The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
August 17, 1899
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Historical Society. I v THURSDAY EVENING. LAST EDITION THURSDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, AUGUST 17, 1899. TWO CENTS. iff hic mm BRIGHTER FORJMYFUS. Ills Remaining Counsel Goes After Gen. Roget. Causes That Individual to Grow lied In the Face. PUTS IIIll IX A CORNER 21. Bertullus ProTes to Be a Valuable Witness. Da Paty deCIam and Esterhazy lleceire Attention. Rennes, Aug. IT. "With the usual at tendance and without any noteworthy incident the second trial by court mar tial of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus of the ar tillery, charged with treason, was re sumed this morning in the Lyeee. Previous to opening of the proceedings it became known that M. Labori, lead ing counsel for Dreyfus, who was shot in the back from ambush Monday, was slightly worse today. His physicians have not yet extracted the bullet his fever continues to increase and it is not believed he will be able to attend court Monday. Consequently Maitre Monard. counsel for the Dreyfus fam ily before the court or cassation in the trial revision proceedings, has been summoned to replace M. Labori until such time as the latter is able to re sume conduct of the case. M. Monard is expected to appear early in the morning. Although he is a poor sub stitute for the brilliant, energetic La bori, it is hoped his presence will strengthen the defense. Friends pre vented Maitre Albert Clemenceau from coming to the assistance of Dreyfus as planned Immediately after the attempt ed assassination of M. Labori. BRIGHTER FOR DREYFUS. However, in spite of the difficulties encountered by the defense today's session of the court opened with bright er prospects for the prisoner, as M. Demange of counsel for the defense, evidently came primed with questions to be put to Gen. Roget. The latter re sumed his deposition on the opening of the court, dealing with the theft of Esterhazy's letters from Mme. Pais. A number of the counsel's shots struck the bullseye and made the general squirm in his seat. Unfortunately M. Demange is not yet in a position to go thoroughly over the whole ground of this witness' deposi tion. Gen. Roget will probably be called to the stand later. Gen. Roget was unable to conceal his annoyance and anger when M. Demange scored. The witness' fingers twitched nervously and he frequently turned for consolation towards Generals Billot and Zurlinden, former ministers of war, who occupied the witnesses' seats be hind him. The general also threw glances of savage resentment at the audience when as happened several times suppressed titters went round the courtroom when M. Demange cornered him. ROGET GROWS CONFUSED. Finally Gen. Roget became quite red in the face and answered M. Demange in a hollow voice contrasting strangely with his confident tone of yesterday. Then came a witness who proved to be a splendid reinforcement for Drey fus. It was M. Bertullus. the examin ing magistrate who received the late Lieut. Col. Henry's confession of forgery. In almost inaudible tones, owing to hoarseness, M. Bertullus gave his testimony which was a veritable speech for the defense. Coming from a man of the high legal reputation of M. Bertullus this evidence raised the hopes of the Dreyfusards immensely and it apparently made a deep impres sion on the members of the court. M. Jaures, the Socialist leader who was among those present in court, remark ed on the conclusion of the magistrate's testimony "This is the first time the truth and the whole truth has been told before the judges." Dreyfus displayed the keenest in terest in the statements of M. Bertul lus. seeming completely absorbed in his words and straining forward to catch every syllable. After a brief conference of M. Ber tullus and Mme. Henry, widow o Lieut. Col. Henry, Col. Picquart. form er chief of the intelligence bureau, was called. He gave his evidence in a loud resonant voice and created a pro found impression. EVIDENCE IN DETAIL. The following is the testimony in de tail: Gen. Roget on resuming his testi mony citiiised the surveillance inaug urated by Col. Picquart over Col. Hen ry. This surveillance, he said, lasted several months and included the inter ception of letters addressed to Ester hazy. There had also been searches of Henry's house during his absence All these measures the witness assented were carried out without the authori zation of the minister of w:ir who was not even informed of them. Moreover he asserted, the investigations were carried on at the expense of the secret service fund. The witness also ob jected to Col. Ficquarfs methods of -watching Mme. Pais. In regard to Es terhazy, Gen. Roget admitted the form er was a gambler and an immorrl char acter. But he asserted: While I have acknowledged his little failings I nev ertheless maintain he has been the vic tim of abominable persecution." Gen. Roget next spoke of the arrest at Belfort of Quenelli. declaring that Picquart cooked up the allegations of spyng against Quenelli in order to at tract to himself the approval of his su periors. The witness then dwelt upon the al leged devices of Dreyfus to procure in formation from the various bureaus in regard to the mobilization and concen tration of the troops, pointing out that while intelligent and industrious Drey fus was "f a r too inquisitive in matters which did not concern him. to the det riment of his proper duties." Replying to a question of the court Gen. Roget said that so far as he knew Dreyfus had only once been given an imaginary task as a test. DREYFUS' SELF CONTROL. The prisoner listened intently to the sritness. Dreyfus' self-control con trasting markedly with his excitement of yesterday. M. Demange asked Col. Jouaust, president of the court martial, to re quest Gen. Roget to repeat the explan ations which he had given before the court of cassation in regard to the part played in the affair by Major Du Paty De Clam. The general said he believed the forged "Speranza" letters were either written by Du Faty De Clam or instigated by him. Witness said he had not acted against Du Paty De Clam because he saw noth ing culpable in what he had done to save Esterhazy. With reference to the "document Lib erateur," a document forged in order to secure the release of Esterhazy when he was court-martialed, Gen. Roget said he only knew how it reached the ministry of war, adding that its disap pearance from that minis cry was a mystery. But. he said, doubtless Du Paty De Clam could explain the mat ter. Counsel for the defense here wanted to know how under such circumstances, Du Paty Do Clam's intervention in be half of Esterhazy could be explained. But the witness could only attribute it to Du Paty De Clam's moral conviction of Esterhazy's innocence. "In any case," said the general, "the general staff must be entirely disasso ciated with the part played by Du Paty De Clam in this matter." "Certainly," replied M. Demange. "I attach great importance to this point," was. the general's next remark. M. Demange assented to this but added: "What I would like to know is how an innocent man like Esterhazy was thought to need this kind of help?" (Laughter). "It is certain I should not have done it," answered the witness, which caused renewed laughter. Gen. Roget then added that although he would not have intervened himself to save Esterhazy he did not consider the course followed as being reprehen sible. ROGET IS CORNERED. M. Demange then questioned the wit ness as to what he thought of Ester hazy's attempt to obtain from the gen eral a declaration that he had nothing to do with the affair, to which the gen eral replied that he knew nothing of such an attempt. But when M. De mange read M. Renoaud's report on the subject, Roget admitted that Ester hazy's attempt was "certainly a cur ious proceeding" for an innocent man to undertake. Counsel thereupon invited the special attention of the court martial to the witness' reply. Then he took the gen eral to task for playing yesterday the part of general accuser, particularly towards Col. Picquart. During the course of his remarks M. Demange re ferred to the document known as the Petit Bleu and the erasures in it. The. general admitted the erasures might have been made with a view of giving the document a suspicious appearance. But he claimed Picquart made the eras ures and inserted the name of Ester hazy after making the photograph ex hibited before the court of cassation. Counsel insisted the falsification oc curred after the Petit Bleu lef Pic quart's hands and demanded further explanations from the witness. The general, however, said he was unable, to testify as to who falsified the docu ment, or why it was done, but he did not think it was done with the view of compromising Picquart. At this juncture there was a little sparring between M. Demange and Major Carriere, the representative of the government in the case. The form er desired information in regard to the espionage meeting at Basle, Switzer land, and the recall on account of pec ulation of an agent named Lajou who was corresponding with a certain for eign agent. Major Carriere objected to the discussion of the subject at this stage, for he said it would be contrary to the spirit of discipline for the gen eral to discuss these details. The president of the court upheld the protest of the government representa tive and M. Demange continued his examination of Gen. Roget. "How was it you knew," counsel ask ed the witness."that 600,000 francs were offered Esterhazy if he would confess to being the author of the bordereau?" "I heard," the witness replied, "from the court of inquiry which tried Ester hazy and from Esterhazy himself." "Ah!" exclaimed counsel. "It was Esterhazy who said it. Just so! Laughter). Why was the residence searched?" M. Demange asked and the general answered: "Esterhazy at one time had the document containing the words -Ce Canaille de D,' and might therefore had others." "You admit then," askedl M. De mange, "that he might have had in teresting documents?" "When one is conducting an inquiry," said the witness, "he must expect any thing and search accordingly." "Admitting," counsel then said, "that Esterhazy was the agent of the Drey fus family and that he had agreed to assume, as suggested the prisoner's guilt, how do you explain the fact that Esterhazy upon several occasions wrote statements calculated to compromise the case of Dreyfus?" NEVER SURE OF ESTERHAZY. "With Esterhazy," replied Gen. Roget, "one can never be sure of any thing. (Laughter.) He is such an ex traordinary fellow. I do not know what he may be doing today, nor what he will do tomorrow." Thesestatements of the general convulsed the court with laughter which seemed to irritate the witness who was growing nervous un der the searching examination of coun sel. Turning to Dreyfus. Gen. Roget cried in a loud voice: "I know very well if I was accused of an act of treason which I had not committed I should find arguments with which to defend myself." This assertion evoked murmurs, but the general shouted: "Why does he deny even the most obvious things?" M. Demange shrugged his shoulders and ejaculated: "Ah!" The prisoner, however, rose and em phatically denied point blank some of the general's evidence. He said he never traced on a map any plan of con centration or mobilization, never had any knowledge of details of those move ments nor of the plan for distributing the various units through the depart ments. "Let's." exclaimed Dreyfus, "under stand one another in regard to what is meant. I assert that I did not know in its details of the plan of concentra tion. In regard to the circumstances dwelt upon by you yesterdav there was nothing precise stated. There was nothing but argument." The audience here gave vent to ex pressions of assent and dissent. M. Bertullus. the examining magis- trate. was the next witness. There had been lively anticipations of an interest ing confrontation. The magistrate in quired into the charges made against Esterhazy by his cousin. Christian.and it was expected M. Bertullus would be confronted with Gen. Roget who so tartly criticised the magistrate yester day. But the president of the court (Continued on Seventh Page.) ISLAND AMORCUE Greatest Disastei-s of the Age Seem Small When Compared With Storm's Work In Porto Rico. HUNDREDS OF BODIES Lie Festering In the Sun Throughout the Country. Ruins of Towns Must Re Burned to Present Disease. GRAVES ARE EMPTIED. Water Uncovered a Cemetery and Swept Out the Bodies. Drift of Carcasses, Human and Brute, Extends 15 Miles Out to Sea at San Juan. New York, Aug. 17. A Herald dis patch from San Juan says: Communication has now been re stored in the direction of Ponce, as far as Caguas. The whole country has been devastated. In every section the hurricane de stroyed all the towns and villages. The people whose homes were destroyed are wandering about seeking food and shelter. In the towns the stench of the decay ing bodies under the ruins of homes and buildings is almost un bearable. In Yabucca, both of the gov ernment physicians were caught in the wreckage and wounded. The town will be set on fire In order that an epidemic may be avoided. Dr. Allman of Arecibo writes that up to August 13 no assistance of any kind had reached there. There is an almost unbearable stench and unless aid comes within a few days he declares there must follow a fearful epidemic. It i3 certain that there are many bodies ly ing in a state of putrifaction under the ruins, but it is impossible to find labor ers to clean up the town. At Ponce there has been a public pro test against the mayor and he has been forced to resign. Reports from Naguabo, Corozal, Aguadala, Commerce and Guayanilla are that these towns have been de stroyed and that the municipalities are without the means to relieve distress. San Juan, too, is threatened with an epidemic. The captain of an incoming steamer reports that 15 miles off and drifting shoreward there are innumer able bodies of human beings and cattle, mingled indiscriminately with wreck age of houses. The town of Maunobo has been completely demolished. The highest ruin left stands only two feet above the ground. There were many casualties from the flooding of the riv er, 100 persons, many of them children, having been drowned. Comerio is a total ruin. The hurricane lasted there for 12 hours. Half the pop ulation is gathered in the only build ing left standing. There were very heavy rains and in the flood that fol lowed the water rose to a great height and swept through the town carrying away the supplies of provisions. The quantity left will not last mbre than four days. The people have fled to the moun tains. The villages are covered with water. No aid has been sent as yet. Thirty bodies have been recovered.Five hundred persons were injured. Utuado and Jayuya have been flooded. The water uncovered the cemetery, carry ing the bodies down the river. The road has been washed away and com munication even by horseback is diffi cult as the road is obstructed by trees and fallen limbs. At Naguabo all the cattle have been mmMwwwmwwwYm ill mK One of the Plans For the New Gty Hall Which Has Many Excellent Features. The Material Specified is Buff Brick Above the First Story, Which is of Stone. Submitted by "Double Wreath and Black Center." destroyed and there have been other enormous losses. Two-thirds of the in habitants are without shelter and a famine is threatened. At Corozal one hundred and fifteen houses were wrecked like shells and only a dozen houses and outside walls of churches built of masonry two feet thick remain standing. The poor are crying for bread but none is forthcom ing as all the others are in almost the same circumstances. Leading mer chants estimate the losses in stores and in the crops of coffee, sugar and fruit for the next three years at fully J75.000.000. anoTherTall. Order Issued to Recruit Ten More Regiments. Washington, Aug. 17. An order has been issued directing that ten addi tional regiments of infantry volunteers be organized for service in the Philip pines. The regiments will be numbered from 38 to 47 and will be organized at the following places In the order named: Fort Snelling, Fort Crook, Neb., Fort Riley, Kan., Camp Meade, Pa., Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., Fort Leav enworth, Kan., Jefferson Barracks, Mo., South Framingham, Mass. BRUTAL ASSAULTS Made on Fire White Women of Little Rock, Ark. Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 17. Five brutal assaults by a negro on white women have occurred in Little Rock in the past twenty-four hours. It is generally believed that all these crimes were committed by the same negro, but three suspects have been arrested, and If the right man can be positively identified he may receive summary punishment. The victims of the as saults are all highly respected white women of the city. Their names are: Mrs. Belle Aiken, 2114 Chester street; Mrs. Milton Young, 2401 State street; Mrs. Kennedy, fourteenth and Jones streets; Emma Coy Long, 1402 Booker street; a young lady at Twen tieth and Cross streets. All the assaults took place in the suburbs of the city. The first was that of Mrs. Aiken. As. Mrs. Aiken was passing by Twenty-first and High streets the negro seized her and drag ged her into the woods. She resisted and cried for help. A passerby fright ened the negro away after he had severely beaten his victim. Officers at once began a search for the assailant but failed to find him. A few blocks iroi.i the see.-ie of the first crime. Mrs. Young was assaulted in almost the same manner. The negro knocked her down with such force that a rib was broken, causing internal in juries of a serious nature. He choked and beat her about the head and on the side, inflicting very serious injuries. The negro finally seized her purse and disappeared in the woods. Mrs. Young, who is a frail woman, is in a precar ious condition from her wounds and the shock. Her clothing was torn al most entirely off in the struggle. An hour later Mrs. Kennedy was at tacked at her home near West End park. She was knocked down, beaten and choked. Her child ran for assist ance and the negro fled. Mrs. Ken nedy's injuries are very painful. Emma Long Coy, the 11-year-old daughter of a grocer, was attacked and beaten by a negro half a dozen blocks from West End park. She escaped from her assailant. City and county tifneers, together with a large number of citizens, were by this time scouring the vicinity for the negro. The greatest excitement prevailed and the anger of the citizens in the neighborhood was thoroughly aroused. The fifth assault was made on a well known young lady at Twentieth and Cross streets. She was likewise knock ed down and badly beaten. Her face was swollen and discolored from the effects of the blows. These outrages were brought to the attention of Governor Jones, and he at once offered a reward of $1,500 each for the arrest and conviction of the guilty parties. Judging from the temper of public sentiment the officers will find it difficult to protect their prisoner should the right man be captured. Weather Indications. Chicago, Aug. 17. For Kansas: Gen erally fair weather tonight and Fri day; southerly winds. WAITJVIISTER." Gor.StanleyAnticipatesCharges Against Mr. Church. Ue Will RemoTe the Grounds For Them. NOTICE ROAD AGENTS Must Turn All Money Into State Treasury. Politicians May Now Chuckle Among ThemselTes. Governor Stanley says that the road agents will be brought to time. If they collect money it must be turned into the state treasury. Mr. McNall was removed because his "agents" failed to do that and he does not propose to allow Mr. Church to continue in a sim ilar position. To be sure money has been collected and pocketed the same as usual but the men who got it will have to empty their pockets. There is no reason to believe that the governor will forget this new promise he has made to the people, although the insurance department did lead him astray in one or two instances. The governor promised that no road agents should be sent out under his adminis tration. "It is wrong," he said in the campaign. "It is a system of plunder ing which should be Ipunished." How ever, this promise was abrogated be cause an Indiana company was thought to be bulldozing the department and a "road agent" was sent to Indianapolis to see about it. Then in another in stance owing to an increase of the premium payments upon insurance policies of a certain class, one of which was held by the governor him self, the Kansas Mutual was subjected to an $850 examination and a favor able verdict returned. The examiners pocketed the money as has always been the practice, where upon the Populists made plans to em barrass the administration by prepar ing charges against Mr. Church for doing the same things which caused McNall to be removed by the governor. This would place the governor in a compromising situation. He investi gated the matter and decided that the examiners should turn the money into the pockets of the state and he made a demand with this end in view. This money has not been turned into the state treasury. Neither has that collected from the Indiana company. In measures of radical reform like this the Kansas companies should not be made exceptions to the rule of the de partment. Mr. Battey collected $10 per day and expenses while in Indianapolis. He and Mr. Austin charged the Kansas company the same amount. There is another feature of this trans action with reference to the Kansas Mutual Life. Wrhen the governor went into office he announced that he would observe economy in the administration of the affairs of his office. To reach this in one direction he stated that no state accountant would be appointed. Yet he has had Mr. Austin at work nearly all of the time paying him at the rate of $100 per month from his con tingent fund. The governor knew that Austin is a protege of Senator Battey's and he knew too that Mr. Battey had secured from Superintendent Church the pledge to have Austin assist in making exam inations. However, Austin was con tinued at the work of the state ac countant and was paid for work done in this capacity while he was at work, on the books of the Kansas Mutual. He received his usual salary from the gov ernor and got half of the $850 collected from the Kansas Mutual. The discovery of this fact, vhich the governor knew all the time, is a pretext for a sudden display of political honor in which a demand that Austin dis gorge the $440 received from the Kan sas Mutual plays the principal part. The governor ordered Austin to "bring back the money" and Austin has done so. To escape the investigation which the Populists promised to inaugurate this week the governor also suggested that Mr. Battey should also turn in the $440 which he received from the Kansas Mutual. This money is to be turned into the treasury. The new plan adopt ed by Governor Stanley will place the money collected from the Kansas com pany in the state treasury. Now if the governor has Mr. Battey turn in the money he collected from the Indiana State Life he will have cleared the examiners of taking money which he thinks should belong to the state and should be deposited in the treasury department to the credit of the insurance department. There is no law requiring that the money should be turned into the treas ury. The regular fees for licenses, certificates of authority and all such transactions of an official nature are to be turned into the treasury. The superintendent of insurance is empow ered to cause examinations of com panies to be made at any time he may see fit. The custom has been for the representatives of the Kansas depart ment to charge the fees charged by other states. However, the law does not designate the manner in which the money shall be disposed of after it is collected. Hence,' the examiners have been in the habit of putting it down in their pockets. Governor Stanley explains that the law is weak and indifferent and sug gests that the legislature should enact a law fixing the pay of insurance ex aminers. Senator A. G. Forney intro duced such a bill in the senate last winter but it was killed by the Repub licans in the committee under the claim that the law was unnecessary because there would be no more "road agents" sent out by the department. Senator Forney's appropriation bills were threatened too if he pushed that bill and it was killed. But, since the j credit would have gone to the Populists, Luis piupuseu law, jitie many oiners,was killed. Superintendent Church and Mr. Stanley do not agree upon the ques tions involved in this matter. Mr. Church says there is no law requiring the money to be turned into the treas ury and claims that he has violated no law. Mr. Stanley says that it is a matter of public policy that the money should go into the treasury. ADVANCE AT CALULET. Insurgents Again Routed With. Slight Damage to Our Men. Manila, Aug. 17. 8 a. m. The Twelfth infantry left Calulet at sunrise today and advanced up the railway. Captain Evans' battalion deployed to the right of the track and Captain Woods to the left. Two companies re mained on the track with the artillery. The insurgents were found well en trenched in front of the town, the trenches having been dug within a few days and since the occupation of Cal uet. At a distance of 1.500 yards the Fili pino opened fire. Their force was es timated by Col. Smith at 1.500.although the residents afterwards said it exceed ed those figures by a thousand. The enemy sent heavy volleys against the whole, American line.. Most of their shooting, as usual, was high, but they concentrated their heaviest fire down the track upon the artillery. Col. Smith kept the whole line mov ing rapidly, with frequent rushes. The insurgents attempted to flank Capt. Evans, and therefore two companies were sent to the right and drove them back. Unable to stand our continuous vol leys the Filipinos abandoned the trenches and retreated through the town northward. It appears that they had only received their supply of am munition this morning. Had they been attacked sooner they could have made little resistance. The intense heat caused much suffer ing among the Americans. A reporter of the Manila Times who was accompanying Colonel Smith, was shot in the head, probably fatally. One American officer received a slight wound in the face. Lieutenant Howland, of General Wheaton's staff, who knew the country thoroughly, as the result of reconnais sances, and who assisted in directing the movement, received a volley while rid ing across a field close to the trenches, but he escaped unharmed. FILTPINOS ATTACK ANGELES. Manila, Aug. 17. 6:15 p. m. Eight hundred insurgents attacked Angeles this morning but the Twelfth regiment drove them into the mountains. Three ditched locomotives were captured. None of the American troops was in jured. The insurgent loss Is not known. Mr. C. T. Spencer of Kentucky, a re porter of the Manila Times, was killed yesterday during the fight. WANTS HIS CHILDREN. Daniel Fry Sues to Recover Them From Orphans' Home. Daniel O. Fry has begun a habeas corpus action in the probate court, through his attorney, L. H. Greenwood, against the officers of the Topeka. or phans' home, to secure possession of his four children, who are at present in the home. Mr. Fry is a laboring man and he has been absent in the southern part of the state much of the time for the past year, working at odd jobs. He says that his wife took the children to the home about six weeks ago and left them with the understanding that they should be adopted if they were not claimed at the end of three months. Mr. Fry says that he now has steady work with the Santa Fe and is able to support his family once more, so he wants to gather them together. He went to the home and asked for the children, but the officers would not give them up until he pays for their board, which amounts to upwards of $30. He admitted that he ought to pay the board bill and would pay a portion of it each month out of his wages, but he did not get the children, and now he brings habeas corpus proceedings to get them. Judge Dolman asked why the case was not brought in the district court, as long as Judge Hazen is in the city, but Mr. Greenwood stated that Judge Hazen will not hear any cases at pres ent, so it was necessary to go into pro bate court. REED WAS NOISr. Sergenat Donovan Arrested Him For Disturbing the Peace. R. Heed made a mistake Wednesday night in thinking that there were no policeman on hand. He was disturbing the peace on East Third street several blocks from the beat of any patrol man. Seregant Donovan, who was taking a rest at home after his day's work, heard the disturbance. The air was blue or nearly so. The officer pulled on his coat and followed the sound. He arrested Reed against his protests and took him to the station where he put up a bond to appear and answer to the charge of disturbing the peace and quiet of the neighborhood. BIG TOES Promised to Cattlemen For Two or Three Years. Kansas Will Market 300,000 Head of Stock AT BETTER FIGURES Than the Good Ones Which Now Prerail. The Demand For Export Cattle la Enormous. Chicago, Aug. 17. The Record saysr Investigation at the stock yards in re gard to the recent advances in the price of beef brought out the statement that never before in the history of tha American cattle market has there been such a demand for all kinds of meat as at the present time. The demand for export cattle Is enormous. The state ment is made that the prices of all cat tle will be higher next year than they are no but that in three years when all the thousands "f feeders find their way into market there is likely to a slump in the price of from 2 to 3 cents. This year Kansas has 300,000 head oC cattle which is a record breaker for that state. The big ranches in Mon tana, Wyoming and North and Southi Dakota are sending in few cattle at present. Most benefited by the in crease in prices is the stock raiser. At present everything costs more alive than formerly, making it necessary for the packers to advance the prices on all dressed meats. The prices quoted yesterday to local butchers were 9 cts. a pound for best straight beef in the whole carcass and 14 cents a pound for loins and ribs when together in even sets. One lot of 60 barrels of the latter was sold at 15 cents a pound. All other meats have been more or less affected. Prices have gone up in pork, mutton, veal and all dried and smoked meats. THE KISE IN BEEF. A Prominent Packer Says the Causa Is Due to Australian Competition. New York, Aug. 17. A representative of the firm of Nelson Morris Co., when asked as to the cause of the rise in the price of beef, said to a World! reporter: "The advance here is caused by the efforts of American packers to drive Australian beef from -the English mar kets and establish American beef in stead. We want that business and in order to secure it we are shipping im mense quantities of beef to England. "Just now this business abroad is be ing carried on at a heavy loss because we are cutting prices to kill competi tion. "The consequence is that the ex portation of American beef is very much heavier than ever before. Natur ally under these conditions there is less beef for the home trade, although there are as many cattle for the market as ever. "There Is no real shortage in market able cattle, all reports to the contrary notwithstanding. The receipts at the yards in Kansas City, Omaha and Chi cago yesterday were large. "The foreign demand being extra heavy, as I have explained, the prices to cattle dealers as well as to butchers are high. The packers are not reaping any great rewards. The recent heavy shipments to the cattle yards may ease the strain a little but I do not look for lower prices. "The remedy for complaining butch ers is simple. They must raise prices. I have not heard any complaints from consumers. The butchers are complain ing and they must work out their sal vation by getting more money for their beef. "They must get together and keep up their prices with the general ad vance if they really want to protect themselves." AGAINST TAX DODGING. New Law Is Creating Some Uneasi ness. The attorney general is receiving many inquiries concerning the opera tion of the law passed by the last leg islature concerning the assessment off personal property, many county attor neys apparently being undecided as to the terms and provisions of the stat- ute. The new statute simply provides that property taken into a county after the first of March and prior to the first of September, whether it be merchandise, cattle or other goods and chattels, is subject to assessment in that county unless the owner thereof makes oath, and produces evidences that the prop erty is assessed in another county of the state. This law is aimed at the tax dodgers who at assessment time moves his property from one county to another. Vigilance on the part of assessors will at this time under the new law increase the balance raised from taxation in the various county treasuries. GOV. STANLEY SPOKE. Addressed 10,000 People at the Re union at Bine Rapids. Blue Rapids, Aug. 17. The second day of the old settlers' reunion was a success. Governor Stanley spoke to ten thousand people. Irving band and committee in carriages acted as escort to the governor. Ex-Congressman Baker 111. St. Louis, Aug. 17. Ex-Congressman Jehu Baker, who is suffering at his home in Belleville, 111., with a com bination of malaria and heart and stomach troubles, is no better today and his friends are fearful that he may not pull through. Members of Mr. Ba ker's family are reticent as to his con dition, but friends declare the ex-congressman is a very sick man. President Brigharn has appointed J. D. Norton. George B. Harrison and J. W. Going as additional members to the com mittee to arrange for the reception of the Twentieth Kansas, as instructed by the club at its last meeting. The club vote'l for five additional members, two of whom should be President Brigharn and Secre tary Anderpon, and the other three should be named by the president.
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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, THURSDAY EVEXIXG, AUGUST 17, 1899. 2 ij; When a man is strucic aown Dy a poisoned arrow tip ped with the venom of the deadliest of serpents, he knows that his time has come. Death is only a question of moments; but not one man in a thousand realizes that -when a little extra bile gets into his blood his whole system is being poisond just as truly as if a venom tipped arrow was sticking in his vitals. Rattlesnake poison is a good deal quick er than bile-poison but the latter will do jnst as deadly work if it keeps on accumulating- in the system. Probably two thirds of the cases that end in consumption begin with liver complaint and indiges tion. These troubles would never get as far os consumption if Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery was used before the bile-poisoning got fairly under way. This remarkable "Discovery" invigorates the torpid liver and gives it power to filter the poisons out of the system rapidly and thoroughly. It strengthens the digestive fluids and enables them to make rich red nourishing blood; it builds up healthy muscle, steady Derve force and enduring strength. The experience of Mr. Val Burkard. living at $5 Mohr Ave., Buffalo, N. Y., is given in his own words: Five weeks a$ro I followed vour advice and took two bottles of Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ical Discovery and also two bottles of the Pleas ant Pellets.' I consider myself entirely cured, as there have been no emotions since I "finished the last bottle. I think it is the greatest remedy etl the globe for blood and digestive disorders, fciy appetite increased wonderfully and I have ftlio gained fiesh, I would like everybody to know the true value of Dr. Pierce's medicines as I am confident by persistent use they cure all ftilments for which they are recommended." No household should be without a relia ble doctor's book. Send 21 one-cent stamps for Dr. Pierce's- 1000-page "Common Sense Medical Adviser" to the World's Dispen sary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y heavier cloth-bound volume 31 stamps. iiii1MMttnmi GHORTEQT LINE. COLORADO FLYER. SOME BEAUTY SPOTS OF AMERICA. MATJCH CHTJHK. THE ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS, LAKE REGION OF NEW YOEK STATE. NIAGARA FALLS, OJi THB Lehigh Valley RAILROAD. For Illustrated descriptive matter, rates cf fare, etc., address CHAS. S. LEE, Gen eral Passenger Agent, 28 CortlaJidt street. Kew York, enclosing two cent stamp for postage. GERAUGHTY TEXTOR, (ESTABLISHED 186S) Marble and Granite Dealers, 316 and 313 Cherokee Street, LEAVENWORTH, KAS. tST It will pay well to see tb.li firm, or write them. PERFECT i i i L'UWti AN ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY. Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a century. H. C. BOWMAN, Fire and Tornado Insurance, Room 38. Columbian Building, TOPEKA, KANSAS. THE FAMOUS BLACK HILLS SUMMER RESORT. Elevation, 6,200 feet. Dry air. Ho weather Is unknown. Mountain scenery unsurpassed. Harney Peak by donkeys. Boating on the Lake. Rouse is new and aaoderu. Send for Souvenir Views. SYLVAN LAKE HOTEL, CUSTER. S. D. 2Lst and Health to Mother and Child MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING STRTJP Ess been used for over FIFTY TEARS T MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS, AL LAYS all PAIN. CURES WIND COLIC nd t.i the bent remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by Drucg-ists in .very part of the world. Be ur and ask for ''Mrs. Win BloWs Soothing Syrup," and take no other I ;p4 Twsuty-Ave oeata a settle. Ll) Lza Li VJ u Lza LI Li Dr. Lyon 8 i 1 lT. 300,000,000. 1 The Kansas Corn Crop Estimate Perhaps Too Low. Favoring Weather Swells the Number of Bushels. A BANNER COUNTY. The Yield In Jewell Will Be 14,000,000 Bushels. An Average or 800 Bushels For Erery Inhabitant. St. Louis, Aug. 17. The Globe-Democrat publishes the following; letter from Junction City: While the rest of the country Is marveling over the 300,000,000 bushels corn crop the statisticians of Kansas are busy figuring how much more than S00.000.000 bushels the product will be. instead of discounting for adverse cir cumstances, .they are trying to measure what increment must be added as sur prisingly favorable conditions continue. A crop that is better than perfect that is to say, pluperfect is what now fills the minds of Kansans with pleas ing anticipation. The last government estimate of August 10, based upon hun dreds of local reports carefully com piled at Topeka, placed the corn crop of the state at 106 per cent. It seems Incredible. Taking the crops of a se ries of years and finding what Is the best that Kansas, with acreage and climate favoring, can be expected to do, these crop statisicians established what they considered a 100 per cent crop. But the present season breaks their record, and they are confronted with a crop which is 6 per cent better than the best. There is scarcely a county -which does not reach 100 per cent. Quite a number go over 106 per cent. The ban ner is held by Jewell, on the northern tier, about midway between the Mis souri river and the Colorado line. Last year it lost to a southern Kansas coun ty. Now it comes back to front place with a whoop. Jewell has from 12,000. 000 to 15,000.000 bushels of corn matur ing in her fields. The estimates of the best informed range about 14,000,000 bushels. Assessors in Kansas return the population by townships. Jewell county, on these returns of last fall, has 17,244 people. Her corn crop will average over 800 bushels for every man, woman and child. The setting is worthy. East and west and south of Jewell the "walls of corn" run to the limits of the state, maintaining a degree of excellence which makes this crop greater by 100,000,000 bushels than all predecessors. In 1SS9, just a decade ago, the crop averaged higher than ever before, and higher than it has since until now. The year of 1SS9 made the record. It yields to 1899. Kansans are fond of figuring. Self indulgence In that direction led to some political vagaries about "per capiter" not many years ago. But the statistical work on the corn crops rests upon substantial and visible founda tion, not Upon theories. The unprece dented corn crop is a double result. It is a combination of increased corn acreage and of the best average yield since Red Legs and Border Ruffians contended for supremacy, two genera tions back. Township assessors feed the Kansas thirst for figures. Last March they re ported that the land to be planted to corn would be 7,0S9,299 acres. But when the farmers came to examine their wheat fields they found them so badly damaged that thousands turned under the worst of the wheat and put in corn. June showed that the corn acreage was 8,234,560. The average yield of corn in fair years is from twenty-five to thirty-five bushels to the acre. A yield of thirty six bushels for the whole state is con sidered all that farmers have a right to expect from their fields. That means a 100 per cent crop. This year the cer tainty is an average of forty bushels, with something over if the conditions should continue as favorable as they have been. In making up the latest information from correspondents in ev ery county, the state officials see that they indicate the amazing average of forty-four bushels to the acre. That, with the increased acreage, would give a crop of 362,000,000 bushels. So it ap pears that that 300.000,000 is the min imum estimate, and that the actual re turns may go many millions more. "Heaped up, pressed down and run ning over" describes the measure of prosperity which the 300,000,000 bushels of corn means to Kansas. One of the oldest farmers and cattle feeders of Kansas, living at Randall, in the fam ous corn county of Jewell, said today: "I have been in the state thirty years, and I have never known the farmers to be iH the condition they are now. Here tofore when I have contracted for corn or for cattle or for hogs the farmer has wanted his money as early as pos sible. He has not been able or willing to wait until the crop was delivered or the stock sold. This year, as I make contracts. I give checks. I notice that in most instances the farmer waits un til he Is going to town for something else. Then he takes the check to the bank and leaves it to be credited to his account." At Concordia two nights ago nearlv 100 corn buyers and elevator men met to talk about business and the crop. Inquiries of many of them showed a belief was general that a larger pro portion of the crop than ever before would not find Its way to market this year. The farmers, these local buyers said,, were able to crib the corn and hold it until next year, and thev would do it. Mr. F. P. Lint, one of the" travel ing men for Greenleaf Baker, who had been all over northern Kansas, said that half of the crop would remain In the hands of the farmers, not the speculators. His opinion was indorsed by a score of other traveling men and elevator managers. What will the 300. 000.000 bushels be worth to the men who have produced If An editor some distance east of Kansas recently suggested that corn would be so cheap as the result of the great crop, the farmers would use much of it for fuel. There may be some remote quarter sec tion where a farmer will figure that it is less labor to sit by the stove and shove in ears of corn than to go to town and trade that corn for coal. Corn fuel was once a fact in Kansas. O. v. Maffitt ran the Anthony Republican a day on corn fuel and found it cost him lust 75c. When Col Jim Legate went to Washington to tell a committee of congress how much a deep water harbor on the rulf would mean to Kansas as an outlet for her products, he was asked by a southern member- "Is it a fact, CqI. Legate, that the ma jority of Kansas farmers burn corn for fuel?" "Well, sir," said Col. Legate, with that air of serious deliberation which became him well and was a considerable part of his stock in trade. "I don't know that I would be willing to say the majority, but very many of them are compelled to burn their corn for want of a market." When Senator Ingalls was asked by .a fellow senator about this statement he said he didn't want tocall Col. Legateanable-bod-ied liar, but he would venture to explain the colonel sometimes employed pictures que form of expression. Corn cobs are selling at the elevators all over Kansas for 10 cents a wagon load. The farmers come in and with sideboards carrv away loads of 4 feet high. At Re public City the mountains of cobs recently accumulated faster than the farmers would come after them. The city council concluded that the collection constituted a menace to public health, and insisted upon removal. Cobs were declared free fuel to all comers. When the shelters get to work on the new crop in November and December there will be cobs to burn for the whole state. Kansas' farmers are not as pessimistic on prices as might be expected from this enormous crop. The time was when a big yield meant 10 cent corn. Frank M. Baker the elevator man in Atchison said the other day that corn would not go to 10 cents this year, and that he never expect ed to see it so low in Kansas again. Then he explained why. Corn is worth now In St. Louis and Chicago 30 cents and 31 cents with fluc tuations of eighths of a cent.' The buyer in Kansas deducts from that price the freight rate and his margin and pays the farmer on the basis of Chicago and St. Louis prices. Here come in the changed conditions which Justify Mr. Baker in his assertion that the Kansas farmer is get ting the best price of any farmer accord ing to location. Mr. Baker has been in this business from the pioneer period. "Twenty years ago." he said, "the rail road rate on corn from Concordia to St. Louis was 32 cents per 100 pounds. Now it is 17 cents. Twenty years ago the grain dealer thought he must have a margin of 3 cents. Now he does business on 1 cents a bushel. The changes represent so much gained to the farmer. With corn around 3-ie in the markets which make the price for all of us the Kansas farmer now gets 2uc two-thirds of the Chicago and St. Louis price. Under the freight rate and margin o twenty years ago 30 cents at St. Louis meant 10 cents to the Kansas farmer. I have no idea that I shall be able to buy corn again for 10 cents a bushel. I do not look to see prices go much lower than they are now for the new crop, large as It is. The price to farmers may drop to 18 cents or 17 cents, but I do not think it will go lower. There are other new conditions here which will tend to check the rush to market when prices show signs of dropping any lower. These Kansas farmers are in a position to crib and hold corn to the extent they never Were before. Besides this, there is the feeding. At least one-third of this crop will be fed out on the farms and that amount will be increased if the price of shelled corn weakens. I believe that feeders estimate they can make corn worth 35 cents a bushel on the farm by turning it into pork when the latter brings $3.50 per hundred. Cattle feeding enhances the value of the grain in like proportion. With one-third or more of the crop in demand for feeding and one half of the remainder likely to be held in the cribs of the farmers you can see the strong probabilities that this corn will not be rushed in to break the market." Mr Baker's statement about the ability of the farmer to hold his corn is borne out by the latest returns from the state banks of Kansas. These banks, as distin guished from the national banks, are the smallest Institutions which furnish the banking facilities for the agricultural communities. Not a state bank has failed this year. In cash on hand the state banks now hold J7.000.0u0 more than the reserve which the law requires them to carry. This idle surplus has increased over 11.000.000 in the past twelve months. There is therefore, this amount of $7XK3. OuO, for which the banks at present time can find no use. It is ready for quick investment in corn should a sharp decline encourage buying or it may be borrowed by farmers on their cribbed crop. While the old corn is being rushed out to make room for the new, while farmers are buying crib lumber by the thousands of car loads to build new cribs, while im proved conditions will enable them to hold over till next year perhaps half of the crop, nevertheless the marketing is going to be a great problem. There are strange sights in the corn belt of Kansas in a good year. These scenes will be magnified with a crop which is beyond all prece dent. Millions of bushels will never see shelter until the cars are found to carry it away. The elevator men are getting ready to buy corn and heap it on the ground until they can ship It. They have had to do this to some extent in previous seasons, but they have never before had such conditions as confront them now. The elevator man must take all that comes at his price. If his crib room runs out and he can't get cars fast enough, he must let the farmer shovel out the corn on the ground, take his money, and drive away. Mr. Baker of Atchison tells of an agent he had at one of these corn stations in northern Kansas, a serious-minded, straight-forward German, who wrote down to know what he should do. The farmers were bringing in the corn faster than he could handle it. "Keep buying," the elevator king wrote in reply. "Let em pile it on the ground." After a few days another letter came from the agent, telling of progress, and concluding with: "Good ground to throw corn on Is get ting mighty scarce up here." This made the elevator king laugh. What the agent meant was that he had been dumping the corn along the railroad until he had about used up the ground convenient to the side track. He had between 15,000 and 20. (XX) bushels of corn in a long heap. Hanging in the elevator office at Atchison is a photograph show ing 40.U00 bushels of corn piled on the ground at Gaylord. Kansas, after eleva tor and crib room had been exhausted and cars had given out. Republic Citv went this picture better one vear with I'Hl.uOO bushels of corn heaped on the ground around the station. But these rec ords will all be broken the coming winter. Corn in heaps will be the rule rather than the exception at the stations in the belt. TO STOP LYiCmX6. Miss Lillian Clay Jewett Will Speak Against It In the South. Boston, Aug. 17. The Post says: Miss Lillian Clay Jewett states that she expects soon to go south to carry on her campaign against lynching which, she says, has not by any means ended with her bringing the Baker family north. She will probably pro ceed first to Georgia and deliver ad dresses. Yesterday Miss Jewett had a long talk with a young negro named Rob ert McGraw, who scarcely two weeks ago escaped from a mob which sought to lynch him in Cedartown, Ga. Miss Jewett talked strongly of going to that place, which is in the very heart of the lynching district. McGraw was an eye witness to the lynching of Sam Hose, and to Miss Jewett he told the terrible story of what he saw. The Post representative called upon the Baker family yesterday at their home on Sawyer street In company with Miss Jewett. Mrs. Baker says that she is happy where she is and has no desire to return south. Enjoy L fa. How we all desire to en.lov good health: to enjoy life as our neighbors do: to laugh and have bright. Sparkling Eyes: to be free from pain. It will cost you One Dol lar. Beggs' Blood Purifier makes pure, rich Blood. Squires' Pharmacy, 732 Kan sas avenue. To) ad way's lili fFills Purely vegetable, mild and reliable. Regulate the Liver and Digestive organs. The safest and best medicine in the world for the CURE of all disorders of the Stomach, Liver, Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Dis eases, Loss of Appetite, Headache. Con stipation, Costiveness, Indigestion, Bil iousness, Fever, Inflammation of the Bow els. Piles and all derangements of the In ternal Viscera. PERFECT DIGESTION will be accomplished by taking RAD WAY'S PILLS. Price 25cts. per box. Sold by all drug gists, or sent by maJl on receipt of -price. RAD WAX CO, 65 Elm street. New xoru. ALINEDRAWN Between Cuban and Fbilippine Wars, By the Convention of Iowa Democrats and Populists, FUSION IS COMPLETE. Peoples Party Satisfied With One Place on Ticket. Resolutions Fayor Bryan and Chicago Platform. Des Moines, la., Aug. 17. The Demo cratic state convention nominated the following ticket: Governor Frederick: E. "White, Keo kuk county. Lieutenant governor M. 1. Bevls, Montgomery county. Judge supreme court A. .Van Wag enen, Woodbury county. Railway commissioner W. H. Cal houn, Marshall county. Superintendent public instruction B. P. Hoist, Boone county. The Populist state convention also met and endorsed the above ticket. All the nominees are Democrats except Calhoun, who was the Populist candi date. The Chicago platform was en dorsed in Its entirety, and the Demo cratic state committee was empowered to fill any vacancies caused by death or otherwise. Cato Sells could have been nominated for governor, but was not acceptable to the Populists and withdrew, throw ing his strength to White, who was the candidate on the fusion ticket two years ago, being defeated by Governor Shaw. The convention was very tur bulent throughout and the business was transacted with difficulty, but the results are satisfactory to the radical silver element, which was in control. It is not probable, however, that the sound money element will make an attempt to maintain a separate or ganization this year. The committee on resolutions made its report and after endorsing the Chi cago platform "in the wnole and in the detail" it proclaims their admira tion for, and loyalty to, that peerless exponent of Democratic principles, William J. Bryan, and favors him for the nomination in 1900. The committee then goes on to state: "We rejoice in the exalted sentiment and motive that prompted the govern ment of the L"nited States to take up arms in the defense of the bitterly op pressed people of Cuba, in the success ful termination of the war with Spain and in the patriotism and unsurpassed bravery displayed by soldiers and Bailors on land and sea. The war for the liberation of the Cubans is worthy of the greatest republic and most civil ized nation that flourished in tides of time, but for the same reason that we glory in the successful war against Spain, we deprecate the continued war against the Filipinos. One war was for the emancipation of the people, the other was for the subjugation of the people and If the war against Spain was right, and it was, that against the natives of the Philippines, who have committed no offenses save love of lib erty and to be willing to fight and die for it, is wrong. The war authorized by congress to conquer the natives of the Philippine islands is a repudiation of American doctrine of consent affirm ed in the Declaration of Independence and in conflict with the principles which George Washington and his fel low patriots of the revolution made sacrifices to establish. We also con demn the war against the Filipinos, be lieving it to have been inspired by Great Britain for the purpose of pro ducing conditions that will force an Anglo-American alliance, and we not only protest against the war and de mand its termination, by extension to the Filipinos of the same assurance given to the Cubans, but we record our deep seated antagonism to an alliance with Great Britain or any other Euro pean power and express our detesta tion of the attempt made in British in terests to- disrupt the friendly rela tions which have uniformly existed be tween the United States and Germany. We oppose conquests of the Philippines because imperialism means militarism, because militarism means government by force and because government by force means the death of government by consent, destruction of political and industrial freedom and the obliteration of equality of rights and association of Democratic institutions. "We view with alarm the multiplica tion of those combinations of capital commonly known as trusts, that are killing and monopolizing industry, crushing out independent producers of limited means, destroying competition, restricting opportunities for labor, ar tificially limiting production and rais ing prices and creating an industrial condition different from state socialism only in the respect that under socialism the benefits of production would go to all, while under the trust system they go to increase the fortunes of the indi viduals. These trusts and combination are the direct outgrowth of the policy of the Republican party which has not only favored these institutions but has accepted their support and which has placed the burden of taxation upon those who labor and produce in times of peace and fight our battles in time of war, while the wealth of the coun try is exempted from these burdens. We condemn this policy, and it is our solemn conviction that the trusts must be destroyed or they will destroy free government and we demand that they be suppressed by the repeal of the pres ent tariff and other privilege-conferring legislation responsible for them. By the enactment of such legislation the state and nation will aid in their destruction." The platform concludes with a de nunciation of letting convict labor by contract, urging a careful study of the existing liquor laws and a condemna tion of the administration of Leslie M. Shaw and the Republican party of the state of Iowa. The Populist party res olutions are similar In theory. Traveling Men Should always carry a bottle of Beggs' Diarrhoea Balsam with them. Safe and sure. Squires' Pharmacy, 732 Kansas Ave. A Mother Tells How She Saved Her Little Daughter's Life. I am the mother of eight children and have had a great deal o experience with medicines. Last summer my little daugh ter had the dysentery in its worst form. We thought she would die. I tried every thing I could think of, but nothing seem ed to do her any good. I saw by an ad vertisement in our paper that Chamber lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem edy was highly recommended and sent and got a bottle at once. It proved to be one of the very best medicines we ever had in the house. It saved my little daugh ter's life. I am anxious for every mother to know what an excellent medicine it is. Had I known it at first it would have saved me a great deal of anxiety and my little dauehtpr mnph suffering. Yours truly. Mrs. Geo. K. Burdick, Liberty, R. 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The latter, who is still in Ha vana, is directing the work of the rev olutionary forces and arrangements are understood to be in progress for the sending of expeditions from points in the West Indies and possibly from the United States to aid in the overthrow of the existing government. About 14 months ago Adriano Grul lon, an intimate friend of Gen. Jiminez, came to New York as the representa tive of the revolutionary party and es tablished close relations with the Do minicans in this city. There are also some natives of Santo Domingo in Bos ton and Philadelphia, whose interest has been enlisted in the cause. About a week ago Grullon's cousin, Maximil lian Grullon, arrived here from Ha vana on a secret mission from General Jiminez. Both men held the most con fidential relations with the revolution ary leader. Rev. Father Charle3 Phillip Morales, a brother of the late Gen. Morales, whom President Heureaux caused to be executed a year ago, arrived here from Santo Domingo about the first of the present month and has remained here. Gen. A. A. Moscoso, a Dominican, has resided in this city several years. Messrs. Grullon, Morales and Moscoso have had several meetings and are un derstood to be in charge of the work being done in this country in aid of the schemes of Gen. Jiminez. WOOL VALUES STRONG. Owing to the Lack of Australian Pro duct the Market is Firm. Boston, Aug. 17. Values have held very strong in the wool market here this week. There have not been so many sales this week but the sum to tal foots up a respectable amount. Ter ritory wools hold firm. The basis of cost for good lots of fine medium and fine is about 50 cents, good staple lots range 53 to 55. Fleece wools hold firm but operations are moderate with prices about the same as last week. Owing to the lack of Australian wools the market is firm and prices about the same as last week. Following are the quotations for leading descriptions: Territory wools Montana and Dako ta fine medium and fine, 1618; scoured 5052; staple 5557; Utah. Wy oming fine medium and fine 1618; scoured 50; staple 5355; NO. 2 medium 1819; scoured 45f546; Idaho, fine me dium and fine 1617; scoured 5052; medium 17(&18; scoured 4546. L. A. W. PRIVILEGES. Any Member Going Abroad Will Be Given Cheap Hotel Rates. Boston, Aug. 17. At a meeting of the national executive committee of the Lt A. W. which is composed of T. J. Keen an, of Pittsburg, president; H. W. Folttz, Indianapolis, first vice presi dent, and P. T. Kingsbury, Keene, N. H., second vice president, Mr. Keenan reported on his recent trip to Europe, made for the purpose of securing cer tain privileges for L. A. W. members. He- read a cablegram received here from Kendall Burnett, chairman of the Cyclist Touring club of England, say ing that it had now been aranged that any member of the L. A. W. going abroad will be entitled to the same special privileges which they them selves enjoy. These privileges consist of reduced rates at hotels, freedom from bicycle tax which it is customary to levy on wheels passing the boundary lines of the various countries and a number of other such special consider ations. This is the time to bathe frequently. Our line of soaps and toiiet waters is tne finest in town. We guarantee Beggs' Diarrhoea Balsam. Squires' Pharmacy, 732 Kansas avenue. it f 'y W?wvn That the best thing they know is the wafer Unocda vJirycr r t; i little ioiks. iou 11 -,i r. t t liKes tnem alter mey nave in tne leading DaKenes. oet a them. Packed in a and moisture proof box which keeps in the keeps them fresh you want them. Have you tried Uneeda Blscult7 Made only by NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY. Bole owneri of the registered tr&ae-marjt Uneeda. Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Telegraphy, Penmanship. Phone 31. 21.523 Quincy St ALL KINDS ALL TIMES ALL PRICES BARKLEY, Undertaker and Embalmer. The largest assortment of fine goods In the city at reasonable prices. FIRST-CLASS AMBULANCE. 417 Kansas Ave. Telephone 387. Cos! "A FAIR FACE MAY PROVE A FOUL BAR GAIN." MARRY A PLAIN GIRL IF SHE USES KANSAS FARM LIFE. It Is Depicted In a New Play by Richard Obea. Kansas is at last to have a place on the stage. Richard Obee.the playwright, has written a comedy drama under the name of "Hiram Walker of Kansas," and it Is to be produced in Chicago the middle of October. Two of the acts depict familiar scenes in Kansas farm life, and the scenery and settings, it is announced, will be true to nature. Up to this time Kansas has had but little representation on the stage, and then only in the manner of a burlesque. Hoyt gave one of his characters In "A Stranger in New York," the alias of "Wolly West of Topeka," and in Lil lian Lewis' play, "For Liberty and Love," there appeared a Kansas widow whose chief characteristic was an un limited flow of conversation. This has been the class of representation so far. Mr. Obee's new play will be a stage picture of Kansas fai.n life. MAY RUN WITH M'KINLEY. Talk of Governor Roosevelt For Vice President Washington, August 17. Governor Roosevelt will open the Ohio guberna torial campaign for the Republicans at Akron, Summit county, September 23. Akron is in the famous Western Re serve and Summit is one of the closest counties in the state. George K. Nash, the nominee for governor, will be pres ent and will follow the governor of the Empire state in speaking. This is held by the politicians here to strongly indicate that Roosevelt will be the run ning mate for President McKlnley in the next campaign. Those in a position to know the innermost party secrets now Bay "Vice President Hobart will not be a candidate for re-election. Mr. Hobart is satisfactory to the par ty leaders in every respect, but the con dition of his health prevents his ac ceptance of a place on the ticket. In support of this assertion it is said Vice President Hobart is suffering from heart trouble and not a disease of the stomach, as has been heretofore under stood. Vice President Hobart's retire ment will be a voluntary act because of his ill health and not as a result of opposition from any source. A strong intimation was given today by politicians who have a great deal to do with president-making that McKln ley and Roosevelt will be the Republi can ticket next year. This prediction i'i liKe tnem. -l A J once tasieu an A new flavor, tsaKea oy tne new air tight and crisp OUTHWESTERII FUEL GO. Tal. 1S3. 631 Kansas At. is surprising, as it has been under stood that Roosevelt would fill out his term as governor of New Tork and make a fight for the head of the presi dential ticket in 1904. It is said that interested parties, in the event of Vice President Hobart declining a renomi nation, have united in promising to as sist Roosevelt in climbing from the second to the first place if he decides to run for the vice presidency next year. There are many who believe Gov ernor Roosevelt would not accept the second place, as It would be fatal to his chances of landing in the Wrhite House. In recent years few If any vice presi dents have succeeded to the presidency, except in the case of the death of the president. THE DREYFUS CASE. America gets a "look-In" at the Dreyfus case after all. Three Reming ton typewriters are being used official ly at the Rennes trial. They will take down some pretty rough things, no doubt, but they are strongly built, and can stand it. We are the only place in the city where you can get repairs for any kind of a machine. Babcock Frost, 718 Kansas avenue. TWr Crt I I Try Grain-O! J Ask yon Grocer to-day to show yon 2 a package of GBAIN-O, the new food 4 drink that takes the place of coffee. $0 I? The children may drink it without J, injury as well as the adult. All who S try it, like it. GEAIK-O has that S rich seal brown of Mocha or Jars, JJ 9 but it is made from pure grains, and J the most delicate stomach receives it S without distress. the price of coffee. X 15 cents and 25 cents per package, v Sold by all grocers. S Tastes like Coffee g Locks like Coffee 4 Init tht your grocer tfTe 70c GRAIN-O 4 0 Ltrmmt via ImltittM
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TOPEKA STATE JOXJRNAIy THURSDAT EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1899. rime. Yale's HAIR TONIC Ladies and Gentlemen: It affords me reat pleasure to cail the attention of the public to the Excelsior Hair Tonic, which is the lirst and oniv remedy known to chemistry which positively turn? pray hair back to its original color without dye. It has gone on record that nriE. YALE, wonderful woman chemist has made this most valuable of all chemical discoveries. Mme. Yale personally endorses the action end gives the public her solemn guarantee that it has been tested in every conee'v able wav. and has proved itself to be the only Hair Speciric. It stops hair falling immediatelv and creates a luxurious growth. Contains no injurious ingredient. Physicians and chemists invited to v an alyze it. It is not sticky or greasy on the contrary, it makes the hair soft, youthful, fluffy, and keeps it in curl. For gentle men and ladies with hair a little gray. Ftreaked trrav. entirely grav and with BALD HEADS. It is especially recom mended. Price $1.00. Our special price 89 cents. FOR SALE BY The Topeka Cash Dry Goods Co. Tpwdate shops are being very largely equipped with electric motors, especially- if they are not large enough to warrant operating their own steam engines. Under present extreme competition of trade no one can afford to maintain the heavy line shafts, pulleys and belts used for the distribution of power in the ordinary manner. This you always have to do in operating an engine. Close economies ARE NECESSARY every w here, and in the power and rent question particularly. Engine driven buildings commonly waste as much as one-third of all the power generated, in distribution; by modern equipment you save this waste. Have a motor of your own. Pay for what power you actually use, by metre, and the savings. will help you TO MAKE A PROFIT. Get a clean, light room in the p'ath of travel, where people can't help seeing you, and let us make you an attractive proposition to furnish a motor and power to drive it. EDISON ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO. Motors and Powerifor All Purposes. o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 33rd National Encampment and Reunion, Q. A. R. Philadelphia, September 4-9, 1899. Round-Trip Tickets, $30.55 via Santa Fe Rente. On Sale Sept. 1. 2 and 3. Kotk Privileges of stopover and se lection of different route returning ac corded on tickets sold at sliglitiy higher rata. T. L. KING, Agent. TOPEKA. W. R. WEIBLE, Carpenter. Repairing Promptly Attended to. 117 East 7th St. Tele. 78 J hoosaocSs ARE BEING CURED BY USING KOHL'S RHEUMATIC CURE. Why not try a bottle. At Druggists'. Price, $1.00. The Hartford Life Insurance Company, OF HARTFORD, CONN.. Has a few lots of Real Estate in Kansas which will be closed out to the highest bidder on or before August 25th tnst. If you are in terested, please send to the office of the Company for a list of the prop erties. WiT Do Your Hauling" Right TOPEKA TRANSFER CO, 52? KANSAS AVENUE. OfScw Telephone 320. House Telephone 895. F. P. BACON, Prop. CI Bsa mo about Storage. v CZi J RAILROAD NEWS. Santa Fe Now Planning on Their Train Service West. Will Hare a New Orerland Train to the Coast. WILL LEAVE CHICAGO About Twelve Hoars Earlier Than No. 1 Now Does. One of the Trains to Los Angeles t he Other to Frisco. "When President Ripley returns east after his inspection of the Santa Fe Jine in California the question of train service to the Pacific coast will be set tled. The tunnel which has delayed the extension of the Valley line into San Francisco has been completed, and traffic into that port will probably be opened up by November 1. The opening of the Santa Fe line into San Francisco will mean another daily overland train from Chicago to the coast. The idea has been advanced to make the new train a limited train and do away with the tri-weekly limited service altogether. However, it is prob able that because of the large amount of express that will be carried the new train will be similar to the present overland train, and will run out of Chi cago about 12 hours earlier or later than No. 1. With this arrangement the limited train service of the past several years will be continued. It has been proposed to make one of the overland trains a Los Angeles train and the other a San Francisco train. It is understood that this plan is favored by the executive officials. In this event, one train would run through from Chi cago to Los Angeles and the other from Chicago to San Francisco. A winter schedule on the Santa Fe will probably not go into effect until the opening of the San Francisco line. TO FIGHT THE P. G.. Santa Fe Cancels All Traffic Agree ment With. Port Arthur. Kansas City, Aug. 17. The contro versy anent the Gulf differential cul minated yesterday, and the first gun of what may become one of the great est freight rate wars in the western country was fired by the Santa Fe in a terse telegram to J. A. Hanley, freight traffic manager of the Kansas City, Pittsburg Gulf, informing him that all divisions and tariffs in connection with the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe and Gulf, Colorado Santa Fe were canceled instanter. The action of the Santa Fe will not cut off the connections of the Gulf line. The Chicago Great Western gave assurance yesterday that the traffic agreements existing between the two companies would be maintained. This will give a through connection to Chi cago, Minneapolis and St. Paul, also to St. Joseph, Atchison, Leavenworth and Omaha. Another Chicago line also gave the same assurance, and a St. Louis line stepped into the breach and said that they were in a position to in terchange traffic twenty-four hours in the day and the Santa Fe will not re fuse any business offered them at points where an interchange agreement existed. The Pittsburg Gulf has determined to fight it out. The position it has taken is assumed to be a fair one, and they have presented their arguments, as a last resort, in order to reach an amicable agreement; offered to submit the matter to arbitration. This was re fused because, as one executive as serted, "we had no assurance that we could deliver the goods." The claim that the all-rail lines are making is that the SO cent basis is too low. It is known among traffic offi cials that for the past five years the railroads have been bringing boots and shoes to the Missouri river from New England at a rate that was at times' less than the present basis via the Gulf. The merchants of Kansas City, St. Joseph, Atchison, Leavenworth and Omaha have got the biggest fight on their hands they ever had. It is a fight for preservation, and only a solid front will win. It is intimated from an au thoritative source that the Chicago-St. Louis lines will pace the Chicago and St. Louis shippers on the same basis as Kansas City, or lower, if necessary, to take the business away from the Missouri river. The claim is made that the condition has to be met. There will be no change in the tariffs, but rebates will be as thick as promises in a sum mer resort. It is a fact that the pres ent controversy presents a condition of affairs that is not relished bv the railroads, but it was brought about by the endeavor of the railroads to com pel the Pittsburg Gulf to stay out of the Atlantic seaboard business. TO NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT. The Rock Island "Will Run Three Special Excursions to Philadelphia. In view of the fact that there will be a large delegation from Kansas and the surrounding territory to the Na tional Encampment and Reunion of the G. A. R., held at Philadelphia, the Rock Island road will run three special excursion trains to this meeting, giving the traveler choice of three different routes from Chicago to the east. Their special irom UKianoma will be accom panied by Capt. A. M. Fuller, of thi3 city, who will personally look after the comforts and welfare of the passen gers and see that nothing is wanting to make their trip a most pleasant one. This Oklahoma and Kansas special will start from Oklahoma and will pass through Topeka on Saturday af ternoon, September 2, at 4 o'clock. It will go by the way of the Rock Island to Chicago and from there over the Baltimore and Ohio to Philadelphia. This train will arrive at Washington Monday morning, September 4, where it remains three hours, during which time the comrades, accompanied by the Modocs. will call on the president at the White House in a body. Erie Forcing Hate Troubles. Chicago. Aug. 17. Today the Erie railroad will announce a rate of $18.45 for the round trip between Chicago and New Tork. There is at present no round-trip rate between the two cities, the standard one-way rate being $20. The rate to be made by the Erie is. tneretore, less than a single fare. At the same time corresponding rates will be made from all intermediate points to New Tork. A rate of $15.35 for the round trip between Cincinnati and New Tork will be made, the one-way rate being $18. Between Cleveland and New Tork a round-trip rate of $14 will be made, against a one-way rate of $13. It is the general opinion that the -action of the Erie will strt the liveliest kind of fight on rates between Chicago and New York. Telegraphers to Move. Peoria, 111., Aug. 17. The headquar ters of the Order of Railway Tele graphers will be removed to St. Louis on September 20. This announcement, coming as it does immediately on the return of the committee of trainmen from Cleveland, is important, for it is an intimation that the idea of brother hood centralization has been aban doned. The Locomotive Firemen re main in this city. The Locomotive En gineers will not leave Cleveland. The Conductors stay in Cedar Rapids and the Telegraphers prefer St. Louis. The Trainmen will go to Cleveland. "Wisner Succeeds Sunn. South McAlester, I. T., Aug. 17. The 'Frisco line announces the appointment of A. C. Wisner as traveling freight agent at Oklahoma City, vice B. F. Dunn, resigned, to accept other service. Alton Declares a Dividend. New Tork, Aug. 17, A dividend! of J3 per share has been declared on the Chicago and Alton stock, payable Sep tember L RAILROAD NOTES. Will Mitchell of the south shops has gone east for a few weeks' vacation. Elmer Miller of the south shops has been laying off for the past few days. Tom Jones is back from his Wisconsin trip. Engineer B. F. Collins spent yesterday In Kansas City. L. M. Hartman has gone to Chanute for a two weeks' visit. Lee Altman of the boiler shops is away from town for a few weeks. Fireman W. T. Williams of the Law rence switch engine is off on a vacation. Engineer Chas. Jones has gone to Chi cago where he will spend a couple of weeks. Ed Ash and Fred Watson, have return ed from a weeks' visit to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Ed Berry, night inspector's helper and sister have gone to Ft. Madison for a short visit. Phil Williams, fireman on run No. 13 and 14, has gone to Bonner Springs for a short vacation. Conductor Will Rees went out on the Jetrore run yesterday, taking the place vacated by John Bender. A. T. Abbott, division superintendent of Rock Island at Herington, was in town last evening on business. Sam Boler is running on the Hutchinson Southern as express messenger in the place of E. H. Kilpatrick. Watchman Webb of Lawrence Is laying off for a few days and Geo. Waddell of Topeka is taking his place. W. H. Wallace, formerly agent of the Hutchinson Southern, has taken charge of his new place at Cross, O. T. The new agent at Cleveland who sup plies the vacancy caused by the promo tion of Agent Wallace, is C. R. Smart. The travel to Colorado points still con tinues to be heavy. For the past three nights extra sleepers were put on the Rock Island night train. Thomas Kelly of the Santa freight de partment, left for Minnesota yesterday, where he was called on account of the sudden illness of his father. The new freight depot for the Hutchin son Southern will be started in about two weeks. It will be about the size of the Rock Island freight depot and will be located near the new Bontz mill. Missouri Pacific special car No. Ill was attached to the afternoon Rock Island train yesterday. It was being used by the railroad commissioners of Missouri, who were out on a trip of inspection. Baggageman Harry Koch of the Rock Island has broken his last trunk appar ently. He has been promoted to bill clerk at the freight office. Leo Fox is now in charge of the baggage room. Hutchinson News. H. C. Callahan, who was just recently given a position with the Rock Island as agent at Pond Creek, is rather a new man with the Rock Island, that being his first station, but he is said to be pulling rint along through the brisk business occas ioned by the heavy grain shipments at that place. J. Kerr has been appointed Rock Island agent at Mullinville. vice G. N. Rice, transferred. Kerr worked for the Rock Island when the southwest line was first built. He was agent at Bucklin then, but has been compelled to take a rest within the last few years on account of poor health. The Rock Island Is doing considerable repairing and improving at the Hutchin son freight depot. The platforms are be ing repaired today. A new refrigerator has just been put in which will be quite a convenience to the patrons of the road who ship butter, eggs and other things requiring cold storage. Relief Agent J. C. Giles, who was sent to Kremlin became very sick and was unable to continue in the service on ac count of the same. S. A. Reed of Antelope was sent to Kremlin to relieve him. G. Sites, relief agent, was checked in at Ant lope to fil lthe vacancy made bv the trans fer of Agent S. A. Reed to Kremlin. C. E. Greene, who was recently ap pointed agent and operator of the Rock Island of Minco. was compelled to resign on account of sickness and has been sick at the hotel at Herington for the nast few days. G. N. Rice of Mullinville. has been sent to take charge of Minco. temporarily until the appointment of a regular agent, when Rice will go on the relief agent's list. Several changes have recently been made among the Santa Fe firemen on this division. Harry Fenn has been assigned to the Jetmore run with Engineer Snv der. Jerry Dunkleberger gets the 2S1 with Engineer Huntington on 1 and 8 and Isaac Mason the 261 with Engineer Johnston on the same run. lDischner gets the 2S0 with Engineer Saunders, and Hubbard the 234 with Jones on the 17 and 2 run. Hutch inson News. The Santa Fe has a large force of men at work between Oklahoma City and Guthrie, straightening the line. The curves in the road will all be effaced and the line to Guthrie will be an air line. Enginner Cook, who was injured in the Lincoln branch wreck. returned from Kansas City last Saturdav evenine where he was again e:imined bv Surgeon Per kins. The doctor says that he will be able to go to work in a couple of weeks. Cook's route has been changed and he will have the run between Plainville and Oakley, a much more advantageous one financially. Salina Journal. UNION PACIFIC NOTES. Ellis. Aug. 17. Passenger Engineer John McMahan, running between Ellis and Junction City, and a prominent Mason, is away on the Masonic excur sion sight-seeing in Colorado. At last accounts he had reached the summit of Pikes Peak in safety, and was having a good time. Roadmaster J. R. Pendroy, operating between Ellis and Junction City, was an Ellis visitor Monday. The Union Pacific band of Ellis, are practicing most every evening and will visit the Mountain and Plain festival in Denver, in October. Last fall this band was in the contest out there, and returned home with choice laurels.hav ing taken first money in that famous contest. Under the leadership of Pas- Sound Sleep comes from a sweet stomach, pure blood, strong nerves and hearty health. The surest way to acquire these is by an hon est use of this famous medicine Hostet ter's Stomach Bitters. For fifty years It has never failed to cure stomach disor ders, beginning with constipation and ending with kidney or liver trouble. Bee that a Privatr Revenue Stamp covers the neck of the bottle. Get what II OSTETTER'S tILTo STOMACH substitute. BITTERS MUNYON'S INHALER r CURES CATARRH r Hay Fever, Bron- "chitis, Asthma and all Diseases of the Throat and Clonds of Medicated Vapor are Inhaled through the mouth and emitted from the nos trils, cleansing and Taporizlng all the Inflamed nd diseased parts which cannot be reached by medicine taken Into the stomach. It reaches the sore spots It heals the raw places It noes to the seat of diseaseIt acts as a balm and tome to the whole system $1.00 at druggists or tent by mail. Iiu5 A.rch St., J'hila senger Conductor Thos. Pearson, of the Western Kansas division, this band will return with other honors. F. I. Merrill, the Ellis district fore man, has gained the reputation of be ing the best cribbage player in town. Among the stockholders of the new Ellis State bank, there are F. I. Mer rill, district foreman, John McMahan, a passenger engineer, and Geo. W. Mills, agent of the company here. Among the depositors are a large number of the Union Pacific railroad boys. George W. Mills, for the last ten years agent of the Union Pacific at El lis, has been transferred to Junction City, relieving C. D. Wright, who has been promoted traffic solicitor for the company with headquarters in Chi cago. He takes charge of the business at Junction City next Friday. The marriage of Wm. Blair, switch engineer in the Junction City yards, to the charming Miss Nellie Rundlett, of Ellis, occurred Monday evening in the presence of a few relatives and invited guests. The happy pair took the mid night train for their future home in Junction City. Mrs. Schuyler, widow of Engineer Frank Schuyler, who was killed in a wreck several years ago, will go to Kansas City to reside. The best wishes of her host of Ellis friends follow her to her new home. John McFarlane.who rumor says will succeed W. H. Peterson as division roadmaster with headquarters at Ellis, has been in the employ of the Union Pacific for the last 18 years, having filled the several stations from brake man to main line passenger conductor. For the lirst time In several years Mr. McFarlane is now wearing a citizen's suit of clothes. He will move his fam ily from Denver to Ellis. The 36th and 37th regiments of Uni ted States volunteers, from the Colum bus barracks, and bound for San Fran cisco, passed through Ellis Tuesday morning. They were recruited from several states, and a fine looking set of young boys. They filled 12 large coach es. Two engines pulled them west of Ellis. The Union Pacific hotel here furnished them about 50 gallons of cof fee. The second section of the train with 14 cars, loaded with horses, feed and equipments followed two hours la ter. Mr. M. A. Penney, proprietor of the Union Pacific depot hotel in Ellis, fur nished about 50 gallons of coffee to the train load of soldiers who passed through here Tuesday, besides meals for all the officers. The lawn in front of the hotel had on its best dress, and many were the compliments showered upon Mrs. Penney and the beautiful surroundings the hotel affords. The volunteers were present from several states, the majority coming from the south. The new Union Pacific dining car which runs on trains Nos. 3 and 4 be tween Ellis and St. George, is just from the Pullman works, and made its first visit to Ellis Tuesday, in charge of Conductor W. E. Voss. It was made especially for the Kansas division and named "Astoria." It has full vestibule steel platform, patented Baker heater and steam heat. The head lining is white, trimmed in old gold. It has al so one of the latest ranges. The dining apartment is elegant, containing sev eral flower stands and mirrors. Engine No. 627, off the Colorado di vision, has just been turned out of the Ellis shops, thoroughly overhauled, and bright as a new dollar. It will hereaf ter operate on the Julesburg branch. Fifteen engines, hauling heavy trains, left the Ellis yards Tuesday, both east and west. This will indicate to some extent the traffic the Union Pacific is doing. There are only 85 on the Ellis division pay rolls at this time, who work nine hours a day for five days and four hours a day Saturdays. Passenger Conductors Fred Fisher and Jim Follens, running between Ellis and Kansas City, have made financial investments in the new Trego-Elli3 gold district. They expect to hear soon how rich they have struck it. Mrs. W. E. "Vose. wife of Dining Car Conductor Vose, is an expert in fancy needle work, her work being in many Ellis homes. Miss Lottie Hall, daughter of J. D. Hall, foreman of the Union Pacific paint shops, has a large music class In Elils. BATTLEFIELD DREAM. From the Washington Star. They were talking of dreams, when the volunteer who was shot through the hip at San Juan spoke up. "It is strange," said he, "how the real and the unreal are sometimes connect ed in dreams. I had an experience down at Tampa, while we were wait ing for orders to go to Cuba, which was remarkable in its way. One night, af ter trying for several hours to go to sleep in my tent, I went outside to see if there were a breath of fresh air to be had. Near the tent there was a rough bench, which had been built for card playing. It was about three feet from the ground and was just wide enough for a man to lie down on. "I walked over to the bench, and stretching out on it, was soon asleep. I dreamed that I was standing in a Spanish camp surrounded by hundreds or excited Spaniards, who were insist ing that I be shot at once for a spy. I was perfectly cool and had a supreme indifference about my fate. .They took me over to a stake driven in the ground and tied me up to it. Then they wheeled up an enormous cannon to within 50 feet of where I stood and aimed it straight at me. I saw the gunner seize the lanyard and look around at the officer in charge for a command to fire. Then I closed my eyes. The next moment there was a tremendous roar. "The cannon ball sturck me squarely on the side of the right hip, and I flew up into the air. I woke to find myself on the ground, where I had rolled from the bench. There was a sharp pain in my right hip, and, looking out into the open space beyond the tents, I saw that the morning gun had just been fired: The smoke was still hanging over the cannon. The pain in my hip was caused by its coming in contact with a stake driven in the ground near the bench. "Several weeks later at San Juan I got a bullet in my right hip where the cannon ball of the dream struck and directly in the center of the bruise felt by my forcible contact with the stake when I rolled off the bench." RATIONAL LEAGUE. AT PHILADELPHIA. Score by innings: R. IT E St. Louis 1 0100002 0 i 10 i Philadelphia 0 0104220 9 12 4 Batteries St. Louis, Powell, McBride and Schrecongost; Philadelphia, Fxazer and McFarland. AT BOSTON. Score by Innings: R. IT E- Boston 0 0000000 00 3' 1 Louisville 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 03 8 0 Batteries Boston, Willis and Clark; Louisville, Phillippl and Powers. Second game: Score by innings: R. H. E- Boston 1 0540100 112 14 1 Louisville 0 130000105 4 5 Batteries Boston, Hickman. Nichols and Bergen: Louisville, Woods, Wilhelm and Zimmer. AT BROOKLYN. Score by Innings: R. H. E. Cleveland 0 000000022 7 5 Brooklyn 2 2 3 0 0 4 2 0 13 13 2 Batteries Cleveland, Bates and Sugden; Brooklyn, Hughes, Donovan and Farrell. AT BALTIMORE. Score by Innings: R. H. E. Chicago 1 0000000 01 6 4 Baltimore 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 6 6 3 Batteries Chicago. Cogan and Donahue; Baltimore, Kitson and Robinson. AT WASHINGTON. Score by innings: T TT. E. Washington 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 05 7 3 Pittsburer 0 0302002 07 9 2 Batteries Washington. McFarland and Duncan; Pittsburg, Leever and Schriver. AT NEW YORK. Score by innings: RUE New York 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 7 14" 3 Cincinnati 0 0002000 02 7 4 Batteries New York, Carrick and War ner; Cincinnati, Hahn and Peltz. WESTERN LEAGUE. AT MINNEAPOLIS. Score by innings: R H E Minneapolis 0 000000000 3' 7 St. Paul 1 0422120 012 11 2 Batteries Hutchinson and Fisher; Fish er and Spies. AT GRAND RAPIDS. Score by innings: Grand Rapids 3 0130020 9 la' 6 Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 6 3 Batteries Waddell and Buckley; Gray and Diggins. AT INDIANAPOLIS. Score by innings: R H E Indianapolis 1 0010030 5' 8 5 Detroit 1 0011000 14 7 2 Batteries Scott and Kahoe; Gaston and Shaw. ARKANSAS CITY, 7; STILLWATER, 5. Arkansas City, Aug. 17. The Arkansas City Grays defeated the Stillwater team, after a hard fought contest. The Grays have been strengthened by the addition of Teddy Price, a fast outfielder, who was with the Topeka team last year. Score by innings: R IT E Stillwater 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15' 5 8 Arkansas City ....0 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 7 7 3 Batteries Stillwater, Harlan, Dupee and Riggs; Arkansas City, Gill and Brandt. BRUCE. 13: SMITH CENTER, 12. Smith Center, Aug. 17. The deciding game between Smith Center and the Bruce Lumber company ball clubs was plaved resulting in a victorv for Kansas City by a score of 13 to 12. The score: Bruces 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 213 Smith Center 0 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 312 Batteries Smith Center, Newham and Kuran; Bruces, Jar vis and More. CHERRYVALE, 17: PARSONS, 14. Cherryvale, Aug. 17. The Cherry vale colored baseball nine defeated Parsons' colored team here today by a score of 17 to 14. Matthews of Cherryvale, was hit in the fifth inning by the pitcher but played in the next half inning. Batteries Cherryvale, Cooper and Bailey: Parsons, Parks and Hood. Robert Hummel umpir ed the game. BALL GAMES AT CHERRYVALE. Cherryvale. Aug. 17. Fred Thomas, manager of the ball team, and Dr. C. W. Rennick, assistant manager, have secur ed teams to play during all reunion week. Neodesha will plav August 21 and 22; Cof fey ville. 23 and 24; Chanute 25 and 26. Some very Interesting games are expected. The colored nine from Parsons will play the colored nine here this afternoon. VINITA. 2; PARSONS, X. Vinita, I. T.. Aug. 17. The third and last game of the baseball series between Par sons and Vinita teams on the home dia mond resulted in the following score: Vin ita, 2; Parsons, 1. The games were hotly contested and all the runs were made on errors. IOLA. 8: WAVERLY, 3. Waverly. Aug. 17. Iola took the second game of the series today by a score of S to 3. Waverlv made four hits and five errors. Iola made eight hits and seven errors. Alfred Carmain, left fielder of the Waverlys, broke his arm while practicing. BURTON. 9: NEWTON. 7. Burrton. Aug. 17. Burrton added anoth er to its continuous round of victories by defeating Newton yesterday in a decidedly interesting game played on the home grounds. Score: 9 to 7. Burrton has pley ed some of the best teams in central Kansas and has not been defeated this season. Races at CoSeyville. Coffevville, Aug 17. The openinsr races of the Coftevville fair took place Wednes day with weather fine and track good. Summarv: 2:35 trot Alverda Akin won: Dr. Price, second: Happv Jack, third. Time 2:2GH. 3-vear-old pace Little Squaw won; Laurel L., second; Bell Medium, third. Time 2:24. Running, mile dash Getaway won; Frank Hawkins, second; Lottie Miller, third. Time. 1:064. Running, mile dash Cora R., won; Delia Fox, second; Powet, third. Time 0:25. A PIONEER NATURALIST. From the London Spectator. News of the death of John White head, the eminent field naturalist and collector, comes from the Island of Hainan, off the southern coast of China. He had gone to the far east with the intention of completing the exploration of the fauna of the Philippine Islands, but, as the insurrection was still in its acute stage, he made his i way to Hainan. There he and his collectors fell sick of the deadly fevers rife in the island. "I fear," he wrote in his last letter, "that I shall have to flee from this terrible and most unhealthy spot;" but it was too late for flight. The Chinese soldier who brought the letter to the coast was the only one of the entire party who escaped the sickness, and the leader died on June 2. Mr. Whitehead confined himself to the study of birds. In the woods his genius for outdoor observation was equalled by his skill In managing the natives whom he employed. His eye was so keen that no new species ever seemed to escape it, and his patience such that he could "outwait" even the sulky children of the woods. If they sat down and refused to move, he sat down by their side and waited till they changed their minds. In the Philip pines he worked for months in forests at a height of five thousand feet, under perpetual rain. Yet the specimens he brought home were as perfectly pre served as if he had been at work in the rooms of the British museum. Mr. Whitehead always made his expedi tions alone from the first humble begin ning, when in Corsica he discovered a new nuthatch and added it to the list of European birds, to the final journey of Hainan. He visited Borneo, climbed the great mountain of Kina Balu, and brought back forty-one new species of birds from that region. .He also ex- plored the birds of the island o Pala- ft 3 ft j- Standard Wyckoff, Searaans Benedict, 105 West 9th St., Kansas City, Mo. J. F. MYERS, Local Dealer, Topeka, Kan. Cool There are many ON THE LIKE OS Direct Line to to Points West ymml mm You will find Fishing in Rocky Mountain Streams, Hunting in Wyoming, Curative Waters in Hot Springs, of Idaho, For Time TaMi, Polder. IUuatrae4 Books. Jampnlett, flMortptive of tHe tarrW tcry travoraed. call on- t.-.i.- 1 OS J. C. FULTON, Depot Agent. wan, where he found more new species. But his most Interesting work: was in the Upper Philippines. In this expedi tion he made the most striking ornitho logical discovery of recent times the great forest eagle of Samar. The only skin of an adult bird of this species is that sent home by him, which is now among the treasures of the British Museum of National History. It is far too precious for exhibition, but its por traits and dimensions are given in "The Ibis" in a paper by Ogilvie Grant. Its combined weapons of beak and claw are more formidable than those of ev ery other bird, and its weight about one-half greater than that of the golden eagle. Like all forest birds, it has short wings, but the length of the body is no less remarkable than its weight. PRACTICE AND PREACHING tFrom the N- O. Times-Democrat. J "When I was in New Tork recently," said a New Orleans man of affairs, "I encountered a charming fellow whom I have known for a number of years. He is a journalist by profession and I met him originally when he came here to write up the exposition for a big northern daily. Since then he has been in all sorts of employ, and, being a bo hemian to the core, has never stutck very long to any particular job. At present he is earning a precarious live lihood by selling stories, sketches and a little of everything to the different publications in New Tork. I struck him in an Interval of depression, and while we were taking dinner together he be wailed his improvidence in a highly amusing fashion. He said he had aver aged about $50 a week for the last year, but to save his soul he hadn't been able to pay $3 room rent with any sort of decent regularity. What became of his money he didn't know. 'I lack the faculty of finance,' he declared, 'exact ly as some people lack the faculty of music. My intentions are good, but the nerve centers are missing. It would be exactly the same if I had 50,000 a year.' Next day I met him by appointment, and he was in high feather. He had just cashed a check for $75, and insisted on playing host and ordering cham pagne. 'I have captured one of the prizes offered by he said, men tioning a well known publication. 'What was the subject of your article?' I in quired. 'How to support a family of five on $2 a day,' he replied." MANILA AT NIGHT. Manila Cor. Leslie's Weekly. Carriages are but little seen at night. The native driver of a public vehicle is not allowed out any more than a na tive pedestrian would be. Hence, there is no carriage to be had, unless you are the owner or lessee of a private rig, and even then you must be either offi cial, or sufficieptly near so, to be privi leged to pass your driver by the sentry. Moreover, every time you are halted in a carriage you must leave the carriage and advance on foot for inspection and questioning. Over in the San Nicolas district, around the port, the sentries are so thick that proceeding in a car riage is more tiresome by far than walking. Every little interval covered necessitates another halt, explanations, advance, and the same thing over again, about as fast as you can enter the carriage and alight. There is no pleasure in a night ride through the crowded parts of Manila. But the end Justifies the means.There are no native uprisings, and no possi bility of one. No city in the world is as safe by night as Manila. Deserted and nearly as still as the grave it re mains, under martial law, until broad daylight comes around again, when windows open, shutters come down, the populace swarms out, and the busy life of a city begins like magic with the firing of the sunrise gun. The soothing and healing properties of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, its pleas ant taste and prompt and permanent cures have made it a great favorite with the people everywhere. For sale by all drug gists. If you want to save $15.00 to $20.00 buy your sewing machine at Babcock Frost's, 718 Kan. Ave., and save canvassers' commission. jar Typewriter. You are Invited to Call, Examine, and Test the NEW MODELS Nos. 6,7and 8 (wide carriage) We Guarantee Every i Paragon Typewriter Ribbon Sold. Fine Linen Typewriter Papers High Quality Typewriter Supplies Hetresif s BEACHES VIA TUB Solid Vestibuled Trains Daily. UNCLE SAM NOT GUILTY. President Batcliford Bays tlie Gover nor of Idaho is Responsible For the Trouble at Wardner. Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 17. President M. D. Ratchford, ot the United Mine Workers, and a member of the sub-committee on mines and mining of the in dustrial commission, which has just In vestigated the recent mining troubles at Wardner, Idaho, in an interview de clares the national government is in no way to blame for the unfortunate state of affairs at Wardner. "Governor Steuenberg of Idaho, and his auditor of state, Mr. Sinclair, Dr. France and others, who are acting un der him are, beyond any shadow 06 doubt, the only parties to whom this culpable wrong can properly ba charged," said Mr. Ratchford. "In troui bles of this kind, where life and prop erty have been taken and destroyed, every good citizen must agree that tho executive of a state has a duty to pew form. It is his right and duty to re store law and order, to guarantee everj citizen of the commonwealth fullest protection to their lives and property;! to give to those who are charged witln offenses against the law a fair and im partial trial, and to bring all criminals! to justice. This far the state should go and no farther. It has no moral nor" legitimate right to say who shall or who shall not earn a living by their, labor within its border, nor has it a right to say to employers whom they; must and whom they must not employ. That the miners organization is crimi nal I emphatically deny; but that, lika organizations of men. criminals have found their way into it and have com mitted crime in the name of organizetl labor, the penalty for which must fall upon every trades union in the country and for which they themselves should be punished according to law. Trades unions are not defenders of lawless ness. We neither encourage wrong do ing nor shield wrong doers." The Burlington Route a Good Rail road. East-bound from the Missouri River to St. Louis, Chicago, it runs the finest trains, wide-vestibuled. Pintsch lighted throughout, with the Burlington's cele brated free" chair cars, dining cars, Pullman sleepers. North-bound: two daily trains, per fectly equipped, to Omaha, Sioux City, St. Paul. Northwest: from fifty to five hundred! miles saved from the Missouri River to the Northwest by the great time saver the Billings Route. West: from the Missourt River to Colorado and beyond, two great trains daily. 7.500 miles of standard railroad. The pioneer in courteous treatment of travelers. The main traveled road every ticket agent has tickets reading over tha Great Burlington Route. J. C. BRAMHALL r T. P. A., S23 Main Street, Kansas Citv, Mo. L. W. WAKELKT, General Passenger Agent, St. Louis. Mo. HOWARD ELLIOTT. General Manager, St. Joseph, Mo. National Encampment, G. A. R. at Philadelphia. Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Baltimore and Ohio official route for Missouri veterans. Has three daily trains leaving St. Louis 8:20 a. m., 8:05 p. m., 2:35 a. m., running through Cincinnati, Cumber land, Martinsburg, Harper's Ferry, Washington and Baltimore. The com fortable route, the picturesque route, the historic route. Rate, one cent per mile. Passengers can return via another route, by pay ing a slightly higher rate. For all information and G. A. R. edi tion "Book of the Royal Blue," address G. B. WARFEL. Assistant G. P. A., 1 St. Louis, Mo. Half the ills that man is heir to coma from indigestion. Burdock Blood Bit ters strengthens and tones the stomachs makes Indigestion Impossible.
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TOPEKA STATE JOUKNAL, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1899. TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL By FRANK P. MAC LENKAN. VOLUME XXVI .No. 195 Official Paper of the City of Topeka. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily edition, delivered by carrier. 10 cents a week to any part of TPf.K r nuburba, or at the same price in uy Kn sas town where the paper has a carrier system. By mail, one yenr 90 By mail, three months fj, Weekly edition, one year PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal Building. Sto ana (02 Kacsas avenue, corner oE fc-ienin. NEW YORK OFFICE. Tempie Court Bldg.. A. Frank Richardson, Mgr. CHICAGO OFFICE. Stock Exchange Bids., A. Frank Richardson. Mgr. LONDON OFFICE. 12 Red Lion Court. Fleet Street. TELEPHONES. Bigness Office Bel Phone W7 Reporters' Room Bell Phone btl Subscribers of the State Journal away during the summer may have the paper mailed regularly each day to any ad dress at the rate of thirty cents a month. No subscriptions taken for less than thirty cents. Address changed as often as desired. There 5s no danger that a good tree climber like Joe Wheeler will get his feet wet In the Philippines Even Tammany appears to have grown tired of always being in the mi nority In Democratic national conven tions. With Croker and Carter Harrison for him, it looks as though Col. Bryan's nomination might be unanimous on the first ballot. The Ice man is getting a rest while the public belabors the coal barons of the anthracite fields for putting up the price in summer. Just when Gen. Otis had the Insur rection in Luzon almost squelched. It bobbed up In Xegros and Cebu. Even the Sulus are not wholly reliable. About the only Democrat of any con sequence still remaining off the reser vation is David B. Hill and he Is likely to return before the war dance begins. The acquisition of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines may gain for Kan sas a rest from the interminable howl of eastern journals about cyclones.hur ricanes and tornadoes. The most Important result of the Dreyfus trial as regards America is likely to be that the people who follow the proceedings will learn what a "bor redeau' 'and a "dossier" really are. Taxes which Astor must pay In Eng land may not be so high 'as those of this country while he lives, but the British government will play even when he dies and it collects the Inheri tance tax. The story about Roosevelt's becom ing the small end of the MeKln'.ey tick et is revived. It is difficult to conceive of any consideration which would in duce the governor of New York to be come a candidate for the vice presi dency. It is too great a come down. A Providence court has refused to accept the evidence of spotters who were employed to work up evidence against liquor sellers. In one case their testimony was proven to be false, and all complaints in which they were the only witnesses were dismissed. The spotter is nearly always an unpopular character, and is frequently regarded as a person whose zeal in earning his salary is apt to rise superior to his re gard for veracity and accurate state ment. Some idea of the devastation of the spruce forests for the supply of news paper may be gathered from the fol lowing paragraph from the Boston Transcript: A cord of spruce wood is equal to 15 feet board measure, and this quantity of raw material will make half a ton of sulphite pulp, or one ton of ground wood pulp. Newspaper stock is made up with 20 per cent of sulphite pulp and SO per cent of ground wood pulp. The best known spruce land, virgin growth, possesses a stand of about 7.000 feet to the acre, the best as a basis. Twenty two acres of this best spruce land will therefore contain 154.000 feet of tim ber. An average gang of loggers will cut this in about eight days. This en tire quantity of wood turned in at any one of the large mills will be converted in a single day into about 250 tons of such pulp as iroes to make up newspa per stock. This pulp will make about an equal weight of paper, which will supply a single large metropolitan newspaper just two days. Prosperity note from the Philadel phia Record: The largest cargo of rail way material that has ever gone from an American port was cleared from Philadelphia on Saturday last aboard the British steamer Puritan. It con sisted of 40 locomotives and 18 steel bridges for the Chinese Eastern rail way, now in course of construction un der the supervision of the Russian au thorities with the financial aid of the Russo-Chinese bank. A similar cargo Is now loading here destined for Rus sian Black Sea ports. The disappoint ed British manufacturers who endeav ored recently to belittle their Ameri can rivals when the latter had secured the contract for the Atbara bridge in the Sudan will have to sing another tune when monuments of American skill shall span the rivers of the Rus sian steppes and of far Manchuria, as well as of Equatorial Africa, and the puffing of American locomotives, shall be heard in every quarter of those dis tant continents. BELLS. From the St. Paul Dispatch. In early times, when there were no watches and few clocks, loud-toned bells were a necessity for many pur poses They told the people when it was time to go to church; when there was a fire, in order that all might turn out and help extinguish it; when there tu a town meeting or when an enemy was approaching. Without bells on churches and town halls, the people would have been much Inconvenienced. That time has passed away. There are few persons so poor as not to have a clock in the house. The majority car. ry watches, so as to learn the time, wherever they may be. Church-goers know when church Is held and make their arrangements accordingly, being warned by the clock as sufficiently as by the bell, when it is time to start. j Regular fire departments make a loud alarm unnecessary and town meetings are rare and are not summoned by bell ringing, but by newspaper notices. Yet, in spite of the uselessness of bells, they are numerous enough and noisy enough to be a positive nuisance. From the early hours of daylight through the day and all the night, the hideous clamor of some kind of bell or other is going on until the unfortunates who dwell within hearing seek in vain for quiet. Sunday becomes a dreaded day, for the intermittent clang of the bells prevents It from being a day of rest. Some day it will dawn upon the com munity that any bell larger than a door bell is a nuisance and all others will be abolished. In the meantime all must suffer and not suffer In silence. GLOBE SIGHTS From the Atchison Globe. Half that a man says, he begins with, "There ought to be a law A great many people are like trot ting horses: they can't do anything without pace makers. Every woman should be too intelli gent to try to pass butterine off for butter on a country girl visitor. A girl's idea of taking care of her brothers is to tell on them whenever they do anything a girl wouldn't do. When a woman is critical of her sons It means no more than her apology for a cake she made which, she knows was a success. If a man dislikes ten persons, his reasons for disliking seven of the ten are so trivial that he would feel ashamed to see them In black and white. If a widow doesn't marry the second time, there may be some other reason than that grief for her husband pre vented, but she never admits it. Mrs. Lysander John Appleton sent out invitations yesterday to her friends to witness a modern reproduction of "The Naiads at the Fountain," to be given by her daughters tomorrow evening. Those expecting something fine will be greatly disappointed. The show consists of a lot of girls dressed in Mother Hubbards who will turn the hose on each other In the garden. It must be nice to be a girl. A lot of North Atchison girls piled four in a seat in a two seated carriage this morning and rode off to a wading place north of town. They carried with them a luncheon of "cold things" picked up around the house, and had a good time all day at no expense to any one. They will come back this even ing eaten up by chiggers, sun burned, their garments wet, but laughing so loud they can be heard six blocks off. Could any one else on earth have as much fun on such little capital? Why should money be spent on getting girls fine clothes and taking them to high priced entertainments when they can have a better time In wading? POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. It takes more religion to hold a man level in a horse trade than it does to make him shout at camp-meeting. Some people are so mean that they won't even speak the truth unless it is for the purpose of hurting some one's feelings. But six short months ago a Chicago man declared his willingness to die for his fiancee. Now he is seeking a di vorce on the grounds that it la Impos sible to live with her. Curiosity has a peculiar way of get ting the better of discretion. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR, From the New York Press. Anyway a mannish woman Isn't as bad as a womanish man. The woman who doesn't want her husband to drink can drive him to it nine times out of ten talking about it. A woman doesn't worry much over her husband's not loving her if only she feels sure he doesn't love any other woman. Once in a while you meet a woman who can be sensible even over a busi ness matter, but it's because she really isn't a woman. The very best woman who will admit that she likes wicked men better than good ones can't understand how men feel the same way about whisky. JAYHAWKER JOTS. Wichita thinks it is going to get a new street car line. Frank James will start the races down at Burlingame. The Seventh district Is long on poli tics but it is short on baseball. Brown county claims to have the shortest delinquent tax list of any county in the state. The "Scandia plan" of closing the joints by offering rewards for evidence against them, is spreading over the state. Charles Sampson, one of the new lieutenants in the Twentieth Kansas, is the son of M. D. Sampson, of the Sa lina Republican. A Newton merchant leaves the money till in his store open every night so that if burglars break in they will not demolish the lock to the till by trying to get it open. For a wonder Jim Simpson and A. W. Smith were both on the same Mc pherson delegation this week, but it was on the judicial convention and there wasn't anything to fight about. Denver Post: With weeds growing around forty-five of her poorhouses and in her Populistic field, Kansas seems to now be in a position to get along very nicely without outside advice and as sistance. The Concordia Empire Is authority for the statement that E. A. Gould, a Cloud county farmer, threshed 1,430 bushels of wheat from 22 acres 65 bushels to the acre. It sounds big, but there is no telling what Kansas won't do this year. Vic Murdock: A Kansas minister said: "As Mark says, 'for he that hath to him shall be given and he that hath not from him shall be taken away even that which he hath.' A sleepy man In the congregation awoke and asked stupidly: "Who did you say said that?" "Mark," answered the as tonished minister. "Well, it's just like Hanna." said the man, and went to sleep again. KANSASJEWS. Prohibitionists to Try the Ef fect of a Boycott. A Country Township Refuses to Trade at Augusta BECAUSE OF JOINTS. Resolution Read In a Meeting of Citizens To Purchase Their Goods at EI Dorado, Further Away Wichita, Aug. 17. Augusta is having all kinds of trouble over the prohibition question. It was thought that all the tactics In the prohibition battle had long ago been exhausted, but it seems that an entirely new weapon has been devised. This is projected at the enemy by the people of country townships refusing to trade in towns which maintain Joints. Lately two Joints have started up In Augusta. From all reports the authori ties of the city are not precisely an gered over the presence of the Joints nd do not interfere with them. This makes the prohibition element very an gry but evidently It is not strong enough numerically to induce the offi cers to act. The prohibition fight is being led by Will H. Cady of the Augusta Journal. In his last issue he heads an article "Will Boycott the Town," :tnd then re lates that the citizens of Spring town ship met and listened to a resolution which proposed that the people of that township boycott Augusta. He says in the article that the resolution was not put to a vote, but his heading "Will Boycott the Town" is taken to mean that he has inside information that the township will not trade with Augusta until Augusta drives out the- joints. The article referred to in the Augusta Journal is as follows: "Hearing that citizens of Spring township had met and decided to boy cott Augusta, the editor wrote to a friend for particulars. The reply was a personal one. but no confidence is vio lated in publishing portions of the let ter. At a convention held in Haverhill the temperance question was under dis cussion. To test the sense of those present a gentleman offered a resolu tion somewhat as follows: "That it Is the duty of law-abiding citizens to trade with merchants in those towns that enforce or endeavor to enforce the prohibitory law.' The resolution pro voked cons'derable favorable discus sion, and those present seemed to be unanimously in favor of its adoption, but the resolution was not put to a. vote. "Our correspondent In reply to the question: 'What is the sentiment of the people in your vicinity on the liquor question?' writes: 'Great indignation is felt toward the guilty persons in your city, whoever they. may be, not only against the venders and dealers, but against your local authorities, by and through whom such a state of lawless ness becomes possible. Have heard some very uncomplimentary remarks about your honorable mayor.' "Augusta has a condition confronting her that citizens may well stop to con sider. Here is a citizen of highest re spectability and integrity, a citizen whose patronage is well worth cultl7 vating, who is highly indignant at the unrestrained lawlessness of late ram pant In Augusta, and not only he but many of his neighbors are also indig nant. He lives four miles nearer Au gusta than El Dorado, but his respect for law is of such a nature that he will drive eight miles further than is neces sary in order to avoid a place that makes no pretense of enforcing the law. "If the writer had not done all in his power, even to the possible sacrifice of future business, to change the present condition of affairs, he would hang his head in shame. As it is. he cannot avoid that sense of humiliation which comes from the knowledge that the town in which he has conducted a newspaper for nearly ten years should permit the law to be openly violated, and the authorities apparently make no .attempt to enforce it, nay, even appear to connive at its continued violation. "But enforcement of law need not be left entirely to the authorities. Public meetings, the exponents of public opin ions, may be held and thus express the sentiments of a community, which in our case, we will, we must, believe, is in favor of enforcement of law. "The anarchist believes in no law but that of his own creation, and allied to him is the one who believes in obeying no law that does not meet with his ap proval. The one is as inimical to a gov ernment by law as the other. This stated truth may be unpalatable to the reader, but sometimes unpalatable truths set us to thinking and get us back into the right road. "There is some patriotism in every citizen, and it is to this sentiment the Journal appeals for careful considera tion of the present condition in Augus ta. We love our city and labor for its advancement, either morally, commer cially or both. From the moral stand point, are we doing our duty in vio lating any law or permitting its viola tion by others? The moral sense of the surrounding community is shocked by the open and flagrant violation of the law. This will result in loss of trade and retard if not entirely check our present advancement. From a commer cial standpoint, can we afford to lose the trade of that class of citizens who will certainly leave us if the present condition continues? "Eyery citizen, no matter how hum ble or exalted, how poor or rich, to citi zens without regard to religious or pol itical creeds, we appeal in the interests of our city that the laws be respected and obeyed; but if they are not, if they be violated, then let us tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, that the majesty of the law may be vindicated." FROM: KANSAS, OF COURSE. Toledo Man Who Burned His Infidel Library a Former Partner of Ex-Gov. Humphrey. Independence. Aug. 17. Marshall O. Waggoner, who. according to a dis patch from Toledo, O., burned his ele gantly bound infidel library, which was considered the finest and most exten sive of its kird in the United States, in front of the Memorial United Brethren church in Toledo because of his recent conversion to Christianity, lived in this city in the early days of Southern Kan sas and was one of the leading business men here at that time. He came to Independence in 1873 from Toledo and engaged in the practice of law with ex-Governor Lyman U. Hum phrey and Colonel A. M. York, the firm name being Waggoner, York Humphrey. Even then Waggoner, who was well off, had collected a fine libra ry, but most of his books were of an agnostic nature. Waggoner was con sidered a plunger of the first degree and loved notoriety of any kind, as the recent account of his conversion would indicate, as well as the public destruction of his large library. CUCUMBER KING. Jamea Cullen, a Farmer of Rubs all County, Raises Big Ones. Russell, Aug. 17. James Cullen, a substantial farmer and vegetable grow er of Russell county, claims to be the banner cucumber raiser of Kansas this year. He brought two mammoth cu cumbers to town, one of which w-eighed 3 pounds and 9Mt ounces, and 18 inches long, and presented it to F. J. Smith, editor and proprietor of the Reformer, while the other weighed ih'z pounds, and measured 184 Inches long, was presented to Judge W. G. Eastland. Mr. Cullen says these cucumbers were grown by him and without any irriga tion. A FARMER A SUICIDE, He Had Killed a Neighbor's Cow and Feared That Trouble Would Result. Coffeyville, Aug. 17. Joseph Zamer ela, a farmer living 16 miles southwest of this city, committed suicide with a shotgun last night. The cause was wor ry over killing one of his neighbor's cows Tuesday morning. The cows kept breaking Into his corn field and, in a spell of rage, he killed one of them. He feared trouble over the matter and to prevent it took his own life. He was about 50 years old and left a wife and nine children. MORE LELAND TROUBLE. Editors Sued For Libel Charged With Maligning Cy's Brother-in-Law. Troy, Aug. 17. Information has been filed in the district clerk's office here, rharging Pool Grinstead, editor of the Wathena Star, and Frank W. Elliott, editor of the Troy Times, with criminal libel. The alleged libelous matter was printed in editorials saying that Albert Perry, Leland's brother-in-law, was chairman of the Democratic county committee and had been subject to the dictation of Leland. Warrants were issued against both editors and the sheriff has been trying since yesterday to serve them, but has been unable to find either of the men. Elliott went to Kansas City Saturday and was to have returned last night, and Grinstead is said to be in attend ance at the Salem Chautauqua. Perry is a well known Democrat, having been one of the directors of the Kansas state prison during Governor Glick's admin istration and was on the electoral ticket in 1896. His son, A. L. Perry, who is a Republican, is now serving In Leland's old place as chairman of the board of county commissioners. SHOOTING THE MULES. Glanders Breaks Oat la the Govern ment Herd at Leavenworth. Leavenworth, Aug. 17. Glanders has broken out among a herd of one hun dred government mules at Fort Leav enworth that were intended for service In the Philippines. Most of the mules have just been purchased, but a few came in from southern army camps that are supposed to have been affected with the glanders. Eighteen diseased mules were shot last evening and more of them will likely be killed. The en tire herd Is now quarantined in a corral and every precaution taken to prevent the glanders reaching the cavalry sta bles. There are about three hundred horses at the fort aside from the mules. It is not likely that any of the mules in the diseased herd will be sent across the Pacific. His Conscience Awoke. The Kingman Leader-Courier reports a remarkable case of conscience awak ening which took place down in Barber county. A man was in jail under charge of committing a statutory offense. In order to marry a girl and escape the consequences of his crime he had brought suit for divorce from his wife. The divorce suit came on for hearing first, and when the prisoner was brought from the jail he avoided his attorney, walked straight up in front of Judge Gillette, and spoke in a firm clear voice as follows: "Judge Gillette, I want this divorce case of mine dis missed. While I have been lying in jail here waiting for a trial I have been reading my Bible and I am now a changed man. I am not entitled to a divorce. If my wife wants one she can have it. She is entitled to it on ac count of misconduct. She is a virtuous, honorable and upright woman, and I will not damn my soul to hell by ad ding perjury to the many wrongs I have been guilty of. When my case is reached on the criminal docket I shall enter a plea of guilty, for I am guilty of the charge prelered against me. I shall be sentenced to the penitentiary and I shall go thtre and serve my term like a man, and when I am released I shall begin life again and do all in my power to lead an honorable and up right life, as far as it is in my power, with God's help, 1 shall do all I can to amend the many wrongs I have done In the past." Pensions For Kannans. Washington, Aug. 17. Pensions have been granted as follows: Original William D. Lyons, Pleasant Grove, $6; John P. Dickey, Geneva, $10; Christopher C. Roberts, May field, $6; John Parker, Walnut, $6; Alexander Eaton, Perry, $6. Additional Alphonzo Brouilette, Aurora, $S to $10; William Lewis, Wich ita, $8 to $12; Silas Wyland, Harding, $6 to $10. Reissue Lorenzo Birch, Mona, $6. Original widows, etc. Elizabeth Car ter, Topeka, $S; Mary V. Walton, Ar kansas City, $8; Sarah E. Danner, Che topa, $8; Agnes Schrader, Leavenworth, $S; minors of Joseph G. Jeffries, Fair mont, 518. War with Spain (widows, etc.) Car oline C. Neilson, Fort Riley. Haskell's Football Team. Lawrence, Aug. 17. The Haskell In dian football team is at work for the fall game. Warren, who was elected captain last fall, has resigned, and Harris, the Esquimo fullback of last fall, who played such a brilliant game, has Just been elected to succeed him. The team will be coached by "Shorty" Hamill of last year's Kansas universi ty team, who will be assisted by Dr. Wylie G. Woodruff, coach of last year's university team. Many of last year's Indian players will be back as candi dates for places on the team, and six heavy new men, many of whom have had experience, will try for places on the team. Evans Thanks Atchison G. A. R. Atchison, Aug. 17. The John A. Mar tin G. A. R. post of this city .was one of the posts in Kansas that passed res olutions indorsing H. Clay Evans, the pension commissioner. Yesterday the post received a letter from Mr. Evans expressing his gratitude. "I know that the good soldiers are interested in an honest administration," Mr. Evans said, "and I am delighted that the John I A. Martin post has taken the lead in Kansas. Shot In Self Defense. Fredonia, Aug. 17. Charles Bowman, a barber at Benedict, eight miles north of here, killed Sam Smith yesterday af ternoon, as it is believed. In self-defense. The parties had some trouble, when Smith drew a revolver. Bowman shot him twice with a shotgun. Smith has a record of two terms in the peni tentiary. Bowman came to this city and gave himself up and gave bond for appearance at the preliminary exami nation. Coffeyville Fair Opens. Coffeyville, Aug. 17. The Coffeyville fair opened here Wednesday with sev eral thousand people in attendance. The races began late In the afternoon and were started by "Long" Jordan, of Lyons, Kan., ex-sergeant-at-arms of the Kansas house of representatives. More than 100 horses are entered for the races. Hundreds of thoroughbred hogs, cattle and other farm animals are on exhibition. It Is tha first fair of the Southern Kansas fair circuit- Had His Foot Amputated. Peabody, Aug. 17. Colonel D. Mc Kercher, a veteran of the civil war, and a pioneer settler of this section, suffer ed the amputation of his foot at New ton vesterdav as a result of eangrene. I Colonel McKercher is 84 years old and i is the father of Frank B. McKercher, for several years H. R. Nickerson's chief clerk at Topeka and now assist ant general manager of the Mexican Central railroad. Y. M. C. A. K. U. Secretary. Lawrence, Aug. 17. The Kansas uni versity Y. M. C. A. will have a regu larly employed general secretary the coming year, the same as city associa tions. The man selected for the work. Perry Hanson of the University of Minnesota, where he has been president of the college association for the past year, arrived in this city this after noon. The Minnesota association is one of the strongest in the west and Mr. Hanson is ready to begin the work. Fusion In Crawford. Pittsburg, Aug. 17. The Democrats of Crawford county met in Girard to day and nominated the following tick et: S. W. Baxter, treasurer; E. T. Campbell, sheriff; George Weisrode, register of deeds; C. F. Cunningham, county clerk; V. T. Boaz, acting man ager of company D, Twentieth Kansas, coroner; Percy Daniels, Jr., county sur veyor; John Landers, county commis sioner. The ticket is thoroughly fusion, in fact the majority of the candidates are Populists. Has a Bicycle Invention. Arkansas City, Aug. 17. W. H. Wag ner of this city, a well known Santa Fe engineer, has patented a spring wheel for bicycle use that seems to be more satisfactory than the pneumatic tire. It has excited much comment in Buf falo, Dunkirk and Cleveland where it is now on exhibition. The Dye Carriage company is now building an exhibition vehicle which will soon be shown in Topeka. A. O. U. W. Celebration. Galena, Aug.17. The annual celebra tion of the Southeast Kansas A. O. U. W. and D. of H-, composed of all lodges in Cherokee, Crawford, Bourbon, Allen, Neosho, Labette and Montgomery coun ties, will be held in this city September 28. The attendance promises to be the largest of any previous meetings of the association and great preparations are being made by the local committees to entertain the visitors. From Blue Rapids. Blue Rapids, Aug. 17. Governor Stanley will be the guest of Fred A. Stocks while in Blue Rapids this week. The 'Woodmen and Royal Neighbors are making elaborate preparations for their log rolling, Friday, 18th. "Carl Johnston'.' will be given by local talent in the opera house Friday evening. Brown County Republicans. Hiawatha, Aug. 17. Following are the nominees at the Republican prim aries for Brown county: County clerk, D. D. Weltmer; sheriff, I. N. Smith; treasurer, J. M. Clark. There was no contest on the other offices. There mayt be a fight on treasurer. J. G. Schill ings' popular vote was 678: representa tive, 39. J. M. Clark's popular vote was 659; representative, 43. Killed by an Officer. Dexter, Aug. 17. W. J. Burns, an old soldier living near this place, was shot and killed here this afternoon by City Marshal Tom Nicholson. Burns was drunk and threatened to kill the officer. He was a single man. KEPT THE SECRET. young Couple Married In January Announce the Fact Today. Ed Halterman, a young man who is a night employe of the Santa Fe shops and has been living at 233 Madison street, surprised his family and friends this week by announcing that he had been married since the 10th of last Jan uary. Then he immediately sent for his wife, who was Miss Ollie Wildon of Lyndon. Kan., and they have gone to housekeeping in this city. Miss Wildon visited the Halterman family on Madison street during the winter, and young Halterman became attached to her. They had known each other for several years, and finally they secretly decided that they had been acquainted sufficiently long enough to get married. Halterman did not have steady employment at that time, and for that reason wished the matter kept secret. They were married by I Judge Guy, and soon afterward Miss Wildon went to her home in Lyndon. Halterman now has a steady job and he decided that he had kept his wed ding secret long enough. LOCAL 3IENTI0N. A marriage license was granted by Judge Dolman today to Frank A. Boyer and Miss Carrie S. Mohrmeyer. They will be married this evening at 209 Polk street. The old settlers of Teeumseh town ship are holding their reunion and bar becue today at Buck Miller's grove, east of the city. Quite a number of Topeka people went out. About 250 Topeka people went on the excursion of the Knights and Ladies of Security to Fort Riley today. W. M. Holland has made complaint to Probate Judge Dolman that his son. Will Holland, is incorrigible, and he wants him sent to the reform school. Governor Stanley states that the ar rangements for bringing the Twentieth Kansas home from San Francisco have been nearly completed. He expects to have all the arrangements made in a few days. The Burnside Is All Right. Washington, Aug. 17. A cable mes sage has been received from Matanzas saying the Burnside has arrived safely. KLONDIKE JUBILANT. John Boyer, Jr., Is Evidently Pleased With Present Conditions. Klondike, Near Soldiers' Home, Kas., August 16th, 1899. To the Editor of the State Journal, Topeka, Kansas: Judge Theo. Botkin, past judge of good whisky, and an old grand army crank is out -with a blank cartridge against the business men of the Klon dike. This is an awful row over noth ing. It is a tempest in a teapot. There Is a faction doing all they can to raise a rebellion against Governor Stanley and Cy Leland. We are just finding this out. A few old political grannies, W. C. T. U. women, and sky pilots in the churches, are being hoodwinked. This perennial hullabloo is just like getting up in meeting and giving in their experience, it is part of the church play, but stops there. They can stand off and bark at us but those old vet erans have always been used to their liquor. It has always been a part of the army rations. The army canteen is just as essential as coffee and hard tack. The temperance fanatics of the na tion had a very night mare and almost worried the life out of President Mc Kinley. Like Stanley, he is a good Methodist, but has plenty of business sense. The Turners and other busi ness societies can defeat any candidate swayed by the conference and prayer meeting crowd. We dare to strike back. Those camp meeting fellows will vote with us as they always do. As to Botkln's grand picnic that is just the thing. With a few Kegs of beer and champagne we can lay out the whole caboodle. No graduate of the Keeley cure could stand our charge. And as to the Twentieth Kansas we will just haul down the sisrn Klondike and run up Army Canteen and the boys will all know we are true friends of the commander-in-chief of the army and navy. Among us are men of education, bus iness, and especially political experi ence and sagacity, and we are not los ing any sleep over all this noise and bluster. The Kansas soldier vote cuts no figure any how. It always goes Re publican. But we hold the balance of power in the state and nation. We vote for the best men for our business from president to constable. Then the Klondike is no worse than the blind tigers running in Topeka right under the nose of the pious gov ernor. Over here you don't have to sneak around give a rap, a grip and a sign to get what you want. We will be running regularly until Stanley's and Dan Anthony's saloons are closed in Leavenworth, which means until the end of time. Yours cordially, JOHN BOYER, JR. LONE HIGHWAYMAN Holds Up a Train on the Colo rado and Southern. Trinidad, Col., Aug. 17. As passenger train No. 1 on the Colorado and Southern was proceeding south between Folsom and Des Moines about 9:30 o'clock last night train robbers attempted to hold up the train but were frustrated in the at tempt. The first warning the train men had of the attempt was when the engi neer was ordered to uncouple the engine and baggage car from the train. The con ductor, suspecting trouble, immediately went forward and opened fire on the rob bers. The hold up returned fire and shot the express messenger, Fred Bartlett, through the left side of the face, shat tering the Jawbone. Frank Harrington, the conductor, also received a very slight wound in the fleshy part of the arm. A special train left Trinidad about 4 o'clock this morning with the sheriff and posse, for the scene of the attempted hold up and found one man a few rods from the track badly wounded, who acknowledged that he was the party who made the at tempt, saying that he was alone and that it was his first attempt in this business. He gave his name as George Stevens and said he lived in the Panhandle. He was brought to Trinidad. This is the third at tempt to hold up this train within a short time. EFFORT FAILED. Jointists Refused to Be "Organized7 to Fight the City HalL The Topeka jointists were Invited to at tend a meeting held "Wednesday night which was to be in sentiment "ferninst the city hall because the council passed the stringent ordinance relative to the running of jnints. A few nights ago a meeting was held and George Kurkhart was elected chair man and S. Kline secretary. The second meeting was called. The meeting was held over the Capital billiard parlor near Fourth and Kansas avenue. The meeting was not a success and about a corporal's guard was present- Kline resigned as sec retary and the meeting broke up without any actions being taken except for all to register their objections. I ..on Townsend. king of Jointists. who said he knew nothing about the meeting, said today: "I am for the city hall and shall work for it. A few kickers are against the bonds, but I don't believe the jointists are foolish enough to try and de feat anything of benefit to the town. I know of only one or two. All this is talk." WEALTHY HASSAN MISSING Thomas Grimes Disappears With Sev eral Thousand Dollars. Atchison, Kan., Aug. 17. Thomas Grimes, a wealthy citizen of Barnes. Kan., had some trouble with his son on July 4 last, and, drawing $1,000 in cash and several thousand dollars in notes out of the town bank, he left, and nothing has since been heard of him. Mr. Grimes is 88 years old. Kaiser's Schemes Defeated. Berlin, Aug. 17. The lower house of the Prussian diet today by a vote of 212 to 209, rejecter the second reading of the bill relating to the Dortmund Rhine canal and the completion of the Dortmund-Ems canal. The lower house also defeated the central canal bill by a vote of 22S to 126. Shot to Death, by a Mob. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 17. A special from Brantley, Ala., says: Charles Hurt, a negro who yesterday attempted to as sault Mrs. Stephen Battle, a widow, was taken from the Brantley jail last night by a mob of 100 men and shot to death in the woods a half mile away. National Tennis Championship. Newport, R. I.. Aug. 17. Ward and Davis won the national tennis cham pionship doubles today, defeating Ware and Sheldon, the 1898 champions, 6t4, 6-4, 6-3. Found Dead In His Tent. Joliet, 111., Aug. 17. Capt. Power of the United States engineer corps who was in charge of the government sur vey for a waterway connecting the Mississippi with Lake Michigan, was found dead in his tent at Millsdale near here today. MR. BYRNE WINS. Voted Most Popular Catholic In To peka Over Mr. A. M. Baird. The contest which was a feature of the Ice cream social arranged by the voung ladles of the Church of the Assumption at the church grounds last night resulted In Mr. James Bryne. superintendent ot the Metropolitan Life Insurance companv being-declared by vote the most popular Catholic in Toteka. Mr. Rrvne 'h,r I comparative stranger In this citv, was pit ted against Mr. A. M. Balrd who has lived I here for years and he won with 100 votes to spare. At the conclusion of the con test Mr. Byrne's vote stood 825 to Mr. Bairds 719. Mr. Balrd was somewhat weakened by his recent opposition to the city hall project. Friends of both men had been active for several days, and during the publlo voting early In the evening Mr. Baird led. But there was plenty of Bvrne strength in reserve, and during the 15 minutes of secret voting before the con test closed enough votes were registered for Mr. Byrne to make him a handsome winner. He was presented with a gold headed cane, the presentation speech be ing made by Rev. Dean Havden. The entertainment was both a social and financial success and reflects much credit on the young ladies of the Assumption parish. The church grounds were prettily decorated with flags and bunting, result ing in a very patriotic appearance. During the evening the Modocs entertained the crowd with a number of selections, and a number of selections were rendered by an orchestra under the direction of Prof. Louis Heck. The proceeds of the entertainment go j towards the improvement on the church. ANOTHER ESTABLISHED. Meriden Will Have a Rural Delivery Route. Within the" next month rural free de livery will take a great step forward in Kansas. Charles Lynn, the new rural delivery agent for Kansas, has already established Jtwo routes this week, and he expects to establish another tomor row at Valley Falls. There are about 20 other applications now in for routes, and as long as the appropriation holds out the routes will be established. Mr. Lynn, accompanied by Postmas ter Guthrie, went over Into Jefferson county yesterday and established a route which Postmaster Swallow, of Meriden, has been working up for some time. The route will go east from Mer iden to a point four miles north of Thompsonville postoffice, then north to within four miles of Ozawkie, and then back to Meriden. No postoffices will be abolished by the establishment of this office for the reason that it is put in in a district that has always had very poor mail facilities. It) en croaches slightly on the teritory of both the Ozawkie and Thompsonville offices, but there are some farmers along the route who have been compell ed heretofore to go ten miles for their mail. After September 1 they will have it brought to their doors every day, to gether with a supply of stamps, money orders, and all postal supplies. It is needless to say that such people will greatly appreciate rural free delivery and they will not be slow about taking advantage of it. Mr. Lynn will forward to the depart ment at- Washington a map of the Mer iden route as soon as it can be prepar ed, and will recommend that both the Mission township route and the Meri den route be started on September 1. W. R. Comstock has been appointed carrier on the Mission route and W. A. Beck as carrier for the Meriden route. The people of Valley Falls have been working to get a route for some time. Mr. Lynn will go over there tonight to look the territory over, and will pro bably establish the route on Saturday. He will then return to Topeka to spend Sunday. Next week he will inspect the two routes which run out of Bonner Springs, down in Wyandotte county, both of which are old routes, and es tablish a route running out of Linwood. Senator Harris' home. Then for the following two or thoi weeks he will work, on routes in efferent parts of the state. ORDINANCE COMING. Dollar Gas Franchise Will Be Sub mitted Monday Evening. The ordinance granting a franchise to the proposed new gas and electric light company did not arrive today, but will be here tomorrow. It will be presented to the city council at the first meeting after its arrival, proba bly early next week. In a letter to this city Mr. Faulkner states that he has no intention of dis posing of the franchise if granted, as the company he is promoting will be in corporated in the state within the next two weeks. WILL FIGHT TWO. Foreign Pugilist Undertakes to "Put Out" a Brace of Fighters. Tommy" Sears, the pugilist who en gaged in a boxing bout with Wade Watts at the Crawford theater Wed nesday nisht, today arranged for a finish fight with Fred Austin and John Kelly, two local fighters. By the terms of the fight Sears will have to put both Austin and Kelly out inside of 20 rounds to win. Kelly Is a waiter at Long's' restaurant, and Austin makes Topeka his home. Much interest is being taken in the event, by the Topeka sporting fraterni tv, and "considerable money will prob ably change hands as a result of the encounter. The bout will be pulled off at some convenient location outside of Topeka within a few days. POSTMASTERS ARRESTED. Two Are Put Under Bond Today by Commissioner Clark. J. G. Ellis, postmaster at Quenemo, and I. G. Myers, postmaster at May etta. both of whom have been found to be short in their accounts with the gov ernment, as published in the State Journal on Tuesday, were brought to Topeka today by Deputy United States Marshal Presoott, and taken before United States Commissioner Clark to answer to the charge of embezzlement. Both of the postmasters waived pre liminary examination and gave bond to the amount of $500 each to insure their appearance before the federal grand jury at Leavenworth in October. The Weather. The weather continues particularly good for the residents of this community bur It is not what the farmers call "good ripening weather." The maximum was 89 at 2 o'clock, the minimum 6. The hu midity 41 with the wind southerly and making 16 miles an hour. I. T. U. Dues Increased. Detroit, Aug. 17. By an almost unan imous vote the delegates to the Inter national Typographical union today adopted a constitutional amendment increasing the unions regular monthly dues 10 cents per capita, the increase of revenue to go to the defense fund. The action must be ratified by the general membership. Wyommgs Reach Nagasaki Washington, Aug. 17. The transport Grant, with the Wyoming troops ar rived at Nagasaki on her way to San Francisco. The Primary Union will meet Friday afternoon at 4:13 in the Y. M. C. A. rocuna.
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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, THUIISDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1899. 5 -Miss Ae-nes Walsh eave an informal porch party Wednesday evening at her home on Taylor street, complimentary to Miss Shay of Emporia. The porcn was prettily decorated with palms, rugs and cosy corners; refreshments were served In the house, after -which each couple drew the others picture; another feature of the evening was the writing of telegrams. The guests present wera Miss Shay, Miss Ella Ramsey. Miss Emily Hagar, Miss Hattie Ebright. Miss Rose Davis. Miss Anna Marie Walsh, Mr. Malcolm Oerrard. Mr. Warren Cheney, Mr. Mc laughlin, Mr. Roger Van Hook, Mr. Harry Gavitt, Mr. George Barry and Mr. Phil Fulcher. Notes and Personal Mention. The following young people enjoyed a pleasant picnic at Garfield park Tues day evening; Miss Emma Dennis, Miss Jean Frost. Miss Eleanor Work. Miss Santa Waters. Miss Fe Waters, Miss Lida Bergen, Mr. Horace Macferran. Mr. Earl Case, Mr. Frank Smith, Dr. John Work of Dunevant, Mr. Howard Huey and Mr. K. M. Jolley. Miss Myra Van Houten will enter tain the Neighborhood Whist club Fri day morning, complimentary to Miss Flora Mayo. Mrs. Solomon Stoddard of Kansas City was in Topeka a short time Wed nesday. Mrs. K. M. Johnson has gone to Chi cago for a two months' visit. Miss Willa Tomlinson will go to Kan sas City Saturday for a week's visit. Miss Clara. Fuller, who has been spending the past two months in To peka with her sister, Mrs. C'orbin Judd, left Wednesday for her home in Grand Rapids. Mich. Mrs. Shay and daughters returned to their home in Emporia today, after a several weeks visit with Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Anderson on Tyler street. Miss Merrill of Winona, Miss., is spending a few days In Topeka with Mrs. W. H. Eastman. Misses Alice and Lulu Healy returned Wednesday from a month's outing in Colorado. Sam Hindman says nothing is too good for his customers, not even Prem ium Stamps. Mrs. J. S. Paige is spending a few days with friends in Kansas City. The H. H. club will give a platform dance this evening at the Martin resi dence, 811 West Sixth street. Miss Alice Davidson of Rush Center is visiting friends in Topeka. Miss Ethel Coe is visiting relatives in Kansas City and Chicago. Miss Reita Vpdegraff. who is visiting in Leavenworth, was the guest of honor at a party Tuesday evening given by Misses Mattic and Kate Stone at Fair holm, their country home. One of the features of the evening was a drawing contest in whfch the prizes were won by Miss Lottie Atchison and Mr. Fred Jameson. Mrs. B. L. Seeley is visiting her brother in Stafford. Kansas. Miss Vera Low will give a platform party Friday evening complimentary to Miss Case of Abilene. Mr. Will White is spending a few days in Lawrence. Mrs. Will Edwards hasreturned to her home In Colorado Springs, after a visit with Miss Dora Kathay. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Kelly and daugh ter Irene left Tuesday morning for a two months' visit in Brownville, Minn. Miss Marie Pippert has returned from a six weeks' outing in Colorado. Miss Long and little niece, Gertrude Coughlin of Terre Haute, Ind., are vis iting Miss Long's sister, Mrs. Andrew Losh and family. Miss Lulu Wilson of BIO Monroe street has returned from a short visit at Elmont. Miss Gussie Losh has returned from a montha visit with friends in the country. Over a thousand Topeka ladies use coffees, teas, spices, extracts and bak ing powder put up by Jas. H. Forbes, iSt. Louis. They must be good. Each package contains premium stamps free. Following grocers sell them: McCov, Hindman, Beach. Green. Cunnineham. Fraser Bros., Meens Flick, Gritting Fritton. Lepper Dreyer. and others. Mrs. C. Godard left Wednesday for a visit in Quincy, 111. Mrs. Hudson left today for her home In Salt Lake City, after a two months' visit in the city with her sister, Mrs. G. R. Millioe. w- Foberg returned Wednesday from a two weeks' outing in Denver and Colorado Springs. Miss Eva Sparks and sister of Atch ison are in the city visiting their brother and Mrs. M. E. Harlan. Miss Anna Thomas is exD. cted from St. Louis Friday to visit Mrs. George McCoy on West Eighth street. The Christian Endeavor society of the Lutheran church gave a social Wednesday evening at the residence of W. H. Warner on Buchanan street. 1YIT11 THE BOXERS. How an "Athletic" Entertainment Was Given la Topeka. The few who know a good thing in the line of athletic" exhibitions went to Crawford's Opera House Wednesday night to see several would be pugs try to batter each other with Varied suc cess. Chief of Police Ramsey arrived at the police station in a great hurry about 8:30. Something was wrong. His t I l6 1 I J i f Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum. Alum bating powders are the greatest mm a cera to health of the present day. W)wo Pomtn co.. wtw totk. brow was wrinkled. "Sergeant," he said, addressing Sergeant Betts, "I wish you would come with me." The officer walked off with the chief. Both were talking low. "A. raid I guess," remarked a lounger. "Well, I must be going," said Pa trolman Williams a few minutes later and he retired. The next to go was Jailer Hopkins and he caught a car going south with the remark that he "had to see a man." Officer McMillan, who buckled his belt a little tighter, slipped his club into the ring, asked if there were any orders and left. Ten minutes later all, of the police men were seated in Crawford's Opera House ready to interfere if there was trouble. The audience on the first floor numbered about 15. counting the policemen. Chief Ramsey had announc ed earlier in the evening that he would not stop the boxing. Things were late in starting. The enthusiasts in the gallery yelled. It was nearly 9 o'clock when a man minus his coat and displaying the large expanse of a fresh "boiled shirt" under his open vest and with his hat pulled down over his eyes stepped out from behind the curtain and said: "De fust ting on de programme will be bag punching by Wade Watts." The bag acted as if it were punctured and the guy ropes holding the platform threatened to break but Mr. Watts be came very savage and chastised that innocent bag in a vicious manner. It did not hurt it. The man in the white shirt again stepped to the front of the stage. "De gang fergot ter bring de gloves so we has ter wait awhile before we gives de show but it's er good show when we gets started," he assured the crowd. The man at the piano became angry. He knocked the piano out with two rounds of "Swell Coons A Dancing"and tried a few more rag time pieces. The gallery did not like him and hissed. The "professor" kept right on and when the storm of hisses cleared away the discordant notes of "On the Other Side of Jordan," were heard. "Get some husking mits." yelled the impatient sports in the gallery. After a long watt the gloves arrived and "Prof." Kelly and Fred Austin kindly hammered each other for four rounds. R. Finley, the "Colorado Spi der" and James Deegan were afraid of each other for four rounds and kept at arms length or clinched. The piano thumper rattled out "Love Dreamland" and Wade Watts and Tommy Sears, "the 126 pound champion of England,' 'appeared in the ring. The man in the "boiled" shirt introduced them. They looked real mean at the audience, gave their heads a Jerk and sat down in their corners. The high speed orchestra turned on 60 volts of "Eli Green's Cake Walk" and the two contestants came together. They cake walked, broke ground, came up groggy, landed freely and all those other things told about prize fighters but they were careful not to slap each other very hard. Tommy slipped and fell down and the crowd yelled. After half a dozen rounds the referee called the affair a draw. Three colored men were turned loose in the ring and ordered to mix. Things were lively until two retreated and then the- "athletic entertainment" was finished. MOKE PEACEFUL. Outlook For Early Settlement of San Domingo's Trouble Improves. New York. Aug. 17. A Herald dis patch from San Domingo says: Another invasion from Hayti was at tempted Tuesday. The government forces met the insurgents near Monte Christi and after lively fighting the in vaders were dispersed and some of them, it is reported, were captured. This may end the trouble in that sec tion as the revolutionary movement ap parently lacks organization and is sporadic in its nature. The revolution ists so far have carried on only a guer rilla warfare and the government is therefore not dismayed by the out breaks. Reports from the interior say that everything is quiet. During the celebrations Incident to the national holiday there was a de monstration in the plaza Colon in this city by the younger citizens against the government. Speeches calculated to excite the populace were made and a proclamation signed by business men and lawyers was distributed. It de manded that the present officers retire in favor of new men, but disclaimed any intention of accomplishing the change by force. Several of the leaders were arrested and the trouble seems now at an end, but the incident shows that discontent exists. The people generally are hope ful that the civil troubles will soon be settled. YAQU1S DEFEATED. Mexican Soldiers Victorious Over the Indians at Turun. Chicago. Aug. 17. A special to the Tribune from Guaymas, Mexico, says: The Yaquis have been driven away from Bacum which is now occupied by government troops. At Vicam and Cuesta Alta, the rebels are in force. They have thrown up earthworks and constructed breastworks and will make a desperate resistance. The govern ment forces are being pushed to the front. Adlces from Turun say that on Saturday the federal troops under Gen. Luise Torres met a large force of Ya quis about two leagues from that place, routing them and killing many. FOUGHT FOIl THE FLAG. Topeka Soldier Relates a Fourth of July Incident. Manila, P. I., July 5, 1S99. To the Editor of the State Journal. As an example of the patriotism dis played by the Filipinos during the Fourth of July celebration in Manila, the following incident which occurred on the parade grounds of the Cuartel de Espana, now occupied by the Kan sas troops, may be cited. A combat between two Filipino youngsters over possession of an Amer ican flag attracted the attention of the soldiers as one of the combatants was nearly twice the size of the other. The smaller one clung to the adage that "proof of possession is presumptive proof of ownership" and yielded it with reluctance. An investigation revealed the fact that the youngster had come into pos session of the property by "Fagin's method." and upon the arrival of his mother the boys interfered to prevent him from getting a severe trouncing. W. S. WILSON, "A" Co. 20th Kan. All weak places in your system effectu ally closed against disease bv PeWitt s Little Early Risers. Thev cleanse the bowels, promptly cure chronic constipa tion, regulate the liver, and fill vou with new life and vigor. Small. pleasant: never gripe. Geo. V. Stansfield, YvV H. ilson, A. J. Arnold Sou, A. J. Kane Co. WHAT IT COSTS. Investigation of the Expenses of Liquor Prosecutions. One of the arguments frequently urged against the enforcement of the prohibi tory law. and one which carries with it considerable weight in some of the coun ties of Kansas, is that it piles up a great amount of costs against the county. The officers of the State Temperance union have received what thev consider a knock out blow for this argument from John W. Roberts, an attorney of Hutchinson. The next number of the Kansas Issue, the or gan of the union, will contain the follow ing statement concerning Mr. Roberts' findings: The statement has been so repeatedly made in Reno county, with the encour agement of the joint-keepers and their friends, that it has come to be generally believed and is often repeated bv honest people, that ex-County Attorney Fall, dur ing his administration lasting four years, by his vigorous and constant prosecution of the joints of the county piled a great expense upon Reno county until the tax payers were groaning under the burden thereof and were demanding relief. Those repeated statements led to a thor ough investigation of the records by Hon. John W. Roberts, a leading attorney of Hutchinson, who found the facts to be as follows: During ex-County Attorney ball's ad ministration, from January 1, 1S!5, to Jan uary 1. ISyy, four years, there was a larger percentage of convictions of liquor cases than of all other criminal cases combined and at a less average cost to the county. The liquor prosecution during that per iod cost the taxpayers of Reno county an average of four one-hundredths of one mill per year. The average liquor case costs the coun ty &3S.0U less than other criminal cases. All liquor cases combined cost over $9,000 less than other criminal cases. The liquor prosecutions actually cost the county an average of $240.15 per year. The other criminal cases, a large per cent of which were caused directly or in directly by liquor cost $3,109 per year. Four murders caused directly by liquor cost S1.H2S.12. During these four years the total num ber of criminal cases tried was 206 of which 62 were liquor cases and 144 other cases. In the 62 liquor cases, there were 46 con victions that is. 74 per cent. In the 144 other criminal cases, there were 70 convictions that is, only 43 per cent less than half. The records show that all the costs made by both plaintiff and defendant, to gether with attorney's fees, are taxed as costs. Of these items of cost the coun ty never pays any of the costs made by the defendant and pays none of the fees allowed the county attorney and taxed as costs in the action. HIS CHANGE OF HEART. Attornej General Godard Now Fayors the Trusts. Attorney General Godard, who three months ago said he was seeking evidence for the purpose of prosecuting promoters of trusts, has experienced a change of heart and announces that he wlU do noth ing of the kind. He says: "If anybody in Kansas can point out one benefit which the people would secure by my driving the Standard Oil company from Kansas, then I will go into the su preme court and ask that it be enjoined from transacting any further business in Kansas. Xow. suppose that I should drive this company out of the state, what would be the result? The smaller com panies would handle the oil business of the state and we might expect to see the price of oil advance. We want competi tion in trade in order to give the people the best their money will buv, and in driving out the Standard Oil"company I would kill competition. Since I came into this office I have not received a single complaint from anybody in the state con cerning the Standard Oil company. I have seriously considered commencing proceedings against the company, but have come to the conclusion that it was not for the best. Generallv, when things of that sort are done, it is for political effect, and I am not built that way. I don't believe in looking after the people's interests by making political issues. "I believe that there should be a change in some of our laws, regulatine- the for mation of legitimate trade combinations. We have, by legislation, prevented any such organizations, and it has had the ef fect of driving many manufactories out of business in Kansas. Look at the wire manufacturers. They were compelled to quit business because they could not form combinations with other companies of that character. Thi3 was wrong, as any body can see. The combination of wire companies w.ould have enabled plants in this state to live and would have done the people no harm either. The trust merely comes in and underbids and undersells the small manufacturer. He qa,n do nothing but shut down his plant. "It is practically the same way with re gard to other manufactories in "the state. "We, by law. have prohibited them from forming combinations for their preserva tion, and the trust wipes them out one at a time. This is not right, and I believe there should be a change. I believe the government should regulate trusts and fix the prices of their goods, just as it does railways and postal companies. 'There has been some talk among the fi'sion senators because I do not continue the prosecution of some grocerv trut operating in this state. The prosecution is said to have been commenced by my predecessor. I unrerstand that Mr. Boyle took testimony against this trust, but ho did not leave the testimony in this office, and I can do nothing without it." MITCHELL'S RECORD. Young Man Has Proved His Efficiency In Military Affairs. Serg-eant R. B. Mitchell of Florence, who has been recommended in the re cent list of appointments by the gov ernor, to the secretary of war for a commission in the new regiments of volunteers is. although a young man, an expert in military affairs. Mr. Mitchell takes naturally to such work. He is now in charge of the ca dets at the state agricultural college and critics say he has the organization in as good shape as it was under the management of regular army officers. Mitchell took charge when the cap tain from the regular army assigned to the duty joined his regiment for the war with Spain. He has since drilled and instructed the men who have es tablished an enviable reputation for efficiency under his direction. Mit chell has been retained for the coming year in charge of the military depart ment at the college and in the event he does not receive a commission in the new regiments will remain there. MOTORMAVS FAULT. Verdict of Coroners Jury on the Bridgeport Disaster. Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 17. The jury in the inquest into the cause of the accident on Shelton Street Railway company's bridge at Peck's mill pond, August 6, by which 30 people were kill ed, rendered their verdict today that the motorman of the wrecked trolley car. George S. Hamilton, was guilty of criminal carelessness and that the Shelton Street railway wa3 very negli gent. The Jury also recommended a special session of the legislature to act on certain laws which it recommends for protection of persons being on trol ley cars. Card of Thanks. To the many kind friends and neigh bors who so sympathetically assisted us during the sickness and death of our little son, Eugene, we hereby extend our sincere thanks. MR. AND MRS. A. F SPITKO. Beggs Diarrhoea Balsam. Is the only safe and sure remedy on the market for Colic. Diarrhoea and Flux. Squires Pharmacy, 732 Kansas avenue. DR. BLISS ADDRESS. President of Social Reform Union Speaks In Topeka. An interesting meeting of the To peka Social Reform Union was held last evening at the old court thou V, The principal address or the evening was made by Rev. W. D. P. Bliss, of Alhambra, California, president of the Social Reform Union and one of its prime movers. Other addresses were made by Thomas E. Will, J. W. Breid enthal and Mrs. Annie L. Diggs. T. J. Maxwell, president of the To peka Union called the meeting to or der and introduced Dr. Bliss who said: "There is a large need of proper op portunity for social reform work Two things are needed first an education of the people along the reform ideas and second a union to band us together. There is a very large per cent of the people who are very much in favor of a social reform but have no opportuni ty to carry out their plans and ideas. They have lost faith in the various political parties and have come to the true belief that such a union is the only way to acquire that great end, di rect legislation. "Those who believe in our views and see the great need of this reform, are already clamoring Tor something to be done. Many say that it will be best to organize a new party, not a political party in any sense of the word, but a party which will do away with all spoils of office and work for the good of all. Such a party is the Social Re form party, when it is organized and becomes strong enough to hold its own. It will be a non-partisan party and will be made up of men of all creeds of pol itics." Thomas E. Will, president of the College of Social Science.spoke briefly as follows: "It is time that we are at work on this reform movement. We must begin to educate the people and that at once. I find that comparatively few of the people can or do take ad vantage of the higher education offer ed today. Many cannot spare the time to go to college. Others have not the necessary money to carry them through. We hope to remedy this, by bringing the college to these people and in this way educate them along the re form' ideas. The college at Boston is liberal in its ideas and will teach both sides of the question. We are here to educate and show to the people that the reform idea is the only true one for them to follow. We will ehow to them both sides and let them choose. We have mapped out five ways in which we hope to reach our desired end in educating the people: "First Teaching; that is, classroom work with students who attend the in stitution. "Second Correspondence. Through this many who are unable to attend school or college will find an opportuni ty to study under the direction of spec ialists. "Third Extension, sending the lec turer to the people when the people cannot come to the lecturer. "Fourth Research. The growth and ravages of municipal monopolies and of trusts demand that the facts con cerning these vast economic aggrega tions shall be put into intelligent shape. Experts will devote themselves to this work. "Fifth Publication. Plan whereby the facts brought together by the investi gators can be promptly given to mil lions of readers through the press. "We are only a few months old in our organization but the people are not backward in taking up this reform move." J. W. Breidenthal said: "I believe that our only salvation is in educating the people. We must reach the people, and especially those who have not heretofore been reached. The reform move is the movement in the right di rection and is bound to succeed. We must blot out the party lines and have a non-partisan union which will work for the good of all and not for the ben efit of a few. I will assist the move in any way that I can." Annie L. Diggs: "When we begin this work in earnest I intend to devote a great deal of my spare time to it. I want to see this organization a sue-; cess. All allusions to politics must be left out and eliminated from ourselves and our meetings." HEW TROLLEY LINE. Proposed to Build One From Topeka to Lawrence Topeka and Lawrence may be connect ed by a trolley line. The question was discussed at a meeting held in Lawrence Tuesday evening. The following report of the meeting is taken from the Lawrence Journal "Mr. "Winner of the Leavenworth Con struction company, which has recently purchased the Lawrence street railway, was introduced and spoke of the plans of the company in connection with the ac quisition of the Lawrence property. He said it was the intention of the company to build a line here, and made the state ment without any qualification whatever. He also spoke at considerable length on the desire of the company to get posses sion of the old Carbondale road rs far as the county line, in order that Topeka and Lawrence might be connected with an electric railway. "Mr. "Winner spoke of the advantages the connection of the city with Kansas City and Topeka would have, covering the ground in largely the same manner it was covered a year ago by Mr. Kern. But the effect of Mr. Winner's talk was better as he had asked nothing. And in continuing his remarks Mr. Winner gave a brief his tory of the Leavenworth Construction company and its objects, and stated that it was the desire of the company to enlist the aid of towns where it had interests by securing subscriptions to the capital stoclv. and he thought Lawrence people ought to invest from $15.0u9 to $20.0X in the stock of the company, though this was not made a condition for the con struction of the road. "When Mr. Winner was asked about the line in Lawrence he said the first part would be constructed from Haskell to Lismarrk grove, and then a cross town line would be built. He evaded a question nbout a line to the university by saying that the cost of operation on that line would be as much as the cost of running the rest of the system, though he admit ted that the line would be well patronized. "On Mr. Winner's suggestion a commit tee was appointed to go to Topeka to see the attorney for the bondholders of the Carbondale line in an effort to get him to accept a bid of the Leavenworth Con struction company or some other person, who will not tear the track up, and thus lose to the county its future taxes from the property. This committee as selected is as follows: J. D. Bowersock, A. Mon roe, S. A. Riggs. J. N Roberts, A. L. Se lig. Col. R. VV. Luddington. "Another committee was then apoointed to aid Mr. Winner in getting subscriptions to the stock of his company from among the business men of the town, consisting of W. T. Sinclair, J. J. Russell. R. Sparr, A. Henley and A. Whitman." G. A. R. National Encampment Low rate tickets to Philadelphia for G. A. R. National Encampment will be sold Sept. 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th, via Van-dalia-Pennsylvania Short Lines, the short route from St. Louis. Ask X M. Chesbrough, A. G. P. Agt., St. Louis. Mo., about fares and fast through trains. Attend the ice cream social and cake walk given by the Home Forum Bene fit order at their hall, 418 Kansas ave nue. A'dmission 10 cents. WHAT WE MAY SEE. Attractions Booked at the Crawford For the Coming Season. Eighty attractions have up to this date been booked for the Crawford theater in this city. This is but a par tial list of the season, as the routes of many of the better attractions have not yet been fully mapped out. A num ber of additional booking will be made within the next 30 days. The season will open with Ben Hen dricks in "A Yenuine Tentleman" on August 30. During the month of Sep tember there Is a scarcity of attrac tions, the only two now booked being James Mackie in "Grimes' Cellar Door" and "A Bachelor's Honeymoon." The latter was seen at the Grand opera house last season. Among the better attractions now booked are "Zaza," Mrs. Leslie Car ter's great New York success of last season, Augustus Thomas' "Arizona," which is now running at the Grand opera house in Chicago, "Brown's in Town," last season's successful farce, Sol Smith Russell in a new play, Her bert Kelcey and Effle Shannon, the Jef ferson Comedy company of which Joe Jefferson's sons are the head, "The Little Minister," "Because She Loved Him So," "Why Smith Left Home," and "What Happened to Jones." Five of Hoyt's farces are among the present bookings. "A Contented Wo man," the only one of Hoyt's pro ductions which has not been seen in this city, is among the number. The remaining four are "A Stranger in New York," which pleased a large audience last season, revivals of "A Texas Steer" and "A Black Sheep," and the antiquated ."A Bunch of Keys." So far no opera companies have -been booked, and it is announced that opera companies are not booking west this year. Alice Neilson, Francis Wilson and Frank Daniels will all have new operas this year, but they are counting on spending the entire season in the east. DeWolf Hopper is likely to stay in London, and will not be seen in this country again until late in the season. "The Bostonians" have planned a Pa cific coast trip, but as yet have not booked Topeka. The remaining attractions in the present list are the following: "Sidetracked," "Town Topics," Her mann, The Great company, Eu gene Blair in "A Lady of Quality," Ed die Gerrard in "Natural Gas," "The Wheel of Fortune," "Finnigan's Ball," "The White Slave," Paul Gilmore in "The Musketeer," Clara Thropp, "Ala bama," Kline's Cinematograph, Lev itt's"Spider and Fly," True S. James in "Royal Prisoner," Sweeney Alvido Min strels, Paul Gilmore in "The Dawn of Freedom," Mme. Fin, "The Airship," "Yon Yonson," "The Real Widow Brown," "The Prodigal Father." Clar ence Asby's Stock company, "The Glad Hand," "Jolly Old Chums," Richard Pringle's minstrels. Joe Simpkins. "How Smith Met Jones," "Chattanoo ga," "Paul Kauvar," Rentz Santley's Burlesque show, "The Hustler," "Un der the Dome," Al Martin's Uncle Tom's Cabin company, "Two Married Men," Scotch Minstrels, "Mis. O'Shan nessey," Gilmore's band. Stetson's Un cle Tom's Cabin company, "The Tele phone Girl," Gawkell's Stock com pany, "Hassen Ben Ali," Lewis Morri son's "Faust," "My Friend From In dia," Seth Haskins, "In Old Kentucky," Murray Mack, William Walker, Black Patti, "The Great Northwest." Sousa's band, "The Heart of Mary land," "Mr. Plaster of Paris." "Re member the Maine," Joseph Murphy, "The Girl From Chili," Barlow Broth ers' minstrels, "An Innocent Boy," The Rays in "A Hot Old Time." DEWEY SETS DATE When He Will Appear In New York Harbor. New York, Aug. 17 At today's meet ing on plan and scope of the Dewey celebration, Gen. Butterfield read a cablegram from Admiral Dewey which effectually sets at rest all the reports that the admiral would first go to Washington before the celebration in his honor in New York. The message was as follows: "Leghorn, Aug. 15. To Gen. Butter field, New York: Yours of August 1 received. Will report Lower Bay with out fail Friday, September 29. Ready for parade Saturday morning. "(Signed), DEWEY." 0 FFICEKS SELECT E D. Colonels and Lieutenant Colonels For New Regiments. Washington, Aug. 17. The colonels and the lieutenant coloriels of the new regiments are announced as follows: Colonels Thirty-eighth, George S. An derson, major Sixth Cavalry; 39th, R. L. Bullard, captain, sub-department; Fortieth, E. A. Goodwin, captain. Eighth cavalry; Forty-first, T. C.Rich mond, captain. Second artillery; Forty- second, J. M. Thompson, major. Twen ty-fourth infantry; Forty-third, Ar thur Murray, captain, First artillery; Forty-fourth, E. J. McClernand, cap tain, Second cavalry; Forty-fifth, J. H. Dorst, captain. Fourth cavalry; Forty- sixth, W. S. Schuyler, captain, Fifth cavalry; Forty-seventh, Walter Howe, captain. Fourth artillery. Lieutenant colonels: E. B. Pratt, captain, Twenty-third infantry: C. J. Crane, captain. Twenty-fourth infan try; Byrne, captain, Sixth infantry: J. S. Mallory, captain. Second infantry; E. 1. crowder, major, judge advocate; James Barker, captain, Fourth cavalry: Francis Michler, captain. Fifth cavalry; W. E. Wilder, captain. Fourth cavalry; J. H. Beacom, captain. Sixth infantry; John Bigelow, jr., captain. Tenth cav alry. The new regiments will be organized under the general instructions issued at the time the first ten regiments were called out. In the list of lieutenant col onels announced it is not known whether Bernard A. or Charles Byrne is intended. -Both are captains in the Sixth infantry. Gen. Otis has been cabled for the full name as the officer was designated with him. With the 13 regiments already called into service the ten ordered today will make a total of 30,000 in round num bers. We have secured the exclusive agen cy of the Peninsular Stoves and Ran ges and have just received a large shipment. They are up and ready for your inspection. The T. J. Coughlin Hardward Co.. 702 Kansas Avenue. The Latest Fad. Is the bangle heart. We have the fin est line in the city. C. H. Morrison, 505 Kansas avenue. Irritating stings, bites, scratches, wounds and cuts soothed and healed bv DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve a sure and safe application for tortured flesh. Be ware of counterfeits. Geo. W. Stansfield. W. H. Wilson, A J. Arnold Son, A. J. Kane So. KOETil TOPEKA. Items Intended for this column should be left with the Kimball Printing com pany. 835 Kansas avenue. Miss Laura Heber spent the day at Ft. Riley. J. H. Henry made a business trip to Manhattan today. Mrs. Alvin Pratt and children are in Atchison visiting relations. Born, Tuesday, to Mr. and Mrs.Pitch er of 218 West Gordon street, a son. James Mullen and Frank Stitt went to Ft. Riley today on the excursion. Mrs. N. F. Conkle and daughter, Mrs. C. E. Jordan, are spending the day at Ft. Riley. Miss Dollie Curtis came home Tues day from a visit to friends in Metropo lis, 111., and Paducah, Ky. Mr. Wilson and his guest, Mr. Mc Gill of Leavenworth, have gone to Kansas City for a few days. William M. G. Lane of Winfleld, who has been in the city for the past week, will leave for his home this evening. Mr. Nye Martin of Emporia is spend ing a few days in town the guest of Mr. and Mrs .Ira Colburn of Harrison street. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Kelly left Tues day for a two weeks," trip to Colorado Springs, Denver and Albuquerque, N. M. Misses Ada Sells and Daisy Snyder of Abilene will arrive Saturday and ac company Mr. and Mrs. Courtney to St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Courtney and Mrs. June Baxter will leave Sunday for St. Lous. They expect to be gone two weeks. Mr. Saxton with his team from lodga 536 M. W. A., will come over this even ing and put on the work for lodge 1243 M. W. A. The 18 month old child of Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner or Quincy street died last evening. The burial will take place tomorrow at Grantville. Mrs. O. T. Schaeffer and children re turned last evening from Iola, where they have been visiting Mrs.Schaeffer's parents. Dr. and Mrs. S. N. Burgen for the past three weeks. Mrs. William Ryan and little son of Kansas City arrived yesterday and are the guests of Mrs. Ryan's sister, Mrs. Jonas Lukens. Mrs. Lukens is also en tertaining her sister-in-law, Mrs. E. A. Aikens of Garden City and Miss Emma Ryan of Manhattan. BOLL OF O-TUKI-SAN. tFrom the Cleveland Plain Dealer.! The Japanese children have a curious and touching belief that their dolls, after a certain length of time, become possessed of souls. They think that their little paper or cloth playmate knows them, can understand and can also speak to them in dreams. A doll in Japan, you must understand, is not cast away after it has been in the hands of the children for two or three years. It is given by mother to daughter, and when the daughter is a mother, to her daughter. And the longer a doll is in the family, say these gentle people of Japan, the more soul it gains and the more it feels for the little one to whom it belongs. A little Japanese girl, therefore, treats her doll with all the respect that she feels is due to another person. She shares her Joys and her sorrows with it, and keeps it carefully, knowing that so long as the doll lasts so long will its soul continue to grow. And when a lit tle Japanese girl dies her doll is always put in the temple where the spirits of the children are supposed to come and play, so that the plaything she loved most in life will also be in the other to delight her. O-Tuki-San was a little girl in Tokio, and she had a most beautiful doll. It was all dressed in shimmering colored silks, and had real black hair stuck full of butterflies and dragonflies. And this doll has been with the family for over one hundred years. O-Tuki-San would sit and talk with it for hours, and the little smiling doll would smile at her and seemed to nod its little black head as though it understood. O-Tuki-San wandered off away from her little house into the great dark woods near by, car rying with her the doll. That night there were parties search ing all over for the little girl, but no one could find her, and the searchers re turned. But O-Tuki-San's mother had been weeping so long that she fell asleep out of sheer weariness. In her sleep she saw a little smiling doll come through the door, all dressed in shim mering, gayly-colored silks. It was O-Tuki-San's doll. It turned and the mother seemed to follow it. Straight into the forest they went, the doll turn ing now and then to smile on the trem bling mother. At last, in the holiow in the rocks, in the depth of the forest, the doll ran suddenly forward and leaped into the arms of the little O-Tuki-San, sleeping peacefully. The mother awoke. A party imme diately set out with her to the place of her dream. They went along the road shown her by the doll until they came to a hollow in the rocks, and there, sure enough, was O-Tuki-San, with the smil ing little doll clasped tightly in her arms. You may be sure there were no honors too great after that for the little doll. The family of O-Tuki-San adopted it as their daughter, and even now it is called O-Tuki-Okara-San, which means the Honorable Little Sister of Tuki. Such is the story of the dolls that live in Japan. The Burlington Route a Good Rail road. East-bound from the Missouri River to St. Louis, Chicago, it runs the finest trains, wide-vestibuled, Pintsch lighted throughout, with the Burlington's cele brated free chair cars, dining cars, Pullman sleepers. North-bound: two daily trains, per fectly equipped, to Omaha, Sioux City, St. Paul. Northwest: from fifty to five hundred miles saved from the Missouri River to the Northwest by the great time saver the Billings Route. West: from the Missouri River to Colorado and beyond, two great trains daily. 7,500 miles of standard railroad. The pioneer in courteous treatment of travelers. The main traveled road every ticket agent has tickets reading over the Great Burlington Route. J. C. BRAMHALL T. P. A., 823 Main Street. Kansas City, Mo. L. W. WAKELEY, General Passenger Agent, St. Louis, MO. HOWARD ELLIOTT, General Manager, St. Joseph, Mo. Prof. Thomas E. Will, late president of the state agricultural college, was in the city last evening. 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Pullman Palace and Tourist Sleepers, also Chair Cars and Coaches through to Philadelphia without change, run ning via Chicago, Pittsburg-, Washing ton and Baltimore, arriving Philadel phia 3:30 p. m. .Monday, Sept. 4th. The Modocs will go with this train, and will assist in making the trip an enjoyable one. For fulf information as to rates, etc., call on A. M. FULLER, C. P. A., At Rock Island Depot.. Phone 384. Or A. W. LACET, North Topeka. Phone 268. 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 tried 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. 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PARIS EXPOSITION IS ENCHANTING FAIRYLAND. Captain Mattox of the Bureau of Publicity of the U. S. Commis sion to Paris Writes the First Official Account of the Pro gress of the Exposition for This Newspaper. The vast carcasses of Iron and steel end masses of stone that a few weeks igo had a meaning alone for architects, builders and engineers are beginning to take form and shape, and appeal to the public eye with their symmetry and beauty. The "strike" in Paris last fall Inter fered only slightly with the progress of the great fair. Commissioner-General Picard and the numerous contract ors, both for the palaces and buildings and for the wonderful Alexander III. Bridge across the Seine, one and all, are confident that the exposition of 1900 officially will be ready "on time," and that the gates will be opened to the public on April 15 of that year. The roofs of both palaces of fine arts are about completed, and for the next few months the decorators, sculptors and artists will have full swing in the work of paintings and the embellishing of the interiors of these buildings. There should really be no doubt as to the exposition being in readiness by April, 1900. At the last Paris Universal Exposition some of the most important buildings were erected in the space of a few months, and the engineers who were responsible for the Eiffel Tower had much less time at their disposal. Work on the Trocadero grounds is progressing rapidly. The greater part of the masonry for the various palaces to be erected on the Place des Inval ids has been completed, and work on the Alexander Bridge across the Seine, which is to connect the Champs Elysees with the Place des Invalides. is advan- cing rapidly under the supervision of Its engineers. In short, with less than a year off, everything connected with the Paris Exposition seems to indicate that its gates will be thrown open to the public at the date announced. The funds invested so far in the Paris Exposition amount to six million six hundred thousand dollars. Of this sum about five million dollars was expended in 1S98. The city of Paris has already contributed two million four hundred thousand dollars of the four million dollars promised, and a half million dollars has been contributed by the Western of France railway. So in the midst of political changes and many alarms, the French authorities are Bteadily pressing forward in their prep arations for the great exposition, which Is to be the distinguishing feature of the new century. The space to be occupied by the Expo sition is about three hundred and sixty 'acres. Of this amount the French Gov ernment has allotted about sixty per i cent, for all other nations, reserving about forty per cent, for themselves. I The space thus far secured by Commissioner-General Peck for the United States is about two hundred and twenty-two thousand souare feet. MAIN ENTRANCE. The main entrance to the Exposition will be located at the extreme north east corner of the grounds, at the place where the Qua! de la Conference ad- SOME OF .i THE REMARKABLE OLD PARIS IS SAID TO BE SIMILATt TO THE CHICAGO MIDWAY; IT SHOWS THE QUEER STREETS AND THE QUEER PEO PLE WHO ONCE LIVED IJvT THE STRANGE QUARTERS OF THE FRENCH CAPITAL. Joins the Place de la Concord. This monumental entrance to the Exposition is now being rapidly constructed. It takes the form of a triumphal arch, surmounted with a frontal bearing the arms of the City of Paris, which serves as a pedestal for a colossal statue of Liberty. Mr. R. Binet is responsible for this triumphal entrance, which will be a masterpiece of decorative architect ure. The two friezes on either side of the arch represent workmen carrying the produce of their labor to the Expo sition,. and are designed by M. Guillot. By an ingenious device the ticket office to this main entrance will be arranged to admit sixty thousand persons per hour. The cost of this magnificent monument will be about three hundred thousand dollars. On the Quai, which extends along the north bank of the Seine, lies the Champs Elysees, in a part of which was held the exposition of 1S55. The Palais de l'Industrie, which was the principal building of that exposition, has been demolished to make room for the two art palaces, which are to be known as the Great and Little Palaces of Fine Arts. They will cost about four and a half million dollars, and will remain as permanent embellishments to the City of Paris. These new Palaces of Fine Arts will be two of the most modern and useful buildings of their kind in existence. The Grand Palace will be utilized during the exposition as the Palace of Fine Arts. In the way of painting, sculpture, architecture and drawing it will probably surpass any thing the world has ever seen. The masterpieces of fine arts of the cen tury and the productions of the last decade will be housed in this palace. In the smaller building will be dis played the retrospective exhibition of art. Across the Seine, joined by the new Alexander III. Bridge, lies the Esplan ades des Invalides. This tract extend3 THE ROUTE WHICH DEWEY IS from the Seine to the Hotel des Inval ides, and here will be located the great Building of General Manufactures. Near the Manufacturers' Building will be the Education Building and nu merous minor structures. On the south bank of the Seine is the Quai de Oesay, in which will be the pavilions of all foreign nations, also the Army and Navy Building. On the north bank of the Seine will be located the building of Horticulture; also of Agriculture. In the Trccadero grounds will be located the colonial exhibits both of France and other nations. The building devoted to electrical industries will probably play the most important part of any at the Paris Exposition. It will be lo cated across the River Seine from the Trocadero Park. In this building there will be a huge central generating plant with thousands of motors distributed all over the Exposition in every depart ment. THE DESIGN. The building, a spacious one, is de signed for both ornament and useful ness. It is square-shaped, with a cu pola at each corner, and the main part is a mass of delicate ornamentation. At night, when ablaze with electric light, it will be the centre of attraction, and will present a scene of great beauty. In the central courtyard of the building will be an electrical fountain, with a series of cascades all brilliantly illuminated by vari-colored lights of various shades, colors and devices. Crowning all, on the topmost pinnacle of the building, will be a mass of flash ing electrical flame, forming a statu esque group, designed by a famous Eu ropean artist. The Palace of Electricity will be de voted to an exhibit of electrical ma chinery and the thousand and one in ventions to which electricity has been utilized. The demand for space from the United States for the Department TAKING ON HIS TRIUMPHANT JOURNEY HOME; THE ADMIRAL MAKES A FEW STOPS AND INDULGES IN EUROPE. BUT HIS GOOD SHIP WAITS FOR HIM,' AND COMES SPEEDING ALONG THE HOMEWARD ROUTE. TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, FEATURES OF f J L I t T 1 vAr-Si-- Sr THIS TOWER WILL GIVE SPECTA TORS A GRAND VIEW OF THE ENTIRE GROUNDS; IT WILL TAKE AN HOUR TO RE VOLVE. of Electricity far exceeds that which Commissioner-General Peck will be able to give. To the west of the court on which will stand the Palace of Electricity will be located the buildings devoted to che.mical industries, transportation and civil engineering, liberal arts and in struments, letters, arts and forestry. American electricians will be much in evidence at the Exposition, and it is estimated that the manufacturers of American electrical machinery will ex pend over one million dollars in their exhibit in 1900. American artists, too, will be well represented, and the products of the earth agricultural, horticultural, forestry, fisheries, food stuffs, textile fabrics, placer mining and metallurgy will all receive com plete attention from American exhib itors. The United States will also have an immense department of hygiene and one of public and organized charities. The need of space is so great that two and a half acres of ground have been made by the French Commission ers by filling along the banks of the Seine. The gardens and terraces on both sides of the river will be utilized, and exhibits will be made on each side of the River Seine. THE BRIDGES. As the Exposition will occupy so much space on the Seine it will be necessary to build several foot bridges across the river. One foot bridge will it THE PARIS "a? i j5- THE GIANT SEESAW MOVES SO SLOWLY THAT IT WILL NOT PRODUCE SEASICKNESS: IN MIDAIR THERE) WILL BE A DELIGHTFUL BREEZE. be situated near the Pont des Invalides, which will be built entirely of iron dec orated with electric lamps disposed in groups forming luminous flowers. The pillars supporting the bridge will also be brightly ii: up, adding a fine effect to the fair at night. Another foot bridge will cross the Seine near the Pont de 1 Alma. It will be constructed of tjarges supported by pilasters decorated with maritime sym bols. The entire bridge will be covered with a large velum. The municipality of Paris will do all in its power to make the city look more beautiful than ever in 1900. The Municipal Council has already sanc tioned the outlay of large sums of money for the arrangement cf many public gardens and squares, and for the brushing up and cleaning of numerous monuments. It is more than likely that horse trac tion will disappear in Paris during the exposition year in the way of omni buses, tramways, cabs and carriages, electric motors taking the place of the horse. It is estimated that more than ten thousand horseless vehicles will be in use in Paris' in 1900. The United States will have the largest and most important display at the Paris Exposition of any foreign nation. The Hon. Ferdinand W. Peck, U. S. Commissioner-General, in an in terview, says: "The United States exhibit is not to be made for the French people. The eyes of the whole world will be upon us on that occasion in the great me tropolis of France. There will then be assembled in Paris the exhibits of fifty seven nations and the representatives of 500,000,000 consumers. Millions of people coming from all parts of the world will visit this exposition. It will be the great opportunity in our history to present our resources and products to all these people, with a view to in creasing our export trade. In my judg ment every hundred thousand dollars expended in the creation of our display will bring millions in return to our producers and manufacturers. "Our national pride, as well as our material interests, demand that the United States, the greatest of all. should be a prominent participant among other nations at that Interna tional Exposition. "Our national pride also demands that the great United States of Ameri ca, recently splendid in war, should stand alongside of her sister nations grandly displaying her arts of peace, and the world expects this of us." A. H. MATTOX. EXPOSITION. THE PALACE OF MINES IS A MARVEL ARCHITECTURALLY, AND IN ITS CONSTRUCTION THERE V7ILL BE A GREAT MANY HANDSOME WOODS AND MINERALS. THE GZAR DEGIDES TO THROW AWAY FOURTEEN DAYS. He Will Adopt the Gregorian Calendar at Present Followed by all Countries Except Russia and Greece. Russia Is anxious to become one of us. The great kingdom is tired of standing outside the world, unique in its institutions, something little under stood and regarded either as freakish or blamable. Among the other curious institutions of Russia are its clocks and its calen dars. They are fourteen days ahead of us. To-day it is nearly the dawn of the 20th of August in Russia, though in this country it is still dragging along in the last of the first week of August. Why should Russia be different from us, and why does it want to resemble us? Well, to state the matter simply, it was discovered back in the days of Pope Gregory that the year was losing time. Christmas came earlier every year, and from reading the books, it was found that a startling change had taken place in the climate. Cold now, it was once warm at Christmas, and in time it would be cold again. The sea sons seemed all awry. Pope Gregory appealed to the astron omers, who told him that the fault lay in the method of calculating time. The earth, they told him. took three hun dred and sixty-five days and a fourth of a day to go around the sun. Conse quently a fourth of a day was lost every year. In a lifetime of eighty years this would amount to twenty days, and in two centuries would amount to much more. LEAP YEAR. The Pope asked for a solution of the difficulty, and the astronomers advised him to create a leap year. Every fourth year a day must be added, and this added day would keep the seasons straight. The Pope decided to do this, and in 1582 the change was made. The people that year went to bed October 5 and awoke October 15. It was very sim ple, and all the Catholic countries made the change. Protestant countries, however, re fused to follow Pope Gregory's advice, and they went on in the same old way, losing a quarter of a day every year. They picked berries in midwinter, and skated when they ought to have been out Maying. It was very confusing. Holland soon followed the example of the Catholic countries, but it expe rienced a little difficulty in making the change. There were many complica tions. Rents were paid every half month in Holland, and if a man paid his rent the first of the month, he did not want to awake next day and find it the fourteenth and his rent due again. The Hollanders overcame the difficulty by dropping a day every year, and for twelve years the thirty-first of Decem ber never came around. The new year began a day sooner. It was not until 1751 that England passed the Calendar Amendment act, changing the third of September to the fourteenth. Britains went to bed on the night of September 3 and awoke on the morning of September 14. It made a very short month. The changing in this way seems ra tional, but there were many who could not understand it, and riots grew out SHORT JOURNEYS UP INTO of the change in England. The agita tors made the ignorant people believe that the lives of all merry Englishmen had been shortened twelve days, and that the throne did it to strengthen itself with the Pope. The people of the United States dropped the twelve days simulta neously with England. The motion was put before the Quaker Legislature in England and was quickly passed. On a certain day the people awoke to find it twelve days later. All seemed to un derstand. RUSSIAN YEAR. The Russian government has a se rious task before it in the changing of its dates, for Russia has a busy year. With its new canals, the building of new railroads, with the opening of Si beria and the important negotiations with China, it finds it almost impossible to drop fourteen days. Consul-General Hallowasy, the Amer ican representative to St. Petersburg, writes that the Czar has appointed a committee of sixteen to consider the change, nine of whom are astronomers. They will give in their report in time for its adoption before the year 1901. It Is known that whatever dates are selected for the dropped days, there will be tremendous opposition, as no busi ness concern is willing to have its days of payment hurried by fourteen days. It is probable that Russia will select its fourteen least important days, pref erably those without any holidays oc curring, as the people would make a great fuss if they were to be deprived of a gala day, same as though we were to lose our Fourth of July or Christmas. Russia may decide to skip two days a month for one year, and this seems at present the most likely solution of the matter. GROW FARM. The most unique bird farm in tha world is located in Pennsylvania. It is stated from good sources that James Billings, of Altoona, has made a con tract with a well-known millinery firm to furnish crow heads for twenty-five cents apiece, and, from this time on, he will be busy over his incubators, hatching out the littie birds. It must be evident to any one that the work of securing so many crow heads must be performed by artificial means, the mother bird being insuffi cient in sitting qualities or in endur ance to the task. Therefore the incu bator, rendered familiar in chicken work, is the mechanism employed. The process of hatching the crow eggs is precisely similar to the hatch ing of chicken eggs, as far as tempera ture and care and time are concerned. The eggs, which are procured in quan tities, are placed, while fresh, in the drawers of the incubators. They are laid side by side upon the screen or bed prepared for them, different materials being employed in different incubators. After a few hours of heat the eggs are sprinkled and turned and are thus cared for until the little birds within are sufficiently developed to break their shells. A peeping within the egg can be distinctly heard two hours before the shell is cracked. The small crows look indescribably ugly as they peep their heads out. Their long, lean necks and long, sharp bills are out of all proportion to the fatness of their ugly little bodies, while their legs are sprawley and help less and devoid of shape. Their wings are mere fins. Half a drop of water, just as much as would cling to the mother bird's feet, after a morning fiy in the dew, the tiniest grain of meal, half a grain of pand, and a little grass, chopped in finitely fine, is all that can be borne for a while. Indian meal well boiled, cooled and crumbled, makes good food. After two weeks minced fish worms can be fed little by little. The crows are well grown In two months, and their heads, glossy and black, are ready for market. The crow is killed either by chopping his head off or by wringing the neck with a quick, dexterous twist.
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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, THURSDAY EVEInIXG, AUGUST 17, 1899. 7 STORY OMWOHEY It Is Contained In Reports of Kansas Banks. Another Indication of the Pros perity of the State. OYER A MILLION. That Is the Increase Shown In Reports. News From the State House Departments. Figures In the quarterly statements from 368 Kansas state banks tell" a wonderful story of the prosperity of the people. These statements show that the citizens of Kansas have more money than ever before and also In dicate that the banking business of the state is now being conducted on a much better basis than ever before in our history. According to the statements for the period ending June 20, 1899, there is $24,031,743.05 on deposit in the state banks. The similar reports July. 14, 159S,. showed $22,394. 956.31 on deposit. The difference in favor 1S99, and the people is therefore $1,696,783.74. At the present time the reserve fund of the 36S banks reaches the sum of 46.6 per cent, which exceeds ail past rec ords. Several years ago Bank Commission er Breidenthal required the banks to report 6 per cent time' certificates as borrowed money. At the time this plan was adopted the reports showed $S00,- 000 under this head. This amount has been reduced to $75,000. The following table shows the re sources of the 36S Kansas banks: Loans and discounts on per sonal and collateral secur ity J18. 107,072.92 1 oans on real estate 1,099.304.37 Overdrafts 266.932.01 Real estate 1.132.S75.S4 Furniture and fixtures..... 212.151.49 Expense account 337.819.95 U. S. bonds on hand 174,963.03 Other bonds and stocks at their present cash market value 325,438.57 Checks and other cash items 63.797.55 Clearing house items 132.208.35 Currency 1. 352,284. 00 Oold coin 942,281.50 Silver coin and fractional currency 304.014.97 Other resources S2.868.21 Due from other banks, sight exchange S.502.6S6.C6 Total $33,041,702.44 A year ago the loans and discounts reached the sum of $16,477,473.35. For the purposes of comparison the following summary of last year's re ports will be of interest: Loans and discounts $16,477,473.35 Loans on real estate 1,071.033.42 Overdrafts 216.237.68 Real estate 1.243.727.55 Furniture and fixtures....- 220.410.85 Kxpenses 196.832.50 1. S. bonds on hand 309.717.88 Other bonds and stocks.... 243.03 1.75 Checks and cash items.... 58.656.27 Clearing house items 106,512.04 Currency 1.370.221.00 Gold coin 994.509.15 Silver coin and currency 327.566.60 Other resources 76.738.02 Cash and sight exchange.. S.037, 106.57 The cash and sight exchange has been increased and now amounts to $11,233,475.48. One year ago the surplus amounted to $882,050.31. Now it is $1,001,488.66. At this time the undivided profits of these 363 state banks amount to $445, 742.64. A year ago the individual deposits were $17,837,958.47. Now the amount is $19,612,026.83. One year ago the bilis payable amounted to the sum of $146,744.57. These have been reduced to $56,373 at. this time July 14. 1S9S. the other liabilities amounted to $192,325.69. Now the sum is only $72,693.16. These do not include capital stock, deposits, surplus, undivided profits and bank and bankers' deposits. A year ago the demand certificates amounted to $11,299,433.98. Now the amount is $1.4S5,604.30. The liability of these 363 banks at this time is as follows: Capital paid in 6,438.050.19 Surplus 1.001,488.66 Undivided profits 445 742.64 Interest 701 092.11 Kxrhange 69,761.31 Dividends, unpaid 3.243.39 Individual deposits 19.612.026.83 Bank and bankers' deposits.. 338 070.56 Demand certificates 1,485,601.30 Time certificates 2,5S0.481.71 Bills rediscounted 161.507.93 Bilis payable 56.378.00 Other liabilities 72.693.16 per cent time certificates. 75,561.65 THAT FLOUR TRAIN. Arrangements Made by the State Officers to Receive It A meeting of the representatives of the Topeka Commercial club and state officers of Kansas was held in the aud itor of state's office at the capitol on Wednesday afternoon. Secretary of State Clark. State Treasurer Grimes, Auditor Cole and Attorney General Godard were present on the part of the administration, Secretarv T J An derson and Capt. H. M. Phillips," rep resented the Commercial club. The matter under discussion was in reference to the reception of the Ok lahoma flour train which will stop in Topeka while en route for New York S.ity t3 eveniRS- It was determined that Frank Nelson should be spokes man for the administration and that Mayor Drew should appoint a speaker for the city of Topka. Secretary Co burn was designated to represent th agricultural interests of Kansas and J A. Troutman will represent the Com mercial club. It was arranged to meet at the Hotel Throop at 7 o'clock p. m. sharp and to go in a body to the Rock Island depot. Custodian John Dudlev was directed to supply flowers from the state house grounds for the occasion and that Ma jor Anderson should present them. yHi Forson Clarke, the actor who was here last season in "What Happened to Jones has recovered from the nervous dyspepsia wh en the physicians said at the time would kill him unless he eav up stage work. W hen Clarke was in To peka he was suffering to such an extent as to be hardly able to go on with his part. He offered a prize of $1 or.) the man who could banish the dvspe'usia bu after taking acres of remedies for several months without relief, he called in his of fer and started a systematic plan of 'diet ing. He U now in excellent health. BRIGHTER FOR DREYFUS (Continued from First Page.) invited HI. Bertullus to proceed with his deposition. The witness spoke In a low. husky voice, which was almost unintelligible to the court and counsel. He was in effectually urged to raise his voice. BERTULLUS' TESTIMONY. M. Bertullus described how Major Ravary asked his assistance in exam ining the secret dossier at the Cherche Midi prison and how, after he had learned the contents of the documents he declared to Major Ravary that there was a flaw in the dossier, which would occasion the collapse of the whole case. The witness explained that he meant the Petit Bleu. It -must be proved, he told the major, that the Petiti Bleu was a forgery and the work of Col. Picquart and as long as that was not proved the case could not hold. Continuing, M. Bertullus recapitu lated the evidence he had given before the court of cassation, his investiga tion into Du Paty de Clam's connec tion with the "Speranza"and "Blanche" telegrams and the favorable impression he had acquired of Col. Picquart's hon esty during the course of the inquiry. Witness repeated the story of Col. Picquart's dismissal from the army and Picquart's denunciation of Esterhazy and Du Paty de Clam and dwelt ex haustively on his laborious inquiry in to the charges against Esterhazy describing the papers found at the resi dence of Mile Pais, where Esterhazy sought refuge. M. Bertullus then related the notable interview between himself and Lieut. Col. Henry July 18. 1898, shortly before Henry committed suicide. This natur ally was a. painful recital for Mme. Henry, the widow who was much dis tressed and wept silently as the dra matic scene when M. Bertullus and Henry proceeded to seal up the seized papers, was depicted. "WAS NO CRIME." The magistrate repeated the whole stiry with emphasis and it had a great effect upon the audience. After recapitulating his other evidence before the court of cassation, M. Bertul lus energetically affirmed his belief in the innocence of Dreyfus. He declared the bordereau was in three pieces and not in little bits. He also said it did not reach the war office by the ordinary channels. M. Bertullus said his belief in the inno cence of Dreyfus was also based on docu ments in the secret dossier which he had seen. But what, above all confirmed the witness in his belief was the entire ab sence of a motive which could have tempted Dreyfus to commit such a crime. "Without motive," emphatically declar ed the experienced magistrate, "there wns no crime." The earnestness with which M. Bertul lus insisted upon the "innocence of the accused" created a profound impression upon his hearers. "You have been told. he said, "that Dreyfus is guilty. For myself, 1 believe and believe profoundly in his innocence. "If I come here to tell you so you will understand it is because mv conscience tell me that in so doing I am performing a I uuty. an ansolute duty. "The court of cassation has declared the bordereau to be the work of Ester hazy. Now the court of cessation is the supreme authority in all matters of jus tice in France." (Sensation.) At this juncture there was a brief sus pension of the session. When It was re sumed M. Bertullus was recalled but he had little to add of an interesting charac ter. When the prisoner was asked if he desired to put any questions to the wit ness he answered in the negative. SENSATION BY MME. HENRY. Madame Henry then ascended the plat form and after standing beside M. Ber tullus she said: "On July 18 the day my husband called on M. Bertullus. the colonel, in the course of a conversation, told me he had a friendly and charming reception. He described how the magis trate advanced to meet him and held out his arms. "I said to my husband: 'Are you sure of this man? Are you sure he is sincere? I am very much afraid that his kiss was the kiss of a Judas.' There was a great sensation in court at this statement of Mme. Henry. "I was not wrong." she continued, amid the breathless interest of the court. "This man is indeed the Judas 1 imagined." Re ferring to the papers which arrived at the same time as the bordereau Madame Henry said: "These papers were not all torn in a thousand pieces. I was able to note that personally. Letters often came en tire. "M. Bertullus has maintained that every thing arrived in pieces. That is false." The court here resounded with ex clamations of surprise and Madame Henry concluded: "I have nothing more to say." M. Bertullus said he did not desire to reply to Madame Henry, adding: "She is only a woman." "I am not a woman," exclaimed Madame Henry, furiously: "I speak in the name of my husband." The incident caused great excitement in court. "Now shall I reply to madame?" asked M. Bertullus. "She is defending the name of a dead man and that of her child." (Renewed sensation). t After gazing steadfastly at M. Ber tullus who was greatly moved, Mad ame Henry descended from the plat form and took a seat beside General Zurlinden. M. Bertullus forthwith left the court. COL. PICQTJART CALLED. Col. Picquart was then called to the witness stand. He protested most firmly against all suspicion of having caused the disappearance of any docu ment relating to Dreyfus. Documents had disappeared but he was not con nected with their disappearance. He also repelled with scorn the assertion that he had endeavored to put another officer in the place of the real author of the bordereau. "It is true," the witness continued, "that the name of Capt. Dorval being mentioned to me as a dangerous man, I had him watched and do you know, gentlemen, by whom Dorval was de nounced? By his own cousin," contin ued Picquart, "Major Du Paty De Clam." (Sensation.) Col. Picquart next proceeded to re ply to the various attacks made on him. "These tactics" he said, "are ev idently pursued with the object of les sening the value of my testimony." The colonel next outlined his connec tion with Dreyfus at the military col lege and afterwards at the ministry of war. where, owing to the anti-semite prejudices of the general staff, he first appointed Dreyfus to a department where probationers had direct cogniz ance of the secret documents. He then described the consternation in the war office when the treason was dis covered; great excitement was exper ienced when it was thought the guilty person had been discovered. It was then the witness noticed the similarity between the handwriting of Dreyfus and that of the bordereau and he had recourse to Du Paty De Clam, who was supposed to have graphological knowledge. (Laughter.) Then the witness described what he characterized as "the irregular steps" taken by Gen. Mercier to accomplish the arrest of Dreyfus. Referring to the dictation test, the witness earnestly and emphatically af firmed that he saw no signs of pertur bation in the handwriting of Drevfus on that occasion and moreover, shortly afterwards Du Paty De Clam admitted he had not found a. fresh charge against Dreyfus. EVIDENCE INSUFFICIENT. "Beyond the bordereau." added the witness, "there was nothing against Dreyfus absolutely nothing." His impression during the investiga tion, continued Col. Picquart was that the acquittal of the accused was proba ble, as the evidence was insufficient. Witness believed he had even told the minister of war that the condem nation of the accused could not be se cured unless the court martial had been shown the secret documents which it had been agreed to submit to the court. The colonel next declared that in 1894 he did not know the contents of the secret dossier, but he believed, like all other officers, that it contained frightful proofs against the prisoner. When he became acquainted with its contents however, he found that his earlier impressions were entirely wrong. (Prolonged sensation). Picquart then recalled the vehement protests of innocence which the prison er had not ceased to make during all phases of the degradation. The witness declared he was quite ignorant of the confessions Dreyfus is alleged to have made to Capt. Lebrun Renault. Continuing Col. Picquart defended himself against' the charge that he had always directed his efforts towards the rehabilitation of Dreyfus, He said he had only directed the investigation made to that end when he became aware that the, writings of Esterhazy and the bordereau were identical and that consequently ,the charges against Dreyfus no longer existed. AFTER DU PATY DE CLAM. During the course of his testimony Col. Picquart asked to be confronted with Major Du Paty De Clam and to be permitted "to deal with some of his peculiarities," when Du Paty De Clam is in the witness box. Next the colonel examined the bor dereau and declared Dreyfus could cot have disclosed part of it. Regarding the Madagascar note, the witness disputed its value and said he did not believe it was a confidential note. He added that if Dreyfus in his capacity, of a probationer, had asked the witness for the note he woulJ have handed it to him immediately. There fore he, Picquart, was unable to un derstand the sentence in the bordereau reading: "This document was very difficult to obtain." Col. Picquart then declared he had never seen Dreyfus copy the smallest document in the war office. In the opin ion of the witness the department where the bordereau was discovered ought to have been searched when the discovery was made. This he explain ed, was the department in which Du Paty de Clam worked and that was the department which was working on the plan of the concentration of the troops and the Madagascar expedition. He added: "It was in Major Du Paty de Clam's department that the search should have been made, or rather in his priv ate room.where he worked quite alone." (Sensation). Du Paty de Clam, continued the wit-' ness. had been guilty of grave im prudence in having contrary to the reg ulations, had confidential documents copied by single secretaries, non-commissioned officers and even private sol diers, whereas the custom was that such work was done solely by officers. Later on, the witness said he won dered if it was not to avoid the risk of punishment that Du Paty de Clam advanced the date of the reception of the bordereau at the intelligence de partment, so as to make it prior to the date of his Du Paty de Clam's ar rival in the third department. (Sensa tion). At 11:45 a. m. the court adjourned for the day. ANOTHER FORGERY. Paris, Aug. 17. A special edition of the Figaro, just issued, exppses an other alleged forgery in the Dreyfus case by publishing the following tele gram from Ems: "The letter of November 30, 1898, at tributed to me and reproduced in the Figaro of August 16, 1SH9. is a forgery. "(Signed). SCHNEIDER." The foregoing refers to a letter al leged to have been written by the Austrian military attache at Berlin de claring Dreyfus had relations with Germany. It was mentioned in the testimony of Generals Mercier and. Roget. A GLOOMY VIEW. London, Aug. 17. The correspondents of London papers in Rennes are almost unanimous in taking a gloomy view, of the prospects of Capt. Dreyfus. They seem to believe it likely that he will be found guilty. The representative of the Daily Tele graph says that unless the German government reveals the name of the real traitor it is quite on the cards that the same verdict will be rendered as in the previous court martial. C0L0RAD0S GET IN. Thirty-five of Them Enlisted to Remain In the Philippines. San Francisco, Aug. 17. Gaily dress ed with lines of many colored flags, the United States transport Warren arriv ed at this port at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, having on board the First Colorado regiment volunteers, back from the campaign in the Philippines. The regiment, commanded by Col. Mc Coy, returns with 46 officers and 924 men, about 250 less than the number who sailed from San Francisco last year. Just before the regiment depart ed from Manila 35 of the First Colorado enlisted in the Thirty-seventh regiment of volunteers which was formed in the Philippines. Two deaths occurred af ter the Warren left Yokohama. These were Private Ivan Tinnerholm, com pany H, and Private Lindsay, company L. Private Tinnerholm died of typhoid malaria and Private Lindsay succumb ed to an attack of dysentery. The remains of these two soldiers were buried at sea. In addition to the Colorado regiment, the Warren also brought from the Philippines 119 discharged soldiers, comprising 50 from the Sixth artillery, light battery, 50 from the engineer corps and 29 stewards and nurses from the various hospital corps. About 40 of the men on board are suffering from dysentery. Two of these are so seriously ill that they will have to be taken to the hospital for treatment as soon as the transport docks. These are Corporal Demrose and Private Johnson. Among those returning on the War ren are former Major Young, of the Utah battery, now one of the associate chief justices of the Philippines, and Captain P. B. Strong, who was on Gen. Mac-Arthur's staff and who is a son of former Mayor Strong, of New York. His father and brother came hither to meet him. The men appear to be in fine form and good spirits, their ap pearance indicating a better state of health than any of the regiments who have previously returned with the ex ception of the Pennsylvania boys. A delegation from Colorado, headed by Governor Thomas, went out in tugs to meet the transport. The meeting between the governor and his party and the returning soldiers was cordial and enthusiasticc. Just received a complete line of blank books and office supplies. Bennett's book store, 730 Kansas avenue. WASTED-HELP. WANTED A place to work for $2 per week and board by a boy IS: can give good reference. S., care of Brubaker, 1913 East 6th street. WANTED HELP. WANTED Experience dining room girl at Fifth Avenue hotel. WANTED Girl for offec work. Call mornings with reference at .room 11, Keith block. LADY AGENTS Here is you harvest at last. Something new, novel and use ful:one can be sold at almost every house. Call at once at room 14, 5th avenue hotel. WANTED White girl for general house work. 1243 Topeka avenue. WANTED Washburn or High school girl to work for board. 1318 Buchanan street. WANTED SALESMEN'. WANTED Agents sell latest manicure novelty, a nail clipper, an inexperienced girl cleared 320 last week. Send 35 cents for sample. Kansas Novelty Co., Topeka. WANTED A competent young man can secure a permanent situation as night clerk by applying at Hotel Whitley, Em poria, Kansas. WANTED AGENTS. LADY AGENTS Here is your harvest at last. Something new, novel and useful. Can be sold at almost every house. Call at once at room 14, 5th avenue hotel. WANTED MISCELLANEOUS. WANTED Two or three unfurnished rooms on ground floor; no children. M., care journal. WANTED To buy or rent good second hand piano. Mrs. T. E. Bowman, 221 W. Tenth street. WANTED Partner. I want a sober, ener getic man with $250 to manage business In Topeka; $15 per week wages and one half interest in the business: permanent situation; this Is a good business chance. References required. Address Hi Willmer ing, Peoria, 111 FREE Wanted all to know we are giving watches, silver sets, kodaks and opera glasses free to all who trade with us. If our representatives fail to call on you ask for the contracts in the New York store, 110 East 6th street. WANTED Guns to trade or repair: big line. Golden Rule, 514 Kansas avenue. FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE 2 lots. Clay, near 5th: make offer. Shillinglaw, 52i Kansas avenue. FOR SALE A registered Jersey cow; will be fresh this fall. 625 Western avenue. FOR SALE Cows and calves. 1114 Taylor street. FOR SALE 2 surries, 3 top buggies, 2 road wagons, sulky and 3 good horses; will take old buggies, hay or good horses in trade. Hearick Rea, 627 Quincy st. FOR SALE Refrigerator and gasoline stove, 3213 North Polk street. FOR SALE Capital route cheap if taken soon. 707 Harrison street. FOR SALE Fresh cow. half shorthorn and one-half Jersey. 1034 West st. FOR SALE OR TRADE Barred Ply mouth Rock chickens. 4o0 Western ave. YOU NEED a beautiful little nickel steel nail clipper for your finger nails, 35c. Kansas Novelty Co., Topeka. Agents wanted. FOR SALE 2 fine Jersey heifers. 5 and 9 months old; one fat cow, 1 milk box, 1 watering trough. 128 Holman street, N. Topeka. FOR SALE Two seated carriage: also ladies' and gent's wheel. 1031 Arch st. FOR SALE Horse, buggy and harness. Call at 403 Lake street. FOR SALE Good young 5 vear old geld ing, broke single and double. 312 Walnut street. FOR RENT ROOMS. FOR RENT Furnished rooms, 509 Harri son street. FOR RENT Furnished rooms for light housekeeping, second floor. 421 Quincy st. FOR RENT Three unfurnished rooms on first floor, suitable for light housekeep ing; one block from Kansas avenue. En quire C. E- Lagerstrom, Journal office. FOR RENT HOUSES. FOR RENT 7 room house, well cistern, cellar, 3Z2 Fillmore,, $16. Inquire 523 Van Buren or Benedict Co., 601 Kansas ave., 2nd floor. FOR RENT 6 room house 212 East 7th street. Inquire 635 Monroe St. FOR RENT Corner Sixth and Lincoln sts., newly painted 7 room cottage, with every modern convenience, $25 per month. Address E. B. A., care Journal. FOR SALE REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE 5 room house, 1 lots, large barn, JOO; payments. 6 room house. 2 lots, well, $r,00: payments. 9 room house, bath, 2 mantels, large barn, 2 lots; on pavement. $2,000; small cash pavment, balance monthly. 2 room house, 1 lot, fruit. $275; payments. 4 east front lots on Morris ave., fine shade, $500. SCOTT CO., 615 Kansas Ave. FOR SALE On Chandler St.. near 5th. 4 rooms house, good barn, $500. Harry Sheafor, 1313 East Seventh. FOR SALE 3 room house on Locust. 2 lots, $450. Harry Sheafor, 1313 East 7th. TO INVESTORS I will sell a business house (new) that will rent for 8 per cent clear of taxes, insurance, water rates or repairs. M. R. H-, Journal office. FOR SALE 5 shares First National bank stock; pays 6 per cent: no taxes. 3 acres east side, fenced, cultivated. 2 nice lots, Mulvane St., monthly pay ments. 12J Clav street. 6 room cottage. Set of bnnk fixtures. F. J. BROWN, 17, Columbian Bldg. LOST AND FOUND. LOST A large red cow; return to 1629 W. Sixth street. FOUND A small curlv haired dog. white with little black. 221 West Tenth st. MISCELLANEOUS. HACKS 25c to or from the depots; any part of the city. Coupe for family and Fiarty use. Do your calling and shopping n our coupe; will make you special rates. Call Topeka Hack barn for these prices. 626 Quincy street. Tel. 170. WILL DO HOUSE PAINTING FOR bicy cle or typewriter. Address Box 168, city. CASH for acceptable ideas. State If pat ented. The Patent Record. Baltimore. Md. R-T-F-A-N-S. 10 for 5 cents a: druggists. They banish pain and prolong life. One gives relief. No mater what's the mat ter one will do you good. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEONS. L. A RYDER, M. D. OFFICE and residence corner Gordon sr. and Central ave.. North Topeka. 'Phone 214. Uses the Brinkerhoff system of rectal treatment. a successful and painless treatment for piles, fistula, fishure, ul ceration, etc. DR. EVA HARDING, Homeopa thlat, 621 Kansas ave. TeL. 402. S. E. SHELDON. M. D. Surgery and diseases of women, with private hospital. Office No. 720 Kan. ave. IDA C. BARNES, M. D. Office 732 Kansas ave. Residence Thir teenth and Clay. Office hours: 9 a. m. to 11 a. m.. and 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. Telephone 698 residence and 16 office. PAVING. THE OFFICE of the Capital City Vitrified Brick and Paving Co. has been removed to 118 West Eighth St. FRESCO WORE. W W OTT.T.TTKPTF Fresro Painter. De signs and estimates furnished on all clssses of work. 1714 West Fifteenth, To peka, Kan. Refers to his work in State Journal building. J. M. BAIRD, hot air furnaces, pumps and tin roofing. 216 W. 6th. TeL 369. VIEW PHOTOGRAPH'S. JOHN F. STRICKROTT, Views and Commercial Work. Developing and fin ishing for amateurs a specialty. City views for sale. 531 Kansas ave. JJfACHnjEjSHOI MADE IN TOPEKA Established 187. Machines of all kinds at the Capital Iron Works, East 7th st. and Santa Fa tracks. Large foundry. Improved ma chinery. Moderate prices. Estimates cheerfully given. H. K. Brooks and Or. W. Brooks, proprietors. HAIR GOODS. SWITCHES, CHAINS. Face treatments. Mrs. Hattie Van Vleck. 220 East Fifth St. ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW. MILTON BROWN, lawyer.. Practice In all state and federal courts. Suite 41. Craw ford bids., Topeka, Kan. STOKAGE TOPEKA STORAGE AND WAREHOUSE CO. Packs and ships household goods. Tel. 1S6. C. D. Skinner, 123 East Sixth st STOVE REPAIRS. STOVE REPAIRS: original castings for cook stoves and heaters, gas and gaso line stoves. 'Phone 313. Hull Stove and Repair Co., 116 E. 8th sc. TURKISH BATHS. TURKISH AND MINERAL BATHS at the Topeka Mineral Wells. Experienced attendants. 316 Harrison st. WATCHMAKER WATCHES cleaned. 75c: clocks. 80c: mainsprings, 75c; crystals, 10c. Cash paid for old gold or silver. All work guar anteed. Old jewelry exchanged for new. If hard up. Bee Uncle Sam. 513 Kan. ave. MONEY. BROKERS promoters, mortgage deal ers, wanting eastern moner write for circular. Investors Directory, New York. MONEY to patent good Ideas secured through The Patent Record.Baltimore, Md. LOANS on pianos, typewriters, bicycles. guns, watches, diamonds and any per sonal property. L. Biscoe. 523 Kansas ave. SPECIALISTa DR. J. ALBERT BERRY, 631 Kan. ave. Tel. 765. Stomach. Intestines and Rectum. DR. C. H. GUIBOR, Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Lungs. 706 Kansas ave. BICYCLES. U. S. CYCLE CO., 118 E. Sth St. National and Union bicycles. Sundries, repairs. TOPEKA TTCLE CO., 112 W. 8th st Bicycles and sundries; bicycles and tandems tor rent; repairing of all kinds. JEWELERS. JAMES B. HATDEN, Jeweler and Opti cian. Complete stock of watches, dia monds, silverware, etc. Eyes examined and spectacles properly fitted. STAMPS, SEALS AND STENCILS. THE J. C. DARLING CO.. 734 KAN. AV. High Grade Rubber Stamps; prompt work, low price. Catalogue Free. Phone 293. FLORISTS. MRS. J. R. HAGUE. Florist, successor to R. J. Groves. S17 Kansas ave. 'Phone COS. LEGAL. First Published in the Topeka State Journal August 11, 1S99.J NOTICE. At a meeting of the city council of To peka. held August 7. 1S99, the following was adopted by the mayor and councilmen of the city of Topeka: Be it resolved. By the mayor and coun cil of the city of Topeka that in order to promote the health, comfort and safety of the city of Topeka and its inhabitants, it is hereby declared necessary to pave with vitrified brick on sand foundation the alleys in the block bounded on the north by Seventh street, on the east by Van Buren street, on the south by Eighth street and on the west by Harrison street in the city of Topeka. W. S. CHANEY. x I hereby certify that the above Is a true copy of the original resolution now on file in my office. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set mv hand and official seal this 11th day of August. 189H, at Topeka, Kansas. Seal. J. H. SQUIRES. City Clerk. First Published in the Topeka State Journal August 9, 1899. Notice of Closing of Registra tion For Special City Election. Office of Commissioner of Elections, Topeka, Kan., Aug. 8, 1S99. NOTICE Is hereby given that the regis tration books will close for the Special City Election on Wednesday, Auguit 30th, at 9 o'clock p. m., and will remain closed until after said Special Citv Election to be held on September 9th. 1SW. Seal. L. T. YOU.VT. Commissioner of Elections. LEGAL. First Published In the Topeka Journal August 15, ISaS. State NOTICE. Mayor's Office, r Topeka, Kansas, August 15. 199. There will tee a special meeting of the council of the city of Topeka, August 17, 1S99 at 7:30 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of hearing any and all complaints that may be made as to the valuation assessed by the appraisers as per their report now oil Hie ill lilt: uilrc ui LUG viij uiri iv said city, of all lots, pieces and parcels of ground liable for the cost of the improve ment by grading, curbing and paving: Fillmore street from Tenth street to Eleventh street. Fillmore street from Eleventh street to King street. Fillmore street from King street to Twelfth street. Fillmore street from Twelfth street to Huntoon street. Tyler street from Eleventh street to Twelfth street. Taylor street from Sixth street to Sev enth street. King street from Western avenue to Fillmore street. Thirteenth street from Clay street to Buchanan street. Alley bounded by Tenth street. Eleventh street, Van Buren street and Harrison street. Alley bounded by Fifth street. Sixth street, Jackson street and Van Buren street. Alley bounded by Seventh street. Eighth street, Harrison street and Topeka ave nue. All in the city of Topeka. And also to hear any and all complaints that may be made as to the validity and fairness of the assessment of special tax to be assessed and levied on all lots, pieces and parcels of ground liable for such assessment for the improvement of said streets and alleys. C. J. DREW, Mayor. Attest: J. H. SQUIRES. City TUerk. 'First Published in the Topeka State Journal August 17, 1899. NOTICE. Mayor's Office. Topeka, Kansas, Aug. 16, 1S99. There will be a special meeting of the Council of the city of Topeka, Aueust 21, 1899, at 7:30 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of hearing any and all complaints that may be made as to the valuation and ap praisement made by the appraisers as per their report now on file in the city Clerk's office of said city of all lots, pieces and parcels of ground that were omitted by the former appraisers in their report liable for the cost of constructing sewer in sewer district No. 13 in the First ward and more full setforth by Ordinance No. 2013. C. J. DREW. Mavor. Attest: J. H. SQUIRES. City Clerk. TODAY'S MARKET REPORT. Chicago, Aug. 17. WHEAT traders again took their cue from the foreign markets today. The strength at Liverpool was reflected in a substantial advance here. September opened -c higher at 71 c and advanced to 71&71c. This was call price and the usual selling against those privileges caused a reaction to 71V4r(i77c. But the market considering the extreme narrow ness of trade, showed great strength and before 11 o'clock September touched 71c. Liverpool was $4'ud higher, due partly to unfavorable weather in England and on the continent. Domestic crop condi tions were in the main favorable. North Dakota and Manitoba sent encouraging reports as to the position of wheat. Min neapolis and Duluth receipts were 217 ears against 156 last week and 420 a year ago. Chicago receipts were 66 cars, 22 of con tract grade. There was increased buying for export. CORN was extremely dull but steady at a slight advance. Country offerings were small. There was some buying of Septem- Itpr atrainst cash fcals R-npints wprp Si cars. September opened c higher at 30 cents ana aavancea to dtJsyoic. OATS were dull and steady. Price changes were insigniJicant. Receipts were 413 cars. September opened a shade lower at 19 and sold at 19rl9c. PROVISIONS were firm on a narrow trade. Hog prices were lower but there was a good demand from packers, liquid ation through commission houses being readily absorbed. September pork opened unchanged at $8.20 and advanced to $S.27. September lard opened unchanged at $5.17Vs and held at that price. September ribs opened a shade lower at $5.00 and ad vanced to $5.074. FLAX Cash: northwest Jl.a3; cash, southwest $1.01; September $1.00; Octo ber $1.00: December $1.01. BARLEY Cash 34 to 40c. RYE September 53Sj53c; December 53fi 534c. TIMOTHY Aug. $2.55; Sept. $2.50; Oct. $2.50. Chicago Livestock Market. Chicago, Aug. 17. HOGS Estimated receipts of hogs today 25.000; tomorrow 28. 000; left over 3.565. Mix ed butchers $.40'a4.&0; good heavy $4.60fa) 4.75; rough heavy $4.154.25; light $4.50 I 4.85. CATTLE Receipts 10,000. Market steadv. Beeves $4.60&6.35: cows and heifers $2.00'aN 4.85: Texas steers $3. 75tz5. 00; stockers and teerters $3.25'a4.0. SHEEP Receipts 13.000. Market dull and weak. Sheep $2.5)aj4.25; lambs $4.00&6.50. Official receipts and shipments yester day: HOGS Receipts 23.697: shipments 6,455. CATTLE Receipts 23.869;shipments 5.544. SHEEP Receipts 28,134; shipments 1,508. Kansas City Livestock Market. Kansas City, Aug. 17. CATTLE Receipts 6.500 natives, 2.500 Texans; best butcher stuff steady; oth.-rs weak to 10 cents lower: native steers $4.00 (S6.10: Texas steers $3.20i5.00: Texas cows $2.75ti3.75: native cows and heifers $2.00'fi 5.15: stockers and feeders $3.5025.40; bulls $2. 75 3. 75. HOGS Receipts 6.000. Market steady to 5 cents lower; bulk of sales $4.35(4.65: heavv packers and mixed $4.35'S4.45; light $4.40?i4.721T,: yorkers t4.65n4.721-.; pigs $4.372''4.72H. SHEEP Receipts 9.000. Market steady. Lambs $3. 505. 60. Sheep $3.504.00. Kansas City Produce Market Kansas Citv. Aug. 17. WHEAT September 65c; December 67: Cash: No. 2 hard 64U'65c: No. 3, 61fi64c; No. 2 red 70c; No. 3, 6o'S0nc. CORN September 27c; December 24. Cash: No. 2 mixed 29Hc; No. 2 white 29i 29Hc: No. 3 281ze. OATS No. 2 white 2414c. RYE No. 2 51c. HAY Choice timothy $7.50; choice prai rie $6.00. BUTTER Creamery 19c; dairy 15a EGGS Fresh 11c. Sugar Market. New York. Aug. 17. SUGAR Raw firm: quiet, held higher. Fair refining 4c: centrifugal 96 test 4c; refined firm: crushed 6c; powdered &c; granulated otic COFFEE Dull and nominal. Market Gossip. Furnished by J. C. Goings, Commission Merchant, 112 East 6th St., Topeka, Kan, receiver and shipper of grain. London: General markets quiet. Bank of England rate discount unchanged at 3 per cent. Duluth gets 43 cars: last year 53 cars. Minneapolis gets 174 cars; last year 367. Paris close: Wheat 5 centimes higher; flour unchanged to 25 centimes higher. Chicago: Some complaint coming In from threshing districts say too much rain. Chicago: Somewhat firmer cables this morning and unlooked for. Curb was easier last night, selling at 701'a70c. Weather in spring wheat district good and threshing progressing. New wheat beginning to arrive and fair receipts an ticipated coming week. Price Current says further Improvement in corn. No change in other crops. Liverpool: Wheat d higher; corn un changed to d up. London: Wheat cargoes firm; India can celling forward sales. Options d up. Car lots: Wheat 66-22; corn 26-64; oats 413-66. London, 12:30 p. m. Consols 106. adv Money on call S'cfSVs per cent. Discount rate 'i per cent. Chieagor Hogs 25.000: opened 5e lower; cattle, 10.000; steady; sheep 13.0.JO: weak. Farmers' Review in crop summary says condition satisfactory and corn making good progress in Illinois, Indiana. Iowa and Nebraska. Elsewhere crop generally doing well but more or less deficiency of moisture reported in portions of Kansas, Kentucky,' Michigan. Ohio, Missouri, Wis consin and in northwest. PrtDe Current: Favorable week for corn and position further improved. Some weather discoloration to oats, but not ser ious. Little change in other crop figures or market sentiment. Packing hogs 20,ou0 against 315,000. New York close: Wheat September 76, December 79Vc: May 82c. Corn. Septem ber 37c: December 34c; Mav 35c. Kansas City receipts: Vheat IJi-221; corn 2S-26; oats 5-17. Seems to be plenty of wheat for sale. As market is on calls ought to get a little set back. Three o'clock cables y!4 lower than 1 :30 cables.- Don't seem to look like scarcity of De cember wheat: think some elevators changing at 2U'?i2c. London. 2:15 p. m. Leading Americans strong on New Yol k and local buj ing. Paris markets firm and consols firm with no decided feature. Louisville and Nashville and Southern railway are strong in view of the consol idation which is in contemplation. Kansas City: Hogs 8.000: cattle S.U0O. Oma ha: Hogs 2,500; cattle 3.500. Seaboard wires there were big accep tances for corn excellent bids fo- wheat. Nine cargoes wheat off coist today against 15 on Monday indicates pretty good demand for spot wheat. Liverpool cables are up in opt'ons. all the quotations on cash are unchanged. Expect Minpapolis stocks wheat to tie crease 700,000 this week against 'JlT.OOu lust week. Liverpool close: Wheat Tad higher; corn d higher for day. Wheat puts 70c: calls Tl'ic: curb 71"fP 71c. December puts 73c: calls 74c. Corn September puts 3oc; calis 3oc. Kansas City cash: No. 2 hard 59 test, 64c: No. 2 corn mixed 29e. No. 2 white corn 29429c. No. 2 oats mixed 20e. Minneapolis close: Wheat, September 6SatXc; December 7014701,0: Mav 7:i,c. Duluth close: Wheat, September 7or-c; December 71c. St. Louis close: Wheat, cash 72c: Sep tember 71c; December 743ic nsked: May 7S1ic. Corn, cash Sic bid; September 3iH4 bid; December 26Tc. Joseph's Tips. Furnished by J. C. Goings. Commission Merchant. 112 East Fifth st.. Topeka, Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. Foreigners will buy in aggregate 30.000 shares. The St. Paul earnings for last week Increased $106.0i4. At this rate the company will make, between million and $7 million gross in '19. More than it made in '98. All companies report a lack of cars. Southern railroad preferred. 1 N., and Norfolk and Western will im prove.' The short interest will cover. Western Union is a sale on all rallies. Iowa Central will sell at 25 of this there can not possibly be any doubt. The prop erty lies in the' center of valuable terri tory and it could be made particularly attractive to either the Rock Island or St. Paul. We insist that there is not a stork on the list that will have a greater. per centage than Southern Pacific and if von buy it and will hold it and above all you must have patience, you will get 60 or better for it. The industrials are a good purchase. We think very well of Federal Steel, A. S. AV.. National Steel and Con tinental Tobacco. J. ARTHUR JOSEPH. Range of Prices. Furnished by J. C. Goinse, Commission Merchant, 112 East Fifth street. Topeka. Kan., receiver and shinper of grain. Chicago, Aug. 17. Article. Open High Low Cioso Yes. WHEAT Sept. 7H4 71 71i 71-v. 70a;. tj Dec. 73S-74 744 T.',, '73 73U-94 May 76Ts-77 77Vs-H iS'jg 76"s 7t;!3 CORN Aug 31 31 Sept. 30 30- :;oS,- 3)v2 Dec. 2Mi- 2X'' 24 2M3 2Si May 29-Vi 29? 29 29' 294 OATS Aug 2o"-i 20'-2 Sept. ...19 39 19-i Ill", lVTi Dec. 19i 19 V.i I!'- 19,-a. May 21 21?s 214 21 21l- POKK Aug. 8 27 8 20 Sept. 8 20 8 32 8 20 (S 27 20 Oct 8 27 8 40 8 30 8 35 S 25 LARD Aug 5 20 5 17 Sept. 5 17 5 20-22 5 17 5 20 5 1 7 Oct 5 22 5 27 5 22 5 25-27 5 22 RIBS Aug 5 05 5 00 Sept. 5 00 5 07-10 5 00 6 07 5 f-J Oct 5 05 5 12 5 05 5 12 5 05 KANSAS CITY WHEAT Sept. 64Ti 65'4 64 65 6C4 Dec. 67 67 V 66-67 67 66 Cf'BN- Dec. 24i 24 24',4 21 244 Ranges of Prices on Stock. Furnished by J. C. Goings, Commission Merchant. 112 East Fifth St., Topeka, Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. New York, Aug. Stocks. Sugar People's Gas Am. Tobacco A. S. W B. R. T Leather Federal Steel C. B. Q Rock Island St. Paul Atchison Atchison Pfd Manhattan Western Union. Mo. Paciilc U. Pac. Pfd Union Pacific N. Y. Central.. Reading Pfd T. C. 1 No. Pac. Pfd No. Pacific Pacific Mail L. N tlisrhl Lew el se Correspondent: J. F. Harris, Cfiioaa Member Chicago Board of Tiada. Telephone 273. J. C. GOINGS, Commission Merchant, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. Receiver and Shipper of Grain. H3 East Fifth Street- Leased private market and gossip wire to Chicago. Always in the market for cash grain. Consignments of grain and correspondence solicited. Kansas Reunions. Following Is a list of the G. A. R. re unions to be held this summer: Cambridge July 25-28; S. M. Fall, president. Fredonia August 15-16;Orval Jeffer3, president. Dexter August 15-19; Sam Nichol son, president. Cherryvale August 21-26; Charles A. Mitchell, president. Hamilton August 23-25; J. S. East wood, president. Seneca August 22-25; R. S. Robbins, president. Chickaskia August 22-25; John C. Garnett, president. Cedarvale August 22-25; William P. Lynch, president. Baxter Springs August 28-Septem-ber 2; J. B. Boyer, secretary. Agra September 12-15; J. D. Matte son, president. Arkansas City September 12-15; R. A. Gilmer, secretary. Marion September 14-16; Fred Lewis, secretary. Wichita September 19-22; J. R.Moore, secretary. Gaylord September 19-22; J. G. H. Armistead, secretary. Grenola September 19-21; D. M.Reid, secretary. Topeka state reunion September 26-29. 17. Yes. 15 160 150. I J :i5M4 121-st 121 I'iui 12 1 12i" 122'-i 124 120 li-; 112:; 5s's: 59i 5KV. 5sk,i 5V4 109 I 1124 109 111 1H:, 74:V4 75V4 74i 74rs' 74 5941 59 59141 5y-"-i 59T, l:s, 137, 136, 13" 1;'., ll!t! 11S Hil.i 11.- 11 i:;i! t32 i:'.i! 132 1:1114 2P-2I 21i 21 21-1 2H 64 I 6511 Kp,, oi4; 041 116'! 116; 115 ll.;',l1:i KS 8..j Nt SSI N 48 4i 7 4.v; 4 77 77; 7:l 771J 77 444 45! 41' 4 4; 4114 i:i... J3! l::s i.r,,i2k 61 601 4 1 I 91 KHi :1 j 7'; 77 76j 77 7; 53 53 K!l r"l 52 4v 47 46 I 47' 46 78 80 7S 79; 1 77.
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