The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
October 19, 1899

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T i r 1 LAST EDITION THURSDAY EVEXIXG. TOPEKA, KANSAS, OCTOBER 19, 1899. THURSDAY EVENING.- TWO CENTS. rf Li BECALMED. Today's Kace Apparently Fails For Lack of Wind After an Excellent Start Had Been Made. COLUMBIA IN LEAD Crossed Starting Line Ahead of Shamrock, And Rounded the Stake Six Minutes In Advance. New York. Oct. 19. At 3:30 p. m. a message from W. U. Cable boat says yachts had only one hour in which to finish, but neither was in sight, although observation 8'4 miles. Wind at Sandy Hook at that hour was very light with no signs of freshening. Asbury Park at 3:40 p. m., both yachts had caught quite a little breeze. From there it seemed Columbia was considerable over a mile in the lead. The Highlands, at 3:47, said Columbia was about or 10 miles frum the light ship, seemed have barely steerage way and covld not finish within time limit. New York, Oct. 19. There was a cloudless blue sky over the bay at 7 o'clock this morning and a light but steady northwest breeze was blowing. The Long Island and Jersey shores on the upper bay were slightly covered with haze, but the indications at that time were that the day would be clear and cooler with light north to north westerly winds. The early morning arrivals Of the yachting crowd were few in number and decidedly lacking in enthusiasm, particularly those who straggled to ward the Blackbird, though, many good wishes were expressed on all sides for Sir Thomas Lipton and his emerald yacht. The observer of the Associated Press a Long Branch at 7 o'clock wired that a light breeze from the northwest was blowing and that obser vation was limited to about five miles. Galilee at the same hour made a simi lar report, adding that the sea was smooth and Highland Beach soon af terwards reported the wind northwest and the air clear. Long Beach at 7:30 reported that the wind from there was about northwest and light with the sea smooth. The Highlands of Navesink at 7:5 reported wind from the north west about S mites an hour, with a haze off shore and Asbury Park report ed a good breeze blowing from the north west. Far Rockaway also at 8 a. m. report ed the wind northwest about 7 miles an hour. Sandy Hook at 8 a. m. said a good northwesterly breeze had been blowing since 7 a. m., and that there was prom ise of a nice race. The sea off Sandy Hook during the early morning was smooth, but a few whitecaps began to fleck the waves as the day wore on, still further raising the hopes of those ashore and afloat who were anticipat ing a breezy race between the rival yachts. On board the Columbia and Shamrock the crews were up and doing with the sun. By S a. m. the Shamrock had been taken in tow by the tug James A. Law rence and was heading for the point of the Hook. Twenty-five minutes later Shamrock had mainsail, club top sail and jib and was trying her new topmast. The Columbia, which was fast to her buoy, commenced hoisting her mainsail. The Krin lay a little to the south ward of the Shamrock, and the tenders of the yachts were near at hand. One or two ocean liners coming down the bay early in the morning saluted the yachts as they passed out to sea. According to the rules, the yachts to c.ay were set down for a 15 mile run or beai from Sandy Hook light ship and return, and early this morning the con ditions indicated that the yachts would go before the wind in a southeasterly direction, with a beat back, total dis tance of 30 miles. This course would mean running straight out to sea. away from either shore and with no chance fif fiuky winds off the Jersey or Lon? island shores. The Shamrock made a short run over toward Atlantic Highlands, then com ing about, stood up in the. main ship channel near the southwest spit. Be fore reaching it however, she gybed around and stood down again toward the Columbia at anchor. Her increased ballast seemed to make her stand up well and she heeled but little to the frequent puffs of wind that came from off the shore. The Shamrock passed out the end of the Hook under racing sails at 8:50. The Co'umhia was headed well to windward until her mainsail was fully set. which was accomplished shortly before 9 o'clock. At 8:55 the Shamrock having run down almost to her moorings swung nrounrt and breaking out her stay sail and baby jib topsail stood out for the end of the Hook on her way to the lightship. At 8:45 the Columbia's tu came alongside of her and passing a line, they started out for the lightship As she left her moorings her crew be gan setting her mainsail. The wind at the Highlands at this hour was blow ing tram the northwest velocity about 10 or 12 knots. To a representative of the Associated TC how Sir Thomas Lipton on .1 Ulf Erm at 7:30 a- m- th" owner of the Shamrock said the wind appear tt 1 ad'inS ind. He added that y dSred 10 th ould be w ind enough to permit of a finish race today. Indications to other observers 9aW mei" seemed very sood for a race at The Columbia got her mainsail set t- the satisfaction of those on board ?n a short time and pass outside the Hook still in tow of her tug with Shamrock running out under her own sail about JhrHTleS 1beacl- When well omsde the Shamrock seemed to get a breeze more from the north and there did not eeem to be as much of it as there waJTn shore. The green boat therefore rntde rather slow progress in running out to lllnLhl" 9:15 had The two yachts arrived at the light hia about 10 o'cloek,the Shamrock let ting there a few minutes ahead of the Columbia then running off half a mile to the southward. The Columbia how ever swung around to the wind at 10:0S and began setting her club opsail. The wind which in shore was strong and puffy seemed to increase near the light ship so that the Columbia's topsail flapped and slatted quite lively before it was fully set in position. Both racers were fitted with smaller club topsails indicating that they anticipated more wind before afternoon. Those watching the two boats could not see that the Shamrock stood much stiffer for all her increased load. The Shamrock under her immense ex panse of sail showed to beautiful ad vantage and going on a long reach fairly Hew over the water. At 10:22 the judges' boat raised the signal indicating that the course would be southeast by south. Official starting time was: Columbia, 11:01:33; Shamrock, 11:02. Five minutes before the start Sham rock ran up under the Columbia's lee and tried to get to the weather of her, but the white boat held up past the lightship on the port tack and having two head sails set, easily outfooted the Shamrock. The boats were close to gether, however. About two minutes before the start Shamrock swung off and the Columbia came about, being somewhat to the westward of the Sham rock. Both boats stood for the line at two minutes before gun fire. Just before reaching it Shamrock stood across to the westward on the star board tack, but the Columbia luffed up to the westward so that the green boat could not catch her. Just before the start she managed to run in astern of Columbia and the latter crossed the line first. The jockeying was sharp and from Navesink it looked as if Captain Hogarth had the better of it. Shamrock succeeded in getting up on the Colum bia's weather and both boats went over the line with booms to port. The Shamrock broke out her galloon jib as she crossed and Columbia did not set hers until a- minute or two later. For five minutes after the start the boats had a little luffing, but Shamrock did not seem able to get by the Columbia. At 11:07 Columbia had a lead of about 100 yards. Both boats were sailing along with mainsails, club topsails and balloon jibs. The run down before the wind by the yachts to the half way mark was made in good time, the yachts accomplishing it in about forty minutes. The breeze served them well but it was more to the westward than at the lightship, so that they kept their balloon jibs set to rort and did not set their spinnakers. The excursion fleet kept fully a mile away to windward and did not inter fere with the yachts in any way. The Shamrock was unable to overhaul Co lumbia on this 73,4 mile run. It was evident as the boats crossed the line that Captain Hogarth of the Shamrock, with firm belief in the reach ing powers of his boat, was trying to indulge her in that line. Captain Barr on the Columbia seemed nothing loth to try it out and so began the reach off for the course. The Columbia led about four lengths over the line and her po sition under the reaching tactics had but one disadvantage that she was to leeward. Still there was small fear of being blanketed. The first ten minutes were monotonous ones. The lead was so certain that all that was left was to watch the boats to see them square away. At the end of fifteen minues the boats were under the same canvas, mainsails and club topsails with big ballooners that bellied out before them. Captain Hogarth apparently had done well to work the reaching end. He held his own by it but at 11:20 it looked as if his belief in his boat's reaching powers was misplaced, as it has been in its point ing and running. The change was a slow one, but Co lumbia was drawing ahead of Sham rock, whose big bluff bow was fussing even in the comparatively smooth wa ter. At 11:40 the lead had been increased to eight boat lengths and the two boats were over tw o miles off the course down 'on the Jersey shore. A dispatch from the Highlands at 2:25 p. m. said Columbia rounded the lee ward mark about 2:24:30 unofficial time. A dispatch from the Highlands at 2:31 p. m. said the Shamrock turned lee ward mark about 2:30:35. New York. 3:06 p. m. Long Branch said there was very light breeze from the south and that a fleet of 50 vessels w as becalmed off the coast. At 3:15 Long Branch reported one of the yachts, apparently Columbia, could be made out through the haze. She was then about 10 miles from the lightship and wind very light. NOVEMBER I OR 2. Kansas Regiment Will Reach Home on One of Those Days. Topeka people figure that the Twen tieth Kansas will reach home either November 1 or 2. If the regiment leaves promptly on October 28, the day of muster out, there" will be three days left in the month on which to travel and the soldiers would reach Topeka on the morning of November 1 by making scheduled time. If there is a delay in starting it will lengthen the time. NEW PENSIONERS. Spanish, War Applicants Are Now Filing Claims. Soldiers of the Spanish-American war are already presenting themselves be fore the Topeka board of pension ex aminers for examination for pensions. Within the last three weeks a half dozen have been examined, and a re port of their physical condition for warded to Washington. In all the cases so far examined fever has been re sponsible for the disabilities. With one exception, none of the ap plicants that have presented them selves saw service in Cuba. They con tracted fever in the camps at Chicka mauga and in Florida and Virginia. TETERAN "DRUMMERS." Two Men Who Have Been Traveling Men For Over Fifty Years. Two men registered at the same hotel in Topeka today who have been travel ing salesmen for over 50 years They are S. D. Jackson of Philadelphia and G. W. Reynolds of New York. Both are in- the neighborhood of 80 years of age, and have been continuously on the road every year since they started traveling. Mr. Jackson started travel ing in England and Mr. Reynolds in Vermont. During the 50 odd years of "drum mer" service, each of the veteran com mercial salesmen has traveled consid erably over a million miles. PUSHINGJHINGS. Preparations For Reception to Soldiers Under Full Swing. Effort Made to Haye School Board Rescind Action. TOPEKA SCHOLARS. Plan to Ha?e Them Throw Bouquets Still Contemplated. National Guard and Cadet Com panies Coming. BLOCKS OF BUNTING. Kansas ATenue to Be Lined With Red, White and Blue. This Will Be In Addition to PriTate Decorations. Nothing Left Undone to Make ETent Grandest Seen In West. The action of the board of education in voting against allowing the school children of Topeka to have a part in the Twentieth Kansas reception was roundly scored last night at the meet ing of the general reception committee. P. I. Bonebrake, who is a member of the board of education and the recep tion committee also, defended the ac tion of the board, and Gen. Hudson as chairman of the reception committee, said that the action of the board had put a stop to the plan of the children having a part in the reception, but the committee did not propose to have it so, and they will bring all of the influ ence possible to bear on the board of education to have a special meeting called and the action rescinded. The matter came up when Capt. A. M. Fuller, chairman of the parade com mittee was called on for a report. Capt. Fuller simply made a verbal report, and asked for definite instructions con cerning the suggestions made by the general committee regarding the exten sion of the line of march around Capitol Square and the placing of the school children in a row down Kansas ave nue. A discussion followed which ended in the matter being referred back to the parade committee with power to do as they see fit in the matter. This gives the parade committee the power to ar range the line of march to suit itself. Gen. Hudson then remarked that the action of the board of education in re fusing to allow the school children to take part in the reception put a stop to that plan. It had already been ex plained to the committee that the plan of the parade committee was to re serve Ninth street from Kansas avenue to the state house for the children and to place guards there to see that no one else got on that streef. The idea was to bank the children on the sides of the street, so that when the regiment turns the corner from Kansas avenue on to Ninth it will suddenly be con fronted with a mass of children waving flags and with bouquets to pelt the reg iment. This plan seemed to meet with general favor when it was explained in detail. When Oen. Hudson called attention to the action of the board of education, Mr. Bonebrake explained that Superin tendent Davidson had told the board it would take considerable work to drill the children for their part in the affair and that it would interfere with their school for a week before and after the reception. It was because of this. Mr. Bonebrake explained, that the board had refused to allow the children to take the part designated for them, and it had been decided simply to dismiss the schools on the day of the recep tion. Gen. Hughes, who will be grand mar shal of the parade, took the floor and said "I think the children will be far bet ter off massed in a body on Ninth street under the care of their teachers or some other competent persons, and where they can see the parade, than they will be running about the streets and mingling with the general crowd. All there will be to it will be to march from their school houses over to Ninth street and be stood up along the sides of the street. It surely won't take Sup erintendent Davidson nor the teachers a week to get the children ready to do that at least it wouldn't tafce other people that long. The children are drilled to march in and out of school every day. This plan would be far bet ter for them because they would not need to leave their school houses until nearly time for the parade to start, so that they would not be kept waiting long on the streets." "I would like to know," demanded Major Anderson, "what jurisdiction the board of education has over the child ren outside of school anyway. If there is to be no school that day, all we have got to do is to tell the children to be there and they will be. My kids will be out there throwing bouquets at the Twentieth Kansas, regardless of the school board or anybody else." "Well, as I understand it," said Gen. Hudson, "the action of the board of ed ucation has put a stop to the plan, so we have nothing more to do with it." "Perhaps," suggested some one, "if the matter was explained to the board that the children would not be expected to march in the parade but simply massed on Ninth street, the board would rescind its action." "The entire matter was fully explain ed to the board," said Mr. Bonebrake, "before action was taken. We under stand all about the Ninth street plan. It is possible, however, if the proper representation is made the board may change its action. The vote stood three to five when it was passed." James A. Troutman moved that Ed ward Wilder, as president of the board, be requested to call a special meeting to reconsider the matter, and that the parade committee be instructed to at tend the meeting of the board and pre sent their ideas of the matter. The mo tion was unanimously adopted. The sentiment was expressed inform ally by the members of the committee and others who were present, that the (Continued on Fifth Page.) THE 20TII KANSAS Fund Now Up to the Amount of $7,188.75. The finance committee of the Twen tieth Kansas reception reports follow ing additional subscriptions: Armour Packing Co 25.00 Triple Tie (additional subscrip tion) 5.00 Z. T. Hazen 5.00 L. A. Dolman 5.00 A. W. Callahan 5.00 John M. Wright 5.00 Frank Stevens 5.00 Porter S. Cook 5.00 F. M. Kimball 5.00 Total 65.00 Previously reported 7,123.75 Grand total $7,18S.75 The committee has found a number, of people out. so to speak, and wishes it understood that none is to be slighted. A Ijst is always ready for signatures at the desk of Major Anderson at the Commercial club rooms. BACK HI WASHINGTON. The President and Party Re turn From Western Tour. Washington, Oct. 19. President Mc Kinley and party reached Washington at 12:25, nearly an hour behind schedule owing to delay on the grade in the Bal timore tunnel. The party consisted of the president and Mrs. McKinley, Secretary Long, Secretary and Mrs. Hitchcock and At torney General Griggs, Assistant Secre tary Cortelyou and Mr. Finney, private secretary to the secretary of the navy. The other cabinet' officers had left the party at various points on the road. The train was met by Secretary Root, Adjutant General Corbin and John Addison Porter, secretary to the presi dent. Some anxiety was caused at the first by the announcement that the train was delayed three-quarters of an hour near Baltimore, but it was afterwards learned that the only trouble lay in the combination of a sharp curve, heavy grade and wet rails in the tunnel which necessitated backing out to get another engine. The train was stopped as usual on the Sixth street siding outside the Pennsylvania station. The president's carriage drove to the door of the car and the president and Mrs. McKinley stepped directly into the carriage and were driven at once to the White House Mrs. McKinley was looking stronger than on her return from her last trip and it was agreed by the members of the party that she had im proved in health on the journey. MAJOR TAYLOR WINNER. Secures National Ij. A. W. Season Championship Honors. Chicago. Oct. 19. The national profes sional bicycle championship score for 1HI'9 was given out today by Chairman Cer lach of the L. A. V. racing board. "Ma jor" Taylor made by far the best score of all the leading" professionals, his score of 52 points being- ten points better than that of Tnm Butler, his nearest compe titor for championship honors. The list is as follows Names. Points. Major Taylor. "Worcester. Mass 52 Tom Butler, Cambridge, Mass 42 Nat Butler. Cambridge, Mass 27 James B. Bowler. Chicago 4 Watson Coleman, Boston 21 Charles K. McCarthy. St. Louis 20 Kdward Llewellyn, Chicago 13 Augus McLeod. Toronto, Canada.... 8 Charles Porter, Detroit 6 Harry Gibson. Cincinnati 6 llarley Davidson. Brantford, Out 5 J e r r y W oodward, Detroit 4 Louis Gordon. Indianapolis 3 B. B. Bird. St. Paul 3 II. Carman. Ontario 3 Hugh McLean. Chelsea. Mass 3 Ben Monroe, Memphis, Tenn 3 Horace Poutch. Louisville, K v 2 Frank Butler, Cambrige. Mass 2 "Wies Hammer, Philadelphia 2 L. O. Watson, J ndianapolis 2 Charles Pease, Indianapolis 1 Charles Hofer. St. Paul 1 James Urquhart. Boston l EVERY DAY The Twentieth Boys Have Been Bead ing the State Journal. Since October 3rd, or a week before the boss reached California the State Journal to the extent of four hundred copies daily has been sent to the Twen tieth Kansas. Accompanying the first package was a letter to Colonel Met calf saying that the papers would be sent each day until the regiment should be mustered out. The following letter has been received on the subject: Frank P. MacLennan, Topeka, Kan sas: "My Dear Sir Tours of 4th instant here and the papers are coming also. I thank you ever so much on my own account and for the entire regiment for the handsome compliment. Yours hast ily, WILDER S. METCALF. "San Francisco. Oct. 14, 1899." PREMIUM STAMPS. Everybody Collecting Them, Rich as Well as Poor. There has always been a great de mand in Topeka for Premium Stamps, but the call for them during the past few weeks and especially at the pres ent time far exceeds anything in the history -of the business since it was established here nearly three years ago. The recent agitation over the stamp question seems to have created a desire upon the part of every one to collect Premium Stams. Several of the larger merchants employ clerks who do nothing else but look afte the distri bution of Premium Stamps to their cus tomers. PREMIUM STAMP ASSOCIATION. W. H. KELSEY, Manager. IT REACHES BRAZIL. Bubonic Plague Is Raging at Santos. Rio de Janeiro. Oct. 19. The state ment that the bubonic plague is raging at Santos is officially confirmed. Football Player Recovers. Will Rice, the North Topeka football player who was injured Wednesday did not suffer a fracture of the leg as re ported. His limb was onlv badlv wrenched, and he will be able to take part with the Grant school eleven in the game Saturday. Weather Indications. Chicago, Oct. 19. For Kansas: Fair tonight and Friday; variable winds. STARTSTODAY. Lawtons Expedition Against Tarlac About to More. Gunboats Will Cooperate Along the River. HE HAS 3,000 TROOPS. First Rain For Weeks Began Falling Last Night. Filipinos Attack a Railroad Pa trol and Are Repulsed. Manila, Oct. 19. 12:10 p. m. General Lawton and General Toung are at Arayat with a force of nearly 3,000 men. The gunboats Florida and Oeste are preparing to move along the river to San Isidro, which will be held as a base for operations to the north. Extensive preparations have been progressing for several days and the expedition, whose objective point is Tar lac, is expected to start today. The supplies will be taken on cascoes. General Lawton's force consists of eight companies of the Twenty-fourth infantry under Colonel Keller, eight companies of the Twenty-second infan try under Major Baldwin, nine troops of the Fourth cavalry, mounted, under Colonel Hayes, and a mixed regiment, consisting of one company of the Thirty-seventh infantry, six guns, com manded by Captain Scott, one company of cavalry, and Captain Batson's Maea bebee scouts. The Third cavalry is equipping at San Fernando to join the expedition. Heavy rains, the first in weeks, be gan last night, and have continued steadily. A- body of twenty-five Filipinos at tacked a railroad patrol of 8 men, mem bers of the Seventeenth regiment, at Guiginto north of Bulucan, wounding two. The Americans reinforced the patrol and drove off the enemy, capturing a quantity of ammunition. NO WORD FROM LAWTON. Manila, Oct. 19. 4:30 p. m. General Lawton is supposed to have reached San Isidro. No communication has been received from him since he left Arayat this morning. bryanTnohio. He Opens For McLean at Green ville Today. Greenville, O., Oct. 19. William Jen nings Bryan, Mrs. Bryan and the news paper men who accompanied the party through Kentucky crossed the river from Covington last night and boarded the special train provided for the three days' tour of Ohio and ran to Dayton during the night where the private car of John R. McLean was attached. To day at Greenville, Darke county, Mr. Bryan delivered his first address in Ohio. There was an immense crowd present. The visiting party was escorted to the court house square. John R. McLean, the Democratic candidate for governor introduced Mr. Bryan. Mr. Bryan put on a skull cap, which provoked good-natured laughter in re sponse to which he said: "My hair is not as much protection as it used to be, and you ought not to complain, if I am getting a little bald. In 1S96 they said I was too young to be president. Then I had to depend upon the constitution to protect me: Now I can depend upon my baldness. (Laughter and applause.) "I am glad to be in a counts which though Darke in name is bright in po litical principles, a county which gave a Democratic majority in 1896 of 1,700. You want to increase that majority this fall. (Cries of "We will do that.") If there was one reason for your voting the Democratic ticket in 1896 there are 16 reasons to 1 why you should do so this fall. There was nothing complain ed of in 1S96 that cannot be complained of now. The same vicious principles advocated by the opposition in 1895 are advocated today in this campaign. The Chicago platform to which you gave such loyal support in 1896 is still the platform of the Democratic party and the platform of the Ohio Democra cy again endorses that piatform. I be lieve the planks of that platform are stronger today than when they were written." Mr. Bryan then entered into an elab orate defense of the income tax and predicted a popular endorsement of the proposition. He cited the efforts of the government to raise a revenue to con duct the Spanish war because of the decision of the supreme court against the income tax law. He continued: "When the officials ol the government had to look around for anything to put a stamp on under the present system you make the poor people pay more and the rich people less than their share. I believe every man should share in the expenses of the government according to his ability and in proportion to the benefits de rived from the protection of the govern ment. I believe in protecting the strug gling poor." Touching the money question he said: "I wonder if any Republican here believes the gold standard is good and ought to be continued. If so I want to remind him that among the first things the Republican president did after his inauguration was to send a commission to Europe to get rid of this good thing. If anybody is in doubt, any Republican is in doubt, it ought to be removed by this action of a Republican president. All doubt should be re moved when England spanked our com mission and sent it home. My friends that question is still unsettled and the fight will continue until it is taken out of the hands of a foreign power and placed in those of 70 millions of free men." He treated the trust question in prac tically the same manner as charac terized his Kentucky utterances, aver ring that while we had trusts in 1896 they were not so plentiful or menacing as today: that one leech may suck blood without the great public- realiz ing its presence, but that an army of leeches took away the substance of puDiic lite. He claimed the Republican party said some trusts were bad and other good. "Do you want to know what trusts are?" asked the speaker. "Trusts are actually so bad that a Republican con vention in this state, a convention run by Mark Hanna, denounced them. They told you there were good trusts and bad trusts. "Do you know the difference between a good trust and a bad trust? A good trust gives liberally to a Republican campaign fund and a bad one does not. The Republican party can not destroy the trusts. When the attorney general of the United States is asked to inter vene there comes the biblical injunc tion, 'RiBiiember thy creator." The Re publican party was the creator of the trusts." Mr. Bryan denounced the increase of the regular army as being called for by the president two months before there was any war or act of hostility, which he construed as the basis for a change in our national policy, a change from the simplicity of a republic to that of imperialism. He said Abraham Lin coln had applied the principles of the Declaration of Independence to the black man, while the Republican party of today denied the same principles TO the brown man. "I dare the Republicans to defend the title by purchase of ten million of men," continued Mr. Bryan. "They claim the right to the Philippines by purchase and that, too, after paying a less price for human being than we pay for hogs. "Let God choose between this defini tion of the Declaration of Independence and that which says all governments derive their Just powers from the con sent of the governed. "When we engage in war of conquest we abandon the doctrine of self-government and lose our influence throughout the world. If we ask justice for the struggling Boers in South Africa we are asked in return what's the matter with the Philippines? This nation ceased to be a nation when it ran away from the declaration of independence, from the sentiment that all men were created equal." Mr. Bryan said that when he first went to Cincinnati in March in 1895 to advocated the cause of free silver, the first and foremost man to lend his as sistance and sympathy was John R. McLean. "Under his guidance said Mr. Bryan, "our party in this state polled more votes prior to 1896 than we would have done otherwise and the only reason we did not carry the state in 1896 was that there were more votes counted than we or the law machinery supposed existed in the state. When you vote for him you will register a vote for free silver and help save the country from imperialism and militar ism and I believe you will scare the Republican party to the support of the declaration of independence." SILVER LAKE'S SOLDIER. Funeral of George W. Mills to Be Held Saturday. The funeral of George W. Mills of Silver Lake, a private in the Twentieth Kansas who died on the way home from Manila, will be held at 11 o'clock Saturday. Governor Stanley will at tend. The programme will begin at 11 and will continue for two or three hours. Gen. J. K. Hudson has prom ised to make an address. Flowers as a tribute from the Topeka committees in charge of the celebra tion of the return of the Twentieth will be sent to the family of the deceased. M. C. Holman. R. B. Welch. H. G. Larimer and Major Tom Anderson have been appointed as a special committee to represent the reception committee at the funeral. CLEVER MINSTREL WORK. Local Company Gives Its Initial Per formance. The minstrel show given by the Parlor Entertainment company last night was a success. Thia was the initial perform ance by the company, since its organiza tion, and Barrett's hall was crowded with an appreciative audience, which showed its approval of the evening's entertain ment by frequent applause. The performance opened with the regu lation minstrel grouping of the company on the stage, and new jokes and catchy songs were ''sprung on the audience" with the rapidity of an old time minstrel show. Following this act specialties were introduced, consisting of dances, short dialogues, songs and other pleasing fea tures. The company is at work on an other entertainment, which will be iven in the near future. BANK SELLS OUT. One Stockton Financial Institution Absorbs the Other. Bank Commissioner Breidenthal has been officially notified that the Ex change Bank of Stockton has been pur chased by the State Bank at that place. The Exchange Bank had a capital of $23,000 and ueposits amounting to $65, 000. The State Bank had a capital of $35,000 and deposits of $54,000. M. J. Colbaugh is cashier of the State Bank. The two banks are reported, tc be in excellent condition by the bank com missioner. A NE1CE OF "H. H." Mrs, W. 8. Jackson Commits Suicide at Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct. 19. Mrs. W. S. Jackson, wife of the cashier of the El Paso County bank, of this city, committed suicide by shooting yesterday afternoon. She has been in poor health for some time and it is be lieved that self-destruction was caused by melancholia. Airs. Helen Banfleld Jackson was the second wife of Mr. W. S. Jackson. She was a niece of Mr. Jackson's first wife, Helen Hunt Jack son, who was well known as "H. H." by her poems, novels and literary sketches. Mrs. Jackson leaves six chil dren. Her mother lives in Boston. MUST KEEP HANDS OFF. Federal Court Takes a Sand la the Famous Premium Stamp Controversy. Judge Hook of the U. S. circuit court has granted a complete injunction against the city of Topeka. This in junction prevents the city from inter fering in any way with the Premium Stamp Association of the merchants giving the Premiuum Stamps. PREMIUM STAMP ASSOCIATION. W. H. KELSEY, Manager. Ellis County Assays. Charles K. Holliday recentlv sent some Ellis county shale to a prominent zinc assayer in Cleveland. Ohio. Todav he says he received a report stating that the assay showed 31.61 per cent of zinc to the ton. No test was made in this instance for gold. The company in which the Quinton brothers of this city are interest ed is now milling shale from Eilis coun ty in Denver. MANEUVERING. Engagements in South Africa Only Skirmishes. A Big Rattle Is Looked For at an Early Date. MAFEKING IIOLDS OUT Boers Reported to Have Been "Driven Back After Suffering a Loss of 300 31eu. London, Oct. 19. Natal again claim3 a share of the attentiun which during the last few days has been focussed upon the beleaguered garrison at 11a feking. The combined advance of the Boer forces on the positions held by the British general commanding in Na tal, Sir George Stewart White has al ready occasioned a sharp affair of out posts which possibly has since devel oped into a pitched battle. The Boers, according to the latest in formation at hand, do not appear to have been driven back. Perhaps, how ever, their movements are only part of a general plan to isolate both Lady- smith and Glencoe from the south. The simultaneous Boer movements from Acton Homes from the west and from Rorkes Drift and Helpmakar from the east may indicate a projected at tack upon the railway below Colenso. The movement from the east also sug gests an attack on the railway at Washbank, between Ladysmith and Glencoe. Military experts are inclined to the opinion that the troops at Glencoe are only to form a rear guard left to attack the force under Commandant General Joubert, while General White's full strength is concentrated at Ladysmith. with a view of attacking the Orange Free State force while General Joubert is still forty miles away. Stories of British successes in the Mafeking district are so persistent that in the absence of contradiction from Boer sources they may be accepted as true in the main, although the alleged killing of 300 Boers is discredited. General Cronje's troops are regarded as the flower of the Transvaal forces and decisive fighting must occur on the western border. If, as was intimated in last night's dispatches, reliefs are ap proaching from Rhodesia, it will prob ably not be long delayed. Apart from their desire to gain an nitial advantage by capturing Mafek ing and th&reby attracting the Dutch colonists, the object of the Boers in massing in Bechuanaland is doubtless due to the fact that this splendid stock country is full of cattle and as -it is only sparsely settled, would give the Transvaal a route by which to import arms and munitions by way of Wal flsch bay, Damaraland, on the west Af rican coast. A dispatch from Pretoria asserts that the Transvaal government has cabled to James B. Robinson, the millionaire gold mine owner and chairman of the Robinson South African banking com pany, who is now in London, to return to Johannesburg on pain of confisca tion of his property. Mr. Robinson characterizes the alleged threat as ri diculous. He says he is a British sub ject, that the Transvaal government has no right to demand his return and that his. property has not been and can not be confiscated. Portugal, according to a dispatch from Berlin has given distinct assur ances of her neutrality. A continuance of commerce with the Transvaal by way of Delagoa Bay is therefore se cured. ROBBING NATIVES. Cape Town, Oct. 19. Complaints of Boer outrages upon the natives contin ue to arrive. These serve further to in flame the Basutos and Zulus. Tester day 150 Basutos from Johannesburg ar rived at Burghei sdorp. Cape Colony and alleged that the Boers had robbed them wholesale. Cape Town, Oct. 19. A dispatch from Kimberley dated October 17, says: "All is well here. Col. More engaged the Beers at Mafekir.g on October 14, with great success. Mafeking was still safe on October 15." A special dispatch to the Cape Argus reiterates the statement that in the fighting at Mafeking, Gol.IIore repulsed the' Boers, inflicting a loss of three hundred men. The Cape Times publishes the follow ing dispatch from Kimberley: "Relia ble information from Mafeking says that an armored train while reconnr.it ering north of the town last Saturday engaged 500 Boers, who suffered heav ily. "Co!. Fitzelarence's column foiled the Boers, inflicting severe ioss. The Brit ish casualties were two killed and four teen wounded, two severely." AfiKUSH AT TINTWA PASS. Ladysmith. Oct. 19. A cavalry patrol below Tintwa pass had a brush with the enemy yesterday- evening. The Boers opened with artillery but re treated on the advance of the Fifth Lanciers. AN OFFICIAL NOTE. Durban. Natal. Oct. IS. The follow ing official note has been issued regard ing the Boer advance: "An Orange Free State force with a few guns moved about ten miles down Tintwas pass, opening with artillery on small British cavalry patrols. The range was very distant and the shoot ing indifferent. The object may have been either a feint to draw our troops from the real point of attack or a pre lude to Boer concentration against Ladysmith. EXPLOSIVES PROHIBITED. London, Oct. 39. Advices from Cape Town, dated yesterday, say that the governor of the Colony, Sir Alfred Mil ner, has issued a proclamation prohibi ting the importation of all dangerous explosives. MILITARY HONORS. Funeral of Corporal Robert M, Lee to Be That of a Soldier. The body of Corporal Robert. M. Lee who died as the transport Tartar carry ing the Twentieth Kansas reached and was entering the port of Hong Kong, arrived at Manhattan, his former home, Wednesday. The funeral will take place Saturday morning. The members of the Twen tieth who have returned home and the representatives of other regiments identified with the Spanish war will participate, making the services entire ly military.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 1S99. 5 I I 0 Wednesday evening a pleasant meet ing of the Portia club was held at the home of Mrs. G. F. Worley. to which the husbands of the members were in vited. This is a new feature, as here tofore the gentlemen have been ex cluded from all but the annual meet ing each spring. Mrs. L. H. Strickler read an Interest ing paper on -jeorge William Curtis, which was afterwards discussed by the gentlemen and some of the members. A reading by Mrs. Fred C. Slater and a vocal duet by Mrs. Eli Foster and Mrs. L. H. Strickler, added much to the pleasure of the occasion. After the programme refreshments were served. Mercer Montgomery. Miss Inez Leo Montgomery and Mr. James Edward Mercer were married .Wednesday evening at the home of the bride's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Keed, at 6ia West Eighth ave nue. The ring ceremony was performed at 8:30 by Dr. McFarland of the First Methodist church. There were no at tendants and as the bride and groom entered, Mendelssohn's Wedding March was played by Miss Grace Norris. They stood in the bay window which was draped with quantities of asparagus, the arch overhead being twined with roses and white ribbons. The rooms were all decorated with luxuriant palms, ferns and potted plants. After the ceremony refresh ments were served in the dining room. On the polished table were pretty em broidered doilies, with a center piece of roses. Punch was served by Miss Hamilton, a cousin of the bride. Miss Montgomery wore a becoming costume of Huffy white batiste, with a yoke of fine w hite embroidery. The Fkirt had a tunic overskirt and the en tire gown was trimmed with batiste ruffles, finished with narrow, shirred white satin ribbon. She carried twenty bride's roses, one for each year of her age. She afterwards divided her bou quet among her girl friends present. Only the relatives and a few intimate friends were in attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Mercer are well known in Topeka. Mr. Mercer is bookkeeper for the Crosby Brothers Dry Goods Co. Booth-Adams. A simple but pretty home wedding was that of Miss Martha S. Adams and Mr. Joseph Henry Booth, which took place Wednesday evening at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. M. Adams, at 11 Tyler street. The ceremony was performed at eight o'clock by Rev. X. J. Adams of enter prise, brother of the bride. The rooms were prettilv decorated with palms and ferns. The wedding was very quiet, only the relatives were present. After the ceremony refresh ments were served through the rooms. The bride wore a dainty gown of white French batiste. The skirt was finished with a wide flounce, trimmed with alternate groups of tucks and shtrrings of narrow white satin ribbon. The waist was full, the yoke composed of mechlin lace and white satin ribbon; below the yoke were two pointed ruffles, the upper one having a perfect lover's knot of white satin ribbon in the cen ter. The neck was a trifle low and finished with mechlin lace; a girlish effect was given by being buttoned straight down the back with tiny white buttons. She wore a double faced white satin sash and carried bride's roses. The bride is a bright young woman, liked by all who know her. Mr. and Mrs. Booth will not take a trip now but went at once to housekeeping in their own home which was already fur nished. Cards will be issued in a few days which read. "At home after No vember 20, at 347 Greenwood avenue Potwin." j The Golden Rule Club. The entertainment given at Unity church Wednesday evening for the benefit of the Golden Rule club was a successful undertaking. This is one of the few charitable clubs in the city and the ladies deserve' a great deal of credit for the work they are doing. Miss Nellie Lincoln, the clever young impersonator, assisted by some of To peka's talent, gave an entertaining pro gram, which was as follows: Selections by the Amphion Mandolin club; vocal solos by Mrs. W. n. Swan, and Mrs. H. L. Shirer: piano numbers bv Professor Harvey Worrall and Mrs. Harshbarger a violin solo by Mr. Stenger and a num ber of readings by Miss Lincoln. The attendance was quite large and the affair was a financial success. The stage was prettily decorated with palms, ferns and roses. The entire pro ceeds will be used for charity. Notes and Personal Mention. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Furry have issued invitations for a dancing party on next Tuesday evening at Webb's hall, com plimentary to Mr. Butlin of the City of Mexico. Mrs. Munday and Mrs. Jared Wood fill and little son of Aurora, Mo., are in the city visiting the families of Colo nel James Burgess and Mrs. S. J. Her ren. Mr. C. D. Hudson's school of dancing will be opened for ladies and gentle men at his new hall, 503 and 505 Kan. Ave., Monday evening, October "3 Miss Abbie Ware will entertain at dinner next Monday evening in honor of Miss Mabel Wilson. Mrs. Minnie Atkinson and little daughter of Diamond Springs, Kansas will arrive Friday to visit Mrs. Atkin son's brother, Mr. E. H. Phillips and family. Mrs. D. D. Boyle who has been at the home of Mrs. S. J. Herren since being injured a week ago, while driving, is much better and has returned to her home at Lowman Hill. The Spalding club held a pleasant meeting Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. J. W. Nowers in Potwin Owing to the fact that it was the birth day of the hostess, the evening was so cially spent, at the close of which re freshments -were served. There were about fifteen members present Here f Vh? meetnBs will be held in Insti tute hall. The five young ladies chosen J? SPa'diie dub to help serve at the banquet for the -Twentieth were Miss Irene Horner. Miss Minnie Win gert. Miss Anna Buchanan, Miss Kittle Flynn and Miss Isabel Boyle The Ralston Health club was delight fully entertained Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hackney in Highland park Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Booth of Pueblo are visiting in the city. They came to attend the wedding of their brother, Mr. Joseph Booth. The Primary union will meet Friday afternoon at 4:15, ia the V W C A. rooms. See Courtney-Baxter's for your win ter millinery. 71d Kansas avenue Harry Frost has returned to Detroit arter a i ents, Mr. Highland few days' visit with his par- and Mrs. M. O. FTost, in Park. An entertainment will be given at Unity church Friday evening to cele brate the payment of the church debt. Mrs. It. R. Moore, of Leadville, Col., is visiting her sister, Mrs. George D. Anderson at 212 East Seventh street. Mrs. N. D. McGinley has gone to Ok lahoma City for a week's visit. The question of the hour is, Are you collecting premium stamps? BUILD THEIll CHURCHES. Southern Negro Only Ask Money For Education. Washington, Oct. 19. The promotion of the higher life of man was the key note of the forenoon proceedings of the National Unitarian convention yester day. The speakers were: Rev. Joseph May of Philadelphia, on "How We Under stand and Make Use of the Bible in Our Work;-" Rev. W. H. Pulsiferd, of Waltham, Mass., on "Our Rek.tions to Jesus;" Rev. Charles E. St. John, of Pittsburg, on "The Help of the Immor tality Doctrine;" Rev. James E. Eels, of Boston, and Rev. Jasper Douthit of Illinois. A committee of three was appointed to confer with the Universalist church looking to closer co-operation between the two denominations. The committee is composed of Edward Everett Hale, Boston; F. J. Peabody, Cambridge, and F. A. Elliott, Boston. The afternoon's sessions were devoted to the interests of the Sunday school society. Prof. Booker T. Washington, of the Tuskegee, Alabama, Institute, said the negro race had asked money from the north for education, but had generally built its own churches, in all $25,000,000 worth, since the Civil war, and had generally supplied its own pastors. The negro churches generally care for their own poor, sick and unfortunate. Re ligion got hold of the negro in slavery days, he said, but it was not during slavery that the basis of the home life for religious education was laid. In slavery times, he continued, the life in the next world was emphasized, but now men are taught to bring practical religion into this world. "Others may push us down," he con cluded, "but we have learned to lift others up. It is not so much what you will do with the negro as what the ne gro will do with you. If you do not lift the negro up, he will pull you down. Every time you lift a black man Uo you lift a white man with him." The National Young People's Relig ious union held a meeting tonight. THEI'KE COMIX G HOME. TBy Joseph G. Waters. From sun kissed Isles, ten thousand miles. Through ocean's fleck and foam. From fields they won, their battles done, Thank God, they're coming home; By day and night through flood and fight. In camp their couch to share. Our heart and tongue around them flung. The mantle of our prayer. A pillard cloud to shield and shroud; At night a shaft of flame. To speed their arm. to guard from harm And light their road to fame. Some come not back: their last bivouac. The field whereon they lie; Half sad and grim, our battle hymn. The song ia more a sigh. O'er thankful lands we reach our hands W here sunset last may fall. And say again to Hag and men, Our hearts await you all. And soon or late, we watch and wait. The very hour until The train bear down upon the town. From off the Pauline hilL The cannons roar as ne'er before. And broad bright banners blow. The one of old In stripe and fold, Of long, long years agol With halting feet along the street. We lead the column by; And over head as on we tread. This starry flag shall fly. Prom sun kissed Isles, ten thousand miles Through ocean's fleck and foam. From fields they won, their battles done. Thank God, they're coming home. TOPEKA MAN GETS IT. Important Position With National Wholesale Druggists. F. E. Holliday, of the firm of Swift Holliday Drug company, has been offer ed and has accepted a very important and responsible position in connection with the management of the affairs of the National Wholesale Druggists' as sociation. During the past year Mr. Holliday has devoted a large portion of his time to this and similar business. He has been chairman of the executive com mittee of the National Association of Retail Druggists, in absolute charge of the important affairs of that organiza tion, whose convention he recently at tended at Cincinnati. He has lately returned from the con vention of the wholesale druggists at Niagara Falls and of the meeting at Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie, of the American Pharmaceutical association. His work and success in these lines has brought him in very close touch with the lead ing druggists of the United States. He has received several fine offers, one of which has been accepted as herein no ted. He will leave Monday for Boston to begin his new duties. He will be absent from Topeka a large portion of his time, but will still retain his interests in the Swift Hol liday company. The selection of Mr. Holliday for this important work of a national character is another illustra tion of the selection of a Kansas man for important business interests involv ing the whole United States. Kansas Soldier Accidentally Shot. James Keating, an Emporia boy who went out with the regiment of volun teers which was recently sent to the Philippines from Fort Leavenworth, was the first soldier in the regiment to receive a wound. It was accidental, during target practice. Keating was shot in the shoulder and is likely to suffer the loss of the arm by amputa tion. Keating was a farmer and lived eleven miles out of Emporia in the country. Nelson at Pratt. State Superintendent Frank Nelson has returned from the political powwow at Wichita and is clearing up the work in his office to be able to go to Pratt wiiere he will deliver an address Satur day night. Bought Cedervalo Bonds. The state school fund commissioners have purchased for the permanent school fund $4,000 in bonds issued by the city of Cedarvale, Chautauqua county for the construction of a water works system. Scald head is an eczema of the scalp very severe sometimes, but it can be cured. Doan's Ointment, quick and per manent in its results. At any drug 4 store, 50 cents. PUSHING THINGS. Continued from First Page.) school children should by no means be allowed to miss the opportunity of tak ing part in the proceedings. It will teach them a lesson of patriotism which they can learn in no other way, and the incident will be one which they will never forget. MTJSIO IN THE AIR. All the Bands in Kansas Invited to Attend the Reception. There will be bands and bands and bauds when the Twentieth gets here. The music committee has received com munications from a number of bands in different parts of the state, asking what provision has been made for the bands, and tendering their services. Other like communications are com ing in every day. The general reception committee last night instructed the music committee to extend an invitation to every band in the state to come and the commit tee will take care of them. The rail roads have made a rate of one cent a mile for all bands that come in uniform and Topeka will give them all they want to eat. Some towns are already raising money to send their band to Topeka free of expense to the band boys. Junc tion City is one of these. The Junction City Union says: "A citizen already has subscribed $5 to the band for their expenses toward going to Topeka. Surely Junction City will send a delegation to the grand re ception, and all who feel able can sub scribe toward the expenses. The boys are willing to donate their services to Topeka and the reception to be given in their city if their railroad fare, which will amount to about $65, be paid by our patriotic people. Subscriptions can be left with C. A. Clewell. Emil J. Nachtmann or A. J. Ernst." A communication from John Marshall was read at the meeting of the com mittee last evening, in which .Mr. Mar shall tendered the use of the Marshall band rooms to visiting bands for head quarters, and said that the Marshall band boys would expect to receive all visiting bands there on the day of the reception. Just think. If all these bands should be lined up together, in accordance with the suggestion of A. H. Ellis of Beloit, and all play "A Hot Time" together, what a "hot time" there would be! WANTED HOHSES. General Committee Wants Horses for Officers to Ride. The reception committee will need a large number of horses on the day the Twentieth arrives. The principal pur pose for which these horses are wanted is for Colonel Metcalf and his staff to ride, for the mounted officers of the national guard, and for the marshals and others wtio will have to handle the parade and the crowd. Then there will be draft horses needed to draw the ar tillery in the parade. A number of citizens have already of fered the use of their saddle mounts to the committee, but the committee will thankfully receive more offers of the same kind. If the citizens of Topeka will donate the use of their horses, it will cut down the expense for that pur pose and the money can be used for something else. General Funston will need no horse. He will ride in a decorated carriage with Mrs. Funston. It is possible that Governor Stanley and his staff may be mounted also. REGULARS MAT COME. Question of Their Presence Is Still Undecided. The attendance of the regulars from Forts Riley and Leavenworth is still undecided, and the arrangements for their attendance will be left largely with Governor Stanley, who made the first move in the matter. The reception committee is not very anxious for the regulars to come unless they are so dis posed. The commandant at Fort Riley has intimated that it would be necessary for the committee to bring them over in trains whether Pullmans or not was not stated and to feed them while they are here. As the government issues them their rations anyway, the com mittee felt as though the regulars were trying to work them. It is the opinion of most of the committee that it would be bettter to spend their money on the Twentieth and in taking care of Kansas people than on the regulars, unless the latter are willing to come to the reception on the same terms that they have heretofore come to Topeka. THE NATIONAL GUARD. Preparations Made for Taking Care of Them Under Way. It has not yet been decided in just what capacity the Kansas National Guard will attend the reception. It has been expected that Governor Stanley will call the guard out in a body, but he has not yet announced that he can do so. The matter was brought up by the military committee last evening, and after a short discussion, a committee was appointed to wait upon Governor Stanley to ascertain as soon as possible what his action will be In the matter. The committee consists of P. I. Bone brake, R. B. Welch, Frank P. Mac Lennan, James A. Troutman and John T. Chaney. If the governor does not call the mil itia out in a body, a number of com panies, at least, will attend anyway. If this is the case, the military committee will provide them with their meals. A number of companies will come in a body whether called out or not, and the necessary appropriation for taking care of them will be made out of the recep tion committee's funds. When your cold has settled down deep in your chest, cough syrups will not relieve you. The system must be given strength and force to throw off the disease. does just this. It enables you to conquer the inflam mation. The lungs soon heal, and all danger is passed. Do not let the disease become chronic because of neglect. 3c. mn4 $i.o all druggists. SCOTT tgWMs, Chcousu, New Ywk. Colds th" Ghost The different companies of all three regiments of the national guards are anxious to be present to have a part in the reception, and some of them could not be kept away under any cir cumstances. The Wellington Mail says: "Capt. Sumner Garver has received a communication from Col. Hoisington commanding Second regiment, asking how many men and officers his com pany can muster to go to Topeka to re ceive the Twentieth Kansas when it returns there from Manila about No vember 10. Captain Garver is very anxious, if the regiment goes to have Company B one of the very best com panies there, and will see that the boys make their best effort. Any recruits desiring to join should get a move on them, for every man must get down to drill and hard work." The rate of 1 cent a mile made by the railroads --r military organizations in uniform will allow the members of the guard to come to Topeka very cheaply, even if they are not called out by the state, as it is probable they will be. WILL HELP STUDENTS. Manhattan Company of Cadets to At tend the Reception. Major Anderson brought up the mat ter of assisting the Agricultural college cadets to come to the reception at the meeting last evening. "I recently had a call," said Major Anderson, "from Major Montgomery, who has charge of the cadets. He said they are anxious to come as a body, but some of them are poor boys who are worKing their way through college, and they can not afford the necessary care fare. He said if they can receive assistance in that way they will take care of themselves after they are here. They are fully uniformed and equipped with arms. "We have secured a rate of 1 cent a mile for such organizations as this, which puts the car fare for each cadet down to $1.04 for the round trip. I think we ought to help them with the balance, and I move that $180 be ap propriated for this purpose. This will pay about half of their car fare. "These boys come from a state insti tution and are our Kansas boys being drilled as Kansas soldiers. If they come they will bring their friends from all over the state here, too. jn early all of the Agricultural college will come, and half of Manhattan besides." Major Anderson's motion carried unanimously. Secretary Holman was instructed to ascertain what other Kansas institu tions have military departments and to invite all organized bodies of cadets to participate in the reception. An in vitation has already been extended to St. John's military cadets at Salina. BEAUTIFUL BADGES. For the Soldiers and Pins For the Multitude. Every member of the Twentieth Kan sas will be presented with a beautiful badge of patriotic design. The name of the soldier and the letter of his com pany will be embossed in gold on his particular badge. It will be a big job to see that each soldier gets his badge, but the badge committee will see that it is done. These badges will cost be tween $400 and $500. For the general public pins have been ordered, and they are expected to ar rive in a few days. There will be two sizes. The smaller ones will be seven eighths of an inch in diameter, and will be decorated with a picture of General Funston and the words, "Twentieth Kansas: Funston's Fighters." The larger pins will have on them pictures of General Funston, Colonel Metcalf and Lieutenant Colonel Little, and the words, "Our Kansas Boys: The Fighting Twentieth." The smaller of these pins will be sold at ten cents each and the larger ones at 25 cents. The badge committee has ordered only 5,000 of each of them, and it is probable that this will not be enough to supply the local demand, to say nothing of what will be wanted in other towns. There will be over a hundred thousand people in Topeka, and they will all want a pin as a souve nir of the return of the Twentieth. Either the committee will have to get a lot more made, or there will be a lot of people left without them. They are expected to arrive next week and will be put on sale then. People who want them as souvenirs will have to get them early. FUNSTON'S CARRIAGE. Fifty Dollars to Be Spent In Its Decoration. The carriage in which General Fun ston will ride in the parade will be a thing of beauty. The federation of clubs has its decoration in charge, and the general committee has appropriated $50 just for this purpose alone. General and Mrs. Funston will occupy a car riage by themselves and any dis tinguished visitors who may be present will follow in other carriages. ANYTHING THEY WANT. Soldiers Have Only to Make Their Wishes Known. The question of what to do with the Twentieth Kansas after the reception is over at night caused the longest discus sion in the general committee last night. Everybody thought there was nothing too good for the boys, and the committee was unanimous in saying they could have just what they want, but few members of the committee agreed as to wrhat they would want. The committee which has these arrange ments in charge, through its chairman, James A. Troutman, reported that ar rangements have been made at the Cope land hotel for General Funston, and the commissioned officers of the reariment. There will be 45 of them altogether. The discussion came up over what to do with the privates. E. H. Crosby thought that it ought to be understood by the hotels that the badge of a Twen tieth Kansas soldier should entitle him to the best the hotel afforded, and the re ception committee would pay the bill, but this was objected to by several members beeatise the hotels would be full of visi tors and the soldiers would not be well taken care of. R. B. Welch thought that the citizens of Topeka would be glad to invite the soldiers home and give them the best they had at least he intended to do that. General Hudson said the objection to doing that was that the companies would have to be kept together, for if they were scattered they would never get together again to go as a body to their home towns wnere another reception will await them. His idea was that each company should be quartered in some lodge hail, so that they might be kept together. Another plan, and the one which seemed to meet with the most approval, was the placing of cots in the state house for them to sleep on. If the night should happen to be stormy the state house would be warm, and the senate chamber, repre sentative hall, the supreme court room and some of the larger offices would ac commodate the entire regiment. Major Anderson said it would be all right to provide cots, but his experience in army life had taught him that the boys would kick the cots over and sleep on the floor. He said further that the boys would probably be running around town with their friends instead of sleep ing anyway. It is doubtful if there will be manv of the boys to care for. The Kansas City, Kansas people have engaged rooms at the Union Pacific hotel for all of their bovs, and will take them home on a special early in the morning following the recep tion here. Nearly all of the boys will have friends here who will go home on special trains after the fireworks on the night of the reception and it is probable that most of the boys will go with them. About 150 of the boys live in Topeka, and bv the time these go to their homes it is doubtful If many are left to be entertain ed, but those that are can sleep any nlace they please and the citizens of Topeka. will see that it is all right. VETERANS INVITED. Soldiers of the Leavenworth, Home Are Expected. An Invitation was extended last night to the old soldiers who are in the soldiers' home at Leavenworth to attend the re ception. It is said that a large number of the 2,000 or more inmates of the home are anxious to come to Topeka to meet the Twentieth and the committee thought it wouid be courteous to extend to them a formal invitation. An invitation has also been extended to Superintendent Sweet of the Haskell In dian school, to bring his Indians up to the reception. They are uniformed and are anxious to come. COMMISSARY COMMITTEE. One Is Named to Look After Food and Provisions. The question of how all the people are to be fed on the day of the reception came up for consideration last night, es pecially those whom the reception com mittee are to entertain. It was stated that William Green is making preparations to feed 20,0u0 people and D. J. Greenwald moved that a commissary committee be appointed to arrange for supplying the bands, the national guards and others whom the committee is to entertain, with their meals. The commissary committee consists of D. J. Greenwald, P. H. Coney, and W. H. Davis. If the national guard is quartered in the old court house, as is probable, Mr. Green will try to arrange to get permis sion to have his eating pavilions in the street near by. HOLIDAY CLOTHES. Kansas Avenue to Be Strung With Bunting. Kansas avenue will be strung withbunt im and other decorations all the way from First avenue, the Rock Island tracks to Tenth street, when the Twentieth Kan sas first catches sight of it on their re turn. George M. Stone, chairman of the decorating committee, reported last even ing that the committee had made plans to extend the decorations from Second street to Tenth, but the general commit tee thought the decorations ought to be extended to the Rock Island depot and so instructed the committee. One thousand dollars will be spent by the general com mittee alone on the decoration of Kansas avenue. Mr. Stone said he had consulted with Mr. Savage of the Santa Fe. concerning the decorations around the Santa Fe de pot, and had been informed that the San ta Fe intends to do the decorating down there itself. It has been suggested that an arch be erected, but it is not yet de cided that this will be done. STILL MORE FIREWORKS. Nearly $6,000 Worth Has Been Or dered For the Display. The committee on fireworks have been instructed that they can increase their display still more, although the display they had planned would have eclipsed anything in the pyrotechnic line ever seen in the west. The additions which the committee has provided for will purchase nearly $0,000 worth of fireworks. The flambeau clubs buy these fireworks In such quantities that they receive a dis count, but the display which they have ordered is listed at nearly $6,000. The display will be given by the Repub lican and Democratic flambeau clubs jointly and it will take 150 men to handle it. Oscar Swayze has received notice from the manufacturers that the goods are ready for shipment on three days' notice. CHINESE LANTERNS Suggested as Signs For Sleeping Places. There will be a great many people who will want sleeping places the night after the reception, and the question of how to best provide them was dis cussed last night, but no definite action was taken. R. B. Welch, chairman of the committee on public comfort, rec ommended that all persons who would entertain visitors on that night, either for money or free, hang a Chinese lan tern over their door. His idea was that the Chinese lantern in that position would be the sign to the multitude that a sleeping place could be secured in that house. Some of the members of the commit tee thought headquarters ought to. be opened and people assigned to places where they could find lodging, but Mr. Welch said that this plan always proved a failure. The Chinese lantern idea seemed to meet with favor with the majority. NEWSPAPER MEN Will Be Well Provided For by the Reception Committee. The Kansas newspaper men who come to the reception will be well taken care of. Arthur Capper, chairman of the press committee, reported that it is the idea of the committee to erect a sort of grand stand for the visiting newspaper men to view the parade. It will be designed to hold 500 people. The press committee has been given $175 to provide for the entertainment of the newspaper men. Funeral of Private Mills. The funeral of Private Mills, who has recently died in the Twentieth Kansas, will be held at the home of his parents at Silver Lake on Saturday. A delega tion of Topeka citizens will attend to represent the reception committee, and the committee will also send up a floral offering. Tour Is Postponed. The proposed visit of the state board of education to the various colleges of the state has been postponed and will probably not take place until after the election. The board expected to start on this tour last Tuesday. The tour was postponed out of respect to Chancellor Snow of the state university, who was compelled to go to San Francisco to search for the body of his son, who was drowned while going out to meet the Twentieth. President King, Farmers' Bank, Brook lyn, Mich., has used DeWitt's Little Early Risers in his family for years. Says they are the best. These famous little pills cure constipation, biliousness and all liver and bowel troubles. Geo. W. Stansfield. W. H. Wilson, A. J. Arnold, A. J. Kane Co. I AVJ VALLEV la BRAND BRAND MINCE MEAT The utmost care and cleanli ness are observed in the prepara tion of this Mince Meat and none but the best ingredients used Good sound apples, sweet cider, finest raisins and absolutely pure spices. Made by the Chas. Wolff Packing Co. 1 GOOD T f rv rn tt FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20th 200 yard3 52-in. Turkey Red Damask, I OV worth 19c, for... I .2" 48 pairs Child's Box Calf Shoes, sizes 8 (fr I I f to Hi, worth 31.25, for VP I I U 48 pairs Misses' Box Calf Shoes, sizes 12 (f I I Q to 2, worth $1.39 VplilW School Children can save money by buying Tablets of us Friday evening 1 big Tablet, 1 Lead Pencil, 2 Slate Pencils, fir 1 Penholder and Pen, all for w" THE HEW YORK 110 BAST SIXTH STREET. BARGAIN DEPARTMENT STORE union Pacific i ARE SOLID Direct Line to the West. r4 AND FINELY EQUIPPED WITH PALACE SLEEPING CARS, DINING CARS, FREE RECLINING CHAIR CARS, ORDINARY SLEEPING CARS Pintsch Lighted Tot Tims Tables, Folders. Illustrated Books, Pamphlets, descriptive of the terrl. tory traversed, call on f. a. OS J. C. FULTON, Depot NORTH TOPEKA. Items Intended for this column should be left with the Kimball Printing com pany. 835 Kansas avenue. Mrs. W. H. Hurless left last evening for Denver. Miss Ethel Morris went to St. Joseph this morning to spend the day. At 905 Kansas avenue up stairs are Mrs. Courtney's millinery and hair dressing parlors. Oscar Blschoff returned yesterday from Leavenworth where he has been for the past week. John Montague of Newman was In town yesterday to meet his niece, who arrived over the Rock Island from Ira land. The only grocery In North Topeka where you can get the premium stamps is at the Dibble Grocery Co., 806 North Kansas avenue. Dr. C. C. Rhodes arrived yesterday from Chicago and is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Rhodes, of 925 Quincy street. The junior ladies' and men's classes of the Topeka Turnverein gave a fine exhibition last evening at the Reform school, which was -greatly enjoyed by the boys. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Stanley will give a reception Friday evening at their home near Pleasant Hill in honor of their son, Mr. Fred Stanley and his bride. Will Rice, who plays left end for the Grant school football team had his leg broken yesterday afternoon in a game between the school team and another north side team. Stewart Henry returned yesterday from Manhattan where he has been for several weeks superintending the roofing of one of the new buildings of the Agricultural college. A. N. Goodman, of the Star Meat market, desires the consumers of North Topeka. to know that the premium stamps can be had as usual, contradic tory information notwithstanding. Mr. J. R. Russell of Valley Falls has taken a position in Cofran"s foundry. Mr. Russell lived in North Topeka about ten years ago and will asain move his family here as soon as he can find a house. S. B. "Wills, who for a long time has had the mail route including the court house and city and county jails, has been transferred to one of the mail cart routes on this side. Mr. C. S. Matthews takes Mr. Wills' place on the south side. Special for Friday Five things it will pay you to see: 60c dress goods for 25c; $7.50 dress patterns for $3.50; W. L. Douglas 12.50 and J.OO shoes, small sizes, for $1.00; No. 9 10c ribbon for 6c: ladies' underwear 25c suit. Crostley Post. Miss Maggie Kortz and Mr. Fred Stanley were married last evening at the home of the bride's parents on Kan. sas avenue. The ceremony was per formed by Rev. Mr. Jackson, pastor of the Methodist church at Meriden. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley have gone to house keeping at their farm in the Pleasant Hill neighborhood. Miss M. P. Spencer of West Virginia spoke last evening at the missionary meeting at the Second Presbyterian church. Miss Spencer was at one time a teacher in the state normal school at Emporia. The department of foreign missions elected the following officers: President. Mrs. E. E. Magoffin, of Holton; vice president, Mrs. I. Doole, Horton; corresponding secretary. Miss Bertha Havens, Holton; treasurer, Mrs. C. H. Goodrich, Neosho Falls. Job Couldn't Have Stood It. If he'd had Itching Piles. They're ter- kribly annoying, but Bucklen's Arnica Salve will cure tne worst case oi nies on earth. It has cured thousands. For Injuries. Pains or Bodily Eruptions it's the best salve in the world. Price 25c a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Waggon er, druggist, Til Kansas avenue. 5 n n l. TJ U Li s IVlEH. 10.; (trough VESTIBULED. Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, California, Oregon lgwi2, wxy ncKex Ageci. Agent, "A Bkln of Beauty !s a Jov Forever. dr. t, felix gouraud'8 oriental cream, or magical beautifies.. Purifies as well as Veautiflos the Skin No other cosmetic will do it. Removes Tan, Fimpies, Krecfc. les.ilolli Patch, es, Rash and hltin diS6ai.es, and every blem ish on beau iv. and denes de tection. It ha, stood the test of 60 years, and is so barmlets we taste it to be sure It is prop erly made. AO cent no counter feit of similar names. Dr. L. A. Sayre said to a lady of the haul-ton ;a pa tient): "As you ladies will uso them. I tecum mend 'Gt uraud's Cream' as tr.e least harmful of all fj.ln preparations." l or sale by a 1 DruRgisf and fancy Goods Dealers in the C. tj.. laa and Europe. Vb.HO. T. HOPKINS. Profr, 87 Great Jones St.. N. X. State House Dark. One of the boilers operating the state house electric light plant sprang a leak last night and was dry this morning when the time came to start the ma chinery. Several hours were required to repair the damage. During the time the repairs were being made the state house was In gloom. The lower halls were dark as dungeons and lanterns were placed on the rickety, dangerous walks in the interior of the building to guide the pedestrians safely through. The repairs were completed by 10:30 o'clock. Your Minister Will furnish you a bottle of Begcrs' Cherry Cough Syrup free, if you have not the money to pay for it. It stops couch ing In church. Cures Coughs and Colds. R. W. Squires, pharmacist, 732 Kan. Ave. Attention Army Relief Society. Special meeting called Friday, Oct. 20, 2:30-p. m., at Traveling Library room, State House. Business of importance in connection with the reception of the Twentieth regiment. MARY L. GAYLOKD, Secretary. LIZZIE W. PEFFER, Sec'y. Bear In mind the manufacturers' In ducement on Majestic Ranges positive ly will not be continued after Saturday, Oct. 21. W. A. L. THOMPSON HDW. CO This week only we give seven dollars worth of kitchen furniture with every Majestic Range. ,W. A. L. THOMPSON HDW. CO. 611 Kan. Ave. Eat plenty, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will digest what you eat. It cures all forms of dyspepsia and stomach troubles. K. K. Gamble, Vernon. Texas, says: "It relieved me from the start and cured me. It i now my everlasting" friend." Geo. Vv. Stansfield. W. H. Wilson, A. J. Arnold, A. J. Kane Co. rains Ming f 'so Irflt Jills!

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAI THURSDAY EVENESTG. OCTOBER 19, 1899. TRA1SE FOR SOLDIERS. O. A. U. Department Issues an Ad dress. The state G. A. R. department offi cials have sent out an order pertaining to the reception for the Twentieth in which the department commander Bays: On Kansas soil the first battle for freedom's cause was fought. In the great civil war for the perpetuation of the Union, which resulted in the free dom of every slave on American soil, Kansas took a leading part. She fur nished more soldiers in proportion to her population than any state in. the Union. "In the late Spanish war, our state promptly responded to the call for vol unteers to carry freedom to an op pressed people. Victory to our arms on pea and on land, because of the valor of our sailors and soldiers and the jus tice of our cause, soon placed free dom's banner, the Stars and Stripes, a. protecting shield, over Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine islands. Where our flag- has been raised, let it forever wave. "To our comrades, our comrades' pons, and all the brave boys of the Twentieth Kansas led by that gallant Fori of a veteran, Funston. and Metcalf, Kansas and the Nation owes a deep and lasting debt of gratitude, for the record of the Twentieth stands unequalled, for deeds of heroism, by any other regi ment during the Spanish-American war thus bringing added luster and honor to our state. "The boys are coming home, bearing on their banner, the names of ten or more battles fought and victories won. Their return offers to the Grand Army of the Republic of this department, an opportunity to join with the patriotic people of the state in bidding them wel- j come thrice welcome, to their homes, a welcome they so richly deserve, and j which our comrades are so willing to render. "The executive committee on the ar rangements for the reception of the Twentieth Kansas, to take place in To peka, have extended to the Grand Army of the Republic of this depart ment, an invitation to participate in the reception. They also invite the com rades to take part in the parade in uni form. The committee on parade has accorded the Grand Army, the right of the line, thus giving our comrades spec ial honor. "The department commander has ac cepted the invitation on behalf of the 34,000 comrades of the department, with the full assurance that from no class of citizens will come a more profound and heartfelt welcome to these boys, than from the 'old boys,' who them selves have stood on the firing line." A SPECIAL CUP Offered Tor Another Race Between Columbia and Shamrock. New Tork, Oct. 19. The Evening "U'orld announces today that in con junction with the Daily Mail of Lon don, it offers a. cup to be sailed for by the Shamrock and the Columbia for an extra race on a day to be agreed upon by Mr. Iselin and Sir Thomas Lipton. The Evening World suggests that a change of crews be made, in order to settle the question as to whether the crew of the Columbia is better than that of the Shamrock, or vice versa. CASUALTY LIST. As Cabled by Gen. 'Otis to the War Department. "Washington, Oct. 19. Gen. Otis re ported to the war department today the following casualties: Killed Sixth infantry, near Cebu Is land, Cebu, Sept. IS, A, Charles N. Cotay, Daniel E. Adams. Seventeenth infantry at Angeles, Oct. 16, L, Wm. I'arker. Thirty-sixth inrantry at Porac, Oct. 17, H, Willard Winters. Wounded Oct. 18 at Angeles, Acting Assistant Surgeon H. Eugene Stafford, breast, slight; Sixth infantry near Cebu, Island of Cebu, Sept. 18, A. Wm. Stovall, abdomen; severe; C. Horace Hutchinson, severe; Fourth infantry, near San Nicholas, Oct 8, F, James A. O'Reilly, hand, slight; Ninth infantry at Angeles, Oct. 16, D, George K. Web Kter, head, moderate; H, John Kelly, thigh, severe: I, Albert Durand, back, severe; Charles S. Wilson, head, se vere; Seventeenth infantry. A, Corporal Henry Rosser, head, slight; B, Wm. Crosby, thigh, slight; H, Joseph B. Thackery, larynx, severe; Thomas E. Scully, thigh; Sixteenth infantry at Guiguinto. Oct. 18, F, Thomas Lynch, Fide, severe; Leslie Shores. foot, severe; Fourth cavalry, near Arayat, Oct. 13, D. First Sergeant Gustav Will, arm, moderate; Matthew Killion, leg, mod erate; Thirty-sixth infantry at Porac, Oct. 17, M, Sam Williams, cheek, mod erate. TAX HELD VALID. In Case of Sioux City Bridge Bonds Voted. Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 19. The su preme court has decided the big tax euit from Sioux City. The town voted a $400,000 tax to the combination bridge company, to aid in erecting the struc ture. Property owners sued to enjoin its collection on the ground that the law allowing such taxes was uncon stitutional. The supreme court sus tains the law and rules that the tax is valid and collectible. READY HADE HOUSES. A Demand For Them Has Developed In Turkey. Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 19. The En quirer says: The publisher of a local trade paper has Just received an inquiry from Smyrna, Turkey, for ready made frame houses or cottages of two stories, with veranda on the first floor, shingle roof, either painted or in the white, com plete in every detail, excepting the window panes. They must have from three to five rooms, not counting the servants' quarters and range in price from J200 to $1,000 and upward. They must be shipped "knocked down From 1,000 to 2,000 houses a year will be ordered. Loan Company Wants to Get In. The Crippin-Lawrence Investmftnt company of Denver. Col., has applied to the secretary of state for a charter to do business under the laws of Kan sas. The company is a former Kansas concern, having operated at Salina sev eral years ago. The prosperity which the people of the state are now enjoy ing is attracting large numbers of new Investment and loan companies to the states. A Penny For Your Thoughts. T was just thinking- if you would get a bottle of Beggs' Cherry Coueh Syrup. It would cure your cough and let your wife Fieep some tonight. Guaranteed. R. V. Equires, pharmacist, 732 Kan. Ave. Take advantage of the $7.00 Induce ment on Majestic Ranges all this week at "W. A. L. THOMPSON HDW. CO "A dose In time saves lives." Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup; nature's remedy for coughs, colds, pulmonary diseases of every sort. SOLDIERS GET DRUNK And Canse Detention of 46th Regiment at Cincinnati. Cincinnati. Oct. 19. The Forty-sixth rpe-impnt of volunteers pnrnlitp from Massachusetts to Manila was delayed here by enforced drum-head court mar tial on account of an epidemic of drunkenness. The first section arrived yesterday over the Chesapeake Ohio and held high carnival. They had whiskey secreted on the train. Colonel Hegler immediately called a. drumhead court martial, which sent thirty of the offenders to the Columbus Barracks. As the other sections arrived during the day it was found that there was plenty of whiskey aboard. The four sections were all sidetracked at Valley Junction for more trials by drumhead court mar tial and additional installments were today sentenced to the Columbus Bar racks guard house awaiting further ac tion. Instead of proceeding to St. Louis the trains were today still held at Val ley Junction. BIG CROWD TODAY In House of Commons to Hear Cham berlain Speak. London, Oct. 19. Floor and galleries were densely crowded today in the house of commons, in anticipation of a speech by the secretary of state for the colonies, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, on the government's policy in South Af rica. The first lord of the treasury and government leader, Arthur J. Balfour, promised to answer tomorrow a ques tion whether the government had de cided upon a specific course of action with reference to the recommendations of the international commission, re specting the future administration of Samoa. The secretary of state for India, Lord George Hamilton, replying to a ques tion on the expenditure for the Indian troops in South Africa, said the entire charge would be defrayed out of the im perial exchequer. Mr. Balfour, in reply to an interpel lation as to whether the imperial gov ernment were now reviewing the action of the Cape Colony premier, Mr. Schreiner, and other members of the Cape government and as to whether the governor of Cape Colony, Sir Alfred Milner. would be allowed to dis miss the Schreiner ministry to dissolve the Cape legislature and temporarily to assume full authority said: "This question is apparently founded upon newspaper reports for which so far as the imperial government is aware there is no foundation." Mr. Balfour announced that the pres ent sitting of parliament would be re garded as a complete session to be ter minated by prorogation and not ad journed until February. Henry Seton-Karr, conservative, in accordance with notice given yesterday, asked the first lord of the treasury whether the attention of the govern ment had been directed to certain speeches and letters by and emanating from the members for Kilkenny and East Clare. Messrs Patrick O'Brien and Wm. Redmond, Parnelites advocating the cause of the Boers, attempting to seduce British soldiers and inciting them actively to assist the enemies of the queen and what action if any the government proposed to take in the matter. Mr. Redmond rose quickly and said that before the treasury replied he desired t3 ask him whether it were not a fact that he (Redmond) in suggesting a message of sympathy to President Kruger had only followed the precedi ent set by her majesty's grandson, the German emperor. (Loud laughter). Mr. Balfour replied as follows: "I was not aware that the honorable member for East Clare framed himself upon sucn an august model. (Laugh ter). I may point out among the dif ferences between himself and the em peror of Germany, that his imperial majesty is not a Britisher, nor a mem ber of this house. "I have reason to doubt the ac curacy of the statements contained in the question. So far as my memory serves, support of a similar character has invariably been offered by the same quarters to those engaged in hostilities with her majesty's government quite irrespective of race, creed, or the the ater of hostilities. I have no ground for thinking that such support was ever regarded as important by those to whom it was proffered; and I advise the house to take the same view now." (Peels of laughter.) Mr. Chamberlain, who was loudly cheered on rising, began with a severe criticism of the action of the opposi tion at the previous meeting of parlia ment. Their statements, he said, were calculated to encourage President Kruger's resistance and to embarrass the government in most difficult and most critical functions." Referring to Mr. Stanhope's demand yesterday for the production of his (Mr. Chamberlain's) letter to Mr. Hawkes ly, he said he would gladly produce this, if Sir Wm. Vernon Harcourt and John Morley, who were members of the South African committee, demanded it. Mr. Stanhope's criticism, he characterized as "neither honest nor honorable." The speaker, Mr. Court Gulley, inter vened, saying that the language of the colonial secretary, was "beyond parlia mentary bounds." DEWEY DECLINES. Cannot Visit Macon, Georgia, Just Now. Washington, Oct. 19. Admiral Dewey received a call today from a delegation from Macon, Ga., who presented an in vitation to him to visit Macon. Ad miral Dewey expressed his thanks but said he regretted he could not make the visit at the time of his trip to At lanta. Committee Reports. Pittsburg. Oct. 19. The second day's session of the Woman's Home Mission ary society of the Methodist Episcopal church was devoted to the reports of committees. The finance committee re ported total appropriations of $177,477, of which $48,850 was for deaconness work and $3,800 for Oriental work in California and Hawaii. To Meet In Kansas City. Chicago, Oct. 19. The American Street Railway association decided to day to hold its next annual meeting in Ki-nsas City. The most forlorn object in Atchison at present is a man who is visiting his kin. He is accompanied by his wife. She Is being taken around to afternoon parties, and is receiving and returning calls. She has the appearance of being in her element. He wanders up one Side of the street and down the other until meal time. In the evening he feels like talking, having been lone some all day, but the men of the house hold have been working all day, are tired and go to bed. and the iwomen are being "entertained," so he goes to bed at halt past eight o'clock. FINEST AFLOAT. The TJ. S. Transport Thomas Just Turned Out of Cramps. Philadelphia, Oct. 19. The United States transport Thomas, the finest troop ship afloat, sailed from Cramp's shipyard for New York where she will go into dry dock to be painted. The Thomas is to go to the Philippines ear ly in November and will carry over two thousand persons, including soldiers, of I ficers, nurses and crew. I On the main deck is the icemaking plant with a capacity of two tons per day. There is also a condensing appar atus for changing salt water into filter ed fresh water with a capacity of 10,000 gallons a day; a carbonating machine for a bakery, a laundry and a cold stor I age plant. On the spar deck are the i soldiers writing room, a dining room with 76 seats for company and ship of I ficers, a saloon and lavatories. The I quartermaster's department, command ing officers quarters, regular officers quarters and smoking and lounging rooms are on the promenade deck. WANTS LOWER RATES. Portland Is Dissatisfied With the Tar iff In the Philippines. Portland, Ore., Oct. 19. The trustees of the Chamber of Commerce has voted to ask the war department for a re adjustment of the customs in the Phil ippine islands. A reduction of 50 per cent in the specific duty was requested on a number of articles such as fruits, pork, butter and cheese. The trustees ordered a telegram sent to the cham bers of commerce of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and Tacoraa, saying that they would endorse any Pacific coast man, the Pacific coast jobbers' and manufacturers' association might name for interstate commerce commis sioner, and asking if this procedure would be agreeable. WHITE R1RB0NERS. Delegates to the National Convention Gathering at Seattle. Seattle. Wn., Oct. 19. Delegates to the W. C. T. IT. National convention from the states of Indiana, North and South Dakota, Maine, New Hampshire, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, Michigan, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are in the city. The famous White Ribbon train from the east over the Great Northeern route arrived 15 hours late, owing to the de sire of the delegates aboard to stop at various points of interest along the way. The Kansas, California and Ore gon delegations special train was de layed 12 hours, presumably from the same causes. With visiting and local delegates now here or en route, the convention will open on Friday with nearly 500 in at tendance. The hotels and lodging houses of the city are filled to over flowing and the visitors are being quar tered with private families. COMBINE COMPLETE. Include 98 Per Cent of Bridge Manu facturers In the Country. Pittsburg, Oct. 19. It was announced today that the bridge combine under the name of the American Bridge com pany had been completed and would be in operation by the first of next month. The combine includes 35 of 37 plants in the country and is capitalized at $67, 500.000, of which $33,000,000 is preferred and $34,500,000 common stock. It will control about 98 per cent of the out put of the country. The headquarters will be in New Tork city. OUSTED FROM OFFICE. Michigan Supreme Court Denies the Right of a Woman to Be Prosecuting Attorney. Lansing, Mich., Oct. 19. The right of a woman to hold an office created by the constitution of this state other than school offices, which they are expressly authorized to fill, was denied today la an opinion handed down by a majority of the supreme court in the case brought by Attorney General Oren to oust Mrs. Merritt B. Abbott from the office of prosecuting attorney of Oge maw county. Justices Long, Hooker, Montgomery, and Grant joined in two opinions, one written by Long and one by Hooker, but covering different phases of the question. In the former opinion the court says that, as there is no express provision of the constitution or laws of the state conferring upon woman the right to hold this or other offices created by the constitution, the question must be de termined by the principles of the com mon law and the manner in which those principles have been construed in this state in past years. The conclusion is that when the con stitution is silent as to the qualifica tions to office it must be understood that none but electors are eligible. Justice Hooker combats the claim that in enacting a law permitting wo men to hold the office of attorney-at-law the legislature by implication re moved all her other political disabilities except that of the ballot, which was be yond legislative power. He declares that there is but one leg itimate method of removing the disa bility, and that is legislative. The courts are not authorized to remove It, and a growing public sentiment favor ing an enlargement of the rights of wo men should not have such effect. The legal status of woman is said to rest on a more stable foundation than a varying and advancing public senti ment of what that status should be. Stress is put upon the statement that existing laws and rights remain unless they are clearly inconsistent with the new constitution. The majority do not consider it neces sary to discuss the progress of the age nor the injustice of the law to woman, those being questions for the legislature to consider. In his dissenting opinion Justice Moore maintains that the great weight of authority justifies a conclusion more in keeping with the trend of modern thought, and holds that the people may elect whom they wish to office so long as the persons elected are competent, in cases where the constitution and laws are silent respecting qualifications. Pie Plates Ready. The wooden pie plates, which the Grocers and Butchers decided to order, have arrived and can be found at the office of the secretary, Wrm. Dransfield, No. 134 Kansas avenue. All the grocers and butchers in the city, who intend to furnish pies and cakes for the banquet to the Twentieth Kansas, will call on the secretary and procure the number of plates which they desire to become responsible for. Spade "Are you fond of whist, Mrs. Hart?" Mrs. Hart "That depends. I adore progressive whist. Of course, the game itself is very dull, but then one gets such grand exercise moving from table to table." Boston Transcript. What mankind needs is a collar but ton that will transform itself into a searchlight when it rolls under the bureau. SURPRISED IN CAMP. Bandits Do Battle With a SherifTs Posse. Nogales, A. T., Oct. 19 Deputy Sher iff Flewelling and posse returned today from Harshaw where they went yester day, after their encounter with bandits in the Patagonia mountains. The posse struck the camp of bandits in Box can yon. It was just at sunrise. On com mand of the sheriff to surrender the bandits, who were sitting around a camp fire, sprang for their Winchesters and opened fire. The posse returned the fire, over three hundred shots being ex changed in all. The bandits retreated, leaving one dead. A stage driver brought word into Harshaw that one bandit crawled into Howry mining camp yesterday afternoon and died there. Another, who was severely wounded, was carried away by his com panions. The bandits had the whole country terrorized stealing cattle and horses. AN EARLIER DATE. Kansas Men to Be Mustered Oat October 28. San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 19. It was announced last night that the Kansas volunteers would be mustered out Oc tober 28. This will permit them to reach home to vote at the coming elec tion. PERISH IX A STORM. Four Dead and Others Missing In Montana, Denver, Oct. 19. A special to the Re publican from Great Falls, Mont., says: Four men are dead and probably eight more In Teton county from the recent storm. The dead are all sheep herders. They are as follows: Norman Druice and one other em ployed by W. K. Flowerre. Will Graham, working for Homer Sheep company. A man named Ladd, employed by .Wallace Taylor. Two herders named Mcintosh and Conley, working for J. C. Quigley, are probably dead as they are missing, though their sheep have been found. There are two parties in the mountains including ladies which have not been heard from. They have tents and food but may not escape. They are William Cobuin, Charles McDonnell and their wives, of Dupuyer. now in the Sun river canyon, and W. F. Ralston and four sons in Birch creek canyon. The severity of the storm may be judged by the fact that it took horses four days to bring in the body of Wil liam Graham on a toboggan. Snow is four feet on the level in parts of Teton county. OTHER SWIMMERS. Gen. Funston Not the Only Man to Acquire Fame That Way. San Francisco, Oct. 19. The Kansas boys are now comfortably quartered at the Presidio, and are making up for the time they lost in the Philippines by liberally feeding themselves on the best things the San Francisco market af fords. All day yesterday the members of the famous Fighting Twentieth were busy entertaining visitors and unpacking gifts from home. Preparations for the muster out have already commenced, but it will be sev eral weeks before the work is finished. General Funston is not the only man in the regiment who distinguished him self by swimming a river under fire. Lieutenant Barshfield, who was then a trumpeter, acquired fame and a promo tion to his present position for a sim ilar feat, but he is too modest to talk about it, and declared that it was only an ordinary occurrence. Captain Hardy of Company M was another intrepid member of the famous military organization from Kansas who risked his life in the performance of a daring act. In fact, he was the first officer who ever plunged into a stream and swam toward the enemy while they were industriously trying to stop his progress with Mauser rifles. He was accompanied by Corporal Drysdale and Private Willey of Company H. "I didn't mind the bullets that were hitting the water all around us," said Corporal Drysdale, "but when I bump ed my head against a log on the raft, I got mighty scared for a second, and thought sure I was a goner." Corporal Ramsey of Company A and Private Charles Muller also courted death by wading across a turbulent stream under the enemy's guns. They were both offered commissions, but re fused them. Corporal Ferguson of Company E crossed a swaying, broken bridge and entered the Philippine lines to reconnoiter. He is now a lieutenant in Colonel Bell's famous band of scouts, because of his bravery. NEEDN'T GIVE A CENT. Civil Service Commission's Circular to Postal Employes. Washington, Oct. 19. The postmaster general has issued a formal warning to all postmasters against the levy of po litical assessments and simultaneously the civil service commission has called attention to the law governing the sub ject and the commission's intention to enforce it. This general warning is similar to that issued heretofore prior to political campaigns and it is under stood follows complaints of specific vio lation of the law received from Ohio and other states where elections are to be held this year. The postmaster gen eral's order follows: "By request of the civil service com mission all postmasters are hereby di rected to sign and post conspicuously in their respective offices the following circular, issued by the United States civil service commission and to use ev ery means to direct the attention of their subordinates to the provisions thereof. W. SHALLENBERGER, "Acting Postmaster General." The commission's circular says: "The civil service act makes politi cal assessments of federal officers and employes a misdemeanor," and then quotes sections 2, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, of the act. which was approved Jan uary 16, 18S3. The commission now adds the following: "It is the duty of the commission to sf-c that the provisions of this law are strictly enforced and it will employ ev ery legitimate and available means to secure the prosecution and punishment of whoever may violate them. The commission requests any persons hav ing knowledge of the violation of this law to lay the facts before it, and it will at once take action upon them. "JOHN E. PROCTOR. "President." To further guard against violations, the following notice to be posted at all postdffiees has been promulgated: "All employes connected with this of fice are hereby notified that they are under no obligation whatever, by rea son of their being in the public service. to make contributions or subscriptions? they will not be molested or in any way discriminated against for failure to so subscribe or contribute. Postmaster. (name of city.)" LOYAL LEGION OFFICERS. Elected at Convention of the Com- mandery In Chief. Philadelphia, Oct. 19. The 15th an nual convention of the commandery-in-chlef of the military order of Loyal Legion today elected these officers: Commander-in-chief, Lieutenant Gen eral John M. Schofield, New York; sen ior, C. P. Clark, TJ. S. N., Connecticut; junior vice commander, Lieut. Briga dier General Henry C. Merriam.- Kan sas: recorder. Lieutenant Colonel J. P. Nicholsen, Philadelphia; register. Ma jor W. P. Oxford, TJ. S. A.; treasurer, Paymaster George D. Barton, New York; chancellor. Brigadier General W. L. James, Philadelphia: chaplain, Ma jor Henry S. Burrage, Maine; council-in-chief, Major George W. Chandler, Michigan; Rear Admiral George Brown, Indiana; Colonel Charles A. Woodruff, IT. S. A., Major General George B. San born, Minnesota, and Major Roswell E. Mason, Illinois. Indianapolis was selected as the next place of meeting. IN ARCTIC SEAS. Three Men Spend 15 Days In an Open Boat. San Francisco, Oct.19. The first mate John Wideosen of the sealing schooner Bowhead, has reached here from the far north with a story of the terrible experiences of himself and two sailors for 15 days in an open boat in the Arc tic ocean. The Bowhead had touched at Good News bay and Wideosen and hi3 companions went ashore to get the po sition of the boat as the captain had lost his bearings. During the night a gale arose and carried the Bowhead out to sea. The mate and the sailors then sailed for Kuskowin river in their open boat. They narrowly escaped wreck several times and at last their boat swamped off Hoskinuta, a small settle ment. Their peril was seen from the shore and they were rescued. They then tramped SO miles across country to Yukon, where they were picked up and taken down the river. AN ATCHISON MAN. 'Elected to Executive Committee of Railway Bridge Superintendents. Detroit, Mich., Oct. 19. The Associa tion of Railway Superintendents of Bridges and Buildings nave elected the following officers: President, Aaron S. Markley, Danville. 111.; vice president, W. A. Rogers, Chicago: Joseph M. State, Richmond, Va.; W. S. Danes, Peru, Ind.; B. F Pickering, Sanborn ville, N. H.: secretary, S. F. Patterson, Concord, N. H.; treasurer, N. W. Thompson, Fort Wayne. Ind.; execu tive committee, T. M. Strain, Spring field, III.; N. L. Helfin, Graf ton, W. Va.; F. W. Tanner, Atchison, Kan.: A. Sim merman, Denver: H. D. Cleveland, Greenville, Pa.; Arthur Montsheimer, Milwaukee. St. Louis was chosen as the next meeting place, the dates being October 17, IS and 19. TRANSPORT SCHEDULE. For the Remainder of the Month as Issued by the Government San Francisco, Oct. 19. The following schedule of transports to sail this month has been prepared by the quar termaster's department: October 23. Newport, with sixty-nine officers and 512 men; Maneuense, with twenty-eight officers and 530 men; Tar tar, with forty-five officers and 1,161 men. October 25. Benmore, with twenty eight officers and 737 men; Peking, with seventy officers and 1,065 men. The Olympia and the Pennsylvania will leave for the north early next week to take the Thirty-ninth regiment from Portland. The Hancock will be read to sail about the 27th. AFTER OTIS SCALP. Editor of Manila American Comes Over With His Knife. Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 19. Prof. D. C. Worcester and Colonel Denby, Phil ippine commissioners, arrived here on the steamer Empress of Japan and left immediately for Washington where they will make .their report to the president. Until the report is made public neither gentleman will make a statement of any kind for publication. Among passengers on the Empress was Editor Lettmour, proprietor of the Manila American. His mission to America is to urge the removal of Gen. Otis from the command of the United States forces in the Philippines and the promotion of Gen. Lawton to the com mand. Lettmour says that Lawton is frequently denied the fruits of victory by the hesitation of Gen. Otis. LIPTON'S GUESTS TIRE. A Number of Them Have Sailed For Home. New York, Oct. 19. A number of Sir Thomas Lipton's guests sailed for Eur ope on the White Star ship Oceanic. Lord and Lady Charles Beresford were the last to go aboard the Oceanic. The other guests of Sir Thomas who sailed on the Oceanic were Hon. Cecil Bi-ownlee, Haford Burdett, Right Hon. Arnold Morely, M. P. Ean Morely, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Muir, Kenneith Mur richson. Lord Sackville West, W. D. Ross. Joseph Larence and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneith Wilson, and Miss Muriel Wil son. Texas Rates Again Slashed. Kansas City, Oct. 19. The Kansas City, Pittsburg Gulf has announced a farther reduction in rates on pack ing house products from Kansas City to Houston, Galveston and Beaumont, Tex. Effective October 21 the rate to these points from Kansas City will be 39 cents a hundred pounds. This is a reduction of 3 cents from the rates which were announced a few days ago, and it is made in order to preserve to Kansas City the 6-cent differential un der Omaha to those cities. Switchmen Go on a Strike. Cedar Rapids, la., Oct. 19. AH the switchmen of the B. C. R. N. railroad in this city struck today for an Increase in wages. The company refuses to grant the demands, claiming that the switchmen are already paid standard wages. No trouble is anticipated. Death of W. H. Appleton. New York. Oct. 19. Wm. H. Apple ton of the publishing house of D. Apple ton Co. died today at his home at Riverdale, N. Y., aged S5 years. COL. METCALF'S REPORT. On the Delay of the Tartar at Hong Kong. Washington, Oct. 19. The secretary of war recently instructed Gen. Shafter at San Francisco, to call on the com manding officer of the troops on the Tartar for a full statement of facts concerning the delay of that transport in the harbor of Hong Kong. Under date of San Francisco, October 16, Gen. Shafter forwarded the report of the commanding officer of the Twentieth Kansas to the department as follows: The chartered transport Tartar is a British ship and as such the British law was deemed to apply. Under the Brit ish law the Tartar was licensed to carry 741 passengers. The harbor mas ter at Hong Kong refused to give the ship clearance because she carried 1, 140 troops. I wired to the department at Washington and the adjutant gen eral at Manila that clearance was re fused because of overcrowding. The re ply was had from Adjutant General Corbin asking if in my opinion the ship was overcrowded and if there was cause for complaint from the soldiers regarding food. I replied that the ship was no more crowded than other trans ports had been, and that there was no ground for complaint regarding food. Before communication could be had I wired 'clearance allowed, sailed today. The harbor master had in the mean time visited the ship and inspected the light ducts and ship's boats. Attention was doubtless called to the ship and her passenger list by certain of the dis charged soldiers in person and by an article which appeared in a Hong Kong paper, written by a discharged regular soldier in which the ship was spoken of as a 'sardine box.' The actual delay af teethe ship was ready to sail caused by the incident was about 24 hours. Referring to the report of the com mander of the Twentieth Kansas, Ad jutant General Corbin yesterday tele graphed to Gen. Shafter as follows: "It is not clear that the Tartar took on life belts and ship boats at Hong Kong or that the inspection of the har bor master satisfied him that the pro visions of the Tartar in that particular were satisfactory and as a result of that inspection, he gave clearance," etc. Gen. Shafter has replied to this tele gram by saying that the commanding officer of the Twentieth Kansas reports that the Tartar took on no additional life belts or boats, and that he under stood the harbor master granted the clearance because he was satisfied with the provisions of the Tartar in that particular. "I should think a man who wrote such an illegible hand as you do would learn to use the typewriter. "Too hard to learn." "Nonsense. The typewriter is easy to learn." "Oh, the typewriter is, of course, but it's a different matter to learn to spell. You can't end a word with a crooked line on the typewriter." Chicago Post. "That," said the .rtist, proudly, "is what I consider my masterpiece. And I flatter myself, "he added, after a pause, "that I am at least a good judge of pictures." "Yes," answered the 'thoughtless girl. "Isn't it funny that good critics are so seldom good performers?" Washing ton Star. Leisurely. "Do you think of going to war with Great Britain?" "No," answered Oom Paul, "I see no need of troubling ourselves. We can stay here quietly and let Great Britain bring it to us." Washington Star. TODAY'S MARKET REPORT. Chicago, Oct. 19. WHEAT Indications of a large increase In local stocks this week together with unresponsive cables made wheat weak at the opening today. There was a slight rally shortly after the opening owing to the strength in corn and a rather bullish "Price Current' report but offerings be came too heavy for the market to absorb without concessions and a gradual decline resulted. December opened 'uc lower at 70'u70c. Advanced to 71c and de clined to 7"c. Chicago received 115 cars one of which graded contract. Minne apolis and Duluth got 853 cars compared with 837 for the corresponding day a year ago. Receipts here in four days have ex ceeded shipments by 600.000. CORN ruled active and strong, on a general demand from elevator interests and commission houses. A considerable decrease in stocks and a disappointing yield according to a prominent statisti cian stimulated the buying. Receipts were 33 cars. December opened a shade lower at 3o"4 'a 30 c and advanced to 3u'530e. The cash demand was fair. OATS Country buying and the advance in corn strengthened oats. There Tvas a better trade than has been experienced in weeks. Receipts 196 cars. December opened e lower at 22c and advanved to 22fi22c. PROVISIONS Liquidation depressed provisions and the market ruled dull. January pork sold 2 cents lower at $9.37( 9.4": January lard ruled unchang ed at $5.37 and January ribs 2 cents lower at $4.90. RYE Dec. 56c: Mav 57c BA RLKY Cash Sxfttr.c. TIMOTHY October $2.3714. Chicago Livestock "Market. Chicago, Oct. 19. HOGS Estimated receipts of hogs to day 25.0"0: tomorrow 20.000; left over 3,217. Market quiet. Mixetl and butchers $4. 10 4.47; good heavy $4.2'i4.45; rough heavy $3.80fj4.(0; light Ji.05fi4.42. CATTLE-Receipts 9.0U0. Market weak. Beeves $4. 3Sa 6. GO; native cows and heifers $1.7i'a5.0O: Texas steers $3.504.10; stock ers and feeders $;j.0O'5.0O. SHEEP-Receipts 15. 000. Market firm. Sheep t2.S04i4.UU; lambs $3.50i4.60. Official receipts and shipments for yes terday. HOOS receipts 25.950: shipments 2,775. CATTLE receipts 14.526: shipments 3.501. SHEEP receipts 16,5il); shipments 2,93t). Grain Letter. Chicago, Oct. 19. WHEAT has shown a great deal of re sistance to any decline, even in the face of all the bearish news which has been brought to bear on it. The early trading was mostly at decline from previous ciose in sympathy with cables which showed evidence of weakness. Primary receipts fairly large with exports of a meagre character. The Price Current spoke of drought in winter wheat sections with evidence that we may hear from insect trouble. Ocean freights were reported as having declined a penny, but with lit tle possibility of any wheat being worked at the decline. The market has been hampered in a measure by the lare,e amount of puts sold for both the week and for the day. and at the close traders who had protected them early were the best buyers of wheat. CORN has been strong and at the close shows an advance ot fee. In early trailing some of larger local operators were sell ers. Reports from some quarters were depressed and i.'o demand while others claimed large demand but owing to scarcity of cars impossible to do busi ness. Investment buyers were in the mar ket, however, and a broader and stronger trade resulted. OATS followed corn and acted exceed ingly strong. The cash demand has been very large. PROVISIONS have been weak with packers free sellers of January product. To this has been added a lot of liquida tion on the part of longs. J. F. HARRIS. New York Money .Market. New York, Oct. 19. MONET Money on call easier at 5 per cent. Prime mercantile paper 5'f'C per cent. Sterling exchanfle firm with actual business in bankers' bills at S4.87'R4.87 for demand and at $4.S21-w?ir4.S2 for sixty days: posted rates $4.84 and $4.S8. Com mercial bills $4.82a4.83. SILVER Silver certificates 571i'559c. Bar silver 57c. Mexican dollars 47c BONDS Government bonds steady: I.. S. 2s, registered 100; Ss, registered 107; coupon 108; new 4s, registered 12S; cou pon 129i old 4s, registered 111; coupon 112; 6s, registered 110; coupon 111. Kansas City Livestock Market. Kansas CItv, Oct. 19. CATTLE Receipts 6.U0O natives, 3,000 Texans, Butcher grades steady, others weaker. Native steers t4.SWiS.35: Texas steers $2.60(i5.05; Texas cows J2.25ii3.2u; native cows and heifers $1.755.25; fctock ers and feeders $3. 255. UO; bulls $2.65d 3.65. HOGS Receipts 9.000. Market steady. Bulk of sales t4.12'(4.20; heavy $4.10t3 4.17; packers $4.12'i4.25: mixed tl.lofi 4.15: light $4.12&4.27; yorkers J4.204P 4.27V. pigs $i.mi4.2&. SrfEEP Receipts 2.000. Market steady. Lambs $3.854i5.0o; muttons $3.1(J!&3.S5. Kansas City Frodues Market Kansas City. Oct. 19. WHEAT Dee. 64c; May 6e. Ca;:h: No. 2 hard tiUbc; No. 3, 60'i3c; No. 2 red 671 HSe: No. 3. frfiiCGc. CORN Dec. 26c: Mav 23c: Cash: No. 2 mixed 28'u 29c No. 2 white 20e; No. 3 29e. OATS No. 2 white 24'S24c. RYE No. 2. 54i,e. HAY choice timothy $S.2S; choice prai rie fi-75fe'7.U0. .BUTTER Creamey 19?322e; dairy 16c. E(;3S-Fresh 14c. RECEIPTS Wheat 14S cars. Topeka Markets Today. CATTLE. COWS $2 51-?? 3 25. ST E E R S $3 50 i 4 00. H EI FERS-$3 .00 3 40. HOGS. LTG H T $3 80ffi 3 H5. HEAVY AND MEDIUM $3.7553.00. GRAIN. NO. 2 WHEAT 59 test 61c. NO. 2 CORN 25c. NO. 2 OATS 23c. HAY $5.005.5O. PRODUCE. EGOS 15c. CHICKENS $2. WVf?3. 00. BUTTER Coantry 17c. Market Gossip. Furnished by J. C. Goings, Commission Merchant. 132 East Fifth St.. Topelia. Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. New York: Earnings St. Lpuls and Southwestern for second week in October decrease $70,700. Cincinnati Price Current: Rains reliev ing sown wheat but deficient west side of Mississippi river. Warm weather caus ing apprehension if insect life. Further instances of disappointing com yields. Unimportant changes in grain movement. Week's packing 359,000 hogs against 385,000 last year. Chicago: There is not a particle of strength in cables and the contrary was looked for by most of the traders here. For this reason the evening up process among the shorts took place at the close last night and on the curb later where wheat sold at 71c. Calls were pretty frenerally called at 71c. Price Current nclined to be little bullish on drouth and in sections bu weather map this morn ing indicates fair rains in winter wheat country. Liverpool wheat d lower; corn d lower. Chicago: Hogs 25.000: steady to firm. Cars: Wheat 315. graded 1; corn, 393, graded 70; oats 196, graded 18. Chicago: The active demand for corn Is evidenced by the distribution at primary markets in comparison with last year. To day's receints 730.000 against 1.2S1.000 last year. Shipments today 972. 0"0 against Slu. 0"0 last year. Chicago has shipped out this week about li.OOo. Wheat acts as if sold to a standstill. Local crowd very bearish and been pounding it all day. current news looks bearish but somebody or some Interest is apparently absorbing the sales and mar ket gradually tightening up. New York: 32 loads corn for export to day. Joseph's Tips. Furnished by J. C. Goings, Commission Merchant, 112 East Fifth St., Topeka, Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. New York. Oct. 19. Foreign houses will buy approximately 35,000 shares on balance. A short interest: still exists in the general market. A. S. R., will probably sell much higher. Those who are long of the grangers will do well to hold for further rise. The bears on D. H., will, we think, conclude to cov er. Traction shares are a purchase on any dip and those who buy B. R. T. on recessions should hold for substantial profits. The standard issues will do well to stick to but remember the market is a trading one and those who have not the patience to await final results should at least await rallies before selling them; be careful to grab quick profits. J. ARTHUR JOSEPH. Butter Market. New York. Oct. 19. BUTTER Receipts 3.122 packages. Mar ket steady: dairy lfh24y. June creamer ies 19y21(C; factory 14'fr-fil7c. Sugar Market. New York, Oct. 19. SUGAR Raw. firm; refined steady. COFFEE Firm No. 7, 5vsc bid. Range of Prices. Furnished by J. C. Goings, Commission Merchant. 112 East 6th St.. Topeka. Kuil, receiver and shipper ot grain. Chlcaaro. Oct. 19. Article. TV H EAT- Oct Dec. May CORN Oct Dec. Mav Oats; Oct Dec. Mav POK te net Dec. Jan. la no net Dec. Jan. Rl US Dec. Dec. Jan. Open High Low Close Yes. 7u- 71 74 74 70 74Vi 71 74 71'i, 71- 304 30 3014 30 305-;, 3oi 2- 30'-g 321, 31 h- 30 30V 31?s- 31ft 31 22 22- 22-1-S 22 22'4 24 23vs-24 24i- 24 23;4-24 7 75 7 5 7 85 7 5-97 9 30-3 9 4o-4 5 15 5 20 5 15-17 5 22 5 32 b 37 7 97 9 40 7 97 9 40 7 82 9 30 5 22 6 37 5 22 6 37 5 15 5 30 4 72 4 72 4 G7 4 fi7 4 75 4 70 4 72 4 67 4 67 4 75 4 92 4 92 4 85 4 87 4 92 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. Oct. 19. 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 JOn'nHighli-ow ICI'se lYes. 145 111 121 Mi 51 SF,lj 77 54 131 113 144! 111! 120 I 50'.. 82 I 7T4 r.si 13" 112l 125 j 20"A, H7! 8n; 44i 76 144 145 112 I 121; 51 S5 77 55 I 131j 113l V'li 21 61'4 Vf 88 111 120 ,11" 50 S3K 77V. 54 13" 112 325H 2" 63 1" 8N 41 76' f, 4 370 135 5 58 11H 117. 75: Kin 82TA 54 1 113 125 21 3 ltiit 8: 44 7 44 172 3J5 59 5S 1"8 SS 44 Western Union Mo. Pacific U. Pac. Pfd Union Pacific C. N. W N. Y. Central.. C. C. C Reading Pfd Jersey Central. T. C. I No. Pac. Pfd No. Pacific L. N S. J Money 5 and 44 7G7 4 P 173 136 5S 1211', 44 17U 135 SW 5R 119 316 75V. 3T1H 136 5s 5U 11 1161 74 53 82 T2I) 116'4 753, 53 82 52, per 11S 75 I 54 b:; 53 j 82 I 52 I Ml cent. 62 i 52 Correspondent: J.F. Harris. Chlcajoi Member Chicago Board of Trade. Telephone 273. J. C. GOINGS, Commission Merchant, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. Receiver and Shipper of Grain. na East Fifth Street. Leasea private market and gossip wire to Chicago. Always in the market for cash grain. Consignments of grain and correspondence solicited.

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f JTOPEKA STATE JOURNAL THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 189D. LIVES -tc -tc K -K -K -tc With soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, As home from work he'd returned, I forgot the bread I'll be d Had his wife vsed a MAJESTIC RANGE their would have been no cause for buying his bread hence this outburst of impatience. "We cordially invite the public to call and have the many excellent features of this bakingf wonder shown them by the manufacturers' representative, who will be with us until Satur day, October 2 1st, during which time each purchaser of a it -tc will be presented with $7.03 worth of 5 Kitchen Ware -tc

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-tc -It -It -tc -tc -tc -tc -fc -it -It s -It -tc -tc Remember This inducement is offered by the manu facturers and positive ly will not be contin ued after Saturday, October 21st. -tc I W. A. L. Hil if d yy HMHf-V V V FCNSTON SEES MONET In the Betention of the Philippines by This Country. San Francisco. Oct. 19. Brigadier Gen eral Funston left no doubt as to his ex pansion sentiment in a speech made in Oakland. He believes that if the Philip pine islands are retained by this country and the people given a government such as only the United States can give them. In less than ten years we will derive an income of between so and 100 million dol lars a year from the islands. This and more the Kansan said in his address to the Men's league of the Union Street Presbyterian church in West Oakland. Oeneral Funston was introduced to the larere audience bv the Rev. Dwight L. Potter, the pastor of the church, who is an old schoolmate of Funston. General funston said, in part: "My reception somewhat overwhelms me. for I did not come here tonight ex pecting cheers or prepared to ward off bouquets. My talk will be short and in formal, for I did not even prepare a speech for the occasion. What I shall pay to you will not be of the campaign or the fighting in the islands, for, try as I might, 1 could not tell you one-half as much as is printed in the daily papers. "And. right here. I must compliment the correspondents for their reports of the campaign and of the lighting are most accurate and truthful. "I believe that what the people want to hear is something of the unknown coun try for which we are now giving battle. 1 will confess that until I journeyed there I was in ignorance of its character, and I do not believe that any of us were or are too well posted on the subject now. I investigated existing conditions as fully as possible. To begin with, the popula tion is something of which it is difficult to get an idea, owing to the great num ber of islands and the small amount of work that has been done along the line of exploration. We know, however, that there are in the archipelago about 114100 square miles of the richest lands on the face of the globe, and that while some of this land has been under constant culti ration for 200 years, growing immense crops of rice and sugar annually, not one bushel of fertilizer has ever gone into the soil. "From an aged Scotchman who has liv d for years in Luzon and who is re garded as a most trustworthv man, I learned that on the island of Mindanao alone the hard wood forests will yield 150 million dollars. When we take into con sideration the fact that the price paid for these islands was 20 million dollars, can anyone say that their retention is folly? The price of human lives can not le figured in dollars and cents, for all the land in the archipelago would not be worth the Too lives forfeited there, nor vet the many more we mav lose before It is all settled. You can not figure that way. You might as well sav that the Ftates of the confederacy are not worth the lives sacrificed in the war of the re bellion, or that our freedom was not worth fighting for. "Looking upon this as a question of flollars against dollars, I venture to sav that in lest than ten vears. if we keep the islands and we will keep them thev will be bringing in an income of between 80 and loo million dollars annually. "In closing I want to denv a statement I have seen published receritlv to the ef fect that of the 4H.0O0 soldiers "in the Phil ippines at the present time the ma'oritv are hoodlums, drunkards, ruffians" anil thieves. It is untrue. Possiblv some of our men are not what thev shou'd be but all are soldiers: there is nothing in the tales of torturing enemies, no foun dation for the stories of the slaughter of innocent ones. I have been among them and know whereof I speak The meeting closed with the singing of the "Star Spangled Banner." "BAD AS LIQUOR HABIT," Druggist Saya of Coffee Drinking. "Drinking coffee at restaurants more or less for several years, I was finally forced to the conclusion that it was the cause of my dyspepsia, with the hungry feeling I was continually annoyed with. It caused me not only distress but ser ious inconvenience. I am satisfied that the coffee drinking habit is as truly a pernicious habit as the drinking of li quor. It made me exceedingly nervous and interferred with my business, where a steady hand is a necessity. "My experience with Postum Food Coffee teaches that it is truly a bless ing, and to be highly recommended. My own great improvement has given me interest in the preparation. Mr. Frank Terrey, a cyclist, at 6713 Vincennes avenue, left off coffee and drank only J'ostum during his training for the races and was greatly benefited by the change. C. R. Paterson, another cy clist, used Postum in place of coffee, and says it gives strength and vigor where coffee causes a feeling of heavi ness." Kdgar G. Coates, 86 .Van Buren fcC. Chicago, 111. A-r A MAC y ESS X-

X- Tr FED THE GREAT MAJESTIC b i xgr ..i x- THE GREAT MAJESTIC V V V V V THE WHOLE THING. Johnson, the Kansas Man, "Will Take Senator Jones' Place. Chicago, Oct. 19. Chairman J. G. Johnson of the Democratic national ex ecutive committee has returned from his conference with Senator Jones and ex-Governor Stone at St. Louis. The most important news he brought bad: was that P. J. Devlin, editor of the Bulletin, who has occupied a larger place in the public eye for six months than any other man in politics, had fin ally handed in his resignation. Mr. Devlin was persuaded to take this step by Senator Jones, to whom he appealed for aid out of the dilemma in which he had been placed by his enemies. Sam B. Cook will fill Devlin's place tempor arily. After Mr. Cook returns to Mis souri to take charge of his canvass for the Democratic nomination for secre tary of state, Mr. Johnston will name his successor. Mr. Johnson will com municate with members of the national committee at once to find out whether they would rather meet in Washington on January 8, Jackson's day, or Feb ruary 22, Washington's birthday, to de cide upon the time and place for hold ing the next national convention. The majority will rule in the selection of the date. The most important result of the con ference with Senator Janes was to ob tain from the veteran Democratic chief an acknowledgment that he will never again undertake to perform the active, hard drudgery of managing a national campaign. He told Mr. Johnson that while he will accept reelection as chair man of the national committee he will leave the performance of the real work to Mr. Johnson. Secretary Edwin Sef ton, who has been associated with Sen ator Jones in the Washington office of the committee for several years, will report to the office in the Unity build ing tomorrow. SLAVERY IN HAWAII. Subject "Was Taken Tip by Council of Federation of Labor. Washington, Oct. 19. A letter was read at today's session of the council of the American Federation of Labor from the Federated Trades Council of San Francisco, regarding the enforce ment of alleged contract slave like con ditions prevailing in Hawaii and the effort of the Hawaiian capitalists and government to lure Italian and Portu guese laborers to Hawaii. It was re solved that the widest publicity be given to this condition of affairs and to warn workmen of Italy and other coun tries w hich may be appealed to to avoid being entrapped into contracting themselves into what is regarded as practical slavery. It was also decided to bring the matter to the attention of the president. The application for charter for the Steam Fitters' National association was approved. President Gompers was instructed to proceed to Milwaukee at the earliest possible time to finally settle the dis pute between the coopers and other in terests in that city. President Oompers was directed to devise a plan by which the workers of the country may be more thoroughly organized in the trade union movement. The controversy between the Wood carvers' and the Woodworkers' unions of Chicago was also referred to Presi ident Gompers, to be assisted by Vice President Kidd on the occasion of the former's visit to Chicago en route to Milwaukee. It was decided to renew the application to the president for the extension of executive clemency of Ephraim W. Clark.confined in Thomas ton, Maine, prison, upon a charge of mutiny. Clark has been confined in prison for 4 years. It was decided that a protest be lodged with President McKinley against the rumored appointment of Judge Paxson, of Pennsylvania, as a member of the interstate commerce commission. Frohman, Fatsr, Dead. New York, Oct. 19. Henry Frohman, father of Daniel, Charles and Gustave Frohman, the theatrical managers.died today at his home in this city of heart failure, aged 72 years. He was born near Darmstadt, Germany, and came to America when a lad. He was in the tobacco business in Ohio, and after ward in New York city, but latterlv had retired from business. AN OLD TIME CROWD. Twenty Thousand People Hear Bryan at Louisville. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 19. Twenty thousand people greeted Wrilliam J. Bryan and the candidates on the Demo cratic state ticket at Churchill Downs yesterday afternoon, the occasion be ing the first demonstration by local Democrats in the state campaign now in progress. The crowd was filled with enthusiasm and satiated with barbe cued meat and burgoo. It fed upon oratory by the state leaders, notably ex-Senator J. C. S. Blackburn and Will iam Goebel and the champion of its cause in its national politics, William J. Bryan. The barbecue was the feature of the third day's program of the party, which had been stumping Kentucky in the in terest of the regular nominee. They spent three hours at the Jockey club grounds, all full of speechmaking, and then resumed their trip to Covington, Ky. After a meeting there the cam paign in Ohio will be begun. A notable part of the day's program was played by the Cook County marching club, of Chicago, which 300 strong, came into town at 8 o'clock in the morning, and to the music of five brass bands, cut a swath of unterrified Democracy through the heart of Louisville, that brought cheers from the thousands who had gathered to greet them. Captain Farrell's doughty band had breakfast at the Gait house, marching into the race course and for the remainder of the day devoted themselves to adding noise and enthusiasm to the Democratic celebration in progress there. Today they will take a trip through the blue grass region, touching Frankfort, Lex ington and Paris, jumping into the midst of the Ohio campaign on Friday at Cincinnati. When Mr. Bryan arrived at the race track he was greeted with tremendous applause. The crowd completely filled the large grand stand, even to the bot tom of the steps, and several thousand people were packed and jammed to gether on the ground. The speaking stand was immediately in front of the grand stand. It was a sea of humanity that the speakers faced. The Chicago Democrats were seated in the center of the grand stand. Mr. Bryan urged his hearers to sup port the regular nominees of the Demo cratic convention, saying the conven tion not only reaffirmed the declara tions of the Chicago platform, but de fined the attitude of the party on the issues that have arisen since 1896. The survival of these principles, he declared to be of more importance than the ques tion of candidates. He asserted that it was not a question between Goebel and another Democrat, but between Goebel and the election of a Republican gover nor and Republican state officials. He recognized the right of any man to bolt, bu. said he thought this a very poor way of remedying any wrong, fan cied or real, that might have been done by the Louisville convention. Mr. Bryan again attacked the Philippine policy of the administration. He cited Mr. Mc Kinley's statement that the United States would hold the archipelago and quoted the president as saying: "I confidently believe that congress will provide for these people a govern ment that will bring them blessings and advance their material interests." "Change this sentence but slightly," said Mr. Bryan. "Put 'parliament' in stead of 'congress' and 'colonists' in stead of 'people,' and you have a dec laration exactly in line with the policy of King George when the American patriots were in revolution. "Again, put 'courts' instead of 'con gress' and 'Cubans' instead of 'people' and you have the announcement of the Spanish king in justification of his campaign of subjugation at the time the United States interfered to free the desolate island near our coast. "These things denote a departure from the principles contained in the declaration of independence. As an illustration of the demoralizing effect of this imperialism, let me cite a recent manifestation of our foreign policy. When Greece was struggling for free dom Daniel Webster thundered the ap proval of the American nation. When Cuba was devastated the American nation came to the rescue. Now, the gallant Boers in South Africa are shed ding their life's blood for the right of men to govern themselves and this na tion stands with its hands tied, its throat gagged. "If we appealed to England in behalf of the Boers, she would reply, 'What's the matter with the Filipinos?' "I want this nation to be at peace with the other nations of the world, but I would rather have the gratitude of the valiant Boers than the smiles of an English aristocracy." Mr. Bryan attributed to President McKinley a statement that our posi tion in the Philippines was a matter of Divine direction. If he felt an impulse to go into his pocket and give to the destitute he might, he said, trace that feeling to God. But if he felt inclined to reach into another man's pocket and rob him he would not charge that act against the Almighty. Mr. Bryan's speech was interrupted HEART DISEASE. Some Facts Regarding the Rapid Increase of Heart Trouble. Heart trouble, at least among the Americans, is certainly increasing and while this may be largely due to the excitement and worry of American bus iness life, it is more often the result of weak stomachs, of poor digestion. Real organic disease is incurable; but j not one case in a hundred of heart trouble is organic. The close relation between heart trouble and poor digestion is because both organs are controlled by the same great nerves, the Sympathetic and Fneumongastric. In another way, also the heart is af fected by the form of poor digestion, which causes gas and fermentation from half digested food. There is a feeling of oppression and heaviness in the chest caused by pressure of the distended stomach on the heart and lungs, interfering with their action; hence arises palpitation and short breath. Poor digestion also poisons the blood, making it thin and watery, which irri tates and weakens the heart. The most sensible treatment for heart trouble is to improve the digestion and to insure the prompt assimilation of food. This can be done by the regular use after meals of some safe, pleasant and effective digestive preparation, like Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, which may be found at most drug stores. and which contain valuable, harmless digestive el ements in a pleasant, convenient form. It is safe to say that the regular per sistent use of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab lets at meal time will cure any form of stomach trouble except cancer of the stomach. Full sized package of these tablets sold by druggists at 50 cents. Little book on stomach troubles mailed free. Address F. A. Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich, IHiHUilUnHililliiilUniiillM W THIS I THE TABLET LJ wriw? mi I mm CASCARBTS in absolutely harmless, a purely TeceUble compomti. Bo mercurial or otaer mistral pill-poison in Caseaxets. Caacareta proptly, effectaTSly and permaBtntly an erery disorder of tie Stomach, tirer and Intestuuw. They not only care constipation, bnt correct any and everyform of irregnlarity of the bowels, iijlnding diarrhoea anyaentery Pleasant, palatable, potent. Taste eood, do good. Serer sicken, weaken or eripe. Write for booklet and free sample. Add3ess 8TBB1IHO KEMT CO., CHICAGO or KBW YORK. frequently with applause. He was fol lowed by Mr. Goebel, after which the party proceeded eastward. DROPS OUT OF SIGHT. Indications of the Suicide of an Unknown Woman. Boston, Oct. 19. The supposed suicide of an unknown woman probably 50 years old, fashionably dressed and with an appearance of refinement, is engag ing the attention of the police today. The woman was a passenger on board an East Boston ferry boat on its mid night trip. After the passengers had left the boat hands found a woman's cape and a handbag on a seat in the boat. In the bag was a sealed envelope addressed to Mrs. B. I. Clark, general delivery, Worcester, Mass., and an un sealed letter in which the writer said she saw nothing in life to keep her on earth and directed that if her body ever should be found the authorities should refer to Bishop Potter of New York, who would see that it was buried. "I do not wish," the letter said, "to fur ther reveal my identity for it would do no good and rob me entirely of the lit tle comfort which I may find in death." In addition to these two letters there were found clippings from the San Francisco Call of September 25, giving the Oakland race course tips and sev eral letters torn into small bits. Some of the pieces when placed together formed part of a typewritten letter which read: "Have conferred with your husband's attorneys and they in form us that he definitely declined to advance any further sums. They also assert that you on September 2S last made draft upon him for $400 without his knowledge and although drawn un der these circumstances he honored it rather than further discredit you. We cannot see our way clear to proceed further in the At the Hotel Touraine, on which ho tel's paper the woman's letters were written it was stated that no person was missing from that house. HE MIGHT HAVE KNOWN IT. Marconi Has Run Against an Injunc tion Suit Already. New York, Oct. 19. Lyman C. Larned of Boston, has brought suit in the United States circuit court against Sig Marconi to restrain him and his agents from using the system of wire less telegraphy which Larned says is an infringement of a patent now con trolled by him. The plaintiff in his complaint alleges that the original in ventor of this system of telegraphing was Amos Emerson Dolbear, and patented by him October 5, 1SS6, under assignment to the Dolbear Electric Telephone company. These rights were transferred to Larned on the 22nd of July last. Larned alleges that the means described in the patent under which Marconi purports to carry on his system can not be used for such work and are not adapted for commercial use. Larned asks damages in the sum of $100,000 and for an injunction re straining Marconi from using the al leged infringing system of telegraphy pending the termination of the suit. Federation of Labor to Meet. Washington, Oct. 19. The nineteenth annual convention of the American Federation of Labor will be held at Harmonic hall, Detroit, Mich., begin ning Monday morning, December 11, next. A call for this purpose was is sued today by the executive council of the federation now holding a session in this city. During the winter of M", Mr. James Reed, one of the leading citizens and mer chants of Clay, Clay Co., W. Va., struck his leg against a cake of ice in such a manner as to bruise it severely. It be came very much swollen and pained him so badlv that he could not walk without the aid of crutches. He was treated by phvsicians, also used several kinds of lin iment and two and a half gallons of whis kv in bathing it. but nothing gave any re lief until he began using Chamberlain's Pain Balm. This brought almost a com- Flete cure in a week's time and he be ieves that had he not used this remedy his leg would have had to be amputated. Pain Balm is unequaled for sprains, bruises and rheumatism. For sale by all druggists. We do not throw in any cooking uten sils, but we can save you $10 on a Steel Range. T. J. Coughlin Hardware com pany, 702 Kansas avenue. All our Stoves and Ranges are fully guaranteed. T. J. Coughlin Hardware company, successor to Tayman Ober ly, 702 Kansas avenue. A7n win CATHA ANNUAL SALES 5.000.000 BOXES. SNAPSHOTS AT HOME NEWS The river is unusually low. New calendars for 1900 will soon be on the market. The Railroad Y. M. C. A. now has over 500 members. Needed repairs are being made to the Santa Fe depot platform. The next examination for county teach ers will be held October 28. Charlie Curtis delivered a political speech at Frankfort last night. There are nineteen awnings on the front of one building on Kansas avenue. S. S. Snyder and wife of Castana. Towa, are visiting John Dudley and family. Gen. J. K. Hudson has gone to Staf ford to address an old soldiers' reunion. General Manager J. J. Frey of the San ta Fe, has returned from New York city. Mr. S. L. Waide. soverign manager of the Woodmen of the World is in Topeka. Some of the accident insurance agents, are more persistent than a bill collector. J. T. Pringle of Burlingame was doing business in the supreme court Wednes day. A small stove is doing duty in the city railway transfer station, these cool even ings. Work on the new Wells, Fargo express building at the Santa Fe depot, is being rushed. Kev. A. E. Wagner has gone to Atch ison to attend a meeting of the Lutheran synod. S. J. Osborn, speaker of the house of representatives is in the city on legal business. The Arion society will inaugurate its winter series of Saturday night dances next Saturday. No place else in town but at Hindman's can you get Lena Thompson celebrated home made cream bread. Curry Bro? have moved their cigar factory to Joplin. Mo. Frank Ellison has purchased the Topeka store. With the new crematory in operation, the city ought to begin active work in cleaning up before winter comes. Frank Shellabarger. Guthrie correspon pent of the Kansas City Journal, visited his parents in this city this week. Hiram P. Dillon created a sensation on the Topeka golf links Wednesday after noon by appearing in a suit of blazing red. Sam Kimble of Manhattan is in the city. He hopes to become a plutocrat soon as he is interested in copper mines in Wy oming. The most active young lady book agents who have visited Topeka in several years are now working this territory. They are sisters. The Santa Fe boys expect to have a good baseball team next year. There is plenty of material for a winning team in the shops. The railroads are making preparations to bring many train loads of people to Topeka for the reception to the Twen tieth Kansas. Degree of Honor lodge No. 21S is ar ranging to give a night cap social and cake walk Tuesday evening at their hall No. Ill East Seventh street. The press matter for the Twentieth Kansas reception was mailed to the edi tors of the state by Secretary Anderson of the Commercial club Wednesday. A great many of the fakirs who were here during reunion week, are following the circuit of the country fairs. Several of them are at Wichita this week. The company presenting "In Gav Conev Island'' came to Topeka Wednesday from Hastings, Neb., and had to ride all night on a freight train in making the trip. Rev. John D. Knox, now district su perintendent of the Kansas Children's Home society with headquarters at Ot tawa, Is at his home here for a few days. The Topeka Whist club board of direc tors elected the same officers for another year. The whist committee will hold a business meeting in the club rooms next Saturday evening at 7 o'clock. The attorney general has been notified that the stock yards case will not come up in Washington until November 6 which if true will cause that official, B. H. Tracy and Judge A. H. Horton to lose their votes. A foot ball game was played at the corner of Hun toon and Tavlor streets Wednesday between the Euclid avenue eleven and an eleven captained by Ray Bainter. The Bainter eleven won by a score of 10 to 0. F. O. Ceidburg, the Santa Fe brake man, who owns the phenomenal three-year-old pacer. Little Squaw, was mar ried Wednesday at 4 p. m., to Miss Min nie Leidburg at her home 234 Hancock street. They have gone to Sedalia, Mo., for a brief visit. Tom Norton, formerly a Kansas news paper man. now a busy lawyer in Chi cago, writes the State Journal that he is not doing editorial work on the "Times Herald." He says: "1 do not remember to have ever written a line for the Times Heraid. 1 not only have no time to write for newspapers, but I can not find time enough to read them, much to my re gret." When Billy Morgan was In Hutchinson he always fussed at Topeka for not doing enough decorating when the old soldiers came to Topeka. Mr. Morgan was in Topeka when the last reunion was held running the state printing office. One of his office men put out a dozen small flags but Morgan did not order them taken dow n and more extensive decorations put in their place. It all depends upon the point of view. Our line of tooth brushes comprises thirty different makes. Every one guar anteed. We also handle and guarantee Beggs' German Salve. B, W. Squires, pharmacist, U2 Kan. Ave, Always buy CASCARETS Candy Cithartic. They ire guaranteed and positively ttneqttated. Accept no ether. Im itations and substitutes are often offered by dealers who "cut prices and hand out a cheap fake 'when Cascarets are called for. Satisfaction is bought only with Cascarets. If you can't get the only genuine Cascarets from your dealer, tvrite cs, we ivill mail them postpaid cr. receipt of price in stamps. CAN RTSG A AGUIN ALDO'S BOOK. Issues a Volume Containing Alleged Correspondence With American Officials. Manila, Oct. 19. The consuls in Ma nila have received from Tarlac where it is believed Aguinaldo remains, a book containing the correspondence between him and the American commanders and consuls, which he contended in his re cent appeal for recognition, the Fili pinos find the basis for their assertion that the American government recog nized their sovereignty and promised them independence. The book is addressed to the mem bers of the United States congress and contains a long argument by Senor Buencamino, of, the so-called cabinet of Aguinaldo, and alleged letters writ ten by Rounsevello Wildman, consul at Hong Kong, to Aguinaldo in June and July of last year. It has made a sensation among the Spaniards here. Replying to Aguinaldo's request that the Americans would arrange for the shipment of the Spanish prisoners to Hong Kong, relieving the Filipinos of the expense of maintaining them, Mr. Wildman wrote: "Never mind feeding them. A meal every day of rice and water will be good diet. They have been living too high during the last few years. As the Spaniards want more bloodshed in the Philippines I trust you will let them have a taste of real war. Do not be so tender with them. Handle them as they would treat you." Mr. Wildman's letters deal largely with the shipment of arms. The whole correspondence, however, contains no promises of independence. Senor Buencamino lays stress upon let ters from Admiral Dewey and General Anderson requesting passes for Ameri can officers and others to visit Filipino territory and upon a letter from Gen eral Anderson asking "you and your people to co-operate with us in opera tions against the Spaniards." SWIRLED THROUGH SEWER Three St. Louis Laborers Carried Half a Mile Into the River. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 19. Patrick Boyle, Ignatz Weinling and Daniel Butler, laborers, were swept half a mile through the city's main sewer iast evening into the river and escaped un injured. They were repairing the sewer which is six feet in diameter, at Shen andoah street. Two of their compan ions had gotten out and shut the man hole by which all had entered. The heavy rain swelled the volume of sew age, and after wading about helplessly for several hours in the darkness the men were lifted off their feet by the torrent and carried into the river. They were almost dashed against the boat of a fisherman, who helped to rescue them. The Ladies Aid society of the First Congregational church will serve sup per in the church parlors Friday even ing, commencing at 6 p. m. We cordially invite the public to call and have the many excellent features of the Great Majestic Range shown them by the manufacturers' represen tative who will be with us until Satur day, Oct. 21. A $7.00 set of utensils will be given free with every range. W. A. L. THOMPSON HD W. CO Scald head is an eczema of the scalp very severe sometimes, but it can be cured. Doan's Ointment, quick and per manent in its results. At any drug store, 50 cents. Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum Alum baking powders are the greatest menacers to health of the present day. BOVAL UKfNO POWtXT CO., HEW YOKK. it I! tOc. i 25c 50c. i DRUGGISTS I otoerars Q We can save you money. See us about enlargements. Remember the new location Between 7th and 8th Streets, 722 KANSAS AVE. IWDER The Bock Island Route. Will sell tickets account Wichita Street Fair and Carnival, at one fare ($4.62) for the round trip. Tickets on sale Oct. 15th and 21st inclusive. Good for return up to and including Oct. 23rd. Remem ber the Rock Island is the short line to Wichita. A Thousand Tongues Could not express the rapture of Annia E. Springer, of Philadelphia, when Dr. King's New Discovery cured her of a hacking cough that for many years had made life a burden. She savs: "After all other remedies and doctors failed, it soon removed the pain in my chest and I can now sleep soundly, something I can scarcely remember doing before. I feel like sounding Its praises throughout the LTniverse." Dr. King's New Discovery is guaranteed to cure all troubles of "the Throat, Chest or Lungs. Price 5'Jc and $1. Trial bottle free at Waggoner's drug store, 731 Kansas avenue. The Santa Fe California Limited Will leave Topeka at 11:12 a. m. Wed nesday, November 8. and thereafter will run every Wednesday, Thursday, Fri day and Sunday. It will be made up of sleepers, observation ear, buffet smoking car and dining car. For reservations apply to T. L. King, Agent. THE BRITISH MEDICAL INSTITUTE Has Been a Success From the Start. Its Offices at 412 To peka Avenue Are Crowded Daily. A staff of eminent physician and sur geons from the British Medical insti tute have, at the urgent solicitation of a large number of patients under their treatment in Topeka, established a per manent branch in this city at No. 412 Topeka avenue. These eminent gentlemen have de cided to give their services entirely free for three months (medicines ex cepted) to all invalids who call upon them for treatment between no7 and November 15. These services consist not only of consultation, examination and advice, but also of all minor sur gical operations. The object in pursuing this course is to become rapidly and personally ac quainted with the sick and afflicted, and under no condition whatever will any charge be made for any services ren dered for three months, to all who call before November 15. Therefore the most humble in circumstances can avail themselves of the services of these emi nent physicians. The doctors treat all forms of disease and deformities, and guarantee a cure in every case they undertake. At the first interview a thorough examination Is made and if incurable you are frank ly and kindly told bo, also advised against spending your money for use less treatment. Male and female weakness, catarrh and catarrhal deafness, cancer, without pain or cutting; also all skin diseases, rupture and all diseases of the rectum are positively cured by their new treat ment. Dr. S. Edward McCully, the chief con sulting surgeon of the institute is in personal charge. Office hours Crom 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. No Sunday hours. Special notice If you can not call send stamp for question blank tor home treatment.