The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
August 27, 1898

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i if TOPEKA, KANSAS. AUGUST 27, 1898. SATURDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. THIRD EDITION. SATURDAY EVENING. V 1U 4 1 1 n LOT. The Red Cross Hospital Ship Has Not Been Heard From Since She Left Cuba Loaded With Sick and Wounded. FOUR DAYS OVERDUE. Grave Fears Arise Concerning Her Safety. Wreckage Has Been Sighted Off Fire Island. Kew York, Aug. 27. A" special to the "World from Boston says: The Red Cross hospital ship Solace, with sick and wounded sailors from Santiago, was due here Tuesday. No tidings have beeriTe'ceived of her since she left the shores of Cuba and grave fears have arisen concerning her safety. The Solace has on board a number of sick and convalescent sailors from Sampson's fleet, who were to be taken to the naval hospital at Chelsea. The reported sighting of wreckage off Fire Island some days ago adds to the anxiety. Many fear that the hospital ships has been caught in a storm or has been destroyed by accident. Many anxious inquirers have besieged the authorities for information but none can be given. Among the fears express ed is one that yellow fever has develop ed on board and that the sailors have in this way been incapacitated for duty. Or, say these theorists, the officers may have intentionally delayed the ship un til the disease could be overcome and the men could be landed. Also it is barely possible that the So lace has been disabled by some accident in her machinery, necessitating repairs at sea, or is drifting at the mercy of the waves until some friendly ship sights her and takes her in tow. LEAVING CAMP THOMAS. Three More Keg.ments Get Away To day. Chickamauga Park, Tenn., Aug. 27. Three regiments left Camp Thomas for Knoxville today. They were the Sec ond Missouri, the Fifth Missouri and the Sixth Ohio. The Southern railway, which is moving most of the troops, now has things In such shape that hereafter the regiments will be moved rapidly. General Breckenridge has made his arrangements accordingly and expects to get the whole of the First corps out during the next two days. Just when the Third corps will go or where it will go are questions not yet positively answered. The lack of wa ter facilities at Huntsville, reported by General Frank has caused a disarrange ment of plans which may cause delay. The officials favor Anniston, Ala., but it is probable that more investigation will be made before a definite decision is reached. The work of mustering out the Second Nebraska is progressing rapidly and will probably be finished by Monday night. It is not yet known definitely when the command will leave for Omaha, but it will probably go Tuesday. As soon as the mustering officers dispose of this regiment they begin upon the light bat teries. The sick in the regimental divis ion and general hospitals are now re ceiving the best of attention. Hundreds of patients have been sent home during the last few days and the doctors and nurses can well handle those remaining. A number of Sisters of Charity arrived today to assist in the hospital work. BRINK OF THE GRAVE. Sad Some Coming of Missouri Volun teera. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 27. A train con sisting of nine sleepers arrived in this city today, having on board 152 mem bers of the First, Second and Fifth Missouri volunteer regiments who have been laid up in the hospitals at Chick amauga Park for some time past, suf fering from fevers and other camp ail ments. The home coming of these sol diers, many of whom are on the brink of the grave, was a pitiful contrast to their outgoing just a few months ago. Twenty-one of the men belonged to the First regiment, whose home station is St. Louis. They got off here and went to their homes. Men from the other regiments whose cases were considered serious, were sent in ambulances to various hospitals in the city, where they will be carefully nursed. The remainder will onntinue on their way to homes in different sec tions of the state today. NO FIRE DEPARTMENT. In Consequence an Ohio Town Suffers a Severe Loss. Columbus. O., Aug. 27. A special to the Dispatch gives details of the most destructive fire which ever visited Pa taskala, IS miles east of here early this morning. Business blocks and stores on Depot street in the center of the town were entirely destroved together with nearly all their contents, entailing a loss of 125.000; insurance $1S,000. pa taskala has no fire department and an engine company was sent from Colum bus Yellow Fever at Vera Cruz. Vera Cruz, Mexico, Aug. 27. Several cases of yellow fever have declared themselves and strict sanitary meas ures are being taken to prevent a spread of the disease. The state authorities have adopted precautions against the importation of the fever into gulf ports within their Jurisdiction. First U. S. Cavalry Arrives. New York, Aug. 27. The first section of the train which is bringing the First United States cavalry from the south, arrived to Jersey City this morning and was transferred to Long Island City to be sent to Montauk. The cavalry is coming in several sections and will ar rive at intervals during the day. THE PEACEMAKERS Elect Officers Including 75 Vice Pres idents, Mvstlc. Conn.. Aug. 27. At the Thirty second annual convention of the Universal Peace union letters were read by Presi dent Love, among them being one f,r?m Charles Schley, brother of Admiral Schley and a relative of Miss Jessie Schley, who went to Madrid on an errand of peace. The letter expressed regret at and de nouncfd as false the stories published to the effect that the young lady went to Stjain without the consent of her parents. A cablegram was read from the Aus trian Peace society which said: "Bless your work." At the business session the election or officers resultt-d as follows: President, Alfred H. Love of Philadelphia, and .a vice presidents in various parts of the t'nited States and Kurope: secretary. Chas H. Hastings. Philadelphia; three corresponding secretar'es Belva Lock wood, Washington: C. V. M. Clarke, Og len. Utah, and Herbert W Raihbun of committee appointed yesterday re ported ten resolutions, the substance of which was as follows: That they were thankful that the war rViot tlioi' werp convinced that I the late hostilities had demonstrated the incompatibility of war: that General Sher man was rignt wnen ne s-u i v n is and that humanity demanded that reason and arbitration be substituted for the m:l- r... T'V.tj,, tt-ra alen pnnvlnrpd nary -teiii. j ..w 1 that war breeds national insanity: that war was the en my of the poor, and that war for conquest means imperialism. WAR BREAKS OUT Between Kansas Warriors Funston and Little. San Francisco, Aug. 27. There is an open rupture between Col. Funston and Lieutenant Colonel Little. Funston threatens Little with court martial be cause Little recommended to Gov. Leedy men not wanted for vacancies by Funston. Funston said last night: "If his recommendations do prevail, and officers are put in here over my head, this regiment is going to witness all the changes of a tropical climate but that isn't the story. "It was only last night that I learned of Little's action and you may imagine how I took the news. Unlucky; or per haps lucky, I couldn't find Col. Little. "I fancy something very unpleasant would have occurred in view of the frame of mind I was in then. "This morning I asked him if my in formation as to his unwarrantable ac tion was correct. He replied in the af firmative. I asked him if he thought that he had military precedent for a subordinate sending in such recom mendation. "He replied 'No,' but considered that he had done perfectly right never-the-less. "Then I told him that his conduct was the prejudice of military discipline and that I intended to place him under arrest for insubordination. He did not relish the idea. "Little is president of the court mar tial now sitting on the Thomas affair and I did not wish to inconvenience its workings and so did not carry out my threat. That he can be arrested and court martialed for his offense I have good authority for believing. I am still working on the matter." Little says he has looked the matter up and is satisfied he is correct and has nothing to regret or to take back. At noon he is still free from arrest. E. W. KLLIS. STATE QUARANTINE Has Been Established in Texas Aga'nst Galveston. Houston, Tex., Aug. 27. State Health Officer Blunt was seen after his return from Galveston and asked about the suspicious case of fever at that point. "The case I went to investigate," said the doctor, "was that of a soldier named Goodwin, 22 years of age, lo cated with the troops at Ft. Point, about a mile and a half from Galveston. He has been there since April 1. With out going into a technical description of the case, I can simply say to you, as I said to the people of Galveston, that the case is an extremely suspicious one with nearly all the complete symp toms of yellow fever. This opinion was concurred in by Dr. Eli and other phy sicians, of Galveston and under these circumstances I deem it but prudent to quarantine Galveston and await de velopments. This quarantine will be kept up for two or three days within which time developments will arise which will determine positively whether or not the case is one of yellow fever. "The quarantine will be enforced strictly as to passengers coming out of Galveston. Mails will be permitted to go in and out under certain restrictions and all freights will be permitted to go into Galveston, but no freight will be permitted to come out, except by spec ial permit. "I have established a state quarantine to prevent the annoyance of a lot of local quarantines." T11IIEENEW CASES. Washington, Aug. 27. Dr. TVyroan, surgeon general of the marine hospital service has received a telegram from one of his assistants at Galveston stat ing that the army surgeon in charge there considers three additional fever cases as somewhat suspicious. He has isolated them and has taken the pre caution to burn their clothing and bed ding. There are a few new cases also at Key West which may turn out to be genuine yellow fever, but they have not sufficiently developed to warrant a positive statement in regard to them. Wreck of the Guardian. San Francisco, Aug. 27. The merch ants exchange has received word from Unalaska confirming the report of the wreck of the bark Guardian. The cap tain and crew have landed at Unal iska. The Guardianwas bund from Ktzebue sound for Seattle and ran aground dur ing a fog on Tegalda island. Band concert, Garfield park, tomorrow. M' KIN LEYS GO UNA VISIT. The President and His Wife Leave Washington To Spend a Few Days at Somer set, Pa. WITH HIS BROTHER. Only His Private Secretary and a Maid Went Along. Left Over the Pennsylvania at 9 O'Clock Today. "Washington, Aug. 27. The president and Mrs. McKinley left Washington at 9 o'clock this morning over the Penn sylvania road for Somerset, Pa., where they will spend some days with Mr. Abner McKinley, the president's broth er. The only other members of the party were Mr. Cortelyou, assistant secretary of the president and Mrs. Mc Kinley's maid. Secretary Alger arrived in town from Montauk Point about 8 o'clock this morning and drove at once to the White House where he had a half hour's conference with the presi dent in regard to the conditions at Camp Wikoff. The only other caller was Mr. Kohlsaat, of Chicago, who saw the president for a few minutes. Arrive at Harrisburg Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 27. President McKinley and party arrived in Harris burg at 12:35 today and were met at the station by Attorney General McCor mick and Secretary of the Common wealth Martin who had been requested by Governor Hastings to welcome the president. The greeting between the gentlemen was very cordial and the Pennsyh anians were then presented to Mrs. McKinley. There was a crowd of over a thous and people at the station and for ten minutes the president held an im promptu reception, the rush to shake hands with him being so gTeat that some of the people were almost caught by the car wheels. The party left at 12:45 p. m. for Camp Meade. ANGLO-RUSSIAN TRAP. It is Set to Catch China Com ing and Going. .London, Aug. 27. An authitative confirmation has been received from Pekin to the Daily Mail this morning asserting that the relations between the Tsung Li Tamen and Sir Claude Mac Donald, the British minister to China are strained to the point of a rupture and that Sir Claude has intimated that Great Britain will regard as a casus belli any failure on the part of China to observe her wishes. They say that the situation between Great Britain and China is acute. Sir Claude MacDonald strenuously insist ing that China shall observe her en gagement with British syndicates and demanding satisfactory explanations with regard to the Pekin-Hankow rail way. If necessary the British squadron now assembled at Wei-Hai-Wei will support the British minister's demands. Meanwhile, add the foreign office offi cials, the negotiations that are being conducted by Sir Charles Scott, the British ambassador to St. Petersburg to define the respective British and Russian spheres of influence, are pro ceeding in a "perfectly friendly spirit." THANKS OF PRESIDENT Extended to the Army and Navy Christian Commission. Washington, Aug. 27. President Mc Kinley has written the following letter congratulating the army and navy Christian commission on its work among the soldiers during the war: John J. McCook. Esq., Chairman Exec utive Committee, Army and Navy, Commission, New York City. My Dear Sir I have noted with much pleasure the admirable work that the army and navy commission, organized by the international commission of the Young Men's Christian association, has been accomplishing for the physical and social welfare of our soldiers and sail ors. Hoping that the good work may be continued, I am faithfully, yours, WM. M'KINLEY. SHIFTING THEM AROUND. Shatter's Returning Army is Being Scattered About. New York. Aug. 27. The United States cruiser Harvard arrived this morning from Montauk Point, where she landed 67o men of the Thirtv-third Michigan. The Har vard is detained for disinfection. The hospital yacht "The Red Cross" ar rived from Camp Wikoff with 15 typhoid fever patients for Roosevelt hospital. The transport Leona arrived from Mon tauk after landing over 500 soldiers of Shafter's returning army. The transport Mortera, Captain Hanlon. arrived this morning from Montauk. where she landed 312 men of the Twenty-first in fantrv from Santiago. The Mortera was formerlv a Spanish Cuban coasting steam er and became a prize to the United States on the surrender of Santiago. HAD $500 IN A ROLL. Tramp Seeking a "Hand Out" Dis plays His "Wealth. Emporia, Aug. 27. A man wearing the garb of a tramp went up to the back door of a house in this city this morning and asked for a "hand-out." Upon being re fused this he flew into a great rage and told the ladv of the house that he didn't have to beg "for a livelihood: and. to con vince her of the fact. he deliberately pulled a roll of SoOO in greenbacks out of his pocket and counted it in her presence. How he got this $500 is a mystery. Flood in Porto Rico. Ponce, Porto Rico, Aug-. 27. A delug-e from the mountains has flooded the r.v ers, and the bridges between the town and port were destroyed. This will prevent General Miles attending a re ception to be given in his honor by Por to Ricans at the leading club ton ght and will probably cause much incon venience to the transportation of the troops which are return ng home. Sev eral camps were washed out. HURRAH FOR SCHLEF. Enthusiastic Reception Accorded the Admiral in Washington. Washington, Aug. 27. Rear Admiral Winfield S. Schley reached Washington at 4:10 o'clock yesterday afternoon over the Pennsylvania railroad. He was quickly notfeed at most of the stations along the line and throughout the trip he was greeted with cheering crowds When the train pulled into the depot here he found a compact mass of spec tators which filled the depot and over flowed out into the train shed. The ad miral and Mrs. Schley, when they ap peared, were greeted with cheers and shouts of "Hurrah for Schley." Everybody joined in the shouting and the depot attaches crowded about the admiral and insisted on a handshake. At the gates the crowd increased, and amid deafening cheers the admiral and his wife, the former with his hat off, passed through two solid lines of peo ple. A lieutenant and squad of police with difficulty cleared a passage way to the carriage which was in waiting. Through a mass of vehicles that had been drawn up by curious drivers, the hansom pulled into Pennsylvania ave nue and proceeded directly to the Shore ham hotel. There were groups of car riages all the way and a cavalcade of cyclists formed a voluntary escort. The admiral stayed only a few min utes at the hotel and then drove over to the navy department, where, without any preliminaries he reported directly to Acting Secretary Allen. The latter accompanied him over to the White House, reaching there at 4:50. The president gave him a most cor dial reception. The president thanked the admiral, as he toad Admiral Samp son, for the success of that memorable engagement of July 3, and took occa sion to say that it was that battle which brought the surrender of Santi ago. The president thanked him in behalf of himself and the nation for his bril liant services on that day and asked him to describe the battle, which the admiral did at length. The president then entered Into a dis cussion of the work of the Porto Rican commission, to which the admiral had been appointed. He went over with him the general instructions which will guide the body in arranging for the evacuation of the Spanish from the Is land and other work. During most of the conference, which occupied about an hour. Assistant Secretary of State Moore was present. On leaving the president. Admiral Schley drove to his hotel. He said his health had improved greatly. He will have another confer ence with Acting Secretary of the Navy Allen today after which he probably will leave for New York. From there he will go back to Westport, Conn. He will spend a few days there before re turning here, preliminary to taking up his duties with the commission. MAIL FPU ALASKA. Postal Inspector Clum Has Estab lished Many Offices. "Victoria, B. C, Aug. 27. The steamer Ctiy of Topeka, which arrived, brought among her passengers Postal Inspector Clum, who has made a tour of the Alas kan territory. The Topeka's passen gers confirm the stories of the richness of Pine creek, and say that suffering this winter will be intense. Much will be done by the government to relieve the inevitable distress. John P. Clum. of Washington, D. C, was last March designated by Post master General Gary as special postal commissioner for Alaska. He has established a great many new offices and for the interior Alaskan towns between Juneau and Tanana he has arranged a twice a month mail, and for the towns between St. Michael and Tanana a monthly mail. This service is to be maintained throughout the entire year, winter and summer. Mr. Clum says that the government will send out inspectors to Alaska fre quently, to see that the contractors for carrying the mails live up to their con tracts. Major J. M. Walsh, the Yukon com missioner, who has been succeeded by Mr. Ogilvie, the former Dominion sur veyor, is in the city, awaiting the ar rival of hus successor, who is expected in a few days. Major Walsh said to day that the collection of royalty was a matter optional with him, and in all matters he was granted great latitude; that he was empowered to amend the existing mining laws and in some in stances he did change and modify them to suit the exigencies of the occasion. Concerning the co'lection of royalty, the major vehemently remarked: "I never enforced the collection of royalty from any man who was not able to oay the royalty many times over. The law was only enforced against the men who were able to pay it the rich mine owners." UNANIMOUS AT MANILA. Business Interests Favor American Retention of the Archipelago. London, Aug1. 27. The correspond ent of the Times at Manila, telegraph ing Friday says: The military division is working ef ficiently in all departments. Local business is being actively resumed. The water works is in operation and the Pasig river is open. Stringent meas ures have been taken to assure the san itation of the citadel, which is crowded with prisoners. The abominably fil thy condition of the Spanish barracks is a menace to the general health, which at present, however, is excellent. Among the American troops there have been only seventeen deaths from illness since landing. Twenty-three thous and stands of arms, 10.000.000 cartridges and an immense quantity of ammuni tion have been surrendered, with nearly 15.000 prisoners. The insurgents recently dispatched an armed steamer with 500 soldiers on board for an unknown destination. Consequently coastwise steamers manned by Spanish sailors, were afraid to venture out until assured of the pro tection of the American fleet. It is impossible to obtain information from the interior, except along the rail ways, where everything Is quiet. The rumors concerning insurgent activity in the southern part of the island are credited here. There is practical unanimity among merchants, irrespective of nationality, in favor of the permanent occupation of the archipelago by the Americans. Nobody conceives the re-establishment of Spanish sovereignty as possible. Sectional Feeling Gone. San Francisco, Aug. 27. General Longstreet. United States commissioner of railroads, has arrived on an official inspection trip of the subsidized rail roads. In an Interview he said": "I be lieve that the little, if any, sectional feeling still prevailing before the war is now entirely obliterated and the pop ular conviction that such feeling no longer exists is one of the grand achieve ments of the war with Spain." TIGHTENING THE COILS. The Police Authorities and the Attorney Are Carefully Guarding Every Avenue of Escape FROM MRS. ADA BOTKIN Accused of Poisoning Two Women at Dover, Del. She is Taking the Situation Coolly. San Francisco, Aug. 27. The police of this city are working hard to perfect the local end of the Botkin case before Detective McVey arrives from the east with the requisition papers for Mrs. Botkin's extradition. Assistant District Attorney Dunne is preparing to aid the authorities in every way and at the same time Mrs. Botkin's attorneys are preparing an elaborate argument against a transfer of the case to the Delaware courts. Attorney Dunne has requested Chief of Police Lees to get a more definite status of the case from the Delaware officials and to that end the following was telegraphed to At torney General White, of Delaware, asking for the affidavits in the case on the following points: Separate affidavits from all parties knowing any facts tending to show who committed crime, towit: From post office authorities of date of receipt of box, to whom delivered, by whom de livered to the victims, who partook of candy, date of deaths, with names of victims, attending physicians on de ceased: that candy contained poison; affidavits from chemists analyzing can dy; date of analysis, with result; par ties present at eating of candy. All these, with such other affidavits obtainable concerning proof of guilt as would be sufficient to hold the defend ant to answer before magistrate for final trial, must be attached to and made part of the requisition papers, properly examined by magistrate and county clerk, and authenticated accord ing to law. Mrs. Botkin's attorneys will make a desperate fight in her behalf and Chief Lees wants to have his side of the case prepared on strictly legal information. Mrs. Botkin spends a great deal of her time in perfecting the gorgeousness of her attire. She changes her gowns fre quently and, to all outward appearances is not the least nervous. She, however, takes a great deal of interest in the case and reads every line published in the newspapers. She has had several consultations with her attorneys but the ordeal has so far had little appar ent effect on her nerves. DUNCAN GUILTY. Sentenced to Five Years' Im prisonment by Court Martial. Camp Meade, Middletown, Pa., Aug. 27. The court martial in the case of Dr. Duncan of the Twenty-second Kan sas, found him guilty of desecrating the grave of a confederate officer at the Bull Run battlefield and he was sen tenced last evening to an imprisonment of five years. ABUSE AMERICANS. Returned Spaniards Says They Were Badly Treated. London, Aug. 27. The Madrid corre spondent of the Daily Mail says the of ficers and soldiers who have returned from Santiago de Cuba bitterly accuse the Americans of unfulfilled promises made at the time of the capitulation of Santiago. The Americans, they say, forced the Span ish troops to encamp on a spot where hun dreds or corpses of the Spanish defenders of Kl Caney were buried. The rains al most unearthed the bodies, the stench from which produced an epidemic. The Americans, the Spaniards assert, kept the latter without food, and the officers re ceived only tinned sardines. Most of them returned seriously ill from the re sults of prolonged hunger. Several died dailv. The government has resolved, the correspondent Fays, "to appoint the ex Spanish consul at Key West as diplomatic agent at Washington until peace shall have been restored." KILLEDBY LIVE WIRE. One Boy Dead and Another Will Die. Decatur, 111., Aug.27. John Hamilton, six years old while playing in the yard at his home today became entangled in a live electric wire. The nine year old son of James Lee tried to pull him out and .was instantly killed by the shock. The Hamilton boy was burned from head to foot and will die. The wire was a private telegraph wire that had fallen over a trolley wire and into the yard. TO RAISE THE WIND. Seven Big Electric Fans Provided by Manager Crawford. Manager Crawford wishes it under stood by theater goers that the heat will not interfere with the comfort of the audience at the performance of "At Gay Coney Island" at the Crawford theater tonight. Five electric fans have been placed in position on th first floor and two on the second floor, and these will be sufficient to keep the audience cool. All the exit doors and the windows of the house will be open. Ice water will be provided throughout the performance. The electric fans now operated in Santa Fe Route dining cars are desir able and seasonable accessories to an already unsurpassed service. DIED OF STARVATION. Iaeut. Tiffany of the Rough Riders, Dead at Boston. Boston, Aug. 27. First Lieutenant WTilliam Tiffany of New York, one of Colonel Roosevelt's rough riders, died at the Parker house in this city of ex haustion and want of nourishment in Santiago and on board the Olivette, on which he was being brought to Boston, being landed Tuesday. When he was landed in Boston it was thought he was in a fair way toward recovery, and instead of going to the hospital with the other men he was ta ken to the hotel and placed under the care of private physicians and given private nurses. The death certificate signed by Dr. F. M. Johnson gives this as the cause of young Tiffany's death: "Death due to protracted fevers, due to war life in Cuba, and starvation." Lieutenant Tiffany's brother, Belmont was present when the youth died. He made only this statement: "My brother died of starvation." There were also present at the bedside his mother, Mrs. George Tiffany; his sister-in-law, Mrs. Perry Belmont, and his betrothed. Miss Maud Livingston of New York. New York, Aug. 27. William Tiffany was the son of the late George Tiffany, his mother having been Miss Isabella Perry, a sister of the late Mrs. August Belmont. Lieutenant Tiffany belonged to the family of which Commodore Oli ver Hazard Perry was a distinguished member. Perhaps none of the rough riders had been more identified with the public life of New York than Lieuten ant Tiffany. He associated himself in business with Rawlins Cottonet some years ago, and together they conducted a flower shop in Fifth avenue. known as "The Rosary," being among the first of the young men of society to launch out in business of the real sort. Lieutenant Tiffany was no novice at rough riding, as he had spent several years on a ranch in the far west. He was also a capital whip, like his uncle, William George Tiffany of Paris. He was engaged to Miss Maud Liv ingston, daughter of the late Robert Cambridge Livingston of Islip, L. I. He is survived by his mother, an un married sister and by two brothers. Perry Tiffany, who married Miss Marie Havemeyer, a daughter of the late Theodore Havemeyer. and Belmont Tiffany, who married Miss Anne Cam eron, a daughter of Sir Roderick Cam eron. The lieutenant was a member of the Knickerbocker club. 43 LIVES LOST By the Blowing Up of the Stick een Chief. San Francisco, Aug. 27. News has been received here confirming the re ported loss of the stern wheeler Stick een Chief. A letter received from Ju neau, dated August 10, brings the con firmatory news and further says that the disaster was doubtless caused by an explosion and that the crew and passengers, numbering 43 persons, were undoubtedly lost. The Dora saved a dog which was floating on a piece of wreckage. That it was an ex plosion that caused the loss is inferred by the Dora's crew, from the fact that most of the wreckage was broken into small bits. SICK LIST IS LARGE. Three More Transports Arrive at Montauk Point. "Washington, Aug. 27. The transports Yucatan, Hudson and Catalina have arrived at Montauk Point with several hundred men from Santiago. The ar rival of the ships was reported to the war department by General Wheeler, in command of Camp Wikoff. During the voyage four deaths occurred on the Yucatan, one on the Hudson and nine on the Catalina. General Wheeler's dispatch announcing the arrival of the transports is as follows: Hon. R. A. Alger, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C. Yucatan arrived with six companies. Seventh infantry, 487 men, 110 sick, four deaths, no contagion. Hudson arrived with 514 troops, consisting of Second and Third battalions. District of Co lumbia. 95 sick, no contagion; McDon ald, Second battalion, died on voyage. Catalina, 401 men, various commands, arrived; following died on voyage. Ralph Lahatan, private. First Illi nois. Joseph McGirrey, corporal. Twenty first infantry. Charles W. Heaton, private. Thirty third Michigan. R. A. Jones, private. Thirty-third Michigan. Fred P. Huston. First Illinois. Guy Thorn, private. First Illinois. John R. Guy, blacksmith, troop G, Ninth cavalry. C. B. Crubaugh, private, Eighth Ohio. Major Geo. McCreery, surgeon, TJ. S. A. (Signed), WHEELER, Commanding. GRAND EXCURSION To St Joseph $1.25 for the Round Trip Via the Santa Fe. The Knights and Ladies of Security will have charge of this excursion, leav ing Topeka Wednesday, Aug. 31st at 7 a. m., returning leaving St. Joseph 7:45 p. m.For particulars see K. and L. com mittee or agent at depot. Tickets will be on sale at the national headquarters in the Stormont building on the even ing of Aug. 30th. To Be Mustered Out Washington, Aug. 27. The following volunteer regiments were today ordered to be mustered out of the service: The First and Fifth Missouri, now at Chick amauga, and the Third Missouri, now at Middletown, Pa., will go to Jefferson Barracks. Mo. The 159th Indiana, now at Middletown will go to Indianapolis. The Eighth New York, now at Chicka mauga will go to Hempstead, L. I. High Kits Flying. Blue Hill, Mass., Aug.27. The world's record for high kite flight has been bro ken at Rotch's observatory by Messrs. Clayton and Ferguson, who dispatched a tandem of kites into the air until the highest one reached an altitude of 12. 124 feet above the sea level, a height 277 feet greater than any kite has reached heretofore. MUSTERED OUT. Death Ends the Service of Elmer Mclntire. Taylor, Snapp and Spendlove of Topeka Discharged. NEWS OF 20TH KANSAS. Sergeant loung Says He Will Soon Be Free. His Friends Will Appeal to Secretary Alger. (From the State Journal's Special Cor respondent.) San Francisco, Aug. 27. Private El mer Mclntire of E company died in the hospital of tuberculosis. The remains were sent to Neosho Falls today for burial. Drill is now held for two hours each day. The sick list has been reduced to only 21. Sergeant Orville S. Taylor.Private W. Snapp and Corporal Joseph C. Spend love were discharged today from A com pany and will return to Topeka. Quartermaster Sergeant James A. Young, sentenced to imprisonment for embezzlement declares that he is not guilty because if he violated any mill- tary law-it was through ignorance ami he never appropriated a cent of the money to his own use. He says that h has friends at home who will present his case direct to Secretary Alger and that he will soon be out of the peniten tiary. General Miller says that any ameliorating circumstance in the case will be forwarded by him to the adju tant general at Washington. All of the troops now in this city have been moved from Camp Merrltt to the Presidio and it is believed by the regi mental surgeons that the health of the men will be greatly improved by the change. Captain W. H. McKittrick who raised the American flag over San tiago is here. The board of survey appointed to es timate the damage done the persons and property of the Thomas family by riotous soldiers of the Tennessee regi ment has not yet concluded its labors. E. W. ELLIS. Lieutenant Col. Little Rebuked. (By Associated Press.) San Francisco, Aug. 27. Col. Funston of the Kansas volunteers, has sternly rebuked Lieutenant Colonel Little for writing a letter to the governor of Kan sas recommending the promotion of certain men of the regiment although Little was aware that Col. Funston had already made his own recommenda tions. DAY HAS QUIT. Secretary of State Not Likely to Returu to Washington. Canton, O., Aug. 27. Secretary of State Day and Mrs. Day arrived in Canton on the Pennsylvania train this afternoon. They were met at the sta tion by a committee from the board of trade. Secretary Day expects to re main in Canton or the immediate vicin ity seeking rest until he and Mrs. Day leave for the east to sail for Paris with the peace commission on September 17. LETTER TO M'KINLEY. From the Philippine Islands Commit tee in Europe. London, Aug. 27. The Philippine islands committee in Europe has addressed a let ter to President McKinley regarding the appeals made to him by high Roman Catholic ecclesiastics in America to pro tect the religious orders in the islands. The expulsion of the friars, the committee contends, is "a necessary antecedent to moral sanitation." The letter names par ticularly the archbishop of Mala and the bishops of Nueva Sagovia and Nueva Caseres, "whose acts of hostility against both natives and Americans and against the Jesuits and other respected religious institutions are "condemned by everyone." The committee urges President McKin ley to "aid the Filipinos to suppress the immorality of the diabolical institutions fostered by those monks," and concludes as follows: "Your name can never be associated with that of the friars, and the sense of right of the noble nation at whose head you are placed will never permit the ever victorious and humanitarian stars and stripes to protect them." JORDAN GONE AGAIN. The Notorious Johnston Disappears Prom His Newton Haunts. Newton, Aug. -27. Johnston Jordan, thn Topeka colored man who is the principal witness of the prosecution in the Collins murder case at Topeka has left town. He was here for several days while "S:n Killer" Griffin was preaching here. He and another colored man, whom the po lice would like to apprehend, were stay ing at a colored woman's house on East Sixth street, but left town several days ago. It is not known where Johnston went, but when here he claimed that he would return to Topeka in time to testify against Collins. "Will Sett e in Yucatan. Meridia, Mexico, Aug. 27. Many Spaniards, residents now in Havana and other Cuban ports are preparing to come to Yucatan and settle, believing they can improve their fortunes. On the other hand Cuban land proprietors among the refugees here, refuse to sell their lands and will soon return. Helen Gould's Work. New York, Aug. 27. A car load of fruit sent by fruit raisers in the neigh borhood of San Diego, Calif., for the soldiers at Montauk Point, through Miss Helen Gould, arrived at Weehaw keen and was ferried around to tbe Long Island railroad in bulk.

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Orr g.ira. bf this paper to uJco tar beautiful ramiir fijucume, 15, led wuh ciianning itorleS) poetry, tale of Iots and a4ventore. .m au t. UMt tuklon HOUSEHOLD JOrjBNAIj, aV.B. Oar. Mata aaa JUlwrt Etmts, ruialslpaia, ra raiL 1 MZ3 I 3 TANNErTSJRE UP. Illinois Governor Denounces Chicago's Peace Jubilee. Greed For Gain, lie Says, Is the Inspiring Motive. TO OPPOSE MOVEMENT. Chicago Hissed and Insulted Tanner on Logan Day And He Has Not Recovered From the Shock. Chicago, Aug-. 27. Chicago's peace Ju bilee does not meet with the approval of Governor John R. Tanner. The chief executive of the state of Illinois, always in an unpleasant frame of mind when anything connected with Chicago ts mentioned, remembers Logan day and its attendant hisses and thinks he sees an opportunity to be revenged. The peace carnival, promoted by the leading business and professional men of the city, will be the first great event since the Logan monument dedication, and Governor Tanner now comes out squarely in opposition to the project. Seated at a table in the headquarters of the Republican state central com mittee at the Grand Northern hotel last night, the governor uttered some warm criticisms of the projectors of the Ju bilee. "If those people want to put me in the attitude of antagonizing them I may ac cept the gage of battle," he said. "I am in favor of anything that the good people of Chicago really want, but I am doubtful whether these speculators are the good people of Chicago. "From the start I have thought the money to be wasted in lavish street decorations and the absurd mummery or dumb show of pageantry could be better expended in caring for the heroes who have shed their blood in the na tion's cause and whose disabilities from wounds or fevers will cause many poor families to feel the pinch of hunger during the winter months. Not wishing to oppose any considerable element of the community, I have hitherto re frained from expressing an opinion in regard to the mooted jubilee. "But I was not more than twenty minutes in Chicago when I discovered that the gain to be derived from a spasmodic boom in shopping was the true motive inspiring the promoters of this jubilee. No, sir, the project will not have my support." When asked to specifically deny or affirm the rumor that his motive in de siring the Illinois volunteers mustered out at Springfield instead of Fort Sher idan was to cripple the peace carnival, the governor adopted the parable style of utterance, saying: "Well, you must understand it is my good luck to have for my personal enemies some of the most contemptible and unscrupulous speculators in Chicago. These sharks and sharpers have their price, and by supporting them in their projects I could win their indorsement. But their schemes are too suggestive of the sand bag, and when a man in my position will have nothing to do wtih them they forthwith become assassinators of hia character." When the news that the governor was in Chicago on his way to Washington became noised abroad among the poli ticians there was considerable specu lation as to the motive underlying the trip. Nobody believed his ostensible mission to collect unpaid commissary bills from the war department for Springfield merchants was the real ob ject of the journey. In well informed circles the belief pre- vail3 that Tanner goes to Washington for the purpose of doing what he can to induce President McKinley to decline the invitation to the jubilee. To this end the governor may work, not direct ly with the administration, but through Senator Cullom or others of his close I friends at the national capital. It is considered doubtful whether in any event the governor will be present in person at the jubilee. When the substantial business men who are backing the project for the ju bilee were informed of Governor Tan ner's attack, they recalled that the ex ecutive has never forgiven Chicagoans for hissing him during the Logan day parade, nor for the criticisms of his motive in signing the Allen bill. He will oppose anything favored by Chica go, they say. In fact, not one promi nent business man could be found who was not avowedly of the opinion that the governor's opposition would be of decided benefit to the project and would materially aid in making the jubilee a great popular success. CHICAGO ENTERPRISE DOES Dusty Diamond Mining Association Gets a Party out of St Michael. Seattle, Aug. 27. The Dusty Diamond Mining association of Chicago, by dis playing energy, experience and skill, succeeded in doing what many similar companies have failed to do, 1. e., start ed from St. Michael with its up-river expedition. The schooner Vine, Captain Burns, In which the party went from Seattle to St. Michael, returned here today after a quick trip. Captain Burns speaks in highest terms of the Chicago boys and their earnestness to reach the new gold fields. He said: The men could hardly wait to get to St. Michael; we were troubled with calms in the up trip, and the men would pace the deck until a breeze started the boat again. Once at St. Michael they lost no time, and were soon ready to start up river. The many experienced men in the party testify to their pros pective success. The Missouri companies will probably be unable to get their steamers to St. Michael this year, owing to the stand taken by marine insurance companies, which have raised the premium from 5 to 10 and 15 per cent. There is also great difficulty in getting tow boats. The steamer City of Paris, owned by Paris. Mo., parties, and the dredge be longing to the St. Louis Dredging com pany, are the ones unable to get away. LARGEST BRONZE CASTING. New York Takes the Record on Cen tral Park Fountain. New Tork, Aug. 27. The largest casting of sculpture in bronze in one piece ever tried in this country was made today at the foundry of the Hen-ry-Bonard Bronze company. West Six teenth street. The figure cast was George Gray Barnard's reclining stat ue of the god Pan, which has been pur chased by the Clark estate to be set up as a fountain in Central park. The statue is thirteen feet six inches In length and the founders have been more than eight months in preparing the mold. The actual casting occupied not more than five minutes. The metal mmmkt Jit 11 i s:-4." ..dF x v. -j n'j i it w n Wva. AND MEMBERS S X. sV7;f s&. was melted in about twenty crucibles, and when thoroughly fluid was poured into a huge ladle. From there it was transferred in one continuous white stream through the aperture in the great iron bound flask that held the mold. The casting was performed in the presence of a number of spectators, who cheered at the success of the op erations. The mold weighed 54,650 pound3, or more than twenty-seven tons. DEWEY KNOCKED HIM OUT. Battleship Mascots Save a Eight at New York Navy Yard. New Tork, Aug. 27. A survivor of the Spanish cruiser Vizcaya landed at tlfe navy yard today only to be knocked out in one punch by a billy goat.. The survivor is Blanco, a little black and white pig rescued by the crew of the Oregon from the sinking Vizcaya on July 3. The porker was enlisted as a mascot and is now a naturalized Span ish pig. When the battleship tied up at Main street navy yard this morning Blanco made a break for shore leave. He shot down the gang plank like a thirteen inch projectile, capsizing a couple of sailors who tried to stop him. Once ashore Blanco lost his range-finder and ran rapidly In a circle, a squadron of sailors trying to overhaul him. Meanwhile the Iowa came In and moored seventy-five yards astern of the Oregon. The mascot on the Iowa is a goat named Dewey, who has been seeking an engagement ever since he drank half a gallon of war paint a month ago. The moment Dewey sighted Blanco doing the merry-go-round act the goat emitted a warlike bleat .nd went ashore before anyone could stop him. With his head lowered Dewey started in to break the record on a quarter mile track with Blanco as pace-maker. The sailors say the race covered thirteen miles. Anyhow, at the finish Dewey overtook Blanco and fetched him a frightful jolt. One blow was enough. The pig rolled over on his back and struck his legs up as rigid as military masts. All 500 tars were on hand at the knockout. The crew of the Oregon carried poor Blanco aboard and revived him with a large dose of tobasco sauce. Dewey was borne in triumph to the Iowa and treated to some more war paint. BACK TO CHINESE HUSBAND Missing "Wife of Sing Moy Returns to Their Clark Street Flat. Chicago, Aug. 27. After remaining away from home one week and causing her husband distress and sorrow, the Chinese wife of Sing Moy, a wealthy restaurant proprietor has returned and there was joy in Chinatown last even ing. The sensation which followed Mrs. Moy's disappearance during the absence of her husband, who was attending the funeral of another Chinaman, ended only with her return. Her appearance in Chinatown has hailed gratefully by the residents and was celebrated in a fitting manner. Mr. Moy was overjoyed, and as his wife has promised to never again wan der away he gave her $200 and pur chased a new set of furniture for their flat and declared he will always be good to her in the future. Mr. Moy is a cousin of Sam Moy, the "king of Chi natown." LIKE SOME KANSAS MEN. Illinois Labor Federation Officer Re fuses to Be Dismissed. Chicago, Aug. 27. J. W. Doyle, who was suspended from the office of secretary-treasurer of the Illinois State Federation of Labor by President W. G. Hinman, has issued a circular to affiliated unions, in which he declares that he still holds the office. The call issued for the annual state meeting of the federation by President W. G. Hin man and Acting Secretary John R. Holmes Mr. Doyle declares to be illegal because the meeting is not called for the date fixed by the constitution, and because the call has not the official seal of the federation attached. Mr. Doyle notifies all unions that the per capita tax sent to John R. Holmes will receive no credit at the office of the secretary-treasurer. W G. Hinman has called the federa ti j;j to meet in Decatur, October 4. Mr. Doyle says the constitution provides that it shall be held the fourth Tuesday in September, which is September 27. Mr. Doyle declares, in justification of his course, that he was elected secre tary -treasurer at the regular annual meeting of the federation, and was handed the seal of the office by hi3 predecessor, Mr. Bush of Peoria. To that body he declares he is alone re sponsible, and that the state president has overstepped his authority in at tempting Mr. Doyle's suspension. Mr. Doyle takes up the chuj-ges made against him and passes riGit)y over I them. He Justifies his couir: through r ii i f yrifc- of ni3 STAfT V- )?fes his desire to keep down expenses. He declares the reason he refused to send itemized statements to PresidentHinman was because those he had sent were garbled before they were published. He says the proceedings of the last conven tion were delayed in their publication with the full knowledge and sanction of the executive board. Mr. Doyle is president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, and one of the best known labor leaders in Illinois. His suspension by the state president a few weeks ago caused a great sensa tion in labor circles, and was declared by some to have been a political move inspired by Governor Tanner. Hinman was elected president by the executive board to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of the president. BANK MYSTERY IN ST.LOUIS Officers Puzzled Over Disappearance of Money From the Vault St. Louis. Aug. 27. One of the largest banks in St. Louis, the name of which is withheld by the police, has been reg ularly and systematically robbed for the past two months, and in the efforts to capture the culprit or culprits extra ordinary precautions have been taken by both the bank officials and the auth orities. A How much money has been stolen has not yet been definitely fixed by the bank officials, but the amounts known to have been stolen and reported to the police are as follows: June 1, stolen from the vault, $500: June 18, $176; June 21 $71; June 28, $60, and August 10, $90. There are eight other Items and their amounts will, it is feared, swell the sum missing to thousands of dol lars. According to the best Information ob tainable, the aggregate of the sums stolen reaches into five figures. Private detectives were placed on the case first but their work was so unsatisfactory that Chief of Detectives Desmond and his men were called in. As a result the home of one man is being shadowed. There are also two new faces among the bank employes. They are city de tectives. The cashier told Chief Desmond that he first discovered the loss on June 2, when he found a bag in the vault that had been emptied of $.r00 in silver. After that there were numerous and syste matic robberies, but the offender could not be captured. There was no evidence that the time lock or steel walls had been tampered with. After much ev perimenting the police arrived at the method by which the vault was robbed without being entered. At the bottom of the steel walls there is a space of half an inch before the concrete floor Is reached. By reaching a hooked wire through the bags of coin can be reached and drawn to the open ing, where a knife would easily lay the contents bare to be sifted through. OUT TO DEFEAT HANNA. Ex-Secretary Sherman and Governor Bushnell in a Coalition. Columbus. O., Aug.27. Pandora's box has been opened in the camp of the Hanna Republicans in this state. It all comes from the visit of John Sherman to the city yesterday and his long and secret conference with Governor Bush nell. A conference between these two Ohio ans would be unusual at any time, but Just now It is almost sensational in It self. It need hardly be said that Gov erner Bushnell and Mr. Sherman have not usually trained in the same faction of the Republican party. Of course, Mr. Sherman is now only a private citi zen, but no one thinks for a moment that he has ceased to be an important factor in Ohio politics. When he retired to the quiet of his Mansfield home and had time to think he remembered that there were others who had gone up against the same com bination which was responsible for his retirement. At this conference, it i3 claimed, Sherman signified his willing ness to become the anti-Hanna can didate for governor next fall and Bush nell, so the story goes, promised him the backing of the state administra tion. If anyone doubts that Mr. Sher man is Indignant at the treatment ac corded to him by President McKinley and Senator Hanna he might as well get in line to reform his opinion on that matter. Mr. Sherman is m y i- opinion that Jtie was made the victim of a confidence game planned by Senator Hanna and carried out by President McKinley. Procure the Best If you the best Baking Powder on earth desire. For "Gipsy Queen" you had better in quire, Favorite with the ladies It always has been, "Gypsy Queen." $16.10 to Cincinnati and Return. Tickets on sale September 2, 3, 4 and 5, and for train No. 2 of the 6th. limited to October 2, 1S98. Agent Santa Fe Route will reserve berths in sleeper and check baggage through. DAWSON CENSUS City Has a Population of 16,000 Souls. Crowds of "Tenderfeet" Con stantly on the Increase. HARD WINTER IS NEAR Suffering and Deprivation Ex pected to Be Awful. Exodus of Miners Will Follow First Snow. Dawson City, N. W. T., Aug. 27. By or der of Mayor Walsh a census of the city of Dawson was taken last Wednesday and 16,000 souls were counted within the town boundaries on that day. The work was done by the Northwest mounted police, the city being divided up into small dis tricts, and the count was completed with in a few hours, -so that, despite the un settled condition of things, the fact that four-fifths of the inhabitants live in tents and nearly that proportion are camped in such confusion as might be expected to attend a stampede or the retreat of a beaten army, it is believed to be very close to the actual number of people here. Five thousand more are camped at the mouth of the Stewart river, a few hours by the river current from Dawson. Other thousands are camped at Little and Big Salmon and the Pelly rivers. Thousands have gone out, but other thousands have taken their places. Build ing is going on at a tremendous rate, but in proportion to the number of people who, if they remain here, are yet to be housed, it is nothing at all. The days are shorten ing very rapidly. The long, cold and dark winter is rapidly approaching, and still this big crowd sits as in a trance, waiting for the Lord knows what. Every up-river boat carries away as many as its decks will hold, the passengers being stowed away in any old way for the five days' trip, there being no room for beds. The earlier down-river boats are crowded, but since the demonstration of the prac ticability of the up-river route, which is so much shorter, most of those hurry ing homeward go that way. There are three small Doats plying irom nere up the river. They run to White Horse rap ids where they connect (with a portage to the above canyon) with the boats to Ben nett. They make the round trip in about ten days. Their best efforts from now until the river closes will scarcely make an impression on the camp, although they will be more and more crowded as the margin of the summer narrows. Nine tenths of the big crowd that is camped and idling here does not know what it is going to do. Being asked, they will plain ly tell you so. They came into this far away, isolated country with vague notions of what they were to do when they got here: arrived and face to face with the hard conditions and the tremendous strug gle for fortune that is going on here, their uncertain plans are dissipated and they sit in their tents and cook their meals and sleep, drawing their blankets a little closer about them as the nights grow colder, and wait and wait. With the first fleck of snow, less than six weeks hence, there will probably be another such sailing of the great flotilla as took place at Lake Bennett and La Barge less than six weeks ago. The des tination this time will be St. Michael. But it takes money to get "back to thestates," even from St. Michael, and a ereat Dro- Dortion of this crowd lacks the required amount. outnts are Demg sola in every direction, auction sales are in progress in i almost every block, afternoon and even- ing. and the prices of the great mass of j stuff that is sold is little if any above that at which it was purchased away back m some city of the states, and the dragging of it over that terrible "summit." over mountains and lakes and rivers and through freight and customs offices goes for nothing. This sacrifice will go on and increase until the time limit for getting out is passed. The price of certain provisions remains hleh. these being scarce and especially I desirable here, such as onions, potatoes fresh. Onions readily sell at $1 a pound and potatoes at 50 cents. Beef was of fered today at 50 cents, it having fallen from $1. The run of salmon has begun, and although the fish are not in the finest condition after their swim of 2,000 miles from the sea, they sold readily for $1.50 a pound at first, but have since been bought at 25 cents. The price of meals at a restaurant is still kept up to tl- and $2.50. A meal may be had for a dollar, but it is scant and of a quality below that served for 6 cents in San Francisco. ADVERSE TO THEPOSTAL. Railroads Are Not Compelled to Dis tribute Construction Material. Springfield, 111., Aug. The railroad commission today disposed of the discrim ination case brought by the Postal Tele graph company against the Mobile and Ohio railroad by dismissing it. The opin ion covers a number of cases which in volve the right of the railroad companies to refuse to distribute construction ma terial for the Postal people when they distribute it for the Western TTnion. It was proven that the Western Union ren ders the railroads a compensating service bv furnishing them with special wires for railroad messages, a service the Postal does not render, because it does not follow the lines of the railroads. The commission decided that the Chi cago, Burlington and Quincy must build a new depot at South Wyoming, 111., within 90 days. This closes a bitter controversy between the road and the citizens of the town, who had been insisting that the road move its old depot from North Wy oming to a point more centrally located. The road contended that the comnyssion could not compel it to move its old depot, a point which was admitted, but a second depot was ordered and the road will now be required to maintain two stations. "RAG" TIME POPULAR. Iiively Music Carries the Day in Chi cago Parks Chicago, Aug. 27. Commissioner Dun ton and Director Hand are willing to abide by the demonstrations of approval given at the band concert in Lincoln park last night as proof that each is right in his conception of what the public desires in the form of music. Commissioner Dun ton is satisfied that the lively two-step and the erratic rag time are all right. Di rector Hand is confident that something more classical is demanded. "Just listen to that," said Commissioner Dunton triumphantly, as a tremendous burst of applause followed the rendition of "How I Love My Lou." "Why. I've been listening to girls and boys singing and whistling with the band for the past fifteen minutes. You needn't tell me that the people don't want nigger pieces." "Did you hear the applause after I gave them the. selection from 'Boccoccio' asked Director Hand excitedly. "The peo ple know the difference between good music and trash every time." EXCEEDS ESTIMATES. Seventy-Seven Million Dollars Will Run New York One Year. New York, Aug. 27. Mayor Van Wyck announced at the meeting of the board of estimate today that no addition would be made to the budget this year, "with the exception of the appropriation for the pub lic library." All other accounts are closed. The total sum appropriated to run the municipal government for one year was $77,551,222.07. It was estimated that the cost would be $70,000,000 to run the greater city for 1SSS when the charter was draft ed. The public library question came up on the request of the department of parks for an appropriation of $152,000 to remove the old reservoir on Forty-second 'street in Bryant park enTZ prepare the ground for the $2,500,000 free public library to be erected. Cs-ntroller Coler and President Guggen heimer have reported in favor of this expenditure. A A Now is I f Subscribe 3 HARPER'S WE will be remembered for its famous "War Numbers" of the Civil War, Its value during the war with Spain will be even greater because of vastly improved facilities. 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This morning the father and son met on the street. They walked together toward the corner of Twenty-first and Market streets, where Joe, suddenly turning to his father, said: "Wait for me here a moment." Dr. Mayer stood on the curb below expecting the boy to return every min ute, when suddenly from a second story window he heard a pistol shot. Glanc ing up he saw that Joe was shooting at him and he was so much astonished that he could not recover sufficiently to retire until after the second shot had been fired. Then he dodged and went In search of a policeman. The boy was ar rested and at the station coolly told the story as narrated above. MYSTERIOUS POISONING. Enough. Arsenic to Kill a Regiment Found in Zaturski's Coffee. Milwaukee, Aug. 27. In two ounces of the coffee that the Zaturskl family had at a table City Chemist Bennett found enough arsenic to kill a regi ment. Zaturskl Is under arrest, but now re fuses to make any statement. When first arrested he told several stories, which furnished evidence against him. The amout of arsenic used saved the lives of the members of the family, as they were all taken deathly sick imme diately after drinking the coffee. One of Zaturski's stories was that he pur chased the arsenic to kill cats and pos sibly placed it in the sugar bowl by mistake. OMAHA EXPOSITION. June 1st to October 3 1st the Grand est Exposition (except World's Pair) ever planned In the United States. Located within cheap and quick access of the entire Missouri and Mississippi Valleys, at your own doors. Through tickets be yond Omaha allow stop-overs. Reduced excursion rates to Omaha. Take tha Burlington Route the old and firmly es tablished line to and through Omaha in any direction. L. W. WAKELEY. General Passenger Agent. HOWARD ELLIOTT, General Manager. St. Louis. Mo Through Cars to Cincinnati. 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W. J. BLACK. G. T. A., A. T. S. F. Ky.. Topeka, Kansas. THE G. A. 11. TRAIN For Cincinnati, Ohio, Will leave the Rock Island depot Sun day, September 4, at 4 o'clock p. m., and will be made up of Pullman palace and tourist sleepers; also chair cars, and will run through to Cincinnati without change, arriving at Cincinnati 3nm. Monday, September 5.The Ladies of the G. A. R. and W. R. C. also the Modocs, 4 strong, will accompany this train, insuring to all a merry and enjoyable trip. For reservation, in sleepers, also seats in chair cars, call at Rock Island passensrer depot or write to A. M. FULLER, City Passenger and Ticket Ageut. Phone 384 The G. A. R. will meet in Cincinnati September 5-10, 1598. They will leave here in special train via Santa Fe, Sep tember 5. The round trip fare is $16.10. Santa Fe agent will give you particu lars. For Rats, Mice, Roaches, and tj5"it Vermin. IT'S A KILLER. After eating, all vermin seek water and the open air Hence this killer is the most cleanly on earth. For Sale bv all Drugelsta. Price. 15 Cents. KEWTCN MANUFACTURING 4 CHEMICAL CO., 95 William Street. New York. t f'7 EKLY 1

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1898. SYLVANREST How to Take a Vacation With out So Much Traveling. A Big Party of Topeka People Stays A Week in the Woods on Mission Creek. BAIL! A3IUSE3IEXTS Fishing, Swimming, Boating and Besting in Hammocks. Party Captures a "Bee Tree' With Interesting Results. "There are some people in Topeka who think a vacation will be a failure unless they can go to the seaboard or Colorado," said Lawyer T. F. Doran as he sat in his office tilted back in his chair with a contented look on his good natured face. "Those people tire them selves half to death with a long trip," he contined, "and if they expect to feel well they have to take a second vaca tion after they get home. But I have solved the vacation problem. It is not necessary to leave Shawnee county to recuperate. There are natural summer resorts without number within easy driving- distance of Topeka and I have Just tried one of them and I spent the most enjoyable week of my life and came home thoroughly rested." The party to which Mr. Doran be longed was made up of the following Topeka men and their families: Sher iff Porter S. Cook, Representative E. D. McKeever, John T. Chaney, Frank Laer erstrom and L. L. Kiene. The only un married member of the expedition was Miss Bertie Love, who accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Kiene. The camping place had been selected beforehand. It was on Mission creek, twelve miles directly west of Topeka, only a stone's throw from the old Pottawatomie Indian vil lage where many of the old settlers of Topeka witnessed Indian feasts and dances thirty years ago. Just across the stream is a precipitous hill from the top of which the homesick urban wanderer may catch a glimpse of the Btate house dome. The stream tum bles over stones between quiet oools in front of the camp ground and the trees are large enough to furnish shade and make people forget that this is a prairie country. It was at this spot that a wagon piled high with tents and sundries arrived one morning a week or two ago. A man had been employed to do the cook ing and under the direction of T. F. Ioran the tents were put in place by noon. A conveyance was sent to Va lencia to meet the members of the par ty who were to come by train, while the cook busied himself preparing the first meal. Five large tents were arranged in semi-circular form and the kitchen tent was pitched 100 feet away. A few feet from the cook tent a canvas cano py covered a table of rough boards up on which the meals were to be spread. The bill of fare was by no means meager and every woman in the camp who was "just sure'" she "could not eat a. thing" pronounced the cook a jewel before she had risen from the table. There was no worry about dish washing or what there would be to eat. All that was left to the cook. There are always some things left un doneand the stars were blinking through the tree tops before any one remem bered that the tents had not been "ditched." The ditching of a tent con sists in digging a little trench around the walls to prevent the water from running into it in the event of rain But the sky was clear and no one thought of rain. The men were all assigned to a large tent while the wo men and children were distributed among the rest. There was no sleep to be thought of In the men' s tent the first night. There were too many stories to be told. But about midnight a rumble of thunder was heard in the distance. Tom Doran was on his feet in a mo ment. He was followed by Frank Lagerstrom who was reiterating for the twelfth time a fear that he would run against some poison ivy somewhere and become inoculated. But everything was forgotten but the thunder and the two men went out in the night and dug trenches around the tents occupied by their families. It took an hour, and when they returned E. D. McKeever was breathing heavily. "Come, get up," said Mr. Doran, kicking the next speaker of the Kansas legislature in the side. "It is going to rain and you had better ditch your wife's tent." "Oh, let me alone," grunted McKee ver. "I don't believe it is going to ram and if I get up and ditch that tent and it does not rain I would want to kick myself." It did not rain that night, but the fol lowing evening the rain came down in torrents and the McKeever tent was Etui "unditched'.' John Chaney and Tom Doran brought in a mess of squirrels the sec ond day and the camp had its first taste of fresh meat. At the same time one or the lady members of the party caught several fine catfish so that the dinner bill of fare included both fish arid game. The second night in camp a regular mmmstrel show was organized with Tom Doran as interlocutor Ev every man and woman had to tell a sto ry, sing a song, or propound a conun drum. While the logs crackled on a blazing camp fire the merry partv ?E ud 3okes- The woods rang with the shouts and laughter and a farmer vk a mile awa was awakened ZL J16 2 Je and huntei "P the camp- Z VI nd out what was the matter L rt'ere no crests for disturb ance of the peace ifi! and Jirs- Sorter S. Cook ar t second day. Mr. Cook apolo gized for his tardiness and was for f"". v"i? the moment Sheriff Cook arrived he became an important factor in the camp. He acted as guide for the uninitiated. He fastened down tents, carried water and made himself generally useful. He even listened sympathetically to the man who had frightful dread of poison ivv, who by this time had discovered a little pimple on his wrist which he declared was the beginning of a terrible infliction. The day after Sheriff Cook arrived there came near being a tragedy in the ranks of the campers. Representative Mc Keever donned a pair of heavy shoes and some old clothes and accompanied several other members of the party up the creek. A boat was tied at the end of a long, deep eddy. Into this boat Sheriff Cook piloted the legislator. The officer rowed and things went well for some time. Finally Mr. Cook tilted the boat to see what effect it would have on his passenger. Mr. McKeever smiled and tried to look happy. Another tilt and the boat half filled with water. Mr. McKeever still kept his seat but he was not perfectly comfortable. One move ment more and down went the boat with both men. Representative Mc Keever went under the water until only the crown of his hat was visible, then he rose to the surface and a stream of water spouted from his mouth like that from a hydrant under fire pressure. He tried to swim but nis neavy snoes pulled him down until his mouth again filled with water. The women scream ed and turned away their face3 and Chairman John Chaney of the Republi can county central committee started a train of thought to secure a candidate for the legislature in place of the nom inee who was floundering helplessly in the water, but when they looked once more the portly form of the young statesman was on terra firma. His clothes were dripping but his face wore a relieved expression. "He was all right," said Tom Doran. "As soon as he got his breath he floated." Representative McKeever climbed up on the high bank and sat there shiver ing and neither threats nor entreaties could persuade him to go near the wa ter again. "Say, Frank,'" said John Chaney as he returned to camp, "I just saw some poison ivy out there in the woods but it ran up a tree and I was saved." This remark was addressed to the man with a large sized fear of ivy poison. The young man did not enjoy this pleasantry but he glanced at the pimple on his wrist and the hunted look re turned. The next day he secured a bottle of carbolic acid which he applied to his wrists with such success that he soon had several large blisters to show to his tormentors. He had been told that carbolic acid was a sure cure for ivy poison. Tom Doran reported the next day the discovery of a bee tree only two or three hundred yards from the camp. Saturday night was selected as the time for cutting the tree and robbing the bees of their wealth. Never did bandits make more careful plans. A package of sulphur, a cross-cut saw, an axe and two buckets were secured. Mr. Will Chaney and Miss Marie Brooks, Mr. Charles Lagerstrom and Miss Bessie Stewart arrived that day and were allowed to join the bee hunt ing party. How anxiously the crowd awaited "the coming of darkness. The ladies were to be allowed to occupy seats of honor on the side hill out of reach of danger. There was but one lantern and Tom Doran carried that. He piloted the crowd across the stream and over rocks and fallen logs like a Daniel Boone. There were a few falls to be sure but no one was killed. After inspecting several dozen trees Porter Cook sounded the war whoop -which meant that the enemy had been dis covered. His headquarters were in a little oak tree and just even with a man's head was a hole in the body of the tree where several thousand bees seemed to be doing picket duty. An improvised torch was dipped in the sulphur and placed in the hole after being lighted. The sentries disappear ed and two stout men started to saw off the tree. In a few minutes it went down. A fire Was started near the fallen trunk and the saw was again put to work and the body of the tree was cut off above the hole in which the bees had been seen. Here Tom Doran took the axe and split the trunk. As it fell apart the bees which had been in retirement swarmed out. A lump of honey large enough to be attractive was also revealed. The bees covered the ground like a carpet. Porter Cook was the first victim. "I'm nit, saia ne as he slapped the calf of his leg. One of the insects had taken refuge In his trousers leg. As the bees spread over the ground they began to do more effective work. Every few minutes the solemn stillness of the night was interrupted by a shriek which indicated that another brave man had fallen. These were greeted by murmurs of sympathy among the spectators on the side hill together with ill concealed giggling by the heartless visitors from town. John Chaney ran to the top of a hill only to find that he had been chased by a mosquito instead of a bee. Will Chaney put his hand against a tree but met a warm reception from one of the bees which was waiting for him. After the battle was over the roll was called and it was found that only one man a-aa missins snii he was afterward found safe at the camp. Sheriff Cook had been wounded three times, Tom Doran twice and nearly all those ac tively engaged had scars or swollen faces the next morning. But nearly 50 pounds of the finest honey ever seen was secured and there -was honey on the table at every meal after that. A bathing place just in front of the camp was kept in a constant state of commotion. Bathing suits which would be the envy of Newport belles did duty for the first time. County Treasurer H. M. Phillips and Police Judge Ferry and Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Love joined the party on Sunday. Breaking camp and the ride home was effected without incident. Be Patriotic. Smoke the Topeka Cruiser cigar, the best 5 cent cigar made. Geo. Burghart, manufacturer. A Free Souvenir. A souvenir button of the Topeka Cruiser given with each 25 cent pur chase of that brand of cigar. The best 5 cent cigar made. Geo. Burghart. Beggs' German Salvs Is an invaluable remedy for cuts, burns, bruises, scalds, chapped hands, sore nipples, sore lips, eczema, ulcers, chron ic sores, skin eruptions, fever sores, and all skin diseases. For sale by all drug gists. A Narrow Escape Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada E. Hart of Groton, S. D. "Was taken with a bad cold which settled on my lungs; cough set in and finally terminated in consumption. Four doctors gave me up saying I could live but a short time. I gave mvself up to my Savior, determined if I could not stay with my friends on earth. I would meet my absent ones above. My husband was advised to get Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. I gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles. It has cured me, and thank God I am saved and now a well and healthy woman." Trial bottles free at Swift Holliday's drug store. Reg ular size 50e and SI. Guaranteed or price refunded. Our baby has been continually trou bled with colic and cholera infamtum since his birth, and all that we could do for him did not seem to give more than temporary relief, until we tried Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Since giving that remedy he has not been troubled. We want to give you this testimonial as an evidence of our gratitude, not that you need it to advertise your meritorious remedy. G. M. Law, Keokuk, Iowa. For sale by all druggists. The G. A. R. will meet in Cincinnati September 5-10, 1S9S. They will leave here in special train via Santa Fe, Sep tember 5. The round trip fare is $16.10. Santa Fe agent will give you particu lars. The Ladies of the G. A. R. have ar ranged for through train to Cincinnati via Santa Fe on September 5. The round trip is $16.10. An excellent op portunity to give your family an outing. RECORDBREAKER Volume of Business Thus Far In August Exceeds Any Previous Tear In the Country's History. A DECLINE IN WHEAT Brought About by Conspiracy Among Traders To Punish Farmers For Hold ing Back the Crop. New Tork, Aug. 27. R. G. Dun Co's. Weekly Review of Trade says: The volume of business reflected in exchanges at the principal clearing houses is 20.4 per cent larger than last year and 26.8 per cent larger than in 1892, heretofore the year of largest bus iness and highest prosperity ever known. Part of the increase was due to speculation at New Tork, but there are most healthy increases over the best previous years, and though in some branches It is not satisfactory in char acter, in nearly all it is in volume larg er than ever before. No unfavorable change apears in the prospect of crops, upon which the welfare of the country largely depends, nor is there present or threatening fin ancial disturbances. Europe has not wearied or buying American securities although some speculators have been selling, nor is there shown any want of confidence among American investors. Comparisons as to foreign trade are apt to mislead, because imports last year were extraordinarily small after the big rush to anticipate new duties, while ex ports were beginnig to show the phe nomenal demand which made the most remarkable year in our history. Hence the decrease of 13 per cent from New York in August thus far is not alarm ing, but sales of products yet to be fol lowed are larger and have stopped any advance in the current rates of for eign exchange. Nor is it at all dis heartening that imports of New Tork for the month thus far exceed last year's by nearly $5,000,000 since last year they fell below those of 1896 by more than $4,000,000. Wheat goes down 3 cents for the week, as if there were no foreign de mand coming, the obvious concert of farmers to keep back wheat the crop being certainly very large, tending to encourage a conspiracy of traders against them, which thus far has entire control of the market. Atlantic ex ports for the week have been 2,731,594 bushels, against 3,563,369 last year, and for four weeks of August 13,101,079 bushels, against 13,378,638 last year, while Pacific exports, 254,239 bushels for the week, against 770,819 last year, have been for the month 1,363,794, against 1,405,333 last year. It is wise to remem ber that the foreign demand on account of last year's shortage is still lapping over, while reports show that more for eign crops are about average. The output of iron and steel no longer measures the demand, and the stipu lated stoppages of furnaces in the She nango and Mahoning valleys has raised toe price of Bessemer pig at Pittsburg to $10.50 and of grey forge to $9.25, with out any certainty whatever that such prices can be maintained when the val ley furnaces resume operations, as some of them are now doing. The na tural result is that the Pittsburg region is so much the less able to compete with the Illinois combine just formed, which is getting all the business it can do and promises to turn out iron at less cost than any other works in the country. At all points bars promise a larger out put than ever before, and structural forms and plates are in heavy demand, while the tin plate producers have found themselves obliged to advance prices about 10 cents per box, and the sales are said to be very heavy. Shipments of boots and shoes have been larger than in any previous year, amounting to 362,293 cases in four weeks of August this year, against 343,258 last year and 356,376 in '95. much the largest for this month heretofore and 323.394 in 1892. While leather is quite stiff, not withstanding extremely light purchases by manufacturers, hides yield a little at Chicago. The reduction in manu facture by the print cloth works, ex pected to reach one million spindles shortly, does not disturb the market for staple and bleached goods, which is unchanged. Failures for the week have been 179 in the United States, against 223 last year, and 26 in Canada, against 34 last year. Bradstreet's Report New Tork, Aug. 27. Bradstreet's Fin ancial Review says: Reactionary tendencies marked the early part of the week, the market also showing a decrease of activity and a falling off of the recent public interest in speculation. A firmer tone and a renewal of the advancing tendency has, however, appeared in the last two days. There has been no positive news of an unfavorable character, apart from ru mors that warm weather has injured the corn crop at the west and hardening of the money market, which latter cir cumstance is partially offset by the eas ier tendency in rates of exchange. The depression may acordingly be charged partly to the heated term, partly to the temporary falling off of public interest and partly to professional speculators realizing on their purchases. There was also renewed evidence of bearish manipulation, and the sharp de cline of Manhattan, which was one of the features of the week, was generally charged to that cause. The subsequent firmness and recovery also seemed to represent covering of a short interest in it. While a few stocks, notably North ern Pacific, were exceptionally strong, the general list sagged off under realiz ing sales and bearish pressure, being apparent in the granger and other por tions' of the lists that have recently made such marked advances. London, while sending prices higher, has, on the whole, been a seller of our stocks and balance. The bond list has been strong though its features have been mainly cheap specialties like Texas Pacific second incomes and standard rope and twine securities, in all of which marked advances have been scored. Government bonds have not been as active, as the demand for the older is sues have slackened and fractional re cessions have been recorded in some cases. The new 3 per cents, after touching 105, also receded to 105 on sales of allotments by subscribers for amounts up to $4,000, who this week re ceived notice of acceptance. Bucklen's AraicaSalve. The test salve In tne world for cuts, tiruises. sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores tetter, chapned hands, chilblains, corns' and all skin eruptions, and positive, ly cures piles, or no pay required. It ia truaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. tor tile by Swift Holliday. GOLD BUBBLE EXPLODED. Fortune Hunters Leaving the Klon dike All the Claims are Gone. Pittsburg, Aug. 27. The Klondike proper is an expioaea duddi, according to a long letter received nere yesieraay rrom J. vv. Cover of Seattle, who, with his brother, H. E. Cover of this city, is interested in the great northwestern gold fields. The local memDer or tne nrm received the let ter last night, and was much surprised at tne contents. nave oeen inter ested in the Klondike since the first dis covery of gold, and have several large claims mere now. jxr. over in nis let ter of yesterday says: "I regret to announce that the end of tne gold excitement nere seems in signt. I cannot see how It will last much longer. There is no doubt many of the tales sent out from here have been greatly colored. The truth of the matter i3 that up to date not more than $11,000,000 worth of gold has been taken out, and at the outside es timate there is not over $10,000,000 more here. This will all be worked out this coming summer. The miners, as a general thing, will not be sorry, as it has been a field hard on humanity. It does not look as though there would be much more de velopment on the Canadian ground, as the miners are very sore at the way they have been treated, and they will not be caugnt again in a roreign mining camp unless it is a very fine one. The 10 per cent assessment on tne miners nas de stroyed much work up there. "It will not be long now until the oen ter of the mining is o'er the border on the American side of the line. QuitQ a few of the boys went out last winter and worked up and down some of the small streams. As a result, on a small stream about 130 miles from the present center of the Klondike, a fine piece of gold land has been discovered. One fellow came in a month ago and brought $12,000 worth of gold with him. mis ne had got out in a few months, and there has been a great rush of money and prospectors in that di rection. To ten you tne truth, it has taken all the vitality out of the region here, and it looks as though the mines on tne American siue or tne line will rival, if not exceed, those on the other side. Fully 50 families have left here for that place, and lw more are going very soon. Several other little places of interest have been discovered around there. "Quartz mining to a great extent has taken the place of placer mining. The rocK is iouna to ue gooa and easily nan died, but come what may, I can see no future for the Klondike. It is a hard, cold, Inaccessible place, and the gold has really not been found in such paying quan tities as will pay to fool here much after the best edge has been worn off. Another year will likely see the finish of this place as a gold neid. "The Rothschilds have had an agent in here looking over the claims and doing quiet detective duty. I do not think he Dougnt mucti land tram any or the pros pectors, but thev were here to do business. To tell the truth, I think the Rothschilds want much of this property, but not just now. They don't need it as a gold field. The Klondike has a future which will make it far more famous than has its gold. It will have a wonderful output of copper very soon. This mineral is very xmcK nere, and wnat we need is a road to get it out. The Rothschilds are very busy building a road in here. Thev are also invading the Copper river districts. It Is about 130 miles to the coast from the Klondike, and it is necessarv to make a detour of 500 miles to get a way suitable tor a road Deo. as tnings are now, tney nave neen packing a little copper now and then on the backs of mules. As soon as the roads are ODened uo vou will finfl it one of the best copper countries in the world. "No matter what may hereafter be said about the Canadians, or what has been said, I can say that those fellows know how to run a camp in a mining district. They have the best officers I ever saw. They patrol the towns night and day, and their punishment is swift for those who transgress the law. Usually a murderer is hung within thirty days after his crime is committed, while a robber gets from two to four years. The Canadian officials would have no fooling, and they gave this out at the start. They have run this town in the best of style." LOTE SPANISH OFFICERS. Two American Girla are to Wed Cap tives at Annapolis. Washington, D. C, Aug. 27. The most romantic story of the Hispano-American war has just leaked out through a letter received here today from one of the prin cipals concerned, announcing the engage ment of a couple of young officers of Cer vera's demolished sciuadron to two fair daughters of the state of Maryland. The scene of this pretty romance is laid in Annapolis, the quiet old town where so many American heroes have spent years of their life in study at the United States naval academy, for the nonce the prison house of the vanquished Spaniards. The two officers who will take to Spain with them American brides are Lieuten ants Enrique Lacierva and Juan Cavan illas, the latter being in the pay branch of the service. The first named has found his fate in a Baltimore girl, Miss Clara W. Duff, an heiress, a popular beauty and the idolized daughter of a most re spectable family. Lieutenant Cavaniilas, one of the hand somest of the captured officers, has won the heart and oromise of her hand from Miss Mamie Hays of Annapolis, whosa hos pitable home has entertained the Spanish officers almost constantly since their ar rival. She is the daughter of Mr. Joseph F. Hays of that town, a dealer in musical instruments at 112 Church street. She is the close friend and intimate of Miss Duff, and the latter has visited Miss Hays at her home in Annaoolis since the arrival of the Spanish officers. The story of the meeting and courtship between these Spanish officers and Ameri can gins is or sucn a nature as to please the most romantic, and although unsuc cessful against the Americans in the sterner Dursuit of arms, these SDaniards have shown themselves no mean conquer ors in the subtle game of love. Upon their arrival at Annapolis the Spanish officers were not immediately re ceived at the homes of the residents, but enjoyed the liberty of the village during tne greater part ot tne day. on their rounds about the stores, shopping, they drifted into the musical establishment of Mr. Hays, where his daughter and her fair visitor were. They came to purchase a guitar to help while away the time about their quarters, but the bright eves of the American girls diverted their thoughts in to channels otner tnan commercial. Lieutenant Lacierva, an accomplished musician, seated himself at an open piano, and expressed in music what his limited knowledge of the English language pre vented him from staying in words. It was the old story of the serenade, and its ro mantic side appealed so strongly to the American girls that it was answered in kind by Miss Hays seating herself at the piano at the conclusion of the young of ficer's serenade and singing a love bal lad that did not depend upon the words for its meaning to be understood. The impromptu concert was repeated the next afternoon and for several days, the Spaniards bringing their brother officers to listen to the music, and the little store became the favored resort of the prison ers. Admiral Cervera himself visiting it several times to listen to the music. An exchange of cards was followed by introductions and invitations, and the scene of the love drama was shifted from the public store to Miss Hays' home. There entertainments were provided for the officers and there they met other young ladies of the little town. With the rest it was an amusing game, those among the officers who spoke English translat ing for their brothers and laughing at their ludicrous attempts to make them selves understood, but with Miss Duff and Miss Hays and Lieutenants Lacierva and Cavaniilas it was a more serious game. It was love at first sight, and there was no need of an interpreter be tween them. For one short month the courtship last ed, and with the approach of peace and the daily possibility of the prisoners be ing released and allowed to return to their homes, came the declaration on the part of the two officers and the surrender on the part of the two American girls. Spain was victorious. These facts were disclosed in a letter written bv Miss Duff to a friend in this citv. The two Americans want their prospective husbands to remain in this country, but they think they should re turn to Spain, and so a double wedding Is on the tapis in Annapolis and two blushing brides will return to Spain with the surviving officers of Spain's destroyed armada. We will do your launary worfc on hort order withoutout extra charge. Peerless Steam Laundry. THE JfcMl8 I oTpl 14 :&PGW iwmm 1 I STANLEY SCANL0N, Comely Musical Artists. MURRAY SISTERS, Song and Dance Artists. J HUGH MORRISONS. ALEEJ J Latest Illustrated Songs. TOM B. LOFTUS,: J Singing and Dancing Comedian. J ARTHUR JENNINGS, 4. Buck and "Wing Dancing.

jt THE WAROGRAPH, J lindanda.'"1 battles of the late War TURNS JNGHINA. England Alters Her Previous Policy Toward Russia And Bears Down Heavily on the Mongolians. ISSUES ULTIMATUM And Concentrates Her Fleet at Wei-Hai-Wei. China Caught Between the Lion and the Bear. London, Aug. 27. The Pekin corres pondent of the Daily Mail says: The situation has become acute. The relations between the Tsungr Li Tamen and Sir Claude McDonald, the British minister, are strained to the point of rupture. Sir Claude McDonald has in timated that any failure by China to observe Great Britain's wishes will be accepted as a casus belli. In support of Sir Claude McDonald, the fleet has been concentrated at Wei-Hai-Wei and Hankow and all the war ships under 5,000 tons have been mobil ized in the Yang Tse river. The naval demonstration is solely directed against China, as it is semi-officially stated that the existing relations with Russia are cordial. Lord Salisbury has abandoned the policy of the open door, substitut ing for it a policy of spheres of influ ence. Diplomatic conferences have been of constant occurrence in the last few days. Lord Salisbury insists upon the rec ognition by the other powers interested in China, of the boundaries of Great Britain's "Sphere of influence.'' In the same instrument, whereby Great Britain recognizes Russia's pos session in Manchuria, Russia, is requir ed to acknowledge the paramountcy of England in the Yang Tse valley ana guarantee that our territorial require ments shall be permanently respected. Great Britain is willing to drop her protest in respect to the New Chwang railway, but Russia is required to can cel her agreement with China that the country having the largest financial in terest arbitrate in disputes connected with the Pekin-Hankow railway. The negotiations are confined to Pe kin. The British ambassadors at St. Petersburg and Pekin are in close com munication. The Daily Mail's Hong Kong corres pondent, telegraphs: The British consul at Klung Chau Hei Nan has asked the American consul at Canton to urge the viceroy to send soldiers to Nodea, near Hoi How, to protect the lives and property of Amer ican missionaries there, who have been obliged 'co flee for their lives from No dea and seek the protection of the Brit ish consul at Hoi How. Today the American consul at Can ton notified the viceroy of the state of affairs and requested him to immediate ly telegraph peremptory orders to the officials of the disturbed district to dis perse the rioters and protect the lives and property of the Americans. Reports just received from Hai Nan indicate renewed excesses on the part of the Triad society who, strengthened by a horde of pirates, looted and burn ed a number of villages in the Hoi How district on August 19. The British con sul appealed to the Tauo Tai to protect the threatened Americans and soldiers were dispatched who succeeded in rescu ing them and escorting them from Nodea to Hoi How. The Copenhagen correspondent of the Daily Mail asserts he is in a position to confirm the statement he recently made that a compromise has been ar rived at between England and Russia in accordance with which Russia gets her way on the railway questions and England gets concessions in other direc tions. 'The relations between England and Russia," the correspondent says, "are very satisfactory, the Russian conces sions fully meeting English wishes." A special dispatch from Shanghai says: Violent scenes are reported to have occurred between Sir Claude Mac- Donald, the British minister, and M. Pavloff, the Russian charge d'affaires, owing to the latter's commanding the Tsung Li Tamen to revoke its agree ment with the Hong Kong bank under pain of the czar's strong displeasure. The Chinese are inclined to obey M. Pavloff, seeing that the British confine themselves to verbal protests. The position is now worse than ever. All the Russian ships have returned to Port Arthur, while the British vessels HTVyVV TTTT CRAWFORD THEATER. Big Attraction COMMENCING MONDAY AUG. 29th, I Tne Monarchs of High-Class Comedy, THE PAIGES SUPPORTED BY THEIR P Dramatic and Vaudeville. OPENING PLAY- OR Ladies free Monday Night. Prices

P. S The NEW CRAWFORD is oa electric fans and ice storage. are assembling at Wei-Hal-Wei and Che Foo. Extreme activity prevails ashore at Port Arthur. The action of the Russians at New Chwang indicates an intention on their part to remain there in strong force, whether they build the Tien Tsin rail way or not. SUNDAY AT THE CHURCHES First Christian church. Rev. M. K. Harlan will preach morning and evening. Morning subject, "Am I My Brother's Keeper?": evening subject, "That Wo man's Bible, Woman, and the Federated Clubs, or the Club That Would Club Its Friends." Divine Science lecture at 4 o'clock p. m., northwest corner Jackson and Fourth streets. The Y. W. C. A. gospel meeting next Sunday, 4:15 p. m., will be led by Miss Daisy Starr; subject, "A Character Study on Women of the Old Testament." Walnut Grove M. E. church, corner Eighteenth and Harrison streets, Rev. J. E. Coe pastor. Preaching, 11 a. m. sub ject, "The Neve- Birth": 8 p. m.. subject, "Joseph in Prison." Class meeting. 10 a. m. Sunday school, 2:30 p. m. Ep worth and Junior league, 7 p. m. First Presbyterian church, services 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Preaching by Rev. Theodore Bracken of Emporia. Sunday school, 9:45 a. m. Oakland Methodist Episcopal church. A. J. Coe, pastor. Sunday services, preach ing at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.: morning sub 1ect, "The Sower": evening. "The Bible." Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.; Epworth league, 7 p. m. First Methodist Episcopal church, Rev. E. L. Thorpe, D. D., pastor. 10 a. m., class meeting and probationers' classes; 11 a. m., preaching by the pastor; 2:30 p. m., Sunday school; 4 p. m.. Junior league; 7 p. m., Epworth league; 8 p. m., sermon, "How to Make the Home Happy." First African Baptist church. First street. Rev. Geo. D. Olden, pastor. Preach ing at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. At 11 a. m. Rev. Griffith, the evangelist, will preach. 7:30 p. m., Y. P. S. C. E. Services at the First Baptist church. Ninth and Jackson streets, will be held at the usual hours Sunday. United Brethren church services are held in Ladies' Library hall on Kansas avenue, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets. 11 a. m. and 8 p. m., preaching bv the pastor; 10 a. m., Sunday school; 3:30 p. m., Junior Y. P. C. U. 7 p. m., Y. P. C. U. meeting. S. C. Coblentz, pas tor. First United Presbyterian, corner of Eighth and Topeka avenues. Rev. M. F. McKlrahan, pastor. Preaching tomorrow at 11 o'clock on "The Woman's Bible." No evening service. Nellie McKirahan will lead the C. E. at 7 o'clock. Next com munion September 11. First Unitarian society. Young People's society at 7 p. m. Mr. G. C. Clemens will speak on "Primitive Christianity; or Was Christ a Christian." Quarterly meeting at the C. M. E. church. Preaching by the presiding el der, Rev. W. L. Fox, morning and even ing. Communion service at 3 p. m. Sun day school, 2 p. m. Epworth league at 6 p. m. Rev. C. F. Parham of the Divine Heal ing mission will preach at the Presbyter ian church, Oakland, Sunday, 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.; at 3 p. m., 689 Clay street, city. Tours in the Rocky Mountains. The "Scenic Line of the World," the Denver Rio Grande Railroad, offers to" tourists in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico the choicest resorts, and to the trans-continental traveler the grandest scenery. Two separate and distinct routes througn the Rocky Mountains, all through tickets available via either. The direct line to Cripple Creek, the greatest gold camp on earth. Double daily train service with through Pull man sleepers and tourists' cars between Denver and San Francisco. The best line to Utah, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington via the "Ogden Gate way." Write S. K. Hooper, G. P. T. A., Denver, Colorado, for illustrated descriptive pamphlets. Whitmere Bros., Barbers, 735 Kas. av. Ladies' Shirt Waists iaundred so that the colors will not fade, by Pearles9 Steam Laundry. 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4 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1898. TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL Ey FRANK P. MAC LEXNAN. VOLUME XXV NO. 205 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily edition, delivered by carrier, 10 cents i week to any part of Topeka or cuburbs. or at the same price in any Kan sas town where this paper haa a carrier system. By mail, one year J3.R0 By mail, three months 90 Weekly edition, one year 60 PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal Building. 800 and 802 Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. NEW YORK OFFICE. Temple Court Bldg-.. A. Frank Richardson. Mgr. CHICAGO OFFICF". Stock Exchange Buildinsr. A. Frank Richardson, Mgr. LONDON OFFICE. 12 Red Lion Court. Fleet Street. TELEPHONES. Business Office Bf ll 'Phone 107 Reporters' Room Bell 'Phone 577 All parties look alike to Jerry Simp son. He -told the Colorado Populists tftat It is principle he follows. It Is said that Gen. Miles will assume command of the army which Is moving on Alger's works when he returns from Porto Rico. According to the Sioux City Tribune the C. E. Q. railway has a candidate for congress in every district along its line in Iowa. "Webb Hayes having returned from Porto Rico, will probably resume his ante-bellum occupation of breakfasting at the White House. Col. Roosevelt should be discharged at once. In addition to his official duty .he has Alger and the governorship race on his hands and all that is too much for one man. The Chicago Tribune suggests that the reason we are not hearing so much about feeding the reconcentrados as formerly is because there are fewer of them to be fed. Chicago will join its great prototype In adopting the Spanish language, but not through the efforts of Capt. Bob Evans. Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews will engineer the job. Congressman Maguire, who was nom inated for governor by the fusionists In California, is said to be a single taxer and an advocate of government owner chip of railways. It looks as though Great Britain would soon have another opportunity of showing her good will towards the United States by consenting to the an nexation of Jamaica. A fleet as large as that of the United States, present and prospective should have a full fledged admiral. The peo ple have already selected the man for the place and his name is George Dewey. About all the men prominently con nected with the conduct of the war have now explained with the exception of Dewey. He doesn't seem to think that any explanation on his part is nec essary. Neither does the public. As one of the results of civilizing in fluences exerted by enlightened and Christian nations upon the heathen, it may be noted that John Chinaman has just placed an order in Milwaukee for 167 car loads of beer. Colonel Roosevelt is now in demand as a campaign orator. Senator Mason has invited him to open the Illinois campaign. He proved himself some thing of a spellbinder among the Span iards and Secretary Alger can testify to the fact that he is a vigorous writer. He may prove to be a' success on the stump. Washington C. Ford, a mathematical, statistical gentleman, has figured it out (in Harper's) that the navy we are going to need as a world-power will cost us $50,000,000 a year, that the army will cost us $75,000,000 to $100,000,000, and that probably the government will not be able to make both ends meet with an annual revenue less than $200, 000,000. But the transfer to the free list of articles imported from the ex-Span-sh Antilles, Hawaii and the Philippines .will wipe out a good deal of the present customs revenue about $30,000,000 a year on the item of sugar alone. This loss will have to be made good some how and somewhere. Mr. Ford's fore cast is that the collection of duties on Imported merchandise will cease to be the leading feature of our revenue sys tem, and that the great bulk of the government's income will in future be derived from internal taxation. The Grand Army veterans who will go to Cincinnati with the expectation of turning out in the grand parade on Wednesday, September 7th, will find an agreeable surprise awaiting them in the character and length of the line of inarch. The line is no longer than those of former years in other cities, and by the provisions of the G. A. R. can not be more than two miles. In Cincinnati, the parade will be over perfectly level ground, and on smooth paved streets. The first quarter of the march will be over granite streets Central avenue and Fourth street but those who have se n the smooth granite paving in Cin cinnati know that it is as easy to walk over as asphalt. The remaining three fourths of the walk is over asphalt paved streets, and the most of this on a street entirely free from street rail way tracks. Much of the formation, too, will be on asphalt streets. The re port published in a few papers that there was complaint about the line of march among old soldiers is said to be entirely without foundation. When the executive committee of the national counncil of administration met in Cin cinnati recently, the members drove over every foot of the line of march, and they gave it their unqualified approval. GLOBE SIGHTS. (From the Atchison Globe.) When a doctor looks grave, people believe in a cancer. Every woman objects to the manner In which men shake hands. When people we don't like die sud denly, it is always a "judgment." The "training" a man receives before marriage, doesn't go after he is mar ried. Every mother believes her baby is so nice that lots of wicked people are waiting for an opportunity to steal it. We imagine that kissing a girl wear ing glasses would be a good deal like kissing a man with a base ball mask on. When a woman bore calls, the hos tess is compelled to get rid of her twice: when she gets up to go, and at the front door. A man under 40 is at a disadvantage In that he can not excuse his attentions to young women on the ground that they are "fatherly." "When a man does a good deed, the women never say "That's just like a man," and when a woman is wise, no man ever cries, "That's just like a wo man." When there is a dog fight on the street, and the injured dog goes yelp ing away, all the other dogs take a bite at the injured dog, and they get him by the foot if they can, the foot being the tender part of a dog. People do the same thing. When a man is in trouble, it never seems to occur to any one to attempt to make his situation less miserable: everybody wants to take a bite at his foot. PEOPLE YOU HEAR OP. Dan Daly, now a railroad section hand in Kansas and formerly a sailor in the navy, where he served under some of the commanders who are now making history, says Captain Philip of the Texas is known among seamen as the "sky pilot," because of his relig ious tendencies. The king of Sweden has bestowed on the Scandinavian authoress, Clara Tschudi, the medal for art and science, it being the first time that a Scandinav ian authoress has received this honor. Clara Tschudi's works have already been translated into German and are mostly on historical subjects. John Hay, the ambassador to Great Britain who will shortly become sec retary of state, has always been better known as a poet than as a diplomat. Yet he secretly wishes that he had never penned "Jim Bludsoe" or "Little Breeches" poems that have given him a place among American literary men. He blushes yet when he is introduced as the author of "Little Breeches." After the attempted assassination of Bismarck in May, 1866, his wife said: "If I were in heaven and saw the villain standing on the top of a ladder leading down to hell I would have no hesitation in giving him a push." "Hush, my dear," replied Bismarck, "you would not be in heaven yourself with such thoughts as those." An Ohio postmaster has discovered and obtained a book that was presented to Wrilliam McKinley by his father forty years ago. The postmaster has forwarded the volume to the president. At the time young McKinley received the book he was a volunteer assistant to the man who now returns it and who was then postmaster at Poland, O. 500 TRAINED TOICES "Will Furnish. Music at the G. A. R. Campfire. Cincinnati, Aug. 27. The three camp fires which are to be given in Music hall on the first three nights of encamp ment week September 5, 6 and 7 will be upon as grand a scale as the local committee, which is made up of men with reputations as entertainers, can devise. "While the programme for each night will in general respects be the same, it is proposed to have different speakers, ana to introduce other changes. Congressman Jacob H. Bromwell will preside on Monday night; M. E. Ingalls, chairman of the citizens' committee, on Tuesday night, and Wm. B. Melish, ex ecutive director, the third night. Among the speakers promised for the occasion are President McKinley, ex-President Harrison, Senator J. B. Foraker, and others. The combined Catholic choirs, numbering 500 trained voices, will fur nish a part of the chorus music, under the direction of Andrew Boex. The Orpheus club, 150 voices, Chas. Gran Inger, director, and the Cambro-Ameri-can Choral society. 150 voices, David Davis, director, will also take turns in the war concert. They will be sup ported by Weber's military band of 50 musicians. A new and novel feature will be productions by the biograph of stirring war scenes and camp life on a canvas 60 by 70 feet, the largest ever attempted. It is expected to accommodate 8,000 veterans at each of these camp fires, which are to constitute a prominent part in the general plans of entertain ment. "Weather Indications. Chicago, Aug. 27. Weather forecast for Kansas: Generally fair tonight and Sunday; warmer tonight, southerly winds. Band concert, Garfield park, tomor row. Rheumatism Gone Complication of Diseases After Having the Grip Eetter In Every Way Since Taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. The grip and other forms of serious illness often leave the system in a thoroughly deranged condition. In such cases Hood's Sarsaparilla is just what is needed. Head this The grip left me with a complication of diseases. I was constipated, grew very thin and became discouraged. My wife procured a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla and I began taking it. After taking sev eral bottlea I gained in weight and felt 60 per cent better. The rheumatism with which I had been troubled left me and Hood's Sarsaparilla gave me strength. I have great faith in its curative power." William Caxjbeck, Pea body, Kansas. Klooci' Sarsa parilla Is the best in fact the One True Blood Purifier. Sold by all druggists. $1 six for $5. Hnnrl'e Pillc act easily, promptly and illOOU S fills effectively. 25 cents. KANSASNEWS. Ben New, a Thresher, Defrauds Many Farmers in Sumner. Skips Out and Leaves Numerous Unpaid Bills and Men. KAKSAKS WILL SHARE In a Fortune Left a Kansas City Woman. Chas. Bucher Insults Joe Wat ers in Larned Court Boom. Wellington, Aug. 27. Ben New, who has been threshing in the vicinity of Riverdale has skiped the country leav ing his debts unpaid and taking with him money that did not belong to him. New was threshing for Alex For syth on Wednesday and was to thresh, for John Heskett next. In the after noon he went to Mr. Heskett and told him he had to make a payment on his machine and if he would give him $65 he would credit him on his threshing bill. Mr. Heskett gave him $65. New also went to George Davis for whom he had threshed some time ago and de manded his money. Davis' bill was $20, but he had nothinig less than an $85 check. New assured him that he would take the check, get it cashed and return the. money to him. Davis trusted him. New cashed the check and returned Davis $35, keeping out $30 too much. He then skipped and nothing has been heard of him since. He also left his men unpaid, also several other bills. A mortgage yesterday took possession of his machine, and his hands and other creditors are left with nothing. New is over $300 ahead by his faking methods. DIRTY FACED DAGOS. Emporia Boy "Writes of the Heroism of Colored Soldiers. Emporia, Aug. 27. Jonas Eckdall has received a letter from his brother, Carl, who joined the volunteers of the Dis trict of Columbia. He has been having some peculiar experiences. The letter is unique, to say the least. It is writ ten, on three kinds of paper and en closed in an envelope made of an Ar buckle coffee wrapper. The paper was sewed through and through with strong black thread so that there was no dan ger of the letter being torn and lost. He was in the fight before Santiago and says: "Every inch of the ground over which we went had been hotly contested and on every hand could be seen the newly made graves of the Americans who had been killed. The Spaniards were given short shift and in most cases were the builders of their own graves and monuments, our boys simp ly killing all who resisted in their trenches and piling their own dirt over them. We were in position and under fire for about four hours and a half when the Dons sent up a flag of truce. No one in our outfit was hurt and don't know whether we did any damage or not. I sneaked down and out four trenches and worked my way around to the right of the battery when I found the Sixteenth regulars, whom we had just relieved, in new trenches and right here bobbed up one of those incidents peculiar to the life I have led more or less since I was 16. Of course no one is allowed on the firing line or in the trenches but the men detailed for their 'trick' of duty. I got in without being challenged and in so doing step ped on the man's hand on my right. It is unnecessary to say that he ripped out an oath proper to the occasion and one such as only a soldier can coin. I was on the point of attempting an ex planation of my clumsiness, when our eyes met. That was enough. He was an old-time friend of mine and a print er whom I had seen last in Albuquer que in 1SS3, Just before I had the small pox. Between taking turns at cracking away at the Spaniards, we renewed ac quaintance. He had no business to do so, but he let me try his Krag-Jorgen-sen rifle. I know one thing and that is, that I pulled an officer down from his horse at 800 yards range and sent him crawling into the thicket." He pays a high compliment to the colored troops. Prom where he was he saw some colored regular troops sur prised by the Spaniards. "Their am munition and their Gatling guns were burnt out. The officer in command or dered the whole line to the rear, when right here is where the American sold ier, even if he was black, showed him self a better man for the place than the man over him. One of the black cavalry sprang to his feet, flung the officer out of his way, swung his empty carbine around his head and yelled, 'To hell with the rear! Let's charge the dirty faced Dagos,' and started across the open space between the brush and the Spanish trenches. In an instant both regiments of blacks breasted the left of the ridge, on the point of which was a large Spanish blockhouse with a couple of machine guns and an immense num ber of Mauser cartridges. The Sixteenth and Twentieth seeing the pace set by these colored troops and not to be out done, set aside orders, made a rush for the front. This was a style of fighting to which our Spanish friends were not used to and they lost their heads. The blacks literally clubbed the enemy out of the trenches and then gathering up the Mauser rifles and cartridges, shot hell into them with their own medicine. It is said that between 500 and 600 were kiiied there that afternoon. The Spanish sharp shooters are not Spanish at all but are mostly Austrian, French and Italian volunteers, as are also their artillery gunners. I put in yes terday burying dead mules, which is in teresting, to say the least." RIOT IN THE COURTROOM. Litigant Takes Exception to Re marks of Opposing Counsel. Larned, Kan., Aug. 27. A riot almost occurred in the Pawnee county district court room yesterday afternoon. One of the celebrated Rush-Vandivert cases was on trial and the litigants on both sides and the attorneys who had been arguing a demurrer for two days, dur ing which many offensive charges and counter charges had been made, were in the most belligerent mood. Charlie Bucher of Newton, In closing the argument for the defense, was par ticularly severe in his criticisms, and finally referred to Joe Waters of To peka as a "dirty dog." Mr. Waters sprang to his feet and, with the excla mation that if the court wouldn't pro tect him he would protect himself, pick ed up an ink stand and attempted to strike Mr. Bucher. Several of the liti gants pulled off their coats, and the crowd in the court room surged up to the front of the bar In a general mixup, which threatened to terminate in a riot, and it required the combined efforts of the sheriff and several hastily summon ed deputies to separate the parties. Judge Andrews, being utterly unable to maintain order, adjourned court and ordered the court room cleared. When court convened some hours later Mr. Bucher made the proper apologies to Mr. Waters and the court, and stated that he desired to withdraw his remarks. At first Mr. aters re fused to accept the apology, but finally did so, when, after a short lecture of the lawyers for their disgraceful breach of decorum and a warning that it must not be repeated, the court permitted Mr. Bucher to finish his argument, af ter which he overruled the demurrer and gave the defense notice to get ready to present their side of the case. These cases have involved the bitterest elements of antagonism, and everybody is expecting more trouble, and of a more serious character before the end is reached. READY FOE A MOB. Wichita Expects Farmers to Lynch Train Robbers. Wichita, Kan., Aug. 27. Sheriff Sim mons has received notice that a crowd of men from Andover were planning to visit the Sedgwick county- jail for the purpose of taking Sam Smith and Dan Winn out and hanging them. Smith and Winn are in jail for the robbery of the 'Frisco train at Andover some weeks ago. While robbing the train a man named William Belford saw them and was going to give the alarm when they shot him. It was not thought at first that his wounds were serious, but he died there this week. Now his friends and neighbors want to avenge his death. The officials say there is no danger of a mob getting into the jail should one come, but extra guards are on duty. DOYLE DECLINED TO RUN". Republican County Populist Conven tion Explained. Belleville, Aug. 27. J. M. Doyle, Free Silver Republican, secretary of the Populist county central committee.with reference to the report that he was turned down for a renomination as representative, says: "The Populists did not turn me down; they kindly offered to nominate me by acclamation but I refused to be a can didate for renomination on account of private business interest. And as to their candidate, Wm. Moore's opposi tion to Governor Leedy, it is the same old story; he opposes him for the same reason that some Republicans up here opposed Major Morrill two years ago; they think a governor should come up to Republic county and close the joints, but Governor Leedy is all right in Re public county, and if you will pardon a political prediction, Governor Leedy will receive several hundred more votes in Republic county then he did two years ago, and W. D. Vincent will be elected congressman of the Fifth dis trict by largely increased majority over two years ago." SUES FOE $19,000 DAMAGES. Nortonville Man. Sets a High Price on Being Slapped. Atchison, Aug. 27. John Layson, of Nortonville, filed suit in the Atchison county district court today against A. J. Perry for $5,000 damages for assault. He had previously filed suit for $14,000 in the district court of Jefferson coun ty. The trouble grew out of a quarrel which the two men engaged in some weeks ago. It is alleged that Lawson made an insulting remark in the pres ence of ladies, and that Perry slapped him for it. KILLED THE WRONG PEESON Man at Chandler, O. T., Makes a Mis take in His Desire for Revenge. Wichita, Kan., Aug. 27. News comes to this city from Chandler, O. T., of the i killing of John Thompson Dy j.eonaru Bridge, the latter having mistaken him for another man. Alexander Bridge was shot some time ago by a young i man of the neighborhood of the name of Bryant. He was never arresieu. Leonard Bridge threatened to kill Bry ant if ever the opportunity appeared. He suspected that Bryant was at home, and, with two companions, went to the Bryant barn to investigate. Thompson was asleep in the barn when Bridge entered. He awoke, and as he started to rise Bridge fired, thinking it was Brvant. Thompson was instantly kiiied. "WELCOME HOME, MY SON." Decatur County Father-in-Law Meets New Relative With a Winchester. Oberlin, Aug. 27. There was a sensa tional incident connected with the mar riage recently of Elmer Van Epps and Daisy Feaster, of Bassettville. Elmer had been living at the home of A N. Feaster. the home of the girl s father, for some months. Mr. Feaster knew nothing about the marriage arrange ments. When the young folks drove back to the home place after the knot had been securely tied, Feaster met Elmer with a Winchester. Elmer did not wait to kiss his bride goodbye, but took a somewhat hurried departure. A protocol has been agreed to now, and there is no danger of bloodshed. AGED MAN'S MISHAP. Face Torn to Pieces by the Discharge of a Shotgun. Newton, Aug. 27. Alois SehmieTt, a farmer 72 years old, living near Elbing. Butler county, was leaning over the muzzle of his shotgun, which was cock ed, yesterday, when a child pulled the trigger Schmidt's hand was torn oft, his chin mangled, his upper lip and nose torn off, one eye destroyed and the other nearly ruined. Fragments of his false teeth were forced through the roof of the mouth and imbedded in the skull. He has a chance for recovery. KAN SANS HAVE A SHARE. Kansas City, Mo., Woman Heir to a Vast Fortune. Leavenworth, Aug. 27. Mrs. E. H. Lightner of this city has received in formation that her mother, Mrs. Pheba Parmenter of Kansas City, Mo., is one of four heirs who recently came into possession of $1,500,000 left to them by their grandfather, John Wroughton of England. Upon receiving her share of the estate Mrs. Parmenter will divide her share equally among her five children who are Mrs. E. H. Lightner, Mrs. Julia Swofford, and Mrs. M. F. Flynn of Armourdale, and Mrs. William Smith of Tonganoxie. According to this each one of the children will receive $62,500, which sum is sufficient to make them independent for life. BELIEVES IN FUSION. Ex-Congressman John Davis Thinks Finance the Leading Issue. Junction City, Aug. 27. Ex-congressman John Davis, Populist, said today: "In my opinion we should co operate with the Silver Democrats and Silver Republicans for the defeat of the combined forces of the gold bugs. The money question is still the dominant national issue. On that subject the Silver Democrats desire the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at sixteen to one. The doctrine means more money; it means government money; and, to more than half its ex tent, silver money means fiat money. The Silver Democrats also favor gov ernment paper as against bank notes. All these are Populist doctrines and the leading issues before the people. "Silver Democrats also oppose trusts, monopolies and court made laws; and they favor a tax on large incomes and several other good things which Popu lists approve. "On these issues the Silver Democrats fought the campaign of 1896, and are proposing to fight now, the present fall and in 1900. All of which facts prove the Silver Democrats to be a friendly party with which Populists may safely and profitably co-operate for the over throw of the common enemy." ON A SPECIAL TRAIN. Southern Kansas People Will Go to Omaha Exposition. Wichita, Aug. 27. The people of this city who contemplate visiting the Inter state exposition at Omaha, on "Kansas Day," go on the Missouri Pacific spec ial which will leave this city at 1 o'clock on the 31st and run through via Kan sas City. The train will start from Winfleld. Kansas Day is on Thursday, Septem ber 1. The celebrated Caman's band of Winfield, thirty-five pieces, the crack band of this section of the state, will have a special car and make music as they go, besides taking part in the ex ercises on the grounds. People from all sections of the state will be there in great numbers. The tickets, which are half rate, will permit the holder to return at any time up to and including the 7th of September. GEO. HANNA FOR LEEDY. Clay County Senator Denies That He is Supporting PefFer. Clay Center, Aug. 27. George W. Hanna, state senator from this district, who was reported to have pledged his support to Peffer for governor says it is not true. In an interview he says: "While I believe in the honest en forcement of the prohibitory law it looks to me like folly to contribute money to carry on a fight in a cause in which the so-called Christian people are not taking any interest. So long as the churches and church people in Kan sas sit idly by with folded hands and seeming indifference in the matter I cannot see the advisability of putting up money to convert the church people of the state on the prohibitory question. If Brother Peffer comes to Clay Center to speak I will cheerfully bear my share of the expenses attached to the meet ing." MARRIES FORMER WIFE. Council Grove Man Makes One Wom an Twice His Bride. Council Grove, Aug. 27. Ed. F. Bell was married in St. Louis last week to his divorced wife, Miss Mattie E. Amrine. The couple have been sep arated for several years but all differ ences between them have been satis factorily adjusted, and they will re sume their residence in this city. Fusion in Jefferson. Valley Falls, Aug. 27. At the Jeffer son county fusionists' convention held at Oskaloosa, Tuesday, these nomina tions were made: County attorney, Marsh Gephart; probate judge, Samuel Moore; district clerk.H.J. Butler; coun ty superintendent, A. E. Spence; repre sentative Fifth district, M. F. Marks; county commissioner, I. D. Hines. The state administration was endorsed. Serves Feet Instead of Minds. Detroit, Aug. 27. The Free Press of this place has suspended after a tem pestuous career of six months. The ed itor, J. A. Roulston, has started a shoemaking shop, and says it pays bet ter than journalism. WILL PLAY WEDNESDAY. Happy Hoppers and Terpsichorean Dancing Clubs to Play Baseball. Beginning at 3:30 o'clock next Wednes day afternoon the Happy Hoppers and 1 erpSlCnOreail UailUllie v.n fiaj a game of base ball at Athletic park. Admission will be free and the "knock- I ers" are expected to be present. The young Indies who are friends of the young men I will be present to encourage them as much as possible, in the struggle for vic tory. The teams will line up as follows: Terpsichoreans. Happy Hoppers. Crane catcher Curry, H. Cuirv. F pitcher Martin, V. Hug-tjles lb Banks Black W. J 2b Graham. E. Sherman 3b Hogeboom Chamberlain s.s Shook Barnes. Chas l.f Garvin Wikidal c.f Ramsey Brady r.f Martin. W. W. H. Ruff has been invited to umpire the game, and is considering the matter. TOPEKA WON THE FIRST. Atchison Defeated by the Score of 6 to 4 Playing Today. Topeka won from Atchison yesterday by the score of 6 to 4. Doc Brown, the gen ial third baseman of the Atchison team, essaved to pitch against Mauck. and he wasn't bad. He struck out eight men and held Topeka down to eight hits. Mauck, for Topeka, pitched a shut-out game and would have had it that way but for unfortunate errors at critical times. Not a run was earned by Atchison, as their two base hits were made on errors by Clark in center field. I In the fourth inning, witn one man on a base, Bailev landed a home run over the fence. Krueger got two singles and a two base hit. The teams are playing here again today, and may play tomorrow. WESTERN LEAGUE. Kansas City, 8: Detroit, 6. St. Paul. 4; Indianapolis. 2. Milwaukee, 2; Minneapolis, 0. This latter game was played in an hour and five minutes, the record of the season. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Cincinnati, 10: Baltimore, 0. New York. 8; Cleveland. 1. Washington. 8: St. Louis, 3. Louisville, 5: Philadelphia, 3. Chicago, 3: Boston. 2. Brooklyn, 3; Pittsburg, 2. Positions as to Pennants. In the National league the order is: Bos ton, Cincinnati. New York, Chicago. Pitts burg, Philadelphia. Brooklyn, Louisville, Washington, St. Louis. In the Western league the order is: Mil waukee, Indianapolis. Kansas City.Colum bus. St. Paul, Detroit, St. Joseph, Minne apolis. Emporia 7 Scranton 6. Neosho Falls. Kan.. Aug. 27. Emporia and Scranton played another excitinggame here vesterdav before a crowd of four thousand people, the score standing 6 to 7 in favor of Emporia. Batteries Emporia, Randolph. Harris and Moses: Scranton Smith and Rowe. Both pitchers were bat ted hard. Sharps of Scranton knocked out a home run. Armours 5 Ottawa 1. The Armours defeated Ottawa yesterday at Ottawa by the score of 5 to 1. The Ladies of the G. A. R. have ar ranged for through train to Cincinnati via Santa Fe on September 5. The round trip is $16.10. An excellent op portunity to give your family an outing. O To the Rescue. o o o o o o O o o c o o 0 o o PLUG an army of men (who chew it) ready to rescue it: large enough to shovel Spain off the map of Europe. No other chewing tobacco in the world has ever had so many friends member when you buy again. j J w s? vJ W X SOO STUDENTS. 40 INSTRUCTORS. jt jt jk $500,000 ENDOWMENT. J I A Free Education in the I Iansas Four Courses of Study. Agricultural, Household J Beautiful Grounds. Admission on examination direct from the district schools. Daily military drill and shop practice. Special courses in dairy, shops and printing office. J Noontime lunches at actual cost in College Lunch Room. College Book Store furnishes books and stationery at actual cost. T No tuition or fees in any department Fall Term Begins September 7, 1898. 2 For Catalog or Information Address, t PRES. TII OS. E. TVIXX, Cor. Fifth w ashfoym CSSeoie TOFESA, KANSAS. A CoEdacational Christian College SJS to degrees, Bachelor of Arts, of Science, of Letters. Preparatory Academio course of three years, leading to Freshman. V nutfmant Ftrcf Clfcs Beautiful Campus of 160 acres; six fine EqUipiliClll rilM WlaS3. buildings; Library over 7,000 volumes; Laboratories; Museums; Ladies' Dormitories; Gymnasium. Instrnction Thorough. Languages, Ancient and Modern English; Science: Mathematics; History and Political Economy; Elocution and Oratory; Philosophy; Music and Art Special courses in the study of the English Bible. FvnflCAC VfiUCnnuMfi Tuition $40 per year. Board $2.00 to $3.00 LAyCUSCS UCasUUaUlW per week. Boom rent low; no incidentals. Occasional opportunity for self help. Situation Ideal. electric car every twenty minutes. Combines advantage of both city and "ountry. For Catalogue and information, Address, Fall Term Begins September 14tii. "HE THAT WORKS EASILY, WORKS SUCCESSFULLY." CLEAN HOUSE WITH A L0A1T OP $103 COSTS For 60 months. S2.23 84 months. 96 months. 81.65 Mortgages released promptly when last pavment is made. Fart or all of loan may be oald t any time with a sayui of interest to you. The Savings and Loan Ass'n. Our object and aim Is to ena ble you to se cure a home od easy monthly installments. J Tel. 505. S. E. Cor. 'Phone 31. Catalosua Free. Day and o

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v. 1 I i i: 'V i ri 1 1- i v.) i i 7 W t i r SOCIETY NEWS. Miss Josephine Bard entertained a few of her friend3 at a. very pleasant porch party Friday evening1, compli mentary to Miss Margaret Tytherleigh of Emporia. The evening passed quickly in music and conversation, after which refresh ments were served. Those" present were Mrs. MeMillen, Miss Daisy Starr, Miss Dora Kirk, Miss Edna Kirk, Miss Margaret Tytherleigh, Miss Kliabeth Kby, Mr. H. M. White, Mr. W. VanWinkle, Mr. Heel, Mr. C. H. Dalton and Mr. Leslie Bard. A Pleasant Picnic. The employes of the Z. R. B. and some of their friends enjoyed a picnic at Garfield park last evening, after which they took in the minstrels. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Coleman, Mr. and Mrs. Burgess, Mr. and Mrs. Bray, Mr. and Mrs. Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. Tublis. Miss E. L. Behler, Miss Mamie Behler, Miss Eilinstein, Miss Ethel Lewis. Miss Alice Hopkins, Miss Vera Hill, Miss Lily Burroughs, Miss Clara Minert, Miss Florence Nightin gale, Miss Hattie Campbell, Miss Laura Piers, Miss Amv Averv. Miss Laura "VV'hitkind, Miss Nellie Whitkind, Miss Edith Lewis, Miss Nellie Crook, Miss Bertha Moody. Miss Ollie McNoun.Miss Josie Jones, Miss Julia Chutes, Messrs. Oscar Kindel, Will Hopkins. Will Knepp, Moody, Slusser. Will Kindel, Harry Henry, Alvin Stone, Arthur, Cathers,Robert Roper and Alex Voight. Notes and Personal Mention. Miss Mary McQuaker, who has been the guest of Mrs. C. S. Sutton for sev eral weeks, left today for her home in Chicago. Miss Lou Barker, who has been very ill at her home in Lawrence, has gone to Colorado to spend the remainder of the summer. Miss Ollie O'Brien while out boating a few days ago at Bear Lake had quite an accident; by some chance she fell from the boat into the water, but owing to the gallant conduct of her escort she escaped all injuries except a severe ducking. Miss Edith McConnel is coming from Kansas City Tuesday to visit Miss Jos ephine Van Amburgh. Mrs. E. AX. Carpenter is quite ill at her home on Madison street. The committee of the traveling libra ry, rejected three books from the one hundred donated by the Ralston club; the "Woman's Bible,""Women's Church and State" by Gage, and a paper back ed bonk entitled "The Strike of a Sex" by Miller. Mrs. Henry Hull donated three cases for the traveling library. Mrs. E. L. Thorpe and daughter are visiting friends in Kansas City. Miss Bertha McCormick of Sterling Is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ferguson at their homes at 508 Horn street, Pot win. Mrs. Ruby and daughter Bertha, re turned to their home in Arkansas City, today, after a few days" visit in the city. The Ralston club is holding a picnic at Garfield park this afternoon. Misses Myrtle and Lulu Fordyce are entertaining this afternoon at their home on Taylor street. Mrs. O'Brien leaves today for New York to be absent three weeks looking after the fashions for the coming sea son. Miss Lizzie iTaeahe and little niece Ada May Macabe left Friday for their none in ban Francisco, after a visit with the family of Mr. and Mrs. A- J. En art. Miss Matie Knox will sing a solo at the First Methodist church Sunday morning. Miss Edith Truax left todav for her home in Chicago after a several weeks' visit with Miss Lillian Tefft. Mr. and Mrs. William Troutman left today for a two weeks' trip to Califor nia. Mrs. L. B. Dailey and little son Jack have returned from a six weeks' visit in Pueblo. Miss Edith Metcalf is visiting rela tives in Florence. Miss Marcia Spivey has returned from a month's visit in Lincoln and Omaha. Mrs Hugh Hartman and daughter Anna of Carbondale spent Friday with Mrs. Fanny Sutherland. Mrs. Anna Moore left Friday for her home in Pleasant Hill, Mo., after a two weeks' visit with her sister, Mrs. Mc Arthur. Mr. Charlie Woff will return Sunday from a two months' trip in the east. Miss Mary Sutherland has returned from a visit in Leavenworth. Air. Roy Bradford has srone to Ard- more, I. T., to spend Sunday with his parents. Mr. Frank Curry left Friday evening for White City. Miss Mabel Ellis of Ottawa is visiting friends in Topeka. The Sunday school of the Martin M E. church held a picnic Thursday after noon in Coddington's Grove, south of town. Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Hoover are going to spend Monday and Tuesday in Wa rn ego. Mrs. P. H. Niles and daughter Edith left today for Las Vegas. Mr. Hoge of the state treasurer's of fice has gone to his home in Olathe to spend Sunday. Mrs. C. B. Men-lam has returned from Petoskey. Mr. Percy Bible of Chicago is in "To peka visiting his brother. ATr Bible of the Rock Island offices. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Goggen left Thursday for their home in Galveston. Texas, after an extended visit with Mrs. K. U. Whitted. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Nickels of Rich land are visiting in the city. Miss Edna Anderson of Abilene Is vis iting friends in the citv. Miss Jennie McCall left today for a two weeks' visit in Emporia, the guest of Miss Margaret Griffith. On Wednesday evening. Mr. O. M Capron was very pleasantly surprised at his home by a number of his friends the occasion being his birthday. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Ca pron, Mr. and Mrs. Ravmond Sommrs Mrs. Whitney, Miss Ella Capron, Miss Lewis, Miss Carrie Beoson. Miss Daisy Whitney, Mr. Dee Miller, Mr. John Ha ven, Mr. Earl Capron, Mr. Charley Whitney and Mr. Richard Howard. A Skin of Beauty It a Jot ForsTer." DR. T. FELIX ;OUKLl- OKIES. IAt (REAM, OK HAUKAL LtAtllHtK. furlfie as well as Beautifies the Skin No ether cosmetic wul do it. Kemoves Tan, Pimples, Freck les. Motn ratch- I i-v Bash and Skin diseases. and every blem ish on beauty, and defies de tection. It has stood the test of 4S years, and la so Harmless we taste it to be I sure !t is prop I erly raade. Ac- cept no counter feit similar name. rr T. A. sayro said to a lady of the baut-ten (a pa tient): "Aa you ladie will us tbem. I recora mend 'Gouraud's Cream' as the least harmful of all skta preparations-" For sale by ail IjruggisLs and Fancy Uoods Dealers In the U. aW. laaauaa, and Kuroue IKED. T. HOPKINS. Prop'r, 7 (Usui Jyues St..i. X I mmiSSmm Dancing Girls of the Type K. K. MINSTRELS IMPROVES Last Night's Performance Was Much Better Than the First The second performance of the Karni- val Knights minstrels given last night at Garfield park was much better than the first performance and was highly satisfactory as an amateur entertain ment. In the first part the stage fright had worn off from Assistant United States District Attorney Harry Sutherland, nee Bone, and when he sang "I'm Happy My Baby's Come to Town," he looked it. He was so glad for her to leave the short grass country and to be with him in the gay whirl of city life. "Look on Tour Coon Oh Babe," by Julius Weidling, was also well received. In the second part Ned Henderson re frained from giving any of his choice free hand drawings from life and the second part was much better. Robert Roediger in his trick bicycle act was very good. Frank Weightman in his prima donna impersonations was re called twice and the second time re sponded with "I Can Not Sing the Old Songs.'" Prof. Ray in his songs with the Troubador Mandolin Trio accom paniment was well received. The audience was well pleased with the entertainment and Paul Torrington deserves credit for his untiring efforts In coaching the performers. Criticisms on the entertainment should fall on the shoulders of the individuals and not on Mr. Torrington as he labored under many disadvantages. The minstrel en tertainment will be repeated on the evening of Labor day. NEWS FROM GERMANY. Bismarck's Memoirs Being Censored by the Government Berlin, Aug. 27. Prince Constantine, a nephew of Prince Hohenlohe, the im perial chancellor, will take orders on Sunday next in the Abbey church of Soccia, in Styria. The Germania says the Imperial gov ernment is examining Prince Bismarck's letters; and the family of Prince Bis marck declare that they will not pub lish his memoirs and correspondence at all if any liberties are taken with the text. As a result of experiences In the Hispano-American war the new Ger man battleship now in course of con struction will be armed with 24 cen timetre instead of 28 centimetre guns. Vienna, Aug. 27. The Fremdenblatt suggests that Spain, for financial rea sons, might eventually sell the Philip pines to her creditor, France; while America, if she retains the Philippines, might exchange them for British terri tory in Central America, Other Austrian papers think that if America demands the cession of the Philippines she will inevitably come in to conflict with Russia and Europe. A. 0. U. W. AY ILL BE THERE. Topeka Lodges Meet and Decide to Appear in the Parade. Representative committees from the several A. O. U. W. lodges in the city held a meeting last evening to devise ways and means for properly presenting that order in the great fraternal dis play during Festival week. Every lodge but one was represented at the meeting, and after carefully going over the whole matter it was unanimously decided to take a part in the parade. The Workmen have several crack de gree teams, and although nothing will be given out just yet, a prominent mem ber says the A. O. U. W. will show something that will certainly merit a first prize. Rough Eider Merritt Stricken. Fishkill, N. T., Aug. 27. Private Merritt of Colonel Roosevelt's rough ri ders is very low at the home of his father, James Merritt at Marlborough, Ulster county, having been stricken down with fever after he had passed through all the battles without a scratch. It is thought he cannot live. Young Merritt was living in Arizona at the time he joined the regiment. Summer Tourist Tickets to Colorado and return for $24.00, on sale daily to September 15, by Santa Fa Route. A GROUP OF NATIVE HAWAIIAN WOMEN. Pick Which One You Would Like for the Queen of the Topeka Carnival. Common in Our New Island Possessions, SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS C. J. Webb is said to be the handsomest man on the Santa Fe road. The condition of Frank Chaney, who has diphtheria, is much improved. The Knights and Ladies of Securttv will run an excursion to St. Joe on August 31. Dr. C. F. Menninger has purchased the Edwin Scott home at 1251 Topeka avenue. The Topeka Sportsmen's association will hold a shoot at Garfield park on Labor day. The work on the asphalt pavements at the state house will commence in a few days. A new chtirch will be dedicated at Smith Center September 3 by Rev. C. Hoiman of this city. All the city schools are being fumigated by the city sanitary officers. School opens September 12. There were 16 cars on the way from Gar field park to the transfer station at one time last night. The G. A. R. posts of Topeka will dis cuss the location of the G. A. R. reunion at a meeting tonight. Annie L. Diggs will preach tomorrow in Hoxie. She is a firm believer in the church as a clvilizer. The Bachelors' club of this city has no tified Mrs. Meredith that they will put a float in the floral parade. The funeral of Mrs. Hattie Burt will take place. Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Oakland M. E. church. Rev. C. Hoiman will deliver address at Manhattan August 31 and September 1, at the district convention of the Y. P. S. C. E. One of the prettiest cottages In Topeka is that now- being built at the corner of Fifth and Buchunan streets by Will Mile ham. The Moclocs will give a concert at Gar field park next week and will sing the songs they have been rehearsing for their trip to Cincinnati. A minister today sent a funeral notice to the State Journal as follows: "The funeral of Mrs. deceased, will take piace at the church at 2 p. m." The Santa Fe shopmen will construct the framework for the gunboat Topeka float in the floral parade. Four flower makers are at work manufacturing the liowers for this float. A false alarm of tire called firemen to the Parkdale school late yesterday after noon. Hose company No. 2 had a nar row escape from collision with an east bound Santa Fe train at Adams street. The Dollce yesterday arrested Ed Smart and .T. Franklin, charged with srrand lar ceny. They are opposed to nave stolen 500 new grain sacks from Armstrong Kassebaum and sold them. The sacks were recovered. The will of the late O. G. Tayman was yesterday admitted to probate. He was a partner or tne nrm or i ayman-uiicnty company. The partnersnip interest is Be queathed to tne lamer oi me ueceaseu. Mr. Oberley is made sole executor. The floral committee has decided to al low business houses to have lioats in the floral parade with the. names of the firms made in nowers. inis win aiu n wi&c number of floats, as the merchants will rlaHy take advantage of this way to ad vertise their business. Pink Bayless. the 17-year-old son of S. M. Bavless of luburn. had one of his eyes removed in this city yesterday. While repairing a barb wire fence on his father's farm Thursday one of the barbs struck him in the eve. piercing the eyeball and making the removal of the eye necessary. pn.wnt.itivp E. D. McKeever is hav ing no end of trouble because a Missouri paper published the statement that he is suing someone xui itiiiiriuis nn m wife's affections. Mr. McKwver s nome life is perfectly congenial and the case referred to was one he commenced as at torney for another man. Sheriff Cook returned today from Junc tion City, bringing with him Merrill Ar- ter. colored, wno Is cnargea wiin Durgiarj. He is supposed to nave entereo jonn oaw-i-er a house, near the Topeka cemetery. and stolen a watch, some money and a guitar. The robbery occurrea August zz. There was a hot time in femoKy now ior awhile this morning at 1 o clock. Three drunken colored women quarreled and were arrested bv the police. They were E!la Buckner and Min Saunders. who were charged witn arunKrnn&ss aim u'uiu ance of the peace, and BerUe Woods, charged with disturbance of the peace. "Dr." Henry Martin, a blind horse doc tor, who claims to be from Topeka, at tempted suicide at Newton yesterday by taking a quantitv of sulphuric ether. He recovered from the effects of the drug and left town. He is a traveling horse doc tor who has no home. His wife, who is a lunatic, travels with him and offers for sale obscene literature. They are arrest ed every time they strike Topeka. Chief Strauss returned from Omaha yes terday, but before he went out to his home he telephoned to his wife, telling her he was in Omaha and was withou.t funds. He asked her to get Jailer Hop kins to send him $10. He had no sooner rung off than the bell rang and Mrs. Strauss asked Jailer Hopkins to send the money. He promised to do so, and the chief started home. In about twenty minutes the telephone rang at police sta tion and Mrs. Strauss said to Jailer Hop-uins- "You needn't send that money. Mr. Strauss is home, and I'll get even with 1 Thoroughly Representative of the Pure Blood him for that trick years." if it takes me five SEASON OPENS With "At Gay Coney Island" at the Crawford Tonight. "At Gay Coney Island" comes to the Crawford theater in this city for the first time tonight, after having found favor as a musical farce in the east during the past two seasons. It opens the Topeka theatrical season of 1S98-9, and will be seen by a large audience. The improvements on the stage and entrance of the Crawford theater were completed today. "At Gay Coney Island" is based on the humorous side of the popular New York resort, and abounds in humorous situations and diverting musical fea tures. Coney Island is nothing if not pandemonium turned loose and there have been counted on one summer Sun day no less than fifty bands of music, a hundred exhibitions of singing and dancing and a thousand minor features that might with propriety be adapted to stage uses. A complete scenic in vestiture is carried by the eompanyand no detail has escaped for a faithful stage picture of the phases of life ex isting at this riotous play ground. The Paiges will open a week's engage ment at the Crawford theater next Monday evening, presenting "OurBoys" as the opening bill. This company is popular in Topeka and will receive liberal patronage throughout the week. The vaudeville features this year are said to be better than ever before, and the company presenting the repertoire of plays has been strengthened. The prices will be 10, 20 and 30 cents. EXPANSION COMMISSION. Has Been Named According to the London Times. London, Aug. 27. The Times this morning referring editorially to the American peace commission says: The commission is strong in personnel and in policy, and must be taken to represent President MeKinley's concur rence in the inclination of the Repub lican party toward a policy of colonial expansion. The nomination of Mr. White may be due to the president's re solve not to ignore the interests and susceptibilities of the church of Rome in the final settlement of the Philippine subject. If it be true that President MeKinley is, as he seems to be, resolved to hold something more than Manila, the logic of the situation will probably lead him in the end to the occupation of the whole archipelago. Moreover, bereft of Manila, the Philippines would obvi ously be nothing but a costly burden which Spain would soon probably at tempt to relieve herself of in a man ner little acceptable to the United States, especially looking to the im mense war bill Spain has to pay and the absolute necessity for retrench ment. TO SPRINKLE THE BRIDGE. Councilman Skinner Will Make an Effort to Have it Bone. Not only the approaches to the Kan sas avenue bridge but the bridge itself will be kept sprinkled if Councilman Skinner has his way. Mr. Skinner has already secured the passage of a reso lution instructing the street commis sioner to sprinkle the approaches and at the next meeting of the council he will make an effort to enlarge the scope of his resolution by making the instruc tions cover the entire roadway of the bridge. On a windy day the bridge is not a pleasant place for either vehicles or pe destrians as the dust blows up in great clouds. The sprinkling of the approach es has not yet been done but as soon as the apparatus is in shape the work will be done and it will be very little trouble to extend the sprinkling over the entire roadway. Named by the President Washington, Aug. 27. The president made the following appointments: To be chief engineer in the revenue cutter service Andrew J. Harrison, A. Jack, William Robinson, Nathaniel E. Cutch in, Charles F. Nash, Edward J. Noon an, Harry L. Boyd, Herbert L. Spear. Santa Fe Route dining cars are equip ped with, electric fans. Native Hawaiian Women. STAMPS ON CHECKS. Will Soon Be Printed in Topeka by the Hall Co. The Hall Lithographing company of this city has received the authority from the government to imprint reve nue stamps on checks. The prin-ing plant will be established in a few days, and thousands of the revenue stamps will be printed right in Topeka and not sent away to be done by some other town. The government designates certain places where stamps shall be printed. Then two men are appointed for each plant. One is an inspector who shall be paid a salary of $1,600 a year. The other is a counter, with a salary of $900 a year. Fred K. Brown, of Blue Rapid.'!, a son-in-law of Judge A. H. Horton, has received the appointment as inspector at the Hall Lithographing plant, and Mr. Hendricks, of Danville, 111., as counter. A small press located in the basement of the Hall building will be used to imprint the stamps. The To peka firm has to pay -the salary of a pressman and the salaries of the in spector and counter. Each evening af ter the work is completed for the day the inspector and counter will take offi cial notice of the number of checks im printed, will record it and then lock up the dies in a safe. There is no other Topeka firm given authority to im print revenue stamps, and but two in Kansas City the Hudson-Kimberly, and the Union Bank Note company. From best authority it is thought that the revenue law will be in effect four years. The establishment of an im printing plant is not a profitable en ture directly. It is simply a piece of business enterprise which in the long run pays. In case the revenue stamp law should be repealed before four years, the firms which print them will be losers. The Hall Lithographing company has to pay the government two cents for every check on which they imprint a revenue stamp. For this they receive $1 a thousand from their customers. It therefore costs banks and corpora tions, etc., $21 a thousand for checks, besides the cost of the paper on which they are printed. WHY NOT MACADAMIZE 1 Condition of Kansas Avenue North of Gordon is Bad. Any one who rode to Garfield park last night, either in street cars or other conveyances, will sympathize with the effort to have North Kansas avenue macadamized from Gordon street to Garfield park. North Kansas avenue is one of the dustiest streets in Topeka. It is cover ed with a fine sand which makes breathing well nigh impossible when it is wafted to the nostrils after being disturbed by horses' feet. The city has plenty of broken stone and it can be put to no better use than being placed on Kansas avenue between Gordon street and Garfield park. Garfield park will for some time be the principle out door amusement re sort of Topeka and it is due to the citizens that some inrr jvement be made in the roadway which will at least prevent the suffocation of the peo ple who desire to go to the park. GRAND EXCURSION To St Joseph $1.25 for the Bound Trip "Via the Santa Fe. The Knights and Ladles of Security will have charge of this excursion, leav ing Topeka Wednesday, Aug. 31st at 7 a. m., returning leaving St. Joseph 7:45 p. m.For particulars see K. and L. com mittee or agent at depot. Tickets will be on sale at the national headquarters in the Stormont building on the even ing of Aug. 30th. Van Prather's New Scheme. Ex-State Auditor Van B. Prather Is in a new enterprise which has just filed its charter with the secretary of state. The new institution is called The Amer ican Detective agency and its head quarters are in Kansas City. There is an attorney in the company and an ef fort will be made to secure damage cases on contingent fees. The capital stock of the new company is $25,000 and following are the directors: Van B. Prather, J. J. Burger, Thomas Cahill, William B. Clark, James Breed. CORN BULLETIN. Issued by the C. B. Q for Territory Along the Line Chicago, Aug. 27. The Corn Bulletin issued by the C. B. Q. says this about the crop in the states named: Nebraska The wheat is threshing out finally, about the lowest yield being 12 bushels to the acre and the highest 30 bushels, winter and spring wheat run ning about alike on account of the very favorable early weather for the latter. There have been rumors of hot winds recently injuring corn. There proves to be little or nothing in these reports. Corn is in fine condition in the western part and the far eastern part of the state. Between Hastings and Lincoln on the Burlington route it does not look so well. Corn has lacked efficient culti vation on account of early wet weather at a time when the work was most needed to keep down the weeds. Of reports from 56 counties, two say the prospect is excellent for corn; 58 that it is good, 102 fair, and 79 poor; one de clares the crop a failure. Iowa Of 100 reports from 30 counties eleven say the condition of the corn crop is excellent, 60 that it is good, 18 fair and one poor. As to winter wheat 38 reports say the quality is good to excellent, 25 that It is fair and four poor; and as to spring wheat. 38 say good to excellent, 27 good, 17 fair and three poor. Northern Kansas Of 20 reports from seven counties one-half say the pres ent condition of corn is good, one-fourth fair; and the others that the prospect is poor. Northern Missouri Of 100 reports from 23 counties, 35 say the condition of corn is good to excellent, 17 fair and four poor; 20 that it is better than last year, 9 that it is the same and 26 that it is worse. A large majority of the reports agree in saying that the crop is later in maturing this year because of wet weather for planting time. As to winter wheat 23 reports say the quality is good to excellent and 18 that it is poor. K. lToFs. EXCURSION. Arrangements Made for a Good Time at St Joe. Elaborate arrangements have been made in St. Joseph for the entertain ment of the Knights and Ladies of Se curity of this city who will go there to picnic next Wednesday. Practically all of the members of the order in this city, with their relatives and friends, are expected to go to St. Joe, and the Santa Fe will arrange to carry 1,000 people. The excursion train will leave early in the morning and return late the same night. The following account of the entertainment arranged for ap pears in a St. Joe paper: "Next Wednesday, Aug. 31, will be Knights and Ladies of Security day in St. Joseph. On that date 1,000 Knights and Ladies are expected to come here from Topeka. Elaborate preparations for the reception and entertainment are accordingly in progress. "The visitors will arrive in St. Jo seph at 10:30 a, m. They wil be met by a large delegation of local members of the order. Thirty street cars have been chartered to carry the excursion ists up town. Then they will be taken to Saxton Heights, Wyatt park and to Krug park, before alighting from the cars. This will give the visitors an ex cellent opportunity to view the city. "At Krug park a sumptuous dinner will be spread. It will be a regular old time basket picnic. Pryor's band will fuifnish music. Acting Mayor Bruce (hp ritv and Senator A. W. Brewster on behalf of the St. Joseph members of the Knights and Ladies of Security. There will also be addresses by Hon. W. B. Kirkpatrick, national president of the order, and by H. A. Warner, medical director. Following the ad dresses the Jubilee singers will give a concert in the grand stand. Prospects are that it wil be a gala day." HAS APPENDICITIS. Ensign From Sigsbee's Ship Sick at Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 27. Richard S. Palmer, acting ensign on the auxiliary cruiser St. Louis, Captain Goodrich commanding, is in this city recovering from an attack of appen dicitis, which necessitated an operation last Sunday. Palmer contracted ma larial fever while in Cuban waters and a month ago he was sent to Colorado Springs. Appendicitis set in about two weeks ago. He was very low all this week, but is out of danger now. He is a son of G. G. Haven of New York, who is prominent in financial and railroad cir cles. Young Palmer was owner of the yacht "Tamp,"' which was bought a year ago by Emperor William of Ger many, and presented to the empress under the name Idieana. CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS. Coroner's Jury Locates Responsibility for Steamboat Accident San Francisco, Aug. 27. A coroner's jury has rendered a verdict in the case of Mrs. Flora I. Paxton, who lost her life in a collision between the govern ment steamer McDowell and a launch The jury, after listening to the testi from the transport Scandia, a week ago. mony of the interested parties, on both sides, charged the officers of the Mc Dowell with carelessness and held them responsible for the accident. The board of inquiry appointed by the government to determine the responsi bility for the accident, nas not made its report to headquarters. Will Sail on the Seneca. Washington, Aug. 27. The Porto Rican military commission will sail for Porto Rico on the Seneca, which at present is one of the vessels of the war department, but probably will be trans ferred to the navy. Admiral Schley will hoist his flag on her while the Brooklyn will go into dock for repairs. Inquiry for Vacant Lands. Labor Commissioner Lee Johnson is receiving numerous inquiries about the vacant lands which his report shows are still to be had in all parts of Kan sas. He has no authority to do any thing in the matter and the only help he can give the prospective land buy ers is to give the location of the lands. Hoffer's Nomination Filed. Jim Fyke of Colby was in Topeka to day long enough to file the nomination papers of W. B. Hoffer the straight out Democratic candidate for congress in the Sixth district. He said that he had nothing to say about politics or anything else. Matron Mize Resigns. Mrs. Mize. matron of the refcrm school resigned and left today for Illinois. Her resignation is reported to have been the result of some trouble with Mrs. Trian, an attendant in the institution. B. F. Kincaid of New York (National Order Socialist Labor party) will ad dress the people of Topeka at the City park at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. All invited. C. P. Judd, State Chairman. NORTH TOPEKA. Ttems Intended for this column should be left at the Kimball Ptg. Co., before 11 o clock in the morning. 2 large loaves bread 5c. Gem Bakery. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt will spend Sunday in Kansas City. J. H. Badger of Elmont was in town today on business. Don't forget Monday is special bar gain day at Costley Post's. Miss Ethel Schlegel is in Horton, the guest of Miss Gertie Jessup. R. W. Blair, attorney for the Union Pacific road, has returned from a two week's outing in Colorado. Mr. W. M. C. Lane who has been ill at his home on Quincy street for the past week is now convalescent. Mrs. C. Eldred and son, Roy, of Har rison street, are back from a visit to Mrs. Eldred's mother at Coffeyville. Miss Blanche Goodnoe returned to her home in Elmont today after a visit of several weeks to North Side friends. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Betts are back from their trip to Raton, New Mexico. and various points of interest in Colo rado. Mrs. N. F. Conkle returned yesterday from Indiana, where she went to at tend the funeral of her father, Mr. George Bond. Mrs. Hinman and family who have been visiting Mrs. Courtriglit have gone to Nebraska where they will make their future home. S. L. Courtney who has been visitine; 'his brother, J. M. Courtney of Enid. Okla., for the past ten days came home last evening. Rev. J. G. Maver will preach tomor row morning at 11 o'clock at the Second Presbyterian church. There will be no evening service. Mrs. Ralston and children who have been the guests of their cousin, Mrs. Weyler, left yesterday for their home in Kansas City, Kas. Mrs. Hopkinson has returend to her home in Kansas City, Kas., after a vis it to her daughter, Mrs. J. Weyler of S26 Monroe street. Miss Annie Henry arrived home today from Lynn, Kas., where she has been visiting her sister. Mrs. H. H. Fowler, for the past two months. Mrs. A. J. Berry and daughter, Mrs. Will VanNess and little sons, will leave the first of the month for a visit to Mrs. Berry s sister, in Quincy, 111. Miss Ollie Courtright went to Le compton today to join Miss Bertha Wi zer, and together will be the guests of relatives and friends for a week. Mr. and Mrs .J. L. Cutbirth very pleasantly entertained at a tea last evening at their home in Silver Lake. Those who enjoyed their hospitality were Miss Maud Rains, Mr. Speed Rains, Mr. James, Robert and Everett Cutbirth, Dr. J. M. Amis and Mr. W. D. Faulkner of Rossville, and Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Johnson and daughter Gladys, of Topeka. Later in the evening Rev. J. G. Maver, Mr. Will VanOrsdal and Mr. Mert Forbes joined the company. PROMOTIONS IN 20TH. A Number Result From Death and .Resignation of Officers. In spite of the fact that the war is over promotions continue. Governor Leedy today announced the following promotions: Twentieth regiment First Lieutenant W. A. Green of Co. F to be adjutant in place of W. A. Deford resigned; Second Lieutenant A. C. Alford of Co. H to be first lieutenant of Co. F; First Sergeant C. H. Ball of Co. K to be second lieu tenant of Co. H; First Sergeant V.. J. Hardy of Co. M to be second lieutenant of Co. E. Twentieth regiment, promotions In regular order caused by the death of Captain W. D. Sherman of Co. K First Lieutenant Louis Miller to be captain; Elliott A. Davis to be first lieutenant: First Sergeant Bert C. Carter of Co. I to be second lieutenant of Co. K. 3IINE WAS "SALTED." Illinois Men Sua Texans to Recover $60,000. El Paso, Tex., Aug. 27. A sensational mining suit was filed here today by the attorney for H. Sichberling, J. R. Sieh berling and J. H. Sichberling of Peoria, 111., and Smith A. Knott of Vernal, 111., who recently purchased from Miguel Bonion, Louis Larazza and A. M. Stan ton, of El Paso and Orlando B. Hard ing of Arizona, a silver mine in the state of Sonora, Mexico, which the plaintiffs allege was "salted" to defraud them. In their petition to the court for an order violating the contract under which the mine was bought and certain notes made in favor of defendants, the plaintiffs allege fraud and a conspiracy to defraud them out of $60,000. Plain tiffs allege in their petition that melted silver coin was used to "salt", the mine. They wish to prevtnt their notes from" getting into innocent hands. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. H. O. Austin to A. H. Johnson, $450, lots 249-51-53 and w. hf. 55 Eighth street, Holliday add. Edwin Scott to Dositee E. Cinq-Mars. $12,000, lots 439-41-43 Topeka avenue. Huntoon's add. Augusta A. Marion et. al. to W. E. Fagan, $150, tract in North Topeka. Mathilda Carlson to Hannah Johnson, $1,000, s. hf. lot 148 and w. hf. 150 Bu chanan street, Home's add. Elizabeth Blum to Jas. S. Ramsey, $2,000, lots 7 and 8 in 10-11,15. Dositee E. Cinq-Mars to Flo V. Men ninger, $1,200. lots 439-41-43 Topeka av enue, Huntoon's add. Geo. W. R. Ward and wife to Fred'k E. Tomson, $S50, part se. qr. 5-11-15. S. A. Scott and wife to D. H. and Ag nes Scott. $500. lots 509-11 Lincoln street, Williams Dillon's add. E. L. Ott and wife to S. S. Ott, $65, lots 205 and n. hf. 207 Strait avenue. Whitmer's add. Cynthia Calkins et. al. to J. H. Bar ker et. al., lots 232-4-6 Morris avenue. Dr. Martin Place. Ward, Courtney Co. to First Na tional bank of EI Paso, $400, lots 14 to 2 inclusive, Courtney Ward's sub. French Priest for Soudan. London, Aug. 27. The Rome corres pondent of the Chronicle hears that the Holy See has undertaken to nominate only French priests and monks in the future to missions and episcopal sees in the Soudan. Frank Stine Pardoned. Governor Leedy today pardoned Frank Stine who is in the Shawnee county jail. He was sent to jail for 30 days and given a fine of $100 for selling liquor. Governor Leedy says that he has reliable information that the boy was employed as janitor in the joint. He savs he has served his 30 days and worked out about $75 of his fine and he thinks that is punishment enough for the offense Excursion on Union Pacific to Wa mego M. W. A. Log Rolling. Leaves Topeka 8 a. m., Aug. 30. Round trip $1.00. Not how cheap but how good Is tha way we try to do our work. Peerless Steam Laundry. 112 and Ui West 8U i J 'J-

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TOPEKA STATE JOUBNAL, SATTJEDAY EVEXIXG, AUGUST 27. 1898. EVERY Labor Day At Garfield Monday, September 5, And the net receipts will go to the Auditorium and Karnival Knights. Mr. Jewell, at 43 1 Kansas Avenue, will give all information in regard to Arrangements and Privileges. The Z. ft B. Mortgagee Sale. After Supper Items. FROM 6 O'CLOCK UNTIL WE CLOSE. Our Ladies' 50c Hose, Cotton Flannel or Lisle, Fast Black, l C 30 Gauge, Spliced Heel and Toe, 2 pair to a customer 6uC FROM 6 TO 9 P. M. We will sell the Famous 50c Water house Four-in-Hand n rj Ties, Nobby Styles, at U I C. AFTER SUPPER. "We offer a large Patent C Dust Pan that sells at 25c, for... Uc. TOWELING SPECIAL Heavy TJhbZeached Crash, C Regular 10c, nice width, yard dC. MONDAY LAST CUT IN RIBBON PRICES. PICNIC A SUCCESS. Logan Entertains Old Settlers of Surrounding Counties. Logan, Aug-. 2". The harvest jubilee and old settlers' reunion of Phillips, Rooks, Graham and Ncrton counties was a suc cess in point of attendance, as it was in enthusiasm. 1 he attendance the first day was not less than 5, (XX). while the sec ond and last day it was estimated at not less than 8.000. Every county was repre sented by large delegations. The "Kid" band, of which every person in Logan feels proud, as the members were all born here, played excellent music throughout the reunion and piloted the procession to the grove. They were followed by a wagon richly decorated in red, white and blue streamers. wjth pictures of Sampson. Dewey and Schl?y, and containing the Jubilee queen, who was Miss Carrie Al bright, and her maids of honor, as fol lows: Sarah A. Larrick, Marie Janieke, Minnie Sebelicus, Mollie J. Hicks. Ethel E. Haynes. Delia Kendrick, Ollie Barber, Christie Becker, Sdith Rundle. Martha Chapman. Annie Noel and Annie Nichols, dressed in white, representing the four counties above named, and every one of them glad and proud of the fact that they were born in Kansas. The Arion quartette of PhiUipsburg fa vored the audience with several selections throughout the reunion. This quartette Is composed of young men of PhiUipsburg. They are: Charles Mann. Harrv Mann. Charles Stemes and W. W. Drlggs. The club has a good reputation and is justly popular throughout northwest Kansas. The last named member of the club is the iLgent of the Rock Island railroad at Phil lipsburg. Txgan business houses were ablaze with flags and red. white and blue bunting. The crowd was addressed by Prof. Frank Nelson, candidate for state superintend ent: W. R. Smith, candidate for associate justice: Congressman N. B. McCormick, V. A- Reeler, candidate for congress: W. J. Bailey, candidate for congressman-at-large: United States Senator W. A. Har ris and J. M. Senter. The occasion of the old settlers' picnic will long be remembered by the throngs of people who attended it. and everybody will give credit to the people of Logan, who originated it. A HOT SUNDAY. The Mercury Beached 99 Degrees Today. Sunday -will be a hot, sultry day, if the weather indications do not fail. It will be a fair day, and the 100 mark will no doubt be with us. Today the mer cury reached 99 decrees. Temperatures today in the shade on Kansas avenue were as follows: 6 A. M. 70 81 S2 90 91 95 93 99 99 7 A. M. 8 A. M. 9 A. M. 30 A. M. 31 A. M. Soon 1 P. M. 2 P. M. Three Illinois Regiments to Go. Washington, Aug. 27. Governor Tan ner, of Illinois, was at the war depart ment and as a result of a talk with him Adjutant General Corbin Issued or ders to muster out the First, Fifth and Seventh Illinois. The governor says matters are proceeding very satisfac torily between the state and the gov ernment for the settlement of the state's claim for expenses Incurred in organizing volunteers for the Spanish iwar. Spain Will Name Hers. Madrid, Aug-. 2. Duke Almodovar de Rio, minister for foreign affairs, expects an official notification today of the names of the American peace commis sioners. Should this be received the Spanish commissioners wil be named at tonight's cabinet meeting. Gloucester Ordered to New "Sork. Washington, Aug.27. The Gloucester, commanded by Commander Wainwright lias been ordered to sail from Guantan aino to New Torlc ID) ....Is going to the.... OVERWORKED NURSES. Have Been Attacked by Disease at Camp WikofE New Tork. Aug. 27. Some of the nurses In the general hospital at Camp Wikoff are suffering from dysentery and orders were issued today that they be given more time in which to exercise, bathe and rest. More nurses arrived today, and others will reach camp ready to take the places of those overworked until all that are needed are here. There are three male and three female nurses in each ward dur ing the daytime and two on duty at night. "When the Eighth Ohio was landed nearly 800 reported sick and were sent to the hos pital, but it developed that 179 of the "sick" men were only suffering from hun ger. When these men were fed they were able to leave the hospital. They repeated stories of hardships encountered coming up from Cuba and said it was almost im possible for them to get food. One hun dred and fifty men in the general hospital were allowed to go on sixty days' furlough today, as they had improved. ROW IN DONIPHAN. E. V. Snivley Sues W. B. Deveraux for$lO,O00 Damages. St. Joseph, Mo.,Aug.27. W. B. Dever aux, treasurer of Doniphan county, Kansas, has been sued in court here for $10,000 damages by E. V. Snively of Wathena, Kan. Some time ago Deveraux had Snive ly arrested on a charge of fraudulently receiving $7,000 from Michael Bauer.his business partner, who was Deveraux's predecessor and a defaulter. Bauer said he had loaned that amount to Snively. Snively was acquitted in a Kansas court. STANLEY'S PARTNER HURT Probably Fatally Stabbed at a Chris tian Endeavor Social. Wichita. Kan., Aug. 27. At a Chris tian Endeavor social last evening some hoodlums interfered with the guests. Earl Evans, a law partner of the Re publican candidate for governor, "W. E. Stanley, Alfred Lewis and Walter Vincent undertook to drive them off when the hoodlums used knives severe ly cutting Evans, whose wounds are dangerous and badly injuring the oth ers. Four have been arrested. SOMETHING NICE. The Official Fall Festival Programme to Be a Beauty. Work on the official souvenir pro gramme for Festival week is progress ing, and it promises to be something very much nicer than anything ever be fore published. This will be the one and only official programme, and it is being gotten up by the Committee of Fifteen. The profits accruing from it will go to defray the expenses of the reunion. The solicitor for this programme, Mr. Baldwin, carries credentials from the Committee of Fifteen, and he is the only person authorized to solicit for it. "Sin Killer" Griffin's Service. Dr. Griffin will conduct an open air meeting on Eighth and Kansas avenue tonight; 9 a. m. Sunday morning at postofnce; 11 a. m. at the Baptist church on First street; will preach at Shiloh Baptist church at 3 p. m. Big open air meeting Sunday night on Eighth street. Two hundred people have come forward for prayer since Dr. Griffin has come to the city. Bank Reserve Still Dropping. New York, Aug. 27. The week y bank statement shows the following changes: Surplus reserve, decreased $7,495,950; loans increased $5,348,400; specie, de creased $8,604,500; legal tenders, de creased $S6,300; deposits decreased $4, 779,400; circulation decreased $78,700. The banks now hold $21,343,300 in excess of the requirements of the 25 per cent rule. St Joe and Return One Fare Via the Santa Fe; account races, Aug. 21 to Aug. 27. ODY Picnic AT CAMP MEADE. President and Party Spend an Hou r There. Camp Meade, Middletown, Pa., Aug. 27. President and Mrs. McKinley spent a pleasant hour today at Camp Meade en route to Somerset, Pa., for a short vacation. General Graham had ordered a marching review in honor of his dis tinguished guests, but at their request the order was revoked. The president and Mrs. McKinley reached here at 1 o'clock on a special train from Washington and were met by General Graham and staff, and the First Delaware regiment, which was detailed as guard of honor. The regi ment was drawn up along the road leading to the camp and when the pres dent and other guests had been seated in open carriages the regiment pre sented arms and the band played "The President's March." Secretary of the Commonwealth Martin and Attorney General McCormick received the presi dent in the absence of Governor Hast ings. President Frank Thomson and other officials of the Pennsylvania rail way with their ladies reached camp in a special train fifteen minutes in ad vance of the president and Mrs. Mc Kinley and were also the guests of General Graham. The two parties were consolidated at Camp Meade station and driven to general headquarters un der escort of General Graham and staff. After a hurried inspection of the quarters of the general and his staff, president and Mrs. McKinley were driven through the camp. Company streets were scrupulously clean and the men looked their best. The president was much pleased with the location of the camp and the appearance and con dition of the men. The various regi ments were drawn up in line to receive the party when they arrived at their quarters. The president visited the division hospital and the hospital which the Red Cross society of Philadelphia has established for the care of the most serious cases. President and Mrs. McKinley left camp at 2 o'clock for Somerset, Pa. FIRST WAR MEMORIAL. Lieut Jenkins, Killed on the Maine, Will Be Honored. New Tork, Aug. 27. One of the first permanent memorials of the Spanish American war to be erected in this country, will be placed in a few days in the chapel of the naval academy at Annapolis, in memory of Lieut. Wil liam Jenkins, who perished in the ex plosion of the battleship Maine. The memorial, which takes the form of a mural tablet, was subscribed for by the classmates of the unfortunate officer and has been cast in bronze from a de sign by Mr. Charles Rollison Lamb. A faithful model in high relief of the ill fated vessel is shown above the inscrip tion, which reads as follows: "In memory of friend William Jen kins, lieutenant U. S. N., class 1886 U. S. N. A., who perished in the explosion of the United States steamship Maine on the night of February 15, 1898, in the harbor of Havana, Cuba. He spoke evil of no man. Erected by his classmates." Many of the surviving officers of the Maine are expected to particpiate in the ceremony of unveiling. The memor ial was executed in this city. NAYAL RESERVES TO QUIT. Those on Vigilant and Active Wil Return to Private Life. San Francisco, Aug. 27. The United States steamship Iroquois, Vigilant and Active are now manned by officers and enlisted men from the navy and the members of the naval reserve who have recently had charge of those vessels will soon return to private life. Lieu tenant Turner of the Iroquois," will re sume command of the naval battalion, while Lieutenants Shaw and Gunn of the Active and Vigilant, will take their former duties on the steamer Marion. The members of the Chicago naval reserve who came as far as Mare Is land on their way to join Admiral Dewey's fleet, are to be sent home and mustered out of the service. A Forger Caught. The police have positively identified the burglar, M. Ottry, colored, whom Sheriff Cook brought back today from Junction City, as the one who forged checks which were passed on East Fourth street last week. When the for gery occurred, one colored man was captured and is now in jail, while the other escaped. That night a house east of the cemetery nay burglarized, and yesterday Sheriff Cook received word that the burglar had been captured. Big Fraud in Japan. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 27. The steamer Rio Jun Maru brings intelligence that the Japanese commercial world is being torn to its center by the discovery of enormous frauds in the management of the Tokio Warehouse company. Up to the time the Rio Jun Maru left the Orient the investi gation of frauds showed a deficiency of over 500,000 yen. 18 People Crushed to Death. Italy, Aug. 27. During a heavy thun der storm yesterday twenty peasants sought shelter in an old house in the suburbs of the city. The building col lapsed and eighteen were killed. Park, K. OF P. OFFICERS. Thomas G. Sample Fleeted Supreme Chancellor. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 27. The su preme lodge Knights of Pythias ad journed their session at 7 o'clock last evening, after having elected the fol lowing officers: Supreme chancellor, Thomas G. Sample, Allegheny, Pa. Supreme vice chancellor, Ogden H. Fethers, Wisconsin. Much of the morning session of the supreme lodge was devoted to the con srderation of the report of John A. Hinsey, supreme organizer of the en dowment rank, on the condition of that organization. Vague rumors were floating about among the supreme representatives as to tne condition of the endowment rank. This is the insurance branch of the order and has 53,579 members.carry ing insurance amounting to $99,261,500. The statement of the board of control shows the resources to be $523,756.62. It is charged that $91,798.16 is entangled in the affairs of a defunct national bank of Fort Worth, Tex., and nothing but a judgment against the bondsmen represents this money. Also that the $236,127.39 invested in a hotel building property at Chicago, which is now in the hands of a receiver, is nothing more than a fifth lien on the property. These rumors are as yet very vague and in definite. This was the meaning of the resolution Introduced in the supreme lodge by Dr. Suthpen of Ohio. The committee appointed to Investi gate the charges made against the su preme officers has been in session two days but is not yet ready to report. The Rathbone Sisters today elected the following officers: Supreme chief, Mrs. Jeanette J. S. Neubert, Kansas City. Supreme senior, Mrs. L. K. Sherman, Cleveland, O. Supreme junior, Mrs. Dell P. Glaser, Fort Madison, la. Supreme manager, Mrs. Hattie A. Ryder, Indianapolis. Supreme mistress of records and cor respondence, Mrs. M. D. Woods, Kan sas City. Supreme mistress of finance, Mrs. Alexine Murray, Levay, 111. Supreme protector, Mrs. Florence X. Shoff, Corsicana, Tex. Supreme guard, Miss Maggie Hewitt, Portland, Me. LAUREL IS BURNING. Maryland Town on the Way to Destruction. Baltimore, Md., Aug. 27. A fierce fire, which threatens to destroy the town of Laurel, Md., is In progress and aid has been sent from this city by a special train on the B. O. railway. The latest report is that the Herbert House, the principal hotel in Laurel, two large livery stables and several private residences are burn ing and the fire is not under control. SUNDAY GAMES Seem to Be the Only Salvation for a Topeka Ball Club. There will be no ball gome tomorrow. The officers of the Topeka club endeav ored to secure the consent of the resi dents of Potwin for a game to be played tomorrow, but the Potwin people were obstinate and the players have decided to call the proposed game off. The game this afternoon will proba bly be the last game that will be play ed in this city this year. Testerday but $19 was taken in at the grounds, and it is impossible for the players to main tain an organization on this kind of patronage. It is understood that the club will disband after the game this afternoon. The Topeka men who have been iden tified with base ball in this city in the past are already talking of securing a place for Topeka in the western associ ation or possibly the western league next year. It is proposed to move the ball park to a location south of the city and have Sunday games. WANT THE PHILIPPINES If the People of the Islands are Will ing. Boise, Idaho, Aug.27. Very little pro gress has been made by the four state conventions in session here. The two wings of the Populists did not unite. The other parties refused to have any thing to do with them unless they do get together. The Democratic conven tion adopted a platform. It favors free coinage of silver, reduction of tariff, condemns the issue of bonds and favors the election of senators by direct vote. On questions of the war, it says: "We declare our allegiance to the Monroe doctrine and are strenuously opposed to the annexation of Cuba, be lieving the inhabitants of that island should be given the opportunity of self government. We also advocate the re tention of all territory acquired by American valor and war waged for hu manity, always provided the people to be governed yield their consent." Wedding Foreclosed the Mortgage. Wichita. Aug. 27. The police here are looking for Clayton Smith, a young man who, it is charged, left Newkirk, Ok., yesterday with $140 belonging to his bride of one hour. Mrs. Smith, former ly Mrs. Kelly, is here looking for her husband. Smith told a Newkirk man before the wedding that he had borrow ed $300 from Mrs. Kelly, giving himself as security, ana tne euuins was me foreclosure of the mortgage. McPherson Bank Burned Out McPherson, Aug. 27. At 2 o'clock yes terday morning fire was discovered in rooms above the Citizens' bank, and was not extinguished until the bank's fixtures were destroyed and the whole upper story was gutted. This is the second fire for this bank recently, it having occupied the building which burned to the ground July 2. The loss is about $2,000. Our Flour is Mixed. Berlin, Aug. 27. The imperial min ister of the interior, by a circular to the different German governors, calls at tention to the fact that American wheat flour is frequently mixed with corn, and asks that steps be taken to pre vent the Importation of such flour. Discovered by a Woman. Another great discovery has been made, and that, too, by a lady In this country. 'Disease fastened its clutches upon her, and for seven years she withstood Its se verest tests, but her vital organs were undermined and death seemed imminent. For three months she coughed incessant ly, and could not sleep. She finally dis covered a way to recovery, by purchas ng of us a bottle of Dr. King s JNew Discov ery for Consumption, and was so much relieved on taking first dose that she slept all night: and with two bottles, has been absolutely cured. Her name is Mrs. Lu- ther Lutz." Thus write W. C. Hamnick Co.. of Shelby, N. C. Trial bottles free at Swift Holliday's drug store. Regular size 50c and $1. Every bottle guaranteed. Santa Fe Route dining cars are equip ped with electric fans. i DISCUSS VALUATIONS. United States Appraisers in Session in New York. New Tork, Aug. 27. The conference of United States appraisers which be gan last Tuesday in this city, is still in daily session. One of the most import ant subjects considered has been the proper procedure with reference to samples of tea. It is the custom in the tea trade to send out samples in place of regular shipment. Under the special act forbidding the importation of adulterated teas, however, a good deal of delay may be caused in deliv ering the samples. The conference de cided to recommend the treasury de partment the adoption of a rule which would admit such samples at once af ter an examination merely as merchan dise under the tariff act. The sample would be forwarded to the importer at once, without any examination as to quality. When the main shipment ar rives, it is to be examined by the tea examiners, as contemplated by the act. There was some discussion as to the method of determining the component ma terial of chief value In textile fabrics. It was unanimously decided that appraisers at ports which have no government an alysists should send samples of such goods to the New York office for analysis. This would Insure greater uniformity. It was decided that "mercerized" cot ton goods should be returned as colored cotton goods. Heretofore they have been returned as bleached cottons, which pay a lower duty. Certain California exporters recently decided that some gill netting was composed of a Chinese grass. Since then a New York analysist has pro nounced the netting a manufacture of flax. The conference decided to classify it as a manufacture of flax. WILL INVITE THEM ALL. Prominent Americans Expected at Chicago's Peace J ubilee. Chicago, Aug. 27. Famous orators of the United States are to be invited to participate in the great peace jubilee to be held in this city in October. Among others the committee on invita tions and speakers have extended in vitations to the following to take part in the exercises: Ex-President Grover Cleveland, ex Presldent Benjamin Harrison, Secre tary of the Navy Long, Secretary of War Alger, Senator J. M. Thurston of Nebraska, Senator E. O. Wolcott of Colorado, Henry Watterson of Ken tucky, General Fitzhugh Lee of Vir ginia, Gen. Joseph Wheeler of Alabama, Senator Daniel of Virginia, Archbishop Ireland of Minnesota, Secretary of Ag ricultural Wilson, ex-Secretary of State Richard Olney. The list of notables who will be in vited as guests includes: President McKinley, Vice President Hobart, Sec retary of State Day.Secretary of Treas ury Gage, Secretary of the Navy Long, Secretary of War Alger, Attorney Gen eral Griggs, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, Postmaster General Smith, Chief Justice Fuller and members of the supreme court, M. Cambon, French minister, Speaker Thomas B. Reed, Senator Shelby M. Cullom, Senator W. E. Mason, all Illinois congressmen; the diplomatic corps of all nations, gover nors of all the state and territories and their staffs, General Miles, General Brooke, General Shafter, General Cop pinger, Colonel Roosevelt, Admiral Dewev, Admiral Sampson, Admiral Schh", Commodore Philip, Captain Clark of the Oregon, Captain Evans of the Iowa, Captain Slgsbee, late of the Maine, Lieutenant Wainwright, Lieu tenant Hobson and other prominent officers of the army and navy; Mayor Van Wyck, New Tork, and mayors of prominent cities. The jubilee committee discussed the feasibility of giving a benefit and rec ommended to the general committee that one be given on an elaborate scale as an appropriate auxiliary of the ju bilee. The general committee received the recommendation with favor. The question of a date to be fixed for the jubilee has not been definitely de cided upon, owing to the fact that there was some doubt as to the date preferred by the president. The date, however, will be fixed finally early next week. A special committee will be appointed to go to Washington next week to per sonally reiterate the recent official in vitation for President McKinley to at tend the jubilee. POPULISTS IN SESSION. County Central Committee is Meeting This Afternoon. The Populist county central committee is in session this afternoon to complete an organization and make arrangements for the opening of the campaign. The old officers will probably be re-elected, though E. C. Fowler of North To peka would like to be secretary in place of George Wagner. George Clark does not want to be chairman of the new commit tee, but there ,'s a disposition to make him chairman anyhow. The plan is to have the county campaign open as soon as possible. The campaign will probably be conducted by a joint ex ecutive committee of the Populists and Democrats, as It was two years ago. PATIENTS FROM S1B0NEY. 353 Convalescents Arrive on the Catania. Washington, Aug. 27. The surgeon general of the army received a telegram this morning from Surgeon Ireland at Montauk Point, saying that the steam ship Catania arrived there yesterday from Santiago with 353 convalescent patients from the Siboney hospital and that nine deaths occurred on the trip. He also reports that Major George Mc Creery, surgeon U. S. A., died on the Catania on the morning of the 23rd in stant from dysentery following yellow fever and was buried at sea. Major Mc Creery was a native of New York. Ticket Will Get On. Springfield, O.. Aug. 27. Chairman R. S. Thompson of the Union Reform state executive committee states that on 242 petitions for a place on the Australian ballot 8,649 names have been secured. The requisite is 8.641. Six hundred peti tions are yet to be heard from. Wheat Export Stopped. Washington, Aug. 27 Minister Angell at Constantinople informs the state de partment that a note from the porte announces that on account of local needs the exportation of wheat from the province of Scutari in Albania, European Turkey, is forbidden until further notice. Plans and specifications and bids for building a float representing a battle ship, will be received by the under signed committee until Friday noon, Sept. 3, 1898. Address J. W. Gibbons, 212 Klein St., for particulars. J. W. GIBBONS. WM. WHITE. H. C. LANG. Our baby has been continually trou bled with colic and cholera infamtum since his birth, and all that we could do for him did not seem to give more than temporary relief, until we tried Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Since giving that remedy he has not been troubled. We want to give you this testimonial as an evidence of our gratitude, not that you need it to advertise your meritorious remedy. G. M. Law, Keokuk, Iowa. For sale by all druggists. 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"It is the best thing for dyspepsia I ever saw tried." Judge Edward Wootten "I was worn almost to the grave with a racking cough that all the remedies and the doctors failed to relieve. It was cured with one bottle of Brazilian Bairn. It shall be my doctor through life." Mrs.J. Galloway, Pottstown, Pa. "I was fearfully crippled up with rheumatism, could not get my hand to my head. I took ten 50 cent bottles of Brazilian Balm in six months. Am now entirely cured and as nim ble as I was at forty." Anson Burrell, aged 84. A lady in Cincinnati was so afflicted with asthma that during the winter for seventeen years she was unable to sleep lying down, was entirely and permanently cured with Brazilian Balm. SOLO BY ALL DRUBQISTS AND OEALEHS. W AR DEPARTMENT BUSlr. With Preparations for Mustering Out the Troops. Washington, Aug. 27. Every bureau of the war department is busy with matters connected with the war. The pay department has a big task before it in settling with the troops and offi cers in the final muster out. There must be an accounting of all govern ment property to the accounting officers of the government before there can be any final settlement. The clothing and purchases by the soldiers will have to be looked up and balanced by the pay officers before final payment is made. All officers who have charge of govern ment property of any kind must ac count for it before they can receive fin al discharge. The ordnance officers are busy pre paring for the reception and disposal of the arms of the soldiers and blanks and papers are being made ready. Of- I ficers from each branch of the service will be detailed to go to the state camps where the final mustering out occurs, to receive the government property, make final payment and give the sol diers their discharge. Career as a Fighter Ends. New York, Aug. 27. The Wampatuck. formerly a Standard Oil tug in New York harbor, known as the Atlas, has reached the navy yard and her career as a war vessel is considered to be at an end. The Wampatuck was In the first fight at Man zanillo. She led the way under fire when the first of Shafter's armv landed in Cuba. She helped the St. Louis cut the cable be tween Santiago and Jamaica. Again she was with the St. Louis cutting the Man zanillo cable that shut off communication with Madrid. Failed for Millions. Berlin, Aug. 27. A report is published In some of the papers that the Allgemeine Deutsche Credit Effecten Versischerungs bank has failed, with liabilities of several millions and no assets. The bankers, it is said, have disappeared. TODAY'S MARKET REPORT. Furnished by the Associated Press to the State Journal. Chicago, Aug. 27. WHEAT Higher Liverpool cables to day, together with reports from Russia that the crop was so disappointing in sev eral districts that absolute famine was feared, gave wheat a good send-off here. The outlook in Russia was so bad that It was claimed 3.000,000 bushels would be needed for seed alone. Out of the 181 car loads received here only four come up to the contract grade. The small stocks of contract wheat in store here and the dif ficulty that is liable to be experienced in filling contracts for delivery next month, caused shorts to show a good deal of anx iety and for a time there was a general disposition to cover. Receipts in the northwest were heavy. 632 cars, against 395 cars last year. Notwithstanding the free arrivals up north, cash wheat at Duluih was up lc a bushel, and that also added to the nervousness here. Bee.rbohm es timated the shipments from America this week at 3.563.000. September opened tc higher at 6374,c, sold at ;!V'i 'i'". then im proved to 637c. December began ic higher at 61&vgC, off to 61c, then rallied to 61?ic. CORN Reports from Kansas that not over a half crop need be expected strengthened corn. Commission houses bought heavily of December. September opened He up at 30c, sold down to 2&Tc, firmed up to 30Hc, then reacted to 29"ic. OATS Oats followed the other grain markets. September started unchanged to He lower at 19aic and advanced to 197c. PROVISIONS Provisions were a little firmer on a denial of the yellow fever ru mors in Texas. There was a fair demand for lard and ribs, but pork ruled dull. Sep tember pork opened 2'Ac down at $8. SO and rose to $8.82M!. September lard began 2'ic up at $5.10 and declined to $3.07j. Sep tember ribs unchanged at $5.1Vk- BA RLE Y Cash. No. 3. 30fi43c. RYE August, 44c; September, 41c; De cember. 41c. FLAX Cash northwestern, 91c; Sep tember, SSc. TIMOTHY August, $2.55. Chicago Livestock Market. Chicago, Aug. 27. HOGS Estimated receipts. 17.000; left over. 2.256. Lights, 5c higher, others steadv to strong. Light, $3 7Jfft4.15: mixed, $:J.6J 4.1214: heavy. $3.50(4 05: rough. $3 50f(3.'i0. CATTLE Receipts, 800. Dull and un changed. SHEEP Receipts, 2,00f). Dull, weak. Na tives. $2.9n4.70; westerns, $3.604.00; lambs, $3.75fi 6.10. Yesterdav's official: HOGS Receipts. 19.96S: shipments. 6.2S7. CATTLE Receipts, 3,000; shipments, 3, 939. SHEEP Receipts, 10 9,"0: shipments. 819. Estimated receipts of hogs for Monday, 32,000. Kansas City Produce Market Kansas City, Aug. 27. WHEAT About steady. No. 1 hard. 622! razilian Calm THE GREAT SOUTH IMEBICiH BiLSAS OUHKB Census, Gows,cioiii a Giip UKE 3VLA.OIO. ftADICAU-Y CURES It clears the head of foul mucous heals the sores and ulcers cf the head and throat; sweetens the breath, and perfectly restores! the senses of the taste, smell and liMrit,r Stops headache and dropping into the throat. Also destroys the srerm which csnsoa HAY RBVER. mnTrlTtor n rioWAff f j o f m a. icw uays, in ever No fatal case of La Guivptc r tnnwr. where Brazilian Balm was faithfully used. It destroys the gTippe germ and quickly removes ail the after bad effect. INFALLIBLE in Asthma, Croup, Bhon- i.miis.IUHJWSY, raECMOKIA, DYSPEPSIA, Rheumatism, Typhoid and Scarlet: l-EVER, Measles, and any disease where there is Inflammation, Fever or Congestion. Greatest relief in Consumption ever dis covered. Clime 9 r.u 1 ,i L'Y' one a ay. stops w uvau on 11 re mvrW nntn poa a a n tt tni cm t in B. F. JACKSON 1 CO., Indianapolis. Ind. 63c; No. 2. 60ff63Vnc: No. 3, 5?HW61c; No. 2 red, 68c; No. 3. CO'a64c; No. 2 spring, 59'4fe 60Hc: No. 3. 56i59c. CORN Lower, weak. No. 2 mixed, 27fB 27Hc: No. 2 white, 26 f?27yc; No. 3, 26c. OATS Slow. No. 2 white. 2i"S22c. RYE Weak. No. 2, 39ffi4de. HAY Steady. Choice timothy, $6.50 6.75: choice prairie, $5.50S6. BUTTER Steady. Separator, 15-S17c; dairv, 15c. EGGS Weak. Fresh, llc Range of Prices. Furnished by the Wickham Commission Co., 112 East Fiiih St., Topeka, Kan. Chicago. Aug. 27. Article. Open High Low Close Yes. WHEAT Aug 67 C7 61 63ii-?4 2-74 2: 1, 32 Sept Dec May CORN Aug Sept Dec Mav $J'. B 64 61H 61 6;i- 61 63.- 6i;3 .:s 30 30 36 32 29-30 30- 30 301 30 82 32 32& I OATS Aug Sept Mav PORK Aug Sept Dec LARD Aug Sept Dec RIBS Aug Sept Oct 19'i lfl-76 19T4-20 19-vi 19 221,4 19-20 19 22H 22 22 22 8 85 8 SO 8 92 5 12 5 12 5 22 8 S2 8 82 8 87 5 07 5 07 5 10 S 80 S 85 8 82 8 92 8 80 8 85 5 07 5 17 6 12 5 22 5 07 5 17 5 22-25 5 17 5 22-25 5 17 5 25 5 17 5 17 5 25 5 25 5 15 5 15 Kansas City Livestock Market. Kansas City, Aug. 27. CATTLE Receipts, 50. Market unchang ed. HOGS Receipts. 3,000. Lights firm, others steady. Bulk of sales. $3.703.80; heavies. $3.75(23.90: packers, $3.65ffi3.S0; mix ex. $3.603.80; lights. $3,651(3.80; yorkers, $3.75'?! 3.80: pigs, $ai3.70. SHEEP Receipts, 1.000. Market firm. Lambs, $3.75(gS.7a; muttons, $34.40. New York Money Market. New York,' Aug. 27. MONEY Money on call firm, 2'a2'4 per cent, last loan 2 per cent; prime mercantile paper, 3'S41 per cent; sterling exchange steadv, with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.85184.8514 for demand and $4.84!4 fx1 for sixty days; posted rates, $4.84'3 and $4.86: commercial bills. $4.S2?i. SILVER Silver certificates, niMSlc; bar silver. COc: Mexican dollars. 461.;?c. BONDS Government bonds steady. New 4s. registered, 127: coupon. 127: 4s, 111; coupon, 11114: seconds, 98; 5s. registered, 112; coupon, 112; Pacfic 6s of '99, 102V. Ranges of Prices on Stocks. Furnished by the Wickham Commission Co., 112 East Fifth St., Topeka, Kan.: New York, Aug. 27. Stocks Open;High Low JCl'se I Yes. Sugar 146' 146! 143 I 144i! lOikTARRMl Am. Tobuc.o 14i 145 1441,5 Am. Spirits 14rs 15 14 i E. G. E 41 '4 4114 41 Leather 72", 73 7214 Lead 38v 3Svfe 3Si i C, B. Q 119 119 11SV Rock Island l'W 106 10574 C, M. St. P. 114i,i 114 113 A., T. S. F. 14V8 14 13 i A..T. &S.F.Pfd 37 871.4 36 i Manhattan 98' 99 9, 14 Western Union 95 95 94 Mo. Pacific 37Vi 37 37 U. P. Pfd 671-2 67i 66 Union Pacific. 33U 34 33 C. N. W I 13571 136'4i 135741 N. Y. Central.. 119 1!9 II814 Omaha 86 86 85 C. C. C 43 43 4314 B. T. R 6i 6i 2 65 Reading 194 19 19 T. C. f 32 32 32 No. Pac. Pfd.. 78 78 77 L. N f.i 60 591 M., K. T. 3C7S 3674 3614 C. G. W 17?s 17V4 17 I'eopie s uas 144Wjl434 14i4i 14 41 40 7274 72'4 3S', 3t us., m 106! IOC 11414.112 14 14 36( 36V4 98 J 97 94j 94 37 j 36 674 65 34 297i 13574 136 118 119 85 I 85 43'4i 43 6574; 67 19 I 18 32' 32 77 77 59 59 3S! 36 17 1714 Market Gossip. Furnished by the Wickham Commission Co., 112 East Fifth St., Topeka, Kan. Chicago: Estimated receipts for tomor row: Wheat. 2o cars: corn, 750 cars; oats, 475 cars: hogs. 32.000 head. Receipts of hogs: Chicago, 14.000, strong; Kansas Citv, 3.2X: Omaha, 8.000. Receipts of cattle: Chicago. 80O, strong; Kansas City, 50: Omaha. 1.000 Liverpool: d higher on wheat, corn d Chicago receipts today: Wheat 11 cars, grade 4 cars; corn 670 cars, grade 418 cars; oats 485 cars, grade 26 cars. Northwestern receipts: This year Min neapolis 273 cars. Duluih 359 cars, total 632 cars; last vear, Minneapolis 342 cars, uu luth 53 cars, total 395 cars. Forecast: For Kansas Cty and vicinity, fair tonight and Sunday: some warmer Sunday. For Kansas, fair tonight and Sunday, warmer. New York bank statement: Reserve de crease $7,495,950: loans, increase $o.34S.tiO). snecie. decrease, J.S.6 '4.500; lega Is decrease S6.300: deposits, decrease $4,1.9.400; circu lation, decrease $78,700. TOO LATEJHOJCLASSIFY FOR SALE rpright piano in good order, $50. 116 East Sixth su V':- n .1 1 'i 1

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