The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
May 19, 1897

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TWO CENTS. WEDNESDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, MAY 19, 1897. WEDNESDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. PEFFER. Same II im for President of the Police Board. That is the Itight Course for Governor Leedy, His Rather Inappropriate Dis course Last Sight IS DISCUSSED MUCH. Suggestion That He Appoint Messrs. Peffer and Gleed Hoes Not Strike the Governor's Bump of Intelligence. DISPLAYS NO DESIRE To Escape From Ills Amusing and Absurd Position. Senator Peffer Doesn't Say He Wouldn't Accept. Since ex-United States Senator XV. A. Peffer has taken such a positive stand IYt the enforcement of the prohibitory law Governor Leedy could not do bet ter than to make him president of the police buard. It lias been demonstrated to the sat isfaction of every one that the Topeka police board is a failure. It pleases i, cither Populists nor Republicans. It is nrt the kind of a board the people of Topeka want and in such cases it is the usual proceeding for the governor to make a change. Make Senator Peffer president of the board and give J. W. Gleed a place on the board as a Republican. By this means Governor Leedy will be relieved from further responsibility. He will prove to the people that he is sin cere in his desire to have the prohibi tory law enforced and he will close the door to criticism both in his own party end out of it. Governor Leedy was seen at his office today by a Journal reporter who in quired if he would not give Senator Pef fer and J. W. Gleed places on the police board. He seemed a tritle surprised at the point blank question. Their names have not been presented to me. "When the time comes, I slxall consider all applications for positions on the police board but do not care to- say hat I will do." Governor Leedy appeared satisfied with the result of the meeting last night. He said that he had compelled the people at the meeting to hear some tning he was very anxious to say and which they did not want to hear and he is satislied. 'What I objected to," said he, "was the disposition to hold a meeting to abuse me and give me no chance to be heard. 1 have had my say and I am satisfied." Governor Leedy refused to discuss the police board situation in Topeka in any particular. He was asked whether any changes would be made but refused to eay what will be done. Senator Peffer, who is the most pop ular Populist in Topeka is the subject for numerous conversations on the streets today. His open stand is meet ing the approval of many Republicans uho say that if he is nominated for gov ernor nothing can prevent his election. He would receive from 20,000 to 30,000 Republican votes. Senator Peffer was found at his home nt 513 Fillmore street by a Journal re porter and the suggestion made that he should accept a place on the police board. At first he hooted the idea and said he did not want any position of the kind but after thinking a moment add ed. "The place has not been offered to me." "Would you accept if it were offer ed0" inquired the reporter. "I cannot say." replied the senator. "It would not be right for me to say what I would do when I do not know that the position is to be tendered to m The governor has a police board which is I suppose satisfactory and I presume there will be no changes." "Do you think the board is satisfac tory "Well.i am not governor you knowand I cannot say whether or not the board is satisfactory to the governor." "Do you think you could enforce the law- if you were a member of the police board?" "I do not care to talk about that now. Ao one lias said anything to me con cerning a place on the board and it would not be just the thing for me to eay what I would do in case I was plac ed on the board." A prominent Populist suggested to a Journal reporter that this would be an excellent lime for Governor Leedy to abolish tne Metropolitan police system It is the thing to do," said he "It is outrageous to say that the people of Topeka who are as intelligent and re spectable as any in the world should r.ot be allowed to govern themselves Governor Leecy should abolish the met ropolitan police at once The people of Topeka are not particu larly interested in listening to Governor Leedy evidently long corked up spleen on the devoted head of Willis Gleed The attempt to make Mr. Gleed respon sible for the open saloon in Topeka is so supremely humorous that everybody faas been laughing about it all day. Sugar Bounty for New York. Albany, N. T., May 19. After five years of vigorous fighting by the beet sugar manufacturers of the state, the governor has consented to give a mon ey bonus for all beet, sugar raised in any considerable quantity in his state. Gov. Black has signed the bill that pro vides for a yearly bonus of $25,000 to be paid to the beet sugar manufacturers at a rate not exceeding 1 cent a pound of 90 per cent crystallized sugar prepar ed from beets grown within New York state and for which the grower received not less than $5 per ton, provided the sugar manufacturer is not the grower. Trench, Burn Wa-Wa. Brass, Guinea Coast. Mav 19. An ex pedition, presumably French, as French officers and men actively took part in It. has captured and burned the tojvn of Wa-Wa, in Boussa country; 100 rrTen Brtrv killed and 200 made prisoners. ABOUT THE BRIDGE. Everything Seems All Bight But the Public Should Keep Informed. A Topeka man who has made an ex amination of the records at the court house claims to have discovered gross carelessness on the part of some one in the provisions for the building of the new bridge. Of course if there is a fault it lies with the county commis sioners, for they are expected to see that the people of Shawnee county are assured a safe and substantial bridge for the expenditure if the $150,000 in bonds voted. The gentleman, who objects to fciie use of his name, claims that the county is not protected by the bond as it should be. He says: "The 9riginal contract with Keepers Thacher was $125,000, but afterward a change was made In the kind of ce ment to be used, and Portland was substituted for Fort Scott, and an ad ditional allowance made of $11,075, mak ing $1'1S,075. Keepers Thacher filed a bond of $25,000, executed by the Amer ican Surety company of New York. Sidney T. Miller of Michigan makes af fidavit that the surety company is worth at least $125,000, and says in his affidavit that he has signed the bond attached for the company, but his sig nature does not appear on the bond attached to the affidavit. '"There has been paid on the contract by Shawnee county the sum of $59,710. "o additional bond has been given and the question naturally arises, in case the firm fails to build the bridge, who will indemnify Shawnee county for the difference between the contract price and the amount of the bond? "Another matter which ought to have attention is that the original contract stipulated that the bridge should be completed on or before December 1, 1S96, but on account of the bonds not having been sold, and other intervening causes the work was not commenced as soon as contemplated and of course was not completed at the date men tioned, but the strange part of it is that no time since that has been stipulated in any subsequent contract for the com pletion of the bridge." HOPPER C03I1NG. Sousa's Great Opera "El Capitan" to Be Sung Here. The Topeka theatrical season, which has been slowly limping to a close, is yet likely to end with something of a grand finish. On the evening of June 9 the De Wolf Hopper Opera company will sing Sousa's opera "El Capitan" at the Grand Opera House in this city, and a few nights later it is probable that the extravaganza success, "Excelsior, Jr.," will be presented. Besides these two attractions, it is probable that the Summer Opera company of Kansas City will sing four operas in this city next week, as stated in the State Jour nal some days ago. Both the De Wolf Hopper company and Rice's company, presenting "Ex celsior, Jr.," are now on their return tour to the east from the Pacific coast, both companies closing in San Fran cisco last week. Probably no opera has had a more successful run than "El Capitan" this season, and "Excelsior, Jr." is one of the best extravaganzas on the road. The latter company in cludes Joe Cawthorn and Sadie Mar tinot. If the Summer Opera company comes to Topeka from Kansas City it will open an engagement of three nights and a matinee on Thursday, May 27. GEO. li. PECK IN COURT. He Joins With Other Counsel in Ask ing for an Injunction. Fargo, N. D., May 19. General Coun sels Bunn of the Northern Pacific, Gro ver of the Great Northern and Peck of the Milwaukee railways arrived here today and made an application before Judge Amadon of the United States court for an order restraining the North Dakota board of railroad commissioners from putting into effect the proposed reduction in freight rates on July 1. The matter was argued at considera ble length and Judge Amadon issued a temporary restraining order against the publication of the proposed tariff and served an order on the board to show cause why a temporary injunction should not issue. The order is returna ble May 25. The board was not repre sented in court. COATMAKEItS JOIN IN. The Clothing Makers' Strike in Phila delphia Assuming Largs Proportions. Philadelphia, May 19. The coatmak ers' branc h of theGarmentMakers' union to the number of 260 joined the Garment Workers' strike for an increase m wages this morning. Several branches of the union also decided last night to join in the strike and meetings will be held this afternoon and evening by other branches of the organization. It is believed that unless the contract ors accede to the demands, there will be from 6,000 to 8,000 garment workers on strike by the end of the week. ARMOR PLATE MAKERS WIN The Government Will Accede to Their Demands. Washington, May 19. The senate naval affairs committee today had be fore them Secretary Long of the navy department, having under considera tion the subject of armor plate for bat tleships. At the conclusion of the meet ing the committee decided unanimously to recommend that the price of armor plate be fixed at $400 per ton. The committee was informed that the armor plate manufacturers would will ingly accept $125 per ton, but it was believed that they would also take the lower price. COME OUT TONIGHT. Old Soldiers to Make Arrangements for Old Soldiers' Fall Festival Day. The committee of 28 old soldiers ap pointed to take charge of the celebra tion of the day during the Fall Festival set apart by the Committee of Fifteen for the old soldiers will have a meeting tonight at the office of the commissioner of elections to make preparations for the work which must be done. Chair man Ed G. Moore said today: "The committee will probably select the sub ordinate committees to look after var ious departments of the work, including music, and other features which we will have." The committee desires a full attend ance tonight. Emigration Bill Passes Reichstag. Berlin, May 19. The reichstag to day passed the emigration bill. It be comes operative on April 1. 189S. The reichstag also passed the oleomargarine bill, the vote being 1S6 to 10L WANAMAKER MEANT IT. Says He Stands by That Sensa tional Speech. If President McKinley Would Stop Outright THE GIVING OF JOBS Until the Tariff Legislation is Settled A Million Men Would Stand Up and Applaud. Philadelphia, May 19. "I am not apologizing for that speech, nor do I propose to defend it," said John Wana maker in discussing his address of last Friday night before the Business Men's League of Pennsylvania. "That speech stands for Itself. I meant every word of it. "I made between 60 and 70 speeches in this state during the last presidential campaign, some of them in silver dis tricts, where I pleaded with the people to vote against Bryanism and argued that not only the tariff but the cur rency question would be taken up and pushed vigorously to a satisfactory so lution that the filling of offices would not be the first or only work of the ad ministration at its beginning. "So much was said by political speak ers in that campaign that the popular expectation was aroused that the old McKinley tariff law would be restored in some form within 60 days of inau guration and the industries of the coun try started up. Some of the men who spoke with me in the canvass were in my audience last Friday night and I endeavored to show them that popular expectation had not yet been met and that there was still great need for them as business men to continue their organization. It is boasted that of the 32 Pennsylvania congressmen, 31 are pledged to vote as one man with the boss (meaning Quay), a part of whose field of labors is where the whole ma chinery of the government stops while sugar speculation goes on. "The people are not all fools," con tinued Mr. Wanamaker, "and they nat urally cry out against those who have the power to relieve them when they see the Dingley tariff bill, framed four months ago, hanging in mid-air, as though the whole nation were taking a summer holiday instead of going through a slow fever, as It really is, with every state and city a kind of hos pital of fear and trembling. "The people do not forget very easily, and it will not be enough when the next investigation of senatorial spec ulations is made to evade or to bluff with a noohalant, 'Yes, I bought those stocks. What of it?' "While I believe that the good times anticipated will grow out of the 'em ployment of the people through a re turn to a protective tariff, it must not be forgotten that there are thousands of business men in this country who be lieve that there will be no permanently settled prosperity until definite deliver ances have been had from congress up on monetary questions. If there is to be any enlarged use of silver, why not promptly determine upon it? If it is the intention that nothing shall be done on the silver question, and we are to stand exactly where we are, it were far better to' say so frankly and at once and not drift or shilly-shally. "We want something or nothing, and that very quickly, if the country is to start forward on its promised career of prosperity. It is not right that the house should meet only to adjourn, in the hope that a do-nothing policy will force the senate to act on the tariff bill. The tariff bill is only one of many pressing problems that must be taken up. and the sooner the better. "I believe there are 1,000,000 men who would stand up tomorrow and applaud President McKinley if he were to deny to every officeseeker a place until the tariff, at least, is settled." NOT ALONE FOR HUFFISH. All Who Appreciate the Good Deeds of Victoria Asked to Participate. In connection with the meeting tomor row night of British born citizens of the United States, lest there should be any misapprehension as to the aims and de sires of those interested in the meeting, the announcement is made by those in charge that such meeting is for the sole object of commemorating in some befit ting and charitable manner. the long reign of Queen Victoria, which has been so notably one of peace and benevolence and in so doing there should be no dis tinction as to race or nationality, but all who have the general good of humanity at heart are earnestly requested to at tend the meeting, regardless of whether British born or otherwise. PINGREE SETS HIS MARK. Must Have a Million Dollars More Out of Corporations. Lansing, Mich., May 19. Gov. Pingree said today that if the members of the legislature want to get through and go home the last of May they must first pass a law to get at least a million dol lars more out of corporations. Other wise he will call an extra session. A Row in the Missouri A P. A. St. Louis, May 19. The Republic this morning says: "A tremendous sensa tion has been produced in the ranks of the A. P. A. in every section of Missou ri by the suspension of IS councils of the order in St. Louis and Kansas City for participating in the recent rump convention held in this city under the misrepresentation that it was a regu larly called state council of the organi zation. In addition to this, half a doz en of the most prominent members of several of the suspended councils have been individually suspended and will have to answer to charges before the regularly constituted authorities." EMPORIA Peter Hines has sold two of his bloodhounds to the sheriffs' syn dicate of six northern Kansas counties. Sheriff Mackey took them to Junction City yesterday alter giving tnem sever al trial run A. P. FELICITATES ITSELF At its Last Meeting on the Termina tion of the Contest With the United. Chicago, May 19. The annual meet ing of the Associated Press was held in Recital hall. Auditorium, today. The attendance was very large. In calling the members to order. President Law son congratulated them on the outcome of the contest with the United Press, saying that they should continue to demonstrate by thoir wisdom that they were worthy of the high estate to which they had corne. The board of directors in their re port stated that a year ago they de clared that the Associated Press had made great progress toward the ac complishment of its original and proper purpose "the control and administra tion of the news gathering and distrib uting business of the country by the newspapers of the country." It was their privilege and pleasure now to justify the claim that the prog ress of the preceding year had its com plement in the achievements of the past month and to announce that the idea had been accomplished, the Asso ciated Press now including in its loyal membership all the established news papers of the country, with compara tively few exceptions. It was a matter for mutual congrat ulation that the contest which had for nearly four years divided the press of the country, had bef n brought to a con clusion which commanded general ac ceptance as permanently assuring the best interests of the whole American press. The Associated press met its enlarged responsibility with a member ship of 681, a yearly income of about $1,700,000, a leased wire system of 23, 234 miles and the daily receipt and de livery at each of the more important offices of over 50,000 words. FIXES HIS BROTHER. Judge Hazen and W. R. Hazen Have a Tilt in Court. XV. R. Hazen who is a brother of Dis trict Judge Z. T. Hazen was fined $50 for contempt of court yesterday by Judge Hazen. A motion was being argued when the opposing attorney, J. G. Slomecker in formed the court that he was unable to secure the deposition of the client of W. R. Hazen. Judge Hazen requested his brother to give the desired information. XV. R. Hazen arose and said such a course was wholly without precedent. That he did not propose to furnish evi dence to the other side. Judge Hazen did not like the tone of the remarks and ordered W. R. Hazen to take his seat. He continued to talk. 'I will fine you $25 for contempt'said Judge Hazen. "You may as well fine me $50 for I propose to- have my say in this matter," retorted the attorney. Judge Hazen accordingly made the fine $50. The trouble finally quieted down without further incident. W. R. Hazen refused afterwards to discuss the matter. He said that he hand nothing to say concerning his ac tion. SCHOOLHOOK CONTRACTS. The Schoolbook Commission Meets Today to Consider Matters. The state school book commission assembled in the office of the state su perintendent today to consider the let ting of contracts for school books un der the provisions of the law, which was held to be constitutional by Judge Z. T. Hazen in the Shawnee county dis trict court Monday. The members of the commission present are as follows: C. McDonald, Osage City; S. I. Hale, La -Crosse; W. J. Hurd, Holton; D. O. McCray, To peka; Senator A. H. Lupfer, Great Bend, and S. M. Neece of Independ ence. J. V. Jewett of Abilene will ar rive this afternoon, S. W. Black of Pittsburg, the remaining member, be ing expected this evening. The commission held a short session this forenoon, adjourning to meet at 2:30 this afternoon. Nothing has been done so far. The commission has not yet decided when it will take up the consideration of bids for furnishing books. MAHDOX'S HO AT FOUND. It was Lying Near the Shore Bottom TJp. At a late hour this afternoon Sheriff Kepley telephoned information to his office in this city that the boat in which Wm. Maddox started to cross the Kan sas river from Silver Lake to Valencia was found about four miles west of To peka this afternoon. The boat was ly ing near the shore, bottom side up. This disproves the theory that the boat was scuttled, and it now seems to be the opinion that Maddox was drowned. RECEIVES LARGE BEQUEST. Catholic University of America Gets a Check for $150,000. Washington, May 19. The Catholic University of America has received a check for $150,000, bequeathed by Pat rick B. O'Brien, who died in New Or leans last October. The gift is design ed to found three professional chairs, to be called the P. B. O'Brien chair of chemistry, John O'Brien chair of phys ics and the Richard M. O'Brien chair of Roman law. The university is seek ing general means for multiplying its buildings, enlarging its faculties and broadening its work, and an appeal to the country for more funds will soon be made. St- Louis Defeats Woman Candidate. St. Louis, May 19. Woman's cause received a shock yesterday when the non-partisan school board ticket was elected by a decisive majority. Miss Belle Norman, who headed the Citizens-Democratic ticket, ran behind the ticket several thousand votes. This was the first election held under the new law. Two Piers Ready for the Arches. The second pier at the new bridge has been finished to the water line and a smooth table of cement laid on it. The pier next south of it is almost comple ted and will be ready for the finishing touches tonight. The work of building the form for the arches has been begun, and by another week the work at the river will begin to show more signs of development. FROM THE DEAD. Message Found After 14 l'ears Imbedded in the Sand From the Lost Steamer Manis tee, on Lake Michigan. SEVER WAS HEARD OF. The Manistee Went Down "With 40 People Ahoard. Now a Bottle Worn Thin by Waves is Found. Bayfield, "Wis., May- 19. Five miles south of this harbor, half imbedded in the sand on the beach, James Taggart, a lumberman, discovered the first mes sage from the 40 persons who perished in the wreck of the steamer Manistee, nearly 14 years ago. It was a note carefully enclosed In a heavy glass bottle. The writing had faded with the lapse of years, and the glass of the bottle was worn thin with its constant beating against the sandy shores of the Chequamagon Bay. The message on the note was as follows: "Nov., 1SS3. Left Bayfield at 10:10 p. m. Just in sight of Michigan light house. We may not survive the storm. Heavily laden and hard to turn in the storm. Captain McKay, Steamer Man istee." The writing had faded so as to be al most illegible. There is a general im pression in this town that the message is genuine. The action of the sand and waves on the bottle shows that it has been tossed around the beach for a long time. The faded writing also proves conclusively that the note was not written a few weeks or months ago for the purpose of a hoax. The Manistee was a wooden steamer and was owned by the Lake Michigan and Lake Superior line, and traded be tween Chicago and Duluth. On the night she went down she was on the way from Bayfield to Ontonagon, on her trip to Chicago. It was to have been the last trip of the season, and it was late in November. A north gale set in shortly after the steamer left port and the weather was bitterly cold, the thermometer registering near the zero mark. The fate of the Manistee was never known. The steamer City of Duluth of the same line left Bayfield just ahead of the lost ship, and for a long time that night saw her lights. When last seen she was clear of the group of is lands at the mouth of the bay, known as the Apostles. When the non-appearance of the Manistee made the of ficials of the line anxious, searching ex peditions were fitted out. The only result of this was the finding of some wreckage from the lost boat. Out of the 40 persons on board when she went down, no one was left to tell how the steamer sank nor were any bodies washed ashore. With the exception of floating wreck age nothing was ever found from the steamer until Taggart picked up this bottle. A belief has been general that the machinery of the steamer gave out that night in the gale and the spray had frozen over the falis to the life boats so that it was impossible to lower them to save the crew. This is further strengthened by the fact that the City of Duluth went through the gale all right. The cargo of the Manistee was largely millstuffs and therefore she could not have been over deep in water. MISSED THE HARBOR. The Steamer E. M. Peck Stranded in Hyde Park Reef. Chicago, May 19. The steamer E. M. Peck missed the harbor entrance this morning in the dense smoke which was blown on the lake from the city by the southwest wind, and stranded on Hyde Park reef, five miles south of the har bor. The Peck, it is said, had sighted the light on the breakwater, which had been mistaken for the Grosse Point light, thirteen miles north of the har bor. She was running at good speed, supposing the harbor to be directly ahead, when, without warning, the steamer grounded on the reef. Before she stopped she had run out four and one-half feet forward. Forty men were sent out on the tug Charnly to jettison the coal cargo and began throwing it into the lake as fast as it could be shoveled. BEST IN THE WORLD. Brick Made in Topeka Now Being Shipped to Wichita. Brick made in the vicinity of Topeka are said to be the best in the world. One brick plant has already turned out 1,000,000 brick this year and the works are still running at full blast. A ship ment of 35.000 to Wichita has just been made to be used in paving streets in that city. Topeka vitrified brick are harder than marble and will cut glass quite as well as a diamond. Some recent experiments have been made on cheap curbing of Topeka vit rified brick clay and the prospectors claim to be able to make a curbing that will be just the thing for residence streets. The curbing is eight inches wide and 16 inches long and four inch es thick. City Engineer Barnes pro nounces the new curbing just the thing for residence streets. NO RAIN YET. Conditions are Not Favorable to the Much Wished for Rain. While the weather forecast indicates showers tonight and tomorrow in Kan sas, Weather Observer Jennings says that the conditions for rain in this vi cinity are not favorable. The tempera ture at 2:30 was 83 degrees and the wind was in the southwest. A Big Snapping Turtle. A. H. Johnson, who lives at 711 East Eighth street, captured a snapping tur tle in the Shunganunga yesterday that weighs 15 pounds and is unusually vi cious, but the remarkable thing about the turtle is an inscription carved in the shell. The figures are nearly obliterated, but Mr. Johnson says that "1601" can be made out. Of course Mr. Johnson does not think that the figures indicate the year In which the inscrip tion was made, but he would like to know what they do mean. A VICTIM OF WHISKY. Wealthy Woman Falls Down Stairs and is Killed. Philadelphia, May 19. The body of Mrs. Amanda Hollingsworth, aged 60 years, was found late last night lying at the foot of a stairway in the house of her son, at whose house she had made her home. Mrs. Hollingsworth had been miss ing since last Friday. The stairway where the body was found leads from a back room of the house to the second story. There is a door at the foot of the stairs which was always kept closed and the stairs were seldom used. The wo man was quite wealthy but would yield to a desire for strong drink, The theory of the police as well as that of the family is that the woman fell down the stairs and was injured so bad ly that she remained unconscious, or helpless uptil death ensued. The odor from the remains led to the discovery of the dead woman last night. For four days the family had eaten their meals within a few feet of where the body had been lying. BICYCLES NOT BAGGAGE. At Least a Missouri Court Says They Are Not. St. Louis, May 19. In the case of J. II. Bettis vs the Missouri Pacific railway, the court of appeals today handed down a decision to the effect that bicycles are not baggage and that railroads in the state of Missouri do not have to carry them free of charge. Mr. Bettis bought a first-class ticket from Webster to St. Louis and presented his bicycle to the baggage agent to have it checked to St. Louis as ordinary bag gage. He was refused by the railroad agent and took the matter into the courts to make a test case of it. In April, 1S96, Judge Russell decided against the railway company in favor of the bicycle. The road appealed to the court of appeals and the decision was rendered as stated. THOSE YANKEE BANKS They Seem to Never Get Through Shutting Up. Laconia, N. H., May 19. The Belk nap Savings bank closed Its doors to day. About $1,000,000 is due depositors. The bank will go into voluntary liqui dation. WHITE FLAG GOES UP. Hostilities Suspended in Greece With a View to an Armistice. Athens, May 19. A dispatch received here from Lamia dated 10 o'clock this morning, announces that the white flag has been hoisted between the armies of Greece and Turkey and that Crown Prince Constantine has been authorized to suspend hostilities with the view of concluding arrangements fo an armistice.- .rt A panic prevails at Lamia, owing to the report that the criminals will be re leased from the jails. The arrival of the troops during the night increased the general feeling of terror. The army of the crown prince has re formed on the Otherys mountains and will be reinforced by General Smolenski's brigade and the troops despatched to the front from Athens yesterday. The min ister of the interior, M. Theotokis, has gone to St. Elias. TWO KANSAS GIRLS Oj&n and Operate a Salt Mine in Okla homa. Guthrie, O. T., May 19. Large quan tities of remarkably pure salt are being marketed here and shipped to all parts of the territory from the Crystal Salt Works, west of here, near Okeenee, Blaine county. The salt is manufactured from a spring on the claim of Miss Laura White, formerly of western Kan sas, who with her sister. Miss Charlotte White, operates the salt plant, which turns out about thirty barrels every 24 hours. These two young women made the run into the Cheyenne country, and took claims, and from the profits of their salt industry expect to pay their way through college. The spring from which the water flows Is a large one, and makes the wa ter of a large stream near by strongly saline. WILL YISIT CINCINNATI. New Orleans Officials to Investigate Municipal Economy. New Orleans, May 19. A special com mittee of the city council of New Or leans left this evening for a two weeks' trip to inspect the various departments of municipal economy as exemplified in sewerage, drainage, street cleaning, water supply and electric lighting. The committee is composed of Councilmen Clarke, Lafaye, Sherrouse, Leahy, Hol derith and Commissioner of Public W7orks McGary. The party will proceed direct to Chi cago, thence to Cincinnati, Memphis St. Louis, Indianapolis and Louisville. At First Christian Church. "Why Christ Came Into the World," is what the Rev. D. D. Boyle will ex plain this evening at the First Christian church on Topeka avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets. Prof. Easton con ducts the music in which there are solos and a chorus of 30 voices. Tomorrow evening Rev. D. D. Boyle will tell "Why Christ Died in tne World." These spec ial meetings have been in progress since the dedication of the church edifice May 9th. The Third Now Open. The Pennsylvania system's new Twenty-third street entrance to New York is now open. Two fine netv ferry boats, double-deckers and conducted especially for the Twenty-third street line, are in daily service. The new en trance gives the Vandalia-Penn3yl-vania Short Lines three points in the heart of New York at which passen gers over this rout may reach that city, viz: Cortlandt street, Desbrosses street and Twenty-third street. For further information apply to W. F. Brunner, Assisstant General Passenger Agent, St. Louis, Mo. Tonight, "Just Like You," Rev. Megg's lecture at the R. R. Y. M. C. A. (Fourth and Adams); only 10 cents. Go. DE LOMEUKES IT The Spanish Minister Overflows With Delight At the Mildness of President McKinley's Message. MUST HAVE EXPECTED Redhot Skyrockets and Gatling Gun Shots. Can't Say Too Much For Presi dent McKinley. Washington, May 19. In an authoriz ed interview the Spanish minister, Du puy De Lome, broke his diplomatic si lence and said: "I am going at once to call upon the president and express my gratitude for his splendid action and kindly consider ation shown me in the wording of his message. Notwithstanding the activi ty of the papers that are hostile anil unjust, our cause has again triumphed. We are stronger today with President McKinley and Secretary Sherman than, we ever were with the Cleveland ad- ministration. "This message of McKinley could not be couched in more kindly terms and he deserves the warmest thanks of Spain. It looked for a time as if very delicate and dangerous grounds spread before us, but the calm judgment of the president and secretary of state have guided us carefully through the crisis. For many a week we were overwhelm ed by the rush of jingo, yet when the sensible Americans came to the admin istration and explained that American money and property were at stake in this Cuban issue, the United States again took the old ground of amity and cordiality to Spain. "Spain has no objection whatever to the United States helping her own citizens now residing in Cuba and al leged to be In distress. The way that the charity is distributed is entirely the affair of the United States and that of Spain. "This government specially states! that only Americans are to be relieved, therefore, no authority is asked to feed the subjects of the king of Spain. If Americans have suffered through ex igencies of war it is their misfortune to be in Cuba at this particular time. Spain does not care if the United States main tains her citizens in luxury so long a3 she distributes her bounty through the consular agents and only In the towns." CRIPPLE CREEK FAILURE. The Miners' State Bank Makes an As signment Cripple Creek, Col., May 19. The door3 ef the Miners' State bank of this city were closed today and the following no tice was posted "This bank is 1 11 tl possession of Harry H. Clark, assig-nei under a peneral assignment for the bene fit of creditors." Assignee Clark says he is informed that all creditors will be paid in full. The bank is owned by E. R. Jacob!, who came here from Duluth, Minn. It was started last summer just after tha fire which destroyed the greater part of the city. The capital stock is $.J0,O00. The deposits are not large, but thd amount is not stated. There is no alarm among- the depositors. A few days ago Mr. Jacobi discharged his cashier, P. Lm Street, who had become involved in a suit over a mining stock deal, and as sumed entire charge of the bank him self. Mr. Jacobi is said to own much property in the east. TODAY'S APPOINTMENTS. Postmaster? at Garnett and Yates Center are Included. "Washington, May 19. The president sent to the senate the following nomina tions. Justice Joseph Gaines to be attorney off the United States for the district of West "Virginia. Interior Myron H. McCord to be gov ernor of Arizona; Charles II. Akers, sec retary of Arizona territory; Arthur P. Greely of New Hampshire, now an ex aminer in chief in the patent office, to be assistant commissioner of patents: Thomas G. Steward of Illinois, now a. principal examiner in the patent office, to be examiner in chief in the patent office. Postmasters Kansas: Joe Carey, Gar nett; Wm. E. Hogueland, Yates Center. LUETUEUTS A BAD LOT. The Supposed Wife Murderer at Chi cago Has Tough Antecedents. Chicago, May 19. The police now feel certain that Mrs. Luetgert met her death in the little sleeping room ad joining the office of Luetgert's sausaga factory. Under a vat adjoining the one in which the gold ring was found, a large piece of wrapping paper, clotted with, blood, was discovered, as well as sev eral particles of bone and flesh. The most startling find, however, was a bunch of light brown hair, which it is claimed is like that of Mrs. Luetgert. Upon the door leading to the catch bas in in the basement of the factory was found the imprint of a bloody hand which appears to be fresh. The history of Luetgert, as told by an old German, who says he has known the prisoner's family for many years, is notable. Luetgert's grandfather, it is said, was decapitated many years ago in Guetersloh, Germany, on tne charge of robbery and murder. The prisoner's father is still living in Guetersloh with his daughter-in-law as his common law wife. Shortly before Adolph Luetgert was born, it is said his father and mother were under indictment for coun terfeiting. The mother ran away and went to Holland, and it was in that country that the man now charged with murdering his wife, was born. Spanish Policy Declared Dangerous Madrid. May 19. Ex-Premier Sagas ta, the liberal leader, at a meeting last evening made a violent attack upon the government. He declared that the time granted by the liberals was ended, that the policy of the government was dan gerous and that it must be vigorously opposed.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1897. HOAR GETS MAD. He is Goaded to Anger by Mason of Illinois, And Makes a Hot Speech in Reply. ALL BRASS BAND TALK Is the Way He Characterizes Cuban Oratory. Declares He is Sick and Dis gusted With It. Washington, May 19. The speech of Mr. Mason of Illinois in the senate yes terday on the Morgan Cuban resolution was replied to by Mr. Hoar of Mas-, Eachusetts. He referred to the speech which had preceded as "exuberant oratory" and eaid sarcastically that, notwithstanding-, the power of international law would prevail. The only effect of rec ognition would be to give Spain the light to search our ships at sea and then take away from American citizens In Cuba all hope of recompense for in jury done them. He alluded sarcas tically to Mr. Mason's "innocent and youthful ardor." Thereupon Mr. Mason asked him: 'Will the gentleman yield for a ques tion?" "Six of them," replied Mr. Hoar -seemingly in an angry mood. "Are you willing to have a vote on this question?" Mr. Mason queried. "I expect to have one," was the re ply. "Will you help to get one?" Mr. Ma Eon persisted. "I expect to help get a more intel ligent one than some of the senators seem to want," Mr. Hoar replied. Then he proceeded to express sur prise that "all this great brass band of talk about outrages on women and children practiced at our doors" should le followed by this "squeaking morsel pf a resolution." Parodying the opposition, Mr. Hoar exclaimed: "Whereas, our ancestors Joved liberty, and, whereas, we are the greatest nation on earth," and similar whereases, and remarked parentheti cally: "When we are the greatest na tion we will stop talking about it. No great nation brags of it." He continued: "Whereas, we are not afraid of any nation on earth, we will say to Mr. Spain: 'We are not afraid of you, and if you molest the property of our citizens we will ask damages for it.' Mr. Hoar said with some feeling that lie supposed he was one of the "bar nacles" to whom Mr. Mason had re ferred, and spoke of the reckless intro duction of resolutions based on idle re ports. "I am sick of this kind of action in the United States senate," declared Mr. Hoar. "I think it is disgraceful. The senator (Mason) wants to put down a war with Spain, and he would put it down with a mosquito a mosquito of much buzz and very little sting." "A New Jersey mosquito?" queried Mr. Mason, amid laughter. Mr. Hoar closed with the somewhat contemptuous remark that he believed little could be accomplished for Cuba "by speeches for buncombe or for Chi cago, to be followed by no practical or sensible action." Mr. Oallinger of New Hampshire ex pressed surprise that senators should Tae accused of speaking for the applause of the galleries and of furnishing bun combe for constituents. These senators had sought for months to secure con sideration of a Cuban resolution, but had been cut off by filibustering meth ods. Mr. Hale earnestly protested against this reference to filibustering. He gave in detail the time consumed by the ad vocates and opponents of the pending resolution, showing that most of the speeches had come from those favor able to the resolution. "In view of this," proceeded Mr. Hale, 'it is the heighth cf audacity." Mr. Gallinger, who still held the floor, declined to yield further. "Then I withdraw the 'impudence,' proceeded Mr. Hale. "It was at least a sort of colossal cheek." Mr. Gallinger peremptorily declined to yield further. He criticised the course of senators who accused their associates of audacity and cheek when ever they had anything to say in behalf of Cuba. Later Mr. Hale stated that there would be no unnecessary delay in the resolution. After fair discussion it would be voted on. He was as anx ious as any one. he said, to see the res olution out of the way. Mr. Hawley of Connecticut spoke hriefly, and in the course of his re marks a question arose as to the neu trality laws. Mr. Hoar endeavored to elucidate, whereupon Mr. Mason made a jocular remark in a stage whisper which started several senators laughing. Turning to Mr. Mason, Mr. Hoar said: "If this is to be a circus, of course I will go down." "If the senator from Masachusetts understands he is a circus, he does not understand it from me," retorted Mr. Mason. Mr. Burrows of Michigan then se cured the floor, but as it was 4:15 p. m. he yielded for an executive session. DR. EDW. E. HALE Tolls of a Positive Specific for Nerv ous Diseases Edward Everett Hale, D. D. L. L. D., the celebrated New England preacher, Author and Philanthropist, writes: 'I am assured by a careful Inquiry among leading physicians and personal friends who have used it and in whom I have the utmost confidence, that Dr. Charcot's Kola Nervine Tablets are in valuable in insomnia and all nervous diseases." Fifty cents and $1.00 per box. .Write for testimonials of cures. Eureka Chem ical Mfg. Co., La Crosse, wi CAPITOL ROOF FAULTY. Heavy Haiti Leaks Through, and Spoils Valuable Pictures. Washington, May 19. The heavy rain storm yesterday forcibly demon strated that the roof of the capitot is sorely in need of repair. There were leaks in half a dozen places. In the rotunda two of the frescoes the landing of Columbus and the burial of De Soto in the Mississippi were damaged by a stream of dirty water, and several of the historic paintings were threatened, the water dripping from the roof through a crevice dan gerously near them. In the house there was a leak almost directly over the speaker's chair. Mr. Reed's attention was directed to the leakage before he called the house to order, and gave or ders to have it stopped if possible, but the water continued to drip until the house adjourned. Another leak start ed on the west side of the house wing, almost directly over the fresco, cover ing some 25 square feet of wall, entitled "Westward the Course of the Empire Takes Its Way."' The water literally flooded the floor within a few feet of this strikingly beautiful work of art, and an attendant was stationed there to mop it up as it fell to avoid any dan ger of damaging the painting. The leakage through the roof is caused no doubt from decay. GREENBACKS HOARDED. Probable Gold Export This Week Will Reach. $6,000,000. Washington, May 19. The hoarding of greenbacks continues. Treasury ad vices from the New York sub-treasury place the probable gold export move ment for this week at $5,000,000 to J6, 000,000. The gold reserve has been re duced by the export movement, which began April 27, to $145,400,000. With gold at a slight premium in London, no immediate prospects of a cessation of gold exports is looked for here for several weeks to come. The Bank of England, which has been fur nishing gold to Japan and Austria for several months, is now recouping its gold holdings from the United States, and is expected to continue to do so until its reserve is built up to the point it attained before Japan and Austria began to draw out gold. "The United States holds the only free gold in the world," said a treas ury official today, "and our system per mits its easy and cheap withdrawal." The withdrawal of gold enables Sec retary Gage to hoard greenbacks and treasury notes and thus contract the currency. Since March 1 the treasury notes and grenbacks retained in the treasury have been increased from $41,500,000 to $71,000,000. The last gold exported was bar gold, upon which the government charges one-tenth of one cent premium. This premium will probably be increased this week to one-eighth of one cent, as the treasury considers bar gold as its most desirable form. It has, too, only $27, 000,000 of gold in bars, while its coined gold amounts to $156,000,000, against which there are $37,400,000 gold certifi cates outstanding. COFFINS WASHED OUT. An Iowa Cemetery Being Swallowed by the Waters of the Big Muddy. Sioux City, la.. May 19. Since the Missouri river began falling after the rise of a few weeks ago it has been cutting banks badly on both sides be tween Bismarck and Onawa, some dis tance south of Sioux City. Many land owners on its shores lost their entire farms. Scarcely anyone within a rea sonable distance of the current escaped entirely. Recently the stream grew weary of this form of amusement and in the search for novelty began opera tions near Sloan, this (Woodbury) county, by cutting across a bend at the point in question. Directly in its path is a graveyard 25 or 30 years old. Before anyone knew what was happening the coffins were tumbling into the muddy current at the rate of four or five a day. As head way was gained the number constantly increased and had steps not been taken to remove the bodies all would within a week have started gulfward. Since then the bodies have been hurried back from the bank as rapidly as possible. Indications are that the cemetery will soon be swept entirely away. FREE BATHS IN BOSTON. The Most Elaborate Pavilion on the Atlantic Coast to Be Built at Revere Beach. Boston, May 19 The latest undertak ing of the Metropolitan park commis sioners is the building of a bathing pa vilion at Revere beach, within easy reach of the city limits. It will have accommodations for 1,000 bathers. They have designed the most elaborate and complete bathhouse on the Atlantic coast. The landscape engineering in the vicinity of the bathing pavilion is the work of the late Charles Eliot, son of President Eliot of Harvard college. Every one of the 1,000 bathers will have the benefit of privacy and will reach the beach by means of a subway. The building will have every modern convenience, such as toilet rooms, re tiring rooms, a large room for the dis tribution of bathing suits. electric lights and a room for the storing of valuables. A big laundry will be capable of wash ing and drying 400 suits an hour. Only a nominal fee will be charged for the use of the bathing suits, which -will be the only expense connected with the pavilion. GUN FROM KEARSARGE. Memorial to Be Made of it to the Civil War Soldiers in Stamford, Conn. Stamford, Conn., May 19. For many years the old soldiers and their friends have endeavored to secure a soldiers' monument for Stamford. It is about the only town in the state without some public recognition of their services to their country in the shape of a permanent memorial. The members of Union Post, G. A. R., having made up their minds that they would have a monument here, enlisted the services of Congressman Hill and through him have secured an order for a cannon that will form a soldiers' me morial. It did service on the famous man-of-war Kearsarge, having been used in the important naval battles with the Ala bama. The gun is 13 feet 4 inches long and of 11 inch bore. It was brought from the Brooklyn navy yard, and 450 11 inch shells were sent with it. A base will be erected for the cannon and the shells will be used for ornamental pur poses. 0 The Westfleld (Ind.) News prints the following in regard to an old resident of that place: "Frank McAvoy, for many years in the employ of the L., N. A. C. Ry. here, says: 'I have used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy for ten years or longer am never without it in my family. I consider it the best remedy of the kind manufactured. I take pleasure in rec ommending it.' It is a specific for all bowel disorders. For sale by druggists. COLORADO'S PAIR SOLDIERS. IHB LEGISLATURE OF THAT STATE HAS PASSED A LAW PERMITTING WOMEN TO ENTER THE NATIONAL GUARD. LONDON OIL SCARE. An Official of the Standard Trust Makes a Statement. London, May 19. The following state ment was made today by an official of the Standard Oil trust in relation to the charge of a London paper on the Im purity of their oil: "Of the sensational stories published in an English newspaper, reporting ex plosions of our oil and attendant disas ters, it is to be noted that the Pure Oil company, of Pennsylvania, is pushing the sale of its product in the British Isles. "We are selling there what is known as Lima oil. It comes from the fields of Ohio and Indiana. In its crude state it is not as high grade a petroleum as that which flows from our wells and other wells in Pennsylvania. "However, after being refined by a process somewhat different than that used in refining Pennsylvania petrol eum, it is just exactly as good and safe an oil as the Pennsylvania. Its results in every way are as satisfactory. On account of the difference in grade in the crude states, there is a general impres sion that the Pennsylvania oil is better than the Lima oil. "Now as to the 'explosins. Experts know from exhaustive tests that ex plosion through the use of any oil can occur only at a certain moment. That moment is when the vapor from oil and the air mixed with it bear a certain fix ed proportion to each other. The mix ture in the lamp above the oil does not explode unless this particular combina tion exists, and it is very seldom effect ed. The best lamp is apt to explode sometimes, whether Pennsylvania or Lima oil is used, but the chances are very, very small. "We have agents all over England, and every explosion of our oil is in vestigated by them. We have received reports from them that there has been no increase in casualties in England. Americans can take this sentence and the first and then decide for themselves what the trouble is. It is not explo sions." DEPEW'S BOGUS NEPHEW Plays a Nervy Swindle on a German Wine Grower. New York, May 19. Chauncey M. De pew was in his private office in the Grand Central depot a few days ago when his messenger handed him a let ter addressed to the railroad president. "There is a gentleman outside," said the messenger. "He wants to present this letter." Mr. Depew played with his eyeglasses and opened the letter. It read as fol lows: "Wiesbaden, Germany. "My Dear Uncle Chauncey: I have met a gentleman from Kreuznach, in Germany, who is coming over to the states. His name is Ferdinand Macher and he is a friend of mine. I want you to get some one to show him the New York Central road and give him a free pass over the line. The gentleman does not understand much English and it would be best to send a German with him. Yours with love, etc. "MADISON." Mr. Depew smiled. Then he looked at the card of the man who had brought the letter. It read: "Ferdinand Macher Weingutsbesitzer, Kreuznach, Rhein land." Of course the writer of the letter was not Mr. Depew's nephew. Herr Mach er is a big wine grower in Germany. He arrived in this city three weeks ago. It was while he was in Wiesbaden that he met a young man who said he was "L. Madison Heymen, of Cincinnati," and who, of course, borrowed money from him. SIX ACRES ONLY Of Tobacco May Each Farmer Raise, Declare the Raiders. Winchester, Ky., May 39. Columbus Thomas, a prominent farmer of the eastern portion of the county and a large tobacco grower, found a notice posted on one of his barns warning him that if he raised more than six acres of tobacco this year his barns would be blown up by dynamite. Fol lowing is a verbatim copy of the no tice: "To Tobacco Raisers of Clark: We are around arranging tne present to bacco. We do say you are not to put in But six achres of tobacco, if you do your barn will be dinamited. We are late starting around, but this rs a warning for Clar Co." No names were signed to the notice. A number of other farmers in the same section received similar notices and there is much excitement among them. GREATLY REDUCED RATES To San Francisco via the Rock Island sold June 29 to July 3 In clusive, $22.50 one way, $45.00 round trip stop-over given. The use of Hall's Hair Renewer pro mates the growth of the hair, and re stores its natural color and beauty, frees the scalp of dandruff, tetter, and all im purities. Liver complaints cured by BEECH AM' S PILLS. Subscribe for The State Journal. RED INSTEAD OF WHITE. Colored People ofNorcoss, Ga., Test a Nostrum With Evil Results. Norcross, Ga.. May 19. A number of colored people in this vicinity have just placed a unique grievance into the hands of the state authorities. Some time ago there was advertised here and elsewhere throughout the state by a corporation doing business in a northern city a lotion that was guar anteed to make colored people actually white. The first one to invest in the lotion was a very black young woman, who is the wife of Alfred Bolton, a negro who operates a creamery near Nor cross. She secured a quantity of the stuff, and, following the prescription on the bottle, rubbed it vigorously into her skin. The operation caused intense suffering because the lotion was as hot as cayenne pepper, but the woman per severed, and in time her skin changed color as the advertisement said it would but it turned red instead of white. Ug ly scarlet spots appeared on her face and body and her hair came out. She appealed at last to Dr. Richardson, a well known white physician, who found unmistakable evidences of poisoning. The woman is now critically ill, and if she gets well will be disfigured for life. Her case sounded an alarm among the negroes and nearly a score of others suffering from the same complaint have gone to physicians for treatment. The firm which supplies the lotion will be prosecuted. BEETLES FOR CLOCK HANDS Attraction in a Chicago Window That Draws. Chicago, May 19.A crowd of curious sightseers stood in front of Ailegret ti's confectionery in the Palmer house block yesterday and gazed intently on a big clock in the window. It was not an ordinary clock, for the hands which indicate the time were missing. Two green beetles on the dial were the cen ter of attraction. "Oh, mamma, see 'em move," cried a boy who could not suppress his aston ishment. The mother looked, the beetles were moving. They were not alive,, how ever, but made of metal and moved by electricity. The clock keeps correct time and the moving beetles have caused thousands of shoppers to stand before the win dow, where the clock is located. FOR ONE DA 1' ONLY This Blind Man Was Given the Sight He Prayed For. Anderson, Ind., May 19. Isaac Black, a farmer living south of this city who has been blind for years, has just pass ed through an experience which is at tracting the attention of local medical men and surgeons. The first of the past week his eye sockets and sightless orbs began to get sore. Tuesday morning he opened his eyes to find that sight had fully re turned. The joy almost overcame him. He had prayed for years to be able to see his family and the surroundings of his home, and it seemed as though his prayers were answered. But gradual ly the next day the sight left him, and again he is in total darkness. Oculists can give him but little or no hope of seeing again. BOUGHT FOR A RETREAT. Sisters of Charity Secure a Site at San Antonio, Texas, for $200,000. San Antonio, Tex., May 19. The Sis ters of Charity of the Incarnate Word have purchased the beautiful suburban residence and grounds of Col. Geo. W. Brackenridge, a banker of this city. The land embraces 250 acres, and the purchase price was about $200,000. The place will be converted into a retreat for members of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word and sev eral hundred thousand dollars will be expended in improvements. GEO. F. TRAIN'S CLAIM. He Once Purchased 500 Acres In What is Now Omaha. Omaha, Neb., May 19. In 1865 George Francis Train purchased from the Kountze brothers and E. Rogers a tract of 500 acres of land lying in the eastern part of the city. Ex-Mayor Bemis. who is a relative of Mr. Train and was intimately associat ed with him during the entire time cov ered by the transactions about to be brought into question, says that the purchase price of this land was about $100,000. At the time of the purchase Mr. Train paid $38,000 in cash and gave a mortgage as security for the balance. The next move in connection with this land, so far as the present situation is concerned, was in 1S73, when the land was sold under foreclosure proceed ings. When Baby was sick, we gam her Castoria. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Hiss, she clang to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castoria. SCARED HIM. The Czar of Russia Told the Saltan of Turkey That if He Did Not Agree to an Armistice THE RUSSIAN ARMIES Would March Upon Constanti nople at Once. This Quickly Brought the Sick Man to Terms. Constantinople, May 19. It transpires that the czar made a direct appeal to the sultan to order his troops to cease hostilities and arrange an armistice.and this, coupled with the fact that most serious results would have ensued if Turkey had persisted in her defiant at titude, brought about the present state of affairs. Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish minister of foreign affairs, called upon the dean of the diplomatic corps. Baron Von Calice, this morning to deliver the sul tan's decision to arrange an armistice. It is now believed that terms of peace will be negotiated directly between Turkey and Greece. The sultan has ordered two hospitals of 300 and 100 beds respectively to be erected near the "Yildis Kiosk in order to allow him to visit the Turkish sol diers who have been wounded in the campaign against the Greeks. London, May 19. The harmony of the press on the subject of European peace is remarkable The Times, Novoe Vremya, the Temps, the North German Gazette and the Fremndenblatt are as one in the vig orous denunciation of Turkish preten sions. Now that the last obstacle to a speedy armistice is removed by Germany, which temporarily blocked the negotia tions, she having instructed her am bassador at Constantinople, Baron Von Saurma-Jaltsch, to join the other am bassadors in pressing upon the porte the necessity of agreeing upon an arm istice, it can be taken for granted that with the innumerable forms of coercion ready to the hands of the powers, the sultan will yield to the inevitable with in a day or two, especially as the cap ture of the Greek positions at Domokos will go far to satisfy the Turkish war party. An order telegraphed to Edhem Pasha to cease hostilities probably in dicates that the Turkish government is about to accede to the demands of the powers. It is further stated that the porte is now disposed to enter into negotiation to bring about permanent peace with Greece upon terms less onerous than those which have been heretofore de manded. There is no confirmation here of the report of disturbances at Ath ens, though no doubt there are grounds to fear a popular manifestation. Athens, May 19. Orders have been sent to the Greek commanders in Epi rus to cease fighting in view of the ar mistice. Athens, May 19. Dispatches from Arta say that the Greeks have retired from there in good order. A telegram received from Lamia reports that a panic prevails there and that many of the inhabitants are leaving. HOUSE FULL OF BLOOD. Horrible Murder of an Entire Family Near Helena, Mont. Denver, Col., May 19. A report was published in an evening paper here to day to the effect that Wm. H. Hamil ton, a contractor; his wife, Catherine Hamilton; his son, Lee Hamilton, aged 19, and his daughter, Elizabeth Hagus Hamilton, aged 18, who lived in, Den ver until recently, were murdered in a small village near Helena, Mont., three weeks ago, and the crime suppressed in order to enable the Montana authori ties to trace the murderers. Mr. Hamilton, who had lived in Den ver 20 years, disposed of his property here last February and left with his family, going first to Oregon and later to Montana. Near Helena, it is said, he engaged in brick making. Accord ing to the report which has reached friends of the family in this city, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton were found dead in bed with their throats cut. Miss Ham ilton was also dead in bed with her throat cut and many bruises on her body. It is stated that appearances indicated that an attempt had been made to outrage her and that she was killed, after a struggle, before her as sailants had accomplished their pur pose. Mr. Hamilton had apparently made a desperate fight. His body lay on the floor and was literally covered with wounds. All the fingers of his right hand except the forefinger were severed, showing that he had .rasped the razor or knife. His throat was also cut. Footprints near the house showed that two men were concerned in the murders. The house had been ransacked and it is believed that the murderers secured about $500. $10,000 JOB Y AC ANT And the American Church Missionary Society Can't Dispose of It New York, May 19. Miss Louisa Dean of this city gave thirty years ago $10,000 to endow a professorship in the theological department of Griswold col lege at Davenport, la. The chair was to be called "The Anthon Professorship of Systematic Divinity," after Miss Dean's friend, the Rev. Edward Anthon of this city. It was provided that the money should be held by the executive com mittee of the American Church Mis sionary society to invest, and the soci ety should have the right to name the person to fill the chair. The trust was accepted in June, 1SG5. The Rev. Wil liam Stevens Perry, the bishop of Iowa, was called to the professorship in Jan uary. 1877. The income of the fund was paid to him until January, 1896, when Griswold college dispensed with its theological department, and it had no further need of a professor of theol ogy. Justice Smyth granted an order yes terday for the services of summonses upon the college and Bishop Perry by publication so that they may aid in the solution of the problem. Railroad Disaster in Cuba. Havana, Mty 19. A serious accident has occurred near Vega Alta, Province of Santa Clara. A freight train con sisting of 28 cars, while on its way to wards Placetas, lost four cars, unknown to the engineer. The loosened cars ran down a hill and near a curve collided with a passenger train. The boiler of the locomotive drawing the pasesnger train exploded and the cars caught fire. The engineer, a gendarme and five pas sengers were killed and 27 passengers injured. HATS OFF IN CHURCH. How a Chicago Pastor Worked a Church Reform. Chicago, May 19 The Rev. R. F. Johon not, pastor of Unity church. Oak Park, has found a plan to abolish high hats in church, the success of which Sunday In the minister's congregation may give him just ground for believing ministerial tact superior even to the aldermanic sagacity of a Plotke. The uncovered heads of women in Uni ty church Sunday morning were num erous enough to suggest the prospect of ushers coming down the aisles "between acts" to hand women with their hats on little cards citing the sections and para graphs of a certain city ordinance com manding the removal of feminine head gear. No Plotke ordinance, or even any of the 39 articles, controls the actions of those who worship at Unity. But when the wo men of the congregation entered the place Sunday morning more than half of them removed their hats or bonnets. There were three young women who sat near the front row adorned with pyramids of flowers and feathers who looked straight ahead and pretended not to see the hats going off all around them. They had made up their minds that they wouldn't take theirs off and they didn't. And there were others of the same frame of mind, but with the most modified and subdued fashions of headgear. The majority, however, uncovered their heads upon entering the church and sat through the services with their millinery in their laps. The Rev. R. F. Johonnot is not in sym pathy with the idea that eTerything con nected with a playhouse is an abomina tion. He even believes that if a thing is a good thing it makes it none the worse that it originated in the temple of Thespia. In accordance with the pastor's belief when he entered his church a few weeks ago, during an evening illustrated lecture and saw several women in the audience had taken off their hats as though from force of habit, the idea came to him in a flash that this custom might be estab lished in the churches, to the mutual ad vantage of preachers and their parishion ers. How to get about instituting the reform was the next question. The pastor did not want to speak of the matter from the pulpit. He had, however, another means of communicating with his flock. As the publisher of a newspaper he might be able to accomplish something for reform that he could not even under take as a preacher. He Is the publisher of a weekly leaflet that is mailed every Friday to all of the members of the church, called the Unity Church News. The next copy of this pa per contained a leading editorial entitled "Ladies' Hats in Church." The editorial contained this paragraph: "Now that the custom for which ladies as well as gentlemen, who like to see the stage must be grateful of ladles removing their hats at a theater, is beginning to be established, why should not this reform be carried Into the church? Must the 'children of darkness,' to use the scrip tural phrase, always be wiser than the 'children of light?" People like to see the choir and minister in the church, as well as the actors on the stage." The next Sunday a few women. Includ ing the members of the choir, removed their hats, a.d the next issue of the pa per had an editorial headed, "Will the Leaven Work?" commenting on the fact and giving the pastor's views on the subject of the proposed reform in full. A week ago Sunday Mrs. Johonnot, the pastor's wife, on entering the church, asked her husband, in the presence of several women, if he wanted her to take her hat off. He replied he did not intend to urge anyone to follow his suggestion. He had given publicity to his idea and if the people thought it a good one they might act upon the suggestion. He want ed the scheme to stand or fall on its mer its. Mrs. Johonnot removed her hat. This exemplifies Mr. Johonnot's method of dealing with the question, and the pro blem has been dealt with by the women of the church after their own fashion. Every woman seen Sunday indorsed the plan. Mrs. J. T. Johnson, a leading membei of the choir, said: "I hardly think the plan will be universally adoted, as in the minds of some there are objections to it. Some of the women say they cannot put their hats on without a mirror. It's the old question, you know, 'Is my hat on straight?' But to me the plan seems a good one. Just from the point of com. fort." Another young woman who did not want to be quoted, said she took her hat off, and should continue to do so, merely out of consideration of those behind her. Mrs. J. E. Wilkie approves the plan and said she never was as comfortable in church as since she began removing her hat. A church might as well have a check room for hats and wraps as for bicycles, and a mirror could easily be placed in the dressing room where it would be conenlent for all. "Demonthenes, you know." said Mr. Jo honnot yesterday, "declared action was the greatest part of oratory. I agree with him, and while I am not an actor I want to be seen when I am speaking and bellve I can speak more effectively. I believe the plan will meet with general approval as it seems to in my church." TRUE DEMOCRATS Demanded as Candidates By New York Clubs. New York, May 19. The Progressive Democratic league, an organization rep resenting many silver Bryan and Sewall clubs. Populists clubs and labor organi zations yesterday adopted resolutions in forming Tammany hall that it would support no candidates for office in the coming election who were not true to Democratic principles as laid down in the Chicago platform. In the course of the debate Amos J Cumming's name was mentioned as a suitable candidate for mayor of Greater New York, and the chairman was forced to exert all his strength to stop the ap plause. 'It is the Best on Earth." That is what Edwards Parker, merchants o2 Pla'ns, Ga., oay of Cham berlain's Pain Btlm, for rheumatism, lame back, deep seated and muscular pains. Sold by druggists. Shirts, collars and cuffs laundered to look like new by Peerless "Steam Laundry, 112 and 114 West 8th St. Ottawa Chatauqua Assembly, June 11 to 25. One fare via Santa Fe. Abominable Catarrh. It is not reasonable to expect to b cured of any disease, no matter how constant and persevering1 the treat ment, when that treatment is alto gether misdirected, and can not possi bly reach the trouble. This explains why those afflicted with catarrh meet with so much dis couragement. Though they faithfully take the usual treatment consisting: of sprays, washes, etc., and pass throug-h the summer without much discomfort, as soon as cold weather returns, they find themselves more firmly in the grip of the disease than ever. Such results could hardly be expected if the proper treatment had been given. Any one who has had experience with catarrh will readily admit that it is one of the most obstinate of diseases; it is easy to see, therefore, that it is deep-seated, and that no remedy which merely reaches the surface can have the slightest effect upon it. The only known cure for catarrh is a real blood remedy, one which frets at the seat of the disease the cause of the trouble and forces it from the system. Such a remedy i S. S. S. (Swift's Specific). Mr. H. P. Cook. Mr. H. P. Cook, of 32 Walker street, Atlanta, Ga., suffered intensely from catarrh. He says "I at first thought I had only a bad cold, and didn't give much atten tion to the obstructions in my nose and throat. This soon became notice able, and beg-an to so inconvenience me, that I applied for treatment and was given the usual local applications of sprays, washes, etc. The immediate effect of the treatment was to relieve me, but only for a short time after ap plication, and I could easily see that the disease was growing worse stead ily, and seemed to grow deeper toward my lungs my nose and throat were constantly choked up, so that I waa all the time hawking and spitting, and to add to it all, the disease became very offensive. I was unable to obtain much sleep, being compelled to get up constantly during the night to clear my throat and keep from choking. "I tried various treatments without relief, as none of the medicines seemed to reach the disease; Finally, some one recommended S. S. S., and before I had finished one bottle, I felt better. I continued the medicine, and it cured me permanently. I truly believe S.S. S. is the only cure for catarrh, the moat abominable of all diseases." S. S. S. is unlike all other blood remedies, because it is more than a mere tonic, and goes directly to the seat of all blood diseases, and cures the most aggravated cases of Cancer, Ca tarrh, Rheumatism, Eczema, Scrofula, Contagious Blood Poison, etc. S. S. S. is the only blood remedy guaranteed Purely Vegetable Books on blood and skin diseases will be mailed free to any address, by Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga, RUSSELL SAGE THE HERO. Lillian Lewis' New Play Will Also In clude Hetty Green. New York, May 19. The enmity ex isting between Russell Sage and Hetty Green has been utilized by Lillian Lew is, whose new play, "The Widow Gold stein," will be produced this week at the Fourteenth Street theater. R. F. Cotton, who takes the part of Cyrus Russell in the play, will make up In exact imitation oC the elebrated phil anthropist, and Jennie Reiffarth, the Widow Goldstein, will be a breathing picture of "the richest woman in the world." Mr. Cotton will carry his rep resentation to the extent of presenting Mr. Sage Just as he is, with all his pe culiarities, his eccentricities of speech, and his appetite for apples. But Miss Reiffarth's study of Mrs. Green ends with the make-up. Of course, a play dealing with Mr. Sage and Mrs. Green must have for its environment Wall street. The keynote of the piece is money. Cyrus Russell is the aged, tremulous villain. Mrs.Hetty Goldstein is the saving angel.who final ly strikes the scheming villain in the re gion of the bank acount for about $14, 000.000 worth and fractures his flinty heart. Miss Laura Burt, who is to play the part of Iza Simpkins, will make up as the Countess Castellane,. There will be nothing but money on the stage and the promoters of the play hope the same will apply to the box office. Glove contest at Crawford Opera House, May 19th. Ten round bout Joe Fiederling, vs. S. L. Roberts. Five round bout, John Macdoulet vs. George Bennett. Four round bout, Tom JIc Manus vs. Frank Lee. Admission to any part of the house 25c. We do mending and sew on buttons free of charge. Peerless Steam Laundry. J. M. KNIGHT. tL'lM Undertaker taraitarc Dealer. open &-J$t--J 5 Day o and rH 1 w.-wj. I g Nlstht V V'-U-r S- the J v-WBttMrri 2 g round ijj g WHY FAY OUTKACFOTJS PRICKS TO other Undertakers that haTe to H bi&h. as Undertaking is their ooiy business. I liars two large furniture stores io connec tioD with my Undertaking business, at sad 714 Uaai Arrant. No. 1 Adult Cloth Casket, trimmed 815. Jfo. 2 Adult Cloth Casket. textile lidle 9 o Fine Couch Casket, trimmed SO.nii Children's White Caskets 2.00 F AmbHla.no Saj or Sfl-t. 406 Ki.VKAS ATE. rU05E OS.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 19. 1897. A KANSASJOOM. CoffeyTille Titrified Brick Co. Reaching Out. Gets a Contract From a Louis iana Town FOR 1,700.000 BRICK. "Won ia Competition (Ker Many Xoted Plants. Brick Stood a Test of SO Tons Pressure to the Inch. C ffeyville. May 19. The Coffeyville j Vi rined Brick company of this city has Just been awarded a contract from ghreveport. Louisiana, for l.TOO.OOO j lr: to be used in paving Texas street j el: J Texas avenue, of that town. j There were brick from Ohio. Illinois, j Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, Mis- f uri, Pennsylvania, Arkansas and Kansas represented in the contest, which was conducted mercilessly and vithout favor or affection, and it seems assured that the best brick won. The lV.it that such standard brick as the -Mack" of Pittsburg-. Diamond of Kan- sas Citv, the Coalville bricks, of Ala bama, competed in the test certainly makes the result as gratifying- to the X-eople of Shreveport as to the Coffey- j vilie company. The Coffeyville brick stood a test of 80 tuns pressure to the square inch. The j uthers crushed at 12 and 15 terns. j The capacity of the plant is being- en- laraed so as to make SM.V.-00 brick every j hjjrs. The working- force will be in- leas- d within a few davs to between j i-j and l'." men. Will Francis will have chars of the-nig-ht force, and will re tr.ove his family to this city at once. Two new drying houses and four new kiln s-eats will be erected. The plant is a big thinar for Coffeyville keeping about 30 extra families. OPEN JOINTS AT SALIJJA. City Council Decides to Continue the License System. a"..na. May 1?. At the last meeting r t:.- city council, htid this week, it as 'iecided to continue the license sys tem ani the joints ore safe. Cn ilman Wilder presented a res c'.u:: n which provided for search and f-:zu:e and confiscation, declared Joints to Le public nuisances, made anyone c.r.r.-ct -d with them guilty, and pro-vid--.: a penalty of a fine of not less than and not more than $100, or im prisonment for not less than ten days i.--r more than thirty days for the first crt'ens-. and for each subsequent of fense a fine of not less than $100 or not more than S3oo. and imprisonment for r.ot less than thirty days. The inten tion of the ordinance was to stop the sale of liquor instead of licensing it. As fo- n as the reading was finished. Mr. Wiider moved that it be considered and passed upon by sections, which motion was seconded by Crawford. Miller moved to refer it to the sanitary com mittee and this was seconded by Hag ler. The mayor entertained Wilder's motion, and pending the vote Miller made a few remarks. He wanted to know if this 'ere council was goin' to take up this foolishness over again. He thought it was enough to make a preacher swear. Every new mayor and council who came in had to mon key with this whisky business and they kept piling up taxes. Mayor Underwood denied Mr. Mil lar's insinuation that every new mayor and council had to take up the matter, and said that he himself knew nothing about the proposed ordinance. The roll was called with the follow ing result: Ayes Quincy, Crawford Wilder; nays Miller, Liii, Hagler and Tiro wn "WALKED TO CLAY CENTES. Candidate for West Point Had a Long Walk for Nothing. The Minneapolis Messenger says: Harry Tucker of this place was an applicant for the West Point cadet- ship. At an examination for the West Point cadetship in the Sixth district about a year ago the candidate walked j from his home to the place where the examination was held. Tne act of the y: jr,s- man caused him to be madequite a hero and gave him considerable no-lori-ty. Tucker tried the scheme of walking to Clay Center, but somehow the com llr.aiion did not work for him and the oth-r fellow from Abilene got the BANK RECEIVER NAKED. John 3..Kinkel Placed in Charge of the Defunct Hutchinson Bank. Hutchinson. May 19. On the petition of the assistant attorney general of Kansas. Oeo. K. Sneliing. which he made to Judge M. P. Simpson last night a receiver for the defunct bank of Hutchinson was appointed. John M. Kinkel of this city was rec ommended by the depositors and was appointed by the coui t. The salary was fixed at not to exceed $123 per month and the bond was named at S50.0"0. It is understood that It is the intention to wind up the af fairs of this bank in short ordr. FROM KANSAS TOWNS. General and Personal News From All Over the State. FKAXKFORT The first anniversa ry of the tornado which struck Prank fort Sunday. May IT. Iv.i6. was observ ed Sunday. May IS. 1497. by dedicating a new church, which was completely c-rnolishe d. The new building, which cost $5,000. is a beautiful structure, modern in every particular. Dr. Quavie conducted the services and in 45 min utes raised $-.000. WICHITA Miss Arrah Julian, a daughter of F. C. Julian, of Hazleton. v. as found dead on her claim s'x miles south of Kiowa yesterday. She had prepared breakfast for her brother.who works for the Santa Fe. then locked the door and apparently laid down and died. "Wealthy Englishman Eaten. San Francisco. May 19. The brigan tir.e Galiiea, which arrived yesterday from Tahiti, brought confirmation of the news that young Lichtenstein. the wealthy Englishman, had been killed by cannibals on the Santa Cruz Islands, ar.d was told by the officers who had received the story from a vessel that touched at Papete. Nothing is known as to the identity of the missionary w ho was killed and eaten at the same time. Mineral Water. Ihe finest in the west. Come and try it. i. W. PHILLIPS. 612 W. Eishlh Ave. LUXURY IN JAIL. How Chapman, the Sugar Broker, Pares in Sis Cell. Washington, May 19. Th cell of E. R. Chapman, the Xew York broker, 8 by ten feet in size, contained a 24 inch iron cot. This bed was too hard for the broker, and he had it removed and put in its place a three-quarter brass bed stead with a hair mattress, feather pil lows, clean sheets and woolen blankets. He carpeted his cell with a large Per sian rug and furnished it with a chif fonier, a mirror, a washstand anh an easy chair. The prisoner protested to the warden that his business correspondence was very heavy and that his cell would not be large enough for an office. The war den accordingly gave him the use of the adjoining cell, and this was also carpeted and furnished with a writing desk, two office chairs and an easy chair, a reading lamp, a nursery refrig erator and a clothes tree. Mr. Chapman declined to have hang ings on the cell walls or curtains over the door, because he did not wish to dissfuise the character of his apartment any more than his absolute necessities required. He will probably not put in a telephone and messenger call, for he will only occupy these apartments 30 days, and it would hardly be worth the trouble. Mr. Chapman had the manager of the Arlington hotel inspect the jail kitchen to see if it was clean enough for the food of a sugar broker, and It was de cided that it was. His solid foods will accordingly be cooked there, but the soups and pastries will be sent each day from the hotel. The prisoner has engaged a waiter from the hotel to bring clean linen and towels daily and to serve his food. The crockery and silverware will also come from the ho tel. Mr. Chapman expensed but one anxiety over his confinement, and that was that it might affect his health. He is a man of athletic and robust consti tution, and a great walker, and the loss of this exercise he fears may affect him. The jail physician suggested that he take quinine night and m .rning. This is the way the rich sugar broker will take his punishment. CHAPMAN'S OFFENSE. He Refused to Name the Senators Who Boodled in Sugar. "Washington, May 19. Xow that Chap man is in jail it is interesting to recall the facts which constitute his offense. In March. 194. the house of represen tatives passed the Wilson tariff bill. It put sugar, both raw and refined, on the free list. When the bill reached the senate on the 20th of March it met the opposition of a strong sugar trust lobby demanding heavy discriminating duties in the interest of that monopoly. The majority in the senate, like that in the house, was committed by its party platforms and otherwise to the principle on which sugar had been placed on the free list. But a group of majority senators deserted their party and supported the demands of the su gar trust with what Mr. Cleveland stig matized in a public document as "per fidy and dishonor." The uncertainty thus created as to the ultimate result made sugar trust slocks fluctuate greatly in price from day to day while the bill was pending. Senators had it in their power to cause the price of the shares to go up and down at will. Some of them seized the opportunity and began speculating in the stocks that were thus dependent upon their own votes. The thing became a great scandal and the senate ordered an investigation by special committee. Chapman was a broker in the firm of Moore Schley, through which some of the senators had done their speculating. He was sum moned before the committee as a wit ness. He admitted that he had "operated" for senators, but refused to say what senators. He "expressly declared that he did not rest his refusal upon the only legal ground of excuse namely: that his answers might incriminate "himself but solely on his determination to "protect his clients." In order that he might have no ex cuse of ignorance the United States statute which makes his refusal a crim inal offense was show n to him. and he read it in the co-mmittee's presence. Then Senator Allen of the committee read it to him again. Thus fullv in structed as to the law he still declined to answer. Then Senator Allen of Ne braska changed the question from a general to a specific one. He ramed each senator separately and asked as to each whether Chapman had bought or sold stocks for him. As to Senator Price, Chapman answered in the nega tive. As to all others he refused to an swer at all. For this obstinate and deliberate and weu-mformed refusal to give informa tion necessary to the purification of the senate and the vindication of its inno cent members against damaging suspic ion. Chapman was tried in the criminal courts, convicted and sentenced to 30 days in jail. This is the offense. Havemever and Searles. who also refused to answer the committee's questions, are to be tried on simiiar charges. TO SOUTH SEA ISLES. Regular Steamships to be Established to Tahiti. Tacoma, Wn.. May 19. A monthly steamship between Tacoma and Papete the chief sea port of Tahiti and a hundred other South Sea islands, has been arranged for by the French gov ernment. The purpose is to provide for the transportation of correspondence, mail matter, passenger and government sup plies between France and her colonies in the South Seas per steamers flying the French flag. The present means of transportation is by sailing vessels from the United States and an English steamship line between New Zealand and Tahiti. H. F. Tyson, consular agent of France for the northwest, today an nounced that Tacoma had been official ly selected as the American terminus of the line. He will receive proposals up to May 27 for the furnishing of such a monthly steamship service, the con tract to include captains and crew. The award will be made July 1 next at the French colonial office at Papete. the contract to cover three years, from October 1. 1S97. to October 1. 1S00. Traf fic arrangements between the new line and the Northern Pacific railway are practically completed. It is expected that two steamers will be employed. Mail and supplies from France will come overland across the United States to Tacoma for transshipment. Handsome But He was Bad. Phoenix. Ariz.. May 19. Fred Lucas, a handsome young man. arrived here last February. He sought the best so ciety and was very active in church work, took expensive quarters at the Ford and invested money in a local telephone enterprise. On Monday night he left in custody with an officer from Indianapolis, representing an eastern savings institution, which young Lucas is accused of having defrauded out of a large sum. Lucas and his father, Thomas L.. were in the abstract busi ness at Huntington. Ir.d. They are ac cused of having raised loans of J3Q.0O0 upon abstracts of prope-rty wherein the name of Fred Lucas was substituted for that of the real owners. SPORTING NEWS. Choynski Appears Anxious to Fight Corbett. Tells of Their Contest on an Ocean Barge. APPEARS CONFIDENT. Thinks That He Should Hare a Go With Fitz. lias Backing to Post a Match With Either. New Tork, May 19. "I would very much like to be set right with the pub- j lie on one point, "said Joe Choynski, to a reporter last evening. "The general im pression is that I have been defeated three times by Corbett. He has so sta ted on many occasions, and it has been j so published in his record. I will wager j any part of $5,000 that Corbett fought I me only once for prize money and for blood. "That was when we met on a barge off Eenecia. Cad., one morning at 6 o'clock. We fought for S1.0XI a side. Corbett wore two-ounce gloves, and a spectator loaned me a pair of ordinary kid gloves. wnich were no protection for my hands. I was practically a green hand at fight ing then, while Corbett had been at it with some of the best men on the coast. He pounded me so hard in the early rounds that both of my eyes were clos ed. Later I had to literally open one eye with my hand to see where to hit him. It is a fact, and I wish you would quote me. that at the end of the fif teenth round Corbett wanted to quit, and was driven out of his corner by his seconds. Poor Jack Dempsey was be hind me, and wouldn't let me go in and take a chance, else I could have finish ed Corbett then. In the twenty-seventh round he hit me hard on the forehead and knocked me down. I got up and clung to the ropes, but the referee said I had been down more than ten seconds, so he declared Corbett was the winner. "As far as Fitzsimmons is concerned. I believe that he should give another chance to me, as the question of su premacy between us has never been settled. It has been said of our five round encounter at Boston a couple of years ago that I broke faith and punched Fitzsimmons on the jaw, knocking him down; that the bout was to have been friendly, or. in other words., a "fake." I never "faked" in my life and I believe the sporting public have confidence in me. When we arranged that match I wanted the winner to receive all, but Fitz would not fight unless the nurse money was split in two equal parts. We were to fight eight rounds on the level, and in the third round I caught Fitz on the Jaw ano sent him to the floor. Aft er that he recovered, and I'll admit that he knocked me down, or rather pushed me down, in the last two rounds. The police stopped the fight and it was call ed a draw. With such a result in view, then, I believe the public would like, to see us fighL it out. I'm ready at any time to fight either of the men." COLLEGE GIRL ATHLETES. Baker Students of the Gentler Sex Play Ball and Banc Baldwin, May 19. A crowd of 1.000 people witnessed the field day exercises yesterday given by the girls of Baker college. The first event was a ball game in which the Invincibles won by a score of 37 to 35. The next event was the 50 yard dash which was entered by seven young la dies and was made an exciting con test. Then came the potato race. This fur nished more fun and amusement than any other event. A slow bicycle race followed, then ball throwing and then a game of bas ket ball between the Delta fraternity girls and the "barb" girls of the school. The fraternity defeated the "barbs" by a score of 20 to 10. JEFFRIES THE WINNER. The Californian Defeats Baker of Chi cago in the Ninth Round. San Francisco. May 19.- The Jeffries Baker fight last night was awarded to Jeffries in the ninth round. It was given by the Olympic Athletic club, be fore a fair crowd. When the men stood Jeffries looked to be in much better condition. The fight began with Jeffries aggressive. Jeffries landed left on face and tried with right but Baker ducked cleverly, keeping out of the way of the big fel low. In the second round Jeffries land ed hard left on Baker's wind. Baker re taliating with right on neck. Jeffries clinched and struck in the clinch, for which he was hissed. The third round was entirely In Jef fries' favor. The big fellow forced Ba ker about the ring trying hard to land a knockout blow, but the Chicago man was too spry for him and cleverly elud ed his rushes. In the fourth round Ba ker started in to rush and did not give the California man any rest, striking out with both right and left for the body. This round was in favor of Ba ker. In the sixth round Jeffries forced him to the ropes and landed some ter rific left hand bolls in jaw. Ninth round Jeffries came up strong and smiling while Baker rose very leis urely. Jeffries walked up to his oppo nent and after a couple of leads landed a terrific left swing squarely on Baker's jaw. knocking hnn under the ropes, where he was counted out by the ref eree. FIEDERLING VS. ROBERTS. Sporting Entertainment at Crawford's Opera House Tonight. The sporting fraternity of Topeka will have a chance to see a good spar ring entertainment at the Crawford Opera House tonight, and as the price of admission to any part of the house is but 25 cents, it is probable that the gentlemen of sporting- propensities will turn out in force. The principal bout of the evening will be ret ween Joe Fiederling. champion middleweight of Kansas, and S. L. Rob erts, champion middle weight of Utah. ThH part of the programme is expected to furnish some genuine entertainment. The exhibition will be opened by a three round go between two local box ers, and besides the principal bout will include a five round contest between John Madoulet and George Bennett, and a four round contest between Tom Mc Manus and Frank Lee. KANTT BASEBALL NINES. Are Organized by Secret Societies Throughout the City. The base ball fancy has struck the fraternal organizations in this city, and something like a dozen different lodges of different orders have organized nines for the summer. The A. O. U. W. lodges have formed a league, composed of teams from the five lodges in the city, and a series of games is to be played during the summer. A great deal of interest is being felt among the mem bers of the order in the baseball de parture, and the games will probably be well attended. A pennant will be awarded the team ending the summer with the greatest number of games won. ARKANSAS CUT WINS. Defeats Winfield by a Close Score of i 9 to a j Arkansas City, May 19. The ball fe- t ver has broken out here and Wtnneld and Arkansas City have started a ser ies of games. The first one resulted in a victory for Arkansas City. Winfield 0 0 113 2 0 0 18 Arkansas City 0 1115100 0 9 Batteries: Winfield. Bevis and Bwpp; Arkansas City, Huey and Owen. THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. CHICAGO. TJ If r- Chicago 0 0 2 0 5 0 2 2 11 15 2 Boston 0 230000005 9 3' Batteries Chicago, Briggs and Dono hue: Boston, Lewis. Stivetts, Mahoney j and Bergen. CLEVELAND. R H E Cleveland 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 5 i Washington 2 100200005 7 3; Batteries Cleveland. Cuppy and 7Am- mer; Washington, ilcJames and Me- j Guire. ST. LOUIS. R.H.E. i Brooklvn 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 6 11 4 St. Louis 0 102000 0 03 6 2 Batteries Brooklvn. McMahon. Daub and A. Smith; St. Louis, Donohue and Murphy. LOUISVILLE. R.H.E. Baltimore 0 4700030 14 13 4 Louisville 1 0 400042 011 10 7 Batteries Baltimore. Corbett and Clark; Louisville, I'raver, McGee and Wilson. CINCINNATI. R E Cincinnati 7 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 13 17 i i Philadelphia OloOlOoOO 2 11 4 Batteries Cincinnati, Dammann and Schriver: Philadelphia, Taylor, Johnson and Boyle. j PITTSBURG. I R.H.E. i Pittsburg 0 100202005 9 4 New York 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 111 16 4 Batteries Pittsburg. Hawley, Gardner and Merritt. Leahy; New York, Doheny and Warne. i NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING. Clubs. Games; Won. Lost. Pre t. Baltimore 21 li 3 57 Cincinnati 22 15 7 -v2 Pittsburg 19 12 7 .6:1 Philadelphia 21 13 8 .619 Cleveland 20 11 9 .."50 Louisville IS 9 9 .5"0 Boston 19 9 10 .474 Brooklyn 20 9 11 .450 New York 17 7 10 .412 Chicago 21 7 14 .3-?.'" Washington IS 5 li .273 St. Louis 25 4 21 .190 THE WESTERN LEAGUE. MILWAUKEE. R.TI.E. Milwaukee 2 0 0 4 2 1 4 0 13 IS 2 Detroit 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 12 4 Batteries Jones and Speer; Thomas, Blue and Trost. ST. PAUL. R.H.E. St. Paul 202000003 7 11 5 Grand Rapids 2 002 0 0000 4 9 5 Batteries Fricken and Spies; Foreman, Scott and Buckley. KANSAS CITY. R IrT E Kansas City 16100201 112 15 5 Coiumbus 0 00040000 4 9 5 Batterie? Friend and Lake; Smith, Keenan and Fisher. MINNEAPOLIS. R.H.E. Minneapolis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 Indianapolis 0 0010441 10 14 1 Batteries Carney and Boyle; Moran, Phillips and Wood. THE WESTERN ASSOCIATION. ROCKFORD. Rockford 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 6 i St. Joseph 2 0200010 '3 5 6 2 I Batteries Kling and Quinn; Meredith i and Collins. j DUBUQUE. j TT E Dubuque 1 3216002 3 IS 19 S Des Moines 131002010 8 S 7 Batteries Butler and Sullivan; Sonier and Lohman. CEDAR RAPIDS. Score: R.H.E. Cedar Rapids 0 2 1 0 1 13 0 5 123 27 2 Burlington 20010 1 0 3 512 22 7 Batteries Mahaffey and Fuller; Kitson, Berryhill and Wiliiams. PEORIA. R.H.E. Peoria 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 5 i Wulncy 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 9 4 Batteries Callahan and Dugdale; Hack- ett and Traffley. I Miss Stevens' Recital. Miss Neally Stevens, pianist, who gives a recital at the First M. E. church next Friday evening, has been before the American public, for several years, and has been accorded praise by the press of all the large cities of this coun try. In a criticism of Miss Stevens' re cital the Philadelphia Evening News printed the following: "Miss Neally Stevens made her first appearance in Philadelphia Saturday evening, before an audience that fairly taxed the seat ing capacity of Association hall. Her rendering of a programme sufficiently varied to display her powers, convinced the audience that no superior lady ar tist had ever visited this city. She pos sesses an easy, poetic manner, which captivates her hearers. She is endowed with sufficient strength and endurance to render the complicated works of her great tutor, Franz Liszt, with perfect ease." A spoonful of Ayer's Sarsaparilla ta ken thrice a day drives the worst dis ease away. SAID BY A CATERER To be Injurious. Did you ever live near Buffalo? If so you know that firm of fancy grocers, familiar to everyone in western Xew York state. Faxon. Williams Faxon. Their business makes them experts in the good things of the table. The head of the house will tell any in quirer that when Postum Cereal coffee was put into his own house in place of berry coffee, it permitted them to enjoy a delicious coffee beverage and a gain in heaith where formerly they were denied coffee because of its effect on the health of the different members of the family. Postum, being made of pure grains, can be taken by the weakest stomach, as nature has wisely provided that th grains of the field can be digested easily, and as Postum looks like the finest ip cha and has the coffee taste, it fills the want of the coffee drinker very nicely. Beware of the fraudulent imitations of the original Postum Cereal Grain coftee. Insist on Postum. r HOW I 4 632 Kansas Ave. BLACKJIAN'S DIAMOND. Lew Blackmail Objects to the Com position of the Last Jury. Lew Blackman, who owns more drug stores in Topeka than any one, and who is well known on account of his promi nence in sporting matters, says he made a mistake in the selection of his jury to try the diamond case. The jury after spending nearly two days in deliberations over the case disagreed. "I ought to have made some changes in that jury," said Mr. Blackman to a reporter. "I thought they were all right at the time, but I have since learned that there wer two or three Y, M. C. A. fellows on it, and they have it in for me. I don't ses why they should. I don't bother them. They know that. Well, we will be more careful the next time," and the drug store king pronounced the sentence with emphasis. But Blackman will continue to wear the big diamond shirt stud, which he se cured from "Patsy Irish," for several months more at least. Yesterday evening the jurors were dis charged by Judge Hazen. The case will not now be decided at least before the September term of the district court, and in the meantime Blackman will retain the diamond. TEACHERS TO PA EST TOWN Arrangements for Excursion of Kansas Teachers to Milwaukee. The executive committee of the Kan sas State Teachers' association is now arranging for excursions for delegates from this state to the meeting of the National Educational association in Milwaukee, June 6 to 9. It is expected that 700 educators of Kansas will attend the national meeting, and by inquiry throughout the different counties the committee is ascertaining the exact number who will go to Milwaukee from each county. The majority of the To peka teachers will attend the national meeting. HE KEPT HIS WORD. But a Bia Was Waiting For the Bail road Promoter. A. B. Smith of the Burlington was talk ing about railroads and railroad building, and he told of the most malignant bit oi false pretense which any railroad advanc agent ever was guilty of. It was some where in West Virginia, and the inaD whose business it was to go across the country and win the favor of the residents, so that they would vote bonds, struck an intermountaln region and found that that particular county was practically domi nated by an old farmer away up the ridge. The road wanted something like $100,000 from the county, and the skirmishing party appeared unto the man of the ridgo with a request for his assistance. The old fellow, whose Dame was Searlee, was will ing, on one condition, to help out. Ho wanted the road to come near his own place. Cushman, the agent, looked over the situation and after a time promised. "The line," ha said, "will run within 100 yards of your front gate. Is that near enough?" Searles said It was, and an agreement was signed. Then Searles began an advo cacy of the bond proposition, and the con cession was voted with hardly a word of opposition, but with the "front gate" un derstanding. Two years later Mr. Smith happened to be hunting in that county and he stopped at Searles' house. Their conversation turn ed upon railroads, and the old man, point ing to a long rifle over the mantel, said: "The next railroad man that comes into these hills I'm going to 6hoot with that." Mr. Smith, who had not yet disclosed hi9 identity or occupation, a-ked for the reason. The mountaineer told of the bonds. "But," said Mr. Smith, "if there was an agreement, the bonds are invalid." "No, they ain't," the other responded sadly. "He dons it. He run it within the prescribed distance. She's within them 100 yards." "But I don't see any railroad near here." "Isope. Ye can't. But she's here. She runs through this hill by a tunnel, which stares a mile away. She's inside the named distance, but being as I ain't a ground heg or a rabbit I can't git direct access to her." Chicago Record. TODAY'S MARKET REPORT. Furnished by the Associated Press to the State Journal. Chicago. May 19. WHEAT Opened firm at an advance of YoV over yesterday's closinjr price. The Liverpool cables were the factor, that market opening at about 4'1 decline, which was les than expected and im mediately advancing Viild. due. it was said to unfavorable reports from the French crop. Dry hot weather prevail ed in t. aufornia. tsearisn news consisted of heavy northwest receipts. 523 cars. Traders," however, apparently had asbad case of spring fever and the market fluctuated within a narrow range on smali trading. July opened at .liiTlc. eased off to TOtiTCsc and recovered to "cORN Was weak, with elevator peoDle lare sellers of futures. Local receipts amounted to cars. July opened a shade hipher with wheat at 24-4c and de clined to 24-sft24!2c. OATS Wuiet and easy with corn. Io cal receipts were cars. July opened a shade higher at lTililTTxe and settled at 17a-c. PROVISION'S Opened at slight ad vances notwithstanding a rather weak hog market, but eased off on selling by paekers. July pork opened 2vc higher at SvCf.. declined to f.2 and recovered to $x.2212- Julv lard opened unchanged at ji.bU. Juiy ribs 2'-c higher at 4-35. Chicago .Livestock Market Chicago. May 19. HOGS Receipts today 31.u: left over 3.000. Market active, prices steady to strong-. Light 13.Ki3.T5: mixed ti.Si1'!! 3.7.-,: heavv f:?.a."'fi.!.75: rough $3.3J-?i3.jr,. CATTLE Receipts 16.yi'. Best steady, others generally o'UPK.- lower. Beeves 54.t.Vi5.2.: cows and heifers S2.G0 if 4.5: Tt-xas steers tJ. 154.40: stockers and feed ers $3.45-11 4.6T.. SHEEP P.eceipts 12 C?0. Sheep and lamb HOOS Official receipts yesterday 15.6-3: shipments 2. "3. CATTLE Official receipts yesterday 2, 04u; shipments 1,273. Until Saturday evening, May 2 2d, our prices will be just one-half of the regular price on all kinds, shapes and sizes, just to advertise our work. Quality guar anteed. Don't miss this chance. VOQEITZ, Photographer. SHEEP Official receipts yesterday 13. &5: shipments 470. Estimated receipts hogs tomorrow 22,000 head. Kansas City Livestock Marset. Kansas City. May 19. CATTLE Receipts S.OjO. Best grades steadv. others weak. Texas steers $3,001 4 3..: Texas cows 12.95Ti3.9o: native steers $3.0055aiO: native cows and heifers $1.75ir 4 15; stockers and feeders $3.25'u4.50; bulls $2.35'u4.iJ. KEFKES1S-M A1H L SALES. No. Wt. 27 Texas steers 11". 45 Texas cows IS native steers 15-0 22 native cows and heifers l'-'"9 28 stockers and feeders 615 7 bulls 52 HOGS- Receiuts 24.000. Market lower. Bulk of sales $3.Xj3.4S: heavies $3. 353.42: packers J3.35'.! 3.45: mixed $3.40 4i3.5u: lights $3.25it3.5o; yorkers $3.4.'g3.5o; pigs $2.T"-l3.40. SHEEP Receipts 4.000. Market steady. Lambs $4.00y6.uu: muttons $2.ooij4.3o. Kansas City Produce Market. WHEAT About steady: demand light: No. 2 hard 7jT9c: No. 3. 7u'i76c: No. 4. 6'j67c: No. 2 spring 7s'7c: No. 3. 74'y77c: No. 2 red 95c; No. 3, bsvi94c; No. 4, tAfa S7o. CORN Steadv: No. 2 mixed 21U'!i22c. OATS Steady: fairly active; No. 2 white, old. 221! 22c. RYE I-ower: No. 2. VTi31c. HAY Steadv. unchanged. BUTTER Weak; creamery llSlSc; dairv 9ill EGGS Weak, 7c. Sugar and Coffee. New York. May 19. SUGAR Raw. dull: fair refining 2i4c: centrifugal, 96 test, 3aac; refined dull; granulated 4!-c. COFFEE Dull: No. 7, 7"iC. Market Gossip. Furnished by the V. A. Michael Com mission Co.. Brokers in drain. Provisior.9 and S'.ooks, 110 West Sixth Ave., Topeka, Kan. Kansas City: Clawson has just returned from Oklahoma and Indian Territory and j says it is all rot about wheat being ready to harvest. The crop is late, no wheat will be cut before June 10. The prospects are the finest ever seen in this or any other county. Corn is in bad shape, two-thirds of the fields are either washed up or covered with mud. Re planting is general. Biverpool Ad higher. 8:40 a. m. Withdrawn from store: Wheat 1S3,000, corn 203. 000. oats 1 09.00 j. 9:06 a. m. Chicago receipts today: Wheat 5 cars, grade 1; corn cars, grade 51; oats 19S cars, grade 21. Receipts of hogs: Chicago 31.000, Kan sas City 4.000. Omaha T.rwirj. Northwestern receipts: Minneapolis, this year 29. last year 129; Duiuth, this year 2o4. last year 109. San Francisco: Reports from counties covering all the grain raising sections favorable. No change in cash. 9: a. ra. Chicago: Not much doing in corn, re ceivers are selling against opening on provisions. 9:45 a. m. Chicago: Market in provisions quiet, offerings small but demand light. 9:47 a. ni. Chicaeo: Trading in wheat fearfully dull. lo:32 a. m. Liverpool seconu cable one farthin, lower. 10:o. a. m. Chicago estimated for tomorrow: Wheat 7 cars, corn 220 cars, oats 21u cars, hogs 32.000 head. Springfield. III. The gas consolidation bill failed to pass. 11:.".5 a. m. Antwerp wheat quiet. easier; Mark Bane Knglish and foreign easier. 6d low er: American dull; American flour and Knglish flour weak, 6d lower. Paris eas ier: flour weaker. Exports four ports: Wheat 221.000. flour 2,,,00. corn 19. OOu, wheat and flour equal to 211. 0"0. Puts July wheat TO-c. calls July wheat 717''; 72c puts July corn 24-Ve. calls July corn 24a'T241t.c: puts July pork Ji.u7, calls July pork ib.27. Chicago: First cables from Liverpool gave bulls a little more encouragement because although opnincr lower, market recovered and was v4d hieher than the close of last night. It created a better feeling here temporarily and a higher opening for July at .lu7114.c. Barrett had wheat on tap although the market was not above "call price." yet there was some sell in sr aeainst this privilege. Lo cal crowd who had an idea wheat should sell higher, were without material sup port from any quarter and r e s u i t was a dull, sluggish and dragging market. July getting down to y'n iui.,,- at one time. Clearances were only moderate at 311.000. Kansas City sent booming reports of a big yiM of wheat in regions like Texas and Oklahoma and Indian Territory. It helped put market down. In the absence of any marked demand for cash wheat is what's the matter with wheat just now ar.d there must come an urgent in quiry before prices can advance. Corn was quiet. Provisions steady but com mission houses were sellers. Not much change in. lard and ribs. Today's Range of Prices. Furnished by the W. A. Michael Com mission Co., Brokers in Oraiti. Provisions and Stocks, ll'J West Sixth Ave., Topeka, Kan. fa O 5 00 4 15 S 4 5-) j 4 UO Stocks. Op'n High' Low CTse.Tes. WHEAT Mav T0V THj -t. 71i2 7'V-i Julv 71 71'-, 7'v 711, 7'. St-pt 661"! OJV tit! i 661-.. Bo'- CORN' j i I Mav 24'-, 24U. 24'-i 244' 2i Julv 24V, 24 2V. -24- Sept 25, 2j 25S 25: 25 OATS till Mav 17' 17V 17. 17: 17 Julv 17v. 17-s 17 17V 17 Sept IS I IS i 17V IS I 17"s PORK I May 8 IS' 8 15 8 IV 8 15 Julv S 25 8 25 8 15; 8 17 S 22 Sept 8 25 8 27 1 8 2o, 8 20- 8 2 LARD I I I i Mav 3 75; 3 75 3 75 3 75 3 75 Julv 3 80; 3 S2 3 Vi 3 80 3 SO Sp't 3 90! 3 90 3 87 3 87 3 62 RIBS 1 1 Mav 4 47 4 47 4 47 4 47 4 47 Julv 4 50, 4 5- 4 47 4 47 4 47 Sept 4 55 4 55 4 oJ; 4 50, 4 52 P.aoge of Prices on Stocks. Furnished by the W. A. Michael Com mission Co., Brokers in Grain. Provisions and Stocks. 110 West Sixth Ave.. Topeka, Kan. Stocks. Op'n HighLow CTseTes. ""113V" 113'V 112" fl'H liS'i f2 82 7!.: 79 81 "i Sugar Chicago Gas Am. Tobacco E. O. E TlV 2SV 7i: 70, 7-0-t 71'i 19Ts 2tV 29-'- F,4'-. 5t "i 54-',' 54'- li,i l I 1) Leather Con. Gas l': C. B. Q. 74' 7,.'-s, 74- 74 Rock Island i 6-"V W C. M. St. P. 74 74-i 4 Atchison P 1" 10, 1" 10 81 84 84 Manhattan i C-. S5- Western I'nioni i, 77T l'n.- Fai iflc i; i t i C. N. W i 1 lo5 1"1 104104'i V Y. C 1 99 99- 99i 91 99 D. L. W I 149' 149 14i 148 148 Reading 18, ls 1 1 17 Jer. Central 73 75 I 73: 73' D. H 105 105: lij.: 14 T. C. I i 19' 19 17. IS i N'o. Pac. Pfd.. 95; 38. 3;, 3o: Pacific Mail j 2SU, 2J-- 25 2rti L. N" j 45; 45; 44 45; Omaha .........i 56i 5ii 5tJ- 5ti i A reat THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL'S Circulation For the First Three Months Of 1897 has Been as follows: January, 299,825 February, 290,000 March, 327,845 SHOWING A DAILY AVERAGE OF 11 Circulation Growth. In the year 1885 the circtsia- t on was 800 January 1st, '91, were printed 3,125 Daily average for year 1 So 1.. 4,380 Daily average for year 1892.. 5,069 Daily average for year 1893.. 6,213 Daily average for year 1894.. 8,418 Daily average for year 1895.. 9,217 Daily average for year 189O.. 10,763 Daily average for first three months 1897 11,917 The State Journal Las a larger circulation than any other daily paper published in the great state of Kan sas. It requires forty-three (43) carriers (exclusives of newsboys), to circulate the paper in Topeka and sub urbs. The State Journal has been under the present management for over elev en years, and its daily cir culation in that time ha3 increased from 800 to over 11,000, or an average growth of one thousand a year. The State Journal re ceives the full day leased wire Associated Press re port, is a member of the American Newspaper "Pub lishers' Association, has -4 Linotypes, fast Web Per fecting Press, etc. In 1896 the State Jour nal erected for its exclusive use as a permanent home, a handsome double front pressed brick building of three floors. The location is one of the most eligible business sites in Topeka the southeast corner of Kan sas avenue and Eighth st. The building is one of the. .-nost complete newspaper structures in the west and has many unique features among these are construc tion and arrangement by which the four Linotype3 are seen in operationbe hind plate glass facing Kan sas ave., and also through a large glass window from the business office. I C71 n2) 11 i

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4 TOPE K A STATE JOURNAI,, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1897. The State Journal TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR. BY FRAXK P. MAC LENNAN. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Daily edition, delivered by carrier, 10 cents a week to any part of Topeka or suburbs, or at the same price in any Kan sas town where this paper has a carrier system. By mall, three months 90 By mail, one year 3.60 "Weekly edition, one year 59 PERMANENT HOME Topeka State Journal Building, 800 and 802 Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. TELEPHONES: Business Office Bell 'Phone 107 Reporters' Room Bell 'Phone 107 New York address: 20o Potter Buildinf, care American Newspaper Publishers' as sociation, where flies of the paper are al ways open to advertisers or readers. MAY 1897.

4 Sun. i Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Frl. SaL 234 5 6 7 8 9i0U 2 13 14 15 TrTlj Is 19 20 21 22 23 24 2? 26 27 28 29 130 31 1 r rfTTTttTTTTTTtTTTfffrf1; Weather Indications. Chicago, May 19. For Kansas: Con ditions favorable fors thunder storm this afternoon, tonight and Thursday; brisk southerly winds. GOVERNOR LEEDY AND LAW. As an example of the "you're another" style of settling a matter, the speech delivered by Gov. John W. Leedy at the temperance mass meeting at Ham ilton hall last night was a success. As an aid to better enforcement of the pro hibitory law or any other law, it must be regarded as a failure. The suggestion made or implied that an evasion or disregard of the prohib itory law is justified by the evasion or disregard of other laws, is not new. It has been heard before and has be come quite familiar to the people within the past 16 years. Gov. Leedy nor his appointees an po lice boards cannot be relieved from re sponsibility of this matter by attacks on Mr. Gleed, Mr. Williams or the Wil kersons. The people are not so much concerned over what gentlemen who occupy the position of private citizens do, as troy are about what persons oc cupying official positions in connection with the state government leave un done. If they have held no mass meet ings for the purpose of having Wilker son put in jail, it is probably because they have not considered the matter of sufficient Importance to warrant it. They did consider the opening of a saloon of sufficient importance to war rant a mass meeting, and the meeting was called. "With the results of that meeting the public is familiar. The sa loons were closed. It is difficult to find a man who will declare that he is opposed to the en forcement of the prohibitory law, but scores of men can be found who are notoriously opposed to the law itself. Gov. Leedy can hardly justify himself for choosing police commissioners from the ranks of this class. Much importance is attached by the governor to the passage of the nuisance ordinance, but the city got along very well and kept out the saloon without such aid until he became governor. The governor is begging the question. "EX RAYS." The vast creamery interests of Kan sas which are attracting so much inter est of late is largely due to the hands of the River brethren of the Shaker settlement in Dickinson county. Ar kansas City Traveler. The Ohio girl who has been asleep 20 days is probably in training for the United States senate. Atchison Cham pion. The Emporia newspapers are doing their best to induce Emporia "to get a move on herself." Meanwhile the old thing goes along as apathetically as if there were no "hen on," and we guess there aint. Salina Journal. Our friend "Old Soak," on learning that a bottle of 50 year old whisky had been taken from a corner stone of an Ohio court house which has been torn down, could hardly be restrained from starting out on a walk to the scene of the find, which he pronounced one of the most valuable and important in re cent years. Abilene Chronicle. Over 1.000 pretty Irish girls landed in New York last week, and the comman der of the A. P. A. at once issued an order to all members to stand firm by the organization. Abilene Reflector. Some Ottawa women found their husbands in a poker joint and will have something to throw up to them for years to come. Hutchinson News. Philadelphia took nearly 100 years to build that Washington monument. The people there think it was done with ex pedition and promptitude. Leaven worth Times. Flora w ill have to exercise great in dustry if she is to help out on Decora tion day. Ottawa Republican. When a man drops a big silver dol lar in the plate at church, he holds it up high and drops it so the whole con gregation can hear it fall. When he puts in a penny, he doesn't let his left hand know what his right hand held. Ottawa Herald. FAMILIAR KANSAS NAMES. The home of ex-Congressman Calder head narrowly escaped destruction by fire the other day. Sol Miller is the only Kansas man for a long time to get an obituary notice in the New York Tribune. John A. Martin will have a $15,000 monument erected over his grave in Atchison by the Kansas G. A. R. Thomas Km met Dewey is doing some good work on a Kansas City paper in an editorial way. Judge Thompson of Seneca, who was divorced from his first wife a. month ago,, has married a Seattle girl. President Will of the state agricultu ral college once challenged John Sher man to a joint discussion of the finan cial question. Mrs. Lease's daughter, who recently graduated, is said to be good looking as well as bright. BUNCOED 8 CONGRESSMEN. A Young Man Found Them faEasy Marks" for $10 Each, Washington, May 19. W. G. Gath right, 22 years of age, a lawyer by pro fession and a resident of Chicago, it is believed, although he claims Texas as his home, is locked up here with eight charges of obtaining money under false pretenses hanging over him and more to follow. Gathright was known var iously as U. C. Howard, J. JJ. Williams, Harvey Bolton and by other aliases. His victims so far as discovered are Representatives Sayers, Burke and Cooper of Texas; Adamson, Tate and Livingston of Georgia; Henry, of Mis sissippi, and Berry, of Kentucky. The method of dealing with thestates men was to go to a member, repre sent himself as a constituent and state that he was here settling up his moth er's estate. Being short of cash tem porarily, he would like a loan of say $10. Gathright referred to prominent people in the district of each member he approached, and in several instances claimed relationship with them. He rarely failed to talk a $10 bill out of the purse of his distinguished victim. While he was in the guard room at the eapilol several of his congressional victims came down to see and identify him. They laughed and twitted each other about the clever manner in which they had been taken in, and seemed to regard the matter as a huge joke. When asked by Detective Sinnott why he resorted to such schemes he replied: "Oh, it was an easy way to get the money, and the temptation was too great. I have always known that mem bers of congress were easy marks. I don't care if you do send me to jail. About 30 days will do me good, and may cure me of the morphine habit, which is a great curse to me." SYMPATHY FOK CUBA. Is Expressed in Resolutions by Bap tist Mission Women. Pittsbuprg, May 19. The afternoon programme of the Baptist Home Mis sionary society included a "children's hour" and brief addresses by mission aries present from foreign fields. In the evening the president read her address, reviewing the society's history for the past 20 years. A number of resolutions relating to the work of society were offered and adopted. The following resolution of sympathy for the Cuban women was passed and has been forwarded to Senator Mor gan: "Resolved, That in view of the terri ble sufferings of our sisters in Cuba, reported to us through Alberto G. Diaz, who has known their prosperity and now mourns their adversity, this "Wo man's Baptist Home Mission in its an nual meeting representing a constit uency of 50,000 or 60,000 women, express our sympathy for them and urge all our Christian women to pray that our government may soon act the part of the good Samaritan and adopt active measures to relieve their distress." AGAINST LUETGERT. Police Find a Number of Links to the Chain of Evidence. Chicago, May 19. As a result of their search for evidence against Luetgert, accused of wife murder, the police claim to have discovered a blood stain ed chisel in Luetgert's sleeping room in the factory and stains having every ap pearance of blood on the wall of Luet gert's office in the factory. A piece of dress goods, partly eaten by acid, was found in the vat adjoining the one in which Mrs. Luetgert's wedding ring was found. About half way between the vats and the furnace was discovered what is firmly believed to be a small portion of the woman's body. Near the vat in which Mrs. Luetgert's body is supposed to have been con sumed were found pieces of burlaps partly destroyed by acid. Luetgert was arraigned in court today. At the re quest of the state's attorney a contin uance was granted for five days to give the police time in which to finish their quest for evidence of the mur der. The court refused to release Luetgert on bail and he was taken to the county jail. Alaska Miners Must Have Beef. Seattle, Wn., May 19. John Dalton, pioneer Alaskan, arrived yesterday morning from Juneau and will at once begin preparations for shipping back a, cargo of live stock to consist of 100 head of beef cattle and ten horses. It is proposed to take the cattle into the Yu kon country. They will be shipped to the head of navigation and thence sent across by way of the Dalton trail. A second herd of about the same number will be taken in August. It is proposed to supply the demand of the miners for fresh beef. Peace With Yaquis at Last Ortiz, Hex., May 19. The peace con ference between the Mexican govern ment and the Yaqui Indians resulted in a formal ratification of the treaty of peace between the Indians and the gov ernment by the terms of which the In dians accept lands m severalty and yield their claims for the remainder of a vast area for the control of which they have been waging a bitter war for years, killing hundreds of innocent set tlers and driving out federal troops whenever they sought to suppress vio lence. Operationon Marchioness of Salisbury London, May 19. The St. James Ga zette says: The Marchioness of Salis bury underwent an operation on Satur day. Her condition is causing consid erable anxiety. Later, semi-official con tradiction was issued of the serious condition of the Marchioness of Salis bury. Pounding on the Rocks. St. Johns, N. F., May 19. According to the latest reports from Cape Ray, it is very unlikely that Hamburg Amer ican liner Arcadia can get off the rocks. She is pounding heavily. Kansas Postmasters. Washington, May 19. Kansas post masters confirmed by the senate: A. A. B. Cavaness at Baldwin; A. Barron at Kirwin. Glove contest at Crawford Opera House, May 19th. Ten round bout Joe Fiederling, vs. S. L. Roberts. Five round bout, John Macdcrulet vs. George Bennett. Four round "bout, Tom Mc Manus vs. Frank Lee. Admission to any part of the house 25c, TO USE RUSSET LEATHER. General Miles Recommends it for the Army. New York, May 19. General Miles, shortly before starting for Europe on his tour of military investigation, sub mitted to the secretary of war a rec ommendation which will interest all of ficers of the army. General Miles ad vised that the leather of army bridles, saddles, harness, etc. .should be changed from the present color, black, to rus set. The proposition is a somewhat radical one, as the American army has never used other than black leather for horse equipments. The length of time that customs of the army have been ob served is not, with General Miles, a con clusive reason why a change should not be made. His rule is that, if that which is in use is not the best obtain able, the fact that it has been the regu lation for many years should not stand in the way of the adoption of some thing new. To conservative officers, of which the army is largely composed, General Miles' recommendations will at first cause surprise, but it is probable that, upon reflection, they will agree with him that russet leather is better for military purposes than black. Gen eral Miles says, among other things, that all the armies of Europe now em ploy russet leather for horse equip ment, having abolished black leather some time ago. The general regards russet leather as cheaper, cleaner, easier to keep in good condition and fully as durable as black leather in service. It can be cleaned with soap and water, without using a specially pre pared dressing, which black leather re quires. Washing with water may tend to harden the leather, he says, but this objection can be overcome by occasion ally rubbing the equipments with oil. Special attention is called by General Miles in his recommendation to the fact that, with black horse equipments, the use of some dressing to give them a pol ished appearance is indispensable. When the equipments get wet, as they must, of course, do in service, the uni forms of officers and men are soiled from contact with the leather. Many and emphatic have been the complaints of officers from this score. M'KINLEY AS ARBITER. Asked to Settle a Local Town Dis pute Causes Disappointment Wilmington, May 19. The people of Hartley, a little settlement near Clay ton, have a peculiar impression that President McKinley goes around the country to settle political disputes. Last Monday the Republicans held a meeting to protest against the appointment of John Poor as postmaster of Hartley. They appointed a committee of one to go to Washington to notity tne presi dent and have him come to Hartley to settle the dispute. I The people expected the committee I DacK on inursuay, aim nau a uidsa band waiting at the railroad station to escort it and the president through the town. The committee, however, did not return until last night. They tele graphed, saying that they would arrive on the 7 o'clock train, and again the band and procession were in waiting to meet the president. The arrival of the committee without the president caused another meeting last night, at which a resolution was passed criticizing Pres ident McKinley for his non-Republican and patriotic course in refusing to in terfere. MISSING BATTLE FLAGS Found in the War Building Will be Restored to Columbus. Cincinnati. May' 19. Four tattered battle flags belonging to three Ohio reg iments, and captured during the war by the Confederates, and which have since been missing, have finally been located at "Washington, and Senator Foraker has promised to use his best endeavors in having them placed with the others in the capitol at Columbus. They are now in the war building at Washington, in charge of Secretary of War Alger. The flags are wrapped in paper, and covered with dust and the j marks of time. 1 he original markings on the packages remain, however, and they are distinguished in Washington as follows: "No. 15 IT. S. Flag of Twenty-first Ohio and State Flag of Twenty-first Ohio, captured at Chickamauga." "No. 25 State Flag of Fifty-eighth Ohio." "No. 227 State Flag of Sixtieth Ohio, captured at Harper's Ferry." SLEPT FOR TWELVE DAYS. Precarious Condition of a Girl Who was Frightened. Danbury, Conn., May 19. Miss Char lotte Pittilla, the young woman who a few months ago slept for 12 days with out waking, is not able to sit up and takes hardly enough nourishment to sustain life. She is very weak and seems to be gradually losing strength. During her 12 days' sleep the pulsa tion of her heart and her breathing were regular. Her temperature was 100 degrees. Miss Pittilla worked in a hat factory and when sharply rebuked by her fore man fell in an apparent faint. This was on January 5. She awoke on the morn ing of January 17 under the impression that she had only enjoyed a good night's rest, and when told that she had been ill she smiled and said: "Nonsense. I have only been asleep." FREE SPEECH IN GERMANY. Debate on the Bill Before the Reich stag to Curb It. Berlin. May 19. After a protracted debate in the lower house of the Prus sian diet the bill amending the law of public meeting and association was re ferred to a committee of 38 members. During the debate the Radical, So cialist, anti-Semite and some of the Centrist speakers strongly criticised the policy of the government on the right of public association. Dr. Von Boetticher, the imperial secretary of state for the interior, declared that the government did not desire to enter into a war with the reichstag. He added that the sole object of the bill in the lower house of the Prussian diet was to supplement the present inadequate means of preventing abuse of the right of association. No member of the Prussian government. Dr. Von Boett icher continued, would dream of a crop de etat. Moreover, the imperial admin istration, the federal government and the Prussian government were in entire agreement on the matter. SUNDAY FOR MEMORIAL. G. A. R. Posts Want to Change the Date of the Celebration. Wheeling, W.Va., May 19. At a meet ing of the General Memorial Day com- mittee of the Grand Army posts of Wheeling and vicinity, held today, it was unanimously decided to observe Sunday, May 30, as Memorial Day. It was also unanimously decided to recommend that hereafter the Sunday nearest to May 30 be adopted universal ly as Memorial Day. SUGAR BEET SEED GONE. The Whole Country Will be Experi menting This Summer. Washington. May 19. The beet sugar seed which the agricultural department has been distributing is practically ex hausted, about 10,000 pounds having been sent out to farmers in about four fifths of the states. The seed has been distributed in packages of from an ounce to half a pound, purely for experimental pur poses. The beets grown from the seeds will be analyzed and the saccharine matter determined to ascertain where the beets can be profitably grown for the production of sugar. These experi ments, it is believed, will be of im mense value as the beet undoubtedly can be produced with profit in many of the states. Wherever it can be so produced it will give the farmer a new crop. All the surplus vegetable seed in the possession of the agricultural department is being distributed through congressmen or government agency to the people In the flooded districts along the Mississippi for planting as soon as the waters subside. BULLS TOO POOR. Mexican National Sport Stopped by the Government. City of Mexico, .May 19, The city government forbade the bull fight in tended to be given Sunday. The au thorities claim the bulls provided for the fights are so poor they do not Jus tify the price of admission asked by the management. Enrique Meriro, a Span ish bull-fighter, has visited the famous bull-breeding farms of Atenco and other places, and his judgment is that none of the bulls shown him was worthy of the ring. The tameness of the animals is get ting to be a serious matter, and it be gins to look as if bull-fighting would stop for lack of animals to fight. The government is firm and no perform ances will ge allowed with inferior cat tle. A shipload of bulls has been or dered from Spain to meet the emer gency. BY STEAMBOAT AND COACH Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie's Novel Way of Making a Call in Oyster Bay. Greenwich, Conn., May 19. Andrew Carnegie and Mrs. Carnegie took a nov el way of calling on friends in Oyster Bay, L. I., yesterday. The steamboat Maid of. Kent, which runs between Greenwich and New York was chartered, and coach, horses and servants accompanied the Carnegies on their trip. After crossing the Sound a ride of a few miles brought them to their desti nation. The returned to Greenwich this evening. The Carnegies will remain at Alta Crest about two weeks, and will then leave for Scotland, where they will spend the summer. HOUSE FOR Jl'KINLEY. Ex-Senator Henderson Wants His Virginia Home Occupied. Washington, May 19. Ex-Senator Henderson of Missouri has offered to President McKinley the use of his Vir ginia country house for a residence dur ing the early summer months. The president has not decided whether to accept or not. After congress adjourns he expects to occupy Ambassador Hay's house in New Hampshire. The Henderson house is situated about two miles from Ar lington and Fort Myer, on the Virginia hills. The house is an unpretentious one of frame, containing 14 rooms, and is perched on the top of a hill. The estate contains 400 acres. HIS TOUCH KILLS WARTS. Aged Negro Who is Healing Afflicted in Delaware. Seaford, Del., May 19. Folks at Mid dleford, a small town near here, are agitated over George Neal, a negro, aged 80 years, who claims to cure warts by the touch of his fingers. Many afflicted are said to have been cured. He will accept no pay. His ne gro neighbors avoid Neal, declaring that he is "conjured." Jailed for Breach of Trust Columbus, S. C, May 19 The only colored officer of trust In South Caroli na has come to grief. Z. D. Green, pro bate judge of Georgetown, has been convicted of "official misconduct" in appropriating public moneys, and has been sentenced to pay $1,000 and spend one year in the penitentiary at hard labor. Not how cheap but how good is the way we try to do our work. Peerless Steam Laundry, 112 and 114 West 8th. Those un sightly e r u p tions, painful boils, annoying pim ples and other affections, which asp pear so generally at this season, make the use of that grand Spring Medi cine, Hood's Sarsaparilla, a necessity. The accumulated impurities in the blood cause very different symptoms with some people. The kidnej-s, liver and bowels are overmatched in their efforts to relieve the clogged system. Dizzy headaches, bilious attacks, failure of appetite, coated tongue lame back, indigestion and that tired feeling are some results. From the same cause may also come scrofula, neuralgia, sciatica or rheu matism. All these troubles and more may prop erly be called Spring Humors," and just as there is one cause, a cure is found in just one remedy, and that is Hood's Sarsaparilla. Hood's Sarsaparilla purines the impure blood, enriches blood which is weak and thin, vitalizes blood which lacks vitality. Thus it reaches every part of the human system. For your Spring Medicine to pre vent or cure Spring Humors, take Sarsaparilla "jr One True Blood Purifier. Get only Hood's. ww j, r,.,. are the only pills to take riOOU S PlllS with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Klu mors n n Lrd( BAPTIST WOMEN. Interesting Facts and Figures About Religious Work. Pittsburg, May 19. The second day's session of the Women's Baptist Home Mission society opened at 9:15 a. m., in the Fourth Avenue Baptist church. There were very few present at the opening, many of the delegates being engaged in committee work. The first half hour was devoted to a conference of workers. The report of the secretary, Mrs. M. G. Burdette, gave the following figures to the total number of auxiliaries, 2,088. of which 1,804 were women's circles and 2S4 children's bands. During the year ISO names have been added to the list of life members, making the total number 2,125. The condition of all the publications of the executive board are reported in gcod condition. Mrs. A. H. Barber of Chicago, treas urer, in her report said it was gratifying to be able to report that in spite of the hard times, the receipts for last year had exceeded those of the preceeding year. The contributions of the states and territories were given in detail. The total receipts for the year were $83,161.58, which with the cash in the treasury April 1, 1896, amounting to $2,995.10, placed the total sum in the treasury of $S6.156.68. The disbursements had been $85,778.44, leaving cash on hand $378.24. Liabilities to the amount of $3,700 were reported making the deficit at the close of the year $3,321.76. The committee on nominations made the following nominations: General offi cers President, Mrs. J. N. Crouse, Chi cago; corresponding secretary, Mrs. M. G. Burdette, Chicago: recording secre tary, Mrs. W. E. Ramsley, Brooklyn, treasurer, Mrs. A. H. Barber, Chicago and a long list of vice presidents. On mo tion of the secretary the ballot for offi cers was taken, who are the same as last year. This was done and the president, Mrs. Crouse, responded for the newly elected officers. An open parliament, presided over by Miss Schuyler of Wil liamsport, Ja., on "our young women and girls," closed the morning session. AGAINST BLOODHOUNDS. Jury Refuses to Convict a Man Who' Was Traced by Dogs. Kentland, Ind., May 19. The first case ever tried In this court where the testi mony of bloodhounds was used has been brought to an end by the jury returning a verdict acquitting the defendant. The home of Geo. McCarn of Goodland was entered last Friday night and $20 stolen. The only clew the thief left was his foot print on the freshly painted floor. The Chalmers bloodhounds were put on the scent Saturday evening and never left it until they had trailed a man to a patch of undergrowth three miles from Rey nolds, a distance of twenty-seven miles from Goodland. In the circuit court the defendant prov ed a clear alibi by the testimony of four farmers, who swore they had given the prisoner meals, including supper at 6:30 p. pi-, on the day of the theft, four miles north of Reynolds, or a distance of thirty-four miles from the scene of the rob bery. The owner of the hounds declares there can be no mistake, but the jury acquitted the man without leaving the box. SISTERS MARRY COUSINS. Double Matrimonial Alliance of Pecul iar Nature in New York. New York, May 19. Matrimony without a change of name is a luxury given to few young women to enjoy, but the Schorsch family Is about to enter Into a double alliance of this nature. This no tice, which apeared in this morning's papers among the notices of engagements is the first intimation the public had of the matrimonial intentions of the Schors ches: SCHORSCH-SCHORSCH Miss Cecilia Schorsch to Mr. Jacob Schorsch. At home Sunday. May 23. 1897, at 246 East Sixty eighth street. No cards. SCHORSCH-SCHORSCH Miss Carrie Schorsch to Mr. Isaac Schorsch. At homo Sunday, May 23. 1897, at 246 East Sixty eighth street. No cards. The two young women are sisters, the two young men are brothers. The sis ters are double cousins of the brothers. The father of the sisters is a brother of the father of the brothers, and the moth er of the sisters is a sister of the mother of the brothers. All four young persons live with their parents at 24G East Sixty-eighth street. Miss Carrie Schorsch, the younger sister, has just been graduated from college. EDISON'S CYCLE MOTOR. Saye it Will Be Almost Invisible, But Will Put Human Propelling Power Out of Sight New York, May 19. "Horseless carriage motors don't bother me," said Wizard Edison at his home in Llewellyn park. West Orange, to a Journal reporter last night. "For some time past I ceased experimenting on the motor, but there is no doubt that motors can be put on the market to cost from $125 up. It is the fu ture propelling power, in my mind. As soon as other things are out of my way I will take up the experiments again. "I am spending some of my leisure time experimenting on a motor tricycle. It is a good thing. and human propelling powet will be put out of sight. I propose to have a tricycle for my own use. I have the parts now, and as soon as time will permit me to get the machine together an almost invisible motor will be con structed under the axle with enough power to carry me up that hill (pointing to a steep decline from his home to the laboratory). I would enjoy riding a wheel as well as the younger people if it were not so hard work, and the motor power, I am certain, will suit me." HAMMERSTE1N SUES MOSS. Papers in His Action for Damages for Slander Served Upon the Police Board's President. New York, May 19. Papers were served on President Moss this morning at police headquarters, in which he is the defend ant in a suit for $50,000 damages for slan der, brought against him by Oscar Ham merstein, the proprietor of the Olympia. The papers were served by a representa tive of John F. McGuire and Maurice Meyer, counsel for Mr. Hammerstein. In the action against Commissioner Moss Mr. Hammerstein alleges that at a meeting of the police board on May 5 the defendant made a public statement, ma- GOLD 5s w v "S Prescott 113 West Eighth Street. We sell More Gas Stoves Than any Other Firm. Send for Catalogue. t EltlHlljlIlg HEATING LIGHTING UP-TO-DATE The Western Foundry 0 Machine Works.... Established 1875.. The only place in the a complete Power Plant to a Set Collar from stock. Get Prices Before Topeka, Kan. L. COFRAN, Proprietor. 1 1 4l PERT xj TRAINS vestibuleo "eli" to eiiieiieo. VISTIBU LEP LIITEOtoST.LOOlS. FREE CHAIR CARS, LATEST PATTERNS OF SLEEPERS. W. WAKELEY, C. P. A.. St. Louis, Mo. J. C. BRAMHALL, T. P. A.. St. Joseph, MO" V WHERE DIRT GATHERS, WASTE RULES. GREAT SAVING RESULTS FROM THE USE OF ft V K liciously acusing him of being the pro- i prietor of an immoral resort. He said that he has been humiliated and dis graced by the commissioner's statement, and that he has suffered to the extent of $50,000. Mr. Moss has twenty days in which to reply to the action. Thieves Taken to Troy. C. W. Clark and Charles Walker, the two harness thieves arrested by ex-Sheriff John TVllkerson over a week ago after a chase of three miles out the Grantville road, were yesterday taken to Troy, Kan. by the sheriff of Doniphan county on the charge of stealing harness. The men are now known to be all round thieves, with a number of aliases, and have been oper ating In eastern Kansas off and on for the past two or three years. The work for which they were taken back to Doni phan county yesterday was done some months ago. The charge against the men in this county will stand, and as soon as the officers get an opportunity they will be brought back here and prosecuted. Sard Place to Live In. H. B. Holman has returned from Costa Rica where he has spent the past six months on a coffee plantation. He says that he could stand Costa Rica all right if he could ever get anything fit to eat. Before the ship on which he sailed reached San Francisco a case of yellow fever developed and the patient died be fore reaching port. Though young Mr. Holman was expbsed to the disease he has no fear of the result. He says that he may return to Costa Rica in a month or two but the probabilities are that he will stay in Topeka. DUST. about the house, paint, floors, pots and pans, dishes and glassware, silver and tinware, can be done better, quicker and cheaper with Washing PoWdS than with any other cleansing compound. Largest package greatest economy. THE If. K. FAIRBA1TK COKPAHT, Chicago. 8L Louis, New York, Boston, Pbil&deipbl We have the Largest and Best Stock of Gas Stoves in Kansas. if' See them Before You buy. Formerly Topeka Foundry Machine Works, tstaD. 1805 city where you can get from a Steam Engine Purchasing Elsexvhere, DID YOU KNOW THIS? That Topeka Furnishes Phonograph Cases for the World. Topeka furnishes phonograph cases for the world. A Topeka firm has the contract with the United States Phonograph company to make all cases for Instruments put out by the company. The company's headquarters are In Newark, N. J. The cases when complet ed in large numbers are shipped direct to Newark and from there the company sends Its instruments to all parts o'f tha civilized world. The article which Is manufactured here is of superior quality, and that is the reason why Topeka can compete with eastern firms and make the margin low enough to cover the expensa of transportation from here to New Jer sey, j Judge Foster's Scholarship. In appreciation of the great amount of good that the Colored Industrial insti tute is doing for the colored youth of this city, Judge C. G. Foster has written President Edward Stephens pledging sev eral scholarships for both boys and girls. The scholars will be. chosen from the congregations of a number of the colored churches of this city on recommendation of the pastors, and will enter the insti. tute within the next week. The trades school of, the institute will be in session all summer, the summer term commenc ing June 7. Our work will please you. Peerless Steam Laundry, 112 and 114 W. Sth St. See Jones for ice. 'Phone 439. Co. J. v. Si n

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1897. AT THE STATE HOUSE. Boartl of Penitentiary Directors Claim Improvements la Fenitentiarylatters Since They Took Hold. News of the State Departments Per sonals and Notes. The board of directors of the state j er.itentiary have resolved to make a gjvd financial record during their ad ministration and thus far have succeed -rJ in eclipsing- that of their predeces sors. The following statement was made today by A. A. New man, a mem-fc-r the board of directors, who said: -Thus tar the record is a good one but w- ropcse to make it better as we go F .r February, March and April, in liJ the average number of prisoners v.ys S72; coai mined. -45,710 bushels, to tal earnings, $26.r.33.f.; cash received f.r coal sales, $556.54; average earning jer man. $10.10. During: the same period this year average number of prisoners, 860; coal 413.358 bushel?: total earnings. ?V.'.-S7.96; cash received for coal sales, j: --a.32; average earning per man, $15.- 'The total expenses given for the three months of 196 are $32,995.10; the receipts being $26,535.85, making- a de ficiency of $6'.459.25. "During the same period of 1S97 th? total expenses are given as $33,627.63, earnings. $39.2y7.96: increase of earnings over expenses. $0.33. or making a dif ference in favor of the present manage ment of $7,11J.5S for a period of three months. During the year 1896 there was ex pended for clothing and lumber, $1,629, 72; during the months named, while for the like period of this year. $4,955.43 was expended. This was made necessary from the fact that the men were "bare footed and without a change of clothing in midwinter. An expenditure of $1. 176.46 was required for leather with which to make shoes for the men. WILL FORGERY STOPPED By Sending the Sorger to the Peniten tiary for Another Crime. Butte, Mont.. May 13. A stir was cre sted among the heirs of the Davis es tate by the receipt of a letter from the American Tract society in Xew York, nci jsli.g- another from Edwin Stod dard, an inmate of Trenton (X. J.) pen itentiary. Stoddard claims to have pos itive knowledge of the existence of a will made by the late A. J. Davis, by which the American Tract society, American Bible society and American 1-eard of foreign missions were each be queathed SlO.OuO and by which $5,000,000 was set aside for a university in Butte. Stoddard's knowledge he claims. comes from the fact that he had the will in his possession for a long time for the purpose or" forging another will, at the instance of some of the legatees men tioned in it. who were dissatisfied with their bequests. The scheme fur forgery however, was not completed when he was sent to the penitentiary and he on ly recently learned that the original will had not been probated. He savs the will was executed in 1S9 and is still in existe-r.ee. ENDORSE TEMPERANCE. Lynn Creek Stand for the Work in the Capital City. Of many letters received at the office cf the secretary of the State Temper ance union today the following one frum the Lynn Creek church Sunday school shows the sentiment of the people in the immediate vicinity of Topeka with regard to the enforcement of the pro hibitory law: "Whereas. The Sunday school of Lynn Creek M. E. church, endeavoring o do the will of our Master, and lift humanity to a higher standard of life; find "Whereas, The joints have been in creasing in number and boldness in our capital city: therefore be it "Resolved, That we most heartilv en dorse the prompt action of the temper ance workers, and demand the rigid' en forcement of the law." MRS. L. B. GARLIXGHOUSE. Superintendent. VAN A KEN IN THE TOMBS. Is Either Insane or Has Been Badly Treated. New Tork. May 19. Van Aken. th r.an who attempted to kill ex-Senator Mcpherson, was arraigned in police court this morning and remanded in cvtauit of $,'3.0vd bail. McPherson has admitted that he knew Van Aken sev eral years ago. but addd that the ap I.ar ar.ee of the latter had so changed that h did not recognize him. "Van Aken," said Mc-Phcrson "was nee a very wealthy man. owned prop erty in New Jersey and was a con tractor. He built several docks in this city and New Jersey. He was obliged mortgage a good deal of his prop erty and I bought one of his Jersev farms at a mortgage sale. I never had direct transaction with the man but he came to me afterward and claimed that I had entered into an agreement with him to run the farm on" eoual profit shares. He insisted that I owed ium ?2i.0U0 and in November last brought suit in the supreme court I had the suit transferred to the United States court and since that time he has rot tned to revive it. I am inclined to believe that the man is insane. "Van Aken told me this morning that tie was tired out waiting for his lawyer to settle the case and thought we could settle it between us. If n had not been for Mr. Low s action in the mat ter I wouid have been killed Rufus N. Williams, attorney for Van Aken. said he wouid not put in any de fense and the case was set for the grand jury. Mr. Williams wet to look for a bondsman and the prisoner was taken to the Tombs. B. W. Austin Goes to B. O. Chicago, May 19. B. W. Austin, as sistant general passenger agent of the Northern Pacific road, has been ap pointed general passenger agent of the B. o. lines west of the Ohio river, ef fective June 1. Manager of Passenger Traffic Martin said today that L. S. Al-K-n, assistant general passenger agent, would probably remain with the com pany. Mr. Austin is regarded as one of the best of the western passenger men. Bishop Plunkett's Successor. Dublin, May 19. The bench of bishops today elected the Right Rev. Joseph Fer. guson. bishop of Meath. to be Anglican Archbishop of Dublin, in succession to the Rev. Lord Plunkett, who died April 1. C. B. Q, Declares a Dividend. New York, May 19. The Chicago, Bur lington Quincy railroad today declared a regular quarterly dividend of 1 per ctnU A. L. WILLIAMS TO REPLY. Will Answer Got. Leedy's Charges "When He Returns to Town. It appears that Governor Leedy was mistaken when he made the statement at the temperance mass meeting last night that at the time of the first meet ing. A. L. Williams, general attorney of the Union Pacific railway, was in Chi cago lending his aid in arranging a plan to evade the Sherman anti-trust law. As a matter of fact Mr. Villiam3 was at home in this city the night that 'his rather startling letter was read at Ham ilton hail. Mr. Williams had planned to go to Colorado on the afternoon of the day that the first mass meeting was called, and be lieving that be would be out of the city on that night, he wrote the letter in which he advocated force for closing the places kept by violators of the law, and which has since caused such general comment. Business, however, detained him in this city, but as his letter was in the hands of the men in charge of the meeting he refrained from attending the meeting and speaking, as he otherwise would have done had he not planned to leave the city. Mr. Williams is at present In Colorado, and will not return to this city for sev eral days. It is understood that he will reply to Governor Leedy when he returns to Topeka. RICH NEW UNIFORMS. Marshall's Eanct. to Discard Their White Sre33 Suita for Good. Marshall's Military band, which holds the proud reputation of being the finest amateur band in the world, will soon be one of the finest uniformed bands as well. The uniforms which the players have are now ten years old and are beginning to show wear somewhat. They were fine ones when purchased, the white dress coats being rich and showy. John. Marshall is proud of his band, as are. also the citizens of Topeka, and the move for Improving its appearance will be gratifying to all. Already large addi tions have been made in the instrumen tation which makes the organization modern in its makeup. Three different uniform manufacturers have been figuring on the new suits and it is probable that a selection will be made soon. At a meeting of the band held Sunday it was decided to purchase new outfits. The band has some money in bank with which the first payments can be made, and the revenue from the concerts and parades will be used in making the later settlements. The idea of Mr. Marshall and his band members is to purchase dress arid fa tigue suits of dark color and of rich ap pearance. This will be a large expense but the finest band will sound all the nicer dressed up ra elaborate costumes. I When the people come to the Fali Festi val they will see the finest uniformed band in the west with John Marshall waving the baton. COAL TRUST'S HARD FIGHT It is Battling Hard for Existence in New Tork. Monticello. N. V. May 19. Judge Ches ter has declined to vacate the order granted on the 11th, with reference to changing the place of taking the testi mony in the proceedings against the al leged coal trust. This he refused to do upon an exparte application but did j grant an order to show cause returnable next Tuesday at 11:30 at the chambers in Albany. The order is to be served upon the at torney generals so that the matter can be passed on on its merits as to whether the order should be vacated. A stay of proceedings and a stay of the examina tion under the prior order was likewise granted. John B. Kerr, president of the Xew York, Ontario Western railroad apr peared before Judge Chester late last night with the motion to vacate the or der. CARS DID NOT RUN. Clerica's of Toronto Making a Fight Against Them. Toronto, Ont., May 19. Notwithstand ing the fact that the citizens of Toronto voted in favor of the running of street cars on Sunday at last week's election, the cars did not run Sunday, and there is a question whether they will run at all. The by-law under which the vote was taken has yet to be read a third time by the city council, and this is not likely to be done until a legal point raised by the clerical party has been settled. The Third Now Open. The Pennsylvania system's new Twenty-third street entrance to New Tork is now open. -Two fine new ferry boats, double-deckers and conducted especially for the Twenty-third street line, are in daily service. The new en trance gives the Vandalia-Pennsyi-vania Short Lines three points in the heart of New Tork at which passen gers over this rout may reach that city, viz: Cortlandt street, Desbrosses street and Twenty-third street. For further information apply to W. F. Brunner. Assisstant General Passenger Agent. St. Louis, Mo. LOCAL MENTION. Senator L. P. King of Cowley county is in the city. Several picnic parties are being ar ranged for Memorial day. A. A. Newman of Clay Center.a mem- j ber of the board of directors at tne state penitential v is m tc in.j business. The member? of the taxpayers' league are requested by President Heery and Secretary M. Snattinger to meet at Dr. Hamilton's parlors at 8 o'clock this ev ening. J. T. Niles, who was adjutant general of the G. A. R. department of Kansas under Col. W. C. Whitney, will remain in Topeka. He moved here one year ago from Beloit. The $3,500 mortgage, which practically clears the First Methodist church of debt, was paid off today. A small bal ance remains, but it w ill be disposed of in a short time. W. P. Dill and R. W. Turner contrib uted to the first collection at Hamilton hall last night, but when Dr. Embree talked "feenanee" and urged more ex tensive contributions, the Populist statesmen left the hall in company with a large crowd of fellow sufferers. Newmarket Stakes. London. May 19. J. Guebbon's brown colt. Galtee Moore, won the Newmarket stakes of 3,500 sovereigns at the New. market second spring meeting today. NORTH TOPEKA. Items Intended for this column should be left with the- Kimball Printing Co.. 835 Kansas avenue, before 10 o'clock in the morninc Miss Kate Irwin is the guest of Wa mego friends. A. M. Bates of Mencken was a North Side visitor today. Mr. Roberts of Topeka has moved to 1223 Central avenue. Albert Curtis is driving a milk wag on for O. F. Whitney. Mrs. A. W. Lacey is visiting her sis ter at Council Bluffs, la Mamie Bernstein of Beatrice, Neb., Is visiting her grandmother. Donald Jamison, who has been ill for the past week, is able to be out again. Mr. and Mrs. Lacey of Meriden spent yesterday with Mrs. J. E. Watts. Mrs. Alicia Haynes of Kansas City i3 spending a few days with friends. Miss Dyssie Beattie of Kansas Citv is spending a few days with Miss Edith Fau3. Mr. William Waring will leave short ly for a visit at his old home at Ral eigh. X. C. Miss Jessie Kerns will leave shortly for an extended visit with friends at Oneida, Kan. Mr. and Mrs. John Nystrom will leave Friday to attend the missionary confer ence at Stotler. E. A. Ryberg of Nystrom's shoe store has gone to Stotler, Kan., to attend a missionary- conference. E. T. Crum, a grain man of Hoxie, who has been in Wichita, visited with North Side friends yesterday. The Ladies' Guild of the- Good Shep herd church will rrteet tomorrow after noon with, Mrs. A. A. Rowley. Mrs. Fry of West Gordon street, who has been very sick, is somewhat im proved and is able to walk out. W. C. Steele, Alfred Johnson and Frank Longren. who went to Silver Lake to fish Monday, caught 92 pounds of fish. The Christian Endeavor Society of the Congregational church gave a very enjoyable Strawberry and ice cream so cial last evening on Dr. Wallace's.kiwn. On June 9 the Epworth League of the Kansas Avenue church and the leagues from the surrounding country will have a grand picnic at Garfield park. A. M. Baird is making the premises he has built on Jackson street. very near Laurent, attractive homes by sodding the yards and erecting neat fences. He has also built a fine double barn. Section 1 of the Ladies' Society of the Kansas Avenue M. E. church met with Mrs. Houghtelin, 903 Jackson street, yesterday afternoon. Next Tuesday they meet with Mrs. Swartz of Park street. The Good Literature Reading circle will meet this (Wednesdav) evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Nichol as, 919 Van Buren street. Roll call with responses from John Dryden. Miss Root will present a paper on the same author. Bishop Vincent gave a very enter taining talk last evening: at the anni versary meeting of the Epworth League at the Kansas Avenue church. An an them. "Nearer My God to Thee." was sung by the choir, and a solo, "Jerusa lem." by Shirley Lewis. Shawnee council No. 3 and Victor council No. 4, K. L. of S. have been consolidated and will after June 10 meet in the hall at the corner of Gor don and Kansas avenue and be known as Shawnee council No. 3. The officers will be those who w ere in office in Vic tor council No. 4. It is proposed to have meetings every week on Monday evening instead of each alternate week as has been the custom. CLOSED THE DOORS. Reporters are Barred From the Ses sions of the Postal Congress. Washington, May 19. A committee of the universal postal congress was in session yesterday discussing interna tional money orders. The debate over se-eral of the propositions was at times quite animated. There was no general reduction of rates agreed upon, but a number of countries having special agreements between themselves abandoned their separate agreements so as to be able to join the larger general treaty which now- embraces considerably more than half of the countries of the union. The full congress will hold its second ses sion next Thursday. The congress barred its doors to all newspaper reporters. In this connec tion the Evening Star Fays: "The consummation of what will pro bably be regarded as a fiasco in the proceedings of the congress was reach ed yesterday when Gen. Batchellor. its president, issued an order to secure as far as possible, star chamber proceed ings in its work. This order was to exclude all representatives of news agencies from the building in which the congress is holding its session.. As a slight courtesy to the American people who are being taxed $50,000 for the en tertainment of the congress. General Batchellor has given permission to the chairmen of committees to issue every evening a bulletin stating what action has been taken during the day or what matters have been under consid eration, so far as it is deemed expedient to allow anyone outside the congress to know what is being done. "Just what all .this star chamber proceedings is about, no one seems able to discern. Why the delegates should fear having their actions known seems not to be understood. Every gov ernment on the face of the earth has its delegate in the congress, so that the secrecy is not necessary in order to keep information from other govern ments. It appears only to be necessary in order to keep the people at large in the dark. It is doing that to some ex tent. "Strangely enough, the people who have been kept in the dark refuse to make preparations to extend the dele gates any hospitality. Later on the congress will be taken on board a rail road train, sw-itched about a portion of the w'est, brought back to New Tork and bidden farewell by the government officials who have been ordered to see that they were treated respectfully. but so far as is known today, their method will call forth no popular demonstration or hospitality. They will be accorded certain functions, but that it all." A Fire That Has Burned for Years. New-burg. W. Va., May 19. The mines on the upper level of the old Scotch hill are on fire and threaten the existence of the town, which is built over the mines. The fire was started years ago by mali. cious persons and has recently grown so large that the residents have become alarmed. $350,000 for Paris Exposition. Washington, May 19. The senate com mittee on international expositions has decided to report favorably the resolu. tion providing for the appropriation of $350,000 for proper representation of this government at the Paris exposition of 1900. Tonight. "Just Like TofJ," Rev. Megg's lecture at the R. R T. M. C. A. (Fourth and Adams); only 10 cents. Go. The talk of the town and for miles around. They read the papers. They came. They saw. They bought. They came again and are still coming for more of the same purchase that the Crosby Bros, have promised, and much of it even better than the first lot. If you are ac quainted with any of the freight people of the A. T. S. F., ask them to give you some idea of the boxes and bales that came branded Crosby Bros. We never do things by halves. We went to the St. Louis fire sale to buy largely or not at all. The prices suited us and we bought big blocks of clean merchandise. TOMORROW we will have more of those bargains that were closed out the first day and others added that you haven't seen at all. If you'll only stop to think, you'll realize that it is out of the question to show all at once, a purchase like this, unless regular merchandise, is crowded out. 5c Lawns for 16c quality 9-4 Sheeting, Percales, 32 inches wide. 9-4 Bleached Sheeting, 6c Brown Muslin, 5c Shirting Prints, worth 10c, for 2 1-2cyd 12 l-2c yd 5c yd 15cyd 3 l-2c yd 3 l-2oyd 24-inch Fine Linen Cen- Choice Toilet Soap 3 Ribbon remnants worth $1, 6-button length Cha- 5c White Cambric Hand- $4 Figured Cloths, 3 ter Pieces, worth 50c, for cakes in a box, for up to 25c a yard, mois Skin Gloves, Wash- kerchiefs, yards long and all linen, 25c 5c 10c yd abe 75c pr 2 l-2c each $2 5Q 72-inch Cream Table j 6c Apron Ginghams, 25c Heavy Black Silk All Linen Hemstitched 10c Linen Crash, 15c Linen Crash for Linen perfect. Mitts, Handkerchiefs, 48c yd j 3 l-2c 18c pr 5c each 6c yd IQ-llc yd $5 Black Silk Skirts for $2 Figured Mohair 75c and Soc Wrappers, 25c and 35c Boys" 50c Fancy Damask, 12-inch Fine Linen Skirts for for Waists, for Doilies, worth 10c and 15c, $3.95 $1.19 59c 12 l-2c 29c yd for 5c Hosiery and Dress Goods. Wash Goods. Linens. UnderWear. -c Black Etamines 29c l2ic Percales 7c Tabl 1 to 11 UIIUC1 VC11 50c EngUsh cheviot3 19c 121,c 40 in. Batiste 6c Perfect prices from 2, c to 89c a yard Ladies' Swiss Vests, finished neck, 35c Black Brilliantines 19c 6c Apron Ginghams 3c Turkish Towels worth 30c for 13c and arm 4c 10c Ladies' bleached Ribbed Vests.. 6c 50c Checks 2oc 10c Dress Ginghams oc 25c Ladies Lisle Vests, silk-trimmed. 15c 35c Scotch Cheviots 15c 25c Scotch Zephyrs 10c OllKS. Men s fine Ribbed and Balbriggan 65c Fancy Blacks, 46 inches wide 39e 15c Boucle Suitings 7'c Shirts, French neck and Pearl but- ?1 ,5 snk d v.'ool Plaids 59c 25c Lappet Mulls 15c $1.25 changeable Striped Taffeta... .75 tons 2dc 25c Silk Neckties 15c Jl-00 Silk finished Henriettas, 46 in. ..59c 7c Rajah Suitings 3Me $2.00 Black Peau de Soie 1.2a T5c Men's Sweaters 4Sc 39c Cheviot Checks 19c 12 Nurvante Cudelles 71c $1.00 Black Grenadine 50 25c heiyeschoolho5 $1.00 Etamines 59c 12 Satin Checks and Plaids 7c $1.25 Fancy Satin Strip Grenadine.. .75 25c Ladies' full fashioned Stockings. 17c 75c Black Canvas Cloth 29c Bicycle Suitings 7c $1.00 Printed Foulard's 27 inch .75

BIG SALE ON CARPETS, RUGS, PORTIERES, LACE CURTAINS AND DRAPERIES FOR SASH CURTAINS. M0QUETTE CARPETS. 20 patterns, handsome designs, will be sold at 87c yd; regular price $1.15 yd. DEFENDER OF THE SULTAN Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett Tells What Great Men He and the Sultan Are. Kew York, May 19. A special to the World from Paris says: Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett was seen today by the World correspondent. Sir Ellis being on his way to London from Constantinople. In an interview he said: "I have seen some criticism passed upon me for my friendship for the sultan. It is true that I stand in a position of peculiar advantage with regard to Turkey and its sovereign, simply because I have always advocated the policy of friend ship and alliance with the Ottoman Empire that was pursued by Disraeli and all the greatest British ministers. My convictions on this point, which are known to the sultan. are that it is vital for England to keep Russia out of Constantinople, which would, in Russian hands, be the great est piace of arms and commerce in the world." "But." suggested the correspondent, "with British naval supremacy in the Mediterranean, she need not fear Rus sia." "The Russia Black sea fleet, allied with the French fleet, would drive the British fleet to Gibraltar. Egypt would be seized, and probably Malta also." "Do you consider England to be pow erless to hold her own against Russia under such circumstances?" "Yes, Russia would have the whole fighting force of Turkey, the finest in the world, organized and armed under Russian officers, and England would be unable to hold India against an army of 700.000 Turks led by European officers. I have seen the Turks in action. I know the opinion concerning their fighting qualities that is held by ex perienced European commanders who have w atched them in the present cam paign, and if the Caliph of Islam was under Russian control the queen's 60,- 000 Mussulman subjects in India would be under Russian control also. "I believe that both policy and jus tice demand equal treatment for the Turks and Christians by England, on which account I avow and have es poused the cause of the Ottoman em pire. I know the great mass of Turks to be honest, temperate, kind, and, above all, courageous." "But do you consider that Turkish administration needs no reform?" "I admit that the Turkish govern ment needs improvement, but that can best be secured by temperate advice and friendly pressure from England. The recent vilification and coercion, as 1 can say from personal knowledge of his majesty's mind, have only driven the sultan to rely upon Russia and Germany, and if pursued will be a ca lamity to British interest in the east. I have never wavered in these opin ions. "I espoused the Ottoman cause in the height of the atrocity fever, when no Walker "T5 n)i other man in England did so. The Turks are naturally extremely grateful for this support. When I visited Con stantinople last January I was received with open arms by the officials and the people. The sultan gave me a special audience, as he did again last week, of exceptional length. During my stay the sultan placed a pasha in attend ance upon me, put a steam launch and royal equipage at my disposal and in January bestowed on me the Grand Or der of Medjidieh, the highest Ottoman decoration." "Was not the acceptance of the dec oration made the subject of widespread attacks?" "Yes. it was severely criticised in England and meetings were held to de nounce me to my constituents at Shef field, but they failed. When the sultan heard that I was going to follow the campaign in Thessaly, he gave particu lar orders to the vali and to Edhem Pasha that special facilities be given to my party to see all that we wished. Accompanied by my eldest son, a drag oman and an escort of twelve soldiers and an officer, we left Salonica on April 20 for Elassona. We saw the battles of Mati and Delili, the decisive strug gles of the first part of the war. I was the first non-combatant to enter Larissa. beating by five minutes a Ger man officer who raced me. "When I left the front on May 3. I intended to resume my parliamentary duties on the Sth. But fortune willed otherwise. The circumstances of my capture by the Greeks have already been detailed." FK021 THE WRATH TO COME An Insane Slan Exhorting People He is Arrested. John Anderson, aged 25 years, who says he lives at Peterton, is in the city jail with the charge of insanity against him. He claims to belong to the Lord and takes his arrest to mean that the Almighty willed it so. Last evening Patrolman Pavey found Anderscm wandering about the streets exhorting those he met to flee from the wrath to come. Anderson says that hi3 father was a farmer living near Peter ton and that since February he had not seen his parent. Asked what he was doing to be arrested, he said: "I was warning all I met of the end. I came in from Kansas City. I had a ticket to Peterton, but the Lord said for me to stop at Topeka and try to save some of the sinners. I belong to the Lord and I knew I would be arrested but I knew it was His will and I am satisfied. I am all right only they don't under stand me. The end is surely coming soon and now is the opportunity for people to repent. The Lord told me that and I saw heaven in a trance. I saw the table and the dishes there and I wanted to warn the people." Anderson is a youth of slight build, with well formed facial features. Chief Steele has notified the young man's father near Peterton and he is being held at the city jail until word can be .rir INGRAIN 2,763 yards best quality everywhere at 65c and 75c at oiic yard. Gaylord Barcley, 628 Kansas Ave., 2nd Floor. received from there. Young Anderson's case is a pitiable one. SALTATION AR31Y BABY. It Has Been Adopted by the Salva tion Army. The baby which was left in PoliceMat ron Thorpe's charge a few days ago has been adopted bv the Salvation Army. It is a bright child. The Army will rear and educate it. Mrs. Thorpe asks that children who wish to do a little mission work save their pennies for the Salva tion Army baby. It will appreciate them much as a little money will be very acceptable at this time in provid ing clothes. It is now kept at the Salvation Army hospital. The charitably disposed peo ple o-f the city are becoming much Inter ested in the little waif and should his cruel and heartless parents be appre hended they would be dealt with sum marily under the law. Mrs. Thorpe, in speaking of the baby said: "The Topeka. Array'ha3 become great ly interested in the little thing, and will henceforth protect it, rear it and edu cate it as their own. A suitable name will be given it, and the following plan has been decided upon: Whatever is given for the baby's support, by kind hearted citizens, will be faithfully used for the Army baby only. $1.50 each week will be reserved for its care, and what ever surplus remains will be faithfully kept for the baby himself." Does the Pill Fit? We often talk of the fit of a shoe, but whoever heard of the fit of a pill? Yet that word "fit" expresses very aptly the need of the adjustment of the pill to the conditions of the body. When we buy shoes we don't simply want a leather covering for our feet: we want a fit. "We know that ill-fitting shoes ruin the feet by causing corns and bun ions, and bring us at last to the ex pense and annoyance of special lasts. If the piil we take does not fit the con ditions for which it is taken it plays havoc with the liver. Yet how many people think about getting a fit pill for their case. Any pill will do, so long as it temporarily accomplishes the pur pose of a pill. If those who take such little heed could see the result of such pills on the liver as plainly as they can see the result of ill-fitting shoes, there would be more care exercised in the choice of medicine. Why not look into the pill business? Ayer's Curebook (sent free) tells of cures of constipation, liver troubles, indigestion, biliousness, etc., by the use of Ayer's Cathartic Pills. Send for the book. J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. alvag CARPETS. of all wool Ingrains, sold yd, yon can have your choice MODERN TAILORS FRIC333 REASONABLE. HOLDING OUR OWN. Topeka Clings to Her Population of 31,000 and Shows a Slight Bias. According to the return of the city as sessor, Topeka's population has increased to the number of 2 during the past year. The return shows the population of this city to be 31.612, while the return of last year places the population at 31, 3S2. The population by wards as shown by the return is as follows: First ward 6.632 Second ward S.53B Third ward 7.K4 Fourth ward 5.SS7 Fifth ward Total 31,84$ Since March 1, 1SS6. up to March L ISSTv there were reported 23 deaths in Topeka, 45" births and 192 marriages. The enum eration of unfortunates consists of two deaf and dumb persons, two idiotic per sons, seven insane people and ten who are totally blind. Of horses there are 3,049 in this city, 1.346 cows. 215 hogs and 52 mules. The herd of 2.450 sheep, now being fed at the fair grounds, are all of that class of ani mals in Topeka. The dogs of the city number 1,335. QUEEN OF THE FESTIVAL March to Be Writtea in Honor of the Festival flue en. The official Festival march and two-step, which is now being written by Mr. W. F. Roehr, w ill be named "Queen of the Festival." The idea of having an official march for Topeka's Fall Festi val was original with Mrs. C. S. Sutton, and she suggested it to Mr. Roehr. If the plan pf having a Queen of the Fes tival, to participate in all of the fea tures of the week, is carried out. the se lection will necessarily be made some time before the Fall Festival opens, and the new march and two-step will then be published with the Festival Queen's picture. Unconditional surrender, is the only terms those famous little pills known as DeWitt's Little Early Risers will make with constipation, sick headache and stomach troubles. G. W. Stans field, 632 Kansas ave.

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t G TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAT 19. 1897. GOV. LEEOY WAS HEARD. And His Defense Did Not De fend Him. Talked on Hatters Foreign to the Question. Senator Peffer and Annie Diggs Join in Denunciation of the Non-Enforcement of Law. It was a field day at Hamilton hall last night. First Governor Leedy told the people what he regarded as the real difficulty with reference to the enforce ment of the prohibitory law; then the people told Mr. Leedy what is the dif ficulty with his inanimate police board and talked of the possibilities for en forcement of law were the governor and the men in those places inclined to stand by their oaths of office and dis charge their duty as citizens. The governor went to Hamilton hall feeling in the best of spirits and con fident that he would make some ex planations which would allay the anger of the law and order people. He was given a respectful hearing and close attention throughout. Hamilton hall was filled in every nook and corner. People crowded on the stairways, while many were un able to gain admission. The meeting was called by the committee of fifteen to report upon the progress of the work and stir the indolent to action. The committee also needed some money, and Dr. Embree was there conducting a collecti6n on the old fashioned Methodist plan, which result ed in the accumulation of quite a sum of money to carry on the work. J. B. Larimer and Governor Leedy each gave $-5. The governor said: "I will give $25 and will pay it when I draw my next month's salary." Major J. K. Hudson presided. The first speaker was Governor Leedy, who ex plained that his presence was due to an invitation which he asked the com mittee to send him. He said: "Mr. Chairman: I understand that the object of this meeting is to promote the enforcement of the prohibitory law and to inquire into the ways and means by which this may be accomplished. In speaking to you on this question, I have decided to reduce my remarks to manuscript and furnish each newspaper correspondent with a copy for the pur pose of preventing my remarks from being garbled and myself misquoted. "It seems that at a meeting held a few days since, the conclusion was ar rived at that the lack of the enforce ment of the prohibitory law was be cause the governor and the police com missioners were receiving money from the jointists. I think that if such charges were to have been made, it would have been fair and decent to have invited the parties who were ac cused to be present, and they should have been given an opportunity to de fend themselves; but as opportunity was not given, I proceeded to invite myself to the next meeting, and I am triad that the committee have O. K.'d the invitation and permitted me to speak, and in doing so I do not propose to abstain from saying what I think to le true because of the presence of any citizens of the state; neither do I ask any man to modify his remarks be cause of my presence. "My opinion is that the failure to en force the prohibitory law is largely chargeable to the executive committee of the State Temperance union and to the so-called and pretended friends of the prohibitory law, and in order to clearly present my view of the case, it Is necessary to go back and look into the history of the State Temperance union, which, in former years was a bulwark to the temperance cause and a great instrument in the hands of the eaple to promote its enforcement; but, unfortunately, an organization capable of so much, good fell into the hands of the agents of the corporations, who pro ceeded to make it a political weapon Instead of an instrumentality for good. "Two years ago the committee was reorganized and a new executive com mittee formed consisting of a long list of gentlemen eminent in the temper ance cause, and some ministers to give it tone and effect, but the chairman of this committee was Mr. Willis Gleed. I know not what the forces were that foisted Mr. Gleed upon the committee as its chairman, and it seems strange that the attorney of the railroad cor porations whose profits derived from the traffic in beer and whisky consti tutes one of their principal items of rev enue and who pay Mr. Gleed his salary to see that their profits are not reduced, ehould have been selected to be the chairman of this committee; but the subsequent events plainly show that Mr. Gleed has earned the salary paid him by the railroad since being made chairman of the committee. His mas terly activity in preventing the commit tee from doing anything or in any way interfering with the political adminis tration of affairs that favored corpora tions and his success in stopping the mouth of the State Temperance union for two years' time, testify to his ability in carrying out the wishes of his em ployers, as chairman of the committee. "At the meeting held a few evenings eince, Mr. Gleed seems to have uncork ed the committee and told them to howl, and in doing so I think he inad vertently accomplished some good. It has been the policy of the powers that toe in Topeka to keep the powers of the police force minimized as much as pos sible. They have had no power pre viously to interfere with the liquor traf fic except on complaint and have no right to open doors without a warrant but the shout that went up at the last temperance meeting a few days since xvas so great that It actually convinced the city council that at last these people had quit playing to the grand stand and were really in earnest, and the re sult was that the police commissioners succeeded in doing what they had never before been able to do, although both the board of commissioners and the chief of police have repeatedly endeav ored to get the city attorney to prepare end the city council to pass an ordi nance for the abatement of nuisances which gives the police power that thev did not possess before. This has already been productive of a great deal of good end I hope that Mr. Gleed will still con tinue to direct the temperance union to continue their efforts and I think I can offer the gentlemen some suggestions that will assist them in doing good long temperance lines. "At the present time there js a man In this city who has been convicted of celling whisky, but for some strange reason sentence has never been passed upon him. It seems to me that if these gentlemen would pass fewer reso lutions and pay more attention to the ways in which the laws can be enforced they wouldn't have so much ground to complain of the officials of the state. It Is true that this man has been con victed Mr. Wilkerson is a brother of JTohn Wilkerson, who Is a brother to the Corporations, who seem, to be brothers- in-law of the State Temperance union. If these gentlemen would go down in a body and ask Judge Hazen to pass sentence upon Wilkerson, I think it would be more productive of good ef fects than if they pass some resolu tions. I know not why these gentle--men have been so careful and soconsid erate of Mr. Wilkerson. I will leave them to tell the public why, but per haps one reason is that the Wilker sons belong to the corporation crowd politically and have rendered much service to the corporations whose agents contribute largely to the salaries of some of the reverend gentlemen who constitute this executive committee. "During the time I have been gov ernor of the state, no man convicted of a crime has had his sentence abol ished or a conditional pardon granted him. This administration isn't deal ing in any chicanery of that kind. Every man in the state convicted of a crime and sentenced by a court has had to go behind the bars, and there may be a lurking fear in the hearts of these gentlemen that when the court sen tences Mr. Wilkerson he will have to take his place along with other law breakers of the state. "I think, further, that the moral ef fect of the resolutions passed by the State Temperance union and by citi zens in mass meetings would be much greater if they took some ac tion in re gard to the enforcement of other laws A GOVERNOR JOHN W. LEEDY. besides the prohibilQry law. It is true that these gentlemen lustily shout that they are in favor of the enforcement of all laws, but they never hold any meet ings to protest against the non-enforcement of laws other than the prohibi tory law. The prosecution of men for perjury has almost entirely ceased, in deed, it seems to be almost a virtue instead of a crime and they could do a great deal of good along that line. They have never held any meetings to protest against the non-enforcement of the laws regulating corporations, by means of which the people of this state have been robbed out of millions. "The legislature two years ago passed a law compelling the railroad compa nies to weigh and receipt for the grain that they received for transportation. The railroads have paid no attention whatever to this law, and yet I have not heard that these gentlemen, who are so much in favor of the enforce ment of all law, have made any public protest in this matter. Can it be true that these gentlemen have their exits and their entrances at the beck of a corporation attorney? Is it possible that they shout when he waves the baton? Is it true that they keep still or retire from the stage at this gentle man's instance? Verily, it looks so, and I think that the temperance cause could best be promoted by the temper ance people of this state, especially the ministers who are truly in favor of temperance reform, and there are thousands of good and honest Chris tians of that kind serving the Lord as ministers in this state, coming together and reorganizing the State Temperance union by displacing the men who have for the last two years made its name a synonym for political treachery, in the ways that I have described. "Speaking for myself. I intend to give the temperance laws the same execu tion that I do other laws, and other laws the same execution that I give the prohibitory law, so far as I am able. I have appointed to be police commis sioners in the various cities as good citizens as I could find that were will ing to accept the position. I have not asked them what their views are on the temperance question, because it was not my business to do so; neither do I ask a notary public when I appoint him what his views are with regard to keeping a record of his office, as re quired by law, but I desire to say in de fense of the police commissioners of Topeka that they have convicted more men of selling whisky in the short time they have been in office than was done in a year previously. It is supposed that every man who is appointed to an office understands his duties, and will fulfill them to the best of his ability with the power that is given him, and the courts are open to any citizens who desire to make complaint. Every man convicted of a crime and sentenced by court, during my administration, will have to go behind the bars, whether he be friend or foe. "I believe in a government of law, and have not, nor will not, set aside the Judgments of the courts by granting pardons in advance of the sentence or issuing conditional pardons. If I think a sentence is too severe for the crime committed, I may reduce it, as the law contemplates, but I have no sympathy with the class of people who desire to have their views carried into effect re gardless of what the laws may be, and have found, when I have looked up a citizen of that kind, that he was gen erally a law breaker himself. "At the meeting recently neld in this city, some letters were read from two eminent railroad attorneys, who were not able to be present. One of them fa vored mob law and anarchism in place of public courts and legal machinery for the enforcement of the law. If any man in the state of Kansas shall resist a legal process of any court in the state I will see that he is properly dealt with, but I do not think the governor's office was intended to supersede the courts, and am unable to understand why this gentleman should take the view he does of this matter, when he seems to be a violator of the law himself. "I do not know of a certainty the reason why Mr. Williams or Mr. Gleed could not attend this meeting, but am told it was because they were called to Chicago to attend the meeting of the freight rate association to devise a means of evading the Sherman anti trust law, and it seems that these gen tlemen were successful, because I read in yesterday's newspapers that a new Children Cry for Pitcher's Csstona. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. agreement of the western lines to main tain schedule freight rates after June 1 has been reached in violation of the law. "Now, in the face of the Sherman anti-trust law, and the decision of the supreme court of the United States construing that law so as to make it a felony for railroad companies and their agents to engage in this kind of a meet ing, they have no- more right, legally or morally, to go to a meeting of this sort, than the counterfeiters of the country would have to hold a meeting to evade the law. They are all felons alike, under the law, and I hope that the gentlemen who are so anxious to promote the enforcement of the prohib itory law will find also some way to take action in regard to the law-breakers of higher degree. "I believe that it is my duty to do what I can to enforce the laws against corporations as well as to enforce the prohibitory law, and I have started in to do what I can in that direction and I do not propose to be diverted from my purpose by any howl that can be rais ed about the prohibitory law by men who are put forward by the corpora tions to do the screaming. "If these gentlemen desire a better enforcement of the prohibitory law than is now being had, let them quit playing to the galleries and come down to busi ness and they will find that I have less saloon money and less corporation mon ey in my pocket than they have in theirs and that I will make every man convicted and sentenced in court serve a just and reasonable sentence behind the bars, even though the saloons and corporations both stand behind him as they seem to in the Wilkerson case." James A. Troutman followed Mr. Leedy and suggested that perhaps the mysterious individual who at a funeral arose and said: "If no one cares to talk about the deceased. I will make a few remarks on the subtreasury." "I do not know," said Mr. Troutman, "but we have this same mysterious individ ual with us tonight. "This is a question of loyalty or trea son. If you are good citizens you must stand by the law. Under our law the state, not the municipality, is the unit of power. The oath taken by every of ficer to enforce the law extends to the limits of the commonwealth. I shall not enter into any controversy with the governor, whose ignorance of the State Temperance union is as glaring as the effrontery of the chief executive before this meeting." (Cheers.) "Hit 'em again," "Go after them, Jimmie." came from all parts of the house, but Sir. Troutman did not proceed, taking his seat "to give the many other speakers an opportunity." H. G. Larimer said: "It has been announced by the chief executive him self that he openly encourages the sa loon. Invited to speak upon the en forcement of the law, he has come to this meeting and talks in a way that would encourage any man who desired to violate the law. It is an outrage that such a condition prevails in Kan sas. Neglecting prohibition, he has talked of freight rates. I want to tell you, men and women, that it makes no difference whether or not the police force is on our side, we will enforce the prohibitory law in Topeka. I think Milt Henderson will do his duty as a police commissioner if given proper support. I know Wilson Keith will. We have been told to furnish evidence and that the law will be executed. Furnish this committee with money and we will un dertake what I think will be one of the greatest and most successful cru sades ever witnessed in this city." Senator Peffer followed Mr. Larimer. Mr. Peffer said: "I didn't bring a blan ket with me, but if I had brought one it would not have been filled with cold water to th-ow over this meeting-. I believe that if I were governor of Kan sas I would enforce the law, drive out the saloons. I would enforce the law and drive out these joints and saloons, or leave enough wrecks in my path to show that I had been doing something. The governor has sworn before Al mighty God that he will enforce the law. Is he doing it? It seems to me, if I were governor of the state, instead of abusing the temperance people I would denounce the violators of the law." When Mr. Peffer made the above statement Hamilton hall shook with cheers. Men jumped up and swung their hats, while women clapped their hands and assisted in offering Mr. Peffer the demonstration of the even ing in the way of approval. Governor Leedy, sitting on the front row of chairs on the stage, listened to Mr. Peffer with deep interest. Mr. Pef fer said in conclusion: "When he abused us as being cranky about this law, and then says he is as much a friend to this law as any other. I ask the governor, as he goes back and forth to Missouri and Texas, on his peregrinations here and there, whether the burden of his song is not 'railroad, railroad, railroad'? Under the very shadow I was going to say of the state house flag, but I was ashamed when I looked at that flag the other day under the very shadow of the dome of the capitol complaints are heard that one particular law is vio lated, day in and out." The ever-popular and eloquent Mrs. Annie L. Diggs, also arraigned Gover nor Leedv for his attitude upon the pro hibitory law. "From the govenor we have heard tonight," she said, "that the chief difficulty to which we owe the lack of the enforcement of the law i3 with the State Temperance union. The responsibility for the enforcement of this law rests, not with the State Tem perance union or any other organization, but with the officers whose sworn duty is to enforce the law. Governor Leedy and his police board are the persons who are responsible. (Cheers). We should not be called upon to raise funds as we have attempted to do here to night to assist in the work for which these officers are chosen and paid. However, this condition is not peculiar to this administration. It has been characteristic of all of them. In the temperance cause, I know no partisan ship; neither Republican, Democrat or Populist. I even applauded Major Hud son's speech. Could non-partisanship ascend to sublimer heights? "The prohibitory law can be enforced by the governor. All we need is a gov ernor who desires to do it. He has the power. Governor Leedy could enforce the law if he were so inclined. Give the women of Kansas the ballot and these difficulties would be removed," exclaimed Mrs. Diggs, not forgetting to say a good word for the cause nearest her heart. "If I were governor," she continued, "and a man should ask me for a place on a police commission, the first ques tion he would meet would be: 'Are you in favor of the enforcement of law? Do you believe in the prohibitory law?' Why, do you suppose," she exclaimed, turning to face the governor,"that Gov ernor Leedy would appoint a man as a member of the state board of railroad commissioners who was not in favor of maximum rates? (Cheers). "I desire to say, in commending Mr. Troutman, that I did not hear from his lips, during the campaign preceding the nomination for governor two years ago. such noble sentiments as he has uttered tonight. Seventy-two per cent of the crime in this country comes from the liquor traffic. Good citizens should come to the rescue. We should join hands; rise above partisanship and create such a sentiment that the officers should be obliged to enforce the law. I will add that I did not hear from Major Hudson such noble declarations against this traffic during the campaigns preceding conventions of the Republican party of which I have knowledge. That is the gTeat difficulty. Political parties fear to confront the question. These revivals always come in off years. When con ventions come Republicans and Popu lists alike are frightened out of their wits and want nothing said in plat forms." Turning to Major Hudson and Mr. Troutman. Mrs. Diggs challenged her political adversaries in no uncertain tones, saying: "I will join with either or all of you in making a meeting of this kind in this city, or any other, the night before the next state convention of the Republi cans or Populists a success. The whisky people have no cause for which they can speak out in all Israel. Through their O. M. B.'s and other secret ways they sneak around. They have no cause which decent men and women can support. But, we ask you tonight, men and women of Kansas, regardless of party to rise In your might and crush out this curse." Bishop John H. Vincent of the Meth odist church followed Mrs. Diggs tak ing occasion to criticise her statement that if the women had the ballot no in temperance would exist. He said: "We do not want the women to have the bal lot. It would be like it is in Wyoming where the women vote and beer flows freely. What we need, what we must have is the removal of this power from the control of weak, selfish and corrupt men. When in New York I saw that an open saloon has been found in To peka. I said to one of my trends: 'Un less I mistake the sentiment, of our people public sentiment will not submit to the existence of that iniquitous place in Topeka.' Public sentiment is now aroused and I suspect that these officers will be compelled to enforce the law or vacate their positions. This re vival must continue. We must not per mit these selfish, self-seeking corrupt and impotent men to destroy and dis grace the state by neglect of duty." REPORT Or THE COMMITTEE Made at the Law Enforcement Sleet ing Last Night. The report of the temperance com mittee of fifteen read at last night's meeting was as follows: To the Citizens of the City of Topeka: Your committee of fifteen on the en forcement of law, consisting of Sena tor W. A. Peffer, Samuel T. Howe, Joab Mulvane. D. C. Tillotson, F. M. Stahl, Chas. F. Spencer, M. T. Campbell, Wil liam M. Wellcome, W. R. Hazen, F H Foster, C. S. Elliott. F. M. Newland, S. S. Ott, L. A. Stebbins and H. G. Lari mer, appointed by James A. Troutman, pursuant' to authority vested him by the mass meeting of citizens held at Hamilton hall Friday evening. May 7, beg leave to make the following re port: Your committee has been in session almost daily since its appointment; its efforts thus far have been chiefly di rected to ascertaining the attitude of the officers of the law towards its en forcement. The county attorney has been inter viewed by your committee. He main tains that it is no part of his duty as county attorney to swear to complaints, where reliable information is furnished him of violations of the law. In this your committee is unanimously of the opinion that the county attorney is wrong, and a further investigation of the law but confirms the position taken by the mass meeting of citizens held in this place on the 7th instant on this subject. Aside from this question, however, the county attorney has ex pressed a willingness to do all in his power to enforce the law, and to co operate with your committee for this purpose, and it is the unanimous opin ion of the committee that such tenders of co-operation should be uncondition ally accepted by your committee, not withstanding the difference of opinion heretofore stated; and that your com mittee, together with all good citizens of our city, should do all in their power to assist the county attorney and other officers in the enforcement of the law, and furnish them the moral support of a united, healthy public opinion. Your committee has had a long in terview with the police commissioners. They have all expressed to your com mittee a willingness to do all in their power to enforce the law, and they have expressed a desire for the active and continued co-operation and assistance of your committee to this end, and it is the unanimous opinion of the com mittee that such tender of co-operation should be accepted. But we learn from the police commissioners that they are also inclined to take the same position that Mr. Jetmore, our county attorney, takes, as to the duty of officers in swearing out complaints. We deem this position taken by the county attorney and the police department the most serious obstacle that we have to con tend with, and as we said before, we deem this position entirely wrong. It is especially unfortunate that our po lice force, whose especial duty it is to be vigilant in protecting the public from law-breakers, who are paid for that work and that only, should take this unsound position. After a careful review of the entire situation, your committee is, however, unqualifiedly of the opinion that the law relative to the sale of intoxicating liquors can be enforced in the city of Topeka, as well as the other criminal laws of the state are enforced, and if the citizens of Topeka who are in favor of such enforcement will support the efforts of the committee by an active public sentiment and a reasonable sup ply of money, your committee will un dertake to see that such practical sup port is given to the officers of the law as will insure its thorough enforce ment. This, however, is not to be done without money to pay necessary and legitimate expenses, and we now appeal to the citizens of Topeka for generous contributions for this purpose. Re spectfully submitted, F. M. STAHL, Chairman. L. A. STEBBINS, Secretary. SUGAR, GOES DOWN. In Spit of German Laws Price Can't be Kept Up. Washington, May 19. Again the beet sugar industry in Europe is facing a crisis in spite of the various ingenious and complex legislative remedies that have been applied. From several of the United States consular officers Mann at Frankfort, Muth at Madge burg and Morris at Ghent reports have come to the state department de scriptive of the evil conditions that ex ist in the sugar industry. Consul Muth says that the last sugar law, of May 15, 1896, has been disappointing in Jts effects. Prices have declined even in the face of a largely increased demand from the United States. Consul Mann says the law has actually increased the beet sugar acreage, which was already at its extreme point of safe expansion. Consul Morris transmits a copy of a most urgent and desperate plea for help of the Belgian sugar makers, and each and all say the prospect is full of gloom. Anti-Scalpers' Bill Signed. Albany, N. Y., May 19. Gov. Black has signed the so-called anti-scalpers bill. It absolutely prohibits the sale of railroad tickets in this state by anyone except regular agents of railroad com- j pames. mm iw' WL IN THE SOCIETY WORLD. General Notes of Society Personal Items. and Recent Social Events in Topeka and Vicinity. Items of Interest About Topeka Peo ple and Visitors in Town. The Spalding Reading circle gave a novel entertainment at Leib's hall last evening. The hall was arranged to rep resent a train of cars and the audience composed the passengers. Several young ladies took the part of the train men and colored musicians with their instruments imitated the whistle and motion of the cars. The train was supposed to be making a trip to Sing Sing and when their des tination was reached a musical pro gramme was given. Miss Irene Horner took the part of conductor. The por ters were Miss Blanche Joerger, Miss Minnie Wingert and Miss Doyle. Miss Isabel Boyle sola gum and can dy and Misa Lorine Kinney was the book agent. There was a large and appreciative audience and the affair was voted a success by all present. The following programme was given: 1. Trio Misses Wyatt 2. Piano Solo Miss O'Brian 3. Song Miss Lucia Wyatt 4. Coronet Solo Mr. Swearingen 5. Song Miss Horner Violin Obligato ..Mrs. Frank Foster 6. Song Mrs. Reeske 7. Concert Solo Mr. Swearingen 8. Song Miss Madge Johnson A Luncheon. Mrs. G. O. Wilmarth entertained a number of her friends at luncheon yes terday in honor of Mrs. Rinda Chesney. The rooms were prettily decorated in cut flowers of all descriptions. In the dancing room yellow roses were the prevailing flower. On the table was a centerpiece of them, and one long stem med rose was laid at each place. Those present were Mrs. John Sargent. Mrs. C. M. Atwood, Mrs. A. M. Callaham, Mrs. Wellman, Mrs. Poindexter, Mrs. Chesney and Mrs. W. T. Branstrup. Stedman Club At the meeting of the Stedman club Monday night Mr. W. H. Bradbury concluded his "Reminiscences of an English School Boy." Mrs. W. H. Ro by presented an original poem entitled "Spring;" the secretary, Mrs. Downing, read a poem, "Destiny," contributed by Miss Laura N. Case of Girard, and there were reviews by Mrs. Hargreaves, Dr. Mary E. Stewart and Mr. Downing. A number of visitors were present. A Picnic The German classes of the high school gave a picnic at Potwin yesterday af ternoon. Those present were Misses Grace McClure, Mary McGiffin, Pearl Burdge, Elizabeth Gregory, Mollie Ma gill. Maud Van Houten, Ruth Trapp, Edith Niles, Ada Pulley, Katherine Graves, Maud Scheever, Mabel Cham bers, Anna Walgren, Mamie Smith, Sa die Downing, Nell Chambers, Dollie Tilford, Elma Irelan, Lee Redden. Lulu McKee; Messrs. Carl Sawin, Harold Perkins, Aaron Hadley, Ray Wardall, Max Wardall, Frank Smith, Paul Sweet, Herbert Robinson, Terence Montgom ery. Mrs. Doran and Mrs. Scheever were the chaperons. Personal and Social. Miss Alice Prescott will entertain the Pansy club Friday afternoon in honor of Miss Maud Stacey. Mrs. A. L. Redden left last week for a trip through the south and east. She will be gone a month or six weeks. Mr. Walter Noble went to Kansas City on business yesterday. All members and friends of the Ral ston club are requested to be present at the Y. M. C. A. parlors on Wednes day eve. May 19. at 8 o'clock, to m""t Miss Opal Le Baron McGauhey, B. E., of Washington, D. C A. K. Rodgers, president. The Washington Capital of last Sun day printed a picture of Miss Clemma Linn of Topeka in connection with a flattering sketch. Miss Linn went to Washington two years ago to study for the stage, but her health failed her and ass mm vtvBL she remained there to study music and French instead. She returns to Topeka this spring. Mr. A. W. Tanner returned from St. Louis yesterday. "The Eclat." one of the recently or ganized dancing clubs', will give a dance at Hudson's hall May 26. Miss Alice Prescott ill give a bicycle party this evening in honor of Miss Ri der of Kansas City. There will be a subscription dance at Vinewood tomorrow evening. Mr. Jack Newman and Mr. Fred Gordon have charge of it. Miss Amy Kearney will entertain the Indianapolis club this evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bailey and son Charles are spending a few days at Ex celsior Springs. Mo. The Topeka E. S. A. will meet at the Commercial club rooms on Thursday, 3 n m. The members are earnestly re quested to be present, to consider the I report of the committee upon joining the Federation of Clubs. Miss Lulu Thompson has returned from a few days visit in Kansas City. Mrs. W. S. Johnson left this after noon for St. Paul, Minn, where she will spend the summer with her daughter, Miss Blanche Johnson, who will play during the summer season with the Gif fon Neil Stock company at the Metro politan theater in that city. Mr. C. S. Eagle. Mr. D. P. Elliott, Mr. Albert Parker, Mr. W. E. Edwards, and Mr. George Leis of Lawrence left yes terday for Cripple Creek to look after their mining interests. From there they will go to Colorado Springs where they will be joined by Mr. O. P. Updegraff and the whole party will then go to Twin Lakes on a fishing excurslon.They will be gone about two weeks. The West Side Reading circle will meet with Mrs. J. W. Bailey, Thursday afternoon at her home, 611- West Sixth. Mr. J. W. White will give a stag party this evening. Mr. and Mrs. R. Tuchman of Minne apolis are visiting Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Greenwald and Mr. and Mrs. Snattin ger. Miss Sadie Atchison of Leavenworth is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. J. Black and Miss Nellie Peffer. Mrs. C. A. Fellows returned from Wamego today. The West Side Reading circle will give a picnic the first of June. Mrs. Susie Moore of Lawrence Is vis iting Mrs. Margaret Witt. Miss Alda Coughlan will give her de gree recital at Bethany one week from tonight. Mr. James C. Huteson will arrive Sunday from New Y'ork to visit Mr. W. O. Tayman. Mrs. Avrey Turner will return Satur day from Hutchinson where she lias been attending the jubilee. Mrs. Stonehill of Chicago is visiting Mrs. A. Newman. Miss Irene McNeill will entertain a few of her friends tomorrow evening. Miss Nellie Peffer will go to Leaven worth Friday to attend the cotillon. She will be the guest of the Misses Atchison. Rev. Frances E. Brandt who was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Fisher for the past week left today for her home in Walnut Grove, Kan. Mrs. W. H. Reed has returned from a two weeks' trip with her husband through .Texas and Oklahoma. Mrs. George Wheat will entertain this afternoon for Miss Jessie Jenner of St. Marys. Mrs. Will Whitton will leave in two weeks for a visit with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Alderson, in Portsmouth, O. Miss Madge Johnson will attend the cotillon in Leavenworth the last of the week. Abolitionist Dies. Westchester, Pa., May 19. J. Williams Thorn, who was conspicuous in the ranks of the abolitionists, died at his home in Sunbury yesterday, aged 81 years. He was a prominent agent in the work of helping runaway slaves to freedom by underground railroads. Some years ago Thorn's land interests led him to locate in North Carolina, where, shortly after, he became a mem ber of the legislature. During his mem bership of that body he was most vig orously and persistently attacked by southern members. Railroad Disaster. Cologne, May 19. A train conveying a detachment of reserves from West phalia to Metz. ran off the rails today between Hillsoheim and Grosheim. Nine men are known to have been kill ed and 35 injured. The accident was caused by the train breaking in two, the rear portion subsequently overtak ing and crashing into the front part. HINDOOS MAY STARVE If They Depand on Getting Supplies From This Country. Washington, May 19. The navy de partment has had so much trouble in securing ships to carry the contribu tions of grain from this country to In dia that it now has under considera tion the propriety of appealing to con gress to amend the resolution under which it was proceeding. That resolu tion requires the grain to be carried in an American vessel. It happens that there are very few American steamers outside of the regu lar lines, and the department is unable to comply with the terms of the act unless it turns to a sailing ship. Such a ship could not reach Bombay in much, less than three and a half months, by which time the famine sufferers for whom the relief is intended, might be expected to be either starved to death or in possesison of new crops of rice. Therefore, unless an American can be procured at New York within the next few days, it is probable that congress will be asked to remove the injunction and allow the department to charter a steamer of another nationality Which may be allowed to carry the American flag for the occasion. A steamer is wanted also at San Francisco for a like purpose, but it is said that the need is not so pressing- in that case, for if the cargo is started by the first of next month it will serve. OSCAR WILDE FREE. Was Let Out of Prison Today and Goes to Paris, London, May 19. Oscar Wilde, who was sentenced on May 25. 1895, with Taylor, a companion, to two years' im prisonment at hard labor after having been convicted of immoral practices, was released from prison this morning. Wilde, who seemed to be enjoying ro bust health, goes to Paris immediately. He intends, however, to return to this city to engage in literary work. He says he does not intend to hide his identity but will write over his own signature. The Pall Mall Gazette this afternoon says one of the first acts of Oscar Wilde on regaining his freedom, was to refuse 1,000 for a story of his prison experiences. THE WOMAN IN THE CASE. Sausage Maker Luetgert Mixed Up With, a "Wealthy Widow. Chicago, May 19. Back of the his tory of the downfall of Adolph L. Leut gert, the wealthy sausage manufac turer who is now in jail charged with wife murder, is said to be a peculiar story in which Leutgert and R. W. Davey, an English promoter, figure as the principal characters. Davey, it is said, came to Chicago last November and placed an advertisement in the papers stating that an English gentleman representing large capital ists, would be glad to meet with per sons with manufacturing property to sell. Leutgert was attracted by the advertisement and after several con ferences a deal was arranged whereby the property was sold for $300,000 to the so-called English syndicate and the property bonded. Leutgert's at torneys became suspicious and Davey was unable to get hold of the bonds. Such was Leutgert's confidence in the man, however, that Davey succeeded in borrowing $16,000 in cash from him before leaving Chicago last February. It is said that the absence of so much ready money involved Leutgert in the financial difficulties which cul minated in his failure. The police claim there is a woman in the case in the person of a well-to-do widow. She and Leutgert, it is said, have been friends for years and it is the theory of the police that Leutgert's anxiety to marry the woman and thus obtain pos session of her property, or at least of the ready cash of which he was sorely in need, drove him to his crime. The police claim to have proof of undue in timacy between the two, and also that the day following the disappearance of his wife Leutgert transferred a con siderable portion of his property to the wealthy widow. Much complaint has recently ben made to the county commissioners of the num ber of cattle and horses allowed to run at large in different parts of the county. The county commissioners have no au thority to act in this matter, but under the herd law owners of stock can be ar. rested on complaint of individuals-

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0 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1897. i 4 J f 1 i S n ANTS, REN TS,SIT UATIONS, REAL ESTATE, AUO U U T10N SALES AND OTHER CLASSIFIED AD VERTISEMENTS SITUATIONS WANTED FREE. Are yea in need of work? If so. you are at l:l-'-y to use these columns for as sistance In that direction. While this r,ot:e- appears the State Journal will pub lish free on Saturday. Monday and Tues cav. for Topeka or Kansas people, all r, ii' of Situations Wanted." not to exceed Ave lines, or thirty-five words. In Itr.srt'n. provided that all advertisements of that nature are handed in previous to j-i o !c k Saturday morning: also on Ve-dr.-lay, Thursday and Friday, all j,ivW::-:ns of this elass handed in by 10 o id k Wednesday morning. No advertisements of this nature to be w-irtvu except on Saturdays and Wednes c iy-. N'o obligation is incurred on the j...rt i f the advertiser. Xo worthy and r,e.'.y man or woman need hesitate to t.ke advantage of this offer. 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Whit ley, Emporia, Kan. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. ANTED An idea. Who can think of some simple thing to patent? Protect your ideas; they Tiay bring vou wealth. Write John Wedderburn Co., Dept. F., Jl. Patent Attorneys. Washington. D. C for their S1.SO0 prize offer and new list of l.CvO invvitions wanted. SALESMEN WANTED. V GENTS Quick men to visit stores. Sell machine for printing signs, in 10 colors on f enf es. bridges, rocks any rough sur face. Arc Co., 26 Arc street, Racine. Wis. SO PJ TO $40 WEEKLY salary paid cigar J salesmen. Experience unr.eces- permanent position. W. L. Kline t. Louis. to. Y ANTED Salesmen to handle the l.-c-erette Dill Kile: sells for $2.25: merchants bi:y it: good commission on every s:e. Paying side line. Address Wm. Randolph Adams. Mfgr., Topeka. CAI.ESMEN' FOR CIQARS-Oood Balary a:..', expenses paid. Novelties given wit:: o-;r gooas, experience unnecessary. C. C. L;shop Co., St. Louis. WANTED-MISCELLANEOUS. "IV ANTED A horso or mare with good act:- 'P.. suitable for surrey use. city broke. af.- and so'end. for spot cash. Ad cress W. E. K.. Journal. A V" ANTED One and one-half or two vacant lots, close in, on payments. J. K. S., Journal. V ANTED A furnished house, central- ly located by man and wife, no child ren for summer or longer. Address A. W. Lacey, city. ANTED Boarders at 4U E. Fourth St. ANTED Calves from one dav to one month old. Add. R. C. D., Pauline Ks. V ANTED To trade shotgun or good lot for bicycle. s26 Jefferson. ANTED Your carpet to weave, sec- ond house on Buchanan north of Gordon. N. Topeka. ANTED We want to make some (jilt-prlgM loan farms In Shawnee Co. Call on us at ence. T. E. BOWMAN CO.. Columbian Building. AY "ANTED Ice customers. Jones. Phone 430. YV ANTED Lace and Chenille curtains to elefln. Fos-iiek's HarmoU rifnt Clearing Works. 933 Kan. Ave. 'Phone J. H. Fosdlck. W ANTED Orders for piano tuning. J. L. Sheldon. P. O. Box 422. ANTED "Watches to clean 7Bc:clock f 50c: main springs. 75c: srystals. 10c. Cash paid for old gold or silver. All work ruaranteed. Money loaned on valuables. t hard up. see Uncle Sam. 512 Kan. Avk ANTED Your Household roods to pack, move or store. Merchants' Transfer Storage Co. Tel. ISfi. SAIN SKINNER. 123 East Sixth St. "T ANTED Gasoline stoves to clean, $1. guaranteed for the season: old fcurnera replaced by improved new burners. Full line of summer stoves. Hull Scove Repair Co., Ui E. SOu 'Phone 313. n n TT'ANTED Pari ics erpect In? FREIGHT "to leave their bills of lading, or call os by 'phone. Prompt delivery made on day of arrival. TOPEKA TRANSFER CO.. 509 Kan. Ave. Either 'phone 320. F. P. Bacon. Prop. FOR RENT-HOUSES. pOH RENT 4-room house, 116 Tyler, X north of First St. FOR RENT Good 7-room house chea. Call 1034 Monroe or 70S Kan. Ave. FOR RENT 6-room house on Buchanan $a per month. 1122 W. luth. 70R RENT Nice rooms. first-class beard, private family. 31S W. 7th St. 1?OR RENT 1 furnished room cheap. 313 Tyler. FOR RENT i unfurnished rooms on first rioor, modern convenience, very pleasant. 62tf Harrison. FOR RENT Pleasant furnished front room, with bath, A103 Taylor street. IOR RENT Room "and. board to two young men, $2S per month. 719 Quincy SL IOR RENT Two very pleasant fur nished rooms, suitable for light house keeping. 421 wuincy street. LOST ANO FOUND. f"OUND At 208 West 6th St.. too many lawn mowers. We will sell them at cost to us for a few days. They are war ranted. None better. P. Wr. Griggs Co. 1.0TJND--The place to get your picture enlarged, your watch, clock or Umbrella repaired, bcii Kan. Ave., upstairs. FOR SALE-MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE A Shetland pony, the hand somest pony In the city. Will sell cheap. Apply to J. B. Johnson, 1629 W. 6th Ave. UOR SALE Owing to the war in my native country, 1 will sell my three places of business. 409. 500 and S0SV Kan. Ave., at a bargain. Will sell one or ail, cheap for cash. LOUIS CHAROWHAS. FOR SALE W. W. Kimball Parlor or gan, perfect condition, $30. 514 West Seventh street. FOR SALE A barn H block west of Hayes greenhouse. Washburn college. Inquire at lot) Buchanan St. FOR SALE Good driving pony. 4S2 Ohio Ave., Oakland. TP"OR SALE Furniture and plants. 631 Quincy. FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE $3 monthly for 30 months buys 2 good vacant lots on Lawrence St.: no interest Joy cash, $20 monthly for 120 months buys cottage house, 3 lots, large barn. Clay St.; no interest. Set of bank fixtures for 20 per cent of cost. Buy, sell and exchange real estate. We have buyer for a bargain in house and lots. FIDELITY AGENCY CO.. 21 Columbian Bldg. If you wane to sell If you want to buy If you want to rent If you want to trade If you want a loan on CALL OX OR WHITE REAL ESTATE 1. G. Shillinglaw. IIS E. Fifth St. Topeka, Kas. MISCELLANEOUS. ALEPianoTch "17 OR SALE Piano, cheap for cash, ln- quire lo2y Kan. Ave. FINE KNIFE P LAI TINGS made to order of chiffon, organdie, silk, etc., from 1 to 9 inches deep. Mrs. Mercer, Crosby Bros. MISS JARBOE. formerly at 624 Kan. Ave., has taken charge of the Bijou Hair Dressing and Manicuring Parlors at 631 Kan. Ave. Medicated baths and wigs a specialty. FOR VIEWS ot residence or parlor, stock.groups. etc.. or photos of any Interior or outside views see Farrow, ill Kan. Ave. ""OTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT The State of Kansas. Shawnee coun ty, ss. In the Probate court and for said county. In the matter of the estate of Carrie M. Crosby, deceased. Creditors and all other persons Inter ested in the aforesaid estate are hereby notified that I shall apply to the Probate court, in and for said county, sitting at the court house, in Topeka", county of Shawnee. State of Kansas, on the 15th day of June. A. D. 1P7. for a full and final settlement of said estate. WARREN M. CROSEY. Executor of the estate of Carrie M Crosby. deceased. May 5th, A. D. 1SS7. YiaYi The best known remedy for women. Ladies in attendance, Kansas Viavi Co., 2 Columbian Building, Topeka- -V-OTICE TO WHOM IT MAY CON CERN He it known that my petition is on file in the office of the probate court of Shawnee county. Kansas, asking for a permit to sell intoxicating liquors at T! North Kansas avenue. in the First ward in the city of Topeka, Kansas, and tne hearing of the same Is set tor lues dav, 9 a. m., June fcth. lsi?7. A. W. LACEY. Topeka, Kansas, May 8th, 1S97. TERRY STAFFORD does first-class bi cycle repairing at 105 E. 5th St. PASTURE Good pasture. 4 miles east onGrantvilleroiui.. Stock called forand delivered. O. F. Whitney, box 261, Topeka. LAWYERS. L REDDEN. LAWYER. Room 3S Columbian Bldg., Topeka, Kan. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. Geo. W. Hogeboom. M. D. Office hours, 10 to 12 a. m.. 3 to 5 p. m. H. B. Hogeboom. M. D. Office hours, 3 to 10 a, m., 4 to 6 p. in. IK. HOUEROO'I. Office. S33 Kan. Ave. Tel. 14. Residence, S01 Sixth Ave. West. Tel. 13. EDWARD E3TERLY. M. D. EYE AND EAR. 723 Kansas avenue. MRS MARY McKINSTRY and F. J. Hale, magnetic healing and massage treatments. Residence and office 520 Har rison. Tel. 57S; office hours 1 to 5 p. m. f DA C. BARNES, M. X. Office T32 Kan. Ave. Residence 13th and Clay. Offce hours: S a- m. to 11 a- m., and 3 p- va. to 5 p. m. Telephone 93 resi dence, and 16 office. L. A. RYDER. M. E. OFFICE and residence cor. Go.-don St. and Central Ave.. North Tcpeka. 'Phone 214. Uses the Brtnkerhoff system of Rectal treatment, a successful and painless treatment for piles, fistula, fiss ure, ulceration, etc. C E. SHELDON. M. IX. Surgery and diseases of women, with private hospital. Office; No. 720 Kan. Ave. D R- EVA HARDING. HOMEOPATH! ST. Harrison 'phone S3. Ejmsas Ave. Bell 'Phone 402. BICYCLES. nnOPEKA CYCLE CO., 112 W. 8th St. Bicycles and sundries; bicycles and tandems for rent; repairing of nil kinds. FUEL AND FEED. T EAVE your orders for COAL. Flour, U Feed and Seeds with Van Slyck, 6c W. loth. MONEY. 70R SHORT time loans call at 2u6 Kan A sas avenue. Telephone 147. T OAN3 on pianos, typewriters, bicycles A-i guns, watches, diamonds and any per sonal property. L. Biscoe, 523 Kan. Ave. VfOXET TO LOAN Savings and Loan .ix. Association. Sixth and Kansas Ave. THB BRINDLE STORAGE CO.. low A pates; money advanced on goods in storage, umce sz Kan. Ave., Topeka, Ks, tTn SHOPS. JM. BAIRD. hot air furnaces, galvan- ized and tin roofing. H. 'phone Sii as W. 6th. JEWELERS- TAME3 B. HATDEN, Jeweler and Op tlcian. Complete stock of watches, dia monds, silverware, etc. Eyes exaniined and spectacles properly fitted. Great Western Steam Dye ..and Cleaning; Works 12X East Seventh Street. Does the best work In the city of Dye ing, Cleaning and Repairing on Laldles and Gentlemen's clothing at reasonable prices. Give us a call. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. F. C. EODIGEB, Prop. MH0.F0HTE RECITAL Miss Neally Stevens Assisted by Mr. Henry B. Beerman, Violinist. Miss Winifred VV. Wagner, Accomp't. Friday Evening, May 21st, FIRST M. E. CHrRfH. Secured for this engagement by Miss Winifred W. Wacner. Tickets on sale at Kellam's. Guild's music stors, Babcock Frost and Ho bart's drug store. Office Tel. 3B0. Residence Tel. SS6. YVM. H. RIQHTER, Ph. D.. M. T., UPKCIALIST- In diseases of the Genito-Urinary organs and Rectum. Office, 603 Kansas Avenue. Residence. 1220 Fillmore Street When you eat in Kansas City, Mo., Remember that you will e a face and form familiar to Tiopekans and Kan Bans generally, etc. FRANK LONG'S Bestanrant, 1008 WAI.lVt7T ST- Nearly opposite Emerv. Bird. Th Co.'s. Sen-ice prompt. Food excel lent. Prices reasonable. Already one cf the most popular restaurants in Kansas City. His specialties are: Roast beef and baked potatoes: bnkn) apples and cream: oyster sandwicJaosi ad coffee. Mi8Souri Pacific TOPEKA FT. SCOTT ACCOM., No. 2S5. Leave Topeka 8:00 a. m. TOPEKA FT. SCOTT ACCOM.. No. 2S6. Arrive TopekJt 5:So p. m. If IV ARTHUR MA3SET, radical f-ersesboer, 213 West Fifth Street. Horses with diseased fest skillfully treated. Track aaa road shoeing a specialty. TELEFH05E 4Sft H. F. BIRD a m :0! o STORE 821 1YE51E. (With BMau Clark.) Greenhouses nth and Monroe. m i n

I 9 a m a m s a oBzez esea ea aaca GRAY HA.il RESTOHEO to !ii nslorml color bj l.Fj:"S ll.AIK'M I lit -C1T, no dT.hsrrni p. i-ieasnt odor. $1 CO .t tKttie I r. i-. iw.iiv. vemoTes OAnamn. Hops hir frora fa'ninffout RCM5roiiiotes rrowtbSI 00 a bo" IF.E sUlt'lUT tO ICS Fulton st-.N.Y COtS 21iuLrAted Xre&us ca liAir oa appiicanor ULte Fcr sale bv Swift Holliday. K. T. S:m. L. S. Woolverton, F. A. Snow, Lee Jones. Arnold Son. The Perfume of Viclets The purity of the lily, tie glow cf the rose, and the flush of Hebe combine in Poxzoxi's wondrous Powder. GREATLY REDUCED RATES To San Francisco via the Kock Island .Route. Tilroi snM June 29 to Julv 3 in clusive, $22.50 one way, 145.00 round trip j rcm-over iri veil. 1 Orsfi 11U110 NOTED HINDOO WOMAN. rbe Pamdlta Rtnubal, DgtF of m. Marnlhi driest. The Wamaa's Christian Temeperojice anion of India has just held a most suc cessful convention in Poona. The en ergetic president, Mrs. Maxy K. Phillips, 31 Calcutta, preaided, and delegates from 11 different oranizaiions of the R oman's Chriatian Teanperance union were present. Fundita Kamabai, of Poona, addressed, the convention on the needs of her countrywomen, and re oiced the hearts of the white-ribbonera by saying' at the close of her remarks that, altboug-h ehe had. hitherto re frained from throwing- herself fully into the Woman's Christian Temper onceunion work for want, of time, she was now resolved to take it up. She was made national sup rein tend en t of native work. It was decided to form a stock com pany for the publication; of the White Ribbon, the official organ of the Wom an's Crhristian Temperance Union for Asia, and 171 shares were taken at the convention. A special committee, ap pointed to consider the establishment of an inebriates home, recommended that the grovernment be memorialized, asking- for ieg-al power to restrain in ebriates in a home, provided the inebri ate ihas pledged himself to submit to the restraint. The report of tie com mittee to consider the organization of a society for the prevention of cruelty to children was a feature of the conven tion, and a department for this work in the Woman's Christian, Temeperance anion was created. The next conven tion will meet in Allahabad. Fundita Ramabai is recognized in hear own country as the greatest Hindoo woman that has lived. She is the daugh ter of a Marathi priest and can trace her Brahmin ancestry a thousand years. Her father, having- resolved, in defiance FUNDITA RAMABAI. of the laws of custom and convention ality, to educate his wife, retired to a forest home to carry out his ideas with out molestation. There, in 1S58, Kam abai was born, and there, in entire se clusion, was educated by her parents. Orphaned before she wag 16, she trav eled Beveral years with her brother, a noble young- man who sympathized with her in her determination to de vote herself to the elevation cf her countrywomen. The degree of Saras vati was conferred upon her by the Uni versity of Calcutta, she being- the first woman, in the empire to be thus hon ored. Pundita Ramabai married a Beng-al-ese g-enrtleman, a lawyer, whom she freely chose thia being- an instance (almost without precedent. He died within two years, leaving her at 24 with an eiarht-months-old baby. She went to Eng-land, was made professor of Sanscrit in Cheltenham college, and in 1S36 came to America to see her cousin graduate from the 'Woman's medical college of Philadelphia and to study our educational methods. Eamabai lectured in our principal cities and wrote a book, "The High Caste Hindoo Woman," during- her stay in this country, raising sufficient money to open a school for child widows in In dia, which is rapidly increasing in power for good. She is a thoroughgoing- white ribboner, and is lecturer for the World's Woman's Christian Temperance union in India. Miss Wil lard says of her: "Her gentleness ex ceeds any other manifestation of that exquisite quality that I have yet seen; this tenderness, all-embracing as to the human race, extends with her to every sentient creature. Bnilne Ik tfce Wuk, Family washing can be made much easier if benzine is used in the water in the following way The wash is soaked the night before washday as usual, a half-cupful of benzine being added to the water before the linen is placed in it. The next morning, just before the wash boiler is placed upon the range, another half-cupful is added tothat water. Very little rubbing will then be required to clean the linen thoroughly. Time and soap are saved and the clothes will be brilliantly white and soft. When ben zine is used the breaking of the skin on the hands is absolutely avoided. The smell of the benzine disappears alto gether in the wash boiler. Care should be taken not to bring the pure benzine near the fire, as it is very inflammable. Peach Bavarian Cream. To make peaoh Bavarian cream take a pint oi peach pulp when cut into small pieces, either fresh or canned. Ptit into a fine ieve and sprinkle one ounce sugar over them; put one-half ounce gelatine into a stewpaa. with two tablespoon iris cold water, two andone half ounces powdered sugar and the Juice of a lemon. Let Undissolve by gentle heat. Pass the peaches through the sieve; strain the gelatine, etc., add it to peach juice, put it aside to cool. Then add one-h&lf pint cream whipped solid, stir very ligh.tly and pour into a moid on ice. When ready tJ6erve, wipe the outride with a clota wet with hot water aad turn out. From, What to EaU Rams l lour Gqwhs. A g-ood ha-bit to get into is that of hanging up one's gowns when they are taken off. They will look new much longer if they are not left to repose indennitJy ou tno Eopst cpavsnjen. r- t r- 1 ei&iv. THE AETIST'S KUSE. A rich merchant led Murillo, the illus trious painter, one day to the marketplace of Seville, and, pointing out to him a young girl of 16, of the gypsy race, asked him to do her portrait. The gypsy girl was so beautiful and look ed so picturesque, in the midst of the baskets of fruit she was offering for sale, that the painter did not hesitate to accept the commission. "If you can paint the picture in a month's time," said the merchant, "you may came your own price for it." Murillo promised the portrait for the end of the month and asked 100 golden Philips, which the merchant agreed to. Murillo glanced once more at the features and form cf his beautiful model, and then went to see her relations, to ask their per mission for tbe young girl to sit to him. The gitana's relations consisted of a very bad looking man, who was her nncle, and a very good looking man, in every sense of tbe word, who was her cousin. The ar tist talked with them for some time, and on taking leave of them, shook hands cor dially with the cousin. To the uncle he was somewhat colder, for he had discover ed that he was a selfish and avaricious man. Murillo had a sitting the very next day, and the first stroke of his brush already announoed a masterpiece when the mer chant entered his studio. "The head will be admirable,'" Bald the purchaser, in a half patronizing tone. "I am glad it pleases you," replied Mu rillo; "particularly as I have made up my mind to ask you rather more than the sum originally named." But I told you to mention your own price," expostulated the merchant. You said 100 Philips, and I agreed to give them to vou. I do not think you ought to de mand more than that amount now." "I am very sorry," said Murillo, "but I find that will be impossible to let you have the picture for less than 600. If you do not like to give so much, there has not been much time lost yet, and you will be able to get some other artist to execute the commission. But really I shall be obliged to give it up unless you can afford to re munerate me for my trouble." "As for affording it," returned the mer chant, "you know that I am not poor, but the sum is a large one. After all, I will not dispute with you about 600 Philips. It is a great deal of money for you to re ceive, but it is not muoh for me to give." "View the matter as you please," said Murillo philosophically, "only let me have the money." "You shall have the 600," said the merchant, with something like a sigh. "I will sign an agreement with you for that amount this evening." 'Yhy net at onoef" suggested Murillo, "since you are resolved to give it." "Who knows," answered the merchant. "Perhaps this evening you will be mora reasonable in your demands." "Oh, you are not decided then," said the painter. "Yes, I am decided," replied the pur chaser. "But I prefer not to sign any agreement until this evening." In tbe evening Murillo informed tha merchant gravely and coolly that he could not accept dOO Philips, but that he must have 1.000. Of course the merchant refused point blank in the first instance. Then he hesi tated, offered TOO, 800, 900, and at last agreed to give the full 1,000. This time a formal agreement was signed. At tbe end of the month the portrait was finished. When the merchant came to take it away, he found the original stand ing before it in full dress, as if on the point of starting for some fete. By her side were her uncle and cousin, also in holiday costume, and especially the cousin, who had evidently got himself up for some very important occasion. The merchant paid the 1,000 Philips. As soon as Murillo had received the money and put it away carefully in a port folio, he opened a side door in his atelier, and from the adjoining chamber entered a priest and two witnesses. The merchant thought he must be dream ing. "Sir," said Murillo at length, "while you were bargaining with me about the portrait of that young girl you were bar gaining with her relatives for the young girl herself, whom you had already sold to a pirate to be carried into slavery. You need not deny it; your protestations would be in vain, for I heard all that was goiDg on from the cousin. The uncle thought at last that he had better accept my offer than yours, and as tha young people were already betrothed to one another I thought it would be a good idea to marry them and make you pay the dower. You know now what I am going to do with tha thousand Philips. The uncle would not hear of the match being arranged for 100 and wanted 600. If you had signed the agreement for 600 when I proposed it at first, you might 6till have gained the day, but Providence was on one side and made you blind. You went to the uncle, and, finding, as you thought, that he had received some higher bid for the poor child, who was sacrificed through yon to a pirate and through this pirate to a Turkish pasha, you increased your offer to the avaricious guardian who is standing there so coolly at the present moment, but who has now given us his word beyond the possibility of recall. As the uncle had now a prospect of getting a larger sum than he had originally expect ed from you, he explained to me that it would not answer his purpose to behave like an honest man unless I in my turn increased my offer. This, through your liberality, I was enabled to do, and at last, without telling you of his intention, he re solved to reject your proposition and to ac cept mine. Here is the priest; here are the witnesses. Imagine, if you can, that you represent the friend, and all will be com plete. I have deprived you of the model, but you will still have the portrait. Send It to the pasha if yon think he would like it." The marriage was celebrated without further delay. New York News. Where II is Memory Failed. They picked him up at the bottom of the stairs, and although a hasty examina tion showed that do bones were broken be was painfully bruised and partially un conscious. At last he drew a long breath and asked to be taken home. Then some body inquired how it had happened. He smiled sadly and said: "I went up to see the editor." "Yes. And he was iuf" "Ha was. I placed a sheet of paper be fore him and requested him to read what I had written upon it. He wanted to know what it was." "And did you tell him?" "I said it was a poem on the beautiful snow." "And what happened then?" "I don't remember, but 1 guess be did the rest. "Cleveland Leader. (ltltlllilltleillltliilliiiaIll A Os The Topeka Daily State Journal's f (TJjRCULATION I For the First Three Months cf 1897 Has Been AS f January, cm rwc. February March, SHOWING A DAILY CIRCULATION GROWTH, i sr In the year 1885 the circulation was 890 January 1st, 1891, were printed 3,125 er Dally average for year 1891 4,380 Daily average for year 189a f,069 Daily average for year 1893 6,213 2 Daily average for year 1894 8,418 i Daily average fer year 1895 9,217 Daily average for year 1896 10,769 sc Daily average for first three months 1897.. 11,917 "ES The State Journal has been under the present g management for over eleven years, aad its daily 5 circulation in that time has increased from 800 to over 11,000, or an average growth oi 1,000 a year. th The State Journal receives the full dayieased- l wire Associated Press report, is a member of the 5; American Newspaper Publishers' Association, has Sg; four Linotypes, fast Web Perfecting Press, etc. The State Journal has a larger circulation than any other daily paper published in the great state of Kansas. It requires forty-three carriers (exclusive of newsboys) to circulate the paper in Tooeka and suburbs. 15? MY TYPEWRITER. HE sat down before the machine. Her f&ir fingers poised in air. The sunlight ciic d over the screen And lit np the bronao in her hair. "You ar ready? 'Tis time we be gan. Now Wanted, a dear little wife By the loneliest bachelor man' Ehe brought the steel keys back to life. "She must be both pretty and wise. Have the patience of Job m her breast, October's rare brown in her eyea. Must be neatly and tefiUtfully dressed, 'A helpmate to save up the cash, Wich a love that's as deep as the sea" Her fair fingers fell with a crash "Good gracious! You're looking forme!" Harold McGrath in New York Journal. Reflections of a Bachelor. When a man proposes to a woman, she Is generally sot nearly so much surprised as he la. If some men traded off their backbones for some pieces of rubber hose, they'd nT er miss thera. The less a man thinks he knows about himself, the more a girl knows she knows about him. A girl always judges a meal at a restau rant by tbe number of fuanily shaped forks and spoons scattered around each plate. When a woman gets to heaven, the first thing Ehe will ask is whether the minister of her church has got in yet. Babies don't know nearly so much as wo men claim; if they did, they would hold a convention to decide how to bring np mothers. Xew York Press. Did She Weather IT Mrs. Snaggs (laying down the paper) The weather forecast ia for rain or snow, followed by higher temperature and clear ing, with a cold wave. That is four or five kinds of weather. Mr. tsnaggs Well, the weather man has to give us a variety to justify the designa tion "four cast." Pittsburg Chronicle Telegsaph. Why He Reformed. "Yes, I was tol'able successful while I was in the biznis, admitted the reformed burglar, with a smile of reminiscent pride. "But your conscience troubled you too much?" queried the distinguished philan thropist. "Yes, between that an the perlice I couldn't get no rest." Detroit News. Their Christiaaity. Potts The thing that mystifies me about this Turkish-Grecian fight la Motts The powers? Potts Bosh, do, but rather the way peo ple here who haven't seen the inside of a church in 40 years go wild with sympathy for Greece because the Greeks are Chris tians. Truth. Subscribe for The State Journal. 8f howliifo I 299,825 290,000 327,845 35 s AVERAGE juwlMeaqejejeyaypgeajaaejaywB mm mmi ''fon,i,,ui n 1 1 lii muni Mi Juiiiiiiiiiiiu l Made From Old Carpels. ugs ST. LOUIS RUG CO., 33SO rrenklla Ave-. ST. LOUIS, MO. Sead far price list. Artful. James Do you always write a letter la such large script as you are using nowf J could not help noticing it. Henry 2so. But this is to a girl. You know they always siza a fellow's regard for them by tlie number of pages he fills. Cincinnati Enquirer. An Xafaatile Scientist. "Why do you put those woolen alipprs on the baby?" "So's he can shuffle his feet, sir, an 11 bisself up with 'lectrioity an draw a spark on the dog's nose, sir. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Bopeletl. "Young Bareacres owes you a couple of hundred, does he? Rather a doubtful debt, isn't it:'' "Doubtful? I wish 16 was!" Sketch. A Great DiucoTery. Uncle Silas (locking r.i' the sign, "Wom an's Exchange") B gosh, if I'd knowed of this place afore, I'd a-swnpped Sal long afore this. Zxew York Sunday Jouraal. Mnch Easter. "It would be quite a bit easier to forgive and forget, remarked the observer of men and things, "if the coal man did not usu ally handle ice also." Detroit Journal. The Kind lie Wanted. Minnie I want to introduce you to a young lady a very nice young lady and she's worth her weight in gold. Bob Stout girl, I hope. Tit-Bits. She Snored. "How does your wife sleep?" asked the doctor of the man whose better half was under his care. "Orally," said the man. Truth. X.ove'a YoDDf Dream I'p to Data. They stood beside a sir.ninr brook. And he was brave, and she was fair. Her little hand in his he took And pressed a dozen kisses there. "Oh, let me be thy slave!" he cried. "Oh, let me daily toil for thee I But say that you will be my bride And have dominion over me." I want no slnve, she made reply, "But what I seek is a nT king With means to buy the ear th if I Should ever chance to want the thine." Cleveland Loader. Our work will please you. Feerlfs Steam Laundry. 112 and 114 TC8ta. Sfe, a, Sy Ti K

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 19. 1897. AMOflG RAILROAD MEN. Dynamos Are Destined to Su persede Locomotives. Successful Test of Electricity in the East. Train Bun By the Third Rail System Thirteen Miles in Eighteen Minutes. Hartford, Conn., May 19. The direc tors of the New York, New Haven Hartford railroad company, in conjunc tion with the directors of the New York New Kngland Railroad company, to day began the most important experi ment ever undertaken by those who be Jieve in the ultimate supremacy of elec tricity over steam as a motive power. A train moved and controlled by elec tricity developed at a central power house was run from Berlin to Hartford, on a regular schedule, between two trains drawn by steam locomotives, in the ordinary way. The electrically equipped train did not in any way in terfere with the passage of the train drawn by locomotives. This is import ant as showing- that railroads on which there is a large and constant volume of passenger traffic may be gradually changed from steam to electricity with out any interference with the comfort os passengers. Col. H. H. Teft, the chief electrical engineer of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford railroad.demonstrated to day that a direct current of electricity can be sent without serious loss from leakage for a distance of nearly 13 miles; this, means a radious of 25 miles from the central power station. Taking in this case, Berlin, Conn., as the center, it will be possible to replace steam loco motives and cars for Hartford, New Britain. Meriden, Waterbury, Middle town, Wallingford, and other cities of the Nutmeg state, comprising a popula tion of over 200,000 inhabitants. The directors of the New York New Haven road have gone into this work in earnest, and if the present trial is suc cessful there is little doubt that the branches of the New Haven road, and ultimately the main line between New York and New Haven, will be equipped with electricity on the third rail system instead of steam. The present power house in Berlin contains two engines and dynamos di rectly connected. capable of being work ed up to 2,000 horse power each. This power house is only half its full size. When the building is complete it will have six times as much power. The third rail system, in which the "live" rail is in the center of the track, was adopted by C. P. Clark, president of the New Haven road, after his ex perience with the third rail at Eas' Weymouth, Mass. Mr. Clark made one great saving- in laying the track be tween Berlin and Hartford by deciding that creosoted wooden pegs were suffi ciently non-conductive to replace the expensive insulators of porcelain and glass, which had hitherto been employ ed. The central rail weighs 93 pounds to the yard. The conductivity of iron as compared with copper is in propor tion of one to six, so that an iron rail weighing 93 pounds to the yard would be equal to 15 pounds of copper to the yard, an amount which is never used in actual practice. The cars are 15 bench open cars each equipped with two 125 horse power mo tors. A controller is on each platform and on one platform is an electrical air pump, for the electric brakes and whis tle. This pump is stopped and started by an ingenious automatic arrangement which comes into play as the pressure in the tanks rises above or falls below SO pounds. The current was produced at the dynamo at a pressure of 650 volts and six incandescent lamps fed in ser ies at an average of 110 volts burn brightly at the further end of the line 33 miles from the power house, showing that the electrical pressure necessary to move the train was still more than sufficient and greatly more than was expected. At all the crossings and switches this third rail is omitted, the current con tinuing over two copper cables, each one inch in diameter, buried in the ground. The contact shoes, which are nat pieces of iron hung under each truck, are 33 feet apart. At short cross ings one is always in contact; at cross ings wider than 33 feet a shoe hung in the rear of the trailer car continues in contact until the first shoe reaches the third rail again. The distance to which the power was transmitted and the fact that no inter! chief features of interest to the railroad m-nd electrical experts today. Usually in the overhead trolley system feeders of copper wire keep coming direct from J,w dnam,os- The 13 miles were com pleted in 18 minutes. JAP RAILWAY OFFICIALS In Colorado Investigating the Meth ods of the Rio Grande. Denver, May 19. The Rio Grande through tram from the west yester day morning brought in a partv of Japanese engineers who are making a tour of the country to inspect the rail way systems of the United States The party included J. V. Mori, K. Kuni sawa, S. Hosegawa, S. Awava, J. Sa kurai and H. Nagasaki. Mr Mori is vice president of the Nippon Valley Railway company at Tokio, the re mainder of the party being railway engineers. They called on the governor in the forenoon and spent the remainder of the day in visiting the railwav shops, the Union depot, the telegraph offices and learning everything possible about the different systems centering in Den ver. Mr. Mori is a brother of the former Japanese minister to the United States, and has been in this country several times. "We are combining business with pleasure in this trip," said he, Absolutely Fura- Celebrated for its great leavening trength and healthfulness. Assures the food against alum and all forms of adul teration common to the cheap brands, Royal Bakk. g Powder Co., New Yorlt. pa "and I am only sorry that we cannot spend a longer time in your city. "We wish to give our young engineers an opportunity of learning something of the American system of railway construction and engineering, as we contemplate changing our system, which has been mainly on the English plan. We have now about 3,000 miles of road in operation and are building more. We have made remarkable prog ress in railroad building in the past few years, as only a short time ago we had but a few miles in operation. The narrow gauge system is peculiarly adapted to our country, and one of the special objects of our trip was to in spect the Rio Grande road, of which we have heard a great deal. We had an excellent opportunity of seeing that splendid road in our trip over the mountains. We are anxious for im provements in Japan, but want only the best, which accounts for so many of our people coming over here to see how you do things in this country." MISSING CONDUCTORS. Two of Those Who Were Attending the Meeting in California Disap pear. Los Angeles, May 19. Cornelius Cur ran of Baltimore and C. E. Dunn of Huntington. Ind., both delegates to the conductors' convention, have myster iously disappeared, leaving absolutely no clue to their whereabouts. Curran, who was accompanied to this city by his wife and two children left his apart ments at the Clifton House early Mon day morning, telling his wife he would return about noon. She has neither seen nor heard from him since and as he had on his person $150 and a gold watch, grave fears for his safety are entertained by his family and friends. Dunn who is also married, but unac companied by his family, disappeared about the same time from his lodgings in the Menlo hotel. Before leaving he deposited his valuables with the pro prietress of the hotel. The police have been diligentlysearch ing for the missing men, but no trace of them have been found. FIREMEN'S LODGE ORGANIZED. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in Albuquerque Albuquerque, N. M., May 19. Charles W. Maier, third grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, from Parsons, Kan., instituted a local lodge of firemen here last night and it will be known hereafter as Highland lodge No. 476, B. O. L. P. The following officers were elected: Master, William Mason; vice master, Marcus Bocklett; past master, Fred Lee; secretary, Henry H. Ma Dam; treasurer, Thomas C. Lane; collector, Frank Scott; magazine agent, Edward Armstrong. RAILWAY CONDUCTORS ELECT. M. Rand Chosen as Chief Conductor Other Officers. Los Angeles May 19. At today's session the railway conductors elected the following officers for the ensuing year: M. Rand, chief conductor; E. E.Clark, re-elected; assistant grand conductor, C. Wilkins, re-elected; grand secretary, and treasurer, Martin Clancy, re-elected; grand senior conductor, A. B. Gar rettson, re-elected; grand junior con ductor, W. D. Perkins, of Los Angeles. Mo. Pacific War at Winfield. Winfleld, May 19. An ordinance was passed by the city council Monday night directing the Missouri Pacific Railroad company to erect and main tain guard gates at the street crossings along its right of way, and sixty days was the limit fixed for the erection of the gates. Nine gates are included in the ordinance, and the council says they must be built. Santa Fe Stock Shipments. Wellington, May 19. Nine stock ex tras were scheduled to arrive over the Santa Fe from the west today. The train crews will be given an eight hours' rest and then sent west again for stock. Ten trains are booked for Sunday. KENTUCKY GENTLEMEN. They Blank Blank Each Other in the Legislative Hails. Frankfort, Ky., May 19. The Silver Democrat minority, "with possession of the senate, Goebel in the chair and Bronston on the floor, held the floor through an eight-hour session yesterday and promises to continue it until the end of the present session on Friday. Tha gold Democrat-Republican majority of each house is still determined that the fusion bill shall pass the senate at least and that it shall so through both houses this summer if there is any way to per suade or force the governor to call the session. Senator ITolIoway, a gold Democrat, tried to strike Senator Bronston, the sil ver Democrat, who is holding the floor, and while he was being held away from him Bronston said: "Damn you and your demands," and then "turn him loose, I dare you to lay your hands on me, you cowardly whelp." Adjournment came at 7 o'clock. It is plain now that the bill can not be come a law this session, that other im portant legislation must go down with it and that upon the question of whether the assembly is reconvened and the bill then passed depends the political com plexion of this state for several years to come. A RACE TO THE TOP. Seems to be Rivalry in the Scaling of Mt St. Elias. Rome, May 19. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, Duke of Abbruzzi and nephew of the King of Italy, left Rome yesterday on his way to Alaska, via New York and San Francisco with the object of ascend ing Mount St. Elias, and. later, Logans peak. He will be assisted in his expedi tion by Dr. Paoli Vecchl, of San Fran cisco; Prof. Fay, ex-president of the Appalachian Mountain club of Boston: Prof. Davidson and Israel C. Russell of the geological survey, and W. Ingraham of Seattle. New York, May 19. Prince Luigi of Savoy, will have interesting competition for the honor of being the first to ascend Mount St. Elias. An expedition, having the countenance of the United States government and under the leadership of Henry C. Bryant of Philadelphia, left there yesterday evening to explore the country about St. Elias and to ascend -the mountain. To Study Finance in the Orient. Boise, Ida., May 19. Ex-Senator Du bois, Senator Cannon and Senator Pet tigrew will sail July 2nd for China and Japan. It is understood they go to study the financial question from, the Oriental standpoint. PROSECUTE SHOPLIFTEBS. The Big Kansas City Store Will Show Them No Mercy Hereafter. (From Last Night's Kansas City Star.) Any woman caught stealing from the big store of the Emery, Bird, Thayer Dry Goods company in the future will be ar rested and prosecuted vigorously, no mat ter what her standing in society or so cial connections may be. William B. Thayer of the firm said today: "This firm has been too lenient in the past with women shoplifters. We lose many thousands of dollars a year in this way. We decided at a conference of members of the firm held yesterday that in future every woman caught stealing even so much as a paper of pins should be turned over to the police and prose cuted, and the facts will be given to the newspapers for publication. We are forced to make this order by the propor. tions to which the crime has grown, and in justice to honest people who might be suspected of taking goods that are missing from departments." This determination of the firm was the result of the discovery yesterday, as told in the later edition of The Star, of two girls from Liberty, Mo., who were steal ing goods from the counters. The young women were Miss Jennie Lida Keller and Miss Melvina Allen, members of good families in Liberty. HOW THEX WERE CAUGHT. On each floor of the big store Is a "floor manager" whose duty is to watch for shoplifters. Miss Keller and Miss Al len were seen and followed by one of these men yesterday afternoon. They went from counter to counter, pricing goods. One girl carried a pasteboard box under her arm with the forward end cut so it would open like a flap. The other girl engaged the attention of the saleswoman in showing goods and the girl with the box slyly slipped some small article into the box. When arrested by the floor manager the box was almost filled with ribbons, laces, pins, fans and other articles, worth altogether about $15. The girls gave fictitious names and said they were from Olathe. They were taken to police headquarters by city de tectives. There they wept and pleaded for mercy. One of them fainted. They were arraigned in Justice Krueger'a court, pleaded guilty, and were fined $10 apiece, which they paid and were dis charged. Mr. Thayer said that shoplifters swarmed in the store just before Christ mas or during special sales, when the floors were crowded with buyers. Five women were arrested during the last few days for shoplifting. One arrested Sat urday was discharged because of her family. She was suspected of shoplifting and had been watched for five years, but was so expert that she escaped discovery till Saturday. She promised never to steal again and was released. SCOUT THE KLEPTOMANIA THEORY. Mr. Thayer was asked today: "Do you believe in the theory of kleptomania, the plea made by apparently respectable wo men that shoplifting is a mania with them and that they cannot help it?" "No; I've no faith in that sort of a plea." he replied. "There's no such thing as kleptomania. It's downright mean ness that makes these women steal." Last Friday a woman who gave her name as Jennie Meyers from Armourdale was arrested in this store for shoplifting. She came in with a black sachel a foot long, which she filled with goods. Then she went to a toilet room and wrapped all the articles in a bundle of paper which she had in the sachel and started to walk out with the package under her arm. She was arrested and gave bond. She will be tried before Justice Krueger tomorrow. She is 55 years old. Jennie Smith, who said she was from 512 Elizabeth avenue, Wyandotte, was arrested yesterday at this store for shop lifting. She had a bolt of ribbon, kid gloves, buttons, three belts and other things in a package. She was arraigned in Krueger's court, pleaded guilty and was fined $25. She paid the fine with a check on a bank where she said she had plenty of money. There are professional shoplifters, who make a living at it, and there are others who only steal from store counters when they need the articles and haven't the money to buy. Others steal only when they are shopping and see the opportun ity to steal which they seemingly cannot resist. The methods of the professional shop lifters differ widely. Some carry umbrel las into which they slip articles. The favorite method is to have a large pock et like a bag in the dress skirt and then carry a wrap on the arm. Under cover of this wrap, laid with apparent carelessness on the edge of the counter, goods are slyly slipped into the dress pocket. Honors for Consul General Morse. Paris, May 19. An interesting func tion took place this afternoon when a deputation representing the American chamber of commerce n Paris present ed to Samuel E. Morse, the retiring consul general an illuminated address and a large silver repousse vase bear ing allegorical fig-ures. The address which is a beautiful work of art is en closed in a frame about 18 by 24 inches. The address, which was read by Dr. Tyng, the president of the chamber is a flattering expression of the personal good will of the members of the cham ber toward Mr. Morse and their sincere regret at his forthcoming retirement. One of Tom Ryan's Affairs. Washington, May 19. The interior de partment has received word that owing to a general misunderstanding, many persons are awaiting about Gib son, I. T., and nearby in expectation of an immediate resumption of the pay ment cf funds to the Cherokee Freed men recently suspended by Acting Sec retary Ryan. The payment will not be resumed for some time probably not for about six weeks and the department expects that this positive announcement will prevent much further loss of time on the part of the Freedmen. Millionaire's Body Stolen. Portland, Ore., May 19. The body of the late millionaire banker, W. S. Ladd, was stolen from Riverview cemetery last night. The wooden casket in which the body rested was also taken. The discovery was made this morning by an employe of the cemetery who, in making his rounds, discovered that the grave of the deceased millionaire had been disturbed and an examination showed that the body had been stolen. The only cause that can be assigned for the deed is the hope of obtaining re ward for the perpetrators. The sixteen page programs for the "Olde Folkes Concerts" at Library Hall Friday evening are very unique. The best talent in Topeka will take part. SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS The street force is at work on Lincoln street. A. W. Dana Is recovering from an at tack of bilious fever. John Sargent has been made an honor ary member of Marshall' sjband. Lawns which are not sprinkled are showing the effect of dry weather. Lieutenant Governor Harvey is the first man this season to don a linen coat. The Auditorium association will meet tonight at the Commercial club rooms. Eugene F. Ware will respond to the toast "The Greater Topeka" at the Com mercial club banquet. Lizzie Effie Peter has sold to Alvln J. Dodge for $700, lots 336 and 33S Oakland avenue, Jenkin W. Morris' addition. Ex-Justice Furry will not open a law office in Topeka until next fall. He will spend the summer months in the east. Manager Sample of the Washburn base ball team is confident of winning the game with the state university team Sat urday. Secretary Doran of the Committee of Fifteen says that it is time that the new members of the committee do some work. Mrs. James Cuthbert was injured last evening by being thrown from her bug gy. The accident occurred on West Sixth stree. One-half of the northwest quarter of section 31, township 11, range 15, has been sold by Margaret Purdy to William Purdy for $1,000. M. M. Uncle, a Parkdale baker, yester day gave 100 loaves of bread to Police Matron Thorpe to be distributed among the poor of the city. Mr. G. W. Chase left yesterday after noon for Warsaw, Ind., to attend the Presbyterian assembly of the United States as delegate from Topeka. Nansen would have had no trouble discovering the north pole, if it had been as big as those ugly new ones obstruct ing the sidewalks in the central part of town. The Alabama smilax, used in the dec oration of the stage at Hamilton hall for the May ball, was allowed to remain in place for the temperance meeting last night. Miss Edith J. Warde, formerly a To peka .girl, now living in Kansas City, is a regular contributor to the magazines, and several of her recent contributions have been highly praised. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Martin and son, Edward, will leave this week for Los Angeles, Cat., to remain during the sum mer. The trip will be taken with a view of benefiting Mr. Martin's health. The express companies are doing a lit tle more business in Topeka since the temperance agitation. Liquors are being sent in now by express where formerly large shipments, by freight were made. City Engineer Barnes was in Kansas City yesterday for the purpose of buying a new cable for the city dump. The ca ble is to be extended across the river and it requires a longer one than is now used. George Lescher, H. F. Sturdevant, E. H. Johnson, M. E. Green, Chas. Holcraft, W. O. Anderson and S. S. Rice are at tending the state convention of the Knights of Pythias at Wichita as dele gates from Topeka, Dr. J. P. Kaster, chief surgeon of the Santa Fe, is in Albuquerque, N. M., look ing after business connected with the medical department of the Atlantic Pacific railway, of which road he was formerly chief surgeon. Lydia Edwards has been declared legal ly separated from Edward Edwards. Her grounds of complaint were the stereo typed "extreme cruelty and non-support," and as Edwards failed to put in an ap pearance the divorce went by default. F. M. Grover, late justice of the peace, has brought ejectment proceedings in the district court against John Littlejohn. The land in controversy is the west seven acres of the north 17 acres of the south east quarter of the southwest quarter of section 12, township 11, range 15. J. J. Hitt, United States land office commissioner, a short time ago in footing up his accounts made an error of one cent. When he sent the statement to Washington the matter was returned with the request that the error be cor rected. Mr. Hitt says he don't know now whether the one cent was in his favor or that of the government. Fights may come and fights may go but Judge John Guthrie says he" is going to be appointed postmaster of Topeka, re gardless of all factional fights. He was asked if he thought there was any dan ger of a slip, owing to the troublous times of the Kansas delegation. With a significant nod of his head he said: "I will be appointed postmaster. Yes sir, I am going to be appointed." With the exeception of the resignation of Dr. M. B. Ward, there will be no change in the staff of the Jane C. Stor mont hospital after its reorganization on June 1. Dr. L. Y. Grubbs will retain the office of president and Dr. J. L. Gil bert that of secretary. The other mem bers of the staff will be Drs. L. H. Munn, C. A. McGuire. G. J. Mulvane, T. W. Peers, W. S. Lindsay, J. E. Minney, J. P. Lewis, L. M. Powell and H. K. Tefft. IT SNOWED IN CHITRAT. And There Will be a Monsoon Very Soon in India. Simla, India, May 19. An official tenta tive forecast says that the conditions are favorable for the expected monsoon, ex cept perhaps in upper India. The snow fall in Chitrat and northeastern Afghan istan is locally somewhat in excess of the usual quantity but the fall elsewhere is normal. The meteorological conditions in South India seas are probably more favorable than they were a year ago, and therefore a monsoon with normal rains is expected for the whole country, except in upper India, where the rainfall may be favorable if the 'monsoon is strong. Kentucky was for McKinley. Topeka, Kan., May 18, 97. To the Editor of The State Journal: Will you kindly decide for us who wins the following wager: "A" bets "B" the sum of five dollars that McKinley carries Kentucky." It is claimed that Bryan elected one of the electors from Kentucky and for that reason McKinley did not carry Kentucky. Your decision will be appre ciated. SUBSCRIBER. "A" wins. Kentucky belongs in the McKinley column. FIRE SALE. those TPTi ARE STILL IN EFFECT A big swath has been cut through the goods, it is true; but more are arriving every day, and we are keeping up the assortment remarkably well, considering the immense rush of the last five days it's New Model prices that is doing the selling and it's New Model foresight that's keeping up the assortment. Here are a few that came in yesterday Ladies' 25c all pure Silk Mitts, black 15o Pair. Satin and Moired Ribbons lo Yard. Dress Stays 2o Dozen. Ladies' Leather Belts. lQe Each. Light styles in Lawns. t t 2o Yard. Leather Watch Chains- 5o Each. SHOE DEPARTMT. A Perfect Stream Green, Ox Blood, Tan Shoes of all kinds and Colors in the O. J. Lewis Auction Sale of Shoes. Ladies Oxblood Lace Shoes, fancy heel foxing, Im. Tip, all sizes, a Shoe well worth $2.50. Selling at Ladies' Oxblood Lace Shoes, patent leather tip, patent leather heel fox ing, a beauty at the price; a $2.50 value for Ladies' Green Lace Shoes, pointed toe, fancy foxing, up to date in every particular. You would think it cheap at $2.50. Selling at Misses' Oxblood Lace, pointed, patent tip, patent leather, heel foxing, spring heel. We will match this shoe against any $2.00 shoe on the avenue. Price.. Child's Ox Lace, patent tip, patent leather heel foxing, spring heel, a lit tle beauty, worth at least $1.65. Our price Child's Oxblood Button, patent tip, turned, sizes 5 to 8, spring heeL. Price Infants' in same, 2 to 5. Come in and see our Ladies' solid Don gola Button Shoe, all sizes Child's all solid Dongola Button Shoe, 9 to 12 Ladies' turned, patent tip Oxfords, at Ladies' good solid Tan Low Cuts, at Misses' Oxblood Button Shoes, at ....a Child's Oxblood Button Shoes, at ....a Child's Oxblood Strap SandaL at Child's Tan Oxfords, spring1 heel, at We can show the best Man's Shoe shown in Topeka at the price, six dif ferent styles, needle toe, coin, French, medium and others, lace and con gress. If you want a good cheap shoe come in and see it. Price only.., Nice new Oxblood Lace Shoe for men's wear, just in, the best one we ever sold at the price. Lots of $3.00 shoes are no better. Needle and coin toes. Price only As a leader In Ladies' wear we are showing a genuine bargain in the way of a fine light Dongola, hand turned pointed toe, cloth top, easily worth $2.75; all sizes, C, D and E widths. Price only zsr&ll ahove Goods "bought at Auction at Half Their Value and sold the same "way. mun I H lilU EE1IPEH PAXTONS, PLAYDAY FOR CHILDREN. Children's Jacket Makers' Union is Also in the Big Strike. New Tork, May 19. Meiner Schoenfeld has assumed the leadership of the strik ing tailors here. A delegation will go to Newark and ask the men to quit work tomorrow. The contractors, according to Schoen feld, show a disposition to take sides with the strikers, with the object of forcing the manufacturers to pay better prices. Philadelphia, May 19. The children's coat and jacket makers of this city, to the number of 375, went on strike today for the increase of 25 per cent in wages. The strikers include all that class ot garment workers in the city except a few who are employed In non-union shops. Quite a number employed in other branches of garment making went on strike yesterday and it is said there are at least 1,000 garment workers now out. We take special pains in laundering ladies' shirt waists. Peerless Steam Laundry, 112 and 114 West 8th St. FIRE SALE. e rr fast FIRE SALE. Don't Forget Those 6c Zephyr Ginghams," That 7c Corea Madras Cloth, Those 19c Fancy Satins, i Those 25c Changeable Lining; I Silks, j Those 69c Brocaded India i Silks, That 196 dozen Pure Linen i Towels Huck and Damask 5 fringed and plain 10c each. They're going fast. Of people are ices at the New Model's Clothing Department but as quick as they buy out one line of goods we put others on the Bargain Counters and keep up the interest right along One continual stream of people have been pouring in since Friday morning and go away delighted sending their friends to share In the good things. Below we give you a few of our specials for the rest Men's strong, serviceable Wool Cassi mere Suits, well made, srood linine-s $1.98 sold everywhere at $5.00. New Model's Special price Fine all wool Tweed and Cassimere Sack Suits, in fancy mixtures, stripes and overplaids. beautifully made and trimmed, an elegant fitter. This is the Suit they advertise as a bargain at $6.50. New Model's Special price Men's strictly all wool Scotch Plaids, fine Tweeds and fancy Cassimere Sack Suits, in three or four button sack styles, new, nobby, stylish Suits; regular price, $9.50. New Model's Special price $1.98 $1.98 $1.4:8 All wool French Clay Worsted Suits, elegantly made, fine fitters, beautiful ly trimmed, fast colors. These were made to sell at $12.00. New Model's a f- v Special price 05U Fine imported black fancy Worsted, finely trimmed throughout with Skin ner's Satin, beautifully made and ele $1.25 75c 59c 89c 59c 75c 98c $1.10 98o 98 gant fitter. -Made to sell at $16.50. New Model's Special price Boys' Long Pant Suits. Strong, serviceable Suit, in dark gray or blue blacks, well made, strong lin ings, a $4.50 value. New Model's Special price A big line of all wool Cassimeres and Scotch Tweed Suits, in medium and light colors. This line contains some Suits that sold as high as $9.00 a Suit, but being only one or two odd sizes, we put them all in at New Model's m gr Special price P4jr Boys' Knee Pant Suits. Strictly all wool Suits, in fancy Cas simeres, Reefer style, large braided collars, easily worth $2.75. New Mod el's Special price New plaids and Mixtures in Reefer styles, strictly all wool, finely trim med. These are the Suits they ad vertise as bargains at $3.50. New Model's Special price An extra special value. Reefer style Suits, finely made and trimmed, an elegant Suit and sold everywhere at $4.50. New Model's Special price..... Straw Hats. $1.48 $2.48 $2.25 MAKING MORE POSTOFFICES Sristow Changes the Policy of the Last Administration. Washington, May 19. Fourth Assist ant Postmaster General Bristow has in augurated a new policy as to the es tablishment of postoflices. The last administration exercised a very con servative policy in dealing with this question, holding that there were al ready too many offices in operation and that it would be better as a general proposition not to have the offices too close together. The present regime has determined to establish offices wherever any reas onable amount of business can be se cured, with the idea of accommodating as many people as possible. While some attention is being paid to the rule that offices generally should not be closer together than three miles, this is not a fixed limit and many exceptions have been made. The scheme is to provide mail facilities wherever there is a sufficient number of people or an amount of business that would make it pay, such questions as location near a star or other route, however, of course, figuring in the matter. See Jones tor ice. 'Phone 430. FIRE SALE. SBSQ Ladies' 10 karat Gold Filled Watches, i warranted for 15 years $6.48 Each. Child's seamless ribbed Oxblood Hose, fast colore 103 Pair. Infants' white Lace Caps 10- Each. Ladies' made-up Gingham Aprons 10o Each. One lot Cream and Butter-color Lace, varying from 2 to 8 inches wide 4c Yard. trying to put out the Fire Sale of the week- $3.50 $4.95 $6.95

.2.50 $2.98 $1.98 $2.50 $3.00 Men's Working Straw Hats 10c, l5o, 20o and 25o Boys Working Straw Hats 10c, 15e, 18c and 20o Men's fine Dress Straw Hats 25c, 35c, 50c, 85c, 98c and 81.25 Boys' fine Dress Straw Hats 25c, 35c and 50c SIXTH AND QUIHCY. To be Put in Rotten How. San Francisco, May 19. The gunboat Alert will leave for Sitka in a few days to tow the old war vessel Pinta from the north to the rotten row at Mare is land. The Pinta has been away on foreign and Alaskan service for near ly ten years and before she could get back to her home naval station her hull and machinery gave out from old age and she is to be brought back to be sent to her grave. Calumet, Iowa Burns Up. Des Moines, la, May 19. Nearly ail the business houses, fifteen in numfeci, and several dwellings, in the town Calumet, on the Iowa Central railroad, were burned this forenoon, causing a loss of $50,000. The origin of the fire is unknown. There was no fire appar atus in the town and surrounding cities sent aid. Instead of Humphrey Eills. Springfield, 111., May 19. A new street railway bill was introduced in the state legislature today by Senator Littler of Springfield. He claims that it is a pro duct of the Springfield railway and that Yerkes, the Chicago street rail way magnate, has nothing to do with it.