for a moment of licens ing your joints. You can't deal suc cessful with them in that way. The only way to do is to shut them up. We must organize everywhere. Our trou ble is, we go by jerks and starts and spasmodic efforts. This is a business we need to work at 365 days in the year." The church was crowded, and for an hour and a half the crowd gave close attention to the speaker. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Y. P. S. C. E., and was presided over by Mr. Bois. Several well known temper ance workers from up town were pres ent, among them Thos. H. Bain, Albert Griffin, and Secretary Stephens.. Diamond Worth $2,500,000. London, March 22. The largest dia mond in the world has arrived in Lon don from Kimberly, South Africa. It is said to be worth2,500,000 uncut. Kansas Man Appointed. Washington, D. C, March 22. Em mett E. Cutler of Berwell, Reno coun ty, Kan., has been appointed railway mail clerk. MARVELOUS! THE TOBERFIL RECOVERY OP BOJ. WILLIAM D. PIRK, The Famons Originator of "Broiled Live Lobster" Writes of His Condition. Ha Tells cf Hope Abandoned and Then of Health Sectored if by Magic. 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The motive power in the new quarters is electricity, even to the water supply, which is from a private artesian well and is forced into the building by means of com pressed air, the pumps of which are operated by electricity. TWO KANSANS MURDERED. J. M. Brewer and F. W. Long Missing in Mexico. Chihuahua, Mex., March 22. J. M. Brewer and F. W. Long .two American, mining prospectors, who left her four weeks ago for the India mining camp, west of here, are missing and are be lieved to have been murdered. Advices have been brought here from India that the two men have not been there. They were accompanied by two Mexi can servants, who are also missing. Both Americans came hero from Kan sas three months ago. They had con siderable money on their persons when they left here. THURSTON CUSHMAN CO. At the Crawford Opera House. Wednesday, and Thursday, March 2t and 25, in "Guilty Without Crime" and "10 Mile Crossing;" all the latest songs and dances. Price 10, 20 and 30c. La dies free Wednesday night. Seats now on sale. Frozen Over at Bismarck, N. D. Bismarck, N. D., March 22. Tha river at this point remains frozen sol idly. If the present warm weather continues the break-up may occur be tween April 10 and 20. Reports stat3 that the Yellowstone river is still solid. The principal apprehension of flood here is caused by the belief that the ice in both the Yellowstone and the Missouri will go out at the same time. When this has occurred in previous years dis astrous floods have invariably resulted. Population of Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala., March 22. The new city directory just out shows a population of 02,777. exclusive of Bes semer and Pratt City, a gain of 4,000 for the past year, which is accounted for by the location of new industries and the enlargement of the capacity of old ones. The territory embraced in the directory i3 two miles by ten, and includes suburbs immediately adjacent to the city. Estate Awaits Missing Heirs. Kansas Citv. March 22. British Vice Consul P. E. Burrough is anxious to lo cate the relatives, property and estate of William Sloan, an Irishman who died in Kansas about 1SS2. Mr. Burrough has received important communications from his government bearing upon his estate. Before it Is Too Late. Leave your business occasionally and try a new climate and new surround ings No better medicine. i i i,,,!!-. on nlpasure re- tne principal uii sorts of the Southwest are reached via the Santa Fe Home. a,ow faia, 4"".". time, comfortable service. tt, ifnrm!nnji inquire of lo- g- Ja ijtrvlix- iiiu cal agent, or address W. J. Black, G. P. A., A, 1- O. l-i.) -myn-J, In the Lead. If you are going to Kansas City, Chi cago, St. Louis or other eastern cities, the Union Pacific offers the best serv ice and L 1 1 locivsi A-JyJ 1 1 c chase your tickets until you have con sulted our uuie ur matte inquiry regarding rates and through car serv ice F. A. LEWIS, City Ticket At J. C. FULTON, Depot Agent. Mineral Water. The finest In the west. Come and try it. 1. W. PHILLIPS. C12 W. Eighth Ave.