The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
March 23, 1898

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THIRD EDITION. WEDA ,DAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, 3IAECH 23, 1898. WEDNESDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. 1 1 1 i k wufifp Tffl uAV? Epitome of the Main Points of the Keport Of the U. S. Naval Board of In quiry OX MAINE EXPLOSION. Divided Into 12 Statements of Facts or "Counts." "Was Caused by a Torpedo In tentionally Discharged. Key West, Fla., March 23. The re port of the court of Inquiry sent to Washington last night was signed by Capt. Sampson, president; and Captain Chadwick and Lieut. Commander Pot ter. Judge Advocate Marix signs only the proceedings of the court. Its con tents, of course, were not made public, but from secret sources the findings of the court can be accurately forecast. An epitome cf the main points of the report is as follows: First The explosion that destroyed the Maine was from the exterior on the port side, leaving the ram almost in its original position and driving the bow and forward structure on the starboard. The afterpart of the ship swung slight ly on the starboard and then sank. Second The first explosion was fol lowed by a second in the interior of the ship as a result of an exterior blow. Third The second explosion was in the reserve magazine. This destroyed the superstructure of the ship. Fourth The bog magazine forward did not explode. This was demonstrat ed beyond a doubt. Fifth The exterior explosion proba bly came from a torpedo. Evidence that a mine might have caused the dis aster was produced, but it was not suf ficient to convince the court. Sixth The impact came low under the hull of the Maine on the port side, blowing one of the bilge plates to the surface, where it is still in sight. Seventh The ship is broken in two and probably cannot be raised. Eighth The forward turret was bur ied far to starboard, its top being in tact. Ninth The solitary plate showing above water is a bottom plate, not from along keel, but from the bottom port side. Tenth The bow of the Maine now points nearly east, while the rest of the ship lies along a line nearly at right an gles. Eleventh The ram of the Maine lies off to port of where the bow lies, near ly on a line parallel to the body of the ship. Twelfth No evidence was adduced implicating the Spanish government or Spanish officials or of preparation for the destruction of the ship. What do all these findings demon strate? It needs but a few words to explain that the Maine was destroyed by forces outside of herself, the de struction being aided by an explosion In the interior of the ship, resulting from the initial blow. Proofs of this are am ple. Who is responsible for the out rage, the destruction of a noble ship and loss of 264 lives of her crew? No answer can be given to this question. Key West, March 23. Lieut. Com mander Marix left Key West yesterday afternoon on his way to Washington by the way of Key West, bound for Miami, taking with him the report of the court of inquiry on the Maine dis aster. Commander Marix brought the report ashore from the Nashville yesterday, and Hear Admiral Sicard with Com mander Marix spent several hours in its further revision. All of the officers of the Maine now, except Paymaster Clerk McCarthy, have received orders to leave for their homes and to await orders, as is the case of the other officers who left here last week. This is considered to be ev idence that the court win not require the corroboration of technical evidence, as was thought a few days ago. The majority of the officers of the Maine have left for Miami, and the remainder leave today. Before leaving Key West. Command er Marix said nothing could be given out about the work of the court of in quiry or its findings. Personally, the commander said he was intensely re lieved at completing his labors. Lieutenants Jungon and Hood. Ca dets Bronson and Boyd, Past Assistant Engineer Gowans. Assistant Engineer Morris and Carpenter Hilmans of the Maine left here today on the City of Key West for Miami. Gunner Hale (Will leave later. Gravesend, Eng., March 23. The Uni ted States cruiser Wew Orleans (for merly the Amazonas) started for Hole Haven at 11 o'clock this morning to take on board her ammunition. San Francisco, March 23. The gun carriages for a second mortar battery at the presidio, commanding the en trance to this harbor, have arrived, though the guns are still in transit. The new carriages will be placed in position with all possible speed in order to have them ready for mounting the guns on arrival. The battery occupies the high est point at the presidio. The first mor tar battery was placed and completed about two years age. San Francisco, March 23. Gen. Shat ter, commanding the department of California, has just made a careful ex amination of the fortifications at Fort Point. The ten inch rifles, the twelve Inch guns and the mortar batteries, the emplacements for five inch rapid firing guns, were all thoroughly inspected and found to be in perfect condition and ready to withstand the approach of any foreign war vessel that might attempt to enter the harbor. Speaking of the garrison. Gen. Shatter said: 'The troops on duty are sufficient to care for the high power guns and keep them in readiness for use but the force Is not large enough to man the guns in the event of war. Should war come, volunteers would probably called into service to assist in manning the bat teries." Barcelona, March 23. At the opening of the bourse here today Spanish 4's were quoted at 76.10. The closing price yesterday was 76.40. London, March 23. On the stock ex change today Spanish 4's were weak, declining to 53, a net loss of 1 from yesterday's closing price. Later they advanced to 53, but eased off slightly. Miami, Fla., March 23. Lieut. Com mander Marix, of the Maine court of in quiry, with the following party, arriv ed here this morning from Key West: Lieut. John Hood, Lieut. C. W. Junger, Past Assistant Engineer F. A. Bower, Cadets Amon Bronson and F. Boyd, Assistant Engineer J. R. Morris and Carpenter G. M. Helm. A few minutes later they left by the East Coast railway for Washington. Lieut. Commander Marix was very reti cent.but when your correspondent said: "It looks like war," he replied: "It surely does." Others of the party, in answer to the same question, were more emphatic in their replies, one saying: "I cannot see how it can be avoided." Another, in answer to the same ques tion, said: "There will be no war." His face was as genial and bright as sun shine, but suddenly a change came over his countenance, his eyes flashed fire, and when asked when their report would be made, the reply was: "As soon as we reach Washington; there will be no delay." The strong impression left here was that the board's report would be against the accident theory. Washington, March 23. The navy de partment has arranged for the practi cal withdrawal of all its naval officers at Havana and the abandonment of the wreck of the ill-fated Maine. Capt. C. D. Sigsbee, Lieut. Commander Rich ard Wainright, Surgeon L. G. Hene berger, Paymaster Ray, Chaplain John P. Chadw ick, Chief Engineer Charles P. Howell and Naval Cadets J. A. Holden and W. T. Cluverius, who have been in Havana with the wreck, will return very soon. WILL OPEN WIDE THE GATE. Cubans Say Feter Will Not Wait for Americans to Knock. New Tork, March 23. Louis Klopsch, publisher of the Christian Herald, who is directing the distribution of relief supplies in Cuba, telegraphs to the World from Havana: "The American relief work in Cuba is in most excellent condition. Heretofore the utter inadequacy of supplies from American sources made operations on a large satisfactory scale impossible. Today there is enough afloat for thirty days' requirements. "On the arrival of the next cargo, due Thursday, every known center of destitution will immediately be provis ioned for ten days, and 200,000 men and women will be sustained by America's practical sympathy, pending an official statement of actual needs thereafter. "Then the American relief will be as far-reaching as it is possible to make it. Letters and telegrams from consuls and consular agents received by me within three days, fully confirm the generally accepted views as to the mag nitude and intensity of the awful desti tution. Consul General McGarr of Cienfuegos, heretofore incredulous, now reports 15,000 destitute in his consular district and believes it will be worse. "Tomorrow on Estrella street w-e open a central station for the relief of 12.000 destitute in Havana; also a diet kitchen for 2,000 sick in San Lazarc street. The bakeries in Havana and su burbs are turning into bread all the flour received. The situation in a nut shell is that there are 250,000 cencentra dos in 402 towns and villages. Three hundred tons of corn meal and 50 tons of bacon weekly can save them all. They look to America as their only hope and bless its people for the good al ready done. "When Americans die, they say: Pettt?- will not wait for them to knock at the heavenly gates, but will open it wide before they knock.' WILL MAKE CUBA FREE. President and Cabinet Agree on It Except Gage and Bliss. Washington, March 23. The recogni tion of the independence of Cuba at an early date was favored by President McKinley, Secretary of State Sherman, Secretary of the Navy Long, Secretary of War Alger, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, Postmaster General Gary and Attorney General Griggs at the session of the cabinet yesterday. Against the recognition of independ ence stood Secretary of the Treasury Gage and Secretary of the Interior Bliss. The cabinet council was not of unus al duration, but it will go down in his tory as being the meeting that broke the backbone of the non-interference policy and the one which will make Cuba free. Every member of the president's offi cial family was present. President Mc Kinley informed his official advisers that the Maine was blown up by a mine or torpedo and the time had arrived when there was left no alternative but intervention. After some discussion, six of the eight members agreed with the president and two Gage and Bliss thought there should be no interven tion yet, as they knew that would mean war, and war fchould be averted as long as possible. It was decided to send the Maine court of inquiry's report to congress with a message either Monday or Tues day. Spain will be furnished with a copy also. After waiting for Spain's reply a second message will be sent to congress stating the time his r rrived when the independence of Cuba should be recognized and asking congress to take steps accordingly. Secretary Long stated after the cabi net meeting that the report of the court of inquiry would reach Washington Thursday night. PROMOTION FOR. BLANDIN. One of the Maine Officers Going to Be Examined. Baltimore, March 23. Lieutenant John Blandin of Baltimore, who was officer of the deck of the battleship Maine when the vessel was blown up in Havana harbor on the night of Feb ruary 15. and who was one of the most important witnesses before the naval court of inquiry at Key West and Ha vana, arrived here last night from Key West. To a reporter. Lieutenant Blan din said: "Of course you know that I. in common with the other officers and men, who were on the Maine at the time of the explosion, am under iron clad orders forbidding the giving of in formation about the explosion. I left Havana the day after the explosion and until last Thursday have been in Key West. I have been before the court of inquiry and have told them all I know and when they have rendered their verdict, you may bank on it that it will be a correct one. It was composed of brainy, careful and cool men, who know (Continued on Sixth Page.) CUBANJNFERNO Is Pictured For the United States Senate By Senator Gallinger Who Uas Seen It. 425,000 HATE DIED From Starvation and Spanish Cruelty. And Many Thousands Are Be yond Recovery. WAR SHOULD CEASE Though the Spanish Govern ment Be Swept Away. Washington, March 23. Senator Gal linger addressed the senate today on the subject of Cuba. In opening his speech, Mr. Gallinger said that after the calm, dispassionate and touching statement concerning Cu ba made in the senate recently by Mr. Proctor of Vermont, it might be well for him to remain silent, but, yielding to the desire expressed by many of his colleagues, he had consented to give a plain recital of some of his observa tions on that "unhappy island." He referred to the efforts made by the Cu bans in 1829, in 1S44, in 184S, in 1850, in 1851, in 186S and again in 1895, to break the chains that bound them to Spain in order that they might establish for themselves a free governmenf'upon the soil that was rightly theirs." Save the last, all these efforts have ended in failure. That failure is his tory and need not be recounted. Mr. Gallinger then detailed some of the events leading up to his arrival in Cuba and of his reception by Consul General Lee. Mr. Gallinger recalled that he had heard during the debates in the senate denials made that a state of war ex isted in Cuba, but it required only a brief personal observation to convince one that war actually did exist. A des olated country and its stricken people told the story more eloquently than it could be conveyed in words. "The war in Cuba, however," he said, "is a war of starvation and extermination a war more cruel than the world has ever known." He said: "The scenes in the streets of Havana are harrowing beyond de scription. People in want and suffering are everywhere seen, and walking skel etons meet one on every hand. Naked children, emaciated and ragged women and diseased and starving men throng the streets, the hotel lobbies and every place of public resort. It is a terrible sight one that sickens the heart and quickens every impulse of human sym pathy and love. "Under the very shadow of Cathe drals and churches, where Spain's auth ority is absolutely unquestioned, the most horrible conditions are conceded to exist. Many have refused to believe that a great government was waging a war of extermination instead of a war of honor, yet such is an absolute fact. A visit was paid to the orphanage which is now under the care of Miss Clara Barton. It contains now about 50 chil dren, almost every one of whom is a victim of starvation. Dr. Lesser, one of Miss Barton's assistants, has had ex perience in the Armenian and India famine, but he declares that the famine in Cuba is worse than that in Armenia and pictures he drew of the terrible suf fering and starvation in the. island more than confirmed all that has been written upon the subject." A detailed story of a visit to Los Focas, the place where the reconcen trados daily assemble to get food was also given. A few weeks ago when Miss Barton discovered the place there were 645 people lying on the floors. many of them entirely nude and all suffering the pangs of starvation. Much has been done by the Red Cross society to al leviate the condition of those who still remain but scores of men, women and children are yet there gaunt and bo ney, almost as a skeleton, many of them covered with sores directly traceable to insufficient food. "What a chapter of horrors and death is that!" said the senator. "And still the tragedy goes on. How much longer it shall continue largely depends upon the forbearance of a great people, who through suffering and sorrow achieved their own independ ence and whose sympathies have al ways gone out to the oppressed of all nations of the world." A vivid picture was then drawn by Mr. Gallinger of a trip to the city of Matanzas. All along the route were wretched people in rangs, but not until the city was reached was the full ex tent of the suffering realized. "It oc curred to me," said he, "as I looked upon the scenes of suffering and hor rors that the Cuban reconcentrados might well have adopted the words of Dante, 'Who enters here leaves hope behind.' when they were driven from the fields and herded like cattle in the cities and towns of this fertile land. The truth is that Weyler devised a scheme of human suffering and sorrow that put Dante's 'inferno' to the shade and converted a contented, prosperous people into a herd of suffering, starving unfortunates. "Matanzas is literally a place of beg gary and death. Never before did my eyes behold such suffering and never again do I expect to see such havoc wrought through a cruel and inhuman decree. A visit" to the Matanzas hospi tals revealed an even more shocking condition that the streets. Members of the Red Cross society who had visited one of the hospitals two weeks before were almost overcome upon discovering that nearly every one of the inmates at that time "had since died. There pover ty, sorrow and suffering were depicted in their worst forms, children, gaunt in face but with abdomen and limbs ter riblv swollen, women in the last stage of emaciation and men there were rap idlv drifting to death. If there was food in these hospitals," said Mr. Gal linger, "I did not discover it. neither were there signs of medicine or of proper nourishing and care." The governor of Matanzas informed Mr. Gallinger that the first day he oc cupied the palace fifteen persons had died in the court yard. He said fur ther that in the city 1,200 had died in November; 1,200 in December; 700 in January and 500 in February. The death rate was decreasing, simply be cause the reconcentrados by death were becoming fewer. "The number of people who have starved in Cuba will never be definitely known. It is estimated that 800,000 were driven from their homes into the cities and towns. I had it from Span ish authority that according to their figures, 225,000 already have perished, but it is said that the Red Cross soci ety is in possession of figures showing that 425,000 Cubans have died as a re sult of Spanish cruelty from starvation and that 200,000 more must inevitably die. f "I have been asked many times, what of the Maine? I do not know. This, however, I do know: A government that will deliberately starve 400,000 of its own people will do pretty much any thing. If the ship was blown up from the outside, what should our govern ment do? Perhaps I shouid forbear to discuss that question now; but this I will venture to say: Human life pur posely taken cannod be paid for in gold or silver. Mark my words 'purposely taken" and if it shall appear that such was the fate of 250 brave American sai lors then heaven pity the guilty par ties. It will not be a question for arbi tration but a question involving the dignity and honor of this great repub lic." As to what should be done Mr. Gal linger felt that sooner or later this gov ernment would of necessity absorb Cu ba, but if annexation cannot now be ac complished, let independence speedily come. "American interests in Cuba." said he in conclusion, "have already suffered enough. We have patrolled our coast in the interest of Spain as long as we should and we have spent quite too much money in protecting our people from epidemic disep.ses coming to our shores because of the unsanitary condi tion of the harbor and city of Havana. Spain has failed to meet the require ments of an advanced civilization. Let the United States or Cuba take up the problem and solve it." TO END IN DIVORCE. Escapade of Princess Louise the Talk of Europe. London, March 23. A special dispatch from Vienna says that the Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha has com menced an action for divorce in the Coburg courts. Prince Henry fought a duel on Febru ary IS with Lieutenant Mattachich Kevelivitch under stringent conditions, first with pistols and then with swords. The prince was severely wounded in the right arm. The cause of the duel dated from a year back when the love affairs of the Princess Louise, who eloped with the lieutenant were the talk of Vienna. The continental papers publish sen sational stories of a princess who eloped with her lover, lost all her mon ey at Monte Carlo, got more from mys terious sources and is now supposed to have gone to America. The Emperor Francis Jeseph has asked the pope to annul the marriage. TO RETIRE FOSTER. Real Purpose of Cy Leland's Present Visit to Washington. When Pension Agent Cy Leland went to Washington and it was given out that his mission was to see why a few minor appointments were not made ac cording to his wishes a few people be lieved the report but others did not. A remarkable coincidence in connec tion with the visit is that Mr. S. R. Peters, who wants to be a federal judge in Kansas and United States District Attorney I. E. Lambert also left for Washington about the time Mr. Leland did. It is reasonably certain that all these gentlemen were not interested in the appointment of a postmaster at Menoken or any other wayside station. According to good authority these three gentlemen are in Washington for no other purpose than to revive a scheme to make S. R. Peters federal judge for Kansas. For a time after the new district scheme of Mr. Leland's was overturned he and his lieutenants hoped to revive it but they have about concluded that there is no hope in that direction and that if Mr. Peters wears the ermine it must be as the successor of United States District Judge Foster. So Mr. Leland and his cohorts have posted down to Washington to see whether there is not a hope of forcing a bill through for the retirement of Judge Foster. This is a matter that has been talked of before but not for a year or more. With Judge Foster on the retired list it should be compara tively easy to have Mr. Peters named in his place. There is one thing in the way of such an adjustment and that is the aspira tion of Judge W. C. Hook of Leaven worth to have the same position sought for by Mr. Peters. Judge Hook is the law partner of United States Senator Lucien Baker and he might consequent ly be a dangerous antagonist. But Cy Leland will not overlook anything of this kind and before he does any work in the interest of the retirement of Judge Foster he will see that things are arranged so that Judge Hook will not be in his way. A politician who keeps a close w-atch. on the movements of Mr. Leland, es pecially with reference to his effort to place Mr. Peters in the federal judiciary said today: "If anyone thinks that Cy Leland has given up, he is badly mistaken. He started out to make Sam Peters a fed eral judge and he does not consider that he has been entirely defeated though things have been looking rath er gloomy. "When Mr. Leland went to Washing ton a few days ago District Attorney Lambert and Mr. Peters were not long in following, him. While he tried to cover up his tracks I have excellent as surance that the purpose of the visit to Washington is to secure the retire ment of Judge Foster. "The ambition of Judge Hook is a bugaboo but that will be fixed before anything decisive is done. Mr. Leland will get a promise from President Mc Kinley himself that Peters will be ap pointed if he cannot fix it with Senator Baker. "You may expect to hear something interesting from Washington along this line before long or I miss my guess." Prospecting Company Chartered. The Madison Oil and Gas company, a new corporation organized for the pur pose of prospecting for oil, has filed its charter with the secretary of state. The capital stock is placed at $50,000, and all the directors are residents of Madison, Greenwood county. A FINALBLOW Is Given to Bimetallism in the Banking Law Reported by the Republican Sub Committee on Currency EXPRESSLY PROVIDES That Silver Dollars Shall Be Redeemed in Gold. Provides For the Cancellation of the Greenbacks. Washington, March 23. The report of the Republican sub-committee to the house committee on banking and cur rency was made today before the full Republican membership of the commit tee. The sub-committee, which was appointed a month ago to report a gen eral banking and currency measure, consists of McCleary, of Minnesota, chairman; Mr. Prince, of Illinois and Mr. Mitchell, of New Tork. The bill they have reported is entitled "A bill to provide for strengthening the public credit for the relief of the United States treasury for the amendment of the laws relating to national banking associa tions." The method of dealing with the greenbacks, is not by direct retire ment, but by the substitution of a le gal tender note, which the banks are required to assume and for the redemp tion of which they are required to find the gold, so long as they are conduct ing a solvent business. The principal provisions of the bill are as follows: 1. A division of issue and redemption is established in the treasury for which the secretary of the treasury is author ized to set aside the general cash bal lances in excess of- $50,000,000. This ex cess on March 17, 1898, was $176,139,532. United States notes received by this di vision for redemption in gold are to be cancelled and retired in proportion as certain substitute currency is issued. No note redeemed in gold is to be again paid out except under exceptional con ditions. 2. National bapks are required to as sume the current redemption of the United States demand notes in order to obtain circulation based upon their commercial assets. A new class of notes, called national reserve notes is to be issued in lieu of the legal tender notes deposited by the banks with the treasury and these reserve notes are to be redeemed upon demand by the banks out of the redemption fund, which they are required to maintain in gold. These reserve notes are not treated in any re spect as bank notes, because the banks are not liable for their ultimate re demption. 3. The basis of nation bank note circulation will be the commercial as sets of the banks, but this will be reached after a series of years. Nation al banks are to be permitted to issue currency notes upon their commerciak assets to the amount of the reserve notes issued to them in return for de posits of United States notes. 5. Treasury notes issued under the act of July 14, 1890, are to be dealt with eventually on the same basis as United States notes. 6. A tax of 2 per cent is levied up on currency notes issued in excess of sixty per cent of the capital of any na tional bank and of 6 per cent, when ex cess of eighty per cent. 7. The currency based upon commer cial assets is to be secured by a bank note guaranty fund, made up by the contribution in gold coin of five per cent of the entire circulation of the bank and provision is made for replenish ment of this fund within certain limits. 8. The national reserve notes will continue to be legal fender until re ceived into the treasury from failed and liquidating banks, when liability for them will be assumed by the govern ment and they will be redeemed and cancelled. 9. Standard silver dollars are to be redeemable in gold, but silver certifi cates are redeemable only in standard silver dollars. The parity of silver with gold is secured by a gold redemp tion fund. 10. Silver certificates are hereafter to be issued only in denominations of $1, $2 and $5. Legal tender notes, re serve notes and currency are not to be issued in denominations below $10. 11. National banks are required to pay tax of of one per cent semi-annually on their capital, surplus and un divided profits. 12. National banks are permitted to establish branches under regulations to be prescribed by the secretary of the treasury. The committee say in explanation of the provision regarding the assumption of legal tender notes by the banks, that they have endeavored to adopt a sys tem, which would be subject to none of the criticism made against the issue of interest bearing bonds, or the taxation of the people for the payment of this demand debt. They declare: "The system adopted is such as to continue to govern all profits of the loan without any of the disadvantages of its character, as a de mand obligation. The proposed bill im poses upon the banks the whole burden of carrying and sustaining this debt. There is no profit or return to the banks thus carrying the nation's debt and they are required by the bill to assume the entire obligation as compensation for the franchise and privileges granted as national banking corporations. "The heavy burden assumed by the banks must be given its due weight in measuring any additional privileges, which are given them by this bill. The banks are required to redeem this debt of the government now assumed by them, upon precisely the same terms as the redemption of their own notes, while they are conducting a solvent banking business. It is only when by the refusal to pay such notes, they be come insolvent, that the government recognizes, again its demand debt and assumes it for the complete protection of the holder of the note and for the benefit of the creditors of the bank by paying the remaining assets unimpair ed for the settlement of the just claims. The form of note thus assumed by the bank with the final redemption guar anteed by the government combines, the strongest of all resources for its ultimate payment. By the bill the coun try will be provided with an ample le gal tender currency, consisting of all the notes substituted for the present legal tender notes and of all the gold and silver coin in circulation to the maintenance of whose parity, the faith of the government is sacredly pledged." The report states that there are sev eral possible results which may follow the authority given the banks to as sume the government debt and issue reserve notes. It Is conceivable and probable that a large proportion of the present legal tender notes will be con verted into reserve notes and will cease absolutely to be redeemable at the treasury except in the restricted cases of the failure, or liquidation of the bank through which they are issued. If.how ever, only a small portion of the legal tender notes are thus absorbed, the fact that they are cancelled when re deemed in gold by the treasury will give them a value which will at once remove all question of their prompt re demption and will give them substan tially the character of gold certificates. The fact that a note is to be can celled on redemption and not reissued will tend very greatly to prevent its presentation for redemption. "The purpose and effect of the pro posed bill," says the report, "is to throw upon the national banks the en tire burden of finding g-old for the notes of the country. There is no doubt of the ability to do this if it is required by law. They have the power to regu late interest rates, within the narrow limits marked out by economic law in such a manner as to attract gold to the country by restricting their circulation when necessity arises. The system pro posed by your committee provides an easy and adequate method of obtaining gold for export from the banks without exposing the country or the United States treasury to the alarm and con vulsion, which have attended gold ex ports during the last five years." TWO ROB A TRAIN. Blow Up Express Car and Rifle Mail Pouch. Traver, Cat, March 23. North bound passenger train No. 18 was held up at Cross Creek bridge, four miles south of Traver, last night about 10:55, by two train robbers. The men boarded the train at Goshen, and soon after pulling out, climbed into the engine and com pelled the fireman to cease firing. When the train reached Cross Creek.the steam gave out and the train stopped. The express car was then blown up with dynamite. It was completely demol ished. The mail car was entered and the mail pouch containing the through San Francisco registered matter was cut open and all contents taken. No one was injured. The robbers had a buggy in readiness near the scene and they left in this go ing north. They were heard going by Harry Burke's saloon in Traver, at a lively pace. It is not known how much was taken by the robbers from the express car. The train was a local from Los Angeles and as a rule does not carry a great deal of treasure. Visalia, Cal., March 23. The robbery occurred at 10:55. The express car was blown to atems. An officer named Meade was on the train which was held up. He at once gave the alarm and the sheriffs of Tu lare, Kern and Fresno counties have or ganized posses who are now on the trail of the robbers. It is reported that some of the passengers were also reliev ed of their valuables. TV. R. C. CONTENTION. It Will Meet at Wichita April 20. Mrs. Margaret H. Griffith of Emporia, department president of the W. R. C, has sent out a circular letter calling the attention of the members of the organ ization to the fact that the state con vention takes place at Wichita April 20, 21 and 22. The national president, Mrs. Sarah J. Martin, Brookfield, Mo., has accepted an invitation to attend the annual convention in Kansas and an effort will be made to prepare special entertainment for her. Una M. Kessler of Wichita is chair man of the committee on entertain ment. The railroads have made special rates for the convention which will be held in conjunction with the state en campent of the G. A. R. MUST PAT IN FULL. Webb McNall Finds a Fire Loss Which Was Compromised. Commissioner McNall today wrote to the Norwich Union, Phoenix of Brooklyn,' American Central and Aetna of Hartford fire insurance companies demanding that they pay the balance on a total loss at Neodesha, which was compromised at a reduction of $300. The loss was on the hotel building of W. C. Houston which burned in August 1897. The four companies had insur ance on the building aggregating $6,500, and when the loss was paid a compro mise for $6,200 was effected. As the building and contents were entirely de stroyed, Commissioner McNall holds that the compromise was a flagrant vi olation of the valued policy law and will compel the companies to pay the $300 or quit the state. PASSES THE SENATE. Maine Relief Bill Goes Through With out Debate. Washington, March 23. Mr. Hale, chair man of the senate naval committee, called up for passage in the senate the Maine re lief bill, and it was passed without a word of debate. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. John McCowan, a groeeryman living at 301 Branner street, died Tuesday morning. The remains will be taken to Ohio for burial. Jackson Brantley, colored, aged 56 years, died Tuesday morning at his residence, 427 Locust. The funeral will be held at St. John's A. M. E. church Thursday at 2 p. m. The funeral of Mrs. Kate Garrison was held this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. G. Greer, two miles east of the city. The funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Elizabeth French were held this afternoon at the family residence, 1264 Topeka avenue. The funeral of Mrs. S. W. Wilder was heH Tuesday afternoon at the residence, 711 Western avenue. Third Ward Registration. Commissioner of Elections L. T. Tount today decided to have the registration books in the Third ward until Friday at the following places: Barber shop at Sixth and Clay streets, Jordan's hall on Lincoln street. Weather Indications. r Chicago, March 23. For Kansas: Fair tonight and Thursday; warmer to night; warmer in eastern portion Thursday; southerly winds. UP TO HER NECK. A Large Part of Dayton, 0. Under Water Which Threatens to Rise Much Higher. IS TWO FEET HIGHER Than Any Former Flood in the Miami River. Severe Floods Also Reported in Indiana. Dayton, O., March 23. Dayton is in worse danger than at any time since 1866 when the central part of the city was flooded. The Miami river shows 18.2 feet at the government gauge and is rising. Last year when about $50,000 damage was done the river's highest mark was 16 and four-tenths feet. North Dayton is completely under wa ter and about three hundred houses are almost covered. There were several narrow escapes but no live lost. The back water is doing damage below the city. Three of the six trolley lines in the city are blocked and the steam railroads north of the city are demoral ized. At this writing the levees pro tecting Miami City and Riverdale, very populous sections, are in danger and efforts are being made to strengthen the levees. The water is in the cellars in the central portion of the city and large and valuable stocks of merchan dise will undoubtedly suffer so that the loss In that direction alone will be tre mendous. Richmond, Ind., March 23. Heavy floods are doing incalculable damage. The large bridge over Whitewater river has been destroyed by fire and water. The city electric light plant is drowned out. The Starr Piano factory and the Nixon paper mill have suffered heavy loss. Many people have been driven from their homes. The streets are bad ly damaged. PITTSBURG IN DANGER. Great Floods Rushing Toward That City in All the Rivers. Pittsburg, March 23. The Allegheny and Monongahela rivers will in all probability reach a stage of 30 feet of water tonight. Tremendous rains fell at all points in the two upper valleys last night, and the water is rushing towards Pittsburg at a rapid rate. At 11 a. m., the Monongahela marks head water at a stage of 26 feet and the river is- rising about three inches an hour. The following districts already flooded are Allegheny south of Robinson street and South avenue, River avenue and Upper Robinson street and the upper districts traversed by the Pittsburg Western railroad; the lower bottoms of Woods Run; lower districts of Saw Mill Run; lower districts of McKees Rocks, and Esplen borough and all the low lands between the Davis island dam and Beaver; Sharpsburg and Mill vale districts and the lower districts of the upper end of Allegheny and Pitts burg on the Allegheny river, including the Allegheny Valley railroad tracks in the vicinity of Kelley station. The reports from the upper river sta tions in reference to the rainfall, re ceived by the Pittsburg weather bureau show that from one-half to nearly three inches of ra..i fell at different headwa ter points during the night. Great damage is reported and fears are entertained that the flood will be as great as in 18S4. About 5 o'clock there was a sudden rise in the Allegheny river and a clean sweep was made on the Allegheny side between Chestnut street and the railroad brivlg. All coal floats, coal boats, shanty boats, rafts and everything afloat were swept away.or were wrecked or sunk. entailing a loss of many thousands of dollars. While no lives were lost, tiere were many narrow escapes from drowning. The heavy rains have caused many landslides and washouts on the railroads and the through service west of this city is badly delayed. The Pennsylvania limited was delayed five and a half hours by a wash out near Canton. O.. and western trains are from one to five hours late. The Ni agara express, southbound, is held up by a landslide fifty miles from here and will not get away until late this afternoon. At Carbon, Pa., a Pittsburg Western freight train went through a bridge weakened by the flood. p;ngineer Lake was killed and Fireman lAradley fatally hurt. EOFING FOR COLD. The Only Thing That Can Prevent a Disastrous Flood. Cincinnati, March 23. The rain still continues. The river at 10 a. m. reach ed danger line, and was rising four inches an hour. The real danger point is 50 feet. It requires over 53 to reach the railway tracks. With the river ris ing rapidly from Pittsburg to Cincin nati and the great Miami pouring in an unusual flood below Cincinnati, and with the rain still falling, it is difficult, to see how a disastrous flood can be avoided. River men and others hope for the early appearance of cold weather to check the flood. NOT SINCE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD Has the Water in That District Been So High as Now. Pittsburg, March 23. The latest re ports received at the office of Superin tendent J. F. Miller, of the Panhandle, show that the road is practically closed to traffic. At Dubois the water is higher than it has been since the Johnstown flood. A Leader dispatch says Sabula dam. about four miles above Dubois is ex pected to break. If it does many lives will be lost. The railroad tracks are washed away and traffic is completely blocked. The Westinghouse works at East Pittsburg and the Braddock wire works are both flooded and shut down. Scores of families in Turtle Creek valley are leaving their houses and moving their furniture to the hillsides. In many cases the water has reached the second story windows. At 1 o'clock this afternoon the water was still rising here. CANTON UNDER WATER. Large Section of Ft Wayne Road Washed Away. Canton, O., March 23. One of the heav iest rain storms in the city'tt history was experienced last night and the greater part of the east end of the city is under (Continued on Sixth Page.)

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVKN"rN"G, MARCH 23, 1898. JEFFRIES WON. Easily Defeated Peter Jackson at Frisco Last Night. Jackson Failed to Make Mueh of a Showing. JEFFRIES TOO ACTIVE. The Odds of the Betting King Against Jackson. Orer 8,000 Spectators at the Ringside. San Francisco.March 23. Jim Jeffries of Los Angeles easily defeated Peter Jackson in the third round last night at Woodward's pavilion. Jackson did not make much of a showing after the first round. He displayed some of bis old time cleverness in ducking and jabbing with his left, but could not land hard enough to stop the rushes of his younger and stronger antagonist. Jeffries showed considerable improvement in cleverness, using his hands with both Judgment and precision. It was Jackson's first public appearance here since 1S91, when he fought a 71 round draw with Jim Corbett. Woodward's pavilion held the biggest crowd in its history, and the 8,000 en thusiasts gave a roar of welcome when the dusky champion came into view. Jackson, who had trained hard for the fight, weighed about 200 pounds and, although he had been considered by many as a back number, was pronounc ed by physicians to be in perfect phy sical condition. Jeffries weighed 213 pounds and, on account of his youth and strength, was the favorite in the betting at odds ranging from 10 to 6 to 8. There was no question as to compar ative popularity between Jeffries and Jackson. The former entered the ring first, followed by Billy Delaney, Dewitt Vance and Spider Kelly. His appear ance was cheered, but three minutes la ter, when Peter Jackson stepped into the ring, followed by Patsy Corrigan, Vincent White and Young Mitchell, the house went wild. At 9:09 Referee Jim McDonald, the national league base ball umpire, sum moned the men to the center of the ring and gave them the usual instruc tions. At 9:12 the gong sounded and the men came up quickly, with Jackson on the aggressive, trying Jeffries out. Jef fries led with left, but fell short, then rushed and again led with left, which Peter ducked. Jeffries landed lightly on the body with his right, receiving a sim ilar blow in return. Jeffries missed a left swing for the body, but landed lightly on Jackson's head. Peter put a straight left on Jeffries' body, following rapidly with right arm on body, left on taee and right over heart. Then Jack son jabbed Jeffries hard in the face, received a hard left on body in return, but concluded the round with two good right blows on Jeffries' body. In the second round Jeffries missed a hard swing and was jabbed in the face with left. Jeffries then put good left on Jackson's head and clinched. Peter coming in close, put in short right over Jeffries' with left, drawing blood. Jef fries then rushed, but Peter cleverly evaded his swings. Jeffries swung left on Jackson'3 jaw, knocking Peter down. Jackson clambered to his feet, but went down again from a left swing just as the gong sounded. In the third round Peter came up fresh, considering the conclusion of the preceding round. Jeffries landed left lightly on head, followed with repeated blows on Jackson's jaw, and Peter went groggy. Jeffries knocked Peter against the ropes, swinging left on jaw, Peter falling helplessly against the ropes. Thereupon the referee stopped the fight giving the decision to Jeffries. TO THE WHIPPING POST. Penalty to Be Paid by a Brutal "Wife Beater. Hagerstown, Mil., March 23. The first case of wife beating for which a hus band has been sentenced to the whip ping post in many years and the second in the history of Washington county, lias occurred at Williamsport, where Kobert Newcomer was found guilty of the charge and committed to jail by Justice Gruber to receive 20 lashes for brutally assaulting his wife while drunk. Newcomer struck his wife in the face, knocking her down, and after severely beating her caught her by the hair and dragged her around the room. She was badly used up and her clothing was torn into shreds. She escaped from the house and had her husband arrested. He has been arrested several times on the same charge, and is now under a, peace bond. Newcomer will not ap peal and he will receive the punishment at the hands of Sheriff Sibert at the Jail here in a few days. UNKNOWN SHOPLIFTER. Said She Was From Topeka and Gave a False Name. The following appeared in a Kansas City paper. There is no such name in the city directory and the woman is unknown to the police.: A tall, well dressed woman was caught in the act of stealing a small bolt of lace from the counter at Emery, Bird, Thayer Co.'s dry goods store yesterday afternoon. She was taken Into custody by one of the firm's pri vate detectives who turned her over to Patrolman James. At police head quarters she confessed to Chief Hayes to stealing the lace, but said she did riot know why she had taken the goods as she had plenty of money in her purse when arrested. She gave the name of Mrs. Steinhauser and said her home was in Topeka. Kan. She said she came here yesterday morning. Chief Hayes was satisfied the woman was not a professional shoplifter and on promising to leave the city she was re leased. GIDDY GENERAL CLAY Hot Averse to Selecting a Successor to His Child Wife Dora. New Tork. March 23. The Journal to day publishes the following:: Fort General Green Clav. (Now Whitt-hall I. Ky., March, 1X98. This is my second letter, and last, about Dora and myself. My poor orphan girl wife is now vindicated by events from all calumny. We have pla'yed our part on the stage of life and the curtain drops upon extinguished lights, leaving us alone with a just and benevolent Almighty God. My private griefs are sunk in the greater woes threatening my dear native land, and I foilow in humility where duty and Jionor lead. Allow me to return recognition of the. more than a thousand letters of sympa thy and request mostly from women Jim (First Authentic Picture of Jeff eries

which I have but glanced over and can not possibly answer. These come from every class of society and varied with prerv mnrivft rf human action. As I have laid down my idea of equal rights in the sexes in case of marriage, 1 shall se lect 20 of the proposals of marriage and answer them in their turn, if fate de crees, upon conditions: I must have a photograph and full statement by express company of all essential facts character. age, iortune, etc. l sees a companion, and proper one over 40 years old, but all ages allowed. My real estate, entailed, is worth, say $150,000. but unproductive, leaving, bv unjust taxation, nothing to others. Whatever money or other prop erty a companion and wife should bring if $150,000 or $l,000.0u0 would be secured to her by legal contracts before marriage. I am sorry to bring my personal affairs before the public, but I have no other means of freeing myself from an impos sible duty. And after all, it may turn out to all my correspondents "love's la bor lost." CASSIUS MARCELLU3 CLAY. A COLORADO ENTERPRISE. Six Mile Tunnel Through a Range of the Rockies. Pittsburg, March 23. A. R. Specht, a colored capitalist and owner of two gold mines in the Dumont valley, passed through Pittsburg yesterday on his way east. He stopped in the city several hours, where he was in con sultation with some Pittsburg capi talists who are interested with him in two large enterprises which will in volve the expenditure of $5,500,000. The largest of these enterprises Is the tunneling of one of the high moun tains which shut in Dumont valley to secure a short cut to the railroads and the stamping mills. This tunnel will be five or six miles long and shafts will be sunk from the top of the mountain to intersect it. The ore will be trans ported to the mills by means of an elec tric railway through the tunnel. Sluices are to be constructed to the tops of the mountain ranges, which will conduct water to the set of turbine wheels. By means of the power thus obtained dynamos will be operated and the electric power used in the neigh boring mines. The projectors calculate that the amount of power thus se cured will be sufficient to run the elec tric railway in the tunnel and the hoisting apparatus of 25 or 30 mines. MUSICAL COMEDY BILLED. "Monte Carlo," by Sydney Carlton and Howard Talbot, to Be Presented for a New York Verdict New Tork, March 23. "Monte Car lo" a music comedy, words by Sydney Carlton, music by Howard Talbot, will be given its initial American produc tion by Edward E. Rice at the Herald Square theater tomorrow night. The piece was originally presented at the Avenue theater, London, where it met with extraordinary success. Of course, "Monte Carlo" does not tell a very connected story; few pieces of its kind ever do. It has just enough thread running through it, however, to hold things together and to prevent in terest from flagging. A number of unique and distinctive types of charac ter are depicted. Among them are a frolicsome attorney general, a choleric old Brittish warrior, to whom it is sweet music when "the guns go boom and the guns go bang:" an eccentric waiter, who is a reformed circus performer; a dashing young lieutenant, a briefless barrister, who. after the manner of his kind, falls in love with an heiress; and a bluff, breezy sea captain. Importing Firm Assigns. Boston, March 23. The assignment of the firm of Pitts, Kimball Lewis, im porters and retailers to H. A. Belcher, Is announced. The firm i3 '.'lie ot the largest in the city. Amount of assets and liabilities is not stated.lt is thought' a settlement will be effected and that the firm will continue business. Ice Melting at Mackinaw. Mackinaw. Mich., March 23. The Ice in the straits is rapidly getting softer, but there has been no wind as yet to break it up. A heavy rain fell last night and at noon today it is warmer. There Is no pain or discomfort when Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment is used. It relieves that itching increased by scratching. It is prepared with scien tific accuracy and professional knowl edge, and is the kind that cures blind, bleeding, itching and protruding Piles with no pain or loss of time. Geo. W. Stansfield, 632 Kan. Ave., and Miller's Pharmacy. Cor. 6th and Topeka Ave. sir Jefferies, Championship Aspirant. Ever Published In the West. From a Recent Photograph Taken in San Francisco and Drawn by the State Journal Staff Artist.), v"-3--.-.. SHE WRITES OF PASSION. Society Girl's Novel Startlea New York Headers. New York, March 23. "Though Your Sin Be as Scarlet" is the title of an ex ceedingly daring and risque novel by Miss Marie Florence Giles, a member of New York's most fashionable set. Miss Giles is a cousin of theMarquise deTal-leyrand-Perigord and of the Princess Ruspoli, two of the most prominent American women who have married foreign noblemen. These titles are the highest among the European aristoc racy. Prince Euspoli is mayor of Rome. Miss Giles story is of a young girl who loves a married man and not be lieving in divorce throws conventional morality to the winds. The end is tragic. The accompanying selections of some of the most striking passages in the book will give a good idea of its character. "Trembling with excitement Beat rice stood in the center of the room with one hand pressed against her throbbing temples, while obedient to her will Duke stood stood in the corner like a statue, with his eyes riveted on her face. "To be w-ith you is heaven," mur mured Beatrice faintly. "You are my life, my all. I will go with you. I have no hope, no thought, no heaven beyond your arms. You have made the whole world beautiful because you are in it. I will not be a traitor to my religion, but I will go with you. It may be madness, but it is a blissful madness. Think act for me. I am yours." "No longer uncertain or resisting, Be atrice clung to Brooks with a fierce, passionate clutch. "She shrank no longer from his kiss es: she drank them in as the breath of life. "In the full possession of her senses, realizing perfectly the character of her action, she was going to cut adrift from the world, friends, and God, to follow Duke Brooks wheresoever he would go. "No real marriage could be performed between them as he was in the eyes of the church already married, and any other ceremony would be the act of a coward. "Fiend or angel," replied Beatrice hotly (this to her sister who remon strated with her), "I will do in this at least as I please. I acknowledge be fore God that I am losing my own soul, but I will answer at the judgment for that and not to you. Your only mo tive in trying to restrain me is a selfish one. This marriage you contemplate is a sacrilege, an outrage against vir tue, and though blessed by every power in the land is more criminal in the sight of God than the future path I shall travel." RACE TO DENYER. Rock Island and XT. P. Will Each Shoreen the Time. The race between the Rock Island and Union Pacific from Kansas City to Den ver is now on in earnest. New time cards, further reducing the time of the fast trains, will go into effect on both roads Thursday, and after that new time cards may be a daily occurrence. The Union Pacific is the inaugurator of the reduc tion, and will probably continue in this role, as it will meun the loss of the over land mail if the Rock Island succeeds in making faster time to Colorado. Mr. W. I. Allen, assistant general man ager of the Rock Island, is now in To peka and will remain here until after the "war is over," as he expresses it. He says that the Rock Island will keep up with any reductions the Union Pacific may make, and while he would not make a positive statement, it is believed that the Rock Island intends to cut the time on any schedule the Union Pacific puts into effect. The Rock Island's route to Denver is five miles shorter than that of the Union Pacific. The new time cards on Thursday will change the time of the westbound trains on both roads but five minutes through Topeka. The race will be made across Kansas west of this city, and the Rock Island will make a reduction of 40 min utes in the present time. Instead of arriving at Denver at 11 o'clock and Colo rado Springs at 11.05 o'clock, the new Rock Island train will reach the two points at 10:20 a. m. and 10:20 a. m. respectively. It is understood that the new Union Pacific schedule will make the arrival at Denver at 10:30, or ten minutes later than the time planned by the Rock Island. Assistant General Manager Allen says that the Rock Island has locomotives that can take the trains through at from 60 to 70 miles an hour, and intimated that the fight might result in the fastest running time ever made by trains west of the Missouri river. If the Rock Island con tinues to go into Colorado ahead of the Union Pacific, the overland mail, which is a big item at present to the latter road, will be given to the former. Both the flyers were delayed by the storm last night, but the Rock Island train crossed the Union Pacific track at Limon several minutes ahead of the Union Pacific and went into Denver in the lead. Mr. Allen believes that another new time card will go in not later than Satur day. STARYES FOR FIYE DAYS. Negro Locked in a Box Car Eats Ever thing in Sight When Rescued. Trenton, N. J. March 23. When a freight train from the west pulled into Coalport. on the Pennsylvania railroad, last night, a negro nearly seven feet tall half crawled and half tumbled from an empty car to the ground. "Give me a drink," he gasped. One of the train hands got a pail of water, and the negro swallowed nearly two quarts of it without stopping to breathe. The drink revived him and he said that he had been a prisoner in the car since last Wednesday, when he crawled into it at Pittsburg with the intention of stealing a ride to Jersey City. He had been drifting about over the road nearly five days without food or drink. He was taken to the police station, where he was served with food. He ate four pounds of beefsteak, eight pota toes, a loaf of bread, seven boiled eggs, half a dozen cinnamon buns, a dozen bananas, a can of baked beans and a quart of milk. Immense Irrigating Plant. Berkeley, CaL, March 23. The dry winter and prospects of an equally arid spring have had the effect of starting a sudden and extensive irrigating en terprise at the Spreckels sugar beet ranch in the Salinas valley. In two weeks there will be put in place on the ranch an immense centrifugal pump that cost $15,000 to pump water from the Salinas river for the purpose of ir rigating the thousands of acres of the beet sugar land on the ranch. The work has necessitated the employment of hundreds of men. Mineral Water. The finest In the west. Come and try It. J. W. PHILLIPS. 12 West Eignth SU 40 LIVES LOST. The Rush to Alaska Numbers Another Shipwreck Among the Many Since the Ex citement Began. 10 MILES FROM SHORE The Helen W. Almy is Dis covered Floating Bottom Upward Without a Sign of Life About. San Francisco, March 23. Upon the arrival of the company's steamer Santa Rosa from San Diego today the news was received of another horrible acci dent indirectly attributed to the Alas kan gold excitement, which is believed to have cost the lives of 40 passengers and sailors. Captain Alexander, of the Santa Rosa reported that early this morning while nine miles off Point Bonita at the mouth of the Golden Gate, he sighted a derelict, bottom up. The tug Sea witch was immediately dispatched to the point indicated and found the dere lict to be the bark Helen W. Almy, Cap tain Hogan, which sailed hence for Cop per river points with 27 passengers and a crew of 13 on Sunday last. The bark lay upon her starboard side with her stern low down in the water, her deck hamper badly wrecked and several planks of her hold washed loose by the sea which broke over her. While there were no signs of boats among the wreckage it is not believed that her passengers and crew escaped by putting out from the vessel in them as there has been a very heavy sea for several days past. Further more no word has been received from the survivors, if any exist, although the derelict was sighted within ten miles of shore and fully 48 hours have passed since the wreck oc curred. According to the tug boat men there was a pretty stiff breeze when theAlmy sailed out of the Golden Gate on Sun day last and by noon it was blowing a gale. She left here under top sails and when last seen was standing: out for an ofnnk. There was a heavy sea running and it is supposed that some time dur ing the night she was struck by a squall and turned turtle. The following is a list of her passen gers and crew: Passengers A. Anderson. David An derson, A. B. Beach, D. Cinotto, Theo dore Kreber, E. P. Currier, Oscar Djer- sander, Fred Franks, Julius Gill, J. T. Golsky, Gus Jourmer, M. R. Lemtlev. John Levick, William McCray, R. Nich ols, James Reynolds, J. T. Reason, Jac. B. Saxon, John Snell, William' Snedon, C. B. Spinter, Charles S. Smallwood, John Vance. Adolph Waldo, John Walk- r. John Westwick, an unknown man. The crew W. J. Hogan, captain; V. B. Crantz, chief mate, native of Boston, o years old; F. Mackie, second mate, California, 26 years old; John Higgins, cook, Massachusetts, 30 years old; W. C. Hopkins, steward, Illinois, 46 years; Ira Cook, cabin boy, Connecticut, 40 years; Fred Cromwell, apprentice, Z0 years, Pennsylvania. Seamen: P. Bron son. United States, 40 years; J. B. Un derwood, New Jersey, 24 years; Chas. Leach, Connecticut; Ernest Tallan, England, 29 years; William McKeon, New York, 27 years; Antpne Nichols, Australia, 20 years. The Helen W. Almy was once a South Sea trader and was quite famous for her many adventures among the south sea reefs. Her commander was Captain Lutter land and he operated her in the inter est of John Wightman, who retained an interest in her when she entered in the Alaskan trade. The vessel was in good condition for an old vessel and perfectly seaworthy. She was on the dry docks some days before being put on the berth and her owners spent $3,000 in repairing her. She had a' temporary house on deck. When the Almy left port she had 125 tons of ballast in her besides the pro visions of the passengers and their out fits. She was a vessel of only 250 tons and was therefore ballasted sufficiently to make her "stiff." HAS A CANE Cut From a Tree That Grew Through His Brother's Body. Georgetown, Ky., March 23. Mr. George Yates, a member of the Orphan brigade, a brother of County Judge J. J. Yates, was killed at the battle of Chlckamauga in 1863, and his body was buried in a trench on the battlefield. In lSJiS the re mains were exhumed and removed to Frankfort. Mr. Jake Sandusky, a com rade, was present when the trench was opened, and it was found that a small hickory tree had grown up through the body and its roots were entwined with the bones. Mr. Sandusky cut the stick and had it made into a walking cane. Judge Yates heard of this, and has ever since been trying to find the whereabouts of Sandusky with a view of becoming the possessor of the stick. A few days ago, by accident, he learned that Sandusky was living at W'ilmore, Ky.. and com municated with him, and yesterday he re ceived from him the cane. It is a heavy stick, beautifully polished and has a silver head, on which is engraved two Confed erate flags crossed and the word "Chick amauga." LOCATES ANOTHER COMET. Professor Perrine of Lick Observatory Makes Another Discovery. Cambridge, Mass., March 23. A tele gram has been received at the Harvard college observatory from Prof. Schaeberle at Lick observatory stating that Prof. Perinne has just discovered a bright comet. Its position March 20 (53 m. 52 s.) Green wich mean time, was as follows: Right ascension, 21 degrees, IS minutes 4S.S sec onds; declination north. 16 degrees, 43 minutes. 23 seconds: daily motion in right ascension, 3 minutes 44 seconds; daily mo tion in declination, I degree 1 minute. The comet is 2 m. in diameter, of the seventh magnitude, has strong central condensation and a tail one degree long. EXODLS TO ALASKA. 14,565 Persons Have Left Seattle This Year. Seattle, Wash., March 23. Figures com piled by the Post-Intelligencer show that since January 1, 14,565 persons have left this city for Alaska. Of these 2,303 went to Copper river. Hock Island Flyer. Only 14 hours to Denver and Colora do Springs. E-verrboo.- Says So. Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won oerf ul medical discovery of the age, pleas ant and refreshing to the tpste, act gently and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels, cleansing the entire system, dispel colds, cure headache, fever, hahitual constipation and biliousness. PJease buy and try a box of C. C. C. to-day; 10, as. 50 cents. Sold and guaranteed to cure by all druggists. GOTUAM WAR SPIRIT. All the Theaters, Music Halls and Hand Organs Play Patriotic Airs. New York, March 23. The war spirit in New York is remarkable; at every theater and music hall the orchestras are playing patriotic music, and even the hand organs in the streets have dis carded the "coon" songs and other pop ular airs and have had their cylinders set for "Yankee Doodle," "The Star Spangled Banner" and the national hymns, which draw 25 cent pieces where the ordinary repertoires bring pennies and nickles. About noon yesterday as the stock exchange closed for the half holiday, an Italian with a street piano took his place at the corner of Broad and Wall streets, and commenced a fine pro gramme of old army songs, like "Marching Through Georgia," "Red, White and Blue" and "Tramp, Tramp. Tramp, the Boys are Marching." In five minutes he had a crowd of 500 or 600 men around him, who soon com menced, to sing, and the open air con cert of patriotic music continued for half an hour or more, while the player's partner circulated through the crowd with a tin cup that was filled again and again with coins. The Italian's receipts for that one short matinee probably ex ceeded those of any other in his prev ious experience. At the vaudeville shows all the topi cal songs are on Cuba, Spain and war. The living pictures and tableaux are mil itary and naval heroes and battle scenes. One enterprising manager throws the faces of Washington, Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, McKinley and Miles and pictures of battleships on a screen every night, while the orchestra plays appropriate music, and, the audience howl themselves hoarse. All the places of public amusement are decorated with bunting, and "Old Glory" floats from thousands of buildings nowadays. A small merchant on Broadway has ta ken advantage of the popular enthusi asm by putting out this sign: "Peace We Trust; War if We Must." HILARITY IN ATCHISON. "What They Do to Have a Funny Time Over There. Atchison Globe: Alois Philipp, the baritone player, was lately passing Abe Zahn's market at Ninth and Kearney streets, and saw this sign displayed: "Geese Eggs for Sale." This sign great ly amused Mr. Philipp, and he brought several persons from Commercial street to see it. When Mr. Philipp stood in front of the market, laughing at the sijrn. Abe Zahn stood in the door, as mad as a wet hen, but saying nothing. The more Mr. Philipp thought about the sign, the more it amused him, and one day he asked his pastor to go and look at it. His pastor had formerly been a professor at St. Benedict's college, and, being an educated man, Mr. Philipp thought he would enjoy such an exhi bition of ignorance. So he took his pas tor up to look at it. "Well," the priest said, looking at the sign, "the wording is perfectly proper." Mr. Philipp was dumbfounded, and so indignant that he has left the Catholic church, and taken his children out of the Catholic school. He still says the sign was wrong. In speaking of the matter today, he said: "You never, say geeseberries, and con sequently you should not say geese eggs." W AITING FOR A THAW. 300 People Are Camped at Yakuta Bay, Alaska. Seattle, Wn., March 23. The schooner Bering Sea has arrived from Yakuta Bay, Alaska. When she left there were about 300 people there waiting to go over the pass into the interior. Capt. Grotle reports that little pro gress is being made at Disenchantment bay. Th-3 bay was frozen over hard the past winter, and when the Bering Sea left it was just beginning to float out on the tide. There were too many icebergs in the bay to make navigation safe and the schooner's passengers dis embarked at Yakuta, a small village -on the coast. Trouble of a serious nature was re ported on the schooner Morrill. Before the Morrill arrived at Yakuta adverse winds were encountered and she was driven some distance out of her course. Then the passengers, so it was stated to Captain Grotle, became almost mut inous. During the trouble, the captain of the Morrill, it is said, quelled a row by a liberal display of guns in the hands of himself and crew. Finally the schooner was put about and arrived safely at Yakuta, where the passen gers and freight were discharged The Bering Sea brought no advices from the interior. BUILDING PERMITS. Chief Wilmarth of the fire depart ment, has issued the following building permits, the lot number being given instead of the street numbers. To the W. A. L. Thompson Hardware company for the erection of a four story business house on lots No. 154-6 Jackson street, to cost $15,000, and be constructed of brick and stone, and be 50x150 feet. To George Hackney for the erection of a business house on lots No. 50-2 Kansas avenue, to cost $5,000,construct ed of stone, one story in height and 45x 150 feet. To C. S. Sutton for enlarging his res idence on lots No. 193-7 Harrison street, to cost $1,000. To Topeka Railway company for the erection of a car barn at Twelfth and Jackson streets, to cost $1,800, to be constructed of brick and stone and to be 48x105 feet. To P. J. Johnson for the erection of a dwelling house on lots No. 110-2 Tay lor street, to cost $1,000. To T. W. Harrison, for the construc tion of two dwelling houses on lots No. 534-8 Taylor street, to cost $1,800. To. T. E. Armstrong, for an addition to the dwelling on lot No. 219 Harrison street, to cost $150. To Rev. Chas. M. Sheldon, for an ad dition to his residence at street No. 1515 West Fifteenth street, to cost $211. To R. S. Robinson, for an addition to a dwelling on lots No. 24-6 North To peka avenue, to cost $250. To Hannah Whittsell, for an addition to her dwelling on lots No. 73-5 Third street, to cost $40. To Mrs. Ella Kruger, for an addition to her residence at street No. 1043 Pine street, to cost $25. To Henry Hoffman, for an addition to a dwelling on lot No. 14 Jefferson street, to cost $75. To E. T. Lucas, for the erection of a barn on lots No. 356-7 Morris avenue, to cost $100. A CONFERENCE ASKED. Democrats Appoint a Committee to Meet a Committee of Populists. Taylor Riddle, chairman of the Popu list state central committee was in the city yesterday conferring with the state officers on political matters. Discussing the relations of the Popu lists and Democrats Mr. Riddle said: "The Democrats have appointed a con ference committee and I have been asked to name a committee to meet them at an early date to discuss politi cal matters. "I will take no action until authority HEBE ARE THE NAMES Prominent People WTho Hare Been Cured by Prof. Samuels. A Variety of Diseases All Cured Sim ply by Applying His Wonderful Remedies to the Eyes. The list of difficult cases which Pro fessor Samuels has cured in Topeka grows larger day by day. If one ac count of each was put in the newspaper people would be astonished at the size of it. Below are names of some well known people who have been treated for various diseases. No account is taken of people who have been simply fitted with glasses. F. C. Downey, attorney, 26 Colum bian building, had the use of only one eye the best oculist in Kansas City claimed there was no help for the oth er eye. He now sees with both. Prof. Samuels did it. Wm. Foster of Pauline, Kan., wa troubled with a cataract growth on hi eyes; was cured by our method of treat ment, by absorption. J. M. Donohoe, 317 East Eighth, brought his daughter to Prof. Samuels to treat her eyes for cataracts. The cure was performed by absorption in a short time. She attends the St. Ma ry's school in Leavenworth and has perfect sight. Mr. H. J. Bevelle, Topeka, manager of the Western Union Telegraph com pany, was suffering with granulated eyes and also catarrh. He treated for 23 months with what he supposed to be the best oculists with no improvement. In 60 days under Prof. Samuels he was cured. Mr. Pigg, proprietor of the St. Nicho las hotel, had his daughter treated by the so-called best oculists of this city until she was made entirely blind. In a short time after taking her to Prof. Samuels she was cured by his way of treating. M. S. Sales, who works for the Chica go Lumber company, at Third and. Jackson streets, was entirely blind. The best oculists in the city claimed that no human being could make him see. But he is now cured by this wonderful method and now sees well. Mr. Fred Freeman was advised to go to New York to have an operation per formed on his eyes. He came to Prof. Samuels and was cured. Mr. A. Troup, of Troup's Enterprise, had been treating for nine months and was getting no better. He called on Prof. Samuels and was cured in six weeks of catarrh and sore eyes. Mrs. Warner, wife of Councilman J. S. Warner had been suffering several years with a bad case of sore eyes. She had tried several doctors and most of the so-called oculists in town, but got no relief. She was induced to try Prof. Samuels and after two months' treatment she waa entirely cured. When Mr. Warner settled for the glasses he remarked that he never paid out money more cheerfully in his life. Mr. Jas. Herron, general agent of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company, who resides at 306 West Eighth street, is another beneficiary of Prof. Sam uels' treatment. In 1S95 his eyes be came so badly affected that he treated with a Topeka oculist six months without receiving any benefit. In Jan uary, 1897, his eyes had became so bad he could not stand the light and had to remain in a dark room the entire day. He went to Prof. Samuels soon after wards and in two weeks was cured and has had no trouble with his eyes since. Both Don and Lucile Mulvane, have been fitted with glasses by Prof. Sam uels and recommend his work very highly. Mrs. T. Crouch, who Is a dressmaker at 1030 Polk street, suffered for six or seven years from a bad case of catarrh. After taking various treatments, she finally decided to try Prof. Samuels. After three months' treatment the ca tarrh was entirely cured and although that was three years ago it has never returned. Robert Inman, son of Major Henry Inman, was for some time almost blind. He tried oculists and doctors without number. After treating with Prof. Samuels a few weeks his eyes were not only cured but his general health and appearance was so improved that many of his most intimate friends hardly knew him. It is useless to add more. Prof. Sam uels treats all kinds of diseases through the eyes only. Office 606 Kansas ave nue, over the Hub clothing store. is conferred upon me by the state com mittee, or the committeemen them selves decide what shall be done in this matter. The state committee will meet in Topeka April 20 at which time defin ite action will be taken. I simply rep resent the committee and will abide by the decision of that body." Rock Island Flyer. Only 14 hours to Denver and Colora do Springs. OASTOniA. fts- limi n eer7 tmjpsx. trt OASTOHIA. Jl ha- J Js Three Months of Bad Weather Can be avoided by spending the time in Southern Califor nia, leaving on, the California Limit ed via the Santa Fe. "W. C. GAB.VEY, Agent, Topeka, Kan. h m n m st m m W. J. BLACK, G. P. A. Topeka, .Kan. m 71 Bsiiit(Bieiiitsa y

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY" EVENING, MARCH 23, 1899. THE YRR GRCCElilES, FRESH MEATS, QIEEXSWARE AXD TLMTARE. TON'T THINK because our prices are cheap that we sell cheap groceries. There is not a grocery store in the city that sells a better grade of goods than we do. 3 dozen fresh country Eggs Small Colorado Potatoes, per bu. 19 rbs finest standard Granulated Sugar Dry Salt Meat, per lb -California Haras, per fb Sugar Cured Hams, per lb Breakfast Eacon, per lb 3 lb can Wolffs O. K. Lard 6 lb can Wolffs O. K. Lard 10 tb can Wolffs O. K. Lard Nice large White Fish California Salmon, per lb .25 .55 1.00 .05 .05 .08 07 .35 .70 .10 .10 .10 $2.25 Lake Trout, per lb Silk Soap, 11 bars 25c, per box.... White Russian Soap, 10 bars 25c, per box Lenox Soap. 10 bars 25c, per box.. 6 cakes Ivory Soap 12 cakes Fairy Soap 6 cakes Grandpa Soap 20 lbs. Sal Soda 8 lbs. Lump Starch 4 lb. package Gold Dust Pearlir.e and Soapine, per pkg 7 pkgs. 9 o'clock Washing Tea Quart bottle Blueing Bottle Household Ammonia Ball Blueing, per box 2 cakes Morgan's Sapolio 2.45 2.45 .25 .25 .25 .25 .IS .04 .25 .10 .10 .05 .15 CANNED GOODS. 3 lbs. solid packed Tomatoes, 2 cans Standard Corn. 4 cans Oil Sardines, 7 cans lustard Sardines, per can Warren's Al Salmon, 2 cans Monarch Salmon, 2 cans Cape Salmon, 4 cans Cove Oysters, 4 cans String Beans, per can Wax Beans, per can Elk brand California Peaches. pears and Apricots, per can Gooseberries, 4 cans Blackberries, 4 cans Blueberries, 2 cans Cherries. 2 cans Gallon Apples, per can Gallon peaches, per can Gallon Apricots, per can Lima Beans, per can Florida Pineapples, per can Tied Kidney Beans, 4 cans Boston Baked Beans, 6 cans Early June Peas, 3 cans Wisconsin Marrowfat Peas, 3 cans.. 1 lb. Kaw Valley Marrowfat Peas, 8 cans Genuine French Peas, per can.... .15 .23 .05 .23 .23 .03 .05 .10 .25 .25 .15 .15 .20 .20 .25 .25 .25 .25 .25 .10 MAlIi ORDERS SHIPPED PROMPTLY. J. S. SPROUT, Wliolpiala and Retail. Tlie Star Grocer. TELEPHONE 333. WANT A CHEMICAL ENGINE. Women of College Hill Will Seek Fire Protection. The women of College Hill have be come exercised over the poor fire pro tection afforded that suburb, and they have decided to take the matter up and secure better protection. The fire at Washburn college Monday showed that this district, which, is within the city limits and taxed heavily, is practically outside the reach of any protection by the firemen. There are no fire hydrants west of Thirteenth and Buchanan streets, which leaves a district within the limits near ly a mile in extent without water. The lire department does not own enough hose to lay a pipe line to fires on Col lege Hill. Another thing is that it is fully two miles from the nearest chem ical engine, which is at fire headquart ers. The nearest hose wagon is a mile and a quarter. Since the Washburn college fire sev eral conferences have been held. A committee of women will call uponMayor Fellows, and the councilmen. upon Marshal Wilmarth and the officers of the water company. Those who are taking an active part in the work are Mesdames Frank Merriam, Thos. S. Lyon, L. D. Whittemore.E. B. Merriam, J. T. Lovewell, Harry Whiting. W. A. Neiswanger, M. Mohler, Chas. M. Shel den, O. F. Sawyer, J. C. Holland, Stew art Shelden, and Miss Caroline Mad docks of Washburn college. The main request to be made will be for the establishment by the city of a fire station on the hill in the vicinity of Fifteenth and Buchanan streets. An effort will be made to secure subscrip tions for the purchase of a lot and the erection of a suitable building in which to keep a chemical engine. This loca tion would command the territory of College Hill and also Martin Dennis addition. As the city water has not been extended to College Hill it is con sidered that a chemical engine would be of far more use than a hose wagon. The territories of College Hill and Mar tin Dennis addition are farthest from A POPULAR MISTAKE Regarding1 Remedies for Dyspepsia and Indigestion. The national disease of Americans Is Indigestion or in its chronic form, dys pepsia, and for the very reason that it is so common many people neglect tak ing proper treatment for what they consider trifling stomach trouble, when as a matter of fact, indigestion lays the foundation for many incurable diseases. Xo person with a vigorous, healthy stomach will fall a victim to consump tion. Many kidney diseases and heart troubles date their beginning from poor digestion: thin, nervous people are real ly so because their stomachs are out of gear; weary, languid, faded out women owe their condition to imperfect diges tion. When nearly every person you meet Is afflicted with weak digestion it is not surprising that nearly every secret patent medicine on the market claims to be a cure for dyspepsia, as well as a score of other troubles, when in fact, as Dr. Werthier says, there is" but one genuine dyspepsia cure which is per fectly safe and reliable, and moreover, this remedy is not a patent medicine, but it is a scientific combination of pure pepsin (free from animal matter), veg etable essences, fruit salts and bismuth. It is sold by druggists under name of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. No extrav agant claims are made for them. but for indigestion or any stomach trouble, Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are far phead of any remedy yet discovered. They act on the food eaten, no dieting is necessary, simply eat all the whole some food you want and these tablets will digest it. A cure results, because all the stomach needs is a rest, which Stuart's Dyspepisa Tablets give by do ing the work of digestion. Druggists sell these tablets at 50 cts rer package. Little book on stomach disease and testimonials sent free by addressing Stuart Co., chemists, Mar shall, Mich. ERY Mushroons, per can Pumpkin, 2 cans .20 .15 FLOUR. For a few days only we will sell 50-lb sack Star Straight Patent $1.15 50-lb sack Star High Patent 1.25 CRACKERS. Kennedy's F. A. K. Soda and Oys ter Crackers per lb by Box .06 CAL EVAPORATED FRUITS. Fancy quartered Apples, per lb.... Sun Dried Peaches, per lb 3 lbs. fancy Apricots 3 lbs. fancy Peaches 6 lbs. Grapes Choice Fears, per lb 3 lbs. Blackberries 3 lbs. Raspberries Fancy Layer Figs, per lb 3 lbs Currants 7 lbs Prunes 6 lbs Haisins 2 lbs Silver Prunes 1 lb London Layer Raisins .05 .05 .25 .25 .25 .05 .25 .50 .15 .25 .25 .25 .23 .10 Baker's Breakfast Cocoa, per can.. Van Houten's Cocoa, per lb. can 7 cans Eagle Milk $1 3 cans Jams Plumb Butter, 3 lb. cans Apple Butter, 3 lb. cans Peach Butter, 3 lb. cans Syrup, 3 lb. cans 1 lb I'neolored Japan Tea 2 lbs Tea Sittings Rising Sun Stove Polish, per cake.... 3 pkgs Aunt Jemima Pancake Flour.. 3 pkss Ralston Pancake Flour Pettijohn's Breakfast Food Columbia Rolled Oats, per pkg 12 lbs Scotch Oats 20 lbs Cracked Hominy 10 lbs Green Peas 6 lbs Pearl Barley Good Clean Rice, per lb 12 lbs Hand-picked Navy Beans Arbuckle's. Lion, Levering's, Mokas- ka and 4X. per pkg Mocha and Java Coffee, per lb Golden Rio Coffee, per lb Java Screenings. 2 lbs Our Ankola brand Java and Mocha in 1-lb cans New York Cream Cheese, per lb in-lb pail White Fish White Hoop Holland Herring, per keg 2 lbs Pepper 2 boxes Shoe Blacking Battle Ax Tobacco, per lb Star and Holseahoa Tobacco, per lb.. o. 113 EAST SIXTH ST. fire apparatus than any others In the city. Martin Dennis addition will work in concert with the College Hill people for the establishment of the sta tion on the hill at Fifteenth and Bu chanan streets. A petition is being pre pared which will be circulated freely in these two suburbs and later presented to the council asking for the chemical engine. Several residents living on the edge of the city limits have signified their willingness to give a reasonable sum as their share of the expenses of main ttuance for the protection afford ed. Residences and buildings in the two additions are at the mercy of fire, and the women intend to see to it that their demands are heeded or they will want to know the reason why. CLEYEU SWINDLE. How the St Paul Banks Were De frauded so Successfully. St. Paul, Minn., March 23. Just how great the loss through the government time check fraud may prove, cannot be known until an examination of the books of the engineering department has shown which checks are good and which are false. About three weeks ago the local banks, which first became interested through some Hartford, Conn., holders of the papers, began an investigation and became satisfied that the amount of checks out was far in excess of the money appropriated by the government to carry on the work of the upper Mis sissippi river. After several interviews with Southall in which, it is claimed, that he tried to prove that there was nothing in the claims, it is said that he finally admitt ed that fully 25 per cent of the checks that are now outstanding, are worth less. To protect themselves, the banks at once took the stand that the govern ment, having adopted a scheme for the payment of the workmen employed by it that enabled an employe to defraud the banks and other innocent purchas ers of the paper, it should be compelled to stand the loss. The filing of the claims of the banks for the payment of the entire amount of the checks, was made in Washington, with the result that the matter became public. J. H. Southall has been employed by the government for a period of more than 15 years, up to six months ago. At that time he resigned the position of chief clerk of the engineering depart ment in this city, being succeeded by J. D. Dushane. It was given out at the time that Southall retired from the iposition of clerk, that he had made considerable money in a speculation in corn and that he intended in the future to devote his entire time to the stock market. His duties, while he was acting as clerk, were to keep the time as turned in by the foremen, of the pay that was due the workmen, and in time to pay them off in these time checks. The time checks were often bought up in large numbers by speculators, were cashed by banks and were held until the gov ernment was prepared to meet the bills, when Southall would receive a remit tance direct from Washington and would then deposit the money in his own name and take up the checks with his individual checks. By doing this for a period of 15 years, his signature be came perfectly well known to all the banks in this vicinity and his credit with the government back of the paper that he issued was considered as good as a government bond. Of the $300,000 or $400,000 worth of time checks known to be outstanding, probably less than one-fourth was held by banks, and some of this was held by them for individuals. Two local banks, which failed fifteen months ago, held over $20,000. and near ly as much more was held by a Hart ford, Conn., bank. One man in Wisconsin, whose name could not be learned today, bought $64. 000 worth of these checks and $40,000 more had been taken as a good person al investment by a St. Paul capitalist. In smaller amounts the time checks are understood to be held all over the country, and it will be some time before the full amount can be learned. INGALLSJ50UGHT. Populists Seek to Nominate the Atchison Statesman For Congress in the First Kan sas District, HAVIXG DEEP FAITH In His Honesty and Beliering That at Heart He is For Economic Reform, They Would Welcome Him. A Story That is at Least High ly Interesting. There is a move on foot among the Pop ulists of the First congressional district to nominate John J. lngalls as the fusion candidate for congress. They say Mr. lngalls has been so near the gate 'which leads into the Populist camp so many times that they have concluded to openly ask him to come and help reform the world. Mr. lngalls, to be sure, as a mat ter of course, has not been consulted, but "Webb McNall, Governor Leedy, John Breidenthal, Q. C. Clemens and others will probably be requested to act as a committee and present the matter to Mr. Ins-alls for his prayerful consideration. The Populists have secured St. John and other brainy men formerly Republicans and are now apparently "setting their caps" for lngalls, who may at least laugh at the sport. Mr. Clemens, supreme court reporter, said on this subject: "If Mr. lngalls will run I am for him. I will even make sacrifice for him, for I had intended to go to congress from the First district myself as a socialist can didate. I can wait awhile, and if he will take it, lngalls may have the place this time. Why should not the fusionists run him? I only wish some of the candidates they have proposed knew as well as ln galls does the true cause of existing eco nomic conditions and how they must be changed. "In two speeches in the United States senate he arraigned the existing social order as it has rarely been arraigned by even the ablest and most radical of so cialists; and those speeches were evidence to me that he had been reading and deep ly pondering over socialism. No man un familiar with the literature of socialism could have made those speeches. So clear was this to me that I remarked of him: 'He that knoweth his master's will and doeth it not, shall be beaten with many stripes.' He has had 'em, too. He has not been at home for a long time in the Republican party of today. "lngalls has intellectual integrity and simply cannot publicly utter what he does not at the time believe. Little men can profess opinions they hate; but greater minds cannot. lngalls cannot falsify his tory nor misstate facts. That much credit I have always given him, even when I have most bitterly denounced his course. He has absolute intellectual integrity; and if he publicly says he believes in cer tain views, I shall believe him without the slightest hesitation. One thing is pretty certain: You will not get him to say that the money question is the su premely important question; that all would be well with the poor if only sil ver were restored. "But I have always liked lngalls per sonally, else I would not have condemned him occasionally. He is not a 'stiff. He is a good deal of a Bohemian a clubable cuss. He is natural, and never puts on almighty awful airs, like many 'distin guished roosters are so fond of doing. He has sufficient sense of the ludicrous what Ijowell called, 'the balance wheel of the mind' to prevent him from strutting like dignified dullness can. He is a good fellow,' with a desirable streak of the vagabond in him. That is why he takes as a lecturer he is a sort of spoiled boy. as it were. I like him personally, and if he should be a candidate on our ticket, I would like him generally. "Of course, you will understand that nothing of what I have said goes if he should be against us. In that event I shall wish to be free to remark that he is a disagreeable person, addicted to the wife beating habit, stuck up beyond all endurance, an all around bad man, a de ceiver of the people and a hardened and dangerous wretch. But if he will be the fusion candidate in the First district, T am for him and will throw my strength to him and stay out of the race. Xobody but myself can ever know what a sacri fice this would be: for I have thought I could have lots of fun running for con gress in this district, without incurring the slightest danger of being obliged to go to congress." Governor Leedy said: "There is no question about lngalls being a great man and an excellent candidate for congress. By his speech of li&l he proved to the people that his views are in accord with the principles of Populism, and if we could get him to stand still in one place long enough that is, nail him to the cross he would be the very man to send to congress from the First district." John Breidenthal, who is a Populist leader in the First district, where he votes. Topeka being his home, said: "Mr. lngalls admits that the money question is the paramount issue of the campaign of the present. His past record shows that he is in full accord with the Populist theories and platforms on this question, "Three from two you can't, Eays the schoolboy. Right Three from two you can't, either in dol lars or dividends or sarsaparilla. It takes the best sarsaparilla root to make the best sarsaparilla ex tract. The best sarsaparilla comes from Honduras, C. A., and the Dr. Ayer Co. practically controls the entire product. Yet others claim to be making best sarsaparilla. They must be making it out of the remainder left after subtracting three from two. But, three from two you can't." You can't make the best sarsaparilla -without best root. You only get the best when you ei MM wbich is made wholly from the best root imported from Honduras, o aparllia and I know of no better or more avail able man for congress than he." J. M. Senter, clerk of the state board of railroad commissioners, who is a can didate for congress in the First district himself, recognizes In lngalls a great man and a valuable acquisition. He says: "I am willing to stand by the decision of the people of the district. If they desire to nominate Mr. lngalls, I would be for him." Webb McNall said: "Notwithstanding Charlie Curtis' long years of faithful service to the Republican party, the gang which runs politics in the First district intends to turn him down. This will be done in the face of his well known silver record and merit in other directions. Since the gang intends to deliver the dis trict to the man who will do their bid ding, I know of nothing better to suggest than the nomination of lngalls. who could be elected, because he is a man of na tional reputation, a scholar and a genius. Only such a man could defeat the bosses. His well known friendliness for silver and the Populist party makes him an -exceedingly available candidate, and he ought to have the nomination." LOXG TRIP WITH TEOtSERS They Were Polo Trousers Inadver tently Left in a Club House. New York, March 23. The remarka ble secret is out, and it transpires that David Sacks, the American District tel egraph messenger, who was recently sent from this city to Aiken, S. C, simply to carry a pair of polo breeches to their owner. It was a round trip of 1,572 miles, and the messenger's fee, at 30 cents an hour, was about $70. It so happened that George P. Eus tis discovered the baggy polo breeches In question at the Knickerbocker club, and, knowing that they belonged to Thos. Hitchcock, Jr., of Aiken, S. C, he rang up a messenger and said: "Here, take this package to that ad dress." The messenger took the bundle care lessly, expecting a city trip, and was told, to his surprise, that it was to be delivered in Aiken, S. C. He didn't know what was in it; he didn't care, and he went on the remarkable errand promptly, and delivered the polo trou sers on time. HORSELESS CAB IN CHICAGO A Livery Stable Contracts for 50 and Will Have a Dozen in Opera tion Next Month. Chicago, March 23. By the latter part of April a local livery company will have a dozen vehicles propelled by electric mo tors doing duty at depots, clubs and ho tels. This installment will be followed by others, until 50 horseless cabs will be in operation in all parts of the city. The cabs will be of three patterns the regular hansom, the victoria hansom and the closed cab for rainy weather. This end-of-the-century vehicle will be nine feet long over all and will be equipped with sufficient battery capacity to run 40 miles with one charging. The maximum speed will be 12 miles an hour and the average speed eight miles. The propelling power is to come from two motors and the electricity from stor age batteries that can be charged anew after a long run in from an hour to an hour and a half. This will enable one to make from 75 to 100 miles a day, for the batteries can be charged at any place where there is an electric lighting plant. KID NICHOLS HOLDS OFF. Boston's Famous Pitcher Wants a Raise of $500 in Salary. Boston, March 23. A dispatch from Greensboro, N. C, where the Boston nine has gone for its spring practice, says that Pitcher Charles Nichols, who was the mainstay, of the club in' win ning the national league pennant last year, refuses to sign at the salary of fered. Nichols is getting $3,000 now, and he is said to demand $500 more for a sea son's work, together with certain other privileges which the Boston manage ment is not disposed to grant. Manager Selee thinks that "Nick" will come around all right in the near future, but the friends of the pitcher say he will stick. Nichols is supposed to be atj his home in Kansas City, and he has made no move to join the team for practice. His absence would seriously cripple Boston's aspirations for winning the flag in 1S98. FISH AT LOW PRICES. The Catch at Gloucester Amounts to Almost Four and a Quarter Million Pounds. Gloucester. Mass., March 23. The re ceipts of fish at this port for the week have been enormous, aggregating almost four and one-quarter million pounds. All records have been broken, and the market has been absolutely glutted. Owing to the enormous catch. prices have ruled extremely low. The receipts of salt fish have also been unusually large, ag gregating 1.053,000 pounds. Fresh halibut were also in good request, about 350.000 pounds of this variety of fish having been landed during the week. A PATRIOTIC GROUNDHOG. Wrapped in the Flag of His Country He Slept the Winter Through. Tiffin, March 23. When a new school house at Bunker hill, this county, was being erected last fall, the school flag was missed and a close search failed to dis cover it. Saturday a half dozen youngsters chased a ground hog to his hole and when they dug down for him they found him nestled in the much wanted stars and stripes, which had been his protection all winter. LARGEST MILL BURNS. Biggest Shingle Mill in the World Totally Destroyed. Tacoma. Wash.. March 23. The Pacific mill, the largest shingle mill in the world, operated by Metcalf Wade, was com pletely destroyed by fire today. The property is owned by the Sather Banking company of San Francisco, and their loss will be about $109,000. There were 3.O0O.0UO shingles in the kilns. Within thirty minutes from the alarm the immense plant was a total ruin. No Insurance on stock. COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS. Tomorrow night Monroe and Hart, in their new farce comedy, "The Gay Mat inee Girl," will be seen at the Crawford theater. The company supporting the comedians is headed by Miss Iola Pom eroy, and is said to number 18 people. Fourteen pleasing specialties are intro duced during the course of the per formance, and there Is some good chorus singing in the piece. As the managers of a theatrical company stranded in the south, Monroe and Hart have ample opportunity of showing their ability as fun makers, and are of course the principal figures in the farce. To Pasture Stock in the Yosemite. Fresno, Cal... March 23. Stockraisers of this county are circulating a petition which will shortly be forwarded to Presi dent McKinley. The unprecedented drouth has been hard on stock, and the president will be asked to proclaim that stock may graze on certain portions of the Yosemite park reservation during the coming season. Mt Washington Club House Burned. GreatBarrington,March 23. The club house, cottage and stable on Mount Washington owned by Leonard D. Hos ford and other New York men were burned yesterday with the contents. The loss is estimated at $42,000. The property was insured. R A I L R 0 AD NEWS. The Rock Island Wins in the Fight For the Mail. First Mail For Utah, Colorado and New Mexico IS GIVEX THAT ROAD In the Contest For Fast Deliv ery W ith the Union Pacific Rock island Abolishes Time Card and Runs "W ild." Kansas City, March 23. Under orders issued yesterday by the postal authori ties, all mail for the territory reached by the Denver Rio Grande road south of Colorado Springs, and by the Rio Grande Western and the Colorado Mid land roads, originating at or passing through Kansas City, was given last night to the Rock Island instead of the tTnion Pacific. As the weighing of mails by the government preparatory to awarding the contract for carrying the same was begun at Kansas City yester day morning, the first mail for Utah, much of Colorado and a small part of New Mexico was weighed to the ac count of the Rock Island. It is understood that it is a mail rather than a passenger war and that, although passengers may take advant age of the fast train schedules to make quick trips to and from Colorado points, the contracts with the government for carrying the mails for the next four years, which are to be awarded soon, were the occasion for the establishment of the fast trains. Neither the Union Pacific nor the Rock Island would give out any infor mation regarding proposed new time cards yesterday, although it is known that both roads have been restringing their Colorado flyers with a view to making absolutely the fastest time pos sible between here and Denver. It was stated, but not officially, that the Union Pacific revise its time card to arrive In Denver at 10:30 instead of 11:20, as under the nearest time card. The Rock Island is running on special instead of schedule time between Limon and Den ver, a distance of 90' miles. Its through train runs through Limon to Colorado Springs, and the Denver train, with which it connects, at Limon, is held on the tracks there ready to start imme diately upon the arrival of the through train. When it starts it has the right of way, and makes the fastest time possible to Denver, as it does no local business whatever between the junction point and the terminal, and has no schedule and the right of way. The Union Pacific, on the contrary, has been attempting to care for much of its local business with its fast Den ver train, and in doing this has allowed the Rock Island to beat it into Denver. It is reported that the Overland is awakened to the full importance of the Rock Island's shrewd move, which was explained fully in the Journal yester day, and that it is likely during this week to put on a Kansas City-Denver flyer, the sole purpose of which will be to leave Kansas City at the latest hour and reach Denver at the earliest time possible, with a view to recovering whatever advantage it can in the fast time war for mail contracts. An interesting feature of the fast train war is the fact that the Rock Is land runs over the Union Pacific tracks for 160 miles of the distance to Denver; from Kansas City to Topeka, 67 miles, and from Limon to Denver, 93 miles. The distance via the Union Pacific from Kansas City" to Denver is six miles greater than via the Rock Island, 633 miles via one and 639 miles via the oth er. "FIVE SPOT'S"' LTJCK. Engineer Jolly Has a Narrow Escape in a Collision With a Tele graph Pole. "The Five Spot" that pulls the fast mail from Kansas City to Topeka, in charge of Engineer Ed Jolly, has luck good and bad. Since she struck seven mules and a horse, and killed them all in less than a minute, her escapes have been christened "The Five Spot's Luck." The fast mail left Kansas City as us ual Tuesday morning and was making about 50 or 60 miles an hour. It did not leave Kansas City until after the heavy wind and hail storm, and was the first train to leave on the Santa Fe after the fury of the storm had abated. Just af ter leaving Wilder, Engineer Jolly sud denly jumped from his seat to the floor of the cab, and in a second the right hand side of the cab, where he had been sitting, was totally demolished. A telegraph pole had been blown over by the storm, and the wires held it across the track in such a position that it struck the cab as the engine flew by. Engineer Jolly cleared the wreckage away and kept on his journey without even slacking speed, and the passen gers knew nothing of the accident. Luckily, neither Engineer Jolly or any of the mechanism of the engine was hurt. HAD A DEAD BROTHER. How a Man From Havensville Was Worked by a Denver Bunco Man. Denver Republican: The St. Pat rick's day hue had not entirely depart ed from Fred Hinkley when he appear ed at the Union depot yesterday after noon. He had forsaken the pastures of Havensville, Kan., last Thursday morn ing, and with $60 had wandered out to discover Salubria, Idaho. Hinkley was standing in the waiting room of the depot when he was ap proached by an innocent looking young man with a stubby brown moustache and a consumptive's complexion. The weather was beautiful indeed. Was Hinkley long in Denver? Only a few hours. Ah! and was going to Idaho by way of Cheyenne. How lucky! The man with the chalky face and the hair bristles on his upper lip was also going to Cheyenne. He was also a stranger; in fact, only came to Denver on a mes sage of death. His brother had died here and he had come to take back the remains to Wyoming for burial. Frederick Hinkley of Kansas sympa thized with the stranger in distress. The bunco man saw that he had im pressed him and he enlarged on his family loss, and incidentally scored the Denver undertakers for their lack of knowledge of the embalming business. He said he had given his brother's body to one undertaker, and had paid $50 for embalming it. The job had not been done according to his fastidious idea and he had engaged another em balmer to do It as it ought to be done. The body would be shipped to Cheyenne by the train Hinckley was awaiting. A walk up town "just to kill time" was suggested. Hinkley and the strang er went up Seventeenth street. They had a drink in a Sixteenth street sa loon and cigars in a store at Sixteenth GOLD It cuts the grease, and a good rinsing will leave the dishes delightfully clean. THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY. Chicago. St. Louis. Philadelphia. aflsas EOBCSBioa9BeB oBeaa I i he Vv estern Jhoundry s AND MACHINE WORKS. a a a 9 ta 9 2 f Established 1875. GET PRICES BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE. Topeka, aar aaaBBB0S U9iM and Curtis street. Then the bunco man remembered that he had cashed a draft for $2,500 and that the money, all in gold, was in his grip at the depot. It was too heavy, of course to carry. But he had another draft and would run upstairs in the Opera House block to have it cashed by a friend. Hinkley waited on the Curtis street sidewalk for his return. It was unfortunate, but his friend was not in, and would Hink ley let him have $50 to pay the under takers' fee until they went back to the depot. Hinkley ripped -a hole in the lining of his vest and took out $50 which a fe male relation had carefully sewed there when he determined to leave the busy life of Havensville and seek fortune or fame in Salubria, Idaho. The bunco man went up the Curtis street stairway of the Opera House block to "pay the undertaker." He came out of the Six teenth street entrance. Hinkley watch ed the wind toss pieces of paper on Curtis street for an hour. He was waiting and watching when Officer J. C. Smith concluded he was lost and be lieved it might be wise to lead him to police headquarters for investigation. "I could 'a' learned jist as much fer $5 as. fer $50," was the measure of Hinkley's philosophy. "I met a man and he met a fool." Every detective in the department agreed with him. PECOS VALLEY TERMINUS. Important Railway Agreement En tered Into at Amarillo, Tex. President Ripley of the Santa Fe, President Hagerman of the Pecos Val ley and President Jones of the Fort Worth Denver railways, met at Ama rillo and signed a contract whereby it was agreed that the extension of the Pecos Valley road shall terminate at Amarillo, instead of at Washburn, as at first contemplated, and that the San ta Fe will run trains over the Fort Worth Denver between Washburn and Amarillo, connecting at the latter point with the Pecos Valley road. The extension of the Pecos Valley Pecos Valley Terminus. road from Rosswell Is now built to within 18 miles of Amarillo and the con nection will be made as speedily as possible. The distance between Wash burn and Amarillo is 35 miles, and the Santa Fe has made traffic arrange ments with the Fort Worth Denver for the Joint use of the Fort Worth tracks between those two points. The change in terminal points was decided upon a few days ago by the Pecos Valley road, because, as they said, they found Amarillo to be a bet ter freight point for them than Wash burn. Contracts for building a round house and railway shops at Amarillo will be let at once. AFRAID OF THE LIONS. Why No. 5,' of the Santa Fe Was Two Hours Late Into Kansas City. When No. 5 of the Santa Fe reached Ft. Madison Monday night at 1:30, it stopped. A pair of wheels under the baggage car were broken so that the car could go no further until the wheels were changed and a new pair put in. "It will be the quickest to transfer the baggage and express to some other car," said the night yardmaster. "You can change it if you want to," said the baggage man, "but I won't monkey with it." "Why not?" 'Cause I've got three caged Hons in here. If any of you fellows want to monkey with them, you can; but I won't," and he glanced toward the end of the car where the wild beasts were. "Every time I go anywhere near them I I S B J NEW f MEXICO J f "Tig? n whit? JZy ftjpECgE DUST. for dishes that can be thrown away after every meal, to avoid the tiresome task of dish-washing, cannot be granted. Would she have the next best thing Let her wash the dishes so easily it's almost a pleasure with Wasking PotderJ New York. Bolton. m m H Formerly Topeka Foundry a4 Machine Works. Estab. IKS. w M ri M M U The only place In the city where you can get a Complete Power Plan! from a -Steam Engine to a Set Collar from stock. R. L. COFRAN, Kana. Proprietor a itiesQacis they growl and snarl, and try to grab me with their paws." "Where's the folks they belong to?"' said some one. "Back in the Pullman," said the con ductor. "Let's go back and get them to super Intend the transfer," said the conduc tor. The crowd went to the Pullman car and asked the conductor who the lions belonged to. "To a man and his wife in No. said the conductor. "Wake them up and tell them we want to transfer the lions to another car," said the yardmaster. "No, I won't," said the conductor with a knowing look. "I would just as leave transfer the lions as to waka those people up." "Call the porter," said the train con ductor. The porter was called. "Will you wake up the couple In No. and tell them we want them to help us transfer the lions from the car they are in to another?" "No, sar; I won't. Dem people would Jist roar wusen dem lions. I was told to leave them alone till morning." The porter retreated to the side door. "Well, we will have to Jack the car up and put new wheels under her," said the yardmaster.The car men were sum moned and they went to work. It took two hours to put the new wheels under the car, and all the time it was being done the lions and lion tamers and ev eryone else on the train were peacefully sleeping. When the train started on its journey it was two hours late, and it stayed two hours late until the end of the run, and all on account of thosa lions. The beasts of the jungle and the own ers left the train at Kansas City. When the lions were unloaded they crouched in one corner of their cages and never even showed their teeth, and the owners stood near by and remarked about tha train being late, but no one told them why it was behind time. SOFT BOILED EGGS. It is a Blighty Neat Trick to Servo Them on a Fast Running Train. On the California limited yesterday 86 man from the east, who thought he was better than an F. F. V., was aboard, and everything he did was done better than anyone else could do it, so ha thought. While at breakfast in the dining cap one morning, he was seated with three other gentlemen with whom he had be come acquainted during the trip. The four gentlemen ordered, among other things, soft boiled eggs. The gentleman, who was superior to the rest, ordered his to be brought in without being broken. When they were brought in he said: "Gentlemen," said the man who was egotistical, "I have in my hand a soft boiled egg," and he held up the egg where everyone could see it. "You know it is a very delicate matter to break a soft boiled egg without soiling one's hands or the tablecloth." The rest of the party assented. 1 will now show you how easy it is to do when one knows how." He glanced around to see if all were looking. i.acn one was paying close attention, so he continued: "You take the egg like this, break the shell for about an inch like this as he struck the shell with his knife and neatly made a small break. "Then you take the egg in both hands like this and break it in two like"- He evidently did not mean to do so. but the egg broke suddenly and flew all over the tablecloth, on the man's clothes, and he dropped one-half onto the floor while the other piece went in hiJusatP'then the waiter, who had not heard the conversation, came up and Sa"Thafs all right, colonel, it er a. mighty neat trick to break an egg, sar The rest of the gentlemen at the table smiled. UMOS PACIFIC. Topeka Local Time Table in Effect on and After Sunday,March 13, 1898. WESTBOUND. l:ii!y. llally TRAINS. No. 1 eave Arrive 1KA1 Kans.eity. Topeka. Ipnver and Pacinc Co I st Limits.... 3- 10:40 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Limited 1 7:05 p.m. 8:3., p.m. Junction City Locai Vassenser.. 6 4:00 p.m. 6:10 p-m. EASTUOUX1). Daily. Daily. TRAINS. No. Leave Arrive Topeka. Kaus. City. Atlantic Li press. 4 3:00 p.m. 6:00i..m. Limited 2 6:55 a.m. 7:.'i t.m. Kansas City Local fassenger 6 8:20a.m. 10:30a. m Ballard's Snow Liniment cures Rhematlsm, Neuralgia, Headache, Sick Headache, Sore Throat, Cuts, Sprains, Bruises .Old Sores, Corns, and all pain and inflammation. The most penetrat ing Liniment in the world. Try it, 50c. Geo. W. Stansfleld, 632 Kan. Ave., and Miller's Pharmacy, Cor. 6th and Topeka avenue.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1898. TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL BY FRANK P. MAC LENNAN. VOLUME XXV No. 70 OFFICIAL. CITY PAPER. TERMS OF SITBSCRIPTION. Dally edition, delivered by carrier, 10 cents a week to any part of Topeka or suburbs, or at the same price in any Kan sas town where this paper baa a carrier system. I!y mail, one year S, Ky mail, three months Veekly edtion. one year o0 PERMANENT HOME; Topeka State Journal Building. 800 and 102 Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. NEW YORK OFFTCE. Temple Court Bldg.. A. Frank Richardson, Mgr. CHICAGO OFFICE. V2 Chamber of Commerce Bldg. A. Frank Richardson, Mgr. LONDON OFFICE. 12 Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. TELEPHONES. Fusrtnesa Office Bell 'Phone 1C7 Reporters' Room Bell 'Phone 577 GKAPFLING WITH A TRUST. It now seems probable that the Ar fcuckles, aided by the rebellious grocers, will be enabled to renew their fight with the sugar trust. In the coffee war, which was instituted by the Havemey ers.to break down Arbuckle and prevent him from starting a sugar refinery, the latter was worsted and the contest was hastened to a close, perhaps, by the big fire at Louisville, which de stroyed much of the machinery which, was to have been used in. the new re finery. The Arbuckles never relinquished their scheme of starting a sugar re finery, and have been pushing the work on two which will have a capacity of 8,000 barrels a day. When the news reached them that the Hoyt company of Chicago had rebelled against the trust orders were given for three shifts of workmen nightand day and seven days in the week on all the buildings, so that they may be completed In April. The W. M. Hoyt company of Chicago has caused a sensation by reviving the old struggle against the sugar trust, in which the company was obliged to surrender several years ago. An agree ment between the Wholesale Grocers' association and the American Refining company has been in force for some years, under which the price of sugar throughout the entire country was made uniform, regardless of distance from the source of supply and all other conditions. The trust delivers any quantity of sugar at any point named at the same price, 2,000 miles or a mile and a half from the factory, and allows the grocers to make a uniform profit of 3-16 of a cent a pound.the grocers enter ing into an agreement not to sell for less than the rate so fixed. The Hoyts stood out against this arrangement for a long time, but finally submitted in 1895 be cause they were forced into it. Now they have broken away again, and have notified the trade In New York that they have cut prices of a cent. It is reported that several other firms in the west have followed their example and more are likely to do so, because the trust has ordered all its customers to meet the cut at their own expense and declines to share in the loss. Sugar will therefore be sold at of a cent a pound less than formerly .but the whole salers will make a profit of only 1-16 Instead of 3-16 of a cent a pound. The result of the Hoyt announcement was a raid on sugar certificates in the stock market, which have been tumb ling rapidly for the last two or three weeks on war news. The officers of the trust have issued a circular to the effect that the withdrawal of the Hoyts is a matter of no importance and will have no effect upon their business. If the war shall extend through the fruit canning season it will mean the saving of much money to the consum ers. GLOBE SIGHTS. (From the Atchison Globe.) How a tired person hates the word "vivacious." Don't try to be nice to anyone who dislikes you; keep away from him. After passing 40, a man forgets his ambition, and remembers that he is la iy. When you go visiting, if your kin do not meet you at the depot, they don't want you. Of course you know that a man's friends make him more trouble than his enemies. An Atchison man who dislikes preachers, says that when he dies, he Intends to be buried by a justice of the peace. If you know that the bride has made her own wedding outfit, give the groom a particularly glad hand of congratu lation: he has struck a prize. An Atchison man treats his wife so mean when they are alone that she has appealed to her parents to provide her with a chaperon. A chaperon should be provided for married people, anyway: they are always more consid erate and polite when a third person is around. HALE HOUSE GUESTS. Are All Accounted for Except Four, by the Management Butte. Mont.. March 23. The manage ment of the Hale House claim to have accounted for all but four of those sup posed to have been asleep there at the time of the tire. They are: Frank Krieg baum. Uaniel Sullivan. Martin Rooney and Tom Starr. Starr, according to the information con veyed to the police, occupied a room on the fourth floor. He arrived in the city from Leadville only the day previous to the fire and had engaged lodging at the Hale House upon his arrival in the city. Starr had been drinking on the eve of the fire and had retired to his room in an intoxicated condition. It is believed Starr was in such a condition of helpless ness that he could not have escaped per ishing in the flames. Kriegbaurn came here only two weeks ago from Park City, Utah, and was work ing as a miner at the Moonlight mine. His friends have seen nothing of him since the fire. The other two were residents of Butte, but out of work. It is believed other bodies will be found In the ruins, those of strangers who were lodging in the Hale House, but who were not well known and therefore no one has missed them. The ruins axe still too hot REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR- (From the New York Press.) Some men have lots of love for their wives, only they always keep it in cold storage. A woman decides on the man before she decides to marry: a man decides to marry before he decides on the girl. If she dared say what she wanted, ev ery woman when she prayed in prayer meeting, would ask the Lord to make her husband love her more. When two girls fi?st meet they spend the first hojir trying to find out what each other knows, and the second try ing to find out what each other doesn't know. It isn't only the old bachelors that were disappointed in love. No woman ever likes another woman much after she finds out that her hair keeps in curl better than her own does. The men go to church to please the women, the women go to church to please the preacher and the preacher goes to church to please the Lord. M1XLST0 MO VETO GEORGIA An Agent of the Big Lowell Cotton Factory Said to Be Looking For a Site, Atlanta. Ga., March 23. It is said on eood authority here that the Merrimac mills of Lowell, Mass., one of the largest and oldest cotton manufacturing? plants in the New England states, will be moved to Georgia. Mr. Pead, who is represent ing the Merrimac mills, was at Powder Springs today, and it is said that a deal has been practically consummated for the establishment of a cotton mill to employ four hundred operatives at that place at once. This plant will manufacture the grades of goods now made exclusively by the Merrimac mills in Lowell, and in the meantime the immense plant will be moved from New England to Powder Springs or some other site in Georgia to be decided upon. Mr. Pead has been in Georgia several days, and, in company with Mr. Best, the southern industrial agent, has visited several points looking for a location for the mills. COTTON SHIPPED ABROAD. Nearly All the Product of Southern Mills Goes to Egypt, China and Japan. Rome, Ga., March 23. Five new cotton mills are now under construction near this city, each of Which will have a capacity of 30,000 spindles when opened. The pro ducts of these mills are mainly common prints and sheeting. For this class of goods the mill owners find a great de mand in Egypt, China, Japan and other countries farther east. It is a fact that every yard of goods that has been made in the south during the past six months has been exported to these countries. A better price is ob tained there, and it is said that the class of goods now being made by the mills of the south is especially for the usages of the people of the east. Many of the southern mills have never sold a yard of their product in this country. The busi ness is all transacted through, foreign agencies. MISS CORELLI'S GRIEVANCE A Rector Declines to Decorate His Churchyard With Her Ad vertisement. London, March 23. Marie Correli has a fresh grievance. Mr. Norman, the old sexton at Coombe Martin, recently died. He was the literary model of several I writers, and recently figured as Reuben Atom." Miss Corelli announced her intention to erect a monument to his memory, and for warded instructions to the vicar of the parish that the monument must be a plain cross and instead of the name Nor man must bear the name Reuben Dale, with a note explaining that Reuben was the hero immortalized in "The Mighty Atom." The rector, evidently a cleric of much logic and little imagination, observed in response that in consigning the sexton to earth he buried a man. not a myth; moreover, his churchyard is not available for gratuitous advertisements. RICH TURQUOISE MINES. Discovery of Precious Stones and a Prehistoric Race in California. San Francisco. March 23. Down in the southeast corner of San Bernardino coun ty tremendously rich abandoned tur quoise mines of a prehistoric people have been discovered. There are large depos its of jewels and traces of an ancient race that is believed to have been the Aztec race. It is believed that from this spot the Aztecs drew their store of tur quoise jewels. The discovery was made by an expedition which left this city a few weeks ago. The mines are sixty miles back from Manvel, in a wild, mountainous country. It seems to have been the center of vol canic disturbances at one time. It is in the valleys between the precipitous canon walls that the turquoise mines are found. On the hillsides there are hundreds of abandoned pits which now show as mere saucer-like holes. On digging in these places numerous stone hammers and other stone implements were found, and, above all. plenty of turquoise. A few of these are worth $100 each. Five and ten dollar stones can be found by the dozen. TEACHES THE THREE R'S. Warden of Pennsylvania Penitentiary to Become Schoolmaster Over His Charges. Pittsburg. Pa., March 23. Warden Wright of the Western penitentiary opens a schoolroom in the prison tomorrow to break the monotony for the convicts who are idle owing to the new law relating to labor. He has fitted up a room wth desks and seats to accommodate 125 prisoners. The penitentiary has l.W2 inmates at present, 25 per cent of whom are illiterates. He can find employment for only two-fifths, and the remainder have to spend their days in idleness. He intends allowing each class of 125 -to attend school daily for two months, when another class will be given an opportunity. Reading, writing and arithmetic will be taught. Little Girls Slake a Quilt. The band of little girls living on Lane street between Sixth and Eiehth streets, and known as the Happy Helpers, have made a quilt which they gave to the Sal vation Army hospital. The following are the names of the girls who compose the band, whose ages range from 5 to 13 years: Lena Vesper. Elsie Vesper, Ethel Pollard. Genevieve Pollard. Mildred Mills, Marjory Glasgow. Jessie McClesky, Helen Hebb. Hallie Hebb, Hazel Hebb, Irene Roberts. Amy McLaughlin, Mary Wehe, Carl Wehe (the only boy in the band), Anna Belle Williams. Helen Heath, Louise Heath, Mabel Rice, Helen Davidson, Mar garet Thomas. Henrietta Davies, Annie Field. Nellie Field. Susie Willetts. Erma Ferguson, Verna Worley and Fannie Go brect. Mrs. E. P. Pollard has directed the work of the Happy Helpers. Booker Washington's Mother. Charleston, W. Va., March 23. The mother of Booker T. Washington, the negro orator and educator, who is prob ably the foremost man of his race in the United States, is living in Maiden, within six miles of the West Virginia capitol building. She was a slave, and Booker was born in slavery in Virginia. When he was but a few years old and even now he doesn't know his exact age his mother was brought to this county. Rock Island Flyer. Only 14 hours to Denver and Colora do Springs. WILD MAN RUN TO EARTH. New England Posse Catches a Freak That Has Terrorized a Community. Bridgeport, Conn., March 23. After an exciting: chase of three hours through the woods of Beacon Falls, a suburb, a posse of citizens, headed by Chief of Police Hosford of Naugatuck, last night captured a wild man. This freak, who has been terrorizing resi dents in the suburbs for many months, wore only a pair of trousers torn off at" the knees, and his face and body were covered with a growth of long, shaggy hair. He was discovered on the outskirts this aftenoon by Dennis Kennedy, who gave the alarm, and the chase contin ued to a cave three miles in the hills. When overtaken at the mouth of the cave, the man fought like a tiger and it required the combined efforts of eight men to subdue him. The pursuers were armed with clubs and revolvers, but no violence was done to the man, who, when subdued, was chained and removed to the lock up here. In his cave were found kitchen uten sils and a lot of stolen food, such as chickens and vegetables, and other evi dence of his marauding expeditions on the farms in the vicinity. BLOW TO STANDARD OIL. Forced to Obey a Law Against Waste of Natural Gas. Indianapolis, March 23. A recent de cision by the Indiana supreme court upholding the law against the waste of natural gas by oil operators has proved a very hard blow to the Standard Oil company. Heavy fines attached to the waste, and in this one county the Standard Oil company will, if the state officers remain firm, have to pay perhaps $25,000. When it is known that the law has been violated in many counties the figures pile up to a large sum. Many of the oil wells cannot run at all owing to the decision. Millions upon millions of cubic feet of gas have been literally thrown away and the state geologist doubts whether the supply will last five years. With due care from the beginning, he says. Indiana should have had gas for a quarter of a century or more. CANYASBACKS FOR HIM. Thirteen Pairs Shipped to the Kaiser From Baltimore. Baltimore, March 23. Emperor Wil liam, of Germany, recently sent an or der to America for fifteen pairs of con-vas-back ducks. The order was re ceived by A. Schumacher Co., and they commissioned Messrs. A. D. Ses sions Co., to procure the ducks in time to be shipped by the North Ger man Lloyd steamer from New York. The limited time allowed would not permit Messrs. Sessions to procure the full number of canvas-back ducks, ow ing to the lateness of the season, but they managed to secure thirteen pairs and a half, and made up the difference with redheads. The method of packing, which has been found to be successful by Messrs. Sessions, is to suspend the ducks by their legs around the inside edge of willow baskets with their heads resting on the bottom. Ten ducks are placed in each basket, and that number does away with the danger of the ducks be ing bruised in transit and also leaves sufficient room for the circulation of air. GETS A SLICE OF HONDURAS Government of the Little Republic Grants Astor's Syndicate 500, OOO Acres of Land. New Orleans, March 23. John Jacob Astor of New York and his party of four associates In the Honduras syndi cate, reached this city yesterday from Galveston, having come from a visit to Mexico and Central America. Mr. "Washington S. Valentine, general manager of the Honduras syndicate, said: "We are simply a set of business men who have gone to Honduras on a com mercial errand. That country had a $20,000,000 debt hanging over her. The country wanted a railroad. The gov ernment could not pay the debt, con sequently could not get the railroad." The road being built by the syndicate is now completed 65 miles from Puerto Cortez to the inland and will be pushed to the Southern Pacific coast. Mr. Valentine would not say how much capital the Honduras syndicate represented, but stated that the subsidy from the Honduras government would amount to about half a million acres of land. MOROCCO PLANT SOLD. P. J. Ford's Factory, Worth $1,500, 000, Goes to Bostonians. Wilmington, Del., March 23. Peter J. Kord retired today from the presidency and general management of the Ford Morocco company, one of the largest leather factories in the country, having sold his interests to a Boston (Mass.) syndicate, headed by William A. Sten ton. A new manager has not yet been selected. The factory employs over 1,000 per sons, and the plant is valued at $1,500, 000. CYCLERS RESIST TAX. Unfair to Make the Same Levy on Wheel and Costly Carriage. Baltimore, Md., March 23. The thou sands of wheelmen in Baltimore are making a fight against the proposed annual tax of $5 on wheels. Chief Consul Sams of the Maryland division, L. A. W., is leading the opposition. He argues that it is all wrong to tax a bicycle worth $50 the same amount as a carriage worth $1,000 is taxed. It is argued on the other side that cyclists use the streets and should, therefore, pay for improving and repairing them, Give the Children a Drink called Grain-O. It is a delicious, appe tlzing.nourishingfood drink to take the place of coffee. Sold by all grocers and liked by all who have used it because when properly prepared it tastes like the finest coffee but la free from all its Injurious properties. Grain-O aids di gestion and strengthens the nerves. It is not a stimulant but a health builder, and children, as well as adults, can drink it with great benefit. Costs about Vt. as much as coffee. 15 and 25c To Cure Constipation Forever, Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25a. If C. C. CL fall to cure, druggists refund money- C ASTORIA Tot Infants and Children. Hail Sgutare i KANSAS NEWS. Kansas Cattlemen in First Con vention at Abilene. Large Attendance of Wellknown Stockmen Present. MUSIC OF COWBOYS A Feature J. G. McCoy Given a Hearty Reception. Secretary Coburn Delivers an Afternoon Address. Abilene, March 23. The opening ses sion of the fiist annual convention of the Kansas Cattlemen's association was held yesterday, and there was gathered a most enthusiastic audience of cattle men from all parts of the state, central and western Kansas being most gener ously represented. The convention is for the purpose of making the cattle men better acquainted and to give them a chance to work for each other's interest. J. G. McCoy, the cowboy-time mayor, is prominent, and the old timers are glad to see him. They gave him a re ception at the Central hotel last night, and speeches were made recalling the old times. He was mayor of Abilene when "Wild Bill" was marshal, and started the cattle trail in the direction of this city. He found only two or three of the old saloon buildings still standing. He will lecture on The Cat tle Trail tonight, and E. C. Little will make a preliminary address. President Joseph White called the convention to order with a few remarks on the object of the meeting. Rev. F. S. Blayney made the address of wel come, which was responded to by J. .W. Robinson, of El Dorado. Then followed a business meeting with a discussion of the benefits of state organization, introduced by Sec retary G. A. Rogers. The cattlemen propose to make the association of bene fit in getting better transportation rates, according to the discussion which followed. It was decided to postpone the election of officers until Wednesday afternoon. In the afternoon in the opera house Secretary F. D. Coburn, of the state board of agriculture, made the princi pal address, speaking on "Kansas for Stockmen." One of the most interesting discus sions of the day was that on the cattle situation in Kansas by all the mem bers, led by Eugene Rust, traffic man ager of the Kansas City stock yards, and J. W. Robinson, of El Dorado. It was agreed that there are too many feeders paying prices that are not war ranted by the price of fat stock. The price on the range is too high, and the danger of a boom is imminent. The feeders were urged to be careful, and not to get too heavily burdened with stock. "Best Breeds for Beef" was handled by different breeders, and the advant ages of each breed given. Last night the principal address was by Eugene Rust, of Kansas City, who talked of the government's work for the live stock interests. George M. Hun ger of Greenwood county and J. Bruce Lynch, formerly of this state, but now of Colorado, made talks on the relations of shippers to the stock yards and rail roads. Munger attacked both, and Lynch defended them. A lively inter est is taken in the coming business meeting, as then the State Live Stock association members will try to com bine this association with theirs. It Is believed that the organizations will, however, be kept separate. A feature of the convention is the G. G. Gillett Cowboy band, which attract ed so much attention in the recent con ventions at Fort Worth and Woodward. CO-OPERATIVE LIVING. Wine Families of Burrton Settle the Food Question in a Bellamy Manner. Burrton, March 23. Nine of the most staid and respectable families in Burr ton, have thrown away their stove lids and packed their dishes on the useless stoves. Whether they have imbibed somewhat of the restless "something new" spirit of their maternal com monwealth or not, they have shocked the ordinary ideas of economic propri ety, and have formed a co-operative living association, wherein the food question is settled upon a co-operative basis. Burrton is a small village located in the midst of a farming community, it has no opportunity for importing choice land products. The size of the town does not warrant the location of a ba kery, and all the wheat stuff must be bought from the neighboring cities. As a consequence of the limited popula tion, there is a very small supply of hired help, even smaller than the limit ed demand. The heavy burdens of the household fall upon the housewife alone, and very little social intercourse can be enjoyed. In such a condition of affairs, the Co-operative Living associ ation was organized for the economic and social benefit of its members. In order to insure a reliable, orthodox reputation, the association has enrolled among its members bankers, merch ants, druggists and a representative preceptor and dominie. The practical advantages of the club may be noted as follows: First, the saving of from fifteen to twenty-five hours of "kitchen worry" per week. Second, the providing of well cooked and well servedmeals, ranging in cost from 7 cents to 9 cents per meal. It may be well to note that the low rents ($8 per month for an eight room house) and the comparatively low wa ges paid to the cook ($25 per month, with use of house, and with board for herself and family of three children may not be duplicated in larger towns. A purchasing committee of three members buys the provisions: grocer ies at wholesale rates, meat by the quarter and side, and all provisions in correspondingly large quantities. An other member acts as treasurer, and all bill are paid promptly every Mon day morning for the week ending the Saturday previous. The real disadvantages, and those likely to be met, may be specified a careless cook, big rents, unsuitable building, distance of home to club house and monotony of living away from the home board. To sum up, for 8 cents per mea!, the heat and worry of the kitchen are avoided: hired help is largely dispensed with; greater variety is provided with a smaller outlay of labor and money, and apart from the economic value of a month's living being reduced to $7.20, there is a social feature that makes meal time a feast of fellowship, as well as an alleviator to the pangs of hunger. ESYAN AT LAWRENCE. Addresses an Audience of 2,500 Gives $250 for a E. TJ. Prize. Lawrence, March 23. Although the Union Pacific train was two hours late and notwithstanding the storm, many Leaves the Causing and Dr. Have you had La Grippe? If you have not, doubtless some of your friends have and you know what it is. You have seen it suddenly, without any warning, sieze the victim in its relent less grasp and wrench assunder the fibres of his nervous system. That ter rible pain in the back of the head, the aching back and legs, the soreness in the muscles and bones as if bruised or beaten, the feeble pulse all these are familiar to you. But have you noticed the after effects? Do you know that it weakens the lungs, enfeebles the heart, and deranges the stomach and bowels and seriously interfers with all the functional operations of the body? And even after the disease is apparently hundreds of enthusiastic people were waiting at the depot yesterday after noon when William J. Bryan arrived. With Mr. Bryan a reception committee came up from Kansas City in a special car. Mr. Bryan spoke from the balcony of the Eldridge house for about ten min utes, directly after his arrival. After dinner he was driven to the govern ment Indian school. Before 8 o'clock Armory hall was filled to its capacity, 2,500 being present. W. R. Fisher, president of the Union Bimetallic clubs, under whose auspices Mr. Bryan lectured, announced that Samuel D. Bishop would act as chair man of the meeting. During the afternoon Mr. Bryan sent for Chancellor Snow and proposed to give the regents of the state university $250 to hold, the Interest of which should be given each year as a prize for the best essay on the principles on which rests our free government. CATTLE FAILED TO ARRIVE. Secretary Riddle's Warning to a Sher iff at Newton Needless. Newton, March 23. Sheriff Means to day received word from Secretary Tay lor Riddle of the state live stock sani tary commission, stating that 300 head of Texas cattle from below the quaran tine line of the state had been unloaded here and advising him to quarantine them immediately or damage would re sult to the cattle of the county. Sheriff Means made every inquiry and failed to find any cattle of the kind or description which had either passed through here or been unloaded here, excepting a lot of southern cattle, which went through to Lamar, Col., Sunday. MORTON FOR PROHIBITION. Western County Wants Only Prohibi tion State Officers. Norton, March 23. In pursuance to the call of the State Temperance union, the temperance people of this city held a meeting last night to celebrate the birthday of General Neal Dow. Speech es were made by men of all parties to a large and enthusiastic audience. Any question as to Norton's standing on the prohibition question would have been dispelled by last night's meeting. This county will undoubtedly send delega tions to all of the state conventions In structed to vote for a candidate in fa vor of the strictest enforcement of the prohibition law. YOUNG BOY KILLED. Gun Explodes in a Lamed Boy's Hands With Fatal Effect. "Lamed March 23. Thefifteen-year-old son of A. J. Pumphrey of this city was found dead in a pasture two miles east of here Monday with a horrible gunshot wound in his stomach. The young man left home Sunday morning. After searching all Sunday afternoon and until late that night without results a searching party de cided to wait till morning. Monday foot prints were discovered in a wheat field east of town. They led to the spot where the body was found. In vestigation showed that the gun which the boy carried when he left home had exploded, blowing away the entire breech and discharging its contents in his body. KANSAS DUST STORM. Morton County Afflicted With a Bad Storm. Norton, March 23. The worst dust storm of years has raged here for two days past. The storm came from the northeast and moved in a solid wall of dust. The drouth which has prevail ed here for the last few weeks made the time especially propitious for this remarkable storm in the land of dust storms. It first became visible about 4 o'clock, when a hazy hue appeared in the north ern sky. Its course could be traced by an ever increasing cloud for about 30 minutes when it burst upon the city, blotting out all objects with the suffo cating, blinding dust. Its equal has not been known since 1895. Lively Fire at Wichita. Wichita, March 23. Fire destroyed a two story frame building and a one story frame, adjoining on East Doug las avenue in the business portion of the city yesterday afternoon. The larg est building was occupied by C. M. Stewart with a stock of groceries. The loss on the building and stock is $3,500, with $1,000 insurance on the stock. BRUCE'S SUCCESSOR. The President Decides to Appoint Judson Lyons. Washington, March 23. The president has announced to the members of the Iowa congressional delegation that he had decided to appoint Judson Lyons, the negro national committeeman from Georgia, to be register of the treasury to succeed the late B. K.. Bruce. Mi Nervous System Shattered, Sleeplessness, Weakness, Depression of Spirits. by es' Nerviai dead, the physical weakness, mental apathy and the depression of spirits re main. You also know that hundreds of men and women with that "run down" feeling written all over their faces, un able to work, without courage, have re covered health, heart and ambition through the remarkable healing and strengthening qualities of Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine. It goes straight to the cause of the mischief resulting from LaGrippe. It feeds and cures. Mr. John S. Pool, Princeton, Ky.,says: "I would gladly proclaim the high esti mate I place on the real merit of Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine. I had long been a sufferer from the effects of La Grippe, enduring much pain and misery. My nerves were completely prostrated. I could neither work nor rest. At night it was impossible for me to get my Hard and Soft The Best Full Weight Competition Prices COAL HAY, GRAIN AND FUEL. R. T. 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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL. WEDXESDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1898. 5 0OO0OO0OO000000OOf0O0O0 I M iHsnerry o o o o o o o o o o Wednesday Afternoon and Eiening. and Thnrsday Afternoon. Music "Wednesday Evening. Hie New Kemper Faston3. INTO THE GREEK. Baltimore Ohio Passenger Train Rolls Into the Water Not Far From Zanesville, and a Number Drown. 0 RAINS HAD SOFTENED The Banks of the Creek and Earth Gave Way. The Whole Train Plunged Into the Water. Zanesville, O., March 23. Baltimore Ohio passenger train 103, leaving here at 1:50 a. m., because of floods between here and Newark, was detoured by way of the G. M. V. and Pan Handle tracks. Four miles west of Trinway, on the Pan Handle, the train jumped the track into Wakatomika creek. The en gineer and fireman and several passen gers were killed. Cleveland, March 23. A telegram from Trinway, O., says that the B. O. wreck was caused by a washout. The engineer and fireman were killed. The passengers are being transferred by boat. Zanesville, O., March 23. Any report concerning the wreck at Wakatomika Creek is almost impossible to obtain be fore the return of the special corres pondent sent to the scene. Almost all the telegraph wires are down. The best information obtainable now indicates that the crew and passengers have all haii.a,narrgw escape. It. is stated that so far as it is known, all thf railroad men and all the passengers aboard are accounted for save the B. O. fireman and the Pan Handle pilot, and it is re ported that these; swam the stream and escaped on the west bank. As the train approached Wakatomika creek, the banks, weakened by the floods, gave way and the engine, followed by all the cars, roiled off into the backwater that had spread over the fields from the creek. The engine was completely submerg ed and all the cars except the last went mostly under water. How any passen gers escaped from such a death trap is not yet explained. LATER. Cincinnati, March 23. Pullman com pany agent here has advices from the B. O. wreck, near Zanesville, O., to the effect that all passengers escaped. Columbus. O., March 23. A special to the Dispatch from Prazersburg. says: No lives were lost in the B. O. wreck and no one seriously injured. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The following real estate transfers have been filed for record .1. W. Gordon and wife to W. J. Carter, $iriO. lots 17, lit, 21, 23, block 1, Belleview audition. Klizabeth J. to John W. Gordon, $1, same property. N. F. Handv and wife to Mary B. Cham berlain. $2S. lots. 3s7. 39 and 3!1 Wash burn avenue. Washburn Place addition. KMmoralda Basher to Mattie A. Van Cleve. $1. lots 47. 4ti and 51 Lindenwood avenue. Bindenwood addition. Robert to Adeline Baker. $1, lot 414 Bin coin street. King's addition. Adeline to Robert Baker. $1, lot 45 Bane street. Kins's addition, and lots 2S and 30, block 1. Bovnton's addition. S. Bailey and wife to Robert K. Root, Tl. southeast quarter section 1, township 12, range 14. GLADSTONE'S LAST TRIP. He Readies His Home at Hawarden ia Safety. Hawarden, March 23. Mr. Gladstone, who bore the journey well, has arrived at Hawarden. Along the whole route special precautions were taken to avoid demonstrations when passing stations. Everywhere it was regarded as his last journey and his words on entering the train at Bournemouth are taken as an expression of his farewell to the pub lic. Take the Rock Island Flyer At 7:30 a. m. for Kansas City, Chicago, Et. Bouis and all intermediate points. We do mending and sew on buttons free of charge. Peerless Steam Laundry. Whltmere Bros.. Barbers, 735 Kan. ava Pimples, blotches, blackheads, red, rough, oily, mothy skin, itching, gcaly scalp, dry, thin, and falling hair, and baby blemishes prevented by Ccticcra Soap, the most effective skin purifying and beautifying soap in the world, as well as purest' and Sweetest for toilet, bath, and nursery. Boa 'to toM thnrarhrat the worlc. Poms Dana AMD Chi. Ceil-.. Sole Prop.. Boston, V. 8. A. I M- How tofilmtftn Hoiaon." nuild Am. rVFSV From Pimple, to s!roftil.i4 BaIMII llyiMWti SJ CVU6UAA AauhaAj A(B0E tlteira SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS Topeka sportsmen expect to give a state shoot in May. There will be a civil service examina tion in this city Friday. After a railroad engineer passes 50 he receives the title of "Bad." The Y. M. C. A. building at Fourth and Adams streets is being remodelled. The stoves in the street cars were taken out just in time for the cold wave. Governor Leedy speaks before the cattlemen's association at Abilene to day. Dr. E. L. Thorpe made a trip to the state house dome Monday and viewed the city. Four horse teams are being used by coal dealers to deliver coal off the pavements. President G. M. Herrick, of Wash burn college, is in the east on business for the institution. Governor Leedy is one of the most enthusiastic members of the Topeka Athletic association. Harry L. Heald and George W. Con nell are now editors of the Kansas Temperance Monitor. Friday evening at 9 o'clock Commis sioner of Elections L. T. Yount will close the registration books. O. W. Blood has gone to the Santa Fe hospital at Las Vegas to recover from his recent attack of grippe. B. T. Yount has finished registering voters at the Santa Fe shops and taken the ward books to his office. The new doctors turned out of the Medical college last night have selected their locations for future practice. The paved streets were the cleanest yesterday after the heavy rain that they have been since Carnival night. The Y. M. C. A. bowling team de feated the team from the T. A. A. in the cocked hat tournament by 20 pins. Councilman Warner says that active work will commence on Chesney park as soon as warm weather comes to stay. An elevator has been placed in the Kimball piano company's store to transfer pianos from one floor to the other. Every office In the general office building has been supplied with a new water cooler in readiness for the warm weather. Kansas avenue has been improved by the cutting down of several small poles which used to support Brush electric light wires. Friday evening the trustees of the Arion Singing society will give an en tertainment to the members and invi ted guests. "The Venerable and Dignified Order of Hot Foots" is the latest secret soci ety in Topeka. It is not an insurance organization. Mr. Charles H. Guy has returned from the Indian territory where he complet ed several government contracts for cement work. The new department store in the Cur ry building will be named the "Z. R. B." These are the initials of the man ager, Zeno R. Brown. Dr. Charles Stillman, of Oklahoma, who graduated at the Kansas Medical college last year, attended the com mencement exercises. Engineer Hinckley of the Kansas av enue bridge has filed a bulky history ot the construction of the bridge with the county commissioners. The Populist city central committee will meet tonight to consider the ques tion of placing a ticket in the field at the coming city election. Powder and other things were con sumed in great quantities by a hunt ing party yesterday afternoon, but the sports captured no game. I. T. Ault and wife of Wichita have removed to Topeka and will reside here in the future. Mr. Ault has purchased the Crystal steam laundry. The Non-sectarian Christian mission is meeting in the parlors of the Home for healing at 916 Topeka avenue while their church is being repaired. Judge C. E. Foote is preparing his re port to Superintendent McNall upon the result of his examination of the in surance companies in New York. The Blue Ribbon Race meet to be giv en by the Topeka wheelmen at Garfield park does not mean the joint that has attended Garfield park festivities. A Topeka young man, employed at the state house, is in mourning because his best girl borrowed $10 from him and then threw him over, refusing to pay the loan. A. W.Dana has a star tattooed on his hr.nd and nearly everyone that notices it asks him if he was in the navy. He says no, but that he was with a crowd of salts once. The walls of the addition to the store room at 711 Kansas avenue to be oc cupied by the Kellam company, are finished, and work on the interior is being rushed. The Modocs will commence rehears als of the opera Pinafore next Monday evening. The opera will be given for the benefit of the auditorium fund during the summer. Sunflower Camp No. 536. Modern Woodmen celebrated its tenth anniver sary last evening at 704-6 Kansas ave nue with a musical and literary enter tainment, followed by dancing. Today the executive committee of the state Baptist convention is meeting at the Shiloh church. This committee represents 14,000 members distributed among 160 members in the church. Submitted for use in Ed Howe's "Globe Sights": One of the worst of bores is the man who dies and leaves a whole lot of instructions about his fun eral to make work and worry for his relatives and friends. Frank P. MacLennan has purchased for a home the property at Nos. 1019, 1021 and 1023 Topeka avenue, now occu pied by Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Sutton, who will shortly move into their new resi dence on Harrison street near Sixth. Judge J. F.Lee says he will soon start out to lecture on temperance. He is still staying at the Salvation Army hos pital recovering from an attack of rheumatism. He is a full fledged Sal- i.v&Uen Army maa caw, and says be o o o A Fragrant" up Of Tea served Free to Ladies Wednesday Evening In Grocery Department. o o o o upply Store, Sisth and Quincy. will never touch another drop of liquor again. Weather Observer T. B. Jennings has sent out to the voluntary observers throughout the state a notice requiring them to furnish information for the weekly crop bulletins which will be be gun about April 12. Si Jordan and family, who went to Florida, and who lost their goods by fire while en route on a steamer on the Mississippi river, have returned to To peka to reside. They did not receive any compensation for the loss of the goods. John E. Hessin is carrying a cane, owing to an attack of rheumatism. He hopes to walk on stilts after the Re publican convention, far above all can didates who ran against him. Taylor Riddle says Hessin will have to take to crutches after election. An immense picture of Attorney Gen eral Boyle appeared in a recent issue of the New York Journal above a tes timonial for a patent medicine. Mr. Boyle said he had taken it, and it had done him good. The railroads and stock yards will be interested to know that it was a "nerve" medicine. Bishop Charles C. McCabe, of the A. M. E. church, is in Topeka to preside over the Central Missouri A. M. E. conference which meets at Asbury chapel in North Topeka today. He is better known as Chaplain McCabe, and will be remembered by many in his lecture. "The Bright Side of Life in Libby Prison." The report sent out in the dispatches from Lawrence to the effect that Fred Speak, the football player at the state university had been suspended by the university council for uneentlemanlv conduct during the state oratorical eon test, has been denied by the university authorities. He was not disciplined at all, and the report was not authorized. Speak was the plucky full-back of the K. U. football team, and he attends the law school. HIS ANCESTOR'S GHOST Appears to a Prisoner at the City JaiL Sergeant Owens brought a man into the police station yesterday and booked him os a vagrant. The man's clothes were old. dirty and ragged. He wore but one shoe, and the other foot was c-lad In a heavy red woolen sock. His hands were scarred and dirty. His hair was tangled and long. While he was being registered he looked about him. He caught sight of the station house cat and he was at once groveling on the floor. He bowed his head after removing his ragged cap. and while mumbling a sort of chant he waved his arms in front of his face. u hat are you doing there?" asked Jailer Dagg. "Worshiping." and the man continued to rattle on and throw his arms around. "That's God up there." he said, point ing to the cat. The cat started to walk away and the man cried: "Xow comes the band of angels." and he commenced to sing. He was taken into the tramps' room, where he kept on, alternately pray ing. Ringing and dancing, calling upon the gods of the different kinds to be with him and to protect him. In the middle of the night he awoke suddenly from his sleep and yelled: "There's my grandmother. She's come back to see me." and. crouching in one corner of the large room, he carried on a conversation with what he supposed was his grandmother. "What's the matter with you?" he was asked. "Oh. I'm no good at all tonight. Til be all right in the morning." He was nerv ous. His hands twitched involuntarily. He looked all around with a frightened expression and seemed to see all sorts of things coming at him. This morning in police court he was asked what was the matter with him. "I am a morphine tiend. your honor." he said. His face was white and his eyes seemed to snap. "My God. sir. you don't, know the suffering a person goes through who has his system so full of the drug that he has to have more to quiet him. There is only one way for me to be cured. That is to go to Hot Springs. My arm is covered with wounds where I have used a small syringe to inject the drug. My God. man, it's awful." and he shuddered to think of his life-sapping habit. "I am all right now. I had another shot this morning. Please, sir, let me go. It will kill me to stay here without the drug." His pleadings and looks were enough to soften the hearts of most people. "But you were here three days or so ago. and when I let you go you promised to leave town. We will give you medi cal attendance while you are in here and if you need morphine you shall have it. I fine you &V and the man was led away to the rock pile. COLLEGE OF THE SIS TERS OF BETHANY. Prof. MacClintock, of the University of Chicago Lectures on En glish Literature. SFEJECTS. Th- Mental Diai.Viiii which Litera ture affords -Maron 2."), V. p. m. How the I'oets treat Physical Nature March 26, 3 p. m. Readings from Kipling March 26, S p. m. Contribution of Wordsworth to Per sonal Culture March 28, 3 p. 111. Interpretation of Hamlet March 2S, 8 p. m. Analysis of Wordsworth's Ode on Im mortality March 29. 3 p. m. Interpretation of Macbeth March 29, 8 p. m. Art of Characterization In Fiction March SO, 3 p. m. Romances and Novels the two eter nal types of fiction March 30, 8 p. m. Tickets for the entire course, only $1.50, to be had at the College or Kel lam's book store. Single admission, 25c. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. A Dynamite Magazine is Exploded Causing Trouble. Pittsburg. March 23. A Lowellville special says a dynamite magazine at Hillsville exploded this morning wreck ing the building and causing a panic in Lowellville. It is supposed the maga zine was struck by lightning. It is re ported that a man named Welsh, his wife and six children were killed. When You Go to Kansas City Remember the Rock Island Flyer leaves Topeka 7:30, arriving in Kansas City 9:15 a. m., returning, leaves Kansas City 7:10, arriving at Topeka 8:50 p. m. ankrupt Sale i e secureti Part of die above bankrupt stock at less than half manufacturers' price. They will be placed on sale Thursday morning, sale to continue until every pair is sold. Don't Fail to Take Advantage of This Sale. They Positively Go at Half Price. Babies' Dongola Button, '0 Fat. tip, Bize 3 to 6 Worth 35c, 19c pr g Babies' Dongola Button, g Pat. tip, size 3 to 6, black S and tan g Worth 50c, I 29c pr Cr 8 Child's Kangaroo Calf, 8 Button, Patent tip, size 5 to 8 I Worth 89c, 48c pr THEY'RE DOCTORS NOW. 18 Graduates Turned Out by the Kan sas Medical College. For the eighth time since its estab lishment the Kansas Medical college held commencement exercises last night Sixteen young men and two young women were graduated from the school and sent to swell the lists of physicians and surgeons in the west. Purple and yellow, the class colors, ornamented the hall, and the colors were carried out in the programmes. Each one of the graduating class wore a purple and yellow rosette. Dr. J. .15. Minney, dean of the col lege, acted as master of ceremonies and in a short introductory speech present ed Mr. David Overmyer, who made the address of the evening. In presenting Mr. Overmyer. he referred to him as "Topeka's pride." Mr. Overmyer's address was a brief polished review of the different epochs of medicine from the time of Esculapius In conclusion he advised the members of his class what their course through life should be, and ended by urging them to, above all things, strive to be good citizens. Dr. It. S. Magee followed Mr. Over myer with an address in behalf of the faculty, and at its conclusion the de grees were conferred on the 18 grad uates by Dr. S. G. Stewart, vice presi dent of the board of trustees. In ex plaining why Dr. J. C. McClintock, president of the board of trustees, did not perform this office. Dr. Minney said that although one of the foremost sur geons in the west. Dr. McClintock did not have enough nerve to put on a dress suit and appear before an audience. The graduates were the following: Estelle Frances Baker, Jennie Lyon Eddington. George Vivem Allen, James Madison Amis, William Francis Bowen, Warren P. Brockett. Lee H. Duiguid. John Calvin Law. Cyril Purdon. Alex ander Haggart, William D. Goff. Rob ert E. Massey. William Dio McPhee, John Wilson Lauck. Albert Astor Shel ley. Orion Lindell Toting, Charles Ed mund Menard and William S. Winter. The musical portion of the pro gramme was thoroughly enjoyable. It consisted of selections by the High School orchestra, including Sousa's new march, "Bride Elect," Cowen's "Bridal Chorus by Miss Mabel Huey, Miss Myrtle Mitchell, Mr. Waldemar von Dahlen and Mr. navia tsow ie, auu i violin solo by Mr. Henry Beerman with Miss Winifred Wagner as accompanist. Dr Charles E. Menard received the Swift Holliday prize for the best grade in medicine and surgery, and hy podermic syringes were presented to Doctors Shelley, Menard, Massey, Dvu guid and Allen by Dr. J. E. Minney for receiving over 95 per cent in the final examination. A reception was tendered the grad uates and faculty by Dr. and Mrs. J. C. McClintock after the exercises. CROMWELL ESCAPED Death by Changing His Mind at the Last Minute. San Francisco, March 23. Fred Roy Cromwell whose name has been in cluded among the lost crew of the bark Almy, is still numbered among the living He is so far as known the only one of the listed crew who is now alive. Air Cromwell, whose home is in Ce dar Rapids. Iowa, and who is but twen ty years of age, shipped for passage on the Almy on the afternoon of Satur day the day before the fated vessel left her moorings to go on her voyage of death. Before the vesel sailed Cromwell became satisfied that she was unseaworthy and therefore remained at home. He savs the crew of the bark was composed very largely of young men from the east who like himself, were trving to work their way north ward "He judged from their conversa tion that very few of them knew any thing of seamanship. ROCK ISLAND FLYER. Fast Time, New Train Leaves Kansas City 7:10; Topeka 8-55 p. m.. arriving at Denver and Colorado Springs at 11 o'clock next morning. Returning, leaves Denver and Colorado Springs at 2:45 p. m.; ar riving at Topeka at 7:30; Kansas City at 9:15 a. m. vTien You Go to Colorado Remember the Rock Island Flyer leaves Topeka at 8:55 p. m., arriving at Denver and Colorado Springs at 11 o'clock next morning. It ts not what a manufacturer says about his own medicine that cures a patient, but what the medicine does. Ballard's Horehound Syrup does the work and does it well. It cures coughs end colds in a day. Its healing, sooth ing and quieting. 25c 50c. Geo. W. Stansfield. 632 Kan. Ave., and Miller's Pharmacy. Cor. Sixth and Topeka Ave. Take the Rock Island Flyer At 7:30 a. m. for Kansas City, Chicago, St. Louis and all intermediate points. of the Nichols Child's Vici Kid, But ton, Patent Tip, size 5 to 8 Worth 98c, 58c pr Misses' Dongola Lace or Button, Pat. Trim. Blk. or Tan, sizes to 2 Worth 1.50, 98c pr Misses' Fine Vici, But ton or Lace, Pat. trimmed, size to 2 Worth 1.25, 79c pr Ladies' Fine Dress Shoes, Patent or stock tip, broken sizes Worth 2.50, $1.48 pr Misses' Kangaroo Calf, Button, Cap Toe, size 11 M to 2 Worth 1.50, 98c pr READY FOR WORK. New City Republican Committee Meets and Organizes. The Republican city central committee met last night in the office of the street commissioner for the purpose of electing new officers for the campaign. Chas. T. McCabe was elected chairman, H. C. Bowen secretary and Oscar Swayze treas urer. The executive committee was an nounced by Chairman McCabe as fol lows; Pirst ward. E. C. Stoner; Second ward. E. E. Lair: Third ward. O. K. Swayze; Fourth ward, Robert Stone, and Fifth ward, Thomas Euwer. The new committee as organized con sists of the following Republicans: First ward At large, Geo. C. Stoker: First precinct, H. C. Bowen: Second ore cinct, E. C. Stoner; Third precinct, M. S. AV'imms. Second ward At large. T. S. Williams: First precinct, Joe Jones: Second precinct. J. M. Allen: Third precinct, John H. Im bler: Fourth precinct, J. A. Alexander; Fifth precinct, E. E. iair. Third ward At large. Chas. T. McCabe: First precinct, Oscar K. Swayze; Second precinct, Geo. M. Crawford; Third pre cinct. S. W. Pasker; Fourth precinct, M. C. Simpson. Fourth ward At large. A. A. Rodgers: First precinct. Robert Stone: Second pre cinct, J. H. Guy; Third precinct, John H. Norton; Fourth precinct. Will T. Chaney. Fifth ward At large. R. W. Squires: First precinct. Thomas M. Euwer; Second precinct. Clarence Moss. On next Monday evening the candidates on the city ticket will be asked to meet with the new committee to arrange for campaign work and special work on elec tion day. The ward representatives on the com mittee will make an effort to have the registration books placed in the wards for a time to enable a fuller registration. The meeting was a short one and an ad journment was taken to Monday night. MR. ROOT EXPLAINS. He Tells What He Did in the Water works Case. Attorney H. C. Root, who has made a claim against the city for $1,000 for attorney's fees for his services in the water company case in the supreme court, makes the following explanation of his connection with the case: "That was a prosecution by the state and no individual can reap any person al advantage out of such a prosecution. It is in the interest of all the people of the state, and more particularly of the citizens of this city. The case was com menced by me at the request of some of the members of the cfty council and of Mr. H. C. Safford, who was county attorney, after Mr. Bird had refused to do so. The city council afterwards pass ed the following resolution: 'By consent of the council City Attorney Bird was instructed to assist Attorney H. C. Root to prosecute the case in the supreme court against the Topeka Water com pany for the forfeiture of the compa ny's charter.' The Topeka Water com pany had boldly gone into the court to defeat the service of summons upon it, and shown therein that it had no offi cers, directors or general office in the state of Kansas, which were violations of our laws made to govern and control corporations. I made up the issues, assisted Mr. Bird in taking the deposi tions and in briefing the case, and also in the trial of the same. I have not reaped any personal advantage out of that case and had only such interest as any other citizen of this city had." PILE OF MONEY FOUND. $16,000 in Coin Discovered in an Old House. Santa Fe, N. M., March 23. Consid erable excitement has been occasioned by the finding of $16,000 in gold and sil ver coin, by some men who were re pairing an old house in the west end of town belonging to a family named Rodriguez. It is supposed to have been buried some years ago by Rodriguez's mother. Extra Chairs Tonight All the reserved seats for Marshall's band concert tonight have been sold and manv tickets without reserved seats have also been sold. Those hold ing such tickets can be sure they will find seats tonight as extra chairs will be placed in the balcony and on the first Moor where there is room. The gallery will be thoroughly cleaned and open to those who can't get in on the other floors. It will really be the best place to hear the music. You Should See The Rock Island's new train. She is a hum mer. Who can fail to take advantage of this offer. Send 10 cents to us for a gen -erous trial size or ask your druggist. Ask for Ely's Cream Balm, the most positive catarrh cure. Full size 50 cents. ELY BROS., 56 Warren St., N. T.City. I suffered from Catarrh of the worst ..(in .1 Y (ur I T n (i, 'in" inr- Kinu evtri f ed for cure.but Ely's Cream Balm seema to do even tnai. iviany acquaintances have used it with excellent results. Oscar Ostrum, 45 Warren Ave.,Chicago, 111. Shoe utOOiL 1 lot Ladies' Fine Dress Shoes, turned soles, Pointed Toes, broken sizes Worth 4.00, $2.29 Ladies' Dongola Pol ish Cloth Top, Patent trimmed Worth 1.50, 98c pr DSTR BISTERS Gr BARCrAHS, BIO E.SExOi ST. DRY GOODS, CLOAKS, MILLINERY, SHOES, AND USEFUL ARTICLES. ft FUSION IN OREGON Is Opposed by Populists Unless They Can Be the Whole Thing. Portland, Ore., March 23. The Demo crats, Populists and Silver Republicans of Oregon held state conventions in this city today for the purpose of nominat ing two congressmen and a full state ticket from governor downward. The Democrats and Silver Republicans are almost unanimously in favor of fusion but there is a division in the ranks of the Populists, which threatens to cause a serious split in the convention. J. P. Young, chairman of the Populist state central committee who has a large fol lowing is opposed to fusion. The mid dle of the road Populists, however, are believed to be in the minority and in case the Populist convention insists up on fusion with the Democrats and Sil ver Republicans, it is said that a num ber of delegates will walk out of the convention. Fifty-two middle of the road dele gates, including Chairman Young, of the state central committee, held a cau cus last night and after reciting that an attempt was being made to disrupt the People's party and deliver it over to the Democracy under the guise of fu sion, adopted the following resolution: "Resolved, That we demand that any union or fusion shall be on the People's party platform and under Populist leadership." They say if their demands are not complied with, they will nominate a separate ticket. FAILER TRIES HOYT. A Former Topeka Jointist in the Hol ton JaiL Ed Faller, the Topeka jointist, went to Hoyt and opened a joint Saturday morning. By noon the good people of that village had a warrant issued for his arrest. Sheriff Haas placed Failer under arrest, but not before the latter had tried to shoot him. Failer was taken to Holton, where Saturday after noon he was fined $275 and costs in the district court and committed to jail. Some time Sunday Failer escaped from the Jail and started for Hoyt. Failer boarded a train for Topeka, and Sheriff Haas re-arrested him and brought him to Topeka, where he was kept in jail over night and taken back to Holton. Failer has been arrested in Topeka both by city and county officers and convicted of running a joint. R. R. MEN IN POLITICS. An Organization Started in St. Louis for Political Purposes. St. Louis, March 23. The Independent Order of Railway Men has been organ ized here. This city has been selected as the headquarters of the grand lodge, and James S. Hardin of St. Louis has been elected president. Organizers will be sent out at once to all parts ot tne country. It is announced that the order will have dealings with politics, and this is explained by stating that certain ob jects in view cannot be obtained except through politics, and for that reason the order has decided on certain polit ical moves. SANTA FE TO ACT. To Meet Competition This Road Will Reduce Its Chicago-K. C. Time. It is said that the Santa Fe officials are considering the advisability of reducing the running time of through trains be tween Chicago and Kansas City in order to compete with the fast Colorado trains recently inaugurated by the Union Pacific and Kock Island roads. East of the Mis souri river the Santa Fe has by far the shortest route, while west of the river the route is much longer than either the Union Pacific or Rock Island. It is be lieved the time from Chicago to Kansas Citv will be cut in order to even the ad vantage of the other roads west of the Missouri river. The Santa Fe could easily reduce the running time between Chicago and Kan sas City to 11 hours, and if necessary cut it to 10 hours. Some action on the part of the Santa Fe is expected as a result of the new Colorado trains. Homeseekers' Excursions. Tickets will be sold on the first and third Tuesdays of January, February and March via the Union Pacific to points in Missouri. Arkansas. Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arizona and New Mexico, where the minimum round trip rate is $7.00 or over, at one fare for the round trip plus $2.00. For exact territory and full Informa tion or tickets, call on or address, F. A. LEWIS, City Ticket Agent J. C. FULTON. Depot Agent. Not how cheap but how good Is the way we try to do our work. Peerless Eteam Laundry. 112 and 114 West 8th. Opening... Friday and Saturday Afternoons, gj and Saturday Evening, flarcn 35 and 36th. '2 A Handsome Souvenir to Every Caller. Everything 2Te"W, 2To Old Stock. g -KWKKK00KKK)0KCHXK0000 y Men's Satin Calf Lace or Congress, worth $2.25. Men's Satin Calf Lace Coin Toe, worth $2.50 Men's Satin Calf Bals., Blk. or Tan, worth $3.25 Men's Box Calf Bals. Fan cy stitch, worth $4.00. Boys' Satin Calf Bals., cap coin toe, worth $1.75 Little Gents' Oxblood Lace, cap toe, worth $1.50 $1.29 $1.39 $1.98 I $2.98 I $1.25 I 98c 1 4-i 5 C'. 8 8

I NORTH TOPEKA. Items Intended for this column should be left at the Kimball Ptg. Co., before ID o'clock in the morning. Bread, 2 rbs 5 cts.. Gem bakery. 24 pictures 25c at Courtney's, N. T. Buggies and surreys at L.ikens Bros. Mrs. Bird is ill at her home on Quincy street. Charles Steinberger went to Wamego yesterday. Wall paper 2 cents per roll at A. J. Kane's, S32 North Kansas avenue. Mrs. Agnes MeCormick of tht- p'toffice is 111 at her home on Harrison street. Wall Paper, 300 patterns to select from, 3 cents per roll up. Cromwell Jeffers. The handsomest trap ever brought to Topeka at Lukens Bros. Up to date Picture Framing. Latest styles of Moulding. Cromwell Jeffers. Mrs. Harry Prihble of Monroe str.-et entertained last evening in honor of Miss Rose Sheetz. George W. Petro is expected home to day from Racine, Wis., where he has bem for the past two weeks. Call and see a line of Rogers best Silverware to be given away at Costiey Post, North Topeka, Kan. Will f,. Buckhart, a former shoe mer chant of this side, but now of Uoonevil e. Mo., was calling on old friends today. A. .1. Proudfit left yesterday afternoon for Oskaloosa. Ia., in response to a tele gram announcing the serious illness of his brother. J. A. 1'roudlit. The Ladies Benten Sewing society of the Church of the Good Shepherd will meet tomorrow afternoon at half pnst 2 with Mrs, H C. Sa ft ord of 4 iS Ku i i road street. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Chamberlain moved yesterday from Harrison street to the house they have recently purchased on the corner of Jackson and St. John streets. Harmony Rebekah lodge No, 1"1 gave a very enjoyable entertainment last evt n ing for their members at their hail. Aa excellent literary and musical programme was given. Miss Myrtle Seymour of Omaha is ex pected to arrive Kriday and spend her spring vacation the guest of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Seymour of West Gordon street. Mrs. Hill, who has been living with her son. Mr. John Hill, and family, of HIT) Van Buren street, will b-uve Saturday for Chi cago, where she will make her home vviih her daughter, Mrs. E. 1 1 Guise. Miss Annie Kule and brother, Mr. Bes Kule, of lieloit are the guests of their aunt. Airs. V. B. Kistler. Mr. Kule is on. his way home from Kansas City, where he has been attending school, and Mi.-i Kule is a Washburn student. The ladies of Asbury church, who are serving free dinners to the ministers wh are attending the conference now in ses sion at the church, would be very grate ful for contributions. The dinners are served at Kansas avenue. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Parks of S -ft Quincy street entertained informally ar high five last evening in honor of their niece. Miss Bizzie Willson of Boone. Ia. The invited guests were Misses Mamie Baird, G race Gaylord, Bou Bell McMasters, Perlha. Rowley, Annie Kule, Grace and Laura Hough t el lin. Messrs. HarkV Hamilton, Paul Roehr, Malcolm James. Men Dol man, Harry Small, John and Bert Gre n and Bee Kule. JUSTICE FULLER'S NIECE Makes Her Appearance in "Camille" in New York. New York, March 23. Mips Margaret Fuller, a grandniece of Chief Justice Fuller made her first metropolitan ap pearance this afternoon at the Knicker bocker theater in the title role of the jjuse version of "Camille." The thea ter was crowded with a representative audience and frequent applause attest ed unmistakable approval of the fair debutante's efforts. You Should See The Rock Island's new train. She is a hum mer. The Royal is the highest grade baking powder kaown. Actual tests show it goes one third further than any other braad. Absolute! Pure ROYAL BK1N POWOEft CO., MEW YK. FGVQSER 8 8 8 1

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6 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, "WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1898, I i iUUl The Dining Room Should be the most comfortable and attractive room in the house. If you have an old style Side board, change it, and get a new one. It won't cost as much as you think, if you get it from us. A Sideboard very like the picture, elaborately carved and finished, with swelled, serpentine front, will cost only $35.00 other boards, swelled front, for 18.00. A large stock to select from. Some designs are exquisite. Baby Carriages Altogether new, novel and at tractive, with attachments, pat ented features, four coat finish, new style upholstering, may be seen on our floors at from $5.00 and np, with rubber tires. Thompson Bros., 626 Kansas Ave. 0000000K0000000000000 9 ESUY t 1 urNCtl. O The following prices will not last O long: 1 5 LADIES' WATCHES. 9 Elgin. Waltham and Seth Thomas O 5? Watches in 10K 20-year Gold Filled O v Cases, nli.uu O 2 Same Watches in 14K 20-year Gold 2 J$ Filled Cases, is.5. g Gents' and Ladies' Size, g 0 15-jeweI Seth Thomas Watches in O 9 14K 20-year Gold Filled Cases, 9 g $15.85. g 9 Sent C. O. D. to any address with 9 9 privilege of examination on receipt 9 9 of 5vc to insure express charges. 9 1 C. H. MORRISON, Jeweler and Optician, g 505 liAXSAS AVE. g oooooxooKooooKooxoooa THE BRIDGE IS ALL RIGHT. Cracking Cement is No Cause for Alarm. Many people who have walked over the new Kansas avenue bridge have noticed that the cement In the side walks is giving away in several places and that it appears to have been put down carelessly. There are two or three plece3 on the "walks where the cement is broken so as to make good sized holes and people take this as an evidence that the bridge is a failure. County Commissioner Rodgers said today in speaking of the weakness in the construction of the walks: "The board provided against that. The walks were built when the weather was rather cold and some fear was ex pressed that the cement might not set. The board accordingly withheld enough money from the contract price to pay for repairing the walks. "The w alks w ill be put in good shape as soon as the weather settles." OUR SEW CRUISER. The New Orleans Goes to Take on Ammunition. London, March 2:1. The New Orleans formerly the Amazorias. and the San Francisco completed coaling today. The latter cruiser will await orders. The former will so to Halhaven to ship pow der and ammunition previously ordered by Brazil, and will then await orders. The Storm is Over. Weather Observer T.B. Jennings says that the axis of the cold wave passed Topeka Tuesday evening about dark. From that time the temperature rose slightly. The minimum temperature for the night was 16 degrees. The air will continue to grow warmer, and Mr. Jennings says that fair weather may be expected. Pneumonia Cured. Mrs. A. J. Lawrence, of Beaver, Pa., says: "Brazilian Balm brought me out of a severe attack of pneumonia in splendid shape. It is a wonderful rem edy for coughs and lung troubles. Also, for outward use, for burns, cold-sores, and chapped hands and face, it cures like magic. It is invaluable in the family." Sold by druggists. A. J. Arnold Eon. wholesale agents, Topeka, Kan, SOCIAL AND PERSONAL General Notes of Society and Personal Items. Recent Social ETents in Topeka and Yicinity. Items of Interest About Topeka Peo ple and Visitors in Town. (All communications to this department must give the full name and address of the writer. Anonvmous personals and descriptions, of social affairs will not be published.) The Kuterpe club enjoyed one of the most pleasant dances of the series at Hudson's hall Tuesday evening. Those who danced were: Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Sutton, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Woolverton, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hobart, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Hurd, Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Foster, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. P. Hillyer, Col. and Mrs. J. W. F. Hughes. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Roehr, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Shu bert, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wetherell. Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Reel, air. and Mrs. Har ry Wingert, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Kellogg, Mrs. C. A. Fellows, Miss Anna Dunn, Miss Grace Foulks, Miss Myrtle Davis, Mr. Lon Davis, Mr. Mart Wikidal and Mr. Glen Hall. Notes and Personal Mention. Miss Caroline Chase, who has been spending several months with her cous in, Miss Edna Crane, will leave Friday for her home in Elkhart, Ind. She will be accompanied as nr as Kansas City by Miss Crane and Miss Lillian White lock. Miss Fannie Moon returned from Junction City today, where she has been spending the past week. The Fin de Siecle club will be enter tained Thursday afternoon by Miss Ma bel Baker and Miss Florence Home at the home of Miss Baker. The Helping Hand society of the First Congregational church will meet Saturday afternoon at the home of the Misses Valentine. Millinery opening Friday and Satur day at Miss Eden's, 527 Kan. Ave. Miss Addie Mattocks of Atchison is visiting Mrs. Martin Oswald at 412 East Eighth street. Miss Pearlade Prescott has been en gaged as violinist for the concert to be given by the Episcopal Guild at the Grand Opera House in Horton, April 14. Mr. J. M. Frankenburger of Kansas City attended the commencement of the Kansas Medical college Tuesday ev ening. The Vespuccian club gave their an nual party last Thursday evening at the home of Sirs. Proctor, on Western avenue. A delightful programme was given, refreshments were served and a very pleasant evening was spent by all present. Miss Nettie Ellett of El Dorado is spending the week with Miss Grace Foulks. Mrs. L. Blakesley has returned from Las Cruces, w here she has been spend ing the winter with her daughter, Mrs. H. B. Holt. Miss Eden's Millinery opening Friday and Saturday. Mrs. C. L. Short left today for Chil licothe, 111., after a few days' visit with hef daughters. Miss Marion Kenderdine returned to day from Las Vegas, N. M., where she has been spending the winter. Mrs. E. B. Foulks returned Saturday from a several weeks' visit in El Dora do. Mrs. Addie Jewell Newton and hus band left Monday for Washington, D. C, to fill an engagement at the Bijou theater. The Carpedium card club met Tues day with Miss Edna Millice.- The next meeting will be in two weeks at the home of Miss Birdie King. Mrs. T.P. Cully returned Sunday from Wichita. The latest designs in Millinery atMis3 Eden's opening, Friday and Saturday, 527 Kansas avenue. Miss Grace Jilson returned Monday from Chicago, where she has been via iting for the past two weeks. Mr. James B. Hayden. Mr. Frank Willard and Mr. Ned Henderson re turned today from a couple of days' hunting at Lake View. The Monday whist club will meet next Monday with Mrs. A. Zahner, at her home in Potwin. Mrs. R. P. Re kard of Gnat Falls, Montana, is the guest of Mrs. Henry Taylor. Miss Maggie Martin went to Kansas City today to spend several weeks with relatives. Judge and Mrs. Wm. E. Hutchinson of Garden City spent Tuesday in To peka. The Bachelor club will give a dance at Hudson's hall Thursday evening, March 31. Curtis sisters' Spring Millinery open ing Friday and Saturday, 716 Kan. ave. Miss Mamie Parker left today for Chicago, where she wil ltake a course in t"aina painting. Miss Nellie Marston entertained a few of hr friends very delightfully at a thimble party Tuesday afternoon, com plimentary to her guest. Miss Marie Smith of Wellington. The rooms were tastefully decorated with roses and hyacinths. Refreshments were served at small tables and at each place was an exquisite long stemmed rose. Millinery opening at Curtis sisters', 716 Kansas ave.. Friday and Saturday. Tonight's Band Concert The following is the programme for Marshall's band concert to be given this evening at the Grand Opera House: Overture Rosamunde Schubert (a) The Famous Minuet .Patferewski (b) Humoreske Wheeler Soprano solo "Oh, Hall of Song" Wagner Miss Mabel Huey. Grand selection "Reminiscence of Wagner Opera" Wagner Cello solo "Tarantelle" Popper Mr. Albert Buch, Kansas City. Fantasia Pastorale Kling Soprano solo "O.That We were May ing" Noim Miss Mabel Huey. Cello obligato, Al bert Buch. Medley "Gems Reset" Marshall Violin solo "Ballade et Polonaise".. Vieuxtemps Mr. Henry Beerman. Waltz "Die Schivebenden Geister". Hecker "Among the Ozarks." Is an attractive and Interesting book, with views of South Missouri scenery. It pertains to fruit-raising in that great fruit belt of America, the southern slope of the Ozarks.and is of interest to fruit growers and to every farmer and home seeker looking for a farm and a home. Mailed free. Address, J. E. LOCKWOOD. Kansas City Missouri. Hock Island Flyer. Only 14 hours to Denver and Colora do Springs. WHAT IT SAYS. CContinued from First Fage.J what they are doing and are doing it thoroughly. "I have received orders to report on Thursday in Washington in order to stand examination for promotion to the rank of lieutenant commander." Lieutenant Blandin was asked wheth er there was much feeling or excite ment in Havana or Key West. He re plied: "If there was any I did not see It. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee is certainly the right man In the right place and is do ing great work in Havana. I saw him the night of the explosion, when he came aboard the Washington to see Captain Sigsbee." Lieutenant Blandin said that he could say nothing about the probabilities of war, but if there was to be any fight ing he thought that the greater part of it would be done by the navy. THE NAVAL BILL. Details as to How the Money "Will Bo Spent Washington, March 23. Toward the ar mament and armor of the domestic man ufactured vessels authorized under four previous acts and the present bill, includ ing the completion of the ordnance outfit for the torpedo boat destroyers and six torpedo boats, there is an item of $5,458, 80O in the naval appropriation bill. The total cost of the armor, according- to the plans and specifications already prepared for the three battleships authorized by the act of June 10. 1M. not to exceed $3. 210,000, including all nickel in the same and ex clusive of the cost of transportation, tests, etc., and no contract for armor plate to average exceeding $400 per ton. To complete the equipment of new ves sels heretofore authorized $175,000 is given, and to install electric plants in gunboats numbered 10. 11. 12 and 13, $40,0u0. The committee provides that if the battleship directed to be built on the Pacific coast cannot be built at a cost not exceeding 4 per cent above the lowest accepted bid for the other battleships, it is to be con structed elsewhere. The secretary of the navy Is authorized to enlist at any time after the passage of the bill as many additional men as may be necessary to man the ships in commission, provided that the total num ber of men and boys in the general serv ice and under training shall not exceed 12. .50 men and 1,000 boys. Other items include smokeless powder, $1,000,000: total bureau of navigation, $148, 9j0; bureau of ordnance, $2,084,551; bureau of equipments. $1,514,178; bureau of yards and docks, $470,435; total for public works, $2,875,312. The bill provides that no person shall be appointed assistant surgeon until ex amined by a board of surgeons, nor who is under 21 or over 30 years of age. and authorizes the president to appoint for temporary service 25 acting assistant sur geons to have the relative rank and com pensation of assistant surgeons. RECRUITS ARE SCARCE. Lake Cities Will Be Visited by Naval Officers to Secure Men. Washington. March 23. One of the most active branches of the navy department just now is that engaged in the enlistment of recruits for various positions in the service. Yesterday notice was given by advertisement that recruiting stations would be opened at a number of cities, mostly on the coast. Today, in response to representations that have come to hand, the enlistment bureau gave notice that a board of officers would be detailed to visit various cities in the vicinity of the great lakes, where it is said there are a number of persons who would be will ing to enter the service. Many of them are Scandinavians who have been at sea in their native countries. The board will consist of Lieutenant Si mon Cook. Surgeon A. McClurg and an engineer officer and a boatswain who have not yet been named. They will visit St. Paul, Duluth. Milwaukee and Chicago. Word comes to the department that the recruiting board which has been at work at New Orleans has accomplished good results. Fifty men were enlisted at that place and they are to be shipped promptly to New York. From New Orleans the board goes to Galveston to continue its work. The quali fications requisite for enlistment are un usually severe, which accounts for the limited number of men so far recruited, although some modifications are made in the case of sailors who have heretofore been in the service. HAVANA'S FLOATING DOCK. It Rises With the Alphonso XII Without a Hitch. Havana, March 23. The floating dock, with the cruiser Alfonso XII., rose with out mishap. All the machinery is work ing nicely and her crew are busy clean ing the bottom of the vessel, but the doc k will not be accepted until more fully tested by a heavier ship. Some minor de fects in the construction of the dock have been noted, but nothing vital. The w-recking contract divers have been busy on the Maine raising the two six inch guns from the after cabin and with great difficulty getting ammunition from the magazine aft. In doing this the divers are compelled to go down through the turret aft in a narrow chute, and then along the deck to the magazine opening. They are liable to be jammed, and great care is taken. It may be necessary to cut a hole through the decks direct into the magazine. Moreover, the divers are somewhat nervous about handling explo sives. A CLEAN SWEEP. The President Will Settle the Whole Cuban Question While About It Washington. March 23. While no one having knowledge of the matter is will ing to speak for the president, it is be lieved that the question of arbitration in connection with the disaster to the Maine is no longer under discussion. The re cent speech of Senator Proctor seems to have cleared the minds of the members of the administration as to the real cause in Cuba and it is now believed that the dis aster to the Maine will be treated only as an incident to the main question. It is asserted that the two are so intimately connected that one necessarily involves the other and it is believed to brs the presi dent's purpose to bring about, in what ever action he may now take, a settle ment of the whole question. Whether this involves a war with Spain rests with Spain herself. THE ARMY BILL. Military Affairs Committee Make a Favorable Report Washington. March 23. The military affairs committee of the house completed consideration of the army reorganization bill and ordered a favorable report upon It. As agreed upon, only a few changes were made. The section authorizing the president to recruit the skeleton regi ments "in time of war" was changed so as to make it more specific, limiting su h authorization to a time of actual hostili ties, after a declaration of war had been made. ALMOST UNANIMOUS. Senator Thurston's Estimate of the Sentiment for Intervention. Chicago, March 23. Senator John M. Thurston of Nebraska stopped a few hours in Chicago on his way back to Washington. In an interview the sen ator said: "Senator Proctor's speech in the sen ate was so able a statement of what we both saw in Cuba that I can hardly say a great deal in addition. He told nothing but the bare truth, the condi tion of affairs, which he reported and which I also saw, certainly demands trial inc ici'uuiiLan pan; tilii j u u the promise made in its platform, which j declared in favor of intervention tor the down-trodden people of the oppress ed island. 'Although I quite approve of the president's delay thus far, the time has now come when we should intervene in behalf of humanity. We are fairly well prepared now to protect ourselves in case of hostilities should follow such action, and the government should delay no longer. Every hour of wait ing means death, suffering and distress in Cuba. "To these poor people there can come no relief save by intervention on the part of the United States. Let us act and Cuba will take care of herself. Free the island and let its people form their own government. "The sentiment of intervention in the United States is almost unanimous." M'KINLEY WANTS TIME. Will Handle the Maine Question First and Separately. Washington, March 23. Speaking of the Cuban situation, the Post says: Having formulated no plan to solve the problem and being anxious to gain all the time possible the president will not immediately make any suggestion to congress. The message which he will send in on Monday will treat alone of the Maine and congress will be in formed that the president will, at a later date, communicate with it on the Cuban situation. The report of the Maine and the accompanying papers will, therefore, be at once referred in both houses to the committee on for eign affairs and then congress wTill anx iously and patiently await the presi dent's next recommendation. If the policy of relief be finally agreed upon an appropriation will undoubt edly be made for the purchase of sup plies and the work of wholesale suc cor will be entered upon. If Spain should regard this act as a hostile one, the responsibility for provoking war would be upon her. The president still hopes that in the meantime something may occur to diminish the likelihood of opposition, or if the program is in augurated, that Spain will accept the action of the United States in a friend ly spirit. ENGLAND SCENTS WAR. Merchant Vessels Ordered to Obtain War Clause in Their Charters. New York, March 23. The Evening World says: An ominous sign that the strained relations between the Uni ted States and Spain will result in war, is furnished by English shipowners who have cabled to their agents here that all charters must obtain the "war clause." This clause, which is posted in the maritime exchange as follows: "It is understood this steamer is to be only employed in strictly neutral trade; is not to carry contraband cargo, or trade with ports declared under block ade; also in the event of war being de clared by or against Great Britain by a maritime power, this charter is to be null and void at the end of the then current voyage." TERROR ORDERED SOUTH. She Will Join Sicard's Squadron at Key West Washington. March 23. Secretary Long today telegraphed orders to Capt. Ludlow of the monitor Terror, now at New York, to proceed at once to Key West and to report to Admiral Sicard. The Terror will be perma nently attached to the squadron at Key West. It is said that she takes the place of the Massachusetts and Texas which have gone to Hampton Roads and that this move has been contem plated for more than a week. TROOPERS GO EAST. Artillerymen From Ft Sheridan Transferred to Ft Slocum. Chicago. March 23. Nine troopers of light battery A, Second artillery. U. S. A., will leave Fort Sheridan today for Kort Slocum, N. Y., where they will en ter the new artillery regiments, the Sixth and Seventh, to assist in the work of drill ing and organizing recruits. They will be given non-commissioned offices in the new regiments. This is the second squad of Fort Sheridan men ordered to the sea board garrisons within two weeks, 21 sol diers having been sent with a similar purpose about a fortnight ago. TO MAN NEW CRUISER. Blue Jackets Leave Brooklyn for Philadelphia. New York, March 23. About 105 blue jackets from the Brooklyn navy yard left today for Philadelphia in charge of petty officers. It is understood the men are for the Columbia and Minneap olis, now at the League island navy yard. THE MAINE'S DEAD. The Official Report Makes the Num ber 266. Havana, March 23. Chaplain Chidwlck has completed his mortuary report, which shows that 257 men and two officers per ished in the catastrophe, six succumbed to their injuries while lying ill in the San Ambroso hospital and one died on the Spanish transport: 171 bodies have been recovered from the wreck, of which 61 have been identified; 161 have been buried at Colon cemetery and 11 at Key West. This is the oflicial report, made public, after careful correction. WANTS SHIPS NOW. Government Finds Purchasable Ones Far From Completion. Washington, March 23. The navy de partment has purchased no further ships abroad and the negotiations are not pro ceeding in a manner to promise success. It was definitely determined today that the Chilean battleship General O'Higgins could not be secured. Commander Brown son is tody In Paris, after having inspect ed the Brazilian ships now building at La Siene. While these might be secured, they are a long way from completion and could be of little service at present. What the department wants is ships which can be commissioned at once. OLD MONITORS BROUGHT OUT. Those Used in the War of the Rebel lion to Be Put in Service. Washington, March 23. Secretary Long at noon today determined to bring into service the eight old single turreted monitors used during the war and now lying at League Island navy yard, Phil adelphia. He issued orders that the monitors Catskill and Lehigh proceed to Boston and the monitors Nahant and Jason to New York. The other monitors, Manhattan. Ma hopac, Montauk and Canoncius will re main at Philadelphia, where the work cf preparing them for service, will be gin immediately. PURITAN ORDERED SOUTH. Largest Monitor in the Navy Will Go to Key West Washington, March 23. Secretary Long determined this afternoon to or der the double turreted Monitor Puri tan to Key West where she will be at tached to the squadron under Admiral Sicard. She is the largest monitor in the service, is of 6.000 tons displace ment and carries ten guns in her main battery. UP TO HER NECK. Continued from First Page. water today. Heavy damage will result. The Fort Wayne road is unable to move trains either east or west, the tracks be ing in many places under water. A cloud burst seems to have struck the Cleveland, Canton Southern railroad neirSherrods ville, as portions of the track are entirely washed away. Dayton, O., March 23. Rlverdale is flooded by the breaking of the levee of a hydraulic canal. Miami City levees are leaking and in danger. The damage will be tremendous. The river is still rising and it is raining. A thousand families are suffering. THE FLOOD OF 1891 Seems Likely to Be Equalled by the Present One at Pittsburg. Pittsburg March 23. After summing up his river reports today. Local Forecaster Frank Ridgeway gave out the following river bulletin: "The Monongahela will rise to 30 feet and the Allegheny to 32 feet, which will equal the flood of 1891." COLUMBUS CUT OFF. 13 of Her Railroads Cannot Enter tha City. Columbus, Ohio, March 23. The worst local flood in the history of the Scioto river is in progress here. Thirteen of fifteen railroads cannot get trains in or out of the city. Ffty families, at least, are homeless and 500 or more houses are flooded. $520 MORE TODAY. Auditorium Fund Jumps Up to $11, 318 Total $2 1,31 a The following subscriptions to the Au ditorium fund have been reported: The Parkhurst Davis Mer. Co 150 T. E. Bowman Co. and E. B. Mer- riam 100 L. Beard Co 25 J. Richmond 25 Wm. Keitzman 25 Dutton House 25 W. E. Sterne 20 Waters Waters 20 Kansas Tent and Awning Co 10 Jetmore Jetmore 10 J. A. Addell 5 O. Boyer 5 Thomas Horsefield -5 Thomas Peat 5 Charles Nattsen 5 George P. McEntire 5 W. A. Miller Co 5 Woolverton White 5 Miller Hansen 5 W. F. Weber 5 H. Heilles 5 Metropolitan Collection Agency 5 B. F. Trigg 5 L. S. Ferry 5 H. C. Streeter 5 J. F. Mvers 6 W. Ae Michael 5 A. Zahner B W. H. Eastman 5 John Chaney 5 L. Van Hook 5 J. H. Hunt 5 Harge Thorpe 5 Total I 520 Other subscriptions 10,816 Total subscriptions $11,318 Coal hole fund 10.000 Grand total available $21,31S BLIZZARD HITS ST. LOUIS. Ground Covered With Snow and Fruit is Greatly Damaged. St. Louis, March 23. A regular Da kota blizzard prevails in St. Louis and vicinity extending down into Arkansas and in part of Illinois. Last night the temperature began to gradually de cline until this morning at 8 o'clock, when a fall of 48 degrees from the highest point registered yesterday was reported by the local weather officials. Shortly after 2 a. m., the rain which had prevailed all day yesterday and last night, was turned into snow and the ground is covered with a wet sloppy mantle. The cold weather which pre vails all through this section and down into Texas, will doubtless do consider able damage to fruit trees, which had begun to bud, as the result of a few warm days that prevailed last week. The heavy rains of the past few days has caused all rivers in Missouri to rise rapidly. Only a few of the incoming trains reached LTnion station on time this morning. The belated ones were any where from two hours to 20 minutes late with the exception of the second section of the Vandalia train from the east. This section, due at Union sta tion at 7 o'clock, was announced to be seven hours behind time. The delays were caused by the washouts and land slides. All the streams about Nashville, 111., are rising and the Okaw river is on the rampage. Wheat fields are flooded and all the bottom lands north of Covington are submerged, the Okaw being five miles wide at that point. The new iron Kritra thurf. ia in ilanpfr of heinfir wash- S ed awav. A Bluff Line train tried to pass through the low place in the Macoupin bottom, near Haegman, where the track is two feet under water for over two miles. The fire in the engine was put out and the engine and a train of ten freight cars are stopped. Another en gine cannot back in to pull the train out, so the only thing to do is to wait till the waters subside. ROCK ISLASD-U. P. WAR. Union Pacific Flyer Abandoned All But Mail Car ou Last Night's Denver Run. The race between the Union Pacific and Rock Island roads from Kansas City to Denver, resulted in the Union Pacific uncoupling all but the mail car of the fast train at Ellis last night and running with that car alone on special time to Denver. The special train ar rived there at 9:05 this morning, an hour and 35 minutes ahead of the Rock Island fast train: The Rock Island management now proposes to cut the schedule for the fast train, without reducing the num ber of cars, so that Denver will be reached at 9 o'clock instead of 10:40 o'clock, and it is probable that the fast train out of Kansas City tomorrow night will start on this schedule. They believe that it has been demon strated that the Union Pacific is un equal to compete with the Rock Island with the equipment of the regular train, and propose to equal its time even it' the former road changes the fast train from a passenger train to a mail train and makes the run with but one car. The government has transferred the mail to the Rock Island, and the man agement of that road intends to see that it does not go back to the Union Pacific because of better time. New time cards will go into effect on both roads tomorrow. It is not known what reduction will be made in the Un ion Pacific time, but the Rock Island people have practically decided to re duce the time between Kansas City and Denver to 13 hours and 50 min utes. Saved A Boy's Life. Mrs. Captain H. Hubbard, of Milford, Del., says: "Brazilian Balm saved my boy's life. He began just like the one we' lost with croup. We gave him a few doses. He quickly dropped to sleep, and was all right in tne morning." Sold by druggists. A. J. Arnold Son, wholesale agents, Topeka, Kan. "Wf m -mmwiysm. 9Mmm mmm- 'm&" mmmm Cold Cure cures colds in the head, colds on the lungs, old colds, new colds and obstinate coles, and all forms of grip. Stops sneezing, discharges from the nose and eyes, prevents catarrh, diphtheria, pneumonia, and all throat and lung troubles. These pleasant little pellets are absolutely harmless, have Bfeved thousands of lives and prevented much sick ness. The Munyon Remedy Company prepare a separate cure for each disease. At all druggists 2S cents a viaL. If you need medical advice write Prof. M tiny on, l0a Arch tiureet, Philadelphia It is absolutely free. TRIAL OF H. BUTTS. Man Who Loaned $2,000 to the To peka "Press" is Arraigned. Before Justice of the Peace Zimmer man of Valley Falls, Tuesday, Halleck D. Butts, late cashier of the Delaware bank of Valley Falls, was given his preliminary hearing on 12 charges of embezzlement from the bank. He was bound over to the district court on nine counts of embezzlement, and his bond was fixed at $10,000. He and his attorneys went. to Holton in the afternoon to apply to Judge Myers for a writ of habeas corpus. Halleck D. Butts was cashier of the Delaware bank of Valley Falls from 18S3 to 1896. At the latter date the bank assigned, and farmers who had been stockholders in it were required to pay $28,300 to make good their deficit. It is claimed that from the time he was elected cashier of the bank, in 18S9, he conducted it as a private business. To M. P. Hillyer of this city it was shown in the testimony that he loaned at different times without security the following sums of money: $13,500, $12, 000, $750, $1,170 and $3,000. To J. B. .Chapman, who was then ed itor of the Topeka Press, he loaned $2,000 on a printing press.This was introduced at the trial. D. F. Piazzek of Valley Falls was the complaining witness in the case. His father, J. M. Piazzek, was president of the bank, and is a wealthy capitalist of Valley Falls. Halleck D. Butts is a handsome man of affable manner, and was well known throughout the state. Peary and Hansen's Straightaway. They race with equal chances Toward the northern goal. For neither of the racers Has the pole. Chicago Tribune. Have You Noticed the New Lights P The Santa Fe chair cars, coaches and dining cars are illuminated by electric ity generated by the revolution of the axle. 'Tis the first line to adopt the system. TODAY'S MARKET REPORT. Furnished by the Associated Press to the State Journal. Chicago, March 23. WHEAT "Wheat today opened weak and higher, with some covering by shorts, but soon eased ofr and became extremely slow. Reports of freezing temperature all over the winter wheat country, of fur ther damaging frosts in California and the steadiness of English cables caused c advance in July at the opening, initial trades in that delivery ranging from 8Uc to S'le. May was even stronger, open ing c higher at $1.06. The market be gan to decline at once. Apprehension of damage from the cold weather was dissi pated by advices that the temperature west was rapidly moderating and that so far as could be determined no injury had resulted. Support from shorts was with drawn and the market sank under its own weight, July gradually declining to SG1 e and May to Sl.Otic. Chicago receipts were again heavy, 187 cars, 77 cars of which were contract grade. Forty-three cars and 32.400 bushels contract wheat came from mixing houses, making the to tal addition to the contract wheat today about 152.000 bushels. Northwestern re ceipts were moderate, 324 cars, against 261 last week and 330 a year ago. CORN AND OATS Corn and oats were slow and easy with wheat. Oats showed the most weakness there being consider able May liquidation. May corn opened unchanged at 2914'cand declined to 291'ic. Receipts were li3 cars. May oats opened a shade higher at 26VasC and de clined to 27a 26c. Receipts were 184 cars. PROVISIONS Provisions were stow and easier. Trade was professional, scalpers being the best sellers. The hog market was barely steady. This and the de cline in the grain markets were the influ ences. May pork opened 2Vic lower at $9.Sf and declined to $9.72' and reacted to $9.75.- May lard opened unchanged at $5.10 and declined to $5.07. May ribs opened 2'ic lower at $5.02 and sold at to-Wlj) 5.05. BARLEY Cash, No. 3. 34fi42c. RYE Cash. 4s-i;c: May. 49'4c. FLAX Cash, $1.17; cash northwestern. $1.2'.: March, $1.19. TIMOTHY March, $2.S5. Chicago Livestock Market Chicago, March 23. HOGS Receipts. 32,000: left over. 1.500. Market rather slow. steady to shade lower. Light?. $3.75-13.97: mixed. $3.S0&4; heavy, $3.75'fi4.05; rough, $3.75S3.S5. CATTLE Receipts, 1B.0i. Steady to a shade lower. Beeves. $3.9017 0.50: cows and heifers, $2.25'ff4.30; Texas steers. $3.60!g4.50; stockers and feeders. $3.5074.HO. SHEEP Receipts, lG.fOO. Market steady. Native sheep, $3.35"i4.75; westerns, $3.50S) 4.60: lambs. $4.40'n5.60. HOCiS Receipts, 21,781: shipments, 5,078. CATTLE Receipts, 2,739; shipments, 1, 225. SHEEP Receipts, 17,429; shipments, 1, 7G0. Estimated receipts of hogs tomorrow, 30,000. Kansas City Livestock Market. Kansas Citv, March 23. CATTLE Receipts, 5,000. Best grades steady, others weak. Texas steers. $3 50 T4.30: Texas cows, $2.504.25; native steers, $3.65''i5.40; native cows and heifers, $2.70i) 4.45: stockers and feeders, $35.35; bulls, $2.75'& 4. REPRESENTATIVE SALES. No. Wt. Pr. 2S Texas steers H4S $4.3 27 Texas cows 710 4.23 IS native steers 14'"7 5.4) 24 native cows and heifers 952 4.4o 25 stockers and feeders 491 5.35 7 bulls l!2 4. to HOGS Receipts. 12.000. Pigs steady, others weak to 5c lower. Bulk of sales, $3.7ii3.SO: heavies, $3.S0''ti'3.f7: packers. $3CO?3 85: mixed. S3.nOtt3.b2V.: lights. J3.35 (U3.75: vorkers, $3.70c(3.75: pigs. $3.03'o3.65. SHEEP Receipts. 3.000. Market steady. Lambs, $3.G5ii5.30; muttons, $3'g4.75. Kansas City Produce Market. Kansas City. March 23. WHEAT Weak. No. 1 hard, 'jxijIc: No. 2. SSft&c: No. 3. 86'S7c: No. 1 red. 94fi95c; No. 2. 93-?i95c: No. 3. 91'fiS2c; No. 2 spring, STfSSc: No. 3, 85-riSGc. CORN Active, steady to ViC higher. No. 2 mixed. 2fi!j26Vie. OATS Firm. No. 2 white, 28c. RYE Steadv. No. 2, 4oc. HAY Steady. Choice timothy, $S.50fi9; choice prairie. $7(7.25. BUTTER Firm. Creamery scarce, 1C lSc: dairy, 14'5lGc. EGGS Unchanged. Fresh, 8c Market Gossip. Furnished by the W. A. Michael Com mission Co., Brokers in Grain. Provisions and Stocks, 110 West Sixth Ave.. Topeka, Kan. Liverpool: Wheat steady to turn dearer. New York: The general verdict among trader last evening was that yesterday s market was the most unsatisfactory in every respect since last summer's begin ning of speculative inactivity, but there was good reason for its being so. The Maine report, for which all who ever have any interest in stocks have been generally deferring operations, was known to be about to arrive at Washington and to be turned over by the president to congress in a few days with certain recommenda tions as to the character of legislation de sired on the subject of Cuban affairs, but whether a recognition of Independence or armed intervention was still a matter of the greatest uncertainty. Washington ad vices reported some of the most conserv ative men in congress as saying that they believed war with Spain to be Inevitable and the market coupled this with the con tinued active preparations of our army and our navy, argued that the situation must indeed be very critical. There were times during the day when there was al most no market for stocks, but the efforts to sell were without noteworthy features. At times small pressure to sell would have produced large declines. Foreign houses said last night that they feared our closing decline would bring a lower level from the other side, but the amount of stock in a position to be brought out from the hands of European investors is certainly not very large after the recent declines. London: Wheat off coast, very little do ing; on passage, nominally unchanged. Corn off coast, nothing doing; on passage, quiet. Paris: Wheat and flour steady. Chicago: Stocks of wheat at 21 leading markets east of the Rockies and in tran sit and afloat on the ocean are now over 69.000.OiX) bushels, over 10.0oo.000 bushels greater than at the same time la.st year. It is certainly remarkable that foreign markets remain so firm in view of the above facts. Receipts of hogs: Chicago, 22,000; Kan sas City, 11.000: Omaha, 3.5). Northwestern receipts: This year, Min neapolis 202 cars. Duluth 122 cars, total 324 cars: last year, Minneapolis 1G1 cars, Du luth 172 cars, total 333 cars. Receipts at Chicago: Wheat 1S7 cars, grade 77 cars; corn 183 cars, grade 56 cars; oats 184 cars, grade 34 cars. Chicago: There was a very large de mand for July calls last night and Leiter brokers, Allen-Grier. Slaughter, Ware. Ice land, Counselman and Day Lester and others took at least three millions. The same brokers bought puts. Scull was buying May calls. The big Leiter trade in privileges made it look as if some sort of maneuver was intended today. Chicago Times-Herald: -'It looks as if Leiter would from this on have his wheat moving out at the rate of at least 300.000 bushels per day. Friday he loaded 133 cars at Armour houses and he is now loading at the Iowa, the Keith, the Cen tral, the Union and the City elevators. If railroads furnish cars fast enough he might get out two millions per week. Lei ter evidently proposes to rush things be cause he says that all his wheat will be cleaned out by April 15. Chicago: It is claimed that there is a concentrated long interest in May oats in this market. The firmness of this cereal and the relatively high prices as com pared to corn lends probability to the statement. The fear of war is restricting business in all pits. Conservative people are waiting. There were further frosts Tuesday and Fridav, completing the dam age to fruits. Even the trees were in jured. Wheat has been also suffering from drouth and cold. This refers to the whole state. Second cable: Wheat V,d higher. Exports four ports: Wheat and Hour equal to 173,000 bushels. Ranges of Prices. Furnished bv the W. A. Michael Com mission Co., Brokers in Grain. Provisions and Stocks, 110 West Sixth Ave., Topeka, Kan. Chicago, March 23. Article. Open High Low Close Yes. WHEAT May ...V, lOfii 104 104 W July 86-V6 8i 84 S4Vu 83'-Si Sept 79 79 7G 77 78 CORN May 29'4- 29 2X'4 July 30-r"8 30 30 3.s Sept 31 31 31'4 S1V4 31 OATS Mar 25-H 2o May ...26 26- 25 2:."s-2ti 20 Julv 23 23 23 23 23 PS?rK- 9 65 9,2 May 9 85 9 85 9 70 9 70 9 8, Julv 9 87 9 87 9 77 9 77 9 S3 LARD Mar 5 00 5.0, May ...S 10 5 10 5 05 5 05 5 10 Julv 5 15-17 5 15-17 5 12 5 12 5 17 RIBS Mar 6 00 5 0a May ...5 02 5 05 5 00 5 00 5 0? July 5 07 5 10 5 05 5 05 5 10-12 Ranges of Prices on Stocks. Furnished by the W. A. Michael Com mission Co., Brokers in Grain. Provisions and Stocks, 110 West Sixth Ave., Topeka, Kan. New York. March 23. Stocks Sugar Chicago Gas Am. Tobacco E. G. E Leather Lead M..K. T. Pfd C, B. Q Rock Island C, M. St. P. A., T. S. F. A..T. &S.F.Pfd Manhattan Western Union Mo. Pacific Wabash Union Pacillc. C. N. W N. Y. Central.. Op'n iHighl Low Cl'se iYes. '115" 115 113 114;115 8'- 88 87'?i 88 93 94 Si3 93! 94 31 31 31 31j 31 50 56 55i 55 5j 28 28 28 28 2W 80 3i 3" 30jl 31 88 S9 87N Xn! 8 81 81 83 87V 88 87 8-a.i; X7-. 10 10 li Ki 1" 24 21 23 23; 24 90 97 95 90': 9 81 S4! 8(i 84i 8i 23 24 j 234 24 I 24 14 141 14 14 14 17 17i 17 17: 17 115 116 115 115 115 10S 108 107 107i.iJ0-i G8 6-1 68 68 I 6') 27 27 27 27 j 26 15 10 15 16 i 16 89 90 89 89 ijO 107 107 107 107 j 9 9 &V 1" 18 18 18 1S! 18 59 59 o 22 23! 22. 23! 46 47 I 46! 4G' 47 Omaha C. C. C Reading Jersey Central. D. H C. G. W T. C. I No. Pac. Pfd.. Pacific Mail L. N ff. A. MICHAEL C0BMISS19.1 CD,. HO VTrmt Sixth Atfnn, Telephone 660. Topeka Kao. 11. iliII"E, Manager. Grain, Provisions, Stook3 Ton can buy cr sell anything dealt in on tho principal exchange of the country through ue. Direct wires. Quick service. Reasonable margins. Orders by wire, let ter or telephone promptly executed. Re erence by permission, CiCNTRAL NATIONAL BANK. Topeka, KansaSL UNION NATIONAL BANK. Kansas Cily. Mo. Kansas City office, first floor Exchange building. We have same service and ra aponslbUity as Kansas City offlca. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. WANTED To buy good fat horses. 119 Railroad St., North Topeka. WANTED Good girl for housework, small family. Apply at once. 1237 Fill more. WANTED Good white girl for general housework, no washing or ironing. 234, Greenwood ave. Call at once. WANTED Girl at 1216 Taylor St., family of three. Call Thursday afternoon cr before 10 mornings. WANTED A girl for general housework. 516 Topeka ave. (First published in the Topeka Stata Journal March 23, 1898. NOTICE. Office of Commissioner of Elections. Topeka. Kan.. March 23rd. 1S98. Notice is hereby given that the regis tration books will be at the following named places on Thursday, March 24th, from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.: Jordan's, hall, 1179 Lincoln, N. D. Mc- G Barber shop, 60T, Clay. R. F. Nash. Gish's drug store, 900 East Fourth, Will GNewland's store, 1201 East Sixth, F. M. Newland. Osborn's store, 1701 Kansas avenue, R. L. Osborne. L. T. YOTJNT, Commissioaer of Election.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1893. A, UNDER THE DOME News of the Kansas State Departments. How One Hundred People of Mound City, Kansas, SIGXED A PETITION To Pardon a Man Whom They Knew Nothing About. Our Board of Pardons Guilty of More Stupidity. The farcical system that the board of pardons operates on Is well Illustrated by the case of James McGlothin of Linn county, now before Governor Leedy for consideration, bearing the recommendation of the board that the pardon be granted. McGlothin was sent to the peniten tiary from Linn county in 1S96 for a term of six years for robbing a store. He was then a man of 45 years of age and known as a worthless character, who did little or nothing toward the support of his family and was intoxica ted the greater portion of the time. "When he was unable to procure whisky he bought lemon essence and always succeeded in getting drunk on that. A year ago a Linn county attorney took up the matter of securing a par don for McGlothin. and started out by circulating a petition in Mound City. McGlothin lived at Trading :Post and the robbery was committed at Jewett, both of which places are over 15 miles from Mound City, and the attorney suc ceeded in getting over a hundred signa tures because neither McGlothin nor the nature of his crime was known. He also published the notice of the appli cation for pardon in a Mound City pa per, and in this way the people in the neighborhood where McGlothin had re sided were practically ignorant of the effort being made. The petition was duly forwarded to the pardon board, together with a let ter lrom the man's wife, and after look ing over the papers it was decided to recommend a pardon. Governor Leedy has been informed of the true state of affairs, and he will probably refuse the pardon. GOV. LEEDY PROFFSSES ALARM At the Proposed Increase of the Standing Army. Gov. Leedy has given out a prepared interview, explaining why the govern ment should use the militia in case of an emergency instead of increasing the regular army with recruits. It follows up his opinion, expressed some days ago, that the move to increase the reg ular army was a scheme of the money ed classes to have a large standing army in case of internal troubles. In the interview Gov. Leedy says: "When the war of the revolution was over, the founders of this republic, re alizing that a standing army of mer cenary soldiers, who simply enlisted for pay because they would rather fight than work for a living, were a standing menace to the peace of the country, sought to avoid the danger arising from the maintenance of such an army by creating a citizen soldiery whose mili tary interests were patriotic instead of mercenary. "They therefore established the mili tia law by which all persons between the ages of 18 and 45 were required to attend four days in each year at the annual training for the purpose of ac customing them to the use of fire arms and to the drill and evolutions of troops in the field. "This idea has been departed from somewhat in the establishment of mili tia regiments in various states, but the main idea of the founders of the repub lic is yet maintained, and these militia regiments are not composed of mercen aries. Their army training is for pa triotic, and not for mercenary purposes. They are fairly well drilled and would understand any order that might be given them, so that they are ready to take the field at once. "If the federal government, instead of using this citizen soldiery, should enlist a mercenary soldiery for three years, they would have to be drilled in the manual of arms and in field tactics be fore they could be used. It seems, there fore, that if sudden call were made in the Cuban matter, the militia would be much more serviceable. Furthermore, if the federal government should desire volunteers in addition, they would only have to make their necessities known. Kansas would furnish at once her quota of whatever number might be de sired, and I believe that every other state would do the same. When the Cu ban difficulties were ended, and the ue of these troops was no longer needed, instead of having a regularly enlisted army on our hands for three years, these regiments would dissolve and go back to their arts of peace without de lay, whereas men enlisted in the regu lar army would have to be maintained at the expense of the government. It seems plain to me that the kind of an army provided by the builders of this republic is the better of the two, and I believe that all citizens should look up on a standing army with the same dis trust that our forefathers did." CHASING OUT DOCTORS. Some Colored Institution at Galena Disturbs the Board of Health. The Improved Electic Medical as sociation of Galena chartered a short time ago under the laws of the state, has already struck breakers. In a let ter to Dr. H. Z. Gill, secretary or the state board of health, Dr. J. 1 Scoles, county health officer of Cherokee coun ty, says that association is a fraud and lias undertaken to issue and sell di plomas at so much per diploma. Dr. Scoles states in his letter that the founder of the association, a Dr. Dol phin, is utterly devoid of any medical knowledge, and that the alleged pnysi cians associated with him. "Doctors" Young, Myers, Kingry and Dolphin, the latter the founder's wife, don't know what the practice of medicine means. He says that Young came to Galena some years ago as pastor of the Color ed Baptist church, and Myers is a dry goods clerk. To prove that the association is in the business of selling diplomas. Dr. Scoles incloses a letter from another man named Toung stating that his diploma was in the course of preparation by the association. Dr. Gill will probably take steps to have the charter of the organization revoked. Debs Cheers Governor Leedy. A marked copy of the "Wilmington. Del., Journal, containing the interview from Governor Leedy, where he stated that he did not expect to be called upon lor troops as he believed the move to U. EXHIBIT Uncle Sam Speaking' of do; shows. increase the army was the work of Wall street brokers to secure protection in case of internal troubles, was received by Mr. G. C. Clemens from Eugene V. Debs today. On the margin of the pa per is written in blue pencil: "Hurrah for the governor. Koliher and Debs.'" Koliher is national secretary of the So cial Democracy, and is at present with Debs in Delaware. Equitable to Leave Kansas. New York, March 23. The Tribune says: The insurance authorities of Kansas have pursued such a policy toward eastern companies that the Kquitable Life Assurance society has determined to do no more business in that state. "Webb McXall, the state superintendent of insurance, has de manded a lot of information from the companies which is not called for 'y the eastern authorities. The Equitable has no special controversy in Kansas. Kansas Cattlemen. The charter of the Kansas State Cat tlemen's association was filed with the secretary of state today. The organi zation is for the purpose of promoting the interests of the Kansas cattlemen, and the headquarters will be maintain ed at Abilene. The directors named in the charter are G. A. Rogers, James "White, J. S. Hollinger, J. J. Kugler and J. G. Landes. Pullman Co. Taxes. The Pullman Palace Car company has filed its report for taxation pur poses, as required by the law passed by the last legislature, with the audi tor of state. The report shows that the standard sleeping cars in use on the Kansas lines are valued at $122,489.83, and the valuation of the tourist sleep ers is $7,992.98. The total valuation of the property in Kansas is $130,482.87. PINGREE GETS TO WORK. Tells the Legislature What He Wants and Has a Bill Introduced. Lansing, Mich., March 23. The Michi gan legislature assembled yesterday afternoon, having been called by Gover nor Pingree to consider the governor's proposed measures for increasing taxes upon railroads, express, telegraph and telephone companies. Governor Pingree read his corpora tion taxation message to the joint ses sion. Its leading points were that the framers of the state constitution in tended that all taxes be based on the cash value of the property; that taxe3 should be levied upon public franchises as well as other property; that the present system of specific taxes upon railway earnings is unsatisfactory and wrong; that the tax upon Michigan railroads has been less than a quarter of one per cent upon their own swoin valuations, and less than one-eleventh of the per centage paid by other tax payers. The governor recommended authorization of the appointment of a state board to make equitable valuation of the property of such corporations at their cash values and to assess them at the average rate of all the taxes. A bill was introduced covering all these points. CHINESE LOAN IN DOUBT. Absence of a Rush to Cover It is Not ed in London. London, March 23. There was no rush here to subscribe for the Chinese loan and it is doubtful whether the amount will be covered. It was announced from Berlin on February 22 that a Chinese loan of 16, 000,000 pounds ($SO,000,000) had been ar ranged with the Hong Kong and Shanghai bank of London and the Ger man Asiatic banks. This was con firmed the same day by the officers in London of the Hong Kong and Shang hai bank. The loan, it was added was at a low rate of interest, probably Zz per cent, and would be issued below par. The security is understood to be of two kinds, revenues hitherto un pledged, and international security in the shape of new ports to be opened, the port dues of which would be pledg ed, and further, certain industrial an 1 mining concerns and securities to the loan which it was further announced would not have been concluded had not Germany insisted, in order to prevent Russia from obtaining it. THE FAYORITE MONEY. Bill Introduced to Slake Customs Payable One-Half in Gold. "Washington, March 23. Senator Cul lom has introduced a bill which has been sent to him by the Xational Busi ness Men's league. The purpose of the measure is to provide a gold income for the United States and it provides that "50 per cent of the duties levied upon foreign importations of merchandise or manufactured articles- or other articles imported from foreign countries shall be paid in gold coin of the United States as the secretary of the treasury may designate." The treatment for worms must be prompt and safe. "White's Cream Vermi fuge can be trusted tc restore your child to health. It is a tonic as well as a worm destroyer. FiVtfry bottle guaranteed to bring worms. 25c, Geo. W. Stansfield, 632 Kar.sai avenue, and Miller's Pharmacy, cornet; Sixth and Topeka avenues. MBWMl) CITT DEMOCRATS. Called a Mass Sleeting for Last Night But Scarcely a Dozen Present. Topeka Democrats arranged for a mass meeting last night to nominate a city ticket, but they didn't mass worth a cent. About a dozen attended the meeting and they decided to call another meeting for Thursday evening to make the nomi nations. David Harrold of the First ward was elected chairman of the meeting and Tom Hanley of the same ward was made sec retary. Frank Benson of the Second ward said: "We don't care what you do in the other wards, but we are going to nominate a candidate for councilman in my ward. We have a good chance of electing some one and we are going to do it. If you don't want to hold a meeting of the Dem ocrats in all the wards we will hold one of our own." Mr. Hanley thought It might be a good plan to allow the Democrats in each ward to hold meetings and make nomina tions if they desired, but this proposition was voted down and a call for a mass meeting at the Democratic Flambeau club rooms Thursday evening was made. There are only two wards where there will probably be candidates. In the Sec ond and Fifth there is a disposition to nominate candidates for councilmen. John Schmidt is the only Second ward man mentioned, and he was not at the meet ing last nipht, and some of his friends said he would not consent to be a candi date. W. J. "Whittekind has announced himself as an Independent candidate in the Fifth ward and he may be indorsed. There is no disposition to nominate mem bers of the school board, but the mass meeting may decide to put up a full city ticket. Charles Price, who was refused a place on the Republican ticket because he sup ported Sheriff Kepley. wants the indorse ment of the Democrats as a candidate for constable, and he was at the meeting and told those present that he wanted to be come one of them. WAR OH THE NILE. British Are Fighting Their Way Up the River. Atbara, (On the Nile), March 23. An Anglo-Egyptian cavalry patrol was in conflict with a party of dervish horse men on Monday, eleven miles up the river. An engagement took place in which hand to hand encounters with spears occurred and the dervishes were driven back. The horse artillery went to the support of the Anglo-Egyptian cavalry and shelled the dervishes at 1, 500 yards, doing considerable execution. The Anglo-Egyptian loss was seven men killed and eight wounded. The patrol returned to Rashudi before mid night bringing the wounded. No Brit ish officers were wounded. A force of 400 dervish cavalry ap peared a few miles from here on Tues day morning. It was met by a squad ron of cavalry and a force of Soudanese, who drove off the dervishes with con siderable loss, following them some miles beyond Abadar. MORE FAMOUS DAY BY DAY. Lottie Bowes Talked and Written About Wherever She Goes. The following about Miss Lottie Bowes appeared in a Detroit, Mich., paper recently: "Charlotte Crane, the pretty actress who will appear at the Empire tonight in 'A Stranger in New York,' draws the line at tights. This statement would not be of so much importance if it were not for the fact that Miss Crane was recently requested to leave a fashion able ball at Charleston, South Carolina, because the society women under whose auspices it was given did not consider her a fit associate for their sons and daughters, merely because she was an actress. Others say that these women were merely jealous of Miss Crane's charms for she is very beautiful. "Miss Crane refuses to wear tights be cause she does not think it womanly to do so and she loves to be womanly. Furthermore, she promised her mother, when she adopted a stage career that she would not change her style of dress. But the desire to be the good woman that a miss of 20 should be, is her strongest reason for refusing to yield to the importunities of stage managers to appear in skin-fiitting garments. -I love more than anything else to portray on the stage the character of a good woman,' said Miss Crane, 'like the innocent 'Carey Preston' that I played in Alabama last year. To lis ten to the portray of bad character leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I will not wear tights, but I have nothing to say against actresses who do, for there are lots of good women who wear them, not because they like to do so, but because they have to.' "Miss Crane is said to be one of the most beautiful women on the stage, and is quite as attractive in an unpro fessional capacity. She has soft gold en hair, a broad white brow, large eyes of hazen tinge that fill with sincere tears or sparkle with good nature, and a fresh rosy complexion, as if the stage glamor never interfered with her beau ty sleep. She enjoys saddle riding im mensely and this afternoon investigat ed Detroit's famed attractions. She is fond of music and something of a musician. She will attend the informal recital of the Tuesday Musicale in De troit tomorrow afternoon. She is al so an enthusiastic member of the King's Daughters and is seldom with out the little silver cross that is the badge of sisterhood." First published in Topeka State Jour nal March 23, 1893. Council Proceedings. Council Chamber, Topeka, Kansas, March 21, 189S. Council met pursuant to adjourn ment. Present Councilmen Burgess, Drew, Elliott, Mergan, Nettles, Round tree, Stephenson and Skinner 8. Ab sent Pattison and Warner 2. The mayor and president of the council both being absent, Mr. Burgess moved that Mr. Drew be elected president pro tem, which motion prevailed. The minutes of March 7, 1898, were presented and partly read, when on motion of Mr. Burgess the further read ing of the same was dispensed with and the journal was approved. Claim of Baker and Bradbury of $829.64 for balance due on contract for driving piles at the Kansas river bridge was presented and on motion of Mr. Roundtree allowed and ordered paid. Claim of H. C. Root of $1,000.00 at torney fee in case of the Water com pany, was presented and referred to the judiciary committee. The estimate of the city engineer of $829.64 in favor of Baker and Bradbury for balance due on their contract for driving piles, was presented and on mo tion approved and filed. The estimate of the city engineer, duly sworn to, for the construction of new vitrified brick sidewalks, was pre sented and on motion approved and filed. The estimate for walks six feet wide and over is five and three-fourths cents per square foot, for walks less than six feet wide five and nine-tenths cents per square foot. The specifications for the construc tion of new sidewalks were read and on motion of Mr. Roundtree the time for commencing the work was fixed at April 15, 1898, and to be completed on or before November 1st, 1898. On motion of Mr. Roundtree the specifications were approved and fi'ed. Protest of G. W. Greenwood and 15 others against the construction of a sidewalk on the south side of Thir teenth street from Topeka avenue to Fillmore street, was read and referred to the committee of streets and walks. Petition of T. H. Anderson and 31 oth ers for sidewalks in the First ward. Petition of Mrs. W. C. Stephenson and 25 others for sidewalks in the Second ward. Petition of C. H. Nettels and 26 others for sidewalks in the Third ward. Petition of James Gillett and 28 oth ers for sidewalks in the Fourth ward. Petition of E. Ridley and 30 others for sidewalks in the Fifth ward, were read and referred to the committee of streets and walks. The petitions above mentioned include the old walks con demned by resolutions adopted March 7, 1898. Win. Tweeddale submitted a commu nication in reference to a re-survey of cities, which was referred to the judi ciary committee. Statement of the Excelsior Coke Gas Co. was also referred to the judi ciary committee. Mr. Burgess introduced ordinance No. 1956, being "an ordinance to appropriate money out of the general improvement fund to pay Baker and Bradbury on contract," which was read the first time, when on motion of Mr. Skinner rule 18 was suspended by the unani mous vote of the council. The ordi nance was then read and considered by sections and on separate motions sec tions one and two were adopted. The ordinance was then put upon its final passage and passed by the following vote: Aye, Burgess, Drew, .Elliott, Mer gan, Nettels, Roundtree, Stephenson and Skinner 8. The title was approved. Mr. Skinner offered the following which on motion was adopted: Resolved, That the city clerk be and is hereby instructed to advertise for five days for sealed bids for the con struction of vitrified brick sidewalks for 1898, to be built of Shawnee county vit rified brick or other vitfified brick equally as good as samples now in the office of the city engineer of Topeka. Parties bidding will be required to de posit a certified check in the sum of two hundred dollars.- The following was offered by Mr. Skinner, which on motion was adopted: Be it Resolved, By the mayor and city council, that the sidewalks on the sev eral streets and avenues hereinafter mentioned, in front of and along the sides of all lots, pieces and parcels of ground as herein described, be and the same are herebv condemned, towit: FOURTH WARD. Sixth Avenue East. Front Lot No. 73 Mr. Mergan offered the following, which on motion was referred to the Judiciary committee: Resolved, That the City Railway Co. be and is hereby requested to present transfer tickets to any passenger who pays his fare of five cents without go ing to the transfer station. On motion of Mr. Roundtree the council adjourned. S. S. McFADDEN, City Clerk. COL. HUGHES FOR MAYOR. Pot-win Place Will Be D"nder His Guidance in the Near Future. The city of Potwin Place held its pri mary Tuesday evening and nominated a city ticket with perfect unanimity. The old Potwin-Auburndale feud will prob ably not appear in this election. Colonel J. W. F. Hushes was nominated for mayor by acclamation. Police Judge Henderson, who has held that position for ten years and has not had a case in his whole experience, was nominated without a show of opposition. Other nominations were made as fol lows: Councilmen J. W. Stoker. Thomas Hicks, J. F. Myers. W. N. Tincher and H. S. Allen: city clerk. A. Bunker; street commissioner. David Thompson; city marshal, George M. Oliver. It was decided to call the ticket "The Potwin City Ticket," without regard to party. EXHIBITED GREAT NERYE. After Skull Was Fractured so Brain Was Exposed John Adams Walk ed to a Doctor's Office. Bedford, Ind., March 23. John Adams an employe of the Consolidated Stone company, gave an exhibition of nerve such as is seldom seen. While at his work, one of the "dogs" used in lifting heavy blocks of stone struck him on the head just above the left eye. The blow fractured the skull so se verely that the man's brain was ex posed, the wound being three inches long and an inch in width. Adams got up and walked to a doctor's office near by. All was done for him that could be done, but he probably will not re cover. PROMOTERS ARRESTED. They Were Building an Electric Hail road From Canon City to Cripple Creek. Denver, March 23. Louis Knrich of Chicago, and Paul Hirsch of Paris, capitalists who -are promoting the new electric railway from Canon City to Cripple Creek, have been arrested at the Brown Palace hotel here, on a tele graphic request from the sheriff of Fremont county. They started at once in charge of the officer for Canon City. Nothing is known here of the case but it is understood that fraud in connec tion with a mining deal is the charge. Robert S. Lewis, cashier of the Fremont bank being the complainant. TRAIL GETS MUDDY. Spring Thaw Slakes Trouble on the Skaguay TraiL Seattle, March 23. The steamer Farral lon arrived from Skaguay this morning, which port she left last Friday night. Her passengers report everything quiet at Dyea and Skaguay. There is no martial law in force, they say, neither is there any necessity for it. People are going over the trails without any friction. The warm weather has rendered the Skaguay trail somewhat muddy. There has been no trouble over Brack et's wagon road, which is yet in an un finished condition. The Farrollon's pas sengers think there will be no difficulty in collecting toll when it is finished if it will lighten the burdens of the trail. At Dyea wagons are being used as far as Sheep Camp. There is a great congestion of freight, though none of the proposed tramways is yet in operation and the freight is being slowly carried to the summit on men's backs. 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. The fat undertaker. Who plants by the acre. Poor victims of cou'srh and cold. Is sighing and crying, For we've all stopped dyinff Since Brazilian Balm was sold. And for those who desire Not just yet to go higher It is worth its weight in gold. Sold by druggists. A. J. Arnold Son. wholesale agents, Topeka, Kan. Heats, Situations, Real Estate, Auction Sales, o AND OTHER Classified Advertisements. WANTED HELP. "WANTED Situation by a general black smith: no objection to leaving city. Ad dress 313 Quincy. WANTED A position, by a white man, to take care of horses in a private fam ily: good reference. H. F. C, 1207 North "Van Buren st. WANTED Situation, firing or running stationary engine. G. E. Davis, Sol East Fourth St., city. WANTED By a widow, place as nurse in any kind of sickness. Apply 211 North Monroe St. WANTED FEMALE HELP. WANTED An experienced girl in private family. Inquire 1027 Tyler St. WANTED Chambermaid and dining room girls. S. E. cor. Eighth and Quincy sts. WANTED Experienced girl, general housework. 237 Woodlawn ave., Potwin. WANTED Good white girl; reference. 401 Tyler. WANTED Girl with reference. 1262 Ty ler St. WANTED MALiE HELP. WANTED A No, 1 carpenter, who has not worked at the trade for a few months, and not well acquainted in city, wants place with contractor. Address C. B., care Journal. WANTED MISCELLANEOUS. WANTED 6 room house or part of house on west side, within 6 blocks of transfer station: no children. Address Q. P., care Journal. WANTED Two second hand bicycles (lady's). Address "H. L.," room 50, Santa Fe offices. WANTED Horse for the keeping. In quire at Etlison Electric Light company, O. Ainsworth. WANTED 3 unfurnished rooms, family 3 adults, good location, west of Kansas ave. Address Solicitor, care Journal. WANTED Gasoline stoves to clean. It; guaranteed for season: old burners re placed by improved gas or gasoline burn ers. Full line summer stoves and ovens. 'Phone 313. Hull Stove Kepair Co. 116 East Eighth. WANTED You to know that the Topeka Carpet Cleaning Works will machine clean your carpets for 3 cents per yard: 20 yards only cost you 70 cents. We come, take up and deliver at this price. We re fer you to Crosby Bros., S. Barnum Co.. M. C. Holman, Hotel Throop and National Hotel. Topeka Carpet Cleaning Works, 104 and 106 E. Tenth st- 'Phons 642. F. A. Koester, Manager. WANTED To buy second hand gentle men's clothes. Drop me a card and I will call. M. Manson. 414 Kansas ave. WANTED AGENTS. AGENTS: We have invented a device for printing signs on fences, bridges, rocks any rough surface. Ten colors at cnce. Any size. You can sell one in every store. Arc Co., 2G Arc St., Racine, Wis. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. $30 A WEEK and expenses paid men to sell cigars on time. Experience unnec essary. Xhe W. L. Kline Co.. St. Louis, Mo. FOB, BENT HOUSES. FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT at 934 Kansas avenue. Gas. heat, hot and cold water, bath and all conveniences, single or en suite. FOB BENT BOOMS. FOR RENT Very fine furnished and un furnished rooms at ids Topeka ave. FOR RENT By April 1st. 2 or 3 furnish ed rooms, modern conveniences. 220 West Sixth St., upstairs. FOR RENT Pleasant furnished room. 623 West Eighth. FOR RENT Furnished room with board. S27 Harrison St. FOR RENT Nicely furnished room with board: good location. Address A. B. C, care Journal. FOR RENT Furnished rooms, with or without board. 612 Jackson st. FOR RENT Pleasant furnished rooms. 421 Quincy St. FOR RENT Two rooms furnished for light housekeeping, cheap: also pleasant lodging rooms. 307 East Eighth sl MISCELLANEOUS. GENTLEMEN'S old clothes bought and sold. 414 Kan. av. M. Hanson, Tailor. ALL KINDS of help and positions fur nished on short notice at the Topeka Employment Office, 511 Kansas ave. W. W. ABER, the distinguished material izing medium, is located at 934 Kansas ave. Private readings daily 9 a .m. to 7 p. m. THE Ralston Home is now ready for boarders and roomers. 620 Harrison st. LIST YOUR property with us for sale or rent. We have buyers or tenants for houses. JOHN G. HOWARD CO., 627 Kansas ave. FOR VIEWS of residence or parlor. stock, groups, etc.. or photos of any interior or outside views, see Farrow, 614 Kansas avenue. Viavi The best known remedy for women. Ladies in attendance. Kansas Viavi Co., 2 Columbian Building, Topeka. FREE DISPENSARY of Kansas Medical College, corner of Twelfth and Tyler, Is open daily except Sunday, from 1 to 3 p. ra. E. M. Brockett. M. D. FOB BENT MISCELXANEOUS. FOR RENT Boarding house, furnished, ten boarders, good location. Room 5, corner Sixth and avenue. LOST AND FOUND. FOUND Where I can get good hay at 11 cents per bale, extra bright at 20 cents, and everything in feed line. H. Ruth, corner Tenth and Lawrence. FOUND Place to get watches and clocks cleaned for 60c. 06 Kansas ave.. upstairs. FOB SALE MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE Small grocery and meat business; might trade for a little home. Butcher, care Journal. DREDGING privileges for sale on Cana dian rivers tributary to the Yukon. For full particulars address Klondike Promo tion Co., Dexter Building, Chicago. PHAETON FOR SALE Practically new. Made and warranted by Kinley Lun nan. Wiil be sold at a bargain. Can be seen at King's livery stable, 523 Western ave. FOR SALE New "wooden hen" and "aunty" brooder, $5. Address Box 32, Oakland, Kan. FOR SALE Bath tub and fixtures at Shorey barber shop. FOR SALE Fresh milk, full blood Jer sey cow, with, first calf. Inquire of Mr. Ludvig Pyetzki, 143 Gratten St., Oakland, Kan. FOR SALE Horse, buggy and harness, for $75 cash. Address L. S., care Journal. FOR SALE Remnants at Topeka Woolen Mill. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE Two fresh cows for fat horse. 334 Harrison. FOB SALE REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE A snapNeat two story five room house, Harrison St.: brick walk: $550 takes it if sold at once. W. R. D., care Journal. FOR SALE A fine Kaw valley farm, 120 acres, finely improved, 9 miles from To peka, 3 miles from Silver Lake. $50 per acre. Address W. R. Scott, 503 East Sec ond St., Newton, Kan. FOR SALE Nine room house on Green wood ave., Potwin; gas. bathroom, fur nace, inside closet, cistern, city water, large attic and cellar, barn. Will accept small inside Topeka property in part payment. Address "X.," care Journal, describing property. FOR SALE Two desirable lots. Clay St., a bargain. "Lots." care Journal. DOUTHITT PLACE Has been opened. Your choice of lots $150 to $450. Eugene Woife, 517 Kansas ave. FOR SALE Choice eastern Kansas farm mortgages. X. E. BOWMAN CO. FOR SALE 35 lots near the Santa Fe shops. 35 lots Twenty-first and Madison sts., 60 lots near Shorey, 8 room house and 1H acres near city Mmits. SO acres 6 miles north, all on time payments or cheap for cash. M. Heery, 109 East Third. FOR SALE Choice vacant lots in Low man Hill, convenient to electric cars, also near church and school. Price from $5 to $75 each. W. M. Forbes. 116 West Sixth avenue. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCEBN. NOTICE TO WHOM IT MAY CON CERN Be it known that my petition is on file in the office of the probate court of Shawnee county. Kansas, asking for a permit to sell intoxicating liquors at 607 Kansas ave., in the Fourth ward in the city cf Topeka, Kansas, and the hearing of the same is set for Monday, 9 a. m., April 25, 1898. B. F. SIM. Topeka, Kan., March 19, 189S. FLORISTS. MRS. J. R. HAGUE. Florist, successor to R J. Groves, 817 Kan. av. 'Phone 602. TIN SHOPS J. M. BAIRD, hot air furnaces, pumps and tin roofing. 216 W. 6th. TeL 359. FUEL AND PEED. LEA VE vour orders for coal, flour, feed and seeds with Van Slyck. 609 W. 10th. WATCHMAKER WATCHES cleaned, 75c; clocks, DOc; mainsprings, 75c: crystals, 10c. Cash paid for old gold or silver. All work guar anteed. Old jewelry exchanged for new. If hard up. see Uncle Sam, 512 Kan. ave. ST OB AGE. wnT-RPTTnT.n noons Packed, hauled, shipped or stored. 123 East Sixth st. Tel. 1S6. MERCHANTS' TRANSFER AND STOR AGE CO. PBODUCE WANTED. NOTICE Anyone wishing to contract crop of 1S98 can do so at S. 11. Downs', 304 Kansas ave. JEWELERS. JAMES B. HAYDEN, Jeweler and Op tician. Complete stock of watches, dia monds, silverware, etc. Eyes examined and spectacles properly fitted. AMUSEMENTS. MEW CRAWFORD THEATER 11 Thnmlay, Jlarrh 24. The Famous Comedians, MONROE AND HART, In the Latest and Most Successful Three-Act Comedy. The Gay Matinee Girl Personal Direction, Edwin P. Hilton. Supported by A Genuine All-Star Company. 10 Real Actresses 10. 4 Real Actors 4. 7 Great Comedians 7. 21 In All 21. New Ideas, Original Sor.gs, Dain ty Dances. An Up-to-date High Class Attraction. Prices 25c, 50c, 73c and $1.00. Seats on sale Tuesday, 8 a. m. Q kAND OPERA HOUSE Wednesday Eve., March 23. Marshall's Band IN THEIR THIRTEEN Til mi AL COKERT, Assisted by MISS MABEL HUEY, Soprano. HENRY B. BEERMANN, Violin. ALFRED BUCH, Cello. Chart opens at Rowley Snow's Mon day, March 21. MONEY. WANTED We want to make good farra loans in eastern Kansas. Money on hand and every accommodation to bor rower. T. E. BOWMAN CO.. Columbian Building. $300,000 TO LOAN on farms and city property: annual interest;- lowest rates. Privilege to pay any time before due. A. Zahner. IS Columbian building. MONEY to loan on farms. SCOTT CO.. 635 Kansas. ave. MONEY LOANED on chattels, valuables etc. N. B. Campbell, 605 Kansas ave. MONEY TO LOAN on farms or c!iy 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 40G West Sixth Ave.. will make farm loans of il.auo or over at 6 per cent interest. PAVING. FOR first class paving, sidewalk or building brick. dried by steam and burned in down-draft kilns, the only way good vitrified brick can be made, call on W. Edson, secretary of C. C. V. Brlclt and Paving Co.. 116 W. 6th Ave. PRINTERS. TOPEKA PRINTING CO., 112 East Sev enth st. Mail orders giTen prompt at tention. Print everything. Prices right. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEONS. L. A. RYDER, M. D. OFFICE and residence corner Gordon st. and Central ave.. North Topeka. 'Phona 214. Uses the Brinkerhoff system ot rec tal treatment, a successful and painless treatment for piles, fistula, iishure. ul ceration, etc. C. F. MENNINGER, M. D., HOM EOPATH1C PHYSICIAN', Office: 727 Kansas Ave. Thone 19. Residence: 1270 Topeka Ave. Phone 11 S. E. SHELDON. M. D., Surgery and diseases of women, with private hospital. Office No. 720 Kan. Ave. IDA C. BARNES. M. D.. Office 732 Kan. Ave. Residence 13th and Clay. Office hours: 9 a. m. to 11 a. m., and 3 p. m to 5 p. m. Telephone 59a resi dence, and 16 office. BICYCLE3. TOPEKA CYCLE CO., 112 W. Sth St. Bicycles and sundries: bicycles and tandems for rent; repairing of all kinds. STAMPS, SEALS AND STENCILS. THE J. C. DARLING CO.. 734 KAN. AVE.. Topeka. 'Phone 392. Send for catalogue. CHAS. H. TRAPP Maker cf stamps, seals, daters. etc. 112 W. 7th. Tel. 6i6. We'll Do Your Hauling Right! TOPEKA TRANSFER CO. Telepr 509 Kansas Aye. 320 o 395 H Telephone Office. ouse. T. P. BACOU, Prop. tSee me about storage. Great Western Steam Dye and Cleaning Works, 117 East Seventh. 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 GUARANTEED. C. F. RODIGER, Prop. The Perfect Train Nwet PuNmn Faffrt-SmoltJng-Library Cr, Thronf u bluing Jr, Pintacn Gy. The Direct Route 1740 miles Topeka to Los Angeles The Shortest Time 64 hours from Topeka. Apply to any kgn for detailed Information. r.j.Kik. g.p.a. C A, Hlrt-ta. A.&.P.A. Chicago. '1 4V lit 1

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Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York. MOODY'S TIEW OF WAR. The Evangelist Says We Must Do Our Duty, War or No War. Chicago, March 23. "War or no war, it will be a blot on the name of Ameri ca and a deep disgrace to the American flag if we do not feed the starving Cu bans and put them once more on their feet. It is our duty as men and broth ers, and should be done regardless of any other issues, Spain or no Spain, war or no war." Dwight L. Moody, the evangelist, newly come from distant fields of labor, looked through the open window of his office at the Bible institute for a mo ment before he spoke again. "I have been to Tampa," he resumed, "and have seen 10,000 Cuban refugees meek, innocent and inoffensive people. Why, the little Cuban children are the prettiest babies I ever saw, and I can not see how the Spaniards can endure the thought of starving such a nation. The Almighty commands to feed even our enemies, and I, for one, would rath er fight the enemy with a full stomach than a starving, helpless invalid. "I had no notion none whatever of the Cuban horrors until I went to Tam pa, and also had my knowledge further reinforced by the report of Senator Proctor. We must help the Cubans we must not allow them to die penned up and starved we must help them, even though the doom of Spain be wrought in the work of helping. "As to war, so far as we are con cerned and our own grievances, I can not say; I have not studied the claims of both sides sufficiently to make a fair decision. My idea of war as a general ity is that the innocent get killed and the fellows who cause the war and bring it on stay safe at home. If we wage war with Spain, whom will we kill? Not Weyler and such men as he, but thousands of innocent and honest Spaniards, who never had a word to say as to the right and justice of the cause. That, in brief, is my idea of war. "The country seems more prosper ous," said he, "but there is a terrible restlessness, and unsettled feeling, an utter and absolute dissatisfaction with the times, conditions and surroundings a dissatisfaction that includes life itself and leads to the constantly in creasing list of suicides. "Dissatisfaction, unrest, uncertainty I don't know what we are coming to or where we shall end, I can only go ahead and do my best, for that is all that any man can do." CAPT. WYATT EXPLAINS. Says He Refused to Testify Because He Was Not Paid. Capt. Dan Wyatt has his own state ment to make regarding his refusal to testify which is as follows: "I was in the district court on Friday, Satur day and Monday and when I asked for my fees the clerk told me the state was not responsible for the fees. Then I resolved if I was called upon to testify again I should demand my fees in ad vance. When I was called upon to testify in the Hoffman case I demanded my fees in advance. 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The delegates and alternates to the convention are as follows: Delegates. Alternates. Matt Edmonds. Chas. H. Sleeper. J. E. Curry Frank Kirkpatrick. A. J. Perry H. W. Robinson. Charles O'Neil. G. W. McCammon. J. H. Johnson. Edwin Snyder. Charles Steffy. Ferrv Abel. George L. Ham. G. W. Davis. J. L. Raines. P. Sayler. The resolutions adopted by the con vention, which was held at Oskaloosa, were as follows: "We, the Republicans of Jefferson county in convention assembled, do most hearfily endorse the wise, patri otic and statesmanlike administration of President McKinley, and note with pride and satisfaction the vastly im proved condition of the country under Republican rule. "We earnestly commend the course of Senator Lucien Baker and of the two Republican congressmen of Kan sas, Hon. Case Broderick and Hon. Chas. Curtis, for their untiring devo tion to the interest of their constitu ents, for their zeal in looking after the welfare of the old soldiers of Kansas and for their loyalty in standing by the president and holding up his hands in this critical time of the nation's his tory. "Resolved, That the Hon. Case Brod erick, being the choice of a large major ity of the Republican voters of Jeffer son county, as demonstrated at the late primary election, it is the sense of this convention that we hereby in struct the delegates elected to repre sent our people at the First district con gressional convention at Horton, April 12, 1898, to use all honorable means to secure the nomination of Mr. Broderick for re-election to the position he has so ably and faithfully filled in the past." A HELPLESS SCHOONER. Alaskan Vessel Disabled by Accident to Her Boilers. Victoria, B. C, March 23. The steamer Princess Louise, which arrived last night from Wrangel, left before the Farrallon, which arrived here Monday. She brings no important news beyond the fact that there has been a freeze-up on the Stickeen and men have started to move up the river. Among the passengers was Purser Stimpson of the steam schooner Townsend of Portland. The Townsend was going north and had reached Alert when it was found that her boilers were giving out and Fhe had turned back. Stimpson left the Townsend off Comox to telegraph for a tug. as the boilers were getting worse. The schooner was drifting around the gulf. She has So passengers on board. ENGLAND OUTWITTED. Russia Appears to Have the Inside Track in China. London, March 23. The Pekin corres pondent of the Times says: China has not yet formally replied to the French demands. She is passively awaiting further French action. Li Hung Chang and Chang Yin Huan have been appointed to represent China at the forthcoming conference with M. Pavlieff, the Russian charge d'affaires, who has received special power. M. Pavlieff's intended departure from Pekin has been postponed until Aug ust. The Times, commenting editorially, regards the postponement of M. Pav lieff's departure from Pekin as "tanta mount to an approval by his govern ment of M. Pavlieff's peremptory meth ods." The Times publishes a letter signed "Shanghai," to which it attaches im portance, the writer alleging that Li Hung Chang and Chang Yin Huan. who are representing China in the negotia tions with M. Pavlieff are definitely committed to support the Russian poli cy, and that Li Hung Chang actually informed M. Pavlieff of all the details of the British proposals as to the loan on the day they were confidently sub mitted to the Tsung Li Yamen. A PIONEER DEAD. He Started a Store in Santa Fe 50 Years Ago. New York, March 23. A dispatch from Meran, Austria, announces the death there of Solomon Jacob Spiegelberg aged 74 years. He went to Santa Fe, N. M., in 1S46, and with his brother es tablished the trading house of Spiegel berg Bros. His firm was appointed sut ler to the Union army on the outbreak of the rebellion and refused handsome offers made by the Confederate author ities. Upon refusing these, a force from Texas under Gen. Sibley made a raid on the firm's New Mexico store houses and destroved property estimated to be worth '$300,000. SHOOT AT HUTCHINSON. Second Meeting of the Kansas Sports men's Association Thursday. Hutchinson, March 23. The second shoot of the Central Kansas Sports men's association will be held in this city Thursday, March 24th. Delegates will be here from Topeka, Wichita, New ton, El Dorado, Lyons, Emporia and Florence. A meeting, both social and business will be held at the Midland hotel in the evening. Charles Woodard will act as assistant official secretary. The main event will be the contest for the association cup now held by Wich ita. Willie Got Three Days. 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Heaton, Mrs. Hannah Moss, W. E. Menoher and W. H. Cecil. So-To-Ew for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, roarce3 weali men strouc, blood pure. 50c, tl. All druceista. WOMAN TRAP SHOOTER. Takes Fart in the Tournament of the Interstate Association. New York, March 23. The sixth an nual trap shooting tournament of the Interstate association was begun at El wood park today, near Long Branch. The birds were a poor lot, due to driz zling rain. There were 205 entries for the Grand American handicap, and before the sec ond round has been shot off, there will probably be half a score more. Mrs. William P. Shattuck of Minne apolis was the only representative of the gentler sex who handled a gun to day, but Mrs. Dr. S. Shaw and Mrs. C. W. Carson, both of Chicago, probably will join her on the 25 yard mark in the big event. The western contingent, numbering in all 52, with 42 shooters, arrived here yesterday in two special cars. The Elkwood park introductory .which was practically a miss and out contest at seven birds each, attracted 89 entries, among whom was Mrs. Shattuck. Four hundred and forty-five dollars was divided between the following 35 men, each having killed seven straight: Dickson, Roll, Wagner, Clay, Hutchins, Fanning, H. Dunnell, Malone, D. El liott, Young, Burkhardt, Grim, Besse mer, Martin,, Marshall, Bingham, vv". Dunnell, Faurote, Fulford, Leach, Root, Copper, Coleman, King, Cameron, Faw cett. Kibbey, Kirkover, White, Heikes, Godfrey, Adolph Hauffman, J. A. R. Elliott and Capt. Bunk. Twenty-four men tied with straight scores of 15 each in the Nitro-powder handicap, which was the highest possi ble score. In this event Mrs. Shattuck missed her seventh bird, and although the oth er shooters were debarred from con testing for the last three birds in case they had missed one out of the first 12, Mrs. Shattuck was given the privilege by unanimous consent to shoot to the end, and she grassed her last three birds in splendid style, but failed to get any of the money. The successful shooters who divided $1,300 between them, were: Dr. J. L. Williamson, G. W. Clay, F. B. Parmalee, H. Dunnell, B. Dunnell, C. A. Young. Ralph Kuss, Eddie Bing ham, "Swan" T. P. Laflin, R. O. Heikes, E. A. Leach, J. C. Knowlton, Captain Money, S. G. Cover, "Hood" Edrington, S. P. Walker, Charles Zerwelin. O. R. Dickey, L. S. Stoddard, C. M. Chapin, T. P. Hicks and "Sporting Life." CHINESE IN REVOLT. They Refuse to Permit the Execution of a Murderer. Shanghai, March 23. Further tele grams from Chung King Fu regarding the sacking of the Methodist medical mission, in theKiang Pehi country show that the Chinese militia is now there in large force and refuse to allow the execution of the death sentence passed upon the mur derer of the student who was killed by the rioters, who destroyed the mis sion. The foreign consuls have de manded that the Taotai disperse the militia, execute the murderer, arrest the leaders of the rioters, pay 500,000 taels for the property destroyed, allow the mission to re-occupy its premises and engage to protect the members of the mission. FOR CUBAN RELIEF. Wichita and Neighboring Towns Sent Over 28,000 Pounds of Flour. Wichita, March 23. Total cash sub scriptions received by Colonel Toler as agent for the Cuban relief fund were $25B.25, of which Wichita furnished $1S9.40, Argonia $44.90, Coldwater $5.05 and Wel lington $16.90. Of this total there has been paid out for flour bought of Wichita mills $224.49; for freight and drayage on flour from An thony. $12.70: ditto from Mulvane. $2.75; there is on hand a cash balance of $16.31. Total flour shipment is 2S,2.S0 pounds. SPAIN'S NAVAL PLANS. Torpedo Fleet is Stopped at the Cana ries Temporarily Only. New York, March 23. A dispatch to the World from Madrid says: The Madrid papers, including the min isterial organs, the Correo, the Corre spondencia, the Liberal and the Globe, print by permission these items of news regarding naval preparatoins: The flying squadron is detained at the Canary islands for two reasons: One is the necessity for repairing the torpedo vessel Ariete, the other is to give time to the battleship Cristobal Colon to coal and complete her outfit before joining the squadron at Las Palmas to escort it to Porto Rico. Orders have been given to hurry the preparations of the battleships Pelayo at at Marseilles. Emperor Carlos V. at Havre and Numancia and Victoria at Cartagena, to enable them to join Ad miral Cerveras "squadron of evolution" at Cartagena. This squadron already includes the first class cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa, the second class cruiser Alfonso XII.. the fourth class cruisers and the new first class cruiser Vares, of 7,000 tons, bought from Italy. Another flying squadron Is to be form ed at Cadiz with three torpedo vessels built in Spain, two destroyers recently handed over by English firms and the tor pedo gunboat Dona Mria Molina, whose trial trip at Ferol this week showed 19 knots. For the present this second flying squad ron and the fleet of Admiral Cerveras will remain on the coast of Spain. Vigo and other ports on the peninsula have called the government's attention to the expediency of promptly providing land, sea and submarine defenses, offer ing to contribute apart of the expense. No marine reserves have been called out yet. as two battalions of marines are re turning from Manila. The crews of the coast guard vessels at the depots and ar senals of Kerrol. Cadiz and Cartagena have enough men available to man the new war vessels. The minister of marine. Admiral Ber mejo, has said repeatedly of late that he declines to make known his preparations. He wants the country to understand that they are intended only to met any emer gencies on the purely defensive and pa cific line of conduct all along proclaimed by the present government. The papers say nothing of arm prepar ations. FORTIFYING NEW YORK. A Part of the $50,000,000 Defense Fund Will Be Used There. New York, March 23. The import ance of adequate defense for the great commercial and manufacturing inter ests of this city, should war be declared, has been pointed out emphatically, and the decision to use a portion of the 50 million dollars appropriated by congress to add to the coast defences by contin uing work on fortifications, affords much pleasure to the corps of engineers in charge of the work about the har bor of New York. The construction of additional means of defense at Forts Hamilton and Han cock, upon which depends the repulsion of a hostile fleet that might attempt to force its way up the narrows, is in charse of Lieut. Col. Wm. Ludlow. Col. Ludlow said: "We are glad indeed that a portion of the 50 million dollars is to be used to go on with constructing coast defenses. Instead of waiting for the regular ap propriation, we will have the benefit of the emergency fund. 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JACKSON 1 CO., Indianapolis. Ind. A. J. ARNOLD SON, SOLE AGENTS, NORTH TOPEKA, KANSAS. our share of it is not larger, we are glad to be able to go on with our work at Forts Hamilton and Hancock now. just as we are completing what the previous appropriation allowed us to do. It enables us to do the work more sat isfactorily and keep our men togeth er. "This country is well enough equip ped for war with Spain, Argentina or any other second class power. But in case of war with a first class power, such as we call ourselves, where would we be? We do not want to have to call upon the navy to defend our sea ports, but we should have harbors so well de fended that vessels cannot put into them for supplies and then sail out again to annoy and harass the enemy. We have more than a thousand miles of unprotected sea coast, but warships will not shell a comparatively bare coast. Such places at Atlantic City and Long Branch are at the mercy of any armed foreign vessel in case of war, but nothing would be gained by wasting ammunition on them, so there should be no fear for them. An enemy will not strike unless the blow is likely to be effective." The bad weather made the regular army soldiers camping at if ort tiancotn on Sandy Hook, uncomfortable, and they protested against the shelter af- fnrrlerl them. A demana was mauc on the quartermaster's department on Governor's Island for more tents. Or rior. wot-o Kent to Philadelphia at once for the number needed and they will be shipped at once. Ttie worn on me n,v H.r-r-afUs is to be hurried as much as possible and as fast as they are made ready they will be occupied. There are 38 new structures ueius cictieu uj mc government on Sandy Hook, including officers' quarters, barracks, a hospital and house for married men and their families. DA21AOE IRREPARABLE. Much of California's Fruit Crop is Ruined by Frost San Francisco, March 23. Reports from the interior valleys of the state show that severe frosts have done Irreparable dam age to fruit. Apricots and nectarines have suffered most severely and in many places the crop has been ruined. In the San Joaquin valley" it Is declared that scarcely any fruit will be gathered and the outlook for grain is also very gloomy, unless there should be abundant warm rains in the near future. The Santa Clara vallev. the center of the prune industry, makes the best showing and in that sec tion of the state fair crops are expected. Bernhardt Improves. Paris, March 23. Mme. Sarah Bernhardt who underwent an operation some time since, is now occupying apartments at the Pavilion Henri Quatre. at Saint Germain. She is convalescing rapidly. "When You Go to Colorado Remember the Rock Island Flyer leaves Topeka at 8:55 p. m., arriving at Denver and Colorado Springs at 11 1 o'clock next morning. 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Smiles Oh, don't hind what Hawkins says; he always does exaggerate more or less. I'm sure no one believes you are perfect. Chicago News. Effectually Disguised "Aren't you mistaken? I didn't see Mrs. Pswift at the masquerade. "Yes, you did. but you failed to recog nize her. She went without her face pow der." Chicago Tribune. When You Go to Colorado Remember the Rock Island Flyer leaves Topeka at 8:55 p. m., arriving at Denver and Colorado Springs at 11 o'clock next morning. Subscribe for The State Journal. Going East! Then take the Santa Fe Route to Chicago. Thirty miles the short est; rock ballasted track; few grade crossings; vestibuled trains of Pullman palace sleepers and free reclining chair cars lighted by electricity. Dining cars serve all meals, and you pay only for what you order. If you want safety, speed and comfort. Travel via Santa Fe Route. W. C. QARVEY, Agent.