The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
January 14, 1899

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1l V. f LAST EDITION SATURDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, JANUARY 14, 1899. SATURDAY EVENING, TWO CENTS. DINGLEYJS CONE. After a Struggle Lasting Over Two Weeks With Grip and Pneumonia, lie X Succumbed AT 10:30 LAST NIGHT. Was Unconscious For Some Hours Prerious to His Death. His Entire Family Was at His Bedside. Washington, Jan. 14. Nelson Ding ley of Maine, leader of the Republican side on the floor of the house of repre sentatives, died here last night at half past 10 o'clock of heart failure, result ing from extreme weakness due to pneumonia. He was unconscious during most of the day and death came quiet ly without consciousness being regain ed. All the members of his family were Nelson at his bedside. To within a few hours before his death the family firmly be lieved, as it has throughout his illness, that Mr. Dingley would recover. While the past few days have given great hope of recovery, the progress of the disease had made the patient dangerously weak and had seriously affected his heart. Representative Dingley's illness dated back to December 29. The physicians diagnosed his case as one of grip, so commonly prevailing here, and caution ed the patient to keep to his room. The following Saturday, pneumonia devel oped in the left lung, complicated with great irregularity of the heart. The funeral will be conducted in the house of representatives on Monday next. The body will be taken to the house at 10 o'clock and there lie in state until noon when services will be con ducted in the presence of the house and senate. At 4:20 in the afternoon the funeral party will leave for Lewiston. Me., arriving there at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Further services will be held at the family residence in Lewis ton on Wednesday afternoon. The in terment will be in that city. Nelson Dingley, Jr.. governor of Maine, 1874-75. and member of congress from the Second congressional district of Maine since 1881, was born in Durham Maine, in his Grandfather Lambert's farm house on the banks of the Andro scoggin river, Feb. 15, 1832, son of Nel son and Jane (Lambert) Dingley. The year following his birth his parents moved to Parkman, Piscataquis county where they lived on a farm for a short time, and then took charge of the vil lage tavern, with which a store was con nected. In 1838 the family removed to Vmty, Waldo county, and thence, in Auburr. Androscoggin county. At 17 he taught a winter school in the town of China, 14 miles from home, and he continued to teach winters while fit ting for college. In 1850, at the age of 18, he entered Waterville (Maine) acad emy, of which the well known professor, J. H. Hanson, was principal, and there completed his preparation for college Entering Waterville college (now Colby TJmve-Kity), in 1851, he remained there a yea.' and a half and then became a student at Dartmouth college, from which institution he was graduated in 1855 with high rank as a scholar de bater and writer. After leaving college Mr. Dingley studied law in 1S55-6 with Merrill and Fessenden, in Auburn to which city his parents had removed while he was in college, and in the latter year he was admitted to the bar Instead of entering upon the practice of law he decided to become a journalist for which profession he always mani fested a decided taste. In September 18:,fi, he purchased the Lewiston Jour nal, of which he had been practically the editor while studying law, and to which in 1S61 he added a daily edition The paper rapidly Increased in circulal tion and influence under his manage ment. His flrst vote was cast in 1854 for Hon Anson P. Morrell. the anti-slavery and temperance candidate for governor, a political combination from which arose tfee Republican party of Maine during the following year. He threw himself into the Fremont campaign in 1856 with all the ardor of youth and ability of age. In 1S61, at the age of 29, he was elect ed representative from Auburn to the state legislature, in which body he at once took high rank, was re-elected in 1862 and chosen speaker of the house at the session of 1S63. In 1863 he removed to Lewiston, where a few months after he was elected to the legislature and with the opening of the legislative ses sion of 1864 was unanimously re-elected speaker. At the state election of 1864 he was elected to the house a fourth time and with the secession of 1865 was again tendered the position of speaker, which he declined, preferring to take his place on the floor. He was also a representa tive to the legislature from Lewiston in 1868 and 1873. In 1873 Sir. Dingley was nominated as the Republican candidate for governor of Maine by a vote of two to one a gainst two popular opponents and was elected by about ten thousand majority. In 1874 he was re-elected by over 11,000 ma jority, "declining a third nomination in 1875. He was one of the delegates at large from Maine to the Republican na tional convention in 1876 and served on the committee on resolutions and was one of the sub-committee of five who drafted the platform. He actively participated in the presi dential campaign of 1876 and in the state conventions of 1877, '78, '79. In 1879-80. he was chairman of the Repub lican convention executive committee. In 1881 Mr. Dingley was nominated by the Republicans of the Second congres- Dingley. sional district of Maine to fill the va cancy in coigress caused by the resig nation of Wiliiam P. Frye. He was elected by a majority of over 5,000,near ly twice as large as ever before given to any candidate in that district. He serv ed on the committee on banking and currency and as a member of the select committee on alcoholic liquor traffic and during the session he presided sev eral times over the house in committee of the whole. Mr. Dingley's first speech in congress was made April 25, 1882, on "Protection to American Shipping," the house being in committee of the whole on the bill to create a tariff commis sion. Under a joint resolution introduced into the house by Mr. Dingley and pass ed A.ugust 7, 1S82, he was appointed a member of a joint committee to invest igate the condition and wants of Amer ican ship building and ship owning in terests. The report of the committee drawn up by Mr. Dingley and unani mously agreed to by the committee, was regarded as a very able and valuable document. The committee reported a bill to re move certain burdens on American shipping, framed by Mr. Dingley, which passed the house but there was not time to reconcile disagreeing amend ments between the two houses before the 47th congress expired. While this bill was under consideration in the house he made a speech on the "revival of American shipping," in reply to Con gressman Cox, which placed him at once in the front rank of congressmen and gave him a national reputation. In 1882 he was re-elected as a congressman at large for the 4Sth congress. At the opening of congress in December, 1884. Speaker Carlisle appointed him at the head of the Republican minority on both the banking and currency com mittee and the select committee on American ship building and ship own ing interests. Mr. Dingley at once, re introduced his shipping bill which was passed by the house and sent to the senate. The later body amended it by adding a provision for the encourage ment of American postal steamship lines but subsequently the difference was adjusted in conference and the bill was approved by the president on June 24, 1884. On February 7, 18S4, Mr. Dingley re ported from the shipping committee his bill to constitute a bureau of navigation in the treasury department and later in the month it was passed in the house under a suspension of the rules. Sub sequently the senate concurred and the bureau was organized. Mr. Dingley was re-elected to the Forty-ninth congress from the Second Maine district in 1884. At the annual meeting of the con gressional temperance society in Feb ruary, 1887, Mr. Dingley was elected president. In June, 1886, Mr. Dingley was re elected to the Fiftieth congress and again elected to the Fifty-first congress in 1888; to the Fifty-second in 1890, the Fifty-third in 1892: the Fiftv-fourth in 1894, and the Fifty-fifth in 1896 by large and increased majorities. In the Fifty second and Fifty-third congresses he tConttnuea; on Sixth PagaA VENGEANCE Is Threatened by the Populist Branch of the Legislature If an Attempt Be Made to Tarn Down THE SPECIAL SESSION By Declaring Its Proceedings Illegal. Appropriations and Confirma tions Will Be Held Up. All sorts of threats are being made by the Populists in case Attorney General Godard should render an opinion that the extra session was illegal for the reason that no extraordinary occasion existed. If such an action is taken the Populist senators declare that no appro priation bills' shall pass the senate and all confirmations of appointments made by Governor Stanley will be held up. "If an opinion of that character is rendered by Mr. Godard it will war rant almost any sort of radical action on the part of the senate," declared Senator Lewelling. "In any other country than the United States it would, cause a revolution. To say that the governor had not the right to decide when extraordinary occasion exists would be equivalent to declaring this an oligarchical government, with the supreme court as the oligarchy. It would effectually destroy the powers of both the other branches of government, and place the power entirely in the hands of the court." It is not anticipated, however, that Attorney General Godard's opinion will declare the special session unconstitu tional, in view of an opinion rendered by Attorney General Dawes in 1895, bearing on the same subject. Mr. God ard was assistant attorney general at the time, and it is asserted that he wrote the opinion, inasmuch as the as sistant attorney general prepares near ly all of the legal opinions of the of fice. The opinion was rendered at a time when Governor Morrill was considering the proposition of calling an extra ses sion of the legislature to reapportion the state into congressional districts, and was given in response to a request from him as to whether he had a, right to call the legislature together. After quoting that section of the con stitution which says the governor may call a special session upon extraordi nary occasions, the opinion continues: "It will be noticed that this section provides that the governor may con vene the legislature on extraordinary occasions. vXhe only power to judge as to what extraordinary occasion re quires the convening of the legislature is the governor himself. He is the sole judge of such emergency, and it is for him, and him alone, to determine when an extra session shall be held." If this opinion was prepared by Mr. Godard himself, as is stated, it would be reversing himself to declare the extra session just closed unconstitutional. SUIT IS BEGUN To Test the Legality of the Extra Session. 'An action will be commenced this af ternoon by Hungate Thompson on behalf of ex-Lieutenant Governor A. M. Harvey to compel Auditor Cole to audit his claim for services as presiding officer of the senate at the special ses sion. The suit will be commenced be fore Judge Hazen in the Shawnee county district court. This suit will raise the much talked of question of the constitutionality of the special session. Auditor Cole has said that he believes the special ses sion was not a legal one and he held up the last lot of warrants of repre sentatives, senators and employes on the ground that they were not entitled to pay because the session was not a legal one. He referred the question to Attorney General Godard, who an nounced that he would take his time to look up the question. Up to this time he has given no opinion, and Auditor Cole has in his pigeon hole the vouchers which he held up. Ex-Lieutenant Governor Harvey, whose voucher of $50 met the same fate as the rest, did not propose to await the pleasure of Auditor Cole and the attorney general and he accordingly in stituted the proceedings today. The suit is brought before Judge Hazen because he can act upon it more quickly than the supreme court. Judge Hazen has the reputation of being a careful judge and his opinion on the right of the auditor to refuse to pay the claims will practically settle the matter, though it is likely that the question will go to the supreme court. FILIPINOS HERE. Three Members of Aguinaldo's Cabinet Land in San Francisco. San Francisco, Jan. 14. Among the passengers who arrived here today on the steamer Nippon Maru from Hong Kong and Yokohama, via Honolulu, are three emissaries of Aguinaldo, the Phil ippine Insurgent leader. They are Senor Morto, Senor Lowde and Senor Luid, three members of Aguinaldo's cabinet. They are en route to Washington on a secret mission, the purport of. which they refuse to divulge. The Filipinos are intelligent and speak English fluent ly. They will probably stay in this city for a day or two and then go on to Washington direct. ALB AUG II IS RECEIVER Will Succeed Bank Examiner Jobes in Control of the Cross Bank. Washington, Jan. 14. Comptroller of the Currency Dawes today appointed Morton Albaugh, of Kingman, Kan., as receiver of the Emporia, Kan., National bank, in place of Bank Examiner Jobes, who will resume his regular duties. Mr. Albaugh will take hold on February 15. Meantime, Mr. Jobes will continue. ALL MAD ABOUT IT. Eanna Has His Seat Back, But His District Repudiates Populism. The Twenty-second senatorial district committee and a large number of local politicians will have a meeting at Clay Center today to consider the case of Senator George Hanna who resigned his official position and then retracted the resignation. There is considerable Indignation among the people of Clay county. Sen ator Hanna's home.- and there are many protests being made against, the action of the senate in seating Mr.Hanna af ter his position had been "declared vacant by the governor. There are those who urge that the action of the senate was entirely proper as it gives to the district a representa tion in the legislative body which it would not otherwise have had, at least untH the close of the session ,as thirty days would expire before a special elec tion could be proclaimed to fill the vacancy. Then there Is another reasoTi why Hanna's friends are pleased with his reinstatement. That is the fact that he is popular among the legislators and is a good wire puller, both qualifications being requisite to the work of securing the location at Clay Center of a new state insane asylum. There Is, however a very faint chance that any asylum will be located at Clay Center or any where else at this term. Senator Hanna is epected to be in Clay Center today and make an effort to smooth out the rough places in the feelings of his constituents. The fight against Hanna, it is said, is being ag gravated by ex-Representative J. J. Marty. The latter is held responsible for Hanna's being dragged into the leg islative investigation last summer to his great discredit, and Hanna retaliated by assisting in the defeat of Marty at the last election. Marty, now a private citizen, has the credit for building the fire in Mr. Hanna's neighborhood, on the senatorial matter. The chances are that the Populist party in Clay Center will be entirely disintegrated as a result of Senator Hanna's behavior. His district is al ready Republican and is likely to re main so for some time to come. A iLiTZARD. Temperature Falls 26 Degrees in 55 Minutes. Cleveland, Jan. 14. The temperature dropped 26 degrees here today in fifty five minutes. At 9 o'clock the air was balmy and springlike, the thermometer registering 61 degrees. In less than an hour it had fallen 26 degrees accom panied by a violent nortfiwest gale blowing 48 miles an hour and heavy snow falling. Telegraph communication suffered severely as a result of the high wind ar3 heavy wet snow being piled on the poles and cross arms. The temperature is still falling. LEVEE BREAKS AT COLUMBUS. Columbus, O., Jan. 14. The heavy rains of the past 24 hours have raised the Scioto river to the danger point and a levee south of West Columbus has al ready broken. Thirteen families have been driven from their residences by the water, some making their escape in, boats. There is great danger of a repe tition of last year's flood and the resi dents of West Columbus are greatly alarmed. The river is still rising. WINDSTORM AT PORTSMOUTH. Portsmouth, O., Jan. 14. A terrific windstorm destroyed two large steel buildings of the Burgess Steel company, wrecked the art hall at the fair grounds and blew eight dwellings from their foundations, the largest building being 600 to 220 feet. James Larkin and Dan iel Collins received injuries that will probably prove fatal. MILLER CALLED BACK. Madrid Hears That Americans Hare Retired From Iloilo. Madrid, Jan. 14. The government has received the following official dispatch from Manila: The American troops here which were ordered to Iloilo mutinied and refused to start. Gen. Miller has been ordered to abandon Iloilo and returned to Ma nila. A'l the American troops have been ordered to concentrate here, the situation being of the gravest character. A FALSE ALARM. Manila, Jan. 14. The situation here is undoubtedly critical but Major General Otis has it well in hand and there is no such certainty of trouble as many be lieve. The rebels are concentrated on the outskirts of the town, and their leaders have issued strict orders that they shall act only on the defensive. An accident might precipitate trouble, but the idea of a rebel attack upon Ma nila is ridiculous, as the Americans ab solutely control the position. Aguinaldo has republished the second manifesto in reply to the proclamation of Gen. Otis, which was recalled on its first appearance, but it has proved in effectual. On Wednesday, a false alarm, due to trivial incidents occurring simultan eously in opposite parts of the city, led to a general call to the United States forces. In 15 minutes the entire city was covered. The prompitude of the Americans, while it created a scare for a moment, effectually restored confidence through out Manila and dispelled the excite ment due to a passing fear on the part of the citizens that an outbreak was imminent. It is possible that the Filipinos, after the diplomatic conferences that have been held between the representatives of General Otis and Aguinaldo. have finally come to understand that the cau tious and conservative policy of the Americans is not due to fear, and they may accept the inevitable with good grace. It is evident that at present thev are unable to appreciate the full meaning of the independence demand ed and when they do understand its ex tent the American proposition will be acceptable. Fxtzgibbons Carriage Works Burn. Milwaukee, Jan. 14. A special to the Evening Wisconsin from Monroe, vV is., says: Fitzgibbons cor pany carriage works, the largest plant in the city, was totally destroyed by fire today. Loss $50,000; insurance $15,000. VROOMAN'S BIGSCHEME To Make Millions Out of the Klondike Is to Hare an Airing in Court Through Action OF TILE STOCKHOLDERS A Receiver and an Accounting Are Demanded. Misuse of $40,000 in Company Money is Charged. Carl Yrooman of Kansas Made a Party Defendant. Chicago, Jan. 14. A bill filed in the cir cuit court by ten stockholders of the Klondike, Yukon and Copper River com- pany, of which Frank B. Vrooman is president, asking for a receiver and the dissolution of the company, sets forth a remarkable story of alleged stock manip ulation. A receiver is sought on the charge that the company is insolvent, and in order that a pro rata division of such assets as remain should be made. It is charged that President Vrooman has disposed of money paid into the corporation for stock amounting to over $40,000, which the bill says has been "squandered, used, and mis used by Vrooman." President Vrooman, against whom the suit particularly strikes, is the son-in-law of General John C. Black, ex-United States district attorney. The young man came to the citv from Boston as pastor of the Kenwood Presbyterian church, shortly afterward was threatened with trial for heresv. and then became associ ated with the Rev. Dr. H. W. Thomas in the pulpit of the People's church in Mc Vicker's theater. A few months of this latter experience sufficed to prove to him, as he said, that he could not out of the income "pay his butcher, his baker and his candlestick maker." For this reason he abandoned the ministry and entered the golden field of Klondike business. The company claims to have fields in Alaska and Northwest Territory worth many millions of dollars, and the presi dent of the concern last week declared that a conspiracy existed among a num ber of the minor stockholders to obtain a hold on some of this valuable property and freeze out the Vroomans. STORY OF THE TEN STOCKHOLDERS. Frank B. Vrooman, Harry C. Vrooman, Carl Vrooman. a regent of the Kansas agricultural college, and Hiram Vrooman of Rocksbury, Mass.. and Frank W. Da vis of Minneapolis. Minn., are specified as codefendants in the bill, they being the controllers of the company. Here is the story of the stockholders as told in the bill: "In October, 1897. Frank B. Vrooman conceived the scheme and plan of organ izing and manipulating a corporation for the benefit, personal gain and profit of himself and other codefendants with the intention and purpose of obtaining money and goods from the public in general un der the guise of working and operating placer claims and dredging privileges in the gold fields of Alaska and Northwest Territory. "Accordingly, about October 8. 1S97, with H. C. Vrooman, he incorporated in Mon tana a company with a capital stock of $12,000,000," as the bill says, "for the pur pose of Impressing the public with the magnitude and importance" of the com pany. Then, according to Mr. Wallace and his fellow-complainants, the trouble began. According to the state laws of Montana, the bill says, the directors of any cor poration can acquire mining property on which an arbitrary and fictitious value may be fixed, and corporations can make such mining property the fulL paid stock of their company. This, it is alleged, was done, and it is charged that it was a part of the plan of the Vrooman com pany "to organize, float and dispose to the public with great profit to them selves" the stock of the corporation. AN ABANDONED CLAIM. In order te make the stock appear full paid F. B. Vrooman, the bill alleges, "transferred to the corporation, in consid eration of all the stock except thirty shares of the par value of $300, a certain worthless, abandoned and obscure mining J claim in the county of Lewis and Clarke, Rev. Frank B. Vrooman, Formerly of Topeka. known as the Silver Bow lode quartz mine, thus making the capital stock full paid and non-assessable." The bill avers that the mine was of no value, was not being worked, and has not been .since that time, except to make the 'stock falsely appear full paid and non assessable." But the men who want a receiver appointed for the gold company say that is not the worst of it, for they declare on their Information and belief that at the time of the transfer Frank B. Vrooman had no title to the mine in ques tion, and control was secured at nominal values and without the expenditure of any money in excess of the sum of $1. Then,' the bill says, Mr. Vrooman trans ferred back to the corporation for a con sideration of 1.575.000 shares representing the par value of $5,750,000 of capital stock, or about 49 per cent, leaving himself in possession of 51 per cent, or the controlling interest. This stock, which was trans ferred to the corporation, was called "treasury stock," and was that to be dis posed of to the public. TRUSTEES APPOINTED. Then, in accordance with the laws of Montana, three trustees had to be appoint ed. .Harry ij. vrooman, a orotner; j? ranK W. Davis, an uncie, and Frank B. "Vroo man were the three, and the bill declares that Frank B. Vrooman controlled these two absolutely and took charge of the en tire business of the concern. Then ap peared, glowing advertisements of the great resources of the new gold fields, the brilliant prospects of those who went there, these advertisements with prospec tuses making, as the bill alleges, "false and fraudulent representations" as to the standing and financial condition of the new company. As declared in the bill, the plan of action of the firm was to dredge and take gold from various river beds and bottoms to which they had claim. They had to have dredges. Mr. Vrooman then represented that he was the owner of valuable pat ents and inventions in dredges, and, just before the election of the board of di rectors, he secured the passage by the trustees of a resolution whereby the cor poration purchased of him his patents and inventions, and upon the transfer there was issued to him credit on the books of the concern to the extent of $50,000, but the men who are now suing for an accounting declare that careful investigation fails to show that Frank B. Vrooman ever own ed any patent or invention in relation to dredging. No such patents have ever been issued, they say, by the United States or any other government. Next the complaint of the stockholders says that the company through Mr. Vroo man found that it had to have cigars, and in March Vrooman purchased ostensi bly for the company, $6,000 worth of ci gars. The cigars were never delivered to the corporation or anybody, the bill says, but Vrooman pretended to assume the debt personally and pay for it, and the ci gars were never purchased in fact, but Frank B. Vrooman took from the treas ury two promissory notes, at face value of $5,000 and $1,000, to reimburse himself for the expenditure. This transaction also, the bill says, the board of directors set aside and canceled and the notes had to be returned to the treasury. CARNEGIE TO BUY 'EM. Reported to Hare Offered $20, 000,000 For the Philippines. Chicago, Jan.14. The Record's Wash ington special says: Andrew Carnegie has authorized two friends in the United States senate to offer the president $20,000,000 for the Philippine islands. He says that the of fer is made in good faith and that the money will be forthcoming within 30 days after the formal acceptance of his proposition; or he will assume the re sponsibility of paying the indemnity to Spain, thus making an appropriation by congress unnecessary. Mr. Carnegie says that his only purpose in buying the islands is to set them free. CARNEGIE DENIES IT. New York, Jan. 14. Mr. Andrew Car negie, after reading the foregoing dis patch, said: "It is nonsense; sheer nonsense." Stenographer Martin's Luck. Ben Martin, who has been Justice Al len's stenographer for the past two years, lost nothing by the change in ad ministrations. He stepped out of an $800 a year job as Justice Allen's sten ographer into a $900 job as Judge Ma han's stenographer in the court of ap peals. Judge Mahan is judge of the central division northern department of the court of appeals. Weather Indications. Chicago, Jan. 14. For Kansas: Fair tonight and Sunday; brisk westerly winds. ON AN ICE FLOE. Mrs. Louise Lander Sought Lake at Chicago For Suicide. Crawls Out on Ice When Piece She is On Becomes Detached. BUT SUE IS RESCUED. It is Pulled Hack by Men Who See Her Great Danger. Nervous Prostration Follows the Terrifying Experience. Chicago, Tan. 14. Mrs. Louise. Lan der of 606 Division street was res cued from an ice floe in the lake off Burton place last evening, whith er she had gone, it Is supposed, in an effort to end her life. She was suffering from intense nervousness when she left her home at 4 o'clock and walked north in the Lake Shore drive. At Burton place, where the sea. wall has been washed away by the storms, she lowered herself upon the frozen, cakes and made her way toward the open water, 300 feet into the lake. Just as she reached the edge of the stretch of ice, where the spray from the waves dashed into her face, she fell fainting, and the huge slab on which she was lying became loosened and began drift ing out. She was removed from her perilous position by park policemen. Mrs. Lander is the wife of Dana S. Lander, an attorney at 164 Dearborn street, and is employed as a decorator by the Tobey Furniture company. She went to work as usual yesterday morn ing, although she was feeling HI. At noon she returned home, suffering in tensely from nervousness and nearly prostrated. Miss Moffitt, a relative of Mrs. Lander, who lives at the same house, was at home, and the young woman, thinking that her attack would not prove serious, did not notify her husband. MRS. LANDER LEFT ALONE. Shortly before 4 o'clock Miss Moffltt went out, leaving Mrs. Lander alone in the house. A few minutes afterward! some of the neighbors saw her quit the place. She was dressed in street attire and carried a small shopping bag, which contained some money. She walked to the Lake Shore drive, a dis tance of less than a block from her home, and then turned north. The lake is skirted with ice, which extends 300 feet into the water, and at the outer edge there is a border of jagged drifts, over which the waves dash their spray. Beyond is open water. At the shore the ice is eight feet be low the sea waiV and Mrs. Lander was obliged to exercise, considerable strength to lower herself upon it, for, although the stone has been washed away, a temporary wall of wooden beams has been constructed. She was not seen to climb over the shore pro tection, and no one noticed her until she was within a few feet of the open lake. SEES HER AS SHE FAINTS. Joseph Horton, who lives at the On tario hotel, saw her just as she fell fainting. He is acquainted with her, but through the gloom did not recog nize her. He ran to Lincoln park, a block away, and notified Park Police men Wyman and Mooney, and with them hastened back to rescue the woman. Before they could reach the outer edge of the ice, however, they were startled at seeing a large block break loose and begin tossing upon the waves with the unconscious woman upon it. The officers hastened back to the shore and procured two long planks, which had been used in repairing the sea wall, and with them they were able to reacii the floe. They drew it toward them as far as possible, and then, using the planks for a bridge, carried the woman from the detached piece. Friends of Mrs. Lander refuse to be lieve that she was conscious of her act and say that if she attempted suicide she must have been suffering from tem porary delirium brought on by her u sbm. aus jqsm Isbi ssausnoAjau care of a physician. She is 35 years old. DREYFUS TO GCTfREE. His Sentence to Be Quashed Without a Retrial. Paris, Jan. 14. The Matin and the Gaulois this morning say they under stand that the inquiry of the court of cassation into the Dreyfus case is on the point of terminating and that the court will probably report that acts of treason actually occurred, but that suf ficient proof of the guilt of Dreyfus does not exist and that his sentence, there fore is quashed. The papers add that there will be a fresh court martial. Dreyfus it appears was informed cf the revision proceedings some time ago, but he is under the impression that they are due to the initiative of the general staff and in his letter the prisoner thanks Gen. Boisdeffre, the former chief of the general staff and his comrades of the army for the action taken. ALL ON BOARD LOST. British Ship Andalina Sinks at Taconia, Wash. Taeoma, Wn., Jan. 14. The Britisf ship Andalina which arrived last night in ballast capsized and sank in fath oms of water early this morning. Captain G. W. Slating and crew of 13 men are lost. Eleven sailors were dis charged yesterday and came ashore. The Andalina was 2,400 tons, four mas ted bark from Annapolis, Nova Scotia, and came from Shanghai for wheat. The captain leaves a wife and three children in Nova Scotia. The vessel capsized in a terrific squall. She had a boom log on each side and one got adrift, causing the other to up set the vessel. The ballast had been discharged.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1899. THEY HAVE j NOT CEASED: THERE IS ONLY IME Price 50Cents. Polygamous Marriages tinue In Utah Con- Say the Utah Ministers In Re- 2 TO PRESIDENT SXOW Head of the Church of Latter Day Saints. Ministers Make a Statement For the Public Salt lke City, Jan. 14. The statements by President Lorenzo Snow of the Mor mon church, that polygamy. In Utah has ceased, and that plural roarrlaasre. waa neither sanctioned nor encouraged, Is em phatically denied by the Ministers' "associ ation of Salt Lake. The association has Issued the following answer, to President Snow: The .statement published by President Lorenzo Snow concerning- polygamy in, Utah- Is one of the most plausible docu ments that Morman diplomacy has ever ent out. In his statement Snow discusses three general subjects which are of special In terest to the whole American people just now. first, the subject of polygamous marri ages in Utah at the present time;; second, the election of Elder Roberts to congress; third, the obligations to care for former plural wives. With reference to the first subject, three statements are made to which we call at tention. The first statement is contain ed in the first sentence of the document, as follows "In answer to your Inquiries, I declare most solemnly and emphatically that the statements which are being published to the effect that the Mormon church is en couraging and teaching polygamy are ut terly untrue." Now, if that statement is not calculated to mislead and to serve the people outside of Utah by being at variance with the facts, then it is impossible to frame a misleading statement. Those who live in Utah and are well informed know that It is a misleading statement. For, in what other way could the Mormon church more effectively encourage polygamy than it is doing now, when the church officials are setting before young and old the exam ples of living in polygamy? What more effective teaching is possible than the teaching of such an example? But we know, equally well that there Is direct teaching of polygamy by church officials In .various parts of the state. We know that the bishop and other officials in the smaller towns are constantly exhorting the people, since statehood, to "live their religion," and we know what that means in Utah. But to be specific, only last May Elder Roberts was setting before the young peo ple In the magazine which he edits, and which is the organ of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement association, the rightfulness of polygamy as a divine in stitution, in an elaborate article of nearly 11 pages. And since the 1st of June the papers have reported addresses by two apoBtles of the church before the young people's convention, in which the rightful ness of polygamy was advocated and im pressed upon the young people. The sim ple fact is that there has not been, to our knowledge, so much encouragement and teaching of polygamy by church officials for the last 12 years as there is now. And if President Snow does not know these things, how useless is his sweeping denial, or his hiding under the technical meaning of the term polygamy, as dis tinguished from plural marriage? The second statememnt about polygamy is that there have been no polygamous marriages in Utah since President Wood ruff's manifesto in 1880, and President Snow declares it his intention to stand by that manifesto and not permit any polyg amous marriages to take place under the sanction of the church. President Snow conveys the Impression that plural marriages can take place only in the temples and places which are un der his ofticial control. But President John Taylor, who is an equally good au thority, in his sworn testimony before the Third district court on October 17, 1884, told us Just the contrary. Testifying about the number of persons having the authority to perform plural marriages, he says: 'I could give you hundreds of names of parties In this territory who have the au thority. There are no records kept of these appointments. I don't know who all these parties are." PLAN BIG UN JEN MILLS. Industry Nov?l to America to be Started in Wisconsin. Chicago, Jan. 14. The linen Industry, hitherto neglected in America, has been taken up on a scientific basis, and with in a few months a mill in Wisconsin will be weaving high grade linen cloth, principally towellngs at first, made from flax grown and prepared in Amer ica, and bleached and put on the mar ket in shape to compete with, the best 1" Ym Owe H to Her. If yon are the -jt "i x i motner ot a young k V-hJ.' preaching the w time when girl IsbV. Jr hood merges into 1 womanhood do not hesitate to speak freely and franklv with her about the things which most closely con cern her future happiness. If she is sub ject to any weakness of the delicate, spe cial organism of womanhood, make it your business to see that this is properly cor rected, and that she starts upon woman hood's career with full womanly strength aad capacity. She will bless you. for it ail her life. There is no seed of examinations and "local applications." Sound professional advice may be obtained free of charge, by writing to Ir. R. V. Pierce, "chief consulting physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surg ical Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y., whose thirty years' occupancy of this position has made him recognized among the most eminent of living specialists in the treat-' stent of woman's diseases. Every case submitted to him by mail re ceives careful consideration. Efficient and inexpensive home-treatment is prescribed whereby delicate, feminine complaints may be promptly alleviated and cured. Dr.: Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the only Jtroprietary medicine is the world designed or this special purpose by a regular physi cian an educated, experienced expert. Miss Cora X.. Rusael. .fLetnoat, Accomac Co., a., ia a letter to Dr. Pierce, says: Prom April, J 89, uutil the following October, I suffered se verely from painful menstruation. For about twelve bwn wforc th appearance of the meases I would feel giddy, have s severe nemdaehe, pain in nay back. In fact X felt as if every bone in my body waa breaking. Nothing did me any good. I wrote ta Dr. Pierce sad he recommended his Favorite Prescription,' sad after nstne three faottlasef ass gloats say I am curd'; i J Vi. t 111 55 A WAR OF and Now its SPAIN WHO COMpLAiNTo p Ty tONDinOfV foreign goods in the same grade. This is the result of an invention of Ber trand S. Summers, chemist for the Western Electric company, who has been working on the process for many months and has at last perfected it. Negotiations are under way for the formation of a company to build the plant, and before the year is out it is to be working at full capacity. The site will besomewhere in the Green Bay re gion of Wisconsin, and the finished product will be used at the Albany lin en, mills, at Albany, Wis. The amount of fibre flax grown in this country is not large at the present time, and the first efforts of the mill will be to utilize the waste straw left over from the seed flax, which is now burned to get it out of the way. This can be made into a linen that is available for toweling, and some grades of table cloths. The finer linens will not be taken up at once, be cause the farmers are not growing the fine flax necessary for this work. The encouragement given to this braHch of agriculture will doubtless bring them to a study of the cultivation of the plant, when they are assured of a, ready market for all that they may grow at prices that will make it extremely profitable for them. wontsTand it. Harana Will Not Be Allowed to Scatter Any More Yellow Feier. Washington, Jan. 14. The secretary of war evidently intends to carry out Colonel Waring's plan for the sanita tion of Havana as fast as the means at his disposal will allow. Colonel Waring's estimate of the im provements needed in Havana sets the cost at about $10,000,000. The customs receipts of the island of Cuba for a period of twelve years under Spanish rule, and including some years of In surgent warfare, thinly disguised offi cial peculation, and other discouraging conditions, averaged nearly $13,000,000 a year. The receipts at Havana alone made up nearly nine millions of thl3 total. The best qualified experts who cave looked into the subject lately agree in predicting that wlta the pres ent provisional tariff and an honest ad ministration of the customs, the re ceipts from imposts will come very near to doubling those under Spanish rule. In that case, although Havana would receive only her pro rata share of the money collected, there would be enough of that to carry out the Waring pro gramme, with a neat surplus to devote to other purposes. It is said to be the president's desire to give such an ex hibition of the possibilities of whole some administration in Cuba as will set the pace for the Cuban administra tion. If it ever comes. CHECKING UP. Counting Piles of Currency and Silver in the State Treasury. The checking up and turning over of the bonds and money in the treasurer's office is a tedious job, and will take the entire week at least. It took two men tialf a day to count the silver alone. There is $21,700 in silver now in the treasury vault in dollars, halves and quarters. It is in canvas sacks, contain ing $500, $1,000 and $2,000 each. As fast as a sack is counted it is sealed and la beled. In addition to this there is $25,080 In gold, and $165,000 in currency in the vault. If the treasury were turned over to Treasurer Grimes tonight be would come into possession of $290,780.58 in cash and warrants now In the treasury, $84,488.74 in the Bank of Topeka, $52, 146.08 in the First National, $70,060.68 in, the Merchant's National, and $58,352.21 in the Central National. The new taxes which are now coming in every day, are deposited in Treasurer Grimes' name. Rev. G. 33, Olden's Flan. tne of the last acts of Auditor Morris before going out of office was to allow the bill of Rev. G. D. Olden as messen ger of tbe Twenty-third Kansas regi ment at San Luis de Cuba. The bill was not allowed as originally presented, however, but over $108 was cut off from it. The original bill was for $552, and. it waa eut bjr Auditor Morris to 4S0. AMK A n POINT. VJORps is TH, -'I M

Of RETURNED i a I X -s-- sm .11 v if r -ii. 7rfi7OfiA. OPTUS Filipino fAcr CVCr POf?, MEN AREHUNGRY Sad Plight of Soldiers Who En listed For War. Over 700 Teterans Stranded In New York. ARE WILLING TO WORK Most of Them II ad Promise of Their Old Places. When Hostilities Ceased Bat Didn't Get Them. New York, Jan. 14. If anybody has need for the services of ministers, doctors.train ed or experienced male nurses, hospital stewards or skilled or unskilled laborers, he would do well to make his wants known to the Red Cross Relief association, of which Mr. Garmany of 100 William street is the secretary. The office of the asso ciation is on the eighth floor. The asso ciation has between 700 and 1,000 unem ployed men for whom it is trying its level best to find employment. A worker ex perienced in any profession, business or trade can be supplied and not many ques tions will be asked about wages or salary, so long as the men can earn a living. At present they are maintained by charity. All of the men for whom the associa tion is trying to provide work are honor ably discharge soldiers, who served as vol unteers or regulars during the war with Spain. They represent tifteen or twenty different regiments and they come from almost every section of the country, but there are more from New York than from anywhere else. Every man on the list gave up a good job when the country need ed soldiers, and most of them, who were volunteers, went to war with the under standingthat when they were mustered out they could go back to the work they left when the war began. These former soldiers know now that the promises of getting their jobs back when the war was over were not made in good faith. Most of them were ill for weeks after they got to Montauk Point. When they became convalescent they were cared for by the Red Cross Relief association or by the Soldiers' Comfort committee. When they were quite well they went out to look for work. Some of them who livedit a distance returned to their homes. Others, who had never been in or near New York so long before, concluded to remain here. They supposed that it must be easy in such a big city to find work. The New York men simply went to their own homes and then applied to their former employ ers for their old jobs. Weeks went by and the Red Cross Relief association moved the headquarters In Broadway, near Prince street, to loo Wil liam street. In the latter part of Novem ber a squad of discharged soldiers for whom the association had cared during the period of their convalescence came in to the office. They had been volunteers. When Mr. Garmany inquired what he could do for them, one of them said, in substance: "We hate to trouble you again, you've done so much for us already, but we thought we'd rather come here than beg on the streets. We have tried for weeks to get work, but we have utterly failed. Now the little money we had is gone, and the only thing left for us was to starve, come here, or beg. We came here, think ing you migh thelp us to get something to do. We don't care what the work is, or how small the pay Is, so long as we can earn a living." Mr. Garmany told the men to sit down, and then he cross-questioned each one of them pretty severely. He became con vinced they were telling the truth, and he told them he'd see what he could do to help them. He told them also that if they knew of any other honorably discharged soldiers, or any honorably discharged sail ors, who had been unfortunate, to send them to him and he would try and do something for them. Since then he has received and filed many more than 1,000 applications. Among the number he has a preacher from Texas, who gave up his charge and enlisted as a private in a Texas regiment. He though after he received his discharge here that he might be able to do mission work in New York. He spent what money he had and became stranded. When Mr, Garmany asked him how it happened that he, a minister of the gospel, went to war, the Texan made this frank reply: "I believe in teaching and preaching the gospel of peace until an enemy attacks my country. Then the gospel of peace becomes ineffective. Nothing but solid lead and plenty of it is any sort of use. I thought I could better serve the Master by shooting Spaniards than by talking re ligion, and so I just enlisted.' Mr. Garmany could find nothing for the Texas preacher to do until the first heavy fall of snow came. Then he got him a job in the street cleaning department and the parson shoveled snow in a light sum mer suit until there was no more snow to shovel. Another volunteer who is looking for a Job is a lawyer from Kentucky, lie t V f(Tfc. f Pw""l'a Qr UllTH A also earned a little money by shoveling snow. One of the men in whom everybody con nected with the association has taken much interest is Thomas J. Connell. who went from Arizona to San Antonio to en list In troop L of the rough riders. Con nell is 28 years old and, for Uie present, is living with his sister at 23 Manhattan street.. He was born in Sitka, Alaska, while his father, John Connell, was. serv ing with battery H. Second United States artillery. -When Connell was old enough he enlisted in the army and was assigned to battery K, Fourth United States artil lery. He served five years, was honor ably discharged and re-enlisted for three years in the Second United States cavalry, from which he was honorably discharged. While in the artillery he served under General Miles all through the Sioux cam paign. His father died in the army after 26 years of service, and an older brother also died in the service. Connell's troop was in the detachment of the regiment that was left at Tampa. He was not ill a day until he reached Mon tauk Point, where he had typhoid fever. Since he recovered -he has tramped all over the city to find work, but so far has been unsuccessful. He can drive, ride, break or do anything else about horses, and he is an expert packer. He said yes terday that he preferred 4o take care of horses, but is willing to do anything to earn a living. By dint of a lot of questioning Mr. Garmany found out yesterday afternoon that Connell has other troubles besides those connected with his inability to get work. His sister's husband has been ill for some time. The wife and four chil dren were thus without anyone to provide for them, since Connell was out of work. Mr. Garmany managed to worm out of the rough rider yesterday that he himself had had nothing to eat in two days and that there was no food in his sister's house. The man all but broke down as he answered the questions and quite went to pieces when Mr. Garmany gave him an order for groceries and delicacies for his sick brother-in-law. Mr. Garmany says that he has the rec ords of all the men for whom he wants employment, and he knows that they are what they represent themselves to be. He says that, with the papers filled every day with stories of the prosperous condi tion of the country, it does seem as if there ought to be work in New York for men who left good jobs to fight for their country. He says he can furnish clerks and stenographers, as well as nurses, la borers and mechanics. Among the latter he has bridge builders, iron workers, elec tricians, blacksmiths and coppersmiths. FIRE DRILL WORKS In a Crowded New York School Building:. New York, Jan. 14. The good dis cipline of the 1,600 pupils of public school No. 38, located in the four-story brick building at No. 8 Clark street, probably saved many from injury and death at an outbreak of fire in the base ment of the building at 11:32 o'clock yesterday. It was remarkable with what coolness this large number of chil dren, between the ages of 5 and 15, behaved. There are about 900 pupils in the primary department of this school and 700 in the grammar depart ment. The fire broke out In a closet In the rear of the boys' play room, directly un derneath an enclosed fire proof stairway leading into all the floors of the build ing. This stairway is used as a means of exit in case of a fire or any other emergency. The closet underneath was filled with waste paper, which quickly ignited. Almost instantly a volume of smoke filled the stairway and ef fectually cut off all means of egress by that means. The smoke was thick and stifling. A little girl happened to be in the basement at the other end, and, seeing the smoke, ran upstairs, crying fire. Miss Mary Kittman, who is gen eral assistant to the principal,' quieted the girl and, hurrying into, the base ment, pulled the big fire gong six times. This is the signal for the chil dren to immediately prepare tor a. fire drill. When the gong had ceased sounding every child was on its feet. The clang ing of the fire engines on the outside and the thick smoke that filled the building betokened the fact that this was no ordinary fire drill. Yet the fire drill was gone through with as though there had been no emergency. The children marched in an orderly manner down the fire escapes, obeying the com mands of the teachers and looking as unconcerned as frightened children could. The flames were extinguished with out serious damage. Don't Get Left. Commencing Sunday, January 15, the Rock Island Colorado Flyer will leave Topeka at 8:10 instead of 8:30 p. to. Remember this change. k, 111' VM n lit I 1 lill, I "v vwmv xx vx ra xx x x x. LVEUY ft OVER RACK YL. i 1 A LARGE ARMY la Being Raised by the Dowager Em press of China. Vancouver, B. C.,Jan.l4. Hong Kong mail advices say the raising of large bodies of troops in China is taken to indicate that the empress dowager and her advisers are preparing some import ant movement next spring at the latest. So far, according to reliable statistics, there are some 130,000 men, all armed with Mauser and Martini-Henry rifles, including the Pekin field force, in and around Pekln and Tien Tsin. Freshets recently caused a cavein on the banks of the river Han, at Hankow. From 500 to 1,000 people were drowned. Pritchard Morgan, M. P., has not only succeeded in obtaining a concession of all the mineral rights in the province of Sze Chuan, the richest province of China, but he has in conjunction with C. A. Moreing of London, obtained a very valuable concession from the Kor ean government. This concession enti tles the contractors to locate an area of about two hundred and -sixty square miles and to work all minerals within this area for a period of 75 years. All buildings and works are to be exempt from taxes and imposts of all kinds; all materials and machinery necessary for working mines are to be introduced in to Korea duty free; and all products from mines are exportable duty free. Of net profits a royalty of 25 per cent is to be paid to the imperial Korean govern ment. DEAD BODIES ROBBED. Eren the False Teeth Stolen From Their Mouths. London, Jan. 14. Evidence that the dead bodies of the unfortunate passen gers and crew of the Atlantic liner Mo hegan, wrecked on the Manacle rocks, near Plymouth, received less consid erate treatment on the part of the peo ple of the locality than has been ad mitted by the press is shown in a sig nificant fashion by the fact that a bill is to be introduced during the forthcom ing session of parliament with a view to adopting the French law, Btrictly forbidding any one to touch or even move a dead body on land until it has been seen and examined by the police. Of course, by this is meant the remains of people who have died otherwise than in their bed. The reason given for introducing this measure is because the greatest diffi culty was experienced in the identifica tion of the dead passengers and crew of the Mohegan in the Church of St. Keverne, owing to the bodies having in each case had all rings, chains, watch es, purses, papers and actually the arti ficial teeth removed by the finders. Even in those few cases where, after much investigation on the part of the police, trinkets, watches, etc., were traced, the persons who had them in their posses sion were unable to assert positively from which bodies they had removed the goods. Rheumatism Cured in a Day. Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 3 days. Its action upon the system is remarka ble and mysterious. It removes at once the cause and the disease immediately disappears. The first dose greatly bene fits. 75 cents. Sold by Swift Holliday, dr!sglsts. 523 Kansas avenue, Topeka, The smallest things may exert the greatest influence. 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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, SATURDAY EYKNTXG, .TAXTTATrr II. ISO!). t.y v. V i 3 A Poor Way to Treat Catarrh Is to Rely Upon the Sprays, Washes, Etc. Which form the basis of many 'methods' now bo prevalent. Such treatment might avail some thing if Catarrh was only a local irritation of the membranes. But the disease is not on the surface the discomforting irritation of the lining of the throat is not the dis ease itself, but simply a mani festation of it. Catarrh is a deep-seated, constitutional blood disease, and it is as easy to put out fire with a sheet of paper as to hope to cure it with local applica tions. Don't mistake temporary relief for benefit. Those who last season thought themselves bene fited by this treatment will see their mistake as soon as the first chilling blast of winter is felt. "The sprays and washes prescribed by the doctors relieved me only tempora rily, and though I used them constant ly lor ten years, the disease had a firmer hold than. ever. 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Paul Hudson has returned to the City of Mexico. He has been, in Topeka four weeks. Eugene Blair in "A Lady of Quality" has been booked for the Crawford theater April 6. Hal Xelson, who recently returned from London, is now a member of Watson's orchestra. "The Pay Train." a scenic melodrama, has been booked for the Crawford theater January 25. T. O. Orner and S. R. Tuttle have been appointed treasury examiners. They serve three months. Every office in the Santa Fe general of fice building has empioya absent on ac count of grip. Dr. A. M. Callaham, the new clerk of the district court, is a secret society man of high standing. John L. Sullivan will be seen at the Crawford theater in this city on the even ing of January 31. The Church of the Good Spirit has been moved from Fourth and Jackson streets to 722 Kansas avenue. The Kerriss comedians will be at the Grand Opera House the week; of January 2i ,at popular prices. Mr. Roy Baker will leave soon for Chi cago to resume his vocal training. He expects to go into opera. Judge Foster's condition Is not improv ed and he no longer appears at his office in the federal building. Beach Bowers minstrels have been booked for the Grand Opera House the latter part of this month. A man out at Kilmer churns his butter with a churn used by his ancestors in England a hundred years ago. Colonel J. W. F. Hughes has been elect ed secretary and Thomas Owens treasurer of the State Poultry association. The Women's Home Missionary society will hold the annual thank offering Sun day at the First Methodist church. Frank Peacock of the Rock Island freight department, is vice'president of the Shawnee County Horticultural society. J. M. Miller, who was a member of the city sanitary force under Mavor Harrison, is employed in the district clerk's office. Several petitions asking for the passage of the law regulating the barber trade are now on file in every barber shop in town. The Kansas soldiers In the Twentieth regiment stand a good chance of seeing some fighting before they get home from Manila. The house of P. E. Hill. In Seabrook. just west of town, was entered a few nights ago by burglars and a pocket book with $18 in money stolen. General Hugh Cameron attended the meeting of the State Agricultural society and asked questions on bee raising that could not be answered. A concert arranged by the new musical director. Mr. Al Heck, will be given by the Arion society next Wednesday even ing. The concert will be followed by a dnce. A legislator from the short grass coun try rested his feet on the back of the seat in front of him during the cake walk per formance at the Crawford theater Thurs day .evening. The Divine Scientist society has remov ed its headquarters from 333 Jackson street to 7 Kansas avenue. Meetings will be held every Sunday afternoon aud Thurs day evening. The Sons of the American Revolution will elect officers at the meeting "neS Wednesday afternoon, which will be held at 4 o'clock in the rooms of the State Historical society. Harry F. Williams, son of A. L. Wil liams, and W. L. Dickey, his brother-in-law, have purchased the Connellv ice giant in Xorth Topeka. Mr. Dickey has een living in Omaha. The Topeka Retail Clerks' Protective as sociation was formed last night with the following officers: John Marshall, presi dent: E. A. McLaughlin, vice president: C. C Coulson. financial secretary: I. W. Burdick. corresponding secretary; P. M. Conwell. treasurer. A memorial service In memory of Rob ert It. McBurney. late senior general sec retary of the T. M. C. A., who died De cember i7. will be held at the V. M. C. A. rooms Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. John MacDonald. who was a warm per sonal friend of McBurney. will deliver an address on "The Usefulness of Christian Manhood." Appointments for Kansas. Washington. Jan. 14. Miss Marion E. Kidder of Baldwin, Kan., has been ap pointed assistant teacher of the Indian school at Wild Rice River. Minn. Dr. William M. Boone has been ap pointed a pension examining surgeon at Parsons, Kan. La Grippe Is again epidemic. Every precaution should be taken to avoid It. Its specific cure Is One Minute Cough Cure. A. J. Sheperd, Publisher Agri cultural Journal and Advertiser. Elden. Mo., says: "No one will be disappoint ed in using One Minute Cough Cure for La Grippe." Pleasant to take, quick to act. Geo. W. Stansfleld. W. H. Wil son. A. J. Arnold Son, A. J. Kane Co., druggists. LENDINGEUROPE. New York is Her Creditor Far Into the Millions, And There Is Still an Abun dance of Money Left. THE SEW TEAR BEGINS With Exports Far in Excess of All Previous Records. Orders From Abroad for Struc tural Iron Find No Takers. New Tork, Jan. 14. K. G. Dun Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Contrary to the French saying, the expected has occurred. Rapid, advance in prices of Iron and steel products have had their immediate effect, perhaps not to the lasting benefit of the industry, for there is the same reason for doubt as to its permanency as in, 1S95, -when shrinkage of buyers and reaction soon carried prices lower than, before. But there is now larger demand for many other products, and without unwleldly combinations all are doing welL Throughout the country the situation was never as strong financially, as even governors of London banks admit, one stating that as London had financed America heretofore now for the first time New Tork is financing Europe. No evidence of weakness is seen in. oth er branches of industry nor in those upon which the great excess of exports most depend. Wheat and cotton still go out largely. Europe is buying because it has needs and New Tork is lending to Europe no body knows how many millions becaus there is for the present 00 need to call loans. The receipt of 2,30O,00O gold from Australia is announced at San Francisco. Americans are in the humor to In vest in their own country and have a great amount of money to put out without recalling any of their loans to Europe, so that the heaviest transac tions ever known in the stock exchange have occurred during the week without the evidence of reaction for which many strong operators have been looking. In products also the proposition of the country grows stronger. Last year's exports of wheat and corn were far be yond all precedent, but the past week has seen exports of 4.235.6S6 bushels wheat, flour included, against 3,216.4.0 last year from Atlantic ports, and in two weeks 9,452.109 against 6.086.783 last year, besides exports in two weeks from Pacific ports of 1.724,031 bushels against 2,340,009 last year. Meanwhile corn exports have been in two weeks 7.199.313 bushels against 6.091,578 last year. It is quite impossible to account for such movements except on the theory that at current prices this coun try is underselling the world and has great quantities yet to move at similar prices. There was an advance of 1 cents In wheat during the week and 1 cent in corn without any indication that sup plies are running short and the west ern receipts of wheat have been in two weeks 8,649,899 bushels, against 5,553,250 last year. Neither is there evidence of weak ness in the great industries. The out put of pig iron January 1 was 243.516 tons against 233,528 December 1, show ing a product of about 8.000 tons week ly more than has been estimated with a further decrease of 37.444 tons in stocks unsold during December. But while the Australian order for 37.000 tons Is still on the market with another European order for 15.000 tons plates, the mills are so crowded that prices are moving up rapidly. Bessemer pig iron is only 10 cents higher at Pittsburg and grey forge 15 cents, but plates advanced 10 cents by the combination. Minor metals are also stronger, tin having risen in sympathy with London to 22 cents and copper to 13.62 and lead to 4 cents, heavy consuming demand help ing in each case. The new combination in tin plates has advanced the price to per box at the works. There have also been large demands for structural v.-ork. 10.000 tons in bridges and build ings at Chicago. Wool Is stitiy held at the west, al though at Boston, Ohio XX is quoted at 26. although much higher at Phil adelphia. The woolen industry has been hampered beyond all expectations by the prices demanded for wool with the extraordinary stocks yet unsold. The market for cotton goods has been fairly large and at rather better prices, in accord with the price of cotton, which has risen to 6.06 cents. Receipts at the south are much smallar than heretofore, while there is accumulating evidence that the crop gathered late and under unfavorable conditions of weather does not grade as well as was expected. Failures for the week have been 318 In the Tnited States against 349 last year and 24 In Canada against 45 last year. IT IS A DEAD LETTER. The Interstate Commerce Law Is So Declared bj the Commission. Washington, Jan. 14. The annual re port of the interstate commerce com mission has been given out. In it the commission says: "In previous reports to congress, attention has been called to the vital respects in which the act has proved defective and inadequate. Some of its provisions were early seen to be Imperfect while others were so uncer tain or ambiguous as to give rise to protracted litigation, resulting finally In authoritative construction by the su preme court of the United States. The commission has taken much pains to explain the various questions that have thus been decided and the effect of these adjudications in defeating the purposes of the act. "To state that the law, in its present condition cannot be enforced is only to repeat what has already been said. Un til further and important legislation is enacted the best efforts at regulation must be feeble and disappointing. In our last annual report we not only set forth in general terms the necessity for amending the law. but formulated and proposed the specific amendments which appear to us -positively essential. With the renewal of these recommendations the duty of the commission in this re gard remains undischarged. "Meanwhile the situation has become intolerable, both, from the standpoint of the public and the carriers. Tariffs are disregarded, discriminations constantly occur, the price at which transportation can be obtained is fluctuating and un certain. Railroad managers are dis trustful of one another and shippers all the while in doubt as to the rates secur ed by their competitors. PURCHASING BUSINESS. "The value of the traffic is so unusual as to frequently exceed the capacity of equipment, yet the contest for tonnaga seems never relaxed. Enormous sums are spent in purchasing business and secret dates accorded far below the standard of published charges. The general public gets little benefit from these reductions, for concessions are mainly confined to the heavier shippers. All this augments the advantages of large capital and tends to the injury and often to the ruin of smaller deal ers. These are not only matters of gravest consequence to the business welfare of the country but they concern in no less degree the higher interest of public morality. "It is perfectly clear that observance of tariff rates is entirely within the power of the railway managers, and that it would be vastly for the advant age of the railways as a whole. It would however, be difficult and often ruinous for one railway to maintain rates while Its competitors make secret concessions, and it is also to be admitted that. Jus tified or not, the results are substan tially as claimed by the carriers. A large part of the railway business Is now transacted upon illegal rates, and in certain quarters charging the published rate is the exception. The results are gross discriminations be tween individuals and gross preferences between localities which most always favor the strong and oppress the weak. Probably no one thing today does so much to force out the small operator and build up those trusts and monop olies, against which law and public opinions alike beat in vain as discrim inations in freight rates. A further re sult is that railway business is carried on largely in conceded violation of law. This condition the present law is power less to control. The criminal remedies have been applied and some convictions have been had, but no substantial effect has been produced and no satisfying re sults can be obtained rrom that course. The fact may be morally certain, but the name, the date, the amount, can not be shown with the particularity and certainty required by criminal law. RESTRICT COMPETITION. "If unrestricted competition produces discrimination, one obvious way to pre vent such discrimination is to restrict competition. Whether existing condi tions would be Improved by legalizing railway contracts would depend upon the extent to which the agreements were made and actually enforced by the carriers. So far as the commission can obtain information there is at present no other great nation which endeavors to enforce competition between its rail ways, although in many cases that method has been tried and abandoned. But Just as no other great nation today enforces competition between railways, so there is no other great nation today which does not regulate and control railway rates. If this country is to change its theory of railway regulation, it should ad&pt the new theory in its entirety. Carriers ask authority to combine in order to fix and maintain reasonable rates. But who shall decide what rates are reasonable? Shall it be left to the carriers to fix their own rates, or should the people who grant this extraordinary privilege reserve to themselves the right to determine- this question? "It does not necessarily follow, there fore, that permission should be given the carriers to make these combina tions. The evils attendant upon re stricted competition might be greater than the benefits derived from it. ne rate should be removable as well as stable and uniform, and hitherto com petition has been mainly relied upon for that purpose. Now, if competition is to be removed what is to take the place of it? The conclusion of the com mission in reference to agreements of this sort and the degree of control over rates, which should be exercised by public authority is substantially as an nounced in its last annual report. The amendments there recommended would not invest the commission with any dif ferent or greater authority than it has long been supposed to possess. They would simply enable the commission to carry out the purposes of the act as declared in its first three sections. If the present commission is not qualified to discharge that trust then a more competent tribunal should be created. LIMITED RESTRAINT. "If combinations in restraint of com petition are to be permitted, the follow ing additional observations should be borne in mind: "First, to permit only a limited and feeble restraint would be to doom the experiment to failure before It was tried; but- it might be well to provide that the provision granting the privi lege should expire after a certain num ber of years by its limitation. Second, the contract itself and everything done under it should be open to public in spection. Third, it would probably be to the advantage of both the public and the railways if the public had some voice or representation In any organiza tion of the kind under consideration. If the public appointed one or more of the board of managers, to whom the ship per would feel free to submit his com plaint and who would bring the ship per's views before the association, it might do much to promote just con duct and harmonious relations between the railways and the public, and thus prove materially beneficial in a high de gree. "Whatever view may be taken of this phase of the subject the necessity for a thorough revision of the act can not be overstated. The principles of this law as set forth in its first three sections are conceded to be sound and beneficial, but at present amount to little more than a declaration of a sentiment. Some of the minor features of the statutes are fairly sufficient, but the machinery for La Grippe Have you had it? If not, be prepared, for it is here. You needn't dread the dis ease so much as the suf fering afterwards. Why have it? Tis the weak, nervous, pale and thin who suffer most. Scott's Emulsion corrects these conditions. It gives strength and stability and the strong throw off the disease. 'Twill lift you out of that terrible depression which follows. AH drnEgiata, 60c and J1.0O. Avoid Cheap limitations I .a WHEN YOU BUY Be sure that you" geCthe, Genuine Article, 31ADE ONLY BY Walter Baker s Go. ud. (Dorchester Mass. Registered Trade-Mark on Every Package. REGISTERED. TRADE MARK A copy of Miss Parloa's Choice Receipts will be sent free to any applicant, by Walter Baker Co. m. Dorchester, Mass. 1 13 r mi mt

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fsfl enforcing its substantive propositions is fatally defective. Every consideration of private Justice and public welfare de mands that railway rates shall be rea sonably uniform to all shippers and equitable between all communities. Un til needful legislation is supplied that demand must remain unsatisfied and the commission must continue to rest under the responsibility of a duty which it is powerless to discharge." THEY ALL RESIGN. Mayor and Council of San Juan Quit Business. San Juan, Porto Rico, Jan. 14. The mayor and the entire city council have resigned. This action, they assert, was taken because of their inability to raise sufficient funds under the present tariff. They are not satisfied with the so-called abrupt commands of the military gov ernment, and besides allege that they have insufficient liberty. There is, how ever, no ill feeling. SAGASTA IS TIRED, And Will Assemble the Cortes to Act on the Treaty. Madrid, Jan. 14. Senor Sagasta, the premier, will convene the eortes for Jan uary 25 or 3. and will Immediately demand a ratification of the peace treaty. The debate, it is expected, will last a week. Spain has again reminded the Wash-rng-ton government of the undertaking on the part of the United States peace com missioners in regard to Spanish prisoners in the hands of the Filipinos and has ask ed a prompt reply. Senor Saasta has caused it to he an nounced that orders have been sent to General Rios at Manila for the observ ance of strict neutrality by the Spanish troops. The newspapers allege that the Ameri cans have requested the Spaniards not to withdraw the Spanish troops from Min danao, the southernmost island of the Philippines, before the arrival of the Americans there, so as to prevent an in surrection breaking out. According to dispatches received here, the American domination In the Philip pines is ''limited to Manila bay." AH other points, except Mindanao, where the Spahiards remain, are in the hands of the insurgents One dispatch says; "The American volunteers are disheart ened by the climate and food and are anx ious to return home." JOHN M. PALMER A FAKE. He Is Regarded as Such by Jerry Simpson for Political Reasons. Washington. Jan. 14. Jerry Simpson, the Kansas Populist, does not look with favor on the proposition to secure a pension for General John M. Palmer of Illinois. He says that in the winter of 1S9-91 there were close senatorial contests in Illinois and South Dakota. In the former state the Populists and in the latter the Demo crats held the balance of power. An agreement was reached that If the Populists would support Palmer in Illi nois the Democrats would vote for Kyle in South Dakota. Jerry says he went to Springfield and with two of the three Pop ulist members held a conference with Pal mer, who said he was not only a silver man but a greenbacker. They took him at his word, and Palmer was elected on the 154th ballot, and Kyle was successful in South Dakota. Since then Palmer became the candidate of the gold Democrats for the presidency and Kyle has practically deserted the Pop ulists. For this reason Jerry says he feels he was sold out in both states, and faeoce h propose to gt bis rsvengOL RAILROAD NEWS. B. of L. E. of Emporia Lodge Totes Against Combining. Seniority List of Oklahoma With Cottonwood Division. DECISION IS FINAL. Engineer Bob Bollo Makes His Initial Bnn. Is a Son of Engineer Jim Bollo of the Fast Mail. The contest between the engineers of the Cottonwood division, on the Santa Fe, and the Oklahoma division over the seniority list has been settled by the Emporia lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers voting solidly against the proposition. The Oklahoma engineers wished their seniority list combined with the list of the Cottonwood division but the mem bers of the latter opposed it as it would only advance the Oklahoma men and retard their own progress. The contest has been spirited for some time but this is the final settlement of the question. It was lost by a vote of IS to 1. Change of Sock Island Operators. J. H. Burnette, night operator at Caldwell, who has been visiting his rela tives at Kinsley for some time, was called in to Herington yesterday to re lieve night operator F S. Greene. Greene has been put on as day operator. Ralph Stokes, regular day man, wilt take a month's rest on account of ill health. He will put in his vacation at home at Greensburg, where his father is agent. Engineer Bob Hollo's Initial Run. Bob Rollo, son of Engineer Jim Rollo of the fast mail, made his first run as engineer yesterday, from Xewton to To peka. Engineers look upon the fireman thathas Just been set up, as a "chip of the old block" and they expect him to gain a name, as has his father before him, of being one of the best runners on the road. Bergs' German Salve. ts used In every bouse, writes one man from a country town. Entire neighbor hood use tt, for Piles, Cuts. Burns. Bruises and all skin diseases. The fame of its cures necessarily spread from town to town; friends tell friends what Beggs German Salve has done, and the whole people acknowledges its merit, its healing qualities and its power of allaying pain. For sale by ail drug, gists. Wolves is Smith County. Smith Center, Jan. 14. The wolves are getting so plenty that a big circle hunt has been arranged to take place next Wednesday, January 18, to which every person is requested to take a hand. The territory to be covered is the south half of Banner township. Stealing Among University Students Lawrence, Jan. 14. P. S. Elliott, a student at Kansas university, had his watch stolen from his pocket in the halls of the main building yesterday. He was unable to give any clue ta the taker, and has not been able to locate his watch. Tb Sisters of Saint Francis Clinton. Iowa, write under the date of January 21, 1898: About six months ago a very reverend clergyman recommended Regan's Rheumatism Remedy to us as one of our sisters was a severe sufferer from rheumatism of over three years' duration. After she had used one oot tle of the remedy we are pleased to say she was entirely cured. We therefore cheerfully recommend this wonderful remedy to all similarly afflicted and heartily wish it the unlimited success it so richly deserves. $1 per bottle. Sold by Swift Holliday, Drug Co.. W. H. Wilson. Arnold Drug Co. We do mending and sew on buttons free of charge. Peerless Steam Laun dry. 112 and 114 West Eighth street. Horrible agony Is caused by Piles. Burns and Skin Diseases. These are immediately relieved and quickly cured by De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. Be ware of worthless imitations. Geo. W. Stansfleld. W. H. Wilson. A. J. Arnold Son, A. J. Kane Co., druggists. 7 99 Is Dr. Humphreys' Specific for Coughs, Colds, Influenza and Pneumonia Prevented. The early use of "Seventy-seven" will prevent Grip and Pneumonia. One of the strongest points of "77" is its sustaining powers during an attack of Grip; the vitality of the system nev er lags and you come out feeling almost vigorous, instead of a debilitated Grip wreck full of aches and pains. If you will carry a vial of "77" in your pocket and take frequently you will es cape the Grip. At druggists or sent prepaid; price, 25c 50 cts. and H.OO. Humphreys Med. Co., Cor. William St John Sts.. New Tork. Be sure to sjt HUMPHREYS'

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TOPEKA .STATE JOURNAX SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1899. tOPEKA STATE JOURNAL By FRANK P. MAC LENUAN. .VOLUME XXVI.. No. 12 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally edition, delivered by carrier. 10 cents a week to any part of Topeka or suburbs, or at the same price In any Kan sas town where this paper has a carrier system. By mall, one year 3 By mail, three months Weekly edition, one year PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal Building. 900 ana 802 Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. NEW TORK OFFICE. Temple Court Bldgr., A. Frank Richardson. Mgr. CHICAGO OFFICE. Stock Exchange Building. A. Frank Richardson, Mgr. LONDON OFFICE. 12 Red Lion Court. Fleet Street TELEPHONES. Business Office Bell 'PJne WJ Reporters" Room Bell "Phone 577 General Miles seems to have been guilty of less majeste. Cot Roosevelt instead of trying to BhaVe that beef, just lassoed it and threw It Into the sea. When It comes to founding libraries. 'Andrew Carnegie Is an expansionist of the most pronounced type. Senator Perkins of California has heard from his constituents and -will now vote for ratification of the peace treaty. Col. Roosevelt is compelled to ac knowledge that the Rough Riders re treated once and that was when they went up against some of that "embalm ed beef." There is said to be a scarcity of meat In Germany. The situation is not with out compensation. Possibly what there is will not have time to raise a crop of whiskers. France will now retire to the wings with her Dreyfus affair while the United States occupies the center of the stage with the Miles-Eagan embalmed beef en tertainment. Boston is now worse off than she was last summer. The Filipinos can ap proach from the west as well as from the east, and she can't tell which way they will come. The Interstate commerce commission has e t last announced a discovery which has been patent to the public for a long time, and that 13 that the law which it was. appointed to execute, is worthless. St. Louisans are" of the opinion that about $15,000,000 will do as a starter for their "World's fair $5,000,000 from the government, $5,000,000 from the city and state and $5,000,000 from private citi zens. The imembers of the house of repre sentatives appear to have two sets of opinions as to the value of civil service regulations. They are ''agin" olvil ser vice on a standing vote, and for it -on roll call. Philadelphia Record." Mr. Depew has at last obtained relief from the senatorial lockjaw with which he has been so long afflicted. Xt would not be surprising if he should treat the country to a brand new joke thought up during his period of silence. Young TT. S. Grant has one, at least, of the characteristics of his illustrious father. He has assembled his forces and thrown up entrenchments in. front of that California senatorshlp and seems determined to fight it out on that line if it takes all summer. It "Is now reported that Perry Bel mont aspires to be the running mate of Mr. Bryan in 1900. He has one of the prime requisites of the position a bar rel. Some getting together on the sil ver question might be considered advis able, but will hardly be regarded as nec essary. WHAT BHALL THE END BE P Under the caption "The Combination Era," the New York Commercial prints a letter from a correspondent in which he propounds the following question: "What will be the effect of a contin uance of the consolidation of our pro ductive and industrial interests upon American commercial and business af fairs?" The writer does not attempt to an swer his own question but proceeds to call attention to the tendency toward consolidation as follows: Economy in cost of production is us ually assigned as the cause for consoli dation. This should mean a cheaper article for the consumer. But this econ omy is obtained by lessening the num ber of employes through a closing of such a number of factories, for in stance, as tends to create an oversup ply of commodities. These employes, clerks and mill hands mostly, must seek work in new fields. But, where? And being idle, this will tend to lessen the demand for goods, thereby causing another of the corporate factories to close and making more idlers, for we know that population is not, and can not, keep pace with production. New avenues of industry are not de veloping so rapidly that we can expect to find every idle worker in demand. These new fields will also consolidate, and we must take into consideration the large growing generation, our chil dren and our children's children. What is their future. What business avenues will be open to them? Where can the man of small capital desirous of estab lishing his own business, turn for a se cure and profitable independent invest ment? It has often been the case that the promoters of these consolidations of capital withdraw shortly after their plans have been successfully consum mated. With their realizations they, embark in other similar enterprises. But the corporate body still exists, in control of some article or commodity which is in demand from one end of the country to the other. What guarantee, then, have the people that the price of that commodity will remain lower than In the days of competitive manufacture or production? How are the people as sured that their interests will not suffer, soma of them already, perhaps, being deprived of work? Unless, tt seems to me, the profits of such a corporation become so enormous as te invit competition at the hands of a new and equally as large antagonist, the supply of the commodity dealt in must be monopolized. Is monopoly de sirable? Is it for the. best Interests of the country? Is it to be recognized as an American institution, and as a need of the business world of today and of the futrue? Our productive capacity has doubled. If not trebled, our consumptive capac ity. This is true, the world over. Is there no remedy but a consolidation of interests? It is a well known fact that many American goods are sold at low er prices for export than they can be purchased at for the home market. Is this fair, equitable or just to the Amer ican consumer? It may be argued that, so long as he sells his labor at its mar ket value, he should not complain at paying the market value for his sup plies. But why should he be compelled to pay more than the foreigner who buys these same goods? AQUINALDO'S "FREEDOM." Chicago Tribune.3 The continued hostility of Agulnaldo's forces at Iloilo is something with which the American people can have no sym pathy, whatever be the halo of sophis try that Senators Hoar, Mason, and others may throw around it. Agulnaldo wants to be dictator of the Philippine Islands. There is no question of self government at stake. Any such thing as self-government is at present impos sible among the Filipinos. .They are no more capable of constructing a re public than they are of building a rail way locomotive. No Spanish colony has ever been able to organize a real re public, and the Filipinos are even less qualified for It than were the South American countries that threw off the Spanish yoke for themselves. It is simply a question of whether Aguinaldo shall be elevated into a tyrannical dic tatorship by the United States, or whether this country shall hold the su preme power in its own hands until such time as the natives have learned the lessons of self-government under American direction. Aguinaldo's proclamation Contesting the authority of General Otis is noth ing but a brief for himself. It is self interest that animates him and not any demand of the Filipinos for self-government. The appointment of General Otis as governor general of the islands dis places him from the position he wants for himself. He declares that the Amer icans came to the Philippines to give the people freedom and not to become mas ters of the islands. By- this freedom he means a permission for the natives to bow to his own sovereign behests. When he calls upon them to unite and fight for their liberty he is simply calling- upon them to defend his personal claims to be ruler of the islands. It is possible that this ambitious ad venturer may be able to stir up a large faction to support his claims. Would be dictators in Spanish countries never lack for some sort of following. But nothing is more certain than that when the United States once gets its bene ficent rule established, with all the su bordinate offices in the hands of the more intelligent natives, the following of Aguinaldo will dwindle to significance. The people will be too well contented with their genuine freedom to join in any scheme to establish an arbitrary dictator. It is only in the interim, be fore the natives can generally realize the difference between Spanish and American rule, that Aguinaldo can ac complish anything by his inflammatory manifestos. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe.J "Our teacher don't whip," said) a school boy today; "she just jaws." A man tells a girl that she Is pretty, and forgets it in five minutes; the re membrance still warms her heart when she hears his name when she is sixty. An Atchison woman refers to her husband as her consolation prize, and those who hear her recall the frivolous young men she regarded as head prizes, and feel like taking the husband out behind the barn, and weeping .with, him. 1 We object to a show in which the fun is represented by a girl in short clothes holding up her skirts in such a way as to show a white petticoat. There is nothing alluring about a white petti coat. We see too many of them in dry goods windows, and on clothes lines on wash days. The subrette should think up something more original. When a preacher leaves one charge for another, he excuses his going on the ground that he wants a "larger field." It would lose him ground in the hearts of his admirers if he said anything about a larger salary. To be very successful as a good man, a preacher must convey the impression that his trust in the future Is like that of the raven. r- An Atchison girl, who has been ac customed to sleeping in a warm room, went visiting during the holidays, and was put in a northwest room in which there was no fire. She had to break the ice in the pitcher in order to wash her face in the morning, and froze her fingers while trying to curl her hair. But she was a noble girl, and stayed her visit out. When anything is com ing to an Atchison girl in the shape of a visit, she will collect it If she has to sleep in a morgue. Food does more harm than good when not digested. Kodo! Dyspepsia Cure di gests what you eat. It prevents wast ing diseases and cures stomach troubles. It cures indigestion, sour stomach and belching, and allows a wornout stomach rest. It acts instantly. Geo. W. Stans field, W. H. Wilson, A. J. Arnold Son, A. J. Kane Co., druggists. Strong, steady nerves Are needed for success Everywhere. Nerves Depend simply, solely, Upon the blood. Pure, rich, nourishing; Blood feeds the nerves And makes them strong. The great nerve tonic is Hood's Sarsaparilla, Because it makes The blood rich and Pure, giving it power To feed the nerves. Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures nervousness, Dyspepsia, rheumatism. Catarrh, scrofula, And all forms of Impure blood. KANSASNEWS. Knights Templar of Kansas Formulate a New System. Tactics That Are Military Yet Not Too Technical. WORK EXEMPLIFIED At Newton Before tho Most Noted Kansas Members. First Work in This Line Given in America. Newton, Jan. 14. Last May the grand commandery Knights Templar of Kan sas appointed Bestor G. Brown, now of Chicago; P. M. Hoisington, of Newton, and E. W. .Wellington, of Ellsworth, a committee to formulate a system of tactics. The idea was to secure tactics that would be military and yet not be too technical and out of reach of small commanderies and Sir Knights not adept In military evolutions. Last night the committee reported, and the officers of Newton commandery No.- 9, the crack Organization of Kansas, exemplified the work in presence or the following emi nent sirs: George H. Jenkins, Kansas City, grand commander; Charles IT. Jones, Wichita, grand generalissimo; P. M. Hoisington, Newton, grand captain general; E. W. Wellington, Ellsworth, grand senior warden; Thomas L. Bond, Salina, grand junior warden; Henry C. Loomis, Winfleld, grand standard bear er; Charles J. Webb, Topeka, grand chaplain of guard; also William Shaver. Topeka, past grand commander, and Bestor G. Brown. So far as is known, this is the first work in this line known in America. The grand officers will pass on the work today and then it will be printed and used in Kansas. COUNTY PRINTING BOW. Mitchell County Newspapers and the Commissioners in a Deadlock. Beloit, Jan. 14. The seven newspa pers, three Republican, two Populist and two independent, and the county commissioners of Mitchell county, are in a spirited fight over the county print ing contract for the year 1899. Heretofore the Beloit Call and Glen Elder Sentinai have done the printing for this county at 17 per cent of legal rates, and the commissioners desiring to have the work done for less money, called for the lowest bidder, whereupon all parties made bids. They were all rejected because the commissioners claimed they could not figure which of two was the lower. New bids were call ed for, but they were again rejected, because they claimed three of the papers had pooled issues. The newspaper boys tiring of this method of procedure, evi dently all got together and put in sep arate bids, each one of which called for full legal rates and so the matter stands. The board adjourned sine die, leaving the county clerk to give the printing to any paper he saw fit, until the April meeting, when the matter will again be taken up. This forces Mitchell county to pay full legal rates for the printing, instead of 17 per cent as heretofore. The interest In the matter is intense, and the newspaper boys are a unit. It is conceded by all parties that the commissioners are beaten at their own game, and have forced upon the county several thousand dollars of unnecessary expense, by their unwise methods. TWO TRUSTIES ESCAPE. Escape From the Federal Prison With But 2 Months to Serve. Leavenworth, Jan. 14. Charles Jones and William B. Smith, two trusties at the penitentiary, made their escape Thursday night at 9 o'clock from the boiler house at the coal shaft. The police here were notified, but they found no trace of them. Smith and Jones were both on duty In the boiler room of the coal shaft, working at night. Both men were trus ties and had less than two months each to serve. They went to work as usual last night and were thought to be at their proper stations until it was discovered by the watchman while' making his rounds that they had left. It was believed the men came north toward the city, but no trace of them was found. MILK FOR THE CREAMERY. An Osage County Farmer Finds It Paid to Handle Cows. Burlingame, Jan. 14. During the past year William Droege took 61.000 pounds of milk to the creamery. It averaged four pounds of butter fat to each 100 pounds of milk. The highest price re ceived per pound was 18 cents; the low est, 12 cents. Thirteen cows produced the milk and raised some calves. That was an average of $23.54 to each cow. Along with that he got back 40,800 pounds of skim milk, worth anywhere from $50 to $100 for feeding purposes. He sold thirteen calves at $12 each, which should be credited to the cow account, besides feeding considerable skim milk to his hogs. OTTAWA COMMERCIAL CLUB. Proposes to Build a Big Hotel on the Lottery Plan. Ottawa, Jan. 14. The Commercial club of this city proposes to build a hotel large enough to be a credit to the city. The plan to build the hotel Is to give a grand concert at the Rohrbaugh and sell 100,000 tickets to this concert at 25 cents each. This will raise $25,000. Will sell these tickets in and out of Ottawa, any place they will buy them. Every person who attends the concert or has a ticket will be entitled to participate in a grand free distribution of presents, which will b donated by the citizens of Ottawa, The new $20,000 hotel will be given away as follows: Five certain tickets will receive $4,000 each. in stock In the hotel. CARBONDALE W. R. C. Holds Its Regular Meeting, Has a Banquet, and Elects Officers. Carbondale, Jan. 14. At a regular meeting held yesterday Colonel J. Hays Woman's Relief corps No. 27, of this city, had its annual installation of of ficers, after which a dainty lunch was served by the members of the corps. Following is the list of officers for the ensuing year: Mrs. Annie Duffy, president; Mrs. Margaret Luman, senior vice president; Miss Mary Fulton, junior vice presi dent; Mrs. Alice Erskine, treasurer; Mrs. Laura Shorten, chaplain; Mrs. Orlinda Wolf, conductor; -Mrs. Lizzie Jones, guard; Mrs. Mellie Jones, assist ant guard; Mrs. Allie M. Sullivan, sec retary. Post Commander L. W. Fulton con ducted the installation ceremonies. FAILING IN BUSINESS. A Lawrence Man Commits Suicide in Kansas City. Kansas City, Jan. 14. Jacob N. Zook, who has been engaged in the grocery business at Lawrence, Kan., for many years, was found dead here In a room at the Blossom house last evening, hav ing taken morphine with suicidal in tent. He had failed to secure any fur ther time from Kansas City creditors, who were pressing; for their money. a w Pensions for Kansans. Washington, Jan. 14. Pensions have been granted as follows: Original Louis M. Warmuth, Nation al Military home, Leavenworth, $8; Frank Fisher, Leavenworth, $10; Enos Dixon, Philllpsburg, $8; John Moyer, Valencia, $6; Hiram W. Valentine, Fort Scott, $8; Peter Rome, Kansas City, $10. Renewal Pleasant Graves, Kansas City, $6. Increase James K. Fitch, Minneapo lis, $6 to $8; Joseph T. Caldwell, Cheto pa, $17 to $30; Smith H. Priddy, King man, $14 to $17; Joseph H. Myer, Cof feyville, $12 to $17. Reissue Elijah Pennlck, Kansas City, $6. Bought Corn at 14, Sold at 35 Cents R. S. Huff sold 8,000 bushels of com to John Clark last week. The price paid was 35 cents a bushel shelled. Mr. Huff pays J. A. Allensworth a cent a bushel for shelling and gets 60 cents a load for cobs. It nets him a good plump 35 cents a bushel for the corn. He bought it two years ago; the high est price paid for any was 14 cents a bushel, much having been bought at 13 cents. In the meantime there have been shrinkage, taxes and insurance, rather high, but it leaves him enough net so that in two years he has doubled his money then some. He bought 7,000 bushels in all. One crib gave away and he sold it a little while ago for 25 cents a bushel. Burlingame Chronicle. Killed by a Falling Boulder. Galena, Jan. 14. Another fatal acci dent occurred yesterday afternoon in the Goldbug mine. The mine is said to be very dangerous, and at that time boulders of large size commenced fall ing. The men all started for the shaft except Charles Woodward, who started to run back to the face or head of the drift, but before he could reach a safe place he was struck and almost instant ly killed by a large boulder striking him on the head. Galena Jointist Found Dead. Galena, Jan. 14. Ben F. Wilson, a Jointist, was found dead in his bed yes terday afternoon. He died alone and up until within an hour of his death was on the streets and apparently in the best of health. A bottle, partly emptied, said to contain medicine given by a quack doctor, was found near him. This or heart failure is supposed to be the cause of his sudden demise. Secures a Topeka Man for Pastor. Beloit, Jan. 14. The Episcopal church of Beloit, for the last year without a pastor, has secured Rev. H. R. Barnes, of Topeka, who has already entered upon his duties as the pastor of this church. SUNDA Y AT THE CHURCHES United Brethren church Services are held in the lecture room of the church on the corner of Twelfth and Quincy streets: 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m., preach ing by the pastor; 10 a. m., Sunday school; p. m., Y. P. C. U. meeting. S. C. Coblentz, pastor. First Congregational church Services morning and evening, conducted by the pastor. Rev. L. Blakesley. Sunday school, 9:45. Christian Endeavor, 6:15. First Unitarian church Preaching service at 11 a. m., with sermon by the minister. Rev. Abram Wyman; subject, "The Heaven We Hope For." Sunday school at noon. Young People's Re ligious society at 5 p. m.; subject, "God, Our Father." Preaching at the C. M. E. church, corner Fourteenth and Van Buren streets, toy the pastor. Rev. J. M. Brown: At 11 a, m., subject, "On Backsliders"; again at 7:30 p. m., sub ject, "Look at the Cross." Sunday school at 2 p. m. Epworth, league, 6 p. m. First Church of Christ, Scientist, 210 West Sixth street Services at 11 a, m., subject, "Truth"; Wednesday evening meeting at 8 o'clock. First Presbyterian church Preaching by the pastor. Dr. J. D. Countermine: Morning, "The Governor of Kansas and the Cause of God"; evening, "Intemper ance" (the fifth in a series on our nation's perils). Sunday school, 9:45 a. m. Endeavor society meeting:, 6:30 p. m. Third Presbyterian church, corner Fourth and Branner streets, M. C. Long, pastor Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning subject, "Life's Opportunities"; evening, "Waiting to Receive Christ." At Lincoln Post hall on Sunday, Jan uary 15, the First State Spiritualist so ciety will hold their conference, fact and test meeting at 2:30 p. m.; at 7:30 p. m., a lecture by E. E. Chesney, with musio and tests. The Divine Scientists will hold their services at their new hall, 722 Kansas avenue, Sunday at 3 o'clock p. m. W. F. Ripley of Denver will speak; subject, "The Opportunities of Today," followed with discussion by members. The W. C. T. U. will meet in the parlor of the First M. E. church Mon day at 2:30 p. m. North Topeka Baptist church, corner Laurent and Harrison streets, Rev. W. B. Hutchinson, pastor Services at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. The pastor will preach in the morning. In the evening Mr. Geo. E. Lerrigo, secretary of the Y. M. C. A., will speak. First United Presbyterian church, cor ner of Eighth and Topeka avenues, Rev. M. F. McKirahon, pastor Preach ing tomorrow at 11 o'clock on "The Right Use of Our Talents," and at 7:30 on "Moral Questions in the Governor's Message." Miss Mattie Addis will lead the C. E. at 6:30 p. m. English Lutheran church At 11 a. m., holy communion; at 7:30 p. m., preach ing by the pastor. Rev. A. E. Wagner; at 9:45 a. m., Sunday school; at 6:30 p. tn.. Endeavor meeting. Third Christian church, corner Third and Lake streets F. E. Mallory, pas tor, will preach at 10:45 and 7:30 p. m.; morning subject, "Paul's Last Words to Timothy"; evening subject, "How Christians Are Made in Fact." Church of the Good Spirit will hold! services Sunday morning at 11 o'clock prompt at 722 Kansas avenue, on sec ond floor. Lecture by E. E. Chesney. Evening services at 7:30 p. m. Lec ture will also be given. Westminster Presbyterian church Services morning and evening: Morn ing subject, "Temperance Law-makers and Law-breakers"; evening, "Cut, and Get Cut." Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. and C. E. meeting at 6:30 p. m. The Progressive Spiritualists hold their meetings at Topeka Post hall, 420 Kansas avenue Sunday at 2 o'clock. Revival meetings will begin Sunday night at the Smoky Row mission, 128 Kansas avenue, conducted by H. M. Howard and Rev. Adams. St. John's A. 11. E. church Class meeting, 10 a. m.; preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. morning subject, "Com mon Salvation"; evening subject, "The Sword of the Spirit." There will be good singing at all these services. Sun day school at S p. m. young people's meeting at- 6:30 p. m. Grace Cathedral Right Rev. F. R. Millspaugh, D. D., bishop; Very Rev. John W. Sykes, dean; Rev. Maurice J. Bywater, canon: 7:30 a. m., holy com munion; 9:30 a. m., Sunday school; 11 a. tn., morning prayer and litany, ser mon by the Right Rev. F. R. Mills paugh, D. IX, bishop of Kansas; offer tory solo, "Lord God of Israel," and "Cast Thy Burden upon the Lord," A. C. Colllngwood and quartette; 7:30 p. m., baccalaureate service, choral even song. The sermon will be preached by the Right Rev. Bishop Millspaugh. Church of the Good Shepherd, corner of Laurent and Quincy streets, North Topeka 9:30 a. m., Sunday school; 7:30 p. m., evening prayer, sermon by the Rev. Canon Bywater. St. Simon's church, corner Western avenue and Seventh street 9:30 a. m., Sunday school; 4:30 p. m., evening ser vice, sermon by the Rev. Canon By water. Calvary chapel 3 p. m., Sunday school; 4 p. m., evening prayer and ser mon by Rev. Joseph Wayne. First Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. E. L. Thorpe, D. D., pastor 9:30, class meetings; 10, probationers' classes; 11, sermon by Rev. Dr. Swaney for the Woman's Home Missionary society; 2:30, Sunday school; 4, Epworth league; 7:30, sermon bv the pastor, "What Shall We Do With Our Boys?" First Baptist church. Rev. M. L. Thomas, D. D., pastor Services at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m: Subject of morning sermon, "How to Bring Men to Christ." subject at 7:30, "A Great Gulf Fixed." Mr. W. M. Shaver will have charge of the music and render a solo at each service. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.; Christian Endeavor, 6:30 p. m.; Madison mission, 2:30 p. m.; prayer- meeting Thursday at 7:30 p. m. Services at the Second United Pres byterian church, corner of Huntoon and Polk streets, at the usual hours, by the pastor. Dr. James White. Subject In the morning, "The Royal Arch"; in the evening, "Why I Am a Christian." FAMILY OF F1YE DROWNED, All Within a Short Space of Time, in Kentucky. Harrodsburg, Ky., Jan. 14. Daniel Jennings, a tobacco grower, and his son Samuel were drowned In Cedar Run near Bardsville yesterday. Jennings and his son were trying to save some tobacco from a basin near the over flowing creek, which was very high and swift owing to heavy rains. No one witnessed the accident but it is general ly supposed that the boy first fell into the stream and the father in attempting to rescue him lost his own life. Yester day's accident wipes out the entire fam ily by drowning as Jennings' wife and two daughters were drowned in the Kentucky river some months ago. I. C. TO (jUIT NEW ORLEANS Railroad Will Move Its Docks and Wharves Twelve Miles Away. New Orleans, Jan. 14. :It became known today that the Illinois Central Railroad company through its chief en gineer has asked one of the largest con tracting firms operating in the south to make a bid on the cost of moving the Stuyvesant docks, wharves and termin als, including the $1,000,000 elevator, to Avondale, twelve miles up the Missis sippi river, and above the New Orleans city limits. This action is the result of the freeze out policy of the Orleans levee board and the city council in refusing the Illi nois Central adequate facilities for reaching its present terminals. The re port has it that a $5,000,000 terminal will be established at Avondale. President Fish and General Manager John T. Harahan ore at Hammond, La. TO SHUT OUT JAPANESE. Immigration Laws to be Extended to Hawaii. Washington, Jan. 14. Senator Per kins of California, has been advised that the authorities of Hawaii had given permission to bring 6,000 more Japanese laborers into the islands. The news came from William M. Price, spec ial immigration commissioner at Hono lulu, to Commissioner T. V. Powderly, who notified the senator. Senator Perkins immediately went be- j fore the committee on education and KLUiri ttiiu ocvjuicu is. jiuniiac 1110.1 il would prepare and push a bill extending the immigration laws of the United States to the Hawaiian islands, in order to exclude the further importation of Asiatic laborers. CABLE FOR PHILIPPINES. Ship Expected to Start With Material In a Month. Washington, Jan. 14. General Greely, the chief signal officer, has gone to New York to look after the execution of con tracts for the supply of ocean cable for the Philippines. The arrangements are coming along rapidly and General Greely expects that within one month at least his specially chartered cable ship will have started from San Fran cisco for the Philippines, carrying the cable which is to connect the principal islands of the northern group with the American headquarters at Manila. One of the first link to be supplied will be a line between Manila and Iloilo, the islands first to be connected with Manila will be Mindora, Masbate, Sa mar and Leite. Later on the cable may be extended to the Sulu archipelago. CARS OF WHEATSTOLEN. Theft Is Discovered Before the Per petrators Realize On It Omaha, Neb., Jan. 14. A special to the Bee from Sioux Falls, S. D., says: H. P. Elliott, claim agent of the Mil waukee road, has been investigating an unusually bold attempt to steal a number of car loads of wheat by the alteration of the bills of lading. The wheat was ship ped from Erwin, Bryant, Oldham. Ra mona and other places in this state and was originally consigned to Minneapolis, but was diverted to Chicago instead. The swindlers missed their opportunity by being too greedy and holding the grain at Chicago for a better market and the fraud was detected before they realized on the grain. The railroad officials have hopes of apprehending the guilty parties, whose identity is known. PULLMAN DENIES IT. Says There Is No Foundation for the Story About A Separation.., St. Louis, Jan. 14. A special to the Post Dispatch from. Hot Springs, Ark., says: Mr. Pullman, who is in the city, in an swer to a question regarding the reported separation of himself and wife, stated emphatically that there was no foundation for the story. He said it must have orig inated with one of his servants whom he recently discharged. He has been mar ried five monUis and says that during that time he has never had. the slightest un pleasantness with his wife. Mr. Pullman, who is sick, is here taking a course of baths. His wife, he says, will come here within the next week or ten days and will remain with him. until he raturns home. Prof. Von Dahlen's Benefit Concert, Wednesday evening. January 18. at the Grand opera house. First floor, 60 cents; second floor, 25 cents. Chart opens Monday morning at Sim's drug store. USED BY THE NOBILITY. The Remedy That Makes People Well Paine's Celery Compound. sfc 'alts "c it ji, Tn every civilized country rich and poor alike have found restored health and new vigor to Paine's celery com pound. "Hard-working people of ordinary means are to be congratulated," says an English writer in reviewing the scien tific work of the last quarter of. a cen tury, "upon having so easily within their reach toda'y a remedy which the wealthiest and most influential persons must themselves use, if they would get the best that modern medical skill of fers. Paine's celery compound proves that the science of medicine has kept pace with the wonderful progress which characterizes the life of the present gen eration." The astonishing "reputation that this most wonderful of all remedies has ac quired is principally due to the word-of-mouth, recommendation and endorse ment of men and women of the highest business and social standing, as well as those in humbler but no less important positions who have themselves discov ered its merits. Adeline, Countess Schimmelmann, whose portrait is here given, in a re cent letter to the Wells Richardson Company, speaks of friends of hers who have been benefited by Paine's celery compound, and who. first advised her to recommend it to her sick friends. The countess, as is well known, is a prominent member of the Danish court. Her coming to this country has been much talked of. Her real object was COMMERCIAL CLUB ELECTS Officers This Afternoon Through Its Board of Directors. The directory of the commercial club will hold an election late this afternoon to elect officers. There is little doubt that R. S. Brigham, who has been vice president of club far the past year, will be elevated to the pres idency. He is an active worker in every thing for the welfare of the city and the directors want an active man at the head of the organization. Mr. Charles Wolff has been mentioned for the presidency, but Mr. Wolff does not want the position. Major T. J. Anderson will be re-elected secretary. There is no objection to his re-election and the large membership and enlarged influence of the organization is directly due to his efforts. There are no other candidates for the place. F. O. Popenoe will be re-elected treas urer. "The Heart of Maryland." "The Heart of Maryland," the play written for Mrs. Leslie Carter by David Belasco, will be seen at the Crawford theater on Tuesday evening, January 24. Of course, with the absence of Mrs. Carter from the cast the piece has lost its chief attraction, but it is said to be in the hands of a competent company. Mrs. Carter is now appearing in "Zaza" in New York city. Besides "The Heart' of Maryland" four other attractions are booked for the Crawford theater the week of January 23. "Alone in Greater New York" on Monday evening, "The Pay Train" Wednesday evening, "A Bachelor's Honeymoon" Thursday and "Town Topics" Saturday. Prof. Von Dahlen's Benefit Concert, Wednesday evening, January 18, at the Grand opera house. First floor, 50 cents; second floor, 25 cents. Chart opens Monday morning at Sim's drug store. Good Things That add a relish to yoor meal. Silver Leaf Sweet Pickles, Mince Meat, Cat sup, Celery Relish, and Sweet India Chow Chow. OTTO KUEHNE CO. .Manufacturers. It Was Only a Chimney. The fire alarm this afternoon was caused by a chimney burning out at Eighth street and Topeka avenue. There was no damage. LOCAL MENTION. Fred Anderson, of the Topeka Cash Dry Goods store, lost a valuable dog this week by distemper. He brought the animal with him from Denver a few months ago. Col. Inman ie putting the finishing touches on Buffalo Jones book. "Forty Years of Adventure." IT this book reads as well as Jones' talk it will be an entertaining volume. The large and useful calendar issued by the well known advertising agency, N. W. Ayer Son, Philadelphia, is one of the very best for office use. It is sent postpaid for 25 cents. Mr. T. P. Culley has been in Chicago one of charity, for she is using her great wealth and influence this winter in as sisting the Danish people In the western states. She is stopping in Chicago, and from there writes her straightforward endorsement of Paine's celery com pound. Women who are easily excited, who waste energy worrying over trifles, who are often sufferers from sick headache and nervousness, should read the plain, unbiased statements of what Paine's celery compound has done for other women. Among the diseases that cause a vast amount of needless suffering that may be readily cured by Paine's celery com pound are biliousness, torpid liver, headaches, sleeplessness, dizziness, con stipation, dyspepsia and general ner vousness and debility. No man or woman who Is continually ailing can successfully carry on busi ness, or be of much real comfort to the household. And only a thoroughly nourished body that has all the used-up, and therefore harmful, material promptly removed from the blood and tissues can be healthy. When either of these vital conditions of adequate repair or elim ination are incompletely done, the or gans need just such Jielp as Paine's cel ery compound is fitted to give. No other remedy is so valuable. Where other remedies have failed, Paine's celery compound will succeed. this week selecting a stock of pianos and organs for the 1899 trade that he Intimates will open the eyes of prospec tive purchasers. Don't fail to notice his "ad." in another column. A colored social club has been' or ganized in North Topeka under the name of the "St. Elmo club." Mrs. M. D. Jones is president; Mrs: Eppie Small, vice president; Miss Golda Elder, sec retary, and Mrs. Lucy McCarnley, treasurer. Lulu Green had Joanna Dupree ar rested and tried yesterday in Justice McClintock's court for assault and bat tery. It waa a common, every day Smoky Row fight. The defendant was acquitted and the county will pay tha costs, amounting to about $18. THE NEW DIRECTORY. Work Will Shortly Begin on This Important Book. Sam Radges who publishes the best city directory produced In any town the size of Topeka, or a great deal larger for that matter, will begin on the new directory March 1 and push it to com pletion as fast as expert directory men and printers can issue the work. Mr. Radges is waiting a few weeks in order to get in the new officials in all the various departments of state and city several thousand in all, embracing an important part of the directory which, is also a state gazetteer. 35,000 SPANISH TROOPS New York, Jan. 14. Brigadier General Clous, secretary of the Cuban evacuation commission arrived from Havana on the Ward line steamship City of Washington. He was accompanied by his secretary. Lieutenant Barnes, and his 'aides. Captain B. E. Calhoun and CaDtain James Hart. General Clous brought with him several large boxes containing the records of the commission, war relics and a small can non. The cannon came from Havana and was captured from the British by the Spaniards tn the seventeenth century. Speaking of the work of the commission. General Clous said: "We were treated rather coldly at the flrst, but both the United States and Spanish commissioners were soon on rather good terms. Of course we had the Spanish 'ma nana' to overcome. We ex pected to get through our work much sooner than we did, but the cry was al ways 'manana.' It was only by the most persistent work than on January 1 of this year 71.816 Spanish had left the island. "There are now In Matanzas 17,000 Span ish troops and in Clenfuegos 18,000. These will probably be out of the island by the middle of Feburary. The conditions in Havana are good, though there is more destitution there than in Santiago. But then it must be remembered that the United States has hot been in control there as long as it has at Santiago. The char itable organizations in the city of Ha vana are doing good work. There are at present 190 sick Spaniards in the Havana hospitals. "The health of our own troops continues good." When asked his opinion regarding the concentration of custom receipts at Ha vana. General Clous said: "The island should be run as a whole. If the receipts in Santiago are sent to Ha vana. Santiago will probably receive back its share."

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14. 1S99. Form Ho. 2. THE 21,000 OFFICES d AMERICA. S END th m following saessac mbjaet to th terms on bavck Ur4irUcli.li.lTPl NEW CRAWFORD THEATER. Monday Eve., Jan. 16th. Metropolitan Comedy Company, Presenting the four-act Melo-Dramx, A1 WAVS 0!J TIMF Fopular Prices-10. 20 and 30 cents. ladles tlVVflJ Jl a. i admitted free with one paid 30-eent ticket. Saturday, January 14 The Great New York Success, ance UNDER THE RED ROBE. From the novel by Stanley Weyman, dramatized by Edward Rose, adapter of "THE PB.IS ONES OF ZEND A," with a powerful cast Including MS. WLLLIAM K0I3. Management of Julius Cann. Mounted elaborately with all the original scenery and effects. Seats on sale Thursday. 8 a. m. Prices Gallery. 23c; Balcony. 50c; First Floor. 750 and Si.oo. COLOR LINE DRAWN. Mrs. Ida B. "Wells Barnett Affronted at Palmer House. Chicago, Jan. 14. Mrs. Ida B. Wells Barnett,- representing the Ida B. "Wells club of colored women, as delegate to the Cook County League of Woman's clubs, was refused admittance to the elevator of the Palmer House yester day morning while on her way to attend a. meeting of the league. She was com pelled to climb the stairs to the parlors of the hotel. The league appointed a committee to investigate the affront to one of its members, and the committee professed itself satisfied with the ex planations and apologies of the man agement. Mrs. Barnett returned to the hotel in the afternoon to attend a meeting of the Law Knforcement league, and again, when about to enter the elevator, was told to take the rear elevator. She paid no attention to the command this time, but entered the car and was carried up. The members of the Law Knforcement league were as indignant over the oc currence as the club, women had been, and after it had been denounced by the Rev. J. Q. A. Henry and Miss Elizabeth Burdick as an outrage, a committee consisting of Miss Burdick and the Rev. J. W. Fifield was appointed to investi gate the matter. A second apology and explanation followed. Mrs. Barnett later stated that she had never been subjected to such indigni ties before and declared that she was seriously corsidering the advisability of bringing legal action against the hotel management. In the morning wh;n she waa about to enter the car and the ele vator boy informed her that she would have to take the rear elevator, she told him that she was a member of the Cook County league, which was meeting in the parlors, but was told, she asserts, that she would have to get an order from the office before she could go up. Mrs. Barnett solved the problem by climbing the stairs. Two other colored delegates to the league. Mrs. Fannie Emanuel and Mrs. A. Jackson, entered the elevator with a number of the club women, and the el evator boy carried them up without protest. Mrs. Barnett stated her case to the league, which appointed a com mittee consisting of Mrs.L. Brace Shat tuck of the South Side club and Mrs. 1. S. Blackwelder of the Chicago Woman's club to investigate. The committee sought Superintendent Willis Howe In his office. Mr. Howe stated that the el evator boy had acted upon his own re sponsibility, as there was no rule of tha hotel concerning colored women. He was extremely sorry, and would wil lingly apologize to Mrs. Barnett. "It was evidently a misunderstanding on the part of the elevator boy." said Mrs. Shattuck. after the conference with Superintendent Howe. "He did not understand that Mrs. Barnett was a delegate to the league. The other col ored women who entered the elevator with the members of the league were carried up without protest." Mr. Howe said later that explanations had been satisfactory and that the club women had engaged the parlor for the next meeting of the league. The Cook County League of Wom en's clubs, of which Mrs. James Flower Is president, represents the most promi nent of the women's clubs of Chicago and Cook county, and numbers among its active workers Mrs. Charles Hen rotln, Mrs. Lynden Evans, Mrs. G. w. vac est .r tutu pwkbm CREAM MEWS Awarded Highest Honors, World's Fair Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair WESTERN UNION THOa. T. ECKEKT. President and General Manager. StctlTefi 80. T Time Filed. Check- To W. W. KIMBALL Co. Topeka, Kansas. Two Carloads KIMBALL Pianos and Organs snipped today Prices lower than ever. Sell second hand goods at any price to make room. T. P. CULLEY. tW EEAD THE NOTICE AND AGREEMENT ON BACK. "3 Plummer, and Mrs. A. P. Stevens. It admits to membership without regard to color or creed. "We draw no color line," said Super intendent WUIIs Howe of the Palmer House. "This is evidenced by the fact that a colored man is now registered at the hotel. The employes are instructed to allow no servants to ride In the ele vator, but when persons come here as guests we make no discrimination be tween white and black." CARLISTS IN MEXICO. Pretender's Friends Establish Headquarters in the Capital. Chicago, Jan. 14. A special to the Tribune from Washington says: "Reports come from Mexico to the effect that a secret commission of Car lasts has been operating for some time in Mexico, especially among the Span ish residents. They have traveled ex tensively through the country, especi ally visiting the larger cities and towns, and inducing the Spaniards to aid in the cause of Don Carlos. "They are said to have come direct from Spain and are well supplied with money. It is said that their Mexican headquarters have been established in the City of Mexico. Subscriptions have been secured to aid in placing Don Carlos on the throne of Spain and as surance given that when the uprising comes further aid and sympathy can be had. The agents of the pretender have operated largely among the Jes uits, who are, to a considerable extent, Spaniards, or 0 direct Spanish ex traction." GEN. NETTLETON FAILS. Shrinkage in Values Throws Sim In.o Bankruptcy. New York, Jan. 14. General Alfred B. Nettleton, a promoter, with offices in Wall street, has filed a petition in bank ruptcy, liabilities $70,000 and nominal assets $99,000. The liabilities are said to be due to persons and banks in Min neapolis, Washington and Philadelphia. Shrinkage in values in real estate in the northwest and failure of persons for whom he endorsed are given as causes for filing the petition. General Nettle ton is well known in business and news paper circles in the northwest. He was assistant secretary of the treasury dur ing the administration of President Harrison. HAROLD FREDERIC'S WILL Dividaa Sis Estate Between Sis Two Wives. London, Jan. 14. The last will and testament of the late Harold Frederic, the American newspaper correspondent, appoints Judge Parker as executor for the American estate. The testator leaves the house and effects at Brook Green, together with the English copy right of his books, to his widow and children. The house and effects at Homefield, together with the American copyright on his writings, are left to "Dearly beloved and faithful Kate Lyon." The valuation of the estate is entered at 448.000. STARTS FOR MANILA. Fourth. TJ. 8. Infantry Will Leave Ft. Sheridan Tomorrow. Chicago. Jan. 14. The Fourth United States infantry leaves Fort Sheridan at 8 o'clock tomororw morning for the Philippines. The Fourth has been recruited to its full strength of 1.300 men, of whom fully 1.0OO are recruits, so that it is not the same regiment of veterans that left Fort Sheridan last spring for Cuba. At that time eight companies, compris ing 540 men, landed and more than 200 of that number died in the island. Carnegie Museum Is Bobbed. Pittsburg. Pa., Jan. 14. Thieves stole six rare gold coins from the Carnegie museum while the attention of the guard was distracted by two women. One of the coins is a Cromwell broad guinea, one of the five known to exist and almost above price." It is feared the thieves in their ignorance have melted the coins for the gold. TELEGRAPH COMPANY. CABLE SERVICE TO ATT. THE WORLD- j UillCagO, Jail. a. HAVANA'S NEW MAYOR. Many Cubans Dissatisfied With the Offices Given Them. New York, Jan. 14. A dispatch to the Tribune from Havana says: The most Important nominations recent ly announced here are those of Mario Menocal as chief of police, Ferfeeto La coste as alcalde or mayor, and Federico Mora as civil governor. The latter is not so well known as the two former, but he is satisfactory to the conservative Cubans and Spaniards. He was member of the revolutionary junta in Havana, during the insurrection. Menocal was commander of the Insurgent troops in. Havana and Matanzas provinces. His co-operation with the American military authorities has already been noted. His place will in reality be more than that of chief of po lice in the city. He will advise with General Brooke and General Lee in the formation of the rural police and in other matters of policy and administration. Per fecto Lacoste. who is named as alcalde, was the president of the Havana revolu tionary Junta and now holds a similar place in the Junta Patriotica, which suc ceeds it. "The tenlente alcaldes" have functions analogous to those of assistant mayor and aldermen. One of them, Juan Brrelre. is is a professor in the university. Others were deported by Weyler to the penal set tlement in Africa. Several of the alder men were also political exiles and some served in the insurgent army. The or ganization of this council was one of the most serious problems. The body was in disfavor. Several of its radical mem bers were willing to stay and are disap pointed that their resignations were ac cepted. Under a rule made in Washing ton it will have nothing to do with the granting of franchises; its functions will be limited to municipal administration and the military authorities are hopeful that their labors will be lightened. General Menocal and others of the in surgent troops first secured the consent of the assembly which represents the insur gent army, so that no friction can arise from this course. The appointments show the sincerity of the purpose to recognize Cubans and to give preference to those who either fought in the insurrection or who were identified with it. The Spanish classes take them philosophically and say most of the men named "are worthy." The radical insur gents, who are disappointed, have now to rind fault with Menocal and their own leaders instead of with the Americans. GRUMBLING CUBANS. In the custom house, the plan of recog nizing insurgents has gone so far that other Cubans complain that their applica tions are pigeon-holed without reading. Testerday twenty-two officers of various grades in the insurgent army were given places under Collector Bliss. Most of them expected places corresponding to their rank. As the policy adopted in the custom house is to begin at the bottom of the ladder and acquire experience before giving aopointments as inspectors and ap praisers'this couid not be done. The in surgent officers complained and today two or three of them failed to report for duty. The others, though grumbling, were at their posts. Isolated cases of vandalism by Ameri can soldiers are causing complaints from keepers of cafes. They try to observe General Ludlow's orders against selling alcoholic beverages to soldiers and are vic tims of resentment. All cases of this kind are vigorously punished, but the ef fect of a single case Is bad. The Tenth and Eighth infantry, which are encamped in the city, are behaving admirably. While the American officials are getting along well with the Cubans, they continue to have 'differences among themselves. The latest trouble is over the sanitation of the customs house. Colonel Bliss wants to go ahead and cleanse it. but after work was started it was stopped because the method was not in accordance with Gen eral Ludlow's general plan. FITZ OPENS THE DOOR. Announces That He Is Beady to Fight Anybody and Everybody. Cleveland. O., Jan. 14. Robert Fitz simmons announces that he proposes fighting every man who wants to meet him during the coming year, and then he expects to retire from the stage. He said: "To show how willing I am to fight Sharkey, I'll close my show the minute Sharkey covers the $2,500 I have posted and Issues his challenge. "When I wanted to retire they would not let me. Now I am ready to fight. I'm going to start out this year and fight them all, heavy andmtddieweights. I don't care whether they have any rep utation or cot. I'm going to lick them all if 1 can. Then I will retire." Prof. Von Dahlen's Benefit Concert. Let everyone who enjoyed his free concert a few months ago buy a ticket to assist him in a time of sickness. Tickets, 25 and 50 cents. Grand opera house, Wednesday evening, January IS. ITCHING LIHBS For Three Years. Nights Itching and Burning Terrible. Wife Suggests CUTICURA. Uses it. Presto What a Change. 1 NOW PERMANENTLY CURED. The itch in it and barring I suffered in my feet and limb, for lrea jaara ware Usrrible. At night they were wont, ud would kep m. awake a greater part of th. night. I eonmlted doctor after doctor. Noil, knew what th. trouble warn, I concluded I would have to go to a Cincinnati hospital before I would get reBef. My wif. finally prevailed npon me to try Ccnctraa rwme diea. Pretto I What. change. I am no w cured, and it ia a permanent en re- I feel ilk. kicking on doctor or myself for enffertng three year. Sept. 11, 1393. H. JENKINS, Middlaboro, Ky. old imtthevwM. Perm D. jot C Con-.. BeiePwfe, uew so M-xxn a. wry auowr. rue. E&E YCUI 8X121 a"Z&StiJ' all A """V rf". a"J 14, THE ASTOR BATTERY Will Soon Oo Some to be Discharged From Service. San Francisco, Jan. 14. The Astor battery, which arrived from Manila on the transport Scandia will go on east as soon a3 they are equipped with win- ter clothing and transportation is pro vided for them. This will not be for a day or two. In the meantime they will go into camp at the Presidio, the permanent camp which has been fitted up with every appliance for comfort on the site occupied by the First Tennessee regiment. Captain P. C. March, in command of the battery, reported at army headquar ters and expressed himself as highly gratified with his Manila service. He said it was most interesting military experience, although there was only one battle to test the splendid mettle of the men. On the memorable sixth of August the Astor battery, with their field pieces held the position at the right of the line. They experienced some sharp and bitter fighting and showed them selves made of first rate stern soldier stuff. Four of their brave men were killed and six wounded. General McArthur. their commander, in his report to the war department, complimented the battery and its offi cers highly for their gallantry, stub born resistance and noble bravery un der fire. Captain March received the brevet of major for gallantry in the field. First Lieutenant Williams the brevet of captain and Second Lieuten ant Koehler the brevet of first lieuten ant. Many of the men have been re commended for promotion for their gal lant service on this occasion. Captain March brings with him S3 men in his battery, two of whom are ilL Sergeant H. L Burdick, who was ill with typhoid fever when the battery left Manila, was the only one left, be hind. Captain March does not know why the battery was ordered home. He ex pects that they will be mustered out of the volunteer service when they reach New York. Most of the men are regulars, but they were given the priv ilege of being discharged at the close of the war. NORTH TOPEKA. Dr. M. R- Mitchell ia on the sick list. Mr. William Spear is down town again after an attack of grippe. J. H. Pennlck of Mencken was a North side visitor today. Hats at cost. Must sell out to make room for spring goods. Mrs. S. L. Court ney. G. W. Petro came in from a business trip to Wichita and will visit his family over Sunday. Be sure and attend the big sale Sat urday and Monday at Costley Post's, North Topeka. Mr. J. H. Speer will preach tomorrow at 11 o'clock and at half-past seven in the Christian church. Tou have never seen bargains in shoes unless you come to Costley Post's Saturday and Monday. Mr. Edwin Clayton left today for his home in Rawlins. Wy.. after a visit to his sister. Miss Alice Clayton. Mr. I. S. Lewis, who has been visiting his sister, Mrs. J. E. Watts, for the past week, left today for his home in St. John. Misses Laura Houghtelling and Mabel King were the guests yesterday of Mrs. A. J. Berry at her home. Shady Nook farm. Victor Council No. 4, K. L. of S., will give an entertainment and dance. Good music Monday evening, January 16. Barrett halL The Ladies' Duplicate Whist club will be entertained Monday afternoon by Mrs. W. H. Hurless at her home, 927 Van Buren street. The Ladies Missionary society of the Presbyterian church met yesterday af ternoon at the home of Mrs. J. M. Shel labarger on Quincy street. Mr. E. D. Gray of Denver Is visiting his mother, Mrs. Sarah Gray, and hfs sisters. Mrs. J. W. Lipper, Mrs. E. Cleaveland and Mrs. L. Walters. There will be evening prayer with sermon in the Church of the Good Shep herd tomorrow at half-past seven. Sun day school with Bible class at S:30 a. m. Mr. Carl Morrow entertainer the M. T. 1C. club last evening at the home of hi3 uncle. Rev. Morrow. 1023 Clay street, Topeka. After the regular busi ness meeting was finished, a literary and musical programme was enjoyed, which was followed by various games. Light refreshments were served. Those present were; Misses Queenie Wilton. Stella Newcomb. Reka Yonkers. Mabel Gilman, Edna Morrow, Eva Watts.Cora Baker, Birdie Watts. Ida Neiswender, Messrs. Frank Garland. Carl Currie, Oscar Kindel, Ed. Thomas. Arthur Green. Ransom Pigg and Carl Morrow. Eugene Higrgins Dead. Baltimore, Jan. 14. Hugene Higgins, a Democratic politician and man about town, died at his home here today of pneumonia, aged 57 years. Mr. Hig gins never missed a national or state convention and was perhaps as well known to politicians in ail parts of the country as in his native town. Death of Herbert C. Ayer. New Tork, Jan. 14. Herbert Copeland Ayer, former husband of Harriet Hub bard Ayer, is dead. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Mr. and Mrs. A. Marburg entertained a number of their friends at a delight ful 7 o'clock dinner Tuesday evening to celebrate their twelfth wedding anni versary. The dinner was served on eight small tables, daintily decorated with cut flowers. Partners were found by matching flowers. After dinner the remainder of the evening was spent ia playing cards. The ladies' prize, a pretty book, was cut for by Mrs. Parkhurst, Mrs. Zahner, Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Bates; Mrs. Bates was the fortunate one. Colonel Hughes and Mr. Garvey cut for the gentlemen's prize, which was also a book. The guests present were Mr. and Mrs. Avery Turner, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Crosby, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Crosby, Mr. and Mrs. William Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. W. A Morton, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Hail, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Hall, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Jetmore, Mr. and Mrs. James Brier, Colonel and Mrs. J. W. F. Hughes. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bates. Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Garvey. Mr. and Mrs. A. Zahner, Mr. and Mrs. George Parkhurst and Miss Jetmore. The Informal Club Party. The Informal club gave an unusually pleasant party Friday evening at Hud son's hall. The next party will be given Thursday evening, January 26. The change in the date is made to accommo date Mr. Steinberg, who will play for a party in Lawrence on the regular In formal club evening. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Llngafelt, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Shubert, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Tuttle, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Wear, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Webb. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Crosby, Mr. and Mrs. L W. Doolittle, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Furry, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Ferry, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hankla, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Korn, Mr. and Mrs. James L. King, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Robinson, Mrs. H. V. Hinckley, Mrs. J. E. Crockett, Miss Margaret Bear, Miss Glenna Cross, Miss Bertha Ri-chter, Miss Edna Crane, Miss Ray Martin, Mr. Austin Brady, Mr. Robert Ruggles, Mr. Dick Alden, Mr. Charlie Barnes, Mr. Edward Den nis, Mr. E. J. White, Mr. John Nichol son, Mr. John Frey, Mr. W. A. Alex ander and Mr. W. J. Burgess. A Seven Handed Euchre Party. Miss Metta Robinson gave a delight ful seven-handed euchre party Thurs day afternoon, complimentary to her guest. Miss Tullock of Leavenworth. The decorations were pretty but simple, consisting of smilax and different hued roses through the rooms. The first prizes were won by Miss Mabel Wilson, Miss Chapman and Miss Helen Thompson, while the consolation prizes were awarded to Miss Sarah Horner, Miss Birdena Crandell and Miss Emily Elliott. The invited guests were Miss Tul lock of Leavenworth, Miss Horner. Miss Sarah Horner, Miss Nellie McClintock, Miss Edna McClintock, Miss Emily El liott, Miss weet. Miss Gertrude Dev ereux. Miss Susie Gay, Miss Rossington, Miss Florence Rosisngton, Miss O'Con nor of San Francisco, Miss Chapman and Miss Grace Chapman of Chicago. Miss Crandell, Miss Smyser of Perth Amboy, N. J.. Miss Mabel Wilson, Miss Jeanette Lord, Miss Grace Foulks, Miss Hambleton, Miss Helen Thompson, Miss Weiss, Miss Grace Weiss and Miss Bessie Hayden. The Golden Role Club. The Golden Rule club was pleasant ly entertained Friday afternon by Mrs. Piatt, at her home at Lowman Hill. Tt was a "Cuban" afternoon, and the programme, in which all took part, re lated strictly to that question. After the programme a luncheon was served, consisting of pork and baked beans, hard tack and the Cuban drink. The guests of the club were Mrs. Dun-ion t. Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Madison. The club will meet next Friday after noon at 3 o'clock with Mrs. Ridings, at 219 Buchanan street. The Shakespeare. Club. The members of the Young Ladies Shakespeare club, who studied with Professor Black last year and wish to continue their studies this winter, are requested to meet at the home of Mrs. Avery Turner, 1303 Tyler street, next Friday afternoon at 2:30. King Lear will be the play under discussion for the afternoon. The Viennese Party. The Viennese club enjoyed a pleasant dance Friday evening at Harmony halL Those present were Miss Grace Lemon, Miss Edith Guibor, Miss Lottie Snyder, Miss Ethel Wilson, Miss Sarah Horner, Miss Vida Wood, Miss Mabel Wood, Miss Ethel DeObert. Miss Mary Chase, Miss May Wilson. Miss Jessie Stultx, and Miss Elizabeth Cole of Girard, Kan.; Mr. Roger Van Hook. Mr. Louie Felt, Mr. Paul Roehr. Mr. Harry Beard, Mr. Fred Gehagan. Mr. Clarke Dailey, Mr. Phil Dailey, Mr. Harvey Davis, Mr. Harry Bowen. Mr. Malcolm Gar rard, Mr. Curtis Bailey, Mr. George Duden, Mr. Ralph Van Houten, Mr. DANGEROUS SDRGERY. DEATH FOLLOWS THE SUR GEON'S KNIFE UOT THE SUR GEON'S FAULT, OF COURSE. HE CAN'T HELP IT YOU CAN. Pyramid File Cure Cures Piles Quick ly, Painlessly, Without Danger. People go along for years suffering with piles. Then try this, and that and the other thing; from carrying a buck eye to getting treatment from a physi cian. They obtain temporary relief, maybe, but they are never quite cured. A little strain in lifting, excessive fati gue, a little constipation or a little di arrhoea and the piles come back. They don't seem to amount to much, but they banish sleep and appetite. No position is comfortable. There is in tense local pain and that dreadful feel ing of weight in the perineum. Maybe in the early stages some of the many salves on sale will afford tempor ary relief. If the case is of long stand ing, there is only one speedy and sure remedy. It Is Pyramid Pile Cure. Even in light cases it Is the safest thing to use. Other applications may cure and may not. Pyamid Cure is always cer tain, always reliable, always brings comfort at once. Its prompt use saves months of severe suffering. In extreme cases it will save surgical operations and their attendant dangers and dis comforts. It is better than a knife. Wiil cure easier, quicker and safer. Thous ands have used it. Thousands have been cured by it. The cost is trifling compared with what it does. The price is 50 cents. Most anybody would gladly pay ten dollars to be rid of piles. Druggists sell Pyramid Pile Cure. If yours hasn't it he wiil get it for you from the Pyramid Drug Co. of Marshall, Mich, (.sole manufacturers.) Earnie Lay. Mr. Sheldon Wentworth and Mr. Everett Akers. A Surprise Party Mr. A. C. Keating was pleasantly sur prised Friday evening at his home on Fillmore street by a number of his friends. The occasion was Mr. Keat ing' twenty-ninth birthday. He was presented with a handsome rocking chair; the presentation speech was made by Major Shreve. Those present were Dr. and Mrs. Mi ner, Mr. and Mrs. N. White, Major and Mrs. A. P. Shreve, Captain and Mrs. Wm. Peterson, Mrs. M. Lacey, Mrs. James Pickens, Miss Minnie Shaffer, Miss Gussie Pickens, Miss Fay Shreve, Miss Ella Duckworth, Mr. George Hey den. Mr. James Lacey, Mr. Walter Mil lard and Mr. Paul Shreve. Another Surprise Party. Friday evening Mr. Will Skaggs was surprised at his home by about twenty of his friends, in honor of his nineteenth birthday. Refreshments were served to the following guests; Miss Clara John son. Miss Edna Bottorff, Misses Dee and Lena Albright, Miss Mattie Spur lock, Miss Anna Craig.Miss Mabel Kem ple. Miss Mabel Piper, Misses Myrtle and Gladys Jeffers, Miss Myrtle John son, Miss Claudie Seals, Miss Myrtle Skaggs, Mr. Walter Kinzer, Mr. Paul Spurlock, Mr. Leo Kizer, Mr. James Baker, Mr. Will Skaggs, and Mr. John Enghome. Notes and Personal Mention. Miss Florence Knox has returned from a visit in Kansas City with her Bister, Mrs. Frank Church. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Miles of Detroit, Mich., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Hobson at 1264 Buchanan street. Mr. Miles is the signal engineer for the Michigan Central. The Research club will meet Monday afternoon with Miss Hambleton. The Duplicate whist club will be en tertained next Friday afternoon by Mrs. T. E. Founds. Miss Lottie Snyder entertained two tables at cards Thursday evening com plimentary to Miss Cole of Girard. Miss Edith Thacher will arrive next week from Philadelphia to visit Miss Grace Jilson. Miss Josephine Dietrich expects to leave Tuesday for a two weeks' visit with her sister in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Miss Anna Staley Is coming up from Kansas City Tuesday to spend a week with Mrs. W. L. Trump. Miss Jean Wallace returned yesterday from a visit in Omaha. The Conversation club was entertain ed Friday evening by Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Spencer. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bone brake were guests of the club. The Vignette club Is meeting Wednes days of this month with Mrs. Willis Norton. Miss Margaret Bear and Mr. Charlie Barnes went to Clay Center today to spend Sunday with Miss Lillian Vin cent. Master Pearl Snyder has Issued invi tations for a party Monday evening at his home 1117 Monroe street, from 5 until 8; It is In honor of his fourteenth birthday. The invitations are quite unique as they have a picture of the young man at the top. Mr. Paul Hudson left Friday evening for his home in the City of Mexico; Mrs. Hudson will remain several weeks longer. The Semperidem club was pleasantly entertained Wednesday afternoon by Miss Lena Shelden. Miss Etta Covlll and Miss Jeannette Williams were guests of the club. The first prise, a pretty doily was won by Miss Maud Martin, and the consolation prize was given to Miss Shelden. Miss Alma Men ard will entertain the club a week from Wednesday. Cards have been received In the city announcing the marriage of Lieutenant George H. Estes and Miss Fannie Far rell Huckins of Los Angeles. Lieuten ant Estes is well known in Topeka hav ing formerly been stationed at Ft.Leav en worth he distinguished himself at the battle El Caney and was promoted to the lieutenancy. Miss Kate Jones arrived from Denver Friday and is the guest of Miss Ethel Hilton. Mrs. C. S. Baker has been confined to her room with the grip for the past week. Mrs. J. P. Howe and Mrs. J. F. Dan iels are planning to give an entertain ment for the orphans' home next Wed nesday afternoon and evening at the home of Mrs. Howe. TOM JOHNSON IS OUT. Brooklyn Street Cars Now All Under One Management. New York, Jan. 14. There was official confirmation of the report that Brook lyn Rapid Transit company had obtain ed control of the Nassau Electric Rail way company which operates 63 miles of track in Brooklyn. This transaction puts the rapid transit company in pos session of all the street railways In Brooklyn. The Nassau company, which is capitalized at $15,000,000, has been controlled by T. L. Johnson and A. L. Johnson and A. P. Flyn. Under the new arrangement, these gentlemen have re tired and John T. Bourne, president of the Colonial Trust company, has been elected president of the Nassau Electric Railway company. The secretary is William F. Ham and the treasurer C. M. McNeely. Ex -Governor R. P. Flow er is at the head of the rapid transit company. General Buell's Successor. Cincinnati, O., Jan. 14. A special to the Commercial Tribune from Paducah, Ky., says: J. H. Ashcroft has been noti fied by United States Senator W. J. De boe that he has been elected commis sioner of the Shlloh military park by the secretary of war. The position pays $3,000 per year. Major Ashcroft has accepted the position and succeeds Gen eral Don Carlos Buell, deceased. St. P., M. fc- M. Declares a Dividend. New York. Jan. 14. The directors of the St. Paul. Minneapolis Manitoba declared a quarterly dividend of fk Per cent on its preferred stock. Chronic Rheumatism Cured. Dr. H. B. Hettinger, Indianapolis, Ind., says: "For several months after spraining my ankle I was severely afflicted with Rheumatism. I finally tried Detcbon's 'Mystic Cure for Rheu matism, and in 4 days could walk with out my cane; two bottles cared me sound and well. I take great pleasure in recommending the "Mystic Cure to all who are afflicted with Rheumatism. Sold by Swift A Holliday, druggists. 423 K""a avenue, Topeka. Rheumatism Coxed. We guarantee Regans Rheumatism Remedy to cure any case of Rheuma tism in 30 days or money refunded. Sold for $1 per bottle by Swift Holliday Drug Co., W. L Wilson, and Arnold Drug Co. We will wash your colored shirts am guarantee colors from fading. Peerlea Steam Laundry. 113 and 114 W. 8th. Osage City shaft coal only $3.25 de livered. F. MAWHINNEY, 7th and Hancock. Streets. Phone 745. A Qerman First Methodist Church.... Friday Evening, January 20 There' will be an attractive service of German songs and hymns National and sacred, conducted by Mr. F. A. An ton. Mr. W. F. Roehr will preside at the organ. Rev. E. Thorpe will make a short address, giving a German pic ture. Recitations ia German by a class of IS Sunday school children, conducted by Pastor G. J. Jaiser; and Stereopticon views of Germany, Aus tria, and Switzerland, with explanatory comments in English by Prof. Robt. S. Radford of Washburn college. This will be a pleasant taste of Ger man life, appealing to the ear and to the eye, interesting alike to those who have traveled abroad; to those who wiil thus be reminded of their native land, and especially helpful to those who have never crossed the sea. Admission 25 Cents. Tickets for sale at Kellam and Moore's Book Stores. PROGRAMME. L Introductory, Organ voluntary by Mr. W. F. Roehr, a medley of German National and Sacred airs. 2. "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott. by choir and congregation Martin Luther. 3. "In diesen iieil'gen Hallen, bass solo by Carl Reeske (Mozart.) 4. "Stille runt die Erde" quartet (Franz Abt. 5. "Das ist der Tag des Herri," male quartet (Kreuzer.) 6. "Sel'ge Heimat," double quartet (Schubert.) 7. "O du mein holder Abendstern, bass solo by Carl Reeske (Wagner.) 8. "Nun lob mein Seel' den Hen-en," by choir (Johann Sebastian Bach.) teuiiiiiiiiiimiauiiiiiiiiiiiiUiililiiiUliiig 1 Experience j I is tbe test of teac&rs i Cry enr Printing and I see it it won't teacd I 1 yon tftat good resilts will come from fearing I 3 Good Printing re re 3 Printers I And Publishers m Cast Seventh Street I telephone 39 r mm Mils Best Dining Car Service. Oalj Depot in Chicago oa t&a Eli?a!ai Leap. A Skin of Beanty Is s Joy Forever." TVB- T. FELIX GO TJRATJD'S ORIETTAi C&XAM. OB MAGICAL BEAUTIFIEB. Fanns as well aa Beautifies th. Skin other coua.de will ao u. SemovM To. Fimpiaa. Freck les, Moth Patea m. Sash and Skin diseases, and evory blem ish oa beauty, ami d.ft.s de tection. It has tood tb. test uf Go years, and Is a. harmless we las La it to be sur. it Is prop riy Biad. AO cept so counter, fevt ot airaiiar nanw. Dr. L. A. Ssyra said to s lady of tho haul-ton (a ra tl.nt): "As yon ladles will ns. them. I roeon-i-mead 'Gouraud's craam' as U lust harmful .f .n .fets preparations." For aie by aii LrurgUta and Fancy Grdads Dulari ia th. l. B r.DaiJu and Eurau. XSLEJ3. 0 eras Jan S. 2i. T. AN EXAMINING B0ABD Of Doctors Who May Grant Certifi cates to Practice Medicine. Representative- Jaquins, of Cowley county, Popuiist, is preparing another blil for the regulation of physicians. It does away with the present board of health as it is constituted at present, and creates a board of five member-?, appointed by the governor, who shall examine all persons who desire to prac tice medicine the same as the state board of education now examines ap plicants for state teachers" certificates. They grant certificates to those who pass the examination successfully, and these certificates are recorded by the county clerk In the county where the physician practices. Physicians who have practiced ten years and hold a diploma from a medi can school are allowed a certificate without examination- La Grippe Successfully Treated. "I have Just recovered from the sec ond attack of la grippe this year," says Mr. Jas. A. Jones, publisher of the Leader, Mexla, Texas. "In the latter case I used Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy, and I think with considerable suc cess, only being in bed a little over two days against ten days for the former attack. The second attack I am satis fied would have been equally as bad as the first but for the use of this remedy as I had to go to bed in about six hours after being 'struck' with it. while in the first case I was able to attend to busi ness about two days before getting 'down.' For sale by all druggists.

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6 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL., SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, .1899. MVJ WASHIHd Dirt of any kind on any thing quickly yields to the easy effort of the housewife who uses tnia great cleaner. Largest package greatest economy. Ask the arocer for it-

H LOANS.... H HOW TO GET THEM. z ours r Is practically a straight loan, only It is paid oil by monthly payments. AU or any part may be paid at any time. M 6 years $2.25 per $100 a month, 8 years SI. 65 persioo a month. 10 years S1.3S per $100 a month. Z The Savings Loan Association 534 Kansas Ave. Tel. COB. Secure a Booklet. ttttttttttttttttttt ttt New Comers Will get fine work and prompt service at the Topeka Steam Laundry. fN extra charge for short time work. Get our rates on family washiug. Phi53. 625 Jackson St Rheumatism Cured in 24 Hours. LEGAL CIRCLES STIRRED By Senator Anderson's Effort to Es tablish Two New Courts. There is a stir among local politicians and lawyers occasioned by the bill In troduced by Major Anderson in the state senate providing for two city courts in Topeka to take the place of the justice courts. The interest in the measure is height ened by the fact that the justice courts have long been regarded as expensive j institutions ana tne people want abolished. The two city courts will take the places of the three justice courts and it is also expected that they will do the work of the police court but the bill which has been introduced does not include that feature. The fact that these two courts will furnish two good places is having some thing to do with the interest which the lawyers are taking in the bilL It is now provided that the salary of each judge shall be $2,000. This will make the two places such as to be sought by ambitious young lawyers. It has been proposed that the bill be changed so as to raise the jurisdiction to $2,000. This -would relieve the work of the district court and would be a boon to Judge Hazen who is overwork ed. There has been some objection to the salary named in the bill and unless the jurisdiction is raised as has been suggested it Is probable that the salary will be reduced. The advocates of the measure claim that in any event the courts will pay their way in fees so that they will not be a. burden to the tax payers. There are two justices of the peace who are already in the field as candi dates fcr the judgeships. They are A. F. Chesney and W. S. McClintock. Both men are doing seme hard work for they regard the abolition of their courts by the passage of the measure as practical ly assured. About all they can do now is to enlist the sympathy of men who have influence with Governor Stanley for the bill provides that the judges ehall receive their appointment from the governor for the first two years and after that the offices shall be elective. Justice John L. Guy has not yet shied ihis caster but as he will suffer with the other two if the measure becomes a law it is supposed that he will be in the race. Friends of A. W. Dana are also urging Ihim to make a fight for one of the places. Mr. Dana has not fully decided but If the salary is not reduced it is believed that he will be an aspirant. It is a fact well known to Mr. Dana's friends that his ambition is in the line of the Judiciary. Another good law yer who is being mentioned in connec tion with one of the positions is W. E. Fagan but like Mr. Dana he has made no expression concerning the matter and he might not accept. Police Judge Ferry, it has been sup posed, would be an applicant but he says that he would refuse any position which would take him out of the gen eral practice. Among others who have been mentioned are A. F. Williams and L. S. Greenwood. There will be two other positions be sides that of judge in each court a clerk and a marshal and these places will be appointive for the first two years. The salaries are not large as provided in the bill and nothing has been said about the positions. Representative E. D. McKeever says that he has noticed that the bill intro duced by Senator Anderson has been re ceived with approbation. He thinks that there is little doubt of the meas ure's being enacted into a law. Repre sentative McKeever, however, thinks that it should be amended in some email particulars. If the salary limit is allowed to remain at $2,000 he thinks that the jurisdiction should be enlarged. MORE IMMUNENURSES Are Demanded for Yellow Fever Hos pitals in Cuba. Washington, Jan. 14. The surgeon peneral's office of the war department wants more immune nurses for the yel low fever hospitals in Cuba and circu lars will be sent throughout the south requesting applications. The surgeon general's office, to which all applications Should be addressed, requires that each applicant should furnish written en dorsements from her physician, the wife of her pastor or from her priest, as the case may be, and a physician's certificate stating that the applicant is strong and in good health. The de partment is preparing another party of seventeen female trained nurses for Hatanzas. FARMERS AGAINST IT. Anti-Imperialists Encouraged by Till ers of the SoiL Boston, Jan. 14. The executive com mittee of the Anti-Imperialist commit tee today reported encouragement from the western states. From central Ohio comes word that few farmers or me chanics favor imperialism. The cigar makers' union of Cincinnati has signed the protest, 700 strong. Communications liave been received from prominent United States senators asking sugges tions for the best methods of preventing ratification of the treaty. IT WAS MRGEOUS The Devonshire Ball Given Ac cording to Announcement. Marlboroughs Entertain Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Yanderbilt. STEAD'S NEW PAPER Devoted to Peace Appears With an Article by Mark Twain. A New African Explorer Ap pears With Startling Stories. Copyright, 1899, by Associated Press.l London, Jan. 14. The leading ball of the winter season was given at the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire's seat, Chatsworth house, Derbyshire, on Thursday evening. Everything was on a gorgeous scale. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough entertained Mr. and Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt at Blenheim early in the week. There was an interesting ceremony at Osborne house, Isle of Wight, this week. Queen Victoria presented medals for distinguished service in the field to a group of Omdurman warriors, most of them non-commissioned officers. Her majesty was wheeled into the green room where the soldiers were drawn up and saluted her. Then each recipient knelt and the queen pinned a medal on his breast. She also questioned the wounded concerning their exepriences. Colonel Mathias, the hero of Dargai, where, after a stirring appeal to his men, he led his Gordon Highlanders to storm the heights, has been given a banquet by the Caledonian club at which the Prince of Wales was present, and in a neat speech warmly endorsed the admiration expressed by Colonel Mathias for the Indian troops, saying he regretted never having had the priv ilege of serving with the Indian soldiers in active service, but had often seen them in large bodies and was confident that the queen had no finer soldiers. CANE THAT STRUCK VICTORIA. The cane with which Robert Pate, re tired lieutenant, attacked the queen in 1850, inflicting a wound upon her majes ty, the scar of which she still carries, was advertised to be sold at auction this week but the owner received an official communication from Osborne in con sequence of which he withdrew the cane from sale. Pate, who was sentenced to transportation for seven years for his assault upon her majesty, died in 1895. Truth this week compares the diplo matic career of Sir Julian Pauncefote. British ambassador at Washington, with that of Sir Philip W. Currie, British am bassador to Italy, in connection with the latters elevation to the peerage, to the advantage of the former and says it is difficult to explain why a peerage should be conferred upon Sir Philip while Sir Julian is ignored, adding: "Sir Julian Pauncefote has now held his present position nearly ten years during all of whfch he has exceptionally dis tinguished himself." The painful litigation involving Sir Tatton and Lady Sykes, which has so scandalized London owing to the charges of forgery with which It bris tled, has come to an end. The parties have agreed to a deed of separation and Sir Tatton is about to leave England for Mexico. Rear Admiral Lewis Anthony Beau mont, director of naval intelligence, who married a Boston woman, will go out in the Warspite to relieve Rear Ad miral St. Leger Bury Palliser, com mander in chief on the Pacific station since 1896, whose time in the Pacific will be up in March. BACK FROM KANSAS CITT. Mr. Inskip, secretary of the Boot and Shoe Operatives' union, who has re turned from his official mission as a delegate to the Kansas City conven tion, thinks workers in Great Britain better off than those in the United States. Also American workmen, in his opinion, have yet much to learn from their English confreres in organization. The feeling for trades unionism he found so strong in America, however, that he is convinced that eventually at least 90 per cent of the workers will en roll themselves. It is announced that the British authorities have just concluded a series of trials of the use of American petro leum as fuel for warships and that the experiment has been a failure. Russian petroleum will now be tried. Mr. William T. Stead's new paper, In tended to be the mouthpiece of his dis armament crusade and entitled War Against War, made its appearance to day. It is not a very striking produc tion, its chief feature being communica tions from sympathizers, including some American public men. Mark Twain has written an article for the paper, open ing with characteristic humor. There ought to be no difficulty about the rest of the world. A NEW AFRICAN TRAVELER. Probably there has been no such in terest circling around African travelers and geographers since the time of Stan ley as has been caused by the arrival this week of a young and hitherto un known Englishman, Mr. Albert Bush Lloyd, who returned from central Africa after a three months' Journey in the heart of the continent, to London, traveling over Stanley's route down the Nile to the coast. He is certainly in one respect more remarkable than Stanley, inasmuch as Mr. Lloyd traveled quite alone and was only accompanied by two native servants and a small num ber of carriers. Moreover, although he marched three weeks in the pigmy for est and then traversed the whole length of the Aruwimi river, the banks of which are lined with warlike cannibals, he never once fired a shot in self-defense. On the contrary, he was on cor dial terms with both pigmies and canni bals. Mr. Lloyd is already coming to be a celebrity and has received a num ber of lecture offers. Possibly later in the year, after the publication of a book based on his experiences, he will lecture in the United States. His journey west through the most untrodden paths from Uganda was most hazardous. His own friends tried to dissuade him, but he persisted, and on his arrival at the Congo the Belgians could scarcely be lieve that he had safely run the gaunt let of pigmies and cannibals. On entering the great primaeval for est Mr. Lloyd went west for five days without the sight of a pigmy. Suddenly he became aware of their presence by mysterious movements among the trees which he first attributed to the mon keys. Finally he came to a clearing and stopped at an Arab village where he met a great number of pigmies. "They told me," says Mr. Lloyd, "that unknown to me they had been watching me for five days peeping through the growth of the forest. PHOTOGRAPHED THE PIGMIES. "They appeared very much frightened and even when speaking covered their faces. I asked a chief to allow me to photograph the dwarfs and he brought a dozen together. I was able to secure a snap shot, but did not succeed in the time exposure, as the pigmies would not stand stilL Then I tried to measure them and found not one over four feet In height. All were fully developed, the women somewhat slighter than the men. I was amazed at their sturdiness. The men have long beards reaching half way down the chest. They are very timid and will not look a stranger in the face, their beadlike eyes shifting constantly. They are, it struck me, fairly intelligent. I toad a long talk with a chief who conversed intelligent ly about their customs in the forest and the number of the tribesmen. Both men and women, except for a tiny strip of bark, were quite nude. The men were armed with poisoned arrows. The chief told me the tribes were nomadic and never slept two nights in the same place. They Just huddle together in hastily thrown up huts. Memories of a white traveler. Mr. Stanley of course who crossed the forest years ago, still linger among them." Mr. Lloyd then proceeded through the cannibal coun tries to the coast. He found the canni bals warlike and fierce but open and straight forward and had no difficulty with them. At one place he put togeth er a bicycle he had with him and rode about their village. A remarkable scene followed, thousands of cannibals, men, women and children turning out, danc ing and yelling at what they described as "A European riding a snake." D1NGLEJMS GONE. (Continued From First Page.) was an active member of the committee on appropriations. In forming his cabinet prior to enter ing on the duties of chief executive March 4, 1897, President McKinley ten dered the position of secretary of the treasury to Mr. Dingley but he declined the offer, preferring to remain in his position as chairman of the ways and means committee and floor leader of the Republican party. Under his lead the house within six teen days after the Fifty-fifth congress was convened in extraordinary session on the 15th of March, 1897, by Presi dent McKinley, passed a bill revising the tariff. Mr. Dingley was a Congregationalist In religion. He was married June 11, 1857, to Miss Salome McKenney of Au burn, Maine. They have had six chil dren, Henry M., Charles L. (deceased). Edward N., Arthur II., Albert G., and Edith Dingley. THE MERCHANT'S POWER. "Advertising the Greatest Known Force in Selling Goods." Of course farmers don't like to take advice. Lots of city people don't like to swallow it, but they ought to do so just the same, digest it and assimilate it into their systems. J.. Logan Jones in his excellent address before the state board or agriculture Friday evening duly re ported in another portion of this issue gave some splendid advice to merchants as well as to farmers. "Advertising," said Mr. Jones, "is the greatest known force in selling goods." That terse statement comes from a man who is one of the biggest advertisers in the west. He takes whole pages, half pages and quarter pages and some times even two pages in the newspapers and he has built up one of the most remarkable businesses in the country. Mr. Jones believes just what he says and the most important thing he has to do is the prompt, regular and systematic pre paration of his advertisements. It doesn't make any difference to him hoy busy he is, how many customers are thronging his store, his ads take pre cedence over everything else. If he hasn't time to do what he would like to do, he takes the time to attend to his advertising. Other things may wait leisure, but the advertisements must be attended to first. Topeka has some enterprising adver tisers who believe as Mr. Jones does, but there are others would rather delay an advertisement than to miss a sa'e. but by failing to give prompt and early attention to the careful preparation of their advertisements, miss scores of sales. When the reader of this item wishes to see the practical effect of judicious advertising in other towns, even strong er than he may see it in Topeka, let him call at the Jones Dry Goods company, Sixth and Main, Kansas City, Mo. The store speaks for itself and Mr. Jones, who is quite well known in Topeka, will give pointers to city people as he did here to the farmers. Before coming to Topeka he prepared a page advertise ment which appeared hi the leading Kansas City evening paper Friday and no doubt is filling his store with buyers today. THE STATE FUNDS. Checking Up of the Accounts is Com pleted. The checking up of the state treas ury was completed this afternoon. The cash and warrants were counted by Frank Bonebrake, cashier of the Cen tral National, and J. W- Thurston.cash ier of the Bank of Topeka. There is now $290,780.58 in the treasury, of which amount $93,771.90 is in the general rev enue fund. This is just about the same amount as Treasurer Heflebower re ceived when he entered the office two years ago. There are bonds on hand to the amount of $7,229,351.80, nearly all of which are in the permanent school fund. The receipts are made out ready for the signature of Mr. Grimes, but he is in doubt about signing receipts for the warrants which have been paid by Treasurer Heflebower for the extra ses sion until it is decided whether or not the special session was legally called. If the decision is adverse it may mean that the money which has been paid out for the special session was paid out il legally. There is about $4,000 worth of such warrants now on hand to be re ceipted for. How to Prevent Pneumonia. Tou are perhaps aware that pneu monia always results from a cold or from an attack of la grippe. During the epidemic of la grippe a few years ago when so many cases resulted in pneumonia, it was observed that the attack was never followed by that dis ease when Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy was used. It counteracts any ten dency of a cold or la grippe to result in that dangerous disease. It is the best remedy in the world for bad colds and la grippe. Every bottle warranted. For sale by all druggists. The Lecture Course. Geo. R. Wendling's lecture at the high school next Monday night will be one of the best attractions of the course. Seats may be reserved at Rowley Snow's today and Monday. The sub ject of the lecture will be "Mirabea-u and the French Revolution." For diarrhoea dysentery, colic, chol era, flux and all summer complaints, nothing is so gentle, soothing and ef fective, as Beggs' Diarrhoea Balsam. It never fails to give relief and if taken in time will effect a speedy cure. Be sure that you get "Beggs" the only remedy with a national reputation. For sale by all druggists. ALL EUROPE STORMSWEPT. The Thames Overflows Doing Great Damage In London. Disasters Extend Throughout the Provinces and ALONG THE COASTS. Cities Under Water and Boats Ply in the Streets. Storm Extends Through France, Germany and Austria. London, Jan. 14. Widespread devas tation on land and sea has been the re sult of the storm and the aggregate losses of property are Immense. Re ports are gradually filtering through from the provinces, telling of disman tled houses, overflowing rivers, inunda ted streets and fields, buildings flooded, cattle and sheep drowned, railroads dis organized and disasters to life and limb. London's parks and buildings have suffered heavily. The Thames has over flowed along the upper reaches, with serious loss to the dealers on the banks. Most of the coast towns have suffered severely. Promenades have been swept by the sea and harbors and piers dam aged. Parts of Southampton are under water. The schools were closed and the tide is overflowing all boundaries and threatening serious results. In many parts of Portsmouth boats "were employed in the 'main streets to day to take the school children home. Numerous small wrecks are reported and all the lifeboats are kept exceed ingly busy. Three men who were returning from a funeral near Castle Island, Ireland, were lifted by the wind, hurled into a pit and killed. The channel steamers have had terrible experiences. The pier at the entrance to Dieppe, France, which was recently damaged, has been completely demolished and great havoc is reported along the Normandy coast though details have not been received. Another train has been derailed near Clare, Ireland, several o the passen gers being injured. GALE IN AUSTRIA. Vienna, Jan. 14. A terrific gale has been raging since early this morning, much damage has been done to proper ty and there have been many accidents. TORRENTIAL RAINS. Berlin, Jan. 14. Reports received here late this afternoon describe a vio lent gale raging in northern and west ern Germany and thunder storms and torrential rains in southern Germany. The gale appears to be passing in the direction of Russia. There is still many hours' delay in the telegraphic com munication from the continent, and it 1b feared that accounts of serious rav ages there will soon be received. A dispatch from Brest says that along the Finisterre coast a large quantity of wreckage has come ashore with car casses of sheep and cattle, and it is believed that a large ship has foun d red. Heavy damage is already re ported from Ostend, Blankenberg and other seacoast towns. BEACH TORN UP. Dieppe, Jan. 14. The destruction of the jetty here by the storm has blocked the channel with girders. The packet boat from England to connect here with the express for Paris was unable to enter the harbor and was obliged to re turn to New Haven with her passen gers. Immense damage has been done to the gardens and casino here, and at Pourville the gale has worked a sim ilar injury, the beach being torn up and the valley flooded for an area of three kilometers. Ten chalets facing the sea have been destroyed, forty bath ing boxes washed away and the casino wrecked. At Le Treport, sixteen miles north east of Dieppe, the casino was half carried out to sea and many chalets have been damaged. The whole coast is strewn with debris. TWO CHAIRMEN CHOSEN. McKeever on Judiciary, and Henly on Way,s and Means. The two most important chairman ships of house committees will go to Shawnee and Douglas counties. Speak er Osborn has selected Representative E. D. McKeever of Shawnee as chair man of the judiciary committee, while Representative A. Henly of Douglas county will be made chairman of the committee on ways and means. Both these men were candidates for speaker and both withdrew before the fight came. It was the ambition of Mr. McKeever to head the committee on Judiciary, just as it was the desire of the man from Lawrence to secure the chairmanship of the committee on ways and means, and it is not surpris ing that they have secured their dearest wish. It Is true that others Imitate the methods employed in advertising Beggs" German Ralv, others claim to heal and to cure disease because Beggs' German Salve, the one true ointment, has been so wonderfully successful. But in thou sands and thousands of cases, as shown by grateful testimonials Beggs' German Salve actually and permanently cures when other medicines fall to do any good whatever. For sale by all drug gists. Don't Get Left. Commencing Sunday, January 15, the Rock Island Colorado Flyer will leave Topeka at 8:10 instead of 8:30 p. m. Remember this change. It absolutely has no equal and all others who claim theirs is as good as Beggs' German Salve are Imitators. A fair trial will convince any one that there is no preparation yet discovered, that stands even an equal in allaying pain and in its healing qualities. For ealu by all druggists. Prof. Von Dahlen's Benefit Concert. Let everyone who enjoyed his free concert a few months ago buy a ticket to assist him in a time of sickness. Tickets. 25 and 50 cents. Grand opera house, Wednesday evening, January 18. For external piles, cuts, burns and bruises, old sores, eczema and all skin diseases Beggs' German Salve stands today without a peer. It is an old reli able remedy and if used freely wounds will heal without a scar. Be careful to get "Beggs" and be sure of a speedy cure. For sale by all druggists. Our own home malce. ask your grocer for them, they are better than the so called best. Silver Leaf Sweet Pickles, Mince Meat. Celery Relish, Catsup and Sweet Indian Chow Chow. OTTO KUEHNE CO. HOAR'S RESOLUTION Recognizing the Independence of the Philippines. Washington, Jan. 14. At the opening of the senate's session today the chap lain paid a tribute to the late Nelson Dingley. A letter was presented from Mr. Frye, Maine, president pro tem, appointing Mr. Gallinger (N. H.), to preside over the senate in the absence of the vice president and himself. Mr. Proctor (Vermont), Introduced a joint resolution providing for busts of the late Senator Morrill and Senator Voorhees to be placed in the national library. The resolution was referred to the library committee. Mr. Hoar introduced the following resolution: Resolved, The people of the Philir pine islands of right ought to be free and in dependent; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the Spanish crown and that all the political connection by them and Spain is and ought to be totally dis solved and they have therefore full power to do all acts and things which independent states may of right do; that it is their right to institute a new government for themselves, laying a foundation on such principles and or ganizing its power in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness; and that with these rights the people of the United States do not propose to inter fere. "I should like to have it adopted im mediately," said Mr. Hoar. "I object," said Mr. Davis, (Minn.) chairman of the foreign relations com mittee and the resolution went over. ALLEN'S RESOLUTION. The resolution of Mr. Allen for the appointment of a committee of five sen ators to investigate the conduct of the late war, was laid before the senate and Mr. Allen took the floor. Mr. Allen said he had no desire to em barrass the president, but so many complaints had been made by the press and individuals of the conduct of the war that he thought It time for a rigid and impartial investigation of the war to be made. He had, he said, no confi dence in the "Alger relief commission," which was now conducting an investi gation of the war. He criticised the sending of troops to Chiekamauga where they were faced by sickness and death. He intimated that the troop of the west were sent to Chiekamauga for the benefit of transportation com panies. He declared that there had been gross irregularities in the handling of the commissary and other supplies. He said it had been charged that the supplies were in many cases unfit for use and he was satisfied the charges were true. If the troops had been furnished "em balmed beef" the people and the world had a right to know it. Interrupting Mr. Allen, Mr. Spooner (Wis.) criticised him for his anticipation f an unfair and partial report from the commission and suggested that he might better wait until the report was presented before he attacked it. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. At this point a message was received from the house announcing the adoption of resolutions on the death of Representa tive Dingley. Mr. Hale requested that the resolution be laid before the senate and read. Mr. Hale then offered resolutions expressive of the deep sensibility with which the sen ate had learned of the death of Represent atve Dingley and directed the appoint ment of a committee of senators to ac company the remains to Maine. Mr. Hale also delivered a feeling eulogy of Mr. Dingley, closing with a motion for the senate to adjourn. ENCOURAGING. Otis Cables That He is Master of the Situation. Washington, Jan. 14. The war depart ment officials were very much encour aged today on the receipt of news from General Otis at Manila that indicated a distinct improvement in the situation there. The general's dispatch completely negatives the absurd story from Madrid that the troops at Manila have mutinied and refuse to proceed to Hollo, necessitat ing the withdrawal of General Miller's force from that port. General Otis is master wherever he has planted his foot and undoubtedly is able to carry out any policy as to the treat ment of the natives the administration is likely to dictate. There are indications that encourage the officials here to believe that the conciliatory policy to ward the natives that was recently adopt ed will succeed, although it cannot be ex pected that the Filipinos will be convinced at once of the absolute faith in which General Otis is acting toward them. A LABOR CONVENTION For the Purpose of Carrying Out the Provisions of the New Labor Law. Labor Commissioner Johnson today completed sending out calls to labor organizations for a labor convention to be held in Topeka February 6. The con vention is called for the purpose of forming a state society of labor to con form with the new labor law. There will be between 200 and 250 delegates in attendance. A convention of miners has been call ed for the same date to organize a state society of miners. STATE OIL INSPECTOR S. O. Spencer, of Fort Scott, Seems to be in the Lead. It Is generally conceded that S. O. Spencer, of Fort Scott, will be appoint ed oil inspector, although Governor Stanley has refused to say so as yet. He has said, however, that Mr. Spencer has by far the best endorsements of any applicant for the place. Mr. Spencer is a railroad man, and is backed by a large number of railroad employes. There are 27 applicants for the place. Train Ran Over His Leg. Pittsburg. Jan. 14. A young man named Harry Stotts, claiming his home in Eng land, was run over by a Kansas City. Pittsburg and Gulf train last night hd lost one of his legs. He was attempting to board the train as it pulled out and beat his way to Kansas City. His leg was amputated by surgeons Just above the knee and he is at present in the city's care at the hospital. Begg's German Salve Is an invaluable remedy for cuts, burns, bruises, scalds, chapped hands, sore nipples, sore lips, eczema, ulcers, chron ic sores, ekin eruptions, fever sores, and all skin diseases. For sale by all drug gists. Lecture Course. Geo. R. Wendling on "Mlrabeau and the French Revolution" in the Union lecture course next Monday night, at the high school hall. Single tickets 50 cents. Seats reserved at Rowley Snow's. Coughing injures and Inflames sore lungs. One Minute Cougli Cure loosens the cold, allays coughing and heals quickly. The best cough cure for child ren, perfectly harmless. Geo. W. Stans field. W. H. Wilson, A. J. Arnold Son, A. J. Kane Co., druggists. ANEW WOMEN'S HOTEL. Plans For a New York Novelty Are Progressing. New York, Jan. 14. Plans for the women's hotel are steadily progressing, and its projectors now announce.through Charles D. Kellogg, acting secretary, that this will be the pioneer building of several of the same class. Mr. Kellogg stated that the war had delayed the plans of the projectors of the hotel, but that they would now be carried out. It is the intention to cater to the needs of the professional and business women and give them the same com forts and convenience that a man ex pects and exacts. The hotel is by no means a philanthropy. It will be an in vestment paying 5 per cent dividends and the rates will be in accordance. Seven dollars a week will secure a room. The suites will be supplied with individual baths, while each floor will be equipped with ample bathing facili ties for general use. The hotel will ac commodate 500, and the restaurant will offer .a table d'hote as well as meals a la carte. Minor rules and regulations formerly included in the prospectus have been done away with, and the "house mother'- (counselor and chaperone), the ob jectionable feature of the list of offi cers, has been stricken but. The com pany will start with $1,000,000 capital. HAWAIIAN COURT Reverses Itself, Just Like an Ameri can Tribunal. San Francisco, Jan. 14. This Associa ted Press correspondent at Honolulu sends the following news by the steam er Nippon Maru which arrived here to day from the Orient, via Honolulu: Honolulu, Jan. 7. A decision filed by the supreme court yesterday in the last batch of Chinese habeas corpus cases disagrees from the former opinions of Chief Justice Judd and reverses the sit uation completely. In other words the Chinese petition ers, who claimed the right to land in Hawaii by virtue of certain permits is sued to them prior to annexation are remanded back to the custody of the collector to be deported, or disposed of as Agent Brown may elect. The opinion is by Judge Potter and is concurred in by Judge Whiting. Chief Justice Judd signs a dissenting view adhering to the opinion put forward by the hearing on December 15. The American transport ship Tacoma, arrived on the 5th, after a good voyaga of thirteen and a half days, from San Francisco. She brings 111 mules and a large quantity of quartermaster and commissary stores for Honolulu and Manila. The mules will be left here and the horese and mules brought on the previous trip will be taken on to Ma nila. The Bennington is taking on stores today for her long cruise by way o Wake Island and Guam to Manila. One of the most significant things that was taken aboard today was a 70 foot cedar pole from which the American flag will float over the Wake island. The Ben nington will sail today. President Dole did not receive a call to Washington by the last mail. "I hardly think now that I will go," said Mr. Dole this morning, "for the reason that the committee work is fin ished and there is hardly any necessity for my making the long trip." ELKINS HIDES OUT. Is Keeping Clear of the Legislative Muddle in His State. Charleston. W. Va., Jan. 14. Every thing is at a standstill in the West Vir ginia legislature owing to the failure of the house to complete its organiza tion which is due to the. contest over seats. The Republican, senate is waiting on the Democratic house and Ui'is said it will likely unseat three Democratic senators if the Democratic house un seats Viva and Brohart.the Republicans whose seats are contested. The election of the three senators mentioned was certified by the secretary of state and there is no contest involved. If they are unseated it is conceded that it will be as a retaliation. Once the unseating process begins there is no telling where it will end, as the Democrats can do as they please in the house and the Republicans in the senate. The prospect of an earlier elec tion of a senator is not bright. New candidates are spr'nging up and a dead lock seems probable owing to the di vision among the numerous candidates. In the meantime Senator Elkins is keep ing out of the struggle by remaining away. John T. McGraw, the leading Democratic aspirant, expects to hold the balance of power and dictate the nom ination, it is said. The latest rumor is that there is to be a combination be tween Commissioner Scott and Gover nor Atkinson, whereby the latter is to throw his strength to the former in re turn for support for appointment on the federal bench. Another rumor is that Senator Elkins and others at Washington are interesting themselves in behalf of Internal Revenue Commis sioner N. Tt. Scott. All the other Republican senatorial candidates are still in the field. COPPER AND OIL United to Control the Business Throughout the World. Chicago, Jan. 14. The Record says: A gigantic combination tn copper was recently effected in New York, and with the reputed backing of the Standard Oil company, the American Copper com pany, in its combination of six great plants, expects to revolutionize the cop per mining industry of the world. The Boston and Montana and Montana and Butte mining companies, the Old Dom inion Copper company of Arizona, and the Arcadian, Tamarack and Osceola mining companies of Michigan are named as the component parts of the new organization. It Is understood that the Calumet and Hecla company, the largest producer in the Lake Superior region, declined to enter the combine. New Paper for Emporia. Emporia, Kan.. Jan. 14. Semper F. Bu cher, who retired from the office of dis trict clerk Monday, and William T. Dun gan. who has just resigned his position as business manager of the Emporia Times, have decided to start a new silver Democratic weekly in this city. The first issue will be published Feb ruary 1. While Messrs. Bucher and Dungan will control the policy of the new paper, it will be backed by a stock com- Bany composed of some of the leading emocrats of this county. Mr. Dungan is in Kansas City purchasing the plant to day. P. H. Dolan Much Improved. P. H. Dolan, treasurer of the state board of charities, who was reported very dangerously ill at Christ hospital yesterday, is said by his physieians to be much improved today and there is now little doubt of his recovery. Home-Seekers' Excursion Via Santa Fe Route On Jan. 17 the Santa Fe will sell round trip tickets to points in Arkansas. Arizona, Indian Territory, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas at one fare plus $2.00 for the round trip. Apply to Santa. Fe agent. I TODAY'S MARKET REPORT. Furnished by the Associated Press to theState Journal. Chicago, Jan. 14. WHEAT Steadiness at Liverpool and good continental buying reported at the seaboard today started wheat fairly strong. May -ODened He higher at 70c, but the market received very little support and May sagged to 70c without mucn business being transacted either way. The price dragged around 70(gc for about an hour, when commis sion houses who favored the buying side began to invest a little and May rose slowly to 71c. Chicag'o received 210 cars, of which 49 graded contract. Minneapo lis and Duluth reported 498 cars, against 333 last year. World's shipments for tha week were placed at 7,200,000 bushels, of which 5,647,000 bushels came from Amer ica. Professional traders worked the bear side pretty generally and as th crowd believed that there had been some important bull liquidation yesterday the demand dropped off and May declined to 70Sc. CORN Lower cables and clear, cold weather weakened corn. Receipts were 744 cars, and as there was a fair prospect of an increase in the stocks in store here of about one million bushels for the week, speculative buying was very scarce. May opened a shade lower at 37ff37c and de clined to 36c on heavy selling by eleva tor people. That was under "put" price and the buying by holders of those privi leges sent the price up again to 37c. This support soon, dropped off, however, and May reacted again to 36(a37e. OATS Oats ruled comparatively strong, considering the weakness of the other grains. A good cash demand and numer ous country buying orders were the strengthening influences. Receipts were 191 cars. May opened a shade higher at 27(52Sc and ranged between 27(j28c, principally the latter figure. PROVISIONS Lower prices for hogs and scattered outside selling weakened provisions early. There was some buying later by commission houses, and as the trade was very slow prices were easily maintained. RYE Cash, 56c: May, 57(S8c. BARLEY Cash, 42(&62c FLAX Cash northwestern, $1.18; May, $1.17. TIMOTHY January, $2.35; March, $2.47. Chicago Livestock Market. Chicago. Jan. 14. HOGS Receipts, 26.000: left over, 4.571. Fairly active, stronger now than early. Light, $3.35(53.65-, mixed, $3.503.72; heavy, $3.4503.75; rough. $3.45&3.50. CATTLE Receipts, 300. Steady and un changed. SHEEP Receipts. 4.000. Steady. Native sheep, $2.75(&4.20; westerns, $3(64.15; lambs, $3.75S5.20. Kansas City Produce Market Kansas City, Jan. 14. WHEAT Firm. No. 2 hard, 65C8c; No. 3, 63&65c; No. 2 red. 72c; No. 3, 66&70c; No. 2 spring, 6366c: No. 3, &ffii3c. CORN Steady. No. 2 mixed, 33c; No. 2 white, 34c; No. 3, 34c. OATS Firm. No. 2 white, 295j29c. RYK Steady. No. 2. 53c. HAY Steady. Choice timothy, $77.50; choice prairie, $7ffr7.25. BUTTER Steady. Separator, 1719c! dairy. 15c. EGGS Steady. Fresh, 15c Receipts of wheat, 186 cars. Range of Prices Furnished bv E. M. Strawn Brokerage Co., Room 3 Central National Bank Bldg.. Seventh and Kansas ave., Topeka, Kan. Telephone No. 637. Chicago, Jan. 14. Article. Open High Low Close Yea. WHEAT May 70 71- 70 71 7v July S- 69- 68- 69 68 CORN Jan 3fii4- 34 May 37- 37 36-37 37 .77 July 37- 37 37- 37 37 OATS Jan 26 May 27 28 27 27- 27 July 26 26 26- 26- 26 PORK Jan 9 85 9 75 May .10 05 10 15 10 00 10 15 10 05-07 LARD Jan 5 50 5 50 May 5 70 5 72 6 67 5 72 6 70 RIBS Jan 4 80 4 75 May 5 00 5 05-07 5 00 5 05 S 02-03 Kansas City Livestock Market. Kansas City, Jan. 14. CATTLE Receipts, 100. Market un changed. HOGS Receipts, 5.500. Market about steady at yesterday's close. Bulk of sales, $3.40((j3.60: heavies, $3.5O-tt3.70: packers. $1.35 fa3.60; mixed, $3.3033.57; lights, $3.3o3.50; yorkers, $3.40(&3.50f pigs, $3.103.40. SHEEP No market. Cotton Market. New York, Jan. It. COTTON Spot closed steady. Middling uplands. 6 l-16c; middling gulf, 6 5-16c. Sales, 690 bales. Sugar Market. New York, Jan. 14. SUGAR Raw, unsettled: fair refining, 3 13-16c; centrifugal 96 test. 4 5-16c; mo lasses sugar, 3 9-16c. Refined, quiet: crushed, 6e; powdered, 5c; granulat ed, 5c Ranges of Prices on Stock Furnished by E. M. Strawn Broker age Co.. Room 3 Central National Bank Bldg., Seventh and Kansas avt., Topeka, Kan. Telephone No. 637. New York, Jan. 14. Stocks. lOpenlHighi Low Cl"se Yes. Sugar 127 128 126 127'4!127 Am. Tobacco 148 148 147 147 147 People's Gas 111 111 111 injlU Leather 71 71 71 71 71 B. R. T. 94 95 93 94 94 Rock Island 117 117 116 117 1116 C, B. Q. 132 133 131 133 ',13 Atchison 21 22 21 22j 21 Atchison Pfd 56 58 65 57 55 Manhattan 109 109 108 108 los Western Union 95 95 94 94 Mo. Pacific 48 46 46 46 46 Wabash 23 23 23 23 I 23 C. N. W 145 146 143 14o144 Omaha 97 97 97 97; 97 N. Y. Central.. 124 125 124 125 1124 E. G. E 100 lt 1J0 10Ol. Reading 23 23 23 23 I 23 T. C. J 36 36 95 3'4I 3C Union Pacific. 47 47 46 47 I U. P. Pfd 74 75 74 74 i L. N 66 66 66 66' M.,K. T. Pfd 39 39 39 39' C. G. W 15 16 15 15 No. Pac 4S 48' 48 4x I No. Pac Pfd..) 78 I 79 1 781 7S!.... Market Gossip. Liverpool: Wheat unchanged; com d lower. Receipts of hogs: Chicago, 23.000. steady; Kansas City, 5,500, steady; Omaha, 9,000, steady. Receipts of cattle: Chicago, 300. steadv; Kansas City, 500, steady; Omaha, 600, steady. Chicago: Estimated receipts of hogs for Monday, 37.000. Receipts at Chicago: Wheat, 210 cars; Corn, 744 cars: oats. 191 cars. Northwestern receipts: This year, Min neapolis 3X2 cars; Duluth 118 cars;; a year ago, Minneapolis 304 cars, Duluth 29 cars. New York: It is at least becomtng ap parent to the most casual observer of fin ancial affairs that the present bull move ment is more than an episode. The mar ket increases in strength and shows a power of expansion which clearly reflect!" powerful leadership. The professional traders, after repeated unsuccessful efforts to break the market, have turned and now eagerly follow the first indications of an upward movement in prices of any single security or group. Nearly all of the great New York and Chicago trunk lines In the last two weeks of December, 1S97, and first three weeks of January last year showed material decreases in earnings. This year exactlv contrary business condi tions have ruled. Earnings In Decem ber have kept up even through the holi days and traffic returns are now increas ing over December exhibits. The volume of business is exceptionally larwe, not only to the west, but also going from the west. New York bank statement: Reserve, Increase. $4,732,700: loans, increase. $3,042. 200; specie, increase. $4,742,500: deposits, increase. $8,924,000: legals, increase, $2,221, 200; circulation, decrease, $250,100. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. FORSALE-A speedy, reliable family driving marc Geo. D. Butts. FOR SALE Five pool tables, one spring wagon, top buggy. 921 East Sixth.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1899. A PRACTICAL PAPER. Mr. Jones, the Successful Dry Goods Man of Kansas City, Beads a Taper to the State Board of Agriculture On HOW TO MAKE MONEY At Farming, to Which Members Take Exceptions. Ksrertheless, the Paper Was Full of Good Sense And Thousands of Farmers Could Profit By It. There was danger of a small sized row for a short time at the final meet ing of the State Board of Agriculture in Representative hall last night. It was occasioned by a paper read before the board by J. Logan Jones, of Kan sas City, In which the farmer was slightly criticised along certain lines. The paper was entitled "The Farmer and His Wife as Seen by the Mer chant." Mr. Jones gave the farmer a considerable amount of advice, and It was good advice, too. But the fact that a city man told them how to run a farm successfully rather amused some of the old farmers who have been farming for 30 or 40 years, and thought they knew all about it. Mr. Jonea is a member of the Jones Dry Goods company of Kansas City. A dozen years ago he was running a little 12x15 store out in Stafford county and tie saw a great deal of the farmer across the counter. Now he is at the head of one of the largest department stores in the west, and he applied a few of the successful merchants' principles to farm life. "Better business methods," he said, "better bookkeeping, more intelligent department work may, perhaps, be ad vised as an important improvement. A farm is a big department store. It is producing various things to sell. It has many departments, and some of them, no doubt, make money, while others lose. Is it good business to continue a department if it is losing money and how are we to know if it is profitable or the reverse unless we keep an ac curate set of books? The merchant's most common criticism of the farmer's methods is that he is too hap hazard, too dependent on chance, in the meth ods he adopts in his farming." Mr. Jones then took up each depart ment of farming, and said the farmer should keep a set of books so that he could tell exactly what his orchard, his poultry, his cows, and every other de partment pays him. He criticised the wasteful habits of many farmers, recalling the oft-repeated criticism that farmers leave their machinery out to go to pieces in the weather. He also said he favored fire Insurance as against lightning rods, and advised the farmer to insure not only his buildings, but his wheat stacks as well. Continuing he said: "To get good prices for farm produce. It Is first necessary to merit good prices. It takes no longer to churn one pound of fine sweet, rich dairy butter, worth 25 cents a pound, than it takes to churn one pound of white, foamy, sour butter that goes begging at 6 cents a pound. It takes no more milk in one case than in the other. It costs no more to feed and care for a thoroughbred Jersey milker than for a razor-back native whose ancestors ran wild on the plains of Texas. The one makes an abun dance of 25 cent butter, the other a skimpy quantity of 6 cent stuff. The farmer who has his various depart ments so carefully systematized as to get and produce the best in each and to see to it that the high quality brings its equivalent in high prices is the farm er whose beautiful mansion is pointed to across the fields as well to do and successful. "Advertising is the greatest known force In selling goods. I think if I made excellent butter and more than I could sell at a good price, I'd put a little notice or 'ad' in the town paper about it. Thus, for 25 or 50 cents expended in advertising space, reaching several hun dred possible purchasers, from among this number, customers enough might, and should, be secured to take constant ly the entire output." Mr. Jones also gave good advice about reading magazines, and said that the farmer who took a daily paper never got taken in by a gold brick scheme. When Mr. Jones had i-nnrin r ir Westbrook, of Peabody, rose and said he had been farming for 40 years and he was glad that a young man from Kansas City had come out and told him so much about running his farm that he had not found out in all his experience "About this keeping books business he said; "the trouble is that farmers who keep books don't like to look at them when they get through. These young fellows can beat us figuring They are nice fellows, but we would like to have these editors and lawyers and bankers and merchants, who tell us how to get rich off a farm, just to come out and show us how it is done Ex-Governor Glick then called the in coming president, T. A. Hubbard, to the chair, and when called on for a speech he said: "We farmers are not as big fools as some people think. Many men who came to Kansas with nothing but a wife and a lot of courage and settled on the prairies a few years ago now have comfortable homes and are well off It's always very easy to advise people in a business you don't know anything about. It makes me tired to have men Ket up and talk about machinery being left out in the weather, and tell farmers how to succeed when they acknowledge that only four out of every one. hun dred merchants succeed: when a large majority of farmers make a success Walter N. Allen of Meriden also crit icized the paper. A half dozen other men tried to get the floor. Mr. Jones replied briefly that he didn't offer the paper in a spirit of criticism. President Hubbard shut off the dis cussion at this point by calling on the Modocs, who had come in In the mean time, to sing, and when they got at it the audience made them give an entire concert. aTw ciSe.VSa,OI. was Pned later by A W. Smith, who defended the paper ?iml0ei,ihatTa vote of thanks be ex tended to Mr. Jones, and after consid erable discussion the motion was car Mrs. C. F. Wilder of Manhattan also read a paper on taking a cheerful view of farm life. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, who T8? f.1i,ile.pr,05ramme or address last Bight, tailed to arrive, nor did he notify Secretary Coburn of the reason. The officers of the board elected for the coming year are: President, Thom as A. Hubbard, Rome; vice president, Edwin Taylor, Kansas City, Kan.; treasurer, Edwin Snyder, Oskaloosa; members of the board, Charles Sutton, Russell county, to succeed W. B. Sut ton; George W. Hanna, Clay Center, to succeed himself; G. W. Glick, Atchison, to succeed T. A. Hubbard; E. R. Smith, Mound City, to -succeed himself; G. T. Cooper, Fredonia, to succeed Congress man W. J. Bailey. TALKED MATTERS OYER. Young People's Societies Discuss the Joints, But Form No Plan of Action. The delegates from the different young people's societies together with a large number of interested persons, met last night in the parlors of the first Methodist church to elect officers and to form plans to be carried out In a campaign against the joints. Mr. L. A. Stebbins said, when called upon to offer suggestions: "We can form an organization that will be pow erful enough to suppress the joints. But the most difficult thing to do is to keep them closed after we have once done so and learned how. After the joints are closed comes a period that the ac tive work dies out and the persons who forced the joints to close up become lax in their endeavors and the places open again. We can cripple the saloons but we can not kill them until we reach a higher state. "If a jointist sees that this organization Becomes a nxture he will respect what we do. According to my mind the most important thing to do is to vote. Have an organization of voters and prepare a list of voters in every city and county precinct, leacn tnem what Is needed. xne joinusis are organized into a non-partisan organization and work for their own Interests. We should find out whether joints are running or not, find the number that are running, their loca tions, the name of the man that runs it, the name of the owner of the build ing or the agent of the property. "How can we get this? Only one way ana many gooa citizens oblect to it. That way is to employ men who have admittance to these Joints and have them get evidence for us. To hire detec tives is the only way we can get this in formation. If this is dishonorable then we can t get information. "When we get a list publish it and sena it to every good citizen. I can suggest no oetter plan or campaign than this for the average public official. We should also place be fore the voters accurate information as to whether the officers of the law per form their duty or not. "I think it is unwise for this organiza tion to actually enter actively into the neia tor an important element is public sentiment. Unfortunately there are a great many 'good' citizens, that good in quotation marks, who have prejudices against citizens attempting- to enforce the prohibitory law, as we have had some experience regarding that in the last two years. Efforts of that kind operate against public sentiment." Rev. M. Li. Thomas said: "I want to say that I believe we have in Topeka tonight the best official force tor the enforcement of the prohibitory law we have had since I have been in the city. "There are officers of this town who are being abused by those who assert that they want to see the law enforced. I do not believe in this abuse. I think there is a great deal of harm done to the temperance cause by hot-headed-ness. I don't like a man who has a hot head and a cold heart. Better have a cool head and a hot heart." After the short speeches the follow ing constitution was adopted as the object of the organization: "To promote good city government; to secure the election of honest and up right men, and the enactment and en forcement of good and wholesome laws. To see particularly that laws relative to temperance, gambling, the sale of tobacco and cigarettes, and Sabbath observance are enforced. This organi zation shall not exist in the interest of any political party." The following officers were elected: President. Geo. B. Harrison. Vice president, F. D. Fuller. Secretary, F. H. Niles. Corresponding secretary, E. E. Steph ens. Several musical numbers were given by Mrs. L. L. Goodwin, Mr. W. L Hofer, Mr. F. W. Swearingen, Miss Mary E. Corr and Miss Anna M. Parry Bundy. Sells His Farm for 50 Per Acre. H. D. Seeley last week sold his 200 acre farm three miles northwest of Sen eca to Henry Nordhaus for $10,000. This is among the well improved farms in the county, and was the pride of its late owner and won compliments from the admirers of a neatly kept and highly cultivated farm. Mr. Nordhaus came to this county a poor man about a quarter of a century ago, and worked for farmers hereabouts by the month. In a few years he wedded and went to work to build a home. This last pur chase adds the fourth highly cultivated farm to his possessions. Seneca Trib une. Charge a Malicious One. Pittsburg, Jan. 14. J. Corberly and D. F. Schoch, who were arrested several days ago upon complaint of Mrs. Amanda J. Eyestone, who alleged they had trans ferred to her a fraudulent deed to a farm in Webster county, Missouri, in payment of a board bill owed to her by Corberly, were both acquitted of the charge at the preliminary hearing in this city yester day. The signatures to the deed were firoved to be genuine, and it was estab ished that the prosecution grew out of malicious motives. Newspaper Combination." M. McKenna. who retired from the secretary of state's office as commission clerk last Monday, has purchased the Alliance Signal at Stockton and com bined it with his own paper, the Rook's County Journal, and will henceforth publish the only Populist paper In Rooks county. The Rooks County Jour nal has been published at Plainville during the past five years, but will now be removed to the county seat, Stocfcr ton. The Alliance Signal was the old est Populist paper in the county Has Taught In One School IS Years. Speaking about stic k-to-a-tiveness, what is the matter with school district No. 1, down In Cloud county? The pu pils of that district have been studying their lessons under the watchful eye of the same teacher, Miss Jennie Marshall, almost constantly for about fifteen years. For fifteen years the kids of that district have been crawling up through their books and graduating into matrimony, while Miss Jennie, for merly a pupil there herself, has held the rod with a firm hand, directing their faltering steps. Mankato Advocate. Beloit Store Changes Hands. Beloit, Jan. 14. The Port Clothing house of Beloit, one of the oldest and UriHalv Irnnn'n Kuol if,.a V. 1 i central Kansas has changed hands. ir- run, wno naa oeen tne owner and manager of the store since the death of her husband. G. W. Port, several years ago, has sold the mammoth store to J. C. Graham, one of Beloit's young business men, GERMANY PROTESTS That She is Doing Nothing to En courage the Filipinos. Berlin, Jan. 14. The correspondent of the Associated Press, after a thorough investigation, ascertains that the re port that Germany is aiding the Filip inos and furnishing1 them with war ma terial is absolutely baseless. Baron von Buelow, secretary of state for foreign affairs, personally author izes the statement that such reports are justified by nothing Germany has done, is doing or preparing to do. Legation Counsellor Hammann of the foreign office, being empowered! to speak for the government, supplement ed the above as follows: "The only possible explanation of the way in which such rumors may have originated we find in a dispatch re ceived this morning from Herr Krueger, our consul at Manila." Herr Hammann then read this dispatch to the corres pondent of the Associated Press. The gist of it is that early last November three unimportant dealers sent to a Filipino newspaper a statement that they had always been satisfied with the treatment they had received from the Filipinos and hoped the good relations would continue. Despite the fact that the German colonies at Manila and Hong Kong promptly Issued a declara tion asserting that these three Ger mans in no way represented the views of the colonies, and assuring the Ameri cans of sympathy, the incident was used as a handle to impute anti-American sentiments to Germans in the Phil ippines. So far as the doings of the German government and navy are concerned, Herr Hammann said positively that ab solutely nothing had occurred which could be construed as hostility towards the plans of the Americans or as con nivance with the Filipinos. Herr Ham mann concluded his statement to the Associated Press correspondent with the remark: "I am amazed that such baseless lies, though disproved again and again, should still find credence." The officials at the American embassy feel sure that there is nothing whatever in the rumors. Rents, Situations, Real Estate, o 4 Auction Sales AND OTHER Classified Advertisements. ANNOUNCEMENTS. J. H. SQUIRES. Candidate for City Clerk. Subject to Republican primary. JW ANTED HELJP WANTED Washing and plain Address Y., care Journal. sewing. WANTED Housekeeping, by a middle aged lady: best of reference. Address J., care Journal. WANTED A situation by an industrious boy of 19. with a good education and a good penman. Address A. N. S., room 5, 907 East 6th at., upstairs. WANTED By a young widow with a lit tle boy, a position as housekeeper. Ad dress Z. B., care Journal. WANTED FEMALE HELP. THINK, LADIES Exceptional opportuni ty for improving- yourseir ana earning a good weekly income by a few hours' work each day. Address, for particulars, Wherewithal Book Co., Bourse Building, Philadelphia, Pa. LADIES earn $8 per week working at home, no canvassing; enclose seu-aa-dressed stamped envelope. Standard Nov elty Co., 101 Beekman St., New York city. WANTED Dining room and kitchen girls. Apply southeast corner 8th and Quincy. WANTED White girl for general house work. 1243 Western ave. WANTED MALE HELP UP-TO-DATE hustling man to appoint agents for our publications. Salary and expenses paid: position permanent. Ad dress with references R. H. Woodward, Baltimore. WANTED Several trustworthy persons to manage our business in their own and nearby counties. Mainly office work con ducted at home. Salarv straight $900 a year and expenses definite, bona flde sal ary; no more: no less salary; reierence. Enclose self-addressed stamoed envelope. The Dominion Company, Dept. H.Chicago. WANTED An energetic man or lady in this and adioinintr counties to travel for manufacturing house and appoint agents: also one tor local worn: salary .a per month and expenses. Address, with ref erence and nrevious occuDation. Century. 3943 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. GOVERNMENT POSITIONS Don't pre- ftare for any civil service examination thout seeing our illustrated catalogue of information: sent free. Columbian Corre spondence College, Washington, D. C. CHESTNUT PENN STREET, Mfrs.. 209-11-13 Ionic st., Philadelphia, want a Hvp salesman for drv roods. Elegant side line for country trade. Liberal terms ana commission. WANTED SALESMEN. WANTED Salesmen, city or traveling, to handle our Climax aisplay taoies. n;very merchant who displays his goods needs one. Address witn references ine Climax Tag Company, Dayton. O. MANAGER An opportunity offered to In dustrious salesman to earn i.uw or more from now till June by establishing a branch office. Baumann Co., 8 Gold St., New York. SALESMEN EVERYWHERE Brown's tree paint keeps rabbits, borers away: $4 a day sure. Globe Chemical Co., Bloom- lngton, ill. WANTED Salesmen visiting retail trade to carry as a side line tne Leagerette bill file, for keeping in systematic and convenient order all ticket charges. Al most every retailer who hasn't a similar device buys one. Sells for 12.25. Good profit. Address the manufacturer. Win. R. Adams, 711 Kansas ave., Topeka. WANTED Salesman: salary paid week ly; experience unnecessary; permanent. Brown Bros. Co.. Chicago. WANTED AGENTS. AGENTS 18.36 daily, selling nickel plated brilliant gaslight burners: fits kerosene lamps: no chimney: cheapest light known; free sample. Enterprise Manufacturing (jo., A Sfo, Cincinnati, u. $7 DAILY selling specialty soap: sample WAa t t AGENTS We will pay $100 per month and railroad expenses to any man who will faithfully represent us in takina orders for the most reliable portrait copying house in the world. We pay strictly sal ary. Address G. E. M artel. Dept. 43, New WANTED AGENTS. ASENTS'waNTEd'Tj tide; needed In every house; 200 per cent profit: exclusive territory free. Call and Investigate. C. N. Johnson, Riblet House, corner 4th and Quincy sts., Topeka. WANTED MISCELLANEOUS. AROCEBYSTOHC WANTED-We have a cash customer for a stock of groceries to not exceed $1,000. Call Monday morning if you have a stock to sell. JOHN G. HOWARD CO., 527 Kansas ave. WANTED To buy saddle and bridle.must be in good condition. 2039 Van Bu ren st. WANTED To buy 4 or 6 room house and lots, good location, easy payments. Call or address F. Davidson, 829 Kansas ave., north. WANTED Two furnished rooms for libht housekeeping, in North Topeka; state terms. Address M., care Journal. WANTED By a young lady, a roommate: references exchanged. Address "B.," care Journal. WANTED We want to buy second hand foods. W. JONES SON. 330 Kansas ave. WANTED Pupils to learn telegraphy. For terms call on M. J. Williams, 16 Circle St., Auburndale. WANTED The address of all daily and Sunday subscribers of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. C. A. BRUNER, City Agent. 413 Kansas ave. WANTED Boarder and roomers by Mrs. Hensley, 301 W. Twelfth st. WANTED To rent the barn at 421 Quincy st. to a good tenant. WANTED Everyone to know that in re plying to an advertisement which reads to address "Care Journal" the reply must be made in writing and sent through the mail postpaid, or left at this office. It will then be placed in one of the boxes set aside for replies to classified advertise ments. FOB, SALE MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE Kaffir corn and prairie hay in stack, 3 miles south. 2039 Van Bu ret! st. FOR SALE A 3 inch equatorial mount telescope, nearly new; will sell very cheap. Ben Fox, Onaga, Kan. FOR SALE Good organ. Domestic sew ing machine, guitar, several watches, cash or payments. N. B. CAMPBELL, 605 Kan. ave. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE Second hand store. Inquire 41S Kansaa ave. E. T. Lucas. FOR SALE Bedroom sets below cost this JONES SON. 320 Kansas ave. FOR SALE Four yearling heifer, calves; good stock. 1913 East Sixth. FOR SALE Handsome combination side board and china closet. 1 folding bed and other desirable household f urniture.cheap. 215 East Tenth st. FOR SALE Household goods. J ONUS SON. 320 Kansas ave. FOR SALE Horses. Old Court House. John L. Howard, FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE Second hand stove. Inquire 418 Kansas ave. E. T. Lucas. FOR SALE Blacksmith shop doing a good business: $X) down takes it. For particulars address J. Spencer, Idaho Springs, Col. FOR SALE Hotel furniture at a bargain, good location. 113 Adams at. FOR SALE Ten R.I.P.A.JT.'S for G cents at druggists; one gives relief. FOR SALE Choice eastern Kansas farm mortgages. T. E. BOWMAN CO. FOB, BENT HOUSES FOR RENT Store room, Kansas ave. Basement, Kansas ave. Sleeping rooms and offices, second and third floors. 6 room cottage, barn. Buchanan st. 6 room house, Buchanan St. 7 room house, Fillmore, good barn. room house. Fillmore. 7 room house, North Quincy st. Tract of 8 acres, 5 room house, stone. Stone mansion and 10 acres, fine fruit, west Washburn college. 82 acre farm, 6 room house, barn, 3 miles from Kansas ave. No. 1403 Western ave., S room house, $12.60 per month. PAYNE THOMPSON, 627 Kansas ave. FOR RENT Furnished house of 8 rooms, all modern, in elegant shape, corner Seventh and Fillmore, $30. 6 room house, 318 Hancock, $10. 313 East 11th. S rooms, lower floor; water in house; $12.50. 7 room house, 1409 Western ave., barn, $12.50. 14 room mansion, 1403 West 10th St., barn, $15. 7 room modern, 1271 Western ave., hot and cold water, electric light, $18. Corner 12th and Kansas ave., new, in fine condition, 9 rooms, $25. 4 rooms on Madison, $9. Several other houses for rent. Cottage Lowman Hill, $6. 80 acre farm, $210. 160 acre farm, $250. 320 care farm. $6o0. EMMETX E. ROUDEBUSH, 'Phone 267. 115 West Sixth. FOR RENT House No. 1271 Lincoln St., 8 room house and barn, $13. W. M. FORBES, 116 W. 6th ave. FOR RENT House No. 512 Van Buren St.. $8. W. M. FORBES. 116 W. 6th ave. FOR RENT Small bakery with living room, furnished ready for work, $10 per month. Address Bakery, care Journal. FOR RENT 1241 Tyler St., rooms. 1200 Kansas ave., 9 rooms. 318 Hancock, 6 rooms. TOPEKA REALTY CO., 634 Kan. ave. FOR RENT 200 Clay st., 6 rooms, grates, bath, sewer, $22. 1271 Clay St., 7 rooms, barn, $12. 516 Harrison, 10 rooms, all conveniences, $35. J. E. TORRINGTON, 109 W. 6th St. FOR RENT Nice 7 room house, furnish ed or unfurnished, as desired, block to street car. 1012 Prospect st. FOR RENT Six room house, 1241 Tyler St., modern conveniences except furnace. Apply 1107 Topeka ave. FOR RENT Fine large residence on West Tenth. W; R. Hazen, 115 West Fifth. gaBET-BOOMS FOR RENT Room with board, to two gentlemen; modern conveniences. 621 Van Buren Bt. FOR RENT Large furnished room, large closet. 1201 Jackson st., upstairs. FOR RENT Very pleasant downstairs xurnisnea xront room. quincy St. FOR RENT Nicely furnished front par lor and back room, en suite, first Poor; suitable for four gentlemen. 118 West Sixth st. FOB BENT FARMS. FOR RENT Good farm, also some fine garden land, with house. Address Box 173. Topeka, Kan, FOR RENT FARMS. Several good farms within S or miles of the city; also a splendid small place of 18 acres adjoining the city, a choice garden farm. M. D. HENDERSON A CO.. Ill West Seventh st. FOB SALE-REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE 110 acre farm near this city, good land, never failing stream of water, $3,500. 80 acre farm, good land, well Improved, near this city and railroad station. $2,200; cash, balance 6 per cent. 320 acre ranch, miles out, 2 miles to nearest railroad station, water, timber, fenced and cross fenced, $5,000; easy terms. 320 acre pasture, good land, well fenced, everlasting water, $4,200, easy terms. 960 acre pasture, splendid land, everlast ing water, near Rogaville, $15, per acre, easy terms. $6,000 clothing and furnishing goods stock, cash, Vi trade. $5,000 laundry, steam power and modern machinery, good location and trade $900 to $1 000 per month. 200 acre farm near this city, good im provements, good bottom land, timber, etc.. $5,900; one-third cash, balance 6 per cent. 190 acre farm, good improvements, 7 miles out. good road, big bargain, $3,200, easy terms. Several river bottom farms, 10, 15, 20, 40. 50. 60 80 and 160 acres up to 300 acres, at botom prices, easy terms. 950 houses, all parts of the city. Kansas avenue business houses. City lots. Many bargains. 1,087 farms, ranches and tracts of land on our books for sale and exchange. We believe it is the largest list in the state. 1,446 pieces city property for sale or ex change. We think we can suit you from our assortment. No trouble to show goods. BARTHOLOMEW, 601 Kan. av. (1st floor). REAL ESTATE ROUDEBUSH. For Sale A lot on Jefferson St., with house thrown in, that rents for $5 per month, at price of lot for quick sale. 3 room cottage, Lawrence st., $275. 3 room cottage, 2 lots. Chandler, $450. 6 room house on Locust near 4th, cheap. 4 room cottage, Lowman Hill, good lo cation, $6. 6 room house on Spruce;; make offer. 7 room house, well built, 9 foot hall, on Morris ave., east front, $1,000. Small cottage, 1 lot, on 8th, close in, $900. 7 room house, Western ave., close in, $1, 600. See the new all modern 8 room house southwest of city if you want something good and cheap. 8 room house, east front, on Lane Bt. south, good barn, 1 lots, $1,300. Good bargains in houses, $3,500 up. Farms and Vacant Tracts Lots on Western ave., $300 to $400. Lot on 8th St., close in, $700. Lots in ail parts of city. 1 to 3 acre tracts near car line, east. 6 acres improved bottom land, must be sold soon. 10 acres north tf river, $500. 10 acres improved, north of river, $1,200. 25 acres south of city; reasonable offer will be considered. 40 acres 444 miles west of Kansas ave., on Tenth, at $45 per acre. 80 acres in Pottawatomie county, $650. 160 acres southwest 7 miles, well im proved, at $45 per acre. 100 acres 6 miles south, $3,000. 200 acre farm, 1 miles from car line; buildings of all kinds; fine shape for dairy farm or stock raising: $66 per acre. Noth ing better in the county. For Trade Fine 8 room modern house on Lincoln for small house closer in. New 7 room house on Lane for house close in or east of avenue. Highly improved half section of land 7 miles from city for Kansas ave. or resi dence property close in. Houses for farm property. Lots in Martin Dennis' addition for sale cheap or trade for labor or building material. If you wish to buy, sell, insure or ex change property, see EMMETT E. ROUDEBUSH, 115 West Sixth. 'Phone 267. FOR SALE 1 lots, 7 room house, fin ished in hard wood and in complete re pair, cellar, cistern, water in kitchen, new barn, shade, some choice fruit, brick side walks, desirable location, near Washburn car line. Price, $1,300, for .immediate sale, part time. For Sale On Washburn car line, 4 room cottage, extra good well, nice trees, very cheap. For Sale Clay St., near 7th. 2 lots, 6 room cottage, cistern water in kitchen, hy drant, sewer connection, all good repair, $1,600. West 10th St., not far from Bethany, 2 lots. 4 room cottage, barn, sewer, $900. Fillmore st., near 5th. lhi lots, 4 room house, hydrant, sewer, $900. Jackson st., near 2nd, 1 lots, 6 room house, paved street, sewer, $1,100. Madison St., near 7th. two 8 room houses, rents $28 per month, $2,300; Several residence properties near Wash burn college, very good bargains, some small homes convenient to Santa Fe shops. J. JU. 0lt;NiTJINi, 1U9 w. 6tn St. YOU WANT CASH for real estate. See BARNES REAL ESTATE CO.. Phone 262. 113 W. Fifth St. FOR SALE 6 room house. 1 lots, on West St., one block from street car; will be sold for les3 than cost of house, on monthly payments. Clay St., 6 rooms. 2 lots, $1,250; payments. loth and West, 6 rooms, 1 lot, barn, $900; payments. lfe lots West 6th St., $550. Locust st., 1 lots, near shops, 5 rooms, barn, $600. Houses in Auburndale, Washburn Place, Lowman Hill and Walnut Grove, cheap. Call and see what we have. TOPEKA REALTY CO.. 534 Kan. ave. FOR SALE By W. C. Stephenson Co. lots, a nice 7 room house, modern architecture, hot and cold water, closets, mantel and grate, front and back stairs, large barn, on West 6th st., 4 blocks from avenue. For terms call at office. Vz lots on Lane, east front, near 13th, 7 room house, front hall and stair, hard oil finish, modern architecture, nice barn. Will offer this property for a few days at $1,300. It has got to go. A nice 6 room house, east front, city and cistern water, on Polk near 13th. Price $1.0u0. It belongs to eastern par ties and must be sold. A 5 room house on Madison, between 2nd and 3rd, splendid -bam. Price $900. Small cash payment down, balance monthly pay ments. This is a snap. A nice little cottage of 4 rooms, high ceiling, nicely papered and painted, on Branner between 3rd and 4th. east front. Price $750: $100 cash, balance in payments. 3 room house on Chandler, between 3rd and 4th, east front: $500 takes this; small payment down, balance time. A large 7 room house, 2 lots, east front, on Locust, nice barn.shade and blue grass, $1,000: $100 cash, balance monthly pay ments. It would cost $1,500 to- build this house at the present time. A large 6 room residence between 6th and 7th, east front, mantel and grate in parlor, soft water bath, sewer connection. Will offer for a few days at $1,500, and must be sold. See me early about this bargain. 5 room house on Tyler between 13th and 14th. good neighborhood. Price $1,100; $100 cash, balance monthly payments. For further particulars call on W. C. STEPHENSON CO., 609 Kansas ave. tover Rigby's). FOR SALE At special bargains, city, suburban and farm properties. W. M. FORBES, 116 W. 6th ave. FOR SALE A good location for lumber and coal yard, very cheap; also. Several houses to sell on payment plan or exchange for good farms; also. Several good business properties cheap. There Is no better investment than good Topeka property at present prices. W. M. FORBES, 116 W. 6th ave. YOU WANT CASH for real estate. See BARNES REAL ESTATE CO., Phone 262. 113 W. Fifth st. FOR SALE If you want to buy a city home or a farm or a small tract close in, or vacant lots, call and see Payne Thompson, at 627 Kansas ave. They can suit you. They have several snaps now, and 1.000 proper ties of all kinds in all parts of the city and county and state. Houses, farms and small tracts for rent. PAYNE THOMPSON, 627 Kansas ave. YOU WANT CASH for real estate. See BARNES REAL ESTATE CO.. Phone 262. 113 W. Fifth st. FOR SALE Ten 80 acre farms in Shaw nee county. Most of them are bottom land and well improved. They will be old cheap. JOHN G. HOWARD CO.. 527 Kansas ave. YOU WANT CASH for real estate. See BARNES REAL ESTATE CO., 'Phone 262. 113 W. Fifth at.. FOB SALE REAL ESTATE. BY S. M. WOOD CO, FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE 200 acre farm, 2 miles of city, at $30. 640 acres land In Finney county at $1.25. 1,280 acre well Improved ranch at $7. 1.580 acre Harper county ranch, $5. 13.700 acres on Arkansas river, Finney county, $1. Fine corner lots 10th and Clay.sell cheap. Fine corner lots, Huntoon and Lincoln, cheap. 3.000 acre well improved ranch. Barber county, $3.50. $4,500 Van Buren St. home for $3,250. $8,500 Topeka ave. home for $6,500. $25,000 stock clothing and furnishing goods for city property. $5,000 hardware stock to sell. Fine bottom river farm close to city, can trade for stock of furniture. 320 acre farm, Ellsworth county, for To peka property. Ranches or grass lands, any county, wanted. 2,000 acre fine pasture In Greenwood county, fenced: can plow 1,000 acres of it; good water; at $6.50. A large, well established grocery busi ness for sale. 30 acre farm, 3H miles of city, $1,350. Fine 40 acre farm close to city. $3,000. New house, 2 lots, Harrison St., $1,500. New 6 room cottage, 2 lots. Western ave., $1,650. Money to loan. Stores and houses for rent. "Fine Missouri 160 acre farm for Topeka property. Fine Oklahoma farm for Topeka prop erty. Farms, all sizes and prices, anywhere, wanted. City property all kinds and prices. Call and see us if you want to buy, sell or trade merchandise or property. Our books full of good things and we can do you good. S. M. WOOD CO.. 534 Kansas ave. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE Have fine paper and job office to sell in eastern Kansas, good town, and doing a splendid business; if you want it and mean business, write or call. S. M. WOOD CO., 534 Kansas ave. WANT TO BUY A good cheap body of grass land from 640 to 1.280 acres, that will do to divide into small farms; must be in a county where there is a German Lutheran church. S. M. WOOD CO., 534 Kansas ave. Have large 10 room house. 3 lots on cor ner, all clear, in North Topeka: want good house for roomers, south side, or trade for hotel and business in Kansas City, or and good eastern Kansas town same value. $3 500. S.' M. WOOD CO., 534 Kansas ave. Have a splendid stock farm, 12 miles north of city, bottom, slope and upland, 200 broke, 60 acres timber, wells and good creek water, good house, plenty stabling, cribs., etc., fenced;-will sell the section for cash at $9,000. S. M. WOOD CO., 634 Kansas ave. We have a number of business chances to sell, some to trade. Have fine farm close to city for stock furniture. If you have anything good to sell or trade see S. M. WOOD CO., 634 Kansas ave. FOR SALE 80 acre farm, well Improved, near city, $3 000. 4 room cottage, 1 lot, V& blocks to pave ment, $1,050. 5 room cottage, close in, $1,150. 7 room house, modern, $2,800 9 room house, modern, $3,500. 8 room house, 2 lota, barn, $2,500. 7 room house, IVi lots; will trade for western land. 5 room house, 2 lots, $800. 7 room house, Hfc lots, barn, etc., 2 blocks from 6th ave., $1,500. SCOTT CO., 615 Kansas ave. FOR SALE By M. D. Henderson Co., Ill West Seventh St.: All the-best bargains in city real estate properties on monthly payments, with only small cash payments. Now 1b the time to secure a home and stop paying rent. We have just secured the sale of a large list of mortgage properties, at one half their original value. Call and see us at once. M. D. HENDERSON CO. Ill West Seventh st. YOU WANT CASH for real estate. See BARNES REAL ESTATE CO., Phone 262. 113 W. Fifth st. FOR SALE A suburban home, good house, barn, coal and wood shed, fine chicken house, good well and cistern, good location. Sell on monthly payments, cajsh or trade. See us quick. JOHN G. HOWARD CO.. 527 Kansas ave. FOR SALE 103 acres, northern part of Shawnee, house, barn, orchard, well improved, $3,500, nart cash. 80 acres 3 miles north of Thompsonville, house, timber, well, part cultivated.spring, $1,300. 80 acres 6 miles south of Topeka. 1 mile from railroad station, finely improved, $2,-. 500. 40 acres on west edge of city, house, barn, all cultivated, 2 blocks from street car, $3,- 500. TOPEKA REALTY CO., 534 Kan. ave. YOU WANT CASH for real estate. See BARNES REAL ESTATE CO.. 'Phone 262. 113 W. Fifth st, FOR SALE 20 acres, all bottom, house, barn, orchard, cheap; $1,400. 40 acres bottom and slope, every foot good land, only 3V4 miles out. Price $2,100. These are the cheapest small tracts near the city. Call and see us about them, JOHN G. HOWARD tt CO., 527 Kansas ave. SANTA FE SHOPMEN: Spring will be here before long and we would like to talk to some enterprising Santa Fe shopman about building a home in Cline's addition or elsewhere, and pay ing for It monthly. If we can't build you a house to order, perhaps we can sell you one ready made on monthly payments. Stop paying rent. Remember. "The Lord helps those who help themselves." We will help you a great deal if you can help yourself a little. TOPEKA REALTY CO.. 634 Kan. ave. FOR SALE 5 room house with barn, 1827 tt i i "1 ir.. i) FARM AND CITY LOANS a specialty. Everv accommodation. Low rates. TOPEKA REALTY CO.. 534 Kan. ave. LIST your property with us for sale and rent. Quick action a specialty. TOPEKA REALTY CO., 534 Kan. ave. FOR SALE Lots In Douthjtt Place. Law office of H. C. Root, 116 West 6th st. FOR SALE 3S lots near the Santa Fe shops, 35 lots Twenty-first and Madison sts.. 60 lots near Shorey. 8 room house and 1 acres near city limits, 80 acres t miles north, all on time payments or cheap for cash. M. Heery. 109 East Third. FOR SALE On payments. 3Vi acres on East Sixth st. car line. $450, a bargain. F. J. Brown, 17 Columbian Bids. MUSICAL. MISS MABEL MARTIN, teacher of piano arui Darmony, u ureenwooa avcrotwin. MISS MATIE KNOX, teacher of voice and piano. North Potwin. MISS PEAPLADE PRESCOTT, teacher of violin. Studio 1101 Taylor at. Student of Jacobson. WILLEBALD C. STENGER. teacher of violin. 323 West 10th st. i 1-! L. I JOjJTANJPOJJinCX FOUND Where watches or clocks are cleaned for 60c. 813 Kansas ave., upstairs. BICYCLES. TOPEKA CYCLE CO., 112 W. 8th St. Bicycles and sundries: bicycles and tandems for rent; repairing of all kinds. JEWELERS. JAMES B. HAYDEN, Jeweler and Op. tlcian. complete stock of watches, dla monde. silverware, ete. Eves examined and spectacles properly fitted. MnSCEIXANEOTJB W. H. QUAKENBUSH., Artistic Pen man. Resolutions engrossed for fram ing or In album form. Calling cards writ ten in engraver's script. Call at Topeka Business College. 100 POINTS ADVANCE will soon take place in a stock now .selling below 10. Full information will he sent free to those who communicate with me at once. A. Snyder, 108 Fulton st.. New York. INS AND OUTS OF WALL STREET, revised edition. Just out: 80 pages, with charts- and tables, full of valuable infor mation to speculators and Investor?: 10c in stamps. Publisher. P. O. Box 198 New York. BEDROOM SUITES, Mattresses, Iron Beds, Carpets, Furniture. Stoves. J. W. JONES SON, 320 Kansas ave. NOW that the weather is getting clear. have your clothes cleaned. A. Hirbour. 115 West 7th st. 'Phone 152. THE OFFICE of the Capital City Vitri fied Brick and Paving Co. has-been re moved to 118 West Eighth st. IF YOU have anything to sell in the way of household goods, take it to J. W. Jones Son. 320 Kansas ave. They will pay you what it's worth. LADIES' fine dresses cleaned, dved. A. Hirbour, 115 W. 7th St. 'Phone 152. WE'VE GOT money ready to buy your household goods. J. W. JONES SON, 320 Kansas ave. DOUTHITT PLACE Has been opened. Your choice of lots. $150 to $450. Eugaos Wolfe. 17 Kansas ave. LA DI ES' evening dresses cleaned. A. Hir bour, 115 W. 7th St. 'Phone 152. HEATING STOVES, $2.50, $3, $5. Hard coal stoves. $6, $8, $10. Air-tight wood heaters, $2.50 to $4.50. Cook stoves, $3. $5. $6. $S. $10, J. W. JONES SON, 320 Kansas ave. FREE DISPENSARY of Kansas Medical Coileere, corner of Twelfth and Tyler, is open daily except Sunday, from 1 to 2 p. m. E. M. Brockett. M. D. WARDROBES; $3 and up:. Sideboards. $ft and up. J. W. JONES SON, 320 Kansas ave. (First published in the Topeka State Journal January 10th, 1899.) STAMPS, SEALS AND STENCILS. TIHjTcDARLWrGCoC High Grade Rubber Stamps; prompt work. low price. Catalogue free. 'Phone 293. PHYSICIAN AND ST7BGE0K8. J j. A. RYDER, M. D. OFFICE and residence, cornel Gordon fc and Central ave.. North Topeka, 'Phone 214. Uses the Brinkerhoff system of rec tal treatment, a successful and painless treatment for piles, fistula, nshura. ui ceratlon. etc. S. E. SHELDON, M. D. Surgery end diseases of women, with private hospital. Office No. 720 Kan. ave. IDA C. BARNES, M. D. Office 732 Kansas ave. Residence Thir teenth and Clay. Office hours: a a. m. to 11 a. m., and 3 p. ni. to 5 p. m. Telephone 598 residence and 16 office. DR. J. SPRINGHORN, 627 Kansas ave. Ladles' Masseur and Osteopothist. Medi cated vapor baths. A Graduate of the Massage and Swedish Movement Institute. Stockholm, Sweden. Office hours: 9 to 12 a. m. and 1 to 6 p. m. STORAGE. STORAGE The Topeka Storage end Warehouse Co. (formerly Topeka Stor age Co., 305 Kas. ave.) store stoves, house hold goods, etc. On June 1 removed to new fire-proof stone building, 212 and 214 Kas. ave. C. D. Skinner. Prop. PAVING. THE OFFICE of the Topeka Vitrified Brick and Paving Co. has been removed to 118 West Eighth st. MONEY. The Shawnee Building and Loan Association always has money on hand to loan on Real Estate, repayble in Monthly Payments st the rate of $13.50 per il.000 of loan. 115 West Sixth ave. Ask for information. MONEY TO LOAN on farms; 10 years' time" SCOTT CO., 615 Kansas ave. $50 000.000 CHEAP MONEY for investment. Agents wanted. Investors lists for sale. Investors Directory, N. Y. WANTED We want to make good farm loans in eastern Kansas. Money on hand and every accommodation to bor rower. T. E. BOWMAN CO.. Columbian Building, LOANS on pianos, typewriters, blcyclea, guns, watches, diamonds and any per sonal property. L. Biscoe, 623 Kansas ave. WATCHMAKER. WATCHES cleaned, 75c; clocks, COe: mainsprings. 75c; crystals, 10c. Cash paid for old gold or silver. All work guar anteed. Old Jewelry exchanged for new. If bard up, see Uncle Sam. 612 Kan. ave. VT1I Do Your Hauling Rightl TOPEKA TRANSFER CO. Telephone 609 Kansas Are. j o T. P. BACOIT, Prop. t7Se me. about atorags 4 NATIONAL STABLES, i QII.0UX.I8T BROS., Prep. Oee4 turnouts eUrer to aarpar BOAKBUia A SPECIALTY. Pku. ?M JsekwaSt.

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8 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL,, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1899. x 'AV l am f l J CATARRH cured, scrofula, early consumption, bronchitis, asthma, pleurisy, cough, chronic throat disease, blood and skin diseases, heart disease, pains and palpitation of the heart, liver, kidney and bladder troubles, diabetes. Bright' diseases, sediment in water, rheumatism, neuralgia, dyspepsia, ca tarrh ef stomach and liver, constipation, nervous debility, sleeplessness, tired feeling-, easily frightened, floating spots before the eyes, head aches, backache, shooting pains, despondency, melancholia, St. Vitus dance, epilepsy, paralysis, bashful ness, lack of confidence and ambition. Imaginary fears, threatened insanity, dizziness, weakness, lack of endur ance, etc. If you are suffering from any of these consult Dr. Johnston at once. Delay is fatal. LADIEIS All diseases peculiar to their class cured by his new and per feet methods. MEN Perfect cures guaranteed In all weakness and loss of vital powers. No inconvenience or detention from business. OOR CREDENTIALS AND TESTIMONIALS ARE THE BEST. The numerous acknowledgements we have received from the newspapers for our remarkable cures in both medical and surgical cases is proof conclusive that our advanced method cure where all others fail. Therefore, do not waste time with others, but consult us at once and regain your lost health. There is a stage in every disease that can be cured. Have you passed that stage? If not, do not experiment any longer, but consult us at once. Further more, we offer $1,000 to any one proving our credentials false. We make it an object to investigate eurs. "No other specialist offers such a fair proposition. ONLY CURABLE CASES TAKEN. Best of reference and credentials. If you cannot call, write. Hundreds cured by mail. Hours from 9 to 12 a. m., 2 to 5 p. m. Evenings 7 to 9. Sunday morning Crem 10 to 12:30. 1 CfiLco 60S Eaasas Avenue, Over Baa Cloti.In.8f Store. Chicago Medical Institute, Topeka, Kansas. "OUR ARMY SWORE Terribly" In Florida, According to General Wood. "Washington, Jan. 14. General Wood, who testified before the war investiga tion commission yesterday was asked as to the congested state of affairs at Tampa prior to the embarkation of the Shatter expedition. He said there was no cause for complaint. The expedition had acted on urgent orders to embark hastily, had loaded 6n a long, narrow wharf and there was of course consid erable congestion and complaining and ewearing.but the same conditions would have been encountered? anywhere. The campaign, he thought, should be judged only by what the TJnated States forces id. Gen. Wood said there was no com plaint made of conditions during the campaign from anybody who amounted to anything; certainly none from the old soldiers. He said originally that the army was supplied with enough medical officers but people lost sight of the fact that medical officers are also suscepti ble to malaria and for awhile the num ber was deficient but there was no cause for complaint. The army of Cu ba, he said, is plentifully supplied with doctors. "Perhaps," suggested Captain How ell, "it was well that the men did not take any too much medicine." "I have always made it a practice," replied Gen. Wood, who was formerly an army surgeon, "not to take any my self." Gen. Wood said that in all of his ser vice he had been absolutely supported by his superior officers. Major George W. Ruthers, commis sary of subsistence, testified as to the condition of the beef furnished the army. He said the quality of the beef was as good as coxild be expected. Broderick Scott, of South Omaha, em ployed by the Cudahy Packing company testified as to the- good condition of the beef furnished. Major James W. 'Arrowsmith, a de pot commissary at Chickamauga, test ified that there was nothing bad in the beef supplies, and that he had heard of no intimation of chemical treatment un til Col. Maus, of Gen. Miles' staff, had asked him If he had ever noticed any indication of it. CUBANS ON A STRIKE. Tee Many Kinds of Money Causing Trouble at Santiago. Santiago de Cuba, Jan. 14. The labor ers in some of the sugar estates in the Guantanamo district have gone on a strike and the trouble is likely to spread. The cause assigned by the strikers is that the storekeepers charge a discount on Spanish gold. The men say they receive the same amount now as under the old regime, but are compelled to pay nine per cent on their purchases. Governor General 'Brooke, replying to a. number of questions, addressed to him on currency, rations and values, says government, collections and disburse ments in the department must be made upon the basis of American gold. MEDAL FOR MISSGOULD. Resolution Providing For It Offered in the Senate. Washington, Jan. 14. In the senate Mr. Gray (Del.) introduced a joint resolution as follows: '"That in recognition of the patriotic de votion and bounteous benevolence of Helen Miller Gould to the soldiers of the army ef the United States during the war with Spain, the cordial appreciation of con gress is hereby tendered to her, and con gress hereby authorises and directs that a gold medal with appropriate designs be prepared by the director of the mint and that said medal be presented to her by the president of the United States, at such time and In such manner as he may de termine." The resolution was referred to the com mittee on military affairs. IS WHAT WE DEI NSC IT TAKES Till: Of COFFEE MADE II amv m- 'I O BAINS Grain-O tastes like Coffee and looks like Coffee Nourishing Healthful Zont take imitations. The naine is made bf Thm Qaaee Pare Food Co., 1 Roy, 1. Y. DELAY IS FATAL CONSULT AT ONCE DRS. JOHNSTON WALSH, America's Greatest Specialists. Permanently Located in Topcka, Kansas Dr. H. Austin Johnston is a graduate of one of the finest Medical Universities in the world, and has had great experience in hospital and private practice. Sr. Edward Walsh, formerly Chicago's leading specialist, is a graduate of Rush and Bennett Medical Colleges, and was formerly President of St Anthony's Hospital. GEN. BROOKE'S CABINET Is Thus Far Composed of Citizens of Havana. Havana, Jan. 14. Two of the mem bers of the cabinet of civil advisers which Governor General Brooke will form will be Senor Domingo Mendez Capote, former vice president of the Cuban revolutionary government and now president of the special Cuban commission in Washington, and Jose Gonzales Lanuza, a member of the com mission. Lanuza wired from Washing ton today that he would probably be detained there for several days. Seven or eight names are on the list of possi bilities for the other two positions on the cabinet. Thus far only Havana men have been considered, but it seems de sirable to make one selection from out side the capital. General Brooke would prefer to select men from eastern Cuba, but no one yet is in sight, and the other parts of the island, if unrepresented in the cabinet, must not feel slighted or take umbrage as Santiago does about the customs. General Ludlow's appointments, an nounced last evening, please the Cu bans, but the Spaniards feel that their element is inadequately represented. Maximo Gomez, who is still in the interior, continues to keep his pro gramme before the people. It is this, in substance: First, the island is not yet free and independent; second, Cubans and Span iards should unite in making it so: third, all the inhabitants of the island should give the United States fuil credit and co-operate cheerfully for the pres ent. General Gomez has written to the principal Cuban commanders, instruct ing them to keeptheCubans.soldiersand civilians, from committing any outrage upon the Spaniards, and to aid in the arrest and punishment of any Cuban guilty of such an offense. Gomez is re garded by the United States military commission as scarcely suited to any high civil office. He is considered a soldier of fortune, his manners are of the camp and he is deficient in educa tion. He will be received with all pos sible courtesy if he comes to Havana, though it does not yet appear how he could become part of the civil admin istration, as the forms of oaths re quired for civil officials pledges alle giance to the military government of the United States in Cuba, obedience to all the orders of the military govern or and conformity to the existing laws of Cuba and to such changes as may hereafter be made to them. A MEDIUM ARRESTED "With His Assistants, by the Police of Omaha. Omaha, Jan. 14. Late last night the po lice arrested "Dr." Frederick Milton, S. H. Davis and two women who operate with them, on the charge of swindling. The doctor hails from New Orleans and has been operating as a spirit medium, assist ed bv others, and a wagon load of para phernalia in which false beards, wigs and other make-up articles form a considerable part. SNOW FOR A YEAR. Colorado Has Supply That Will Last Through Next Summer. Denver, Jan. 14. The outlook for water for irrigation next summer is better than for many years past. The mountains are covered with great masses of snow aver aging from three to six feet deep at tim ber line, and in addition it is packed in immense drifts in the draws and gulches and will remain for more than a year. There will be sufficient snow left on the peaks next fall to make an average win ter showing. WILKERSON DEAD. A Gambler "Who Had Won and Lost a Fortune in His Time. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 14. John Wil kerson, who gained a reputation throughout the west as a "square" gambler in the days when the big gambling house was a feature of every far western city and whose "marble hall" was a. border day attraction in Kansas City, died of pneumonia last night in a public hospital. The fortune which Wilkerson acquired as a gambler he lost in later years as a race course bookmaker, and recently he had been employed as an auctioneer in the stock yards horse market. He died penni less. Resorts Raided. The joint or "club" in the third floor of Crawford's opera house was raided late yesterday afternoon by the police and the bar tender, S. Klein, was ar rested. At the police station he de posited $100 which will be forfeited if he does not appear for trial. Last night the resort of Andy Dupree in North To peka was raided and the proprietor and 40 other colored people were arrested. No Appointments Yet The governor has made no appoint ments up to this time and will probably make none for several days, perhaps longer. He said: "I have not had time to consider these matters yet because so many people have been in to see me. I will hear what every one has to say, then I will get to work on the appoint ments. As long as a man comes into the office to present these matters to me I hear him," OX THE NEW COURT. The Court of Visitation Kay Include Judges Gaver and Pollock. The politicians say that Governor Stanley has practically decided to ap point Judge T. F. Garver of this city and Judge R. C. Pollock of Winfield and L. S. Crum of Oswego as Judges for the new court of visitation, created by the special session of the legislature for the control of Kansas railroads. Stanley's close friends say he has as yet given this matter little thought, as the appointments will not be made until March, in time for the men to take their positions April 1. It is said that Mr. Crum should not have the place, as he is not a lawyer, and some of his friends are authority for the statement that he will be mar shal of the board, this officer being charged with the responsibility of en forcing the orders which the court may make. There is one thing certain, and that is that Mr. Crum is not a candidate for warden of the penitentiary and would not accept it were the place ten dered him. The creation of this court prevents Jim Simpson getting back on the board of railroad commissioners. Had the old law not been repealed Simpson claims he would have been elected, but he realizes and has told his friends that Stanley would not appoint him to any position ,and he has retired from the race. Just what Simpson has picked out is not known, but he is one of the men who insist upon having something. The mention of Judge Pollock in con nection with this case is due to the fact that it is generaly conceded that he is out of the race for superintendent of insurance, and that this place will go to either Smith of McPherson, Pos tlethwaite of Jewell or McNeil of Col umbus. The appointment of A. W. Smith would be a bitter punishment for Jim Simpson, who has been fighting Smith for several years, first one then the other winning a victory in McPherson county. IF THIS IS TRUE It Shows More Than Ever the Neces sity of a Civil Service Law. The need of civil service reform in the state charitable institutions has been fully demonstrated on more than one occasion of importance in the past, but the following incident is one which occurs almost every day: Dr. L. D. McKinley, superintendent of the Topeka. insane asylum, recently appointed a brother of Representative W. C. Stephenson of this city to a posi tion as attendant at the institution and was, to all appearances, giving entire satisfaction. At the monthly meeting of the state board of charities the superintendent was asked if he knew what political party Stephenson belonged to and that official said that he did not. The board sent for Stephenson and when he ap peared before them the president said: "What are your politics, Mr. Stephen son?" "I am a straight Republican and have never voted any other ticket in my life." "Tour services are no longer needed here," was the next official remark, and Stephenson left the institution. OPEN WIDE THE DOOR, Says Jerry Simpson, to the Enlisted Hen of the Navy. Washington, Jan. 14. During the de bate on the naval personel bill in the house, Mr.Simpson (Pop., Kan.) said the bill seemed to him a measure for giving naval officers larger salaries and more honorable station. He endorsed the feature of the bill which held out to en listed men the possibilities of commis sions in the service. He would, he said, open the door wide and make it possi ble for an enlisted man to rise to the highest rank in the navy. Mr. Berry (Dem., Ky.) warmly su ported the bill. In the course of his re marks, Mr. Berry made the first allu sion on the floor of the house to the mooted question as to who was respon sible for the victory over Cervera's fleet at Santiago. "I believe the bill will remove con flict," he said, "and if there is any coun try where there is a necessity for the removal of conflict in the army or the navy, it is United States. I think we have a magnificent phase of conflict in the army service of the United States presented in the papers and whether it will end in a duel or not I do not know, but it seems that there is a very con siderable amount of friction in the army of the United States. There was some ANOTHER DOCTOR. Coffee May Agree With Some People and Not With Others. Until a year ago, I was a most in veterate coffee drinker. I have always assiduously abstained from all other forms of stimulants, including tobacco, and hence could easily localize the cause for the num erous abnormal symptoms I became subject to. I grew nervous and irrit able became easily excited and exper ienced a decided loss of memory, to gether with many other symptoms, in dicating an unduly stimulated nervous system. My appetite was poor, sight deficient, bowels irregular. Like thou sands of others, I could not bring my self to believe that my favorite beverage was the cause of my abnormal condi tions. About a year ago a package of Pos tum Cereal came to my office, and I concluded to try it. I was very much disappointed with the trial, the liquid being light-colored, weak and insipid. It lacked the strong flavor I had been so long accustomed to. I concluded, however, I would have to cultivate a taste for it, and hence per sisted in drinking the almost tasteless mixture for several weeks, until finally I became disgusted with it and quit it. I noticed, however, an improvement in my nervous symptoms. Shortly after this my attention was called to your specific announcement as to the length of time the mixture should boil. I took the subject up again, fol lowing the directions explicitly, and the result was truly gratifying. The color, the aroma, the taste and everything except the nerve racking stimulant) was there, and I was completely satis fled. The nervous symptoms entirely went, and all other abnormal conditions vanished. The experience in my own case naturally led to a conclusion as to the cause of the disorders with many of my patients, and I have had occasion in numerous cases to insist upon the abandonment of coffee entirely, and the substitution of Postum Food Coffee, with highly gratifying results. Dr. Geo. W. Hogland, 113 E. Long St., Columbus, Ohio. conflict among the officers in the navy in the greatest battle of the war, the greatest battle of modern Imes, because it demonstrates the characer of the men and vessels that were engaged in it, and there is no doubt in the mind of the American people who is entitled to the credit of that victory. But there are people who are trying to steal away from Schley the credit of the glorious triumph he won on the 3d day of July, 1898." In this connection, Mr. Berry read the following poem amid a whirlwind of laughter and applause: SAMPSON OR SCHLEY? "When the Spanish fleet with full head way Dashed out of Santiago bay, Taking the chances of death and wreck, Who stood on a Yankee quarter deck And marked the game with eagle eye. Say was it Sampson or was it Schley? "Who was it when shot and screaming shell Turned Sabbath calm into echoing hell? Steamed into the thickest of the fray, His good ship leading all the way. While the roar of his guns shook earth and sky, Say, was it Sampson, or was it Schley? "In American hearts, who holds first place Of those who claim part in that glorious chase? Whose name stood out on that proud day. As the hero of Santiago bay? In letters of gold, write that name on high, Shall we write it Sampson, or write it Schley? BERRY SAYS SCHLEY. "I say it should be written Schley," continued Mr. Berry. "I then say that there should be a provision of law that whether it goes to Schley or Sampson, the prize money should be paid to the men who have won that glorious achievement, but that the provision for prize money ought to be wiped off the statute books. I say the men who made that magnificent charge at San Juan hill, in all aspects of this case, are as much entitled to take Santiago as a re ward for their services as the men who sunk Cervera's ships." In response to a direct question, Mr. Meyer (Dem., La.) said the committee would offer an amendment to repeal the law giving prize money to the navy. His statement was generally applauded. Later Mr. Berry alluded to the situation in the Philippines. He had not decided, he said, how he would stand on the proposition to annex those islands, but he wanted it distinctly understood that the backing Aguinaldo was supposed to be receiving from Germany would have no weight in affecting his opinion. "We may yet have to whip Germany, as we did Spain," said he, amid great ap plause. After some further remarks by Messrs. Driggs (Dem., N. Y.) and Dins more (Dem., Ark.) in favor of the bill, the general debate closed and the bill was read for amendment under the five minute rule. Mr. Bailey (Dem., Tex.) objected to the abolition of the rank of commodore. Our greatest sea captains, he said, had held that rank in the hour of their vic tories Perry, Jones, Farragut, Schley and Dewey. American traditions clung about the title of commodore, and he was opposed to its abolition to meet the social distinction of foreign powers and foreign courts. It might only be a sentiment, but he preferred an Amer ican sentiment to the etiquette of a for eign court. Mr. Dayton explained that the title of commodore was unknown abroad, and that on state occasions they did not Know where tto place a commodore. "They may not: know where to place an American commodore at the dance," interposed Mr. Bailey, "but they know where to place him in battle." Without completing consideration of the bill the committee arose. CALLS HOAR A "MUDHEAD" CoL Robert Ingersoll Talks of Ex pansion. Chicago, Jan. 14. Colonel Robert J. In gersoll was at the Auditorium Annex for a few hours yesterday. He left later for St. Paul, where he has a lecture engager raent He declared himself emphatically in favor of expansion and severely criti cised Senator Hoar for his opposition to the ratification of the peace treaty. "Senator Hoar is a mudhead." said Colo nel Ingersoll in a tone of disgust. "It is is certainly an edifying spectacle to be hold him and Senator Vest acting together on a great national question. Perhaps he does not see the inconsistency of a Re publican acting with the most unprogress ive, dyed-in-the-wool Bourban element in the political life of the country,, but there are many people who will. Oh, I suppose Senator Hoar is a good man. but he is too much of a timid old granny to deal with the questions which are pressing for settlement at the present time. They only appeal to virile Americanism, and that is something entirely foreign to Senator Hoar. "But I do not think public sentiment will defer to him. It has already declared for the greater America, for the broadening of our influence in a commercial and civ ilizing way, and it is not going to turn back now because of the cowardly ap peals of an old woman. "I sometimes think it misht have been for the better if Admiral Dewev had sent some of the German warships the way of the Spaniards at Manila bay. It might have cleared the situation up materially. "There can be no doubt as to what bur duties are with reference to the Philip pines. We should hold them, and; while dealing humanely and justly with the na tives, give them to understand that we are not to be bullied from what we regard as our duty." LETTER FROM MILES. He Asks a Captain for Testimony of the Soldiers. Lewell, Mass., Jan. 14. The following letter was received today from General Nelson A. Miles, by Captain Alexan der Greig Jr., company C, Sixth Mas sachusetts, United States volunteers: "My Dear Captain: Your very kin! letter of December 31 was duly received and I thank you for the interest you have taken in the matter and for the in formation furnished, not only for the welfare of the troops now in service, but the honor of those who have been in service and who have suffered on ac count of sickness is at stake in this controversy. It has been charged that sickness has been caused by the men indulging in the use of rum and man goes, which, I am convinced, is a base slander on the men. I am satisfied that much of the sickness and debility among the men was caused by a want of good wholesome food, of which at times we- know they were frequently deprived. I would be glad to have any statement made by you as well as the statements of any of the line officers, or surgeons who are familiar with the facts and also the statements of the soldiers who can testify on this subject. I remember you very well at the front line at Yauco, where you were render ing excellent service in a campaign that was full of good results, but which has not attracted so much attention as some others." Canadians Can't Compete. Montreal, Jan. 14. The Canadian manufacturers have decided not to ex hibit at the world's cycle show to be held here. No reason is given, but it is believed that they do not care to com pete with the United States exhibit. The Rush for

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1 Ikrf the Pn .t AAfl TOT 1 Finally. i i "r .-r them, F I'm l X 1 nd oi T 1 was comp";"'. iui ftn,umr-- aetuuK 1C25 (Slgneai 29th day T,VC Vanirund J niners faced tne girdled the "n.tJlI oTthe j:eT Dr! Williams' PinW Pills t Pale People o directly to the sea.t of the dis der. puriFying and enriching the blood by eliminat poisonous elements and renewmr heal th-gi vino; fortes., for or ing Tht genuint &re never oti toobe by tV dozen but &.lw&y& in paxk.g like thiv BUFFALO JONES' LECTURE. It "Was Good, But It Hadn't Been "Boomed," and It Needs Pictures. Buffalo Jones will have to possess more nerve than took him on his peri lous journey into the frozen regionst of the far northwest if he continues his lecture tour with last night's audience as a criterion. Mr. Jones needs a man ager who knows how to advertise him. That's about all that is lacking. It was an audience of very discourag ing proportions to the explorer last night. It refused to bunch, and instead of a respectable small group of people in the vicinity of the footlights, the ad venturous westerner was compelled' to talk to his auditors scattered about in all locations in the parquet, who looked lonesome as they listened. The receipts did not pay for the opening of the house. However, Mr. Buffalo Jones Is a brave man and he saw his lecture through. He appeared on the stape wearing a sack coat of fur, the material of which once adorned the form of one of the victims of his rifle. It was ap parent from the start that in a lecture contest he might not come out with first prize, but he was never at a loss for words and in an offhand style peculiar ly his own he told of his trip into the Northwest Territory. Incidantally, he spoke of his adventures in the west in the early days and recited personal ex periences in buffalo hunting and rais ing. In speaking of his trip into the unex plored Northwest he said that his in tention in starting out was to bring back several musk, oxen with a view of domesticating and raising the ani mals. He secured several fine speci mens, but before he could get them out of the Indian country the Indians killed them on the theory that if he was allowed to take the animals out of their territory other hunters would follow his example and in time rid the country of the animals. As the Indians live al most wholly on the meat of the musk ox they looked upon his scheme as a very serious matter. The explorer took occasion to state during the course of his talk that the Northwest Territory was unlike Kan sas in as much as all laws were strictly enforced there, particularly the laws in regard to the sale of liquor. Buffalo Jones' talk was entertaining. It would have been just as entertaining to a large audience. The lecture last night was the explorer's first experi ment. If Mr. Jones will add a stereopticon to his outfit with pictures of scenes and incidents in the far Northwest, and have also a collection of specimens and relics, with a good advance agent, there isn't the slightest doubt that he will have large audiences. But he ought to see to it that he is well advertised, and "gives a good show for the money." SENATE MIGHT RETALIATE Ex-Governor Lewellinjr Doesn't Think the New Railroad Bill Will be Disturbed. "Wichita, Jan. 14. Ex-Governor Lew- ellins has returned to Topeka, where he will remain during the entire session of the legislature. Asked if he would lend his efforts to securing a normal school for-Wichita, Mr. LewelUnff said: "I will certainly do all in my power to bring a state institution here, and when I say that I realize how hard a fight it means." "What do you think about the new railroad law? "I see that the Republicans are talk ing fluently about it being; unconsti tutional. It is not so, and I do nq. Modern Science Gold. mi Kecognizes RHEUMATISM disease of the Blood. the time wbaaj r tnew---r-l tbe joor-w rl with f "e,SS. A a rx 111.. V 1 There that this a boara I :B'ihen oy expo&UTe xo coia.&na ma some J oca. li ties Are infected, vrith it more th&n others. Such conditions frequently promote the development of the disea.se. but from the fact that this aitment runs in ceTtain families, it, is shown to be hereditary; and consequently a. disease of the blood. Cofferer ol rnc- number of ye Si 1 r .nmi cle regard.ng ..nvinUb V" iv" i ,v TT,.i two beean u"B v it ia tne merits. -DT. external applications, therefore, may afford tempo-raxy Telief but to cute the disease it is necessary ,orn to before F0JC. AoWV i r k oood menta to treat blood pTite fifty centb per box. )AL EoTLt" think it will be so decided. Besides, I I think the present Republican adminis tration will treat the acts of the spec ial session with a good deal of respect. You see the present state senate was part of that special session and a too vigorous onslaught on the results of their labors might call up retaliation. For instance, all the appropriations for the present administration's conduct of its affairs depend on the vote or tnat selfsame senate. I think that you will find both sides very amicable, indeed. In fact, I look for a quiet and perhaps effective' session, although our people believe that the special session accom plished about all that should be done." The .Populists, tnen, are in ravor or packing up, adjourning and going home?" "Well, yes: they might as well do that as not." Asked if he thought the present rail road board would be allowed to remain in office until April 1, the time at which the creation of the court of visitation is fixed by law, he said: "I am sure I do not know. I cer tainly hope so." LARGEST CVE. SOCIETY In New Mexico Is In the Territorial Penitentiary. Santa Fe, N. M., Jan. 14. The Chris tian Endeavor society in the peniten tiary here, composed of prisoners, is the largest in the territory. Last year, by going without tobacco, the members contributed $20 for testaments and re ligious literature. A CHEVYING GUM TRUST. Includes Largest Concerns in the Country, Representing $20, 000,000 Capital. New Tork, Jan. 14. The final papers in the consolidation of the chewing gum companies of the United States were executed and delivered at the Manhat tan Trust company today. That com pany and the American Trust and Sav ings Bank of Chicago are the trustees. The amalgamation embraces the W7hite Gum company of Cleveland, the Yuca tan Gum company of Cleveland, the Dr. Reman Pepsin Gum company of Cleveland, the Adams Sons company of Brooklyn, the Kis-Me Gum company of Louisville, the California Fruit Gum company of Chicago, the Tutti Frutti company, and several others. Practical ly no cencerns of size are left out of the combination. The new company will have a capital between $15,000,000 and $20,000,000, and is to be organized under the laws of New Jersey. Its legal work is in charge of Levy Mayer of Chicago. The two trust companies mentioned and W. Har vey, proprietor of the International Confectioners' Journal of Chicago, have the business end in cnarge. The lncor poratlon papers will not be filed for a week. The announcement is made that there will be no rise in the price of the pro duct. The representatives of the com panies declare that the chewing gum business is unusually active and they are satisfied with present business and profits as far as prices go. The automatic slot machines at rail road stations and other public places arc at present controlled by the indi vidual companies whose gum they con tain. These will now all be under the management of the trust. Don't Get Left. Commencing Sunday, January 15, the Rock Island Colorado Flyer will leave Topeka at 8:10, Instead of 8:30 p. m. Remember this change. r is popular idea disease i caused I t j A.. ise it is necessary it thToudh.the by the D.VilVtMft SKuMt6y,N.t WASTE GOES TO THE HELP. Question of Ownership of Table-Leav ings Kay Cause Trouble. Chicago, Jan. 14. When C. S. Becker, a waiter at the Hotel Metropole, ap pears before Justice Foster Monday to answer to a charge of stealing fruits and pastry from the hotel he will ask the court to decide a curious question of ownership. Becker is charged with having appropriaed to his own use two apples and two macaroons which were left on a table after a party whom he had been serving had finished their meal. He claims that inasmuch an he was serving a table d'hote meal every thing in the way of food that was placed on the table, and, if necessary, every thing listed on the menu, became the property of the patron and not of the hotel, and being left Dy them became waste, which by custom goes to the help. If Becker succeeds in carrying his point, in which he will be opposed by Manager Bailey of the hotel, who will set up that the purchase of a table d'hote meal gives the buyer only the right to as much as he can eat while at table, he intends to make trouble for those who caused his arrest In this connection a pathetic story will be brought to the court's attention. Becker, it seems, had been working for the hotel but six days when he was ar rested. He told the manager that he considered that in taking the apples and macaroons he was only taking leavings and that he wanted them for his wife and little boy. Both are dan gerously ill. Becker was taken to jail and not allowed to see them and kept locked up three days until his mother could procure a bondsman. He was re leased on $200 bail last night. Mean while the little boy was expected to die at any moment. The value of the edi bles taken is about 4 cents. BETTER ABOLISH POLL TAX It Is Always Collected Unfairly and Expensively Wherever Tried. C. E. Rugh, city attorney of Abilene, has prepared a bill with reference to the collection of poll taxes in cities of the second-class, which he is sending to members of the legislature. It will be introduced into the senate the first of next week by Senator Lewelling. The bill provides that all men be tween the ages of 21 and 45 must either work two days on the streets or pay $3 to the street commissioner. At pres ent they can hire a substitute for $2 and the consequence is that the city does not get good service. Mr. Rugh wants to cut off the substitute business, andf have the street commissioner hire the work for people who do not wish to do it themselves. Fcr Rats, Mice, Roaches, and Other 3'tW Vrtnltl IT'S A KILLER- After rating, .11 vermin smIc watr and f&e opea air. Hence tilts killer is the most cleanly on earth. For Sale by all Drutrctstn. price, 15 Cent. KEWTCN MANUFACTURING CHEMICAL CO.. 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