The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
November 17, 1897

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1897. 3 (01 F mm fa what many a mother is looking for; something absolutely safe and reliable, that -w ill disarm her terror of that dread rattling, strangling cough, so fearful to the mother, so fatal to the child. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is a croup cure that can be relied on. Thousands say so. Mes. W. J. Dickson ("Stanford Eveleth") writes from Truro, N. S. "That terror of mothers, the startling, croupy cough, never alarmed me so long as I had a bottle of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral in the house." We have used Ayer's Cherry Pectoral in our family for years. Once when our boy had a severe attack of croup, we thought that he would die. But we broke up the attack by using Ayer's Cherry Pectoral." R. H. COX, Plaucheville, La. mm 4,1 i t is put up in half-size bottles at half price 50 cents. 31ADE WILD CAT LOANS. Custodian of a Cburcb. Fund Caught by Enterprising Loan Agents. Concord. X. H, Nov. 17. There was an echo in the meeting of the New Hamp shire Protestant Episcopal, diocesan con. vention here today of the failure of John I. Harwell's two banks at Claremont last year. Farwell was the treasurer of the d i-H'ese fur several years and when he w.nt to Europe over a year ago it was found that a considerable portion of $0.Xt of the church funds which he had placed in the west was unprofitably invested. The subsequent failure of Harwell's banks also caused losses to the church and to Kishop W. Niles personally. Joseph S. Matthews of this city was sent by the trustees of the church fund to learn how murh can be realized from Far Well's in vesiment of $.r,0.iX0 in North Dakota, South Lakota, Nebraska and Kansas. He reports that he thinks the investment will now yield frrnn $12.oi to hjo cash. 3IISS .WHITNEY WILL SUE. Flower Show People Must Pay That $110 or Go to Court. Kansas City, Nov. IT. Miss Edna "Vvnit ncy of Chillieothe, Mo., wants her $110. and means to have it. When she signed a c ontract to come to town and sell tlow ers and look pretty at the Home Products Flower show she expected to get that amount for her services. C. E. Heite and V. J. Barnes were willing enough to sign the ot her end of the contract, for they argued that it would be money for them. lUit the throngs of large buyers failed to come, and when the receipts were counted Saturday night Messrs. Heite and Barnes failed to see the coin in sight. Consequently a check for $70 was offered M iss Whitney, which she accepted. But she wants the remaining $10, and must have it. Her attorney, John M. Cleary, has the matter in his hands, and at a con f -renee with H eite and Barnes made it plain that unless his client was paid the full amount he would ring suit against them. SMUGGLER MINES AFIRE. Tifty Miles of Mine Workings Aban doned and the End is Not in Sight. Aspen. Col.. Xr.v. 17. Althcvigh the management of Smuggler mine which has been on fire since Sunday, express every confidence in their jointy to clear the situation rri a snort time and claim that material progress has been made during the last 24 hours, the outlook as viewed by the people of the camp and especially those whose support depends upon tne mines on Smutjler mountain is anything but cheering. Not a mine on Smuggler mountain is beinK worked, except under the most disadvantageous ir- umstaneos. Over Boo men are idle and many others will be laid off in the next few days unless the fire is extin guished. In all full 50 miles of work ings have been abandoned. There have been no fatalities as yet, but there have been scores of narrow escapes, some of which border upon the mirac ulous. The Mollie Gibson people are doins; but little more than running their pu-nps and watching the situation. .Manager Hallett stated that the men were makinsr most satisfactory progress toward reaching the fire. The steam used in fighting the fire has driven the gas into the water and a large portion of it is being carried to the surface in this way. The water from the pumps passes "under the en pine house. So strong are the fumes rising from this water that the engi etuoojaAO .i04ei(Jiuoo sb.w ju The Santa Fe's Train Service On Thanksgiving Day will permit at tendance at the foot ball game in Kan sas City to leave here at 7:."0 a. m. and leave Kansas City at 9:20 p. m. There are other trains, too. Round trip tick ets will be sold for $2.00 on November 24 and 25. and limit to November 26. Tabler's F.uckeye Pile Ointment gives instant relief. It allavs inflam mation and heals. It is prompt in its action and positive in its effect. It is the kind that cures without pain or disoomfort. It is for piles only. 50c. Tubes, 75c. 9i fac simile if ei ei-ery igiatuM I Tie fac limiit or OASTORIA. fse- siiaiis If a ferj KANSASNEWS. wo Escaped Convicts Could Not Stand the Cold. Go to a Farmhouse and Themselves Up. Give FARMER GETS REWARD Wichita Man in Trouble Over Handling Live Quails. Express Company Must Also An swer for Shipping Them. Ottawa. Nov. 17. Farmer John King from near Princeton brought two es caped federal prisoners to town yester day evening and will receive $120 re ward. One was a white man, the other an Indian. The story of their arrest is interesting. Just before dusk of the evening pre vious as the wind was howling an oc tave higher in a told strain around the northerly corners Mr. King was called to the door to find two shivering wights who seemed in dire need of pro tection from the elements. Can you take us to Ottawa," said the spokes man. Mr King intimated that he wasn t running a stage line, whereupon the stranger said that he would be well paid for his trouble. They declared themselves to be es caped prisoners from the military pris on at Leavenworth, and explained that the suddenly developed rijror of the weather had discouraged them they w ere now anxious to go back, and would agree to be taken to the jail at Ottawa. They also said that a big reward was out for them. SHIP IN LINE QUAILS. Wichita Game Dealer and Exprass Company in Trouble. Wichita, Nov. 17. Charles Payne a local game dealer and also the Wells Karsro Express company will have to answer the charge of shipping live quails from the Territory to this point. Six crates containing live birds wera received from White Eagle, O., T. yes terdav. Dr. J. W. Shultz. Kansas state fish commissioner and game warden, is in vestigating the affair and may institute proceedings under the Kansas law against both the company and the con signee, Charles Payne, who received the birds, in a talk with a reporter made an explanation of his object in getting the quail. "I never buy quail to kill," he said, "and never buy anything but live birds. My trade is all interstate trade. I buy in outside states and sell in outside states, and the birds are shipped here for propagating purposes only. My sales are as a rule made to eastern people of wealth who have game preserves that they wish to re stock. I would absolutely refuse to sell a bird if I knew it was bought to kill, and in order to avoid conflict with the state law I have repeatedly refused to sell the quail to anyone within the state for purposes of propagation." POSTOFl'ICE ROW AT WEBSTER Newly Appointed Postmaster Cannot Secure Possession. Stockton, Nov. 17. Owing to a dis pute between J. J. McCombs, postmas ter at Webster, and Mrs. LeGrande, Mr. J. T. Locke, the newly appointed postmaster at Webster, has been un able to secure possession of the office and is waiting for instructions from the department. The postortice fixtures belong to the estate of II. LeGrande. They were leased to McCombs in 1S&4 for one year, the lease having been renewed from year to year. Now, when Mr. Locke desires to se cure possession of them under lease from Mrs. LeGrande, McCombs re fuses to give them up. claiming that Mr. LeGrande owed him four or five hundred dollars on an alleged agree ment of several years back, which neither Mrs. LeGrande nor anyone else has any knowledge of. In the mean time Mr. Locke cannot do the govern ment's business without fixtures. IRRIGATION FOR KANSAS. Canal Builder Interests Capital in a Great Proposition. Denver, Nov. 17. F B. Koen, one of the large canal builders of the Arkan sas valley, is in the city on his way to New York to confer with capitalists concerning the big irrigation reservoir for western Kansas. Mr. Koen has a plan of supplying water for 40.000 acres of land in the region of the Arkansas river, the wa ter to be taken from the stream at the time of the spring floods, or pumped from the channel at other times of the year. The project is one of the most im portant schemes for the development of western Kansas that has as yet been brought forward in a practical form. Mr. Koen built the Amity canal, and is a practical canal man of many years of experience. JUDGE M'DONALD FREE. Fort Scott Attorney Succeeds in Com promising Sis Case. Fort Scott. Nov. 17. Judge J. F. Mc Donald, member of ex-Govenor Lewel lings board of pardons, who has been under arrest and out on a prison limit bond here for about a year, today suc ceeded in compromising his difficulty, and will be released from bond at once. 1-1 is arrest was caused by Judge J. D. Hill, his associate counsel in the $300, 000 Crawford county mine explosion cases. After winning a test case, Mc Donald, without Hill s knowledge, com promised the cases for some $12,000, and liill caused his arrest by civil process to compel him to refund money advanc ed in the cases, and for his proportion of the fee. It developed that McDonald had powers of attorney from all the 34 plaintiffs, which gave him power to dis miss at his will. The plaintiffs were the widows and orphans of the miners who were killed in the big Crawford county mine explosion. McDonald is the Populist politician who was as saulted by Warden Chase, of the Kan sas state penitentiary, during an in vestigation of Chase's methods under Lewelling's administration. EDITORS TO MEET. Programme for the Second District Republican Convention at Lawrence. Lawrence, Nov. 17. The follow-ing programme has been arranged for the meeting of the Republican- editors of the Second congressional district which will be held in this city on Tuesday of next week. 11 a. m. Assembly at Journal hall, and called to order by E. F. Caldwell; address of welcome by Colonel O. E. Learnard; response by George W. Mar tin. 12 m. Dinner. 1 p. m. Visit to Kansas university and Haskell institute and the manufac turing plants. 3 p. m Organization and addresses by C. F. Scott of the Iola Register, H. J. Allen of the Ottawa Herald, W. A. Mitchell of the Olathe Mirror, J. Frank Smith of the Pieasanton Observer, F. C. Kaney of tie Fort Scott Monitor. JOINT IU THE JAIT. Smooth ''Bootlegger" Manages to Handle Whisky in the Lamed Jail. Lamed, Nov. 17. A month ago two joint keepers were arrested, tried, con victe'd and sentenced to the county jail. It has just been discovered that ever since they were incarcerated they have kept up a regular traffic in whisky by means of outsiders, who would bring the liquors to them at the jail, and they would sell it to their visitors who were admitted to the jail. The frequent visits of certain indi viduals finally aroused Sheriff Case's suspicions, when he proposed a search of his prisoners' cells. This aroused the resentment of one of them and he assaulted the sheriff, who promptly knocked him doxm with a billy, after w hich he proceeded with his investiga tion. The facts then came to light, and questionable visitors are now rigidly excluded from the prisoners' cells. It is said that two boys, the sons of the joint keepers, were the principal medium through which the illegal traffic was kept up. SHIPS 6,000 BARRELS. Apple Buyer ia-Coffey County 40 Cents Per Bushel Paid. Burlington, Nov. 17. C. S. Perkins has been buying apples for a cold stor age company in Fort Smith, Ark., and has shipped 6,000 barrels of the fruit from this city, Hartford, Strawn and Le Roy. He says the crop in the county this year was large, but rather inferior in quality, and if such a high grade had not been insisted upon he could have bought 20.000 barrels as easily as he did the 6,000. He paid about 40 cents per bushel. FUSIONISTS BUY A PAPER. L. C. Stine Buys Ottawa Daily Repub lican, G. T. Anthony's Old Paper. Ottawa, Nov. 17. The Daily Repub lican has changed hands and will here after be run as a fusion paper. L. C. Stine, chairman of the Demo cratic central committee, has purchas ed a controlling interest. The Republican has been published about 25 years and became a strong advocate of Republican doctrines un der the editorship of the late George T. Anthony. For the past four years the paper has been under the manage ment of Frank L. Finch. Another of New York's Waifa. The Medicine Lodge Crescent says: Sheriff Mills informs us that a woman living in Thomas county, Kan., has written to the authorities in this coun ty inquiring about Clarence Loftice, the young horse thief sent to the re form school from this county. She said Loftice was formerly a waif in the city of New York; that she had re ceived him from the New York Aid so ciety; that for a long time she had not known of his whereabouts until she saw references to his arrest in Bar ber county. Municipal Ownership at Neodesha. Neodesha. Nov. 17. The special bond election in Neodesha passed off quietly. A proposition to vote $15,000 city bonds for a system of waterworks carried by a majority of 314, and a proposition for a like amount to put in a municipal natural gas plant carried by 262. These bonds are passed under the "public utilities" act of the last legislature. New Court House for Ellis County. Hays City, Nov. 17. The Ellis coun ty commissioners yesterday adopted plans for a new $15,000 stone court house to take the place of the one de stroyed by fire. Bids will be received by the county clerk to December 22, Ellis county stone to be used. HENRY GEORGE MEMORIAL. A Committee Appointed to Solicit a Popular Subscription. New York. Nov. 17. It has been deter mined to appeal to the public at large for subscriptions to a memorial for Henry George on the broadest grounds of re spect for the memory of a man who de voted himself unselfishly to the public good and entirely irrespective of differ ence ot" opinion as to his economic, or po litical views, in the hope that all the various projects which have sprung" up in different parts of the country having this purpose in view can be brought into har mony. The following named gentlemen, rep resenting all shades of political opinions, to which other names may be added in their discretion. haVe agreed to act as a national committee for this purpose: Mayor Strong, Seth Low, Charles Stewart Smith, Isadore Straus, C. T. Christenson, Edward M. Shephard, Thomas G. Shear man, August Lewis, Tom L. Johnson (Cleveland). William Lloyd Garrison (Boston). George Foster Peabody of this city has been appointed treasurer. SONS OF THEIR OWN, MAYBE Confessed Housebreaker of 17 Turn ed Loose by the Grand Jury. Cincinnati, Nov. 17. The grand jury of Campbell county, Kentucky, did a queer thing at Newport, Ivy., today. The case of Chas. A. Shotwell, aged 17 years, was heard ior house-breaking. The boy had been in jail three months. He was in rags and almost barefooted when he came before the grand jury. He said his pa rents died years ago and he was without home or friends. Driven to desperation, he joined an older person in attempting to break into a house. The other party escaped. Shotwell concealed nothing and his story was corroborated. The jury re turned no indictment, but made up a purse for him and also procured new clothing and started the lad out with promises of leading a better life. New Postal Treaty Signed. Washington, Nov. 17. The final act up on the part of this government in the ratification of the treaty adopted by the recent universal postal congress was taken today when President McKinley signed the formal convention or treaty and Secretary of State Sherman had the government seal affixed. Postmaster General Gary had already signed. The treaty takes effect January 1, 1S99. RAILROAD EWS. The Creamery Industry Creates a Santa Fe Boom. Order 250 Refrigerator Cars at a Cost of $200,000. iEW TOURIST LINE. Santa Fe to Run Cars From New York to Frisco. Railroad Eating House to Ee Opened at Newton. The increase in the Kansas creamery Industry during the past year is mainly responsible for the Santa Fe Railway company placing one of the largest or ders for refrigerator cars given by a. western road in several years. Tester day 250 refrigerators cars of standard make were ordered from the Wells French Car company of Chicago, and the first cars will be received in this city the latter part of January. The cars will be distributed over the entire Santa Fe system in addition to the cars now in use, and while the ma jority of the new cars will probably be used in handling the creamery products of this state, a number will be placed in service on the through freight trains between California and Chicago for the transportation of California, fruits to the eastern markets. The output of ii uil irom caurorma is increasing: year ly, and the cultivation of fruit is be coming an important industry in the vicinity of Las Cruces, New Mexico. The cars will be built with all mod ern equipment, and will cost the com pany about $800 each, or $200,000. The Kansas creamery business is proving a profitable industry to the Santa Fe company. Several months ago special refrigerator cars for the handling of cream between skimming stations and manufacturing points were placed in service at the instance of Industrial Commissioner Davis, and every month the road takes large ship ments of Kansas creamery products in to Chicago for the eastern market. CAES HARD TO TRACE. Railroads Often Unable to Locate Their Property for Months. Chicago, Nov. 17. Agitation of the question of needed changes in the pres ent method of interchanging freight cars in this country brings to light cur ious stories of the wanderings of these vehicles for the transportation of goods and chattels. Detention and diversion of foreign freight cars has been the subject "of definite discussion and numberless good resolutions on the part of car ac countants and superintendents of transportation, and yet it is doubtful says one of the organs of the rail road companies whether there has been any improvement within the last quarter of a century. In the discussion of this question a railroad official of one of the north western lines has told a story of a lost car that serves an example of experi ence that are very frequent under the present system. On Dec. 25, ISftfi, Minneapolis and St. Louis car No. 3.118 lert Minneapolis with a load of flour destined to Vpnt gomery, Ala. It went through to its destination with reasonable prompt ness, about eight days. Instead of re turning the car via the same route as received, the Atlanta and West Point railroad started it on a series of diver sions, and it has not yet reached home, although at one time it got as far north as Peoria, 111. There it was turned back, evidently with another load for the south, as it was delivered to the Southern railway on Sept. 28. Since that time the owners have not been able to locate it at all. It has made a trip to New York, Boston and Montreal, but was returned westward and southward via the same route un til it reached the southern lines, since which time it has been wandering around among the southern states. Auditor W. E. Lee of the Kansas City. Watkinssand Gulf railway adds another to the stock of curious stories. "K. C. W. and G. box car No. 2.02S left home loaded with long leaf yellow pine lumber July 15, 1896," he says. "It was consigned to South Bend, ind. It would seem that it had been two months in discharging original load at destination, as it was in possession of delivering line from July 21, 18rt6, to September 20, 1S96 when it was re turned to St. Louis, and there loaded with grain for Memphis. "Upon arrival at Memphis it would appear that the load had been recon signed to Macon, Ga., then loaded for Atlanta. After several switch move ments it seems to have been successful in procuring a load for Pinners Point. Va., where it must have taken a month to unload, as it was in possession of delivering line over one month. The next load we have record of is to Lou isville, Ga. Since then it seems to have been used principally in switch ing service, possibly with transfer freight. After reviewing records, I find from junction reports that the car has been on 19 lines. It has been away from home 474 days, one line having it 72 days. i "Think of it! A foreign car in pos session of one line 72 days. And this line paid the owners for the use of the car $4.08. a little over 5'i cents a day! I find that mileage reports show this car to have traveled 11,560 miles, earn ing $89. 4S mileage (to Aug. 31, 1897), which pays owners about 16Vi cents a day. This will be greatly reduced af ter the owners pay all repairs for fair and unfair usage. "In our efforts to get our car home, I have written 29 letters and sent sev en telegrams, and I can say they have availed us nothing, as at present the car is 700 miles from home, and in the same territory where it has been jug gled since October, 1SP6. I hardly dare to expect it home to enjoy a Christmas reception." BUSINESS EXTENDING. Through Passenger Service From the Mississippi River to the West. Houston, Tex., Nov. 17. The South ern Pacific has given orders for the ex tension of their passenger train serv ice from Lake Charles, La., to Lafay ette, the permission of the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury having been given today. They will also extend their service from Lafayette to Algiers. La., across the river from New Orleans, which will furnish through service from the Mis sissippi river to Texas and the west ern country. The freight traffic department has wired notification to all agents to solic it freight for all Texas points. the same to move through to New Orleans or originate there. All Texas quarantines were raised today except that of the city of Galveston, which is maintained against New Orleans and all places that were infected. The Morgan Line Steamship compa ny will order all their ships to touch and unload all freight for Texas exclu sive of Galveston at Algiers, after to morrow or next day, instead of goins to Galveston, as they have been forced to do. Ten days more will see the situation cleared up and the resumption of the Southern Pacific's entire train service from Louisiana to California. SANTA FE TOURISTS. A Fast Line From New York to Cali fornia Without Change. Commencing Tuesday, November 30, a tourist car will leave the Erie station in New York city bound for Los An geles, Cal., and will be the first regular tourist car to go through from the At lantic to the Pacific coasts without transfer. The arrangement is the work of General Passenger Agent Black of the Santa Fe, and from Chicago to Los Angeles the car will run over the Santa Fe tracks. On every Tuesday after November 30 a tourist car will leave New York city, establishing a weekly tourist line from New York to California. From New York to Chicago the cars will form a part of the equipment of the Erie express train, and from Chi cago they will be taken into Kansas City on the Santa Fe express and mail train. This will get the through pas sengers into Kansas City from New York 12 hours ahead of the time now made by any of the other roads, as both the Erie and Santa Fe express trains run on limited schedules. The cars will run out of Kansas City in California train No. 1, and will pass through To peka each Thursday. Mr.BIack has also arranged for tour ist cars through to California without transfer from Boston, St. Louis and Minneapolis and St. Paul. On Decem ber 1 the first St. Louis tourist car will leave that city over the Wabash.and on every following Wednesday, passing through Topeka on Thursdays. A car from Minneapolis and St. Paul will leave over the Great "estern railway on Tuesdays of each week, and over the Milwaukee St. Paul railway on Sat urdays of each week, passing through Topeka Wednesdays and Sundays re spectively. The Boston car will leave Boston on Thursdays and pass through Topeka on Saturdays. The tourist cars will all be in addition to the regular equipment of California train No. 1. UNION PACIFIC A BLOCK. Keeps Western Line3 Asunder on Immigrant Traffic. Chicago, Nov. 17. The western lines have struck a snag in the settlement of their immigrant traffic troubles. The Union Pacific has refused to go into the latest deal with the steamship compa nies by virtue of which the immigrant clearing house of the western roads is to have the routing of all the immi grant business. The directors of the Atchison road have referred to the executive commit tee the advisibility of buying up the stock held by the minority holders of the preferred stock of the Southern California road. The Atchison road now owns the majority of the stock, but there are about 30.000 shares in the hands of individuals. It is the idea to exchange this stock for preferred stock of the Atchison company, but it is not known whether the stock hold ers will be willing to sell on this basis. The rates between Chicago and St. Paul and Indianapolis are in as bad a situation as they can be without a dec laration of open war between the roads. The business is now being carried on practically a basis of $3 for one way. EATING HOUSE FOR NEWTON. Santa Fe Trains to Breakfast There Rather Than at Hutchinson and Arkansas City. Commencing next Sunday morning the Santa Fe eating house at Newton, Kan., will be reopened after remaining closed for several months, and after that date trains 7 and 407 will break fast at Newton instead of Hutchinson and Arkansas City respectively. Train 7 is the local express from Kansas City to Dodge City and Jet more, and commencing Sunday it will wait at Newton to connect with the fast mail train from Kansas City. Train 407 is the Texas express, which will also connect with the fast mail at Newton. Breakfast will be served the passengers of the two trains at 7:15 o'clock. SANTA FE IS LIBERAL, Makes a One Fare Round Trip for Thanksgiving Football Game. The Santa Fe passenger department has declared a rate of one fare for the round trip from all points within a radius of 100 miles east and west of the Missouri river for the football game be tween the Kansas and Missouri uni versity teams at Kansas City on Thanksgiving afternoon. The rate is made independently by the Santa Fe, but all other roads running into Kan sas City will undoubtedly meet it. This kind of encouragement on the part of the railroads, if continued, would undoubtedly result in the western foot ball games proving as much of a source of revenue as the eastern games. HOLIDAY RATES. General Passenger Agent Black Will Represent the Santa Fe at Chicago. General Passenger Agent W. J. Black of the Santa Fe will go to Chicago next week to attend a meeting of the execu tive committee of the western passen ger association called to determine the basis of rates for the midwinter holi days. In 1S94 the rate was reduced to one fare for the round trip, but each year since that time it has been placed at one and one-third fare, and it is proba ble that this rate will be declared ef fective this year. The rate of one fare with the usual holiday limit gives the brokers an opportunity of cutting into the revenue of the railroad companies, and for this reason a one fare rate will not be made. Corinne Coming to Topeka. The Santa Fe company has closed a contract for the transportation of the Corinne opera company from Los An geles, to Topeka. The company will stop at Albuquerque, Denver, Colorado Springs, Wichita and Emporia, and will probably reach Topeka about December 1st. Cheap Rate to Football Gams. The Kansas university boys can go to Kansas City and witness the football game between the Kansas university team and the Kansas City Medics at Kansas City next Saturday for one fare for the round trip. This rate has been declared for the game by the Santa Fe and Union Pacific roads. Fifteen Hours Quicker Time And many miles shorter distance, in addition to a daily service of Pullman palace and tourist sleepers and free chair cars to Los Angeles are a few of the advantages offered only by the Santa Fe Route. THE CAUSE OF IT. The Manner in Which the State Board of Charities Has Conducted the Reform School is Responsible FOll DEMORALIZATION

Of That Institution and Insub ordination There. Partisanship, Xot Fitness, the Prime Qualifications. PURSUIT OF SPOILS For Which Populists Loudly Denounce Republicans, Responsible For Identical Evils Among the Populists. An examination of the roster of the employes at the state reform school at Topeka is instructive. The persons who were appointed there were given their places by the state board of charities. The superin tendent was elected by the board and the whole list from top to bottom was made up after the board had considered three things, viz.; the politics of the applicant, the location of his or her home and the amount of work each had done for the party. The qualifica tion of the applicant was not consid ered. In every well managed public institution in the country the superin tendent is selected with a view to his fitness and executive ability. He is put in charge and he employs his own assistants and help and is responsible for the discipline and harmony of the institution. This is the correct principle. At the reform school Superintendent J. M. Hart was appointed because Governor Leedy had promised him the place pro vided he, Leedy, was elected. He was given the place as superintendent and lold to run the institution in a manner that would be a credit to the state and to his party. No serious evil might have come to the institution from this arrangement had Mr. Hart been per mitted to select his assistants as the head of every business or institution should. But no; the board to reward personal friends of its members ap pointed all who were to assist him. Fred Sours of Wichita was frtven the place of assistant superintendent be cause he had done good work for the party in an editorial way. Mrs. M. K. Mize, from Marion coun ty, appointed matron on the request of W. L. Brown, president of the board. J. T. Pogers of Cloud county given charge of "A" family on account of his loyalty to the cause and because he knew S. C. Wheeler, secretary of the board. Lute White given charge of "E" fam ily because he was from Cowley county and that part of the state had to be looked after. Mr. Howe of Jackson county was a friend of Frank Shane and he had to be looked after. He holds the place of teacher. Miss W. B. Gibb of Wichita was nom inated by W. L. Brown for the position of teacher and was elected. Mr. S. M Best of Geary county was appointed upon the request of Governor Leedy as assistant gardener. Mrs. S. M. Best was given the charge of "A" cottage for the reason that Gov ernor Leedy requested it. Mrs. M.W.Gillmore was given charge of "B" cottage and her husband was appointed gardener. In this way Chase county was "given a represen tation." Miss Belle Bryant of Douglas county was given a position upon the request of Ed. Post, police judge of Kansas City. Miss Effie Casey of Pawnee county was given a position in the boys' din ing room upon the request of Senator A. H. Lupfer and Frank Shane. Mrs. Hale was appointed from Otta wa county to take charge of the boys' kitchen. The north central part of the state had to be "recognized." Miss Brown lived in Pratt county and is a relative of W. L. Brown. She was given a place in the officers' din ing room. Mi-. Curley of Washington county was given the place of fireman. He was seconded in his candidacy by P. H. Dolan, treasurer of the board. Politics makes strange companions and the bringing together of so many people from so many different locali ties and walks of life, none of them fitted for the work to be done, has de moralized the institution. It has not been a happy family from the first and not much else could be expected. The state board of charities is hold ing a meeting at the school today and will endeavor to settle the quarrel be tween the superintendent and the em ployes. Already several persons are spoken of as the successor of Mr. Hart if he is removed. Solon Gray, a well to do farmer who lives in Ottawa county is the one who is thought to have the support of Governor Leedy. But it isn't the personality of the su perintendent that is at fault so much as it is the villainous svstem undr which the Populists are managing this state institution. The Republicans of course, conducted state affairs on the spoils system, but it seems more pains was taken to secure a harmonious ad ministration of the charitable institu tions. The Populists have gone in with few exceptions perfectly frantic for office. The people of Kansas, par tisanship aside, are really in favor of civil service. It is a sentiment that has been grow ing rapidly in the last ten years. In fact it is growing so rapidly that no party can now afford to disregard it. The Populist party has, however, had the temerity to totally disregard this feeling and sentiment; it exists among the voters of the Populist par ty as well as those of the Re publican party. As a result there is a growing disgust at the manner in which the public service is administered. The complete upsetting of the police force in Topeka is an i?i stance of the shrieking scramble for jobs made by the starving horde of Populist party workers. There is no doubt that many policemen might h-ive been dismissed with advantage, but there was no sense, justice or decency in firing all the officers indiscriminate ly. Some of them were good men ar;d ought to have been kept on the force; but the howl for office was so loud that even the most wretched scrub women had to go to give a place for a political worker. It is the same way at the reform school, the insane asylum a id elsewhere. In order to maintain thf-ir claims of superiority they ought to have risen above the scramble for ofii as far as possible. The one need to make the st.t in stitutions respectable is genuine civil service. The Populists had the oppor tunity but they have neglested iz. CALL THEMLIES. CContinued from First Fagn.J a photograph of Keller that the pic ture much more resembled the man whom he married to Mrs. Walkup thpn did the picture of John B. Keteham. Several of the butler's prominent fea tures, including a small moustache, which was not a peculiarity of Mr. Keteham wore carefully noted by th Rev .Mr. Roberts an common tt, both. Keller and bridegroom of Sep nib r 24. The butler had little to t.iy u this subject but volunteered n;u-. h in formation concerning the evei.ts of t;-e wedding trip. He claimed that Ketc". am and Mrs. Walkup went to u M.l waukee hotel and hurried from tlw-e to the parsonage and that h'.r. Ketch am's face was not wrapped up in any way. The Rev. Mr. Roberts s;iys ih bridegroom's face was partly riiuif: d in a shawl, not however, concealing the moustache. As to this phase of tne s r.atio i. however, neither Mr. i'ur: n. r Ketcham's relatives ha- any-.i-ing ;0 say. The attorney v.-o:;":d neiu-'-r a firm nor deny the 6ti.fcrtr;ent that t: e pending contest may ..e.-oive u; vi i: question as to whether John B. Kctr-i-am. or the butler, Joe Keller, v.-as li.e bridegroom on September il. CASHIER GOT THJb MOXEV. President of the Fa:lrd In Jinn a 3ark3 Comas Out of Hidins;-'. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 17. John P. TV- n thers, president of tin- failed 1., r:kw ;.t Leavenworth. Marengo and Kr.Hlis-i. Jr.).. who has been in hiding in ;h c.ty I New Albany, Ind., waltini? for th.- oxc'-- -ment caused by the bank fuilun- to !o out. has returned to Corridon, ;.d., u u made a statement anent the failun-j the depositor;!, who held a meeting ,.t Corridon to devise means for set i j- President Weathers, in his s-atemii said that the banks were cioser-. is s -c:i as he discovered that thtir funu t v. r at such a lew ebb. tp..n the t friends he left town, h vins f th- sat Ion to abate. BelieU.i l hat h.- mi.-l.t yet bricge over mattrs. he look .r.e collateral with him. but ;.ftr ,i..n..-r.i. ir.g he decided that, it u ouli; i, t- r to return everything a.d h;i; ar ?.--sitmt'e appointed. Be therefor- s;-: i, 1. today to R. C. Arnold of Leavenv. jrth -Mr. Weathers said further th,c al! .o warned was a reasonable suppc for 1 wife and child, and he promised -o sp-'i t one year without comrer-satioi: i:; helf I.vl: his assignee effect a sett'ement. r. V. te thers promised also thui all o:' his v r sonal property and all r,C his v.i c's r sonal property, which is consi-'- r ible. 1 eluding their home, would be n. r ed -v.-r to the assignee. President Weathers' r-r -osi:.;, va: a- -ecp'-'d without a diss. n'in an i there is a muc h easier feeling -r t'.o people of th- three towns, as iL b::. t il the depositors will be paid n-ariy in r' il. The prevailing opinion is that l" Wea thers is the victim of Cashier YViKett. or whom nothing has been heard :ince h disappeared on Wednesday nior:tilg. Mrs. AYiliett, his wife, is prostrated wi:h grief. From Ertiish. Ind.. it is reported th.:t Willett's family, pr-;v;1'--? he returns .-rd proves himself not faiiiy of any m'tTi tional wrongdoing, ha--.- j rornis'ed to mil; good hi-; shortage. :rrandmother sviii donate ."W.OOj and o'-.-! relatives have piedred themselves for additional. I. V. FOOTBALL OFTINti. Members cf the Uii-?eTvty Team Leave for DoIiiTCQro Cra.) PhilaOelphia, Nov. IT. Fo:it;.' ng1 custom which has pn-v;; i iy. h? four ycarH, the L7niv r?it y cf -.nns) I v;mia foot ball team, accumpaM pd 1-y dozen subs, left Kroa! street si c linn ti-.i-i morning- in a special enr for the rlaT.;i'"(7 Water Gap. Coarh Woo.jruft bclU-v-i there is nothing benefici; 1 t a f -;o t bull player after the finishir.-j t-ni-.Iu"? have been put on as a cha ni- of s r.'3 and the fresh mountain air. With the exception of Qu; rt rx. a-"U We. ks and Riht Knd rickson, t f- P -r-n-ryl' ania eleven is in lirst class ;n li i- r, AVf ks is suffering from stomacl tn:."t.'. but was able to jto through the ;ira-i.-o yesrerday. LHekson's knee is -till piv ins him some trouble, and wh he I almost surely start the pramo v ith 1 -vard. his chances for continuii: thr-j i out are very slim, as the first rimi;i -may throw the troublesome ca. I;ttf nf place. He has ai abb- bsti however, in Hedges. There vi en ver.' practice at the W;.t r Cnj The I i wili take a. run across '.hf moi;., aai i morning and then line up for s na.1 j.i tice and passing the ball. DEATH OF MISS Zl.U.IIL'UH Funeral Will be Held Tomorrow ernoon at the Family Reeidencs X:iss Alice Zimmerman died Tues y November 16, 1887, at Zi o'clock and be buried from the fai lily res 'eiict Tonek'i avenue, Thu sday. Novel A -14 r n r o.l 18. at 3 o'clock p. m. Spleen affection for ni- slowly sapping th-; sj ring o: death, though folio-.v; a 1 of intense suffering, was p. peaceful, and she pas: aivt full consciousness o: the ch.mge upon her heart and of tender farewell upon her 1 patient sufferer never pa earth to Heaven. T! twi.'i life was a most con vi icing ;y -hs f- 1

,es.s pen i :i? mes .A t d i of o.--r .f o; heipful power of Christian re .-ion. Miss Zimmerm&n v as rah- i in To peka and had an ura.sually de circle of friends. Her death will rr-: a pur prise to many, but it will ertheless be a great shock to all of them, i'.ir some time she had realized that soe would have to leave her friends, but sh-? never became despondent and al ways tried to make it pleasant for r ry on-; around her. A beautiful character, finely erlu p d and accomplished, life seemc J pl-c .'t to her. but she never griev---j bet i i she had to leave it. She was fav i -He with all who knew he:-, and th- wo: i -s better, she having lived in it Kte. '.-v has claimed her for i.s own, nd e'ea-h whs pot even able to i-a-;t a doubt -'s to tfc- future upon the m.nd cf the n;.' I'erer, whose faith was as firm ae t'-if. Ri ck of Asres. The deceased was e. sister of Mr' O. H. Samson. A r IILMfa TOO LATE T0LIJ. W XTED-To borrow f or one year, on gilt-edged security. Will nay 10 per re it and all expenses. Address Borrower, j Journal office. i

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL "WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17. 1897. The State Journal OFFICIAL CITY PAPER TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR. BY FRANK P. MAC LENNAN. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily edition, delivered by carrier, 10 cents a .week to any part of Topeka or suburbs, or at the same price in any Kan sas town where this paper has a carrier system. By mail, three months J By mail, one year S.tM "Weekly edition, one year 53 PERMANENT HOME. Topeka Statu Journal Building SOD and 02 Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. TELEPHONES: Business office Bell 'Phono I"i7 Reporters' Room Bell 'Phone 577 New Vom address: 322 Potter Building, care American Newspaper Publishers' as sociation, where files of the paper are al ways open to advertisers or readers. 3j NOVEMBER J 897. 3! Sun. Man. Tue. Wed. Thur. Frl. II 10 11 12 13 f 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 E 1- 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 rtrftirf TT r-rfffTirX Weather Indications. Chlcago.Nov. 17. For Kansas: Part ly cloudy and warmer tonight and Thursday; southerly winds. HAS THE BEST BEEN DONE? The simultaneous failure of three hanks in as many counties in Indiana last Saturday is calculated to call to mind the remark of the man who didn't like tats. He said if there be anything worse than a cat it is two cats. If there be anything- worse than a bank failure it is two bank failures when the banks are both under one management and the management happens to be reckless or dishonest. The Indiana circumstance may well cause a halt on the part of those who have recently been advocating such changes in the banking laws as will en courage the establishment of large banking concerns with branches here and there over the country. It would not matter so far as the de positors are concerned that the banks under the new system would be nation al banks. That kind breaks up and is wrecked just as private and state banks do and as frequently perhaps. In view of the frequency and magni tude of occurrences like that in Indi ana, it seems really wonderful, that some adequate means of protection for the depositors has not been devised by the lawmakers of the country. If any thing has been attempted it seems to have been of little avail since the fre quency of the failures shows no appar ent diminution. The people, the men and women, who lose their money either in the way of individual deposits or in the form of taxes in the custody of thir chosen of ficials have been wonderfully patient withal. They have so far refrained from doing bodily harm to the persons who have robbed them either through criminal recklessness or dishonesty. Hank officials frequently find it advisa ble to remain in seclusion however, un til the storm blows over just as those in Indiana are doing now. It is much to be feared that some day such as they will tempt their victims too far and that somebody will get hurt. Perhaps the outraged people are even now only restrained from wreaking vengenance by a half buried feeiing that they themselves are not wholly blameless. There is scarcely a legislative or con gressional district in the country which Ikis not enough voters who do business with banks, to elect representatives who would see to it that measures are enacted for the better protection of the public. It seems probable that the present congress at its approaching session will provide security for small depositors by establishing a system of postal savings banks, but what is to become of the business men who wish to deposit con siderable sums and check against them from day to day? DEMOCRATIC FIGURES. The New York World figures it out: Xew York, New Jersey and Kentucky cast 5S electoral votes for McKinley. one of Kentucky's votes going to Bry an. New York.New Jersey and Kentucky all went Democratic last week. Had McKinley been a candidate lust week instead of last year, the popular vote in these three Iemocratic states would certainly have been cast against him. Now. deduct these r8 electoral votes from the 71 which McKinley received, and there are left 213. Add these 58 votes to the 176 of Mr. Bryan, and he would have 234. That is a majority of 21 in the elec toral college. In other words, the Democrats do not need to gain another state. They reed only retain these three New York, New Jersey and Kentucky and they will elect the next president. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. The best company at a Thanksgiving dinner is a turkey. The greener a country girl is, the larger the city she imagines she would like to live in. Here is another thing against whis ky: those who drink it are always look ing for a better quality. A man can't control bis heart affairs any easier than he can control an ap petite for smoking. The women are very indignant. The refreshments at a recent party did not cost more than $2.50 for twenty guests. When a woman is said to be "lucky," it is a sign that she neglects to do her share of the work, and nobody com plains. Some people win a reputation for be ing good humored because they lack the backbone to right when they are imposed upon. Everyone occasionally longs for some friend to whom he could tel! nil his troubles without eternally disgracing himself by the recital. If you want to know w hat a woman's very best effort is, happen around at her house at dinner time on the day w hen her son, who is working in anoth er town, makes his first visit home. An Atchison man has hard luck. He said he would never marry until he found an absolutely contented woman. He found her. made her a present ot his name and fortune, and now she is no longer contented. PEOPLE YOU HEAR OF. The czarina of Russia took bicycle lessons during her stay in Darmstadt and practiced daily in the private schloss grounds. The Danes do not like the present imperial family of Russia. Their predecessors used to visit Copenhagen to spend their holi day money, whereas they now go to Darmstadt. W. D. Howells comes to the defense of Poet laureate Austin in an inter view. He says: "I have no hesita tion in saying that one of the eruelest things literary men have ever done was the merciless manner in which they pounced upon Alfred Austin when he was made laureate. One would imag ine he was guilty of some crime be cause his queen chose to honor him in the way pointed out." The German emperor ascribes his good health and vigor to the excellent advice given to him by his favorite doctor, and he has learnt by heart the latter's "rule of life," which is as fol lows: Eat fruit for breakfast. Eat fruit for lunch. Avoid pastry and hot cakes. Only take potatoes once a day. Don't take tea or coffee. Walk four miles every day, wet or fine. Take a bath every day. Wash the face every night in warm water. Sleep eight hours every night. John Wanamaker of Philadelphia, was recently interviewed by a reporter on a subject of which he is well qual ified to speak. He was asked if it pays to advertise when times are hard. "When the times are hard and people are not buying," replied Mr. Wana maker, "is the very time that adver tising should be the heaviest. Y'ou want to get the people to see what you have to sell, and you must advertise to do that. When the times are good they come of their own accord. But I believe in advertising. I have tried all kinds of advertising and have spent a great deal of money in posters and bills, but I gave that up long ago and think newspaper advertising is by far the best." Prince Roland Bonaparte is cutting some figure in France as a patron of science. He has lately been paying the expenses of meteorological experi ments made in the upper strata of the atmosphere with a balloon presented to the central meteorological bureau by Mr. Balaschoff, a Russian millionaire. The monument to the late General William Tecumseh Sherman, which was to have been erected in New York by May 1, lhi4. will probably not be ready for unveiling before the latter part of next year. St. Gaudens. the sculptor, who has the work in hand, is a very slow worker, and is paying particular care to the finishing of this monument. Professor Wilson, an old school master of Joel Chandler Harris, said recently in speaking of that author's school days: "Joe was a peculiar boy. While not at all fond of study, he seemed to reach by some intuition what required the most incessant application on the part of other boys and older than himself. He had no favorite study. Indeed, he showed little pre dilection for books of any sort." Louisa Ward Terry, mother of F. Marion Crawford, is dead. Not only was Mrs. Terry the mother of this pop ular novelist, whose father was Thomas Crawford, the sculptor, but she was the sister of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe and of the late Adolph Maillard. It is said that when Mrs. Terry and her two sis ters were young girls they were known by their many admirers as the Three Graces. They were not only beautiful, but clever and cultivated, Mrs. Howe being particularly famous for her wit and talent at that early day. BUTTER WORTH IMPROVING Ha Jokes With the Barber Who Shaved Him. Cleveland, O.. Nov. 17. Maj. Butter worth continues to Improve and there seems to be no doubt of his speedy re covery. He was able to he shaved today and when the barber had finished, the maj or remarked, while rubbing his chin re llcctively, that it was the second time within a week he had had a close shave. Drayfus Case to ba Rsopened. Paris. Nov. 17. The minister of war, Gen. Bilot. replying to a question in the chamber of deputies today said that M. Scheur Kestner. one of the vice presidents of the senate v ho had been atitating for the re-opening of the cas; oi Alfred Dreyfus the former captain of French artiliery now undergoing life imprisonment after havine been convict ed by court-martial of selling import ant military plans to the agents of a foreign government, had not consid ered it expedient to take the legal ac tion in rhe matter, but he added, since the Dreyfus family had brought charges against an officer, the war de partment intended to demand of them that they justify their charges. Con tinuing, the minister for war re marked: "As the guardian of the honor of the army, I shall not fail to do my duty." Brazil's Trouble Increasing. Berlin. Nov. 17. The German consul at De Desterro, capital of the state of Santa Tharin, has demanded of the Bi irilian governor of that territory an indemnity and th-9 punishment of those guity of outraging a German teacher named Roth, at Palhoca. Excursions to California Every day in the year via Santa Fe Route. Choice of luxurious Pullman palace sleepers or comfortable and modern Pullman tourist sleepers. Ap ply to agent A.. T. S. F. Ry. for lit erature and particulars of service. Re member this is a daily service. To Care Constipation Forever. Take C:iseurets Canity Cathartic. 10cor2nc UC.C.C. fail to cure, drustfists refund mouey. WASHINGTON'S WISH For a National University in the Way of Realization. Washington, Nov. 19. The oft agita ted question of establishing in the city of Washington a great national uni versity on the lines suggested by Pres ident Washington has taken more def inite form than in the past and a num ber of representative American women have taken hold of the project with a determination to push it to a successful conclusion, if possible. They have started out in a practical manner by seeking to raise the first $250,000 neces sary for the erection of an administra tion building to form the nucleus of the university and hope to be able to lay the corner stone on February 22, lHli'J. Their purpose in the interim is to 1 urge the matter continuously on the attention of women all over tne coun try. They intend likewise to interest all the school children in the work. As a first step for awakening inter est in the undertaking they will assem ble in convention in Washington on December 4, to decide on ways and means for arousing public sentiment. Among those who have initiated the movement to fulfill Washington's wish es, are Mrs. Phoebe Hearst of this city, Mrs. Ellen A. Richardson of Boston, Mrs. Clara R. Anthony, Miss Rachel Howland, Miss Louise Tincker and Mrs. Edmund Anthony Jr., of Massa chusetts, Mrs. I. S. Boyd of Georgia, Mrs. W. A. Roebling of New Jersey, Mrs. John K. Goodloe of Kentucky.Mrs. H. H. Adams of Connecticut, Mrs. C. S. Brice of Ohio, Mrs. Eugene Hale, Mrs. David Starr Jordan, Dr. Charlotte Blake Brown, Mrs. F. S. Hubbard and Miss Caroline Jackson of California. Mrs. Ellen A. Richardson of Boston, chief organizer of the movement, writ ing to Mr. George H. Harries of this city, of the plans thus far formed said: "The patriotic ladies of America are to build the administration building and they propose to make the 22nd of Feb ruary, 1S9S, the nation's first offering day, asking no large contributions, beg ging nothing. America's 70,000,000 peo ple must build this great monument. If the 13,000.000 children in the public schools in America would give an offer ing of a penny each on Washington's birthday, they would raise a sufficient sum to erect the building and endow it. Let us, then, join hands and have an American university, American scien ces and American ideas for American citizens." Mrs. Richardson further stated that she has arranged with the proper auth orities that the bureau of engraving and printing shall produce certificates, which will be given to those who con tribute to the movement. FESTIVAL FOll BIRDS. Thanksgiving Dinner Provided for Feathered Residents of Evanston. Chicago, Nov. 17. All the birds that have settled in Evanston for the win ter are to have a Thanksgiving dinner and while they are devouring the re past, they are expected to give thanks to Volney W. Foster. Saturday the police received from some unknown source two bushels of wheat, accompanied by a letter which said the grain was intended to fill the seed boxes given to the city and nailed upon the trees by Mr. Foster. When Mr. Foster made the donation last spring there were rumors of an agreement with the city council where by the people would keep the boxes full. The council voted thanks for the boxes, but no appropriations for bird feed were ever made. Now Mr. Fos ter has furnished two bushels of the finest grade of wheat with which all the boxes are to be filled on Thanks giving day. SOLDIERS' HOME CHANGES. Congress Says There Must bs a More Economical Administration. New York, Nov. 17. A special to the Herald from Washington says: "The question of more economical, efficient and responsible administra tion of the volunteer soldiers' homes will be made the subject of investiga tion by congress as a result of the re cent inspection of these institutions by Brigadier General Breckinridge, in spector general of the army. "That officer will urge in his report the necessity of greater accountabili ty of the board of managers of the homes for the expenditure of money received and that its status with re lation to the government be definitely established. "Gen. Breckinridge will suggest the advisability of a complete transfer of the administration of the homes to the jurisdiction of the secretary of war and the creation of a new bureau of the war department to manage its af fairs." A Winter of Roses And orange blossoms in delightful Southern California. Only 54 hours away by the California Limited Santa Fe Route. Shadow of Herself Stomach Was Too Weak to Retain Food Complete Cure Effected by Hood's Sarsaparilla Now Enjoying the Best of Health, With Digestion Perfect. My mother was subject to sick head aches and indigestion .for over year. She was unable to stand for any length of time, and was obliged to stay in a dark room as she could not bear the light. She had no appetite whatever and herstomach was bo weak she could not retain what food she did eat. She also had severe pains in her head. She suffered so much that she became but the shadow of her self. One day I happened to read a tes timonial about Hood's Sarsaparilla. It Sounded So Truthful I persuaded her to try this medicine. Before finishing the first bottle there was an improvement in her condition. She no longer threw up her food and her head ache was not as Bevere. She took in all four bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla and several boxes of Hood's Pills and regained her weight. She is now enjoying the best of health. Her digestion is good and she can eat almost anything she wishes. She is 42 years old and says she feels as well as when she was 16. Hood's Sarsaparilla xnadn a complete cure in her case." Miss Mary Mascasie, Ironton, Ohio. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the best in fact the One True F,lood Purifier. Prepared only by C. I. Hood Co., Lowell. Mass. Hri-rl'c Dillc the best family cathartic a rii la easy to operate. 2oc BELLAMY'S IDEAS. Present State of the Ruskin Co-Operative Colony in Central Tennessee. Atlanta, Nov. 17. The Rusgin Co operative colony now numbers about 220 persons who have associated themselves together on the economic basis of life pictured in Edward Bellamy's book, "Looking Backward." Their purpose is to place all men on a footing of abso lute economic equality, malting pover ty and extreme wealth alike impossible to an industrious person, however hum ble or however great his abilities may be. the colony has chosen for its home 1,500 acres in a fertile little valley of central Tennessee, six miles fr.om the nearest railroad. In spite of the defec tion of about one-third of the entire number who have at various times be longed to it, from a mere handful of members at the start the colony has in three years grown to its present size. The people have come from every di rection, and represent several national ities, and as a whole are highly intelli gent. They have started a newspaper. The Coming Nation, which is devoted to the Bellamy theories, has already reached a paid circulation of 30,000 cop ies, and has proved the financial main stay of the colony. The rules governing the colony leave undisturbed the family relation, relig ious worship, and ordinary habits of life, and relate only to property and la bor. All real estate and all industrial enterprises are the common property of all, subject to the general manage ment of an executive board elected yearly by the vote of all shareholders. Every head of a family, on admission to the colony, contributes $500 to the com mon capital, which makes him a share holder under the legal organization of the colony and an equal owner with every other member of all property of the colony. Every able-bodied person, man or woman, is obliged to work, and to work at anything that may be as signed by the executive board. Women who have large families are, at the discretion of the managers.exempt from work other than the care of their chil dren, and sick persons enjoy undimin ished rights during the period of dis ability. In the assignment of labor the members are put to work on the lines for which their training and ability promise the best results, but no differ ence in the value of one person's time from that of another is recognized, the theory being the absolute equality of value of the labor of all persons. For example, tne editor of the paper, the physician, the teamster and the shov eller of sawdust in the mill, all work on equa.l terms. Every family is provided at the com mon expense with a dwelling house, food, rations, or a maintenance fee for purchasing food, medical attendance, medicines and fuel. Clothing and pin money purchases are obtainable at the colony store by the exchange of a cer tificate of performed labor (an hour's labor being the unit), which is handed out every week to those who earn it and also to those who have been too ill to work. This certificate is the only medium of exchange used within the colony, money being an unnecessary el ement. The certificate price of articles at the colony store is so adjusted as to deliver the goods without profit, thus effecting the remarkable situation of checks passing at a greater purchasing value than gold coin. The colony has a successful sawmill and grist mill, and is building up a profitable industry in the manufacture of suspenders, and also of a health coffee made of wheat. Some farming is done, and there is an oppor tunity for more.but there are few farm ers among the colonists. In its dealings witn the outside world the colony comes into contact with the competitive system, and is obliged to be a close buyer and a competing seller; but within the colony the competitive system is eliminated as absolutely as in the world pictured in Bellamy's book. So long as one performs the assigned labor there is no fear of getting out of a Job, and illness brings no terrors in the way of loss of necessary comforts or supplies. The question suggests itself, what provision is made for the lazy man?The founders of Ruskin made the rule that when a man is able to work and does not work, he is charged upon the col ony's books as a debtor for the number of hours of labor that he has refused to perform, which debt must be wiped out by the full equivalent of work before the issuance of any certificates of labor. The deficiency is charged up against the $500 payment made at the time of admission to the colony, and if the debt becomes fully equivalent to the $500, the membership fee is forfeited and the delinquent is expelled from the colony. It is a community of busy workers.en couraged by an unwavering belief in the practical working qualities of their system. They have cheerful faces, and in private many of them express their satisfaction with the progress of the colony, while in several days spent among them not one was found by the writer who regretted his connection with the association. Thefr are not yet much ahead in resources, and are oblig ed to live in cheap cottages and on a simple fare. But nobody is in want of necessaries, and their property is ad vancing in value. They have a good school, where painting and music as well as the necessary branches are taught.- In the way of amusements they have many outdoor frolics, and an assembly room furnishes them oppor tunity for frequent plays, concerts, and dancing parties. HOME FOR BOSTON ORPHANS About $150,000 Will Soon Be Avail able to Found It. Boston, Nov. 17. By the death of Mrs. Julia Huntington James of Newbury street, which occurred recently, about $150,000, perhaps more, is likely, by vir tue of the will of her father, the late Ralph Huntington, for whom Hunt ington avenue was named, to be soon made available for the purpose of found ing an orphan asylum in this city. The asylum is to be called "The Huntingtjn Institute for Orphan Children." Mr. Huntington, the testator, died in 1SG6. By his will he provided, substan tially, that the bulk of his estate should be held in trust, to pay the income to his daughter. Mrs. James, and that aft er her death the principal should be di vided into four equal parts.Out of these parts he provided generously for rela tives, and the amount remaining was directed to be used to found an orphan asylum. Most of the relatives for whom he made provision have died. After the surviving individual legatees or beneficiaries are cared for, as direct ed bv the will, the balance of the fund will be applied to found the orphan in stitute. The entire trust fund is of the value of $393,809. It is held by Mr. E. W. Hutchins of the law firm of Hutchins Wheeler, who is the trustee. It is un derstood that at least $15O,0QO will be sooner or later available to found the institute. .vervbotly Say So. Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won derful medical discovery of tlie age, pleas ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels, cleansing the entire svstrm, dispel colds, cure headache, fever, habitual constipation and biliousness. Please buy and try a box ofC. C C. to-dav; 10, as. SO cents. Soldtma guaranteed to cure by all druggists. ACTRESSES ANNOYED. Dorothy Drew and Theresa Vaughn Terrified by a Now Yorker. Chicago, Nov. 17. Overzealous atten tions to Miss Theresa Vaughn and Miss Dorothy Drew, members of the "Whirl of the Town" company, by a stylishly dress ed young man, who represented himself to be the son of Commodore Moller of the New York Yacht club, were the cause of an exciting battle at the stage door of the Columbia theater Saturday night be tween the women's admirer, his compa lon and the stage hands. 'The odds were against the visitors, and as the fight grew warm the man culling himseif Mr. Moller drew a revolver. This was the signal fof a renewed onslaught by the muscular stage hands, and before he knew it the man with a revolver was landed in an ignominious manner in the dark alley, where he was left to find his way out as best he could. The young man, who said his name was Moller, has been at the performance every night since Tuesday. Accompanied by two friends he occupied a box Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings. On the other nights they contented themselves with seats in the first row. The box occupied by the New Yorker and his companion Saturday night was the nearest to the left side of the proseen- ium. The performance was drawing to a close when the New Yorker made his way to the stage door and asked that his card be sent to Miss Vaughn. j "Miss Vaughn does not want to see you," said Manager Edward D. Shultz, j "and you cannot see her." j "I would like to see any man stop me," j exclaimed the excited caller, and with that he and his companion tried to force j themselves through the door. j Some of the players were leaving and i there was considerable commotion at the exit. Mr. Shultz called several stage hands and ordered them to put the in truder out. Then a lively battle ensued. The visitor tried to knock his assailants down, but as he saw his meager chances for victory he finally drew a revolver. The next moment three men had caught I him by his arms and half pushed and hair j dragged him out of the door and threw j him into the alley. j Commodore Moller, whom the New Yorker claims as father, was last season the president of the New York .Yacht club. His wealth runs up into the mil lions. Neither the young man who claims to be Commodore Moller's son nor his com panion were at the performance last night. They had seats engaged, but failed to put in appearance. DUKE OF TECK'S POVERTY. The Death of the Duchess Leaves Him With Nothing to Live On. London, Nov. 17. Certain newspapers are betraying considerable anxiety in re gard to the future of the Duke of Teck. The death of the duchess has left him without means, his friends declare, and it is imperative that the commons be called upon to do something for him, which is euphemism for voting him a pension. Ac cording to others, the duchess' estate will provide the duke with $10,000 a year. The facts appear to be that the duch ess left no will, mainly because she had nothing to leave. She enjoyed an annu ity from the state of $25,000 a year, and nobody who knows the Duke of Teck will be surprised to hear that she spent every penny as soon as it was received. The queen undertook to look after the ca reer of the children, and so far she has performed her self-imposed task with un deniable success, for the duchess" only daughter is the wife of a prince, who one day will be King of England, and the eldest son has been comfortably married to the daughter of a millionaire, the Duke of Westminster. The queen's arrange ment left the poor duchess leisure and money to provide for her husband, and that of itself was a pretty steep task. Personally the Duke of Teck is a charming man and probably has not an actual enemy In the world. If he cared for his own dignity, he would not be a party to an application for a pension, for the Liberal-Radical members of the house of commons are certain to oppose the pro posal tooth and nail. The last time tho house was asked to provide money for a member of the royal family was about six years ago, and after hot debates 30, 000 was voted to be invested in behalf of the Prince of "Wales' daughters to pro vide dowries, on the distinct understand ing that parliament would never again be asked for anything for any member of the royal family. TREATED AS SLAVES. Alleged That the Men Are Horribly Misused on the Crow's Nest Railroad. St. Paul, Nov. 17. For the last fortnight there have been many rumors of much suffering and injustice occasioned to the laborers taken from Ottawa, Ont., and vicinity to work on the Crow's Nest Pass railway. The condition of these laborers is described as one akin to slavery. It has been plainly shown that they were deliberately misled as to accommodations and the terms on which they were to work. A petition signed by 2o0 of the laborers was received by the council of the city of Hull, which is opposite Otta wa, asking for financial aid from the city to enable the petitioners, who are citizens of Hull, to return home. Many of their families are now in destitute cir cumstances. Peter Valilee. one of the number, who has returned, says: "When we got there we were run Into a camp like a lot of sheep. The rain and wind blew through every crevice, and when w-e came in wet at night, after working hard all day, there was no way in which we could dry our clothes, and next day we had to dress in the wet clothing taken off the night previous. We had not drawn a single dollar up to the time we quit work, as they told us there was nothing due us. The food placed be fore us was unfit even for dogs." It was charged that when the men seek j escape from their practically enslave sit uation the mounted police are put on their track and they are hunted down. It is said that as soorr as captured the men are taken before a court and are sen tenced to from twenty to thirty days' im prisonment for desertion and debt. Ballard's Snow Liniment. There Is no pain it will not relieve, no swelling it will not subdue, no wound it will not heat It cures frost bites, chilblains and corns. Geo. W. Stansfield. 632 Kansas avenue, and Miller's Pharmacy, corner Sixth and Topeka avenue. PAULDING &CO., Goldsmiths, Silversmiths and Jewelers. PARIS: 36 Ave ie I Op era. The Early Selection of Christmas Gifts We recommend that you make early selec tions of your Christmas Gifts. By doing so, you can go about it leisurely and will have the advantage of our fresh and complete stock from which to make your choice, and we will lay aside the articles selected for Christmas delivery, at which time they can be paid for or charged to your account. Spaulding Co., Cor. Jackson Blvd. and State St.," Chicao-o Hard and Soft The Besl Full Weight Competition Prices COAL HAY, GRAIPJ AND FUEL. Telephone 708. Who.e&aie Prices of Caskets, J. Anti Combine M. u a.-' WHY PAT EXORBITANT PRICES OF OTHER FIRMS WUEJf YOU CAN BUY Adult Cloth Caskets, six silver handles and plate for.. Slvoo Adult Cloth Casket, six textile hand ts and plate for. fM.ntl AUuit Cloth Casket, six textile lifcuches, satin liued, for S20 o Children's Casket -a o Fine Metalie Caskets for Adults S.voo The Boyd Grave Vault tor ao.co Visit factory where goods are I have used .PlSO S for Consumption, and can recommend it above all others for Coughs and Colds. It is selling" like hot cakes. GOLD 2 The Woman I Washing Powder s finishes her work as fresh and bright as her house is clean. Jg Largest package greatest economy. The N. K. Fairbank Company, fi) Chicago. St. Louis. New York. W Boston. Philadelphia. I The O H a a at w AND MACHINE WORKS. Established 1875. GET PRICES BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE. R. Topeka, Kan 5 uBsr BBaaaaaBBBaaacaaaflaaaaiiicia CHICAGO: Jickson Blvd. and State St m 693 E. 4ih St. Coffins aid Robes For Sale By KNIGHT, rtaker. 40) ms.4S AVE., TELEPHONE 52. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. Fine funeral cars, hearses, palace coarhes and drivers In iivery in at tendance. r ree ambulance to trains or any part of the City day or night. niadw 331 East etfxlh Street. GUSTAV FALK, Druggist, Winton Place, Ohio. August 31, 1897. DUST. Who Uses t it t v

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