The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
November 24, 1897
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f 4; TWO CENTS. WEDNESDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, NOVEMBER 24. 189T. WEDNESDAY EVKHNG. TWO CENTS. 1 f 1 s M'KINLEY'S ULTIMATUM. President's Annual Message Will Convey to Spain And to the Country the Admin istration's Position OX AFFAIltS OF CUBA In Language Which LeaTes No Room For Misunderstanding. If Autonomy Shall Be Accepted and Cuba Ba Pacified "Within a Reasonable Time All Will Be W ell. WILLI! AYE XO HUMBUG Present Conditions MustChange and Change Soon, Or the United States Will Take a Hand in the Trouble. New Tork. Nov.24. A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington says: Cuba and the currency will be the leading topics in the president's mess age. It is understood that the discus sion of the Cuban situation will he comprehensive. It has already been explained what the state department Iras prepared in reply to the Spanish r.ote regarding filibustering- Whether the president will incorporate the sub stance of this in his message, or leave it to go in as part of the regular diplo matic correspondence, may be determ ined later, but the message will define the Cuban policy of the administration, affirmatively. Members of congress, with whom the president has talked freely on the sub ject, have almost without exception urjfed that this be done, and Mr. Mc Kinley apparently has agreed with t hem. The reason given for this course is apparent. While a sincere hope is en tertained that the Sagasta ministry inay end the war at an early date, the possibility of its failure cannot be over looked. In that event, it is desirable for the policy of this country to be known. A strong intimation is given that in the failure of an end to the present conditions in Cuba at an early oate. no hesitation will be shown in the Vnited States, making known its posi tion of ultimate intervention. Human ity and cemmerce may both be made the grounds lor this action. The belief is that the Cuban problem will be solved without danger of war between Spain and the United States, and will be solved through the good of riees of this country, but the expecta tion is that these good offices will be exerted within a reasonable time after congress meets and after the prospects of the insurgents accepting or rejecting autonomy are known beyond question, if Cuba is actually pacified and indus try and trade are resumed that condi tion is expected to speak for itself. The refusal of a few insurgent leaders to lay down their arms and the continu ance of a sort of bandit warfare wouid not be interpreted by the administra tion as the failure of autonomy. On the other hand, the continuance of the present conditions would hardly be ac cepted as evidence that the island is pacified. Some misunderstanding is said to exist in Spanish official circles regard ing the position of the administration if the decree of autonomy is gazetted. The administration would not under any circumstances undertake to guar antee autonomy. That would be mak ing itself responsible for the colonial government of Cuba to the Spanish authorities. But the president's good offices are exerted toward giving the policy of autonomy a fair trial. The message is expected to make this point clear beyond the possibility of misun derstanding. it is the confident belief that the president's discussion of the Cuban sit uation will tend to strengthen the feel ing that the administration will be able to meet every phase of it in a manner to satisfy the conservative bus iness interests of the country and dis courage radical or precipitate action. NEBRASKA It KT CRN'S. Fusion Vote is 102,838 and Rspubli can Vota 89,009. Lincoln. Neb., Nov. 24. The official count of the election, held November 2, was completed last evening. Sullivan, fusion candidate for su preme judge received 102. 838, and Post, Kepubliean, 89.009. Compared with the vote on governor a year ago wheii H"l comb (fusion) received lli,415 and Mc Call (Republican) 94.723, the Republi cans made a large gain. Holeomb, however, ran ahead of his ticket, the average fusion plurality last year being in round numbers 16, t'OO, while this year it is 11.000. TarrTCioad in Cuba. Madrid. Nov. 24. The Impareial to day strongly opposes the granting of tariff autonomy to Cuba, declaring that unless Spanish products are admitted to that island on preferential terms, geographical conditions will compel the peninsula to renounce the Cuban mar ket. El Liberal strongly supports the proposition to give Cuba an autono mous tariff, and publishes documents tending to show that all the Cubans, even the Spanish colonists, desire au tonomy. Bearing Down on tha Sultan. London. Nov. 24. The Rome corres pondent of the Daily Chronicle savs the report is confirmed that the powers have decided to blockade Constantino ple, in case Turkey refuses to withdraw her troops from Crete and to accept a European governor of the island. Prince Henry to Command. Berlin, Nov. 24. The newspapers of this' city report that Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of Emperor William, is to take command of the German Squadron in Chinese waters. OUSTING BRITISH TRADE. English. Manufacturers are Suffering From American Competition. London, Nov. 24. Right Hon. Chas. T. Ritchie, president of the board of trade .made an important speech be fore the chamber of commerce of Croy" don today, taking as his theme the decline of British exports during the last ten months, upon which he hung a grave warning against American com petition, now "ousting British trade." Mr. Ritchie, after declaring that the Dingley tariff bill and the engineering trade dispute were mainly responsible for the recent decline of exports, and after pointing out that i-ngland had no weapons against the tariff, said there was a great deal of talk in commercial circles about the serious competition of Germany: but he thought they were too apt to overlook a more serious com petition in the United States. "The facts are serious," he continu ed, "and call upon us for the exercise of all our powers to enable us to main tain our position in the commercial world. There is no doubt the United States is executing orders which ought to be executed here. As we all know, an American firm obtained the con tract for the central underground rail way of London, as its bid was lower than those of the English concerns and it could deliver the supplies three months ahead of the British tenders. Many important continental orders have gone to America. "The same is to be said of Egypt and Japan, where the Americans are doing work that Englishmen should have done. In consequence of the engi neering dispute many orders are leav ing the country; and, unfortunately, these orders seldom return. "America's successful competition is due to her enterprise in embarking capital, but it is yet more due to the freedom her manufacturers enjoy of employing the best machinery and working it in the most economical manner, untrammeled by the restric tions which have hampered manufac turers here. Everyone having his country's interest at heart must hope that the approaching conference will lead to a settlement of the unfortunate engineering dispute." NOVAK IS CONVICTED. Man Who Was Brought Back From the Klondike Found Guilty. Vinton. Ia., Nov. 24. The jury in the case of Frank Novak, charged with kil ling his room-mate Murray, and after wards setting fire to the house in which they lived, has returned a verdict of murder in the second degree. Novak disappeared after the crime was com mitted and eluded capture for several years. Last summer he was arrested in the Klondike gold fields. PAN-AMERICAN DOLLAR. Silver Standard for All America Pre dicted in Europe. London, Nov. 24. The Vienna cor respondent of the Times, telegraphing with reference to the statement made by Count Goluchowski, the Austro Hungarian foreign minister, in his re cent address to the delegations when he appealed to all Europe to unite against the "Destructive competition now carried on against us by trans oceanic countries," gives the opinion of an "exceptionally competent and well informed friend" that since Lord Salisbury's rejection of the proposals of the Wolcott commission, the trade barrier between the European and American continents is "likely to be forestalled by a monetary barrier raised by America, which would has ten the advent of American prepond erance. The authority cited by the corres pondent of the Times predicts "the adoption of the silver dollar as the standard coin from the North pole to Patagonia, which would be a powerful lever in the realization of the Pan American programme of the politicians of the United States." LONG HAS A HARD ROW. "Farraer"Smith is Said to HaveanEye on the Succession. A. W. Smith of McPherson. who was in Topeka today, expresses the opinion that Chester I. Long will experience considerable difficulty in securing the coveted nomination for congress in the Seventh district. "The reason is plain." said Mr. Smith in conversation with one of his friends. "Mr. Long has taken charge of the patronage in the district, and in the opinion of many of his supposed friends, he has made a mistake in do ing so. In the district there are many diversified interests in the party, and some of these interests have already become dissatisfied at the result of some of the contests which he has set tled. Mr. Long was defeated for con gress, and that he should have the say in giving out the offices, is a condition with which some members of the par ty are not thoroughly in sympathy." Mr. Smith apparently expects Mr. Long's defeat for the nomination for congress. In fact, it has been whis pered about that Mr. Smith, has his eye on the place. DINNER FOR NEWSBOYS. J. E, Nissley of the Kansas Creamery Will Entertain Tomorrow. J. E. Nissley, manager of the Kan sas Creamery company, has arranged to give the newsboys and paper car riers in Topeka a Thanksgiving din ner tomorrow between the hours of 12 and 2. The central item on the bill of fare will be turkey and cranberry sauce There w ill be other things cal culated to make glad the heart and satisfy the appetite, including the but ter manufactured by the company and fresh buttermilk. Manager Nissley will issue the invitations and tickets at his office on Jackson street, between the hours of 9 and 11 o'clock, in the forenoon. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. The funeral of Mrs. Matilda Rigby. wife of J. II. Rigby. who died yesterday after noon at her home, 605 North Kansas ave nue, took place this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the First Christian church. Clara IX Foberg died at her home this morning at 2:30 o'clock, after an illness of several months. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 from the family residence, 412 West Third street. MORRISON GONE. Methodist Minister Who Uas Been in Jail On the Strength of a Telegram From Texas Authorities, IS GIVEX HIS FREEDOM He Declares Vengeance Against a N umber of People. Hatfield, Who Attached His Ef fects, is Barricaded at Home. OTHERS IX TERROR. In the Meantime MorrisonDrops Out of Sight. The Reverend O. E. Morrison, who was arrested last Saturday evening in the postoffiee by Detective Kesson, on information from Panhandle, Texas, charging him with wife murder, is now a free man. He was released from cus tody last evening by Chief Steele be cause the sheriff from Texas had not arrived, and the chief had sworn to two alias warrants In order to detain him until thr- sheriff from Texas should ar rive. The time having passed and At torney General Boyle having advised Chief Steele that it would be dangerous to hold him longer without further word, the Texas preacher who was held under a serious charge and whose ac tions here had cast a deep reflection on his character was allowed to go free. He swore vengeance on all those who had in any way helped to detain him behind prison bars or proceeded against him. To Chief Steele he said: "I am going to make it hot for them. They can find trouble out of me. I could go back to Texas and be cleared of the charge of murder, but with the Topeka end of it they would hang me." The Rev. G. E. Morrison accompanied these remarks with volent and profane oaths which surprised even the police. He was given his liberty last evening and promised to call upon Chief Steele this morning at 10 o 'clock to talk over the case. He asked that Glen Hatfield be invited to come to police station at the same time. This morning neither the Rev. G. E. Morrison nor Glen Hatfield appeared. Sitting in the back room of his moth er's house at 710 West .Eighth street, holding a large revolver in his hand and with his face white with fear Glen Hatfield has been a voluntary prisoner in his home from fear of Rev. Mr. Mor rison's threats. Hatfield was afraid to leave his home this morning and sent his brother to open the store and con duct the business today. Hatfield's mother is with him and is greatly alarmed as to her son's safety. Every footfall on the steps of the house brings mother and son to their feet, the son grasps his revolver more firmly and the mother utters a silent prayer. Up to a late hour Morrison had not appear ed but Hatfield's fear had not lessened in the least. The cause of Morrison's threats are that he owed Hatfield $33, and yester day Hatfield swore out a writ of at tachment, and Constabie Price attach ed two valises, a trunk, a gold watch and a diamond stud. The trunk was found at the house of S. R. Norris, corner'of Tenth and Buchanan streets, the two valises were taken from the room on Kansas avenue between Fourth and Fifth that had been occu pied by Morrison, and the watch and diamond were given over by Chief Steele. This left Morrison in a bank rupt state except for a $5 bill he had when searched. S. R. Norris knew Morrison when both were young men. When the min ister requested from behind the bars of the jail that Norris should take his trunk out to his house, Norris said he would take it and keep it until Mor rison should want it. Pie little thought that his act of kindness would bring upon him a volley of oaths and that Morrison would swear vengeance upon him for allowing the officers to attach the trunk. Morrison told Chief Steele last night that he was going out to Norris' house. Norris said today: "I have not seen him, and I do not want him to show himself here." Mr. Will Whittelsy, a brother of tha young lady to whom Morrison was en gaged, said: "If Morrison comes around here he will meet with a warm reception. Wre will have nothing to do with him. I want him either run out of town or else a policeman kept on his track so that he will not attempt any out rages." The Whittelsy family are still in con stant terror that Morrison will do them some injury to satisfy his anger at them for telling anything about his case. The latest telegram received from Panhandle, Tex., was from Al Chastain a deputy sheriff at Panhandle. He wired to hold the minister on the charge of murder. In the first place Chief Steele had an alias warrant is sued for Morrison. WThen the 24 hours had elapsed he had another one issued. Up to last evening Morrison had been kept in jail two days and three nights. Chief Steele began to fear a damage suit, and he consulted well known law yers. They advised him not to hold the man without more direct informa tion. Last evening Chief Steele received a letter from the sheriff in which it was stated that the stomach of Mrs. Morrison had been sent to Houston, Tex., for chemical analysis. Chief Steele last evening telegraphed to Pan handle asking if the sheriff had started for Topeka. Receiving no reply he considered it his duty to release the man. Speaking of it he said: "I believe that fellow is a bad man. I do hate to let a man go who is charged with murder just because 1 couldn't get word from Texas. Since I have let him go I have found out sev eral other things about him. I find that there was a misunderstanding about the horse and buggy. Morrison got that horse and buggy from H. El lison, a horseman. Ellison told me when he came for it that Morrison had not paid for it. I let him have it. and afterward Ellison gave back to Morri son a note which he (Morrison) had given to Ellison for $100. to be paid in 40 days. Now that shows how people will take advantage of a man when he is in trouble. "About this Hatfield case, Hatfield claims he loaned Morrison $55, and he has attached everything Morrison has. Morrison claims that he only got $5 from Hatfield, and I am rather inclined to believe his story. He had only about $5 on him when he was arrested. He hadn't paid any money to Ellison, as Hatfield thought he had. But that fellow is a bad one. I think other peo ple will think so before long. He didn't show up this morning at 10 o'clock, and he has either left town or is in hid ing. If Hatfield's story is correct, it will be all right, but it will be ticklish business if Morrison's story happens to turn out to be the correct one. Last night Morrison cursed like a sailor in talking about the people who had been after him. He is a slick one. He told me that if the Topeka end of the story were known in Texas, and it is known by this time, he would be hung if he were taken back. He said to me: 'I will never go back there.' I suppose he is in hiding now." BRIDGE PLANS CHANGED. Asphalt Paint Instead of Asphalt to be Us 3d on the Road Bed. If County Commissioner Scott Kelsey keeps his word there is trouble ahead for the bridge contractors. Superintend ent Hinckley and the other two mem bers of the board. Commissioners D. A. W'illiams and T. P. Rodgers. Some time ago the bridge contract ors made a proposition for a change in the plans. It had been provided that the interior of the work on the bridge should receive a half inch coat of as phalt and the contractors asked that that provision be changed to allow the use of asphalt paint instead. Superin tendent Hinckley endorsed the demand. County Commissioner Scott Kelsey opposed the demand and the matter went over. Late yesterday afternoon it was taken up again. The contractors had made a concession and agreed if the change was ordered to allow a re bate of $400 on the contract. It had been represented before that there would be no difference in the cost. Commissioner Kelsey said: "I have looked up this matter and I have inquired of the Santa Fe and Rock Island people about it and I am satisfied that asphalt paint is not so good as the asphalt called for in the specifications and I shall never consent to this change. If it is made I shall go into the court and ask for an injunc tion for I am satisfied that we have no right to accept this rebate." In spite of the protest the change was made. Commissioners T. P. Rodgers and D. A. Williams voting in favor of it. YOUNG FITZ TACKLES PA. Is Knocked Out by the Champion in the Second Round. Robert Fitzsimmons, junior, received his first defeat at the hands of Robert Fitzsimmons, senior, in room 8 at the Throop hotel early this morning. When the Fitzsimmons family left the hotel at 6:30 this morning the coming pugil ist was still brooding over the cham pion's victory, and sniffling an accom paniment to his thoughts. "I don't mind the boy being a fight er," remarked the senior Bob, "but I don't want him to commence on me when I'm asleep. 'E liked to poked one of me eyes out, and me head still rings from 'im beating it with a 'orse shoe. I got the strap off a little trunk he has, and spanked the little bugger good." The "little bugger" looked rather well spanked as he walked around the hotel office with his chubby fists rubbing his eyes already red with crying. Occa sionally he removed his hands long enough to look under his eyebrows at the world's champion, and it was a look which portended no good for the senior member of the Fitzsimmons family when the junior member grew big enough to fight. The youngster awoke before his fath er this morning, and it was this fact that was responsible for Fitz' last en counter. He wanted company and pro ceeded to wake the pugilist in wholly original way. Crawling out of the bed he secured one of Fitz' souvenir horseshoes, used by him in winning the world's cham pionship for horseshoeing, and given to the child as a plaything, and then re turned to the sleeping gladiator. In another minute the horseshoe descend ed on the head of the pugilist with all the strength the child could muster. The blow had the desired effect of breaking Fitz' slumber, but he did not at once start from his sleep. Instead he slowly opened one eye and drew in a deep breath. The eye opening pro cess attracted the child's attention and his fat index finger was at once ad vanced into the organ of sight while the horseshoe was again brought down on his father's head with the other hand. This time the pugilist's awaken ing was instantaneous and complete. A few minutes afterwards a child's wails were audible on the second floor of the hotel. The hand that smote Jim Corbett was again at its work of pun ishment, this time not in a scientific exhibition of pugilistic art but an old fashioned spanking with the end of a strap. Good Sized Audience Saw Fitz. Another good sized audience saw Bob Fitzsimmons and his vaudeville com pany at the Crawford theater last night. The performance was a repeti tion of that given on Monday night. The champion appeared in a punching bag exhibition, and a three round bout with his sparring partner, Mike Conley. LOCAL MENTION. Dr. James White of Kansas City, Mo., assisted Rev. W. R. Cox of the Sec ond United Presbyterian church of this city with communion ser-iees. Sixteen persons united with the church. The members and friends of the Second United Presbyterian church gave the pastor. Rev. W. R. Cox. and his family a surprise. The attendance was large and the material favors were fine. The Santa Fe management will observe Thanksgiving tomorrow by giving the employes a full holiday. Both the Santa Fe general offices and Santa Fe shops in this city will be closed all day. The state house will be closed all day tomorrow and the state officers and em. ployes will observe Thanksgiving day. Many of the officers will go to their re spective homes and the majority of the clerks will emulate the example of their superior officers. Free Dinner. All newspoys and newspaper carriers of the city who desire an invitation to a Turkey Dinner tomorrow, are request ed to call at the Creamery office, 523 Jackson street. between 9 and 11 o'clock, tomorrow morning. Probably the finest Thanksgiving din ner served in Topeka tomorrow will be at the Cremerie, ?:i6 Kansas avenue. GOVERNOR TOM. Major T. J. Anderson to Be Made Governor Of the Soldiers' Home at Leav enworth. COL.ROWLANDTO QUIT Present Governor Will Transferred to Danville. be Looks as Though Nothing Could Prevent The Appointment of Major An derson to the Place. Major T. J. Anderson may be ap pointed governor of the National Sol diers' home at Leavenworth. This has been his ambition for years and it is reasonably certain that if Governor Smith had been removed Major An derson would have been given the place. Now a vacancy is about to occur from another cause and Major Anderson's friends are active and alert and noth ing will be left undone to secure the ap pointment. Leavenworth and Danville, Illinois dispatches announce that Colonel J. G. Rowland who is now in charge of the home will be transferred to Danville and placed in charge of the new home which was established at that place by an act of the last congress. This would leave an open road for Ma jor Anderson and his pet ambition. There are other things besides Major Anderson's ambition that will help him to get the position. He had the en dorsement of nearly every old soldier in Kansas and Oklahoma for the po sition of pension agent a.nd when he was turned down by the administration a protest went up that surprised the men in power. The fact is that Major Anderson is the soldiers' idol in the west and nothins could be done that would please them more than his ap pointment as the controlling officer of the Soldiers' home. Senator Baker has always been friendly to Major Anderson and his friends say that he would do all he could to secure the place for him. Then too, Baker was forced to recommend some on else for pension agent over the protests of the old soldiers and it is net unlikely that he would like to do something to right himself with them. The management of the Soldiers' home is in charge of a board of control which is responsible to no one but it is probable that if President McKinley would request that some one be named for governor of the Leavenworth home his wishes would be followed by the board. The Kansas member is Sidney G. Cooke of Herington, a Democrat. Major Anderson was seen today and shown the dispatch announcing his probable candidacy. "I have little to say," he replied. "The fact is that I have not before heard of this proposed transfer. I do not deny, however, that I w-ould like to have the place and I have no doubt that the old soldiers of Kansas and Oklahoma would support my claims. "I do not know. however, that I would be appointed in case the trans fer is made but I have no doubt tflat if President McKinley would recom mend me I would receive the appoint ment." It is certain that Major Anderson will lose no time in making a full investiga tion of the matter and it is also certain that it will not be the fault of his friends if he is not named lor the va cancy when it occurs. The salary of the governor of the Soldiers' home is $2,300 per annum but thatcarries with t the use of a residence and other perquisites in the way of pro visions which really make the place worth at least $3,000. Following are dispatches referring to the transfer of Governor Rowland, re ferred to: Leavenworth, Nov. 84. Colonel J. G. Rowland, who succeeded Governor Smith at the Soldiers' home, is likely to be given charge of the new home at Danville, 111, The change is likely to be made in a few months. Colonel Rowland many years ago lived in Danville. He and his wife have many friends there now. As soon as congress in the last extra session pro vided for the construction of a new home at Danville, many of his friends commenced to look after the matter in the board of managers. It was first ascertained that he would be quite glad to change, owing to memories of old times, and then the work commenced. The services of the first manager of the new home are needed in arranging the home during process of construc tion. While the work is going on he would act as a general superintendent. Colonel Rowland is getting along very nicely in the home and many will regret his departure. Colonel U. B. Pearsall, of Fort Scott, and Major Tom Anderson, of Topeka. are being referred to as possible succes sors of Colonel Rowland. The friends of both are said to be apprised of the situation and are already pulling wires Danville, 111., Nov. 24. Representative Joe Cannon, being asked if he had heard of Colonel Rowland in connection with the position of first governor of the new home located here, admitted that he had heard of it and that he knew the colonel to be a very capable man for the position. Mr. Cannon se cured the passage of the bill, providing the new home, and hence he is thought to be in a. position to have something to say about who shall have the place. Tomorrow at the Reform School. Tomorrow afternoon at the reform school a musical programme will be given for the boys. C. E. Gorraly has arranged for the musicale. There will be music by the reform school band, banjo duets by the Hughes brothers, bass solos by C. E. Gormly. piano solos by Mrs. Going and J. J. Falls, cornet solos by Mr. Swearingen, and a trio by Mr. and Mrs. Shook and Mrs. Going, and a duet by Mr. and Mrs. Shook. Ran Away With the Money. New Tork, Nov. 24 Daniel A. Mc Clelland. 22 years old. at messenger in the Bronx borough bank, disap peared yesterday with $2,500 of the bank's money. Take your Thanksgiving dinner at the Cremerie tomorrow. Cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie like your moth er used to make, will be served. Re member their location, 72C Kansas avenue. WOMEN EQUAL TO MEN. Ferry Heath's Report on the Employ ment of Women in PoetofBces. Washington, Nov.24. First Assistant Postmaster General Heath has trans mitted to the postal administration of the German government through Sec ond Assistant Shallenberger, a compre hensive report on the employment of women in the government service. He states there are 71,221 postoffices in the United States, at each of which there are several employes who lawfully may be either men or women. Postmasters at third and fourth-class offices select their own employes without consulting the department and it is accordingly impossible to give the exact number of women employed in the postal service. There are however, 7,670 women post masters and perhaps 8.000 women to whom the oath of office has been ad ministered to qualify them to assist in conducting the business of the post office. There are 167 women employed in the postoffiee department proper. Women, the report says are employed in all branches of the postal service ex ceut as letter carriers. clerks in the rail way mail service and postoffiee inspect ors. They are not debarred by rule or regulation from entering any branch of the service. In fact there are postof fices in the United States at which there are not women employed. The same salary is paid them as to men for the same character of work. In the postoffiee department, salaries now paid to women vary from $240 to $1,800 per annum, according to service performed, though there is no rule preventing them from receiving more than that, and as postmasters or assistant they some times receive much larger salaries. Some of the most faithful and effi cient employes in the postal service are women. Continuing the report says it has been a mooted question for many years with the heads of the executive depart ments whether women can render as good general service as men. because the latter may be transferable at all times to any positions, whereas women may be confronted with duties in a sense indelicate or which require too much manual labor. But it is seldom that duty involve upon any clerk or of ficer which cannot be properly perform ed by women. The conclusion of the department is that, altogether the services of women have proven almost, if not equally sat isfactory with those of men.The report is based on a request of the German government as to what has been the general experience of the government with women employes. MINERS AT UNALASKA. Hundreds of Them Have Been Forced to Winter There. San Francisco. Nov. 24. Late this afternoon the Ala ska Commercial com pany's steamer Dora, Capt. Anderson, arrived from Sitka, from which point she sailed on November 16. The Dora has since been engaged in carrying the mails from Sitka to Unalaska. During August and September she carried loads of miners from Sitka to the point where the inland route to the Copper river mines begins. Capt. An derson says that none of these men was able to get up the river on account of the early winter and all will be forced to winter at Unalaska. Miners who left this city and Puget Sound ports bound for the Copper riv er country, met with no better success than those who started for Sitka. Of these, the latest to arrive on the ground are the 40 men who sailed from this port October 9, in the schooner Phelps. The Phelps arrived at Unalas ka on November 1. OPPOSE TAltlFF AUTONOMY Strong Opposition to This Part of Spain's Programme is Manifested. Barcelona, Nov.24. At a meeting last evening of delegates representing a number of political and commercial so cieties, held at the Republican club, a dispatch was sent to Premier Sagasta strongly protesting against granting customs autonomy to Cuba and Porto Rico, and asserting the intention of the societies represented of continuing their opposition to customs autonomy. This protest was not aimed at any particular party, though the protestants assert that the party securing peace in Cuba without injuring the interests of Spain and Cuba, will receive the recognition hereafter of the political and commer cial societies interested in the present movement. The dispatch was signed by the Marine society, the Public Works society, the Athaneum society, by many Republican clubs and by other import ant associations. JUMPED FROM CAR WINDOW Passenger Becomes Insane on the Santa Fe Overland. Los Angeles, Cal., Nov.24. A. R. Rob erts, a passenger on the westbound Santa Fe Overland, bound for San Francisco, became suddenly insane on Monday, laboring under the hallucina tion that he was being pursued by ene mies. Sympathizing passengers took charge of him, but he became worse and yesterday morning while the train was crossing the Mojave desert, jump ed through a car window and escaped in the darkness. The train was stopped and a search made for him without avail. A gang of railroad workers has been sent in search of him. He comes from the east but nothing is known of his antecedents. He will die of thirst unless speedily found. Iioe Arms Co.'s Big Damages. London. Nov. 24. The Lee Arms com pany was given a verdict today and agreed to damages to the amount of $8,750 against the London and West minster Contract Corporation for breach of agreement to purchase the Lee-Melford rifle patents. The defense alleges fraudulent misrepresentation on the part of a New York lawyer, L. E. Warren. Eventually the litigants reached a settlement which includes that Mr. Warren should have the op portunity of denying under oath the allegations made against him. Con sequently Mr. Warren appeared in court and denied that he or anyone in his behalf, had made any of the al leged misrepresentations, adding that if the defendants were misled by any of his statements, it was quite unin tentional upon his part. Trade at a Standstill. Washington. Nov. 24. Consul Deni son at Woodstock. New Brunswick, in a report to the state department says that since the United States tariff of 1S97 went into effect the commercial re lations between that part of Canada and the United States have been at a standstill. WThile the freight rates and the natural inclinations of the people are favorable to the United States, the Canadian manufacturers are more ac tive than heretofore and the trade formerly enjoyed s Je retained on ly by concessions. SHIP BURNS ATHERDOCKS. The Port Patrick is Destroyed bj Fire in East River. Captain and Crew Barely Es cape With Iheir Lives. FIRE STARTS IX HOLD. The Tessel Contained a Largo Cargo of Oils. Terrific Explosions Take Place in Quick Succession. New Tork, Nov. 24. The full rigged ship Port Patrick of the Port Line, of Glasgow-, Scotland, Captain Frank Hand, was almost wholly destroyed by fire at her dock in the East River to day. Her cargo valued at about $100,000 was also destroyed. The cause of the fire is unknown. It broke out in the forward lower hold and spread so quickly that the crew of 12 men and the captain and the mate had barely time to get ashore alive. The Port Patrick arrived here from Java on October 9 with a cargo of su gar. She had discharged her cargo and wa3 being loaded with oils and mater ials for Australian ports. She was to sail from here on December a. Among other things stored away in the ho! t were 25,;00 cases of kerosene, each case containing 225 gallon tins. There were thousands of barrels of other oils. The fire was discovered by the watchman on the upper deck, while the crew were all asleep. The watchman gave the alarm and the crew scrambled out froin their bunks as best they could and made for the gangway to the pier. In a few seconds the big ship was enveloped in a thick cloud of smuke which poured out from the hatchway. The fire boats, New Yorker and Have myer soon had a dozen strea-ms playing on the burning vessel, but with little ef fect. The firemen forced their way on board through the smoke, ripped up the hatches and poured such screams of water into the holds that it seemed as if the vessel would sink from sheer weight of water. Two tug boats which were lying beside the Port Patrick were towed out into the river. After about three hours' work when the firemen were congratulating themselves upon having the fire under control a terrific explosion sent debris flying in every di rection and knocked the firemen off their feet. Several of the firemen had narrow es capes from falling into the smoke filled holds and one was overcome. He was dragged ashore by his companions as soon as they regained their feet. The first explosion was followed by a sec ond and a third and gradually the ves sel began to sink until there was scarcely anything left of her above the water. The Port Patrick was built in Glas gow eight years ago by the Russells. She was 26S feet long, 2S feet beam. 22 feet draft. She was a fullrigged steel clipper. She was valued at about $10o. 000. MOUSE IN THE BREAD. New York Man is Disagreeably Sur prised and Sues the Baker. New Tork. Nov. 24. Nathan Platkin of Brownsville. Brooklyn, bought a loaf of bread from Baker Moses Loenthal and sat down to eat dinner, of which the lou.r was a part. In Brownsville they don't cut the bread up in slices, but tear off a pier and eat it without ceremony. Nathan and his family surrounded tha table on which their frugal fare w:is hud out, and he picked up the loaf, tore off a. piece and passed it to his wife. He bit into the piece, and as he did so he turned pale, and, holding the bread off at arm's length, cried out in alarm. His wife screamed when she looked at the piece her husband held, find the children joined in the chorus. There, half hanging out of the piece of the bread which Xa than held in his hands was a little mousw He had bitten oil its he;td in biting tin bread. Nathan became ill. and as he jumped njy from the table lo run out into the kitchen he upset the table and broke a number of dishes. When he recovered he went around to Loenthal's store and told t!i3 latter about the mouse and what had happened. "The least you can do is to pay for the dishes." said Nathan. "Neffer." shouted Mopes. "Vat you take me for? You shouldn't mind a trifle lik. dat. Other people don't kick at a littla thing like dat," But Nathan insisted and has brought suit for the value of the dishes. COAL STRIKE DYING OUT. Both Miners and Operators Maka Concessions in the Interest of a Settlement. Joliet, 111., Nov. 24. The conference here between the northern Illinois striking coal miners and the operators., has resulted in mutual concessions. The scale of prices was adjusted satis factorily. The most important demands of the miners, that the scale should be paid on a basis of gross weights alone, was not entirely settled. though many of ths operators conceded the point. It was finally agreed to refer the question back to the miners of the different shafts for a vote. All the shafts where the gross weight plan is agreed upon, will probably be started up this week and the strike continued at the shafts refusing such demand. Died From Old Wounds. Pittsburg.Nov. 24. Major Denniston. ex-county and city treasurer, and one of the best known citizens of Pittsburg, died this morning after a short illness. The primary cause of death was wounds received during the war. Maj. Denniston was a member of the Grand Army, Veteran Legion and Loyal Leg ion. Big Lumber Yard Burna Saginaw, Mich., Nov. 24. The exten sive yard of Aaron T. Bliss of Carrol ton, three miles below this city, was wiped out by fire during the night. Of six million feet of hard wood and pin lumber, only a few blackened piles containing about 200.000 feet, remained. Col. Bliss estimates his loss at ir.0.000; fully insured. Property adjoining waj damaged to the extent of $3,000.
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if If TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1897. 1 1 ft 4 V 1 V KANSASNEWS. Guldensuppe Murder Case Has a Parallel in Kansas. Joseph New Shot While Inresti gating4)dd Noises That DISTURBED HIS WIFE. G. H. Dobbs Accused, 3irs. New Jlis Alleged Accessory. Case Attracting Attention in Greenwood County. Wichita, Nov. 21. The trial in New YoYk of Martin Thorn for the murder of William Guldensuppe, in which Mrs. Naek was an accomplice, will have a striking; parallel when the case of George M. Xobbs as principal and Mrs. Amelia New as accessory in the murder of her hus band, Joseph New,, October 31, comes to trial. The circumstances surrounding- the mur der are peculiar and the case has aroused unusual interest. Mr. and Mrs. New were at home Sunday niyht. the last day of Ol tuber, with two young ladies, their nieces. About 9:30 Mrs. New woke her husband and told him she heard a Queer noise, like someone throwing pebbles against the house, and asked him to see what was the matter. New said he could heal nothing, and would not get up. lie dozed until presently Mrs. New aroused him. saying she could hear the pebbles strik ing the house again. The husband still refused to go and see what might be the cause of the noise that Mrs. New said she could hear. After awhile there was a loud noise, as if someone had drawn a siick across the weatherboard inff. Mr. New then got up, and while he was pre paring to go and see what the noise was Mrs. New lighted the lantern, which, it would seem, she had placed conveniently, an ticipating some such a necessity for a lamp. When New had gone something like forty feet from the door there was a loud report, as if a shotgun had been fired. New had gone out at the east door tow a id the barn. As soon as the shot was fired. Mrs. New went out of the west door and went straight to the house of a neighbor, near ly a mile away, and n.otined the folks that her husband had been shot. Tin's was shown in the' testim my before the coro ner's jury. The two nl.Mjs were left alone at the house and Mrs. New did not know that her husband had been hurt at all except that immediately after the shot there was a cry of "Oh. my God!"' which, according to the tfStimo'.n.y of M rs. New and tht- two girls, seerrwed to be the voice of Mr. New. George II. Dobbs was arrested at Kin rt-ka November H. Later in the da;.' Mrs. New, wife of the muriUTtnl man. was ac cused of being accessory to the crime. After the murder suspicion. iVII on Dobbs, who almost at once took tip his abode at Mrs. New's house. Other strong cir cumstantial evidence developed. iJobbs is a widower with two small children and has resided in the neighborhood of the murdered man for two years. He was at the place soon after the murder and help ed with the funeral arrangements. He even sat on the coroner's jury -that de cided that New was foully murdt'red by some unknown person. On the night that New was shot Dobbs had borrowed a shotgun from a neighbor in the afternoon, saying he wanted, to shoot some quail. He returned the gun that night, saying he had not killed any game. When he was arrested he said he had not tired the gun at all, but an ex amination of the gun showed that he had. Dobbs had bin quite intimate with Mrs. New and frequently Tteld long coin versations with her. When he took up his home at her house so soon after the killing there was a strong suspicion and much talk of 1 nching unci the arrvsts were made and Mrs. New brought to Wichita by Sheriff Knox o-X Greenwood county. About twelve year's ago Xcw's brother, a bachelor, was found hanging to the ceiling of his own house, dead. The cor orner's jury at that time decided that it was a case of suicide, but an attempt will f TWO and common carelessness can make" a combination strong enough to defy all the healing skill of the physician. Common carelessness lets the cold root and grow. Common carelessness says, between paroxysms of cough ing, It will be all right in a day or two," and the common end is con firmed lung trouble, perhaps con sumption. The common-sense treat ment of a common cold is a prompt dose of Ayer'a Cherry Pectoral. It is the most efficient and reliable cure for colds and coughs, and is con stantly prescribed by physicians. S. Haynes, M. D., Saranac, X. Y, says I have used Ayer's Cherry Pectoral in my practica since 1853, and have always found it reliable for the cure of colds, coughs, and 11 lung diseases." Clicrry Ipecicrei is now put up in half-size bottles, for fcalf yrice 50 cent3. now be made to find out something more about that case, as well as the murder of Joseph New. George Dobbs, who it is charged sus tained improper relations with Mrs. Xew and fired the shot that killed her husband, had worked as her husband s farm hand and she said the two men had been very friendly. They always got along together as brothers, in fact. She married New sixteen years ago, and she says she never had any serious trouble with him. He had always provided well for her, and she was contented. H ARSIS AND PETERS. lwo National Legislators in Wash ington Ready for Congress. "Washington. D.C.Nov. 24. Two mem bers of the Kansas congressional dele gation. Senator Harris and Congress man Peters, of Wyandotte, will eat their Thanksgiving dinners in their own homes here in Washington. They have their families here with them and are located for the winter. Senator Harris has secured a nice residence in the northwest near Frank lin Tark. Just now he is busy with the general legislation that will come up early in the session. Two of the most important matters for the west in which he is interested are the sale of the Kansas Pacific and the proposed reorganization of the Central Pacific. In these two roads the government has in round numbers $83,000,000 in liens and defaulted interest and the problem is to get the face value of the liens from the roads. The junior senator from Kansas is exceptionally well posted in the details of both roads and will play an important part in the congressional legislation that will be necessary to save the government from loss. Congressman Peters has located for the session near Thomas circle, and has put his younger children into school. The most important of the bills winch he will try to get enacted is the one appropriating $2f0.i00 for a government building at Kansas City, Kan. When Speaker Reed at the extra session held up all public building measures, the Peters bill was included in the bunch. He is confident that he can get it out of the ruck this time and get it through. Another bill which he has ready gives to the several thousand employes in the live stock inspection bureaus at Kansas City, Chicago, St. Louis and elsewhere an annual leave of 15 days with pay and sick leave on the same conditions as the other government employes in the departments here. He has conferred with the agricultural department and the officials say that the appropriation this year will justify the passing of the' bill. Mr. Peters expects early action on the bill dividing Kansas into two judicial districts. The measure has been pend ing for two years. At the last session the Kansas Republicans were afraid to push the bill for fear that Mr. Cleve land, then in the White House, would name the officers for the new district before going out of office, thereby de feating the chief aim of the measure, which was to give the liepublicans con trol of the offices in the new district. That danger does not now exist and the bill can be passed. RELEASED ASYLUM PATIENT In a Fit of Anger Destroys a Granary and 2,100 Bushals of Wheat. ITays City, Nov. 24. Karl Koerner, who was lately discharged from the Topeka asylum as cured, was tried again yesterday and found insane. Since his return from the asylum, he and his wife have been staying with his brother-in-law and last week while eat ing dinner he had words at the table witli his releatives. He got up and went out in to the back yard and soon the folks in the house were startled by dis covering that a large granary contain ing 2.1W bushels of wheat and pork and other stores, was ablaze and all was soon a total loss amounting to $2,000. It seems that Karl being enraged went direct to the granary and set it afire and then retreated to a safe dis tance and with a domestic glee watch ed the destruction caused by his act. He will be returned to the asylum at once. JIM ORE'S FORTY. C. E. Lobdell Telis of a Short Gras3 Deal by the Atchison Man. Charles Lobdell tells the following story in the last issue of his Tribune: A few years ago Jim Orr was assign ed by the Missouri Pacific railway to go out into western Kansas and secure some 40 thousand dollars in bonds that had been voted to that road, but which a refractory board of county commis sioners refused to deliver after the road was built. Jim was given two weeks in which to complete the job. He reached there Sunday evening, went to church and gave one of the stewards a serious nervous shock by dropping five big silver dollars with a plunk into the hat which served for a contribution box. Monday he announced that he didn't care a cuss about the bonds supposed they were a steal anyway but that his people wanted to locate a division of the road: that all he wanted was a do nation of 40 acres of land on w hich they could get good water. He was offered options on a whole township, selected 40 acres, drew up the contract and then announced that he was going to stay right there until he had the water ques tion settled, and wired Bailie YVaggen er to send on the "company's drill" with which to make the test well. Bailie promptly wired back that the drill would tie sent as soon as possible and Jim settled down to wait. Monday afternoon he went jack-rabbit hunting on horseback, smiled when they guyed him for his awkwardness and applied "cold cream" to his bruises as soon as he got home. Monday night he played poker with the local sports and let them win his moneytthis wasn't very hard to do) and they pronounced him "dead game." Tuesday he hung around the depot all day waiting for the "drill" to come, but instead of the "drill" late in the afternoon he got a message from Bailie saying that the "dri;l" was delayed and couldn't be got there before Wednesday. He swore a little about the delay, but as there was a Democratic rally that night he brac ed up and made u rip snorting speech, in which he soundly roasted rich cor porations and warned the people against the danger of voting bonds. Wednesday was well nigh spent in a fruitless wait for the "company drill" when a message came from Bailie say ing that the tiling was broke and couldn't be got ready to ship before Thursday. Jim swore he wouldn't wait any longer and went out and hired a local well driller to go to work the next day. That night there was a church fair and Jim nearly went broke "vot ing" for a daughter of the chairman of the county board as the "handsomest Kirl." This made a few of the boys mad, but the old man actually hugged him as soon as he could pet him out tide. Thursday the "drilling" proceed ed nicely.That night was prayer meet ing night. Jim went. Just how he got through we never exactly heard, hut after the "meeting"was over the writer, who happened to be in town that night, ruet him coming down street with a "class leader." At a wink from Jim we engaged the good brother in conversa tion while the wily lawyer made his es cape. We asked how Jim was liked. The reply was, "the best in the world. Why in the short time Brother Orr has been here he has actually endeared himself to all our people." Late Friday afternoon water was struck, which Jim declared just the kind the road wanted, whereupon he announced that the division was loca ted and that he would leave on the 3 o'clock morning train. That night the "board of trade" gave him a banquet and he made a speech in which he painted in glowing colors a picture of "this future metropolis of the plains." After the banqueters had retired there was a quiet meeting of the county board, and when the young man who had in just five days so "endeared"him self left town on that early morning train he took with him the 40 thousand dollars in bonds duly signed, sealed and delivered. It was months before the full force of the situation dawned on that unsuspecting community, and they still speak of the tract of land as the "Orr forty." Ungrateful as it may seem Jim has never been back. HASKELL INDIAN GIRL -kidnaped in Chicago Santa Fe Offi cials Champion Her Cause. Chicago, Nov. 24. Red-Skinned Mag gie Coburasay, a Seminole maiden of 15. went back to her people today with a tale of captivity among the whites. She was seized right in the heart of Chicago by two unscrupulous rangers of Dearborn street and impris oned in the Sacramento hotel. The grand jury heard her charg-es against It. It. Graves, known as "Silver Dick," and J. C. Reynolds, alleged run ners for the Sacramento hotel, 414 Dearborn street, and an indictment for abduction was returned into the court this morning. Miss Coburasay is an educated young woman. Almost since infancy she has lived in the Haskell institute at Lawrence, Kan., and she speaks Knglish better than many an American with a whiter skin. She is accounted beautiful among her people and she attracted considerable attention as she came into the criminal court building accompanied by Gen eral Solicitor Bancroft of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, and Hiss Fisher of the Y. W. C. A. Pier big brown eyes were as expressive as her tongue and they hashed as she told her story to the grand jurors. Miss Coburasay came to Chicago three weeks ago from a point in Michigan, where she had been spending the sum mer. She was only to change cars here for her home at Lawrence, Kan. When she left the train at the North western depot she hastened to the Polk street station. Near the corner of Polk and Dearborn streets she stopped to purchase some fruit, when Reynolds, who was standing near, approached her and asked where she was going. "To Lawrence, Kan., over the Santa Fe." she replie:!, producing her ticket. Reynolds examined her ticket a mo ment. Then he called Graves ant introduced him as the general ticket manager for the Santa Fe. "Step right up stairs into my office, and I will fix your tickets and time cards so you will have no trouble," Graves said, and he led the way into the Sacramento hotel. Miss Coburasay saw at once that she was not in an office, and demanded to be released. but Graves locked the door and refused to open it. About an hour later the police learned of the young captive and Sergeant Murane broke in the door and released her. Reynolds and Graves were arrested. Miss Coburasay was taken in. charge by the Santa Fe railroad company, and made its protege. She was taken to the Auditorium hotel at the corpora tion's expense, and a companion, in the person of Miss Fisher, was furnished. General Solicitor Bancroft took charge of the prosecution of Graves and Rey nolds. The grand jury took an unus ual interest in Miss Coburasay, and propounded many questions to her, which were promptly answered. Miss Coburasay will return to Chi cago when the charge against Reynold and Graves is brought up in the crim inal court. EASTERBROOK TRIAL The Murder Cass at Hays City Excit ingMrs. Leach Faints in Court. Hays City. Nov. 24. The defendants closed their side of the case last even ing, all of Monday and Tuesday being taken up by the defendants in introduc ing testimony to prove that Leach was insane at the time that he fired the fa tal shots. They introduced his pension certifi cate to prove that he was granted a pension for a shell wound in the head in close proximity to the brain. That he fell down a hatchway of a ship, lighting on his head, while crossing the ocean and that he was kicked by a horse at the base of the skull when a boy. They also produced evidence that when he drank intoxicating li quors to any extent that the old wound drove him violently insane for the time being. Dr. Kastman of Topeka was put on the stand by the state as an expert on insanity. Today is taken up by the attorneys in making- their pleas and the case will go to the jury this evening. Monday, while Mrs. Leach, wife of the alleged murderer was on the wit ness stand she fainted away and it was not for some minutes and hard work by doctors that she was revived. BICYCLE HANGERS. Wichita Vestibule Cars to Accommo date Cyclers. Wichita, Nov. 24 W. Q. Church this morning received from New York a sample of bicycle hanger, which he says will be placed on each end of all the new vestibuled street cars in this city. When a bicyclist wants to ride on the street ears and take his wheel along, he can hang the handles of his wheel in the rubber covered hooks on the end of the car. Mr. Church thinks this arrangement will get a good many nickels for the street car company. COMPLAINT AGAINST BENTLEY Ueceiver for the Wichita Law Firm Asked Much Money Unac counted For. Wichita, Nov. 24. C. V. Ferguson, a member of the law firm of Bentley Ferguson, made application in the dis trict court today for a receiver for the firm, claiming that Fred Bentiey, his partner, had collected not less than $3, S00 of the firm's money, for which he has not accounted. Ferguson alleges that the firm owns a large amount of personal property and valuable business and wants the partnership dissolved. Bentley is at torney for the Atchison, Topeka San ta Fe railroad. EDITORS AT LAWRENCE. Second District Republican Newspa per Mea Organize. Lawrence, Nov. 24. The Second district Republican editors met here yesterday and effected an organization. The following officers were elected for one year: president. C. S. Finch. Leav enworth: vice president. C. C. Cleving er. Osawatomie: treasurer, W. A. Mitch ell. Oiathe. George W. Martin of Kansas City raade an able address after which the visiting editors -were driven over the city in a four-horse band wagon. At evening the entire delegation at tended the farce comedy, "Hogan's Alley," at the Bowersoek Opera house. A DISAPPOINTED LOVER. Writes Derogatory Latters of a Form er Fiancee and is Sent to Jail. Mankato, Nov. 24. The old saying that one had better walk 100 miles than to write a letter has come to pass in this term of the Jewell county district court. Harry Webb, a young man from this county, was engaged to a lady, and as far any one knew, of excellent charac ter. The engagement was broken off after a courtship of about two years by the laiy, who became engaged to another suitor. To stir up discord Wrebb wrote vari ous letters defaming her character, in such a way as to prevent the venue being laid in Jewell county, the home of the iady. He, however, did write one that did not overcome the difficulty, which was given to her parents, and they at her request engaged K. W. Turner and T. S. Kirkpatrick to prose cute him for criminal libel. He was arrested in Thomas county and tried in the present term of the district court in this county. M. R. Sutherland, E. P. Hotchkiss and Frank Forest defended him. Af ter a three days trial the jury brought in a verdict of guilty after being out only about half an hour. He was sen tenced to one year in the Jewell county jail, such sentence being the extreme penalty of the law. Judge Heren in passing sentence said that not a single circumstance in the whole case should cast the very slightest suspicion on the character of the purest woman, and that the defense was the most shameless ever offered in his court. The verdict and judgment meet with the unqualified approval of the people of the county. The county attorney of this county took no part in the trial of the case. GAS FOR PITTSBURG. Pipes to be Laid From Fields Near the Town. Pittsburg, Nov. 24. The Commercial club of this city has in hand the scheme of piping natural gas from the gas fields west of here into this city, having received assurance that the plan is practicable. The city of Parsons is soon to be lighted by natural gas, and will have an abundance of gas for fuel. The gas s to be supplied through pipes from Neodesha. a distance of twenty-three miles. It is proposed to tap the mains supplying Parsons at a point a few miles north of that city, and by laying about twenty-five miles of pipes the gas can be furnished to Pittsburg. The cost to consumers of gas in Parsons will be about 22M. cents per 1.000 cubic feet, and if the cost to Pittsburg can be secured at a corresponding ratio it is likely that the connections will be made. B. F. Hobart. a St. Louis capitalist, and president of the Kansas and Texas Coal company, is said to be strongly in favor of the matter. A committee appointed by the Commercial club will visit Neodesha this week to see what arrangements can be made. Newton Bootleggers Arrested. Newton, Nov. 21. Three more boot leggers have been arrested by the sher iff in the war against them which com menced yesterday. These three are Dave Scott, Dave Foltz and John Lee. They ran their place of business in a little house on one of the side streets not far from Main street, and did a good business. The officers found a five gallon keg containing whisky, and several bottles, some filled and just ready for distribution. Enjoiu a High School. Coffeyville. Nov. 24. The people of Coffeyville who were opposed to the high school idea are rejoicing over the fact that they have scored a signal victory over the high school agitators at Independence. They were opposed to the building of a county high school and claimed that the law permitting the issuance of the tax was illegal. Judge Skidmore granted an Injunction, holding that the act was not in con formity to the law. The McTaggart Murder Trial. Independence. Nov. 24. Judge Skid more of the district court has called for 60 jurors, from which to get a jury for the case of the State vs. Henry Shess ly, who is charged with murder in the first degree. Shessly shot and killed ex-Senator Dan McTaggart last Aug ust, at McTaggart's mill, eight miles southeast of this city. His trial is set for the 23th of this month. K. S. XT. Board of R- gents Meat. Lawrence. Nov. 24. The board of re gents of the State university held a special meeting at the chancellor's of fice yesterday. It was decided by the board that the university land in Wa baunsee county should be sold and Land Agent C. H. Goodrich was or dered to dispose of it at not less than $10 per acre. Prof. Gowell's Successor. Lawrence. Nov. 24. The board of re gents of Kansas university met for the purpose of selecting a successor to It. C. Gowell, Prof. Dyehe's assistant, who died a couple of weeks ago. Mr. C. E. McClung was chosen to the place. He is a graduate of Kansas university, and has been doing postgraduate work since completing the regular course. Fire at Dover. Dover, Nov. 24. The store of C. Sny der and the residence of Samuel Boler were burned here yesterday. The post office was connected with the store and some mail was lost. The property de stroyed belonged to Boler and the loss amounted to about $1,500. DINNER AT WHITE HOUSE. The President and Mrs. MeKinley Will Entertain a Few Friends. Washington. Nov. 24. There was an unusually large number of people at the White House today, but few of them saw the president. Vice President Ho bart was an early caller and paid his respects. The vice president says he looks forward to a long session and a great deal of work. Attorney General McKenna and Sec retary Long were with the president some time discussing cabinet matters. Senators Proctor, Lindsay. Penrose and Hawley njade brief calls. Chairman Hitt of the house commit tee on foreign affairs, was with the president for a long time, and it is un derstood the portion of the president's message relating to foreign matters, was thoroughly discussed. The president will have a quiet Thanksgiving. At dinner Mr. and Mrs. MeKinley will entertain Vice President and Mrs. Hobart. .Mr. and Mrs. Abner MeKinley, Mrs. Smith, nee Hayes, and Miss Barber. We all know the reputation of the Cremerie restaurant in Topeka. Ai rav.iTements are being made for a fine Thanksgiving dinner there tomorrow. Don't miss it. RAILROADjJEWS. L. 11. U. Now a Full-FIedged Political Organization. ?he Kaihray League Pushes Its Craft for Jobs. CHANGES THE NAME. Railway Employes' and Teleg raphers' Political League. Two Hundred Delegates Meet in Chicago. Chicago, Nov. 24. By changing its name and declaring new principles, the American Railway league has become a full Hedged political organization. Hereafter it will be known as the Rail way -Employes and Telegraphers' Po litical League of America. Its pro- I claimed object is to deal entirely in I state and national politics ehietiy on legislative lines. Behind this, however. is the desire and the determination to secure recognition, elective and ap pointive, for railroad men. This is shown in the fact that a movement is on foot to secure the appointment by President MeKinley of a railroad man on the interstate commerce commission as successor to Colonel William Mor rison. The grand officers Of the league have been delegated to call upon the presi dent and present their claims. They have no one selected for the place, but a vote for choice is being taken among the members. Whoever a ma jority of them names will be recom mended. It is understood that the league has been asked by Senator Cullom to support David T. Littler of Spring field, and by the friends of Gen. John McNulta, who, it seems, is after the job, to throw its influence to him. There is also a strong movement on behalf of Col. Lawrence of Galesburg. Behind him are a number of the leading rail road officials of the country. These things developed at a special session of the league held in the Ma sonic Temple yesterday. Two hundred delegates were present from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa. Kentucky, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. They met as "The American league," and adjourned with the name changed to "Railway Employes and Telegraph ers' Political League of America." The important reason given for taking a new name was to divest the organiza tion of every similarity to the defunct American Railway union. Members explained that they were constantly hampered in their work by meeting people who confound the two organi zations. It is proposed to work for the elec tion of railway men to the legislature of the several states, where they can secure the passage of laws that will be beneficial both to the employes and the railroads. The claim is made that there areTS.OOOrailway employes in the state, all voters, and that within the next year 75 per cent of them will be members of the league clubs. "ECHO CUT" Frightens a Big Four Engineer New to the Run. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 24. Engineer Frank Haring, who brought the Big Four train from North Vernon last night, had the most frightful experience of his life. It was his first run on the road, and he was not informed as to the mysteries of "Echo Cut," a spot feared by trainmen, located near McNab's Station, Ind. As the train entered "Echo Cut." near that place, Haring I blew his whistle several times, and in a second the sound of prolonged whist ling, evidently from a train ahead of him in the cut, came back. He quickly reversed his engine, and with his whistle throttle wide open, brought the train to a standstill. He was completely prostrated by the strain he had undergone. Having brought his train on to the city he was somewhat crestfallen when told that the supposed warning was simply an echo. At certain times in the fall these echoes play havoc with the nerves of the train crews. ENGINEER WAS COOL. Foiled an Attempt to Rob His Train Near Dublin, Texas Dublin. Tex.. Nov. 24. An attempt was made to rob a west-bound passen ger train on the Rio Grande railway at o'clock yesterday afternoon, about three miles-west of Dublin. As the train rounded a curve ap proaching a deep cut the engineer ob served a pile of rock on the track in the middle of the cut. He reversed his engine, stopping the train with a jolt, and almost instantly had his train in motion again, backing toward this place. The engineer's action was so quick that the robbers were unable to board the train but as the train backed out of their trap they opened fire upon the locomotive. The engineer and fire man crouched behind the boiler to avoid the bullets. There were four robbers and they were not masked. When offi cers reached the scene the robbers had disappeared. The passengers on the train rewarded the engineer with a liberal purse. FOR KLONDIKE TRAVEL. Santa Fe Establishes an Agency at Portland. Oregon. The Santa Fe company has establish ed a new agency at Portland. Ore., and the appointment of .1. J. Devereaux as general agent is announced by General Passenger Agent Black. Probable heavy travel to the Klondike in the spring is responsible for the establishment of the new agency. William Smith, commercial agent at Trinidad. Col., will on December 1 be transferred to the position of commer cial agent at Pueblo, and H. K. King, now local agent at Pueblo, will be given the agency at Trinidad. SLASH IN RATES. Fraight Betwaen Chicago and Denver Being Sent for a Song. Denver, Nov. 24. This morning Gen eral Agent McAllister of the Morgan Steamship line and Southern Pacific company received a dispatch from the head offices of his company announcing that the Morgan line will publish, ef fective November 26, from Atlantic seaboard territory to Colorado com mon points. Denver and south in con nection with the Pnion Pacific. Denver ar.d Gulf and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, from Fort Worth, the fol lowing schedule of class rates: First-class, $1.43; second-class $1.13: third-class, 63 cents; fourth-class, 46 cents: fifth-class. 40 cents. This is a cut of 16 cents to meet the cut of the same amount made Satur day by the all rail routes. It is claim ed that the gulf lines will make still further reduction if necessary to main tain the 43 cent differential, while the all rail lines are just as determined that the differential shall not exceed 27 cents. Late this afternoon it was announced that on Friday another reduction would be made in the rates, the new first class rate from Chicago to Denver be ing $1.0:. The last reduction was to $1.19. Other classes are reduced proportionately. B. O. to Reach Omaha. According to a report from Quincy, 111., the Baltimore Ohio Southwest ern is about to close a deal which will practically give it a line from Beards town, 111., to Omaha and Kansas City, and thus give the B. O. system a Missouri river terminal. The plans of this enterprise as given out contem plate the extension of the Springfield division of the Baltimore Ohio South western from Beardstown to Quincy, and a close traffic arrangement with the Omaha, Kansas City Eastern. Chicago to St. Paul for $1. Chicago, Nov. 24. Indications are ger that if the present war on passen rates between Chicago and St. Pau 1 is not soon adjusted people will have chance to make the trip between two cities for $1. One of the roads least, says it is its intention to do a the at so. having been advised by its attorn eys that under the decision of the I'ni ted ma ing States'" supreme court in the Alaba case. It can do so without redue fares between intermediate station Freight Rates Demoralized. Chicago. Nov. 24. Not only freight rates to Colorado points are in bad condition, but rates all through the southwest are demoralized. The South ern Pacific's action in regard to cotton rates has aggravated the various com plications in that territory. In making its rates the Southern Pacific, it is said, has ignored the schedules agreed to by the Southern Freight association. In consequence its competitors are making whatever rates they deem nec essary to meet the competition. Enormous Santa Fe Freight Trade The Winfield Courier says: Last Saturday evening there was a blockade in the Santa Fe yards and the passen ger trains were detained for some time in getting into the depot. There were 18 freight trains lying at South Winfield alone and the sidings were already pretty well filled with cars. At the el evator the tracks were full and the ef forts of the switch engine to move the mass several times resulted in pulling a draw-head. Switchmen's Ball Tonight The first railroad ball of the winter will be the ball given by the Switch men's Dnion of this city at Hamilton hall tonight. The hall has been pretti ly decorated, and a large attendance is expected. Watson's orchestra will furn ish the music. and committees of switch men will look after the comfort of the dancers. To Have Excursion Conductors. The Santa Fe passenger department has decided to place excursion conduct ors on the weekly excursion cars to California. The conductors will act in the same capacity as Pullman conduct ors, making the excursions personally conducted. HEATER EXPLODES In an Illinois Central Passen ger Coach With Serious Results. Paducah, Ky., Nov. 24. As a passen ger train on the Evansville division of the Illinois Central road was leaving De Koven, Ky., without warning, a steam heater in a crowded coach ex ploded, scattering pieces of bursting pieces in all directions and filling the j car with a cloud of scalding vapor. B.ailroads say the disaster is almost unprecedented. Nearly every occupant was more or less bruised or injured. The most seriously wounded victims are: R. C. Watkins, 3.", traveling freight agent of the Illinois Central. C. E. Cameron, chief clerk Illinois Central offices,, at Louisville. These two are reported badly hurt along with several others. Three sur geons with ambulances, were ordered to meet the train on its arrival here this afternoon. TWO MOliE BLUGLAUIES. Officers are LooKing for Will Leach Who is Suspected. The office of George II. Hapgood was burglarized this morning and a revolver taken. The home of M. Mitchell on North Kansas avenue was burglarized yesterday afternoon and a suit of clothes and some small trinkets were taken. Will Beach, who is well known to the police, is- suspected of both crimes. He was seen hanging around llapgood's just before the revolver was missed and he was seen by Constable Jackson wearing a suit of clothes that answered the de scription of the suit stolen. A warrant was gotten out for his arrest this morning. Constables Jackson and Lucas are looking for him. It is thought that he may be responsible for some of the other burglaries that have been com mitted. Rain or Snow Tomorrow. Weather Observer T. B. Jennings says that there will probably be rain or snow in Topeka tomorrow. The barometer is falling rapidly. Tomorrow will be cooler says Mr. Jennings. The minimum tem perature for the night was 27 degrees. The maximum temperature yesterday was 34 degrees. This afternoon the temperature was 42 degrees. The wind this afternoon was blowing from the south at the rate of IS miles an hour. The forecast sent to Topeka from the weather bureau at Chicago is for cooler, cloudy weather to night, with the probability of a rain to morrow. Boy With a Downcast Look. Chief Steele has received the follow ing letter from Burlingame, which shows how much they think of their poor farm boarders: "I have had an inmate of the poor farm escape from me, and I would like you to find him. He is a boy 12 years old. fair looking, dark eyes, and has a rather downcast look. His name is Ed Stone. If you have run him in or sent him to the re form school, please let me know. Yours truly, "JOHN H. PRICK. "Supt. Osage Co. Poor Farm, "Burlingame, Kan." We do mending and sew on outtons free of charge. Peerless Steam Laundry. Shirts, collars and cuffs laundered A SCHOONER'S FATE. Driven by a Wild Gale on a Shoal in Gtrdier's Bay. New York, Nov. 24. An unknown schoo ner was caught in a furious gale in Gard ner's bay, L. I., yesterday afternoon, and, becoming unmanageable, was driven on a bar about three miles off shore, on whic h there is hardly a fathom of water. The nearest life-saving station is nt Rocky Point, on the sound or northwest ern side of the bar, miles away. Tha men at this station were notified, and the surf boats, with other life-saving ap paratus, were drawn by a team of hoist s across the country to the nearest point on the coast off which the schoone r lay. The breakers were dashing furiously ov.r her and her condition looked helples. The surf boat was launched and the life savers pulled a way. battling with the surf. Up to a late hour no news had been ob tained as to whether or not they hnd again landed. GR00&1 CAME NOT. Iowa Man Mysteriously Disap pears a Short Time Before the Hour Fixed for the Wedding Des Moines, la., Nov. 24. A youthf.il romance of two years that was to hae ended at S o'clock this morning in a wedding at St. Ambrose church, was mysteriously interrupted by the Sud den disappearance of the groom ashort time before the ceremony. Geo. F. Smith and Mary C. Sullivan were to have been married. At 6 o'clock this morning the groom was called in his room at a boarding house. He was cheerful and perfectly rational. Going first to the home of his sweet heart, he told her when the carriage would call for her. Then he returned to his boarding house. About seven o'clock he left there, saying he would get shaved. The wedding was set for 8 o'clock. In a few minutes he return ed to his room, saying he must wait a little while for a vacant seat at the barber shop. At 7:20 o'clock he went away again. The last time he was seen he was walk ing along West Walnut street between Third and Fourth streets. He is 2". years old. Miss Sullivan is 20 years old. Smith was not known to be given to drink and bore a good reputation. BLAMES THE PILOT. Held Responsible for the Yantic Cauadienne Collision. Montreal, Nov. 24. The harbor com missioners delivered their findings ir the Yantic-Canadienne collision cat today. Their decision was that if the Yantic had not ported she would have cleared the Canadienne. Peron. the pilot, on the Yantic. was severely en sured and his license suspended tint;! July 1. IKuS. Lieut. Carter, the officer of the deck was relieved of all blame. Two mi nority reports were filed. One signe t by two members holds the officers and pilot of the Canadienne blameless and the other, signed by three ineinbeis. condemns the lookout man on theCana chenne as being partly to blame f"i- the collision. DEFIXE"AC C1IIED CLAIMS' Receivers of a Benefit Life Associa tion Desire to be Enlightened. Boston. Nov. 24. The receivers of the Massac husetts Benefit Life assoc iation, finding the duties much complica ted by the various forms of policies is sued by the association, by claims in foreign countries where special depos its were located, and by other varieties of existing contracts and claims there under, have filed in the supreme court a petition for the determination of the? meaning of the term "accrued claims'' for other instructions and for authority to pay the dividend. The total number of death claims un der class A it is stated is 167. represent ing $41)9.000: in class B, 17 representing $42.E07: in class C. 61! representing $177. 400; class D, 65 representing $46.24: class K. seven representing $12.2f0; class G. 100. representing $:!.8. 770. Claims for disability of 44 claimants exist, representing $17!.72n.48. The Cotton Market. New York, Nov. 24. COTTON Spot closed quiet. Middling uplands, r i:i-li;c; middling gulf. t l-l'o. Sales, 1.400 bales. Just think of a fine pig stuffed with oysters, turkey and cranberry sauce, pumpkin and mince pies, etc. Thesn and many more good things will be; served at the Cremerie, 726 Kan. Ave., tomorrow. Wauta fcit:ci(ictiojis, "Well, you know, 'a woman's as old as Bhe looks.' "In the morning or after she's ready to go down town'-" Detroit News. Some Doubt About It. He I suppose if your father found m here he would kick me out of the door. She Oh, I don't know. Papa's punting is wretched. Detroit .lournal. Safe Sympathy. "I believe in sympathizing with the un der dog in a fight. "So do I. He can't jump up and bit you." Chicago Record. Its liinilini;. Cholly I am aw handicapped, don't fou know. iy genius is bound. Molly Yes, in calf. New York Sun day World. Spanking. Different kinds of punifehment are Kr-td for unruly children, but as a gene ral thii g pan king takes the paliu. riomurvili Journal. A Transformation. Befor3 her father made hi pUa And hi:d a surplus in tiie bank Her fiR'tirc! oft provoked a smile. For shu was simply "long and lank." But now she's changed. Those das of yo.- Have been forgottcjn by us ;di. She counts admirers by the s-.:ore And is, you know, "divinely tall." James B:irr-tt Kirk in Brooklyn lAtv. The Shortest Route To Southern California is the Santa Fe. Pullman palace and tourist sleepers and free chairs to Los Angeles dnilv Kdnrate Yonr llmreh With Ciiscarets. Cnndj Cnthnrtic, cure constipation luri ir-r. 10c. 95c. If C.C.C. fail, drnsrs ists rotund monev. to look like new ly Peerless Steam Laundry. 112 and 114 Weft 8th St.
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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 189T. if X. 1 I i I I! Y ft it fl v EVER CONFIDENTIAL Green Goods Men Flood the Country With Letters Advertising Their Wares and Soliciting Business. Postal Authorities Take Precautiona ry Measures and a Numbsr of the Letters Reach Post master Arnold. A large number of Topeka people have received green go.ods letters this week, and all of them bore the follow ing inscription: OFFICIAL NOTICE. The person receiving this letter is warned against swindlers who falsely pretend to deal in counterfeit money. If this letter relates to that subject, hand it to the post- master, who will forward to P. O. IJep't DIv. Correspond- ence, Washington, I. C. This was stamped on the outside of the envelope with a rubber stamp and it is supposed that everyone of the let ters rec eived bore this significant mark. At any rate postmaster Arnold has al ready received a bundle of 35 of the letters and he is waiting for more. As sunn as they are all in, he will forward them to the department at Washing ton. How the government officials found out that the letters contained green goods literature, is not known to Postmaster Arnold. It is supposed that the shrewd inspectors in New York found that the letters were to be mail ed, and when they came in, placed the stamp upon them, which destroyed their effectiveness. None of the letters had been opened when they were re ceived at the Topeka postoffiee. .Many of the letters were addressed to well known citizens, and they Were jointed in facsimile of typewriting. They are all alike and are as follows: STRICTLY COXFI1 IKNTI.A L. Friend: I send you this in confidence and would not have done so if I did not think you could make money handling a class of goods 1 deal in, and do it with absolute safety to yourself If 1 have made a mistake, please destroy this b-tter. and think no more of it, but don't abuse the confidence I have placed in you. as no insult is intended it is the offer and chance of your life to make money, and plenty of it, by handling my class of goods, and if you let it pass, you will have no one to blame but yourself. These goods come in sizes of one's, five's and ten's, and cannot le excelled, and are printed on exactly the same paper as the gov ernment uses. This has been the great drawback for years with me to se cure silk fibre paper but I am pleased now to be able to tell my customers that I have at last succeeded. These are not counterfeits, as you might sup pose, but just only what the govern ment calls them -"Duplicate Bills" and as the government claims, the inost dangerous that have ever come out. and impossible of detection, even by the best government experts, and then only when they arrive at the treasury at Washington, which is not in years, and after passing through so many hands tnat it is impossible to trace them. Now, as this is a secret business, J have some rules for you to follow, and by so doing we will be able to deal. Never write a letter to the enclosed address, for I will not receive it. and if you do. it will go to the dead letter of fice, and there be opened and read, and might cause trouble, and trouble is not what we want. Knclosed in this letter is a copy of a tel"gram, which must be sent just as It reads, or I will not be able to tell who it comes from, and on the receipt of it, I will send you a sample of my goods, also a price list and full particulars. Send your telegrams over the Western Vriion lines. 1'our telegram may be sent from any town as long as it is worded and numbered as the enclosed slip. He sure and sign the initials of your name to the telegram. All letters from me will be sent to the same address as this one, except you notify me differently. Yours in confidence. Accompanying the letter is the fol lowing slip: Keep this for reference. This is the copy of telegram you are to send: A. P. Cordon, Westchester Depot. New York: I have No. &22, Copy of Holllels. Send the above telegram just as it rt-ads, or I will not know who it is from. Sign only the first letters of your name to telegram. Should you not get an answer from me in a rea sonable time with my price list of goods and sample of same, telegraph again. I'se Western Union Company's line only. All telegrams must be pre paid to insure delivery. "The worst cold I ever had in my life was cured by Chamberlain's Cough Itemed y." writes W. H. Norton, of Sutter Creek. Cal. "This cold left me with a cough and I was expectorating all the time. The remedy cured me, and 1 want all of my Triends when troubled with a cough or cold to use it, for it will do them good." Sold by druggists. Your Xmas Photo3. Early orders, better results at Sny der's New Photo Gallery, 722 Kansas avenue. Not how cheap but how good la the way we try to do our work. Peerless Bteam Laundry, 112 and 114 West 8th. rn3 rnrri 13 I u Most Torturing, Disfiguring, Humiliating Of itching, turning, Weeding, scaly skin and scalp humors is instantly relieved by a warm bath with Ccticura Soap, a single application of Cuticcba (oint ment), the great skin cure, and a full dose of Ccticcra Resolvent, greatest of blood purifiers and humor cures. Remedies speedily, permanently, and economically cure, when all else fails. Pottkk Vva iiTD Chxm. Coif.. Sole Prop.. B ottoa. WV" How to Cum very Skin and Blood Humor," trM, FI!?LY FACES CLTlCLttA SOAf. uwdZ A SN AP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS Captain P. It. Coney is sick. Ex-Senator Peffer is 66 years old. The barber shops will close at noon to. morrow. The last of the street cars are being vestibuled. Rev. and Mrs. M. C. Long has returned from Fredonia. Mr. and Mrs. William Heizer are the parents of a son. Hunting parties galore are being organ, ized for tomorrow. State Printer Parks is one of the most affable men in town. The Republican Flambcu club will meet tonight for drill. i ne i. m. i a. is arranging for a contest in "cocked hat." The State Penmanship association will meet at Emporia December 11. The county commissioners have allowed the bills for election expenses. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Scahlll, 321 Monroe street, are the parents of a son. Washburn will play the Haskell Indians at fooc ball on Thanksgiving afternoon. President Ripley's private care Is In the shops in this city receiving some repairs. Matthew SCott of the Santa Fe shops has recovered from a two week's illness, Engineer John Snyder of the Santa Fe is in southern Missouri on a hunting trip. W. H. Calihan is reported in a critical condition. He has been sick for some days. F. A. Wilson, representing the Hall Lithographing company at Denver, is in the city. The stockholders of the Santa Fe will hold their annual meeting in Topeka De cember 2. The union Thanksgiving meeting of the east side will be held at the Third Chris, tian church. The new plaid waists which appear on the streets during pleasant afternoons are "stunners." Miss, Rose Waters, one of the Stormont hospital corps of nurses, Is quite ill at the hospital. Washburn and Bethany colleges and the city schools closed today for the Thanks, giving vacation. The eighteen inch vein of coal recent ly discovered near Auburn is reported to be holding out well. Ensign Lehy, known as the "Salvation Army Talking Machine," will be here on December 1 and 2. The first chairiless bicycle arrived in town yesterday afternoon, accompanied by a traveling man. The man who is not able to attend to his own business always thinks he knows all about how to run a newspaper. Several firms are figuring on the con tract to supply Billard's mill in North To peka with new machinery. Work on the new building at the insane asylum has been delayed on account of the joists not having arrived. Mr. Willis King, an editorial writer on the Kansas City World, has returned home after a visit in this city. Frank Shelden, who is attending the Kansas City Dental college, is in Topeka for the Thanksgiving vacation. A dressed turkey on exhibition at a downtown grocery house yesterday weigh ed 40 pounds. Its price was $4.20. City Attorney Bird thinks that the city has authority to reduce hydrant rentals as well as rates to private consumers. Postmaster Arnold says he hopes that his successor will secure two more clerks in the office. He says they are needed. Harry Tracy, stenographer to United States District Attorney Perry, has re signed. His successor has not yet been named. Mr. A. Barrett, expert electrician for the Kansas and Missouri Telephone com. pany, is in the city inspecting the new switchboard. A branch of the Union Veterans' league was organized in Topeka last night. Only veterans who were under fire are eligible to membership. The most modest woman in Topeka holds a public position and complains when anything is said about the place in the newspapers. T. S. Williams has been issued a per. mit to build an addition to his residence on Lafayette between Fifth and Sixth streets. It will cost $100. Dana C. McVicar. John Collins, Wilkie Klock, Lohr Grubbs and Wilkie Lauck came up from the state university today for the Thanksgiving vacation. Bob Fitzsimmons spent an hour yester day afternoon playing pool in a Kansas avenue billiard hall, and ten minutes after he entered the room was crowded. "Robin Hood, Jr.," the burlesque on the opera, has canceled its booking for the Crawford theater in this city this month and will not visit Topeka until later. The new concert company organized by Prof. A. E. Palmer, formerly of Wash, burn college, will give its first concert in Sterling, Kan., next Monday evening. Although there has not been one day of good skating in Topeka for two or three years, the dealers are receiving a big stock of skates for the approaching sea son. B. F. Pankey, the Topeka stockman who lost his barn and a large amount of grain by fire last week, had $2,000 insurance on the property, but the loss will amount to $4,000. A notorious woman was acquitted of keeping a disorderly house in the district court yesterday. The law-breakers are having an excellent time in the courts this term. An Episcopalian young man of this city made a record for himself by escorting six Presbyterian young ladies to the morning services at the Methodist church last Sunday. The Topeka railway trolley wire broke at Huntoon and Clay streets last evening, causing a short delay in traffic. The wire on the cum was torn down by a trolley flying loose. Justice S. H. Allen of the supreme court is quite a pedestrian. He never fails to walk to and fro between his home in Pot. win and the state house unless the wea. ther is extremely stormy. G. S. Matthews, representing the New Tork Sun, is in the city accumulating material for a series of articles pertaining to Kansas. He will spend Thanksgiving with Will White In Emporia. The Sons of the American Revolution are in session this afternoon for the pur. pose of considering the advisability of combining the organizations of the Sons of the American Revolution and the Sons of the Revolution. Louis Heck is making extensive im provements in his dwelling at Quincy and Ninth streets. An addition of brick is being built and the building is bting changed into a modern residence. "VV. J. Costigan has sued ex-State Friniei E. H. Snow for $2,176.32 back pay. air. Costigaa was to be paid $23 a week for editing the Ottawa Journal and he claims he received only $248.68 for 97 weeks' work. Dr. B. D. Eastman returned this morn, lng from Hays City, where he was sum moned as expert witness in the Leach murder case. Leach put forth the defense that he was insane. The case goes to the Jury today. Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis.the successor of Prof. Swing, will be at Crawford's Opera House Friday night under the au. spices of the high school lecture course management. His lecture will be, "What Makes a Man of Value to Society." A Topeka society lady recently pur chased some dry goods, the bill for which j was $110. She was given 1.000 trading j checks by the firm, which called for $10 j worth of goods in trade at several other stores. She bought some fine silver tea spoons. J. Harner, a graduate of the state nor mal school at Emporia, recently princl. pal of a school at Memphis, Tenn., died last week from brain fever, which fol lowed a severe attack of typhoid fever. The body was taken to Clay Center, the home of the family, for burial. On next Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock there will be a sale of 100 pictures at the home of Mrs. Dell Keizer, 1209 Western avenue. The pictures are reproductions made by the Ladies Home Journal. The proceeds of the sale will be given to Rev. Charles 'M. Sheldon to be used in charity work. The admission to the exhibition will be 15 cents. Glen Hatfield of the firm of Batman Hatfield, was victimized out of $55 in cash by the Methodist minister. Rev. G. E. Morrison, who was held here on suspl. cion of having murdered his wife at Pan handle, Tex., on October 8. Hatneld loaned the minister the money. Yester day he had the preacher's trunk and gold watch and diamond pin attached by a constable and will endeavor to get back his money. At the telephone central office in this city there is an automatic pay station telephone which is a wonder in mechan ism. By ringing up on it and asking for a number on an out of town toll line the operator answers: "Drop the money in the slot in front of you. The charge lor toll is dropped in the corresponding slot and a bell rings. Then the connection is made. There are only two instruments of the kind in the city and they are rent ed to the company, not told. UNJUST COAL KATES. People inSouthwsstern Kansas De clare They are Not Treated Fairly. Coal rates from southeastern Kansas points are likely to form the basis of very general and searching investiga tion before the state board of railroad commissioners at an early date, as the consumers and shippers are very Indig nant at what seems to be unjust dis criminations against them. The complaints, it is said, will come from people in the western and south central portions of the state. Including perhaps the territory as tar north as Salina, west to Hutchinson and south to the state line. Within that portion of the state are found the most densely populated com munities, yet under the existing tariff rates in force on the various lines of railroad, the people, it is alleged, suf fer gross injustices. From Weir City, Frontenac, Pitts burg and the mining districts of the state, the coal rate to Atchison is $1. To points half that distance in the southwestern part of the state.the coal rate is from 50 cents to $1 per ton high er. Emporia, with a direct line of road, pays $1.50. Arkansas City pays $l.!S0. Sedgwick, which is reached by trains through Wichita or by trains through Newton, has a higher rate than either of the places named. El Dorado and Florence, Marion and Salina, in fact, all the towns in that section of the state, are compelled to submit to arbi trary rates. Some of the dealers in many of the towns specified secure rebates, of course, and are able to continue their business, aided by the coal trust. But the ordinary citizen, the complaints will show, suffer great injustices. SPAIN GROWS GENEROUST" Marshal Blanco Authorized to Aid the Suffering Poor. Havana. Nov. 24. Marshal Blanco, the captain general of Cuba, has been author ized by the government at Madrid to sign a credit of $100,000 to be devoted to the im. mediate relief of the suffering peasants who have been gathered in the vicinity of the towns occupied by the Spanish troops. State Agricultural Building Burns. Pullman, Wash., Nov. 24. Ferry Hall, one of the largest buildings of the state agricultural college, was destroyed by fire early this morning, causing a loss of $40,000. The fire was caused by a defect, ive flue. Dover. N. H.. Oct. 31, 1S96. Messrs. Ely Bros.: The Balm reach ed me safely and in so short a time the effect is surprising. My son says the first application gave decided relief. I have a shelf filled with "Catarrh Cures." Tomorrow the stove shall re ceive them and Ely's Cream Balm will reign supreme. Respectfully, MRS. FRANKLIN FREEMAN. Cream Balm is kept by all druggists. Full size 50 cents. Trial size 10 cents. We mail it. ELY BROS., 56 Warren St., N. Y. City. Summer Land in Winter Southern California: the California Limited takes you there in 54 hours over the Santa Fe Route. Most lux urious service. 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. C ASTORIA Tor Infants and Children. Tht fas ti nilt irtA'.tti CLEVER CORINXE. Advanced Sale of Seats Indicates a Hearty Welcome Tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoon and evening Cor inne, the clever little actress who has al- i wajs attracted good houses in this city. will be seen at the Crawford theater in the operatic extravaganza, "An American Beauty." The advance sale of seats for both performances has been good, and the production will probably be witnessed by large audiences In the afternoon as well as In the evening. Corinne is said to be most enthusiastic with her role, which makes her a beau tiful young widow at Newport, in fact, the belle of that famous resort, with whom many fall in love. She is seen by a circus manager, who tries every scheme to secure her as his Ten Thousand Dollar Beauty. As may be easily imagined, the situations are decidedly funny, and her many escapades serve to keep the audi, ence in laughter. One of the most strik. ing scenes is when, bespangled with gold and silver ornaments and in full circus costume, she rides upon the stage on the back of an immense, richly caparisoned elephant. This Is only one of the many picturesque stage effects, which pass be. fore the eyes in bewildering succession, made up as they are of beautiful women, funny comedians and all that wealth of accessories that even amazed the satiated New York theatergoers. Regular prices will prevail at the even, ing performance, and at the matinee the prices will be 75, 50 and 25 cents. At Crawford's theater tonight "Hogan's Alley," a farce comedy which has been successful in the east, will be presented. "Hogan's Alley," the advance notices state, "is a play which deals with mod ern glimpses of life. It was a very pa. thetic story and possessed a deep plot, but the Yellow Kid swiped it and it can't be found now. That just explains It. Th Yellow Kid is the great feature of the play, and the rest goes like a bunch of firecrackers." The prices are 75, 50 and 25 cents. Beach Bower's minstrels will make their annual visit to this city at the Crawford theater next Saturday evening. The prices for the performance this year will be 50, 35 and 25 cents. PRISON FOR A DUKE, Duke of Manchester is Sentenc ed For Debt. 1 London, Nov. 24. The Cambridge coun. ty court made a commitment order today on the Duke of Manchester, who was sued for a livery stable debt of 49 and costs. The order, however, was sus pended for three weeks, with liberty to appeal. William Angus Montague, the present Duke of Manchester, is the ninth duke and son of the late Duke of Manchester, whose wife wa3 formerly Miss Oonsuelo Ysnaga of'New York. The present duke was born on March 3, 1877, and succeeded to the title on the death of his father in 1892. The estates of the Duke of Man. Chester include Kimbolton castle and Brampton Park, Huntingdonshire, Eng land, and Tangerage castle, county Ar. magh, Ireland. During the early part of the present year it was reported that th Duke of Manchester was to marry Miss Pauline Astor, daughter of William Wal dorf Astor, but the report was subse quently denied. The young duke's name has also been mentioned as an aspirant to the hand of Miss Mary Goelet. daugh ter of the late Ogden Goelet. This rumor went so far as to have it that the duke was engaged to Miss Goelet, a statement which was emphatically denied by the family. THE IRISH JOAN OF ARC. Miss Maud Gonne Mak6s a Strong Speech Against Arbitration Treaty. Chicago, Nov. 24. Every seat was taken and hundreds of people were standing in the aisles at Central Music hall last night to hear Miss Maud Gonne, editress of L'Irelande Libre, who had come from Paris to deliver the principal address at the anniversary exercises in memory of the Irish patriots, Allen, Iirken and O'Brien. Mayor Carter H. Harrison pre. sided and introduced Miss Gonne as ''The Irish Joan of Arc." She was given a rousing reception, the great audience ris ing and applauding again and again. The feature of Miss Gonne's address. was her bitter denunciation of the pro posed arbitration treaty between Great Britain and the United States. England wanted it, the speaker declared, not for peace, but to bolster her war prestige elsewhere. To Ireland this would be a bitter blow. On motion of M. V. Gan. Ion, a resolution was adopted with great cheering, condemning the proposed treaty and calling upon all men of Irish blood to oppose it. Attention, Arions. EOdF and every member is expected to meet at the Arion hall on Thurs day, at 1 o'clock p. m., sharp, to par ticipate in the funeral services of our deceased president, Ed Buechner. Let none fail to pay him this last token of respect. Members of other German so cieties are respectfully invited to meet with us, and assist in this last sad du ty to a worthy countryman. W. B. PAGAN, Acting President. There is no remedy equal to Herbine for the cure of constipation, sick head ache, indigestion, vertigo, loss of mem ory, uncertain appetite, unrestful sleep or skin eruptions. If you want a per fect tonic for the liver, Herbine will not disappoint you. Geo. W. Stans field. 632 Kansas avenue, and Miller's Pharmacy, corner Sixth and Topeka avenues. FOOTBALL. Kis3ouri vs. Kansas. The TJniversities of Missouri and Kansas will plav in Kansas City on Thanksgiving Day. The Santa Fe will take you there and back for $2.00. Tick ets will be sold November 24 and 25, and be good to return until November 26. Annual Bail. Irwin Lodge No. 260, A. O. IT. W., will give their annual ball at Hamilton hall. Thanksgiving night, Nov. 25th. The California Limited Takes you to Los Angeles in only 64 hours over the Santa Fe Route. Best route best train best time. Meals always good. AkMAMA.THE i 1 T ulWSi&5v1 AVI J BURNING ALCOHOL. 6,000 Barrels of Spirits Go Up in Flames. St. "Louis. Nov. 24. A fire that did fully $100,000 damage broke out shortly before 5 o'clock last evening in the warehouse ot the Ravenswood Distil lery company in North St. Louis. The employes were on th fourth floor of the seven-story warehouse rolling a barrel of alcoi.ol from an up per tier, when the bung flew out and a stream of alcohol covered a lantern, in an instant flames sprang up. serious ly burning C. J. Murphy about the face. A general fire alarm was turned in but the work of the firemen was use less, as the 6,000 barrels of alcohol, bourlxm, rye and spirits stored in the building fed the llames and within thirty minutes the entire warehouse was a roaring furnace from cellar to roof. The distillery adjoining was saved. At 7 o'clock the fire was under control. The distillery has not b?en in operation for some time "owing to a fuil stock on hand and the business consisted in shipping orders. Superintendent Murphy said: "The warehouse building was built some years ago at a cost of $li,000 and was entirely filled with stock valued at $72,000. The damage to the distil lery proper I estimate at about $9,000. I think about 75 per cent was covered by insurance." PENALTY OF THE LAW. Afflxed to Sale of Alum Baking Pow der, Section 1. Every person who manu factures for sale within this state or offers or exposes for sale, or sells, any baking powder, or any mixture or com pound intended for use as a baking powder under any name or title what ever, which shall contain, as may ap pear by the proper tests, any alum, in any form or shape, unless the same be labeled, as hereinafter required and di rected, shall be deemed guilty of a mis demeanor, and upon conviction, shall, for each offence, be punished by a fine not less than twenty-five (25) or more than one hundred (100) dollars and costs, or by imprisonment in the coun ty jail not exceeding thirty (30) days." This is from the law as it stands to day on the statute books of the state of Minnesota. WALL STREET IS STIRRED By a Rumor That the Government Will Bid on the K. P. New York, Nov. 24. The first pay ment of $13,645,250 to the government on-acoount of the purchase of the Un ion Pacific railway was cleared today as well as cashier's checks on the Na tional City bank for nearly $4,000,000. which the latter sent to the other na tional banks which have been desig nated as special temporary depositor ies for part of the proceeds of the sale. Interest was taken today in a report from Washington to the effect that the government intended to bid for the Kansas Pacific railroad and that a representative of the government would qualify for that purpose by de positing with the court the necessary amount, $200,000 of cash and bonds (SIOO.OCO. of each) five days before sale. Regarding this the Evening Post says: "If the government should buy the railroad the interest in it of the con solidated mortgage holders would be wiped out thereby and the security back of their general (third) mortgage would be reduced to that extent. That mortgage is provided for, however, in the reorganization plan." Mrs. C. S. Baker's Latest S. Baker, Topeka's well Mrs. C. known song writer, received a commis sion some time ago from Miss Huey of Chicago, to write a set of religious verses for the music of the oieia "Samson and Delilah." Mrs Baker has been engaged on the work for sev eral weeks and has just completed it. The words fill eight pages of closely typewritten matter and is the longest song that Mrs. Baker has ever at tempted. The title will be "Nostra Supplicato." The musical critics of Topeka pronounce Mrs. Baker's efforts a great success. Attention Star Lod?e. All members of Star lodge No. 331 A. O. U. W. are requested to meet at their hall, 1,000 North Kansas avenue, tomorrow, November 25th. at 1 p. m. sharp, to attend the funeral of our be loved Brother Buechner. All sister lodges are cordially invited to attend with us. Attest: W. E. SCHLTCTER, J. R. McNARY, Master Workman. Recorder. Follow Your Fads to California, Play golf, ride wheel, snap camera all winter. The Santa Fe Route, Cali fornia Limited, affords quickest time, faultless service. There is no finer, fresher, richer or more varied line of suitings than that kept by Olof Ekberg, 713 Kansas ave. Mineral Water. The finest In the west. Come and try It. J- W. PHILLIPS. 612 W. Eighth St. Eager buyers are attending the ad ministrator's sale of the Trumbull art stock; everything must go regardless of cost or value. So-To-Bc for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak mea strong, biood pure. 60c, (1. All drugist& NEW MRS.DIGGS' PATH IS CLEAR There Will be Nothing Come Between Her and the Office of Librarian. Some of the friends of defeated candi dates for the office of state librarian have recently intimated that Governor Leedy's apathy towards Mrs. Annie L: Diggs might be responsible for a refus al on his part to issue to her a com mission for that place. It has been asserted that the gover nor would take advantage of power he is alleged to hold in this matter and prevent Mrs. Diggs' confirmation. The claim was made that the stat utes,, although giving the governor no voice in the selection of a state libra rian, di give him the power to reject a person not satisfactory to him. although such person may have been duly recom mended by the judges cf the supreme court. The governor has no such power and under the statute must commission Mrs. Diggs. The provision of the law follows: "When a vacancy shall occur in the office of librarian by death, resignation, removal from office or by expiration of term of office, the governor shall ap point and commission the person the directors shall recommend to fill such vacancy and the librarian may at any time be removed upon requea; of all the directors." Prominent lawyers who have exam ined the law on this point are unani mous in the opinion that the governor, even if he were so inclined, could not refuse to appoint Mrs. Diggs, or any other person, the judges of the supreme court might recommend for the place. The governor himself disappointed the "agitators" by declaring today: "I w ill commission the candidate nom inated by the supreme court. That is all I have to say." This means that Mrs. Diggs will be come the librarian. Gymnastics for Boys and Girls. Classes for little boys and girls be tween the ages of four and nine years will meet regularly on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons at 3 o'clock at the Topeka School of Physical Education. Corrective and Aesthetic Gymnastics will be taught with action songs and simple attitudes. Children entering this class should be enrolled at once that their work may begin December 1st. A special rate of tuition will be made to those whose names are en rolled before December 1st. The requirements ot a medicine is to lighten the burden of pain and cure. This brings us to the question of a rem edy, and Tabler's Buckeye Pile Oint ment is the only remedy for blind, bleeding or protruding Piles that is en dorsed by physicians. Cures the most obstinate cases. EOc. Geo. W. Stans field. 632 Kansas avenue, and. Miller's Pharmacy, corner Sixth and Popeka avenues. Take Summer With You By going to California this winter: and take comfort with you by traveling on the California Limited, the Santa Fe's finest train. FAR$!-JohD,I have nof seen voa JoKH-No.zut'.buf I've bin noin V "r t ttt O t -'.J'-- 4 -.r f-; :-.-7 -S J?4 s,. --rv. rn-r i V -.----i?-A-F:e i--1' -':B bLt 8 .1-.-af.f.f f.Vif---:-"" -iAt,- 5 rfiKop-pmemDeK.Jonna roiling srone garnere no moss1 JeK-Ay6,zup,buf it fakes atettre4 sheep a long time tap jit fat" WAR SHIP 1 OF THE -AMERICAN NAVY. LP i mem, SEWER PIPE TRUST. J. P. Morgan Co. at the Head of a Gigantic Comb ne. East Liverpool, Ohio, Nov. 21. The fact was made kro.vn today that the eastern parties who are backing the proposed consolidation of all the sewer pipe mar ufacturies of the country into a gigantic trust, are J. I'. Morgan fc Co., the New York bankers. It is pro posed to organize a new company on the basis of a valuation of S27.5OO.0o0 for the 45 lrge plants in the country. .I.P.Morgan Co., are to advance ?11. Odo.OOO cash and to buy out two-thirds of each piajir. The balance the manu lacturers take in stock in the big company. J. P. Morgf.n Co.. and will have 6 of the 15 directors. There will be but one central office and orders will be shipid from the nearest factory. The sav ing in office xpenses. cost of selling and freight will be $2.'MO.0O0 per an num and the selling: price is to be raised suliicientiy to increir-.se the present output 10 per cent. I'nless all the 45 firms go into the trust the Morgan proposition is void. NOVEL DEFENSE FAILS. Latter Carrier, Convicted by Decoy Letters, Sentenced to Penitentiary. St. Louis. Nov. 24. Lawrence J. O'Neill, a letter carrier, was sentenced in the t'nited Suites court today to three years in the penitentiary for the tiuft oI let ters. O'Neill was arrested by means of decoy letters. His attorney raised the question that the case was not valid because the h tters taken by O'Neill were decoys and not really mail matter, as they were not sent through the postoffiee and not really in tended for anybody. Judge Adams decided the attorney's views would not stand, and after severely lecturing O'Neill imposed sentence. Green Coal Co. 621 Kansas Avenue Are still doing business at The old stand Under new management but The Coal Is clean. The tons weigh 2.000 pounds. And we try hard to please You and Thoroughly appreciate your patronage. Remember the old stand, 621 Kansas Avenue. Yards are now on Sixth street. At west end of Viaduct. Up to Data Photos is Snyder's idea In Gallery, 722 Kansas avenue. his new The Trumbull art stock may be sold at wholesale any time; better take ad vantage of the retail prices now, at 720 Kansas avenue. A Winter of Roses And orange blossoms In delightful Southern California. Only 54 hours away by the California Limited Santa Fe Route. 1 at church fop a few Suncfov fo th' chapel" t VV. Ill I J
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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1897. 1 j-'' i Keats, o Situations, V Auction Sales, AND OTHER Classified Advertisements. SITUATIONS WANTED FREE. Are you in need of work? If so. you are at liberty to use these columns for assistance in that direction. "While this notice appears the State Journal will publish free on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, for Topeka or Kansas people, all notices of "Situations Wanted," not to exceed five lines, or thirty-fivo words. In length, provided that all advertisements of that nature are handed in previous to 10 o'clock Saturday mcrnii.g: also on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday all ad vertising of this class handed in by 10 o"c!ock Wednesday morning. No advertisements of this nature to be Etarted except on Saturdays and Wed nesdays. No obligation is incurred on the part of the advertiser. No worthy and needy man or woman need hesitate to take advantage of this offer. No one In business or having employment is ex pected to take advantage of it, but all others are invited to avail themselves freely. Tne Topeka State Journal guarantees every day it is printed, to give a local circulation by far more than all other Dailies combined. This makes this pa per the cheapest, as well as the best, daily medium In Topeka. the classified ad vertisements below costing but Fitfc Cents Line, or 20 cents a line for a week: BO cents by the month. Average circulation for first six months of 1S97. 11,584. WANTED HELP. "WANTED A young man, married. desires work in office, grocery store or as boik kepeer. experienced, with cily and out of town references; will work a week or two without remuneration to demonstrate ability. Address "Willing," Journal. WANTED Some one- to moe a small building. L. J. Bailey, 110 West 6th st. WANTED By steady woman, housework to do mornings, or rooms to clean. Ap ply at 12M North Topeka ave. WANTED A boy of about 15 years, at 511 West Tenth. WANTED Men and women to work at home. I pay ii to $lti per week for making crayon portraits, new patent method; anyone who can read ,r write can do the work, at home, ia spare time, day or evening. Send for particulars and work at once. Address H. A. Oripp, l3sr mun Artist, Tyrone, Pa! LADIES wanted to travel and appoint agents for an old established house. Permanent position. $10 per month and all expenses. Z., Box 734 Chicago. WANTED Girl to do general housework. Inquire at No. ti Ross Block, Van Buren street. WANTED Saleswomen for Mrs. Dr. Kester's Heartsease; best medicine for women known. tady in attendance at Kj-iS Tyler st. WANTED Good organizers: can guaran tee good men $2.5ou per vear. Address The Life and Annuity Association, Hia watha, Kan. WANTED -MISCELLANEOUS. WANTED A second hand coal stove; must be air tight and good heater, also cheap. Orphans' Home, Third and Fill more. WANTED To exchange World type writer, 7s character, nice walnut case, for bicycle, camera or blacksmith tools. Address J. H. Markley, Carbondale, Kan. WANTED Your orders for Thanksgiving cider. Washburn's Cider Works. Send orders to b23 Kansas ave. 'Phone 117. WANTED Buyers for second hand shotguns; one complete $S5 Parker hunt ing outfit for J.!0; one $,,5 English "Scot" gun for $27. Other bargains at the Golden l;ule. 227 Kansas ave. WANTED You to know that Kosdick s Carpet '."leaning Works have removed to wu Kansas ave.. opposite Oopeland ho tel, where you can get your chenille and lace curtains cleaned better than any place west of Chicago. J. H. Fosdick. WANTED Stock to winter; good care; per month: stabling with grain. $3. Stanley Bros., box all. North Topeka. WANTED Horses to winter. MeAiee, fills Kansas ave. H. W. WANTED Household furniture, stoves. books, guns, watches, gents' second hand clothing (must be goodi. Parties ubout selling out will receive the highest possible cash price for their furniture. 1 nop a card or note by mail, which will be attended to immediately if directed to Thomas Ward, corner Fourth and Monroe sts., city. WANTED You to know that we have the only machine cleaner in the city. Prices t to t,,;?ijv OIUS., .VI. Hnm:ir S. Hnrniim Horal National hotel. TopeLa Carpet Cleaning Works, K4 and Hb b.ast luth St. F. A. Koester, Prop. Phone t42. WANTED Horses to winter, near town, good feed. Horses, this office. WANTED We want to make some gilt-edged loans on farms in Shawnee county. Call on us at once. T. E. BOWMAN CO., Columbian Building. WANTED Watches to clean. 75c: clocks. ave: mainsprings. 75c: crystals. 10c. Csh paid for old gold or silver. All work guar anteed. Old jewelry exchanged for new. If hard up, see Uncle Sam. 612 Kan. Ave. SALESMEN WANTED. IrVANTED Salesmen: salarv paid week ly: experience unnecessary; permanent. Brown Bros. Co., Chicago. $30 A W EEK and expenses paid men to sell cigars on time. Experience unnec essary. The W. L. Kline Co., St. Louis, Mo. AGENTS WANTED. WANTED Agents for quick selling arti cle. n. j.&i ientn. AGENTS get fifty cents on each dollar no experience necessary. Write for agent's outfit. Address the Catholic Ktwa, Barclay St., Nw York. FOR RENT-ROOMS. FOR RENT Furnished rooms with board, $3.50 per week. 314 Van Buren. FOR RENT Furnished front room at 716 Tyler. FOR RENT Furnished upper east front room, with large alcove; furnace heat. 421 Quincy st. FOR RENT Pleasant furnished rooms. Two for light housekeeping. Sin E, 8th. FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT at 934 Kansas ave. Gas, heat, hot and cold water, bath and all. conveniences, single or en suite. FOR RENT Choice store rooms ana modern flats. 214 East Fifth st. FOR SALE-MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE A good hard coal base burner stove. Inquire at 1101 Topeka ave. FOR SALE 1 parlor suite. 1 bedroom suite. 1 sideboard, 1 dresser.l book shelf, dining room chairs and other furniture. Call between S and 12 a. m. at llolTylerst. FOR SALE 1 cow giving milk. 1 4-horse power engine and boiler and popcorn stand. 621 Western ave. FOR SALE, LEASE OR EXCHANGE 'Solomon Sentinel'' newspaper and job ofiice,. established 19 years. E. B. Bur nett, 335 Van Buren, Topeka. FOR SALE Pigs. Inquire at brick house. three blocks south of the end of street car track, cemetery line. FOR SALE Two hard and one soft coal stove, also one gasoline stove, cheap. 512 Clay st. FOR SALE 42 shares of stock in Crystal Steam Laundry. See A. Smith, Model Supply Store. FOR SALE One of the best paying ho tels on the Rock Island road; In good repair, and furnished. For paritculars, address James Cunningham, Belleville, Kan. MISCELLANEOUS. WATER, COAL OR GAS M. Burkett. contractor for drilling or boring; any depth to 1,000 feet. All work guaranteed tirst class at low prices. 509 Monroe st. FRANK J. BROWN, 17 Columbian Bldg., has $800 to loan: has good real estate or bank stock investments. Buys and sells houses and lots. MISCELLANEOUS. FOR TRADE For 5 or 10 acres of land, close to Topeka, a 5 room house with lot. good barn, well and grape arbor. In quire. 422 Chandler st. "ONLY PERFECT VAPOR BATH." Greatest seller on earth. Hygienic Bath Cabinet Co.. Nashville. Tenn. CLEANING AND PRESSING suits, 50c; overcoats, 40c; pants, 20c; work guaran teed. Have removed from 218 East Fifth st. to 414 Kansas ave. M. Manson, Tailor. FREE DISPENSARY of Kansas Medical College, corner of Twelfth and Tyler, is open dally except Sunday, frpm 1 to 2 p. m. E. M. Brockett, M. D. YOUR ORDERS FOR COAL, Topeka Transfer Coal Co., ofiice Sua Kansas ave. Tel. 320. Yard Tel. 6s3. McAFEE'S pure apple cider, fresh every day at 15c per gal. delivered. Send or ders to 018 Kan. ave. Tel. 160. FOR VIEWS of residence or parlor, stock, groups, etc., or photos of any interior or outside views see Farrow. 11 Kan. Ave. FOR RENT The barn belonging to 812 W. 6th st. Apply 42 Columbian bldg., T. E. Bowman Co. Viavi The best known remedy for women. Ladies In attendance. Kansas Viavi Co., 2 Columbian Building, Topeka- LOST AND FOUND. LOST A hat box containing two hats and oiher small articles, with name of Dean Bodley on it- Address Hat Box, care Journal. LOST Solid gold band ring, between Tenth st. and car barns on Jackson; $5 reward for return to 113 West Tenth. LOST OR STOLEN Certificate of deposit No. 21.173 on First National bank. of To peka. for $120; also check No. 1,809; dated November 13, 1S97. issued by J. S. Parks, for $f.53. All persons are cautioned against negotiating same. W. E. Baxter. STRAYED FROM POTWIN PASTURE, one light red spotted cow, tips of horns sawed off, leather halter on. Return to 225 Buchanan, and receive reward. FOUND Places to get watches and clocks cleaned for 50c. 805 Kansas ave., upstairs. LOST A fur robe, between Sixth and Madison and Rock Island depot. Reward at 315 East Sixth. FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE OR RENT 3 room cottage with barn, in Lowman Hill; easy terms. Will take painter's work in part payment. Inquire at 433 Lincoln St., mornings or evenings. FOR SALE Choice vacant lots In Low man Hill, convenient to electric cars, also near church and school. Price from $50 to $75 each. W. M. Forbes, 116 West Sixth ave. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. NOTICE TO WHOM IT MAY CON CERN Be it known that my petition is on rile in the office of the probate court of Shawnee county. Kansas, asking for a permit to sell intoxicating liquors at 632 Kansas avenue, in the Second ward in the city of Topeka, Kansas, and the hear ing of the same is set for Wednesday, 9 a. m., December 22, 1897. G. W. STANSFIELD. Topeka, Kansas, Nov. 6, 1S97. NOTICE TO WHOM IT MAY CON CERN Be It known that my petition Is on rile in the office of the probate court of Shawnee county. Kansas, asking for a permit to sell intoxicating liquors at 404 Kansas avenue, in the Second ward in the city of Topeka. Kansas, and the hear ing of the same is set for Tuesday, 9 a. m., November 30th, 1897. F. B. WALLACE. Topeka, Kansas. Oct. 28, 1S97. STORAGE. HOUSEHOLD GOODS Packed, hauled, shipped or stored. 123 East Sixth. Tel. 186. MERCHANTS' TRANSFER AND STOR AGE CO. STAMPS. SEALS AND STENCILS THE J. C. DARLING CO.. 734 KAN.AVE, TOPEKA. Send for catalogue and prices. FUEL AND FEED. LEAVE your orders for coal, flour, feed and seds with Van Slyck. 509 W. 10th. TIN SHOPS. UM. BAIRD. hot air furnaces, palvan- laed and tin roofing. 3Xi W. Situ Tel. CAmVOJTAJT PROF. T. LAN DO, the famous Clairvoy ant and Healer, is at 212 East Ninth st. Come all ye who want a helping hand to Health. Prosperity and Happiness. Come and learn the facts you couid know con cerning business changes, lawsuits, love affairs, marriage, divorce, sickness, social or domestic affairs, everything. He has no equal In locating buried treasures, lost friends, etc.; reunites the separated, causes speedy, happy marriages, removes spells, bad habits and all evil influence that keep happiness and success from you. Business strictly private and confi dential. Hours, 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. daily and Sunday. Reduced charges this week only. FLORISTS. RS. J. R. HAGUE, Florist, successor to R. J. Groves,S17 Kas. av. 'Phone 6o2- W. C. GROVES, successor to R. J. Groves greenhouses 1173-75-77 Clay St. store, 821 Kansas ave, 'Phone 283. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. U DA C BARNES, M. D. Office 732 Kan. Ave. Residence 13tli and Clay. Office hours: 9 a. m. to 11 a. m., and 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. Telephone 593 resi dence, and 16 office. D EDWARD ESTERLY, M. D. EYE AND BAR. 723 Kansas aire. E. SHELDON, M. D..' Surgery and diseases of women, with private hospital. Office No. 720 Kan. Ave. L. A. RYDER. M. D. )FFICB and residence cor. Gordon St. "and Central Ave.. North Topeka. 'Phone 214. Uses the Brinkerhoff system of rectal treatment, a successful and painless treatment for piles, fistula, fisa ure, ulceration, etc JEWELERS. TAMES B. HAYDEN, Jeweler and Op tician. Complete stock of watches, dia monds, silverware, etc. Eyes examined and spectacles properly fitted. WATCHMAKERS. MAINSPRINGS 39 cents at C. A. Wolfs, 116 East Sixth st. Guaranteed one year. MAINSPRINGS for 50c at Sam berg's, 512, Kansas ave. Freid- HOROLOGIST. SEE A. WOLF, 116 East Sixth St., when you want your watches and clocks repaired. Work guaranteed. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. JB. FURRY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. 611 Kansas ave., Topeka, Kan. BICYCLES. TOPEKA CYCLE CO.. 112 W. 8th St. Bicycles and sundries; bicycles and tandems tor rent; repairing of all kinds. MONEY. MONEY LOANED on pianos, organs. Bewine machines, watches, diamonds. bicycles, typewriters and any personal propery. N. B. Campbell, 605 Kansas ave. MONEY TO LOAN on farms or city property at reasonable rates. W. M. FORBES. 116 W. 6th Ave. LOANS on pianos, typewriters, bicycles guns, watches, diamonds and any per sonal property. L. Biscoe, 523 Kan. Ave. MILO NORTON, at 40S W. Sixth ave.. will make farm loans of $1,500 or over at 6 per cent interest. PAVING. ttOR first-class paving, sidewalk, or ouilding brick, dried by steam and burned in down-draft kilns, the only way good vitrified brick can be made, call on W. Edson. sec'y of C. C V. Brick Pav ing Co.. 116 W. 6th Ave. Great Western Steam Dye ..and Cleaning Works 117 East Keventb Street. Does the best work In the city of Dye ing. Cleaning and Repairing on Ladies and Gentlemen's clothing at reasonable prices. Give us a call. SATISFACTION G U ARANTEED. C, F. EODIGES, Prop. MISSOURI PACIFIC. TOPEKA FT. SCOTT ACCOM.. No. 2S5 Leave Topeka 8:00 a. m. TOPEKA FT. SCOTT ACCOM.. No. 2S5 Arrive Topeka 6:00 p. m. The Savings 3 Loan Assn 634 KANSAS AVEXCE. Ws Have Plenty of Money For Goad Loans a month for 60 months pays oil and releases a kl.UVtt loan U15.60 pays H off in lot months, smaller and larger amounts ac same rate. Time to suit you up to leo years and payments in proportion. Rules are easy, equit. able and liberal. If you have a loan to renew or want to borrow, let us expiain. OFFU'EKN AND DIRECTORS. Wm. Sims, Win. Maclerran, Pres.; C G. Blake 1t, Aud.; P. H. Forbes. Atty.; K. L. Copelanu, Vice Pres.; Wm. L-avidson; C. S. Mliott, Sec'y, J. W. Going. Treas.: Clias. J. Webb. F. D. Ful ler. C. A. Menineer. W. W. Mills, Otto kueaoe. W. H. JLininger. F. 6. Wiliard. (a S NATIONAL STABLES g (Hltkrltt BrM, Frcfn. 2 Good tumeuM daliversd to any part JJ of the city. BOARDING A SPECIALTY- 'fliua 70 JukHa St. m m The Rosy Freshness An a a velvetv softness of the skin is inva riably obtained by those who use Poezosi'h Complexion Powder. High Grade Work Get our Prices on Family Washing. TOPEKA STEAM LAUNDRY. 111 mawm iiimiiHii iiwiitiiiiiiiiiiimiri AMUSEMENTS. N EW CRAWFOKD THEATEB. O.VE 1GHT OStT. Wednesday. Korembsr 24. ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. New York's Latest Laughing Craze, QILMORE LEONARD'S Hogans Alley Co. Endorsed by the New Tork World as the Funniest Irish Comedy Ever Produced. Enjoy an Evening- of Hilarity and See tie Yellow Kid. Secure Seats at Once. EW CKAAVFOED THEATEK. (Matinee and Algnt,) Thanksgiving KOvember 33th. CORINNE and her opera-comique company. Direc tion of Rich and Maeder, presenting the great N. Y. Casino success, AN AMERICAN BEAUTY. SWCThe Oay Casino Girls. ktThe Six Funny Comedians. IilMIfThe Many Tuneful Airs. jEilK'rhe Grand Chorus of SO Voices. f'T The Wealth of Scenery, i.l du 1 The Gorgeous Costuming. Prices Boxes and first floor, J1.00. Bal cony, 75 and 50c. Gallery, 25c. Seats on sale Tuesday. .Matinee prices, 25c, 50c and 75c.-. G RAWFOED'S OPEKA HOUSE ONE SIGHT ONLY, Saturday Nov. 27. Beacii Bowers Minstrels. Popalar Prices 25c, 35e and 50c N -AT THE- EW CRAWFOKD THEATRE Friday, Soy. 26th. SECOND KUMBEE CT THE- High School Lecture Course. Dr. NeweilDwight Hillis (Successor to Prof. Swing), The Great Student, Profound Thinker and Accomplished Orator, will deliver his famous lec ture, entitled, "What Makes a Man of Value to Society." Chart opened at Rowley Snow's, Wednesday, Nov. 24. Admission 75 and 50 Cents DEAD,STUCK for BUGS Kill- Roaches, Fless, Motns nd Bedbugs. Kon pigonoas; won't s'ain. Large bottles, at Qxug siste and grocers, 2o cents, An Exceptional case. "Oecnit science claims that by thought we influence one another across space." "Yea. I've tried to hold off my credit ors that way and it didn't work worth a cent." Detroit Free Press. The Hero. Father Who ia the best boy la the school r Freddie Chip Hardboy. He kin almost lick der teacher. New York Journal. Xramatie. "Barnes' new comedy is a sort of horse play, eh?" Yea. One horse. Indianapolis Jour nal. In the Cyclone Belt. Native Good morning. House hunting? Stranger Yes. Wonder If it could have blown this far. New York Press. After the Shave. Barber What will you have on your see. sir? "Sticking plaster Pick Me TJp. WATCH SALE. They Can Be Selected Now arid Laid Aside for Holiday Presents. C. H. Morrison is making extra low prices on watches purchased during this month. By making- a 10 per cent deposit on purchase price, watches can be selected now and laid aside for holiday gifts. The treatment for worms must be prompt and safe. White's Cream Vermi fuge can be trusted to restore your child to health. It is a tonic as well as a worm destroyer. Every bottle guaranteed to bring' worms. 25c. Geo. W. Stansfield, 632 Kansas avenue, and Miller's Pharmacy, corner Sixth and Topeka avenues. HE GOT THE BIG HEAD ZEB WHITE'S TALE OF TpM AND THE EULLGINE. The Boy Thought He Could Whop a Rail road, and the Possum Hunter of Tennes see Allowed Him to Tackle the Task. "He Xever ELnowed. "One spring, when my son Tom was 18 y'ars old. ha got the big head mighty bad," said old Zeb White as we sat smok ing our pipes. "I seen it comin on him an knowed thar'd be trubble, an the ole woman she seen it comin an said to me: 'Zeb, our son Tom is gettin ready to make a fule o' hisself, an I wantyou to keep an eye on him. He imagines he's as big as a mounting, an he feels that he kin lick ten men all to once. "When the big head gits holdo' a young man, it takes a powerful dose o? medicine to cure it. Tom kept growin wuss and WUS8. He got lazy, an he got to braggin an blowin, an from the way he looked at me now an then outer the co'ner o' his ey I knowed he was achin to tackle me. Just to let him know that his ole pop was on deck I grabbed him one day an throwed him sky high over the fence, an he was mo' humble arter that. It didn't cure him, however. He went around rubbin ag'in folks an steppin high, an one day he comes home an sez to me 'Pop, did yo' ever tackle a railroad?' 'No," sonny, I never did. I've tackled men an b'ars an wildcats an circuses, but not a railroad. "'They've got one over in the valley, an I thiiik I kin whop it in about five minits. "Tom had never seen a railroad, ex plained the old man, "an they had jest run one down Little "Valley, 12 miles away. I told him what it was like, but he wasn't a bit discouraged. He jest humped up his shoulders an spit on his ban's an said: 'Shuck my hide, but I'm dyin to whop somebody, an I'll go over tomorrer an tackle that railroad. If nobody around yere has ever whopped a railroad, then it will be all the more glory fur me. "'Tom, don't go an make no fule o' yo'self,' sez I. 'As to how?' sez he. 'As to tacklin a railroad. Thar are some things as even yo'r pop can't do, an one o' 'em is whoppin a railroad. Jest yo' go out an find a b'ar an hev some fun with him an git over this nonsense.' "He didn't say nuthin to that, but I knowed he wouldn't mind what I said. Ho went to bed airly, an jest at daylight THINK I KIN WHOP IT iiuf O eft1 I heard him movin around. I told him if he was bound to go over to Little Valley I'd go along with him arter breakfast an see fa'r play, an so he waited. When we sot out, he was feelin in high speerits. He whooped an hollered an pranced, an the road wasn't wide nuflf fur him to walk in. Befo' I left the house the ole woman sez to me: 'Zeb, are yo' gwine to let our Tom fout a railroad?' 'That's the idea,' sez I. 'Will he git whopped?' 'He will. He'll git whopped so pow erful quick an hard that he'll be as hum ble as a nursin babe fur a y'ar to cum.' "We got over to the valley 'bout 10 o'clock in the mawnin, continued the old man, "an Tom got his fust sight o' a rail road. He was disappointed. Thar wasn't nuthin but the iron rails to fout, an thar was tears in his eyes as he sot down on a stone an sez 'Pop, thar's nuthin to whop, an we've walked Id miles fur nuthin. I'm feelin that this state o' Tennessee is agin me.' 'Tom,' sez I, arter thinkin things over, "tbar ain't nuthin yere to fut, jest as I told you, but mebbe it would console you to bluff one o' them bullgines. 'lean bluff anything from a mounting to a grasshopper! Whar's yer bullgine?' 'Comin down the valley with some kyars behind it. Yo've bin blowin an braggin all the spring an yo' jest feelin that you've got to whop sunthin or die. Git down on the track an turn yo'self loose. 'I'll do it, pop, an if I don't take sev en different twists in this railroad then I'll never look a woodchuck in the face.' "What I figgcred on," said Zeb as ho heaved a long sigh, "was that Tom would hev sense nuff in his head to git off the track when ho seen what that bullgine was. He hadn't, thono-h. He stood thar an jumped up an down an cracked his heels together an whooped, an when I hol lered at him be turns to me an sez 'Pop, you jest watch my smoke an don't lose any o' the fun. Your boy Tom ar' gwine to pull this railroad up by the roots or perish in the attempt.' "And did he wait for the engine to strike him?" I asked. "Yes, jest waited right thar, pranciu aroun an whoopin," replied Zeb. "I started fur him, but befo' I got thar the bullgine struck him an he went sailin out over the grass. 'Peared to mo he never would git done sailin, but bimeby he cum down with a smash. When I looked him over, I found he was all broke to pieces. I was liftin him up when he opens his eyes an smiles an sez: 'Pop, did I tackle the railroad?' 'You did, my son,' sez I. 'An thar was a fout?' 'Thar was.' 'An which got whopped?' "Am ho was a dyin an as I didn't want to hurt his feelin's I told him that he had licked the hull outfit an kiveredthefam'ly with glory. He lifted up one hand an tried to whoop, but that whoop was only a whisper, an he died in my arms." "Then he never knew how it was?" "Never knowed it, sah. Jest went to his death thinkin he had twisted that rail road clean over two mountings an back ag'in an that he weighed a ton more'n any other critter in Tennessee. Pore Tom! If I'd a-gone at it an driv him about two feet into the airth when the Assedness fust got holt o' him, he'd bin livin an a humble man today, but I let him tackle a railroad an he got busted all to squash." M. QUAI. Too Clever to Be Hnmbug-ired. Manv vears azo. when Londoners had not the excursion facilities for getting in-1 to the country that they enjoy now, Char ley, a Cockney friend, was staying at a farmhouse and soon made himself at home. Charley, with his pipe, was wan dering around, ciosely examining the top, ends and sides of a certain trjm, well made Object fenced around in the paddock. He stared at it for a little while, then shook his head dubiously. "What are you looking for now, Charles?" "Where's the doors and: windows, un cle?" "Doors and windows? Why, that's a haystack. "No fear, uncle, you don't humbug me. Hay don't grow in lumps like that. '-Answers. Taking Him at His Word. John Cowley, an English "remittance man" who worked on the papers in Chi cago some years ago, but is now publish ing The Anti-Philistine in London, was perennially "on his uppers." On one such occasion he wrote a note to a journalistic friend who had borrowed ?5 from him. The missive is still preserved among the good things in the archives of the Press club. "My dear he said, "I once heard you say that you could sit down at any time, write a story and get $100 for it. Please sit down when you got this and write the story. Keep the $95 and send rue $a. Chicago Times-Herald. Hot His Old Self; "I'll bo very glad when this election is over," she said very positively. "You aren't thinking of anything else. Your mind is absolutely monopolized by it." "How do you know?" "You passed three bicycles this morning without stopping to pinch the tires to see whether they were soft." Washington Star, IN ABOUT FIVE MINITS." Tbe Child and the Man- "Then you won't admit that the ohlld Is father to the man?" said the boarder who is given to proverbs. "No," said Asbury Peppers, "I won't. The child, for instaDoe, howls when it i3 empty. The man howls when he is full. Cincinnati Enquirer. Com pensation. "Farewell!" he sobbed. The beautiful Miranda, the light of his life, was, alas, another's. However, the same thingwas trueof the umbrella he managed to grab in the hall as ha left her forever. Detroit Journal. Wanted a Chanjre. Dadlow Is that song .Taggins is sing ing one of the popular songs of the day? Dafney Yep. Dadiow Then tell him to sing one of the unpopular ones, will you? Roxbury Gazette. Had a Smart I.wyrr. Planltington I understand that you had to go to law about that property that was left you. Have you a smart lawyer? Blcorufield You bet I have. He owns the property now. Boston Traveler. Had the Facts. Wickwire Really, now, you don't be lieve the poor are growing poorer? Mudge I know they are. Look at me. I haven't half the money I had on pay day. Indianapolis Journal. The Logic of It. "Why do they speak of a betting man as 'following the races?' "Oh, that indicates that he's away bo hind." Detroit News. Argument. Used to have some big debates fcettin round the store. Both the men was heavyweights An had met before. Talked 'bout politicians' games, Wrath too great to smother, Biz, an Jake called Joanna names, An Josh says, "You're another." tTseter jes git middlin riled -In iheir tariff talkin. Silver found their tempers spiled, Iext 'em both a-balkin. An, while each the victory claims, Arpryments seemed rather Mixed when Jake called Joshua names, An Joah says, "You're another. Sometimes bipger men than they, When campaigns is warmin. Try to sum it up an Kay T'uther needs reforniin. But. towards fact, though each one blamei They don't git much fa'ther 'N them, when Jake calls Joshaa names An Josh says, "You're another." WaahinBtM Star. A MISFIT GHOST. Every boy with a knowledge of adven turous literature, otherwise "novels of ac tion." knows of the "phantom ship,"the spook of the high seas. But It has not been known that ships themselves are haunted and that in the service of the United States coast survey there is a vessel now in commission that is by her own officers supposed io bo haunted. Yet the Eagre, a 140 foot schooner of the coast survey, is looked upon in the service as a very undesirable vessel to be aboard of. About her there is an atmosphere of gloom that wardroom jest cannot disjiel. Duty on board her has been shunned as would be pestilence, and stories have been told by officers who have cruised aboard her that are not good for timid people to hear. Officers have hesitated about telling these uncanny stories, buc they have become sufficiently well known to make a billet to duty aboard the Kaaro unwelcome among the coast survey men. The Mohawk was launched June 10, 1875, at Grecnpoint, and she was then tbe largest sailing yacht alloat. William T. Garner, her young million aire owner, waa very proud of his new craft, and all the then loaders of Xcw York society were invited to participate in the good time alloat with which her launch was celebrated. Commodore Garner, then but S3 years old, and his young wife en tertained charmingly, and the trim, speedy Mohawk was christoned with unusually merry festivities. Soon after that she was capsized by a sudden squall off the landing at Staplcton, X. Y., and six people ww j drowned like rats inhercabia and fore castle. Then the Mohawk wjis raised at a cost of $25,000 and purchased by the United States govern inent for tho service of thu coast survey. Her name was changed to Eagre, for Jack Tar is proverbially super stitious, and with the old name it would have been impossible to ship a crew. Lieutenant Higby Kin,.; describes his initial experience when ho was assigned to duty on the Eagre in this way: "Sho had her full complement of officers minus one when I boarded her tit Newport to complete tho list. Every cabin was occu pied but the port cabin by the companion way, and to that I was assigned. "We had a jolly wardroom mess tnafr night, and I retired from it early, as I was tired by my journey to join the vessel. Thu others who were still at the table regarded my retirement to the port cabin in abso lute silence, having bade me good night. Their silence did not lead me to su spect anything, though I knew that the E;ipro had once been the Mohawk. My cabin, door had the usual cabin lock of brass, and the porthole was also securely fas tened. There could have been no one under the bed or sofa, as beneath each wus a fac ing of solid oak paneling. i I undressed lazily and left tbe light burning dimly in my bracket lamp. I tried conscientiously to go to sleep for I don't know how lung with -uy back turned to the light. The noise ceased in the ward room after a time, and I knew thu others had turned in, but I felt unaccountably nervous and restless. I turned over and faced the light, thoroughly wide awake, and there in the single chair sat an elderly man, seemingly wrapt in deep thought. Ho was dressed in a blue yachting reefer and had a long, gray beard. His hands were clasped in his lap, and his eyes were downcast. His face was not pale and ghastly, as the faces of ghosts are popular ly supposed to be, but ruddy and weather beaten. "I regarded him in scared silence for I don't know how long, though it seemed an hour when he or it or whatever it was disappeared. During that time the ghost, and such I now believe it to have been, made not a motion, nor did it say any thing. Presently I looked again, and it was gone. "At breakfast tho others watched ma critically as I took my seat. I had not in tended to say anything about my experi ence, for I thought then I had seen soma sort of hallucination and strongly suspect ed that I was verging on insanity. Lieu tenant Irving asked me if I had slept well. I replied that I had. 'Didn't you see anything?' he inquired. I then frankly admitted that I had and desrribed my ex perience. Then I learned that each one of the seven others present had tried thu port cabin atone time or another, and each had seen the selfsame apparition. It had acted in exactly the same way in each case, except in the case of Irving, who shot at it with his pistol, when it immediately disappeared. Somo of tho others had been, led by their curiosity to inquire if any one lost on the Mohawk resembled the figura and found that none of tho unfortunate ones at all fitted the description. It had been dubbed by them the 'misfit ghost.' That one experience was enough tor me, and after that I by courtesy shared thj cabin of another fellow. "Lieutenant Irving and others corrobo rate the story of Lieutenant King, and 03 additional evidence that the Kagre is haunted Lieutenant Irving describes a New Year's eve experience of the Eagre's officers that is, to say the least, novel ia the way of supernatural manifestations. "It was at mess. The first toast, 'Sweethearts and Wives,' had been drunk, as it always is by Yankee sailors tho world over on occasions of festivity. Every ono was feeling happy, or, as Thackeray has it, 'pleasant,' when suddenly the slitiing doors separating the wardroom from the companion way closed slowly with a loud, squeaking noise. They had seldom been closed, and it took the entire strength of a man to start them from their rusty fasten ings. Yet upon this occasion they started easily and closed tightly, while the ollicers jumped to their feet in breathless aston ishment. Half a dozon men hauled them open in haste, but not a soul was behind them or anywhere about. 'It must be our old friend of the port cabin,' suggested one, and in awe stricken silence the health i)f the 'mis'it ghost' was drunk." Phila delphia Press. Poslns For Flashlielits. E. F. Secley says in the New York Mail and Express: "In taking flashlights 1 al ways strive to giv my subjects an excuse for turning their eyes away from the flash, and believe if amateurs in general would do so tho typical flashlight expression would become a thing of the past. A cou ple intent on a game of cards, chess cr halina, with a few figures in tiie bock ground watching the game, a group look ing at an album with a child pointing out one of the pictures, ladies sewing or knit ting are a few suggestions for poses that are natural and effective for flashlight work, and do away with the anxious, iklgety feeling and uncertainty of gaze on the part of the sitter that seem to be in separable from the average flashlight .study. A pleasing finish may be given to prints after mounting by applying a past f white wax discolored in turpentine and ubbing briskly with canton flannel when paste is nearly dry."
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