The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
April 26, 1899
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i a4l' Iff SDNESDAY EVENING, TOPEKA, KANSAS, APRIL 26, 1899. WEDNESDAY EVENING, TWO CENTS. LAST EDITION r ANNIHILATED. Insurgent Army at Calumpitls Crushed And Sent Scampering Into the llill Country. KEY TO THE REGION And the Filipino Capital Tails Before The Onward Rush of MacAr tbur's Soldiers. A BRILLIANT C1IARGE Made by Co. K. of the Twentieth Kansas. Col. Funston and a Party Swim Another Hirer. New York. April 26. A' dispatch to the Journal from Manila April 26 says: Gen.MacArthur's division, 6,000 troops annihilated the Insurgents at Calumpit today. Aguinaldo's troops made a stubborn resistance but were driven to the hills. Eight Americans were killed. Calumpit is the key to the whole of northern Luzon. FIGHTING THEIR "WAT. Manila, April 26. Gen. MacArthur's division fought its way to the Filipino trenches before Calumpit yesterday, advancing four miles, mostly through, woods and jungle, and crossing the Bagbag river. This was accomplished at a cost to the Americans of six killed and 28 wounded, the First South Dakota reg iment being the heaviest losers. After fording the river the South Da kota troops pursued the insurgents to the outskirts of Calumpit, but the town was found to be so strongly protected that General MacArthur deemed It best to withdraw the tired fighters and go into camp for a night's rest before making the final assault. The largest buildings In Calumpit were being fired by the Filipinos while the Americans were crossing the river fully a mile away, indicating the ene my's intentions to abandon the place. The insurgents seem to have adopted a. settled policy of retiring from one po sition after another, after inflicting the greatest possible damage upon the ad vancing army. The forces are well drilled. Every foot of the ground was tenaciously disputed by thoroughly or ganized trotps, who stood remarkably firm even before artillery. DESTROYED THE BRIDGE. The enemy had planned to wreck our artillery transport train. This attempt was a failure, but a span of the iron railway bridge over the river was de stroyed.hampering the American trans portation for sometime. The Filipinos cut the girders, intending to have the structure fall with the train, but It collapsed prematurely of its own weight. The Bagbag river which Is about a hundred yards wide at that point, was splendidly fortified and the Americans were compelled to approach an open space from which the rebels had clear ed every obstruction in sight. The bank of the river, a high bluff, was surmounted with trenches, capped with rocks, loop-holed and partly hidden by bushes. Gen. Wheaton's brigade approached the river along the railroad, leaving camp beyond Malolos city. Gen. Hale's which started, earlier on the march, was sweeping westward toward the railroad. The armored train was being pushed by Chinamen, the Twentieth, Kansas regiment, advancing in extend ed order on the left and the First Mon tana regiment with the Utah light ar tillery, on the right. The rapid fire guns on the train "opened the ball" at 11:30 a. m. about B. mile from the river, their popping al ternating continuously with the boom of the six pounders. The Montana regiment and the Utah artillery batteries at the same time en tered the jungle from which the regi ment who were occupying a large, strag gling village of huts, poured heavy vol leys. In the course of an hour the Americans had forced a passage through, the woods to the open space in front of the river, and the artillery, immediate ly on wheeling into the open began shelling the Filipino trenches. KANSANS' BRILLIANT CHARGE. In the meantime, Company K, Twen tieth Kansas, lead by Captain Boltwood, performed one of the most brilliant achievements of the campaign. The repiment was being held in reserve, and Company K charged a distance of a quarter of a mile over a corn field to the bank of the river, near the bridge, where the Insurgents from a trench were peppering the armored train, then about 200 yards down the track. The company found shelter in a ditch. Colonel Frederick Funston called for volunteers to cross the river and the colonel himself. Lieutenant Ball, a private of Company K. a private of Company E. Trumpeter Barsfleld and Corporal Ferguson, of Company I, crawled along the iron girders. While this was going on the men of Company K from the ditch, where fusil lading the trenches in the endeavor to divert attention, but the Filipinos got the range from a trench down the river and their bullets soon spattered the wa ter under the structure. Having reached the broken span the pmall but valorous party of Americans slid down the cais son, swam a few yards to the shore and crawled up "the bank the little colonel leading the wav to the trenches, revolver in hand, while the few remaining Filipinos bolted. Colonel Funston said afterwards- "It was not much to do. We knew they ould not shoot straight and that our boys would attend to them while we were crossing." HALE'S HARD FIGHT. General Hale's troops, on the right, had the hardest fight. They followed the north bank of the river nearest the town from the east, with the First Ne braska regiment on the left and the First South Dakota and the Fifty-first Iowa beyond. The country to be tra versed was mostly jungle, but the Fili pinos stood their ground even In the open spaces. General Hale's right joined General Wheaton's left soon after noon, a curve in the river enabling the Americans to pour an enfilading fire into the en emy's trenches. About this time the cheers of the Kansas troops announced that the Americans had crossed the river. General Hale's men began to ford the Chico, a branch of the Bagbag, stretching to the northeast. The gen eral himself plunged in up to his neck, and the regiments, all carrying flags, floundered across the stream. The guns of the Utah light artillery were dragged over next and formed an extended line, to advance upon the trenches before Calumpit, from which the Filipinos were pouring continuous volleys. The armored car had one man killed and two wounded. The Kansas regiment had three wounded during the charge, and the Utah light artillery one killed and two wounded. Most of the other casualties befell the South Dakota regiment. It is difficult to estimate the insurgent losses, but they are no fewer than 70 killed, many of them by the artillery. TO CUT OFF AMMUNITION. Washington, April 26. Army officials have learned that since Manila fell the Filipinos have been obtaining supplies of ammunition from Hong Kong and Singapore, as well as from Europe. A strict naval patrol of the island of Lu zon has been established and the belief is expressed that the supply of ammuni tion will now be cut off. It is positively stated that the Filipinos have no fac tory for the manufacture of smokeless powder and Mauser cartridges which they are using. TODAY'S BATTLE. Manila, April 26. The fighting was resumed at 6 o'clock this morning.Dur Ing the night the American engineers repaired the Bagbag bridge, thus en abling our troops to cross the river. For the first time the Filipinos are employing artillery. They brought two guns into action in the trenches today before Calumpit, firing modern shrap nel which burst over the heads of Gen. (Wheaton's men without effect. Gen. Wheaton's brigade advanced in extended order, with the Kansas regi ment to the west of the railroad and the Montana regiment to the east of it and took up a. position covering one and a half miles on the south bank of the Rio Grande. On the opposite bank were fortified trenches from which a few American soldiers would have been able to defy thousands, so strongly were they constructed. TRENCHES DESERTED. The Americans found the trenches on the south bank of the river deserted, which furnished the men with cover from which they could pick off Filipinos whenever one of them showed his head. When the rebels began firing two puffs of smoke, simultaneously, from the trenches on each side of the railroad track showed they were using cannon, which was a genuine surprise to the Americans. Several shells burst close to Gen. Wheaton's staff, but it seemed that the Filipinos failed to master the machinery of modern arms as they were unable to get the right range. Young's Utah battery was ordered into position in the center of the Kan sas regiment to silence the rebel guns and at 11 o'clock the rapid fire guns had been ferried across the river and came into line. At noon the rebels were still pouring a heavy fire in the direction of the Americans who returned it spiritedly. Two Americans were killed and sev en were wounded. At about this time, Gen. Hale's brig ade was advancing east of the line, ap parently to cross the river and attack the rebel trenches in the flank as the American did yesterday. LAWTON HAVING TROUBLE. Manila, April 26. Gen. MacArthur has secured an order issued by Aguin- aldo to the rebel commanders, telling them to instruct their men to economize their fire, save the empty shells and not to fire at the enemy when the latter is under cover. The Filipinos are also in structed never to fire at a longer range than 150 meters, and when they have a river or other obstructions in front, to hold their fire until within 80 meters. This order was issued after the re cent encounters between the Filipinos and the Americans. Gen. Lawton is meeting with the greatest obstacles in the character of the country, His troops have only had a few skirmishes thus far, resulting in five of his men being wounded. But, he has been forced to put his men at work building roads and the transport ser vice is giving much trouble, bullocks dying of exhaustion ana Chinamen having to be employed in pulling some of the carts. Therefore, the general nas been unable to cover the ground he hoped to cover. The natives flee before the expedi tion but they swarm back to their huts as soon as the American troops have passed. A few Filipino sharpshooters are har assing the American flanks. The commissary department Is pre paring to send more rations, under a strong escort to the front. The United States transport Zealan dia. from San Francisco, March 2S, having on board several companies of the Ninth infantry and a large qunt ty of supplies arrived here today after an uneventful voyage. Her troops are now camped on the water front. The United States transport Sheridan sails for home tomorrow. She will take among her passengers Gen. Charles King and Mrs. Colonel statsenburg, who is conveying her husband's body to the United States. The Sheridan alsohas on board sev eral officers families who find Manila an undesirable residence. CASUALTY LIST. Names of Two Kansans Appear Among the Wounded. Washington, April 26. Under today's date Gen. Otis has forwarded to the adjutant general the following addition al casualties: KILLED. Hospital corps April 24. Wagoner Mortimer Bowen; Company H, Corporal Vickar E. Johnson. Private Chas. Stultz; Company K. Jas. A. Lyes: April za. Company li, Corporal Harvey M. Breed: Company H, Privates Chas. Peterson, Guy Jones; Company K, Pri vate Jas. A. Lizer; Company L, Harley De Jean. First Nebraska Company I, Private Harry Metarl. Utah artillery Company B, Private jyiax Madison. (Continued on Sixth Page.) LABORJF LOVE. How to Spread the Gospel to Heathen Countries. Earnest 'Women From Several States Gather in Topeka. THE WORK IN PERSIA Discussed by Miss Clarke Who Returned Last Fall. Christians Are Not Mistreated In the Land of the Shah. 'Among those who are In attendance at the annual meeting of the Southwest Board of Presbyterian Missions in To peka this week is one little woman Who has spent much of her life In out of the way places on the globe. She is Miss Mary A. Clarke, a missionary to the empire of the Persian shah. Miss Clarke is a native of Cleveland, O. Eighteen years ago she went as a mission teacher to Tabriz, in Persia, but in a few years her health broke down and she returned to America to recu perate. As soon as she was able, back she went to Persia, and has been there until last fall, when she again came home to rest. "Persia is making great progress in civilization," she said today. "Fifteen years ago everybody, both, rich and poor, sat on the floor wherever they went. Now the better classes have adopted European customs. They use chairs, and have cut glass and china and table linen on their tables, and a dinner which was recently given by the MTSS MARY A. CLARKE, Who Has Spent 18 Years in Persia. prime minister is said to have been equal to those given by diplomats in European capitals in its appointments. "There are many different nationali ties there, mostly Mohammedans, Ar menians and Turks. The Armenians are not persecuted in Persia as they are in Turkey. In fact, the old shah, who was assassinated three years ago, said that the sultan was a fool for persecuting such an industrious and inoffensive peo ple as the Armenians. "The old shah was not appreciated. He was a very progressive man and made four trips to Europe to find out thing's that would be of benefit to his people, but whenever he tried to intro duce any reforms he was opposed by the priesthood. "The present shah is weaker. It is the custom of the kings to keep the princes in the background, and though the present shah asked repeatedly to be allowed to visit Europe while he was crown prince, the old shah would not let him; so when he came to the throne he was inexperienced in the customs and policies of European nations. "The shah does not seem to be hostile to Christianity. One of our missionaries was his physician while he was crown prince in Tabriz, and the shah became much attached to him, which is prob ably one reason why we do not meet with opposition from him. Then the presence of so many European diplo mats in Teheran" Miss Clarke pro nounces it as if spelled "Teh-ran," with the accent on the last syllable "has Viade a difference. To find the Persia of fifteen years ago one has to go to the rural districts. Then the Persians are becoming anxious to be educated and our schools are a great help to us. "There are no castes in Persia as in some oriental countries. The present prime minister is the son of the butler of the old Shah, which shows that there are no barriers to advancement. There are two classes in Persia, the very rich and the very poor. Taxes are heavy, and the poor are oppressed. The poorer class is engaged largely In agriculture, but nearly everything has to be irriga ted. There is practically no rainfall except along the Caspian Sea. There is a saj-ing in Persia that nothing is free but sunshine and air. Once when we told a little girl in the mission that wa ter was free in America, she thought it must be a very rich country, and that was why we gave so much for mis sions." -Jii..j, OPENING SESSION. Over One Hundred Delegates Attend ing the Presbyterian mission Meeting. The first session proper of the Wom an's Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions was held in the First Presbv terian church this morning, at which, after the devotional services, Mrs. Mary D. Garver gave the address of welcome, and Mrs. H. W. Prentis re sponded. There are now about 125 delegates in attendance at the meeting, coming from Missouri, Kansas. Texas, Okla homa and the Indian Territory. The church is prettily decorated for the meetings, with potted plants and flags, and various committees look after the comfort of the visitors. A unique system of badges is in vogue by which different persons may be distinguished. Purple badges de note missionaries; lavender denote del egates: pink denote members of the lv executive committee; white denote the entertainment committee, and yellow denote the pages. Besides Miss Clarke, Miss Hattie Ghormley, a missionary from Cheung Mai, Siam, is attending the meeting. Tonight Rev. M. E. Caldwell will tell of missionary experiences in South America, and Dr. C. B. McAfee will deliver an address. C. E. Bally. 'X Chistian Endeavor rally was held last evening as a preliminary service to the opening of the missionary meeting. One of the most striking things about the church was a large C. E. emblem made out of electric lights, hanging over the choir loft. Addresses were made by Miss Ghorm ley, Miss Clarke and Rev. L. C. Den Ise, of Clay Center. ALLlUpRED. A Mother and Four Children Foully Slain And Their Home Burned to Conceal the Crime. St. Louis, April 26. A special to the Post-Dispatch from Dexter, Mo., says: Mrs. Jane Tuttleton, a widow and her four children, two boys and two girls, ranging in age from 6 to 12 years, were murdered in cold blood in their home fifteen miles south of Maiden last ngiht and their bodies partially consumed in the fire that destroyed the residence. J. H. Tuttleton, a stepson of Mrs. Tut tleton, who had hitherto borne a good reputation, has been arrested on suspicion of having committed the crime, as all the circumstances seem to point to his guilt. The feeling against Tuttleton is intense and there are threats of lynching. The Tuttleton family was an in fluential one in thi scommunity. Some time ago Wash Tuttleton, a man of considerable means died leaving an estate, the greater part of which was bequeathed to Mrs. Jane Tuttleton, his second wife. J. H. Tuttleton, his son by the first wife, was appointed admin istrator. His management of the estate was not entirely satisfactory to Mrs. Tuttleton and as a result several suits were brought. Yesterday, however, Mrs. Tuttleton agreed to dismiss the suits for a cash consideration of J500 and to cancel claims held upon lands belong ing to the estate. J. H. Tuttleton went to his step mother's home last night to adjust mat ters and that was the last seen of the widow and her children alive. About 9 o'clock neighbors saw that the Tuttle ton home was on fire and on reaching there discovered the bodies of the five victims in the flames. Vigorous efforts on the part of those present saved them from total destruction. As it was the bodies were burned past recognition. One of the children had a bullet wound in the head and half, the mother's skull was gone. J. H. Tuttleton was found In the yard with thirteen knife wounds on the hands and head, shamming unconsciousness. His wounds are trifling. Tuttleton tells many conflicting stoi ies of the affair but sticks to the state ment that the crime was committed by two unknown men. He says that he was talking with his stepmother about the payment of $350, for which he showed a receipt covered with blood and purported to have been signed by the widow, when the men entered and demanded the money. He refused to give it up and they opened fire. At the first fire Tuttleton said the widow fell and he ran into the yard when he was cut and beaten into insensibility. He claims to be entirely ignorant of all that followed. The dead woman seems to have had a presentiment that something would happen to her. She spoke of this to a neighbor yesterday and told of a mys terious visit J. H. Tuttleton made to the house recently at night. Coroner Harrison is holding an in quest this afternoon. There is intense feeling against Tuttleton and the sher iff has taken him to a safe place. A knife and pistol, identified as the property of Tuttleton have been recov ered from the ruins. Tuttleton is a member of the board of town trustees of Bernie, eight miles from Maiden. SWALLOWED A DRILL. Peculiar Accident to a Kentucky To bacco Manufacturer While in the Dentist's Chair. Louisville, Ky., April 26. E. L. Price, a wealthy tobacco manufacturer, has a dentist's drill or knife in his stomach. His condition is critical. Dr. Koltingham, his dentist, had drilled a hole in a tooth of his patient and was doing some cutting within the cavity with a sharp drill or knife, pre paratory to putting in the gold, when Mr. Price coughed, and the dentist dropped the instrument, which lodged in the patient's throat. While Dr. Kot tingham was trying to remove the in strument Mr. Price swallowed it. Price was at once placed upon the train and brought to Louisville, in the hope that the drill might be located by a power ful X-ray and be removed. An opera tion will be performed today. TO BUY LOOKOUT INN. Order of Railway Conductors Plan a Move For a University. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 26. A deal is pending for the purchase of Lookout Inn on Lookout Mountain, by the Or der of Railway Conductors. It is the intention of the O. R. C. to convert the hotel into a university. Weather Indications. Chicago, April 26. For Kansas: Gen erally fair tonight and Thursday, pre ceded by showers in east portion this afternoon; eooler in west and central portions tonight; brisk westerly winds. Sale of the Yellow Aster. Los Angeles, Cala., April 26. It is stated here that a deal has been made whereby the famous Yellow Aster mines at Randsburg will be transferred to the ownership of a French syndicate repre sented by Captain Demar. The consid eration is believed to be $3,000,000. The Days Visit McKinley. Washington, April 26. Ex-Secretary rf Grata TVilliom Vt TV. ir J f T are guests of the White House. They I r, l f r-. ,t, V I, I miivcu nuiii .ill l II v.. rf. I t.J 1 1 1 1 cl Judge Day will return there for a fish ing trip before assuming hia duties as United States judge. NO MERCY. Anna George's Attorney Tells the Jury Mrs. That His Client Wants Nothing Hut Justice. THE ALT1I0USE HOME, He Declares, Was a Fitting Place For the End Of the Owner's Companion in Wrong. Canton, O., 'April 26. Attorney Wel ty occupied the morning in his closing speech in defense of Mrs. George, ac cused of the murder of George D. Sax ton. He said to the jury that if they found the accused guilty of murder in the first degree, they should not rec ommends her to mercy, thus substitut ing imprisonment for life for the death penalty. "For her sake and for my sake," he said, "do not recommend mercy. We do not ask it, we do not want it." The evidence was reviewed on the hypothesis that it was nothing but cir cumstantial and clouded with doubt in important essentials. In commenting on a threat about go ing to the Althouse home to create trouble, Mr. Welty said it was fitting that Saxton should meet his death there on the steps of the house of his companion in wrong doing. At the adjournment of court last evening the arguments were little more than half completed. Mr. Welty had barely warmed up to the work. Mr. Pomerene, who closes for the state, will not be expected to finish in less than half a day, which at the ear liest will throw the end of the argu ments to the adjournment hour this evening. The judge has unofficially said that his charge will not be lengthy; that it will not occupy more than 15 or 20 minutes and it is possible that it will be delivered this evening. There may be some hesitancy, however, about sending the jury out at the close of the day and it will be no surprise if the judge's charge is not delivered until to morrow morning. Mr. Sterling continued to talk dur ing two hours of. the afternoon session yesterday, reviewing and summing up the testimony and especially attacking the testimony of Mrs. Echroat, the eye witness on the ground of her alleged excessive use of morphine and the con tention that by reason of the darkness it was impossible for any one to have been recognized under the admitted conditions. Mr. Welty had spoken, but a little more than an hour at the adjournment, part of which was devoted to citing ad ditional authorities on the legal propo sitions. He then began a review of the life of Mrs. George so far as it has been introduced in evidence in this case, rep resenting her as an unsophisticated country woman, a novice in the ways of the world until she came in contact with Saxton. Her fall he described In detail and just was entering upon a review of the threats which constitute a considerable volume of the evidence and the circumstances under which they were made, when adjournment oc curred. Mr. Welty today discussed the testi mony bearing on the homicide. He insisted upon the weakness of material links in the chain of circumstances, as sociating his client with the crime and the completeness of the alibi presented, as well as the accounting for burrs and needles and the condition of the ac cused when arrested. FIRST OFFICIAL ACTS. Of the- New Commander G. A. R. of the Cincinnati. April 26. The first two orders of the acting commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., W. C. Johnson, the senior vice commander-in-chief, have been issued. The first one recites the action of the executive council in providing thafr the place of the dead commander-in-chief. Sexton, should not be filled until the end of his term, but that the duties of the office should be performed by the senior vice commander-in-chief. It announces that his office shall be at 321 Pike building, Cincin nati. The other order is the annual one concerning Memorial day. The order calls attention to the provision of the thirtieth annual encampment that Pres ident Lincoln's Gettysburg address be made a feature of Memorial day exer cises, and directs commanders of posts to have it read in connection with the exercises of the day. The acting commander-in-chief says: "The year closing with the next Mem orial day has added strength and power to the nation and new glory to the flag. The worth and fame of the American soldier and sailor have been gloriously advanced. The achievements of 'the days of the sixties' still remain and have rendered possible the glorious vic tories now in the interest of liberty and humanity." A BIKE TRUST To Include About lOO of the Largest Factories. Cleveland, April 26. There is a strong probability that within a few days nearly one hundred of the largest bi cycle manufacturing plants in the United States will be under the control and ownership of one gigantic company capitalized at $,"0,000,000. The capitalists behind the scheme have exact data upon the situation and this week will see the footing up of the sum totals of the various phases of the proposition and definite action will come at a meet ing of the manufacturers early next week. A. G. Spalding of Chicago is the chief figure in the enterprise. "The trust will build three different grades of wheels," said Mr. H. A. Lozier of the Cleveland Bicycle company today, "a high priced wheel, a medium and a cheap grade. There is little probability of the big deal falling through." Receiver For Honduras Company. Cleveland, O., April 26. John E. Wood has filed a suit in the common pleas court here asking that a receiver be ap pointed for the American Honduras company. Wood's claim amounts to $1,026. He bases it on his services in securing a grant of 250,000 acres from the Honduras government for the com pany. DUMPED BY M'KINLEY. First Load of Kock For the San Pedro Harbor. Los Angeles, April 26. Actual work on the harbor at San Pedro commenced to day when President McKinley, in his li brary at the White House, pressed an electric button which caused a rock laden barge to tilt its cargo on the spot where the contractors have designated work to begin. Representative people from ail parts of California were in attendance, and people from Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Nevada witnessed the beginning of what is destined to be one of the finest harbors on the Pacific coast. The dumping OI me nrsi luau Ol rwn was Kieeieu uy the mingled cheers of thousands of peo ple, acompanied by the screeching of steam whistles and the booming of can non. The literary exercises attending the cele bration will take place this afternoon and Senators White and Perkins and other cit izens will speak. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. Washington, April 26. The president at 1:30 this afternoon dispatched the follow ing telegram from the White House: "Executive Mansion, "Washington, April 26. To Charles Cassat Davis, Chairman Com mittee on Literary Exercises San Pedro Jubilee, Los Angeles, Cal. "I am glad to have the opportunity of joining with those who today celebrate the beginning of the work on San Pedro har bor. Accept my congratulations and best wishes. WM. McKINLEY." FIGHT AT HUTCHINSON. Gen. Joe Hudson, A. W. Smith and Pat Coney Oppose Le land, Crura and Stanley. Hutchinson, 'April 26. The fight here at the old soldiers' encampment has been a severe one today over the selec tion of department commander. On the one hand, there are the old veterans whose pensions have not been as large as they desired. These are be ing handled by Gen. J. K. Hudson, Pat Coney of Topeka, and A. .W. Smith of McPherson. On the other hand, are Cyrus Leland, Jr., national Republican committeeman from Kansas, and Pen sion commissioner of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Indian Territory; Lit Crumb, presiding judge of the new court of visitation of railroads of Kansas; Gov. Stanley and the state administration generally. The forces under the direc tion of Leland desire an indorsement of Evans, and desire the election of Ben Fagan, of Ellsworth, as department commander. The other crowd want to elect O. H. Coulter, editor of the West ern Veteran, as department command er. Leland wants to be a delegate at large from Kansas to the national en campment, and it is on these lines that the battle is to be waged. Coulter is somewhat handkpped because he has been making sonu very severe attacks on President McKinley in his paper. SUIT FOB DIVORCE Is Instituted by Countess Esterhazy Against Her Husband. Paris, April 26. Countess Esterhazy, who today began proceedings for a di vorce from Commander Comte Fer dinand Walsin-Esterhazy, said that the application of her husband's letters to Jules Roche left her no other course. She would have forgiven him the ruin and disgrace he had so undeservedly brought upon herself and her daughters, but now that he had published degrad ing groundless details of her bodily in firmities as an excuse for his own dis sipation, and had also linked her name ignomlniously with that of General Giovaninelll she could no longer refrain from taking the present step. A BAD LOT. Bunot Family of Illinois Blade Mur der a Business. Pana, 111., April 26. Henry Brunot who is confined in the Taylorville jail for the murder or his aunt, Jane Bru not, on April 10, made a second con fession today, Implicating his mother, Anna Brunot, in the crime. A warrant has been sworn out- for Mrs. Brunot's arrest. Mrs. Brunot tonight denied her complicity in the strongest terms. Brunot also admitted in his confes sion to having bought arsenic for his mother only a few days before his fath er died. some three years ago, forging his father's name to the order for the drug. He said his mother told him she used the poison to kill rats. Two days after giving his mother the drug Bru not says his father collapsed at the din ner table and his death followed in a few moments. His mother received $2,000 insurance on his life two weeks later. Brunot stated further that he was in St. Louis the night of January 26 last when W idow Mary Mclntyre was mur dered in her home in Flatham mining district of Pana, but the authorities have a witness who declares he rode on the train from Dunkle station to Pana with Brunot on the night of the murder, PLAN TO ENLIST NEGROES For Service in the Philippines Is Be ing Considered. Washington, April 26. A proposition to utilize negro troops to a large extent in future military operations in the Philippines is attracting much attention and it is believed will be considered by the administration in the near future. Such a policy is urged on the theory that certain racial affiliations may be utilized in a way to aefeat rebellious acts on the part of Aguinaldo and his party and to bring peace to the newly acquired possessions of the United States in the east. One-third of the population of the Philippines are negro and of the same race as those of the United States, and while not numerous about Manila, comprise nearly the en tire population of some of the Islands. The advocates of the scheme believe that in a short time there would be an assimilation between the negroes of the Philippines and their kindred from the United States and that there would fol low for the colored people opportunities to get homes and possibilities of careers they could not hope tor in this coun try. Two Shocks a Day. Fort Bragg, Cala., April 26. Two violent earthquake shocks have been felt here, the first one occurring at 10:10 a. m., and the other ten minutes later. They were of about three seconds dura tion each. Heavy rumbling sounds pre ceded each shock. Two light shocks have occurred dally during the past week between 5 and 6 a. m., the vibra tions generally being: from southwest to northeast. AN OVATION TO GROKER. Was -Extended by Citizens of New York Today On the Occasion of His Embarka tion For Europe. CROWD FOLLOWED HIM On Board the Ship and Onto the Deck. Hundreds Crowded Around to Say Good-Bye. New York, April 26. Richard Croker sailed for Europe today aboard the American line steamship New York. Save for his sister, Mrs. Warren, Mr. Croker was unaccompanied. When the Tammany chief reached! the pier half an hour before the big liner pulled out of her berth, he was met by a party of friends who had come down to say "bon voyage." Mr. Croker was all smiles and he nodded pleasantly to as many as caught his i eye. Then flanked by his immediate advis ers he moved toward the gang plank, j In a minute he had made the ascent and stood on the main deck. There was a hurried movement by the awaiting politicians who followed up the Incline, which strained under the load. Mr. Croker was soon pressed on all sides and finally found his position so un- comfortable that he hastened into the main saloon. The crowd behind follow ed until he stood at the foot of the stairway leading to the upper deck. Up these went Mr. Croker quickly, his friends and political adherents right on his heels. When the promenade deck was reached, he was again surrounded and the reception that followed appear- ed to give satisfaction to the departing j Tammanylte. As the time for the sailing of the ship grew near the crush on the deck where Mr. Croker was holding his levee be came so great that it was with difficul ty that one could even elbow his way to the central figure. Hundreds of hands were thrust in front of Mr. Croker and he grasped as many as possible. The ship appeared to be alive with men and women. The saloon passenger list contained some 300 names, and their friends combined with the assemblage of politicians, made one of the biggest crushes experienced on a departing liner in many a day. Arriving at Southampton, Mr. Croker will prxceed directly to his place at .Wantage, where he has his racing horses. Speaking of his stable, Mr. Croker said: "I can't tell new just what I shall do in the racing line until I'reach England. I have about 20 or 25 horses, six of which are yearlings. I have not settled anything yet about engage- ments for the big events, except that Knickerbocker Is entered for the der by." Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British am- bassador, who with his family boarded) the New York, was scarcely recognizee! in the excitement and enthusiasm which) attended the departure of the Tammany, leader. Speaker Thomas B. Reed was also a, passenger for Southampton with his j family. A number of friends were at the pier" to wish him a pleasant voyage but ir 1 the rush of Tammanyltes they wera scarcely distinguishable. Mr. Reed said to a reporter that ha was going abroad for a vacation of-1 about three months' duration, and that! upon his return he would settle in New, York. He refused to discuss the politi cal outlook. Being asked if he would! talk with his fellow passenger, Mr. Croker, Mr. Reed said: "Oh, we will probably say 'How da you do?" to each other." LETTER FROM KAUTZ j Tells of His Experience in King Mak- ing fn Samoa. Cincinnati, April 26. A letter written! by Rear Admiral Kautz to his cousin, Mrs. Charles N. Lindley of Cincinnati, has been made public by the recipient. It is dated March 23, and is in the easy; vein of a relative's private correspond ence. In the letter he says: "You will probably read a lot of stuff about me Ira various newspapers, but I can assure you that I am all right and have dona nothing that 1 or my friends may ba ashamed of, unless It Is the making of a king, which I am obliged to do. He is a very Inoffensive sort of young fel low, a native, 19 years old. He wears a French admiral's cocked hat, but no shoes or stockings, or trousers; still considering the torrid weather h looks very well in tl.i3 climate. But I hardly think he would look as well on Fourth street, Cincinnati. I am not a king here but Just plain "Boss of tha ranch." The German consul had that position up to my arrival, but since them he has been a very silent partner. I arm very much afraid he does not like me In fact I am not at all popular here with the Germans. But I am all right with the French and hope to pull through with them. I have no doubt of being sustained by the government in all I have done. I hope to get away front here in a month from this time, but wilt not be in San Francisco before the mid dle of May. With love to the Kentucky colonel and yourself, YOUR COUSIN. P. S. I was In error about the shoes and trousers of his royal highness. At the last moment his advisers prevailed on him to put on both, just for this oc casion only. M. The Kentucky colonel mentioned Is Mrs. Llndley's husband, a member of Gov. Bradley's staff. SAILED FOR MANILA. Tha Morgan City Leaves With 600 Kecruits on Board. San Francisco, 'April 26. Unite 1 States transport Morgan City, wltnt Captain Lombard in command, sailed for Manila last night with about 600 re cruits for various regiments now In tha Philippines. She also carried a large quantity of supplies for the American forces on the islands. t
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TOPEKA STATE JOUENAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL. 26, 1899. PROSPERITY Again Prevails in Kansas Ac cording to Mr. Curtis. People Making Money and Fay ing Their Debts. CROAKER IS SILENT. The Chicago Record Correspon dent on the Situation As Seen by Himself and J. W. Breidenthal. The following appears In the Chicago Kecord from the pen of William E. Cur tis who -was recently In Kansas Inspect ing the state's Industries: Topeka, Kan., April 22. Between the microbes and the trusts and other ills iwe inherited from Adam all of us poor, miserable sinners, as we are called In the prayer book, have a hard Journey through this vale of tears: but some how or another the people of Kansas make more fuss about it than those of other states. They have done more boasting and more complaining,, accord ing to their own accounts they have had more booms and more breakdowns, more money and more mortgages, more prosperity and more poverty, than any other section of the world. The state Rvas settled with men who came to propagate ideas with moral suasion if possible, and with shotguns If neces sary, and they shed their blood and saw their houses burn and gave their own lives, many of them, in defense of their convictions. It has been a nursery of theories; a hothouse of moral reforms. Nowhere else, have Isms and ologies thrived so luxuriously as In Kansas. Some say that all this is due to the cooking: that there is more dyspepsia, physical and mental. In Kansas than can be found anywhere else, and that If the women would give their attention to domestic science rather than to in tellectual pursuits there would be less fermentation inside of their husbands nnd sons. I have no evidence to sustain the assertion it comes from a man of experience, and I gave it for what it is worth that the women of Kansas know too much about books and too little about cooking, and that a large share of the fanaticisms and fallacies that have germinated here and spread from Kansas into the country at large have been due to disordered livers and di luted gastric Juice, or, in other words, to heavy bread and fried beefsteak. The hysterical history of the state is ac counted for in that manner, and the gentleman who makes the assertion is Intending to leave a large fortune In trust for founding cooking schools. It Is habitual for Kansas to overdo things. If it is a cyclone or a drought, a. crop of corn or a plague of grass hoppers, a stack of mortgages or a gas well, a great moral reform or a sorghum mill, a race horse or a regiment of fight ing men, Kansas always excels, or at least she thinks she does, and that is the same thing. Her orators are the most eloquent, her cranks are the most obstreperous, her soil the most fertile, and her skies are the bluest in the world. In the exuberance of his oratory one of the brilliant sons of the state re cently exclaimed, "God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was Kansas." The entire people appear to contemplate their own virtue and valor In a similar spirit. I was talking today with the most popular and perhaps the ablest leader of the Populist party in the state, John W. Breidenthal, who still holds the office of bank examiner, and is undoubtedly better posted than anybody else upon the financial condition of the people I remarked that I had heard that prosperity had returned to Kansas, and had come to look at it. 'You can find plenty of it everywhere in this state," he answered. "and can cut it off in great chunks. .We are now praying that you may have equal prosperity in the east,- so that your people can sell out and come to Kansas larms ana oe nappy. There never was a time nor a place where a man seeking a home and happiness could do so well as he can do today in Kansas. There was never a time nor a. place where anybody could find a more prosperous, more contented or a happier people. We have been through the fire of adversity, and we not only appreciate the contrast, but have profit- ed by the experience." "Have your people paid off all their nort gages?" "No; I think there will be a net In crease in the mortgages on Kansas pro perty during the current year, but that Is an evidence of financial strength in stead of weakness. Of the hard-times rortgages not more tjian $50,000,000 re main. We have probably paid off $187 -000.000 during the last three years. The census of 1S90 credited us with $240,000,' 000 of mortgaged farms and homei. That was pretty near the truth. The census of 1900 may show $60,000,000 or $75,000,000. but the greater part will be mortgages of recent date, not given to replace the old ones, for most of them have been canceled, but for new farms, new homes. Improved machinery, high bred stock and other evidences of pros perity. The Kansas farmer always covets the land that adjoins his own tnd a great many have been able with in the last year or two to buy out their neighbors. The addition may hare cost $3,000, 'and having only $2,000 in the bank he has borrowed the balance. There have been more new houses built In Kansas during the last two years than at any time In our history, and quite as many new barns. There hasn't been quite enough money saved up to pay for them and the owners have an ticipated the future. But for two years, perhaps for three, no man in Kansas has been compelled to borrow money to pay legitimate expenses, and no man has been idle except from choice." "How have the mortgages been paid?" "First, by rigid and forced economy: by the sacrifice of all luxury and many comforts; by the careful husbanding of every source of revenue, and then by the profits upon the splendid crops we have had for the last two years. The value of the crops of the Kansas farm ers in 1S96 was $116,200,000; in 1S97 it was $136,335,000, and in 1898 it was $151, 823,000. Rosebuds Budding wo manhood 1 What rlorioua possibil ities! What half bidden dangers What a time for tender sympathy! At puberty nature generally makes come attempt to establish physical regularities, but when nature fails to assert itself, develop ments result which injure the health, and Impair the constitution of the maiden. The timely use of Bradfield's Female Regulator, tie standard remedy for all weaknesses and irregularities peculiar to women, is what retarded nature- needs in 11 such cases. Sold by druggist for $i. Books for women free. THE BRADFEELD REGULATOR CO, "What is the banking capital of the state today?" "About $17,000,000. Of this $8,000,000 is in national banks and $6,500,000 in private banks, and both have a sur plus of about $2,500,000." "And the deposits?" "About $47,000,000. I cannot give you the figures for the national banks, but the deposits in the state banks, over which I have supervision, have in creased very rapidly. In 1891 they were $16,000,000; in 1896 they were $14,500,000, and in 1898 they were $23,500,000. The deposits in the 'national banks proba bly amount to nearly as much more, and these figures do not include large sums of Kansas money that are depos ited in the banks of Kansas City. St. Louis, Chicago and other cities east of us." "And loans and discounts?" "Probably $37,000,000, the remainder of the money being- in other banks; per haps $5,000,000 subject to call in New Tork, $3,000,000 in Kansas City and $2, 000,000 in St. Louis." "What are the loans?" "Most of our bank loans are on cat tle, at 7 and 8 per cent, and they are difficult to obtain because eastern banks and insurance companies are of fering plenty of money for 5 and b-fo per cent." "Tes," continued Mr. Breidenthal, "the credit of Kansas has been com pletely restored. There was never any intention or desire to repudiate honest debts. God never made a better set of debt-payers, and where they have failed to meet their obligations it has been due to Inability and not to indisDosition. In the boom days millions of eastern money was invested in wildcat enter prises, and was sent up in balloons, but it was borrowed mostly by eastern ad venturers and not genuine Kansans who were interested in the honor and welfare of the state. Millions of this money was stolen; millions was invested m the stock of companies that never existed outside the imagination of their promoters and the articles of incorpora tion. Town-site companies were or ganized in the east, which issued mil lions of bonds for waterworks, gas works, electric light plants, paving, sewerage, court houses, school houses, street railways and other public im provements. Many of them were never undertaken; many were attempted and failed. Ihe plains of Kansas are strewn with the evidences of mistaken enter prises, and when the boom coliaosed the bonds were only worthless paper. The people who issued them went back to the places they came from, and Kan sas was compelled to bear the blame of their misdirected zeal or rascality. Of course, it hurts the state, but the money lenders have found that honest debts are always paid in Kansas; that the credit of our people Is just as good as that of Massachusetts, and are ready to trust us for any amount. But now we have money of our own. We are lend ers as well as borrowers, and have large balances, as I told you, in the banks of the east. In a short tiine Kansas will be independent of outsU.e capital. If the present prosperity continues and we have two or three more good crops, we shall not have to ask odds of any body." To illustrate the honesty of Kansas. Mr. Breidenthal called my attention to one of the hard-time laws that was passed by the legislature exempting nearly 50 per cent of the property or" the debtor class from attachment in en forcing payment of their obligations. These exemptions include farm utensils, teams, wagons, a certain number of cat tle and other necessary appurtenances of a farm. Not one man in ten, Mr. Breidenthal asserts, took advantage of this law, but 90 per cent of the bor rowers paid their just debts dollar for dollar. I asked Mr. Breidenthal how he as a Populist and silver man accounted for all this prosperity without the aid of free coinage at 16 to 1, etc. He re marked with a sly smile that there-were not half so many people working at that trade in Kansas as formerly, and added that the Populists of this state were not entirely wedded to free coinage. They had never held that the world could not prosper and be happy without it. All they demanded was a sound and sufficient government currency. "We are opposed to private or cor porate banks of issue," he said. "We demand that all money in circulation shall be issued and guaranteed by the government; we want government notes in place of national bank notes. We are original and genuine greenbackers." "Are you in favor of Bryan's renom Ination?" "Yes," replied the Populist leader of Kansas. "The west will stick to Bry an. There is no telling what will hap pen, however. The east is opposed to him, and there is a middle country that is so uncertain that you never can tell what the people will do." Mr. Breidenthal is the only one of the active Populist leaders to survive the wave of prosperity and the fickle ness of human nature. Prominence in that party seems to be fatal. The path j of the political cyclone that swept over Kansas is strewn with the skeletons of statesmen, orators, editors and re formers of all persuasions, and those who have survived are concealed under the shadow of oblivion. William A. Peffer, whose wonderful .whiskers gave him national fame, who was lilted into the senate by the tidal wave of reform, who pointed out to the country so often the only path to prosperity and contentment, and whose panaceas lor all ills and evils were offered as freely as salvation, is now receiving a salary of $10 a week to write editorials for the Star and Kan san, a weekly Populist organ at Inde pendence. He started a paper of his own when he returned from the sen ate, but the people were tired of him. He proved a false prophet, and being driven out by his old political associates he accepted a nomination for governor on the prohibition ticket and got 7,000 votes. Mary E. Lease, being what they call an "almighty smart woman," repudi ated her party before it got a chance to repudiate her. She is no longer a resi dent of Kansas, although "Charley," her husband, still remains as a clerk in that drug store at Wichita. Mary has not returned since she went to New York as a Bryan spellbinder during the campaign of 1896. She Is now supposed to be lecturing on Joan of Arc some where in the east a character she would like to emulate. Her daughter, who had a good deal of dramatic power and used to recite poems at Populist conventions and was expecting to make fame and fortune on the stage in the great Populist play,"The Cure of Gold," is now the only comfort of her deserted father. The son is In the east with the mother, acting as her business agent. Jerry Simpson, has come out of the whirl with profit, and Is said to have saved enough from his congressional salary to keep him in reasonable com fort the rest of his life. He has a good ranch down at Medicine Lodge, which he "took up" as government land in. early times, a bunch of 400 or 600 cat tie and various investments that cause him to be rated at $30,000 by the com mercial agencies. For eight years he received a salary and allowances amounting to over $6,500, or a total of $50,000 in payment for his services as a statesman. He has lived in a frugal way upon his mileage, his postage and private secretary account and has had a little income from the ranch. So, hav ing been too sensible to fool away his money, he is now wellfixed and can enjoy the usufruct. John Otis, who stepped from a To peka milk wagon into the house of rep resentatives at Washington, is dead, they tell me here, but his wife still car ries on the milk business at the old stand and is doing well. He sprang suddenly into prominence as the organ izer of the Farmers' Alliance in this part of the state, with the purpose of doing what he could to relieve the toil ing masses. They sent him to congress once, but refused him a second term, and he became dissatisfied with them and with fate. After the excitement of life at Washington he found it impos sible to settle down again to curds and whey and wandered out west in the mining regions in a vain search for the wealth he had despised and berated. And so the most of them have been punished because they taught false doctrines and tried to induce me pepi to worship false gods. There is no sec tion of the country, as I said at the be ginning of this letter, where a new idea will germinate quicker or. grow, faster in the brains of a credulous peo ple, but they soon discover when they have been fooled and resent it with vigor. WILLIAM E. CURTIS. MOTHER TRUST THE LAST. Mrs. Stetson Advocates Community of Work "To Raise TJp Poop Erring Man." New Tork, April 26. Mrs. Charlotte Per kins Stetson did not spare her sex in her definition of "Public Ethics" before the league for political education at the Berke ley lyceum yesterday. The entire course of her argument might have been patterned on the verses with which she ended: "To lift up public opinion and to raise up erring man Is the work of a human being. Let us do it if we can." And again: "It is not of feminine Innocence that the work of the world is done." "The first duty of every individual," said Mrs. Stetson, "is to assume his or her right functional relative to society. We women have no legitimate social relation whatever. We are the means by which people are there, and yet officially we don't exist. And why should we serve the part first? It is the necessity that under lies the virtue, and the saertnee or tne part to the whole is the law of self-preservation. Don't let anyone delude you who talks about altruism, that it is best to give everything to somebody else. That is simplv robbing Peter to pay Paul." Mrs. Stetson illustrated this by the in terdependence of the fingers. "The only altruism possible to them is that they all work together for the hand. What is the matter with our public ethics today? It is that the Immense advance In the government has allowed a fuller development of individuality than ever be fore: that the public good is in conflict with the private interests that do not. rec ognize that public interest alone can last. "Our private ethics have been cultivated all the&e years to the detriment of our public spirit. The coal miner is quite an average man. and yet in a terrible acci dent would not hesitate to risk his life for his fellows. Yet our average man on an other plane would not hesitate to feed out poisoned food to the soldiers of his coun try. "Our private ethics also have been boost ed up and we women are supposed to keep it secure. What's a man going to do for a moz-al standard while we keep it tucked away in a cupboard? It isn't our private conscience that counts. It's the sins men do together. We have been kept at home and stayed at home, but we have no writ ten excuse. We can understand a com munitv of fathers working together for the good of their families, but the whole bottom drops out the moment you talk about mothers. There Is not a mother in the world but thinks she can bring up her family best alone. Granted each of you is an ideal mother, what's your opinion of the other mothers?" and Mrs. Stetson smiled skeptically. "If a mother does her duty to her own family she does her duty to the commun ity," cried Mrs. Frederick Nathan. Must Bury Their Dead. Guthrie, O. T., April 26. The territorial board of health has been appealed to by residents of Payne and Lincoln counties to abate the nuisances of the Indian ceme teries in those counties. The Indians In that section persist in the old tribal cus tom of depositing the dead on the surface of the ground in small houses. The con sequent odor from the decomposing bodies and the gathering of wolves occasion much dissatisfaction. The graveyard in Lin coln county is at Faliis and the one in Payne county is about six miles south of Perkins. It is probable that the Indians will be forced to bury their dead. HIS DAILYROUND. Mr. Kipling Enjoys the Spring at Lakewood. Pleasant Picture of the Author In Convalescence. IS BETTER EVERY DAY He Rides la a Wheel Chair and Carriage In the Sunshine Through Piney Woods. The Cruel Knife! It is absolutely useless ta expect a surgical operation to cure cancer, or any other blood disease. The cruelty of such treatment is illustrated in the alarming number of deaths which re sult from it. The disease is in the blood, and hence can not be cut out. Nine times out of ten the surgeon's knife only hastens death. My son had a most malignant Cancer, for which the doctors said an operatlo waa Uu only hope. The oper ation was a severe one, as it was neces sary to cut down to the jawbone and scrape it. Before a great while the Can cer returned, and be pan to grow rapidly. Ve gave him many remedies wi thou t re lief, and finally, upon the adrie of a friend, decided to try S. S. 3. 8wift'e JSvi Specific), and withF', the second bottle he VvyJ began to improve. After twenty bottles had been taken, the Cancer disappeared entirely, and he was cured. Tne care was a permanent one. for he is now seventeen years eld. and has never had a sign el the dreadful disease to re turn. J. N. Murdoch, m Snodgrasi St., Dallas, Texas. Absolutely the only hope for Cancer is Swift's Specific, For OlJ .-nieJJIUUU as it is the only remedy which goes to the very bottom of the blood and forces out every trace of the disease. S. S. S. is guaranteed purely vegetable, and contains bo potash, mercury, or other mineral. Books en Cancer will be mailed free to any address by the Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, tit a. Lakewood, N. J., April 26. A small, square built man with firm chin, a black stubby mustache, a pair of searching eyes, a pallor and thinness of cheek that tell of long weeks in a sibk room" and a restful "posture -in a rubber-tired wheet- chair with tightly buttoned light top coat barely -hiding the muffler about the throat to ward off the suggestion of chill Inv the morning air, and you have one. picture of Rud yard Kipling in Lakewood. By the in valid's side, chatting or in silence, and following with her eyes the pointings of the knotted stick carried by the man in the chair, walks Mrs. Kipling, plain ly showing In her face full content with tier husband's present stage of con-valescence. The propulsive power behind the chair is a tall, dark-visaged man in golfing regalia. This is Frank N. DoH bleday, the publisher of Kipling's writ ings. Lakewood always has its inter. estlng personages, but Kipling Just now is the observed of all observers wheth er in the hotel or out of doors. The glances of admiration or curiosity are all one to this inscrutable man. He sees and apparently enjoys everything. If you meet him and look him in the face you cannot catch the slightest in timation that. he is aware of your ex istence. Since coming to Lakewood Mr. Kip ling has made rapid gains in strength, and though he Is going carefully he is handling himself more inpendentry each successive day. On Tuesday aft ernoon he was carried into the hotel and had dinner served In his apart ment. Last night he was seen with his party in the lobby, hands deep in pockets, walking easily and slowly, en tirely unassisted and in the best of spirits. This is a pretty fair record for three days of convalescence. Reports which come from his rooms to the of fice tell only of healthy fatigue after exercise, a good appetite and relish for food and sound sleep at night. Since his first day at the Laurel House he has come down regularly to his meals, the roomy private dining room or tne hotel having been placed at his dis posal. A couch has been placed in the room. Mr. Kipling remarked pleasant ly that now he could eat until toe was tired and then rest. During the first day or two of his stay here he kept his room closely, on ly leaving it to take outdoor exercise, but now he comes down more and more frequently to the public rooms, where he neither avoids nor Invites the at tention of those about him. The billiard room seems to be a favorite spot for him, the cause of the liking undoubted ly being a display of water color paintings exhibited there by a visiting artist. The daily programme of the Kiplings is seldom varied. Their break fast is at the regular hour, and th9 in valid is under little if any restriction as to diet. A short smoke follows the breakfast, and then the wheel chair is taken out and the party starts for a morning visit to the children and an airing of an hour or more along the sidewalks of sunny streets and ave nues. The children, Elsie and John, with their governess and nurse, are at the Hovey cottage on Madison avenue, near the lakes, where they have a broad carpet of velvety lawn on which to romp. After the return from the outing to the hotel apartments there is a little reading and resting until din ner, and somewhere about 2:30 to 3 o'clock the easy-running victoria re ceives the party for a drive of an hour or more. Whether the route is to Ca thedral park, around the lakes to Cem etery Hill, or in any of a dozen or more directions, the roads are hard and smooth, the air fresh and daintily scented with the odor of arbutus, and the pine land on either hand carpeted with brown needles, with an occasional tuft of pixie moss and woodland green, and all conditions confirming, the pro position that it is good to be alive. MARRIED IN A BUGGY. Smallpox Causes a Young Couple to Wed in an TJnusual Way. Seymour, Ind., April 26. Frank' Rob inson and Miss Caroline Musser of North Vernon were married here yes terday evening under unusual circum stances. Cards had been issued invit ing friends to their wedding this even ing, but the presence of a case or two of smallpox in North Vernon and the fear that the young lady's father had been exposed caused them to change their plans. They secured a license, drove to this city, a distance of fifteen miles, to have the ceremony performed. The health officer at North Vernon sent a message to Dr. Hill, the local health officer, simply as a precautionary measure, which advised that the young people be. taken in charge by him on their ar rival. He did this, not permitting them to get out of the buggy. They did not want to postpone the wedding, however, so in charge of Dr. Hill they drove to the Baptist parson age, called Rev. J. W. Clevenger out, and they were married while seated in the buggy. HAWAII INCLUDED If I Doesitfeel that way? It's a warning that your kidneys are giy- Help them The kidneys need it, or they wouldn't ask so sharply for aid. 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Morrow's Liverlax cures constipation, biliousness,- costiveness rthey sell for 25c a box at all drug stores, y Kid-Ne-Oids and Liverlax, manufactured by John Morrow Co., Chemists, Springfield, Ohioi w MS Hi m 11 T SARDOU'S NEW PLAIT. In tne First Census Bulletin Issued For 190O. J "Washington, April 26. "Census' bulletin No. 1" made its aprxi ranee today, th ini tial publication of a series that will em--brace some hundreds .before. th census of 1900 is completed. The bulletin an nounces the counties and boroughs which are Included in each of the supervisors -districts organized throughout the coun try. These districts number about 300 and have been made to conform to the con gressional districts as far as possible. A number of the states constitute a single census district. The states divided into the largest number of divisions are New York and Pennsylvania, with nineteen districts approtined to each. In Illinois the county of Cook makes up the first census district. In New York the bor ougs of Bronx and Manhattan constitute the first district and the boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond, and Nassau and Suffolk counties the second. Hawaii le for the first time included in the list, the islands constituting one district. "Robespierre" Has Practically No Plot and Is Without a Central Dramatic Idea. London, April 26. Sardou's "Robes pierre," now that the inevitable defects of a first night presentation have been remedied, promises to run prosperously to the end of the season. It offers the scene painter and stage manager exceptional opportunities for the display of their art and provides Sir Henry Irving with a series of varied and effective acting scenes. As a play It proved somewhat disap pointing to the first night audience, but many cuts and alterations have now been made that hasten the action and serve to render its imperfect construe tion les3 evident. There Is practically no plot and no central dramatic Idea. What little there is leads to nothing, and so it is fre quently lost sight of amid a mass of irrelevant episodes and soon ceases to sustain the interest. ihe play reduces itself quickly to a succession of semi-historical tableaux, whose principal connection is limited to the presence of Robespierre. In two or three elaborate scenes even his figure is absent and the Interest becomes en tlrely fragmentary. One really dramatic situation takes place in the third act between Robes pierre and his son Oliver. The mother has been arrested and Robespierre wishes to save her. Oliver, ignorant that Robespierre is his father, refuses to give the necessary information. The scene is a long and skillfully construct ed one, admirably played by Irving and Kyrle Bellew. In the fourth act Sardou has fur nished Irving with a vision scene, which calls for the display of terrorized emo tion In all its phases. The stage repre sents the interior of a conciergerie at night. Irving sends the Jailer off and remains alone. Several women dressed in gray and supposed to be phantoms appear behind the gratings and slowly approach with silent gestures, while Irving addresses them in frenzied ac cents. He handles the scene with fine intensity, but the presence of flesh and blood women detracts from the illusion and nothing comes of the scene when completed. The only scene when Irving and Terry appear together, and which on the first night was rendered quite ineffective by Terry's nervousness, now goes with fine pathetic effect and elicits the warmest applause. The scene itseir has the same defect apparent in most of the others, in that it leads to nothing. The son of the two has been arrested, and as the tumbrils filled with victims pass by on the way to the guillotine they fear he may be among them, and peer through the blinds in suspense, but the son is not there, and the curtain falls, leaving matters exactly as before. The final tableau in Convention hall, which ends with the suicide of Robes pierre, is a triumph of stage manage ment. The animation of the members and their fierce participation in all that occurs surpasses in effectiveness any similar scene that has yet been at tempted here. There are eight tableaux shown, near ly all remarkable for scenic display, richness of costume and finished co operation of an immense cast. It is on these qualities that the success of the production principally depends. A NEW WIIITNEF HOME. Former Secretary Dissatisfied With His Place in Wheatley Sills. New Tork, April 2G. The advent of .William C. Whitney in the Wheatley Hills section of Long Island has been a. good thing for that place. Mr. Whit ney has not been idle since taking up his residence there and has spent large sums of money in improving his prop erty. The first work was the building of his country house, which was rushed by a big force of carpenters. Since that was completed and occupied Mr. Whit ney has put up a number of other build ings. In fact he is building all the time. Not long ago he completed a new stable that is over eight hundred feet in length and with glass sides. Inside of this building is a track where his horses can be exercised in stormy weather. Now that the stable 13 finish ed Mr. Whitney finds it necessary to have a separate home for his trotting and running horses. Plans are being prepared, it is stated, for another stable to be 800 feet long and to contain sixty five box stalls on each side. This new stable will be complete in every detail and fitted with every appliance neces sary to the care and comfort of blooded horses. Shortly before the Easter holidays a big force of carpenters was engaged building a new play house and bowling alley on Mr. Whitney's- place. He had given Instructions to the head carpen ter not to hurry the work. One morn ing, however, Mr. Whitney, after ascer taining that fifty men were employed on the building and that it would take a month to complete it, gave directions to double the force of workmen and finish the Job in two weeks. A number of children were coming to his. house for the Easter holidays and he wanted to have the building ready for their en tertainment. At Wheatley Hills it Is said that Mr. Whitney's house is not large enough for him and he is contemplating the erection of a new one on another site. Mr. Whitney owns acres upon acres of lana at Wheatley and has nearly one hundred men at work all the time im proving and beautifying his property. Near his country house is the residence of E. D. Morgan and the new house being built for Dudley Winthrop. The roads about Wheatley are being put in first-class condition and a number of bicycle paths are being built. NUNS AS WITNESSES. Unusual Scene in a Divorce Court In St. Louis. St. Louis, April 26. Judge Spenser has begun to hear testimony in the di vorce suit of Charles Hercules against Emma Hercules. The plaintiff is a member of a wealthy St. Louis family and the defendant is a prominent St. Louis county farmer, with a large estate near St. Charles. They were married April 26, 1893, and separated in February, 1897. An unusual phase of the case is the appearance of nuns in the court room as witnesses. The oldest employe at the court house says he does not remem ber that Sisters of Charity have ever before been witnesses in a divorce suit in St. Louis. The nuns are Sister Sophia and Sister Perpetua of St. Charles. They nursed Mrs. Hercules' baby during the illness to which she refers in her petition and have been summoned by the' defendant to disprove any allegation, that he did not take proper care of the child and that it died through neglect, VANDERBILT WORKING UP. Cornelius, Jr., Mentioned For a Good Position Solely on His Merita New York. Aorll 26. Cornelius' Vander- bilt. Jr.. is mentioned as the successor of William Buchanan. whose resignation from the Vanderbilt service was accepted inurs- aay. Buchanan was superintendent or tne mo tive power and rolling stock of the eastern division of the Vanderbilt railroad system. Younff Mr. Vanderbilt s marked aptitude for mechanics has been recognized for some time, and it is said that if he is pro moted to the vacant position it will be solely on the ground of his ability to fill it. He Is engaged at oresent In devising a plan "fop relieving the Fourth avenue tun nel oi tne smoKe ana gas so aisagreeaoie to travelers. Mr. Buchanan, the retiring superintend ent, has been connected with the Vander bilt system for fiftv-two years. He is recognized both in this country and in Eu rope as an autnority in tne matter oi rail road mechanics. His designs for loco motives have been accepted all over the United States, but he is perhaps best known as the desie-ner of No. 999. the famous record-breaking locomotive which has so otten drawn tne .empire state .ex press. Mr. Buchanan's resignation was made on account of ill health, and he is now re cuperating in Atlantic City. Kansas City and Return $2.00, via the Santa Pe. The Elks are going. to Kansas City Thursday to artve "Romeo and Juliet. Tickets good on any train on the 27th, good returning zstn. six trains a. uay in each direction. STARVING PORTO RICANS. 100,000 of Them Without Meat or Bread For Biz Weeks. Washington, April 26. General Roy Stone and the members of the executive committee of the' National Red Cross, called upon the president today to lay be fore him a plan for the relief of some of the destitution in Porto Rico. Over 100.0U0 of the natives, according to Dr. Henna, have been without- bread and meat for six weeks and are on the verge of starva tion. General Grant has reported thirty nine deaths from- starvation in a single province. The aid the military authori ties in Porto Rico were able to give the natives in tne way or distribution or ra tions and employment on the roads has been greatly reduced since the free dis tribution of rations was suspended, and some of the Porto Rlcan planters and merchants have. Revised a scheme which they believe will afford much relief to the destitute and at the same time serve them by introducing- Porto Rican goods in American markets. The price of coffee in Porto Rico is very low on account of the large crop in Brazil and they offer to contribute a large amount to be sold in this country through the agency of the Red Cross, the proceeds to so toward the relief of the distressed upon the island. The Porto Rican Steamship company has offered to carry these contributions free. They also offer to contribute crys tal sugar, fruits, preserves, cigars, cigar ettes, etc., and suggest the sale of these products at coffee rooms to be established in the principal cities by the Red Cross. They desire that these charitable contri butions shall be admitted to this country free of duty. The contributors of these articles hope to profit later by the intro duction of their products in American markets. COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS. The sale of seats for "The Turtle." which will be seen at the Grand Opera House next Saturday night, opened this morning. One of the notices left by the advance agent speaks of the farce as follows: "The merry and piquant farce, so cleverly adapted Into the English by Jos, Her bert, had such a firm grip upon the fancy of the New York playgoers that it played week after week to overflowing houses and attained a run of over two hundred performances. There Is nothing offensive or salacious in the theme of "The Turtle." It has no betrayed husbands or deceiving wives, after the .manner of the average French farce, but its personages are all self-respecting people, who become involv ed in a hurly-burly of confusion and an entanglement in most natural way possi ble. It has a simple little story, just risque enough to be piquant. Its first act humorously outlines the comic com plications, the second provides the most sensational and realistic of recent stage episodes, and the third is furiously funny in its absurd farcicality. The comedv in stead is steadly cumulative, and one of the drollest eituations Immediately precedes the final fall of the curtain. It hns a certain frankness of expression, to be sure. but without the coarseness of the untrans latable rench. Its most daring scene that of the nuptial chamber is the logical develooment of a stnrv. and it Is mflnas-ed with deftness and daintiness by Miss Isaliel ivesson. OUT IN A COFFIN. The Way "Aunty" Edwards, Whose Home Was Sold, Was Removed. Hamilton, O., April 26. Coroner Me Henry was called to Middletown last night by the sudden death of Mrs. Katherine Edwards, colored. She dropped dead In her home. Circumstances surrounding the case led to a plausible theory of sui cide. Tile woman's little home was sold, and neighbors testified to Coroner Mc Henry that she said tnat rather than have herself and household goods turned out on the streets she would be carried out in a coffin. She was tlso seen to take a white powder shortly before her death, and when asked what It was said It was soda. Last week "Aunty" Edwards' little piece of property was sold, she being unable to meet the debt upon it. Miners Strike For $3.BO. Spokane. Wash., April 25 The miners In the Coeur D'Alene country struck to day. The miners' union called out the employes of the Bunker Hill and Sud wan mines at Wardner and the miners of the Last Chance mines also walked out. The men demand $3.60 per day all around and recognition of the union. The demands will be resisted by the employers. Rock Island Route. Is short line to Hutchinson, '$4.65 for the round trip.. Account, G. A. R. En campment, April 24 to 27. Photographs Yale, special operator at Downing's. Qh,U and get acquainted.
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4 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1899. TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL By FRANK P. MAC LENNAN. iVOLUME XXVI -NO. 98 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally edition, delivered by carrier, 10 wrts a week to any part of Topeka or uburbs. or at the same price m any Kan- as town where this paper baa a carrier fystem. Er mail, one year "'S T;y mail, three months Weekly edition, one year PERMANENT HOMT5. Topeka State Journal Building. SW ana 02 Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. NEW YORK OFFICE. Temple Court Bldg., A. Frank Richardson. Mgr. CTTTCAOO OFFICB. Stock Exchange Building. jl. Frank mcnarason. jn. MNDON OFFICE. 12 Red Lion Court. Fleet Street. TELEPHONES. business Office Pell ;Pne Wt Reporters' Room Bell 'Phone 577 "When trust meets trust then will come the tug of war and the people will be the gainers. Chicago should lose no time In taking out a policy of fire Insurance on the river which bears her name. Speaker Reed's declaration that It does not pay to stay In congress is sub ject to limitations in some cases. The Peoria Journal in a fit of over confidence prints a headline which, etates that Aguinaldo is at Calumpit, Why doesn't our ambassador at Ber lin file a protest against the remarks made in the reichstag about American meat? Capt. Coghlan says he had no Inten tion of insulting the kaiser. He was merely telling a true story to a party of friends. The government has a means of sup pressing trusts, ready at hand when it cares to exercise it. It can tax them out of existence, as it did the state banks of issue. The superiority of the Filipinos over the Spaniards is shown in the fact that they are learning to shoot. Five out of geven Americans killed on Monday were shot in the head. In consequence of Increased use of horse flesh for human food, Glasgow corporation proposes that the slaughter ing of all horses shall be performed in the public slaughter houses. The futility of the Georgia method of stopping a certain kind of crime is shown in the fact that another of the tame kind has been committed since the burning of Sam Hose on Sunday. An exchange remarks that Chauncey Depew is entering upon a public career at an age when most men think of re tiring to private life. But this is not Mr. Depew's fault. He did his best to get in sooner. Basing conclusions on the evidence already adduced before the Mazet in-' vestigating committee, by the time it concludes its work Richard Croker will have been made eligible to a United States senatorship. Peoria Journal: The Missouri river is driving a good many families out of their homes in Omaha. The statesman ship which provides relief for the stricken ones but no preventative for the trouble which makes relief neces sary is now about to be called into play. If the crime committed by the negro who was burned to death in Georgia on Sunday had been committed in Kan sas there can be little doubt that the end would have been the same, but the method would have been different. There have been mobs composed of men and mobs made up of fiends. Instead of needing protection from foreign competitors infant industries now appear to need protection from the trusts. America is a great country, but it is hard for infant industries to thrive in it. They are subjected to many vicissitudes and must have care ful nurturing in order to succeed. The Medical News brings out the fact that 10 per cent of the canaries and other song birds that die in captivity 'succumb to tuberculosis; that tubercu lar lesions are often found in dogs, cats and other domestic animals, and that cats have frequently been carriers of diphtheria and other infectious dis eases. It begins to look as though it may be necessary to send a William Tecumseh Sherman over to the Philippines In or der to end up the war. When he exe cuted his famous march to the sea he didn't leave much country or many cities along the line in a condition which Invited immediate return of the van quished foe. Gen. Otis may as well take off his gloves and pigeon-hole his peace proclamation. POINTED PAEAQEAPHS. From the Chicago Newa.l Flattery is the kind of praise we hear Of others. The only rest for the wicked is an oc casional arrest. i Necessity knows no law, but lots of lawyers know necessity Lots of people make fortunes out of other people's curiosity. The pessimist growls at the sunshine because it casts shadows. There is nothing but "dog days" the year round for the detective. If a man is wide awake during the day lie can afford to sleep at night. Some girls see in every bachelor of their acquaintance a possible husband. There Is little consolation in being the first to discover your own mistakes. Man's failure in this world may often fee attributed to the fact that he used blank cartridges when faring at the tar get of success, FEED FTJNSTON O' KANSAS. (From the Denver Post.) Fred Funston o' Kansas! He's the man that's a-pluckin' flowers from the bush o' fame, A-welghin' less 'n a hundred pounds, but a tighter from 'way-back, Jest the same; A bundle o' snappy git-up-an'-glt, with a craw plum lull o' the scrappy sand Quite homeopathic in his build, but with grit o' the allopathic brand! He came from the plains o' the Sunflower state, where men o' metal are bred an' born. Where muscle is built in the peace pur putts o' breakin' prairie an' plowln' corn, Where the tolls an' trials o' western life puts the needed vim in each brawny son To swap his home fur the field o' war when the summons comes fur to grab a gun. An' the boys that roller him. All built on the same red-hot belligerent plan, rThA l.c ln rt nUQf'O font in harrlA ritrerish to a man! Don't wait fur orders to come by aides on sweatin' steeds of a warlike tread No time fur readin" 'em if they did, with jungles swarmin with rebs ahead! They watch the twinkles in Funston's eyes, an' keth. the gleam that's a hint o' hell. An" off they go with a whoop! hooraw! a spillin' the ol' Jayhawker yell! The yell that in days o' civil war our southern brothers had learned to fear That's full o' the same ol' startle yit when it rings in a Filipino ear! From the banks of the storied Smoky Hill, whose waters once ran with Injun blood, From the wooded shores of the old Missoo, far famed for its flow of diluted mud. From the land where the long-horn cattle roam on the grassy slopes o' the Ar kansaw. From the quietude o' the peaceful farms that dot the vale o' the tiowin' Kaw, These gallant sons ot a gallant race Jump ed out of the furrows behind the plow An' wiped the sweat o their honest toll from the broad expanse of each noble brow. An' hit the rtail at the bugle call, an" grabbed their rifles to do an' die, An ail for love o' the grand ol' flag that gems the face o' the Union sky! Fred Funston o' Kansas! There's a name that'll sparkle in hist'ry books until Ol' Gabriel's trumpet toots the call fur the grand ascent o' the final hill, An' the boys that follered him in the tight, the Jayhawk boys o' the prairie state, 'LI find their laurels are yit in bloom when they lay them aown at the golden gate. An' mebbe if some of the boys ain't saints an' can't git in where the Christians go. But '11 be tranferred to the army corps assigned to eamp in the land below. It's ten to nothin' the sulphur king ad mires true bravery in a man, I An'll give 'em seats in a shady place, with summery suits an' a palm-leaf fan. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. 3 An Atchison woman says her hat Is too gay. No woman ever made such an admission before. Old school medicine advocates regard homeopathy as living on the same lot with Christian Science, and no fence between. I The world and the men have so spoiled the women that when they ad mit they have a temper, it is in a boast ing way. Every woman imagines that she looks younger in a new hat, and that the more she pays for it the younger she will look. The man who tells you a secret, and asks you not to tell, doesn't treat you right; he enjoys telling it, and forbids your having a good time. t We don't care what the poets say about the first robin; we regard the sound of a carpenter's hammer in spring as sweeter music. This is the season when a man gets a wise look on his face indicating that he Knows All About Nature, and be gins to lop off the limbs on his trees. To Save a Street Fair. Salina, April 26. It has been decided by the business men of this city to have a street fair this fall, perhaps in Sep tember. It will be made an interesting event. "Halt, Spring's First Born Flowers.'9 Hoiv ivelcome they are, these new blooming blossoms. They are purity personified, these bits of life, ivith their bursting buds, joyous in their first sight of Spring. There are no impurities about them. Humanity, however, con tinues to have its troubles, most of which can be traced to impure blood. But humanity rests more contented now, for it knows that Hood's Sarsapa rilla, the wonderful blood cleanser, never disappoints. You need it today. Poor BlOOd" The doctor said there were not seven drops of good blood in my body. Hood's Sarsaparilla built me up and made me strong and well." Susn E. Brown, 16 Astor Hill, Lynn, Mass. Poor Health Had poor health for years, pains in shoulders, back and hips, with constant headache, nervousness and no appetite. Used Hood's Sarsaparilla, gained strength and can work hard all day; eat heartily and sleep well. I took it be cause it helped my husband." Mrs. Elizabeth J. Uiffels, Moose Lake, Minn. Tumors "A tumor as big as a large marble came under my tongue and instead of letting my physician operate on it, I used my favorite spring tonic. Hood's Sarsapa rilla. The bunch soon disappeared." Mrs. H. M. Coburn, 8 Union St., Lowell, Mass. CatanI" disagreeable catarrhal drop pings in my throat made me nervous and dizzv. My liver was torpid. Hood's Sar saparilla corrected both troubles. My health is very good." Mrs. Elvira J. Smiut, 171 Main St., Auburn, Maine. Dyspepsia, etc "A complication ot irOUOieS, ayspep31, cm urn, icn.au u mdu inflammation of the stomach, rheumatism, etc., made me miserable. Hadjno appetite until I took Hood's Sarsaparilla, which acted like magic. I am thoroughly cured." N. B. Sielet, 1874 W. 14th At., Denver, Col. Impure BlOOd" Five years I suffered with pimples on face and body. Hood's Sarsaparilla cured me permanently. It also cured my father's carbuncles." Albert E. Chast, Tustin City, CaL. ocdC& SaUabaiil Hood'a fllla care liver ilia, the noq-irritjittng and oniy cathartic to take with Hood's Sarsapariiiau KANSASNEWS. Pratt County Ranchmen Proye Clever Detectives. Cattle Mysteriously Disappear From the Corrals ON MEDICINE RIVER. In Order to Find the Reason Holes Are Bored In the Cattle's Hoofs and Now a Neighbor Is In Jail. Pratt, April 26. For some time two ranchmen on the Medicine river have been losing cattle, and In order to find the reason, bored small holes in the hoofs of some of their cattle. Last week two of these were found bearing the brand of the cattle belonging to James Jenkins, who lives in Pratt county, but has a ranch in that neighborhood. The man who runs Jenkins' ranch was arrested, and immediately upon his ar rest asked permission of the sheriff to go to Jenkins' home in this county. The sheriff accompanied the man, and the prisoner and Jenkins had a long consul tation together, after which the man was Jailed at Medicine Lodge. ITALIAN RUNS AMUCK. Fearful End of a Vicious Would-Be Murderer at Ellsworth. Ellsworth, April 26. An unusual tragedy, in which an Italian and his wife and a male boarder were actors, took place at Kanapolis. -The husband and the boarder are dead and the wom an is seriously injured. No names are given. It seems that the woman recognized the boarder as an escaped murderer wanted in Italy for killing a -man, wom an and child. He had been tracked to South America, and only recently came to Kanapolis. Learning that his iden tity had become known and fearing that he would be given up, he determined to kill the family. He started in by shoot ing the husband and wife. The wounds did not prove serious, and the boarder slashed the man about the face and neck with a razor, cutting off one ear, almost severing the nose and cutting two gashes in his throat. He will die. The woman, who was not seriously wounded, gave the alarm. In escaping the boarder plunged headlong into a shaft at the salt works. The body bounded from side to side, splattering the timbers with brains and blood, until it reached the bottom, 1,000 feet below. The head and hands were torn from the body by the force. The remains were gathered up in a sack and bought to the top, where they were taken in charge by the coroner. The Italian who was killed and whose wife was wounded was George Pink. The assassin who was killed in the salt works shaft was Thomas Minardi, said to be a Polander, though he is alleged to have lived in Italy. WHISKY AIDS SCHOOLS. Jointists to Be Made to Kelp Pay Ex penses of Crawford County. Pittsburg, April 26. B. S. Gaitskill, attorney for this (Crawford) county, be gan an action on a plan yesterday by which the school fund will be materially benefited, by collecting money from the jointists in all parts of the county. The keepers of these places he levies on in sums from $100 to $200 and ex pects to collect these sums quarterly. If a Jointist refuses or is unable to pay the amount he is closed up at once. Mr. Gaitskill's predecessor allowed the joints or saloons to run wide open in the cities and towns of the county with out a tax. and all they were obliged to pay for the privilege of doing business was a stated amount each month, which was fixed by the city council of the town in which they were located. Pittsburg saloon men paid only $52.50 per month, which is thought to be the highest price paid in the county. Mr. Gaitskill yes terday turned over to the county treas urer the sum of $900, collected by thi3 plan, which goes into the school fund of the county. CROSS BANK AFFAIRS. Burlington Electric Light Plant, an Asset, Sold For Cash. Emporia, April 26. Today John Ken nedy bought the Burlington electric light plant of Receiver Albaugh of the First National bank, at Kmporia, for $700. This was one of the holes into which Martindale and Cross poured their money. The plant was put in as an asset of the defunct bank valued at $2,000. The bank will pay a 10 per cent dividend May 15. The stockholders are now making a strenuous effort to get William Martindale to relinquish his bill of sale against the Sunny Slope farm, thus allowing the depositors to get the proceeds of the sale of the farm and the cattle instead of eastern banks which Cross and Martindale owed. BROKEN OUT WITH SMALLPOX' Delirious Colored Man Runs Through the Streets of Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, Mo., April 26. A negro broken out with smallpox sores and de lirious from the disease ran through the streets of Kansas City, Kan., last evening. His capture by the police re vealed the fact that the disease is epi demic among the negroes of that city. So far nearly thirty cases of smallpox have been found, twenty of the cases being found in one thickly settled block. It appears that the health authorities first made a wrong diagnosis of the disease and later when they discov ered its nature attempted to conceal the facts. A strict quarantine was at once es tablished in the infected districts and it is hoped that the warm weather will aid in stamping out the disease. A MODEL, COUNTY. Judge Moore of Dickinson Finds No 'Use For a Jury. Abilene, April 26. Dickinson county la making a- great record for morality these days. Judge Aloore today rescinded the or der for a jury for the May term of the district court, there not being a single criminal case for trial. Two cases were on the docket, but one minor offender has jumped his bond and the other will plead guilty. It is the first time in years that no criminal cases have been tried. SAY DAVIS IS LOCATED. Arrest of Cross Bank CaBhier Is Ex pected Within Twenty four Hours. Emporia, April 26. The best of auth ority vouches for the statement that L. M. Davis, the cashier of the defunct First National bank at Emporia, who disappeared recently, has been located and that his arrest will occur in the next twenty-four hours. Dr. Davis' relatives in Emporia are all anxiaus for him to come back and stand trial. He has wealthy and influential rela tives in Emporia who are trying in every possible way to locate Davis and bring him back. It is believed that he left in a panic and will return voluntarily soon if he is not apprehended. BIG SMALLPOX BILLS. Seneca Asked to Pay Nearly $7,000 For Ravages of the Plague. The bills that came in charged up to smallpox knocked the board of commis sioners off their feet. It fairly "took their breath." It so staggered them they adjourned to recover from the chills and pain the "shock" rendered. They quit and went to their separate homes to figure until May 15. All the bills were not presented, .but the total amount of those on file called for $4,862.90 of the realm, and Dr. Trough ton's bill was not presented. It is un derstood his bill is in the neighborhood of $2,000. Seneca Tribune. AT GARDEN CITY, TOO. Western Union Being Sued For Re fusing the New Rates. Garden City, April 26. Col. W. R. Hopkins has begun suit against the Western Union Telegraph company for $225 damages for refusing to accept 15 cents as remuneration for transmitting a telegram. Col. Hopkins tendered the 15 cents, in accordance with a law passed by the special session of the leg islature, and the Western Union opera tor refused to accept it, demanding the old rates. BOUND FOR MANILA. A Junction City Man to Take a Long Voyage in a Small Boat. 1 Junction City, April 26. The Union says: At the dam today was a man and his dog bound for Manila. They started from Wakefield, and will go to the gulf by water expecting to reach there this fall. The man has a boat 22 feet long, with a cabin 4x9. The boat is equipped with the proper sails. A day off was taken today and a run was made up the dam for a fish. SOLD LIQUOR ON SUNDAY. A Coffey villa Jointist Not Content With Week Day Sales. Coffeyville, April 26. James Malone, bartender at H. Schockman's place in East Ninth street, was arrested yes terday by Court Marshal Ed Jackson charged with having sold liquors on Sunday. Malone gave bond of $500 for his appearance in the city court April 27, when his trial will be held. The story sent out that all the joints were closed here seems to have been a mis take. THEY WANT GAS. Citizens of Mound Valley Vote $3,000 to Search the Ground. Mound Valley, April 26. At the spec ial election held in this city Tuesday to vote on the proposition to issue bonds in the sum of $3,000 to prospect for nat ural gas and develop the same, there was a big vote cast, and only seven votes against It. The people are unani mously in favor of this enterprise and it now rests with the city council to is sue the bonds and arrange with some competent and responsible parties to get to work with the drill. Reformatory Contract Let. Hutchinson, April 26. The reforma tory board of managers has let the contract for 500 cars of stone to be used in the construction of the cell block. Blevins Steel of Arkansas City got the contract for the sawed stone blocks. Their quarry is located at Silverdale, near Arkansas City. The amount of their contract is about $25,000. Rel linger Norton of Strong City got the contract for the footing stone and flag ging and some of the dimension stuff. Their contract price was about $5,000. Killed a Valuable Otter. Valley Falls, April 26. Harry Tutt, while out hunting ducks, was lucky enough to kill an unusually fine speci men of an otter. The animal was five feet long and worth about $10. Wheat O. K. in Decatur County. Jennings, April 26. It has been rain ing hard here for several hours and the ground is in fine shape. Ninety per cent of the wheat is O. K. in Decatur county. TOPEKAN WOUNDED. Arthur Snow, a Son of Ex-State Printer Snow. Sergeant Arthur C. Snow, who is report ed as being severely wounded at Calumpit, is a son of ex-State Printer E. H. Snow. He lived in Topeka when the call for vol unteers was made and enlisted In company A, the Topeka company. It is supposed that he was transferred to company K some time ago, as his old home was in Walter A. Hubbard of company K, who is reported as slightly wounded, appears on the roster as coming from Richmond. Kan. A NUMBER OF ARCHITECTS Will Be Named In Place of One For the Whole State. The executive council today discussed the election of architects to take charge of the buildings to be erected at the various state institutions during the en suing year. The legislature made no appropriation for the state architect, consequently an architect will be placed at each of the institutions where new buildings are to be erected. The council took no definite action to day, but will meet with the state board of charities and select an architect for the state charitable institutions. As new buildings are to be erected at the state penitentiary, reformatory and sol diers' home, and more work is to be done in the state house, several men will be given places. The council will award today the con tract for hauling coal to the state house. The usual monthly bills were also al lowed. COLTON DECLINES And Major Mulford Is Appointed Col onel of the First Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., April 26. Gov. Poynter today received a cablegram from Lieut. Col. Colton at Manila declining the ap pointment of the colonel of the First Nebraska because he is in charge of the customs service and can not accept. He says the First Nebraska has prob ably been permanently retired from the firing line. Gov. Poynter at once appointed H. B. Mulford of Omaha senior major, as colonel. Col. Mulford is a volunteer officer and was transferred from the second, RAILROAD NEWS. Thought It Was the Biggest Thing on Earth. State Officers on the Board of Railway Assessors AT SANTA FE SHOPS. None of Them Had Ever Seen the Plant Before. Board Simply on an Inspection Tour. The Santa Fe shops were visited yes terday by the state officers who com pose the state board of railway asses sors, who made their annual tour of the shops under the formality of as sessing It. None of them had ever seen a tenth as much machinery before, and they were tired out before they were half through with their Job. "Those shops are the biggest thing on earth," said Secretary of State Clark when they were through, and the other members of the board eehoed the sent iment. It had been the popular suppo sition with them before that the state house was about as big an institution as there was in the state. The board is composed of Secretary of State Clark, Attorney General God ard. Auditor Cole State Treasurer Grimes, and Lieutenant Governor Rich ter. Accompanying them in their tour of the shops were A. A. Hurd, general attorney of the road, and George A. Hancock, assistant superintendent of machinery. The board started in at the machine shops and for three hours they did nothing but look at machinery and men at work. They were shown how to build a locomotive, but none of them want to undertake the Job of making one today. They watched the com pressed air machines do their immense tasks silently and without apparent ef fort. They were told that business in the boiler shops was "quiet," but when they went into them they had to stop their ears to shut out the deafening noise. In the brass foundry they saw moulten metal poured about like so much water. They saw the entire oper ation of car building, and noted how each man did some special line of work. "I had no idea those shops were a quarter as extensive as they are," said Mr. Grimes afterwards. The board simply went through the form of "seeing things" yesterday .They will make the assessment on the pro perty at a meeting after they are through going over the property of all the roads, which has been almost com pleted. The Heaviest Train Load. As an example of an increase of the train load and the number of revenue tons per mile, and at the same time re ducing the cost of transportation on the 17th ult., fifty steel ears.each weigh ing 34,000 pounds, were loaded with an average of 98,000 pounds of coal. To them was coupled a new 22x28-inch con solidation locomotive, weighing 168.700 pounds, and having 54-inch driving wheels. The start was made from Cum berland, Md., on the Baltimore Ohio, and the destination was Brunswick, Md., on the second division. In his re port, General Superintendent Fitzgerald says the train was pulled with compar ative ease, and that the class of engines noArl n-ill Y,( nble to handle fiftv cars of fifty tons' capacity each on that dl- J vision without trouble. Hitherto the train load on that division has been 325 units of 6 tons each, or about 2.220 tons, a 40 per cent increase over that of five years ago. The fifty-car train was computed as containing 497 units, or 6,458,100 pounds gross. The net weight of coal in the train was 4,758,100 pounds. It was by far the heaviest train ever handled over the line. Burlington's Fast Run. Burlington, la., April 26. Burlington fast mail train No. 15, which left Chi cago at 9:58 Sunday night, twenty-eight minutes late, reached Burlington Mon day morning at 1:17, five minutes ahead of time, having covered the 206 miles in 199 minutes. About twelve minutes' were consumed in stops and slow-downs, making the actual running time 187 minutes, the swiftest run ever made be tween Chicago and Burlington. The train ran from Galesburg to Burling ton, forty-three miles, in thirty-nine minutes. Engineer J. E. Kelley was at the throttle of engine No. 1215 during the race. Educators' Rates Named. New York, April 26. The executive committee of the Trunk line passenger agent held a meeting here yesterday at which it was decided to charge one fare plus $2 to the national teachers' educa tional meeting at Los Angeles from July 11 to 14. This will also allow of stop over privileges. A one fare rate was also allowed to the peace Jubilee at Washington, from May 23 to May 25. KANSAS RAILROAD NOTES. E. E. Soderstrom, postal clerk on the Strong City branch, has moved to Con cordia. He has made Emporia his head quarters for some time. Firemen Veith and Beard have been assigned to the passenger run on 203 and 204 between Wellington and Wood ward. Amick and Ostrander have been assigned to the same trains from Wood ward to Amarillo. Thomas Murphy, formerly bridge car penter on the Santa Fe, who resigned his position with that road recently to go to Oklahoma to live on his farm, has changed his mind, and Saturday night accepted a position with the hridge gang on the Rock Island. It is reported that Fireman William Keiller, out of Emporia, will go to work with Engineer Gotham. He has been with Engineer Sanborn. A change of time is talked of for the southbound passenger on the Strong City branch. Instead "of making con nections with No. 8 at Strong City, it will connect with the eastbound fast mail. Jim Eck, bridge and building repair man for the Santa Fe, came down from Mulvane this morning and went to Hun newell to plaster the Santa Fe hotel at that place. Wellington Journal. Louie Brinkmeier has passed the time card examination at Wellington and gone on the switch engine. Engineer Danenberg, who has been on the switch engine, goes back into the freight ser vice. There has been a change of operators at Emporia again. Burke has gone to Arkansas City to work for some time. Bert Class will take his place in the stone depot at night and Newman will work days at the yard office. Conway of Sterry will hold the night Job and.. Kurn will work at Sterry. Conductor Finney has resumed his run on the Hunnewell branch after an extended lay off. Engineer James Thomas with his family will spend some time recuperat ing in Colorado. The local freight leaving Coffeyville over the Missouri Pacific at 6:45 a. m. for Caney, Sedan and Conway Springs, now carries pouch mail, giving Caney and Sedan their mail three hours' sooner. It is reported that Engineer Charley Shepherd will move back to Florence and take the run opposite to Engineer Hampson on the McPherson branch. The operators at Florence commenced working under the new schedule Tues day. All of them had their salaries raised. Their hours or duty are a? fol lows; NoW 7 a. m. to 4 p. m.; Porter 1 p. m. to 10 p. m.; Blanton 10 p. m. to 8 a. m. Conductor Andy Pierce, who was iv charge of the Hollyrood run until it was discontinued, has "bumped" Conductor Downey, who had the run out of Flor ence on the McPherson branch. Downey is now running out of Newton. New ties are being put in on the Rock Island track down near the depot and other extensive improvements be ing made. Engineer Walter Saunders made an extra fast run on train 17 Saturday night. He had eight heavy coaches and made up forty-five minutes between Newton and Dodge City. Chris Haman is shipping lost baggage to Topeka today. It consists of almost every description of wearing apparel which has been picked up in coaches and turned in by the different em ployes. Newton Kansan. BIG OVERFLOW. Several Farms Near Leaven worth Submerged by the Missouri. Leavenworth, Kan., April 26. The overflow from the Missouri river today submerged several farms in the bot toms opposite Leavenworth, carried away two hundred feet of grade and track of the Rock Island road two miles east of East Leavenworth and covered the Missouri Pacific tracks two miles north of here. The Missouri Pacific is still using its own tracks but the Rock' Island is com pelled to run its trains over the Bur lington tracks. MATTOX TO GIVE UP. Has Agreed to Surrender If He Can Be Admitted to Bail. Arkansas City, Kan., April 26. The Daily Traveler today received reliable information to the effect that Clyde Mattox, who escaped to the Indian Ter ritory on April 3, after killing Lincoln Swinney, "his fifth man," has agreed to surrender if admitted to bail. This will doubtless be granted. lYI'KERCHER PROMOTED. Topeka Man General Manager of the Mexican Railway. It is rumored at the Santa Fe general offices in this city that Mr. F. B. McKer cher ,who was here for several years as chief clerk to H. R. Nickerson when he was general superintendent of the Santa Fe, and is now assistant general manager of the Mexican Central railway, is to be come general manager of the Mexican railway, the road controlled by English capitalists. The rumor names Division Superintendent Steyner of the San Luis division of the Central road as his suc cessor. No confirmation of the rumor has yet been received here. The Mexican railway is one of the small est of the Mexican roads, but Is the most direct route from the City of Mexico to the Atlantic seaboard, running to Vera Cruz. If Mr. McKercner becomes general manager of this road it is not unlikelv that it would be a step toward its acquisition by the Central railway. The Central has now no direct outlet to the Atlantic coast. APPELLATE COURT Decisions Made in the Northern De partment Today. The Judges of the appellate court of the northern department today handed down the following decisions: EASTERN DIVISION MAHAN, P. J. 310. Frank C. Taylor et al., vs. Chas. A. Riggs et aL Jackson county. Re versed in part. JUSTICE WELLS. 459. W. B. Homer, assignee et al., vs. A. H. McCormick et al. Brown county. Reversed. 511. Theodore Intfen vs. Cassius G. Foster. Atchison county. Affirmed. 523. Lawrence Degan et al., vs. J. F. Tufts, trustee, et al. Atchison county. Reversed. 526. Willard R. Douglass vs. J. J. Stewart et al. Atchison county. Dis missed. 532. W. H. H. Clark et al., receiver, vs. W. B. Deveraux et al. Doniphan county. Affirmed. 538. Noble F. Austin et al., vs. S. M. Austin et aL Wyandotte county. Dis missed. 541. Frank C. Quinton vs. W. -L. Hornby, trustee. Shawnee county. Af firmed. 645. State of Kansas vs. Edward Brooks. Shawnee county. Affirmed. CENTRAL DIVISION. 345. S. T. Stuli vs. Wm. M. Vaneter et al. Ottawa county. Dismissed. TAKEN TO OMAHA. Frank Young Leaves the Topeka Jail For Trial in Nebraska Governor Stanley today honored a re quisition from the governor of Nebras ka for Frank Young alias H. C. Brad bury, who is wanted in Omaha for for gery. Young was apprehended in Topeka several days ago. El Dorado Wants Gas. El Dorado, April 26. The proposition will soon be submitted to the city coun cil asking the privilege of lighting El Dorado's streets with gas. A new incandescent burner is the strong rival of the electric light and the cost is about one-third the electric. A Heavy Freight BilL Abilene, April 26. J. E. Brewer has probably shipped more freight in and out of Abilene in the last four years than any other individual in the city. Mr. Brewer makes a specialty of ship ping eggs to western points and in the past four years has paid the Union Pa cific $14,000 for freight. One Fare For the round trip, via the Union Pa cific, to San Francisco, Cal., for Na tional Baptist societies anniversaries. May 25. 1899. For dates on which tick ets will be sold, limits, and full informa tion, call on F. A. Lewis, city ticket agent, or J. C. Fulton, depot agent. NEW FIRE NOZZLES. Marshal Wilmarth Trying to Improva the Service. Chief George O. Wilmarth hopes to make a decided improvement in the equipment of the fire department, and in order to have the mayor and council men see the result he wishes to obtain he will give a demonstration with a new hose nozzle based on new and improved hydraulic principles applied to fire streams. The adoption of new nozzles may not seem a matter of much Importance, but to Chief Wilmarth's mind it is of the greatest importance, in order that the Topeka department may keep abreast of the times, as it always has, and have the very latest and most improved ap pliances in the equipment in order to obtain the best results from the water supply. The "play pipes" and nozzles now in service have been considered the very best on the market, but within the last year or so have been superseded in New York and other large cities by the new nozzles, which have been pronounced the best on the market. They are ex pensive and it will require several hun dred dollars to equip the department with them, and for that reason the chief will have the mayor and councilman see what can be done with the new noz zle that could not be accomplished with the old play pipes and nozzles. "The first afternoon that the weather is good and there is no likelihood of rain," said the chief, "I will give a dem onstration in front of the headquarters on Seventh street. The new system of nozzles does away with the old tapering nozzle, and without going into lengthy explanations, the new nozzle will throw a larger stream further than the pres ent nozzles in use." WILL INSURE CROPS. New Kind of Scheme Planned to Get Into Kansas Business. The Revenue Realty and Guaranty company of Minneapolis, Minn., seeks to do business in Kansas and has made application to the state insurance de partment for the necessary certificate of authority. This company proposes to insure the Kansas farmers crops for the uniform price of 25 cents per acre, entering into a contract to purchase, as such time as the farmer may select, the entire crop at J5 per acre. This is explained by the officers of the company as a brokerage business, deal ing in options held in prospect by the farmer. The insurance commissioner of Ne braska has held that the company en gages in insurance business and re quired the payment of the usual fees to gain admission to Nebraska's business. Mr. Church has placed the question before the attorney general, requesting an opinion before proceeding further. ROBBED A SOLDIER. Woman Who Gave Officers the Slip Will Be Tried. The trial of Bessie' Moore for rob bing an old soldier at Rossville last fall will come up in the district court Thursday. Sheriff Cook is at Rossville today subpoenaing witnesses for the trial. The Moore woman was arrested sev eral months ago and released under bond, but when the time came for her trial, early in this term of the district court, she was not to be found. The officers located her a few weeks ago in the workhouse at Kansas City, and her bondsmen went down there and brought her back. Since that time she has been kept locked up in the county jail. BUILDING RAILROADS. Santa Fe Shipping Material to Build New Line. The Santa Fe company today com menced shipping material for the con struction of the branch line .extending from Caney, Kan., a distance of 53 miles into the Indian Territory. Work on the track will be commenced within the next week. The new line will open up new coal lands, which have not yet been worked, and which may prove valuable properties to the Santa Fe. MART COMES HOME. New York, April 26. Mr. and Mrs. An tonio De Navarro, the latter formerly Mary Anderson, the- actress, arrived here today on board the steamer Majestic from Liverpool. Other passengers on the Majes tic were Sydney Paget, Harry Symonds. Q. C. Reginald Tower, British charge d'affaires at Washington, W. H. Wake field and Canon Willink. TENNIS REVIVAL. The Topeka Tennis club is spending considerable money on the improvement of its courts at the corner of Tenth and Fillmore streets, and will have them in excellent shape for play some time next week. There promises to be more in terest taken in tennis this year than any previous year in the history of Topeka-The state tournament will be held here on the 10th, 11th and 12th of August. ANOTHER JUMP IN SILVER. New York, April 26. Late in the day there was a sale in the New York Stock Exchange of 50.000 ounces of silver repre sented by certificates at 62Hc Samoan Commission Sails. San Francisco, April 26. The United States dispatch boat Badger with the Samoan commission on board, has sail ed for Apia. The steamer will proba bly stop at Honolulu for coal. New Kansas Postmaster. Washington, April 26. The following fourth-class postmaster was appointed today for Kansas: Toledo, Chase coun ty, David W. Hiatt, vice T. J. Wool wine, resigned. High School For Norton. Lenora, Kan., April 26. The new board of trustees for the county hiKh school met at Norton yesterday and organized, with Superintendent F. R. Snyder chairman J. C. Brown secretary and M. F. Garrity treasurer. The school was temporarily located at Norton. $28.85. $28.85. The Union Pacific has made the great ly reduced rate of 128.85 to Portland and other Puget Sound points, also to Hel ena and Montana points. Salt Lake City and Utah points. For tickets and full information call on F. A. Lewis, city ticket agent, or J. C. Fulton, depot agent. We mend and sew on buttons free. American Steam Laundry. Tele. 34L We will wash your colored shirts anrf guarantee colois from fading. Peerlea Steam Laundry. 112 and 114 W. 8th. Colorado Springs and Return $19.00 via Santa Fe Route $19.00. A low rate for early vacation. Tickets on sale May 16 and 17, bearing limit of June 30. Particulars may be had on application to T. L. King, agent, Topeka.
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TQPEKA STATE JQUBNAL WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1899. MILLS DRY GOODS CO. Black Dress Goods EXPANSION. "In a way," it's Mional Expansion, for fifteen million American women own and wear at least One Black Dress. And why not For Black compliments every complexion, and enhances beauty. Moreover, there s not a grain of monotony in Black. Today's Black Goods News is most important. IT IS IN THIS DETAIL We have gone carefully over oar stock of Black Dress Goods, and have selected many DRESS LENGTHS and SKIRT LENGTHS In CREPONS, FIO LRED and PLAIN CLOTHS, and today place them on oar Center Counters at a great advantage to you. If BLACK GOODS form any part of your Dress Ooods thought, it will be economy for you to make a thorough Investigation of our new lines. Your dress is here. If you'll only come and select it. Those FANCY WAIST SILKS at 75 CENTS A YARD, advertised first time last week, are attracting great atten tion at the Silk Counter, for they are Beautiful and Cheap. MELLSRYODSCa !!M3 1 SHORTEST COLORADO LINE. FLYER. NEW LINE BETWEEN Kansas City, St. Louis AND THE East. EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, APRIL 2d. 1899. The Missouri Pacific Will Change Time on the Above Date, Leaving Railway KANSAS CITY, 6:10 P.M. ST. LOUIS, 2:25 A. 31. Connecting closely In Union Station. St. Louis. wi;h through trains arriving at In dianapolis :2" a. m.. Cincinnati 11: a. m., Lou-.s-.-iile 12:22 p. m.. Columbus 12:) p. m., Toledo 2:33 p. m.. Vashir.g-ton. Baltimore. Pniiadelphla and Xew orK City early next mornine. about s:t hours Ail K AD Of A.NT OTHER ROUTE. ASK FOE TICKETS VIA PACIFIC SAIL"WAT AITS ST. LOUIS. AKD AVOID OMITIBUS TRANSFERS. Elegant Day Coaches. Reclining Chair Car seats free) and Pullman Vesti buied Buffet S'.eeoing Cars TO SAINT LOUIS. 1. H. LYOJf, p. C. LYOS, et a Pass. Art. lr.iv 1 l ass Agt 801 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo. C O- WAR2TER, w. B. DODDRIDGE, V tea President General ilmiagat. H. C. TOWNSESD. Gen't Pass, i Iku Act. ST. LOUIS. Lowest Rates Best... Accom m odat ions .VIA... 0's pictoxkV For all Point. Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Pacific Coast and Puget Sound. Fullataa Palace Sleepers Fullmu Tosrlat Sleepers From Kaaaa City ererjr Thursday. Fre. Recliniai Chair Cars Dining Cars F.r tlma UblM. fo'der?. Ultigtrstad books, jampolnu d.sorlpQT. of the territory traT.rsed F. A. LEWIS, City Ticket Agent r J. C FULTON. Depot Age at. Rock Island Hoate Xb short line to Hutchinson. $4 63 for the round trip.' Account, G. A. R. En campment. April 21 to 27. Ton will have no more saw edges on your collars if you will send them to lb. Peerless Steam Laundry. CLEAR THE WALKS Police Will Enforce Ordinance With Reference to Their Use. Merchants Not Permitted to Crowd Thoroughfares. LOW STREET SIGXS Will Also BeceiTe Some Atten tion From the Officers. Budget of News From the De partment of Police. Chief of Police Ramsey will soon look after the enforcement of the ordinances relative to obstructing: sidewalk, and to the hanging of signs In front of busi ness buildings. Little attention has been given to either of these ordinances and the load ing and unloading of goods in front of business houses has become a source ox constant complaint. Some merchants unload their goods on the sidewalk and allow the goods to occupy the sidewalk, for half a day at a time blocking the passageway. Not long ago a merchant piled his goods up on the sidewalk in front of his store until a space not more than three feet was left on the 20 toot sidewalk for pedestrians to use. "It looks prosperous to see merchants loading and unloading goods." said Chief Ramsey, "but the sidewalks must be left open for persons who wish to pas3. If merchants unload and immed iately move the goods into the store without blockading the sidewalk there will be no complaints but the walks must be kept in a passable condition. I shall give warning to merchants about this and then see that the ordinance is enforced." The ordinance regulating signs In doorways and over the sidewalks will also be brought to the attention of storekeepers, for in many cases signs in doorways are much closer to the sidewalk than the law allows. CAKELES3 CYCLISTS Now That Potwin la in Topes: Must Keep Off Sidewalks. The residents of the Sixth ward have complained to Chief Ramsey about bi cycles being ridden on the sidewalks. When the Sixth, ward was Potwin it was admissable for the city fathers granted the permission. When the lit tle city became a part of Greater To peka it came under the city ordinances and one of these is that bicycles shall not be ridden on sidewalks. "I shall have the people notified that persons found riding bicycles on the sidewalk will be arrested," said Chief Ramsey. "I shall give them fair warn ing before any arrests are made because I know that heretorore It Has Deen ai lowed in Potwin." PAWNED HER RING. Young Woman Lends Her Jewelry With Disastrous Results. Pearl Shay lost her ring. In a mys terious manner, perhaps, a young man whom she knew gamed possession ot It. At any rate Pearl Shay has not seen it for some time. The young man did not return It when he was requested to. It was to all ap pearances a case of misplaced confi dence. Pearl could not regain her ring so she complained to the police. Sergt Owen heard her story and promised to help her regain her property. The police are wise men, some of them. The sergeant visited a couple of pawn shops and found the ring "in hock." The pawnbroker has promised to let the young man have the ring on the payment of the loan. The young man has been notirled by the sergeant to return the ring and if Pearl fahay does not have her property soon there may be an arrest. FAST HORSE PINE $3. Topeka Man Finds Speeding Rather Expensive. H. W. Dufenbaugb was arrested by Officer Bernard for fast driving. I'll tell you how it was," said the defendant to Judge Guy in police court. "I was showing that horse to a man who was talking of buying her. We were driving up and down the street in North Topeka. He wanted to see the horse move. I didn't drive very fast." "The city ordinance prescribes that any person driving faster than six miles an hour is liable to arrest. Were you driving faster than that?" asked the Judge. "Well, not much," replied the defend ant with a smile as if he were trying to imagine a ready sale for a horse with a six mile an hour gait. "The people living in the neighbor hood have complained to me," said Offi cer Bernard. "I'll have to tine you $3," said the Judare. "Well, If I sell that horse I'll have to put S3 more on the price." remarked the defendant as he paid his fine. INDOOR TARGET PRACTICE. Lands a, Young Woman Behind the Bars. Jessie McCall was arrested by Officer Hall yesterday about six o'clock and taken to the police station where she was charged with disorderly conduct. She had been drinking and while the chambermaid of the rooms at 608 Kan sas avenue was busy doing her work the woman tried to amuse herself by a little target practice. She had a re volver and used a water bucket for a target. She was a poor shot for the bullet missed the mark several feet and buried itself in the wall. Such wild shooting scared the colored woman do ing the work and she opened the win dow and blew her police whistle. The officer who responded found the woman who had done the shooting leaning against the wall for support and explaining that she had Just been hav ing a little fun. She was locked up in the women's ward of the jail where she spent most of the night "pounding and thrashing round," as Jailer Grubba ex plained. WAS NOT WANTED. Man Held on Suspicion Released by Police. "If I let you go can you get out of town right away?" asked Judge Guy in police court of M. Wilson who was ar rested for vagrancy. "I can try right hard." replied Wil son as he looked in a hunted sort of way at the officers standing around. The prisoner was arrested on Monday and was held on the charge of vagrancy to give the officers time to investigate his case. The little finger of his left UHUU 3 ft J 1 1 17 illc VJ all the descriptions tney naa oi peiou V. 1 Vir rvrtriA C T X 1 1c OI such a finger. The prisoner was allowed to go. BANKERS TO BLAME For the Scarcity of Small Bills Throughout the Country- New York. April 26. United States Treasurer Kllis H. Roberts, who is on a business trip to this city. In talking last night of the scarcity or bills oi .man denominations througnout. me coumu, "This lack of small bills Is due In some parts of the country to the fact that the bankers don't take the trouble to send in their bills of large denomina tions and get small ones In eicnange. Thin is the case nearly everywhere ex cept in the larger cities of the east and in the northwestern states. "In the northwest there has been such a wave of prosperity during the last two years that the bankers and mer chants have had no occasion to send their money east.as they did in previous years. They are rich enough to seep their money at home. "There was a lack of small bills in this city up to a few months ago but now the bankers, merchants ana dusi ness men of every kind have all the small bills they want. They have got them by sending on their larger bills. The revenue stamps on checks have probably had something to do with bringing into more general use the smaller bills. "The reason we can not issue the smaller bills as fast as the bankers want them is because we are restricted by law. The law allows us to issue only t348.0OO.00O In United States notes and the silver certificates are restricted by the number of standard dollars held in the treasury. We are now printing only small bills and have a big supply on hand but can not issue them because of the restrictions I have mentioned. So the only recourse for the banks that want small bills is to send in large bills in exchange for them. In the ten sub treasuries throughout the country there is now 1242.000,000 in gold but only $18. 000.000 in paper. We are sending out paper money in bills of small denomina tions now at the rate of about $3,000,000 a week. But a good part of this is sent out in place of old and mutilated bills. Although there is a shortage of small bills in circulation, the treasury was never richer in funds than it is at the present time." Want Damages For Death. Wichita, April 26. The Wichita Gas, Electric Light and Power company is made defendant in a J5.000 damage suit for the death of W. R. Russell, the young man who was so severely shocked by taking hold of a live guy wire at Steffen's ice plant last month. The suit for damages was filed yester day by the young man's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick R. Russell, who live over by Port Scott. aiHfHtmfiiHiiiuiiHumniniinHiuinHu S A Senator's Wife I s made over three thousand calls in 5 S person and by card during one S3 jg winter season in Washington. She a S was utterly exhausted in the spring a S and kept her bed almost all summer si J to regain strength for the next win- 3 Ej ter. Had she systematically taken fl If PslUSS I I unit iExtniia; a a 1 wisest lomc s night and morning every day, she gs would have been strengthened, sus- S tained and nourished, so that at 2 the end of the season, instead of being vitally depleted and ready to 5 die, she would doubtless have been s in good physical condition or even in most excellent health. a At all drna sti Hiiuuuuii iihihiuu minium unnnnus PATROL POTWIN. Mounted Patrolmen Kay Be Used For That Purpose. Ever since Potwin became a part of Greater Topeka the Question has been whether the Sixth ward would be pa trolled bv a policeman, and there was some talk that a sub-station would be located in that town. If the force is increased sufficiently to warrant four or five mounted patrol men, then that part of town, together with the other residence portions, will be patrolled at night, but no sub-station will be located there. "We need more men on the force, said Chief Ramsey, "but I do not be lieve that it would be necessary or wise to put a man out in the Sixth ward. We need men in other localities much worse. Potwin and Auburndale is a quiet neighborhood. We can answer what calls come from there without having a policeman detailed there all the time." PILING UP TROUBLE. Gen. Torres Continues to Bully Amer ican Merchants. New York. April 26. A special to the Press from New Orleans says: Advices received here from Blueflelds, Nicaragua, by the steamship J art. state that pandemonium reigned in that city on the night of April 18. Drunken na tive soldiers paraded the streets, firing at inoffensive citizens and into houses. Several persons were wounded. Gen. Torres served notice on the American merchants that unless they paid the duties demanded by night he would close up their places of business and confiscate their receipts. The merchants held a meeting and decided to close their stores. The doors were locked and sealed and the American flag hoisted over each. The consequence was that when the Jarl left there was not an American doing business in Blueflelds. The foreign element was anxiously awaiting the arrival of the United States cruiser Detroit with Minister Merry aboard. She was at Greytown when the Jarl left and was expected to arrive ar Blueflelds on Friday. United States Consul Sorshy, United States Consular Agent Clancy and British Consul J. A. Ballanger went to Greytown to meet Minister Merry and were to come back to Bluerields on the Detroit. It was owing to their absence that Gen. Torres was emboldened to threaten the American merchants. IRELAND'S MUSIC. Remembered by Topeka Hibernians at Their Dance Last Night The ball of the Ancient Order of Hi bernians at Wetherell's hall last night was largely attended. A novel feature of the affair was the fact that all the music was of Irish composition. The grand march was to the strains of "St. Patrick's Day in the Morning," and many old Irish selections were so trans posed as to meet the requirements of modern dance time. The programmes were neat arrangements in green. The committee having the ball in charge consisted of Mr. T. F. Lannan, Mr. James Hanley, Mr. George Mitchell and Mr. William Wall. It was to have been given on Wednesday night of last week, but on account of the bad weather was postponed until last night. LONDON ART EXHIBITION. Americans Well Represented in the New Gallery. London, April 26. The New gallery annual exhibit of pictures, which is the only serious rival of the Royal acad emy, opened its doors for private view yesterday. On the whole the exhibit Is disap pointing, lacking as it does the cachet of distinction formerly lent by Sir Ed ward Burnes-Jones. The most sensa tional picture is a large canvas by Hoi man Hunt, "The Miracle of the Sacred Fire." in the Church of the Holy Sep ulchre at Jerusalem compendium of all the vices and virtues, the merits and de ficiencies, of the pre-Raphaelite school, of which he is the only loyal disciple. The crowd of figures is bright and un natural in color, but surcharged with technical skill of a certain sort- For real ability, however, one has to look this year to the American artists. John Sargent's brilliantly and keenly painted "Col. Ian Hamilton" is the most striking portrait, though J. J. Shannon's "Lady Henry Cavendish Bentinck" an Imposing, queenly figure is also a most notable example of fine color scheme and display of excellent brush work. The likeness of Stevens, the celebrated war correspondent, by Collier, also at tracts attention, while of subject pic tures Boughton's eighteenth century girl "Pamela" surely is the most im portant in the exhibition. Alfred Par sons, though not an American, yet so often classed with them, also sends a most charming landscape, "The North Coast of Norfolk." BIG OUTPUT OF ORE. Tennessee Coal Iron Co. Will Now Make About 70,000 Tons Monthly. New York. April 26. President Bax ter of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company. Is in the city on business connected with the sale of the com pany's railway property to the Louis ville Nashville and the Southern rail road companies. It is understood that the sale will be completed this week. In regard to the Tennessee Coal and Iron company, Mr. Baxter said: "The company is in a position to make a large amount of iron from now on. "It placed another furnace in blast yesterday, making 12 furnaces now in operation. Within a week or ten days two more furnaces will be in operation. The company's output now is about 50, 000 tons of pig iron per month, but with the additional furnaces at work the output will be from 65,000 to 70,000 tons per month. It has placed a large num ber of orders at current prices within the last 90 days, and the demand still continues. It has been filling orders under old contracts, made when prices were from $4 to $6 below those of the present. These old contracts are now about worked out, only a few of them remaining to be completed and these will be closed out before July. The new contracts at the higher prices are now being filled and the returns from these will soon begin to show the material increase of earnings that will be re ported from now on." Widely Different Views. Albany. N. Y., April 26. Majority and minority reports from the Mazet investigating committee were submit ted to the assembly today. The former asks for more power in the scope of in vestigation and urges that the commit tee be empowered to sit ad libitum during legislative vacation: the latter urges the futility of further investiga tion and prays the assembly to dis charge the committee. Off For Guam. New York. April 26. The United States auxiliary cruiser Yosemlte sail ed today for Guam. She has on board Captain Richard Leary who is to be governor of the island of Guam. The Yosemlte is to remain at the island ior the use of the governor. AND Hartford I BICYCLES. z The Columbia name plate is a shield against a poor Bicycle. It insures the very Best Bi- cycle that can be built for the money including; material, J workmanship, finicr, etc You can't help but like them. HU POPE MANUFACTURING CO. Hartford, Co no. i Topeka Cycle Co., i i ii2 West Eighth St. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. The last meeting of the Research club this Season was held at the homo of Miss Hambleton Monday afternoon. The annual election of officers took place at which Mrs. W. N. West was chosen president, and Miss Susie Sweet secretary." A new course of study for next year was not mapped out as the past year's work, which was quite heavy, has nof been entirely completed, and that will be finished next year before taking up anything new. Instead of closing with a banquet, as has been the habit of the club, the members will give a card party Friday evening for their husbands and friends at the home of Mrs. George Crawford. Tbe Bachelor Girls Club. The Bachelors Girls' club was pleas antly entertained Tuesday afternoon by Miss Sarah Horner at her home on To peka avenue. The substitutes were Miss Lida Ber gen, Miss Flynn, Miss Irene Horner and Miss Lois Tefft. Tbe prize, a pretty Battenburg doily was won by Miss Myrtle Davis. The club will meet two weeks from today at the home ot Miss Margaret Bear. The Felicity Club. The Felicity card club held Its regu lar meeting Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. EL T. Cartlidge. Mrs. Jaques substituted for Mrs. Dan Small and Mrs. Schuyler Nichols for Mrs. W. E. Sterne. The last meeting of the club this sea son will be held next Tuesday after noon at the home of Mrs. C. B. Reed. Notes and Personal Mention. The Duplicate whist club will meet Friday afternoon' at the home of Mrs. A. R. Lingafelt. Mra. S. Denholm of Pittsburg, Pa., arrived Monday to visit Mrs. W. W. Manspeaker for several weeks. Mrs. Belle Hall Small arrived today from Las Vegas, N. M.. for a short vis it with Topeka friends. Mrs. A. A. Hurd, Mrs. G. W. Hurd of Abilene and Miss Kathleen Moreland spent Tuesday in Leavenworth. The U and I Flower Mission met Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. L. H. Munn of Topeka avenue. The regular meeting of the Western Sorisis will be held. Saturday after nuon at Unity church. Miss Erne Gra ham will read a paper entitled, "The Educative Value of the Cuban War." Seven members of the Sorosis will take part in the programme of the state meeting next week. At the last meeting of the Chaldean club the annual election of officers took place. Mrs. George Walp was elected president and Mrs. Holmes secretary. Next Monday evening the club will give its annual banquet at the home of Mrs. Robert Steele. Each member has the privilege of inviting one guest. Mr. E- T. Cartlidge is spending the week in Chicago on business. The Curfew high five club will close Us series of meetings with a banquet this evening at the home of Mr. W. S. Kale. Mrs. Charles MeCllntoek has gone to Atchison to attend the wedding of her niece. Miss Mattie Stevenson and Mr. William J. Ranck which took place this afternoon at the home of the bride's parents. F. C. Hopper went to Salina today on business. Mr. Lathrop Gay Is visiting in Law rence for a few days. Mrs. Jarrell of Atchison Is in the city visiting her son, Mr. Frank Jerrell. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Johnston will leave Saturday for Galveston. Texas, for a week's visit with relatives. Miss Ina Dawson of Holton spent Saturday and Sunday with her sister at Bethany college. Mrs. P. M. Cliver will entertain the Christian Endeavor society of the First Christian church this evening at her home, S29 Monroe street. Mrs. George Melvln, who has been spending the past two months in To peka with her mother. Mrs. Saxton, will leave Thursday for her home in Washington Court House, Ohio. Miss Berenice Fuller and Miss Olive Gundry expect to go to Kansas City Friday for a few days' visit with friends. Mr. Henry Clarkson Atwater. who has been spending the past two weeks in Topeka. left today for his home in Arkansas City. Mr. John McFarland spent Monday with friends in Lawrence. Miss Harriet Wilson left today for Denver where she was called by the serious Illness of her sister, Mrs. John Clarkson. Mrs. Crawford Moore of Leavenworth arrived today to visit Topeka friends. Mise Jessie Sills and Mr. Frank Ben ton were married last Thursday even ing at the home of the bride on Jeffer son street, the Rev. Charles F. Par ham officiating. Only the relatives were present. Miss Fannie Toates and Mr. Fierson. both of Oakland, were married last Thursday evening at the home of the bride's parents. Miss Winnifred Mason of Osage City is spending a few days with friends in Topeka. OH! DEAR, NO; NOT FOR JOE Gsn. Wheeler Will Not Be Bent to the Philippines. New York, April 26. A special to the Herald from Washington says: It is understood that the cabinet has decided not to send MaJ. Gen. Wheeler to the Philippines. The general officers who will be assigned to duty under Gen. Otis will be Brig. Gens. Young, Grant and Bates. It Is proposed, however, to place Gen. Wheeler on active duty, and to this end the organization of a new department, to be known as the department of Tex as, is contemplated. Gen. Wheeler will be assigned to command until next No vember, when he will be relieved and come to Washington to assume his con gressional duties. STEEL HIGH AND SCARCE. Building Operations Are Delayed in Consequence. Pittsburg, Pa.. April 26. Prices in the Pittsburg steel market reached high water mark this week. Since Monday steel billets have been selling at $26.50 per ton and that In thousand ton lots for delivery in three and four months. Jones A Laughlin sold one lot at that price for eastern delivery. This is con sidered by steel manufacturers as an In dication that there Is little danger of a backward turn in prices for the present. In other branches of the iron industry the same strong tone continues to pre vail. Structural material Is in such de mand that builders all over the country have put off projected buildings, as they can not contract to get the steel in time for this year's building. To Control Their Own Schools. Atlanta. Ga., April 26. A petition has been Bled with the city clerk here con taining the names of nearly 500 of the best negroes in Atlanta which has for its immediate object the placing of the negro public schools la the city under the control of a negro board of education. LAST 3 DAY OF THE SALE OF THE PALACE Salvage Stock. THE GOODS MUST GO 1 Your Price is Our Price! Here's what we mean: Men's $G Suits at Men's $8 Suits at Men's 310 Suits at Men's $12 Suits at Men's 115 Suits at S1.9S 2.45 3.G5 4.SS G.45 Boys' $2 Suits at 69c Boys' 2.50 Suits at S9c Boys' 33.50 Suits at.Sl.23 Boys 34 Suits at. 1.03 Boys' 35 Suits at. 2.45 Men's 32 Jean Pants at 49c Men's 32.50 Pants at. .9Sc Men's 33.50 Pants at S1.4S Men's 35 Pants at 1.9S Men's Winter Orercoats and Ulsters at your Own Price. Furnishing Goods and Hats at your Own Price, 507 KANSAS AVENUE Bet. 5th and 6th. CAR JOURNAL BEARINGS, And Bronze and Brass Specialties In a Trust Pittsburg. Pa., April 28. The Stand ard Metal company, having for its ob ject the control of the output of the United States in the manufacture of car Journal bearings and bronze and brass specialties generally, has Just been formed by Darr, Moore Bryden. brokers, with a capital of $5,200,000. The headquarters of the company will prob ably be located in Pittsourg. Oen. Charles Miller of Franklin, president of the Galena Oil company, will be pres ident of new combine. The concerns that have been taken Into the combination are the Damascus Bronze company of Pittsburg. Paul 8. Reeves Son of Philadelphia. F. M. lilunr Manufacturing company of New ark, X. J., Brady Metal company of Jersey City, .Buffalo Brass company of Buffalo. X. Y., Fulton Iron and Engine Works of Detroit. Mich., United States Bronse company of Cleveland. O., Hew itt Manufacturing company jf Chicago. Milwaukee Brass and Copper company of Milwaukee, and Moore, Jones Co., of St. Louis. FOR COLORADO SPRINGS. Teke the Colorado Flyer. Leaving Topeka at 8:10 p. m. you will avoid the hot afternoon ride across western Kansas, arriving at Colorado Springs at 10:40 next morning, before the heat of the day is upon you. 8nc hours quicker time than via any other line. This Is the finest equipped and fastest train west of the Missouri river, carrying through Pullman sleepers and dining cars. For all particulars as to rates, reserva tions, etc. inquire of A. M. FULLER, C. P. and T. A. 'Phone 334. Or, A. W. LACET, Ticket Agent, North Topeka. Travelers and Home-Seekers Going Northwest to Montana and Washington, After March 14th. can take through tourist sleepers every Tuesday and Thursday at Kansas or St. Joseph, via the Burlington Route, for the entH-e Journey through to Butte, Spokane. Se attle. Puget Sound and intermediate destinations on the Northern Pacific Railway. These through sleepers are the "real thing." and are carried on the Burling ton's Montana Express, leaving Kansas City 10:40 a. m.. St. Joseph 12:40 p. m.. via its Northwest Main Line, the Bil lings Route the short line and the time saver to the entire Northwest. These are the only through sleeping cars for first or second class passengers from Kansas City or St. Joseph to Mon tana and Washington. Also first class through sleeping car service every day from these cities to Butte, Anaconda, Montana, commenc ing March 12th. Write us about these things. J. C. B RAM HALL. Trav. Passenger Agent. St. Joseph. Ma. L. W. WAKELET, Gen'l Passenger Agent, St. Louis. Mo. Friday evening, April 28. Crawford's entertainment to get seed for the poor to plant lots a grand entertain ment under the direction of Mrs. A. S. Palmer. S
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TOPEKA STATE JOTTRNA1V WEDNESDAY ITVTNTNG, rAPTlTL 26. 1899. )0OOOOOOCXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX HOT AT MANILA It won't be long before it will be HOT IN TOPEKA Have you thought of that 'We have a way of keeping things cool. Telephone 657. HARRY F. WILLIAMS. WILLIAM L. DICKEY ooooococooocooooooo ANOTHER IDEA. Q. H. Matthews Thinks Hamilton Hall Should Bo Utilized For the Auditorium. To the Bditor of the State Journal: Dear Sir: I take it for granted that It is in order for every citizen to have his say in regard to the location of the city hall. I have a plan that I think will prove to be the most profitable investment for the city and fill every requirement that could be made, providing it could be carried out. Purchase Hamilton hall for, say, $20, 000; then purchase the three lots where the Model Supply store is for $20,000 more. Rebuild the entire portion where the Model Supply store is and attach it to Hamilton hall. This will give the city a building w ith splendid storerooms for rent on Sixth street with a large amount of office room on the second, third, fourth and fifth floors facing Sixth street. Also the best location for the fire department in the city, as it would give a downhill pull in every di rection, and with this location the Jef ferson street department could be con solidated with the central headquarters. This plan would allow Hamilton hall to remain as it now is and could be cut off with curtains from the galleries so It could be used for moderate sized en tertainments and dances. In such a building there should be an elevator; there would also be plenty of space for large exits. The office and storerooms being lo cated on Sixth street and also being in the city building would also bring in a large revenue to the city. No doubt the city will have $100,000 to put into a. property of this kind; if these two properties could be purchased for $40, 000, this would leave $60,000 to build the building with, nearly one-half of it al ready completed, as Hamilton hall could be used almost as it stands. The south wall would have to come down to the second floor, the roof taken off, the walls on the two ends and north eide built higher. The details would have to be worked out by an. architect. O. H. MATTHEWS. SHE CURED A "HUGGER." Miss Jonshone Pounded Him With a Club Until He Surrendered. McAdoo, Penn., April 26. For some weeks the town of Coledale, near here, has been greatly agitated over the an tics of a man whose identity was a mys tery until last evening. The young women of the community were repeat edly accosted by the mysterious person, who hugged and kissed them, then Quickly disappeared. To the people of the town he was known as "Jack the Hugger." He ran against a snag last evening when he attempted to gratify his osculatory notions upon Miss Honore Jonshone. The latter having occasion to visit the outskirts of the town saw a. figure in the distance, and divining his intentions armed herself with a club. As she turned a corner a man darted from the shadows and tried to grasp her. The club came down with force upon his head. Miss Jonshone. who is well built, applied the club with such vigor that her prostrate assailant was forced to plead for mercy. He proved to be Martin Kimball, a young man of the village, and of good connections. This disclosure was as much of a surprise as the unexpected curing of his hugging mania- NATIONAL LEAGUE. t AT NEW YORK. Score bv innings: Baltimore 0 0000000 00 Brooklyn 0 0051 000 6 Batteries Brooklvn. Dunn and Smith; Baltimore, Kitson and Robinson. AT ST. LOUIS. Score by innings: St. Louis 1000000000 23 Chicago 0O001 00000 12 Batteries St. Louis, Powell and Criger; Chicago, Griffith and Donahue. AT WASHINGTON. Score by innings: Washington 0 0021103 29 New York 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 S Batteries Washington, Baker. Dineen and McGuire; New York, Coakley and Grady. AT LOUISVILLE. Score by Innings: Louisville 0 0010000 12 Pittsburg 0 0010000 01 Batteries Louisville. Dowltng and Pow ers; Pittsburg, Tannehill and Bowerman. AT PHILADELPHIA. Score by innings: Boston 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 08 Philadelphia 1 0471010 14 Batteries Boston. Nichols and Yeager; Philadelphia, Donahue and Douglass. California and Back 'At reduce rate. Tickets limited to July 15; on sale May 15 and 16, inclu sive, for $60.00. Good going via Los An geles and returning via Ogden, or vice versa, if desired. Or one may go and return via same route for same charge. Thos. L. King, Agent, Santa Fe Route, ZTopeka. Ice, Ice, Ice. Telephone R. E. Jones Phone 430 and get prompt delivery, courteous treat ment full oroio-ht -1 1 I 1 n. i tom prices. Office 117 E. Norris, North Kansas City and Return $2.00, via the Santa Fe. The Elks are going to Kansas City j iiursuaj iw give nomeo ana Juliet. good returning 28th. Six trains a day in Topeka Carpet Cleaning Works, next ko joiumoian Duiiaing. 'Pnone 789. Hutchinson and Return $4.65. Via the Santa Fe. Tickets on sale April 24, 25, 26 and 27. limited to May L The Popular Sailors this season Is the email sailor; get them at Mrs. Court ney 's. Entertainment Fridav evening. Anril ISth; 100 people will take part. MEMORY OF A. J. ARNOLD. Topeka Druggists Adopt Appropriate Resolutions. The Topeka druggists, at a meeting of which A. B. Woolverton. was chair man, adopted the following resolutions in memory of the death of their co-laborer, A. J. Arnold: Whereas. In the eventful course of human existence it seems necessary for the soul of man to ripen and in due season take its departure for other spheres, there to more fully expand In to the perfect idea of the Infinite Creator, and. Whereas, One of our craftsmen. Bro ther A. J. Arnold, whom we all re spected as a man of noble traits of character, has finished his earthly la bors and has gone to his well gained quietude and peaceful hereafter; we, his fellow craftsmen of the mortar and pestle, will ever hold in fond remem brance his virtues as a brother, a citi zen, and a Christian. Resolved, That we tender our sym pathy and consolation to his dear ones who are left behind, believing that God will be merciful to them as time goes on and that they will fully realize the great gain that has come to the one they now mourn as dead. A BOOM IN SILVER. Bar Makes a J ump of If early a Cent in New York New York, April 26. Bar silver was quoted today at 61, a rise of c since yesterday. The last time that It ruled around present figures was November 5, 1898, when it touched 61. The de mand local dealers style as speculative, the speculation being carried on in London. Cable advices reported silver a feature in the London market today and that rupee paper had Jumped from 66 at the opening to 67 in the early trading. RISE IN COPPER Is Stopping Many Industries in England. Birmingham, Eng., April 26. The enormous rise in the price of copper is playing havoc with the leading Indus tries in the midlands. At Kynochs, batches of hundreds of men have been discharged since the rise in the price of the metal began and now instead of 4,- 000 men only 2.000 are at work there. The government has decided not to give any more orders for cartridge shells while the present prices prevail. and orders have been issued stopping all the work possible. The electrical fitting firms are losing business for the same reason. PRESBYTERIAN MISSION. Women's Society Holds Its 29th An nual Meeting. Pittsburg, April 26. The twentv- ninth annual meeting of the Women's Foreign Missionary society of the Pres bytenan church, was formally opened today in the East Liberty Presbyterian church. Nearly 600 delegates from 51 Presbyterian societies in the synods of Atlantic, Baltimore, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee, were pres ent. The opening session was taken up with the annual addresses of the pres Ident, Mrs. Turner of Philadelphia and the reading of the annual reports. The reports showed total receipts of $150, 000. In the home department the total number of young peoples and childrens organization is 3.6S3, divided as fol lows: 1,539 auxiliary societies; 1,022 bands; 811 young people's societies of Christian Endeavor; 230 intermediate societies and 81 Sunday school organ! zation. During the past year the foreign de partment carried on work in the follow ing countries: Africa, China and among the Chinese and Japanese in California, India, Japan, Korea, Siam, Mexico, Persia, South America and Syria. The society has supported 163 mis sionaries and in addition the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor contributed in part to the support of 20 male missionaries. There are two magazines published under the auspices of the society and during the past year 35,000 copies were circulated monthly. Death of Mrs. Mclrvin. 'Atwood, Kan., April 26. Mrs. Katie A. Mclrvin, wife of Dr. Will C. Mc lrvin, a physician and the only drug gist of this city, died here last night from the effects of cancer. Mrs. Mc lrvin was well known in Kansas City and St. Joseph. G.A. B. Reunion at Hutchinson. $4.65 for the round trip via the Santa Fe, April 24, 25, 26 and 27, limited to May 1. Comfortable and Economical. The tourist sleepers that leave Topeka daily for California via Santa Fe. Friday evening. April 28. Crawford's Opera House. Old-fashioned Quilting Bee Donation Party. Admission 10, 20 and 30 cents. Save Your Neck And wear collars that have no rough edges. We do them. American Steam Laundry, Tel. 341. Also at Courtney Baxter,' 617 Kan sas avenue, south. California $32.50, via Santa Fe Route. The Peerless Steam Laundry has put on the latest device for smoothing the edges of collars and cuffs. The Sailor that everybody wants, at Mrs. Courtney's. We mend and sew on buttons free, 'American Steam Laundry. Tele. 341. 1 s Francisco, Los Angeles S32.50 1 Via the Rock Island Route. BUNGLING BODIES Kansas Legislature Fails In Explicit Law Making, But Succeeds Wonderfully In Mad Blundering. WALKS AND DRIVES Will Receire Attention by Ex ecutive Council. In a Conference at Kansas City Thursday. Railroad Assessors to TIew Railroad Property. The state insurance department is in deep trouble because the last legisla ture evidently crippled the power of the superintendent of insurance in shutting insurance companies out of the state. Law-making is the function of the legislature of Kansas but bungling seems to be its principal characteristic. Good laws have been ruined in the madness caused by the amendment fe ver during the sessions and many good, old reliable and important laws have been virtually destroyed by the latter day statesmen who, regardless of the constitution and the advice of lawyers plunged recklessly into them, striking out important sections and inserting provisions to apply to some individual case. This method of doing things Is re sponsible for the destruction of a law which prohibited unauthorized insur ance companies from doing business in Kansas. This law was passed in 1871 but the legislature of 1S99 passed a new law, one section of which hits the old law in the solar plexus. The old law says: "It shall be unlaw ful for any person, company or corpor ation in this state, either to procure, re ceive or forward applications for insur ance in any company or companies not organized under the laws of this state, or in any manner to aid in the transac tion of business with any such company unless duly authorized by such com pany and licensed by the superintend ent of insurance in conformity to the provisions of this act; and any person violating the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of $500 for each offense to be collected as other penalties under this act." This law imposed a heavy fine for the writing of business for unauthorized in surance companies in Kansas but the last legislature comes to the front with a new law introduced by Senator Hen ry Zimmer of Wyandotte county. This law which was passed during the closing hours of the session pro vides that persons procuring policies of insurance in companies not authorized to do business in the state shall pay in to the Insurance department 10 per cent of the premium thereon. This law repeals all acts or parts of act in conflict with its provisions which of course destroys in the old law what ever provisions not in exact accord with the later enactment. The rule of the courts in Kansas is that the stat ute last enacted shall govern. This new law works not against the unauthorized company, but practically admits un authorized companies to do business in the state and attaches the penalty for such violation of the laws of business and decency to the policy holder, the insured, who is required to pay 10 per cent upon his premium to the depart ment. TO PAY TEACHERS. Governor Stanley Comes to the Res cue of College Professors. The suspension of J. N. Limbocker and C. B. Hoffman, secretary and chair man of the board of regents of the state agricultural college, pending investiga tion by the legislative committee, made it impossible for these two officers to sign the vouchers for the salaries of the teachers and professors in the institu tion. These employes have been going without their pay for some days, but the governor came to the rescue and has made an order which will enable the collection of the salaries due. The governor has written to the sus pended officers giving them authority to sign the vouchers for salaries, and the investigation will be resumed this afternoon, at which time the authority expires. FOR THE TEACHERS' "COURSE." State Board of Education's Require ments For Accredited Colleges. The state board of education ad journed Tuesday night after establish ing the requirements for the accred ited colleges, under the new law, in the teachers' course. The following state ment of the work of the board exhibits the requirements which have been fixed 1. A course of twenty weeks in his tory of education. 2. A course of ten weeks in philoso phy of education. 3. A course of ten weeks in school law. 4. A course of ten weeks in school management. '5. A course of ten weeks in methods of instruction. 6. One teacher's course of twenty weeks in some other department of the institution, which must include: (a) A broad review of the field in which the course is given; (b) A development of the principles involved in the successful teaching of the subject and its correlates in the secondary schools of the state: (c) A study of the comparative value of authorities and methods and the uses of material aids in teaching; and, ir possible, d) Actual practice in teaching for not less than ten weeks. ON THE WALKS AND DRIVES. Executive Council Will See Contract ors in Kansas City. The executive council has not reached a decision concerning the future of the walks and drives in the state house grounds which have not been completed by the Kansas City contractors because the work already done is not satisfac tory. The council will not accept the work as it now stands and the members are of the opinion that the plan and character of the work is not a success. The state board of railroad assessors goes to Kansas City tomorrow morning to view the railroad property in the Kansas City yards and while there the members of the executive council will confer with the walk and drive con tractors to see what can be done to ad- Just the difficulty now pending be tween them. The walks and drives have been a dis grace to the state ever since they were built. Enough has been spent on them to have paved them with alabaster. The executive council has an oppor tunity to make a record. Boston Fire Admitted. Superintendent W. V. Church of the Kansas insurance department today is sued a license and certificate of author ity to the Boston Fire Insurance com pany. This is a new company in the Kansas field. Inspector For "Wichita Governor Stanley has appointed George Koch to be deputy grain in spector at Wichita. The grain men at Wichita have announced their inten tion of violating the law because of this appointment. Senate Journals Next Week. Secretary J. w. Morphy has com pleted the work on the senate Journal, except reading a small quantity of proof after which the volume will go to the binder and it will probably be issued next week. The engrossed Journal has been completed and will be filed with the secretary of state today. WONDERFUL CIRCUIT. New York, San Francisco, New Orleans, Chicago, Topeka and Thirty-Four Other Cities Receiving News at the Same In stant. At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon the State Journal was receiving Associated Press news over one of the most re markable press circuits ever operated' in this country. It extended from New York through the State Journal tele graph office to San Francisco, and also down to New Orleans in the south, thus putting the Journal office in direct com munication with the Atlantic ana pa cific coasts and the principal interme diate cities, as well as the larger cities of the southern states. At that hour connectionsweremadeat Denver, Chicago and Cincinnati that put 6.000 miles of wire into one circuit, witn thirty-nine principal cities of the United States in direct communication witn each other. After a few minutes preliminary ad- Justing of telegraph repeaters, the San Francisco office told the operator at New York that the Morse dots and dashes were reaching him in good shape and for him to proceed with the news "All right," came back from New York, quick as a flash. "I have a couple of items I think will be of interest to San Francisco." He then proceeded to send several items about trusts. After this our old friend, "embalmed beef," bobbed up to harass about forty oper ators already tired from a hard day'i work. This brought the experiment to an end. This is the longest press circuit ever worked and was made possible by the splendid copper wires used in the Asso ciated Press' leased circuits and the fine condition of the weather all over the country. The following offices were copying the news at the same time it was being re ceived in the State Journal office: New York, Washington, Youngstown (O.), Cleveland, Toledo" Detroit, Fort Wayne (Ind.). Chicago,. Indianapolis, Terre Haute. Evansville, Louisville, Cincin nati, Columbus, Dayton, Springfield (O.). Zanesville, Nashville (Tenn.) Memphis, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Bir mingham, Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans, Peoria (111.), St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Joe, Omaha, Topeka, Wichita, Denver, Salt Lake, Ogden (Utah), Reno (Nev.) and San Francisco. LOOKS LIKE COULTER. Will Probably Be Elected Department Commander O. A. R. En campment News. Hutchinson, Kan., April 26. Hutchin son is full of Grand Army men, and the prospects so far promise an unusually large attendance. The Topeka crowd, headed by Major Tom Anderson, ar rived last evening and it is understood are united in the interest of Major O. H. Coulter for department commander. On the surface it appears that the editor of the Western Veteran will have a walkaway. The friends of Mr. Fagan, the oppos ing candidate, say, however, that they have the assurance of a strong support, and that they are going to win. The Topeka crowd will not try to se cure the reunion this year, but will concentrate their strength toward elect ing their candidate for department com mander. Holton and Concordia are the only candidates for the reunion so far announced. The encampment opens up lively to day, all of the organizations holding business sessions until noon. Yesterday the council of administration of the G. A. R. received the report of the assist-, ant adjutant general and assistant quartermaster general, which are be ing audited by committees. The first members of the Sons of "Veterans encampment arrived yester day and include large delegations from Brownell, Great Bend. Russell and other western towns. The division com mander, John Redmond of Burlington; and staff came on No. 5 last evening, accompanied by the greater part of the eastern delegates. The only candidate announced for commander of the Sons of Veterans is L. B. Price of Mulvane. There is plenty of material for the other offices, but no active candidates. The Sons of Veterans and Ladies' Aid society have headquarters at the Bruns wick hotel. The boys and girls of the city schools will line up this afternoon .along Main street and greet the old soldiers with a patriotic demonstration during the parade. CONDENSED PROGRAMME. G. A. R. encampment commences at 9:30 a. m., at opera house. W. R. C. encampment commences at 10 a. m., Methodist church. L. of G. A. R. encampment commences at 9 a. m., A. O. U. W. hall. S. of V. encampment commences at 9:30 a. m.. Armory hall. L. A. S. encampment commences at 9:30 a. m., G. A. R. hall. 1:30 p. m. Parade. 3:00 p. m. S. of V. and L. A. S. trip to salt works and reformatory. 7:30 p. m. General campfire at audi torium. THURSDAY. All encampments in business session all day. 7:30 p. m. W. R. C. exemplification of ritual at Armory hall. 7:30 p. m. Campfire at opera house. FRIDAY. Closing sessions and installations. Crawford's Opera House April 23, Friday evening, Modocs will sing. San Francisco, Los Angeles $32.50 Via the Rock Island Route. ANNIHILATED. Continued from First Page.) Hospital corps Private Paul Gom- pertz. WOUNDED. First Idaho Company C, Private Geo. B. Manning foot slight. Fourteenth infantry Company A, First Sergeant George Wall, hand slight; Company E, Private Bertie A. Lowe, arm. slight; Private Allen M. Shelledy, cheek, slight. Thirteenth Minnesota Company F, Private Ira Towle, arm, severe. First South Dakota, 22nd, B, Privates Cheney, head, severe; 24th, B, Sergeant Charles A. Butler, ankle, slight; Privates Paul Weiss, forehead, slight; L, L. C. Dean, neck, severe; Alex. S. Joble, hand, severe; 25th, B, Sergeants Arthur S. Emenson, hip, slight; I, Oliver C. Lapp, leg, severe: L, Quartermaster Sergeant Anton Jurish, elbow, slight; E, Corporals Chris L. Myer, shoulder, slight; F, Wm. Reaman, leg, slight; B, Privates Frank H. Goeble, knee, slight; James Gibb, shoulder, slight; D, John Murphy, face, severe; E. Thomas Cole man, head, slight; G, Charles Wagner, head, slight; I, Herbert A. Putnam, knee, slight; K, Dan J. Ranous, knee, slight; Guy E. Skinner, knee, slight; E, James H. Davis, foot, slight; Robert W. Hawkins, back, slight. First Nebraska, 24th, C, Second Lieut W. G. Lungan, eye, severe; Artificer John Roller, arm. moderate;F, Privates Charles I. Cad will, thigh, severe; L, M. O. Legg, abdomen, severe; George Wageck, neck, severe; 25th Major Frank D. Eager, foot, severe; C, Cor poral Charles Bromstock, foot, mod erate; E, Privates David Gillespie, shoulder, slight; I, Lucis W. Pangborn, knee, severe; L, Willard Carter, fore arm, slight: Francis Mason, neck, se vere; Harvey Majors, shoulder, severe. Fifty-first Iowa, 24th, Major Wm. J. Duggan, arm, slight; C. Corporal Louis Wyland, thigh, moderate; M, Private John Besm, leg, moderate; 25th, B, Privates John Kennan back, slight; D, Nathan E. Hodges, leg, severe; Elmer Narvae, shoulder, severe; H, Patrick H. Dwyer, leg, slight. Utah artillery, D, Corporal Marintz Jensen, abdomen, severe; Privates Fritz Buemiller, abdomen, severe; John B. Raman, knee, slight. Hospital corps Private Charles H. Slater, foot, severe. Twentieth Kansas, K.Sergeant Arthur C. Snow, forearm, severe; Private Wal ter A. Hubbard, foot, slight. First Montana, H, Musician Wm. Pat ton, neck, slight; Privates Joseph E. Wette, forehead, severe. Sixth artillery, D, Private Nels D. Tornquist,. hand, slight.- ANTHONY VS. HOOK. Fighting Leavenworth Editor After the Federal Judge. CoT. D. R. Anthony is making a fuss in the Leavenworth Times about Judge Hook presiding in the next trial of the Hillmon case, and an effort is being made to drag the question into the sen atorial fight, to make capital against Senator Baker. Col. Anthony alleges that Judge Hook owns a controlling interest in the Leav enworth Standard, the Democratic pa per which caused the defeat of An thony's candidate for mayor of Leav enworth in the spring election, and this is the cause of his grudge against Judge Hook. Col. Anthony claims that Judge Hook purchased a controlling interest in the Standard in the name of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Staley. and that Judge Hook and his law partner, John H. Atwood, the well known Democratic attorney, are the real managers of the paper. While the appointment of a federal judge was pending, Col. Anthony fought Judge Hook on the ground that he was the owner of a Democratic paper which he used to fight Republicans whom hs did not like. But Hook was appointed through the efforts of Senator Baker, who refused the appointment for him self. Anthony is a supporter of Baker, which makes a complication. Now Col. Anthony calls attention In a double leaded editorial to the fact that Mr. 'Atwood, with whom Judge Hook has recently been associated, has been retained as one of the counsel for the plaintiffs in the Hillmon case, and that the Standard has announced that Judge Hook will try the case himself. The editorial further says: '"Judge Hook's newspaper has referred many times to the Hillmon case withim the last year or two and has uniformly spoken maliciously against the defend ants and everyone who dared to ques tion the legality of the claim." On account of these allegations An thony claims that Judge Hook can not give the insurance companies in the Hillmon case a fair and impartial trial. In answer to the statement of An thony that Judge Hook is running a Democratic paper, the Standard says that Col. Anthony himself tried to pur chase the Standard during the last campaign, and stated that he would place it under the control of a Demo cratic substitute, but the secretary of the Standard company refused to fix a price on it. Now the Lawrence Journal tries to drag Senator Baker into the fuss by calling attention to the fact that Ba ker once bolted the Republican ticket and stumped the state for the Demo cratic party. "If Baker can openly fight the ticket and then be rewarded with a United States senatorship," asks the Journal, "why shall not Hook own a Democrat ic paper and fight Republicans he doesn't like?" GOV. BARNES HERE. Oklahoma's Chief Executive Visits the Kansas Capital. Governor Charles M. Barnes of Oklaho ma is in the city today on what he says) "is private business." "I am here on no political mission and simply visited the state house to call on the governor and other state officers," he explained to a Journal reporter. Be did not see Governor Stanley owing to the fact that he is in Hutchinson at tending the state G. A. R. encampment. SEIZE 5,000 CIGARS. Revenue Officers Make a Capture of Bogus Stamped. Goods at Leavenworth. Leavenworth, April 26. The internal revenue officers yesterday and today seized nearly five thousand cigars, stamped with counterfeit stamps, that were found in the city. The cigars were manufactured by the Lancaster, Pa., cigar manufacturers that have been flooding the country with bogus cigar stamps and silver certificates. The cigars which were seized repre sent different brands, but all were man ufactured by the same firm. They were found in the possession of several dif ferent business houses in the city. Your linen left spotless. American Steam Laundry. 112 West Seventh. Y Telephone itx. IIOIITON. Horton, lApril 26. Superintendent Dyche of the public schools is meeting with a good deal of opposition owing to the fact that he has secured the ser vices of Senator Mason to deliver the commencement address at the opera house next month. The radical Repub licans say that they do not care to listen to a talk from an anti-expansionist and the professor is therefore being criti cized. Ed. Fitzsimmons, who has held a po sition in the C, R. I. P. shops, has been given a position by J. W. Fitzgig gon, who was formerly assistant super intendent of motive power and equip ment, but who accepted a better sit uation with the D. L. the first of the year. Mr. Fitzsimmons will be fore man of the shops at Scranton. Horton is on a small boom. There is not an empty residence in the city nor a business house unoccupied. Two years ago there were no other kind. Miss Bessie Fluke is much better and it is thought she will soon be able to take up her work at the shops. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mitchell left yes terday for their new home in Indiana. Bert Howard has rented his house and will move in the first of the month. Ford Hovey is able to take his place at the bank. He has been sick with pneumonia for the past two weeks. Cashier George Hovey of the Bank of Horton was in Topeka the first of the week. t Mrs. John Hill, who lived in Horton several years ago, but who is now mak ing her home ir Chicago, will shortly return here to make her future home. Assistant Superintendent Studer is out on the west end of the line on a tour of inspection. He will likely be gone the rest of the week. The Horton shops were assessed at $60,000 by the board of visitation. Two new air lifts for handling car wheels have been placed in the yards at the C, R. I. P. shops. "MADE IN COFFE V VILLE." Kansas Pottery Firm Sends Out Its First Shipment of Tugs. Coffeyville, April 26. A local pottery works this week sent out their first shipment of pottery ware. It embraced jugs, crocks, bowls and every kind of pottery goods. The ware is burned to a beautiful brown glaze, and pottery ex perts claim that its quality is unex celled. The natural gas makes the best fuel of any for burning pottery. The kiln burned contained 10,000 gal lons of pottery and each piece bore the "Made in Coffeyville, Kansas," stamp. TODAY'S MARKET REPORT. Furnished by the Associated Press to the State Journal. Chicago. April 26. WHEAT Perfect weather in the wheat belt and better crop prospects were the chief influences in the wheat market to day. May opened :U14c lower at 71'?ic and declined steadily to 70fie. J illy started a shade lower at 72'&72I,4C and sold off to 71c. Liquidation and short selling came to a halt around 11 o'clock and July rallied to 72c. .Chicago received 45 cars. Minneapolis and Duluth got 202 cars, against, 398 cars for the same day a year ago. CORN Corn ruled easier in sympathy with wheat. Receipts, 109 cars. May ruled Vsc lower at 34a34Hc. OATS Oats declined under heavy real izing and talk of increased acreage. Re ceipts, 134 cars. May opened l-sc lower at 26c and eased off to 2614(f;c. PROVISIONS Liberal receipts of hogs and lower prices at the yards weakened provisions. May oprk opened 2c lower at $9 and declined to $S.97. May lard ruled 5c lower $5.15. May ribs unchanged at $4.7(il4.72H- KAliLEY-Cash. 3SW44C. RYE Cash, 58c: Ma v. 5Sc; July, 56c. TIMOTHY October, $2.65. Chicago Livestock Market. Chicago. April 26. HOGS Estimated receipts of hogs to day, 32.000: tomorrow, 28.000; left over, 4.SS5. Market weak to 5c lower. Mixed and butchers'. $3.75fi3.97; good heavy. $3.87 (&4: rough heavy, $3.65:ti3.75; light, 3.921A. CATTLE Receipts.14,000. Market steady. Beeves. W'iaS.tiO; cows and heifers. $24: Texas steers. $3-75&4.75; stockera and feed ers. $3.oOtfi4.75. SHEEP Receipts, 12.000. Market steady. Sheep. $3.505: lambs, $4.50&5.15. Yesterday's official: HOGS Receipts. 21,044: shipments. 6.052. CATTLE Receipts, 2,400; shipments, 2, 108. SHEEP Receipts, 2O,4S0; shipments, 2, 734. Range of Prices. Furnished bv J. C. Goings. Commission Merchant. 112 East 5th St., Topeka, Kan.. receiver and shipper of trrain: Chicago, April 20. Article. Open High 1-ow Close Sat. WHEAT May 71- 71 70 71 71 July 72-72 72 71 72V4- 72 Sept 71- 71 701i 711- CORN April 33 33 May 34 34 34 34 3'- July 34- 35 34 34"4 34- Sept 3514- 35 35 35- 35 OATS April 26 2C-14 iviav 2b-k Zlrfe l?j zu'.i, JV.,---q July 24 2414 'M 24- 24I- Sept 22Vs 22V 21 22 216 pen;" April 9 00 9 00 May 9 00 9 05 9 87 9 00-02 9 02 July ...9 15 9 20 9 15 9 17 9 20 Sept 9 35 9 35 9 35 9 35 9 35 LARD April 6 17 C 20 May 5 15 5 17 5 15 5 17 5 20 July 5 27-30 5 32 5 27 6 30-32 5 32 Sept 5 40-42 5 45 5 40 6 45 5 45 RIBS May 4 70 4 72 4 70 4 70 4 70-72 May ...4 85 4 85 4 So 4 85 4 S5 Sept 4 95 4 97 4 95 4 97-60 4 97 KANSAS CITY WHEAT May 64 64 63 64V 65 July 6514 65!z 64 6515 6o5 Kansas City Livestock market. Kansas City, April 26. CATTLE Receipts, 7.OU0. Market strong. Native steers. $4.40ft5.30: stockers and feed ers. 13.735.65: bulls, $3&4.10: Texas steers. $3.75(ti4.55; native cows and heifers, Wiii.GO. HOGS Receipts, 15,000. Market steady to shade lower. Bulk of sales. t3.60tt3.70; heavy. $3.65(3.80: packers. $3.60rg3.70: mix ed, $3.554i3.75; light. $3.45&3.70; yorkers, $3.603.70: pigs. $3.2003.50. SHEEP Receipts.5,000. Market strong to 10c higher. Lambs, $5ftz5.75; muttons, $3.75 REPRESENTATIVE SALES. No. Wt. Pr. 65 native steers 1585 $5.30 20 Texas steers 1(40 4.55 55 native cows and heifers 760 4. 30 stockers and feeders 505 5.65 8 bulls 650 4.10 Kansas City Produce Marks: Kansas City. April 26. WHEAT About steadv. May. 6114c; July, 6oVrC. Cash: No. 2 hard. eJH'abTc: No. 3. 63'a65c: No. 2 red, S2c; No. 3." 75 80c: No. 2 spring, -ri67c: No. 3. 2fi4c. CORN Firm. May. 33Hc; July. 32Hc. Cash: No. 2 mixed. S2ft33c; No. 2 white, 34T34iAc: No. 3, 344c OATS Firm. No. 2 white. 3!g31c. RYE Steady. No. 2, oSfec. HAY Timothy 25c hieher: choice, tS.ToH 9.25: choice prairie, $7.75fJ8.50. BUTTER Steady. Creamery, 14Q19c; dairv. 15c. EOGS e lower. Fresh, 11c. Grain Letter. Furnished by J. C. Goings, Commission Merchant, 112 East 5th St., Topeka, Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. Chicago, April 26. WHEAT Wheat ruled weak early on fine weather and more favorable crop bul letins, which were published in the morn ing papers. There was renewed liquida tion in May. The signal for recovery was the Improvement in local cash circles. The cheaper grades of wheat advanced 5lc relatively. There was at least 125,000 bush els of wheat worked here, that amount being done by this house. New Y'ork again reported a heavy export business, but from reliable advices received we do not believe it has amounted to much more than 40 loads each for the past two days. Ocean freights scored another fractional advance. It looks as if the market would have another turn for the better on the cash situation. Irb such an event damage reports will have more consideration. CORN Corn steady and firmer. Local shorts, notably Patten, were covering freely. Fine weather and wheat weakness were against the price early. Clearances were large, and now that navigation is formally opened stockes here will decrease, sharply. Receipts continue, light. It looks as if corn had reached its lowest level for the present. OATS Oats started easy on fine spring weather. They recovered on the good cash situation, sales here being 2o0.000. bushels. May keeps at a big premium over July, due to the demand. Receipts are light. PROVISIONS Provisions have been firm, even when the grain markets have been weak, prices about where they left ofC last night. It has been a changing mar ket entirely, except that there was a long line of ribs sold bv one of the private wire houses. There were 33.000 hogs, with 27. 000 estimated for tomorrow. Prices were 255c lower. The urgent May liquidation must be over, as the carrying charges show an inclination to become narrower than they were. For this reason we don't look for any decline. J. F. HARRIS. Ranges of Prices on Stock. Furnished by J. C. Goings. Commission Merchant, 112 Bast 5th St.. Topeka, Kan., receiver and shipper of grain: New York. April 26. Stocks. Susar Op'nHigh LowCl'se !Yes 172l 169l 169'171i4 People's Gas Am. Tobacco 12714 12S 127 127i:12K 224 I 22t 224 224 74H. 731,4 73HI 73H 224 Leather Pfd B. R. T 7414 mi l.J 131! 135 V 131 Federal Steel csu: 6. h. C. B. Q. St. Paul Rock Island 144V 12S 117 20 61 50 123 93 140 161 120 23 63 52 79 M, 46 79 6SU. 144 129 1 117H 143 143 144 12SH 128 11B 117 20' 20 61 61 50i 50 122 1 123J 92 I 92 114 '139 162 161 II914 120 I2NI4 116 Atchison Atchison Pfd 20 62i 20 ,61! 60 Mo. Pacific Manhattan 12314 122 Western Union 92 -M 141. 93 140 N. Y. Central.. C. N. W Jersey Central. Reading T. C. I No. Pac No. Pac. Pfd Union Pacific IJ. P. Pfd L. N C. W Pacific Mail 161V. 11 HVi 22 120 23' Z2fl -J 64 6.314 63V, 63 63 62 52i2 79 46 52 78 4V 79 68 791 47' 9 46 7:t 793 681 '68 15: 15 52 39 1514 15 1 62 52 39 39 39 M..K. T. Pfd 3914 39 39 'Frisco 2nds 39 Joseph's Tips. Furnished by J. C. Goings. Commission Merchp.nt. 112 East 6th St., Topeka, Kan, receiver and shipper of grain: New York, April 26. Foreign houses will probably buy 10,000 shares on balance. Traders may try to make capital out of government crop report, which for the week shows a somewhat tardy condition of affairs. Grangers for this reason may yield one per cent on pressure, consequent ly those who sell them for a quick turn should not stand on the order of bagging profits a:i soon as an opportunity presents Itself. On the other hand. Manhattan is likelv to have a rally. There is nothing outside of bear contracts on which to bull Manhattan. People" Gas Is good for an other substantial advance. If Metropoli tan Street Railway should sell off moder ately because of the alleged disappoint ment as to the tunnel scheme, those who buy it on such declines are certain to make money later on this season. By miosum mer Metropolitan wili be selling very high. The Flower party is confident of B. R. T. they insist it is booked for an other sharp upturn. The buying of Sugar is extraordinarily confident and the stock gives promise of selling very his-h. .Money is easv. Long stocks are becoming dis lodged and speculative purchases are in evidence. New York Money Market. New York, April 26. MONEY Money on call, steaay. at 3 per cent: 'prime mercantile paper. SH(?74 per cent: sterling exchange steady, with actual business in banker' bills at $4.87? 4.87 for demand and at $4.85rt4 85 for 60 days; posted rates. $4.8f'i4.S6 and $4.87 4.S8: commercial bills, $4.S4'?i4.S4. SILVER Silver certificates. 61'361c; bar silver, 61c: Mexican dollars, 414c. BONDS Government bonds firmer. 2s, registered, 100: 33. registered. 10S; coupon, 10; new 4s, registered, 129; coupon. l.A; old 4s. registered, 112; coupon, 113; 5s, registered, 111; coupon, 113. Sugar Market. New York. April 25. SUGAR Quiet: fair refining. 3 3-16c; centrifugal 96 test. 4r; molasses sugar, 4 l-16c. "Refined firm: crushed, 5c; pow dered. 5c; granulated, 514c. COFFEE Steady. No. 7, 614c Cotton Market. New York. April 26. COTTON Spot cotton closed steady, middling uplands, 6c; middling gulf, 6c. Sales, 220 bales. Market Gossip. Furnished by J. C. Goingn. Commission Merchant. 112 East 5th St., Topeka. Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. Liverpool opening cable: Wheat d lower. Paris: Wheat opened 20 centimes lower, flour unchanged. Chicago: Navigation is practically open. The Geo. N. Orr cleared for Buffalo yes terday. Liverpool. 3:30 p. m. Wheat d higher. Paris close: Wheat 525 centimes lower, flour 5 centimes higher. Chicago receipts: Wheat 45 cars, graded 11 cars: corn li. cars, graded 8 cars: oats 134 cars, graded 15 cars. Receipts of bogs: Kansas City, 14,000; Omaha, 9.500: Chicago, 31.000. Crop reports from Farmers' Review, based on returns from 400 correspondents, as to winter wheat: Illinois, damage 15 to 75 per cent, average about 30 to 50 per cent, large acreage will be plowed up.: Indiana, damage 20 to 50 per cent: Kentucky reports generally favorable: Missouri, condition fair to good; Ohio reports very good, con dition 90 to 100: reports from northern Kansas not Mattering, although some re ports show fair returns; central Kansas runs from poor to good: In northern Kan sas, from good to extra, poor. Kansas City cash market: No. 2 hard wheat, 66c, nominal: No. 2 mixed corn.31c nominal; No. 2 mixed oats, 29f29e, nom inal. London: Options d lower, wheat car goes easy. The four ports cleared wheat and flour equal to 485,000 bushels; corn, 690,000 bush els. Chicago: The explanation of this ad vance is the cash demand. Chicago: 200.0jO bushels white clipped oats sold by one broker today. This has helped the May option, which is relatively stronger than July or September. New York: 30 loads wheat for export, mostly spring for United Kingdom. Chicago: Puts July wheat, good all next week, 08c: calls, 77c; puts July corn, 31c: calls. Sc. Minneapolis flour sales yesterday, 45,000 barrels, half for export. Liverpool close: Wheat d lower, corn d lower than yesterday. Antwerp: Wheat closed steady and un changed. Topeka cash market. 11 a. m.: No. 2 hard wheat. 59 pound test, 65c. Minneapolis receipts, 2ii9 cars; last year, 290 cars; Uuluth receipts, 3 cars; last year, 108 cars. Kansas City receipts today: Wheat, 40 cars; corn. 32 cars: oats, 6 cars: last year, wheat 63 cars; corn. 52 cars: oats. 9 cars. Atchison earnine-s for March net il.lia 8T.9. increase $144,413: for nine months net earnings increase $856. 9i6. New Y'ork: 45. loads of wheat and 50 loads of corn taken for export todav. Kansas City cash market. 1:10 p. m. No. 2 hard wheat, 59 test. 66c: No. 2 mixed corn, 32ii33c: No. 2 mixed oats. 2914c Topeka cash market. 1:30 p. m. No. 2 hard wheat. 59 test, 64i4c. Chicago: Puts July wfieat.71'Sc; calls. 72c; puts July corn. 34c; calls, 34c; curb July wheat, 72V4&c. Minneapolis close: Wheat, May 69c. July 71c. September 68c. Duluth close: Wheat, May 71c, July 72c, September 71c. St. Louis closing: Wheat cash 76c; April 76c; May 77c, July 71c asked; corn, cash 34c, May 33c bid. July 33c bid: oats, cash 28c, May 27c asked; July 24 e. New York close: Wheat. Mar 77c bid; July 76c, September 6o; corn. Mar 39c; July 3S.c 1 I
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TOPEKA STATE JOURXAIj, WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRIL. 26, 18991 oocxxx-xoxxxx-xxx WE HAVE IN FLOWER SEED S ICS Mignonette, Verbena, Balsam, Aster, Pansy, Phlox, Sweet Alyssum, Moon Flower, Canna, Japanese Morning Glory, Poppy Carnation, Cosmos, Portulaca, Nasturtiums, Caladiums, Cypress Vines and Tomorrow we will have some more Tuberoses in, and while they last we will sell two large bulbs for five cents. Come early if you want any of them. PETER HEIL SON, 210 West Sixth Street. KOHL'S RHEUMATIC CURE. This is a sure cure for Rheu matism, Gout, Lumbago, and all diseases caused by Imparities ot the Blood. PEEPAEED OKLT BY j Charles W. Kohl, Ph. G., X PHARMACIST, 223 Saxisas Ave., TojaSa, Zas. f Price Sl.OO. W. R. WEIBLE, Carpenter. Repairing Promptly Attended to. 1 17 East 7th St. Tele. 781 Rest and Health to Mother and Child MRS. WIXSLOWS SOOTHING STRVP has been used for over FIFTY YEARS BY" MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETH I NO. with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS. AL LAYS ail PAIN. CURES WIND COLIC and i3 the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by Drug-ertsts in every part of the world. Be sure ar.d ask for "Mrs. Win dow's Soothing Syrup." and take no other kind. Twenty-five cents a bottle. WcTI Do Your Hauling Right. TOPEKA TRANSFER CO., 509 KANSAS AVENUE. Office Telephone 320. House Telephone 395. F. P. BACON, Prop. tSee me about storage Q RAND OPERA. HOUSE ONE NIGHT. SATURDAY. APRIL 29th, famous French farck Tlie I'm not so slow I'm French, you know.' Orictnal Scenerv from Manhattan Tneatr. w York 'J be Season's Sensational Success. A noted caat, including Isabella Everson. Ada Hearer. Jane KeitJartli. Marion Bailou. Lillian t'oieaian. Sitrnor Perug ni. Georze Holland. Hudson Llstnn. t lrlc Cotiln-s, Louis Imhaas and lm uortant otLers. Prices-Sl.00, 75c, 50c, and 25c. Sea;s on sate at Mai drug atore, Wednesday mornirst at i o'clock. MUNICIPAL SALOONS Advocated in a Petition by the Toledo Pastors' TJn ion Toledo. O.. April The Toledo Pas tors' union at a meeting today made a move toward sanctioning: the municipal ownership of saloons for this city. The matter created considerable dis cussion: the majority of the pastors seemed in favor of the idea. It is probable that a petition will be sent to the city council looking to some legislation on the subject. 532,5a $32.30. The above greatly reduced rate has fceen made by the Union Pacific to Cali fornia po uts. Through tourist sleeper, quicker time than any other line. For tickets and full information call cn F. A. Lewis, city ticket agent, or J. C. Fulton, depot agent. 60 For $1.25. The Lucke Rolled Clirar, S:ra Drug Co. Ta. ta. razrr-edge collars. We put on smooth edge. Peerless Steam Laun dry. 112 and 114 West Sth. Made in Topeka and equal to the best Gypsy Queen Baking Powder. viueen Seattle, Wash, $2S.S5, via Santa Fe Route. Colorado Springs and Return $19.00 via Santa Fe Route $19.00. A low rate for early vacation Tickets on sale May 16 and IT. bearing limit of June 30. Particulars may be had on application to T. L. King, agent To peka, To Helena, Mont, Only J2S.S5, via. Santa Fe Route. Gourds, Petunia, Double Daisy, Sweet Peas, Cannas, Gladioli. 5 OCXXXlOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOi SOUTH TOPEKA. Pumps and repairing, phone Pratt 60S. S. L. Courtney returned today from Rossville. Mr. Tibbals has moved his jewelry store to Oskalooea. Miss Ella dinger returned last even ing from a visit to Oklahoma. Miss Elsie Fry of Junction City i3 visiting her sister, Mrs. J. Sanderson. Spwial bargains are offered in Shoes, by The Leader. 813 Kansas avenue Go to C. E. Lyon, D. I. S.. for line dental work at popular prices. Office 611 Kansas avenue. TeL S5S. There will be service this evening at half-past seven in the Church of the Good Shepherd instead of Thursday evening. Miss Mabel Tinsley returned to her home in Missouri today after a visit to her aunt. Mrs. Fred Morgan of 1324 Taylor street. Miss Amelia H. Zart and Mr. Edgar F. Plato were married last evening by Probate Judge Dolman at bis home, 122 West Gordon street. Mrs. Will Christopher and little son went to their farm near Berryton today to join Mr. Christopher who has been there for several weeks. Mrs. Charles Wolcott and daughter, Jeanette, have returned to their home in Atchison after a visit to Mrs. Wol cott's daughter, Mrs. L. A. Ryder. Mr. Hogaboom of the North Star grocery has moved his family to this ide and they- are now living in the Hughes property at 922 Harrison street. Mr. Miller and family have moved to this side and have rented the Riordan property. Mr. Miller having purchased the stock of groceries from Mr. Drol linger. The Elmont school.Mr. Joseph Burdge teacher, closed yesterday for the sum mer vacation bv eivinK an entertain ment, which was participated in by the pupila. R. N. Purcell of the U. P. freight office who has been here since last fall. moved his family here from Emporia this week, and they have gone to House keeping at 1413 Qulncy street. Kenneth Clark was given a surprise party Tuesday evening by a number of his friends. Those present were Misses Ida Taggart, Emily Hewitt, Doris oner man. Bessie Gunn, Lillie McCormick. Annie Gunerd. Stella Mitchell. Miss Taggart, Messrs. Herman Buechner, Wiil Tasreart. Homer Offleld. Tom Sum mers. Milton Elliott, Walter Spear and Charley Shorey. Miss Minnie Nihart and Mr. Edwin Stanley, both of North Topeka. were married last Saturday evening in tne parlors of the Divine Healing Mission, corner of Fourth and Jackson streets. Rev. Charles F. Par ham officiating. Only the relatives were present. Mrs. F. A. Beeler has sold her prop erty at 142S Topeka avenue to Jacob Albright for $1,300. A new society under the direction of Mr. A. S. Palmer has been organized and will be known as the People's church. A hall at 1008 Kansas avenue has been newly papered, painted and fitted up with platform, carpets and electric lights. Services will be held there every Sunday at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday school at 2 o'clock. Mr. Mellinerer is superintendent of the Sun day school with Mr. Robert Wear as as sistant. The Industrial school will meet here from two to four every Saturday afternoon. The Argonaut club held its regular meeting last evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Nicholson. 919 Van Buren street. Miss Minetta Burdge had thelessonfortheevening.the close of the Pelopr.nnesian war. By a popular vote the club decided to study French his tory next year, and the president. Rev. W. B. Hutchinson, appointed Miss White and Miss Loop to assist him in selecting a text book. Two papers were read, one by Miss Loop on "Thucyd ides" and one by Mrs. Nicholson on "Greek Music" who also gave several piano selections of the music To Strengthen Washington. Washington, April 26. Manager Ir win today traded Catcher Farrell and Third Baseman Casey to Hanion for Pitcher McFarland. Catcher Heydon. and InHelder Cassidy. Pitcher Mercer will be used In the outfield hereafter and O'Brien will probably replace Hu len at short. The poor showing of the Senators has discouraged the local pat rons, the receipts for the four Boston games being- the poorest recorded here at the opening; of the season. Sloan Takes Another. London, April 26. Sir Waldie Grif fith's bay filly Styria. ridden by Tod Sloan, won the Wilbraharn Plate at Newmarket today in a field of four horses. The betting was 4 to 1 on Styria. 300 Houses Burned. Budapest. April 26. About 300 bouses of the town of Gula. in the Korabon dis trict, have been burned. The charred remains of seven women and four chil dren have been recovered from the ruins, but it is feared there are more victims. Go to Crawford's Opera House Fri day evening. April 2S. and see the so ciety ladies in the Quilting Bee. The Modocs will sing the whole evening of fun and pleasure. 10, 20 30 cents. ENFORCETHE LAW Governor Will See That Grain is Correctly Inspected. Law Provides That State In spector Mast Do the Wort. IS NO WEAKENING. Arrests May Be Made If Grain Men Are Obstreperous. Nearly All Dealers Accept the State Appointments. T. Li Ewan and J. C. Goings are standing alone in their fight against Thomas Cross, who has been appointed deputy grain' Inspector for Topeka. J. G. West Co., D. N. Thompson, Thom as Page, Willis Norton Co., proprie tors of the Inter-Ocean mills, and C. W. Hoyt, all dealers In North Topeka, held a conference today and announced that they would support the appointment of Mr. Cross, and stated further that they have no complaints to make against the appointment. Governor Stanley does not propose to be trampled upon by men who are dis posed to take Issue with him on the subject of appointments, and Intends to see that the law Is enforced. The talk about having a private Inspector Is foolish, because the law does not permit such transactions and recognizes only the work done by representatives of the state inspection department Attorney General Godard, under the law, is the legal counsel for the state grain inspector, and he has power to en force the law. This will be done if vio lations are attempted. Announcement of such intention comes from the state house today. Section 14 of the law la as follows: "The inspection or grading of grain in this state, whether in or out or ware houses, elevators, or in cars, barges, wagons or sacks, arriving at or shipped from points where state grain inspectors are established, must be performed by such persons as may be duly appointed, sworn and have given bond under this act, and any person who shall assume to act as inspector or weigher of grain who has not been appointed or qualified in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misde meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be- punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500, or Im prisonment in the county jail for not less than three months nor more than six months, or both such fine and im prisonment, at the discretion of the court, for every such offense so com mitted." Section 13 says: 'The chief inspector of grain and assistant inspectors and weighmasters shall have exclusive con trol of the weighing and inspecting of grain in all public warehouses, and all places where grain is weighed or in spected under this act, for the purpose of inspection of scales, and the action and certificates of such inspectors and weighmasters shall be conclusive upon all parties interested." The law provides that the state shall not be liable for a deficiency in the sal ary of the Inspector because sufficient fees are not collected to pay him the amount fixed by law. This means that the local department must be self-sustaining. It Is suggested that Mr. Ewan's plan Is to withdraw his support from the department hoping that the lack of fees to sustain it may result In its abolishment, a step which may be taken at the discretion of the chief inspector. On the other hand the deputy inspector may accept, in lieu of the stated salary the amount of fees collected for the work performed. The fee for inspecting shall not be more than 25 cents per car. The same amount is fixed as a maximum for weighing grain. If the Capital Elevator company mar kets its grain it must be graded and handled by the state inspection depart ment. There is no inspector west of Topeka consequently the only inspec tion which may be made is in this city. Of course Mr. Ewan can make agree ments with his patrons that they accept his weights and inspections but the Kansas grade can not be made upon the grain except by the inspectors of the Kansas department. C. W. Hoyt said today: "If Mr. Cross can do the work that Is all we ask. We have no fight to make against him. We simply want a fair Inspection." F. W. Fraslus. the state inspector, says Ewan did not order him to stop In specting grain for him. He also says: "There is no way in which the Kansas law can be evaded successfully. It is plain and wheat to reach a market In accredited shape must pass through the inspecting department." MILES AND ALGER. Both Call on the President But Not at the Same Time Washington. April 26. Secretary of War Alger and Major General Miles both saw the president today. They arrived at the White House within a few minutes of each other, but did not see the president together. Secretary Alger was already with the president when General Miles arrived and the latter waited fifteen minutes until Sec retary Alger had emerged from the private room. He was then admitted and remained with the president for ten minutes. When he left the White House he declined absolutely to discuss the ob ject of bis visit. This is the first ttme General Miles has called on the presi dent in six weeks. The Inter-Coilegiate Debate. Washburn college meets Baker uni versity in joint debate Friday evening. April 2S. at Topeka. on the question. "Resolved. That the action of the United States in adding the Philippines to our territory was wise." Admission 25 cents. Only $2&85 To Portland. Ore., via Santa Fe Route. Tour linen left spotless. American Steam Laundry, 112 West Seventh. Telephone 341. 10O For Sl.OO. Lucke's Rolls at Sim Drug Co. OA TO ZlIAa Stars the Bifaatsxe at yf IBS Too IBM AHBfl Tin lies Ym Haw Htwara BatigS ASTOXtlA. yf Ths Kind Ysg Haw Bigistare of oast Bears th. j9 i& M Uv AiwaTS Bag Bigaatoxo at SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS Sunday, May 15, is Prohibition day In Kansas. The soda fountains are dispensing ice cream soda. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Pigg are the parents of a daughter. Topeka wheelmen are preparing to have a big race meet in June. The merchants have begun to display base ball and tennis goods. People are beginning to talk about Sun day afternoon band concerts. George Stansfieid. who has been quite sick, is somewhat better today. The Republican Flambeau club holds its semi-monthly meeting tonight. The roads are improving since the late rain. Another rain would help them. Frank Holt has been deputy clerk of the United States circuit court for Is years. Smokers are praising the Chaun.-ey M. Depew cigar, sold by the Sim Drug C. Workmen are digging out the improvised cinder walks in the state house grounds. The walls of the offices in the Santa Fe general office building are being repainted. Five ice wagons were doing business in front of the Santa Fe offices this morn ing. Edgar F. Platte and Amelia H. Zart were married by Judge Dolman last even ing. The Bovd Cadets left In a special car for Hutchinson last night over the Rock Isl and. The seat chart for the Industrial Feder ation entertainment is now open at Row ley's. Senator John Martin will return from his visit In Tennessee the first of next week. Miss Marian Darlow. the child violinist, will give a benefit concert at Unity church May 9. A doxen new bicycles, not heard of be fore this year have been placed on the local markets. Jake Falls has taken a position in the au ditor of freight receipts' office of the Santa Fe. Dr. C. B. McAfee of Parkville college is In attendance at the Presbyterian mission ary meeting. The sale of seats for "The Turtle" at the Grand Opera House Saturday opening this morning. Thomas H. Bain Is attending the annual district convention of the L O. O. F. at Norcatur, Kan. By defeating the All Stars last night, the Santa Fes lead again in the T. A. A. duck pin contest. The new fish law makes It a misde meanor to catch fish by means of a net or seine at any time. The scenery on many of the public lawns at present consists largely of "Keep Off the Grass" signs. The walls of the county Jail are receiv ing their annual repairs where the plaster has been knocked off. Dr. Theo. W. Peers, the newly appointed city physician, will move his office into the city building on May 1. Henry Allen Is apologizing for his attack on the state house janitors. What has become of Allen's backbone? Claim Attorney Hamilton of the Santa Fe is arranging to move his family from Fort Madison, la., to Topeka. Marshall's band has commenced to prac tice for the summer concerts. Mr. Mar shall promises much new music. A Topeka philosopher remarks that the reason there is always room at the top is because so few ever get there. A Topeka man walked twenty miles Tuesday and succeeded In killing two ducks about 'as big as snowbirds. The Topeka lodge of Elks is talking of taking Marshall's band to the national convention of Elks in St. Louis in June. Judging by the amount of household goods being hauled around town the an nual moving period is now upon Topeka. A peculiar sight today was a carpenter going to his work on a wheel with several long boards and some tools under his arm. A coach load of Topeka veterans left over the Santa Fe for Hutchinson Tues day to attend the state encampment of the G. A. R- The man who Is accustomed to pushing a baby carriage will be in trim to begin the annual wrestle with the lawn mower in a short time. There were eighteen bicycles besides a tandem in front of the high school build ing this morning. Sometimes there are more than that. The judges of the northern department of the appellate court are in Topeka in consultation. They will hand down a batch of opinions tomorrow. Herbert Robison now has a clerkship in the state department of agriculture, taking the place of J. C. Mohler. who was ad vanced to the chief clerkship. "Rubber Neck Jim" is the name of the latest cake walk and two-step. It is by John W. Bratton, the man who wrote "The Sunshine of Paradise Alley." Mrs. Violet Butler McCoy was called to the home of her mother in Pawnee City. Neb., yesterday by a teiea-ram announcing the dangerous illness of her brother. A few of last year's straw hats have ap peared on the streets. In ordinary years by the last of April the hat dealers have done a thriving business in straw hats. A St. Louis weather prophet predicts "regular Vulcan storms in Kansas next week. He says there will be more thunder and lightning than at any time during the year. A large crowd of Topeka Elks w:il ac company the performers in "Romeo and Juliet" to Kansas City Thursday. The Santa Fe has been made "the official road." Emil Sauer. the celebrated pianist, who wiil be at the Coates House In Kansas City one week from next Monday night, will be heard by many Topeka music lovers. Library hall will soon cease to be a hall and will be transformed into the reading room of the library. The present readirg room on the first floor will be fitted with shelving. People living in the western part of the city are already complaining of flower thieves. A number of choice bulbs and plants have already been stolen If rom vari ous yards. April seems to be a popular month for weddings. So far this month Probate Judge Dolman has issued 45 marriage li censes, which is considerably above the average month. The Flambeau Bulletin asks why the Twentieth Kansas should not be received with a grand fireworks display" by the Flambeau club when it returns from the Philippines. Why not. indeed? John M. Torrence, chief clerk In the car service department of the Santa Fe. who suffered a paralytic stroke several months ago. is now in Chicago. He is gradually recovering the use of his limbs. "Eagle s Nest" was put on by the Ar nold VC'olford stock company at the Craw ford theater last night. The specialties of Miss Mae Sailor and Mr. Bertram Mil ler proved especially entertaining. W. H. Wilson. Jr.. and Miss Lulu C. Conweil of Auburn were married Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. M. C. Ing performed the ceremony. Mr. Wilson is an employe of the Santa Fe roundhouse. W. P. Wilcox, night watchman at the state.house. is colonel of the Sons of Vet erans guard, the uniformed rark of the organization in Kansas, and he has gone to Hutchinson to attend the state encamp ment. One jointist was seen walking up and down the street Tuesday and when asked if he was .worried he said: "Yes. 1 have to keep out here in sight, for if I did not 1 would be arrested for running a joint sure." There was a sign painter at work today pail The inting a nana to point at a side door, fe scaffolding- he was standinsr on miwt have slipped, for when the hand was fm- lsnea it looked as it a cannon ball had struck it. People who like to take evening- rides on the street cars for pleasure alwavs want to ride in open cars, and thev don't see why the open cars are not run on more of the lines to Oakland and the asylum, for instance. It is estimated that Mr. James Moore has signed his name more times than any man connected with the Santa Fe road. He has be?n paymaster of the road for 27 years, and during that time everv pav check and pay roll has borne his signa ture. The Flambeau Bulletin gets Into the grain inspector controversy with this: "V,e wouid like to know who delegated one man to dictate the political appoint ments of this county, and whether that one man was authorised to substitute a Democraf if he couldn't get his choice for dupuiy grain Inspector at Topeka. We have Republicans just as competent as Igou."- qCINTOX PLAN ENDORSED. Builder Favors Erection of City Sail in Kansas Avenue, The Journal has received a copy of an Interesting letter sent to the council on the location of the new city hall. It is worthy of consideration and is as fol lows: Topeka, Kan., April 25, 1899. To the Hon. Mayor and Council of the City of Topeka: In this evenfng's Journal appears a diagram of a section of the city show ing the location of a number of plats of ground that are about to be offered for a site for the auditorium building and one suggestion from Mr. Quinton seems to strike me that for economy at least has its merits but I would suggest a still further use of the streets so as to include Tenth street, which is about as wide as Kansas avenue, cover the whole space and build piers for the sup port of the structure with arches over the drive ways and sidewalks leaving room to accommodate all travel on either street, also over the sidewalks with stairs located so as to allow of eight exists. The driveways of 40 feet on Kansas avenue and the same on Tenth avenue would leave abundant room for the piers, the stairs, the sidewalk passages and the piers and arches can be con structed so as to be ornamental and unique and be as durable as any method of construction. The hall would receive light and ventilation from all sides, and if It is desired to have more room than what Is afforded by the streets extend sufficient on one or both streets to ob tain the desired room which would add to the beauty of the structure and at the same time save the cost of ground which Is certainly worth considering, and the location although not so central as many might desire, is good. As to the driveways I would refer to those at the state house only somewhat larger. This plan would save the entire cost of ground and should be considered unless prices on lots should be so reasonable that the ground would not materially add to the cost of the structure. J. B. KUNGH, Fifty Years a Builder. HEIDELBERG'S STORK. tHeidelberg Cor. Chicago Record.l The stork has returned to Heidelberg a certain sign of the coming of good weather, apart from all other good for tune attached to him. There is but one stork in the city, known as "the" stork, and- his nest, so It is said, for almost a century has been on top of the chimney of a house fronting the main business street. Once, many years ago, the chimney, with the nest, was removed to permit some Improvements on the house, but when the stork came back he disapproved of the change and re fused to settle in his old nest, which had been placed on another house. So much public feeling was aroused over the matter that in the end the nest was put back in its original location, where it has remained ever since. One other misfortune has occurred in the domes tic affairs of this famous stork. Some years since his mate was shot and for two or three years he seemed Inconsola ble over his loss, and it was thought he would die. True, at one time he found another mate, but his devotion to her was never so marked as to the first, nor did he spend so much of his time with hr. The cause of this lack of attention was revealed when it was discovered that he had yet another mate in a town not many miles distant. AGUINALDO ENTRAPPED. (Ramon Reyes Lala (a native Filipino) in the Independent.) Aguinaldo can neither go forward nor backward. He cannot fly to the hills of northern Luzon, as he pretends: for there are the Aetas. and the fierce aborigines, who hate him and his Tagalogs bitterly. He cannot go southward, for here are the visayas: and these also are the natural enemies of the Tagalogs and would there fore resent the leadership of the arch rebel. Indeed the Visayas have already manifested their hostility to Aguinaldo. and if he were once so unfortunate as to fall Into their power there Is little doubt what his fate would be. So the Filipino rebel is as it were between two fires. He can neither advance nor retreat. It Is true that with a few thousands of his followers he can lead his American pursuers a lively chase, but there can now be but one result and that Is his final dtjfeat and capture and of this he is well aware. I believe he should be hunted down at once. Security In the civilized part of Luzon la impossible as long as he remains' at large to foment Insurrection. With Aguinaldo dead or captured the rebellion is at an end. for he is the soul of the re volt. Its animating spirit, its brain and guiding hand. The other generals are not to be feared. They have acquired their prestige and influence through their chief and their reputation is but the reflected lustre of his fame. When his sun declines their stars will sink into sudden night Aguinaldo Is the man, and he must be taken. A NOVEL WILL. TFrom the New York Press. W. F. Hague of Ness City. Kan., had an original way of bequeathing his ef fects to his heirs. He requested that all meet at his house at a given time after his death and open the safe, in which he kept his valuables, which they were to divide equally. To each of the heirs was told a part of the combination, and accordingly the safe could not be open ed till they were all there. The heirs all met at the appointed time. The combination failed to work, and a me chanic was called, who, after about ten hours work, opened the safe. The com bination was found to be slightly dif ferent from that given. There evident ly was a purpose in this, as the com motion and interest over the forcing of the safe made It morally certain that none of the heirs wouid fall to hear of it. Four thousand five hundred dollars were found in the safe. The heirs are happy. If you have piles, cure them. No use undergoing horrible operations that simply remove the results of the dis ease without disturbing the disease it self. Place your confidence in DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. It has never failed to cure others: it will not fail to cure you. Geo. W. Stansfieid, W. H. Wilson, A. J. Arnold Son, A. J. Kane Co. Hutchinson and Return $4.65. Via the Santa Fe. Tickets on sale April 24, 25, 26 and 27. limited to May 1. Portland, Spokane and Butte $28.85 Via the Rock Island Route. Quick, good work. American Steam Laundry, 112 West Seventh street. Tele phone 341, WABTED-HSLP. MAN OR LADY to travel and appoint agents. Established firm. W per month and all exoenses to start. VI f r Box 828 Chicago, 111. WANTED Position as nurse girl or to asist with housework. Address or call Alice Howard. 341 Shawnee ave., Potwin. UOILP like a position as housekeeper where children have no mother; must be of rather well-to-do- familv: will take charge of jwwir.g. Don't object to living in the count rv. Address Mrs. E. Brown, Wakarusa. Kan. WANTED By white woman, work clean ing house by the day. Address Eva, care Journal WANTED Work by carpenter. Call or address 1311 Kansas ave.. North Topeka. WA2JTKD 7EXALB ETJEELP. WANTED A good German or Swede girl for general housework; references re quired. 1105 Tyler st. WANTED At once, one good dining room girl at U. P. hotel. North Topeka. WANTED Waist makers. Mrs. Mercer, Crosby Bros. WANTED Girl for general housework. 618 Monroe st. WANTED White girl for general kitchen work. 204 West Sth at. WANTED Kitchen girls. Apply south east corner 8th and Qulncy. WANTED Experienced girl at once; no washing. 401 Tyler St. WANTED 6 laborers, $1.50 day. American Emp. Co., cor. Sth and Kansas ave. WANTED Painters. 908 Kansas ave. H. C. Lang. WANTED A man with team to work up a bread route. S15 Kansas ave. MANAGER Good business manager with SI. 500 for Topeka. Active man or wo man with this amount will learn of an ou portunity to make $200 per month from the start. Investigate. Novtta Co.. 7 Dearborn st.. Chicago. WANTED SAXJESMEM. WANTED Salesman: salary pais week ly; experlenc. unnecessary! naraiaasufc Brown Bros. Co., Chicago. WASTED AGENTS. WANTED Agents to represent "The London Rough Diamond Syndicate." Call on "Diamond Mac." Hotel Oxford. No agents after Saturday. RELIABLE MAN to handle agents for teleohone tablets and specialties: pays $".0uo a year: enclose stamp. Victory Mfg. Co.. Cleveland, O. AGENTS WANTED For "The Life and Achievements of Admiral Dewey." the world's greatest naval hero. By Murat Halstead. the lifelong friend and admirer of the nation's idol. Biggest and best book: over 500 pages. 8x10 inches; nearly 100 pages halftone illustrations: map in colors: only $1.50. Enormous demand. Big commissions. Outfit free. Chance of life time. Write quick. The .Dominion Com pany, Caxton Bldg., Chicago. WANTED MIBCE LT, A TiKQTJS. WANTED Boarders at the Riblet House: pleasant rooms and good board; will sell meal tickets at $2. io: must have a house ful to meet my expense. Mrs. R. Riblet. WANTED 200 colonies of bees. Topeka Bee Supply House, 1064 West Sth st. WANTED A cow to milk for her feed. Address Cow, care Journal. WANTED Good driving horse: must be fast and stylish. Call 'phone 726 WANTED Cisterns to build and repair. Phone 81. Capital Repair Co., 223 W. 6th. WANTED Two or three unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping, on ground floor, by man and wife. Address F. S.. care Journal. WANTED Gasoline stoves to olein. SI. guaranteed for season; old burners re- f laced by improved new burners. 'Phone 13. Hull Stove and Repair Co.. ill E. 8th. BTJSINES3 CHANCES. MONEY furnished to patent your Ideas The Patent Record. Baltimore, Mi FOB. BENT HOUSES. FOR RENT New modern 9 room house. 921 Monroe. FOR RENT 6 room house, $10 per month. Norris. 1122 West Tenth. FOR RENT 6 room house. 1123 Taylor St. Apply to Benedict Co. FOR RENT S rooms, bath and bam, first class. Inquire 404 Clay St. FOR RENT Nine room house, modern, Topeka ave.: eight room cottaee near Washburn college. Tel. 437-4. T. S. Lyon. FOR SEHT-KOOM3. FOR RENT 2 rooms for light housekeep ing. 1st floor. 215 East Tenth st. FOR RENT Suite f 3 rooms, st 813 Kan sas ave., $S. Apply to Payne A Thomp son. 627 Kansas ave. FOR RENT 3 room, furnishde rooms for light housekeeping; no children. I&S Mon roe st. FOR RF1NT Pleasant furnished rooms. HSU West Sixth st. FOR RENT Rooms on first and second floor with board. Mrs. W. E. Rice. 127 East Norris, North Topeka. FOR RENT Pleasant furnished rooms, board if desired. 1021 Quincy st. BOARD AND ROOMS.S3.S0 per week: day board, $2.50. 120 W. 6th. Mrs. A. Brooke. FOR RENT Desk room at 817 Kansas ave. FOR RENT Furnished front room with board. 900 Topeka ave. FOR RENT Very pleasant furnished room. 421 Quincy at. FOR RENT Front parlor and bedroom, single or en suite. 118 W. (tb st. FOB, SAXE -MISCETLAJTEOUa FOR SALE Light wood cart, $15. Monroe St. 915 FOR SALE Pony, harness, single wagon, cart -and X plows. 15th and Chandler. FOR SALE A fine Jersey cow. Inquire at Bruner's news stand. 413 Kansas ave. FOR SALE Milk wagon, cheap: good as new. Address Milk Wagon, care Jour nal. FOR SALE-Six Jersey cows, some good milkers. lol3 Van Buren st. FOR SALE Cheap, If sold soon, one large baker's oven and untensils. one No. 2 Jeanut roaster: also household furniture, nquire at 609 North Kansas ave. FOR SALE Fine Jersey cow, cheap. Call at 445 Reno St., Topeka. FOR SALE Cheap, for two days only. elegant walnut bedstead and washstand. D. W. Nellis. Agent. FOR SALE 1 heavy work horse, $35. 1123 Kansas ave., south. FOR SALE Thoroughbred nicely marked fox terrier pup. Inquire at 213 East 6th. "Phone 204. FOR SALE W bu. sprouted onions, lor per bu.: call early. Miller Sl Co.. 933 Kansas ave. FOR SAL&rnsh cows, 1114 Taylor st. FOR SALE Two-seated carriage, cheap. 21 Lake si FOR SALE Horse, harness and wagon; good as new. at 1904 Harrison. FOR SALE Cheap, ene folding bed; one carpet. 1125 Polk st. FOR SALE Furniture of Fourth Avenue HoteL Building for rent. FOR SALE MO bu. sprouted onions. 10c per bu.: call early. Miller Co., 933 Kansas ave. cows. Van Wolff, SECOND HAND buggies and harness sold and exchanged. Hearick it Rea, car riage painters, 627 Quincy st- FOR SALE 100 bu. sprouted onions, ?0c per bu.: call early. Miller Co., 923 Kansas ave. FOR SALE Ten R-I.P.A.N.'S tor cents st druggists: on. iv. relief. FOR TfBTIHTi ESTATE. FOR SALE A home on paved street, west, close inside location. 8 rooms, city water, cistern shade, extra good barn, all public Improvements paid for. Price far below what would be expected. Terms If de sired. Inquire about this. J. E. TORRINGTON 111 W. $th st. FOB SALE Fensky's addition. lots. blocks, new houses, on time. Crane and Chandler. FOR SALE North Topeka. Taylor street. 4 room cottage, 2 lots, cellar, well, cis tern, barn. $u2S.uo. Topeka Realty Co., 534 Kasnas ave., H. Macferran, manager. FOR SALE I have 8 or 10 houses in vari ous parts of the city for sale on the rent purchase monthly payment plan. I loan money from one month to five years time. Frank S. Thomas. 5ul Kansas ave. FOR SALE On Fillmore. S lots. 5-rooms. $450.00. Topeka Realty Co.. 534 Kansas ave. M. Macferran, manager. MISCELLANEOUS. STALLS in good barn for rent at 421 Quincy St. CASH PAID for feathers, old or new. 307 Kansas ave. Tel. 74. F. P. Scraper. UNDERGRADUATE doctors. dentists. lawyers, pharmacists, practicing, gradu ated without attendance. Box 196. Chi cago. CARRIAGE PAINTING done by Hearick Rea. 627 Quincy St.; first class work guaranteed. "LOST AKO FOUND. LOST Very small brown and yellow fe male terler: reward for return to 635 Kansas ave., barber shop. LOST Lady's pocketbook with money and baby rtnirs: keeo money and return rinses. I 927 Madison St. STRAYED Brown mare about 9 years old, right front foot cut with barbed wire, weight about 9iW pounds, white star on forehead. li22 Kansas ave. FOUND Where watches or clocks are cleaned for 60c 113 Kansas ave.. upstairs. MONEY. $SO.O0.OM CHEAP If? NET for Investment. Agents wanted. Investors lists for aala. Investors Directory. N. Y. WANTED We want to make good farm loans In eastern Kansas. Money oa hand and every accommodation to bor rower. X. S. BOW-MAN A CO.. Columbian Buildlag, LOANS on pianos, typewriters, bicycles. guns, watches, diamonds and any per sonal property. 1 Biscoe. 523 Kansas ave. PALMISTRY. PROF. E. E. CLOVER, the living wonder of life predictions In scientific palmistry. Consult him on business, love and mar riage. Hours. a. m. to 9 p. m. Parlors at IIS W. 6th ave. Readings $1.00. MACHINE SHOPS. LAWN MOWERS sharpened. TSc: razors and clippers. Golden Rule, 614 Kan. ave. TIN SHOPS. J M. B4.IRD, hot air furnaces, pumps and tin roofing. 216 W. th- TeL $59. JEWELERS. JAMES B. HATDEN. Jeweler and On tlcisa. Complete stock of watches, dia. monds. silverware, etc Eys examinee and spectacles properly flttea- BICYCLE9. TOPEKA CYCLE CO., Ill W. ith St. Bicycles and sundries: bicycles and tandems for rent: repairing of all kinds. FLORISTS. MRS. M. E. HOLLCRAFT Florist. Tel ephone ureeuiiuuae i. urs J R HAGUE. Florist, s'jreessor to B. j. Groves. 817 Kansas ive. 'Phoa. 60Z, STORAGE. STORAflE-Th Topeka storage rnd Warehouse Co. fformerty Topeka Stor age Co.. 305 Kas. ave.) store stoves, house hold goods, etc On Jun. 1 remove to new fire-proof ston. building. 213 and Hi Kas. ave C D. Skinner. Prop. MUSICAL. oiano fofte teacher. 435 Tyler St. Grad ed course of instruction. MIS MABEL MARTIN, teacher of plane and harmony. 407 Greenwood ave..Potwln. PHYSICIAN AND SUBOEOHft. DR EVA HARDING. Homeopathlst, 629 Kansas ave. TeL. 402. L, A. RYDER. M. D. OFFTCH and residence, cornei Gorfln t and Ventral ave.. North Topeka. 'Phone j. T'sea th. Britikerhoff system of rec tal treatment, a successful and painless treatment for plies, fistula, nshuxe, u ce rati on. etc S. E. SHELDON. M. D. Surgery and diseases of women, wife private hospitaL Office No. 7a Kaa. ave. IDA C BARNES. M. IX Office 722 Kansas ave. Residence Thir teenth and Clay. Office hours: t a. m. to a. m and p. m. to 5 p. m. Telephone 538 residence and 16 office- WATCHMAKER. WATCHES cleaned. 75c: clocks. 50c: mainsprings. 75c: crystals. 10c. Cash paid tor old gold or silver. All work guar anteed. -Old jewelry exchanged for new. If bard up. see Unci. Sam. a!2 Kan. ava. FRESCO WORK. W. W. GILLESPIE. Fresre Painter. De signs and estimates furnished on all classes of work. 1714 West Fifteenth. To peka. Kan. Refers to his work in State Journal building. SPECIALISTS. DR. C. H. OUIBOR. Diseases of the Nose. Throat and Lungs. 76 Kansas ave. PAVING. THE OFFICE of the Capital City Vitrified Brick and Paving Co. Baa oeea removed to 118 West Eighth st- STAMPS, SEALS AND 8TENCTXS. High Grad. Rubber Stamps; prompt work, low price. Catalogue free. 'Phone 281 FOR SALE t good 425 East lltfa St.
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8 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, "WEDNESDAY EVENING, f APRIL 26, 1899. Willi will Hands and Limbs Covered with Blisters and Great Red Blotches. Scratched Until Almost Wild. Burned Like Fire. Sleep Impossible. CUTICURA Remedies Bring Speedy Relief and a Permanent Cure at a Cost of Only $2. I was a sufferer for eight years from that most distressing of tH diseases, Eczema. Z tried some of the best physicians in the country, but they did me little iff'J &fl.ff W&fiW&Lf fir almost go wild. I heard of Cun mV'l.vi cura Remedies, got them and gave them a thorough trial, and alter a few applications I noticed the redness and inflammation disappear. Before I had used one tax there was net m sign of .Eczema left. I can truthfully assert that 2.oa worth of Cuticura Remedies cured me. There has been no sign of its return anywhere upon my body since I wrote you I was cured, nearly four years ago. Hardly a month passes but what I receive a letter or some one calls and wishes to know how I got cured, if I had Eczema bad, and if the cure has been permanent, etc., etc.jl always take pleasure in en lightening them the best X can. T JOHN D. PORTE, Pittsburg, March i, iSoj Of John D." Port Co., Real Estate and Insurance, 48 Feurth Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. Th ajdnizin j itching and burning of th ikin, as la aczema 5 the frightful Scaling, as in psoriaaia tho loaa of hair and creating the scalp, as in acalled head ta facial disfigurement, as in pimplaa and ringworm, the awful suffering of infants and the anxiety of worn-out parents, as in milk crust, tetter, and salt iheum all demand a rasaady of almost superhuman virtues te successfully cope With them. That Remedies art such stands proven beyond all doubt No? Statement is made regarding them that is not justified by the strongest .evidence. The purity aad sweetness, the power to afford immediate relief' the certainty of Speedy and permanent cure, the absolute safety and great economy, have mads them the standard skin cures and humor remedies of the civilized world. The treatment is simple, direct, agreeable, and economical, and is adapted to tho youngest infant as well as adults of every age. Bathe the affected parts with hot water and CUTICURA BOAP to cleanse the surface of crusts and scales, and soften the thickened cuticle. Dry, tuithout hard rubbing, and etpply CUTICURA OINTMENT freely, to allay itching, irritation and in. ft-ammation, and soothe and heal, and lastly take the CUTICURA HE' SOLVENT to cool and cleanse the blood. This sweet and wholesome treat ment affords instant relief, permits rest and sleep in the severest forms of eczema and other itching, burning, and -aly humors of the skin, scalp, and blood, and points to a speedy, permanent and economical cure when all other remedies and even the best physicians fail. The SET, price $1.1$ i or SOAP, 25c; OINT MENT, 50c, and RESOLVENT, 50c (half size), may be had of all druggists and Stores where medicines are sold throughout the world. Send for How to Cure Vnna. free, of the Sole Prop.,POTTER DRUG CHEM. CORP., Boston, Mass. I THANKS TO THE CZAR Are Extended by the International Council of Women. Indianapolis, Ind.. April 26. May Wrigrht Sewall. honorary president of the National Council of Women, has addressed a letter to the czar of Russia thanking him in the name of 1.2r.000 women of the fritted States included in the membership of the council for his action in calling a conven tion of the representatives of all nations to consider the disarmament of the armies of the world. In her letter Mrs. Sewall savs: "The women of the council believe that what ever is most promotive of the best interests of one nation must in the end se cure the highest interests of all. They see In the maintenance and enlargement of the present standing armies of the world a menace to the highest civilization, to the finest culture and to the realization of Christian ideals. They therefore unite in the desire that his majesty's motives in convening a conference to consider dis armament may receive from all people the most generous interpretation. They unite in the hope that his majesty. In the execu tion of his benevolent designs, may enjoy the co-operation of governments of all civilized countries throughout the world." As the American member of the inter national peace and arbitration committee, lrs. Sewall is sending out the following plan for holding simultaneous peace meet ings throughout the world on May l.". "A universal and international demon stration is to take place in favor of. the t tPURC GRAPC CRCAH OP TARTAR POWOCR Awarded Highest Honors, World's Fair Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair CREATE good. The palms of my hands were covered, and would become inflamed little white blisters at first would appear, then they would peel off, leaving a red, smooth sur face which would burn like fire and itch well, there is no name for it. On the inside of the upper part of both my limbs great red blotches, .not uniute nives, would appear, and as soon as I became warm the burning and itching would begin. Nl"ght aft" night would lie awake all night and scratch and aims for which the peace conference that will open May 18 at The Hague has been called, together by the invitation of the czar. This demonstration will consist in simultaneous meetings of women held as much as posible on the same day (for which the 15th of May has been nx-?d), in most of the more important towns all over the civilized world. In these simul taneous meetings the women will proclaim their universal and unanimous will for the idea of peace and the promotion of the people of justice (instead of force) in the international relations of peoples. Besides, thev will interchange addresses of sym pathy wth all the other women gathered for the same cause at the same hour In other countries. "These meetings must be held, inasmuch as possible, in all the important towns of each country. The organization and exe cution ought to be centered in one hand, which also would taken charge of send ing and receiving the addresses ofsympa thy which will be exchanged between countries and which will have to be dis tributed to all places in the country where meetings will be arranged in time so that they may be read aloud during these meetings The addresses have to te sent beforehand (until the 8th of May) by means of the central committee of one country to that of all other countries, and will have to be forwarded to the different meetings in copies. "These meetings will indorse short reso lutions addressed to this and to the peace conference and the passage of these reso lutions has to be communicated before May 17 to the following address; "Vradescomite, Hague." KILLED OR KIDNAPED. Mysterious Disappearance Near Pasa dena, Calif. Pasadena. Cala.. April 26. Hillary S. Starr, superintendent of Oak Knoll ranch, has strangely disappeared and the Indications are that he was mur dered. His brother' Charles was assisting- him in fixing a pump half a mile from the ranch house. Charles went to his cabin to put on his working clothes and when he returned twenty minutes later Hillary was nowhere to be found. A lantern carried by the missing man was found smashed to pieces, and not far from the door of the pump house there was evidence of a fearful struggle having taken place. The tall grass was trampled down and scattered about were pieces of watch chain, some nickels and dimes, from the pockets of the superintendent and later on his revolver was found in trie vicinity. Tim Murphy Z1L Oshkosh. Wis.. April 26. Tim Mur- phy, the well known comedian, was ta- IT II All T Ull ,llll 111 1111111U tX 1 L t 111C t 1 I formance here last evening and is re- I ported in a critical condition. y. POTATOES FOR ALL Public Spirited Topeka People Fashing Pingree Plan. Every Poor Man Given a Chance to Work. FIFTY YOUXG LADIES Will Appear on the Stage at the Crawford To Help Carry Oat the Ideas of the Federation. Fifty of Topeka's young women will appear on the stage at the Crawford Friday evening. It will be the "debut" of many of them, although some have appeared in amateur theatricals before. Just what they intend to do has not been divulged, further 'than that they will give two comedies, which are prom ised to be very mirth-provoking. It Is the entertainment which is to be given by the Industrial Federation to raise funds for its public garden work. The work which Is being accomplish ed by the Industrial Federation of To peka will be commended by every one who understands it. Through the ef forts of this organization one hundred poor families already have gardens which are up and bid fair to be of material assistance in providing for the family larder during the summer months, and other families are being supplied with the requisites for gar dens every day. The federation has been organized only a little over two months, but it has already accomplished great things, tooth in the way of aiding the poor and Indirectly in improving the appearance of the city by having neat gardens made on vacant lots which heretofore have been used for dumping places for garbage or have grown up to weeds. During the first part of February a few men and women who wished to aid the poor of Topeka in helping them selves, met in Postmaster Guthrie's private office and started the federa tion. Among those present at the or ganization were Mrs. L. E. Thorpe, po lice matron; M. C. Long, pastor of the Third Presbyterian church; Rev. F. E. Mallory, pastor of the Parkdale Chris tian church; Dr. and Mrs. Palmer, G. G. Gage, P. W. Griggs, and Judge Guthrie. The plan of work Is similar to that which Governor Pingree started in his famous "potato patch" scheme of help ing the poor people of Detroit to plant potatoes. The idea has been to aid poor families who had no space for gar dening purposes and no money with which to purchase seed, to utilize the vacant lots of the city which usually grow, up to weeds, which either have to be cut by the city or else breed dis ease. By enabling such people to plant gar dens, several purposes are served. The families themselves are enabled to have many vegetables fresh from their own gardens, which they would otherwise go without, or else would not be able to procure until the vegetables were on the verge of spoiling and therefore un healthful. Half grown boys, who, if left to themselves, would probably be Into mischief, are given something to do, and many of them take a great in terest and pride in "their gardens." When a committee appointed by the federation presented the matter to the real estate men of the city and asked for the use of the vacant lots, the real estate dealers readily fell in with the plan. The appearance of the lots is im proved by the gardens, the weeds are kept down, and people are benefitted, so that the federation had little trou ble in securing the use of 400 vacant lots for this purpose. Many of these lots have already been planted to gardens and potatoes, and the balance are being rapidly assigned. As the season advanced the need for seed and Implements became pressing, and the federation has gone into debt to the amount of $35 for these, and more will be necessary. It is to raise the money necessary for this outlay that the entertainment is given by the federation at the Crawford on Friday evening. Applications for seed are made through some of the trustees of the or ganization. The membership of the federation is now about 75, and in each neighborhood some of the members are appointed as trustees to look after the needy families of that particular local ity. When a family which has been granted the use of a lot, needs seed al so, some trustee who can readily in vestigate finds out about what is need ed and the- amount the family can best utilize, and an order is issued on the store house, which is in charge of Rev. Mr. Parham, at the corner of Fourth t and Jackson. These orders are small in themselves for instance, a half doz en packets of assorted garden seeds and a half peck of seed potatoes, will be issued for a garden, but in the ag gregate they count up. In case of ex treme need garden implements are loaned, but these cost more money and the federation has not been able to make many purchases. Considerable time and work is being expended in getting up the entertain ment to be given at the Crawford on Friday night tc pay the expenses in curred by the federation. It is given under the direction of Mrs. A. S. Palm ed, who put on the same entertainment in Chicago. About 50 young women of Topeka will participate in it. There will be two comedy scenes entitled, "The Old Fashined Sewing Society," and "A Donation Party to Parson McHeney." In addition to these there will be mus ic by the Modocs, Topeka vocalists and the Commonwealth orchestra. The chart for the entertainment will be opened tomorrow morning at Row ley's drug store. CoL Stotsenburg's Successor. Lincoln, Neb.. April 26 Gov. Poyn ter has appointed Lieut. Col. Colton, to be colonel of the First Nebraska In place of Col. Stotsenburg killed in bat tle. The appointment was cabled to Manila, A Nice Sot. St. Petersburg, April 26. Emperor Nicholas will bestow a dower of 100, 000 upon Duchess Augusta Charlotte Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, on the occasion of her marriage to Prince Danilo Alexander, crown prince of Montenegro. CASTOR I A For Infanta and Children. The Kind Yau Have Always Bought Bears the r- t to1SWVTOre Ol I s9 "FLAG IS STILL THERE" Even If It Is Neglected by the State Officers. "'There's something there I believe," said one of the men as he formed his fists into a pioneer's spy glass and look ed skyward. "Is it a. sign of distress?" asked an other. "Y-e-s. At least it looks distressed." "I'll get a spy glass," said another and he ran across the street and came back with an eight section telescope and rested it on "the shoulder of the first speaker. "Wait till I get the range," he muttered. "Oh, say, can you see by the dawn's early light. "What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?" hummed an other member of the crowd as he intent ly watched the man with the spy glass. "I do hope that it does not foretell any impending catastrophe such as a re hearing of the Limberger case," said another. It might be thought that these per sons were scouting around Manila try ing to find Aguinaldo but such was not the case. Neither were they looking for the pennant of Dewey's flagship nor were they trying to decipher a Chinese puzzle. They were trying to make out the strange object that floated from the pole on the top of the state house dome. Some said it was a bandanna hand kerchief and others said it was a rem nant of silk to be used for a bathing suit and had been hung up there to dry. The man with the spy glass gave up his guess and handed the instrument around but none would bet two bits on the corner whether it was a piece of washing or a signal for the Manhattan Investigating committee to come home. The crowd hunted up one of the janitors and inquired from him what it was they were looking at. The jan itor explained that it was or had been a flag. It had not been through any bombardment nor had it been captured by the enemy. "Perhaps some one tore that piece out to make a patch for their trousers," suggested one. Where the piece has gone to can not be told but the lower right hand corner is missing. "Perhaps some day, my son," said a man in the crowd who was leading a boy by the hand, "you may see a nice large garrison flag floating from that dome. I say perhaps. If you live long enough. But it will probably not be in my day," said the man with a sigh as he moved away. It may be after janitors are found who have energy enough to take the flag down at night. 9 THEIR LUCKY NUMBER. Curious Coincidence ia the Wedding of a Young Couple in At lantic City. Atlantic City, N. J., April 26. A pe culiar coincidence has come to light in this city, in which a newly married couple has a run on number 9. The happy pair are Mr. and Mrs. Ber nard Heil. They were married last Wednesday (in which there are nine letters), the 13th of the month, at 9 o'clock in the evening, in the presence of nine persons. The bridegroom's age was 29, and the bride's 19. The size or the ring was 9, and its cost was in the 9s. The clergyman that performed the ceremony lives at No. 919 Pacific ave nue. The bride and bridegroom will re side at No. 119 Maryland avenue, the 9th avenue in this city. QUESTION OF RENTS. Man From Missouri "Wants to Be "Shown." An intervening petition has been filed by Willard R. Douglass, in the receiver ship case of the Trust Company of America. Mr. Douglass says in his peti tion that he is "a citizen of Missouri," but does not state that he must be "shown." He says that he Is the owner in fee simple of certain real estate in Jefferson county to the value of $5,000, but that the defendant trust company has possession of it and is keeping it from him. He claims to have been en titled to the rents since 1884, amounting to 16,000, and that there has been $1,000 waste. He asks to be given possession of the property and a judgment for $7,000. Died From Shock. Columbus, O., April 26. Sister Hya cinth of St. Marys of the Springs died last evening as the result of a shock on hearing of the death of Bishop Wat terson. She answered a telephone ring, received the message of the bishoo's death and suffered a paralytic stroke which proved fatal. Her former name was Mary Nugent and she belonged to a wealthy New York family, J' J PRISON PREFERRED To a Whipping For a Culprit by His Relatives. Evansville, Ind., April 26. Walter Mc Corkle, 22 years of age, married and divorced, refused a whipping in police court this morning and was sentenced by Judge Winfrey to the Indiana re formatory for from one to three years. MeCorkle comes of one of the oldest and most esteemed families in the city and seems to be a degenerate. Monday he stole a fine horse from his grand father's barn and sold it to a Gypsy for $12.50. The theft was traced to him and he was arrested in the "Tender loin" district. Yesterday he was given the alternative of taking a whipping by his grandfather or being sent to the penitentiary. This morning McCorkle's mother appeared in police court and de clared that she believed a whipping would do him no good, and that other punishment should be given him. "She's right," said MeCorkle; "let her go the other way." MeCorkle was then sen tenced to the reformatory on an in determinate sentence of one to three years. M'KINLEY IS BETTER And Will Make the Trip to Philadelphia. Washington, April 26. President Mc Kinley has almost completely recovered from his attack of neuralgia and this morning he took a half hour's walk on Pennsylvania avenue. He was unac companied. He walked leisurely and upon his return to the White House, felt much refreshed. There is no change in his plan to attend the unveiling of the Grant monument at Philadelphia tomorrow. But owing to the fact that he must bear the strain of the journey and attendance upon the exercises and functions which have been arranged in Philadelphia, he decided not to receive general visitors today. Only cabinet of ficers or those who had urgent business with the president were admitted. Capt. Coghlan will be in command of the Raleign when President McKinley pays his visit of state to the cruiser at Philadelphia. It has been determined that prior to the ceremonial visit, if at all, no change shall be made in the command as the result of the utter ances of Capt. Coghlan. The president takes the ground that it would be an unkind and unwarranted reflection on the officers and crew of the ship to ab stain from paying the visit which has been arranged for and occupies a prom inent place on the programme. FRYE IS SUSPICIOUS. Thinks Bead's Change of Base May Have Politics In It. New York, April 26. The World says: Senator Frye was asked last night what he thought would be the result of the Coghlan incident. He said: "It may result unpleasantly to Capt. Coghlan but I have no idea that a war with Germany will be the outcome. There will be no war. If Germany should wage war on the United States she would lose her best customer and would have a revolution on her hands at home within six months. "I believe that Speaker Reed intends to resign. I have been satisfied on that score for some time. "In my opinion Air. Reed's retirement is actuated solely by a desire to im prove his financial condition, and he thinks there is a better chance to do so in New York than in Maine. Still, I won't say that Mr. Reed has not also a political anchor to windward and real izes that New York offers many oppor tunities for political preferment. "The situation in the Philippines is not nearly so good as I should like to see it. When we were in Paris no one connected with the commission believ ed that more than five thousand soldiers would be needed there at any time. "I believe the Filipinos will soon learn that American governors are not like their Spanish predecessors. The idea is a false one. I am hopeful that the trouble in the island soon will come to an end. "About the coming presidential cam paign? I have not given it much at tention. In my opinion Bryan will be nominated by the Democrats. "Free silver will certainly be an issue if Bryan has his way, but it is my be lief that the issues of the war will be the features in the next presidential campaign. "What will the senate do in relation to Quay? I can't speak for all the sen ators, but I know that I shall vote to seat Mr. Quay." COTTON MEN MEET. Annual Session of New England Man ufacturers. Boston, 'April 26. The New England Cotton Manufacturers' association opened its sixty-sixth annual meeting today. President Stephen A. Knight presided. Four technical papers were presented at the forenoon session. Herbert E. Walmsley of New Bedford, and Arthur H. Lowe of Fitchburg dis cussed "Industrial institutions; their or ganization and regulation." Joseph Nasmith of Manchester, Eng., used "Depreciation" as a subject and Secre tary Woodbury presented a compilation of data upon the competition of south ern mills in 1850. AROUND THE WORLD. Chanute Man Makes the Trip in Three Months and 23 Days. Chanute, April 26. Mr. R. C. Raw lings returned home yesterday having made a most successful trip around the world In three months and twenty three days from Chanute to Chanute. He made a hurried trip through France and England touching at Paris, London and other cities of great interest. But went slower in Australia, Hawaii and other places. Buried Under Slate. Easton, Pa., April 26. Three men were killed today by a fall of slate in the Pen Argyle Valley quarry, at Pen Argyle, twenty miles from this place. Two hundred tons of slate and dirt fell into the hole and Edward Harding and Joseph D. German are buried under it with no hope or recovering their bodies inside of two days. A third man, an Italian, was cut in two. Lands With 75 Dogs. Christiania, April 26. A letter has been received here from Borchgrevink, in command of the expedition making an exploration of the Antarctic conti nent, dated Cape Adair, Victorialand, February 28, in which he says: "I have now landed on the great Antarctic con tinent with my staff, instruments and seventy-live dogs. The greatest disci pline has prevailed throughout." Bntte, Mont, $2S.S5 via Santa Fe Route. 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Chicago Medical Institute, Topeka, Kansasw ;conomy This Week is to be a Week of Bargains HIGH GRADE GOODS G0 AT PRICES S82 ElSJlVGBa m TEB Special Sale on Refrigerators. Carpets Marked Down 25 Per Cent, CASH Fine Conches, $4.50. or CREDIT. Large Oak Wardrobes, $7.00. J. M. KNIGHT, 714 Kansas Ave. X give my personal attention to my Undertaking:, at 406 Kansas Avenue. 'Phone 52. ELEVEN SUCCESSFUL YEARS. A large high grade institution. Superior system. Individual Instruction. Actual experience: the pupils receiving their own earnings. Day and night sessions, posi tions Guaranteed graduates. Lessons by mail a specialty. ANNA E. CANAN, 628 and 630 Kansas Avenue. OCEAN LINERS RACE IN. The TJmbria Beats the New York From Off Nantucket Lightship. New York, April 26. An ocean race took place between the old time rivals, the TJmbria and the New York. The officers of the TJmbria reported the race; the New York's officers did not men tion it. The TJmbria's lookout reported "An American line steamship dead ahead" at 7 a. m. off Nantucket lightship, which is 150 miles from New York. Her pas sengers soon noticed that the. engines seemed to take new life, and she began to shoot through the water more rapid ly. The New York's officers apparently discovered the Cunarder at about the same time, for a blacker smoke began rolling out of her funnels. The TJm bria gained steadily and at 10:30 a. m. passed her rival. At 4:49 p. m. she crossed the Sandy Hook bar, just twenty-three minutes ahead of the New York. The officers of the New York some how forgot to mention the sighting of the Cunarder in the extract of the log given out at quarantine; the officers of the TJmbria, on the contrary, carefully mentioned that at 10:30 a. m., in lati tude 40 degrees and 36 minutes and longitude 71 degrees and 1 minute, they passed the steamship New York. An idea of the speed made by the steamships is shown. by the logs from noon until the liners slackened down at crossing the bar into port. In 4 hours and 49 minutes the TJmbria covered 101 nautical miles, and the New York, in 5 hours and 12 minutes, traveled 100.6 miles. A FRAID OF THE 11001)00. A New York Justice Wouldn't Wed a Cross-Eyed Negress on Friday. New York, April 26. A Judicial decis ion that there is such a thing as a DELAY IS FATAL CONSULT AT ONCE DRS. JOHNSTOiN WALSH, America's Greatest Specialists. Permanently loeated in Topeka, Kansas Tr. H. Austin Johnston is a graduate of one of the finest Medical Universities in the world, and baa bad great experience in hospital and private practice. Br. Edward Walsh, formerly Chicago's leading specialist, is a graduate of Rush and Bennett Medical Colleges, and was formerly President of St Anthony's Hos pital. "Fits just like the Paper on the wall. tt You yc heard the above ex- pression a thousand times. 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