The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
June 3, 1899
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LAST EDITION SATURDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, JUNE 3, 1899. SATURDAY EVENING. TTVO CENTS. 11 1 WITHIN A MONTH! "York of Completing the State House to He Commenced. Not Necessary to IValt Until the LeTy Is Available. SUITRESS NUISANCE. Executive Council Will Im proTe Capitol Sanitation. Offices to He Changed by the New Arrangement. it "Well, this basement and engine room la cleaner than the senate chamber or the first floor of the state house." ex claimed Governor Stanley this morning us he sat down in a chair by the engine which runs the state house electric lixht plant. Smiles of satisfaction pnrt-ad over the faces of the employes of the underground part of the capitol as the governor continued to praise them for the absence of dirt on ma chinery, floors and walls. This has just been cleaned up," said u member of the council. "No, sir. This is the way the boys keep it all the time," said A. H. Nooney, state house engineer, with a shew of pride. The executive council was making a tour of the state house with a view of ascertaining the needs of the various departments seeking1 more room and to also get some idea of the work which wni oe done in the way of improve ments. The first work towards completing the unfinished parts of the building will be done immediately after July 1, the be ginning of the fiscal year. Then com mittee rooms and interior improvements will be completed as rapidly as possible. The members of the council walked through the building, starting at 9 o'clock, completing the long journey at noon. When the crowd reached the engine rooms the st tte officers were surprised. The two narrow boards forming a walk had been scrubbed; the eteps were scrubbed, too, and the cement floors were as clean and neat as a pin. The machinery shone like polished ebony and worked as smooth as a watch. There was no rattle: no jarring and the throbbing puff, puff" of the exhausts was all the sound which in dicated the presence of the boilers. An- not unusual. The mercury 'exhibited a tendency to crowd out over the top of the tube. At this point Governor Stanley stop ped to praise the employes. In conclud ing his visit he said: It would be a pleasure to me to find just once in my life the first floor where we have our offices to the senate chamber as clean as these engine rooms. It would be such a surprise though that I might not be able to withstand the shock." The members of the council then wan dered through the devious ways under the capitol. The members were shown where preceding administrations had le.t cinders piled to the floors above mountain high as some one expressed it. competing a force of men and teams to work all summer, up to date, to re move them and the work is now not half done; w here official neglect permit ted thi noriimnlnfi.,n h.vu.uuiu.ivii ui ucuiis arm where piles of trash have been permi--teJ to breed disease. Six months have been spent already in cleaning up this basement and the work will require that much longer. As to the nuisance which the Journal called attention to a few davs ago. the members of the council held their iioss while passing it. Let s go and examine it," said Geo Cole. I've seen it." said Georg-e Clark burrying on. I ve smelled it for a week," said Mr. Godard. Y t must naVP it taken out at once said Treasurer Grimes. i!,1 a?-JlWful r,Iac?." said Superin tendent Xeison. Governor Stanley elevated his head and sailed past the place ,Vt,'.-e'i etJV':r- come and see it." said t ole and Gotlard. Stanley hurried on. The members aughed and called to him. He pssel J,,r,J.'',aCe !mi thn witn a defiant air turned and said: "Mv office is ri-ht reVe' ThV ""V" thiS pla'e 'wn r;r,ri e is not an hur in en." We eaSHy teI1 of its Pres- Take it out at once," was the vote of the council. ui The council then went to the state li brary to examine the crowded condition of those rooms. The attention of th governor was called, by Mr. Godard. to ,,:S lZT"nt n,ed' "'Tary which is stuk into a corner of the library be cause of the lack of room i 1,l'rar'a" has been compelled to stop buying books for this library be- Mr" G.Idard' PUt them'" Said v,''VXeVe Kot as much usf for that 11 trar as a dog has for five tails" mused the governor. hy not have a library for the doc Godard.""11 '-"ye'rs?" sa.d Mr. norWe dn,t "eed iU" said the Kover andTd'!30' .Was donaJ the state caVV' sdaidt,1r"GaardCent r Cob? 6 "1USt taUe Care f U" said Mr- Th'ef.' .h"'" d that said Stanley. i Then the counc.l went to the state G m"a!17wea,dqU,arters to hear wht Com mander Coulter wants done for th museum. This will be given attention i tn! Cernrher SUPPUeS a'" The cause of this tour of the of- ?eeawhS ,0 l0,0k Ver lhe rooms a"d denaw sposlt'on can be made of the motions tS Seekm additl"a' accom The council has reached a partial agreement, which may be changed but as it now stands. Secretary F D Co burn of t?1 state department of agH- nor,he W,U he Jflven the in th north wung o the capitol. This in! offlcel of,efmi,re, flrSt flr under senary oTstatf 3Uin and n the rooms under the secretary of The rnbUt iety will be S to occuDieS1Sb SUthw est TOrner occupied by the state historical soci- thIhroomt0ical soc!ey wl be given jne rooms now occupied by the state Wd of health, and the state ilbrar enabling the society to cover the first floor from the south entrance to the east entrance. The state labor commis sioner may be moved to the offices on the west side of the south corridor, giv ing the historical society two additional rooms. The Kansas academy of science will be given the rooms now occupied by F. I. Coburn. The secretary, B. B. Smyth is now at work on a herbarium which will be mounted therein. The Goss col lection of birds will likely be placed under the direct charge of the academy of science and moved to the rooms which the department will occupy. The council will have an official meet ing Monday to take final action upon thse propositions. The most important fact connected with the visit of the council today, is that it has been decided to begin im provements on the interior of the state house immediately after the close of this fiscal year. June 30. At a meeting held after the tour of the building. Treasurer Grimes and Auditor Cole were named as a commit tee to look after the contemplated change of offices. These two men will have complete charge of this work. The superintendent of the state house grounds was criticised for not having the upper floors of the capitol kept free from dust and dirt. HANDS IN HIS CARD. New Spanish Minister Presents His Credentials. Washington, June 3. The new Span ish minister, Due d'Arcos, presented his credentials to the president today. He called at the state department at about a quarter of 11 this morning, in com pany with Senors Riano and Pastor. They were met by Secretary Hay in the diplomatic room and after a cour teous greeting the party proceeded to the White House, Secretary Hay giv ing the minister the post of honor in his carnage and the two secretaries ful lowing in the minister's carriage. PROMOTED FOR BRAVER1'. Not Alone Commissioned Officers Who Are Rewarded by Advancement. A letter from a soldier in the Twen tieth Kansas regiment at Manila says that Percy Barshfield. who was regi mental trumpeter while Col. Funston had command of the regiment, has been promoted to be a sergeant in company B of that regiment for bravery. Barsh field went across a wrecked bridge over the Bagbag river with Funston and four others in the face of the enemy's fire, April 26. For this he was given special mention in the dispatches to the war department. Corporal Claude H. Spurlock has also been promoted to a sergeancy for bravery. He was struck in tht soiar plexus by a spent bullet March 31 and rendered unconscious for a few sec onds. The line was advancing andileft him for dead. He recovered, however, caught up with the firing line and was soon commanding his squad again in the battle. Both Sergeant Barshfield and Ser geant Spurlock are from Kansas City, Kan. They enlisted in company B as musician and corporal respectively. DEWEY'S PLANS. The Admiral Will Skip England on Hia Return Voyage. Hong Kong, June 3 Admiral Dewey's health is still improving but he is keep ing very quiet at the Peak hotel, only once having come down to the city and accepting no invitations. He will sail on Tuesday. According to his present plans he will not visit Kngland on his homeward journey, but will proceed straight to Gibraltar and thence to New York, where he expects to arrive at the begin ning of October after a leisurely voy age. STORM BREWING, Northeastern Kansas Is In cluded in Its Itinerary. Chicago, June 3 The following special bulletin has been issued by the United States weather bureau: Conditions are favorable for severe local storms this evening or tonight in northeastern Kansas, northern Mis souri, northwest Illinois and southwest Wisconsin. STOLE SHOES. Walter McClain Seems to Save An other Crime to Answer For. Walter McClain. who is confined in the county jail charged with robbing a cigar store, is having several crimes laid at his door and is now held to be responsible for the theft of a pair of shoes. Friday a boy took a pair of shoes to the shop of C. V. Pennington, to be mended. Pennington recognized them as a pair of shoes stolen from his shop a week before the cigar store robbery. He reported the matter to the police and Sergeant Donovan found that Mc clain had sold the shoes to a man named Spalding and that Spalding sent them to be repaired, not knowing they had been stolen from Pennington. KILLED BY BLIND MAN. Mrs.Monaghan Murdered by Her Daughter's Lover. t'niontown, Pa., June 3 Mrs. Minerva Monaghan was murdered in her home on Jefferson street shortly after mid night while trying to protect her daughter, Mrs. Gertrude McCoogan, from the attacks of Councilman Mc- Cormick. Mrs. Monaghan was stabbed in the neck with some sharp instru ment which severed the jugular vein and produced death in a few minutes. MeCormick. who is blind, had been paying attentions to Mrs. McCoogan, and late last night found her in the company of a young man named Diffenderfer. This so enraged him that he assaulted her with a water pitcher. Her mother came to her rescue and MeCormick drew a knife and cut her throat and then fled. He was later ar rested at his home. Mrs. McCoogan was not seriously injured. Young Diffender fer is under arrest and will be held 13 a witness. TORE 0FFSH0ES. Lightning Strikes C. C. Gilliam, a Fruit Farmer. Was In His House When the Bolt Fell. DROPPED TO FLOOR. When He Arose He Had Shoes on His Feet. No Story of the Miraculous Escape Told by Himself. C. C. Gilliam, a fruit farmer living just over Calhoun bluffs on the Meri den road, was struck by lightning at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon and the queer est thing about the accident Is that Mr. Gilliam is alive and was able to come to Topeka today. The lightning tore his shoes from his feet and left him shoeless in the middle of the floor. Mr. Gilliam lives with his wife in a two-room cottage on his little farm. When the storm came up he went into the house and stood near the stove talking to his wife, who was about six feet away. There was a crash and the next thing Mr. Gilliam knew he was sprawling in the middle of the floor. He got up and staggered out of the house and again fell. He shouted for help and neighbors who heard the noise came running to his rescue. Mr. Gilliam then noticed for the first time that he had no shoes left on his feet. When he tried to walk he found that his feet were sore, but there was no other evidence of injury except a buzz ing sound in his ears. He went into the house with the neighbors and on the floor where he fell were his shoes. They had been literally torn to pieces. Mr. Gilliam's feet show long blisters, but there are no other burns on his body. One heel is burned and the in step of the other foot shows a deep seam, but Mr. Gilliam Is able to hob ble around and today he brought what was left of his shoes to Topeka to il lustrate what a narrow escape he had. Mrs. Gilliam was not so badly shock ed. A large patch of plastering fell on her, but she was not knocked down. The stove was torn to pieces, and Mr. Gilliam took a new stove home with him. He also took material to repair j his house, which was badly racked by i the force of the electrical shock. Mr. Gilliam said today: "I had just gone into the house and was talking to my wife, when I heard two distinct crashes and the next thing I knew I was lying on the Moor. I got up and there was a terrible buzzing in my ears. I saw my wife crawling out from under some paper which had fallen on her. and we both ran out of the house. When I got on the damp ground I fell down again and then I began to shout for help. The neighbors came at once and we went back into the house, and there I found my shoes where they had been torn off my feet. "I could hardly walk because of the burns on my feet, but I was all right everywhere else except for the buzzing in my ears. "Our house is pretty well torn up. The chimney was knocked off clean. I think the roof can be patched up with a bunch of shingles. Two of the joists under the floor were broken. "I don't understand how I came out of this alive, but 1 wouldn't like to go through the same thing again." Mr. Gilliam Is a member o? the Mod ern Woodmen and the members of his lodge took up a subscription today to help him repair the damage done to his house. He is an Englishman, but has lived in Kansas 20 years. He was em ployed on the street force for several years. He traded his property in Low man Hill for a fruit farm on Calhoun bluffs a year or two ago. MRS. STANLEY'S LOSS. The Wife of the Governor Drops Her Focketbook on the Train. While coming from Wichita Thurs day Mrs. Stanley, wife of the governor, lost her pocketbook at Florence. It con tained $10 and other things of value, most important of which was Mrs. Stanley's passes over the Kansas rail roads. Governor Stanley has written to the agent of the Santa Fe at Florence offer ing the $10 which the pocketbook con tained as a reward for the return of fie passes. Nothing has been heard i 1' the lost property. Bank Chartered. The Exchange State bank of Doug lass, Butier county, has been incor porated with a capital stock of $10,000. The charter has been issued by the state board and the bank will soon open for business. The directors of the bank are as follows: S. H. Brandon, C. P. Blood, D. P. Blood. L. N. Blood. W. E. Brown. John Eriekson, John .Williams and Ed Wilkinson. Weather Indications Chicago. June 3. For Kansas: Gen erally tair tonight and Sunday, pre ceded by thunder storms in east por tion this afternoon and probably to night; cooler in west portion tonight; brisk westerly winds. C C Gilliam's Shoes Which Were Maii'1 1,11 LEGAL QUIBBLE. Sumner County Cannot Build Jail Because of Silly Technicality. J. S. West, assistant attorney general today gave an opinion in which he holds that the commissioners of Sumner county can not take money from the county revenue fund to build a new jail and residence for the jailer. The commissioners had submitted the proposition to a vote of the people. It carried and the commissioners were planning to begin the erection of the buildings which were to cost $20,000. The question of the legality of such ac tion was raised and referred to the at torney general by J. M. Ready, county attorney. The revenue fund contains about ?40. 000 which has been paid in by bondsmen for defunct banks and delinquent taxes of years past. This amount of money is more than is necessary for the coun ty business and remains in the treasury as a surplus. Morally the commission ers proceeded properly to dispose of the money because the new jail is needed badly but legally they acted contrary to the law. The attorney general says the law provides that money raised by taxation can not be diverted to other purposes than the payment of the coun ty expenses. For this reason the new improvements will not be made. STRAUSplEAD Passes Away on the Banks of the "Bine Danube." Vienna. June 3. Johann Strauss, the famous composer ,is dead. Johann Strauss was born in Vienna in 1S25, and at an early age showed such capability in music that he was ap pointed music director of the court balls by the emperor. He organized a band and visited all the capitals of Europe, creating the greatest enthus iasm on each visit. In 3 872. without his band, he came to the United States, and conducted the orchestra of 1,000 pieces in his own compositions at the so-called peace jubilee in Boston. Besides over 400 compositions of dance music, he published four operettas which met with considerable success. His beautiful waltz music earned for him the title of "The Waltz King." STATE OFFICER SUES. Wants $22,000 From Grain Com panies For Personal Injuries- Joseph W. Snyder, who was a weigh master in the state grain inspection de partment under the last administra tion, has sued the Johnson-Brinkman Commission company, at whose eleva tor in Rosedale he was employed, for $22,000 damages for injuries he sustain ed in an accident last October. The suit was filed in the court of common pleas of Wyandotte county, but was removed to the federal court here to day, on the petition of the defendants. To make sure of his case Mr. Snyder has brought two actions, one against the commission company alone, and the other against the company as a co defendant with A. D. Johnson, superin tendent of the elevator, and Ed Koehn its foreman. Snyder's duties were to weigh cars of grain on the elevator scales, and to reach the scales he had to step over a rope which passed around a sort of pulley, and was used to draw cars on a sidetrack. At the time Snyder was in jured he was just stepping over this rope, when it slipped off its pulley, and Mr. Snyder got the impression that he was being thrown in several different directions at the same time. When he was gathered up it was found that he was severely injured in ternally. For these injuries Mr. Sny der sues the defendants for $22,000 on each suit, but he probably does not ex pect to make more than one of them StlCK. As the commission company Is a Mis souri corporation it prefers to go into a federal court in preference to a Kansas court, and therefore has had the case transcribed. CROSBY BROS. ADDITION Will Be Ready For Occupancy in the are now being prepared for the new building of the Crosby Brothers back of the present establishment on Jackson street, and work will prdbably be commenced within a month. It will be raady for occupancy by fall. The new building will be connected with the present store by a bridge across the alley on the second floor, and it will have an entrance on Jackson street. Customers can then enter the store from Jackson street as well as Kansas avenue. The new building will be fiOxlSO feet, and will cost when completed some thing over $15,000. It will give the firm much needed additional room. Kansas Institutes. Kansas will have 105 county Insti tutes this year. The first series begins next Monday. Superintendent Frank Nelson said today that two-thirds of the institutes will open Monday, being a part of the first series. The second series will be held later in the season. Torn From His Feet By Lightning;. ALL OVER NOW. Republican Leader Cy Leland Says Kansas Is Too Slow. Our Congressmen Should Hare Boarded Band Wagon. CONTEST IS ENDED. Henderson of Iowa Picked as Sure Winner. Kansas Boss Sums Up the Situ ation. Cyrus Leland foresaw, the outcome of the contest over the speakership of the next national house of representatives before it was known that Hopkins of Illinois had. any idea of withdrawing from the race. He stated yesterday that Henderson of Iowa was as good as elected. Mr.Leland says that Sherman of New Tork, the candidate of the east, will stand no show against Henderson. Kansas has not spoken yet,' but it will make no difference now what the Kan sas delegation does. "Ohio decided it Thursday," said Mr. Leland, "when the congressmen of that state decided to support Henderson. I had expected that Ohio would divide its vote, giving half to the eastern can didate and half to the west, but if Ohio goes solidly with the west, as.it has voted to do, it will give the west a, majority of 38. which is sufficient to cover any losses that may occur. "The fight in the west between Hen derson and Hopkins of Illinois, is also settled by the action of Ohio. It was" simply a question as to which of the two men was the stronger, and it Is demonstrated that General Henderson is. Minnesota and Wisconsin have also declared for him, which puts him far in the lead. "Sherman of New York has no chance whatever now. If Ohio had di vided its delegation the contest would have been far closer, but the west prac tically has it now." Mr. Leland thinks it was bad policy for the Kansas delegation to wait until the speakership contest is settled be fore getting into the game, because it will give Kansas the appearance of tagging after the winner and Kansas congressmen will not have the influ ence with the speaker which they would have had if they had come out for him early in the contest and aided in helping him through. 'Kansas ought to have come out for the man of its choice some time ago." Mr. Leland said. "Some people like to wait until they see who the winner is to be and then help elect him, but that won't make them strong with the win ner The way to do is to pick out the man you want and declare for him ear ly and work for him. Tnen when he wins you have some influence with him." It is stated that Mr. Curtis, as chair man of the Kansas delegation, will call the delegation together some time dur ing this month to take action upon the speakership matter. It is also claimed that Mr. Curtis personally prefers Mr. Sherman for the speakership. Calderhead was favora ble to Hopkins, Reeder's choice is un known, and Bailey, Miller, Bowersock and Long are for Henderson. ROBBED AT LEISURE. Bandits Spent Two Hours Looting the TJ. P. Train. Ogden, Utah, June 3. W. G. Bruce, one of the mail clerks on the train that was robbed in Wyoming, has ar rived in Ogden. He said that when the train was stopped the robbers came to his car and ordered him to open the door. He refused and the robbers be gan shooting into the car from both sides. Bruce turned out the lights. Then a stick of dynamite was placed under the door and it was shattered. The clerks, fearing the' car would be blown to pieces opened the door. One of the robbers stuck his gtm into the car and fired, but the bullet did no dam age. The lights were then turned on and the clerks got out of the car. The clerks in the Portland mail car were also ordered out and the party of clerks and trainmen were stood up in a line and gtiarded by one man. A de mand was then made of Ernest Wood cock, the express messenger, to open his car, but he refused. A couple of Congressman D. B. Henderson. shots were fired Into the car and the door blown off. The express and mail cars" were run down the track a mile or two to the camp of the robbers. There the trainmen were placed about 150 feet from the track and about twen ty sticks of dynamite were exploded on top of the safe in the express car. The explosion wrecked the car and split the safe wide open. Five of the robbers carried away two loads each from the safe and must have secured a large amount of plunder. When the robbery was complete the robbers walked leis urely up the hill north and disappeared in the darkness. Two hours were con sumed in the robbery. BIG BALL AT MANILA. Philippine Commissioners En tertain the Natives. Manila, June 3. The Philippines com mission last night gave one of the most brilliant balls Manila has ever seen. It was one of a series of entertainments intended to foster friendship between the Americans and the natives. The commission has the handsomest resi dence in Manila, overlooking the har bor. The grounds surrounding it were illuminated, while the house itself was decorated with the American colors. The newly appointed judges. General Otis, a r.umber of other American of ficers and many wealthy natives were present. There was a display of gorgeous native toilets and many jewels were worn, and the array of handsome women surprised the Americans. There was a long programme of American and Filipino dances, followed by the rendering of several instrumental se lections, ending with "The Star Span gled Banner." United States Senator Albert J. Bev eridge ot Indiana, who came to the Philippines some time ago. has made a fortnight's trip In the southern islands, visiting Iloilo, Negros and Cebu. Dur ing his tour he talked with the chief of Jolo, who has 2,000 fighting men un der his command, and who professes friendship for America, which friend ship, he hinted, might be strengthened by the continuance of the annual sub sidy of $12,000 formerly paid by the Spaniards. Mr. Beveridge will leave here on Sat urday. He intends to travel in China. General Smith has punished the in surgents at Kscalente. Island of Ne gros. for the murder of Captain Tilly, of the signal corps, who was fired upon by natives under a flag of truce and -cut off from rejoining his companions on board the cable ship from which he had landed. General Smith burned the town and killed a number of members of bands of insurgents whom he found in the neighborhood. Three members of the South Dakota regiment were wounded at San Fer nando in the encounter between the insurgents and American outposts. QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY. It is Officially Celebrated in London Today. London, June 3. The queen's birth day was officially celebrated today in London. The chief event was the troop ing of the colors on the Horse Guards parade. The immense concourse pres ent included the United States ambas sador, Mr. Joseph H. Choate, and most of the prominent Americans now in this city. Detachments of the Grena dier Guards, Cold Stream Guards and Scots Guards participated in the cere mony, accompanied by their massed bands. The Prince of Wales appeared in a field marshal's uniform, attended by the Duke of Connaught, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of York, and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, preceded by a brilliant headquarters staff and the royal equerries. The Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Ootha. the Princess of Wales, the Duchess of York, Princess Charles of Denmark and the Duchess of Connaught reviewed the ceremony from the windows of the Horse Guards. After an inspection of the troops by the commander-in-chief. Field Marsha Lord Wolseley, the" royal party took up a position at the saluting point and tne troops marched past to the music of the massed bands. Prison Guard Found Seed Leavenworth, June 3. John Harring ton, .a guard at the federal prison, was found dead in his watch tower on the prison wall last evening at 6' o'clock. The guard discovered the old man ly ing lifeless on the floor of the tower. From all appearances life had been ex tinct for nearly an hour. There will be a free rehearsal of the Modocs tonight with the prchestra for the Filipino opera. JUSTIOEWINS. Captain Dreyfus Has Been Granted a New Trial. Court Renders a Verdict in Favor of ReTision. NEW COURT MARTIAL Ordered to Sit in Interior of the Country. Away From Paris Influences and Mobs. Paris, June ".The court of cassation today rendered a verdict in favor of a revision of the Dreyfus case and order ing a new court martial to sit at Rennes, sixty miles from Nantes, forthe trial of the prisoner. Previous to the announcement of the verdict crowds of people assembled at the palace of justice and in its neigh borhood awaiting the decision. Perfect calm prevailed. The decision, which was pronounced at 3:40 p. m., says the prisoner is to be retried on the follow ing question: "Is Dreyfus guilty of having in 1894 practiced machinations or of having? communication with a foreign power, or its agent, with the view of facilitat ing acts of hostility in the case of a, war with France?" The audience received the decision with cries of "Vive la justice!" "Viva la loie." STORM AT PRATT. Blows Down the Santa Fe Round house Heavy Rainfall. Pratt, June 3. A heavy wind and rain here last night blew down the Santa Fe round house and a large barn. No persons injured. NEAR TO LYNCHING. Only the Prompt Arrival of the Mayor Saved Non-Union Street Car Hen. Wheeling. June 3. A street car op erated by non-union men struck a wa gon carrying 17 girls last night. The wagon was upset. Miss Lego of Ben wood, was seriously, and others slight ly injured. Silas Shaw and August Sensel, the crew, reversed the car, with a view of escaping into Ohio. Only the prompt arrival of the mayor and a force of po lice prevented a demonstration on the part of the Infuriated crowd. Both men are in jail, together with another non-union man, who was urging them to escape. Today a mass meeting of strike sym pathizers was held in the opera house. Addresses were made by W. D. Mahon, of Detroit, national president of the Street Railway Employes, and Stewart' Reld of Toledo, national organizer ot the machinists. MAY HOLD UP MONEY. Appropriation For New Asylum May Not Be Available. The location of the new Insane asylum at Parsons is stifl the principal subject of conversation at the state house and the matter may yet take a surprising turn in an effort to hold up the appro priation until serious charges in con nection with the location are investi gated. The money to build the asylum has been appropriated by the bill which authorized the committee to proceed with its work. Vouchers for paying out the money must pass through the hands of the state auditor and it is said the state administration is considering the plan of backing Mr. Cole in withholding warrants for this money until the at mosphere is cleared of charges of crook edness on the part of the members of the committee, who voted for Parsons. The charge of boodle is being made freely. Jbut no man has offered to sub stantiate his word in this particular. It is a sort of random firing which ib be coming general. It is claimed that if it can be proven that money was paid for votes, a viola tion of law, that the work of the com mittee will stand for naught. Under such circumstances the locution of the institution would not be valid and Parsons would lose the game. This supposed new turn in the affair has not been generally discussed and it may be denied by some of the state officers, but it is a fact that such a plan has been talked of and the governor is said to be one of the principal movers in it. ENGAGES A BAN D. Shawnee Camp, Modern Woodmen, After a $500 Prize. There is considerable friendly rivalry between the different Modern Wood men teams of the city and two teams will go to Kansas City next Thursday to compete for the $r00 prize. The team from Shawnee camp No. 2,800 has engaged a band of 30 pieces and will go to Kansas City with the in tention of bringing home the prize. The team from Sunflower camp has been considered the best team for several years and has won many prizes. After the Kansas City contest Topeka may be able to boast of two prize winning teams. ST. LOUIS AGROUND. Big American Liner Prevented From Sailing Today. Southampton, June 3. The American line steamer St. Louis, Capt. Randle, i3 aground near Calshot castle at dead low water. It is expected she will float on the next tide. The St. Louis was scheduled to sail from Southampton today for New York, by way of Cherbourg. STUCK IN THE MUD. Southampton. June 3. Later it de veloped that the St. Louis grounded on the mud and proceeded immediately af terwards. She passed Hurst Castle aX 3:45 p. m.
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2 0 v There are three periods in all life the. time of the bud, of the flower and of the perfect fruit. It is thus that girlhood emerges into womanhood and womanhood into motherhood. Almost all of the ills from which women suffer have their incep tion in weakness and disease of the femi nine organism, which bears the burdens of wifehood and motherhood. These disor ders usually begin with puberty, childbirth or with the "turn of life." Thousands of women suffer silently for years in this way rather than undergo the examinations and local treatment insisted upon by the major ity of physicians. This is unnecessary. An eminent and skillful specialist. Dr. R. V. Pierce, for thirty years chief consult ing physician to the Invalids'1 Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo. W. Y., long eince discovered a wonderful medicine that will cure all troubles of this nature in the privacy of the home. This medi- cine is known as Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre scription. It acts directly on the delicate and imporant organs that make wifehood and motherhood possible. It makes them strong, healthy and vigorous. It allays in flammation, heals ulceration, soothes pain and tones up the nerves. It banishes the indispositions of the period of impending maternity, and makes baby's advent easy and almost painless. It transforms weak, sickly, nervous invalids into happy, healthy wives and mothers. All good medicine dealers sell it, and no honest dealer will urge a substitute upon you. 'Dr. Pierce's Pellets cure constipation. r3ETOUT OF DEBT v By paying your mortgage or making your loan on a monthly payment basis. Straight loans are made only to he renewed when dne. a- See the point? Think it oyer, to A We have the plan. The Savings Loaa Association, 534 Kansas Ave. Tel. BOB. Mil UteixlJ SHORTEST LINE. COLORADO FLYER. Reformatory Escape Captured. Kl Dorado, June 3. Sheriff Turner raptured young Williams, who escaped from the Hutchinson reformatory, here today. He got into a box car on the McPTierson branch at Whitewater, and was locked in by a brakeman, who noti fied the sheriff. He was taken back to Hutchinson. Building For McPheraon. McPherson, June 3. T. J. Darrah has bought the First National bank corner And will bejein the erection of a two Story building at once. This corner has marred the appearance of Main street ever since the building was de stroyed by fire. Park For Great Bend Great Bend, June 3. Work was be (tun the first of the week on the Ath letic park, south of the college. A good half mile bicycle track will be graded up, the grounds leveled for a base ball and football ground, and the whole en closed in'a wire netting fence.with pro per amphitheater and grand stand. Harvey Republicans Nominate. Newton. June 3. The Republican county convention for Harvey county assembled in the opera house yester day. The following ticket was nom inated: Sheriff, V. E. Heans; clerk, John Caveny; treasurer, Joseph Hays; register of deeds, Morris Sawyer; sur veyor, Q. P. Haughn; coroner, James McKee; commissioner, J. C. Rich- National Educational Association Meeting. For the meeting of the National Ed ucational Association at Los Angeles Cal., July 11-14, 1SS9. the Union Pacific will make the greatly reduced rate on one fare, plus $-.00, for the round trip. The excellent service given by the Cnion Pacific was commented on by all .who had the pleasure of using it to the convention at Washington in 1S98. This year our, educational friends meet In Los Angeles, and members of the As sociation and others from points East should by all means take the Union Pacific. The service of the Union Pacific via Omaha or Kansas City is unexcelled end consists of Palace Sleeping Cars, "Buffet Smoking and Library Cars, Din ing Cars, meals a-la-carte. Free Re clining Chair Cars and Ordinary Sleep ing Cars. The Union Pacific is The Route for summer travel. Borne of the results of neglected dys peptic conditions of the stomach are cancer, consumption, heart disease and epilepsy. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure pre vents all this by effecting a quick cure in all cases of dvspepsia. Geo. W. Stansfleld, W. H. Wilson, A. J. Arnold Son. A. J. Kane Co. Save Tour Neck And wear collars that have no rough dges. We do them, American Steam laundry. Tel. SO. 4msf yjj is m v is im 1 RAILROAD NEWS. Jurisdiction of J. S. Hobson to Be Extended. Will Be Made Signal Engineer 0?er All Lines OF SANTA FE SYSTEM Is Considered the Most Com petent Man In the West by the Santa Fe Tor the Work. The Jurisdiction of Mr. J. S. Hobson. signal engineer of the Santa Fe road proper, will probably be extended over all the Santa Fe system lines in the near future. Mr. Hobson is at present on the line of the Santa Fe-Pacific arranging for the putting in of several interlocking plants at railroad crossings. The inter locking devices placed at railroad cross ings on the Santa Fe during the past year have proved so satisfactory in the saving of time and as safeguards against danger, that the other system lines want them. It is the same way with the lock signal system. It has proven of such value in the operation of trains cn the Santa Fe, that "arrange ments are being: made for its adoption to some extent at least on the other lines of the system. For these reasons the extension of Mr. Hobson's jurisdiction will be only nat ural. There is probably no more com petent signal engineer in the west, and he can easily handle the work of the entire system. It will also be more satisfactory to have the work under the charge of one man. Mr. Hobson is the first signal engineer to be identified with the Santa Fe. For several years he was in charge of the signal work on the Michigan Central railway. HIS WOEK WELL DONE. Union Pacific Appreciated the Ser vices of Claim Agent Jenkins Major R. W. Jenkins of this city, who retired on June 1 as claim agent of the Kansas division of the Union Pacific after 22 years of consecutive service, is in receipt of the following letter from Mr. John H. Manchester, general claim agent of the road at Omaha. "Mr. R. W. Jenkins, Claim Agent, To peka, Kansas: "Dear Sir: The time Is near at hand designated by you for your retirement from this department and the employ ment of the Union Pacific Railroad com pany, and I wish to express to you my sincere appreciation of the constant and valuable service you have rendered the claim department since its organization. It is most gratifying to all that after more than twenty-two years of active service, you retire wholly on your own express desire for rest and recreation, and I know I but express the earnest sentiment of all, official or employe, when I wish you many years of that quiet comfort you have so truly earned. We say, with one accord. "Well done, thou good and faithful servant.' '.Verv truly yours. "JOHN R. MANCHESTER, "General Claim Agent-" WANTS PAY FOB. HIS BULL. Says That It Was Killed by the Gila Valley, Globe Northern. From the El Paso Herald. The following was sent to the Her ald from Globe, Arizona, and is a bona fide claim made by one N. T. Roth against the G. V. G. N. railroad for the killing of his bull. This is an ex act copy of the claim: Globe, A. T. Mar. 6th, 1899. Superintendent Clame Loryer G. ,V. N. R. R. Deer sur: About the 4th the trane strock mye bool which was In mye paster at the mile pos, he is cut so bad 1 think he will surly dy, I have dun evry thing I cood to save him but dont think I can hardly. Wun of hawrns is tuk off, he is cut in the belley a site to see, it tuk a peace of hide about one feet squlr and moost of his hind laigs leavln not enuf to be hardily any yuse, and I faer it no chants for him to get well, I tell you he Is no butter than ded and I wish you would make youer sextion boss report him as ded and pay me for an animal kild by the rale rode. Pleas report ehim ded and me pade. Yours truli, N. T. ROTH. P. S. Don falle to reporte him sur and reporte him a ded bool. P. S. I sent this in hast by a pes senger neeber Sam Jones to this city rite me at Ednell sune as possibal. RAILROAD REFUSES. Frisco Will Not Pay Damages As sessed by Commissioners. Winfield, June 3. E. C. Gray, A. C. Bangs and T. H. Harrod, the commis sioners appointed to assess the damage caused by the change in the route of that new "Frisco extension to Black well, have made their report and they award Charles Wolfe $1,500 and William Ramsey $30. The railroad company wag not satis fied with the decision of the commis sioners and through their attorneys. Pollock Lafferty, have notified Coun ty Treasurer Conkright to not pay the damages assessed. SANTA FE PARKS. LandscapeGardener Reineisch Beauti fying Las Vegas Property. Mr. A. Reineisch, the Santa Fe land scape gardener, is at present engaged In beautifying the company property at Las Vegas, New Mexico. About an acre of ground adjoining the new depot and hotel has been stocked with plants and flowers, and a system of- sub-irrigation is being put in to insure steady life. It will probably take all of the pres ent summer and a part of next season for Mr. Reineisch to complete the work of beautifying the Santa Fe property at the various stations. He will then have a permanent occupation keeping the several hundred small gardens in shape. THE BAKER 3 FIELD LINE To Remain In Operation as a Separate Road After Acquisition. It is announced on good authority that the Santa Fe management intends to allow the Bakersfield line into San Francisco to remain in operation as a separate road after its formal acquisi tion. It is not to be made a part of the Santa Ke-Paciflc and Southern Cal ifornia portion of the system. The same management will probably retain control, and report the same as the managements of the other Santa Fe system lines. From the fact that the Santa Fe will be compelled to use the Southern Pa cific tracks from Barstow to Mojave, is said to be one reason for the decis ion to have it operated separately. Just What 'may be done in the future, after the new line is in perfect shape, is an other question. THOUGHT HIM A DOG. Engineer Runs Over a Sleeping Man on the Track Near Bolton. Holtoh, June' 3. The second section of freight train No. 104 on the Kansas City Northwestern road ran over and killed a man named Albert Bennett, three miles west of this city, Thursday night about 12 o'clock. The man was lying flat on the track, either drunk or asleep, and when the train approached the engineer mistook him for a dog and did not stop. ITpon reaching Holton, blood and particles of clothing were found on the front gearing of the en gine. Night Operator L. D. Smyth or ganised, a party and returned to the spot on a handcar. They found the remains terribly man gled, and parts of the body and cloth ing were scattered along the track. KANSAS RAILROAD NOTES. Six men are under arrest at South McAIester. charged with attempting to blow up the railroad bridge over the South Canadian river. Dynamite was used on one of the abutments, which was badly shattered. Superintendent George Hartman, who was here visiting with F. W. Tucker, was called back to Old Mexico Thurs day by telegram stating that his office, the depot and other buildings had been destroyed by fire. Florence Bulletin. A privileged character on the Rock Island is a big Newfoundland dog be longing to Charley Brant at Phillips burg. He rides all the freight trains and is never compelled to "put up a talk." v The Rock Island plastering crew Is at work upon the Colby depot this week. A new building for the use of switch men and trainmen has just been finish ed at the west end of the Phillipsburg depot platform. Conductor Joseph Courway has bought a farm in Smith county and has a man at work building feed yards and other fences upon the same. Tom Carrence, an old time west end conductor, but who is now running a freight train between Belleville and Kansas City on the Rock Island, has patented an arrangement to prevent hay fever, and he says it works to per fection. A force of about fifty men are at work near Montrose, crushing rock for ballasting purposes. Operator Nesbitt of the Wellington freight office has gone to Hunnewell to act as agent in the place of Agent Bar rett, who is laying off on account of sickness. The night telegraph office at the Wel lington, union depot has been discontin ued on account of slack business. Op erator Glamann goes on day work at the freight depot and Operator Combs goes on night work at the same place. Boilermaker James Campbell has re signed his position at Raton and gone to Arizona. Charles Jinkins and Everett B. Dan ner, two firemen from Raton, have been assigned to duty at Las Vegas and are there ready for business. The family of Passenger Conductor Notgrass have gone to Arkansas, where Mrs. Notgrass recently inherited a valuable farm. Mr. Notgrass re mains in Las Vegas. Three firemen running out of Las Vegas have resigned their positions. Charles Rogers will go to California and George Auid to Omaha. It is not known where Charles Knemeyer will next locate. Las Vegas Optic. Engineer Shaw has been assigned to the vacant position on engine 902 on the Glorieta mountain. The Missouri Pacific has reinstated Conductor L. S. Weller and he will re sume work at once. He was off al most two months. He will run 121 and 122, the local between El Dorado and Geneseo. Extensive changes are being made In the machinery at the local shops. The wheel presses, the two boring mills used on wheels, the coach wheel lathe, the axle lathe, the two bolt cutters, the nut tapper, in fact all of the machinery used in the preparation of car and en gine wheels, and several other pieces, were moved yesterday to the annex which has been built east of the plan ing mill. Hereafter all wheel work will be done there. The place made va cant by the removal of this machinery will be filled with entirely new machin ery, which will require from fifteen to twenty additional men. The change will not be completed for a month at least. Albuquerque Journal. FROM HORTON. James Irvin, of Topeka, takes LI T. Davis place as operator. Switchman Tom McMahon is off duty on account of sickness. John Rodda, who has worked in the saw mill for three years, has called for his time. General Foreman Conrad will move Into the Clevenger property, formerly occupied by Trainmaster Tinsman. Operator L. T. Davis has been trans ferred to Topeka for a few weeks. Trainmaster R. R. Sutherland will occupy the Fox house, on Beatrice street. Engine 924 was turned out of the back shops this week, having had a thorough overhauling. Miss Grace Jackson, stenographer In store house, was visiting in Omaha the past few days. Eph Holmes, who has held a clerk ship in the storehouse for about five years, has quit. Brakeman Newt Figley went down to Topeka last week and made a satis factory settlement with the company for injuries received in a wreck last fall. He is now able to go to work again. Curt McKinley and family have been enjoying a ten days visit with Wil liam McKinley, Curt's brother, at Per kins, O. T. Machinist Will Santry will now have Geo. Kichel's place in the back shops, while Fred Brownhill, one of the old timers, who has been farming in Mis souri for five or six years, will take Santry's place. Machinist Geo. Reichel tendered his resignation this week, has gone to Scranton, Pa. Engineer Anderson, who has been down on the Clay Center line for three weeks, has returned to Horton. He is taking a layoff for a day or two on ac count of getting a piece of steel in his eye. Prominent railroad officials and em ployes of the Rock Island road at Tren ton and St. Joe, have organized a com pany, incorporated for $25,000, and will plant and operate a 200 acre apple or chard at Wathena. During the storm Thursday night the fire alarm sounded, and it was discov ered that the barn and sheds of Con ductor M. E. Lucas were on fire. When discovered the whole interior was in flames and it was impossible to save anything. The family were In bed at the time. Their buggy was burned with the rest of the buildings. FROM DODGE CITY. Twenty cars of government freight, passed through here Tuesday for San Francisco, having a schedule of 25 miles per hour. Conductor Hubbard is laying off. Crawford is out in his place. General Superintendent Dunaway of Denver passed through on No. 6 In his special car for Topeka. Conductor Hughes is laying off. Helm is in his place. Brakeman Woods has returned from Pueblo and is on duty again. Brakeman Teer is laying off and Clark is in his place. Silas Sehmoker went out to Mulberry fishing, Sunday, and caught a large number of fish. Extension of the Santa Fe. Guthrie, O. T., June 3. The Blackwell Southern Railway company was char tered today with $350,000 capital. The company proposes to build an extension of the Santa Fe line from Braman, in Kay county, south to Perry. E. P. Rip ley, president, and E. D. Kenna, gen eral solicitor of the Santa Fe, and Henry E. Asp, W. H. Merten and U. C. Guss are named as directors. NATIONAL LEAGUE. AT BROOKLYN. Score by innings: R. H. E. Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 11 11 4 Cleveland 2 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 010 IS 2 Batteries Brooklyn. Kennedy, Yeager and Farrell; Cleveland, Carsey, Hughey and Zimmer. AT BALTIMORE. Score by innings: R. IT. E. Baltimore 00030100 4 10 0 Chicago 0 000110002 8 1 Batteries Baltimore, Kitson and Robin son; Chicago, Callahan and Nichols. AT PHILADELPHIA. Score by innings: R H E Pittsburg 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 S 3 Philadelphia 2 0010000 1 4 10 1 Batteries Pittsburg. Tannehill and Bowerman; Philadelphia, Piatt "an J Mc Farland. AT BOSTON. Score by innings: R. H. E. Boston 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 6 11 3 Cincinnati 0 220000004 7 1 Batteries Boston. Nichols and Clark; Cincinnati, Hahn and Peitz. AT WASHINGTON. Score by innings: R. H. E. Washington 0 0001000 1 2 3 1 St. Louis- 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 30 2 Batteries Washington, Dineen and Mc Guire; St. Louis, Young and O'Connor. AT NEW YORK. Score by innings: R H E New York 3 0301220 213 IS 11 Louisville 4 4210010 012 12 6 Batteries New York, Doheny and Grady: Louisville, Cunningham, McGee and Kittredge. NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING. Won. Lost. P.C. Brooklyn 29 11 .723 Boston 26 13 .6ti7 St. Louis 25 14 .Ml Philadelphia 23 14 .622 Chicago 24 17 V. Baltimore 23 17 .573 Cincinnati 21 17 ,553 Pittsburg 16 21 .432 New York 16 23 .410 Louisville 12 2 .293 Washington 11 29 .275 Cleveland 8 2i .222 WESTERN LEAGUE. AT COLUMBUS. Score by innings: R TT E Columbus 1 0000200 3 4 4 Kansas City 0 00000020 2 4 2 Batteries Briggs and Sullivan; Gear and Wilson. AT DETROIT. Score by innings: R. IT. E. Detroit 0 200000002 9 3 St. Paul 1 100000406 4 0 Batteries Frisk and Shaw; Denzer and Spies. AT BUFFALO. Score by innings: R H E Buffalo 00000141 6 8 2 Milwaukee 0 000000000 2 2 Batteries Daub and McAuley; Reidy and Speer. AT INDIANAPOLIS. Score by innings: R TT E Indianapolis 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 09 10 3 Minneapolis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 9 4 Batteries Foreman and Beville; Parker, Fisher, McNelly and Searfoss. WESTERN LEAGUE STANDING. Won. Lost. P.C. St. Paul 1 14 .S63 Milwaukee 19 15 .559 Minneapolis IS 15 .545 Indianapolis 16 15 .516 Detroit 16 17 .4X5 Columbus 14 15 .4S3 Buffalo 13 17 .433 Kansas City 13 19 .406 HOPKINS RETIRES. Illinois Man Declares For Henderson Speaker. Chicago, June 3. Congressman A'. J. Hopkins has withdrawn from the na tional speakership contest in favor of Col. D. B. Henderson of Iowa. Nine of the 14 congressmen in the Illinois dele gation were present at the general roundup meeting. Embalmer on Every Transport. Washington, June 3. Requests have come to the war department that no persons dying on transports coming to or going from the United States to Ma nialo shall be buried at sea. The secre tary of war has taken this matter up and an order to that effect has been is sued. For this purpose it has become necessary to detail an expert embalmer for duty in each transport. The depart ment has sufficient number of these men already in the service and the as signments have already been made. Made a Good HauL Salt Lake. Utah, June 3. A special to the Tribune from Rawlins, Wyo., says the robbers of the Union Pacific train at Wilcox yesterday obtained $36,000 in money and about $10,000 worth of diamonds, and that a large amount of money in bills was destroyed by the explosion. Houston Gets It. Wichita, June 3. Houston has been selected as the next place of meeting by the Transmississippi congress. Tom Richardson, secretary of the Houston Business league, was elected secretary. To Mountain View, Oklahoma, and Return One Fare Plus $2.00. Tickets will be sold June 6th, 1899, good to return until June 27. Moun tain View, situated on the beautiful Washita river.is the new town in Wash ita county, just made accessible by the extension of the C. R. I- P. Ry. Now is the opportunity of getting lands cheap in Oklahoma. Washita county is noted for its many streams, rainfall and wheat production. For full par ticulars apply to A. M. FULLER. C. P. T. A. Or A. W. LACEY, Ticket Agt., North Topeka, California $32.50, via Santa Fe Routs, The essential qualities are efficiency, ease of running, dur ability. These are found in the highest degree in the COLUMBIA BEVEL GEAR CHAJNLESS. The running -gear practically takes care of itself, Weather and road conditions do not affect its absolute uniformity of action. COLUMBIA and HAUTF0RD CHAIN WHEELS show the greatest advance in chain wheel construction. The driving mechanism, consisting of specially cut sprockets and 3-16-inch hardened pin chain, affords better results than any of the many other chain gears submitted to the ordeal of our DEPARTMENT OP TESTS. See Our Catalogue. CHAINLESS, COLUriBIA CMAIN, HARTFORDS, VEDETTES, $75. $50. $35. $25, $26. POPE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Hartford, Conn. TOPEKA CYCLE CO., "2 west Eighth st. SUNDAY AT THE CHURCHES Grace Cathedral: Bishop, Right Rev. F. R. Millspaugh, D. D. dean. Very Rev. John W. Sykes; canon. Rev. Maurice J. Bywater 7:30 a. m., holy communion; 9:30 a. m., Sunday school; 11 a. m., holy com munion, litany and sermon; no evening service: baccalaureate sermon at 8 p. m. in Bethany College chapel. Good Shepherd, corner Laurent and Quincy streets. North Topeka 9 a. m.. holy communion; 9:45 a. m., Sunday school; 8 p. m., evening prayer, sermon by the Rev. Canon Bywater. St. Simon's, corner Seventh and Western avenue 7:30 a. m., holy communion; 4:30 p. m., evening prayer, sermon by Rev. Canon Bywater. Calvary Chapel 3 p. m., Sunday school; 4 p. ni., evening prayer, sermon by Rev. Joseph Wayne. trnited Brethren church Services are held in the new church, -on Twelfth and Quincv streets 11 a. m., sermon by Rev. J. P. Landis. D. D., of Dayton, O. S p. m., sermon by Rev. T. li. Crites of Sa lina, Kan.: 10 a. m.. Sunday school; 7 p. m., Y. P. C. U. meeting. S. C. Coblentz, pastor. You are cordially invited to be present at the Westminster Presbyterian church, corner Huntoon and College avenue. Rev. A. M. Reynolds, pastor. Services at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Morning subject, "No Alore Sea"; evening subject, "Who Knows?" Divine Healing- Home, comer Fourth and Jackson streets Services: Sutvday. 11 a. m., Holiness; 2 p. m.. Sunday school; 3 p. m., divine healing; 7:30 p. m., evan gelistic. Third Christian church, corner Third and Lake streets Preaching by P. E. Mallory, the pastor, at 10 a. m.; subject, "The Con straining Love of Christ." A Children's day exercise will be given in the evening. Unitarian church holds services Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and the young peo ple's meeting assembles at 5 o'clock. Rev. V. G. Todd will preach in the morning on "The Force and Value of Circum stances." First Church of Christ, Scientist, 210 "West Sixth street Services at 11 a. m.; subject. "God, the Preserver of Alan." Wednesday evening meeting at 8 o'clock. First African Baptist church First street. Rev. G. D. Olden, pastor Preach ing at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Y. P. S. C. E., 7 p. m. r C. AT. E. church, corner Fourteenth and Van Buren streets General class at 10 a. m. Sunday school at 2 p. m. Epworth at 6:30 p. m. In response to the request of the Afro-American Federation league, at S p. m. the pastor. Rev. J. AI. Brown, will preach upon the subject, "Aly Brother's Keeper." North Topeka Baptist church, corner Laurent and Harrison streets, Rev. W. B. Hutchinson, pastor Services at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. morning subject. "Partakers of Christ's Suffering"; evening subject, "A Sermon on Soap." being the fifth ser mon in the series on "Striking Truths from Strange Texts." German Alethodist Episcopal church, corner Tyler and Fifth streets. Rev ,G. J. Jaisee. pastor Sunday school at 10 a. m. preaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. by the presiding elder, Rev. John Kracher of Enterprise. First Congregational church 11 a. m., sermon by Rev. D. AI Fisk, D. D., of St. Louis Mo., "Each in the Hour of His Power": 8 p. m., "Putting Off Decision Al?o Decides." First Christian church Rev. M. E. Har lan will preach morning and evening: morning subject, "The Voice of Apre." This will be an old tolks service. The En-deavorers have sent out 100 invitations to old folks who are too enfeebled to go to church any place. They will furnish carriages and drivers to and from church. A reception committee will meet them and conduct them to reserved seats in the main body of the house and furnish each one with a beautiful souvenir of the day's services. Appropriate music. Evening subject to be announced. The Sunday school will render a concert programme at the morning Sunday school hour, 9:45. Prof. P. P. Bilhorn. the noted singer and composer of Chicago will stop off at Topeka Tuesday on his way to conduct the music at the state Endeavor conven tion at Wichita and sing Tuesday night at the First cnristian cnurcn. First United Presbyterian, corner of Eighth and Topeka avenues. Rev. AT. F. McKirahan. pastor Preaching tomorrow at 11 o'clock on "Meddling with God" and at 8 o'clock an object i'mon on prayer. Aliss Lizzie Young will lead the C. E. at 7 o'clock. At Lincoln Post hall, on Sunday at 2:30 p. m., conference and fact meeting, and "Shall we have a campmeeting?" At 8 p. m., a lecture bv Cyrus Corning: sub ject, "What Is Spiritualism?" Meeting opened by Searing; good music; te:;ts by Airs. Searing. The Church of the Good Spirit will hold services under the auspices of the Kansas State Spiritualist society at 722 Kansas avenue Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Lec ture and singing. Evening services at 8 o'clock. Lecture by Airs. Laura B. Pivne. Subject. "Woman and Church." Tests will be given by Mrs. E. E. Hammon, me dium. Young Women's Christian association Rev. J. T. McFarland. D. D., will be the speaker at the service Sunday afternoon at 4:15. and Airs, von Dahlen will sing. You are cordiallv invited to be present. The Alinisterial union of Topeka will hold its last regular session for the sea son next Monday at 10 a. m. in the parlor of the Y. M. C. A. Tne meeting will be of more than ordinary interest and im portance. A special committee consisting of Revs. L. R. Smith. C. AI. Sheldon and AI. E. Harlan' will report a plan for the federation of the churches in a great movement for the furtherance of Christ's kingdom in our midst. All ministers of the city and vicinity are invited and urged to attend this meeting. The services of the Divine Scientists will be held at their hall, 722 Kansas avenue. Sunday at 3 o' clock p. m. Subject. "The Living World." by Mrs. M. H. Heller. The Tuesday evening meeting will be in charge of Harrv Whittlesey at 8 o'clock. First Baptist church. Ninth and Jack son streets. Rev. M. L. Thomas, D. IX, pastor Services at. 11 a. m. and 3 p. m. The pastor begins at these hours a series of four sermons in "What Jesus Likes, as Learned from His Parables." Morning subject. "What Jesus Likes in Christians." Evening subject. "What Jesus Likes in Everybody." Mr. Shaver will have charge of the music. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Christian Endeavor at 7 p. m. Madison school at 2:45 p. m. Juniors at 4 p. m. Services at the First Cumberland Pres byterian church Sunday at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Morning subject, "Christ Crucified." Evening subject, "Who Is My Neigh w?" E. O. DE MOSS. Odd Fellows' Building, 523 Quincy St. Undertakers Finest Ambulance in the west FREE to the public day and night Our Prices are Reasonable. De Moss PHONE 192- t Fhone 192-Cndertaking Rooms. Phone 627 Barn. fallllll II III III IOOOOOOXOOOCKX0X00XXX0K0000 Topeka Seed Mouse Established 1876.) Wholesale and Retail Garden, Field, and Flower Seeds. Flowering Bulbs and Plants, Flower Pots. Vases, Garden Implements PT r APS TJf1!' ClIF f shrubs Plants, Fruit and Orna UllLfilliillOIj UXlUU mental Trees, Currants, Raspberries, and Grapevines, Bushes. Cut Prices to dispose of Remnant Stocks of Shrubs aud Plants. Lawn Grass, Lawn Fertilizer, Flower Food, and Insect Destroyers. Headquarters for Poultry Supplies. Address H M1 S06 KansaAvenu 000000X000000000COOOOCIO0X t" t nrw cTTfirrrccTTTT. W.A'R.S. A laree Wen 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. CAN AN, 628 and 630 Kansas Avenue. ThBYERA3 S tn-J' M? X'Z.. "A HANDFUL OF DIRT MAY BE A HOUSE FUL OF SHAME." CLEAN HOUSE WITH 'Phone 31. Catalogue Free. Day and BARKLEY, Undertaker and Embalmer. The largest assortment of fine goods In the city at reasonable prices. FIRST-CLASS AMBULANCE. 417 Kansas Ave. Telephone 287. Sunday school at 10 a. m. P. Price, pastor. There will be quarterly meeting at St. John's A. M. E. church preaching at 11 a. m., 3 p and 8 p. m. by Rev. A. M. Ward, presiding elder, of Kansas City, and others. The communion services will be held at 3 p. m.: baptising and reception of members at 11 a. m., by the pastor. Sundav school at 2:30 p. m. Young peo ple's meeting at 7 p. m. Love feast Mon day night. J. R. Ransom, pastor. First Congregational church Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.: preaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. by Rev. D. M. Fisk. D. D., of St. Louis. English Lutheran church. Rev. A. E. Wagner, pastor Preaching morning and evening bv the Rev. L. Blakesley, r). E. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Endeavor so ciety at 7 p. m. The W. C. T. U. will meet In the parlor of the First M. E. church Monday at 2:30 p. m. First Presbyterian church Preaching by the pastor. Rev. J. D. Countermine, D. D., at 11 a. m. on "The Sacred Canon" (fourth in a sertes on the Bible); at 8 p. m., children, young men and lathers; 1 t t 1 1 1 1 1 1 mmm L BL PENWELL. J I i Pen well, I 523 QUINCY STREET Phone 778 Penwell Residenc. Phone 776 De Moss Resldenc3. hi II III III llli STRICTLY- hfirvifftoxiCATiricj WtWIU. 0CWACD YOU A CAbt XHICAGO CONSOLIDATED B0TTLI NQ CO. Ml TOl CHADI f S Dl AfF- CM CAGO III. I A !AMV n' Nijht Sessions. S2I and S23 Quincy St Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.; C. E. meeting, 7 p. m. Piano Purchasers. I will be pleased to call and show the merits and extremely low prices on twelve makes of standard pianos. I can save you money on the best pianos made. P.argains In second-hand pianos and organs. Call or address H. W. Mc Daniel, 320 West Eighth street. Topeka, Kan., representing The T. J. Washburn Piano House, St. Joseph, Mo. Don't think you can cure that slight attack of Dyspepsia by dieting, or that it will cure Itself. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will cure it; it "digests what you eat" and restores the digestive organs to health. Geo. W. Stansfleld, W. H. Wilson, A. J. Arnold Son, A, J.' Kane fr Co. Garfield Park Marshall's Band Con cert tomorrow.
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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 1899. 3 fflUNYON'SJNHALER CURES CATARRH Cold. Coughs, -J, Hay Fever, Bron- Xchitis, Asthma Und all Diseases of the Throat and Lungs. r flood of Mctl Vapor tre Inksled throub th month and emitted from the noi trU. -lraiiiiE nd -r.porliinit all tb inStmed and d!o-l parra whicli eannot be reached DJ medicine taken Into tbe stomach. It Troche the tore tpctsTt heats the ram placet It goet to the teat of dUeateIt acts at a balm and tonic to the whole tystem fl.no at dnujoittt orient bymaiL 1S0S A.rch St.,I'hla- GAUGE THE ORIGINAL WORCESTERSHIRE Gives a most delicious flavor to Hot and Gold Moats. Gravies, Salads, Soups, Gams, Fish, Welsh Rarebits, etc. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. Tliia signature an every bottle John Duncan's Sans, Agents, New York. Money to Loan At the Shawnee Building- and Loan Association. 115 West Sixth Street. Low Interest. Our interest rate has been reduced. Lower now than ever before. Monthly Payments. Loans repayable In monthly instal ments. The monthly payment on tl.ouo is less than your rent. 115 W. Sixth St. Call and gret full particulars. Now is the time to buy or bullJ. PURITY Use HEALTH Woodbury. BEAUTY FciaI Cream Naturally follows the use of WOOD B LT RT' S Facial Soap and WOODBURY'S Facial Vream. Being strictlv antiseptic, their cleansing and purifving" effect Is unequal ed. For sale everywhere. BEST 1D CHEAPEST ROUTE TO NEW YORK and PHILADELPHIA LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD Via Niagara Falls. Illustrative descriptive matter mailed free on request. C. H. HELLER, T. P. Boom 8, Exchange, Kansas City, Mo. ANNUAL JUNE DISCOUNT SALE. cf solid and patented silverware; 25 per cent off on hollowu are, 10 per cent off on solid and fiat ware and 15 per cent off on cut glass. C. H. Morrison, 505 Kansas avenue. Marshall's Band Will render an interesting program at their concert tomorrow afternoon. I oonsijer it not only a pleasure but a fluty I owe to my n-ishborss to tell about tne woml-rful cure effected in mv case by trie iime.y use of Chamberlain's Colic. noiera and LMarrhoea RmeOv. I was taken very badly with flux an.l" procured a bott.e of this remedy. A few doses of It effected a permanent cure. I take pleas ure in recommencing it to others suffering rrom that dreadful uisease. J. w. Lynch I'orr. V a- This remedy is sold by all druggists. Excursion St. Louis to Columbus, O., and Return Via Vandalia-Pennsylvania Line ac count American Medical association convention. Tickets sold June 2. 3 and 5. good to return June 13. 1899. Rate one fare for round trip. For particu- Garfield Park Marshall's Band Con cert tomorrow. 6 FT11 brealis up U3 Caused by Sudden Changes. Sudden changes in the weather and changes in wearing apparel cause as many and as bad Colds as the bleak winds of March. To "break up" a Cold and prevent It "running on- into the hot weather, the most unpleasant time to have a Cold, take "77;" Dr. Humph reys' Famous Specific for Colds. Grip, Influenza, Catarrh, Coughs and- Sore Throat. For other Specifics see Dr. Humphreys' Manual; at drug stores, or sent free. 'Aiti.rucpis'ts or s"nt prepaid- 2oc tl 00 Humpnreys' Med. Co.. Cor William John Sts.. New XorkT v"or- ""am f3 KANSASNEWS. Galena lias on a Most Bitter "Whisky Fight. Great Mining Camp the Scene of a Joint Crusade. OVER $2,000 IX BEER Is Confiscated From a Big Cold Storage House. Two Leading Saloon Keepers TYar With Each Other. Galena, June 3. Galena Is Just now the scene of one of the most bitter fac tional whisky fights ever known In the state. It is a struggle between Riley F. Robertson, who has held undisputed sway here for a number of years, and George Herroll, who has lately come here, but who claims to have been sup pressed by the Robertson faction here. Herroll claims the same right to'con duct a joint in this city as any other man has who pays his fines. Herroll claims to have been closed a number of times by the Robertson people, and he has sworn out warrants against the two others as a means of retaliation. A week ago nine jointkeepers were ar rested and held upon eight counts each. They were placed under $300 bonds each upon each count, making each bond $2,400, and Robertson was placed under $3,000 bond. All the bond money aggregating $35,000, was immediately forthcoming. As soon as they could return home from Columbus, where the proceedings were Instituted. the sa loons were opened again and continued so until last evening, when they were again closed. This time the officip.lM caught the agents or ;eorge Redell, the Joplin agent or the Anheuser-Busch Brew Ing company. Mr. Bedell has a very large cold storage building on West Broadway In this city and the beer is shipped direct from St. Louis to this place and is put in cold storage and delivered as needed. Now the officers have arrested his agents and confiscat ed over $2,000 worth of beer. This move enlists the Redell forces, which are backed by the largest breweries in the world, upon the side of the Robertson people. AT ST. JOHNS, SALINA. Commencement Exercises Novel and Interesting. Salina. June 3. Commencement at St. John's Military school at Salina were successfully carried out according to programme, as follows: Hymn, "Onward Christian Soldiers." Prayer, by the chaplain. Rev. Robert Mize. Address for the class, the Rev. Irving E. Baxter. Solo. Miss JCatherine Rising. Address to the class. Judge 'JIl. H. Horton. Solo. Mr. Fred G. Haas. Presentation of diplomas. Bishop Millspaugh. Duet, Mrs. Charles Hiller. Miss Grace Wellington. Class of 1S99 Jesse E. Flint, Minne apolis, Kan.; Robert Garett, Falls City, Neb.; Hartley M. Garlish, St. Joseph, Mo.; James C. Hall, St. Joseph, Mo. Judge Horton delivered a very able address, and it was enjoyed not only by the cadets, but also by a large and appreciative audience. The subject was "The Opportunities of Life." In ad dressing the graduates the speaker pointed out the fact that life is full of opportunities, the number of which had been increased by the results of our late war. but the making of anything out of them depends upon earnest and constant individual effort. The bishop's presentation speech was touching and appropriate. At 4 o'clock a large number assem bled to witness the skirmish drill, and later the competitive drill, in which the cadets were to compete for a flag to be presented by the college of the Sisters of Bethany. It was won by the Second platoon. The flag was presented by two young ladies of Bethany who had come for that purpose. Miss Huff and Miss Ritter. The former made the pre sentation speech. On receiving the flapr. a few fitting and appropriate remarks re made by Captain Rising, com mandant of the school. In the evening a reception Was given in honor of Bishop Millspaugh, and a party for the cadets. Thus closed the eleventh commencement day at St. John's. For the coming year, while the prin cipals of the school remain the same, the management will be changed. The Rev. Robert Mize. who for the past six months has been chaplain, will be rec tor and headmaster. In our late war with Spain 14 of those who have been her cadets took part, and all were officers. Five are now commissioned in the regular army, and another is the present commandant of the school. Below is the complete list as it occurs in the catalogue for 1S99 1900: firmer cadets who held office in late war with Spain: Chase Doster, major in Twenty-second Kansas C S. V. I. (Now second lieutenant in regular army.) George' Ralph Comings. captain in Twentieth Kansas, U. S. V. I. Howard Gleason, captain in Illinois IT. S. V. I. Now in regular army.) George Grimes.first lieutenant in reg ular army. Thomas K. Richey, second lieutenant In Twentieth Kansas, IT. S. V. I. George H. Rising, second lieutenant in Twenty-second Kansas. TJ. S. V. L Everett Sadler, ensign on Oregon. George Elliot, sergeant major In Twenty-second Kansas IT. S. V. I. Albert A. Roby, sergeant In regular army. Royal Ritter, sergeant in Michigan IT. S. V. I. Craig Harris, sergeant in D. C, TJ. S. V. I. Frank Dickson, sergeant in Kansas IT. S. V. I. William B. Ehrenfeld. corporal in Twenty-second Kansas IT. S. V. I. Don Benjamin Palmer, corporal in Twenty-second Kansas 17. S. V. L CATTLE HUNG IN TREES. Farther Particulars of the Cloudburst Losses in Chase County. The Chase County Leader tell of the losses of stock in the recent cloud burst near Cedar Point: Sheriff McCallum returned Saturday from a visit to the storm center on Turkey creek. in Cedar township. When he reached there he found the Marion county authorities had taken the busi ness in hand of buying the carcasses. He assumed control of matters and hired C. A. Sayre to direct the work. It will cost several hundred dollars. The sheriff gives the following partial list of losses; all occurring on Turkey: Jack Hooker, of Peabody, 128 head of cattle. J. L. Heath's Sons, of Peabody, five head of cattle. W. H. Sutnn, of Peabody, 61 head of cattle. W. R. Godie, 9 horses and 24 hogs. F. A. Wells. 14 horses and 25 hogs. .Willis Root. SO fat hogs. Stephens Giddings, 55 hogs. Ninety dead cattle on the Gode place covered a space less than a town block. A number of dead cattle are in the tree tops, one in particular, banging nearly 25 feet from the ground. The water, during the height of the flood,, was estimated to be 28 to 30 feet deep. The hail In some places was piled up 15 to 20 feet against trees and other obstacles. A COMMERCIAL CLUB. Dodge City Business Men Organize and Elect Officers. Dodge City, June 3. The business men of this city have organized a com mercial club, whose purpose will be to advance the interests of the city and county. The following officers were chosen: President E. Kirkpatrick. Vice president C. O. Waring. Secretary W. S. Amos. Treasurer Sam Stubbs. The secretary was instructed to cor respond with Mr.Davis. industrial agent of the Santa Fe railway, in regard to western immigration. Committees were appointed on the celebration of the Fourth of July in an old-fashioned way in the following or der: A salute in the morning, a parade, a balloon ascension, a patriotic address by W.Y. Morgan of Hutchinson. Games and sports and display of fireworks in the evening. OVER SHOOTING CRAPS. A Fight Starts Among Lansing Con victs That Lands Them in the Hospital. Leavenworth. June 3. Milton Rowe and Joseph Monroe are in the hospital at the Kansas penitentiary suffering from serious injuries inflicted in mur derous assault by other convicts. Rowe was hit on the head with an iron by Walter Mitchell, who left him lying un conscious in a dark room in the peni tentiary coal mine. Rowe's skull was fractured and he is not expected to re cover. Munroe was hit by Frank Clark who had a sharp pointed case knife concealed and he jumped from the line at noon and hit Monroe twice before the guards could stop him. The trouble between the convicts started over shooting craps, when one lost his shoes he put up as stakes. TO BOYCOTT THE KATY. Fort Scott Business Men Sore Because the Road Assisted Parsons. Fort Scott, June 3. There is much feeling here today over the location of the new asylum at Parsons. It is open ly charged that the Missouri, Kansas Texas road was instrumental in get ting the institution for Parsons in pref erence to this city. So indignant are some of the mer chants that they have announced that they shall have printed on all their sta tionery Positively no goods received shipped over the M., K. T. road." DEATH OF MAJOR EDWARDS. Prominent Citizen of Atchison, Kas., a Victim of Heart Failure. Atchison. June 3. Major L. Edwards, an old and prominent citizen of Atchi son, fell dead yesterday at the family home. 500 T street. His death was due to heart failure. His wife heard moans and going to his assistance found him unconscious, death following in a few minutes. Deceased was a New Torker, settled in Illinois twenty-eight years ago, and from there went to Topeka. thence to Atchison, in 1881. He at once opened a large mercantile establishment, be coming at once a factor in business circles. Meeting with reverses he aban doned business and became city editor of the Daily Champion. He toad just contracted to travel for the Leaven worth Times, to begin June 12. He was a Mason and belonged to a St. Joseph lodge. MRS. STANLEY'S PURSE, Containing $10 and Many Railroad Passes, Lost at Florence. Florence. June 3. Mrs. W. E. Stanley. wife of the governor, lost her pocket book containing $10 in money, some jewelry, a number of railroad passes and other valuables Thursday. She missed the pocketbook here, but efforts to find it were fruitless. She and the governor were on their way to Atchi son. 33 PRISONERS COME In One Bunch From Muscogee to the Federal Prison. Leavenworth, June 3. Yesterday, one of the largest batches of prisoners in the federal prison s history, was re ceived by Warden French. The convicts are from Muscogee, I. T. There were 33 of them all told. The shortest time man is Barney Stittgen. white, convicted of larceny, who has one year and one day to serve, while Ambrose Bufnngton. colored, convicted of murder, has been sent up for ten years, the longest sentence of the lot. The aggregate time the lot will have to serve behind the bars is 114 years. BRIDE 102 YEARS OF AGE. Mrs. Jane Williams Takes TJnto.Her- self Her Third Husband. Galena, June 3. An interesting mar riage took place in this city last night. The contracting parties were Mrs. Jane Williams, aged 102 years, and James Morgan, aged 70 years. Mrs. Williams was born in Tennessee in 1797. This Is her third marriage. Her second hus band died in 1S60. PASTOR WILL LIVE. Newton Preacher Struck by Light ning, But Will Recover. Newton, June 3. Rev. W. C. Wheeler of the Congregational church was struck by lightning during the morning storm, and for a while his life was despaired of, but it is now thought he will recover. Pensions For Kansans. Washington, June 3. Pensions have been granted as follows: Additional William Schell, Emporia, $6 to S; John W. Lee. Thayer, $6 to $12. Increase John Y. Miiler, Mankato,$30 to $72. Reissue and increase Andrew Wallin, National Military Home, Leavenworth, $8 to $10. Original widows, etc. Martha. E. Oli phant, Columbus, $S. Failure at Iola. Iola, June 3. The Tudor Mercantile company, general store, has made an assignment. Liabilities. $5,282.64. The heaviest creditor is Burnham, Hanna, Munger Co. of Kansas City, $1,075. Lewis L. Northrup. was chosen assignee. FIGHT JIALOONS. Pastor Proposes to Wage War With Cinematograph. Hey. nr. Stough to Take Snap shots of Side Doors. A CHICAGO SCHEME. Hopes to Expose Citizens Who Take Their Beer At Harlem Street, The Devil's Dead Line." Chicago, June 3 Any resident of Oak Park of a perambulating inclination is likely to see his face and figure thrown from a cinematograph on a huge screen at the Third Congregational church of that suburb if his walks should lead him Into Harlem avenue. This is one of the plans adopted by Rev. Henry W. Stough, who inaugurated his crusade Sunday evening against the saloons and concert halls in the thoroughfare which divides Oak Park and Harlem. Rev. Mr. Stough has never seen a moving stereopticon in action, but knows a number of people who vouch of its entertaining features. When the Lorimer circus was in the neighbor hood many voters of the district were prevailed upon to enter the tent and there gaze upon the reproductions of sieges and battles during the Spanish American war. Those who have sug gested the cinematograph to the min ister are not without resources. It is proposed to string a number of addi tional electric lights in the so-called "devil's dead line" to accomplish the best results when the cameras with their moving roils of films are directed on the "side" entrances. In adopting vigorous means to bring the movement to a successful culmina tion Rev. Mr. Stough is determined to .shame his fellow Oak Parkites off Har lem avenue. Sunday evening he declar ed that the people of his own town who put on an air of respectability in the daytime were accountable for the thriving condition of the resorts he at tacked. "These hell holes would be gone from our back door," said the pastor yester day by way of a supplement to his re marks in the church, "if it were not for the extensive patronage they get from the vaunted good people of Oak Park. If these resorts have the least scintilla of respectability about them why don't tney seem Dusy when the sun is shin ing? You gaze along the thoroughfare at midday and you won't see a soul stirring. ,But wait until dark has come and then what a transformation has been brought about! The places are lit up with glowing lamps. Prosperous sa loon keepers and wine den proprietors are at their doorways telling indiscreet youths what pretty rooms they have in the interior. "Who are those women, pray, who wander up and down that street when night has come? Do you think they are engaged in missionary work? I say that street is a 'devil's dead line.' and I mean it. When I started this cru sade I was thoroughly in earnest and I am not going to give up the fight. Ev ery good Christian in Oak Park and Harlem too. for that matter who cares at all for virtue and the good of his family will second my efforts." The aspersions cast on Harlem by the Oak Park divine are likely to bring about a bitter war between the minis ters of the two suburbs. It was freely predicted in Harlem yesterday that Rev. Mr. Stough would come in for a severe scoring at the hands of his bro thers. ESTERHAZr TELLS ALL Says He Wrote the Bordereau For Which Dreyfus Suffers. London, June 3. The Chronicle says that Major Comte Esterhazy called at its office last evening (Friday) with a confidential friend, and after declaring that the time had arrived when the whole truth should be told, although hitherto by reason of constant orders and inducements he had kept silence on the essential point, made the follow ing statement: "The chiefs of the army have dis gracefully abandoned me. My cup is full and I shall speak out. "Yes (raising his voice and glaring around), it was I who wrote the bor dereau. I wrote it upon orders receiv ed from Sandherr." Esterhazy, the Chronicle says, then proceeded to explain that for months before 1S93 moral proofs had been ob tained of leakages which were only pos sible through officers belonging to the ministry of war and it was necessary to catch the guilty party by material evidence. Hence the bordereau. When asked what the chiefs of the French staff would say to this confes sion, Esterhazy. shrugging his shoul ders, disdainfully replied: "They will lie as they know how to lie. but I have them tight. I have proofs that they knew the whole thing and share the re sponsibility with me, and I will produce the proofs." He then -denounced the chiefs as a "set of scoundrels who have abandoned me basely," adding, "but at one time they used to come to thank Madame Pais for her assistance." Esterhazy asserted that, quite re cently, the chiefs sent M. Laguerre, a former deputy, to London with seduct ive offers to him to keep silence. "Now they are using threats." he shouted, "but I will not be deterred." The Daily Chronicle got Esterhazy to sign the notes of the interview. To Buy Band Instruments. Fort Scott. June 3. At a business meeting of the Ft. Scott Driving Park association last evening it was unani mously decided to join hands with Wieland's band and give a rousing ben efit to the band June 15. The entertain ment will take place during the after noon and evening at the fair grounds, and the entire receipts will go to the band for the purchase of new dress un iforms and much needed instruments. Tuberculosis In Riley County. Manhattan. June 3. Tuberculosis has made its appearance again, among the cattle in this vicinity. C. A. Sponberg, residing on the outskirts of the citv, killed a fine looking cow this morning and an examination disclosed that the lungs were filled with tubercles and the heart was surrounded with a gray-like substance in a hardened state, which on being opened also showed tubercles. Uf7t- '1te4rS-r- '-'-r- "KSLftqp OF Trig PEV)lT SAVED HIS FRIENDS. Why Ex-Mayor Fellows Was Not Elected President of Com mercial Congress. Ex-Mayor Fellows was made vice president of the Transmississippi Com mercial Congress for Kansas, but is in line for the presidency of the organiza tion next year. Houston, Tex., won in the contest for the congress next year, and Tom Richardson was elected secretary. There was a time when Kansas had enough votes pledged to elect Mr. Fellows president, but he stepped aside in favor of Richardson and Houston. Fellows also gave way to help E. R. Moses of Great Bend, who wanted to be re-elected chairman of the executive committee, and George McKnight of Wichita, who was slated for the vice presidency. These men got their places and Mr. Fellows could have been president had he insisted. This is the explanation of the situation as made by the Topeka delegation to the con gress. Representative Ed McKeever said to day: "Kansas was taking about all there was in sight, and w-e thought it wise to not insist upon Mr. Fellows' election as president. However, the delegates are anxious that Mr. FeHows should be elected president when the congress assembles at Houston next year." ONLY 36 VOTES NEEDED To Insure the Nomination of Hender son For Speaker. Chicago, June 3. Congressman D. B. Henderson of Iowa arrived in Chicago today to hold a conference with Re publican leaders interested in his can didacy for the speakership of the house. Senator Allison will arrive tonight and will meet Col. Henderson and his friends from Illinois. Wisconsin and Minnesota for the purpose of laying plans for capturing the votes necessary to make his election sure. The Iowa candidate now has 57 votes pledged to him. It requires only 36 more to in sure him a majority. CUBAN PAYMENT. 176 Men Received Their $75 Today at Melina. Havana. June 3. The payment of in surgent soldiers was continued yester day at Melina. One hundred and seven ty-six men received the fio allotea to each soldier, turning in their arms and 44 applicants were rejected for various causes. Some 300 Cubans, who some time ago turned in their arms to Col. Acoa. com plained that he will not return them and that consequently they are unable to get their money. The matter will be in vestigated. The Cubans at Guies are being paid today. MORE FOR HENDERSON. Massachusetts Delegation Likely to Support Iowa Man. Eoston, June 3. A meeting of the Massachusetts congressmen w.as held at the Union club today to consider the question of candidates for speakership of the national house of representatives. The sitting was private and nothing concerning the proceedings has been given out up to 3 o'clock. It is expected that the Massachusetts men favor Congressman Moody of Hav erhill but that Mr. Moody will follow the action of Mr. Hopkins of Illinos and withdraw in favor of Mr. Hender son of Iowa. Had Money Left. Boston, June 3. Nearly 75 delegates were present when the second day's work of the American League of Young People's society of the new church be gan today. President E. A. Hunger of Chicago was in the chair. Reports from the various societies were read and the treasury showed a balance of $72 as a result of last year's transactions. Tunnel From England to Ireland. London, June 3. The Marquis of Londonderry has consented to preside at a meeting within the next ten days in a committee room of the house of commons when a statement will be made of a project for constructing a tunnel between England and Ireland. Death of CoL Terry. Atlantic City, N. J.. June 3. George Terry, who was the first proprietor of the Hoffman house. New York, is dead, aged 61 years. Col. Terry accumulated a for tune and retired about thirty years ago. Heavy Wind Storm. Kansas City. June 3. A heaw wind storm swept over central Kansas last night. At Stafford. Georg-e W. Riter was killed and two of bis family injured. To Marry De Wolf Hopper. Fargo. N. D.. June 3. Nellie Beryen. the opera singer, who secured a divorce ere is to marry De Woif Hopper, the operatic comedian, at once. OLD RIDERS BUY NEW NATIONAL and UNION BICYCLES not because they want a Bicycle, but because they want a Good Bicycle. They know the real value there is in every Bicycle we handle. The National and Union trade-marks are their certificates, THE SAQER-QEAR IS THE ONLY CHAINLESS We have them. We have other good makes at prices to suit the most fastidious. SUNDRIES a complete line. REPAIRING at bottom prices SECOND-HAND WHEELS ALWAYS IN STOCK. Most Skilled Repair flan in i U. S. CYCLE CORWIN DISCONCERTED. From the Chicago Inter Ocean. "The general impression is," said the professor, "that Corwin was never dis concerted by any antagonist. But there was an old story current in central Ohio thirty-five or forty years ago. showing the contrary. Soon after Antioch col lege, at Yellow Springs, began to achieve a reputation under Horace Mann, there was an outbreak among the students. In attempting to quiet the disturbance one of the professors was roughly handled. The professor in sisted that the ringleader in the hazing frolic threatened him with a heavy cane, and finally struck him. The student was arrested on complaint of the officers of the college, who were represented in court by 'Tom' Corwin. Pnrwlns trreat reoutation and his manner took nearly all the fight out of the students who were standing by the parties under arrest. Corwin was car rying all before him, making witnesses say almost what he wanted them to sav, when one of the principal offenders took the stand. This young fellow ad mitted that the professor was threat ened with canes, but denied that he was struck by any one. He said, in fact, the boys only wanted" to scare the pro fessor," and had no thought of hurting him. The witness was a quiet, athletic fellow, and as he made this explanation he smiled at the exaggerated look of amazement on Corwin's face. "Corwin made the witness show how the canes were flourished about the pro fessor's head, and questioned him per sistently as to how close the canes went to the professor's nose. He began with five inches and forced the witness to say that the distance was not greater than three inches, two inches, one inch. Then, triumphant, he took the cane from the hand of the witness, and. flourishing it about the young fellow's head, so close as to make him dodge, thundered: 'If a man should flourish a heavy cane about your head like this, and this, and this, within an inch of your nose or ear or hair, what would you think, what would you do, sir?' The student, who had been dodging this way and that, much to the amuse ment of the spectators, suddenly sprang to his feet, and imitating Corwm's in tense, dramatic manner, and his hum orous voice, said: 'I would welcome him. sir, with bloody hands to a hos pitable grave.' This application of the famous sentence in Corwin's speech on the Mexixcan war brought down the house and threw the great orator off his base." HUMOR OF THE DAY. "I was very much mortified tor'ay to have Gerald say to me, before company, 'Shut up. ma." "How discouraging!" "I have done my best to teach the boy to say, 'Mamma, pray be quiet!' when he desires me to cease speaking, but it seems that I have labored in vain. What am I to do?" Detroit Journal. He (reading item in newspaper) "It Is estimated that in a few thousand years the human race will have become entirely destitute of teeth." She "And vet you want Tommy to be a dentist!" Chicago Tribune. Scribbler Told me to take 'em home, the Book of Proverbs and submitted them to the editor. Spacer What did he say? Scribbler Todl me to take 'em home, polish 'em up and boil 'em down. Said anybody could tell I had written them in a hurry to pay a board bill or take my laundry from the Chinaman's. Judge. "They say a Chicago man has ma4e a discovery which will double the length of human life." "It s strange," said the New York man thoughtfully. "Yes. Wonderful Idea, isn't it?" "I'm not surprised at the discovery. That is made every now and then. What I can't see is why a man should want to live twice as long in Chicago." Washing ton Star. Now goes the soubrette to the sear.ide the State in Our Repair Shop. CO., n8 East 8th St. Opp. Y. M. C. A. .1 Eke goes the store clerk, pocket full of "tin": And, smiling on the clerk, the soubrette will His empty head with utter nonsense fill Of how she loves him; and he will helieve The while she laughs at him beneath her sleeve. His head will swim, his heart beat fast, and thus His "tin" will go, and he'll come to and cuss! And so the soubrette. she of Saxon tres.). Shifts roles and smiles and 'comes a vil la! ness. Philadelphia North American. "What do you consider the greatest ob ject of interest in America?" asked Miss Cayenne. "Well." answered the lecturer, "I ar rived here day before yesterday, and "Of course." she exclaimed apolo2etl cally. "I meant the greatest object of in terest next to yourself." Washington Star. i The White Man's Burden. "You used to say that 1 was all the world to you." "Yes; and since I married you I can ap preciate exactly how old man Atlas felt." Brooklyn Life. A Comforter. Young Mr. Isaacs "Der fact is, fader, I haf had a deesappoint mendt In lofe." His Father "Veil, cheer up. my poy, cheer up! Suppose it was a deesappointmendt in peezness!" Puck. "Is your father at home?" asked a caller. "What is your name, please?" In quired the little girl. "Just teil him It is his old friend. Bill." "Then I reckon h ain't at home. I heard him tell mamma if any bill came he wasn't at home." Tid Bits. Mistress "Bridget. I told you I wanted all the eggs for breakfast soft, and sev- f eral were quite hard." Bridget "Sure mum. they were all in to bile the same length of time, only some of them felt thu heat more than others.'' Brooklyn Life. "Mr. Spoonamore. are you quite sura you love me for myself alone?" "I am quite sure I do. de-irest. I feel that if I coui.1 take you away to some place whera I would never see that youngest brother of yours asain I should be perfectly hap py." Chicago Tribune. National Baptist Societies Anniver. saries, Portland, Ore., June i5-5, 1899. One fare plus $2.00 for round trip via Union Pacific. For dates on whlcii tickets will be sold, limits, and full in formation, call on F. A. Lewis, city tick et agent, or J. C. Fulton, depot agent. Use Solarine Metal Polish for any me tallic surface, 10c per can. Topeka Cycle Co. The Peerless Steam Laundry has put on the latest device for smoothing the edges of collars and cuffa. The Peerless Steam Laundry has put dn the latest device for smoothing the edges of collars and cuffs. iry urainUr TryGrain-O! s Ask you Grocer to-day to show yon JJ a package of GBAEi-O, the new food J drink that takes the place of coffee. S The children may drink it without 2 injury as well as the adult. All who 3 try it, like it. GKAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and j without distress. the price of coffee. 15 cents and 25 cent per package. Sold by all grocers. Tastes like Coff ea Looks like Coffee Insist that yonr grocer piT yon GRAHT-O Accept no imitation. O 1
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4 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, SATURDAY. EVENING, JUNE 3, 1899. TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL By FRANK p7"mAC LENNAN. VOLUME XXVI .No. 131 TERMS OF ST-BSCRIPTION. Daily edition, delivered by carrier. 10 cents a week to any part of Topeka or suburbs, or at the same price In any Kan sas town where this paper has a carrier system. en Hy mail, one year an Hy mail, three months Weekly edition, one year 0,1 PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal Buildinsr. 00 ana 102 Kansas avenue, corner of Eigntn. NEW YORK OFFICE. Temple Court Bldg.. A. Frank Richardson, Mgr. CHTOAOO OFFICE. Stock Exchange Building. A. Frank Richardson, Mgr. IlDON OFFICE 12 Red Lion Court. Fleet Street. TELEPHONES. business Office Bell ghone W Reporters' Room Bell 'Phone 5,7 It seems to be more Important to get hold of the Filipinos' legs than of their arms. The rainy season has set In In the Philippines and Funston will now be In his element. The fact that Dreyfus Is to have a new trial should revive the declining bopes of Mrs. Maybrick's friends. Congressman Henderson cannot feel that he has a sure thing on the speaker Ship until he hears from Tom Reed. Since Governor Eskridge has come out against the gold standard he Is at tracting as much attention from the eastern press as did Senator Peffer a short time ago. St Paul Dispatch: We can't really ell what we are going to do with the Philippines until we learn whether or not the Twentieth Kansas is going to be mustered out. When the bosses join hands, then other folks may as well stand aside. This was shown at Columbus yesterday when the boss of Cincinnati and the boss of Ohio united their forces. General Otis still insists that 30,000 men are sufficient to subdue the Philip pine insurgents, although the history of the past few months and the opinions of the best officers are against him. That the once popular idea that a man's wife is his property to do with as he pleases has not entirely died out is evidenced by the action of the late Sam T. Jack in bequeathing his widow to his brother. Omaha Bee: Railroad construction work in this section is said to have taken every able-bodied laborer away from Omaha, so great is the demand. Only another prosperity straw which, he who runs may read. Chicago News: We cannot, says Rear Admiral Sampson, secure prosperity through fighting. The fact that he was nine miles away and still got the bulk of the prize money seems to bear out the admiral's statement. Eastern papers are devoting much space to a story emanating from Wich ita that Carl Browne Is about to march on Washington at the head of another Coxey army. Evidently, they don't know .Wichita very well. The government financial report for May shows an increase in revenue re ceipts and a falling off in expenditures. The two circumstances combined re sulted In a balance on the right side of the ledger the first in some months. Alger should try to Induce Mr. Hanna to go up Into Michigan and engineer his race for the senatorship. It might be a good move for Hanna as well as for Alger, since the latter's presence in the cabinet Is not likely to be of any serv ice to his party in the Ohio campaign or in that of next year. Friends of the civil service regulations are quoting President McKinley's let ter of acceptance against him. This ,l3 what he said: "The pledge of the Re publican national convention, that our civil services laws 'shall be sustained and thoroughly and honestly enforced, and extended wherever practicable," Is in keeping with the position of the party for the past twenty-four years, and will be faithfully observed. Our opponents decry these reforms. The Republican party earnestly opposes this reactionary and entirely unjustifi able policy. It will take no backward tep upon this question." HOW IT WORKS. The workings of the philanthropic trusts, organized to advance wages and reduce prices to the consumer, are be irinning to come to light. The tin plate trust's contribution in these directions Is thus described by the Cleveland Plain Dealer: In no single Instance is the tyranny of the trusts better exemplified than in the case of the tin plate combine. This combine is most villainously gouging the small manufacturers and consum ers. Tin plate sold as low as $2.60 a box before the consolidation of the mills. This permitted the manufacturers to make a fair profit on their product. After the combine was effected the price of tin plate was raised to $4 a box. This is an advance of $1.40. As a num ber of the manufacturers have to carry from thirty to forty sizes of tin plate in stock and have to buy in bulk it re quires a great deal of revising and re figuring to see that they do not manu facture at a loss. The manufacturers are absolutely at the mercy of the trust. Perhaps the excessive advance in the price of tin plate is necessary to pay the promised dividends on the preferred and common stock of the overcapital ized company which monopolizes the Industry. GLOBE SIGHTS. fFrom the Atchison GlobeJ Notice a mean man: be is always apologizing. A man is not very old If he buys and pnjoys ice cream soda. .woman thinks it is a. part of her business to take a dig at the men every time they show themselves. The penalty fame brings to a man is that every girl he ever treated to Ice cream claims to have once jilted him. A woman, always likes the hat that some other woman wears better than she likes her own, and blames the mil liner for it. Don't encourage those at the break fast table to tell what they dreamed the night before. It leads to as much ly ing as telling fish stories. A cynical Atchison man, upon read ing that a recent bride is accomplished, has investigated, and finds that her commencement essay on "Hope" won her a cut glass prize, and that she is in great demand for decorating the ta ble when her friends give a party. There never was a style in women's clothes so universally laughed at by the men as the one of buttoning the skirt in the back. Men have places on their clothes that button up, but they don't call attention to It by a double row of buttons, with silk cord twisted around them. A strange woman recently visited in Atchison, and was introduced to one of our most distinguished men. He talk ed to her in his most entertaining and original manner, and when they separ ated the visiting woman said to her host: '.'Isn't it a pity that he is crazy! It is always easy to talk too much. An Atchison woman dreamed last night that she died, and appeared at gates of heaven for admission, and that the only question Saint Peter asked her was if she had ever waited for fifteen women ahead of her in a dressmaker's parlors. Upon her statement that she hadn't, he threw the doors open wide. and a band inside started up "A Hot Time." POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. The pill of adversity is never sugar coated. If it's a woman, and the shoe pinches, she buys it. Silent contempt is responsible for many an unblacked eye. There seems to be a strong upward tendency toward roof gardens. When the public has faith In a writer it is based upon good works. The coachman's bride is confident her husband will make a good groom. When one woman compliments an other she says, "She's awfully clever, but When people abuse you, suspect your self; when they praise you, suspect them. New features are constantly being in troduced in the up-to-date protograph studio. One never realizes the aimless life of a policeman until he attempts to ehoot a dog. Wrhen a woman is in love with her wheel it's another case of man being displaced by machinery. An old bachelor says that ten meas ures of talk were set before Adam and Eve, and Eve took nine of them. It is said that the camel can work seven or eight days without drinking. There are lots of men who can drink seven or eight days without working. To err is human or at least that is what a man always tells you when be makes a mistake. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR From the New York Press. Maybe they used to call them Satan slippers. Whisky makes trouble, but soiled wrappers make havoc. It isn't that a woman cares so much about losing a man; she just doesn't want some other woman to get him. The meanest boy that ever lived never tortured a starved cat the way a "jolly good ienow can torture his wife. When a man is smoking and slapping and waving to keep off mosquitoes a woman in a low-neck gown and open work stockings will sit and smile and just swear inwardly. WHAT WOULD YOU TIIINK If children would always be polite? If the "anti-spit" ordinance would be enforced? If any one would be really rested by a summer vacation? If men would not smoke pipes in the street car vestibules? If the man who works for some one else would never shirk? If a person could dance all night and feel as well the next day? If half the things told in the east about Kansas were true? If a woman would not want to ap pear as well as her neighbor? If county ofBcers would not forget that the people pay their bills? If everybody would be as comforta ble as the barefooted boy looks? If the water company would sell its plant to the city for what it is worth? If a man would be as agreeable after he is elected as he was during the cam paign? If it would not take all the independ ence out of a man to be out of work a month? If anything should be done in Kansas politics for which Cy Leland would not be blamed? If conductors would stop their cars on either side of street crossings in muddy weather? If the political ranter would realize how little the people care whether he gets a position or not? If it would not cost the amateur city gardener twice what the vegetables are worth before they are on his table? If the man or woman who makes personal remarks would think how the words sound to the person addressed? If people would learn that it is better to pay a dollar or two for chicken net ting than to quarrel with their neigh bors? The Only High Crad Baking Powder Offered at a Mod erate Prloe. B&kinct Powder NONE 60 GOOD, FA! IBM If STORIES OF THE TOWN. Women may be easily frightened on the appearance of a mouse or a grass hopper but for genuine bravery and presence of mind the weaker sex can furnish some examples that would put strong men to shame. There is a little woman living on West Sixth street who is a living mon ument to sustain this statement. She moves in the best society and is known as one of the most gentle and modest as well as one of the most agreeable women in Topeka, Some time ago she lived In a two story house on Taylor street. She was busy with her children and her house- I'll hold duties and had never taken time to think of burglars. It was sometime after midnight and the family was asleep when the lady was half awakened by the indescribable feeling that some one was in the room. Her mind was thoroughly aroused in an instant and the next moment a dark figure was plainly discernable near the loor of the room and the penetrating flash of a dark lantern fell across the bed. Some women would have screamed) and others would have crouched under the covers in an agony of suspense; but this lady did neither. She slowly raised herself up in bed and in as deep a voice as she could command addressed her sleeping husband; but her words were intended for the unwelcome visitor with the dark lantern. This is what she said: "Mr. H. there Is a man in the room! Aim low and shoot to kill!" Her husband was sleeping soundly and there were no firearms in the house but the burglar did not know that and the deep toned, resolute command of the woman acted like an electric shock. With a dash the housebreaker left the room, listening1 every moment for the crash of the revolver and anticipating the sting of the bullet. He did not take the trouble to go down stairs but jumped to the ground from the second story window. The sleepy husband awakened in time to run to the window and catch a glimpse of the retreating form of the burglar. He shouted "Hi, there!" But the man did not stop. Sunday while all good Christians were worshiping at church a well known so ciety young lady and an equally well known society young man made a mysterious Journey in a buggy down the river road toward Calhoun Bluffs. It was in the morning while the church bells were ringing and the good people were on their way to church. There was a gunnysack in the back part of the buggy and it moved once in a while and strange noises were oc casionally heard to come from the folds of that mysterious bag. The young lady was somewhat nerv ous and as they drove past a church she covered the sack up with a lap robe for fear that some of those going to worship might be suspicious. The trip was made to Calhoun Bluffs, the young lady held the horse, the young man carried the sack to the river bank and then went back after a rock, there was a splash and a dull thud, the young lady looked the other way and covered her ears with her hands, the young man made his way back to the buggy and just then there was a plaintive "meow." There was a tear in the girl's eye and a stern look in the young man's face as he looked over his shoulder at the cold, dark river that tells no tales. The couple started back toward town. Just as they were passing the First Methodist church the young people heard the minister through the open window. He said. "Yet not a sparrow falleth," and both knew the rest of the quota tion. "Does that Include cats, too?" asked) the young lady. "I I guess1 so," said the young man and neither has dared to look at the other since. On top of a certain business house on Kansas avenue there is an amateur menagerie. It consists of one 'coon. The animal is kept chained up among the chimneys and appears to be taking life very comfortably. Several days ago a dentist who has an office in the building heard a violent commotion in the rear of the hall on his floor. He thought nothing about it for some time, until he distinguished among other sounds, shouts for help. He followed the cries of distress and found that a large 'coon had "treed" a boy in a small room at the end of the hall and refused to let him come forth. Mr. 'Coon was a stranger in those parts at that time. It was his first ap pearance on that scene of action, but he seemed to be enjoying himself im mensely. The boy explained through a crack in the door, that he had passed Mr. 'Coon in the hall a half hour be fore, and that Mr. 'Coon had taken a nip at his leg, whereupon he had be taken himself to the room and Mr. 'Coon had opened a state of siege. Whenever he tried to come out the 'coon showed signs of hostility, and the boy hastily closed the door, They played peek-a-boo for some time, and then Young America raised his voice for reinforce ments, which in the course of time brought the dentist to his rescue. The rescuing party started to ap proach the animal, but Mr. 'Coon show ed signs of fight in that direction also, and the reinforcements retreated. At length the relief expedition secured a broom as a weapon and beat the 'coon over the head while the boy hastily made his escape. The 'coon had a chain about his neck, with which he was taken captive and transported to the roof through a pho tographer's skylight, where be has since been "at home." No one has any idea where the ani mal came from or how he got up stairs in that hall way. If any one has lost a pet "coon It can be found on top of that building. The capital city is noted for its ora tors but a small Topeka school boy en joys the distinction of taking one of the most experienced speakers in the ci'.y fairly off his feet. The G. A. R. decided to select the best speakers available and send them out to talk patriotism to the school children, the exercises to be called "Memorial services." Among those who were assigned to the German Catholic school was Judge G. A. Hu- ron, a well known lawyer and a con vincing speaker. Judge Huron began his address on patriotism by a brief review of the wars which the nation has experienced, beginning with the Revolution and end ing with the Spanish war. The faces of the children were full of animation as he talked of the flag and how it had been carried to victory by the brave men of the nation. It was evident that his words were making the impression hoped for. The gentlemen who were with Judge Huron almost envied him his mastery over the youthful patriots but they did not foresee the end. In his inside coat pocket Judge Huron had a small flag about eight by twelve inches in dimensions which he had pur chased for the occasion. After he had finished his recital of the wars and the achievements of the American soldier he drew the little flag from his pocket and waved it over his head. "And now my children," said Judge Huron impressively, "do you know what this flag cost?" A little 10 year old with a bright face, indicating future greatness so the en thusiastic speaker thought raised' his hand. "Well, my little man, what did it cost?" said Judge Huron kindly. Sharp as a rifle shot came the an swer: "Ten cents." The boy did not understand why the grown people laughed or why the speaker was so confused. "I doubt if the boys in the Philippines experience any more queer situations than we used to during the civil war," said Ananias Fisher as he wiped the drops of perspiration from his forehead after the Decoration day parade and started for the nearest water cooler in the post hall. "I shall never forget the experience I had one day while I was on guard duty down in Bayou Lafouche. A comrade who stood vedette suddenly reeled and fell to the ground and turned several complete summersaults, fetching up against a gum sapling that bent under his weight, but instantly sprang back to its usual stately grace, the rebound catching up and flinging the vedette with such force that his body struck and coiled itself about my person, quite similar to that of an anaconda. Of course the force of the strike was something terrific, or would be to any one other than myself: but I, being cast of firm stuff, never even wavered, but calmly untwisted the writhing form from my anatomy and with a peculiar curve, which I had cauffht on to dur ing a term as pitcher for a base ball team, tossed the body of that vedette clean around that sapling and stopped him on the plate where he had been doing vigilant service at the time the vertigo seized and hurled him to the ground. The distance between his sta tion and our guard post was only a trifle over 80 yards. "The grand rounds being due at this critical moment, the general, with his eagle eye had seen my ball practice with the body of a comrade, and he at once placed me under arrest, and, with out a hearing, directed that I should be hung up by the thumbs with 27 log chains twined about me, and that I was to suspend there for three hours. That was the straw that broke the camel's back and I left the army at the close of the war." THE PARASITE. He was a tall, lank sort of a fellow. Shabby-genteel, you know; Wore a faded tile and Prince Albert Of buttons minus a row. He had such a persuasive manner. He persuaded you always to treat If at the bar or cigar case By chance you happened to meet. But he never would ask you to join him, Though we always would wait to see If he'd say to the cue we gave him "This is on me." He was such a persistent sponger That he needed a sobriquet; "The Parasite" he was christened, And some of the fellows say That he slept at night on a mattress With never a blanket or sheet; He wouldn't have them on him. It came so near to a treat. At chatting he was really a wonder. His speech was so easy and free; But this sentence he always omitted, "This is on me." 'Tis the early bird of the morning That catches unwary prey. And he watched from the very sun-up For a sirloin, minus the pay. And after each meal his Havana Would wait for someone to suggest; It was always a straight twenty-center That suited his taste the best. He wanted a night-cap each evening. And sometimes he'd take two or three. If he heard you say as he poured it, "This is on me." I heard he was sick and missed him. As I went on my daily jaunts; He had not been seen for a fortnight In one of his usual haunts. I found his sickness proved fatal. And that he had passed away; The procession and service were simple, When he was consigned to the clay. His grave's kept green, and above it Anyone can plainly see The epitaph on the tombstone, "This is on me." Donald Dean. THE WORLD'S GREAT AUTHOR. (By a woman who knows, and knows that she knows.) In reply to the sentiment in Mrs. Roby's Symposium. This is the oak that grew from a strip ling. This is the man they call Rudyard Kip ling. The man who thinks one way and writes another. Who weaves mystic legends our senses to bother. Who scares us from bogies by telling their tales. And wins us from war by singing its wails: Who puts in plain words lore of adept and scholar. And ridicules kings, e'en the almighty oonar. Power, prone at his feet, through the lausrh of a. srirl. The Recessional chants 'mid creation's mad whirl. Stronger than lions, the British have won. More daring than eagles that gaze on the sun. v He tempts us to struggle 'gainst fate with nis wooing. While his left hand knows not what his right hand is doing; With a soul that's outgrown bigot's heaven and hell, "Tis a savior of men among us to dwell. Written at The Wren's Nest, Harveyville, j juarcn a, lsyy. SAME OLD TRUSTS. We Had Them 2200 Years Ago Cites E. F. Ware Human Avarice the True Cause. Referring to the anti-trust dinner at St. Louis, E. F. Ware of Topeka con tributes the following to the Globe Democrat: Topeka, Kan., May 30. It has been long and loudly proclaimed by Demo cratic orators on the stump that the tariff is responsible for the origin and growth of trusts and monopolies. The Democratic laymen view the tariff as the source of all political and social evils. It has become a frequent thing to hear that trusts and monopolies are a new thing and originated with the American tariff, and that until the tariff gave the opportunities trusts and monopolies were unheard of. But this is all a mistake. History is full of trusts and monopolies. The scythe makers of Rome had a trust, and they all settled on one street and had the name of the street changed to "Scythe makers' street." But far back of all this is found the record of an iron trust. (Consult book I, chapter 2, "Aris totle on Politics.") Aristotle was at one time a sort of secretary of state for Alexander the Great, and knew as much about politics as any man now living, besides being a scientific man of great attainments. He tells the fol lowing story' in the chapter cited: "It is, indeed, as we have said, gen erally lucrative for a person to con trive to make a monopoly of a certain thing; for which reason some cities also adopt this method when they want money, for they make a monopoly of their commodities. "There was, too, a certain person in Sicily who laid out a sum of money which was deposited in his hands in buying up all the iron from the iron works, so that afterward, when the dealers came from the markets to pur chase, no one had any to sell but him- self, and though he put no great ad vance upon it, yet by- laying out 50 talents he made 100. "When Dionysius heard this, he per mitted him to take his money along with him, but forbade him to continue anv longer in Syracuse. "This man's foresight andThales' was exactly the same, for both of them con trived to procure a monopoly for them selves. "It is useful, also, for politicians definitely to understand these things." According to this story the man who got up the deal cleared 5,700 pounds avoirdupois of money, which was not a bad speculation; and it was over 2,200 years ago, before McKinley was ever heard of. It was an Intense piece of sarcasm for Aristotle to say that it was useful for politicians to understand these things definitely, and he no doubt re fers to the eminent Democratic states men of today, who apparently do not understand anything about trusts and monopolies. There has probably been a string of "politicians" from Aristotle down who have laid the deplorable ex istence of trusts and monopolies to everything on earth except the right one; have laid it to the color of the moon, the administration, the tariff, everything except the true cause human avarice. The Thales story referred to in the above quotation is given by the same author.and is the story of an "oil trust," which was one of the "brood of vam pires" that over 2.200 years ago grew out of the "oppressed condition of the people." The story is as follows: "While it was yet winter Thales. the philosopher, perceived by his skill in astrology that there would be great plenty of olives that year, and having got a supply of money he bought on a small security all the oil presses that were in Miletus and Chios, which he A child fresh from its bath in clean dainty clothes is a suggestion of Ivory Soap. All dainty washable things maybe restored to their original freshness without injury, by use of Ivory Soap. 1 -A WORD OF WARNING. There are many white soaps, each repre sented to be "just as good as the 'Ivory';" thev ARE NOT, but like all coun terfeits, lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities of the genuine. Ask for Ivory ".Soap and insist upon getting it. COPYRIGHT ieoa BY THt PROCTER OAMBLK OO. OINOtNNATI hired at a low price, as there was no one to bid against him. "When the season came for making oil many persons wanted them, and so all a,t once he let them on such terms as he pleased, and raising a large sum of money by that means he convinced them that it was easy for philosophers to be rich if they chose it." This was, perhaps, the origin of the "Standard Oil Trust." It will be noticed that in both of these cases the "pro moter" got the money from some one else to start the trust on. And this was all prior to the big anti-trust din ner that was recently given in St. Louis. Yours truly, E. F. WARE. BOX OF GOLD LOST. $25,000 In Coin Disappears From the Steamer Alameda. San Francisco, Cal., June 3. There was great excitement on board the steamer Alameda upon her arrival from Australia when it was discovered that a box containing 5,000 sovereigns was missing. Five hundred thousand dol lars in gold had been sent hither from Sydney. The money was shipped in twenty steel boxes, each containing 5,000 sovereigns in British gold. One of these boxes was abstracted from the steam er's treasure room during the voyage. The theft is apparently shrouded in deepest mystery. To thoroughly un derstand the peculiar deftness of the crime, if is necessary to explain that large sums of money, frequently exceed ing a million in amount come from Australia by every steamer. The con signments of gold represent the balance of trade in favor of the United States. This England owes the United States for grain and oil, and Australia is Eng land's debtor for all kinds of merchan dise. It is more convenient and less expensive to send money to America from Australia than from Australia to England and from London to New York. Therefore, part at least, of the demands of the United States on Great Britain are paid directly by tbe col onies of the latter country. So common a feature of the cargoes of the Australian steamers are these shipments of gold so that each vessel belonging to the Oceanic Steamship company has a special steel tank con structed for the safe carriage of the treasure. On the Alameda, this vault, as it may be called, is formed of steel plates each five-sixteenths of an inch thick. It is located under the steerage dining room and the only mode of en tering it is through a small trap door, secured with an iron bar and a Yale lock. The lock was sealed with the stamp of the steamship company after the boxes of sovereigns had been counted and receipted for by the purser and the key of the lock placed in the safe in the purser's room. The purser de clares that the key to the lock has never been taken from the safe from the departure of the steamer from Syd ney until the arrival here. The seal over the lock was unbroken, and yet the consignment was short five thou sand sovereigns. No one questions that the twenty boxes were placed in the steel tank at the beginning of the voy age and yet but nineteen boxes were In the tank when the steamer arrived. When the loss was reported to the captain he took extraordinary pains to locate the stolen treasure and to dis cover the thief. A thorough search was made of the ship and every passenger, as well as all of the crew, were obliged to undergo an ordeal of rigid examina tion. None of the officers will discuss the matter, their mouths having been per emptorily sealed, but none will claim that the missing treasure was found. The mysterious character of the theft, the deftness with which it was accom plished and the cleverness with which it was concealed has puzzled officials and detectives alike. The generally ac cepted theory is that a number were implicated on the theft and that when the box of -sovereigns was secured, it was opened and the gold divided among the robbers and concealed until they safely remove it for their own uses. The police have arrested five men who came on the steamer on suspicion. As yet, however, no charge has been placed against them, and the authori ties, for the present, refuse to disclose their names. An Epidemic of "Whooping Cough. Last winter during an epidemic of whooping cough my children contracted the disease. having severe coirhing spells. We had used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy very successfully for croup and naturally turned to it at that time and found it relieved the cough and effected a complete cure. John K. Clifford, pro prietor Norwood House, Norwood. N. Y. This remedy is for sale by all druggists. Butte,Mont, $28.85, via Santa Fe Route. Garfield Park Marshall's Band Con cert tomorrow. BEYONDJJELIEF. Dan Co. Hesitates to Tell the Truth About Business For Fear It Will Not Be Credit ed by the Public. NOTHING LIKE THIS Has Ever Been Known in the United States. Wildest Predictions For the Fu ture Likely to Be Realized. New York, June 3. R. G. Dun Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: April failures wer-j the smallest ever reported in any month. May failures are nearly $2,000,000 smaller, only 62.8 per cent of the smallest previously re ported in any month and only 34.3 per cent of those in May last year. Solvent payments were $8,328,294,052 and de faults were $3,820,683, or 43.7 cents on $1,000, against 70 cents In April, $1.19 In March and $8.02 in September, 1896. Comparison with previous years in dicates that the ratio of defaults to solvent business has never been as small in any other month as In May, 1899. Both in manufacturing and trad ing, failures were the smallest known in any month and In each branch eight of the fourteen classes showed smaller failures than in May of any other year. In dealing with times like these, the chief difficulty Is to avoid the accounts of extravagance. The actual is beyond experience, and if its naked recital ex cites Incredulity, what well reasoned forecast of the future could gain hear ing? Nobody has known until this year and the past month how great the American demand for products might be, and it does not stop short because it has been larger anticipating the fu ture, as many expected, but still drives buyers to order more, as If no future had been anticipated. In actual pay ments through clearing houses, busi ness is 56 per cent larger than last year and 38.1 per cent larger than in 1S92. In railroad earnings, notwith standing differences in rates, business is 5.7 per cent larger than last year and 21.3 per cent larger than in 1892. More than 20 years ago the demand for iron was called the industrial ba rometer, and it claims the place yet, when the demand passes all belief. Many more furnaces have gone into blast, and yet the famine grows more severe. Pig has risen this week 50 cents to $1 at Chicago and grey forge 25 cents at Pittsburg, billets actually selling there for $3 more than the stand ard price for steel rails. Plates are so needed that $5 premium is paid for June or July delivery. Structural works are far behind and are expected to ad vance prices. Sheet works can not fill orders, though $2.85 is paid for block No. 27 at Pittsburg, and bars are stronger, with cut nails 10 '.jents higher. Pig iron has advanced 8.5 per cent In May and finished products 2.6 per cent. Coke works are overcrowded and prices are higher. Minor metals are dull, tin at 25.65, copper at 18V4 for lake and lead at $4.45. Cotton goods are steady, with increas ed demand, notwithstanding higher prices. The wool speculators seem to be preparing such trouble for them selves as they met early two years ago. They are buying largely, but manufac turers are not, although orders for goods have improved and the demand from clothiers begins to encourage agents. Sales for the week at three chief markets were 8.177,800 pounds, against 4,513,200 pounds last year, 5. 835.900 pounds in 1897, when speculators were trying to realize at high prices, and 6.640,800 pounds in 1892. Wheat has been lifted slightly on all sorts of reports and then dropped, clos ing one cent higher than last feek. Re turns for the broken week Indicate lit tle except that western receipts are still quite large, 4,156.069 bushels, against 4.263,520 bushels last year, and they would hardly be as large if actual sup plies at the west were deficient, con sidering the extreme urgency of demand which last year's fancy prices created. Exports from Atlantic ports have been 2,549.783 bushels, flour included, against 4.294.498 bushels last year and 271.929 bushels from Pacific ports, against 385. 439 bushels last year, and in five weeks from both ports 13.310,880 bushels, against 18,371,811 bushels last year. Failures for the week have been 145 in the United States, against 222 last year, and 14 7 Canada, against It last year.
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