The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
June 28, 1897

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i f n SEVENJEAD In Saturday Night Wreck on the Wabash Line. The Yictinis Sent Home to St. Louis for Burial. FIVE CLERKS KILLED. Conductor Copeland Will Prob ably Sui-Tiye. II. P. Dillon of Topeka, Tells of the Disaster. Kansas City, June 28. Eight coffins were shipi-ed from St. Louis to Mis souri City yesUrday. There, were oc cupants for seven of them, the victims of the ill-fated Wabash train which plunged through the bruise in Clay county Saturday night. Although G.C. Copeland, conductor of the train suffer ed serious injuries, he was not killed, as at first reported. Copeland was remov ed to Moberly yesterday, and the sur geiiis say he may recover. Following is the list of the dead: Onesimr.s M. Smith, postal clerk. Gustav A. Smith, postal clerk. Charles Withers, postal clerk. Frederick W. Brink, postal clerk. Edward Grindrod, express messen ger. Charles P. Greas'.ey, lirakeman. William S. Mills, postal clerk. All of those killed lived in St. Louis. None of the injured are in a danger ous condition except Copeland, the con ductor. Of the passengers the most seriously injured was Mrs. W. H. Wil kinson of 53fi Wabash avenue. Kansas City. Two of the small bones of her left hand were fractured and her thigh was badly Iterated. She was also se verely bruised about the head and neck. She was removed to her home, and last evening the attending physicians said that she was not in danger. Nine of the injured were taken to Missouri City Saturday night. Nine teen of the injured were brought to this city. Two went to Excelsior Springs. This makes a total of 30 injured. Sever al whi.se cuts and bruises were only trifling, however, were not included. Onesimus M. Smith. the clerk in charge f,t the mail cur which was torn into splinters against the abutment of the bridye. was 53 years old. and had been in he railway mail service for IS years. 1'rlcr to entering the service he con ducted a grocery store at Mexico. Mo. He lived at 3121 Locust street, St. Louis, and leaves a wife and daughter. His daughter is married, end lives in St. Louis. Smith expected to leave the mail service in a few weeks, and told a friend of his but a few hours before his d.-'eth that he expected to receive an appointment in the St. Louis postoffice in a few weeks. (iuftav A. Smith was 38 years old. He livtd at "313 California avenue, St. Louis and leaves a wife and four children. William S. Mills was 28 years old and leaves a young widow to whom he was married onlv six months aero.. Frederick TV. Brink lived at 218 North Garrison street, St. Louis. He was mar ried. Edward Grindrod was married and lived at 13V4 Kelt avenue. St. Louis. Charles P. Greasley lived at 1503 Bon Ion street, St. Iouis. He also was mar ried. Copeland. the conductor, is 43 years of nge. He is married and lives at 4559 A Garfield avenue, St. Louis. He has no children. Serious as was the wreck, the great winder is that it was not much more disastrous. The escape of the passen K rs is little less than miraculous. The train was the St. Louis express which left the Kansas City union sta tion at 6:20 Saturday night and was one mile west of Missouri City and 22 miles from Kansas City when the accident came. A farmer tried to fins the train, but cmld not be seen in tlio darkness. The eng ne h.-id passed over the weak ened bridg.- in s;.f,-iyt The mail cor, b: Kgage ccr. smokers and chair car v.'.-nt down with the bridge, a distance i f 20 feet, the wreck landing in water from 10 to 20 feet deep. One-half a sec ond chair car alfco went into the awful wreck. The sleeper telescoped the chair car and was left t.arUv hanging over th chasm. Two Ex. Isior Springs cars d:. not leave the track. The train was plunging through the Bt'.rm at a high i-i te of speed. It must have been going almost 4 miles an hour although the rain was falling as though thrre. had U-en a cl.an'burst, and it was impossible for the engineer to see more tinn a few feet ahead of the engine. The creek where the wreck occurred is usually dry. or almost so. but Saturday n irht it was a roaring torrent. Just above the railroad bridge was a wagon bridge, and this had been wash ed away. The wreckage of this bridge bore down against the railroad bridge and carried away the wooden trestle that supported the bridge in the cn tr. The floor of the bridge was left standing. The bridge was an old style atiair and not strong at the best. Had it been an iron bridge there would nave been no accident. When the crash came the passengers were hurled in every direction. Some of fhem were thrown half a car length, and some of them struck the ronf of th car Everyone for the time seemed to lose self-control. Not only did the wo men scream, but strong men. and men who were not injured, c. ted aloud in their fright. For a time no or'1 seemed to realize the extent of the catastro phe. Every one made a dash to get out of the cars, and when they clambered out into the storm, with the rain fa'l lng in sheets and the lightning flash ing, there was a wild break to get back into the cars. For a time the' passen gers sat thfre nursing their own bruises, but finally some of the men re covered their self-possession and went forward to attempt to rescue those who had been caught beneath the broken cars. Others started back to Liberty landing to telegraph the news of the wreck to Kansas City. H. P. Dillon, attorney, of Topeka with his wife and son and servant, was in the sleeper en route to New York He said one end of the sleeping car was unaer water in the gorge. It was standing on end and the passengers escaped by climbing through the win dow. No one in the sleeper was hurt Mr. Dillon was unable to tell how many persons were in the sleeper, but said estimates of five, made bv passen gers, were too low. and that there were at least eight or nine persons. Mr tflllon was scratched on the face, but the other members of his party showed no evidences whatever of having been three cars deep in a train wreck. Mr. and Mrs. Dillon were on their wav to New York and expected to sail for Europe to be gone for three months. Their wardrobes were stored in six big trunks that were stored in the wrecked baggage car. Mr. and Mrs. Dillon were greatly worried yesterday over the supposed loss of their baggage. Last evening they were informed that their trunks had been gotten out of the water during the afternoon and were held at Missouri City for inspection. They went down to Missouri City this morn ing to see what damage was done, and this evening will continue their trip to New- York. They expect they will have to stop there for new wardrobes. They had expected to make the trip through to New York on the fast train and had in the sleeper with them only their hand baggage. GENUINE TOURNAMENT Is Likely to be a Part of the Fall Fes tival. The Committee of Fifteen has arrang ed for a meeting this afternoon to con sider the question of floats. The trouble over the floats has prac tically been adjusted and Dudley Jos lyn have received assurances that the committee will take the five floats con tracted for. Two have already been built but they have not been formally accepted. The formal acceptance of the floats will be disposed of at the meeting this afternoon. The committee will also listen to a proposition of H. I'ttprman to give a number of sword contests and an old fashioned tournament. The committee Inst year made arrangements for a joust and Col. J. W. F. Hughes was placed in charge but he was called away and his plans were abandoned. Mr. Utterman proposes to do some thing much more elaborate than had ever been contemplated. There will be not only horseback exercises by men in armor but e words will be used. Mr. ITtterman is himself a master with the broad sword and he will furnish some one to contest the honors with him. He will also provide ten or twelve men who will fence and give other feats of skill with weapons. Accord ng to the plan outlined the en tertainment will require about three hours of time. It is proposed to charge an admission fee and give the contests in the quarter stretch before the grand stand. Otto Kuehne and several other members of the committee are in favor of Mr. Uttarman's scheme. There are several other important questions that are yet to come before the committee. That of illumination is the most important of all. Kansas ave nue should be well lighted this year. The night parades suffered during the Festival last year for a lack of suffi cient lights. The number of arc lights on Kansas avenue should be twice what it was last year and there should be other forms of illumination as well. Two or three arches well lighted are essen tial to give the city a distinctively hol iday appearance and that part of the work has not yet been touched upon by the committee. Don't spend all the-money- for other things, but see that this feature is pro vided for! FIGHT NEAR A JOINT. The Kind of Thing Some People Think Would Make Topeka Prosperous. A disturbance of more than usual note took place in the alley by Walt Richards' Joint on the south side of Seventh street between Kansas avenue anw Jackson street last evening at 8 o'clock and lasted for several minutes. Arthur Massey. the blacksmith and horseman, Mr. Ed Bennett, son of Er asmus Bennett ,the horse dealer, "Doff" Tswnman, a clerk in the employ of the McLaughlan shoe store and Will Craw ford, a miller, were involved. A crowd of people attracted by the noise collected and when two policemen hove in sight the quarrelsome ones scattered and disappeared. One of them. Will Crawford, however, was too drunk to get away and he was arrested. He was charged with being drunk and when sober $5 was put up for his ap peal :ce. which was forfeited this morning in police court. One of the parties wandered about the streets after the fight and lost his way. About 11 o'clock he was walking around the block near Eighth and Monroe streets, trying to find his way home. He walked around the block two or three times and finally a friend met him and steered him home. The occurrence caused much talk on the streets. A witness of the fight, who is well known, said in speaking of it: "It was a mightv mean fight. They were all doing their best to lick the other fel low." Walt Richards' joint has become what a saloon always becomes, headquarters for drunken rows and riots. It is high time it was closed up. A PAINFUL ACCIDENT. Rigby's Candy Maker Suffers a Shock ing Injury to His Hand. Jacob Freedman, the new candy maker at the M. F. Rigby conf ectionery store. had his left hand painfully mu tilated by getting it caught in the cog wheels of a large ice cream freeeer Saturday night. The ring finger of his hand was torn off at the second joint, tiie middle finger at the first joint and the little finger of the hand was badly mashed. Freedman was In the act of adjusting a part of the machinery while it was in motion, when his hand slipped between the cog-wheels and was instantly mu tilated. The portions of his fingers tern from his hand were ground to small bits. Freedman is the man who has been making all the clever window dressing in Kigby's windows the past two weeks and has only been here a short time. Presidential Appointments. Washington, June 28. The president today sent the following nominations to the senate: Soren Listoe, Minnesota, consul at Rotterdam, Netherlands; Henry Fink, Wisconsin, collector of in ternal revenue for the first district of Wisconsin .Clarence W.Ide, Washington, marshal for the district of Washing ton; Captain Frank L. Denny, assist ant quartermaster marine corps, to be major and quartermaster; Charles L. McCawley, captain and assistant quar termaster marine corps; Assistant En gineer John H. Row-en. to be a past assistant engineer: Naval Cadet Stuart F. Smith of Pennsylvania and Naval Cadet Wm. G. Groesbeck of Ohio, as sistant naval constructors in the navy. Will Invite the World. Washington, June 2S. In the senate today the resolution authorizing the president to invite foreign governments to participate in the Transmississippi exposition at Omaha was agreed to. The tariff bill was then taken up. LOOKS BLACK. Twenty-Seven Thousand Are Out of Work Men By Closing of All Tin and Glass Factories IN A BIG DISTRICT. This Is Preparatory to "Read justing Wages.' Conference of Factory Owners and Workmen. Anderson.Ind., June 2S. The national tin plate Co. today posted notice of a shutdown on Thursday morning as per contract of the readjustment of the wage scale. At the same time all the union tin plate factories in the country will close. The conferences of manu facturers and workmen wage commit tees will begin at Pittsburg next Satur day. All the union window glass fac tories are preparing to close down on Wednesday of this week for a read justment of the wage schedule. On ac count of the factional fight between the blowers and gatherers on one side and the cutters and flatteners on the other some delay in settlement is anticipated. Among the union Hint bottle makers there will be no shut down as usual, the information being given out today that the union men will sacrifice their vaca tion in order to fight' the non-union plants that do not close. The window glass shut down will cause 15.000 men to lie idle while the tin plate closing lays off about 12,000 men. A NEWSPAPER CHANGE. F. L. Vandegrift to Manage Star's Kansas Edition Evans to Come Here. F. L. Vandegrift left Topeka this aft ernoon for Kansas City, where he will became manager of the Kansas depart ment of the Kansas City Star.for which he has been the Topeka correspondent for six years. The Inauguration of the new fast mail service brings the Star into the field with a morning issue, devoted especially to Kansas. The Star will continue the publication of the regular afternoon editions. Mr. Vandegrift's successor in Topeka has not been named, although it is re ported that W. A. Evans, formerly with the State Journal, will get the place. Mr. Vandegrift will begin his new du ties tomorrow, assuming the entire management of the morning edition of the paper, his work beginning at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, at the time the afternoon editions are closed. His departure from Topeka will be regret ted by his newspaper associates and friends. Mr. Vandegrift is one of the ablest newspaper men in Kansas and is popular everywhere. NO PRIZE FIGHT PICTURES Those to be Given at the Fairgrounds a Fake and They Were Cancelled. Topeka people will not have the op portunity of seeing the verascope pic tures of the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight at the Fourth of July celebration at the fair grounds as previously advertized. After making the engagement to have the pictures shown here, the manage ment of the celebration found that the Pictures proposed to be shown in To peka were not pictures of the Corbett Fitzsimmons fight, and cancelled the contract. There will be ho evening cele bration at the fair grounds. L. M. Crawford expects to have the real Dan Stuart verascope prize fight pictures here next fall. ROBBED OF $250. Police Adopt Their Usual Mum Poli cy and Get Nothing'. W. P. Brush, a solicitor for a number of eastern live stock publications, left in his room at 40C Monroe street last week, a purse containing $230 in money. During his absence the money was stolen. The matter was reported to the police three days ago, but they have been keeping quiet hoping thereby to apprehend the thief. As usual, they haven't apprehend ed anything. If the public had been in formed of the theft, the chances are that the thief would have been caught. "Pub licity" captures three times as many criminals as the police. It is so every where. BOB LINCOLN'S JOB. He is Made President Pro Tern of a Telephone Company. Chicago, June 2S. The directors of the Chicago Telephone company have elect ed Robert T. Lincoln, president pro tern, with all the powers of the president to take effect July 1. The directors of the Central Union Telephone company have elected W. A. Jackson, president and general manager to take effect July 1. Mr. Jackson has been the vice presi dent and general manager of the com pany and both elections have been held to fill vacancies caused by the resigna tion of H. B. Stone as president of both companies. WANTED, MORE GIRLS. Twenty-five More for the Big Specta cle of Cinderella. Mrs. E. B. Meredith, who is training the children for the opera "Cinderella," wants 25 more girls between the ages of 5 and 16, to meet her Tuesday morning at Hamilton hall at 9 o'clock. Over 300 children will take part in this opera, which will be given at Garfield park late in July. LOCAL MENTION. One of the best pictures taken after the storm last week is of a basket of hail stones picked up by Will Whitton. It would be difficult to convince one who did not see the hail that the picture is not one of large sized snow balls in stead of hail stones. The Wind and rain storms durinnt the past week have caused considerable damage at the Osawatomie insane asy lum. Following the hail storm which visited Topeka Thursday night, the laundry at the institution was unroofed by the high wind and some smaller buildings suffered. RAILKOADEOAJID'S LETTER It is Sent to the Companies and Spe cifies tbfl Information Desired. As the result of the conference held in the office of the state board of rail road commissioners between the mem bers of the board and the general au ditors of the Kansas lines to ascertain the amount of gross earnings in Kan sas, the commissioners have issued a letter which is being sent out today. When the conference adjourned the manner in which the divisions of traf fic should be made was left in doubt. To explicitly place before the auditors the demands of the commissioners, the letter contains the following instruc tions: First In all cases where the origin and destination of any shipment are both in Kansas the actual amount earned upon each shipment shall be given. Second In all interstate shipments, where earnings are divided at the state line, the actual amount earned will be set out in the reports. Third In all interstate shipments where no division of earnings exist at the state line, earnings will be prorat ed, according to the number of miles hauled, giving to Kansas the propor tion of total earnings of each shipment in accordance with the number of miles hauled. This will include all shipments originating in Kansas and passing out side the state; all shipments originating outside and stopping in the state, and all shipments originating outside and passing through the state, stopping in another state. This mileage basis is to be used only where the actual di vision of earnings at the state line does not exist. Actual earnings are prefer able whenever possible to give them. "OLD MOSS" TO DIE. Oblivious to the Presence of His Fam ily, He Recalls Stage Memories. New York, June 2S. Poor Bill Hoey, "Old Hoss" is oblivious to the present. His shattered mind, feebler even than his attenuated body, lives only in the past. He is "Old Hoss" again, and those who sur round his bed and care for him are not his faithful wife and her mother, but his stage associates of a score of years ago. Today when his wife smoothed the counterpane above his fevered limbs Bill looked up with the ghost of a smile and said thickly, the faculty of speech hav ing almost deserted him: "Wtio're you going with next season, Haverly It is fully a dozen years since Jack Haverly and his minstrels crossed the professional path of "Old Hoss." A dozen times today the dying actor asked for "Charley" to come and straigh ten out some "business" for him. Of all the many friends of his past his old part ner, Charley Evans, has left the deepest impression on his brain. Poor "Old Hoss" had an abnormal ap petite for conviviality. Latterly he made practically no resistance to the enemy and a few days ago, in Mount Clemens, Mich., he was laid low. Hanging against the wall of the stair case In the residence of Mrs. French, Mrs. Hoey's mother, are several pictures of Bill and Charley in their famous char acters. Passing up that staircase today and into a quiet room with darkened win dows, one could see on a bed the shadow of "Old Hoss" only a shadow, but still "Old Hoss." His wife and her mother stood near while he slept almost for the first time in several days. Presently he awoke for a moment and muttered a name. His wife only was able to distinguish the sluggish syllables. They were those of the name of "Char ley." Then some wholly unintelligible mutterings, and "Old Hoss" was uncon scious again mercifully unconscious, for during the past forty-eight hours he had been racked by frequent and terrible con vulsions. Mrs. French said of his condition: "He has been quieter today, but re quires constant attention, his mind ap pearing to be completely beyond control. When he says a few words they are in variably about the stage and his state as sociates. Sometimes he moves his hands gracefully as though in gesticulation, and we know that he imagines himself on the stage again. Unless he becomes vio lent which seems unlikely, he is so weak we shall continue to care for him here at home." Dr. Chapman Is attending Mr. Hoey, but was not ready to say more than that his patient was suffering from paresis. SUE BLEW THE HORN And a Neighbor Received 16 Buck shot as Payment for His Advice. Cleveland, June 2S. A most extraor dinary shooting affray occurred in Lakewood this morning. For sometime past Mrs. Mary Obermiller has been troubled with burglars. Two of her neighbors Edward Ratcliffe and Wil liam Beneke suggested to her that she blow a tin horn when the burglars came again. She blew the horn this morning. Rat cliffe and Beneke jumped out of bed and started for the house. Mrs. Ober miller was very much excited and shot off a revolver. Ratcliffe and Beneke also shot off theirs which made such a racket that it awakened the town mar shal who came running to the scene and emptied the contents of a shotgun into Ratcliffe. The burglars existed merely in the imagination of Mrs. Obermiller. Sixteen buckshots were extracted from Ratcliffe'e thigh. He will live. Militia to Guard Him. Louisville, June 28. George Dinning, a negro murderer, was escorted from this city to Franklin this morning by a company of the Kentucky state guard. Dinning is charged with the murder of Jodie Conn. His trial will begin this afternoon and the soldiers will guard him. Drowned on a Sunday Outing. Rochester, N. "ST., June 28.- Harry W. Clancy, a newspaper reporter was drowned in Irondequoit Bay yesterday. Clancy and three companions were row ing in the bay, when one of the party rocked the boat, which capsized. The entire party were thrown into the bay but three of them were rescued by per sons from the shore. Hook Island Special. HoltOn Races. Fine Horses. Fast Racingi. TO BEJVTLEAN. Proprietor of the Cincinnati Enquirer to Succeed Hanna If Ohio Democrats Can Carry the Legislature. HAS IT ALL HIS WAY. The Convention Will Meet Columbus Tomorrow. in No Candidate Not for Surer Will Be Considered. Columbus, O., June 28. The candi dates and delegates are here in force to day for the Democratic stale convention which meets tomorrow and Wednes day. The delegates meet by congres sional districts tomorrow and the com mittees tomorrow night while the con vention proper does not assemble until Wednesday morning. In addition to a full state ticket, members of the legis lature are elected this year. There have been several aspirants for the senate, but John R. McLean, propri etor of the Cincinnati Enquirer has se cured such a large majority of dele gates to the state convention that there is no more opposition to him here than there was to Senator Hanna at the Re publican state convention in Toledo last week. Mr. McLean did not expect to attend the convention, but his friends today say they will try to get him here. Mr. McLean's friends do not want any senatorial endorsement resolution at tached to the platform. They do not want any endorsement for any other senatorial candidate and are simply keeping clear the right of way. No Dem ocrats have held state offices since Mc Kinley was governor and a new class of aspirants is in the field. There are dozens of candidates for each place on the state ticket and they are all here today with headquarters open. Nominations will be made for gover nor, lieutenant governor.supreme judge, attorney general, school commissioner and member of the board of public works. Among the candidates for governor are Robert T. Hough, Paul J. Sorg.John C. Welty, D. D. Donavan, R. A. Sroal ley, J. M. VanMeter, S. M. Hunter, A. W. Patrick, Horace L. Chapman, A. W. Thurman, John J. Lentz, C. P. Noble, John W. Winn. E. B. Finley, F. C. Lay ton, F. M. Marriott, John G. Reeves. Frank Southard. Today Hough Is the favorite, but the field is making a hard fight on him. His friends claim that he is such a strong silver man that he re signed as solicitor of the internal rev enue department. His opponents say his resignation was asked for and that he wore a Carlisle gold button. The convention is almost a unit for free silver end no candidate is considered whose record Is not clear on that issue. An effort is being made to have noth ing else in the platform except the one silver plank. This will avoid endorsing the Chicago platform as a whole and other questions on which there are dif ferences of opinion. Owing to Senator Hanna's voting against the Cuban resolution there are some who insist on a stronger Cuban resolution than was adopted at Toledo. ONE MORE TOPEKA ACTRESS Mrs. Patee, Formerly Bliss Lizzie Al len, to Visit in Topeka. Mrs. Vivian Patee, the star of the "Merry World" cast, who was seen with that production in this city last winter, will spend part of her summer vacation in Topeka. Mrs. Patee is now visiting with her parents in Lawrence, but will come to Topeka soon to visit Mrs. A. M. Sperry, wife of the superintendent of telegraph of the Mexican Central railway. Mrs. Sperry is at present in the City of Mexico, but will spend the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Miller of Topeka. Mrs. Patee formerly resided in To peka, and before her marriage with Clair M. Patee was employed on the Topeka Commonwealth. Her first ap pearance on the stage was made a number of years ago in a popular price attraction of which her husband was in charge. Since that time she has made a success of stage work, .and for her part in the burlesques on "Trilby" and "Madame Sans Gene" in the "Merry World'" she has won the most flatter ing notices from the press. 10 LITTLE GIRLS WANTED. Mrs. C. S. Sutton Desires to See Their Mothers About It Ten little girls, between the ages of five and seven, will be needed in the Fall Festival Floral parade to attend the flower queen as flower girls. Mrs. C. S. Sutton asks that the mothers who are willing that their children take part in the parade as flower girls call and see her in reference to the matter at the flower committee rooms in the Curry building next Thursday morning be tween the hours of nine and 12. It will expedite matters if the little girls ac company their mothers. MRS. ALMERIN GILLETTE Will Get the $10,000 Insurance Money Left by Her Husband. United States District Judge Foster has decided that Mrs. Almerin Gillette is entitled to the $10,000 life insurance left her by her husband who was for three years a member of the Kansas board of railroad commissioners. Mr. Gillette died last year and among his effects was a $10,000 insurance poli cy made payable to his wife. The American National bank of Kansas City which held a claim against Mr. Gillette attached the money and it was ordered paid into court. Judge Foster decided that the money could not be taken for Mr. Gillette's debts and the money was turned over to Mrs. Gillette. Off for Europe. Dr. A. S. Embree and C. P. Adams left today for Montreal, where they will sail on July 3 for Europe. Frank Shellabarger will leave tomorrow and join Dr. Embree and Mr. Adams in Montreal. They will spend July 4 at Quebec. The party will remain in Europe about two months and will re turn early in September by way of New Tork. Mr. Adams says he intends to pick up ideas for future Fall Festivals and the auditorium. Ask your grocer for Ralston Health Teast and take no other. 30 FEET OF ELK HORNS. The Largest Pair in the World Ship ped to Emperor William From Colorado. Colorado Springs, June 28. Emperor William of Germany is soon to receive the largest pair of elk horns in the world, as a gift from Hans Leiden, the German consul of the Netherlands and director of the zoological gardens of Cologne. They have been prepared and mounted by Prof. Gus Stanisky of this city and are now on their way to Berlin, where they will be formally presented to the eraperor, to be placed by him in his hunting room or Celebra tion hall. These monster antlers measure 12 feet from tip of beam to tip of beam across the skull and have a spread of 62 inches. They have a beam length of 67 and 67VS inches respectively, and the longest prongs are from 22 to 23 inches in length. There are 12 prongs In all, and including the beams they have a total length of nearly 30 feet. The largest elk horns known to exist prior to the discovery of these are in the English museum in London. The elk on which the horns grew that are to be presented to Emperor Wil liam was killed in the White river country in western Colorado by an old French hunter named Monjean. AT THE CHURCH DOOR. A Battle Occurs in Texas Resulting in the Death of Two Men. Dallas, June 28. One of the most sen sational tragedies ever enacted in North Texas took place in the Methodist-Episcopal church in Pleasant Valley, Dallas county, 22 miles north of this city, in the course of the services yesterday. As a result August Garrison and Frank Jones are dead and Thomas Jones probably fatally wounded. The Garrison and Jones families are among the most prominent planters in this section of Texas. They own ad joining plantations and have been on the best of social relations for many years. August Garrison was a married man and had a daughter 16 years old named Lois. The Jones brothers were single Frank Jones for a year or more had been Very partial in his attentions to Garrison's daughter. Recently the girl charged him with having betrayed her under the promise of marriage. The matter became a neighborhood scandal in Pleasant Valley and Garrison swore he would have the life of the betrayer of his daughter. Mutual friends succeeded in keeping the men apart until yesterday when the first meeting between them since the scandal, took place. The Garrison and Jones families wor ship at the same church. Just after the preacher had taken his text after prayer and the singing of a hymn. Garrison who had a seat near the door, stepped to the doorway, it is believed to get some fresh air, as the atmosphere in the building was oppres sive. He had no more than reached the doorway when the congregation was startled by a fusillade of pistol shots. Nearly a dozen were fired in about as many seconds time. When the firing ceased August Garrison and Frank Jones were lying dead in front of the church steps and Thomas Jones was stretched on the lawn near by, one hand clasped on his right thigh and in his left hand he held a pistol. His right thigh bone In front was shattered by a piEtol ball that had torn its way down ward, mutilating the flesh for a distance of six inches. His statemtn of the shooting was brief and in substance that he and his brother Frank were approaching the church door and were within 10 feet of it when Garrison appeared and instant ly drew his pistol. His brother Frank he said, was hit by the first discharge and before he could draw his weapon Thomas drew his pistol and opened fire on Garrison in defense of his brother Frank. Garri son after Frank fell, opened fire on him (Thomas.) Frank Jones was shot three times, once in the region ot the neart onciSn t'he right side and once in the bead. Garrison received but one bullet and that pierced his heart. Thomas Jones is not expected to recover rrom his wounds. HATTI DISPOSED OF For Three Years at Least a Moral Monstrosity is Shut Up. Judge Hazen today sentenced Hayti Weatherly to three years in me peni tentiary. Weatherly was brought into court and Judge Hazen asked his attor ney whether a motion would be made for a new trial. S. S. T.'rmy said that nothing would be done. He said that Weatherly was under 16 years old and asked that he be sent to the reforma tory. "There is nothing In this case, said Judge. Hazen, "that moves me to mer cv. Three times since the present coun ty attorney has been in office has this bov been before this court charged with different crimes. One time. I am sat isfied that he made an effort to convict an Innocent man of a crime of which he himself was guilty. I will not send you to the reformatory. The only place that will cure you is the penitentiary and I therefore sentence you to three years at hard labor in the penitenti ary." The case was commenced and closed late Saturday afternoon after the Hub bard case had been disposed of. Deputy County Attorney Galen Nichols prose cuted the case in the absence of the county attorney. The crime was the theft of three sacks of corn. He broke open a stable door to get the corn. The theft was not a great one, but the ne gro's past history shows he is a con firmed thief and a worthless member of society. Haytl ought never have been born, but since he is born he should be shut up for life, not being fit to associ ate with his fellow creatures. BOYLE TcTsEE THE BOOKS. Judge Foster Orders the Stockyards Company to Show Their Records. Notwithstanding the fact that the Kansas City Stockyards company has attempted, in every manner possible, to prevent an examination of the bocks, records and vouchers of the company by Attorney General Boyle and an ex pert accountant, the attorney for the state will go to Kansas City tomorrow morning and upon the authority of an order issued by Judge Foster of the United States court today demand ac cess to the company's records. It is probable that if the attorney general does not find the information he desires at Kansas City the company will be compelled to produce the stock yards books from Boston. Attorney General Boyle is at Omaha today.whcrc the United States court, Judge Henry Caldwell presiding, will convene. OUTLAWTHEM. John Sherman Startles the Bns. iness World Almost as Much as John Waua- maker Did. ATTACKS THE TRUSTS. Says That Such Combinations of Capital Should Be Outlawed His Law Tampered With. New Tork, June 28. Secretary ot State John Sherman, who arrived in New York last night, is quoted in an interview as saying: "The matter of trusts is altogether the most important question of the day. "A combination of persons engaged in a common business would seem on its face to be a fair enough matter, but In reality such combinations prevent healthy competition and control output and prices. "The present national trust law (the Sherman law) is not strong enough. I framed it myself, and the senate com mittee on judiciary made changes in it which materially weakened its effect. I favor making unlawful in the most direct manner all combinations in re straint of trade. They put all indus tries in the control of a few men. The people have a right to open competi tion in all industries and trade. "Restraints of trusts can be made effective when we can get the proper kind of law. The supreme court has upheld the present trust law, but hast pointed out its defects. I think that these defects can and will be remedied. "The trust people say the effect of their combinations is to low er prices of the products which they control. I do not believe it. The tendency to con trol the output and put up prices must naturally come with the control of any important industry of trade. When a man makes his money on a fair basis of trade no man envies him, or has a right to. When he makes a fortune with the trusts which shut out com petition or restrain trade he is de nounced, and this has been done by all peoples and at all times. It is un fair competition and unfair combina tion that have raised up this cry against trusts. "The currency question cannot be de cided at this session of congress. No body is ready to decide it. The east ern states are pretty thoroughly in favor of the gold standard. Tiie south seems to be slowly coming around to the same view. But the western states, hich are heavily in debt, want cheaper currency, and, of course, are advocat ing silver. Whether it will be settled in time to take it out of the way a an issue for the next presidential cam paign or not I cannot tell I am no prophet." BELOW A CENT A 3IILE, Is the Railroad Passenger Kate From Chicago to California. Chicago, 111., June 2S. Beginning this morning city passenger agents will soil tickets from Chicago to San Francisco for $2.r) for the westbound trip. This bargain sale will continue until the close of business Saturday night. The tickets are issued on account ocf thi sixteenth annual convention of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor, which will be held in San Francisco July 7 to 12 inclusive, and it is estimated that from 15.000 to 25,000 excursionists will be carried west by railroads running out of Chicago. A large proportion of these Christian! Endeavor tourists wiil come from the east and they will begin arriving in. Chicago tomorrow. Reports from Cin cinnati, St. Louis, St. Paul, Minneapo lis, New Orleans, Indianapolis, Kansas City and other gateways indicate that the transcontinental lines will be taxed to their utmost capacity to carry the men, women and children who will take advantage of the extremely low rates. The distance from Chicago to San Francisco via Denver is a trifle over 2.600 miles, so that the rate of 323 from. Chicago to San Francisco, one way, ig less than a cent a mile. In addition to the San Francisco ex cursionists there will be a small army of other travelers, if the estimates of passenger agents are proved to be cor rect. The low rates put in for San Francisco necessitated the making of correspondingly low rates to intermedi ate points. These are as follows: From Chicago, westbound, one way, no round trip tickets to be sold, to Missouri river points, $7.50; to Colorado common points, such as Denver, Pueblo. Colo rado Springs, etc., $12.50; to Utah com mon points. $20; to Grand Junction, Col., $19. Tickets for these points will be sold on the days the Christian En deavor tickets are sold. HURT IN WABASH WRECK. 3Iiss Lillian Groves, Sister of R. J. Groves, the Topeka Florist. Mr. R. J. Groves, the Topeka florist, was called to Kansas City yesterday by a telegram informing him that his sis ter. Miss Lillipn Groves, had been in jured in the wreck of the Wabash train at Missouri City late Saturday night. Miss Groves resides with her parents in Atchison, and is principal of one of the city schools. She -was on her way to attend the Chautauqua summer school in New York. The telegram gave but meager details of the injuries sustained by Miss Groves. It stated that her head was in jured and her face and body badly cut. Miss Groves has visited her brother in Topeka and is known to some extent in this city. QUEEN'S LAST APPEARANCE Victoria "Will Appear No More in Public After Today. London, June 2S. The queen returned to London today, her final Jubilee day but one, and made what most prob ably was her last jubilee appearance in the metropolis, for with the celebration that closes at Aldershot on Thursday next the state appearances of her majesty, it Is said, will be finished; that henceforth, for whatever span of life may be left her. Queen Victoria will confine herself to such work for the state as can be done at Windsor, Balmoral or Osborne.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 28. 189T. REDMOND'S ANGEL. The Irisb Leader Finds One In the Person of Lewis S. Chanler, a Descendant of the Astors. HAS MONEY TO BURN. lie Bolsters Up the Flagging Parnellite Cause. May Become Naturalized and Bun for Parliament. London. June 2S. Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler of New Tork, is the latest and most noteworthy accession to John Red mond's political following. It is said that Mr. Chanler is ambitious for a seat in the British parliamtnt, and will shortly be come a nuturalized subject of her Britan nic majesty, which Is an essential condi- 'tion precedent to enierlng the house of commons. At present he is the mysterious man of the Irish political situation. Every one is asking, us in the case of the lly in the amber, how he pot there. He came over from America on the same steamer as John Kedmond did early this year, and he has been the constant companion of the leader of the Parnell party since then. Whenever an Irish debate is on In the house of commons, in which Mr. Red mond figures, llr. Chanler is almost an unfailing occupant of the distinguished strangers' gallery. He has become a member of the organized committee of the new Independent league of Lublin, which Mr. Redmond has been trying to establish in Ireland since Timothy Har rington's defection. More significant still, Mr. Chanler has 'become a member of the board of direc tors of Mr. Redmond's Dublin Daily In- dependent newspaper. Until Mr. Chan ler's accession to the directorate there were ominous rumors that the Redmond party was in dire financial straits. Since then it undoubtedly got an accession to its funds, and naturally Mr. Chanler is believed to be the succoring angel. He is .filling at present a large space in Irish politica4 affairs, the curiosity concerning his mysterious connection with the Red mond party being widespread. It is even rumored in Irish political circles that Mr. Chanler may be Mr. Redmond's candidate for the vacancy which has just occurred in the parliamentary representation of Fouth Roscommon caused by the death of Luke Hayden. who had been a member since Parnell's time. The difficulty about Mr. Chanler' 3 American citizenship is not an insuper able obstacle, as two months ago a min isterial candidate of a Fenian family, was only naturalized the day before bis nomi nation for a pa rliametary vacancy. The Redrnondiies stand so well with the pres ent Unionist povernment that the home secretary would make no difficulty about crantin naturalization papers to Mr. Chanler immediately if they were de manded. But Mr. Chanler may not be ready to take the plunce so hurriedly on account of his extensive interests in the j United States. Mr. Chanler's mother was an Astor. His brother was the first husband of Amelia Rives, who wrote "The Quick and the Dead," and is now a Russian princess. Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler is a lawyer. He owns property worth about $7e0.000, and will come into a million more when he is 33 years old, and spent tour years defending criminals in the courts of New York, without fee or reward. He has condemned the courts as barren of justice and never complained of the ingratitude of his clients. A SHADOW ON THE JUBILEE Natives of India Commence a Series of Secret Assassinations. Bombay, June 2S. The successive shoot ings of the British plague commissioners and other civil and military officers by natives is regarded by the authorities here with the gravest apprehension as an unmistakable sign of revolt. In addi tion to the killing of Lieutenant Aycost atGainestkind and the simultaneous shoot ing of Commissioner Rand, who is in a critical condition, other attempts upon the lives of oiTicers are reported. Civil Cffirer Ross, who was shot at Peshawar as he was returning from the jubilee fetes, cannot recover from his wounds; and an attempt was made upon the life of Lieutenant Williams as he was enter ing the messroom at Pounah. Fortunate ly the shot of the assassin did not enter bis body, but struck his hand, the bones of which were shattered. The authorities have offered a reward of 2'i.iJ rupees for the arrest of the na tives who were concerned in the shoot ings. The assassins track their victims and shoot them after nightfall from be hind any object that hides them from ob servation. The Europeans are very un easy. More shooting is expected and no one feels safe. The outrages are due to the discontent of the Brahmans. who have circulated thousands of leaflets denouncing the 10 MEI No potash- no mineral no danger in S. S. S. This means a great deal to all who know the disastrous effects of thesa drugs. It is the only blood remedy guaranteed Purely Vogetabio. S. S. S. forces the disease out through the skin does not dry up the poison to decay the bones, like mercurial mixtures do. I was almost a physical wreck, the result of mercurial treatment for bio a poison ;S.S.S. it a real blooU remedy, for it cured we per manent! v. Henry Koth, l48 South Ninth Street, tit. Louis, Mo. Books fre; address, Swift Specific Co Atlanta. SSI jubilee. The circulars declare that only demons' would cerebrate their conquests In a time of famine, plague and earth quake. "An ancient and noble race," the leaflet adds, "is being killed by a Christ ian government. Will no one lift a finger to check the excesses of the English tyr ants who have been riding roughshod over us for more than a century?" The scene of these disturbances is in two districts of the western part of In dia, where, in Bombay presidency, the plague has been most virulent, and in Punjab province, where the effects ot the recent famine were severely felt. ANOTHER PICTURE PLAY. Author of "filiss Jerry" Will Produce "The American Girl." New Tork, June 28. Alexander Black wants to find the prettiest girl in Brook lyn. Black intends to find her if he has to canvass all Brooklyn with a town crier J going before him calling for all the young j women to fall into the line of beauty, j Beauty is the only passport she requires; j beauty leavened with refinement, grace, j intelligence, so blended as to make the three inseparable. Mr. Black began his search for the girl, who has all three qualities in just the right quantities to entitle her to the proud distinction of being called Brook- i lyn's girl. When he finds her he will weave his new picture play around her. It is to be called "The American Girl," and will have every type of Uncle Sam's daughters in its picture cast the western, the southern, the New England girl and all. Those who remember Mr. Black's clever monologue, "Miss Jerry," with its run ning accompaniment of pictures as thrown upon a canvas background set behind the proscenium arch, by means of the stereoptlcon slides, need no intro- I duction to the mysterious stage craft that will make "The American Girl" one of the best ali-round star cast produc tions of the year. Mr. Black has had many distinguished people in the casts of his different pic. ture plays. President McKinley and ex President Cleveland posed for him, and Chauncey M. Depew sat for a newspaper interview scene in "Miss Jerry," with his own office as a background. "THE TRAMP" IN HAMMOND He Comes in Contact With the Salva tion Army and Is Routed. Chicago, June 2S. One of the Debs propogandists a middle-aged man with a straggling, reddish beard, who called himself "The Tramp" turned up in Ham mond, Ind., late yesterday afternoon. He drove a "dinky" two-wheeled cart, drawn by an animal which appeared to be a cross between a goat and a broncho, and had with him a pile of printed mat ter, which he said was copies of "The Dictator," a new publication in the inter est of struggling humanity. "The Tramp" read two or three para graphs from a recent interview with Secretary of the Treasury Gage and gave a demonstration of the alleged influence of legislation upon the value of money and the relation of money metals, and of the relations of labor and capital, illus trating his remarks with a pair of gro cer's balances, in which the pivot 13 mov able. The balances may he expected to become famous in currency discussions. In the midst of the harangue the local Salvation Army corps marched straight through the crowd of 300 people gathered by "The Tramp" at Hohman and State streets, countermarched with drum beat ing and colors flying all around the wa gon, and then fell upon their knees and began their evening worship. "The Tramp" yielded the field and went three blocks down Hohman street, fol lowed by the crowd. PARADISE LOST 13 Written In the Form of the Au thor's Picture by a a Italian. New York, June 28. There is a pic ture of Milton in an Italian banker's window in Mulberry street which is at tracting a great deal of attention. Such a place for such a picture would be enough of a curiosity to draw a crowd but something- more than that keeps the window crowded all day long. One has often heard of the fine Italian hand and this is the finest specimen of it on rec ord. The picture Is enclosed in a border an inch and a half wide and 25 inches deep by 20 wide. The whole thing, bor der and all, looks like a coarse engrav ing; but it is all pen and ink work, and, more wonderful than that, its fine lines under the microscope appear as words wherein every letter is perfectly form ed. The whole of "Paradise Lnst" is writ ten in that picture, and, as It save out before the border was complete, the skillful copyist eked it out with a part of Stents "Sentimental Journey." There are 1.10,000 words in the work, and the writing: occupied Ciro Gazzoti, of Mode na, three years. LAST OF SWING BKIDGES. .Federal Authorities Oppose Center Piers in Chicago River. Chicago, June 28. Federal engineers have come to the conclusion that the center-pier bridges are an obstruction to navigation in the Chicago river. An inspection of the main stream and branches from Fullerton avenue on the north to Bridgeport on the south will be made by General Wilson, chief en gineer of the United States army, with the purpose of deciding upon some means of relief to marine interests. Two methods of overcoming the diffi culty are under discussion. One pro vides for the entire removal of all cen ter piers and similar obstructions; the other calls for a partial straightening of the river bank lines, so as to cut off abrupt bends and curves. j Both works are of great importance to the people of Chicago, as they call for j radical changes in existing: conditions and Involve an outlay of immense sums of money. Beside these features a new principle of bridge engineering is es- sential if the removal of center piers is ordered, as Uncle Sam's experts hold to the opinon that none of the designs now in use in this part of the country will meet present requirements or in pure adequate provision for future de mands. Ballard's Horehound Syrup is not a mixture of stomach destroying drugs, but is a scientifically prepared remedy that cures coughs and colds, and all throat and lung troubles. Its action is quick, prompt and positive. 25c and 50c. Geo. W. Stansfield, 632 Kan. Ave., and Miller's Pharmacy, Cor. 6th and Topeka avenue. Shirts, collars and cuffs laundered to look like new by Peerless Steam Laundry. 112 and 11 West Sth St. Ralston Health Yeast the purest and best on the market. AMONG RAILROAD MEU. Santa Fe Will Improve Its Hos pital Buildings. Meeting to Be Held This Week to Let Contracts. Topeka, Las Vegas, Ottawa and La Junta Buildings to Be Given $5,000 of Needed Repairs. Several thousand dollars will be ex pended by the trustees of the Santa Fe Hospital association in the renovating and repairing of the hospital buildings at Ottawa, Kan., La Junta, Col., and Las Vegas, N. M., within the next two months. A meeting of the board of trustees will be held in this city this week for the purpose of letting the contracts for the work. With the $1,200 necessary for the repair of the roof of the Santa Fe hospital in this city as the result of the hail storm of last week, the total expenditure for repairs of hospital buildings will amount to over $5,000. The most extensive repairs will be made at the Ottawa hospital. When this building was built a number of years ago the interior was but roughly plastered, with the intention of more thoroughly plastering the rooms at a later date. This work was never done, and the repairs to be made now will consist in part of replastering the entire interior. New floors will also be laid in a number of rooms, and the roof of the building repaired. In all the work at the Ottawa hospital will cost in the neighborhood of $2,500. The repairs at the Las Vegas hospital will consist in a new plumbing appara tue and several new floors. At the La Junta hospital several new floors will be put in, and the roof extensively re paired. Dr. J. F. Kaster, the new chief sur geon of the road, is responsible for the work being taken up at this time. A PRESENT TO MR. SHOLES. Thomas A. Edison Remembers Sis Former Companion at the Desk. Occupying a prominent place on the desk of C. G. Sholes, superintendent of telegraph of the Santa Fe, in the gen eral offices in this city is the picture of a man with a smooth shaven face and a pleasant countenance. Below the pic ture is this inscription written in a clear hand: "To C. G. Sholes from Thomas A. Ed ison." The picture and handwriting is that of the now famous "wizard," who when first known by the man to whom the picture is inscribed was a tramp opera tor working in the Western Union tel egraph office at Memphis, Tenn. That was years ago when both Mr. Sholes and Thomas A. Edison were young men and beginners in the art of telegraphy. Edison left the Memphis office and went to New Orleans and from there to the east to finally become the greatest electrician that any age has ever produced. Mr. Sholes came west and has gradually advanced from telegraph operator to head of the tele graph department of the greatest rail road in the world. Since Edison left the Memphis office of the Western Union and went to New Orleans, Mr. Sholes has never seen him. They worked side by side at the same desk for months, became close companion", and when Edison left Memphis he left an admirer in the per son of Mr. Sholes. Both expressed a hope of meeting again, but as yet the meeting has never occurred. A short time ago Mr. Sholes had oc casion to send to New York for certain telegraph invention of Edison's, and when the Edison representative reached Topeka with the new appliance he brought with him the picture which now reposes on Mr. Sholes' desk. With it was a short note from the famous "wizard" congratulating Mr. Sholes on his appointment as superintendent of telegraph of the Santa Fe. which had been announced only a short time be fore. Mr. Sholes' correspondence in refer ence to the new invention had reached Edison end he at once recognized the name of his former companion at Mem phis. The photograph he sent Mr. Sholes is one of his latest, and is said to be a splendid likeness of the man who startles the scientific world from time to time with his discoveries. "Edison was sort of a queer fellow when I knew him in Memphis." said Mr. Sholes. "He paid little attention to his dress, although always cleanly and ntat, and was continuously experiment ing. I have since thought that he had some idea of what was in him, as he didn't seem to care what others thought. He was a companionable fel low to work with and I liked him." Mr. Sholes prizes his photographic remembrance. LOCOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT Of the Santa Fe in Topeka, Now Thoroughly Equipped, The locomotive department of the Santa Fe shops in this city is now probably the most thoroughly equipped railroad shop in the world. The depart ment also presents an appearance ri valing the appearance of the railroad shops of any other company. Within the past month extensive Im provements have been made in this de partment. All of the machinery has been repaired, painted and varnished and old machinery replaced by new ma chinery where necessary. The interior of the shop has been ren ovated and the number of cupboards for the convenience of the employes in keeping their street clothing and ef fects while at work in the shops have been increased. But few of the em ployes now wear their shop clothing on the street in going to and from the shop. The appearance of the department has been greatly increased and the em ployes are proud of their workshop. The improvements cost the company several thousand dollars. Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment re lieves the intense itching. It soothes, it heals, it cures chronic cases when sur geons fail. It is a scientific certainty. Its sales increase through its cures, it is no experiment. Every bottle guar anteed. 50c. Tubes, 75c. Geo. W. Stans field, 632 Kan. Ave., and Miller's Phar macy, Cor. 6th and Topeka avenue. Ayer's Hair Vigor stops the hair from falling out or turning gray. to Tie fe- Tit fao- S? It n vrappox. ery Ia,au-t. "3 NO COCAINE IN HIS. Chicago's Chief Opposes Schoeler's Plan to Protect the Eyes of Firemen. Chicago, June 8. Chieaga firemen and medical authorities take unkindly to Dr. Gustav Schoeler's recommenda tion to the New York fire department that cocaine be used to protect the eyes while fighting flame and smoke. Dr. Schoeler maintained that by drop ping cocaine into the eyes of the fire men who were at work trying to con trol the flames in a big building it was discovered that the men were free from pain in the midst of heavy smoke, and were enabled to remain without serious discomfort for 15 minutes at a time. Chief Swenie of the Chicago Fire De partment said yesterday that he did not propose to have his men take any risks in experimenting with the drug. He re garded the danger of men acquiring the cocaine habit so great as to overshadow other conslderatisns. Dr. E. L. Holmes, president of Rush Medical college and a specialist on the eyes, together with Dr. E. Fletcher In galls, sustain Chief Swenie's position. "If habitually used cocaine is likely to create a taste for that anestihetci," said Dr. Ingalls today. "Not alone is it likely to produce a victim to the ex-, caine habit, but when often used it kills the fine sensibilities upon which the eyes depend. Dr. Schoeler might I as well employ morphine in the fire de partment." REFUSED A PASSPORT. Peculiar State of Affairs Regarding Mrs. McKinley's Physician. New York, June 28. Dr. J. N. Bishop, a specialist in nervous diseases of this city and the private physician to Mrs. McKinley, wife of the president, sailed on the steamship Ohio Saturday. The state department refused to issue a passport to Dr. Bishop on the ground that he is not a citizen of the United States. "I was born In Ontario, Canada," said Dr. Bishop, "but when the war broke out I left college and had a military commission from O. O. Howard. I am not at liberty to say what particular mission I was engaged in, but because I did not carry a gun and wear a uni form I am not now regarded as a sol dier citizen. When Mississippi was admitted as a state after the war I was one of the thousands who took the usual iron-clad oath, and most of those all of them except myself, I believe became citizens through that oath. In lieu of a passport I have letters of cre dentia from persons connected with the government." Dr.' Bishop declined to speak of the health of Mrs. McKinley. A SUICIDAL WAVE. Young Japanese Women Kill Them selves Prom Fear. San Francisco, June 28. Advices re ceived by the Gaelic state that an imi tator of Jack the Ripper has slain sev eral young women in Tokio. The mur ders, which were four in number, all occurred the first part of May, and so great was the excitement In Tokio that what might be called a wave of suicidal hysteria set in and several young wo men killed themselves out of sheer fear of the murderer. The women slain bj the Japanese were in every case of good character and all of them be longed to the better class. The mur derer has not been caught. Buffalo, New York, Boston And New England points are reached in the most comfortable manner via the Lake Shore Michigan Southern Ry. The summer train service via this line affords morning, afternoon and even ing trains from Chicago at convenient hours, a complete schedule of which will be furnished on application. Tour ist tickets to the many cool and delight ful resorts of the east, including Chau tauqua Lake, are now on sale. A hand some illustrated Tourist .Book showing routes and rates to these points will be sent free on request. If you contem plate an eastern trip this summer the printed matter referred to will be of in terest. Address B. P. Humphrey. T. P. A., Kansas City, Mo., or C. K. Wil ber, A. G. P. A., Chicago. $22.50 to California For Christian Endeavorers and for Everyone else. If you are going, now is the time to prepare. The shortest and best way is via Santa Fe. Inquire A., T. S. F. agent for particulars. G?ASS10PREFZ& i r- n f at mi at m m iu I II I I I II f V J m aT w i i I 7- if y I a THREE-CENT FARE CASE. Indianapolis Attorneys Laugh at a Showing Made by the Street Car Companies. Indianapolis, June 28. Judge Sho walter's rulings in the first day's hear ing of the street car case, wherein the city has applied for a dissolution of the recent injunction granted by the Chica go judge, has left a general impression that he will dissolve his former injunc tion. This will give the city an interval of several days of three-cent fare again until the street car company can bring up some other point for the federal court's further consideration. That the street car people are thor oughly frightened at the prospect of another experience with the three-cent fare law was betrayed when Judge Sho walter took the bench. General Harri son and his canferes made an effort to bring another feature into the case "be fore any of the attorneys for the city had uttered a word. The latter was prepared to cite that the state supreme court had held the three-cent fare law constitutional, and therefore Judge Showalter should dissolve his injunc tion, but the railroad people offered a cross bill with a table of current ex penses of the road, intending to show a three-cent fare would amount to a confiscation of the property. As this point had not been raised in the former hearing it was laughed down by the city attorneys and the court ruled it out of the present hearing, but gave the company the right to file the cross bill and have it considered later. This move of the company throws it into the trap which has been adroitly baited and set for some time. All the city people desire is to get a chance at the company's books and show up its claims about the value and cost of the road. The table of expenses filed, is sworn to, but already several state ments have been found where, it is al leged, figures have been juggled to de ceive the court. The sworn statement of the company before the state tax commissioners gave the top value of the street railroad at $1,!)00,000. The statement filed by the company in court shows that its gross receipts last year were J9T2,464. The company figures that its expenses last year were $622,000 and that a three-cent fare law would have made its income $34,000 less than the road expenses. In its bill of expenses there is figured $50, 000 depreciation on account of wear and tear and about $100,000 for repairs, the items overlapping. The company is also attempting to float $9,000,000 in stocks and bonds on less than $2,000,000 sworn value of the road, and on this 500 per cent of watered stock it is asking for interest when the court considers the question of confiscation. Mr. Isaac Horner, proprietor of the Burton House, Burton, W. Va., one of the most widely known men in the state, was cured of rheumatism after three years of suffering. He says: "I have not sufficient command of lan guage to convey any idea of what I suffered. My physicians told me that nothing could be done for me, and my friends were fully convinced that noth ing but death would relieve me of my suffering. In June, 1894, Mr. Evans, then salesman for the Wheeling Drug Co., recommended Chamberlain's Pain Balm. At this time my foot and limb were swollen to more than double their normal size and it seemed to me my leg would burst, but soon after I began using the Pain Balm the swelling be gan to decrease, the pain- to lea-'e, and now I consider that I am entirely cured. For sale by druggists. Notice. Members Topeka Lodge No. 3, Na tional Reserve association: There will be election of officers tonight. All mem bers are urged to be present. J. W. GORDON, Pres't. J. A. STRAUSS, Sec'y. Is your liver tired? does it fail to do its duty? If so, don't neglect its call for help. A few doses of Herbine may save you a spell of sickness. Herbine is the only perfect liver medicine. It cures Chills and Fever. 75c. Geo. "W. Stansfield, 632 Kan. Ave., and Miller's Pharmacy, Cor. 6th and Topeka Ave. Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers does its work thoroughly, coloring a un iform brown or black, which, when dry, will neither rub, wash off, nor soil linen. For Rent. Privileges 4th of July celebration at Fair Grounds. Apply Rowley Snow's Drug Store. k W V U I w .1 J7 A jARWF BILL f I wmmwm ry S V i SI W ST) W I A4 Jl If 1 ?3'",lPr"T.l II A RESTAURANT WAR. Strife Between Rival Caterers in Chi cago Becomes Amusing. Chicago, June 28. The two rival res taurants of the cafeteria order that cater to the appetites of board of trade brokers are engaged in a fight for pa tuonage. The restaurants are not more than a biscuit toss apart. Both have entrance on the court back of the Western Union building. The patrons of one of the eating houses are cut off from the other by a stout iron picket fence erected across one end of the court during a recent night. When the proprietors of the restau rants first found their entrance cut off there were signs of war. One of these signs was instantly put up, and it read like this: From Our Superior Goods and Popularity Envious Rivals Would Fence Out Our Patrons. If Gate- way Is Closed Try Hallways and street. In less than ten minutes the rivals hung this out, with only the width of the fence top between it and the other sign: Our envious rivals, playing on the sympathies of the public would lead our patrons to be- s lieve this gate was erected so as to cut off their entrance. This fence was erected by the vault company to settle a legal ques- tion. We had nothing to do with the matter, but cheerfully Invite competition. Other signs hung out by both sides read: OUR COFFEE IS NOT MADE FROM BEANS. THE SHORTENING IN OUR CAKE IS IN THE CRUST, NOT IN THE STRAWBER RIES. A LITTLE MINT SAUCE WILL NOT MAKE SPRING LAMB OUT OF A TOUGH OLD RAM. DEBS' SCHEME TAKES. 249 Applications for Charters Al ready Received. Chicago, 111., June 28. Applications have been received at the headquarters of oDebs' commonwealth for charters for 249 branches of the Social Democ racy. The greatest number comes from Ohio; Indiana comes next, and then comes Wisconsin. The first issue of the "Social Democrat" will appear July 1. It Will be printed at Terre Haute, but subsequent issues will be published in Chicago. F. W. D. Mays, vice president of the National Reform association, called at the headquarters of the Social Democ racy today and urged that the first col ony be established at Pomeroy. Wash., where he is publishing a reform news paper. Directors Bums, Kelliher and Goodwin made arrangements today for the mass meetings, the first of which will probably be held tomorrow night. The work of organization will begin in Chicago. Mr. Debs will return in ten days and lead the work of gaining re cruits. He has received thousands of letters from his admirers, many of whom regard him as inspired by a higher power. "For three years we have never been without Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house," says A. H. Patter, with E. C. Atkins Co., Indianapolis, lnd., "and my wife would as soon think of being without flour as a bottle of this remedy in the summer season. We have used it with all three of our children and it has never failed to cure not simply stop pain, but cure absolutely. It is all right, and anyone who tries it will find it so." For sale by druggists. Broken edge collars made smooth bj Peerless Steam Laundry. QO WEST- 1 --&L-rMr.. -A'.: YooHoMAM; m UlPII hf Kyj" fLLC Jubilee was a success EARTHQUAKE MAY SOLVEIT Splitting of the Tehuantepeo Iathmua May Provide a Waterway. Mexico City, Mex., June 28. The re cent earthquakes on the Isthmus of Tehuantepeo are causingmuchscientific discussion here. Many think another severe seismic disturbance may solve isthmian communication and transport ation, and it is stated in all seriousness that another and more disastrous earthquake might cut a channel across the comparatively narrow neck of land known as the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. It is not more than 240 kilometers across. The 'land from Coatzacoalcos for many miles inland is marshy, and the Coatzacoalcos river itself is navigable for heavy craft about thirty miles in from the gulf coast. The two large la goons near Sallna Cruz extend to the waterway about twenty miles in from the Pacific, which leaves but a short distance unaffected by water. Of course, in the center of the isthmus is a mountain range, which is not over 1.500 feet high in Its maximum. Some think that a good sized earthquake might split the range open. There are small river around Juch itan at the head of the lakes, that add to the water conditions. The Pacific ocean at Salina Cruz is 8 feet higher than the gulf at Coatzacoalcos. Taking all these matter in consideration, the splitting of the istmus of Tehuantepec into a waterway would not be at all surprising. The effect of such a phe nomenal occurrence would be remark able. Commerce would find a crossing place far preferable to Nicaragua or Panama, and thousands of miles and many weeks of time would be saved to the world's shipping from Atlantic to Pacific points and vice versa, PARADISE FOR WAIFS. Mrs. Helen G. Kurtz of Canton, Will Entertain Little Oueats the Whole Summer. Canton, O., June 28. Mrs. Helen O. Kurtz of this place, wife of S. S. Kurtz, the wealthy tanner, has notified the Pittsburg Association for the Improve ment of the Poor that she will entertain continuously during the summer at her cottages at Congress lake eight children, to be selected by the Fresh Air committee of Pittsburg, for stays of ten days or two weeks as the Pitts burg board elects. The first eight are requested for today. A favorable re ply has been received from Pittsburg, and the eight fresh air waifs will be welcomed at the appointed time. Mrs. Kurtz had a roller coaster erect ed for the frolic of the younsters, also a boat to be at their command, and swings and games of all kinds. The cottages are in the midst of the fash ionable colony, but tl.tr children will be unrestricted in all their enjoyments. The Great Rock Island Announces the following extremely low rates: Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo, $9.00. Salt Lake and Ogden, $16.50. San Francisco, $-2.50. Rates to intermediate points will not be higher. Through standard and tourist sleepers on all trains. Tickets on sale June 29th and 30th and July 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The Santa Fe Route Is selling excur sion tickets to Nashville. Tenn., and return, account the exposition. miomEDtcATiom associa tion MEETHG. For the meeting of the National Ed ucational association at Buffalo in 1SD3 the excellent service given by the Union Pacific was commented on by all who had the pleasure of using that line. This year our educational friends meet in Milwaukee, Wis., July 6 to 9, and members of the association and others from points west of the Missouri river should by all means take the Union Pacific. The service of the Union Pacific via Omaha or Kansas City is the very best. The equipment consists of hand some day coaches, chair cars. Pullman buffet and drawing room sleepers, din ing cars and burTet smoking and li brary cars. Fewer changes than via any other line. One fare, plus $2.50, for the round trip will be the rate from all points west of the Missouri river for this meeting. For illustrated matter, folders, etc.. call on or write E. L. LOMAX, jl i. jr. at i. a., umana.

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TOO MUCH COST. Witnesses and Officials in the Ed Bussey Case," Bring Enormous Bills Against Butler County. 31ILEAGE EXCESSIVE. A Bill for 41 Days' Board Pre" sented by the Jailor When Bussey Was in Jail Less Than Six Days. El Dorado, June 2S. The Ed Bussey ase will now interest the people o Ilutler county in a new ligrht. A queer Lill of costs has been filed agrainst But ler county by the clerk of the district court of Klk county, where by change of venue, Bussey was last tried. It calls fur $1,1S.62 and purports to be the costs of his last trial while evidently some hundreds of dollars was for the trial here. On the face of it it is an at the regular stenographer's fee is charg of the items have been alllowed and paid by Butler county. For Elk county the regular stenographers fee is charg ed up and $14 besides. Three bailiffs at JT.i'j; b..ard of the whole venire of jury men for a week: $72 for 12 jurymen three days and $02 for the "services" of tr.e jurymen not ensraired on the case: and a plain overcharge of $.10 or $40 by out-of-the-state witness who could 'Mly collect mileage from the state line, sit trad attention. The clerk puts in a till f .t resruiar fees and then asks $7.45 in a supplemented bin. A number of witnesses, especially th-se frv.-n Aususta. must have reached Howard via Robin Hood's barn. Their mile-air-, and the per diem of some, is e-. cssive. The capper is a claim of $l'c4 (41 days at 4" cents a day, the prisoner rate) for Bussey's board. As he was undr-r bond until his appearance p.t court arvl his trial lasted but three chiys and he was soon released on bail stain, the question is how did his board bill swell sV County Attorney Schumacher will an alyze the bill and there will be cuts and cut outs made. PROFITS TOO SMALL, Legislative Law Causss a Parsons Light Co. to Abandon a Pro posed Street Contract. Pat sons. June 28. The Metropolitan I.i-rht and P'cwcr company, which is -vkirsr a franchise for piping the :r--c-:s. has a baji-i .ned the pnjcct ow ir.ti t.i the recent law passed by the lear isljture. i ne of the provisions of which 1 avi.lv? that all rcei; above a cer ia n per cnt would revert to the city f r franchise pri vil. g- s. A memVt-r of the company, in speak Ir.K cf the matter said that the com ny o.-.f,l 1 furnish the city with cheap 1 c'r.t and fuel. but the percent of profits i;i- wed the company was not commen surate with the enterprise. WIRE PENCE 'PHONE. Line Connects "With "Central" at Man hattan Works Successfully. Manhattan. June 28. The Manhattan T-!--pr.. ne eomp-any has a genuine "'barb-wire fence" telephone line now ii successful operation tunning out to Jim JIili. .isald's farm three and one i:alf miles from town. 'onn-ftion is made from the central r.t!:c- and the line works as successfuiiv f:s any in town. It is a curious bit of w rk at the central othce. Fish Hops Into the Boat. Ausrusta. June 28. Four ladies were rut bjat riding- on the Walnut river t:iirht before last when something jumped into the boat. Supposing- it to be a mouse or a snake, several of thvm contemplated jumping into the ri t-r, whirn ur.e of them beiner braver than the ethers decided to capture the reptile. Aft -r catching- it she saw that it was a black bass and took off her necktie, run it through its sills and marched triumphantly home with a l ass 1 inches I..nir, probably the larg est bass ever taken out of the Walnut river. The Winner Loses. Larnej, June 28. Cinclnnatus Wil lams. a resident of the Indian Terri- ry. k:ll-.d himself in a harvest field miles south cf here Saturday. He 1 ad mad- a viag.-r that he could unload head-r b.irsfc in live minutes. After ft complishinw the work he fell off the I iree ur.cousiiuus, and died in a few i.-.inutes. Coal Contract A-warded. Leavenworth. June 28. A contract f r supplying 15. ""0 tons of s .ft coal v is let at the soldiers' home Saturdav the Leav.-nw. .i-ih Coal company, a t Jl 17 a ton. This is 21c lower than ever b 1 bef.-re. I. A. McKibben received contract to furnish hard ccal at $7.00 a ton. Harvest Hands Scarce. The Wel:r.erton Mail says: Much wheat has bcn cut during: the last w.-k with -ut men to stack it. Vhr.!e re, is are to be seen bound and lvinjr lipon the ground, all because of the s-arci:y of laborers. FROM KANSAS TOWNS. General and Personal News From All Over the State. ARKANSAS CITY The Texas Grain company will at once erect a $3,500 ele vator at this pouu. The contract has teen let. COX WAY SFP.L(;s-Svl Ditm of A-K.nia a,d X. J. Prubst of Snirav Sol -rrs have formed a partnership in the -iii-am business with headquarters at Conway Springs. Syl notifies ail his friends that he is out of politics. EMPORIA A natatorium has been started here in cor.necti. n with a gvm nasium. The entire basement has tUen cfmint.il with a graduated floor. The I"' will be 60 fet Ions- bv 22 feet wide w ith water ranging- in depth from three to eig-ht feet. EMPORIA Rev. rr. George A. Bow ers, pastor of the Lutheran church, ha re.-.gned his position to resume his resi oence in St Louis. The pulpit of his church wul be supplied by Rev. George Cromer. o Gettysburg. Pa. Mr.Cromer it3 f!aau1-' of Get tysburg college and theological seminary. HI TCHIXSOX-The Ladies' Chorus et their last meeting- and after consider ation of tne question decided not to enter the jubilee contest at Salt Lake City next month. The warm weather the long trip, and the work necesarv to properly represent Hutchinson at Buch a time, were, very strong argu ments in favor of abandoning- the pro ject, LEAVENWORTH A party of three started this morning overland for Den ver. They are James Spragne, Clar ence Eprague and William Goldthwaite. James Spragne is an old stage driver and has made the trip several times. The journey will be made in a 'bus for merly used between the soldiers' home and the city. The young men think it will take six weeks to make the trip. On the way they will hunt and fish and have a general good time. WEYLElt TO PUSH THE WAll He Makes a Demand for 60,000 Ad ditional Troops Chicago, June 2S. A special to the Chronicle from Jacksonville, Fla., say3: Weyler while at Cienfuegros made the request for 20,000 more colonial volun teers with the intention of starting an active campaign. He has also demand ed from Spain 40.000 additional troops to reach Cuba by September 1. The rainy season will be drawing: to a close at this time and this goes to prove the assertion that he will make the effort of his life to conquer the insurgents. The announcement that Gomez would benin active operations, has been veri fied. It is officially stated today that a Spanish column has had an engage ment with rebels under Stolong-o on the Stoiongo ranch near Jaguey Grande, province of Matanzas. The insurgents are alleged to have been dispersed with the loss of 15 killed and one wounded. The Spanish had a corporal wounded. It is known that "engagement" was simply an attack made by the troops upon the defenseless pacifocos cm the ranch, and that the 15 persons reported to have been killed in battle were brut ally murdered. DEATH'S BOLT. A Score or 3Iore Killed ly a Stroke of Lightning. Chicago, June 2S. 2:30 p. m. A Daily News special from Dakota, Ga., says: During a terrific thundre storm light ning struck a convict camp near here last night and as a result four con victs are dead, ten are dying and twen ty escaped during the panic which en sued. The camp Is at the lumber mills of Ereer Eros, and 150 prisoners from the state pienitentiary were at work there. Last night during supper the storm came up and struck the dining shack, demolishing it. Two of the convicts, negroes, were instantly killed by the lightning stroke: two others, white, died from their injuries in a few min utes afterwards and ten were shocked so badly they are dying. About 20 cf these felons, seeing their opportunity dashed past the guards who were panic stricken and made their es cape. Bloodhounds were put on their tracks, but owing to the heavy rain, the trail had been well covered. Only two of them were captured, and they had been in the hospital tent for a few days and were too weak to get away. The wildest excitement reigns and hundreds of people are out in pursuit. The state will offer a reward if the men are not captured. ON ROBBERY BENT. Mohammedans Maltreat the Israel ites in Teheran, Persia. Washington, June 28. According to advices just received at the state de partment from the United States min ister to Persia, the Mol ammedans in Teheran, Persia, recently invaded the Jewish quarters of that city and in flicted the most shocking maltreatment upon the residents. United States Minister McDonald learned of the persecutions and appeal ed in the name of humanity to the chief of the shah's ministers to inter fere and stop the outrages. That of ficial promised to do so, but. according to the report, the persecutions contin ued until after the officers sent to pro tect the helpless victims had extorted all their money. FIFTY MILES AN HOUR On the Water is Contemplated by the Inventor of a New Boat. Xew York, June 25. A craft which her designer believes will skim the sea at a speed of fifty miles an hour has been launched in this city. The boat is the invention of Captain Carl J. H. Flindt. who began the actual work of construction last Christmas. Great secrecy was observed in build ing the boat. There is not an angle in her exterior lines. Her deck and keel bend gradually to the middle of the boat, then taper to the overhanging stern. A pilot house rises like a dorsal tin from the deck, while a row of dead lights, hinting at fishes' scales, circles the hull. Looking at the boat bow on, the suggestion of a fish is as pro nounced as a side view, for there seems to be no beam. The craft is built of oak and steel ribs and is 67 feet long, 6'2 feet beam and 12 feet from the lowest point of keel to the highest point of deck. This boat will draw six feet of water. She will have two state rooms, each 11 feet long and running the width of the ship, a salon 43 feet long, a machine room and kitchen and can accommodate 30 men. A Crisis in Holland. The Hague, June 28. The ministry has resigned and the queen regent has had an audience with Dr. J. Roell, the minister for foreign affairs and presi dent of the ministerial council. Attention Capital Lodge No. 3, A. O. IT. W. The funeral services of out late Brother P.arney Quant will take place Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. All brothers fire requested to meet at lodge room at 2 o'clock sharp to attend. Sis ter lodges invited. Bv order of W. E. WHITE, Master Workman. ERXEST MUELLER, Rec. ROCK ISLAND SPECIAL Account Holton Races. Special train will leave Topeka 12-40 p. m, returning will leave Holton 7:30 p. m. Tickets on sale June 30th to Julv rd inclusive, only 89c for the round trip. Edncato Tour Bowels With Casoareta. lo(?'V?c!r Cathartic, cure constipation forever, sos. II C. C. C. fail, lirufgisu refund mouey. SHOT BY A BURGLAR. A Young Woman's Screams Follow ed by Serious Results. St. Louis, June 23. A special to the Post-Dispatch from Red Bud, 111., says: Miss Lillian Blais, a young lady of this city, had a terrible experience at 2:30 a m. with a burglar. She was awakened by a man who, after search ing her father's clothes, which were in another room, approached Miss Blais and made an indecent proposal to her, threatening to kill her if she made an outcry. Miss Blais was so terrified that she screamed loudly. The rob ber then put a pistol to her breast and fired, the ball taking effect just above the heart. The burglar escaped. Miss Blais is not expected to recover. Bloodhounds were put on thet rail and there will be a lynching if the villain is captured. WORK FOR 500. W. J. Black Receives a Call for Har vest Hands. At least 500 men can find employment as harvest hands at wages of J1.30 per day in that nortion of the state in the vicinity of Earned. Great Bend and Kinsley. Gen eral Passenger Agent Black of the Santa Pe this afternoon received telegrams from agents at the towns in this part of tne state stating that harvest hands were needed at once, and that unless help in the harvest fields was secured within the next few days the wheat crop would be damaged. At Lamed 100 men are wanted, and at other points in that vicinity a similar number can find employment. STOOPS SENTENCED. Sent to the Penitentiary for Three Years for Abduction. Judge Hazen this afternoon sentenced Harry Stoops, the contractor who ab ducted Marjorie Wallace, to three years in the penitentiary. Before being sen tenced Stoops made a short speech to the court in which he said: "You may sentence me here if you like, but there is a higher authority. I am innocent." When sentenced Stoops stood in the court room silently. The news did not seem to affect him perceptably. This is a lesson for all men who are tempted to mislead young girls. SANTA FE'S NEW LINE. Atchison Road Will Assume Charge of the A. P. on Wednesday. Los Angeles, Cal., June 2S. The At lantic Pacific railroad, which was re cently absorbed by the Santa Fe, will come into that company's possession at midnight next Wednesday. Circulars announcing the change has been made public. The following officers have been elect ed, and will assume jurisdiction on June So: A. F. Walker, chairman of the board; E. P. Kipley, president; Paul Morton, third vice president; W. G. X'evins, general manager; H. C. White head, general auditor; G. Holter Hoff, Jr.. treasurer and assistant secretary; L. C. Doming, secretary; H. W. Gardi ner, assistant treasurer; J. P. White head, comptroller; Victor Morawitz, general counsel; E. D. Kenna, general solicitor; A. G. Wells, general superin tendent, Albuquerque, X'. M. E. Cham bers, general freight agent, Los An geles; John J. Byrne, general passenger agent, Los Angeles: C. X". Sterry, soli citor, Los Angeles: C. E. Crary, auditor, Los Angeles; C. W. Kouns, superintend ent car service, Topeka, Kansas; P. Walsh, general baggage agent, Topeka; H. Isaacs, division baggage agent, Los Angeles. SHOPS DELEGATES Elected to Meet With Director Gen eral Kouns of the Santa Fe Jubilee. Mr. C. W. Kouns. the Santa Fe mem ber of the Committee of Fifteen, re ceived word this afternoon that the fol lowing delegates had been selected by the employes in the different depart ments of the Santa Fe shops to repre sent them in the arrangement of the Santa Fe celebration. Car department. A. Manson; water service department W. S. Lawless: boil er department. A. M. Baird; machinery department. W. E. Carrie. The circular to the employes over the road will be issued by General Manager Frey this week. MODEL OF THE WORLD. Mrs. Clark Will Establish a Kinder garten School in Memory of Eer Husband. New Tork. June 26. Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark of Cooperstown, X. Y., is about to place in Xew York an en during: memorial to her late husband, whose father, with Isaac Singer, found ed the linger Sewing Machine com pany. In the very heart of the East side tenement district she is about to erect a building which will combine a modern kindergarten school with an entertainment hall, and on the roof a covered breathing spot for the hot sum mer evenings. The Xew York Kinder garten association will have charge of the school and Mrs. Clark will main tain it. According to present plans. fully $300, 000 will have to be set aside for the building and its support. But more than that may be necessary, for orders have been given to make this the model kindergarten school of the w orld. The lease has been purchased and work men are getting ready to remove the old building standing there now. The building will be ready for occupancy by next summer. Beatrice Excursion Washed Out The excursionists to Beatrice yesterday experienced a serious disappointment. A washout near Blue Rapids delayed the train eight hours yesterday morning and those who completed the round trip had but a short stay in Beatrice. Many of the passengers left the train at Marys ville and waited there until the train re turned last night, preferring to miss the ride rather than take chances on not getting there at all. More Thunderstorms. The little shcrwer this morning amounted to a. precipitation of six one hundreths of an inch. It left the air full of moisture which accounts for the op pressive condition of the atmosphere. This afternoon at 2:15 o'clock cm the Col umbian building the temperature was SS degrees. On the street it was S9 de grees. The minimum, temperature last night was 72 degrees. Thunderstorms may be expected tonight. Death of H. E. Van Laer. Herman E. Van Laer. a book-keeper employed at the Real Estate building, died of abdominal trouble at Christ's hospital this afternoon. He was em ployed by the E. L. Ball company. His residence is at 615 Lincoln street. $3.00 Men's Slices. Blacky Calf and f $2.00 Vici Kid, Choc- j 2.25 olate and Oxblood, 5!50 any style toe. 2!0 $4.00 Men's Shoes. Chocolate, Tan f$2.50 and Oxblood, calf J 3.00 or kid, new coin and 3.25 needle toe. 3.50 S5.G9 Men's Shoes. r $3.00 All colors J 3.50 and styles. 4.00 I 4.50 We want to reduce our stock one-half in the next thirty days. i 1 h 3 aI SPORTING NEWS. 3Iaher and Sharkey Will Forced to Xeyada. Be Managers Are Chary About Of fering a Purse. SEEKING AN "ANGEL.' W. A. Brady Will Likely Take Up the Contest. Dan Stuart in Bad Repute With Newspaper Men. New York, June 28 Now that Ma her and Sharkey have settled the pre liminary details for their contest they can give all their attention for a time to the selection of a battle ground. Both of these big fellows have fought themselves out of New York, and it is riot likely they will be invited to put up their hands anywhere in this coun try outside of the state of Nevada. There they can meet and box to a fin ish. If it were simply a question of meet ing for a good stake and a little senti ment this hardy pair could take to the mountains and settle their difficulty at a small cost. But there is little of sen timent in the boxing game today. It is a cold business proposition now with principals and managers. There must be a purse in sight or the means of producing one before the modern boxer agrees to put on the gloves. Dan Stuart has been mentioned as the impressario who would in due time step to the front with a proposition for the match and rumor has it that he has already cast a few careful lines in the direction of the gladiators. But this is denied by men interested in a business way in the match, and it is even said that Stuart is not wanted as a manager. At Carson City Stuart made many enemies among the very men who made him w hat he was. Col umn after column of gush was written about Stuart by generous newspaper men. He repaid them by charging them all the way from $20 to $40 to see his fight. These same men will re member Stuart when he attempts to bring off another championship contest, tender his management, it is feared, the Maher-Sharkey bout would not re ceive the kind of booming necessary to make it profitable in Nevada, It is quite likely that the principals, through their managers, will attempt to bring off the bout in Nevada. W. A. Brady, who is a keen business man and has a good knowledge of this spe cial line, may have a hand in it. He managed their meeting a short time ago at his Palace club in New York, and if satisfactory arrangements can be made he will have a voice in the match in Nevada. The talk among those in terested is of a carnival in Nevada, with Maher and Sharkey as the main attraction and a picture scheme on the side to pay the purses. VON DER AHE IS HAPPY. He Returns to St Lou's Puffed With Pride in the Browns. St. Louis, June 28. President Von der Ahe. of the St. Louis base ball club, ac companied by Mrs. Von der Ahe. return ed to St. Louis yesterday. They have been traveling around the circuit with .he Browns, and Von der Ahe says that ''ftis team as now constituted Is a hard one to beat. 'Barring the Cincinnatis. we won more ganies on the trip than any other western club." he said. "Everv trade that I made has turned out beneficial to our team. 'Grady and Hallman lend lots of life to the infield, and Hallman is the best captain I have had since Comiskey left. He watches his men well and is continually talking to them during the game. Cross has steadied down and has developed into a slugger. OUR Begins r June ll Spring and Summer goods in Black, Tan, Chocolate and Oxblood, Russia Calf and Vici Kid on coin, needle marked at cut prices. 100 pairs Misses' and Children's Ox fords, per pair 100 pairs .Women's Fine Kid Ox fords, per pair 60 pairs Women's Common Sense Ox fords, per pair 200 pairs Women's Kid, button, Shoes, per pair POPULAR PRICE SHOES. 63Kansas Avenue623 Hartman has entirely recovered from his injury, which kept him out of the game at the commencement of the trip, and his general play was highly com mended in the east. Lally and Harley, with Turner, compose one of the fastest outfields in the league. All three are hitting the ball hard, and their field ing is of the sensational order. "Murphy and Douglas are catching as well as McFarland ever did. Casey strengthens the pitching department greativ. Hart and Donahue are doing well. Esper has fallen into his old hab its, and I left him behind at Philadel phia. Coleman, the youngster I picked up in Cincinnati gives good promise. He is a well put up lad with a strong rirht arm. Nicol may try him in one of the Pittsburg games. The 'fans' here can rest assured that from now on they will see lots of good ball playing at Sports man's park." THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. CLEVELAND 5. CHICAGO 0. Chicago. June 28. Johnny Powell, a Chieagro bov. was on the slab tor the In dians and pitched a great game, shutting out the locals and allowing but six scat tered hits. Anson and Everett were the only ones able to connect with his deliv ery, and their hits came in when the bases were unoccupied. Griffith was ef fective except in the sixth. Attendance 8.900. Score: R H E Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 3 Cleveland 0 00 0 140005 8 1 Batteries Chicago, Uriftith and Dono hue: Cleveland. Powell and Criger. Um pire McDermott. CINCINNATI 4. LOUISVILLE 2. Cincinnati. June 2s. The Reds again de feated the Colonels in one of the most ex citing games seen here this season. Cun ningham pitched a tine game, but had miserable support. Attendance S,w0. The Score: R.H.E. Cincinnati 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 Louisville u 00020 0 00 2 S 3 Batteries Cincinnati. Dwyer and Peitz; Louisville. Cunningham and Butler. Um pire Hurst. NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING Von. Lost. P.O. Boston Baltimore Cincinnati New York Brooklyn Pittsburg Cleveland Philadelphia Washington Louisville Chicago St. Louis 37 14 .725 K5 15 .7.K 32 17 .:,3 31 W .6.0 25 25 .510 25 2." .S00 2 -i 24 30 .4,4 20 CO .41 10 31 .30 1 31 .3M) 11 42 .2V8 THE WESTERN LEAGUE. KANSAS CITY 1. ST. PAUL 9. Kansas Citv. June 28. The P.iues grew tired of their winning streak and dropped a game to St. Paul yesterday: Score by innings: Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 01 St. Paul 3 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 9 Batteries Kansas City. Foreman and Blanford; St. Paul, Isabell and Spies. INDIANAPOLIS 10, COLUMBUS 3. Columbus. Jane 25. About 5.000 people saw Columbus lose the second game out of twenty-two played on the home grounds since their return from the western trip. Stewart's fielding was the feature of the game. Keener was re place by McFarland in the fifth. Score: R ii E Columbus 1000110003 4 3 Indianapolis 2 2022101 10 14 0 Batteries Columbus. Keener, McFar land and Fisher; Indianapolis, Foreman and Wood. MILWAUKEE 7. MINNEAPOLIS G. Milwaukee. June 2v The Brewers bat ted out a victory in the ninth inning, aid ed by errors by the Millers. Four of the six errors charged to Milwaukee were made by Blake, who covered third. Score: R.H.E. Milwaukee 0 00004003 7 10 6 Minneapolis 1 0 0000 0 50 0 7 4 Batteries Milwaukee. Terry and Speer; Minneapolis. Figgemier and Boyle. At tendance 8,000. WESTERN LEAGUE STANDING. Won. Lost. P.C. Columbus Indianapolis St. Paul Milwaukee Detroit Grand Rapids Kansas City Minneapolis IS 18 .C5t 21 .650 25 .5'0 34 39 33 25 20 20 13 30 -4:4 j 3t .J 41 39 THE WESTERN ASSOCIATION. ST. JOSEPH. 0 000100304 5 1 1000010002 a 0 St. Joseph Rocktord ANNUAL SZILE, 11 25, 1897. and narrow square toes .50 1.00 .75 .50 Batteries St. Joseph. Meredith and Col lins; Rockford. Anderson and Huff. BURLINGTON. R.H.E. Burlington 0 01000000 1 C 4 Peoria 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 5 9 11 Batteries Burlington. Coons and Berry hill; Peoria, Roach and Seisler. des moines. tt e Des Moines 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 8 14 i Dubuque 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 Batteries Des Moines. Mauck and Lohman: Dubuque, Nonnamacher, Butler and Sullivan. QUINCY. R H E Quincy 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 1- 7 11 3 Cedar Rapids 3 011000010 6 17 2 WESTERN-ASS. STANDING. Won. Lost. P.C. St. Joseph 33 13 .717 Cedar Rapids 2S 17 -f22 Des Moines 25 18 .S7S Dubuque 21 2 .44. Quincv 21 23 .417 Rockford 21 2, .438 Peoria 12 34 .2bl ATCHISON DEFEATS TOPEKA. Even Miller's Home Run With Bases Full Without Avail. Atchison. June 28. The first game of the Kansas league series between Atch ison and Topeka was played here yes terday on wet grounds and was won by Atehison. The feature of the game was the home run by Miller of Topeka when the bases were full. R H F Atchison 1 1350104 015 13' 3 Topeka 1 1 4 0 0 5 0 0 011 8 5 Batteries Atchison, Eyler and To man; Topeka, Colburn and Evans. Topeka 7 Emporia 3. A good game was played at Athletic park Saturday by Topeka and Emporia. Topeka played fine ball and won the game. There were plenty of phenom enal plays that the crowd could ap plaud, and this was done frequently. There was not as large a crowd pres ent as the game merited. Topeka's new second baseman. Lucas distinguished himself by knocking the ball over the left field fence. Stricklett did remark ably good work in the box for Topeka. There are five errors charged to Tope ka, while Emporia has but three. The score: R.H.E. Topeka 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 37 14 5 Emporia 00002001 03 4 3 Atchison Hera This Week. Atchison will be in Topeka to play the Topeka ball team three games Thurs day, Friday and Saturday. They should be well attended. Juntction City will come week from Thursday. DEBS' LETTERS. All Showing Interest in the Social Democracy of America. Chicago, June 28. Eugene V. Debs has forwarded from Terre Haute a package of 327 letters, making a total of 853 wittw in three days, all bearing on the affairs of the Social Democracy of America. The largest number of missives comes from men and women who either enclose con tributions. make pledges of financial and moral aid, or ask where to send subscript tions. 'This torrent of literature indicates the fever of interest our plan has aroused," writes Mr. Debs. "The enthusiasm is in creasing rather than waning." Greeks or Armenians, Which? Constantinople, June 28. An incident typical of the situation occurred here during the panic caused by the salute fired in honor of the Jubilee of Queen Vic toria. The Mussulmans trooped into the streets, armed with bludgeons and asked the police whether the Greeks or the Ar menians were to be attacked. Is your child puny, peeked and peev ish? Does it fret and cry without s?eming cause? Does it have convul sions? If so, is has worms. and White's Cream Vermifuge will safely expel them and restore its health. 25c. Geo. W. Stansfield, 622 Kan. Ave., and Miller's Pharmacy, Cor. 6th and Topeka Ave. No-To-liac for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak men strong, blood pure. 60c, il. AU druggists. n $3.00 Indies' Shoes. Finest Black, Vici, f $2.50 Kid, Chocolate or J o.70 Oxblood, new coin or needle toe. I 2.25 Ladies' $2.50 Shoes. S2.50 Chocolate g. of and Black Kid, lace 5jj5 and button. ii t i i is Ladies' $2.59 Qaaiiiy. S2.50 quality Ox ford Oxblood, Choc olate, Black Vici. $i.S0 1.50 Not a Shoe in our store on which we have not cut the price. 9 1 1 .f.'V1 We are Regular "Wholesale Prices on Family Dis plays of Fireworks amounting to 5.00 and upward. YOU had better make your selec tions as early in the week as possible, for fireworks trade is unusually large this year, and our stock of some items -will bs exhausted before Saturday. Remember It Pays to Trade at he FaiF 618 Kansas Aire. DROWNED WHILE EOATIXG Two Newton Young Men Upset ia the Arkansas. Kansas City, June 28. A special to the Star from Newton, Kansas, says: Jacob Riesen and Abraham Lick, two young men of this place were capsized while boat riding at Classen's Mills in the Little .Arkansas river, 17 miles north west of XVwtun yesterday and were drowned. Both were Germans. IrTcKinleys Going Home. Washington. June 28. Unless the condi tion of public business prevents President and Mrs. McKinley wii! leave here Fri day for a visit to Canton. They will re main until Monday. Ranee of Prices on Stocks. Furnished by the W. A. Michael Com mission Co., IJrokers in Grain. Fr 'Vi.sic.ns and Stocks, 110 West Sixth Ave., Topeka, Kan. Stocks. rOp'n'Hfgh-I.ow CTseSat7 But Sugar 123V 129 i'Xin4" Chicago Gas ..j !'2"H --"-V ''2"' Am. Tobacco ..j 7V'-; 77V Am. Spirits ...i 11V 1V 11 H- H ""V; 3i-i, Leather r,;-.:2. o j 59' Con. Gas 1 s5 i im I lufl 1 M. K. T. Pfd: :;2 S2': 22 C. Ii. Q 1-4 X!V V C, R. 1. P...! 7'! 7'" 2 7.4! C. M. Sa. P.' S2H S2 I A.. T. S. F... 12 V 13 12';i Manhattan W s' 1' i -j Wvs.rern Cnion SI1., 8.1 1 Jv. Mo. Pacific IS", 2.1V l;.-8 Wabash 13 j 15V 35 i t"n. Pacific 6 I i r;' C. W 117V 117V IK-.i N. Y. C 1--3V 1"3' 1..-2V C. C. C 24-2: 2.rV 2Ji.i Reading- 22 v, z:i j 22' i' Jer. Central MV M j Omaha K.P.J fl T. C. I 24HI 24M 24'4 1 No. Pac. Pfd..l 41V 42V 41 V" Pacific Maii 2V4. 3V 2fV Li. X j 51V j 1 51V 11 1 31V 13 .:.-i v.- 8' 17.V 30 V TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. T O ST A bull pup about half prom. 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TOPEKA STATE JOTJKNAL, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE s, 1897. SOCIAL AND PEI.S0ML General Tctes cf Society and Personal Items. Eeceat Social Events in Topeka and Yicinity. Items of Interest About Topeka 3?eo f. pie and Visitors ia Town. Wednesday a party of young ladies are going to leaven worth to spend the day. They will be chaperoned by Mrs. C. R. Hudson. Those in the party are Miss Louise "Willis, Miss Lottie Page, of Jerivr, Miis Libbie Hazlett of Chicago, 2hli--s Edna Crane and Miss Lillian Whiteloek. Notes arid Personal Mention. Miss Nan Jones, Miss Harriet Jones and Miss Flay Martin will attend a tianre in Vallc-y Fails tomorrow evening. Miss Eva Brown is coming down fcm Lawrence Wednesday ta visit Miss Margraret Hear a few days. Mr. Will brw on of Kansas City spent Sunday in Topeka. Dr. D. E. Esterly spent Sunday in Lawrence. Mits Abhie Ware who attended the assembly at Ottawa went from there to Fort Scctt for a. two weeks visit. Miss Eilie Loader has returned to her home in Clay Center after a short visit with Miss Kditk Davis. Miss Marie Keso will spend theFourth in Leavenworth. Major II. M. Mason is spending a few clays in T.ipeka before going to his home in Boston. lie has just returned from Cuba. Mr. E. K. Woodruff and ?ister, Mrs. E. A. Putnam will leave tomorrow- for the Pacific coast. They will be gone about fix weeks. Mrs. F. J. Shubert Will go to Law rence tomorrow for a few days visit with friends. Mrs. W. S. Scott of Horton is visit ing hr sister, Mrs. Charles Worrall. She will remain in Topeka until after the Fourth. Miss Augusta Flintom of Lawrence wi!! spend next Sunday with Miss Mar garet Be-ar. Mrs. O. L. Short is spending the day in Kansas City. Miss Annett Montgomery will leave Wednesday for Lake Geneva, Wis., to attend a meeting of the Y. AV. C. A. She will go from there to her home in Illinois to spend the summer. Mr. F. X. Kes-der returned yesterday from a two vee!:s visit in Colorado. Miss Lola Jlellahan returned yester day from Hutchinson. On her way she visited two weeks in Emporia and Bur lington. Mrs. Jamfs Smith returned home Sat urday from a ten, days' visit in War rensburg, Mo. Mrs. Wallace Trynerson and little daughter, accompanied by Mrs. Nancy Kynerson will leive the last of the week for Chit-age and Qutnoy, 111., and .Michigan. They Expect to remain away all simmer. Mr. H. O. Oar-vey and family left to day for Colorado Springs to spend the summer. They will occupy JvHige Sev erv's iiou?e at 916 North Weber street. Mr. and Mrt. George Sharritt and family will leave the s-econd week in July to fmerfd the summer in Colorado and Wvniri.",?. Mr. r.n.l 5r.. II. P.. Howard will leave tomnr.-ow "for a six weeks' visit in Cali fornia. Mr. R. J. Groves was called to Kan gns City yesterday to see his sister.Miss Lillian Groves, who was injured in the wreck and taken to the hospital in Ka.n:ias City. Miss Groves is princi pal in one of the Atchison schools and was on her way to New York to spend the surp-mer. Rev. M. C. Long is visiting J. II. Shel ton in Atchison. Miss Paisy Clark: returned from Ot tawa with Mrs. E. W. Poindexter and Fpent a, fewicirs,ys with her. She left for her home in Leavenworth this aft ernoon. Miss Edith Gnddard came over from Maple Kill today to attend the dance at Vine.wood tomorrow evening. She will be the guest of Miss Anna Nellis. Miss Franc Heiser is expected from Colorado Springs this week to visitMiss Cam Pcnficjld. M,iss Mayine Haynes of Sabetha spent a few days with the Misses Moon on her way hhmc from Ottawa. Air. arf-d Mrs. Newcome of Atchison are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Harrj Smith. Miss Lee r.cdden returned Saturday from a two weeks' visit in Ottawa. MIhp Emma Snuthard of Ottawaspent Sunuay in Topeka with her mother, Mrs. P.. E. Southard. Mr. Will cjuigley of Sterling. Kan., -will spend the Fourth with Br. and Mrs. c. B. Reed. lltes Helen Wilson returned Friday from Lake Forest, where she has been attending school. Miss Alice Patterson -will leave in a few days for Montana, where she will spend the summ ?r with her mother. Miss Lillian Sawyer left Friday for Tacoma, Wash., to remain until No vember. Mrs. E. M. Carpenter and daughter, Miss Edna, left this afternoon lor Win nebago Park, W.s.. for a three months' .visit. Mr. and Mrs. Henry of Olathe will occupy thieir house during their ab sence. Miss Hattie Reed of Abilene is visit ing w ith Mrs. George Wallace on Quin cy street. Mr. and Ms. Henry Campbell of KairburyA NeSr... are visiting their pa rents at 12c? Ja-kson street. Mr. Edwaxrl Cailaham of Old Mexico, who spent Sunday with the family of Lr. A. M. CaUaham, went to St. Joe today for a short visit. On his return to Mexico the first of the week he will be peconjpejiied by Miss Myrtle Calla nam, tvtoo will remain about two months. NO DEATH FROM HAIL. Albert Johnson Whose Skull -was Crush.! in th Storm Will Recover. A death will probably not result from the hail storm of last Thursday evening. Albert Johnson, the 'boy who hod his ekull crushed by one of the Immense hailstones, ana w as the most seriously injured of, any of; the persons exposed o the storm. is rpw practically out of danger. The oruwiied bone was raised B-t.the Stormont hospital Friday, and it Is now believed tliat the boy will recov er. Albert Johnson's cpa rents reside at 613 rWest Third street. CASTOR I A For Infants and. Children. it n ererr N0IIT1I TOPEKA. Picture frames made to order; 830 Kan. ave., PostofHce room. Canon Miner went to Holton yester day where he held services last even ing. Roy Cannon returned last evening from Texas where he has been spending the past week. Rev. W. K. Damuth conducted the services at the Church of the Good Shepherd last evening. Miss Bierbach of St. Louis arrived yesterday and will spend a month with Miss Mattie French of Monroe street. Miss Eila Day of Wabaunsee county, who has been attending school in Hol ton, Is the guest of Mrs. Isabel Bay of 1136 Quincy street. The social which was to have been given by the "Epworth League at the home of Rev. T. E. Chandler has been indefinitely postponed. A musical and literary entertainment by Rev. Isaac Wilson. Tuesday evening, June 29, North Christian church. Ad misison 10 cents. Misses Ethel and Edna Patterson of Lyndon, are the guesis of Miss Grace Plummer of 914 Quincy strtet. They will return to their home tomorrow. Miss Zella Lukens is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Ryan of Kansas City. Miss Eleanor Luktns will go down this week and will also be Mrs. Ryan's guest. M. W. Cost'ey is mourning the loss of a fine umbrella which some juvenile thief took from his back porch this morning, leaving in its place a green apple core which is not a fair exchange. Missj Edna Farkhurst left today at nnon for Wichita where she will sing one of the solo parts in the oratorio "Elijah" to be given there in the near future. Rev.W. B. Hutchinson has been elect ed a delegate to the seventh annual convention of the B. Y. P. U. to be held at Chattanocga, Tenn. Rev.Hutch inson will probably leave next week for Tennessee. Little Donald Paramore will leave to morrow for California, where he will join his mother who has been spending the past six weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Will Davies of Pasadena. Mrs. Para more's friends will be glad to hear that her health still continues to improve. Mr. E. B. Akeroyd who was stricken with paralysis Thursday died last even ing at his home 1526 Harrison street. Mr. Akeroyd was one of the old citizens of this side and was highly esteemed. He was about 63 years of age and leaves a widow. The funeral will be tomorrow afternoon from his late home, the inter ment being at the Topeka cemetery'. Rev. E. M. McClain of the North Con gregational church will have charge of the services. Mr. Will Blackburn died this morn ing at 2:30 o'clock at his home 1418 Lo gan street. Mr. Blackburn has been a sufferer from consumption for the past four years, but has only been confined to his bed for the last six weeks. He leaves a mother and brother to mourn his loss. The funeral will be held Wed r.esrlay morning at 10 o'clock from the Baptist church, the interment will be in the Topeka cemetery. Rev. Barrett will have charge of the services at 'the church, he having performed the same sad duty for the deceased's father, brother, and sister. Capital lodge No. .1, A. O. TJ. W. of which Mr. Blackburn was a member will have charge of the service at the grave. LAUGHING GAS EXPLODES Blowing a Plate Glass "Window Into a Crowded Street. Chicago, June 28. Blown from the sash by an explosion of "laughing" gas, 20 pounds of plate glass craehed from the ninth story of the Champlaih build ing at State and Madison streets to the sidewalk, and narrowly missed a crowd of people. The big section of glass was smashed into a thousand pieces, which flew in all directions. Fragments were strewn about Madison street for half a block, and covered the floor of a pass ing cable train. "hen the explosion took place the sidewalk at the corner was blocked with people. Th& glass struck the edge of the sidewalk and the granite block of the Madison street pavement when there chanced to be a lull in the stream of passers-by at the spot. Dr. Welch, a dentist, in room. 904 Champlain building, had just dismissed a patient. The odor of gas was slight ly noticed in the office, and an effort was made to have the leak stoped. Dr. Welch stepped out to find the janitor, and hardly had he gone ten feet when the explosion took place. The shock was plainly heard throughout the big building. The glass was torn from, the sash its entire width, but a strip was left at the top. Two buggies were hitched to the side walk on the Madison street side, and within a space of five feet between them, the glass fell. The horses' heads were turned in the opposite direction, or the animals would probablv have been seriously injured, if not killed by the flying pieces. Men and women on the sidew.ilk who escaped the crash were dumbfounded at the noise and rushed into Foreman's shoe store, thinking the top of the building was tumbling down. Officer McNally's helmet was struck by chunks of the glass, but the material was not pierced. Flames burst out of the broken window- and an alarm of fire was tinned in. Crowds of people. attracted bv the clanging of the bells, rushed to the cor ner and blockaded both State and Mad ison streets. By the time the firemen arrived tongues of flames were licking the woodwork of the window in Dr. Welch's office. The chemical apparatus was brought to the ninth lioor and quickly extinguished the blaze. The tanks of laughing -gas were secured and the danger of further damage averted. When the flames were extinguished great difficulty was met with in ridding the offices adjoining the dental parlors of laughing gas. The employes of a photograph gallery on the same floor were nearly overcome by it. CIGARS FOR BAILIFF COYNE Which Calls Forth the Longest Pub lic Speech Ha Ever Made. After the motions were disposed of in the district court this morning Judge Hazen recognized County Attorney Jet more, who said that the Jury discharged had a final verdict to render. He hand ed Stenographer Gaw a paper which was read. It arraigned Bailiff John Coyne for many misdemeanors concern ing his treatment of the jury. The bailiff sat in amazement until the charges had been read, but when Al Nooney who was a member of the jury arose and presented him with a box of cigars the expression changed to one of satisfaction. Then the court bailiff did what he has never been known to do. He made a speech. "Gentlemen of the jury," said he. "I have been on duty in this court four years and you are as fine a lot of men as I have ever had anything to do with. I thank you for this present. Special 4th of July Rates via Missou ri Pacific. One fare for the round trip between stations within 200 miles distance. Tick ets will be sold July 3, 4 and 5, limited for return to July 6. Minimum rate 50 cents. LED A POOR GIRL ABOUT She Lived With Wni. R. Wright Under Promise of Marriage. The Wedding Day Set But He Put It Off. The Man Finally Arrested in Kansas City on Several Charges. Wm. R. Wright, who used to travel for the Topeka Tent and Awning com pany, is in the county jail with a seri ous charge against him. In a warrant which was served on him in Kansas City Saturday he is charged with hav ing stolen a team of horses and a spring wagon. To this charge he will have to answer before the courts in To peka. But there is more to the story. Peter Snyder is a farmer who has lately moved to Topeka from his farm eight miles south of Abilene. He brought with him his daughter, Lizzie Snyder, who is 24 years of age. When they lived at Abilene Wm. R. Wright often went on trips there for the awning firm. He became acquainted with Liz zie Snyder and the two became en gaged. Peter Snyder thought well of Mr. Wright, and when he moved to Topeka with his daughter preparations were made for their marriage. May 23 was the day set. But the wedding did not occur. Peter Snyder was kind and lenient with his daughter and gave her the use of his teajn and spring wagon. Mr. Wright and the girl often took long rides to gether. Ten days ago they went to Abilene, driving the entire distance. Soon Mr. Snyder became suspicious of the two, from things he had seen and heard. Then he got word from his farm that his daughter and her lover bad attempted to sell 200 bushelsof corn which was his property. He immedi ately went there, but a few hours be fore his arrival the two had left for Topeka in the wagon. They stopped here only a short time and started east. They took some household goods with them, and it is said that Mr. Wright made the statement that he would get all of the old gentleman's goods before he got through with him. The police department was notified and Chief Steele had cards printed which he sent to different police departments ordering the arrest and detention of W. R. Wright and Lizzie Snyder. Friday the Kansas City police found the couple and team. Saturday Chief Steele went to Kansas City and brought the man and girl back with him. Mr. Snyder went with Steele and drove the team back to Topeka. Just a3 Chief Steele entered the Kansas City police station Wright was in the act of sign ing a sworn statement that he had married Lizzie Snyder in 1SSS, at Salina It is known that he had a wife at St. Joseph, but he claims that he has a di vorce. At any rate, his statement that he married the Snyder girl in 1SS8 was for the purpose of convincing the Kansas City officers of his innocence and effecting his release. He had rent ed a room on Magee street in Kansas City and had some of the household goods which were taken from Mr. Peter Snyder's place in this city. Before leaving Topeka he packed up a trunk $T;a-enJ. u to Kansas City directed to VV. R. Powell. Peter Snyder said to a reporter: "I always supposed the fellow was all .ent- TTe had arranged for their wed ding. I let them use the team occasion ally But he made his brag that he would get all my property and skip out. He claims that he married my daughter nine years ago, but that would maka her under age, and I am sure she never had her parents' consent He is a bad fellow. He has told several dif ferent stories." TVR- Wright was seen at the county jail by a reporter. He is a large man He said: "I have a divorce from my other wife. I am ready to marry the girl at any time. The old tnaji let us take the team and wagon. I'm no criminal. I went to Kansas City to get work picking ber ries. The girl went with me willingly and we didn't run off at all." Lizzie Snyder is a fairly good looking girl. She is now in a delicate condition When told that Mr. Wright had a wife in St. Joseph, she said: "I never want to see him again. He promised to marry me but kept putting it off. Long time ago he got me drunk and ever since that time I have begged him to marry me. He promised to marry me surely when we got to Kan sas City, but when we got there he wanted me to take some medicine and I was afraid it would kill me." W. R. Wright is said tor be a desperate character. He is said to have gotten into trouble in Kansas City some six months ago and committed an assault upon a man, for which he was put in jail, but escaped. The Kansas City police say that the man has a bad reputation. The girl is being kept at Police Ma tron Thorpe's house until some dispos ition of the case can be made. BUILDING TO STOP IN N. Y. Strike of 3,000 Plasterers May Bring Work to a Standstill. New York, June 28. The lock-out of 3,000 plasterers will go into effect to morrow and many sympathetic strikes, involving a large number of men of other building trades, may result. The firms in the Employing Plasterers' as sociation appear to have decided to fight against the demands of the men to the bitter end. The bosses have already advertised foremen in out of town newspapers, but up to Saturday no non-union men had been put to work on any of the buildings now be ing erected in this city. Wherever non-union plasterers are found at work tomorrow general strikes will be ordered immediately. Among the buildings on which strikes are threatened are those of the new Hotel Victoria and New York Athletic club houses. Delmonico's and Sherry's The situation is considered the most serious in the building trades for some time. Widening Kistler Street Councilmen Drew, Warner and Skin ner of the commute on streets and walks today decided to recommend that Kistler street bewidened at Monroe and that the alley between Kistler and Kious and Madison and Monroe be opened. The street at the junction with Monroe is but 12 feet wide and jf )Ugi land will be taken from the Kistler tract to make it 60. Shirts, collars and cuffs laundered to look like new by Peerle's3 Steam Laundry, 112 and 114 West 8th St. Don't Tobacco Spit and Smok lour IJfe Anaj. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag netic. lull of life, nerve and Tigor, take No-To Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druguists, 60c or tl. Cureeuaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Keiuedy Co.. Chicago or New York. A CLERICAL INVENTOR. Brooklyn Minister BiacOTera a Method of Photographing; the Voice. A Baptist minister in Brooklyn has discovered a process bywbieh he cannot only reproduce the human voice, but can actually photograph it. He ia Rev. REV. A. C. FERGUSON'. A. C. Ferguson, and he claims for his invention a greater perfection than that attained by Edison in his phonograph or Berliner with his gramophone. Mr. Ferguson calls his machine the lighto phone. The mechanism is rather simple for bo -wonderful a contrivanoe. It consists of two disks and a light shaft in which is an arrangement cf lenses. The disks are revolved at right angles to each other by means of a hand crank and are given a rapid motion, one moving hori zontally, the other perpendicularly. On the upper surface of the horizontal disk is clamped a highly sensitized plate. Photographers would call it a "very rapid plate." On a level with it at one Bide is placed a sensitive diaphragm, which operates a vibrating shutter placed in the bottom of a light tube. Thi3 apparatus is completely enclosed in a hood which excludes all light ex cept that which enters through tiie tube. The machine is fitted with a wide mouthed horn, such as those used on phonographs. Into this the operator speaks. The voice waves cause the dia phragm to vibrate, and this in turn causes the light shutter to flutter in unison. Each time the shutter opens a ray of light strikes the Kjnsitized plate, and as the latter is revolved rapidly the Eound is recorded in a series of wavy lines. Exposures of the plate are made at the rate of 2,000 per second. The best record obtained with the kinetoscope ia 400 per second. The plate is developed by ordinary photographic methods, and from it a photo etching is made on a line plate. From this plate disks of celluloid or vulcanized rubber are made. When one of these is clamped to the reproducing disk, a needle is dropped into the lines and the handle turned. Then the light ophoue speaks. It reproduces the tones exactly. They are not quite so lond as those which the gramophone produces, but they are more distinct. FASTEST TORPEDO BOAT. Some Wonderful Performances on th Porter's Practice Trips. The torpedo boat Porter, which has been in commission about a year, has been astonishing naval experts and oth ers by a series of performances which have proved her to be the fastest boat in the United States navy and possibly the speediest craft afloat. Not long ago the Porter was out for a practice spin in New York harbor, when the Sandy Hook, the fastest steamer running out of that port was sighted. The Sandy Hook is scheduled to run at a speed of 20 knots an hour; but, al though her captain made a desperate effort to sustain the reputation of his boat, the Porter not only overhauled her in short order, but described a complete circle about the crack steamer. A still more recent performance has added to her laurels. With the members cf the naval inspection board as passen gers the Porter started out on a trial run, not to test her speed, but to prove that she was seaworthy. She made a complete circle around Long Island, a distance of nearly 300 miles, in 12 hours 85 minutes, including two stops. At no time during the trip was the boat given her head. The steam pressure y-.-y '--'"ir- m,1- T0P.PEDO BOAT PORTEP.. was kept down to 200 pounds, whereas 225 pounds could easily have been car ried. This circuit of the island was made in quicker time than any boat has ever accomplished before and all records were broken. The Porter is 175 feet long and has 173a feet beam. She is low in the water for her full leugth, but when speeding her bow is lifted clear out, so that her forefoot is shown and her stern settles down, giving the propellers a chance to take a good grip. She was built by the Herresheffs, the famous yacht builders. The contract called for a spesd of 27.5 knots an hour over a six mile course, but on her speed trial she showed 28.74 knots, or over 33 statute miles, an hour, and her commander, Captain John C. Fremont, says he expects that some day she will show a speed of 35 knots an hour. Old Time Bookkeeping. In a ledger of 456 pages which was found in an Auburn (Me.) curiosity shop among a set of business books used a century ago by a New Gloucester, firm there is not a blot, though all the pages are full of entries. The books were kept with a quill pen and homemade ink. HARNEY QUANT DEAD. Body of an Early Settler Brought Back for Burial. The remains of Barney Quant, the veteran Topeka contractor, who died in Portland, Ore., last week, will arrive in this city this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock frcm the under taking establishment of DeMoss Pen well, and the interment will be in To peka cemetery. Barney Quant came to Topeka when the city was but a strag-glinff village, and engaged in business as a carpenter and builder. He later became a con tractor and worked with the late C. J. Kosen on the first building of the state insane asylum west of the city and the reform school building. His business proved profitable, and he made consid erable money here. About nine years ag-o he left Topeka and went to Portland, Ore., for the ben efit of his health. He has since resided in that city. He leaves a wife and one son, Charles Quant, who resides on a farm six miles west of the city. The deceased was a member of Lodge No. 40, I. O. O. F. and lodge No. 3 A. O. U. 'vV. and these orders will have charge of the funeral. He was 72 years of age. William Blackburn, aged 35 years, died of consumption at his home, 1418 Logan street, North Topeka, last night. Mr. Blackburn was a postal clerk em ployed in the United States railway mail service and had a run on the Santa Fe out of Kansas City west. Mr. Blackburn attained considerable prominence some time ago by winning first prize in the mail distributing con test in which there were hundreds of competitors. The prize was given Mr. Blackburn for handling and distributing the greatest quantity of mail in the al lotted time. The funeral will be held from North Topeka Baptist church Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. William DeLong, for several years weighmaster at the Southwestern Fuel company yards in this city, died of con sumption at Needles, Cal., on last Fri day. The remains will arrive in this city tomorrow morning at 4 o'clock and the funeral will probably be held from the family residerce the following day, although no arrangements have as yet been made. Mr. DeLong went to Needles. Cal., about a month ago for the benefit of his health. He leaves a wife and several children, besides numerous relatives in different parts of the state. Among the relatives are Mr. and Mrs. James Ram sey of this city. Mr. DeLong was a member of lodge No. 1, I. O. O. F.. lodge No. 260 A. O. U. W-. and lodge No. 2.S00 M. W. A. Pearl Warren, colored, aged two years died of stomach trouble at the home of her parents, 1932 Van Buren street. The Tuneral will be held from the residence at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and the interment will be in Topeka cemetery. Independent Colored Voters. The colored people are pushing the or ganization of the independent political league. The following members of the executive committee held a meeting in Topeka recently: J. W. Anderson, To peka: Thomas Glover. Wichita: George Moore, Graham, L. C. Todd, Oskaloo sa; P. C. Thomas of Wyandottee. P. C. Thomas who is chairman of the com mittee told a Journal reporter today that the work or organizing will be pushed as rapidly as possible. "Our plan is," said he, "to organize our "peo ple so that' they will make a stand for principles in politics. The old party business is played oiit with the colored people. Our league already has a mem bership of 1643 and its numbers will be Increased." We take special pains in laundering ladies shirt waists. Peerless Steam Laundry. 112 and 114 West 8th St. For Morbid Conditions take BEECH AM' S PILLS. TODAY'S MARKET REPORT. Furnished by the Associated Press to the State Journal, Chicago, June 28. WHEAT Broke 2c in less than five (iiiihu Luuaj anu in ol iiii) i. ft imi'.ii i a. space of time had recovered lc-jc of the break. The slump occurred on outside selling and the extent of the offerings was considered as a break in the July corner, by some. At any rate the rapid ity with which the market moved up and down had the effect of "shaking off the small fry," the element of mystery at tached to identity of the big sellers add ing to their apprehension. July opened wild all the way from 72VjC to iV c as compared with Saturday's close of 72-c. A perfect fond of offerings was poured in the market, but it was exceedingly diffi cult to dispose of any until the price struck 6St2c, which occurred so quickly after the opening that speculators' heads fairly swam. Then the market reacted with a jolt, without a stop to 72c. Pov.-n it went to ilc. where it hung for a while, then at a single bound the price jumped to 7134c. The ordinary news of the clay was utterly ignored by traders. It raih er favored the bears. Liverpool was dis appointing, showing only a J4d advance and the weather west and south was ideal. Northwest receipts were small. 29 cars against 314 last week and 6il a year ago. Around 11 o'clock the excitement subsided to a great extent with prices generally creeping back to opening lig ures. CORN Was quiet but firm. There was good buying for the long account. Sep tember opened a shade higher at 2tl'?j2ti1sc and advanced to 2ir:c. Local receipts amounted to 342 cars, considerably below estimates. OATS Were neglected. Prices were steady, mainly through sympathy with corn. Local receipts were 341 cars. Sep tember opened at ISc and held at about that pru e. PROVISIONS Were active and strong, helped by a llrm hog market. There was good outside support to the market and considerable short covering. September pork opened 7I-ie higher at j..b. advanced to S7.72M; and reacted to $,.i2Vi. Septem ber lard" opened 7';c higher at $4.12Vi and advanced to $4.22't.. September ribs open ed 5c higher at J4.55 and advanced to $4.57Vs'5 4.00. Chicago Livestock Market. Chic ago, June 2S. HOGS Estimated receipts today 47.W0: left over 1.000. Market active, steady and shade higher than Saturday. Lights $:i.3S 3.55: mixed S3. 351i 3. 50 heavy $3.13(3.45; rough $3.1513.25. CATfLE Receipts 1B.500: steady to stronger. Beeves $3.9(Ku5.15: cows and heifers $1.75- 4.25: Texas steers S2.Sftg'4.2u; stockers and feeders ?3.35't4.3!. SHEEP Receipts 22.0JO. Market steady to lower. Native sheep $2.25'i; 4.15; west erns $3.10'a4.00: lambs J2.0CKci5.5ij. HOGS Official receipts yesterday 27,061; shipments 3.5t3f. CATTfiE Official receipts yesterday 75; shipments C149. SHEEP Official receipts yesterday 2, 940: shipments 112. Estimated receipts hogs for tomorrow 22,000 head. Kansas City ijivestock MarKet Kansas Citv. June 2S. CATTLE Receipts 4 0.0. Market steady. Texas steers $3.7.".i4.20; Texas cows $2.W'( 4.10: native steers ?3.0J'?c4.srt: nutive cows and heifers ?l.25 4.CH; stockers and feed ers $3.3a(4.S3: buds $2.25(3.25. REPRESENTATIVE SALES. No. Wt. Pr. is Texas steers 1316 $1 20 IS Texas cows 11(2 4 10 IS native steers 14MI 4 85 1!) native cows and heifers 10 fi 4 00 21 stockers and feeders 9i'S9 4 T5 13 bulls 1470 3 25 HOGS Receipts G.OOO. Market weak to 5c lower. Bulk of sales S3.25-fi3.30: heavies $3.253.32; packers $:i.20'a3.3o; mixed $3.25 Oi 3.322 lights $3.203.30; yorkers $3.27' 3.30: pigs $2.O0'c3.25. SHEEP Receipts 3.000. Market weak. Lambs $2.00Ji5.00; muttons $2.20c 4.00. Kansas City Produce Harkat. Kansas City, June 28. WHEAT There was considerable new wheat on the market today, prices 3c to 4c lower for spot. No. 2 hard, new 61c: No. 3 nominally 627 64c: No. 4. old 53c; No. 2 spring no' trading: No. 2 soft, new 67c; No. 3. 64c: No. 4 nominally vl'n&jc. CORN About lc lower; No. 2 white 21i.i c. OATS Fair, demand steady; No. 2 mixed nominally 17Vic. RYE No. 2 nominally 2Se. HAY Light demand, prices steady .for new prairie; choice timothy $S.00S.50; choice prairie $6.001 G. 50. BUTTER Weak; fancy separator 12Vj.c; dairy 10c. EGGS Steady: 6c. Today's Range of Prices. Furnished by the W. A. Michael Com mission Co., Brokers in Grain, Provisions and Stocks, 110 West Sixth Ave., Topeka, ivan. Articles. WHEAT June July Sept Dec CORN June July Sent OATS June July Seot PORK June I PnlHigh; Low Cl'se iSat. I 71 71 71 71 I 72oi 71 72 694 70W 72-3 66i 6Wfe 65WI 65H' 65 67 67 67 67,s 67Vs 25 25 25 25 24 25 25H 25 25 25 2tty8 26-8 26 26 26 17-;' 173., i-S4 17 1S 18 lX'sl 17- 17Ti 18H IS lS'sl 17v 18 j IS 7 70 7 7o 7 70 7 70j 7 45 ONE FARE FOR ROUND TRIP PLUS 2.00. Travel is a joy to those who know how to get the most out of it. Luxurious Pullmans, comfortable chair cars, modern day coaches, regular and appetizing meals at dining rooms or in dining ears, in connection with shortest distance and time between given points, makes traveling a pleasure at any season of the year. This is what you pay for and get when your ticket reads via Santa Fe Route. National Educational Association, Milwaukee, is., July 6 to 9, 1897. m -t 4

For What? A First CIaas Ticket from Topck to Col i torn la. When? At the time of the Christian En deavor Convention In July. By What Route? The Santa Fe. The same rate will also apply to Intfrmrrllal poitiln, mid in th Kevcrie direction. Open to Everybody. ft Send for descriptive b.oks and do- 4 tailed information to a&y aent of t the NnnU A'c Rotate, or lo Che t undersigned. V7. J. ELACZ, G. P. A., A. T. S. F. By. Toptka, Einjis. o 4 iWada From Old Carpets. IflSTS ST. LOUIS RUG CO., 3330 rank Mil Ave., T. I.Ol'lS, WO. Topeka Carpet Cleaning Works, Agents July 7 r" 7 SOi 7 521 7 75 7 47 Sept 7 65 7 90 1 7 62 7 So; 7 57 LARD r i June 4 15 4 15 4 151 4 151 3 92 July 4 00 4 15i 4 0)i 4 12! 3 !c5 S-pt 4 12j 4 25 4 12 4 25! 4 05 RIUS- 1 i I June 4 55 4 551 4 55! 4 55' 4 40 Julv 4 5oj 4 55 4 50! 4 55' 4 41 Sept 4 57 4 (5j 4 57 j 4 62 4 47 Sugar and CofTe. New York. June 2S. SUGAR Raw firm: granulated 4ic. COFFEE Lull: No. 7, 7-iC. Markat Gossip. Furnished by tho W. A. Michael Com mission Co., Krokers in Grain, Provisions and Stocks, 110 West Sixth Ave., Topeka, Kan.: Liverpool ,4d higher. Visible supply: Wheat decreased 1,870. 000. corn decreased 455,000, oats decreased 57.000. Exports four ports: Wheat 165.681. flour 10.S55, corn 113.4G9, oats 167,315, wheat and Hour 20ft. 000. Total visible supply: Wheat 18,794.000, corn IS.913,000. oats 9,035.000. Chicago stocks grain: Wheat 4,101,000, corn 7.678.000. oats 1.917.000. Northwestern receipts: Minneapolis this year 240 cars, last year 320 cars; Du luth this year 40 cars, last year 2 cars; total this year 2S9 cars, last year 6o0 cars. Receipts of hogs: Chicago 47,000, Kan sas Citv 6.500. Omaha 2.500. Chicago receipts today: Wheat 23 cars, grade 15: corn 342 cars, grade 241; oats 3U cars, grade 48. Second cable comes Liverpool unchang ed. Puts September wheat 64t'S643ic. calls September wheat 65sic; puts September corn 257ne. calls September corn 26Hc: put September pork $7.67, calls September pork $7.97.

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