The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
July 6, 1899

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LAST EDITION Tn xisDAY evening. TOPEKA, KANSAS, JULY" 6, 1899. THURSDAY EVENING. t 1 j if .1 i I u

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'If t f u II. tii 5 I, GAIN OMOO.OOO. Growth of the Christian En deayor Society In One Year As Shown by the Report of Secretary Baer. 2,000 NEW SOCIETIES. The Organization Now Extends Throughout the World And Includes ETery Class and Condition of Humanity. Detroit, Mich., July 6. The appre hension of light attendance at the international-Christian Endeavor conven tion was dissipated today. In the down town district through the early morn ing hours persons not wearing the Christian Endeavor badge were the ex ception. It was estimated this morn ing that upwards of 20,000 accredited delegates had arrived, aside from visi tors who are not Endeavorers. Between 6 and 8 o'clock this morning most Christian Endeavor roads led to the Central Presbyterian church and to the Light Guard armory. Several hun dred volunteers for service in the noon day Evangelistic meetings representing nearly all the states, gathered at 7:30 In the former edifice, proffered their cervices by cities, and received assign ments to various parts of the city and greneral instructions from the leader, Mr. H. B. Gibbud of Springfield, Mass. Mr. Gibbud addressed the young people as temporary evangelists. They were told off in squads and at noon many factories and business centers were scenes of their labors. The floor and galleries of the city's largest armory were early filled with bright faced young people singing fa miliar hymns with utmost earnestness. At 8:15 the armory doors were closed end after a prayer by President Clark the "daily quiet hour" of prayer and meditation ensued led by Rev. J. Wil bur Chapman, D. IX, of New York. The day was clear, cool and altogeth er ideal when the first real business session of the convention opened today In Tent Endeavor. A sea of 10.000 earn est countenances was turned to the plat form when the Rev. Nehemia Boynton. D. D., of Detroit, called it to order. Again the great tent rang with hymns of praise led by P. S. Foster of Wash ington. The devotional exercises were led by one of the leaders and founders of the Methodist Epworth League.Bish op Xinde, of Detroit,. Secretary John Willis Baer submitted his annual report. SECRETARY'S REPORT. Each year some self-appointed seer has predicted that the numerical KTowtn of Christian Endeavor could not keep pace with the wonderful develop ment of the earlier years. Notwith standing it is IS years since Christian Endeavor first blossomed, and notwith standing further fact that many of the states have few churches at present without Christian Endeavor societies. Its increase this year has been remark able. After taking from the lists the societies that have ceased to exist for any and all reasons, the net gain in number of societies during the last year is nearly two thousand societies with over one hundred thousand new mem bers. Pennsylvania, Including the Junior societies, now has over live thousand societies within its borders: Xevv York, over 4.000: Ohio and Illinois, have over 3.000; Indiana and Ontario, 2,000: Iowa, Michigan. Kansas, Massachusetts, have over l,r,00; California, Missouri, and Nw Jersey, not far behind, with over l,0f0 each. Does that sound as if Christian En deavor was decadent, a fad, or had seen lis best days? No, .Mr. Skeptic, if you are here this mornir.ff. listen when I say that Christian Endeavor lives. COVERS THE WORLD. Since last we met. Russia, at that time the only country in the world without its Christian Endeavor society, has welcomed our principles and meth ods, and today our international fellow ship is completed and worldwide. Great Britain has over six thousand societies, and a royal welcome awaits us next July in London. Australia has over two thousand societies, and is repre sented in this convention by two dele pates that have traveled over six thous and miles to bring greetings from our brothers and sisters under the South ern Cross. India has 454, China, 148; Africa. 136: Mexico. ICS; West Indies. 10:i, Germany, 101; Madagascar. 93; Japan, 73, and on through a long list which I must omit at this time, but can not pass by Spain, the country nvith whom we were at war last year. Spain, rent with war and turmoil, has more than held its own, for she' has thirty-six societies. I verily believe we have not begun to appreciate what a great international peace and arbitration society ours is. This development is not man-made it Is of God. OX THE SEAS. There are nbw 979 intermediate socie ties, there ought to be more; 14.6S0 jun ior societies; s.'i mothers' societies, and 49 senior societies. Over a hundred socie ties are to be found upon ships, mer chantmen and men-of-war; mam- socie ties in the soldiers' camps, and in un expected places, such as prisons, schools of reform, workhouses, almshouses, asy lums, institutions for the blind and for the deaf, schools and colleges; anion" oar drivers and motormen. policemen", traveling men, life savers on the coast' light house employes, in large factories' etc., to the number of over two hun dred. I have a right to the exultant ring in my voice when I sav that we have crossed the fifty-five thousand line. Th official enrolment is 55.813 societies, with a. total membership of 3,500.000. If any Christian has lost his enthus iasm, these figures should be a source cf inspiration. BAPTISTS LEAD IX ENGLAND. In England the Baptists lead in Chris tian Endeavor, in Australia the Wes leyan Methodists, in Canada the Meth odists and in the United States the Pres byterians. Always interesting it Is a pleasure to rive you the latest detailed information of the denominational representation of Christian Endeavor in the United States The Presbyterians are in the van with over eight thousand societies. These figures include the junior and intermed iate societies. The Congregationalists mave over six thousand; the Disciples of tComlnuod on Sixth Page.) FEVER FROM CUBA. Three Cases of Yellow Jack Reach New York. New York, July 6. The transport Mc Clellan arrived today fronv Santiago and was detained it quarantine. Her surgeon reports that three of the pas sengers have yellow fever. Two of these are cabin passengers. One is Miss Clondennin. daughter of the surgeon in charge at Santiago, whose death from yellow fever was reported yesterday. Miss Clendennin told the surgeon of the transport that she had not seen her father for some time prior to sailing but two days after the transport; left Santiago she was stricken with the' dis ease which is mild in character. The patient is improving. BEARS FRUIT. County Attorney Jetmore Holds Inquisition and Will Cause Arrests. County Attorney Jetmore is holding inquisition today. He subpoenaed a list of 25 witnesses who were alleged to have knowledge of the illegal sale of liquor, and he has been "pumping" them for their information. The great ma jority of those subpoenaed refused to testify, and under the decision of the supreme court there is no way of punishing them if they refuse to answer the questions put to them. But four or five of the number made affidavits to what they knew concern ing the violations of the prohibitory law and several arrests will be made. The information concerning the jointists was furnished Mr. Jetmore by Chief of Police Ramsey. Mr. Jetmore refused to tell, of course, against whom he had information un til the arrests have been made, but it is known that he has been investigating the free-for-all fight that took place in the Clipper restaurant on the Fourth of July. If the prohibition bill that was intro duced into the last legislature had passed it would have been possible for the county attorney to have taken his witnesses before a justice of the peace, and they would have been compelled to testify, but under the law as it now stands they can do just as they please about it. CHICAGO "NOT IN FAVOR, Bryan Does Not Want the Democrat ic National Convention There. New York, July 6. A Chicago dis patch to the Herald is as follows: It has been all but officially declared that W. J. Bryan does not want the national Democratic convention of 1900 held here, because he is tired of the factional fight among the Democrats. This rivalry has even cropped out in plans to entertain the national commit tee, which meets here on July 20. It was announced a few days ago that the Monticello club, of Altgeld proclivities, was preparing to entertain- the commit teemen in the club's quarters. The Harrison men decided today that ft cXPANSCW cTt THE Some Suggestions For Future Guidance of Kansas Agricultural College Professors, With ApoIog-icS to Chic&sp Record. the Monticello men are not "regular," and if any arrangements had been made by them to receive the committeemen thev would save money and discom fiture by declaring all engagements "off." It was further stated that the Democratic club of Chicago, which is composed of Harrison men, would give the national committeemen a. ban quet and entertainment, and that the Jackson and Iroquois clubs are also seeking to secure the leaders as their guests. IS AFTER HAVEMEYER. Chandler Says His Discourse Was Evidently Meant as a Threat. New York, July 6. A "Washington dispatch to the Herald is as follows: "Havemeyer is a plutocrat Democrat," was Senator Chandler's answer to a question as to whether Mr. Havemey er's declaration that the tariff was the mother of trusts would hurt the Republican party. "He is willing," said the senator, "that the Republican party shall stay in power, provided it protects his sugar trust. His discourse was evidently as a threat against the Republican party. "Mr. Havemeyer," Mr. Chandler con tinued, "is a multimillionaire Democrat, who, false to his own party, cannot in fluence personally ten votes. Neither will he influence votes by his money. He will not dare give it to Bryan, and there is no one else to whom he will dare give it. The Republican party is not afraid that any party capital can be made against the tariff on account of the trusts. These exist everywhere, all over the world, in these latter days in free trade as well as in tariff coun tries. The Republican doctrine as it will be enunciated at the next national convention, which will renominate Mr. McKinley, is that it is unnecessary to destroy any industry in this country in order to restrain trusts. "Trusts will not be a political issue, because both parties will denounce them." FLIES KILL CATTLE. Pest Causing Great Trouble In West ern Grazing Lands. Guthrie, O. T., July 6. In the great pas tures along the South Canadian river in Cleveland and Pottawatomie counties and across the line in the Chickasaw nation tiles are swarming on the cattle as never before known. Dead cattle are found dailv in every herd. The animals were literullv worried to death by hordes of small tlies, which sting like bees, and the cattlemen cannot get rid of them. If the pst continues thousands of cattle will be killed. Aeronaut's Terrible Fall. Sioux City, Iowa, July 6. W. A. Ward, a Sioux City aeronaut, while making an ascension at Lake "View, Iowa, met with an accident, fa.'iing 150 feet. He was terribly injured, but at last reports was still alive. Five thou sand persons saw him drop. The acci dent was due to tearing of the cloth at the bottom of the balloon to which, the parachute was attached. Death of Lieut. McLaughlin. Washington, July 6. The war depart ment has been ad'ised of the death at Santiago de Cuba of Lieut. McLaughlin, volunteer signal corps. Lieut. Mc Laughlin was a victim of yellow fever. V X US? IP tvp "i I f-SmZZrS lYSKn..- f N y ZAVJMVi HOW ITWORKS. Got. Stanley Discusses His Sys tem of Paroling Prisoners. Would Extend Plans For Pat ting Men on Honor. INSISTS ON REPORTS. Must Be Made to Warden ETery Month. Would Test the Question In the Courts. Governor Stanley has added a new feature to his plan of paroling convicts from the state penitentiary and says he will, in time, take into the courts, a case the purpose of which will be to determine the prerogatives of the gover nor in parole cases. When the governor first adopted his system of paroling prisoners, he made the pardons conditional and the men who profited by the arrangement to the extent of gaining their liberty entered into a compact to become law abiding and industrious citizens. There are two men, one in Topeka, another at Marion, who are now en joying the privileges of the parole sys tem. Numerous applications are now on file for conditional pardons, which the governor will pass upon from time to time. The governor in adopting this sys tem provided that the paroled prisoners at the close of each month should re port to the warden of the penitentiary, telling what they had done during the preceding month; whether they were employed and give in addition thereto all information concerning themselves. "I have asked the warden of the pen itentiary," said the governor, "if re ports have been received for June from the men now on parole. "I propose to follow this matter closely. I want to convince the convicts that this matter has been taken up in good faith and that there is in the parole system ample opportunity for them to regain their liberty under cer tain conditions. "If the men who have been paroled are not now employed, and they so re port to the warden, I propose to aid them in securing work if I can do so. These men, or at least the ex-prisoner usually feels, that the world suspects him after he is liberated from prison, and he becomes timid, because he be lieves people do not care to associate with him. Where a man attempts to regain his standing I believe in encour aging him. For these reasons I am especially interested in the system of paroling prisoners, which we have adopted. 'There Is one thing, however," contin ued the governor, "which I shall insist upon and that is a strict compliance with the conditions of the parole or par- PASS WMff(gLj MAJj? Rr? 7-ajc a 1 don. If a man violates the agreement which he makes to regain his liberty, I shall se to it that he is remanded to prison." The governor Is In some doubt as to the legality of the parole system and there is aiso in his own mind a ques tion as to how far toe may proceed in this direction. "This point will have to be determin ed by the courts some time, and I be lieve that I will avail myself of the first opportunity to get the subject be fore the court," said he. "As an ex ample of a complication which might arise, suppose a man should be libera ted then take advantage of the techni cal question as to my power to issue such a pardon and further question my authority to have him remanded to the penitentiary. I would be at a loss as to the proper procedure under such cir cumstances, and a possibility of such an occurrence suggests to my mind the idea that a Judicial interpretation of the law would be desirable. This is why I say I will sometime take a case to court to have these points passed upon." The governor Is very much interested In this feature of prison reform. He believes that the moral influences of an effort to aid an ex-convict who is in earnest in his efforts to reclaim him self, would be far-reaching and in time would make it possible for that class of men to again become useful citizens. "Men are often, I believe," said the governor, compelled to again fall into bad ways after having been once in prison, because society frowns upon them. Believing that their lives have been ruined and that society has made them outcasts these men drift into sin ful ways and eventually return to tne penitentiary. A helping hand now and then to one of these unfortunates will make again a useful citizen of hiin. For that reason I desire to do all in my power for them." Today the governor was informed that Alexander Swan, one of the paroled convicts, has reported. He is at work on a farm in Marlon county and says he expects to lead the life of a good citizen. Reports from the Shawnee county man are expected in a few days. He is now at work. G. A. K BITTER. Spring Hill Post's Scathing Rebuke of BC Clay Evans. "It is just and proper to invoke the aid of God to remove a president who retains H. Clay Evans as pension com missioner." is the resolution adopted by Custer post of the Grand Army at Spring Hill, Kan. In response to the suggestion of the recent meeting of the council of admin istration of the department the Kansas posts are adopting and forwarding to the department headquarters resolutions denouncing Evans and demanding his removal from office. MR. STRYKEK AN EDITOR. Ex -Superintendent Purchases the Wellington Voice. A report has reached Topeka to the effect that William Stryker, ex-state superintendent, has purchased the Well ington Voice and will hereafter devote his time to the publication cf that pa per, which is the one formerly owned by Lyman KaUgle. The first Issue of the paper under the direction of the new owner and editor will appear this week. Mr. Stryker will also do some work in his own interests as a candidate for re-election as state superintendent. ANOTHER CHANCE. Governor Stanley Reopens a Case In "Which Pardon Was Refused. Upon petition of George Taylor, Gov ernor Stanley will re-open the case in which William Hupp of Wichita, sen tenced to eleven years for robbery, was recently refused a pardon. George Taylor is the Wyandotte coun ty banker who was recently pardoned by the governor and he came to Topeka yesterday to see the governor In behalf of his colored friend. The prison record, according to the report of the authori ties at the penitentiary, of Hupp, is bad. This Taylor denies. He says he worked by the side of the colored man and that his record was first class. Tay lor believes the wrong record has been sent to the governor and asks that the case be re-opened. This the governor has granted and will hear the case again soon. WORST IS OVER. Texas Flood Has Begun to Subside Slowly. St. Louis, July 6. A Post-Dispatch spe ciU from Dallas, Tex., says: At 11 o'clock today a short dispatch was receive from a lineman at Dewey, junt across the Brazos river at Sealey. It read River falling' slowly since 3 o'clock yes terday afternoon. Conditions here terri ble. Everything- in country swept away. Larce number of lives lost in bottoms. Looks like starvation for those left. Sit uation not been exaggerated. Several days before line- repairs can be made with anything- like system." This telegram was received over a wire spliced- from the Missouri. Kansas Texas railway and Postal Telegraph com panies' lines and was the first that has been working into Sealey and Dewey for three days. The wire only worked five minutes and was then lost. Efforts to connect since then have failed. Shortly after this information was re ceived by wire. Deputy Sheriff Swearin ger. at Sealey, said over the long distance telephone: "There is no improvement in this sec tion of the flood district. If anything- thK situation is growing- worse. IVo relief boats have reached here from Houston or Galveston. Sealey and neighboring towns have about exhausted their resources for relief. Another negro family was seen from here drowning, out from land about two miles this morning. Several lives "have been lost since last night among the refugees on the mound near old San Fil lipe. A number of negroes have fallen in the water from tree tops, from sheer exhaustion, after hanging there three days and nights. "A rumor is current here of an nwfn! disaster near Richmond, below here in Port Bend county. As "we are cut off from all that southern section, we cannot tell deliniteiy what has happened, but the situation naturally must be as bad, as here, if not worse." Glass Trust Chartered Pittsburg. Pa., July 6. Among the char ters granted today at Harriburg was one for the National Class company of Pitts burg. This is the concern which has been under way for some time as a com bination of t he table glassware manufac turers. It is expected the combine -will now be completed within a short time, and when next fire open the new concern will have charge of nearly all the table glassware factories in the country. The new combine will be capitalized at $20, 000,000. Bryan Speaks to Thousands. Gainesville, Ga.. July 6. William J. Bryan spoke to 3,000 people at the Chau tauqua here. He was introduced by Governor Candler. ORDERJSSUES Ten New Regiments to Be Re cruited In United States. Numbered From 26tk to 35th Inclusire. EXCEPTING liEGULAHS Officers Must llaTe Seryed In Spanish War. Term of Enlistment Extends to June 30, 1901. Washington, July 6. The order for the enlistment of ten new regiments of infantry was issued today by the secre tary of war. It is as follows: War Department, Washington, July 5, 1S99. By the direction of the president, the following general rules are prescribed for recruiting from the country at large, United States volunteers as pro vided for by the act of congress ap proved March 2, 1899, published in gen eral orders No. 36, of 1899, headquarters of the army, adjutant general's office and for organizing the same into regi ments: The strength of regiments, officers and enlisted men will be as provided for by sections 4 and 12 of the act of congress approved March 2, 1899. The regiments to be organized in the United States will be designated 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32d, 33d, 34th and 35th regiments of infantry United States volunteers. Of the commissioned officers to be ap pointed for each of these regiments the field and staff officers, including medi cal officers and captains of companies will be assembled at regimental ren dezvous as hereafter designated, for the purpose of theoretical and practical in struction in organization, military ad ministration, drill regulations, disci pline, hyg-iene, camp sanitation, etc. Daily instruction in the nomenclature, care and assembly of parts of the rille and target practice will be a special feature of Instruction of both officers and men. Applicants for commissions.except of ficers of the regular army, will be re quired to pass a satisfactory examina tion as to age, moral, mental and physi cal capacity to command troops and must have had service during the Spanish-American war. The recruiting service of the regular army will be charged with recruiting from the country at large, men for ser vice In these volunteer regiments whose enlistments will be made for the period ending June 30, 1901 unless sooner dis charged, and without restrictions as to citizenship, or educational qualifica tions but in all other respects under the same rules and .regulations as are pre scribed for recruiting the regular ser vice. Bxcept in special cases only un married men ivill be enlisted lor these regiments. In view of the probable severe service of these regiments and the climatic conditions to which they may be sub jected the physical qualifications of both officers and enlisted men is of the first importance. .Only those fully qual ified will be appointed or enlisted. The lieutenant colonel and two of the medical officers of each regiment will, as far as practicable be assigned to duty as assistants to recruiting officers of the regular army. Upon arrival of recruits at the regi mental rendezvous the commanding offi cers of regiments will assign them to companies and the appointment and re duction of regimental and battalion, non-commissioned staff and company non-commissioned officers and other en listed grades will be governed by the law and army regulations. Each regiment so organized will, for purposes of discipline and supply, be subject to the orders of the command ing general of the department in which the rendezvous is located and the regi mental commander will report by tele graph to the adjutant general of the department on his arrival at the regi mental rendezvous. Ten regiments of infantry. United States volunteers, will be organized as follows: Twenty-sixth at Plattsburg barracks, New York; Twenty-seventh at Camp Meade, Pennsylvania; Twenty-eighth at Camp Meade, Pennsylvania; Twenty ninth at Fort McPherson, Georgia: Thirteenth at Fort Sheridan, Illinois; Thirty-first at Fort Thomas, Kentucky; Thirty-second at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Thirty-third at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Thirty-fourth at Fort Logan, Colorado; Thirty-fifth at .Van couver Barracks. Washington. K. A. ALGER, Secretary of War. COLONELS SELECTED. Washing-ton, July 6. The president has appointed the following colonels of the volunteer regiments: Major James M. Bell, First cavalry. Captain James S. Pettit, First In fantry, better known as colonel of the Fourth immunes. Captain Edward E. Hardy, who was colonel of the Second New York volun teers in the war with Spain. Captain L. A. Craig, Sixth cavalry. Captain Luther K. Hare.Seventh cav alry. Major William Kobbe, Captain Cornelius Gardiner, Nineteenth infan try. The assigned of the volunteer colonels to regiments will be as follows: Twenty-sixth, Rice; 27th, Bell; 2Sth, Pettit; 29th, Hardy; 30th, Gardiner; 32nd, Craig; 33rd, Hare; 35th, Kobbe. The man designated for lieutenant colonel of the Thirty-fifth regiment will organize it and take it to the Philip pines when Col. Kobbe will assume command. FIRST TRIAL RACE Between the Columbia and De fender Taks Place. New York. July 6. The weather early today gave promise of being favorable for the first trial race between the yachts Columbia and Defender. There was a haze on the water and a light wind from the south, southwest. The early indications were that the yachts would be sent on a long beat down the Jersey coast fifteen miles and have a run back before the wind. Today's contest is for a $250 cup offer ed by the New York Yacht club. The boats were both anchored off Tompkins, S. I., last night. At 8:45 this morning the Defender was taken in tow by a tug and started for Sandy Hook. She was f jllowed half an hour later by the Columbia. Tho yachts were cheered by the crews of the various boats in the bay, among them the transport Kilpatriok. At 10 a. m. the wind had fallen away to scarcely more than a three knot breeze and there was considerable fog off shore. The sky was darkening In the south and west and rain was threatened. At 10:55 a. m. both yachts were close to the Scotland lightship with mainsails Bet. At that hour the weather was still thick. Both boats' .passed Scotland lightship at about 11 a. m., on their way to start ing point, Sandy Hook lightship. The crew of the Defender had then; aloft a big club topsail and Columbia's cl.ib topsail was also going up. The wind had strengthened at 11 a. m. to about five miles an hour. At 11:15 the Corsair, the committee's" boat, hoisted a signal, ordering the start to be from Sandy Hook lightship. At this time it was raining heavily and al most impossible to see the Hook light ship from shore. The rain stopped at about 11:30 and though the sky was not clear it looked! better to the westward. Defender could just be seen at the starting point off Sandy Hook lightship at 11:35 an dColumbia was also made out a little later. There was very little wind off, and it looked as if there wouldi be some delay in starting. Both boats at 11:45 were quite a dis tance off from the starting point, Co lumbia over a mile away. At 12:50 the Corsair, the committee boat, signalled that the race would be sailed on a triangular course ten mllea (to each leg. The preparatory signal was fired at 12:53 and the starting gun was hearii at about 12:58 p. m. Defender crossed the line at 12:58 and Columbia at 12:59:30, both yachts on the port tack. At 1:06 p. m. both boats were on the port tack standing in shore near the Highlands. The breeze was then fairly, good. At 1:12 they changed to the starboard tack. At 1:27 a dispatch from the Highlands of Navesink says: Both yachts are heading southeast, but the weather was so thick that they, could not be distinguished apart. At 1:32 both yachts went on the port tack. There was very little distance separating them at that time, but De fender appeared to have a slight lead. At 1:50 the boats were about three miles due east of Sea Bright, N. J., standing in shore on the port track with every stitch of canvas drawn. It was hard to say which was in the leai at that time, the race being a very close one. The observer at the highlands ot Navesink reports that Columbia turned the first stake boat at 2:39 and that Defender followed one minute later. At 2:50 p. m. Columbia seemed to lead: the Defender by a quarter of a mile. flO DOLLAR GAS. Remarkable Proposition Froci the Company Officers. rThe long expected proposition of the gas company to give Topeka a better gas rate has arrived and what' a disap pointment! The people have been led to believe that they would be given dollar gas for many cities throughout the country now have that rate. Imagine the disappointment when the gas com pany presented a proposition to make a rate of $1.25 coupled with the consid eration that they must be given a 20 year franchise. Is that what Mr. Anthony N. Brady, head of the gas trust, meant when he promised in a written communication! to do the handsome thing, if the council would keep its hands off? Did the gas company attorney have this munificent proposition in mind when he stood before the council and promised that body that the council would have no reason to complain of gas rates if the company was let alona for a year? In view of all that ha3 transpired it is surprising the gas trust has the effron tery to make a proposition to trade a rate of $1.25 T'hich is high for this age, for a franchise through which it can keep its hold on the city of Topeka for 20 years longer. Councilman Nettels pavedthe way for the surprise last evening at the council meeting when he asked Chairman Roundtree of the committee on lights if he would not make a statement about the gas question. "I have had a conference with the gas people," said Mr. Roundtree, "and they propose to make a rate of $1.25 tint if we will give them a franchise for 20 years. This is all I have to say. I did not Intimate that we would consider such a proposition and am in hopes that, we will have a better one." i This statement was received by an ominous silence but it is safe to say that the gas trust has reckoned without its host if it expects to pull the wool over the eyes of the city council by any, such scheme. Topeka wants dollar gas. Topeka is as much entitled to dollar gas as Colo rado Springs. Kansas City or other cities. Topeka proposes to have dollar gas if it has to build a plant of its own. RAN OFF WITH 500,000. Wall Street Man Gone and Detective After Him. New York. July 6. The World says: Detective Charles Heidelberg started for Europe yesterday aboard the American liner St. Louis in search for a man who is sai'l to have absconded with more than $500,000 in money and negotiable bonds and securities. The fugitive was the secretary and treasurer of one of the lprtr'st stock brokerage syndicates in the Wall street district. Arthur Merkleln, manager for Mr. Hei delberg, said: "We are in no position at this time to make anything public. It is true that Mr. Heidelberg sailfd on the St. Louis. He is after an absconder. The amount is very large, over $."jO0,0'.t." YOUTHFUL COUPLES AVED. Sycamore, 111., Brides Each Only Four teen Years Old. Sycamore, 111., July 6. Sycamore had a couple of weddings last night in which the contracting parties were mere chil dren. Raymond Gardner was married to Stella Hunt and George McGregor to Addie Snyder. The brides are just in their teens, barely 14, if that; the grooms are a little older. Mr. Clarence Petrie and Gertrude HalJ were also married. Weather Indications. Chicago, July G. For Kansas: Gen erally fair tonight and Friday, except showers and thunder storms in east portion; probably cooler tonight; var iable winds. 1 I

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, THURSDAY EVENING, JTTLY 6, 1899. 2 Dtirinsr the visit of ,1a Hung Chang, the 'Grand Old Man of China," to this cotm trv, the New York Sun 'said of him: "He is larjre, strong-, im pressive specimen manoood. tc has a massive frame, a shapely v head, a command ing face and well posed features. He is a keen ob servant of man kind, of life and of thinsrs. He is lie verity -four years of age and still in the fcey-day of his power.' If a Chinaman, usually regarded by ns as m barbarian, can live to a healthy, hale old ajre, why cannot Americans, with their snore advanced civilization, do the same? The reporters discovered during- Ii Hung Chang's stay in this country, tliat he took, every thought for his health. He lived upon the simplest of diets and never passed e day without consulting his physician. He limited his toil to a reasonable number of hours, and would not deviate from his rule in this matter. American men fallow just the opposite practice. They work to the limit of endurance, will not even take the proper time for eating, resting and sleeping, and never think of their health cntil it is gone. There is si wonderful med icine for hard-working men. It is Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It takes ti;e place of a physician. It keeps away ill-health and restores health when it is lost. It is the great appetite sharpener, blood-maker and flesh-builder. It makes the digestion perfect, the liver active and the blood pure and rich. Medicine dealer ell it. My husband had been a robust young man," writes Mrs. M. J. Tedder, of Ellington, Reynolds Co., Mo. "When he was 31 year old he began to cough very hard. He fiaa pains through his chest and lunars. Kis mother and the rest of his family had died with consumption. He con tinued to cough every winter, until in 18S3 he bad an attack of pneumonia. His cough grew worse and worse. He would vomit immediately after bis meals. 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Is In charge. LADIES' WAISTS A SPECIALTY ItO fading 213 and 815 W. 5th. Plioa 142 f Mtm A K f 'i OPPOSEJHE WAR. Ohio Anti-Expansionists Call a Meeting. To Be Ueld at Cincinnati on July 8. MANY OF THE SIG3EHS The Most Prominent Republi cans In the State. Charles B. Murray and Judge Rufus Smith Protest. Cincinnati. July 6. The committee hav ing in charge the anti-imperialist meeting In this city has fixed upon Saturday, July S, as the date. Tho speakers will repre sent all elements of the voting popula tion clergrymen, lawyers, professors, the labor ranks, and financial and commer cial interests, while special addresses will be made to the Oerman-Americans, who constitute 53 per cent of the local popu lation. Several prominent anti-expansionists have been invited from neighboring cities. Prcf. J. Laurence Laughiin of the Chi cago university and Congressman Henry Johnson of Indiana have promised to speak. The local speakers will all be men of prominence. Of those enlisted In the movement here more than half are Republicans, while the German Republicans axe to a degree solid in their sympathy. Henry Haacke, the veteran editor of tho Volksfreund, says: "The situation here is very simple, so far as tne question of ex pansion goes. The German voters, al most to a man, refuse to consider it a party question. Men of both parties, however much they may differ on other Issues, stand shoulder to shoulder asainst an imperial policy. They have, by inher itance, a hoiy dread of any policy that squints in the direction of an increased standing army. They came here to es cape the blight of militarism, while those born in this country of German parent age imbibed the same deep-seated hatred of it wich their mother's milk. They are loyal to the core in any warfare to pre serve the integrity of the Union; but for eign conquest, from clear motives of ag grandizement, and involving more money and muskets no, no, they will have none of it." "But," was asked, "will their loyalty this idea carry the German Republi cans into the enemy's camp In the state battle in Ohio next November?' "It will," he replied, "unless the Demo cratic state platform deliberately shuts them out. Strong as they are against ex pansion, they are equally strong against the silver lunacy of id to 1. It is not necessary, in this coming election, so far as the German vote is concerned, for the Democratic state platform to pronounce for hard money ami the gold standard. It will do if it simply ignores that issue alto gether and declares against trusts, ex pansion and government by bosses. This would secure an almost undivided Ger man support, not only in this city, but throughout the st?te." Some of the sternest opposition to arm ed conquest was found among the minis ters of all denominations. Right Rev. Boyd Vincent, 1. Protestant Episco pal bishop of southern Ohio, voiced the sentiments of a large majority of the rec tors in his diocese when he warmly repro bated the plan of "shooting Christianity into the heathen." He favored the posi tion taken long ago by Bishop Potter of New York, that the Paris commission should never have claimed the Philippines at all. Most hearty support in this move ment has come also from Rev. George A. Thaver (Unitarian), Rev. Herbert S. Rig elow (Congregational), Rev. Gervaise Roughton. pastor of a large Methodist congregation; Rev. Henry Prowd, a col ored Baptist preacher; Rev. IJr. Peter Tinsley (Kpiscopal), and Rev. William Spiegel. Jr., (Presbyterian). Some of the faculty of old Lane Theological seminary, of rock-ribbrd Presbyterian pdigree. are flat-footed against tiie new shotgun prop aganda. Another important gain has been the enlistment of both the prominent Jewish rabbis, the venerable Dr. Wise and Dr. David Philipson. Owing to his age and infirmities it is not liKely that Dr. Wise can attend, but his colleagues will speak for the anti-expansion cause, which has a tremendous following among the lead ing Hebrews in this city. That obnoxious disturber of the peace of imperial cabinets, the college professor, has also risen in his scholarly wrath against expansion. A majority of the faculty of Cincinnati university have signed the call. Among the heavy property owners who represent an aggregate of millions are Herman and Ttlford Groesbeck, J. P. W inslow. Colonel Jeptha Garrard, W. A. Goodman, president of the Lafayette bank F. A. Schmidt, J. V. B. Scarborough and Robert B. Fowler. It is impossible to more than mention some of the many legal champions. Fore most in popularity and following among ail classes is Judge Rufus B. Smith of the superior court. A lifelong Republi can, his nomination was indorsed by the Democrats at the last ejection, so univer sal is the respect and confidence he com mands. Like Prof. Meyers, he boldly brands the whole Philippine drama as "the crime of the century." He will prepare a paper, to be real at the meeting. By his side stand Ia. C. Black, another Re publican and long the law partner of Sen ator Foraker; Judges William Worthing ton and John R. Sayler, Joseph C. Butier, F. Roelker, E. W. Kktredge. Charles B. Wilby. D. 8. Oliver. William Herron, Ben jamin B. Dale. ex-Attorney General Jud pon Harmon. John Follett. F. F. Oldham, William G. Hosea, T. A. Bruhl, Lawrence Maxwell. George Hoadley, Jr., Mortimer Matthews, eon of the late Supreme Court Justice Stanley Matthews, and a host more of prominence in the legal world. No one is better qualified to speak for the commercial element of the city than Mr. Charles B. Murray, editor of the Price Current and president of the Chamber of Commerce. His hairs have grown white in the Renublican cartv's service. He signed the call with quick, determined ptn. Then he said: "When Dewey de stroyed the Spanish fleet in the east, lie was acting in accordance with the re quirements of conditions. All will concede this. But that our government should have entered on a territorial conflict there was not required and it is. In the light of any evidennce yet available, a most deplorable matter that, with the comple tion of Dewey's task, he was not with drawn from ail concern in Philippine ter ritory questions. The course of our gov ernment in Cuban affairs was bad enough its Philippine policy can hardly be ex cused" on any rational grounds." Among the prominent sympathizers In the medical profession ar Dr. J. D. Buck, president of the Theosophical Society of America Dr. Frederick Forchetmer, Dr. Robert Stewart and many others. The heaviest recruiting has been done among the laboring and mechanical mid dle classes. In one large, factory a hun dred names were seovred. Thirty out of forty signed in one room, all but five of them stanch Republicans. 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According to his own statement he was here to ask the president to go easy with Captain John M. Nealf of the United States army who has been tried and convicted by court martial for the alleged misappropriation of J4.S00 be longing: to his fellow-oftu ers and the en listed men of his regiment while sta tioned at San Francisco. In an interview Mr. Kohlsaat said: "I simply called on the president with a friend, Mr. Mac key, who is endeavor ing to adjust a personal matter for a youngr friend, and the secretary of war happened to be present. I will say this on the Foraker matter, however. If President McKinley had been consulted before the articles in my paper appear ed, and I had followed his advice, they never would have been printed. The president knew nothing of the matter until he returned from New England and saw the papers. Senator Hanna knows nothing of the matter yet. Al though I presume by this time he has received the papers containing the ar ticles. "I have felt for 10 years past that Foraker was not a fit man to be in poli tics, and I have gathered together data on a number of his transactions and have been printing them." When asked if the fight would be dis continued Mr. Kohlsaat replied that It would not. 'I have plenty of other material which can and will be used yet, until Ohio pol itics are made somewhat purer. We went through this same experience in Illinois and have got rid of Lorimer and a lot more of his ilk." "Did you discuss the Michigan cam paign with the president?" "Iso. We said nothing about that matter." "Will your paper take a hand in the controversy between Alger and McMil lan in that state?" "Well, we do one thing at a time. We will get through with Mr. Foraker first." was the reply. FORAKER SNEERS. Little Glory In the Contest With the Filipinos Who Struggle For Liberty. Cincinnati. July 6. At the unveiling of tablets at Fort Thomas in memory of Col. Henry C. Egbert and the dead of the Sixth United. States infantry, which he formerly commanded. United States Senator Joseph Foraker de clared war upon the McKinley adminis tration. Recent attacks printed by Ed itor Kohlsaat of the Chicago Times Herald, aided in causing the Ohio sena tor to break relations with the presi dent. Senator Foraker said, in sneering ref erence to the haste with which Col. Eg bert was hustled to his death: "Even before his wound healed Col. Egbert, although deservedly promoted to be a brigadier general of the United States volunteers, was ordered to re port for duty in the far away Philip pines as colonel and commander of the Twenty-second United States infantry. He was not in proper physical condition to go, but his unconquerable spirit and soldierly pride were stronger than his sense of duty to himself, and without hesitation he started for that new field, where, almost as soon as he arrived, he fell in battle at the head, of his com mand. "There Is something miserably incon gruous in the fact that iie should have survived his wound from the Spaniards at Santiago, received while fighting for the liberty and independence of the Cu bans, only to be hurried around the globe, there to receive a mortal stroke from the poor Filipinos, who at least imagine that they are fighting for their liberty and independence. "He obeyed orders and fell; and, as it was with him, so it is with all these dead. They lived and died true soldiers, and we honor ourselves In honoring them. "We are here, however, to honor them not alone for their physical courage that quality is not exceptional; (t has been common to all nations. Even the Filipinos seem not afraid to go to battle and death, although all the odds are against them. "What more pathetic and at the same time more magnificent than the sight recently witnessed at Manila, when the half civilized and more than half naked insurgents of Aguinaldo, armed with only bows and arrows and long spears, understood to stand before the Krag Jorgensen rifles and the thirteen-inch guns of 'civilization' and 'benevolent assimilation'.' Referring to our policy toward Cuba, Senator Foraker said: "Our pledge must be kept by the prompt establishment and prompt rec ognition of an independent government for the republic of Cuba, after which, and not before, with honor, consider the question of annexation." In referring to the destruction of the Maine. Senator Foraker said: "This disaster closed all quibbling quavering hesitation and uncertainty on the part of the national government." His speech is accepted a3 a defiance of the McKinley-Hanna wing of the party in Ohio who are fighting for re election to the senate. 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Much diplomatic management was necessary and many obstacles had been surmounted before this result was reached. Andrew D. White, head of the Ameri can delegation, broached the subject. The question of its admissability, under the conference mandate was discussed. No vote was taken, but an agreement was arrived at to allow the Americans to present their case in full. Had a vote been taken immediately the Americans would doubtless have carried their point by a majority of one or two, and to avoid this a resolution was irooosed recognizing the importance and com plexity of the question and recommend ing the summoning of a special confer ence. At the afternoon sitting of the committee the successive clauses of the laws of war having been adopted, M. Demertens of the Russian delegation, moved a resolution to that effect. Mr. White seconded. In the course of a clear and eloquent statement of the American case, he said the United States government had ac cepted the invitation to participate in the conference with alacrity because It was expected, the conference would af ford an opportunity for preaching the truth with regard to the immunity from capture of private property at sea. He admitted, however. that the United States government recognized It would be hopeless to exnect any decisive result from this conference. Mr. White frankly admitted the dif ficulties Involved in deciding what con stituted contraband of war, but insisted that these supplied one of the best ar guments for a full and prominent dis cussion. The suffering and losses which seizures entailed were immense, while the effect upon the ultimate result of war was almost nothing. Referring to the experience of the United States in the war of the rebel lion, he said that only three confeder ate cruisers did anything of importance but they captured 169 vessels, quadru pled the rate of insurance between America and Great Britain and caused the transfer of a half million tons of American shipping to British bottoms. The final result was that the whole American marine was virtually swept out of existence. "If that resulted from the operations of the three poorly equipped little steamers," he said, "what would hap pen with the means at the disposal of the greater nations today? Tet every one knows that this privateering had not the slightest effect in ending, or even shortening the war, nor would it have had any even if the losses had been ten times greater. The only real effect is gained by warships in main taining a blockade. Now-a-days the transfer of goods by land is so general that interruption by sea as a rule does nothing to promote the ending of war, but that interruption may destroy accu mulations of human wealth and skill requiring a generation to make good, while the losses can not be confined to belligerents alone, but must effect more or less directly, the whole world." Mr. White warmly repudiated the sup position that the Americans were ani mated by selfish considerations. They were eminently practical, he said, but not less pre-eminently devoted to great ideals. This he illustrated by referring to the enormous sacrifice made during the civil war and the devotion of Ameri cans to arbitration. But the question he was urging upon the delegates, he asserted, was one of right, justice and progress for the whole world, and this all Americans felt deep ly. Nor could the acceptances of the American proposal injure any nation. On the contrary it would strengthen all. The head of the American delegation concluded with an eloquent appeal to the jurists, diplomats and statesmen of all nations assembled In the conference to take the subject under careful con sideration, declaring, in the words of Count Nesselrode, that "the additions of this plea to international law would be a crown of glory to the world's diplomacy." M. Rahusen, of the Dutch delegation, supported Mr. White, and suggested that the governments favoring the idea should conclude a. treaty among them selves. Sir Julian Pauncefote, head of the British delegation, said that British opinion was divided on the subject, and that he had no instructions regarding it. In his personal opinion, the question was outside the scope of the confer ence. M. Bourgeois, head of the French delegation, and Captain Scheine, of the Russian delegation, announced that in the absence of instructions, they could not vote. 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The supreme court has decided that a rail road is a public highway, an improved highway; that the business of railway transportation is of a public nature; and that in performing it, the carrier is, to a certain extent, performing a function of government. Now, let congress act on Gen. Longstreet's recommendation and begin by providing for the early construction of a national freight rail road with double tracks from St. Louis to San Francisco, and follow that im mediately with three others like it one from Chicago, by way of St. Louis, to Galveston, Texas; another from James town to Bismarck, North Dakota, by way of St. Louis, to Savannah, Georgia; and a third from St. Louis to New York City. The aggregate of these several lines would not exceed 5,500 miles; and the roads could be built and equipped for about $250,000,000. This amount could if it were deemed necessary, rather than to issue treasury notes all be bor rowed from our own people on 2 per cent 50-year bonds; and long before these bonds had matured, the net earn ings of the roads would have raised a sinking fund large enough to pay them. Afterwards, rates could be reduced ac cordingly; or the income of the roads could be turned into the treasury as public revenues. There would be no div idends to be paid to stockholders, no fixed charges for bondholders, no ex travagant salaries to officers, and no campaign contributions to political com mittees. Nor would there be any need of the services of a corps of high-priced lawyers. These roads, in the beginning, need carry nothing but freight, and the heav ier classes of mail matter; they should be supplied with motive power sufficient to haul not only government cars, but those of all persons or companies ap plying for transportation; and the em ployes should be protected from politi cal intermeddling by a tenure dependent only on efficient and faithful service. This would be the first step in the solu tion of the trust problem, so far as the railways are concerned. Mrs. Lease In a Ghost Trust. From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lease is to be the central figure in a new trust which will be completed in Chicago this fall. It is a trust to control ghosts. Commun ication with the spirit land is to be tied up in monopolistic style, and "independ ent" mediums are to be crowded out. Trust prices for connection with the hereafter will rule, and those who do not maintain trust prices will be placed under the ban. Spiritualist mediums of the Missis sippi valley have been holding a con vention in Richmond, Ind., during the past week. They propose to organize each state convention into a trust, with the purpose of forming a grand com bine, at the national Spiritualist con vention, which meets in Chicago, Octo ber 9. Mary Elizabeth Lease, of Kansas fame, has been converted to spiritual ism, and this ghost trust scheme is believed to have originated in her fer tile brain. There is no doubt that pro bably this fall, or next year, at the latest, she will be elevated to the lead ership of the national body. Her efforts will be along the line of purging the mediumship. Airs. Lease has become so enthusiastic that she expects to give the work all of her time, even to the exclusion of her political hobbies. She will make her first debut as a spiritu alist lecturer at the Indiana state camp meeting, and will later be heard at Lily Date carnp (New York), and Onset bay camp (Massachusetts). These are the three great meetings, though in all there will be 56 state and district camp meetings this year. She will also appear before the national convention, which will convene in Chi cago. I There is no doubt that the new organ- ization will control all camps this sea son. The membership includes the best mediums and the most reputable spirit ualists in the work. They propose to shut the gates against all others, and spiritualists of the better classes are favorable to this at least though they may not favor the trust prices. They organize under the caption of fighting frauds in spiritualism and It will be one of their first moves. During the last two or three years since the medium business has become so extensive there has been a frightful slashing of seance prices, until now any one can get a glimpse of a mater ialized form of what is reputed to be "passed over" ancestors or friends for the nominal sum of 25 cents. Conver sation, through trumpets, with departed ones is placed on the same basis, and written messages go for the same. There is to be a revival of the "good old days" when the mediums lived on the fat of the land and got $1 for even the slight est of manifestations. The scale which may be expected to prevail this year at the state camps will be: For material izations, J2; for trumpet seances, $1; for slate writings, Jl; for other manifesta tions, $1. The "trust" proposes also that the line of "latest novelties" shall be cur tailed and no great effort shall be made to spring something new. Fraudulent mediums have been invading the camps during the last three or four years and have virtually taken the business away from the old ones, because they always had something new in spirit manifesta tions. People are always looking for something new in every line, and ghosts are no exception, they say. Mediums who claim to be genuine have found it impossible to keep up with their smooth er rivals in the novelty business, and they have been supplanted. They now expect to bar out the tricksters. These tricksters, they say, have been Impos ing on the people, and urged on by nec essity many good, reliable, genuine med iums have been led to perpetrate fraud. These good mediums, therefore, wel come the combine which has been form ed and are more than ready to turn the camps over to the trust. They are will ing to pay good prices for genuine man ifestations, but are decidedly opposed to paying anything for being Imposed upon. There is no doubt that the trust will have a good effect upon spiritual ism, which has suffered beyond all pos sible conception because of the frauds which have been carried out in its name. It is advocated by some that national and states associations should ordain good mediums the same as churches do preachers. These mediums, it is sug gested, should be sent to the different associations and temples, and under their direction and auspices give free seances. They should also, it is claim ed receive all of their remuneration di rect from the state and national asso ciations, and those funds should be free ly given by those who keep up the pres ent system by attending the seances where they pay at the door. Mrs. Lease is expected to formulate Remington ping and 'Tabulating Attachment to the Remington Standard Typewriter b wonder. WONDERFULLY QUICK, WONDERFULLY SIMPLE. WONDERFULLY USEFUL, WONDERFULLY ACCURATE. At a touch the carriage jumps from the last character written to the exact place ih. n.vt rAlumn 'and over'anv ftumbtr o( columns, thmj UG06.oda.oo FOR i SALE BY ALL REM1NGT0NTYPEWRITER' DEALERS, J. F. MYERS, Local Dealer, W'yckoff, Seamans Benedict, 105 W. Call or write Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Telegraphy, Penmanship. Phone 31. 521-523 Quincy St 111 III HUM M HUI E. O. DE MOSS. 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FENWFLL. I Peowell, 523 QUINCY STREET Phone 778 Penwell Residence. Phone 776 De Moss Residence. aat via Santa Fe OUTHWESTERf FUEL GO. Tel. 193. 634 Kansas Avs. Picnics, Parties, Socials, Etc., SERVED PROMPTLY. PRIVATE FAM1LIE3 SOLICITED. BEOS. 4th and Taylor. SOME BEAUTY SPOTS OF AMERICA. MADCH CHUNK. THE ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS, LAKE REGION OF NSW 0RK STATE, NIAGARA FALLS, OS 1E1 Lehigh Valley RAILROAD. For illustrated descriptive matter, rates of fare. etc.. address CHAS. 3. LF.B, Gen era! Passenger Asrent, 26 Cortlandt street. New "York, enclosing two cent stamp for postagtt. O

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 1899. 3 Botanic Blood Balei the mxi FREE. A Cure for Blood and Skin Diseases Eczema, Ulcers, Pimples, Scrofula, Blood Poison, Cancer, Kidney Trouble, Boils, Malaria, Rheumatism. A. Trial Treatment Sent Privately by Mail Free to All Who Suffer. Napoleon was preat, not because of face, altitude, KstJrt or stride-, but be cause of the stuff of which he was made. Herein he never imitate.!. It is just so with Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) It 1 the stuff in Blood Balm thut cured 2-Hoo'l Troubles. such as Kruntions. Scrofula. Eating- S-res. Mucous Patch es. Copper Colore I Spots, &c. You can't imitate Blo-l Balm. The fame stuff is not In otner miioine?: there is no substitute for It. This famous Southern remedy has cured thousands of eufferers, but so you may test its cura tive powers we wili s-nl a sample bottle absolutely free to all who apply. Perfectly safe a aii pleasant to takd by old or young. Cares Made fa Blood Palm. Allen C-rant of Sparta, G,i cured of a painful ore on t he lip called epithelial cancer; Julia K. Johnson, Stafford P. O.. S. C. curei of a terrible itching eczema of l:J vears" standing": W. A. Bryant, toKiy, Tex., cui ed of salt r'reum on liand. Bis had resembled, a burned sur face, suffered four years, vet cured by Hotanic Blo-I Balm. B. "U'. BeazU-y of rfVnif ricus, Ga., suffered with sores all over his body eating into holes. Blood lia!m cured him sound and weil. L. H. Fewell of Atlanta. Ga., cur-l by four bot tles of a terrible eating ulcer on letr. S. "W. Pops of Jacks. .n. (.la., had violent skin disease, entire bo ly almost a scab, yet isermanentlv cured bv B. 3. Ti. J. J. Jlead of Athens. Ga., ha3 eczema on xiands, arms an-.l lesrs, suffered five years, trie. doctors and patent meiicines. RIood Ba 1m curl him. oniy a f -w scars re maining where the sores had healed. Mrs. V J. Steed of Augusta, Ga., had recur ring boils, was cured by oniy five bottles t hr--e years a go. Perfect! v well since. Mn. M. Is. Adams of Fredonia, Ala., had d'-ad'y ca ncer, was given up to die by ni ne il.vtors, vet was cur"" i bv Botanic Blood Balm. W. P. McDani-d o'f Atlanta, cured of rheumatism, but what more need "we say? A V e could f 1 1 this papr with wonderful cures, an 1 remember, all these troubles are caused by Bad Blood n the system, and Idoo-1 Balm cures because it forces all the prison outward, hence there cannot be a return of the symptoms. Don't trifl-3 with blood troubles, and re member, even if sarsanariila. tonies, doc tors and salves h.ive faiied in vour case, t hat B. B. B. Botanic Blood Balm is different from anything else and cures, to eta y cured, by ex pelling the poisonous tnntter from the blood. This is the oniy remedy that cures in this way. How to Obtain Blood Balm. Write for Free Trial Bottle. If you are satisfied that Botanic Blood Balm is what you ned you will fin! large bottles for sale by Swift iSc Holiday Drug "0-. 51.? Kansas ave.. and Rowley Snow. f. Kansas ave., Topeka, for $1.00. or six bottles (full treatment) 5-.t. For free tri.il bottle address Bi.vi Balm "o.. T Mi-cheil st.. Atlanta. Ga., and bottle and medical book will be sent, ail charees pre pa:d. Describe your trouble and we will include free personal medical advice. l Lyon's PERFECT r"4 a hi rovvoor AN ELE8AHT TOILET LUXURY. Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a century. si umiiiAiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiUiiumiUiiiimiig I-xpericnce 1$ tfte best cT teacher Cry cur Printing ani see if it is?on't teacb you that cooi results will ccme frets having Goes Printing 3 3 Printers Unl Publishers 112 Cast $e?entb Street CekpSoue 39 3 3 PEACE MAI BE PRESERVED A Compromise la Sight In the Transvaal. Pretoria. South African Republic. July S. The special conference between President Kruger, the members of the cabinet. Fischer, a member of the exe cutive council of the Orange Free State, who was the hearer of compromise sug gestion from the free state in the mat ter of dispute between the Transvaal and Great Britain and Hoffmeyer, the. Afrikander leader, has been practically concluded. It is believed that the fran chise proposals have been accepted and may be laid before the Volksraad to morrow and that peace will be pre erved. New Telephone Rate. The following telegram has been re ceived by the State Journal from Man ager S. J. Bear of the Phoenix Telephone company: Columbus. O., July 3. State Journal, Topeka, Kan.: Our residence rate individual metallic circuits only eighteen dollars per an num; the Bell company can't fool the teople ail the time. S. J. BEAR. Cancer Science. London. July s. The Cancer soc'.etv haa commissioned Dr. A. E. Duffv to p-oceej to the United States to collect data to i- -vestipate the operations of the Buffalo laboratory and to offer a prize of 10 pounds lor thd best original essay on ciner sc -aace. Oxygenor3 at room 0, Columbian Bid, I -1 RAILROAD NEWS. Wellington In a Fair Way Boom Again. to Hopes to Be Made Dirision Headquarters For Oklahoma BY THE SANTA FE ROAD The Appointment of Kichard Meade the First Step. Is Made Assistant Dirision Mas ter at Wellington. Richard Meade has been appointed by the Santa Fe as assistant division mas ter, with headquarters at .Wellington. His appointment takes effect today. Wellington has now regained her pres tige in the railroad line, except in the orlice of division superintendent. Meade's appointment is a step in that direction. As soon as the extension to Perry. O. T., is completed, Meade will be appointed division master, and Wellington will doubtless soon thereafter be given a division superintendent. This would indicate that the business of the entire Oklahoma division of the Santa Fe will in time be handled from Wellington. THE SANTA PE'S SUCCESS. The Vast Passenger Traffic to the N E. A. Attributed to Judicious Advertising. The liberal use of printers' ink has; been of vital importance in giving to the Santa Fe railroad a liberal share of the passenger traffic of the National Edu cational association excursion to the Pacific coast. .Never before in the history of rail roading have such extensive prepara tions, been made and such large adver tising contracts been consummated for the benefit of one enterprise by one rail road as that advertising which the San ta Fe executed on account of the N. E. A. excursion. This was not a new un dertaking except in the size of the ad vertising contract, as the Santa Fe is very generous in its advertising, and knowing that it pays on a moderate scale, decided to prove that it would proportionally pay better n a. large scale. Mr. W. J. Elack. general passenger agent of the Santa Fe selected about 72 of the most prominent and representa tive newspapers west of the Missouri river, and early in the season closed contracts with them for quarter, half and full page advertisements. In the east tha excursion was equally as well brought to the public's notice, by well constructed advertisements placed in Puck, Judge, Life, Munsey's, Scribner s and other magazines. Nothing was left undone which would honestly turn the attention of the traveling public to the advantages offered by the Santa Fe route. That the scheme has borne fruit, it is only necessary to point to the im mense crowds which have daily filled to overflowing the cars of the Santa Fe route and tesied its traveling facilities to their utmost capacity. That it pays to advertise judiciously and constantly keep before the public eye is one of the unwritten laws of the Santa Fe and this last signal success has proven its propriety. RATES FOR SOLDIERS. The Union Pacific Joina the Pool to Prevent Cut Passenger Rates. Chicago, July 6. The Union Pacific today agreed to Join the western pas senger lines in their understanding upon the military rates, thus preventing threatened rate troubles over the trans portation of troops from the east. Tinners Enjoy Themselves. The tinners or the Santa Fe held a very enjoyable picnic on the Fourth of July. About seventy people were pres ent ana an voted it a grand success. Several funny and laughable features were introduced to pass away the time and not least among these was a cake walk. This was participated in by many of those present and the cake was won by Bob Burnett, who went through enough fancy steps to win a. whole bak ery. There was an abundance of good things to eat. The tinners intend to make this picnic an annual affair. Santa Fe Base Ball Team. The new suits for the Santa Fe base ball team will probably be purchased the first part of next week. The team is in good condition and is playing fast ball. They have already played three games and have come out victorious in each one of them. They are open to challenges from all teams and they say that the more games the merrier. The members of the team are: Ira Henry, Archie Vaughn, Harry Sullivan, Al bert Waugh, Geo. Sherman. Sam Ash, J. Navarre. Gardener and Texas Bax ter. Mr. Will Tasker is manager of. the team. New Depot For Caney. Caney. July 6. Word has been re ceived here that the Santa Fe would put in a new depot here. Colonel Porter went to Dewey yesterdav to locate stock yards on the K., O. C. S. W. railroad. The Santa Fe expects its first shipment of stock from that point about July 15. RAILROAD NOTES. A' steam indicator will be attached to engine No. SSS for experimenting pur poses to find whether the valves work perfectly and the action of the steam is equal in all parts of the cylinder. Al Hodge of the paint shop is laying; off for a few days superintending, the construction of a new house which he is building in North Topeka. Engine No. iu3 is in the shop for slight repairs. Engine No. 99S was tested today and proved to be up to the standard in ev ery way. This engine is similar to No. ST. which made a record breaking haul a few days ago. No. 998 will go to the mountain service. The light switch engines In the Santa Fe yards at Chicago, have been sent to Topeka and their places taken by heav ier and more powerful engines. This change was necessitated by the heavy work in the Chicago yards. The light engines will be overhauled and placed on some part of the system where the work is light. Some of the Santa Fe firemen held a very enjoyable picnic at Garfield park on Fourth of July. The following were present: John McKenna and familv, Chas. Leet and familv, Richard Ash and family, Ed Whitcomb and family, Fred Watson and family, John Patter son, mother and sister. The Chicago Rock Island Pacific is in the market for four passenger cars. The I'nion Pacific has just issued a unique folder in the shape, of the na tional shield, which represents the trade mark of the Union Pacific. It is devo ted to the "Overland Limited," the "Pa cific Express" and other fast trains that ply between Missouri river points: and the Rockies. It is handsomely il lustrated with colored half-tone cuts, covering the entire page. Conductor Harry Shreves is running on the Hunnewell branch during the absence of Conductor Ed Finney. Chas. S. Jarrett, station agent at Hunnewell, Is laying off to get married. The bride will be Mrs. Adelia Penny packer, formerly postmistress at Rome. A rate of one fare plus J2 has been made for the Pilgrimage of Cryptic Ma sons to Colorado In August. This rate will include all states west of the Mis souri river. The Christian Endeavor special train bound for Detroit left Kansas City July 4. The train consisted of two sleepers, three chair cars and one baggage. About 125 people made up the party which included delegates from all parts of Kansas and Oklahoma. A great many of the men of the shops have not returned to work yet from the Fourth of July holiday. Work on the new chair cars Nos. 1443 and 1444, is being pushed along rapidly and these cars will soon be ready for service. Postal car No. 901 and combination car No. 1500 which were badly damaged in a wreck recently ,are being over hauled and rebuilt at the shops. Engines Nos. 152 and S01, go to Cali fornia this morning in charge of E6J Richbaugh. They will be used on the California division. Engine No. 642 is taking the place of engine No. 803 on run No. 5. John Ekberg, formerly in the boiler shops here, but now located in Newton, i3 visiting friends in the city. COMMISSION HOUSE FIRE. W. A. Anderson Suffers a Severe IiOSS. Fire was discovered about 11 o'clock Wednesday night in the commission house of W. O. Anderson at 225 Kansas avenue and only the prompt and effec tive work of the fire department saved a serious conflagration. The fire was not discovered until it had gained considerable headway and when the department arrived the flames were bursting through the rear of the building. The fire was in a pile of ship ping cases and was probably of incen diary origin. The Sons of Hermann occupy the sec ond floor and suffered considerable loss from smoke. The building was not ser iously damaged and the loss to Ander son was the destruction of his stock. He carriSd an insurance of $1,500 and the lodge on the second floor $500 which will probably cover the loss. WORK IN KANSAS CUT. Chief Hale Secures Topeka Talent to Give Cinderella. Mrs. E. B. Meredith, who has suc cessfully carried on several amateur entertainments in Topeka and who made such a success with her produc tion of "Cinderella," has been selected by Chief Hale and the committee of Kansas City people in charge of the raising of a fund to send the Pompier corps to Paris, to present "Cinderella" as the opening attraction at the Audi torium this fall. The production will be given to raise money to swell the fund to be used in sending the Pompier crew of the fire department to the Paris exposition. Mrs. Meredith lately gave an entertain ment in St. Joseph for the benefit of the day nursery fund which was such a success that she was immediately en gaged to manage the Kansas City pro duction. For the benefit of the Fall Fes tival of 1597 Mrs. Meredith gave "Cin derella" at the fair grounds and thou sands of people who could not find seats or standing room were turned away. SUES A RAILROAD OFFICER Lawyer Says He Got Position on New York Central For His Client. Binghamton, N. X., July 6. An action has been begun in the supreme court by W. P. Peoples, an attorney of Jersey Shore. Pa., against G. R. Brown, super intendent of the Pennsylvania division of the New York Central railroad, for $2,500 services in procuring the position for Brown by making certain affidavits against A. G. Palmer and W. A. Selts, which prevented their appointment. These charges were filed with W. K. Vanderbilt, S. R. Gallaway and S. E. Williamson. Brown indignantly denies the charge, and says he never employed Peoples. Some sensational developments are promised when the case comes to trial. MEASURE WIND VELOCITY. Eddy, of Kite Fame, Will Experiment With a Hot Air Balloon. Bayonne, N. J., July 6. William A. Eddy, of kite fame, will make an in teresting experiment to determine the difference in wind velocity on the earth and at an altitude. He will release a hot-air balloon on which will be a di rected postal card and a note requesting the finder to write on the postal the place and time that the balloon is found, and to have It attested by three wit nesses if possible. The direction and distance traveled by the balloon will thus be timed, show ing the wind velocity in free air. The results will be compared with the sur face wind recorded at the weather bureau in New York, and a report of the facts made to the Smithsonian in stitution at Washington. This will be the first experiment of its kind. The balloon becomes the property of the finder. RECORDED A WILL. W. S. Farnsworth Complies With a Mexican Law. The peculiar circumstance of a man having his will made a part of public records happened in Topeka yesterday, and the will was recorded by the regis ter of deeds instead of by the probate judge. The will was that of William S. Farns worth, a representative of the Santa Fe In the City of Mexico. Mr. Farnsworth lived in Topeka a good many years ago. and he still owns real estate in Shawnee county. He also has considerable prop erty in Mexico. According to the Mexican law if he should die without a will on record his property would re vert to the Mexican government. As Mr. Farnswor! h would rather his fam ily would have the benefit of his accum ulations than the Mexican government. he made ms win. giving everything to his wife, and brought it to Topeka to be recorded, but as a will can be pro bated in the probate court only after the death of the maker, the document was filed with Register of Deeds Stev ens, who will record it the same as a deed or a mortgage. Short time work done by the Peerless Steam Laundry without extra charge, 112 and 114 West Eighth street. Los Angeles, California. $32,000 for the round trip Via the Kock Island, Scenic Route. AN INGALLS STORY. Brought Out by the Report of His Re turn to Public Life. fWash. Letter in Pittsburg Dispatch.1 The news from Kansas Is that ex Senator John J. Ingalls, at 66, wants to re-enter public life, and that he will es say election to the house next year. His old home in Atchison has a paper which ts booming him. There is always a wel come out from newspaper circles for the obelisk of Kansas. He furnished news and phrases, fights and fashion plates while he was in the senate. His career during the eight years of his be ing in the outer world have been nearly as picturesque. Reporting a prize fight, lecturing and even returning to the writing of poetry, which he first fol lowed, are among the variegated ele ments of his life. One seldom thinks of Ingalls being nearly TO, for his neckties and the gyp sy colors he affects make him seem giddy, if not gay. But this man was an intimate of Lincoln in 1S58, was a class mate at Williams with Garfield. Everybody thinks that the election of Peffer as his successor was due to that sudden coruscation in the political skies called the Farmers' Alliance. In part it was, and I would not care to es timate what the proportion was. But there was another issue pushed strenu ously that year which has a curious history. In 1S89 it will be recalled that Ingalls made his famous attack upon Voorhees when the dependent pension bill was pending. The exposure of the attitude of the "Tall Sycamore of the Wabash" toward the government dur ing the dark days of the war was mer ciless. It was old as news, but the pre sentation was made with the vitupera tion and vehemence in which the Kan san is Professor Emeritus. The Indi ana senator could not reply effectively. He could only descend to actually spit ting toward Mr. Ingalls, in the manner of the schoolboy orator, who gestures according to the words, though they make him turn a somersault. The encounter between the senators made a profound impression. Now for a story that is new. Just after the fiery debate had ended, Frank Hosford, a correspondent then as now noted in his profession in Washington, and a Mich igan Democrat of much activity, con cluded that he would examine the rec ord of Ingalls himself during the war. He went down into the dark and dusty vault where Colonel Van Ness kept the newspaper file department of the Con gressional Library. He searched through the Kansas papers of 1862 and 1863. Briefly, to recapitulate, tne "find:" There he saw in the Leaven worth Times, the leading Republican paper of the state, a report of a fusion convention held to denounce the war. One of the planks in its platform ap proved by name "the patriotic position" held by Pendleton, Voorhees and others of the peace party. John J. Ingalls was a candidate for lieutenant governor up on that ticket. The paper denounced him without stint as a traitor. Regretting that he had not thought of the quest the day before, for Voor hees would thus have had some ammu nition by hurling this approval of his own course by a convention which nom inated Ingalls for second place, Hos ford took the matter as copied to Don Dickinson, the political mentor for Michigan. Belford's magazine was then having a meteoric career in Chicago, edited by that master of sarcasm and diatribe, Colonel Donn Piatt. The matter was turned over to him for amplication, and some may remember the terrible ex coriation Ingalls got. It was a colla boration, for much of Hosford's origi nal writing appeared between the lines of Piatt's bitter attack. That number of the magazine was scattered through Kansas upon the eve of the state elec tion in which the legislature was at stake. Its result is history. The farm ers laid low the iridescent gentleman, but it is claimed the old soldiers helped. True, Ingalls had a war record later. He was a kind of commissary In the home guard, but that branch of his ca reer Voorhees had exploited in his weak reply to the invective of the Kansan on the day of the great encounter. What a rough and tumble time may ensue should Ingalls return to the house as eruptive as he once was! A MUCH. WANTED MAN. Officers From Many States After a Prisoner In Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, Pa,, July 6. The case of James H. Green, who is wanted in half a dozen states for buncoing farmers, was before Governor Stone today. Green was arrested here ten days ago. and has since been in Jail awaiting the arrival of detectives from the west. The sheriff of Walla Walla, Wash., came here with a requisition for the prisoner for buncoing a farmer out of $-.fYH in that citv. A Chicago detective also arrived with a requisition for the prisoner, who is alleged to have buncoed farmers in Il linois, and ofticers are on the way from Iowa with a requisition. Today a detective of Westmoreland cnunty reached Harrisburg with a war rant for Green, who is wanted at Orens burg for fleecing a farmer out of SI.'k'O in 1SS7. All the parties were represented by counsel at the hearing before Gover nor Stone today on the requisitions. The governor ordered Green turned over to the Westmoreland county authorities and decided to allow the requisition nf the Washington authorities after the Westmoreland people are through with him. The governor's action was checked by the issuing of a warrant from the execu tive department to Sheriff Sellers on the requisition papers sent here from the state of Washington. Judge Weiss said the only thing he could do under these conditions is to hand the prisoner over to the Washington au thorities, provided the accused man's identity is established by the officials. Aftr an hour's consultation between the Judgre and attorneys. Green was sent back to 1ail until fur: her orders are received from Governor Stone. The governor left for Washington and will not return be fore Friday. A Revelation. If there are doubting Thomas' or Maidens fair, or those unfair, who fain would be fair, let them use Dr. T. Felix Gouraud's Oriental Cream and prove the efficacy of what the proprietor has so long trid to impress on the minds of all, in nearly every part of the world. As a Skin Purifier and Beautifier it has no equal or rival. If the reader wouid prove the virtues of Oriental Cream, use it where a Scratch or slight Cut. or where a Black-head or Pimple is troubling you, then you see its healing and purifying qualities if it does its work well, then read the advertisement again for further testimony of its vir tues, and by using Oriental Cream re new both Youth and Beauty. New York, Nov. 11, 18S7. Ferd T. Hopkins. Esq.: I would like to know the price of One Dozen bottles of your Oriental Cream, as I use it and like it. Would like to get a supply to take on my tour, soon as possible. Answer and oblige. MRS. JAS. BROWN POTTER, Brevoort House, New York. Jester Was Not Kidnaped. Mexico. Mo.. July 6. Alexander Jester, accused of the murder of youns1 Gilbert Gates, twenty-eieht years ago, has issued a statement in which he says his removal from Tecumseh. O. T., to this city was with his own consent. This statement will probably put an end to the charges of kidnaping how being made against the sheriff and district attorney in the terri tory, who turned Jester over to the Mis souri sheriff. JIIUNYON'S INHALER CURES CATARRH Colds, Coughs, Hay Fever, Bron- Xchitis, Asthma l-in1 nil Fit ce ct of the Throat and Lungs. Clouds of Medicated Yapor mre lnhled tbrougb the mouth and emitted from the nos trils. eleanMnff and vaporizing all tne inflamed and diseased parts waleh, cannot be reached by medicine taken into the stomach. It reaches the tore spots Tt heals the rate places It goes to the seat of disease It acts as a balm and tonic to the uhoe system fl.00 at druarjists or sent by mail. 1505 A rch St., rhila- MEETING OF EDITORS. Annual Convention of the National Association at Portland, Ore. Portland. Ore. July 6. The fourteenth annual convention of the National Ed itorial association met here yesterday. Governor T. T. Jeer and Mayor A. S. j Story welcomed the delegates in behalf of the state of Oregon and the city of Portland. H. W. Scott, editor of the t Portland Oregonian, then spoke. j Joseph McCabe of Boston, president I of the National Editorial association, r responded briefly to the addresses of welcome. The chairman appointed a committee on credentials which reported that 447 delegates were entitled to seats in the j convention. President McCabe in his annual ad- dress said: 'T will hazard the opinion that no profession or business in this broad land of ours is so handicapped with unjust j laws as is that of the Journalist. I therefore commend to your earnest attention the report of the committee on libel law and hope that this conven tion will crystalize and formulate some practical line of work to the end that a more equitable adjustment of the law j of libel may be recorded throughout the union." Speaking of some of the annoyances to which newspaper publishers are sub jected he said: "A rapidly growing evil which news papers must face sooner or later, is the so-called 'advertising programme' nuis ance. "Already the business men are com mencing to protest at this semi-respectable blackmail, and well they may. A paper has been prepared especially on this topic and I hope will arouse you to that sense of duty which you owe the business community, if not yourself." At the opening of the afternooni ses sion, the president announced commit tees on resolutions, constitution and by laws, officers' reports, treasurer's books and memorials to the dead. Miss Ruth bonder of Denver read a poem by William E. Tabor, poet laur eate of the association. Almost all the afternoon was taken up by the discussion relating to the con ducting and making of newspapers. C. S. Patterson of New York, read a paper entitled: "A Review of the Re cent Tendency in Newspaper Publish ing." In the evening at the First Baptist church the Eugene Field memorial ser vices were held. Mr. Wolfe Lender of Denver, presided and in opening the ser vices spoke briefly of his association with Field in Denver. V A paper by Mr. Melville E. Stone of Chicago on "Eugene Field as I Knew Him," was also read by the Rev. H. W. Kellogg of this city. Papers by the Rev. F. W. Gunsaulus and Mr. Slason Thompson of Chicago, were read by B. B. Herbert of Chicago. Miss M. M. Evp.ns of Pacific univer sity at Forest C.-rove. Ore., took the place on the programme of Miss Field, daughter of the deceased journalist, who was to have presented a number of selections from her father's writings. E. C. Stedman of New York, contributed a short paper on Field. It was read by Walter Williams of Colum bia, Md. TOO LATE NOW, Says Senator Llorgan, to Oppose Phil- j ippine War New York. July 6. In today's Issue of the Independent appear various articles upon the foreign relations of the United States and expansion. Congressman Hitt, chairman of the committee on foreign re lations, writes: "There are some who say that the lust for military glory has been the cause of the downfall of all the republics of the past, but that is not true. The past had few or no true republics, certainly not any at all comparable with the United States, a republic organized on the prin ciple of representative government by all. We are making precedents- There seems to be a gre.it war cloud forming over China and the forces mustering there are mighty enough to produce a war of the greatest magnitude, but I see no reason t hat will require us to join the conliict. if coniiict there is to be. The oniy in terest we have in the matter is a trade interest, and our great epoch-making wars have never had their origin in anything so sordid.' Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama writes: "Those who lament and decry the con duct of our government in dealing with the Philippines as being violative of our constitution are too late to aceomolish much eise than to echo the pathetic ap peals of Aguinaido that we do not de stroy our government in order to save the Filipinos from the fatal power of hi.s dic tatorship. It is not far to go. nor is the way obscure, to rind in the constitution of the United States express power given to congress to do what was done in Louisi ana and Hawaii and what our self-respect compels us to do in the Philippine islands. The Mag we have planted on rhe Philip pines is consecrated to the same liberties it shelters on the capitol at Washington." Ex-Senator George K. Edmunds, argu ing" against expansion, demands that the government disclose to the people precise ly what took place before the capture of ifanila and what promises were made the Filipinos. He asks if Spain had anything but a "pretended" sovereignty to eerie and demands the reason for the sudden turning of the Filipinos' friendship into hostility. He concludes; '"First, let us know the whole futh of what has happened, and perhaps the ad vocates of glory or dominion or trade or civilization and religion advanced by the cannon and the bayonet and supported by the blood and treasure of our people, can point to us how these are "the ways of pleasantness and the path3 of pece.' Want Bartillon Discharged. Paris. July 6. The municipal council of Paris has adopted an order urinj the pre fect of police. M. Lepine. to dismiss M. Rertillon from the directorship of the an thropometric department on account of the mistakes in his evidence as a handwrit ing expert in the Ireyfus case before the court martial and during the revision pro ceedings before the court of cassation, when he gave the reasons which led him to ree-ard Dreyfus as the author of the bordereau. "Winter Wheat Below Fair. Chicago, July 6. The Corn Belt prints statistics of the crop conditions in Ne braska. Iowa, northern Kansas, northern Iissouri and northeastern Colorado. Ail crops are reported to be in the best pos sible condition with the exception of win ter, wheat, which a small majority of the 600 correspondents report to be in poor condition. Some report the wheat as good, but the gener&i run, i& somewhat below "lair." KO WOMAN ALLOWED IN IT. From Household Words.J The marine village of Tupuselel, in New Guinea, would take a lot of beat ing on the score of singularity. Here the houses are all supported on piles and stand straight out in the ocean. Borne considerable distance from the shore. The object of this strange posi tion is to protect the inhabitants against sudden attacks of the dreaded head hunters, who are always on the lookout for victims. Other villages in this happy land are perched up in all but inaccessible trees, for the same weighty reason. Another curious place is a town with out a name on one of the arms of Lake Huron. This consists of some 500 wooden huts. During the summer these little dwellings are hidden away In a clearing on shore," and the town contains not a eingle inhabitant. But on the arrival of winter, when the lake is frozen over with a thick coating of ice, the owners of the huts arrive and proceed to move their houses out on the surface of the lake. The floor of the huts is taken up, and a hole cut through the ice. Through these holes the residents fish, carrying on their operations until the spring re leases the lake from its icy bonds, when this extraordinary town is once more broken up, the shanties go back to their resting place, and the fishermen scatter over the country. This place even boasts a curing factory and a church, not to mention several saloons all on the ice. Athos, a town situated on a promon tory on the coast of Macedonia, well deserves the title of the most curious town in the universe. The peninsula is known as "The Mountain of the Monks." from the fact that a score or so of monasteries are dotted about the rough hillsides of the valleys. In these estab lishments dwell a numerous body of ascetics, kind and hospitable to wan derers, but full of superstition, and be lieving in the doctrine of separation to a wonderful degree. The actual town, as distinct from its monastic environs, is called Caryes, and supplies the simple wants of the monks. Here are to be found streets of shops, crowded bazaars, flourishing trades and all the bustle and energy of a modern town. But one thing soon strikes the visitor as strange. There is not a female to be seen any where, for the gentler sex is rigorously banished from the place. Even the small Turkish garrison, from the com mandant down to the privates, consists of bachelors. This extraordinary law is carried out even among the domestic animals. Only the wild birds evade it, and then only when free, for no female bird is ever brought to table; the fowl one has for dinner Is sure to a cockerel. For this unparalleled state of affairs there is only a legend to account. Although to our practical minds flimsy to a degree, it is implicitly believed in by the inhab itants. It appears that in one of the chief monasteries on the promontory there is a miraculous icon, which is a picture or image sacred to members of the Russo-Greek church. This par ticular picture is a representation of the Virgin, and the legend says that one day as the Empress Pulcheria, who had liberally endowed the church (as well as beautified and restored it), was en gaged in her devotions, the Virgin spoke, asking what she. a woman, was doing In the church. The pious lady, no doubt amazed, did not reply, where upon the voice commanded her to leave, saying that the feet of a woman should never again tread the floor. The em press, probably surprised at the seem ing ingratitude of the speech, as well as awestruck, left the place, which no female has since entered. How the prohibition thus arbitrarily established came to comprehend the length and breadth of the promontory is not very clear. As a residence for bashful bach elors we should imagine Athos would be hard to surpass. PRICE OF COLD ADVANCED. Refrigerator Companies Raise Rates on Fruit Sealers. San Francisco, July 6. The fruit growers' express and the continental fruit express have announced a horizon tal advance of 8 1-3 per cent in their icing chargres and all shipments of green deciduous fruits that go east from and after this date will be taxed for the new rates. The reason g-iven for the ad vance is the recent action or the South ern Pacific in advancing- its car load minimum of fruit from 24,000 to 26.000 pounds. The refrigerator people claim they must be paid for icing the extra ton of fruit, but General Freight Agent Shepard says the cost of refrigerating will be no greater than at present. On an estimated total of 7,500 car loads, the advance in rates, it is calculated, will increase the net earnings of the refrig erator companies for the season at least $100,000. HERMIT HEARD FROM. General Hugh Cameron Emerges From His Retirement Governor Stanley has received the following letter from Gen. Hugh Cam eron, "the Kansas hermit:" Camp Pen Harrison. Glen Burn, Doug las county, Kan., July 4, '99. Hon. W. E. Stanley, Governor of Kan sas. Sir: S!nce the undersigned was nom inated and proclaimed "The Kansas Hermit," he has not been unmindful of his duty to Almighty God for the benefit of free government nor forget ful of his obligations to the sovereign people for the honorable distinction they so generously confer on one who relies, chiefly, on the rectitude of his intentions and the result of his labor on his farm. On this day, sacred to patriotism, he is apt to emphasize the acknowledge ment of his gratitude in some way un usual, wearisome or peculiar; but to day, on account of the recent shower, he will do so by thus simply reporting to you. the chief executive, chosen by the gTace of God. One year ago he appropriately cele brated this day by walking to Topeka and tendering his services to his coun try through its chosen functionaries, for the war then well underway, but no notice was taken of his patriotic ten der by said one term functionary. Respectfully, (Signed) HUGH CAMERON. More Negroes For Kansas. Birmingham, July 6. Two hundred negroes from the mines and quarries in and about Birmingham, left here last night for Wier City, Kan., to take the places of strikers in the coal mines at that place. A regular movement of these negroes has been going on for some time and 500 of them have already been sent there. San Brouthers Retires. Rochester. N. T., July 6 Big: Dan Brouthers, the famous baseball player has resigned from the Rochester East ern League team and retired from the game. He says: "I can't hit them square on the nose as I did once." Brouthers is mayor of Wappiners Falls, N. T., where he owns a hotel. "What might have been" if that litt'e coueh hadn't been nelcted is the sad re flection of thousands of consumptives. One Minute Cough Cure cures coughs and colds. Geo. "W. StansfielU. "VV. H. Wil son, A. J. Arnold Son, A. J. Kane Co. KIDNEY AND BLADDER TROUBLES PROMPTLY CURED. A Sample Bottle Sent Free by Kail; Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the won derful new discovery in medical sci ence, fulfills every wish in promptly curing kidney, bladder and uric acil troubles, rheumatism, and pain in the back. It corrects inability to hold wa ter and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go of ten during the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and! the extraordinary effect of Swamp Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of tha most distressing cases. If you need a medicine wou shoulo! have the best. Sold by druggists in fifty-cent and one dol'ar sizes. You may have a sample bottle of this won derful new discovery and a book that tells all about it, and its great cures, both sent absolutely free by mail, ad dress Dr. Kilmer Co., Binghamton, N. T. When writing mention that you read this generous offer in the Topeka Daily State Journal. COLLEGE FACUEBS Meet In Thirteenth. Annual Conven tion In San Francisco. San Frsuicisco, Cal.. July 6. The thir teenth annual convention of Association of American Agricultural Collgres anl Ex perimental Stations convened in this eky yesterday, delegates being1 present from nearly every state in the Vnitm. Tha session will last several days and every question of interest to the agra-uluirxl welfare of the country will be discussal. This is the first session of the bo-iy to be held in this state and it is expected that much good will result to this state. The delegates were welcomed by Mayo? Phelan, wfio referred to the a-tvaneedi ideas in agriculture that have been pro mulgated as a result of the interested so cieties. Prof. 11. B. Armsby of the stata agricultural college of Pennsylvania re sponded. Mayor Phelan was mule an honorary member of the association. Thereupon followed the presentation and, adoption of the various committee re ports. Lr. A. C. True of "Washington, r. C, director of experiment stations, re ported concerning- bibJiutcraphicitl addi tions to the library, showing- that, owinij to a reduction by congress of appropria tions, not a preat deal has been Lccomp lished since tlie last meeting' of the asso ciation. NATIONAL LEAGUE. AT PHILADELPHIA. Score by innings: R. IT E Brooklyn 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 04 23 i Philadelphia 0 3 0 0 0 0 I 0 7 12 1 Batteries Brooklyn. McJames andi Smith; Philadelphia, Donohue and Mc Parland. AT BaEtIMORE, Score by Innings; R. I T E Baltimore 1 0000201 01 9 3 Boston 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 05 12 4 Batteries Baltimore, Xops and Robin son; Boston, Killen and Clarke. AT LOUISVILLE. Score by innings: Tt XT E Louisville 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 011 8 6 Cincinnati 03001002 1 7 9 2 Batteries Louisville. Phillippi and Pow ers; Cincinnati, Hawley and Woods. AT NEw"yORK. Score by Innings: R. H. E. New York 1 000001 0 02 6 3 Washington 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 06 11 4 Batteries New York. Meekin an-.l War ner; Washington, Dlneen and Kitrevle. AT PITTSBURG. Score by innings: R. IT. E. Pittsburg 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 l 9 2 Chicago 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 16 j: 2 Batteries Pittsburg. Kosebroush. Lee ver and Schriver; Chicago, Callahan and Chance. "WESTERN LEAGUE. AT KANSAS CITY. In the seventh inning the Snatfrs re fusal to play with tht ball then in use, and Umpire Brennan gave the game to Kansas City. 9 to 0. The feature of tha game was the masterly pitching of Par dee. Score by innings: R. IT. E. Kansas City 3 00000 03 3 2 Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 1 4 Batteries Pardea and Boyle; Jones anil MeCaaley. AT MILWAUKEE. Score by innings: R IT E Milwaukee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o 3 6 Buffalo 0 0100001 o 2 6 1 Batteries Hastings and Soear: Kearnea and Higgins. EMPORIA 10; ST. JOSEPH 0. EraDnria. Julv 6. For the third time tha Emporia Yellow Kills shut out the St. Jo seph team. So far they have lost but one game this season. bcore uy Innings: R. II. E. Emporia 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 010 8 1 St. Joseph 0 0 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 Batteries Ingram an-1 Miliar, jones, Gabriel, Henley and Schumacher. New York Releases Day. New York. July 6. Thomas B. Dav. who has managed the NVw York base ball ciul through the season, was rel-ttsd today by Pr-S!lfnt FrcMman. and l"rei Ho"y. the. well known trap shot, was appointed in his place. Mr. Kreedman says lJ;iy di.l not get tne. oesirea resiuts out ot trie team. Hoey has leen traveling with the team for two years. Kaiser on a French Ship. Bergen, Norway, July 6. Emperor William of Germany boarded ami in spected the Eirench training ship Iphi genie here this morning. It is said the Iphigenie was sent here by the French government on a hint that his majesty would consider it an agreeable compli ment. OeWitt's Little Early Risers benefit per manently. They lend gentle assliance to nature, causing no pains or weakness, permanently curing constipation and liver ailments. Geo. W. Stansrield, U. Jl. Wil son, A. J. Arnold Son, A. J. Kane Co. Collars and cuffs laundered to loo!c like new by Peerless Steam Laundry, 112 and 114 West Eighth street. Telephone 530, Kaczynskl, for char coal. m. 2 Does Coffee 2 I I I 2 2 2 2 2 2 a Agree with You? w If Dot, drink Grain-O made from 0 pure praina. A lady -writes: "The L first time I made Grain-O I did not S like it but after using it for one week nothing would induce me to J go back to coffee." It nourishes 2 and feeds the system. The children can drink it freely with great bene fit. It 13 the strengthening suo Btance of pure grains. Get a pack age to-day from your grocer, follow the directions in making it and you will have a delicious and healthful table beverage for old and young. 15c. and 25c. Insist tbtTonrerocereiTesyooGRAIS-0 Accept no imitiuon.

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4- TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL THURSDAY EVENING, 3TJXY G, 1899. TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL By FRANK P.MAC LEJWAN. VOLUME XXVI No. 159 TERMS OF PfBSrRIPHON. rafy edition, delivered by carrier, in rents a week t any part of Topeka or suburbs, or at the same price In any Kan Fas town, where this paper has a. carrier pystfm. By mail, nne vpar 53 By mall, three months Weekly edition, one year 09 PERMANENT HOMFJ. Toppka State Journal Biiildin. an' 192 Kansas avenue, corner of t-itn'"- Ts'RW TORK OFFTCB. Temple Court Bidg., A. Frank Richardson. Mgr. CTTTr"ACO OFFICE!. Etock Exchange Butldin. A. Frank Richardson, Mgr. 12 Red Lion Court. Fleet Street TELEPHONE'. Pmlnnu Office Be'l 'E5nne l-i Reporters' Room Bed "Phone 577 Subscribers of the State Journal away during the summer may hive the paper mailed regularly each da r to any ad dress at the rate of tl lrty cents a month. No subscriptions t alien for less than thirty cents. Addreej changed as often as desired. When Gen. Joe Wheeler arrives in the Philippines, swimming will give place to tree climbing;. If the Hobson bug happens to Invade the watering places, what a scamper ing there will be! Col. Bryan magnanimously an nounced at Atlanta that the party may do exactly as it pleases about renominating- him nexf year. This will have a tendency to relieve the situation. Perhaps Alger is a hoodoo. Since Pin gree went into partnership with him the governor has had his municipal street railway scheme squelched by the supreme court and the employes in bis shoe factory have struck. Otis having failed to take the num erous hints thrown out to him from Washington in the past few months, will be supplied with a few thousand additional troops, whether he asks for them or not. One dollar a pound sounds like a stiff price to pay for American-grown tea, but the government experiment station in South Carolina professes to have sold $3,5(10 worth at that rate, the past year, and to Have found a ready mar ket for It. Lawrence Journal: The Topeka and Wichita papers are fighting again over the fast mail train. Wichita should be more considerate. How does it think tha Kansas City, Mo., papers could ex ist without subsidy? Does it want to make them shut up their shops? Chicago hopes to entertain T5otb of the great national conventions next year. There is now in course of con struction there an immense building to be known as the Coliseum. It is going up on the site of the old Libby Prison War Museum on Wabash avenue, near Fourteenth street. This building will seat an audience of 15,000 people, and is to have an annex with ample room for committees, telegraph instruments, tel ephones and newspaper quarters. The Coliseum is a private enterprise under the control of Illinois and Iowa capi talists. It is centrally located not far from the business quarters of Chicago. AN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. Discussing the industrial changes which have taken place and are still in progress in Massachusetts, the Wor cester Spy says: The changes that have come about in the industries of the state may seem less sensational than a rapid growth of population, but yet they are equally significant. Everybody knows how manufacturing and the development of the west have crowded agriculture out of Massachusetts, and to a less extent they realize that agriculture itself has been revolutionizzed here. Here is a case where figures tell a. remarkable story. The cultivation of cereals has almost entirely ceased. Less than 309.000 bush els of oats are now raised in Massa chusetts, where the yield was more than l,2j0.000 bushels, DO years ago. The production of rye has decreased 73 per cent, ami while the harvest of Indian corn is only a half million bushels less than in lSG0-'55, the price has declined more than two-thirds, so that the re duction is as obvious in this crop as in the other. But what has been lost on staple pro ducts has been made up in large degree by the vastly increased harvest of small fruits and vegetables The sta tistics know nothing of strawberries previous to lSSH, when the crop was worth $19,572. In recent years its value has reached well on to $500,000, and the number of quarts has been nearly quadrupled. The cranberry crop of JS55 was valued et $135 .200. "but it has since been increased about ten times. Hears, which half a century ago yielded us $88,14. now bring in twice that amount. The returns from celery have risen from SI, 752 in 1S65 to $2S0.0oO or more, and the value of the tomato cul ture from $14,752 to about J2S0.000. In SO years, the yield of green corn has been tripled in value. THE HARTFORD EXPERIMENT. The experiment of having let:er box es on trolley cars has been tried in Hartford, Conn. Fourteen boxes were placed on various lines the first of April so as to givi a half hour service. Dur ing April these boxes alone collected more than 22.000 letters and postal cards, a number of which were special delivery letters. In May mo -e than 30.000 were collected, and the number of special delivery letters dining the month was 2,141. while in tr. e same month the preceding year jt wis 1.693. This increase, the postmaster of Hart ford attributes '"without question to trolley car collection service, the public liaviiig become acquainted with the fact that a letter with a special delivery stamp can now be sent from any part of the city and reach the office, whence it is immediately dispatched by messen ger on wheel." Beginning with June, the letter carriers deposit their collec tions while on their runs in the boxes on cars that happen to pass them, and eo collections will be made much quick er. This enables, the department to dis patch its outgoing mails more prompt ly. Almost daily, the postmaster says, he can see the benefits from this service one of the most valuable aids being the prevention of congestion. Whereas mail was deposited at certain hours .of the day in great quantity anil carriers came In at certain hours of the day, now the mail is deposited throughout all hours, so that what were formerly the congested hours are much relieved. Thus far the Hartford street railway has carried the boxes gratuitously and the revenue from additional special de livery letters has fully met the expense of taking the letters from the boxes as the cars come to the postoffice. Kfforts have been made to secure the attach ment of boxes to every car and to the whole extent of their runs. If these succeed the country within a radius of 12 to 15 miles will have a prompt col lection of letters from 12 to IS times a day. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. The lawyer wants only fee-sible cases. A man naturally looks pail after kick ing the bucket. It is no snap to make a time exposure with a camera. The loquacious individual relies more on sound than sense. An all-round writer ought to be able to get up a good circular. Hunger is a terrible thing, but some men consider thirst more so. The silent watches of the night hang in front of jewelry stores. Only a strong-minded woman can keep her calendar torn off up to date. The good may die young, but the bad nearly always outlive their usefulness. The crooked horse race is the result of a lack of straightness in the human race. An umbrella offers a good opening for people who have laid away money for a rainy day. If an orator is a word painter a lec turer in a deaf-and-dumb institute must be a sign painter. It might be well for the conceited man to remember that the smallest onion is stronger than the largest pumpkin. Capital and labor go well enough to gether, but the trouble is too many men are trying to get capital without labor. The tandem cycle is all right in its way, but it will never see the day when it can supplant the hammock built for two. Don't get discouraged because you can't embroider. There is always a much greater demand tor plain sew ing. Any young man who can't tell wheth er a girl is willing to marry him with out asking her had, better remain sin gle. A terrible calamity befell a Milwau kee fishing party last week. After reaching its destination some 20 miles away it discovered that the keg of beer had been left behind. When a bachelor declares that he is weddedi to his profession the right wo man can make him commit bigamy. REFLECTIONS OFABACHELiOB From the New York Press. Any man who can tell a woman a pa thetic baby story can get money out of her. A woman is just about as sure to cry at the right time as she is to lauth at the wrong one. The main reason why a woman can't tell a good fish story is because she can't tell any kind of a story at all. It would probably make most men a lot less conceited if they knew the amount of praying their .wives do for them. The average girl is brought up to be a fisherman. She chops love up fine for bait, pounds an engagement ring into a hook and lands a man with marriage as a dip-netJ JAYHAWKER JOT& The bee industry is coming to the front up in Jewell county. Cause: Alfalfa fields. The demand for court plaster and arnica has been greatly increased in Kansas in the last two days. An Abilene eg dealer has paid out $20. 0"0 for freight during the past four years. The Kansas hen is a friend of the rail roads. "John Jones received a brand new threshing outiit this week," is an item that is being printed extensively in Kan sat papers at present. Charlie Finch observes that the average American citizen would rather hear a can non cracker than a speech on the na tion's birthday. "With the Twentieth home and crackers ma-le of liquefied air. Kansas will put up a Fourth of July celebration next year that wiil make all former ones seem like Quaker meetings. Since the Horton club went down in on overwhelming defeat a few Sundays ago, Horton people have declared against Sun day base ball. bave Leahy now pronounces that Au gusta snake story a fake, and Dave ought to be an authority on fakes. He can de tect a lie every time, and he doesn't have to examine it very closely, either. The latest at Wellington is an ice plant. Wellington has been corralling several good things lately. Since Balie Waggener dropped a big "wad" in staking gold prospectors in the Klondike, and then made it back down at (iaiena. he has gone back on the gold standard and declared for zinc. The latest from Mrs. Lease is that she is organizing a spirit trust with a view to crowding out all fake mediums who hurt the business. It is said that she has op tions on all the better classes of ghosts. The Hutchinson News. State Printer Morgan's paper, is just 96 years vounger than your Uncle Suiuel. It was born July 4. Is72. Another god point has been discovered in the automobile by a Kansas man who never saw one: It won't shy at cannon crackers. This from Vie Murdock is important if true: "Cy Leland announces that Mark Hanna snores so loud that the Pullman car springs throb with regularity the whole night." The Goodland Republican thinks that if Aguinaldo had incorporated his old gov ernment under the laws of New Jersey lie couid have defied Uncle Sam with im punity, or anything else that came handy, and would have been entirely safe from trouble. The unregenerate sinner at Abilene has been getting in his work again. This time he swiped the missionary collection box from a Sunday school. The box contain ed $5. and the heathen, therefore, must worry along with $5 worth less of gospel from Abilene the coming year. Chancellor Snow has gathered statistics showing that of the 130 girls who have graduated from the state university io, exactly one-half, have corralled husbands. This statement is made to show how much better Kansas college girls can do in tins line than those of the east, as only 14 per cent of the graduates of Bryn Mawr have been married; but as Kansas girls who do not go to college can make a far better siiowing than either of these, thi.. item is not likely to cause a rush of female stu dent to the state university. KANSASNEWS. Three Bepresentatires of a London Syndicate Come to America to Invest In Kansas Mines. A SHORT GRASS BOOM. Tests of the Shale From Trego and Ellis Counties Completed at Colorado Smelter Make a Good Showing. English People Pleased "With the Present Test. Hays City, July 6. Word has reached here from Denver that W. H. Patterson of Ontario, John H. Wanshope of Edin burgh and A. H. Bourne of London, rep resenting a large English syndicate are in that city awaiting some Kansas men who are Interested in the Trego-Ellis county mines. They came to America for the purpose of investing in the Kansas properties. Mr. Patterson said, states the News from Denver: "It looks a very fine prop osition. They have miles square of low grade deposit, in shale, of zinc and gold. It runs $7 to $10 a ton of gold and 25 per cent zinc. There is some petroleum found along with the ore." They have been to Florence, Col., to watch the shale from Kansas tested by the new Beam process. The expense of treatment is less than $1.50 per ton. Mr. Patterson continues: "A lot of shale from Kansas assaying 25 per cent in zinc, 3 per cent petroleum and from $1 to $5 of gold was treated, after several experiments were made in the laboratory to ascertain the combina tion. The zinc was duly converted and the gold liberated, showing excellent re sults in the pan, while the quantity of petroleum in the shale was practically sufficient to do the roast." Land is going up all over Trego and Ellis counties. REFUSE TO SELL BEER. Wellington Druggists Object to the High Occupation Tax. Wellington, July 6. Not a drug store in Wellington handles beer now. H. Hayes and C. W. Schwinn, who have always handled it, refused to take out occupation taxes for the second half of the year, and the traffic is now confined exclusively to the joints. The $300 a year occupation tax on beer was too much for the drug stores, and they de cided to quit handling it rather than pay that amount. All of themwill continue to sell whisky under their druggist's permits. The occupation tax for selling whisky i3 $50 a year. FARMERS USE BOATS. Neosho Valley Flooded For Miles Up and Down the River. Chanute, July 6. The Neosho river Is out of its banks at this place and stead ily rising. The levees are broken at sev eral points and the bottom lands for miles up and down the river are flooded. Trains on the M. K. T.. railroad from Parson and the Santa Fe trains from Pittsburg are compelled to go by the way of Cnerryvale, on account of the flooding cf the bridges. Thousands of dollars worth o wheat in stacks is floating down the river with barns and outbuildings. The Santa Fe depot at Elk City is surrounded with four feet of water and it is necessary to use boats to reach the town or go on horseback. Many trains were delayed on account of high water. MOTHER AND SISTER KILLED. Awful Result of Small Boy Playing With Revolver. Frail, July 6. The 9-year-oW son of William Porter, living near Coates, this county, picked up a loaded revolver yesterday afternoon which had been left in the bedroom by the hired man, and playfully pointed it at his baby sister with the remark, "I'll shoot you." He pulled the trigger and the ball passed through the baby's head and en tered the heart of the mother, who was lying on a lounge, killing both mother and babe instantly. TWO FAMILIES FIGHT. Refusal to Return a Loaned Wagon Causes a Pitch Battle. Wichita, July 6. At Millerton, Kan., twenty-five miles belovv Wichita, a des perate fight occurred last night be tween William Murray, a 17-year-old boy, and his father, on one side, and Henry Bullock, his wife and two daugh ters on the other side. Young Murray was beaten and wounded with a pitchfork till he had to be hauled home on a stretcher. Bui- Miss Lockheart's LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM. LETTER TO HIS. HHKBAU NO. 67,104 I cannot express my gratitude to you for the good that Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound has done for me. I have taken five bottles of the Compound and two boxes of Liver Pills and feel better in every respect. I had suffered for years with dropsy; the veins in my limbs burst, caused from the pressure of the water. I had the worst kind of kidney trouble, faint ing spells, and I could not stand long at a time.t' 1 also had female weakness and the doctor said there was a tumor in my left side. The pains I had to stand were something dreadful. A friend handed me a little book of yours, bo I got your medicine and it has saved my life. I felt better from the first bottle. The bloating and the tumors have all gone and I do not suffer any pain. I am still using the Vegetable Compound and hope others may find relief as I have done from its use." MlSS N. J. LOCKHKABT, BOX 16, ElJZA- betii, Pa. Only the women who have suffered with female troubles can fully appre ciate the gratitude of those who bave been restored to health. Mrs. Pinkham responds quickly and withoutcharge to all letters f romsuffer ing women. Her address is Lynn, ilass. lock was stabbed four times and was unconscious from bleeding for several hours. Injuries to the others were slight. Young Murray had loaned a farm wag on to Bullock, who, for some reason, refused to send it home. When he went to get it his father accompanied him, and the two were attacked by the Bul lock family. ANTHONY FINED. Leavenworth Postmaster Pays $35 For Assaulting Justice Bend. Leavenworth, July 6. More interest was manifested in the trial of D. K. Anthony, jr., for assaulting Judge Bond than there was in the celebration of the Fourth. Anthony was fined $25 for carrying concealed weapons and $10 for assault. The case was not under way until 2 p. m., as an adjournment was taken that that the complaint might be re duced to writing. Even then Anthony was not arraigned until 4 o'clock p. m. Justice Moore presided and the after noon session was held in the council chambers, .which were packed to the doors. The Fourth at Minneapolis. Minneapolis, July 6. The Fourth was celebrated herewith genuine old-fashioned ardor. The performance began with a baseball game between Minneapolis and Delphos teams. At the close of the game the score stood 29 to 2 in favor of Minneapolis. At 10:30 the procession formed, and the order of march was toward Markley's grove. The oration was delivered by Mr. D. C. Chipman of Kansas City, formerly of this place. A programme consisting of songs and reci tations followed. After dinner a large chorus of Minneapolis singers gave the old patriotic songs. There was a cake walk, and a dancing platform in one part of the grounds was well patronized. Across the river a shooting match was held between the four clubs of the county.Delphos, Bennington.Lamar and Minneapolis. Minneapolis came out ahead, though the medal was awarded to Mr. Bayeinger of Lamar. The day was fittingly finished by a display of fireworks from the ball ground. The Fourth at Howard. Howard, July 6. The Fourth of July was celebrated here, notwithstanding the heavy rain of Monday night. P. E. Gregory of Lyndon, with that remark able voice of his (which was the envy of all the members of the last legisla ture) made the oration of the day, a masterly effort, patriotic, eloquent and dignified. He held the vast audience until his closing words. The music by the Howard band and the newly orga nized drum corps, was one of the espe cial features. Fireworks in the evening were witnessed by people from all parts of the county. A grand ball and cake walk at tm opera house drew an Im mense crowd in the evening. Pensions For Kannans. Washington, July 6. Pensions have been granted as follows: Original William M. Yarnell. Milan, $6; Eli H. McFeely, National Military Home, Leavenworth, $8; George ,W. Swank, Bazine, $6. Additional Kanes Kerr, Savonburg, $6 to $8. Restoration Lafayette C. Smith, Wa conda. $ti. Increase Frederick Holler, Topeka, $24 to $.'i0; John L. Jackson. Peterton, $12 to $17; Folkert G. Miller, El Dorado, $12 to $17; Benjamin Hostetter, Stanley, $6 to $10! Cassius A. Foster, Stockton, $6 to $8; Ross Culter, Wichita, $16 to $24; Matthew E. Wolf, Turner, $10 to $12; Jonn Dunn, National Military Home, Leavenworth, $6 to $10; William E. Sees, New Cambria, $12 to $17; Irvin S. Ruark, Ellinwood, $12 to $14; Joseph Thompson, Topeka, $10 to $12; Matthew Soussln eux, National Military Home. Leaven worth, $6 to $8; Nehemiah T. Case, Al ton. $8 to $10. Reissue William A. Macauley, Ells worth, $6. Original widows, etc. Matilda J. Baldwin. Alexander, $8; Mary E. Mock, Leoti, $8. War with Spain, widows, etc. Birdie G. Fort, Skiddy, $12. Great Bend Celebration. Great Bend, July 6. For the first time in a number of years Great Bend held a celebration, and a large one it was. The day was nice, and fully 5,000 people assembled to partake of the city's hos pitality. A trades display in the morn ing, and an illuminated bicycle parade in the evening, were successful features. Judge Frank Martin of Hutchinson, de livered an eloquent spread-eagle feather flying speech, after which a regular base ball club from Larned crossed bats with a picked up club from this city. The score was 16 to 4 in favor of the home team. A half mile bicycle race was won by Frank Bailey of the city, with Frank Reisie of Ellinwood second, and the positions of these men were reversed in the five mile race. Three-eighths mile horse race was won by John Stevens' Nassac, by two lengths over all com petitors. The otherwise successful cel ebration was marred by a distressing accident which befell Robert Wright, the 7-year-old son of Mrs. Gallagher of Dodge City. The boy was watching some men shooting an anvil, when a piece of leather, used in the operation, struck him in the eye, putting it out. Ex-Senator Martin at Whitewater. Whitewater, July 6. Ex-Senator John Martin's speech in Whitewater on the Fourth was pronounced by all who listened one of the most masterful ad dresses ever delivered in this county. The senator was in excellent health and spirits and this told in the enthusiasm and force of his utterances. He stood squarely on the Declaration of Inde pendence. He argued the strength of a nation depended upon the integrity and welfare of its individual citizens, and that governments were modeled af ter the religious thought of the people devising them. He showed that the progress of governments consisted in the progress of the protection of the rights of the individu-il citizen as set forth in the Declaration of Independ ence. Wellington Journal Changes. The three remaining proprietors of the Journal have bought L. E. Smith's interest in the paper. The deal became effective July 1. Mr. Smith has entered the employ of the Santa Fe at this place as chief clerk under Foreman A. Sherwood of the round house. As soon as possession of the room east of the Monitor-Press office can be secured, the Journal will buy a printing outfit of its own and move into it with the Voice in order to use their press. Wellington Journal. Death From an Accident. Clay Center, July 6. J. S. Iatta, for several years janitor of the high school building in this city, died here yester day afternoon as the result of an acci dent which occurred last Monday night. The deceased was in the habit of spend ing the night in the building, and from the position in which he was found had evidently fallen over the railing on the second floor. He was unconscious when found and remained so till death. Davis County Wheat King. Junction City. July 6. Mr. Allie Tay lor, south of the city, finished cutting wheat Sunday evening. Allie had 400 acres, and on Sunday for the grand finale had six headers and binders at work. The entire 400 acres will average 25 bushels, and much of it will run 30. Mr. Taylor has a couple of thousand bushels of old wheat on hand and 150 acres of the finest kind of corn growing. BLAMES M'KINLEY. Bishop Turner Says the President Has Ignored the Colored Race. New York. July 6. The Sun says: A meeting of the foreign mission board of the African Methodist Episcopal church was held in Brooklyn on Friday. The board is composed of bishops of the church. Bishop H. N. Turner, of Georgia, discussed the race question, and in the course of an address he re ferred to President McKtnley thus: "If we only had a man of strong force and purpose in the presidential chair, a man who had the courage to independently stand by his convictions; if we had some man like the president of France, our condition would have been amel iorated in the south. Much of the re cent agitation would have been allayed.' This was applauded by the bishops present. Yesterday afternoon the Brook lyn Eagle quoted Bishop Turner as saying before he left for his home in Georgia: "In regard to what I said against President McKinley, I have nothing to hide. President McKinley is a fine man. He has many friends. I believe that he has as many friends among the Democrats of the south as among the Republicans, but he is a man lacking in force. He has not been true to our people when he might have been. By speaking a few words, by merely rais ing his hand, or in some way taking notice of us, he might have given recog nition to the wrongs which we have been forced to endure. This he has not done. He has remained silent and pas sive. He has allowed the most awful crimes to be perpetrated against our race, when in some way he might have interfered. "There have been great misrepresen tations of this race question," contin ued the bishop, speaking in his charac teristic crisp way, clearing his throat between each sentence. "I do not believe the people of the north understand the relationship that exists down south. It's the bad element of both races which is responsible for most of the trouble. Between the best elements there is the closest tie of re lationship. I recently preached in a white church, in which the white peo ple took the gallery and tendered me and my people the church proper. Be tween the broad element of both races there is no question. It is the vicious class which stirs strife. "I do not believe in lynching In any form. I am eternally opposed to it. For the crime which prompts it I be lieve due punishment would come if the guilty ones were subjected immediately to a surgical operation. The case of mis taken identity is too frequent for lynch ings to be continued. Suppose at Cedar town, Ga., just two weeks ago, the more conservative element had not controlled, an innocent man would have been lynched, a man who was afterward tried and acquitted. This surgical operation which I speak of would be just as effec tive as the rope." "Is the president's passivity on this lynching question the only grievance you people have against him?" was asked. "No, sir, it is not." replied the bishop promptly. "We believe that the negro should have been rewarded more for his services performed during the war with Spain. The colored man did splen did fighting. He proved himself valor ous. In return some of my people want ed commissions. They claim that they have distributed a number of second lieutenancies among the negroes. But is this so? Several colored regiments were organized toward the close of the war, but these have been all disbanded. Those who were given offices have been reduced to corporals and sergeants. "We have had no recognition by the administration. Just now one of our regular colored regiments is leaving for the Philippines. Why does not the pres ident give us enough officers to corre spond to the fighting force of black men which represents this country? This is another great grievance which my people have against Mr. McKinley and the administration. I will say that this feeling of discontent is general among the blacks of all sections. It is a pity, too, for I believe President Mc Kinley personally is a fine man, but he seems to have no force." Bishop Turner is a representative man of his race. He is the father of the colonization scheme that contemplates the ultimate return of the negroes to Africa. NEW SANTA FE MAN. James M. Barr Selected as Vice Presi dent In New York Today. New York, July 6. The directors of the Atchison. Topeka Santa Fe rail road met in this city today ani elected James M. Barr as vice president, and put him in charge of the operating de partment of the road. BI SHOP DENIES IT. Says He is Not Such a Brute as to Order Prisoners Shot. The Salina Journal publishes the follow ing: Manila. P. I.. May 14. 1S99. II. H. Morrison. Salina. Kan.: Dear Sir I herewith return a number of letters that came to Henry and I will re turn any more that may be received. I see by a paper received from home to day that I am charged with ordering or permitting prisoners to be killed. I do hope the good people at home will not think for one moment that f am such a brute. The insurgent wounded and pris oners are well cared for we only wish all of them would surrender and end this awful affair. Yours, W. H. BISHOP. Endeavorers Hear Jones. Toledo. O.. July 6. The Missouri Kansas delegations to the Christian and Kn- deavor meeting, en route to Ietro:t. s top- Ped m Toledo in order to hear an a.J nnt i"ga met and i he en- dress by Mayor Jones. The plan was determined upon until after the del tions left their homes. Mayor Jones the Endeavorers at the Boody house spoke to them for half an hour on "golden ru'e" and was accorded an thusiastic hearing. Locomotive Explodes. Bluefields. W. Va., July 6. On the flinch valley division of the Norfolk and Western railway at Tip Top last evening an engine exploded, killing Engineer J. L. McColgan. Fireman K. W. Albert and Brakemaii Oscar J. Ownes. Dizziness means that your stomach needs atten tionyour liver is getting ready to fill your system with poisonous bile. After the dizziness will come dyspepsia, nerv ousness and sleeplessness. There's but one thing to do. Use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters faithfully. It will cleanse the system, and tone up the stomach. It makes hearty, strong men and women. See that a PRIVATE REVENUE STAMP covers the neck of the bottle. If you want Health Avoid Substitutes Hostetter's Stomach. Hitters. PHILIP MAYER ARRESTED. Barber Is Held For Assault Intent to EilL With Philip Mayer was arrested Wednes day on a warrant sworn out in the city court charged with assault with intent to kill and was admitted to bail on a $500 bond which he furnished. Mayer struck George Peyton on the head with a heavy iron cuspidor during a drunken brawl in a joint on July 4. Peyton's skull was fractured and it was thought for some time that he would not live, but he is now reported to be improving. ALL MGUT OWLS. City Council Remains In Session Un til Midnight. The city council held a special meet ing Wednesday evening which came near being an all night session. The weather was Intensely warm and the members concluded that they would be unable to sleep at home and so might as well stay in the council chamber. About 11 o'clock the following state ment was signed: Let's stay and attend to what busi ness we have and not adjourn until we get through. J. W. F. HUGHES, j C. H. NETTELS. F. G. W1LLARD J. W. BLOSSOM. J. W. MERGAN. F. ROIJNDTREE J. S. WARNER. W. S. CHANET. J. BURGESS. A. P. BENSON. J. B. BETTS. Pigeon holes were ransacked and dust blown off forgotten documents but at midnight the clerk announced that he could find nothing more. The motion to adjourn was then carried by a close vote. The members went outside to face a terrific storm. The west side delegation including Mayor Drew went home in hacks. TEDDY'S CONTRIBUTION. The Colonel Gives $25 to the Dewey Fund. New York, July 6. The Brooklyn Eagle received a letter from Governor Roosevelt today accompanied by a check for $25, for the Dewey fund. In his letter the governor says: "I enclose you a check as a slight token of my appreciation of your effort to get some memorial and give recogni tion in whatever shape the admiral him self deems best to services to the coun try which have justly rendered him the man of all since the civil war, who stands highest in popular regard." NOW LOOK OUT. Conncil Orders Enforcement of the Curfew Ordinance. The rising generation of Topeka is apt to be in the clutches of the police on short order. The city council has formally accepted and approved a petition from Rev. M. C. Long and 138 others requesting that "for the good of the rising generation" the curfew ordinance be enforced. The police department has paid but little attention to the curfew ordinance or the ringing of the curfew and so have the children. WHEELER'S ORDERS. Washington, July 6. Brigadier Gen eral Joseph Wheeler was today ordered to report to Gen. Otis at Manila for ser vice in the Philippine Islands. WIDE APART Are the Assets aod Liabilities of This Bankrupt. Chicago, July 6. Charles B. Brown of Chicago, who is engaged in the novelty advertising and promoting business, filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States district court today scheduling his liabilities at $1,636,078. while his assets were placed at $5. The largest creditors are: Warner Coalfield Railroad company. Meridian, Miss, for $7.j0,(W: Alexander Hol liday. New York, for $285, 72S: Harriot N. Browne, administratrix of estate of Fiart Iow Bennett. Maquokota. Ia., for $185,000; Glenn Mineral Springs. Waukesha. Wis., for $67,82; Walker, Sarmiy. Cal.. for $63. 725; J. Honnps,. Lake Forest, for $35,000: Oswold. Milwaukee, for $32,000: James Seaman. St. Louis, for $47.0')0; James Sa loman, Washington, for $65.H87; Joseph Mc Eionald. New York, for $72,S5. Most of the debts are for money bor rowed, few of them having been contract ed in open account, and the most of the indebtedness dates back to 1SS6. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Frank S. Hamilton, aged 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hamilton, died Wednesday morning of typhoid fever at the home of his parents, 518 Madison street. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at two o'clock from the resi dence. The members of his Sunday school class will act as pall-bearers. Frank Hamilton was a high school student and expected to enter college after his graduation and to become a lawyer. He was known as a good scholar and popular in his classes. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Johanna M. Rosen to James H. Lam berson and wife, $600, lots 61 and 63 and west 95 feet of lots 65 and 67, Monroe street, North Topeka. Wilson Keith to Pomp Lucinda Marywether. $200, lot 507 Jefferson street, Keith's 2nd sub-division. Jesse Tipton to C. H. Crowther and wife, $500, part northeast 13-12-15. Hamilton Swan and wife to Peter T. Forster and wife, $1,250, lot 84, Madison street, Crane's addition. F. L. Sexton and wife to Maggie Till son, $1,700, lot 167, Topeka avenue. Leroy McGrew to Melissa J. McGrew, $95. lot 99, CJuincy street. Chester C. Johnson et al to J. H. Hunt trustee, sheriff's deed, $50, lots 122 and 124, Lafayette street, Veale's addition. Jointist's Family In Distress. Councilman A. P. Benson has called the attention of the city council to the condition of the family of Andrew Du pree. He is serving a sentence in the city prison for selling liquor. The com munication was referred to the commit tee on police. Dead Animal Contract. Dr. George H. Hapgood has been given a three years contract for dispos ing of the dead animals in Topeka. Tour in the Rocky Mountains. The "Scenic Line of the World," the Denver Rio Grande railroad, offers to tourists in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico the choicest resorts, and to the transcontinental traveler the grandest scenery. Two separate and distinct routes through the Rocky Mountains, all through tickets available via either. The direct line to Cripple Creek, the greatest gold camp on earth. Double daily train service with through Pull man palace and tourist sleeping cars between Denver, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and Denver and Portland. The best line to Utah, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington via the "Ogden Gateway." Write S. K. Hooper, G. P. T. A., Denver.Colorado, for illustrated descriptive pamphlets. STEVENS MEETS A RAJAH. From the London Daily Mail. At the door of the stucco palace a dishevelled sentry presented arms with even more than the usual fervor. Then I understood and perceived coming slowly, and quite noiselessly toward me down a corridor a small human fig ure. It wore a white turban, a tabard of lilac silk lined with salmon satin, a long muslin scarf round the neck, snow white linen drawers, tight, yet shape less, and white cotton socks. It came up, always quite noiselessly, appearing to be moved rather than to move; I saw a brown face, melting black eyes, a long haired, fine haired, oiled, black beard. The figure took my hand In a hand that seemed made of soufliet, and with the same mysterious, unmovlng motion led me across a high-roofed hall, with chandeliers like forest trees and the paint peeling off the skirting board, in to a verandah that overlooked a reel ing chasm of torrent bed and a lower ing heave of mountain beyond. He sat me in a chair beside him, the inter preter opposite, then turned and fixed his eyes on me. If the movements were inhuman the eyes were unearthly. Eyes weary beyond satiety eyes utterly passionless and purposeless, as if their owner neither desired anything nor in tended anything, had neither never had interest in the world or had quite fin ished with it. Looking Into those black pools of sheer emptiness, you wondered whether he were a new born baby or a million years old; you almost wondered if he were alive or dead. That was the Rajs.h. And then, in a voice that seemed to fall among us from nowhere, he told the fat-cheeked, gold-spectacled babu to tell me he trusted I was in the enjoyment of good health! Awhile the conversation floated at this level, and I began to think that this Nirvana-eyed Rajah was if one may go speak of princes o fool. But presently the babu's circumambient periods began to coll themselves round a definite subject, and the Rajah was instructing me on the political ques tion of the hour. It does not matter to you what the question was; it did not matter to me. The interest to me lay in comparing what the Rajah suggest ed with what I knew to be true. In black and white he said nothing, but he hinted worlds. The suggest bins were so subtly nebulous that you could hardly be sure that they meant anything at all: the subject seemed to be in the air rather than in his conversation. I found it quite impossible to speak a language so evasive and had to fiy to brutal verbs and nouns, lie accepted my remarks, though with deprecation of their bluntness" so that at last I had the sati'ifact'cn tif knowing that we were both talking ubouc the same thm-. Rut the astonishing and inhuman fea ture of his talk was that he continually conveyed to me views of the questions of the hour which I knew to be false, which he knew me to know to be false. At least, he knew that I came with the Resident, and might have known that I would ask him about things and believe what he Bald. Yet, without the least encouragement, he insinuated and insinuated and insinuated away, till I felt almost a traitor to sit and listen to him. He can not have thought I should take his side, or that I could be of any service to him if I did: but that appeared to matter nothing. Intrigue wai his nature, and in default of a better con federate he kept his hand in by trying to intrigue with me. And then suddenly, without a flicker in the eyes of either rajah or interpreter: "His highness hopes that on your return to your country you will write to him from time to time, and give him your ad vice on affairs of state." I gasped. "His highness has heard much of your good name and high reputation." pursued the bland, relentless voice he had first heard, and forgotten, my name thre hours before and he is sure that your opinion on the government of his country would be verv valuable to him." And while I still gasped, his highness motioiilessly rose, handed me out of the chair with his souftiet-touch, and prattled in English, "Do not forget me." TRAINS ABANDONED On the Santa Fe Between Gal veston and the Brazo3. Galveston, Tex., July 6 James Collin son, superintendent of machinery for the Santa Fe road, left today on a spe cial train for the flooded district, carry ing provisions for the destitute. Twenty-five row boats fully manned and provisioned, were taken to assist in saving life and property. Governor Sayers has been asked by Representative W. H. Ellis to call a special session of the legislature to re lieve the distress in the floodedsectlons. The Santa Fe main line trains have been abandoned between Galveston and the Brazos river. Trains west of the river are running on time. N. E. A. Tickets On sale at Santa Fe depot today. Rale will continue daily to and including July 8. Round trip tickets to Los An geles now cost only $52.00. They're good for stopover and are limited to Septem ber 4. IS IT RIGHT For an Editor to Recommend Pa ton t Medicines P From the Sylvan Valley News, Brevrad. N. C. Tt may be a question whether the editor of a newspaper has the right to publ: j)y recommt-nd any of the various proprietary medicines which flood the market, yet a a a preventive of suffering" we feel it a duly to say a j?ood word for Chamberlain' Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. We have known and used this medicine in our famiiy for twenty years and have always found it reliable. In many caries a dose of this remedy would save hours of suffering while a physician Is awaited. Yj do not beiieve in depending implicitly on any medicine for a cure, but we do be lieve that if a bottle of Chamberlain's Diarrhoea Remedy were kept on hand and administered at the inception of an attack much suffering might be avoided and in very many cases trie presence of a physician would not te required. At l?ast this has been our experience durine the last twenty years. For sale by ail drug gists. They're on Sale Today. Round trip tickets to Los Angeles and return for $52.00. They will remain on eale until July 8. For particulars and descriptive literature apply to T. L. King, aeent, depot. Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum Alum baking powders are the greatest mfnacers to health of the present day. ROYAL RAKING KTWDCff CO., NEW VOHK.

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TOPEKA STATE JOVRNAL, THURSDAY EVENING, JTTEY 6, 1899 5 SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. The following young people were de lightfully entertained Tuesday evening st the horne of Misses Myrtle and Lulu Kordyce on, Taylor street: Miss ILdith Metcalf, Mips Kda Smythe, Hiss Zm ly Goe.Miss Nellie Wetherholt, Mr. Tv'lll White, Mr. Gillespie, Mr. Nat Black. Mr. F. W. Strawn, Mr. W. D. Goodwin and Mr. U. S. Alvord. The Pleasant Hour Club. The members of the Pleasant Hour club and their families celebrated the Fourth with a picnic at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Adams at 1:258 Lin coln street. The ladies had planned to serve the supper on the lawn but the sudden shower made this impossible so it was served indoors ii stead. The rooms were prettily decorate 1 with asparagus fern, sweet peas and flags. Small tables were placed through four of the rooms, mak ing a pretty scene with their settings of china, silver, and flowers. The lawn was lighted with Japanese lanterns and a tine display of fireworks closed the evening. There were about 6u guests present. A Pleasant Picnic. The fallowing party enjoyed a pleas ant picnic at Lake View. Tuesday: Miss Pauline Maier. Miss Lela Hold, Miss McMahan, Miss Lulu llcMulian, Miss Kather ne Krnich, Miss Kmma Whit mer. Miss Mien Hutterly, Miss Emma McMul en. Mr. Cephas Wingett,. Mr. Frank Burch. Mr. Lem White. Mr. Jno. Green. Mr. Charlie Markley, Mr. Bert Harris, Mr. Tom Wniimer and Mr. Fred Glick. Notes and Personal Mention. Mr. and Mrs. John Sargent and chil dren. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wahle and children and Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Scott and daughter spent the Fourth at Mar tin's Hill. Miss Berenice Fuller left today for Colorado Springs where she will spend two or three days with Miss Roberta Akers. Mr. Edward Dennis returned today from a short visit in Leavenworth. Mr. Glenn Ha.1: nas gone to Cleveland and Madison, Ohio, to visit relatives. Miss Emily Goe will leave Saturday for her home in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, to spend the summer. Her sifter, Mrs. A. D. Ugden and children will accom pany her for a month's visit. Miss Frances Brockway returned to iier home in Wellsville, Kan., today. Mr. and Mrs. D. O. MeCray and daughter Lena left Wednesday for a trip to Chicago and the lakes. Superintendent W. M. Davidson is spending- a day In Kansas City. Mrs. E. Davidson Worden left Wed nesday for Cincinnati, to spend the summer. Mr. and Mrs.W. H. Young and daugh ter have gone to Colorado Springs. Mr. C. S. Downing is in Denver on business. Mrs. M. C. Hammatt and Miss Cros fcy left Wednesday for Hancock. Point, 'Ale. .to spend the summer. Miss Helen Otis returned Wednesday from a month's visit in Holton. Miss Rebe Walker went to Lawrence today for a week's visit with friends. Miss Ida L. Keener will leave in two or three weeks for Denver and Colorado Springs to spend the remainder of the summer. Mrs. J. M. Wallace will leave soon for Indiana where she will spend the sum mer. Mrs. Adelaide Norton-King, proprie tor and editor of the Wampus. Wis., Times is in the city visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Parker at their home on Harrison street. Miss Ethel Harrison, of Ottawa, who Is visiting her sister. Mrs. Brooks, will return to her home Saturday. Miss Nettle Ware and Miss Ethel Wilson will be her guests during the Chautauqua assembly. Miss Gertie Burr returned to her home in Emporia today after a visit with Topeka friends. Miss Arnold of Louisville, Kan., spent Wednesday in Topeka. C. R. Hudson is spending the day in Kansas City. Mr. Hobart Mills spent Tuesday and Wednesday with friends In Hiawatha. Mrs. T. E. Armstrong left today for California to spend the summer. Mr. Earl MacDowell visited in Kan sas City two or three days this week. Mr. Fred McGifiin is visiting in Kan sas City. Mrs. Will Miller and daughter of Kansas City are in Topeka the guests cf Mrs. W. W. Decker. Miss Aiuia- M. Parry Bundy spent a few days in Lawrence this week with Miss Maud Miller. Mr. Clarence Poindexter left today for Louisville. Ky. he expects to make the trip on his wheel. W. A. Fite of Harrisonville, Mo., is in the city visiting hia brothers. W. W. Decker and Mr. Charles backer. Miss Nell Moode will leave Friday for Chicago where she will spend two months with her aunt. Mrs. E. M. CcK'krell and daughters Grace and Helen, and sister, Mrs. S. K. Bagwell of Kossville, have gone to Mansfield. O.. for a month's visit with Mrs. Cockrell's parents. Summer is the time to take lessons in elocution. Call at the Topeka conser vatory, 118 West Mh street. Special prices for class or private lessons. Also classes in literature. FLAG RAISED. Station C Appropriately Opened Under Stars and Stripes. The stars and stripes now wave over Station C in Potwin. The Hag was raised Wednesday afternoon with appropriate ceremonies, by members of Lincoln fost. Post Commander Stewart was in charge of the ceremonies, and addresses were made by Postmaster Guthrie, J. (3. Wood and G. A. Huron. A cannon salute inaugurated the exercises. The flag was procured by the iadies of Potwin, and the residents of that por tion of the city take great pride in their new office. They propose that Station C shall equal either of the other stations tn Topeka if they can bring it about. w o o o o o WE EAT TO LIVE AND LIVE TO EAT o o o o o o o Ask Your Dealcj, For It. MADE IN TOPEKA. Wolf Packing Co. i Capita Haas I WHEELER TO GO SOON. Ft Leavenworth a Rendezvous Tor One New Regiment Washington. July 6. President Mc Kinley told a delegation of southern congressmen who called upon him to day that it was his intention to send General Wheeler to the Philippines at an early date. He also said that he did not think that more than the 10.000 troops already decided upon would be necessary. The regiments will be organized ac cording to the provisions of the act of March 2, 18U9, and will consist of fifty officers and 1.309 enlisted men each. Among the districts for recruiting des ignated regiments are the following: Twenty-ninth regiment. fTort Mc pherson, Ga.; South, Carolina. Georgia., Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Thirtieth regiment Fort Sheridan, Ills.: Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. Thirty-first regiment Fort Thomas, Ky:; Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Ten nessee. Thirty-second regiment Fort Leav enworth, Kan.; Iowa, Nebraska, Kan sas. Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Thirty-third regiment Fort Sam Houston, Texas; state of Texas. Thirty-fourth regiment Fort Logan, Col.; Colorado. Wyoming, Utah, Minne sota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana and Arizona and New Mexico. Thirty-filth regiment Vancouver bar racks, Wash.; California, Nevada, Ore gon, Washington and Idaho and Alaska. The term of service will be for the periud endinsr June 30, 1901, and the enlistments may be made "without re striction as to citizenship or educational qualifications. ROUSELL TO' PRISON. Court of Appeals Refuses to TnrArfnm Fn Ilia Hg. United States District Attorney Lam bert has just received from the clerk of the federal circuit court of appeals at St. Louis the mandate of the court of appeals refusing to grant a new trial in the Rousell case, and as soon as the mandate is spread upon the federal court record and a commitment issued, Rousell will be taken to Leavenworth to begin his sentence of 18 months in the federal prison. Meanwhile he is out on a bond of fi.000. Edwin Rousell is the Lawrence man who was formerly secretary of the Fra ternal Aid society. He was arrested for using the mails for the purpose of is suing fradulent insurance, and after a hard fight was convicted In the federal court last fall. His attorneys, Waters Waters, appealed the case to the United States circuit court of appeals, and it was argued some time ago, but the court dismissed the appeal, sustain ing the lower court. It is expected that Judge Hook will return from Wisconsin to Leavenworth for a short time about the middle of this month, and an order to spread the mandate on the court records will be secured from him at that time. As soon as this is done, a commitment will be Issued, and Rousell will have to go to the federal prison. Rousell has no idea, of staying there very long, however, if he can help it. He has already filed an application for a pardon from President McKinley and his friends are working hard to secure it for him, but it is probable that he will have to stay in prison for a while at least. SAMPSON CUT OUT Of a Lot of Money by Decision of Treasury Officials. Washington, July 6. The acting comptroller of the treasury today ren dered a decision that Rear Admiral W. T. Sampson is not entitled to the pay of that grade from August 10, 189S, when he was commissioned by the pres ident to March 4 last. The comptroller holds that the advance in numbers un der section 1506 does not create a va cancy from the time when the presi dent decides to recommend such ad vancement, nor is any vacancy created prior to the date when the senate con curs in the president's recommenda tion. DIAMONDS IN HIS TEETH. A Reading Woman "Wins a Suit Against Her Husband. Reading, July 6. A sensational de sertion case was concluded here today. Mrs. Ruth Tragle, daughter of the late J. H. Carpenter, founder of the Carpen ter Steel works, charged her husband, W. Irving Tragle, with desertion. Mr. Tragle alleged infidelity and extrava gance on the part of his wife. Mrs. Tragle retorted that all the extrava gance charac terizing the family marked the husband's course of living, and that he carried his extravagance to the ex tent of having diamonds set in his front teeth. The attorney for the wife assert ed that the husband hypnotized and dazzled other women by his winning ways and with the diamonds in his teeth. Mrs. Tragle was awarded $S a week for her support. A divorce suit .will follow. TENEMENT-HO USE EVILS. New System Which Will Benefit the Working Classes. New Tork, July 6. Philanthropy is to be applied in an effort to remedy the tenement house evils in the metropolis. The new movement will revolutionize the present system of housing the poor er .working classes of the population. The idea, in its broad lines, is to erect one house on an entire block, 11 stories high, constructed of steel and other fireproof material, and with a large inner court roofed with glass. There will be only one entrance to the house through a spacious hallway leading to a system of elevators in the court. In stead of t,he ordinary stairways and hallways there will be a balcony on each floor running all around the court, and from which bridges will convergs to the elevators in the center. Each flat will have its entrance on the bal cony, which will thus form an elevated street. The fiats will run straight through from the court to the outer side of the building, so that they will have plenty Qf light and air back and front, and be entirely private. The flats will be of two spacious or three smaller rooms, and there will be others occupying the space of two ordinary flats for the accommodation of larger families. In the basement it is pro posed to have baths, laundry, heating and electric light apparatus, and a cold storage plant to supply refrigerators set into the kitchen wall of each fiat. The enterprise is not intended to be a pure ly philanthropical, but a business one, conducted on strict business principles, and is expected to be a, good paying investment. DIRECTED BY M'KINLEY. The President Personally Looks After the Details of the War Department New Tork, July S. A Washington dis patch to the Herald is as follows: "The president will be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States and of the militia of the several states when called into the actual service of the United States." When the president was asked by a friend the other day why he did not leave the details of the pending war to his subordinates and take a vacation he replied by quoting this sentence from the constitution of the United States. In fur ther explanation he said: "How can 1 take to the woods while there is so much to be done toward rais ing and looking after the army in the Philippines and to faithfully carry out the obligations imposed upon me by the constitution? "It is my desire that the armv in the Philippines shall be the best in the world; that General Otis shall have everything that he requires for the comfort of his troops, and that there shall be nothing lacking to bring the campaign to a speedy and successful termination. I am not giving any thu'ighc to the question of a vacation now. and will not until General Otis' reinforcements are well under way and all arrangements have been perfected fur the return of the volunteers." Few persons are aware of tile close per sonal attention which the president gives to every detail of the Philippine cam paign. Much that might be done by the subordinates of the war department the president has to do himself. There W not an order issued that he does not have cognizance of, and he frequently writes orders himself. He is in the war telegraph room of the White House many times during the day and night, reading telegrams to and from General Otis and studying over the war map, which is corrected every time there is a bar tie or charge of troops in the Philippines. The wire which conveys messages from the war department to General Otis is, so to speak, tapped in the White House, where every message to or from General Otis Is taken off for the personal in formation of the president. Messages which come from General Otis at night are frequently received and translated in the White House and read to the presi dent before the officials in the war de partment know anything about them. President McKinley's chief adviser In all military matters is Adjutant General Corbin. MEXICAN FINANCES. Discussed by ft Government Repre sentative In New Tork. New York. July 6. Antonio Leon Grajeda, acting consul general of Mex ico in this city, said, in speaking of the conversion of the foreign debt of the republic of Mexico, which has been un dertaken by J. P. Morgan Co., of this city. J. S. Morgan Co., of London and S. Bleicheroeder, the Deutsche bank and the Dresden bank, in Germany, that the total amount of the Mexican exterior debt was $109,508,544 gold; the interior debt, payable in Mexican silver, was 1103,979,703.23. and the floating debt, al ways payable in Mexican money amounted to $1,500,000. The interior debt, Senor Grajeda continued, would not be disturbed. The new loan would be a little larger than the amount of the outstanding external debt, which would be refunded on a basis of between between 3 and 4 per cent. "Of course," added Senor Grajeda, "it is not definitely known what the amount of the new loan, or the rate of interest will be, as congress has conferred upon President Diaz power to refund the debt without stipulation as to Interest. Ac cording to the report of the new minis ter of finance of Mexico, the estimate of the revenue for the fiscal year be ginning July 1, 1899, is $55,000,000 and the estimated expenses will be $54,000,000. There is in the national treasury a sur plus of between $10,000,000 and $12,000, 000. These are not the first Mexican bonds to be quoted in New Tork city. In the 'SO's there were issued the so called "Woodhouse" bonds, which were taken by a New York banker of that name. That issue was for the purpose of raising funds to enable Mexico to carrv on the Franco-Mexican war. which lasted from 1S63 to 1867. All of these bonds were refunded excent few which are included in one of the present issues. To give an idea of the price of Mexican bonds, I may say that the gold 6'3 of 1S82 are now quoted at 102." THE HUB EXPLODED. Serious Accident Happens to the Cloverdale Postmaster While Celebrating. Moline, Kan. July 6 News has reach ed here of a serious Fourth of July ac cident at Cloverdale. a small town southwest of here. A cast iron wagon hub was being used in lieu of an anvil to make a noise with when filled with powder. Fred Hollingsworth, postmaster and storekeeper, touched a hot iron to it when it exploded, blowing the rod through his arm. Drs. O'Connor of Ore. nola, Whitney of Cedarvale and Tout of Cloverdale were summoned and remov ed a strip of bone about four inches long, which it is thought will save am putating the arm. ABOUT ROSA BONHEUR. From the Chicago Tribune. J. C. Walker of the Virginia hotel met Miss Bonheur through his acquaint ance with Anne Klumpke, the American girl who has been living with the ar tist at the Chateau By, and who recent ly painted her portrait and sent it to the Carnegie gallery at Pittsburg. Mr. Walker told some interesting stories of Miss Honheur's life yesterday. T had exoeeted to find Miss Bonheur large and masculine," Mr. Walker said. "Instead I found her a little woman, charmingly modest and retiring. She had a strong face, but her eyes were those of an eighteen-year-old girl. They were the most remarkable eyes I ever saw. She had a soft voice, and she was .tevntedlv fond of music, though she did not sing or play. The people about her chateau, which is forty miles from Paris, simply worshiped her. "The first time I met her was the day before her seventy-seventh birthday. No one would have dreamed she was so old. Her manner was that of a woman of thirty-five, and she was in as close touch with the world as any resident of Paris. She came to the little 12 o'clock dejeuner in the jacket and trousers she always wore outside of Paris. In spite of her dress, none would have called her masculine. I think the way in which she wore her hair was responsible for the mannish, look some of her pictures have. "It has been printed that she had spent some time in Fngland. but I can not believe that Is true. She did not know a word of English, and I think if she had ever been in England she cer tainly would have picked up a good deal of the language. "I think she must have left her great est painting unfinished. The picture ex hibited in this year's salon is a small affair compared with the 'Horse Show.' The unfinished picture which I saw in her studio covered nearly one end of the room. I think it was intended to be something like the 'Horse Show." I re member there were three or four im mense figures of horses sketched on the canvas. "Her studio was a curious place. There were stuffed horses' heads and horses' manes hung all around the room models, I suppose. The walls were covered with sketches of horses and other animals. But in the last few years all her pet wild animals, of which she made so much, had been sent away. In her house, however, there were hun dreds of birds." MELONS FOR BRYAN. An Admiring Georgian Sends Him a Carload. Chicago, July 6. A special to the Tribune from Lincoln, Neb., says: William Jennings Bryan has refused, by proxy of his wife, to accept either a carload of Georgia watermelons or the unpaid freight bill for the same. Some warm hearted southerner, whose idea of the silver man's eating powers, was apparently somewhwat overdrawn, gent from Marion, Ga., a carload of the southern product with his compliments and the wish that the Nebraskan might spend the happiest sort of a Fourth of July. The shipment was received a day too late. As Mr. Bryan is out of the city and as the family feel unequal to the task of disposing of the fruit, Mrs. Bryan declined with thanks to aocept the melons or the unpaid freight bill. GOES TO SHANGHAI To Teach. History la ct Chinese College. New Haven, Conn., July 6. Charles S. Leavenworth of New Haven, will leave today for San Francisco, where he will embark for Shang Hai, China. He will begin his duties as professor of history at Nan Yang college, Shang Hai, about the middle of August. Mr. Leavenworth has been doing spe cial work at Yale. He will be accom panied by Prof. Stiles, formerly of Co lumbia, who is to take charge of the department of economics In the Shang Hai university. Nan Yang college Is supported by the Chinese government and every graduate is given a position in. the service of the government. ALMOST A TRAGEDY. Panic Narrowly Arerted In a Burning Building. Chioago, July 6. A panic was nar rowly averted among 800 people of whom 150 were women, employed in the factory of the Illinois Cart company which was burned today. The building was of six stories. Flames broke out in the third story. Those in the lower stories escaped but the employes on the floors above were cut off and crowded to the windows, many prepar ing to jump. The fire escapes were overcrowded but the police kept the hundred or so who came down this way from panic. The ladders were quickly run up to the fourth story and firemen kept the frenzied prisoners, among whom were 150 women, in order. Three hundred clambered down through the smoke without accident. Loss $130,000; insurance $125,000. 'A few minutes after the building was cleared a terrific explosion took place but the thick walls withstood the ehock. PLATT'S REQUEST. Wants Brooklyn's Postmaster Re moved For "Offensive Fac tionalism." New York, July 8. A close political friend of Mr. Piatt says that the sena tor has requested President McKinley to remove from office Postmaster Fran cis H. Wilson of Brooklyn for "offen sive factionalism" in Brooklyn politics. Postmaster Wilson has taken an active part in the political affairs of his party ini his own county. He has been recog nized as one of the foremost leaders in the opposition which has been forming within the party in Brooklyn againstthe present leadership of Lieut. Gov. Wood ruff,' W. B. Atterbury and Michael J. Dady. Postmaster Wilson is living at pres ent at the Union League club in Brook lyn, of which formerly he was president. He does not seem to be worried much over Piatt's demand on the president, believing that he has performed his duties as postmaster satisfactorily, and that what his attitude may be toward the present leaders of his party in his own county is not of absorbing interest to the president of the nation. CLEAN STREETS IN BERLIN (From the Boston Transcript.) Blejrclists who have ridden much on the asphalt streets of German cities say that the- tendency to "side slip" Is there much less marke-rt than on similar pavements In this country. The explanation of this fact may possibly lie in the statement which is made by the American consul at Hreslau that the asphalt streets in that city are regularly washed, the purpose of the washing being- to remove the slime which the asphalt seems to leave and to keep the Ktreet from being- slippery. The washing- has the further effect of preserv ing and hardening the asphalt. The care taken of the asphalt by the city authori ties contrasts strongly with the methods usually adopted in the I'n ited States. For instance, the spac in front of the consulate is divided into four squares, which are in charge of one man. After cleaning the street early in the morning he wheels out a barrow load of very fine, shnrp sand and scatters it lightly over the streets to prevent slipping. On rainy days the process is repeate-d several times. Once a week the whole street is sluiced and thoruuffhly washed with sprinkling carts. These are followed by ample roller bl ushes, which sweep the water and slime into the gutter, whence it is carted away. After this Mm man who has chartre of the street comes along with his wheelbarrow and sand sprinkler. in spring or aiuunin, when the srreets are often sloppy or wet, the washing is done several tinier during the wek. The man in charge of the asphalt pave ment is paid 5 cents an hour, the ordinary street hands receiving 4 cents. Nobody litters up the street or puts sweepings on the pavement. There is a box kept for these. Wire bask ft s are fastened on lampposts, against houses, fences or trees in which the public may throw waste pa per while walking" along. The citizen are very proud of their clean and swe-t smell ing streets, and the householder:; have to sweep to the center of the street in front of their sidewalks every morning" before o'clock. The Utter is piled uj and soon the city teams cart it away. ROCK ISLAND SPECIAL. For the N. E. A. In California Left Topeka Today. The special train on the Rock Island bound for the N. E. A. meeting' in Cali fornia left Topeka today at 1 o'clock. A large party of Topeka people left on this train. It will receive three more cars when it reaches Belleville. It jour neys to Colorado Springs over the Rock Island and from there it goes over the Denver Rio Grande. Stops will be made at the most important points of interest along the route and ample time given to the passengers to view the sights. Honor For Maurice Grau. London. July 6. Maurice Grau was Included in the queen's dinner party last evening at Windsor Castle. After din ner he presented the opera "I Pagliaecl" before a large gathering of royalties. Hot? Well, rather. Cool off by drop pine into Squires" Pharmacy and drinking a Twentieth Kansas. Headquarters for Beggs' Hair Renewer. 7S2 K-anaas ave- FREE DELIVERY STARTED. Carriers Make Their Initial Trips Successfully. The rural delivery routes were In augurated Wednesday and the car riers made their first trips. A. P. Roundtree, carrier on route No. 1, the Tecumseh and Monmouth township route, starts from Tecumseh, and, of course, makes no report to the Topeka office. C. A. Lewis, the carrier on route No. 2, leaves station A in North Topeka at 8 o'clock each morning. Yesterday his outgoing mail consisted of 17 letters and about 75 papers. He brought in 11 letters, and he sold one postage stamp on the trip. Mr. Lewis is enthusiastic over his route. He says the farmers are all re joicing over its establishment, although they have been rather slow in getting their mail boxes put up, but that was to be expected. On his wagon Mr. Lewis has painted "TJ. S. Mail. Route No. 2, R. F. D."' the "R. F. D." stands for "Rural Free Delivery." Free delivery is destined to be a great boon for the farming communi ties. It is really more complete than the city delivery system, because the carrier takes a complete postoffice right along with him. Farmers can purchase their stamps and postal cards of the carrier right at their doors. Then the carrier takes with his applications for money orders, which can be filled in and sent by the carrier to the postof fice, together with the requisite amount of money, and the next day the carrier brings out the money order. It is esti mated that rural free delivery will in crease the value of the farms along the routes an average of $200. SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT. Colorado Smelter Strike Likely to Be Adj usted. Denver. July 6. President "W. N. By ers, of the state board of arbitration said today that everything looked fa vorable for an early settlement of the differences between the smelter trust and its employes. "The men seem fair minded," said Mr. Byers, "and they will undoubtedly be able to come to an agreement with Manager Grant after more authority to act is given him. "President Nash of the smelter trust is expected to arrive in Denver tomor row and I believe he will give Mr. Grant full authority to conclude the negotiations now underway. All that will be necessary will be a little un bending by both sides, which I am sure, can be well done without the aid of the board which does not want to come into trouble officially unless cir cumstances make it absolutely neces sary." African's True Prediction. tFrom the New Tork Tribune. Here is a yarn that has been picked up by the Society for Psychical Re search. Dr. R. W. Felkln, who had accompanied Emin Pasha on a tour through Uganda and adjacent territory is responsible for it. He says that some time last year his party had got back to Lado, about 1,000 miles south of Khartoum, and that he had been with out letters from Europe for a year. Naturally he was impatient for tidings. In that part of Africa he had often come across wizards who pretended to transform themselves into lions or oth er animals at night and to travel im mense distances in this guise. They al so assert that they acquire information at such times about stolen cattle and other lost property. Dr. Felkin says that, although he has no explanation to offer in regard to these alleged feats, he had a chance to verify one of their stories. One morning after his arrival at Dado a man came to his tent, evidently tn great excitement, and said that the local wizard, or "m'logo," had been roaming about the country the night before in the form of a jackal. During his rambles the "m'logo" had visited Meschera-el-Rek, fully 550 miles away, between Lado and Khartoum. The wizard declared that two steamers had just arrived at this point and had brought mails. He also described min utely the appearance of an English of ficer accompany the boats. Dr. Felkin ridiculed the story. But Emin Pasha took the thing more seri ously. He directed that the wizard be brought before him and questioned the fellow. "Where did you go last night?" "I was at Meschera-el-Rek." "What were you doing there?" "I went to see some friends." "What did you see?" "I saw two steamers arriving from Khartoum." "Oh, this is nonsense! You. could not possibly have been at Meschera-el-Rek." "I was there," the wizard replied em rhatically. "And with the steamers was an Englishman; a short man with a big beard." "Well, what was his mission?" "He says that the great pasha at Khartoum had sent him and he has some papers for you. He is starting overland tomorrow, bringing the papers with him, and he will be here about 30 days from now." Dr. Felkin says that 32 days later the Englishman did arrive at Dado, and that he brought letters for the party. The new-comer was Lupton Bey. Of the wizard Dr. Felkin says that he is satisfied that the man was never out side his native village in his life. RARE GIFT OF A WOMAN. (From the Chicago Times-Herald.) To be the only woman engaged in a cer tain business is the distinction achieved by Miss Agnes IoyIe of Chicagro. Miss Ioyle has a pretty studio, where ehe spends all her time cutting cameos. "it wsus by the merest chance," she said, "that I learned to cut cameos, for a knowledge of thia art is very rare in this oouutry. The old man who taught me had learned in Italy. He waj very loth to instruct anyone in his art, but fortune had used him rather badly and his ex tremity proved my opportunity." The material used in cameo cuttine- is a species of conch shell belonging in West Indian waters. The outer layer is white and the ground pink and orange, shading1 to black. The shells with the black ground are rare and very valuable. "1 take one of these shells." continued Miss .Doyle, "and block out pieces of the right size and curvature and have a man saw them out for me. One of these pieces is then set in cement on a small, round block, with a handle below. This fixes it firmly and enables one to handle it easily. "Next the face is outlined with pencil and the surrounding part cut away until the colored background is revealed. The hair and ear are then brought out, then the features and flnajiy the delicate artis tic strokes which make or mar. The whoie is then highly polished with powdered pumice stone." The tools required are few and simple. There are the small block and coment for setting and three smali, pointed instru ments that look like files, with points of varying fineness. The carving is all done with these, and. as they merely scmtch the surface, abrading only the nnpst dust at each stroke, the process is necessarily a long and tedious one. Then there is a wooden tool like a pestle for polishing the surfaces. "I don't make the fancy heads at all; only portraits." said Mis !Doyie. "The former don't pay, they axe Huuie ia such quantities ia Italy." The Kind You Ilavo Always in use for over 30 years, and lias been mad T' y jjjX-y J7- sonal supervision AUcJ(C, Allow no one to le and All Counterfeits, Imitations and Substitutes are but Ex periments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What, is CASTOR I A Castoria is a substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Harmless and Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething- Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought. In Use For Over 30 Years. THE eCNTAUN OOMNNT, TT HURMT STRCCT, MCW TOM CfTT. MILDRED'S ACQUAINTANCE From the Boston Post.l "Mildred! Mildred! Come here, child; I have a bit of news tor you from your Aunt Sara," called Mrs. Whitney, as she stood In the hall of an old colonial house at Princeton, Mass., and scanned the pages of a letter iwhich she held in her hand. Immediately a little creature of about eig-hteen summers half slid, half skipped down the long staircase and stopped at the foot, with one hand still resting on the balustrade. "Well, mother, -what Is it?" she said. "Your aunt has sent you a kind in vitation to spend the season with her in Boston, and there enter society under her chaperonage," returned the mother, slowly. "How delightful!" cried Mildred, her brown eyes sparkling with Joyful an ticipation and her black curls dancing on her forehead; "but when am. I to go, mother, dear?" "Probably in a week or ten days," replied Mrs. Whitney; "that will allow me sufficient time to furnish your rather scanty wardrobe and drill you a little in town manners." Five weeks after this episode we find our little friend in great Boston City, not. however, as we expected, in the height of society, but in St. Margaret's private hospital, enjoying herself about as much as she would at the opera or in the drawing room. But I have not told you how she came there. Shortly after her arrival in the city Mildred was suddenly taken ill and was ushered off to the hospital, where she underwent a. serious operation, and at the time of which we are speaking was lying on her back, unabLe-to move, but still bright and lively and talkative. The sister superior had gone away for a few days and therel"ore the nurses had sole charge of the establishment. Nurse Ruth one day told Mildred that there was a young man in the apart ment across the hall, a Harvard stu dent, who had broken his leg in a foot ball fray and would probably have to remain in th hospital for some time to come. As soon as Ruth left the room Mil dred whistled as loudly and clearly as a boy. Directly there came a reply from across the hall. Then she called "hallo"; as before the voice answered "hallo." Then gradually short sentences were exchanged, and at the end of a day or two the couple were carrying on a. lively conversation. One day when Miss Whitney's uncle called to see her she told him of her sociable neighbor and asked him to go and take a peep at him. He did so, but upon his return to Mildred's rooms could cot tell whether her hero had blue eyes or brown; whether he was dark or fair, and therefore her curiosity was not sat isfied. However, this happy state of affairs was not to last long, for you remember the sister superior l-ad gonf away for only a few days, and the few days hav ing elapsed, all intercourse between the two friends was brought to an end. The halls no longer echoed with whistles and bright conversation, and in two weeks, which seemed months to her, our little heroine left the hospital without even a whispered good by to her lonely com panion. One evening about two months after Mildred's recovery Uncle Fred knocked at the door of her room and jokingly told her to look her sweetest at dinner, because he had invited a friend to dine with them, and he wanted this gentle man's first impression of everything, even the little niece, to be a good one. "All right, uncle; you can trust to me for that." replied Mildred. Dinner was served at 7 o'clock sharp, and Mil dred, much to her uncle's displeasure, was fifteen minutes late, but when she entered the room how could he be dis pleased? She looked so charming in her simple white gown, wearing no orna ments whatever, save a large jack rose which rested in the waves of her luxur ious hair. Disregarding his niece's apologies, Mr. Elliott hastily rose to present her to his guest, Mr. Marshall, whom she had hitherto not noticed, forgetting that she had dressed especially to appear pleas ing to her uncle's friend. She turned and bowed sweetly, but when she raised her eyes to view the stranger her face showed both surprise and admiration, for she had expected to see an elderiy or tniddle-aged gentle man, and upon beholding instead a splendid looking young man of about li, his bearing tall and elegant, she was quite astonished. Meawhile Aubrey Marshall had been viewing the little fairy before him with a look of passionate yearning. At this point Uncle Fred burst out laughing, "Well, Millie, I've given you time enough to recognize toim, but if you're Bought, and which has been has borne the signature of has been made under his per- since Its Infancy. i deceive you in this. Signature of not going to I suppose I'll have to tell you." "No, do not, Mr. Elliott," said the young man. "Perhaps," toe continued, addressing Mildred, "if I had whistled or called hallo! as you entered the room you would have recognized me mors easily." She blushed deeply and a look of blank amazement settled on her face but she held out her hand to Mr. Mar shall and murmured some words of friendly greeting. "Ha! Ha! Millie. I knew more about your young man that day than you gave me rredlt for, did I not?" cried Uncle Fred. The ne: June we find Mildred in tha train on the way back to her old toome in Prnceton, but not alone. She has chosen Aubrey Marshall as her compan ion, not only for the journey home but with her parents' consent for the rest of her life. Killing Robins. From the Berea Enterprise.! Mrs. Ij. G. Baldwin, writing from Baldwin, La., says: "The robins suffered severely in the south the last winter. I was told a few days ago that near Patterson, La., where the robins congregate a roost' men and boys knocked the birds down witn sticks and killed them by the thousands. The long, cold winter made their food scarce. Notwithstanding they were so poor they were hardly fit to eat, the slaughter went on unmercifully. "Louisiana has little protection for the native birds, and none whatever for the robins. Witnessing their destruction I wonder that one escaped to their northern haunts. "The robin is a valuable friend to the farmer. The Investigation made by tha United States department of agriculture proved that 42 per cent of the robins' food is insects, while the remainder is largely made up of small wild fruits. Grasshoppers constitute one-tenth of their entire food. They also feed on cat erpillars, bugs and beetles, a large por tion of them injurious to vegetation. "In June and July 23 per cent of thplr food is cultivated fruity but only a trifle in August. Wild fruit, on the contrary, constitutes the staple article of Loud. The robin takes ten times as much wild as cultivated fruits. The cherry unfor tunately ripens when hia wild food sup ply is scarce. The Jong continued insect diet makes him relish a change, aaid he eats greedily the juicy morsel. "Let us remember his good qualities and plant some extra cherry trees for the robins, or some mulberry trees, of which they are also fond, and the fruit ripens at the same time. "Who will champion the cause of the birds and protect the robin in his winter migrations?" An Epidemic of Diarrhoea. Mr. A. Sanders, writing from Coacoanut Grove, Fla., says ther has ben quite un epkiemic of diarrhoea, there, lie had a v?re attack and was cured by four doaes of Chainberiain's Colic, Cholera and Iiar rlioea Remfedy. He says lie aito recom mended it to ottifrs and they any it is the btst medicine they ever used. JTr sale by all druggi.sta. Notice. Members of Marshall's Band please meet at band room tonight for rehear sal. D. A. KENDALL, Secretary. Gun-shot wounds and powder burns, cuts, bruises, sprains, wounds from niiiv naiis. Insect stings and ivy pois-ninf quickly hoaled by Ir Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. Positively prevents blood po'sun ing. Beware of counterfeits. icVin'3 is safe and sure. Geo. VV. fctanstie;d, VV. H. Wilson. A. J. Arnold Son, A. J. Kane Co. "A Skin of aauty 1 a Joy Torrrmt DR. T. FELIX COURAUD S ORIENTAL CREAM, OK MkGlCAL BEAUIiFIEa. furla m wall a 1'cautifles the bkiu No etker cvsnute will do it. RemTos Tad. Pitnpies, Freck le!,, Moth Patch es, Jtaii aud tkin diseas. and eTsry Uieui lb on beaulr. ttDri defies de tect too. It has tod the testof &u years, and I o h armlet we taste it to be sure It is prop erly made. Ao ept no ceuDter feit ef similar nan.es. Lr. L. Sayre said to la.dv of the haul-ten (a pa tient i: "A vou ladies will yse theia, I recom mend 'Gouraud's Cream' as the least karnit.'l of all skin preparations." lor sate by 1 Drugjrlsts aad haiicy Good iJealers in the U. b., Canada, and JLurepe. SMUJ, 1. HOFKIKS. Prep'.". s? Ureal Jeaot til., T, i n in iran A.

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s TOPEKA STATE JOTTRNALi, THURSDAY EVEKTN"Gr, JULY 6, 1899. AFTER BOODLERS. Location of Insane Asylum to JBe Investigated. Suit Is Commenced In Clay County Court. CHARGES OF FRAUD. Direct Claim That Four Mem bers Accepted Pay. Names of the Corrupt Commit teemen Withheld. TECHNICAL GROUNDS. Advantage Taken of Flaws In the Law. Politicians Frightened at Promised Revelations. The suit brought by citizens of Clay Center to prevent Parsons from secur ing the new insane asylum has been filed in Clay county and a temporary in junction has been issued to restrain the state board of charities from taking deeds from Parsons for the site and from certifyir? vouchers to the state auditor and also to restrain the board from making contracts for the erection of the new asylum. The suit was filed today by Williams Coleman, attorneys for the Clay Cen ter business men's club. These law yers will assist the county attorney in the prosecution of the case. The suit is brought in the name of the state of Kansas on the relation of the countv attorney, J. H. Russell. In the absence of the district judge the probate judge issued the temporary Injunction. Service in the case was secured on P. H. Dolan, a member of the board of charities who was passing through Clay Center. The politicians have been making light of the charges of fraud and boodle but the Clay Center people charge in the petition that four members of the committee accepted, boodle. The men are not named. The petition which is filed in this case Bets up the claim that the action of the committee in locating the asylum is void for the following reasons: "Kirst Because the committee -was appointed before the law went into ef fect. "Second Because the house of repre sentatives did not approve the speaker's appointments of members of the com mittee. "Third The law creating the commit tee is In contravention of section 10, ar ticle 2 of the constitution. "Fourth That the act does not auth orize any person to purchase land for the site and makes no appropriation for the purchase of the land. "Fifth That a majority of the com mittee did not at any time vote for Par eons. "Sixth That twice before the eigh teen ballot, upon which the asylum was declared located at Parsons, a majority of the committee had voted for Clay Center and the tellers suppressed, the votes, "Seventh That four members of the committee fraudulently, and corruptly for a consideration of money or proper ty or promises of money or property by them received or to be received voted for the location of the asylum to be lo cated at Parsons." The section of the constitution which it is claimed the law contravents fol lows: "No bill shall contain more than one subject which shall be clearly expressed in its title." This is the same contention -which A. 'A. Hurd raises against the validity of the court of visitation act. With reference to the sixth paragraph of the petition, it is probably at first a peculiar idea. But this claim is made in view of the fpx-t that Representative Moore (Hpd.) and Representative Wright (Hop.) claim that on certain ballots they voteo for Clay Center. As Senator Anderson, Representative Righam and Representative Frank Reeder saw the votes of each as they were cast they will pwear that they voted constantly for Clay Center. This means that Moore and Wright, had they voted as they claimed they did, would have given the asylum to Clay Center. Should this jH!pt Ih sustained it will prove that the asylum was hnated at Clay Center jr that these men have misrepresented the vole which they claim to have cast. This suit will "stir up the animals" in Tupt K:u It will result In bringing be fore the public the name of the man who offered Tom Anderson money to vote for Parsons. A Journal reporter lias the name of the man who made Anderson tills offer and Major Anderson pays the public shall know who it was when this case comes to trial. The real truth of the boodle charges will now le developed. If the Clay Cen ter people prove what they expect to the suit will furnish a sensation which the jHople of the state will preserve as choice morsel of gossip for several years. The Parsons people have been chaf fing about the charges of boodle but now the city is placed on the defensive and the indications are there will be a long and bitter legal fight over this question. It Is believed that the litigation will not be concluded before the next legis lature assembles then the location of an asylum in the western part of the state will be taken up in earnest. Just now the appointment of a special commit ter to hcate even a post hole would be unpopular. The people of the state have had enoi.gh of legislative special .nd investigating committees. a weal rnFciYiXA max. Uses 100,000 Firecr .ckers To Cele brate His New Citizenship. Indianapolis. In 1.. J ily 6. The city fas fairly panic strieki n over the mul titude, of calls on the fire department, whi- h answered five within an hour July 4. and altogether was called out 17 times, besides several stills." The in jividual t'Sei-: ranged from ex;iifdeJ firecrackers thrown by reck less bovs. The frequeit ringing of the tire bell frightened the property holders, audi the fireworks demonstrations were cut off at an early hour. e wealthy Chinaman, from letting eft 3iX.fe firecrackers m honor of recently acquired citizenship. r-ee tow J. D. Pattison. sanitary ser feai.i, s being cured by the Oxygenor. SIGNS OF WEEPING Seen For the First Time on Face of Madame Dreyfus. Rennes, July 6. As an .Illustration of the indifference of the population, it is worthy of note that the -words "Vive Dreyfus" chalked upon a wall in a cor ner of the town remain absolutely un disturbed. Many, however, predict trouble on the national fete day when a review of the garrison will be held. The anti-Dreyfusites, it is feared, will attempt to draw the troops into a dem onstration. Madame Dreyfus, accompanied by her parents, drove to the prisoner in a car riage yesterday afternoon. Her parents were not admitted, but she remained with her husband an hour. On leaving she showed, for the first time, signs of distress. Her eyes were swollen and red, a3 though she had been weeping bitterly. She is still in deep mourning and is determined to remain so until her husband regains his liberty. A some what larger crowd than usual watched her arrival and departure and again dis played utter lack of manners and con sideration for her terrible position, gathering around her, rudely staring her in the face and pressing one another aside in. their eagerness not to lose a single detail of her inward agony, which might be reflected in her countenance. Her visible distress was a feast for these ghouls, who, however, were speed ily dispersed by a squad of gen d'armes. The latter finally barred the two streets leading to the portal of the prison. Just opposite the prison, and over looking the window of the cell of Cap tain Dreyfus and the court yard is a tannery. This has been a favorite place of vantage for a number of photograph ers, who have taken snap shots of every arrival and departure and as often as possible of the incidents occurring inside the prison yard. Today the police af fixed a notice over the tannery entrance prohibiting the entry thereof of any ex cept on business, connected with the tannery. This measure has aroused, considerable comment but the owner of the tannery will probably find it pru dent not to ignore the notice. Matri Labor!, Mathien Dreyfus and Matri Labori, Mathieu Dreyfus and evening. WAS A Ell AVE BOY. Rescues His Little Playmate From the Flames. Uniontown. Pa., July 6. A heroic res cue of a little playmete from a burning building was made by a ten-year old boy at Cheat Haven last evening. Lightning set fire to the house of Logan Main, and the flames soon cut off all escape by the stairs from the second story. Lena Millback, niece of the Mains, and Frank Main, their ten-year-old son, were on the unper floor alone. She fought her way through the flames and raised the window and jumped out ablaze all over. The brave boy, who had jumped first, caught her and broke her fall, but was thrown senseless to the ground by the collision. The flames from the burning girl set his clothes afire. When the little fellow recovered from the shock a moment later he put out the flames on the girl and then on himself and carried her away from dan ger. The girl was so badly'burned that she did not regain consciousness and died in a few hours. The boy will live. IS PURSUED BY A MOB. Stranger Is Discovered Leaving Mun cie, Ind., With a Stolen Baby. Muncie, Ind., July 6. A bold attempt by a stranger to kidnap a 3-year-old child today came near proving success ful, the abductor being discovered sev eral hours after he had secured the little one and just as he was about to leave the city. The kidnaper, when arrest seemed certain, left the baby and sought safeety in flight. A posse, threatening dire vengeance, is in pursuit. AVhile a circus parade was passing along Main street this morning Henry Lamb, who was accompanied by his lit tle grandchild, was startled to see a stranger pick up the baby and run away. The aged man gave the alarm, but kidnaper and child were soon lost to sight in the crorvd. The police were notified, but as the town was filled with people from the country search proved futile. Lamb himself finally found the man. still carrying the child, at the depot as he was boarding a train for the north. REVOLUTION III SOFIA Reported at Budapest, hut Story Is Not Believed. Budapest, July 6. Newspapers here publish the story from Belgrade to the effect that a revolution was inaugura ted at Sofia yesterday. According to the accounts published, a mob paraded the streets some of the troops joining in the demonstration. It was added that Prince Ferdinand had fled the country and that the telegraph wires had been cut. Advices received today form Bel grade state that there Is absolutely no confirmation of the alleged revolution, in Bulgaria. Officials here entirely dis credit the statements in the Belgrade newspapers. DISCREDITED AT VIENNA. Vienna, July 6. Nothing is known here confirmatory of the published story of revolutionary disturbances at Sofia. Bulgaria. In official quarters the report is utterly discredited. DIVINE SCIENCE LECTURE. D. I Sullivan, of St. Louis, Talks to Topeka Followers. D. L. Sullivan of St. Louis, delivered a lecture on Divine Science last night at the Divine Science ball No. 722 Kan sas avenue. The hall was entirely filleJ and the audience paid close attention to the words of the lecturer as he un folded the principles of the Divine Sci ence doctrine. The hall was decorated with mottoes and teachings from the Bible. Dr. Sullivan will deliver another lecture this afternoon and tonight after which he will leave for his hone in it. Louis. During the course of the lecture Dr. Sullivan brought out the following points, which deal directly with the fundamental principles of Divine Sci ence. "God is all and is all that is good. He is Omnipresent. He is Omni potent. During prayer the one who prays must keep in mind the thought that he is the identified I. God and dis ease cannot be placed together. I am is God. I am not is the devil. All 'hat I -ov tbf-"brs f.riH heboid t tbc-eht Is possible. It rttcomes a living fact in life. No dark spins or clouds except through a discordant vision. A person cannot aspire to things that are not here. Identify yourself with perfect health and health will come. As soon as you identify yourself with anything it begins to realize Itself. The method of prayer is as if you had already re ceived." Heinz's Ice Cream is the best. Phone East Eighth s'.reet. MURDERERS CAUGHT. Two Negroes Arrested For Kill ing II. G. Tandy at McFarland. The police have arrested two colored men, James Render, alias "Denver Kid" and Dick Williams alias "Trilby" for the murder of Harry G. Tandy near McFarland on Wednesday, June 28. Officer McCoy and Sergeant Betts, to gether with Chief Ramsey have been working on the case for the past three days and believe they have the guilty parties. Tandy was a young druggist from Creighton, Mo., and weat to Mc Farland, and towns near there on a tramping expedition for the experience. He had money and was last seen on Wednesday, June 28, in company with two negroes. The next morning at 8 o'clock he was found lying on the bank of a creek, his body half submerged in -water. He was alive but unconscious and died in a few hours without mak ing any statement. The police received descriptions of the two men, who were seen with Tandy, and at once connected the description of one of them with Render. The offi cers worked on the case and found that Render and Williams were not in town on the day of the murder but arrived here the next day. Another circum stance which led to their arrest was their selling several pairs of shoes. A box of shoes was stolen from a Rock Island train near McFarland about the time of the murder and the shoes sold "TRILBY." Negroes Arrested in Topefca by Render and Williams answer the de scriptions of the shoes stolen. Wednesday afternoon Chief Ramsey saw Render and Williams pass the city jail. He followed them and they went into the office of the county jail. Chief Ramsey followed them In and asked the officers in charge of the jail what the two were doing there. He said thev wanted to visit a prisoner. Chief Remsey then arrested them on the charge of vagrancy and took them to the city prison to hold them for further examination. Their photographs were taken and sent to Marshal Pepperd, of Alma, who found parties who identified the photo graphs as pictures of the men seen with Tandv. The Rock Island officers and the marshal from Manhattan have been working on the case and believe the right men are in custody. When Tandy was last seen he had a valise and a gold watch. The officers found that the day following the mur der. Thursday, Render and Williams came to Topeka and disposed of a gold watch. The officers secured a gold watch pawned by a man by the name of McCarty and then took McCarty in charge. He identified the watch as one Kiven him by Render and Williams the day after the murder. McCarty was in Topeka the day of the murder. It is supposed to be the watch which be longed to Tandy. The valise has not been found but the officers learned that Williams sent a valise out of town by express a few davs ago which may turn out to be the valise which belonged to Tandy Tandy's father, who owns a drug store in Creighton, has been telegraph ed to identify the watch. The officers feel certain they have the right parties as both have a bad record. Render is known sometimes as "Snowball." His home is in Denver but he spends a greater part of the time in Topeka. ri, or-r,r.r Stanley has offered a reward of $50 for the arrest and conviction of the murderers of Tandy. Render has been turned over the custody of Sheriff Cook. THEY DIED TOGETHER. I. ovo Affair Ends In a Double Shoot ing at Des Moines, Iowa. Des Moines, Iowa, July 6. William Ludwick killed his sweetheart. Miss Bertha Whitesides and himself this morning at S.50 o'clock at the home of her uncle, William A. Whitesides, 629 Lyon street. Ludwick arrived here from Rockwell City yesterday noon, and calling at the house of Miss Whitesides today, entered the room where she was and asked her if she would be his wife and live with him. "If we can't live together, we can die toB-ether." he said. The girl stopped her work and replied: "We can never live together, so we had better die together. t thn reiilert a revolver and shot Miss Whitesides in the head. As she lay on the floor mortany wounueci Ludwick bent over and shot her again in the temple. He then took two steps forward and shot himself behind the temple, falling dead only a few feet from the body of the girl whom he had slain. Bertha Whiteside was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whitesides of Rockwell City. Iowa. That town was her home the most of her life, but she came here several months ago to keep heuse for her uncle. William A. White sides, She was 10 years old yesterday. At Rockwell City, the home of Lud wick. the two young people kept com pany and were toeret hr much of the time 7 nat was two nr ih 3.rs 3.-. I Then Li dwick was sent to the penitents...-,. Cir "nriv'ptpil of stealing. While Ludwick was serving his term fienha w'hitesiues came to this city. Lu dwick served his term and was released June 2S. Succeeds Mr. Benton. Prof. Tl. S. Lawrence of Emporia has been appointed as a member of the state board of education by Governor Stanley. Prof. Lawrence is to fill the vacancy caused bv the resignation of Prof. G. P. Denton. v GAIN OF (00,000. (Continued from First Page.) Christ over four thousand; the Baptists over three thousand: then the Metho dist Protestant, Cumberland Presbyter ians, Lutherans, Reformed Dutch, and Methodist Episcopal in order named, each with over one thousand societies. Then follow many evangelical denomin ations in all, including those already named, nearly forty. With a commendable spirit of friendly rivalry, our denominational banners are carried in the front ranks, and never lowered. High over all, however, do we raise the blood-stained banner of the cress, and are amenable to no other authority than that of our commander-in-chief, the King of kings, and Lord of lords, Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the world. Why should any true denominational ist remain outside of Christian Endeav or? Ours is a happy family. Come join our ranks, we will do you good. Chris tian Endeavor lives. THE TENTH LEGION. The Christian Endeavor "Tenth Legion" now numbers 14,700 members who are giv ing not less than one-tenth of their in comes to Ood. This Is an increase of over 4,000 members sine we met in Nash ville. But you are no more satisfied with that growth than I am. Let s work for 10,000 new members this year. When the proper proportion of our rank and file is marching under the banner "Render unto God the things that are God's." such a dilemma as a missionary board In debt or a young student volunteer equipped for service but prevented from reaching the front because of lack of funds, will never be known. Sit down in my office and read the thousand upon thousand of re ports that have reached my desk in the last month, and If you knew nothing of the year's campaign for missions made in our societies by the Yale Band, about the missionary biographies read by the thous and, about the missionary prayer cycles, about the great increase in the member- "DENVER KID." For Murder of H. G. Tandy. ship of the Comrades of the Quiet Hour, now numbering 15.000. you would have the same hope for coming years that fairly throbs in my heart when I say, God is going to do great things for missions with Christian Endeavor. Here are some of the sentences in the reports that indicate the progress of this mighty missionary and evangelistic force: "Classes formed for systematic study of missions." "Mis sionary libraries have been purchased." Many a society is supporting its own mis sionary through its own board. "We sup port a missionary, his wife and three children." "We are educating three or phans in India." "We have our own na tive preacher." "We support an orphan In Turkey." "We are pledged for six years to educate a child in India." "We pay entire expenses of a missionary in Peru." "We are educating three girls in Jndia." "We are responsible for an or phan girl in Armenia." "Our society sup ports a native preacher in Africa." "We nave our own missionary in japan. "With two other societies we guarantee the salnrv of a. home and foreign mission ary. Y e are supporting two of our own members in the field. e are soon to j send one of our members to the foreign Iield. e now have a missionary com mittee, and our monthly missionary meet ings are the very best." "We have sub scribed for our missionary magazines and keep them going from house to house." Does that sound as If "Christian En deavorers spent all their energy and money upon conventions"? Forget Mr. Faintheart's criticisms. Christian En deavor is one of the mighty evangels of the gospel. Christian Endeavor lives. MISSION WORK. Christian Endeavor has done much for missions in the past, and each year the tide has risen higher. This year has been our very best. Never before In the nine years that I have been privileged to serve you as general secretary have I leen able to tell so glad a story. Nearly 9.000 societies in making their annual re ports have mentioned the amount of money contributed to their own mission ary boards. This amount, augmented by what the same societies have given to other benevolences and to their own church, is nearly $30o.0o0. The Fociety that leads the list is the one in St. Peter's German Lutheran church. Allegheny City, Fa., the total amount given to ttieir mis sion boards, to their home church and for other benevolences is $1.5S3.74. The next society deserving mention is the one in the First Congregational church of Washington. D. C. the total amount is $1,371.70. Next is the $1,337.67 contributed by the society of the Kirst Presbvterian church of Aledo, 111. Then comes the society in the Second Bapti.st church of St. Louis. Mo.: the figure is $1.1. .2. Let me also quote three sentences from the interesting report "of the same society: "Held public Sunday night gospel service from June to September; educated two vouns- men for the ministry: had special care of our poor and sick families." The society in the Oxford Presbyterian church, Philadelphia. Pa., reports lS.rO contrib ute! to missions and benevolences, of which amount $s42."0 was contributed di rectly to their mission boards. So far as I know, the best report made by a Junior society is that of the Juniors of the Brigh ton. Mass.. Congregational church. This society has for two years led all the Iapa"chusetts Juniors. This year the amount is $247 for missions. I must close this section of my report with the interesting fact that the Chinese Society of Christian Endeavor of San Francisco. Rev. Jee Gam. pastor, has con tributed to their own missionary, board: $415. 0? to their own home rhuroh expenses, and for other benevolences, J108.S2; in ail. 1.212.T. LEADS TO THE CHURCH. N--w for the last of this annual report. Christian Endeavor has in rnre ways than those already referred to borne fruit, and is today one of many other agencies f.ir increasing the membership of the churches of Christ. During the last ten vears over one million and one-half of our members have joined the church. Over one million and one-haif church members fr.m the ranks of Christian Enieavor In the ten years! Behold what God hath wroughr. Christian End-aver lives! SERMON BY DR. GPNSAFLfS. After singing by a colored quartette fr.jtn Hampton Institute. "Father Kn deavorer." Francis E. Clark made his annual address. Ten minutes of meditation and prayer followed the president's address. With '--vP'i heads and closed eyeg -he ereat j congregation sang softly old familiar hymns, alternating with prayers by ev F'ovd M 'f'npkins of VbJlidel phia. A silent prayer followed cios.ng with the I-'.rd's prayer. The sermon was eloquently preached by Rev. Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus of Chicago, from the text, "And an Inscription was writ ten and passed upon the cross, saying in letter" of- Grek and Hebrew and Latin, this Is the king of the Jews." St. Mark 20-24. Dr. Gunsaulus dwelt on t h signifi cance of the fact that Pontius Pilate considered it necessary at the time of the crucifixion to Inscribe the title of Christ in three languages. "We must exalt day by day and hour by hour," said he. "This Christ, this king of kings, and Lord of lords, who dragged the Greek, pulled the Roman and compelled the Hebrew to write upon his cross whether it was in irony or sober fact that he was the king of the Jews. The Greek language is the lan guage of intellects; the Hebrew is the language of the human heart, the Ro man is the language of the human will. Superlative intelligence, profound emo tion, resistless will a combination of all these is necessary to express with any degree of adequacy, the great fact of the atonement. Some of you in this audience are Romans, some are Greeks, but most of you have more of the He brew in your natures, more of the hu man heart and human emotion. It is the hour for the Christian Endeavor so ciety to take the language of the Ro man, the language of the Greek and the language of the Hebrew and write, in the name of intellect, the name of re sistless will and the name of humanity." COUNCIL SWAMPED. Can Not Do All the Paying Peo ple Demand. The city council is almost In deep wa ter over the paving contracts. The council last evening awarded the con tracts for 13 blocks of street pavements besides two blocks of alleys. There is such a rush of petitions that there is little likelihood that any more can be considered. It is necessary to have the property assessed for the pav ing on the tax rolls next month if the paving is done this year and it is doubt ful if any more petitions can go through the regular order in time to have the property on the rolls. Councilman Mergan and the people living on Hancock street want to pave the two blocks between Second and Fourth streets and the petitions are now out for signers. A special effort will be made to have these two blocks paved this year. Councilman Nettels after a lively fight succeeded in having the petition for paving Tyler street between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, approved and or dered spread on record. There is a re monstrance against this block which will be presented at the next meeting of the council. It is probable, however, that the pavement will be ordered this year. Petitions were received to pave King street between Western avenue and Fillmore and petitions for paving Fill more street from Tenth to Eleventh are in course of preparation. The contracts for paving were award ed as follows in accordance with the re port of the committee on streets and walks: Monroe street, between Third and Fourth street, grading to M. F.. Wall for 21 cents per cubic yard: curbing, John Ritchie, at 49 cents per lineal foot; paving to H. I. Cook for $1.22y2 per square yard. Madison street, between Fourth and Fifth streets, grading to Salyer Nys trom at I6V2 cents: curbing to John Ritchie at 49 cents; paving to John Ritchie for $1.22. Tenth avenue from Tyler to Lane streets, grading to Baker Bradbury, 23 cents: curbing to John Ritchie. 49 cents; paving to John Ritchie for $1.23. Tyler street from Ninth street to Tenth avenue, grading to Salyer Nystrom for 22 cents; curbing to John Ritchie for 49 cents; paving to O. Swan son for $1.24 cents. Twelfth street from Topeka avenue to Tyler street, grading to Salyer and Nys trom for 22 cents; curbing to John Ritchie for 49 cents; paving to O. Swan son for $1.24. Alley between Sixth and Seventh streets and Jackson and Van Buren streets, grading to Sayler Nystrom for 17 cents; paving to H. I. Cook at 1.Z4. Alley between Fifth and Sixth and Jackson and Van Buren awarded to same firms at the same prices. M U ST i0T BE DO N E. Butchers Will Not Be Permitted to Permitted to Slaughter Animals at Their Places. C. W. Myers, who has a butcher shop at Tenth and Topeka avenues wants to get permission to slaughter in a small way near his premises. The people who live in that vicinity naturally object. At the council meeting Wednesday evening. City Physician Peers submitted a statement to the effect that the place was clears Mayor Drew said: That is no place for a slaughter house. Councilman Roundtree inquired if there was not an ordinance which pro hibited the slaughtering of animals in side the city. Councilman Nettels said that if there was not there ought to be. City Attorney Bird It can be done under the ordinance with the consent of the concil. Councilman Mergan It is time to nip things of this kind in the bud. I don't believe that a city has any business to grant permission of this kind. Mayor Drew said that he had received many complaints about animals being slaughtered at this particular place. the council did not give the license requested. NECK BROKEN, YET LIYES. Mrs. Mary Perry, of Toledo, Victim of a Curious Accident. Toledo. Ohio, July 6. Mrs. Mary Per ry of this city is at her home with a fractured neck, but in a fair way to re cover, after passing through a remark able accident. With her husband and son she was driving across the Lake Shore tracks, when a fast train cut the wagon in two just back of the seat. None of the occupants of the wagon was badly injured apparently, but to day local physicians say Mrs. Perry's neck is broken and that slw will recover. PASTOR'S HOUSE WRECKED Dynamite Used In an Attempt to Kill an Indiana Pastor. Terr Haute. Tn-1.. July 6. Ear'y this morning the r-sidence of Rev. N" Sims of Hiirnland Pia.-e. a suburb, wis wreck ed with dynamite. The foundation of the house was saattered. but Mr. Sims and his wife ?Ctipe,j injury. The min ister hurried out of the door, revolver in hand, and seeing two men running away fire I at them, but il l not siod th-tn. Every window in tne house wa-s broken. Mr. S:ms said that he co -1 vr.:a!r tlirr aiternpt except that neighbors with whom he had had a slight trouoie may have done the work. A aaoging mt Cartnage, m.x St. Louis, Mo.. July 6. A special to the Post-Dispatch from Carthage. Mo., says: James McAfee was banged here today for the murder of Eben Brewer, a merchant of Jopiin. whom he at tempted to rob nearly two years ago. A boon to travelers. Dr. Fowler's Ex tract cf Wild Strawberry. Cures dysen tery, diarrhoea, geafdf kriw-;,, nausea. Pleasant to take. Perfectly tiarmieis. HUMOIt OF THE DAT. "Jack," said his college chum, "your wife seems to be one of those women who are bound to have the last word." "I wouldn't mind that so much, for it seems due the weaker sex, but what roils me so is that she is equally bound to have 95 per cent of the conversation that precedes." Detroit Free Press. Bill That boy of mine is a smart one. Jill What has he been doing now? "Why, Mrs. Gabber was calling the other day and she asked Willie if he'd lost his tongue." "And what did Willie say?" "Asked her if she hadn't found it." Tonkers Statesman. "'I want to get up a popular demon stration," said the Paris agitator. "When does monsieur desire it?" "Tomorrow." "I'm very sorry, but monsieur's rival has engaged the mob for tomorrow. But day after tomorrow it will be disen gaged. Washington Star. Bull Who was the gentleman you nodded to in the hallway? Bear He? Oh, he's Dunbar, the mil lionaire. Bull And who was that man you shook hands with, and gave a cigar In the elevator? Bear He? Oh, he's Muggins, the janitor. Chicago News. "Inasmuch as Aguinaldo was able to dissolve his congress," said the profes sor, "it shows that he must have been reigning with considerable effect." Chicago Tribune. "Why was Mr. Sweet offended when they asked him to Impersonate the Sand Alan In that tableau?" "He seemed to take it as a personal slur. You see he's a sugar merchant." Philadelphia Bulletin. If heaven is what a man loves best Here in this world of care, They'll need some wonderful fishing ponds i;, Jjtjjiji When Grover goes up there. Chicago Times-Herald. "Something must be done with those boys of mine at college," exclaimed a staid old citizen. "They're wilder than March hares and In hot water all the time." "Oh, well, they're young yet, and you must make allowances." "Make allowances, man? That's what's keeping me poor." Detroit Free Press. Clothing Failure at Peoria. Peoria, 111., July 6. S. L. Kreisman Co., clothiers of Peoria, with branch store at Eureka, III., have filed a peti tion in bankruptcy. Liabilities amount to $30,566.99, of which only $3,750 is se cured, and assets are valued at $23, 873.99. TODAY'S MARKET REPORT. Chicago. July 6. WHEAT A firm feeling pervailed in all the pits on the board of trade today. Wheat bulls were encouraged by reports of too much rain in the northwest and despite the lower cables bid the market up steadily from the opening. Septem ber started unchanged at 73'cic and ad vanced to 74tic before 11 o'clock. Minne apolis and Duluth received 521 cars. against 511 a week ago and 46 last year. Chicago received 242 cars. Trade, which was quite light at the opening, broadened steadily and the market became quite active to wards noon. CORN Corn opened firm with wheat. Crop conditions generally were reported good, but the local longs showed no dis position to let go their holdings and shorts were forced to cover. Local receipts were 1.120 cars. September opened steady at 337c and advanced steadily to 34'ic. OATS Oats ruled firm on light trade. Chicago receipts were heavy. 453 cars, and but few outside orders were execute'!. Some covering of short lines put out on yesterday's break heiped prices. Septem ber opened a shade higher at 20''gv8C and advanced to 210. PROVISIONS Provisions opened dull but firm. The trade was featureless. September pork opened 5c higher at $S.5:,A and declined to $s.50. September lard ruled steady at $5.20. while ribs sold at $4.fXKS4.921'.. a shade over -yesterday's close. BARLEY Cash. 39'S42e. RYE July, 57i-ic: September, 56c. TIMOTHY August, $2.55: September, $2.45's2.471,s; October, $2.45'"o2.47i4. Grain Letter. Chicago. July 6. WHEAT Wheat ruled strong most of the session but closed only a shade bet te rthan yesterday. Seaboard advices were rather bullish and there was fair export business doing. The local crowd was short from yesterday and their buying helped the rail v. Rains In the north were j a supporting factor. although advices from that section claimed no damage was resulting. The chief caue of the de- a line by a local holder. This more than offset the early strength. Sensational news will be required as a stimulant to keep prices steady for the present. The general feeling is bearish owing to the tine growing conditions. COKNThe feature in corn has been free liquidation by a local holder. The market rallied early on smalled estimates and good demand, but the advance was met by heavy selling. Clearances were lib eral, 924JXK) bushels, only 4uo cars expect ed tomorrow. If receipts continue light prices will advance, as shipping demand keeps large. Price Current, said growing crop is in good condition. OATS Oats felt the corn fluctuations. New York was the best buyer, one broker taking nearly half a million July and 526. 000. Receipts were 453 cars, with 145 estimated for tomorrow. There was country selling early. Shippers and eie vator people were buyers on the bre:tk. The Ohio July report made oats condition 85. Price Current said oats were prom ising. e'-'J-H PROVISIONS Provisions have been steady but practically without speculative trade and aimost literally without flue tuaiions. Prices are a shade better than at the cloFe Wednesday. Hog receipts were on!v 30.n. estimated for tomorrow only-2."i.0i. Hog receipts west were X3.fj.j0 against tH.fjoo a year ago. Cash demand good. Shipments large 3.?1!000 pounds meats and 2,823,0u0 pounds lard. J. F. HARRIS. Chicago Livestock Market. Chicago. July 6. HOGS Estimated receipts of hog to day, 30.000: tomorrow, 27. oho: left over. 3. 321. Market atea.lv. Mixed and butchers. $i.0i4; good heavv. .i.5.r.f,?,.!f7.J; rough heavy. $3.Uf3.7a: light. $3.W'j4.i5. CATTLE Rece:p:s 11. 0. Market steady to weak. Reeve. $4.7'X5.: cows and heif ers. $2-a5.15: Tex.ii steers. $445.10; stoclfaers and feelers. $3..Vii4.S5. SHEEP Receipts. 7.000. Market strong. hSeep. $35. 1'l: iambs, $4-57. Ofncial venter. lay: HOGS Receipts. 35.39: shipments. S.l"4. CATTLE Receipts, 20.3SS; unipments. 3,- Zii SHEEP Receipts. 8S58: shipments, 1,043. Knsa City Produce Market Kansas City, Julv WHEAT Close: September. 67c. Ca.-h: No. 2 hard. 67c: No. 3.vi67c; No. 2 red, 7'l71e; N'O. 3. 6fc67C. RN Sep'-moer. 3"c. Car: No. 2 mixed. tt'e32c; No. 2 white, SKc; No. 3. C t TS No. 2 white, cash, RYE-No. 2. 57c. HA V f."si.iis tiiuothy, .a.-tf; prairie. .yj, BLTTER Creamery, 14&lCc; 13c. EGGS Fresh, 10c. Topeka Market Today. CATTLE. rOWS-$2. 5-ifr 3. 75. VEAL CALVKS $3.5&4.75. STEERS 14"'4:. HEIFERS m 4.25. HOG 3. LIGHT $3 33 pros V:.VY,-:. ;5. M ELi U M t$.i.4" 3 .'A. GRAIN. NO. 2. WHEAT 'B. NO. Z C'OP.N choice dairy. NO. 2 OATS 25-5270. HAY $6 U 7. PRODUCE. EGGS 9c SPRING CICKENS From $2.50 to 3 per dozen. HENS &87: per pound. COUNTRY- BUTTER-ll12to. Kansas City Livestock Market. Kansas City, July 6. CATTLE Receipts, 3.600 natives. S00 Texans. Best grades steady, others little weak, slow. Native steers, heavy. S5.25 rao.40; medium, $4.75ii5.25: light, $4.2565.50; Texas steers, $3.25(i4.90: Texas cows. 2.S5 !3.70; native cows and heifers. $2:55.25: mockers and feeders, $3.1C'ui; bulls, $2.55 a 4. HOGS Receipts. 11.800. Market strong to 5e higher, closing weak. Bulk of sales. $:i.853.!5; heavy. $3.854.05; packers. $3.80 4(4: mixed. $3.70u3.95: light. $3.65S3.S5; yorkers. $3.803.85:' pigs. $3.60?; 3.75. SHEEP Receipts. 5.S0O. Mirket firm. Lambs. $4.756.85: clipped muttons. $4fa 4.60; stockers and feeders, $3&350; culls, $1.60 a 3.25. Sugar Market. New York. Julv 6. SUGAR Raw steady; fair refining. 4c; centrifugal mi test. 4V2c. Refined, steady; crushed, 6c; powdered, 5-c; granulated, 5;4c. COFFEE Dull, but about steady. New York Money Market. New York, July 8. MONEY Money on call firm at i'SfS per cent; prime mercantile paper, ZSul per cent: sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.874 &4.87ii for demand and at $4.85i'fi4.S512 for 60 days: posted rates. $4.86ru4.S7 and $4.881i! (&4.S9: commercial bills. $4.S412. SILVER Silver certificates, 60-5610; bar silver. WOsc: Mexican dollars. 48c. BONDS Government bonds strong. U. S. 2s. registered, 101 3s, registered. 'OSH; 3s. coupon. MS7; new 4s, registered. 129": new 4s. coupon. ;2S4: old 4s. registered, 112: old 4s, coupon. 112S: 5s. registered, 112: 5s. coupon, 112; District o Colum bia 3-65s, 119. Joseph's Tips. Furnished by J. C. Goings, Commission Merchant. 112 East Fifth St., Topeka. Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. New York, Julv 6. Foreign houses have buying orders in L. N.. Sounthern Rail road preferred, Illinois Central, and will likewise take specialties. The market will be somewhat spotty, but the big in terests are all arrayed on the bull side, rt thnf while reactions due to nrofit tak- j ing must of necessity be limited to 1 or 2 per cent, auvancen. oil Ulie uuiei aaim vin be conspicuous not only In B. R. T. but in Mexican Central stocks and bonds. Money is expected to come out freely for July disbursements. Toward the end of the year when dividends are declared and paid on the preferred, preparations will follow to make good, "round dividends on Continental Tobacco common. Gas is in good request, and there is nothing to say why a 6 per cent stock that is earnins S per" cent should not sell nearer to V0. The Flowers are very bullish on Rock Island and. as we intimjted, an increase in divi dends Is probable. Atchison preferred and common are being taken by interests and it. is intimated that the preferred, in the course of 90 days, will be. seeing in the 70s if nothing happens to the corn crop. J. ARTHUR JOSEPH. Market Gossip Furnished by J. C. Goings. Commission Merchant, 112 East Fifth street, Topeka, Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. Chicago-.Receipts of hogs. 30.000: left over. 3.300: steady; cattle, 11,000, steady; sheep, 7.000. Kansas City: Receipts of hogs, ll.ono: cattle, 4.000. Omaha: Receipts of iii'ia, 8,0000: cattle. 2.500. Chicago receipts: Wheat 262 cars, graded 8 cars: corn 1.170 cars, graded 325 cars; oats 453 cars, graded 34 cars. Paris cable: Wheat 15 centimes lower, flour 15 centimes lower. Liverpool opening cable: Wheat Id lower, corn d lower. Kansas City receipts: Wheat 48 cars. Inst year 28 cars; corn 14 cars, last year 8 cars; bats 2 cars, last year 8 cars. Late cables are a little better in tone on wheat and bring some acceptances. About 10 loads of wheat worked so far for continent. Good demand for corn 30 loads taken so far. Llvc-nool close: Wheat lower, corn d Ic )r than yestercay. Chicago: Privileges good next week. Wheat puts 71c, calls 77c; corn puts 33'4c, calls 34-'ic. Berlin: Wheat closed 74 lower from Sat urday. Buda Pesth, b lower. Antwerp, J lower. Northwestern receipts: Minneapolis 1fl cars, a year ago 41 cars: Duluth 350 cars, a year ago 3 cars. Chicago: Estimated receipts for tomor row: Wheat 60 cars, corn 4o0 cars, oat 145 cars, hogs 25.000 head. New Yurk close: Wheat, July 7!c, Sep tember 7tc. December fclVsc; corn, July 38Tc. September 3It!c. New York: Export sales, 15 loads wheat and 50 loads corn. Chicago: Puts September wheat 1'tc, calls 74ic: puts September corn 3:,.''a 'jc, calls 334'tic; curb September wheat 74c. Range of Prices. Furnished by J. C. Goings. Commission Merchant. 112 East Fifth street. Topeka, Kan., receiver and shipper of gra'n. Chlcage. .luiv 6. Article. Open High Low Close Ted. WHEAT July 72H 73 72 72 72'i Sept 7334- 7414 73 74-H 7".- Dee 75 76i- 4i 76-i CORN July 33- 34 32H 33V.- 33 Sept 33 34ii 3.1 S'1- 33 Dee 33- 33 3:: 33V 33 OATS July 23'4 23 23 23V, 21 Sept 20- 21- 2v 20- 2k I POKK July 8I.1 x ft Sept ...8 50 8 55 8 50 855 8 47 LARD Julv 5 07 5 07 5 07 5 07 5 .7-07 Sept 5 20 5 20-22 5 20 5 20-22 5 17-20 R IBS July 4 0 4 75 Sept ...4 00 4 S2 4 90 4iX) 4M KANSAS CITY WHEAT July 65 6" Sept 66 67 66 674 6 Ranges of Prices on Stock. Furnished by J. C. Goings. Commission Merchant. 112 East Fifth street, Topeka, Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. New York, Jaiy 6. Stocks. I On'n HighlLow r.Tue Sa. Suear j 15! M'-j 159 Y.Vk People's Gas 121 1S2 12i: 1.1'-12; Met. Street Kyi 22,. 21' 23-e 2-" j& Am. Tobacco A. S. W IC. R. T j Leather at 37?.4: Mi2 13 Federal Stee Fed. Steel Pfd C. B. Q. Rock Iiand 5-S 5'-2 5xt. 1-x-V l.V 1 33 11-.-,, I', 11 l iv, 131 J.3 2; St. Paul 1 132 2 Atchison j 2 i Atchison Pfd Minhattan ...i V'-a Western I'nion; 117 li- 11-4 '1 t- ifr r 45 44' 4 45'H Mo. Pacific 4.": I'nion Pacific ..I 45 45 44 4 5 f V. P. PM I 7 T. 77 7 o. N. w i i i. i-v. N. Y. Central. -j 140 1 14 i'i C. C. C I 5 5 54 Jersey Central.) l!v 11 1 i: 1" T. I 5 67' 6" No. Pac. PM 7 7- 77 77 7- No. Fa" 5' 51 4--. Pacifie Mail ...1 4V 4-. 4 I L- N I 72 7' 72 73 S. J 52 i.-. f.2 r.2- S Denver PM 7i 7- Reading PM iA. 2 61, 6". 62 Correspondent: irBRri. Cnajn MeuiLref Chicot bo;: a jt Iraaa. J. C. GOINGS, WUiiluiuatuil iiiki kiiun vt GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. Receiver end Shipper erf Grain. 113 East Fifth Street.' L3j"'J prSrat market srd vrv'i to air It ne l: it cash gra.n. Co.-. Krir.au (tl tt'-u t4 J 'A r

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, THURSDAY EVENING, JUET G, 1S99. -A i t v i Ill I J!".. Excursion Rales. T'-is list c.--r.t.t:r.5 a f-nv of the more l-r.r v:.mt i-,:n's t. w hich unusually low r.i'i-s have been made. Kit Infor mation about other points or ncrasnTS ss w t:i as i :ii tit ulars regarding train ?rvU sleeping t ar reservations, etc.. Call on or address the undersigned. Los A r and r"turn. $52.00 daily to nti.i including July X. Pueblo. Colorado Spi-ii-.es or Denver and ...t.im u. 4iMti.' to am! including Jui.il.. Fait Uikf "!ty or Ogden, $n:.00; daily io nr.! mi hiding July 11. 01'nw"'.l Sp"ius an 1 return. $31.00; da.lv tn and ini-!u ling July 11. Richmond. Va.. and return. $31.25; July 10 Pi V-'. inclusive. Indiapolis. Iivl.. ami return, $17. GO; July lv tn li'l, ini li!s:v". Pittsbur. l"a.. and return. $23.40, July SI and AiiBUst 1, inclusive. The Santa F off-rs unusual attrac tion's to ersi.tis who desire to travel In cornfott and luxuiy and on fast train.-- The tracks are rock-ballasted; the bri!f--s are of steel or stone or both- grade crossings are minimized: th cars are light".! by electricity; while the dining rooms, dining cars and lunch counters ar under the management of Mr. Fred Harvey, and are not equalled mv where. Passengers on the Santa F-"nnd there's comfort in every turn of the wheels. T. I.. Kins;. Agent, A. T. S. F. Ky., Topeka, Kansas. SHORTEST LINE. G0L0HAD0 FLYER. INDIANA BOY'S LAMENT. Doea Not Expect to Leave Manila Be fore Next Year. Terre Haute, Ind... July 6. Kenneth Davis, a member of company B, Twenty-third infantry, writes as follows from Manila under date of May 15: I had not intended to write until the last of the month, as all the recruits were expecting to be discharged by that time. But it is all knocked in the head now, for we leave for the island of Halo tomorrow. It is the farthest island south and a few miles north of Borneo, two days off the equatorial line and about ten or twelve days' sail. I do not know how the natives are there, but I suppose they are hostile. All of us that enlisted when the war was de clared were given to understand that we would be discharged after peace was declared with Spain. All of the recruits that went to Cuba tiave been mustered out long- ago, but they seem to want to keep us down here to fight the na tives and you need not expect me home until 19ol." TONS PURPLE OF FIRE Will Be Touched Off on Pike's Peak For Cryptic Rite Masons. Denver. July 6. The success of the Illumination of Pike's Peak in com memoration of Schley's victory has started plans for a similar affair during the convention of the Cryptic Rite Ma sons on the peak during the week of August 6. The special trains will ar rive in sight of the peak very early in the morning of August 7. From mid night until daylight the peak will blaze forth with tires emblematic of the dif ferent degrees of Masonry, winding up with the burning of one ton of purple fire just as the first pink streaks of arly dawn illuminate the eastern sky. Kvery night during the conclave fires of various hues will make the mountain stand out in bold relief in the dark ness. During the trip across the state to Olenwood Springs the most novel af fair will be sprung on the visitors. Each train will literally pass through a con tinuous stream of red tire up to 1 o'clock n the morning. This will be caused by men on each engine who will Ignite and throw out small parcels of fire which will burn for only a minute each but will keep the train in a red glare continuously during the night. Glenwood Springs and Return, Only $31.00 via Santa Fe Route. Tickets on sale daily to and including July 11. Puliman palace sleepers and free chair cars dail. For particulars call on T. L. King, agent, depot. Superior Indemnity. Fire, tornado, plate glass steam boiler, employes' liability, life and ac cident insurance of highest grade and at lowest rates can be had at the agency atOossett Bla keley (successors to M. W. Van Valkenburg), Dudley's bank, 519 Kansas avenue. Los Angeles, California. $52,000 for the round trip Via the Rock Island Scenic Route. Ilelnz's Ice Cream made from pure cream. Phone 397. Detroit and Return $22.50. $22.50 via the Rock Island Route, our agent3. See Round Trip Tickets on Sals To Salt Lake and Ogden, $32.00. Olenwood Springs, $;-:l.00. rVia. The Rock Island Route. Telephone 5S0, Kaczynski, for char coal. Ten thousand demons gnawing away fit one's vitals couldn't be much worse than the tortures of itching piles Tet there's a cure. Doan's Ointment 'never fails. Heinz's Ice Cream delivered at vour Coor. Phone 397. 212 East Eighth St. J. "W. Priddy can tell you how the xygenor enabled him to be at his book Store again. EFFECT ON THE MARKET. Of the Destruction of Texas Cotton Fields. New York. July 6. The news of the flooding of the cotton fields in the Bra zos valley, Texas, while not tending ap preciably to lower quotations on the cotton exchange had the effect of steadying prices. The brokers are wait ing for fuller reports of the extent of the devastation before estimating the effect f the Hoods on cotton. Several large dealers who were spoken to at the ex change said that eonseouenee of the submerging of the cotton fields would not be felt immediately. The result mostly to be feared, they said, was the probability of the ground being useless for re-planting purposes. If that should prove to be the case, the cotton trade may f..r some time be affected to some extent, but not considerably, for the r"'"" triiit -lie jiuiuaiions now under w.li.-r viel 1 a. verv ;riail i.rf.ri.irtt..n of t tal cot 'on ovujut of tnis country. Henry Hen.z. one of the landing cot ton men of this city, said: "The ele-,-n counties south of Waco, through which the Brazos river passes, it is estimated, pioduce 450.000 bales of cotton, but I do not believe that the whole chop has been lost. It is hardly conceivable tiiat the entire counties have been flooded and. in fact, I have received dispatches stating that the first reports of the disaster were exaggerat ed. A telegram which has just come to me from Paris, Texas, states that the estimate of the damage is put dow n to 200.000 bales. When it is considered that this amount is less than 2 per cent of the entire output of cotton in this country last y ar, the loss, after all. is not serious. Moreover, the rains which Hooded the lowlands will be beneficial to the highlands." The optimistic view taken by Mr. Hentz is no solace to the shipping lines that carry freight between this port and Texas. "The overflowing of the Brazos river," said one of the officials of the Mallory steamship line, "will cause very severe losses to the shipping- companies running to Texas. Take our line for instance. We carry more cotton than any other kind of freight, and if the destruction to the plantations is as great as has been reported, it will be a hard thing for us and for commerce generally between this port and Texas." .Many of the local banks have corres pondents in Texas, but none of them are yet able to estimate how much, if anything, they are likely to lose through the destructive floods in the "Lone Star state." At the office of Latham, Alex ander Co., the leading cotton brokers of this city. It was said that no special advices had yet been received from, the devastated districts. PHILIPPINE RECRUITS. All Records Broken In Sending Sol diers Last Month. Chicago, July 6. Chief Quartermas ter Palmer of the department of the lakes, broke all records last month In sending recruits to the Philippines. Be tween June 8 and July 2, 1.114 men en listed in Chicago and its vicinity were sent to San Francisco to embark for Manila. Of this number 65 were colored recruits. The work of enlisting men to reinforce Gen. Otis' army will be car ried on all summer. Major George B. Davis succeeded Major Fred A. Smith as chief commis sary officer of the department of the lakes today by order of Secretary of War Algtr. Major Davis has been at tached to the staff of the commissary general at the capital. Major Smith is directed to join his regiment, the First United States infantry, now at Pinar Del Rio, Cuba. RESTRICT AUTOMOBILES. Visitors at Bar Harbor Lead Move ment Relegating Machine Vehicles. Bar Harbor, Me., July 6. The use of automobiles in this town was practical ly prohibited today by the adoption in special town meeting of a regulation limiting the freedom of machine driven vehicles to side streets, and regulating their speed to a low rate. This order specifically prohibits the use of the vehicles on all the principal driving streets day and night. The meeting was attended by a large num ber of prominent summer residents. THE BAN ON "OVID." Boston School Committee Shocked by the Reproduction of Classical Pictures. Boston, Mass., July 6. The Boston school committee has peremptorily plac ed upon its "index expurgatorius" Al len Greenough's "Ovid." The rtuson is that the publishers have inserted in the volume certain reproduc tions of classical pictures and statues. The pictures represent Europa on the bull, Bacchus finding Ariadne, the sac rifice of Iphigenia, and such subjects. PARENTAL! FARMER JONESt"WelCmy boy, what PROFESSION ARE YOU 'JONES JR.- Pharmacy, I thinks FflMER Mils- Fmmcfl Why.gol LDRNCx IT, YOU COULDvHlYE STHID fU HOME ON THE FARM OF SPENOINfTlME fU' WORK W ILL GO ON. Commission to the Philippines "Will Proceed Without Dewey and Schurm an. Xew Tork, July 6. A special to the Herald from Washington says: The departure of President Schurman will leave at Manila three members of the commission Major General Otis, Prof. Worcester and Colonel Denby. It will be the duty of the last two named to continue the work of establishing home rule within the lines held by the administration troops, in the hope that the example will be followed by Fili pinos, outside of the lines and show them the beneficent purposes of this government. Prof. Worcester and Col. Lenby will also aid General Otis in the conduct of any peace negotiations which may follow future operations of the Ji rvi r1 C"" t:"vpa. Mr. Schurman s dispatch is on the wV-.. wt-,' m prtr.tr n n .1 (ho ml!inr- ities tie much gi at tried at the conditions he reports having found at the points visited. It is evident from what the offi cials say that Mr. Schurman believes the suppression of Aguinaldo's insurrec tion means the establishment of peace throughout the archipelago. He is con fident that many of the pe-ople through out the southern islands do not openly express themselves in favor of an Amer ican protectorate solely because of their fear of Aguinaldo and his Tagal army. Mr. Schurman speaks well of the sul tan of Sulu and it is evident that he feels that there is no danger of trouble from him in case the United States ob serves the treaties which exist between him and the Spanish government. Mr, Schurman makes a number of recom mendations regarding home rule for some of the southern islands and they will probably be adopted by the presi dent. The conditions In Negros were- found to be of a. highly satisfactory character by Mr. Schurman and home rule will undoubtedly be given immediately to the people of that Island, although some modifications in the plan of govern ment they submitted to the president of the commission were necessary be fore they received his approval. BORN ON THE OCEAN. Daughter of a New Zealand Pilot Becomes a Mother Out at Sea. New Tork, July 6. "She's a born traveler," remarked the captain of the British bark Star of the East, as his wife held up a small bit of pink and white humanity. Then the captain added: "Couldn't help herself. She was born 1.500 miles off the Cape of Good Hope, and the old hulk's pounded over 16,000 miles in the eight months since." This much-traveled infant is known as Star Cameron Rogers the first being for the bark, the second being in honor of the owners, R. W. Cameron Co., and the last being the patronymic of the captain himself. Apparently the cradle of the deep, taken literally it's the only one Baby Star has had deserves the attention of mothers, for this infant is as bright and blooming as any woman would care to see. The only woman besides the mother on ship board when the Infant made her advent was a trained nurse, who, in anticipation of the event, made the trip of 30.000 miles from this port to New Zealand and return. The bark arrived yesterday from Auckland, 121 days out, with a. cargo of gum and flax. Captain Rogers hails from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Mrs. Rogers, who is pret ty and 24. is the daughter of a New Zealand pilot. GRIEV ANCE AT THE ALTON. B. of L. E. and Officials Have an Un satisfactory Conference, Chicago, July 6. The Tribune says: A conference was held at the Grand Pacific hotel yesterday between Chief P. M. Arthur and a committee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and General Manager C. H. Chappell and General Solicitor W. H. Brown of the Chicago Alton railroad to con sider grievances which the brotherhood has against that road. All at the meeting: was non-communicative when it was over, but it is un derstood that while the officials of the road agreed in a general way to right the grievances of the engineers, the re sults were not satisfactory to the latter. TO LEAYE PEORIA. Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Desire to Change Headquarters. Chicago. July 6. A committee repre senting 35.000 members of the Brother hood of Railway Trainmen was in the city during the day getting information with a view to the removal of the head quarters of the order from Peoria. A meeting will be held at Peoria on Aug ust 7 to decide whether the headquar ters are to be changed to Chicago or some other city. SORROW 1 GO! N& TO TAKE UP? PER THAT INSTERD MONEY AT COLLEGE? BRIEF TELEGRAMS. Chicago, July 6. About fifty members representing all parts of the country were in attendance at the twenty fourth annual convention of the Nation al Amateur Press association which opened here today. Horace Freeman of Newark. N. J., president of the associa tion, did not arrive and ex-President Charles R. Burger of Colorado Springs, was elected permanent chairman of the convention. Today's sessions were oc cupied with committee meetings and the seating of delegates. Louisville, Ky.. July 6 The Social Labor party has nominated Albert Schmutz, Louisville, for governor: Jas. Delaney, Newport, treasurer; W. S. Palmer, Newport, superintendent of public instruction: James O'Hearn, I Louisville, commissioner of agriculture. 1 Ch'cago, July G. At a conference be- tween the engineering committee of the I of the canal contractors it was agreed j that arrangements could be made which would insure the opening of the big channel by December 10, of this year, at the latest. San Francisco, July 6. Brigadier Gen eral Wilson Randolph. IT. S. V., has re IMjrtctl at army headquarters in this city for duty. He will probably succeed Colonel Freeman in command at the Presidio when the latter sails for the Philippines on July 12. New York, July 6. Mrs. M. W. Sim mons and her grandson, Arthur Bart lett, jr.. both of New York, were drown ed in the sound at Oakland Beach, near Kye, N. Y., today. Philadelphia, July 6. The internation al cricket match between colleges of the United States and Canadian colleges be gan today on the grounds of the Ger mantown Cricket club, and will be com pleted tomorrow. Concord, N. H., July 6. Charles A. Busiel has invited Carl S.churz, presi dent, and George McAneny, secretary of the National Civil Service Reform league, to be present at the investiga tion of charges against Senator Gallin ger, to be held here next Tuesday. Boston, July 6. General Leonard A'. Wood, U. S. army military governor of Santiago province, sailed on the steam er Admiral Dewey for "his post this morning. He is very anxious to get back to Santiago on account of the yellow fever outbreak Yokohama, July 6. In view of the coming into operation of the various new treaties, the mikado has issued an imperial rescript and the cabinet has issued orders enjoining the people, of ficials, soldiers and postal and telegraph employes to observe courtesy and tact in their relations with foreigners. New Y'ork, July 6. Superintendent of Schools Jasper and 117 teachers left the Grand Central station this morning at 10 o'clock for Los Angeles to attend the National Educational conference. A special train consisting of five sleepers. one baggage car and one day coach will be used by the teachers. Columbia, S. C, July 6. At midnight ex-Governor John Peter Richardson died at his suite of rooms at the Hotel Jerome, very unexpectedly, of heart dis ease. He had been in failing health (or some years. HAS A SEA SERPENT. A New York Aquarium Secures Rare Specimen. New York, July 6. A real sea serpent was added today to the collection of fish and reptiles at the aquarium in Battery park. It is known as a green moray, and is the first of its kind ever exhibited in this part of the country. In the West Indies, where it makes its home among the coral reefs. It is known to the na tives as the devil's terror. They stand in great awe of these creatures, which are as ugly aa they are powerful, and which are believed by many to be superhuman. The serpent ia seven feet long and twenty-four Inches in circumference. It has a sharp snout and narrow Jaws, with small eyes set well down toward the point of the snout. Its teeth are like needles and slant backward, so that once it has its prey In Its mouth there is no escape. The great strength of the serpent and its quickness in the water lie in a broad dorsal rln extending the entire length of its back. It belongs to the eel family and lives mostly on smaller fish and crustaceans. PARDON APPLICATION. Man Who Shot a Companion For Slandering His Sweetheart. John D. Milliken and Miss Park of SIcPherson appeared before Governor Stanley today and presented the appli cation of Miss Park's brother, F. W. Park, for a pardon. Park is serving a three years' sentence, having been con victed of assault with intent to kill. The business men in McPherson, judge, jurors, county officials and in fact al most all of the citizens of the county have signed the petition for the pardon. The business rival of Park has also signed the petition. Park was under the influence of liquor and was having a good natured quarrel with the man he shot. The offense con sisted of a remark which was made to Park. He was about to be married. In the course of the conversation, the man denounced the woman to whom Park was engaged. This enraged Park and he shot him. The ball passed through the man's body but he did not go to bed on account of the injury. The petition sets forth the claim, that Park should have had a short sentence. CONFERENCE OF REFEREES Under Bankruptcy Law, Called to Meet In Chicago. Chicago, July 6. A conference of ref erees charged with the administration of the bankruptcy act of 1S93. has been called to meet In Chicago on July 25. The programme of the convention will Inclufle addresses and special papers prepared by those experienced in bank ruptcy litigation: discussion of topics pertinent to the law of bankruptcy and the promotion of a uniform method of procedure before the referees in the several districts; also recommendations to the committees in congress of such amendments to the law as will promote its objects and simplify and expedite administration. Zurlinden to Be Transferred. Paris. July 6. It is regarded as pro bable that Gen. Faure Biguet will be appointed military governor of Paris and that Gen. Zurlinden, the present incumbent of that post will be trans ferred to the command of an army corps. At the ca-binet council today Gen. De Gallifet. minister of war an nounced the arrangements for the mil itary review on July 14, which will take place as usual. Your collars and cuffs will be finished with a smooth edge If sent to Peerless Steam Laundry, 112 and 114 W. 8th St. NORTH TOPEKA. Items intended for this column should be left with the Kimball Printing com pany. 835 Kansas avenue. Born, Saturday, to Mr. and Mrs. Will Booth of Taylor street, a son. A new floor of tiling is being laid in the boys' dining room at the reform school. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Unholz of 520 Railroad street, are the parents of a son. born Monday. Little Beulah Lehman of Council Grove is visiting her aunts, Mrs. S. L. Courtney and Mrs. June Baxter. Miss Edna Pitts and nephew, Ben Spear went to Lyons, Kan., where they will visit relatives for two weeks. Word has been received from Pueblo, Col., of the death of th !rifrt .-on Mr. H. A. Ball, formerly of this city. The annual picnic of the Baptist Sun day school wiil be held Friday at the Mr. Will Forbps and children and Mr. Theodore Forbes and children at tended the Osawkie picnic Tuesday. Ed Cooper, night clerk at the Union Pacific hotel, was badly burned on the hand while trying to celebrate the Fourth. The rain on the Fourth Interfered with the celebration at Forbes' grave, ten miles west of North Topeka, as the storm in that locality was much great er than in town. George Kelley, the aeronaut who made the balloon ascension at Garfield park on the Fourth, came down in Sol dier creek near the three bridges, and emerged a wetter if not a, wiser man. Attend the Bargain Sale at Costley Post. Friday, Ladies' Shoes and Ox ford's from 39c pair up. Men's $3.50 Shoes for $1.98. Remnants at prices that will make them go quick. Milli nery at half price. The Fourth was a high day, holiday, and feast day for the boys at the re form school. They were treated to candy and peanuts at 9 o'clock in the morning, the bill of fare at noon in cluded several kinds of vegetables and pie, the latter being the great American dish was considered especially appro priate for the day. In the afternoon watermelons and lemonade were dis pensed, and in the evening bananas and oranges were served. The boys were also allowed the privilege of talking during meals. Miss Mamie Mulroy, who has been employed as teacher at the reform school for the past year,, left today for her home in Hays City. Last evening a lawn party was given at the school in her honor. The beautiful grounds were lighted by Japanese lanterns and supper was served on two long tables set under the trees. Seldom as any one left this institution whose departure will be more sincerely regretted both by the officers and the boys, than Miss Mulroy. As the Catholic population Is rapidly increasing in Topeka, it will only be a question of a few years before the new Catholic church which is being erected at the corner of Third and Van Buren streets will prove to be too small and Inadequate for that congregation. A third church and also a Parochial school and parsonage will then be built at the corners of Jackson and St. John streets in North Topeka, where the Catholics own two opposite corner lots, which will make fine building sites. They are now held in trust by Bishop Fink of this diocese. There are over 150 Catholic families living In North Topeka. Messrs. Cas Matthews and Ira "Wil liams with their families, who have been been camping on the north bank of the river three miles west of town, entertained the following guests at their camp on the Fourth: Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Hewitt, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Summers, Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Gunn, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Keim, Grant Mc Connell and mother, Mr. Curry and children, Mrs. Avery, Herman Fisher, Mr. Newcomb, W'illiam Howard, Roy Powell, David Ammel, Joseph Davis, James Anderson and Roy Smith. Fish ing, boating and other pastimes served to while away the hours of a very pleasant day. An excellent dinner was served and all went home hoping to be remembered in the same way next Fourth. The kodakman was there and took everybody's picture. WHITES IN TROUBLE. Family Seem to Have a Monopoly of Divorce Courts. There was a superabundance of Whites mixed up in cases that were filed in the district court today. One case was brought by Estella B. White against John H. White, and the very next one to come in was B. D. White against Eldora E. White. Both were, of course, divorce cases. Mrs. Estella B. White states that she and her husband were married last Sep tember and have been living at Hortqn, where her husband is employed in the Rock Island shops. The charges she makes against her husband are cruelty and gross neglect of duty in refusing to support her and buy her clothing. She does not state in what respect he was cruel, but says she left him on July 1 and came home to her mother's, and now she wants a divorce. B. D. White says In his petition that his wife has deserted him and refuses to come back, so he wants a divorce on those grounds. "Woman Favors Post Canteens, Chattanooga, Tenni, July 6. Mrs. H. B. Wilson, one of the most prominent W. C. T. U. women in the south, a Quaker by birth, today upheld the army post canteen. She said: "The subject or the post canteen is cne of which I have thought deeply. I feel hardly capable of advancing an un prejudiced opinion. My lmpressiont would be, however, that the idea advanced by General Anderson that the canteen produced a high moral effect upon the men, was erroneous; that it may have a restraining effect which will in time lift the moral standard is probably true. Some restraining influence must be placed upon the most universal and de grading vice, the liquor habit, and prob ably in a vast body of men like our army the post canteen is the best solu tion yet reached." Spaniards Keep It TJp. London, July 6. Despite assertions to the contrary, rioting at Barcelona was renewed last night. A mob stoned a number of shops and were charged by the gen d'armea. The mob showed fight firing revolvers at the gen d'armes, who returned the fire. In the encounter, three gen d'armes and a large number of rioters were wounded. Eighteen ar rests were made. It is expected that martial law will be declared today. Premium on 3 Bonds. New York. July 6. Controller Coller today awarded the entire issue of $10, 025.000 three and one-half per cent gold bonds of the city of New York to Far son, Leach Co., who bid $10,972,863.75. Peyton Is Better. George Pevton, who was hurt on the Fourth of J'ulv- in a drunken fiirht at Larry Sheehan's joint, is resting much easier todav. An operation was perform ed in which his skuli was trephined and about an inch of bone was removed. Al ihough h is in a very critical condition, yet the chances are laf able for his recovery. SAIL WEIGHS OYER A TON. Shamrock's Rigging a Matter of Huge Dimensions. New York, July 6. A dispatch to the Herald from London says: There is to be a trial of speed between the Sham rock and the Britannia. Wednesday morning Sir Thomas Lip ton and Mr. Fife landed at Southampton from a short cruise on Sir Thomas' steam yacht Erin and it was decided that the Shamrock is not to sail for America without some trial with a ro ot her yacht. The Daily Mail is authoritatively in formed that the spin will taKe place be tween the Shamrock and the Britannia at the end of this week or at the be ginning of the next. The contest will take place cfT The Needles. To give an idea of the ne -v boat's spars it may be stated that the girth or the mainmast at the cross trees is j AIL, O. vj nt I.'lr 5- r: 11 tX JV- er boom from the deck reaches above that point. A steel boom and a steel gaff have been shipped. The immense area of the mainsail may be gathered from the fact that the canvas from which it is made weighs nearly twenty one hundred weight. NO EXTRA SESSION. Henderson Says That He Has Not Expected One. Washington, July 6. General Hender son of Iowa, the prospective speaker of the house, had a conference with the president today, but at the conclusion of his call stated that no general ques tions had been discussed. "I have simply been looking after matters pertaining to my own district." he said. When asked to the prospects of an extra session of congress, he said: "For myself, I have never thought that congress would be called together in advance of the regular time, for I have never thought that there was any occasion for an extra session." Regarding the prospect of financial legislation. General Henderson said that was to be taken care of at Narraganset Pier. "Moreover," he added, "there is no financial bill. No bill has ever been formulated as the result of our caucus committee work at Atlantic City. What was published was not authorized and was not correct. The whole subject is therefore in embryotic shape and there is nothing to say in connection with it." Miracle at Markham. Rev. Sheldon's new book In paper and cloth at Bennett's Book Store, 730 Kan sas avenue. WANTED MALE HELP WANTED 50 boys to Nursery, Oakland. weed. Watson's WANTED Men to learn barber trade. $80 monthly guaranteed; new field open ed. Have made arrangements to place graduates on through trains east and west. Eight weeks com pletes. Send for catalogue. Moler Barber Collee, St. Louis, Mo. CASH for acceptable ideas. State if pat ented. The Patent Record, Baltimore, Aid. WANTED KEMALE HELP. LADY AGENTS WANTED Apply Na tional Hotel, room 21. Take elevator to parlor floor. WANTED Neat sewing girl who under stands making children's clothes. 418 Tyler FOR RENT 2 unfurnished rooms, first floor. 215 East 10th St. FOR RENT Rooms at 930 Monroe St. FOR RENT 5 rooms, unfurnished. 2nd floor, modern, barn, $31. 313 E. 11th. FOR RENT Furnished room with board at 715 West 10th. FOR RENT Extra rooms, board. 316 West 7th st. first class FOR RENT Very desirable furnished rooms, all modem conveniences, 1 block from business center. 209 East 7th. FOR RENT Furnished room. Buren. 24 Van JFORJN--jaaUjSES AN EXCELLENT FARM FOR SALE This farm, consisting of 260 acres, is found in the country known as Paradise Flats and just one mile south of the in corporated city of Plainville. Rooks coun ty. Kansas. A full description of this place is impossible: to appreciate the value of this farm you have but to come and see it- All land seekers are invited, and especially those who are looking for a first class home already improved. With out describing improvements, this is one of the best improved places in Rooks county, and this land can be bought wita improvements thrown In. I mention the most important improvement, which Is a modern 5 room house, built very conven ient, has a good bathroom. I have plenty of fruit on this place: this year, alone, have at lea3t 25 bushels of strawberries, have a fish pond with plenty of fish; in fact, labor and money have not been spared to make this an ideal home, and if you will come and see it you will be convinced, but my age and health are such that 1 am going to retire from the care of the farm and am going to sell. The soil is a rich, black loam, from 3 to 5 feet deep, the place is well watered, the Paradise creek running through it, besides there are several good springs that would furnish plenty of wa.ter for most any amount of cattle. This is a great op portunity for any- stockman; plenty of grazing land can be had jut 9 miles south on the Saline river, and cattle can be run 6 months for about a dollar a head, and then plenty of rough feed could be raise 1 on the place to winter quite a herd of cattle. Now anvone desiring a eood place for farming, or a good stock farm, and a farm well improved, will never regret it if they come and look at this one. Terms will lie made to suit purchaser. Anyone desiring further information In regard to this place, will please write me at Plain ville, Rooks county, Kansas. DAVID KERX3. FOR RENT Furnished modern 8 room house for summer. Inquire 422 Green wood ave. WANTED My house, all modern con veniences and furnished, .for rent for August and September, $5. Address "Vacation," care Journai. FOR RENT S room house. 12t6 Lincoln st. Eider, 611 Kansas ave. FOR RENT 7 room house. 1124 Tyier St.; all modern improvements. PAVINO. THE OFFICE of the Capital City Vitrified Brick and raving o. uas Deen rcmovsa to lli West Eighib at. FOR SALE REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE 0 acres Trego county, "the county of gold." may bring fortune to purchaser. Address D. O. Jones, 18 Times Bldg., Chicago, 111. FOR SALE--Farms. ranches garden tracts. fruit farms, poultry farm, cityprop erty, some business property, or anything you want in the way of real estate: also money t loan on good real estate secur ity: houses for rent: also all kinds of no tary work natiy done. J. E. Shaffer, Chief Hotel, 33 Kansas ave. STOVE REPAIRS. sTfxTvlSTrfEFiRsTri'gili cook stoves and hearers, gas and gaso l'n stoves. 'phone 313. Hull Stove and Repair Co.. 116 E. tith su FOR SALS MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE Household goods. Hi) East Sixth st. FOR SALE Smith l'retni r typewriter in good condition, cheap. Thompson Hard ware Co. FOR SALE t raneplanted celery plants. 1021 Madison. FOR SALE Chickerlng pi nn in t oo l eonriitjon. Address W. M. 11., v-ari Journ&i. FOR SALE Kn-yeiopelia Brittaniea. "0 vol.. tA.i morocco, verv cheap for cash. S13 West K'.h st. FOR SALE Househni 1 furniture, carpets, mattiiiirs. be.irooni suio-s. p.iruir i'nr-io-ture. stoves, ad good condition, cash. M3 West lUth st. H-H .-iALK-H itH luisoiess and f-.irniture. go. nl location, doing b:ii!:e!.. T. J. Nichols. 5 O Kansas ave.. Ti;t k.t. Kan. FOR PALE OH KKXT-Har;.r!i i-i Oik iaitd properties. P. C Moore. 4') vn. av. FOR SAI.R Fol.lic.e br ,i and i n st e. both in good ord'T. Apply a. 1:11 Clay St. or room 11 Columbian tmildi 14. FOR SALE All kinds of building ma terial. Next builtiing north of pcs:of!ioe. FOR SALE Gool surrey, with pole and shafts and double harness. $s.'. ,T;is. C. Smith. 1313 Dillon or luS East 3rd st. FOR SALE One good family driving horse. 6 years old, 704 West Third. MISCELLANEOUS. (First published in the Topeka Stata Journal July 5th, li'.'.) PROPOSALS. Proposals will be received af the office of the board of education rooms until S o'clock p. m. Monday, July loth. 1V9. for building the second story of the Clav street school house, and steim healing of both buildings from one plant. N 1 pro posal will be considered unless accomna-n'-.'d with a certitied check of 5 per cent of the contract price conditioned that th bidder will enter into contract at the price stated and furnish satisfactory security for the execution (if the contract. The board reserves the right to relect any or all bids and the ri.ht 10 waive an informality In any bid it considers to tiia interest of the board to do so. Plans can be seen at the board of edu cation rooms and at the office of T. H. Lescher, architect. II W. EARNS WORT 1 1, Clerk. MMK. ZA MORA will give free treat ment Saturday. Mondav anil Tues.iay for skin, scalp and superfluous hair. Na tion Hotel. Take elevator to parlor floor, room 21. R-T-P-A-N-S. 10 for 5 cents at druirglsts. They banish pain and prolong lifffl. One gives relief. No mater what's the mat ter one will do you good. MONEY. MONEY to patent good Ideas seemed through The Patent Record, Baltimore, Md. LOANS on pianos, typewriters, bicycles, guns, watches, diamonds and any per sonal property. L. Biscoa, 023 Kansas ave. TIN SHOPS. J. M. BAIP.D, hot air furnaces, pumps and tin roofing. 21S W. 6th. Tel. 359. FRESCO WORK. W. W. GILLESPIE. Fresco Patrter. De signs ana eKiimaies lurnisne-a on mi ln.sses of work. 1714 West Fifteenth, To icka. Kan. Refers to his work in State ournal building. MACHINE SHOPS. MADE IN TOPEKA Established 1?7. Machines of all kinds at th- Cap-.ial Iron Works. East 7th st. and Santa tm tracks. Large foundry. Improved ma chinery. Moderate prices. Estimates cheerfully given. H. K. Brooks and O. W. Brooks, proprietors. LAWN MOWERS sharpened. hr razors and cllppsrs. Golden Rule, 614 Kan. ave. ATTORN ETS-AT-LAW. MILTON BROWN, lawyer. Practice in all state and federal courts. Suite 41, Craw ford bids;., Topeka, Kan. STORAGE TOPEKA STORAGE AND WAREHOCSM CO. Packs and ships household goods,. Tel. 18G. C. D. Skinner, 123 East Sixth st. TURKISH BATHS. TijRlnsid3rnTIn!5ErTA the Topeka Mineral Wells. Experienced attndants. 316 Harrison st. WATCHMAKER. WATCHES cleaned. 75c: clocks, 60c; mainsprings. 75c; crystals, 1K.-. Cash paid for old gold or silver. All work guar anteed. Old Jewelry exchanged for new. If hard up, see Uncle Sam, ii2 Kan. ave. SPECIALISTS. DlC'jATBI?R"TFfrTR Tel. 765. Stomach, Intestines and Rectum. DR. C. H. GU1BOR, Diseases of the Nosav Throat and Lungs. 7o0 Kansas av. JEWELERS. JAMES B. HAYDEN. Jeweler and Opti cian. Complete slock of watches, dia monds, silverware, etc. Eyea examined and spectacles properly fitted. BICYCLES. U. S. CYCLE CO.. 113 E. f'h st. National and Union bicycles. Sundries, repairs. TOPEKA CYCLE CO.. 112 W. Rth st. Bicycles and sundries; blcylrs nd tandems tor rent: repairing of all kinds. FLORISTS. MRS. J. R. HAGUE. Florist, successor to K- J. Groves, il7 Kansas ave. 'Phons tOit. STAMPS, SEALS AND STENCILS. THE J C. DARLING CO.. 714 KAN. AV. High Grade Rubber Stamps; prompt work, low price. Catalogue Fres. Phone 2!j2. INSURANCE. TORNADO INS FRANCE at lowest rate,. liousenold furniture lnsuranci. a spe--ialty. Jas. F. Griffin. 15 Real Kstae biJti. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEONS. rTCYiJEiLrwx" OFFICE and residence corner Gordnn sf. and Central ave.. North Topeka. 'Phone 214. Uses the BrinkerhofT system, of rec tal tre'atment, a successful and palnie.-s treatment for piles, fistula, lianure, ul ceration, etc. DR EVA HARPING. Homeopathist, 62J Kansas ave. TeL. 4C2. S. E. SHELDON. M. D. Surgerv and diseases of women, with private hospital. Office No. 720 Kan. ave. IDA C. BARNES, M. D. Office 7?.2 Kansas ave. Residence Thir teenth and Clay. Office hours: 9 a. tn. to 11 a. m.. and Z p. m. to 5 p. m. Telephone rtbiUecc.e and 18 office.

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o lift" TO CLEAN MATTING. To make soiled matting look fresh and bright prepare a pailful of warm water with a handful of salt and four tablespoonfuls of Ivory Soap shavings dissolved in it. With a clean cloth squeezed out of the mixture, wipe every breadth of the matting, rubbing soiled spots until they disappear. A WORD OF WARNING. There are many white soaps, each represented to be "Just as cood as tha "Ivory'; they ARE NOT. but like all counterfeits, lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities ef tne genuine. Ask for "Ivory" Soap and insist upon cettine it. COPYRIGHT MS BY THE PROCTER ft GAMBLE CO. CINCINNATI LIZARDS TOO NUMEROUS. New Jersey Farmer Sues a Neigh bor For Damages. BapUstowru N. J., July 6. Hector Browne Howarth, the most sunny-tempered farmer of this township, has de manded $144.29 damages from his life Jon friend and neighbor John K.. Hunt, declaring- the breeding of lizards by Hunt has caused him Joss to that amount. The complaint filed by Howarth with Justice Wallabee reveals the facts. Hunt's son went to Porto Rico to fight for his country and brought back a clean record and many lizards. As the lizards were guaranteed to kill potato bugs, a demand was at once crtated for them among the truck gardeners, but Howarth was in the live stock business. Through friendship for the Hunts, Howarth made no complaint when he found lizards in his boots when getting dressed In the morning. Even their presence beneath his pillows and the minstrel shews that t.hev arranged, frightened Mrs. Howarth and the child ren into hys erics, did not arouse Ho warth to action. The more lizards the Hunts bred the etreatr they became in size, and Ho warth's complaint states that his cows refused to give milk and hi3 mules ac quired a hitherto unknown habit of kicking at sight of the reptiles. Even the destruction of a grape vine, valued at $-7.10; 19 youngchickens, $4.75; 21 squabs, $3. IS; young ducks. $3.60 and turkeys enough to reach Jt.t2 did not drive Howarth to action. The supreme foint was reached, however, as the con cluding: items of the complaint show. vhen the lizards resenting Howarth's defense of his own premise!-, attacked friim, da.maging a pair of trc users, val ued at SI. and a straw hat lost in the ehufne for which Howarth paid 59 cents in 18S7. The hat has a s mtimental value far beyond any it rnigit have in trinsically. Hunt's defense will be insanity on the part of the lizards. AGAINST BANANA TRUST. 165 Fruit Growers of Honduras Enter Into a Combine to Fight It. New Orleans, La., July 6. Louis Bier, T7nited States Consular agent at Ceiba, Honduras, arrived here yesterday with the power of attorney for 165 leading fruit growers of Honduras, and in their name signed a contract with the Blue fields company, which is lighting the fruit trust, agreeing to deliver all their fruit, or 200,000 bunches of bananas a month to the independent comrany at Puerto Cortez. Ceiba and Truxiilo, and Including all the Atlantic coast of Hon duras. The fruit growers of that coun try were very much alarmed when they Jieard that the banana business had fal len into the hands of the trust, and have combined for their own protection and offered their business to an independent company. The Honduras trade was formerly wholly in the hands of the Macheea and Oteri lines, which were recently bought cut by the trust. A WIFE FOR A ItlCYCLE. Joseph Sheeler Traded His Better Half and Children For a Wheel and Accordion. Ne Castle, July 6. The strangest case that has ever been heard in this county was before Justice Yoho of Chewtown this morning. Joseph Sheeler was brought back from Ohio a day or two ago on a larceny charge. The in formation charged him with stealing, iicycle and an accordion. Sheeler is a married man, and the couple have two children, and reside in the Pittsburg Western village of Chewtown. this county. Mrs. Sheeler, In order to increase her funds, took in si young German named Franz Gronzki, COVERED WITH SCALES Ehed a Tabletpoonful at Night, Hair Full of Whit Scales. Offers $100 for Cure. Tries CUTICUBA, Is Cured, XjUt -rammer I had company, a man and him ?ife. The man's hands and face had dry, scaly ores on them, and hi head was covered, his hair being full of whit scales. Bis wife said, Borne mornings she would find a tablespoouful In the bed." I aeked hi -a, Why don't you cur yourself He said, I would give a hundred dollars to be cured. I have paid cut a lot of money, but don't get cu red.,f I told h im, I would cure him foriest than that and toid him to get Cdticcrjl reme-iies. I did not see him for some time after, and then he fairly snouted: 1 an cured. Ccncr'U has done it.' Mbs. BARAH E. MIN'KK, Lincoln, VU CcTTfjmtA Rksot-testt purif esthe blood and cir cular irg fla his of Hrisoj; Uirms, and ifeue removes the cawtf, while warm b iths with cuxiccn. ror and ireutle anointlnps ith Cptiottra. (ointment) cieanse the skin and s alp of crusts and scales, allay itching and inflatr matin n, soothe and heaL 8oW throachowt the wrt i. Pomi D. .inC. Cobp- ftels Prop., afa How ta Car Xrery Uamor," fro. cave ycus haci"" r warm Shampoo With It' as a boarder, and in short time, accord ing to the evidence before the justice, a strong intimacy grew up between them. One day Sheeler disappeared, and with liim went the bicycle and the musical instrument. When Sheeler took the stand he said under oath that he noticed that his wife thought more of Gronzki than she did of him, and he one day gave the Ger man a beating. This did not remedy the matter, and so he decided he could no longer live with his family and he made a deal with Gronzki that he would give his wife and children to him if he would give the bicycle and ac cordion to the injured husband. Ac cording to Sheeler's testimony this was done and fiat was how the defendant happened t be in the possession of the articles alleged to be' stolen. When the German and Mrs. Sheeler were put uion their oaths they admit ted that the story was correct, and it was shown that in addition to Sheeler taming over his wife and children to Gronzki, he had also included his house hold goods and other articles. After all the evidence was in the parties met in the rear office and the case was set tled. Sheeler agreed to give back the articles he received from Gronzki, and the latter turned over the former's wife and children and furniture. MAKING AUTOMOBILES. America Will Soon Leave All Other Countries Behind. New York, July 6. America has led the world for years in the manufacture of bicycles and it now bids fair to achieve a like distinction in the con struction of automobile carriages. A recent order received on this side of the water from a. company composed largely of French capiiU and native Frenchmen for a large number of ve hicles for the European market would seem to indicate that even the French men appreciate the superiority of the American machines. "This country has taken all that is good in French ideas of automobile construction," said one of the foremost manufacturers from the west today at the Waldorf, "and has improved on them. The company of which I am a member and which -was formed for the purpose of selling and renting automobiles in Europe, has in vestigated all patterns of vehicles in the three countries where the use of the wagons has attained its greatest pro portions. The American vehicles are built as well as those built In France or England, and at considerable less coFt. In some minor details French carriages are preferable; in other ways the Amer ican is superiors Consequently, I am placing all orders for vehicles in this country." This gentleman believes the greatest field for automobile manufacturers at present is Europe. "In this country," said he, "the leisure class, and the number of people who can afford a self rropelling vehicle, is not so large in proportion to the rest of the population as in Europe. It is a common thing for owners of automobiles to use them constantly for touring, ""he roads here, except in the neighborhood of the large cities, are not so well adapted to this form of recreation as those abroad. Electricity, while in some respects pre ferable as a motive power, has the dis advantage that charging stations are required at intervals of 20 or 30 miles. Besides, an electric vehicle must be much heavier, because of the weight cf the battery, which is generally over 1, 000 pounds. The carriages propelled by steam or gasoline motors are mlch lighter, and less expensive. The kind building for us will sell for about $500." There are 70 or more factories, capital ized at J400.000.000, now building auto mobiles in this country. Indications are that the automobile industry is likely to eclipse in magnitude any line Amer ica has ever gone into. TRIES MURPHY'S PLAN. Bicyclist Followed a Train and Is Now In a Hospital. Orange, N. J., July 6. Walter Jack son, a negro of South street, decided yesterday that he could emulate Charley Murphy of Brooklyn in his riding behind a. train. Me did not ask the Delaware, Lackawanna Western railroad to have the track boarded, but started to follow a train down a decline from Mountain Station to South Orange. Jackson rode well enough for a. time, but the constant pounding of the bicy cle over the ties was too much and when he at last was unfortunate enough to strike a frog near South Orange he ws obliged to abandon the attempt to beat Murphy's record. Jackson is now in a hospital with sev eral doctors in attendance. Wheelmen. Should never be without a box of Beggs Oerman Salve, it gives instant relief. Heals Sores, Cuts, Bruises and Charing. Squires' Pharmacy, 732 Kansas ave. Tour linen left spotless. American Steam Laundry, .113 West Seventh, Telephone 211. TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, THURSDAY EVENING, MOVINGALONG. New City Hall Another Step on the W a j. General Plans Adopted by the Council. THE BONDS ARE SOLD. Will Be Issued at 3 3-4 Per Cent. Eastern People Anxious to Get Topeka Securities. Two things were done by the city council Wednesday evening which for warded the plans for the new city hall- auditorium. The bonds were sold and the general plans for the buildings were adopted. The building committee had worked all afternoon on general plans for the building to serve as instructions to architects. The plans of City Engineer Barnes were thoroughly examined and a few changes suggested. One is for a larger auditorium. The committee rec ommends that it be made to seat about 5,000 people. This is none too large. The report of the building committee was as follows: "To the Mayor and Council: "Your committee on public buildings, pursuant to your direction, has given long and careful consideration to the question of the public buildings about to be erected, and beg leave to make the following report and recommendations: "After consulting with the fire mar shal we recommend that the fire de partment be located upon the three fractional lots on the comer of the site selected on July 3. Said building to be two stories high, of permanent materials and in every way worthy of the pur pose which it is to serve. "Second We recommend that the city hall and auditorium be included in one building; the former to be two stories high and affording approximately ten thousand square feet of floor space appropriately divided Into thirty-two rooms, especial attention being given to secure a commodious council chamber. The auditorium to have a main floor and one balcony, with a seating capacity of approximately five thousand, with suit able committee and other necessary rooms and conveniences. "Third We recommend that competi tive plans be invited from architects for the city hall and auditorium and fire department along the general lines herein suggested. The size of the city hall and auditorium, the distribution and arrangement of rooms, external architectural features and like matters to be left to the discretion of the archi tects. The floor plans of the fire de partment building to be furnished by the Are marshal. "Fourth We recommend that prizes of $300, $-'00 and $100 be offered for the best three plans submitted, and that in addition, the successful competitor be employed to assist the city engineer In the preparation of complete plans and specifications and in the supervision of the oonstruetion of said building so far as his services be necessary in that be half." Councilmen Betts, Benson and Cha ney voted in favor of the report in the committee and Councilman Blossom against it. When it came up for dis cussion Councilman Blossom explained his position, "I want to explain why I voted against the report of the committee. It is not because I want to stand in the way of the auditorium but because I feel that the provisions made for the fire department are not adequate." Mayor Drew It seems to me that you have bound the architects by this report so that we will not be able to get their ideas. You tell them just what kind of a building you want and they will not be able to exercise their inge nuity. Councilman Warner I would like to know that if this report is adopted we will be able to make any changes we desire afterward? Councilman Betts Yes, that is under stood. Councilman Xettels As I understand it these plans will belong to us after this competition and we can do what ever we please with the plans. If we want to make any changes we may do so. City Attorney Bird I would like to call the attention of the council to the fact that you may get yourselves in deep water by offering this $600 in pri zes. I do not know whether you are authorized to do that and you may have to pay the money back yourselves. Councilman Hughes There is some thing peculiar about this. I would like to know how we are going to be able to erect a building without plans. Our city engineer is not an architect and cannot be expected to make the plans. It has been my experience that plans always go with buildings. They are a part of the building as much as the roof is and we will have to get them some way. Councilman Mergan I see no reason why we cannot get the plans as sug gested. The plans are surely a part of the building because it cannot be built without them. Councilman Burgess We have to have something to work on. If we can not pay for these plans directly we can take the money out of the street fund or something of that kind. We want to do things right and I don't believe in being frightened by this talk about having to pay for the plans. If they can get the money out of me I would like to know it for I would like to know right now where I could put my hand on some money for I need it. Mayor Drew My objection is that you do not give the architects enough latitude. Councilman Roundtree I do not be lieve that it is best to hold the archi tects down too closely. I think it would be better to employ some one to assist the engineer. Councilman Nettels I would like to call the attention of the council to the fact that these plans are as general as they can well be made. We must give the architects some instructions. They must know how large an auditorium we want, how much seating capacity we must have and how many rooms and how much floor space there is to be. I do not see how the report could be more general. We say that the building must seat approximately 5,000 people, that it must be constructed of permanent ma terial and that it must cover approxi mately 10.000 square feet. Councilman Warner I think that we would better employ an architect to work under the supervision of the city engineer. In that we will avoid any possibility of getting ourselves into trouble. Councilman Willard I would like to call the attention of the council to the fart that the city engineer has all he can do. If we are going to force him to work overtime he ought to be paid for the .work and I believe that he Drink Creamery Buttermilk. Doctors prescribe it. should be permitted to enter this com petition. The report of the building committee was then formally adopted. BONDS ARE SOLD. The opening of the bids for the bonds was the cause of some surprise. Every bidder offered a premium for the bonds. They were advertised as four per cent bonds and the premium offered at that rate was unheard of in Kansas. Spitzer Co.. of Toledo, Ohio, offered a prem ium of $3,300 for the bonds at four per cent interest. Der.nison Prior offered $2,800 prem ium for the bonds to bear four per cent interest or a premium of $30 for the issue to bear three and three-quarter per cent. The latter proposition was accepted and the bends will bear a rate of three and three-luarters per cent. It was figured that this would amount to over $4,400 in the 30 years the bonds have to run. The other bids were as follows: E. D. Shetihard Co., seventy-one and one-huncredth per cemt premium and accrued i.iterest for $60,000 thirty year four per cent city of Topeka audi torium bonds. Farson, Leach Co.: Nine hundred and twenty-seven dollars premium for $60,000 auditorium bo'nds. N. W. Harris Co.: Par and $700 premium. W. G. Earls Brokerage Co.: Par and premium of $21.36. or take 35i bonds on same interest basis. H. P. Wright Co., by T. E. Bow man Co.: Par and $600 premium. MOHAWKS FOR BRYAN. Secret Democratic Organization of 50,000 Members. Buffalo, N. Y., July 6. The Mohawks, a Democratic organization said to com prise 600 wigwams and over 50,000 ac tive members which has been in secret session here since the 3rd instant has elected officers and adjourned to meet next year in the city selected for the national Democratic convention one week prior to that convention. Steps were taken to begin immediately the work of organizing new wigwams. The national executive committee was reduced from thirteen to seven members. The resolutions adopted de nounced trusts and monopolies; endorse Bryan and free silver, and oppose mili tarism. The following officers were elected: National chief James R. Sovereign of Idaho. Assistant chief C. B. Matthews of Buffalo. National scribe Michael Mehan. of Missouri. Big medicine man John M. Hennes sey of Buffalo. Treasurer George J. Zillig of Buf falo. Chief of secret service Eugene V. Brewster of New York city. National executive committee Chief J. R. Sovereign of Idaho; scribe, Mich ael Mehan of Missouri; Mayor C. O. Harrington of Carthage, Mo.; J. O. Bennett of New York; John M. Hen nessey of Buffalo and John Cutler of Niagara Falls. James R. Severelgn was appointed national organizer. WHITE SKIN TURN'S BLACK. Strange Effect of a Frostbite Pozzies Pontiac, Mich,, Doctors. Pontiac, Mioh. July 6. George Brooks, a middle-aged colored man, is the reign ing sensation in state medical circles. Up to last February Brooks was almost white. One bitter cold night in Febru ary last he took a ride into the country. He did not feel any bad effects from the exposure, except in his feet, hands and nose. He thought no more of his night's ride until after a warm night several weeks ago he awoke to find himself several shades darker. Since that time he has been continually changing hue until now his skin is nearly the color of ebony. The medical experts think that the frostbite on the night of the winter's ride was the cause of his chancing color, but why is what is puzzling them. Brooke's Death. Report Washington. July 6. Gen. Brooke at Havana cables to the war department the following deaths: Fifth Santiago, Major Paul Clendenin. surgeon in charge hospital; Privates Edward Eisenberg, hospital corps; Fred Shilling, Fifth in fantry; Martin Delemple, Company G. Fifth infantry; died, 4th, Private Michael McCue, Fifth infantry; Jere miah Sullivan, of yellow fever. Fifth Quemados, Private Wm. P. Trent, Com pany B, Seventh cavalry. gunshot wound. JULY 6, 1899. 0hl For Festal We desire in this space to give a few brief and iogica! reasons each Thursday and Monday during this month why PRIMROSE BUTTER should be on the tables of all Topeka families. 1 ""I I. -I'll 7.0 ;r. i if i -m u 'int.. i. Hr w r b hp it mueic i df a ai h uy T0PEKAW Ask your SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS II. W. McDaniel has taken a position with E. B. Guild. It seems as if all the base ball talk was over for this season. Frank Herald intends to remove to Kan sas City to practice law. Wm. S. Farnsworth of the City of Mex ico is in Topeka on business. The street car tracks on Kansas avenue near Eighth are being repaired. Judge Dolman leaves in a few days for Manitou, Col., to spend a month. E. D. McKeever made the eagle do a food job of screaming at Oskaloosa Tues ay. Potwin Place now boasts of the neatest and most picturesque postoffice in Kan sas. The damp weather on the Fourth prob ably saved the Are department from a call. A single ice cream firm sold 1,200 gallons of ice cream during the first three days of this week. Work was begun today on the excava tion for Crosby Brothers' new store on Jackson street. The Kansas avenue bridge can be seen distinctly from a certain point on Martin's hill on clear days. The Fourth was celebrated at the To peka asylum with appropriate ceremonies. Judge Guthrie made the address. Robert Ruggles is suffering from a bad ly lacerated hand, the result of a disa greement with a cannon cracker. Tully Scott of Oberlin, one of the Demo cratic war horses of the Sixth district, is attending the supreme court today. The records show that 116 boys out of ICS in the reform school were habitual smok ers before being sent to the school. Moral. Charles F. Scott of the Iola Register was in Topeka last night on his way home from Phillipsburg, where he spoke on the Fourth. The work of tearing down the old St. Nicholas hotel has begun in order to make ready for the extension of the federal building. Charles Taylor, better known as "Big Ugly" Taylor, who played on the great Baker foot ball team in 1892, is teaching school in Texas. The Kaw is coming up again. It seems that the old river can't lie peaceably in its bed at this season of the year without rising once in awhile. While, there was more noise on the Fourth this year than usual at least it seemed so there were fewer nags dis played and less general decoration. The list of Fourth of July accidents Is steadily growing as bandaged people come out from their homes where they have been in hiding since the night of the Fourth. Mr. Fred H. Collier, formerly managing editor of the State Journal, and Mr. E. W. Tatman, formerly in the office of the superintendent of insurance, are visiting in town. The temptation to ride on the sidewalks in the suburbs when the streets are muddy is too strong for the average bicyclist to resist, and many of them yield without an effort. Chief Ramsey is worried constantly by people who wish to tell him their trou-. bles. lie has the same habit of having troubles of his own and does not need to borrow any. The store windows have been greatly changed since the Fourth. The fireworks and eomubstibles have all been sold out and other things less warlike have taken their places. It makes a grown man feel foolish to have his hands blistered or blown full of powder on the Fourth of July and he tries to conceal his injuries, but they hurt just the same. E. R. Hathaway, the rural delivery agent, is in Washington this week and will return to Topeka to look after the establishment of other routes in Shawnee county in about ten days or two weeks. Judge Hazen has overruled a motion for a new tria.1 in the suit of H. C Root against tho- citv of Topeka for attorney's fees and has given 90 days in which an appeal may be made to the supreme court. When you meet a man, on the street now adays with his arm in a sling or his hear! tied up, don't jump at the conclusion that he has been in a fight he only ran up against a festive iirecracker at the wroinr time. The lawns of the city are looking ex ceptionally well. The state house grounds never looked better. The flower beds are all in bloom and the rains this spring have made the blue grass nourish like a patch of sunflowers in a cornfield. G. C. Clemens says that he has been trying to make a Fourth of July speech for years, but has never succeeded. This vear he was to speak at Perry and actu ally got on the platform to sail in. when the storm came up and shut him off. He is becoming discouraged. A package of legal documents was re ceived at the appellate court yesterday ad r)r(,SSed to "Clerk of Court of Appeals, Topeka. Leavenworth County, Kansas." As the sender is considered one of the best posted men in the state, the lapse in his geography was probably due to absent-mindedness. Teamsters are having plenty of work nowadays. The excavations for the Mail b.iilding. the Crosby building and two or three smaller ones -now in progress, the excavation for the Hurd building just completed, the grading for the new pave ments and the hauling of brick, come In excess of a large amount of regular work in the hauling line. A large picture of the Rock Island's Colorado fiver has recently been hung in the, lobby of the National hotel and at- Dainties Spread." WHITTlER CREAMERY BUTTER. -f-vvj. 'hw&vj y r Til KANSAS. -f Grocer for it. THE Chicago niton ONLY STONE-BALLASTED TRACK. SOLID VEST1BULED TRAINS BETWEEN ST. LOUIS CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS KANSAS CITY, KANSAS CITY AND CHICAGO. Palaee Reclining Chair Cars Free. Pollman Compartment Sleepers. Ask your own Home Ticket Agent for Tickets via the Chicago tc Alton Railroad, or write to D. BOWES, General Western Passenger Art, 216 N. Broadway, ST. LOUIS, MO. tracts considerable attention. The pic ture is about eight feet long and two feet wide and is handsomely framed. In the background are the mountains in colors, while in the foreground is the train, but instead of being put on in colors it is in laid with. onyx, so that it gives the ap pearance of sunshine "glinting" on the polished, engine and cars. CARRIERS IN REVOLT. Xiouisville Members of National Asso ciation Refuses to Contribute to Lobby Fund. Louisville, Ky., July 6. The ninety one members of the local branch of the Letter Carriers' National association have unanimously refused to pay, and have denounced the assessment of 10 per cent levied by the president and executive board, and the Louisville branch has issued a circular letter to all the branches in the country oppos ing the assessment. The assessment would create a fund or from $120,000 to $150,000 and the letter carriers allege that it is to be used for corrupt service to have the salaries of carriers increased, to be used as a club against civil service and finally con demns it as a dishonest appearing scheme. ARE AFTER M'KINLEI. Travelers Organize a Movement to Force Action. Indianapolis, Ind., July 6. It was given out at Commercial Travelers' headquar ters here today that organizers from Iowa would arrive in Indiana next week to or ganize this state along with others for the purpose of forcing the national ad ministration through Attorney Oeneral Griggs to take action against the growth of trusts, which have thrown out of em ployment 2.",000 commercial travelers. In the event of nothing being done in that direction it is proposed to inaugurate a movement aaginst the renomination of McKinley next year. The traveling men refuse to unmask their plan until they have obtained a membership of 50.000, which they believe can be accomplished in a few months. The Indianan men say the movement started at es Moines two weeks ago and that the Iowa club already has 700 members. Men are now said to be at work at Chi cago, organizing the Illinois branch and will start the movement in Indiana next week. It is asserted that inside of an other month organizers will be at work in a dozen states. The organization is ex pected to be secret for fear of retaliatory a-ction of the big trusts. N EW STEEL FLAN T To Be Established at St. Louis to Fight the Trusts. St. Louis, July 6. The Republic says: "A company has just been organized in this city to build the largest and most complete steel plant in the west. Incorporation papers will be filed today or tomorrow and the erection, of the factory will begin at once. "John Scullin, the street railway magnate; Harry Scullin, his son; Thos. M. Gallagher, vice president and super intendent of the Shtckle, Harrison Howard Iron company; W. T. Anderson and a number of other prominent St. Louisans are behind th new venture. The new steel company will be pre pared to fight the steel trust. "The capital stock of the new com pany will be $500,000 at the start, but this will be increased in the near future. "As soon as possible after the erection of the plant, homes for the workmen will be built in the neighborhood of the fnrtnrv. and the establishment will be run ou much the same lines as Car- i 1 '19 I Off!ce and Factory: 523 JACKSON STREET p JAMES CHARLTON, General Passenger and Ticket Ag-t., CHICAGO, ILL. Best and Health to Mother and Child MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for over FIFTY TEARS BY MILIJOKS OF MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHIUB TEETHING with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS, AL LAfS all PAIN. CURES WIND COLIC and is the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by Druggists in very part of the world. Be sure and ask far "Mrs. Win slow'e Soothing Syrup." and take ao other kind. Twenty-five cent a bottle. negie's and other eastern steel works. "The. new company owns some valu able patents for treating steel castings, and that a large business is assured the company from the start." AGAINST EASTMAN. Emporia People Working For His Opponent For Census Supervisor. Ike Lambert and Major Hood of Em poria are making an effort to defeat D. W. Eastman of Emporia, who is a can didate for the position of census sup ervisor in the Fourth district. They are for Chas. S. Briggs of Carbcndale. Senator Baker and Congressman Mil ler have endorsed Eastman and the an nouncement comes from Leavenworth that they will stand by him. This was the result of the effort to have East man appointed minister to Barcelona, Spain. The former minister was re-appointed owing to his familiarity with the work and it is said that the presir dent suggested the appointment of Eastman to the census job. A delegation of Osage county Repub licans visited Mr. Baker Wednesday and protested against the appointment of Briggs, urging Eastman for the place. THRIFTY JUDGE. He Draws His Salary From the State Semi-annually. The state auditor today mailed to Minneapolis a warrant for over $1,000. piyable to Judge P. F. Thompson of the Thirtieth judical district. Judge Thompson draws his salary c $2,500, semi-annually. Other district judges in the state always draw their pay monthly, except Judge William Thomson of Burlingame, who settles upon an average of once in three months. Aid For Texas. Washington, July 6. The war depart ment has granted the request of the gov ernor of Texas for aid for flood sufferers. Such government boats as are available will be placed at the disposal of the gov ernor and the rations asked for will be issued at once. Calumet" makes the light est, sweetest and most wholesome bread and pastry. hi Efclu J lull Powder NONE SO COOD.